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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-08
WHY NEGROES ARE RELIGIOUS
Brought to Them by Missionaries
or Taught by Masters.

The negro sought a channel for
artistic solace, into which he could
throw the symbolism of his racial long
Ing. He found it In the religion
brought to him by missionaries OF
taught him by his. masters. Here
he was free to dream his dreams
and create his visions Of future happi.
ness, for no master could punish him
for praising God. Thus he found re.
iigion," and IN religion he found no
mood Of his simple soul unnourished.
1t is, then, not so hard to under.
stand why the negro's folksong Is, in
Its superficial form, SO predominantly
religious. The "spirituals" Of the camp
meeting show a quite unecclesiastical
variety Of style and mood, a variety.
In fact, co-extensive with the emotion
al range Of simple peasant life. They
Include lively dances, bitter laments.
paeans Of Joy and majestic, organlike
anthems. In the Bible stories which
are retold in ballad form in some of
the spirituals the negro found express
sion for his buoyant, genial humor.
Nearly all the familiar moods Of folk
song, from the gayest to the most pro-
foundly tragic, are to be found under
the religious veil which permitted the
slave to live his own varied emotional
life without Interference from his mas
tef-New Republic.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-08
Two Saved by Heroic Officer.

Hanging by his feet from the edge
Of the deck and stretching his arms to
two struggling men in a terrific sea,
an officer of the United States navy
made a heroic rescue during the fierce
gale which swept the coast early in
December In the midst of a north
east gale, which had the ship almost
on her side, Quartermaster was wash
ed overheard while trying to clear the
steering gear. The sea was running
mad and he soon became exhausted.
Tying a line about his waist the ships
cook jumped overheard and succeeded
in getting the man to the side off the
ship. 1t was then that Lieut. Richard
L. Connolly, Z. S. N, swung himself
over the rail, and, catching his feet to
the edge, let himself head down to
the struggling men. One grasped his
outstretched hands and he drew thpr,
up until they were pulled aboard. Con-
molly Is from Waukegan, ILL.,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-08
Powerful Aero Engines.

In testing an airplane engine Of 200
horse power a Detroit company mount.
ed 1t upon heavy motor truck, and
the aerial propeller sent the truck fly.
Ing along a boulevard at the rate OF
more than 40 miles an hour. This was
speed that the truck could not be-
gin to develop under its own motive
power, and the method furnished a bet.
ter practical test Of the 12-cylinder
airplane engine than was possible In
the testing laboratory or in any sta.
ttonary trial on blocks. As an add.
donal test the rear wheels of the
two-ton truck were locked, SO that they
could not revolve, and in this condition
1t was driven across ball park BY the
airplane engine and propeller through
heavy drifts of snow and over Ice. The
motor weighs 500 pounds and develops
power sufficient to drive q 12-passen.
ger airplane at 40 miles an hour
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-08
EGGS ARE RICH IN PROTEIN
Eaten Is Digested and Shell ls
Only Part Wasted.

The principal food element fur
nished by eggs is protein, the nitro
genous tssue-building element whose
presence In considerable proportion
also gives meats, fish, milk, cheese,
ETC., their special food value. Eggs
can, therefore, be substituted in the
diet for the latter foods without ma
terially altering the protein con-
sumed,
In addition, eggs also furnish fat
and number Of valuable mineral ele-
ments, including sulphur. phosphorus,
iron, calcium and magnesium, in an
easily assimilable form, and are be
lfeved also to be rich in certain essen
tial vitallzing elements called vitam-
ms.
Like milk and unlike meats, eggs
do not contain certain substances con-
vertible in the body into uric acid.
Their shells constitute the only waste
materials. Ninety-seven per cent of
the portion eaten-a high proportion
compared to other foods-is digested.
No extended cooking is necessary
for eggs, and there is, therefore, a
saving of time, labor and fuel in their
preparation when they are compared
with many other foods.
For all these reasons eggs deserve
an important place in the diet for use
ut times In place of other foods rich
In protein, provided egg prices are
not 20 high as to outweigh the other
considerations
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-08


The var has from the first been
brought light home to Africa. The
four German colonies. over which the
war extended, have an area of NOR
thaa Four times as great as Germany !;
and there has been long and hard
fighting In all Of them except in Togo.
Outside and within these areas Of
a4ual <affare live thousands Of
whites VINO are intensely interested in
the European struggle. Many Of these
whites, even ia the depths of Africa.
are receiving the essence of the news
every day. 8 Even the Sahara desert
is now partly belted by a telegraphic
line, a French enterprise, with wire
less extension in TimbuctoO. Thus this
once mysterious city of the Sudan is
now in touch with the great events
of the day. The Belgian Congo is eff
ficiently served by the French cable
TO Libreville and the land line to
Stanley Pool, where navigation of the
upper Congo begins. The news is
then wired up the Congo to the mouth
of the Congo, and then by wireless to
Stanley Falls, $40 miles above the
kasai.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-08
URGES MORE SNAIL FARMS
pspastshent@ ~ agriculture Points OUT
Possibilities In Their Cultivation
asa N This Country.

One form Of shell food with definite
possibilities for development In this
country Is the snail-the savory es-
cargot Of France, long an interna-
stional joke, like frog legs, but seldom
falling to make its way with the cpl
cure when fresh and properly pre-
pared. The department Of agriculture
considers snails Important enough TO
issue bulletin on, snail farming. There
Is already a great demand from our
foreign3born population, which would
undoubtedly be increased II snaiis
were cultivated here. Any back yard
Is big enough for a snail farm. A plot
Is to 80 feet square will accommodate
10000 snails, fed on leaves, cabbages'
lettuce, endive, chopped kohlrabi, dam
deliou sseaves or potatoes. On larger
plots snails will thrive on wild plants.
sSnails win not leave their. farm If they
have sufficient food and reasonable
range, and do not need to be fehceu
IN. A female will lay from 80 to 6o
eggs in June and July, and In ~ days
the baby snails will be Matched GU.
and attain marble size by the coio
weather They spend the winter Dur
led In the ground, coming out IN the
spring and feeding all summer, pc
ing ready for market by the 1oi-
lowing autumn.-Food Administrator
Bulletin.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-08
SchWab,s Story on Himself.

When it comes to borrowing money
Charles NJ. Schwab, president of the
Bethlehem Steel company, says he will
take second place to no one. You re-
member the story about the former
Pittsburgher trying to make touch"
for 100000 and the banker callii.,
Mr.. Schwab's attention to the fact
hat he already owed the bank several
millions, and his reply was I'll he
had forgotten all about it. Mr.. Sch yab.
at the New York Players club. related
another touch" he made. 81 wished
to enlarge the Bethlehem Steel COM
pany," he said. ito cope with condi-
lions, for that was the only munition
plant in the world free from contract
obligations. l went to Philadelphia
and called upon Mr.. Stotesbury. out
lined my plans, leading up to telling
him that l required money. He list
ened attentively and responded heart
lily: Well go the limit with you. You
can call on US for S5OO0OO.' That
won't be starter 1 protested. why,
Mr.. Baker over in New York has offer.
ed me many times that sum and he
doesn't even know me- That he
shot back at me with emphatic prompt
ness, is the reason he is ready to loan
| 1t to YOU" .-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-08
mARkEN ISLAND OLD sryLe
Ancient Manners Are sim Observed
and Historic Costumes Arr Worn
sw by the lnhabitantA.

Marker island is bit of the old Hol
land, an inlet lying in the Zuyder Hes
not far from Edam, of cheese fame
Holland is rapidly becoming modern
lied nowadays; the blue bl0omer Of
the canal bOatmen has gone the way
Of the wooden shoe, well toward OBJ
livion, although the latter, It IL said.
Ii becoming increasingly popular with
the price of leather soaring, writes
Niksah. The Dutch are rapidly aban-
doning the old ways that endeafed
them to the artists of bygone genera
lions, so that any spot where the tradi.
uonal customs are still preserved 10
worthy Of note as living museum Of
history.
Such q spot is Marker island, where
old manners are still followed and the
old costumes still worn. Separated by
only q narrow channel from the pro
gressive mainland, 1t is none the less
Hfty years behind the times. It seems
to be Characteristic Of small islands
that they progress much more slowly
than mainland whence their people
came. Thus in the Arran islands OF
the coast Of Ireland the old Irish
tongue is still spoken; in the Hebrides
men still live as they lived in the day.
of Scott, and on Marker island the
men still 60 down to the fishing boats
In boomers and wooden shoes.
The dark blue bloomef IL the mark
of the married man, while the single
men wear white-a somewhat illogical
arrangement in view Of the facilities
for laundry work that married men
ought to have. The women wear the
| old-time costumes and carry theii
knitting about with them on the streetA
Every one Of the houses IL exceeding
| ~ small and almost unbelievably clean.
There are not more than 800 people all
told in this little colony Of fishermen.
Marker is quaint and old-fashioned,
but 1t lacks the touch Of self-uncon.
seriousness to make it perfect. In all
the little shops you can purchase pic
ture postal cards depicting scenes that
are quaint" and typical" And when
a region begins to realize that 1t ID
/ picturesque 1t has taken the first steg
on the road to the commonplace.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-08
LESS OCCASION FOR REVElRY
Average Man Is Apt to Spend His For
tieth Birthday Quleter Than He
Did His Twentieth.

Congratulations !"
And Jones eagerly extended his hand
TO his friend.
"Forty yesterday, weren't your
"Yep."
Recalls old times. I recollect your
twentieth birthday and how we boys
and girls of the neighborhood had a
big night of it. Did you make night
of it last night and get the old crowd
together?" -
Birthdays are like trips to Europe,
jim" said the man who had just pass
ed forty. 1.-THE first time went across
all my friends came down to see me
off and brought flowers, books and
good things to eat. The second time
l went only my family came down.
The third time I went no one came.
drank cocktail all alone. LIZ
80 with birthdays. At twenty all
the neighborhood boys and girls sky.
larked until midnight. On my thir-
tieth birthday the children were allow.
ed to sit up and we had family birth
day party. This year the wife was SO
much interested in war work that
ate alone and spent the evening smok.
ing my pipe, alone"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-08
HumorS Of War.

The humors of war are the humoes
Of humanity. They have body and
Q substance rs real as are the fight.
ing men who Jest before they die. They
bring relief TO our spirits, because they
saveF of natures @.sindefatigable re-
newals." The callous levity Of the
trenches never offends us when we
remember. that the jOkers are pledged
to the great sacrifice. The determined
and not too easy cheerfulness Of the
warning nations Is miracle of cour.
age. We shall have plenty of chance
to be courageous along these lines.
But the mirth Of neutrals is apt to be
distasteful when 1t mocks at the things
Of war. In one Of the most charming
and yintimate of early English essays,
.Cow1ey speaks this word of wisdom:
God laughs at man who says -
his soul, Take thine ease "-AWsD
Reppler in the Yale Review. q
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-08
England Growing More Food Crops.

Although actual figures are not yet
available, it would appear from
general survey that about one-fifth to
one-quarter of the 100000 acres Of
permanent grassland which the Eng
fish food-production department hopes
to put under the pillow this season has
already been broken up. The program
of 100000 additional acres under corn
does not relate to permanent grass
only; no less than 100000 acres of
die land already arabic are included.
On this 100000 acres of arabic land
it is proposed to grow food crops Of
higher value than formerly, or food
crops instead of luxury crops, and
substantial proportion of it has al
ready been dealt with. The general
body of farmers are working hard
and doing their best to make the corn
area as large as possible.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-08
Shenandoah Herald.
SHE WAS A PROUD WAITRESS
Girl Drafted to Meet an Emergency
Declined to Pick Up Fork
| Dropped by Guest.

The pride of the average American
girl is quite as noticeable among
farmers daughters as any other class
, This is illustrated by the experience
of a resident of neighboring state
who, according to Osteopathic Maya.
zine, with a weekend company of
guests on his hands, was left on Sat-
urday without waitress to serve the
elaborate meals that had been planned.
After good deal of persuasion he sue
ceeded In getting the consent of
neighboring farmers daughter to help
out In the emergency although she had
never done anything of the kind. He
assured her she would be well paid
and that all she would have to do
would be to answer the call Of the bell,
perform the required service and leave
the room.
AS the company was seating itself
at the table one of the men hit fork
with his elbow, knocking 1t to the floor.
The host touched the bell and as the
door into the kitchen opened and the
girl stuck her head inquiringly into the
room, he said: THE gentleman
dropped a fork" indicating the loca-
ton with a motion Of his hand
The girl stepped fully into the room
and with mingled establishment and
indignation said: you don't mean ter
say you rung that bell just ter have
me come In an pick up that fork, do
yer7 OF all things If he's too lazy
to pick 1t up himself. you can let 1t
lay there. won't touch It," Then
she made hurried exit, banging the
door.
Hilarious is mild term to apply to
the uproar that followed, and the dis
comfted host Joined In the merriment.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-08
DO REPAIRING UNDER GROUND
Not Necessary to Haul to the Sur
face the Larger Locomotives
Used in Mines.

At one of the large mines OF the
Northwestern Mining and Exchange
company. in Clearfield county, Pa, re-
ports a writer in Coal Age, is rather
interesting underground motor room IN
which all repairs are made to the
haulage locomotives. The small gath
ering locomotives are sent to the sur
face to undergo repair work, but the
large ones, which cannot be run onto
the cage and hoisted TO the surface,
are repaired in the mine when 1t is
possible The motor room, says the
magazine quoted-"is about 10 to 10
feet wide The walls are Of brick ana
the roof Of steel I-beams. track
runs through the room at one side. A
large pit permits the mechanics to
work under q locomotive. At the left
of the room e.. is the workbench
which is equipped with all the various
vises and tools needed for repair work.
The crane can handle a weight OF 10
tons. It's operated by hand and can
travel the full length of the room.
Electric lights furnish sufficient illu-
mination for the machinist and his
helper"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-08
Some Old ChiIdren's Books,

John Newbury set the fashion n
publishing Juvenile story books ahou
1856. retaining Goldsmith and others f.
write them, and in the list of such nuh
lications it is somewhat startling +.
come across. Tom Jones" and "IoSenl
Andrews abridged for the ann +
ment of youth" 1t is true, hut not
all in the direction one would expec'
says the Boston Globe. There was
however. quite literally, powder in III
lam, even with Newbury's publications
The worthy publisher was the propric
tor of fhe famous DR.. James Powdo-
and contrived TO introduce ingeuiou
references to this profitable sidcline ir
to his book. Thus in "Goody-Two
Shoes" the heroine's father dies miser
ably because "seized with fever in q
place where DIR. James Powder was
not to be had"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-08
AN EYE-OPENER FOR DIETIST
WsefuIiy Discouraged When He Sees
Array Of "Eats" Consumed In
"One.Arm" Lunch.

Tho man who reads all the good
health stories in the magazines and res
CARDS himself as an adept amateur
dietist ate lunch recently in zone
arm hash house" downtown, says the
Indianapolis News. Usually he eats at
home, and the experience was a novel
adventure for him.
Nearby, filling his own chair and
encroaching on the arm Of the chair
next him, sat q big man, hale and
hearty, consuming piece Of apple pie,
three doughnuts and big cut Of cake.
Opposite, galloping through cut of
roast beef, mashed potatoes, cheese
sandwich and stewed prunes, was q
young fellow, bookkeeper's stoop
launching his shoulders and an indoor
pallor spread over his face.
Tall, bony and ascetic, the man In
the long, black coat dabbled in q bowl
Of chicken broth and a plate Of waters,
while the plump little stenographer at
his elbow ate a plate Of beans and a
French pastry with relish. The capable
once manager or WomanS employ
ment bureau, who sat near the door,
was carefully masticating boiled hon.
my, chicken sandwich lettuce salad
and a dish of fresh fruit while con-
versing on office management with the
vice president of an insurance com.
pany who was getting away with raw
oysters, sausage and sauerkraut and
strong black coffee.
Finishing his most carefully select
ed lunch, the amateur dietist left the
lunchroom with baffled expression.
paused on the curb, shook himself to-
gether and muttered to himself:
"Well, I'll be jiggered! Irving Cobb
sure said something when he wrote.
what Is the moral Of 1t all? You can
search mer"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-08
10 This the Modern Child?

The child has changed; it is no Ion
ger the creature that. pointing to an
animal In the field, said: "What's
thatr and the reply being, "A COW, y
asked "Whyi" The child is perilous.
" close to asking whether the animal
u cnniv0rous or herbivorous.
That makes coercion very difficult.
But I do not think that the modern
parent desires to coerce ~ much az
did his forebear. Rather, he desires to
develop the child's personality, and in
Its early years this leads to horrid re-
suits, to children being taught to see
the beautiful" as 'being made 10 real
lie the duties Of citizen"
We are In for a generation made IN
half Of bulbous-headed, bespectacled
precocities, and half Of barbarians
who are realizing their perSonaltty"
BY the continual use Of "shallr ana
hant-w. I. Georg4 h Aasper's
$500
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-08
Discoveries In PsIesAlea

The discoveries which the British
and Indian troops are making in Pales.
tine of old churches and their sacred
dust have. reminded one of the soldiers
OF Sir Henry Layard's description of
the excavators at Nimroud. When the
hrst of the enormous figures began to
appear above the earth Arabs raced to
him-"Hasten, o Bey, for they have
found Nimroud himself. Wallah, It Is
wonderful; we have seen It with our
eyes. There is no God but 0odi" And
they hied them in terror to their tents.
The Anzacs were filled with different
emotions, for like all the forces their
ranks are furnished with highly edu.
Gated as well as men Of the Old tn Of
pF1vs<As
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-08

Hydroairplanes will be used for the
first time to guide ships through the
ice fields of the arctic regions, when
the annual expedition Of the Siberian
Steamship, Manufacturing and Trad
Ing company leaves New York in July
for the company's trading post on the
OBJ and Yenisei rivers. Information
received by the department Of COM
merce from Russia said the ships
would follow route north of the sub
marine zone to the Kara sea, where
flying machines would be put into
service to point out water free fEU0
Ice.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-08
RIahts Of Man.

1he Duperstitious awe, the enslaving
reverence, that formerly surrounded
afnuence. II passing away In all coun
tries, and leaving the possessoe OF
property to the CONFUSION Of acci.
dsn6 When wealth and splendot. In
stead Of fascinating the multitude, ex-
cite emotions of disgust; when, instead
q drawing forth admiration, It h be-
held - an insult upon wretchedness !;
when the ostentattoas appearancs II
make. serves 20 call the right u e IN
queeuoA the case of property bscsmes
e1oeal. and It II only in q systom Of
Jusoe0 mat the possessor can eoa1nm
pdeeo eoeurity-Thomas PainA
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-08
Lean to Listen.

Men Ike the girl who can chatter
but they love the girl who can listen
There are 20 few Of NJ who learn thi.
IN early youth. But a. We ct eldel
ne realize that people In general would
rather talk to good listener than t.
be entertained by the most h91lliant
conversation list IN the world
II you are not popular with men and
with women. Rake mp your mid to
fnd out why Jon are not, Study your
self and try to realize II you am dis
loyal unsympathettc, opinionatsd 0,
ssl1sA-Exchanga E:u
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-08
Such l. Fame.

was talking Of famous men's
1Dsbles one day to girl had met al
IL seaside. and I asked her to gaze In
my hace and to say whom she thought
I resembled the most. Now, I fancy
uyDelf that I look more or less like a
secona Lord Kitchener; so informed
her tAat she'd probably guess II made
IN attempt at assisting her. -
ylRst, his fame is In everyone .
m0uth," began; there's a handle at.
tached to his name. He lie rarely up
iset, IN all-round sort OF man-now,
bEhaps, you know who mean"
wait Bit" she replied there's
% handle, you say and sAhe gave her
plump shoulders a shrug. Hes In
Sveryone's mouth. I've got It, hooray !
'Yes, q course, why. you do look like a
mig r1London Tit-Bits.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-08
Use Of Cement,

Cement was first put on the market
In England. 1t was still being import
ed into this country in 1875. 1t was al
this time that the use of Portland o.
ment In the United States came int
commercial prominence. When tn
product was first placed on the mar
ket In competition with that which wa:
being imported from England and Ger
many. a good price was demanded
However. production In excess Of de
mand soon resulted and it proved biz
factor in the price cutting that fol
lowed.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-08
The ractful Writer.

When writing to those away from
home or distant relatives or friends
see to 1t that your letter fairly sparkfes
with cheer and good news. Bring q
smile to the readers lips and make
him or her long to be with you to
share the happy joys you tell about.
These are the kind Of letters that
30 straight to the hearts Of those who
receive them. The vast majority Of
"a have full measure of cares and re.
sponsibilities to contend with, but
every one Of us can often think a hap.
~ thought or speak q good word and
Ne should IN all fairness pass It o.
Exchange.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-08
Repartee,

Harold asked me point blank Il
that beautiful color of yours was nat
ural. and, Of course, dear. had to tel
the truth and say no."
"Of course, you did. He taxed nc,
with 1t, and / told him had borrowed
Il Of you"