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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-02-07
Farm
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By JANE OSBORN

~ 4lItEf 1851
If women students took courses IN
veterinary surgery and animal hus-
5andry there was no very good reason
why the men students at the short win
ter courses Of the state agricultural
college should not select Prof. Lucy
Cummings course, known as farm ad-
minlSTatlon-59. Still Prof. Lucy
Cummings was surprised, not to say
little confused, when of to the left
side Of the lecture room, contrasting
with the so or more young women's
faces, she saw the four men students
who had apparently elected to take
her course.
1t dealt, as the catalogue said In de
scribing it, with "the psychological and
sociological problems OF the farm
household" and considered in detail
the problems Of making the farm
house Il center Of family recreation
and neighoarhood social activity"
Three Of the young men VINO lad
elected it Wore spectacles and took
notes copiousIy. Lucy discovered that
they We're fitting themselves to be in
structors In agricultural subjects and
were apparently going straight through
the catalogue as part Of their prepara-
ton.
The fourth member took no notes
he was, in fact, moi taking the course
Tor credit. He was among the dozen
II so attendants Of the agricultural
college who apparently came to few
lectures merely as matter Of diver
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-02-07
How Leaves Purify Air.

It has been calculated that single
rec is able through It's leaves to purify
the air from the carbonic acid arising
from the respiration of a considerable
number of men, perhaps dozen OF
even more. The volume Of carbonic
Add exha1ed by human being In the
course Of twenty four hours ia put at
about 100 gallons, but by Boussin
gault's estimate single yard Of Leaf
surface, counting both the upper and
the under side Of the leaves. can, IN
favorable circumstances, decompose q
last gallon Of cnrbonic acid Z day.
One hundred square Yards Of leaf sur
lece then would suffice to keep the
mr. pure for one man, but the leaves
~ . tree Of moderate size present I
1u1eaee Of many hundred squaEs
y1rGk An other forms Of vegetables
N ~ similarly ii at3stractins tn
= - easbonic acid from ths atmss
.lsl
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-02-07
anyone but their own ra1nIfy IN tnvlr

anyone but their own raIuIIy IN ,nviF
| Notification.
So q snowy Christmas came and
went and all the Yuletide cheer that
| Lucy got was In the recollection Of
the spirit OF Christmas that she had
| put into mat lecture ana the applause
| OF appreciation that came afterward.
Lucy went out for solitary stroll
over the snow the day after Christmas.
and 1t was there that she met the two
brown eyes fer ghe first time out Of
| classroom. All she had learned about
the owner Of them was that he WIS
Teil-to-rio and prosperous farmer who
was taking the course merely for a d.
version
AS far as actual know'edge Of agri-
culture went there wasn't q specialist
| in the college to whom he could not
give practical pointers IL the special
ISIS own subject, 50 Lucy rad been
told.
Before Lucy knew 1t she had ac-
cepted the invitation offered to her
from her interesting student to get into
his sleigh, and then she realized that
she actually consented to accompany
her companion to his farm five miles
away.
'Td like 70 have it fixed up the
way you told rs farms ought 70 he
fixed up he smiled. "but it's pretty
hard for an cd bachelor like me to
get any Of taat fno spirit into farm
Ing. When my mother was with me
there we used sometimes to tiX uD
little. bet Dow all rhe company have
In the winter IS one hired man aui
his wife 10 DO the cooking, and s. los
hey know or care about the higher
psychological aspect"
Lucy flushed. She was afraid TINT
her student was laughing At her but
when she looked at him she saw that
he was looking very serious,
"Pm surprised though, that you are
here for the holidays" he went on. Il
lad m idea YOU V ere OFF having Just
the kind OF Christmas time you pie
tured to us"
ono" said Lucy simply. II was ut
the boarding house. I had 10 place 70
60" And then. feeling that she had
perhaps oeen a niue 700 cofnmuAlca-
tive, she chon@ed the subject
ASSUMING her most professional air
""U 'iSil42 10 '''lA ID" Nhe "0u'u fao
hef eo1.P''l'IoN l'eeh 'i el2itleeh-E 9aF-
eva "'enP' anu hol z S'aIma't man
- u1-tty-'''f = S'ie SUD OH con
N'-o" now Pie"9e0 I was 10 nave YOU
boys e'ect my course was NSl'e,-tiiy
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-02-07
CLEANING the Money,

A money laundry Il to be Installed
In the Minneapolis federal reserve
bank as 4 part Of the conservation
policy Of the times. From $4,000, goo
to 80, O00, 900 II torn and dirty federal
reserve bank n0tes q now chopped up
annually and rG1usd i \ proposed
- eeve ) 1asoa upoEttea q this -
l11 II NJ G1a Aennlng pEpc11s
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-02-07
A. last.

The nice young man, opening up
a conversation with the lady of his
affections:
II made perfect fool of myself
today!"
"There, knew you would make
something Of yourself il you only
tried long enoughl" was the startling
response.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-02-07
She Eet the Tyyo Brown Eyes,

@5ap during the winter months when
Junr hang heavily an rhoic han Is.
rs,- tia "a vas tie y one
Il i'm t.~- r.e -.~ rat ;-ein. "a
colu-n fer credit nd That therefore,
his We're The only par OF eyes left
free to study Lucy as she delivered
her lecture made ]js presence loom
l5g@. ia the lecture roam.
Sometimes ii seemed TO T.ucv-s no
was }af twenty-five ana t-t ID +. p
second year rs a college professor r
seemed IL, # ne Tee1a contained bur
tho<n 1--WE smiling. rather amused
kindly, always attentive brown ewes.
Lucy herself had never lived many
months on the farm. She had chosen
to specialize in Agricultural house
wiferv because it combined her nat
urai int rest in domesticity and thin .
rurai-not because she had really
worked out the problem of the farm
er's wife or had eyel a remote idea of
the difficulties that faced the farm
woman in her domestic relations.
Lucy frequently felt handicapped be-
cause Of her laA of practical expert
ence, but never did She feel so much
SO rs when in the course Of lecture
she would give u-toranae to some
highly optimistic and theoretical ideas
as to tho charms Of farmhouse life and
she would see the eyes at the side of
the room registering degree more Of
amusement
The lecture that Lucy planned to
give the day before class dfsbanded
for the Christmas holidays was prac-
teal talk on Christmas in the farm
house When she worked this lecture
I'D the year before she felt that she
had achieved her masterpiece, and in
fact many Of the students of that
year had told her that it had proved
immea surahly helpful.
In the lecture she gave PRACTICAL
based on no actual experience to be
sure-advice on how to bring Yuletide
cheer TO the farmhouse, how to set up
the Christmas tree and how to deck
II with ornaments that could be all
produced on the farm-strung popcorn.
cranberries and rosy apples.
She took occasion to draw con-
trast between the Christmas season in
a city home and that in a farmhouse,
with all the advantage scored In IA
lvor of the latter. In order to get
through the lecture at all she had to
keep her eyes steadily turned away
from the side of the room dominated
over by the pair Of brown eyes. Then
came the end of the lecture and Lucy
| knew that she had said something that
had brought an anticipatory thrill Of
Christmas spirit to her class.
| She was almost overcome with hap
| piness as she heard the many voices
giving their Christmas best wishes.
They had actually Capped to show
| their appreciation. This Lucy knew
to be mosf unusual tribute ut tie
| college.
And Lucy needed this encouragement
sorely. for after college had closed all
that was left to her was the little de.
serted boarding house in the college
town. Almost every one had left for
the holidays. but Lucy had no place
to leave for. Her only relatives, verJ
distant cousins, hySd across the con.
ilnsnk A1d ~ xtown used u
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-02-07
Vol. 10l,

Church Directory.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL SOUTH.
Every Sunday at II A. M. and 500
| M. S. K. COCK RELL,
Pastor
| PRESBYTERIAN.
| Woodstoch-Every Sunday II A
| i. and 7:30 2 NJ. exec pit 2nd Surdaf
Nj. JACKSON Second Sunday i a
| REV. }. j MoMURRAy.
Past
LUTHERAN.
Every, Sunday II A. NJ and 7.3t
2. NJ. REV. 5. W. kUHNS, Pastor,
CHRISTIAN.
Secordl Sunday, IL A. NJ. and 60
Z M. REV, j. d. HAMAKEN
PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL
Emmanuel Church, Woodstock
First Sunday evening at 1870; Sec
o Id Sunday at Eleven Il. H.; Third
Sunday svening at 7.30.
RER GILES B. T L1IER.
REFORMED
st. Paul's w oodstock-2nd and 4th
sundays a. M. Every Sunday nigh9
Calvary-1sg ana Bird Sundays A NJ
REV. W. L. tAl SLY, 20 stor.
Services will beheld at the follwinP
places:
WHITE CHAPEL
Preaching every LIST Sunday ll:2u
d. IL. 3rd sunday $50 p. N.
sunday school, every Sunday 1888
y. N.
OAK LEVEL
Preaching I'd Sunday 1880 d. III.
4th Sunday $50 p. N. Sunday schoo
every Sunday 1890 a. m.
G. E. KERCHEVAL, P. c.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-02-07

A chestnut bur Is almost as hard to
handle as a porcupine. Long bristling
spines point In every direction to prick
the fingers Of the unwary. But after
the frosts come. the bur opens itself
md the satin-smooth nuts drop ont for
the first conner to pick up. Don't be
discouraged because the thing on which
you have set your heart is encased in
a prickly armor which makes grasping
It inexpedient. Perseverance, steadfast.
ness, determined holding on, are
snre to open the toughest burs Mt
last making the prickles harmless and
dropping the treasures they guarded
into the hands uplifted to receive
them.
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subscription will be found on every
copy of the Shenandoah Herald,
Please remit without waiting for
statement to be sent from this Office.
BY 80 doing you will greatly oblieg
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invest you uoney Ia the per cent
Certificates OF the ohen. Valley Loan
y trust Co., W Woodstock, Va. Sc
curity unquestioned. Interest pay
able selnl-annuGlIy, ana Certificates
cedeefaaoio any sl1e aiser SIX months
10 2Oft pUIGa-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-02-07

Pal yoar savings il .Ls 9at.L-.
Department OF lhe oAenanGo2a VA
ley Loan and Trust Co, NoCdetooA,
a., at per cent comOound interest
Amounts of s1.00 and upwards re-.
ce1yea. The only savings instltQ.
ton in the county for the accomula-
ton OF the small savings of .!akoring
men. women, ard children.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-02-07

AS bone of contention, the kaiser
Is pretty poor picking, even to be "in
the SOUP"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-05-22
West Milwaukee.

Judge Blenski speaks Polish, Ger
man, English and French, but he
can't talk West Milwaukee. He tried
to understand it in court and he
made a bad failure.
A brakeman was being tried for
assault and battery on switchman.
The brakeman was on the stand and
testifying:
Judge, I high-balled the hoghead
to slip the rattlers over the transfer,
and this pie-eyed geek
Hold on" exclaimed the court.
What kind Of language do you
talk?"
*'The same as every person in West
Milwaukee" answered the brake
man.
"Is there an Interpreter present
who can speak Wests Milwaukee,
asked the Judge.
There was and the trial proceed
ed-The Maize.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-05-22
ARABS PLAYED BIG ROLE.
Had Only University in the World in
Dark Ages.

Few realize the greatness of the
role played by the Arabian culture
through the Dark Ages. AS Mr.. Gil
bran told his interviewer the other
day: 'tIn the century after Moham-
med, the Arabs composed the great
est empire in the history of the world
from within go miles of Paris to
the heart of China. And with it
grew the learning and the literature
of the people. At that time they had
the only universities in the world.
They knew that the earth was round
long before Calico; n.the towers of
their churches were telescopes; later,
when the Spanish came, and con-
quered, they replaced them with
church bells.
when all Europe was dark, in
the Eighth, Ninth and Tenth CEN
turies, the Arabs had a school of
translators of. Greek philosophy. The
Book of Job, for instance, is an Ara
bic work, translated and adopted by
the Hebrews" It was their religion
that forbade their sculpturing and
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-05-22
Married Sixty-EiigM Years July 8th|

Mrs. B. F. Griffin, Ruffin, S. c.. (de-
ceased): Mrs. C. B. Catch, Altoona
Fla: Wilson Patrick, Beresford
Fla: Tommie Jones, Ruftin, S. c.;
Berton Jones. Fort Mcpherson, Ga,
Grandchildren: Goldie, Beatrice, Ed
ma. Marie. and Eugene Burnett; Err
nest, William, Paul. Harold and
Louise Patrick: Lawson, Gladys, Eu-
gene, Joseph, Jesse, Blion and baby
Timer: Alma and Edna Griffin; Her
bert and Annie Catch; Rentz, Horace
and J. w. Patrick; Eugenia Jones.
Mrs. J. E. Berry. Branchville, (de-
ceasedD. Children: T. B. Berry
Branchville: Mrs. Lille Eugenia Ber-
rv. Branchville; Mrs. Bertha Lee Nc
Alhaney, Branchville; c. W. Berry
Branchville: G. fisher Byrd, Branch
vile: Harriet Dukes, Branchville;
Mrs. R. NJ. Bruce, Bamberg; R. j
Berry, Bowman. Grandchildren;
Pearl Berry; Ralph, Johnnie, Eunice
Lille May and Jessie Belle Berry
Mamie Sue and Aubrey McAlhaney
Myrl. Cecil, Maurice and Clifton Ber'
ry: Parker, Hazel. Marion, Mary
Belle and baby Byrd; James, Newell
Selma and Myrtis Dukes; R. NJ.
James. Grace and Robert Bruce; Ur'
ma, Katherine, Davis and Ennis Ber'
ry.
Mrs. o. G. Rhoad, Hunters Chapel
(deceased). Children: r. w. Rhoad
Fort Green Springs, Fla; j. W
Rhoed, Charleston: Mrs. Mamie z
RentZ. Columbia: Mrs. c. N. Randall
Langley; Sam c. Rhoad. Savannah;
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-05-22

Mrs. S. NJ. Holley, Aiken. Grandchil-
;lren: Robert. Henry and Nell Rhoad !;
Mamie EeHtz: Sam G. Rhoad, Jr.
Virginia. Josephine and David Hol-
ley.
G. w. Rentz. Sr., Bamberg. Chill
dren: G.. w. RentZ, Jr., Bamberg;
Mrs. LaVerne Thomas, Bamberg;
Mrs. J. J. Heard, Bamberg; Leighton
Rentz, Bamberg; George Rentz,
Bamberg. Grandchildren: Wilson
Shuck and Charles Strom Rentz; La
Verne, Elizabeth, Julia and Charles
Maston Thomas; J. J. Heard, Jr.
Mrs. Francis Folk, Bamberg. Chill
dren: Mrs. A. B. Utsey, Bamberg;
Mrs. P. K. Rhoad, Providence; j.
Frank Folk, Bamberg. Grandchil-
dren: Urma Utsey; Edward, Hattie,
Miriam and Edith Rhoad.
DR.. S. P. Rentz, Hunters Chapel.
Children: Ralph Rentz, Hunters
Chapel; Horace Rentz, Hunters
Chapel. Grandchild: Elizabeth
RentZ.
Mrs. E. F. Mcmillan, Hahira, Ga.
Children: Mrs. Ruth Hambrick, Ray
City, Ga.; Carl Mcmillan, Valdosta,
Ga.; Clarence Mcmillan, Hahira, Ca;
Kathleen Mcmillan, Hahira, Ca; Err
nest Mcmillan, Hahira, Ga. Grand
children: Thera Hambrick; Carlisle
Mcmillan.
D. P. Rentz, Lakeland, Fla. Chill
dren: Clyde Rentz, BAmberg; D. P
Rentz. Jr., Lakeland, Fla; Edith
Rentz, Lakeland, Fla.
Mrs. J. W. Blocker, 80 Nassau
street, Charleston. Children: Mrs
R. NJ. Barwick, Charleston; Avis Ed
wards, Charleston; Arthur Edwards
Charleston; Susie Edwards, Charles
ton. Grandchild: Robert Simmons
Barwick.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-05-22

The picture shown herewith is a
likeness of Bamberg's oldest couple
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob G. Rentz. On
July s. next, they will have rounded
out 6S years of married life. In
many respects Mr. and Mrs. Rentz
are the most remarkable couple in
this section. 1t is very likely that
they are the forebears Of the largest
family in South Carolina. Their
children. grandchildren and great
grandchildren number about l -.
Mr.. Rentz was 81 years of age on
the 18th of last April. Mrs. Rentz
is three years his junior, being 81
years old on the 2Sth of last Decem-
Der. They were married on July s,
1852, and there are now five genera
tions of the family.
They are quiet, fine old country
folks. They have lived their entire
lives within the borders Of Bamberg
county, residing now few miles
from the places of their birth. at the
home of their son, DR.. S. P. Rentz, at
Hunters Chapel. They are both con-
secrated Christians, having elected to
give their lives to the service of their
Lord in their younger days. Mr..
Rentz joined the Bethesda Baptist
church when quite boy, and when
the Hunters Chapel church was es-
tablished his membership was trans
ferred there. He has been deacon
in the church for so years or longer.
He served throughout the Civil war
with the Confederate army. HE mas
never aspired to any office or place
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-05-22
ENGLAND HAS NEGRO PROBLEM
Colonies, Established in War, Now
Have Become Nuisance.
(New York WOrld.)

we" 1 OLE w VI ~
England has a negro problem on
her hands. During the war negro
colonies were established in various
English possessions as seamen, and,
tempted by munition wages and the
shortage of labor, settled down there
The police and social workers
agreed that the conditions which
have followed on the negro immigra.
tion are serious.
The negroes are natural dandies,
and one has been seen to wear a
bracelet, a chain and heavy locket
around his neck, and a large silk
handkerchief hanging from the back
Of his coat. They hold noisy carous-
ais and the authorities have been
obliged to borrow from America a
word to describe the police squad
assigned to the negro quarters. 1t
is called the Dixie Patrol"
Lately many of the negroes have
been thrown out of work and have
received the government unemploy-
ment donation. They are Fow said to
be anxious to return to Africa, but
white sailors refuse to work with
them and ships officers will not sign
them on The whites are equally
desirous that the negHoes shall de-
part, and it is probable that the
colonial office will grant them pass
age money.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-05-22

of honor, but has served his county
faithfully in the capacity OF pla Il
citizen.
Although now old in years, Mr..
and Mrs. Rentz still get lot OF en-
jovment out of life. A great deal OF
their time is spent visiting among
their children. Mrs. Rentz, before
her marriage, was Miss Mary Hunter,
daughter Of the late Mr.. J. Wilson
Hunter. This fine old Christian couple
are beloved by hundreds of relatives
and friends, who wish them many
more years Of happy life together.
Below is given a list of their chill
dren, grandchildren and great
grandchildren:
Mrs. J. L. Herndon, R. F. D. 2,
Branchville. Children: Mrs. Alice
Steedly> Hunters Chapel; H. NJ
Herndon, Denmark; Mrs. S. B. Black,
Hildah; Mrs. Nettie Steedly, Bam-
berg; Mrs. A. 3. Hightower. Den
mark; Frank H. Herndon, Bamberg;
James A. Herndon, U. S. NJ; Chisolm
Herndon, Tucumcari, N. Mex; HUI
bert Herndon, Branchville. Grand
children: Rubin, Marie and Harry
Steedly; Rena, Rufus, Harvey, Ra-
chel, Sadie Rhoad and Thurmond
Herndon; Erlell, Bruce, Lloyd, Grace,
Julia Evelyn, Samuel and Mary
Black. and Mrs. Herbert Folk; Floyd
Betty, Olive, Henry and Raymond
Steedly; Cecil, Jimmie, Katherine
Virginia, Myrtis, Marion, Martha and
Allie Hightower; Mary Elizabeth
Herndcn. Great-grandchild (great-
great-grandchild of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
G. Rentz): H. M. Folk.
Mrs. A. E. Jones, Rufin, S. c.
Children: Mrs. E. w. Burnett, Tam
pa, Fla; Willie Patrick, Ruffin, S
c.: Mrs. A. T. Ulmer, Ruffin, S. c.;
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-05-22
News From Brier Greek.

Brier Creek, May 19.-The farm
ers in this section are busy trying to
conquer General Green.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elijah Goodwin, of
the Spring Branch section, dined with
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. NJ.
Goodwin, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Bessinger
and family dined with Mr.. and Mrs.
John A. Richardson Sunday.
Mr.. Gilmore Beard, of the Spring
Branch section, was a visitor at Brier
Creek Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hampton Richardson
and children visited relatives at Far
rell's Cross Roads Sunday.
Misses Nettie and Inez Clayton and
. Misses Laura, Thera and Eleanor
Goodwin and Mr.. Jones Mcmillan, of
Colston, were the guests of Misses
Bertie and Adrine Goodwin Saturday
night and Sunday.
Miss Fairey Steedly has returned
home, after spending several weeks
at Walterboro.
Mrs. B.. D. Donald and children
dined with Mrs. S. NJ. Goodwin Sun
day.
Miss Bernice Prince. of Embree,
spent the weekend with Mrs. B. D.
Donald. =
Mr.. John England and Mr.. and
Mrs. Caney Hicks, of Embree, visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Kisler Sandifer Sunday
afternoon.
Rev. and Mrs. John Williams were
the Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Wheeler Steedly.
Mr.. Dan Steedly, of Hunters
Chapel, visited Mr.. Preston Steedly
Sunday.
Mrs. Arie Warn, of Bamberg, visit
ed her sister, Mrs. Kisler Sandifer,
last week.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-05-22
MEETING OF TAXPAYERS.

A meeting of the taxpayers, voters
of Bamberg School District, No. IA,
is hereby called to be held in the
City Hall in the town of Bamberg, S.
c., on Monday, May 26, 1919, at 4
O'CLOCK p. M, for the purpose of
electing one member of the Board of
Trustees, and for the transaction of
any other business that may legally
come before the meeting.
w. NJ. BRABHAM,
Chairman Board of Trustees.
Bamberg, S. c., May 7, 1919,- 9,-2tn
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-05-22

painting of natures forms, but still
these arts have gone into the con-
ventional patterns of rug-weaving.
"In music, as we'll as poetry" says
Mr.. Gibran, "the Arabs have made
themselves felt in the Western world.
The songs of Southern Russia, for
example, would be we'll understood
and enjoyed by my people, their ORR
gin being often Arabic. Tchaikovsky
and Verdi have felt his influence;
Aida is composed of Arabic motifs.
Italianized Debussy told me that he,
too, had taken our motifs and built
upon them some of his works."
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-05-22

But the adaptability of the Arabs
is the great hope for Mesopotamia
and the rest under the coming new
order. Mr.. Gibran says that there is
hardly an educated man in Syria who
does not know at least English and
French besides his own language. "1n
SYRIA and Egypt we know Dante,
Shakespeare, Hugo, the French poets
from Villon to Maeterlinck," he says;
land it would not surprise me II
survey of how widely Shakespeare is
known among us were to show that
we read him as much as you do, II
not more"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-05-22
That Breezy Western Way.

They were playing poker in a west
ern town. One of the players was a
stranger, and was getting a nice
trimming. Finally, the sucker saw
one of the players give himself three
aces from the bottom of the pack.
The sucker turned to the man be-
side him and said: did you see
that?'
"See what?" asked the man.
"Why, that fellow dealt himself
three aces from the bottom of the
deck,' said the sucker.
"Well, what about it," asked the
man. 1T was his deal, wasn't it?''-
Tit-Bits.