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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-29

- RNNY. the M.ssaonar~s nttle
son, sat under his fathers teak
wood-ho Use thinking about some
~ thing vary important. He had
lust besn talking with Nan Chat, the
Mlssi0nayy'a elephant driver who had
toid h.m am extraordinary story. OF
eours4 Kenny wasn't supersislous In
The least and really didn't believe all
u the story. but Il had ut him to
tAinkfnK sef'cusly.
Nan Chat had said that once uron a
time there was bad man who had
more nerve than was good for him.
rhss pan made an elephant image out
" clay. then he got four snails and
fastened them In the elephants legs
tor feet. then he 30. an earthworm
ana stuck It behind for tail. then
10 got . leech and uxed II for the etc
chants trunk. When the Image was
mAdesN moved on Its snail feet and
AwttcHed its leech trunk and earth
weSm. tail. 'Sox- every one knows. %
NA1 Chat .said. that the spirits' wor-
ship Ny Lord the Elephant 80 1t
was that The. spirits seeing the image
move. and switch -fts tail In tire most
;lfe-like manner possible. decided tina I
Il was . true. Tvs elephant. and down
ihsy bAme 70 do. homage. or course,
they v0vn-<cunh out. that they had
bssA~ !. fooled They were furiously
an91H. gen may be SURE They hunted
up Ahat bad man and sent thirty-seveu
hollis. o.. lightning, down on his head.
swhlct. oily served him right con
STUDDED Nan Chat.
Benny did not believe the part about
ms. Aptrits.. but the idea Of making an
image which could move seemed good
10 Mn. He did. not sit undor his
satheI.x honSe long, thinking about t.
Hs T.1a sogn out In the blazing Siam.
- .1lp sEine- collecting what he need.
N {SEypatipE the Image.
what ere you doing. little NaiT''
askS&. Nan Chat. who was lying under
saefnE OIL bush chewing betel-nut.
sEN.lonking for. some xnails," wa
Bs1% S1plx. 1880
Nan Chat sat up and. looked 1t the
boz saspicta,aaiy. Il
hat - ,yeu want with snails. lit
sls4 gsi3: As.inauired,
NJ 1Anay felt that perhaps he had
SV<NvH 49, ~ IAG QuooSsVus htC uAu
: faa1eog that Man Chai might no,
wao1 .htrr a. make ths elephant image
- ~ want on and found his snails
hiDaao1ch and eArthworm. all Of which
~ carried IN half cocoanut shell
AAAeWteA = lump Of clay in one hand
M - dnuns again under his father.
<AaAoo-kAU uaa hardly there minute
pA AiS 6aamsse friend looked under
m M. Aas4 called:
Gene quick. I'm going ia bathe
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-29

the food they have been able to get,
has been insufficient and not nourish-
ing. They had lacked fats altogether
for long time. Also they. were
ashamed to eat what little they had
while Others. especially children, were
30 in need.
when We first arrived IN Buda-
pest. the schools were open. but they
were forced to close down because OF
lack of fuel. The misery OF Hun
gary Is emphasized by the terrible dif-
fcultics Of transports 1t In
nearly impossible TO get anything
into the country. The railway equip
mert has been 30 depleted that trans
portation from one part Of the country
to another Is almost an inpossibi)ty.
And to secure transportation across
the borders Of the countries that hem
II in. Is often q matter for diplomacy
Always for long delays"
Mr.. Haan concluded by declaring
that although industry is absolutely
demoralized, principally because the
bottom has fallen out of the money,
stiil through the stimulus of Ameri-
can aid, good crops ara expected next
spring, as the peasants are hard at
work; and that the feeling that
America has quoted all internal
troubles. bids fair to swing Hungary
through its present crisis.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-29

~. "snall we take \ little ride On the
sadaw!"
Benny agreed. OF course. but he was
sill determined to make the image. H.
only to convince his siane.e friend
that spirits couldn't send down light
ming bolts
That very evening came good
chance. The Missionary was Ia his
study reading. Bennys mother sat At
her little round bamboo table writing
= long letter home. The big lamp
was lit and everything was nice and
cosy. Benny brought clay. leech,
earthworm and snajls into the house
and sat down under his mothers table
and there he made the image.
II was no easy matter making that
lively worm stay where he was put,
but good squeeze settled him and
the ieech was so tired out from being
carried about all day he was quite
willing to be the elephants trunk. as
for the four snaiis, they were all in
their shells asleep.
Nov I'll run to Nan Chats house
and get him 20 come and seet"
thought Benny umphantiy.
out ne TAu- anu ~ no opened the
door his mother said:
shut tho door tight. dear. saw
= snake weighing along near the steps
Just before supper and ] don't want II
to ret into the house"
Benny obsyed and ran to Nan Chats
house. Two made the imAEe!~ he
| cried. mo lightning has struck me,
seer Come on and look 1T my
image"
They were soon back at the Mis-
sionary's house But just a. they
reached the verAnda they heard a
| scream and then a loud explosion.
Bang. Bang! Bang: Nan Chat
turned and ran away a. fast ~ he
could. but Benny ran into the house
crying: what Is ~" His mother
was bending over something on the
noor. . revolver In her hand. and the
! Missionary was there too.
Something crawied out from under
| tina table," explained Mrs. Missionary
Il thought It was . snake and shot
H."
Benny stopped down and looked. II
! was his image.
"Oh. we'll" he safd after : minute
II made It anyway. The only trouble
10, I'm afraid Nan Chat win never
believe that the spirits didn't send
down bolt OF iightning."
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-29

took hts materials and sat ON the
vcranda near his mother. thinking II
would be safer there. But no sooner
was he settled down when Nan ChAi
came bowling and grinning and chuck
ting. And what did he do but tell
Benny's mother that the leech be-
icnged 10 himl II was his pet leech.
20 he said.
'-Tisn't!" cried Benny II found
him in the river between my toss."
"0ivs him his ieech. dear COM
manded his mother firmly. we must
be a good example 70 these people"
BenAy was quite peevef but down
TO the river he ran and got another
leech. Then he sat down under a
palm tree and began 10 model. Along
came Nan Chat and "eluck!" the
sarthworm was no more. Nan Chat
had brought \ rooster with him ana
set II down in front OF the cocoanu.
she'll in which Benny had laid his
worm
This time Benny was mad. Look
here. Nan Chat" he said severely. you
did that or purpose You say you're
. convert but you believe In spirits or
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-29
An. YIg 77E )nAGE

the sadAw in the rtverf''
The sadaw was the Mt.s.cnary's
great tusklcss elephant which Benny
loved above all things to ride. - he
was not long in accepting The invita-
ton While he Was climbing up to
his seat on the elephants head Nan
Chat disappeared for = minute but
soon ne came back and they all rolled
Erandly down to the river.
Afterwards Benny found his clay.
ieech. earthworm and snaiis mysteri.
ousiy missing. "A lizard must have
eaten them" he thought
I, was such a very hot day he did
not try to and more materials to re-
place those he had lost. but early
next morning he collected more snails
another ieech and eArthworm and
foynd more clay. Then he sat down
under the house TO model. But he
had hardly finished the legs when Nan
Chat came hurryins along. The house
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-29

b found dinacult to use. tho screw
driver having put tB) IN place nrst.
Screw the caster plates to Parts tA>
and this part v flnished with the ex-
ception Of boring the four bolt holes
which should Be located and then test
I'd from the floor 70 be sure the dts
tancss on both Ices are alike.
While the bottom part can be made
OF either soft Or hard wood. the Board
must be made Of soft wood. either
pine or bxSs wood. this viii allow the
thumb taeks TO be pushed in place
and taken out easily. II ut the top Of
the board slight depression II
chissled out. where the corners Of the
pspar coms, about "" deep. the
thumb tacks can BE- pushed down
about level with the surface 50 the
Tee Square can pass over them With
out being stopped. OF course. 10 GAil
at thess cut outs every sheet Win have
TO be the same size.
Glue several pieces together for the
top and screw hardwood clsats III,
in place The strip to, ID BRAIDED 70
the front edge 30 tools will not nip
and roll on when the top IL adtusted
ct . pitch.
Parts fE, like the feet can % cut
en- bard saw or By hand With !
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-29

was built on tall teak poles. to keep
out the white ants SO there was plenty
OF room for man to stand and walk
underneath. Along came Nan Chai
looking straight ahead and munbling
something 40 X he were on some dis
tractingiy. important business. Straight
he came towards Benny.
!. Look out therer' Too latei Nan
Chai strobe on and stopped right on
1 section OF bamboo In which Benny
had put four. snaus, znashlng. It and
its occupants nat. oh. pardon mot"
cried the old Sianfese. Hut what was
the user There could bs no elephant
image that morning.
Benny. tried TO be tlce- about II but
ne wished people would look where
they were KofnE Then ne went out
ana found more snai!s. This time hs
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-29
THE EARLY TEACHING
Of HISTORY IS URGED

San Francisco, Dec, 2s.-The
teaching OF United States history in
the lower grades Of the public
schools Is proposed in a report of
the Joint committee on history and
education for citizenship in the
schools of the American Historical
association and the national board
for historical service recently pre-
sented here. Professor Joseph
Schafer. Of the University of Oregon.
and chairman OF the committee.
gave the report.
while 1t has always been felt by
minority rrducators that chfstrcr
in these early grades could not as
simulate real historical instruction.
the plan has been used successfully
by Professor Henry johnson of
college at Columbia university and q
few Others" said Professor Schafer
to representative of The Christian
Science Monitor. 1T Is felt that I'M
der the presen, strong demands for
the highest type OF citizenship In
strution. the time has now come
broader test OF general usc." Pro-
lessor Schafer added that he had
presented the proposal to large
number of educators in different
parts of the country and that he was
convinced II was destined to meet
with a large measure of favor.
The plan that the committee has
formulated provides for three groups
of courses. The first beginning with
the second grade, is designed to en-
able the pupils to complete by the
end OF the sixth grade one full
course In elementary United States
history. The second group Of
courses, which will include the
seventh, eighth. and ninth grades. OF
what Is spoken of In the report o.
the Junior high school will cover
United States history in it's world set
ting. The third group, including the
tenth TO twelfth grades, referred to
as the Senior high school. win dea
! with the modern world.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-29
HOUSING PROBLEM
ARISES N TAsll|||

Hobart Dec 2s--Thc housing pyt Hss
lcm, which has become an acute 80 u
all the world over. In at present. epga&448
Ing attention In Tasmanis. Repts Aav4M
become exceedingly high, and hoe4s
are not to be had for iettl6Er- thou43
they can be bought at ih3ated priceS
Hundreds Of houses are BENG WIT n
nno estates cut up for building ailet- 81
n'enta, but tenants are secured beforN
the foundations are In. The -scAfe4e9MS
has led to a great deal Of overcroyd- \
ing and subletting Of rooms and re4t~ IA
DENTAL fats are now Ing part VEt
the architecture Of the country.
One OF the most pressing probieulA
has been to End shelter for paopiN
turned out OF buildings condemned w
the health authorities. This had LED
TO the municipal authorities dsctdinG q
t, go into the matter Of building h0nnSASS
fer these people, and the governm40GM
has introduced legislation into parftA4s
roent to enable the government to buttdxe
houses on the hire purchase system FOR
people In receipt III, not more than 56Jsas
pounds year. AS start the governSsk
rnent is to spend 10000 pounds Lur
building houses. hree-roomed housAxss
with bathroom are TO be let at los.
week and four rooiucd houses al -
IT Is estimated that the capital me- H.
tlored will build 100 houses. 800
The total cost Of any building s $780,
4 exceed 200 pounds, including taA4xx
The tenant Is 70 find ) per ceu1 OF 4h4 =
capital. The period of repayment Ill
fcrty-two years for concrete. brick o.
B'une and thirty years for" houesA
ct;ilt Of Tasmanian hardwood -
In addition. COCO houses are hAtnE
built for returned soldiers on the hire5.s
purchase system by the repatristfoN
d partment and Industrial c0ncetus
are also assisting their employee f6-
become thar own landlords All thsDk
schemes IN com bination should. theEA-.s
fore. soon nppreciabiy ease the prescott
acute situation.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-29
THE JUNIOR COOK
COLD sLAw

Sprinkle over the top:
teAspoonful salt.
v teaspoonful pepper
tablespoonful sugar.
Pour over all y cupful Of cider
vinegar.
Toss the cabbage with . large fork
20 that every bit with touch the sea-
soninss.
Arrange Ia neat pile, 'garnish with
shake Of paprika and serve cold.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-29
t-MtHtTt Talks =: =
AROUSE INTEREST:

Charlottesville, Va. Dec 2S.--TheNF
Christian church is preparing for. 49,
real glad New Year. The congseSSaeF
ton is arranging tor rally and roatS AZ n
call New Years Sunday at the MORN
ing service The plan r. tn have 6S%
far as possible every member OF theus
church present DIR Morgan SAy4-a
the church is forming plans fAy.@
more aggressive work, and he wanfn. )
ali to be present and help Formulate
the program. Much interest h b.
ing awakened by the -four minute =
nen's'' talks. preceding the fnorniM8 -
sermons -
For a few weeks the Wednesday
evening prayer meeting has hreM =
partially devoted, to discussion az 3
the new work to be undertaken tha .
New Year.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-29

Wash small head Of cabbage and
trim on the rough outer leaves. These
may be saved for cooking.
Stand the cabbage, top, down, on .
bread board and beginning at the outer
edge, slice down In very thin slices till
half the head Is cut. This shaves
quickly and neatly and keeps more OF
the cabbage Juices than chopping does.
Put the cut w cabbage into = vege-
table dish
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-29
IYNCHBURG CLUB AT
e. OF VA. GIVE DANCE

Iynchburg,. Va. Dec. 2S.-The
Lynchhurg club of the University OF
Virginia has cha nged the date of It's
dance scheduled for december %,
to December 81, because of con-
ftict with a dance to be given at Oak
wood club. This adds new event
TO the weeks festivities, and when
the Lynchburg german club an
nounces the. date OF ITS initial dance
the program will be we'll worthy of
the gay days before the war
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-29

stanton. Va. Dec aS.--J. III. nAw-s &
son, a negro, wac fined Atty 6oif1fernt
in police court yesterday on thS,xe
charge of driving an automobile truck q
while intoxicated. The truck struck
machine driven by John Kennedy
and damaged the vehicle. The n@-1
gro denied the charge at beirg i
drunk, declaring he had taken
medicine.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-29

editors Note: This article was
prepared in response to q request from
. number of readers for directions for
making drawing boards and . stand
for holding them.)
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-29

Less expensive than a bristIe hrusn.
a shaving brush made OF a hemispheri-
cal piece OF rubber sponge has been tn
vented. "
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-29

you wouldn't keep trying 10 prevent
my making the elephant image. Aren',
you ashamed Of yourseIf?"
Come" replied Nan Chat. soothing
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-29


has mastered the use Of the
y = piano. Tho requiem ents for \
good drawing board are that the top
IS as nearea perfect plane a. possible.
and that one end is square. The other
edges should be finished bu, need not
DO perfect AZ the Tee Square should
not be worked but from one end.
While making = board Ausadj0stable
table might just ~ yell be made a.
the time and material required are not
to be considered when compared to
the convenience Of having Z board that
can be moved easily and adjusted for
height and slant.
Make two pieces like Part ca and
TO them fasten Parts tB) with four
screws each. II you decide to fastsn
Part (C) in place with nails this can
IS done now. but II you wish 70 use
screws II should be screwed In phase
heforc fastening Parts fB, Al Il viii
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-29

!" DRAWING BOARD Is not dim
cult to make for the boy who
has mastered the use Of the
a piano. Tho requiem enta for \
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-29
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Virginian Want Ads Bring Results
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HELP WANTED


Ne RiehnOad Usesrrfc shoe Repairing
compa n.y. wish to announce to its
many. batronG that they have ar
ranged the shea repairing depart
ment in the rear of their location.
iT1s East Main street. and nave
opened with large line Of mems.
ladies' and children's saoes in the
front of the same location.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-28
BURLESON DENIES THAT
He USES CONVICT LABOR

Washington. D. c.. April 2S.-Reply-
ing 70 a telegram from Charles John
son Post. director Of the Publishers
Advisory board, regarding the use OF
convict labor on his plantation in
Texas, postmaster general Burleson
said:
The fun facts in connection with
the lease 10 the state Of Texas Of the
plantation in which I was interested,
upon which tne state used its convict
labor, and the terms Of the contract
in connection Herewith have been
placed before the congress more than
once and have long been a matter Of
public record. It would be quite in
terezting for you to publish now and
later have laid before congress the
facts fin the same detail about moneys
raised and spent TO secure the repeal
Of the zone postage rate law OF
course, you know, as the New York
World did when IL published this
falsehood that I did not use convict
labor on my plantation. but that the
plantation was lease and cultivated
bv the state OF Texas and the con-
victs used thereon we're at all times
under the states eXclUs-ve control
and mana cement"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-28
Newsie Taken From Sick
Bed To See His PETS

Portland. Ore. april 2S.-On a sick
bed so dangerously i'll that his life
for days hung in a balance, Joe Harry,
a l5glsss neWsie. was so constantly
aEirated about the 1locks Of pigeons,
birds and horses he has fed for years,
that attending physicians were forced
TO consent % the newsie being taken
10 his selling corner 10 relieve his
worrying mind
Earty- who is So years old. propels
himself about the busy corner Of a
downtown street on a platform set
on heavy rollers For years. while
earning q living for himself and fam
ilT, he had fed Jumps Of sugar TO
horses and thrown grain to flocks OF
pigeons that have learned long $50 to
watch for his handouL IT was these
feathered and hairy friends that Joe
worried for and wanted TO see.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-28
SHERIFF'S OFFICE SEARCHES
FOR BODY SEEN IN RIVER

A telephone report was received
Monday morning by dep -ty sheriff r
p Bryant that the body Of a small
girl. probably seven years old was
seen floating down the Rio Grande
about eight miles north of FL
Paso- The report came from a woman
at Toolev's ranch. according TO Mr..
Bryant Enough she did not state her
name. nor anything but vague infOr-
nation as 10 the exact place where the
body was seen
Mr Bryanh dispatched deputy
sheriff j. C.. Stansel on the case. who
AFTER trying Tainly to get further in
formation from places in the region
north Of FL Pas0. started of in an
auto at 10 o'clock with attorney Louis
silver. At O'clock 1Ir- Stausel ard
SIR. silver returned stating that they
had surveyed the Ri0 Grande
Tor q distance ~ five miles commenc-
ing al point about seven miles north
81 El Paso. and could find no trace OF
the reported body They had met sew
eral people who attested TO the story
that q body was seen floating down
the river q few hours before
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-28
RECRUIT STATION WILL
ENLIST MEN FOR TRANSPORT

In connection with the opening Of
schools in the motor transport shops
for che intensive training Of men who
qualify for enlistment, Col A. a.
King, general recruiting officer for
the FL Paso district has announce
that the local recruiting office at 21s
West Franklin street has been ordered
90 enlist 800 men for the trainins
school soon 20 open at mechanical re-
pair shops. No. 515. Camp Boyd Fort
Bliss under the direction Of Mai Jo-
sspn 4 Schilo, the commanding Of
ECer
The courses TO be offered IN this
school include motor vehicle Inspector.
motor assemblers. ignition and trouble
shooters starting, lighting and wiring
experts; electricians. battery repair
and REBUILDING blacksmith, spring
makers. automobile body builders. car
penrers- radiator repair and rebuild
ing. fire repairs, motorcycle repair
men. machinists, truck drivers and
chauffeurs.
Besides the school at camp Boyd. e
Paso. there are schools at Camp Hol-
abird. Baltimore, Nd; Camp Jessup.
Atlanta Ca. and Camp Normovle. san
Antonio. Texas.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-28

Cadomene Tablets are helpful &c
weak nerves Weak, faulty nerves
often some trom strong drink Some
times the system is Impoverished by
excuses Of one kind or another, sucl
AS POOR. digestion and faulty nutrition.
DFerWorlr. anxiety. ana even grief
causes abnormal nervous conditions
The strength Of body declines The
strength OF wil power Wanes. Ner-
Fousness and sleeDlessness causes
further weakness and loss OF vitality.
Years Of faithful practice taught o
-reat ply 81 ian that the formula now
used 90 make Cadomene Tablets would
surely build up the health Of his pa
TENTS Vow. anyone can take this
-rear medicine III needed. Dir. G A.
Hoover R. r. No. I. Reading. Pa
writes Z am taking Cadomena Tab
lets with very gratifying results
Neff business. oNerWork. and sleeplesS-
ness are my complaints"
llr. Joe ~ Heruden. 1876 Twenty
Attn ST., Sa ramelto. cal, writes !
ann using Cadomene Tablets and find
Eeeat Improvement has been
Drought about iu Two DAYS"
Every package is guaranteed salts
factory to the uurchaser--AdF.