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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-12-18

Photo shows Nine. Therese Clemen-
ceau-Jacquemaire, daughter of Geor-
ges Clemenceau, Premier of France,
who has arrived in the United States
to fulfill lecture program. She de-
sires to further cement the cordial re-
lations between the French and Amer
lean people. Copyrighted 1919.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-12-18
Church NOTES
Christian Science Church

Sunday Service-10:45 A. NJ.
Wednesday evening, Testimonial
meeting 7:45 o'clock
Lesson Subjects the Universe,
Incluring Man, Evolved by Atomic
Force?
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-21
Music Squirting On
Students To Exams >

Cambridge, Mass, June 2L-Music
is squirting on the Harvard seniors to
stronger effort in tackling the wen
known bugaboo. the final examina-
tons. The faIterinE student is fast
becoming self-confident and a little
mixture and psychology has brought
this about.
Daily organ recitals are being given
in the college chapel from to $40
in the morning. They are designed
to soothe the student who IS naturally
distraught with important examina-
tons Immediately before him. He
comes out Of these recitals inspired,
as it were, and makes his big effort
in class and gets passable marks as
a result.
DR.. A T. Dawson. professor Of mu-
sic at Harvard. is the pioneer in the
field Of introducing the practice in
mems colleges. Matutinal recitals
for soothing purposes. however. first
started at Wellesley college. and so
successful did they prove that DR..
Dawson had no hesitation introducing
them at HarvS
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-21

7 ONDoN, Eng. June 21.-Every male
Il Londoner with a pair Of white
trousers stops work early these fair
days and HES himself Thames Valley
ward. where pink-cheeked amiable
maidens grow in profusion and punts
nay be had at IS an afternoon and
evening. including the 15-foot pole
used TO push the thing along. It's an
art. like tight-rope walking Or.
again, he may fit about an emerald
green tennis lawn at less expense
There are police patrol boats which
go phut-phutting along, evidently TO
see that the white brigade is deco
rously punting along and that no mer-
maids are leaping off the bank into
the pea-green waters, bathing only
being permitted from a boat, for there
are divers and sundry folk who prom
enade along the banks who might be
shocked at the abbreviated things
girls wear over here under the name
However, there are no such restric-
tons at Brighton and other seaside
resorts. where the scantiness OF fem
mine bathing attire Is reported to be
driving away large numbers OF elder
ly visitors As the LONDON pictu.e
papers so vividly portray, the maiden
sea-plunge suit is a one-piece, skin
tight jersey affair. which by COMPARE
son would make one iof Zeigfeld's cho-
rus girls far overdressed-
Many Bedroom Plays.
Tie London theaters, by the way.
are presenting 50 many American
girl and music or bedroom plays
that critics have well named the pres
sion." some dozen theaters playing 10
ent condition as the American inva-
crowded houses with Yankee shows.
the latest being a revival Of the Belle
of New York" Since the war the
aters have been running ali the year
round with exception of q week or TWO
for redecorating-
A little more speed IS expected to
be put into the life Of Britain, which
much to its own displeasure learned
a few things more about doing things
in q hurry, owing to the war than. II
all her previous existence, when the
electric power bill, centralizing and
expanding electrical development. IS
made operative But whether that
will enable a woman TO do her pm
ing with an electric iron, clean se
with a vacuum cleaner or make toast
at the breakfast table would be ven
turing too far into the realms OF pro-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-21
SOUTH

I ing for most amateurs, about 40;
/ Washington mean time. which is so;
g. m by the watch Note with Whai
suddenness the star disappears; this
proves that the lunar atmosphere, Il
any. is extremely thin and not TO be
compared in density with the terres-
trial
Earth Furthest From sun in Summer.
We cannot restrain the temptation
to explain to the reader Just why he is
sweltering in the July heat cruel
though it may seem Summer is hot
is then nearer the sun and thus closer
to Its terrible heat Not at all. we are
further from the sun in summer; the
point in the earth's orbit furthest re-
moved from the sun viii be reached
by the earth this year on July 3. The
real reason is to be ascribed to the
fact that the rotation axis (poiar axis)
Of the earth IS not at right angles to
the plane in which its orbit lies. the
ecliptic plane Il it were. we would
have no seasons but equal tempera-
lures all the year round, except for
the day and night phenomenon and
disturbances caused by local neteoro-
logical conditions The difference in
distance from the sun only means that
when nearest we receive seven per
cent more heat than when furthest
away.
But the fact that ecliptic circle is
inclined 23.5 degrees TO the equator
means that half OF it is north Of the
equator and half to the south. As
the sun travels TO the north IL gets
further I'D IN the sky for US at noon
each day and also stays up a longer
part Of the day. This means that the
northern hemisphere gets warmed up
for a longer period than 1t can cool
by radiation at night Also. since the
sun is up higher in the sky. its rays
fall more vertically and the seat is
spread over less ground 50 that the
energy received per unit OF area is
greater. North OF the tropical zone
the 22nd Of June is the day on which
the income OF heat is the greatest
The hottest days. however. are not
around the time OF the summer SOL
stice but toward the end Of July and
beginning Of August. For after June
p the two factors mentioned above
still continue to warm up the northern
hemisphere from day to day though
the daily increment OF heat itself con-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-21

misery turks in an admirinE look and
that a compliment forbodes nothing
but evil to its happy recipient
The origin OF this superstition may
be traced to that feeling OF envy
which is inherent in all human nature.
It is the idea that the face is the
index to the heart and that an envious
look works mischief to the person
looked at that has given rise TO the
superstition OF the evil eye-a super
stition not unlike knocking on wood"
TO guard against the evils OF boast
ing.
When looking in q mirror with an
approving glance IL is a Persian SUI
perstition that the evil eye" IS very
certain to be attracted and so they
repeat the phrase ma shas allah" Il
this precaution should be forgotten
Z long procedure is in store Ashes
must be rubbed on the forehead. sticks
from an unused broom must be worn,
any many other potent charms are
necessary for this devil driving. for
Disseminating a person with the evil
eye" Is by no means a tame affair
Copyright, 1913. Thompson Feature
Service
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-21
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

ments CT women. Usually when a
man IS referred TO as a modern St
Anthony" It is meant that he doesn't
care about women.
a. Where and when was Francis
Scott Key, author OF -The star
Spangled Banner BOrnf E J.
A Francis Scott Key was born IN
Maryland. August 2. 1850. He prac-
ticed law at Frederick. Nd. in 1901.
Later he moved to Washington, where
he became district attorney
@ What Is nzrant by a fabricated
shlpf ;. a. B.
a This is a ship in which the dif-
ferent parts are fabricated at differ
ent places. probably under different
contracts. and finally assembled and
put together at shipyard. IL differs
from the old method under which a
given shipyard made all the parts
(Any reader OF The FL Paso Herald
who wants the facts on any subject
can secure prompt service By writing
The FL Paso Herald Information Bu-
reau. Frederic J. Haskin. Director.
Washington. D. c State your ques-
ton briefly and enclose 3 cent
stamp for return postage All in
quiries are confidential. the replies
being sent direct to each individually
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-21
By MOGENE BURCH

IF you are superstitious and receive
l a compliment. beware, the EVIL
eye" is upon youi II q friend speaks
a word Of praise. you should cry;
Look out, There is a snake at
your feetr'
IF the friend has been frightened
the "evil eye" Will have been averted.
It is an old Indian superstition that
there are in our midst certain indi-
viduals who are under the Influence
Of the evil eye" Every Hindu moth
er thinks that It is her duty to olsen
chant her child each night. lest it
should be SO charmed. To do this she
takes some salt and chiilies and wav-
ing them around the child's face three
times throws them into the fire.
Any look Of admouition or appreci-
alton is most dreaded by a Hindu
mother and nothing IS so dIspleasing
to her as a remark about the beauty
OF her child. as:
What nice baby; how healthy he
looks"
The mother believes that untold
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-21
Bedtime Stories For The Little Ones
UNCLE WIGGILY AND ALICE'S POTATOES.
-----u--..-.u-u---- ~ HOW m q. GARIs a.,u -a..

II INCLE WIGGILY LONGEARS. the
- bunny rabbit gentleman. was out
riding in his automobile one day,
when, all Of a sudden on the woodland
Path ahead OF him he saw something
brown and about as large as a base
ball. only not quite so round.
Il guess that's a stone" said Mr..
Longears to himself. u must be care
full not TO run over It OF I might cut
my tire, get a puncture and make lot
OF work for myself"
So he steered out OF the way of the
brown object. and, as he was passing
it Uncle Wiggily saw that It was a
%oh. no, It would be too bad to let
that 20 to waste" said the rabbit
gentleman to himself I'll pick 1t up
and take it home to Nurse Jane. she
can wash off the dust and make it
that"
Uncle Wiggily hoped out Of his
AUTO and picked up the potato. 1t was
new one. not having been used be-
fore, and not at all second hand. as
are some potatoes have seen.
We'll. this day is starting off all
right" thought Mr.. Longears. He drove
along little farther in his auto and,
1ect lying on the woodland path
- second potatoi'' exclaimed Uncle
Wiggily. This Is better than ever.
Nurse Jane will be able TO make fine
stew"
He picked up the second potato. nut
It with the first, and drove on little
farther Soon he saw potato No. 3.
Better and better." exclaimed
Uncle Wiggily with a twinkle of his
pink nose Some farmer must have
. r1aa ~frrr- al -
potatoes on his wagon. and these
rolled off. He didn't want them 1
guess. or he would have stopped and
picked them up. 50 it viii be all right
for me 10 take them"
Uncle Wiggily put potato No with
potatoes n / and No. 2. and he drove
on little farther. All at once he saw
potato No. 4
We'll. well,T exclaimed the rabbit
gentleman. This is quite remarkable.
wonder who lost all these potatoes2
And there are still others along the
road ahead Of met"
He looked through the woods and
saw about forty-,leven potatoes more
cred them all up and put them in the
automobile.
Nurse Jane will be very glad to get
these" said the rabbit gentleman to
himself as he picked up the last po-
tatO-i think Il was No. 2S7, or some
thing like that-maybe not quite so
much, but there were quite 4 few.
Uncle Wiggily was thinking how
plased Nurse Jane would be at haT-
ing him bring home a lot OF potatoes.
which no one seemed to want. and for
which Uncle Wiggily did not have to
spend a penny.
This viii cut down the high cost
Of living a Bit" thought Mr.. Longears
quite pleased with himself
Then. all OF a sudden he heard some
voices behind a mulberry bush. near
which he had stopped his auto.
You lost the potatoes" said one
voice.
-Oh, Jimmie wibblewobblei I did
not" quacked another voice
We'll. didn't you have the bag Of
potatoes. and they were full when you
got 1t at the store" went on the first
voice. And now the bag is empty and
all the potatoes are gonei Who lost
EN-. I'd like TO know, Alice Wibble-
Wobble2"
''Ha. these are the duck children
friends OF mine." thought Uncle Wig
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-21
Flanders Field To Be
REPRODUCED II Boston

Boston. Mass. June 2L-There will
be Memory Garden this year at
Franklin park.
Flanders Field peoples will be
planted in June and through the
summer months they Will CLEAN red
among the other flowers in the her
baceous garden-a remainder OF
American blood chat is mingled for
ever with the SOL OF France.
It is shade smaller than the
oriental peoples, which are the va
riety with which we are most IA
miliar in this country.
1t will go into the ground in June
out at Franklin park" said park COM
missioner James B. shea, "and while
t viii probably never grow naturally
IN America there is no reason that
planted from year TO year the Fland-
ers poppy cannot always be blooming
in the summer season over here as
well as over there"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-21

boys sports. novelty races. etc. VIII
occupy the latter part OF the morn
ing. with the literary exercises at
p. O. square Capt Victor Harding
Of Phoenix VIII be the speaker OF
the day.
Tug Of War and Baseball.
Great interest is taken in the tug
OF war TO be held at Lowell between
the Calumet and Arizona mine en-
ployes and those Of the Copper Queen
Elimination contests are now being
held so that the best team may be
secured to uphold the honor OF the
mine represented.
The baseball game between Bisbee
and Lowell Will be held at Warren
during the afternoon. after which will
come the exhibition drill OF the 10th
cavalry. and the prize drill OF returned
soldiers.
One OF the most Interesting fea-
lures OF the day TO the people OF the
district viii be the pony polo game
between the officers OF the First cav
airy OF Douglas and the officers OF
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-21

gily as he smiled and twinkled his
pink nose They seem to be in trou-
BILE" He looked over the top OF the
lemonade bush in time to hear Alice
say:
Wei. know I-earried the bag. but
you asked me to ride on behind your
bicycle and you went SO fast you jig
gled me and all the potatoes joggled
out. so there. Jimmie Wibblewobbler'
and Alice sounded as though she were
Don't worry, It's AL right" said
Uncle Wiggily in his jolly voice. I
picked I'D lot Of potatoes on the
road. 1 guess they must be the ones
you lost from the bag, Alice The po-
tatoes are in my auto, and II you and
Jimmie get in III ride you home"
But 1 have my velocipede," spoke
Jimmie, the boy duck I was riding
home on it when I saw. my sister.
Alice. with the bag OF potatoes. and
1 told her to stand on the back axle
and I'd give her a ride.
And I did and lost the potatoes"
said the little duck girl
But she felt better when she saw all
Of them IN Uncle Wiggily's automo-
bile, and soon she and Jimmie and the
velocipede were in the gasoline ma
chine also, together with the potatoes.
and they were having nice ride
Uncle wiggily left bit sad at not
being able to keep the potatoes him
self. but he was glad he could make
Alice happy. And as they were riding
along. all Of sudden. out from be-
hind fence popped the bad Bazooka-
Herei Wait want sousei" he
cried as he made grab for Uncle
Wiggily.
Look out. Look outP quacked
Alice. Don't you dare hurt Uncle
Wiggily. Hundreds and hundreds OF
eyes are watching you. Hundreds OF
eyes."
Eyes? Whose eyesz" asked the Ba-
cooke, sort of shivery ike
The eyes Of my potatoesw quacked
Alice. and the Bazooka was 50 sur
prised that he tumbled over in a back
ward somersault and Uncle Wiggily
and the duck children sped on in the
auto. So all was we'll. you see. be-
cause of the eyes in the potatoes. and
to the ironing boards party without
washing the hands OF the clock. III
tell you next about Uncle Wisgily and
Jimmie's radish.-Copyright 1913, by
Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-21
Summer Is Not Hotter Than
Winter Because Earth
Is Nearer the Sun

July, like the preceding months
presents Us with an evening sky
rich In planets. Though Jupiter is
now rather too near the sun for Oh
servstion and for the first time in
many months does not appear upon
the map. its place Is taken by Mer-
curry. which viii be an evening star
for about 10 days before and after
the nth One should take advantage
OF every clear evening during this Pc
Rod and look for It close to the hori-
zon near the place where the sun has
Just set. Further up from the horizon
than Mercury are Venus and Saturn.
and We strongly recommend our read
two planets on successive evenings
relative TO each other and to the
liked star Regulus, in Leo Saturn
and Regulus are fairly close together.
but there should be no difficulty in
distinguishing the two Such naked
eye observations viii stimulate inter-
est and thought, ard VIII help to give
a truer conception Of the working"
OF the heavens.
4 Lunar OceuIfatfon.
A lunar occuitation is a species OF
eclipse The moon gets In between
Us and star, which Is Immediately
plotted out Of our view and remains
invisible until the lunar orbital reyo-
luton carries the moon past the sight
line from the earth to the star. The
phenomenon IS not at AL rare, for
the moons path is streWn with stars
but the number OF bright stars. third
magnitude or better, which are thus
occulted in one year is very small.
In fact, IN 1919 only one third magni-
tude, Zeta Tauri. and no first or sec
ond is on the list Taurus is a winter
constellation and IS thus not on this
months map. but you viii find II by
looking up the April and preceding
issues. The third magnitude nearest
the group OF Gemini IS Zeta. The act
itself occurs rather early IN the morn
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-21

DIsBEE and the Warren district are
II planning the biggest Fourth OF
July celebration this year In the his
tory of the district. to celebrate the
first Fourth after the closing OF the
war. and to honor the 600 returned
soldiers.
The entire regiment OF the 10th
cavalry from Fort Huachuca viii be
in the district. adding much to the
days entertainment by their partici-
patton in the parade. exhibition drill.
novelty drills, etc, as wen as by the
music Of the crack 10th cavalry band.
The day will open with the national
salute OF p guns and reveille at sun
rise. IN the morning there viii be
a parade, which viii include the 10th
cavalry. the returned soldiers, the
high school cadets and various other
organizations. A varied program OF
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-21
Ell PASO HERALD
While London Girls Take Plunge
In Shocking Garb, TheatregoerS
'FaU" For Yankee Bedroom Plays
by FLOYD lfACGRIFF.

1 phecy. All those electrical home
appliances in one generation Won %
ibe, perhaps too much OF shock lor
any British housewife
Autos Are Popular.
However. the automobile has been
I taken to the Britisher's bosom as the
! long-sought fountain Of life. The
wars responsible. Before the war II
was very unusual for a man with an
! income under 5000 a year to own a
motor car. But during the Hun strug-
gle more islanders, as army OH
Gals and soldiers, rode about on
pneumatic tyres" as they are called
in the Kings English, than in all pre-
vious compiled statistics The coun-
try is now getting up such an auto
mobile appetfte as the United States
developed in 1910. And there IS no
country, perhaps, which as a whole
has more garden-like scenery. with
quaint though insanitary villages,
with excellent roads through It all
Pretty and placid aptly describes 1t
ard any realfst who would not rave
about it should be branded a bolshe-
vik. Hence the millions OF dollars
heing banded about for motors Even
the man who in 1913 had never been
up to London" though living but
40 miles away. has developed a taste
for travel But the middle-class
and downward are pocketing any
pride they might have in the matter
and are seeing their country IN a
motor bike sidecar. which the various
war girls organizations. operated 50
skiIlfully.
Wear Paris styles.
But these latter are now laying
away their war toys and putting on
short Paris skirts and other French
fashions. American women who Know
even Keokuk, Iowa, styles do not mar
vel, after brief stay in Europe, why
Paris is the fashion center OF this part
of the earth They soon realize why
Lcndcn or Berlin or Rome could not
be An American woman who knows
how they do such things IN ole New
Yc-k" or Chicago town sums Il up
thus. Italian women. as whole,
wear far too brilliant colors 70 appeal
to any great part OF the human race .
the German women are too -erowsy'
in their dress. with an idea as . util-
ity more than style and cAlcnsss,
while British women are betrayed IL
Door tailors who know only how 10
soon most excellent cloth No woman
could want better wooden y dress
patterns than the British weavers
supply, but, horror Of horrors, how it
IS made up-no style, no cut, no flare.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-21
ALine O. Cheer
Each Day O. The year
By JOHN KESDRIcK BANGS

INDEPENDENCE
II circumstances shall interfere
With the fulfillment OF my cheer
III take that circumstance IN hand
And use the strength at my Command
To make IL serve ne and ~ necd-
And leave undone no daily deed
To make II wholly understand
II ones TO rule that one shall Dc
Not It. but always Mr.. Me-
I promise you I'll never dance
At the behest OF circumstance
POSTPONEMENT-
Suppose the sun should some time say
7 shall not shine at all today
There's lots OF time to shed ny light,
And or some other com1ug flight
III share with man NY golden pelf.
But now I'm going 70 rest myself
You laugh at so absurd a whins
And have no fear OF act 50 grim
And vet yourself put off the deed
To help along some pressing need
And oft have met a present sorrow
With Not t0day-come back tomor-
row.
Copyright. 1913, By the Mcclure
NawsDouer Svndfcate.l
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-21
For
HUW mAny peopIe nttend N
mosies exerv dars N. G.


4 For the year ending August Il.
the last for which figures are now
available. the attendance at moving
picture shows In the United States
averaged 100000 a day.
O. VIII native born American
woman, married to n British subject
be allowed to vote in Amerfeas L. o.
\ No. Under the present law. a
woman forfeits her citizenship
through marriage TO an allen
O. Was the passage Of Christo-
pher Columbus across the Atlantic
the longest on recOrdf p B. C.
a No. Lief Ericsson, who crossed
from the Danish coast TO Labrador in
a galley. was six months in crossing.
Columbus was only seven weeks
O. What il meant when a person
refers to n man as n ~mOdern ST. An
thonys-
A. st. Anthony was the saint who
could never be tempted He was par
ticularly immune from the blandish-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-21

the 10th cavalry from Fort Huzchuca
Residents OF mountain Communities
set little opportunity 10 see pony
polo IN the evening there VIII be
free dance and four OF the fastest
boxing bouts that can be pulled to-
gether. The committee in charge OF
this end Of the program IS workinE
hard TO get something OF the caIiber
not usually found in this part OF the
country. and IL promises a real treat
Whole Program Free.
The entire program IS free. with
the exception OF the boxing mGtches.
where 4 small charge will be made
in order to handle the crowd The
evening before the Fourth. the Var
rem District Country club viii enter
tain the officers and ladies OF the 10Th
cavalry al 4 dance
The Warren district with its some
thing 20 do every minute program. -
is getting back on prewar basis
the district has long been preeminent
for the magnitude OF its Independ-
ence day celebration
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-21
D01pIaC KHCA
SOME CLUBS 0T THE SOUTEHyFEST

Clubs and Y NJ As prominent features Of the
mostly land
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-21
Wear
Weather

To the right, gown Of eorn-col-
ored maline over golden-brown tat
feta. The hat is a crown of maine
with feathers peeping out.