The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-12-27

Is an odd belief that III luck Is sur
70 follow II a mother sews the first ga
ments for her offspring. The garment
for the little one must come from
distance, and are the coarsest make
shift possible. The oldest rags are cor
si6ered to be the safest as a prevent
i've against any sort Of evil.
Dreadful Mistake.
There was a distinct air Of ehas
tened resignation about him as b
penned the following note: "Dea
Miss Brown: / return herewith you
kind note in which you accept my Of
fer Of marriage. l would draw you
attention to the fnct that II begin
Dear George / do not know VIII,
George Is, but my name, as you vii
remember, Is Thomas."-Houston Post
Titles oeeupatlonaI.
An English newspaper suggests thu
use ofogeneric names for household
help, as, for instance: palmer for
parlor maid, Jenny" for general
~Scully" for scullery maid, and 30 on
All very well, but suppose In the frs
case there were three parior maids
would IL distinguish them as palm
Palmer" and "Paimistr'-Bostor
SsIonon Predicted L.
In the book Of Toblt, chapter 5
verse l., there II this statement--ant
the young mans dog went along wild
them" In one Of the published &C
counts Of the Tuesday election IN
New York city there Il this state
women went to the voting
booths and, In many instances, theil
dogs went along with them" As KIM
Solomon remarked. there isn't an,
thing new under the sun.-BaltimOrI
American.
Walk In Faith.
have faith, then, oh you who sufel
for the noble cause; apostles Of {
truth which the world Of today com
prehends not; warriors In the sacred
fight whom It Jet stigmatizes with thu
name Of rebels. Tomorrow, perhaps
this world, now incredulous or indIfer
ent. will bow down before you In holy
enthusiasm. Tomorrow victory VII
bless the banner Of your crusade
Walk In faith and fear not.-Maxzini
DonoSly-PopuIatSd countrIsa
BUpt proper II the most densel,
populated country Of the world, witl
LOOT persons 10 the square mile. Sax
Oay IL next with $50, Belgium thirt
with $50, England and Wales nexi
with 61S and Holland next with $50
For the whole Germany the numbel
n $40. while the United States haI
only about IS persons to the squarI
mile. Canada two persons and Aus
tralia 16
The Old Roman HouSshold.
In'the days OF old Rome the culinary
Of an elegant establish
ment boosted pans lined with silver
md pals Of various descriptions rich
y inlaid. There were egg frames that
would cook twenty eggs at once. and
pastry molds shaped like shells. and
IN infinite assortment Of gridirons, fry
ing pans, cheese graters and tart
fishes.
Bound by the 5onnets-
She was a refined old lady and her
riend sat near her In the church on
Sunday morning. She leaned over 70
peak to her friend. The ornaments In
heir bonnets became fastened togeth-
T and they couldn't get them apart
ntil q nearby woman came to the
,escue. BY this 'time the congrega-
ion was.an smiling. and it Is needless
% say how embarrassed the old ladies
we're.
Apes Fear Fire.
Explorer Stanley has given an &C
cunt Of apes that carry torches at
light BE was doubtless mistaken. for
N the monkey tribes are afraid Of
Ire. Nevertheless. gori1las win gather
bout q deserted campfire for the sake
4 Warmth-thOugh Il never Occurs to
hem 70 keep the embers alight b.
Idding fre4h fuel
a Crawling fIsh.
A Brazilian Ash called TIE Malta
annot swim. Il can only crawl q
Ialk e. hop. Il has q long upturnsa
nout and resembles q tpad. M an
,rior Ans q TIE Malta are quite
nan ana are not sAls % act oa IT,
1teE. hey only move haekWard an6
'EWard and are Al reality thin pawl
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