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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-07
And Winnie Still
Wonders What
She Made

BY L. S. HASBROUCK
CA1D WINNIE. GAS living scars higher and
- higher, to buy all my presents I cannot as
pire. And though don't think Pm exceedingly
clever, to make at least | shall surely en-
deavor" She got herself needles and scissors and
wax and buttons and pasteboard and velvet and
tacks, with bundles of pieces and sachet and glue,
and then she exclaimed, "Now, what shall do?"
She couldn't decide, but she had bought
book which she said just what she sought:
I'm lucky to find it, Now won't l have funp'
And Winnie began on gift Number One. She used
up the needles and scissors and wax, and buttons
and pasteboard and velvet and tacks. She used up
the pieces and sachet and glue, and also some
gloves and part of shoe. From far and from
near the visitors came to see Winnies present, so
great was its fame. Then one of them said, 81
don't mean to quiz, but I'd like very much to
know what it is" Then Winnie looked puzzled
and said, Goodness met The name of the things
omitted to see!' She looked on the table, she
looked on the chair, and then she observed, with
start OF despair, that off in corner Fido the
Pup. He'd stolen the book and was chewing it up!
ION, tldo!' cried Winnie, "bad puppy, for shame!
You've gone and you've swallowed my Christmas
gifts name. And now what it is I never shall
know. A present that's nameless, how can I
pestow?' But Daddy remarked, her sorrow to
smother Il know who will like it. Just give it
to mother" "Il do it," cried Winnie, and on
christmas Day. her mother received that present
SO gay. She sad ut is charming present to find
can use in whatever way comes to my mind" So
she used it for holding her ribbons and lace. for
scentlng her hankies and powdering her face. She
fllled 1t with needles and also with pins and some
times she took it for polishing tins She carried
IL OFTEN instead of purse and her neighbors re-
marked that she might have done worse. And
once, when she specially wished new hat, she
added bow and she wore it for that. So Winnie
is pleased with her gift more and more though
no one is sure what it really is for
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Ez,s111y;s Journal
By MATTE F. SIMMONDS

II HAD five fights to-day. l licked Gus Bub
h three times, Happy Miller twict. Happy
H. Miller is alright, only he gets.too smart some
times. | licked him good the last time. en- Minnie
Jones went en- told teacher, en- she called us both
in en- says why were you fighting, James," en-
I SEE "Well amt big enuf to be sojer, en- got
to hev some practus now, or I won't have enuf
musel to be one in the next war When am big"
AT which teacher looked kind of smiley en- yet
she kept her face mighty straight, en- SEE, "Is it
necessary to practus Terence?' Terence bein
Happys name, what the minister named him with
water onct, but of US fellers calls him that,
it bein too stylish fer us. En- l said, Hes my
best frend en- thought if l could hit him hard
enuf to hurt an awful lot, could surely beat the
stuffen out of enemies that hated" Teacher
turned suddintly to hunt fer somethin on her desk
en- looked at Happy, en- his left eye was swelled
shut, but his right eye was grnnen, en- he winked,
en- wnked back, en- give him the sign En-
teacher turned around en- said reel solem-s'You
may be excused which we was
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been drowned by falling from boat
In the bay, and where-most note
worthy fact of all-had been written
and signed in the cabin of the May
flower what is known to the world as
the first purely democratic govern
ment ever produced, the Mayf1ower
compact guaranteeing to dwellers un-
der the Pilgrim government equal
rights of living and being, no matter
what their standing may have been
in the past or what 1t might be in
the future. The compact was signed
on November IL, 1920. just 299 years
to day before the date of the sign
ing of another great democratic doc
to make the world safe for democ-
racy.
History tells us that the date Of
the landing of the Pilgrims at
Provincetown and the date of the
compact is November 81. The discrep-
ancy is due TO the ten days difference
between old style time and new style
time. 1t was just one month later.
December II. old style. or December
p. new style. that the Mayfiower
poked her nose around Duxbury Point
and headed for the shore.
The tercentenary celebration must
be held in Plymouth, say the adher-
ents of the mainland towns because
besides being the historically ac-
curate place where the Pilgrims
fought their fight against annihiIation
and destruction. it is more easily ac-
cessible and all around better suited
in every way. 1t has more to show
the visitors to the celebration. and
has bigger reputation to draw them
TO IT.
''The celebration must )e held in
PrOyincetown," say the dwellers In
the Cape Cod claimant to the honor,
because this Is the true landing
place of the Pilgrim Fathers. Here
they terminated the terrible wintry
voyage and were able to get fresh
water and fresh food at the end of
the trip; here they signed the com
pact under which they governed the
colony; it was from the hill on which
now stands the Pilgrims Memorial
monument that they first saw tn.
mainland, and 1t was here they spen,
n month of recuperation before press
Ing ahead to the West. And we hav,
the monument to prove our claim"
Whether the celebration will be held
here in Plymouth or in Provincetown
or whether It will be held at all, are
stili moot questions, and perhaps
the latter possibility is the best solu-
tion of the DrOblem There is still 81
year to decide, and some way may be
found of averting bloodshed in the ar
gument between the two disputants for
final honors in the "Pilgrim Arrival
Stakes"
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cretonne may either be stitched over
the open edges of the box. or be glued
to the cardboard. Sew doubled strip
of cretonne. or ribbon. to the open
corners for a hanger
Phone Directory.
The dainty telephone book In Fig. 7
provides a handy directory for num-
bers used frequently. and numbers
which may be wanted quickly In cases
of emergency. The covers are of card
board inches wide and inches long.
and are hinged together by the Gre
tonne covering. Lap the cretonne
over the edges as indicated in Fig. 8.
and glue 1t to the cardboard, and
make q pocket on one edge. to hold
a pencil Cut sheets of writing paper
of the right size to extend . trifie
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Dainty Little Christmas Gifts in
Cretonne
Cretonne
Dainty gifts covered in cretonne arc'
BY DOROTHY PERKINS

Dainty gifts covered In cretonne arc
certain to FIND a welcome In any
household, and such a variety of
things can be made that you will have
no difficulty In filling a want Of each
one whom you wish to remember on
Christmas day.
The unique pair Of book ends in
Fig. are made of sirup cans. The
secret Of making satisfactory book
ends is to properly weight them so
they will not upset. and the book
ends illustrated are weighted by I'LL
ing the cans with sand.
Cretonne with small patterns is the
most desirable for small articles, and
patterns with dark backgrounds are
preferable for articles such as the
book ends, which are likely to soil
through much handling Sew a piece
Of cretonne around the sides Of each
can. then by means of a gathering
string gather the cloth as indicated in
Fig. l. Sew fancy button. or a Gre
tonne covered button, to the center Of
the top.
Fig. shows handy twine holder
made of sirup can. A hole must be
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the Russian military command refused
to permit the patients to be brought
into the town under any circum-
stances. Neither would the Russian
military authorities at Razdolne per-
nit the sick to be removed from their
filthy box cars to any building In the
town. Finally. after long parleying
with vladivostok, permission was
given to house the sick at Nikolsk on
condition that they be cleansed nrst
and brought there in sterilized ana
sanitary clothing.
The Red Cross report showed tnat
there had been fifty deaths aboard the
train between the time it had iett
PERM and the time the rescuers
reached it at Razdolne.
Being refused help in all dlrectlons'
the Red Cross workers did the only
thing possible. They ran the death
train out on the prairie and extern
porized field hospital. One by one
the living skeletons were taken from
their train, their clothing stripped OH
and burned and the men given a
securing bath and then placed aboard
the Red Cross train.
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OBJECT TO SHAVING

The walters are sufficiently humii-
lated to have to earn their living by
extending their hands TO receive what
often proves TO be ridiculous tip.
without being forced to forego one of
the privileges of manhood" said the
secretary of the union Really the
ferocious employers know little about
psychology. Should they maintain
this iniquitous measure. destined sole
ly to give their staff a serviie appear
ance toward the customer, they are
picking out a poor time for It.
whether through snobblshness or In
the hope of appearing original, GUS
toners choose to make their faces as
glabrous and depilated as that of the
Americans or aim to copy the
two commas on the upper lip of a
well-known moving picture actor: that
is their business. We must Insist
that the conventions entered into at
the time of the strike be respected !;
that the mustache has always been in
vogue In France, and to suppress 1t fs
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'DEATH TRAIN" IS
STEADILY MOVING

Tokio.-For the second time word
comes out of Siberia of death train"
traversing the 1000 miles of railroad
between the Ural front and the Pa
cific. shunted on from station to sta
ton, with help denied until word Of
1t reached the American Red Cross.
In the spring a train loaded with ty-
phus victims distributed it's dead
across the land. The latest death train
carried in addition to the typhus the
dreaded spotted fever and cholera.
Word of the presence of this train
on the main line between Irkutsk and
Vladivostok reached American Red
Cross headquarters in the latter city
few weeks ago. and preparations
were started Immediately to succor
what survivors there might be of the
callous cruelty these stricken soldiers
or the kolchak army had been sub
1ected to. Major Riley Allen. execu-
tive secretary of the American Red
cross In Siberia, who Is only just re-
covered from an attack of typhus HIM
self, organized hospital train to meet
the death train. going out with it. DIR
Red Cross hospital at Russian Island,
who has also been laid low with ty-
plus, accompanied Major Allen, with
nurses and aids.
Doctor Dies on Train.
The death train, they had last heard
was at Nikolsk on August 81, where
the Russian authorities had simply
passed 1t on, as all other Russian Of
ficials had done at every station for
weeks. Just before the train reached
Nikolsk the doctor aboard it had died
OF cholera. Seven of the $50 sick who
had survived to reach Nikolsk died
the next day. Their bodies were
dumped out Of the moving train by
wrecks of men who had not the
strength to dig graves, even IL they
might have had the inclination. AS
things were going 1t was only a mat
ter of time until their own fostering
bodies. crawling with typhus lice and
foul with living for weeks in un-
cleaned box cars would be rolled out
of the side door to become center of
infection for the countryside.
The Red Cross train caught up to
tiie ucdiu tidlH al TdZuOIne, Wnere IL
lay on siding near barracks in
which American troops were quar-
tered. These soldiers were doing what
little they dared for the pest-ridden
sufferers, having run so many risks. in
fact. that they were all put into quar-
antine when the medical authorities
discovered the facts. Until these
American soldiers. in a more or less
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Mound Builders canribafs.

That the builders of the famous
Indian earthworks on the Crawfish
river. near Lake Mills, were canni-
balistic, is the statement of DIR. 5. A.
Barrett. president of the Wisconsin
Archaeological society.
"rhat many Of these mounds were
constructed for ceremonial purposes
was evident from excavations we have
made" declared Doctor Barrett in a
meeting Of the Wisconsin Historical
society. 'lu the center of some of the
higher mounds within and outside of
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ornaments, SO | have shown a home

ornaments, so | have shown a home
made holder in Fig. 6. This is made
by wrapping a clothespin with tin
foil so the upper edge of the tinfoil
projects to form a cup for the candle
Zig. 81. Wrap the end of the candle
with tinfoil to make 1t fit the cup
Zig. y. The clothespin sets down
over the tip of branch, as shown in
Fig. 6, and the weight made of a
marble or piece of clay, wrapped in
tinfoil Zig. 81, is suspended by thread
from one leg of the clothespin Gig.
81, to balance the holder.
Little Santa Claus dolls like that
shown in Fig. 10. to straddle the tree
branches, are pretty and easily made.
The bodies are clothespins. with trou-
ser legs of red paper "a, Fig. III
slipped over the ends Gig. 12), red
paper coat (B and G, Fig. ~, glued
close to the head of the pin Gig. 13). >.
cotton whiskers I'd, Fig. III, red
paper peaked hat (E), and eyes mark
ed with Ink upon the clothespin head.
The airship in Fig. IA has bal
loon with ends made of the halves of
an egg-shell "a. Figs. 15 and 16).
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The ends are connected by a cylindri-
cal piece OBJ rolled out of cardboard, to
which they are glued; and a strip of
cardboard (C) is glued along each
side. The car is small box, and the
propeller Cd is pivoted to its end with
a pin. Threads suspend the car from
the balloon, and others suspend the
balloon from the Christmas tree. Paint
the balloon red and the car yellow.
Probably you have prepared colored
popcorn strings, but | wonder If you
have made strings of cranberries and
glass beads? Fig. II suggests a way
to alternate the beads and cranbsr-
ries so they will present the form of
glass ball strings. To make the Gran.
berries sparkle like glass balls, coat
some with glue and sprinkle with the
powdered mica sold for imitation
snow. and gild others with gold bronze
the kind sold for decorating radia
tors. or wrap in tinfoil.
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the inclOsure were found ceremonial
pole walls imbedded in stone and ce-
ment made of gravel and clay. In n
few of these mounds We have founn
stone hatches, arrowheads and ceIlos.
and in one of them we found an ear
ornament that was famous among the
Eskimos. From the pottery found In
these mounds it is evident thar the
tribe which built the famous enclos-
ure at Aztalan was familiar with the
Iroquois Indians in the East the Al
eonquins aud lower tribes Of The Mis-
sissippl valley. This earth enclorj!ie
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rough and ignorant way. offered some
help, the patients In the death train
had received nothing from the troops
they had met except alarmed orders
frcm commanders to be on their way.
Before reaching the death train the
Red Cross officials had made arrange
ments to bring the typhus and cholera
patients to the Russian hospital at
Nikolsk. which had been fitted up by
the lnter-Allied sanitary committee,
and permission had been obtained
from Colonel Lewis, of the American
army, to use the inter-allied wards of
this institution. But the Russian rail-
road authorities at Nikolsk proved to
be like the hundreds of others along
the line and refused to permit the
death train to be brought there. and
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to cover the tree. and, not only that.
they will make your tree more inter
esting because they will be different
from anything you can buy.
The pretty spear top ornament In
Fig. l is made of a sheet of letter
paper rolled into a cornucopia. with q
thread spool glued in the open end
(Figs. 2 and 81, and a small silk-spool
slipped over the small end Gigs. 3
and y; then all is covered with tin
foil, and tassel made of pieces of
red, white and blue paper. slashed
into fringe Gig. 81. is fastened in the
apex. Tinfoil can be obtained from
a florist.
Unless you can have electric lights.
1t is better not to light the tree at all,
than to run the risk of its catching
fire. But unlit candles make pretty
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False Teeth for Dog.

advertisement requesting loan of a
'toothless dog" inserted by Ralph
Hardin. veterinary surgeon, Jack
Gallagher. a member of the Kansas
City kennel club. delivered to DR.. Har-
din Scotch collie which possessed
but two teeth, one on each side. Har-
din, with the assistance of a dentist.
made a set of teeth for the dog. Ac-
cording to observers the new teeth are
a success.
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WONDERING OVER
PILGRIM FATHERS

Plymouth Mass.-With the three
of the Pilgrim Fathers little more
than a year away, Plymouth is cogi-
tating eagerly and blindly as to wheth-
er "the tercentenary celebration" Of
the great event is going to be held in
Plymouth or in Provincetown. on the
tip of Cape Cod, where the first land
fall of the storm-tossed passengers Of
the Mayfowers really took place, or
If the celebration can be divided. CIV
ing each town part of the glory and
incidentally of the increased trade and
custom that will result.
1t is fact little known to the peo-
Pile of these United States and ignored
by most histories that Plymouth has
for years been basking unjustly in
the white light of fame as the first
landing place OF the Pilgrim Fa-
theirs.
First Landed at Provincetown.
When the Mayflower sailed into Ply
mouth harbor 1t came from Province
town, 80 miles directly across Massa-
chusetts bay. where the hundred
hardy souls fleeing from religious per-
secution had already spent month
ashore where the Pilgrim Mothers
had done tremendous washing after
two months at sea, with clean linen at
a premium where Dorothy Bradford,
wife of William Bradford. Subsequent
ly governor of Plymouth colony. had
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Walters of Paris Up in Arms
Over Order.
Cafe Proprietors Insist That Servl-
tors Must Leave OF Lip
Fringe.

Paris.-Waiters in seven or eight Of
tho largest cafes on the Paris bOule-
yards have been stirred to angry pro-
test by orders to shave their mus
taches or quit.
one of the bitterest grievances the
waiters had when they went on strike
last April was the edict of the EN-
olovers to the effect that walters must
sacrifice their mustaches. The wait
ers triumphed and the employers
agreed they should be permitted to
edorp their visages as they pleased.
Now an attempt to revive the ban
on mustaches has reused their indig-
natinn
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Valued More Than Gold.

Findlay, O.-The pantry In the home
of George Shontlemire on the Fostoria
road offered more inducements 10
thieves who entered the home than
any other part of the house. They
took jar containing homemade
cookies, pumpkin pie, pan of baked
beans and gallon of milk, including
the utensils. They also stole pocket
knife.
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was a ceremonial establishment. It
was not stockade; it was not a forti-
iication. There are indications that
the people who built and inhabited
this place practiced cannibalism.
Among the bones of fish were found
dismembered bones of human beings,
and these bones had been cracked for
their narrow
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pierced through the exact center Of
the can bottom as an outlet for the
string "a, Fig. 81, and holes one-half
inch apart must be pierced through the
top rim to provide a means OF fasten-
ing the top edge of the cretonne. The
holes can be perforated by means of q
nail and hammer Gather the Gre
tonne on the bottom. and turn the tor
edge over the rim and sew through
the perforations in the rim.
Make hanger for the twine holder
out of cretonne or ribbon.
Hanging Workbox.
The hanging workbox in Fig. A re
quires square cardboard box. Re
move two adjacent sides of bo''r thu
box and cover Gig 50. then stitcl
the cover to the box Gig. 81. Tlfs
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Rearinn The Burden

As to the burden, be content to bear
IT, until thou come to the place of
delfverance for there 1t will fall from
thy back of itself.-Bunyan.
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HOMEMADE ORNAMENTS
FOR THE CHRISTMAS TREE.
BY A. NEELY HALL

Suppose that you prepare some
homemade Christmas-tree ornaments
like those in the Illustrations. to go
with the ornaments which you have.
for this years tree. They will help
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Tempting the Devil.

The devif temprs MS not-'tis We
tempr him. beckoning his skin Win
riuuity,-George Eliot
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Our Troubles.

All our troubles come from our sense
of separateness from the infinite
souree.-Orison SWEET Marden.
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over the Tapped edges OF the cretonne
and glue them in place; then divide
the paper into spaces, and index the
spaces tFig 81. A fancy work ring
3rO7i6es Il hanger
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an indignity and diminishes the NOR
ale, value and patriotism of the per-
sonnel of the cafes"
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Great Value of Minerals.

The total value of minerals pro-
duced IN The United States in 1915 was
rbout SJ.52G. 100000.
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IMPROVED UNIreRM INTERNATIONAL
S[JNDAYSQ1O0L
LESSON

tBy REV. p. b. F1TZWATER, D. D.,
Teacher of English Bible In the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
tCopyright. 1919. Western Newspaper Union)
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LESSON TEXT-John 1916
GOLDEN TEXT-The Son of Man came
not to be ministered unto. but to minis
ter and to give his life a ransom for
many.-Mat. 20:2S
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL-Mark 10:
S6-4s; Rom. 12:3-s: Phil 2:5-11; Peter,
6:5-1.
PRIMARY TOPIC-Jesus Washing the
Disciples Feet
JUNIOR TOPIC - Jesus Taking the
Place of Servant.
INTERMEDIATE TOPIC-The Dignity
of Common Tasks
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1919-05-16
DRAFT OFFICE CLOSES
TWO YEARS. WORK HERE
Records ~hipTss: to National Capital
---/iogaus VIII SO to seattle
to ReSid

Acting Oh orders from Washington,
-. g Captain irwin W. Ziegaus closed
The state headquarters of the selec-
tive service department in this city
last Saturday, receiving his formal
discharge nom the service the same
dag.
All records and reports were boxed
and shipped to the war department.
This marked the end of two years
constant activity, SO consistently
maintained that it has placed this
state third in the draft efficiency
ranking of aali the states.
Captain Ziegaus will go to Seat
tie where his family has been located
for some time and where he expects
to reside. He has no expectation of
returning to the position of private
secretary to the governor which he
held by appointment of Governor
Lister before assignment to draft
service. but is not yet decided as to
what he will follow. Captain Ziegaus
was newspaper and Chamber of
Commerce publicity secretary before
his Olympia appointment