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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-29
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MurmAnsk, June Thy naiD The
Reindeer transport. organised to cir
cumvent RussiA'e rigorous weather
conditions. the vaSaries OF the Russian
railway system--if It can stu be
termed . system---the Russian railway
workers unexampled stupidity, and
the thousand and one things which
render travel In this country thing
to be we'll considered before being I'M
dertaken. deserves chapter by itself
when the history OF the expedition
into northern Russia is written.
Lieutenant-Colonel r. c. r. Moore
Is 20. c. Reindeer Transport" as we
say in, the army. From the very in
ocption Of the scheme he has controlled
It, and. although no officer on this
peninsula has more deserved1y earned
the gratitude of his fellows. am sat
isfled that he will not murmur = pro-
test II this article circles around one
"Souarey II. NJ. SQuArey. but
preferably to Ito hirn) "Squarey." No
one dreams of giving him his military
rank.
Personally owe the captain deep
debt Of gratitude for q Ben-Hur race
across the snow-covered hills to kola.
eight miles from MurmAnsk Also I
owe him grudge for introducing me
to reindeer. I don't wish to see them
for reason that shall try to ex-
plain later.
First let me tell you Of the romance
of the Reindeer transport attached to
the northern command and Of the finest
| achievement to its credit In the be-
ginning, mark the fact that in Russia
one talks OF versts as easily AS . Lon
don draper talks Of inches. There are
no suburbs in northern Russia; there
| are posts. leagues apart. as the sim
| ele-track railway to Soroka and be-
yond runs due south for 500 odd miles;
and there are no loop lines to take one
| home after 4 comfortable night Again
there comes time when the snow
banks high and the railway IL oblite-
rated; there are troops away to the
west of the dreary. barren tundra, and
| they expect their rations like any other
loyal soldiers.
| Reindeer were the only solution ot
a difficult problem. and the Iapps are
| about the only people in the world
who know how to get the best out OF
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-29
PhOn0eRAPH IS
Av|AT0R'S BEACON
Experiments at Washington Prove It's
Value az (suide In Fog and
Darkness.

All hail the versatile phonograph!
Its general usefulness In the scientific
progress OF the world promises soon
TO equal it's musical accomplishments.
It's latest. though by no means It's only
role. az the handmaiden of science.
was worked out recently In 4 series
of experiments in Washington, hav-
Ing for their object the utilization Of
the instrument for communicating
with flying machines. even at very
high attitudes.
BY an ingenious arrangement OF a
monograph of certain famous
make, operated by an electric motor
and attached TO a very powerful radio
telephone. the talking machine voice"
now announces to the aerial naviga-
tor by day, by night, Or In the densest
fog, the fact that he has arrived at
the national capitol. Thus the bird
man, no matter what his distance
from terra firma, will be provided
with vocal guide as efficient as the
Visual beacon of the lighthouse in the
service of the mariner.
Prolonged efforts have been made
to make the navigation of the air as
safe for the aviator in fog. mist night
or storm. As the sea liz for the sailor.
Among those working most earnestly
toward this end was Major General
George O. Squier. end the demonstra-
ton at Washington OF this remark
able development f"WAshington Eea =
con. No J." as it is ealled) is the fruit
of his labor Lieut.. r. D. Duncan,
Jr., Of the Signal Corps, in an air.
plane equipped with a wireless tcle-
phone set and receiver, over 5000 feet
above the earth. distinctly heard the
photograph repeat the words, Wash
ington Beacon, No. l."
According to Lieutenant Duncan
the only thing necessary for any in.
dividual town or city in the country tc
provide such a beacon, is a phono.
graph automatically run by a motor
the record Of which repeats a single
phrase, such as. New York Beacon
No. g." or pittsburgh Beacon, No
g." the entire apparatus being at
tached TO the usual antennAe used IL
wideless telephony.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-29

that bunch Of mourners. But I was
clucking as 1t was
Like the American l met up with
at the Savoy swamp who noticed his
clothes were getting all bitten up and
went into an "apothecary's' tshort for
druggist's) and asked them if they
kept any moths--well, I'll keep that
one to tell you private-like
These English are awful bridle-sh
and nervous in the hooks when they're
holding conversation with an Amert-
can. They're all the time on the
lookout for spool fwffat we'd call
a horse" out wyoming way. Sort
of conversational badger fight, you
might say. Well. Bill. looking for II
that away-sort of hungering for II
and still being shy like a hound nosing
a hedgehcg~-why. OF course. they get
| II more often than not. Even Bap-
| tist circuit rider--old Hell-roarin'
Uncle All himself--couldn't resist the
! temptation to shoot one across these
eve lambs.
| In quiet place ] know OF the other
| day I saw an American ease UP to n
/ large British officer, with a baby
| stare and quarter section of gold
lace on the peak of his military hon
| net and | could tell by the look in
| that Yank's face he had the old hAr-.
poon out and was lust about to thrung
it. So I built upalongside and waited
| for the killing.
/ Some little fire department you
/ have here in London" that YAnk
stray was whinnyin~ through his nose,
and the more he built on the value
| OF the London Fire Brigade the more
| / saw the barb of that harpoon ouiv-
ering to be let drive. The English
field marshal allowed as how the IRE
brigade was top high and all that sort
Of thing; but still
only thing you seem to lack Ia a
| perfect system of ringing in the
ALARM" dronea the American. Now
back In Ypsilanti --Then he breezed
Off onto the subject OF high pressure.
but back ne comes like a coyote cir
cling a dying calf to the subject OF
sending in the alarms. But he sort
OF leaves that point dangling.
BY and by. the general-in-chief
heaves himself in his chair and says
Look here What system do you
have in your country for giving the
alarm or whatyoucallit ?"
Back In old Ypsilant the Fire
Chief he sends out post cards to all
the members purrs old John r
| Wisenheimer
Really" says the Duke Extra
ordinary"
| About that time moved over 70
the window and watched the pretty
buses going by.
| Yours truly,
| THE WRITER GUY.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-29
Reliable Method of Hair Care

Hair Is by far the most conspic-
Nns thing about us and is probably
th9 most easily damaged by bad or
care treatment If we are very
careful hair washing. we will have
virtually hair troubles, An espe-
ciaily fne 81 700 for this weather,
one that hrins - all the natural
beauty of the hair, -. dissolves ana
entirely removes all '-uff. excess
oil and dirt, can easily used a.
trifiing expense by simply L living
a teaspoonful Of canthrox (Which you
can get at any drugHist's), In cup or
hot water. This makes full cup 81
shampoo liquid. enough 10 1t is easy
to apply 1t 70 all the hair instead 81
just the top Of the head. This cheni.
cally dissoivcs all impurities ana
creates a soothing. cooling lsthee.
RinsinR leaves the scalp SPECIFICALLY
clean. soft and plant. while the hair
takss on the glossy richness Or haturAl
color. also a nufiness which makes II
seem much heavier than Il h. Aftsf
canthfox khAmpoo, arranging Ne haaf
y 8 pieesur1s ---Adv, a
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-29

important place in American life, edu-
Gators are seeing that II must be given
more attention and more Intelligent
handling in the schools. The old. dry.
do-re-mi methods Are no longer SUM-
ctent The study OF music must be
vitalized hs Just such forces AZ that Of
appreciation, and the music memory
contest ir proving itself a noteworthy
means to that end. What the children
hear in the listening period they
learn to love through life: and. of
course, the opportunity Is utilized to
give them only the finest compositions
An acquaintance with and an appre-
citation OF the, best in music is rapidly
coming TO be regarded as just as es-
sentiai to the educated person as Ia
miiiar!ty with the masterpiece of 1T
CREATURE.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-29

i single rein, long rope Of ssal skin
connected to the head OF tho deer on
the lefthAnd side: this n the leader;
tho others running abreast. turn when
NJ turns. BY fickinE the rope over
the leaders back. the L1pp turns tho
whole team to left or right.
we stt8 hack to back on tbs sleigh.
the LAphxend J. Heaven alone knows
what distractions squarey has given
him. but ! should say that II was. sDe-
liver the goods ut all costs
We have many spills. But finally
we have reached Kola. which Was bonn
barded BY the British In the crinlean
war
We have tea N tho mess at KolA, 4
chat with the "Tomniiess who form
the outpost. long rest. the Lapps are
Squarey details d fresh driver to take
me back TO Murfnansk. say to Cap
tain squarey: GIVE me two Of the
half dozen Lapp words that you know
and I'll memorize them In case OF
emergency" The words are "skoro''
and "horosho. which mean. go on:
get along" and Thanks. I'm satisfied"
1t Is S o'clock when we set out. The
distance to Murmansk should be COW
cred In forty minutes. and 1t IL good
policy In those lonely places to get
Ii ,me before dusk. After dusk the gem
tiemen who are not quite satisfied In
their own minds whether 1t would be
better TO follow Lenfne or General
Maynard come out to try their aim
with pilfered rifiea.
Two n Mes slip past. and my little
Lapp has burst into song The deer
slackan is their pace. "Skoro," I say.
"Da, da,' he replies. which means that
he will do his best. Then he prods
the animal viciously. with his long
pole, 20 viciousiy that 1t snaps. We
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-29
REINDEER TRANSPORT CRUDE But VITAL
MEANS Of TRAVEL IN SNOWb0UhD
NORTH RUSSIA

reindeer. Captain e. NJ sauarey asked
for the opportunity Of Organizing the
LApps and their reindeer. and LieutAn-
ant Colonel Moore selected him.
Now, the Lapp Is = peaceful. indus
trious person. He 10 very reserved;
he has his aversions. and the Russian
Is one Of them; he has certain dig
nifty that cannot very well be described
and is naturally suspicious. Captain
Sounrey went out with an interpreter
to make new allies; he picked mp
trail to their village, ate with them.
slept in their huts, bargained with them
and. in his own words treated them
like white men,"
As4uarey~ Gets Results.
Today 500 Lapps, with 1000 reindeer
and 500 sleighs. are in use by the
transport. There Is = reserve OF 10000
animals and 5000 sleighs II necessity
should arise. The Lapps are rationed
by us on payment, and q fair one q
think Squarey sees to thaD; they are
paid three kopecks per pood (thirty-
nix pounds) per verst. And they have
done exceedingly we'll out OF the ar
rsngement With one sleigh and two
reindeer an Industrious Lapp can earn
$3.50 day. and sometimes--only
som etimcs--Squarey throws In tot OF
rum.
Three reindeer form team and AZ
there are NO brakes on sleigh. a
fourth animal Is tied behind. 80 that
when the team - likely to be over
| whelmed by the sleigh In dashing down
declivity the fourth unfortunate
wretch) pulls back. and has its head
almost pulled OF for its offices. In
place OF whip the Iapp uses long
pole, with which he jabs ut the quar-
ters Of the deer.
| The transportation Of the Mobile
column, Eleventh battalion Royal Sus-
sex, from Petchenga. in the north. to
| the garrison at KolA. 4 distance by
/ the trail Of ia English miles. was
done by reindeer, and cost the govern
ment $4,000 less than 1t would IL 1t
/ had been done by icebreaker. This was
Captain SQuareys finest feat.
/ TO explain my antipathy to reindeer:
We left Murmansk tor Kola at three
in the afternoon--Squarey with a Lapp
driver on the frst sleigh and your cor
respondent on the second with an
amiabIe gentleman who. IN his furt
/ and skins. looked like a human mole,
Now. reindeer team 10 controlled by
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-29
'PARl0R GAME DEVELOPS
MUSIC MEMORY CONTESTS
~. Trenaiae'~ Happy Thought
Adopted by Schools IN scores
Of Cities.

To have devised for his own chill
aren in his own home little musical
tame Of such educational value that
Il was adopted on large scale by
the school authorities in seores OF
cities all over the country. ia the
happy lot Of C. M Trematne. OF west
acid, y ! In his official capacity
Mr.. Trsmaine Is director of the ma
.tonal bureau for the advancement OF
n1asic in New York. The inspiration
had no connection with this Official
capacity, however. although once the
merit Of the game was recognized, the
bureau began promoting the ides
Along with tts many other plans for
Advancing the cause of music among
he American people.
The object Of the game as Mr. Ire
maine worked IL out. was TO capture
tire elusive attention of his children
and focus IL upon the excellent but
acmewhat neglected music his home
crowded by way of the photograph
Ind the player plano. The method
ess as follows. The children were of
tered Prize TO be given to the one
uentifying by title and composer the
greatest number Of musical selections
Is they were played A reasonable
time was allotted for fami'iariziHg
themselves with the music and the
names associated with IL.
The plan haA magic Ruccsss. The
shonoEraph or piano was working
overtime. during n6bn hour and even
n play time. for this was in truth
game.
After the children announced them
seives as ready, an evening was select
q for the grand test. Twenty num-
sers were played. the children writing
m slip Of paper the titles and com
sosers Eighteen eut OF twenty were
correctly identihed by the winner
To the young folks IL was merely st
pleasant entertaihiag and somewhat
.xctting game The grownups real
yed shat IL was nothing lees than a
sou-se in music appreciation From
rat day 10 this the children have
hown an increased intercat and appre-
,iation of good music Their attitude
ewarti public concerts has undergone
/ radical change and their faces slighs
~ AZ they recognize some Of the mum
Ars PLAYED
I,nder the name Of the music mem
3~s contest, Mr. Tremaines invention
I'd z -sccessfni TROUT In the West.
ssid schools whence il soon Travelled
New Orleans. Milwaukee, st sJoseph
Omaha. Council Rufus. Story City
,f.anli tFtica and many other places
r New York "a music memory contes
sas tust been held with over 36'
eh ~c!s distributed among the city's
n y-esght school districts participat
r% Chicago plans "a stage one mex
senscn IN cooperation with the chi
49, ss'nnhonv orchestra
AZ rsuesc is taking a more and NOR
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-29

stop whiIN he sneuos the fAtaG
bindifie 81 hidA. Il Ia
Il i think my littie friend Ii ~ pS
me tor trrinr speed. w 1xsA
fresh start. ana now - 1&11 III
the team has come to I'M ~ - v
that IL this sort Of thtnk q IN
order hA'a out Tor Bolsh 1yi14n 81
without warning ne xworYS& ss
"a track. taking the AtNara. in23
ira eleiria ana me. into I 49, N r.
we dig them out. my littl6 frfS&S
4 Nv nerve Il none 100 sG0ui ssssa ~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-29
CALIFORNIA VETS SAY
PETITIONS SUFFICIENT

1t is announced by II. +, Stoll secre-
tary of the California Grape Protec-
tive association. that $4,000 signatures
to each Of the two anti-prohibition
referendum petitions have been OBJ
tanned in that state. This is more than
double the number required. according
to Mr.. Stoll. One petition is directed
at the action of the state legislature
in ratifving the eighteenth amendment
and the other is intended to stay &C
ton on the Harris enabling act which
provides for enforcement in California
OF the eighteenth amendment.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-29
SCOTS SHORTS" PROCLAIM HIS FAMILY
FROM AFFAIR; MADE FROM OLD COMFORTER

Mall with a yellow hectic my wife's
sister bought for me at the Busy Bee
Emporium in Tucson, Ariz.. tied under
my Adams apple-~fllst a quiet tie like
a moonrise over Pumpkin Buttes say
one Of these fat9stle- pantsers got the
range of that III his monocle and
just blasted Il nd hear the re-
port when hir nit the middle
OF that neektie
was "hounder," Rnl. because I
sported three inches of what you
might call color above my vest But
that short-horn was farnin' down
quiet street with onc-half OF six feet
a riot an a Sioux ghost dance and
prairie fire all rolled in one When
see you again I'll tell you just what
the American for FOUNDER is; you
know, Bill they're still censoring let
ters out of here and one can't he ton
careful
Color round the necks a crime In
London but you can rig out your hind
legs like Sioux medicine pole and
be Willie on the rickIeboat SO re-
member that when you come over
here.
This is British oncervatisn--the
kind the sun never sets on Let me
tra' another sample out of my war
bag:
N'tiiNi adS' ibS% UP NuHEFy ITOIn
the place where ! put on the nosebag
al A, NJ. That's my usual CUSTOM
BIZ, TO rise up from that place hum
cry. You'd never even sit down there
until you got, used to 1t.
Well. sir, along about time for some
body TO bang the old wagon-tire at
II scfted into an eating house on
the Strand, and when the under
TAX sr's assistant built up alongside me,
I mr. "a eA an La -
dash of sowbelly on the side. Three
because ] was feeling peaked over
that slab of smoked fish l didn't eat
at breakfast
Simeon T. Mould--~the waiter guy
he looked like a Jackrabbit some
hody's flushed out of couiee.
'Thenk you. sir" said he. But
two eggs is an order, sir
Not my order, SIM" came back
al him little brisk. Three for me.
scrambled on both sides"
He edged off, talking to himself,
and ! saw him go to the head polisher
and give him an earful Of converse
ion. Then the main guy shifts over
my way
Did you cay three eggs. sir7" he
whinnied.
Three scraeip.ea eggs" was a
atenographer's repol ~ my answsr
tcatch the guys bad gra nvar, Bill;
two eggs isl Two eggs is order.
sir. and we serve only an or,.c~ not
an order and a half"
Why not three eggs" ! asked
wondering when Little Eva ana all
the rest of the wheeze came into the
show
II Isn't done, sir mean to say
three eggs" Get some sense out Of
that. Jack Dalton, or unhand mol
There you were, Bill. They'd al
ways served two eggs because most
likely King Arthur was light feeder
and started the custom and nobody
thought Of breaking II. And by your
Aunt Cissy's chessy cat, they weren't
going to begin to change that two
ee~ custom just because a wild Ameri-
can wanted 'era to, %
Gets ur Clucking.
And so. BILL had an order Of
scrambled eggs, and then l had an
order o. scrambled eggs Four In the
covey. And when / paid my bill
there were all the waters tined up
70 give me the plying look. n 4
could have stood 1t I'd have gone
, back and ordered two more eggs
serv4d with low.cut vests ana hI9h
hAss 1ust q raise another gasp out ol
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-27
BAPTIST MEETINGS TOMORROW TO PLAN
 FOR THE CAMPAIGN
Four-Minute Speakers and Laymen Meet in Afternoon at the First
 Baptist Church

Two important meetings of Baptist leaders will he held tomorrow afternoon at the First Baptist church in connection with the plans fo~, the campaign for the s5.oOo fund. At s:ss o'clock tomorrow aft ernoon all the men who have been ap- pointed as four-minutA speakers for the campaign will lrncet at the First Baptist church. pr. J-'E Cook. pastor of the West End Methodist church has charge of the distribution Of literature .and B. c. Cox has been named by the central con- mittee of Montgomery as general chair man of the four-minuto speakers for the Birmingham district.
 The Baptist laymen's movement, com. posed of men from all the Baptist churches in the Birmingham district, wi,. hold their third meeting at the First Baptist church tomorrow afternoon at l o'clock There will b~ a ten-minute de votional service and 20 minutes devoted | to business and % minutes to an inspira i-tional address bs Dr. w P. Price of Bessemer, This pr omises to be the larg est meeting of th.slaymen held so far in | the Birmingham district
 l The prayer and praise services held in | all the churches on last Wednesday has
 added greatly to the interest in the s75.-
 0O000 campaign. and it is believed that
 this interest will he maintained unti
 Birminghani's allotment. which is $500,tO0
 vii be oversubscribed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-27

The first edition of portraits of Mary Miles Minter, eight by ten inches in size printed in four colors' and to be used as inserts with Saturday and Sunday edi- tions of newspapers. has been exhausted according to an announcement from Realart Picture corporation, and arrange ments are now under way for second edition.
 The pfinting of the first run was 100000 copies. Requests from additional newspapers with total circulation in ex- cess of 500,Oo0 copies have been received for permission to use the portrait.
 Among the larger papers in which the insert has already appeared are the New York World, the Atlanta Constitution The Birmingham Age Herald. the Phil adelphia North-American and the Nash vile Tennessean. e
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-09-27
C|VTAN OFFICERS ARE NOMINATED
Capt. Puckett Wins Attend
 ance Prize-Civitan Day . at State Fair

A stirring address by George ". Cush- CTS association, nomination of officers and the awarding of the attendance con- test prize were the features of the Civitan luncheon held yesterday at the Southern club
 pr. c. W. Courtney presided and there were over 100 members and guests pres ent. Walter Puckett, captain of the "Rounders, was awarded the attendance contest prize, handsome leather pocket book
 Chairman E. r. Mctiowan of the nomi- hating committee anLcunced the follow ing nominations:
 President, pr Courtney W. Shropshire; {; vice president tone t. be elected), II H. Shell, c. $. Bissell: treasurer, c. l.. Hagan; board of directors nine to be eected), Reese Adamson, $. M. Bern helm, Percy w. Brewer, Frank w. But Ter, L. B. Cast Chas. G. Davis, W w.. Hazard, Leo Keyser. Reid Lawson, J F.. Smith, w. $. Scott, J. R. Thames, r.. Whitman, Walter Todd, c. E. Woodrow.
 Dr. Shropshire introduced K. A. Brown president of the Alabama State Fair as sociation, who mace a brief but interest ing talk on the ieatGles of the coming fair, and invited he Civitan club to hold it's meeting during fa:-- week at the fair grounds. The invitation was accepted and day w| -.e set apart as 'Civitaa Day during the lair.
 MT Cushing whs introduced and his address, which is rel orted in another column, was the big feature of the meet ing.
 President Shropshire announced. that the next meeting would be known as ''Scotchman,s Day. with Dr. John Me NeiH. pastor of the South Highlands Presbyterian church as the principal speaker. He stated every member IS eA- pected to bring as his guest "a braW Scotch laddie" or bonnie He land lassie," on this occasion.