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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-10-30

Mr.. Claman. urges that in all such
cases the patient should be isolated
in order to prevent the spread of the
disease and an epidemic similar to
that which prevailed here last year.
In. case Of necessity the city health
board has the power to isolate in
1uenza as we'll as other contagious
diseases, -
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nrHE BOOK or WONDERS. >

THE BOOK OF WONDERS.
WONDERS OF NATURE AND WON
DERS PRODUCED BY MAN" Edited
and arranged by Rudolph ]. Bodmer.
illustrated with Hundreds of Pic
tures) The Bureau of Industrial Ed
uca tion, Inc, publishers, Pennsyl-
vania avenue and Eleventh street,
northwest, Washington, D. c.
No more valuable book than "The
Book of Wonders" being Wonders of
Nature and Wonders Produced by
Man." edited and arranged by Rudolph
J. Bodmer, has been published within
the last decade.
Rep1ete with information of every
class and description, the reader has
but to desire information on any sub
ject, then refer to the pages of this
magnificent piece of literature and full
information is furnished
Beginning with the chapter entitled,
How Man Learned to Write we find
in the Book of Wonders" such sub-
jects as THE Invention of the PEN"
The Smoke Rings Which Appear"
Deer Stalking, with the Cross Bow
Allow Ammunition Is Made" "The Cen
trail Terminal of Tour Telephone"
What Cement Mill Looks Like" "The
Wonderful Flying Boat" "Why Milk
Becomes Sour" What Makes a Case
line Engine Co." "Why Glowworm
CLOVIS" How the Miners Loosen the
Coal" "Why they Call 1t the Milky
Ways" "How Man Learned to Cook His
Food" what Electricity Isl How
Moving Pictures Are Made;" "IIow the
Rim of Tire Is Made" THE Principal
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THE BOOK SHELF

Parts of an Elevator" How an ocean
Gable Is Laid" "The wireless in the
Army" THE Story in a Loaf of Bread"
where Do Tears Come From The
Story in a Suit of Clothes" How the
Eraser Is Put on a PENCIL" 'Why Our
Piano Has Only Seven Octaves;" Some
remarkable Figures About Tobacco"
What the Queen Bee Does THE
Story in a Pair of Shoes" How the
Paper in This Book Is Made" @How
the Linotype Makes Solid Type" and
hundreds of other subjects.
THE Book of Wonders is profusely
and beautifully illustrated with hun
dreds of pictures and it is really one
of the most highly instructive and en-
pertaining books now in the market.
In an introduction to THE Book of
Wonders" the editor says
mo truly great book needs an ex-
PLANTATION of it's aim and purpose A
great book just grows, as has this book
of wonders.
1t began with the attempt of a
father to answer the natural questions
of the active mind of a grfowing boy.
1t developed into a nightly search for
plain, understandable answers to such
questions as What makes it night?"
Where does the wind begin?' why is
the sky blue?" "Why does it hurt when
cut my finger?" why doesn't it hurt
when cut my hair?'' "Why does wood
float?" why does iron sink?" "Why
doesn't an iron ship sink?" on through
the maze of thousands of puzzling ques-
lions which occur to the child's mind.
1t has grown until the answers to the
mere questions cover practically the en-
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huge hippos and other animals that
live in the water, and we also saw the
wonderful Flamingos. those rare birds
about which we read SO often.
From Beira we journied to Ceylon,
having been out then ~ days" Miss
Hamilton continued, "and at that point
we transhipped; in other words, trans
ferred our effects TO another ship. We
arrived at most opportune time at
Ceylon, as it was Buddhas birthday
and the Kings Magistrate extended to
US many delightful courtesies. At Kan
dy we visited the famous Botanical
Gardens-called by some The Garden
of Eden'-the largest and supposed to
be the most beautiful gardens of the
kind<in the world"
And. by the way one of the worst
exlosions you ever heard of oc-
CURED when we were transferring our
effects to the British ship Heather
fordshire," said Miss Hamilton. THE
petrol ignited when put aboard the
lighter, and for a while it looked as
if every one of us would lose our lives.
We were instructed to wear our life
preservers,' and for several hours there
was great CONSERVATION. You see, the
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nn71 Asst and West, But Home Is
n Best" was the delightfully."-
III refreshing aphrosium with
which our own pretty Marian Hamilton
greeted me yesterday when I dropped
in to see her and to welcome her home
from her long and interesting trip of
more than a year to the Holy Land.
The same lovely modest Marian
Hamilton greeted me as the one to
whom / said "Au Revoir" when she
started away on the perilous journey
which took her from her loved ones,
her friends and acquaintances into a
country which at the time was under
shot and shell - where the British
begged for succor and aid from Amer
icans-and where the refugees Syr-
ians, Arabs and other nations or peo-
pies were doomed unless aid was given,
and given quickly.
With a little band of 81 people COM
lnanded by Capt. Findlay, the American
Red Cross, the Mother of the World"
answered the call of the British some
their native country, the splendid men
and women composing the unit set
forth to do their ''bit" in the great
struggle for right and justice.
Sailing from New York harbor, the
Red Cross unit started for the Holy
Land on the steamship CITY of York."
and on account of the terrific sub
marine conditions at that time the trip
was not made through the Mediter-
ranean Sea, but around the African
coast, because of the vast amount of
petrol carried over. as well as ammuni-
ton.
Two Of the 81 composing this unit
of brave men and women-belonged to
Birming ham-Marian Hamilton and
her sister, Mamie Hamilton-beloved
of all who knew them-and these two
gentle, aristocratic girls, with lines of
ancestors back of them, emphasizing
their right to queenship both in spirit
and in heart, went forth with bless
ings and prayers from many anxious
lips-many ardent hearts for their safe
return and for their work while they
labored in fields unknown.
Romance stalked red-handed on that
big old "City Of York" steamship and
Cupid played his part cleverly with the
heart of one of these pretty siste0
Mamie Hamilton (Mrs. Montgomery
Ogden), in whose happiness all her
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friends rejoice for no sweeter woman
ever lived than Mamie Hami1ton-and
she is just as clever as she is sweet
When / CHANGED ITO mention to Ma
rian that it was rather unusual for two
sisters to have the chance of making
such voyage together, to have the
chance of making such trip as these
two nice Hamilton girls made, she
laughingly said:
And by the queerest coincidence
there was yet another Hamilton girl
in the unit; and what do you suppose?
Her name was exacely the same as
mine-Marianne Hamilton. OF course
our letters got mixed up-our tele-
grams-everything-- I did a rather
unusual thing. Most girls change
their last names, but I changed my
first name--in order to avoid these diff
ficulties, and although l had always
written myself down as Marianne Ham
ilton, 1 changed it to Marian and there
by avoided many complications"
Our voyage, which took exactly
three months, of course, was very in
teresting,' said Miss Hamilton. as l
requested her to start from the very
beginning-when the unit left New
York harbor. "Our first stop was made
at st. Lucia, in the West Indies. We
stayed there only about "a hours-just
long enough for us to have bird's-eye
view of the place. Then we went on
to Cape Town. There we stayed three
weeks, to unload, for through some
stupidity in the planning of things, our
supplies, being on top of the petrol and
ammunition that we had aboard, it took
quite that long for us to get straight
ened out.
From Cape Town we went to Dur
ban, which is the center of military
activities in South Africa said Miss
Hamilton, land many interesting
things happened during our stay there.
From this point we proceeded to Bera,
which is in Portuguese Africa-the
nearest civilized point to the jungles
of Africa.
"Of course we enjoyed our stay at
Beira, for we made some' very Won
derful side trips, especially one on the
Bouzi river. Our guards, of course,
carried along arms so that when lion
or tiger or any wild animal from the
jungles made it's appearance he could
be shot at minutes notice. We saw
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harbors were all mined at these Afri
can ports-many of them being the
largest ports Of embarkation and de-
barkation--the Germa african prov
inces being thus protected-and it was
really very dangerous. However, not
one of US in our unit lost our nerve,
but there was just that wonderful calm
which seems to come in times of great
distress and we I'll came out safe and
sound, although it was a terrible eX-
perience."
Our next stopping point was Port
Said, and from there we went to
Cairo" said Miss Hamilton. while we
were in Cairo my sister and I studied in
the great laboratories and military
hospitals. There were some very de =
1ightful social affairs arranged at
Cairo, and among them was a tea
which Mrs, Allenby, the charming wife
of the great General Aflenby, attend
ed. The Allenbys have a magnificent
home at Cairo. Mrs. Allenby is one of
the most charming women | have ever
met; entirely unpretentious like her
famous husband; very gracious and
kind, and really one of the very incest
people 1 have ever met. OF course
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everybody knows how the soldiers love
General Allenby. l met him number
of times after we arrived in Jerusalem,
and everywhere 1 heard his praises
sung. There isn't a Tommy who has
ever served under him who doesn't love
and and all his generals feel the same
way about him. He is regarded as a
very firm disciplinarian. but at the
same time very kind, all of which
makes the good soldier. Personally he
is very attractive and gracious.
The journey from Cairo to Jerusa
lem is not very long one" Miss Ham
ilton said. 1--WE started one afternoon
at O'clock from Cairo and arrived at
Jerusalem at o'clock the next after
noon. We made the trip by rail-not
luxurious drawing rooms and Pullman
cars like we have in America, but long,
narrow coaches. with shelves on which
people sleep. AS we entered the city
of Jerusalem we could see the barage-
we could hear the cannonading-for at
Kantara, which is the. military center,
the heaviest sort of fighting was go
ing on-out in the Judean hills, you un-
derstand-not far from Jerusalem.
1.-THE Russian Compound was turned
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over to the Red Cross when we arrived
at Jerusalem" said Miss Hamilton,
"and we converted one part of it into
a Chfidren's Hospital, and another part
devoted to the Industrial department
of our work The Russian Prelate's
palace, in which the Prelate had for
merly entertained the pilgrims-the
Greeks-and other factions making
their pilgrimages, was also used by u.s.
and Lord Butte's home was turned into
Municipal building. Spacious and COM
modious were the environments, and
after cleaning up and putting things
in order we had really a remarkable
place.
"Our work was of course entirely
with the civilian population" said Miss
Hamilton. when certain places were
to be bombarded the warning was sent
out and the women and children in
great numbers would come to US for
protection. Many of them we're sick
and unable to do anything for them
selves when they arrived at Jerusalem,
and these were cared for in the hos
pitfalls, while those who could do any
thing at a1l-for instance, sew, knit,
or anything like that-were given work
in the industrial department"
1--WE turned out THOUSAND garments
day from the industrial department"
Miss Hamilton continued, while dur
ing the year L was there, $4,000 chill
dren were cared for in the hospitals
49, 900 women and $4,000 men.
I'VE also had two refugee camps
caring for between four and five hun
dred," Miss Hamilton said land please
let me say right here that the refugees
seemed appreciative of all that was
done for them. by the American Red
Cross. The sects, peoples, nations
what you will-Greek against Catho-
lic-Jew against Greek-fight and
squabble all the time, but all of them
were friendly toward the Red Cross"
l"Of course we never went out with
out being guarded by policemen" said
Miss Hamilton. cas- it was dangerous
The customs of course are very differ
ent from our own country. No woman
enters the gates of Jerusalem, the Holy
City, without her face being yelled. In
Syria and other countries the women
wear the Yas-mack WHICH is a veil
covering the lower part of the face,
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boats and thoroughly professional for
the man or woman who wants to know
the real fundamentals of boating.
Warren H. Miller was. during the
war, 4 lieutenant in the United States
navy. The author of RIFLES and Shot
guns" Camping Out" 1.-The Boys Book
of Hunting and Fishing" etc, says he
is an example of how atavism Will
make itself felt in a highly academic
family. From a speaking acquaintance
with Latin, French and Greek, ne
turned to camping out. from that 10
travel and exploring. Ten books on
outdoor life, and seven wears as edltor
of Field and Stream. short period
of engineering, participation in the
Spanish and world wars. and unlimited
writing and studying. is his method
of attacking life.
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but showing the eyes. Even the scrub
women in Jerusalem when they see
any one approaching cover their faces
with their wells, and a woman is not
allowed to be looked upon by any man,
save her father, brother or husband
with her face uncovered.
Some of the women are very beau
tiful." Miss Hamilton said. Especial
ly the Turkish women. Their beauti-
full eyes and jet black hair and olive
skin make beautiful type. The mixed
races-the Levateens, for instance-are
wonderfully fair. A great many of
these women are popular in Cairo, the
soldiers paving them marked attention
and admiring them very muchl"
Il forgot to tell you that we had to
learn to speak the Arabic language as
well as French" Miss Hamilton said
ARABIC is considered by scholars and
linguists to be the most scientific of
all languages when properly spoken,
and the high officials and those of aris-
tocratic birth, the cultured people, in
other words, speak very beautiful
Arabic, but Of course we learned the
lingo-the Arabic of the masses, as it
were. My French was NOT so difficult,
as / had had some 'schoor French Of
course, and that helped me considst
ably. But with Arabic it was VET
hard, for the nearest approach that
ever made to Arabic was gum Arabic,
which did not help me materially"
THE Red Cross established centers
in many of the cities adjacent to Jeru-
SALEM" Miss Hamilton said, Gin Damas-
Gus, 1antab and Beirut. We had hos
pitfalls in Joffa, Heifa and Acre, Jericho
and Ramallah, and at Waddy sarah"
zone of the most interesting points
near Jerusalem is Ramley-the old
Crusaders palace, once occupied by
Richard the Third and all the Edwards,
while the many places which we have
read about in our Sunday school lessons
and in the Bible were of great interest
to all of us"
when the medical department of
our unit was recalled" Miss Hamilton
said, 81 went to Paris, where 1 was
connected with one of the large base
hospitals for several months, return
ing early in October to America, bring.
ing with me hundred and fifty war,
had married our American soldiers"
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attack of shell shock, to learn to his
establishment that the war is over. The
next step is the taking up of his civilian
duties, and for this purpose he takes
passage on the Mauritania to join an
uncle in New York On board is
young woman who strongly attracts him,
while her philosophy of life is deeply
shocking to one who holds old-fashioned
ideas of womanhood. She is one of those
whose moral scruplss have been over
ruled by an extraordinary tenderness for
the fighting man. But there comes
day when she finds a flaw in her phi
losophy and makes the discovery that
after all she is conventional woman
at heart. Ultimately these two adven-
turers find their life Cork in common
cause, and when there comes the urgent
cry from Siberia: Come over and help
u.s." they are ready to answer the sum
MONS
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Credit a Necessity

Actions not only speak louder than
words-they take the place of words
A mans actions not only reveal his
character-they are his character"
writes William McClintock, giving adj
vice to retailers with an interesting
article, "Other Peoples Business" in
Everybody's.
He says; We'll, if you are really a
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fashioned retailer, if (the credit
people say) you are really a bright
young fellow with an eye to long life
and happy one, you will not wait to
be asked but you will go and tell all
your secrets to a good and sympathetic
credit house. You will tell them just
where you stand. and ask them what to
DO. They will probably tell you to
send them a monthly statement of your
sales and expenses, the names of the
houses you have dealt with for the last
six months, the houses to whom you
owe money, your past due accounts, If
any, the names of your bank or banks.
They put the facts on file. They wire
you to go ahead and place your new
orders. Then when their customers in
quire about this new fellow (meanin7
you) from Whitney. Okla, they tell
them to go ahead and ship the order,
and it's all plain sailing for you"
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Increase Paw OF Dublin Police

Dublin. october 31.--The government
is Increasing the pay of the police
both in Dublin and the country. to cor
respond with that of the English po-
lice. The result will be that the cost
of the Irish police. which, except for
political offenses is almost idle, will
amount to over f3.0OO.00O a year.
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the deepening Of the gloom that de-
scended like a pail as the thousands
were slaughtered make panorama of
tragedy which is deeply impressive
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"rHE HARVEST HOME.

Py James B. Kenyon. James I. White
e. Co. publishers. New York city.
In reading THE Harvest Home one Is
struck by the uniform excellence or the
work contained therein. Mr.. Kenyon re-
CARDS the composition of poetry as an art.
and being a born lyrist his notes are in
variab!y clear and meiodious. At the
same time there is no studied effort on
his part to adhere strictly to the rules
of versification. The simpler verse forms
appeal to him as they did to Whittier,
and, like the Quaker poet he has Sc
rene outlook on life, his poems breathing
of peace and contentment. Mr.. Kenyon
is essentially nature poet Breezes from
summer lands, laden with the fragrance
of new mown hay, blow across his pages
and in his songs one hears his strains
OF the woodthrush like
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CHALMERS COMES BACK"

CHALMERS COMES BACk.-
BY w. J. Dawson The John Lane Com
pany. publishers N--- V->rk city.
TINS nor only charming love story.
but also an able and stimulating novel;
dealing with the much-discu-sed problem
of the returned soldier and of the atti-
tude of the modern woman toward the
conventionalities of life.
The opening episode of the story is
Chalmers return to consciousness. after
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is essentially a nature poet. Breezes from
summer lands, laden with the fragrance
Lof new mown hay, blow across his pages
and in his songs one hears his strains
OF the woodthrush like
"The myriad. liquid note
of the raindrops, mid the leaves
Slipping down from emerald caves"
Indeed, Mr.. Kenyon sings as the birds
sing. with full throated ease and with
an exultation of spirit that lifts one
above the sordid word-a-day world and
into the pure, calm air where peace and
beauty reign supreme. In these days of
stress and uncertainty poet such as
Mr. Kenyon is particularly welcome, for
he sings of the simplest things of life
with an emotional and spirited fervor and
vet with a deep hincerity-an abiding
faith and trust-which STRENGTHENS and
uplifts the weared soul. The simplicity
and grace of THE Deeper Wisdom is
worth more than all the freakish free
verse that burdens the, worlds book
shelves:
1.-The little winds are shitering
Across the fresh young grass;
The wandering breaths of morning bring
Cool earth-scents as they pass;
And from the close l hear them sing, .
Ny little lad and lass.
"For vernal ardors in their veinss
Are rioting today;
The light feet of the April rains
Dance round them where they play,
And swelling buds peep out again
With frolic hints of May.
"And life is auickening in the sod
And flashing in the rills,
An xvh 10 NJ have
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"The myriad. liquid note
OF the raindrops, mid the leaves
Slipping down from emerald caves.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-05-16

two bands, and Of course. the calliope.
The Campbell United shows is one
of the standard attractions of the kind
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-05-16

time version of the Sextette from
Lucia Is one, of the best musical num-
bers given by vaudeville singers in
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-05-16
Mayor Hansen To Speak
Before Manufacturers
(By Associated Pness)

NEW YORK, May 16-Mayor Ole
Hanson, of Seattle, will be the chief
speaker at the banquet held in con-
nection with the annual convention of
the national association of Manufac-
turers here on May 19-20-21. Res
ponses from members indicate that
the registra ton will be double that at
any meeting in recent years.
Committees of the association have
been carefully investigating readjust-
ment problems and will report on ques-
lions of employment, banking, foreign
trade. Industrial education, interstate
comerce, patents, permissive mainten-
ance, taxation, trade acceptances, uni
form state laws, bolshevism, social I'M
rest, government ownership of rail-
roads, employers duties to returning
soldiers and other business topics.
There will be round table discussion
on May 20 when the plan of the as
ISOLATION for the formation of trade
com binations under the Webb-Pomer-
enc act will be considered.
Formal addresses will be made by
William c. Redfield, secretary of com.
merce; Walker D. Hines, director-gen
eral, United States railroad admins
tration, A. ]. County, vice president OF
! the Pennsylvania railroad; William
Starr Myers, professor of history and
| politics, Princeton University; J. E
Edgerton, Lebanon, Tenn; Col Ar
thur Woods, unemployment service
war department: Harry F. Atwood oil
Chicago, ILL.,; and by James A. Emery
general counsel, National Association
OF manufacturers of Washington.