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The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-06-26
SOLDIERS BACK HONE

: Clark White, Thomas Duegins
and Wyatt Church, members of the
famous 81st division, are at home.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-19
Tints and Autumn coIors.

Everyone has seen and admired the
beautiful colOrs Of autumn leaves. but
very few know anything about the why
and wherefore.
1t has been noticed that In two trees
Of naples. oak or other trees, coloring
in autumn, OF the same species. one
will often take on much brighter color
than the other.
1t should he remembered that.
though there must be certain chemical
combinations before any color can be
produced. the act Of producing Is a
vital one, and can only operate under
vital conditions. II we cut on branch
of any tree In summer time and throw
Il aside. the leaves turn black or
brown. and without any brilliant Color /;
but II the branch be only half broken
on or In some way injured the leaves
will color. as II the autumn time had
arrived.
This shows that cOlOring Is connect
ed with a check to vital power, short
of its total destruction. Hence. In the
autumn, the tree with the greater vital
power will color less than the other.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-19
SHOW SPIRIT .0F FAIRNESS
American Gives English Writers Credit
for One Attribute That 70
Worthy Of Praise.

/ have frequently said the writers In
England are superior to ours, particu-
larry as to fairness and conservatism.
. The other day / ran across review
article criticising the general igno-
rance Of the people about old and'clas-
steal things. After proving his point
cleverly and effectually the writer pro
ceeded to examine himself. He turned
to the encyclopedia at random and
took the first subject at the top of the
page. He confessed he knew nothing
about It, He did the same thing with
many other subjects of classical an
tiquity. And this fellow Is one Of the
best-educated men in England.
An American writer would not have
done that; he would have pretended to
be thoroughly familiar with everything
in the encyclopedia. and witheringly
abused the people for lacking his great
knowledge.
The truth about old classical sub
jects Is that most of them are buried
In books and that few people know
anything about Them for the reason
that they are not Of the slightest I'm
pOrtance.
An Englfshman Is mean, but he has
a lot of sense; and he will be reason
ably fair. even II disagreeable with II.
e. W. HOwe's Magazine.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-19
ORIGIN Of Number Symbols.

The origin of our common number
symbols has never been clearly es-
tablished. but until recently all writer's
agree that these symbols were trans
mitted to Europe by the Arabs, who
had obtained them from India. 1t Is
very interesting to note that available
data relating to the origin OF our COM
mon number symbols have oeen care
fuIiy re-examined by Cara de Vaux
Among the most surprising results are
the following: Our common NUMBER
symbols originated in Europe and from,
fhere were transmitted to the Persians.
Both India and Arabia received them
from Persia, SO that the common term
Hindu-Arabic numerals is decidedly
misleading. The common numerals did
not come from letters of the alphabet
but were formed directly for the pur-
nose of representing numbers.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-19
Different In Japan.

The list of things done differently
I'm japan Is said to be long one by
those competent To speak from contact
with the japanese. Here nre a few
taken ut random. to show that the
difference Is real: Japanese ladies'
sit with their hands folded. palm up
wurd: every lady shaves. Ladies' new
or brush their hair. they only comb II.
II Is polite To make n noise with the
mouth when eating eertnin food.
Ladies'. however,. seldom do sO. as they
are supposed to suppress their feel
ings. A bride calls on her neighbOrS
and friends. instead of her neighborS
and friends calling on her. Where we
speak Of q thimbleful the japanese
sneak of a "sparrow's tear" Number
three Is always lucky, except in TUX
uwan" (pickled radlsh). To offer a
person three pieces would be rude.
We speak Of putting a thing on the
fire to cook The japanese speak OF
putting FIRE through Il. A man never
wishes his wife good morning hrst.
She greets him and he replies. A
woman never speaks Of her husband
as such; she speaks Of ''the house.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-19
LARGELY BASED ON FANCY
Dates Of Worlds Most Momentous
Events Conceded to Have No His
torieaI Accuracy.

Christian antiquity, against all as-
tronOmicai possibility. recognized the
25th of March as the actual day OF
Christ's death. The opinion that the
incarnation also took place on that
date is founded on n Cyprianic work.
"De Pascha Computes" II argues
that the coming of Christ and his
death must have conceded with the
creation and fall of Adam. And since
the world was created In spring. the
Savior was also conceived, and died
shortly after the equinox Of spring.
Similar calculations are found In the
early and later middle ages. and to
them, no doubt, the dates OF the feast
of the Annunciation and Of Christmas
owe their origin. Consequently the
ancient martyrologists assigned to this
date the creation Of Adam, the crucifix-
ion, the fall Of Lucifer. the passing or
Israel through the Red sea and the
immolation Of Isaac.
The festival of the Annunciation
is now kept on March Is, which, for a
long period, was the beginning Of the
legal year In England. The earliest
authentic evidence Of the celebration
cf the Announcement by the Angel to
tine Virgin that she was to conceive
and bear a son Is in a canon OF the
council Of Toledo. held In 656.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-19
Musical Ear.

Notes differing only One-hundredth
mart of a tone from each other can be
distinguished by the well-trained ear
of a musician. Most people cannot per-
ceiye a difference Of one-tenth OF n
tone. and a few can scarcely tell one
teue from another.
The cause Of this curious disparity
Is due to slight differences in the struc-
ture of the cOchlea, a wonderful piece
of apparatus In the innermost part or
the ear, says London Tit-Blts. II Is
little body, shaped like n snail SHE'LL
and believed to be the part Of the hear
ing aeparatus which recognizes mu-
sical sounds. In its structure IL close
" resembles the strings Of piano and
even has a dnmper to prevent the mix
ture of sounds quickly following one
another.
This little musical apparatus Is SET
poinc By vibrations received from the
middle ear or drum and In some myste-
rIous manner 10 sends these on to the
brain through the auditory nerve In the
form of musical sounds.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-19
ORIENTAL LOVE QE BEAUTY
Flowers and Nature Have Always Fig
ured Prominently In Their
Paintings and Writings

The Orient was always fond OF HOW
ers. In primitive times the Arabs
studied the big herbals OF Byzantine
doctors and scientists and copied how-
er after flower In their own man.
ner; they loved them. but they were
unconscious Of their beauty. When
they wanted to adorn they only used
the conventionallEed form Of the lotus
and the arabesque flower consecrated
by hundreds OF years Of tradition
Later on Chinese masters taught them
the living beauty OF flowers. In the
MOngol miniatures they study the
blOssoming almond tree and the Iris,
but in the sixteenth century only they
begin TO love the flower for Itself
to study each leaf. each petal, each
line and each hue Of color. They
show the same intimate love for de
tail which inspired the landscapes Of
Behzad. Their landscapes are always
like the poems of Hafiz-sunny, cheer
ful and gay. Nothing more charming
than these meetings OF kings and prin-
cesses in the greens under richly en-
broidered tents with musicians and
dancers. And no difference II the
artist paints one of the cruel bloody
scenes Of the antique Salamanca
must II not be n wonderful feeling to
be executed by the order, OF the king
in his illustrious presence. with re
tanners and maIdens around. the sun
shining. a soft wind covering your head
and shoulders with the pink petals
Of the almond tree in fiOwer7 The
birds sing sweeter than ever In the
trees. The touch of the cold steel Is
after all only of passing moment and
eternal Is the beauty Of sun, spring
and fiowers.-R. NJ Riefstahl, in Asia
Magazine.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-19
APPROVED DESIGN OF STREET
espers Of Thomas jefferson Show Hls
conestion With Laying Out Capt.
taI's Great Avenue.

Among the papers of Thomas JEFF
ierson in the library Of congress there
= the bill Of POntius d. STEELE. In
1907, to Thomas Munroe. supenntend-
ent Of the city Of Washington for a
supper poyIded' for all the workmen
Engaged In the public buildings. on the
completion Of the south wing OF the
capitol, 1871 persons, at SID per
head" The supper was given at the
.npitOl. The bill was approved by b.
Henry Latrobe. superintendent OF pup
&c buildings. who calls the event the
'aising supper"
A particularly interesting letter Is
sne from President jefferson to
superintendent Munroe. dated Month
cello. March 81. 1903. referring 10
rhornton's original design for PennsyI-
ganla avenue, which Jefferson amend
ID and approved. This approved de-
dgn shows a gravel road for carriages
IS feet In width. bordered on each SIDE
by a space Al feet wide for tree-lneo
walks, then a brick pavement 70 feet
In width. Jefferson explains: "one
reason Of preference Is that this agrees
with the present disposition OF the
Pennsylvania avenue. 1t will allow US
also next autumn either TO plant our
outer elms In the same line with the
Lombardy poplars. giving to these trees
Of large growth a distance suitable TO
their size. or We may plant them MID
way, so as TO make a shaded mall oil
IL feet breadth. or pass a canal alone
the middle at future day or gravel
walk. or anything we please"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-19
Direct Marketing Limited.

While II may be attractive to a city
weller to believe that he can have q
Vegetable garden grown for him 100
MES or 80 miles away. place hts or
oe's Tor the cost of a stamp and have
Ne produce delivered at his door, IL
would be remembered that not all
nm products lend themselves to d.
Nd marketing by parcel post. Usu-
aSf is impracticable to market such
AaTy products as potatoes by parcel
pN+ whereas eggs. butter, sausage.
puuE many vegetables and nut
ss.H may frequently be shipped with
EOu' and at saving to the purchaser.
: general, the greater the value a
rUno the more favorable is the chance
" direct marketing.-Weekly News
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-19
ALL WERE poor FISH" ONCE
Scientific Sharp Goes Back Fifty Mil
lion Years to Prove Truth Of
His Statement

When your best girl calls you q
poor fish" believe her. For she has a
line on your ancestry. Any regret you
may have felt that your ancestors didn't
come over on the Mayfiower should be
somewhat appeased by the thought
that they at least swan over, under or
In the wake of that illustriOus vessel.
This information may not be new to
students Of evolution, but to those who
have been too busy to do any research
work fish ancestry may come as some
thing Of a shock. Especially II you're
a fisherman and have been unwittngiy
hooking your distant relatives all these
years. The evolution Of man Is being
traced in a series Of lectures at one
OF the Harlem high schools by a we'll
Known professor and he has all the ma
lives by the ears, writes New York
correspondent OF Pittsburgh Dispatch
He told them that they were all mere
fish 100000 years ago, which Is go
ing back beyond their earliest recol-
IectiOns, and since then the f1sh mar
kets Of Harlem have become centers
Of interest. The staring eyes Of the
PROSTATE shad. herring and founder
has caused many passers-by to stop
and earnestly look for recognition
from a lOng-lost relation. The ma
jority OF Harlemites, however, cannot
figure IL out whether they were de-
scended from a lamprey eel or
striped bass.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-19
CANNOT IMPROVE ON VIOLIN
Centuries Pass but no Difference 10
Seen In the Structure Of ThIs
instrument.

Even In this age Of hustle and
cnange. some few of the old stand
oys remain unchanged. but at that II
Is rather startling to realize that the
violin. probably the best-loved Of all
musical instruments, has remained
virtually unchanged IN shape or sub
stance for three centuries. In that
time the harpsichord, lutte and spinet
nave passed away. the harp has been
improved, the piano has been invented
and developed. but the violin, which
took a hundred years to assume its
present form, since the days Of the
great Stradivari. the worlds most IA
nous viclin maker, has remained un-
changed.
The violin is popularity supposed to
date from the date of the ancient In
dams. but the present instrument had
Its beginning back in the days of the
troubadOurs, who used musical boxes
called violes or guitar fiddles. And as
the years went by, the little violes were
Improved, The shape was altered /:
bit by bit the instrument changed.
Now bridge was added: now a waist ;
now the IF holes"-tNo carved open
ings on either side of the bridge
were added.
And from 1850 to 1760 the violin
Industry rose TO Its greatest achieve
ment in the development -sf Amati,
Guarneri and Stradivari, Italian violin
makers living in the town Of Gre
mona. Since their time there has been
no change, and the finest and most
priceless musical instrument Of today
Is Stradivarius violin. made three
centuries ago by the master crafts
man, Stradivari, In Cremona.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-19
WHEN THOUGHTS ARE AsTRAY
Foolish Expressions Frequently Made
Use Of In Moments Of Com
pIete Surprise.

When taken by surprise. the most
sensible persons are often startled into
saying foolish things. The passengers
on an electric car the other day were
amused when a frivolous, dainty but
terfy Of young girl fiuttered in. and
half way down the aisle dropped her
hand upon the shoulder OF a large.
competent-looking lady with a basket
full Of parcels. exclaiming:
~You dear Aunt Isabel So here you
are at last!'
: The lady addressed started, turned
upon the speaker the face Of a total
stranger, and said icily:
I'm not dear. and I'm not here. and
when I'm an aunt I'm not Aunt lsa-
belv'
She grew very red. and so did the
snubbed young woman. as, amid the
filters of their neighbors, the girl
begged pardon and hurried forward 10
her real Aunt Isabel. wildly reckoning
her from a seat farther forward.
Still more thoroughly confused In
speech: although clear enough in her
meaning. was the young wife, who was
addressed by a strange gentleman In
a railway station. She was wearing
raIneoat and blye veil-mOst deceptive
Of costumes-and her height and gen
eral appearance ledhlm to mistake her
for his wife, whose train had been de-
layed. Coming up behind her, he took
her Familiarity by the arm, exclaiming:
Thank goodness. I've found you.
Mary began to think you were lost J"
You're mistaken. sirr" she gasped.
jerking nervously round. you haven't
found me, and she is lost. I'm Mary
but she isn't meT-YOuth's COmpan-
ion.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-19
WONDERFUL OLD ST. ~PAUL'S
hurd TayIor's Graphic Description
sf the Beauty Of London's Fa-
nous Cathedral.

& Paurs is on a scale Of grandeur
greIling everything l have yet seen.
vdtes Bayard Taylor of his first trip
broad in 1874. The dome seems to
sznd in the sky. as you look at It;
d distance from which you view IL,
uubined with the atmosphere Of Lon
dan. gives ii a dim, shadowy appear
snce that Startles one with its i'm
nensiU. The roof from which the
dome springs is itself as high as the
spires Of most other churches; black
ned for 800 years with the coal
noke Of London it stands like q relic
Of the giant architecture of the early
world.
The interior is what one would ex-
ped to behold. after viewing the out
sde. A maze Of grand arches on
every side encompasses the dome, at
mich you gaze up as at the sky; q.
WAS never more impressed with the
grandeur Of human invention than
Ehen ascending the dome. I could
YIN difficulty conceive the means by
vhch such a mighty edifice had been
Eled into the air. The dome Is like
ne summit Of a mountain, so wide Is
Ne prospect and so great the pile upon
Which you stand.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-19
WHERE GREAT WRITER SLEEPS
Grave OF Robert Louis Stevenson In
Samoa Located Amid Scenes Of
Rare Beauty.

The Samoan Islands have two
shrfnes-the home and grave of. Rob
ert Louis Stevenson. In his search
for health. Stevenson built a home on
one OF the islands and called Il vailima
(Ftve Waters). Here he spent the
last four years OF his life.
Vailima lies far up a steep noun
tain road. 1t is a rambling. green
wooden house, half native style. half
an English country home. Stevenson
Is said to have enjoyed contrasts OF
native and English life. II pleased
him to have his household appear in
evening dress at dinner and to be
waited upon by Samoan natives.
His many kindnesses toward the
natives so touched them that they were
aroused to enough energy to build
road up the mountain to his home.
The crude but important piece Of work
they called The Road of the Loving
Heart" 1T shall never he muddy, II
shall endure. this road that We have
dug" propheSied the natives on pre-
senting their gift.
The grave Of Tusltala. the story
teller, lies far up the mountain beyond
StevensOn's home. The trail'is so DIFF
ficult that the services of over nifty
natives were needed to carry the cas-
ket up to its destination. The noun
tain path leads through a tropical for
est of the gorgeous flowers Of Samoa.
Hibiscus, cape jasmine. orange bios
SONS I'LL the air with their perfume.
Many birds sing and flash through the
underbrush, for native chiefs forbid
use of any firearms on the mountain
where Tusitaln lies.
On tiny plateau at the top of the
mountain is the tomb with the me-
mortal verse that Stevenson himself
wrote carved on the stone. Far away
from even the quiet life OF the native
settlements Stevenson's grave is the
most peaceful place in an island OF
peaee.--Niksah" In Chicago News.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-19
Ancient yaHa.

Iaffa Is one of the Oldest towns 10
,he world; some call 1t the Oldest town
The f,rst historical document relatng
- lana is found in Egypt, In an In
scr,ntion on the temple of Karnak. IL
e IN the list Of towns which Thothmes
the Third of Egypt conquered In tne
lend of Canaan 10 centuries before the
l~s.ttan era. Jaffa is already men
800 several times In the fifteenth
century B. G., In the fel Assaa
letters, and Jabiteren, an Esyp .sa
governor, ruled jana and CaIa n .ne
name Of Pharaoh. king Of Egypc Ine -.
as today, Jaffa was famous Tor is
gsrdens. The place Is not mentioned N
tbe Pentateuch. The name Is ms
Soupd in Joshua 10 %. as bordering Oh
the territory Of Dan.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-19
Staten Island.

The borough Of Richmond, other
wise Staten island. and the second
largest borough OF Greater New York.
probably would have been part Of New
Jersey hadIt not been for the sporting
spirit of the duke Of York. afterward
James ii. and Of Capt. Christophe-
BsIlop. a sturdy navigator Of Old Man.
haitian. When New Jersey claimed
the island, the duke announced that
all islands In the bay that could be
circumnavigated in a day should be-
long to the colony of New York. The
Jerseyite colonists were gieeful at this.
feeling sure that Staten island could
not be claimed by this plan. Captain
BiIlop. however, disliking the Jersey
governor. took IL upon himself TO make
the trial In his famous sloop. the
Bentley. and made the circuit just
within "a hours. In recognition Of his
feat he was given a large tract OF
land and a fine house on the southern
end of the island.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-19
The WhlppoorWlll.

II Is almost impossible TO see a
whippoorwill In the daytime because
Of the manner In which II sits upon a
limb of a tree. II doesn't sit cross
wise. ike other birds. but lengthwise
of the limb. Its toes are short, but
broad-spreading. and 1t can sit length
wise on a limb better than II could sit
erosswise, where II would have to
clasp the limb with Its toes like other
birds. You may pass right under
tree where q whippoorwill Is sitting
on a limb and never notice it-and Ii
knows II win never be noticed. so II
doesn't become alarmed and ny out Of
the tree.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-19
No omclaI Italian Crown.

There Is no official crown worn by
the royalty Of Italy. The famous
crown Of Lombardy. which dates from
the middle Of the fourth century. Is
treasured In an Italian cathedral, and
In the oldest and most sacred Of all
crowns OF Europe. However. the pres
emit king. like his two predecessors. has
never been crowned. and never will be.
The crown n made Of large gold
PLAQUES hinged together and richly
ieveIed ana ;enameled- II Is held as
very sacred. for inside the gold Is
narrow iron band, which tradition says
n the nail that fastened the feet Of
Christ 10 the cross. The crown is held
A being too sacred to use.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-19
Physiounomy.

mere is not a man to be found ON
-, 81 VINO is not daily Influenced by
ss'Osnomy; not a man who cannot
s sre 70 himself a countenauce which
- 70 hin appear exceedingly lovely.
Seeolngly hateful, not a man who
! = oOt more or less, the first time he
: ne company Of a stranger, OBJ
A. eumate and compare and judge
a.. according to appearances, al
- n De might never have heard OF
:. .Oru or thing called physiognomy !;
b.. man who does not Judge Of all
a.. mai pass through his hands by
-, pnyaonOmy; that is, of their
- l worth by their external ap-
nCe-John CaSpar Lavater.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-19
Ponular Phrasea

"what is q popular phraseT some
one once asked. Something We all re-
peat like parrots, without knowing its
real origin or meaning" was the reply
Of the cynic; and to a certain extent
he was right, observes an exchange.
How many Of us, for instance. can
tell where the terms fluff hunters" and
fools paradise" arOse7 As a matter
Of fact. the latter phrase originated
In the theological argument that there
Is a place for fools just outside para
disc, while the term fluff hunting
took its rise at the universities OF Ok
ford and Cambridge. where at one
time the young nOblemen wore q pc
culIarly formed cap with tuft, which
presumably attracted hangers on.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-04-19
BURIED WEALTH IN IVORY
Place In Far Northern Siberia 10 Un-
doubtedly Where Mammoths
Went to Die.

In the region of the Lena delta. In
far northern Siberia. there is a gigan-
tic species of mole which, burrowing
underground, dies II by chance ex-
posed to light. 1t has enormous tusks,
and the half-savage nomads Of the
country sometimes use strips Of Its
thick hide for reindeer harness.
Truth to tell, the "mole" is the long
extinct mammoth. and the last surviv-
ing specimen persisted long before the
earliest dawn of human history, says a
writer in Philadelphia Ledger. In
deed, II may very well be that 100000
years have passed since the youngest
mammoth walked the earth.
In their day these huge animals
roamed In herds all over northern 81
IBERIA, where the climate was mild and
salubriOus. But there came a sudden
change and Jack Frost established a
permanent reign In that part Of the
world. The mammoths. huddied In val
leys, were overwhelmed by snowdrifts.
which hardened to solid ice. preserved
their bodies intact even to the present
time.
Now and then the hot sun OF the
short arctic summer meits out and re-
veals to view one Of the great car
casses-the meat still fresh enough
to be fed to dogs. The eyeballs OF
one specimen found on the Tas river.
between the Obi and the Yenesel, were
rs perfect as If the animal had been
killed only a day or two earlier.