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New-York tribune., 1919-10-05
Tahiti Creels IT.
v an Y eterans With
Ancient Magic Rite
Native Dances and Z ailzille
or Hot Stones Are Part q.
Ceremony: Priests Steer
Clear of Too " arm Spots

When the boys Of Tahiti came marea-
ing home from the world var tire
fantastic native dances the "hi1l .niea9
Or fol4- songs which have been con-
pared to Wagnerian opera. and the
ancient FIRE Walking ceremony, were
revived 70 welcome them.
These customs. all but suppressed hs-
elVlIz4ng French Influences. were
among t1e most interesting practice
of Polynesian peoples. according 10
oulletin from TIE National Geopranl.c
Society in Washington.
lallltl women were eXtol'ed by car
rave iers as being the most beautiful
10 the Pacific Islands; chair msr
are tine p.5 sicsl specimens; ard the
early clH zat2n oE 1tls isolated nes-
n'e has been one of - wonders u
science, says tAe bulletin.
The Iaai1iaas knew some Of TIE
cancellations, navigated oy the pos-
aons o. tens. made progress
music ~hieh ar lag, yet nresersef.
many savage customs such ar iaczie
IN eye from human being
placed i'm tke mouth Of priest rs an
acceptable o'farar TO their gods
The bulletin then quotes from
diary presented to the society
ate s. Langley who visited
land nearly fNentv years are a
beard cid .ne Songs and aw
aaaees aaa IItcs waeA AaFe h
viVd - a9ner tae mau
Under alfred colors il France.
Saw Ancient Rites
The native women sing 'hlminisa
V-1tt some very striking Effects. se
wrote. The voices have soreth
plalcent and natalie "a them get a =
me eaIous ard IN harmony. In the frst
song. 1T fhe end Of each vcrse ai
stopped suddenly, giving the effect If
the 'couac ol She opera singer in aII
TIE verscs there was an urdertore ba-
meath the song ihis unaartnn4
tinuea alone fer acw secaAa sire
end - each verse. ftor ella se
posed song was ai-aec. ana died c.
narately ana san y like HE 8raaa
of -awo enea b1enlra The
~ate uames II eaet ue, HHr
A-eo-h's which aeEas QaI ss
the rab.fc dan
ard Ia e0n 1etifieg f0r
hv he
rlaee 70 taa a4are heaec the
a9as rtaQd
rfoet rae eea.N nent.
ers IS
ffc
'ee
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u ta .e3uh ea aua
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Won Favor Of Lower Classes

Lorenzo new astate ssel w
ernuent as lareHce had neTe. Ns35r.
ae trCd tae footsteps of grant
lat7ar aaa Haa ae favor tee ioser
elassee thereby making aase.re
oyer pauer And 80 win tIo Favor -
tae struggling aa-
lors and a8 e7eours- ~
eIatlre aad taa aEta emp Dyed earrea
men - collect eaol-e books ar aa
tqlittez alrom every rtrs -
.e wof cStao .lsnad ~
presses ass doin.nlons. fean4e ]
SECS oeUle or tae staay oi fne class res.
an. llied his gardens ~ ea.iec' eN
o rena nc.ent arr
sell wrote Number poems
oraae rompos tions ara cclt cen
verse in g,eeea and Ls-la IS aa As be
colld IN Italian
~ aeu Dorenzo's mLriseeree aFd
concillatorg manners sa1 gaH Hed -af
n t1e affections Of tae zner an
tne devotion 81 tie lower classes. I.e-
aen-a lto t.ne ~ atziog his nen-
ulasatv Nfe tae eitr ara re were
rtueHg wa us pr. he quistv
to0e rom Florence All l8rus of eoH-
stieut5onal Independence which he ARD
predecessors had permitted to
exist
New-York tribune., 1919-10-05


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Lea.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-05
Three Balls of
Pawnshop Fame
Of NIedici Ori Gin
Started as Six, With Shield.
and Constituted Coat OF
Arms of First NoneyLend-
ers. Rulers of Florence

ers. Rulers of Florence
The famous Meaici family. who prac-
tieaNy ruled Florence during the .air-
ceenth century possessed wonderful
business Instinct Besides owing
large number of banks. this milv had
a monopoly OF the loan business of chat
part OF Italy. Their coat cf arms was
shield with SIX balls emblazoned or
it, bat as the loan business spread 10
other parts Of the rid and sNpped
from the Medic grasp, three balls and
the shield We're dropped ard the re-
mining three, suspended over door
way, have ways suaiced 70 Indicate
that within money can be borrowed.
No other house in meaieval Europe
had such Strange career as that Of
the Medici Bankers by profession.
possessing no military resources. gifted
with no experience in war. aided by no
general convalsion, they esrab bished
eespotism that lasted for three cen
t9ries. The Medici owed their earliest
distinction 10 their success in various
branches Of commerce TINT broughe
them enormous wealth. and % the iib-
era spirit With which rhev devoted
aar nlofey 70 nro jects of general util-
Isfs general l.tlr hsssssar. ls1s
3eoicI utility. v neg soUe. ~ he lower
Glasses got so lar behind in their
taxes thar there seemed TO be no pos
i3liity Of their ever paving them. and
fAen the city was pressing them hard
osno de Medlci came forward and
Father of His Country
30, OF course, when CosmO suggested
to these same persons that he might
like to take q hand in the government
Of Florence, they al agreed that they
hould Hike to have him do so And
when rival family, the A hizzl, estab-
he'd successful opposition to the
re- icy ard credit Of the Medici rule
hey eame forward and pat tne Al2lzl
f7 tilant, even re- Venice. and C0auo.
WHO lad been aanislicd 10 the ame
city, same back anI became tho ua-
crowned king o. FIordace beinl nan-
ui1r.v known as Che "father Ot
country.
The most famous memaer Of the
family was Lorenzo sarnarned Gre
D.
t.esno. aNd IN addition - opcrat l1r
loan shops ard baaas In France. Eng
iand- tae Low Countries. the LeVaft
and other countries Of nsnor irpor-
tance he became the IN head 81
the Florence state. and what he So Il
'Tas law. iic caused himseif TO he suf-
rounded tFe ou.siy indlVi dl3als 'vha.
treoietcaily. had something TO sav
to the government of the c tN, bat as
matter ot fact they possessed no
p9Wer, and were content to draw their
salaries from lorenzo.
neuthusiastic Marriage
Before fi~ 10 rower ard
arlce ar
e gtfa.tas aia tes
nNft Hf
notice thorcof Is eurlousle cola.
grff took fof N1te a'.fcn.
aofa
tlcd
1alfs5. e.hon se
af' Ioren7as fati had
WaH be
sessions frs saeaa
sen -
hcnls a0N men
av aHe th
neun1a eaast4
Ne - --
edl IQraH1e
n4.ll.
wa
enc ta cs
had d4ea en
retIired 10
and eeaaa ob.a
hold ctr tae state than be aa c.rr laI
New-York tribune., 1919-10-05
Shipping News
THE TiIr~
IfiEh Mater
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n Chars TaIl,sr

fn Charles IaRler
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New-York tribune., 1919-10-05

-s--.s-
CIT u3 With a. ax. ssusn5e~ss I'D
e--F le crew. Everv5ofir e IN
NJ IS rather Z. oar-o-n ir-,s
she rr8or went % see pren-
1e fira Walking Within
A-ee yards of .ne snip q shsIIe,v
-~ ae gs 70 feet bv IS
.hls 10 he hiIed with
-e stones reaucc on the
~ are sr-1 r. gVs1.,r-tgcl.r,
@ mes varying sizze. but
az rather large ard rsig-in~ ar
guess rom fifteen 80 try rounds The
lumber Ell stones vas about two hun
a .--lF average length about
an inches.
e4aaraon Tor tae are ceremony
A lin 9s measure fuli OF
aeei s re be usad ir
.,l three err fof,~ s,,aae-
-ea' 9e wooden bucket or rllb With
Ase. water. into winch ore of -ha
sna er ho. stones from re oar,+-. -
4 70 le Dlt after the cere-
he wooden buoke- was provided TO-
~ iron rakes from the an
=-'.es room. The trawood vas scarcely
i'-ie-eIa of coed heating. he stones
- --e centre and beneath we've. how
ever 4i1ea lnted ned hot The o4fte~
A''eioss-ife surrounded by canvas walls.
was about l29 faaf h- so Fec,
ie .re there I am told, invariably
'of lo3f or FIVE tiavs before. and
ite res became eea.ed wssh Tine
sIA on e1e Gee lon ths Erencl.
aat2 Forbidden the priest
A l 1sua place. Ike made
81 eRer tones, heating them
laf 81 fty-slX aclfs fla attafe-r,-i,,s- 10
athe4 ~ part of the way
aao ran raa res two aisciaIas nd
woman also raa a1ross and .ne tvora-
ans feet We're badly 6arnod that She
SIS aid up fer weeks The nr9nhe+
ns Piles declined to have their
-se and cleared 8at Of sight
came iii the stones
o Ffle would bear to-
tea hand
aa-n tltn the stones
Doslas wb ch
the rea HE anner .toass
nome ef them red aot en- toD.
ones two layers deep. how
S eeaia seen to glow between
os1el5, but they were only near
pra Papa-Ita. beat the
WITH large bunch of I'll
ttne and taaa began To
the az daIe rather hur-
ao lowed hy tN8 ac0iv6es. who
afeafe % 2an tnc hot central ridge
HaHrd along the siass Then be
Aaes fo loneH by seseroI: then
1cE cace ncr au lneraas7iYr,
ron avoided She
sote natives did
nlte boy looe 0# his
tt tand she heat
arn tannel
hal the
a ealt.l.as rested
Stone WAS
ttan h eae er
ue
the en ae rsst
rhe
"a tine
fraa-tIi
ce41fs ea
iea hotter bass
fazas }uflna
ed
9n 4ua fgatlH anl
H.t s5.uea with
s5f ~.
s.ie tasor
efl - ge.l1sa'3f
New-York tribune., 1919-10-05
10 Celebrate ii Aan;ssrsa,.

Iaa seventy annfaar
Founding of tie tiftse ra troaa.I
Corner a6 Ea seHfr-a
Street Viii he e7fses
spec ieN.gi
I3rV-r glsfaer vaia
ae fhr~e com
'111 atr nE ie f7af4fiI Ill Ell le-
cssl ana e'bo
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Artefcn rorta


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adiaa 'Iaa'.ar : aelai Club
offered {.ole finn.alsoat

WfC Conn., 3c 4@.f
use of hs
Inaau Iiaraer
i-e
Graham
club
New-York tribune., 1919-10-05
UNpuksfsHED ApARTuTs TO LET

"AfT onASGg, -. J~--,s sosth Muan
r.zs; asw apartment, ., :, afa 3
nsn 'StaS 81 the gsfG@n SPOT ~ fazf Ceanxs
R|Y1sfa if1Droveuenfs rse~ Yftcn fa1sa ten
- =. court. rent gzs 70 s2s psf ron, tsle.
S.sas Grange gzgz; ORR Sioa2 from East
.1gs station ana csnfras sys. trolley.
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Gk0FG 4
antonds

DIAMONDS ASD H1IFF 1C--
FCP e. sfz 5saesis1
5 af
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BUSINESS CARDS
arn.t Caani.,

sEvrNG-sf, ar,-e5 w2--e.f t>.r,,-2 r
SOC caryets. sfzss1
PLAIN 04l7n e. ar rs-a ~
rs or1gina r- 9 90 sl r.
-iea1n. S1.--.
GEORGE
1887 ID AZ 1853 PLAZA
cAR1rrL CARPET cE~> >NsfNa roAi-
FA@Y -Clesls -y 1e1n-eee-1 afs. et>ar>
csa1 e 1a allI 4-a Ea=t CoE z.
7RANDT. relepacss .2s s'fl-rsv Hlil
New-York tribune., 1919-10-05
Business oPgoRTl,SIrIEs

HAVE a ssll bis eA feass en- land io
cated ia -he aears tra ue rra9u-
rg g. uHe
get ]. t1e Hfa~ ts
fsrasr7-
9svel 0lr- lease
Larsen. srnclt 81
s4tA st
New-York tribune., 1919-10-05
Due To -,narr,s
Due ~
oTTa0INl .ITA1l-III.
-

Sal To-day
aHsta flsnt1i-
eutta
f'aEa
-eitrlfa. Sydney
New-York tribune., 1919-10-05
Mems Clothing
cut THE HIGH COST
OK CLOTH I~

lf lLtJ r. 70
4-woo sv'ss a0e eeee-s
" C-e
1888 OPP
a" Hay ger eaea llacasle3 'o-cne
fvn ~
nFse
"a t--a r-1ne Ia,cr floroqit itz
ith lsreaey
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Loans

I 0ANS - tazes -~tares. rrrss cn
- - - - ~a='
ra-fs H-A
Phons 4feir-s= 1851
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sail Tomorrow
Nor an Monarch
sal far-dae


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New-York tribune., 1919-10-05
FOR SALE
TIE BIG &c" FURNITURE WORKS

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5fff tfsf5tf fte<ffff.
@T #HCt.H aTE fsft
S-1Sit2 aa4 s.f .asItD ertti
Or 1en Ersis1 .4s.ss
Esesbrere 70 Fr. Fsift.t
go .ree 81 Hsess'e at arasotal
~ sets
rre4reoras ~ f5a.fy 4nf Il
iHf E-f. 'ft, tftfe
111-z15 Earf 7s
'2h- s5rn eaes ~ 1sa r statan
Iai sa-ff afsfr 1850
S'f %ALE large i4e.f ae.Iee t.rr.s.
~ 81 f0rferetttef fsf go.
poTsseF pso. e1teenfers % t-aIr ans f-sI.,5.
k ie4 isag,tc Is
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INCOMING STEAMSHIPS
Due Foday


ce d-llll
pne Tomorrow
Sam AR
aff.esa
$3.50
ssssi
bue fuaav
San
put ffslaafitf
Star lzfai
ia-te pend
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Patent FOR sALE.

= =. fATE-T rDR as1H rsg r.fer
eay 2fla ses NJ eaff.ys ftIef ss9r f-.a
!, rs,,ffe u H. ~. lt3a - i@ta st. Isfoct 3 u.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-05
INVENTORS !

yo-
INVENTORS.
oths- at-orreFe ns
Esg fe'o~ rk
Va oflar for saa ease
soirs clhla sagar pr-si#4sir-
H1s ara
Beers
TgiW thaa=aas acszs - laeesa uh
wees
Aaz
New-York tribune., 1919-10-05
Furniture

H-cffrsr PRICES nsa sar ,e-n ar-
ticue~ ra--a tecse
- sEAt S. -l1sy 4-a h.rs
WIZ NeD 2D
ufa tg vr
Lcre
New-York tribune., 1919-10-05

4 -HcITa tT-fcs enenffz Fan seasea
80 '- re - advance sefeis ~e
~ 4rico--re itfssees ttsa9 az ss
- Dpats, rea1y aad 70 cr-fr 80
H'a' zttr sEnsa a.sr
New-York tribune., 1919-10-05
COUNTRY BOARD

FkAi%ED nsrsea haze sosuss t8r se.s.
hyzl}ss sDG eIder.Y ge>lta .f.o see<
ssfff4aea, hume. refined suvfonfnent. ~.
s~..en' taDls rhDn4 fsew lteene4le za1s
New-York tribune., 1919-10-05
Maitigra apners-stenogr phers
Old Cold ard Silver
Trunks
y earing Agparel

ETC BApCArs-s Kew ans uses ws-i~cbs
iT'1i-zs. $50 1,h sFe Aag eQrh- 3lat a-a-
New-York tribune., 1919-10-05
K G e@s,istratiion 6,
Booths to Open
At , | O-l11Orrow

i've Evenings and One En-
tire Day TO Be Devoted
10 Preiisninaries fer Com
ing Elecfion November ;
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New-York tribune., 1919-10-05

WIDOW. middle aged. woui5 Ike position
az cor1pe-tar - 2. .'arv ladv Willing "a
assist VIZ a-Et work. Gail o.. write.
Monday az igesasy. j. Anderson. se5
Eas, l4is.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-05

Esllssss7ss so
New-York tribune., 1919-10-05

WOMAN s=ased. assist housoksener. good
manage sew ag. nctel or private fam
~; coun-r9 ~ waud so south ls1 COOK.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-03-08
M RAY

Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,
Lillian Walker in Love Hunger"
Thursday. Friday and Saturday =
Henry Walthall in THE Long Lanes
Turning"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-03-08

inimitable self and various surprises
are in store for his many friends who
will visit the Palace theatre. Support
ed by Airline Pretty, the popular screen
actress and an equally efficient cast
including Arnold Lucy, Helen Greene,
Homer Hunt, Walter Walker, Albert
Parker, Bull Montana and others Of
similar popularity Doug" is given ca
pable assistance In the presentation of
the plot, which displays a satire OF
unusual humor.
John Emerson, the director of va
rious Fairbanks hits, has turned out
one of the triumphs of his career in
this latest subject by Anita Loos and
advance reports indicate that I'm
Again-Out Again" will add many new
admirers to "Doug's" long list of
friends, not only because of its typical
Fairbanks theme, but for the reason
that its appeal is probably of wider
scope than anything in which he has
yet appeared.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-03-08
World Conference for
League in Session

BERNE, March PLANS for an ef-
fective league of nations marked the
opening of the international confer
ence of league of nations societies
here today Mrs. Philip Snowden, a
delegate from Great Britain, delivered
an address in which she emphasized
the necessity of completing the work
of the Peace conference at Paris.
I'VE must have a real and effective
league of nations" she said. mot
merely the doubtful shadow that has
appeared at the Paris conferepce.'
Otto Weber, Swiss councillor. oper-
ed the session by characterizing the
world situation as consisting OF two
alternatives, one a league OF nations,
the other anarchy
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-03-08
WASHINGTON

What Every Woman Wants" is an
swered by the photodrama of that
title produced by Jesse ID. Hampton
and released through Exhibitors Mu
tual, starring lovely Grace Dearmond
Some blase bachelors and chronic
married men claim that no woman
knows what she does want; that when
she gets what she wants, she doesn't
want 1t any more.
These same hypochondriacs blatant
~ assert that all woman wants be-
sides the earth. sun, moon, stars, the
milky-way, and all contained therein,
is her own way, and then she gets
mad at herself because she has no.
body to argue the question with.
II Is easily understood by intelli-
gent men that IL a woman has nice
home. plenty of beautiful clothes, the
right to draw ad libitum on her hus-
bands bank account, the inalienable
privilege of shaking down his trousers
every night, to entertain mother" for
indefinite periods, couple Of automo-
biles, few diamonds, cats and ca
naries. suffrage and prohibition, cold
cream on the face every night, cold
hash on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and
hot reception for hubby on his
morning after" she is perfectly sat
isfied II only hubby will rear up on
his hind legs and raise Ned" every
once in while, so as to keep things
interesting.
At the Washington Monday and
Tuesday.
Suppose you met and fell in love
with a peach of a girl a pretty,
charming, dear girl who was every
thing you had pictured girl ought to
be.
And suppose you found that all the
evidence indicated that this girl was
crook-what would you do?
This is the situation that Charles
Hadwin finds himself up against in
Crook Of Dreams" the new World
Picture starring Louise Huff which
will be shown at the Washington thea
ire tomorrow.
What did he do about It?
Well, the things that he did and
the things that Constance, the girl OF
his dreams, also did, go to make an
exceedingly interesting and entertain
ing motion picture.
Tom Moore makes his third apper-
ance as star in Goldwyn pictures at
the Washington theatre next Wednes-
day, in GO West, Young Man" by
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-03-08
LIBERTY BONDS sToIEN

NEW YORK, March Robbers op-
Grating in a brightly lighted corridor
of the Adams Express company build
ing on lower Broadway, robbed
brokers' messenger of $4,000 worth
Of Liberty Bonds and other securities
today. The messenger, a boy, was
said to have been severely beaten
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-03-08
STARTS MUCH sICkNEs.

clogging mass OF undigested food
that remains fermenting in the stom-
ach or intestines sends the poisons It
develops through the entire human
body. Keep the bowels open" - one
rule of health recognized by all schools
of medicine Foley Cathartic Tablets
cleanse the bowels, sweeten the stom-
ach and benefit the liver. For indi-
gestion. biliousness bad breath. bloat-
ing, gas or constipation, no remedy is
more highly recommended. TO grip
ing or nausea. For sale by A. q Luken
G. CO-Adv
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-03-08
PALACE

Sunday-Douglas Fairbanks in I'm
Again, Out Again" Charlie Murray
In Sennett Comedy.
Tuesday-George Walsh in, Melt
ing Millions" Sunshine Comedy,
Hungry Lions in Hospital"
Thursday--Charles Ray in, "The
Hired Man" William Duncan In.
Fight for Millions" Mutt and JEFF
Comedy.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-03-08

The difficulty often experienced in
translating a great literary work to
the screen, was experienced by Direc-
tor r. Butler Clonebaugh, when he
filmed Lila Lees new Paramount pho
toplay. The Secret Garden" which is
to be shown at the Murrette theater
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-03-08

today. The picture was made in Cali
fornia, and one of the greatest diff
culties encountered was to find gar
den suitable for the purpose as out
lined by Frances Hodgson Burnett, the
author of the story.
Director Clonebaugh finally found
a house occupied by English residents
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-03-08
Wonderful Results

A. o. Dersham, Druggist, Blissfeld,
Mich. "Hulls Superlative accom-
piishes wonderful results in 1nfantile
Paralysis. Fine also for nervousness,
stomach trouble, sleeplessness."
Get Hull's Superlative at your drug
gist-Adv.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-03-08
MURRETTE

Sunday, Monday and Tuesday-Fred
Stone In Under the Top"
Wednesday and Thursday Peggy
Hyland in THE Girl With No Re-
grets"; Wallace Reid in "The Dub"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-03-08
WASHINGTON

Sunday-Louise Hut In Crook OF
Dreams"
Monday and Tuesday-Grace Oar
mand In What Every Woman Wants.
Wednesday and Thursday Tom
Moore In go West, Young Man."
Friday and Saturday-Mitchel Lew
is in Children of Banishment"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-03-08
PALACE

TNLNOE
Sunday the Palace theatre will pre-
sent Americas most popular male star
of the screen, Doug" Fairbanks in
his initial Aircraft picture, produced
by his own company, I'm Again-Out
Again"
A typical Fairbanks picture, "In
Again--Out Again." presents the smil-
ing Doug" at his best in a subject
of rapid-fire theme and hundreds of
hearty laughs. Never before has the
athletic one had better opportunity
to give his admirers so much of his
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-03-08

with precisely the garden required.
The place was rank with weeds, and
in this state it was photographed.
Three operations were required, but
when the work was completed it was
perfect from the standpoint of direc-
ton and photography. Miss Lee is
well supported. Dick Rosson playing
opposite to her.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1919-11-04
DOUBLE BARRED CROSS
ADOPTED II YEARS AGO

The double barred Red Cross Is
seventeen years old this month. In
October. 1902, the International Anti.
Tuberculosis Association, then meeting
In Berlin, adopted the cross as the
emblem OF the worldwide fight agalns,
tuberculosis. II was proposed by DR..
O. Serslron, of Paris. II Is a COM
bination OF the Crolx de Lorraine and
the cross OF the Greek Catholic
church. Both crosses are symbolic OF
charity and help to humanity. Their
combined features were selected and
adopted as the symbol OF the hope of
civilization. -Four years later, In 1905
the double barred Red Cross was car
ried into this country. II was In 1909
the National tuberculosis Association
was formed, and for the three Inter.
venlng years the cross has been car.
ried over the United States BY the
National tuberculosis Association and
Its AFFILIATED bodies. which now mum.
her one thousand.
The work Of these organizations =
financed chiefly by the Red Crom
Christmas Seal sale
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1919-11-04
LAND WORTH ssss SQUARE FOOT

A real estate transfer involving a
building site in the financial district
Of New York City disclosed value of
land truly startling-S233 a square
foot. But It illustrates the tendency
Of New York to concentrate every
thing on Manhattan. thereby raising
values for the benefit Of the small
number of land grabbers who have
made millions from the rise In values
without contributing anything in re-
turn.
Values above Fourteenth street and
along East river are probably not
quite 50 high-possibly only 50 or SO
square foot. but ON this valuable land
Is located the most congested popula
ton In the world In the slums OF the
East side with its burden OF misery.
vice and crime. Why do people live
there? Workingmen are forced 10
live within walking distance OF work
to save time and money. And the
wonderful transportation facilities of
the metropolis cannot keep abreast OF
the increase Of population with several
hundred persons moving into the city
every day to make their homes.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1919-11-04
WORKERS NEEDED TO
FIGHT WHITE PLAGUE
National tuberculosis Association,
Which Sponsors Red Cross Seal
Sale. Is Conducting Intensive
Educational CampaIun.

A call for volunteers to fight under
the standard OF the National Tubercu-
losls Association and Its 1000 affiliated
bodies throughout the country against
MISUNDERSTANDING most vicious
foe-has been sounded.
A recent health survey, made by the
experts OF the National tuberculosis
Association, brought to light some
startling statistics with regard TO the
prevelency OF the disease. The find
ings Of this survey have revealed a
national menace, which must be eradl-
Gated. The figures show that each
year 10000 persons die OF the dis
ease and that there are approximate
ly 100000 cases OF tuberculosis In
the United States today
The untaught consumptive-one who
does not know the rules of health, Is
an lndefatlgable spreader OF the dis.
ease. Wherever he goes, he leaves be-
hind him trail OF the deadly germs
The National tuberculosis Assocla-
tion and Its affiliated bodies have en-
tered upon an intensive nationwide
educational campaign. The campa'gn
viii be localized and within short
time there will be ample work for
many thousands of volunteers.
The National tuberculosis Assocla-
ton and Its afiillated bodies are q.
nanced largely by the annual sale OF
Red Cross Christmas Seals To make
possible the carrying out OF thID cam
paign, more than $4,000, 900 seals will
be offered for sale during the boll-
days. State and local tuberculosis
associations have at hand valuable
local data regarding the disease and
actual conditions in the communities
where they are located. The officers
Of these bodies eagerly welcome In
quiries