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Gilpin observer., 1919-07-24
GIVE AID TO LEPERS

New rk.-Announcement has Just
been made by William NJ. Danner of
the American Society for the Mission
to Lepers Of the election of James b.
Wootan. director Of publicity for the
Presbyterian church In the United
States of America, as member of
the American committee to assist In
extending the committees campaign
of worldwide usefulness.
The committee estimates that there
are not less than 100000 lepers in
the world, 5000 of whom have already
been baptized as Christians. It is
the intention of the committee to
preach the Gospel to the afflicted VIC
Tins OF this horrible disease to palliate
their sufferings. to supply their SIM
pie wants and to help rid the world Of
leprosy.
Ninety-six stations in various parts
of the globe are maintained by the
committee. OF these so are in India,
Burma and Ceylon, IA In China, three
In the United States and the remain
ing scattered through Japan. Korea.
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-24

"Inank you, Mr.. de Ia Guerra"
retreated to the door which gave pas
sageway through the three-foot adobe
walls from the drawing room to the
patio.
De la Guerra looked at him with q
curious smile.
"You are incOmprehensible, you
Americanos," he said softly. "You will
insist on riding dozen miles through
the dark when there is warm bed
and bright candle light inviting you
to stay. Your business must be ur-
gent. Mr.. Dempton. to take you out
tonight-alone. Your ride is not with
out danger, and"
He put his hand again to the bell
cord.
"At least, IL you insist, you must
allow me to send some of my va
Queros with you"
mo. mo-" cried Dempton. already at
the door. "It is unnecessary. Mr.. de
la Guerra. There is no danger"
"As you will" Senior don Antonio
spread out his white hands and lifted
his shoulders slightly. But you must
remember that we are only half a mile
from the border, and that those ras-
cally Mexicans are thieving, treach-
erous lot.
II have already given orders to
close-herd my steers, and yet Gaucho.
my foreman. reported to me this morn
ing that the rebels had crossed over
and had driven eff half dozen cows
for me-"
Again he spread out his hands and
lifted his shoulders.
''In the daylight 1t Is one thing
after dark 1t is another. I should be
glad to send some of my vaqueros with
you, senor."
Still Dempton protested. There was
moon, his way ran across a wide
open level land, and the rebels were
not looking for complications with
Uncle Sam.
De Ia Guerra, too courteous a host
to insist, smiled gravely. rose and went
into the patio with the lawyer, direct
ing Pedro to have Mr.. Dempton's horse
brought up from the stables.
miss Teresa, did not see her."
Dempton remembered to say from the
saddle. "She is well. hope7"
every well, thank you, senor. shall
tell her that you inquired. And 1t was
kind Of you to take this long ride to
tell me about the mistake In the wlll."
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-24
constantinopie Becomes Cosmo-
politan City With Ending
Of War.
NOW HUMMINe WITH ENERGY
American Soldiers, Red cross, Y. N.
G. A. and American Business Men
Now Throng city-call Il ain
vaslon Of Wealth."

ConstantinOple. Americans make
Constantinople hum with their energy,
business methods and way of "going
ahead" that makes even the old Turk.
Indifferent as he Is to all that passes
around him, lift an eyelash In mild
surprise. American soldiers, Red
Cross, Y. NJ. G. A., American busi-
ness men, American-made machinery,
food, clothing, merchandise of every
sort and kind are now in this most
dirty, casual and ancient city. The
Turks, when they talk about 1t at all,
call 1t "The Invasion Of Wealth."
The Prussians have gone; the Ger
man invasion is over. But. besides
this American invasion, is the Rus
sian invasion, which the Turk, when
he talks about 1t at all, calls, owing
to its contrast with the American
species, 1.-THE Invasion of Poverty"
Russians, Too, Abound.
Every day the orderly. prosperous
businesslike, keen-eyed American
grows more numerous. buster, better
at home in this most fascinating old
city on the Golden Horn. the most
wonderful city that ever was, with
its mingling Of the races. its white
marble palaces. its noise, dust, and
its. seal of the Orient.
Every day more and more Rus
slams, poor, ragged, disordered, idle,
'devil-may-care," hungry and pleas
ure-loving. flock here from the bolshe-
visits, escaping by way of the Golden
Horn from Odessa. At Stamboul, at
more or less Americanized Pera, at
Chiclin and other suburbs, Russians
abound.
And what contrast! The Ameri-
cans, clean-shaven every day, method
lcal, wideawake to all around the Rus
slams, dirty. unkempt, possessed with
the one idea, to amuse themselves.
They gamble every night in the hells
Of Pera, throwing down sheaves of ru-
bles in notes of thousand. two and
five thousand, which they feverishly
change at the rate of six cents per ru-
BILE instead Of the once nominal so
cents.
American ways and energy have
even penetrated into the Turkish
homes. Many Turkish women now go
about with uncovered faces because
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-24
CHAPTER u.
Abduction.


The hacienda where Antonio de la
Guerra had lived for the fifty-odd
years of his exile from his beloved
Spain, where his granddaughter had
been born and reared, was one of the
landmarks which linger on in stately
white walls under dark red tiles from
the time of the Spanish occupation.
The old Spaniard was overlord Of
what had once been a grant from his
grandfather's king. the boundaries
carelessly marked in leagues instead
of miles.
He bred cattle and fine horses, In
trusted Gaucho Morales, his foreman,
with the business details, and yet man.
aged, SO large and fertile was his en-
pire. to go on from year to year SWELL
ing his wealth.
The wide-verandaed house with none
of its walls less than three feet thick,
with great, spacious rooms, spread
out across wide extent Of the shaded
land among the olive and pear and
pepper trees. In the time of the IA
ther of Antonio de In Guerra there
had been fourteen rooms-now there
were twenty. No less could suffice
for the master Of the estate and his
cherished granddaughter.
There was the patio with its flower.
ing garden and leaping fountain.
About 1t were the rooms, all on the
ground floor with the exception Of the
three rooms added by the old man for
the use of la senorita.
Here at the southeastern exposure
Of the rambling dwelling, wide and
winding staircase had been constructed
to lead upward to spacious landing.
Then came broad doors, a deep win
dow, and beyond the senorita's private
sitting room. Her bedroom was high
ceiled, with much ornate embellish-
ment after the Moorish fashion, and
lavish display Of gilt under the
domed roof.
Upon the landing a couch where
each night Pedro lay across his mis-
tress' doorway.
And then the balcony.
Teresa must pick up her skirts dain-
tily to step out through the deep win
dOws to 1t from her bedroom, and
once there she was all but lost behind
the bank Of Towering roses, swallowed
by a dim dusk through which the moon
had difficulty in filtering, Tapped In
the perfume Of the flowers which clung
about the balcony in the warm June
night.
And from here, while her scholarly
grandfather annotated his remarks
concerning the hated Americana. Te-
resa leaned out, her beauty as soft and
delicate thing as that of the rose
brushing her cheek, and talked with
one particular Americana.
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-24
Good night, Mr.. de la Guerra"

6OOu ulSut, MT. ue lH dueEI6s
"Buenas noches, senor."
And Lawyer Dempton. his horses
name and tail flying, was on his way
through the moonlight night, and the
old man, leaving Pedro to close the
door after him, had gone back to his
chair and wine and cigarettes.
"Los Americanos," he muttered when
he was alone again. "they are all alike.
You cannot trust them. That Demp-
ton has the eyes Of rat, the face of
a liar, the manner Of convict. Amer
icanos on the one hand, Mexicanos on
the otherl Sangre de Diosl must
take Teresita away from them. Pedro !"
Isl, senor."
"Where is the senoritaT'
"In her rooms. l think, senor."
"Bueno. Convey 20 her my affec-
tionate compliments, and tell her that
1 shall be for the half-hour adding q
certain note to my American memoirs.
After that shall be pleased If she
will come to me-"
ISL, senor." Swift and silent, Pedro
went upon his errand.
Senor don Antonio de In Guerra,
pushing the will to one side. drew a
thick mapuscrlpt from the table
drawer, and, writing in fine, schol-
arly hand, began to add certain highly
insulting commentaries to the chapter
dealing with the vitriolic description
of the character of LOS Americanos."
(The book he planned to print in
Spain.)
Meantime the Senorita Teresa de In
Guerra, his demure granddaughter.
was not in her room but upon her
little rose-twined balcony, and the
moonlight, bright about her. was not
more bright than the laughing eyes
she turned downward toward the ador-
ing face of an Americanoi
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-24
Americans Stir
Lethargic Turks

the American women do It." and few
are taking an active part in politics,
holding meetings at the famous Hip
podrome to agitate for woman suf.
rage. quoting the woman leaders Of
the suffrage movement In faraway
America which they have never seen
and whose language they do not know.
Public order is good throughout the
city. Patrols Of Italians and Turks
see to that. At crossroads English po-
licemen regulate that curiously intri-
cate Eastern traffic with the same
calm they showed few months ago
at Piccadilly Circus.
Prices Ars Hloh.
Americans find life dearer here than
In New York. A cab, drawn by an
emaciated horse. SIS for a short
course; a cup of Turkish coffee, so
cents, about the size Of thimble.
One furnished room costs 800 n
month, but no extra charge is made
for the various kinds of bugs that in.
fest 1t. White bread can be had at 80
cents per pound; American flour is
very popular in consequence.
Except for the women who have dis
carded their wells, nobody seems to
care about politics; the great thing is
business-business for Greek, Armeni-
an and Israelite-and each and all
want to do business with the Ameri-
cans. There Is a market for every
thing that grows or makes. And the
TURK. who does no business, but
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-24
on THE MEXICAN BORDER

Action, always action; 10 the
outstanding feature Of this STIR
ring romance by jackson Greg
ory. "Dice Of Destiny" ls . tale
Of the Mexican border, about az
lively a spot as there Is In the
world. The actors In the story
are interesting for themselves,
aside from their thrilling story
"a fine old Spanlard living on
his ancestral estate this side Of
the border; his vlIIainous klns-
man, with his rascaIIy accom-
plices; his entirely charming
granddaughter; his efficient
young American neiohbor, and
various Mexican bandits from
across the border. Love, dan
ger, fighting, a Just retrIbution
and a happy. ending-all the
elements Of a thrilling tale are
here. And the tale Is we'll told.
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-24
United States Consul at Omsk
Relates Horrors of BoI-
Shevist Rule.
COMMIT AWFUL ATROCITIES
Reign Of Terror Is Marked by Cruelty
Unparalleled In History Of Civ
ilization-Many Children
Are Murdered.

New York.-John A. Embry. the
American consul at Omsk, capital city
of the Kolchak government, arrived
in New York recently and told the
official story Of what had happened In
Siberia and eastern Russia in the last
eight months, during practically all
of which time he had been in charge
of American affairs.
Mr.. Embry said no language could
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-24
Doctor Builds Hospital
With His Own Hands

MISREPRESENTATION N. y
Observation-Disclosures only hospi-
tai. built by the village ,ctor
with his own hands. was oLened
here. DIR. Gedney jerks spent
three years In its construction
after failing to raise funds for
the work. The hospital is two
stories, with an operating room
and modern appliances. Doctor
jerks enlisted for overseas serv-
ice. but the villagers petltioned
Washington for his return.
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-24
Reader, meet the adora-
BILE Senorita Teresa and the
adoring Billy Stairway.
GRO BE CoNTINUED.5
Mako Themselves Clothes.

Mako Themselves Clothea
Among the animal tailors are the
smooth caterpillars. Naked and un-
armed, their extreme vulnerability
places them at the mercy Of numerous
enemies; but many families Of them
are remarkable for making little
sheaths or garments for the protec-
tion Of their bodies, notably the silk
worm, than whom the lilies Of the Geld
are not more gorgeously arrayed
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-24

smokes his cigarette. sips coffee and
lets others toll for him. Ia reaay Do
pay the price. For he Is by no means
SO poor as he gives his neighbors. far
and near, TO understand.
Gilpin observer., 1919-07-24
Accepted the Risk.

Kansas City, Mo.-Because he re-
Trained from kissing before marriage.
the bride Of a year was glad. Be-
cause he refrained since. she is sad
Lawyers believe she accepted the risk.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-01

Pageantry and the drama can be made potent forces in community life," says Hazel MacKaye, sister of Percy MaeKaye the dramatist and poet, who is herself head of the department of Pageantry and the Drama of the Young Women's Christian Association. To this end Miss MacKaye is putting on big program of community pageants throughout the United States.
 Sue Ann Wilson is one of the directors of this work. She is staging a pageant, The Blue Crusa- ders, in Marietta, Ca. It is not only a community affair but one which draws upon two or three surround ing counties for it's actors and from all the south Atlantic states for its audience.
 The entire community assists in making the stage settings, the eos tunes and properties. SD that all will feel an individual responsibil- ity for the success Of the pageant
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-01
PROCLAMATION BY P PRESIDENT WILSOlI
He Comments and Urges Generous Response to the Third
 Red Cross Roll Call Which Opens On November 2.

President Wilson has issued the fol-
 lowing proclamation in the interest of the Third Red Cross Roll Call which
 opens November End and continues
 through Armistice day, November 11th:
 As president of the United States and as president of the American Red Cross, l recommend and urge a gen. erous response to the Third Red Cross Roll Call which opens on November the second with the observance Of Red Cross Sunday and appropriately closes
 on November the eleventh, the first anniversary Q the signing of the arm- iStice. -r
 Twenty milton adults joined the
 Red Cross during tlha war, prompted by patriotic desire to render service to their country and to the cause for
 which the United States was engaged |. in war. Our patriotism should stand the test of peace as well as the test of war, and it is an intefligently pa- triotic program which the Red Cross | proposes, a continuance of service io
 our soldiers and sailors who look .to i it for many things, and a transference | to the roblems of pT. ce at hemS of the experience and methods which ii | acquired during the war.
 It is on membership more than ] money contributions that the stress of ! the present campaign is laid, for the | Red Cross seeks to associate the peo- l pie in welfare work throughout the 1 land, especially in those communities | where neither official nor unofficial | provision has been uaed for ade-
 quate public health and social service It is in the spirit of democracy that the people should undertake their owr welfare activities. end the Natiena
 Red Cross wisely intends to exert up
 on community action stimulating
 and coordinating influence and t
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-01

place the energies of the organization behind all sound public health and welfare agencies.
 The American Red Cross does not purpose indefinite prolongation of it's relief work abroad, policy which would Ia van unjust burden upon our own people and tend to undermine the seIt-rel-ance of the peoples relieved put there Is a necessar yworll of com pletlon to be performed before the American Red Cross can honora bly, withdraw firm Europe The Congress or the United States has imposed up on the Red Cross a continuing re- sponsibility abroad by authorizing the secretary of war to transfer to the American Red Cross such surplus ar my medical supplies and supplement tary and dietary foodstuffs now in Europe as shall not be required by the army, to be used b ythe Red Cross to relieve the distress which contin- ues in certain countries of Europe as | a result of the war
 To finance these operations. to con- clude work which was begun during | the war, and to carry out some com paartively inexpensive constructive plans for assisting peoples in eastern 1 Europe to develop their own welfare | olSdillHdLl0HS, the Ameflcan Red Cross requires, Tn addition to membership
 ices, sum Of money small in compar-
 ison with the gifts poured into its
 treasury by our generous people dur. | ing the war
 Both the greater enduring domestic program and the lesser temporary for.
 eign program of the Red Cross de serve enthusiastic support, and I ven
 ture to hope that it's peace time mem. tbership will exceed rather than fal
 below its impressive war membership . (Signed) WOODROW WILSON.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-01
Every American Must Answer the Third Red Cross Roll Call
 Your Duty as an American Citizen Is Assist In This American Mission By Enlstng Your Heart Your Dollar and Your Friends.

Mrs. Howard o. Smith. Mrs. George Hathaway, Mrs. Joseph Lahn, Misses Amy Burlingame, Mildred Fillmore, Fannie Meier. Marion Royce, Anna Sadinsky, Lena ~Blumenthal.
 Team 1e-Mrs. Joseph Curtis. cap- tain; Misses Alice Wolfe, Helen Fitz- gerald, Anna Johnson. Frieda Jefln- son. Isabel Muleahy. Muriel Holdridge, Emma Thompson, Katherine Matters by, Isabel Rodier. Anna Rodier, Ruth Eaton Virginia Woodwork. Faith Curtis.
 Team 17-Mrs. J. B. Stanton, cap- tain: Misses Ida Leffingwell, Alice Gadbois, Beulah Carpenter, Dorothy Holden, Florence Carpenter.
 Team 18-Mrs. L. c. Stiles, captain; Mrs. Lloyd P. Ayres. Misses Florence Redwood, Isabel Tracy. Henrietta Huntington, Mabel Duerr, Mrs. Ear Rogers, Mrs. Lula Stiles
 Team 19-Mrs. George W. Carroll l captain; Mrs, Hume E. Flagier, Mrs Edward ]. DriscoH. Mrs. James Casey Miss Ernst. Mrs. Adams P Carroll
 Team 2o-Miss Ruth Elliott, cap- | tain; Misses Mary Flynn, Elaine Hitchon, Helen Storms, Rose Thornes Fannie Myers. Beth Lane Janette 1 Strahan.
 Team 21-7-Miss Ruth Elliott. cap- tain: Miss Marion Swan, Miss Lau- rance, Misses Katherine Hobbs, Lucille Howard, Jane Dearing, Mrs. Cheste, | Hussie, Misses Irene Welles Eleanor Stevens, Georgia Fillmore.
 Team 22-Miss Ruth Elliott cap- tain; Mrs. J. H. Farrell. Jr.. Misses Belle Loomis. May Dolbeare, Gladys l Myers, Mrs H. G. Spencer, Misses Mildred Francis, Annie Calkins. | Team 23-Mrs Henry D. Johnson captain; Mrs. Arthur W. Bushnell Mrs. c. Edward Carpenter, Mrs. Her. bert M. Lerou. Mrs. Nellie Sullivan l Misses Althea Church. Doris Drake | Rae Gordon, Leotta Oat, Gertrud, Thornes, Bernice Wiley.
 Outside Dstricts-Arthur F. Libby captain; Bozrah. Leffingwell ant Fitchville, Mrs. Frank Palmer; Leb anon, Miss Harriet Hewitt; Preston Mrs, Appleton Main; Versailles an
 Occum, Miss Anna M. Carver; Baltic and Hanover, Mrs, Charles Barnes
 Ledyard and Gales Ferry, Mrs. Wal
 ter M. Buckingham; Pouuetanuck an
 Halliville, Ewald Von Hornig; Norwic
 State Hospital, Dr. F. s. Wilcox; Can , terbury, Mrs. w. H. HaWes.. I Factories-Joseph Adams, captain
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-01
Wood in Demand.

The unique timber of Turkey and a few other localities-the fine. hard grained, compact boxwood so much prized for engravings, rules, etc, is now so scarce that the forest products laboratory in Wisconsin is seeking American substitutes Oniy the Florida hoxwood and the wahoa of Arkansas and other parts of the S0uth approach aearly. Other hardwoeds suitable for some Of the coarser uses include mas tie, torchwood. witch hazel. great rho dodendron, mountain laurel, thornap- pie Sld yellow buckeye.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-01
Status of the Shoes.

Kathleen and her l.amlna had just .'turned from shopping trip bringing ,oHe pair of shoes for Kathleea, but ,nly on approval. Upon arriving hofne 'pris. Kathleen's older sister. aut of Eriosity immediately started to OfeA he package. Kathleen indignantly said. Doris. you just leave thase shees alone; mamma only brought theN aome on q furlough."
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-01

formed to carry on the campaign for membership in the Third Red Cross Roll Call is a follows:
 General Chairman-C. E. Carpenter.
 Vice Chairman-Mrs. w. Russell Baird
 Campaing Cashier-Frank H. Les ter.
 Outside Committee Canvass = Ar thur F. Libby. Factories Cancass, Jo- seph $. Adams.
 Chairman Publicity Commiee-John M. Lee.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-01

This is also dene far edueatiaaal reasons. When the pageant is over Miss Wilson expects to organize classes or clubs which will con- tinue dancing, designing or what ever part of the pageant most ap- pealed to certain groups in order that the community may continue to have big enterta;nments.
 Miss Wilson has done recreation and social work in large New Yosk settlement houses, in summer camps and schools, She has been a member of the Greek chorus of the Granville Barker Players, played with Ethel Barrymore in Our Mrs. McChesney," with Otis Skinner in "Mister Antonio" and with Frank Bacon in 'Lightnin'
 Similar pageants are being staged in various parts of the country, among them one in Dallas. Texas; one in Westehester ConRty. N. E.: in Portland. Ore.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-01
Needed Promptinu.

Mr. Jobling was asked by his wife to call at shop on his way home and get her three articles of feminine wear. Wben she reached the shop he had for gotten what they were, so he said apologetically to the attendant behind the counter: Excuse me. my wife told me to come here and get her some things to wear, and I've forgotten what they are! Would you mind naming 8 few things?"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-01

without sickness. without disaster, in the days to come. The Red Cross has proved an efficient and effective first aid to those who would lack the com- forts and care they sorely needed un- less it were ministered promptly. I hope that every American citizen man, woman and child-will feel it both privilege and duty to have his name inscribed on the Red Cross Roll Call
 
 Norwich District Organization.
 The organization that has been
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-01
Tail of iae Fox.

One of the most notable features of the fox is his large and massive tail, writes John Burroughs. Seen running on the snow at q distance. his tail is quite as conspicuous as his body; and, so far as appearing burden, seems to contribute to his llghtness and buoy nncy. It softens the outline of his movements. and repeats or continues to the eye the ease and poise of his carriage.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-01
Care of Umbrellas,

CareleSsness in the treatment of uTA hrellas is great factor in their rani' deterioration. An umbrella merely damp should be opened and left untii dry, while a very wet one should bt put to drain first. handle downward and opened for the final drying.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-01
uiniea Ainhlx erlz.f,

The violet was the national howee of the Athenians. and the msr of Athens were frequently addressed by their orators as "Athenians crpwneA in violets.r The Romans heiieved the flower had medicinal qualities, cad Pliny advised a garland of vialets about the forehead would cure hesd. ache or dizziness.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-01
Nox Populi. vox Del.

This Is q very ancient saying and means "The voice of the people is the voice of God" It can be traced hack through Latin to Greek. It is found first in a work on morals. by the Greek poet, Hesiod. who li:ed about the eighth century before Christ.