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The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-12-19
Bv Andrew Carnegie, Billy Burke
Chr;stv Matthe,usOn, NikOla Tesla
O.

e.:l. Dat euddenlv discovered / WASH
go fron, home and friends at all, l was Home
The American theatergoers maze me az I'm the
the moment | stood before Them Dack y, s,ro
footghts Their warm welcome theil o op
did apnlause and the kindness | received every
whore in that holiday season convinced me tna'
after all ! was really home On that Chrlst
mas Day received so many glfts ana, aoosS
all so many kind words from Mr.. Drew al,u
others whose words of praise were worm i ee
erything, that really believed l would never
have a better Christmas.
"Then came another best one. Like all glrls
7 had received much attention and met great
many men who interested me, but | mad almost
come 10 the conclusion that the really ana truly
rioht man would never come along to me, wheh
Mr. Zieqfeld appeared and then l knew the
right man had come. 1t was very suuueI o.
fair. our marriage, and Christmas came alfiios.
before realized that was married AL t haI
Christmas | said to myself, wen, thts 20 So"4
best Christmas No need 10 look iuI'iiei
therel never be a better one.
"And now on this Christmas, the wondering
ewes of NV baby daughter will look upon her
very own little Christmas. She VIII not uhuer-
stand. of course She is too young almost
Christmas baby, in fact, but she VIII SIT on my
Ian and stare and stare at the tree and wave
her nndcv. mink little fists and talk with her
'Ag-qoos' and her father and will reply TO her
in our best and most dignfied manner and
well. that's all ! can say. No woman VIII quite
understand Just how best this Christmas is UNI
less she has been mother
Neither radio waves, intricate electrical
mechanism nor any great discovery figured IN
Nikola Tesla's best Christmas. His important
discoveries and inventions since then have been
of great value and given him pleasure IN the
achievement but his best Christmas had to DO
with no more than breech-loading shot gun
There is no hesitancy on my part IN nam
ING nv best Christmas. 1t was back IN my
bovhood DAYS when lived in my native town oil
Iika on the Adriatic And II was Christmas
Dav. Nv present had been a breech-oading
g,ln-a perfect marvel and wonder back in
those DAVIS of the old-fashioned muzzle-loaders.
Right after breakfast ] started out after
hares, but scared up flock OF grouse as
big as hens. | killed one and forgot all
ABOUT hares, and followed that flock through
swamps. up hills and down dales, with the snow
exactly up to my waist. | secured six IN all.
II was dusk when | shot at the seventh-out
the seventh WAS only stump.
"Then fell into a ravne, lost my gun, aug
il out after an hours hunt and got back home
about the time my folks frantic, were sure
had blown my head off with my Christmas
present
"And | wouldn't sit down to the Christmas
feast until those grouse were dressed cooked
and served For years after believed that II
was because of that new shot gun. Now know
better. It was the possession of something lar
more valuable-youth."
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-12-19

.
there, with his father and mother, about three
months before. He was only little fellow,
twelve years old, but that didn't make him
ignorant of Christmas Every year since he
was three he had seen two Christmas trees
one for his own private benefit, the other at
his Sunday school. Therefore, it seemed very
strange to talk with the boys in that far border
town and find them ignorant of things with
which he was so familiar.
Don't know nothing bout yer Christmas
trees. What's Christmas anyhow?
'"Why, it's the day Christ was born" was the
sharp response.
"Well, what do you do that day."
Harry explained little-the giving of pres
ents and the feasting.
Must be very jolly" said the other boy, re-
flectively.
Harry went home to lie awake that night
much later than he had ever done before The
result of so mach thinking came out at break
fast
Papa" said he. Il want to have Christmas
tree for the boys"
what boys?"
T wish could have one big enough for every
how in town; but / don't spose could-twould
cost too much (sorowfully). But Just for
AZ fellows who live nearby-the ones see
every day. I've counted ana there are ollly
ten Couldn't / do it? Why, mamma, was
talLin0 to Jack Turner yesterday and he never
heard IF Christmas tree Just think OF that.
Mr and Mrs. Brown glanced significantly at
~ other and each knew what the other was
thinking about. Having lost their fortune, tney
had come here hoping to regain IT, ana, Ohrls-
as-Ss thouoh they were this had as yet Deeii
t ss,,'', ,,rermost object. Their boy was giving
them a lesson in MISSIONS
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-12-19

A great many noted
people. recalling their
Yuletides of the past,
fully realize that Christ
mas isn't a date; it is a
condition of the heart.
Most people can pick out
their best Christmas and
remember it in detail al
though other events of
later date may be quite
forgotten. A few Of
these are such optimists
that they insist every
Christmas has proved
their best.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-12-19

To every heart that's aching
May peace and comfort come,
And may an outlook rosy
Supplant each outlook glum.
May friends now separated
Soon reunited be,
And every one find gladness
Upon his Christmas tree.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-12-19

A CHRISTMAS WISH

Wherever there is sickness
May Santa Claus bring health ;
Wherever there is poverty
May Santa Claus bring wealth.
Wherever one is weeping
May tears to smiles give way,
Wherever sadness hovers
May JOY come Christmas Day.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-12-19

You wouldn't suppose
there could be a place
within the United States
where five hundred or
more persons live and
there had never been a
Christmas tree; what is
worse, where some Of the
children know no more
what Christmas stands
for than so many heath
en- children might. But
there was such a place
not so very many years
ago away in the mining
regions.
The evening world., 1919-03-06

By Otis Peabody Swift
The evening world., 1919-03-06

strains posons which his body cells
resisting
reached
ion Of time mcobes II is only
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with p generous mouth Is generous
And intelligent. And healthier Char
acter AaA n lot to do with beauty.
begging your pardon for the plati-
tude.
That Is why the flappcr type Is
50 abhorrAt to most artists. Tho
spindly shAAk. the ingrown chest. the
stomach and knee thrust forward-l.
is hideously charactcrless and supine.
And these sttahge little people known
as Chickens did, aren't they? why
do they fix up like that? Those Jumps
OF hair over the cars. and the crude,
flat colors OF their faces? They're
rather amusingA Ind suppose some
people find them human. But they
never seem quite human, do they?
| guess it's partly their clothes.
Clothes with the right lines, hair
dressed simply. and an animated.
healthy face can make almost any
woman pretty, unless she is fat or
has a big nose. Little can be done
with those calamities.
Small eyes. although not accord.
ing TO the Hoyle OF standard beauty.
are not fatal. II they are set wide
apart, have transparency and are NOT
white-lashed. the smallncss OF the eyr
will not destroy the facial proper
tions.
THE test OF beauty is so thoroughly
matter OF personal reactions that
when we talk OF II We always end by
saying what l like or what you like.
When | say | don't like black hair,
for instance, mean that 1t gives IN,
no personal thrill. don't react to IT,
like color. Red hair for me every
time. But! FrcclNles mustn't 90
with II, They distress me, Just rs
gold teeth do, though | daresay they
are 'dressy,' as the colored lady said
THE sum-up Of beauty is slender
ness and naturalness. Fat Is abnor-
NAL after one is beyond the age Of
say. eighteen months. The hipless
bustless figure is freakish. SO is tho
behemoth meauring 50 inches where
she should be SO! And freakishness
Is ugliness."
Let US then. in She light OF Mr.
Falls's excellent reasoning. leave the
heavyweight woman to be idealized
by Youth. and the Perfect Thlrty-SiS
to maintain. as she has always done
the beauty standard for the Grea
Majority.
The evening world., 1919-03-06

and defeated the sea wolves Of the
submarines.
CamouflaEe, as developed in this
war, is a product OF American study
and Imagination. IL Is largely the
result of tho work of william Andrew
Mackay. the New York artist and
interior decorator, who for five years
before the war experimental with
tho idea Of protective coloration for
American batUeships. And the sue
cess OF his plan Is shown by the fact
that of the 74g American vessels cam
ouflagcd according TO the designs OF
tho United States Shipping Board.
supplied by the navy. only seven
were sunk.
II was in the big studio workshop
OF the Mackay School OF Camoufiage
at No. 3Ij East 33d Street that the
camounage idea was developed. Here
sixty men worked day and night dis
guislng the American ships.
Along the walls OF the big studio
hang marine background paintings.
showing the various color tints Of
the oceans. There are the long gray
green wave of the North Atlantic,
and the violet fog Oft the Channel
There is the deep warm blue OF the
Gulf Stream. and the muddy brown
OF the Gironde delta. Against these
backgrounds the camouflage effects
were tested. over in corner stands
q real pcriscope, manned by Skipper
Mackay, And on tables, chairs. racks
and shelves are dozens OF nine and
ten inch wooden models OF merchant
ships. awaiting their coat of camou-
hagc.
| When n vessel was 10 be camou-
nagea wooden model was first
made OF the ship. exact in every de-
tail Then different types OF camou-
flage were applied and tested through
the periscopc against the different
marine backgrounds. 1t was the old
sport OF playing boats. Famous artists
and architects. students in the school,
sailed their toys across the manoeu-
wiring boards. There were over a
hundred OF these little ships and they
formed a navy that would delight a
youngsters heart. Then when sat-
lsfactory design, one well fitted to
the particular vessel, had been de-
c!ded upon the plans were sent TO
the shipyard or dry dock, where the
actual camounage would be applied.
"Yes. this looks like deserted
battlefield to me-" said Mr.. Mackay
at the studio yesterday. at was
here that the first work OF camou-
nage was developed. In all. 749 ves-
sells were camounaged. and sixty
men, artists, architects and designers
made this shop their headquarters
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under direction OF the United States
Shipping Board. working over de-
signs. testing colors, peerlng through
the perlscopc at the wooden models,
and then dashing OF to try out
some View effect on tho vessels that,
In n fcw days. would be depending
upon our skill in the art OF disguise
to save them from the u boats.
But let's 20 back TO the beginning.
Caesar invented camoufage. His
tiriemes that sailed north to conquer
the red haired Britons were all paint
ed green. and the crews were ordered
to wear green suits TO make them
less visible. In Macbeth we find the
soldiers carrying trees to conceal
themselves on that day when Birnam
Wood came 10 Dunsinane. But mod
ern camouflage, as developed by the
war, is the product OF American
study.
Seven years ago, when I was at
Newport, / read volume by Prot.
Ogden N, Rood OF Columbia Uni
versity entitled Modern Chromatics."
lie pointed out that the gray Of ma
ture-the sky, rocks and trees-is a
combination OF red. green and violet.
II then occurred to me that by blend
ing these colors might evolve a bat
tleship gray that would make our
dreadnoughts less visible. Com
mander j. o. Fisher, u. 8. N, had
been working along similar lines at
the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Together
we experimental In 1915 on American
submarines at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard. We painted them In stripes
and bars, and there evolved the first
principles on which modern camou-
fiage is based.
when the United states entered
the war placed the results OF these
Experiments before the Navy Depart
ment. privately undertook to ca
mounago American merchant vessels
and also opened the Mackny School
where fifteen camoufeurs were
trained for the navy Then I wa'
appointed District Camouneur by tn,
Shipping Board. and the big Job be.
gan. Plans were supplied by tn,
Shipping Board. and new types o
camoufiage were worked out at theil
Washington headquarters.
There was nothing haphazar,
about the art. Every ragged line
every crazy angle. jarring color. haC
a meaning. First you must under
stand that there are really two kind
OF camouflage. There is the cannon
flage which attempts to make n boa
less visible, and thereby permits II T.
escape the enemy, and that camou
nagc which, although the boat show
up plainly, deceives the enemy as &
tho course, speed and Identity OF tn
craft. Tho most successful mctho
NaS 4 combination VI both forms.
The evening world., 1919-03-06

I'm England Commander Wilkinson,
II. N. had been working on the iie9
and had developed the dazzle system.
This consisted Of large black and
white figures. 1t dazZled the sub. He|
could see the boat, but he couldn't
place his shot. There were just as
many subs, and they saw just as
many British boats, but they couldn't
hit them. Before the camouflage w1s
put on the Germans got fifty boats
week. Afterward the average was
ten boats a week.
Here in the States we combined the
dazzle idea with low visibility. There
were many tricks TO the trade. You
see the subs would shoot up their
perlscope and get a look at the ship,
They based their mathematical cal
culations on what they saw in that
moments glance. We painted false
bow wave along the side OF the ship,
which, by foreshortening, made the
vessel seem farther away than 1t was.
We broke down all vertical line, des-
troylng the ships silhouette by which
they ascertained Identity. We painted
on the false bow lines which made her
appear TO be going in another direc-
ton.
From time to time other more spec
tacular methods Of camouflage were
adopted. The Won Steuben came INTO
port one day with a destroyer painted
on her side. Other vessels painted
s. C. boats on their sides. some
painted superimposed bows on their
sterns so you couldn't tell which end
was which. or course the cubist artist
hailed camouflage as the logical de-
velopment OF beauty and art and
houses and automobiles ought TO be
| decorated that way. But camou-
flage was purely utilitarian-we FOR.
got the artistic part. We didn't care
how the ship looked II it could dodge
the submarines.
"And they certainly did. 1t was 50
successful that we took to camouflls-
Ing S. c. boats, seaplanes and even
houses and barracks on land where
there was danger OF air raids--as at
Porto Corsino, Italy, and Dunkirque
The Germans got the idea and camou-
flaged their submarines camou-
flage got into vaudeville and the die
tionary. We'll. it's all over now. The
ships are coming up the bay in thor
peace time paint. and all the checker
board ships and the Wclch rarchl,
decorations are a thing Of the past
The big point Is that It did the work
or the 40 boats that were camNu,
flaged IN the second district only
seven were sunk"
) To-day Mr., Mackay Is packing ur
the toy ships OF the SD street stud q
and v sending them 10 the 1TooklI {
The evening world., 1919-03-06

ical deterioration OF middle life as
necessary and inevitable and due TO
the passage OF time rather than to
neglect"
But how can a man keep his cells
young even though the calendar says
he Is middle-aged?" ! asked DR.. FISK.
The FIRST preventive of middle age
is the periodic health examination
taken at least as often as once a year.
At the Life Extension Institute we give
these examinations to many Thousands
OF persons. Before making any radical
change in his diet. before embarking
on a course OF strenuous exercise. the
man of thirty-fiye and upward who
wants 10 keep young and At should
find out just what his condition Is and
just what changes in his daily regime
he can stand.
after thirty-fve many men must
avoid violent athletic exercise. This
avoidance should not be necessary IL
a man has always lived a hygienic life.
but in most instances he has not so
lived. In view OF the physical condl-
ton OF the average middle man
he is an exceedingly hazardous life in
surance risk II he plunges into gym
nastic work or heavy physical train
ing in order TO get his weight down
| Such az man cannot wisely adopt
tennis or other equally strenuous
sports. One night l saw a maa nc
longer young dance for an hour in
one Of the restaurants. Every miputc
I expected he might drop dead before
me.
"A mlddle-aged stout man Is al
most certainly in n condition that
The evening world., 1919-03-06
How to K eep Young
All Your Life
Dodging Middle Age
Second of Series of Three InterUiesWith Dr. Eugene
Lyman Fisk of the Life Extension Institute.
By Marguerite Mooers Marshall
TAeLE oE AvERAeE HEIGHTS ANo MeIcAIs-MEM.

fiddle AGE ailments hardly
IV the OF other nations or
decrease in the Of life
The evening world., 1919-03-06

Museum. where. with the periscope
and the deep sea background, they
will afford the public an idea Of how a
wartime convoy looked at sea, And
he is going to his bungalow at Coytss-
Vile, y. j.. just atop the Palisades,
aud forget all about ships wAile
tramping round the woods with Pa
trica Mackay, aged seven, who has a
toy boat collection that is the envy
Of every youngstcr In Jersey.
The evening world., 1919-03-06

fat girl The Fair Fortyrwo he Fairy FFour
place the scheme OF things her field fascination
The evening world., 1919-03-06

ever Howard Chandler Chrsty may may have said
about the necessityof complete proportion the taste
OF the individual beng the guide he shall not shake
national loyalty TO he girl whose lines have been
inspiration TO the maker OF the tailored suit and the
magazine cover ever ince there such things
II Charles b. Falh painter illustrator Liberty Loan
poserist and generally qualified expert on beauty is
right we may have TO pare down standard II any
thing. Certainly not opand IT, MIR Falls pledges a
toast lin water colorD the SuperPerfect ThrtyFour
Ear be Il from us hlwoyer 10 crnsh all hone I'm the
The evening world., 1919-03-06

wv that the war
Is ver many
mystery s. o -
ries" OF the
war can at last
be told. Per-
haps one OF the
most interest
ing is the story
OF camoufla6e,
I h o W o j
pain tin < OF
seagoing ships
{ h at baffled
The evening world., 1919-03-06
HoU a Ne1U York Artist, With Toy Ships,
Worked Out CamOufdge to Foil Z Boats

WILLIAM ANDREW MACKAYS STUDIO UNDER DIREC
WORKED DESIGNS STATES
The evening world., 1919-03-06
Leavs the Heavyweight Woman
To Be Idealized by Youth
SAYS c. b. FALLS.
Standard Of Great Majority
Is the "Perfect Thirty-SM'!
Young Men Insiine to the Buxon, Beauty, Older Men
to the Sprmgtins Type. Artist Falls Explains,
and Then Says ETough Else to Cement Our Loy-
atty to the Figure Houdrd Chandler Ctristy
Criticised
Bv Zoe Beckley

coptrh 1879 by the Press publishing Evening word)
IE Perfect ThirySx shall That II shall out
Of fashion
The evening world., 1919-03-06

due to an increase in the degeneratve diseases such
affections OF the heart, kidneys and blood yes
sells. And yet says DR.. Eugene Lyman Fisk. director
OF hygiene OF the Life Extension Institute No. 25
West 45th Street, the American be young. strong
and vigorous in the era usually known as middle
life."
Fit to fight at hfty'!" Dr. Fisk announced yesterday
Man grows old simply because he is injured. In
IN ife Of
The evening world., 1919-03-06

many-those quaint
beautiful Fair sisters daugh
Hermann Oelchs
william Vanderbilt who fifteen when she posed for her
m and
Long
Yorkh OF is
Wand ves a NJ
n a
whsr had .
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-07-24
PUBLIC OPINION.
++++++++++++++.++++++++++.

The Adamites are still nibbling for
hidden fruit: can't take hint: "Thy
turfy mountains, where live nibbling
sheep, Shakespeare.
A. Stride. beauty is the center Of
attraction.
And the Adamites as Of yore. are
thrilled. and romant.cally yield to
visions. Poor old Adam his descend
ants still adhere to heredity.
Find the man that's bomb proof
and ] show you a man. greater than
was Adam.
Woman charms and men yield. even
his birthright. Suffrage. a special en-
dowment: thus II tends-seemingly-
smoothly along as we politically drift,
and the current getting swifter as
time rolls on. unconscionable widening
the gentle (nicel points between man
and woman. and with only Poetic
blindness leading the way.
GEO. l. BEATTY.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-07-24
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
.++++++++++++++++.

O. l.. Slaton to Ed Putty and wife,
NJ. S. Putty; east IL Section No. 6,
containing 800 acres, $4,000.
James p. Kivett, Guardian of the
Estate of Ruth Overton, a minor, to
W A. Myrick Jr., Ia interest in lots
4, 2, 3, and 4 blk 81, Overton add to
Lubbock, $3.50.
Ebert Overton, Mrs. W. d. Over
ton and Laura Z. Overton, to W. A..
Myrick Jr.. undivided three-fourths
ga interest in and to lots, /, 2, 3,
and 4 in blk "a, Overton add to Lub-
book. $3.50.
T. B. Houser to T. F. Lokey. lots 8,
10, IL, and l2 blk 223 in Original
town of Lubbock, $1,000.
F. f. Wheelock, Sylvia B. Vince
lock to II. l.. Johnson; lots l, 2, 3, 4
and blk 1T, original town of Lub-
book, 9 shares Capital stock Of Cattle
mems Hog Greek Oil Company and
1-54 interest in acre oil and gas
lease.
A. r. Hill, Laura Betty Hill to
Mrs. Mollie Hill, lots Z and s blk Sd,
South Slaton add. TO Salton, s450.
J. w. Carmichael, Emma A. Carmi-
chael to Raleigh Martin; lot blk
LOT, Overton add. to Lubbock, 5000
Exa Payne, A. d. Payne to W. A.
Richter; South l-2 Of NV Ia Of Sec
ton IL, blk OK, $4,000.
o. J. Kinds, NJ f. Kinds to A. NJ
Nail; lots II and ~ and S l-2 lot 10
in blk 1913, original town Of Lubbock,
s1225.
Minnie U. Sibert, individually, and
as the executrix Of the estate Of d. S.
Sibert, deceased, to Ray Harrington,
lot II blk %, original town Of Lub-
book. 5000
Beulah NJ. Dixon to Margaret j..
Huff NV IA Of Sc Ia of Section -,
Blk B, containing 80 ID acres, $4,000
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-07-24

nice time even il IL was a surprise
storm.
Mr. Burr Myers and Misses Rosa
Mae and Goldia Jones, were caught
in the rain at Lubbock Saturday even
ing. They had to stay overnight
there and returned home Sunday aft
ernoon.
Mr. Joe Burns was on the sick liz:
one day last week but was able 10 be
out at Sunday Shcool Sunday after
noon.
r. H. Haney was one Of the Lub-
book visitors Wednesday.
Earnest Jones bought a bunch Of
calves one day last week.
Robert Myers was seen in Lubbock
Saturday.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1919-07-24
CENTER NEWS ITEMS
OF THE PAST WEEK

There is an odl saying the more
rain the more rest" but the farmer
seems to think that is mistake these
days II is "the more rain the more
weeds there are TO cut" Crops GER
tainly are fine now. Everyone around
here sees the greatest encouragement
that they have had in several years
Messrs j. II Emery and wife and
R. X. Haney took pleasure trip TO
the Canyon last Thursday where they
spent their time fishing. They report
an enjoyable occasion.
Misses Emma and Martha Abney
spent Friday with friends and rela-
tives Of Badger Lake There were
several from this locality in Aberna-
thty Saturday
Mr. Derris Quinn and sisters, Tres
sic and Gladys. were motoring from
Lubbock 20 their home near Aber-
nathy last Saturday evening when
they stripped the gear on their car.
They were caught in the rain and
wete unable to go on the rest of the
way home, so they spent the night in
the X. Ricken home.
We were very gla dto see Mrs. Joe
Burns able TO be out at Sunday
School Sunday evening.
The singing was rained out Satur-
day evening but we hope that every
one will be present next Saturday
evening more eager TO learn than ev-
er before.
Cecil Norwood spent the weekend
in the r. W Bowley home.
Miss Lola York, Of Badger Lake,
attended Sunday school here Sunday
afternoon.
Those who had wheat are very
busy threshing at this writing.
Miss Fay Dunn was a caller Of the
Joe Burns home Sunday.
Mrs. N. A. Myers is just doing
splendid since her operation. There
were several who met at her home
Monday and put up fruit for her. We