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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-26
KEPT BOOKS on HER "HAULS"
Lucy Bowman. Arrested at Mcpherson,
Robbed Wllmoth Store Here.

The police today received a tele-
phone call from the sheriff at Nc
Pherson to the effect that Lucy Bow
man. arrested there had confessed to
stealing $50 from the Wilmoth furni-
ture store, 413 Kansas avenue, about a
month ago
A woman walked in the Wilmoth
store and asked to use the telephone
When she was gone the $50 was mis-
sing from the safe. She was arrested
in Mcpherson on a similar charge,
the sheriff said. A book which she
had in her possession and in which
she recorded her "hauls" showed she
also had operated in Pittsburg, Kan,
II was said. She has been sentenced
to the state penitentiary. the message
stated.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-26

Electric washing machines, marvel
Gus modern drudgery savers and the
hearts desire of many housewives.
find no favor with the wash women of
African hue who began her career
long before the mechanical washing
device was even an idea.
mo. Ma'am, no. Ma'am, ah nevah
goes wheah they has one Of those new
tangled things" a well known and
capable wash woman Of the old laun-
drying school told Miss Helen Stage
in charge Of the employment depart
ment OF the Provident association.
All pree-fuhs to do nah washin' this
away" she declared. illustrating her
statement with vigorous motions of
her arms in the manner of dashboard
gymnastics.
The new-fangled things" is one
reason, perhaps. for the unpopularity
OF the electric machines, Miss Stagg
thinks. but the fact that an electric
washing machine accomplishes the
task in half the time of the wash
board method make poor business for
the workers by the hour to fool with
the new-fangled things"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-26
HARDING-CURT1s RALLY HERE.
Topeka Negroes VIII Hold Big Meet
ing August =.

A big Harding and Curtis Republic
can rally will be held August at
Washington school by Topeka ne
groes. Senators Charles Curtis and
Arthur Capper have been invited as
the speakers of the evening. Other
addresses will be on the program, in
addition to music by the Knights OF
Tabor band and the "Harding-Curtis
quartet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-26
DEATHS AND FUNERALS

HAROLD n. CARTER, aged IS. died
Saturday at his home, 517 Van Buren,,
Funeral announcement later.
MRS. DORA HARTMAN STEWART,
died June % in San antonio. Tex. The
body will be brought to Topeka for burial.
Funeral announcement later.
The funeral Of ARA Capron who died
Wednesday night, was held at > 80 o'clock
this afternoon from Conwells North To-
peka chapel. Services were in charge of
AAmity Lodge No. 231, Knights of Pythias,
Burial in Topeka cemetery.
Lords Flowers satisfy. Tel. S27.-
Adv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-26
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Banana Salad - Slice bananas
lengthwise and sprinkle with nuts.
Ground peanuts are good. Use a few
drops OF lemon Juice and serve with
mayonnaise. Garnish with lettuce
Welsh Rarebit-Bread toasted on
one side, one-half pound mild soft
cheese, one tablespoon butter or sub
stitute, one-quarter teaspoon butter or
substitute. one-quarter teaspoon salt,
one-quarter teaspoon mustard, few
grains of red pepper, one-third cup
milk or cream, one egg.
Cut cheese in small pieces. Melt
butter, add cheese and seasoning. AS
cheese melts. add milk gradually while
stirring constantly, then egg slightly
beaten. 1t should be smooth and
creamy. not stringy.
: Serve on side of bread not toasted.
The permanent committee on Sabbath
observance OF the Presbyterian church
with headquarters in New York, has started
z determined campaign against sunday
theaters. movies. dance halls baseball
games, and similar worldly enterprises'
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-06-13
About Harun-ai-Rashld

And of many tales concerning the
Caliph Harun-al.Rashid and his going
disguised into the lanes and bazaars Of
Bagdad, where he CHANGED upon
strange people who told him strange
stories of magic. Once he supped with
three ladies' Of dazzling beauty and
with him were n porter dazed with the
magnihcence he saw and three mendi-
cants, ons of kings, all blind In the
left eye. Not knowing the Caliph they
told of their fantastic adventures and
sufferlngs and he rewarded them. And
again he encountered a beggar who I'm
plored him to strike him, a youth who
spurred cruelty a mare upon which he
rode aud a rope-maker who had risen
suddenly from poverty to %afiuence.
Their tales too did he hear and them
too did he reward. Nor should Abu-
Hassan, the wag. be forgotten. whose
trickery In pretending that he and his
wife were dead won SO much gold and
so many laughs from the Caliph. And
of like import Is the mad tale OF the
humpback who seemed dead and of
the laxative barber who restored him
to life, of all those who had believed
themselves murderers of the hump
back and of the amazing tales that
they related.
SO II came TO pass that by the end
of the thousand and one nights Shah
riar was so delighted in the cleverness
Of Sheherazade that he welded her
again with regal pomp and they lived
happily ever after.
Copyright. 1919 by Post Publishing Co.
The Boston Post.)
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-06-13

and where books are difficult 10 get
these professional readers are In great
demand. They pick up here and there
tales that appeal to all and bind them
INTO q long narrative. Some people
have thought that Homer's long poems
originated In this way.
Everywhere In the near east the
traveller finds these story-tellers to-
day. An eager audience collects 10
hear them. each paying a small fee
for the privilege of listening. The en-
tertainer dec1aims ms he walks 10 and
fro and always stops his narrative just
before nm exciting climax. so that he
will be assured of listeners on the
morrow. His audience follows his re-
citai with breathiess interest. especial
ly when he illustrates thrilling cpl
sodes with lively pantomime.
Year after year these groups of
Listeners gathered centuries ago. The
story-teIfer discarded the tales that
did not hold the attention of his lis
teners. Gradually the process. Of elm
ination went on until only the best
we're handed down by word of mouth
from generation TO generation. Then
some benefactor of mankind
had them written down and connected
them with the framework of sehehera-
EaGe and shahriar. And these nre the
Arabian Nights that have delighted
children and grown men and women
for decades.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-06-13

IA marvellous
tales that Sche-
told 10
King 3 h u h r n r,
stories of love
and and
mad magic can
not be attributed
30 any one author
for the very good
reason that there
never WINS an nu-
thor. They are
popular e y
I h "a Z, u n y =
about the e n r
o, were put
Into the present
form by a profess
si0nal stog-telier,
presumably Per-
sian.
In prim e
e a IN m u lite y
where few of the
nannIa Ran FRnI
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-06-13

q HEHERAZADE was a yizier's
daughter and when she besought
her father to wed her To King
sSAahriar 1t was cause for grief TO the
ylzier. For each day was it shahriar's
Won't 10 put to death his bride of the
day before. 1t befell. however. that
,Sheherazade had her VIII. As she had
hoped, the king was wakeful and TO
beguile him she began a story OF
magic. Dawn broke before she had
finished and so eager was SlIahriar TO
bear It all that he gave no order for
her execution.
For a thousand and one nights did
this befaH while Sheherazade told
tales Of love. war and sorcery. OF kings.
beggars and rogues, of lands where
diamonds were more plentiful than
pebbles and bigger than eggs, OF In
trigues In the lanes and bazaars of
Oriental cities. In towns and deserts
and far islands did necromancers work
their Wills. Horses flew dogs talked /;
mermaidens and creatures greater
than whales peopled the deeps; ogres
and enormous apes crept out of for
ests birds so great that their wings
darkened the day swooped from the
skies. Here. too, were lovers In pal
aces and novels, bold and cowardly,
yet all so enamored that they swooned
at the very thought of the beloved.
Underlying all was the colorful Ori-
ent, with BARRIERS and porters jostling
caliphs and princesses in the thronged
and picturesque lanes of three cities
whose very names c%onjure up romance
-Bagdad, Cairo and Damascus.
Now these are the best liked Of She
herazade's tales:
The Story Of AIaddin's Lamp.
OF Aladdin. son of a poor tailor In
China, q prankish scamp. An African
magician guided him to a subterranean
cave where he found the lamp that
summoned the genie. Out of nothing
ness did this genie spread banquets
for Aladdin and robe him in rich raj
ment. He provided him retinuss of
slaves, bearing basins heaped high
with precious stones, who carried to
the king Aladdin's suppllance for the
hand Of the beautiful Princess Badroul-
boudour. In a night did the genie raise
a palace OF glowing wonders, of shin
ing marble and gold and silver, with
windows incrusted with diamonds. en-
eralds and rubies. with fragrant gar
dens and open courts. SO Aladdin mar
ried the princess and they knew great
Joy. But the magician returned. stole
the lamp and In a trice transported
the palace and the princess to Africa.
Then was Aladdin woeful. but by
magic he found his beloved, poisoned
the magician. seized the lamp and
came to China. where he and Badroul-
boudour lived happily ever afterward.
The Story Of sInbad.
OF Sinbad the sailor and his marvel
GUS voyages. Wherein II Is related
that Sinbad landed upon what seemed
an island but which was a great fish
that sank into the sea. And of other
voyages and greater wonders, of which
one marvels most at the adventure
with the roe, the bird so huge that 1t
feeds its young with elephants. SIM
bad had fastened himself to the roc's
leg and II bore him to an impenetra'
BILE valley strewn with precious stones
from which he escaped by binding him.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-06-13
Do You "Hate" YourseIf7

For / say, through the grace given
unto me, to every man that Is among
you. not to think of himself more high
ly than he ought to think."-Paul In
his letter to the Romans, u g,
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-06-13
Vaccinations Power.

According to n recent report vac
cination is rapidly dying out. Yet
there is nothing like vaccination to
bring a fellow up to the scratch
Exchange.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-01-27

issued an order to T. Fl. Lanfard, su
perintendent of the stockade, requiring
that the practice be stopped pending
investigation by the city council. The
state board of public welfare has been
called to meet to consider the question
of whipping, both at the stockade and
among the chain gangs throughout the
state of Georgia. Whether the state
board will support movement for leg
islation to repeal the law permitting
the use of this disciplinary measure
will be determined at the forthcoming
meeting, it was expected by Philip
Weltner, counsel for the board.
The movement for abolition of the
practice within the state was insti-
gated by the Atlanta Humane society,
This society was recently organized,
following which its representatives
waited upon the county commission
ers of Fulton county and protested
against the alleged inhumane treatment
of prisoners. Unless the authorities are
able to abate existing conditions, the
Atlanta Humane society expects to
carry the matter before the legislature,
which convenes early next summer, and
there will endeavor to obtain repeal of
the Objectionable law, according to w
J. Govan, head of the society.
What is termed the ''bucking chair,
in which prisoners are strapped to be
fiogged, is particularly the subject OF
objection. This equipment is located at
the city stockade, and was the subject
of study by representatives. of the state
board of public welfare, who recently
made an inspection of the stoekade.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-01-27
THE USEFUL BAMBOO
Used in China Since the Earliest in
Chinese History.

Many are the uses of bamboo in
China, says a traveller in that land of
ancient history, long quiescence, and, as
economic development now looks for
ward, of tremendous future importance
To the western world bamboo is chiefly
associated with the fishing pole, and,
perhaps, in the minds of an older gen.
GRAFTON, with school discipline conduct
ed on the Solomonic plan.
But China has been growing and
utilizing bamboo since the dawn of
Chinese history; one of the earliest
uses may have been to intertwine the
young stems and grow an impenetrable
fence; and one of the latest may have
been to make gas pipe. The young
growth serves for food. The stems,
chosen at various stages, are used for
fans, scaffolding, wheels, pipes, hand
les for brooms, sedan chairs and the
poles to carry them, flutes, umbrellas,
bird cages, lanterns, foot rules, chop
sticks, buckets, flower vases, cash
boxes, chairs, tables and other furni-
ture
1t is carved, painted and lacquered
and the Chinese scholar, sitting on a
bamboo chair at a bamboo table, may
do his writing with bamboo penhold-
err. For that matter, the paper on
which he writes may have been made
of bamboo, which is also used in
Chinese textiles.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-01-27
Married by Order.

A document suggesting that the
holders of certain lands In Scotland
are bound under heavy monetary pen
alties to marry at the royal pleasure
has been brought to light during
Scottish appeal case In the house of
lords. The document is said to have
been prepared by the king and queen
of Scotland In 1859. and 1t refers to
tenure known as "ward." The
heir or possessors of land held In this
manner cannot obtain possession I'M
til they are twenty-one years Of age
IL males and fourteen years Of age II
females. II such heirs on taking pos
session are not married they are bound
to marry at the pleasure and will Of
the king with persons Of good reputa-
ton and similar rank. The penalty
payable to the king for refusing such a
proposed marriage Is double the pc
cuniary benefit Of the marriage.
(Which marriage" adds the order, sis
esteemed much too dear In this coun-
try and almost at the value Of the
lands"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-01-27

Accept California "Syrup of Figs
only-look for the naP California on
the package, then yo are sure your
child is having the bes and most harm
less laxative or phye for the little
stomach, liver and owels. Children
love its delicious fifty taste. Full
directions for child 'slose on each bot
tie. Give it withoutear.
Motherl You musfay California. =
ADV.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-01-27
Historic Tree Now Only a Memory

Historic Tree Now Only a Memory.
The stree in the road" a mile and
a half west of Hartford, Mich, has
been cut down to clear the way for
a new concrete road. This maple tree.
supposed to be more than q hundred
years old, was the most famous and
most cherished landmark of the re-
gion. Standing in the middle of the
road on the crest of a hill, it had
from the time of the oldest inhabitant
been used as a point from which all
distances were measured.
In giving directions a place was al
ways said to be a certain distance
"this side Of the tree in the road" or
a certain distance beyond the tree In
the road" With the advance of civil
lization, however, the natives have
reluctantly concluded that the tree
can be dispensed with, since the only
distance people ask about now is the
distance between gasoline tanks.-Ex-
change.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-01-27
Their GLORY CONE
HeIgoIand to Join Louisbourg as
a Memory.
Famous French Fortress In Canada
Has Long Been Demolished and
Soon the German Stronghold
Is to Be Razed.

Announcement that the German
forts on the island Of Helgoland are
to be demolished recalls the similar
fate of a glorious landmark on Ca
madam soil. This is Louisbourg, No
va Scotia, once the pride Of New
France, and now a pile Of ruins, with
but a faint echo Of it's original splen-
dor.
Louisbourg was the remnant of
French power on the Atlantic coast
when the treaty of Utrecht was sign
ed in 1713, reducing the fortunes Of
Louis XIV to low ebb. From 1720
to 1760 it led precarious but spec
tacular existence, its magnificence as a
defense guaranteed by the expendi-
ture of millions of dollars by the
French government, though millions
were stolen and wasted by dishonest
officials and unhappy officers, whose
only ambition was to get rich and go
home.
The fortress was imposing, despite
the thievery and mismanagement, and
1t required a seven weeks siege by
Colonel Pepperell and his New Eng
landers in 1745 to take 1t from the
French.
By one of those diplomatic incidents
too plentiful In the history Of the new
world, Louisbourg was handed back
to France In 174S by the treaty OF
Aix-la- Chapelle. The New England
ers were furious. but ten years later
the British army and navy, with sucf
rising strategists as Amherst ant
Wolfe taking part, again laid sieg'
by land and sea, and in another cam
paign OF seven weeks recaptured tn,
stronghold.
The days Of the great fortress wer,
now numbered. The home of discon
tent, the abode Of smugglers, the DEF
OF thieving officialdom received 1t
death warrant In 1850 at the hand o
George II and Pitt In London. s.
well was the warrant executed tina
| for months sailors, sappers and miner
worked until they laid Louisbourg lev
ell with the dust.
And there 1t remains. Memorial
recording Its history raise their mod
est heads above the chaos Of stone
and mortar. The site on a point tire
miles from the railway and the town Q
the same name Is remote and forbiC
ding. Should the visitor follow tn
shore road by the lonely Atlantic
summer he will hear tinkling shee
bells from the pasture where ono
stood the French town. now comp1et,
~ obliterated. The great area Of tn
| ruins Of the fort gives some hint c
the vain preparation to hold a las
grip against the advancing British an
Colonials.
What will be the thoughts Of th
tourist as he drops by airplane o
Helgoland century hence, witnesse
its ruined forts, and contemplates th
futile ambitions of a race that DIRE
the sword and fought losing battl
for world domination1
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-01-27
WEST BRATTLEBORO

A social will be held this evening at
s clock in the Baptist church vestry.
A fitting program will be carried out
and refreshments will be served.
R. Wignall, teacher of the Brattle-
boro School of Music, and his pupils
will give a concert in the Baptist
church Tuesday evening, Feb. 8, for the
benefit of the Ladies Aid society.
Mrs. Merrill Hamilton, who has been
i'll with double pneumonia. is considered
a little more comfortable today. Miss
Cecilia Burke is caring for her days
and Mrs. E. D. Ranney is with her
nights.
Rev. A. A. Forshed, returned mis-
sionary from the Philippine Islands,
will be in West Brattleboro Thurs
day, Jan. %. He will give an interest
ing talk in the Baptist church that
evening. Everybody is welcome to at
tend.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-01-27

The japanese language is taught in
the high schools in Australia.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-01-27

Daily Thought.
Write to the mind and heart, and
let the ear CLEAN what 1t can.-Bailey.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-01-27
Education In China.

China Is still in the transition period
in education. The modern school has
not entirely replaced the ancient meth
DDS, with large emphasis on the clas-
sizes, verbal memorizing and the writ
ing Of the essay. The conception Of
the need of practical education is on
the increase. The minister of agricul-
ture In Picking said when calling men
for the forestry division. 81 want men
who can grow trees, not essays"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-01-27
UNUSUAL vIOLINS
Made from Woods Differing From Any
Used Before.

Materials of strange description con-
tribute interest to the productions of
an eccentric Ohio violin maker, whose
instruments are noted for their ornate
carvings. Extremely simple tools are
used by the workman, an old pocket
knife with nicked and rusted blades be-
ing one of his favorite implements. In
spite of this, the instruments have an
excellent appearance and good tonal
qualities. Wood taken from the heart
of partly petrifed log, dug up in an
eastern state, forms the back of one of
the extraordinary violins, Another I'M
usual instrument has back made
from one of the drawers of a bureau
brought to this country from England
shortly after the historic voyage of the
"Mayfower." Several examples of the
craftsman art are shown in the
November issue of the Popular
Mechanics Magazine.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-01-27
Bring Your
Prescriptions
Here

II you want TIM filed with the purest
and freshest dgs, and with the great
est care and ccuracy-flled precisely
as your phycian orders them filed,
60 produce exact effects he desires.
We are pld of the record we have
made in OF prescription department
And vet " fill prescriptions at very
reasonable Ices, and I'LL them quickly,
too.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-01-27
Instinct OF Birds.

The circumstance of the bluebirds
being emboldened by the cold, sug-
gests the fact that the fear Of man,
which now seems like an instinct In
the birds, is evidently an acquired
trait, and foreign to them In state
of primitive nature. Every gunner has
observed, to his chagrin, how wild
the pigeons become after a few days
of firing among them; and, to his de-
light, how easy 1t Is to approach near
his game in new or unfrequented
woods.-J. L. w.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-01-27
If Thin and Nervous
Try Bitro- Phosphate

While eVcessirc thinness might he attributed 10
various and subtle causes in different individuals.
Il IS we'll known fact that the lack Of phos-
phu-ous in the human system IS very largely re-
spolsihr for this condition.
1t 10 be well established shat this deficiency
in PHOSPHORUS may be met by the OF
Ditro- Phosphate. which can he obtained from any
good druggist in convenient tablet :orm
In many Instances the ass.mi! alton of this phos-
plate BY the tissue soon produces welcome
Change-ne-ve tension disappears. vigor and
strength replace weakness and lack Of energy aud
lie whole body loses its ugly hollows aud abrupt
angles becoming anvelopcd in glow OF perfect
health and beauty and the will and strength to
be Up and doing
CAUTION While B!tro Phosphate Is unsIr-
passed for the relief OF nervousness. general de-
bility. ETC. those taking it who do not desire to
put on flesh should extra IN avoiding
reproducing foods,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-01-27

Turkish is said to be the softest and
most musical language of modern times,
being even better adapted for mus
zeal notation and recitation than 1tal-
ian.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-01-27
ATLANTA MOVES TO
ABOLISH FlOCC|NC.
Whipping Of IncOrrigible
Women Prisoners Or
dered Stopped
HUMANE SOCIETY
STARTS MOVEMENT
Wants the "Bucking Chair in Which
Prisoners Are Strapped for Public
Throughout State.

ATLANTA, Ca, Jan. 27. = On the
grounds that fogging of incorrigible
women prisoners at the city stockade
is inhumane treatment, the prison COM
mittee of the Atlanta city council has