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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-09

the girl in a cellar at Joliet. She had been born deformed, and her parents, ashamed to show her, had kept her hidden from the sight of neighborS. It is said that she has not been out in the daylight since her infancy. Sci entists, as well as welfare work CTS, became interested in the case, and it was decided that the pri- mary cause of the trouble WaS' that the girl had been born with an improperly developed thyroid gland. She was brought to the American hopsita1 here and her ease was diagnosed.
 The operation was performed by pr. Max Thorek and Dr. Ber- naT-i Klein, the latter of Joliet. A blonlxey was purchased from an organ grinder, it's thyroid gland removed and placed in the throat of the girl. It was pro- nounced a simple operation.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-09
Use Monkey Gland 70
 Restore Girls Reason

who is deformed in body, practi- caIIy blind, has the mind of child of eight years and has lived, eaten and slept in a cellar for IS years.
 Humane society officials found
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-09

Chicago, Dec. 9.-The thyroid gland of monkey was trans planted yesterday to the throat of Mary Zenbeck into the hope that it would transform into a normal person a 19-year-old girl
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-07-09

good luck. What matter If it hurts7
On occasion both municipal officials
and clergy take part in the festivities,
and frequently our ancient customs
put them TO uncouth tests. Each year
procession leaves Grammont and
goes to the Gutenberg. Prayers are
said in public, after which loaves and
fishes are distributed to the crowd
and the burgomaster offers the priest
silver loving cup filed with white
wine in which tiny minnows are swim
ming. A wry face, grave gulp and
the career of little fish ends in the
pastoral stomach. And so it goes till
every notable and every minnow has
faced the same ordeal. At nightfaB
huge bonfres upon the surrounding
hilltops light up the countryside. Tie
said that these customs date back to
the worship of Ceres.
"Three Entwined Ladies'" !"
+ The story of the warlike virtues and
tragic deaths of the three entwined
ladies" is another jewel of Mouse folk
lore. In 1854 BOuyignes is furiously
attacked by the king of France. The
town is taken, but the valiant citadea
of Crevecoeur still holds out. Assault
after assault is repulsed. Alas, the
defenders are now a bare hundred, in
Guiding old men, women and children,
then fifty, then ten-at last three
young and beautiful women. "The
Ladies of Crevecoeur' still hold out
desperately. They are about to be
taken. Rather than serve at q kings
feast, they climb to the topmost ram
parts and entwining their arms throw
themselves into the Mouse, forever
more the gentle guardian of their
wOmanly honor. Until this day the
stream continues to weave its liquid
blue shroud over their white bodies.
Doubtless the folklore of Flanders
| differs from the Walloon traditions
! and customs, The latter are light and
gay, the former rich in color and full
of quaint beliefs. The Flemish kerr
messes begin by prayer and the solemn
warnings of priests who thunder from
their pulpits-"Hell, mind We, opens
| beneath the feet of blond maidens who
| trip the merry dance; beware for mis-
| fortune will surely visit the stable and
weigh upon the head of the brawny
yeoman too easily tempted by foaming
beer and the smiles of women" But
the last words of the priestly warning
have scarce died away before the fes-
tive board creaks beneath the good
things of this earth, and ardent youth
feels that 1t lives. AS evening falls on
the gay Sundays of August, ribald
songs and old-time dances end these
village fetes worthy of a Rubens or
a Teniers.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-07-09
WHITING OUT OF FASHION
Decline of Ancient and Honorable
Pastime So Marked as to Have
Been Noted.

Come to think of it, there Is some
truth in the statement that whiting
as lazy or tired mans pastime, is
going out of existence. A storekeep-
err says; II used to set a box out In
front of the store for the boys to set
on, and the next day therd be nothin'
left of the box 'ceptin' lot of whit
Tins Uttered like around the side
walk. But now a box win last jest
about all summer No, whit
tim amt what 1t werel" At rail-
way station the agent remarked that
whereas waitlng-room bench had a
shorter life in the older days than
a two-bit harmonica," the present
benches in the mems waiting room
over which he had jurisdiction had
lasted well on to Is months. And
at post Office, blacksmith shop, livery
stable and elsewhere the crowd no
longer amuses itself with knife and
soft wood. Perhaps men are too busy.
The storekeeper referred TO above has
another theory. He says: They're
too cussed lazy today to whet their
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-07-09
By e. +, CLIPSON.

Notwithstanding the fact that he did
not get everything for which he fought
and was 0ot the completely dominant
figure which he so frequently has been
in the past, William ]. Bryan came
nearer being the headliner of the Dem
ocratic show at San Francisco than
anyone else. He did not succeed in
getting the resolutions committee to
frame platform plank indorsing the
eighteenth amendment and its accom-
panying enforcement act, the Volstead
law, but he did prevent anything like
an expression favoring mitigation of
those acts. With all the forces of the
administration arrayed against him in
the matter of the Versailles treaty and
League Of Nations covenant, ii was to
be expected that the Bryan program
of opposition would nil, nevertheless
tile administration did not come Off
entirely victorious. The plank as final
ly framed provided for reservations to
the league more clearly defining Amer
ica's obligations to foreign countries
and that could not have been entirely
satisfactory to the administration.
Bryan did not dominate the cOnven-
ton, write the platform nor name the
nominees. but he prevented the presi-
dent and also any other single force
from doing so. his position represent
ed one of those singular anomalies OF
politics wherein he was forced TO OPP
pose the man whom eight years before
he had compelled his party to accept.
Roosevelt. throwing emery onto the
bearings and hurting monkey wrenches
i1to the machine which he had helped
to build, was in a similar position WIN
respect to the Endorsement and sec
ond nomination of William howard
Taft. Under such circumstances
Bryan's influence was weakened just
as was Roosevelt's. Considering the
powerful force of federal administra-
ton, with it's great army of office hold
ers and other potent adjuncts, the
wonder is that any man could anect II
in the least. Logically. Bryan shoulu
have occupied a seat away back In
the rear, but he did not. The marVel
is that under the circumstances ne
could make a dint in party formations,
vet he did and he wrung from his OPP
ponents the reluctant admission, the
old boy is wonder.
Bryan, who frequently fails to carry
his own state or district, who at home
is outgeneralled by men not In MS
class, who wishes to go to the United
States senate from Nebraska but can
not command sufficient votes to place
him there, has peculiar power over
his party al large. 1t is no reflection
on that pacty, but rather a hint OF
things not understandable to the Unite
mind in bulk, that he has a strange
ability to fathom and deal with mop
psychology.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-07-09

Conditions more unfavorable than
at any time for several years face the
steel industry, due to the railway stu
alton, the lack of cars, raw material
and fuel, and shortage of labor. In
Pittsburgh there are said TO be 1,500,-
600 tons of fabricated steel needed in
building operations throughout the
country which cannot be moved for
lack of cars. A survey of the Calumet
region, in which are located the big
plants of Gary, East Chicago. Indiana
Harbor, Hammond and Whiting, show
operations conducted on a day-to-day
basis so far as cars, coal and raw ma
terials are concerned. With every
mill stocked with orders calling for
full production, the big plants are re-
ported operating at two-thirds capacity
and the smaller ones at 80 to 70 per
cent. In the Calumet area it Is said
that shutdown to permit stocking up
is likely. with $4,000 men facing a
period of unemployment. But
greater crisis threatens than an imme-
date shutdown. because the plants
are not building up their customary
autumn and winter supplies Of coal
and other materials and may be I'M
able to avoid enforced idleness next
winter. The situation has been gath
ering since the railroads started to de-
teriorate after the blizzard of Janu-
airy, 1918. Then came the steel strike,
the coal strike and the switchmen's
strike last spring. The latter was
more of blow to industry than pre-
viously realized.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-07-09

OF crOss-country campaigning, but
President Wilson, vigorous though he
was, fell victim to it. His experience
has been a warning. The feeling has
grown that if the president is to have
any vitality for the affairs of his Of
flee he should not waste it before the
election.
Nominee Harding will revive. the
old-fashioned, political lawn party. His
front yard at Marion will draw the
feet of the faithful quite as famously
as Mahomets shrine at Mecca attracts
another kind of faithful. Senator
Harding and his running mate, Cover
nor Coolidge, have recently been max
ing speeches into the photograph.
Many thousands of the wax reproduc-
tons will be distributed by the nation
al committee. Democratic managers
undoubtedly will adopt the plan. Add
to your grand opera, jazz, Harry Laua
der and Bert Williams records one of
your favorite candidate. Nothing is so
likely to promote good feeling on these
warm, mosquito-infested summer eve
nings as the injection, through your
open easement into your neighbours
ear, of a photographic speech. II will
assist his slumbers, especially if he
belongs to the opposing party.
Senator Harding's first speech.
which has been given to the press and
will be heard by millions after July
through the monograph, keynotes
on Amcricanism. He does not mention
specifically the treaty of Versailles,
but aSSalls all international contriv-
ances which imperil American SOW
ereignty. He asserts that we should
rejoice in an American conscience and
in big conception of our obligations
to liberty, justice and civilization, but
that we should hesitate before any
course likely to cause surrender of
nationality; also, that 1t is very prac-
teal to make sure our own home is In
perfect order before we attempt that
which he regards as miracle of world
sterilization. Governor Coolidge ad-
vocates a return to the faith of Abra-
ham Lincoln in the people and a con-
fidence that the government is found
ed on righteousness. He advocates
low and order and the cultivation of
industry. thrift and character, and
says that we are advancing toward a
day when, in our industrial life. equal
honor shall fall to equal endeavor. he
also asserts that duty is collective as
hof ~
cannot relieve from toll Senator
Harding, in an interview. announces
that the Republican campaign will be
based upon an appeal for the restora.
ton of party government and the over
throw of personal rule. These pro
nouncements may he characterized as
the opening guns of the campaign.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-07-09

hood chiefs have also gone to St. Louis,
where approximately 10000 railroad
ers have threatened to walk out un-
less a temporary award is made by the
railroad board. These chiefs think
they will be able to prevent serious
trouble, at least until the promised
action of the board, scheduled for July
20.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-07-09

According to railroad and brother
hood officials the railway labor situa-
ton has assumed a quieter phase than
al any time In the last three months.
Many of the older organization lead
ers, satisfied the Chicago zone VIII see
no important disturbances. have left
for Eastern points. where the symp-
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-07-09

AS a medium for campaigning the
soothing ca photograph will largely
supplant the special train between
now and November. No longer VIII
the candidates race madly across the
country to address mass meetings last-
ing until late hours, be jerked from
their repose TO grasp horny hands anu
make speeches at way-stations 10
break.of day citizens, hastily Dol.
breakfast and other meals to permit OF
as many rear platform addresses as
nossible, and In general follow the
strenuous life of the presidential spe-
cial Democrats and Republicans may
listen 70 .the masters voice without the
incident wear and tear on the eanpl-
date. Theodore Roosevelt and Wiiiiam
AIENIr
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-07-09

Conditions In Londonderry and
other parts of Ireland have quieted
down considerably. With the excep.
ton Of an outbreak of soldiers occu-
pying Fermoy, which led 10 an attack
on shops and much damage 10 proper
~. there has been nothing like the dis
turhances of last week. The demon.
stration is said TO have been in retail
alton for the capture by Sim Feiners
of Brigadier General Lucas. Ireland's
railway situation, however. has grown
worse, more men being dismissed and
fewer trains being run. The railway
men refuse TO carry armed soldiers.
munitions or police. while the govern
ment insists they shall. Many towns
have been Isolated and the railway
system is disorganized. with cOnd.
ton OF creeping paralysis In evidence.
No general or sympathetic strike has
been called and the government is
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-07-09

The Russian bolshevic blow against
Poland, although delivered 60 divl
sions strong, has not been decisive. In.
tense lighting has been in progress
along the entire Polish front. with the
reds making slight gains in some sec.
tors and suffering defeat In others.
Taking into consideration the sue.
cesses of General Wrangel 10 Crimea.
the balance has been strongly against
the soviet armies. Wrangei is report.
ed to have recovered $4,000 square
miles and to have liberated 2.00O,0OO
people In his drive. His losses are
given as $500 dead and wounded.
while more than 10000 red prisoners
alone have been taken. Polish repre-
sentatives In the United States are
sanguine of an early peace with the
Russians and the commencement of a
period of reconstruction.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-07-09
NEWS review OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Bryan a HeadIiner as Usual at
the Democratic National
Convention.
HIS INFLUENCE IS EVIDENT

Canned Speeches to Supplant Special
Trains In campaign-Steel Industry
Badly Hampered-RaiIway Labor
Situation Quieter Suffragst
Hopes in Southern States
Greek Successes in
Turk War.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-07-09

Hopes of suffragists for a ratifica-
ton of the federal amendment in time
to permit women to vote in the COM
ing presidential election are now
pinned on the action of the legislature
of Tennessee, and, that failing, upon
the North Carolina legislature. Gov
ernor Roberts of the former state, In
response to a request from President
Wilson. has announced that he will
call special session of the legislature
in plenty of time to act on the amend
ment. Governor Beckett of North
Carolina, who received a similar re-
quest from the president, has reiterat-
ed his purpose of advising a special
session In his state to ratify the
amendment. Gov. p. W. Clements of
Vermont, although strongly urged by
suffrage leaders to call special ses-
sion has not definitely stated that he
is contemplating action.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-07-09

The war OF France, England and
Greece against the Turkish national
lists commanded by Mustapha Renal
Pasha, officially began with the Greek
advance from Smyrna in Asia Milor
to line eastward and northward De-
yOnd Soma, Akhissar, Ala-Shehr &nd
Kelas. The most important operation
was at Ala-Shehr (ancient Philadel-
phia), where the Greek official state
ment claims the taking of 5000 prison
ers with many guns and other booty.
The position of the allied and oppos-
ing forces is roughly outlined as a thin
rectangle extending from the vicinity
of Aleppo in Cflicia through Anatoli;l
to Ismid, near COnstantinople. The
forces of the Turkish leader are
spread along the northern side of this
concentrated in the Smyrna area on
the southern side, their west wing on
the British and their east wing on the
French. The plan of attack is said TO
be an advance of the Greeks against
Mustapha Kemal's front, an advance
by the French from the east aud the
British from the west, hoping by this
converging movement to pen Renal in
Anatolia and force his surrender. The
Greeks are also reported TO have Il
force at Panderma. on the south coast
of the Sea of Marmora. intending to
operate toward Smyrna. French
cruisers Smelling positions and villages
are reported to have repulsed Turk at.
tacks at Adana, Tarsus and Mersina
Evacuation of Americans FROM Adauu
to Cypress has begun.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-07-09

SKED to pluck the prettiest
flowers of our Belgian folk
. lore, I stand blinded and hest
tatn What shall I choose in
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Antonio DOminguez NieVeS
"a mis- compaheros)

Creo que muy pocos compaheros des
conocen la labor simpatica y grande
que ha venido hacienda en- beneficio
de los maestros portorriquefios y los
campesinos ell popular y digno profe-
sor cuyo nombre sirve de epigrafe a
estas NAL trazadas lineas.
En- 1919, cuando empezaba ell movi
miento del magisterio en- demanda de
mayor salario, vimos, como desde las
columnas de la prensa, este digno macs
tro hacia demandas a la Legislature
para que Sc aterdiera la causa de
los educadores portorriquehos, y espe
cialmente, demandando mayor sueldo pa
ra los sufridos maestros rurales, cam
paiia que di6 resultados positivos Su
articulo "Esclavos del Siglo XXX y
otros, combstiendo al Licdo. Pifiero,
nos recuerdan bien que su labor con-
tribuy6 mucho nuestro mejoramiento.
No fu6 menos oportuna y salvadora
su campafia emprendida en- Ell NUN
DO otras publicaciones principles
del curse pasado, y que empez6 con Ell
articulo 'Los Maestros somos Perso
nas''.
Ha escrito muchos trabajos sobre agri
cultura y problemas campesinos, que
demuestran 10 mucho que Sc interesa
por ell mejoramiento de nuestras cla-
ses campesinas.
Durante el verano hbr6 una campafa
en- pro del abaratamiento de la subsis-
tencia, logrando exito en- esta pobla-
ci6n, y mas de una vez le hemos Wis
to prestar sus en6rgias todas, a la eau
sa de la instruction, y mas aun, guiar
por senderos rectos todos los macs
tros que acuden Ell a solicitar sus
sanos consoles y buenas sugestiones.
Cree ell sefior Dominguez Nieves, q.
no hay obstaculos en- la vida para rea
liar nuestra noble mission de educar
a la generaci6n que Sc levanta, STEM
pre- nos presenta en- forma correcta y
que no deja tenor dudas, los medios
mas apropiados para poner en- practica
cualquier m6todo resolver cualquier
conficto por dificil que parezca.
Ocupa actualmente ell puesto de ms
pector de Agriculture en- ell distrito es
collar de Fajardo; es Presidente de la
Association Local de Maestros perte-
nece a otras instituciones de caracter
benefico y moral, siendo ell maestro mas ,
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AnatOIe France eSta para
Celebrar nupCiaS

Comunican de Paris que el celebra
do literato Anatole France, o sea M.
Jacques Thibault, que tai es su pro
pio nombre esta para contraer matri-
monio con la sefiorita Ema La Prevot
te, segin publica ell diario parisiense
"L'oeuvre"
Ell consumado critico ironista fri
sa en- los setenta y seis amos, pues ma
clio en- la misma Ciudad Luz, ell afio A.
No es la primera vez que Sc lie da como
novio, y hace diez amos, al regreso de
la Argentina Francia, Sc lie atribuyo
el prop6sito de contraer nupcias con
la sefiorita Brindeau.
Es miembro de una distinguida ia
miha judia y durante mas de cincuen
ia amos ha estado dedicado a enrique
Ger la literature francesa con multitud
de producciones entire las cuales sobre
salem "Thais'', ''El crfmen de Silves
tire" Bonnard'', "Los deseos de Juan
Servien', "La Rottiserie de la reina
Pedauque'', Historic contemporaries !,
Los doses tienen sed'', etc. etc.
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Nacio ell ilustre autor de Samson y
Dalila' en- Paris ell nueve de octubre
de 1885. Perdi6 su radre cuando era muy
nifo Y qued6 al cuidado de su madre,
pintora de algun merito. Dcsde tempra-
ma edad demostro grandisirnas condicio
mes para La mtsica. Fue discipulo ayen
tajado de Stan:aty en- ell Conservatorio
de Paris, donde, los ounce amos de
edad, gan6 Ell primer premio Sde fuga
En- mil ochocientos cincuenta y dos
era va organista de la iglesia de Saint
Merry y al afio siguiente, Sc ejecuto SUI
primera sinfonia que fue muy bien reci-
bida Cinco amos despues hizo un viaje
por Italia, y su regreso, fue nombra-
do organista de la Magdalena en- Paris.
Sigui6 escribiendo sinfonias, y, una
de elias, "El Prometeo encadenado"
lie valio ell gran premio de honor en- la
Exposition Universal de mil ochocien-
tos sesenta y siete En- mil ochoOientos
ochenta y uno fue electo miembro de la
Academia de Bellas Artes de Paris, asi
como de varios conservatorios e inffni-
dad de instituciones artisticas Desde
hace tempo es Director del Conserva-
torio de Musica de Paris.
Como compositor de operas principle
a escribir en- nil ochocientos setenta y
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WTIlplIn[aI IN ii1SiT

m sehal 10
ae discharge
IN LorAain
n
ndcs
ss~. -
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DOha Carolina Benvenutti
de Cabrera

En- su residencia de Santurce, tras
rapida y cruel dolencia, dejo de exis
tir aver esta noble DANA de coraz6n
genercso que pas6 por la vida hacien
do ell bien.
Ala en- los campos de Utuado donde
viva habitualmente, su muerte sera Ilo
rada por todos porque en- dofia Carroll
ma encontr6 siempre aquella gente SEN
ella agradecida un consuelo para
sus anicciones v una mano protectora
en- sus necesidades.
Ha pocos dias que LENA de felicidad
proyectaba un viaje hacia los paises
de Europa con la esperanza de que
la variedad de paisaje y climas dieran
fortaleza su alma v nuevas energias
a su cuerpo, pero aquel viaje no po-
dia realizarse ,porque tenia que en-
prender por voluntad del cielo, el via
je final de su vida hacia las regimes
gloriosas donde Dios lie reserva un
premio por todas las bondades que
derramo en- la TERRA.
A su esposo, el correcto caballero
don Carlos Cabrera, sus hijos des-
consolados por tan irrepnrable perdi-
da expresamos el testimonio de nues
tro sentido pesame.
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LOS TRIANERos"
CRoNIsTA

Este aplaudido cuadro de artistas que
tanto gust6 la noche de su estreno en- Ell
CINE LUNA. aolvera presentarse
por segunda ULTIMA vEz manana
domingo en- ell citado salon, en- Ell matt
nee y noche, con ndmeros diferentes en-
cada function
La empresa del CINE LUNA ha pre-
parade esta presentation en- Ell matinee,
para que los nifos tengan oportunidad
de verlos.