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The Colorado statesman., 1920-11-13
HOW SUGAR MADE CUBA
A WORLD Ell DORADO

Sugar. like shoes, we once took for
granted. But procuring enough for
the preserving season was problem
and sugar "speak easies" are still not
uncommon in lands where the supply
is ratloned.
Writing to the National Geographic
society, William Joseph Showaiter
says:
with a sugar production nearly
doubled and prices more than quad
rupled since 1912, one can readily see
why Cuba is the worlds Ell Dorado or
1920. and why sugar is its king.
"The Imagination is almost over
nowered In attempting to comprehend
the vast proportions of the sugar in
dustry of the island as 1t exists this
year.
"The cane produced is of such tre-
mendous volume that procession of
bull teams four abreast. reaching
around the earth, would be required
70 move 1t. The crop would suffice to
build a solid wall around the entire
two thousand miles OF the islands
coast line as high as an ordinary dwell
ing house and thick enough for a file
of four men to walk abreast on 1t
The Colorado statesman., 1920-11-13
BIRDS HAVE YANKEE ACCENT
Londoners Complain That Imported
Parrots Are SpoiIing the Pronun-
citation of Their Fellows.

The American accent has invaded
even the parrot house at the geological
gardens here, according to a London
correspondent of the Detroit News.
A large consignment of birds mas
arrived from America. Many have
names that suggest cocktails. Hither-
to scientists may have doubted the
ability of cockatoos to acquire a rec
ognizable accent, but two of these
birds fresh from the New York zoo
sneak unmistakable American.
They ask repeatedly for clam
oysters on a half shell" and beg their
amused visitors for hominy or Cali
fornia peanuts. Sometimes in an out
burst of patriotism they repeat Cali
fornia" until it would appear that 1t Is
the only word in their vocabulary. Ano
now very small green parrot In the
cage next door is trying to say
"California," too.
A disgusted keeper stands outside
his cage saying London, London,
London" but the small green parrot
does not seem to admire his accent SO
much ms that of his feathered trans
atlantic friends.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-11-13
The Government Profits by Carelessness

r. HERE is one source of revenue to
/ the government of which but few
persons are aware-that proceeding
from the large number of stamps that
are wasted by the people.
There are two ways in which the
government profits by the carelessness
and ignorance of the public. In the
first place many stamps are destroyed
This means a profit to the Post Office
department of many thousands of dol
lars year; how much cannot be esti-
mated, for there is no means of get
ting figures, except by elaborate and
untrustworthy calculation. person
carries stamps in his pockets until they
are so worn that he does not dare
use them. In point of fact, anything
that looks like good stamp, no mat
ter If it is somewhat mutilated, is
passed by the clerks, just as dilapi-
dated bank note Is good If there is
enough of 1t to show what 1t is. Wear
and dirt cannot, without almost de-
stroylng the stamp give it the look of
one that has been Cancelled. Yet few
persons will put a damaged stamp on
a letter Besides. many stamps are
lost or destroyed entirely and the gov
ernment makes clear gain.
The other source of loss to the in
diyidual by which the government
profits is the number of stamps that
are wasted In excess postage. People
The Colorado statesman., 1920-11-13
THE TEMPLE CITIES OF
JAPAN

Many feet have been treadlng their
way to the shrines in the temple cities
of Japan in recent months.
In the temples of Tokyo many bits
of American pocket money went to a
priest for writing a pretty prayer on
a slip of paper, which the visitor, in
true pilgrim fashion, pressed to his
forehead and to his breast and then
fastened to the temple wall in order
that it might be a perpetual petition.
There are 10000 delties TO whom de-
vout japanese write, so a few Amer
leans pleas scarcely clogged the ce-
lestial postal service.
There were many native pilgrims on
the way to the shrines. During the
summer months when the crops have
been taken care of, the village folk,
though they have the temples of their
own patron deity and the fox god, feel
that they must send out pilgrim or
two to the sacred mountains and holy
places of Japan to worship in behalf
of those who cannot go, and so they
provide a fund for his expenses.
Nor does the emissary travel in
state. Life for him loses most of its
complexities. He is equipped with u
cheap white cotton shirt that can be
easily washed, tlght-titting trousers
and a loose white cotton jacket which
he tucks in with a girdle. He wears
an enormous broad. stiff straw hat,
and on his back he carries n piece of
mating which serves him as an um-
"a MD
He carries his luggage in two bundles,
one on his back and the other In front,
usually labeled with the name of the
shrine he is to visit, and somewhere
about his person there Is hung little
bell which tinkles as he stumps along
over the weary road from mountain
to mountain.
In August the pilgrim rolls off his
mat and the visitor from foreign lands
climbs out of bed at the crack of
dawn to hear the lotus flower bloom.
for the buds burst with a pleasing
characteristic sound.
If Nikko Is the most beautiful city
in Japan, Kyoto can be called the most
interesting. Here the feminine visitor
finds herself bewildered by the most
exquisitely wrought of all the eXquis-
ite pottery, cloisonne, bronzes, fans
and velvets. After she has bought
more than she can comfortably get
home with, she probably will want to
see a bit of the mikado's palace which
covers over twenty-five acres of
ground and is surrounded by a great
wall with six gates or journey out
to see the largest lake in Japan, Lake
Biwa, and the 1,2O0-year-old pine tree
which stands near 1t.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-11-13

w AsHINGToN.-How many per-
w sons discovered America before
Christopher Columbus?
The latest addition to the line Of
claimants is Jon Skolp, a Norwegian
explorer.
Sofus Larsen. a Danish scientist
who has recently made report found
ed on researches of archives OF the
middle ages. has completed a work
which he says proves that Skolp, the
Norwegian, "rediscovered America" in
1910, sixteen years ahead of Column
bus and twenty years before John Cab
OF reached the strait of Hudson.
Larsen uses the term "rediscov-
ered," considering that the original
discoverer was Lief Ericsson, the Morse
man, In the year 1000.
Larsen's researches developed, he
says, that about 1875 the king of Por-
tugal sent a message to the king of
Denmark and Norway, Christian l., re-
questing him to fit out an expedition
and attempt to find sea passage to
Asia-in reality a northwest passage.
An old document to that effect was
The Colorado statesman., 1920-11-13

THE important part machinery is play
ing as an offset to the drift of farm
labor to the cities is illustrated in
report on motor trucks in the corn
belt just issued by the office of farm
economics of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.
The survey embraced S31 farmer
truck owners in nine states-lllinois,
Indiana, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Ne
braska, Wisconsin, Minnesota and
South Dakota-and the high spots dis
closed by the inquiry are:
"Use of trucks saved about two
thirds of the time required for haul
ing by horse and wagon. Ninety per
cent of these farmers reported the
greatest advantage of truck was the
saving time Every hour saved
meant the release of labor for other
The Colorado statesman., 1920-11-13

who have not five cent stamp put
three two cent stamps on foreign let
tiers, thus making the Post Office de-
partment present of one cent.
Moreover few persons know any
thing about the rates for newspapers
and think that because a newspaper
rolls into such solid bundle it costs
a great deal to send. So they go OIL
overpaying the postage.
On the other hand much matter Is
underpaid. Here the government
loses nothing, for the shortage is col
lected from the receiver, who must
pay the due stamp. Knowing this
and being anxious not to seem mig
gardly to the friend who must make
up any deficiency in postage, person
in doubt often puts on too many
stamps-and Uncle Sam gets the diff
ference.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-11-13

ing should have come just when 1t
did, at the end of tile great war, Tor
it found conditions far from normal
In the United States, and 1t registered
this abnormality. The necessities OF
war drew the country population to
the cities by the millions. and the
necessities of peace have not yet re-
adjusted this situation. There are to-
day more people living in towns and
cities than in the rural districts. ma
tional situation which is not healthy.
But this excess has not long been In
the cities and 1t will not long be there.
When Industry gets back to its nor
NAL basis there will be several million
Americans who will return to the acres
or starve to death In the cities
The Colorado statesman., 1920-11-13
Bright!

When school opened this fall, Har-
old had new teacher. He reported
on her to his mother as follows:
"Her name is Miss Albright, and
she is bright, and believe me she Is
going to make the rest of u bright
or know the reason why"
The Colorado statesman., 1920-11-13

Babylonia which arose In the valleys
of the Euphrates and the Tigris, their
tower and splendor dazzling the world
1000 years before the Christian era;
and at the very threshold of ancient
Greece, with It's unrivaled culture and
political advancement, the Troglodytes
of Cappadocia still retain toward their
fellow men an attitude Of mind akin to
that which obtained in the stone age,
when there was no such thing as hu-
man society. but every man was his
own law rnd the mortal enemy of his
pe'glibor.
.rbe caves. cones and cliff dwellings
Of the Cappadocian Trogiodytes Oh
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-31

! beans. barley or peanuts or cream
soup with its rich milk content sup
ply as much nourishment as meat or
fish Here are few suggestions:
Peanut soup.
Z quart OF milk
4 cup OF peanut butter or chopped
peanuts
salt. pepper.
Cook milk in double boiler and
season 20 taste Add a little milk
10 the peanuts, stirring 20 a smooth
paste and then adding 70 the milk
Cook for about % minutes. This is
an excellent luncheon dish.
Kidney soup.
large kidneys
tablespoonfuls OF butter
tabIespoonfuls OF -four
/ tablespoonful Of Worcestershire
sauce
quarts Of cold water
cupfuls OF cooked cereal-rice,
oatmeal or barley.
Cut the kidneys into thin slices,
dredge with flour and place in the
sauce pan OF melted Lutter to brown.
Pour on cold water and stir until it
boils Skim, then let simmer slow
IS for about three hours. Heat the
cereal in the soup and serve hot
Bean Soup.
! pint Of beans
/ quart of stock
Slice OF bacon
Pepper.
Soak the beans in cold water over
night. Drain and place in cold water
10 boil, cooking for about p hours
Fry the small strips of bacon, then
add TO it the beans pressed through
a sieve. Add stock, seasoning and
heat. Serve with croutons.
If a clear soup IS TO be served il
can be given substance by adding
dumplings. Here Is a recipe for a
substantial variety:
tablespoonfuls of butter
tablespoonfuls OF -four
tablespoonful Of cream
tablespoonfuls Of grated cheese
tablespoonfuls Of boiled maca-
roni
Salt, pepper, nutmeg.
Mix together over a double boiler
until Smooth up = ledSpOOH III ho1
water. then pOach each dumping in
the bouillon or in boiling gravy un-
til firm. Skim and serve with the
soup.
Kidney, liver, veal or bones from
the neck or knuckle of calf supply
excellent flavoring for all kinds of
soups Vegetable soup can be made
by using any of the coarse root
vegetables-turnip, carrot, onion,
and favored with parsley, celery
and other herbs, or thickened with
rice, barley, tapioca, oatmeal, spa
ghetti, farina or other cereals.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-31
Kitchen Economics
SOLVING SOME SUBSTANTIAL
SOUP PROBLEMS.

There's a little foreign housewife
l know who feeds a family of six
including four sturdy children-on
an allowance that is enthusiastically
small these days. She has TO buy the
cheapest OF foods-yet her children
do not look undernourished. And
her perfectly simple answer TO
the question of how on earth she
manages is-sOup.
Nothing gives as much value in
real nourishment az low cost as
soup. It is filling. wholesome and
unadulterated. The cheapest cuts
OF meat makes the best soup. and no
vegetable is too coarse, no cereal
too old 10 be valueless 70 the soup
pot. A thick soup with plenty OF
good bread is an ample luncheon
dish. and. indeed. it needs only the
addition Of another light dish TO
make il satisfactory for the main
meal OF the day
SoUns 18th = falIn6>tiDa - 49,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-31

IT ever there was a saint conse-
Grated to a cause" Lillian went on
her voice warm with amectionate
enthusiasm, lit is Katherine Sonnet
to her Red Cross work in this war
And even though you may have
won "A hundred crosses for valor.
been wounded even unto death, you
have no right TO ask her to relin-
quish that work. Her life is Just
as much dedicated 10 that work as
yours was to fighting for your
country"
\ Lurking Smile.
Across Jacks face fitted an in
scrutable expression, one in which
if I hadn't known him so well, I
would have sworn I detected a bit
OF lurking humor as of some
crushing retort which he was re-
strainirF himself from making.
Then he spoke, coldly. quietly:
Permit me TO acknowledge the
truth OF everything you have said.
But 1 must also remind you that /
came today on urgent business with
Miss sonnet If she is unable 10 re-
ceive me 1 have no alternative but
TO write my message. 1 am conf
dent, however. that unless she is
dangerously i'll she would prefer 20
nave me explain my business in per-
son"
Lillian looked at him searchingly
for a long minute. Then she shrug-
ged her shoulders carelessly.
Il know when I'm up against the
one and only original glacier" she
said. "Of course. I have no alter
native but to tell Katherine. She
is in no sense under my control or
even advice. But if she were my
daughter"
She rose and went hurriedly out
of the room, the echo Of her wrathy
words floating behind her. II was
a new sensation to me TO see Lii
liam nonplussed, worsted in any en-
counter. Despite my kinship with
Jack 1 felt distinct resentment to-
wards him.
A moment later. 20 my surprise.
ne had bent over my chair, a quiz
zical look in his eyes. the wrath Of
a smile twisting his lips.
please reserve Judgment. little
counsin," ne murmured. until az
ter I've seen Katherine"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-31

As a compliment 90 Miss Ellen
Johnson. gil +. Washington av..
whose marriage TO Arthur Bickel-
haupt will take place Feb. 3, a num-
Der OF friends entertained with a
kitchen shower at her home Thurs
day evening A buffet luncheon was
served 10 Is guests at the close of
the evening
Miss Ethel Phillips. 32S :. Lafay-
cite Blvd. entertained the Standard
Bearers OF the First Methodist
church at her home Thursday even
ing. Miss Bess Morse read an in
teresting paper on China during the
business session. A social hour was
enjoyed and refreshments were
served TO IA members. There will
be another meeting held Feb. IS,
with Miss Clara Steiner, Roseland
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-31
RIVER PARK
FOR REPORTED CALL
River Pnrk Ssell Phone AIS

A meeting of the Truth Seekers
class of the NJ. +. church was held
Thursday evening at the home OF
Miss ora Hubbard. Mishawaka av.
Plans were made to give an enter
tainment some time in March for
the benefit of the Winona Girls
fund and the centenary movement.
The election of officers took place
and the following were chosen;
President. Ruth Rulson; vice presi-
dent. Dorothy Davidson; secretary.
Blanche link; treasurer, Vera Mil
Ter: social committee, Ora Hubbard
and Bernice Brown; program com
mittee. Mia Sage and Romano KEEL
ly. A social hour was enjoyed and
refreshments were served. The next
meeting will be held Feb. y. The
place of meeting will be decided at
the Sunday meeting.
Mrs. +. II. Wilson, fourth grade
teacher at the River Park school,
who was married during the holi-
days, was given a miscellaneous
shower Wednesday and a fruit
shower Thursday by the pupils Of
the grade. Mrs. Wilson has resigned
her position as teacher and will
leave today for Iowa, her future
home.
Mrs. NJ. Lemmert. of Plymouth,
Ind; Mrs. Lillian Beiseu and Mrs.
Ada New, of Elkhart, Ind, who
were called here by the death of
Charles Roderick. returned TO their
home last night.
Ira Campbell and son, William,
of Duluth, Mimi. are here for
visit with the formers sister, Mrs.
John Brant Sixteenth st.
Rev. A. c. Wolford Of Michigan,
is a guest Of his son, G. o. Wolford.
Mrs. Margaret Lung, Of Gass City,
has been called here by the illness
of her niece. Miss Laverne Fuller.
Mrs. George Center, Of Evansville,
IND. formerly Of River Park, is a
guest Of Mrs. James Burger, 5.
Eleventh st.
George Smith. who sustained
badly crushed hand and the loss of
three fingers while at work at
and will be removed from st. Joseph
hospital, Anshawaka. 70 his home on
5. Sixteenth St. today.
W. T. Schock, S. Sixth St, is Sc
riously i'll with heart trouble.
Mrs. Edward Lushbaugh, Mrs.
Newton Weaver and CLYDE Burke,
who were called here by the critical
illness OF Mr. and Mrs JOSEPH
Burke. have returned 70 their home
az Elkhart. Mr.. and Mrs. Burke
are improved. Mrs. George Atxin-
son. OF Three Rivers, Mich, who was
also called here, viii remain a few
days longer She is a guest OF her
daughter, Mrs. Jacob Zerbe
J. Q Edwards. OF Jacksonville.
H., will arrive here today for sew
eral days visit with friends
Harold. twO-year-old son OF Mr..
and Mrs. Samuel Alison. is critically
III with pneumonia with no hopes
Of recovery.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-31
Personals

Miss Hattie Vincent, JeffcrsoE no.
tel, will leave Sunday for a weeks
visit in New York city.
Miss Grace Steffey has resigned
her position with the Studebaker
corporation and will accept a secre-
tarial position with the Chamber OF
Commerce, Of Goshen, Ind.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Adler. 1912
". Washington av., and Mrs. +. A.
Stephenson, 1913 Z. jefferson blvd.
will leave Sunday for California.
where they will spend the remain
der OF the winter.
Mrs. William Dudley Bungert.
who has been the guest Of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Goe-
wey. S51 Park av.. will leave Sunday
10 join her husband. Lieut.. Bungert.
who is stationed at san Diego. Calf.
She will be accompanied by Mrs.
Goewey.
NJ. b. F'reudebstein. 327 w. Madi-
son St, spent Friday in Chicago.
Miss Frances Salinger, $50 :. St.
Joseph St. is visiting her aunt, Mrs.
s. Brudno. OF Cleveland. O.
Mrs. r. c. Pridmore, 2OO9 Ken
wood av.. has received word that
her son has arrived in Manila. Phil
ippine Islands. Mr.. Pridmore is a
member OF the first engineers. A
company.
Miss Marjorie WhitcOmb. 557
Edgewater pl. arrived from Oberlin
college Friday 70 attend the wedding
OF her brother Fred Whitcomb and
Mile Germaine Chappelain.
Scapular lOckets at Schillings.
Anr-t -
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-31
Revelations of a Wife
IHes7- Second HOneymOoi
ADELE GARRISON
Why Jack Begged TO Reserve
Judgment Until He'd Seen
kathcrine

Why Jack Begged TO Reserve
Judgment Until He'd Seen
Katherine.
Yes. Katherine is in" Lillian
said. gazing at Jack as if he were
some new specimen of moth she was
about TO impale and put away in a
collection. but she is lying down,
and 1 don't care 10 disturb her just
yet"
saw the color leap into Jacks
cheeks. He turned to me, ignoring
Lillian
"she-she isn't m?' he asked,
and there was that is his voice
which told me how ne adored Kath-
crime, in spite of his stubborn in
sistence upon setting at naught her
conscience and her VIII.
Lillian didn't give me an oppor-
tunity TO answer.
she isn't dangerously i'll" she
said. but she will be. and dead in
the bargain if you keep up this
mighty only-One-e go-to-be-
considered-stunt you've been pulling
off the last few weeks"
saw the fash of steel in his eyes
knew that Lillian had stirred the
slow anger which rarely manifested
itself. but that could be terrible
when fully aroused.
Il do not quite understand you.
I'm afraid" he said icily "Am
TO understand that Miss Sonnet has
been honoring me by complaining
Of my conduct?"
He was towering above us. rather
an imposing figure in his dignified
displeasure. But Lillian has no re-
gard for any pretensions of dignity.
''Try that line Of chatter on some
body else. boy" Lillian said lightly
bur I saw that she was watching
him warily, gauging him that she
might not overshoot her mark.
Here. sit down"-with a dextOr-
Gus movement he was seated in a
big chair without intending in the
least to be there-"and stop worry
ing about your own dignity, and
mans prerogative and all the rest
Of that rot while we talk a little
sense.
Jacks face was like "a craven i'm
age, but knowing him as I did,
was sure that ne was molten inside
7 knew also his horror of scenes,
knew that he wouldn't deign to
argue with Lillian. would listen
quietly TO whatever she wished TO
eov- p,ft shot che could r,oy-a him,
from any preconceived line of &C
ton had very little hope.
Lillian i Outspolen.
I'm the first place" Lillian began
with a tinge of irony In her man
ner. Miss sonnet didn't complain
OF your conduct, nor volunteer. any
confidence concerning YOU. But
fortunately I have the usual COM
plement of eyes and ears. also-I
hope-a fair faculty Of putting two
and two together and making exact
IL four out OF them why. man.
I've heard you with my own ears
mute another motive 20 Katherine's
love for her chosen profession than
the one YOU ought 10 honor with
oent. reverent head. And If hadn't
boxed your ears il hasn't been be-
cause my fingers haven't tingled TO
do il"
Did ] see Jacks face twitch as if
he had been struck with the truth
OF Lillian's words? / wasn't sure.
but from that moment 1 didn't take
naS 49, from his lAca
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Magazines. daily papers az SchIl-
ings.- Advt. 95e5-31
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Scapular lOckets at Schillings.
Advt.-9595-3
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-31
announcements

The annual meeting Of the Nor
thern Indiana Historical society VIII
be held Tuesday evening, Feb. 3, at
8 o'clock in the old court house.
An opening meeting Of the b mai
Birth society will be held Sunday
afternoon at 2:45 O'Clock at the
Elk's Temple. Sidney ]. Kusworm,
OF Dayton, o. president Of the second
district will be the speaker. The
La Sale Trio has arranged a special
program Of music for the afternoon.
The regular meeting OF the Sinai
society has been postponed in order
that its members may attend the
lecture.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-31
Clubs

or unusual interest was the mar
rage Of Mile Germaine Chappelain
OF Paris France. and Fred Whit
comb Of this city. which took place
40 the home Of the groom's father.
l.. G.. Whitcomb. Friday afternoon at
b o'clock As the wedding party en-
tered the attractively decorated liv-
ing room Miss Marjorie whitcomb.
sister or the groom played the
Bridal Chorus" from "Lohengrin"
and during the service rendered Il
Love You Truly" Rev Leslie Whit
comb Of Evansville. Ind. read the
ceremony before the fireplace which
was banked with ferns and palms
The bride wore a gown from the
Galleries Lafayette shop I'm Paris. II