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interesting Prehistoric Relic.

A discovery that throws light on
prehistoric times has been made in
central France. In the cave Of the
three Brothers, at MontesQuieu, a
wall painting, made in elemental col
ors of black and yellow, has been
found by .savants. 8 It is apparently
1900 years old. It represents man,
walking to the left, naked and be-
daubed with stripes. His body is lean
ing forward. with his arms In front,
and hands Joined. On his head is a
soEt OF mask representing a stag, and
a horses tail is bound on his loins.
Professor Begoeun believes it repre-
sents a primitive sorcerer in the ex-
ercise OF his mysteries, and that the
cave In question was a prehistoric
wizards den.
It Is conjectured the cave was wall
ed up with its occupants during a vol
canic eruption countless thousands of
years age.
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DESERTED POET FOR EARL
ss-:sespearess Lady Love Missed the
Opportunity of Sharing in
His Fame

shakespeare, writer of a hundred
TOmances, had but one in his life, and
that was an unhappy one. It was
with certain Mary Fitton, a lady
IN waiting to Queen Elizabeth, who,
according to all accounts, must have
been a most unworthy young mink
She was beautiful enough. with
large black eyes and a wealth of black
hair that framed a face of healthy
palieF, and gave excuse for Shake
speaA e's reference to her as the "dark
lady"
Shakespeare loved her with all his
heart, and she returned his love for
a. little space, and then became at
tracted to the earl of Pembroke.
Shakespeare's dearest friend and pa
trOn. Probably because she feared
what the poet might say, she proceed
ed to lure him away from Shakespeare
and the young writer sunk in gloom
and despair. This was about the year
1901, and his sonnets written between
1893 and that date tell the story clear
enough. However lovers of the bard
may have the satisfaction Of knowing
that the earl and the lady were caught
in their amour, and she was dismissed
from the court, while the earl was
sent to the Tower of London. She
vas the daughter of Sir Edward Fit
ton, and at the time Of her affair with
the dramatist was 20 years old. She
afterward married a mere army cap
tain, and history promptly lost sight
Of her.
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rouah Anaora Goats.

On a bleak little island in Mono
lake, CAL, over a mile and a quarter
above sea-level, and surrounded by
Americas Hottest mountains, the Sier-
"a Nevadas, is a herd of Angora goats,
totaling about a thousand. The wa
ter Of the lake is said to be poisonous,
but on the island there is a large
spring. which supplies the goats with
ali the water they need. For the
most part the pasturage is merely
rough scrub, and the winter climate
decidedly trying.
In 1913 nine of the finest Angoras
from the royal herd in Turkey were
sent by the order of the then sultan
as a present to DR.. James B. Davis,
OF South Carolina. They were the
nucleus of the vast herds that now
roam over America, totaling some co.
900. The animal is very hardy and
practically immune from disease It
will thrive and prosper where sheep
and cattle would starve to death.
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MethOdi.t Episcopal Church
Glenn a. Baldwin. pasto1

64SuA n. DdlOWlHs PASTOR.
Watch Night and Week of Prayer
services have been planned covering
the first ten days of the new year as
follows:
Dec. 31-Watch Night Service
from nine o'clock till midnight.
900 p. m. Renaissance Hour.
1000 p. m. Social Hour.
II 100 p. m Making Christ King
in 1921"
Jan. Enlistment Sunday.
1900 a. m. Children's Service.
Special service for the children, Glow
God Made the World"
1880 p. m. Rally service for the
congregation. Subject ''Hands~ Clasp
ed in a Great Enterprise"
Jan. 3-7.-Week of Prayer.
Service every night except Satur-
day, at 1870. Subjects: Monday,
''The Christians Commission" Tues
day, "The Christians Task" Wednes-
day, Omitted We Stand, Divided We
Fall" Women's meeting in the prayer
room; mems meeting in the chapel.
Thursday, Determined to VIM" Fri
day, "The Victory
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Sunday School and hold a service. An
persons residing in that region are
cordially invited to attend.
Our Christmas Offering at the en-
tertainment last Friday night for The
children in Syria and Persia was s62.
The Aid Society viii meet next
week, Thursday, January 7th, with
Mrs. Alfred Havemann, Mrs. Bell
assisting in entertaining.
Read in next weeks paper the
pastors letter on the famine in
China.
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Truly an Enehantress.

A writer of her times describes
Mary, Queen Of Scots as follows
"Other women might be beautiful, 9TH
er women might have the same smooth,
open brow; the same chiseled fea-
lures and penciIed eyebrows, the
same delicate chin and white, full
neck snd bosom: ay, even the same
long, soft, hazel eyes, and rich,
dark, chestnut hair; but where was
the woman In Europe whose glance,
like hers, raised from under those
sweeping eyelashes. found its way
straight to the heart. whose smile
seemed at once to entreat aid, to com
mand. to extort obedience and bestow
reward. like sunlight penetrating the
coldest object and warming and bright
ening all within its sphere?"
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ed s1ss.2so.see to the wealth Of the
state IN the two years ending June
80, 1920, according to conservative
estimates based on official reports to
President Jardine.
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Thorough experiments and demon
strations, farming and stOekraising,
and getting right out and taking part
in the everyday life of the people OF
Kansas, the agricultural college add
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VaIuabIe ThlmhIea.

An over the world the thimble Is =
symbol OF industry. Fashion Ii thin
bIes Is very luxurious In the East.
Wealthy Chinese ladies have thimbles
carved out Of mother-of-pearl, ana
sometimes the top is a single precious
stone. ThImbles with an agate or
oayx mounted In gold are often seen,
as well as thirnbles encrusted with
rnbEes. The queen of Siam possesses
q thimbie In the form OF lotus-hud.
With her name exquisiteIy worked in
tiny dlamoEds round the margin
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New DEFINITION.

It was a. the end OF Elizabeth AIMS
first month at school. She had come
proudly home with her perfect at
tendance card and with the informa-
ton that there had been FIVE absent
minded children this month. On be-
ing asked what she meant she replied:
"Why, that five children forgot to come
to school,"
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HaIIoween svperstitions.

In the north of England the coun-
try people were so afraid OF evil spir-
its coming TO earth on Halloween
that they built huge fires and stood on
guard to see that no witches sneaked
In around the flames. Some even be-
Heved If they braided straw. fastened
it to a pitch fork, then set it on fire
and waved it in the air. they could
ward OF the attacks of witches
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Friday and Saturday, December 81 and january

The most spectacular Fight shown! A BareHanded
Battle with Ferocious Lion Tarzan back from hoft life
Europe and America, finds the jungle
lures that will send thrills ngling down your spne Seethe
Apean Call the Beasts of the Jungethe Wreck Expo
sion of the Yacht Tarzan Swim Miles Safety
Wild Beasts in Their Native Haunts Tarzan Hunt His Food
the Jungle Grown Lion The
most sensational film of the season!
thirsty
and greatest of pictures. I
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-12-30

Substantial progress in the de-
velopment of variety of oats which
promises to be niue hsuperior to the
commonly grown varieties has been
made by the experiment station at
Manhattan during the last two years.
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DRYING Shoes.

To dry wet shoes quickly stuff their
with paper and put near the fire
though not close enough for the leath
er TO burn.
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THE CHURCHES
Presbyterian Church
Gerrit Snyder, pastor.
~

Gerrit Snyder pastor.
9:45 a. m. Sunday School
Let every one who wants to connect
himself with some department for
Bible study this new year be present
next Sunday.
1900 a. m. Preaching service.
Sermon topic: ''The Holy Spirit, -
third sermon on the Apostles Greed.
$50 p. m. Young Peoples social
hour at the Manse.
$50 Devotional service. Topic
''Thy Kingdom Come"
The pastor will be at SilverdaIe
school at 2:3O p. m. to organize a
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I have a few purebred White Orp
ingtOn cockrells. Also some Whits.
LeghOrn CockreIls. Phone 2o2o.
d16t4 Chris Petersen.
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The InUiting
DrOp-intO-n,e" Aspect

more than these good-look-
ing pieces, we should enjoy
seeing it.
The chairs seem TO
stretch out their arms to
receive one; the arbor-
seats, many with their
prettily arched or trellised
tops, are the last express
ion of coZin C ss the
benches are the just-right
height; some styles of tree
seats, in the trim white
enameled wood, in slat
style, have backs, so that
even if you don't happen to
be wearing overalls, you
can lean luxuriously back
without thought of dark
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THE ENCHANTED BIRDS Pa,

III
The Princess Cianna was very sad, ior
her father. the real King, was dead ana
her mother had married man who pro-
claimed himself King when Princess
Ciauna should have been queen and ruled
the kingdom
H. WAS not that she wanted TO become
queen that made little Princess so sad
but that the false King wanted har 20
marry his nephew, Riello, and Cianna did
not love him.
Riello was as much of q schemer as ms
uncle and he bad promised hts uncle ths'
If he ould bring about the marfiate nc
would not allow the Princess Cianna 70
proclaim herself queen, and for this he was
10 receive chest of gold, which was
among MANY that the father Of the Prln-
cess had lett.
So this was he reason that Cianna sat
by the river that ran through the palace
mark one morning, wishing she could saii
awav with the beautiful swans sai'ihs
One swan larger than the others. stopped
IN front Of her. "Iou beautiful, haPpy
creature" said Cianna. "How l "lah
could Jump on your back ana san away
from here to another country -,
"Your wish shall be granted, SAID
the swan. Jump on my back" Princes.
Cianna had heard about the iaiTies and
she knew that some OF the magic folk had
snoken TO people, but this was the first
time she had ever met one, Tor she was
sure this swan must be an enchanted bird
Without waiting to ask questions she
jumped UP and sat on the nacs OF 'h'
swan. who had come close to the bank.
To her surprise she felt very secure and
did not sin as she had expected, and be
fore she could think much about th'
str ange happening, she found herself
sa ling along river she had never seer
b efore, in a strange land.
Beautiful trees ovcrhung the banks ano
| bright flowers grew everywhere she look
cd. and she quite forgot her strange boat
until the swan spoke and said: We VII
stop here and find n more comfortable
| boat for vou rs we'll as ono that Is moro
| suitable for beautiful princess:
/ Princess Cianna found herself IN front
| of a beautiful castle of white coral, wltl
! trimmings of gold.
When the swan stopped he flapped HI
| wings three times and from the easti'
| came two srIller white swans with goi'
chain in thei. Hills and then tor the mrs
| time Cianna .pv beside the bank ol w
river a wondeS j boat Of white with got'
| trimmings, ana 10 tite iioh' - ''Ni7 W
| the two swans sailed. !.
step into your boat, SAID INC ~
swan. "Take the gold chains in you
hands: the swans will go where you g'id
TIE boat was lined with white velve
| and the cushions were OF velvet also an
when the Princess leaned hack she was $
| comfortable that she forgot ali about th
big swan-until the boat was some dIstanc
from the castle.
tCoupla More Paragraphs 20 THIS
When She looked back, there was tn
swan by the bank looking after her VII,
mournful ewes Are YOU not coming WIT
me?" asked the Princess. Il hope .yol
will: / shall be happier with you along.
The big swan sailed swiftly along an'
soon Was beside her boat. Il shall be gla,
to come if you wish it, be said.
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HOW ABOUT THE WASHING?

The eternal three-mcals a-day arc no
more insistent than the weekly washing,
Dinner has to be cooked ana cleared away
each dav: and the washing has to be done,
usually each week
There was time. centuries ago, when
the washing WAS done only once month,
sometimes only twice year. But those
davs have gone We don't have clothes
and household linens enough 70 last for
weeks and months for one thing. For
another, we are cleaner people than We
were then. Modern Cnnvcnlences IN the
way of hot water and soap, TO say nothing
Of electric irons and washing machines,
have made us cleaner. 1t would 60 against
the grain OF the modern housekeeper to
have soiled laundry piled up Tor months
at time.
So we have got back to the act that the
washing Is a weekly problem, Now there
are a good many ways of solving 1t, and
doubtless il YOU can afford to have an
electric washer of some good brand IN
stalled. that is one way. You yourself
with a minimum of effort can wash your
clothes. including Blankets and rag rugs,
heavy counterpancs and winter bath
robes.
And If YOU have q washing machine,
perhaps it Is best TO spread the washing
out over several days. Have one day for
washing table linen-this would take
perhaps, half an hour and one washer full
of water Another day do bed linen and
towels, and another day do wearing APP
parel In this way. with three rnnings oi
the machine. the family washing for the
week is put out Of the way without any
real tax on the part OF the housewife. NC
washwoman services are needed. o.
course, the ironing must still be done
but that Is not 50 hard a. the washing. BY
doing that In three instalments, too, anc
by letting stockings. bath towels and
crepe underwear 90 unironed. that task i,
lesseued Even sheets, if dried smooth
and folded neatly, can be used uniEened
And t hat lessons the task of ironing still
further
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-26
Garden Furnishings Are Ready

With the decorative de-
signs as varied as they are,
almost endless combina-
tions can be made up from
the different pedestals,
flower-pots and b a 8 n 8.
Some of the bird-baths can
be piped for fountains.
One combination that's
particularly charming is a
bird-bath, large in size, bat
graceful in style, whose
pedestal is formed in part
by three dolphins. This is
crowned by a basin with an
effective border decoration
in rustic style, suggesting
intertwined grape vines,
with here and there the
faint indication of a gro
tesque masque-the face,
perhaps, of Pan or some Of
his tricksy offspringl
There's a finish that is
itself called rustic" new
this year, and very attrac-
tive, in which several pieces
are made up, in both the
gray and the white.
It artistically Stimulates
the roughnees Of tree-bark,
and is used on the outside
Of flower boxes, and on
pedestals and basins Of
bird baths. One bird-bath
has more the appearance of
ar irregular stucco or peb-
)Ic-dash.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-26
Rustic Pieces

include both sturdy cedar and
the ever graceful hickory chairs
and settees, whose seats and
backs OF interlaced bark viii
wear wonderfully well in ex-
posed places, if subjected 20
shellac, and last almost indefin-
itely under cover.
Hickory chairs and rockers
are priced S5 70 SO; settees.
81 to $3.50.
In rustic cedar pieces theye is
an interesting variety, including
Summer arbors and houses Of
the latest type, prices sSs TO
S70; various settees, such as
the Lincoln settee, the bower
settee, the Florida settee, Cprices
$3.50 to s16); chairs, including
the "admiral's" chair and other
types, $2.75 to So.
Cedar outdoor furniture has
a Substantially, = quaint flavor
Of "I've always been here an6
I've come to stay" that always
VIII commend IL 70 both the
conservative mind and the artis-
tic eye.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-26
This Piece Has An
Interesting History

II is an exact copy, save
for a slight difference in
size, Of a fine piece that
was seen by an American
soldier in France, standing
just outside Of an old
church in Verdun.
The making Of garden
pieces being his business,
he made a sketch, took
measurements, and after
his return TO America, re-
produced it successfully.
Among these concrete
pieces we have artistic re.
productions Of splendid old
F'lorentine garden vases. In
fact, Renaissance and :las-
sic Greek designs haye been
drawn on for most Of the
decorations, and your
choice may range from
nynnph to dolphin, grape
cluster to lovers knot,
acanthus or fleur-de-lys, to
oakSeaf, in basins, pots
and boxes; or perhaps a
reproduction on a flower
box Of an exquisite bit Of
m e diaeva al architecture
from an Italian cathedral.
In the pedestals, one can
choose between 10Th ] c
simplicity or the most or
nate Of Corinthian flu
tings.
The very sight Of these
pieces gives the Summer
feeling.
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Whife- -EnnneIed
Cypress Pieces

There is great variety OF
styles in these, practically all
of them copies Of ancient and
stately models 70 be found in
the princely pleasure-gardens Of
the Rivieras and other play
grounds of Europe.
One Of the handsomest Of all,
however, the "Sun Set" derives
its design from Tokyo.
In the shape Of the back Of
the settee, and in its slat de-
sion. and that of the tabletop,
the rays and nassing cloud-ef-
fects Of the setting sun are
symbolized most graceful Is.
The price Of the settee is $50,
and the table $50.
When one says cypress"
wood one means the very tree
adopted by the ancients as an
emblem of Immortality, and
therefore the lasting qualities
of these charming pieces make
them distinctly worth while pos
sessions. They are finished with
several coatings of high-grade
white paint, the topmost being
an enamel paint.
Prices of settees range from
So to S11O in about half-a-
dozen designs, straight. curved,
semi-curved, high-back, low
back. etc. Chairs and rockers
in matching styles come for S23
80 SAG.
Outdoor seats or settles,
without arbor, are $50. Seats
with arching trelhsed arbors, or
arbors with seats, as you choose
to name them (and some name
them "gateways") are S165.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-26

NrHE most beautiful of all
lawn and garden fur
+" nishings are bright and
blooming flowers.
But since these are crea-
tions, not inventions, it
seems safe to say that the
happiest invention in that
line was that of the man
who first thought of crush
ing marble and granite,
mixing each with cement,
adding brilliant particles
of mica to sparkle in the
sun like diamond splinters,
and then pouring the plas-
tic material into molds of
graceful shape and classic
decoration.
Through this process, the
adornment of the grounds
of a country home with the
handsome outdoor pieces
which add such distinction
and loHeliness-the pictur-
esque Sun-Dial. the fascs-
mating Fountain or Bird
bath, the stately Flower
pot, or Vase, the graceful
Flower-box, is set at the
service of everybody, in
stead of that very small
minority who can afford to
import splendid marbles
from Carrara.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-26

mO combine the two fea-
lures, of charming the
u eye, and at the same
time accommodating the
seats and backs to the
physical comfort of the
sitter, instead of requiring
him to grin and bear it, Tor
else get up and rest him
self by a walk has been
the grand objective of MAX
ers of outdoor furniture
for years!
We think it has been
reached in the handsome
outdoor wooden furniture
we have ready for the
Summer of 1920 (Sixth
Floor, Central).
If any wooden furniture
made has
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-26
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTEBOOK
BY Lee Pape.

Yestidday before suppir ! went in the
dining room closet ware ma keeps the
lam and things. me not beng allowed IN
there but Jest going in 10 look erro,ind
like, and an Of a suddin the door went
shut, me thinking, G., holey smoaks, j
amt allowed in heer and I'm III heer.
Nich Jest then Nora rang the bell for
sIipp;r and pop and ma came down, pop
saving, Wares Benny, late agcn?
He was Jest Ground heer q few minnlts
ago, sed ma, and pop sed, That boy has no
more idder Of time than a munkey IN the
zoo
Me thinking, Gosh, I'm getting hungry.
Wich | was, and all of a sIddin ] had
ideer how to get out without enybOdy
knowing / had bin in. being to make
noise like a cat and then hide IN the back
Of the closet wen sumbodv opened the
door and then sneek out on my hands and
neez IN case they forgot 10 shut Il agen.
Wich | started to do, making a noise
like a small cat, wich after | had did 1t
about times. ma sed, Wlilyum. do you
heer that and pop scd, Its IN that closet,
izzent ii? and ma sed, I'm gong to look
and see. envway. Wich ! quick took a
apron of of hook and got down on the
aoor under il, and ma opened the closet
door. saving, ] don't see enythlng, well
declare bleeve its under that apron, I'm
going to take a broom and poke 1t, there
must Re sunthing under there.
No there amt, ma / sed. Still sounding
like cat. and ms sed, Benny Potts, come
rite out of there, do YOU wunt 10 frighten .
person to deth2
No mann, l sed coming out from under
neettrof the apron, and ma sed, Haven't [
told YOU 100 times 10 keep out OF that
closet and | sed, Jest went 10 to look
erround, ma, and ma sed, have a good
mind To make your father pur ish YOU for
this. wat are YOU laffing at Nillvum.
I'm not laffing, sed pop, Benny, slt
down and eat your suppir.
Wich did
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-26

The houses come with every
thing ready cut and complete,
with hardware, window glass,
slate shingles, finishing paint,
fancy window boxes, trelises
and pergolss. The built-in cup
boards and dining alcoves are
the cleverest things imaginable.
We furnish building plans for
foundations and full instructions
for erecting and building. They
can be had in single or double
wall type. and are sold F. 0. B.
Philadelphia.
If desired, cellars can be dug
and you will be given directions
covering the work: and the
same is true of the installment
Of plumbing.
These houses are machine
made. which makes it possible
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-26

IYES, ready for you TO put up.
w with the aid of the local
carpenter; ready to live in,
q not merely throughout the
Summer, but all Winter round,
and still more, ready to LIKE
living in. Come and inspect!
(Seventh Floor, CentraD.
Please do not confound these
bungalows with the common
kind of so-called portable
house" which so often Is port.
able by the wind, or if not. the
vexed owner at times wishes
(from a safe distanoe) that it
were.
These little houses, are
HOUSES, real, although little,
and albeit they are sold in
knock-down-shape, to be set up
anywhere you wish, from the
heart of the wilderness to your
own front or side lawn, they