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and varied as they are, the asSemblaSe of them is necessarily very incomplete. Some of them are of such fantastic and horrid shapes that it gives one a pain in the eye to look at them.
 The gods of primitive peoples are hardly more than devils more or less disguised. They are beings to be pro- pitiated rather than worshipped. Be- hind the veil that hides the unknown always turks the supernatural. Even at the present time in civilized Japan the Buddhist priests on occasions wear horrible masks. which originally were that might be hanging around.
 Buddhism in it's higher development Is a very beautiful religion. with which is associated a most noble morality; but. with its spread over Asia. it has assumed degraded forms -as, for example, in Thibet, where the chief business of the priests (dwelling in huge monasteries. and worshipping ugly idols with hideous rites) is magic and devil-driving. Among the instruments they use for the latter purpose are drums made of the tops of human skulls. the music of which is supplemented by flutes con- trived from human thigh-bones.
 Holy Ropes Of Human Hair
 When a Buddhist temple is built in Japan, no ropes of profane material can be used for rigging the derricks and hoisting the stones. The stuff
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depend, and so likewise do the objects resembling carrots attached to the body = though just what it is im- possible to say. It may be added that the spikes are probably poisoned.
 Another picture shows an African dol dressed in monkey fur. Its head $ of wood. and its eyes are two cowrie shells-the kind of shells that are used so extensively as money in parts of the Dark Continent. It wears a sort of hood fringed with glass beads. and strings of beads encircle its neck. The body and even the face are adorned with brass-headed tacks.
 Wherever you go among primitive peoples you will find idols, and usually lots of them. The less civilized they are the more numerous their divini- ties. In heather lands it Is no uncom- mon thing for each family to have a household god of its own. The dom- iciliary idol in Java has a bell attached to it, which is rung when a prayer is to be addressed to it, thus attracting it's attention.
 From Java go across to the archi- pelago that skirts the west coast of nearby Sumatra, and you will find on those islands a most curious and in- teresting religious contrivance called a god tree". It is made of wood, 3 or 4 feet high, kept In the house, and hung Gts branches, that is) with queer-looking ornaments of gay cloth and other materials. This Is to make 1t attractive to the family divinity, to please him, and to persuade him to make his home in the tree. Among the articles hung upon the latter are
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Many of Them Are Manufactured In the U s. and Are of Superior Quality-A Factory of Craven Images In
 Boston -T Tastes In Idols As Manifested s By Various Pagan Peoples
By RENE BACHE

that everything about the business is, Cor some unexplained reason, kept very secret, no outsiders being ad- nitted to the works. It may be stated, however, that the output is extremely varied, representing divinities of many heather races and tribes, from Tokio 10 Timbuctoo. Prices run all the way from 50 cents to $100.
 Many of the idols are not meant for sale to real consumers at all, but are furnished as merchandise to curio dealers in the baZaars of Cairo, Dam ascus, Calcutta, and other Eastern cities. There they are offered for sale to unsuspecting tourists, who, suppos- ing them to be of native make (usual- ly the dealer accounts for his possessi on of them by some romantic yarn). buy them as souvenirs
 People are always interested in idols, and the more grotesque they are the higher the price they will fetch. Naturally. the more primitive the peo- pie, the ruder the images they make to represent their divinities; and, though commercials may deceive the ignorant. veritab1e god of native manufacture could not be mistaken by anybody for an imitation. To illus trate this, consider the African idol with spiky appendages shown in an accompanying photograph.
 Not To Be Monkeyed With
 Here we have very powerful di- vinity, made in Africa. TO offend 1t in any way would be extremely unsafe. The spiky things are weapons, and in the belly of the god Is set a circular piece of glass mirror. The latter means something important, you may
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fessional sorcerer. It is he who makes and sells for price the manikin of straw which the purchaser, putting few bronze leash" inside. gives to a beggar The latter, needing the money, accepts it, and thereby as- sumes the burden of all the sins which have afflicted the giver's conscience.
 When smallpox visits a Korean household. the demon that brings 1t is treated with utmost respect. A feast Is spread for him, and noises that may disturb him are avoided. When the danger is past, a doll-horse stuffed with coins is mounted, on the roof. sometimes with doll-rider (both pur- chased from the local practitioner in sorcery), to express the idea of speed ing the parting guest
 Idols In China And India
 The Chinese, as we know, have great variety. of gods, and every joss house has one or more frightful-look- ing idols, before which incense is burned. But one must go to India to find the most extraordinary multipli- cation of weird divinities, nearly all of which seem to be demons of one sort or another, with a plentiful scattering of minor imps of picturesque attri- butes.
 The most highly spectacular gods of India are those of Brahmanism. which is religion much older than Budd- hism. Not long ago the National Museum at Washington employed Brahman priest to collect for that in stitution as many of the idols of his faih as he could pick up. They make a remarkable exhibit, but. numero
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tiny baskets containing food.
 Roadside Diyinities

Asiatics are the most imaginative people in the world, if one may judge from the multiplicity of their gods and the doings they attribute to them. On entering any Korean village one be- holds, by the roadside. huge wooden idol with a wide -brimmed hat and great ears. It is put there to scare off evil spirits. These images are guardians of the travelled ways. They stand at every crossroads where they serve incidentally as guideposts.
 Some of them mark boundary lines. which in that country are sacred and holy. The same idea governed as law among the ancient Babylonians, whose boundary stones bore sacred inscrip- tions. Where there are no skilled sur veyors, boundary lines are not easily determined anew. A Bible verse says: Cursed be he who removes the boun- dary stone."
 All primitive religions are strong on magic, which expresses the supernat- ural. Thus the Korean priest Is pro-
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must be human hair. contributed by true believers. Young and old of both sexes contribute. marching in line 10 have their heads shorn. The National Museum has a 4-foot piece of rope of this kind, in which are mingled all shades from the, tow of infancy to the white of age. This rope. inches ,r diameter. was 2,000 feet long. and when the temple was finished. il was preserved therein as a sacred object- a Buddhist shrine being usually com bined with a sort of religious museum.
 The results accomplished by the self-sacrificing missionaries who seek to spread the Christian faith in heather lands are. it must be con fessed, much less encouraging than might be wished. Where he religion they seek to propagate is accepted il is usually in the outcome more or less mixed with the primitive pagan be liefs. There is a strong inclination on the part of the native to play safe' by incidental propitiation of the old time gods and devils. and the idols are hard to displace.
 Dolls That Are Idols
 Among the Hopi Indians of our own Southwest, Jwho are fairly civilized, and with whom much missionary ef- fort has been expended ever since the days of the early Spaniards, the ancient gods hold their own. and even the dolls given the children to, play with are miniature idols-doll and idol are forms of the same word. by the way-with which the little ones are taught the elaborate ceremonials of the primitive religion of their people.
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production. Just prior to sailing for Europe Mr. Moore completed "The Poor Simp," in which he plays the much in love, without an ounce of courage to propose.
 Mary Thurman
 If you want to be a dramtic star. first become a comedy queen. That, it seems, Is a good motto to adopt if present indications mean anything. Take the case of Betty Compson. and also Bebe Daniels, Gloria Swanson. Billy Rhodes and several others. most recent of whom is Mary Thurman.
 Miss Thurman's work. with William s. Hart in sand" now showing at picture houses throughout the country was of a quality that put her on the topmost rung of the ladder of fame And she is soon to be seen in Tn The Heart Of A Fool"
 Although Miss Thurman considers that her comedy career is now far be- hind her. yet sHe admits that her work with Mack Sennett opened the path way to stardom for her. Without that comedy training. she stated. she never would have been able to master the technique of straight drama.
 There is no work more difficult than that required in making film fun" said Miss Thurman. and as consequence those players who have been grounded in comedy are bound to rise higher than any other photo players. In my opinion. the best fam actors will come from the, comedy companies. not from the legitimate stage"
 Miss Thurman's reason for this statement is that a peculiar style of
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situations. heightened in their affect by quaint titling, and the eaborase costuming of the entire production.
 Buck Jones
 Off the screen Buck Jones. the cow boy star. discards his racket. He also remains quiet long enough to be photographed with his Russian Wolf hound, who shares his leisure and is exceedingly jealous of the horse who works with him in his working hours.
 Lillian Gish
 Lillian Gish has had a long and varied career. both on the stage anc screen. She was born at Springfield. Ohio. in 1896. Her stage career be- gan in 1902. Her big successes have been on the screen. this part of her career starting in 1912. She has played in the following: Birth of Nation. Intolerance. Souls Trium- phant. Hearts of the World. The Great Love. The Greatest Thing in Life. Romance of Happy Valley Broken Blossoms. True Heart Susie and The Greatest Question.
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\" ERHAPS the least-known factory
 Il Boston, and one of the small
 est in point of commercial i'm
 portance, is devoted to the indus try of making idols. Its output is wholly for export, the gods 1t turns out being shipped to various parts of the world where heather demand creates a profitable market for them.
 For more than a century past Bos- ton has shipped to Africa large quanti- ties of intoxicants (chief1y rum), mis- Hionaries and idols. The first were drunk. many of the second were eaten, and the third were useful for purposes of barter with the natives.
 Surviving missionaries have sent many of the native idols home, as curiosities and to illustrate their own efficiency in confiscating undesirable pagan gods Quite a number of these have been purchased from time to time by the aforementioned factory and have been utilized as models, for copying. Thus 1t was assured that the patterns should be correct
 Original and therefore reliable pat terms of gods from other parts of the world shrouded In religious darkness have been secured by like means, or sometimes bought from sailors return ing from distant lands. With the help of machinery. excellent copies of most of them can be turned out at small cost. and they are really much better made than those of heather manu facture, though perhaps more conven- tonal in style.
 Methods Are Kept Secret
 A better description of the processes employed might be given. were it not
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acting is required by the camera which is widely different from that called for on the stage, and the person who works in comedy learns all its rudiments. But Miss Thurman makes it plain that she does not mean all the future film stars will come from pic ture companies specializing in humor. Stage stars will always be Invaluable in pictures because of the fact that they have made great names for themselves behind the footlights. This alone is sufficient reason for having them in films
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AVersatle Star Makes Director Laugh-Fas 800 Feet Comedy Queen To Screen Star-Model Japanese Player Cowboy Stunts His Forte-Starred
 In Many Big Screen Successes.

tion picture studio for employment and was given a small part in which she was supposed to mingle unobserved in the crowd. One reason for this reticence was that her role was that of a squaw in crowd of squaws and all the rest wore black wigs except Miss Fazenda. She didn't because there were no more in the costume department. So she wore her natural hair which is blonde. Elm barrassed by her singularity Ga blonde squaw never was until Miss Fazenda presented her), Louise won a great. unique distinction. She made a camera man and a director laugh. The scene was being taken on the side of a hill. Miss Fazenda slipped Cit wasn't in the scenario). and knocked over a camera. The second camera man saved it. the first camera man laughed till he doubled himself, and the director joined in the shout ing for an encore. Something of the woe-begone expression of the luckless Louise of the Films was visible in her plight and her eyes registered" their now celebrated starry fright.
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''An Arabian Knights" is tantaiiz- ing story in which romance. the love of youth for adventure. and the magic spell of Egypt Land are interwoven in delightful manner. Sessue Haya- kawa. plays the role of Ahmed. Egy- tian dragoman. and his portrayal of the lovable young scamp. whose ad- ventureous spirit makes him at> once the joy and distress of his neighbors, is but another proof of his remarkable versatility.
 The story is replete with amusing
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- HE amazing versatility of Geral- dine Farrar is said to have found new and most emphatic expres-
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 sion in "The Riddle Woman. shortly to be released, adapted from the play of that name, in which she appears as star and protagonist. As in grand opera, where her triumphs ranged from the wanton and cruel "Carmen" to the ideal faith and purity of "Soeur Angelica" from "Tosca" and "Thais" to Marguerite in Faust, !" her impersonations for the picture screen have exhibited her as an actress who is mistress of the entire gamut 0e emotions and able to express them an . manner never failing to convince her audience. In "The Riddle Wom- an's Farrar adds to the heights and depths of passion, the note of mystery that 10 hopeless of solution.
 Louise Fazenda
 Miss Fazenda had her first stage training-and 1t was pretty complete. says she. for her impersonations were many and varied. and she played a different one every week If not every other evening. She applied at a mo-
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N ERHAPS the least known factory Boston, and one of the small est in point of commercial i'm
 portapce i~ dsyofpd fo the indug-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-04-29
WOLCOTT

H H. Parker. accompanied lay Or.
w. : VOORHEES,. went TO Burlington Tues
day for consultation and treatment
Arthur Bulldrd, Of the firm Of French &
Bullard of Planheld, spent Sunday here
with his mother, Mrs. Nellie French
Mrs. Hattie Hubbell is visiting in Morris
viUe-Mrs. NJ. A, Mudgott spent fhe
past week in St Iohnsbury Robert Nc
Donald was in Greensboro Monday the
guest of his brother.-C II, Carpenter
is in with pneumonia. His condition IS
considered favorable for recovery IL
liam Carpenter Of Hcniker, y. H., is in
town called here by the illness of his
hrother.--MrS Ann Sanborn has sold the
Scohed place TO her sister, Mrs. Betsey
Loverin, of North Hyde Park. Immediate
possession is giVen.--Mr, and Mrs, Daniel
Moffat Of Morristown were guests at
q. II. Richardson's over Sunday George
u. pieman and family attended the fu-
neral of Mrs. Pieman's mother, Mrs
| Sylvander Goodwin in stowe Tuesday
George Houghton has concluded his en-
gagement Oh the railroad and is working
| for the Morse Manufacturing COMPANY
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-04-29
Orleans County
GREENSBORO

The congregational Church Voleu w
accept the recommendation OF lts COM
mittee to raise its apportionment FOR ,he
Jnter-Church World Movement which
amounts to $3.50. George Colby was ap
pointed director of the canvass ana MIS-
Colby. Mrs. harrington and the pastor
of the church a committee to canvass Io'
the funds.--Wlliam Fitch has closed MS
cottage and gone to Morrisviiie'
+. Elliot of Hyde Park, Mass, has peeh
spending week with DR.. ana Mrs.
T.. G.. Kinney. Mrs. Louise Bates an"
daughter Martha, visited in St. Johns
bury Monday.--A. G. Chase was in bos-
ton for treatment last week.-Mr
Hutchins of North Hero spent a portion
of the past week at i. Nj. DeBrunes -
Miss Edith Rutledge of Concord visited
Mrs Alice Magoon over Sunday.-Mrs
George King was called to Evansville
Friday nv the serious illness with pneu-
monia Of her father. w. NJ. Mcdowell
She returned home Saturday evening"
Many sugar makers have gathered their
buckets after n good sugar season. rev
having made as high as three pounds per
tree. Probably two pounds will be a fa'r
average FOR the town.-Mr ana MRS.
Charles II. Goodrich returned 10 their
home in Cnarlestown, y. H., Friday after
a two weeks visit to the old home town.
MIR. and Mrs. Guy Allen OF plymouth,
n. H.. are visiting In town.-E. L. Smith
Went TO white River junction Friday
w. s. ingalls, was IN Burlington over
Sunday Miss Ruth Bolton returned from
Cabot Saturday evening and opened school
at the Hazen Road school Monday.-Mr
and Mrs. Charles Perkins visited at {. II
Miller's Thursday, returning to their
home in Lakeport, \. H.. Friday.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-04-29
JOHNSON

Mr.. and Mrs. II. V. Stcarus were in
Morrisvile F'riday.-Mrs O. f Landon
has returned from Washington. n. c.
l.. j. sylvester has been appointed patrol
man again for the fifth season. John
Sweet is helping him.--Glcn Sweet has
left the dressing mill and gone on TO
the railroad section In place of $. j..
Davis who has gone to the Cambridge
Junction section Most farmers have
gathered their buckets and report AN
average of two pounds 10 the tree but
not of as good quality as last gear
Mrs. Mary Morgan and Mrs. Frank Boyce
are ill.-Nrrs. ]. *. Fuller has returned
from Hardwick.
Mrs. Rose Towne Of Natick. Mass is
visiting her sister. Mrs. Thomas Water
man.-Mrs. Adah Pennock visited her
daughter at the hospital in BurinG on
last week and found her doing as wei
as could be expected. Forrest Mudgett
returned from the hospital at Burlington
Saturday night and is not much improved
in health.-Mrs. j. l.. Pierce was called
to st. Johnsbury Tuesday by the death
of Mrs. Potter.-L. /. Bishop has return
ed from q visit to his son in Los Angeles.
Cal.--Mrs. George Beardsley of Massa-
chusetts visited her brother. e. S Ken
field. last week. benjamin Fuller OF
Portsmouth, y. H.. is visiting his daugh-
ter. Mrs. Frank Stewart and son, Ell
bridge Fuller
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dale of Boston.-Dr and Mrs Charles
Moulton of Derby Line have been visit
ing their son, Alfred Moulton.-Mr. and
Mrs Myron Clapper are parents of boy
Charles Myron, born Wednesday April 81
Mrs. f.. +. Gates of Northampton has
been visiting her daughters, Mrs. n. \.
Black and Mrs. r ID. Ifall.-At a meeting
of the city council Wednesday April 81
$500 was appropriated for the Newport
city band concerts during the summer
and $500 for the work of the visiting
nurse. |, was also voted to purchase a
new and more powerful road machine
Mrs. ". G. Blanchard and two daughters,
the Misses Doris and Christine, arc
spending several days in Boston. Joseph
Rutherford Colby, president of the Cana +
dian Carbonate company of Montreal, has
announced his intention to give $1,000 TO
the Newport hospital fund in memory of
| his grandfather. Or. j. G. Rutherford,
| n veteran OF t.c civil War, a surgeon in
| teh army and longtime resident Of
| Newport Mrs Edward Doolin enter
tanned St Marks Woman's Guild Thurs
day.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-04-29
CAMBRIDGE

G. j. Lang was a visitor In Stowe Mon
day-MiSs Myrtle Whitney Of Moretown
is visiting her mother Mrs. G. r. Blxby.
Mrs Elsie Gates and Miss Olive Ben
nett Of Montpelier visited friends in town
over Sunday.-Mr. and Mrs. f. T. Buker
of Burlington are visiting their son and
field Provost and Mrs. Maria Labounty
were called to Fletcher Thursday by the
sudden death of their sister, Miss Emily
Provost. Miss Hamum of Jacksonville
was a guest of Miss Sophia Lohler Satur-
day-E. II. Olmstead of Morrisvile was
a business visitor in town Tuesday,
Miss Ruth Chandler returned Monday
from the Mary Fletcher hospital-Nliss
Dorothy Leavens and friend, Miss Cole.
of Montpelier Seminary, spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Linus Leavens.-Fred
Giddings spent Sunday in Burlington with
Mrs. Giddings. Mrs. {. j. Lang and son
visited in Burlington Tuesday IS
Bailey, Miss Madeline Mudgett and Miss
Dorothy 1nman attended the teachers
convention in Johnson Saturday.-Eugene
Blanchard was a visitor in Burlington
over Sunday.-The Rev. W II Guild is
attending the Methodist conference at
Springfield,
Herbert Burns has sold his village prop
erty to Fred Dixon Mrs. Chddings has
sold her farm to Herbert Burns; Albert
Cutting has bought the Henry Eussln
farm; Eugene Blanchard has sod his
residence to Judson Knsley. The deals
were made through the W. y. Lang &
Son agency.
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NORTH CRAFTSBURY

e. u. Root was called to Falhalla n.
V. last Friday by the serious illness Of
his sister. Mrs Carrie Moody. Mrs Root
accompanied him as far as St Johnsbury.
Daniel Dustan is moving the schoolhouse
in district No that he purchased last
week to his farm in the west part of the
town.-The Congregational Endeavor So
ciety will serve a May breakfast at the
vcstry Of the Congregational Church Fri
day morning. Everyone is invited The
following delegates were elected from the
Congregational Endeavor society to at
tend the Older Girls conference In Bur
lington May 10: Marian F.. Peterson and
Jessie Robbins.-Mr. Loveioy, agent Of the
White Entertainment Bureau of Boston.
was here April y and booked four num-
hers with the lecture committee for next
winter: Newell Dwight Hills. D. D.. Bish-
op Edwin Holt Hughes. Lieut.. J. Dunton
Sharrnan and The Swiss YOdlers.-A
daughter, Marian Aletta. was born to Mr..
and Mrs. Fred 3. Root. April p.