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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-03
TODAY

Today thai wonderful tomorrow you have been dreaming
about What you going 70 do Nth IT, Yesterday forever
pasZaH the signs in the hide DOrd DM not bring bach
Today sunshine. strength youth hope energy. purpose. the
open road ahead-a these yours for the taxing What
you going 10 do Nth Today
Once upon time there mas man pho panied 10 pHat
The Dod looked Ike from mountain top He set out TO climb
At dusk he had Just reached the foot of the mountain The
frogs said TO him: YOu Mil never get TO the top" He stopped
rOD rocks al The frogs Then he said TO himself WELL
thought of Aatt stop to tHOD ROCKS nil not get
10 the top-the frogs right
What are yOu going to do Nth TOday-St and listen to
the frogs that crOak-Dang for something 10 Turn up" Hon
much finer 10 climb the TOP nth head erect and then behold
the Dorld spread out beIOp.
a Bank Is the first stepping sione-money IN the Bank
means bravery IN the hegt-TemenbeT this
The Fist National Bank.
THE Public Service Bank"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-03

Let o Do Your Kodnk FinishfnE.
Service that serves. Work brought
IN before six o'clock delivered next
morning at eight o'clock. We use
FelOx paper for all OF our prints.
All mail orders given prompt and
careful attention
#. G. Billings Co.
Sues 10 ". @. Walz Co.
100 So. FL Paso St.-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-03
Mrs. Ross and Mrs. Hurley Entertain
At Bridge For Miss Helen N. Johnson

Mrs. Eldridge Booth. Mrs A j.
Straver Mrs. Sig Schwabe. Mrs E s
White. Mrs H c. Hurley OF Pitts
burg. Mrs. Jack Knight, Mrs ID, l.
Pickeus. Mrs H E. Ruth and MIS-
Margaret Murray.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1920-12-17

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Eetteriens 9rpgge / Sfioloebapn
bleo reorepet, ligeIna en Snrie paa
Sommere % balpe Saaet al aisb.
mano W~artinusiens @uoninashus
paa Strsmiis.
aaleiuno 20be 0ou. On or.
fanagtis Storm al Spo bar roiet
mat o9 ioae lanes belle apiten ira
Stat til gaIeillno. 5 gpens Nur.
beo er ct Tar Wotorbaobe brepet
paa Saro og 6iiferoompifibet "0lel.
lhem", ION laa / SarciSe, iIeb Ssor.
telnlngerne og gif / 9rift. Get Inf.
teoes til'lilt iinher itore Sanifeliahe.
DER at bringe bet / Saon iaien. Ioo
Mfoloeen er ibaamorses ct Sispaf.
bus bl9lt paa Sieen. Suiet bar
lulot az Stiferebifaber. SIere ste.
Der 'taar 9rpaeerne ,tnoer @ono.
Treortfsitab 22be Rop. Tsra
SAINTS meloeS, at Stormen berube
bar aiort meeet flor Sfooe. Can't.
ltge 9aoehuie paa ct Bar npr er re.
bet neo, oe De fleite grpa9er er toect
al Sloer. Ser lieger %raqaoos
laitst cpoper paa Soroernc, % ifient
@anoet oernesars too Iaperc e1b /
1914, er Sfaben betpoeIie itsrrc, ga
Stcrmcn itob ret opooer Sunhet.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-12-24
THE CATBIRD'S CALL

nNCE upon time, it is said, all
~ the birds gathered in the woods
one night to meet the fairies. Tor
they had been bothered so much with
bad Puss who visited the woods
they wanted revenge.
what we want" the birds told the
Fairy Queen, "is to bother Puss. She
has worried the life out of US, catch
ing some of our family and climbing
the trees and getting our children
"Of course, l cannot put Puss out
OF the way" said the Queen. she
is far too useful catching mice; but
l do not approve of her bad habit OF
catching birds"
"She does catch them, and she must
be punished" said the birds. DO help
us, Fairy Queen, or she will stay in
the woods, and soon there will not be
a bird left"
II will. tell you what will do for
you," said the Queen, after thinking a
while. "Puss is very proud of her fine
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-12-24

voice and if she thought anyone could
mock her | am sure she would be SO
ashamed she would run away at once
Il will give to one of you birds the
power to mock Puss, and every time
she comes near the trees you can cry
out at her in her own peculiar tones, !
All the birds began to chatter with
glee, and then they fluttered about
trying to decide which one should be
given this power,
After while a pretty little bird,
sooty-gray color, which in places
deepened into blackish-brown, with
a tail the lower part of which was
d beautiful chestnut, flew to the tip
of a branch and spoke.
II have always wanted a name" 1t
said ito distinguish me from the 9th
er members of the very large family
to which belong; and if you will give
me this power, Fairy Queen, and a
name, / will be the one to mimic Puss
he rest of my life"
II am afraid you will not think the
name a pretty one" said the Queen,
but because you are so brave and
are willing to take this upon you, and
your branch of the family, you shall
be given, too, an attractive song.
"You shall have the power to whis-
tie and cluck and make mewing
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-12-24

ed for days previous TO the ceremony
that they might be i'll a pleasing COM
ditiOn upon their last and the war
gods first great day. In other cere-
monies human beings were killed and
hayed, and the participants in the sac
rifce enveloped themselves in the
bloody skins of the victims, while they
took part in frenzied dance.
Across the Pacific ocean, the Anus
of Japan, are celebrating an exceed
ingly curious New Years custom. For
a thousand known years the Anus
have stood still in their civilization,
following all their primitive customs
and ceremonies generation after gen.
GRAFTON and century after century,
practically without change. New Year
with them is the day of their great
est feasting and merry-makins, con-
sisting largely of an extravagant use
of saki, or rice beer.
The principal ceremony is the great
bear feast, called Omsia, in which a
huge bear is slain and sacrificed as
special offering to the god Kamui,
who is the guardian and protector OF
their homes throughout the year. 1t
is necessary to conciiate this god by
the special donation of bears meat
that their lives may be free from the
persecution of the unseen intangible
spirit demons who seek to do them
harm.
1t is said that the bear for this
feast is raised from q cub sucked by
an Ainu woman. AS the end of the
year draws nigh they fatten the feast
bear for the coming celebration with
carefully prepared foods. The kill
ing of the bear is done in q curious
way. Two fair-sized logs are dashed,
one above another, to a standing tree,
and extend horizontally resting upon
the ground. The entire clan takes
part in the killing, which is accomplish
ed by putting the head of the animal
between the logs and squeezing out
it's life.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-12-24
~ E$ |:If.IS TIB||iil

sounds, as well, and when you wish 10
sing all shall stop and listen to your
voice, but as you will make the new
ing sounds oftener than the others
you will have to bear the name OF cat
bird all the days of your life"
The pretty little bid nodded that
he was willing, and up to the limb
where he sat the Queen and all her
fairies foated, waving over and
around him their wands.
$50 back to your homes" said the
Queen, land tomorrow you will IND
you will soon be rid of your tormen-
tor
The next day when0 Russ. came to
the woods and began to prow around
she was surprised 70 hear F'N1i-eu,
mee-oW, meow, n1i.eu.' coming from
one Of. the trees.
She looked up very angry, thinking
that some other puss had come to her
hunting grounds. but she was sur
prised to see. looking down at her a
sancy little bird, which again cried,
"mf-eu, meow" while all the other
birds twittered and chartered in the
most tantalizihg Iaanner.
Puss gave one more look to make
sure, and then she turned and ran,
while through the wood rang the cry,
-"mi-eu, meow. mi,eu, meow"
And that is the way, so the fairies
say, the Catbird &bt it's name.
(Copyright)
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-12-24
New Year Period in Pekinu.

The New Year period in Peking re-
minds one of the three Sundays that
came together in a week, for, it has
three celebrations of the new year in
little less time than a month. First
comes that one with which all Amer
leans, the people of England and those
on the continent are familiar. 1t is
ushered in in much the same way as
in any other part Of the world, per-
haps. but there is the oriental setting
to the scene. which is so picturesque
that having gazed upon it you close
your eyes, thinking thus to forever
keep the vision.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-12-24
A LITTLE. POWDER

A POWDER puff has become the
"A symbol of feminine vanity and
frivolity. TO be sure, the tiny pow
der puff and the box that has sprung
into fashion. and that women exhibit
in public so frequently, must seem
ridiculous to the masculine eye. Yet a
little powder now and then is an excel
lent thing
For one thing, life in modern city
means that a woman breathes air
laden with an unusual amount of dust,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-12-24
HOW DO YOU SAY 1T?
BY c. N. A'urie
Common Errors in English and
How to Avoid Them
mHAD HAVE" AND chad OF"

rTHIS expression, "had have" (or
l. the expression that is still more
incorrect. "had off, is often used i'm
properly for had" 1t is bad Eng
lish to say, for example, IF he had
have tried, he would have succeeded.
Say. IF he had tried, he would nave
succeeded" Had have" is also USED
frequently and improperly in such sen
fences as the following: Had have
known that he was i'll. l should not
have visited him" The proper form
is. Had I known that he was i'll, etc,
or, eff l had known that he was III,
etc Had" or IF l had" carries the
idea back into the past, and there IS
no need of the word "have" TO ex-
press the same thing.
OF course, the expression mad or
is simply a case of INSTRUMENTATION.
In the careless usage OF, former times.
the dropping of the 'h' before nave"
changed the word to save" and from
save" to "of'' the transition was easy
(Copyright.l
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-12-24
NEW YEARS WITH THE INDIANS.

In some of our Indian reservations
where the original Americans" the
Indians, still adhere to many of their
tribal customs, New Years day de
ponds entirely upon weather con-
ditions. When the last SHOWS have
gone and the first green shoots of
grass appear the Indians hail the time
as the beginning of another year. In
the old days it was with them a season
of dancing and feasting. 1t marked
the time when the danger of famine
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-12-24

T GOTTA frien WhOSa run show house
M and lasa week he aska me, 'Pietro,
how you lika veesit show on da stage"
say, ooh, all right, eef gotta gOoda
seat / no care yer mooch." You
know one time / rida stage coach
seexty miles and for tree week l not
sect down.
He say / no gotta rida sOmating on
da stage. So weeth my frien l go
back for mebbe learna somating I dun
no before.
But everything cen dat show ees no
straighta goods. Everything try be
somating wot aint. One ting wot looka
lika street ees jusG paint dat way. l
standa one side and watcha guy maka
love weeth hees wife He smile iusa
lika had payday and tella hees wife
how mOocha he love. But juSa be-
tween you and me and no for spreada
round when dey leava stage ees beega
fight breaka loose. She fighta heem
and he fighta her and both maka plen-
ia cuss each other.
But ees somating on dat stage | no
understands yer good. | heara stage
manage tela one guy upstairs droppa
tree borders. | tink mebbe upstairs
ees lunch house. and he droppa tree
borders. for no pay da bill / dunno.
But my frien tella me | am wronga
dee.. He say upstairs ees flies for
tia stage and ees no lunch house. But
Il
plenta flies justa same.
When my frien tella me tree four
beega tings on dat stage ees da wings
/ tink he try foola me, too. l feegure
eef dat beega tings ees jusa wings
i sure like to geeya look at da flies
wot use 'em-
Wot you tink?
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-12-24

was younger and its people were closer
to nature it was a day of significance
well worth celebrating:
Among primitive peoples the year
is marked off in seasons, usually the
planting, the growing, the harvesting
and the season of rest, or ii even may
be by moons and suns. But let the
division be what it will, it is based on
those marked physical changes which
appeal to the senses as light and dark
ness, heat and cold, the lengthening
and shortening of the day.
Think how deeply must the short
ening of the days, as fall comes on
apace, affect the Imagination of the
primitive The sun, their all power
full deity who gives them warmth and
growth, and life. wanes and grows
sluggish and sick until daylight be-
comes so short that the terrOr-Stricken
primitive hearts pray and plead and
invoke the malign and baneful gods
TO remove their perniciOus influence
from their dearly beloved sun-god.
How great is the joy and feasting on
the first day, the New Year, when he
starts slowly back 10 them, to gain day
by day greater vigOr and beauty, I'M
Ill in June he reaches the elimination
OF his power.
SO it is seen that the shortest day
in the year, December 81, in our cal
endar, is quite properly the last day
in the year. And il is equally fitting
that the succeeding day, when the sun
commences his return march, should
be hailed by glad and happy hearts.
The MOqui Indians, the communal
pueblo people of the American South
west, watch the shortening days with
dread and celebrate with elaborate
ceremony the turning point in the
suns course. The Moqui New Years
celebration, called So-yal-u-na, is large
ly n presentation of u singular and
elaborate mythic drama, divided into
two parts, in which offerings are made
TO effigies of the Great Plume Headed
Serpent, the enemy of the sun, fol-
lowed by a sun dance. in which the
conflict between the sun and the in
1erior hostile gods is admirably por-
trayed by MOqui men persOnfying the
various deities.
1t is hoped that the suns worst en-
emy-the snake demon-will be amply
placated; so rich will be the tribute
that for one entire year the sun shall
be free from his prosecutions, and
the clouds which the snake wickedly
swallows, shall gather and their moist
ure freely descend upOn the parched
and blighted land until it is once more
clothed in verdure.
In a dimly-lighted underground room
there is erected at its west end. Il
screen prOfusely decorated with corn
huskS, cut cleverly in imitation of
flowers. Near the middle of the
screen there is an opening and behind
It stands a man who manipulates the
effigy snake. BY his side stands a
companion who has a large conch
shell. In front of the screen sit three
or four solemn priests and the audi
ence. consisting of members of all the
clans and their families, and behind
them is a row of men who act as
chorus.
When the rites begin the chorus
commences to sing. at first low,
weird chant, then gradually rises to
piercing intensity. Then the man be
hind the screen takes up the etfigy of
the great snake and thrusts ii rapidly
through the opening a lumber of
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-12-24

times, accompanied by the unearthly
and discOrdant wailing of the conch
shell. The priest directly in front of
the screen takes little sacred meal
in his hand, holds it to his mouth, ut
terfng a deeply significant invocation
TO the serpent, and then casts the meal
on the head of the etfigy.
One by one all the members present
make their prayers to the hostile SER
pent god. So ends the first half of
the drama, and on the morrow, or the
New Year, begins the great sun dance.
On opposite sides of the chamber there
stand rows of men, bearing shields
with elaborate symbolic designs. AT
the end of the room, all alone and un-
supported, stands the Sunbearer,
awaiting the onslaught of his horde of
enemies. A signal and the song be-
gins, and the lines of warriors on each
side of the room surge against the
sunbearer in attack. Eventually he
scatters and Vanquishes his many foes.
New Years day finishes with feasting
and jollitication.
America had a bloody and complicated
ritual for their celebration of the re-
turn of their masterful war-god, the
sun. We find scattered through the
tangled jungles of Yucatan many huge
ruins of the wonderful pyramid cere-
mOnial editices upon which horrible
sacriticial atrocities were practiced in
heralding the New Year. The Aztec
has vanished from the face of the
earth. The jungle has swallowed up
the sun-gOd's affairs.
The ceremonies occupied a period of
several days. The initiatory rites be-
gan before daylight of the first morn
ing. when the chief high priest and his
Sub-dignitarieS wendell their way in
solemn procession TO the top of their
pyramidal sanctuary. Here the high
priest retired alone to small temple.
whose doorway opened toward the
east, and as the rising sun kcrimsoned
the Sky he knelt and sprinkled thickly
upon the marble floor the sacred meal
As the first rays of the sun strike
slantingly across the floor of the tiny
temple, the Bonded priest bekOlds a
miracle. Family, at first, then strong
er and stronger, grows an imprint in
the meal of the naked foot of their
war god. Upon this miraculous mani
festation the high priest announces to
the assembled couriers that their god
had returned TO them, and that the
grand festive occasion is inaugurated
The first feast rites were of grew
some and horrible nature, consisting
mainly of sacrificing youths to the
gods. 1t is said that they were feast
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-12-24
by Edna Kent Forbes

little pure rice powder will absorb this
OIL without clogging the pores, and
keep the shine from becoming too
prominent Besides, the powder takes
UP the dust that blows against the
face, and prevents it from being alb
sorbed into the pores.
Talcum powder is too heavy for skin
OF the face. Only the purest grade
OF rice should be used, as other
sorts will clog the pores. Rice pow
der however, is so fine that it will
not injure the skin in any way, though
even this should not be applied too
heavily.
(Copyright)
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-12-24
I! INV ItI6t t M
TIE CHRISTMAS STOCKING.

THE custom of hanging up stock
IL ings at Christmas comes from
Holland and Germany, where many of
the people wore wooden shoes. On
Christmas Eve these shoes were left
by the fireplace, filed with hay for
the weary horses of st. Nicholas as
he went his rounds. In the morning
the hay would be gone, and in it's
place would be gift from the CRATE
full saint.
(Copyright)
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-12-24

was past, for game would DO longer
he snowbOund and soon there would
be scores Of roots. bulbs and green
things for food while rivers. ponds
and lakes would be free of their ice
letters and their fish traps could once
more be set.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-12-24
Wild Fruit Worth cuItivating.

The presence Of wild fruit in a To-
cality helps protect the cultivated
ones, particularly if the former fruits
are similar to the latter and ripen
earlier Among those best adapted are
mulberry, wild blackberry, June ber-
RI, wild cherry and elderberry.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-12-24
Daily Thounht.

Who comes dancing over the snow.
His soft little feet all bare and rosy?
Open the door, though the wild wind
blow,
Take the child in and make him
coy.
Talks him in and hold him, dear:
He is the wonderful New Year.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-12-24
Mohammedans, New Year.

In Turkey the Mohammedans lift
their hands to Allah and beseech
year of blessings on the 18th of Janu-
airy, for that is their New Year. In
Persia, as in some few parts of Egypt,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-12-24

the New Year falls on September 90,
while in parts of Thibet they reckon
the beginning of the New Year from
the first of August.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-12-24
~ 2z0QLU LAND

CIV YEARS DAY-Or at
least the coming of the
New Year-is greeted
by all the world. In
this very much civilized
Twentieth century most
of us celebrate the New
Year by the almanac.
We have fOrgotten-or
do not take time to re-
member-the original
significance of the day.
but when the world
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-12-24

and that smoke from chimneys-even
in the cities where smoke condensers
are used-means that oily particles are
constantly sitting down through the
atmosphere. While even in the coun-
try there is the dry dust from the
roads and the pIowed fields, which
blows into the homes, and settles upon
faces as well as furniture.
Now. the pores of the skin are con-
stantly throwing off minute oily parti-
cles. The skin becomes shiny, and
while the shiny skin is good form in
Turkey. it isn't considered so here. A
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-12-24
A LINE O. CHEER
BY John kendrick Bangs.
NO SHORTAGE.

Sugars short, and so is Coal,
But I've warmth stored in my soul
In such stores as carry me
Through whatever cold may be.
And for Sweetness I'm inclined
Unto that Of Spirit kind
That invariably lies
l. the depths of loving eyes.
(Copyright)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-02-13
FLORIDIAN KILLED
IN NEAR EAST RIOT

Jacksonville. Feb. Thames Perry
the Near East relief worker who was
murdered last week in Syria by the
turks while directing the transnor-
tatlon of food to the starving peon1a
OF the Bible lands, is the son of AR
ana Mrs. Wilder Perry, of Camden
Me- who are spending the winter in
florlda and who are residing at 324
Julia street in this city
The murdered man was 80 wears or
age a graduate of Harvard and has
oeen In France since August, 1915, hav-
ing gone over to direct important Y
VI. =. A work. The parents have
spent several winters in Florida and
are Well and favorably known in MANY
parts of the state.
MISS Annie Miller, expert organizer
OF Columbia, S. c., has arrived in
+ lorIda, having succeeded Sister Es-
ther Carlotta, S. r.. resigned Miss
Miller will organize HilIsborough
county as well as other counties, and
expects TO have everything in readi-
ness at the opening of the state cam
palSn. Other field workers are send
ing IN encouraging reports and Civ
ing assurances that organized coun-
ties VIII reach their respective quotas.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-02-13
rs Per Gent Of Mans Ills Have
Origin i'm Stomach, Says Expert,
Often Affects Kidneys, Blood and Nerves

the lips of women who have been made
well.
Its ability to relieve those ills that
seem to be peculiarly the misfortune
of women is overwhelmingly proven
by innumerab1e testimonials.
Stomach Trouble Relieved.
Il tried one bottle of Dreco, it did
me so much good l got the second one,
now I am buying the third and l am
feeling a whole lot better, said Mrs
Julia Bader. of 321 w. Hartford St,
Dayton, o.
Il have suffered for years with a
bad case of stomach trouble, all my
food seemed TO ferment and fill me
up with gas. causing awful pains 1t
felt like L was choking sometimes;
could not swallow it down no.. spit 1t
out. Constipation was a continual
source of annoyance and 1 often had
splitting headaches, which nothing
would relieve. My nerves We're shat
tered and my sleep badly broken, for
would roll and toss all night long and
when morning came would be ex-
hausted.
so many of my friends had tried
Dreco, with such good results that
decided to try it also and without
doubt it has reached my case, for [
now eat most anything. crave and it
never hurts me the slightest 1 am
never bothered with the gas or pains
and the constipation is gone entirely.
My nerves are much stronger / get a
good full nights sleep now and wake
UP refreshed and full of vigor.
haven't had headache since the sec
ond day | started on Dreco. / GER
tainIy do recommend Dreco. for it has
done me a world of good. Sold in Pen
sacoIa by Balkcom Drug Co.-Adv.