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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-05-27
AGNES GAYLORD WINS VARSITY
SWIMMING SUIT

A black wool swimming suit with
the monogram of the school in gold
letters was offered by the Girls Phys
ical Training Department to the best
all around girl swimmer in school.
The contest was held last Thursday,
May Is, Agnes Oakford of Goodland,
winning first place with 80 points,
and Deora Hughes of Meade, second
with so points.
Those entering the contest were
Agnes Oakford, Goodland;' Deora
Hughes, Meade; Olive Sunderland,
Vermillion; Marie Weber, Hays;
Clemence Travis, Victor; and Myrtle
Divine, Goodland.
The events and the winners were
as follows:
Speed:
Back Stroke Oakford, 1st; Divine,
End; Hughes, 3rd; and Travis, 4th.
CrawHDivine, 1st; Hughes, End
Oakford, 3rd; and Weber, 4th.
Breast Oakford, 1st; Hughes, End !;
and Divine, Bird.
Side-Oakford, 1st; Divine, End /;
Hughes, 3rd, and Weber, 4th.
Any Stroke-Oakford 1st; Hughes,
End; and Divine, 3rd.
Best Form:
Back Stroke-Oakford 1st; Hughes,
End; and Divine, 3rd.
Crawl Divine, 1st; Hughes, End;
and Weber, 3rd.
Breast-Hughes, 1st; Oakford, End /;
and Divine, 3rd.
Side-Oakford, 1st; Hughes, End;
Sunderland, 3rd; and Weber, 4th.
Diving:
Plunge for Distance-Hughes, 1st;
Sunderland, End; and Divine, 3rd.
Standing Header Hughes, 1st; Ira
Wis, End; Sunderland, 3rd; and
Oakford, 4th.
Endurance Swimming the greatest
distance in minutes Oakford,
1st, $50 yards; Hughes End, LA
yards.
The judges were: Mrs. James
Rouse, Hays; Miss Margery Mitchell,
Hays; and Miss Georgia Virmond,
Hays.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-02-21
"vlRGIN' WAS ONLY SHADOW
Priest Solved a Mystery Which
Caused Exc tement Among
French Villagers.

Metz.-Excitement among the pa0-
pIe of Noveant. a small village near
here. over the supposed appearance
of the Virgin near church yard,
has been claimed by an investigation
conducted by religious authorities. Il
was said the apparitiOn appeared ar
IA certain time each day. seem ng
to stand on the steps of little villa.
Father Bentz posted himself one
evening at a point where Others said
they had seen the Virgin. and at once
solved the mystery. He found two
trees some distance away which, just
at sunset. cast shadow presenting
a clear outline of statue of the Ma
donna. the resemblance being striking.
Bishop Ruch Of Metz, commenting
on the case, said when it was ex-
planned TO him:
I'VE must not expect too many mir
acles. We have just witnessed one
of the greatest miracles of all times
the, return Of Lorraine 10 France
and we can afford to wait II little
while for another"
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-02-21
Zuyder Zee to
Be Reclaimed

ciated Press correspondent. He Is
now member of the state council
which viii carry out the work.
'"The first thing Ia do" said Doctor
Beekman, ais TO construct a gigantic
dixie to keep out the North sea. This
VIII be 80 miles long. stretching
from Wieringen to the Frisian coast,
where the water ranges In depth from
% to II feet. It will he everywhere
16 to II feet above the sea level. There
Will be q double-track railway on top
Of the dixie Its construction will take
nine years and it's cost, by pre-war
estimates. will be more than 100000
600.
The total surface TO be reclaimed is
827 square miles. There will remain
a lake of 900 square miles, which
viii act as a reservoir during the pc
RODS when, owing to northwestern
storms. the water Of the River YsSel
and of the canals cannot he emptied
into the North sea. The water of the
lake will he let out into the North
sea through five great sluices at the
Wieringen end Of the dixie.
Most of the land TO be reclaimed
now lies Is feet beneath the sea
level. Part of it is expected to be
dry within IA years, as pumping out
will begin as soon as the dixie is com
pleted. The last of The land is ex'
rected 70 he dry within 10 years"
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-02-21
NOSE CL0GGED FROM
A COLD OR CkTARRH
Apply Cream in NostriIs to Open Up
Air Passages.

ALI What relief! Your clogged nos
trils open right up, the air passages of
your head are clear and you can
breathe freely. No more hawking,
snuffiing, mucous discharge, headache,
dryness-no struggling for breath at
night, your cold or catarrh is gone.
Don't stay stuffed up! Get a small
bottle of Eiys Cream Balm from your
druggist now. Apply a little of this
fragrant, antiseptic cream in your nos
trils, let it penetrate through every air
passage of the head; soothe and heal
the swollen, inf1amed mucous mem
brane, give you instant relief. Ely''
Cream Balm is just what every cold
and catarrh sufferer has been seeking,
It's just splenGid.-Adv.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-02-21
Ark as
Model for Boat

uOn Of the commercial fishing inter-
ests of the Lake Erie section and in
vestigators were sent to Vermili0n.
If II were true that VermiliOn fish
erman had invented boat patterned
after NOah's ark that would lessen
The risk of spring and fall season fish
Ing they wanted 10 give the fishermen
the benefit of the discovery. they said.
The Eermilion giIinetter would not
listen to q proposition to sell his idea.
nor would he talk of royalty.
"If you can save some poor devils
life by using INV style of boat. go
ahead and use IT," he said.
The United Fisheries company of
This city. one of the largest organiza-
tons of It's kind operating on Lake
Erie. recently completed the first of
six gillnet tugs Of the tyne designed
by Lampe. at shSpbuiIding plant in
this city. The other five are TO he
resdy to he commissioned at the he
ginning of the spring fishing season
of 1920.
Lafnpe chr!SteNed his boat Victory.
for the reason thar she is believed TO
have triumnhed over the storm. With
how like that of battleship. and n
body otherwise that resembles The
conventional pictuYes Of Noah's ark.
she has been successfully combating
the toughest seas that the Lake Erie
nor'easter has been able thus far TO
kick up.
Victory is fifty-five feet ! ne. with
fifteen foot beam. She is equipped
with two .nOwer plants. so that If one
should happen TO Ego bad" he other
will he availahie Her upper works
are so constructed thar they can be
made almost water tight. and her hull
bears the weight required totright her
Immediately if she should happen TO
turn over.
Il would as lief he sitting in the
cabin of Victory as in My Office or my
home. no matter how severe the
storm" said Charles F. Mischler. pres
ident OF the United Fisheries company.
discussing the new gilInetting craft.
Fishermen say that boats e this
kind will. in rhe near future, replace
the old-tiue gilluetting tugs now in
use. and that a big saving in life snd
property will result.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-02-21
HEART MISSED MANY BEATS
Bullet Wound to Civil War Veteran
of Pittsburgh Caused Abnormal
Action.

Observation-Disclosures c. Gibson, sew
enty-seven years old. a member of
Company I, Fourteenth Pennsylvania
cavalry, during the Civil war, who
died at Midway Sunday evening. had
the distinction of having had 31T,5T1,-
600 less heart beats In fifty-seven
years of his life than does the normal
man.
Gibson was wounded during the
Civil war at the age of twenty. The
bullet passed between two ribs and
close TO the heart. spreading an artery
and vein. In some way 1t affected his
heart to such an extent that that or
gan missed one beat In every four of
a normal heart.
According to calculations. Gibson's
heart missed 1880 beats each hour .
5.120 beats every twenty-four hours; ;
5.518.600 each year, and 1881. 8Ot
In the fifty-seven years following Lr
injury.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-02-21
Work on $125,0O0,0O0 Engineer
ing Project win Start
This Year.
PROVIDE LAND FOR 100000
Dixie Thirty Miles Long Is Part OF
Plan to Add New Province to Hob
Iand-Area of s27 Square Miles
to Be Reclaimed.

The Hague.-W0rk is 20 begin this
year on the Feclalmlng Of the Zuyder
Zee. one of the worlds greatest en-
cheering projects. by which it is pro
posed to restore TO Holland within 80
years what WAS once hers but was
taken away by storms of many cen
turtles.
When the work is finished not only
the original land will be restored. but
many thousand acres which always
have been beneath the sea will be
ready for cultivation.
According to pre-war estimates the
entire work of retaining the Zuyder
Zee would have cost approximately
SIS. S00,OOO. but, with the increased
cost of labor and materials in the
last six years, IT is believed the cost
will be well in excess Of $125.000,OOO.
The work Will be done and paid for
by the state, through special loans,
and the state, through rental Of the
land reclaimed, expects the scheme
to pay for itself within a few years,
and thereafter yield handsome rev
enue-
viii Support 100000 Persons.
The total amount of land to be re-
claimed will be SGT square miles
which will constitute a twelfth prov
ince of Holland. capable of support
Ing a population of 100000. and where
In several cities of ancient trading
fame are expected to be restored to
commercial Importance. The engineer
ing work is now well under way.
Centuries ago, at the beginning OF
the Christian era, when the Romans
had their settlements in Holland, much
of the space now occupied by the Tug
der Zee was land and the south part
Of the present sea was lake, called
Flevo. Northwest tempests swept the
North Sea, washing away the tract
of dry land between the sea and the
lake. One large. shallow body of wa.
ter-the Zuyder Zee-was formed.
The towns situated on its hank
throve as the merchantmen came into
their ports But as ships became larger
and of deeper draught. traffic was di
verted to deeper seas, leaving the
once famous towns on the Zuyder's
shore mere fishing villages, which they
are now. while Amsterdam's commerce
came to her through a canal leadinl
direct to the North sea.
DR.. A. A. Beekman Of The Hague
who has devoted nearly all his life
e the idea of retaining the ZuydeE
Zee. explained the plans to the Asso
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-02-21
Female Bandit Uses Gun and
Secures $1,000.
Feminine Footpad chatted as She
Frisked Pittsburgh
Banker.

Pittsburgh.-Adam Eidemuller. Sec
rotary Of a building and loan associa-
ton, was held up by polite. heavily
yelled woman footpad and robbed OF
$1,000 while almost within sight Of his
home.
"Oh. beg your pardon" the wom-
an said rs she bumped into Eidemul-
lef
He FASTENED to pardon her, but saw
in her hand a small pistol. The war1i-
tng she issued was quiet but stern.
EidemulIer told detectives.
keeping the pistol In position, she
moved closer to Eidemuller and drew
from his hip pocket a wallet, fairly
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-02-21
HELD UP BY WOMAN

hulging with money and checks he
had taken in at a meeting Of the loan
association.
Then with a smile she started Il
conversation concerning the funny
!. Gather Pittsburgh has been having,
eceping the revolver pressed close to
aer victim.
Eidemuller was forced to join In the
conversation. he said, and after sew
eral pedestrians had passed she
reached into his vest pocket and re-
moved his watch.
She unclasped this from watch
chain, and again continued her con-
versation about the weather.
you Just keep going she warned
Eidemuller as she had slipped the
watch and wallet into a large muff.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-02-21
Lake Erie Fisherman Had Faith
Enough in Idea to Build
One.
PROVED SAFE AS A HOUSE
Now the United Fishing Company Has
Built One and VIII Build Five
Eore-SuccessfulIy Combats
Toughest Seas.

Sandusky, O.-Ed. Lampe, fisher
man at VermiliOn. Lake Erie port
town twenty-five miles east of this
city. was reading a story about Noah's
ark to his children one night several
months ago. when it occurred TO him
that were the craft of NOah's time res
directed and moderniZed little It
might have a tendency TO lessen the
toll that storms take annually in the
Great Lakes section.
Lampe is a gillnetter of many years
experience, and in the picture Of
Noahs ark that eInbellished the story
be was reading. he recognized wonder
full possibilities. The storms of the
Great Lakes section rage furiOuSly in
spring, following the opening OF the
navigation season, and again In fail.
just before the season closes. Many
men lose their lives and much vaiu-
able property is destroyed.
The gillnetters. as those fishermen
who fish with gill nets are known.
are oftener the victims than are the
members of any other body Of men
engaged in fishing; their work is more
hazardous. When disaster comes Il is
usually the giIlnetters' boat. or slug
that Is DESTROYED.
A Real Success.
Lampe designed a boat on the plan
If Noah's ark. With the aid of sew
eraI fishermen friends he brought his
design to naturalization. He tried tile
craft ont and It met every expectation.
1t ploughed the most vicious pillows.
going out and returning when other
boats had to be kept In port.
Lanpe's craft attracted the atten-
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-02-21

stand up and / have three healthy chill
dren. You can use this letter if you
wish, for your remedy is certainly won
derful for sick, run down women. -
Mrs. A. KwARcNsKI, 1927 w. 0akdak,
Ave, Chicago, Ill.
For forty years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has been making
women strong and well, relieving back
ache, nervousness, liberation, and in
flammation, weakness, displacements,
Irregularities and periodic pains. 1t has
also proved invaluable in preparing for
childbirth and the Change of Life.
Women who suffer are invited to
write for free and helpful advice TO
lydia f. Pinkham Medicine Co. ICON
fidentiaD, Lynn, Mass. It is free and
always helpful.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-02-21
DoDs0N TELLS THE
HORROR OF CALoMEL
fou Don't Need to sieken, GRIPPE or
sallvate Yourself to start
Liver.

You're bilious, sluggish, constipated
You feel headachy, your stomach may
be sour your breath bad, your skin
saliow dnd you believe you need VILE
dangerfas calomel to start liver and
bowels.
Here's my guarantee Ask your drug
gist for a bottle of .DodsOn's Liver
Tone and take spoonful tonight. If It
doesn't start your liver and straighten
Want vt up better than calomel and
- youtt Piping or making you sick
w7eyu' to go back to the store end
gST money.
Take calomel today and tomorrow
you viii feel weak and sick and nau-
seated. Don't lose a day. Take a
spoonful of harmless, vegetable Dod-
sons Liver Tone tonight and wake up
feeling splendid. 1t is perfectly harm
less, so give it 10 your children any
time. 1t can't salivate.-Adv.
The pay days of those who work
for love are uncertain.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-02-21
Girls! Have a mass of long,
thick, gleamy hair

Let "Danderine" save your hair and
double its beauty. You can have lots
of long, thick, strong, lustrous hair.
Don't let it stay lifeless. thin, scraggly
or fading. Bring back it's color. vigor
ard vitality.
Get a 35-cent bottle of delightful
"Danderine" at any drug or toilet coun-
ter to freshen your scalp; check dan
druff and falling hair. Your hair needs
this stimulating tonic, then its life.
color, brightness apd abundance will
return-Hurry ADV.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-02-21
1873 Ex-Army officers Re.Enllst.

Washington.-A total of 13S former
army officers. Including one man who
held a Observation-Disclosures commission
during the war. have enlisted in the
regular army queFtermaster corps. ac-
cording TO a statement issued by The
war department. Included are % ma
jors. 81 captains. six first and 16 Sec
ond lieutenants.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-02-21
Clever Ego Trick.

An egg may be put into a hottie
which has u mouth much smaller than
the egg. FIRST soak the egg in vine
gar until the shell becomes soft and
pliable. 1t win then be easy TO force
the egg into the bottle. Pour cold wa
ter into the bottle, and allow 1t to re-
main until the shell becomes hard
again. The bottle can then be shown
to friends, who are certain to be
greatly mystified by the sight of an
egg in such place.-Popular Mechan-
les Magazine.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-02-21
Johnny lad chIckenpox.

There was an epidemic of chicken
pox in the village, but fortunately III.
tie Johnny had kept free from 1t. One
morning, however, he came rushing
downstairs excitedly.
'Oh. daddy" he shouted. "rm sure
I've got chickenpox. I've Just found
a feather in the bed"
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-02-21

not KNOW WIFI 70 10.
My mother advised
me to take Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and
use the S anative
Wash so / took her
and used
these remedies and
cured myself. feel
fine and do all my
homework which /
could not do before,
M 4 OoY,ld hardly
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-02-21

any of your quaint
old songs for ever so long"
GLADLY will | do as you ask. Peter"
said Witty Witch. and was soon off.
Peter GnOme made great prepara-
tons for his party. He had had one
not long ago. but this was special
one for his Every-Day-IS-Nice club,
He made fine pudding all by him
self. of jam and cake with fine sauce,
And then he made bread and butter
sandwiches and some creamed chicken
on toast. for he said: "If don't get
them to est the chicken first with the
sandwiches they'll never eat II. The
Jam and cake is all right for dessert"
He fixed long table made out Of
pine green's which he spread upon the
hard snow. Then he took out long
roll Of birch bark which he had tied up
with piece of red ribbon. He looked
at II carefully and then folded 1t up
again. II was the story he wanted to
tell his guests.
Well. they all arrived on time and
they all were delighted because Peter
GnOme said: I'm hOnOred to be the
president Of this club which so keeps
to its rules. None of you have COM
planned of the weather lately, though
there have been storms and billiards
and rain and what not. Instead you've
had the good sense 70 know that every
day Is really nice and that there Isn't
a day when we can't have fun.
$50 Tn having a party In honor OF
nv members who are such fine mem
hers end who cause their president no
trouble but much JOY.
'Tve story I want TO read to you.
I've written It upon this great piece
of birch bark"
He took the piece Of birch bark,
carefully united the red ribbon and
proceeded to read his own story in q
great voice. This was his story:
} There was a little girl. once, named
/ Peggy. She wanted To meet the Wish
Ing Fairy. of whom she had heard a
great deal.
II the Wishing Fairy went to calf upon
her late one evening when Peggy was
Va her beautiful little white bed.
Peggy said the Wishing Fairy, q
will grant you one wish. But be care
full. Remember how many mistakes
are made. And I hope you'll choose
wisely. I've only one wish to give to
each person I'm visiting this evening
peggy thought awhile and then she
said Dear Wishing Fairy. I'd like II
be the sort Of person who is always
happy. who doesn't get upset Over
little things and who doesn't feel like
crying and Who doesn't think every
thing is always going wrong. I'd like
TO he the sort of person who Is happy
/ for then I'll have such gorgeous, gio
rious, beautiful life
"The Wishing Fairy smiled and said
Deer Peggy. your wish is granted
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-02-21
N. Y. Hosiery Opened in
1912 Closed by Dry Law

New Yorks-Prohibition closed
the doors of another famous hos
telry. the Eastern hotel at the
Battery. which was first opened
shortly after the war of 1872.
Solid mahogany beams form the
framework of the structure. one
Of the oldest on the island of
Manhattan. Many prominent per
sons made their headquarters al
the hotel. including Robert Full
ron. steamboat inventor; Danie'
Webster, Commodore Wander
hllt. Jenny Lind. p. T. Barnum
md General Grant.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-02-21

And sure enough.
Peggy was the
sort Of person who
was always happy
after that. oh. she
was q wonderful
person. And with
out a visit from
the Wishing Fairy
we're all happy
because we enjoy
each thing we do
instead of waiting
for the spring cir
Gus To enjoy or
the autumn nut
ting party
But now we
must go on with
the supper. which
l., hninr I-nr4
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-02-21

warm In the hollow Of yonder tree. and
when we finish Witty Witch is going
10 sing to us.
$50 let's on with the supperw
How delieiously everything tasted
end what a good time they all had.
"And your story was mighty nice too
old Peter" they said when they left.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-02-21
c,1tinura fnr Sore Hands.

Soak hands on retiring in the hot suds
of Cuticura Soap. dry and rub in Gu
ticura Ointment. Remove surplus
Ointment with tissue paper. This is
only one of the things Cuticura will do
If Soap, Ointment and Talcum are used
for all toilet purposes.-Adv.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-02-21

! q IKE 10 nave Il
s u y per party.
Let's call together
the members of
the Every-D ay Is
Nice Club.
Fine" said
Witty Witch May
| h Up you?"
eff you will"
said Peter. per
haps you will be
so good as tn ask
Mr.. Giant to call
everyone together.
And perhaps you
will also he SO
good as 10 sing
some songs for me
and for my guests.
We haven't heard
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-02-21
Most Used Words.

Professor--Wha three words are
bsed most among college students?
Weary FRESH don't know.
Professor-Co rrect-Ex.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-02-21
Mothers Knee.

Mothers Knee.
"St0ries first heard ut your mothers
knee" said the moraIizer, ''are never
forgotten"
"Yes." reioined the demoralizer,
sand II Is the same way with some
other things you felt at mothers
knee"
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-02-21

A mother doesn't think that her
daughters are doing her justice unless
they provide her with SOnS-in-law.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-02-21
Woman, 81, shcpIIfser.

Londons--Sarah Ann Bennett 81.
was convicted OF shorlIfting here. She
stnle silk stockings, diary. perfume
and post cards.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-02-21

ACID Stomach, Heartburn and Nausea
quickly disappear with the use of Wrights
Indian Vegetable Pills. Send for trial box
to 372 Pearl ST., New York. Adv.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-02-21

Clean hands and clean teeth are con-
ducive 70 happy stomach.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-02-21
ADDTJ EVENING
k3EAIRY TALL
S-A d. Mary Graham
~ Bonner Sax
PETER GNoME's STORY.

"T've story I'd like to tell my
friends" said Peter Gnome. land then
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-02-21

Women may be vain without being
pretty, hut it's almost impossible for
them to be pretty without being vain.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-02-21
DO ALL MY
HOUSEWORK
Before | took Lydia E. Pink
MANS Vegetable Compound
| could hardly stand, says
Mrs. Kwarcinski.
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllIIIHII

Chicago, Ill suffered with dis
placement and irregularities and | did
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-02-21

No man is particularly fascinated by
n woman who is so good that all her
woman acquaintance like her.