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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-06-24
CULTIVATE HABIT OF THRIFT
Practice Means That One viii Be
Ready to Seize Opportunity
When II Comes.

Practice thrift habitually. Make IT
as much q part of your routine as
eating and sleeping. Get yourself syS-
tematized. Work on q definite sched-
ule. Save regular amounts. Plan your
work and your actions so that you
will have no idle time, no lost motion,
no wasted energy.
These are among the secrets Of sue
cess, happiness and progress.
The time to begin the cultivation Of
thrift habits is now.
The most important message that
can he conveyed to the people of this
nation today is: Get the thrift habit
Practice thrift not for brief inter-
val or internationally, but habitually.
Disraeli said The greatest secret
Of success in life is to be ready when
your opportunity comes"
This brief sentence furnishes one OF
the best reasons for practcing thrift
that ever has been given. 1t presents
a phase of the question TO which not
enough attention is paid. Ordinarily
thrift is looked upon as a means of
safeguarding one against possible
emergencies or of building up an ac-
emulation of money for some definite
purpose. But there are many uneN-
pected turns in the pathway of life
Thrift Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-06-24
PARROT MADE MUCH TROUBLE
Abilities of Brooklyn Bird Entirely
Unappreciated by the Women OF
the Neighborhood.

For several weeks past young wom-
en- passing along Hanson place have
been much annoyed by loud whistling,
apparently coming from someone who
wished to attract their attention The
WhlStllng has had a most peculiar eff
rect, depending on the temperament
of the women. Some have quickened
their pace and tried to get away; 9TH
erS have turned and surveyed the man
who happened to be behind with
flushed faces and angry glances. One
or two have even complained to the
police, while few have Jagged to find
out what it was all about.
Recently a highly indignant woman
complained to a policeman
"Fhat man behind me has been
WhiStling TO attract my attention for
FIVE minutes" she said. II wish you
would stop It,"
Much to her Amusement the police
man laughed unrestrainedly He
pointed with his hand to a window
opposite the Hanson Place Baptist
church and there sat the culprit, wink
Ing and whistling away. 1t was a
gray parrot with long red tail He
had learned to whistle like mischiev-
Gus country boy, but he reserved his
tricks for the women passing For
some time the firtatious parrot has
upset the eQuanimity Of the entire
neighborhood.-Brooklyn Eagle
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-06-24
NO LONGER OLD Ar THIRTY
Women Have Proved ConeIusivsIy
That Age is Not at All
Matter Of Years.

Perhaps women who are not at all
sensitive about their age are stu in
q minority. But their number is grow
Ing. In almost any gathering where
women chatter pleasantly and with
some intimacy about things which in
terest them you find at least one
woman who cheerfully admits that
she is not thirty-fve, but forty-tve,
or that it IS q very long time since
she vas thirty.
One OF the tragic conventions which
have helped to wreck Women's lives
IS this stupid tradition that at any
given age a woman gets old. Years
ago most women celebrated their
thirtieth birthdays with a sense of de-
preston. With greater common
sense, women at least began to see
that even after thirty they might en-
Joy life, and that the games and
amusemonts and Joys which are pos
sible at twenty are no less possible
at forty.
Today there fingers this ancient su-
perstition that If you have reached a
certain age you must not admit the
fact. But II will not endure long.
Now that we hear Of q woman OF
ninety playing really capable golf, of
women past fifty banding themselves
together in CHEEKY fashion as golting
veterans, Of women Of every and any
age enjoying life, it will become un-
fashionable to conceal ones age
From the Continental Edition of the
London Mail
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-06-24
FACTS ABOUT MILK AS FOOD
As an Article of Diet There Are Many
Things That Are Not Properly
Understood.

The use Of milk as a food has been
so extensively exploited by the milk
interests that there exists a somewhat
erroneous idea about it which q re-
cent speaker before the American Ped
iatric society, is endeavoring to cor
rect
These errors principally concern the
group of children between the ages OF
] and 6 years. These errors might be
classified under the headings: D
Prolonged use of milk as an exclusive
article of diet. CD Increased o.
titles of milk given along with otaeT
foods.
Milk might not only be used toe
long as an exclusive article of diet and
in excessive quantities with other
foods, but its nutritional value might
be injured by boiling.
The laity were taught, and rightly
SO, that milk was an ideal breeding
place for germs, and that the growth
of these germs might be inhibited by
keeping the milk on ice, or the milk
might be brought to a boil. The use
of boiled milk was becoming more
prevalent and many injuries to nutr-
ton occurred.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-06-24

Some Of the first coins were enor-
nous, the idea apparently being to dis
courage the greedy from attempting
TO accumulate and carry around too
many of them There We're copper
coins as large as dinner plates. This
inconvenient style had TO give way to
the demand for smaller and more con-
venient forms Of currency, and the
giant pennies soon dwindled in size to
meet the popular demand.
The earliest trace Of the use of gold
as money Is to be found in the pic
lures Of the ancient Egyptians weigh
ing in scales heaps Of rings Of the
precious metals. But there Is no actual
record that these rings were known
as coins with a fixed value.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-06-24
Electric Air Purifier.

How many places there are where
the natural air circulation Is inNde-
quate Restaurants, for instancei
How often one enters them with q
wee bit OF appetite, only to have that
wee bit reduced to none at all, by the
close and stuffy atmosphere Of the
place. Not only that, but the cook
ing odors are all too apparent. In
other words, the place is SO smelly"
that appetite dwindles instead of be-
ing whetted, and even though the food
is good, the appetite is lacking. Is
there any remedy for the close and
stuffy conditions of so many restau-
rants?
There is the electric air purifier
that costs no more to operate than
an electric fan, and it removes air i'm
purities and approXimates outdoor con-
ditions. so there is pleasant, stimulat-
ing tang in the atmosphere. 1t is valu-
able In kitchens, offices, easements,
smoking rooms and Observation-Disclosures
the air conditions are apt to be bad
and inadequate.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-06-24
Phoenix Built on Ruina.

BY far the most interesting remains
of the lost people of Arizona are their
network Of canals which prevail
through all the valleys. The longest
is the one tapping the ella river, and
which supplied with water the ancient
city now marked with the one stand
ing building. This is the Casa Grande,
about which SO much has been written,
and which has excited much interest
among acbaeologists in the last ten
years.
The volume of water taken out by
this canal must have been immense
for it supported millions of acres. In
most places the canal has been filed
with drifting sand, but its course Is
easily traced, Engineers who located
the Mericola canal made use of the
old Aztec ditch, and today water runs
over its pehbly bottom just as 1t did
two thousand or three thousand years
ago
For miles and miles around mounds
tell the tale of houses destroyed by
the ravHGes of time Phoenix was
built on the ruins OF this ancient city
and the relies Frequently are found of
this ancient civilization. - Detroit
News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-06-24
SURVIVED STORM AT SAMOA
Major General Lejeune One of the
American Sailors Who Came
Safely Through Hurricane.

Secretary Edwin DENLY of the navy
is fan on the history Of that branch
of the service and never misses an
opportunity to expatiate on its gloues.
He was speaking at a Navy league
dinner not long ago and wildly de-
scribed the events as they occurred
when. in 1889, q hurricane caught
three of our ships, three German ships
and one flying the British flag In the
hnrbor at Apia, Samoa, and sank them
all except the Britisher, which man
aged 20 get to sea.
He told how the American ships
were battered to pieces on the rocks,
how the Vandalia sank and her
crow rode out the storm in the rig
ging which still protruded from the
water
Three seats down the table from
Mr.. DENLY sat Major General John
A. Lejcune, commandant Of marines.
The secretary Of the navy did not
know at the time that Gen. Lejeune,
then a naval cadet, was one Of the
lads who hung on to the rigging Of
he Vandalia through the duration Of
the storm.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-06-24
Friendly Warning.

Under the caption ~ Friendly Hint
the following forcibly worded adver-
tisement in Rivingtous New York Ga
zette Of January Is 1775, was directed
against a resident who had made q
grieyouS financial error, very much to
his own advantage:
IF merchant Of this city who lives
near the Exchange. not many miles
from Broad street. does not within IA
days from the above date return so
which, by mistake, he was overpaid in
settling an account. a narrative of the
whole transaction, with his name at
length, will be published in future
paper and the truth of it supported by
an affidavit. If, in the meantime, the
gentleman should recollect the error
and will make any overtures to Mr..
Boole at Mrs. Haight'S. in Smith street.
secrecy will be observed"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-06-24
KNEW WHEN THEY HAD BITE
Traveller Tells of Rats Who Used
Their Tails as FshInes to
Catch Crabs.

Captain Moncton in his Expert
enceS Of New Guinea Resident Mag
fstrate," relates the following Incl
dent: Having landed on an utterly
barren island formed Of coral rock
and destitute of all vegetation, he
found it to be the home of an enor-
nous number of rats. There was no
trace Of other animal life, and 1t was
impossible to imagine how, except by
continual preying upon one another, it
was possible for these rats to subsist.
while seated at the waters edge,
turning over the problem in his mind,
he noticed some of the rats going
down to the edge Of the reef-lank,
hungry-looktng creatures they were,
with pink, naked tails. He stopped
on the point of throwing Jumps of
coral at them, out of curiosity to see
what they meant to do. His curiosity
was soon gratified. Rat after rat
picked q f1attish place and. squatting
on the edge, dangled it's tail in the
water.
presently one rat gave a violent
leap of q yard, landing well clear Of
the water, and with a crab clinging to
its tail. Turning around, the rat
grabbed the crab and devoured it. and
then returned to the stone. Other
rats were seen repeating the perform
auce.'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-06-24
HUBBY At THE co0KsTOvE
Why Head Of the House Should
Know How to Prepare Food.

Cooking has been added to the cur
riculum of male students at Penn VI
vania State college. Cooking is lrne-
thing that all men should know some
thing about.
Some men should know all about it.
Particularly should married men
have the necessary knowledge so that
in the pinch they can escallop q pan
Of potatoes or stir up mess of fluffy
biscuits.
There IS no telling when the good
wife may be absent from home at meal
time.
AS time goes on the legitimate rea-
sons for this are growing.
And what is more pleasing to the av-
erage wife than to return from the
bridge party or the polling place, q
tritie late, perhaps and worried for
fear that she'll not be able to have
dinner on the dot-what is more pleas
Ing than to be greeted at the door by
the man of the house, all uniformed
up in a long overall apron. a dab Of
flour on his beaming countenance stir
ring for dear life at bowl of embryo
drop biscuits?
And the teakettle steaming its heart
out1
And the smell of burning heefsteak
permeating the otherwise hopeful at
mosphere?
Man should know how to cook st.
Joseph Gazette.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-06-24
Artistic Chinese Work.

Little jade trees growing sturdily in
bowls of the rarest cloisonne and bear
ing upon the intricately carved
branches, clustered close to the cool
green Of the jade leaves, wonder fruits
of coral and amber and delicately
wrought blossoms Of the translucent
white jade, might be memory Of the
Arabian Nights and Aladdins lamp.
They might be, but they are not.
They are tributes to the infinite pa
tience and skill of the Chinese artisan
In semi-precious stones, and the zeal
Of the collector who buys with Ameri-
can gold the treasures of the Far East
and gloatingly carries them back
across the Pacific for the delight of q
luxury loving people.
They are expensive, but they repre-
sent not only the toll Of years but the
expression Of the artists soul.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-06-24
GLOWING tho TONGUE,

A glove for the tongue has been
patented by an inventor of Indiana. 1t
is called tongue shield" and Is de-
signed to enable the wearer to escape
the unpleasantness Of castor oil or
other bad-tasting medicines. The con-
trivance might be said to have the
shape of a miniature slipper without
any heel portion, but when placed over
the tongue is inverted. The tongue is
inserted into the "toe" part and the
back part of the sole" extends over
the top of the tongue toward the
throat. The device Is made of thin
rubber, so as to be liquid proof. and
is SO constructed as to fit the tongue
snugly without discomfort, When
medicine is taken it passes into the
throat without affecting the sense Of
taste, so that all unpleasantness Is OBJ
waited.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-06-24
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-06-24

While it is true that we never know
what trouble or disaster may befall
US, we likewise never know what great
opportunity is going to come into our
lives from an unexpected quarter. If
we read the lives of the men of our
country who have risen from poverty
and obscurity to the greatest heights
of success, we find that there were
certain times in their lives when great
opportunities presented themselves,
that much of the success Of these men
was due to the fact that they We're
able to take advantage OF such oppor-
tunities when they came.
How often have we witnessed the
unhappy spectacle Of some man failing
to rise to the complete possibilities Of
opportunity as 8 result of thriftlesS-
ness
Thriftless habits will undermine any
character and eventually lead to ruin.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-06-24
Macauiay SiIenced Critics.

Macaulay was victim to the habit
of reading in bed. When going the
northern circuit as a newly fledged
barrister, an old kings counsel stay
ing in the same hotel with him no
ticed that NEacaulay carefully picked
out the longest candle as the members
of the mess were retiring for the
night. He demonstrated with him."
says Sir George Trevelyan, ION the
danger of reading in bed, upon which
Macaulay replied with immense rapid
ity Of utterance: I always read in
bed at home; and If I am not afraid
of committing paTicide and matricide
and fraticide, can hardly be expected
to pay any special regard to the lives
of the bagmen of Leeds And, so
saying, he left his hearers staring at
one another, and marched of to his
ROOM"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-06-24
SOUGHT TO ENHANCE CHARMS
Roman Beauties Well Knew the Value
of Time Spent al the Toilette
Table.

The toilette of the Roman beauty
was vastly important affair. The
maids who assisted in 1t were usually
Greek slaves, and the length Of time
devoted to it may be judged from the
fact that, like beauties of France so
many centuries later, the Roman
woman often had the poets and the
philosophers Of the day TO divert her
during its progress, favor Of which
they seem to have been less apprecia-
tive than their descendants in France
The equipment for the toilette was
both elaborate and complete. Combs
mirrors of FURNISHED bronze, bottles
for perfumes and boxes for rouge and
whitening preparations are all to be
found in collections of Roman toilette
articles, and many are the harsh
words on the subject Of the feminine
toilette to be found in the writings Of
their masculine contemporaries who
disapproved Of charm in their women
yet Seem with masculine inconsistency
to have disapproved equally Of women
without charm.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-06-24
Rose Always Loved,

The rose has been q favorite from
earliest times. So deep hold has it
on the affections of the people that
it is often spoken of as the queen of
flowers, 1t has figured in the litera-
ture of all ages and all nations Peo-
pie in all stations of life yield homage
to its beauty of form and color and
to its delicious fragrance 1t Is loved
by poor and rich alike. 1t is grown in
the dooryards Of the least pretentious
cottages where often the occupants
are stinted in food and raiment, as
well as on the grounds Of large es-
tates, where abound the choicest
things that money can buy. 1t is also
grown in immense quantities under
glass and Is the most popular winter
cut flower for all occasions.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-06-24
Advertisers at First Shy.

1t took several years after the es-
tablishment of newspapers in Amer
lea for advertising to become popular.
John Campbell, the postmaster Of Bos-
ton. who, in 1904, started the Boston
News Letter. the first real newspaper
in this country, had great difficulty in
persuading his townspeople to adver-
tise their wares or their wants.
William Bradford and Peter Zenger
in New York were hardly more for
tunate at first, and even Benjamin
Franklin, for many years after he be-
gan the publication of the Pennsyl-
vania Gazette, found his advertising
columns very meager After 1850,
however, the reluctance to advertise
died away and all the leading papers
showed that they were well sup
ported.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-06-24
SHE ALSO KNEW TENNYsON
Poetic Business Man Got Something
of "Joit" When He Tackled
Little Waitress.

The man with the superior air was
a poetic business man. He generally
patroniZcd a small lunchroom near his
office. When he was not selling eggs
at wholesale or something, he liked to
read verse. Ills favorite was Tenny-
sons "Idylls Of the King" And be-
cause he felt that he knew so much
about it he thought he would have q
little fun with the lunchroom wait
resses, in a superior sort of way.
It began by naming the girls after
the heroines in the poem. His regular
~aitress was tall, gaunt person. but
nneWhat queenly as she bore down
On him with plate of hash. Her real
name was Sadie.
Sadie" he announced one night,
thereafter I'm going to call you
Guinevere. Mind?7
II should worry" said the wait
ress, shifting her gum, but who's
she?"
The bride Of King Arthur" was
the reply.
"Awri, but hope she's respectable.
l amt seen that fllum."
SO it went. All the girls were prop
erly renamed. And then one day a
new waitress was on the Job She
was small and dark. Exceedingly
pretty, he thought.
81 haven't named you yet" he told
her after a couple Of nights.
Then he explained his little indoor
sport.
I'll let you be Elaine" he said.
"How ridiculous" she answered. 81
can't be Elaine
"Why notT'
"Tennyson says she was fair. I'm
a brunette. Elaine the fair Elaine the
beautiful Elaine the lily maid of Asto-
lat Evidently you don't remember
how the lines went"
The superior hoo}wor1n called for
his checlz-New York Sun,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-06-24

To get color and light il the great
thing. The difficulty is to get them
both Turner i'll his Italian land
seapes. enhanced the color of his sky
by a dark pine-tree in the foreground,
sacrificing the color of the tree for
the sake Of accenung its value and
warmth; and the old landscape
painters device of a brown tree is
used for the same end-to make the
blue of the sky and distance more
luminous and beautiful This is also
the reason for the dark brown fore
ground usual in old landscapes; and
our eye is not arrested by the tree or
the dark foreground, but goes past it
to the point Of the picture,-George
Clausen.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-06-24
The Spring Straw Hat.

All winter long man wears hat
that is easy and comfortable-a
friendly, slouchy, well-worn sort of
thing that he can pull down over his
ears when the wind blows or throw In
to the air at a football game It's
Just the sort of clothing a man ought
to wear, not tyrannical but compan-
ionable. And then along spring.
In the spring, say the poets, the spirit
of man breaks its bonds. A fellow
feels restless and indomitable. ft for
anything and free as the wind. He
brooks no restraint, not he. He looks
upon his good old cap or hat and de-
cides he ought to buy another. And
he does. He goes and gets himself
a straw hat-a stiff, uncomfortable.
unreliable sort of thing that Is faith
less to every passing breeze. A man
can't roll It up and put it in his
pocket. he can't throw it into the air.
he can't pull 1t down over his ears,
he can't do anything with it except
wear 1t daintily and carefully, until
the time comes to smash it In the
autumn and go back to the old cloth
hat. And that's the best proof Of the
madness Of spring-not love, not
blooming flowers, but the new straw
hat that leaves a red mark on . to-
lows forehead.-San Francisco CtA.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-06-24
THE DAINTY HOME TABLE.

g lNCE linen has been almost prohib-
~ tive in price and the linen in our
chests has been cherished for state oc-
caslons. the little japanese sets, cloths
and napkins. which make no pretense
of being anything more than cotton
(but which have such pretty artistic
designs. in good Colors) have become
very popular.
The well-kept dining table never
looks better than when laid with pref
ty doilies, which most women enjoy
making in their leisure moments.
The old fashion of loading the table
with all sorts of good things has
| passed. We still have the desire to
be we'll fed but with more comfort
and greater health.
A dainty centerpiece of flowers or
small plant always adds to the ap-
| pearance Of any table Flowers need
| not be Of the choice hot house vari-
ETY., for a bunch Of beautiful clover
Is thing of beauty and costs moth
| ing.
Pretty little ferns may be taken up
| IN the woods, planted in small pots
| and used for q table ornament.
The present fashion returns to the
old way to serving desserts and sal
ads at the table, letting each guest
help himself to the amount he de-
| sires. This is both convenient and
economical as it eliminates leftovers.
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