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Armenian Music.

The melodies and composition Of
Armenian music are unique, although
in recent years Russian. Italian and
English styles have been Incorporated
in her music. and many Armenian
operas are sung in other countries.
The national marching song Of Tur.
key, oppressor of Armenia, was writ
ten by an Armenian in the national
style of the Turks.
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no physical endowment or attainment
worth mention; but boys, who could
"whIp him with one hand" became
sycophants in his presence: the terror
he Inspired was moral. He had IL spe-
cial overdevelopment of faculty ex-
erciSed clumsily enough by most hu-
man beings, especially in their youth;
in other words, he had genius-not.
however, genius having to do with
| anything generally recognized as art
or science. True. If he had been n
violmst prodigy or mathematical prod
igy, hc would have had some respect
from his fenows--about equal to that
he might have received If he were
gifted with some pleasant deformity,
such as six toes on II fOOt--but he
would never have enjoyed such deadly
prestige as had actually come to be
his. In brief, then, Wallie Torbin had
n genius for mockery.
Almost from his babyhood he had
been = child of one purpose: to in
crease by ghastly burlcsGue the suf-
ferinrs of unfortunate friends. If one
of them wept, Wallie necessarily pur-
sued him. yelping in horrid mimicry:
if one were chastised. he could not
appear out ut-of-doors for days except to
encounter Wallic and n complete re-
hearsal of the recent agony. Quit,
papa pah-puh. quee-yet, III never
do 1t again, pah-puh Oh, lemme
alone. pah-puh !"
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Prehistoric City.

prehistoric city which flourished
about 2OO0 b. c., has been discovered
In ruins unearthed by Professor BIeg-
en- Of the American Archaeological
school In Athens. The city was sItnat-
ed between Corinth and Mycenae, in
southern Greece.
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seIa,hnes. Admitted.

you are accused of mingling sci.
fish motives with your patriotism"
II plead guilty." said Senator Sor.
ghum. "For the sake of my family
and the prosperity Of my friends and
fellow citizens I want the country in
which they live to be as enlightened
and prosperous as possible" ~
The Holly chieftain., 1921-10-20
TAKE ASPIRIN ONLY
AS TOLD BY "BAYER"
"eayer" introduced Aspirin to the
Physicians Over 21
Years Ago.

To get quick relief follow carefully
the safe and proper directions in each
unbroken package Of '.Bayer Tablets Of
Aspirin This package is plainly
stamped with the safety "Bayer Cross"
The "Bayer Cross" means the gen.
uine. world-famOus Aspirin prescribed
by physicians for over twenty-One
Observation-Disclosures
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ARE YOU A MOTHE
Health 10 Your Most Valuablsl
Here 10 How to Take Propsl
Care Of IL

Beatrice, Nebr.-T know Dr.. Pieree's
Favorite Prescription to be wonderful
help to women during expectancy.
Always during that time took it and It
was the means Of keeping me in . strong,
healthy condition, made tho ordeal
much easier, and my children vere
stronger and healthier than they would
have been il had not taken this medi-
cine. can highly recommend it to all
..ssse, ct sls they ~ find Ep = #
Roberts, 624 W. Court st.
Go to your neighborhood drug store
today and get Favorite Prescription in
tablets or liquid or send 1Oc to DR..
Pierces Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo, N. Y
for trial pkg. tablets.
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cutieura soothes itching sealt

cutieura Soothes itching Scalp
On retiring gently rub spots of dan
drum and itching with Cuticura Oint-
ment. Next morning shampoo with
Cuticura Soap and hot water. Make
them your everyday toilet preparations
and have a clear skin and soft, white
hands.-Advertiseme
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At This, the Slender Form Of Florence
Underwent Spasmodic Seizure, in
Her Chair.
that far; and while don't think she's
been as discournging with them as she
might have been, she's never really
accepted any OF 'em. She's never been
engaged before
NO" Mrs. Atwater admitted, NOT
to this extent, Shes never announced
It TO the family before"
well. I'd hate to have Julias Job
when she comes back !" Julia's brother
said ruefully.
whats that?'
"Breaking 1t to her admirers
"Oh, she isn't going to do thatw
Shell have TO, now," he said. Shell
either have to write the news TO 'cm,
or else tell 'em. face TO fuce, when she
comes home"
".She won't do either"
"Why. how could she get out Of IT."
H'q wife smiled pltyingly. she
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Makina II Mkaep. y

1t is hard to tell in some countries
whether liberty is preserved or canned.
Washington Post.
The Holly chieftain., 1921-10-20

From a girls point OF view. to be
able to wear small shoes is great
feat.
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The wife of shiftless man always
has an excuse for him. He means
well
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The manly art of self-defense goes
lame when 1t encounters woman's
eyes.
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However, the blooming idiot is not
necessarily the flower VI the family.
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Marble Palace. Al s1o a Month.

Pnlatial marble palaces, erected in
the Sixteenth century by Dutch mer.
chants on the all but forgotten islands
of the South Seas. are for rent at
f2 los. month, approximately $40
according to letters from mariners and
itinerant merchants.
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What little some men do know isn't
any credit to them.
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The Tapiro pygmy people are cul-
tivators of tobacco.
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The Prize Puzzle.

The man who used to hide behind
. wOman's skirts" would be puzzled
to do this nowadays.-London Opinion.
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Ten million acres of land are sown
to wheat in Australia.
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81 say you won't speak of .Julia's
engagement outside the family, will
you, Florence?'
Papa" she gasped. did Aunt
The Snowflake herald., 1921-12-02

been thinking Of the public ear and
too little of the public eye. We must
show some respect for both"
Sometimes I think that comely
dress ought to go with comely die
tion," said Abe. "But that's a thing
you can't learn in books. There's no
grammarian of the language Of dress.
Then I'm so big and awkward. It's
a rather hopeless problem"
You're in good company" Kelso
assured him. Mature guards her best
men with some sort of singularity,
not attractive to others. Often she
makes them odious with conceit or
deformity or dumbness or garrulity.
Dante was such a poor talker that
no one would ever ask him to dinner.
If it had not been so l presume his
muse would have been sadly crippled
by Indigestion. If you had been a
good dancer and lady's favorite, /
wonder If you would have studied
Kirkham and Burns and Shakespeare
and Blackstone and Starkie, and the
science of surveying and been elected
to the legislature. l wonder if you
could even have whipped Jack Arm
strong"
"Or have enjoyed the friendship of
Bill Berry and acquired a national
debt, or have saved my imperiled
country in the war with Black Hawk"
Abe laughed.
Tx @ho ~ ho
ter had great confidence in the taste
and knowledge Of his young friend,
Harry Needles, whose neat appear
ance Abe regarded with serious ad-
miration So he asked Harry to go
with him on his new mission and help
to choose the goods and direct the
tailoring, for it seemed to him a high
ly important enterprise.
"Our appropriation is only fifteen
dollars" said Abe as they came in
sight of "the big village" on a warm
bright day late in October. "Of course,
/ can't expect to make myself look
like the President of the United
States with such sum, but want to
look like respectable citizen of the
United States, if that is possible. I'll
give the old Abe and fifteen dollars
to boot for new one and we'll see
what comes of It,"
Springfield had been rapidly chang
ing. 1t was still small and crude, but
some of the best standards of civiliza-
tion had been set up in that commun-
ity. Families Of wealth and culture
in the East had sent their sons and
share of their capital to this little
metropolis of the land of plenty to 60
into business. Handsome, we'll -groomed
The Snowflake herald., 1921-12-02
DADDY WOEFUL BACK NUMBER
How Is 1t Possible for Young America
to Look Up to a Father
Like This2

Dad was forty-fye, well dressed,
evidently all business. Son was fif-
teen or sixteen. Both were standing
up on an East Tenth street car.
"Son, this fellow Ruths-Babe
Ruths you call him-is he the mascot
for the team?"
"No. dad" replied the lad with an
embarrassed grim, ''he's heavy hitter
for the Yankees. What made you
think he was a mascot?
"Why, Babe, you know. Babe, I
thought he was a little fellow. And
what is it you say, 'Yank'?"
mo, dad, Yanks, Yanks." Then, af-
ter a moment, disgusted: "Say, dad,
didn't you ever hear of John Nc
McGraw?"
"McGraws, McGraws. No, l can't
remember that name"
The lad was visibly perturbed and,
getting closer to dad, he whispered !:
"Say, dad. when we get home I'll
slip it to you who some of these birds
are so you will know next time."-In-
dianapolis News.
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USED SYSTEM OF HIS OWN
Spelling to Weigh at All Heavily
Upon Him.

OF course enough" spells ''nuff'' and
yet "calf" is not spelled "caugh."
School boys, seasoned business men,
not to mention school teachers, often
find the spelling of the English lam
guage bit troublesome. But here is
One-time university professor and
now eminent scientist who not only
admits that spelling "gets him ratified"
but goes so far as to invent his own
form of spelling, which exactly follows
out the sound of the word.
Hence we find such sentences as
these in a recently issued volume by
the anthropological department of the
university museum:
''Hiz hair waZ still black"
"The two ritings when they wer don,
ov course wer not alike"
"Some paragrafs ov hiz own wer
dropt."
II say az nearly az possible be-
cauz-"
The author of the volume, which is
the translation of a legend of the
Kerchi Indians of Guatemala, is Rob
ert Burkitt, an Englishman.
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SMALL GIRL GOT HER.
Little One Took a Good B.
Granted, but as It Turned
She Was justified. |

My new young man took m
on his sister, who was ma
wanted to make a good lmpe
dressed in my best dress and
my best behavior.
Two brothers dropped in, 40
heard them say they wanted
Fred's girl the once over"
A fOur-year-Old niece aln
the finishing touch when Shel
a voice that could be head
kitchen, "When you and ID
get married, may | be yOl
girl?"
The brother grinned, Orot1
in the kitchen hOwled, whDe|
q most unbecOming red.
The yOungster thought sha
long enough for an anSVed
said, MAY II"
1 MANAGE % say yes, and 4
later we were, and she WaS1
Tribune.
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"you don't think that do

ed: You don't think that, do you,
Abe?"
NO." said the latter, giving her
the advantage of every doubt. John
did foolish thing, but we must not
condemn him without a knowledge of
the facts. The young often do foolish
things and sickness would account for
his silence. You go hore and go to
sleep and stop worrying, Ann. You'll
get that letter one of these days"
A day or two later Abe and Harry
went to Springfield. Their reason for
the trip lay in talk between the post
master and Jack Kelso the night be-
fore as they sat by the latter's fire
side.
"Tve been living where there was
no one to find fault with my parts of
speech or with the parts of my legs
which were not decently covered"
said Abe. 1.-THE sock district of my
person has been without representa-
tion in the legislature OF my intellect
up to its last session. Then we got
bill through for local improvements
and the governor has approved the
appropriation. Suddenly we discov-
cred that there was no money in the
treasury. But Samson Traylor has
offered to buy an issue of bonds of
the amount Of fifteen dollars"
'Tm glad to hear you declare in
favor of external improvements" said
Kelso. "We've all been too much alb
sOrbed by internal improvements.
You're on the right trail, Abe. You've
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ness, Of an open discussion Of plans,
of fond affection expressing itself in
caresses quite Indifferent to ridicule
For Ann Il had been like warm sun
light on the growing rose. She was
neater in dress, loveller in form and
color. more graceful in movement and
sweeter-voiced than ever she had been.
1t is the old way that Nature has of
preparing the young to come out upon
the stage of real life and to act In it's
moving scenes. Abe manfully gave
them his best wishes and when he
spoke of Ann It was done very ten
The Snowflake herald., 1921-12-02
Choice of Evils

For a long time a beggar occupied
d position in the street with 'blind"
placard on his breast. One day the
benevolent Mrs. HOlmstierna finds him
with the word dumb on his money
box. She looks at him in surprise
and says:
"How is this? Have you recovered
from your bltndness?"
mot exactly, but / got too many
trouser buttons"-Kansas City Star.
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CHAPTER XI-Continued.

One evening. of that summer, Abe
came out to the Traylors' with let
ter in his hat for Sarah.
'How's buSiness?" Samson asked.
Going to peter out, reckon" Abe
answered with a sorrowful look. at
will leave me badly in debt. l want
ed something that would give me a
chance for study and / got it. BY
jng! 1t looks as if / was going to
have years of study trying to get over
It. Have you got any work to give
ne? You know l can split rails about
as fast as the next man and I'll take
my pay in wheat or corn"
You may give me all the time you
can spend outside the store" said
Samson.
That evening they had talk about
the whisky business and its relation to
the character of Eliphalet Biggs and
to sundry infractions of law and order
in their community. Samson had de-
clared that it was wrong to sell
liquor.
"All that kind of thing can be safe
ly left to the common sense of our
people," said Abe ''The remedy is
education, not revolution. Slowly the
people will have to set down all the
items in the ledger of common sense
that passes from sire to son. By and
by some generation will strike a bal
ance. That may not come in a hum
dred years. Soon or late the major
ity of the people will reach a reckon
ing with John BarIeycorn. If there's
too much against him they will act
You might as well try to stop a gla-
cier by building a dam in front of it.
They have opened an account with
slavery, too. By and by they'll de-
eide its fate"
Such was his faith in the common
folk Of America whose way of learn
ing and whose love of the right he
knew as no man has known it.
In this connection the New Eng
lander wrote in his diary:
HE has spent his boyhOOd in the
South and his young manhood in the
North. He has studied the East and
lived In the West. He is the people
| sometimes think-and about as slow
to make up his mind AS Isaiah says: /:
He does not judge after the sight of
his eyes neither reprove after the hear
ing of his ears Abe has to think
about it."
In April Abe wrote another address
to the voters announcing that he was
again a candidate for seat in the
legislature. Late that month Harry
walked with him to Pappsville where
a crowd had assembled to attend a
public SALE At one place there were
men in the crowd who knew Harry's
record In the war, They called on
him for speech. He spoke ON the
need OF the means of transportation
In SangamOn county with such insight
and dignity and convincing candOr
that both Abe and the audience hailed
him as a coming man. Abe and he
were often seen together those days.
In New Salem they were called the
disappointed lovers. 1t was known
there that Abe was very fond of Ann
Rutledge, although he had not, as yet,
openly confessed to any One-nOt even
to Ann-there being no show of hope
for him. Ann was deeply in love with
John McNeil-the genial, handsome
and successful young Irishman. The
affair had reached the stage of frank
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Fed at Las,

req at Last
de was the most dovn,oD,..
ing specimen of a tramn auu'0'l I
piled at the back door W "'9 \
ticular farmhouse for mos. @ "
The housewife viewed b,,.
gust. Wy
my goodness" she ev.I.,.
don't believe you've wosSa:
for a year"
Just about that" agreed A,
"YOu see, l only washes boto.. !
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Glocmhounds.

Tell me not in mournful numbers
Anything you have to say.
If you deal in blues and umbers,
Get! Avaunt! Be on your way !
Life Is drear. All, we'll knew it.
And don't wish to know it more,
Told by some dod-gasted poet,
Dull and turgid pest and bore.
-Tennyson J. Daft, in Kansas City
Star.
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Promise Kept,

Wife-She told me the VA'
Just as l have repeated 1t N|
made me sOlemnly promise no'
per a word of it to ANYBODY
Hub-Then why did you q
Wife-Well, I didn't VhlSl'
ton Transcript.
The Snowflake herald., 1921-12-02

Hear Him comIns'
Flubb-'Dixon believes ID
his own horn" DuDO-
people always dodge him
The Snowflake herald., 1921-12-02
To Make a Cashmere Shawl.

1t takes three men six months to
make a cashmere shawl. which ra-
Quires ten goats aeeceA
The New York herald., 1921-02-19
HENRY STANFORD DIES;
NOTED AS AN ACTOR
Appeared With Sir Henry Ir.
Uing and Other Stars.

Henry Stanford. who played the role
OF Jerry with Laurette Taylor in the
original production OF Peg o My
Heart" In 1912. died yesterday at his
home on Highland Road, Great Kills.
Staten Island He was rehearsHg for
the revival of the play Yhen he became
III.
Mr.. Stanford was born fifty-two years
ago at Ramlegh. Egypt, where his
father was British official, and his
first theatrical work was with English
companies lie appeared IN New York
first in 1900 az olivier with Sir Henry
Irving and Ellen Terry in "Rohe-
spierre" He returned 10 England later
and was cast by Sir Henry Irving in
the title role OF Faust" Mr.. Sanford
ava n member OF SIR Henry's company
until the latter's death In 1905 Suhsc-
quently he appeared with Bertha Ka-
Itch. Eleanor Robson. Viola Allen. Lewis
Waller and many other stars. HeNmar-
rled Laura Burt. with whom he CO.
starred in Dorothy Vernon of Haddon
Hall" In 1902. He was a member OF the
Green Room and Lambs clubs.
The New York herald., 1921-02-19
HIPPODROME PLAYERS WED.
Arthur Geary Marries Miss Mary
w. SHELTON, Dancer.

A Hippodrome wedding TOOK place
yesterday. Arthur Geary. tenor, of Good
Times" and Miss Mary Winifred Skel-
ton, a dancer In the same production,
were married yesterday afternoon at the
Church of the Transfiguration-the Lit
tie Church Around the Corner-by the
Rev. George o. Houghton. the pastor.
The only attendants at the ceremony
were Edward l.. Rocker. head OF the
technical staff Of the Hippodrome. and
Miss Bernice Montague.
The couple met first at the big play
house This Ia Miss Skeletons first sea-
son there. She Is of English birth. but
lived In Detroit, where she was edu-
Gated. until her stage debut, which was
made two years ago In Listen Lester"
Mr.. Geary, who is spending his third
season at the house. was born In Tas-
mania. but made his theatrical debut In
London. appearing there In the produc-
ton OF "The Merry Widow" and THE
Prince of Pilsen." Before going TO the
Hippodyome he played the part Of the
Italian tenor in "Maytime.''
The New York herald., 1921-02-19
DUPONT'S OPERA TO
HAVE PARIS PREMIERE
Lott Composers Arabian
Tragedy Soon to Be Heard.

Special Cable to THE New York HERALD.
Copyright, 1921, by THE NEW YORK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau.
Paris. Feb. IS.
The new opera, "Antar," the COM
poser OF which, Gabriel Dupont. died In
August, 1914, will be presented at the
Paris Opera Monday night. and is ex-
pected to cause n sensation in the
French music world. "Antar'' is based
on the tragic story OF Arabian lovers
the music carrying a steady rhythm sug-
gestive of the East. which critics say
has never before been attempted by
French composers.
Duponts career was one OF brilliant
successes. At the age of 90 he won
the PrM de ROM. In 1904 he was
awarded the first prize I'm an interna-
uonal competition at Milan. He then
devoted his life entirely to the creation
OF a peculiar type OF musical poems
Antar." when presented as a play.
IN 1913. at the Odeon. captured the
imagination of the composer. who de-
spite falling health worked night and
cay until he had completed the task Of
converting the play into an opera. But
before he could arrange for its pres
entation he collapsed, After months of
negotiations Duponts aged mother sue
eeeded In Interesting an opera director
VINO, in Announcing "Antar." predicts
that IL will be as great a success In
every way as Vincent d'Indy's "I,eqend
OF St Christopher"
The New York herald., 1921-02-19
FOUR POSTER FROM
PALACE BRINGS 81, $50
Total of the OrseIi Collection
Sale Reaches S87,I47.

Yesterday afternoons session in the
Luigi Orselli sale OF Italian antiques
at the American Art Galleries reached
s26.932 bringing the grand total for the
sale to date UP to sS7,147. The closing
session occurs this afternoon Yester-
day Italian furniture of the fifteenth
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and
italian gilt furniture of the sixteenth
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
were sold.
The highest price paid for single
object was S1,650, by w. r. Hearst, for
a sixteenth century Florentine gilt wood
four post bed. a piece from the Davan-
zati Palace collection. to which II came
from the castle OF the Duke Verzuolo.
An equal sum was paid by Charles of
London for pair of seventeenth CEN
tury Florentine walnut armchairs. S.
F.. Calavan purchased a set of six eigh-
teenth century Venetian walnut arm
chairs for $500 and fifteenth century
Tuscan walnut Savonarola chair for
$3.50
A pair of sixteenth century Florentine
walnut armchairs went to "A Walker
for $500. w. r. Hearst paid $3.50 for
sixteenth century Florentine painted
and gilt wood door frame. $3.50 for
set Of six seventeenth century Venetian
walnut chairs and $500 for a seven
teenth century set of four Brostolone
Venetian walnut chairs A Venetian
carved and partially gilt walnut cassone
of the Sansovino period Of the sixteenth
century sod to r. p. Pels for $500, and
a sixteenth century Florentine partially
gilt walnut cassone went to the same
bidder for the same price.
The New York herald., 1921-02-19
BEN WEIGH. BLIND,
DISDAINS INSURANCE
Actor Burns Up a $4,000
Policy With Ceremony.

Special Despatch 10 THE NT-w YORK HERALD
PROVIDENCE, II. l.. Feb 1s.-Refusng
total disability award from an in
surance company OF $4,000 In one sum.
or SIS week for the rest OF his life.
Ben Welch. veteran stage comedian.
now playing I'm Jimmie" at the Shubert
Majestic Theatre. this afternoon demon
strated his contempt OF discouragement
by burning his policy in the presence OF
many theatrical folk and Mayor Gaines.
Mr. Welch was stricken blind six weeks
ago while playing In Washington. lie
intends to keep on going"
The ceremony was on the roof Of the
Crown Hotel The Mayor applied the
match.
"They can't lick me-" IL the comedians
cheerful slogan. lie refused TO stop
having a part in making people happy
by his stage work.
BY the terms OF tho policy. which,
lacking renewal. expired to-day. Mr..
Welch would have had to remain idle
for a year to collect the $4,000, while
to receive the sT5 n week he would have
been required TO do nothing for the rest
OF his life. After consideration ne de-
cided that the time was far too short TO
accomplish all that he had set out TO do
In the world and that no insurance red
tape was going TO Interfere with his
cheerful philosophy Of keeping going"
He Is 46 years old.