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The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-12-25

By NEA service
SAND SPRINGS. Okla. Dee. "a
The biegest-and the hAppiest-fam-
ny IN the world Is enjoying a $4,000
Christmas here
Tho family has % chlldren-ittle
mites 10 haif-grown youngsters They
all wrote TO santa and they'll all get
what they asked for.
They're adding 60 their Christmas
cheer By inviting geo aun;H and cou-
sins 10 share In n party. For what's
o Christmas without company. even
lD a family Of s6y
Charles Page. foster father of the
s6. will iook on snd show kiddy
how 20 run the new electric railway
n tell another 70 keep his new hat
clear OF the chandelier.
Legally Adopts All.
PaEe7has legally adopted GIL OF the
es n has them housed IN the sand
Springs Home. which he founded.
'Tii enjoy Christmas moro than
thoy." saya Page. He iH q multi
millionaire oil man. But once he
was an orphan and felt tho pinch ~
poverty. That's why he's devoting
hif fortune "a lettering the plight OF
other orphans.
lie adopted I've 10 years ago. lie
puf them In n tent on the outskirts
81 Tulsa His family grew. ROW
~ ln a comfortable nvc-sfory build
ing on the old tent site.
Band Springs has grown ~ around
that house.
Page keeps HIS children 20 long ~
they want 20 stay with him He edu-
Gates them In a private elementary
school and sends them "a public high
Fchool Then they can go 10 college
~ they choose
Widows Colony.
a-.la-- aL.a n.m. Iala nafUNNHnhaA
y widows colony. He has 80 needy
Widow and their children In 80 neat
little cottages.
They'll DO the aunts and cousins
AZ tha Christmas feast. Besides.
every widow will have a big Christ
mns dinner brought 20 her cottage,
the $1,000 speni IN This Chfisimaa
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-12-25

Hrlr I.E thom how furv made their
home brew and got lf I# BE- srlru-
tiur Tact which may rNuIHIu tp tho
children how o. is Santa claus can
cover tho whole world ON christmas
Aa the earth ~rCyolycs ON ifs axis.
midnight and morning must ON
SANITY change 4 now day ia ui-
ways beginning somewhere. But
ihorg must boz SOME official put ur
lime where ans Elyon day hDEIna oU
rho earth
By q fortunate chance. this limo
can hc drawn precisely ialt why
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-12-25
By HEI,EwN RD CARRINGroN
scientist aud Nutur

II anyone We're DO tell ynu that
there could bo two. and olou three
days gu-nr ON a. the same
time. ON 100 earth Nuu would prob
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-12-25

party represents one-tonth or n
monthly salary Of Pages employees
who uthed themselves 10 provide tho
fund.
Part 81 Il has been used Tor "a com
munity Christina tree for an the
people OF Sand Springs, displayed .n
the public square.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-12-25

Only gss more days until Christ
mss,
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-12-25

Iapan'a agricultural land amounts
10 70 per cent " It's total area.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-28
The Castle of LeWes.

The noble castle Of Lewes, in Eng
land, now acquired for the nation. has
history going back to the fierce days
Of the Saxon invasions. In Athelstan's
day ii possessed two minis. and the
T.ewes silver coin was q recognized
coin Of the realm. The conqueror
gave the town to William of Warren.
who found Il fortress ready TO hand,
much like that he had left behind him
in Normandy.
LeweS. which has been famous for
long years for bonfres and fireworks,
used 10 perSecute Qaakers and others ::
thus in 1859 a party of Quakers were
assembled for worship on the castle
green. when crude people" fell upon
them with swords. guns and pixies. and
asSailed them with sQuibs. SO squib-
bling is proved TO be one of the most
ancient institutions OF the town.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-28
Feasibility Of Saving Coal.

An ordinary passenger locomotive
consumes Il pound Of fuel for every
- feet il travels. Each Unnecessary
stop. made with heavy freight or
passenger train. represents a fuel loss
of from 500 to go pounds of coal. de
pending ON the WEIGHT of the train,
the length Of the stop and the grade
conditions. \ brake-linp air leak ON
a train of 80 freight cars mas been
known 10 cause Il loss of as much as
2.j40 ponds of coal in ten-hour
period. The loss Of coal each time a
modern locomotive. pops off for five
minutes IS about - pounds. If loco
motive firemen We're to save q little
more than one shovelful of coal ont
Of each ten used. the total saving
would. be equal 10 nearly one per cent
OF all the coal handled.-Floyd W
Parsons. in Worlds Work.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-28
SPLIT ON CHURCH DOCTRINE
Puritans First Came into Being as Sc
eeders From the National Church
CT England.

Tie Puritans were party which,
though nominally taking It's rise al the
time when Archbishop rarker. 81 the
request of Queen Elizabeth, fornulat-
ell the constitution, articles and the
ritual of the national Church of Eng
land, really owes its origin 10 the in
fluence OF Wycl:ffe and the Lollards.
In consequence of Parker's scheme of
church purity, serious differences
manifested themselves among the
clergy. those who demanded greater
strictness of life and doctrine being
called in derision Puritan, or il
Burns phrase 1.-THE unco guild" The
party became split up into IN ex-
IRENE section that preferred the Pres
byterian system TO the Episcopal sys-
TEN, and a moderate section whose de-
sire was simply to, draw strongly
marked line of doctrinal demarcation
between the two standards of the two
churches. Later on (15S0), there was a
third party, which eventually became
the most powerful of all, viz: the
Separatists or Independents, who adj
vocated the congregational system,
whereby each charge would be re-
sponsible to itself alone. In the reign
of JHnes / (l620). the Pilgrim Fa-
theirs sailed from Delfthaven Tin the
Netherlands). touching at Southamp-
ton. England, and founded the colony
Of Plymouth. Mass, at the end of that
year. A few years later in the reign
of Charles |, great wave Of Puritan
migration built up the colony of Mas
sachusetts bay, an offsh0Ot Of which
was the colony of Connecticut.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-28
Un.vritten Rule.

Any soda clerk wip cell you With
disgust OF the hesitation with which
many customers order their drinks
" .oie he waits impatiepdy. That is
why an uptown store has little rou-
Iette wheels at each table. Instead
Of numbers the hand turns 10 the va
rious flayors and speciaities.
at seems TO attract the young boys
and girls. especially" said the man"
ager. "They like to spin the wheel
TO see what to drink. It's an unwrlt'
ten rule always to carry ont the order
to which the hand points. Luck is
good 10 me when expensive special
ties are drawn aud bad, | suppose, for
the fellow that pays the bili."--New
York Sun.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-28
New Reason fer pehornlna.

Young red cedar trees in the
Wichita National forest are nc longer
injured by the herds which Craze
there. The solution of the problem
was simple. the cattle are now de-
horned. One OF the drawbacks to pas
turing national forests has been the
injury which was apt 10 result to the
young growth from the grazing ami
mails.
AfteS fire-protecrion methods on the
Wichita were fairly worked out
and fires became rare Instead OF
the rule, red cedar began 10 come
rather plentifuily all over the forest
under the OAK stands. AS the cedar
began TO reach little size the super
visor of the forest noticed that il was
being broken rather badly by cattle,
both in the tops and in the branches.
After some consideration the super
visor decided 10 ask the cattlemen
users OF the forest TO run none but
dehorned cattle on the Wichita.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-28
DIDN'T YIELD TO TREATMENT
But Young Physicians Concern Over
Patients Eye Was Really
Wholly Unnecessary.

From one of the larger hospitals in
Kansas City comes the story GUAR
anteed under the foods and drugs
act) of young doctor and an equally
young and well-trained nurse, who
cOllaborated in the conscientious
treatment of the>left eye Of patient
who had been sent to the hospital for
an operation.
1t is said that, following the opera
ton, the pupil of the patients left eye
failed 10 dilate in accordance to in
structions in the book, and the young
physician became somewhat con
cerned. AS 10 just why the pupil was
expected to grow larger at the time
is not known to the layman, but the
fact remains that che doctor prescribed
an eve bath and instructed the at
tending nurse to apply it every half
hour throughout the night. After the
eye had been bathed, the lid was
pulled down and massaged thoroughly.
And so, every half hour. the nurse
carried out the doctors instructions.
When daylight came n bandage was
I placed over the optic to protect it
from the strong rays OF The morning
light.
AT nine o'clock the young doctor en-
tered the patients room and asked
the man low his eye felt.
"Wcll,' he replied, 1T feels rs good
as it has for a long while. You see. It
has been a glass eye ever since / was
five years old. Kansas City Times
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-28
Origin of Gunpowder.

The Chinese We're long credited with
the invention of gunpowder. but not
long ago evidence was adduced to in
dictate that the Arahians did not. as
commonly supposed. introduce gunpow-
der into Europe during the Eighth and
Ninth centuries. Ii is believed by the
most competent authorities now that
the manufacture of the first gunpow
der was based upon the Fire Book"
of Marcust Graecus, which appeared
in Constantinople about the middle OF
the Thirteenth century. This was the
source from which Robert Bacon, Al
hertus Magnus and Thomas Aquinas
derived their knowledge of genpowder.
The first use of sunpowder to drive
proiectiles is ascrihed TO a monk. Ber-
thold Schwartz. whose discovery was
made accidentally while preparing the
mixture for medicinal purposes.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-28
Jazz Raises Rent.

The agent who was singing the
praises Of the summer cottage on the
Michigan shore dwclt with particular
emphasis Oh one ne;.r a more elaborate
house. He then said that the renta,
vas So a month more than the rest"
That's because you get music he
explained.
'Music?" asked the puzzled client.
what do you meant"
"Well, was the answer, the people
WHO own that house give weekly
dances during the summer. They have
III orchestra on the lawn. You can
hear it and give dances yourself with.
out having 10 pay"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-28
Retired Persons. i.

The proverbial "busmans holiday"
Is nothing to that of the man who re-
tires from business. Some months ago
the manager of London bank retired.
Since then he has looked in most days
Just TO see how they are getting on"
Equally bad is the case of provincial
theater manager. an old actor well
known in LOndon's theatrical world.
He also retired. bidding his staff a
long farewell with much emotion. 1t
was understood he was going to live in
a quiet little place in Surrey. A fort
night later he turned up in his old
theater as director of travelling COM
pany. Worst of all was the impenitence
of a printer. who. after being pen
stoned, appeared every morning ut the
office door at the usual time to watch
the others go in TO work. Nor did he
come TO gloat. He envied.-London
Times.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-28
Books and Readinu.

OF course. there is portion of read
Ing quite indispensable TO a wise man.
History and exact science he must
learn by laboriouS reading. Colleges,
In like manner, have their indiSpenS-
able office TO teach elements. But they
can only highly serve US, when they
aim not 80 drill hut TO create; when
they gather from far every ray Of vari-
Gus genius TO their hospitable halls.
and. by the concentrated fires. set the
hearts OF their youth On flame.
Thought and knowledge are natures in
which apparatus and preteaSion avail
aorhiug. Gowns. and pecuniay foun-
dations. though Of towns of gold, can
never coutervail the least sentence or
syllable on Wit. Forget this, and our
American colleges will recede III their
public importance, whilst they. grow
richer every year.-Ralph Waldo
Emerson.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-28
SNOW PENITENTS OF ANDES
About by the Action of the
Elements.

In the higher Andes of Argentina
and Chile, within very limited re-
sion, where there is polar climate in
which no human beings can dwell, the
so-called Snow PeDitents assemble.
The traveller comes unexpectedly
upon great throng of them, gathered
on the barren slope of a mountain
peak. Seen from little distance,
they have the appearance of q crowd
of hooded monks, all in white and
kneeling in serried lines. 1t is re
markable illusion, for the monks" are
not human at ALL nor alive. Each one
of them is a block of snow and ice.
One theory of this phenomenon is that
the fallen snow may be Of uneven
density and that the powerful rays of
an overhead sun first melt those parts
of it around the denser spots, leaving
the latter still frozen, TO assume the
form of snow men.
As the snow continues to melt. water
trickling down from the blocks may
help to deepen the surrounding hol-
lows. while prevented from accumulat-
ing in the latter by the slope of the
mountains. The arrangement of the
white figures in rows may be explained
by the slope, the water all draining in
enc direction. This. however. is only
one of several theories offered in ex-
PLANTATION of the "Snow of the Peni-
tents" as it is called in that part of
the world.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-28
Robin Uses lace Nest.

When our women folks went to
take in the wash they were surprised
TO find that some choice lace that had
been placed on the line was missing.
Later they observed a robin sitting on
the line with his gaze directed 10 a
garment to which he soon few and
began TO pull at part of it. Know
ing that pair of robins had built a
nest in the tree nearby, the folks
thought that perhaps the birds had
taken the lace into their nest. Inves-
tigation proved this to Ee correct, as
the lace formed a part of the nest
walls. After the robins were done
with the nest the lace was recovered,
but in hardly good conditional.
A. Kelly. in Guide 10 Nature.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-28
HOW WALL STREET GOT NAME
Designation Arose From Palisade
Erected by Sturdy Old Peter
Stuyvesart in Early Days.

If there had not been war between
Holland and England there is no tell
ing what would have been the name OF
Wall street, New York. The financial
center of America might have borne
any other name and have been just as
powerful as it is.
The wall that gave 10 ii its name
was put up by Peter Stuyvesant. The
old peg-legged autocrat had his own
intelligence service and he became con-
WINGED that the New England and Con-
necticut colonies We're going to attack
him. His town north of the fort was
unprotected and he threw wooden
wall from the East to the North rivers.
II was built of logs that were used as
palisades, with the upper ends spiked.
II was not wonderful defense, as
we look at things now, but against an
assault by men armed with blunder-
busses il would have taken some sacri-
flee on the part OF the attackers to
have carried il.
But the old wooden wall stood for
h''il NVhtuiH anu Cldlipeu tile SioNt III
of the town. There was ditch along
side it, and at night the gate was
closed and bolted and guarded. When
you got outside the wall you were in
the suburbs of New Amsterdam with
no Communication service to kick about.
1t. however, named the street that ran
beside il and which is, perhaps, the
best known thoroughfare in the Uni
ted States.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-28

Following is from 1.-THE Simple
Truth, by Ernest c. Wilson:
at is sometimes taught that life is
not for happiness. but for experience,
and that he who aspires to happiness
seeks in vain. Sometimes, too, just
the reverse of this ACCOMPLISHMENT is
impressed upon the students mind:
that happiness is the true goal Of life.
and that iubilance is the first duty of
the aspiring soul. If we conceive ex-
perience as a means of self-unf0ld-
ment. and happiness 10 mean, not
abandonment, but allegiance TO that
which is best in US, the two state
ments are reconciled. and express n
truth. The souls highest duty and
greatest pleasure are one, and both
are fulfilled when man is true to him.
SELF
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-28
VALUE OF DEEP BREATHING
Western Peoples Have Not Proper
Comprehension OF It's Immense
Importance.

Singers are not the only persons who
need 10 learn TO breathe deeply; the
practice is good for every one. say the
neuyo.ogists. and they add that we of
the western lands have paid altogether
too little attention 10 correct respira-
tion and still less to the good effects Of
deep breathing.
In the Orient they look very differ
emily upon il and lay great stress upon
its constant ana regular practice. The
eastern philosophers teach that the
mental powers. self-control, clear vi
sion. happiness and even morals are
dependent in great measure upon this
practice Of deep breathing.
1t Includes the play Of the whole res
piratory apparatus-every part of the
lungs, every air cell. every respiratory
muscle. is 10 be brought into action. In
modified breathing only part of the
cells are flied with oxygenated air,
and the muscles are only partly en-
ployed.
To breathe deeply requires that one
should stand erect and inhale steadily
through the nostrils. First fiji the low
er part OF the lungs, then the middle
part by pushing out the lower ribs and
breast bone. and finally the higher
part by elevating the chest. Hold the
breath for few seconds and exhale
slowly through the mouth.
Deep breathing promotes sort Of
massage Of the internal organs and
produces soothing effect on the
nerves.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-28
Really Net important.

An investigator claims 10 have dis
covered in some dusty archives that
back In the days when the Pilgrims
landed each person coming 70 Amer
lea from England was required TO
bring with them eight bushels OF corn
meal. two bushels of oatmeal two
gallons of vinegar and gallon each
Of oil and brandy. In view of the
fact that nothing of importance hinges
on the truth or falsity of this state
ment, not much time need be consumed
to ascertain whether this is truth or
fiction.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-28
OLD GoBBLER KEPT PEACE
intelligence Displayed by Turkey
Proved Him the Right Bird in
the Right Place"

Unlike the ordinary run OF turkeys,
Ben. a mammoth bronze gobhler that
one Of our contributors owned, had a
great deal OF sense. One day. our
friend writes, our nearest neighbors
entire flock OF turkeys invaded our
farmyard and soon started ''free-for-
all' fight with our birds. The two old
gobblers engaged In combat; young
gobblers fought young gobblers; and
old turkey hens clashed.
A week later one OF the women OF our
family saw The same flock coming
the farmyard apparently TO meet them.
She turned back into the house TO get
her sunbOnnet and the broom, but
Awhen she went out not one of the
home flock was in sight. A moment
later Ben emerged alone from behind
the big straw stack in the. barnyard,
crossed the yard and met the intrud-
ers. Selling the leader firmly by the
neck. he marched him up the road to-
ward his home The visitors numer-
Gus family, evidently too much aston
lshed TO do anything else, meekly fol-
lowed.
Looking behind the straw stack, she
saw Ben's flock crouched perfectly still
in the straw. Not one of them stirred
or made a sound until Ben returned
and led them into the farmyard,
where he strutted proudly before them
with the air of one who had done his
duty well. Could anyone have handled
a difficult situation more intelligentlyi
-Youfh'S Communion
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-28
Brown Coal.

Germany expects brown coal to make
her rich again. The beds of this newly
discovered fuel are only few feet
below the surface of the ground, so
that the material can be taken out
with dredges. No shafts will be re-
CURED; no tlmbering. no costly ma
chinery, and no explosives. OF course
"brown coal" is only coal in the max
Ing. with about one-third the heating
value of bituminous. 1t contains much
less carbon than the latter, more ash
anG a good deal of water.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-28
Ancient Dye Too Costly.

Tyrian purple. the most famous dye
of antiquity. was SO expensive that in
the reign OF Diocletian one pound ot
purple wool cost $40. which would
make the dye itself worth about 5000
a pound. In 1909 Professor Friedlan-
der gathered 1900 of the sea snails
from which this ancient dye, was made
and prepared a little of the coloring
matter. His Investigations showed IL
TO be Identical with a dye known 10
synthetic chemists. but not used on
account of its :nferiority TO other
synthetic dyes which are both cheap
and common at the present day.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-28

The absent-minded husband was
prone to forget the mailing of impor-
tant. letters given him by his wife
when he started OF for the Office in
the morning. So she had re:;or5ed 70
the old trick of placing a postcard ad-
dressed to herself among the enve-
lopes. When she didn't receive the
card in the late afternoon mail she
could reproach him az night.
II was very embarrassing. SO the
absent-minded husband decided that
he would have TO stop IT, One day
he wrote a message on the back Of
tie tale-telling postcard. 1t read ]:
NO dearest. didn't forget TO mail
the letters" Alter thar his wife ahan-
doned the scheme.-3IiIwaukee jour
nal.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-28
easter Riding in Bohemia.

In various parts Of Bohemia, now
the principal state Of the new Czecho-
Slovak republic, a curious old custom
prevails, that of Easter riding" On
each Easter day. at four O'clock in the
morning. the riders assemble, dressed
in black and carrying crosses, flags
and other emblemS. From Schonwald
they proceed on n three hours ride
to Kuhn. where tlleys attend service
The priest, after o sermon wherein
he refers to the horse rs a symbol Of
power, bestows his bencdiction on the
animals and their riders. This done.
the riders visit the neighbOring cas-
ties, where they receive hospitality,
subsequently making their way home
ward. escorted by a band and a large
crowd. The origin OF the curiols Gus
tom is lost in the mists OF antiquity.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-28
important Experiment.

Domestic production of chaulmoogra
oil. long used in Asia for the treat
ment of leprosy, is made possible
through a consignment of seeds of the
Hydnocarpus tree, sent from Siam TO
the bureau of plant industry. They
will be experimentally propagated in
Florida. Porto Rico ard Hawaii. Tie
oil formerly was obtained only from
seeds OF another tree grown in Burma
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-28
Game Preserves in Africa.

The growing scarcity of specimens
in every department Of geology has led
TO the setting apart OF large game pre-
serves in the wilds Of Africa and put
ting them In charge OF experts. There
seems 10 be no animal that carnot he
partly tanned il given feeding ground
and water in plenty. Attendants ven
lure into the Enclosures and stroll
among the animals 10 accustom them
10 the sight Of human beings. Gradu-
ally the beasts are lerded into smaii
paddockS. where any peculiarities they
may have are observed. In that way
the geological gardens are assured of
healthy specimens.