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FASHIONS IN BRIEF

SIX envelope pOcketbOoks are chic
Paris is pushing the cause Of the
circular skirt.
Gray organdie win be smart for
summer frocks.
Afternoon frOcks appear as lace.
over-satin creations
Paris looks with favor upon hand
work Of every kind.
Jeweled heels for shoes can be had
IN many delightful designs.
Fabrics rather than straw appear to
be the millinery success to date.
Circular skirts and many side-plait.
ed ones make the sum total Of sepa-
rate skirts.
Some Of the new slippers are made
In sandal shape with French heels
which are high and slender.
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chesa " cheekern

Chess appeals TO mature minds, and
wood supplies most OF the aeeOutre-
ments with which 1t is played Some
Of the best are Of ebony and lockwood,
but very satisfactory games may be
played with yellow poplar, bass wood.
walnut maple and birch outfits. says
the American Forestry Magazine. The
same holds true on checkers, but that
game usually Is rated a little lever
than chess IN scientific points. though
no less an authority than Edgar Allan
Poe holds that as a mental exercise
Of the highest and purest sort check
ers surpass chess.
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: An Historic Forest

The historical associations cUnnecfea
with the forest OF VallOmbrosa are
very interesting. II was founded In
the Twelfth century and given tn
name which. literally translated,
means Swallowed Valley" by Saint
Giovanni Gaulberto, says Nelson
COurtlandt Brown In the American
Forestry Magazine. II was founded
- a monastery and retreat for one Of
the BenedIctIne order Of monks. and
from its early inception the monks
took great pride in caring for. cultL
yating and replanting the forests.
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Lovely petticoats are now made Of
Shetland wool. Light as thIstledown,
they are not relegated to the aged and
the ailing. as when IN popularity for
merry. Even the most fastidiOus girl
now admits them to her wardrobe. A
Wadded satin pettcoat Il another com
binatiOn Of Hghtness warmth and pref
tiness. Il Is wadded to about hip
length. the quilting being done In fancy
designs. such as large interiaeed cir
eles These pettieoats are popular
for motor wear.
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cuItivatIno Personality,

Everyone tries to be clever. to cul-
tiVste Individuality nowadays. forget
ding to look inwards first to see II
there Is anything Of special original
ity TO cultivate. A girl may. indeed.
consider It good fortune II she finds
that there isn't anything special. that
she will make just the ordinary. nor
NAL woman, with an illogical fOndness
for home, husband and children II
is really more original TO be a domes-
tic woman today than to be a pro
nOunced specimen Of any other typa
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Fine Country UnappreeIated.

The most singular plateau In the
world Is IN the island Of Papua. The
plateau Is elevated COCO feet above the
sea, and there are SUBMITS towering
5000 feet higher. but the close proxim-
Ity Of the equator has covered the
great plain with luxuriant vegetation.
The climate Is q perpetual May, birds
sing In every bush and the only ami
mails are a few marsuplals, such a.
ground kangaroos and OpOssums. Yet
this lovely region Is literally deserted.
The million Papuans live In the swell
tering coast Jungles and only oeca-
sionally stray to the uplands.
The broad ax., 1921-03-26

According 10 the United States go.
Logical survey the highest mountain
b the state Of New YORK 70 Mount
Marcy, Q peak In the AdirondackA
which rises 6,S44 feet above sea level
The average or main elevation Of the
state. - estimated By the geological
survey. IL 900 feet
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Renewing Paint From Wood.

To rid room Of bad OdOr give It q
coat OF paint or varnlsh If a dead
rat or mouse causes the trouble the
odOr will last until the little creature
is entirely dried up. Lye will take
of paint hut would injure the wood
for applying paint to later. Use a
paint remover bought at a paint shop.
Housewife.
The broad ax., 1921-03-26

water chestnut IL q name given
many times 90 the edible tubers. grown
n great quantities In China. that are
properly called the pi-tsi. and may be
eaten either raw or boiled The real
water chestnut IN China has the name
Of Iing-kO and Is one o. the i've food
grains grown there.
The broad ax., 1921-03-26
Drum With l4armonIea

Musicians End the drum an unsatis-
factory instrument for lack Of harmon
&c overtOnes From India comes The
description Of a drum the parchment
head Of which Is loaded with an-ad-
herenI composition containing finely
divided Iron. Such composition lies In
a central circle. Around the edge q
second ring-shsped membrane Is Sc
cured and the effect OF the loading IL
70 prOdure good harmonic OvertoneA
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The efficient assistant Deputy Clerk of the Municipal Court
of Chicago, Mason, good citizens IN fa who is great
credit to the colored race.

SO when our children look upon a
monument reared and dedicated to IL
own great Frederick Douglass they may
have cause so feel that he too was a
COLOSSUS, though bonn a slave he
brought himself up to that place in
history, that dying caused the flags of
every civilized country TO hang at half
mast.
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Though Mt Lincoln Is winter breeze
Spoil thy grave of floral white
Vet we know thy spirit hveth
In the hand of pure delight.
She had smiling face for mother,
When she left this world of woe;
She was darling, there's no, other
Like my little girl know.
Little flowers that she planted,
Worth her tenderness and care
Seem to grow just as she wanted
Seem to be so sweet and rare.
Could we caH her back the pleasure
Would be great. To be alone
Today is bitter cups full measure
Life is empty, Ethel's gone.
BY Mother Mrs. King Jefferson.
The broad ax., 1921-03-26

Rev. and Mrs. T. L. Scott, 4543 St
Lawrence avenue, who have been con
fined to their residence for several
weeks on account of illness are able
to be out again
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Neither r. Satisfied.

Tell q woman she looks Ike some
other woman and the chances are you
make two women mad. the one you
say II to and the one you say Il about.
Boston Transcript.
The broad ax., 1921-03-26

Negroes Came Before Pilgrims.
Twenty negroes were brought d
America IN 1919. So. the negro has
been an American one year longer
than the Pilgrim
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Japan's Floral FavorItsa.

In Japan the chrysanthemum e r.
garded as~the queen OF flowers. being
the imperial crest. but the cherry bios
som Is revered as the national flower,
representing the people.
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And That IL MOI Much

Jud Tunkins says there have been
some specimens Of propaganda thas
you couldn't attach any more I'm.
portance to than you could to a val.
entine.
The broad ax., 1921-03-26

OH was knOWn 70 The Indians ana
Used by them for mesliciilal purposes
II was frst obtained from the surface
az creeks ana as q product Of salt
wells. Edwin L Drake drilled the first
On wen II the United States In August,
1859. near on cIty, Pa The first dis
corery Of ell IN Canada vas made IN
1851 near Petrolla. Ont
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Perhaps He's ToOthIess.

The Gotham poet, poor dull wight
who said there Is no rhyme for lob
sters." forgot the gustatIve delight that
eating green corn OF the cob stirS-
Boston Transcript
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Trout a cznnibsl.

The front Is cannIbaiistic. feed
ing upon its own kind when necessity
conpels. says The American Forestry
Magazine. and In numerous instances
when necessity does not compel.
The broad ax., 1921-03-26

From an English story-In her I'm.
miant blaek resses resided . large. re-
nnse
The broad ax., 1921-03-26

EzAsstant States Attorney Of Cook County, abe a'ysE,
shO has thousands Of ..srn friends n s paris Of ts city and
county who would be highly delighted to him enter the
nee for Judge Of The ciscuit Court this coming June
The broad ax., 1921-03-26

Combinations Of two and even three
materials appear In some Of the pref
tiest spring models Bodice Of one,
skirt Of smother. sleeves and girdie Of
the third. II vel chosen. IN harmoniz-
ing shades. the. inal eject 3 Simply
perfect
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when Mn Is About 70 Turn

When NIX Is About % = Urn.
II you think milk is nearing the
%turnr a pinch Of baking soda often
overcOmes the difficulty and saves the
milk as Wen as the day In the sea-
son of many and unexpected guests.
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Besides, Few Believe,

Jud Tunkins says man who brags
about leaving Office poorer than when
ne entered it merely 5rritates the BIN
collectors.
The broad ax., 1921-03-26
Intrieaeies Of a watch.


II might be interesting 10 the aver
age person who carries watch as a
matter of course. to know that IL
comprises l75 different pieces, the
manufacture Of which embraces some
2.4O0 different operations
Do You Know Rapport
The Borneo eamphorwocd or kaper
has pronounced eamphor odor when
fresh. SAYS the American Forestry
Magazine. II belongs 70 the diptero-
carp family. nearly all OF she trees OF
which are resinOus.
No Shortage.
81 rented a house In the Street Of
Dreams sings a poet. Wen, even a
noet can nay the rent Of that kind Of
! house.-Boston Transcript
Conserving Idess-
An idea. IKE a ghost (aeeording to
ne eo,amon notions OF ghosts). must
be spoken to little before Il WI
explain ftself.-Dickens
Her Description.
A bright fen-year-old girl. whose
fatbeF was addicted 70 amateur pho
fovrapl,y. attended . trial AZ court the
other flav for the first time. This was
her account Of the judges charge:
@The Judge made long speech 70 the
sprv Of II men. and then sent Them on
INTO q little dark noon to develop
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chlnamsa oBt5rss Wsusn.
d China the i.en as q rule are asr.
UtrzxagAs. n drsEs fhan tie .sS=sn
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MUCH IMPROVED.
MEMORIAL OF ETHEL THOMAS
JEFFERSON.

Died November so. 1919.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-02
Overheard NJ the Movies.

His wife had a severe headache,
and was sadly in need Of quiet, so
husband said he would take their
small daughter to the movies, and for
her to retire early.
II was all n to him, as he had not
consulted any program, and they en-
tered the first theater in their path
way, an unfortunate selection, for 1t
was n of the sex-problem plays, the
principal characters uncongenial and
seemingly with good grounds for d.
yorce because Of incompatibiiity.
The little maiden, after a time,
caused a litter Of laughter among the
audience near her by saying In a shrill
little treble: "She doesn't seem to like
married life, does she, papaT
The play proceeded and after On APP
parently violent outburst of temper on
the part of the feminine star. the little
girls voice again rent the air with {:
Mamma acts Just that way some
times, doesn't she, papaT
He did not wait to see or hear more,
but hastily left while the lights were
subdued, and the next time he will Sc
lect a comedy.-Indianapolis News.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-02
Colossal Farms In Argentina.

Our American farms seem diminu-
tive compared with those Of Argen-
tina. There the farm of two hundred
thousand acres is common. Many are
twice that size, and there Is a record
Of at least one three times as large.
1t Is not unusual for a whole day to
be consumed on the train In crossing
the land of a single proprietor.
The old cowpuncher days Of our
West are being repeated here. Look
ing from the window of the train one
may often count twenty thousand cat
tie within an hour. Also he will see
thousands of sheep and scores of os-
triches. But n thing he will not
see-barns. In a land where II is not
too cold for animals to be out all the
year round, and where there Is no
need to cut and store hay because hay
grows II months In the year, barns
are unnecessary.
At every station M will see cor
rails and pens for convenience In load
ing the cattle cars. Every day trains
from all parts Of the republic arrive
at the great packing plants near
Buenos Aires with their burden Of
restless animals.-Willard Price In
the Christian Herald.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-02
Great Waterspout.

Particulars are published In the Me-
neurological Magazine Of a great wa
terspout that a correspondent OBJ
served south of Cape Comorin On a
day when the weather was fine and
the sea smooth. The waterspout
formed between a russet-gray cloud
and the sea nearly five miles from the
ship. At first the distance between
the base Of the cloud and the surface
Of the sea was 1900 feet, and the
width Of the column tapered from 500
feet at its juncture with the cloud to
$50 feet at the sea. The vortex ap-
peared to be a tube with tapering
sides and a central column. The walls
seemed to consist Of water moving
downward and the central column of
water ascending. The phenomenon
lasted for Is minutes |: then the walls
appeared to ascend into the cloud.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-02
HELPED TO CREATE NATION
Men Of the Pony Express and the Over.
land Stage Deserve Place on
Hlstory's Page.

There recently died In Los Angeles,
William Gooding. reputed to be h last
Of the famous pony express riders.
The present generation knows lit
tie about those pioneer times and the
wonderful way news was carried
across the continent during the ten
years Immediately prior to the build
ing OF the Union and Southern Pacific
lines, which met at Promontory Point,
Utah, In 1868. Mail and newspapers
took from a month to fifty days to
cross the continent prior to the estab-
lishment Of the pony express, which
began its service April 10. 1889, re-
ducing the time to ten days. Relay
stations with change of mounts were
established at short distances, depend
ing upon the topography of the
try, and each rider would ride at top
speed from one to the other, change
horses in a trice and so m. Human
endurance was pressed to the limit.
AS an Illustration of the speed made.
the last message of President Blu
chanan to congress, In December, 1850,
was carried to San Francisco In eight
days and two hours. In 1868 the trans
continental telegraph line was COM
pleted and all news thereafter went by
wire, except such as the papers on the
coast clipped from eastern papers
which arrived by mail. When the rail-
roads were completed both the pony
express and the later overland stage
went into the discard, remaining, how
ever, or short tributary routes for a
number Of years, some for many
years. There are many tales told OF
the daring and nerve Of those hardy
and courageous drivers Of the stages.
passing, as they did. fearlessly through
hostile Indian country and not infre-
quently suffering death at the hands
Of war parties, in spite of the efforts
made by the government to give them
military protection. These are of the
same character Of tales which mark
the progress of American civilization,
from Plymouth Rock to Seal Rocks, in
subduing the wilderness and creating a
great nation.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-02
Alarm Clock az Egg Urge.

Councilman Lester Lutz Is some
what Of a chicken fancier, writes a
Berwick (Pa.) correspondent Of the
New York Tribune. Recently he tried
the experiment of placing In his
chicken pen electric lights that would
switch on at four o'clock in the
morning. He believed 1t would re-
suit in getting more eggs from the
hens. That stunt didn't work, because
the chickens failed to be aroused, even
by the light in the pen, but Lutz
thought further than that.
He got an alarm clock and put that
in the pen, SO 1t would ring every
morning at four O'Clock, the same time
the lights were switched on.
Formerly / was getting only six
eggs a day from a pen OF 20 Leg
HORNS" said Lutz. Nov ] am get
ting IL, ID and ID eggs a day from
the same hens"
He invites visitors to com to his
pen and see the electric lighting sys-
TEN and the alarm clock.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-02
MAN OF DAUNTLEss SPIRIT
Captain Arthur Phillip, First Cover.
Q Of New South Wales, Made 4,
/ Light Of Difficulties.

History teens with records of great
enterprises carried through with cour-
age and strong purpose. The early
settlement Of Australia provides
good example Of this. Capt. Arthur
Phillip. the first governor Of New
South Wales, ~unobtrusively set sail
from the Isle of Wight. On a May
morning in 1877. with IL ships, mostly
ill-equipped. and so started, inaus-
piciously, on his 1900 miles voyage
to the Antipodes.
1t was>not until eight months later.
that is on January 20. 1888, that the
expedition landed at Sydney cove, sit
uated inside the world famous Sydney
Harbor. The anniversary Of this his
toric landing is punctiliously observed
throughout the commonwealth as a
public holiday.
Captain Phillip, with every ~conceiv-
able difficulty to face, including I'M
suitable settlers. great shortage Of food
and every kind Of equipment, yet
weathered the storm. His every re-
port home was couched In a CHEEKY
spirit. Most of the seed wheat and
other grain had unfortunately become
spoiled o n the voyage out and things
were looking bad. Anticipations of
help were conferred on the impending
arrival Of the relief ship which was
due early in 1870, but the vessel struck
an iceberg near the cape, and the car
go had to go overheard to save the
ship. which was then compelled to r.
turn to port. This even necessitated
the strict r%ationing of the settlers. In
writing home, the governor referred
to his desperate situation as "these
little difficulties which we have en-
countered."
Such was the man who initiated the
settlement of Australia. His attitude
toward the natives demonstrated at
once his humanity and craftsmanship,
for he showed them great kindness
and did his best to establish friendly
relations between them and his set
tiers. Ultimately the settlement -four
ished and formed the nucleus of the
commonwealth as 1t Is known today,
and thus well has Governor Phillip
earned the distinction Of being in
Guided in the roll of honor Of the
men Who Built the Empire"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-02
Repajrjno Stonehenqe.

S%tonehenge, the prehistoric group of
huge standing stones near Salisbury,
In southern England, has been set In
order for the first time In three or
four thousand years. A single stone
was Strengthened in 1901, says Popular
Mechanics Magazine, but a thorough
%overhauling was made impossible by
the government and during the war
was the center of a large, permanent
encampment. Artillery range and mine
experiment stations were established
close enough to jar the uprights and
the remaining iintels. One Intel was
moved outward to such a degree that
It became q enace to visitors. The
government put up cranes and winches
to restore that stone and has set firm
the stones that are still erect.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-02
Increasing His Vocabulary

Father recently came into posses
sion of a new automobile and garage
talk few thick and fast between bus
band and wife with the result that
son. called Wesley at the North side
school, where he is learning that
words are composed Of syllables,
sometimes became mixed In his school
and garage talk.
After showing his mother the knowl-
edge that bad been forced on him that
day In the way Of new words, Wesley
came to one with three syllables that
was not entirely familiar and called
to his mother for help with:
Mother, how many cylinders In this
word Indianapolis News.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-02
provlncIslIsrn.

"What kind of a place Is this, any
howf' said the stranger, as he or
dered the porter to get him a berth on
the 7:29, and to be sure that 1t was e
lower berth, near the middle of the
car.
"We kind Of like It," the porter re-
Piled taking the stub Of a pencil from
behind his ear. "Ain't there anything
doin' in your line here7"
"Oh, yes-as much az I could exnect'
i guess: but you're old~-fashioned.
You're away behind the procession.
Right out on Main street there's a
candy store that's not run by a Greek"
Exchange.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-02
Pres. Harding To Confer
With Bankers-Financiers

Washington, May 2S.-A group of
bankers and financiers from every sec
ton OF the country are to be consulted
by President Harding before he con-
cludes the series of financial confer
ences begun Wednesday night at a
white house dinner when the eastern
banking interests were chiefly repre-
sented. No appointments for further
conferences have yet been made but
1t is probable that a group of financial
leaders from the middle west will be
the next to be summoned by the presi-
dent.
IL was indicated I'm administration
circles that financial men are very I'M
animous in believing that the federal
reserve board holds the key to a pro-
per readjustment OF general financial
conditions. Those consulted are un-
derstoOd to have told the president
that in their opinion the board could
go a long way towards restoration of
normal conditions be exerting it's in
fiuence to keep loans at a reasonable
rate and on a sound basis.
Removal of restrictive measures
placed by the board on credit extern
sion, under the federal reserve act,
was said to have been advocated by
the bankers as a means of solving the
problem facing the farmers.
Progressive rediscount rates, II was
commended, work a hardship on the ag-
ricultural interests because banks
which are charged more for money
merely pass the increased cost along
to the borrowers.
Legislation to permit longer credits
to the farmers through extension of
the limits fixed by the reserve act on
agricultural papers eligible for redis-
count at reserve banks was said to
have been favored. The opinion was
expressed that restriction of eligible
agricultural paper to six months was
too early a maturity in the case of
many farmers.
A phase of the export problem
which it is understood was discussed
was the question of a possible guar
antee of the stability OF the govern
ments of countries into which Ameri-
can goods might be shipped.
The administration is understood,
however, to have taken the position
that this government could not under
take any guarantees on behalf of the
exporters but should confine it's aid
to cooperation between governmental
agencies and the various factors work
ing together in the country for world
rehabilitation,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-02
Kent on the Keen Jump.

81 reckon you had a right lively
time I'm Kansas Cityf" i~nsinuated an
acquaintance.
"Tollable," replied Gabe Gosnell of
Grudge, "but nothing like what / prob
ably would have had If I wasn't con-
siderable lively on my feet. You see,
I'D In Kay See. II you meet a respect
able-looking man after A o'clock in
the afternoon, anywhere the least bit
off to one side, he's a hold-up and
robs you.
sand II you meet n that don't
look respectable. he's a plain clothes
policeman, and pounds you because
he thinks you're a hold-up. So / was
practically on the keen jump all the
time I was there, lodging the one or
the other."-Kansas City Star.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-02
Powdered Lemon Juice.

One of the newest fruit products Is
powdered lemon juice. 1t is pure juice
reduced to a perfectly soluble powder.
Details Of che process used have not
been given out. but 1t is an adaptation
of the well-known spray method OF
reducing milk to powdered form; In
deed, the originators Of the product
are powdered-milk manufacturers, the
largest in the world. The process can
also be used successfully with orange
Juice. The originators intend to erect
4 California factory for the manufac'
turs Of the product
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-06-02
Fin. picture. Of the Aurora.

In the last 10 years, Prof. Carl Stor-
mer, In Norway, has obtained more
than 800 successful pairs of simulta-
neous pictures Of the aurora, besides
200 single pictures. and the brilliant
display of March 1928 last was photo
praphed at seven stations, separated
from 10 to IS miles. A height Of more
than 300 miles is indicated for the
last aurora, no earlier measurement
having reached 200 miles.