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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-10-21
WILLING TO SHARE HUSBAND
Curious Custom That Came Under tho
Observation of Traveller
IN Persia.

One Of the most s1trasfdinafy CUE
toms in the world 10 that observed
by certain Persian tribes,
When native woman wishes to
display her affection for q friend of
her own sex, she proposes that the
latter shall become her husbands wife
on equal terms with herself.
This Is the greatest compliment
she can bestow," wrote the late d.
Elizabeth Afacbean Ross, who spsat
some years as a doctor among the
tribes Of North Persia. She had the
hand of many Persian husbands T.
fered to her In this way.
Il must say it is somewhat 0nbar-
RAISING" she said, in her femini-
SCIENCES, according to LONDON Tlt-Bits,
when the gentleman himself happsak
to be present, and l have sometimes
wondered what the effect on the wife
would be If her generous offer were
accepted.
when I told them it appeared b
me a curious thing that one WIN
should select another, was informed
that it presented many advantages.
1t IL much better for US to :chooos
our husbands wife; then we get SONS.
one we IKE and with whom we o.
agree" Q
Il husband dies his wives ~
divided among his brothers. the eldsse
having nrst choice and taking IN .
~ many Of the women as he fanclA
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-10-21
REGULATION OF TEMPERATURE
According to Opinion of Experts
Proper Mark for the Home Is
About 63 Degrees.

Heating experts tell US that churches
should be kept warmer than lecture
rooms, Whether this implies that the
lecture room audience is more apt to
forget any discomfort due to tenn
pel&ture Jhah church congregation
thoy decline 70 say.
According to the scientists versed In
ne subject q degrees is the proper
temperature for q church, while that
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-10-21
LOOK OLDER THAN LONDON"
Many American Cities Suggest Age
and Permanence, Says e. v.
Lucas, Visitor From Europe.

Looking back on II all, I realize
that America never struck me as a
new country, although its inhabitants
often seemed to be a new people.
writes E. V. Lucas in the Outlook
The cities are more mature than the
citizens. New York. Chicago. Boston,
Philadelphia Washington-all have an
air of pernanence and age. The build
ings, even when most fantastic. sug-
gest righteousness or at least sta
bility; nor would the presence Of
more ancient structures increase this
effect.
To the eye of the ordinary English,
man, accustomed to work in what we
call the city, in Fleet street, in the
Strand, in Piccadilly or in Oxford
to be a younger place than London,
and Boston might easily strike him
as older Nor is London moro than
little older, except in spots, such as
the Tower, and the Temple and the
Abbey and that little Tudor row In
Holborn. all separated by vast tracts
of modernity.
Indeed, would almost 60 further
and say that London sets up an IL
fusion Of being newer even than New
York. by reason Of its more disturbing
street traffic both in the roads and on
the footways, and the prevalence Of
the gayly colored omnibus which thun-
ders along so many thoroughfares, In
notable contrast to the sedate and
sober vehicles that serve Fifth avenue
and are hardly seen elsewhere.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-10-21
CAPTAIN sUBbUEs MuTINEERs
riocch-Crazed Crew of Steamer Ches.
ter kiWanls Finds His Fist
Worse Than Hurricane,

Latest reports from the mutiny on
the shipping board tramp steamer
Chester Kiwanis while she was an
chored off Staten island early the other
morning, indicate that 1t was not for
assistance Capt. Job Cunningham
called the harbor squad of the police
department. The captain and his chief
engineer, although they were only two
against thirty-four drunken and
quarrelsome seamen, finished the job
of quelling the mutiny in such work
manlike manner that they thought 1t
shame there were no witnesses to
the results of their efficiency, the New
York World states.
The mixup started when some of the
white sailors, having smuggled aboard
quantity Of bootleg hooch, renewed
quarrel with the eight negro members
of the crew, who appealed to the
captain for protection There had
been friction all the way over from
Boulogne, from which port the Chester
Kiwanis cleared and Capt. Cunning
ham was pretty well fed up with argu-
ment.
Therefore he went to the fo'clsle,
where he found the crew had bar
ricaded itself in. With one blow OF
his huge fist the captain shattered a
panel of the door, driving his fore
arm clear through At this point a
sailor made a tactical error Of biting
the captains wrist. After that the
captain laid out every sailor within
reach, and he managed to reach about
all Of them Chief Engineer Michaer
son joined the fray and although ut
got couple of black eyes, he gave
better than he received, and 1t was
not long before all was quiet along THE
Staten island shore.
That was the time that the captain
and the chief decided it was too pau
no one could see their handiWofh.
Therefore, when one Of the crew belo"
started to yell they summoned iuo
police boat, explaining that fheS
feared a second outbreak"
Current opinion among the crew 10
that those two officers are not In le'"
of anything.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-10-21
IhF#7'aBLY SEEK HIGH POINT
Wr.ter t/ho Claims to Know Polnt2
On error to Which Lost Per-
sons Are Inclined.

NE recent discovery OF the skeleton
G. 4 Isl child on tn summit of this
highest mountain in the Bennachie
group in AberdeenShire holds no mys-
terry for an Australian bushman.
The skeleton is supposed to be that
IF a tWoyear-old child lost seven years
ago from a farm two miles away, anG
at the time of the disappearance there
"ere apparently a number of theories
put forward for the Ioss-thut the
child had been stolen by glpsies, eaten
alive by pigs or carried away by an
eagle.
But had man experienced in the
behavior of lost children been asked
what was likely to have become of the
lost infant he would have said,
Search all the highest points within
few miles, and on one of them, IN
less he has persisted on the way, you
will find the lost child"
In countries like Australia, where
there are still vast tracts of partially
settled country, the danger of getting
huSueu, DIS 1t Is CdIleli, is sui Il Iedi
one.
1t Is not always children who get
pushed" either. But adult or child,
unless the lost person has bush expert
ence, he seems to lose his head at
cnce and begins to walk and walk.
If the country is fiat, the lost per
son walks in a circle; if it is noun
famous, he mounts and mounts as
high as he can get He seems to get
demented as he grows more exhausted
and the realization of his probable
fate becomes more clear. An hour or.
two before he succumbs he gets rid
Of his clothes. The majority Of lost
people are found naked
1t may happen that somebody who
reads this article may one day be lost.
Here, then is a piece Of advice from
one with right to give it.
Directly you realize that you are
lost sit down until the first panic has
departed. Remember that your first
consideration is to reserve your
strength.
Ton will be tempted to go up HILL
to see, to get into freer spaces. Don't
% this. Go down hill. All rivers flow
downward: you will find water IN the
valleys. Most settlements are In the
valIsys. And going down hill eats up
o. strength th4l tcatppips W hin -
L0nda1 Man. ]. \ Z MI u n a e
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-10-21

eve will take as our text this morn
ing" announced the absent-minded
clergyman, consulting his memoran-
dun, "the sixth and seventh verses
Of the 31st chapter Of Proverbs"
Never suspecting that his vivac-
ious son and heir had found the mem
orandum in his study on the previous
night and, knowing that his papa had
composed a sermon celebrating the
increased severity of dry law enforce
ment, and diabolically changed the
chapter and verse numerals to indi.
cate very different text, the absent
minded clergyman turned to the place
and read aloud these words of Solo
mon:
"Give strong drink unto him that
is ready to perish, and wine unto
those that be of heavy hearts.
Let him drink and forget his past
poverty, and remember his misery no
ore."-New York Sun -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-10-21
Flower Worth Small Fortune.

Ten thousand dollars is an eXtraor-
binary price for a single plant; yet it
was paid by English horticulturists
for an orchid raised in America, the
Catteleya gigas alba.
This Catteleya was Powered in 1910
and exhibited at an orchid show in the
United States. where it was awarded
a gold medal. The plant was found in
1909 in lot of other specimens Of
Catteleya gigas. 1t was only by chance
hat the plant was not sold for a dol
ar or two. The only reason was that
litter most Of its companions had been
disposed of this one, with some others
that were not in very good condition,
vas set aside. Finally all the speci-
lens were ported.
To the great surprise of the horti-
culturists when, next spring. the plant
came up it was with pure white flow
ers. The plant was sold in London
for perhaps the highest figure that an
orchid ever brought.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-10-21
A Scientific Prediction,

The story is often told OF the great
naturalist, Cuvier, that, given SIN
gle bone he could reconstruct the an
imal to which it belonged. That
somewhat similar law Of organization
runs through the various species thai
form families in the animal kingdom
is indicated by Il curious case of scien-
tific prediction, TO which attention
was called at a recent meeting OF the
Biological society in this country.
Nuremberg, while studying the min
ute animals called dtatOms, found that
many species were distinguished by
the number Of rays they possessed
But in the series Of specimens that
he had he could find bone having re-
spectively p, %. 81, 81, 80, Il, ~. A,
10, &c, As and 40 rays. Still he pre-
dicted that the missing species would
some day turn up. and he was right,
for ten of them were afterward DIS
covered, although the remaining two
have not yet been found.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-10-21
CARRIES STOOL. TO WORSHIP
Woman at Jersey Resort Village ACTS
as Her Own Usher on Sunday
Provides Own Seat.

Summer resorters get accustomed "
doing without the many little coiiNelif-
ences of home life. They phllosopl-
ically accept conditions as beng nee
essary to camping out" So oil stoves
take the place of gas ranges anu thes
carry water for the household from
the public hydrant down the ouhealo"-
lined street, says the New YORK SUM-
On week-ends most of the bungaio"
colonies house added guests and lhe
kitchen and porch serve as oVer1o"
bedrooms. Few of the churcieS III
the summer towns are able TO seat an
the worshipers on Sunday. But that
doesn't hinder the ATTENDANCE. Al
Jersey resort village the other Sun
day one woman was carrying camp
stool to church. Her neighbors
thought no more of it Than had they
seen her carrying bundle OF gro
ceries from the corner store.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-10-21
Average Life of Auto.

AS highway transportation d.
veiops and passenger cars and trucks
become practically the sole means Of
road travel, the proportion Of first
purchasers Of cars and trucks in the
total of car sales will decrease, and
the demand for new cars each year
will become more and more nearly
equal to the number Of cars which
drop out of service. For this reason
IT Is becoming increasingly impor-
tant for the trade to know how many
cars will be required for replacement
OF those Withdrawn from sefvica
Analysis OF registration. productioll
export and import figures over 4
period of years leads to tho coo-
ciusion that the average life Of tllG
100000 cars retired from servf<e q
- last seven years was abouff 90
af4 -De4Atifc American,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-10-21
cARDUI HELPED
REGAIN STRENGTH
AIabalna Lady Was Sick For Three
Wears, Suffering Pain, Nervous
and Depressed-Read.Her
Own Story Of Recovery.

Paint Rock, Ala.-Mrs. c. M. Stegall,
i near here, recently related the fol.
lowing interesting account Of her re.
30Very: Il was in a weakened con.
1ition. was sick three years in bed,
differing a great deal Of pain, weak,
lervous, depressed. I was so weak,
couldn't walk across the floor; Just
z2d to lay and my little ones do the
0rk. | was almost dead. I tried
very thing heard of, and number of
3octors. Still I didn't get any relief.
couldn't eat, and slept poorly. I
believe if I hadn't heard of and taken
Cardui I would have died. l bought
six bottles, after a neighhor told me
what it did for her.
Il began to eat and sleep, began to
gain my strength and am now we'll
and strong. l haven't had any trou-
Gle since -. I sure can testify to the
GOOD that Cardui did me. I don't
think there is a better tonic made
and believe it saved my life"
For over 10 years, thousands of wo.
men have used Cardui successfully,
il the treatment Of many womanly
ailments.
If you suffer as these women did.
take Cardui. 1t may help you. too.
At al druggists. e IS
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-10-21

At the junction n s-o roads in New
Jersey Sunday N, c--@,S nave hafted
in eithr indignation Q. amusement
when small girl. wearing a police
man'stlat. hailed them and demanded
fnesf 10 cents for speeding.
''The men generally laugh and sur
render" said the owner of country
store learby "And most of the time
the tomen do. too. But the other
day tree girls came by. They'd been
held up three times before at the
same place. This time they reached
out. pulled the youngster in the car
andspanked her Then they had to
NAH it up with a quarter
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-10-21
Auto Matches Jewels.

pr the benefit of your wife, you
mint tell her that, if she wants 1t,
mAy of the automobile manufacture
ers will have her 1921 car match her
jerels. This is a fad in many sec
tiFs Of the East, where amethyst,
gahet, topaz, sapphire and other
cokrs are used in the upholstery, tops
anE the body made to correspond. In
TN way your wife will know that her
jewels harmonic with the car. OF
coFse, If she hasn't the jewels, she
ca1order the car as she wants it, and
thes buy the jewels to match.--Chi-
Gag Tribune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-10-21
Memory and Instinct,

In the higher animals. we CO -
evidences Of the possession Of sons
faculty similar to human memoey,
which is made use Of particularly -
animal trainerA It u obvious thas
instinct alone would not enable tAeoo
animals to- perform such feats. Whilo
we cannot investigate the animal MUD
as we do the human mind, " 90
Judge Of its processes b. the outwaro
signs and these point to the posses
sion Of what we may call animal men-
DRY. Some students OF the subjsct
deny that animals have imaginatioo
and assert their HnemoEy b only a.
sociatfve something - .aalnal sees,
smells or hsara recaline 4 exeup. e
facts connected VIM Il ~ q BANG
impossible t9f 4 rs rsc4n - EUsp
without sot,4 e6dei1 - rsl
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-10-21
DIR ZAEETRNE.l
~ Hagerstown, Maryland o
STICIAN

The Dr. Fahrneys have been practicing
medicine and have made a specially of
chronic diseases for over 100 yeara /
. am working only with chronic diseases
bad kinds d.dicult cases and dag
nose your case before threat you. If you
have a trouble or weakness or deformity.
write to me and I'll study your cass aa3
* -ahsfaction o
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-10-21
New MILEAGE Reeorr,

You say he is good prohibition
enforcement officerY'
"I'1l say he Isl
what especially are his qualifica.
tfons?'
Well, he has gotten as high "a
twenty gallons Of moonshine to the
mile out Of flivver."-Florida Timeeg'
Unlcn : 81
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-10-21

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
There is a live farm bureau and
some live-wire project leaders in Yaki-
ma County, Wash. With the help Of
the home demonstration agent, CO
operatively employed by the state agri-
cultural college and the United States
Department of Agriculture, Mrs. Helen
Wells, who is community leader of the
food preservation project at Wapato,
established community canning
school in her own town. The use OF
OLA OF tia, LnGiaa Service hunk house,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-10-21
exclaimed.
"NVhy?'sasked the clerk.

"Why?7asKed the clerk.
"Wen," she replied Il can't stand
the noise that THAI soda mixer makes.
II sounds Just like that thing that the
dentist puts iii my mouth when he
wants to make a filing. 1t makes me
creep all over when near it.'-New
York sun
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-10-21

was obtained and four watts were in
stalled. A 50-gallon oil tank was con-
verted into a canning tank by the ad-
dition of two racks, a cover, and
pressure gauge. Some old tanks were
repaired and equipped with drains for
washing spinach and other vegetables
preparatory to canning. Blanching
equipment was also installed in the
form of two small watts into which
steam could be forced, and 400 cans
and sealer were purchased. With
this equipment four tons Of spinach
l.were canned In two days.
Hesitate to Attack Mankino.
DR.. hodi Of the Italian SomalilanA
gives an account Of lion and leopard
bites in the Giornale di Medicina Mill
tare. Many deaths occur annually
almost, entirely among the indigenous
in which either one Of the felidae q
the crocodile is accused. There Is .
notable difference between the wounds
inflicted by the felidae and the reptile
in question, for the former, which se-
tack living victims only, inflict cleaa
wounds. The crocodile, on the con
trary, secretes its carcasses until thoy
become decomposed.
In Benadir-the italian SomalilanA
the lion does not attack mankind b.
choice, preferring cattle and goats:
but nevertheless the beast Is greatly
feared by the natives, who use reassa
in dealing with the leopard and croco-
ollie. but are thrown into panic BY ~
larger cat
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-10-21

'Tn have a chocolate matted milk,
please" said the Stenographer to the
soda clerk please mix it with a
spoon instead of the electric mixer
Mix it with spoon!" exclaimed
the clerk. semewhat surprised. "Rhat
Will take HE three times as long, Nd
I'm busyrf X
But it must be mixed with
spoonl" til little thing at the counter
,,-ol,;,,,,3t
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-18
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
"The Winter Birds
by DADDY
CHAPTER IL
p,ue Jays Game

-rIyl 1t is bitter cold out
0\Nkn"" shivered Billy, warming
w side: ,he steam pipes o. the sun
himself AZ ,,nich Peggy had dragged nam
room into Sns W him from the snow drit's'
after res Whoo, And IT is blowy.
"whoo ,oa Judge owl, shaking 'ne
too" hooIeb b,s feathers. The gale Is SO
aakes fTo," couldn't fly against IL "nem ro,,,d
strosngi io reach my hollow iSwan!t re come along
tried u.oorished II Billy haan 'o'''' "'e
and pu' p,,,, " +" cried Blue Jay. AFTER
80 wou'n,y winter comes I'm going 10
move S9u'TE 'TErsei Cree We want 10 pc
Cree ,S the housebirds from their
nee % Wr and Mrs. Roilo canary y,io MI,
cage ttrs Tom Parrakse.' ,,a, amu out into
anI anI,sh en-, I'VE want 10 ny """'
the open 49,, ,,,o, had lust been
The ,,, ou.uySy ySreezing, looked ut the house
saved II on,,rnrise. They didn't think u
birds ~ ;wat any one could be so sihy
possLo,,g, ,,ont r' 10 hy into the bowling oiiH-
gard, .,-, rbat's foolish OF
". M"SSo "SSooted Judge owl. "A nice snug
you ia a good place In when 10 stay o''
"tJay like this. -,.t,, -, ,,,o bouse
But ,,.I,h I n siy twinkle in his eye. lie
hirds T', ot Perky sparrow and then hop.
WI nIhee,,rsi,, 10 the edge or hover pot
pe sor thc bird cages. J.. ,,.o -,
nsnr, nsnnr,.ao, uoo, Chez 1t is fine to be free
,,.o,,,od Blue Jay. "Wouldnt you birds
INV, ~ get out of those littie cages an" ~,
60 s,mo, s%mt'ie Crcct We want to be tree
,or 90 soaring away to the loVciy
SO sooSs w " answered the house birds.
w0gTS 'The lovely woods with their nowers,
.hodv bowers. their shelteriny
tnem ,uoas their god things to eat! on put
!, T., .syynet TO he free in the sumlnet-llle
torost re- - chuckled Blue Jay, with any
nSbcr wink at Perky sparrow, Lessy
'..,,ebt no was trying to tease the mousse
tsge tnous Sbe didn't know that he was up
"a A crafty game.
"1Wn a =, would like to play in the snow
80, 'rouId like to sail on the speeding
WI, frhirped the housebirds,. They
t"d s"dIr mover. been out of doors in the win
,"r timr and 80, Of course, they nad no
iiea of how cold the snow was Neither
iVaT thcI toes ever been nipped by q
MI ~ ia a shame for you TO be shut up
,,rd" tnuttered Blue Jay to the house
mrls as Peggy turned away to show
pnT,, ,hn many different kinds Of flowers
in The sun-room garden. would you
ike to get out?
oOr course we would like to get out"
answered the housebirds.
Then ri let you out muttered Blue
t,,. Ills sharp eyes had been eNarnfn-
r"3 Irg ,hn cages. and he saw how the doors
,rsrs Iatched on the outside. 1t took but
oounje Of twists and jerks OF his stout
nnooL io lIrt the latChes. and the doors
s,,'ng omen. out flew Mr.. and Mrs
poTo Canary. Mr.. and Mrs. Tom PARA
vaet and Brownie Thrush. Into their
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-18
STEPHEN

Geraldine picked up the key and eag-
nrly read the label "S1 wayland ave-
nue." why that was the address OF one
OF those attractive houses she had so
often admired during the walks with
Stephen. Just Off the city's residential
boulevard. Was It possiblt--why. Ste
phen must have bought one We'll, Of
all things
Jerry knew that steve had been ex-
tremcly busy the past few days-sO busy
that he had been unable to run In as
usual and tentative queries over the
telephone had ELECTED from his land
lady only the unsatisfactory response
that "Mr. stephen was terribly busy
about something"
Now Jerry was an enthusiastic young
woman and wasted no time in getting
out to 81 Wayland avenue. AS the hast
ily summoned taxi bore her thither she
reflected that the only fly in her oint-
ment OF perfect happiness over the
prospect ahcad--the Inspection of the
home she was to enter so soon as q
brde----was the absence of the man who
had given II to her.
Arrived at her destination, Jerry paid
the driver, fished out the key from her
pocketbook, and ran up the steps to the
door OF the good-loOlling little bungalow
which Corrcsponded to the address on
the label. SO preOCCupied was she in
entering that she scarcely observed the
Curtained windows draped with hang
ings of sorts, which deprived the house
of the air of vacancy TO be expected of
an untenanted dwelling.
ITS a love OF n house - breathed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-01-18

o. the cages on the outside. Blue Jay;
Perky Sparrow and Junco Snowbird
we're prisoners.
open the outside door. We want 70
go to the lovely woods - sang the house,
birds, flying around the sun-room.
Indeed ! will not open the outslde,
door. You'd freeze to death out there'
declared Peggy.
Look Look Look Is that some
one buried in the snow?' screamed Blue
Jay from his cage. Both Peggy ana
Billy looked out anXiously. sure
enough. there was drift that looked as
IL II might be some person who had been
overcome by the storm Peggy and
Billy ran to the door. threw 1t open, ana
! plunged into the drift They dug into
II with their hands and kicked through
It. No one was there. But as Peggy and
Billy dug and kicked they heard shrek
OF joy. and five birds darted past them.
Free Free Free :" sang the birds.
They were the Canaries the parrakeets
and the thrush. Blue Jays alarm had
been only trick to let them out.