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SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1921-12-28

reco zlate huse. Zlateho ba-
zanta znal, ale husu -? Ne
chtel 81 vsak zadati a proto Sc
tvafil, jake by byl preslechl.
Ostatni mlceli tez.
"Zlata husa, panove, tahne
obdivuhodne," vyuzival pan
starry situace a usmivaje Sc w.
kladal dale. To byste neTekli.
jak je hledana. Kde kdo Sc sna
Ii il seznati. Labuznik i my
siivec. To jsem Sc sam ma sv6
Evlastni oci pTesvedcil, jak jsem
byl tuhle Praze. jak zlata
husa tahne."
"V Praze?" odbafI pan les
nlistr neddvefiv6.
"Nu ano," usmal Sc pan sta
IIy samolibe. INA samem Va
clavskem namesti Sc usadila. "
"No dovoleji, oni vlastne ne
jsou re zelene krve," durdil Sc
lesmistr, "oni nemaji vlastn6
prava takto nestydat6 That.
Kdo pax to jakziv videl. Husa
| je placha, ta Sc velkemu me-
stu vyhne. Jest6 kdyby tam
byl rybnik. Ci je tam basin, je
itam voda?"
mo = voda ne, ale pivo :"
"Ale videji, tohle Sc jim po-
vedlo: husa pivo."
ga kdyz jsem il tam vid6l."
"Kdo vi co videlf. Vycpanou
leda."
mo vycpanou ne, ale REX
meme: nacpanou.
"A elm, prosim jich."
"Prazaky! - -"
"Co to povidaji - mali zdra
Ivy rozum? Dali sem puls!"
hmatal lesmistr po ruce pana
stareho, pfichazeje nadobro q
! konceptu.
g a fort aky!" dodal pan
stary.
| VSichni trnuli nevedouce, co
to vlastne znamena.
"Hrom a insvegr" odlehcil
81 pan lesmistr, "nedelaji 81 tax
moe re mne blazna, ia jsem,
vedi, dobrak chap, ale -"
"Nu coz"
"Husa je divoky ptak to-
no tam videt nemohli a basta,"
uhodil do stolu pan lesmistr.
"a kdo Jim rika, re zlata
"Zlate huse" velkym Il v
uvozovkach - a to je neimo-
dernejsi hotel V Praze ma Va
clavaku postaveny, ktery ta-
nne k sobe labuzniky forty a
obou je stale pin. "a vite proc?"
dodaval "a vSeobecneho smichu
pan starry, smeje Sc sam TAX,
re sc mu chVelo bricho a Vra-
zelo do stolu, pusobic ma mem
zem6tresenf. "A vite proc je
tam hodne labuzniku a fort a.
! XII? - Pro prvni je tam restau
race S yelkolepym jidelnim list
KEN pro druhe je tam vinar-
IA po myslivecku zafizena, Wy
cpanymi ptaky trofejemi o
zdobena, kterou naval protC
"Myslivnou" - tam je piv-
l1o! -"
"IIlas jeho zanikl We vseo
hecn6m Tehotu. Jen pan lesmi
str 81 dopalene odplivoval {
), napiy Sc dukladne, otocil 81
ia pill cd stolu - a kdyz 81
smich trochu utiSil, otocil sc p'
! jednou k panu staremu rekl
"Tak az tam Ease pojedou
, feknou mi, ia pojedu nimi!'
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1921-12-28
DR. OBJ N T.
0 Z N A MI K Y.
PRONAJME Sc:

PRONAJME Sc farma o 80
akrech, 2 kone, 6 krav, 2 pra-
sata, slepice, 10 akrd pastvin,
|seno, owes, slama, brambory a
hospodarske nacini. Haste Sc
u Jos. Sedivy, 1879 vych. 40.
ul., roh Hamm Ave. :?
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1921-12-28
PRODA SEs
PEKNY BUNGALOW

PEkNY BUNGALOW Q btl.
pokojich koupelnou, lot je
rs pfi 433 stfevicich ma A. b.
C. linii k Bedford. Idealnl mi
sto k zelinafstvi a drdbezni-
ctvi. Cena $500. Vezme sc
mensi castka hotov6, tez lot a
ostatni Ma m6slcni splatky. Ma
leza Sc V els. 3342 De Sofa.
Tel. Fair. 4073 j. 1870
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1921-12-28
JAK TAHNoU HUSY.

Bylo to jednoho jarniho ve-
cera, kdyz nadporucik Bra
dac, jediny Czech re zdejsi ne
velke posadky, zasedl vecer ku
stolu u "zelen6ho stromu" a
oddechnuv 81 po prudce W.
prazdnene sklenici, rozhledI Sc
po pritomnych a rekl:
Dneska jste mne nell videt,
panove !"
Spolecnost - zdejsl homo
race, sestavajici q pana post
mistra, farare, ucitele, lesmi-
stra a pana stareho - zveda-
I've Sc Ma neho obratila:
"Nu, coz?"
"Nechci Sc chvalit, ale po-
vedl Sc mi znamenity strelecky
kousek."
Nadporucik Bradac byl W.
tecnym strelcem, vrabce Sc
stfeloval Sc stfechy kulkou a
kazd6ho wal jen ma hlavicku.
"Nu, co tedy," zvedaveji
Sc ptal pan faraf, vytahuje ta-
Ebaterku, aby 81 zbystfil snupec-
KEN smysly.
"Byli jsme dnes ma strelni-
ci." vyprav6l nadporucik, wi
te, to je pro mne NOR. Clov6k
vlastn6 tam nenf mic platen,
strilet Sc musi nauciti kazdy
sam - a muslin Sc pTiznat, re
je to pro mne prava tryzen vi
d6ti strelce neSiku - a nekte-
ri naSi hoSi yam stfileji jake
Sorfsicove :"
Gnu tax sobe, 0 sobe."
"OvSem!" pokracoval mad.
rorucik, 'jak povidam, chodiI
jsem sem tam koukal dc
vzduchu. Samou nudou nevede
jsem co delat. Pojednou "a
slechn mad sebou zvlaStni hviz.
dot, podivam Sc - nejaci pta'
ci tahli made mnou k severn.
Napadlo mne, re bych 81 me
hi ma ne vystrelit, ale zdalo sc
! mi, ze isou prilis vysoko a ne5
jsem domyslil, byli pryc. Ale
30 chvili Ease lete!i JIM a pax
Ease. Nemel jsem co delat -
jak povidam - wal jsem $
Cd jednoho vojaka rucnici {
Gekal jsem.
Ia chvili leteli Ease nejaci
Namifil jsem, streliI jer
tax nazdafbuh - ale povaztt
, 81 mou radost. Ptak udelal ko
trmelec We vzduchu a jako biz
: skem zasazen sletl k zemi."
Hromadne blahoprani a pfi
: pitt oslavilo tento strelecky Wy
kon.
"Jenom re nevim, co to je!'
prohodil pan nadporucik.
Nutno totiz poznamenati, 3
2 jako byl pan nadporucik vyte
nym strelcem, tax byl praspat
: nym prirodopiscem. Z drobne
: ho ptaotva byli pro neho vSe
u ckO vrabci ostatnicl
znal malo. JeSte tax, re roze
znal vranu cd capa, ackoli
2pGsob iejich zivota snad pr
iejich tradicni zalidnovaC
funkci 81 velice pletl. u draN
: eli znal jen dvojhlaveho orl;
y "Nu, co by to mohlo byti?
= Kachna, husa, labut" vycel
: paval sve vedomosti pan ucite
. "Nu, vojaci rikali, re ie [
I husa divoka, ale byli take mn'
= III. kteri fikaG, re tax husa M
d vypada.'
. "Nu, define tomu, re by
= byla husa. Muze to byti anSt
cinereus - obycejna husa d
voka, nebo anser segetum, p,
d larni husa polni. To musi Sc |
I die toho poznat, jak vypada
Il lrozkladal ucene lesmistr, Z
4 va n6ho vSichni udivene poh
y di. "A dulezite je, jak a ia
4 slime tahnou. Je ovsem jeat
j mnoho jinych druhu hus :
n iak, jak slime a kdy tahnou :
! to use muSl vedet - ovSem y
n pie "a la - IoJa2fal nam lpsY
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1921-12-28

PRAVA LACE. -Proda Sc novy
prav6 dostaveny dim, hodici
Sc pro jednu neb dive rodiny.
Je v mem Z velkych pokoiU,
koupelna, 2 zachody, 2 garaze,
china kabinety, tvrde podlahy
a fms, vSechno nejmodernej-
Isl zarizeni. Cena $4,000, da
Sc ia pouhych $6.400, bude-li
prodan do 3. ledna aneb Sc
pronajme "a $4,000 mesiene.
Haste Sc V els. 1878 vych.
Isl. ul. q Kirsman Rd.
13
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1921-12-28

nS FcCSil oN y I'll NHpOlIllllCh, nv
rez il pronasledovaly nyni, ja-
ko ii pronasledovaIy drive. Pa
met jeji byla nejhorsi jeji ne
pritelkou a jedinym dtulkem
pred pameti byla zmena "a
mestnani a zmena mista.
"Mohu Sc podivati do sklen-
niku, Lady Janet?" tazala Sc.
"Zaiiste, ma draha.'
Uklonila sc sve ochranitel-
ce, pohlizela chvfli s pevnou,
utrpnou pozornost1 ma Horace
Holmcrofta a zvolna prosedsi
dim, veSla do zimni zahrady.
Pokud nezmizela dohle-
du, pozoroval il Horace s po-
Givnym odporujicim 81 vyra-
zem obdivu a nelibosti. Kdyz
pax zmizela, zmizel vyraz ob
divu, ale nelibost, zustala. O.
blicej muze Sc zachmu-
fiI; Horace sed6l zde mlcky Sc
svou vidlickou V ruce a pohrd-
vaje 81 zamySlen6 zbytky ia ia
lii jeho Sc nalezajiclmi.
'Vezmi 81 kousek francouz-
skeho dhofe, Horace" pravila
Lady Janet.
"Nikoliv, d6kuji vam."
"Kousek kurete tedy?"
"Ani kurete."
"Coz mic nepodrazdi chut'
tyou?"
"Vezmu drobet vina, dovoli
te-li?"
Naplnil skIenku svoji vinem
(po pate neb po Seste) Wy
prazdnil il jednim douskem.
Jasne oko Lady Janety sledo-
valo no pozorn6 a jeji povzdy
hotovy jazytek vyslovil bez 0
halu, co Sc d6lo V tuto chvlll v
jeii mysh.
Media Sc, re vzduch ken
singtonsky ii svedci, mui MIA
dy prlteli." praVila.
"Cim dele isl mym hostem,
tim casteji naplnujeS svojI
sklenku sahas po SVEN pou-
zdru ma doutniky. To isou spat-
ne znamky Ii mlad6ho muze
kdyz isl sem prisel prvne, pri-
sel's Zranen. Ma tvem mist6
nebyla bych Sc vydavala ne
Eezpeci byti zastrelenu be-
1selike priciny vyjma t6, moe
popsati V casopise bityu neja-
kou. Myslim, re name rozlicnt
chute. isl nemocen? Muci Il
stale ieSte rama tva?"
Ami dost malor'
"Jsi rozmrzen?"
Horace upustil sVou vidlic
ku, oprel Sc lokty 0 stdl a cd
mlcel Sc.
! velka shovivavost Lad.
Janet mela svou mez. Prominu
II kazdy lidsky prestupek, iel
ne porusenl dobreho mravU
Chopila Sc nejblize po ruce
lezlci /zbrane, velike lzice
zaklepala nj mladenu SVEN
rfiteli MA ram6.
"Stul mui neni stolen kit
bovnlm, pravila stara dam;
"Pozvedni hlavu svou. NedivC
Sc ma syou vidlicku, divei S
na mne. Nedovoluji nikomu, ;
by byl V mem dome rozmrzei
PoVazuii to "a uraZku mn
utinenou. Nelibi-li Sc ii klidn
mas zivot, rekni mi to bez OBJ;
III a najdi si'n6co ma praci. M.
slim, re mono dostati dost pT
ce, pfeptas-li Sc jen po nei;
ke. Nemusis Sc usmivati. NJ
chci videti I've zuby - chci o.
poved."
Horace S ve8kerou stou va
rosti pripustil, ze lie pra'
dostati. Podotfnul, ze vail
mezi Francii a Nemeckem d
sud neni ukoncena a casor
re mu Znoyu nabidnul postav
nj valecneho dopisovatele.
'Nemluv mi 0 Gasopisech
valce y zvolala starena re
Hlobena a hney jeji byl tent
krate opravdovy. "NenaYidi
6asopisv NedoVolim, aby Ce
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1921-12-28

oZNAMUJTE We SVETU
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-09-01
"Shape" of the Sky.

What is the apparent form of the
vault Of the sky? There is probably
no one to whose eyes it seems a true
hemisphere, with its zenith appearing
as distant as the horizon At sea,
or in a fiat country, the seeming
greater distance Of the horizon is best
shown. One authority, in discussing
this question, reaches the conclusion
that the form of the vault, in vertical
section, is that of the segment of &
circle, the arc of which subtends at
the center an angle of the order Of
40 degrees. If the reader will draw
such a segment, he may be surprised
by the amount Of flatteniag, which is
thus ascribed to the sky. From this
optical Illusion many curious effects
arise, such as the seeming increased
magnitude of the sun and moon when
near the horizon, and the apparently
oval form of halos and coronas seen
at low attitudes. -
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-09-01
Young Beef Makers Show Herd
Exhibits.

A new feature Of the Junior Live
stock Exposition to be held in the
University Stock Pavilion at Madison
Oct 1921, will be young herd en-
tries Of the beef breeds. A herd will
consist of junior yearling, SEN
Tor calf and a Junior calf. Much in
terest has conferred in this new class
and many entries have already been
received Officials of the Wisconsin
Live Stock Breeders Association ex-
pect that this class will create con-
siderable competition not only
among the exhibitors but between
the different breeds of beef animals.
ut affords the same sort of rivalry
among the beef fanciers that the calf
clubs furnish the dairy types. The
Modovi Calf club has again register
ed it's entry. with a herd of Jerseys.
This is the club that won first honors
on it's club exhibit and whose buM
was the grand champion of Last years
show
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-09-01
IN EXISTENCE BY COMMAND
Present City Of Halifax Was Founded
Under Orders Given by British
Government.

Halifax is one of that small num-
Der Of places that were commanded
TO come into existence, and obeyed.
Acadia was ceded to the British crown
by the treaty of Utrecht in 1913 but
little or nothing was done for a third
Of century to give TT a British popula-
ton. Finally, In the spring of 1749,
the British government sent out in
transports, conveyed by war ships,
1916 settlers, for the most part dis
charged soldiers and their families.
They were we'll supplied with means
of all kinds, and told to found a city
on the shores OF Chebucto bay, which
they accordingly did, naming the place
Halifax, in compliment ITO George
Montague, earl OF Halifax, the mem
Der of the British government under
whose immediate auspices the settle
ment was undertaken. 1t became at
once the capital of Nova Scotia, and
such 1t has continued to be to the
present day. 1T is, therefore, the old
est political capital under the British
flag In all Canada
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-09-01
DEMAND is FOR SPECIALISTS
Versatile Man Has Little Chance Of
Rising to Really Commanding
Position i'm tho World.

The versatile man has always been
source both of*enyy and of pity, says
a writer in the London Daily Express
We wish at times we had his talents,
but then we recollect the ancient prov
erb, Observation-Disclosures" and we wisely
are content ITO '~be ourselves.
Versatility is an enviable luxury
but it remains "a luxury. 1t is Of little
market value in this world. Each
generation becomes more and more
a generation of SPECIALIZATION man
picks the heps, the other brews the
beer.
So it ts in every path of life, and
so must be. Progress does not come
of discussing 'delicately "cabbages and
kings i'm my lady's drawing room.
Progress GENES from gritting our teeth
and mastering one thing at time.
Once we have struck our roots. then.
certainly, the wider our interests are,
the more we appreciate life But the
merely versatile man has never struck
his roots. His talents may be varied,
but he fails to SAVIOR life in it's finest
sense because he has never learned
the meaning of the finest sense.
DO one thing with ali your might
and happiness is yours. Do two things
with half your might and your la
bors are vain. Make up your mind
what YOU want to do or be. Then re-
fuse to be Led away by side issues.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-09-01
Sees Unrest AS Fruit of Half
Farming Plan.

"Shall farmers meet the present
farm products price situation by cur
failing production? An answer to
this question which leaves so many
grounds for doubt, has been given by
Firman E. Baer, known to many Wis
consin farmers for his investigations
in soil needs He is at the present
time head of the department of soils
in the Ohio State university. Mr.
Baer's wide observation have con-
WINGED him that where farmers have
limited agricultural production they
have invariably lost their self-respect
and the young people finding no at
traction in half-farming have quit
the farms. Disastrous social results
OF just such a condition, he says,
may still be seen in certain of the
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-09-01
Pens Priced by Collectors.

Pens occupy their place as historic
relics and there are collectors of such
things as there are collectors of old
chairs, old books, Old canes and pos
tage stamps. A quill pen said to have
been used by Dickens was sold sew
eral years ago in London for SIT.
The pen with which the treaty Of
Paris was signed was one of the rel
les left by the late Empress Eugene.
Washingtonians know OF the demand
made upon the President for the pens
with which he signed important bills,
and they have also read that a Pres
ident has sometimes used three or
four pens in writing his signature,
writing his first name with one
pen, dotting an II" with another,
and so on. 1t is also said that
when state paper which it is be-
lieved will be considered historic is to
be signed by the President there is
rivalry among pen manufacturers to
have "a specimen of their product used.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-09-01

A certain prominent engineer Of In
dianapolis decided to replenish his
wardrobe, so he walked into leading
clothing store, approached smiling
gentleman in shirtsleeves and INQUIRED
OF him: where are your collars ?"
The smiling gentleman ceased smiling.
and pointing in the general direction
OF his neck, said: Mines here.
where's yours?"
First gentleman grows angry and
yells: "Now, don't you give me any
smart talk. l came in here to buy
a collar, and If you get smart I'll go
some place else"
The second gentleman, also angry.
replies: go ahead, / don't care. /
came in here to buy something; 1 am
not clerk" First gentleman.
Thought you were clerk, you look
like one"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-09-01
Dice Used by the Ancients.

Dice, i'm sa1ne form Or other, have
existed in every period Of history and
In every nation. They are depicted
On the early Egyptian monuments, and
those excavated at Thebes are very
similar to the dice made today. Their
use is attested by laws regulating the
games played with them in ancient
Greece and Rome, as we'll as in most
European countries.
The invention of dice is attributed
to Pa1amedes, about 1914 B. c. But
the use Of cubes with numbered sides
for gambling purposes is probably
much earlier.
The Latin word for dice, tesserae,
is derived from the Greek tesseres,
Ionic for tessares, four, because it is
on every side square. Frequent pas
sages in the works Of ancient writer's
and numerous representations in
marble and paintings show how pop
ular dice playing was among them.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-09-01
DELAYED BIG SHIPS SAILING
Liner Aquitania Stayed at Her Dock
Until Lost Youngster Had
Been Discovered.

Her whistle had groaned several
warnings and the mess call gong had
been sounded up and down the COM
panionway to drive several hundred
persons ashore. The gangplank of the
Aquitania was about to be drawn upon
the pier as woman rushed up it cry
ing: .A5
MY baby! I've lost my baby!" -
Pier guards elected from her that
she had gone on board the ship with
her child to say good-by to relatives
and when she went back on the pier
she thought the tot had toddled down
the gangplank after her The child
had been swallowed In the excitement
on the ships deck, however
A search for the missing child was
instituted while the liner was held.
Mother and volunteer searchers went
from deck to deck. Up on the liners
bridge Capt Sir James Charles paced
back and forth impatiently.
Fifteen minutes elapsed. The sob of
small choked voice was heard In q
staterOOm. There one of the volunteer
stewardesses, an English nurse, was en-
deavoring to comfort little slip of a
girl who was too frightened to speak.
The mother was called and she picked
up the child and hurried to the pier.
Then the giant liner sailed away
New York World.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-09-01
Man the Docs God.

The original ancestor of dogs had
a heart and a mind and a soul for
only one being. That being was his
master. For his master he reserved
lall the power of worship that inheres
in religion, all the devotion of which
man himself is capable at his best.
1t is likely that the original dog, un-
less 1t was unkindly treated, never
felt the urge to return to his wild
kind-for he eraved the society Of
only one creature, and that creature
was It's master.
To be the permanent, inseparable
and closest possible companion of man
is a dogs only ambition. The acquisi-
ton of such a reliable, disinterested
and whole-hearted devetion-a devo-
ton faithful unto death-marks an
unmistakable footprint in the path of
progress.-Svetozar Tonjeroff in the
Boston Globe.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-09-01
,Infantile Paralysis.

Infantile paralysis is said by the
state board of health to have appear
ed in Wisconsin during the past
month. Requests have been made to
doctors to make report to Madison
at once whenever a case is discover
ed. The disease is communicable
and preyentable, the board states ad-
vising doctors to observe every pre-
caution in dealing with it. Prompt
notification and quarantine are COM
pulsory. There is an appearance of
child paralysis at this time each year
the state board says.-PlattevilI
Journal
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-09-01
FRANCE BULWARK OF EUROPE
Country Stands Alone Against Still
Menacing Germany, According to
Writer in Outlook.

wish I could write cheerfully OF
Europe. 1 have spent nearly three
months digging under the surface 16
hours day in England, France, Bel
GUM, Germany, Italy, Austria and
Hungary, uncovering the cost of liv-
ing, wages, taxes, governmental ex-
penditures, incomes, debts and gold re-
serves; and l have noted the agricul->
tural equipment and activity, the po-
itical sanity and otherwise, the hon
esty of peoples and their intelligence;
And l am coming home to Americal
with heavy heart.
l criticize every country in Europe,
as / do my own beloved land. 1 ex-
cuse only France, w. G. Gregg writes
in the Outlook.
From the first gun in 1914 to the
present moment France has been the
object of attack by the central powers.
Anti-French intrigue is as active today
as ever. Each move, each hope Of the
central powers hangs on crippling
France. France bears the brunt Of
guaranteeing European order, and Is
recompensed by world of suspicion
or hatred. She does not deserve criti-
cism from her former associates; she
does need their advice and their firm
support in her plan to settle the war.
What would happen if France were
to economic by disbanding the bulk Of
her army? Germany would change her
tone Immediately. Not one mark more
would she pay and her own army
would rapidly take form. In one year
she would again be the principal mill
tary power of Europe, with greater re-
sources than any two other nations.
There would then be no doubt as to
who won the war.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-09-01
RECALL SOUTH SEA FASHIONS
Illustrations IN Ancient Book Owned
by Museum Show Cloth Much
Favored by Bellies.

Fashions Sf tong ago in the South
Sea isles are recalled by a curious
book which recently became the
property 4of the University museum,
remarks the Philadelphia Ledger The
book, one of the three known to be In
existence. was published In London
In 1887. 1t is anonymous.
n. u. Hall, curator of the museum,
has attributed the authorship of the
book to Warren Hastings.
Perhaps the most interesting part
of the book is to be found In the Illus
tratiens, which are made from the
tapa cloth taken back to England by
Captain Cook.
"Tapa cloth" is q name given to a
whole series Of textiles made by the
natives Of the South seas from the
inner barks Of certain trees. 1t was
used for garments and was considered
quite stylish.
A yard would make a breech clout,
but some Of the fair damsels went
much further and ordered fifty yards
Then they wrapped 1t around their
bodies and executed q dance, similar
to the "seven veils," in which the 'tapa
cloth was slowly unwound
Women Of the island have given up
the tapa cloth for dresses and now
wear calicoss when they wear any
thing at all.
Specimens Of tapa cloth are *ex-
ceedingly rare because of the fact that
duplication In this day rs impossible.
The University museum owns several
fine individual pieces, but the book,
showing virtually every variety known,
contains more than cam be found any
where else.
The text Is curious conglomera-
ton. The style of the work is said
to be so strong that 1T lis little wonder
that the author concealed his identity
One interesting instance related is
the fact that one OF the pieces Of tapa
cloth was given by a mother In pay
ment for her son who had fbeen sold
for an iron nail.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1921-09-01
states where, after the civil war pro.
duction was curtailed.
To Be Supervising Teacher in
Iowa County.

Miss Jessie Mousseau of Platteville
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Mousseau, formerly of Montfort, has
been engaged as supervising princi-
pal of Iowa county to fill the place
made vacant by the resignation of
Miss Mollie Stephens, who was re-
GENTLY married to Harlan Metcalf,
Miss Mousseau has many friends who
will be pleased to learn of her ad-
vancement and feel she is worthy
and fully capable, and who wish her
uccess.-Montfort Mail.