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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18
RI8aAIhd IaI4Ns{S.

Many floating islands have at various
periods been found voyaging on the
Atlantic. These islands were original
" part Of the low lying river banks,
which broke away under stress cf
storm or food and foated out to sea.
The Orinoco, the Amazon. the La Plata
and other tropical rivers often SEND
forth such pieces Of their shores. Some
Of the bits OF land are Of large size
and carry animals, insects and vegete-
ton. even at times including trees, the
roots Of which serve to hold the Land
intact, while their branches and leaves
serve as sails for the wind. Generally
the waves break up these islands short.
~ after they put to sea, but sometimes
under favorable conditions, they travel
long distances.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18
A "Eridavn Shin

A true story Is told Of a skeptical
Massachusetts captain who way back
In the early years Of the republic de.
termined to exhibit the fallacy Of the
Friday superstition. He contracted on
q certain Friday for the building of
4 ship. and 1t was arranged that the
keel Of this vessel was laid on Friday
that she was launched on a Friday,
named Friday. commenced loading on
q Friday and hauled into the stream
On the same day Of the week. To add
% possibilities Of disaster. a negro
cook named Friday was engaged, and
thus fully freighted with the siniste,
name, the Friday sailed on a Friday.
bound to a port In the West Indies.
1fom that day to this NO tidinR, a
q Z 0ated craft have bean recelv~a
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18
GIVE UP TO" TIE CHILDREN
Writer Condemns Old. fashioned Idea
Of Repression and Stern Punish.
mont for Trivial offensss.

It seems to me q great mistake to
"live down to- children. They are
capable OF understanding and respond
ing to deep and Hne thoughts and feel
ings. Never from the first did We crid-
cize or humiliate our boys in any way.
We gave them credit always for the high
and right motive. and suspended judg.
ment till they had told their side. But
If they were wrong they were not pun.
ished. The fact that they had fallen
below what had been expected Of them
was punishment enough. A certain
standard Of conduct was thus estab-
lished that they Ionged always to real
ize. They were able, even then. to see
the beauty Of certain qualities and the
ugliness Of others. It was lovely to
see them trying to conform to the hab-
1t in the household, Of unfailing
courtesy and unselhshness and re-
straint. They often failed. They often
showed their temper. But they grew
to be more and more ashamed Of their
failures.
Character cannot be built from the
outside. Coercion does not make for
strength-only for compliance. That.
1t seems to me, Is the great mistake
some parents make. They exact obedi'
ence when they should instill princi-
pie. Inspire! That is the better word.
Then the child will have an inner
light to guide him, compass to steer
him to a certain goal.
When the guiding hand Is lifted, 50
many are left with no deep convic-
tions-principles to shape their des-
tiny-but impulses. They may be gooo'
they may be bad, as life plays upon
their emotions and desires. 10 trust
to them for guidance is like going out
upon a stormy sea in a tiny craft az
the mercy Of tossing waves and VIM
-Katron Trousdale, In Christian der
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18
Bathing and Health,

The Hebrews, Hindus and Moham-
medans. as part of their religion.
are required to keep the body clean
by frequent additions and baths anG
this has had a far-reaching effect up
on the healthfulness of those people.
When the Roman empire fell, the mag
nificent system of baths, which its
people had and used for cleanliness
of body, soon lapsed into decay. Only
in Spain, under the Moors, was the
system Of bathing kept up. There to
conform to the religious rites Of Is
lam. luxurious baths were maintained,
but when the Moors were expelled the
misguided pious people RACED to the
ground these remnants Of heathenism.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18
Years Walk to Palestine.

After years journey on foot,
Aharon Gabrielow, a Caucasian jew,
recently arrived in Jerusalem, accord
ing to q report received by the III.
nnist organization of America.
This modern pilgrim, whose suffer
ings and hardships equaled those en-
dured on similar attempts to reach
the holy city during the middle ages,
walked through Caucasia and Persia,
via Bagdad, to get to the Holy land.
According to the records of the Zion
list organization, 1t is the longest
Journey ever made entirely on foot in
the daring attempts of Jews in the
last few years to break through the
barriers of their native countries and
get to Palestine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18
IN Constantinople Streets.

Procession of all kinds are to be
found in the streets OF STEAMBOAT, and
with no traffic regulations it is diff
cult to make much Roadway. In The
Daily Pageant of Stamboul' in the
Travel Magazine Miss Lucy Garrett
finds herself in mixed society. I'm
company with a large drove of tur-
keys, we take our way along the broad
straight street lined on either hand
with shops. Presently the turkeys get
into difficulties with a file of hamals
bearing on their Atlas-like shoulders
piles of bedding and Tiously dec
GRATED chests and cofh~4- These bales
and chests constitute the wedding
trousseau and 'plenishing' of a Turk
ish bride" The turkeys are soon re-
marshaled to be dispersed many times
before they are finally landed safely
near the great mosque where they are
TO be sold in celebration of a Moslen
festival.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18
SAYS FEW READ THE BIBLE
ton for Iss Lack Of knowledge
of the Scriptures.

The booksellers story of the woman
who demanded to know where in the
Bible she could find the story of Da-
mon and Pythias is called to mind by
the recently reported attempt of pro-
fessor at the university to measure the
| Biblical knowledge Of his class in Eng
lish literature. The test resulted in a
| rather naive display of ignorance con-
corning a book which has been called
the fountain head of English litera-
ture," and which, with Shakespeare,
invariably heads the list of best
books and gathers more dust than any
other.
There are those who, having made
acquaintance with the Bible in their
own youth, and realizing its poetry,
history and style agree with Prot. Dal-
las Lore Sharp tEat we are a Bible
starved nation" What parent reads
the Bible to or with the children these
days? They get fairy stories or animal
fables. Even the Sunday-school les
sons are given from a leafiet. The BIZ
BILE has been storyized and expurgated
in the so-called interests of children,
and has shared the usual fate of such
weiI-meant but unnecessary endeavors.
| 1t is not without occasion that educa-
| tors are discussing the need and the
methods Of increasing interest in the
| book.
Whether we regard the Bible as a
| sacred book. as saga of the Hebrews,
OF as a collection Of stories, legends
and historical fact of ancient origin, it
| is so thoroughly a part of our litera-
ture, which is so abundant in illusions
and references to it's content, that not
| to know their source and application
| is TO argue ones self unread. Youth
ought to be as aware of Moses the
lawgiver as of Hamlet or King Lear
Detroit Free Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18
The Navipenduluhh.

One Of the problems which naval
architects have to confront Is the foil.
Ing Of a ship on the waves, and the
navipendulum" is an invention for
dealing with it experimentally.
The apparatus consists Of two
parts: A plate to which q motion cor
responding to that Of a portion Of the
surface OF a wave is impaired, and a
pendulum Of peculiar shape which
rolls upon the moving plate In the man
ner OF vessel supported By water.
The same pendulum can be made
to represent different vessels Of given
size and shape BY adding or rend6ving
ARTIFICIAL resistance to the oscillatory
motion.
This instrument has been alnpioyed
y study the roanng of tn Nallan bat.
tsships a. ws1 - thoos 6 lknw
countriaa
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18
Nav Baskets

Hanging May baskets seems to be a
purely American custom, which prob
ably was fostered in New England.
At least, among all the varied pas
times with which the day has been
associated, there is no mention of May
baskets in the old histories Of the day.
In New England, particularly, the
May basket il exceedingly popular,
especially in the rural sections. In
The country, girl hangs May basket
On the door Of the house in which
her beau lives. Then she rings the
bell and runs. If he catches her be-
fore she reaches home, he is entitled
to kiss.
In the cities, the young folks arc
usually content to send their offerings
through the mail or BY . messengse
boy.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18
How He Saved Coal.

"1 suppose you got your winter coal
In before the great strike, didn't YOUR
was asked of Mr.. Thompson.
Wei. fixed 1t another way" was
the reply.
In what way?"
"Why, I got to thinking what u
tons Of coal would cost and we moved
Into house where there were already
two families. Three families of us in
eight rooms, you see, and we each pay
one-third of the cost of heating There
are six Of US grown folks and eleven
children, and SO far the house has
been so hot that we haven't had to
burn half dozen scuttles Of coal. Try
my plan once and you will take nc
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18
Probably Oldest Industry.

The impending sale of Brandon
Park, an estate Of 1000 acres on the
Norfolk Suffolk (Eng.) borders, recalls
what IS probably the Oldest and most
enduring industry In the world-flint
working.
At Brandon the first flint working
industry has been carried on for sew.
eral thousand years. A small colony
Of workers is still making gun f1ints
there and exporting them to savage
tribes in Northern and Central Africa.
1t Is said that these workmen are
!ineai descendants Of the flint workers
Of the neolithic age.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18
Trua.

HE still has the first dollar he ever
made"
well, that's better than owing uvw
to somebody the last dollar you evu
will make."-Detroit Free Press.
One View of the Study Of Latis.
II one does not study things becauss
they train the mind why, then.
should one study them? The answer
Is extraordinarily simple One studies
things because they serve a purpose.
| do not say, mark you, a useful pur
pose, but purpose-a valid purpose, q
genuine purpose, not o make believe
purpose.
Mental discipline is not a valid or
genuine purpose-it's make believe,
Meanwhile the number of purposes, of
genuine, valid purposes, is simply In
Unite. Learning to read Vergil is, Of
course, Just as valid a purpose as learn
ing to play symphony or learning to
bake pumpkin pie. The test is. how
ever, not, Did the student get mental
discipline? but Can he read and en-
Joy Nergil? Can he play the symphony?
VIII some one eat the pie?
And because people rarely care to
read Tergil, because almost none Of
the thousands who study Latin ever
can or do read Vergil therefore, in so
tar as they are concerned. studying
Latin has no purpose and cannot be
defended as mental discipline.-Abra-
aam Flexner in Atlantic Monthly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18
Slept Thirty-Two Years

Surely subject for the speculative
psychologist Is the record sleep in
dulged in by Caroline Gibson, a
Swedish girl. In 1875, when only a
child of fourteen years, she fell into a
long trance in the island of Okuko, in
the Baltic, and remained unconscious
for 80 years. Food was administered
to her. although she seemed quite un-
concerned. Nor did she respond to
any inquiry during that long time.
Then suddenly she awoke, no longer
girl, but middle-aged woman, and
the most careful examination could
not reveal the slightest weakness or
mental effect. After coming out of her
long trance Caroline enjoyed very good
health.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18

more liberal than
that"
You'll bre K
yourself up in
business if you go
around wasting
your substance in
that fashion," re-
piled the hotel
keeper. But you
will h We to
hunt up another
victim. Since /
bought a phono-
graph and a bunch
of records | have
nuit oAjn q f0
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18
Hard Hk.

Whats wrong, old man? You look
blue"
Had a scrap with my wife this
morning"
"Oh. don't let little thing like that
worry you. A thunderstorm clears the
atmosphere, you know"
Yes, but that doesn't help a man
who's been struck by lightning" -
Boston Transcript.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18
How Friends Are Made,

Two women with babies In theil
arms sat beside each other In trolley
car.
First one baby mumbled something
then the other until they became rea
friendly. Then one mother told tn,
other how cute the babies got alont
together
Before the car had reached the den
t1nation Of the first woman each hgt
invited the other to calL-Newark ID
gIe.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18

SLOW do you like the new hired
manr'
II like him first rate,' replied Farm.
err Corntossel. But I've got my
doubts about whether we can afford
to keep him. He talks so interestin'
about political economy and thingg
that everybody wants to quit work m
Nsten."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18
Briefly, Find Your Niche.

When YOU can't do what You want
to do, do the next best thing. It may
be the failure is for Your good. Some
times we let our enthusiasm run off
with our Judgment. We would do
many things that are not for the best.
So kind Providence heads the thing
off Marshall Field could not succeed
as a clerk in little doWnEast store,
but he could build up one of the big
gest commercial enterprises in the
world in Chicago. Green, the histori-
an. could not do any work for months
before he died, but he could dictate
the best history of the English people
ever written. Francis Parkman could
not see to make watches, but he could
become Americas historian. Haydn
was not a great success as q barber
but he could write The Creation" and
win world fame.-Grit.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18
a Caution.

Reginald love you, Madeline. For
you I would give up family, position,
wealth. Madeline - Hold, Reginald
Giving up family is all right. I fain
would be spared a mother-in-law ".
Give up your position If you can got
a better one, but please hold On to
your wealth. We may need it.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18
OF Course.

You made big howl that you were
out for civic betterment."
1--WE did"
"Yet your program consists solely
Of getting your crowd into Office"
"Well, amt that civic better
ment?"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18
Helpful Shortcomings.

Your husband is quite trial"
Eyes, but his shortcomings are use
full In a way. After viewing him ut
close range our cook says she would
never risk getting married And wed
hate to lose her. that's a fact,"-Ran-
sas City Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18
Uncle Waits
StorKxx&'a
~ - Il +
BALED MUSIC

ssTHERES going to be great con-
L cert at the opera house to-
night" said the retired merchant, land
If you'll go along with me, I'll pay
your way and buy you five cents worth
of peanuts. I'm sure nothing could be
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18
New Rich,

"Well. what's on the tapis todayr'
II hadn't noticed" answered Nav
Hoptoad. Maria, did you spill any
thing on the tapis7"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-18
ZINC STENCILS FOUND BEST

strange ceremony annually.
New Britain herald., 1921-08-31

ferent prizes on gardens), home can- ming, preserving, jelly making, cook ing, baking and sewing, fife and drum corps and juvenile bands, club songs and yells, stunts, knowledge of con- ducting business meeting, and self financing are a few of the kinds of work taught to Junior Achievement club members In fact, most every thing in the lines of industry, agri- culture, commerce, salesmanship trades and home making from the raising of beef or building a. house to selling newspapers is included.
 Where New Britain Shines
 While it has not been announced definitely what the local teams will compete in, the following are expect ed to be the contests: Millinery, basket ry, hammock making. rubber mending wood working, toy making, raffia work and sewing. A special prize of note is one offered by the Atlas, a jar manu- one offered by Atlas-E z. Seal jar people, as follows: To girl or woman in the United States who conserves the most practical supply of fruits, vege- tables, meats, pickles preserves, jellies
New Britain herald., 1921-08-31
LOCAL WOMAN MAY
 EARN $500 PRIZE
At Junior Achievement Exposition -Other Prizes May Come Here

With the resumption of the cam paign being conducted by the Junior council through the Chamber of Commerce with the as- sistance of the Herald, another dol lar has found it's way into the fund at he Chaber of Commerce rooms Secretary Maxim received it yesterday. Tkis makes two dollars on hand. There are Is more days before the big exposition of interstate and in- ter-city contests opens at Springfield, ;,r.d upwards of $58 more is needed.
 Three Clubs Here.
 . Owing to what an official of the ex- position claims was a mistake made hy a stenographer in Springfield, the Impression has gone forth that only one team would go from New Britain. Frank O. Kreagor, who will be super intendent Of exhibits at the exposi- ton. informed the council at it's or sanitation Monday, what most of the members already knew, that three teams would be accommodated from this city.
 Wilkins Personal Guest.
 These teams will be selected to rep esent their various groups. Rev. Frederick H. Wilkins, who really laid the foundation for the work in this city through his Daily Vacation Bible schools, will be the personal guest of the bureau at the request of o. H. Benson, superintendent Of the Junior Achievement department of the East crn States League. Rev. Wilkins has been invited to build a large model ot the Daily Vacation Bible School which has been declared to be the test in the country, to be exhibited turing the week of September 1924 He will take one of his teams along at his own expense.
 Other Teams.
 Other teams will be selected, one tc represent a dozen or more independ.
New Britain herald., 1921-08-31

Army aviators are forbidden to make spectacular flights.
New Britain herald., 1921-08-31

ent clubs about the city, and one to represent the playground clubs, which closed their season last Saturday. Miss Esther Miller, who was engaged by Harry Jackson, chairman of the play ground commission, to look after the Playground clubs during the summer, 1as not dropped her work entirely since the closing of the p;aygrounds but will donate her services from that date until the time of the expo sition in order to have a team of her selection make a good showing.
 Will Camp There
 The children will be taken in a large camp at Springfield. Each team is entitled to three members and a chaperon Food and lodging is pro- vided by the Eastern States League. Tn a booklet issued concerning the meet, the following paragraph is found: The Eastern States Exposition management, through the officers and directors of the Junior Achievement department, will exercise the utmost care in looking after the welfare of the boys and girls in camp. The man agement, however, will not be respon- sible for accidents to the children, loss or damage to articles. In case of sickness or accident, prompt treatment will be given in the camp first aid service and at the emergency hospital operated on the exposition grounds during the time of the exposition" " Phases of Work
 An accurate list of prizes would be too long for publication in a daily newspaper but a few of the phases of the work are shown by the following awards offered: For the best all around booth exhibits of miscellane- ous industrial products prepared al club meetings; in summer camps or at homes, $25; s1o and $500 for the best | millinery display, $500 cash and two pound box of almond bars. For girls and women's clothing prepared and exhibited by girls, $500 and tive
 Home canning and mother-daughte. canning club exhibits $15 and s10. Individual Prizes
 Individual pr4zes will include amone
 many of the following: For best bird house made by exhibitor $10.00 anG i$s.O0; individual fly trap $500 and $3.OO; leather goods and shoe repair
 ing outfits $500 and s2.O0 Furniture
 repair exhibit $500 and league base
 ball, also 10 inch Stilson wrench. Rus | tic furniture, strained honey, chil-
 drens hats clothing, rubber goods and
 rubber mending, doll making and dressing, tim mithing, toy making best garden products raised G5 diff
New Britain herald., 1921-08-31
HEALTH THE KEYNOTE TO
 BEAUTY

Beauty means so much to women- power, social triumph, admiration and love. Beauty implies good health. Who ever saw a woman racked with pain, struggling with weakness or disease, who could be called beautiful? The woman of today in this high strung nervous age is continually over doing. with the result that ills peculiar to her sex develop which. L-.- cked. will ruin all chances or her hay iness. The natural restorative for such ail- ments is Lydia E. Pinkham Vege- table Compound, which for more than forty years has been recognized as a standard remedy for women's ills, and has done much to relieve pain and re- tore good health to women.
New Britain herald., 1921-08-31

New York has boarding house for blind men,
New Britain herald., 1921-08-31
People Who Eat Yeast for Health
FORNI-VITAMON-TO
 -CLEAR

Countless numbers of people are turning to Vitamon a simple, easy and economical way to get the health giving, tissue-building yeast-v1tamlnes m highly concentrated tablet form. If YOU are weak, thin, pale, generally run
 town or feel lacking in brain power and
 n ambition, you surely need to get some rf these precious vitamines into your sNetem at once. Vitarnon mixes with your food helps 1t to digest and supplies just what your body needs to feed and uourfsh the shrunken tissues. the worn ut nerves. the thin blood and the starved brain. Pimples, bois and skin
New Britain herald., 1921-08-31

eruptions seem to vanish like magic under this hea1thful purifying influence Vitamon will not cause gas upset the stomach but strengthens the digestive and intestinal tract and helps to over come even chronic constipation. So quick and rema rkable the results that complete satisfaction is absolutely guaranteed the small amount you pay for the trial will be promptly refunded. Be sure to remember the name NI-TA-MON-the original and genuine t-vitamine tabets-there is nothin s else like it. At all good druggists, such as Dickinson Drug Co.,, Clark & Brainerd, Mallrowski & O Brien.
New Britain herald., 1921-08-31

etc., for home use in the E. z. Seal jars, $300O0. This con- test is to encourage home canning for fambily use and not commercial use, to stimulate thrift and the provision of a variety of pure, wholesome food for the family The prize will be awarded on the following points: Number of jars in proportion to the number of people in the family 40 per cent; size of jars in proportion to the number in family, 20 per cent (this includes half pint, pint quart and half gallon jars); variety and practi- cability of products for canning, 20 per cent; quality 20 per cent
New Britain herald., 1921-08-31
WANTS VOTE OF AUTHORITY.

farlS, Aug. o1.-Premier Briand wishes to obtain a vote in the cham Der of deputies giving him sufficient authority to represent France at the conference on disarmament and Far Eastern questions, which will begin in Washington on November II, it is declared by LHomme Libre. The newspaper says he wishes to be given such a vote of confidence before leav- ing for Washington but, so far as known no decision has as yet been reached relative to the date upon which parliament will be called to convene.