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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-06-18

THE GIRL ON THE JOB :
How to Succeed-How to Get
Ahead-How to Make Good
By JESSIE ROBERTS
LIBRARY WORK

library work has q great appeal
l. to many women. A girl is sure
Of a good deal of liberty in such work,
can add to its value and interest II
she be so minded, and can feel fairly
certain of permanent employment.
But the salaries are small, very
small. Like the teacher, the librarian
must struggle to make both ends meet
and keep up appearances. She mas
usually had a thorough education and
a special training that has cost money.
Sometimes she begins her work with
debt to pay off. She often Injuries
her health in the attempt to do THIS
This is wrong.
+ I know one young woman VINO Is
librarian in a technical library. Every
thing about the work is attractive ana
interesting; the girl loves 1t. But she
could not afford to, keep the position
were it not that she has a small prl'
vate income to help, and no one de-
pendent upon her. She gets only l'ooo
a wear. with a short vacation.
Libraries and library positions are
to see a great increase in the next few
wears. Clever and well-bred women
will be in demand. But how can such
women afford, with living expenses
what they are, to take positions 50
poorly paid?
There must be a change in these
things.
The community must recognize that
positions Of this kind, which are an as
set to the whole neighborhood, should
receive a fair return. A good library
cannot be good unless the librarians
who work in it are well trained ano
first-class. Such cannot go on forever
making sacrifices because they WISH
to serve the community, and love the
labor they do.
It is high time to insist on proper
increase in library salaries.
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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-06-18
Prehistoric instruments Indicate
That They Must Have
Started Early.
knew NOTHING OF STRINGS
Instruments Of Percussion and Wind
instruments Composed Their
Ochestras-BelIs Were OF Copper
With Pebble ciappers.

New York-That the Indians Of pre-
historic Peru knew the art-or should
we say science?-of "jazz" is apparent
from the decorations, representing
orchestras and dancers, found on
the ancient pottery and metal objects
az the region. Further evidence Is
furnished by accounts of early
writer's, and. most convincing, by
Numbers Of the musical instruments
themselves which have been recov-
cred from graves and ruins by
Psychologists. These instruments In
clude drums, bells, cymbals, rattles,
pipes, flutes, whistles, trumpets and
an unmistakable ancestor Of the oboe.
II the activities Of an energetic Indian
orchestra. equipped with some or all
Of these instruments did not produce
something akin to present-day jazz.
the writer Is guilty Of an error In
judgment.
Undoubtedly, early man sang and
danced before he produced instru-
mental music. As the most import
ant element Of the song and dance
is rhythm, and as In singing and
dancing a desire for some sound to
clearly indicate the rhythm seems to
be universal, primitive vocalists and
terpischoreans everywhere have found
assistance in the swapping Of fingers,
clapping of hands, beating OF hips
and stamping Of feet. Then, probably,
the drum was devised-the first
musical instrument. The allied instru-
ments Of percussion, as cymbals
rattles and bells soon followed.
Wind Instruments.
Later came the wind instruments,
sueA as musical shells and varieties
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-06-18
increase Vineyard Acreage.

San FranciscO.-Informat that
approximately 175,OOO additional acres
will be devoted to vineyards In Cal
ifornia this year has been brought
before prohibition officials here, ac-,
cording to reports made pubic. ,
The high price Of wine grapes was
said to have been given by the grow
srs for the increased acreage.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-06-18
4Barbery" and Surgery.

The profession of surgery was sep
arated from that Of 'barbery" by an
act passed during the reign Of Henry
VIII. BY this act the barber-surgeons
were forbidden to perform any surgi-
cal operations except blood letting
and tooth drawing, and the surgeons
were not to practice "barbery' or
shaving. This continued until the
time Of George II.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-06-18
THE WOODS
By DOUGLAS MALLocH
THE sport.

THE sPoRT.
NY BOY. it's the end Of the
M season
Your campstake you've got in your
clo'es;
Il isn't much use fer to reason
With you. suppose.
! know how the dollars are burnin'
A hole in your pocket right now;
You'll blow 'em-what use to be
4, learnin'
A lumberjack howl
They're waitin' down there fer you.
brother:
The barkeep. IL loadin' the gin;
mach guy has some game er another
Fer talkin' you in.
me DANES met are plastered an
painted
Are putin On powder fer fair
The ladies' whose kisses are tainted
i Are waitin' you there.
I've been through the null. an ! know
I / know Jest the fool tibet You are;
Oh, your be SPORT an you'll throw
it
In gobs on the bar.
It's sDrinks fer the housed" you1l be
I yellin';
The buns will be there to partake.
They'll laugh at the stories you're
tellin',
| An gobble your stake.
while you have been pullin' briar.
with beans an ssow-belly to chew,
The grafters have set by the hre
A-waitin' fer you
The streak up their backs It II yellan,
An life without work Il the rule;
They'll say you're a prince Of q fellah
An think you're fool.
90 work like dog In the winter,
An act like an ass In the spring;
Some guy with a jsck-knife an spiin-
ter
VIII say you're king.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-06-18
BLONDES AND BRAINS

a LEARNED Judge was recently
"A quoted as announcing from his
bench that he would not approve Of
blonde ladies as members Of a jury
which was about to hear q case under
his Jurisdiction.
Blondes are flckle," were the words
attributed to the justice, intimating
that fickleness is q bar to what the
law is supposed to assure the person
on trial.
A year or SO ago big Western en-
ployer in advertising for office help
announced that he would not receive
the applications Of blondes, giving as
q reason that he had found them in
attentive to work and temperamental
In disposition.
There has always been q good deal
Of discussion regarding the relative
attractiveness of blondes and bru-
nettes despite the fact that in the
long ago when the caveman was the
highest type Of civilization, we were
oil blonde, or at least red hair was
the darkest tint.
The reason why nature covered
primeval men and women with blonde
or red hair was twofold; that it
served the same purposes Of low Wis
Utility which Is gained by the animals
whose fur coats blend with the sur
roundings In which they live and the
fact that those colors better protected
the skin from the effects Of direct sum
light.
We know that these colors Of hair
prevailed because In the discovery Of
almost every burial place Of people Of
that time light or reddishly tinged
hair has been found.
It is interesting to note that the
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-06-18
Gigantic Beast and May Have
Lived 100000 Years Ago,
Says Biologist.
SKELETON IS DISCOVERED
Fact That Tusks Are More Than II
Feet Long, Indicates the Great
Size Of the Pachyderm-
Probably Killed by Tiger.

San Leon, Texas.-Positive proof
that elephants Of gigantic size, with
bodies probably covered with long
hair, once roamed the coastal plains
of Texas has been obtained by the
unearthing here Of the skeletons OF
one of these prehistoric animals. Inc
period Of its life dates back anywhere
from 100000 to 100000 years, &C.
cording to II. G. Chandler, assistant
professor Of biology in Rice Institute
Of Houston, who assisted in removing
the remains from the hard bed OF
sand and gravel.
1t will take some time to recon-
struct the bones and form the skele-
ton as it originally existed, and until
this is done measurements cannot be
accurately taken. The fact, however,
that the tusks are each more than II
feet long indicates the great size OF
the pachyderm.
Scientists Speculation.
The skeleton was discovered by E.
T. Roy Of Houston. who called Mr..
Chandler to his assistance in unearth-
ing it. In speaking of the discovery
Mr.. Chandler said:
Before Noah collected his animals
in the ark and before Adam and Eve
ate the disastrous apple In the Garden
of Eden this beast, perhaps attacked
by q murderous saber toothed tiger,
huge beast which also roamed
through North America at that time,
laid his great carcass down on the
sands of the beach and died. The
seabirds Of that ancient time, no
doubt, dined sumptuously for many
weeks on his great body, and what
was left by them was picked by the
microscopic animals Of the bay.
"The waves of the ancient bay rip
pied over the bones Of the fallen mon
arch, carrying sand and gravel, until
finally the entire skeleton was buried
deep under q mass Of debris.
Centuries passed and the land
slowly raised to its present level,
some ten feet above the water level
Year by year the waves Tapped con
tinuously against the bank. eating !,
away, until finally a tooth was
brought to view, probably some 500.
600 years after 1t had been dropped
from the jaws Of the great beast
A Hunting Ground.
'There are many who, while admit
ting the evidence Of their eyes thai
an elephant did live and die on thu
shores Of Texas, will question state
ments Of scientists as to the great ex
panse Of time since the animal ex
listed.
mo very accurate estimate can b
made, It is true, but that it exceeds
100000 years and may approach I.
100000 years there is no doubt in thu
mind Of any person who has made Z
study Of the past life on the earth
Such estimates are based on the tim,
reqdired to deposit sedimentary rock
to erode valleys and to wear ava,
rocks. No one could Judge the ag'
Of this particular specimen alone, bu
its age is estimated on the known
occurrence of the animal in company
with other animals In rocks or depos
it's where the age can be roughly es
! timated and its absence In deposits
/ which are Of more recent date.
"Had there been game hunters IL
the pleistocene period North Ameri
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-06-18
THE ROMANCE OF WORDS
"sUMPER."

Used in the sense Of a
~ bumper" Of wine-and
therefore belonging to the malt,
vinous and dead languages
this word harks back to /. the
days Of the Restoration when
the drinking was deep and the
shouting long and when, as
penance for any slip Of the
tongue or forgetfulness Of man.
ners, the culprit was sentenced
to drink a bumper" without
splitting a drop.
As this feat did not depend
so much upon the liquid capac-
ity Of the drinker as upon the
steadiness Of his nerves, it was
no light task-particularly well
along toward morning. A large
goblet or q small bowl was
filled toathe brim with wine and
then q few additional drops
were carefully added, SO that
the liquid would not overflow
but would actually rise frac-
ton Of an inch over the top Of
the containing vessel. The sur
face, being convex, was said to
be bumped up" and 1t was
then accepted as a true bump
err" It is in this sense Of
more than full" that we still
refer to a bumper crop" or q
bumper audience"
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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-06-18
Mule Puts Town In Darkness.

Hartford, Ky.-A mule belonging to
Joe Ford, below town a couple OF
miles, broke leg and thereby put the
electric lighting plant Of the town out
of business. The owner Of the mule
furnishes coal to the light plant COM
pany for steam purposes, and when
his muleship cracked leg it busted
a team. No teamwork, no coal; no
coal, no lights.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-06-18
Indians in Peru
Knew of Jazz

Of pipes and horns. And finally. the
more complex stringed instrument
was developed. The greatest single
step forward In the history Of In
strumental music was the mechanical
production of a musical scale. This
came with the pipes. In Peru, evil
dence is found Of the first two types
instruments Of percussion and wind
instruments-but SO far nothing has
been found to- indicate that the pre-
historic Indians of the region knew
how to make music from the vibra1
tons of strings.
In the American Museum of Nat
ural History in New York City there
is a large collection of prehistoric
musical instruments Of Peru. They
have been carefully studied by
Charles w. Mead, Assistant Curator,
Of the Department of Anthropology,l
whose findings have been published
in a short paper. According to Mead.
no drums have been found In ancient
Peruvian graves. This may be for
the reason, he believes, either that
the drums of the time, being made Of
perishable material have all disinte-
grated, or that because of some SUI
perstition it was not customary Ia
bury drums with the dead. Drumsi
however, were pictured by the nativd
artists of the time and described bN
early writer's, the evidence showing
that they were identical in kind with
the drums used to-day in several parts
Of Peru. They were made Of skim
stretched over hoop Of wood or over
one end Of a short section Of tres
trunk followed out to q thin cylinder.
Small drums seem to have been the
rule. The drum heads were usually
made Of the skins Of deer and other
animals common to the. country.
Copper Bell.
The bells Of the Peruvian jazz
orchestra were Of copper, with peb-
bles for clappers, There were rat
ties, made of small shells, nuts, seeds.
&C.. which were worn attached to the
wrists, ankles and other parts of the
body in dancing. Gourds filed with
pebbles were used as hand-rattle6.
Shells were struck. together like GYM
balls. The Museum collection also
contains three small bronze discs,
slightly concavo-convex, with per-
foraeed projections by which they
were evidently suspended. When
struck with any hard substance they
give out remarkably clear and
resonant sound.
Whereas among US the fad of the
day is the ukelele, the Peruvians Of
1.-THE GOOD OLD DAYS" delighted
in performing on the huayra puhura,
OF pipes. The pipes were open and
closed, and made Of bone or cane.
and, in one known instance. Of stone
Flutes of cane, or bone and OF
gourd were also popular. They were
carved in variety Of fantastic
shapes. A number Of the bone flutes
which have been folnG have stop
holes on the under side, apparently
meant to be closed by the thumb
| They are very primitive Instruments
not producing. true or complete
scale. That the Peruvians were able,
to realize their shortcomings to at
least some extent appears in the fact.
that In some instruments attempts to,
correct the scale have been made; the
vents have been plugged with bits,
of gourd and substituted by other
holes. Moreover, 1t is to be re-
membered that the age and condition
of the instruments. especially those
of cane. have doubtlessly affected tho
tone qualities.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-06-18
Woodpeckers Almost Human.

Shepherdsville, Ky-Walter Roby
of Leeches came upon flock Of wood
peckers drinking sugar water from az
sugar tree. They seemed to be intoxi-
Gated and fight after fight was staged.
Roby investigated and found that fer
mentation had given the water great
kick.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-06-18

It's blood, an It's bone. an it's muscle,
You're THROWN up there on the par:
Next week fer job you kin rustic,
The fool thet you are.
oh. yes, they all think he's the candy,
A sport, good fellow, who spends;
I hone. when they say you're dandy,
You're proud Of your friends.
When you know Jest how little there's
In 1t,
VIII you hand out your good money
still?
When you know they're but friends
fer minute?
You probably will.
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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-06-18
nSFllafyQ5Sp Book

No mica Il set on the lavish summer.
june may be had BY the poorest CONF
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-06-18
EVERYDAY LuNcHEoNs.

4 GOOD alI.round substantial oisn
"A which will do for q main disn y
Potato Soup.
Cook one-hnlf dozen good siSeo
potatoss, one-half dozen onions 20.
eether In boiling sailed wetsr Until
tander. Then press them through :
puree Sieve, Add butter, milk, salt ana
pepper. and servs piping hot.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-06-18

With salt and pepper and stir in the
eggs. Prepare small pieces Of buttered
bread. pour over the sauce and bake
,,ntil hot In q moderate oven.
Chicken Scramble.
Ada one cupful Of shredded cooked
ch,cken TO six or seven eggs, half
cnnful Of milk, butter, salt and pepper
- taste. Stir and mix. until well
cooked. Serve with buttered toast.
MI. nl4txse
~ m. western Newspaper Union)
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-06-18

Cut In slices three o. feakI hafd.
cooked eggs. Prepare 4 fseh wh'te
sauce. using two tabiespeeHfHls sHen
n flour and butter. and when well
blended add one eupful ef fieh mllk |
cook until smooth and thlek. season
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-09-23
BOY SCOUT CAMP UNDER WAY.

The big scout camp In the Inter
state park In New York and New Jer-
sey is opened again for the season. 1t
is expected that approximately 1000
scouts will be the daily count in this
enormous camp.
There will be nine weeks camp
Ing season which will probably ac-
commodate more than 6,00O boys. One
of the most interesting features of the
camp Will be the museum in charge of
"Uncle Benny" Hyde who will again
manage the Museum, nature study work
of the entire camp. A friend of the
movement has contributed thousand
dollars to further the nature instruc
ton In order to coax, hire or trans
port bodily" the best available scien
tific experts. The boys privileged IL
participate In this huge and happy
camp, whose law Is scout law and
whose program is the scout program
will have a never-to-be-forgottep eN'
perience.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-09-23

thing Of this survives the American girl before marriage and misor
tunes have turned her into human being but the male American child
shows only the hardness of the American the genen and
tenderness which make him attractive.
This may from the between the child
and its parent it lives with Them Of them is treated seriously;
therefore, it does not look the adult god Notably the we'll
TODD classes there chn hour $780, when the anxious pr
Of the nursery allowed trembling with
enter the holy Of the rownp fun being American
child without idols SELF
since mankind at all ages lives only by
The hard child suggests the hard home which Characteristic Of
America visited houses in the United States and
the definitely h found them rather uncomfortable They felt
untenanted they they indicated the restaurant
the theae the cinema often visited missed the comfortable
accumulation Of broken old fire irons and volumes
Of the London illustrated News which make the dusty owsy feeling
Of home
The American house not place where lives but place where
merely sleeps eats sits works You will that makes home life
but does no there is something e which arise only out Of
compound of dulne boiled mutton cut lawn, dog and
mice to keep the cat amused explain better than that
and Americans understand what although English
person will
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-09-23
TITLES OF SOME NoTABLEs
General Douglas Hai0, "Ear; and
Field Marshall; Beatty, "Ami-
raj Of the Fleet.

Decorations and titles won by dis
tinguished British and Canadian
guests at the third annual convention
OF the American Legion In Kansas
City, October 81, November 1 and 2,
are testimony OF their notable records
during the World war.
General Douglas Haig bears the
titles Of earl and field marshal and
has the right to use the following lat
tiers, Indicating decorations, after hid
name: TX. T., @. @. B., o. NJ, G. G. ".
o., X. G. I. C."
Admiral Beatty's official designation
Is admiral of the Fleet, the Right
Honorable Earl Beatty. @. G. b.,
o. NJ. g. G. v. o., ID. S. o."
The correct manner to address the
commander of the Canadian corps In
France IL "Gen. Sir william Currie,
G. O. NJ. c., X. c. b., X. O. M. G.,
c. b., Principal of McGill university"
The participation Of Great Britain
and her domlnions In President Hard.
ing's world conference on disarrna.
ment is believed by national cOnven-
ton officials to remove all doubts In
regard to the presence OF the distin.
guished guests at the Legion national
convention.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-09-23
The Verb Salvage.

Tho verb ito salvage" did not pass
out OF existence with the dlsbanding
of the A. Il. II. It's synonym, ito man
age" is sim recognized as part OF the
language of Legionnaires. George II
Anderson post of the American Legion
ut Ardmore, Okla, recently "sal
vaged" u library OF 1000 volumes
AS In the army days when anything
from mess kit to five-ton trucl
might have been acquired mysteri
ously with the simple exclamation 1--WE
managed for It" or the equally expires
s've 1--WE salvaged t." he post &C
Quired the library. During the wa
the people OF Ardmore had collecte,
a large number Of books to he shippe
TO army camps for use Of soldiers. Bu
after the volumes were collected an
boxed they were never shipped. The
were discovered recently in n stor
room by member OF he Legion pc
and II die not take long TO sc,yG,
them.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-09-23
fesslon represented

fessIcn represented In the states mem
bership.
Covering all OF the United States and
most OF Mexico I'm his travels, Mr.
Chapman settled down to the practice
of law In New Mexico just before
America entered the World war. When
she did, he volunteered as n mechanic
and chauffeur and spent two months
In nm army motor shop. Then he was
transferred to a balloon school, but
before he could get acquainted with
the blimps they moved him again, -this
time to the eolnpany's personnel head
quarters. He was IN an officers train
iIis camp when >he armistiee came
Entering Legion work early, Mt
Chapman was member OF the COM
mittce which wrote the non-politicai
clause into the organizations consti.
tuition. He bOils down his biography
to this: II am n member of the A.
II. Il A. NJ. Is. r. o. e., and X. of II.
1 am an American by birth, training
aud inclination: an Eplscopalian by
faith and a prohlbitionist by law. I
sing, canoe. play the plano and arm
married. What else could askr'
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-09-23
WHY DRUGGISTS RECOMMEND
SWAMP ROOT

For many years druggists have waishsd
with much interest the remarkable sssord
maintained by DR.. Kilmers Swamp Root,
the great kidney, liver and bladder nsdI
cine.
It il q physicians prescription.
Swamp-Root is a strengthening nedi.
cine. 1t helps the kidneys, liver and blad-
der do the work nature intended they
should do.
Swamp-Root has stood the test of years.
1t is sold by all druggists on its merit
and it should help you. No other kidney
medicine has so many friends.
BE sure to get Swamp-Root and start
treatment at once.
However, If you wish hrst TO test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for .
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper Advertisement.
Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-09-23

Williams conceived monopoly on all
The city's evening papers which
brought all the other boys into his en-
ploy and made money for him. Later
,e branched out and worked In news
paper press room. He worked up to
pressman, a position he was holding
when he enlisted In the Third En-
gineers for the war.
Forced to quit school while In the
fourth grade. Williams obtained good
education on the streets and by night
study. At twenty-one years old he
was president OF the Fargo Trades
and Labor assembly, post he re-
dgned to enlist. He went into the
army as a private and came out with
ne same rank. He was the first state
idjutant Of tho American Legion de-
sartment.