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The Washington times., 1921-12-04
MERRY WH|R['
SOC|ETYEvENT
At RICHMOND
Hundreds Of Members Of the
Younger Set Take Part in
Big Extravaganza.

RICHMOND. Va. Dec. 3.--Fasn.
ionabie society was cut in force this
week to attend the performances Of
"The Merry Whirl." the big musical
extravaganxa, which was given for
the benefit Of the Instructive Visiting
Nurse Association, one Of the leading
charities of the city. Prominent 30.
ciety matrons and girls. debu.antes OF
the season and charming members Of
the younger SCI, took part in the per
formance and more then 300 people
were members Of the cast. Brilliant
audiences greeted each performance OF
the Arabian Nights entertainment
which opened Tuesday night at the
Academy of Music and closed this
evening, in a whirl of enthusiastic
applause, with several thousand OF
dollars made for charity. The cos
tunes were beautiful creations IN
every detail. and some of the mos
beautiful women of the city were Sc
iected to take the parts Of queens and
princesses In che various acts. Mrs
Charles OBJ. Cowardin was chairman
OF the event. and the list Of patrons
was a long and fashionable one.
The Washington times., 1921-12-04
Lovers Marry After
63 Years Counting

MuNNEAPOLIB. Dec. 2.-After
being oourtsd for sixty-three years.
Mrs. Mary r. Woods was married to
William Coburn. childhood sweet
heart, At Los Angeles, Cal. Tn.
bride IL eishty-nine and the groom
ninety.
The two Kept company in Da.
kota county. Minnesota. but sep
arated. and afterward both were mar.
ried. When Mr.. Coburn's wife and
Mrs. Woods husband cied, twenty
years ago, both made their WAY TO
gumOd.
The Washington times., 1921-12-04
Roasted Birdseed New
Tid-Bit For New York;

NEW YORK. Dec. 3-Polygl'
cosmopolitan New York has add
another outlandish item to its loi
list of strange desserts and de
cacies. Down on the lower ca
side the pushcart men are doing
big business now selling roast
birdseed in penny bags.
The vendors, experts in the crs
of sensing the popular trend, decla
that this is only a passing fan"
profitable enough while 1t lasts, /
nothing permanent.
de seeds don't create a habi
dey don't got enough taste"
one pedler. II don't belief i'd y
last"
The Washington times., 1921-12-04
Dedicate Only Mosque
of MOhammed in u. s

DETROIT. Dec. 3.-The followers
of Mohammed here took part in a
double celebration, the dedication OF
their new mosque, the only ono In the
United States, and the observation o.
the feast Of Id-ul-Filtr, which mark
the end Of a thirty-day fast.
Rugs were strewn over the earth
floor and on these Detroit's Moslems
with shoes removed. knelt in prayer.
In the line Of march, that bore the
banners Of America, Arabia, Syria
and Turkey, were the Sheiks KalieI
BiHxy and Hussien Karoub and thu,
special missionary TO America, DR..
Mutt Muhammed Sadie. lately come
from India. Bedouins in native cos.
tunes followed the zheika>
The Washington times., 1921-12-04
Town Feasts on Geese
When Flock Comes Down

BERKELEY. SPRINGS, w. Va,
Dec. 3.-This town is feasting on wild
geese. A flock, while passing over
was attracted by the lights. and many
came down.
A fifteen FOUNDER landed in front OF
the postoffice and was captured by
Harry Newell. One dropped near the
courthouse and was caught after a
chase. Another man found one roost'
ing on his front porch.
The Washington times., 1921-12-04
Unnecessary Noises
Develop Profanity

CHICAGO. Dec 3.-Unnecessary
noises are responsible for the terrible
nervousness Of citizens In the great
American cities, for the loss Of count
less hours OF sleep and the swearing
INDUCED In by even the most highly
respected persons. DR.. Willis o.
Nance, Of Chicago. told the American
Civic Association, In convention here.
Unnecessary city noises" declared
DR.. Nance, ARE the bane Of metropoli.
tan existence. They murder sleep. as.
sassinAte mental rest, shatter our
nerves, develop profanity and indirect
" shorten our lives.
The Washington times., 1921-12-04
Woman, 80, Planning
Walk of $500 Miles

DENVER, Dec. 3.-At a stage In
life where most people become help
less, Mrs. Margaret Joy. of 2e10 Cur
tbs street. is planning to walk to New
York in the spring.
Mrs. Joy. who Is eighty years old.
has already made two transcontinen-
tai trips and expected to make one to
the East this fall. but circumstances
arose which prevented her from start
Ing before cold weather set In.
The Washington times., 1921-12-04
Jealous Over Baby
Brother, Kills Self

NOvA1IK. Conn.,. Dec. 3-Jesse
d. wh'tehear. nine, committed suicide
here because Of jealousy over the ar
rival Of baby boy In his homo. Jesse
was found in Bishop mill pond In front
Of his homo.
Jesse's father disd three years ago
and the lads heart almost broke from
9risf. His widowed mother became
Nrs- John w. Lewis and two months
ago there arrived q baby boy. Rela-
tivss tsased the Lad until he ran away.
BrOught back against his will, he ran
awsy again. only to be found = $50
ond time. He was Respondent and
salA he would rather b dead than as
he was.
The Washington times., 1921-12-04
Killed Mother to Attack
Child, Admits on GallOws

SHREVEPORT. La, Dec. 3.-WiI
Curry, was hanged at Many, La, for
the murder several weeks ago OF Mrs
John s. Harper.
Before the trap was sprung, Curry
stated ne murdered the woman to put
her out OF the way 80 he could attack
her fourteen-year-cld daughter.
The Washington times., 1921-12-04
Police Asked to Guard
Packing Plants I'm Strik,

CHICAGO. Dec. 3.-Strons poles
attachments win b thrown around
packing plants here Monday to guard
against disorder In connection with
The strike called by the Amalsamated
Meat Cutters and Butcher workmen's
Union Tho guards wssc requested
By packing plant executives.
Dennis Lane. secretary Of tha
union. today renewed his declaration
that all union workers at the plants
here snd elsewhere throughout the
country WIN have quit work by noon
Monday.
The Washington times., 1921-12-04
Itinerant Brass Bands
in Possession of London

LONDON, Dec. 3.-Dozens OF Tin.
Grant street bands, mostly brass, but
occasionally OF the string variety. are
the latest additions to the attractions
of London.
Most OF these bandsmen claim to be
ex-soldiers, and the playing, In gener'
al suggests military training. They
also. claim to be out Of work, but the
Probabilities are they make far more
by street playing than by their ordi'
nary occupation,
The Washington times., 1921-12-04
Alaska Railroad Opened
from Coast to Fairbanks

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Dec. g.
Virtual completion of the Alaska
railroad between Anchorage, on the
southwestern coast, and Fairbanks.
far to the Interior. was announced
here.
An excursion OF Anchorage bust.
ness men is expected to make the
rail trip to Fairbanks In twenty
hours. Several bridges remain TO he
completed, but travel will not be
impeded meanwhile.
The Washington times., 1921-12-04
VOTES TO INCORPORATE

PETERSBURG, w. Va, Dec. g.
election was held here some days /;
to decide the question OF Incorporate
the town, and 1t carried by vote
seventy to five. The village has be
incorporated in the past. but s.
rendered its charter some years as
II has a population of 500.
The Washington times., 1921-12-04
Woman Makes Court
Weep. But Never Again

HAMPTON, Ind, Dec. 3.-The Judge
and court attaches were near sobbing
after listening to Katie Shokos unfold
a tale OF selling moonshine to buy
milk for her starving" baby.
The Judge dismissed her from the
charge Of bootlegging As she left her
bank book fell to the floor. On deposit
VS. $4,000. The tears were turned
off. -
The Washington times., 1921-12-04
Football Declared
Character Builder

BOSTON, Dec, 3.-Tralning on the
college football sridiron has a more
beneficial effect in the development of
character than TIE other learning nm.
parted by the college course, In he
opinion OF Or. John j. Tigert, United
Stntes Commissioner Of Education.
DIR. Tigert WIS chief speaker nj to-
days meeting of the New England
Association Of School Superintendents.
The Washington times., 1921-12-04
Divorces Man Who Made
Her Paw for Livery Service

DETROIT, Dec. 3.-Introduction OF
burning love letters addressed to
Mary Sunshine" OF Toledo, won a
divorce for Anna Prather from Frank
r.. Prather, OF Prescott.
Mrs. Prather also alleged that on
the occasion OF a visit TO her husbands
arm to attempt reconciliation he
charged her IS to take her back TO
the railway station.
The Washington times., 1921-12-04
50P.C. Of ALL
COLLEGE GIRLS
FAIL To MARRY
Those Who Do Wed Seldom
Figure in Divorce, Says
Prof. Holmes.

BERKELEY, Calf, Dec. IA YER
bal bombshell breaking the peaceful
Ways Of public interest and carrying
endless discussional opportunities in
tn wake has been launched by Prof.
samuel j. Holmes had Of the BOO
logy department Of she University OF
California, who aslA:
why do fifty per cent Of college
women become old maids?
"Why. on the other hand, do dew
otees Of higher education seldom
dfvorce?"
'.Are the present world evils d.
rectly due to higher education?
is the new woman traitor to
the racef
"Is ignorance Of biology directly
responsible for our racial problem.
looming more sinister with each day!
Prof. Holmes answers ell OF these
and moro In the affirmative.
Fifty per cent of college women
remain unmarried" said tho zoology
professor emphatically. "Oh, I know
I am going to be doubted. because
college girls are getting prettier each
year, but that has no bearing on the
matrimonial statistics"
Mako Careful Choice.
Professor Holmes theories have the
background Of figures to support him.
College. ne says. invites the cream OF
the race, children Of the successfull
knowledge makes them aware Of the
full extent Of matrimonial responsi-
bility. They choose only after care
ful elaboration. Meanwhile many Of
them engage in lucrative occupations
which tend to divert the mind from
things matrimonial.
A lifelong student of biology ant
evolutionary development, Professor
Holmes has studied the subject with
q dispassionate and judicial mind
He ID vitality interested In woman's
status, the rise Of industrialism. and
the question of the effects OF alcohol.
because of the lights they throw
when interpreted with caution and
without prejudice upon the progress
OF the race.
Marriage n lottery. he says.
snong the women of higher educa'
ton, and the families are becoming
smaller and smaller. In many cases,
higher education IL responsible for
the loss Of q certain feminine charm.
4 misfortune that arouses deep
seated instructive recon In the op-
posite seq.
Race Suicide.
Present day women who sacri.
flee motherhood to . career are
these upon whom the obligation Of
motherhood should rest with the
greatest weight. I have my doubts
II the growing independence Of WON
en- IL an unmixed blessing"
Tho Berkeley savant attributes race
suicide largely to higher education.
with its attendant development Of
mentality. and to inordinate social
ambition.
''This latter danger" he said. in
the past years confined to . few. IL
today becoming . general malady.
The feminine public II eaten with a
desire for social progress; and, OF
course, there 10 no barrier to this 90
fatal as the largo family. with it, TO
sponsihilities and expense"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-29
LADIES' AID PLANS TO MAKE
GEESE HELP PAY EXPENSES

Rev .. W. Rice OF Caldwell, SAYS:
The goose honks high" for the little
Congregational church near Meridian
and everything goes along swim
minGly for the Ladies' Aid. About
70 "~men are banded together for
he moral and spiritual uplift of the
region and Ior the financial benefit
II the church and school. Their
"azaars ana home made plays and
other schemes always win.
This year the church has some
Dig inIncial things on hand and to
do its PART in these the Ladies' Aid
has proposed to B. W. Rice, the min
lister, that if he will furnish 1000
geese and duck eggs, the women will
match them and raise them and fatten
them and give him half the crc9 for
his eXi ense and trouble and the other
half will be turned to the treasurer
to apply on expenses. They get hold
OF lot OF pin money and now they
are after the pin-feather money. They
dgure that a Ladies' Aid ought to
settle down to real business and help
settle up Running expenses. They are
not going TO be hard up for they are
now after the soft down
Mrs. W. B. Walt, K. F. D. Meridian
is president.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-29
FRANK ROsENL0F TO BE
ONE OF NAMPA'S COTNCu,JEy

a. D. r. Bow candidate fer mayor on
me Public Convention ticket WAC
tuesday elected over J. H. CoweII
d Il candidate. by a majority
~ % y votes. Dave Moffat and
GSaTtrude MilleS, candidates on the
Public Convention ticket for civ
clerk and city treasurer, respectively
we're nhoppo3ed and received a large
The Public Convention ticket was
o ~, throughout and elected all
us cC1nc1lmen. Fl. w. Sutton and r
N. Woodruff were elected AZ conn
2.imen from the first ward over their
tthoePehdrnt ticket opponents L. NJ
Gates and L. c. Fry. A. T. Bullock
ana Frank Ro.enlof for councilmen
n m me Second ward were not opposed
In The Third ward Verdom Jacobs ana
FRANK Euchn, Public C0nyention
candidates were successful over F.
w. v ilson and 0. W. Jones.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-29

he is on the rim of the world Some OF
the turns are so Sharp it is Impossible
to see 20 feet ahead, and We seem to
be periIously near the jumping of
place. We wonder if it is safe to lean
out aud peer into the canyon far below
and when we do we are perfectly sat
istied we are flirting with death. Yet
the trip is a safe one, providing our
driver has better nerves than our own
All too soon We reach the outskirts
of BaguiO, a city among the clouds,
and are rather surpriscd'at the modern
city we find it to he In ten years Ba-
guio has grown from a village Of huts
to the now justly famed mountain re-
sort of the Philippines, sometimes call,
ed the Philippine Simla. 1t is IN,
doubtedly destined some day to become
Il large city.
Baguio ranges in elevation from
1900 to $500 feet and is surrounded
practically on all sides by high noun
tain ridges and 'hogsbacks" towering
into the skies at height of almost
5000 feet.
v.
noteworthy, the great blessing of Ea-
gGi0 is its temperate climate. which is
indeed godsend to those impoy erish-
ed by the tropical temperatures Of the
lowlands. Not only is the mountain
air rich in ozone, but it has been dem
onStrated to be extraordinarily free
from germs of all kinds.
Each year during the hot season the
school teachers of the entire archipela-
go are enabled by the government to
spend month at the teachers camp
in Baguio for recreation and confer
ence on school work. American army
officers and their families also go to
BaguiO for the hot months.
And now that your traveloguer has
you in BaguiO, he believes he will leave
you there, for there are many interest
ing side trips to take and, besides,
Baguio is the most delightful place for
a vacation in the entire Orient.
Q. II. I.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-29
a Farmer Cured CT Rheumatism

A man living on farm near here
came in a short time ago completely
doubled up with the rheumatism. I
handed him bottle Of Chamberlain
Liniment and told him to use it free
ly'' says c. P. Rayder, Patten Mills,
N. Y. A few days later he walked
into the store as straight as a string
and handed me dollar saying, give
ne another bottle of Cham berlain's
Liniment; l want it in the house all
the time for it cured me-"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-29

the trip to BaguiO within the means Of
hundreds of thousands Of FiliPinos.
Not only is there sufficient power in
this river to electrify a line from Ma:
Mia TO Baguio, but to operate the
street railways Of Manila, light the
city and furnish power for manufac-
turing concerns.
But we have now arrived at Camp
One. From this point the scenery
rapidly changes as the elevation in
creases. We are travelling over the
famous Benguet road, the construction
of which through the mountains is
most remarkable engineering triumph
At places the road is blasted out Of the
solid granite. Riding on the edge of a
100 foot precipice makes one feel like
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-29

FOR SALE Ten foot oak extn1-
sion table. Inquire OF MRS. ALICE
FRAZIER, Broadway street, MeriI-
ian.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-29

ne offer $4,000 for any case Of catarrh
that cannot be cured by HALLS
CA4ARRH MEDICINE.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE is talk
en- internally and acts through the Blood
on the Mucous Surfaces Of the system
Sold by druggists for over forty years.
Price 75c. Testimonials free.
+. J. Cheney g. Co.. Toledo, Ohio.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-29

FARM FOR SALE Thirty acre
farm W miles southeast Of Merj-
dian. s room house, good barns, poul-
try shed, u mile from school Plenty
of Ridenbaugh water. acres pasture
10 acres alfalfa. About S acres
clover. Hog wire fence. 10 milk-cows
and heifers. Terms.
w. T. TUCKER
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-29
BROADWAY HOTEL

UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
We have purchased the Broadway
Hotel in Meridian and are ready to
serve meals at reasonable rates by
the day or week. Good clean rooms
and good service.
MRS. j. A. GILLu4AND.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-29
NOTICE

The Farmers Lumber yard il
Meridian is open to all customers.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-04-29
~ WANT ADS tA

GOOD FRESH MILK Delivered 8
and one third cents per quart. Phone
169, WILL CHAPMAN, u mile south
OF Meridian.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-06-30

help us out2 We need more help
along this line. After you arrive and
help US awhile. you may decide we
are a nice bunch to live with. Do you
want to try US outp If so, write in
and let US know what you can do. |
want you 10 know we need first class
llaundryman4an aIl-around man who
can take empire charge Of the plant
and build it up. Real doers have a
chance under cooperation to advance
themselves without injuring their COM
rades. The grand-stander will soon
fall. Your true worth is demonstrated
by the service you render and you are
sure to attain the proper heights by
your own climbing and not on the back
of anyone else. Comrade Winters is
taking stock at the store as a start
er. He wants to start with facts, and
that is the only way one can intelli-
gently proceed. One more day and
the new kiln of brick will be finished.
Once | made an appeal for musical
instruments; now. if you have one that
you don't want or need, our kiddoos
will be very glad to get it. A new
band master is coming and we will
soon organize new classes for band,
orchestra, etc. Don't forget to let us
know if you wish to donate or lend us
that old musical instrument you no
longer use. The card club met last
night and good time was had by all;
several new members joined the club
and we made so much noise that we
are going to be forced to move down
to the club house again, until the roof
garden is built, so as to permit the fel-
lows sleeping at the hotel to really
sleep. When we get to having good
time, we are apt to forget the other
fellow. Comrade Patton from Alabama
Just came in to-day to look us over; he
is a gardener and is very much inter-
ested in the work rs carried on by
Luther Burbank. Again. Comrades,
remember we are to build our hotel
this summer and will want brick ma
sons.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-06-30
THE LEVER OF PROGRESS

Profound thought moves the world
of human affairs; the deep and ration
al thinkers determine the resistless cur
rent of human events and the process
.of their succession. Improved mind, ell
evated morality and cultivated ihclina-
tions WELD a beneficent and powerful
Influence wherever manifested.
All achievements accomplished by
mankind have been actualized by dis
covering, learning, and acquiring the
knowledge of HOW to make them tan
gible. visible things and institutions.
To call into activity the internal fa-
culdes of knowing and feeling in man
by which he gains that knowledge and
skill is real education. Bacon's apoth-
egm: knowledge is power" is vindi-
eating itself on every hand.
A prominent Rhode Islander, Row.
land G. Hazard, over forty-five years
ago, said: THE human mind is not a
mere warehouse, of given dimensions,
in which you may, with careful stow
age, put package after package, of ev-
.er so great value, and when it is full,
say its use is accomplished. 1t is now
paying its maximum profit; but it is
a living agent, which must masticate,
digest, and assimilate its nutriment,
and is susceptible with proper aliment
of neyer-ending growth, and an unlim-
tied enlargement of its capacities.
The acquisition of the small number Of
facts which can usually be taught in
the schoolroom, however useful in life,
constitutes very inconsiderate por-
ton of the benefits of education. Its
chief object should be to impart such
habits of thought as will enable the
student TO CONTINUALLY BUILD
Upon what he there acquired. Those
facts are but as the seed of knowledge.
Give him this, and the implements,
with instruction for its cultication, and
hit may ever after add to his store the
accomplished harvests of active thought
and intelligent observation" = = >
By opening to the mind higher and
purer sources of qualification, the in
Itluence of low and degrading passions
will be diminished. Let man become
absorbed in any scientific pursuit, ev-
en- of those most allied to earth, the
object of his devotion is truth. For
1t he cherishes pure disinterested love
and this elevates all his sentiments and
refines all his affections. The BIZ
bic says; A people without vision per-
ishes. " Having no ideals they become
slaves to gross sensualism that results
in their undoing. Ideals, mentally pic
turing them out unto working shape
and then achieving them by actual APP
Plication to everyday life were stated
to be the process of all improvements
in human affairs. To cultivate a
placid, harmonious attitude of mind
was enjoined at the mental science
class, on the night of June 70. at New
llano, upon all who desire to become
imbued with high ideals and devote
themselves to their actualization.
Wba, ,.1U IL. ,ao,Io L.. H.. Al