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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26
RECALLING GOOD Old DAYS
Seriously, Were They Really So Very
Much Better a. Most Elderly
People Think7

The vanity of age is curious thing.
AS we approach fifty most of us who
have survived plaques, pestilence and
famine. wars, panics and the other
perils that flesh is heir to begin to
bark back to the good old times when
everything was different. Because
things were different we foster the de-
fusion that everything was better. We
expect youngsters to listen with rapt
attention to our "reminiscences. con-
fess that l myself find it necessary to
fight constantly a tendency to corner
some hapleSS youngster and describe
to him the old statehouse, or the Union
station as 1t used to be in the GO '.
old times before the tracks were Gle
waited and the mortality list lowered
Or, In a mood of condescension, |
speak of that glorious year when our
town figured in the schedules Of the
National league.
Baseball, l intimate, reached perihe-
lion In that year of wonder. When l
speak Of Kelly and Clarkson and other
giants of those days and their visit
to our capital, or recall Jack Glass
cock as the most efficient and capt.
waiting shortstop the diamond has ever
known. he merely smiles sadly; and
if you continue he may be driven to
ask you what you think of Babe Ruth
and some other luminaries of the de-
generate present. There have been
great men since Agamemnon, and we
needn't imagine that the youth Of to-
day are not aware of the fact. Suffi-
cient unto the day are the heroes
thereof-Harper' Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26
WORDS OLD AS HUMAN RACE
Sounds Indicative Of What They De-
scribe Were Probably the First
Forms of Speech.

When your baby first begins to talk,
1t uses instinctively the oldest words
in creation words as old as the hui
man race itself.
They are words whose sound is an
imitation of what they describe. A
chair falls over in the nursery.
Bang" says baby. just as her great
est great grandmother said when her
father dropped his club In the cave
that was their home.
Baby calls the COW a moo" because
that is the noise it makes To primi-
tive man the COW seemed to say 'koo"
"a name that has stuck
What finer imitation of the crows
croak could you have than the Greek
word "korax" Crow Greatly corow)
is derived from the same idea. Hun
dreds of animals-birds, in particular
retain their ancestral names. The
cuckoo has always been so called
he named himself.
A whole host of other words de-
scribe noises-crash, slam. thump,
whack, splash, BOOM prattle, and so
on. One Of the most beautiful of
these is murmur, which means the
sound made by a gentle breeze among
the trees-nur-mur-m ur-Exchange
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26
EnoIish Place Names,

The charm of English place names
is not only in their bewildering va
riety, but In the fact that almost all
OF them seem Indigenous. At any rate,
they are all rooted deep, from what
ever original soil they came. Latin
and Danish names have been wealth
cred and mellowed in SO many CEN
turtles Of English history that one re-
members only with an effort that they
are not English in origin. Only the
Norman names have the slightest
tincture Of foreign suggestion about
them. French is still rather tender
exotic which needs to be trained
against the sunny southern wall Of the
language. Beaulieu does not seem to
belong naturally in Hampshire. But
even TO dOmesticate the names from
the three or four other languages is
no small triumph In verbal horticul-
ture.-Christian Science Monitor.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26

Parents, as intended by nature, are
the ultimate Judges of their own sons
declares Good Housekeeping. They
are the courts Of last resort. They
are the guardians, with the double re-
sponsibility of protection and guild.
Ance. They must not faN In the di-
rection of growth. In order that per-
sonal prejudice and constant contact
may not warp their attitudes, the boy
must become to them q laboratory
problem. He must be analysed to dis
cover mis- hereditary, physical, men
tai and environmental constituents.
His composition and the materials that
enter into 1t. his actions and reac-
tons, the thoughtprocesses that 60
into the creation of his mental be-
havor, the disqualification Of habits of
doing, feeling. and acting-all must be
considered effectively, and controlled
during the devious process Of boy.
formation.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26
Maxim Gorky" Pssudonyn.

Maxim Gorky," who was reported to
be on his way to England on visit to
H. G. Wells, but is still held up by the
Bolshevist authorities on the frontier,
is Alexei Pyeshkof, the poet and
chronicler of the pariahs and vaga-
bonds of Russian society.
"Gorky' means bitter" The full
aame, Maxim Gorky," may, perhaps,
be read to mean the "bitterest of the
bitter" The pseudonym effectively
symbolizes Pyeshkof's attitude toward
life, for his fiction is the distilled es-
sence of the disappointed.
He was not at first Bolshevlk, and
he seems only to have Joined the
Bolshevist ranks under pressure.
Given his choice between low diet and
high Office he preferred the latter,
which Is one, happily, that does not
require him to take any active part
In the preparation Of atroctIes.-Liv-
ing Age.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26
ANATOLE FRANCE AND INGRES
Great Author, as Youth, Glad of OPP
portunity to Be of Service to
Venerable Man.

Ingres lived 200 feet away from my
home, on the Quai Voltaire. knew
him by sight. He was more than
eighty years old. Age which is dis
aster for ordinary mortals, is an
apotheosis for men of genius.
l was In the Theater du Chatelet on
the night when 1.-THE Magic Flute" was
sung for the first time by Christine
Nilsson. had an orchestra seat. Long
before the curtain rose the theater was
full. l saw NJ. Ingres coming toward
me. 1t was he, his head like a bull,
his eyes still black and piercing, his
short stature, his powerful gait. 1t
was known that he loved music. I
realized that having the entree to the
theater he had come In and was vainly
looking for a seat. I was about to
offer him mine; he did not give me the
chance
Young man." he said, give me your
place; am NJ. Ingres."
l rose. radiant. The venerable old
man had done me the honor of choos-
ing me to give up my place to NJ.
Ingres.-Anatole France, in the Dial.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26
CARDUI HELPED
REGAIN STRENGTH
Alabama Lady Was Sick For Three
Years, Suffering Pain, Nervous
and Depressed-Read Her
Own Story Of Recovery.

Paint Rock, Ala-Mrs. C. M. Stegall
Of near here, recently rela ed the fol
lowing interesting account of her re
coyery: II was In weakened con
dillon. I was sick three years in bed
suffering great deal Of pain, weak
nervous. depressed. was SO weak
I couldn't walk across the floor; Just
had to lay and my little ones do the
work. | was almost dead. tried
every thing heard Of, and number oi
doctors. Still didn't e. any relief
l couldn't cat, ana slept poorly.
believe IL I hadn't he':.i of and taken
Cardui would have died. I bought
six bottles, after a Ieighbor told me
what it did for her.
Il began to eat and sleep, began to
gain my strength and am now we'll
and strong. l haven't had any trou-
Bile since .. sure can testify to the
good that Cardui did me. I don't
think there is a better tonic made
and believe it saved my life"
For over 40 years, thousands of wo.
men have used Cardui successfully.
IN the treatment Of many womanly
ailments.
II you suffer as these women did,
take Cardui. 1t may help you. too.
At all druggists. q IS
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26
THREE WAYS OF EMBALMING
metnoos Followed In Ancient Egypt
o'nered According to the Rank
Of the Deceased.

ihere were three different ways OF
emoalming in old Egypt. The most
hagnlncent was bestowed only upon
persons of distinguished rank. When
person of distinction died the body
was put into coffin, the upper ex-
terror OF which represented the de
ceased. with suitable establishment.
Inc coffin itself was usually made Of
sycamore wood, which Is said to be
almost incorruptible. Sometimes deal
was used, In which case it was brought
from abroad. The embalming Of
the body occupied 40 to 20 days. Il.
consisted mainly of the introduction
OF astringent drugs and spices into
the body. amounting 1t with oils Of
cedar. myrrh and cinnamon, and sat
uratfng It with inter. 1t was then
washed and wrapped in linen bants
u'pped m myrrh and gum-thes.
hands in some instances being 1000
fards iong-commencing at the head
ma terminating at the feet, avoiding
me race. The body was then re-
stored by the embalmers to the rela-
ives who placed 1t in the coffin.
a less expensive method Of embalm-
ns was simply to inject into the bow
els a liquid extract Of cedar, and
wrapping up the body in salt and
nltef; Others were soaked, or a. some
think, boiled in 4 kind Of bitumea
maue OF mixed resinous substances
Iney were then placed, without any
otnef covering than the bandages sat
uiated With these substances, In Yep
ulcnreA and there deposited In rows
BY thousanda
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26
To Utilize Waste Time.

A system in vogue in a few New
York department stores to utilize the
spare time Of their employees when
customers are few rs to hold meetings
Of a semi-social character, In which
part or the whole of their forces can
participate. One Of the most popular
and beneficial of those systems, from
he viewpoint Of the employers and the
.1nl,! ,rrN, Is to assemble the forces
md sill-: songs and hear short address
ps delivered on general subjects by
store executives or others. A daily
use of that system, according to one
store manager VINO has had the system
In practice for considerable time, Is
to infuse greater enthusiasm among
It's employees for their work and to
incuicate spirit Of cooperation be-
tween the employer and his employees
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26
British Museum overcrowd.d

The British museum. says a London
writer in the New York Post, has
reached the end Of its rope, so far as
space is concerned. By the law of
1880 every English author, whether
domiciled at home or In the dominions,
is obliged to place two copies of his
books with the museum. which in turn
guarantees to keep them in good con-
dihon and make them accessible to the
reading public. The same applies to
newspapers. Space for the latter was
exhausted some time ago and spe.
cial barracks was built to store them
1t IL now feared that the same plan
VIII havo = BE- adeptea .fee the besan
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26
DAMAGE DONE: BY ICE STORM
Destruction Of Trees ls IncomparabIy
the Worst Part of the Whole
sale Devastation.

One Of the most distressing conse-
Quences of an ice storm is the ire
parable damage done to trees. The
telephone and telegraph poles can be
replaced. Wires can be restrung.
Train and trolley schedules can be re.
stored. One and all these are inani-
mate things. But trees are living things
and can no more be restored without
a lapse of time than any other living
thing 1t takes a generation to grow
Il fine tree remarks a writer in the
Worcester Telegram. 1t takes a de-
cade to line a residential district
street with shade, second decade for
that shade to increase and become an
asset to the neighborhood third de-
cade sees the trees which have grown
up with the children become. instead
of a subsidiary attraction, the princi-
pal one in the neighborhood.
Yet in a single night the careful
solicitude, the care and nurture Of
the trees is destroyed. The great
limbs which residents have watched
grow for years, the towering tops
which twenty years before barely
came to the porch roof and which for
the last ten years have given grateful
shade through the summer and au-
tump are broken, split and sundered.
The thirty years have gone for
naught.
Other ephemeral things, such as
telephone service, trolley schedules
and trains will resume their accus-
toned routine within day or two
after the skies clear.
Only the shattered trunk of the
trees untimely cut down by the ice
will remain as a reminder.
1t takes a generation of man to
grow a fine tree.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26
MIX Bottle Thermometer.

a North Woodward housewife, who
lives in a house boasting a back
porch, says she can always tell how
cold it Is by the length of the cone
Of frozen milk In the neck Of the
bottle she finds on her back porch
every morning. BY comparison with
a nearby thermometer, she says, she
finds that at about 20 above the cap
of the bottle is barely lifted and the
contents frozen about two inches
down. AT IA above she found the cap
showed up about two inches and the
milk solid some three inches down.
Seven above is good for a projection
# solid" milk some four or five
inches above the bottle neck and the
contents semi-solid throughout The
bottle Of milk thermometer Is reliable
only for above-zero temperature, as
lower temperatures must be judged by
he curvature of the frozen neck Of
cream.-Detroit News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26
ERROR COMMITTED By MANY
Grave i!istake to Leave Business
Position in a General Cloud Of
Unpleasant Feeling.

The man or woman of small am
bition and smaller achievement feels
that it is his privilege and pleasure
always to leave position he is quit
ting" In a cloud Of unpleasant feel
ing. So long as he remains in his
position he puts up with unpleasant
ness, stiles his dislikes for the men
over him and does his best to grin
and bear things. When he realizes
that he can take his destiny In his
own hands, and ask to have his name
stricken off the pay roll, he takes
intense satisfaction in airing his preju-
dices and showing every one in the
place just how he feels about things.
He undoes in a day all that he has
gained in the months or years that he
has worked there.
The man Or woman with ambition
knows that the world of business Is
small place. Merely from a selfish
point of view it is essential to main
tain pleasant relations even with those
who, you feel, have treated you un-
justly If you have put up with their
Ill treatment while working for them
surely you ought to be more willing to
do SO when you have the inner salts
faction of knowing that you are going.
In fact, you can stretch, point and
forgive and forget old rancors. 1t may
be- you know, that in another shuttle
up you will be placed in a position
where one of the persons for whom
you have the most spite will be placed
in position where his friendship will
mean great deal to you. So do the
well-bred thing, which is to stifie your
own petty animosities and exercise
your self-control to the extent of
leaving the old place with a handshake
l-round-EXcharfge
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26
HAS TWO CLAIMS TO FAME
Daniel Defoe Was Great Editor as
Well as Writer of Fiction That
is immortal.

Daniel Defoe is thought of by most
present-day people only for having
written Robinson Crusoe," but his
reputation among his own contempt
ralies rested on great variety Of &C.
coluplishments, of which producing
that now famous book probably came
very near the last He was chiefly
noted, in his own day, as very great
editor. the Detroit News observes. De-
foe survived three great political up
heavals, for he wrote and schemed in
the reigns Of James II, William III and
Queen Anne His fortunes were varied
during these troubous times and, as
he said of himself, within six months
he saw the difference between the
closet of king and the dungeon Of
Newgate"
one Of his greatest friends from
boyhood was Samuel Wesley. Wesley
and Defoe married the two daughters
of a certain Doctor Annesley, Defoe's
pastor. Samuel Wesley's two sons
We're John and Charles, who after
ward became two of the most cele
brated divines Of modern history.
Thus Defoe was their uncle by mar
rinSe.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26
sarai Hoosier Town.

Jimmie Blue former Hoosier, now
Of Denver, says Mount Comfort, Ind.
is the ideal town. hungry tramp
dropped off in Mount Comfort one
bitter cold day. A diligent house TO
house canvass awaited him nothing.
Cold and hungry. he walked to the
Intersection Of the Big Four and Cum
berland pike. He looked east, west
north and south, then cast his ewes
on the ground, a forlorn expression
on his face.
The constable noticed him and, walk
Ing over, ventured to ask what the
trouble might be. The tramp an
swered. well, I've been In about
every town in the country, but derned
II this ain't the first place I ever saw
that was finished. "-IndianapolisI
News
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26
How Man Spoils the Air.

"WindOws open more would keep
doctors from the door" A very large
quantity Of fresh air Is spoiled and
rendered foul by the act of breathing
A man spells not less than a gallon
every minute. In eight hours breath
ing full-grown man spoils as much
fresh air as seventeen three-bushel
sacks could hold. If he were shut up
in room seven feet broad, seven feet
long and seven feet high, the doors
and windows fitting so tightly that no
air could pass through. he would die
poisoned by his own breath, In very
few hours; in twenty-four hours he
would have spoiled all the air con-
tanned In the room, and have convert.
I'd 1t into poison.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26
GRAVES THINGS OF BEAUTY
hed-lnartlstic Surroundings
Produce Depression.

Housewives have wondered why
Bridget, the cook, packed up and left
without giving reason for her action.
Now the secret is out. 1t was, in all
probability, Dudley Crafts Watson,
interior decorator, says, because her
esthetic sense was not gratified In her
inartistic surroundings.
Perhaps the coloring and design on
the wallpaper did not strike a har-
monious cord in her spiritual makeup.
MANY cook has left because OF
the pictures in her room," Watson said
in q recent lecture in Milwaukee, the
Milwaukee Journal reports. mo DID,
inartistic picture should be hung in
her room. The wallpaper should be
warm. rosy. full Of jolly color and Of
graceful design. She needs beauty"
In order to keep the cook from be-
coming dissatisfied and leaving he Of
fers the following advice:
"If your cook enjoys your finest
painting or rarest print hang it in her
ROOM"
Or, in case one is fortunate enough
to support gallery. the problem, no
doubt. could be simplifed by moving
In bed and turning the gallery over
to the cook.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26
Called White house "earn.llke. /"

The letters written by Mrs. John
Adams. the FIRST First Lady Of the
Land to be hostess at 1900 Pennsyl-
yania avenue. In which she described
the Palace" rs being "barn-like" and
half furnished" have been source
Of historical interest In comparison to
the newspaper accounts Of the CON-
forts and Injuries Of the White House
as It stands today. However, Mrs.
Adams had made the executive man
sion more home-like by the time Thorn
as Jefferson and his many daughters
came to occupy 1t from his magnificent
homestead at Monticello, Va.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26
Peculiar Manx Cats.

The origin of Manx cats Is now at
trlbuted to the arrival Of these cats
on the Isle of Man from ships belong.
Ing to the Spanish armada that were
wrecked there. They were probably
brought from Japan or eastern Asia.
They are distinct species with short
forelegs, and elevated headquarters,
ana differ from other cats somewhat In
coll, ways, and character. They vary
10 color. People who have owned them
Tor long periods say they are not good
mousers or hunters. In character they
are rather similar to dog, being high
" companionable and having some of
the qualities of guardian, but they
are not considered hunters In any
sense of the word.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26

Attention may be invited to the as
tonishing longevity of the popular
delusion, to which even educated per.
sons at the present day give credence
that living frogs, toads and other ami.
mails are sometimes discovered in
Dramatically sealed cavities in tree
trunks and rocks.
A little reflection shows, from the
very nature of things, that such tales
are incredible, and that those who
vouch for them must be mistaken In
their observations, as the most sharp
sighted persons are deceived by the
feaH Of q plestidigitator.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26
Mechanism of Glaciers,

In tunneling through glaciers during
the Alpine operations Of the war, op-
portunity was offered for observa-
tons Of inner structure and move
ments. In shallow cuttings, character
tstics only to be expected at much
greater depths were found The al
formation Of lighter and denser layers
cannot here be caused by pressure.
but must be primary, sedimentary
formation. Interior crevasses often
ended In . plane Of stratiflcation, thus
pointing to the Importance " susA
phases - ~ glacier nseAanlGA
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26
How She Helped Mamma,

A teacher at a certain private
school strives to instill filial devotion
In her pupils. Recently she asked her
class In what way they had been help
ing their parents. Various answers
were given of a more or less to-be-
expected nature, till she reached a
little girl who had been casting rather
contemptuous glances at the hum
drum reports. When her turn came
the eyes Of the others were fixed Oh
her as she lives In an opuIent home
that boasts staff Of servants well,
Oracle" the teacher asked, what
have you been doing to help mamma p
"Oh, lots" was the scornful response
Of Oracle, but mostly / 20 to the
Country club and get cigarettes for
her."-San Francisco Argonaut.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26
Truly. Puck Waa Rinhf

A club this writer belongs to has
been ready for a year or more to pu,
up a new building-but IL hasn't
Three friends have been for over A
year In position to build three new
residences-but they haven't. What's
the trouble? The reader car easily
guess. It's a Bit discouraging. God
has given us a beaut iful world and we
dont know how to run 1t. any more
IMAM Adam did to run Eden-and we
have several thousand years of ex-
perience over Adam, at that. We ought
70 De ashamed, lunkheads that we are I
Boston Transcript,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-26
PeculiarIties OF the Whale.

The whale Is able to hold his breath
for a long time, sometimes for As
minutes, and he Is able to open his
mouth under water when eating, be-
cause his nostrils connect directly
with his windpipe and not with the
back Of his mouth. as In most other
animals. When he comes to the sur
face he blows the air out Of his lungs
1t has by this time become SO heated
that 1t forms column Of vapor when
expelled into the cool ain of the sur
face and this is what happens when
be Is said to spout" Incidentally
the most famous whale of history
the one which swallowed ,Jonah-was
not whale at all, but is called In the
Bible "a great fish"