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New Britain herald., 1922-04-14
RUSSIAN ART SOLD
 ID SECURE FOODS
Supply Of Treasures Thrown Upon Free Markets

Odessa, April i4,-More of old Rus sia's apparently inexhaustible suppl, or art treasures are being thrown. up, on the market under the new fro, trade policy combined with the in. creasng need of money to buy food Here, as in Moscow and potrorrad the shops sell for the most part soc. ond hand icwelry Of gold and silver
 The bitter story Of the home. wrocking revolution is told fin any shop window, The majority of these things are going abroad. Among | them are collections of plate, paint irGs, Swiss watches and Scvres vases which were imported from the west ern countries in tho last 900 or 300 years or taken as loot in old wars especially wars to tho south and to the cast.
 Articles Low Priced. | Hundreds of articles bought in France during its great revolution and brought to Russia arc now find ing their way homo again, bought un at low prices by foreigners
 Loot from Poland has gone back. Fart Of Soviet Russia's war indemnity to Poland included diamonds req ,isitioned from the old Russian rich who in their turn may have obtained them from Poland long ago. Sec ond hand wedding rings are plentiful in the shops for women are parting with this last tie that binds them to their loved ones.
 Many Stores Open.
 Dozens Of newly opened commits sion shops here display wealth of old wedding dresses, richly brocaded in gold and silver thread. Persian shawls. silk shawls Of the time of Catherine the Great. babies clothes, satin slippers. ball gowns cut into pieces and sold as scarfs or shirt waists, handworked bed linen, mel lowed old faces. silver daisies of the debutante and priceless old silken fans from France and Japan. hand painted by Vatican and like artists.
 The men. too. have sold their i'm perial regimental watches and dec erations, their pipes, their gold cigar cites cases, their little gold and ivory ikons. Musicians have placed on sale their instruments, masters their black conductors hatons inscribed by friends with silver and gold dates in memory of their triumphs.
New Britain herald., 1922-04-14
CHANCE FOR BUYER
 ID MAKE CLEANUP
Trade in Odessa, Russia, in Bad
 Shape;; Price Slump

Odessa, April 14,-This port is and will he for few months tho paradise of the bargain hunter A leather Naliso sold in Paris or London for s5o may be had here for s6.
 Persian rugs go begging at s15 to SEQ, rugs that in Persia would sch for $50 while the seller swore by his fathers memory that he was robbing his family of daily bread
 Paintings by good artists sell for S2 or $3 with a frame thrown In worth Sl0 or s2o. Silver tableware sells for five to ton cents per ounce.
 Furniture Is Cheap
 foreigner, settling here for hus- ness reasons, may rent house for sbo year and possibly buy an in definite lease on it for s2o0. The fur niture, excepting the table dishes, may bc had for another s20o; but if there are any repairs he must pay western European wages for labor
 The reasons for these low prices Of articles arc that many of them were
 
 and the original owners are selling off all their home treasures for food
 To keep alive a family of five it takes 1,00o.ooo rubles. or s2 day and the prices of food jump as the ruble drops in value.
 Trade Is Slow
 Trade has not been so brisk here as in Moscow as there are fewer strang- CT to buy. Fewer Russians can get into the city because the trains run only few times month owing to lack of fuel. At that shops are open ing daily, as the new economic policy of the Moscow government is applied. Diamonds and objects of value are covertly shown to prospective pur- chasers in these shops. the dealers still being in fear of the old laws against speculation and free trade,
 The city is full of thousands of young men and old who speak and | write English, French and German. men who in the old days of commerce | were employed about the port or with | and other foreign firms | dealing with the interior These men | are glad to get work insuring SEQ | worth of food a month.
New Britain herald., 1922-04-14

now repose. The story appears to be authenticated that the chief of the last great tribe to inhabit the district was buried there by request so that he might continually hear the splash Of the waters as they roll over Mus cle Shoals"
New Britain herald., 1922-04-14

In 1903 the highest speed of an airplane was 90 miles an hour. Re gently an airplane touched the mark of PIP miles an hour.
Middletown transcript., 1922-09-02
FLOWERS FOR ALL PURPOSES
Some Simple Rules, the Observance Of
Which May or May Not Lead to
Popularity.

"What you figuring on?" asked the
florist of his advertisihs writer.
"On an elaboration into details of
our plan to say it with flowers. l
have arranged to state that the man
who wants to smile ut his wife should
use smilax, that the man that wants
to growl at her ought to say it with
tiger lilies or dog-tosth violets, that
the bird who wants to sweeten her up
without the expense of a box Of choco-
Of giving her wrist watch you can
present her with bunch of four
O'clocks, that he who wants to serve
notice on his spouse that he Is out
Of touch-me-nots that when the larder
is low and the grub money gone he can
slip her some butter-and-eggs plucked
from the roadside, that If he is be
young thing he can express his feel
ings by sending around a nosegay Of
love-in-a-mist, that II he thinks his girl
Is cat and is afraid to say so other
pussy-willows, that if she has n low
down opinion of him she can have q
corsage bouquet of skunk cabbage de-
livered at his house-thut's about as
far as ] have it worked out now
Retail Ledger, Philadelphia.
Middletown transcript., 1922-09-02
World Would Certainly Be More Col
orful if Woman Would Dress as
This Article Desires.

"If some women are so anxious to
dress like men why don't they initiate
the masculine styles of Il lovelier day
and age than the present one: asked
an elderly artist the other day.
He pointed out the lack of beauty of
the existent garb for man and then he
recalled the silken dandies of Shake
speare's day.
"And wouldn't the women Of today
look nice in those attires?' he asked.
THE imitation shirts and the stiff col,
lars that the women ilaunt set me
crazy, let alone the cuffs and tortoise
shell glasses, and now | even hear
they're thinking of wearing bloomers
and trousers.
"Wrl let them revive the fashion.
of old when tailor knew how to dreS~
man. l.et them wear the silhen knee
hrerchnS and tn" silken coats, heapcC
high in the front with frilly stock,
and friuged with lacy cuffs And thei
-ah, the accompanying white sill
stockings would be rather delightful
And that would solve the short skirt
controversy"
Middletown transcript., 1922-09-02
Calls Paderewski a Giant.

No one can ever realize how hare
PadereW Ski worked for his results
Sometimes one hears of the great
heroism of the pianist who practice
six or :.even hours Il day. Time and
again l have known PadereWski TO
keep on working until three and -four
in the morning, often working four
teen to sixteen hours Il day.
of course, only Il physical giant
could have accomplished this, and in
deed such was Paderewski. His en-
durance and strength were enormous
When / was playing with him at Err
ards ha insisted upon having chail
that was especially heavy.
This very physical power gave
Paderewslli an enormous range OF
tone color possibilities. Indeed, if II
had not been for his enormous endur
ance he could never have accom-
plished the work which gave him !
seat at the peace conference as thu
foremost citizen OF POland.-Harolt
.,uucr in Etude.
Middletown transcript., 1922-09-02
YOUTH NOT GOLDEN SEASON
Modern Writer Takes Issue With 9th
ers Who Have Dubbed It the Best
Period of Life.

Following Is from "The Way of All
FLESH" by Samuel Butler-not the
seventeenth century poet, but the
Nineteenth century novelist:
ITO Inc 1t seems that youth Is like
spring, AN overpralsed season-delight-
full If it happen to be a favored one.
but In practice very rarely favored
and more remarkable, as u general
rule, for biting east winds than gen!
Ill breezes. Autumn is the nellower
season, and what we lose iii flowers
We more than gain III fruits Foutelle,
ut the age of ninety, being asked what
was the hdppiest time Oi his life, said
he did not know that he had ever been
much lappier than he tl.en was, but
that perhaps his best years had beer
those when he was between iiftytive
and seventy-tive, and Dr. johnson
placed the pleasures of old age far
higher than those Of youth. True, In
old age We live under the shadow OF
death, Which, like sword Of Damocles
may descend at any momcnr but we
have So long found life t. be an affair
of being rather frightened than hurt
that we have become like the people
who live under Nesuyius and chance
it without much misEivinG."
Middletown transcript., 1922-09-02
Barley Basis of Weight.

During the reign of Henry VIII
standards of length and weight were
established with actual grains of
wheat and barley as a basis. Three
barley corns We're an inch, and from
that was built up our table of Inches,
feet, ellis (yards), perch and acre.
One restriction was that the barley
corn must be dry and taken from the
middle of the car and laid end to END.
Under this same system 30 grains of
wheat made a pennyweight and from
that as basis they worked out the
Troy pound in which u ounces still
make a pound. Originally the sizes
of shoes We're based upon grains OF
barley, and 1t is said that these are
the same today as in the early days
There were 13 grains of barley to each
size. "Furlong" is an old English word
meaning "furrow long" and Is based
upon the length furrow would be
In a square ten-acre field.
Middletown transcript., 1922-09-02
Fireworks in History.

The business of making fireworks
and the business of setting of elabo-
rate displays are sometimes ralled
the art of pyrotechny," the word "hy-
rote.hny" being compounded of two
Greek words meaning fire art" There
is an extensive literature on the sub
jeot
References may be found in the
writings of Manillus and Nespicus to
the fact that fireworks were set OFF in
connection with the circus in ancient
Rome, and Claudiunus, who wrote in
the Fourth century, mentions "whirl-
Ing wheels and fountains of fire" in
connection with the celebration of Ger
tain festivals. Fireworks, and which
should not be confounded with mere
boniires, We're set off as spectacles and
ceremonies during the reign Of Henry
VII, Henry VIII, Elizabeth and other
English monarchs. In those early
English days dragons spouting fire
were popular form of fireworks. In
a book written on the subject in 1915
there is reference to trees and
fountains of fire sent high up into
the air"
Middletown transcript., 1922-09-02
MANS Marvellous Memory.

A man who has developed his mem
ury until he las an amazing store Of
information on a wide variety of sub
iects has been discovered nj Birchen-
life, Huddersfield.
He is John Holroyd, a builders Ia
1orer. and he is selftaught.
Holroyd has $1,000 facts stored
away in his brain. He can name ev-
cry man who has played football for
his country, and the winners OF all
.lassic races since 1850.
Another of his specialties Is cricket
scores and results. He can tell you
the birthdays of national and local
celebrities. Once he hears date he
never forgets it, and lie has more thar
once set parents right as to the birth
days of their children.-London Tit
Fits.
Middletown transcript., 1922-09-02
HELD SECRET OF HAPPINESS
John WesIcy's Nearly Ninety Yeare
Passed With Remarkably Few
Periods of Depression.

There was John Wesley. His "J9ar-
nal," with It's record of indefatigable
labor, Is one Of the chesriest books IL
the language. What rare good time
he had! When he was eighty-seven be
could say, II do not remember to have
felt lowness Of spirits for quarter
Of an hour since l was born" For
more than sixty years this indefatig
able pleasure-seeker had been doing
as he pleased. UP every day In time
to preach at five o'clock In the morn.
ing; then over the hills or through
the time lazy citizens were ready for
breakfast; Off again, on horseback, or
by chaise or In numbering stage
coach, for more preaching. . Now
and then facing mob, or being wet
through In a thunder storm, or stop
some old ruin. Between sermons he
refreshed his mind with all sorts an6
conditions Of books. On the pleasant
road to Chatham he reads Tasso' S
Jerusalem Delivered" On the road
to Aberdeen he loses himself delight
edly In the misty subllmitles Of Os-
sian. "Orlando Furioso" is good Satur-
day reading. The eager octOgenariai
confesses that "Astolpho's shield and
horn and voyage to the moon, the
lance that unhorses everyone, the all
penetrating sword, and know moi
how many impenetrable helmets ant
shields" are rather too much for his
sober English imagination. Still, the,
afford an agreeable interlude In hi.
missionary journeys. = Samuel Nc
Chord Crothers, In Among Friends
Middletown transcript., 1922-09-02
Susnicion Confirmed.

at says here that surgeons have
discovered that orange blossoms may
be used as an anesthetic," said Mrs.
Henpeck.
st always did believe that ! was
unconscious when we were married."
remarked Mr.. Henpeck.
Middletown transcript., 1922-09-02
A Pronounced Success

The uniform success that has attend
ed the use of Chamberlain Collie and
Diarrhoea Remedy in the relief and
cure of bowel complaints, both for chill
dren and adults, has brought it into al
most universal use. so that it is practi-
cally without rival and as everyone
who has used it knows, it is without an
equal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-09
Buy Christmas Felt Slippers During the Anniversary Sale

err prices than you will find them
sonaI use or for Christmas gifts
Mems Felts-Brown and dark
green with turned collar TO fit,
around ankles Warm and comfort
able S1.79
Mems Heavy Chrome Sole F'eIts-
In scotch plaids, also maroon and
taupe colorS S1.S9
Mems Fe4ts-with leather sole and
heel in dark oxford, pair S1,9S
Infants' Fur Trim Felts-With rib
. bon tie -......--z. ..-s.-... S5c
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-09
IS YEARS AGO IN Topeka
From the columns OF,
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL
November 3. 1897.


Another important sale Of real estate has
been ufhde- The King block comprising four
nuEabers at the northeast corner OF Sixth
avenue AMI Jackson street. was sold to A.
Marburg for IS 600 The property belonged
TO Mrs. T. l. King. MT. Marburg bought
the property as an investment
Miss Ranney and Miss Lolita Ranney have
issued Invitations for a tea which will be
given Tuesday evening. November 16, at
Z 80 o'clock
Miss Louise Bartel and Miss Lillian
Toates spent Sunday with Miss Bartel's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. H Bartel, in
Pauline.
The Vincent Reading Cicrcle met Tues
day evening Mrs J. r. Madison read
paper ON Claiming. Miss Pearl Irwin read
one On Washington Irving's Sketch Book
and Miss Annie Henry had n paper on New
York.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-09

Ladies' Felt JulietS-Leather sole,
rubber heel, fur trimmed.t Dark
green and oxford, pair. 81. AS
Ladies' Felt JulietS-With heavy
fur trim, leather soles, rubber heel.
Wine, sapphire and purple. $1.9 90
Ladies' Soft Chrome Sole Felts-
Ribbon trim in old rose, lilac, fawn,
blue and American beauty. 81 .46
Children'S FeIts-Stiff soles, Indian
maid trim in red and blue =. .S5c
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-11-09

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or refunds.
2-CIasp French Kid Gloves
Highest grades in black, brown
and other wanted shades, nov
city stitching in contrasting
shades-excellent values,
pair 43sG9
2-CIasp Chamoisette Strap
Wrist GauntIets-Pair .,.$4.7S
Imperial Valley press., 1922-11-06
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, 1922-08-07
TONG LEADERS
RATIFY PEACE,
END BLOODSHED
Peace Re-established in San
Francisco Chinatown After
II Months of War
fare.

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. Pat
-iarehs and tons leaders Of San Fran
cisco's Chinatown. after II months CT
intermittent warfare, have ratified n
new treaty to maintain peace. But
contrary to precedent, the resting
place Of this agreement will lie not
IN tho secluded retreat Of some
powerful tons. but in h archives OF
the police department.
after the official representatives OF
four OF the largest tongs had drafted
and signed the articles OF peace, the
Chinatown police squad stepped un-
heralded into the sanctum Of the con-
ference.
Gentlemen OF the longs h ser
reaut in charge began, you ave
signed and scaled the peace treaty
Now I am going TO take the document
with me under the promise that it
shall not be opened until warfare
again breaks out among you.
And. 81 my one IS killed. everyone
whose name appears on the articles
viii be held in connection with the
murder"
Then with a farewell, Gentlemen
the sergeant and his men left the hall.
, 1922-08-07
FOUR INDICTED FOR
FRAUD BY ID. 6. JURY
italian Intrigue
And Lore Plot In
America Feature

The intrigue and secret operation
Of the mysterious italian vendetta
and the love OF an honest young
American for a beautiful English girl
arc h high spots in the photo.
play. MIR. Barnes of New York. now
featuring h Americas program and
s,arrlng that smiling young actor,
Tom Moore
The setting for the most unusual
plot is all laid in tho vicinity Of Nice,
Italy and on the romantic little isle
Of Corsica. n deals with the for.
tunes Of an old.time globe trotter
from Manhattan. who becomes in,
volved In Italian plot. and very nearly
becomes the innocent victim Of a
beautiful italian girl who has sworn
the vendetta, mt who searches far
nd wide over he entire continent for
III murderer of her brother.
How the maiden from sunny Italy
finally marries one of the same rae
that. killed her brother years before,
and how the cruel plot TO force the
girl to wrealS vengeance upon the
wrong man. and in fact. her W hus.
band. was foiled by the clever Mr..
, 1922-08-07
Sheridan Miller
On Trip to Casper

Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph DEMO OF Sheri-
dan are in the city for the day having
arrived last evening. Mr.. DEMO is
the head of the Denio Milling company
one of the largest institutions of its
kind in the west. The company with.
ing the past year or two Just com.
pleted a magnificent steel and con
crete plant to take the place of the
brick and frame one that previously
burned. The new plant is pronounced
the most complete west of Chicago
and h various products turned out
take high rank in the markets.
, 1922-08-07

Ireland. France. Germany and North
ern Europe, through the Connercisi
Cable company was cut off at 4
O'Clock this morning. probably -
eauss OF seizure Of the station Al
WatervlIle. Ireland. by the Irish RI.
publican army. officials OF the con.
pany announced
Virtually no messages are being
taken for transmission 10 these o
tries and those accepted are suh,eet
to serious delay. the company sad
, 1922-08-07

post of all the good things hat other
posts along his route are doing.
The young gattling gum. which he
carried With him saw service. when
an automobile driver ran into his bi-
cycle near Topeka, Kan, and then re-
fused to stop to see what damage had
been done. Chase put a bullet in a
tire and then mad the driver haul
him and his bike to town.
lone doesn't realize just what the
American Legion is doing until he
visits legion posts and sees the efforts
of these posts to improve their com
munities,' he said.