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The Washington herald., 1922-04-11

Storing furs in our
cold storage is prac-
ticing conservation
and economy. The
cleaning pr &c e S S
and the protection
from moth, theft,
fire and the deteri-
orating effect of
heat and light pre-
B., serve the beauty and
1engthen the life of
furs, rugs, clothing,
etc.
The Washington herald., 1922-04-11
A'E!i65l1a

bedford. n. X.
The large mirror arrived
with extraordinary prompt
ness. beautifully packed and
IN excellent condition"
The Washington herald., 1922-04-11

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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-01-13
WORK OF ANCIENT BUILDERS
Methods of Thousands of Years Ago
Seem Crude Today, but They
Were Effective.

DR.. C. S. Fisher of the University
of Pennsylvania has recently spent six
years at the head of archaeological eX-
petitions to Egypt, and among his dis
coverieS were some which help to
make the methods Of the ancient build
ers less mysterious. Three thousand
years before Christ they were work
ing an alabaster quarry at Ell Amar-
ma. II miles from the Nile and POO
miles above Memphis. From this quar-
ter, each many tons in weight, TO Mem
phis in the following manner: They
built a road, much as we should build
it now, from the quarry to the river
bank, with a smooth surface Of
pounded stone.
The blocks were quarried by means
of wooden wedges driven in at in
tervals along the cleavage line. When
soaked with water, the wedges eX-
banded and split off the stone, which
was then shaped and dressed with
chtsels and drills of very hard bronze.
The blocks were mounted on sleds
and dragged by gangs of slaves the
IL miles to the river, the road being
watered, possibly oiled, to make it
slippery under the sled runners (they
had no wheels). Down the river the
blocks were foated on RATS, to be
dragged finally to the building sites
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-01-13
society Gives Up smoklno.

Smoking has become such a bour-
geois habit that many women of the
London arist0cracy who have been US
ing tobacco are now stunning it, at
least in public. Medical men here
have warned women frequently since
the war about the evil effects of over
indulgence in cigarettes, but it was
not unit, smoking became a bourgeois
habit that any difference was noticed
in the smoking habits OF women Of
the so-called upper ten
At the moment the use of tobacco
by women has become abnormal: be-
sides many tobacconists are manufac-
turing small briar pipes for feminine
use. This has made the habit too COM
mon to please certain figures in so
ciety. and. in consequence, they have
given up the weed. At some aristo-
cratic garden parties recently few if
any women of the elect ventured to
smoke openly. SO what medical men
have been unable to do by their warm
ing is being rapidly accomplished by
class pride.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-01-13
Measure Your Eiuure.

A Brazilian art scholar claims to
have discovered how the old masters
Of painting and sculpture worked He
has taken the pictures and shown, by
drawing lines and angles on them how
the artists gave their compositions
strictly mathematical foundations.
Ancient Egyptian artists had a rule
of proportions based on the length of
the middle finger, the distance of
which was contained 10 times in the
length of the whole body.
Greek artists adopted these proper
tons until it was established that the
face must be Il tenth part and the
head an eighth part Of the total
height of the body. The face was di-
vided into three equal parts-from the
roots of the hair to the root of the
nose; from the root of the nose to its
point and from the end of the nose
to the chin.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-01-13
DOES AWAY WITH ALL PAIN
Remarkable Anesthetic May Sion 30
Employed in Delicate Dental
Surgical Operations.

A coal-tar chemical for the elimina-
ton of all pain in dental surgical OPP
erations, simple of application and
suitable for repeated and universal
use in oral surgery, according to the
Scientific American, is announced by
DR.. Joseph A. Klein of New York
city.
This new chemical is liquid in form,
is applied on a pellet of cotton to the
gum or mucous membrane surrounding
the tooth to be anesrhetiZed or into
a cavity prior to excavation where q
tooth is TO be filed or treated. 1t
produces complete local anesthesia in
from two to eight minutes and elm
mates all feeling for from one to six
hours.
Doctor Klein has extracted teeth
and pulps painlessly by the use of this
chemical. Its effect is entirely local,
so it may be applied with perfect safe
ty, regardless of the patients age or
general physical condition, and it is
particularly valuable as an anesthetic
in the extraction of children'S teeth.
It leaves no disagreeable after-effect,
but because Of its long period of ac-
tiyity gives the nervous system ample
time to recover from the shock of OPP
Grafton before the nerves in the area
of the operation regain their normal
feeling or activity.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-01-13
ARE LEARNING ABOUT STARS
Men Of Science Beginning to Believe
They Know Something Con-
corning the Subject.

The first successful attempt to
measure stellar distances was made
in 1888 by BesseI, who determined the
parallax of 81 Cygni, a little star Of
the sixth magnitude which had at
tracted attention by its great proper
motion of five seconds of arc a year.
AT the beginning of the present cen
fury 40 or 80 parallaXeS had become
known and in recent years progress
in measurement has become very
rapid Greenwich observatory reports
the determination of the parallaXeS of
90 stars a year, while some American
observatories are doing even more.
American astronomers have in prepa-
ration catalogue giving the paral-
lakes of 5000 stars and it is expected
that within a very few years the dis
tances of all stars visible to the naked
eye in the northern hemisphere wlH
have been made known, as we'll as
those of many fainter stars. The
parallaXes are determined by both
trigonometric and spectroscopic meth
DDS, while a third method can be ap-
piled to many double stars.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-01-13
GAP JOHNSON CHANGES MIND
Native of Rumpus Ridge, Ark, Decides
Not to Take Second Help
mate After Dream.

Il was feeling sorter puny yesterday
and went to bed in the daytime, and
drempt that | was about to marry
again." confessed Gap Johnson of Rum
pus Ridge, Ark. II thought right well
of the Idly, too, till after mess of
the dogs had come in a-yelling with
several more after 'em, and all tore
under the bed and went roaring round
and round. Then most of my fourteen
children boolged in, cussing and fight
ing among themselves over which gang
of dogs had the right of it, and most
" rolled under the bed with the dogs,
where all hands purseeded to pound
and bite and howl in seven different
languages.
"The bed broke down and depopV-
lated me among the dogs and children,
and they all took whet at me- About
that time wife mixed in the anecdote
with a broom handle. and began to
club every which-a-way. She got me
q time or two in the process and
som'rs along the line l woke up. At
ter I had waded out and the dust set
tied, | began to think the matter over.
And It peared like I wasn't nigh as
keen to marry again as I'd lowed
| as."1Kansas City Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-01-13
The Mea'nest Man.

Many years have passed since Mark
Twain died, and the greatest tribute to
his genius is that no humorist has
arisen to take his place. Opinions
differ as to which was his funniest
story, but there are those who think
that his yarn about the me&nest man
is not easily beaten. The meaneSt
man l ever knew" he said, lived in
Hannibal. He sold his son-in-laW the
half OF very fine COW and then re-
fused to share the milk with him, on
the ground that he had only sold him
the front hale The son-in-laN was al
ways compelled to provide all the cows
fodder and to carry water to her
twice day. Finally the COW butted the
old man through Il barbed-wirp fence,
and he sued his son-in-law for dam
ages"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-01-13
BARBER BEARS TRADE NAME
Word Describing His Occupation De
cIared One of the Curiosities Of
the Language.

Our friend the barber bears trade
name. or a name of occupation which
is related to harhed-wire barbarian
Earhary coast and Barbados. 1t IS also
related to 'balbet" which was an old
name for q poodle dog, and It Is also
related to "harbette," over which big
guns are fired. 1t is one Of the curiosi-
ties OF our language.
Some Of these words have come into
the English language from the French
and others from the Spanish, but they
all go back TO the Latin word, 'barba,'
which meant beard" Th1 French got
the word from their Roman conquerors
and civiIizers and made it over into
"barbe" and when 4 man shaved him
self he "harbcd" himself or as per
hape We would pur it today he dis
barbel" or "de-barbed" himself The
French made Il noun 70 fit the fellow
who took the beard or harbe off an
other fellow and they called him a
"barhier" and if it had been the Gus
tom for ladies 10 barber a man they
would have called her "barhiere,"
with 1 grave accent over the first "e."
The Norman con4Eyrors Of England
took over the word With them and
finally uur Anglo-S@Xon NorSe-Celttc,
Nor~c-French, etc.. ancestors Shorte.ed
"harbier" to barber. -PuS burgh Dis
patch.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-01-13
TOLSTCY JEALOUS or ..lFE
Their Marriage in Way Rom ntic,
Though She Had Much to ~
give in Him.

II his book. "Family Hapniness,"
Leo Tolstoy tells his own romance. He
was a lifelong friend of both Mrs
and Doctor Buer. parents of Sofia
Andrcyeyna. whom lie loved ard ally.
Her name is indicative Of her III try
her mother being high-bred Russian
and her father a German physician.
Sofia and her sisters were Ill ac-
complislIed in household arts. 4 well
as in the more elegant studies be
fitting young women Of their station
in life
From the very first his love for
this GIRL many years his junior was
strong and passionate Finally he
asked her to marry him. Il vas his
wish that the wedding take pace i'm
mediateIy, but Sofia declared III she
must have 4 trouSseaU first I'll were
ultima civ married in Septemb 1862.
Although sofia was just a. much
the idcalist as her husband, she was
far more practical, and made a per
feet wife from the domestic point
Of view.
Their life was not entirely with
out establishment, Ardently in
love with his wife. Tol.toy at times
exhibited insane jealousy, Unjust
suspicious We're frequently mani
rested but Sofia had great wisdom
and understanding, and did not let
this failing come between them. He
always repented later and humhly
begged forgiveness for his rash ac-
tons.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-01-13
Power From Glacier.

On account of the scarcity Of water
power in the Bern district of Switzer-
land. it is proposed to utilize the water
from the glaciers in a systematic man
ner. The Bachilis glacier is the first
one selected; and by closing the natur-
al drainage and constructing a mason
" dam, the engineers are to form q
storage reservoir of 100000 cubic
feet capacity. Grimel, which upon tts
completion of the new dam 10 leef
long, BPS feet high by go ZEE wide 8.
the base and l. feet u inches wiue a.
the top. becomes the main storage
Gasia fG7 TIE entire installation. Two
rev power stations are to be construct
ed. developing 10000 horsepower In
one un& $1,000 horsepower In the 9th
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-01-13
WORK NEVER WELL RECEIVED
Biography of a Man by His Wife, or
the Reverse, Fails to Satisfy
the Public.

Nowhere in English is there, I think,
q good biography of man by his
wife On the whole, husbands have
perhaps done rather better than their
wives, At once comes to mind Car
lyle on Jane Welsh; but even here at
tention finally rests not upon the wife,
hut upon the husband in his gloom
after her death, writes Wilbur Cross
in the Yale Review.
[ remember quite well. too. the I'M
presSionistic portrait which Profess
Sor Palmer drew of his wife. Alice
freeman. He called it "a personal
estimate. an evoIulional study" But
here. again. there was eventually too
much of the husband and his sabbath
cal years when he and his wife ira
versed Europe
What Professor Palmer and others
nave attempted cannot be done Wives
and husbands cannot be outspoken OF
one another in print.
Sometime. no doubt the existing re-
straint will be removed from their
pens and then we shall have some on
tertaining biographies. IN the mean
time, any one who desires may read in
privately published volume Lady
Lytton's highly Spiced Comment on
her husband, the novelist, or what
Pepys put down in cipher after quar-
rels with his wife-whose nose he
tweaked on TWO occasions and who in
turn threatened to pinch his with red
hot -tongs. This is what We shall get
if the muf1ler is ever cut out.
Nor can son or daughter write
freely Of a father or mother. Censure
would be regarded as impiety; ana
praise. though perfectly just, would
be viewed with susnicion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-01-13

Among the Greeks ana Romans UNI
brellas We're carried solely by women.
and il was regarded as effeni1acy for
a man TO carry one.
The use # umbrellas became Very
general in Italy and France in the six
teenth century.
Early III the Eighteenth century it
was the practice to keep umbrellas in
the coffee houses as Il protection 10
guests caught in an unexpected
shower
At length there arose a man who
tiouted public ridicule and became 2
devotee to the umbrella. He was
Jonas HanWay d traveller He had
an extraordinary biz and stout one
made for his own use. For 30 years
Hanway and his umbrella We're ia
miliar figure along the Strand, and
many a shot Of ridicule was fired at
him. He died in 1IS6 but lived long
enough to see his example commonly
followed
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-01-13

The use Of milk as a food has been
so extensively exploited by the milk
interests that there exists a somewhat
erroneous idea about it which recent
speaker before The American Pedia-
tric society. is underwriting to CORRECT
These errors principally concern the
group Of children between the ages Of
one and six years. These errors
might he classified under the headings :
/. Prolonged use of milk as an eX-
elusive article Of diet. > Increased
quantities of milk given along with
other foods MIX might not only be
used too long as an exclusive article
Of diet and in excessive quantities
with other foods, but its nutritional
value might be injured by boiling. The
laity were taught, and rightly So that
milk was an ideal breeding place for
germs. and that the growth of these
germs might be inhibited by keep
Inc the milk on ice or the milk might
be brought to a boil The use of boiled
milk was becoming more prevalent
and many injuries to nutrition oc-
cured
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-01-13
HAS NEW THEORY or SPEECH
Game About In Man Through Walking
Erect and Using Hands as Hands,
Says Savant.

Why have none of the higher ami
mails developed speech? asks DR.. B.
Naunyn in the Deutsches Archivfuer
Klinische Medizin Ueipzig). He points
out that the sounds made by animals
and birds are initiative, like the ida
dada" of a happy baby. But the in
FAINT progresses beyond echo-speech to
actual speech, which no animal or bird
can do.
And he proceeds to answer this
question, says the New York World,
on the theory that man has evolved
from the lower animals-a theory that
is rapidly losing ground among seri-
us scientific men-about as follows:
When man began to walk erect and
use his hands, the right hand was
found more convenient for attacks and
defense, gestures, and the ordinary
uses of life; the left hand being used
more for carrying things.
This greater use of the right hand
not the more abundant blood supply
in the left hemisphere Criminals have
the latter), was what stimulated the
left hemisphere of the brain to higher
development. This provided Romanes'
Casual anatomtc factor that distin-
gniehes man from animals and made
arricuate speech possible It Is a
consequence Of mans walking erect
and using his hands as hands Speak
ing and the organ Of speech developed
together The singing Of birds and
their balancing power are by-products
of the evolution Of their organ Of
hearing, as also music in man, along
with rhythm and dancing, although a
music sense evidently co-operates with
the internal ear.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-01-13
Albanian Hun1nr

An Albanian barber shop, were
there any, woul4 have periodical va
cations. For the hair must not be cut
during the new moon. lest it turn
white. One Albanian explained to d
traveller that his mustachr was white
because he had clipped it thou2htleSs-
ly at new moon. Fortunately he had
waited until the moon was on The
Wane to trim his hair
The things that people laugh at
might readily be considered au index
to their Development A specimen Of
Albanian humor is furnished by Il Wis
itor who relates how d viIlager would
animate and then la III uproarious-
ly. This visitor took pains to find
he cause Of his merriment A typical
'eply was this: Suppose a COW fell
from the cliff opposite Every man
would run to pick up bit for supper.
Then suppose, just rs they got there.
all the bits joined INTO the COW again
md ran away" lie burst again into
,eals of laughter ut his fancy.-Na-
ional Geographic society Bulletin
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-01-13
owarrlng the Fry.

Have you stopped swatting tho
fly" asked Charles II. Taylor Of the
Boston Globe, who was here attend
Ing meeting Of the international
arbitration board. an organization
that settles disputes between printers
and publishers. He was not address
ing this question to the board, but
simply making an observation as .
swarm of flies rose from the street.
II know that year or two ago
when l was here you were advising
everybody to swat the flies, and the
result was that you had comparative
freedom from these pests. Now l no
tice that they have increased. In Bos-
ton we have repeated the fly swatting
instructions until we are rid of flies
This is another case where eternal
vigilance is required, but 1t produces
results. l find flies in some Of your
restaurants and soda places, which, Of
course, Indianapolis viii not long toll.
erate.-Indianapolis News
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-01-13
The Pause of Enophas 5.

Tuy historic ad church Of 81 Mi
cuaer~. in Charleston $. Go be a
member Of which i the open sesame
to Charleston socieJy-had at one time
a very eccentric pastor, whose CON
creation never knew just what he
would do next. one hot July after
noon he entered his pulpit. with the
sounding board above sat down and
wiped the per~pration from his face,
remarEin" in a calm. unrutIied tone:
I'D Lot day"
Of course the congregation was
thunderstruak With all his peculiar
itic> they had not dreamed Of any
ding like this 50 still was the audi
enre that the drop Of pin could have
been heard After a long time, when
the PRECIPITATION had been carefully
wiped from cheek and brow, he CON
cIuleI:
~That'> what l heard an irreverent
roun. man say a. came in."-Har-
pcr'S Magazine
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-01-13
Had to Be Masters Of Craft.

carved and handmade chests. side
boards tables Chairs and other an
tiques are rightly valued by people Of
discriminating taste. In the Fifteenth
century men were known TO have
worked picht years or more carving
single one Of these intricate pieces.
fitting the drawers perfectly and bal
ancing everything Certainly any
uince of furniture on which those mas
tiers Of the cabinetmakers art spent
so much time and thought are worthy
of appreciation.
An apprentice to the art of cab
inetmaking commonly worked from
three to eight years making his first
piece of furniture. This work then
was passed upon by jurors. and If the
verdict as Imperfect" it was burned
before the door Of the maker and he
was forbidden to make furniture for
sale until he had redeemed himself
with an acceptable piece.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-01-13
Superstitions in Wales.

SuDerstitions of the country folk of
Wales are discussed in the quarterly
report of DR.. Arthur Hughes, medical
health officer Of the county of Car
marthenshire. Despite the fact that
fortune telling and witchcraft are pro-
hibited under the English law, large
numbers of Welsh peasants bring
their ailing children to the witch doc
tors rather than to medical practition-
ers. One fetish that appeals to these
sQperstitious people is that witch
doctor can cure a child Of backward
ness by means of making a slight in
cision in the cartilage of the childs
ear. The operation must be performed
during the waxing of the moon and the
art is handed down from generation to
generation. the doctor" usually being
q woman. If a cure does not result
the operation is repeated until the
child is cured. 1t is said that many
women practice this art and that the
people pay large sums to have dull
children so treated.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-01-13

In a quiet back street Of Dublin is
the Church Of st, Michan's, and in its
vaults may be seen one of the strang-
est sights Of the country. There lie
the bodies Of people buried centuries
ago. which. owing to some curious
preventative properties of the air or
soil Of that particular place, never de
cay. Their skins tan" into a flexible
chamois-lilze leather. The limbs can
be moved about with ease, the finger
nails are perfect. and in some cases
the features are fairly distinct. This
Is especially the case with the body
of an infant. buried in 1903. There
is in another vault body said to be
that of a CRUSADER. and in another one
said to be that of brother of King
O'Toole one very gruesome sight is
that Of the headless bodies of two
unfortunates who We're beheaded dur
ing the famous rebellion Of 98.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-01-13
One View of the Study Of Latin

II one does not study things because
.hey train the mind" why. then
should one study them? The answer
Is extraordinarily simple. One studies
things because they serve purpose
| do not say. mark you. a useful pur
pose but purpose "a valid purpose, 4
genuine purpose. not make believe
purpose.
Mental discipline is not valid or
genuine purpose-its 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 purpose as learn
ing to play a symphony or learning to
bake a pumpkin pie. The test is, how
ever, not, Did the student get mental
discipline? but Can he read and en-
10y vergil7 Can he play the symphony
WIN some one eat the. pie?
And because people rarely care to
read vergil, because almost none Of
the thousands who study Latin eve1
ean or do read vergn. therefore, in so
! fhr a they are concerned, studying
Latin has no purpose and cannot be
1a1wded q mental discipline. -Abra,
~ r7exnee n Atlantic Monthly.
T.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-01-13

Many wo1id have to do a bit Of
thinking before they replied to the
question at the head of this para
graph. Yet the answer can be easily
found. 1t depends on whether you
are AT" or a "misfit" in life, re-
marks a writer in London Answers
Each of us has certain gifts and
qualities which we're intended to fit US
into the scheme Of life, so that we
might live happily, contentedly and
probably, and by justifying our ex-
istence be glad that we were born.
But If we have missed our niche, been
pushed into the wrong one, or persist
In putting ourselves into the wrong
one, then we can't be really glad thAt
we were born. &
The misfit in life might as well have
missed life. The misfit ID one who
doesn't know what his sift il, .snrI
knowing, doesn't use It. Many, too.
persist in trying to live, literally, GA
half Or Guaxtpr gift. instend e -
lAsar tlls11 - ~ f1ll 4 r !.