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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-03
BETROTHED AT ELEVEN YEARS
Anne Of Austria a Mere Child When
Her Marriage TO King Of France
Was Arranged.

Anne Of Austria, whose full name
was Marie Anne Mauricette, was the
daughter of Philip III Of Spain and
Marguerite of Austria. Her marriage
to Louis XIII, king Of France, was ar
ranged by the rulers Of the two coun-
tries to bind them together. Anne was
but eleven years old when she was
betrothed to Louis, which plainly
proves that she did not marry from
choice.
The marriage ceremony took place
In France. Louis was unable to meet
his consort when she arrived In
France, so he sent his favorite,
Luynes, to meet her with a note from
his majesty At this time the dark
clouds Of unhappiness which were to
mar their future married life were
not visible, and Anne sent In answer
to Louis gallant note, a charming
message in her own musical language
The intrigues of state were far too
sinister to allow much marital Joy
for the royal couple. Personal inter
ests were swamped In the court inter
ests Anne outllved her husband, who
Seft son and heir TO the throne OF
France, She was very sad at the
death Of Louis. who seemed to have a
place In her heart, even though she
had not married him from choice,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-03
PUT kETlcUARi4NS IN FURRY
Historic Old English Building, Long
Hidden Under Improvements"
Recently Brought to Light.

Lost for centuries, building Of his
torlc and civic Importance was dis
covered at Hereford, England, owing
to the collapse of a modern chimney
in the Booth Hall hotel during repairs.
The building Is an ancient, timber
built structure known as the Booth
Hall According to local antiquarans
license was granted in 1884 for the
purchase Of the site for a municipal
building, and it was afterward used as
a house Of detention for freemen and
bankrupts. When the chimney col
lapsed parts Of the roof and the cell
ings Of upper bedrooms were brought
down, and some fine oak beams and
rafters were exposed. Closer exami-
nation showed the portions Of carved
and nodded work. A member of the
Hereford Woolhope club, local socf-
ETY. whose chief interest is the preser-
walton Of ancient work OF the county,
persuaded the owners to restore the
building. and after the partitions and
ceilings Of the old attic bedrooms had
been removed three handsome ham
mer~beam principals and two tie-beam
principals were discovered, the ham,
mer-beams having carved brackets,
with flgureheads, and the tie-beam
principals with paneled king posts
contained beautiful tracery panels.
Cusped wind-braces between the prin-
cipals decorate and strengthen the
structure.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-03
stDELlGHT ON SYRIAN LIFE
Writer Gives an INSIGHT into His Life
as 4 Small Eoy " That Little
HrcWn Country,

The roads we're open. Travellers
cane into our village. Scarcely Il
night was the guest house in our court
yard unoccupied. l liked to sit with
my father and his guests in this ROOM
built after European style With four
large windows over which in winter
oiled paper was passed to keep the
cold out. The walls Of the guest room
were white and on them were hung
the choicest rugs brought back from
Kurdistau by my Grandfather Mira.
There We're chairs in this room.
was very proud that We should own
chairs, but l found them most VI com
Portable to sit on. After a few mo
ments my legs began to ache al. |
slipped down on the cushions. III the
alcove of the guest chamber We're
some old manuscripts bound in course
leather. They were holy books with IL
Illuminated margins. Among them was
Billie in Syriuc. I carefully refrained
from touching it, 1t was too holy.
might perhaps be struck dead for my
temerity.
Among the travellers that came along
the road was Hady, the singer. He
was the ugliest man that l had ever
seen. sore-eyed, pock-marked and dirty.
But he was very wise. His ivory han
died dagger in its silver sheath was SO
long that it reached from his chest to
his hips. My playmates and l would
have laughed and jeered at him, per
haps. it he had not carried this dag
ger.-Youel B. Mira in Asia Maya
zine
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-03
BELIEF HAS A FOUNDATION
Idea That Seventh Child of Seventh
Child Is Gifted" Not Alto
qether a FaIIacy.

The seventh child of a seventh child
(eometimes the seventh son of a
seventh SOM is supposed to he gifted
with the power of curing headaches and
more serious ailments by the laying on
of hands, and to have other magical
powers. In other words he is supposed
to have a gift"
Among the later discoveries in
eugenlcs was that the younger chill
dren of very intelligent men inherited
more Of their fathers intelligence thar
did the older children; or, as sometimes
happened. thar the children of a
younger son were Supremacy gifted
with intelligence The reason for this
according TO eugenic the0rieS-is that
talented men or women. like many
others usually marry when fairly
young If they marry at all The Older
children of such talented man have
therefore the tendency TO inherit DULY
what mental qualities he may have de
veloped at that time.
But supposlng that the talented man
as Is usually the case. continues to de
velop amazing mental qualities. then Il
he has children when his brain Is com
pletely mature. those children WI
probably inherit their fathers mature'
mentelity; or. If they do not inherit it
their children (the clever mans grand
chiIdren) receive the inheritance.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-03
RECALL OLD COLONIAL DAYS
Pearl Chain Of American Independence
May Be Traced Through Old
New England Attes.

Scattered here and there all through
New England are attics Of more than
usual interest. Many Of these are in
timately connected with early history.
One of them is found in the old Cod
dineton house at Quincy. Mass. known
as the Quincy mansion, and now in
the possession of the Colonial Danes.
Here. Mary Northend writes in the
Boston Transcript, in the early days
before it was remodeled by Edmund
Quincy, group of free thinkers gath
cred, including Wheelright and Anne
Hutchinson. both of whom were after
ward hanished on account Of their
liberal views, which did not coincide
with those of the PuritanS.
In the upper story, a low, dingy at
nc, with its secret staircase behind
the huge chimney, still remains in
tact. On account Of its peculiar con
struction 1t might be termed double
attic. A trapdoor leads from one part
INTO another division through which
escape can be made to the galleries
below and thence to the ground.
John Hancock. who married Doro-
Thy Quincy, is reputed to have spent
night in the nursery across the hall
from the attic. BY hiding here, he
toiled the British who were searching
for him, and later on used the secret
passageway TO escape. All doubt that
he was at one time In this room is sat
isfactorly banished by his initials u.
h" scratched on one of the windows
with a diamond. The words You I
love and you alone" scribhled on the
wall are also ascribed to him.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-03
JOB PRINTING
Executed Promptly Al The
HERALD OFFICE
USED ANTS TO FIGHT PESTS
Southern Arabs Employed the Method
$50 Years Ago in Culture Of
the Date Palm.

Control Of destructive insects BY
the Introduction Of their natural
enemies has become an important
technique during the last generation
writes Paul Popence in Science But
If competent observers are to he
trusted, the southern Arabs employed
the same method more than 100 wears
aso in The culture of the date palm
In his Relation dun Voyage dams
fYemen" paris, 1850, page 1857. p
f. Rotta says:
I was able to verify the singular
fact previously observed by Fogskal,
that the date palms in Yemen are at
tackled by a species Of ant which would
cause them to perish if each year the
growers did not bring from the noun
tains and fasten in the tops of the
palms branches of tree that I did
not recognize. which contains the nests
Of another species of ant which des-
troEs that of the date palm"
?, Forskal was the naturalist Of c.
Niebuhr's expedition his work was
published posthumousIy in ITS. have
not seen his account to which Botta
refers
It would be interesting to know
whether the history of economic en-.
tomology furnishes any earlier record
of the biological method" Of pest con.
troll.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-03
RECALLING "Goco o,n BAYS
Seriously, Were They Really So Very
Much Better as Most Elderly
People Think

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. BecHls,
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 I myself find 1t necessary to
fight constantly tendency to corner
some hapless youngster and describe
to him the old statehouse, or the Union
station as 1t used to be in the good
old times before the tracks were ele
waited and the mortality list lowered
Or, In a mood of condensation, l
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
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 capti-
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. Stuff
cient unto the day are the heroes
thereof.-Harper' Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-03
BARGAIN AT $50 A MONTH
Chinese Boy With "Exceptional Know.
edge Of English" Should Have
Been Snapped Up Quickly.

The following application for en-
ployment was received by a Shanghai
hong from a student In the Shanghai
college:
Nothing is of less Importance than
the age of person; nevertheless, IT
is proper to begin that I am in my
twenty-tirst year. Having firing am
bition to do some service in the bust
ness world, I grasp this opportunity
to insert myself into the sphere. 1t
is true that many are now wandering
idly in the market awaiting employ
ment. But 1t is true to the same ex-
tent that many of these, il not all, are
good for nothing. To take notice upon
them, OF to put some duty upon them
is to give gun powder to children as
a plaything. The danger can be imag-
ined
Il am now going to give some &C
count of my personal abilities 1t Is
not too much to say that my knowl-
edge Of English can hardly be repre-
scented to the full color by such q little
adjective as thorough. 1t is excep-
tionally excellent, to he outspoken.
AS to the art of typewriting, my hands
90 on as smoothly as to skate on an
lev river. With such intellectual
weapons any hard duties can be as
easily conquered as an egg shell by
a wave The salary I look for would
be $50 a month.
awaiting your answer earnestly.
am, Sir, --."-North China Ga
zette
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-03
HaitTs scrappins BOOSTERS.

BOOSTERS that crow day and night
and never seem to recognize the differ
ence between day and night were re-
Gently described by William Almon
Wolff in Golfers. Mr.. Wolff visited
Haiti while he was serving as a
sergeant in the marine corps reserve.
When 1t comes to cock fighting in
Haiti" he writes, the rooster plays
very important role. Sunday after
noon is the great time for that, and
all day Sunday you may see sporting
Haitians going about with a game
cock or two under their arms There
are two rings in Port au Prince
thousands Of men gather there every
Sunday afternoon and bet on their
favorities. Haitian cock fighting is
not very brutal affair; the birds
aren't spurred. 1t is the custom for
the owner Of the losing rooster to cry
quits before much damage is done"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-03
FIND RELIC OF OLD LONDON
Arch of Bridge Which Must Have Been
Built Centuries Ago Just
Brought to Life

A very Interesting relic of old Lon
don has come to light according to
the London Times. an arch of old Lon
don bridge, which was demolished lur-
ing the construction of the new Lon
don bridge, which began in 1929 The
arch now discovered is the second from
the north side Of the old bridge, and
Is close to st. Magnus' church. 1t was
disclosed during some building opera
tons now in progress.
The first stone bridge over the
Thames was built In 1176 but the
bridge was constantly repaired and
restored, so that there is no evidence
of the exact date Of this particular
arch. 1t was apparently medieval. and
Is built Of Reigate stone with very
fiat trajectory. At the beginning of the
Eighteenth century however, three flat
Wrought-stone supporting ribs were
put in. and the middle one of these Is
dated 1903. The arch is not yet en-
tlrely uncovered. but a springer at each
side is just being disclosed, and the
span Is estimated to be about 80 foot
The under surface of the arch is con-
siderably waterworn between the add
ed ribs. 1t is one of the arches close
to which the mill wheel stood for the
raising of water into the watertcwer
that stood alongside the bridge This
arch stood In the river, and is, there
fore, an evidence Of the limits which,
as time has gone on, have been i'm
posed on the Thames, the river being
now much narrower than it was in
medieval times. It is understood that
this relic Of old London Is to be care
fully preserved.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-03

A North Woodward housewife, who
lives In a house boasting back
porch, says she can always tell how
cold 1t 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
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 Il 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
Of solid milk some four or Ave
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
the curvature of the frozen neck Of
cream.-Detroit News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-03
No lime for a Precedent.

A negro couple, about middle age,
presented themselves to a justice Of
the peace the other day for the mar
rtage ceremony After they were duly
pronounced man and wife, Mandy
drew away TO one side while Jack paid
the justice. When they were out In
the hall Mandy inquired:
"What'd you-all pay dat man fer
marryin' us2"
"Jes what he said it was with"
Jack replied.
We'll. what-al did he say 1t was
wuth?" Mandy insisted.
Five dollahs ;" Jack informed her
Five dollahs :" exclaimed Mandy.
Man, man. dat amt no way to do
nuthin', You-all 20 right back dar
and give dat Margin man another
five dollahs Dis is de third time All
been married an All amt nevah vet
been married for less en- ten dollahs
and All amt gonna stat now t-kan-
Sas City Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-03
chinaas Wedding Customs.

On her wedding day the Chinese
bride is clad In red and carried in q
sedan chair covered with red. Any
person who wishes may turn back the
chair curtains and have a look at the
fride. Hayseed takes the place Of
ice and confetti. The brides hair
= deliberately oiled, and SO when the
l., throw hayseeds at her they
.. 4 hen she has reached the end
oI her journey she has come to the
home of her husband and must bear
the candid criticism Of the whole fam
fly,
The wedding ceremony Is nothing
- than a rice affair. Instead Of
owing 1t, the guests eat it. The
...' ,i-and-wife-to-be eat rice from
others bowl, then mix the rice
I'll eat from the same bowl-and
are married.
r. course there is a feast, bur the
custom makes 1t such that the
A lerican father Of a reception giving
b. &c might envy the Chinese father
of the bride Every guest contributes
something, and so it costs very little.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-03
Superstitions In Wales.

Superstitions 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
superstitious people is that a witt i
doctor can cure a child Of backward
ness by means of making a slight in
cision in the cartilage Of the child S
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.-BroOkIyn Eagle
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-03
LOVED ALL FEArNrkEn FOLK
A"d"hon's Name Immortal Because
OF r. il Srleht ID Work for Amer
lean Native Birds.

John James audubon, an American
naturalist and bird lover. who did per-
haps more than any other man to in
terest Americans In their native birds,
was born in Aeadville, La, Of French
parents, In 1870. He studied in
France. In 1798 he settled near Phil
adelphia, where he lived for ten
years. devoting himself to the study
Of birds. Later he spent considerable
time in the West, wandering through
the woods In close touch with his
feathered friends. In 1926 Audubon
went to England, exhibiting his bird
drawings, which he finally published
in a work containing 435 colored
plates Of birds the size Of life, entitled
The Birds Of America" copy OF
this complete work today is worth
small fortune.
On his return to America Audubon
lahored on an illustrated work, The
Quadrupeds Of America" Audubon
never instituted any movement for the
preservation Of birds, for In his dat
much of the country was wild, and
1t looked as though there were no
danger Of birds ever becoming extinct
It was his genuine love for the feath-
cred folk that caused the Audubon
society to be named for him.
The Audubon society has done much
to prevent wanton destruction and to
create a sentiment against the wear
ing OF birds and feathers on millinery.
II is largely due to Audubon societies
throughout the country that large
tracts of ground have been set apart
rs bird reservations. The national Of
fee Of the organization is in New
York city.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-03
EASY TO START 'HARD TIMES"
Rumor Becomes an Endc Chain
Once the Proper impetus Has
Been Given to II.

In Paris portrait painter sat in
his favorite cafe slipping his Wine His
first small bottle finished he was
about to order more when his eye feIi
on headline in the Figaro. Hard
Times Are Coming" so instead Of or
daring his usual second bottle he
tailed for his check.
rs there anything wrong with the
vince asked the landlord
THE wine is good. but I did not or
der a secdnd bottle because hard
times are coming and we must econ
omize." explained the artist
Hard times" said the landlord
Then my wife must not order the
silk dress we planned, but must take
one of cotton"
Hard times" repeated the dress
maker when the order was cancelled
This is no time to expand. l must
aot make the improvements I had
planned in the place"
Hard times, eh?" said the builder
when the dressmaker Cancelled the
building plans. Then I cannot have
my wife's portrait painted"
So he wrote to the artist ard can
celed his order.
After receiving the letter the artist
went again to his favorite cafe and or
dered a small bottle of wine to so0the
him. On a nearby chair was the pa
per In which he had read of hard
times two days before. He picked it
up to read more closely and found il
was two years old!
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-03
..dERE ETIQUETTE is RIGID
Visitor to Monaghan Yourt Has Many
Important Rules of Conduct
TO Remember.

A Monaghan yourt is an umbrella
Ike framework Of trelliswood COW
erred with thick felt which when new
Is perfectly white, circular IN form
having a dome-shaped roof, and 10
about Il to IS feet In diameter. the
door always facing south or south
west, and painted red. On arriving at
yourt on Monaghan pony 1t is
very necessary to remember that your
riding whip must be left outside, laid
on the roof, before you enter. To take
ii. OF any kind of stick. into the house
would not be regarded as simple
leach OF manners, such as taking
yuur umbrella into the drawing room
wien paying a call in this country,
but amounts to an act Of aggression.
As one enters the yourt one cannot
help noticing that the floor Is covered
With semicircular mats of very thick
White felt with bold applique designs
IN bl.ck, as a border. In the center
IF the building an iron casket contains
burning argol that flames brightly and
sends up ascending smoke that es-
lapes through q circular hole in the
roof. One must be careful to select
one Of the lowly seats on the ground
on the left Of the Are till the invita-
ton is given to come up higher"
which of course, will follow.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-03
moU men Have DefectS

II the man who measures YOU for
your next suit calls out IN. F. r. b"
to the assistant who lots down the
measurements, take care. 1t lis a
warning that your physique is not all
that 1t should be-in fact great deal
less. 1t stands for "pack forward
round back"
It's the commonest fault in the
physique of our customers" explained
a tailor. Most men have fat chest
and round back. The army straight.
ened some Of them up for a while but
they've begun slumping back again.
About one man in ten has bow legs.
the bow running from 11a to inches.
Practically every mans shoulders are
uneven-one higher than the other,
But that's SO common that You
wouldn't call it defect.
Here's another thing I've noticed
All the athletes, the professional
strong men, have sloping shoulders
The fellow with the straight hesvy
shoulders whom you'd take for an
athlete usually isnt"-Nilwaukee
Journal
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-03
Albanian Humor.

An Albanian barber shop, were
there any, wou'4 have periodical va
cations. For the hair must not be Ont
Turing the new .oon, lest it turn
white. enc Albanian explained to :!
traveller that his mustache was white
JecauSe he had clipped it thoughtlesS
" at new moon. Fortunately he haG
waited until the moon was on the
vane to trim his hair.
The things that people laugh at
might readily be considered an indie
70 their development. A specimen .,
Albanian humor is furnished by a Wis
tor who relates how a villager would
animate and then laugh uproarious
ly. This visitor took pains to fine
the cause Of his merriment A typica
reply was this: Suppose a COW fell
from the cliff opposite. Every man
would run to pick up a bit for supper
Then suppose, just as they got there.
all the bits Joined into the COW again
and ran away" He burst again into
peals Of laughter at his fancy.-Na.
tional Geographic Society Bulletin