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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1922-04-22

Miss Mary Watson spent last
weekend with home folks.

We are sorry to learn that Arse =
". O'Qninn, Of Aloha, is in q hospital
il New Orleans IN . critical condition.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1922-04-22

Mi. and Mrs. j. E. Swafford
visited friends in Alexandria last
Thursday.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1922-04-22

Mr.. and Mrs. Don Swafford. s,f
PineviIle. are visiting relatives
here this week.
New-York tribune., 1922-04-23

APPEALING ANITA CAMP
BELL, who is one of the grace
full members of the Metropoli-
tan Opera ballet Although
only eight years old Anita has
appeared in Tip Top" ODE
braU and worked in pictures
with Norma Talmadgc.
Schicdr-
New-York tribune., 1922-04-23

LOVE Me, LOVE Ny
poG. But we dare any
one to try both simultan-
'onS'y. The gentleman
ON the left sticking his
tongue out ut our camera
man may be an English
hul'' but his name is
aScN. a prize pet be-
longing to the smiling
mss who holds him. Pic,
'urc fans will recognize
the smile as belonging to
mat popular film favoritc
Anita Stewart. ,nd,,,rooa
New-York tribune., 1922-04-23

Riohf-WIII.IAN FON OF the motion n,cturo
olerantes, rides as one of his hobbies, tho
science of mechanics. Another is his power
ful car of foreign make. He is pictured here
riding the hrst hobby in the hopes of being
able to do likewise with the second Af,or
taking the engine down he has put 1t togcthcr
ard Is proud of the fact that he has but three
parts left over
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-11-21
By ALTMAN
AL POSFN

hat came natural to her. I've studied
Sylvia carefully,-I'm ashamed to
confess how notwithstanding that
he would grow to be like her motherI
hut she's another sort. and l doubt
# she viii change. The child, Sally.
las in her the making of a great
woman. No poor Edna was not like
that. She hated study.
ITO Be Continued
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-11-21

people were likely to drop dead when
hey got their first telegram. Sylvia
isn't"-.she hesitated for an insIan.
from what you say, Sylvia isn't
muc like her mother?"
40. Her qualities are wholly diff
orent Edna had different mind
altogether. There was nothing of the
student about her. The only thing
that interested her was music, and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-11-21

birthday came-well, Sally, felt that
I'd better give her one; and I told
her, too, that she was born in New
York City. You understands"
''Of course, Andrew. You did per-
fectly right. She's likely to ask a
sood many questions now that she's
growing up"
oh" he cried despairingly. She's
already asked themi It's a heart
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-11-21

breaking business, I tell you. I've
surrounded her origin and antecedents
with a whole tissue Of lies. But, Sally,
it must have b zen all right had
Edna's own word for It'll" he pleaded
hrokenly. "It must have been all
rightI'
well, what II 1t wasn't! Your good
name protects ner; it's a good name.
Andrew. But No on; you may as well
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-11-21
tel me the whole business"

LeII me the Whole BUSINESS.
i've told you all 1 know; and as
I've told it I've realized more than
before how pitifully little it is"
well, there's nothing to do about
that. It's the future you've got to
figure on for Sylvia. So you think
college is a good thing for girls-for
girl like Sylvan"
Eyes; but I want your opinion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-11-21

Maybe 1t isn't fair; you're a busy
woman"
81 guess I'm not so busy. I've been
Eetting lazy, and needed hard jolt
I've been wondering a good deal
about these girls colleges. Some of
his new woman business looks awful
queer to me, but so did the electric
light and the telephone few years
ago and can even remember when
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-29
MANY PETS LIVE IN
MOORE KINDERGARTEN

A very agreeable mud turtle has
come to live in the Joseph Moore
school, near the kindergarten room.
1t was given to the room by Lewis
Schwab, who found it and has had
it for a pet for sometime. The
children decided to call it Lewis be-
cause he gave it to them. They like
to watch its eyes with the magnify
ing glass.
Lewis also brought over two lit
tie baby Belgian hares recently for
the children to play with until the
end of school. They are delighted
when the children feed them clover.
Four Canary Eggs in Nest
Billy and Betty, the canaries,
which have belonged to Joseph
Moore for over a year now, are at
tracing many children to their
cage. There are now four little
eggs in the nest which Betty sits on
very carefully to keep them warm.
The baby canaries are expected to
hatch about the first week in May
Each one child in the kindergar-
ten brings the hard boiled yolk of
an egg to feed the canaries. All
the children are eager to see the
little birds and watch them grow.
Last year there were five eggs
in the nest, and though two of the
birds died, three lived to be grown
up birds and were sold.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-29
ONE-REEL YARNS
May Baskets

About eight o'clock Sam slipped
out OF his back door without letting
any one know his mission. In one
had he carried May basket of
pink crepe paper, that contained
apple blossoms and chocolate
candy with a note hidden in it for
Maybelle Maxfield. In the other
hand Sam carried a similar pink
paper basket, but it held an onion,
a lemon and an "old maid" comic
valentine, intended for Miss Ska
lem, the much-despised school
teacher.
Sam never knew just how it hap
pened, but the moment he rang the
doorbell Miss Skalem opened her
door. He showed basket into
her hand and started to run. Then
he realized Miss Skalem was fol-
lowing him. He never dreamed
she was young enough to run so
fast. Then wire around a flower
bed caught Sans foot and he
sprawled, throwing the other bas-
ket far from him as he fell.
NOLhC III dlu nave some cake,
Miss Skalem was very nearly out
of breath as she ran up, but her
tone was surprisingly kind. She
grasped Sans shoulder and in a
daze he followed her into her Iiy-
ing-room. In the bright light he
saw that Miss Skalem held the
apple blossom and chocolate cream
basket in her hand.
Then Sam realized that he was
being introduced to some one.
This is Mrs. Maxfield and her
daughter Maybelle," said Miss Ska
lem. isn't he dear boy to bring
me such a lovely May basket"
She lifted the blossoms and
passed the candy. "Oh, here's a
note," she cried, and she slowly
read aloud from Sans scrawly
writing:
"You are as beautiful as the
flowers and as sweet as the
candy"
Sam felt himself sinking.
81 guess you didn't exactly mean
that laughed Miss Skalem.
But, Sam, looking solemnly at
answered, Eyes, | did,"
Boys and Girls Newspaper.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-29
THE YELLOW QUEEN

the Masked Mans gang. They took
him to a large ravine and let him
down part way by a rope, then put
a fire under the rope so it would
burn the rope and he would fall
into the river at the bottom of the
ravine.
Does Shorty get killed? Who
saves him?-(To be Continued
Virginia Rogers, IA grade, Garfield
Junior High school.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-29

no time to say anything just then;
he just ran with his head down
The fat man turned and saw Billy
coming and started to run toward
the village, but there was no use
for him to run. Like two freight
cars humping together Billy landed
on Hans Tug just once.
"a thousa and lightnings yet
again!" yelled Hans.
Billy did not stop to answer him.
He Just trotted back, jumped over
the gate and hurried on to the barn
to talk to his mother about their
splendid home.-Copyright, by the
Saalfield Publishing Co., Akron, o.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-29
(S}ILLy2 }, Y
1S1 FRANCES IRgao MoNIaoMERZ
s TREGO MONTGOMERY

Bobby opened the gate joyfully
when Hans agreed to sell the goat
and patted the goat on the neck.
The goat, tired and dusty, felt
grateful for that touch just as Billy
had felt and when Bobby said,
Come on" it followed gladly.
''I'll bring you the money right
away" said Bobby. "Come on" he
called again to the goat, and ran
back to the barn. Running into
Bily's stall, he said: BILLY, my
boy, I've brought new friend for
you and want you to be good to
this stranger" With that, the
strange goat came in after him and
Billy leaped up with a bleat OF. joy.
The new goat was his motherl
Bobby ran back to the house to
get his money, leaving the two
goats together, and they had so
much to tell each other at once
that neither one of them heard
very much what the other was say
ing, until Billy happened to pay
attention to where his mother was
explaining how she had just been
sold to Bobby.
Wait minute" said Billy, did
you say that man was out there
now?"
, "Yes,' answered his mother.
Bobby just went to get him some
money"
wait right here a minute" said
Billy. Il owe him something for
throwing me overheard into the
sea, and l always like to pay my
debts"
Out of the barn he ran, through |
the gate, down the drive, and he
cleared the road gate with pretty |
jump. Then he wheeled to where |
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-29
"Y" Newsettes

George H. Corson, the originator
of the class method of teaching
swimming, and who, according to
Mr.. Specht, has probably taught
more people to swim than any
other two or three people put to-
gether, will be in Richmond a
week, beginning May Is. Any boy
in the city who cannot swim is in
vited to go to the local "Y" that
week and learn. Instruction is en-
tirely free. 1t is expected some
advanced classes, also will be held.
Sixty-seven boys, members of the
Y" Garden club, expected to be-
gin working in their garden plot
at the corner OF Fifth and South
West A streets, Saturday morning,
April %. Perry Wilson, leader of
the club, expected to assign the
plots and get the work lined up at
that time. Each boy will be al
lowed a tract of ground 20 by 80
feet.
The Sunday School Track Meet
the junior division of it, at least
is to be held on Reid Field, Tues
day. May 80, according to an
announcement made Tuesday by
Boys Secretary Perry Wilson,
who is in charge of the work. Last
year there were 102 entries in this
meet and the winners were: LIST,
English Lutheran; End, West Rich
mond Friends; 3rd, First M. +.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-29
CHAPTER w

When Shorty went to bed that
night he wondered why it was the
Masked Man wanted to know what
time he was going to the fields.
Pretty soon he went to bed.
Shorty got up in the morning and
went down to his breakfast. Then
he got on his hat and coat and
started off for the fields on his
horse, Prince.
When he got to Big Bend in the
road, he heard a horse coming
back of him. He turned around.
There was masked man after him.
He started to gallop, but to his sur
prise, there were three in front of
him with guns.
He said, to himself, Fl will have
to get out of here!" He started UP
the side Of the Big Bend, but there
were three more masked men.
The leader told two men to
bring Shorty to him. Shorty then
came, but the man didn't kill him,
but gave him warning that a gang
of men were down at Crooked
Snake, waiting for some one, and
he thought they might be waiting
for him. He told Shorty he was
his friend, then they all went away
so fast Shorty thought they had
vanished into the air.
He went to take the other road
but he got caught by a guard of
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-29
Maytine Flowers

When the Maytime flowers bloom
Carpeting the field and hill,
Bend above their sweet perfume,
Touch the petals if you will;
But leave them on the field and hill.
Now that violets are here,
Hiding in the messy dell,
Be glad that beauty is SO near
And love their dainty fragrance
well:
But leave them on the messy dell.
When the summer daisies come,
Whitening the rolling field,
While the bees above them hum,
Enjoy the beauty that they yield;
But leave them in the rolling field.
For careless folk are robber-like
Who spoil the beauty of the wood,
And come in laden from a hike
With blooms whose life is gone for
good;
They were so lovely in the wood.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-29
SPRING

Children, children, winter is gone;
Old Jack Frost has scampered off
our lawn;
The sun came out that day
And melted him all away.
Flowers, come, raise up your
heads,
For old Jack Frost has gone to
bed.
Then he said to the children,
Who were indoors reading,
Come out doors and play to your
hearts content"
BY Kenneth Grover, Finley
school.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-29
May Basket Time
Each year when Maytime comes
around

Each year when Maytime comes
around,
Sweet baskets full of bloom
Are hung upon the doorknob, where
They spread their sweet perfume;
AS hanging baskets at this times
A very common game,
You should take care and never
make
Your baskets all the same,
So if you'd like to try change,
A basket you'll find here
That is not hard at all to make
Directions are quite clear.
A six-inch square of paper, stiff,
Is all that it will take,
But you must be quite sure to
watch
The folds that you must make.
First cut upon the heavy lines
Then on the dotted, fold,
And you will have a reticule
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-29
1. T. L. MEETS SUNDAY

The Frances f. Willard Loyal
Temperance Legion will meet at
the home of Russell Owens, SIG
North Twentieth street, Sunday af-
ternoon, at 200 o'clock. A pro-
gram committee was appointed at
the last meeting, which will furnish
an interesting program.
All that are interested are urged
TO come.-Reported by Ruth Ro-
land.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-29
Finley 2A-3Bs Busy
During Cleanup Week

Children in the 2A-3B room have
had Cleanup Week in their room.
Some moved the lawn, others
cleaned up the yard. Some pulled
weeds out of the garden. Some
busted and swept, and some picked
up paper.
These children are also drawing
spring flowers by Mary Louise
Brehm, reporter for Finley school.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-29
Rabbits EYES Sharp

Rabbits can see in the dark like
cats. In the blackness of their bur
rows they cannot see, but their
sense of smell and touch direct
them. Their eyes are so con-
structed that they can collect rays
from what to human beings would
be darkness.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-29
Richmond,s Old Streets

Early names of the streets in
Richmond, which we now call
North B, North C, North D, and
North T. streets, were, in their
order, Mulberry, Sassafras, Vine
and Elm STREETS.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-29

The springtime blooms to hold.
Upon the laps, to finish it,
Some cut-out flowers paste. .
The baskets made in any shade
For that, just suit your taste.
Boys and Girls Newspaper.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-29

the fat man, the money in his
pocket, was saying goodbye to
Bobby and his father. Billy had
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-08
PRICED AMBER AS ORNAMENT
Romans Secured It From "Barbarous"
Germans, Who Had Small Idea
of Its Real Value.

Amber, which is fossilized resin, was
In great demand among the Romans
for ornaments. Tacitus, in his
"Germania," tells that it was gathered
by the barbarian Germans. They ex-
plore the sea for amber, in their
language called 'gleese, and are the
only people who gather that curious
substance" he says. 1T is generally
found among the shadows; sometimes
on the shore. Concerning the nature
Of the cause Of this concretien the
barbarians, with their usual want Of
curiosity, make no inquiry. Amongst
other superluities discharged by the
sea this substance lay long neglected.
till Roman luxury gave it a name and
brought it into request. To the saw.
ages 1t is Of no use. They gather
ID into rude heaps and offer it for sale
without any form or polish, wondering
at the price they receive for It."
Tacitus guessed correctly the oFisin
Of amber, saying: '.There is reason
to think that amber Is distillation
from certain trees, since In the trans.
parent medium we see variety of
insects and even animals Of the wing.
which, being caught In the viscous
fluid, are afterwards when Il grows
hard Incorporated with It.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-08
yKTELL, Christmas is coming, and all
Wv the day long

NTELL. Christmas is coming, and all
Wv the day long
My thoughts have been running
away,
With an echoing laugh and the lit of .
song
To an old-fashioned Christmas day
To a big old house in a little old town,
Where you and the others and l
Made merry together, with never a frown
And never thought of a sigh.
The big old house in the little old town.
Oh. how it would rock with our mirth,
And gather US gladly and cudde us down,
The homiest place on the earth.
1t wasn't upholstered in tapestries rare,
q can see the old window-seat yeO
1t may have been shabby a bit here and
there
Well. those are the things we forget.
But, OH the mysterious secrets it knew,
That old house, when Christmas was
coming,
And the laughter and fun ringing through
it and through.
And the voices and somebody humminG,
And the hour when around the piano we'd
meet,
Yes, even in busy December
For an old Christmas hymn with it's har
mony sweet
All, those are the JnlnSS we TSHieiuDeI
And then you recall how the midnight
train down
Would bring back a sister or brothers,
To the big old house in the little old town,
Where Christmas meant home and the
! others,
And the old house was looking its holiday
best,
And the table all spread for the feast;
With an extra chair set for the holiday
guest
Some stranger, zone Of the least"
The big old house in the little old town
They tell me the years are unkind,
1t looks bare and neglected, it's fence
tumbles down,
Since we scattered and left it behind
No, haven't been back; I would rather
recall
The days of its glory gone by.
When we fled to its arms for the best day
OF all,
You and the others and I.
/ Grace Stricken Dawson. in Kansas City
Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-08
FLoWER.PoT As BRIDEGROOM
Unique Ceremony Which Transforms
Chinese Girl Into FulI-FIsd0ed
and Privileged Widow.

China Is still land Of strange Gus
toms, one OF the most curious being
the ceremony Of q dower-pot mar
rage.
When the man whom Chinese girl
IL to marry dies shortly before the
date fixed for the wedding. the grief
stricken bride-elect sometimes takes
. vow never to marry. Should she
do -, she goes through the ceremony
Of wedding an ordinary dower-pot
She II now considered Z widow, and
upon the parents Of her intended hus-
band fails the responsibility Of main
tanning her. Usually she goes to live
with them.
n many cases, especially where the
family u poor, great sacrifces are nee
essary = order that the daughter-in.
~ (as she II now regarded) may be
peuDsriy cared for. But the parents
hayo NO option IN the matter. And,
setually, they have no desire to shirk
thsar responsibilities, Tor the faithful.
ness Of the .widow" brings great
honoe 70 the bridegroom's family, Il
beang considered quite disgrace
sheold he bfidesaect not wish u
u thro1gh he caEanony VI marrying
- Aot1pck S
r IT, days bekoes China WAS ..
~ prof, upon he 1sets
Z - ~ ~ nosdca hal Z
Z e erected Is -,
lrik6 afaA.-IE HNAas
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-08
HANDS INDEX TO CHARACTER
still Reveal Much, Though Probably
Less Than Was the Ease Some
Few Years Ago.

Once 1t was possible t. r Indy"
by her handS-that is it geled
a lady as "a female Of the So
cial class" She had Wei
because she did nothing 10 To-. Il
them or enlarge their knuckles OF cauee
premature wrinkles. Even If fortune
had gone against her she somehow
avoided the work that would mar the
symmetry of those hands. s! g did
without sugar for her tea did
needlework for money in ord
the work that she regarded
And because a woman of Ills
knew that it was at her hands thai
others looked for an index to her So
cial position it was her hands
saved, wearing gloves by day and ~
night to keep them white and to pro-
tect them and repair them from the
ravages Of wind, sun and housework.
The situation is rather different now.
The young woman of immigrant par
entS who sells tinware in the depart
ment store basement has elaborate
manicured nails and hands til g..
smooth, but the wife of the cole
president has hands that clearly Shor-
the effects Of work that we would ~
have regarded as mental.
Perhaps still to the keen observer
hands have something to tell of their
owners rank or pedigree. There .
some hands that no matter how j-i
gently manicured always look liz,
grimy at the corners, and others, lack
ing entirely the luster Of the manicure
buffer, that are always scrupulously
clean
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-08
BURNING THE
YQLE LOG

THE name given by the ancient
L Cloths and Saxons to the festival
of the winter solstice was Jul, or
Yule. The latter term is still re-
served by the Scotch.
The burning of the Yule log, known
by other names in continental Europe,
was an ancient Christmas ceremony
descending from the Scandinavians
who at their feast Of Jul used to
kindle huge bonfires in honor of their
god Thor. Similar bonfires were kin
died in Hssape and elsewhere at the
summer solstice
The English ceremony of bringing
in and burning the Yule log on Christ
mas eve, which still has its local sur
vivals, was full Of picturesque detail.
The log was a massive piece of wood,
frequently the rugged and grotesquely
marked root Of an oak.
It was drawn in triumph from its
resting place amid shouts and laugh
ter, every .wayfarer dofing his hat
as it passed. On its entrance Into
the baronial halls, the minstrels hailed
1t with song and music, or In the aD-
sence Of the minstrels each member
of the family sat upon it in turn and
sang q Yule song.