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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-10-27
PECULIAR FORM OF SEA FOOD
Ghianchetti, Offspring of the Sardine,
Greatly ReIshed Along Parts Of
the Italian Coast.

The italians along the italian Ri
viera are passionately attached to a
form of sea food known as ghian-
chetti Ghianchetti, Kenneth L. Rob
erts explains in the Saturday Evening
Post, are the offspring of the sardine
They are about one inch in length, and
their bodies are about as robust and
shapely as an ordinary piece Of
string. They are transparent and
their eyes are black and dissipated
looking; and when the Italians pile
them in baskets and trays they have
the appearance of lemon Jelly full of
hyspecks-the 1yspecks being the
eyes, The approved method of pre-
pairing ghianchetti is to roll them into
a ball or fritter, fry them in olive
oil and eat until either the ghian
chetti or the eater is exhausted.
Every good Italian, however, finds II
hard to resist them In their raw state
A f1sherwoman walking along with
tray of ghianchetti on her head usual
~ keeps reaching up in an absent.
minded manner, removing half a hand
full of the little fish from the tray, and
tossing them abstractedly into hei
mouth, dozen or two at time Whas
the ghianchetti season Is at its heigh,
In February, no two ghianchetri fist
ermen can get into an argument viii
each other without spraying eacs
other with ghianchetti fragment.
whenever they begin to shrek witt
emotion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-10-27
HANDS INDEX TO CHARACTER
Setll Reveal Much, Though Probably
Less Than Was the Case Some
Few Years Ago.

Once 1t was possible to tell 'lady''
Oy her hands-that is if you regarded
lady as "a female Of the favored So
cial class" She had well-kept hands
because she did nothing to roughen
them or enlarge their knuckles OF cause
premature wrinkles. Even if fortune
had gone against her she somehow
avoided the work that would mar the
symmetry of those hands. She did
without sugar for her tea and did
needlework for money in order to avoid
the work that she regarded as mental
And because a woman of this class
knew that it was at her hands t. al
others looked for an index to her >p-
cial position it was her hands that si.e
saved, wearing gloves by day and by
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
mept store basement has deliberately
manicured nails and hands that are
smooth, but the wife of the college
president has hands that clearly show
the effects Of work that we would once
have regarded as mental.
Perhaps still to the keen observer
hands have something to tell of their
owners rank or pedigree. There are
some hands that no matter how dill
gently manicured always look a little
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, 1922-10-27
THE LIFE OF GAS MANTLEs
illuminating Device Should Last 1000
Burning Hours-May Be Destroyed
in Few Moments.

The following facts about gas mar
Ties are taken from Gas Logic, the
house organ Of the biggest gas company
IN New York
"a good gas mantle should last from
400 To- 500 or even 1000 burning hours
"Lireakage, however, is not always
due to poor mantle quality. Turning
the -as off and on and the slight ex-
pIoSjOn that sometimes occurs when
1t is lighted is highly destructive Of
nantes. a mantle which, burning
steadily, might last for several thou
sand hours, may be destroyed in few
minutes by rough handling or in few
hours by unusual but unavoidable wear
and tear.
Initial candle power is that meas
ured when the mantle Is first lighted.
It is extremely high in cheap and In
ferior nantes. But soon, often with
in few minutes, the brilliancy of the
light fades, never to be regained. The
Intensity of this initial light is a snare
INTO which the unwary and unwise ire
Quently fall in purchasing cheap man.
ties.
Sustained candle power is the meas.
ure of light given out by a mantle
over long period, and Is, Of course, the
real test of good mantle The high
class mantle may not have an initial
candle power equal to that of a cheap
er substitute, but in the long test its
GInnrinrity- ic Iar,orS+ro+ol
Some of the gas companies are now
selling nantes with a guarantee Of
at least 90 days service"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-10-27

II the man who measures you for
your next suit calls out IN. F. R. B."
to the assistant who jots down the
measurements, take care. 1t Is o
warning that your physique is not all
that it should be-iu tact a great deal
less. 1t stands for mock forward.
round back"
Its the commonest fault in the
physique of our customers" explained
a tailor. Most men have fiat chest
and round back. The army straight.
ened some of them up for while but
they've begun slumping back again.
About one man in ten has bow legs,
the bow running from IL to inches.
Practically every mans shoulders are
uneyen-one higher than the other.
But that's so common that you
wouldn't call it a defect.
Here's another thing Eve noticed.
All the athletes, the professional
strong men. have sloping shoulders.
The fellow with the straight, heavy
shoulders whom you'd take for an
athlete usually isn't.n-Nfilwaukee
Journal
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-10-27
EXPLAINING GRADES IN ARMY
fanci-uI and Pretty Tale of the Origin
of i.> Ia Which Denote
he tiaI Rank.

F%.r ful indeed is the tale woven
about the selection and origin of the
various marks of army insignia.
The story begins with two-barred
fence, near a group of trees. One of
these is a sturdy oak and another a
to greatest heights in our forests.
Above this tree flies an American
eagle. 1t is night and the stars look
down upon the scene.
The first step, or first rank of a com
missioned officer is climbing the first
bar of the fence, and is denoted by
the one bar on a first lieutenant's
shoulder. Another step up and the
officer has his foot on the second bar
of the fence-the two bars Surm0unted
being indicated by the two-bar mark
Of the captain. The next stage of the
climb upward is the branches of the
trees, and the rank of major, denoted
by the gold oak leaf on the shoulder,
has been reached.
In order to 90 higher the candidate
for higher rank must ROW surmount
the tall silver poplar, and when he has
done so he is entitled 10 wear the sill
Yer leaf of the lieutenant colonel. The
eagle soaring over the treetops inii-
Gates the rank OF Colonel-the silver
eagle being worn by officers of that
rank. The stars are the highest of all
an5 y,-ara racA1.z-4T q, : i'm Si01lio fo,. crar-
erals.-Detroit News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-10-27
GOES BACK TO OLD EGYPT
Legend OF Cinderella, Almost Uni
versal, Believed to Have Come
From Ancient Memphis.

Cinderella and the legend surround
ing her glass slipper Is believed to
have originally come from ancient
Memphis In the ruins of this buried
city lies the pyramid of Rhodopis, who
lived at Naucratis, and was incom-
parabiy beautiful and ctaste. One day
when Rhodopis was bathing an eagle
few through the open ceiling of her
bathroom and plucked from her maids
hands the sandal which she was just
about to lace about her mistress
foot.
The eagle then flew to Memphis
where the king was administering JUS
tice in one of the courts OF the palace
and, lowering above the king. dropped
the sandal, which fell into the folds OF
the kings garment. He examined the
sandal and found it so small and love
ly that he bade his servants search al!
Egypt till they should find the woman
whom it would fit.
Rhodopis was found in Naucratis
and carried to the King, who married
her. She died after a few months
happiness, and the diSconsolate king
had one of the cos,liest pyramids Of
antiquity built in her memory. In the
first century 3. c. the priests Of Mem
2his were wont to exhibit sandal il
a crystal shrine which, they declared,
once belonged to Rhodopis, miraculous
~ preserved through many centuries.
The sarcophagus and the mummy OF
Rhodopis have entirely vanished and
her pyramid is little more than ruin,
but her legend lives in every land
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-10-27
NEW YORK HINT OF VENICE
Reservoir 10 Beautiful Spot, With
Stately Homes That Seem to
Arise From the Water.

What the Brooklyn bridge is to the
resident Of Brooklyn the reservoir Ii
to the middle uptown New Yorker-a
refreshing and beautiful place for q
brisk walk, says the. New York Sun.
The reservoir. particularly the up
per one, with path on the brink, il q
place OF romance Across the water
rise stately houses: they seem almost
on the edge Of the water, like the
houses Of Venice. Sometimes the
water is sheet Of ice. One day 1t
seemed like a stretch of gray taffeta,
with inserts Of blue crepe where the
wind rippled the patches Of water that
remained. Close to the shore broken
bits Of ice tinkled continually against
stretch Of solid ice, with the sound
Of sleigh bells.
But In summer there Is another
aspect to the reservoir. Horseback
riders gallop around In fetching Cos
tunes, while the water sparkles in the
sun.
But there is one point at a certain
hour that lifts you out Of New York.
out OF America, out Of the world. The
point is the western stretch Of the
southern side. The hour Is sunset. The
magic Is produced BY the fountain, q
thin, high sweep Of spray painted
with rainbow shades by the setting
sun. Up goes the stream, swirling into
a gigantic feather in the gentle hands
Of the breeze. Suddenly the rainbow
appears, to vanish as the wind swings
the spray In another direction, to re-
appear again for a few breath-catch-
ing seconds The spray sweeps here
and there, covering you for an instant.
The sun leaves it for a moment and
the fountain becomes q bridal veil
Out comes the sun and the fountain
flashes into glsry.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-10-27
Flour Used in MAKING Watches

Two barrels of flour are used every
week in making watches at a we'll
known factory, which turns out from
1000 to 5000 watches week. Since
baker uses about three pounds of
flour to five loaves of bread, it follows
that for every watch the maker uses
the equivalent Of a third of loaf. The
flour is made into dough and the
dough is used to handle screws, rivets
and other small parts.
Each man in that part Of the bust
ness has a lump of dough always at
hand, and when he wants to examine a
screw he jabs piece of dough on it..
Then. turning 1t over, he has a good
chance TO look at it with his watch
makers microscopic eyeglass. Many
of the screws are too minute to pick up
easily with the fingers. and many
more, though large enough to be
picked up, would be so covered by the
fingers or the forceIs as to be almost
hidden from sight.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-10-27
PRICED AMBER AS ORNAMENT
Romans Secured 1t 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; sometime
on the shore. Concerning the ma IRE
of the cause of this conc elton TIE
barbarians, with their usual Wa! g.
curiosity, make no inquiry. Amones.
other superfuities 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 it is of no use. They gather
it 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 origin
of amber, saying: There is reason
to think that amber is a distillation
from certain trees, since in the trans
parent medium we see a variety Of
insects and even animals of the wing,
which, being caught in the viscous
fluid, are afterwards when it grows
hard, Incorporated with it."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-10-27
Superstitions In Wales.

Superstitions Of the country folk q
Wales are discussed in the quarterly
report Of DR.. Arthur Hughes, medical
health officer Of the county of Car
narthenshire Despite the fact that
fortune telling and witchcraft are pro-
hfbited 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
supershtious people is that a witch
doctor can cure child of backward
ness by means Of making slight in.
rision in the cartilage Of the child'e
ear. The operation must be performed
during the waxing OF the moon and the
Arr, Is handed down from generation to
ypneFatlpn, the doctor" usually being
NonaAn II y cure does not resul,
m ptian II repeated until the
hin Fured II a mid that many
tic6 tl,Is II a;1(d hui M
.! =! ~, Z!
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-10-27
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 name Of occupation which
Is related to barbed-wire, barbarian,
Barbary coast and Barbados. 1t Is also
related to "barbet" which was an old
name for a poodle dog, and it Is also
related to "barbette." over which big
guns are fred. It 10 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 60 back to the Latin word, ''barba,"
which meant beard" The French got
the word from their Roman conQuegors
and civilizers and made It ovee Into
''barbe" and when man shaved him.
self he 'barbed" himssif, Or - per
haps we would put II today he 'tts-
barbed" or 'de-barbe6' himself The
French made q noun TO at the fellow
who took the beard O. barrie az ~
other fellow and they called him
~barbier" and Il It haa been IL co..
tom for ladies 70 barber : man ~
would have callsds NJ ! sAafhtgEA =
with GAve accent o. ~ 1T \
Ths Norman conQAsEeke G
took ovsr ~ Mogd WoI4 - =,
0na1ly on AAG1 y
NeGoo J5oncA 80 " IIll |i1I1|1I1
sloz11e - taS u %
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-10-27
SHAKESPEARE is ALL WRONG
Police Judge Rules World Isn't Stage
After All, and Fines Woman I'M
personator of Men.

Police officers and detectives can
spot the shifty eye Of a pickpocket,
the heavy jaw of stick-up man-per-
haps-and the other peculiar physical
characteristics of the male clan OF
crime. But it takes a poicewoman
20 detect suspicious characters by
their dress. Police routine and diSck
pline cannot, apparently, wear off the
keen instinct Of a woman for tho
style of toque, the set of a SASH
and the hang of outer garments In
the back.
Recently Bella de Turk walked down
town. She got as far as the post
office. In so doing she probably
passed several policemen who marked
no sign of suspicious character in the
passerby. But at the post Office stood
Mrs. Dollie Fisher and Miss Emily
Greer, policewomen. The eyes of the
p0liceWomen discerned at once that
the figure of the gentleman walking
by would have been set off to much
greater advantage had he worn fem
thine dress, says the Columbus Dis
patch. So they accosted him and
found it was her. And Miss De Turk.
lifted out in mans cap, coat and
trousers and other apparel to match.
took ride to the police station with
Mrs. Fisher and Miss Greer. There
she refused to solve the riddle of her
masculine attire and was released OF
bond.
Il am an imperSonator of men char
acters, appearing at the movie thea
ters," she told the court. 1t then fol.
lowed that she had neglected to change
back into feminine dress after the
show. Judge Berry fined her $25
and costs for the oversight and babe
ner remember that Shakespeare to the
contrary Notwithstanding, all tha
Sorld's not stage
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-10-27
DISPUTE ORIGIN OF CALICHE
Scientists Disagree as to How Rock
of Which Chile Has a Monopoly,
Came About.

Chiles chief source of revenue, of
which the country has virtually a
world monopoly, is obtained from the
rough rock known locally as caliche.
Scientists disagree as to the origin Of
this valuable mineral, according to a
writer in the National Geographic
Magazine Some claim land Darwin
among them) that it had its origin in
seaweed of an ancient period. one
Savant argues that the deposit result
ed from nitrogen contained in guann.
Others believe in its atmospheric
origin, advancing the theory that in
remote age electricity passing through
the moist air, by combination, formed
nitric acid; this in turn, impregnHting
the food waters Of Andean streams
and coming in contact with the lime
stone of the rocks, formed nitrate of
lime; another step in natures labora-
tory brought this nitrate of lime in
contact with sulphate of soda, forming
the caliche found today.
Iodine, precipitated from the nitrate
solution. is the most important by-prod-
uct of the caliche rock. By agree
ment among the nitrate establishments.
it's production is limited to every
sixth year, that the market may not
be overstocked.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-10-27
PROVED ABILITY TO REASON
HeartIess Old 6aboon Leader Had
Qualities That Might Be Con-
sidered Almost Human.

Apes are so human that even when
they display traits that in man would
be simply abominable one cannot help
laughing. A correspondent in South
Africa writes that certain large apes
are SO much in the habit of raiding
The cni',r plantations that they have
IL b., guarded.
Along the coffee trees grows 8
sArur the fruit of which the apes
part, uIarly enjoy. But as wasps
i&Steh their nests to the shrubs, the
apes fearful of being stung, usually
keep away from them One morning
the people in certain plantation
heard the apes making fearful out
cries and, rushing out, saw this
singular scene. A large baboon. the
leader of band, was throwing some
young apes at the wasp nests just as
a boy might have thrown stones at
them.
The poor victims stung by the in
furiated insects, were crying piteous-
ly, but the old baboon paid no heed
to them whatever While they were
suffering from the anger Of the
wasps he quietly proceeded to regale
himself with the fruit, which he
could now pluck without danger. Oc-
casionally he would turn round and
graciously throw a handful to some
females and young standing a little
way off.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-10-27
WED ONLY CLOSE RELATIONS
Custom OF Burmese Tribe Leads to
Marriages Between Extreme Old
Age and Youth.

The only occasions on which lads
and lassies Of the Red Karen tribe in
Burma meet are at marriage feasts
and at wakes, according to the Ma
tional Geographic Magazine. These
festivals last over three nights, and
are veritable orgies, with great ex-
cess of eating and drinking. Both
sexes are well-seasoned vessels, since
they begin drinking strong drink be-
fore they are weaned. Marriages are
limited to near relations and result
quite often in unions where husband
and wife are Of very unequal age the
husband fifteen, the wife seventy, or
the other way about.
Punishment for marriage out Of the
clans was formerly very severe. A large
hole was dug in the ground and a
log placed across it, to which two
ropes were attached. The ends Of
these were noosed round the necks
Of the offending pair. They were
made to Jump into the pit, and so hang
themselves.
Now they are communicated In
ltead And nsv1f allowed to enter 4
Knrea ytIlas The two. VI
(a1ho i<ltcao
II - II
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-10-27
Poem Had Origin in Actual Life.

The famous poem about the boy who
stood on the burning deck had its
origin in an actual happening which
constitutes a page in history.
It was during Napoleon's expedition
to Egypt that England sent Lord Mel
son to capture him and annihilate his
fleet. At the battle of Abukir the
French navy was crushed and Ma
poleon was forced to flee all but four
of his ships being sunk, burned or cap
tured.
The French admiral had been killed.
And on the deck of the flagship stood
her captain, Louis Casabianea, who
then had command of the fleet. He
was wounded and the ship was burn
ing, but he refused to leave his post.
And in spite of commands and en-
treaties, his son, boy of ten, stayed
with him and died with him when the
ship went down, supplying the theme
for that famous epic of child her0ism.
The boy stood on the burning deck -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-10-27

It was swampy around Denver g.
100000 years ago, according to Prof
j. D. Higgins. director of the Colo
RADIO Museum of Natural History. The
traveller who wants to hobnob with
the monsters of long ago can do so in
the city park collection, in Denver,
where the skeleton of an animal close
~ related to the present-day rhinoce-
rous is on exhibition, one-half of 1t
covered with an imitation hide.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-10-27
Heidi Heipi

Good advertising" says a man wei
up In that line, benefits any form of
business The right sort of advertis-
ing gives you friendly feeling toward
4 firm. It makes you believe that 1t
viii be both pleasant and profitable
to deal with the advertiser. A certain
grocer once inserted In the newspapers
an advertisement that had this merit
It ran:
Twins are come to me fee ~
third time. This time 4 boy ao0 .
girl I beseech my friends 70 suuDoEa
- stoutly.'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-10-27
Compass Plant Western Product.

On the prairies and plains of Utah.
Texas and southern Minnesota there
grows q wonderful plant which has
proved useful to travellers wandering
over these vast tracts of country. 1t
is called the compass plant or pilot
plant, because Of a popularity in the
growth of the leaves, which grow al
ternately along the stalk, and point
precisely north and south.
The Indians followed the direction
given them by these pointing leaves,
and told the white men about it.
This plant belongs to the family Of
the Compositae, and looks very much
like the sunflower. It has a strong,
resinous odor somewhat like turpen-
tine, and sometimes goes by the name
Of ''turpentine plant"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-10-27
DIaQnosl4

4 parry Of soldiers stopped some
inborers to search their dinner pals
for hidden arms.
All at once q soldier gave CRY and
hurried across to the officer In charge,
holding at arms length a hard, heavy
mass.
After due examination the Officer
pronounced It suspicious nnsto
which would endanger public safety.
and started "a question The workman
d yhoe n aion ~ was found
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-10-27
Natural Qualification

"Oliver Twist was always asking
for more" remarked Senator Sor-
ghum.
Yet he became worthy Citizen"
observed the admirer of Dickens.
"Yes. Probably he grew up even
tually to be a tax collector"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-10-27
anraad christmaa Joy Abroad

More than 100000 Christmas boxes
for the children Of Central Europe
were packed by the Junior Red Cross
last year. The spread Of Christmas
Joy through these boxes will be largely
increased this year because Of the
plans already under way.