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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-02-17

The art Of glass decorating is not
a modern Bohemian accomplishment.
The Roman Cathedral of Prague con-
tained, in 1915. two windows which
were decorated with Old and New
Testament scenes. Decorative win.
dows soon became favorite form of
church ornamentation. Asnaes Sylvi-
US, who subsequently became Pope
Plus the Second and incidentally was
very close student Of contemporary
affairs Of Bohemia, records that the
churches Of the Czechs possessed
many high and wide windows which
were brightly and artistically decor
ated, and such style Of decorating was
not confined to the churches in the
large cities and towns, but even the
distant hamlets prided themselves on
churches containing windows orna.
mented in a similar fashion" The
curriculum Of the division Of techni.
cal arts Of the University Of Prague
Included courses in painting, wood
carving, and glass ornamentation. Ne
degree was ever conferred on student
unless he could exhibit sufficient apti-
tude ~ 4 glass man" or qualify In
sgiaOery," 4 practical denomination
e tho high esteem IN whieA ~
bnneA Is III arts ~ -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-02-17
FIND HEALTH IN SUMS RAYS
Ancients Had Full Faith In Treatment
Now Practiced in the Most Mod
ern Sanitartums.

In a small village In the Adiron-
dacks there is a sanitartum where
patients take sun baths. And a high
price Is charged for the treatment.
Bathing in the suns rays for health
is an ancient ceremony, handed down
from the earliest ages. Wiseacres In
bygone times used to battle in the
sunshine believing in the great value
Of light as a destroyer Of disease
Light was the secret and universal
medicine by which they cured many
diseases.
Sunlight is the greatest factor In
our planetary eXistencej If 1t failed
all life would perish. One has only to
look at nature for potent examples.
In vegetable, animal and human life
the influence of sunlight is strongly
manifest. Compare the vegetation Ia
the gardens of a back street away
from the sunlight with similar growth
IN the open country. Compare the
children Of the country with those
living down a narrow street of tba
city slums.
For creating good general healta
and happiness no medicine is so Ct
fective as the direct rays of the sum.
A sun bath consists Of letting the rays
Of the sun battle the skin each day,
preferably during the morning. Tbs
body Is, of course, wholly or partia&-
~ uncovered
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-02-17
ALWAYS SKELETON AT FEAST
Egyptian Merrymakers Had custom
Which Must Have Been Something
OF a Check on ReveIry.

Accounts which have come down
of Egyptian banquets indicate that
among the wealthy people and those
Egyptians who were sin society" they
were very elaborate affairs with a
great variety of rich and high-spiced
and high-priced food and many wines
wines rare and strong.
But no matter how jovial and hap
DIV and hilarious the feast. a mummy
vas there as a reminder Of death.
At the conclusion of the most sub
stantial part of the banquet and when
the wine began to flow most freely,
an attendant, perhaps one of the wait
ers. would carry around a coffin con-
tanning the image of a dead body
carved in wood and as the Greek i y,
torian HerodotuS tells us, made as
like as possible in color and workman
ship, and in size generally about one
or two cubits in length The bust
ness of the waiter was TO show this
to each member Of the gay and toy
GUS company and say, Look upon this,
then drink and enjoy yourself, for
when dead you will be like this"
Herodotus wrote about $500 years
ago that this practice they have at
all their drinking parties"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-02-17
FAMOUS LION OF LUCERNE"
Thorvadscn's Masterpiece commem-
crates the Heroism of the Swiss
Guards in Paris in 1892.

The rell-known monument called
the Lion of Lucerne," erected near
Lucerne. in 1921, commentaries the
tragic fate Of the Swiss guards in the
French Revolution when in their de-
votion to duty they We're sacrificed to
the bullets of the Marseillais and the
pixies of the mob, August 10, 1892.
This infantry regiment, the "Gardas
Suisses," had been originally a Swiss
mercenary regiment in the Wars OF
Religion but for their own good con-
duct at the combat of Argues they
were Incorporated in the permanent
establishment of the Maison du Roi
by Henry ". QIenry of Navarre), in
1889, and in the guards in 1915, The
French guards sided openly with the
constitutional movement at the Revo-
utiun. and We're disbanded, but the
Swiss guards remained faithful to
their trust.
This monument was the work Of
Bertel ThorvaIdsen Q7701S4Q, a
Danish sculptor, noted for his statues
of Christ and the apostles and for
his efforts at classical sculpture. He
was the son of an Icelander who had
settled i'm Denmark, and was born at
Copenhagen. There he lies buried IN
der a bed If roses in the courtyard
of the museum he endowed
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-02-17
JEWISH FESTIVAL or LIGHTS
Has Been Held for Centuries as q
Memorial Of tho Dedication
Of the Altar.

Hanukkah, the Feast of Dedication,
also called "Feast of the Maccabees,"
is a Jewish festival beginning on the
twenty-flfth day Of Kislew (Decem-
ber) and continuing for eight days,
chiefly as festival Of lights. It
was instituted by Judas Maccabeus,
his brothers, and the elders of the
congregation Of Israel, in the year 1855
B. c., to be celebrated annually with
mirth and joy as a memorial Of the
dedication Of the altar, or the puri-
tication of the sanctuary.
After having recovered the Holy
city and the Temple from the Greeks,
Judas ordered a new altar to be
built in the place of the one which had
been polluted by Antiochus Epiphanes,
who had caused a pagan altar to be
set up in the Temple of Jerusalem, and
sacrifices to be offered to his idol.
When the fire had been kindled anew
upon the altar and the lamps OF the
candlestick lit the dedication OF the
altar was celebrated for eight days
amid sacrifices and songs.
In the Talmud the festival is prln-
cipally known as the Feast OF IL
Elimination" and 1t was usual either
to display eight lamps on the first
night of the festival, and reduce the
number on each successive night, or
to begin with one lamp the first night,
increasing the number till the eighth
night. The lights are supposed to be
svinbolical Of the liberty obtained by
the Jews on the day Of which Hanuk-
kah Is the celebration.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-02-17
THOUGHT NOT REALLY RAPID
Mind Moves Comparatively Slowly,
Notwithstanding Expression That
Has Become Common.

GAS quick as thought" is an express
sion much used to denote the acme
of speed in action, but, like so many
popular expressions, this one Is mis-
leading Thought, or at least the men
tai registering of a sensation, is not
an exceedingly speedy process, the
thought impulse moving at the COM
paratively slow speed of no feet
second, or IS miles an hour. Light
travels nearly nine million times as
swiftly. Thought would be hopelessly
beaten in a race with a motorcar.
Perhaps a good illustration of the
comparative slowness of thought
waves is to assume that a man had
an arm - miles long and that, when
he was not looking friend should
grasp his hand Before the owner Of
that arm became conscious that his
hand had been touched. the friend
would have released it. and had time
to walk four miles or eat very ex-
tensive dinner.-Kansas City Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-02-17
FALCOkRY AN ANCIENT SPORT
Amusement, Practicsd in East, Can Be
Traced to Period That Antedates
Era of Christianity.

Falconry, the art of training fall
cons and hawks to the chase, has been
traced back to a period before the
Christian era. 1t was practiced in the
East and also In Europe long before its
introduction into England. The English
kings used to amuse themselves with
this sport, which was for a long time
the leading amusement, such as base
ball is in America today.
Falconers use tive kinds of birds
the long-Winged, dark-eyed falcons and
the short-winged, yellow-eyed hawks.
The former take their prey by rising
above it in the air and swooping at 1t
from a considerable height and strik
ing 1t to the ground; the latter pur-
sue In a straight line, and overtaking
the object Of the chase by superior
speed, clutch 1t and bring it down.
The larger falcons are sent after
winged prey of all kinds, crows, mag
pies, rocks, herons and wild fowl. The
smaller falcons, such as the merlin
and hobby are flown at larks; while
of the short winged hawks, the spar
row hawk is flown at blackbirds and
thrushes, cartridges early in the sea
son, and quails, the goshawk taking
pheasants, cartridges and wild fowl,
rabbits and hares.
With all birds of prey the females
are invariably larger and more power
full than the males, and the sexes are
consequently selected according to the
game they have to pursue.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-02-17
But Is It Worth III

This is a remedy of an English
woman for taking off superhuous
ounces from the face that has be-
come too fat through overeating and
lack of exercise.
To begin with. of course, she rec
pnauendS mild dieting and plenty of
walking and lots OF water to drink
every day. This to cut down super
tiuous fat all over the body
One good exercise is this: Open
the mouth and work the jaw vigor
ou~ly. first to the right, then to the
lett, then backward, then forward.
10 this prrs1stently.
Then draw the cheeks in between
tie teeth and puff them out hard and
full IhpN with the teeth shut tight
stroke the cheeks with the palms Of
h. hands gently upward from the
chin tip TO forehead. Don't do any
of the strokiug exercises too rapidly
or vigorously. but do them for long
time, persistently, slowly. You will
get the best results In this way.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-02-17
Early Umbrella

Among the Greeks ana Romans UNI
brellas were carried solely by women,
and 1t was regarded as effeminacy for
a man to carry one.
The use of umbrellas became very
general In Italy and France in the Six
teenth century.
Early in the Eighteenth century II
was the practice to keep umbrellas in
the coffee houses as a protection to
guests caught in an unexpected
shower
At length there arose a man who
1outed public ridicule and became
deyotee to the umbrella He was
Jonas Hanway. a traveller He had
an extraordinary big and stout one
made for his own use For 80 years
Hanway and his umbrella were IA
miliar figure along the Strand, and
many q shot of ridicule was fired at
him. He died in 1885, but lived long
enough to see his example commonly
followed,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-02-17
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-
parably beautiful and chaste. One day
when Rhodopis was bathing an eagle
flew 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 babe his servants search all
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 few months
happiness, and the diSconsolate king
had one of the costliest pyramids OF
antiquity built In her memory. In the
first century B. G. the priests of Mem
phis were wont to exhibit a sandal in
crystal shrine which, they declared,
once belonged to RhOdopis, miraculous
ly 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, 1922-02-17

Came About In Man Through Walking
Erect and Using hands as Hands.
says Savant

Why have none of the higher ant
mails developed speech7 asks DR.. B.
Naunyn In the Deutsches Archivfuex
Klinische Medizin Ueipzig). He points
ont that the sounds made by animals
and birds are initiative, like the ida
dada" Of 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-
Gus 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 anatomic factor" that distin-
guishes man from animals and made
arhculate speech possible. 1t 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, 1922-02-17
American Time SIGNALS Best.

The En-lslt freely admit that the
system Of teleSraDhic time signals
adopted by the naval observatory at
Washington is much to be preferred to
that In use at Greenwich for supplying
Great Britain with standard time.
AT Greenwich a signal is sent out at
noon. whereas at Washington a series
If signals is used, beginning five
minutes before noon During these
five minutes every tick of the obserya-
tory clorlt is electrically transmitted
except the twenty ninth second of each
minute. the last five seconds of .he
first four minutes, and at last ten
seconds of the fifth minute. After this
final ten seconds break. the noon
signal is given. In this manner the
middle of each minute Is clearly in
dicated, ana yet more clearly the in
slant of noon. The length of the
series facilitates the regulation of
clocks and chronometers.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-02-17
Ant antilles.

One Of the most peculiar examples
Of nature protection found in the
world Is that afforded by the sugar
ami Of Australia. The sugar ant Is
one of the smaller of the field ants Of
that country. The meat ant on the
other hand, Is very pugnacious crea-
ture, so that there are few enemies
Of its size which dare approach its
nest. The sugar ant realizes this, so
it seeks protection for it's own home
by building it at the base of the mound
Of the meat ant Then it covers the
aest entrance with leaves, so that they
are hidden from sight. The meat ant
works only during the day; as soon as
the sun sets, 1t goes into Its nest and
IS not easily disturbed, while darkness
prevails. On the other hand, the sugar
ant comes out at night and feeds upon
the honey of flowers or the sap Of
small plants. In this way the two
species Of ant do not come In contact
s-ith each other, and the meat ant pro-
sides plenty Of protection for the sugar
ant while the latter is having its day.
time sleep. All of which reminds one
x the popular old farce Of BOZ and
o& - CHRISTIAN Science Nonit0G.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-02-17
TWO Kinds of Thinkers.

There are two kinds of people in
the world-word people and fact
people The former deal in words and
phrases and form their judgments on
opinions and beliefs. The latter
analyze questions and draw con-
illusions only from the point of view
Of what they believe to be established
facts. The TWO types are as far apart
as the north and south poles and are
Incapable of carrying on anything in
the way of intelligent argument or de-
bate. because they do not talk the
same language or think by the same
method. The word man starts with
desired conclusion and fashions his
facts to produce that result. The
fact man analyses his subject, seeks
to establish the truth in regard to
facts which have a bearing on it and
then fearlessly draws what he be-
lieves to be honest conclusions. HIS
process is like the working out Of a
mathematical problem he does not
know what the answer will be until
the last figure is made He thinks for
ward. while the word man thinks
backward
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-02-17
Heads mSized up.n

The size Of a mans Uranium has
nothing to do with the size of his head
Truly big-headed men are usually so
modest you have to push them into
their honors
Often big bones are bestowed by a
pitying providence to compensate for
The lack of gray matter their bigness
would suggest.
Napoleon was q small man with a
oullet-shaped head. He was dictator,
al and Imperative. But then you can
forgive such fellow, when he has
The goods. It's the would-be's that try
mems souls.
Many of the nations greatest men
have very ordinary-sized heads when
measured by their hat bands In fact
they offer no suggestion of the big
head when viewed from any angle
Grit.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-02-17

The story is often told Of the great
naturalist, Cuvier, that, given sin
gle bone he could reconstruct the an
imal TO which it belonged. That
somewhat similar law Of organization
runs through the various species that
form families in the animal kingdom
IS indicated by a curious case of scien-
tific prediction, to which attention
was called at a recent meeting of the
Biological society in this country.
nuremberg. while studying the min
ute animals called diatoms, found that
many species were distinguished by
the number of rays they possessed.
But in the series Of specimens that
he had he could find bone having re-
spectively %, %. 81. 81, SO, IL, A, "A,
is, 46, 4S and 40 rays. Still he pre-
dicted that the missing species would
some day turn up, and he was right,
for ten of them were afterward dis
covered, although the remaining two
have not yet been found.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-02-17
The Cliff DweIIers,

Cliff-dweilers is the name Of a race
Of Indians, formerly living in the cliffs
bordering on the valleys of the Rio
Grande and Rio Colorado. Their homes
were built In the recesses of the cliffs
at height often of several hundred
feet from the ground, and at the pres
ent time seemingly inaccessible, as the
former paths that led to them nearly
all have been destroyed by the crum-
bling away Of the rocks. The dwellings
sometimes consisted of many rooms.
and in some cases were two, or more.
stories high, hewn in the rock. with
wooden lintels In the doors and win
dows, which were probably closed
with skins or blankets. The walls were
finished with plaster Of clay. How
the inhabitants subsisted is not known,
but probably mainly by hunting and
bshing. as the soil about these locali-
ties was barren. The Pueblo Indians,
who still are found in that section,
are thought to be descendants Of the
clif-dwellers. They possess consider
able skill In making articles az mt.
terry and the like.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-02-17
Soda Mixer Recalls Dentist.

'Ill have a chocolate matted milk,
please" said the Stenographer to the
soda clerk please mix it with a
spoon instead of the electric mixer"
Mix it with a spoon!" exclaimed
the clerk. somewhat surprised. THAT
will rake me three times as long, and
I'm busy"
But it must be mixed with q
spoon." the little thing at the counter
exclaimed.
"Nhy?" asked the clerk.
WELL" she replied, II can't stand
the noise that that soda mixer makes.
1t sounds just like that thing that the
dentist puts In my mouth when he
wants to make filling. 1t makes me
creep all over when l hear it,"-New
York Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-02-17

Late one January the steamship
Trafalgar, when within ten miles IL
Wolf rock, off the southeast coast &
England, met with a remarkable &C
cident.
\ report like that Of a cannon was
heard, and large fiery body with
q tail 80 or 40 feet long struck the
water 20 feet from the vessel II
Is accompanied by loud kissing,
and a column Of water rose where IL
struck the sea. Immediately after
ward the ship seemed to be on fire,
the engine room glowing with violet
l'"ht filled with mpltitudes of sparks.
The mate engaged at the wheel suf-
tered a violent shock through the steel
rod in his hand. The crew fed to the
deck. 1t was found that all the COLE
passes had been. demagnetized, and
he ship had much difficulty in making
h.r way to Falmouth. 1t was prob
ably a strong lightning flash which
struck the water. and the subsequent
electric phenomena were produced BY
the dispersal Of the charge supplied
to the surface Of the sea.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-02-17
CARRIES STOOL TO WORSHIP
Woman at Jersey Resort Village Acts
as Her Own Usher on Sunday
Provides Own Seat.

Summer resorters get accustomed to
doing without the many little convent
ences of home life. They philosoph-
tcally accept conditions as being nee
essary to camping out" So oil stoves
take the place Of gas ranges and they
carry water for the household from
the public hydrant down the bungalow
lined street, says the New York Sun.
On week-ends most Of the bungaloH
colonies house added guests and the
kitchen and porch serve as overflow
bedrooms. Few of the churches In
the summer towns are able to seat all
the worshipers on Sunday, But that
doesn't hinder the attendance. At
Jersey resort village the other Sun
day one woman was carrying camp
stool to church. Her neighbors
thought no more Of it than had they
seen her carrying a bundle Of gro
ceries from the corner store.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-02-17
"GibraItar of Canada"

Quebec citadel, sometimes called
the Gibraltar Of Canada" is a strong
fortifcation covering 40 acres Of
ground and In its present form it dates
rom 1928. The more modern forth
fcations were constructed in 1820-3O
substantially on the lines Of the French
works of 1920. The citadel has been
garrlsoned by Canadian soldiers since
the withdrawal Of British troops in
1871. 1t incloses a parade and drill
ground, AZ acres in extent, surrounded
by barracks and magazines under the
walls. Heavy cannon are mounted on
the ramparts. A large stone building
forms the Officers Quarters" with the
Governor Generals Residence" COCOA
sionally occupied by him) at the east
end, overlooking the river.
A splendid vista can be seen from
the kings bastion at the northeast
angle Of the ramparts. The west ram
parts overlook the Plains Of Abra-
ham.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-02-17
Woods Flower-Carpeted,

Soon after the earliest blossoms have
lifted their heads t. ,,le Sunshine The
stately queen of TIE vernal woods
the large white t. iun-unfurlS her
banners of snowy White In man
woods this species occurs i'll such
numbers as to give the forest flor
the appearance of whitestar
pet We are likely to find a wLlle
spider, with the front two pairs Of
legs much elongated, sitting close tc
the center of the flower This is the
white crab spider, species which
thus maintains an attitude of waiting
with its long legs spread like pair
of forceps over the middle of the bios
som ready to seize such insects as MAJ
visit 1t in search Of nectar or pole
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