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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
Myths We're Explanations Of Nature.

MythS were explanations or Nature.
Mythology grew up hundreds and
hundreds of years ago. when the ma
tions of the world were in their in
fancy, in answer to many questions
which men could not explain. There
We're no works of astronomy to ex-
plain that the sunrise is not a real ris-
ing of the sun. but is caused by the
turning of the earth on its axis. There
was nothing to show that the coming
Of winter after summer is natural
ei'cet ~ natural causes, and not the
wor,. Il some malignant power There
were M works on geology to tell of
the Sow upbuilding of the world
through thousands and hundreds of
thousands of years. All these. were
natural questions to the inquiring
minds Of the primitive peoples, so they
made up answers and wove them into
some of the most beautiful stories and
fancies the world has ever known.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
Memories Perpetuated by Lamps

A curious custom exists among the
natives of the island of Raiatea (the
chief island of the Leeward group of
the Society islands) to preserve the
memory Of deceased relatives. In the
large church at Uturoa, the principal
settlement on that island, will be seen
great number of brass hanging lamps
hanging from brackets all about the
building. Each of these has been pre-
sented by some native family In men,
DRY of some beloved member of the
clan who had died, and they consti-
tute a memorial, such as a bronze
tablet or stained-glass window would
represent in European countries.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
Naughty Stare cowed Leopard

A planter in Tanganyika Territory.
South Africa, walking along a foot.
path, fell into a big game pit in which
a leopard had been trapped Neither
the beast nor the man could get out
again, so the planter was up against
it, but remembering what he had
heard of the power of the human eye,
he fixed the leopard with naughty
stare.
by this means and by making
strange noises, kept the animal at
bay until friend appeared and shot
It," he said.
Others who heard of the affair, and
who know the planter very well. point
out that he Is lean and slender man,
not likely to attract leopard unless
the latter was indeed hungry to a
desperate point.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
Microbes Hard to Qestrox-

Though some microbes are very
tough and can stand great extremes of
heat and cold, the majority of them
are easily killed if the right methods
are used. But what puzzled scientists
for many years was that killed mi
crobes seemed able to come to life
again. You could kill them as dead as
door nails, but in very short space
of time they would appear in swarms
and as lively. as cfickets. Then
discovery was made 1t was found
that many microbes bred by means of
seeds or spores, which are almost In
dcsfructible, save by fire.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
Truly Pathetic Plea,

A doctor received hamper and a
note from his elderly aunt, who was
passionately devoted to cats.
This was the note:
Dear Richard: 1 am sending you
by special messenger a hamper con-
tanning Tiggles. The realization has
been forced upon me that he has be-
come extremely old and infirm and the
painful necessity arises for me, as
his devoted mistress, to arrange for
his speedy and merciful demise. 1t
would be too heartless, think, to con-
suit veterinary surgeon. Therefore.
dear Richard, ! beg of you to treat
him with the same care that you ex-
pend upon your own patients and kin
him with chloroform"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
Enqlish Clay Pits.

Golders Green in London derives it's
name, 1t is said. from the fact that
"gaulters,' or clayworkers, could OBJ
tain good material for waffle daub-
ing. There are numerous instances
where the word golden" or "golten,"
is used in connection with clay work
ing. A "Golten Way" in Suffolk led
to some clay deposits of excellent
quality for building purposes. The
name is akin, therefore to the "clay
pits between Ealing and Brentford.
where the medieval builders in West
Middlesex obtained building material.
These pits We're subsequently used as
burial pits in the Great plague.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
"A Tale of Two Bulls. "

Advantages of the better
sire" are graphically and humor-
ously set forth In new animat-
ed cartoon, "a Tale of Two
Bulls" now available from the
Un ted States Department of
Agriculture. This film concerns
the affairs of a farmer who has
a scrub bull. and suffers financial
loss accordingly. A visit to a
neighbor who has a purebred
bull convinces him that he is on
the wrong track. He hastens
home, dispatches the old scrub
and gets q new bull. New
found prosperity amply justifies
his joining the better-sires move
ment, sponsored by the bureau
of animal industry.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
LABOR TO GROW ACRE CORN
Survey OF 321 Farms In Ohio Throws
Light on subJect-contour Of
Land Is Factor.

How much work does the average
farmer do in growing an acre Of corn?
A survey of 321 farms in Ohio throws
some light upon this question. Farm
ers operating billy farms require 57.2
man-hours to grow an acre of corn.
On prairie land Alb hours were re-
quired. In another county on level soil
the average man-hours were 3S.5. The
contour of the land and the size of CD
Grating implements as well as the man.
agement of the land are all factors de-
termining the labor cost in growing
this crop.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
Breakfast Foods in the pie.eeIt.

What kinds of breakfast food have
your the dyspeptic inquired of the
waitress at the Klinkerville inn, who
stood before him with her arms akin.
no.
We've got all the regular kinds"
said the waitress, who was Klinker-
Vile girl; ham an eggs. steak, brook
trout, doughnuts an apple pie. You
can have 'em all, If you like, an CUP
o coffee an griddle-cakes. We calcu-
late to charge enough so folks can eat
~ they want."-Philadelphia Ledger.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
CHECK ON BR0Wn-TAIL MOTH
infested Area in New England States
Has Been Reduced 81 Per Cent.
Says Entomoloeist.

The maximum area infested by the
brown-tail moth In New England has
been reduced 81 per cent, according to
the annual report of the entomologist
of the United States Department of
Agriculture The maximum. spread
was In 1914, when over $4,000 square
miles was infested, including portioas
of all the New England states and the
eastern end Of Long Island, N. Y. Now
this insect is known to be present only
IN Maine, New Hampshire, and Massa-
chusetts.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
Great Work Done by Librarians,

A child does not read to criticize
or compare, but just in the unsullied
JOY of finding itself In new world.
To see a youngster reading in the
slums is to me the most subtly heart
searching experience l know. And be-
hind every child is the heart and brain
Of some teacher or librarian that made
the book possible and put 1t into his
hand. This is one thing that librari-
ans do, and 1t is the greatest thing
! Christopher Morley.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
Economy.

Longlocks had just received check
for $40 for one of his poems.
Nov. dearie," said his wife, Tets
deposit that check In the savings &C
count and imagine we haven't got It."
s'Where viii / deposit this bill for
the new hat you got last week and
Imagine / haven't got itf'-Erom
Judge
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gait that always brought laugh was
missing.
"Girls, have just told your brothers
something-I am going to get married
again." he said solemnly
No laugh followed this announcement
and Mr.. Foy continued:
"You girls go your way after the show
and you will both be married sooner or
later. / am left to wander off by myself
| want to have a companion with me all
the time"
By this time the boys, who had re-
covered from their establishment, gathered
near the door of the dressing room and,
the children thus united, looked at
Charles, the eldest of the group, for some,
sort of reply.
"Well, if you know a good woman that
you want to marry, why-er-of course,
we have no right to stop YOU"
This was not very warmly enthusiastic
applause for Mr.. Foy's little announce
ment speech of his new role Not know
ing exactly what to say to this, Mr.. Foy
remarked.
"Shes a good WON an all right. Her
name is Mrs Marie Coombs."
"Been married alreadyw exclaimed the
girls.
WHO Is SHe, FOp! asked CnaflcS.
"Well," said Mr.. Foy, getting more I'M
comfortable, "she's young widow, about
thirty I'd say"
you'd say she was thirty, or she said
she was thirty?" inquired Madeline, I'M
enthusiastically. There was something
about the inquiry that made Papa Foy
still more uncomfortable
"I'll say she's thirty" he repeated.
"Her fathers name is Reilly, Pat Reilly"
His children looked at each other again,
this time with little more animation.
ooh, she's Irish" said Charles.
"Not all" answered the now much en-
barrassed Mr.. Foy. "She's-ah-part In
dian. Her mother was about one-fourth
Cherokee, like the girl Croker married,
you know. That's what makes her so
handsome. She's been in pictures, out in
California. Gee, but she's pretty. You'll
like her, kids"
Thus the at last thoroughly uncomfort-
able father pleaded his case.
But his children just looked at him and
then at each other. They drew aside and
consulted. And then Charles delivered
their ultimatum.
"You can marry If you like, of course,
Pop. But you must never bring any
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CafGQ Tor. I've MADE lots OF
money, and spent it, too. That was be-
fore l married Madeline"
Son Charles corroborated this state
ment of his fathers.
Everything was put in mothers name.
She was great at taking care of money.
Father liked to play billiards, or when it
wasn't billiards, it was the horses.
"Pop and mother weren't bit alike.
She was home body. She never liked
to go anywhere except to the theatre to
see the act. She liked to take a call
after the act with us. But she never
liked to go anywhere else. Pop enjoyed
company and going about.
'She was perfect mother
eve can't let anybody take her place!
We haven't thing against Pops new
wife, but we couldn't stand seeing any
one else sit at mothers place at the table
or in her rocking chair on the porch"
Eddie Foy used to talk a great deal
about ''The Foyer" and the children in it.
eff had all the money I've spent MAX
ing my children happy" he used to say,
"Pd be a millionaire to-day. But l
wouldn't want dollar of it back. Not
dime. Not cent.
"Our home has nothing on a boiler
shop in noise. Counting the kids and five
dogs and a mighty conversational
parrot.
"Most of the time the porch is like a
roller skating rink. There are six differ
ent musical instruments going, from a
mouth organ to a ukulele. We never
for all the seven kids know they can ask
their friends to take other kids they meet
at play to take pot luck with them at
any time.
full of toys that l could stock q depart-
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They said to her, Glow do you do, Mrs.
Coombs?"
And that was all.
On the third evening the comedian
again sent for son Charles.
81 married Mrs. Coombs this after
noon," he said, crisply.
II wish you much happiness" said
Charles, clasping his stepmother's hand.
"And you, too, Pop"
Bring in the other children" demand
ed Mr. Foy. There was slight delay.
Charles was rehearsing the others in
their roles. At last they came trooping in
and did just what Charles had done.
eve wish you much happiness" they
said to the bride. "And to you, Pop" to
the bridegroom.
Mrs: Foy clasped their hands. The
comedian did not.
"Good night" said his children. And
filed out as they had FLED in.
So it stands to-day with Mr.. Foy's fam
lily. Eddie is married He seems happy.
But he has lost his home on the Long
Island Sound. He and his new wife are
living in small apartments up on Fifty
first street He lo-ee his wife but he
"sure does" miss that NHw'Rochelle home.
There were Sc en- tile Foys once Now
there are six. Bryan is the oldest, and
missing He is out in Hollywood. He
hasn't been heard from yet, but whether
he agrees with the others or not makes
no difference. The Six Little Foys are in
possession of 1.-THE Foyer" and possession
is nine points of the law.
The well-known comedian was always
immensely proud of his children and Of
their mother.
"Ain't she handsome? ?" he used to say
when she was alive to visitors at "The
Foyer" "She is an Italian. She speaks six
. Great Britain Rights Reserved
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-28

TVERYB0DY who ever goes to a
- theatre has seen Eddie Foy. He is
the best known comedian on the
stage.
Eddie Foy is professional funny man
and the halo of merriment which sur
rounds his face and figure and fame is
so large that it takes in all of the Foy
family.
: When Eddie Foy goes on the stage,
at is to laugh" as Weber and Fields used
to say. And the "little Foys" have been
born and brought up in such frolicsome
atmosphere of jolly good nature and fun
that the whole seven of the children are a
part of the comedians fame and fun
though Bryan, the oldest boy, is now
separated from the merry group and has
gone into "the business for himself.
But Eddie Foy, the professional and
perpetual funny man, has at last taken on
a role which does not seem funny to him.
And also for the first time in the history
of the Foy family Papa Foy is playing
role which doesn't seem at all funny to
the "little Foys' either.
The first appearance in the new role
of Eddie Foy was the other night at the
Alhambra Theatre in New York, when
Mr. Foy casually strolled into the dressing
room where his four boys (who are a
part of his act) were making up" The
boys are accustomed to seeing Papa come
lin and spring something new every eve
ming, so when the door opened and their
= father appeared without the customary
twinkle in his eye, the boys looked up
in some perplexity.
+ 81 am thinking of getting married, chill
dren," said Mr.. Foy in rather uneasy
way.
81 The boys fixed penetrating eyes upon
the funny man to make sure that they
understood the joke, and instantly
realized that here for once their father
was in serious mind.
e "Popw Charles, the oldest, exploded
=" The others made inarticulate gasps.
q" Mr.. Foy shuffled his feet nervously and
continued with an earnestness the children
had never before beheld.
80 81 am growing old. / am in my sixty
fifth year. / am beginning to feel lonely,
You are growing up and you will soon
marry and leave the cid home. So | am
going to marry again."
% In the silence which greeted this
speech, Mr.. Foy glanced from one to the
other. of the boys and, turning, left the
dressing room. He went across the hall
TO the room where his two daughters,
Mary and Madeline, were primping up
for the act.
A single glance at Mr.. Foy's solemn
face told the girls that their father had
come on no humorous errand. The one
sided grin at which audiences had laughed
for forty-fve years was gone from his
face. The comic amble in his shuffling
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other woman into the house where
mother livedv'
The call boys rap on the door
ended the conference. Papa Foy and
all the little Toys went out and played
just as though there was no new
mamma on their minds. But when 4
the act was over the discussion was
resumed.
"We'n do business together at the
same old stand" said Charles, the
spokesman of the children, at last.
eve won't split the act. There's too
much money in it for that. Wen be
friends, anyway while anyone's look
ing on. But we WON'T" he repeated,
1--WE won't have any other woman in
mothers home"
eff that's the way you feel" said Papa
Foy, eve can live somewhere else. I'll
take an apartment in town for a while
and I'll build a new house in New
Rochelle in the Spring"
"All right, Pop, and good luck, but
that's our stand. We won't change it,"
answered Charles. The little Toys drove
back in one of the Foy automobiles to
New Rochelle after the show. Eddie Foy
remained in town.
For the first time in many years the
Foy children spent the night without
father or mother at "The Foyer" as the
Foy home at New Rochelle is called. 1t
is, by the way, one of the show places
along the Sound Papa Eddie was trying
to be comfortable at an hotel.
The next day, when the Foy children
appeared at the theatre Mr.. Foy played
another card. The trouble, he thought,
was probably that his children hadn't seen
their new mamma-to-be. That was it..
They didn't know. how lovely she was.
Surely, when they saw her they would be
as enthusiastic over her as he was. They
would beg her to come out to 'The Foyer"
and take charge of it and them.
So, when the Foy children came down
to the theatre Mr.. Foy called son Charles
aside and introduced him to a rather
handsome and smiling young woman.
"Charles," said Mr.. Foy, "this is Mrs.
Marie Coombs, who is going to be your
new mamma Shake hands with her"
Charles did as he was directed. "Now
bring the others in," ordered Mr.. Foy,
hopefully. The others came, in single file.
And as grimly as Mrs. Coombs's ancestors
had once marched, they also marched.
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languages. She came from Tus-
cany. She used to be a premiere
danseuse in the Henderson ex-
travaganzas. And she married
me. Yes, she married mew
His eyes used to follow her
as she romped with a group of
the little Toys on the lawn.
Chats why I've got this home
and money IN the bank. She
did it. Every day she drives
down to New Rochelle to bring
the children that are of school
age home from school. l tell
you it's pretty good when a fell
lows out on the road to shut
his eyes and call up a picture
of this place with the wife and
the kids in it, happy and we'll
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ment store. While they were babies I
must have kept toy factory going all
by myself.
"In our family there was never any
question as to who had the authority, so
far as bringing up the children was COM
cerned. They knew their mother was the
only boss they were to consider. There
wasn't any Pop said I might never
interfered with her control of them. All
of them idolized their mother
"My children have been worth every
penny they cost. Seven children who love
you and, occasionally mind you, are the
greatest investment in the world. I be-
lieve there is just one debt that children
will repay to their parents. That is hap
piness. The debt may be delayed some
times but it is an l. o. U. that will be
made good.
eve all must pay for our children.
Our hearts are in our mouths and our
hands are in our pockets most of the
time. They keep US poor, but they make
US rich.'
Something prophetic of part he would
play that was not comedy, and not to his
liking, is in this speech which his fellow
players often heard in dressing room chats
or on the trains:
eff only they wouldn't grow up. /
wish l could have kept all of mine from
passing their sixth birthday. Every time
l have to buy one of them larger suit
I feel a pain that's worse than tooth
ache. No it isn't because the larger suit
costs more. 1t is because / know my
kids are growing up and l hate to see
them grow up"
The latest Mrs. 'Foy tells the story of
the romance that barred the comedian
from his home.
eve met in San Francisco" she says.
"It was four years ago. Pat Grainey. a
business man and good friend of Eddie's,
introduced us. It was at the Techa
Tavern. was there with Mr.. and Mrs.
Grainey. Mr.. Foy came in Mr.. Grainey
called him over to our table and intro
duced him. .@s--
eyes, l think it was love at first sight.
Whenever Mr.. Foy came to San Francisco
he looked me up. But was married then.
At least, my husband and l were living
apart-we were not divorced. / am of
the sect that does not believe in divorces
So is Mr.. Foy. When Mr.. Coombs died
last year we talked again about marriage.
but we considered the children. At last
we made up our minds and we were mar
ried at the Holy Cross Roman Catholic
Church, in Forty-second street between
Eighth and Ninth avenues
''I don't blame the children for their
feeling. Every one of them is Won
deFful "
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Dutch Minister Honor
Guest at Lenox Dinner.

The Dutch Minister to Rome and
Mime. Herman van Rotten were the
guests of honor at a dinner given at
Lakeside. Lenox, Mass, Monday, by
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Aston Bristed.
The guests included Mr.. and Mrs.
Chauncey NJ. Depew. Mr.. and Mrs.
Harris Fahnestock. Mr.. and Mrs,
Giraud Foster, Mrs. Carlos M. De
Heredia, Mrs. Frederick Schenck and
Newbold Morris.
General Pershing Will leave Wash
ington today for Camp .Devens.
Aver. Mass, and Camp Custer,
Mich. He will return to Washing.
ton the first Of next week.
Former Gov. r. Livingston Beck
man win close his place. Lands
End" at Newport, next week and
will go to Bar Harbor, where Sep
tember / he viii marry Mrs. Mar
ston Burke in the villa which she
and her mother are occupying.
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EXPECT
To BALANCE
BUDGET
Soviet Trade Delegation in
London Submits Figures
to Support Optimism. ,

LONDON. Aug. %. - "Russia's
financial position is not only i'm
proving more rapidly than that Of
any other country in Europe, but it
is approaching the not very far
distant point at which the budget
will be balanced without any def
tcit."
This IL the statement made here
by the Russian trade delegation In
answer to an assertion in the House
of Commons recently that extern
sion of trading facilities to Russia
was not possible because her fl
nancial condition did not warrant
guarantees for merchants.
The delegation states that the
annual budget figures. which
showed q deficit Of 554, 1000 900 gold
rubIes in 1922 On nine months
working, show only a 1862, 100000
rubles deficit for the whole OF
1929.
An official table was presented
which shows the percentage Of
national expenditure covered by
taxation, income from railroads and
other state enterprises Qnclud1ng
foreign trade) and the emission OF
paper money or, In other words,
the deficit.
From these figures the delega.
ton claims that ~ initiation IS
steadily decreasing, (2l the fiscal
situation is as steadily improving,
and 90 this double process is not
having an adverse effect upon COM
merce and industry.
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BABY ELEPHANT WEDDING
GIFT TO HIS DAUGHTER

NEW YORK, Aug. 22.-When
Bernard Ruhe's daughter Elsie was
married to Carl F. Strohm, at New
ark. N. j., he wanted to give them
a more substantial wedding present
than parlor furniture or cut glass
so he decided on a baby elephant.
1.-THE animal, in addition to being
a pet, can also be regarded as a
good investment. for it can always
be sold for more than it cost" he
said, as he babe them farewell as
they sailed on their honeymoon
trip to Europe. "It will be years
before the elephant grows up. and
as the animals live for several hun
dred years, 1t will be in the family
&or four or i've generatioua."