The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-08-12

| spread over Marion others took up the search also but the dag had vanished.
 It was learned today that the dog had taken it's place in the funeral procession with employees of the Ma rion Star. the Presidents paper, and followed them to the cemetery At the tomb the dog trotted in and get among the cabinet officers and others standing reverently by the bier. Finally he law down just in- side the tomb and with anxious eyes watched the last sad rites for the dead President. Persons in the fu- neral party started to chase him away, but as they looked at Mrs. Harding and knowing the esteem which her husband had held for dogs, they quickly stopped ... is covered with booths and wagons. and men and women push carts about filled with vegetables, flowers and fruits. There are crowds buying and selling, and from 10 until 12 o'clock the scene is a busy one. The market closes as the clock strikes 12 and then every market woman begins to pack up her wares. Within an half hour all have departed, pigeons by hundreds fly down and pick up the scraps.
 
 with hose and flood the streets, while sprinkling carts run back and forth and the women street sweepers scratch the dirt cut of the cobbles until the whole is like Dutch kitchen. By 1 o'clock every sign of the marketing has disappeared, and the square is so clean that one could eat meal from the pavement. with out taking in more than the share of the traditional peck you are sup posed to consume every year.
 Cleaner Than The Dutch.
 l verify believe that these Films are clealer than the Dutch, who have made themselves noted for that characteristic the world over. Hei- singfors has immaculate streets and that notwithstanding it's doorsteps and pavements in front of the houses are not daily scrubbed as in Holland, Some say the cleanliness of the Dutch stops at the houses. With the Films it extends to their persons as well. The capital has bath houses, public and private, and every farm in the country has it's own little hut made of logs, stone or turf, where all of the family goes summer and win ter to steam out the dirt. In the re- mote districts it Is said they all bathe together, but as rule each sex has its own hour for the cere- mony.
 The bath house Is a national insti- tution It is usually heated by stove or oven which is at one side. of the room. Each house has a small window and door and wooden plat forms run all round the wall. After the wood fire has been lighted and allowed to burn down to coals, water is poured on and the room soon be- comes full of steam. In the mean while bathers have come in and dis posed themselves on the shelves. They are naked, and they enjoy the steam, getting down now and then and beating themselves and each other with little brooms~ made of birch twigs, soaked in hot water. This brings a profuse precipitation, down and massaged. In some places woman does the whipping and massaging. After the bath there Is plunge in the lake and often in the winter a roll in the snow. In the towns the bath rooms are heated by steam pipes, and even there the switching and rubbing down is done by the women. I understand that every village has it's professional masseuse. T The Bridal Bath.
 
 the history of Finland. One of the heroes of the "Kalevala." the na- tional poem from the meter of which Longfellow took his 'Hiawatha." de- scribes in detail how the bathing Is done. This man is about to make love to his bride and he calls upon his sister to fix the bath. Her name is Aniki. The poem tells how she Heated secretly the bath room, With the bows the wind had broken, And the thunderbolt had shattered. stones she gathered from the river, Heated them till they were ready. Cheerfully she fetched the water. From the Holy Well she brought It, Broke some bath-whisks from the Charming bath -whisks from the
 thickets,
 And she warmed the honeyed bath
 whisks, On the boneyed stones she warmed
 them,
 Then with milk she mixed some
 ashes,
 And she made him soap of marrow. And she worked the soap to father, That his head might cleanse the
 bridegroom,
 And might cleanse himself com
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 From The Harbor.
 Leaving the market we take ltok at the harbor Helsingfors Is built on a peninsula running out into the sea and the bay is guarded by islands We passed the red granite walls of the old fortress of Sveaborg on the island of the same name, as we came in, and anchored under the shadow of magnificent Russian church with crosses and domes, standing on a rock perhaps 100 feet above the edge of the water.
 On an island near by we could see the pavilion of the Yacht club. and on another a popular restaurant open to the winds and waves. on the shore rising above the houses is Observatory Hill, surrounded by luxuriant park, and there are other parks here and there. The town has some great churches, a Creek Catho- lie cathedral, a university with sev- eral thousand students, and public and private schools of every descrip- ton.
 About The Schools.
 The common school system was 1n- troduced into Finland more than To years ago, and at the time of our revolution the Films passed a law that no one could be married until he had learned Luther's catechisn,.