davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening journal., 1923-02-07

and next drove across the Porter
reservoir tract where the golf links
are located. from the entrance TO
the filter house. in order that the
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-23
Boy Couldn't Smile Properly.

He had always been courteous and
obliging elevator boy, and so one morn
ing when, instead of appearing on duty
In the passenger elevator in the front
hall, he was found operating the service
one in the rear, one of the tenants in
sisted Upon knowing the reason.
"Why what's the matterT she asked
him, determined If he had been de
NOTED for some supposed fault she'd
do her best to have him reinstated.
He smiled an amiable yet startling
smile. His mouth was devoid of teeth.
'Yuh see, it's like this" he explained.
II was to the dentists yesterday"
pointing to his toothless gums. "And
I reckon I amt no pretty sight to be
greetin' people at the front door. But
yuh jes' wait till gets my new ones"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-23
TOLL LONG ON BRIDAL GOWN
Mothers of Girls on Island in Dutch
West Indies Work Six Years
on Dress.

On the Island of Madura. in the
Dutch West Indies, the girls marry
when they are very young. Twelve
years is the average when a girl takes
on the responsibility of making a
home. In fact, If she vera unmarried
at fourteen she would be considered an
"old maid"
The bridal gown is very compli-
Gated, gorgeous and valuable gar
ment hand-woYen silk being the base
of the wedding dress. This is only
the start,
After this beautiful material has
been woven there comes the tedious,
fine work OF embroidery, Thousands
OF tiny stitches are taken and the
most beautiful colors are worked into
the silk
Even when the gown is at this
stage Of construction it is quite q
gorgeous and imposing affair But the
final decoration has not been started
yet.
Now comes the gold which Is add
ed. Into the skirt, around the waist
and over the shoulders are appliQued
very beautifully, fingree designs Of
hand beaten gold.
In Madura it takes many a mother
all the spare hours of six years to
make one of these gorgeous wedding
dresseS-Pearsons Weekly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-23
EXPLAIN why DOGS HOWL
Scientists Declare Canine Occasionally
Reverts to Savagery of His An.
cestor, the Wolf

What makes your dog lift up his
nose and howl? It's the wolf in him.
say scientists.
For every dog, no matter what his
breed, has strain of wolf in him.
wolf having been the far-off father
of all dogs. And just as a reasonable
human being will sometimes give way
to primitive instinct under the infiu-
ence of some violent emotion, so the
best-trained dog Will occasionally re-
vert to the savagery Of his ancestor,
the wolf.
Exactly as a man viii often raise
his head in unconscious imitation of
his cayeman forebear. so your pet dog
will at times show the instincts of his
parent wolf. Watch your dog turn
around and around before lying down
before fire, just as the wolf makes
himself lair; listen to him howl as
the wolf bowls.
The pointer is only an exaggerated
instance Of mans improvement on the
original dog or wolf. Every dog pauses
before his spring; man selected to
breed from the dog which paused the
longest, and so in time arrived at
dog which pointed and didn't spring
at all The greyhound is another in
stance; for his particular job he need
ed little scent and little brains, but
perfect eyesight and speed. By select
ing only those dogs which possessed
these qualities the present type was
reached But every dog. wherever he
lives or whatever use man is making
OF him, comes from the common
source, the wolf.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-23

The MISUNDERSTANDING tramp was
sitting with his back to the hedge, eat
ing some food out of a piece of news
paper.
Presently a woman, out for a stroll
with her pet dog, came along. The
little animal soon scented the food,
and Immediately ran up to the tramp
and tried to take something out Of the
paper. The tramp's grimy face imme-
diately became suffuSed with a smile,
which the lady put down in her own
mind as ''rather nice in that sort of
person"
shall throw the little dog a bit?'
asked the tramp, as her pet still shifted
at the food.
The woman was much gratified with
this appearance of kindly interest and
gave her assent. The tramp seized the
dog by the scruff of its neck and
tossed it over the hedge, remarking:
And if he comes back. ma'am, /
might throw him a bit more!"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-23
COPYING THE BANE OF ART
Iect Real Artistic Beauty
for European.

Copying is still carried so far that
ornament is copied all the time instead
of being created, says Allen Tucker,
in the North American Review, and I
am told that in offices the craftsman
must show his original for everything
he does. Out Of such q system artists
do not come.
1t is generally Europe that is copied.
I know we came from Europe, are Eu-
ropeans, but we have ourselves by
now, an accomplishment Of our own,
and until recently, when there is a
rather senseless copying Of the exter-
nal or colonial stuff, we never cast our
eyes on our own things. The buildings
of value we had we have been careless
of. Think of dumping that post office
where it ruins the appearance of our
lovely city hall Think of the savage
and senseless destruction of ST. Johns
chapel of Trinity parish, with its IN
rivaled spire!
We copy the old things. We do not
seek to develop the artistic spirit that
made nearly everything it touched a
thing Of delight and beauty. I think it
was Mr.. Lay who first pointed out what
so few realize, that the New England
town is the only town anywhere orig
inally built on a plan, the only town
made with a design, the only town
with a feeling for form instinct in its
very bones.
We rave about Italian villages and
never see the quality of our native
towns. don't believe in the American
eagle screaming, but there is no rea-
son why he should spend his time sit,
ting on foreign eggs In the attempt to
hatch out what are always foreign
birds, while so often the eggs have
proved to be nothing but china some
what devoid Of life
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-23
NOT ALL BEER AND SKITTLES
EngIishman Has Somewhat Lengthy
List of Drawbacks to Life in
the Turkish Capital.

An English business man backed ma
into corner in Constantinople club,
looked at me sternly over the top of his
brandy and coda and addressed me as
follows:
"When you write about this town,
old chap, hope you'll tell your peo-
pie what a beastly place 1t is, whatf
without some one asking him to have
something. Look here, old chap. n
court of law, you know, chap is
ordinarily supposed to be sober after
8 o'clock at night, what7 Here it's
the opposite, by Jove! A bit thick, eh,
what?
Look here, make a note Of this,
what? They celebrate FIVE Christmas
IS and FIVE New Years In this rotten
town. Oh, at least five. On my
honor, old chap English, Armenian,
Greek, Russian, Turkish, Jewish-real-
ly, old chap, l become fearfully In
coherent when / try to remember
what they are. By the time the last
New Year Is over one can just totteE
around. Oh, absolutely, I give you
my wordl And then there is the Rus.
sian Easter, which is fearfully nerve
racking. Il lasts from one to two
weeks, and one Is obliged to do fear.
ful amount Of drinking. While Il
lasts one goes up to any one and says
He is risen and kisses him three
times. It's done that way, old chap.
I give you my word, everybody does
It. One hunts for pretty girl and
says He is risen and kisses her three
times. and, by jove, It's considered
quite all right. Oh, quite. In way,
old chap, 1t beats egg rolling on lawn
all hollow, whati A bit thick, by joye.
but bit OF all right, what?
''sut of course there's a fearful lot
Of good feeling and one must ever
lastingly be buying drink for some
one. It cuts into ones work fearfuily,
You Just tell all that to the chaps al
home and they'll see that living In
Constantinople Isn't all beer and skit
ties, BY jovei WhatT'-Chicago Daily
News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-23
ODD VERSION OF "SHYL0CK"
On the Japanese Stage Shakespeare
Famous Character Is Made
Fisherman.

The globe trotter went TO a perform.
ance of ''The Merchant of Venice re-
Gently. He had but recently returned
from the Orient, where, he told his
friends that were at the theater with
him, he had seen Japanese version of
that Shakespearean play.
'Tt's interesting to note the changes
they make in It," he remarked, accord
ing to the New York Sun. "Of course
they have to localze it, or else they'd
miss the meaning of it altogether. For
instance, the part of Shylock, as played
In the japanese Merchant is not a
Jew, because the japanese could not
understand the anti-Semitic feeling
prevalent in certain of our occidental
countries. Instead, he is pictured to
them as a fisherman, which is rather
despicable type In Japan.
"Then Shylock does not cry for his
pound of flesh. Instead, it Is an inch
Of flesh he demands The Japanese
Shylock, when Antonio the merchant
bares his breast, marks with brush and
paint square inch on the latter's fiesh@
Just at the moment he Is about to draw
forth his knife, longer and far more
murderous looking one than any used
In English productions Poftia is
brought to the court In her dainty jim
Sfkisbaf
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-23
Mrs. Benedict Arnold a Belle.

The wife of Benedict Arnold, the
traitor, who sought refuge in England,
was a reigning Philadelphia belle, and
the toast of the British officers while
their army was In that city. 1.-THE ex-
travagance Of Arnold produced the
want of money and probably the pred
Elections of the wife. for what was
splendid in the British army influenced
them both to forget home and country
for great but Elusive hope.
An account in the London Spectator
in 1888 said that the two sons of Ar
nold-James r. and William F.-then
rniddle-aged men, were living In Eng
land; and that each Of them received a
pension Of f81 a year from the British
overnment.-Detroit News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-23
CORN SHUCKS GIVE
PROFIT TO GIRL.

Corn shucks are helping pay inc
way of Montgomery County, Ala,
negro girl through Tuskegee Normal
and Industrial Institute, according to
a report to the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. This 17-year-
old girl, Georgia Sharp, has always
lived on a remote tenant farm which
she and her mother work, doing most
of the blowing themselves. Georgia
learned from the negro home demon
stration agent of the county how to
twist corn shucks and weave them into
chair bottoms, hand bags, and hats.
She attended this summer, through
the efforts of the home demonstration
agent, a short course for boys and
girls at Tusl1egee Institute, riding for
the first time on a railway train
Through new twists and weaves of the
shucks which she learned in the short
course she has been abe to secure a
number of orders for her work and
thus add TO her school fund"
The above is a case of history repeat
ing itself. During and after the War
Between the States, Southern maid
ems of the most aristocratic families
made becoming hats of corn shucks,
trimming them with remnants Of
former silken gowns worn before all
excepting honor was sacrificed for the
cause of the Southland The Postum"
and other "coffeeless" drinks used as
substitutes for coffee were inventions
of Southern women when the real
drink could not be obtained because
of the devastated and poverty stricken
condition of the Sonth. A story is
told of hostess in the Shenandoah
Valley, that on one occasion a guest
remarked MRS. --, this is the best
Rio have ever tasted, to which the
lady responsibility dear General,
this is not Rio but pure rye, carefully
Drowned, we have had no real coffee
for many months.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-23
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
Our
Thanksgiving
Observation-Disclosures

THANKS for the little things, dear
l. Lord
The baby:s wavering smile,
Mays tiny shoes beneath her bed.
Round arms upfung about her head
(She sleeping sweet the while).
Thanks for the kindly things, dear
Lord
The Kitchens westward view,
Bits patience when the meals are late,
The goldenrod beside the gate.
The old cats friendly new.
Thanks for the human things, dear
Lord
Bits rough cheek on my arm,
me funny dent in baby's nose,
The backward way Mays red hair
grows
Like her own perverse charm.
The big things are Thy keeping. Lord
Life, Truth and Love and Peace,
But little, kindly, human things
Are like the touch of angel wings,
Whose blessings never cease.
Margaret w. Jackson, in Farm Life.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-23
Motorcara a Terror in China.

The motorcars of Chinese officials
are formidable terrors With fur
capped servants standing on the run
ming boards, they go full speed through
the long streets, needless of life or
property, and with no thought for
traffic laws. The khaki-clad police
hold out their arms in warning, and
everybody dashes to the curb as the
cars speed by with shrieking sirens.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-23

Little Paul was tuning the leaves a
= new picture book which had been
given to him. He came to two leaves
which we're unc@t He tried 10 turn
the page, found tit he could not, lift
ed up tie corner Of the page and
Yeeked Under, and stopped to ponder
the situation
"iamma. he called. Mamma, come
eere a minute
tsWEat is it, dearie?" mamma asked.
Look here at my book" Paul point
"a, showing his mother how the leaves
we're stuck together Mamma, how or
earth did they ever get the pictures put
70 there?"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-23

Put your savings in the Saving
Department OF the Shenandoah Val
ley Loan and Trust Co., Woodstock
Va ut 2 per cent compound interests
Amounts OF 81. 90 and upwards receiy-
ed. The only savings institution in
the county for the accumulation OF the
small savings of laboring men, wo
men, and children.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-23
Scientific Explanation Called For.

If there be, as some suppose, q sixth
sense, by which animals, birds and in
sects know in which direction to nova
toward a given spot, how many strangk
Kings it explains! A scientist once
Matched some japanese sillzworms IN
Chicago. He confined a female moth
IN a small cage; he carried a male Of
the family by night to another part of
he city, a mile ana half away, and
liberated it, having first attached q
silk thread to its abdomen. In the
morning the male moth was lowering
around the cage Of his tmpriSone8
lister.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-23
Highway Education Board To Re-
ward Institutions, Pupils, And
IearheIs For Work

! aSulngtOD, u. u, NDVehnD T
20: One of the features d'StiGe-
uisliug the third national Sd fety
,mpaign is the offer of Certifi-
Gates of Merit to schools for con-
! spicuous achievement during the
autumn months. according to
announcement by the Highway
| Education BoaiG.
Aside from the safety essays
and safety lesson contests, open
respectivelS 10 pupils and teach
ers, the Certificates of Merit are
proving one of the most popular
phases or the campaign.
The certificates are offered to
any school, or to any class room
ma King a satisfactory record in
certain safetY activities. They
will be awarded on a point basis.
three hundred points out OF
possible $50 will entitle the school
or class room to all engraved
certificate, properly inscribed,
and suitable for framing, testi-
tying to the schools interest and
concern III safety education.
The Board announces that
descriptive literature giving con-
diticns under Which the certi-
ficates will be awarded will be
sent upon request. II the entire
eligible student body contributes
essays on the subject Highway
Safety Habits l Should Learn"
100 points may be counted. If
twenty FIVE per cent of tile pupils
participate, twenty-five points
are counted; if more than twenty
five per cent, one point for each
additional per cent.
For twenty five per cent of
teachers writing safety lessons
on the subject Draining Chill
d.tu il Habits of Safety OIL the
Higilways' twenty-five points
vi II he gwen, and one point for
each additional per cent.
twenty-five points may be
coul ted for twenty-five per cent
OF =; pills signing the pledge Of
car 5ulness, and one point for
ca, additional per cent.
tfFty points for the organi-
zatiuu Of all active safety patrol
may be counted by the school or
class room.
One hundred points may be
registered if no traffic accident is
reported among pupils or teach
ers during the safety season.
The Pledge of Carefulness
which the pupiles are invited TO-
sign follows:
Realizing my responsibility as
all American citizen to secure tile
safety o. myself and others by
careful conduct on the streets
and highways. and. realizing
that the accident and death tol
of my nation, state and city can
best be reduced by thoughtful
ness and carefuiness, | pledge
myself to be considerate of the
rights Of others while on the
streets and highways; to learn
and observe TIRE ffic rules and
regulations to the best Of my
ability; TO cooperate i'll d cam
paign of carefulness, either as a
pedestrian or as driver of d
vehicle, and will, by precept
aud example, eudeavor to assist
others in making the streets and
HIGHWAYS safe.
The Board announced that re-
quests from schools or individ.
rals for information on the cam
paign as whole will have
prompt attention. Its address is
the Willard Building, Washing
ton. ID c
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-23
Each for Herself.

When forty women met recently to
form a musical club in W., and were
asked to write on slips of paper the
name of their choice for president, the
organization Of the club had to be
abandoned because the nominating
committee found on the slips the
names of thirty-nine of those present.
The fortieth slip bore the word Me-"
Musical Courier.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-23
For your OQVn protection

The peril of the road crossing has
become a national problem with the
multiplication Of automobiles.
The Southern Railway System has
eliminated 584 grade crossings, and is
eliminating more every year, but 1000
remain to be separated on this system
alone. The total cpst to complete the
work is a stupendous sum probably
half as much as the cost to build the
railroads.
Even if the money were available,
and the public willing to pay the in
creased freight and passenger rates
necessary to provide a fair return on
it, many years would be required to
do the work.
Protection from the peril forthe pres
ent generation at least must be found
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-23
Banana Salad.

Cut bananas in halves long way
and spread with peanut butter. Put
halves together and place Non lettuce
leaf. Drop two tablespoonfuls good
mayonnaise on each; sprinkle with
chopped peanuts.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-23

Invest yozr money the percer
Certificates of the Shenandoah Valley
Loan & Trust Co., Woodstock, Va
Security unquestioned. Interest pay
able spontaneously, and Certificate
redeemable any time after six months
on short notice.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-23

III some other way. Trains cannot stop
at every crossing if they are to be run
at the sustained speed expected by the
public and required to carry the COM
nerce Of the country. The train crosses
highway about every mile. The mo-
torist encounters a railroad only oc-
casionally.
It is necessary, therefore, for the
automobile driver to stop in order 10
avoid risk. No one who did this was
ever killed. In North Carolina, where
the law now requires suchfa stop, the
number of road crossing accidents on
our lines has been reduced one-half.
Grade crossing accidents can be pre-
vented if you will approach the zone Of
danger determined to exercise caution
For Your Own Protection.
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nR. WILSON GEARING,

Having decided to locate perma p,
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-23
Playing Safe.

The firm Of Hansen & Fransen was
started In wartime and did very well
for couple Of years. But last year
things were on the downward grade,
and the other day. when the two part
ners had finished making up their
none too good record for the year,
Hansen said. 'sThis would make any
enc thoughtful Now that the good
times are over, how about q little
honest businessr
mo. thanks" said Vransen. Il never
indulge In experimenfAv - HouGtpn
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-23
BUSINESS CARDS.
DR. C. G.. BEIDLER,
VETERINARY

PHYSICIAN aud SURG EON.
Graduate of The United States Col
lege OF Veterinary Surgery has perma'
pently located ia Woodstock. Calls
answered day or night
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