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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-23
Made Maps In Ancient Dayu.


1t was the iris Of which Ruskin
wrote that 1t has a sword for It's leaf
and lily for Its heart" 1t is the iris
that is known as the feur-de-Iis Of
France In Greek, from whence it
came, the name means rainbow In
the United States 1t Is often spoken Of
as the poor mans orchid. There are
fully 100 species In cultivation. with
varieties almost without number. The
flowers of different classes do not all
bloom at the same time, however; by
choosing different kinds 1t Is possible
to have q long season
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-23
MIGHT Even Sc worva.

The Sloth-Say, steward, that chat
tering parrot and the noisy elephant
are keeping me awake. Can't you
persuade them to go to sleepf
Monk (the steward)-I fear Il will
do no good, sir. The parrot talks in
his sleep and the elephant snOreA
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-23

esty and from the cookie
Jars certain spicy odors waited proph-
ecies of happy satisfaction for keen
appetites.
All was still, for everyone had gone
to bed. Through the window, pres
emily, the golden rays of the autumn,
moon stole. pausfng gently to rest on
the pumpkin-pies. "Ah, me-" sighed
a plump, jolly-looking pie. "How often
We have watched that same moon
from our place In the fieldsl How
| wish we were back there again!"
As he spoke they all heard a soft
1uttering of wings, and when he had
finished, there alighted on the window
sill the prettiest little fairy they had
ever seen. Her eyes were as blue as
the lake on a sunny morning, and her
hair as lovely as the silken floss of
the corn. On her head was a crown
studded with frost sparkles and her
dress was trimmed with lace from the
loom of the black witch known as the
Spider
"All right, jolly pies, you may have
your WISH" she said So saying. she
touched the pies with her wand and
up they jumped, the Queerest little
persons with fat, laughing faces and
long, thin legs
You may frolic wherever you wish"
she said, "but you must come back
as soon as the cock blows his silver
trumpet" Then she drew aside the
screen and away went the Pumpkin
Pie people.
As they ran down through the gar
den the cabbages and carrots and par
ships stared in surprise. Then they
started to laugh, and how they did
laugh. In fact, one cabbage laughed
so hard that he burst, which was very
careless Of him, and wouldn't have
happened If he had been holding his
sides.
But the Pumpkin Pie people didn't
care. On and on they ran, through
the orchard and past the barns. The
pig eyed them with a sleepy grunt, but
they were going so fast that he didn't
think 1t worth his while to try to
catch them. Finally they came to the
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-23
eense Of Obligation.

what a wonderful thing Il would
be Il Shakespeare we're alive todayr'
Il wish he were." said Mr.. Storm
lngton Barnes, earnestly. Il should
like to meet him. I'm sure he would
be very grateful 10 me for the manner
m whseA I have intsrprstsa NE -
MxKs
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-23

small tc-7s. s0nsiuDie IN an east
ern state hailed a mOtorist. Haven't
YOU boo" reHd.-s Ii 1.sas .song the
roRdr'
Yes
what DO they sayT
twenty-five miles an hour on roads
fifteen miles through towns"
"You should have slowed down." de
.lsred the official. you are now in
side our town limits. You admit the
signs are plain en0ugh7"
plain enough" responded the mo
torist. "But why don't you label your
townsT
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-23
Liberal to Ex-servloe Men

Over $1,000 was expended by each
Of the $500 American Red Cross Chap
ters in the past year In behalf of dis
abled ex-service men. The actual to-
tai spent was $3.93000G.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-23

1T is inconceivsble that the Red
Cross could have come thus far only
to retreat; that it could have sue
ceeded up to the present time only to
fail. President Coolidge.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-23
GOD PROVIDES FOR ALL

Well may we be thankful that God
provides for all that His POWER has
made, that once more He has given
Them and US food in due season. Once
again the filed granaries barns, bur
rows, storehouses underground ana
above ground prove that the good God
is unchangeably loving and has pro
vided that the great chain of life be
tween the tiny gnat and the greatest
Of men shall not be broken through.
Our life. our health, our food" he
has provided for all. once agalnl
Made Maps In Ancient DalG
hap-making goes back 70 The emil
est known time. It was a branch of
the early picture-writing practiced -.
s@a-ASc5. sn 4anitl, for instance the
natives were able to make fairly good
maps for the guidance of explorers.
Maps with raised lines were in use in
Peru before the conquest. The Oldest
known map is that Of the Efhiopian
gold mines, dating from the time of
Sethos ], the father Of Rameses II.
long before the time Of Aristagoras
and his bronze tablet, on which were
Inscribed the circuit Of the earth and
all the seas and rivers then known.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-23
Imnortant Mnntnna Ia,n-

A bin authorizing ciy-county con
sOlidation for any county In Montana
recently became a law.-Chicag0 Daily
HewA
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-23

Il want to; therefore cant" is the
spirit that spurs the Red Cross work
or in well-doing.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-23

AKING the times and the IA
cilities for dinner-giving into
account, the Thanksgiving
feast which loa ded the
rough-hewn tables Of the
Pilgrims was no mean one.
Served on the dainty linen
tablecloths which had como
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-23

The
Pumpkin
DiQEfolic
= Ms D Jones
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u, A,,,lx< AenzL

7 WAS the night before
Thanksgiving.
On the pantry window-sill
a long row'of pumpkin pies.
lay, rich and mellow, wait
ing the next days feast.
The well-picked turkey lay
on his platter in silent maj
agfv and from tho coolxie
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-11-23
Work Among the REGULARS"

Service to the enlisted men OF the
Army, Navy and Marine Corps is a
charter obligation of the Red Cross,
which in the last year recorded over
2o2 o@0 oasas of assistance extended
, 1923-02-05
In Which Glass;

THERE is considerable difference between hold.
l. ing down a job and holding up the boss. The
hold up system may appeal to you as smart, but
it isn't never was, and never will be, because it is
dishonest We put up with a lot of it during the
war, may be, because soldering was fashionable
and again because we could not help ourselves.
But it has gone out and there never was a time
in the history of this nation when an honest days
work is going to count more for the man who puts
it over and the man who gets it and pays for it,
than the time just ahead of us.
Here is the situation. There is no memploy
ment in the country for the first time in a long per
iod. AL jobs and positions are filled. We are at
the beginning of an era of prosperity similar to
that which followed the advent of Mckinley and
the revival of business after 1896. The call will
be for production, and more production and better
production. The skillful, the faithful, the honest,
in such circumstance rise to the top. They not only
can, but will produce. Their record is a certifi'
cate of their character and ability. The boss
knows, and hunts them up and gives them advance.
ment.
What about, the hold up, the doless, the shift
less, the getter-by? Yes, what about him.. At that
time there is no room in the hive for the drone. If
he remains at all he goes back, because right on his
heels coming up is a fellow who is better, who has
ambition, who has been faithful, who has a rec.
ord of honest and intelligent work to boost for
him. Who has held down his job and has not held
up the boss.
1t may be a little late, but If you have placed
yourself in the hold up calss, you better struggle
and get out of it.
, 1923-02-05
Puzzle

Helen may have been a winner in her
way,
And her beauty may have launched
a thousand ships:
Cleopatra may have held unrivaled
sway
with the warm and wItchinE won.
der OF her lips;
Venus may have lifted lips as sweet
as wine,
AS she fingered in the gardens OF
delight.
Yet they couldn't match the moutf
that chung to mine
For a on the darkenet
stairs last night.
Though Helen was a live one in hel
day,
Though Cleopatra was a fragrant
fire.
Though Venus knew the love game,
they're passe-
But dreams and drifting dust Of
dead desire;
Now I lie here in the rosy light OF
dawn,
And I try to solve the riddle of my
life:
In the shadows of the night that is
now gone
Did I kiss my wife's new maid or
kiss my wife?
EDGAR DANIEL KRAMER.
China has 225 inhabitants to each
square mile OF territory.
, 1923-02-05

on increasing. While China Is by far
the largest single customer for our
cigarettes at tho present time, other
Oriental countries are also increasing
their demands. The Straits Settle.
ments. which distributes Its imports
to all parts Of the Orient tool in 1922
owe a billion OF cigarettes. and
Hong Kong. which sencs most of its
imports into China. tool about $780,
100000 in 1922 against $4,000 in the
year preceding the a Siam also
shows a growing taste for the Ameri-
can cigarette and our exports to that
country in 1922 are more than double
those of the Immediately preceding
year. India. however. has materially
reduced her demand. while japan is
apparently not addicted to the Ameri-
can cigarette habit, for u total ex.
ports to that country are extremely
small and show little disposition %
increase. ..F
That the 'rhabit'' Of the American
cigarette is not only a growing one
but world wide. Is evidenced by the
fact that the total number OF coun.
tries to which our cigarettes were
sent in 1929 is. approximately so
against so In the prewar year, 1919.
and the value OF the exports to the
whole world IN 1922. S~24,ooo,ooo
against $2.s54,ooo IN 1913.
The total value OF cigarettes ex'
ported from the United States in the
eight years since the beginning of
the war is s1eS. 900 900 against sea-
ooo,o 900 in tho eight years since the
beginning of the war is s166 100000
against SEE 900 900 in the eight years
preceding the war. The tobacco hae-
ii" seems to have been greatly slim
ulated since the beginning of the war
period as the total value OF tobacco
in all forms exported from the Unit
ed states in the eight years since
1914 is 1895, 0oo, 900 against about
$3.50. 600. 600 in the eight years imme'
diately preceding the war.
, 1923-02-05
Now the Egyptian Craze
-ByFox

And nov our dear old pal the Etern,
al Feminine. in Its usual feverish
search for something to year. has
fitted back 5000 years or SO and
decked itself out as Pharaoh's daugh,
ter. More or less, of course, accord
ing to the ~exigencies Of climate, Gus
toms and modern manufacture.
So on top OF the Russian craze.
with it's furred boots and its chro,
matte acrobatics Of Bakst and his i'm.
itators, on top OF the Hindu craze
with its turbans and gauzes. on top
Of the fIapper craze and the khaki
craze and all the long genealogy OF
fashion crazes back to the Gibson giri
and the Burne,Jples girl and the
hustle girl and the crinoline girl and
still beyond until your head swims to
remember them-on top Of EN- all we
now have the Egyptian Giri. :
And she has imitation scarabs on
her fingers. and queer animals dang.
ling all over her. and stiff looking
gods and %Eoddesses posing on her
with angular and mystic gestures,
and perhaps a celluloid sphinx pro
, 1923-02-05
What Do You Know About Themo

SPEAKING Of troubles. Some people glide along
~ through life so smoothly, quietly and unevent,
fully that they know not the meaning of the word.
These have a visiting acquaintance with Lady
Luck, but SO far as Old Man Trouble is concerned
he is not on the visiting list being fully occupied
elsewhere.
Some wise guy after surveying the trouble sector
remarked that they never come singly. 1t was an
accidental shot, but it came SO near the truth, so
far as human experience is concerned, that it has
been pretty generally accepted as the fact ever
since.
Some fellows in whom the fighting instinct is a
large ingredient arc not much disturbed by what
comes their way. Encounters with troubles singly
or In groups and p~latoons is a means of enter.
tanning surplus energy and general scrapping abiI.
ity. 1t provides occupation, delivers them from
ennui and relieves the dull, drab journey through
the lachrymose valley called life.
OTHERS of less intestines and cheaper fibre are
crushed under a visitation of trouble. They lie
down, quit like a steer in the road and give up.
They seldom If ever come back, and drag out a
weary existence, martyrs to a sad fate.
Again speaking of troubles DR.. Frederick Cook.
by readers of arctic fiction as the
hero of mountain climbing expeditions, climber of
the north pole and other fcats requiring skill,
nerve, daring and prevarication, has emerged from
the last batch of troubles and is once more n ly.
ing example, and one of the best in captivity, of the
fact that they do not come singly. All upon the
same day at the scene of his present. activities in
Texas, federal officers grabbed him for liquor VIC.
, 1923-02-05
4 Little Late

UST WHAT effect will the criticisms of Mrs.
u Senator Poindexter, upon cabinet members and
other high officials at Washington for acceptance
of small emoluments that custom has given to such
offices from time long forgotten, have upon her
distinguished husbands ambition for further hon.
ors, now that his senatorial terms is nearing its
end.
Official Washington when shown the Poindexter
production, elevated it's brows and said, "Aha, we
are to have a parallel to the Asquith letters, which
set England by the ears"
Judging from Mrs. Poindexter's first production
as the correspondent Of a paper out in her own
state Ct Washington, her methods and motives arc
entirely different from those of the British states.
mans helpmeet. The latter put on paper a good
many of her own little secrets and a few that be.
longed to other people, but there was in her rev.
Citations no hint of an inclination to avenge either
her husbands political mishaps or her own loss of
social and other eminence by calling attention to
the long permitted exploitation of official oppor.
tunities by persons whose political fall was still to
come.
If Mrs. Poindexter seriously thinks that it is
wrong for cabinet secretaries to have automobiles
at their service-for one Of them to use govern.
ment boats for his pleasure as we'll as his bust.
ness, and for another to have his table decorated
with departmental flowers-she should have said
so long ago, not waited till now, when her accuse.
lions can be explained in other ways than as the
product of superior virtue.
When Mr.. Asquith heard Of the price paid to his
wlfe Tor her memoirs, he is said to have uttered the
plous hope that they were not worth it. Senator
Polndexter may have the same feeling in regard to
the compensation received by Mrs. Poindexter for
her journalistic contributions--may, il she is get.
ting a lot for them. He may have, also, emotions
of which the Englishman showed no signs, for Mrs.
Poindexter's disclosures of things everybody knew
and everybody else passed over in polite silence
as innocent or trivial may create resentments like
ly to interfere with his getting by appointment
what he failed to get by re-election-a position and
salary under the government
The senator is spoken of for a cabinet position
and a South American Enthusiastically. In either
event the appointment comes through the presi-
dent and confirmation must be had by the senate.
The cabinet ambition in all Likelihood will now
have to be abandoned, for the good sister Poindex.
ter could never accept the flowers, band music,
and use of naval vessels for little excursions, much
less the use of government automobiles, after CRY.
ing out SO vigorously against these things.
After all the South American ambassadorship
is the best solution. Mrs. Poindexter will Of
course ccompan her husband.
, 1923-02-05
Speaking of Spdnkings

"SPARE the rod and spoil the child, the story
~ books say, and I agree that youngsters these
days need a little more of the rod. 1 wouldn't have
so many boys and girls in court if more parents
would apply the palm of the hand or hairbrush
where it would do the most good. A good old spank.
ing never hurt anybody, and 1 know it does a lot
of good"
These are the words of Judge Porterfield of
the Kansas City Juvenile court. The occasion was
the presence of a fourteen year old boy in court
on complaint of truancy officers. The absolute in.
corrigibility of the boy was learned from the
father who testified that this boy had caused more
trouble than six others, all older, which he had at
home. :
The court ordered the boy to do four things: Go
to school every day, go to Sunday school on Sun.
day, obey his parents and report to the court every
Saturday.
The boy declined to promise and was not inter.
csted in any phase of the matter.
1t was at this point in the proceedings that the
court desired information from the parent as to
whether the boy had ever had his share Of spank.
ings that are passed around in a family of seven.
He seemed to be in need of one more at least.
The parents statement that the boy never had
been spanked in his whole existence of fourteen
years, rather lifted the court off the bench by sur
prise.
the industrial home for four years where he will
be taught the plain virtues all boys should DOS.
sess; but before he goes he is going to know what
a spanking is. He should have known long, long
ago. This one will be with a razor strap with a
buckle on the business end of it. The court will
administer the spanking.
The Furnishing of children has always been and
probably always will be a moot question with par
ents. A great deal depends upon the child, and
something depends upon the manner in which pun.
ishment is administered. No child has ever been
bettered by cruel and unusual beating. And no
parent is competent to apply corrective methods
when in a fit of anger.
Study your child, and be wise enough to learn
to guide him away from error. Keep him from
wrong. Be his pal. Give him yours and win his con-
fidence.
If the time ever arrives that a woodshed session
becomes the only thing that will restore happiness
to the family circle, hold it; but let it be a gen,
tlemanly assembly, so that all parties can depart
thcrefroms good friends. Never permit the conven-
ton to reach a point where diplomatic relations
declared. That is carrying the Joke too far,
, 1923-02-05
The Price of Freedom

ITO former generations the price
Of liberty was defined as eternal
vigilance" declares the Milwaukee
Sentinel. "A re-dehnition of h same
truth In a shape better suited to the
needs Of our age is given by Vice
President Coolidge when he reminds
us that the price Of a high and free
civilization is constant effort and ae.
tive Interest on the part Of individual
citizens
"It requires less intelligence and
less skillful Effort" says Mr.. Coolidge,
''to live among a tribe OF savages
than to maintain existence under the
average conditions Of modern society"
THE blessing OF freedom is not TO
secure to the Individual a life OF civic
apathy. Incidence and freedom from
public cares. That ideal Is better at
tanned in the primitive society Of
tribal organization. or under a gov
ornamental despotiSm which relieves
, 1923-02-05
Winter S Bride

The autumn wind and whispering
trees.
Called to one another;
For birds have said, and lowers. and
bees,
That winter is earth's lover.
The trees are shaking every head:
The bees are under cover:
All flowers from sadness now are
dead;
And every bird turned rover.
The autumn wind goes DER the hill,
And whistles in the valley:
With rapture makes earth's bosom
thrill
And blush at every sally.
For autumn dearly loves to tease
This shy and blushing maiden.
He sprinkles her with showers Of
leaves.
With which the trees are laden.
He paints her hair n golden hue:
To match her cheeks so rosy,
And spreads above a dome of blue;
Beneath, a carpet cosy.
OF brown, and red. and duller green,
And hen the bride adorning
With robes whose beauty none have
seen:
Before this winters morning.
Sweet earth now robed in purest
white:
And many Jewels cleaning;
Is waiting for her lover. knight;
Is waiting there. and dreaming.
CORA EAsToN KITS.
Copyright, 1929. Casper, wyo.
, 1923-02-05

the people OF the burden Of, govern.
ing themselves.
Much of the radical reform
clamor Of the hour is inspired by a
mechanical theory OF life. The idea
is to devise a system OF government
which will run itself. free from all
the imperfect!ons Of Individual effort.
Between the superstitious belief in
the magic efficacy of unlimited pri-
maries and the belief In the millen-
mum of communism Or some other
piece OF automatic government mn
chinery. there Is a difference only Of
degree. The underlying superstition
Is the m
Having acquired the capacity OF
governing themselves. 1t is up to the
people to exercise It. II they are too
indolent. II they have no time even
to take part In elections. somebody
else who has moro time and interest
will undertake to govern them. 4
large stay-at-home vote and a ten.
dency to paternalism and state social.
ism are evils springing from the same
root.
What IL II that constitutes a
state?"
, 1923-02-05

lations, postoffice inspectors hoped on to him for
misuse of the mails in oil %promition stock
schemes and his wife sued for divorce.
Evidently Doc was not wearing his horseshoe
necklace that day.
Until the debating class settles the question
as to whether it is easier to get into trouble than
to stay out, We are expressing no opinion on that
particular point.
Trouble can be found by the person who persist.
emily looks for it, is another handy remark YOU
can hang above your roll top desk or try out on
our Edison. The testimony we believe is pre-.
ponderantly in the affirmative.
To get into trouble, taking human experience by
and large, seems to demand no great effort. To get
out of 1t, has required the concentration of the
to Adam.
Staying out, may be a matter of good fortune, or
luck as most people would have it. We know Of
no reliable formula or charm that will brighten
it away, but in the absence Of anything certain,
you might try keeping your fingers crossed.