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Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11

self or things that just have salty
flavor or taste.
Sometimes we stay long time at
the top of tree. especially when it is
cold. We keep to the top of tree
then as people will stay indoors. ]
was one of four little porcupines and
1t was not so very long before l start
ed away from home to look out for
myself. We are Independent creatures
and are not little and helpless when
we are born.
mo, we are quite good-sized then
and we are born with all our splendid
quilts. l suppose you know how in
correctly these quills and what they
can do have been spoken about?"
81 think know what you are going
to say" Billie Brownie nodded, "but
would like to have you tell me again
just how it is you act with those quills
of yours"
"We swing our great spiny tails
about and strike at the enemy and the
qullls stick into them. But we do not
throw our quilis We have to touch
the creature with them. So many think
we throw our quilts and that Is quite
incorrect"
THAT is about the only thing I have
known about your family" said Billie
Brownie. 'Otherwise you have told
me all new and important facts which
shall be glad to hand on to others in
terested in points about porcupines."
"Well," said the porcupine. "the 9TH
er day 7 was pretty mad. Some one
said. OF what good are porcupinesT
THAT was enough to make anyone
angry, l think. I might as well say,
OF what good are people? People
live and eat and have their own habits
and their own ways just as porcupines
have.
"Of course our flesh has been eaten
and that has been considered good,
but that is not the way I'd speak of
myself as being of any good.
II would say. Ladies and gentle
men! Porcupines are of great good
because they are This is the simple
porcupine explanation. AS we are not
great takers we do not use many
words, and as we don't talk much we
don't have to think much and that is
as satisfactory an explanation as
have thought up for all Of you"
"Well," said Billie Brownie, II think
that is good one. 1t satisfies me at
any rate. And now, that the night Is
almost over, must be off, for have
an engagement at dawn"
"Good-by." said the porcupine.
"Your engagement at dawn doesn't
sound SO interesting as we porcupines
love the night time best of ALL"
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11
Accessory Is Regarded as
Necessary Decoration
on All Dresses.

The scarf. both as an accessory and
as component part Of the fashion
able costume, Is dominant idea.
Every important dressmuker, notes a
Paris fashion correspondent, in the
New York Tribune, is using the scarf
in many forms, attached to or cut in
one with the dress with which it
is worn. Chanel, vionnet. Cheruit.
Lanyan, Boulanger, Renee, Madeleine
Ell Madeleine, Callot, Jenny and a
number Of other dressmakers with
large followings show models in both
day and evening dresses and day and
evening coats in which the scarf Is
the dominant idea.
Ingenuity has been put to the ex-
treme In the cutting OF these new
scarf effects. Many of them are a
part of the garment. Vionnet extends
panels at the back and front Of her
dresses to form scarf ends. She draws
into girdle fullness certain of her day
dresses by means Of long scarf ends
cut In one with the body fullness.
Chanel attaches scarfs to the back
or front of her dresses in yoke-like
form. She also adds to both her day
and evening dresses long scarfs of
tulle or chiffon separately attached at
lie shoulder or collar Of the dress.
Often these scarfs are in contrasting
color. The long end may be left to
trail on the floor from the shoulder to
a length of more than yard or the
same scarf may be wrapped about the
neck and shoulders and left to fall
gracefully from one side or the other,
according to the fancy IF the wearer.
Sometimes scarf ends begin as q
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11
How to Mend Linings
in Backs of Your Shoes

When the Innings at the backs of
shoes begin to wear out, holes are apt
to be made in the heel of the stock
ings and the uneven surface Is also
very uncomfortable for the wearer.
Children's shoes are often torn in this
manner. The best way to mend such
a lining is to cut strips from old kid
gloves and fasten them with glue into
the backs o. the shoes. There should
be enough of the kid to go down under
the inside sole, great care being taken
to see that the strip is put In perfect
ly smooth. No attempt should be made
to wear the shoe until the application
is entirely dry. A piece of kid fitted
in this way is also remedy for shoes.
that are little too large. If neces-
sary, two or even three thicknesses.
may be placed inside the back Of the
shoe.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11
rpaddlYs HS
Evcuinq
Fairq' Tale
PoRcuPINE POINTS
.Ac MARY GRAHAM. BONNER

Billie Brownie had asked Mother
Nature If he could call on a porcu-
pine and hear something of the ways
Of the porcupine family. He asked her
to give him the power that day and
evening to understand porcupine talk
And Mother Nature agreed.
So Billie Brownie went forth to the
dark woods and there he met por-
cupine.
Are you all alone?" asked Billie
Brownie.
"All alone" said the porcupine. "a
like to wander about my myself. I'm
not so very sociable. None of us are,
you know"
I'm not really sure whether know
that or not" said Billie Brownie. 81
don't know much about porcupines.
may as well be quite truthful and ad-
nit my ignorance"
I'm not surprised at it," said the
porcupine.
Billie Brownie didn't think that was
particularly polite speech. but then
nv 'iiiu SiiSi tliut tlie PolCtDlIe
mother had probably never told him
TO be polite.
But the porcupine explained him
self after moment.
at Is not" he said, because think
you are an ignorant creature for dc
not. l feel sure you are filled with
wisdom and that you know much about
much, or a great deal about great
deal. or however you would express it
But there are few who know much
about porcupines.
"Now and again we sQueal bit or
growl. but mostly we believe in being
silent.
Our mothers never have to say
Hush to us. We are so quiet by ma
ture. And our mothers don't meet
each other and chatter about the ways
of their children. They, too, are SC
quiet.
1--WE sometimes wander where there
are camps. We are little more So
ciable then and we rather like to see
people camping out in the great woods
We like to eat vegetables and bits of
bark and twigs and fruit and oh, dear
how we do love salt
Everything should be favored with
salt and we even like salt all by it.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11

of the gum from the raw silk has been
left In.
There is also a cotton pongee. n
is mercerized cotton woven and fin-
ished to resemble the silk pongee, bur
It is thicker. and not SO good looking
Like all mercerized cottons, 1t Is ex-
ceedingly durable.
Pongee Is one of the most practica,
silks we buy. 1t wears well, washes
easily, and In its natural color doe.
not show soil readily. The name pon.
gee Is said to be derived from the
Chinese word "pun-shih," meaning =
native or wild silk. The finer Kind.
bieached, dyed or figured after impor.
tation. are known in trade as .China
silks"
If pongee is sponged before being
made up 1t will not spot.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11

extinct family of huge beasts first dis
covered in South Dakota.
One complete skeleton and parts of
other skeletons and skulls of rhinoc-
crosses similar to those of eastern Ne
braska.
According to Mr. Andrews, the entire
mammalian fauna of this period Is
practically identical with that which
ranged through Utah. Wyoming and
South Dakota in the middle of the Age
of Mammals except for camels, which
are found only in America, and for
horses, which appear to have been
more abundant in America than in
Asia at that time.
To geologists these fossils constitute
convincing proof of close land con-
nection between Mongolia and the
Rocky mountains in the early age of
mammals
So the theory that America was
peopled from Asia seems reasonable
enough to Mr.. Average Man-provided
the Asiatic man antedated the Ameri-
can man.
When the whites discovered Amer
lea less than five hundred years ago
they found the inhabitants of the
East rude and warlike, subsisting
largely by the chase, scourged by Pc
riodic famine and low In the scale Of
political organization. The most effec-
lively organized We're the Iroquois, rel
York. But in the Southwest more civil
lized tribes Of agriculturists, herds
men and weavers lived in settled
towns with close-knit community Or
ganiZation. Some of them occupied
huge pueblos.
Still further south in the heart Of
Mexico Cortez found in the Aztecs an
even more advanced civilization. They
had temples and priests, kings and
slaves. arts and architecture. an aris-
tocracy, confederacy of states and a
regular descent for the crown. Even
more suggestive of an ancien, Old
World civilization, like that of Egypt.
was the Inca kingdom conquered by
Pizarro and his followers on the west
coast of South America in what Is
now Peru and Ecuador.
The era usually assigned to the Gro
Magnons in Europe is from 5000 to
$4,000 years ago. 1t is believed that
they entered Europe from the east,
from Asia. Is it stretching things to
assume that the Gro -Magnon migration
ivih rh 20
America?
incidentally, these Gro Magnons were
presentable folk, with well-shaped
heads, equal in cranial capacity to our
own. Henry Fairfield Osborn. the
noted American paleontologist, says of
them: $50 far as the mental power
of these men is revealed by their
brain structure. they were quite ca
pable of higher education"
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11
CHIC SCARF CHIEF
PARIS STYLE NOTE

flounce or wide bias band on the
skirt. the long free end being left to
be caught up and passed around to
the front. Chanel has lovely model
of this kind in which the scarf is vivid
emerald green, the only touch Of color
on an otherwise all black dress.
In sports wear the scarf Is equally
Important, as every coat or sweater
has its matching scarf whether 1t be
knitted or made from a fabric. The
separate scarf of brilliant-hued printed
silk took all the autumn resorts by
storm, and one feels sure from the
preparation now in hand of beautiful
novelties of this character that no
toilette will be complete this winter
without scarf Of some sort, either as
an accessory or component part.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11
LRAzeRU07oN.AlUM Mxznas

lieved to belong to much older civil
lization than that of the cliff dwellers.
These may date back to 1000 B. c.. or
even to an earlier time
DR.. o. A. Turney. fellow Of the
Royal Geographic society, has recent
ly found near Humboldt. Ariz., two
human skeletons. which he thinks are
those Of men older than any race in
the Southwest.
The Mayas of Yucatan. the AZtecs
of Mexico and the Incas Of Peru were
old, old civilizations.
But If Professor Harrington's tenta-
tive Identification of the Santa Bar
bara man as Neanderthal or Gro
Magnon stands up under investiga-
tion-why any other American finds
are young indeed by comparison.
For the Cro-Magnon people sue
ceeded the Neanderthalers as masters
Of Europe 25,0OO years ago or even
earlier.
| Professor Harrington, however, has
been led to think by further investiga-
tion that his first tentative estimate
will not stand. He believes now that
the owners of the skulls roamed the
coast of California at a period prob
ably 5000 years ago. characteristics
not possessed by the Neanderthal and
Gro -MagnOn men have been found in
the skulls Of the Santa Barbara man
after closer study, Doctor Harrington
said.
Scientists who fiocked to Santa Bar
bara confirm Doctor Harrington's
statement, however, that the skulls
do form connecting link between the
modern Indian and his original ances-
tor in North America. The bones and
the strata Of earth in which they were
imbedded are of type not known be-
fore to scientists.
To determine more definitely the age
Of the geological formation in which
the skulls were found. Typographical
survey of Burton mound has been
made by Smithsonian survey party
to determine the original level Of the
ancient Indian settlement. A new
shaft was then sunk to bed rock.
Samples of the composition of each
stratum were taken and forwarded to
the Smithsonian institution for tests
by geologlsts there.
Where was the cradle Of the human
race? By what peoples was America
originally settled? Very interesting
questions which make this digging Of
the scientists one of the most faSci-
mating of pursuits.
The third Asiatic expedition under
the auspices of the American Museum
Of Natural History and Asia Magazine
has recently returned. with nine tons
of Important fossils. This expedition
was primarily investigating the des-
erts Of Mongolia, with the belief that
there would be found proof that it was
the cradle of the human race.
Roy Shipman Andrews, leader of the
expedition, Is convinced that further
exploration of this region will con-
firm the theory. He says:
1--WE are confident that there are
formations in that country which will
reveal the secret of mans earliest or
igin, and these formations we expect
to uncover when we go into the region
again. We have found no direct evil
dence vet on human evolution, but we
have indirect Indications tending to
prove that central Asia was the cradle
of the human race, and our search will
be continued to find the fossil remains
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11

It has been thought by some that
the bird beat Its sides with Its wings;
others have thought that the breast
formed the drum. Still others have
advanced the theory that there was
some peculiar development Of the
body plumage to account for the noise.
Mr.. Sawyer. however. says that the
outward and upward motion of the
wings in striking the air Is practically
the sole cause Of the sound. The
grouse. he notes. generally picks out
hollow log for Its concert platform
and turns round and round on 1t be-
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11
Giving.

We are told to "give," not from the
top Of your purse. but the bottom Of
your heart. Giving Is one Of the
richest means of grace. Do you pos
sess riches or do they possess your
Jesus saw that the more man had
Of the things that are seen. the less
likely Is he to realize his need Of the
unseen. When a man begins to amass
wealth, It is always question wheth-
or God is going to gain fortune or
lose man. The richest man In the
world has declared that II Is dis
grace to die rich. John Wesley said:
IF die worth more than $50 pounds.
count me a rogue."TMissionary Mes
senger.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11
To Cut Glass Tubes

II is said that the following Is a
simple and effective way to cut glass
tubes: First. with sharp triangular
f3le drawn fine line across the tube.
Then, holding the two ends Of the
tube firmly in the hands. bend 1t. pull
inR the two ends or halves apart at
the same time. 1t will usually crack
It the scratch with smooth edge. If
the tubing Ii thick. It may be neces-
sary after making the scratch to start
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11
How Grouse Drum

The mystery Of the "muffied drum"
of the rufred grouse or partridge mas
been cleared up by the observations OF
an ornithologist- Edmund J. Sawyer,
|, In a bulletin Of the Roosevelt Wild
Life Forest Experiment station at Syr-
acuse, N. T.. declares that by long
waiting in q forest blind he discovered
that the drumming sound Of this great
game bird ID produced BY merely strik-
LAG the air with its wings.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11
Three-Piece Suit Will Solve Service Problem,

These blouses have never been more
beautiful.
For Instance. there is one of pale sill
yer cloth, sleeveless, and with rounded
neckline. On the front of the blouse
there is curious Chinese motif done
in intricate stitches and revealing a
most artistic blending of colors.
Velvet Is smart for the new three
piece models that pose three-quarter
coat over crep frock hemmed in vel
vet
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11
Monks Cloth.

II you wish heavy material for
window or door drapery, or for couch
covers, cushions, etc, you will find
monks cloth very valuable. The best
comes in the natural color. but it may
be obtained in ,colors also. The nat
ural color with desired color for trim
ming is good. 1t looks particular,
well with fringe for edging. Cretonne
figures may be cut out and appliqued
on the monks cloth if more elaborate
trimming is desired.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11
Very Much Alike.

Mrs. Chatterton-I hope you have
enjoyed this afternoon as guest of the
Superwomen's clubi
Mr.. Grimm have. indeed! It re-
minds me so much Of my camp In the
woods. Out there the brooks babble.
the mountain's peak. the pines whis-
per and the beanstalk
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11

the age of man, about the
evolution of the human race. They
want to know where the earliest In
habitants of America came from. And
when he arrived. They are trying to
find the cradle of the human race
They are hopeful of uncovering the
missing link" They are anxious to
know how far back recorded history
: goes. Information wanted" might
be a sign on every camp Of diggers.
Science wants to know. Let the dig
gers find the material and science is
hopeful Of reading 1t.
Astonishing finds are reported at
frequent intervals from all over the
globe. Some Of these finds throw a
monkey wrench" into accepted scien-
tif1c theories. All Of a sudden every
thing is upset and the Psychologists,
paleontologists, anthropologists, eth
nologists. and all the rest of the sci
entists have to reconstruct their the
ories-and go to digging more indus
triously than ever.
The Santa Barbara skulls appear to
have had more or less of this monkey
wrench effect. These skulls are sup
posed to be those OF paleolithic man
which Is to say OF man of an age Of
early stone implements. This would
make these skulls very. very old. It
is thought they were found in strata
at least 25.0OO years old. And that
completely upsets the apple cart. SO
far as previous theories of the age of
the First Families OF America are con-
cerned.
These skulls were dug up by DR..
]. P. Harrington Of the Smithsonian
institution. He found them in Burton
Mound. small hillock about 800 feet
back from the ocean beach near Santa
Barbara. Calf. He tentatively iden-
tilted them as Neanderthal or Gro
Magnon. Whereupon all the scientific
world focused its attention, Temporal
rily at least, upon Santa Barbara.
Immediately the words, Santa Bar
bara man," were born. Why not? We
have the ,Neanderthal man. the Pilt-
down man and the Heidelberg man, to
say nothing Of the Java man. pithecan-
thropus erectus, possibly older than
any Of them. And II this Santa Bar
bara man should prove Oldest Of the
lot his name will lead all the rest
until some older man Is dug up.
The cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde
National park and In several national
monuments in the Southwest are relics
Of prehistoric race. whose origin and
end are unknown. This race appar-
emily abandoned Its cliff dwellings
about 1,30O years ago.
Jesse Nusbaum. superintendent OF
Mesa Verde. has recently unearthed
pottery and artificial reservoirs be-
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11
An Exchange.

Earthly treasure is only laid up a.
heavenly treasure Is laid down. And
the inversion is true also; for heav-
emily treasure can only be required az
the earthly Is renounced. At the heart
Of all human life is obligatory sacri-
nee. Its issues are forever deter
mined az individual choice is made Of
alternative renunciation.-J. Stuart
Hcldsa
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11
Advantaqe Of poorkeeper.

The teacher had asked: "Why did
David say he would rather be door
keeper In the house Of the Lord?"
Because" answered the boy, "he
could then walk outside while the SER
mon was being preached"
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11
All That Was Necessary,

The young man was fondling her
right hand.
"A nice diamond" he said awk-
wardly. Diamonds are beautiful
stones, but on the other hand"
"oh, jack" she .murmured. "you
make me so happy"
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11

! fore beginning to drum, but almost In
variably faces in the same direction
when drumming. He believes that the
drumming closely corresponds to the
| singing of other birds.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11

the crack by means of a red-hot bit
Of glass-for instance. the end of a
stirring rod that has been heated over
the flame Of a lamp.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11

+ Mother-My goodness. your teacher
tells me you do an awful lot Of whis-
pering In school. Why do you do 1T
Myrtle-Well. they. won't let Us talk
out loud.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11
Dainty satisss Lingerie.

Lingerie of white batiste ID trInmed
with tiny bands Of colored. sbatistes
carefully fagotted together. This COL
ored trimming forms small scallopA
The handwork ls exuuisitely fina.
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11

Read the Latest News, Father.
Young Lady (entering ohice)-Fa-
ther. dear, can't you come over to have
dinner with me ead my husbandf
Papa-Your husbandf Are you mar
riedf
Young Lady-Why, yesl Don't you
read the papers, papaf i
Roanoke Rapids herald., 1924-01-11
A They 6ad4e IS
Humans &Me
ManusthyA Anod?
N%
BY JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN

PADES are trumps these
days. All over the world
white men are digging.
They are not searching for
pirates treasure or for
native gold. They are dig
ging for information about
the age of the world, about
Evening star., 1924-10-07

volcano. cement kiln, the largest of
which Is half as long as an average
city block and has a diameter Of 10
feet. This tube is lined with fire
brick to withstand the terrific heat
resulting from the burning of coal
dust blown into the Kiln from the
other end. In the throat of this vol
cano a reaction occurs. Transforming
a third of the stone into the active
prlnclple OF cement. An endless belt
brings candescent nodules out Of the
Kiln to more grinders which crush
them to the fineness Of -four. Six
hundred pounds of raw materials and
1uei are required for every 376-
pound barrel Of cement.
Cotton Bagx for Crock"
Cement has itself created a sep
arate industry which has important
bearing on the prosperity OF the
southern States. Annually it re-
quires 100000 new cement sacks
of finely woven cotton. To make
these, 10000 acres of cotton must be
grown and 1900 looms operated every
day OF the year. Woven in one piece,
80 inches wide. the cloth that goes
into these sacks would unrolI for
1900 miles.
Much as the Roman aqueducts
were the necessity that mothered the
INV cHtioH VI the HTSt nyQfaul1c ce-
ment, canals have produced modern
cement. Aspdin's Portland cement
was first used extensively in the
Thames tunnel. Early American
cement factories can be traced by
early American canals, notably the
Erie Canal, which popularized the
pr oduct in the United States
Aside from its irreplaceable value
for thousand uses, Portland cement is
saving millions Of dollars to civilization
by cutting down the requirements for
power. Scientific tests show that it re-
quires nearly three times more power
to move ton over a gravel road and
two times more over a macadam road,
compared with the 27.6 pounds neces-
sary on level stretch of concrete.
Mating Steel and Cement.
"A French gardeners flower pot, with
imbedded metal parts. was the simple
origin Of reinforced concrete, whose vast
possibilities are sounded scarcely more
than the mysteries Of the heavens. Steel
and cement, experts find, are happily
mated. AS in all good families the quail
ties one lacks the other has. Concrete
is noted for resisting compression and
does not easily break down under bat
Evening star., 1924-10-07

MANY people who want oil heat in their
IVA homes do not realize how simple it is
to have it installed.
Theyknow that oil is cleaner, more depend
able, than coal. That it is economical, auto
matte. They know that in the past years
countless thousands Of homes have adopted
It But they think it means change in the
radiators, a new boiler perhaps. This is not 60.
Let US make this suggestion:
Write for our new book on Home Com
fort. Read it. Compare what it says with your
own experiences with coal.
Learn from this new book all about Keen
Heet, the oil-system it tells about. Then see
rival oil-brners. Weigh the facts. Compare.
Talk to an engineer
Let US send an engineer to examine your pres
ent heating plant. An expert, who will advise
you frankly and honestly.
He win tell you just which style of Keen
Heet is adapted for your home. Most makers
Of oil-burners have but one or two types to
offer you.
Keen-Hect, made BY the oldest and largest