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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-09-10
Firstborn Said to Lead
in Mental Deficiency

Observation-Disclosures of primogeni-
ture, backbone of the English heredi-
tary principle, received a formidable
blow. when DR.. Robert Hutchinson
stated before the British Medical as
ISOLATION that two-thirds of the men
tally deficient children he had had
to deal with in his practice had been
firstborn children.
Defenders of primogeniture point
TO the efficiency Of innumerable Euro
pean monarchs which history reveals
while the hackers of Doctor Hutch.
insons contention mention Benjamin.
Franklin, who was the fifteenth child
of his parents, history being mute re.
garding the achievements of the first
fourteen children of Josiah Frank
liz.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-09-10
Want 1925 Convention

Several invitations have been ex,
tended to the American Legion for it's
1925 annual convention. Louisville,
Ky, is seeking the convention
with the support of the state de-
partment. Newark, N. J., is also
after the honor of entertaining the
Legionnaires. San Francisco, CAL, has
extended an Invitation for 1925, offer
ing the use Of its 100000 Exposition
auditorium. San Francisco is the sec
ond city in which a national conven-
tion of the Legion has been held, to
extend pressing invitation to the
veterans to return.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-09-10
Dinner, Social Event
for Legion Auxiliary

Foremost on the program of the
American Legion Auxiliary convention,
which opens at st. Paul, on September
10, is the states dinner, which is also
the leading social event of the entire
Legion convention. This banquet will
be held at the Masonic temple at z 80
o'clock on Tuesday evening.
Brilliant decorations, beautifully
gowned women, lights, music, combine
to make a function which is not soon
forgotten. Each department has its
own special table, which is decorated
in distinctive fashion by the depart
ment itself. The variegated schemes
contribute largely to the dash and
splendor of the scene.
National officers, department dele
gates, national executive committee
women and all chairmen of the nation
al committees of the Auxiliary will be
present. The national commander of
the Legion and notables on convention
committees will be guests.
Sessions of the convention proper
will be held at the Central Presbyter-
ian church and will open on Monday
afternoon. Judge Kenesaw NJ. Lands
will address the Auxiliary. Election Of
national officers will be held on FRI
day morning and will conclude the
convention.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-09-10
Russia to Decide Between
the Two Industries.

Moscow.-Sables or oil? That is
the question which the Soviet govern
ment's planning commission must de-
eide.
Far off in the northern Pacific the
peninsula of Kamchatka protrudes
from the mainland like a dagger blade
separating the Boring and Hunter
seas. For decades Kamchatka has
been Russia's best happy hunting
ground for sables. Every year 5000
Of the little blue-black animals, whose
skins are valued at approximately
100000, were hunted down on the
peninsula.
Now an expedition led by P. l..
Polevov, a geologist of the Soviet geo.
logical survey, has discovered oil on
Kamchatka. The oil is of an extra
fine quality and yields 70 to 70 per
cent of kerosene, whereas the best
crude product of the Baku field yields
only 40 per cent.
The find is of paramount impor-
lance to the economic development of
Siberia Russia's unfathomable petro-
leum resources in the Caucasus are
too far from this vast domain, WINE
the oil fields in northern SakhalieH,
which have been granted as a conces-
sion to the Sinclair company, are still
occupied by japanese troops. Consid-
cradle pressure is therefore being put
~, +bo Nassau o,+bOritioS 70 onDrOnri
ate sum of money for the opening
of the Kamchatka field. But here the
sables interfere.
The oil deposits which Professor
Polevov has discovered are situated
just below the trapping grounds for
sables The sables from the entire
peninsula rush into this trapping
space during a certain season of the
year whAn the three rivers of the dis
trict overflow their banks. The small
fur-bearing animals seek refuge in the
high open preserve especially set
aside for this purpose by the govern
ment. A decree prohibits any man
ner of Industrial or mining activities
in the area. And the soft sables,
seeking refuge, find death. Expert
enced hunters have no difficulty in
trapping the creatures wholesale.
Kamchatka supplies one.fourth of
RuSsia's sables.
Win madame be able to step into
one of those brilliant shops on Fifth
avenue next summer and buy herself
Il cape made of Kamchatka sable? 1t
depends on the decision of the boil
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-09-10
College Freshmen
to Undergo Test

meanings. (NIrs. Thelma Gwinn Thur
stone, University of Chicago)
Reading test. The student is re-
CURED to read and summarize para
graphs of fairly difficult prose. "a w.
Kornhauser, University of Chicago.)
Composites" test. The student is
asked to make words of opposite
meaning CDR. c. G. Brigham, Prince
ton University
Making cumulative estimates
based on facts available to everybody:
How many automobiles in the
world" etc. doctor Thurstone.)
Common sense situations. A test
for the use of good judgment. prof.
Cyril Burt, University of London.)
English grammar test. (Mrs. Thur
stone.)
Not Sanity Tests.
"These are not tests of sanity"
DR.. ThurstOne explains, "but tests to
determine whether a student is cap
able of doing college work.
"The work done in college will be
compared with the intelligence rec
ords of the tests, and if it is not up
to the intellectual standards these
show, we can see that some factor
other than lack of ability is holding
the student back
IF at the beginning it is shown
that he is mentally unequipped for
college, he can be refused admission
If, on the other hand, he is shown by
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-09-10

the tests to be fully equipped mental
ly, and then turns out to be lazy, he
can be excluded after the first SEM
ester.
Sometimes outside interests and
problems hamper college work. Again
the tests will show those who ought
to do good work. If they are not do
ing the type of work which the tests
indicate, the college deans will be
able to find out what is wrong. Often
Illness, love affairs, or financial diff
culties prove obstacles in the way Of
standard college work. When the
dean understands, he will be able to
get at the problem and to aid in its
solution
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-09-10
Gle
AMERICAN
oI-I:5Gk)IV

Copy for This Department Supplied by the
American Legion News Service)
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-09-10

New York to cultivate her natural
vocal ability. While there, she filled
numerous engagements in and about
the metropolis. Returning to Califor-
ala, she has been teaching voice and
filing concert engagements through
out the state.
The convention solist is the only
woman member of Frank S. Reynolds
post Of the Legion at Bakersfield. She
IS also president of the newly organ
!zed bakersfield unit Of the Legion
Auxiliary.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-09-10
Berlin's Zoo Gets
Abyssinian Animals

Hamburg. The strangest
cargo unloaded here in years
was taken off the Norwegian
freighter Randsfjord recently. 1t
was a consignment Of animals
from Abyssinia for the Berlin
zoo.
The cargo included drome-
daries, jackals, panthers, leop-
ards, 80 large apes, "a porcu-
pines, giant turtles with a CON-
bined weight of $500 pounds,
and so smaller animals of prey
of various descriptions.
The unloading proved no easy
matter. The camels, for in
stance, simply lay down on the
upper deck and refused to walk
down the gangway. They finally
had to be lifted off bodily with
tile aid Of pulleys and cranes.
A leopard managed to aim a
vicious blow with his paw at
one of the expert tanners of the
zoo who had been hired to assist.
a long scar on bis forehead
bears evidence that the leopard
aimed straight. Every amman
had TO be inspected by an oai-
cial veterinary before it was al
lowed to land.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-09-10
Autoist Chokes
Wildcat With Wire

Grand Junction, Colo.-Victor
Douglas, miner, was driving
with a companion in an autOmo-
bile near here recently when a
wildcat crossed the road in front
of them and climbed to a ledge
on the cliff above the road.
Douglas shared the beast with
long stick and baling wire.
The enraged cat sprang, but
Douglas lodged and was able to
keep it from closing in on him
by whirling it around him at
the end of the wire.
Finally Douglas began to grow
dizzy, and, giving the wire a
final swing, he hurled it against
the cliff and dashed for his car.
But the bobcat did not move.
The men found it had been
chOked to death.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-09-10
BEST SABLE FIELD SAID
TO BE IlPERILED BY OIL

sheviks in Moscow. viii they annul
the decree and permit the sinking Of
wells, thus to drive the sables away,
or will they be kind to the sables and
help them reach Paris and New
York?
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-02-28
Hundreds Of New Items

Since the commencement of the sale we have
added hundreds of new items at tremendous
reductions Items we discovered while car
penters were working on the new shelving,
etc. 9saz ss4~
COME AND GET YOUR SHARE
~. a gOF THE BARGAINS t ~
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-02-28
Boys Suits

All of the boys suits must 60.
We have always carried high
grade lines at low prices.
Here's how they are slashed:
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-02-28
Don't Be Alarmed

if your see a fash Of bright light between u
and o'clock p. m. Saturday, because we
plan on taking fash light picture Of the.
crowds in the store about that time and if
it turns out good, we will have it in next
weeks paper. s fS'eSs'A = ss'''s y.
WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE you
IN THE PICTURE SO BE THERE
BETWEEN 4 and p M. SATURDAY
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-20
LULU

. ECENT discussion of Loretta sug-
parallel study. Lulu is also the. result
of modern spelling. It's correct form
is Loulou, a version which originated,
and is still a favorite in France.
It's popularity is attributed to the
Provencal Lora de Sades, beloved Of
Petrarch, whose story is considered
one of the worlds greatest romances.
She Is the lady whose praises are sung
by the great Italian poet in his Rhine"
or sonnets. She is identified with Lora
de Moves, an Ayfgnonese lady who
died of the plague in 1913, and who
was already married to Hughes de
Sades in 1927 when 'Petrarch Is said
to have first seen her.
The romantic nature of the French
caused the name of the lovely heroine
to find extraordinary vogue in that
country. However, Lora or Laura is
scarcely euphonius to French ears, and
she became Laura, and finally Loulou.
Jet Is Lulu's talismanic stone. 1t is
the symbol Of sorrow, but according TO
an old superstition, it will protect it's
wearer from sorrow, since it has an
almost unique power among gems of
becoming a part of the very body and
soul if guarded with jealous care Fri
day is Lulu's lucky day and 4 her
lucky number.
(@ by Wheeler Syndicate. Incl
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-20
ll!i2 \ !'t[E| v F||i'

like to know why it is that you don't
know how to do something! A son of
mine ought to be able to do anything.
You don't take after my family or you
would be able to pillow field"
Indeed" answered the queen, grow
Ing angry. IF he took after my fam
~ he would be able to Go everything.
1t is yours, sire, he resembles, and not
mine. Can you make harness, son,
or not?"
"Of course / can't replied the
prince II don't know how to do any
thing. No one has ever taught me. l
am not good enough to be the husband
of the peasant girl
"A son of mine should be fitted to
become the husband Of any one" cried
the king. go to work and learn how
to do all these things
1t did not take the prince long to
learn, and one day he proudly showed
to the king and queen harness he had
made, and then one day he asked them
to look at field he had plowed.
1--WE will find the peasant girl now, :
said the queen, who had not forgotten
she had spurned her son for husband.
eve will show her our son can do any
thing her people can do"
So they found Mia and showed her
the harness and the field the prince
had plowed, and the praise which
Mia gave the prince for his work quite
won the hearts of the king and queen.
When they found that their sen
was ready to give up the kingdom to
marry Mia, the king said that the
kingdom needed people with good
sense to rule 1t, and now that his son
had become such good and sensible
man, all that was needed was a prtn-
cess quite as sensible, and he for one
gave his consent to the marriage.
The queen, not to be outdone, gave
hers, and that night the merry-making
in honor of the wedding Of the prince
and the peasant girl made the welkin
ring.
90 by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-20
A GIRL AND A PRINCE

once upon a time there was peas
~ ant girl who was so beautiful that
a prince fell in love with her. Every
day he rode by the place where she
was tending her fathers goats and at
last he told her who he was and asked
her to become his wife.
"Oh, but l could never marry a
prince" said the pretty girl, whose
name was Nita. "And, besides, your
family would never let you marry me"
'Then will leave my fathers pal
ace and give up the kingdom and live
with you,' said the prince. II shall
marry no one but you"
'No, that would never do said
Mia. you could not become the hus-
band of a peasant girl any more than
/ could marry prince. No, you are
not good enough for me-" she said, with
a toss Of her pretty head.
''You cannot plough field or make
a harness or take care of the goats
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-20
che lDhq Of superstitions

By II. lRUlNG KING

ing men. AS a ceremony of adoption
it prevailed among the barbarians as
well as among the Greeks and such Is
the use made of it today. in certain
European regions.
But there ere Indications that the
ceremony was also in nature Of all
initiatory rite and as such it survives
today among certain African tribes
where, until young child has under
gone this simulated rebirth he-or she
lis not considered as being really
capable of taking part as member of
the tribe, or of being initiated into
certain tribal mysteries. A study of
the ritual of these various ceremonies
of simulated rcbirth shows parts
which may be considered analogous to
child falling out of bed. With re-
gard to the supposed dead Greek and
with regard TO adoption the reason for
the simulated re5irth Is easy to see.
But just why the African child should
be Incapable of full development as a
member of the tribe until he has under
gone the rebirth ceremony, or the New
England child should not be expected
to amount to much unless he falls ont
of bed early in the assuming
that we are right In regarding the lat
ter superstition as rebirth survival
it is more difficult tc say. Possibly the
rebirth cerenony-or accidents sup
posed. through sympathetic magic, to
add by second birth to the physical
and mental powers given the child at
its first birth.
70 by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.)
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-20


or milk the cows No, you won't do
for my husband and won't do for you
as a wife, SO good-by.''
Mia did not give the poor prince any
time to reply. She ran off toward
her home SO fast over the rough stones
he could not follow, and home he went,
very sad prince indeed.
"What is the matter with your
asked his father that night as the
prince, with hanging head, refused to
eat his supper.
81 am wishing were good enough to
marry Mia" replied the sad prince.
initial" exclaimed the king and the
queen, who had never heard Of the
peasant girl.
.'Who In the world is Nita?' asked
the queen.
"She is peasant girl and she knows
how to take care Of goats and don't,
and she won't marry me" replied the
prince II am not good enough for
her. She said SO"
Peasant girl indeedl" said the
queen. "She would marry you soon
enough If we should permit such a
thing Then, because she was wom-
an, the queen wanted to know what
was lacking in her son that this girl
did not think him good enough for her
husband
"She said that even though | had
servants to do the work I ought to
know how 1t should be done, that a
good master must know how to rule
his servants, and that did not know
anything at ALL" the prince replied.
"She has some sense" said the king.
"That sounds sensible. and / should
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-20
Oldest Artificial Leg
Found In Tomb at Capu0

The oldest artificial leg in existence
is that in the museum of the Royal
College of Surgeons of England. It
was found in tomb at Capua, and
is, of course, of Roman origin.
This artificial member accurately
represents the form of the human leg.
1t is made with pieces of thin bronze,
fastened by bronze nails to wooden
core. Two iron bars, having holes at
their free ends, are attached to the
upper extremity Of the bronze; a
quadilateral piece Of iron found near
the position of the foot is thought to
have given strength to it. There is
no trace of the foot, and the wooden
core had nearly crumbled away. The
skeleton had it's waist surrounded by
belt of sheet bronze edged with
small rivets, probably used to fasten
leather lining. Three painted vases
lay at the feet Of the skeleton. The
vases belong to a rather advanced
period in the decline of art, about
300 B. G.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-20

DERHAPS a man wouldn't see go
= many shocking things about the
modern girls clothes, If that wasn't
the kind that he always turns around
to stare at.
1t is awfuliy hard for bachelor to
reconcile those queer little springtime
palpitations in his heart with his cyni
cal views of love and his morbid deter
mination never to marry.
Alas, IL a woman could only be like
the circus-never to grow old or tire
some; always to be thrilling, dazzling,
beautiful. with hundred fascinating
tricks that man never wcaries OF APP
plauding!
The funniest thing on earth Is to
hear q bridegroom and a confirmed
bachelor solemnly enlightening each
other as to how to run aTWoman.
Every time a woman asks man II
he loves her "as much as ever" It SORT
of makes him begin to doubt it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-20
Big Liners Use 5000
Tons of Water on Trip

Few people would care to pay for
liners drink for one voyage across the
Atlantic, even in water at a penny per
gallon. Very little change would be
given out Of $500 note.
One of the big Atlantic liners has to
carry about 5000 tons of fresh water
for all purposes for a single voyage
from Southampton to New York. This
tonnage alone is about two and half
times the weight Of Nelson's old flag
ship II. M. s. Victory, says London Tit
Bits.
A passenger on one Of these levia-
thans uses for drinking and domestic
purposes about FIVE gallons day on
the voyage. And as the ships average
1900, passengers and crew, 1t means
they have to carry, roughly, weeks
water supply for small country town
In tanks, neatly slowed away along the
sides of the ship.
But it is the giant boilers that have
the greatest thirst. On one voyage the
Berengaria used over 5000 tons of
water, or, at ten pounds to the gallon,
roughly, 672.O00 gallons.-London Tit
Bits.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-20
FALLING OUT OF BED

THAT If child does not fall out Of
/ bed before it is six months old 1t
will never be a bright and successTul
person, but will be fools COM
mon and widespread superstition. Ap-
parently the superstition is survival
from the curious custom of simulated
rebirth practiced by the ancients anu
found today among some savage tribes
Also it fingers today in some remote
parts of Europe. Among the Greeks
the ceremony waa practiced as means
Of adoption and any Greek who was
supposed to be dead and who turned
up aliv, had to undergo it before he
could again be reckoned as among Nv
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-20
Legion and Scouting

All America is proud of the boy
scouts. Scout ideals of the brother
hood of man, of citizenship, of charac-
ter, have won the Legion firmest sup
port and esteem.-Alyin Owsley, Ma
tional Commander American Legion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-20
A LINE O. CHEER
BY John KendrIck Bangs.
Observation-Disclosures xtaut
THE BETTER WAY

90 MANY things close to my
hand,
find 1t hard to understand
That | don't worry much when
Am fronted by some mystery
That passes all the powers OF
mind,
Of all our Wisest mortal kind.
But simply take for foul or fair
The puzzling thing that lieth
there,
And if it's bad l ease it's curse
BY thinking that it might De
worse,
And if it's good and true sit
Me down and thank the Lord
for it.
&c by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.p
- ~
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-20

The winsome movie" star, Enid Ben
nett, was born in York, Australia. I'M
mediateIy after completing her educa-
ton there she launched out on busi-
ness career. Previous to entering mo-
ton pictures she appeared with some
of the prominent players of the coun-
try. Miss Enid stands five feet three
inches high, and weighs ITO pounds.
Her golden brown hair and her ex-
pressive hazel eyes bring to mind the
artists dream of the perfect model.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-20
Pay
the Penalty Of
Lying Awake?

n fANY people spend hours at
.LVl night, restlessly tossing from
side to side, waiting for sleep. All
because they drink coffee with their
evening meal.
If the caffeine in coffee irritates
your nervous system and keeps you
awake when you should be asleep,
recuperating your energies, why not
stop coffee and drink Postum?
Postum is pure cereal beverage,
absolutely free from caffeine or any
thing that can disturb health and COM
fort. Many prefer Postum1for its de-
lightful aroma and flavor.
If you want to know the truth,
change to Postum for month or SO,
and see how much better you will
sleep and feel.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-20

Nothing Better for Constipation
than one or two Brandreth Pills at bed
time. They cleanse the system, purify
the blood and keep you well.-Adv.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-20

There doesn't seem to be enough
radium III the world to fully prove
It's claims.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-20
Reflections Of a Bachelor Girl
By HELEN ROWLAND

Even satyr could win woman, If
he began telling her that his hoofs
needed "a tender womans care" to
keep them out of mischief.
The most fascinating married wom-
an can always find at least one man
to go about with. who won't make
love to her-if she will try going about
with her own husband.
Copyright by Helen Rowland.)
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-20
Hoperess

Hoyle-What A bachelor yet?
Doyle-Yes. I'm looking for girl
who can love, honor and obey.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-20

Always ask for Diamond Dyes" and
If you don't see the name Diamond
Dyes" on the package refuse it-hand
it back
Each 15-cent package of diamond
Dyes" contains directions so simple any
woman can dye or tint skirts, dresses,
waists, sweaters, stockings, kimonos,
coats. draperies, coverings everything
new, even if she has never dyed before.
Choose any color at drug store. Refuse
substituted