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Evening star., 1924-03-22

ing in value $1,1os,2ss. the highest
amount of property reported t1 the
National Association of Real Estate
pa sne ayse sasS anY raai estaae
board in its membership.
The New Orleans baby" led the
association also in the amount OF
revenue derived by boards through
tenn. Operation OF the system has
been followed by the listing of more
property than has ever before been
listed in the city's history, and has
been strong factor in the growth Of
a greater cooperative spirit amonS
realtors, officers OF the board de-
clared at the baby's first birthday
party, a jubilee affair
The moving pictures of operation OF
the sclling system will also carry
with them pictures showing the cfty's
industrial and general progress.
Evening star., 1924-03-22
is SOUTHERN CITIES
KEEP BUILDING PACE
Washington Shows Decrease From
February, 1923-Record Held
Satisfactory.

ATLANTA, Ga, March 15.-Febru
ary building in sixteen southern
cities maintained the pace set by the
first month of the year and slightly
exceeded the totals for February.
1928, excepting for loss OF almost
100000 shown by Washington.
Forty-three cities where comparative
statistics are available showed gains
over the corresponding month last
year, while thirty-eight showed
losses.
This is regarded as an excellent
Evening star., 1924-03-22
REALTY MEN TO SHOW
'7-MILLION-DOLLAR BABY
Multiple Listing System for CO.
operative Selling Installed
IN New Orleans.

The New Orleans Real Estate
Agents Association fs getting ready
TO send to other cities represented
within the National Association of
Real Estate Boards moving pictures
of its even-million- dollar baby"
The baby" Is the multiple listing
system for cooperative real estate
selling, installed in New Orleans q
year ago.. In Its first year of opera
ton the system sold property total
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-10-29

Or rather buildings that had once
been new since he left. Now they
were growing shabby and that dilapi.
dated little house on the left was
where he first went to kids party,
thirty-no, thirty-five years ago. But
its character had changed horribly.
Scrawny chickens were scratching
had been neat lawn.
The place which drew him was fur
| Their down, on the right. His pulse
| quickened oddly as he came near. Yes.
the house was still there. 1t stood
twenty feet back from the roadway.
Mamie's homei There had been a
garden there With old world flowers,
and shady trees under which he had
sat with his love- He could now re
member one June evening when they
fingered there after the setting of the
sun, after the shadows had gathered
and become an enchanted fairyland
where he and his black-haired Mamie
were the only things left in the world.
But what tragic dlslilusion 1t was
aow a plumbers place. There was a
wooden shed for the vandal plumbers
bench and tools, right in the spot
where Jim had once SAT reading poetry
to Mamie and holding her hand.
He shivered again. And while he
was there, staring at the lost world,
the plumbers wife, an over-plump
Portuguese, came out to hang wet
washing on line.
Stung to the core by this anti
climax, this SCATTERING of all his fond
away, lips moving, inarticulate words
dying thereon.
He walked back to the depot SLOW
ly. Like one in dream he boarded
train. He must get away-far away
In New York he crossed the gangway
Of steamer. Came days and weeks
during which he sailed over q grea.
ocean. Somewhere. Under the south
ern Cross he landed on an island. Up
white road he went, to a beautiful
bungalow in vast cocOnut planta-
ton. A woman lying in Gloucester
hammock on the veranda saw him
coming up the path-a woman with
coal black hair sprinkled lightly now
with touches of gray. She threw
down her book and rushed toward him,
arms outstretched.
you all right, Manner" Jim asked
anxiously. "And the kids? Gosh |
It's good to be home again. Feels
like as If I'd been away six months
Say, Mamie, it's no use us thinking
Of settling In the old place back home.
so altered there you
wouldn't know It,"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-10-29
English Alphabet Is Old

Ethelbert. king of Kent, who be-
came Christian through the gentle
influence of Queen Bertha. was reign
ing in Britain in 597 when the Anglo
Saxon alphabet was devised from the
Roman alphabet. This particular ell
phabet lasted until 1900. when the
Franco-English alphabet took its place
and was in use until 1900, when the
so-called English alphabet came into
existence and lasted materially un-
changed until 1889. when further revi-
sions were made. More than 20 per
cen. Of the English language words
were of Greco-Latin origin.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-10-29
Forced To Remain in Bed

Carlisle. Illinois. =" During tho
Change of Life | suffered with severe
nervousness and with disturbances OF
the entire system. These continued
probably two years before | began
taking Lydia E. Pinkham,s Vegeta..
BILE Compound. / could do none OF
nv work and was not always able to
he I'D. For ten days at a time l was
forced to remain in bed with my hips
propped higher than my head and the
pains were terrible. The doctor
helped some but each time l was
forced to go over the same suffering:
| had taken the Vegetable Compound
in 1910 after my twins were born and
it had helped me so decided to try
it again. became better and gained
in strength. / have taken it for
about three years now but not
steadily. am able to do my house,
work but avoid all heavy lifting and
washing and ironing as l know | am
not strong enough yet. Igive theVeg-
etable Compound TO my daughters
and recommend it to my friends. =
Mrs. LOUISA B. BRAND, 45O Fairfax
Street, Carlyle, Illinois.
In q recent countrywide canvass
of lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, over 100, 900 replies were
received and SO out of every 100 re-
ported they had been benefited by
its use. For sale by druggists every
where.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-10-29
ALWAYS Paid Fee to Myth

In classic mythology Charon was
the son of Erebus and Nox. 1t was
his duty to convey the shades of the
buried dead across the rivers of the
lower world, says the Detroit News.
For this service he exacted an oblouse.
and accordingly a coin of this value
was always placed in the dead per-
was to doom that unhappy shade to
wander restlessly along the shores of
Acheron. since Charon refused to
ferry any across who did not pay his
fee.
Charon is generally represented as
an old man. with unkempt beard and
filthy clothes.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-10-29
MarUel of Accuracy
Used BY Astronomers

An astronomer studies the stars by
| pulling their light to pieces. This
| process enables him to discover their
composition.
Two methods are used to break up
star light. The older is to pass the
light through triangular glass
prism. The other, which is in some
respects a superior method, is to en-
ploy "diffraction grating" a plate
of glass ruled with an enormous num-
Der of fine, accurately-spaced lines.
says London Tit-Bits.
The ruling of the lines is the most
delicate work imaginable. 1t Is found
that gratings ruled with about $4,000
lines to the inch give the best results.
This is done by marvelously con-
trived machine. 1t consists of a car
rage which is moved along by tiny
screw. This screw is probably the
most accurate in existence. Attached
to the carriage is cutting instrument
carrying a diamond point. Each time
the carriage passes across the work
the diamond scores q line in the glass.
The screw insures the perfect spacing
Of the lines, which Is essential to the
success of the grating.
The diamond point which cuts the
lines must be perfectly formed, for
should it develop the slightest chip the
work would be ruined. The machine
must be kept at constant temporal
ture, and for this reason it is installed
underground.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-10-29

up their punishment or decorative fin
ishing must be discreetly used so
there is no suggestion of fussiness-
for the mode will have none Of it.
A wealth of beautiful and novel
fabrics which came in with autumn
are doing much to make the way of
designers easier than 1t would be-
They are woven in rich patterns and
color combinations and have reached
the limit Of suppleness. Among them
are glowing brocades, not to be i'm
proved by adornments except fur
landings, or perhaps, fringe of os-
trich or landings of plain velvet
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-10-29

about to outfit little girls with winter
coats.
The hallmark of good style in chill
drens coats is simplicity. They are
made in many sturdy fabrics and must
be we'll tailored, sufficiently roomy,
easily adjusted and durable. The coat
pictured is in woolly fabric, dark
tan color and may he worn every
where. 1t is convertible into dou-
ble-breasted front, which brings the
muffler collar up about the throat
Rough tweeds, chinchilla and mannish
woolens supply the need for heavy
coats and there are many soft woolly
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-10-29
HIGH LIGHTS IN PARIS MODES;
COATS TO WEAR TO SCHOOL

EAR more to be desired than great
L riches is chic-or distinctive style
that seems to belong to some women.
Usually these women are partial to
simple clothes-but, no matter what
they wear-it seems to exactly suit
them. Present styles have their en-
thusiastic approval, for even afternoon
and evening gowns In order to be rec
realm. must bear the stamp of sim
plicity. Everything that goes to make
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-10-29

The pretty little maid pictured
here might be going almost anywhere
except to the South Sea isles, where
warm coats are not needed. She Is
vending her way toward an exclusive
school, arrayed In newly acquired
and very up-to-date coat, which will
protect her from the chill of autumn
and the frost Of winter, for 1t is more
or less warm, according to the way
in which 1t Is worn. This model mer-
its some study from those who are
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-10-29

But afternoon and evening gowns of
plain satin and velvet make a back
ground for beautiful decorative fea-
lures that do not interfere with their
claims to simplicity. In their service
the high lights of the mode stand
ready TO contribute most important
touches. The tunic, the fiared sill
houette, spiral fiounces. cascaded side
draperies, inverted plaits, sheer float
ing scarfs and draperies, the shoulder
garniture of flowers, single handsome
ornaments, ostrich fringes, fur and en-
broidered landings and beadlngs-you
can take your coice, but use discretion,
for fashion may countenance no elab-
grafton but will not forgive too much
of it.
Paris sends over these two gowns
for afternoon and for evening. The
model at the left Is made of satin In
any favored color combined with black
velvet and adorned with large plaques
of gold lace. long strand Of pearl
beads. natural or In the color of the
satin, wrapped cbout the throat and
knotted. might be worn with 1t. These
colored pearls are new and very
pretty.
The velvet gown at the right adopts
the spiral fiounce to achieve a ftare
and uses gold embroidery and fur
banding to finish it. 1t is very rich
and beautiful in brown or black, but
there are wonderful shades in fuchsia.
orchid, burgundy, green and blue to
vary the choice.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-10-29
Home of Holf-Million GulIs

Ravipglass, on the coast of Cumber
land, England, is one of the creates
haunts of seagulls Commonly calico
gulleries) on the British coast. Their
breeding season ended with the last
days of June. These beautiful birds
are of the black-headed variety, and
the chief game warden estimates that
there are over 100000 birds, which is
regarded as most conservative esti-
mate. The gallery is situated on the
MuncaSter Castle estate.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-10-29

fabrics as we'll Pile fabrics, fabric
furs, suede velours. kasha and novelty
coatings are employed also.
Following in the wake of styles fol
grownups, this fall has brought in en-.
semble suits for little girls. A popular
type combines plain and plaid mate
rails in straight-line dress and coat
which is of the plain fabric with plaid
lining. But plain material may be
used for both coat and frock, and thI,
Is advisable when fur is to be used N
the collar and cuffs or landings on
the sleeves and fronts of the coat
Some of the prettiest coats are made
of plaid woolens; these models are
entirely plain, of large plaids In soN
coiors, and have capacious patch peck.
cts. Some of them have email fun
collar, with squirrel beaver I'm
dyed Inuskrat the favored furs
JULIA BOTTOMLET.
(0. 1914 Vs~sern Newspaper Union-l
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-10-29
California's Lumber

Uf all the remaining virgin timber In
the United States Is per cent is in
California, according to recent estI-
mates. This forest wealth Of the state
of all the wage earners in California
Is valued at $750.000OO0. One-tenth
are employed in the numbering indus
try. More than 100000 tourists Wis
lied the forests last year.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-10-29
Enumeroting Them

"What fine lot of children" ejacu-
lated a lady motorist in the Rumpus
Ridge region. How many have you,
sir?"
"Ought's ought and figger's figger,"
began Gap Johnson, the parent of the
pack. Garry one, and"
"My graciousl What are you do
ing?"
"Just sorter totaling 'em up, man,
Kansas City Star.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-10-29

frankfort, PENNSYLVANIA am
sure if women who suffer through
the Change of life as l have, with
hot flashes, nervousness and other
weaknesses, would give Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound g
trial they would be benefited as !
was My nerves were 80 bad that
every little noise made me jump, but
now / am not bothered that way at
all. My husband says he really hated
to look at me looked so miserable.
hope you will use this letter as proof
of the help the Vegetable Compound
is giving me. Mrs. ABBIE HARVEY,
5701 Leonard ST., Frankfort, Pa.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-10-29
women OF MIDDLE AGE
Praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound
"A Blessing to Suffering Women" Writes One

Louisville, Illinois. -"I certainly
thank you for the great benefit have
received from taking Lydia +. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. l first
learned about it from my step-mother
who got so much help from it, Sew,
eral years ago I took it for inward
weakness and since then l have taken
1t during the Change of Life and it
has been q great help to me. 1t
certainly is q blessing to suffering
women and take pleasure in recon-
mending it. My health has been
better this summer than it has been
for five years. ! am now able to do
all my work and have canned $40
quarts of fruit and vegetables this
summer" = Mrs. KATE MCPEAK,
Louisville, Illinois.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-10-29
Calling Names

"Any train robbers in the vicinity OF
Crimson Gulch?"
"None of the old kind" answered
Cactus Joe. But there's terrible lot
of comment in the surrounding coun-
try ON what ought to be done with the
fellers that collect freight rates."
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-10-29
French Silk Popular

French silk is becoming popular in
this country and England, the two
countries buying twice as much as
last year.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-10-29
cuticura Comforts Rahx,a Skin

Cuticura Comforts Baby's Skin
When red, rough and itching, by hot
baths of Cuticura Soap and touches OF
Cuticura Ointment. Also make use
now and then of that exquisitely scent
ed busting powder, Cuticura Talcun,
one of the indispensable Cuticura
Toilet rio.-Advertisement.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-10-29

The copper roof of Christ church
IN Philadelphia was laid in 1851, and
is still in perfect condition, although
never painted nor repaired.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-10-29

A worthless man always seems to
have more friends than a worthless
woman.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-10-29

If you look for pineapples on a pine
tree your search will be fruitless.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-10-29

Economy is always holding out
friendly hand to stinginess
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-10-29
BACK AT
THE OLD
HOME

By HENRY HOLT

A TRAIN steamed into the depot
~ Of the little town and man
4 n who got down looked around
New Britain herald., 1924-09-19
|HOLDUP SOLUTION | NEAR, SAY POLICE
New York Sleuths Expect AT,
 rests in Bobe Case

New York, Sept. 19.--For the first time since Miss Edith Bobe and her wealthy escort, Robert l.. Hague, were held up and robbed of small fortune in jewels in the fashionable modiste's apartment Monday night, detectives investigating the case hinted that the solution of the mys- tery was at hand.
 Following a conference between Inspector John D. Coughlin and Miss Irene Flaherty, secretary to Miss Bobe, the inspector prophesied an arrest would be made soon that would end the search for tho rob- bers.. He would not say whether Miss Flaherty had furnished him with list of the guests at Miss Bobes birthday party Saturday night. It was at this party, which was said to have been attended by many of Broadway's celebrities, that police believe bandits secured infor- nation enabling them to plan the holdup.
 They have expressed the belief that one or more of them gained ac- cess to the party disguised as a guest while the celebration was at it's height. 4~f
 From another source it was learn cd that the man under suspicion is already being sought in connection with the recent theft of 5000 worth of jewels from Mrs Howard Johnson, wife of a playwright. This man was said to be a member of the notorious Gondorf gang.
 At the same time 1t was learned that police officials attach little im- portance to the two arrests already made in the case. The police place no credence in the suggestion, made by the district attorneys office, that Montague Pike, arrested Wednesday
New Britain herald., 1924-09-19
PUPIL POPULATION
 OVER lI,00O MARK
Gain Of 74s Over 1928 Regis
 tered in Public System

An increase slightly larger than normal is shown in final figures on attendance in New Britain schools. These figures, show that the attend ance has passed the 1t,0O0 mark, 11,301 children, or an increase of 749 over last years total of 1O.552, are registered. The 1923 increase was 50S, so that this years jump is considerably larger than last years.
 One notable feature of the figure Is the decrease in attendance at the Senior high school. The only other decrease is at the Camp school, which is accounted for by the open ing of the nearby Walnut Hill school. The large surplus In the Washington school has now been accommodated In the Bartlett school, which has been re-opened. The figures follow:
New Britain herald., 1924-09-19
TO FIGHT TONIGHT

New York, Sept. 19.-When Jack Reddick, the rugged Canadian boxer, enters the ring at Madison Square Garden tonight against Paul Berlen- bach, he will have the Stribling fam fly of Georgia back of him. Young Stribling, who recently fought Ber- lenbach, Mas given him sparring workouts and he is boxing under the management of Pa Stribling. The bout is scheduled to go 12 rounds to a, decision,
New Britain herald., 1924-09-19
Several Klan Officers
 Indicted in West Va.

Fairmount, W. Va, Sept. 19.-six- teen persons, among them several men credited with being state off cers of the ku klux klan, were in- dicted by the Marion county grand jury today upon various charges growing out of the shooting last February of Daniel Washington, a negro, after he had been attacked by band of hooded men.
 Among those indicted. included Rev. o. F. Brown, said to be head of two provinces of the klan in West Virginia, and Rev. J. Walter Barnes, said to be the chaplain, respectively, of the Fairmont klan.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-19

night after he had asked Miss .Flaherty for $4O0 for information concerning the disposition of the stolen jewels, was connected with the crime 1t was said.
 The other prisoner, David Glea- son, who insisted. that he was one of the four bandits, told such con- nicting story that his confession was secuted by the detectives. Never theless he was held on a charge Of petit larceny and will be subjected to an exhaustive questioning at headquarters today.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-19
MISS MCOAN sHOWERED

Girls employed in the office of the landers, Frary & Clark Co. tendered a miscel'aneous shower to Miss Kathleen McConn at her home at S4 Black Rock avenue last night. Miss McCcnn received many gifts. shc is to herome the bride of Thomas Doyle. September 8.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-19

Full fashioned fall weight, fine silk Iisle. First quality in black
 cordo and white. For An Saturday only .,.,......., TCS
Smyrna times., 1924-04-16
SCHOOL COLLEGE FAILURES
Not an Uncommon Occurance Says
Prof. c. w. w. Schantz of Smyrna

Not an Uncommon Occurance Says
Prof. c. w. w. Schantz of Smyrna
Editor of Times: Is the fact, that
we are having failures in our schools
and colleges, an uncommon occur
rance? Have we not always had
them amongst US Is it not true that
approximately 900 of all those who
go into business turn out" to be
failures? Are we not having fail
ures among our doctors, lawyers,
preachers and teachers? Are we not
all familiar with the failures among
our carpenters, bakers, housewives,
and parents? If this it a fact, and
one need only look around among his
own immediate acquaintance to col
lect proof positive, is it not altogether
natural that we shold have failures
in our schools and colleges? If a
physician is a failure in his chosen
profession do we hold the medical col
lege from which he received a diploma
responsible for his failure, altho it
may have graduated thousands who
were successful?
We have a steady stream of fail
ures from the first to the twelfth
grades in our public schools. Is it,
then, not natural to have failures in
the first year at college? We have
had the experience of having a boy
sixteen years of age spend his last
three years in the third grade and he
was classified two grades ahead Of his
educational status. We now have sew
eral cases of boys fifteen years of age
being unable to master the work of
the fourth grade. When the present
senior class left the eighth grade in
the spring of 1920 there were 81 pu-
pills enrolled, out of that original
number IL persisted to the twelfth
grade. Out of AZ pupils enrolled in
the eighth grade last year is or 34%e
failed of promotion. The ninth grade
had an enrolment Of 81 last year out
of which 16 or 309o failed to pass
Further four failed in the tenth grade
and eight in the eleventh grade. The
freshmen class in college is not the
only place, therefore, where failure.
occur. We have them in the grades
and high school as we'll as the soph.
omore and upper classes in college.
There appear to be six outstanding
causes for failures among students il
schools and colleges, namely: limiteC
ability, irregular attendance, health
mental distractions, and character de