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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-17

account for when the German work
ers establish their own rule and side
by side with the Russian proletariat
begin to build Communist society.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-17

Every member of the Coolidge cabinet is a chris
tian and member of some church, but the Wash
ingoh hostesses always count the silverware after
every dinner party. E
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-17

Communist Party Organizes Great
Demonstrations in Honor of the
Fallen in the March Action.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-17

Every day get "subp for the DAILY WORKER
and member for the Workers Party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-17

ians with red flags unfurled and sing
ing revolutionary songs, stopping OBJ
stacles. in their. way.
Young they are these boys and girls
in age from Is up. They are the
cream of tifes' German proletariat.
They know.the value of discipline and
march in regiments under well-trained
leaders.
ITO watch the marching of these
i young storm troops makes one
realize that in spite of temporary de-
feats the German Communist Party is
the only panty representing the Ger.
man masses and can not be brushed
aside. This hopeful and courageous
battalion of Young Communists con
stitute the future Red Army of Ger
many. .rs1r.e
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-17

4 Get a sub-make another Com
munistl
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-03-13
Farmer Has Advantage
OUer Dueller in Civ

1t Is a common complaint that the
farm and farm life are not apprecl-
ated by our people We long for more
elegant pursuits, or the ways and
fashions of the town. But the farmer
has the most sane and natural occu-
patton and ought to find life sweeter.
II less highly seasoned, than any 9TH
er. He alone, strictly speaking, has
home
How can a man take root and thrive
without land? He writes his history
upon his field. How many ties, how
many resources, he has-his friend
ships with his cattle, his team. his
dog, his trees, the satisfaction in his
growing crops, in his improved fields
his intimacy with Nature, with bird
and beast, and with the quickening
elemental forces; his cooperation with
the clouds, the sun, the seasons, heat.
wind, rain, frost!
Nothing viii take the various social
distempers which the city and artt-
fetal life breed out of man like
farming, like direct and loving contact
with the soil. 1t draws out the pol
son. 1t humbles him, teaches him pa
tience and reverence, and restores the
proper tone to his system.-John Bur-
roughs.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-03-13
C7heUhu
Of
Superstitions
SEA-COING BOOSTERS
Blu Il. lRDlNG KING

THE Growing of cock at sea, when
= the bird is especially vociferous, La
thought by sailors to be an omen of
good luck-a prosperous voyage for a
merchantmen; victory for a man of
war. A growing cock predicted to
Themistocles before the battle of Sala-
mis- his great naval victory. On board
Admiral Rodney's flagship when he
achieved his great victory over De
Graase In 1882 was a cock which
crowed Justify each time the admiral
fred a broadside which was, to the
sailors, an assurance of success; and
on one of the ships at the battle of
Fort Fisher in the Civil war was a
cock whose constant Growing was
taken as an omen of the capture of
the fort
In more ancient times the sacrifice
Of cock was supposed to insure IA
vorable winds for mariners and today
those who search for a dead body in
Norwegian streams take along a cock
in their boat which is supposed to
crow when the shallop arrives over the
place where the body is.
Among sailors Of the northern races
the cocks reputation as harbinger of
victory when he crows amid the din
Of battle is evidently a Renaissance
coming down from the days of the
Vikings. For In the old Morse myth Of
Ragnarock, that last great battle, the
A h. L.
represented as Growing Justify amid
the conflict, heralding the regeneration
Of the world and the reign Of the sons
Of Odin. So, also, we may see why he
crows In boat when 1t reaches the
place where a sought-for drowned
body lies, for his Growing at Ragnarock
awakened the dead god, Baldur.
The belief of Themistocles that the
Growing OF cock promised him VIC
tory at Salamis, and the modern super
stition among sailors that the Growing
Of a cock on board ship portends good
luck. as well as the modern land super
stition that the Growing of cock when
1t La raining means that soon the sun
will be shining, comes from quite an
other source than the belief In the
birds shrill clarion as a harbinger of
victory amid the din Of the sea fight.
These latter superstitions are derived
from the fact that the cock was the
sacred bird of Apollo, the sun-god. the
mighty protector from evil and master
Of prophecy. They are relics of sun
worship.
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Cassandra of Troy

Cassandra was the daughter Of
Priam, king of Troy, and was regarded
as prophecies. She. during the long
siege Of Troy, uttered various predic-
lions of impending calamities which
we're disregarded at the time but veri-
lied in the event. During the plumber
of Troy. b. G. 1854, she took refuge in
the temple Of Minerva. where she was
barbarously treated by Ajax. In the
division of the spoils she fell to the lot
of Agamemnon, who brought her
home, where she excited the Jealousy
of Clytemnestra. In consequence,
Cassandra and Agamemnon were both
murdered by Clytemnestra and her
paramour.
Cassandra is said to have been sur
passingly beautiful and to have had
many suitors in the aourishing times
Of classic Chicago Journal
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-03-13
Trenchers of Wood
Often Works of Art

Wooden trenchers, commonly called
"treen" were in common use during the
Middle ages in Great Britain. "Masers"
or cups and bowls were frequently men
TONED In wills and inventories. The
finer specimens belonged to the richer
abbeys-thus, there was the Great
Maser at York, the Judas Cup at Dur
ham, and at st. Savior's, Southwark,
there was "a maser with a bordour and
knop of sylver and gilt which was
given to the church wardens to drink
when they mete." These valuable
wooden cups were sometimes orna.
mented by rim of silver, but other
wise they were seldom decorated by
more than few low holdings or in
cised lines. Their value and beauty
lay In the granting of the wood, gen.
orally maple. and the old turner's
chose the part of the trunk where 1t
divided off into branches so as to OBJ
tain the speckled bird's-eye granting
By Tudor times pewter began to take
the place Of treen, though poorer folk
continued to use these wooden trench
ers and bowls till much later, especial
ly In the north Of England and In Scot
land.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-03-13
The Marriage Problem,

You can no more make yourself
keep on loving some one to order thar
you can make yourself fall in or out
of love with some one to order. It's
like asking small boy to light a
street lamp with only a match. He
can't reach-the whole things beyond
him. That's the tragedy-the whole
relationship is dependent on some
thing that sails as airily remote above
your head as drifting cloud. To
base on that an irrevocable agree
meni? It's simply asking for trou-
Bile It's like jumping into ten feet
of water without knowing whether
you can swim or not, and then COM
planning because you're drowned
From "The Marriage Craft" by D. 81.
S. Nicholson.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-03-13
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mo, street Quiet for me and still
ness, such as my big white blanket
brings, is the sort Of life | like, and
now we will have 1t around here for
a while anyway"
Then Old Winter threw his big
white blanket over all the land and
crawled under 1t and went to sleep.
So still and quiet did he make things
that he forgot all about his home In
the cold North or that he must get
up and let Spring reign in his place.
But when 1t was time for Spring to
make her appearance she tripped along
the edge Of the meadows and fields and
found Old Winter still asleep.
HE must wake up and go home"
she said, and then she gently shook
him. "Get upi It is time for me to
begin my work"
go away and let me alone" said
Old Winter, peeking out to see who was
disturbing his comfort. 30, it Is you.
Is It? Now, IL you do not run back
home I'll throw my big white coat over
you and freeze YOU"
But Spring was not afraid of him.
She always had just SO much fussing
to put up with from Old Winter. SO
after shaking and coaxing awhile and
still Old Winter remained stubborn she
ran off to get Mr.. Sunman's help, and
the next morning all. the birds were
chattering and the crocuses were peep
ing out even through the snow.
The squirrels began to chatter and
brooks began to babble and gurgle
as they saw Old Winter feebly trying
to cover Spring with his white coat.
AT last she jumped away and began
to laugh and all the springtime visi-
tors joined her, until Old Winter
caught up his ragged white coat and
with his hands over his ears ran of
to his home vowing he would get even
with them for making such a racket
and disturbing his sleep.
But Spring knew that If she had
stayed away even another month Old
Winter would not have been willing to
leave even then, for he was a grouchy
old fellow and loved to have his own
way, and once he settles in a place II
Is hard work to get him to move.
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AWAkEs OLD WINTER

old WINTER had been pretty cross
~ when he clustered down from his
cold North. He came early, too-be-
fore the last fall flowers were ready
to leave the garden-and though they
fused and fused and told Old Winter
1t was not time for them to go. he only
clustered the more and said he would
not have such gay goings on.
"An this fuss and noise you have
all summer Is folly" he roared. Il
just won't have II, so now be gone,
all of you"
One little bird drawer than the others
fingered in a tree, and though he shiy-
cred little In the early morning the
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-03-13
Another Grade
BY DOUGLAS MALLocH

EOLKS can't always find the word
: For the things to say.
Now and then mans bird
Sayin' right away
Just the thing at just the time
That Is proper, right and primes
But the glibbest ones by far
Often poor performers are.
So. my girl. haven't got
Sense to say 1t right
Think Of somethin'. like as not,
BY tomorrow night
Then you'll be a hundred miles
Yes, sir, gone and took your smiles
Where there amt chance to see
Only In my memory.
I'll remember. don't you fear
I'll remember when
You and me was youngsters here,
Thinkin' others then
In their twenties gittin' old.
Goodness. how the time has rolledl-
Here you are. and here l be.
Twenty-one and twenty-three.
You was always smart at school
There amt many such
Me, l. guess / used to fool,
Fool around too much.
l was older, but one day
You caught up with me-and, say,
You could just have knocked me dea
When you passed grade "Neadl
Guess that's what you're dom now
Made another grade.
Hitched and harnessed to the pillow
/ am, I'm afraid;
But you're CROWN ev'ry hour,
Bloomin' like garden f1ow'r.
Life has, as it ought to do,
aee again promoted you.
olks the word can't always find
FOR to say a thing;
r. up yonder look behind
here the swallows sing.
tvlll be busy, / expect,
ut just try TO recollect
ie-no special reason why
st remember. Well, good-by.
ny Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
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that will last for years if the protec-
tive film of varnish is renewed when
it begins to show wear.
AS nothing bright or glaring should
be used in hallway of this type,
pillows of soft and harmonious tones
OF any desirable color may be used
on the built-in seat. Any ingenious
housewife will see the possibilities
of this seat which is clever COM
bination of beauty and utility, and
will use it as repository for many
miscellaneous, small articles which
are brought into the house and for
which there is no other place.
If the interior of this built-in seat
is painted light tan, it will be rend-
cred lighter, more decorative and
more useful. Also more sanitary as
it presents washable surface where
absolute cleanliness is easy to MAIN
tain.
The table and chair are in harmony
with the setting, being of the good
substantial type of furniture which
because of its excellent finish will
hold its own through the years with
only the minimum amount OF care
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-03-13

Der that the hall is connecting link
i, tween rooms, and should in no way
clash with their color schemes. 9th
er matters for consideration are ex-
posture, which is largely question Of
the amount and character oil light the
hall receives, and size.
Pale gray is formal and dignihed
with ivory, cream and white closely
seconding it. Any of these tints
would be desirable in a very dark
hall but for the hall where the light
is glaring, a deeper gray. tan or put
ty will absorb the light and make
the atmosphere more restful
In the hall illustrated, the walls
between the paneling are painted a
light tan, somewhat deeper than a
cream in tone. All woodwork in
Guiding the stairway, the balusters
the built-in seat and the quaint and
charming old door, are finished in
keeping with the English period
which they represent that the grain
of the wood shows through the coats
of varnish which are applied for pro-
lection The floor, itself, is finished
with varnish which provides finish
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-03-13
ThroU Out the Life Line

Just before the conclusion of the
weekly prayer meeting in a country
town one evening the parson arose,
and glanced over the congregation.
us there anybody present" said he,
"who wishes the prayers of the con-
gregation for relative or a friend?"
Yes. parson," answered a tall, an
gular woman, rising to her feet. Il
want the congregation to pray for nv
husband"
why, Sister Martha" exclaimed
the parson, with surprised express
sion, you have no husband"
Il know / haven't" was the calm
rejoinder Of Sister Martha. Il want
all hands to pitch in and help pray
for one"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-03-13
Have You This Habit
BY Margaret Morrison
MONTAGU DARCY

WTHREE Of my volumes of Irving
missing" lamented Ella, land
each one Is first edition.
"Of course they're first editions" an
| swered Bridget "Montagu Darcy
never borrows any but first editions"
Ella groaned. Then he got out his
hat and stick and walked round to the
Darcy house. In the library he wait
ed for the notorious Montagu. The
corners of the room were piled with
books, and along the tops of the rows
on the shelves they were huddled in
horizontally. Ella did not see how any,
thing as individual as his three Irvings
could ever come forth from that con-
fusion. So. when Darcy appeared all
smiles and cordially and promised
that the borrowed volumes should be
sent back, Ella had his misgivings.
He was not surprised when two
weeks. passed and nothing happened.
Again he called at the Darcy house.
Alone in the library, he made a hasty
and hopeless search down the shelves.
Then, with a sense of welcoming back
one given up for dead, he came upon
his Irvings. When word came that
Darcy was not at home, it was all
that Ella, the super-courteous, could
do to leave his beloved Irvings behind
After that Ella made periodic visits
to keep track of the prisoners. Darcy
always managed to make it impossible
to rescue them without discourtesy.
Then, one day as Ella was leading up
to the point of the books, Darcy in
terrupted casually: "Oh, by the way
l know you won't mind-I lent your
copies of Irving l borrowed the other
day to Jones. No one appreciates
good books like Jones, you know, and
these Irvings of yours are good.
That's true" sighed Ella, now def
nitely giving up his first editions as
missing"
At the club that night he found
rueful group of friends discussing re-
cent casualties in their libraries. All
had suffered losses. In the course OF
conversation some one mentioned Mon
tagu Darcy as connoisseur.
"Yes," put In a bitter voice, -.of
other mems books"
Then the plan was Matched. 1t was
noted that Montagu, who had a fixed
aversion Of returning. was neverthe-
less as ready lender as he was Dor
rover. A careful list, therefore, was
made of the chief missing treasures of
each man present. Gradually. they
agreed, Ella should borrow back
Smiths books, and Smith Elias:
Brown would rescue Doctor Williams
pet Poe's poems and Doctor Williams
Browns volume of modern plays. Then
there would be a grand exchange to
rightful owners
month later ii was a disconsolate
Darcy that came one day to see Ella.
He didn't know what had happened
people wouldn't even talk books with
him any more. Now, that Bryant of
Elias up there-might he borrow
But Bryant was otherwise engaged.
Verify thought Ella, 1.-THE habit Of
borrowing hath its own reward"
HAVE YOU THIS HABIT?
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-03-13

III AVE you ever stopped to thir.s
IL how much it means to be favor
ably impressed by the entrance
hall of a house? Subconscously.
with the majority of people, the at
mosphcre OF the hall embodies the
spirit of the house, for it IS the
first and last thing seen.
In every hail the walls are prob
lem, but, with few exceptions, the
same general rules hold good for all
halls. The walls of the hall should
be finished in a pale neutral color
with no broken lines made by band
ing or stencil bordering A broken
effect which can be handed success
fully is a wainscct of weed or pan
eled canvas painted the exact shade
of the pale upper wall. " hen a
narrow hall has an extremely high
ceiling, although extra height is not
always a drawback in hall, the
ceiling color may be brought down
the wall for 4 foot or two
In selecting color for the walls
of the hall it is advisable 10 choose
neutral tones of gray, tan, cream or
ivory, since one must always remem-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-03-13

Irs FIRST reference to the discovsry
Of petroleum In America In contained
IN letter written In 1e2e BY Joseph
de Ia Roche d'Ailion, a French mis-.
sionary to the Indians.
He had crossed the Niasara river
and made his way southward through
WESTERN New York into northern Penn
syivania. where he found gpring fror
which oil flowed.
This oil was highly esteemed By enc
indians fsv nsedisiaal uses. says M
Dstreae News The letter Of the prizes,
was pvhiisAsd b tess in sagard's ',His
ieirs e. Canada
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-03-13
Bird Initiates Mole

A remarkable bird, In appearance
not unlike an ordinary fnrmyard dent.
zen. and known as Highland cock
has broken away from the bird ira.
dition and instead OF building its nes,
among the trees or caves. has launched
out on bold and original lines of fts
own and has learned to make sub.
terranean nest. The idea Is exclusive
SO far archaeological experts have
tailed to discover imitators. o..
triches have been observed flirting
with the idea. but so far they have
only been able to set their heads be-
isw fhs surface.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-03-13
Burial of BroddocL

Gen. Edward Braddock was buried
In the middle Of the road about 20
miles from Cumberland, Md. Care
was taken to close the grave and have
the troops and wagon train pass over
1t to eface all marks of the burial
This was to prevent dissertation of the
remains by the Indians. Many years
later General Braddock's grave was
discovered when road was being
built through that part Of Pennsylva,
MIA. Part of the bones of Braddock
finally found their way to a museum
in Philadelphia. 1t Is said that some
OF them were also taken to England
At any rate they were removed from
their resting place In the forest.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-03-13
Hidden Loue MessaQes

There have always been parents
and guardians to hinder and thwarf
the hapless lover, and many girls have
been obliged to resort to methods Of
deception.
The simplest means ever employed
was to write the love messages with
fresh milk instead of ink. On the re-
ceipt Of blank sheet of paper, all
the recipient needed to do was to
sprinkle 1t with SCOT or charcoal. The
grit stuck to the lines traced by the
pen.-Exchange
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-03-13
Study Woods Again

When iron ships came into use the
study of woods began to decline and
the decline was steady until recently
when the United States Department of
Agriculture placed wood upon q foot
ing Of principal product" Calico,
upon his visit to the arsenal in Venice.
which visit had much to do with his
law upon the resistance Of solid bodies.
was one of the first eminent students
Of woods. Leonardo da vinci was an
ethG.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-03-13
r Last
anne
1T MooDY7

$50 authority says that Moody "a
rived from a personal name
while another authority assures
Moody is an adjective nick
rom the word which now means
but which at the time that II
used as name had the older
Z Of valiant Muddiman Is akin
having originally been Moody
.aan or valiant man.
Undoubtedly the family Ii Of English
origin. The first to settle here was
William Moody Of Ipswich, England,
who came to this country IN the Mary
al John In 1888 and first settled at
bayfield,, Mass In the home he built
mere, i>is heirs were born for the next
wo hundred and twenty years.
II Is said that this william Moody
.sslonged to m ancient English family
hich went down with the house Of
ncaster In l<71" william married
rah Piercs and had four sons, whose
.in'es were Samuel. Joshua. Caleb and
lam Joshua, a Harvard graduate.
: a famous minister In his day.
aleb was the ancestor Of Dwight
Moody. 1t II the boast Of the Moody
family that from the time Of Joshua
Moody the family never lacked for an
exceptionally great preacher. Joshua
outshone them In the Seventeenth CEN
ury. Samuel IN the Eighteenth and
wight Moody IN the Nineteenth CEN
Jry.
POMER0Y-Ihis b IN old French
same dsFivsd fPsm word pommerni,
moanlng aDD1eynrd OF course the
Romoesy0 11z1vod their name from
opue p1nos eulle1 PommeE1a but there
- - - nsss~sw ar1nAAs
-. 4 x6~
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Something to
Think Ab0ut
BLOCKING THE WAY
By r. II. WALKER

LOSE apostles Of laxity who can
ver find time to do anything as
NJ to be done go crookedly
III life complaining in their semi
r.ous moments that they are tagging
-ges behind their rivals, and never
ny anywhere.
admit this without any appar-
"a, >s.-sv ii shame or compunction Of
ecnscisnes.
Sometimes 70 their intimates Of like
sast OF their shortcomings
- hravado.
that distinguishes them
hey disdalnfully term the
lass" to whom they will
courteous good morn
heir minds TO put them
~ pedestal.
bout their task In a
hunning response
avoids pool of water.
hev do is half done.
n observing how the pro-
tine and energy, and thus
u a pleasure instead of q
Sfiess persons are always
Wing and finding fault,
thing about them In
)r benches are contin-
sion, quite in keeping
aaethodical minds.
sly needed no paper or
or reach.
lily hidden somewhere
heap. Precious min
lille searching for the
nd should the task of
snaen to be more vexa-
p. some innocent fellow
nly charged with pilfer-
storm breaks and the at
lrcharged with anger,
ne customary slowness of
likely to leave the prin-
er days and days in sulky hui
ms of this character are doomed
everything they undertake,
4 the making Of quarrels and
king Of friendships.
full themselves, they pile their
the blameless.
'ver they are found there Is
deficiency. disloyalty and I'M
S four danger signals which
ie way in every track of en-
to promotion to the higher
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