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The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-03-26
Old Curiosity Shops.

Many OF the local curiosity shops in
the back streets of most county and
country towns are simply kept up py
large London firms who, from a pro
longed study of human nature, have
discovered that people who are shy of
buying old furniture OF old silver in
Bond street or Piccadilly are ready
and eager purchasers of precisely the
same objects, al a rather higher price.
when they cone upon them in the
back streets Of a country town.-Lon-
don Country Gentleman.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-03-26

low, which protected the surface be-
meath it from the dye, scraped off,
leaving the Inscription in white.
Names, dates and homely sentiments
were written on the egg.
Then there was the pace" or, more
correctly. the "pasch' egg, the max
ing Of which was an art. Many a hot
dispute as to which township pro-
duced the most beautiful pace eggs
is limited at in the chronicles of me-
dieval England. To make a pace egg,
the egg was carefully split exactly
in half, the meaty part p~ainstakingly
extracted, and the egg divided into
compartments by the insertion of
mountaineering pieces of wood. Each
compartment was decorated as the
artist saw fit. The usual pace egg
had a triple division; to the left was
the name. carved inJ infinitely tiny
wooden letters; to the right, the age
Of the maker, and III the center, some
object to denote his trade, or, 1t might
be, a characteristic. The finished
pace egg was somewhat similar to
the peephole eggs of the present time.
The g~entlefQlk gave their children
gold %leaf-covered eggs. Sugar eggs
are believed to have originated In
Persia. In Spain the Easter egg
takes the form Of an ~egg-shaped re-
ceptacle, generally used as a jewel
box, often intricately hammered, and
filed with jewels or coins.-New Or
leans Times-Picayune.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-03-26

SALE.-By virtue ola
writ of f. ia. 10 me directed. issued out OF
the Court of chancery of the State of New
Jersey. will be exposed to sale at public ven
due. on
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-03-26
Censns TakIng in Chlna.

In China an odd way of taking the
census prevails The cities and towns
are arranged in groups OF ten houses.
The oldest man in each group visits
the nine houses, which, with his
own, makes up the group, counts the
members 90 every family. and sends
his report to the Imperial Census
Bureau.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-03-26
<" ASTER?" says the New Eng
land child sedately. New
gloves, a trinket, and a
church fun Of people with

CnulCA LUZ W RGoRAO N@S
new spring hats"
"Easter!" says the New Orleans
child a bit b~oisterously. "Dyeing
eggs, gathering clover for the Easter
bunny, and next morning finding the
nest it left for you"
To the Washington child e~gg-rolling
at the White House probably would
be the keynote of Easter,
But did you ever stop to inquire as
to the origin of these customs? Did
you know they are yer more time
honored than the very name Of the
Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring, Eos
ire, from which we get the word
Easter? Eostre is indeed an ancient
lady, but compared to these customs
she is a glddy young lapper. In the
far-off days of Plato the first use Of
the rabbit, the egg and new wearing
apparel as the symbols of the spring
season were lost in the glimmerings
of shadowy ages. With the coming
of Christianity, and the allegorical
soul awakening of Easter added to
he physical awakening Of spring,
the symbols of the pagans be-
came identified with the Easter sea-
son. Thereupon the name of the rab-
bit changed. and it was no longer the
spring bunny. but the Easter bunny
that trotted about the countryside,
busily filing all the nests.
Made Egg Collection.
Tbare were places that the rabbit
seemed to neglect. Perhaps it did not
fill the nests to the top, or 1t might
have been that it was too slow. At
any rate, the children formed themy
selves into bands and visited from
house to house, asking for Easter
e Modern psychologists aren't so
very wise, after all, for these children
applied one of their maxims way back
in the Twelfth century. IF you have
a favor to ask" say these scientists,
task it in an attractive manner" The
children, scorning to face a hating,
or-shades Of u revered ancestors
could they as paragon children ever
have been oyerbold-sang this little
verse:
Eggs, bacon, apples or cheese,
Bread or corn, If you please,
or any good thing that viii make us
And we pray you. good DAME. an Eas-
ter egg.
Churly indeed the housewife who
could resist such a serenade. Some
times the eggs were uncooked. These
the children would cook over an open
fire in the village meeting place. Beg
gars, too, considered the asking and
receiving Of Easter eggs as a Of
their professional rights.
Eggs Richly Decorated.
The Easter egg was then much as
It Is now, h~ard-boiled and decorated.
Various dyes were used, but red, the
color that betokens rejoicing. vas the
favorite color. There were streaked
gigs and piebald eggs. The most ar
tistic were saved to be hung. as dec
orations in the kitchen. A common
device was to write on the steaming
hot egg with a tallow candle. The
taIlow, melting, acted as a sort of ink.
The egg was then Dyed and the tala
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-03-26

Novelties in Easter
Eggs Found in Paris

Eggs Found in Paris
The Paris Easter egg is a thing of
10Y forever. 1t seems to grow bigger
every year, and its contents more va
ried and less like anything that ever
occurred inside an egg. There are
~children's eggs and eggs for grown
ups. The former are usually large /;
the latter very small. The children's
Easter eggs Of the ~nonedible kind are
filed with sets of furniture, wireless
telegraphy outfits, with whole farms
of animals, with toilette sets in minia-
ture, and they are of course attrac-
lively laid out in cottonwood and
ribbons.
Grown-up Easter eggs contain
manicure sets of every variety, beau
tiful little sewing outfits, and some Of
the tiny eggs contain a miniature
watch made in enamel and bejeweled,
and just large enough to wear in a
b~uttonhole. Sometimes jewelry to
match a dress may be found inside an
Easter egg. While ivory and Jade
slave bangles have taken their place,
and sometimes two or three Of these
are worn at 4 time and tinkle as the
wearer moves. These, together with
umbrella handles or bag tops, find a
place in the Easter egg, forming very
attractive presents, says the Manches-
ter Guardian.
There are even surprises in the UNI
brella handle. These are rather
straight and thick and may be made
Of curious woods, ivory and enamel.
If they are examined closely a crack
may be seen down one side, and If
this is pressed the handle opens on an
almost invisible hinge, displaying with
in a very small and neat manicure set
or a makeup outfit. In the 'lid'' of
the handle is fixed the small mirror
which Is usually seen in bags, and the
owner has only to open bFr umbrella
handle to discover whether she needs
~powdering or rougeing. as the case
quay be.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-03-26

Champagne was discovered in the
SEVENTEEN century by a monk named
Perignon. The inmates Of the abbey
kept the secret and the enjoyment Of
the sparkling fluid for many years.
In his old age Perignon also invent
ed the peculiar cork which is used to
the present day.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-03-26

FuIler's earth is now being put to
various uses. for fulling wool, clari-
flying lard and c~ottonseed oil, and as
a bleacher and cleaner 1t is invalu-
able. Nearly 10000 tons r used
yearly. of which Florida produces
three-fourths.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-03-26
The Sum and
Substance

Of being 9 subscribcr to this
paper Is that you and your
family become attached to
it. Tho paper becomes q
member Of the family and q
It's coming each week VIII
be as welcome as the ar
rivsl Of anyone that's dear.
Il win keep you informed on
the doings Of the community anu
che bargains Of the merchants
regularly advertised viii esanle
vou "a save many times the coss
81 the subscription.
Evening star., 1925-08-03
England Cuts the Dole.

The British House of Commons has
just passed an act amending the
present unemployment insurance law
designed TO prevent unemployment
benefit payments being improperly
obtained. 1t empowers the minister
of labor to withhold such payments
under certain conditions ana gives
him power to inquire into the cir
cumstances of applicants with view
of preventing fraud. II would seem
that such an act should have com
manded the unanimous support of
the Commons. The Labor party,
however. strongly opposed the
amendment on the ground that it
would deprive 10000 unemployed per-
sons of benefits they would otherwise
receive. The Laborites voted on a
division TO reject the bill. which,
however, was carried 263 to 9S
At present the British government
is under a heavy handicap through
the dole system, which was adopted
after the war as a means of alleviat-
ing distress through unemployment.
An enormous sum of money is an
nually expended in this palliation of
suffering-a sum that does not repre-
sent any constructive advance toward
the cure of the economic situation
Many thousands of the beneficiaries
of this dole have simply lain down
on the job of finding work. While
much acute distress would be felt
if the dole were denied, a large pro-
portion of the participants are idling.
The position of the Labor party in
opposing this measure is not con-
sistent. 1t should favor a scrutiny of
the lists in order that no unworthy
person receive aid from the state.
There is no advantage to labor in
England or elsewhere in receiving
unmerited charity. England has
urgent needs toward which the doles
now given TO the 10000 estima ted
idlers might profitabiy be applied, for
their ultimate benefit as well as that
of the country at large.
Evening star., 1925-08-03
Dogs and Dog DAYS.

Police reports show an increase in the
number of attacks on persons by dogs.
1t is seasonal and argues for the exer-
else of little common sense expressed
in terms Of caution and kindness. We
are in or close upon the time of wear
called dog days. Dog days" is the
English translation of classic phrase.
The Romans dog days We're about 40.
in the hottest part Of the year. When
Sirius, the dog star, rose just, after
the sun, Summer was at it's best or
worst, and among the ancients 1t was
believed that the rising of that star
near the sun was the cause of the
heat. In that season more than the
usual number of dogs went mad :"
and it was thought that the dog star
was to blame.
We still speak of dog days, and in
August, when the weather is apt to
be most sultry, dogs are still said to
''go mad More attacks by dogs oc-
cur in dog days than at other times of
the year. 1t is very likely that. dogs
do not contract at this time malady
Evening star., 1925-08-03
''Pepping Up" the Hymns

The director of large New York
theater orchestra in a Sunday address
expressed the view that jazz is dying
so fast that it will be defunct within
a year.
All of which sounds encouraging
from the standpoint of good music
and restrained taste on the part of
dancers. That the prediction will be
verified within the time limit fixed is
open to question.
But there can be little reason TO
doubt the wisdom of this suggestion
that the church hymns should be
popped up" by being more or less
syncopated. to maintain the tempo set
by this hurrying and impatient age.
The church hymns are far from be-
ing the dirges and dyspeptic walls of
the old days. They have been popped
up" from year TO year until most of
them fairly reflect the cheerineSS
which has been injected into religion
to take the place of the fire and
birthstone" wrath and despair of half
a century or more ago.
/ Even those grand sonorouS old
hymns are interpreted in the spirit of
cheerful modernism and they have
lost none of their comforting efficacy
in the transformatio They do not
need popping up" for to do so would
be to set them TO tunes out of keeping
with the solemnity of the great yeri-
ties they commemorate.-Kan City
Journal
Evening star., 1925-08-03
Enforce the Law
For Clean Foods

To the Editor Of The Star:
/ have been deeply interested in an
article that recently appeared in The
Evening Star telling of the efforts of
DR.. Fowler, the health officer, to en-
force the sanitary law protecting food
stuff from flies, etc. / was really sur
prised when / arrived in Washington
from Dallas, Tex, and visited the
various markets and grocery stores,
TO find meats and other foodstuffs eX-
posed to Vermin. ] couldn't imagine
why the Capital City would tolerate
such carelessness. / asked the ques-
ton, Haven't you food inspectors in
your city," but the merchant would
best variety of food in the country"
I said, "It may be your alibi, but 1
know better, for it can't be the best
after the flies have had their share"
Really. 1 became disgusted in buying
Ioodstuff at all.
/ find these unsanitary conditions
existing mostly in the small neighbor-
hood stores operated by foreigners.
/ passed a fruit stand on + street
the other afternoon: if I saw one fly
I saw one hundred flying all over
some bananas. / said, eff that man
was in Dallas with his fruit stand
they would lock him up" The fruit
man gave me a mean look.
l am sure if DIR. Fowler will enforce
the sanitary law, as outlined, the
people in Washington would be
elated.
Another law that should not be
overlooked, and should be enforced
very rigidly, is the pure food law.
MRS. NELLIE REESE MARTZ.
Evening star., 1925-08-03

more fundamentally serious view Of
life than thousands of men, / mean
the males that insist on rubbing their
whiskers against children's cheeks,
and ducking said offspring in the
ocean, teasing dogs. playing practical
jokes on their equals, and knocking"
their superiors.
If you can tell one of these kid
ders" by looking at him, 1t is not
because he has a certain type of chin,
or eyes set too close together, but
because you have evolved for your
self a system of group glimpses.
You see him in toto, and judge him
in toto. In the first place, he seldom
gives you a chance to critically
survey his cast of countenance, even
If you wanted TO, for no sooner does
he catch your eye than he outs with
some remark which he calls FUN"
and you brand bunk" Only you
don't tell him so, for if you did, he
would simply use it as more dis
agreeable ammunition.
Similarly, in all walks of life. the
man who thinks he can read char
acter "at a glance" is, in reality, not
only putting two and two" together,
but three and three and four and
four
The strange part of it is that no
matter what observations he makes
they always add up TO the same
thing-the character of the man,
This, Of course. if the observer
really is a good observer
Experience is good teacher in
deed. Even a numbskun, thrown
Of H.,
would acquire an exceptional sense
of recognizing a crook when he met
one, although the fellow might be
dressed, ever so correctly, and be in
reality very handsome man.
II don't like that fellow" you say
Il don't know why, but / just don't
like him Perhaps more times than
not you are eminently correct in your
Judgment. The man does not deserve
to be liked. But you do not arrive at
this judgment through his cold, fishy
eyes. You have fine friends with
such eyes. Your observations took
Il sense of intuition.
Only so can you really Judge others
by looking at them.
If we attempt TO ''size up" a man
by the length of his nose, or the
number of square inches of cuticle
In his brow, we are very apt to make
serious mistakes, / believe much more
likely TO than not.
Where such character reading"
falls down is in relation to what we
cannot see.
The mind is not on display, except
casually, as 1t were, through the
the face, or even through the eyes,
those So-called windows of the soul. -
The mind of man is a mystery be
yond almost any.
1t has around it more than seven
wells, and the stars in it's crown are
many more than seven. The mind
works so quietly that no man has
heard IL function to this day, and SC
secretly that even those closest to us
do not know what we think, unless
we choose to tell them.
A mans face might indicate all
crime, and yet his mind might easily
overcome all the indications.
1T is true" said Socrates to a critic
that bear upon my countenance the
marks of many evil desires. and vet
l carry here" he said. tapping his
forehead, the means whereby over.
come them ALL"
10 MIN who oVercometh the Bible
says, great rewards shall be given.
we dare not, then, lit seems TO mel
attempt to judge by outward appear
ances, when the man may have. for
all we know, balance wheel within.
Evening star., 1925-08-03

that may be called Il specific disease
which causes madness, but that they
suffer from the heat and from that
suffering lose their temper. Some
dogs that are normally peaceful have
convulsions, and in those commissions
bite what they can. Stray, homeless
dogs often suffer keenly from thirst
They find it difficult to get water
Thirst is added to their distresses.
Many dogs cannot find shady places to
rest in. Some of them not only suffer
from thirst, but hunger. No doubt
some pet dogs, overfed and under
exercised, go mad" from the heat.
This is time when persons should
be careful Of their dogs and also care
full about raising the cry Mad dog"
a mad dog may be-no doubt, often
is-a dog crazed by thirst or hunger.
Persons who have conscience about
dogs will see that they have enough
water and cool rest places. Persons
who do not know how to treat dog
should not have one. Homeless dogs
,
back yards and lots and forage in
garbage cans to exc out a wretched
living ought to be disposed of as gen.
tly and mercifully as possible. They
are not responsible for their misfor-
tunes. Their distress can often be
laid against the inhumanity of man.
In most cases the cry of Mad dog"'
drives suffering dog to greater mad
ness, but few persons care to take Il
chance with dog that has lost its
dog reason, even from heat thirst and
hunger. A safe plan is to treat ones
own dog with intelligent care, to help
spread the good doctrine of kindness
to animals, and to take no familiarities
with dogs you do not know, but to in
sist that no dog shall be treated
brutally.
Evening star., 1925-08-03
Crime in Chicago.

The movement which has recently
been started for the study and sup
preston of crime in the United States
IS fully justified by the conditions in
the large cities of this country Just
at present Chicago appears to be the
crime center. That city has a crime
commission which is studying local
conditions, and has just made public
some figures which will help to shock
the American people into the adop-
tion of corrective and preventive meas
ures.
During the first seven months of
the current year 227 persons have
been murdered in Chicago. These
were not manslaughter cases, or justi-
fable homicides, but in every instance
murders, as so classified by coroner's
juries. At the present rate the year
1925 will yield 391 such killings, or
more than one a day.
In this connection il is stated that
capital crime is on the increase in
Chicago. In 1919, however, there was
an unusual wave of homicide, $50
murders being committed. In 1920
the number dropped to 1914 In 1921
the murders totaled 19o In 1922 there
were 22S. In 1923 27O were commit.
ted, in 1924 the score was 347, and,
as stated, this year up to date, 227.
This gives a total of / ,7S6 murders in
Chicago in six years and seven
months.
Population comparisons lead to sug-
Evening star., 1925-08-03
Stop Means Stop,
But Make 1t Plain
To the Edito- Of The star:

To the Edito- Of The Star:
Your editorial supporting the di-
rector of traffic in his efforts to speed
traffic and foster safety is deserving
of commendation.
stop means nothing else but" and
this is as it should be. Every stop
sign is a silent traffic officer, doing
duty that would entail the employ
ment of many men. May the use of
such signs be encouraged and their
number increase.
But, as with all new ideas, this one
can stand improvement. The present
stop signs are painted on the asphalt
and are hardly visible at some places
because of the heavy traffic discolor-
ing them.
Another fault is, the sign is visible
only to one car at a time, the car
nearest to it
My suggestion is that an elevated
sign, or signal, be adopted Let each
arc light on the far and near corners
of the intersecting street be marked
with a strip of red glass, extending
up and down, and visible on the two
sides facing the traffic which is meant
to be stopped"
That will leave the other two sides,
which face the avenues, white, and
the traffic thereon will have the right
of way This red glass need only be
! strip 8 or 4 inches wide, extended
from the top to the bottom Of the
! globe. and could be easily clamped
| into place and removed at will
Light signals are about the only
| safe means of guiding traffic at night
| as signs painted on the asphalt are
difficult to see in the dark. Another
advantage, and a big one, is-every
| motorist will know from a distance
| that he must stop at this particular
| corner, and so prepares himself.
/ Under the present system, one who is
| not familiar with the avenues affected
! is at sea as to where each crosses
other thoroughfares, rear collisions
are many and almost unavoidable be-
| cause of the surprise stop.
! r. A. HAHAR.
Evening star., 1925-08-03

Now that a big deficit in the Post
Office Department is in sight not
withstanding increased rates, the
country is discussing the old question
OF whether the postal service should
be expected to operate at a profit. and
Congress is getting reminders OF
warning that unpopular rate advances
would defeat their own purpose.
THE case as it stands the New
York Times argues, lis an interesting
Illustration of the way in which legis-
lation, especially in matters having TO
do with raising revenue, often con-
founds it's authors. The simple eX-
pedient of sitting down and establish
ing increased rates of postage in order
to bring in more revenue has thus
far proved to be entirely fallaclouS.
"A postal rate that is too high, IKE
an overburdensome tax, lives 10 mock
it's authors" adds the Yakima Re-
public.
1.-The performance, like the squabble
over Muscle Shoals the st. Louis
Post Dispatch suggests, graphically
illustrates the inability of Congress,
with its multitude of members and
it's diverse interest, to deal compe-
tently on the floor with the details of
an intricate business proposition.
. The need of treating the Post Oftice
Department as a business instead OF
looking on it as political playthlng
is suggested by the Springfield (Ohio)
News. THAT increased rates on spe-
cific classes of postal matter" says
the News, "did not assure increased
revenue was evident when the first
few months operation was analyzed.
The Springfield paper charges unbusl-
nesslike methods The public could
easily avoid the new tax by not doing
the thing on which it was levied" the
Topeka State Journal points out, and
it adds: Congress and the commit
tees were duly warned of what would
happen. The newspapers We're full of
such warnings"
Blame for the situation is placed by
the New London Day on public de-
mands which lead to extravaganza.
The Day cites the declaration of the
American Farm Bureau Federation
for greater economy, and continues:
1.-The farmers in the same breath ask
for better rural free delivery service.
They want their cake and to eat it,
too"
The franking privilege is pointed
to by the Grand Rapids Press: ITO
one suggestion of the Farm Bureau
Federation all classes, rural and ur-
ban, will give enthusiastic approval -
says the Grand Rapids paper, land
that is the abolition of the present
system of charging the post office up
with S7,O00.000 worth of franking on
Government matter. congressional
and the like every year"
To this the New Haven Register adds:
"It surely is not fair to charge the
user of the mails with the expense