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, 1925-06-03
THE BEST TOWN

mere II fancler towns than our little town, there are towns
thaI " Digger than this, and the people who live in the smaller
towns don't know what excitement they miss. There are things
you See IN the Weather towns that you can't in a town that's
S SMa m yet, up and down, there is no other town like our
Mttie town after all. 1t may be that the streets aren't lone
they're not wide nor maybe straight. but tbe neiohhors ' u,
Know IN your own little town all welcome a fenow-its great.
IN n ghtter1ng streets of the gittering town, with it's
p pam and pavement and thral,' in the midst of the throng you
VIII frequently long for your own little town after all. If Won
live and you work in your own little town. in spite Of the fsact
that it's small, you'll find its a fact that our own little town
S the best little town after all.
, 1925-06-03

A fifteen-year-old Alabama boy
won the national contest for speech
es on the federal Constitution with
a magnificent defense of the ma
tional charter as an instrument for
the preservation of liberty and
union, one and inseparable, now and
forever Times have changed since
the Confederate capital was located
at Montgomery.
, 1925-06-03
A LOCAL PROBLEM

tho I "a. a council meeting Mondy evening discussion had Of
e y la cohGtlons, which are admitted by the mavor and nos
a we'll wei In umcnm zen a $ beng most deporabe at this time. It is
bar in tb 1an' n liquor is being sold openly across the
nf oIe numerous on the streets than they were durino the da ae
ofrcara ICONS NO action is being taken by the county
the town ~nG m eannot but be aware of the state Of affairs, and
some plan of action is to be instituted to imnrove natterE d
, 1925-06-03

Few celebrations such as was held
in Cody on Saturday afternoon are
more profitable to the town. Not
only did the members of the fire
department enjoy the sports, but the
program was equally interesting to
those who lined up on the streets
to witness the contests, and as a re-
suit of the home talent performance
not Il dime of Cody money was
taken out of town. There is more
real wholesome enjoyment in af-
fairs of this kind than in many
elaborate entertainments which test
the purse string of the entire com
munity.
, 1925-06-03

Five dollars and costs is plenty
to teach the average automobile
driver to turn his car only at inter
sections. At least the editor of this
paper thinks so after an introduc-
ton to His Honor this week.
, 1925-06-03

Chauncey Depew has reached
n~inety-one and "Uncle joe Cannon
eighty-nine, but we haven't heard
either one of them claim it was his
care in %annexing the right number
of vitamines and calories when he
parked in front of the table that
enabled him to reach such a ripe
aid age.
, 1925-06-03

One of last years law class took
his first cas- a few weeks ago. His
client was suddenly called out of
town on business, and left instruc-
tions with his lawyer that the re-
suits of the case be wired to him
as soon as possible.
The cause, queer as it may seem,
won and the lawyer wired:
Right triumphs over wrong" Some
minutes later a message came over-a
hot wire Appeal to higher courts"
, 1925-06-03

of the ballots in the recent German
election were cast by women, and
that the other AS per cent repre-
scented the silent vote.
, 1925-06-03

A ninety-nine-year-old resident of
New York attributes his longevity
to the fact that he has been a DEM
ocrat all his life. He is confident
that if he had been a Republican
and lived in the ward he did, he
wouldn't have lived nearly so long.
, 1925-06-03

The day when employer and en-
ploye will think it just as senseless
to fight in a strike or lockout as
it would be for a board of directors
to transact business by peeling off
their coats and going at each other
in a battle royal is predicted by Sec
rotary of labor Davis.
, 1925-06-03

Burbank is pretty good, but he
never made plums grow on a poll
teal band wagon.
, 1925-06-03

Law is like medicine in n par
ticular. A certain amount of it is
beneficial. Too much of it is some
times worse than none at all.
, 1925-06-03

w. ]. Bryan's brother says that
something must be done to save
the Democratic party. and the real
danger now is that he will try to
do 1t.
, 1925-06-03

Mail crossing the continent in a
day now travels about as fast as
bad news.
, 1925-06-03

The man who lives by the side
of the rad nowadays has a house
full of dust.
, 1925-06-03

Too frequently patriotism is some
thing that attacks o after you
pass the draft age.
, 1925-06-03

If the next war is to be fought
in the air. as predicted, it will have
to wait until the last one gives it
up.
, 1925-06-03

The dove of peace seems to be
about as popular in the Balkans as
a safety razor in a barber shop.
, 1925-06-03

American women spend $4,000
900 a year for cosmetics, and that
is another staggering fact man is
fa~ce-to-face with.
, 1925-06-03

Money can't buy happiness-but
money will buy an automobile in
which a fellow can go searching for
happines.
, 1925-06-03
TExIIAW

TIL true humor-
list is a Teller who
can bring smiles to
the faces of all
, 1925-06-03

Memorial day is an event which
should hold the attention of each
and every patriotic citizen of Amer
lea. Yet at the Memorial service
on Saturday morning not half of
the seats were filled, although a fine
program had been arranged for the
occasion. Too many people soon
forget the sacrifices made by the
soldier boys and use the day for
their own personal enjoyment.
, 1925-06-03
Buried

A town that never has anything
to do in a public way is on the
way to the cemetery. Any citizen
who will do nothing for his town
is helping to dig its grave. A man
that "cusses" the town furnishes
its coffin. The man who is SO
selfish as to have no time from his
business to give affairs is making
the shroud. The man who will not
advertise is driving the hearse. The
many who is always pulling back
from any public enterprise throws
bouquets on the grave. The man
who is so stingy as to be bowling
hard times, breaches the funeral,
sings the doXology. And thus the
town lies buried from all the sor-
rows of the world.
President Coolidge on Memorial
Day delivered an address at the
amphitheatre in Arlington and placed
upon the tomb of the unknown SOL
der a wreath bearing his and Mrs.
Coolidge's card.
You can tell a sensible woman
by looking under her thumb for a
nan
Even when the people get togeth-
er the place where they get it is
in the neck.
, 1925-06-03

cldentally slips on a banana peel
isn't necessarily n humorist.
, 1925-06-03

Even when the people get togeth-
er the place where they get it is
the neck.
, 1925-06-03

You can tell a sensible woman
by looking under her thumb for a
man.
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1925-06-09

ing on gourd by an old woman.
was the feature. 1t seemed quite
strange to me when one of the
prominent ladies criticised to me
one of the dancers, who, she said,
did not display quite the right wig
gle with her hips!
But Hawaii without the Hawai-
ians would be a calamity, and we
were very much pleased to learn
that sincere efforts are being made
to reclaim the natives in the hope
of saving the race A local uni.
versity has been established where
higher education is being taught
and the government and university
are working together in an effort
to save the native Hawaiians from
gradual extinction.
Aloha" the word of greeting
among these people, is on every
tongue as the visitor mingles here
and there. 1t is Aloha when you
arrive and Aloha when you leave.
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1925-06-09

underneath to hold them rigid after
they are rolled out and the legs are
unfolded and snapped into place.
Around the table he puts the camp
chairs that he unfolds.
The camp kit is then unpacked
and the table set with plates, cups
and silverware from the kit. Some
soft cakes that have been packed in
one of the middle air-tight COM
partments are taken out and the
thermos bottles, one that has been
filled with ice water and one that
was filled at the last camp with hot
coffee, are opened.
Butter and milk are taken from
the refrigerator basket, as sweet
and cold as if they had been taken
from the refrigerator at home, and
in short time after the camp site
was decided upon, the family is
found enjoying home-cooked
meal and surrounded by all the
necessary comforts of life. When
darkness comes on, they tune in on
the radio and get concerts from
far and near. If they do not like
sitting in darkness, the gasoline
lantern may be lighted. There is
nothing needed that is not at hand,
and SO this modern family can
think, if it will, while enjoying all
the comforts of this modern camp,
of those who, crossed this country
in prairie schooners years ago.
What a different sort of camp those
people had! Only when we make
comparisons like this can we real
ize how fortunate we of this day
are.
Is it any wonder that camping
now is enjoyed by nearly everyone,
and that after seeing the camp
equipment found at the different
stores in Winslow, Winslow people
are eager for their individual vaca-
ton times to come?
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1925-06-09

1t is the native word for Love in
its brOadest and finest sense and
Aloha is the theme of song and
spirit of the greeting which comes
to the stranger upon his arrival or
departure.
l had heard that when shin
casts off shore on its journey to a
distant port, is always momen-
tous occasion, but l was i'll pre-
pared for the farewell which was
given to the people on board the
S. S. City of Los Angeles when she
left port from Honolulu on the
morning of May 8.
The wearing of the lai or colored
paper wreath around the neck is q
distinctly Hawaiian custom. Lais
are usually made of colored paper,
but originally were made of flow
ers and hung around the necks OF
loved ones on all occasions.
No Hawaiian costume is complete
without one or more lais, and
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1925-06-09
RETROSPECTION
By STEPHEN L. HORTON.
(Written for The Mail.)

AS we pause along life's journey
At the end of long, hard day,
] like to look behind me
Toward the land of the far away
For that's where the path has be-
ginning
And, stretching down through
the years,
Leads over wondrous pleasant re
gionS
And across deserts of signs and
tears.
But as it reaches away off yonder
Into the land of the long ago,
How could have missed it's beauty
I wonder?
For it did not look then as it
does now.
But perhaps this rough hard coun-
try
That today we are passing
through
Will appear to have all the beauty
Of the past, that l now can view.
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1925-06-09
Hawaiians in Song and
Dance; Race Is Dying

In my previous letters / have re-
ferred to the native Hawaiians as
dying race and it is to them and
what they mean to the islands |
wish to devote this letter.
Statistics show that while there
were between 100000 and 100000
natives in the islands at the time
of their discovery $50 years ago,
their number has dwindled to about
10000 in 1925.
This is a sad situation, because
it seems to me that the islands can
never be the same in beauty, in
sentiment or in song if this native
race is permitted to pass out of
existence.
Hawaii without the Hawaiians
would be like Paree without the
Pareesiennes. Their native songs
and dances, the sweet-toned music
of the ukuleles, can not be rendered
by others than the Hawaiians them
selves.
In other countries everything
local seems to-. be commercialized
for the benefit of the visitor, but
not so in Honolulu. True, one
finds oneself surrounded by curio
shops and various forms of enter
tainment on commercial basis,
but these enterprises are not Ha-
waiian, rather they are American or
Japanese, and one of the largest
and best curio stores on the
island is Chinese. The Hawaiians
as people do not seem to be COM
mercially inclined, but rather in
Honolulu seem to be satisfied to
fill the various positions as police
men, traffic cops, taxi drivers,
guides, etc.
On the other hand, as I have
drifted around the city or along
Waikiki beach in the evening moon
light / have almost stumbled over
young lads playing their ukuleles
and singing soft melodies. 1 have
found them on street corners enter
tanning the passerby, but making
no bid for money-nOt refusing it
when rendered, but apparently not
concerned over the material things
in life.
Practically all of the profess
ional music on the islands is fur
nished by Hawaiians, and much to
be regretted is the fact that the
saxophone and other instruments
are being added to the Hawaiian
orchestras, so that they are not
strictly native.
The hula-hula dance is rendered
everywhere by natives. In the very
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1925-06-09

best society, at almost all private
and public functions, the hula is the
principal feature of the entertain
ment.
at first the visitor is shocked by
this public display of what in the
states is considered an indecent
dance, but after you have heard it
defended by lovely American wom-
en- of unquestioned social standing
who have lived a number Of years
on the islands, you come to realize
that it is question of attitude and
state of mind.
"To the pure in mind all things
are pure" and when l heard Mrs.
Beamer of Hilo, in brief address
to an audience of about 100 tourists
at the Volcano hotel, give defense
I of the hula dance, which was most
beautifully rendered by her little
6-year-old daughter in native cos
tune, felt that after all the above
quotation is true.
Mrs. Beamer and a group of ma
tive artists under her direction
sang native songs and danced ma
tive dances of many descriptions,
furnishing most delightful eve
ning's entertainment.
On another occasion prominent
Hawaiian residents put on a native
fishing party, with big spread of
native food served in native style
without knives or forks, all of
which was followed by native sing
ing and dancing.
At this affair Governor and Mrs.
Harrington, General Hines, Admiral
CoontZ, and most of the prominent
officials of the islands were pres
ent, accompanied by their wives.
The dancing of the hula and other
dances by three Hawaiian women.
accompanied by chanting and beat
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1925-06-09

flowers are used on special OccS-
sions instead of paper. Upon our
arrival at the dock on the morning
of departure we found our friends
prepared to shower us with beauti-
full flower lais and as we looked
over the large gathering of depart
ing people there were but very few
of them who did not enter into the
spirit of "Aloha" which prevailed in
the riot of flowers with which we
were showered
Strange customs they are, but
beautiful in their sentiment and
most difficult for us to adequately
describe. AS the big ship sailed out
of the harbor laden with human
freight for the mainland, one By
one we cast our flower lais over
board to be lost on the sea. The
meaning of this was that some day
we are coming back, and it is the
echo back to the waving friends on
shore, aloha"
The Winslow mail. (Winslow, Ariz.) 1893-1926, 1925-06-09
Winslow Folk Go
Camping
BY MARGI HOPKINS.

THERE was a time when a camp
outfit consisted of a roll of bed
ding and frying pan-in fact, that
time was not very long ago, for
even automobiles replaced our
horses and the different labor-sav-
ing devices took their places as
necessities in our homes and Of
fees, the camp outfit failed to ap-
peal to the inventor as a field
worthy of much consideration.
Until the last five years to go
camping meant to rough it, and
cross-country camping trips were
seldom planned by particular peo-
pie, but now we find camping the
most popular of Americas summer
time sports, with people in all
walks of life enjoying it, and each
season finds what was the latest
and handiest in camp equipment
the year before far eclipsed by
current inventions.
Just because l was curious to
know what the latest things in
camping equipment might be, |
made a trip to the stores one day
last week and this is the way l
have pictured the Winslow family
which goes on a camping tour this
summer:
The family has just picked out
a suitable spot after much debate,
for there is no question with quite
so many sides as that of choosing
a camping place. Mr.. likes to be
under tree. Mrs. says there are
apt to be ants there (and | agree
with herr. She would prefer to
pitch the tent on a sandy place in
a wash. Mr.. sits on that sugges-
ton flatly. He isn't going to risk
being washed away in the middle
of the night by some freshet
caused by a cloudbursAmiles away.
But as I said before, the family
already has agreed upon camping
spot, and Mr.. starts to put up the
tent. He unfolds a small bundle of
brown canvas, spreads it out on the
ground, adjusts a few steel ribs
sewed into the canvas, and in q
few minutes he has tent pitched
without the trouble of setting up
props and a ridge pole. There are
no ropes or stakes to stumble over,
either, and the tent has a floor OF
canvas sewed in and six-inch
strip of canvas across the bottom
of the doorway to keep out the
snakes and crawling things that
sometimes get too sociable This
tent is really clever thing.
The folding canvas cots are set
up inside and covered with blan-
kets all ready for the night and
then the matter of getting some
thing to eat occupies Mrs mind.
But Mrs. already has the gasoline
stove inXaction at one side of the
tent and the meal is almost ready.
On this stove she can cook as
quickly as on her gas stove at
home, and altogether the stove
weighs no more than eight pounds.
And, by the way, the forest rangers
are recommending these stoves for
use in the forests this year The
forests are very dry, making il
dangerous to use open camp fires.
but with the gasoline stove there
is no danger of starting a forest
fire. Mrs. has taken along her
pressure cooker, and an old hen
that was bought at a farmhouse
along the way is cooking in it. In
thirty minutes after she put it on
it will be ready to eat.
Mr.. sets up the table that he I'M
rolls from a bundle. He rolls out
the top, which is made of Stats laid
side by side and covered with black
oil cloth. Steel stays are fastened
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-26
Pershing for President
n ERSHING for President in 1928.

m ERSHING for President in 1928
One guess is as good as another, but
it begins to look as if the G. o. P. had started
out to groom the tanner of ST. Mihiel and points
west for the next big nomination.
The general has just returned from South
America, where he headed the official delega-
tion representing the United States p. the
centennial Of SPANS last stand on this CONT
nent at Ayacucbo.
No sooner had he set foot back on district
of Columbia soil than President Coolidge
named him president of the important commits
sion which will supervise the plebiscite to de-
termine whether the disputed district Of Tacna
and africa shall revert to Peru or remain with
Chile
But the most significant gesture of all is
the party s move to run him for United States
Senator from Missouri two years hence
AS public speaker the general is good
army officer He is not accustomed to public
debate. He does not like it. He suffers ter
ribly from stage fright.
But he is improving His junket through
South America helped. His new job will fur
Their improve his glibness of CAB And if the
parry Cdu Only get Hill lHJO the senate where
speech-making is the one thing they don't do
nothing else but as the saying goes, he should
emerge in 1928 polished verb shooter
Pershing for President in 1928 would GER
tainly be good tactics from the G. o. P. point
of view. In the first place whatever some may
think about it, a large portion of the public
will cry Third Term!'' if President Coolidge
tries it again. !. Then, too, political winds are
notoriously tickle. Agood second string 9csa1idi
date ready groomed for the job, would be only
common sense.
Last but not the least in Importance, the
World War has not yet given hero to the
White House. Every other war, including the
Indian scrimmage, did better by the country
Washington, Jackson, W. H. Harrison Taylor.
Grant, Garfield, Arthur, Benjamin Harrison.
Mckinley and Roosevelt in varying degree
owed their nominations to their war records.
A little late maybe, but the signs are not
wholly lacking that the last and biggest war If
them all might yield at least candidate
Pershing, in 1923.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-26

But at that, Nero Is commanding
historical character. In spite of
Nero, we today are enjoying the
blessing of Christian civilization. I
am not afraid of my heroes in his
tory.
To correctly play the character
of Nero on the screen, the producer
had to show this rulers weakness
for lewd entertainment. Nero, as
you recall. was the original Barnum
and Bailey in the circus world. He
knew how to get thrills, although
he resorted to, disgusting and cruel
methods. I have no patience with
this sort Of thing. but Nero did in
dulge In some terrible pastimes.
That is history and the producer Of
Quo Vadis" has filmed the facts.
The Real Test
From a purely dramatic stand
point. "Quo Vadis" as revealed at
the Circle this week is dramatic
masterpiece, rich in historical char
acters. Here is history. favored with
cruel, harsh and even disgusting
moments.
Quo Vadis" has been staged in
a masterful way. 1t is easily the
best of the imported movies. 1t is
gignatic in theme and In its treat
ment.
Were the indorsers of photoplays
going to refuse to indorse favorably
this movie for adult entertainment?
That question / asked myself often.
And yet 1 had enough faith in this
organization to feel that an indorse-
ment would be given. And so 1t
has been.
We must not have narrowness in
the Indiana Indorsers of Photoplays
This body does not tolerate lewd,
cheap sex stuff and I will say here
and now that the Indiana Indorsers
Of Photoplays are making it safer
and easier for film managers to
present only clean and wholesome
entertainment.
Quo Vadis" is nothing more or
less than realistic history. AS far
as I am personally concerned, 1
would even recommend QUO Vadis"
for the youth who is mentally ad-
vanced and is capable of mentally
digesting dramatic entertainment.
Other Endorsements
In addition to Quo vadis" at the
Circle. the Indiana Indorsers of
Photoplays indorse the following fea-
lures for adults at the Ohio, Apollo
and Colonial; for family, Forty
Winks," at the Crystal.
1 am glad that the indorsers are
not afraid to recognize the worth
OF dramatic entertainment. although
the material Is not lily white in
the strict sense. AS long as we
have honest and intelligent histori-
cal realism am not afraid Of the
results.
If the producer had made Quo
Vadis" a brothel I would have been
the f1rst to have protested against It.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-26
COFFEE

day Brazil produces one-half of the
worlds crop. This shows what
comparativel view people can do
when they go in for gardening.
Without tea and coffee to fall back
on, but especially the latter, we
might have found 1t harder to pass
the 18th amendment and the Vol
stead act, which suggests that these
two drinks may have exercised some
political influence.
Coffee is one Of those commodities
which, thoughproduced in only
few countries, enjoys worldwide de-
mand. This makes it factor of
peace. We can't get 1t, except
peace is maintained with those
countries and the trade routes kept
open.
If we did not need German dyes,
Oriental silk. South American
coffee, etc, in our daily lives, we
might not be thinking so favorably
of the League of Nations, the World
Court and other institutions that
make for new order.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-03-26

attempting to find for themselves candidate.
Adolph Emhardt still is in the field but the
Democrats evidently want some one else to
make the primary campaign interesting. So
they are asking Walter Myers to make the
race. Walter has threatened to make many
races in the past, but he never has actually
blossomed forth as candidate. He may take
the plunge this time.
Meanwhile the city manager movement is
gaining momentum without much noise or the
fanfare of trumpets and before long the politi-
clans may discover that all their efforts have
been in vain and that Indianapolis citizens are
more interested in good government than in
politics.