davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1925-05-01

Gus impairment of the corporations
assets.
The corporation contended that ii
has on hand ample cash and securi-
ties, representing earned income, to
pay off the accrued dividends on pre-
ferred stock without impairment of
it's assets and without endangering
the concerns financial position.
Evening star., 1925-05-01

During the middle centuries Bul-
earia was one of the strong and pros
porous kingdoms of the Balkan PENN
sula ruling over an extensive area
and inhahited by a large poDulation.
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COMETHING TO THINK
~ ABOUT ByF. A. WALKER

mere frivolities, appealing to the
baser passions, the redeeming features
in almost all cases being the superb
stage settings.
With their deft brushes the scenery
painters seem to be doing more for
the elevation of the mind than the
wielders &C the stage pen
Without the exquisite scenes many
of our popular plays would indeed
become miserable makeshifts, inca
pable of holding. the boards fort
night.
The fine art of acting is being rel
egated TO the past. There is q
craving for the gross, glaring, fragrant
and humping, rather than for the re-
fined, Uplifting and ennobling, doubt
less due to perverted tastes and crav-
ings for sensationalism and excite
ment.
The intermediate colors and fine
shadings of the older school have
given way to higher tones whose in
tensities and limits have about been
reached.
Just what will follow cannot be
guessed, except to hint in a vague
way that this modern tower of Bah
ylon will some day suddenly topple
over, tumble noisily at our feet and
leave Us babbling in strange tongues
wondering what confusion means!
There Is in the human heart an
everlasting yearning for something
new. and no one apparently knows
what to suggest.
1t is just possible that we need
now, more than anything else. the
upland solitudes. where we may get
in the pure, clear atmosphere and re-
fleet awhile without molestation from
the crude scarlet letters and binding
lights which have warped our judy
ment and dulled our finer sensibill.
ties.
We nee these upland solitudes far
more often than we may suspect, for
1t is among them that we gather new
strength for the higher duties of life
keener conception of our infirmities
deeper realization of our lack OF
human kindness and a sickening sense
at the loss of our faith If the good
the clean, the noble and in humanity
itself!
"a by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate)
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CHE WHY of
SUPERSTITIONS
THE THRESHOLD
BY H. IRVING KING

TN much talked-about recent novel
1 the doctor of Gopher Prairie says to
his bride, There! l meant to have
you lifted over the threshold" Which
shows that the old custom of lifting
brides over the threshold when they
first enter their new home still fingers
among us, as 1t is, also, feature of
rural weddings in England and Scot
land. The mixing up in the minds
of our remote ancestors of spiritual
and material things caused the TIRES
hold to be regarded in a peculiarly
mystic manner
AS its name implies, 1t prevented the
grain, the body of the corn-spirit, from
sliding out when the chaff flew away
at the, threshing time. 1t was that
part of the entrance to the house
over which all must pass that en-
tered 1t. Consequently there was
constant struggle to facilitate the
entrance of good influences and keep
out the spirits of evil by "doctoring"
the threshold. Cauls were buried un-
der their neighbours thresholds, per-
sonal relics calculated to facilitate the
entrance of malign influences. A large
nail was driven into the threshold to
keep dealt from entering.
On Walpurgis night the German
peasan. still lays flowers and branches
upon his threshold to keep out the
witches; and chips from threshold
used to be thought valuable ingredi-
ent In making smoke for the fum.ga-
ton of cattle. So as no one knows
what witches or evil spirits may have
done to the threshold 1t is better that
a bride, al the critical moment of her
entrance to her new home. should be
lifted over 1t to avoid contagion from
the malign influences from touching
the possibly infected door-sill.
&c by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate,
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antelopes, deer and wild camels.
What the expedition wants most,
however, is Marco Polo's mountain
sheep, Owls Poll, named for him by
latter day naturalists. This sheep was
long considered fabulous, but there
is such an animal, unless 1t has now
become extinct. This was settled in
1888, when Lieut.. John Wood, an Eng
lishman, sent to the Royal Asiatic
society an Owls Poll horn measuring
SO inches on the curve. The draw
ing reproduced Is supposed to por-
tray male and female of the species.
They strongly suggest our big horn
of the rockies, still to be found In
Rocky Mountain, Yellowstone and
Glacier National parks.
This Marco Polo was a Venetian
gentleman Of the Thirteenth century.
In prison at Genoa he entertained his
fellow prisoners with marvellous tales
of his travels. Later he and a scribe
put the tales into "The Book of Ser
Marco Polo the Venetion Concerning
the Kingdoms and Marvels Of the
East" The book became the best
seller of the medieva. literary world.
1t was universally believed to be one
gorgeous fabrication from beginning
to end and Marco Polo was honered
for many centuries as the worlds
biggest liar. But time played havoc
with Marco Polo's reputation, for most
of his tales were found to be true
The quoted extract from the thirty
second chapter of his book is a good
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MR.. FOX AND HIS RIVAL

once there lived in some deep
~ woods a fox who had gathered
during his years of roaming about the
country a great deal of wisdom. AS
he was now getting rather old he de-
cided to turn his knowledge to good
account.
Surely all the things know are
worth something" he reasoned. 81
have learned many things through
experience. Some l paid for by suf-
fering and other things 1 learned by
Keeping my ears and eyes alert.
Therefore should be paid by those
who care to profit by my teachings
and l shall today post sign on my
door telling the voolfolk where they
can listen each night to words of
wisdom"
Mr.. Fox was busy all one morning
painting a sign and that evening as
the voolfolk wandered along they
stopped and read, words of wisdom
spoken each and every night. rain or
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mint; cook until the peas are done,
then add salt to season. Press
through a colander, add two table
spoonfuls of sugar, one tablespoonful
Of arrow root or cornstarch, and
little white pepper. Add to the liquor
in which the peas were boiled, stir and
cook until well done. Have ready a
teaspoonful of meat extract dissolved
in little water and stir into the soup
when serving. Chicken or veal stock
may be used instead Of clear water in
which to cook the peas, making more
delicately favored soup.
French Turnips.-Pare, cut into dice
and cook until tender, one pint of
white turnips. Have ready the follow
ing sauce: To four tablespoonful of
flour, add one teaspoonful of salt, one
fourth teaspoonful of pepper, and four
tablespoonfuls of butter; add one pint
of milk and stir the whole until 1t
boils. 3Remove from the fire and add
two well beaten eggs; stir until the
eggs are set, add one-fourth of a cup
full of scraped onion or very finely
minced; reheat. Remove from the
heat, add the juice of large lemon.
Stir rapidly and pour over the turnips
in hot vegetable dish. Sprinkle with
a finely minced tablespoonful of pars-
ley and serve.
Strawberry venus.-Maks rich ois-
cult dough, using two cupfuls of flour,
four teaspoonfuls of baking powder,
two tablespoonfus of shortening, one
half teaspoonful Of salt, and milk to
make a mixture to roll. Serve with a
sauce prepared by mixing two cupfuls
of powdered sugar with three-fourths
of cupful of butter and when well
blended add quart of crushed straw
berries. Set In the ice chest to chill
and serve with the hot dumplings.
One need not go to any expense for
sandwich filling for leftoyers of ham
salmon. and various vegetables mixed
with mayonnaise will make variety.
Devlled Sandwiches. - Chop one
fourth pound of cold boiled tongue
very fine, add to 1t two tablespoonfuls
of olive oil, dash of red pepper, a
teaspoonful of worcestershire, and a
little salt and pepper. Mix with the
above ingredients the yolks of three
hard-cooked eggs which have been put
through a sieve. Serve as filling with
water cress.
N.,.. w. wee
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sample Of his "true lies" He actually
was there about the year 1856 and his
description Is probably exact. The
route he Travelled runs up to 10000
feet in places and water boils at about
178 degrees.
The Roosevelt's are "chips of the
old block" "T R." of strenuous
life" fame. The sons are upholding
the Roosevelt tradition. Kermit is
seasoned out-of-doors man. He was
with his father in Africa and Brazil
and has hunted in Alaska, Manchuria
and India. Theodore says he is the
tenderfoot of the party. Cherrie is
veteran naturalist who has made
thirty-nine explorations, including the
Roosevelt expedition to the "River of
Doubt" but this Is his first venture
in Asfatic hunting.
Dangers encountered and hardships
endured ia the name Of sport outnum-
Der even the multitude of sins popular
ly supposed to be covered by charity.
The months trip from New York to
Srinagar by sea, rail and motor, was
easy. But here's a bare outline of
what the hunters are now facing:
1t will take them a month or so to
climb the Burzil trail to Gilgit on the
Roof of the World" the jumping-off
place of civilization. The narrow and
dangerous trail averages an altitude
of 1900 feet, which taxes vitality and
is an acid test Of tempers and dis
positions. Travel through snow
passes is mostly by night for fear
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stitute an "Amer-
lean scientific eX-
o e d / tt o n" f.
nanced by James
Simpson Of Chi
cago In the inter-
est Of the Field
museum of that
city. The pur-
pose is the col
lection of the
rare animal life
Of a region prac-
tically unrepre-
sented in the
museums Of this
C o u n t ry. The
grouped photo
G r a p b s repro
duced herewith
show some of
these rare anil
mails. Two rare
beasts Of prey
are the snow
leopard and the
long-haired tiger.
Then there are
the goa. scharpoo
and burrel, not to
mention gazeDss,
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FAITH

IRON Biblical source comes the
= charming Faith, which sprang into
popular usage during the vogue of
Puritanical names. The prevalence Of
appellatives which denoted abstract
virtues marked the beginning of Puri-
tanism in England, and many such
names came under the ban from other
classes because of the widespread dis
like of the Round Heads"
But the simple beauty Of Faith, as
we'll as the divine virtue for which
the name was symbol, kept her pop
ularity undimmed. For was she not
one of the trio whom st. Paul COM
mends to the Corinthians, saying !:
"And now abideth faith, hope, char
fly, these three; but the greatest Of
these is charity"
The Puritans brought Faith to New
England when they migrated from
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Curried Lamb.-Take one and one
half pounds of lamb from the neck,
two large, thinly sliced onions. one
half cupful Of butter, one-half table
spoonful of curry powder. one tea
spoonful of vinegar, three-fourths OF
a tablespoonful of flour, one table
spoonful of tomato catsup and boiled
rice. Wipe the meat, cut into one and
one-half-inch pieces, sprinkle with salt
and pepper and the flour. Melt the
butter, add the onions and meat ana
cook unit. the meat is Drowned. Now
add the curry and enough boiling wa
ter to cook. Heat slowly to the DOLL
ing point, add the vinegar and catsup
and simmer until the meat Is tender.
Thicker with flour, season with salt
and pepper and serve in border OF
rice.
Prune and Cheese Salad. - Stew
large prunes until soft, remove the
stones and fill with well-seasoned
cream cheese, dip into highly sea-
soned French dressing, roll in chopped
pcCdn uicdlS anu serve with bipO
olive sliced. Use the center slices for
garnishing. Arrange on lettuce hearts
and pipe roses of mayonnaise on the
salad.
Date and Ginger Sandwiches.-Chop
one-half cupful of dates and the same
amount of canton ginger, add bit OF
lemon juice and some of the strip
from the ginger jar, simmer all to-
gether at low heat until well-soft-
ened. Spread when cold on huttered
bread.
Chicken Sandwiches. Chop the
white meat of one chicken very fine,
then pound to paste. Add salt, pep
per and cayenne to taste. Cover one
tablespoonful Of gelatin with table
spoonful of cold water, let stand half
an hour then add six tablespoonfuls
Of cream Stir over the heat until
the gelatin is dissolved, now beat this
into the chicken and let it stand until
cold. Cut into squares and let hard
en-. Serve cut into thin slices, on
buttered bread, covering with another
slice of buttered bread.
Good Things to Eat.
There is such a wealth of good vege-
tables and fruits during the summer
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.a \! R|[i2!' " J S'|IiI[ Sill |4|E|{i!Y|

happened to see bed of nice mush-
rooms; and knowing that Mr.. Turtle
liked mushrooms, Mr.. Fox had an
idea.
He turned right about and ran back
to the woods, but he did not stop at
his own home. Oh, no; he kept right
on until he reached the home of MIR.
Turtle.
Mr.. Fox said: "Mr. Turtle, l saw a
bed of fine mushrooms over the hill /;
thought you might like to know, as
you ere fond of them"
Mr.. Turtle thanked him and said he
would so right over and lcok at them.
Mr.. Turtle had stayed late in the
mushroom bed, and when he started
for home he knew he would never be
.lecture unless some one gave him a
lift and when he saw Mr.. Fox trot-
ting aion., he remembered his ances-
tor who had won that famous race
hundreds of years before from Mr..
Hare.
Mr.. FOX ran over to the farm, got
his supper and was running back at a
pretty fast rate of speed; so he did not
know when Mr.. Turtle reached out
his hand an6 grasped the tip of his
tail and held fast to 1t.
Mr.. Fox was thinking of getting
home, and how Mr.. Turtle must be
waddling along somewhere far from
home, for he was very certain he went
to the mushroom bed. So he was not
as careful as he usually was to look
where he was going.
Over a stone wall leaped Mr.. Fox,
and tho next thing he knew he was
deep in a pond of-mostly mud.
A mud bath to Mr.. Turtle was fun,
and IL lie had not been in a hurry to
reach home he would have liked moth
ing better than to stay there; but he
crawled out and left Mr.. Fox wallow-
ing about in the mud.
Before Mr.. Fox had come along Mr..
Turtle had had time to think, and It
had entered his wise old head that
Mr.. Fox had reasons for being so kind
in telling him about the bed of mush-
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in the Eighth century, and persisted
with it. At was at its height from the
Twelfth to the Fifteenth century and
did much to refine the manners of
western Europe during the Middle
ages. 1t also elevated the position of
woman, and spread abroad spirit of
courtesy and kindness. which had
powerful and salutary effect upon
modern society. The word chivalry Is
derived from chevalier (knight), and
this from caballarius Can equipped
feudal tenant on horseback) kan.
sas City Star.
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moonlight to those who wish to hear
them, for a small fee."
Those who first saw the sign ran
to tell others and pretty soon crowd
had gathered around the door Of Mr..
Fox, which made his eye; twinkle, for
the larger the crowd the more he
would get in fees.
Old Mr.. Turtle was stretching his
neck, but he could not see we'll enough
TO read, so he asked Mr.. Rabbit, who
was nearest to him, to read what was
printed on the sign.
The next day the voolfolk saw on
Mr.. Turtles door this sign: "Mr.
Turtle, who for over a hundred years
has been gathering wisdom, will lee
ture each night to those who care to
improve their minds. A collection
will be taken to meet expenses"
"a new broom sweeps clean" quot
ed Mr.. Fox when he heard about Mr..
Turtles sign, and then he added but
too many cooks spoil the BROTH SO /
must use my wits to get ahead Of my
rival, Mr.. Turtle"
Mr.. Fox was running along wher he
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Cradle in Church

When Rev. J, Lowdnes, the bachelor
vicar of Blidwarth, England, rocked a
baby's cradle In his church on a re-
cent Su ,day, 1t was not in an effort TO
stop the babes cry, but the carrying
out of a custom which has been OBJ
served for nearly 700 years.
From the Thirteenth century 1t has
been rule that the most recently born
baby in the parish should be taken to
church on the Sunday nearest Candle
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rooms, so he called to him as he
waddled away: There's many slip
'twixt the cup and the lip Mr.. Fox.
l shall remember to explain that say
Ing to my audience tonight and tell
them, too, how you are unavoidably
detained"
Mr.. Fox knew that his rival would
reach homo in time to give his lee
ture, and he knew, too, that he would
be the laughing stock of all the wood
folk by morning; so, when he did r..
last get out of the mud he ran for
home and pulled Gown his sign, and
tnen out of the woods he went, to
make home so far away that Mr..
Turtle would have to crawl years and
years before he found him.
20 by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate)
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Good Cleansing Process

Alabaster ornaments can De Deauti-
fully cleaned by immersing them In
milk of lime for some time, washing
them in clear water and busting them
when they are dry with little French
chalk. The milk of lime is made by
mixing enough slaked lime in water
to give the water milky appearance.
A second and very simple way Is to
use soap and water with little wash
Ing soda or ammonia. rinsing them
thoroughly afterwards.
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their native land, and the name has
been universally popular there, at the
same time spreading to other sections
of the country. 1t is one of the few
feminine appellatives which cannot be
contracted.
The pearl is Faiths talismanic gem.
1t is fitting symbol of purity for its
wearer who will possess enviable
charm and affability and have many
friends. Wednesday is her lucky day
and her lucky number.
70 by Wheeler Syndicate. Inc.)
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Catherine Macaulay

The first woman historian to attain
wide fame was Mrs. Catherine Macau-
lay, an Englishwoman of the Eight
eenth century. She wrote history of
England which was famous in her day.
She was born in Kent, the daughter of
John Sawbridge, and at twenty-eight
married DIR. George Macaulay, Lon
don physician. She was stanch be-
lever in Republican principles and her
historical works reflect her keen de-
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of avalanches.
And Gilgit is
only about half
way to the lofty
Pamir plateau.
Gilgit and the
surrounding re-
gion is a famine
country, fed from
the valleys below.
So the Roose-
velts must carry
food supplies to
last to the Pamir
plateau.
Time is pre-
ciOus in these
mountains. Win
ter closes the
passes early and
If the Reosevelts
don't get back in
to the Vale Of
Kashmir by early
October they will
either have to
stay all winter or
go out to the
north by trails
d e S r | b e d as
" heartbreaking -.
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votion TO the cause of liberty. She cor
responded with George Washington for
several years, and in 1855, on visit
to America, was guest of the Wash
ingtons at Mount Vernon for three
weeks.-C Chicago Journal.
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UPLAND SOLITUDEs

TT is becoming a mooted question
4 among observing educators as to
whether our present-day diversions do
not often dwarf the budding intellects
of the young and carry them far
afield in the wrong direction.
With the possible exception of
music, the universal language, our en-.
tertainments, as a rule, have become
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mas and dedicated to God. On Satur-
day night. the child is baptized, next
day it is again taken to the sanctuary
and placed in a tiny cradle inside the
altar rail. The vicar then dedicates
the child to God, and rocks the cradle.
The ceremony is intended to SYM
bolize the Biblical story of the
presentation of the Child Christ in the
temple.
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plain is called Pamir and you ride
across 1t for twelve days together. find
Ing nothing but a desert without habi-
tation or any green thing, so that trav-
elers are obliged to carry with them
whatever they have need Of The re-
gton Is so lofty and cold that you do
not even see any birds flying. And
must also notice that. because of this
great cold, fire does not burn so bright
ly, nor give out so much heat as usual,
nor does 1t cook food so effectually.-
MARCO POLO.
How would you like to be this sum-
mer with Kermit and Theodore Roose-
welt, hunting for Marco Polos wild
sheep Of great size" up in the Than
Shan mountains of Eastern Turkestan?
/ thought SO. Apparently most of the
ten million male Americans between
ten and nineteenth say nothing of
the grewn-ups and women-ase simply
consumed with envy.
For, according to their tentative
schedule, Ko-Mi and Su-to--they are
so named in their Chinese credentials
are just about now in Srinagar, In
dia, with George X. Cherrie, who went
ahead to arrange for an outfit of yaks,
long-haired ponies and fifty or more
natives. They are probably wearing
some kind of queer native costume,
fussing over their "shootin'irons" and
casting impatient glances from the
Vale Of Kashmir toward the giant
mountains overhead.
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White House Situation

The White House faces north. In
the days of its construction 1t was re-
garded as also facing south, since the
river front of house is always as
important as the one on the corre-
spending side Of the building.
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that we need not
suffer for variety.
Soup of Green
p e a s. S b e IL
enough gre e n
peas to make a
q u a r t; add six
cupfuls of water
and a sprig of
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) = q q u 9s " u u q 7s u u q
A LINE OF CHEER
BY John Kendrick Bangs.
:*xxx ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
A WORD FROM SPRING

a GENTLE breeze came whis-
"A pering by today,
And paused a moment on its
laughing way.
I'm just In from the South" 1t
said, and I
Have stopped to tell you that the
spring Is nigh.
And all her styles
Are based on smiles:
And when she comes her pam
niers will be full
OF blossoms fragrant and delect-
able:
And in her train a gay and
chSral throng
OF ahappy birds will wing their
waa slong;
And brand new leaves 10 clothe
the naked trees
She'll bring and spread 30 lavish
as you please;
And all the country DER
Her flowers will dance as on a
ballroom floor.
That all may know in these dark
days of dread
That Youth, and Grace, and
Beauty are not dead,
But with us still,
For man to make such use of
as he will.
90 by Mcclure Newspaper syndicates
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! Kermit and Theodore
|0H for Wild Places
~ In Asia ~
y JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN

ND When you leave this little
country and ride three days
northeast. always among
mountains, you get to such
a height that tits said to be
the highest place in the
world. There are
great numbers of all kinds
of wild beasts; among 9TH
ers, wild sheep of great size,
whose horns are good six
palmS I'm length. The
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e THE
4CABINE T
ID. lg25. western Newspaper .

10. 1925. Western Newspaper Union.)
Come, read to me some poem,
Some simple and heartfelt lay,
That shall soothe that restless
feeling
And Danish the thoughts of day.
-Longfellow.