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Pocahontas star herald., 1926-02-18
White MAY Run

VIII s. White has authorized us to
announce that he will likely be in the
race for county trehsurer in the COM
ing primary election. Mr. White was
in this race four years ago and re-
ceived total Of 1915 votes, with two
opponents in the field. and was defeat
ed by only 76 votes. Watch for his
formal announcement
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-02-18

Dewey Oliver, deputy from the Office
Of the internal revenue collector at
Little Rock. was in Pocahontas Mon
day to help local income tax payers in
making out their reports.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-02-18
Barber Shop Improves

Carpenters and plumbers were busy
in the Ward & Amos Barber shop first
Of the week making some needed re-
pairs, A new floor was put down, new
lavatories were installed and new
floor covering was laid.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-02-18
Oldfeld Recovering

Hon. w. A. Oldheld, our representa-
tive in Congress, returned to his work
Monday after having been confined to
his home several days with severe
cold, which for time threatened to
develop into pneumonia.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-02-18

Deck Holder left Wednesday for
Little Rock to undergo a physical ex-
animation at the U. s. Veterans Hos
pital. He is suffering with a wound
he received in France in 1918.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-02-18
For Wilson Memorial

Receipts from Jackson township for
the Woodrow Wilson Birthplace Mem
orial, omitted through error last week.
were received from the following: Myrt
WaldroD, Page Waldron. Dud Waldron,
Tom WaddelI, George Brown. Henry
Brown, Dock Woodbridge, Tom Hurn.
Total, S1.70.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-27

Is one of the vital interests. for 1t summarizes a mans philosophy of life, if he chooses carefully and takes it seriously. Advertisements state that eight million people have laugh ed at 'Abbie's Irish Rose It teaches Q wholesome lesson of tolerance, but we would be unwise to encourage too many such combinations. It is not a question of race or religious su- periority or inferiority but of com patibility based on background. There are enough strains on mar riage today, without adding the dis rupting clements of race and re- ligion. We must give credit to one or both where happiness has follow
 ed such unions. Adjustment Is us- ually made by the surrender of either the husband or the wife. When the backgrounds of husband and wife are too divergent continual conflicts arise. The subconScious is a storehouse for the accumulation of impressions received from the cradle lO lllt SIdNt. T iOlli tllio oloi' come the materials that furnish the basis for judgments, for prejudices and desires. Wien the accumula- tions of past impressions differ serl- ously. disagreements are numerous. While fundamental ideas should be similar. it is not necessary nor de- sirable that all interests should be the same. We should allow for variations and make them an as set. A different hobby brings one into contact with a new circle of friends and a new field of literature. Let not the wife's interest in the woman's club be regretted but used. Let not the husbands interest in golf be occasion for grumbling. but rather an opportunity to make new friends and to enrich life.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-27
HOW FILM STARS
 SPENT HOLIDAYS
Family Reunions, Home Dinners
 and Charity Giving

Hollywood, Cal. Dec. q lP) -- Christmas, in the land of make be- lieve. was as genuine as it was along Main street. Fam fly reunions, home dinners, social calls and acts of charity marked the holiday observance in the film colony.
 The day was ushercd in with Christmas carols, when 500 players at the Cecil T.. DeMille lot. work ing Christmas Eve, in "The King of Kings" a film portrayal Of the life of Christ, grouped themselves about a pipe organ used in the making of the picture, and staged a song fest.
 Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks started the day by dis tributing gifts among the poor and then appeared at the breakfast club, which played host to 1,500 youngsters.
 Will Rogers laid aside his heavy duties as mayor and enjoyed his Christmas dinner with Mrs. Rogers
New Britain herald., 1926-12-27

and their three children in little ! log cabin which Is hidden away in
 one corner of his Beverly Hills
 ranch. After a hearty meal Will | broke in a few ropes and watched his daughter Mary do Charleston with a lariat.
 Charles Chaplin's program was
 not divulged. Lita Grey Chaplin had their children with her at the home of her grandparents, where the two l Chaplin boys busied themselves with l the truckload of toys which Santa Claus had dumped down their chimney.
 Colleen Moore gave a Christmas dinner in honor of her grand
 mother. Mrs. Mary Kelley. s5, who presided at a family reunion. Col leen's husband, John Mccormack, was there. Richard Barthelmess entertained his little daughter. Mary Hay, four, at dinner in his Beverly Hills home. Milton Stills and Doris Kenyon spent quiet day, taking an auto mobile ride after dinner. Doris has
 been i'll for some time. Charles Murray and Mrs. Murray
 motored to Whittier near here, to
 be with their son. who has been i'll.
 Lewis Stone took hls II year old daughter to see football game. Cecil B. DeMille had Christmas dinner at home with his wife and four children.
 Lillian Tashman and her hus- band, Edmund Lowe, kept open house. Among the callers were MT. and Mrs Lionel Barrymore and brother Jack.
 Jobyna Ralston was away spend- ing Christmas in San Antonio with her iiancee, Dick Arlen. Irene Rich stayed at home with Iher two daughters, Frances and Jane.
 Antonio Moreno and Jack Holt were at home. Ernest Terrence brought his two sons to play with Jacks two children. Florence Nidor shared her Christmas with her daughter
 May McAvoy distributed Christ mas baskets to ten needy families.
 Jean 1Iershot kept open house. He spent part of the day helping son Alan open his Christmas pack ages while Mrs. Hershoit entertain ed the guests. including Ernest Lu- bitsch, MT. and Mrs. Jack Warner. l Hoot Gibson also held open
 house. The guests included Mir. and
 Mrs. Alan Foy Nottie Pickford)
 and Mir. and Mrs. Norman Kerry.
 Norma Shearer and her mother
 visited the Mexican quarter in Los Angeles where they distributed 100
 pounds of candy.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-27
Silly Girl With Jazz Mind No Mate for Serious Man He Tells Members of Bible Class.

Marriage relations and the rise of woman from the status, in the home, of slave to her present position of independence, were discussed by Prof David D. Vaughan at yester- days meeting of Eyeryman's Bible class at Trinity NJ. F. church. Prof Vaughan advised weighty considera- ton Of the marriage question and Se lection of mate whose mind is in harmony on the factors which deeply affect the relations of two people who elect to become a social unit through the ceremony Of marriage.
 Prof. Vaughan spoke as follows:
 Among the lower forms of ami nal life. the female is dominant. Female bees, for example, kill the drones (males) when they are too numerous. As the scale rises, males fight for the possession of the fc- male, and the female chooses the stronger. In various species the male displays his desirable qualities of beauty or strength, and the female selects the one most attractive to her. This selection, with the compe- tition of the males, has tended to i'm prove race stock. As the human race developed, however, the males did most of the choosing, although wom- en have played a larger part in choice than is usually assumed.
 "The question Shall I choose a wife?' did not arise in the mind of primitive man. Marriage was an advantage to him in every way. Wives and children were an economic asset The wife was a slave and performed the disagreeablc tasks. thus allowing the husband to pursue his own interests. Children were a burden only to their mother When old enough to be an economic asset, the father could use them. He held complete power of life and death over all members of the fami- ly All property was his. One finds in the Old Testament. the interesting development of the patriarcha family in the early pastoral life oi the Hebrew people. The owners ot large floclis and herds from place tc place in search of pasture and wa ter The organization needed a cen, tral authority. which was vested 1T the father. Wives and children were of economic advantage. and eacl made contribution to economic family welfare. Women were moi idle, even when their husband were rich.
 Tn early colonial days in Ameri, ca the wife was an economic asset What is now done in factories was then done in the home Canning
New Britain herald., 1926-12-27
Two-Gun Watchman Kills
 One Bandit, Hits Another

Chicago, Dec. 2 H9 - A two- gun night watchman last night shot and killed one man and Wound- ed another when they attacked him. When one of the men seized his pistol and turned it about until it menaced his own body, John Summerside, the watchman, brought his reserve weapon into play, kill ing the man. He knocked the other assailant unconsclous with 'lle butt of his weapon.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-27
Choose Wisely Before Marriage,
 Apoid Discord, Vaughan Advises

baking. drying fruits, grinding grain. making soap, weaving, spinning, dye
 ing and making of clothing, and many other activities, necessary to life and comfort, were carried on in tn. home. Pioneer life without a home wa lonely, as we'll as devoid of comfort With the wife as an economic and social necessity. and with children contributing to pro- duction under frontier conditions men questioned the wisdom of mar riage less than they do today. Since marriage was the only career open to women, the home had attractions for them also. The home was much more stable when it was q necessity to both men and women. Today, the family is individualiZed. Centralized control and mutual interdependence have given way to self direction and independence. Standards of living have been raised. Young women often earn as much as young men. They have accustomed themselves to many Of the luXurics of life, which they are unwilling to surrender. They would have to give these up if they were married. and if two were forced to live on the income of one, while expenses mounted to more than double those of one person. With the surrender of q personal in- come goes the surrender of inde- pendcncc as we'll The development of commercialized recreation and the multiplication of home comforts out side of ones own home have made the home seem less necessary than formerly.
 "The introduction of the power machine known as the Industrial Revolution began shortly before Il American revolution. This took women and children out of the home and put them into factories. Gradu- ally many activities of the home. Q. E.. the preparation of food and clothing, were carried into Canner- ies. packing houses, mills, etc. This made woman of less economic value in the home. and it made the home less necessary to her, for she could earn a livelihood elsewhere, With all of these changes the status of the husband and father today is much different than ii was in patriarChal times. We no longer have the con- pact family with arbitrary authority
 at the head. The father no longer holds all real and personal property. He no longer has the power of life
 and death over his wife and children,
 nor is he today even their repre-
 sentative before the law. He is no i longer. as was the Hebrew patriarch, 1 the religious head of the family. of- l fcring prayers and sacrifices.
 Those who marry should have kindred tastes. A lilly, superficial girl with jazz mind marrics q sober philosopher, and unhappiness is sure ! to follow. A m q coarse,
 brutal nature ms oung wom-
 an of refinement " y arc mis-
New Britain herald., 1926-12-27

TO IOTIOW. x m brutal nature ms an of refinement erable together.
 portant that cert terests be held i
The Washington times., 1926-09-15
Put a Curb on Speeding, Reck-
less Diplomats in Washington

Traffic noceuen of Washington have long had unpleasant
nerences with diplomatic attaches Of foreign countries
stationed here Fortunately the heads Of embassies and e
;ons are careful to observe the traffic laws Of this city,
ana there are few Of diplomats Of high rank de-
Hberately violating these laws.
Among the attaches embassies however there have been
and still are thoughes persons who drive automobiles
at almost any speed their fancy dictates and who pay little
attention to any of the other traffic rules The Director OF
Traffic nonerIv regards matter serious one and Is
justified in making report to the commissioners VINO Wln
doubtless transmit the State Department with their views
The Immunity which surrounds representatives OF foreign
nations Is being advantage OF in manner tnat snock
inc If is surprising that men carefully selected BY other
nations them here should so lar forget
and the duty they owe their countries and ours
ANYTHING the drivers of embassy cars should st examples
in careful driving and in respect for traffic ana otner laws
of the District
Embassv attaches are as likely sustain motor accidents
s or own people Nobody in these days Of frenzed driving
and careessness hope avoid accidents all the time but
those who are careful will not be held responsible
Traffic officers who have held up speeding embassy ana
legation cars have treated in most
manner by occupants Instead of receiving the polite warn
ips Of officers right spirit the occupants have IN some
instances used abusive language and defed the Officers
One well known traffic officer who climbed on the running
hoard Of the speeding Of small European nation was
called dirty American pig by naughty female, who
seized the cap officer and threw to the ground In
another case one occupant of pat in the face OF the
officer.
Washngtons traffic policemen know the immunity sur
their duty when they exceeding speed limits or
violating important regulations TO give courteous warning
officers entitled to courteous treatment IN returns
not 20 abuse and outright defiance.
Department appears to be unconoerned or unable
to change the undesirable and dangerous conditions Steps
OF some viii have to be taken to put curb on nsoen
and deliberate violations of local laws made to protect the
lives and properties Of our citizens.
The Washington times., 1926-09-15
MOTHER OF
DICKENS

A CCoRDING to biographical evi.
"A dence, 1t does not appear
that Charles Dickens owed much
to his parents. As he, himself,
says in q letter to washington
Irving, he was q Every small and
not over.particularly -taken.care-of
boy" But his first desire for
knowledge and his earliest inter
est in books were awakened by
his mother, Elizabeth Barrow.
She taught him the rudiments
of English and Latin and encour-
aged him to read the books in his
fathers small and oddly assorted
library. It is unfortunate, how
ever, that she should have neg
lected mis- formal schooling. OF
course, this could hardly be
helped when you realize that John
Dickens; the head of the house
hold, was SO extravagaft that he
spent many months in the debt
ors' prison. Consequently 1t was
a problem for Mrs. Dickens TO
feed six hungry mouths and cover
the other expenses out of a mere
pittance.
She did what she could by es
tabIishing school for young chill
dren. Her young son Charles
went from door to door distribut-
ing advertising circulars, but not
one pupil crossed the threshold Of
the establishment.
Although Charles Dickens was
employed at an early age in a
blacking warehouse, his father
struggled to free him from those
sordid surroundings and give him
the advantages Of a real home.
It is to Mrs. Dickens discredit
that she urged Charles be sent
back to the factory, but as he
himself says it was mainly due to
unfortunate circumstances. And
that he bore his mother no ill@will
or resentment is evidenced by the
fact that his first thought, upon
obtaining money, was to use it for
the purpose Of giving her a per.
manent home.
Elizabeth Barrow Dickens died
in September, 1863.
The Washington times., 1926-09-15
Lucky MussOlini

II begins to look Premier Mussoin leads charmed
e For the third time in year he has escaped assassination
by hair.
Il truly love to live danger says the Italian dictator
addressing crowd Of many thousand cheering Romans fo
lowing his latest escape from death
must be enjoying himself hugely then because there
obviously profound among ms enemies % ac
compish the Duce's taking off.
Nevertheless Mussoi proclaimS that while ne doesn mind
being target for bombs and pistol shots the business has
got to STOP
I shall make increasingly difficult for handful Of mad
men and criminals disturb the life of the nation, he de-
eareg he threatens reesabish capital punishment
Meantime the successive attempts Mussonis lie serve
only his popularity and strengthen his hold on the
public imagination. t.s.
When the news that again the Premier had off
unscathed in deadly attack Rome went wild with joy The
city bossomed with flags Crowds shouting their ubatior
paraded the streets
phenomenal person. this leader who calmly lodges bombs
The Washington times., 1926-09-15
ROMANTIC UDAIPUR

Of gold and silver as o balanc
The coins would then be 81
tributed as largess among x
people.
The Hindu gods or effiglas
thenl-are seen everywhere anon
the buildings of the city, Cnls
among them are Brahna. tn
Disposer; Vishnu, the Preservel
silva, the Destroyer, and Ganesn;
God of Common Sense.
There is an interesting st0l
told of the last-named god, Can
sha. when his mother first sal
him, her gaze was so bright tlls
his head was burnt of. 81
father, silva. ordered that
first living creature found slesl
ing with his face toward l.
north should be despoiled OF ~
head, which should then be givs
to Ganesha. AccordiHgtY, ~
men thus admonished set 71u
and the first animal encounters
happened to be an elephant.
head was Immediately cut q
and brought to silva. who Gauss
1t to be fastened upon bis son
shoulders. Thus, the elsphafa
head is the symbol Of divine w
dom.
The Washington times., 1926-09-15
By ELSIE ROBINSON
-Is elsle ao oaRas e.

: fllc-pan mind made Drlltlalff
showing under the old system O.
marking and a slow, careful bfaiI
often made an extremely Doc
But with /. q. tests. educator
hope to find the real age ati
quality OF the brain. For ex
anaple. little ElIenss body is ninN
wears old. but she may real
have twelve e-year-old brain
Then. for her own good,
should be given some tWelYe-yea
old work. Yet she should not
allowed to push herself beyQn
her strength and the I. @. te
viii show just what her strenge
and tension are
Or. on the other hand, be-
nine.year-oId body may house
seven-year-old brain. This co.
not prove that Ellen IS stupid,
win be an unintelligent Wonla
She NAV indeed be an extra0ro
narily intelligent woman when So
has rnafured. But for the pre-
eY1t. her intelligence IL setarde
She should then be given WOI
which fits her development, an
aids her progress.
Such Is the aim OF the 4.
test. These tests are being use
In many institutions beside
schools. Al big taxicab compan
recently used them to determiH
the mental ages Of their driver
in an effort to cut down
number of accidents causad
reckless OTiN.iIey
Are I. @. tests perfect?
OF course, they aren't. All ps
GEOLOGICAL work is still in its i@
fancy. There is probably mug
that il confused and foolish
this work, as there is IN
pioneering effort. But ct ieas
they represent an honest efios
to give each other q better uea
And that's a long stride ahea
isn't it?
The Washington times., 1926-09-15
WHAT Is nER
1ENTAl-
We GHT Z

has always stood well in her les-
sons she's starting d new grade
this fall. And do ynu think it's
enough Tor her to show her pro-
motion marks? Not at all. She
has to pass an /. @. test what
ever that may be. Did ever
hear OF anything so silly And
what is an i. @. test at any rate9
An I. q. test isn't as silly as
you think it is, Mother.
I. O.. means Intelligence Quo
tient. I don't know why they
have, to tar sensible working
schemes with such enchilada titles
but it's d little trick they have.
In simple, easily cI1ewed English,
/. @. means the brain lineup Of
the person who Is undergoing the
The /. O. test does not attempt
to discover all that little Ellen
knows or may learn. 1t simply
attempts to show how her nine-
year-old brain stacks up with.
other nine-year-o1d brains. It at
tempts to do this In order that
Ellen may have the best possible
chance in her school life and not
be given mental burdens which
she cannot bear.
.sBut how do they know exactly
what q nine-year-old brain, should
be able to do2
They don't know exactly. But
after, studying thousands Of brains
during the course OF many years.
educators and psychoIog have
arrived at rough estimates Of the
capability of the average brain
at various ages. They have de-
termined that brain of a GER
tain age should be able to work
at a certain speed and to com.
prehend certain subjects and FRO
duce certain results.
But didn't the old examinations
and promotion marks show that 2?
The Washington times., 1926-09-15
The North Star
By Garrett P. Seryiss

away, the line becomes virtually
a mere point. This is why we
see the North Star in the same
direction at all seasons, while
the position of the sun seems 20
change.
The unchanging inclination OF
the earth's axis, shown by its
pointing toward the North Star,
is the fundamental cause of the
regular yearly change of the sea-
sons from spring through sum
mer and autumn to winter. and
so back again to spring. If the
earth's axis swung round in
the sun, it would be always sum
mer in the Northern hemisphere
and always winter in the South
ern, and there would be no spring
or autumn anywhere.
I should perhaps add that the
fixity of direction of the earth's
axis, which has such momentous
consequences upon the climate,
is after all only apparent, or so
to speak temporary. For, an
reality, the axis does very slowly
swing around in space, taking
about 10000 years for a complete
turn, the result of whichs is q
mighty cycle of change whereby
the order of the seasons in the
earth's two hemispheres is COM
pIetely reversed every ten or
eleven thousand years; that is to
say, after the lapse of about that
length of time, our summers will
come in what is now January.
Then the Southern hemisphere
will have its winters in January
instead of in July. This great
shuttle play Of the seasons is not
evident in human lifetime, or
even in that sof a nation. but If
our knowledge of pre-history
were sufficiently extensive anS
exact we might trace the effects
OF the cycle upon the living con-
ditions of our remote ancestors.
The Washington times., 1926-09-15
Cranberries

No definitely beokens the coming Of
the cranberry.
Strawberries used spring. but that long ago.
They the market when this part of the world is knee
deep in
So with fruits availabe- you have the price
pretty nearly any time.
the cranberry II ripens in its bogs only after
has and the frost CLEANS Of mornings in the crisp
sunshine Of early September.
Cranberres the market suggesting Thanksgiving
turkey and cold the changing
The Washington times., 1926-09-15
WISE SAYINGS

knowledge is that which. next
to virtue, truly and essentially
raises one man above another.
Addison.
To be distracted with many
opinions, makes men to be or
the last impression, and full or
change. Bacon
True glory takes root, and ever
spreads; all false. pretences, like
flowers, fall to the ground; nor
can any counterfeit last long.
Cicero.
Prosperities can only be en-
joyed by them who fear not at
all to lose them. Taylor.
The heart cannot possibly re-
main neutral, but constantly takes
one way or the other.
--Shaftlesbury.
Ability is a poor mans wealth.
Wren.