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Putnam patriot., 1926-07-16
ROBERT DIAMOND
 FRACTURES HIP

Robert Diamond. son of Mir. and Mrs. s. Diamond. Grove street, is al a Worcester hospital with a fractured hip. Mir Diamond had just returned from his wedding trip and Sunday the family motored to Webster lake Members of the party had been eut in a boat and had just come to Che shore. When the boat stopped few feet from the beach Mr Diamont took an oar and jumped The oai broke and he landed on the ground 4 physician was called. made an ex animation. and accompanied Mir Dia mond to the hospital in the Webster ambulance.
Putnam patriot., 1926-07-16
GOTHAM FAMILY
Reunion Sunday at Home of Mir and Mrs. William A. Hall,
 Putnam

Three generations were represented al the Bolhnm family aeuuian hold at the home of Mir and Mrs. William A. Hall, Walnut street. Sunday Mem bers of the old Windham county fam fly were present from Putnam, Pom fret, Hampton, Mansfield Depot. Prov idence. Vermont. New York, Emporia Kansas. and other places.
 Thirty one including grandparents, parents, children and grandchildren sat down 10 an elaborate turkey din= ner The oldest member present was Albert Botham. 69, of Hampton.
 Mrs. Hall is the daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Edwin F Botham of Hamp- ton, where she was born. She and her husband. who is employed by the N r., N. H. < H. railroad. celebrated their silver wedding anniversary Fri. day, May z.
Putnam patriot., 1926-07-16
ABINGToN COUPLE WED

Warren E. LeFort and Miss Flor euce Haft both If Abingdon were married Sunday evening, July II. at pomfret. by the Rev F. II. Bigelow. Miss Ernestine Fish and Edwin Col burn attended the couple.
 The bride wore white crepe de chine dress trimmed with Spanish lace and carried a large bouquet of white roses. The bridesmaid wore a pencil blue crepe de chine dress.
 Mir and Mrs LeFort are well known in this vicinity, having lived here a long time Immediately after the ceremony they motored to Hart ford.
Putnam patriot., 1926-07-16
AIARRHn MEN
ELKs HONOR JEFFERSON

Al Che regular meeting of Putnam Lodge of Elks. Tuesday evening, EN- alted Ruler A. Newton Vaughn read an article on Thomas Jefferson as q part of the lodges Thomas Jefferson exercises. An appropriation was made for the fund being raised Co purchase Monticello. Jetferson's home, by na- tional subscription.
Putnam patriot., 1926-07-16
PLAN FOR K. OF (.
 NATIONAL CONVENTION

District deputies and state officers ef the k If e. together with the eight district delegates to the national con- sentian heid meeting at The Bunga- loN. Ocean Beaeh, Sunday. to diseuss the arrangements for the convention. A shore dinner was one of the fea- turcs of the meeting. James J. Char ron, delegate from this district, at tended
Putnam patriot., 1926-07-16
ADJUSTMENT MADE
 WOODSTOCK GOLF AWARD

In the score card of Miss Anna E. Nelson of Putnam which was turned in ut the close of the Fourth of July at the Woodstock golf links Che score, 60, of the gentleman she played with was. through error, used by the committee instead of Miss Nelson's own score of AZ. Miss Nell son therefore was entitled to the first prize and the committee deeply regret the mistake.
Evening star., 1926-05-09

II Il theater man can do that. reckon
that's what I'm going TO be-"
Love Of the footlights IL nothing
new TO "Freckles" Stanfield, better
known in these Indiana hills as six
Gents"
He acquired tho latter name because
of 1t. His passion for seeing the
movies" started many years before
his financial ability TO indulge II.
So the little urchin used to stand In
front OF "The Dream" movie house
every evening and plead, Gimme n
penny mister" until he had accumu-
lated the admission price, "six cents. y
The sobriQuet came TO him almost as
soon us the admission price, and
lasted longer.
At Orange County Schoolhouse No.
3. his teacher quickly recognized
"Freckles histrionic talents.
"She always gave me the biggest
part in the Christmas exercises, !"
"Freckles" recalled, because l could
Just read it over IL couple OF times,
and then recitc it, One year she
started to give me "a little part. !
got stubborn, and said wouldn't act
at all, SO she gave me the big part
that year. too
Jumping from leading man in
Orange County Schoolhouse No. G's
Christmas exercises to Roy Porter's
Stock Co and Tent Show was the
big thrill "Freckles'' had last July!
"Our stock company gave The
| Trail of the Lonesome Pine Mr..
JIggs' and The Cowboy Sweetheart.
We played in places 7 never knew
were on the map. Why, before the
company broke up in October We had
gone all over Indiana, and even into
Ohio. Gee. That was the most fun
l ever had!" the boy exclaimed. as
Evening star., 1926-05-09
Mothers Day.

before the birth OF Christ. There a.
was known as the festival of Iiilaria
held on the ides of March, at which
offerings We're made in the temples.
With the advent Of Christianity thi>
ancient festival. though IL still per
sisted in It's old form, was actuated
by a. new spirit. Gradually II grew
into a celebration In honor Of Mother
Church" 1t became the custom on
Mid-Lent Sunday for tho faithful 70
bear gifts TO the church in which they
were baptized and brought up.
The next change In the Significance
and name of the day was to Mother
ing Sundays The day was set aside
for the young men and young womeI,
who were bound out as apprentices 10
visit their parents, especially the
mother. and take some present in
token of their love.
"The harshness and general pain
fulness of life in old times must have
been much relieved by certain simple
and affecting customs which modern
people have learned TO dispense with.
Among these was Il practice OF s.s'5ls
! to see parents. and especially the fe
| male one, on the mid-Sunday of Lent.
| taking for them some little trinket
such as u cake. . . . A youth en-
gagged in this amiabIe act of duty was
said to go "a-mothering," and thence
the day came to be called Mother
| ing Sunday"
| So Mothers day has come to us
through the ages by Il route devious
and often obscure. And now We Ill
| take time from the hustle and busts
of life, at least on this ono day ou7
Of the whole year, to show our love ami
reverence for mother and motherhood.
Evening star., 1926-05-09
vsterv Is Encountered by Traveller in the Turkish Wilds

After Il nightmare of lpurr'
faced by every kind of obS'ru'
tlou and creature discomfort. roacr
ed ConstantinOple, where had I"
make the necessary arrangements fo'
the journey home.
on the third evening as l was si'
ting alone at dinner in ono or the biz
tourist hotels, reveling IN the gooh
food and unaccustomed feel Of fresf
new clothes and listening with Iaz}
contentment to the music OF Il string
band, the head waiter csrne up an'
laid small parcel on ms taple.
"a messenger has brought this.
he said, with Instructions that u
should be delivered TO you in persou
immediately"
'Who brought it?" 7 asked. for }
knew 10 one in ConstanGnople.
"A youth in poor clothing. VIII"
talked In French with a curious &C
cent He insisted that you should r.
pointed out to him from over there
in the entrance, looked at you intent
ly and walked away quickly as he
saw me approach you"
I opened the carefully fastened pal-
Gel, which noticed was sealed with
signet ring that / had seeo betore
Inside was q velvet case cortaininG
a small sparkling ornament, q pend
ant Of old paste and erlmei In the
form of kind of coronet or crown
and of an old-fashioned but beautiful
workmanship.
Under 1t lay a short note in a thin.
elegant handwriting that was. never
theless, looser and less precise thar
when I had seen it before, as II tn"
hand of the writer had shaken. l.
was dated q fortnight previously.
When you receive this, madame
It ran, II shall be dead, and I 6nI
glad. Thank you for your blue eye
Ivan"
Since then ] have heard or learnkd
nothing further. That is all ] know
and l suppose all 7 shall ever know
OF the queer but half.conjectured tras
edy that I stumbled upon in thu
melting pot of intrigue and vio'en' =
that is the Middle East.
Copyright. 1920
Evening star., 1926-05-09
panied by Hint of Death.

, lowered. Just below me on the slope
| stood one OF the Strangest ana most
| striking figures l have seen in my
| life.
4 European ana u young man. he
! suddenly, even in that breath-taklns
moment, brought TO my mind Il PIC,
/ ture of the ArChangel Gabriel nad
! once seen in a Elorentine gallery. lie
! was tall and slender, with a pale, flne-
featured face; he had brushed back.
! goldcn.rcd hair, whose close. tight
! curls reccded from his temples; ana
his ewes. rather close together, were
| of a curious greenish blue. lie was
! dressed in ragged brown breeches
and a blue shirt widely open at the
! neck.
please put that down. I said, ap-
! prehensively. Il did not KNOW was
! trespassing I am sorry"
| He lowered his gun, and stared as
! if almost AS surprised at my appear
! ance as | was ut his.
Pardon, madame" he murmured In
! French.
| burst into explanations concern
! ing myself and my presence there.
! and his expression Of suspicion and
| distrust softened slightly. While |
| spoke / noticed for the first time,
! some so yards behind us, u tiny log
| house half hidden by the trees. with
| a low wooden bench that ran along
| it and the unridy semblance OF a gar
! den. Evidently this was the gentle
| mans vegetable patch that Must'i-
| ph>l had been browsing i'll.
/ II must apologize. madame, for my
| tl"uculence," he said at last. Il am a
| recluse who had hoped in this remote
| spot to get away from the world, and
| 1t has always been my habit to dis
| courage the curiosity of such of the
neighbOrs as climbed so high. My
| gesture with this gun was instructive.
l had not expected &. European and a
| lady. a thousand apologies.
Though stilted and unweIcome. his
| manner was that Of q highly bred gen
| tIeInan and man of the world. l
was devoured with curiosity as ! made
| polite and apologetic speeches in my
! turn, but he was looking as II he sin
! cerely wished 1 would go away.
| was preparing to do SO when the
rain started to beat down In cold, driy.
! ing torrents.
"You must have shelter" said the
stranger, and led the way into the log
| cabin that consisted of one fair-siZed
room, roughly furnished with Il low
! diV;ln covered with an anonymously
! beautiful silk embroidered rug, q big
wooden table, q few chairs and two
long shelves of books. Bringing out
! Il samovar, he proceeded to make NE
! some tea.
"A Russian" I said TO myself, and
! afterWurd found that I was right.
| The Near East and Mediterranean re-
| gions nowadays abound with Russians
! oE good family driven from their
hcmes who. unused to work, eke out q
| miserable existence III all sorts OF
! meEial posts.
Something Of the kind. l guessed
| must be the history OF my mysterious
! host, but, in spite Of what ] flattered
myself We're subtly leading questions
he gave no word or hint of the cir
cumstances that had brought him tc
| this incongTuous place.
Our conversation was purely irnper
sonal. lie spoke of London and Paris
| and New York, and l received the I'M
preston that he knew them intimate
! Iy, had travelled widely. and had
| moved in the highest circles.
Evening star., 1926-05-09

WE are Il cold, practical, uneno-
w tional people, supposedly. who
sccff at sentiment. Yet today flags are
flying from our buildings, and most
of us are wearing a white carnation
or sending flowers. Something seems
| to have got under our calloused skins,
and penetrated to the softer places of
| our natures. What can It be? 1t is
mothers, our own or other peoples
and today we are honoring them with
rites rich in sentiment and tender
| in Significance. We wear white car
nations, we send flowers, or we may
take flowers to O. grave.
And the Government of this unfeel-
ing people has set the stamp OF its
approval upon the practice. In 1914
| Congress authorized President Wilson
to issue a proclamation which official
ly dedicated the day to mothers, and
called it Mothers day"
Mothers day was unofficially recog-
nized in this country six years earlier
than the occurrence of the proclama-
ton. Philadelphia was the scene of
| its beginnings, and there it was cele-
! brated in many Of the churches and
| Sunday schools. 1t was the direct
| result of the work of Miss Anne
Jarvis, whose inspiration came when
| she was asked by the superintendent
of the Sunday school in Il Virginia
town in which her mother had long
been the moving spirit to arrange a
memorial service in her honor. Miss
Jarvis derived so much comfort from
the service that she conceived the
idea that it might also be Of help to
others.
The idea, however, rests upon an
ancient foundation. II goes back TO
mother worship in Pagan times.
Cybele, or Rhea, 1.-THE Greek Mother
Of the Gods" for instance, was wor-
SHIPPED In ceremonies in Asia Minor.
Chiefly the festivities consisted OF
wild dances to yet wilder music. The
power and majesty of motherhood was
honored, rather than the tender ma
ternal instinct
The worship of this superlative
Mother of the Gods was introduced in
Rome through Greece about $50 years
Evening star., 1926-05-09

Paris where we had both eaten; of
musicians we both had heard.
He spoke intimately of my favorite
maitre d'hotel in London; of Ascot
and the Quarter Latin, of the gam
bling rooms at Monte Carlo and of
certain pieces of gossip of the gay
world in various countries. He had
evidently lived a most cosmopolitan
life, had done everything and known
every one In most of the big capitals.
His was mind of wide knowledge,
of culture and artistic discrimination.
He was one of the most interesting
conversationalists l have ever known.
That is to say, when he chose, for at
times he would sit for hours at q
stretch, gloomy and aloof, evidently
in the grip Of a black, unhappy mood.
At such times he seemed to like my
presence, but to want no confidence
or verbal sympathy. II at any time
was tactless enough to try to draw
him out concerning his personal life,
past or present, he made me feel as
IL I had committed a solecism. Once
/ asked him if might take photo
graph of him and his domain.
Pardon me, madame, but prefer
not" he said curtly, and sulked for
the rest of the afternoon.
Though always courteous and at
tentiye. never once did he exhibit any
gallantry or sentiment. When the
time came for me to leave my village
and proceed on my travels we bArted
Evening star., 1926-05-09

his blue eyes sparkled, and he pushed
back his sandy hair.
II joined the company when il
played here. At first ] helped put
up and tear down the tent. Later
l sold reserved seat tickets and candy
during the show.
NO, never got 4 chance to act
in the show. But / watched the play
ers when l wasn't working. I liked
Mr.. Porter best. lie was the comedian.
He sure could make them laugh. lie
died IN October, so the show broke up.
and had to come back to caddying
Don't you think people like comedy
players best? My favorito movie stars
are Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels and
Richard Talmadge. ! don't like that
actress who is all the time taking
other women's husbands. Yes, mean
Pola Negri. All OF Mr.. AIDES plays
Evening star., 1926-05-09

: oVye do not know. It is better
/ not to know. Before that, men had
called on him, unknown men, under
cover of night. Then he disappeared
and some OF our people heard or it
and went up to his house; and they
! found IL broken UP and burned, ana
! the garden trampled to nothingness'
/ We have since heard stories that he is
dead"
, BY furthur questioning. learned
| that they suspected that he had been
concerned in some political conspiracy
with his own countrymen, that he
was member of some secret society.
| 'Is there nothing to be seen UP
/ there?" I asked.
The old man looked alarmed.
Madame, do not go up. In these
/ days one never knows who may be
. watching. 1t is better not to know
some things"
There might be something In what
he said, so I returned to X. to catch
my train, wondering into what trouble
VANS poor exiled bitter heart had
led him, and what retribution had fall
en- upon him.
Two days latter had to stop OFF at
| another junction, an important one,
while my passports and permits were
examined. 1t was in the middle of the
war zone; In the hills all round there
was guerilla fighting with the Kurds,
the town was full OF soldiers, and the
train had been so congested that 1
could find only standing room.
There was a strong anti-foreign feel
ing among the townsfolk. and L was
stoned in the streets. When I pre-
sented my papers the police author
tiles regarded me with suspicion. After
an exhaustive examination Of my
papers and keen cross-questioning,
they whispered among themselves.
and the chief suddenly turned TO me
and said:
What do YOU know Of Prince
i-?"
prince -? Why. I've never
heard OF him
BE careful, madame. We have
heard OF you at X. You knew him.
You knew the man they called Ivan.
Ivan"
Thinking honesty to be the best
policy for all concerned told them
all knew OF Ivan, which was, from
their point OF view, nothing. 1t was
only after long inquisition OF ques'
tioning, and an exhaustive search OF
Ievery article of my baggage and
clothing that they let me proceed on
my way.
Evening star., 1926-05-09

looked at me as il he saw me for the
first time.
'Your eyes are as blue as those
flowers up there" he said, waving
his arm toward the mountain side
where the gentians were just begin
ming to bloom. His remark was made
with utter detachment. without any
note of admiration or compliment, as
If he had merely been commenting on
q bit of the scenery.
When / got home ! closely ques-
toned my peasant hosts, who sudden
ly looked rather concerned.
"Ah, you have met Ivan, they
said
who and what is he?'
They did not seem to know exactly,
or at any rate feel disposed TO tell
me- ! gathered a confused impress
sion that he was II Russian of high
birth who had suffered much during
the dark days OF his country, and
nourished an undying, even morbid,
hatred and bitterness against the new
regime that had shattered him and
his kind, that he had some two years
ago built this eyrie, in which he Sc
cluded himself. and-aS / knew-took
strong measures to preserve his
privacy.
But what does he do? Does he
ever have visitors?'
"Perhaps, we do not know"
the old man repeated. with the obsti-
nate reserve OF the peasant. But
he seemed somehow alarmed about
my rencontrc. 'It is not good to be
a friend of Ivan's," he muttered ut
| intervals throughout the evening.
!; i: x
4 FEW days later, as l again rode
down the hillside. I saw Ivan,
as l must call him, sitting on the
rock below his house. I waved, but
he made no sign of seeing me. Two
minutes later l heard the sound of
his violin playing an air that | had
praised at our first meeting.
On sudden impulse l turned back
and halted Mustapha on the fringe Of
his garden where he sat iiddlfng. lie
greeted me as il he had beep expect
ing me as q matter Of course.
"The tea is ready in the samovar,"
he said You English like tea"
Thereafter almost every afternoon,
I used to go up TO tea in the log
cabin, sitting till darkness fell. talk
ing on every impersonal subject un-
der the sun; on books and pictures
and parties and foreign countries, on
philosophy and religion and life. AS
usual. I talked good deal about my
self, but never once did he give away
any of his own history, though he
spoke often of people and places that
| knew. of restaurants in London and
Evening star., 1926-05-09
Wear on Tires.
DOOR roads may save road ia

DOOR roads may save road taxes,
but the tolls they take on tires
and in gasoline consumption make the
motorist pay heavy taxes in increased
fual consumption and rubber bills, &C.
cording to Prof. s. S. Steinberg Of the
University of Maryland. assistant di-
rector of the National Research Coun-
ellis highway research board.
Concrete or brick roads save tires,
according to tests which have been
made to determine what kind OF road
wears out tires the least. In these
tests, says Science Magazine, both
cord and balloon tires are used at the
imitation recommended by tho manu-
facturers. The car is run up and
down selected level stretches of differ-
ent road types until the vehicle has
covered q, distance Of 500 miles, after
which the wear of the tires Is deter
mined. Thus far it has been found
that tires wear the least on concrete
and brick roads, the loss in weight or
each tire on these surfaces pelng
about one ounce for a 600.mile run
THE tire wear on gravel roads is
found to be from two to seven times
that on concrete or brick, while that
on macadam varies from 10 10 oV
times the wear on concrete or nrlcK.
depending upon the condition OF the
surface. The results also prove that
front tires wear less than rear tires,
the amounts being so per cent to 70
per cent less" he continued. The
relatively greater wear on rear tires Is
due to the bounding ana spring OF the
rear wheels when travelling over rougn
surfaces. Experiments also show that
when we start our cars from rest the
rear wheels exert O. downward KICK on
the pavement ranging from loo
pounds to as much as one-haf q ton.
This blow must be resisted by the rear
wheels and axle every time the venlcie
is started.
"Other investigations are being con-
Quoted to determine the relative con-
sumption Of gasoline and oil on differ.
ent types of roads. AS result OF
these studies it has been found tnat
the increased consumption or easonhe
required to travel by ordinary dirt
roads costs the motorist as much as II
he had to pay an additional tax OF "a
cents gallon on gasoline. Even gooo
gravel roads impose an additiohal eX-
penditure equivalent to q 9-cent TAX.
Compared with the tax imposed ny
had roads. the gas tax paid for high
way improvement is truly tnsignin-
can't"
Artificial winds created by large
electric fans driving through a tunnel
large enough to hold a fullSiZed auto.
mobile are used to study the erect OF
wind resistance. The velocity Of these
man.made winds varies from 10 to 40
miles an hour, thus producing the
same effect as If a car were driven
through still air at these speeds. BY
testing a number Of makes of cars. it
has been found that when you drive
at 35 miles an hour you are using
about eight horsepower to overcome
the wind resistance. II you reduce
your speed to 25 miles an hour you
save five horsepower
Evening star., 1926-05-09

llEItiER 10 bSco!I4e SoA
n dier, Il movie" machine
AA operator or an actor-thia
was the question which
recently perple xed a
Hoosier 17.year-old, named by his
mother Loren Stanield," but nick:
named by George Ade 'Freckles" and
called by his fellow caddies on f'rench
Lick Springs golf course six Cents
"Freckles" had just made one deci-
sion-to quit caddying. He had been
caddying since his tenth birthday:
The novelty OF seeing millionaires ana
celebrities at play had worn of. Cad
diving now offered only a cash com
pensation which failed hopelessly TO
satisfy an ambitious l7-year-old III
his first pair of long trousers,
Thus was "F'reckles" taking stock
OF himself when up strode the widely
famed Hoosier golfer author. who un-
consciously was to help the youth
pick his life work.
II didn't know he was Mr.. AIDE, "
"Freckles" later confessed uh1!l All
other caddie told me-
do you get bigger thrill out OF
caddyinE for George Ade than Tor
any one else?" the boy was asked
after he had repeatedly carried tie
playwright. t.humorist's clubs.
ITS lots more fun "Freckles' re-
plied. He's all the time telling funny
stories to others in the party. And
he kids me at most every hole. He
don't seem to take his game as seri.
ous as some do. Still he's Il good
i've been thinking that he must
get right smart fun out OF everything.
Evening star., 1926-05-09

Sometimes at the mention OF Il GER
tain place his face was shadowed as
if an unpleasant memory had touched
him and at times l. felt as II he had
withdrawn himself q thousand miles
a.way--as if he had forgotten my eX-
istence. Only once did he show &
spark of genuine animation, and that
was when admired u fine old violin
lying In q corner.
You like music?" he asked.
II adore it. Then it is you
who makes the music that / have
sometimes thought L heard at night
when the wind blows down the noun
tain?"
Possibly He was extremely reti-
cent. and / realized perfectly that he
wanted me to go.
As we parted told him my name,
and looked at him inquiringly.
They call me Ivan" he said, after
q moments hesitation, and as II un-
willingly. Ivan is Russian for John.
aud Is one Of the commonest names
ss Russia, As we shook hands he