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Evening star., 1926-04-18
POserS!

Who can lay low these Posers?
Entrants step forward!
1. Who surrendered at Yorktown?
2. Whose picture is on q 2.cent
stamp?
3. What is mace?
4. What is the basic power which
moves an automobile?
5. Who was Charlotte Corday?
s. When was war declared between
the North and the South?
z. What forms Wisconsin's north
ern boundary?
s. Where are peanuts raised?
Answers.
I. The Engnsn. commanded By
CORVALLIS.
Q. Washington's.
8. Any heavy, clublilse weapon.
Also a spice.
4. The explosion caused by gaso-
line coming in contact with the spark.
5. The woman who stabbed Marat.
the French revolutionist.
s. In 1851.
z. The Canadian border, Lake Su-
perior and the State of Michigan.
s. In the Southern States, with
Georgia leading in production.
-o-----s
Don't worry when you tumble. Re
member, a worm is tho only thing
Evening star., 1926-04-18

coat hats to match. Such winsome
little garments, on display in shop
windows and show cases, must some
times cause a pang of regret to the
woman who has no children.
OF Capri blues there really seem
to be no end--at least,to the observer
with fairly keen eye for color dis
tinctions. There is one shade that is
frequently called Capri that has al.
most enough mauve in its makeup
to be real periwinkle or pervenche.
1t is the bluer Capri that is more ap-
propriate and more becoming to the
little girl.
Navy blue has never been "out"
80 far as children are concerned, but
navy blue coats take on new smart
ness Of appearance this Spring, when
the good old-fashioned hue has come
back into fashion for women.
Copyright. 1880
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One Thing Done Well.

1t is beyond the power Of any one
man or woman to know everything.
That is why these jacks-of-all.trades
are seldom successful.
Red Grange became famous as a
great foot ball player. Jennie Lind
won fame as q singer. Mcclellan.
gelo was best known as q great
painter, though he was equally as
great a sculptor.
Fame comes, not to jacks-of.all.
trades, but to those who are able to
do one thing we'll. And 1t Is q lot
easier to try one thing than many,
too.
Evening star., 1926-04-18

many paintings of animals, some more
than 5 feet long-bison, stays, kinds,
horses, wild oxen, pigs and wolves.
There were also engravings there and
the sharp scratches of cave bears.
which had also lived in the cave at
one time, perhaps before or perhaps
after the human inhabitants.
The cave had remained undiscovered
all that long time and had only been
brought to light by dog who dug
out fox there shortly before the dis
covery Of the paintings.
Evening star., 1926-04-18

hand is distinguished by breadth and
fullness. The palm Is round and soft,
the fingers are tapering and plump.
The grasp of the plump hand is
soft, warm and cordial, but it is not
as firm and dependable as the clasp of
the long hand. Therefore. YOU are not
Evening star., 1926-04-18
Carrying On.

know a man in Philadelphia whose
sole Job is attending to the mocha
nism Of the great clock In the tower
Of the City Hall. One evening, not
long ago. something happened to the
clock and the mechanism stopped.
Now the man in the tower knew
that thousands of Philadelphians de-
Evening star., 1926-04-18

making a few deceivins passes and
mysterious movements Of the arms
and hands, the handkerchief is stuffed
into the cone and the cone released.
1t flies up into the sleeve Immediately.
Of course, and there is no sign Of the
handkerchief. After a few moments
more of peculiar motions. and of show
ing the bare palms to the audience,
the handkerchief planted in the pocket
is drawn forth. The illusion is. of
course, that it is the same handker
chief.
Evening star., 1926-04-18

Take rufaer hand. and, drawing 1t
over the first two fingers Of your hand.
clench your fAst tightly. Then take
hold OF the band from beneath and
slip 1t over the tips of all four fingers.
Now. by opening the hand suddenly
the band will appear to jump from
the first two fingers to the last two.
The arrangement of the band must,
Of course, be concealed from the audi
ence to make the trick look impossi-
hIa
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so sure Of the friendship that 1t seems
to profess. This hand Is not for
work, and 1t is easily swerved from
aims, especially where 1t is easier to
turn aside than to persist In a straight
forward course.
(Copyright 1851
Evening star., 1926-04-18
Hush. Child. Hush.

Mamma, do the heathens in Africa
wear clothes?" asked 5-yearold Mary.
mo, dear" was the reply.
"Then what good will that button
do that papa dropped in the collection
platter"
Evening star., 1926-04-18

Sergeant-sWhat is the strategy
Of war? Give me an illustration.
Private-Well, strategy is when
you don't let the enemy know you
are out of ammunition but keep on
firing.
Evening star., 1926-04-18

Miss Asaka Nakao has been so sue
cessful in her studies at the Wom-
ems Medical College at Toxic, Japan.
that the school is sending her abroad
to further her studies
Evening star., 1926-04-18
Mothers Now Follow Children in the Matter of Selecting

BELOW AT THE LEFT, WHITE AND LIGHT BLUE FLOWERED
BATISTE is TRIMMED WITH SOLID BAND OF BLUE AND AT
THE RIGHT, FIGURED COTTON WOLFE OPENS OVER WHITE
LINEN VEST THE FROCK is TIED OVER VEST WITH RIBBONS
Evening star., 1926-04-18

A mammoth variety of firefiy found
in the West Indies gives a glow so
brilliant that by 1t printed matter may
be read at a distance Of several inches.
Evening star., 1926-04-18

A STRIKING PARTY FROCK
FOR SPRING AND SUMMER IS
MADE OF BLACK SATIN FAST
ENED WITH DULL GILT BUT.
TONS AND TRIMMED WITH A
CREAM LACE COLLAR
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A--@-------A -
A---a@-@a----@-----ss--@-
--la--.s..--,S-.-.

AT LEFT-CRAY STRAW HAT FOR LITTLE GIRL. TT
IS TRIMMED WITH BLUE RIBBONS AND PINK ROSES. Be
LOw-FTNELY CHECKED MATERIAL OF BROWN AND BEIGE
IS USED FOR THE COAT AT THE LEFT, WITH BEIGE SILK
COLLAR AND CUFFS AND A BROWN TIE. AT THE RIGHT
PASTEL GREEN TWILL MAKES A COAT WITH SCALLOPED
EDGE BOUND in SILK TO MATCH.
Evening star., 1926-04-18

Don't worry when you tumble. Re
member, a worm is tho only thing
that can't fan down :
Evening star., 1926-04-18

or three hundred years ago
little children used to dress
like their elders. Little boys
L just as soon as they could
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1--WE Don't Care"

goodly joke, but we're so smart we
think up things like that to say"
"How can l be expected to know
what may not be known by anyone, or
at least by only few2
'You think up things and then ex-
pect me to know them"
"Oh, well, that is all right" said the
Box Turtles. "And we know what you
mean when you say that in many ways
we are ali right. but in one way we
aren't.
"We're pretty smart, eh?''
what do l mean?"
"You mean that we're all right In
all ways but one because in all ways
but one we're just like you.
"One can say it either way.
"But in one way you are different
and in that way you feel sorry for us.
you're sorry because we haven't
the same kind Of hind feet.
"Ah, you have but three claws on
the hind foot, and that is the only
way in which you are different from
us.
"But don't feel sorry for u.s. We
don't care.
'sWhat do claws and hind feet and
toes mean to superior Box Turtle,
we ask you?
1--WE answer our own question moth
ing"
Then all the Box Turtles sent a
Zoolet to the Zoolet society
This was their verse and they all
Joined in, in sending it:
Toes mean nothing to uG at all,
Whether they're big or whether they're
small,
Whether they're few or whether
they're many,
In fact, we don't care If we have any!
So, Three-Toed Turtses, do not feel sad,
For we are in truth really quite glad.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-07-08
Plague of yellyfsh

All is not roses and sweet-scented
scenery in the neighborhood of the
French Riviera. The little fishing
village of Cros-de-C agnes, just out
side Nice, soon will be uninhabitable
unless some means is found of de-
stroying the millions of jellyfish which
have appeared in the bay. Huge Files
of dead fish are nightly thrown up on
the beach and the authorities recent
ly were enable to clean them away
before they began to rot. Attempts to
burn the fish had been unsuccessful.
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DADDY,S
EVENING.
FAIRY TALE
MM5Yy Graham Burner
e,osNerc11 eyHxJHRnnxyLcshHERU nzH
THREE-ToED TURTLE

"Poor little box turtles" said the
Three-Toed Box Turtle, poor little
things.
You're all right in many, many
ways, but In one way you aren't"
"Ha, ha, ha. grunt, squeal, grunt," "
said the little Box Turtles, "that's a
goodly joke"
what do you mean by a goodly
joker" asked the Three-Toed Box Tur-
tie
'There." said one of the ordinary
Box Turtles, you don't know every
thing, do your"
"Well,' said the Three-Toed Turtle,
zone can't know absolutely everything.
mot even the wisest and most inn
portant and most studious can know
absolutely everything"
But you felt SO sorry for us" said
the Box Turtles, land now you find
you don't know everything we do"
"Tell me what goodIy joke is"
said the Three-Toed Turtle, trying not
to notice what the Box Turtles were
saying.
The Box Turtles giggled.
"A goodly joke" one of them an
swered, means an extremely good
joke.
"And it's a good joke to hear you
say that in many ways we are all
right, but in one way we aren't.
"Of course, everyone may not speak
of even an extremely good joke as a
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her front door. Idly she turned Inc
pages. Soon she was reading with
uuickened interest. The little booklet
was filled with letters from women IN
conditions similar to hers who had
found better health by taking Lydia u.
Pfnkham's Vegetable Compound
"I began taking the Vegetable Com
pound" Mrs. Daugherty writes, "and
after took the third bottle, ! found re,
lief / am on my eleventh bottle and
don't have that trouble any more,
and feel like different woman. !
recommend the Vegetable Compound to
everyone see who has trouble Like
mine. and you can use these facts as
a testimonial. l am willing to answer
any letters from women. asking ABOUT
fhe Vegetable Compound. "-MRs. ED.
DAueHERTY, 1908 Orchard Ave-, Musca-
tine, Iowa.
ter Health?
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-07-08
Fight Whole Family

Jimmie, aged FIVE, found a horse
shoe in Stanley's yard and Stanley
claimed it. A fight ensued and Les
ter, Stanley's younger brother. seeing
Stanley would be the loser, came to
his assistance Stanley's father and
mother witnessed the scrap, but with
out interference.
Jimmie, victorious, carried his
horseshoe home. where his mother
reprimanded him for fighting. Jim
mie, still warm from his battle, burst
out, "The trouble about fighting Stan
ley is that fellow has to fight the
whole family"
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-07-08
Riddles

why is charity like an umbrellaf
Because it is most useful when most
widely extended.
When can water be carried in a
sieve? When 1t is frozen.
What word is that which although
1t has eight letters. will have ten aft
er we have taken away five? Tend
ency.
Why Is rs" very noisy letter? Be
cause 1t makes cream scream.
Three AS, two Ms and just one B,
when together you put them, what
fruit do you seer Banana.
What kind Of fishermen are always
unhappy? Whalers (waiIers).
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We Hope Not

IT see a New York student has
opened butcher shop and invites
people to discuss literature with him"
Sounds like an invitation to fetch
back some beefsteak and say, This
was the most unkindest cut Of all. -
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-07-08
Bolingfbcpublic: Then and Now
The Cardiff Giant Took
in CreduIouS Public
and Much Cash.

the dollars Of the curious. P. r..
Barnum tried to buy it, but local
syndicate already had obtained con-
troll, and his offer was rejected
This new company, one of whom
is said to have been the original
from which the character of David
Harum was drawn, paid $4,000
for three-fourths interest. The
success of the exhibition led Bar
mum to have carved similar
figure which was likewise exhibited
as the Cardiff giant" The owners
of the original sought to obtain
restraining order against the
Barnum counterfeit, but it was re-
fused. Both giants, therefore, con-
tinued to draw the crowds.
Now, the assumption had always
been that the discovery of the
figure had been accidental, but
there were those who doubted this
version. Residents of the county
in which the well diggers worked
began to recall that about a year
before the discovery a mysterious
four-horse team was observed
drawing wagon which carried
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-07-08
Non VINO Won

Teacher. Johnny, what great
change occurred during the World
war?
Johnny-Pa bought ma a new wash
board.-G Good Hardware.
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COULD NOT PUT
ON her SHOES
Mrs. Daugherty Was SO Weak
In a little town Of the middle West,
was a discouraged woman. For four

monthsshe had been
in such poor health
that she could not
stoop to put on her
own shoes. Unable
to do her work,
unable to go out OF
doors or enjoy a
friendly chat with
her neighbors, life
seemed dark indeed
to Mrs. Daugherty.
Then one day, q
booklet was left at
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-07-08

Only recently Mencken exposed his trick. No
one he commented, In all the years since this
BIT Of Imaginative history has been current ques-
toned the facts he cited. His original story has
been quoted all over the world, and Incorporated
In solemn treatises.
One of the most celebrated literary hoaxes was
that of the Scotch school teacher Macpherson,
who having learned little old Celtic and Gaelic
language and literature brought forth his Poems
of Ossian' 1t aroused the world, and has been
cited as one of the causes of the Romantic move
ment in literature that swept Europe in the late
Eighteenth century.
There is the eloquent hoax known Patrick
Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death
speech thought to have been delivered by the
great orator in 1775 at st. Johns church near
Richmond Va, but really written by his biog-
rapher william Writ years after Henry died.
and all of US know that beloved fake known
as the Washington Ratchet and cherry tree story
invented entirely by Washington's first biographer.
ssparsonr Mason Weems Lengthy explorations
have been made into the facts surrounding both
the foregoing fctions and the inevitable con-
illusions have been in agreement with those given
here.
Edgar Allan Poe once announced In Balti-
more newspaper that on certain day he would
make trip from the roof Of building In his
Iately-nvented flying machine Several factories
allowed their workers time off to witness the
event and on the appointed day a vast crowd
awaited in front Of the building for the spectacle
poe seated in an upper window, sent down bull
letins giving excuses for his delay After several
hours he announced the flight was off because
zone Of his wings had got wet" Tradition has 1t
that he escaped through an alley window
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c,,tieura comforts Rabv's skin

When red, rough and itching, by hot
baths of Cuticura Soap and touches Of
Cuticura Ointment. Also make use
now and then Of that exquisitely scent
ed busting powder, Cuticura Talcuin,
one Of the indispensable Cuticura
Toilet io.-Advertisement
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-07-08
Experienced

EmpIoyer-Have you ever done any
night work?
Applicant Yes. sirl courted for
two years. Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Interrupted

Boss why can't you read that part
of your shorthand notes?
Steno Don't you remember? That's
where you tickIed me.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-07-08
Celebrated Moon Hoax
a Sensation Here
and Abroad.
BY PRoEHL HALLER JAKLoN

GI FnOENNh-i htfNA-A-~-N
AN gets big kick out of
"A fooling his fellows. There
lNk seems to be something
delicious in batting trap
and seeing someone bite. The
Stone age and the age before it
probably had its practical Jokers,
and all history is full of jokes and
hoaxes, perpetrated to the delight
of some and to the embarrassment
of others.
Sometimes the fooling is for gain,
sometimes for fun, and often for
both. Individuals indulge in it, and
even nations have been known to
attempt a hoax on other nations.
Witness the wooden horse of the
Greeks and the tulip craze of the
Sixteenth century, when all Hol-
land set out to make the world
crave the tulip, which, it was
learned, would thrive on certain
types of Dutch soil useless for
anything else. Soon all the world
wanted this new flower, and bulbs
sold for as high as $4,000 apiece.
The Dutch growers waxed rich.
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Anoint the eyelids with Roman Eye Ball
sam at night and see how refreshed and
streng thened your eyes are in the morning.
Send now to S72 Pearl St., N. z. Adv.
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Money, like misery. loves company.
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a huge ironbound box 1t was headed in the
direction of Cardiff
Professor Marsh of Yale a paIeontologist, ex-
amned the figure and asserted that it was clear
ly of recent origin and most decided humbug
Then, lawyer of Fort DodgeS Iowa, seeing the
figure at Syracuse wrote back home: Il believe
1t is made out of the great block of gypsum those
fellows got at Fort Dodge year ago and sent
back east"
Gradually the story came to light. In the sum-
mer of 1858, two men arrived at Fort Dodge
and attempted to make a bargain for block
of gypsum at least u by 4 by feet, explaining
that they wished to exhibit it in New York. They
leased some land and hired a quarryman to get
out block of the required size. Its owners
announced that 1t was to be shipped to New York,
but freight Office records showed that it was
billed to Chicago
Here German stone cutter carved the gigantic
figure from the block Great care was taken to
give it ancient appearance From Chicago the
finished statute was shipped by indirect route
to Union N Y Here the mysterious four-horse
team appeared and the giant, encased in an IRON
bound box began his wandering In search Of
likely grave.
This Hoax Paid Big Dividends
One of the men was George Hull relative
of William Newell, the farmer on whose property
the giant was discovered" under the personal di-
rection Of Newell Both men made thousands
of dollars out Of their unique venture.
Another hoax which goes on from generation
to generation is one concerning the original
log Of Columbus" Despite the fact that the only
undoubtedly authentic handwriting of Columbus
a four-page letter, is in the possession of the
king and queen Of Spain, the "original Column
bus log" turns up every few years. In 1924, 1t
turned up in Mexico. Strangely enough, it was
written entirely in German!
The literary hoax seems to be the most popular
form of fooIing and almost the easiest of perpe-
tration. A recent one fooled the literary editor
of the New York Times, who conceded that while
"The Diary of Young Lady of Fashion, 1854
65" had not "any of the Importance that at
taches to such monumental record left
behind by Pepys" the author ibid throw the
beams Of her candle here and there the fea-
lures of her times" Now the New York Times
itself discovers that a nineteen-year-old miss is
the author of this successful hoax.
Some hoaxes go unchallenged until the author
can refrain no longer from informing the public
how he has fooled 1t. Such is the history of the
'bathtub" hoax, put over several years ago by
Henry T. Mencken the editor of the Ameri-
can Mercury. Mencken wrote short, informal
account of the origin of the bath-tub in Ameri-
ca The first tub, he said, was installed in the
home of wealthy Cincinnatian He traced the
rise of the tubs popularity, and declared that at
first physicians were violently opposed to its use
on grounds of health. Several states were said to
have passed laws against the installation of the
new sanitary equipment
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Find Humans on the Moon

The issue of August % satisfied public curiosity
as to the presence of human creatures the
moon. The astronomers were looking at the
cliffs and crags of new part of the satellite:
with establishment to perceive four successive
docks OF birds descend with slow even motion
from the cliffs the western side and alight upon
the plain. About half of the first party
had passed from view, but of all the others
we had a perfectly distinct and deliberate view.
They averaged four feet in height were covered.
except the face, with short and glossy copper
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-03-11
TWO WOMEN TO SEEK
OREGON GOVERNORSHIP

Portland, Ore, March S.-Two wo-
men are planning to enter the race for
the governorship of Oregon in the
May primaries. Mrs. R. E. H. Camp
bell, an attorney, formerly of Omaha,
Neb., said today she was working out
a platform upon which she is consid-
ering running for the republican CUB
ernatorial nomination. She was active
in politics in Nebraska before coming
to Oregon.
Mrs. Louise Palmer Weber this
week announced she would seek the
democratic nomination.
Governor Walter M. Pierce is to
seek denomination on the democratic
ticket. Candidates on the republican
ticket include I. l.. Patterson and JAP
Upton, state senator.
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M|NSTRELS MAKE HIT
IN LEGION SHOW Fri.

The Legion Minstrel, featuring King
"Toot-An-Comin' and his entertain
ers appeared as duly scheduled at
the Workers Hall Friday night and
there followed two or three hours of
genuine merriment as the songs and
dialogue of the black-faced endmen
progressed. These gentlemen were
Roy Reed, H. B. Whine, Nelson Lane,
Clarence Hall, Clair Chamberlain and
Sylvester Braida, all direct descen-
dants of the famous King of JOY
Makers.
Assisted by chorus of nine of the
best male voices in the city, namely K.
G. Martin, Miles Chamberlain, Roy
McDaniels, C. R. Northop, G. 2. Ham
rick, Ed Nordstrom, Elmer I. Salo
and o. ]. Salo, the show was unde-
niably a success.
Professor E. w. Toevs acted as In
terlocutor and upon Jesse /. Purdy
fell the task of director. Nelson Lane
brought the house down with his Sc
lection LET the Bundle Bee Bee and
Roy Reed came in for hearty applause
when he sang Nobody.
The specialties between acts which
were particularly pleasing We're musi-
cal selections by Mrs. S. L. Braida, yo-
cal solo by Roscoe Martin and vocal
solo by Elmer t. Salo.
Arts Melodians, supplying the ac-
compartments, assisted by Miss Es-
Their McDaniels, gave several snappy
numbers between acts and the per-
Torrance was followed by dance.