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The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1927-05-14
Bury Child's Clothing
to Be Rid of "Spirit'

It has taken half a century for
peace officers in the hard-coal fields to
learn what motive inspires those who
bury the clothing of children. This
practice in the anthracite districts has
mystified state police, as well as Off
GERS Of the cities. boroughs and town.
ships. Often wild goose chases after
murderers have resulted only in the
discovery of clothing, but with no
body therein. Sometimes the bun
dies have been buried deep and have
been uncovered through the settle
ment of the mines or by the caving Of
the sides OF breaches in the workings.
Ever since the collapse of the 1876
70 strike, which saw the English,
Welsh, Scotch, Irish and German
miners gradually displaced by Slavs,
Poles, Russians, Italian and Monte
negrins, who now predominant in the
collieries, these murder scares have
occurred In the hard-coal fields until
now the hurry-up call from some per-
son who tells Of the discovery by
boys Of a bundle of clothing usually
is discounted by the officers
Some one last winter took 1t upon
himself to dslve into the. mystery, and
his inquiry into the practice has re-
vealed that the burial Of children's
clothing is an overseas custom, used
by the peaSantry where youngsters
ora Suhipct tO cO0yulSiODS Tho old
idea that child is possessed" still
prevails in some families, with the
belief that to bury the entire clothing
outfit of little boy or girl will mean
that the spirit goes along with the
garments and is buried with them.
This discovery adds another quaint
idea to coal region customs. The
oldest one is that which is followed
in the treatment of hernia. The be-
lief prevails in certain quarters that
hernia can be cured by tree If the
treatment is followed in the spring. A
tree in the woods is found that shows
signs of the sap starting to flow after
the winter period of inertness.
It's bark is split and then a binding
is placed across the cash, the bandage
being clothing of the person who suf-
fers from the hernia. The belief
Is that as the new, growth bridges the
cut the muscles in the abdomen of
the sufferer grow together and the
rupture is cured
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1927-05-14
Konpo to Haze Agitation

Commercial aviation has just in
vaded the Belgian KOngo and. is CIV
ing transportation speedier than ever
dreamed of by residents there. A
company which has secured the ex-
elusive franchise for operation of
civil aviation lines has established
regular aerial service between Bona
and Elisabethville. covering the 1859
miles in two days instead of in so by
any other method. Flights are made
every eight days to connect with mail
steamers from Belgium. Hydroplane
boats will provide transportation
between the small towns and settle
ments along rivers.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1927-05-14
Skyscraper Possibility

New YOrk's recent announcement
that 1t would heat its own sky
scraping record In the construction of
Larkin tower, more than 1000 feet
high, leads the London Morning Post
to comment that the proposed build
ing will be higher than the highest
highbrow, and it's elevators will give
more uplift than the Hottest thinkers
even in the United States AltOgeth-
er, it will be quite the latest thing in
aerial suburbs. Il WONDER" says the
writer, eff the skyscraper is carried
much further, whether the saloons on
the top floor will be able to claim
they are beyond the three-mile limit"
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1927-05-14
POETIC FANCY IN
LEGEND OF LENIN
HouD Soviet Leader Earned
Loue of Allah.

Among the many legends concern
ing the life and deeds of Nikolai Lenin
already incorporated in the popular
mythology of the MOslem inhabitants
of the soviet union is one passing
from mouth to mouth in Turkestan in
the form of a song and summarized
as follows by LenOid SOlOvief, Rus
sian writer who specializes in collect
ing Lenin stories, according to the
New York Times:
The World war was raging and
thousands were being slain because
the kings of the earth wanted to fill
their treasures and were forcing
their subjects to go to the front and
kill each other. The stencil of the
fallen men and the noise of the con-
flict rose to high heaven and annoyed
Allah himself, who concluded 1t was
time to call together his most faithful
followers and select one wise and
strong enough to end all this misery.
In order to find the best man for
the job, Allah set up a double test. His
elected agent must be able to turn
over huge rock weighing 60 pools
(about tony and to give the correct
answer to the following riddle: "Who
is the strongest on earth, who Is the
happiest, and who is the weakest and
most unhappy"
There were many candidates for the
glorious mandate, but none was able
to turn over the rock, although they
tried so hard that the stone soon bore
traces of their fingers. Neither could
anyone solve the riddle, despite the
variety Of answers, most of which
made Allah the strongest and happi-
est and Satan the weakest and most
unhappy. Finally, Allah noticed a
man of slight figure but with a very
high forehead looking intently at the
big rock Maybe this little fellow can
do it, thought the Most High.
When the last candidate threw off
his coat and stood revealed in all his
physical weakness, Allah's heart sank.
But what was his surprise to see the
man walk away from the rock and re-
turn in a few minutes with several
beams of wood. One Of these he
showed under the big stone: Then an
other was placed under the free end
of the first, and by means of this i'm
provised lever the rock was easily
turned over, revealing the poisonous
serpent Ok-Ilen, whose tail, weighing
100 pounds, had helped hold the stone
down.
Then the little champion answered
Allahs riddle as follows: 1.-The strong
est Is the most intelligent, who wins
every ones love; the happiest is the
most honorable, who gives happiness
to many; the most unhappy and the
weakest Is the man beloved by no
body"
Allah saw how wonderful was the
talent of this man. SO he lifted him
up into heaven, where he spent so
days and 80 nights learning the wis.,
dom of the Most High Thus equipped
the successful candidate was named
Lenin and sent back to earth. Lenin
strobe over the earth and stopped the
stream of blood He brought happi-
ness to humanity. Then he returned
to rest in Allah's halls. He left the
world pacified and happy. His name
shall endure while the word "happi-
ness" lives.
So runs the legend
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1927-05-14
GOOD FRIEND TO
ALL, is PATIENCE
Writer Asks Why Impetuous
Youth "Must" Be Served.

1t would be useful if more persons
understood earlier in life what a very
good virtue and very good friend pa
thence is. Without it men could have
added hardly anything of Importance
to their stock Of knowledge.
Darwin had his chief ideas on evolu-
ton when he was thirty, but waited
70 years-spent in the most laboriOus
Observation-Disclosures he wrote any
thing about it. Other men had much
the same ideas, but it was Darwin's
20 years of tireless digging for facts
that put his ideas over. Copernicus
at forty was certain the earth went
round the sun, instead of the sun 60
Ing round the earth, as astronomy had
1t up to his time, but he was sixty
seven when he published the treatise
that proved it.
To read even a nontechnical sketch
of Pasteur's experiments makes ones
head ache. One might fill pages with
such examples. Innumerable fiints
must have been broken, and knuckles
skinned, before men found out how to
shape a symmetrical arrowhead. Pa
thence is a great virtue and a good
friend.
Most of the worlds popular litera-
ture is romantic, and the romancers
have usually been in an unhOly con-
spiracy to praise youths vice of i'm
patience and to disparage ages virtue
of patience. We must put a stop to
that. The romancers suggest that pa
thence may be very well in cow, but
is stultifying in young person-es-
pecially when in love. Medieval
Aucassin fixed the type Of the pOpu-
lar lover. He won't work, he won't
fight, he won't talk, he won't eat; he
won't do anything but below for Nico-
lette; he must have her right now; the
mere suggestion of patience gives him
fits.
Probably he will always be the most
fetching figure in a novel or poem, or
on the stage When he is safely iso-
lated in print, or across the footlights,
everybody signs for him. But who
wants to live with him? In the real
world what Is he but bad-tempered
brat in a candy shop, believing to
have his fill right now?
youth must be served" Is quoted as
though it were very laudable of youth
to insist on being served regardless
of the feelings of everybody else in
the shop. Why is selfishness more
admirable at twenty than at eighty?
Especially at present, it seems, lot
of young persons take the poetry seri-
ously and live up to the theory that
they must have whatever they want
If they can possibly get it.
Age is at such a discount that the
aged must try to pass themselves Off
as counterfeit bills Of youth. Grandpa
cries "On with the dance" in brave
falsetto. Grandma has her skirts and
her face lifted and browns the twinges
of rheumatism in another cocktail.
They call that nervous cOmmOtiOn be-
Ing alive. But pup is far more alive
In that respect. The acme and perfec-
ton of that sort Of being alive Is found
in a dock wallpapers free-fOr-all fight.
However, the moldy youths of the
night clubs and the cartoons are Il
minority.-Will Payne in the Saturday
Evening Post.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1927-05-14
Out of Fashion

"Wealth does not always bring hap
pinessw
81 should say 1t doesn't" answered
Senator Sorghum. "Out my way
they've been using so much money
that anyone who wants a chance In
the political game has to pretend to
be as poor as possible"
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1927-05-14
The Crisis

1t Is a common saying that men
and women hate to pass forty and put
on glasses.
There is greater trial ahead Of
them; to have all their teeth out and
buy set of the kind that never looks
natural.
False teeth are as easily detected
as wig; but people are rather more
charitable for false teeth-somehow
they expect man to boldly face bald.
ness.-E. w. Howe's Monthly.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1927-05-14

Some people overlook the value of poteness but I've yet
business hae is too big too little do without
Courtesy the lubricant that smooths the achievement
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1927-05-14

If there is virtue in the world that always helps it is cheer
funess Willingly and cheerfuy doing thing doubles the worth
of the deed The sad tires but the cheerful marches
days and Constant sadness crouch CONCEAL
blood and battle the building BRAIN
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1927-05-14
TO WHOM CAN WE LOOK?

We about to call the Attorney General of this state
to give special attention to the affairs Lincoln University after
June and to it that repetition of four will not
figure in the little finances which the State has allowed educate
the Negro youths of the State during the years. But the
thought who will tell the Attorney General when
hands of graft and page threatening that institution Will
the presdeneec do it, will his hands with the
former deals that he canno look to the three Negro
be of the Board of Curato to either of them discover and
things confronted with the fact that these
voted for the governors which tainted with graft
Neither of them had the loyalty backbone
enough to speak for the people hen and have heard that
either of them has repented had change of heart since There
fore neither of them is be trusted they be regarded
blind leaders, seeing only through Bakers eyes, One of them
least not to be trusted his OATH For it c. Williams
of the Negro members of the Board who lie when
tesyng before the House investigating committee in effort
to Sam James, who then under investigation for his
duct president of the Board.
This G. Williams the secretary the Board
Curao1s and unless he has changed and don't believe he
believe he would change the records which he supposed
keep and though he might their authenticity
would not believe him on his oath.
Therefore, do not just how the hand of graft and
ge going to be stayed unless the Attorney General with
clal assistance keeps eye that institution
Lincoln must be saved at all cost.-St Louis Argus.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1927-05-14

No matter how hard you work. if your mental attitude is
headed toward failure, you will probably fail
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1927-05-14

Entered second class matter Nov 1926 Office
ST. Paul, Mimi. under the act of March 8, 1879"
New Britain herald., 1927-12-20
Coast Guard Attendant
 Accidentally Shoots Self

New London. Dec. 2o.-tP-Ro- man Jasalino, 21, Filipino mess at tendant at the Coast guard academy accidentally shot himself in the abdo- men while cleaning a pistol in the barracks at the academy this morn- ing. The weapon was an old type re- volver of Spanish make and officials were unable to account for it's being In the mans possession in as much as all except regulation arms are barred from the reservation. Jasa- llno was rushed to the Lawrence and Memorial Associated hospital, where an operation was immediately performed for the removal of the cartridge. His condition, following the operation was said to be serious A board of inquiry will investigate the affair.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-20
CAREERS SEEN AS
 AID ID FAIR SEX
One Thinks They Help in Ac-
 Quirin6 Own Homes

New Orleans, La, Dec. 20 P- Participation of women in public affairs and business does not in- terfere with motherhood and often IS conducive 10 marriage, believes Senora Dcifilia PolleX Niquez, My araSua S first woman consul gen cral.
 \ slender. attractive woman, Who wears shinglc bob. and dress es modishly, Sonora Niquez, has come to New Orleans to succeed her husband, General Batolome Nlquez, who returns to his coun- try as a possible conservative candidate for the presidency.
 The entrance of women into business in my country came slow ly,' she relates. "Thc traditional
New Britain herald., 1927-12-20
Will Rogers Declares
 "Lindy" Halts Executions

San Antonio, Texas. Dec. 20 R)- Will Rogers, dropped out of the sky here yesterday after a flight from Brownsville on the Mexican border, with first hand information on Col Lindbergh's reception in Mexico City.
 Executions have kinda dropped off since Lindy got down there" Rogers said. "Lindy has given them something to think about and they are too excited to execute any one"
 Rogers flew from Mexico City to Tampico and from Brownsville to San Antonio.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-20
Ex-Governor of Utah
 Suffers Slieht Stroke

Washington, Dec. 20.--(P>-Wn- liam Spry, com missioner of the Gen eral land office and twice governor of Utah. is ill here at the home of Senator Shoot, having suffered a slight stroke of paralysis while visit ing the senate Sunday.
 MT. Spry was said 10 be "a little bit better and resting comforta bly," 4 nurse is in attendance and Dr. Sterling Ruffin believes it will be several days before the commission CT can be removed to his home.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-20

idea of women in all Spanish-spoak- ing countries is that they must stay at home and be taken care of. But now there are many woA-n who are economically independent and the number is growing.
 T see no objection to women keeping their positions after mar riaga. In the present day. it is often necessary and there are many couples who couldn't get lnurriod at all if they were going ic live on what the husbands make. Ii does not interfere with mother hood"
 Sonora Niquez is the mother Of two sons and finds her duties 10 1hem do not interfere with her official work. Though she is only 2G. dealing with government digni- taricS and handling official details "rc not difficult with her. Prior 10 her marriage three years ago, Shc was m ;tt%cho Of the foreign department at AlanaEua.
 The women in her country do not have the ballot, but she says re- ';ardlcss of this many of them wield important influence. Her two
New Britain herald., 1927-12-20
Henry Ford Will Visit
 Mccormack in Ireland

Dublin, Dec. 2o.-NP>-Henry Ford will visit Ireland in April or May as a guest of John Mccormack, the noted tenor, it was stated at Nc Cormack's Moore Abbey home to- home last night 10 spend the holi- days there.
 At the Abbey it was added that MT. Ford vii combine business with pleasure on his visit 10 Ireland.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-20

sons will be educated in the Unit cd States. because the business man who lacks a knowledge of Eng fish and American customs is seriously handicapped"
New Britain herald., 1927-12-20
HISBAND AND SG0O GONE

Officer William O'Day went to the home of Mrs. Mary Karpuk of 100 Concord street at 10:45 last night to a complaint that wom- an was crying and screaming. He reported that Mrs. karpuk had been and she claimed that her husband left her last Saturday, talk ing $500.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
CUT
IN TWO AS
ROOF GOES
Resident FIees to Cellar as
Home Is Smashed
Up.

"A1y only thought was, oh. Lord
how far is it coming?' said Ed Nc
Cannon, S57 Drexel Ave. today as
he told Of waiting in his cellar for
the tornado to strike his house
Wednesday evening.
1--WE had just gotten home when
] heard a terrifying noise--lilie a
huge siren.
II said to my wife, Get in the
cellar, something's going TO haprera
L never heard anything like that Y
II tried to close the front door.
The wind was so strong that l had
to battle for a minute or two to get
the door fastened Then l broke for
the cellar. We huddled against the
wall as the commotipn outside in
creased. Then came the crash and a
grinding, splintering noise. / was
wondering how far It would come,
whatever it was and praying it
wouldn't break through to the cellar.
when it became quieter, we went
upstairs. There was a hole in the
bedroom. The chimney had been
showed down and n terrible noise
was. coming through the hole We
ran back downstairs. Finally we got
up courage enough to venture up
stairs again. We went into the liv-
ing room.
Somebody else's roof had in
truded. In fact two roofs. They
had chopped off the whole front end
of our living room"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
HOMELESS RELATE HOW
HOUSES DISAPPEARED
Big Breeze Tore Buildings About Them Apart Say Trag
edy-Dazed Stor mViCtmS.

said, when we pulld6 into the In
tersection at New York St.
Suddenly the car was lifted into
the air, and swept east on New
York st. 1t brushed against the
curb, grazed a telephone pole and
finally ended up by rolling over and
over and coming. to stop upside
down"
Kratzer and Miss Cagley were
painfully injured. Lindley escaped
with cuts and bruises about the head.
Cling to Door
Mrs. Dorothy Kremm, Canton, O.,
narrowly escaped death when the
wind swept away porch on which
she was standing at PAL Hendricks
ri. She had been visiting Martin
Kremm, her father.in-law at that
address.
Il had started downtown" che
said. but missed the bus on the cor
ner. l saw the rain coming and
dashed back home. AS l started &c
open the door, the porch was liter
ally swept out from under me.
Il chung to the door and the wind
ierked it off the hinges. sending il
into the house with rue holding on
Finally 1 came to rest up alongside
the piano"
Then she pointed to two discolored
eyes and decorations on her head as
evidences of the collision.
Prank of Fate
BY some strange prank Of fate,
Mrs. Marie Duderstadt. who lives in
the other half of the double house in
which Mrs. Kremm was staying,
opened the back door and started
into the Krema1 home for a visit just
as the front door was blown from its
hinges.
AS she walked into the fore part
of the house she was struck by the
door travelling through the front
room and sustained a possible frac.
tured skull.
Mrs. Lura Stewart. 70, was pinned
beneath wreckage and doctors at the
hospital said that she had probably
sustained a punctured lung. X-Ray
pictures were to be taken today.
Mrs. Andrew Sheets 2030 L. Wash.
ington street. was at a loss as to
what actually happened to her II.
year old daughter, Frances.
1--WE were at home" she said, land
suddenly there was nothing around
us. 1t seemed like the wind just
came along and took everything
away from us and deliberately left
us there"
Both Mrs. Sheets and her daughter
were bruised and lacerated by flying
debris
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
BATH SCHOOLS JOY DAY
SMOTHERED IN TRAGEDY

tracted parents waited at the hos
pitfalls in Lansing where the injured
had been taken, suffering with their
suffering children.
1t was the tragic aftermath of a
community taxation dispute, similar
to disputes which have occurred in
school communities the country over,
hut never before with such a fright
full outcome. The financial burden
which the taxpayers carried today
was hardly noted in the general grief,
but it was that burden which sent
Andrew Mehoe mad and caused his
twisted mind to conceive the punish
ment he visited upon his neighbors.
Scenes of Sorrow
The sound Of the terric explosion
was heard for miles. Mothers and
fathers came on the run from every
home in the village and its nearby
farms. For hours, others were
coming from outlying sections as the
news spread.
Women fraptically paved over
the timber and broken bricks held
together by mortar, heavier than the
average man could think of handling
without crowbar," one observer
said.
One by one, the small bodies were
carried out and laid in rows under
blankets. Parents passed down tn,
line, looking for their own.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-19
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
BATH, Mich, May 19.-This was
the day Of the school picnic
For days, Bath mothers had been
cooking and baking for the great
children's day Of the year. Big
frosted cakes, mounds of home
baked bread, baskets of sandwiches
and tubes of pickles were being
made ready.
Dresses Of the little girls were
starched and ironed. Sunday suits
were waiting for the boys. Dates
were made among the older mem
bers. 1t was o community affair at
which everyone was going to turn
out.
Examinations at the schoo! were
scheduled to end yesterday and the
atmosphere there was full of the
suppressed excitement that precedes
such a holiday.
Town Stunned
Today dawned and the village of
Bath was preparing, not for the joy
full picnic, but the mass burial of its
dead. The pitiful little bodies which
had been taken from the dynamited
school lay in sorrowing homes.
Mothers sat in their homes, dis.
consulate. Fathers gathered at the
ruins of the school, where State
troopers were still supervising the
work of the searehers. Other dis