davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-19

81 was down in bed with neuritis
for eight months, and have suffered
from neuritis in my legs and arms
for seven years." writes Mr.. George
A. Fondesmith, of r. r. No. 1, Box
139, Edgewood Gndianapolis), In
diana. When I would try to walk
I would fall and some one would
have to pick me up. Ny wife had
to dress and undress me; I could
not feed myself, would drop my
knife and fork. I was dizzy and
could not see good, my stomach
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-19

The De Soto roadster covered
sos miles at an average of 62.7
miles an hour-within four miles an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-15
Nv the Associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press.
HAVANA, January 15.--Mystic Woo
doc rites practiced in many parts of
the United States have been linked by
recent investigation with the cult OF
| Nanigoism in Cuba.
Comparative analysis of African sac
| rificial customs has furnished unusual
evidence that both had a common
origin in the Kongo jungleS and that
| Voodooism reached the American con-
tinent by the importation of slaves from
Cuba and Haiti
"Obeah," a mild form of VoodooiSm.
Is practiced In Cuba and the British
West Indies with virtually identic cere-
monies. Negroes who come to labor in
Cuban sugar cane fields have brought
to this Spanish-speaking island not
only the obeah, but also the far more
terrible and sanguinary rite of Mango.
The high priests and priestesSeS of
these cults have shown great powers of
resistance to the SuppreSSive measures
of the police.
CHASTITY Forms Eliminated.
Cuba has dealt severely with Voo-
dooism, and it is believed that its more
CHASTITY forms have been eliminated.
1t was largely in connection with the
ism and Nanigoism that measures were
adopted curtailing the immigration of
illiterate workers from Haiti and ia
maica.
Cuba has been particularly concerned
because VoodooiSm here takes on a
criminal aspect entirely exclusive of
the possibility of human sacrifice. In
Oriente province, which lies nearest
Haiti, the Voodoo priests of that island
WELD large powers. In other parts of
the island Nanigoism is dominant
among the negroes who take their re-
ligion in this form.
Nanigoism is a combination of devil
worship and gang spirit. Its priests
promise occult powers to lawbreakers.
and members of this cult are pledged
to render all possible protection and
assistance to each other.
AS far as can be learned, the symbol
ism Of the cults is very similar. All in
clude the sacrifice of ROSTERS, black
cats, goats and other animals Cuban
police records show cases where the
perpetrators of murder in connection
with Voodooism have been brought to
justice. but it is claimed that this type
OF sacrifice has been eradicated.
Havana newspapers continue to
chronicle cases of Mango outrages
committed against those who have in
CURED the enmity Of the gangSters. It
has been found that there is always
some one willing to carry out the
priests orders, because Mango neo-
phyte fails of membership unless he has
one capital crime to his credit.
At Mango funerals black rooster is
slaughtered in the home Of the de-
ceased. The fowl is then presented to
some neighboring non-Nanigo family as
warning
One of the strangest superstitions in
the Haitian cult is that q certain bone
In black cats body will confer invisi-
bility to its posSessor. The rite takes
place in the presence OF three witnesses
and the cat is thrust into hot water. It
Is related by Voodooists that super-nat-
ural manifestations, such as thunder
and lightning. are an accompaniment of
this process.
In the early years of the nineteenth
century Jean Lafitte, famous pirate
of the Spanish Main, frequently brought
slaves to Cuba and the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-15
HOUSE Of LORDS
SEEKS OLD POWER
Demands Reform Limiting
Members and Providing
for Peers Election.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, January 15.-The House of
Lords is demanding reform which
would limit its membership and pro-
vide for certain peers to be elected.
1t seems likely that the country will
eventually adopt some sort of plan like
this, since it is widely asserted that the
present constitution of the British up
per house renders it not only impotent
but inefficient. There are many who
! would like to see it on a par with the
United States Senate. Others would
like to see it abolished altogether.
Would Limit Members.
This situation is recognized by the
House of Lords itself, and there have
been frequent attempts to increase its
power and authority and on each oc-
casion this has been blocked by the
House of Commons and the govern
ment.
The latest move on the part of the
House of Lords was to vote by So to 8
that 1t is desirable that early steps
of members of the House of Lords and
to make provision for an elective repre-
sentation or nomination as would in
sure to each political party fair posi-
ton in the House of Lords
Theoretically Parliament is divided
in three parasitic King, the House of
Commons, and the House of Lords
and the assent of each component is
required before an act of Parliament
can become law, with certain excep-
tons. Actually the House of Commons
makes the laws. because the King sup
ports its decisions and the Commons
control the Lords with the threat of
creating any number of peers needed to
pass a bill through the House of Lords
should the upper house prove recalci-
trant.
Was One Council Originally.
When Edward called his great coun-
Gil in 1895 all the different classes of
people summoned to attend met as
single assembly, but in less than 100
years the body had divided itself into
two houses. In one house sat the
peers, spiritual and temporal; in the
other sat the representative knights of
the shires and representatives of towns
men. AS it now stands. the English
House of Lords. consisting almost en-
tirely Of hereditary peers, is most
unique among upper houses of the
world. All other similar chambers have
a membership that is almost wholly
elective, except in the Spanish and
italian Senates, in which a few heredi-
tary mobiles sit with the nominated or
elected senators.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-15

which first becomes evident in the
mouth, he has advanced a theory that
many common diseases of the mouth,
gums, teeth and upper intestines are
in reality the same thing In mild
form.
This situation, he believes, could be
helped by general consumption of
greater quantities of raw foods and the
eating of proper amounts of potatoes
and tomatoes, the only foods in which
vitamin c is not practically destroyed
by cooking.
Scurvy itself Is disease of the capil-
larry blood vessels through which the
various organs and tissues of the body
receive their nourishment. 1t usually
attacks soldiers, sailors and explorers
in remote places where well balanced
rations are not accessible. Raw pota-
toes are the usual remedy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-15
CUBAN VOODOOISTIC RITES
RESEMBLE I. S. CEREMONIES
Both Had Common Origin In Jungles of
Africa, Investigations of Cults Have
Disclosed

His principal market In the United
States was New Orleans, and this fact
is now being used to explain the par
ticularly close similarity between the
Voodooism of Cuba and that of the
lower Mississippi Valley.
Old Superstition Recalled.
There is a tradition that Lafitte's
encourage included several African
"conjur doctors"
+ The successors of these doctors today
have considerable knowledge of herbs
and the curative properties of plant
juices. In general they are employed
to effect cures, but with other herbs the
priests are said to be able to
cause temporary or permanent loss OF
memory to their enemies. This belief
appears substantiated by the recent dis
covery by United States Marines in
Haiti of a colony of negroes. dazed or
hypnotized, working under their task
masters on a plantation.
Priests frequently claim the power to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-15
MOUNTAIN CHILDREN
GAINING ADVANTAGES
Accept Offer of Education and
Overcome Habits Which Re-
tarded Development.

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee R)-
Youngsters In the mountain regions no
longer are given tobacco to chew and
their vocabu tries have become purged
of naughty words through the work
of club women of Tennessee.
Mrs. Clarence S. Steward, chairman
of the Margaret Henry endowment
fund of the Tennessee Federation of
Women's Clubs, reports also that the
calico wrapper, once the sole garb of
the mountain woman, has given way to
hats and dresses which the
women make with their own. hands.
In 1928, when Margaret Henry be-
gan the mountain division work. she
found-no schools, people without ed
. ucation walking miles to have their
letters read deformities among chill
dren in nearly every home, sickness
rampant, food cooked in one pot for
several families over a gypsy fire. Mrs.
Stewards report for 1928 shows an
eight months school term with 100
per cent daily attendance, crude. but
clean homes, mothers and fathers
reading and answering letters, disease
under control, grammar school aver
ages some Of the highest made In the
State.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-15

vitamin which stimulates growth and
functions In keeping the secretions Of
the glands up to normal, while B Is
best known as vital to the health of the
nervous system.
The vitamins. DR.. Walker explains,
are probably the agents which enable
the body to make use of other elements
in the food products containing them.
They have never been satisfactorily
analysed chemically, but their func-
tions have been fairly we'll established
through biological tests with animals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-15
Jobs Omen for Laundresses.

The Civil Service Commission has
announced that until January % it will
receive applications for positions of
laundress in the House of Detention.
Metropolitan Police Department. The
entrance salary is $1,000 q year plus
quarters and subsistence. NJ
Full information and application
blanks may be obtained at the office of
the Civil Service Commission, 1924 F
street
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-15
SURGEON URGES
ATTENTION TO DIET
Scurvy May Be More Com
mon Than Supposed, Bal
timore Man Claims.
BY the Associated Press.

BALTIMORE, Md, January 15.-
Scurvy may be much more common
disease than has been supposed, DR.
George Walker, Baltimore surgeon and
research worker, is convinced after a
study of the eating habits of $50 Mary
land families.
His dietary investigation, undertaken
to find out what families in all walks
of life actually seat and how their food
selections compare. with their needs,
disclosed an almost universal deficiency
of vitamin c.
Since absence of this vitamin from
the diet is known to cause scurvv.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-15

Oranges. tomatoes and raw cabbage
are the best sources of vitamin G
among the foods generally eaten raw
in America, DR.. Walker says, and it is
abundant in cooked potatoes and tonna-
toes when they are prepared in covered
pots or ovens with little exposure to
the air.
Amount Needed Not Determined.
Just how much of vitamin G is need
ed in the normal diet has not been
determined. he declares, but specialists
in the subject are quite certain that
much more is necessary than Is shown
in his analysis of general eating habits.
Examination of these average diets,
he says, shows that the other two most
important vitamins, A and B, are fairly
well taken care of, since they are not
greatly damaged by cooking. A is the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-15

take on animal or reptile form. This
recalls the African leopard" supersti-
ton where certain clan was credited
with power to turn themselves into
leopards and prowl the jungle at night
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-18
Highway Standardization

Uniformity and Standardization In construction and
maintenance Of American highways was emphasized n
repcrts submitted ~ the recent convention Of the Amer
lean Road Builders Association in Cleveland. These re-
ports covered practically every state in the Union ard
all phases Of highway construction, and each report
stressed the fact that practically no effort has been
made TO standsrdize.
The construction committee, composed Of some Of
th. most prominent highway engineers IN the country,
vas advised To study design ana construction methods
and 10 formulate q standard manual Of instructions and
interpretations for field engineers and inspectors.
The statement was made by engineers that due M
the lack Of Standardization the national road systems
sr, in a more or less chaotic condition, and that mil
lions Of dollars have been virtually wasted. They ex-
pressed the opinion that unless Standardization q con-
nation as a whole during the next decade will exceed
the present expenditures for highway Improvement
The federal government has il within its power =
effect this needed change In the policies II the various
states. II i true that highway construction and main
tenance must conform 70 local conditions. but this does
not signify that there should Ne such utter lack NJ
uniformity or that highways over which the traffic q
heavy should be constructed Or inferior materials while
other highways. which never will carry heavy traffic
are constructed 10 meet every requirement ct q trunk
line. So long as there is no uniformity Of policy or
Standardization OF construction. these conditions will
exist. They are the result az individual or community
opinion relative 70 the necessary specifications fer q
certain highway, and Il Is obvious that with a medley
of opinions there can be no chance for uniformity or
Standardization.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-18
4 Washington

Senator Moses claimed the task or
bosfinE the G.. o. p. candidates
eastern anabnard campaign. T NJ
organization" was far from anxious
~ put him in charge. for Moses is m
EiEe-crscker whose smart EayinEr
frequently react dangerously. He
shoots hard and straight, but il
tricky to handle because 0f biz awful
rccoii.
Doc work would gladly have de-
clIned hiE services had he been
given the option, hnt the New
Hampshire senator gave him none
he simply grabbed the Hoover east
ren management and hung onto H..
because N could n0t ba taken away
from him without a blackjack. which
ID was not deemed diplomatic 40
swing oH him at that particular
time.
TX iH good guessing that Mr.. Hoov-
er considers himself more deeply In
dehted 10 Senator Borah than 10
Senator NoEes-though perhaps not
as much 50 as Senator Borah be-
lieves he ought % feel
Senator Moses, however, claims
credit for the Hoover victory in the
supposedly critical e~aEt-nct- bly,
New York-forEetting Marsarhu-
seits and Rhode rsisnd-and Is not
disposed IN admit that the coming
administration can possibly ON
quite As much 70 anybody else as
owes Nv him. -
Senator Borah has a reputation for
doing yoeman work toward creating
presidents ard then driving them
Eray-headed by insisting or debating
their policies 20 them.
Senator Moses iE the most per-
slEtertly and v~enomousiy sarcastic
public nal ON Capitol Hill anirHs he
has absolutely his wv way.
Mr.. Hoover can hardly help dis
agreeing with Borah. lie can hardly
help miffinE Moses Each IN equally
independent in his own peculiar
fashion They nre IA mean rair for
any president to have. inside his
orr party continually busawhaeklng
him.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-18

Who AN n? 0f what division of
the army am I the head2 Where are
my headquarters?
What " the largest island In the
world?
What W another name for IraaT
What prominent war figure IN Eng
land was sometimes known as n.
Of X?
IF I bear witness W nysclf my
witness is not true Where is this
passage found in the Bible?
Today In the Past
On this day M 1919, the peace
conference opened AZ Versailles.
Todhy'S Horoscope
Persons who claim today as their
birthday are capable Of taking COM
mand NJ large projects and they have
fire reasoning powers They are "A
DIT too firm in their convictions.
A Daily Thought
The pleasure Of love Is IN loving.
We are happier nm the passion we
feel than w what we excite
LsRochsfoucauld.
Answers 10 Foregoing Questions
!. Major General Amos Fries; lief
ri tho chemical warfare diviEf9a;
Warrington, III. C.
?. Greenland.
-. Nnsorotamia.
q. Kitchener WI Khartum.
5. John. v, 81.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-18
Other Papers
FoRrUNATE SELECTIONS

Again the American representation On the rePara
tions eommission is to be Young and Dawes, but with
Rufus Dawes serving in place az his brother. Vice
President Charles G. Dawes, who served with Mr.. Young
several years age in working cut the so-called DAVE
plan. The American delegation probably IS not weak
sned BY the substitution Of Rufus Dawes for the viea
president. Rufus Dawes is one Of the most successful
bankers Of Chicago. and is nationally known as a fiaan.
cier. He is a worthy colleague 81 NJ. Young. who vas
given eredi, by Vice President Dawes for being chiefly
responsible for the separations plan now in operation
This American team Of financial experts Will command
high respect al the reparations council table, and III.
deed among the people Of Europe, since the work Mr.
Young did four years ago in shaping up q plan for the
liquidation Of the separations obligation has been re-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-18
0teae by Central Pres Association. Inc

what any nice boy should do or say.
Good people were so dreadfully unin-
teresting.
After the breakfast dishes we're
cleared Up, eBtty's mother sat in her
fsvorite rocking chair in the bay
window with a basket Of her hus-
bands socks 20 darn. She could see
the panorama Of the street while she
worked. Betty sat near her.
MONS" she began, what makes
a girl attractive TO men,
my goodness!" exclaimed her
mother. has George been making
love to you?"
"No," assured Betty, neither
George nor any one else. Why
haven't they?"
where did ysu get such foolish
ideas? Why, you are only eighteen
years old"
You were married when you were
nineteen" reminded Betty.
"Oh, but you are different! Girls
married earlier when ] was young
and besides. Betty, ] was very, very
pretty when your father married
me. Lots Of boys were after me and
your father was afraid ] would
marry one Of them" She tried 70
look modest
"And I am not pretty" asked
Betty.
sYou have beautiful hair and"
"And | am good to my motheri
laughed Betty. ruefully.
You take after your fathers peo'
Pile her mother went on. although
he is short and stout, all his folks
were tall and thin. You have not
filled BUT yet You will be very
pretty when you get your growth
Il have pretty hair and that's AL
you can say about by good lookst'
announced Betty. "That IL evidently
boys TO like me, ] do not want e
Be an ugly ducklirE."
Betty. ! am surprised At you
Her mother spoke ~impatiently- "for
have 4 good home You are vel
educated. You can cook. You are
good housekceper and will make
George a nice wife. He Is a good
bov and will take good care OF you
II have no idea Of marrying
George. and he Gems 70 have NO idea
Of marrying ne. At least, he has
shown 40 mad enthusiasm about AZ,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-18

II he intends marrying me, it's about
time he took me into his confidence!D
George Is one or those slow, de-
pendabie boys. He will speak when
ne can support "A wife, He knows .
good girl when he sees one and he
has seen you working about the
house
do men take women IN their
arms and make love 70 them because
they are good cooks or WELD q wicked
scrubbing brush?"
Nov, deariel I DO not like 10
hear you talk that way. You are
we'll brought up and should not think
Of such things"
did any boy except father ever
kiss y0u7"
"Dearie. that is not 4 nice question
10 ask your motherl"
Why not? Boys do kiss girls they
don't marryi"
Betty, nice girls do not make
themselves ordinary BY kissing the
boys they 20 with. There are a lot of
things about men a nice girl like you
should not know"
why shouldn't I know? am to
marry u some day. You say I
should learn housekeeping and cook
ing to make some man a good wife.
Why shouldn't ! know all the other
things a wife ought to know? no.
tice that you do not tell me If you
ever had pettinE parties with other
boys besides father. But you are q
good wife"
Things have come To a pretty
pass when ycu c-ross-examine mel"
cried her mother. Indignantly. you
have always been a nice girl; what
Is getting into you. Did some boy
try 10 kiss you az the dance last
nirht.-
"No boy has erer tried TO kiss
me-" exclaimed Betty. her chin quiv-
erinE- II am trying 20 find cut
whvf"
"You are too young - know shout
such things" reproved her mother
The incest boys will like YOU al the
better for not allowing philanderers
20 brush the bloom off Of you
-My bloom comes out OF a compact
and off of a lipstick and can be put
back II brushed off" arr tired OF
books aud or being q Saliy-slt-by-
the-firei I don't want 70 kiss boys,
! bat ! want boys to want to kiHH mel
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-18

Esrded as generally successful and satisfactory. TIL
powers interested in evolving a plan for the final set
Element selected MI. Young to serve again on the com
mission, and they took Mr. Dawes as second choice, be-
Ing unable to secure the vice president again. Our
government refused 20 take any hand in the selection
Of these experts, but it is highly grstified at the selec-
tons that were made. Our country Is fortunate IN
that men Of their ability, character and standing are p
serve as the American representatives, although It -
understood. Of course. that they do not officially rep
resent the Washington government.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-01-18

] won't let them do IL, but I want
them to try!"
What has become Of your mod
estyg' demanded her mother. "You
have never given your father OF me
one moments anxiety. / hope you
are o going 20 become d problem
now" She sighed heavily.
Livery girl is entitled 10 some ro-
nance. George Harris ~ about al
romantic as D laundry bill. | don't
want to be common, but | do want to
ne sought after. | am going 10 find
out why am not. II you won't tell
me ] will ask someone else"
You have been reading too many
story books" said her mother.
Every woman has her dreams. But
real happiness for a woman. Betty.
consists in adjusting her self TO the
difference between what she dreamed
and what came true. / am very
happy with your father and he IN not
romantic She sighed again.
But the other boy or boys who
kissed you before you were married
were!' Betty spoke with conviction.
"A blush mantled her mothers cheeks
and neck. tell me about IL"
Betty. I told you I was a very
pretty girl. ! would rather YOU did
not ask such things or think about
them. Happiness does not lie in that
direction"
II know one thing" replied Betty
stoutly. my culture and refinement.
my cooking and housekeeping, have
not made me attractive % men.
am going 10 ieok elsewhere. II Is
something physical. There Gems 4
conspiracy on the part Of women who
know 10 keep 1t from those who do
not but an going 10 find 9utlr
She left the room, her mother
looking after her with open-mouthed
amazement.
Betty found out. "a her sorrow.
(TO BE CONTINUED