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The Coolidge examiner., 1932-05-20
Quantities of Mexican.
Silver Used by Chinese

Chinese financial transactions are
generally made in terms of Mexican
dollars. For instance, newspapers
will report that the government of
China has appropriated "$1 100000
Mexican" for this or that purpose.
The Mexican dollar or peso is worth
slightly less than so cents in Amer
lean money.
During the early decades of the
Nineteenth century the Spanish dol
lar was introduced into China by
western traders. Previously to that
time there was no coin in general
circulation in China except the small
copper piece known as the cash. In
large transactions uncoined silver
bullion was employed, one Chinese
ounce of silver being called tael.
Chinese merchants found the west
ern coins more convenient than bull
lion as a circulating medium, and
Spanish dollars were imported in
large numbers.
A shortage In the supply of Span
ish dollars led to the introduction
of Mexican dollars about 1910. With
in a very few years these coins,
minted in Mexico by the Mexican
government, circulated freely every
where in China and were practically
the only currency which had uniyer-
sal acceptance in that country.
Their only rivals were British dol.
lars coined in India or HongkOng
and circulated in Chinese seaports.
The continual expectation Of Mexi-
can dollars to China and other orr
entail countries on a silver basis be-
came an important factor in the dis
tribution of Mexican silver.
In 1902 China signed treaty with
Great Britain in which she agreed
to establish a uniform system of
currency. Yuan Shih-k'ai, during
his regime, coined Chinese silver dol
lars in the hope of initiating cur
rency reforms. and since then many
efforts have been made to Substi-
tute native coins for Mexican dol
lars. Consequently, although Chi
nese finances are still reckoned in
terms of Mexican dollars. the coins
themselves are becoming scarce in
China and their place is being rapid
ly taken by silver dollars of equal
weight and value coined in China or
Observation-Disclosures Magazine.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-05-20

skinned grapefruit, half the size of
a pumpkin, they have in southern
climes.
On the other hand, do not be-
lieve you can get any finer meats
anywhere than in Manhattan. And
there is no better food than roast
beef or beefsteak to be had on this
spinning earth.
DR.. Charles II. Mayo, one of the
famous brothers from Rochester,
said recently that the greatest
enemy of the human race is food.
He maintains that most persons
either eat too much, or have poorly
selected diets. This sounds reason
able. We do not believe In any diet
which includes creamed Goldfish,
brains and eggs. or parsnips. and
we don't think any man. unless he
has been engaged In hard manual
labor, should eat over one roast of
beef at a sitting.
Louis Angel Firpo, TO be sure,
used to eat q large beefsteak gar
nished with a dozen fried eggs, and
he was certainly a healthy looking
specimen. But he also was larger
than the ordinary man and also had
known times when food was not
plentiful, so perhaps he was only
striking an average. Diamond Jim
Brady was at one time famous
eater. but be ended by endowing
some sort of clinic for stomach trou-
bles at Johns Hopkins.
&c. 1882. Bell Syndicate. )-wNU Service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-05-20

the scneme OF things, that brings lit
tie children into a world of dark.
ness, injustice, social tyranny, pov-
erty and bad health !"
Of course, long heated discussions
of God, metaphysics, religion, grew
out of this. Sometimes until long
past midnight. the little groups sat
weighing the problems of life and
death; pro and coming the same
dark problems that have caused the
wise, tired, harried idealists of all
times to ponder.
Ii was out of these evenings that
there spun itself around Vesta the
web of romance. The most chatting
of the teasing group around her,
brilliant young Ainsworth, became
her ardent, headstrong wooer.
u don't want TO marry" said
Vesta, knowing from the first time
he asked her, that she would. I've
seen too much. Suffered too much
of the suffering of others. Besides,
my work is laid out for me-"
In the end, OF course, she did
marry him. and they were to estab-
lish the first free clinic of its kind
in the middle western city in which
they dwelt. But against having chill
dren she did resolutely hold out
over a period of four years.
''My own sins are my own.
won't bring a child into a world into
which it does not ask to be born.
The fact that am happy does not
insure happiness for my offspring. !
don't want a baby"
AT the end of four years, when
she was her most beautiful, there
was to be a child, and once more
the convictions of Vesta went down
before inherent love Of life.
"We1l name it Vesta," said Aims
worth.
wen name it Gregory" said
Vesta.
When the twins were born, they
named them Vesta and Gregory.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-05-20
Beauty Talks
By
MARJORIE DUNCAN
Famous Beauty Expert
Mellowness of Maturity

IT YOUTH deserves a word of en-
l. couragement, so does maturity
particularly because many women
Of middle-age feel that life has
passed them by. And often-hav-
ing once known the bubbling, buoy
ant spirit of youth they feel its loss.
for it.
The era of depression has brought
more pleas of Il want to be young"
than a dozen years of normal times.
Women of the home suddenly find
themselves in the role of job seek
ers. And often middle-age is dis
criminated against and told that
only youth need apply. Why the
general prejudice l cannot under
stand. If mature woman has re-
tanned the attitude and viewpoint OF
youth, if she has cared for her per-
son and looks lovely, if she can
boast the healthful allure of youth
and the poise and mellow charm
that comes with maturity, then she
need not decry the birth-marks on
her calender.
1t is a rather vague beauty for
mula-no definite ounce of this and
dram of that to be mixed. But it is
one of the loveliest formulas | know
age gracefully. One of the dear
est women | know is a woman of
fifty. Her life has been full of ups
and dOwns-as lives usually are. She
has remained young because she
loves health, and her perfect physi-
cal condition is a point of pride
with her. And her meticulous at
tention to personal details and to
the preservation of all her good
looks has kept her younger than
her actual years. Her makeup is
subdued-as becomes maturity-her
hair-comb is softly futtering-her
clothes smartly dignified. Not long
ago ! visited her home. When |
arrived, | saw five or six young
backs. bent forward in an attitude
of extreme interest. Their faces.
when | saw them, only emphasized
that keen desire to listen, that cali
for more and more. Our charming
matron was telling them a story.
What does it matter If it takes
hundred years to cultivate that mel
low charm that goes with matu-
rity. that poise that can conquer
the most complicated situations,
that ease and assurance that makes
one forget self, and that happy
faculty of being interested and in.
teresting?
Don't worry about the pass
ing years. The calendar no
longer shows on a well-pre-
served skin. Double chin and
gray hairs are easily overcome
thanks to beauty sciencel
You are as young as you feel, as
young as your interest in people
and things, as young as your desire
to be lovely. There is no cOmbina-
tion more charming than the glow
of youth and the mellow under
standing of maturity.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-05-20
Lights of New York ~ TsUnbTLE Tgw1U1h elm
iconrrIrht. W. \. ID

A man who never visited New
York before told me that his first
impression of the city was its size
and quantity. "Our town." he said.
has wider streets than some of
yours, and sometimes they are just
as crowded. But go % blocks and
the crowd has melted away. You
begin TO get out in the rural section
Here. you can go for miles and still
keep on finding throngs of people. II
is the same way with everything
else-skyscrapers, stores, taxicabs.
We have them all, but yours are
multiplied"
| always have thought Ii would
be interesting If part of the residen.
tial portion of New York could be
divided into 4S sections. governed
in relative size by the population of
the various states. and then TO
gather all the former residents of
each state into their own section.
They would all feel that they were
at home again. especially If the
floating population was assigned TO
quarters under the same system.
Even now we have miniature coun-
tries In New York-little Italy,
China. Hungary, Africa. There are
mighty few races in the world that
are not represented somewhere in
New York, and there is scarcely any
article of trade known to man
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-05-20
QUARREL ENDS AS
MOTOR KILLS MAN
Husband Swats Brides Escort;
Car Causes Death.

Detroit. - An indignant husbands
first quarrel over another mans at
tentions to his auburn-haired bride,
and an innocent motorist whizzing
through the murk and drizzle of rain,
caused the death of Ernest Ingles,
thirty eight, whose body was found in
the street.
Striking in self-defense at Ingles,
after the larger and huskier man hit
him for demonstrating over his action
in bringing the wife home, Fred Clay.
ton, thirtytwo. knocked Ingles into
the street in front of his home.
A few minutes later, Kitchener w.
Hay, drove his car over Ingles' body
in the half-darkness and crushed a
rib in the mans body killing him in.
stantly. Hay thought at first that his
car had hit bump but some sixth
sense warned him to go back.
He found the body and called police.
They took the Claytons into custody,
but after investigation, released them
and Hay as innocent.
''It was fight over my wife," Clay
ton admitted. 81 saw her run into the
house as | drove up. I'd never seen
the man in the car before. l asked
him whether he'd been out with her
and he said NO Then | ran and
pulled her to the car. could see that
was right, and she made me certain
with something she said.
"This man (Ingles) got out of his
car and swung at me. | swung back
and knocked him down. We botf
went back in the house, and a few
minutes later heard lot of noise. A
car had run over him."
Ingles merely offered to drive hel
home, Mrs. Clayton said. He hat
picked her up downtown.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-05-20
Compass Idle 20 Years
Saves Lives of Three

Oconto, Wis.-For 20 years William
Burkhardt. of this city, carried com
pass in the expectation that he might
some day need it.
Recently he set out with two com
panions, Ned and WHY'S Lesperance,
to lift their nets. Two miles from
shore on Green Bay a shift in the
wind caused the ice to break up. Un-
able to get back to Oconto, they start
ed a ten-mile trek to the East Shore
in a binding storm and zero weather.
Able to see only few feet. Burk-
hardt pulled out the disused COM
pass BY it's guidance the three
reached the shore and safety.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-05-20
Sanitary Toilet Articles

IF YOU could only once look at
your powder puff and comb and
brush under a powerful microscope,
it would never again be necessary
for me to urge absolute sanitation
as to your toilet articles. For you
would see millions of germs. Re-
liable hairdressers always use
brushes that may be washed after
using on each client, brushes that
have backs which will not be
ruined by a sufficient amount of
antiseptic being added to the rims
ing water.
You may have very exquisite
combs and brushes to adorn
your dressing table, O. for the
guest room. But the ones used
daily should be very, very wash
able.
Such brushes are inexpensive, ant
take only a few seconds to wasl.
daily. Rinse with a disinfectant,
and leave on a Sunny window ledge
to dry.
The pesky little germs breed so
fast that if you have left your comb
and brush unwashed for a week,
probably some of those germs are
great, great grandfathers by the
end of the week, and are living in
the midst of colonies of descend
ants.
AS for the powder puff, we think
of them as something fluffy and
dainty-but they so often aren't!
| wish that all Of you would buy
at least six powder puffs at the
time, three small ones, and three
large ones. The kind that are soft
and velvety. When you have used
one a few days, take new one out,
and thoroughly wash the used one
in warm water and white SOAP
rinse, and leave il in the sun to dry
The sun is a wonderful germ slayer
With inexpensive tissues to re-
move creams and lotions from your
skins, with a bottle Of ammonia or
mild disinfectant in every bathroom
it is so easy to be sanitary as to-
skin and hair treatments. Why risk
continued dandruff and rashes? If
a friend says, Lend me your pow
der puff, I've left mine at home"
lend it, if you must, but tuck it
toto n cida noc<pt until Vou con
take it home and wash it! That
friend is a familiar note to all of
you. We meet her often-every-
where. But you owe it to your
skin and hair health to be as fas-
tidious in the loan Of a powder puff
or a comb and brush-as you
would in the loan of a tooth brush !!
e, 1892, Bell Syndicate )-WNU Service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-05-20
MAKE RIVER PO TRADE HIGHWAY

ment and dixie system of the Pc haE
gone on developing. until the pro-
tective works rivals those of the
Netherlands. In many sections the
confined river flows at level much
higher than the protected, fertile
fields. About three million acres
are protected by dlkes, and approx
imately 5000 square miles of land
are under irrigation. This latter
area exceeds that of the entire
state of Connecticut.
"Since the river has been con-
fined to narrow course, the silt
which formerly was spread over a
wide delta, now is washed into
the sea. The coast near the prin.
cipal mouth of the Pc is being built
outward at a rapid rate. Sand
dunes marking the site of the coast
of some centuries ago. are now Is
miles inland.
The level sweep of the Pc val.
ley. its natural fertility, and the
ease with which ii can be cultivated
make ii an enormously productive
region. 1t has been so from the
earliest times. In the days of an
cient Rome it was a source OF
wheat, of cattle pastured on irri-
gated meadows, and of swine which
fed on the mast of the forests that
covered the foothills. Today it
produces all these products. and be-
sides large quantities of rice. Mul.
berries are grown to feed silk.
worms. and vineyards cover wide
areas. Milan and Turin, situated
in the Po basin, are populous cities
and prosperous centers of industry
and commerce; and scattered
through the valley are numerous
thriving local market towns. The
region is one of the most populous
in Italy.
although tremendous amounts
of money and time have been spent
on the Po through centuries, the
works have been primarily protec-
tive against floods and for the TAX
ing of irrigation water. The new
project will supplement this by
making the stream navigabe for
larger boats and longer distances.
The plans call for numerous dams
and weirs to regulate the depth and
for reservoirs to impound surplus
water and regulate the fiow."
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-05-20
Old Man Killed by Train
as He Picks Up Dollar

indianapolis, Ind.-John Helton, six
ty-seven, his shoulders bent, his head
lowered. was trudging along the Penn
sylvania railroad right of way here.
The clothing he wore was ragged and
torn. He was carrying sack, in
which he occasionally tucked frag-
ments of coal. An employee of a
packing company who happened TO
look out of a window as Helton passed
tossed a silver dollar toward him. Hell
ton heard 1t clink. Eagerly he bent
over to pick it up. just as speeding
passenger train roared by. its crew un.
aware of a lifeless form left beside
the track.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-05-20
Ancient Cheesecakes

The sweetmeats of the early epi-
cures are fully recorded in the
painstaking dialogues of the Athen-
aeus, who lived and loved cheese
cake in the latter half of the Sec
ond century. He lists the various
types known to the Greeks in pal
ate-tickling profusion. Another early
historian describes them as being
Compounded of cheese and milk
and honey-almonds with soft rind,
and nuts, which boys are very fond
Of" In such high repute was this
prime table delicacy held among the
classics that a village was named
"Cheesecake," according to the his
torian Demetrius.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-05-20
Resourcefulness

We cannot but admire the re-
source of the pupil who wrote down
"On their heads" in answer to a
question as to where the kings of
England were crowned, and sim
liar naive reply was given by an
other student in response to the
question, Explain what happens
when there is an eclipse of the
sum-" when he answered, truthfuIly
enough, "a great many people go
out to see it."-Christian Advocate.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-05-20
Night Air Makes Corn
Pop Clear Out of Sight

Mount Vernon, III.-A new racket
has been uncovered.
Housewives who purchased pop
corn from house-to-house peddlers have
have been the victims. The peddler
would make his sale TO the house
wife and then advise her:
'sBe sure to hang it on the back
porch when it can draw dampness
from the air.
The housewife would comply. When
she went to look for the corn in the
morning it was gone.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-05-20
Avoid Life's Ruts

Ruts are the bane of human eX-
istence, yet there are few of US
who do not unconsciously slide into
them and then try our best to re
main there. Rise above your envi-
ronment. Adjust yourself to changed
Never be a slave to
your suroundings.-Grit.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-05-20
Given 10 Years to Live,
Period Ends. Kills Self

Rock Island, nl.-Ten years ago
physicians told B. |. Hayes after an
operation he could live only ten years.
A few weeks ago the ten-year period
ended.
A few days ago Hayes was found
dead. He had closed all doors and
windows in the bathroom of his home,
turned on a gas jet and shot himself.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-05-20
Witnesses Jailed, but
Defendant Is Acquitted

Charlottesville, Pain one of the
most unusual cases on court records
here, the prisoner went free and nine
witnesses went to Jail. Judge L. F.
Smith sentenced each of the witnesses
to a day in Jail for tardiness. and the
defendant, Mollie Barber, negro girl,
charged with grand larceny, was ac-
quilted.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-05-20

which you cannot find somewhere
in the city, If you know where to
look for IL.
People, jewels, objects of art, an
imals, foods. shrubs. trees, flowers,
drugs. chemicals. all sorts of things
from every corner of the earth, find
their way to New York. You may
see lions from Africa, tigers from
India, dinosaur skeletons from
Mongolia. spices from Araby, dia-
monds from Brazil, emeralds from
Colombia, cherry trees from japan,
paintings from Italy, dresses from
France. something from every
known country. In the course Of
days wandering. If q student were
intelligently TO visit New York's
museums. parks, libraries, theaters,
movie houses. stores. foreign quar-
ters. hotels. docks. business dis
tricts and restaurants, he would
gain more information. learn more
than he would IL he devoted the
same time to a trip around the
world.
Having just said that you can
find everything in New York. wish
knew exactly where TO lay hands
on oysters Rockefeller, and pompa-
no in paper bags, such as they serve
In New Orleans. Or even those thin
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-05-20
Youth Is Attacked
by Captive Eagle

Grants Pass, Ore.-Vincent
Billings, ten, learned to his sor-
row that when the eagle
screams it means business.
Vincent, who lives at Rogue
River, found the big gray fight
er in one of his traps. He bound
it with string, slung it over his
shoulder and started home.
The bird worked itself free
and went after the boy with
talons and beak, then flew away.
Vincent was badly scratched and
bitten.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-05-20

Charms strike the sight, but merit
wins the soul.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-08-18

can attend all the conservative and
reactionary political meetings they
care for without being asked to con-
tribute a cent. The voter of course
has his choice. He can attend meet
ings where it will not cost him a
cent, considered real nice respectful
meetings too, and he can follow that
up by voting as advised at those meet
ings. And on the other hand he can
attend meetings of his fellow men
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES matters OF
general concern are discussed and
where he will sometimes be asked to
contribute to the campaign fund
little or nothing as he sees fit-and
where he is a part of the political
party. The path of least resistance
has generally been chosen, that is to
attend the meeting which costs moth
ing and then vote to let the other
fellow run the whole works. With a
more skinny diet today folks are do
ing more thinking of their own
which will show up in the fall cleo
ton
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-08-18
A CHANGE DESIRED
Editor AskOv American:

Editor ASkOv American:
Business is picking up, at least that
is what one of our best minds said
who had just made arrangements for
an eighty million dollar loan for his
bank in Chicago, he being the presi-
dent of the Re-finance corporation,
but decided to resign after making
this haul. How anyone can get away
with any thing of this sort, is nearly
uncomfortable. Up to this time the
Re-finance corporation had loaned
about a billion dollars to banks, rail-
roads, trust companies and other in
situations entitled to loans. In other
words ont of every twelve dollars
loaned to the entire country one bank
in Chicago gets one dollar of new
credits. This is what l suppose the
best minds call equitable adjustment
and distribution of credit.
A person can hardly pick up a
paper without seeing them condemn
ing the Garner Bill, which would per-
nit loans to individuals. This is
dangerous, un-American and bad &C
cording to the subsidized press, but
when one bank gets credit of eighty
millions it is constructive and good
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-08-18
WORSE THAN RECKLESS

Hardly a week passes but what the
state highway department through its
bulletins calls attention to the traffic
laws with the dual purpose of secur-
ing the cooperation of drivers in
complying with the regulations or
warn the reckless ones of the dangers
and penalties imposed upon viOlators.
The Askov American has repeatedly
called attention to the dangers of such
violations as driving with poor brakes.
improperly adjusted headlights, the
lack of tail lights, and especially the
one-headlight menace, but a report
has recently been received that a GER
tain car is making a practice of driv-
ing around this community after dark
without any lights whatever Such
practice is worse than reckless and
might if continued result in serious
or fatal accidents. The person who
makes it his business to investigate
who the perpetratSr is and reports
him to the proper authorities will be
rendering real service to the public.