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OKLAHOMA LEADER
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TODAY
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YOUR HEALTH
Millionairess Now Su-
perintendent of Per-
fume Business.
Infinite Wireless.
Stocks i*o Respectable.
Poor Fat Sheep. |j i hutt) Chipmunk l.earns .Humeth'ni;
Fifty Is Young. § From Mil ma Ant.
Tta« .un shone brightly, but I
Qintint' ■' A*THCH Willi ••• a(r wug c00| aIlll chatty
On .hmbourd with no doctor, far j Chipmunk tied hla little boots, but
* „ niHH lay with bone* I toned hla little brown coat anil
broken. Nobody knew ho,• to .et , LrM forth
— . wireless ! '
bone. Tbe ship, with it —| ■
apparatus, sent through the air a
call, soon answered by another ship
that did have a doctor. Th®
r- by wireless. told men on the first
f ship how bones should be set. and
Copyright, 1920. by Newspaper Feature Kervloe. Inc.
How Your Heart Pumps
The Blood To All Your Body
By KOVAL S. COPELAND, M. I)., F. A. C. S.
Commissioner of Health, New York City.
One of the into the upstairs room of the left-
most fascinating hand house.
thing:* in Mother | he Capillaries.
Natures cabinet The blood is now h pure and
of wonders is the bright red fluid, ready to supply all
system made for parl8 of tbe body. The left auricle
the circulation of j contracts, pushing the blood down-
the blood. | stairs through tho door valve. This
After the skele-I door abuts, the ventricle contracts,
ton had been an(j blood is forced most power-
provided and had funy through the valve doors into
been fitted o u t ,t|je Kreat artery, the aorta. This has
with all the mu«-'many branches, the arteries, and
t ies and tendons j these reach every portion of the
-ssentlal to body, from crown to toe.
Ab the division and redivision of
"he brown leaves crackling unier
hia feet as he hurried through ti
woods made Chatty's heart very
tad.
It would only be a short time
now before the little Chipmunk a
the work was done successfully. | houne would have to close its doors
The doctor will never see his • for the winter, and the fact didn't
patient. I B«'cni please Chatty as much as
, it did some of the wood folk.
We say that is wonderful. An l it "You Just begin to enjoy the nice
Is1 but not so wonderful as things weather when along comes old
that happen every hour. What was winter," mused Chatty, kicking the
the wireless that seut thinking j leaves aside to see If he couldn't I tlons of every sort, the task of mak _
Dower through infinite space to this ([n(j one more chestnut. "Makes m- ing a lasting man was unfinished. t|je arterles take place, ultimately
:irth when thinking began? tireni!" The body was covered with skin, u^e smallest vessels are reached.
Oe 1 r*t ck
Of Interest
To Women
**What was the wireless message J -Uetter rest then," laughed a made impervious to sun and mois- Theae are called the "capillaries,
lerry voice, and Mama Ant ran out,ture, and was thus protected from an(j jn these the blood comes Into
Mrs. Charles Del^oosey O'lrichs,
prominent New York society woman,
who has startled her friends by go-
ing into business. Mrs. Oelrichs has
accepted the position of superintend-
that entered the brain of Newton nlfrry rolce, and Bi — | | H
when he saw the apple fall? with a bundle of things and dumped tho elements. But without some intimate contact with the tissues of ' t.nt of a perfume company of New
Whence t ame the message that | them a short ways from the unt 1 means of furnishing moisture all the ,he body. Here, the poisons and York, .^he will devote her time to
told Edison. .1 lad at the telegraph
key, how more than one message
could be sent over the same wir«
Whence, above all. came the
thousands of inspirations that en-
tered the brain of Shakespeare and
made him the greatest genius Unit
earth has produced?
We live in a finite world, con-
stanUy connected with the infinite
by a wireless system. Every mind
is a receiving station. Lucky the
brain that reecives messages clearly
and does its work well.
Another low record for cotton; it
sold below fourteen cents a pound
yesterday. Wheat also went down
It remains to be seen what, if any-
thing, the Federal bank, supposed to
be managed tor the benefit of the
nation as a whole, will do to help
farmers and cotton planters. A gea-
Ueman in Wall street wants to hold
his stocks until the price goes up.
The Federal bank is ready to lend
him the money—no trouble getting
a thousand millions or more at any
time for stock exchange speculation.
Is it so much more respectable to
carry stocks than to carry wheat
and cotton for a fair price?
If you saw seventeen or eighteen
wolves tearing at a fat. bewildered
sheep, you wouldn't expect to hear
any good news of that sheep.
As you read about conditions that
have prevailed in the United 8tates
I . the public, a big, fat, bewildered
[ r sheep, with profiteering wolves tea.
ing at it—you are not surprised that
conditions in various directions are
discouraging.
One set of revelations Bhow the
building trade conspiring and profi-
teering to a point that made build-
ing impossible. No wonder houses
are lacking.
In another investigation you find
coal men. "patriots working for the
government at a dollar a year,"
using government secrots to rob tho
people to the tune of millions.
One government organization
patriots stole or squandered a thou-
sand millions on aircraft—without
producing any aircraft,
No wonder present condition*
worry the people. Even the fattest
sheep could not supply suot an 1
mutton enough for so many first-
class wolves.
How they did eat. while the good
shepherd was talking sweet plati-
tudes about making the world safe
for democracy. It has been very safe
for wolves, lately.
It is never too late to succeed.
Lot that truth comfort the middle-
aged and older. Bishop Burch, who
lied the other day head of a great
church, was fifty before he became
a clergyman. He was head of the
Protestant Episcopal < hurch
America before he was 65.
Admiral Blake, who beat Van
Tromp and other good fighting
Dutchmen, put Holland out of sight
as a great ocean power and laid tho
foundation of England's supremacy
on the water, was more than 50
years old before he ever went 10
sea in command.
He was tired of reading reports
about Dutch victories, decided to go
out and attend to the matter him
self, and did it.
Many men of 50, Ured of hearing
adverse reports from what they call
"fate," might go out and attend to
the matter themselves.
Fifty is a good age to begin any
thing new. It is the beginning of
mature youth. Old age, for those
that live weli, begins at 70.
A gentleman refuses to have his
little daughter vaccinated, because,
says he, "it is against ray religion."
He also insists on sending the child
to the public school. It may be
agalnBt the gentleman's religion to
have his child vaccinated, but it is
against public common sense to risk
the health of other children because
of tbe religious views of one father.
It is also against the law, and with
all respect for everybody's religion,
the laws rule.
h'lll, then hurried back again. 1
suppose you are tired. It certainly
does take a great deal of chasing to
fill your storeroom. I guess."
Pooh!" growled Chatty Chip-
munk. MI don't mind the filling of
my storeroom and things, so why
break one's neck getting to it! But
the thing that makes me tired is the
changing of the seasons, anyway. 1
would love to live where ^t's always
warm."
Well, I don't know," laughed
Mama Ant. M,I've worked pretty
hard these last months, and, us for
myself, I'm rather glad to be able
to stop and rest a little while.
We're all ready, and will be glad
to welcome old winter. You don't
mean to say you're not really ready
to close shop?"
"That's what I said," replied
Cbatty Chipmunk. "There are plenty
of nuts and things, so why break
one's neck getting in a hurry? I
never start uutil I have to."
"I guess that's the reason why
you're so tired," laughed Mama Ant.
The folks who are generally the
most tired at night are the folks
who have spent the day worrying
about the things they should have
done."
Well, I don't know but what
tissues would become dry and hard. wagle are taken up, and the capll-I the selling of perfumes.
With use, friction would wear down .iarjeg pass the contaminated blood
the parts and speedy destruction , tnlo the little veins, and these, in
would follow. j their turn, send it into the larger
To bathe every part of the body, to veins. Then this, the venous blood.
provide for lubrication of the Joints, j is collected into two great blood
to carry nourishment to every cell, vessels called the "venae cavae."
to seek out aud to remove waste and These open through valve doors into
foreign matter, required a clrculat-1 the right upstairs room of our heart
ing fluid. This fluid is called the!house and the circulation has been
blood.
Organs of Circulation.
Tho organs of circulation are the
heart, arteries, capillaries and veins.
The heart is the pump that sup
>>w Questions.
1.—Do you know how to easily
completed.
One side of the heart has charge
of the impure blood, and Its duty is j the kitchen knives bright?
to receive and send it to the lungs • 2.—Do you know one way to
for purification. The other side of, brighten a dark corner in almost
plies the energy to carry the blood the heart receives the pure blood and { uny roora*
through the body. , distributes it to every part of the 3—What are some of the new
The arteries, capillaries and veins human body. j frUits and vegetables7
are the pipes of this great system ; TQ do all this properly, there 4 _Do you hnow why bread some-
of irrigation. Like the water mains j mUst be no failure in the timely j (irae8 cracks across the top and the
of a city's water supply, these blood performance of every part of thejK1(leso
vessels go to every part of the bod>,, system. , 5§—What makes pastry flaky and
so that the most remote call - as 1 one of the defects too frequently tender,
from a house In the outskirts of a , met, is failure of the valves-the j 6 _p0 know the shortest and
city-may be responded to and the doors-to close prefectly as they s, le8t method of bu<jKetini5 tho
place furnished with its share of should. The use of alcohol, strain mcome*
4!?' . , At h from undue athletic activity, j—j^0 you jtnow the best treat-
The heart is made of muscle tie-. Bright's disease and other diseases, j t f kitchen walls''
sue. It is a hard, stroug musclo. !are causes in adults, and rheunia-
The fibres of the muscle run in 1 tjsm jH n frequent cause of valvular
every direction. They are laced (disea.ae in children.
and tangled together In such a way
l)
Tve Horked Pretty Hard These
Last Months."
THE HOUSEHOLD
QUIZ
BY MRS. AUCK GITCHELL KIRK
Home Economic* Expert
and Lecturer
mm iiumniiiran
f HOLDING A HUSBAND
Adele Garrison's New Phase of
Revelations of a Wife
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Keene, N. H., has five women in
its city council.
Boston s policewomen are to re- .... u.t Grantland Argued and
ceive the same pay as policemen. Jul Th,,n ottered.
All but eight state. have adopted , tg Maj 0ranUaml tn a
ome form of a mothers pension , rather perfunclory manner. I am
Santiago. Chile, has ° '18 "1'001 I afraid. for he wa. about the last per-
attended by more than 1,500 girls. t <it Rire«l to see
In the United State, there are , tnp N0rtt, threatened to have
four times as many women church oompllcBtlont, owlnc to
number, as men. Dicky's disapproval, without adding
The courts in Michigan have up- | an,.thlnJS e|ae CouW his presence
held the right of women to hold i a{ the rajlroad gtatlll„ mean that he
elective office in that state. j waB ajgo going North on the night
"Time aud Tide" is the name of a ,rajn- j gjncerely trusted not.
London newspaper which is owned | j (Hd Qot mln(, faciug whatever
and controlled entirely by women. discomforts 01 dangers might come
The Yonii Uri. the oldest news- t ^ me on my own but lt woui(j be
paper published in Tokio, also has jntoierable to feel that I was a bur-
the distinction of being the first to <Jpn and a responsibility to some one
run a woman's page. j ol8e And 'that I would be both to
Miss Eleanor McDougall. head of ,JUKh Grantian<l when he learned
the Women's Christian College ot lhu( j was traveling alone through
Madras, is now in America speaking the rajiroa(i 8trike zone, I was cer-
on the higher education of women talll j knew his chivalry, his Pun-
in India. 1 tan conscience, and his more or less
Probably among the oldest twin concealed opinion that women were
sisters in America are Mrs. Phoebe the weaker ^ex, certain to come to
WHITE TEETH. Q—Is chlorate
of potash as a tooth paste good for
daily use?
2—Is pumice good for the teeth?
3—Is castile soap good for the
skin?
A—No.
2—Once in six months If used with
care.
3-pYes.
M. E. H. Q—I have to rise fre-
quently during the night, and am
troubled a great deal during the
day the same way. Can you advise
me what to do?
Have your urine examined to see
you're right," sighed Chatty. "I'm
dreadfully tired today and I haven't
done a blessed thing but worry over
the cold weather."
"Then," laughed Mama Ant, mer-
rily, "why not try the way we ants
do? Work first, thon play. Worry
will kill a fellow much quicker
than work any day. But, goodness
me! I must be getting busy, so
please excuse me" and with a
friendly bow Mama Ant hurried
down into tho little ant hill, s;.on
reluming with another bundle
which she very carefully carried
away from the ant house.
Chatty Chipmunk watched her,
and Just wondered how any one
that had to work as hard as she did
could be so happy—for evpry time
Mama Ant camo out of the house
she was singing merrily.
Chatty chipmunk watched until
she grew tired, then filling his
pockets with nuts he trotted home.
The place looked dirty, bo Chatty
Chipmunk, keeping Mama Ant be-
fore his mind, began to hum to
himself. Ho cleaned up the place,
piled in new sticks and new grass
for his winter bed. Then, forgetting
how tired he was, he hurried out,
und when night came a nice, big
pile of ntits was stored in the store-
room, and a nice soft bed awaited
him.
Funny! But some way Chatty
Chipmunk found he wasn't nearly hi
tired that evening as he had been
the day before when he had done
nothing at all. So Chatty Chipmunk
ate his supper and crawled Into bed
as happy as could be.
Copyright, 1920. by Newspajwir Feature
Service, Inc.
that when the muscles act the cavi-
ties of the heart arc contracted
powerfully.
Just as the hand, when it is tight-
ly closed, will squeeze and crush in
a substance held in the palm, so the
heart, when it contracts, squeezes
its blood content so powerfully that
it rushes out of the heart and races
through the blood vessels to the far-
thest part of the body.
Tho human heart contains four
cavities. They are like the rooms of
a house. The two downstair rooms
are called the "ventricles" and tho
two upstair rooms the "auricles."
The heart is really a two-family
house, divided by a solid party wall.
The house to the right is used by
Mrs. Venous Blood and the left-
hand house is given over to Mr. Ar-
terial Blood.
The stairwny In each house is
guarded by doors called valves.
These doors open but one way,
downward.'
The upstair room of the right- KITTY B. Q
hand house receives the venous inches tall, and
blood. When the auricle contracts ] pounds. How can
the blood is pushed downstairs
through the valve guarding the
doorway. When it enters this room
the door shuts, preventing its re-
turn upstairs.
Then the ventricle contracts,
forcing the blood through an out-
side doorway, guarded by valves,
Into a passageway called the pul-
monary artery. This pipe carries the
blood to the lungs. The pulmonary
artery divides and redlvides Into
smaller and smaller vessels. Tho
most minute of these come in con-
tact with the air cells of the lungs.
Here the blood is purified and then
It is collected into the pulmonary
veins. These open by outside doors
Answers to Yesterday's Questions.
I 1.—Electricity, makes an exact
I science of all baking.
2.—One of the best methods for
>ok, of Los Angeles, and Mrs.
Marlura A. Solomon, of Grand
Rapids, who have just celebrated
their Hist birthday.
Women have been granted full
suffrage rights in the little Moham-
medan republic of Azerbaidjan. one
of the newly-created dominions
lying between the northern border
of Persia and the Caspian Sea.
Fifteen denominations are repre-
sented in the membership of the In-
ternational Women Preachers as-
sociation, organized in St. Louis a
year ago and of which Miss Made-
line Southard, of Winfield, Kan., Is
the president.
Ten million women of the United
States are to be asked to sign a pe-
tition to Senator Harding requestim
grief unless protected by stron
masculine arms.
He lifted his hat in a manner
equally casual, but made his way at
once to my side.
"This is a pleasant surprise," he
said, holding out his hand. "I had
no idea you were here. Have you
been here in Southern Cedars for a
little stay? How is it that I have
missed you?"
For an instant I was tempted to
foster the idea he had conceived.
But 1 knew that any chance moment
might bring the knowledge of the
truth to him and I did not especially
care for the look 1 would see in
Hugh Grantland's face when he
should learn my cheap subterfuge.
"Probably because I haven't been
here," I laughed, answering his lat-.t
question first. "I just motored over
minutes
and pasteboard, and the change from ,
my bills. As I stepped out of the i
line, Maj. Grantland was at my side,
his hand extended.
Do you mind letting me see if von
have secured a good berth?" he said.
happen to know this railroad
game, you know."
I held them out mechanically. He
scrutinized them carefully, almost as
if he were memorizing the numbers
was he doing that very thing, I
wondered? Then he handed them
back with a little bow.
"Fortunately, they are perfectly
correct," be said. "And now, how
may I serve you? I have a car here.
May I drive >ou back to Cedar
Crest?"
"As I am not going back to Cedar
Crest I am afraid I shall have to
decline your very kind invitation.
But if you will give me the name of
a good hotel here, where I can stay
until tonight, 1 shall be very grate-
ful."
"I will have my man drive you
over to the best one at once," he re-
sponded. "And I will do myself tha
pleasure of calling upon you there
later in the day. Just now I have
some urgent business to attend to."
He summoned his chauffeur and
helped me into a luxurious car. As
the man started the engine I caught
sight of Hugh Grantland hurrying
into a telephone booth. I wondered
idly what his urgent business
could be.
him to quit cigarettes after March
4. in order that the White House
may continue to have a clean record from Cedar Crest a few
in the matter of cigaret-smoklng j ago."
presidents. | "Oh!" He uttered the monosyllable
Tbe opening day of the national as if it were an expletive, then added
convention of women voters to be incisively:
held in Washington in February will "Of course >our husband is here,
be in the nature of a suffrage jubi-
lee during which the memory of tho
great suqrage pioneers will be h \-
ored by the unveiling in the rotunda
of the national capitol of a memorial
statue in heroic size. The statue
Answers to Health Questions || huuging dress skirts so they will'is now being completed in the ital
not wrinkle, is on a pole suspended 1 ian studio of Mrs. Adelaide Johnson
from regular skirts or men's trouser J an American sculptress. Miss Jane
holders. Fold skirts two or three Addams, of Chicago, has been sel-
times, allowing no crease down the | ected to present the statue in behalf
front. Keep them in the folders j of |the women of America.
when packing in a trunk, and
;rs of ithi
-CO ' jpillll
folded over, twist a generous plecu 4lrilllll!lllllllllllllllllllllllll!lllllllllillll!!llllllllllllllK
of tissue paper and lay in the crease , = in; a
and there will be no wrinkle. ^ OHSr.RLU IONS 01 ^
3. To keep eye glasses clear and s GOSHALL HEMLOCK =
bright, wash two or three times a = =
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use a bit of soap. Rinse in cold
water and wipe dry on soft tissue
paper.
4.—In serving fresh sponge or
angel cake, the pieces are broken.
not cut. The cakes are very light
and porous, and cutting makes them
seem heavy and close, and not near-
lf you are diabetic. If you are not. I ly so delicate in texture.
then consult a doctor regarding I 5.—The value of calcium (lime) in
your bladder.
I am 5 feet, 6
weigh only 98
[ build myself up?
A—Exercise in the open air, sleep
in a well ventilated room. Increase
your lung capacity with breathing
exercises. Eat plenty of nourishing
food, and drink at least a quart of
milk a day.
MISS G. B. Q—I have a chronic
difficulty with the appendix, and I
have taken a tonic, but it leaves me
with a burning sensation in the
right side. Also. I have palpitation
and nose bleed. What shall I do?
A—You should not attempt to
treat yourself. Consult your doc-
tor.
LYRICS OF LIFE
BY DOUGLAS MALLOCH
Copyright. 1920. by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
our bodies is largely for bones.
The amount of lime required per
day in order to maintain a normal
reserve in the body is about fifteen
grains. This amount is contained
in the given quantity, in one and
one-half pints of milk.
6.—The kitchen cabinet is rapidly
taking the place of the pantry and
kitchen table as it saves space,
steps, and combines both articles
of furniture in one.
7.—There is a special art in the
preparation and cooking of pot
roasts and stews, which adds much
to their flavor. Use a cast bottom
kettle, and have it very hot. Add
the meat and turn it constantly, in
order to sear over the outside and
retain the juices in the meat. Then
add a small amount of boiling water,
cover and cook very slowly. Sear-
ing the meat and cooking slowly are
the two main points to remember
for flavor and tenderness.
(Copyright. 1920. Thompson Feature
Service.)
Constantinople has several woman
suffrage clubs.
The fat of the land is sometimes
a mighty slippery foundation.
Self-praise is pretty much like a
fellow tryin* to lift himself up by
his own boot straps.
Don't chide the giggling school-
girl. She passes that way but once,
and my, ain't it a wonderful way!
CHARLES ARMOR LEEDY.
Copyright. 1920. by Public Ledger Co.
L-Dec. 31 ^
Two hundredth anniversary of the
birth of Charles Edward Stuart, the
Young Pretender.
Rear Admiral Samuel McGowan.
paymaster general of the United
States navy, will retire from active
service today.
New York, Chicago and other
large citieB have made elaborate pre-
parations for a joyous though "dry"
welcome to the New Year.
Representatives of organized la-
bor in New England, particularly in
the textile industry, have been in-
vited to a three-day conference to
open today at Salem, Mass., to dis-
cuss plans whereby all labor "can
act together to establish industrial
democracy and do away with eco-
nomic autocracy."
T1IK VIAi\ WISE
but I don't see him
M1 Aiu Going!
His assured manner annoyed ri}e.
I spoke shortly, crisply:
"Dicky is at Cedar Crest."
That he was both astonished and
upset, I knew, although his manner
was as impassive as ever.
"Then may I not be of service to
you? I suppose you wish to make
sure of reservations when the striko
is over, but I am afraid you are
doomed to vexatious delay. They
are promising nothing."
"They are selling tickets as far as
Richmond, are they not?" I asked
innocently.
He started perceptibly. I saw it,
and I rejoiced childishly that his
perfect poise had been shaken, if
only for a fleeting second.
"Yes, but surely, Mrs. Graham,
you cannot mean—"
"That I am going just as far as.
this railroad will carry me, and
walk, drive, motor, trolley or fly tho
rest of the way to New York," I re-
turned, with, 1 am afraid, a note of
distinct pettiphness in my tone.
"That is exactly what I mean, Maj.
Grantland, and if you will pardon
mo now I think I see my chance at
that ticket window."
He lifted his hat and stepped back
at once, as I stepped to a vacant
place at the window. The line of
people, and I with it, had been
gradually moving up as we talke 1,
and I was prompt to seize the first
opportunity of questioning the ticket
agent.
Grantland Telephones.
"Tickets only as far as Richmond,"
the man repeated mechanically, but
he came to life as I put down some
bills and asked for a lower berth.
"It's just to Richmond you want to
go, isn't it, lady?" he asked. "You're
not thinking of going on to New
York, because if you are it's my duty
to warn you."
"Thank you," I said, shortly. "I
will take cara of the situation at
Richmond. I'd like my berth near
the end of the car in which the
woman's dressing room is situated."
"You can have pretty near any-
thing you like," he said, a trifle iron-
ically. "Thero won't be much com-
petition for seats on this train."
He handed me the pieces of paper
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| Rubber, Shavings, Canvas, Leather |
[ Instead of Flowers on Spring Hats 1
Things You'll Love
to Make
LETTERS TO THE LEADER
Editor Leader: Please permit a
small space In your valuable paper
to the interest of a worthy brother
in our town who, with a large fam-
ily, is unable to help himself and
family. ^
The brother above mentioned is
Brother Leslie Orwlg of Hartford,
Arkansas, who. while at work in
Mine No. 4 of Central Coal and Coko
company, last summer, became en-
tangled In the electric wires and
has been unable to work since that
time.
Local Union No. 2770, U. M. W. of
A., at its laRt meeting, donated
Brother Orwig $30. The brother is
a member of L. U. 1526 and is wor-
thy of any support any local union
may make in his behalf and same
will be appreciated by him and by
Locals 1526 and 2770 of Hartford,
Arkansas. WILSE LITTON.
Rec. Sec'y Local Union 2770,
U. M. W. of A.
Contrib'itions may be forwarded
direct or s^-nt in care of Editor of
the Leader, Box 777, Oklahoma City.
STORK SAFE IS PICKED.
The combination on a small safe at
Workman's, a small retail store at
222U Exchange avenue, was picked
Thursday night and $26 was takon.
We are the wise, the very wise
"Who have no need of God;
We understand His seas. His skiw,
His sunset and His sod.
There is no magic in a rose.
Its petals pulled apart,
For we explain just how it grows
With scientific art.
And yet no man I ever knew
Could tell me how the first one grew.
We are the wise, the very wise-
All things we understand;
It is no trick to analyze
And give thcin breed and brand.
We know the distances of night
From Pleiades to Mars
And we can measure all the light
Of all the shining stars.
And yet, I wonder, could we place
A single star in all of space?
We are the wise, the very wise,
No need of God have we,
We know man lives, we know man dies—
The rest is mystery.
Aud. since we cannot comprehend
No more may hope to know,
We say that death must be the end
And nothing more is so.
It seems to me, mere manikins,
Our knowledge ends where God's begins.
BT "MARJORIF.*
Written for United Press,
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NEW YORK, Dec. 31.—The hats
that bloom in the spring, will not
bloom very profusely the coming
season. This fact is announced by
furtivo pecks into both the work-
rooms of American hat makers and
the storerooms of importers.
Tho usual gaiety of color and
fabric as found inspiring feminine
headgear has been routed by a
mania for the stiff, shaggy and novel.
Realistic roses and colored feather
novelties have given the right of
way to queer baubles made of rub-
ber, shavings, canvas, leather and
cotton.
Fabric Cloths Popular.
g 1 Box for Ton/S.
paraflin and had been used to seal
the jellies and jams of French cui-
sine. lt is clit into a variety of
shapes this season, but the tiny
checked effect so much in the vogue
last year is first in favor for the
coming springtime.
Grandmother's old settee and par-
lor set is still holding its own, for
the haircloth hat made from tho
same material as the "parlor sofy"
is as popular' as ever. There is, . .k
also * new version of lt known as ! whlle lhe Joy of ,be toy 18 new 18 ,he
alpaca cloth. I tlme to traiQ t,ie to Put
i i~. * u, ' - i t-x ..it, carefully away when he has finished
riwrf Straw ami (Ire Ribbon. ]l|ttylng 'wlth ft. Make this nlce ,10x
r auric num. rnpuiur. ! a balmy day models j f0,. toys ,md hc wU1 be rleughtecl to
Fabric cloths are ousting the fine •'10*° ?!!!!'' £, P put his toys into it. Paint with white
braids, and last year's epidemic of: n,ivv ' are | paint a fairly large wooden box. ob-
patent leather hats is still waxins | . y . y s^' a" navy talned from the grocer. When the |-
fast and furious. One house is 111"? *{"j combinations to weir, hit paiat is perfectly dry, enamel r
« ti..ift * with the suits of these same co ord. . .V .
NEW YEAR
CUSTOMS
The ancient Romans made of New
Year a general holiday, with sacri-
fices to Janus of the Two Faces,
and gifts and visits.
In Franco the custom of exchang-
ing gifts on New Year's Day has
survived longer than in any other
of the leading nations.*
The early Christian church rather
frowned on New Year's observances,
probably because of the ancient Ro-
man rites connected with it.
In certain sections of Great Brit-
ain it was once the custom to eat
"God-cakes" on New Year's. The
cakes were of triangular Bhape and
filled with mince-meat.
In rural England it is an old be-
lief that if a woman is the first to
enter the house on the first day of
the year, the whole twelve months
will surely be unlucky.
Modern Rome has her feast of
New Year kisses, for when the clock
strikes twelve the citizens who have
feasted the old year out salute one
another all round with a hearty
Italian smack and an equally hearty
"Bon Anno."
In Normandy the flrdt stroke of
midnight on the last day of the year
from each village clock is the signal
for a carnival of osculation, in which
every young man kisses and hugs
every girl who ventures within reach
of his embracing arms.
In Scotland there Is an agreeable
feature of the New Year celebration
when the youthful Romeo steals to
the door of the maid he loves in thfm
hope of meeting her there, and ob-
taining the privilege of a kiss as
the "first-foot." Great is his dis-
appointment and great the hilarity
among her family if, through acci-
dent or design, some faded aunt or
ancient grand-dame comes to re-
ceive his salute instead of the ador-
able Jenny.
On New Year's morning the good
Frenchman dons his best suit, and,
after handing his wife the present
he has bought for her, sallies forth
on a round of family visits, begin-
ning with his maternal grand-
mother and ending with his tenth
cousins, all of whom he salutes with
either piety or fervor, according to
their age or attractions; and the
same homage is rendered to every
woman and girl of his acquaintance
whom he happens to meet on his
way.
For long centuries the coming of
the New Year was the signal for
practical joking, which no one en-
joyed more than the royalties of
Europe. A favorite New Year amuse-
ment of Charles IX of France was
to hire ten young thieves, whom he
brought to the Louvre, where he set
them to rob his guests of their
swords nnd jewelry, laughin*-' up-
roariously at the fcurprisc and in-
dignation ot the victim^.
A favorite amusement of Peter I
of Russia was to feast the New Year
in with one of his most sedate min-
isters of guest of honor, dressed
in priestly robes and covered with
medals of gold and silver. When
the "Patriarch of Russia," as he
playfully dubbed his guest, was suf-
ficiently drunk, Peter would sud-
dtnly overturn him, chair and all,
and exhibit the 'reverend gentle-
men" with his heels ludicrously in
the air, amid shrieks of very irrever-
ent laughter.
No doubt the children have re-
populai{~a~s 'ever "'There"'^ I "iv®d many toyB for ''hrlstmaa.
BIG THKATEK DEAL.
CHICAGO, Dec. 31.—Announce-
ment was made today that A. L.
Erlanger, New York theatrical mag-
nate. purchased five Chicago theaters
at S2,000,000, the biggent theatrical
deal in history here. The theaters
were the holdings of the late Will J.
Davis.
hite or a pale color that will wash
readily with wann water and white
MATER PLANT SAVES $ 15,000,
The municipal water works of
Elmira, N. Y., has saved tho people j h A. Murphy. Bertllion expert of thl
of that city over $15,000 a year in | police department, went out Friday
reduced rates for water, according j mornlnR to see if any finger prinia
to "Public Works" of July 24. 'were left
showing little toques and turbans I "l',e suil3 of these same colors
developed in black, white, rose, and , ^'"°y J"™''*™ "h , h ,8
blife leather. Trimmings aro : 2 r?L 5 =,^ J™!" 5 li " snap. Decorate simply. If there is
heads, rubber flowers, raffia, or steel! . f • p a blouse more t'n.in one child in the family,
beads, and metal dingle-dangles, j ' .... _ each can have his own box with his
The patent leather chapeaux are " Milady insists upon flower and naine neatlv printed on in black let-
often subdued by lace veils that fruitage on her chapeau, she may j ters ' FLORA,
drape them. have hybrid concoctions made of Copyright. 1920, by Public Ledger Co.
Then there are hats made of heavy beads and raffia and outlined upon
colored canvas. Various firms mas- white batavia or canvas. Nastur-
querade this stuff unde; different, tiums are flowers alowed in vei-
naines, but it is the old tent ma- vet and silk. These are used lavish-
terial standby just the same. Many i ly Pon linen and canvas hats.
of these husky canvas hats come in Ribbons in Coy Style.
delicate shades of rose, coral, or Many of the larger models use
pale greens. Canvas and heavy ribbons in coy manner, dangling
linens and cotton are used for trim-1 over the shoulder or tucked under
ming as well as foundation. Thus, the chin. There are various types
one house is hhowins a line of of applique. The most popular one
straw hats trimmed in window-hued i is flowers or fruit made from yarn
canvas flowers and knotted ribbons. Then there
Models in Ceilophnne. are designs wrought from wooden
Although the season vogue is for beads, straw bugles, and silk braid.
shaggy and uncouth looking ma Feather trimmings emphasize a
terials. some models are found in combination of >,!ycerincd and nat-
last year's popular cellophane. This ural ostrich, either trailing over the
is the substance that was made from brim or surrounding the crown.
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