The Helena Star. (Helena, Okla.), Vol. 15, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 22, 1920 Page: 2 of 8
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THE HELENA STAR HELENA OKLAHOMA
IS WELL DRESSED
FROM TOP TO TOE
i BETTER
: HIGHWAYS
FREE
FROM PAIN
Maharaja of Indore In
SIIOrLD you ever fool Inclined to
verify talcs of “The Thousand
nnd One Persian Pays” which
usually begin with something
like “Once upon n time there was a ra-
jah who sat upon a golden throne and
slept upon a pearl curpet nnd built n
golden-roofed pnvlllon for a beautiful
queen” you may Journey comfortably
to India then on to Delhi nnd Agra
nnd see the empty pnlaces of the Mo-
gul kings which nre very little
chnnged save that they now rever-
berate mournfully to the footfall of
western shod feet nml their marble
vnlls have been mellowed to the tint
of old Ivory by 2"iO years of Italian
sun So writes Eleanor Moddock In
Asia
You may wnlk among the colon-
nndes of the great Hall of Audience
Inlaid with flowers of lapis lazuli
Jude topaz nnd carnellan that seem to
grow upon the walls nnd burst Into
bloom on the very spot where rested
i Bhnh Julian's “Peacock Throne” a
glorified four poster bedstead of solid
gold with a pearl-fringed canopy upon
which the emperor sat dally to dis-
pense Justice his turban ublaze with
diamonds nnd his (lowered tunic al-
most hidden by ropes of pearls Be-
hind him sapphires rubies nnd enter-
nlds glowed front the outspread tails
of two pencocks nnd over his head
hung n parrot wrought from a single
emerald bidding in Its beak the Koh-1-nor
diamond
You tuny enter the greut silent ha-
rem without hindrance and pause be-
fore the luce-like marble screen which
overlooks the cool ' scented garden
heavy with the perfume of orange and
mango blossoms A staircase leads
from the garden to Queen Arjamund's
golden-roofed pavilion and rose water
bath — nil a solid mass of exquisite In-
Iny — nnd In the thickness of the mar-
ble wulls nre cunningly contrived
apertures just large enough to admit a
woman’s hand where the queen kept
her Jewels nt night
It Is n long time since Shah Jahan's
empress was laid under the swelling
dome of the Taj Mahal across the Riv-
er Jumnn yet her personality lingers
In her boudoir of fretwork arches
where she bedecked herself with Jew-
els more dazzling nnd splendid than
any woman has ever worn before or
since
Pearl Carpet Really Exist
But that such a thing ns a peurl car-
pet could exist outside Action would
be a tax on credulity did It not actually
hung on the wall of the N'uzerlmgh
palace at Baroda This relic of a past
era of bizarre extravagance Is de-
scribed ns 8x0 feet Three large dia-
mond Aower pntterns form the center
82 smaller diamond patterns nnd 12(1!)
rubles 509 emeralds In flower designs
form the border the remaining por-
tion of the carpet Is composed of seed
pearls although In places along the
outer edge they have been removed
nnd replaced by glass heads A more
absurd nnd useless object apart from
Its monetary value would he hurd to
And even In Indln But If we hnrk
back to the time before the rich gem
mines the extensive pearl Asherles on
the west coast and on the Island of
Ceybtti had been exhausted when they
tere yielding their treusure by the
yucketful It takes little effort of the
Imagination to picture an eastern po-
tentate laden with Jewels until he
could scarcely sustain their weight re-
clining on the Peacock throne before
the pearl carpet
Such treasure being In Itself Inde-
structible has descended through the
dynasties of the Hindu kings and
later of the Mogul emperors when
laden cnrnvans from Persia were con-
nthntly adding to their wealth So
that the Jewels owned todny by the ra-
jas and ruling princes of India esti-
mated not by numbers buthj meas
the Peacock Turban
ure ore no myth but Just plain fact
The Delhi Loot
The Nawnh of Buhnwolpur owns a
portion of what Is known ns the "Del-
Id loot” which ns a whole once con-
stituted the Mogul emperors’ crown
jewels filched by them In turn from
the Hindus nnd their ancient temples
So It was Attlng that some should have
found their way bnck History re-
cords that every gem In the almost
fabulous collection has been Agura-
tlvely If not literally dreuched in
blood There are ornaments for the
front of turbans caps to cover the
head fashioned entirely of Jewels with
just enough gold filigree to hold them
In place ropes of pearls rubles nnd
emeralds numberless rings bracelets
and anklets for women There Is a
wonderful diamond necklace called
the “Garland of Delight” the largest
stone of which mensures one and one
quarter Inches In diameter
The “Garland of Delight” has
blazed nn Imperishable trail through
the history of eastern romance which
Is ever nkln to tragedy It was worn
secretly for a brief span by Gul Suffa
the “White ltose” a beautiful dancing
girl whose story bears repeating She
was the mistress of Dnra who wns n
brother of Emperor Aurnngzeb the
last of the four great Moguls Darn
nnd Aurangzeh sons of Shah Jnhnn
were belli ambitious to sit on the Pea-
cock throne But Aurnngzeb nick-
named the "White Snake” because he
was born with a curiously white skin
nfter he had removed all obstacles In-
cluding his brother mnnnged eventual-
ly to coll himself on the cushions of
the Peacock throne After Darn's death
the emperor seized bis brother’s pos-
sessions including the “Garland of
Delight” and Gul Sulfa She was said
to have In her veins blood of the Hin-
du Ilajputs the race long noted for
the beauty nnd chastity of Its women
So when Aurnngzeb demanded her
she said she belonged to Dara and
asked on whnt grounds he clnlmed
her The emperor replied that her
long tresses had bound him as In a
net That night a messenger brought
a package to him wherein luy coll
upon coll of perfumed hair Again
the emperor sent back word that It
was the moon-like henuty of her face
that had enthralled him Then the
girl took a knife and slushed her face
until It was hideous to look upon She
wiped the blood from It with a cloth
nnd sent It to the emperor os a sign
thnt nothing was left of the beauty he
had desired He never troubled Gul
SafTa again who soon died of grief for
her lover
The native wtnte of Baroda Is close
to the Bunn of Cutch nnd the state of
Indore had easy access to It In Its
quiet twisting waterways lay rich
penrl oyster beds which In the old
dnys were Infested with pirates
Doubtless the ancestors of the present
highnesses of these states got their
share of “Arst pickings” since the
Maharaja Gnekwur of Baroda has the
largest collection of pearls In Indln
although the handsome young Muhn-
raja Ilolknr of Indore runs him a
close second I sat near this resplen-
dent personage once at a Boyul Hin-
du wedding close enough to hear a
pleasant little tinkling sound when he
moved for he was wearing his “pearl
scarf” which he values at a crore of
raises ($3 100000) It Is composed of
nine strands of cream luster pearls ns
large as marrowfut peas that hang
from a thick pearl tassel over one
shoulder scross his chest to his hips
scarf fashion Eighteen great pcnrls
ench with a carat diamond set Into It
form the clasp of the neckpiece
Think of the vandalism of drilling
them I Mahnraja Ilolknr has Inherit-
ed Ids father's peacock turban anoth-
er marvel of pearls rubles emeralds
and diamonds
I
O THE mother or anyone else who1
rvc-nors a little girl's clothes a
photograph of a real dress on a real
girl means more than nny other sort
of picture The Aierclless camera re-
cords whnt Is before It refusing to be
kind to shortcomings and Imperfec-
tion When the plain unvarnished
tale It tells Is a pleasing one It Is re-
assuring to know thnt It can be be-
lieved Above Is a picture of an every-
day or school frock for a little miss
portrayed with entire faithfulness It
Is a model thnt may he made up In
either coton or wool fabrics nnd will
Interest the woman whose responsibili-
ties Include choosing the outAt of a lit-
tle girl
These practlcnl dresses for children
make their appearance far In advance
of each season so thnt school days
mny And them all ready In the full
and vacations need not be delayed In
the summer This Is one of several
very hnppy combinations of plain and
plaid materials thnt are prettier when
they Join forces than either c&a possi-
bly he alone Those old and reliable
friends — glnghnm and chnmbray— defy
anything to be more pleasing than
they prove In this frock and there are
plenty of colors to choose from In
the picture a fairly light green some-
thing like Jade predominates with
gray black and w ldte giving It vnrlety
There Is not much to say of this
frock thnt Is not fully told by the pho-
tograph Its vest collnr and cuffs
girdle nnd upper pnrt of the skirt are
all of the solid color A very little
stltchery In simulated buttons nnd
buttonholes done with hlnck nnd gray
cotton yarn add a pretty painstaking
touch appearing on the collnr and
cuffs
Once more the Joyous hnlr-bow of
gny-strlped ribbon 1s poised on the
head of youthful wearers and It Is a
most Important Item In their outAttlng
Little girls delight In these crisp hows
and soon learn to appreciate their
smartness From top to toes this
young lady Is well dressed In unpre-
tentious neat and carefully selected
thlnus that educate In her a “sense
of clothes”
What Will We Do
Now?
MANY earnest and broad-minded
women struggled manfully to
win the bnllot end mnny had It thrust
upon them But the agitation for It
before It was achieved won over most
women to a whole-hearted belief In
the Justice nnd the desirability of wom-
an suffrage And now thnt millions
of women hnve the privilege of voting
they are asking themselves Just how
they are going to go about exercising
It Intelligently Likewise sundry pol-
iticians nre anxious to know just
what this new voting power will do
Drawn Thread
Simple Removal of Strands Afford
Mean of Deoeratlng Household
Unen of All Description
Dra’fn thread-work has for a long
time enjojtd great popularity asa
means of ornamenting household
linen of all descriptions and many
people are proAclent In this form of
needlework It occurred to one en-
terprising person that drawn thread-
work would be a wry effective way
of adorning her aumuier cotton
dresses and forthwith sho experiment-
ed with ratine Success attemhfd her
efforts and the thread “drew” from
the nmterlul udth the greatest ease
The color of uie rutlne was blue
round the hem she worked about three
to them It mny be some time ?fort
women will niuke this new power felt
—ns something to be carefully reck-
oned with s
About the Arst thing thut concerns
them Is familiarity with questions that
nre vitally Interesting to them as citi-
zens — and as women They have had
much experience In women's clubs nnd
through them have brought about
mnny noteworthy reforms It Is
through these already established or-
ganizations thnt they can carry on
cnmpnlgns of education for them-
Relves nnd for others Begnrdless of
this or thnt party women must make
up their minds as to what sort of
legislation they want nnd then under-
take to get it by means of political
parties In local and In nntlonnl af-
fairs they must Arst Inform themselves
ns to worthwhile Issues nnd help to
Inform others It Is a game of public-
ity — the spreading of Information
keeping an eye on the performance of
men In oAlce nnd public olllclnls of all
sorts nnd keeping Infivmed through
newspapers nnd magnzlnes on policies
that ore beneAcInl for all the people
Any one at all familiar with the
teamwork done by women In their
dubs nnd vnrlous organizations will
acknowledge that they are nlwnys In-
terested In benevolences therefore It
Is snfe to assume that they will under-
take to reform abuses nnd to Institute
vnrlous Improvements when they be-
come convinced thnt they are needed
It appears thnt the thing most useful
to them at this time Is as clear an
understanding as possible of the plnnks
of the two great polltlenl parties nnd
a deAnlte knowledge of the things they
want to see accomplished both In
their own local alTalrs and In national
affairs Busy as they are they really
have more time to devote to the study
of public questions nnd of politics than
men hnve for many men are too much
tied down to business to bread win-
ning nnd cannot And time for any-
thing outside It Is possible however
even for busy housewives to set apart
some time for this undertaking Their
time Is their own end managed by
them which is an Immense advance
It may fall to their lot Annlly to gather
nnd spread Information thnt will bring
about through the education of public
siatlment the things that are desira-
ble for the welfare of human beings
Alrendy certain large organizations of
women have got together and ngreed
uM)n certain Issues that they wish to
see placed In party plntforms The
things they hnve ngreed to advocate
are all beneAclal to themselves and to
their children end therefore to the
whole country
Is Well Liked
quarters of an Inch of “druwn” work
catching the threads down the middle
In the way so often seen In this kind
of etltchery wtjle a line of similar
“drawn” work was pluced just below
the waistline of the ”oue piece” dress
on the big Bide pockets and around
the collar
Pieced Lce Collars
If one has been fortunate enough
to cherish and preserve old piece of
good lace another new wrinkle Is to
sew them together as artistically as
possible In some original design
These then moke exquisitely dainty
and rich-looking collars 8ome of
them made of seven or eight differ
ent varieties of laces sell a high a
$40 In the downtown ihopa
WAR “T N T AIDS HIGHWAYS
High Explosive Allotted Bureau of
Public Roads for Use In Road
Construction
Trinitrotoluene Is Its proper selen-
tlAc name but the human tongue has
Its limitations and so tills much-talked-of
explosive Is generally known
by Its abbreviation ”T N T” It Is 4
pale yellow crystalline substance much
used In the late war to furnish the
explosive element for shells bombs
and the depth bombs which did so
much to check the submarine activ-
ities The sudden collapse of the Gcnnnn
resistance found the Uulted States
government with a large supply of T
Surfaced Shell Road In Eastern Texas
N T on hnnd which It was not advis-
able to store The bureau of mines
demonstrated by experiment that this
T N T could be used for Industrial
purposes and allotments from the war
department’s stock were assigned to
the department of the Interior for use
In the reclamation service national
parks service Indian sendee Alaskan
engineering commission nnd to the de-
partment of agriculture- for use In
road construction work Bupen-lsed by
the bureau of public roads
The value of T N T In road-bulld-Jng
operations lias been fully demon-
strated and the bureau of public roads
has published a clrculur to describe Its
characteristics nnd to furnish direc-
tions for use of the explosive In place
of dynamite for blasting ditch digging
and rock breaking As a general rule
T N T may be used for any purpose
to which dynamite may be put It Is
safe to handle docs not cause “dy-
namite headaches” as realily as the
commercial explosive and Is a trlAe
more powerful than low-percentage dy-
namite JOHNSON LAUDS GOOD ROADS
California Statesman Says Improved
Highways Have Helped to De-
velop His State
Senator Illrnra Johnson of Cnllfor-
nln In speaking of the necessity of
Improved highways In the Halted
States recently said :
“We have had a great object les-
son of the value of good roads In the
paved highways of my own state—
Cnllfomlu They have been a great
factor In the development of the state
opening np regions which hitherto
were Inaccessible and milling to the
prosperity of alt The Improvement
of the nation's highways will he of
great economic value to the country
ns a whole relieving the congestion
which now exists on other transporta-
tion facilities anil making distribution
of the nation's commodities enslernnd
cheaper The gixxl roads movement
meets with my warmest approval"
BIG PROGRAM IN MINNESOTA
Construction Plans Call for ExpendL
- tur of $11127986— Trucks Sold
to Farmer
Minnesota has a road building pro-
gram railing for the expenditure of
$11127080 As an Illustration of
whnt the farmers of thnt state think
of the motortruck n statement recent-
ly Issued by a bank In Minneapolis
might he cited In which It Is said that
“trucks In large numbers Intended for
Immediate use In nmrketlng grains
are being sold to farmers" Elevator
scales in many places nre being remod-
eled to accommodate the growing fleet
of farmers’ trucks
BONDS FOR IMPROVED ROADS
Districts Counties and States Making
Big Appropriation for Better High-
way Systems
Bonds running high Into millions of
dollars are being Issued by districts
counties and states for the making of
better roads The national government
Is aiding by appropriating money also
based on the amounts raised by the
states '
Much Interest Manifested
The widespread Interest manifested
In better ronds Is shown by com-
parison of previous totals with those
of 1918 when $0000 000 was spent
for road construction throughout the
country
Roads Are Necessity
rnssnble roads are an actunl neces-
sity and every progressive communi-
ty recognizes this fact and Is Improv-
ing or will later Improve every road
over which there Is any considerable
travel
Lydia L Pinkham’i Vcgetabls
Compound Frees Another
Woman From Suffering
red I Buffered a great deal with periodi
’"Icel pains I had
pains in my aide and
back and also head-
aches and got ao
weak I-could not do
anything I took
Lydia E Pinkham’a
Vegetable Com-
pound and soon felt
better Now I am
married and have
two little boys Be-
fore the Arst one
came I waa weak
and nervous cou d not eat and waa
dizzy After I took the Vegetable Com-
pound I could work and eat Now I
am strong and recommend your medi-
cine to my friends Mrs Anna Sleva
25 East 17th Street Bayonne N J
Women who recover their health nat-
urally tell others what helped them
Some write and allow their names and
photographs to be published with testi-
monials Many more tell their friends
If you need a medicine for women’s
ailments try that well known and
successful remedy Lydia E Pink-
ham’s Vegetable Compound Writ
Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co (con-
fidential) for anything you need to
know about these troubles
Natural Science Note
I’ercival was enjoying a Sunday ride
and ns he had ouly recently learned
the names nnd characteristics of a few
trees he observed closely all the trees
he pnssed A peach tree In blossom
caught his eye next a honey locust
with Its mnny thorns nnd then sud-
denly he straightened up and stared
with astonished eyes at a gigantic tree
trunk whose entire top was missing
"Oh mother see” he ctlled excitedly
“there's a tree with no head on Its
neck”
ASPIRIN
Name “Bayer” on Genuine
“Bayer Tablets of Aspirin” Is genu-
ine Aspirin proved safe by millions
and prescribed by physicians for over
twenty yenrs Accept only an unbroken
“Bayer package” which contains proper
directions to relieve Headache Tooth-
ache Earache Neuralgia Rheumatism
Colds and Pain Handy tin boxes of 12
tablets cost few cents Druggists also
sell larger “Bayer packages” Aspirin
Is trade mark Bayer Manufacture Mon-
oacetlcacidester of Sallcyllcacld — Adv
Things Apart '
My little niece wns studying her
geography nnd asked me to bound the
state of Nevada Her grandmother
looked up nnd said: “I nm surprised
that a little girl that has traveled as
much ns you liuve must ask nny one
to help them with their lessons"
Cnroline snid : ‘‘Grandma when I
travel I travel for Joy and not ‘jogra-
phy’ "—Exchange
I
Cutlcura Soothes Itching Scalp
On retiring gently rub spots of dan-
druff and Itching with Cutlcura Oint-
ment Next morning shampoo with
Cutlcura Soap and hot wutei Make
them your every-day toilet preparations
and have a clear skin and soft white
hands— Adv
A lnugh costs too much If It Is
bought at the expense of propriety—
Qulntilllnn
Sure
Relief
6 Bellans
Hot water
Sure Relief
Be ll-ans
FOR INDIGESTION
MAN’S
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A man is as old as his organs ba
can b as vigorous and healthy at
70 as at 35 if he aids his organs in
performing their functions Keep
your vital organs ' healthy with
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Th world's standard remedy for kidney
liver bladder and Brie add trouble
Inca 1696 corrects disorders stimulates
vital organs All druggists three dies
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