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THE MINEOLA MONITOR
Ciil ✓ iio L/h ought Kiss
to Britain Forgotte:
It is odd, when you come to thinl
of it, that even the name of the Intro
fucer of kissing to the British isle>
Mould have been forgotten by all but
It few bearded old scholarn, says Bas
iett Dlgby In the London News.
9f course she was a woman, but no
gt&tue commemorates her, though even
t£e unpleasant Boadioea, who romped
tEfoUgh the enemy lines In a charlet
Vjfth scythes fixed to the axle, has her
QHlfy metallic perpetuation in that
jnoal of discarded tram tickets on the
Thames embankment outside Scotland
Yard—surely an appropriate locale.
Wjien the Piccadilly cupld is re-
i should like to see set tip as
0S Vis-a-vis across the Circus a gran-
itic presentation of the lovely and en
Surprising Princess Rowena, daughter
pi King Hen gist of Friesland, who
fare that red-blooded and hairy, but
socially gauche, King Vortigern of the
£Hcient Britons, the first kiss ever
brought to this country.
Kissing seems to have met with
general approval. It filled, as the ad-
vertisements say, a long-felt want.
Speedily it became a general saluta-
tion, and throughout the Middle Ages
It flourished to an extent Incredible to
N moderns. Undoubtedly this played
a large part in spreading the dreadful
epidemics of plague, typhus and
cbotera that caused such lamentable
ravages. Whenever a medieval guest
entered the house of his friend he
invariably kissed his host's wife and
daughter. Chaucer frequently alludes
to the custom.
John Bun van, however, turned a
•our eye on the prevalence of kissing,
and placed his views on record in
"Grace Abounding."
In the time of James I and Charles
I for a pretty hostess, daughter or
maid to kiss each new arrival was an
absolute sine qua nou for every rural
Inn. Foreigners were struck by the
amount of kissing that went on.
But, alas for the amorous rustic die-
hards, the June heyday of promiscu-
ous kissing passed, never, one may
hazard, to return. In the hard-drink-
ing and roystering times that followed
the mental eclipse of George III a
sort of Indian summer of the custom
had set in, outlasting the regency, in-
deed. But soon came the frost, and
kissing the pretty chambermaid at
the Inn, so long a cherished privilege
of the wayfarer, now took its place in
the Newgate calendar of Victorian
crimes. . — - .
■
Mattresses Her "Bank"
When the old Overbrook hotel, for
years a landmark on the White Horse
pike, near Lindenwold. X. J., was sold.
$4,545 in cash was removed from mat-
tresses and cupboard corners through-
out the old hcs-tclry. The money,
property of Mrs. < eorge Thomas, pro-
prietor, was first discovered by a real-
ty agent helping Sirs. Thomas remove
her personal belongings from the hotel
after its sale. The agent pulled five
$100 bills from a mattress, the sight
of which seemed to jog Mrs Thomas'
memory. "It's wonderful," she said.
"I can remember now hack as far as
25 years ago when, not having confi-
dence in banks, I used to tuck small
sums under these mattresses."
root. The gin re she gave the near-by
passengers registered about seven de-
grees below freezing.—New Orleans
Times-Picayune.
"Nuts" Were Present
As a matter of duty two not overly
loved friends hr.d been invited for din
ner. Everything was sweet on the sur-
face, and in due time they sat down n'
the table—and then—
"Mother," asked four-year-old Betty
after looking up and down the tnblr
two or three times, "where are thf
nuts?"
"What nuts, dear?" inquired the puz-
zled mother.
"Why," explained Betty, "I heard
you tell the cook we were going to
have a couple of nuts for dinner to-
night."—Cincinnati Enquirer.
FRED STONE'S FIRST
TRIUMPH WAS SWEET
"Auld Scotia"
Scotia Is merely a former name of
Scotland, and is used at the present
simply a® a poetic designation. Scotia
was originally applied to Ireland,
which country was afterward* called
Scotia Magna, or Major, to distinguish
it from Scotia Minor, or Scotland. Ac-
cording to the Venerable Bede, who
lived the latter part of the Seventh
century, Scotland was known as Cale-
donia until 25S A. D.. when the country
was invaded by the Scot.! and Ir)sh
tribe, and its name changed to Scotia.
—Kansas City Star.
Actor Has Never For gotten
That Greasy Pole.
In a series of articles In McOall's
Magazine Fred Stone writes the story
of his life. The following extract is
his account of his first appearance be-
fore the public, in Wellington, Kan.,
1822.
"About the time school closed, the
year I was going to be nine, my broth-
er Eddie and I—he was twenty months
younger than I—looked over the events
announced for the Fourth of July
celebration and decided we were
going to compete for the greased pole.
From then on I practiced. Fourth of
July was about three weeks away, and
i tfuess there wasn't a telegraph pole
in the town of Wellington I didn't shin
up some time In those three weeks,
"My little brother didn't work so
bard, he Just went around telling peo-
ple he was going to win the greased
pole, but when the great day came he
did more to contribute to my winning
It than ail the prarticing I had been
doing! I can remember just how he
looked In those days, a lean, skinny
youngster with bare legs, little cloth
pants and a cotton shirt with a sort
of snake pattern. I knew all about
the snake pattern, because 1 had one
Just like it, only a couple of siees
larger.
"On the Fourth of July people came
in from all around the countryside,
hro-rM their lunch and all the chil-
dren came in hayracks, and Stude-
baker wagons, and lined up for the
day ou/.side the schoolhouse. It was
scorching hot—it always Is In Kansas
In July—and the pole, when they put
It up, ran and dripped grease like a
slide trombone. T remember the boy
to draw first turn was a darkey about
fifteen years old. lie walked up and
put his hands on the pole, looked at
them, and then said, 'No, sail!' and
walked away again.
"After that nobody wanted to try,
till some one took a rag and wiped off
the bottom of the pole about as far
up as a boy could reach, to Inake an
easier beginning. The second hoy
got along pretty well, but he came
down all of a sudden, as boys will
on a greased pole. My little brother
was third. He got up to the point
where the other boy left off, and then
he reached in his hack pocket and
pulled out a handful of dirt and threw
it up on the pole ahead of him.
"The referee tried to stop him, but
the crowd just laughed and said, 'Let
him jro!' He was the youngest and
' smallest in the whole outfit and they
Dresses on Exhibition j were for him from the first. He didn't
The dresses worn by wives of Presi- j get all the way up, but he managed to
flents at inaugurals from Martha j throw dirt to the top and then he
Washington to and including both j came down.
Mrs. Wilsons, are preserved on ex- ! " 'I think you can make it now,
hibit at Sn.-thsoninn Institution, Wash- J Fred.' he said to me, knowing my turn
ington. The women say the gown of | was next.
Dolly Madison is the prettiest, the | "There was a little American flag
most artistic, made of heavily bro- at the top and the boy who brought | j.
c-aded white silk, embroidered in bou- I that down was due to win $5—which
Palace Now Playground
Tsarekoe-Selo, once the favorite
summer home of the emperors and
empresses of JKussla, is now a play-
ground for the children of the itusslan
masses. The great estate, which was
the gift of Peter the Great to his
wife, Catherine I, now resembles a
vast American recreation center. Tho
former palaces, villas, churches, gar-
dens and lakes have been converted
Into museums, schools, hospitals and
sanitariums for children.
Tokyo's Bicycle Traffic
Tokyo is the one great city in the
world where bicycles continue to be
a favorite form of transportation.
There are nearly 100,000 licensed
within the municipality. Of late
years many of these have acquired
side cars and trailers and their pres-
ence on the main streets has become
a serious problem. A census of traf-
fic taken recently shows that between
six In the morning and six at night,
at some of the busiest corners, an av-
erage of 2,500 bicycles pass an hour.
These are ridden mostly by young
boys, messenger boys, delivery clerks,
school lads and the like, who dodge
in and through the other traffic at
high speeds, causing many accidents.
♦
I Feet Shod With Hobnails
! The skin on the foot of a native
| Binghi in Australia is t.lie thickest
j found on any human being, according
to "Jim Crow," writing to the Sydney
Bulletin.
"One day an old Binghi came to me
complaining he had sore feet, and I |
saw that their soles were badly j
cracked. As a poor joke I handed him J
a bag containing a dozen hobnails, and j
| told him how they were used. He sat i
| down, stuck them into his feet and j
marched off. Three weeks later I
asked him how his feet were. He J
proudly exhibited them—the hobnails !
were still in the flesh."
War on Prairie Dogs
The Department of Agriculture says
that less than a dozen live prairie dogs
could be found in Niobrara county,
Wyo., over an area that had been al-
most solid prairie dog towns for a
stretch of 20 miles in one direction and
48 miles in the other. Extensive anA
unremitting warfare has been waged
In this section against this small but
exceedingly destructive pest, with the
result that today native hay has been
cut from land formerly riddled with
prairie dog mounds, and fine fields of
alfalfa have been grown on land which
was a worthless prairie dog colony
only a few years ago.
Dolls That Help Doctors
Among people encompassed by Mos-
lem rules, Including the seclusion of
women, a doctor's diagnosis of his fem-
inine patients is no easy task, and
must necessarily be open to consider-
able doubt.
A small ivory or metal figure of a
woman is passed through a curtain,
writes Col. P. T. Etherton in his book,
"In the Heart of Asia." The patient
then hands the figure back, indicating
the spot where she feels the pain, and
I the doctor diagnoses accordingly, a
! simple method provided he prescribes
the right medicine.
DON'T ARGUE WITH I
BARE FACTS
^ f
Buy where you can i:
get the most value];
for your money.
Delicious Meats and i:
groceries.
PADGETT'S MARKET
AND GROCERY
Phone 71
High Order of Knighthood
The Order of the Golden Fleece is
an order of knighthood founded by
Pliilip III, duke of Burgundy and the
Netherlands, in 1420. at the time of his
marriage with Isabella, daughter of
John I of Portugal. It was established
| for the protection of the cliuffh, an(^
I consisted of 81 members, with whom
I rested the sole right of filling vacan-
! cies. Subsequently, however, Pope
j Gregory XTII granted to Phillip II of
Spain the right of nominating the
! knights himself. It is at the present
: day the highest order in Spain and
Austria.---Exchange.
CONCORD NEWS
Attracted Attention
She was extremely high hat as she
entered a Tulane belt car and made
her way to the front end. Her coat
was the very latest, and she wore a
nifty little turban with "class" written
all over it. On the ungloved left hand
flashed a large solitaire.
She apparently appreciated the
glances at her trim ankles and patent
leather pumps until she became aware
that the glances were directed not so
much at the ankle and slipper as at the
chiffon stocking which had become un-
rolled and bad fallen in folds about her
quet of flowers in natural colors,
sweeping floor length, tiny waist,
puffed sleeves, richly simple, it sur-
passes all the others. Anyway that is
what a Kansas woman tells Ewlng
Herbert, says Capper's Weekly.
Legendary Spanish Hero !
Bernardo del Carpio was a celebrat- j
ed semi-mythical Spanish hero of the j
Ninth century, who signalized himself j
by his deedii of daring in the wars |
against the Moors. He is a favorite
hero in the old Spanish ballads and
looked like ail the money in the world,
forty years ago, to a boy of nine! I
think the thrill I got when I reached
out and touched that Hag whs greater
than any I've had since, not excepting
my opening night on Broadway. I
came down with the flag and they
gave me a slip of paper, an order on
the First National bank, for $5."
Health of the community is
very well at present.
Mr. W. O. Ziegler and fami
ly had for their guests Sunday
Mr. Ha it old Black well and fam
j ily of Clover Hill.
Mr and Mrs. K. S. Cherry
j spent Saturday nighr and Sun
! day with Mr. John Hendersor
' and family.
| Mr. Oscar Reich and family
j spent Sunday afternoon with
|Mr. Bert Groves and family.
I Mrs. M. L. Cherry hs<l for
her guest Thursday the Misses
Cherrys.
Mr. Bill Richardson spent
and"'his' exploits" form The j Dses five n,inutes each day {or fchav" p^™°°n ^ '
several rlramas hv T^,e i ln8 eventually loses out of his life not Bamev Bulges.
Time Spent in Shavtfig
Statistics were recently computed
on the time it. takes men to shave.
They show that the average man who
romances,
subject of several dramas by Lope de
Vega. According to tradition, he de-
feated the famous Roland at Ronces-
valles. Finding him invulnerable,
Bernardo lifted him in his arms and
squeezed him to death, as Hercules did
the ir?iint Antaeus.—Exchange.
LOW ROUND TRIP FARES
TO
SAN ANTONIA. TEXAS
VIA
not
less than 75 days, the Pathfinder
Magazine reports. Although many
men cannot shave in five minutes,
that has been allowed as the average
time. Figuring on that basis most
men lose 30 hours a year in shaving
alone. Since each shave covers an
average of 68 inches of facial area a
man will clear off approximately 17
square miles of whiskers in W years
of shaving.
Miss Jessie Ziegler spent last HOARD NEWS
week with her sister. Mrs. Har
old Blackwed of Clover Hill.. Mr. Walter Dolby and wife
I The Misues Cherrys had for came in Sunday from Dallas
their guest Suadav MV. Vernis where he had underwent an op
' and Jessie Ziegler, Lula and eration for appendicitis to spend
Sarah Henderson. a few days with his mother, Mrs
! Mrs. H. D. Richardson is A. -J. Head. Waller is doing
spending a few days with her r;cely
daughter, Mrs. Ida Burgess, j Mr. ?rd Mrs. J. W. £.
I Mr. and Mrs. Conard Lin- j Speights had for their guests
dley and baby" and Miss Luda < Sunday for supper Mr. and
Henderson returned Monday! Mrs. Joyce Wood and children,
evening after a few days visit Mrs. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Ford
in Dallas. and little daughter and grandma
Mr. and Mrs. K. S. Cherry Cage* Mr. and Mrs. Noble Will
and Vernis Zeigler spent Friday ingham all of Mineola, H. D.
night with Mr. F. M. Cherry j Speights of Cisco.
and family. Mrs. Howell Smith happened
Mr. Henry Sullivan and fam to a very bad accident Monday
ily spent Friday night with Mr. I while preparing dinner, she cut
W. C. Chaney and family. ihe end of her thumb off. Mrs
j Mrs. E. T. Hartsfield return Homer Speights rushed her to
. erl home Wednesday night after; the doctor for treatment,
two weeks visit in Houston. j Mr. H. D. Speights of Cisco
! Mr. John Henderson and fam came in Sunday to visit relatives
ily spent Friday night with Grandma Vickery is doing
Mr. Conard Lindiey and family. fine now after being sick so
Miss Ruby Richardson spent long.
Sunday evening with Miss Ima Mr. and Mrs. H. E Speights
Zeigler. had for their company Sunday
j Miss May and Bill Cherry Mr. and rs. Charlie Mitchell
spent 'Saturday evening with and son, Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
Miss Vernis Zeigler. Waters, Mrs. Lizzie Cobb and
! Mr. Robert Bowling and fam boys.
ily spent Saturday night and Mr. and Mrs. Will Floyd aid
Sunday with Mr. E. T. Harts daughter, Nettie spent Monday
field and family with Mrs. W. J. Head
Mrs. Brewer is visiting vela Mr. and Mrs. J. W. B.
tives in Cooper Speights ma.de a business trip
1 Little Frances Black well spent to Quitman Monday.
1 Saturday earning with her1 Mrs. J. E. Moore made a
< rand parents, Mr. and Mrs. business trip to Dallas Saturday
vv*. O Zeigler.
Mr. Byers arid two sons of WANTED—Man with car to
Pine Mills spent Wednesday j sej] complete line quality Auto
'night with Mr. and Mrs. K. Tires and Tubes. Exclusive Ter
S. Cherry. jritorv. Experience not neces-
Mr. John Walker spent Sat sary*. Salary $300.00 per month
urday night with Mr. Jim Hen Milestone Rubber Company, E.
dreson. [Liverpool, Ohio.
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ACCOUNT
SAN IACINU0 FIESTA
BATTLE OF FLOWERS
4PR1L 19 TO 24 INCLUSIVE
SEASON LIMIT RATE $17.15
Tickets on sale April 17th to 22nd inclusive and for trains
arriving San Antonio A. M. April 24th. Return limit
April 26th. Starting point to be reached before mid
night.
W, E. Morgan
Ticket Agent M. K. & T.
Mineola, Texas
Chinese Farewell
Just outside of town we found the
amban. He had has rugs spread out
in the courtyard of a little house at
the roadside, and here we alighted for
a parting cup of tea with the Inevit-
able accompanying dish of nuts,
raisins, watermelons and variegated
colored candles. It is a pretty Chi-
nese custom to speed the parting
guest by installing oneself at the way-
side where his road leaves town and
bidding him there alight for a fare-
well cup of tea.—Kermit Roosevelt,
In Hearst's International-Cosmopoli-
tan.
Prisoned in Snowbank
Some more or less nervous momenta
were experienced by Stephen D. Alona-
gban of Gardiner, Maine, when he
Slid from the roof of the ell of his
house. Ft was a plunge of 20 feet, but
was not painful, as the snowbank was
soft and deep—so deep that he was
out of sight. Losing all sense of di-
rection In his confusion he did consid-
erable aimless scurrying about before
he worked his way out of the drift.—
Indianapolis News.
Cloth From Human Hair
A section of a large factory located
at Amiens, France, is being fitted up
I for the manufacture of cloth from hu- i
; man hair. The cloth is used for the
1 filtering of heavy oil and similar prod-
s ucts—the phenomenal strength of tiie
hair enabling it to withstand high
j pressures. The hair used comes from
• China and Japan, as the coarser hair
of the Oriental is t'-e only kind strong
; enough for this service.—Compressed
Air Magazine.
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When You Invest them
in a
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and Tube
and "That Good Gulf
Gasoline." Everything
an Automobile Needs
We Have It.
HENRY'S FILLING
STATION
♦
Phone 13
C. F. York, Mgr.
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The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 15, 1926, newspaper, April 15, 1926; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth285957/m1/2/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.