Devil's River News. (Sonora, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 1817, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 10, 1925 Page: 2 of 4
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rUBLMHIO WIULT.
STIVE MURPHY. Publisher.
Ki.t-nd »i i I’ustomr* at i*niw a
N
ta second-class matter.
SlfbaOKllT<OM SI * vbaa in advancb
Siinort. IViu. - Oct. IS I U
Get Back Your
Grip On Health—
or NO COST!
Take '
HO AO It HULL.
The Honor K,|i will appear the
«i>k fnll.wirg the clean of each
•choul inontii anil will he mi *c up of
tba nuim • of tboae pupil* wi.o hare
luadr a gcner.l average of hi [.e rent
on ibc auhjecta riitiutl and ha«e ie- '
culvtd a tirade of #J or above in deport
toent. application and attendance.
Tboae pupil* who meet the above con-
dition* each month will bo exempt
from linai exaiulnallona.
The f.iliowlnir la the Honor Koll for
the Hoiiora Public .School for the lit
month of tho aeaaon of .VI 0.
eacoND uitia*
Jack It ape
ninth or.aDa
Maltha Joe Le*
f be*a Thorp
harsh Orjr
l.oul* Sehna kcl
Ora Altixer
tornrii on* B
Cleveland Jo. ea
Alice rtawver
Pauline Turner
SIXTH URAPB
Jobnn'a Adama
Matva Jones
llattlo I'ajlnr
klltaheth • aid well
Cmi'le »lm*
JtdWlB Sawyer
eava.viHt) ADI
May Cunt born
ltrna*tlne Ulaaaceek
£'41011 S< HO >L
VUBHIIMtN CLANS.
Margaret Hull
oora UORB CLAM.
Wetmun Williamson
Mai Karnes
JlPtl 'R CLtSB
Audrey Hankhern
I awrence Williuinaua
Sarah Tajr'or
IBMOR CLA’.a
BUI? Oaldwe l
Ana Fanning
Katie I.ee Uape
Tom Cooper
Alvla Logan
Lum Trainer
Notice the quick difference In
the way you cat, deep, look and
feel —the remarkable improve*
meat in your health, strength
and energy, after taking 2 bol*
tied If not, the Kamak agent
will refund ycur money. ,
Ktrnal. I* fold lu Sonin* at the
honors Drug Store, unit by leudlng
druggists i.i every town.
IF YOU GET l!?
NIGHTS YGU’FiE OLD
BEFORE YflUR TIME j
MtAAAAA£hAJh*h
UYER TROUBLE
Prostate and t!uUtr Troubla Makes
Many Men Feci Tweaty Years
Older Than They Are.
ONE DAY BATTERY
Charging Service
•kuk r.B.ir. vi. v H.
The following la tba programs for
tbo Y.B. W. Club:
Kepi. 7.— Organization.
14.—'nit atlou.
10.— Social m etlng.
21.— Sewing of bieakfait
IN.—Study o’ t-ble service
Oet. 6— Planning of lea
11— lea. lioa;e«a Mr*. Winnie
Field*.
HI—Plan for Bull, t Lunehaoa.—
Hostess Mr*, varle tluggeit sad MU*
Bailie Ha: rut Cooh
18—BulTel I ur.cheon. Host***—
Mr*, Ulad;* Dicks sad MU* Uertba
JCuton.
Nov. 8 — Kxcba: go of Christina*
Idea*. Iluste.* ALoa Larue*, Ureuc
Trainer
0—Planning tbe b tie. limit*
■r*. Cora Nlek*. Boi.nle Qlaiaco k
le- K-d nailing i'urnllwv, lloaica*
Ruby Cook. Pearl Hull.
IS— PI or covering*, li nt •*, Ora
Mere*. Pauline Plleater.
Stl—Pictures and wall paper*
■oitesit. ,g>a* Cobb, MU* llrookrhlre.
Dee. 7—Selection and arrangement
Of furniture aid turlaln*. lloat«»*
Mrs tv li.nte Field* and Mu< Mima..
14— Bi*ketry. Ho«te**, Mrt.Mane
H< ggett, Mia* Jtmle Muir*).
Innes it Gano, Real Estate
dealers, who were burned out
in the Landon Hotel fire now
have their office in the ba*e-
ment of the Central National
Bank. If you want a ranch
or a homo or have one for
sale, come and see us or
writ* us.
INNES it GANO,
San Angelo, Texas.
Saves Time and Money
for You,
Get your Battery in before
9 a in. and it is ready by 5
p.m. the same day with a
better, longer lived charge
than you ever had before.
No Long Expensive
Waits or Rentals.
Our equipment is recom-
mended by all the leading
battery manufacturers. Thi6
improved charging method
lengthens battery life and
cannot harm the battery.
A well charged battery
gives your car more power,
brighter lights, Quick start,
plenty of pep.
Try our one day battery
service just once and you’ll
always have your battery
charged by this improved
method.
Sonora Motor Go.
Art Bxhtbit at High Schorl
An Art Exhibit of Kina A't
Print* wilt b* bel<t in the Sonora
High »ob of Ost. 29. 29 and 10.
T ie exhibit I* being loanad tbe
•cboul free of charge for She b< •
til uf the School Picture huid
and it ie plenrvd to obtain a
number of picture* fur the differ
ant room*.
Thi* Exhibit embrace* in a
large measure all ihu recogniz'd
Art Treasures of lhe world and
the? poyaea* aebaiui that appeal*
to all.
Nothing add* more to tho im
provnnent of a acbool room or a
h one than good pictnirt; their
influence is rtfioiag.uplifiiog *nd
! anting.
THE LYCEUM.
Once more the Parent Teacher
Association are bringing the Ly-
ceum to Sonora and they feel
like they have a good program to
offer to their patrons.
Five number* will be given.
Season ticket* being $3 50 for
adulfs and $1 50 for nil acbool
children, including high school
students.
The Dumber* areas follow*: —
The Apollo Duo - A high class,
versatile musical program.
DeMarco Harp Ensemble —
Three bmps, viliu and cello,
N 'ill tii'ilkaiz — blaster Make
Up Artist.
Adam anil Eve —An inspiring
emus.ly drum* of American no
ciety life. Presented by the Vi*
vian Player* of New York
Sarah Mildred Wiluiur—Char-
ac*i r Interpretations and Dra-
matic masterpieces
1 be first number coming i* tho
’'Apollo Due.” (Mr. and Mr*.
Arthur Well*.) The opening
number will be hero Oct. lt»th
Oet your reserved seat* at the
Oilinure store.
Since the Landon Hotel
tire I have my office in the
basement of the Central
National Bank, San Angelo,
whore I am bettor prepared
to give lowest prices, quick-
est delivery and best terms
on Peerless, the best fence
on earth, than ever before.
C. W. INNES,
Sau Angelo, Texas.
The Woman’s Missionary
Society of the Methodist
Church will hold a bazaar
Nov. 18th. Place to be
announced later.
VVARDLAW & ELLIOTT
Attorneys-at-Law,
SONORA? • TEX.
win practice la all tb* state cat
Fe«ltra< Courts
Ti I, .aid that fifty p«r r«nt of m~n
past forty and many younger onci ur«
victims of prootau troutlo.
One of tha commonest symptom* uf
this dunxeiouH dlauaxa which uupa vi-
tality and makes you old befoia four
itmu lu tha nercaiilOr of getting up auv-
rial times a night.
Other symptoms are dull, druggy,
celling ut tins base of tha spina, pain
In crolu, burning sensation of organs.
In'*!; of vigor and froQUont attacks of
the blues.
1 • • t the a Is hope for you, no matter
1 < oM ur ciiso, from a wonderful
It se« ml? •; 1 y brings new
iicalth, vigor end freedom front thess
troubles to both old and young.
This wonderful treatment la known
ca Walker’s Prostata Specific, and Is
prepared In convenient, pleasant tablet
form. All you need do Is take on* tab-
let after each meal and tha symptoms
seem to vanish Ilka marie.
To prove these statements ths
Wslkor Institute, 1888 Gateway Station.
Kansas City, Mo, generously offers to
• mid a $1 treatment under plain wrap-
per, poetpnld nnd free of charge to any
sufferer who will wrlto for It. If It
cures you tell your friends and pay
whatever you think la fair, dtherwlso the
loss la ours.
Remember that you are the Judge,
end you pay nothing now or at any
tlrr.o unless you v.lsij, so send your
name today boforo the Introductory
offer Is withdrawn. It la good for only
10 days and guurantoe<i in every way.
No Concealment
Playwright Eugene Walter was
praising the new 6Uinmcr fashion*
for ladies.
“They are very pretty,” he said.
“Very cool, too. A great change
from tho summer fashions of my
boyhood.
“At a rehearsal the other day, s
young actress grumbled:
“‘How ridiculously old-fashioned
these Pinero stage directions arel
It says here Pm to conceal my
sweetheart's letter In rey bosom. As
if in a frock like this, you could
conceal anything anywhere 1"
Exempt From Federal Tax
Proceeds of life insurance poli-
cies paid upon the death of the in-
sured are exempt from the payment
of federal income tax. Amounts re-
ceived by insured ns return of prem-
iums paid for life insurance, en-
dowment or annuity contracts are
exempt from federal income tax.
Get First Telephones
Settlements in southern Man-
churia that never have had a tele-
phone are to b« given service.
Lowsiua Man Tells How He
Keeps <(Up and Going.”
“It dvzsn’t matter how strong
and healthy we think we are,” says
Mr. W. S. Reynolds, of Arcadia,
La., “every or.ee In a white, in
order to keep up and going, we
haveio cleanse the system ana take
a little something tor the liver.
“My old standby 13 Black-
Draught. I have used it off and on
for 20 years.
“I get bilious and have a bad
tarts In r.iy riouth. My head feels
dull. I just don’t feel like getting
around and doing my work. I
know it isn’t laziness, but bilious-
ness, so I take af ew doses of Black-
Draught and, when it acts, 1 get up
feeling like new, full of pep ami
ready for any kind of work. I cau
certainly recommend it."
Black-Draught liver medicine is
made from pure, medicinal roots
and herbs and contains no harmlul,
habit-forming mineral drugs. In
an easy, natural way it helps
cleanse the system of poisonous
impurities ana tends to leave the
organs in a normal, healthy con-
dition.
Sold everywhere; 25a c-**
m
m
E
[5®
Heal Those Sore Cum*
It you suffer from Sore (lumi, Bleed
Injr linine. I.nnre Teeth. Foul Breath,
or from l’v»rrih«a In even II* wont
fo^u.wu will *e I you a bottle of Lelo ■
Pvorrbea Beoitdy and (uarMleD H to'
please you or return uionev. I hi* I*
different from any other trentmenr.mnd
reanli* are certain, boner* Drug
Store. 97
Guaranteed hosiery, semp'ee your
in free to agent*. Witte foi
proposition paying 175 00 weekly
'all time, 11.60 *o hour spar*
"me. Helling gueroteed hosiery to
wearer; oiuhI- wear or replaced
'ree Quick *wle«, rerewt nrtl-rw
INTKKNATtONAL STOCKING
MILLS. Norrlatown, J*«. 71-10
Swinburn’s Swimming
pool is now open to the
public. Fresh water
pumped in dai'y. 2Be
for adults, 15 cents for
children.
NOTICE.
To tho Merchants of Sonora:
This is to notify nil parties
concerned, that W. T. Mont-
gomery contractor on the
Sonora-Jiinction road, will
not he responsible for any
debts made by road employe
except on his written order.
Signed,
V. T. Montgomery,
by L. P. Sawyer.
Sonora, April 21, 1925.
How Doctors Treat
Colds and the Flu
To break up a cold overnight or
to cut abort an attack of grippe, in-
fluenza, sore throat cr tonsillitis, phy-
sicians and druggist j are now recom-
mending Oalotabo, tho purified nnd >
refined calomel compound tablet that
gives you the efiecta of calomel nnd
salts combined, without tho unpleas-
ant effects of cither.
One or two Cnlotaba at bed-timo
with a swallow of water,—that’s all.
No salts, no nausea nor tho slightest
interference with your eating, work
or pleasure^ Next morning your cold
has vanished, your ay*tem is thor*
oughly purified and you nro feeling
fine with a hearty appetite for break-
fast Eat what you please,—no dan-
ger.
Oct a family package, containing
full direction*, only 86 cents. At uny
drug stora. - — (adv)
By No Means All Right
*1 say,” exclaimed Mr. Brown In
a worried tone, “I’m aorry my dog
bit you last week!”
“Oh, that doesn’t matter a bit,"
said hi* friend. “That’s *11 right I"
“No, ft Isn’t!” declared Mr.
Brown. "IV poor thing has been
ill over AmI”
Hotel Rates in Italy
Easy on PocketbooJt
■j ; \ *S 1 •.
Two large hotels are under con-
struction at Milan, Italy, with hun-
dreds of rooms at exceedingly low
rates. One of these hotels, which
is being erected in a central jwsi-
tion, under the auspices of the
Italian Touring club and which will
be called the Touring hotel, will be
opened in June, 1920. It will have
230 rooms with 300 beds, with bath-'
rooms, telephones, etc. A large
restaurant will bo attached. The
price is not to exceed eighteen to'
twenty lire per day per person or
less thun $1. The other hotel is
being built by a private enterprise. J
It will he called the Ixireto hotel.!
There will be six floors, with 750
beds. Every room here, too, will
have a telephone and a shower bath.
On tho ground floor there will be a
post office, a bonk, complete estab-
lishment for hydrothcrapcutic
treatment, and even a hall for mov-
ing-picture performances. The price
is not to exceed ten lire a day per
person, less than 50 cents.
Absent-Minded, bat
Could See the Joke
She was a retired school teacher.
A young friend had called to take
her in an automobile to the coun-
try home of friends for Sunday din-
ner. Miss D. was partly blind and
somewhat absent-minded. The eight-
mile journey was half over when
Miss I). said: “Oh, honey, I forgot
something, very important, too. I
forgot my lower teeth.”
“We’ll go back for them,” offeved
the young friend.
“Oh, no, never mind; I couldn’t
And them, anyhow.” So they pro-
ceeded. At the table, when the
meal wns about over, suddenly Miss
D. began to laugh.
“I buve a good joke on myself,”
said sho, “about my teeth.”
“Why you look all right, I
wouldn’t care,” said the folk.
“Bu( this is a better joke. I
just found that I have hnd them in
my mouth all the time.”
.SB .Oft-.t _
Long Horseback Ride
A. MI. F. Tischiffely, a teacher
In an English school in Buenos
Aires, lias started a long horseback
ride which will take him from his
home in South America to San
Francisco and then across the Unit-
ed States to New York. The object
is to test the endurance of two fine
“criollo" horses from South Argen-
tine, against the endurance of the
schoolmaster. The old Inca road
will be followed on part of the trip
and the ancient Spanish causeway
likew ise will lie followed across Ecua-
dor toward the Panama canal. Mr.
TschifToly is an Austrian and promi-
nent in amateur athletic circles in
Bueno* Aire*.
fiirst in Electricity
Herbert Hoover, secretary of com-
merce, puts America first among all
nation* in the development of elec-
trical progress. He backs up hi*
statement by citing America’s 15,-
000,000 telephones, 27,000 tele-
graph office*, 9,000,000 home* wired
for electricity and 27,000,000 horse
power in electrical energy capacity.
Boat Travel* Fast
What is believed to be one of the
fastest boats ever built has been con-
structed by H. N. Sherburne of
Plaquemine, La. It is a craft driven
by a 90-horsepower airplane motor
mounted on the stern. With a full
load the boat will attain a speed of
more than CO miles an hour.
WNU Stole*
Interruptions
"Oh, <1ear! There c°e» that tele-
phone uKalu! I’ve hail nullilng but
lntirrii|itlons all
morning long,
(low can I tot
anything (lone?"
And the young
housewife Impa-
tiently took up
the receiver. Her
annoyed "Hello”
was followed by o
distinct change of
tone, os she gra-
ciously accepted
uii Invitation to
Join u theater
purty.
From the deep chair by the window,
w here she eat sewing, the young house-
wife's wise, sympathetic inollier spoke.
“If I were you, deur, I would try to
overcome my feeling about interrup-
tions. Life Is Just one Interruption
after another, when you come to think
of It. L'ftlcss you are sitting doing ab-
solutely nothing, every ring if the tele-
phone, every knock on tho door, every
call of a friend Is an Interruption.
Sometimes these Interruptions seem
trivial, sometimes they bring plensarit
news, ns this one did.
"Why hot regard on Interruption a*
an opportunity Instead of un unnoy-
anee? It may be opportunity to help
a neighbor In u desperate emergency;
It may be nil opportunity to usslst In
tome civic work, or a chance to have
u good time yourself. I think an In-
terruption Is ns Interesting and excit-
ing hs the entrances of cliuructers on
the stnge. If only we look ut It thnt
way. When the hell ring*, think what
It might bo—perhup* only the butcher
asking for your order, possibly a
cablegram from abroad, or It might be
Ned calling with some Joyful news. Be
auro you are either wanted or needed,
and answer gladly.
‘"Think of the loneliness of people’*
lives when there are no Interruptions,
llow long and silent the hours must
be. Interruptions are signs of busy,
active, helpful, happy lives. When
you're reochtd the stage where no one
ever calls you on the phone uny more,
your life will be dreary and desolate.
I’d greet Interruptions with gratitude,
If I were you.”
The rating housewife, who had he*u
listening* Intently, broom 1^ hand,
slipped acr*a>* the room nnd kissed her
mother In silence.
tCupyrtsht.)
Splendid Work of Art
Restored in England
“A* an act of most high praise
and glad thanksgiving to Almighty
God for the lives and devotion of
the 1,700 women of the empire who
died for their country in the war,
now, in the name of their sisters
in all parts of the world, I un-
veil and restore to its ancient nse
the. Five Sisters window.” 'I’hese
words were spoken by the duchess
of York as she unveiled the re-
stored “Five Sisters” window in the
north transept of York (Eng.)
minster. As the duchess spoke, the
curtain shrouding the window fell
gracefully away revealing in all it*
beauty of delicate coloring the
actual handicraft of an artist, John
ltoninin, and his fellow craftsmen
in glass of gig centuries ago. The
window tnkes its name from th*
legend (told by Dickens in “Nich-
olas Nieklcby”) that the design of
the glass was worked in tapestry by
flvff sisters. The finest specimen of
a grisaille window in the world, it
bnek to 1200 A. D., its five
lancets towering to a height of
more than fifty feet, each “sister”
being a shimmering mass of pearl
and silver, delirntely veined and
jewolod with color. Tho work of
cleaning atkl \rel ending, which
lasted two years, was accomplished
without cracking or breaking one
piece of the priceless glass.
AS IT OFTEN PROVES
Ugly Place Would Be
World Without Love
To love and pas* on seems from
my woman’s point ot view a very
low conception of things. I do de-
1 clare, though, that from the earliest
times women have been unfairly
treated in a wny that must not and
cannot he tolerated indefinitely. But
love reduced to pleasure alette I
cannot imagine, if we bring it to
tlmt I certainly think that we shall
he crushing all ideals, all poetry, all
beauty out of the world to make out
of it a cynical, ugly place.
love lies in all things; in the
silence of night, in the fire* of
dawn, in tho great waves of music,
in color, sound nnd harmony. Love
lie* at the core of every faith, every
hope, every ecstasy. Love banishes
fear and makes a hero out of the
coward; love understands and for-
gives, hopes, believes; love has
tender hands and gentle lips; a word
of love can turn the wicked hack
from his sin, can open out a vision
of light to the man who was hope-
less.—Marie, Queen of Rumania, in
llearst’*' ‘International Cosmopoli-
tan. -•
, ; -£- ,
Not Even Gold Brich
Rewarded Hard Work
1 After much pushing, pulling, tug-
ging and perspiring on the part of
a large contingent of the state-,
house janitorial army, the big safe,
“willed” to the hoard of account*
by the state tax board, finally was
put in place in the outer office.
Ilomcr Kimberlin, secretary of the
accounts board, began immediate
fumbling with the combination.
Quite a gathering witnessed the
opening. The big doors, the
' scorched paint, which gave evidence
of tho safe having been through
the recent fire in the taxboard of-
fice, sw ung open.
I Standing in an upright position,
with a blank expression on its face,
was a common paving brick—tho
only article in tho large compart-
1 ment of the safe. i
j “They didn’t even have the de-
cency to give you a ‘gold brick,'"
was the caustic remark of one of
tho perspiring janitors.—Indian-
apolis News.
Spreading the News
Junior, the thrce-ycnr-old son of
Mr. Victor Payne of East Sixteenth
street, believes in imparting knowl-
1 edgo. They have a young colt down
on the farm. Some one told Junior
it probably belonged to him, and in
consequence the little fellow is muc.h
interested in Us welfare. The other
day he ran into the house and ex-
claimed to his mother: “Momma, I
told the milkman I had a little baby
horse down on the faim.” The moth-
er said: “Why, Junior, what did
you tell him that for?” Junior re-
plied, in astonishment, “Why, he
didn’t know I had it”—Indianapo-
lis News.
0«8OO»»»»ffOO0004»4O>O88O0
KEEPING WELL ;;
Friend—Just back from s tour?
Motor—Well—er—detour would
be nearer the truth.
Thirteen Million Steps
After walking one-third of the
way around tho world, Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. de Roux estimate that they
have taken 13,000.000 steps.
They are pushing a wheelbarrow
and they have figured out that its
wheel has made 59,000,000 revolu-
tions. They started from Johan-
nesburg in 1922 unth only three
cents and have paid 4h<ir way by j
giving lectures. I
They hope to complete their trip j
in four years. It will bo the first
time that anyone has walked around
the world.
Becomes Beggar at 98
Alexander Petofi, famous Hun-
garian poet and patriot, left much
fine verse, but apparently not much
of this world’s goods Recently his
cousin appeared before the Buda-
pest police and requested a permit
to beg. Tho cousin is ninety-eight
years old. Ten years ago he was
fairly well-to-do. He lout eight sons
in the war, and his small possession*
were rfwept away. The begging per-
mit was issued.
Caught Fish With Umbrella
American and British anglers
are getting unusually good catrhcs
in the rivers of Norway, according
to reports being received from
Laagen, Karnsen, Gaula and other
Izaak Walton resort*. Forty-pound
salmon ars plentiful as also 25-
pound trout One American angler
who is reported to have spent
three hours with his rod near a
famous pool was about to leave to
avoid a thunder storm when he no-
ticed a large fish near tho surface.
Having packed his rod, he plunged
his open umbrella into the stream
and scooped him out, though the
weight of the salmon snapped th*
•teel frame of hi* rain-stopner.
Wanted to Make Bed
Explaining that he had always
made hi* own bed, J. 0. Kcllew,
ninety-one, wealthy New Zealand
farmer, refused to register at a ho-
tel at San Francisco until he had re-
ceived permission to continue this
habit
Big Deposits ot Mica
What is rimmed to be the largest
show of mica unearthed in Ontario
ha* been discovered in North llaet.
ings, a short distance from Ban
uroft, Ontario. Crystals weighing
as much as two tons ff-.ve been taken
from the deposit*.
FOR OYER 41 YEARS
HAXX.-S CATARRH MEDICINE) ta*
®*ec**sfullj tr **i* tr*stm*n«
"aUAl CATARRH .LoiOINE oon-
Mst* *f on Ointment which Quickly
IntOtnil Medicine, a Tonic. Jlch act-
through th* Rlood on tho Mu coos Bur
race*, thus reducing the Inflammation
■ofl br all druggiit*. "
F J. Cheney * Oo., Toledo, Ohio.
:: side-show freaks
1 OH. WHHDURICK R. (iHKKM
I (Uer of -MKAl.TH"
T WKXT lo the cireua the oilier tlujr.
J- After the circus I went Into Uieddu-
•liow. The Jostling untl pushing
crowd was only moved by curiosity
to see these unfortunate*. But It tin*
evident, to the trained eye, tliut prac-
tically every one ot Hit* "world'*
greatest collection of human curiosi-
ties'’ will sick.
Let u* go down the line and sea
n hut nils them. First, “the tallest
man In the world.” Uluntlniu, or
growth beyond normal Is generally
due to disease of the pltullury body, a
mnnll gland at the lm*e of the liratn
which regulate* growth. Tliene giant*
liuve normal trunk*, the excessive
prowth being In the long hone* of the
leg* nnd arms. They generally die
young.
Dwarfs have nlwuy* hnd a great at-
traction for tbe public. Fur centuries
every royal or noble household hud
a dwarf a* an attendant. There are
two kind* of dwarfs. One Is born
very smull and Is ulwnys under nor-
mal size, probably doe to lark of some
essential part of their body machinery.
Other* nri normal. Ht birth but be-
come stunted, through some disease,
such n* cretinism.'rickets or water on
tbe brain. Some dwarfs have keen
mlnda. but most of (hose seen In side-
shows are feeble-minded,
The ruhber-sklnned man owes Ids
pluce to the fact that Ids skin Is
loose from the disappearance of nil
fat nnd that It hns an abnormal elas-
tic quality.
Tbe living skeleton Is, of course, the
victim of one of half a dozen disease*
which euuse extreme emaciation; on
the other hand, the fut woman Is usu-
ally suffering from disease of the thy-
roid gland.
The blue man hns nn abnormal cor.
nectlon, either In his heart or Inrgp
blood vessels, between the venous and
the arterial systems, so that the blue
blood front the reins Is not pitini^l
through the lung*, where It would be-
come red, but goe* back Into the ur-
terles without change.
Bearded women nre sometimes men
disguised snd sometimes women with
abnormal growth of hnlr on the face.
The ossified man hns what doctor*
rail “arthrltla deformans,” or In-
flammation of the Joints, nil of which
are locked tight by lime deposits.
Tattooed men and women are prod-
ucts of Intention nnd n«d of nature.
Most freaks, like most deformed
persons, nre short lived. They be-
long lu hospitals and asylums, rather
than In public exhibitions. Some day
we will he sufficiently civilized and
Intelligent not to regard deformity
und misfortune us n source of eut*r>
ta lament.
l©. 1**4, WnKra N»w«p*p*r Vital J
Picturesque Garb Fast
Vanishing From Balkans
Manjr residents of that part of
Europe regret that Balkan peanut
women are permitting their daugh-
ters to forget the art of embroidery.
At one time every Balkan girl used
to embroider, with the result that
one saw really magnificent costume*
in the villages, hike the old Scot-
tish clans, each district had its par-
ticular type of* embroidery. Th*
MAcedoniiu) blouse* and sleeve*
were especially striking. In Ru-
mania some society women have set
on foot nn organization to encour-
age embroidering among the peas-
ants. Unfortunately the latter seem
to prefer cheaper and more gaudy
manufactured clothes and silks that
are not a tenth part as deeorativ*
as arc their home-made productions.
When Paris dressmakers set th*
fashion of embroidering erening
dresse* bnyer* risited the Balksu*
in search of designs and material*
but tlie supply proved unequal to
the demand.
“Weffj my wife ha* divorced me.
“And I remember the time when
ehe used to Wave her hand to you,
every morning, when you left tho
house.”
“Well, you ore, it wasn’t a ’per-
manent wave.’*
Handkerchief’s Evolution
From the day of it* introduction
from the East th* pocket handker-
chief ha* been associated not le**
with the tragio then with th* ro-
mantic side of life. Derived from
the Chinese, with whom it was com-
mon in it* primitive silk tissue *nd
paper form long before the Chris-
tian era, the handkerchief wandered
to the land of the ibis and the lotu*
flower, where it wa* held to h*v#
taliemanic virtues, and came to ue
in a coarse form, first as the “sweet-
cloth” worn at the belt by the Anglo-
Saxons, and later carried in th«
hand an4 known a* the “muck-
inder," "handooverohief,” “hand-
kerchief" in turn, and ultimately ••
tho "haadkerchief.”
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