Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 14, 1921, Page 4

and Goubief 125 YEARS OLD Sudseriptisn pries 10c & week; Xc & month; 38.00 o rear, Entared st the Postolllcs ot Nermich, Comn.,” e second-clam mattar. 3 Telephons Calls, Daledn Busiams Offies. 0. Bulletin Editerial Roems, 353 Bulletin Job OFice 85-3. ®iNimentle Ofes 33 Thurch i Telephome 184 - ——— Norwich, Monday, Nev. 14, 10 lower rates it s have been many readjustments of rates and in amast all cases downward. Re- ductions varying frem 10 to 40 per cent. have been made mpon livestock, copper bullion, lumber and cotton while sub- stantial cuts have been made In the rates on fruit xrom the Pacific coast and sugar, g ; As an offset to this the only reduction In the eperating expenses of the rail- roads s $hat 6f the'12 per cent. that went Into effect the first of July and of which much if offset by the cut in rates. By the new demand of the rall- roads for a further cut in wages it is fought’ with the undcrstanding that it will mean a cerresponding cut in freight Tates. P By the reductions that have been made and by such business increase as has been reflected in railroad transpertation the roads have been getting slightly in- creased revenue, but not enough to in- sure them the refurn Indleated under the transportation act. Because the amount spent for wages makes up a great part of raflroad expense It is through the re- duction thereof that further rates-cut- WEEK ENDING NOV. 5th, 1921 11,659 AMERICA'S PROPOSALS. Above all things it is evident that only through the placing of the cards on the table and frankly discussing the situa- tion ean, thers be expected to be any progress made toward reaching the de- ®ired understanding in connection with the conference for the limitation of arm- kments now underway in Washingten, And by the statement which was made by Secretary Hughes and the manner 'n which he revealed the provisions of h plan has that very thing been done. Secretary Hughes didn't waste his time wifh fine words and phrases. He didn’t occupy the time of the conferemce xt its opening With a grand oratorical Semonstration. On the other hand he right down to business, set forth in ar and understandable terms what this country was willing to do for the purpose of checkag the reckless expen- diture of money in which the nations have been engaged to equal or outdis- tance the others ané pointing out what the others ~hould Jo In keeping there- 13 with, There is no worncer that it made a fine impression upon the delegates as- sembled. If they came with the ldea of tricking someone they were happily dls- appointed. Even Japan, the one na- tion which has Indicated a sort of suspic- lon regarding the conference, has de- clared that the propesition was entirely tatisfactory for discussifh. is perfectly evident that there is racrifice Involved for each and evdhy ene. The scrapping of ships will mean & large loss to each of the countries but that is to be expected. It is the protec- tion and benefit through such scrapping that is aimed at and benefits are not to be expected without gacrifice. Already through the cutting of our ndval appro- priations there has been a big curtafl- ment of construction work and certainly we are ready to go much further in that and other directions in the interest of Peace and ecomomy, and the proposition put forth by Secretary Hughes is one that can be followed without exposing v of the leading nations to perfl from the others Much depended It upon the manner in which this country stated its position at the opening of the conference, and cer- tainly there can be no question but what 1 has been dene in a manner which ws that the United States Is whole heartedly engaged In this effort, that it doire =0 In a falr snd square manner that the impression upen the con- to accomplish results Secretary Hughes to be sincere, open y will our position above board, is to Be remembered that Sacretary has thus far only dealt with the naval s'de of the matter. The army | the Pacific problen.s will come later. shows It Hughes THE COAL TAX. sigce the Pennsylvania legh tu cuseed and then enacted the law placing a rax upon tie anthracite coal mined in the state there have been strong evidences of opposition, claims of injus- unconsticutiorality and mot a few on the part of the opposition to in- stitute m to have the collection of tha tax prevented. New FEngland has been oppos21 to the imvositlon of been made to abine the action of the various states fighting the 'eg a'at'cn. Actlon within the state, however, seems to be the first taken and there a wockholder In a colllery company has brought sult to prevent the colliery offi- tials from paying and the state from sol g the tax. The suit follows a decision which has existed In that state lar i eonsiderable time along similar nes whereby it is hoped to have the law leclared unesnstitaisnal. Pennsylvania adopted this new law for purpose of increasing its revenue at & when it needed money and when 't regarded such a method of taxation s an excellent means of getting the ecessary funds for putting through the tew school programme. The law was tnacted on the strength of advice given the state at the time that the law was lonstitutional. The earlier decision to | effect that a similar tax was uncon- ititutienal it had been hoped to circum- rent by changes made in the new law. fhe previous decision was of course tnown but the aim was to get around it ind still make it possible to exploit this lew fie'd of taxation. Whether the law is constitutional or 10t thus will be left to the courts, and b the course of the hearing and argu- nents, in antfedpation of the decision of he final coust of the state there I8 lound to be * great amount of Interest rom all seerlons of this part of the jountry, and should Pennsylvania courts kil to provide relief against such a tax here s the probability that those out- ¥de the state will seek rellef through he federal courts. —_— . MOVING FOR LOWER RATES, As if in responsé to the widespread lemand for @ reduction In the railroad Feight rates it has been decided by the mstern rallroads, those lylng to the jorth ed the Potomac and east of the Ever tice especially *he tax and efforts hive I Ilegisippi, to ask for a further reduc- lon m wages. This move is in keeping rith what the western lines have dene n4 what the southern lines are expected b do. It will mean of courss an effort in he first place to negotiate such reduc- lons with the men. That failing it will be ecessary to take the matter to the rafl- »ad labor board and there can be no uestion but what thers will bs such a “ference. In connectfon with the demand fer ting can be dome, and mpparently the ronds 100k to the lower rates as a means of increasing business and through such Increass in shipping obtaln that return which the law. declares they are entitled to. THE ARMENIANS AGATN. That there should be an uneasiness on the part of the Armenians who are in Cilicia as to what is likely to happen to them after the withdrawal of the French troops is only what has been anticipated since tha signing of the treaty between France and the Turkish nationalists. France has made & deal with the na- tionalists whereby it recognizes them as the real responsible Turkish govern- ment, whereby It gets certain railroad concessions and the right to work certain rich mining regfons for a long perlod of time. In connection therewith and in addition to the recognitien thus ex- tended France agrees to give up its claim to Cilicia and te withdraw its troops therefrom and there are also pro- visions regarding boundary questions in that region. Sinee France has maintained troops in Cilicia there has been protection given to the 150,000 Armenians located there. With the departure of the French troops, which of course becomes necessary un- der the treaty, these Armeniany are left to the merey of the Turkish nationalists. The Armenians have had their experi- ence. They dread the Turks as they would the plague and they have good and sufficient reason for it. The whole world has been wrought up over the manner In which those people have been treated and vet thers doesn’t appear to be any assurance that they will not be subjected to the same kind of atrooities that have been inflicted upon them In the past. Thus it is natural that the Armenians sheuld appeal to President Harding and want to know what kind of safeguards have been arranged for them. It w/ll certainly be deplorable if France and the other ntaions’'of Furepe which are the natural guardians for that reglon, are to leave them like sheep be: fore the wolves. FIGHTING ILLITERACY. Special weeke are getting so numer- oys that it will soon be necessary to double up on them if all are going to recelve attention, but there ean be ne question but what they are good and sufficient reason for placing proper em- phasis upon American Education week which is to be observed from December 4 1o 10 and which has the endorsement of the National Education association and the American Legion. It Is time for the country to realize that in spite of all the efforts that have been made and are being made not suf- ficlent progress Is being mbde agalnst illiteracy fn this ¢ountry. When it Is realized that there are nearly five mil- lion in this country who cannot read or write It discloses a condition of whieh we should net be proud and the real unfortunate part of it is that this num- ber iz not made up of allens who have recently come to our shores. We cannot point to the south and its gelored popu- lation as the chief reason for such con- ditions for while there are many illiter-. ate blacks there are alse great numbers of whites In the south who -can neither, read nor write. Taken as a whole the country shews a reduction of 1.7 per cemt. in the num- ber of Illlterates during the past ten vears but there are states, and Connec- ticut is ene of them, where illiteracy has gained during that perlod, and the cen- sus flgures as illiterate those who can- not write in any language. That Is much different then being able to write in the English language and It Is evident that too much attentlon cannot be 4i- rected to conditions during Amerlcan Education week. e s EDITORIAL NOTES, The man on the corner says: To kome people Indian summer is only a state of mind. : 1f, as one weather sharp says, Indian summer has gone the next thing t8 look forward to is the January thaw. During your spare moments you might be preparing to anneunce those you would place on the all American foot- ball team. - If the conference gets down to busi- ness quickly and accomplishes some- thing it will set an excellent example for congress. : The people are of course reflecting that Wh'le the marines are protecting the mails, all the banditry i8 mot con- fined to the postal service. 2 What & Wonaerhi)’ Critfhtimks presbut the delegates to the armament confer- ence could make to the world! But would it satisfy every one? The trouble with the packers' clalm that prices are down to the 191% price level is that only a few people know much about the Wholesale prices. Of course now that the marines are on the job they are waiting for a visit from some of the bold bandits, who will not like the reception they'll get. Just because Charies has been ment to Madelra for life it doesn't mean that anyone could be supported for the rest of thelr days by just going there. It is safe to say that whi'e it could be easily done amplifiers will not be placed in the hall where the armament conference is being held te reveal what a noise is made in our ship yards during the constructien “of our naval vessels. Cleveland has voted for the city man- ager form of elty government and in view of the fact that it has just elected as its last mayor a chlef of police who was deposed for conduct unbecoming an officer it 18 possiblé that it needs the A SUGGESTIONS FOR 5 3 THE HOUSEWIFE To prevent stoves and pipes from rusting rub with kerosene or lard be- fore storing away. ¥ To clean zinc, yse salt,and Vinegar. To clean nickel, use powdered borax In cleaning ceilar remove and clean vegetable boxes, wash down cement walls, open windows. To prevent damp- ness in cellar place an open box of fresh lime in cellar. To “keep the side of a cake moist after it has been cut apply a damp pad of tissue ,paper over the side. If an Irish potato' is put inside a wild duck when it ‘is set in the oven to roast the fishy flavor will disap- pear. A great convenience in the kitchen is a square of rubber sheeting which can be spread out on the table while sprinkling clothes. It keeps the clothes perfectly clean and prevents the usu- al splashing and consequent labor of wiping up water. To save dishes, serve all the vegeta- bles on one end of a large platter and the meat on the other. If you drop soot on the carpet cover it with a coating of dry salt before you attempt to sweep it. ‘When you need a cold cloth and hav- n't ice, try wringing a cloth out of cold water and shaking briskly in the air, The rapid evaperation will give you an almost ice-cold compress. In making sauces, use clarified fat from the soup kettle as the medium for cooking the flour, then beat in a few bits of butter to the finished satice for the flavor. FIRELESS COOKER OVEN In very warm or very cold weather it is often difficult to rhaintain an even temperature in which to allow a bread dough to rise, It & sponge is set at night it should be kept at ordinary room temperature (60 degrees to 75 degrees Fahrenheit), depending on how long it is to stand, says the United States department of agriculture. ‘Whenever a dough has been prg- pared (as disinguished from a sponge) the temrperature should be fairly warm —between 80 degrees and 36 degrees Fahrenheit. A good way to assure an even temperature in either case, it is suggested is to set the sponge or dough in the fireless cooker, using a thir- mometer to start with, to determine the temperature when the dough or sponge is put in. i USEFUL FURNITURE Furniture is net a decoration. Its purpose is to fulfill a need. A chair is first and foremost something to sit on in comfort. A table is a conveni- ent object to place things on. A cup- board is a series of inclosed shelves on which to place dishes and utensils. All this may seem trite, but it is necessary at times to recall the func- tional idea of furniture in order to restrain the decorative idea. In select- ing furniture only that which fully and satisfactorily fills the purpose for whieh it is intended should be accept- ed, and that purpose is use. That it may be and should be beautiful is the second, but not the primary con- sideration. HEALTH AND BEAUTY A bran bath is as fine a thing as you can give your hands if you want to be really kind to them. It softens them and whitens them and is won- derfully effective used just before you manicure. your nails. The child must be taught to chew his food. Yet, no matter how much pains are taken’in this respect, mas- tication. is very imperfectly done by all children; hence, up to the 7th year at least, all meats should be finely cut, all vegetables mashed to a pulp and all grains éooked very soft. The one time of day when a beau- ty treatment is most beneficial is the one time least likely to be devoted to it. That is, the time immediately be- fore going to bed. These busy days we are apt to be so tired at night that ‘we tumble into bed in the shortest pos- sible time, and think that tomorrow morning is all right for little duties. The one really good way to treat hardened cuticle is to let it soak in eold cream. Of course this is impossi- woman who does her own housework ble for the girl who is employed or the unless she does it at night. To seurry up an old Pair of kid gloves, fill the finger tips with cream and then put them on just before you retire. A few days of such treatment and the skin will be soft and pliable.. And there’ll be a lot of it just about ready to come off. Clip all of the loose skin away, being careful not to cut down too far. SEA SHELLS ON HATS It is curious how commonplace even an extreme novelty may become. When Lanvin first trimmed her hats with seashells it seemed ultra beyond hope of popularity but nowadays one en- counters women strolling along the avenue wearing hats the upturned rims of which are trimmed with tiny pearl shells or in some way trimmed with them. Flat pear] appliques are anoth- er garniture which seems to have sprung up over night and rival the balanced pompons of ostrrich which are go often found on the hats at pre- sent. Lace drapes are disappearing but trimmings continue to tumble off the brim. Hats are nothing if not pictu- resque. Some are as smart as con be with lacquered quills bristling from three-cornered brims of cire or hat- ters plush, for hats must shine, es- \mecially black ones, if the passing throng is to be taken for a criterion. VOGUE FOR BLACK FROCK Never within memory has the afl- black frock had such vogue the wear- ers including very young girls. And while many women have their black costumes topped by a black hat, pre- ferring it to calors, the designers are putting forh hats in charming color schemes complimentary to the sombre costumes and wraps. I may be a toque or turban trimmed with brilliant col- ored feather or ornament, or the tur- uettfiQthotheelk ban itself may be fashioned from glowing yet soft deep rich toned col- ore. There are also many more white hats—white felt, white duvetyne or white velvet—than noted in recent winter seasons. Frequently they are trimmed with fur. The crown may be of white velvet or duvetyne with small roll brim of skunk. A little later on many all white hats will be in evi- dence, these having been designed for the Southland exodus during the early part of the year. There are numbers of all black hats and many of them wide of brim and trimméd heavily at the front, thus giving the fact a shad- owy appearance. / DICTATES OF FASHION. Platinum caracul is among the most fashionable furs for coats and trim- ming this fall. _Fiteh is being used for collaring coats and dresses] One of the imported hats was trim- med around the crown with a coiled serpent, Almond green is a new color gain- ing in favor. A choker’ collar of fur is often the only trimming on the smartest coats, flare slightly. Dresses with matehing capes” con- tinue to fbe voted smart. : Low-heeled shoes are the vogue, ex- cepting, of course, for dress wear, and even then heels are nothing like as high as formerly. Trailing scarfs and draperies are features of the newest evening gowns and seem to argue a return of the train. The petal bodice has arrived; petal skirts having been exceedingly pop- ular; the petal bodice now bids for favor. The craze for red which is mani- in umbrellas. Peacock, goos! feather noveitie feather fans. The ankls, oxford and sandal are the three shoe novelties. Gauntlet gloves with overlays show- ing a contrasting color are smart. Heather mixture wool clocked with bright silk are a winter are rivaling ostrich of deep willow plume are an interpre- tation of the Spanish shawl. Capes and cape back suits continue to be in vogue. 4 Fur-trimmed dresses are very pop- ular, caracul being frequently used in narrow bands. e ; Colored Effects in Handkerchiefs. The ecolored handkerchief has -ap- garently come to stay this season, rinted effects are numerous but not ery in seed sitch. These are shown combined with the embroidery. example, linen and simple square in a pastel shade completely edged with a flower border. . seen on both the above mentioned model with plain hemstitched hem. This applique frequently takes severity, squares and rectangles be- instances, and whole borders of ap- ligue being used in others. All manner of printed designs are to be seen. An unusual design fea- tures a square center of checks in colors irregularly ~different. Greek Dborders and various other de- handkerchief. der. dots are frequently used on the net. Black is important as a handker- thread type. sible in all black. Daintier thanthe colored handker- two inehes wide. are also used in these all white num- edges. ! —_— LAUNDRY HINTS convenience in the summer -cottage. They require no ironing. and chalk. Place in sun. near the fire. Always hang blan- kets in a cool, windy place, but not in the sun. After silk lace has been washed, let it lie for half an hour in warm milk to which has been added a very small quantity of bum water. Then squeeze almost dry and iron on the wrong side on a board covered with several thick- nesses of clean flannel. Cover the fruit stains on your table linens with a paste of salt and lemon juice and then put them in the sun to bleach for a time. Keep the paste wet with lemon juice. Then at night put the material into a clear water to soak. SEWING SECRETS. “In bygone days, when there were no sewing machines and no patterns te help in making dresses, women who sewed were taught to make very fine stitches by hand, so the making of a good dress once in two or three years was quite an event. It was not un- usual then to wear a dress for years, freshening it up from year to year or making it over. Sewing in those days was tiresome, tedious. Today inventive genius has brought the modern electric sewing machine to such perfection that the most intricate work can be easily performed. Chang- ing fashions demand many trimmings. In order to make dainty trimmings on must know more than plain stitch- ing. It is necessary to know how to use the attachments which are a part of the modern machines. By taking advantage of the electric- ally operated sewing machines and all of the little labor-saving devices that go with them, you will be reward- ed by increased ability to make beau- tiful things. Begin by going to the piece-bag full of scarps and bits of material left over from last year's dresses. Take out! all of the crumpled pieces of lawn or muslin, press them smooth with your electric iron and cut them into strips and squares. These make good prac- tice pieces for learning to use the new attachments. It is no longer hecessary to tire one’s fingers or to strain one’s eyes making fine tucks, because the electric sewing machines with tucker will do them in a frac- tion of the time. REVIVAL OF HAIR BOWS. Hair bows are founti te be reviving. despite the prevalence of bobbed heads, and buyers have put in stocks for the school trade. Both plaids and stripes and chosen. In narrow ribbons, grossgrains, three-quartérs Yo two and one-half inches wide are still leading. As to color other than black, which is said to be mere in denmand than ever, the fuchsias and purples stand out pre-eminently. Aside from these, the principle activity is in brown and black. CONCERNING WOMEN, . London's force of policewomen now numbers 113 members. Mrs. Tom Wintrifigham, whose name will go down in history as the second woman to sit in the British House of Commons, was before her marriage a school teacher. Miss Olga Elkouri, a 16-year-old De- troit girl, has won the world's type- writing speéd contest for college stu- dents and employed girls. For.10 min- many of which are semi-fitted and festing itstlf everywhere is reffected teathdls and other stockings fad. Square crepe shawls with fringe quite so much in evidence as the hand drawn numbers with colored embroid- both in the colored linen and in white linen with colored applique designs For a handkerchi>f has a two row drawn border in black on white Other applique effects arxe to be types of handkerchiefs and the colored the form of white on blue or some other color, and may be geometrical in its ing neatly set i a border in several Stripes, signs are also shown in this type of Perfectly plain colored numhers with hemstitched hems are on frequent display, as are the plain squares with raffled or straight bor- In the latter case embroidered chief color, particularly in the drawn This is frequently shown with colored embroidery, but is pos- chiefs are imported models with lace edges of varying width and design. One has very fine lace which is about Drawnwork borders bers, as are embroidered and scalloped Cotton crepe table napkins are a Wet a mildewed article and rub on it a mixture of equal parts of soap The reason blankets shrink after washing is that they are dried too bl A TO MEND LEAKS. T leaky tin roof or m&%u.um parts by hulk of m ocoal ashes and whiting with linseed ol to consistency of thin mortar. Apply liberally to leaks with trowel. TO KEEP CLOCK CLEAN. Soak a piece of cotton wool in para- ffiin and piace it in-the bottom of the clock case with the door closed, Af- ter a few days you will fing it covered with dust. The fumes of the paraffin loosen the accumulation in the works of the clock. RECIPES. . Nut Cakes.—Beat to a cream ore- half of butter and one cup of powdered sugar; whip into this one egg well beaten and one-half cup of honey; stir in two cups of flour sifted with three teaspoons of baking powder and last, one-fourth cup of chopped pecans. Let the mixture stand in the refrigerator or a cold place several hours, then roil the dough very thin, cut in shapes, brush over with the white of an egg mixed with a few drops of warm wat- er. Sprinkle the cakes with granulat- ed and chopped nuts and bake in a hot oven. 8Spanish Ham.—A great improvement over plain boiled ham is Spanish ham. After boiling the whole ham place in the oven and cover with a soft dough or dredge freely with flour. Then stick cloves at intervals over the ham and pour into the roasting pan about two quarts of milk, or less if the ham is not a large one. Add quarter of a cup of brown sugar, season with salt and pepper and baste ham frequently with this liquid. It will be delicious in flavor. The remaining gravy is good to use with it. ODD iNCIDENTS IN AMERICAY HISTORY GREATEST AMERICAN DUELISTS. The life of Robert Field Stockton is full of adventure of remarkable ex- ploits. He was a Quaker, and yet he was one of the greatest fighting men in the American navy. He won California for the United States and was at one time engaged to fight duels with all the British officers at Gibraltar, While the young American naval offi- cer was still in the early twenties, he found himself with no less than ten duels on his hands. Stockton had served with distinction in the war of 1812, and when the rulers of the Barbary States became troublesome a short time thereafter he accompanied the squadron to the Mediter- ranean and was one of the most active of the officers in ridding the sea of the pirates. s In those days the American navy was practically a stranger in European ports, and the British, smarting under the de- feats of the war of 1812, were very un- friendly towards Americans. On one oc- casion the Erie, upon which vessel Stock- ton was an officer, dropped anchor in the Bay of Naples. An Itallan came aboard and solicited employment in transport- men-of-war had employed him. Among these certificates was one given him by an American naval officer, be- neath which a British officer had written a contemptuous and opprobrious epithet. .| the officer was aboard one of the British men-of-war in the bay, Stockton sent him a challenge. The Englishman seemed disinclined to fight except at long range with pistols, but a duel was finally ar- ranged. -~ Stockton shot the English officer In the leg. The Writisher dropped, yelling “I'm ing things between the ship and shore. He presented, according to custom his book of certificates showing what other Stockton was furious when he read what the British officer had written Learning hit! I'm hit! ed proper courtesy thereafter. From Naples the Gibraltar. regiment stationed there angry at the memovy of to all Erle the young American, sailed The officers of the British were Are you satisfied?” Stock- ton said he was not, Sut finally agreed to let the matter drop if the Britisher show- Americans sort of man to take their insults calmly. The upshot was he rashly agreed to fight a duel with each of the regiment's ten captains. home looked very emall. The chances of his returning Yet he fought several of the duels, wounding his adversaries practieally unhurt. and escaped ‘The series of fights came to an end in a sepsational fashion before all ten of the captains had met In one encounter Stoefton had just him. wounded his opponent severely when a guard of British cavalrymen swooped down upon him and placed him arrest. under Stockton wrenched himself free, sprang at one of his mounted captors, tore the man from the saddle, vaulted on to the rideriess horse’s back and galloped away to his ship outstripping his pursuers and gaining the Erie in safety. Stockton, feeling that he had been de- ceived by the British officers, and that their conduct ‘in arranging for his arrest way contemptible. branded| knaves them The tension between the as men on the squadron and the troops on shore was strained to the utmost, and it only was after great efforts by the Governor of Gibraltar that a truce was arranged and the sailors and soldier could meet without bloodshed. Meanwhile Stoekton was the idol of the squaldron, and when be returned to New York in 1821 he was “Fighting Bob” to the whole squadron. Stockton’s next mission was to take charge of the American Colonization So- clety’s expedition to found a negro col- ony on the west coast of Africa. rare diplomacy he secured and settlel the African territory that later became Once, while in the Repubiic of Liberia. By Liberia, he held a whole hostile tribe at bay single-handed by leveling a pis- n his return, there being no work for him in the navy, he retired and for twelve years he was a tol at their king. U, successful financler and promoter. In 1838 Stockton went back to the sea. He devoted himself to introducing into our fleet the use of steam vessels in place for still war of 1812, and made life unpleasant for the Stockton was not the = = T It's not difficult to tell. If it has been conselously xzfififfyy - sly done It must- have been consciou: about | carefully done, and such writing bears | the sea. its own evidence of the lack of speed which must accompany this carefulness. ‘The consclous heavy shading of hand- writing indicates first of all a lack of educational hdvantage on the past of the writer. But that's a rather patent observation, because anybody who has had much educational experlence knows that the conscious shading, the old text- | books notwishstanding, simply “isn't done.” But the deeper significance is egogsm. You'll always find the persop Wwho shades his writing in this fashion {s not at all averse to basking in the glare of the limelight and, also you may be sure that he or she hay many otuer affecta- tions. You must be careful. Such a person’s opinions and statementg should not be taken too readily at their face value. . (Tomorrow—Fine Writing) l CHILD TRAINING AT HOME I Did you ever watch pigeons circling about the pigeon house, and listen to their cooing before they settled down for the night? The flying In and out of the pigeon sugge: the glad out- going,—sweet homecdning” of child- hood, around the mother’s knee. Froe- bel recognized In this scene a symbol of life, a lesson for us, as_mothers, which we cannot study too faithfully. The ‘outgoing’ and the ‘homecom- ing’, there is a world of meaning in each word. Do you send your child into two northern side i3 the Caspian bastn, -hfl.&-fl_nium‘fi—* ‘which averages ‘Fhe most noteworthy physical fea- ture of Khorasan is the Great Kavir, 8 Saline desert, considered by some to be the bed of a sea long since dried up, and by others to be due to the saline rivu- detg trickling into it from the enciosing circlets of mountains. The. salt desarts and the mountains of Khorasan help keep it isolated; the fertile valleys cotton, cereals, fruits and ts “Birjand, now capital of the sub-prev- ince of Kain .is one of the chief carpet and rug making centers of all Persia. It has only about 15,000 people, dut all about Birjand proper are little villages where men till the sofl with the aid of oxen and women weave. The best of the Kaln carpets are produced at Da- rakhsh, about fifty miles northeast of Birjand. A woman of thig region whe cannot weave becomes an economic la- bility. This condition, and the use of opium, are held responsible for the eon- derable number of beggar women to be seen at Blz' nd.” Stories That Recall Others I He Desired Peace In a vaudeville house the other day a man in the audience went to sleep. His energetic neighbor punched him “What's the matter” the would be sleeper growled. “The programme’s begun,” the oth- er returned. “Programme be hanged,” gnorted the other, “I want to sleep.” out each day, to school or to piav, happily, trustingly, lovingly? Is he glad to go, but gladder still to return? ‘What sort of a homecoming does he have? Aren't we, Mothers, too apt to make that homecoming full of scold- ings for tardiness, or nagging over table-deportment, or rushing the chil- dren off to bed so we can-have the evening to ourselves? Those things seem of small importance, but wouldn’t it be of more lasting value to us and to our children, if, instead we made of that homecoming a happy summary of the day's affairs? There is no child who is not glad to tell what he has been doing all day. If he has been at school there are often little difficulties, little vexations that the teacher has not had time to explain satisfactorily or smooth out. A word or two from Mother may make it all clear anrd right. And if he has been at play there will be so many things to tell. It is while out at play that the child becomes acquainted with the fascinating realm of out-of- doors. Flowers, birds, trees, bees and butterflies,—he may become closer ac- quainted with them all through the retelling of his experiences among them. Wouldn't he be more interest- ed- in insect life if he knew the life his- tory of the butterfly or of the ant with its almost human arrangement of home and work? Wouldn't he find more satisfaction in the fields if he knew that there were weeds that ate bugs and some that lived on other plants, like selfish folks? And wouldn't you like to have him so form the habit of telling you things that he goes on telllng them, even after he passes out of childhood. Wouldn't you like to be the one he always comes back to for understanding and intelligent en- largement of his small ideas? And isn't it in this deep abiding faith in Mother and Father, and in the in- timate comradeship with the outside world, that the faith in he Infinite is born? Perhaps, in childhood, the con- nection between the Creator of the Universe and a white-fringed, golden- hearted daisy may not be overly clear, but if the connection is made at all, if the child sees the manifestation of the Divine in all the forees of nature, it will not be such a far cry to discover ing such manifestations in his own soul, Then as you help him to weave his daily experiences into a happy whole at the day's end, so may his larger experiences fashion themselves into a life pattern that he will not be ashamed to show to himself or his Creator at the “twilight hour” of life. IN THE DAY'S NEWS EHORASAX, “It is mot surprising that Khorasan, the wild east of Persia, should be effected by banditry because, remote as it & from the western front, the world war pro- foundly disturbed its peculiar govern- ment_and soclal system,” says a bulietin from the National Geographle Soclety concerning dispatches telling of the s render of Khorasan insurrectionists an the death of their outlaw leader. “Khorasan is world famous among connoisseyrs of rugs, carpets and silks; beyond that fact to many it is but a name. Yet this least known of Persia’s five great provinces suffered from the alliance of ( Britain and Russia, sustained a severe shock when Russ: fell under Soviet way, and it experienced some of the most crass forms of Ger- man_intrigue. | “Through a long atstance potitical lens the statesmanship of thé governors of Kain, Khorasan eub-province and rug making center, commands high admir- ation. Thelr succession was hereditary, but their line héld sway npither by right of blood nor ancient tribal choice. They ruled by force of leadership. First of all they had to please a populace many of whom Wwere not more than a genera- tion” or two removed from nomandism. They had not only to be ward politicians but internatifonal diplomats. Their prob- lem was to play Russia, which reached out to thelr northern borders through Turkestan, against Great Britain, whose influence touched their eastern boundary through Arghanistan. And evefi before 1914 the insidious activities of Germany had fo be taken {nto account. In addl- tion an eve had to be kept on Tehe- ran. “For a time, but for a time only, dur- ing the world war, Amir Shoukat ul Mulk was deposed, and his successor rede intp Birjand, kissing the Koran, suspended acrrss the roadway at the gates of the cig-, and thousands of his followers 4la likewise, The occidental o ¥ Was thus, Tn a Way, ine faihcr o ‘the| ODeFver might be pardeularly im- present mighty battleship and cruiser, | Pressed with the hyglene ot that ces Later he was made commander-in-chief of the squadron in the proposed attack on Califernia, 2nd in a short time he the title of “Conqueror won for himse: of California.’ In honoreof his achievements Stockton, Calit., and Stockton street, in San Fran- ciséo, bear the congueror's name. ton died in 1866, having combined, dur- ing his career of soldier of fortune, the vocation of duelist, sea fighter, colonizer, Stock- mony, and he usually is distraught when when he fipds that etiouette demands he accept from a host a cigarette which that host has lighted in his own mouth. If a number of guests are present the host is likely to Insert one for eaeh guest, applying one light to all and get- ting all started with one prodigious puff. Anroying to the other extreme, however, is the meticulous care of the servant who always must stop to cleanse his territortal conqueror, financier and | hands before answering the summons of M tintman. his employer. 4 Tomorrow: The Perseeution of Jacob| Birjand iay on the main trade routt ¢ Leister. READ YOUR CHARACTER By Digby Phillips, Copyrighted 1921 CONSCIOUS SHADING. The referénce hére ig to that kind of | ered Khorasan. handwriting you often see in which the downstrokes of the letters are made heavily and the upstrokes lightly, in ac- utes she wrote 944 words a m"nute without error. A typical open air English girl, with fair hair and blue eyes, is Miss Edwina Ashley, who has become the richest cordance with the copperplate specimens | of that name, néarly as large as Cali- | in the old instruction |fornia, now clearly delimited, is furrow- so oftén found books on writing. Since there are two almost totally dif- fwerent conclusions to be drawn from | physically to central Asia. young woman in Great Britain throlikh'im:h shaded writing, you must first de- [burz range, which rises in northwestern of the camel and mule borne commerce betwpen \tussia and Yadia. Before Rus- sia broke ‘down economically thousangs of tons of wool were sent there from Khorasan, alonz wih shawls and rugs, and: much of this ultimately reached Marseilles. The animat transports brought from India yarn and dves, raw material for carpet making, and also coffee, tea and spices. Both the disturbances in Inl dia and the chaog of Russla have hamp- “The name, Khorasan, Is apt, mean- ing ‘land of the sun. Formerly it ap- plied 1o a larggr, region. The provinee ed by mountain ridges, the Asiatic end of a system that binds eastern Europe, The EI- from her grandfathér, the cide whether the specimen in hand has Persia to form the Persian Olympus, thing,” the other closed his eyes. “This is fJuiet. The land- lady s on a jawing spree at home.' Why Pianos Stri A piano stood in a school bullding until it had to be taken out while changes were being made, and while in the temporary resting place it did- n't take long to find out thst It was difficult to tell which was C sharp and which was B flat. A tuner was called and the catalogues of “finds” within that music box included one song book two demountable drinking cups, nearly a pint of chalk, one ink bottls, thir- teen sixpenny nails and two spiders It is said that the pupils at the school tried all ways of playing it from walking across the keys to playing Jjazz, and the average persons could- 2't be sure at any time which of the two was on the programme. BOLIVIA In some sections of Bolivia, ofl i so plentificl on the surface that the matives have long been accustomed to bale it out of holes with buckets for local use These aoccumulations are the resuit of natural seepages which are most evident in the country Iying to the west of the Santo Cruz Yacuiba trall, says Trade Commissioner W. L. Schurz of the de- partment of commerce in his handbook of the country which has been relegsed by the bureau of foreign and domestic y forms the basie e of Bolivia to a de- gree unknown in any other South Ameri- can republic, says Mr. Schurz. In 1919, . of orts of Bo- sted of mi amounting to e of 12 bolivanos, or $49,300,633 at normal exchange The annual per capita ¢ ption of foreign goods is between $15 and $25 and the inexperienced American exporter can readily over-estinmate the market says e trade commisgioner, adding that only a few liney like cottons, ordinary hardware and such foodstulls as rice, flour and sugar, is the demand what might be expected from the size of the buying pop- ulation. The Germans have long held a prom- place business, Mr. Schurz states. Some year ago they had sealed up the interior country 1g the approaches to that mar- The war and the allie commerce ae- tivities caused a setback, but signs new indicate tha German traders are recov- ing their former infuence. Mr. Seharz report is pubMshed as a inent in Bolivian complete commercial and industrial hand- book of Bolivia. It ehows the principal lines of goods imported, contains ship- ping directions, teil. tions, credit term: voted to j and towns, transportat mining, je\roleum, wanufacurers, trade, banking and finanee, investments, etc. price quota- are de- Making art work pay is a work of art. Miss Mary Van Kleeck, of New York, is director of Industrial Studies of the Russell Sage Foun- dation and former director of the Department of Labor's Women in Industry. She was one of three women members of the United States Employment Conferenca |