New Nation Out
of Oldest Land
I Loneliest British Isle
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Has No Laws. No Crime J
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London.—A minister Ims been t
J found who Is willing to serve J
• <>n the Island of Tristan da «
J Cunha, according to the London J
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» Daily Mall. Rev, Henry Mur- /
ing tiie golden age of Babylon, rapidly J tyn Rogers, curate in charge at J
deterloruted.
* Ah-xton, Uppingham, Rutland, •
Splendid, Gay, Wicked Bagdad.
t and ids wife have volunteered J
"Under tiie Abba said Caliphs, with J to go to Britain's loneliest poo- J
a combination of Arabic and Persian / sesMlon, Trlst an da Cunha, a 4
culture, Bagdad huh founded on tiie * little Island in the South At- J
Tigris In the very center of tiie river t luntlc, to net ns prh-t and /
plain—the splendid, gay, wicked Bag J schoolmaster, There are 119 in- *
dad of the Arabian Nights. Mesopo » habitants of the island, which <
tamia's prosperity, though much less, { Is 1,512 miles west of Cajie- J
was still relatively great, und Bugdud » town und Is visited only once a /
was for awhile the metropolis of the J year by a British warship, und {
world. Its inhabitants ut one time num ♦ on remote occasions by passing /
bering 2,<M)0,tMSJ souls.
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“When the Turks got possession of *
Tiie Islanders have no laws J
the Cullpimte and curried its wut to t und know no crimA. They do ,
tiie west, Bagdad withered ; and under * not barter, and during tiie whole J
Turkish rule the Tigris ami Euphrates t of Inst year the only sum of *
valley entered Into its darkest period. J tnoney on the Island was 5s. *
Only a »mull percentage of the rich / Tea. cocoa and flour are rare /
vulley has for generations produced J delicacies.
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any crops.
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"After the Young Turks came Into
power In lists reclamation work was
Women Fight Eagle, Save Tot.
undertaken In the Tigris and Eu
phrates plain and some headway was
Homestead, Pa.—An eagle gave
made. Hlnce the British occupied Bag battle to Mrt. George Wllllums of tills
dad In 1017 this work has been carried city and Mrs. B. Ruffing of Greens
much farther.
burg, when the two women attacked
"It is planned under the new Arab the big bird after It hud seized
state and tiie mandate to continue the M m . Williams' two-nnd-a-half-year-old
work of rejuvenating the country's an daughter und was about to fly away
cient Irrigation system. But there Is a with the child In Its talons.
Mrs. Ruffing, armed with a club,
Herculean task to be accomplished be
fore 'the Garden of Eden' blooms again. came to the aid of Mrs. Wllllums, und
It wnu estimated before tiie World the two, after several minutes of des
war that the ambitious project of the perate buttle, forced the bird to flig.Ht,
Turks to reclaim 3,500,000 acres would though it hovered menacingly over
cost B130,U0U,UU0. The total area Giat them for some time.
might be Irrigated is placed ut about
Burring deep »cratches on her body,
12,500,000 acres."
the child was uo’njured.
»opposed Site of Garden of Eden
Included in Territory of
Kingdom of Irak.
SLICE TAKEN FROM TURKEY
Ander British Mandate and Arabian
Rule the Section,.Better Known aa
Moeopotamla, la Expected to
Regain Former Glory.
Washington.—The Impending nddi-
Jou of u new monitor to the family of
intlons the kingdom of Irak, to func-
luu under u British inundate— la men*
joued in recent dlspatcheg from Loo-
ton. How thia “new" country la In
'eullty one of the oldest und moat his-
orlc patches of the earth'« surface la
old In the following bulletin from the
A’ashlugtun headquarters of the Na-
Annul Geographic society:
"Irak has existed aa u geographical
mine for ages,” says the bulletin, "but
n recent centuries It him hud little
Hore official »unction than ‘Manhattan*
!or the American metropolis or ‘Frls-
:o' for a thriving Pacific port. Yet it
rovers more or lium indefinitely a re-
ffbn known, and often famous, In
•very age of man from the dawn of
:radltlon to the present- -the fertile
»lain of the Tigris and Euphrates val-
eye, where the Garden of Eden la »up-
josed by many students to have been
iltuuted. Strip Irak of its alias; call
t Babylon — Nineveh—Mesopotamia,
ind it Is known to every school child.
A Sllcs of Turkey.
"Tiie country which It 1» propotwd
a erect Into the practically todepqnd-
mt kingdom of Irak was placed under
he mandate of Great Britain on the
»reuklng up of the Turkish empire fol
owing the World war, ami was gen-
trnlly xpoken of us 'the mandate for
HeNopotumla.'
"It Is difficult to exaggerate the ng-
dculturul paradise that might be built
Ip In the lower valley of the two rlv-
trs, supplemented by the mineral
wealth taken from the regions farther
torth, if the country were under a
it rung government, were peopled by
itert, educated inhabitants, and if the
lecessury capital and modern ma-
thlnery were available. Even with
he factors as they are, the British,
cho will continue to hold the man-
lute, and the Arabians who will lie In
tnmedlate charge of the government,
ire counting on the rise of a state
thlch muy be compared without dlsud-
'autage with some of the great gov-
irnments that have occupied tiie land
n the past.
"To gain an Idea of what wonderful
levelopment can be brought about In
desopotamla one need only look Into
Jie pasL At the beginning of history
Jie pin In of the Tigris and Euphrates
van a garden-spot teeming with a well-
'ed and wealthy people. If there was
t 'grandeur that was Greece and a
{lory that was Rome' there was us
ruly a splendor that was Babylon.
Mid the splendor of Babylon was made
»osslblo G.OtM) years ago largely by the
wealth that sprang from the intensive
niltlvution of tiie river plain under u
{Igantic system of irrigation which
tveik the most ambitious modern ay»
eras probably have fulled In many
»ays to surpass.
"Babylon's agricultural Utopia war
tot a short-lived affair, hut continued
'or nearly ten times us long us th«
yerlod which has passed since whit«
uen settled in America. Tiie country
Jirove with only minor interruptions
inder Babylonians, Assyrians, Chai-
leans, Greeks and Romans. But always
Jie settled civilization of the agrlcul-
:urlsts wits threatened by the turbn-
ent hill people to the mirth and east.
Finally the Parthians captured the
country and were followed by the l*er-
dans. Under these more barbarous
rulers the great Irrigation systems,
iven then much less efficient than dur
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Dorothy Dalton
THE 8LNNHIME
ilx^OOf» morning,” xnld Father as
v J little Henry came into the din
ing room, "isn't this a nice, bright
morning, son?”
Henry did not answer. He jerked
his chair from tiie table and slid Into
it with a sullen air, for Henry was
cross because his mother had not let
him put on his new shoes that morn
ing.
"Heavy black clouds neem to be
bothering you.” said Henry's father.
"Better drive them away or you will
have an unhappy day.”
But Henry did not answer. He kept
his eyea on his plate, and a frown on
bls face, but when he pushed his dish
Being given ths chance to display
her cleverness In emotional parts has
brought merited fame to handsome
Dorothy Dalton, a famous "movie" star
known to the patrons of the motion
picture houses. Her work in leads has
been crowned with glory and she hae
pleased her thousands of admirers.
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HOW DO YOU SAK IT?
By C. N. LURIE
Common Errors in English and
How to Avoid Them
I
Study Ways to
Better Leather H
"TO STOP AND TO STAY."
OW frequently do we hear some
one say, or read in a newspaper,
"He is stopping at the Waldorf-As
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toria hotel.” A moment's reflection
should tell the writer or speaker that
monr-Jones,
the
first
president
of
the
Noted Chemists in Conference to
International Association of leather a person does not “stop” at a hotel un
Discuss Improved Processes
Trades Chemists. He co-operated with less he walks or drives to the hotel
Lord Allerton in forming the leather and halts his progress there. It is
of Tanning.
Industries department of the Univer proper to say, "The parade stopped at
sity of Leeds, long reputed to be the the hotel,” meaning that the parade
greatest leather school In the world. ceased it, motion when It reached the
hotel. But the parade could not “stay”
Foreign Chemists to Appear.
at the hotel. A person makes a “stay”
Another prominent figure In the at a hotel, not a stop, and he stays
Plan to Hasten Tanning Process With leather Industry of Great Britain, who there. One should not say, "I stopped
will address the section. Is Joseph at the summer resort six weeks,” but
out Sacrificing Quality—Promi
Turney Wood. He is the discoverer "I stayed there six weeks.”
nent Foreign Chemists to
of processes of tanning in which pan
The true meaning of the word “stop”
Tako Part in Meeting.
creatin is used Instead of the crude was well understood by the man who
and obnoxious mixtures employed by
New York.-—Shoe prices may trend the old-time Journeymen tanners. Air. did not invite his professed friend to
downward us a result of new proc Wood was the first secretary of the So visit him. He said: “If you come at
any time within ten miles of my house
esses of tanning based on studies of ciety of Leather Trades Chemists.
just stop,” says one authority of Eng
electrical discharges and other unusual
Some of the noted foreign chemists lish.
factors. Which will Im discussed by the whose pa[>ers will lie read If they can
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leather chemistry section of tiie Amer not appear In ¡>erson are Prof. H. R.
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ican Chemical society.
Procter, affectionately known as the
The notable progress made In Amer fattier of leather chemistry, who was
ican tanning has gained such recogni long Identified with the University of
tions abroad that sessions of the sec Leeds; Dr. E. Schell of Havre, France,
tion will be attended by the largest and Fini Enna of Copenhagen, Den
number of European leather chemists
mark.
which Ims ever come at one time to
How tanning as a science has ad-
the United States.
vanced
in recent years is shown by the
THE REAPING MACHINE.
Some of these experts will also at
tend the meeting of the Society of fact that among those who ure to ad
LTHOUGH we are accustomed to
Chemical Industry of Great Britain, dress the leather chemistry section is
noted American
regard reaping by machinery as a
which, after convening with Its Cana- Dr. Jacques Loeb,
Ilan section, will cross the border to biologist connected with the Rocke modern art, there are records that
onfer with Its American brunch and feller Institute for Medical Research. in Pliny’s time the Gauls used a crude
Original and novel methods of tan comb-shaped affair of knives to strip
o hold a joint session with tiie Amer-
ning based upon the studies of elec the heads from the standing grain.
'can Chemical society.
The leather chemistry section of the tricity will be described by John Ar The first real patent on a reaping ma
American Chemical society will meet thur Wilson of Milwaukee, chairman chine was ¿ranted to John Boyce of
Richard French
at Columbus university. At its session of tiie leather chemistry section. His England Jn 1799.
will l>e discussed revolutionary meth discoveries have been termed revolu and J. J. Hawkins received the first
ods by which the tanning of hides cun tionary. His researches have shown American patent rights in 180S. But
be hastened without the sncrltice of the reasons for the chemical changes it remained for McCormick, in 1831,
quality. Tiie saving of time und the which take place In the tanning to make and demonstrate the first
releasing of large sums of money from process as distinguished from meth practical reaping machine.
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Its Investment In raw material thus ods which rested merely upon ancient
would have the tendency to stabilize traditions. Although tunning is one
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and, perhaps, eventually to lower of the oldest arts in the world, it has
The
Moor
In Spain.
leather prices, American chemists be not come under control of scientific re
The
Moors
sprang
from Saracens,
search to the extent that many other
lieve.
that nomadic tribe of Arabs, which in
industries
have.
It
Is
expected
that
One of the marked Influences In the
the Eighth century overran southern
sessions will be that of Alfred Sey- the papers of Mr. Wilson and of other Spain. They settled under the genial
leather chemists of the pioneer class
will cause an earnest and heated dis skies of Andalusia and found their
surroundings so Ideal they were con
cussion.
tented to leave the northern portion
Studying Electrical Discharges.
of the country to the natives. It was
Closely associated with Mr. Wilson galling to the Spaniard to behold his
In his investigations is Prof. Arthur W. beautiful valleys and vineyards in the
Thomas, who is making important possession of the invaders and to see
studies of the relation of electrical dis the crescent take the place of the
charges of materials used In tanning cross; but, although much blood was
to the manufacture of leather. His shed in the Interim, it was not until
laboratory is in Havemeyer hall, Co the Fifteenth century that Bocbdil, the
lumbus university, where the sessions Moorish king, took his last lock at
of the leather chemistry section are Granada on the spot that has been
to be held. In it Is unique und costly practically named “El Ultima Sosn'-o
equipment provided from a special del Moro,” the last sigh zi the Moor.
fund given by n well-known Milwaukee
tanner. The results of these researches
are made available, however, for the
entire tanning industry.
On a bench in this laboratory, occu
pying an area of a square yard, is
what is reputed to be the smallest
tannery in tiie world. With It compli
cated processes of tanning are perfect
ly conducted although on a miniature
scale.
away from him and »¡/tiled the cream
his father told him to go to his room
and stay there until the cloud cleared
from his face.
Henry did not quite understand
about the "heavy, black cloud,” but he
did know, of course, that he had be
haved badly, so he went to his room
feeling that everyone was treating him
unkindly.
“Have not got a heavy cloud on my
face,” , he said, looking in the mirror.
Then h> drew the shade because some
one had once told him that little
fairies danced in the sunlight when
it streamed into the room.
"Get out of my room,” said Henry.
“I won't have any fairies in here. I
don't like girls, and all fairies are
LOWER PRICES MAY RESULT
Vast Amount of Gold Gathered Here
Still Live In War Dugouts.
Dvlnsk, Latvia.—Hundreds of fam
ilies in the war-devastated territory
about Dvlnsk are still living in the
dugouts used by German and Russian
soldiers in the early days of the war.
Little or no progress toward recon
struction has been made In the scores
of rnzed villages because of the pov
Treasury officials weighing bar, of gold In the United States assay office erty of the people who for a long time
In New York. In this building is about 250 tons of gold in bars and coin, ap after the war between Russia and Ger
proximately one-fifth of the world’s supply of the precious metal. It Is worth many ended were under Bolshevik
rule.
fl, 500,000,000.
FAIRY.
A
THE RIGHT THING
AT
THE RIGHT TIME
By MARY MARSHALL DUFFEE
girls.
Anyway, I don't believe In
fairies, only those in picture books."
Henry was very cross as you see,
and he did not want to see the sun
shine, so he threw himself on his l>ed
on his back to think over how croes
everything was that morning.
All at once he heard some one cry
ing. It seemed to come from outside
his window. So Henry jumped up and
peeked out.
The tiniest creature dressed In sil
ver sat on the sill of the window cry
ing.
“What are you crying about?” asked
Henry, who really was a very kind lit
tle boy.
“I can’t get In to do my work," said
the little creature. "It Is all dark In
side and they shut me out. I am the
sunshine fairy and I have to dance
when the sun shines and make people
happy. But how can I when they will
not let me In?"
Henry raised the shade and up
Jumped the little fairy and danced
Into the room on the sunshine as it
streamed in.
"Oh, haven't you any face?” asked
the little creature, “or Is It behind old
black cloud? Sometimes he does hide
faces, but I most always can drive him
away."
Henry went to the mirror, and sure
enough this time he found that In
place of his face there was a heavy
black cloud, through which he could
see but dimly.
He looked at the sunshine and the
little fairy had been Joined by hun
dreds of others who were dancltrg
about in the Jolliest manner.
Henry forgot all about the cloud as
he watched them, and presently a
stream of sunshine cleared away the
cloud and Henry jumped up, for you
see he was dreaming all the time he
had fallen asle?p.
The wind had blown the shade and
Into the room came the bright sun,
but Henry could not find the fairies
though he looked everywhere.
“They did drive away heavy black
cloud,” thought Henry, “and I do feel
happier. Perhaps there are some
fairies in the sunshine after all.”
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“What’s in a Name?”
By MILDRED MARSHALL
Fact« about your name; it« history? mean»
ing; whence it waa derived; «ignificance;
your lucky day and lucky jewel.
WHEN SHE WALKS.
THERESA.
"A little neglect may breed mischief.”—
Franklin.
NE of the prettiest of feminine
names which for some reason has
O
always been associated with France
HEN walking with a woman It Is
customary fot the man to ask
to carry any parcels she may be bur
dened with. It Is a woman’s privilege
to insist on carrying them herself, but
remember that it is very embarrassing
for a man to walk with a woman who
is burdened as, besides feeling regret
that he cannot aid her, he is put in a
false position by those whom he may
■meet.
Every well-bred woman should know
that it is no longer considered the
right thing for a man to take her arm
in walking unless she is feeble or the
way hazardous. If she happens to be
accompanied by a man who IS Hot
aware of this fact she should not take
offense, but If he takes her arm she
should ascribe it to his ignorance of
that rule of good breeding and restrain
him by simply assuring him that she
can manage much better when unaid
ed.
If a woman is overtaken or over
takes a man of her acquaintance she
is privilege»! to ask him to accompany
her as far as their ways go together,
though needless to say she would say
this only to a close acquaintance. - She
should not do this, however, when he
is accompanied by another woman and
would not usually wish to when he
was accompanied by another man.
When taking a pleasure walk togeth
er It is always the woman's privilege
to set the pace and make suggestions
as to the direction In which the walk
should be taken.
If a woman chances to see that a
stranger has dropped something, what
should she do? This is a question that
sometimes comes up. She should not
stop to pick it up unless the man is de-
cldely older than she and she is very
young. She should courteously attract
his attention to the fact that he has
dropped the article and leave him to
pick it up for himselft However, if
she is walking behind the one who has
lost the article and not to pick it up for
him might mean that It would be trod
den upon she may in common sense
stoop and get it.
W
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"Did you follow my advlco."
"Why-ar-yoa, but I didn't quit«
eatch up with It."
and yet is essentially English, is
Theresa. It is one of the many femi
nine names which come from the har
vest aed its original source is a Greek
word meaning to reap or gather in a
crop.
The first to bear the name was a
Spanish lady, the wife of a Roman
noble called Paulinus. Both Paulinas
and his wife were devotees of St. Je
rome. The name Theresa had great
vogue in Spain and is finally found as
Teresa on a throne in Leon in the
Tenth century.
The moit noted Teresa appears In
the Sixteenth century when the Ro
man Catholic church produced the re
markable saint of that name through
the Spanish connection of the house
of Austria; the princesses of Spain and
Germany were frequently christened
Teresa.
In France it became Terrese through
the queen of Louis XIV and Provence
called it Terezon. The empress-queen
added greatly to Its fame, her noble
spirit winning all hearts.
St. Theresa of course brought It to
England through the Roman Catholic
religion, though its vogue there did not
begin until after the Reformation.
England also calls her Terry and
Tracy; France makes her Therese. She
Is Theresa in Portugal and Teresa and
Teresita In Spain, Italy uses Teiesa
and Teresina, In Germany rne Is
Theresia.
Theresa’s tallsmanic stone is amber.
It promises her good health, wards off
evil spirits and warns approaching ill
ness by paling in color. Thursday is
her lucky day and three her lucky
number.
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Kansas Family Problem.
An Emporia family takes the family
dog to church once in a while. Last
Sunday the dog was tied to the motor
car during the services. Every time
the choir sang the dog howled. It was
a question whether to take the dog
away to keep from disturbing the
peace or stop ^he choir to keep from
disturbing the dog.—Emporia Gazette.
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