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COSTUMES WORN BY SOMAUS GOOD SUBSTITUTE FOR IVORY BAREFOOT NATIVES OF AFRICA
Garments Greatly Resemble These
• " Bflyptlan Monuments of
Many ContuHoo Ago.
Cotton Solution Being Largely Used to
Take the Place o f Klophant Tusks
In the United States.
The submarine danger and the use
o f ships for war purposes have loo
sened the commerce between the
United States and Africa to a great
extent in the past two years, tho
Scientific American observes. The
supply o f many o f the products for
merly imported from the African
countries by this nation has been de
creased considerably and in some
cases has ceased entirely. Naturally
the users o f these products have been
compelled to find substitutes of
American make if they wished to
continue the use o f these articles.
One o f the chief imports from
Africa in the prebellum days was
ivory, the product of the elephanu
The boudoir o f many o f the ladies
of the land contained many i/ory
toilet articles, the piano sported it«
ivory-topped keys, and many other
uses were made in this country of
the product o f the tusk o f the ele
phant
With no ivory being imported and
girls let their abundant black tresses having no elephants in this countiy,
hang upon their shoulders or plait Americans were compelled to find a.
them into fine tight braids. The substitute. Old K ing Cotton came
older women bind their hair and
the rescue, offering a means of
cover it with a kind o f net. Their producing artificial ivory th a fp o e -
type and attire closely resemble the 868868 a11 the beautiful qualities o f
female figure represented on the the real article. A cotton solution
Egyptian monuments o f antiquity. ch«nically treated by several proc-
Almost all adorn themselves with 68868 changes the raw product of the
armlets, strings o f beads or metal Sunny South to a hard ivory-colored
rings worn above the elbow. Some substance that can be easily molded
have enormous silver earrings, others
s-uy shape desired. Manufacture
amber necklaces or strings o f small j
sale of this material as an ivory WILL NOT DIE BY FREEZING
ailver beads.”
[ substitute have reached large pro- Experience of Maine Man Seems to
portions.
Prove He le Practically Immune
Information aa to the costumes o f
Somaliland, where the clothing o f
the women is similar to that of the
ancient «Egyptians, is furnished by
the Family Herald, which says:
M8omali men and youths wear the
maro, a rude toga consisting o f a
wide piece o f cotton cloth like a
aheet. With genuine skill and ele
gance they array themselves in this
garment, arranging it in graceful
folds. When the Somali unburdens
his camel or loads upon it the freight
it is to carry, or when preparing for
battle, he rolls up his maro around
his waist. He seldom has any head
covering, notwithstanding the heat
o f the sun. Around his neck he wears
a string bearing two large amber
beads. His brow and arms are often
From Cold.
NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE
Motion to Adjourn W aa Expressed in
Three Different W ays, but It
«Got R esults."
THIS IS THE WEEK
And now is the tim e to leant how to cook in com fort a ll the
Perfection O il Cook Stove W eek.
An oil cook stove aasaree that tout kitchen w ill stay cool ev
mer weather, becaaae the heat of the etove is concentrated on
There is no smoke or odor; no duet or dirt.»\nd yon have all 1
Lights at the teach o f a match and heats a a Jiffy. M ore c<
wood. Better and more economical cooking all the year room
Look for the Bin Bhw D iscs in year dealer's window. G o in a
stove com fort and convenience.
STANDAJUD OIL COMPANY
(auroBNiA)
NEW PERFECTION
OIL COOK STOVE
V. D. MILLER, Special Agent, Standard Oil CoM Newberg.
Friends of Justin A. Foss of Beals,
Me., believe that he was not born to
case he would have had his funeral
L.
A number of little girls at Sey- last winter. That he is cold-proof
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mour, who are members o f the same was made clear when he set forth in
Sunday school class, decided to form a small skiff to go from Shore island
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who consented to be their leader, to deal and finally he broke an oar.
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officers were elected in due form and let the boat drift with the tide, much
rfjf\ , the lesson study was finished, the o f his strength being used in keep
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jurT*** 1 f * 'r- When the hour for departure Finally, exhausted by bis labors, he
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arrived, the leader instructed the dropped into the bottom of the skiff
newly elected president to call the and fell asleep. The cold was severe
Helen George saw you start on a
to order, and asked one of and it began to storm, but this hardy
Bahing expedition this morning and the membcr8 to move ‘ ‘that we ad- Maine fisherman slept on, and some
said he wished he were a fish so you j ourn ” The girl was not familiar hours later, effien he awoke, consid
could catch him.
with the expression, but with dignity erably numbed, be found himself
Grace— Oh! It amounts to the an(j gelf-gagurance she address«! the coated with about three inches of
aame. I m always stringing him.
chair and made the motion that “ we snow. Much to his joy he found the
have a germ.” Unanimous consent boat had drifted so near an island
CO VERED DEAD BUNKIÊ.
was voted.
One of the members on her return
home, told her mother about tho
was lying on the stretcher, after the ®**ting, and particularly about the
first gas attack at Ypres, a poor, m i s - 'wa.V ** 6b)S6d, the procedure being
erable soldier came in. He was cov- entirely new to her. ,
ered with mud and blood. He was
“ And mother, she said, one lit-
A RESEMBLANCE
minus his overcoat and his tunic was
girl* just moved that we have a
torn by shrapnel. He was soaked to journey, and all said W
and then
the bone, for it was raining, and he
vent
home.”
Indianapolis
was shivering with cold and pain. ^ ewa>
The nurse hurried to him and asked
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him what had become of his over-
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coat.
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“ my pal was killed back there, and
he looked so cold, lying there in the
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home are going to fall below them in
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nobility of spirit,” says Private Peat.
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Ned— The century plant Only
blossoms once in 100 years.
MOTOR TRANSPORT.
Nettie— Must be something like
As it more clearly appean that
the peas I planted in my garden
last spring.
the railways cannot handle the addi
tional work which is to be done in
T E L E P H O N E FROM TRAINS.
these busy days, the man.possessed
“ Well, thank heaven, that’ s over
o f a motor vehicle finds himself in a
with.”
According to information from a
position more favorable than that of
“ What is?”
reliable source, experiments conduct
his fellows. When it becomes neces
“ I ’ ve danced with the hostess. ed on the Canadian government rail
sary for him to go some place or to
Have you gone through with it yet?” ways with a telephone apparatus that
transport his goods he is not abso
“ No. I don’t need to. I ’m the permits verbal messages to be trans
lutely dependent upon the railroads
host.”
mitted to and from moving trains
if the distance be at all reasonable.
have met with highly gratifying re
Though half the passenger trains be
sults. This apparatus is described
removed, though no freight cars bd
and illustrated in Popular Mechanics
Among the current Parisian
available, the passenger automobile
Magazine. Standard equipment is
models
in footwear are wooden sabots
and the motortruck will serve him.
uaed, and no difficulty has been en
of trim, rather surprising lines. Al
-—Milestones.
countered in getting distinct tones.
though necessarily an extreme fash
Connection between the instrument
ion, their purpme fundamentally is
and
rail is made through the car
to conserve leather, much needed by
wheels.
Control of the system differs
Theater Manager (the theater the boys in the trenches.— Popular
in
no
respect
from ordinary tele
page o f the Umpty News in his Mechanics.
phone operation, and artificial am
hand, and rage in his soul)— W>at
plifiers requiring adjustment are not
can we do with these critics? Burn
employed. The invention makes it
them?
“ Father,” said the
possible for connections to be mads
Stage Director— No, send them
•“ what’s an epicure ?”
between the train instrument and
to France to write up the critical
• “ An epicure, my son,
that
o f any regular telephone sub
stages o f the war.— Cartoons Maga
tinct food waster.”
scriber.
zine.
Larkin-Prince Hardware Co
J. B . M e a n t
KNEW WHAT STONE WAS FOR PLEA THAT FAILED TO SAVE
New York Policeman Recognized Prep
aration for Robbery, if tho
Visitor Did Not
Argument Put Forth by New York To
bacconist Was Ingenious but
Seemingly Net Convincing.
A stranger in New York waa walk
ing along Broadway in the Thirties
and was on the point of asking a po
liceman the way to a hotel when the
policeman • suddenly swerved from
the middle of the sidewalk to the
building line, picked up a large
stone wrapped in paper, took it to
the curb and threw it into one of the
many excavations along the thor
oughfare.
The visitor was surprised that the
members o f the police force went so
far to help make New York a “ Spot
less Town,” but did not mention his
surprise when he asked for and re
ceived the information he wanted.
The next day he commented on the
incident in the hotel and the house
detective, who was near by, gave this
explanation:
“ That stone was probably laid
there by a window thief, who would
time himself to saunter by as a sur
face car rattled along or some other
unusual noise was imminent, so that
the window could be smashed with
less likelihood o f being heard and
the culprit would make a quick get-
away after looting the window,
Mr.Shallowpate— Mark my word*.
Y ou’re going to marry a fool.
Miss Cutting Hintz— Ohl this i*
so sudden.
says cigarette ess betters for de
ROOKIE PSYCHOLOGY.
stomache. I theenk so, too, so joos
A new recruit »rites in the New
for help out I sol’ dees to heem."
Republic:
“ So s psychological com
“ Oh, you did?” said the court, “ well,
mission
is
now
engaged in measur
the records show that you sold cig
ing
our
mental
aptitude
and adapt
arettes to a minor last year and were
ability
for
various
types
of
service in
fined $25. What have you got to
th
e
National
army.
Who
can
guess
say to that?” “ Joos like I say,” an
what
incredible
revelations
may
be
swered the oppressed Mr. Sessa.
brought
about
by
these
vocational
ex
“ thata boy what you mean, hees
smoke big cigars ever since he be’n perts? We who have been paper-
hangers, it may be, are better fitted
two rears rrtd. Even hees mama she ;
by far for the signal corps, and we
ecs glad when I sell for heem on’y
W ANTED A STEAD Y JOB
former professors of Greek perhaps
cigarette.”
After which the pre-
have that unique intellectual equip
George Ccheriner of Iximar tells server of Harlem’s boyhood was held
ment which makes one well-nigh in
this one: A man struck a farmer in $500 for trial.— New York Sun.
valuable as a camp cook. All honor
for a steady job. The farmer said
to this attempt at efficiency and fair
NAMING THEM
very well, he’d sure give him one, all
ness in military organizations. As
right. They worked all day and
for myself, I cannot sav with cer-
then all night. They worked all the
tainty yet what branch of the service
next day, and kept at it until 12
I am peculiarly fitted for, but I have
o’clock the next night Then the
a sneaking suspicion that it is for the
farmer said he guessed they’d knock
Red Cross rather than the heavy
off and go to bed. At two o'clock he
field artillery.”
called his hand end told him to get
up and they’d go hack to work. The
HIS D EA D LY WORK.
hand came downstairs carrying his
grip. The farmer saw it and said:
“ So Bob it somewhere in France F*
“ What’s the matter ? Ain’t going to
“ He is.”
GOOD USE FOR BATS.
leave, are you?” “ Yep,” said the
“ I ’ ll bet he’ll do his bit, too*
hand, “ I’m gonna quit. You prom
‘T ie has.”
ised you’d give me a steady job, and
“ Heard from him?”
here you’ve let me lose two hours.” —
“ Sure thing. He’s helped to fill
Kansas City Times.
one hospital already.”
“ Say, he must be some shot, all
FILIPIN O SCHOOL CHILDREN .
right!”
“ Shot nothing. He’s over there as
The latest school census in the
a cook.”
DODGING REAL WORK.
Philippines shows that there are
about 66,000 Filipino children at
tending school. For them there are
11,000 native teachers and 500
American instructors. When the
United States took hold of educa
tion in the islands there were 800
American teachers. At first the
Philippine teachers assumed charge
of the primary work, then the inter
mediate, and now some are teaching
in the high schools.— Argonaut
“ Why don’t you go to work 7*
“ M e?” inquired Plodding Pets.
“ Certainly. You’d have no trou
ble in getting a job.”
"Yea. I might stand de work.
But it wouldn’t be no time till dey’d
boost me wages till dey had me goin’
around wid de rest of you, wild-eyed
an’ weary, try in’ to figure out me i»>
gome tax.*
UNDER COVER.
Bacon— Did you know that Eng
land has 26 railway tunnels that are
a mile or more in length-?
Egbert— No, l did n ot
“ Well, it’ s a fa c t”
“ Well, do you know I always tow-
period that England was keeping
some things dark.”