RURAL ENTERPRISE
Owe Alphabets
to Sign Systems
Phenician» Form ed Charac­
ter» From Sym bol» First
U»ed in Ejjypt.
rate d , which has 7U0 characters, p a rt­
ly alphabetic, p a rtly syllable, and w r it ­
ten fro m le ft to r ig h t ; (3) th e New
S u s ia ri; (4) the old Persian, w h ich
had about s ix ty phonetic ch a ra cte rs
and which, when deciphered by Grote-
fend In 1802, provided a clew to o th er
cu n e ifo rm systems, and (5) th e A r ­
m enian. The shape o f the ch a ra cte rs
was governed by the to o l o r s ty lu s
used to produce them.
"T h e Greeks adopted the Phenlclan
alphabet before they em barked on
th e ir g reat co lonizing m ovem ent a
thousand years before C h ris t. A t ttrs t
“ O th e r scholars have sought the they w ro te from rig h t to le ft a fte r the
Pbenician p la n ; then a lte rn a te ly from
N pw Y o rk.— Those who have heroine source o f the a lphabet In the Isla n d o f rig h t to le ft a id le ft to rig h t. In till«
C
rete
and
some
o
f
them
hold
th
a
t
the
s u rfe ite d w ith the cross word puzzle
I fashion the law s o f Solon were w rlt-
hut are » till In the » rip o f the word Hretan In s c rip tio n s are Id e n tica l w ith | ten. hut the plan was abandoned in
E g yp tia n hie ro g lyp h s and th a t the
Juggling coniplex need not despair o f
M lhoati picto g ra p h s co n tain pro to typ e s the F ifth ce n tu ry and the le ft to rig h t
new fields to conquer, 'th e re Is s till
m ethod adopted by O ccidental nu
o f the I'h e u lc la n le tte rs.
Open to them the illim ita b le po ssib il­
thins. The alphabet was b ro u g h t to
"O u r Journey to w a rd the le tte rs
itie s contained In transposing the le t­
Ita ly by the D orian Greeks o f Cumao
was a p a in fu lly slo w one. fo r we used
te rs o f the ulphahet.
and S ic ily um l there It was subjected
a
svlla
b
a
ry
o
f
hie
ro
g
lyp
h
s
to
express
A cco rd in g Io Hr. F ra n k I I V lze te lly.
to fu rth e r m odification. T he L a tin at
m anaging e d ito r o f F unk A W agim ll»' o u r Ideas, um l by degrees progressed phubet retained the Phenlclan Kupb
Io runes, and these runes we termed
New S tandard D ic tio n a ry , It Is hu
and Kopb (k and q ) und dropped
m anly Im possible to assemble a ll the fu th orc, the name being derived from
Ib e ta, p h i, m id chi ( k u i) because the
com binations w hich the le tte rs o f the 1 the first six le tte r» fenh ur (oo r),
Homans d id not re q u ire a s p ira te
thorn. OS (cs), rad (ru h d ), the ru n ic
alphabet are capable o f form ing.
sounds and la te r they dropped zeta
alphabet.
T
he
runes
are
snld
to
have
I hose 2(1 le tte rs ," he says, "can
w hich was replace,I by g, a motUttcn-
he transposed «20,448,401.73.3.23»43«,. been taken from the Greek alphabet,
tlo n o f c w hich they used fo r both I;
lik e those o f T hra ce In the S ixth cen­
3d».000 times.
and g sounds, and so co n tin ue d w ith
" I f the e n tire p o p ulatio n o f the tu ry II. C. T lie e a rlie st e x ta n t speci­
21 le tte rs u n til the L a tin alphabet,
w o rld were to he put to the task. It mens are o f the Second and T hird
spread
th rough
Hom an
conquests,
eeutury. T hey passed out o f use w ith
could not w rite a ll the possible trans
| necessltatm l an Increase o f five letters,
the
spread
o
f
th
e
Homan
alphabet
positions o f these 2d le tte rs In 1.000,-
b rin g in g the to ta l up to 2«. These I11-
000,000 years, even though they w rote from the E leventh to the F ifte e n th
I eluded the developm ent o f 1 In to J, o f
40 pages a day. each page co n taining century. The o rig in a l m eaning o f the
II In to w, v, and y, und the a d d itio n
w o ril rune Is ‘secret,' and It was used
40 d iffe re n t tran sp o sitio n s."
o f z.
,
W ith the alp b a be tlca l n a tiv ity o f Io s ig n ify a m ysterio u s song, d octrine.
T he re were sev- , ‘‘T he onp European language th a t
some 2«»,000 w ords Indexed In the speech, o r w ritin g .
Catalogue o f his m ind. D o cto r Vise- e ra l ru n ic alphabets the G othic, the ; 111,1 " ” t K<'* l,s " ' I ’habet In th is man
" <*r ls ,,le Eusslan. whose ch a ra cte rs
te lly Is an a u th o rity on alphabets past A nglian, ami the Scandinavian
and present and as a le xico g ra p h e r he
“ From the clearest and fro jn the lik e th a t o f its people are derived
digs most assiduously In to languages sim plest o f those e a rly alphabets, we from the Ily z u n tln e G reek o f the N in th
In search o f th e ir roots.
have derived a ll the uA.dern systems ce n tury. T o th is C y ril added others
“ Ignorance concerning the alphabet o f w ritin g and s f le r the Homan a lp h a ­ to co ve r Sluvonie sounds and th u s In ­
we use la s u rp ris in g ly com m on," he bet displaced Hie runes. It superseded creased the num ber to 35 le tte rs.
cation on the M ed ite rra n e a n litto ra l
from e a rly tim es, and th a t fro m th is
sign system o u r alphabet was selected
and grouped by the I’ henfclans.
^cT A L E 0 /
KIDDIE
KATYDID
/¿AArthur Scott Dailey
Janet G aynor
»**«■»*♦*♦*•»*♦«»*»*»,
SPREADING THE NEWS
'» » M
out th e m ? " F reddie F ire fly in q u ire d .
“ C e rta in ly n o t ! " rep lied .Mr. Frog.
H E N F reddie F ire fly reached thp " I see you don’t know m uch about
swam p he found th a t the Frog m aking a policem an's su it. You s ta rt
fa m ily 's sin g in g p a rty had a lrea d y hy la y in g the b uttons In a ro w on the
broken up. H ut lu c k ily , M r. Frog tlie g ro u n d ; nnd then you sew th e clo th
ta ilo r was the last one to leave. He onto them. . . . T h a t’s my own in ­
was s till poised on the bank o f the ve n tio n — th a t m ethod," he added w ith
sluggish stream , ready to plunge in to an a ir o f pride. "A n d now. w h a t was
the w a te r end sw im away, when F re d ­ It you w anted to say to me?”
" I don’t believe there's any use o f
die F ire fly dropped down U|s>n a c a t­
ta il and culled him by name, flashing my te llin g you, a fte r a ll," F rp d d le
F ire fly replied. “ Y ou’re go in g to he
so busy th a t you w o n 't have tim e to
do an e rra n d fo r me. I w anted you
to give M r. C row a message.”
“ Yes— I ’ll he a lto g e th e r too rushed
to b o the r w ith It," said M r. Frog. “ 1
expect to be on the ju m p a ll n ig h t—
and most o f to m o rro w , to o ."
"T h is
message,”
F reddie
F ire fly
went on, "w a s som ething about K id d le
I K a ty d id .
I found out Ids secret to-
j n ig h t. And I th o ug h t M r. C ro w ought
j to know about it . ”
-tfk
Now. M r. F ro g was a ll ready to
T h is p ro m in e n t m o tio n p ic tu re aea
| leap ¡n’t« the w a te r. B u t w hen F red-
tress was bern in P h ila d e lp h ia nine­
I die said th a t, th e ta ilo r p ro m p tly teen years ago.
A f t e r graduating
changed Ills m ind.
fro m school, she was an e x tra until
"K id d ie K a ty d id 's secret I” he re ­ she was selected to p la y leads in
peated In a tone o f amazem ent. "Y o u comedies.
H e r screen te s t won her
d on't mean to say you've discovered th e leading role in a p ro m in e n t pro-
w h a t It was th a t K a ty d id ? ”
d u c tlo n and a lo n g -te rm contract.
“ Never m in d !” snld F reddie.
" I She is a lo v e ly b ru n e tte w ith a sweet
don't w a n t to tro u b le you, M r. Frog. p e rs o n a lity and m uch ch a rm .
I know yo u 're too busy to bo the r y o u r
V a ry in N um ber o f L e tte rs.
rem arked recently.
"Seldom a day Hie Greek, the square le tte r o f the He­
bead w ith such tilin g s .”
goes by but w hat I receive a score o f brew, the d e co ra tive S a n skrit, the
"T h e alphabets o f d iffe re n t n a tio ns S tart by La yin g the B uttons in a Row
“ T u t, tu t. young m a n !’’ M r. F rog
In q u irie s concerning some branch of b e a u tifu l Neskl o f Hie Arahlc-speuk- vary lu the num bers o f le tte rs they
on the Ground.
cried. " | see you have som ething Im ­
a lphabetical lore
fin e o f rhe beliefs Ing w o rld , um l may he said to p re va il contaln.
F or instance, th e re ure 28
p o rta n t to te ll me. A nd since th a t Is
s t ill g e n era lly accepted, fo r example. everywhere. I t Is o n ly w ith in recent
le tte rs In the A ra b ic alphabet, und 88 his lig h t fra n tic a lly so th a t M r. Frog the case. I 'll manage somehow to de­
1» that we owe o u r a lp h a be t to the years. In fact, since the establishm ent
In the A rm enian, .32 In the C optic, 20 would he sure to notice him.
liv e r y o u r message to M r. Crow, even
I'b e n ld a u s .
o f Angora as Hie T u rk is h ca p ita l. th a t in the Dutch. 20 In the E nglish, 25 In
" W a lt a m o m e n t:” cried Freddie.
" S e r v ility Is to de vo tion
I f I have to d is a p p o in t a custom er.
Homan le tte rs have hy decree super
"I'v
e
som
ething
to
say
to
y
o
u
!"
Phenlclan Legend Shattered.
w n a t n y p o c ris y is to v irtu e . ’
the French, ,3» In the G eorgian. 2ti In
A lw ays o blige a fr ie n d !
T h a t's my
seded the Neskl alphabet In T u rke y.
"G ut w illi It, th e n .'" said M r. Frog
Hie G erm an, 24 In thp Greek. 22 In the
"G reek m ytho lo g y c r e d it! Hie Inven
m o n o !” said M r Frog.
1
tlo n o f the alphubet to Cadmus, the
H ebrew , 21 In the ItaU ao. 23 In the "M y tim e Is valuable, you know.
A n tiq u ity o f C uneiform System.
“ Very w e ll, th e n !” F re d d ie F ire fly
I ' * *
a u th o r o f th is condem nation of
ought to be back In my shop th is mo­
I heniclan, but n e ith e r he n o r anv
‘T he stele o f Mezha, kin g o f Moab, L a tin , 45 In the Persian (Pttrsee or
replied. "PH say w h a t I was going
-*■ the fa w n in g s e r v ility o f th e times,
o th e r I'h e u lcla n Invenled the ulphahet. w hich was found a t D lilh n n In 1808. Zend). .35 In the Busslan. 4» In the m e n t; fo r I prom ised Paddy M uskrat to ; hut It doesn't concern th a t K a ty
was a w o m an — D e lp h in e G ay G lra rd ln ,
fo r It Is not a th in g th a t w o u ld have sod Is more p o p u la rly know n as the S a n skrit. 40 In Slavonic, 27 In the I'd make Idin a policem an's u n ifo rm I person you ju s t m en tio n e d ."
fam ous n o v e lis t o f F ra n ce , th e daugh­
by to m o rro w m orning. And I haven t
occurred spontaneously In Its e n tire
M oabite Stone belonged to th e N in th Spanish, in c lu d in g the d ig ra p h s cli, II,
"O h, It d o e sn't," the t a ilo r echoed. te r o f a n o v e lis t, and the w ife o f a
ty to the m ind o f any m ail, no m a tte r century It. C . T h is co n tains one o f the r r ; 22 III S yriac. The Japanese s y l­ begun It yet.”
I ben I don t kn o w th a t I care to J o u rn a lis t a m i p o litic ia n o f France,
"W h y n o t? " asked Freddie, f o r g e t ­
bow g reat a cre a tive genius man cu rlie st In scrip tio n s In the I ’ heulclan la b a ry o r lis t o f ch a ra cte rs rep re se n t­
I th o u g h t E m ile de G lra rd ln .
tin g fo r the m om ent— his own e r­ liste n to you, a fte r all.
may be.
ing
sylla
b
le
s
o
r
sy
lla
b
ic
sounds,
con­
ulphahet. and Its language, the New
you were going to e xp la in a b o ut th a t
I he m o th e r o f M adam e G lra rd ln was
No one like s to be term ed an Icono­ Standard D ic tio n a ry te lls us, d iffe rs sists o f 72 o f these sounds w h ich Hre rand.
" lie wants brass b u tto n s ," explained m ysterious la d y th a t K id d le 's a lw a ys M adam e Sophie G ay, a F re n c h a u th o r­
clast, but It Is ce rta in th a t Em m anuel only d ia le c tic a lly fro m the Hebrew
Ind ica te d hy 48 characters. T he Chi-
sin g in g a bout.”
lie was sadly d isa p ­ ess who was born in P u rls th e samo
de Houge was one when. In 18.59. he Hy stu d yin g the fra g m e n ts o f this new* ure much more p ro g re s s ve hih ! the ta ilo r. “ And I c o u ld n 't get any
pointed.
A nd once m ore be tu rn e d y e a r as th e s ig n in g o f th e A m erican
shattered the legend that o u r alphabet stone. C lerm ot Gatineau whs able ,0 reported to phrase«»grams o f w h ich u n til to n ig h t."
D e c la ra tio n o f Independence. 177«,
* B u t co u ld n 't you go ahead w ith ­ to w a rd the creek.
was Invenled by the Phenlclan» am) publish the te xt, and the firs t tra n s la ­ they have about 20,000, hut no a l­
(© by O r o n c t a D u n lap )
She was a t firs t m a rrie d to a financier,
proved th a t the Phenlclan» derived tio n ; and the d e cip h erm e nt o f the en­ phabet.
hut six ye a rs la te r d iv o rc e d bin. Io
th e ir character« from the Egyptian tir e stone, w hich Is now complete, was
" In the Book o f Ezra, C h a p te r 7.
m a rry M o n sie u r G uy, w h o was the re­
h ie ra tic symbols as shown by the Hie re su lt o f researches by French, verse 21. you have a B ib lic a l verse In
c e iv e r general u n d e r th e F rench em­
papyrus I'rlsse , w hich was In all prob­ G erm an and E nglish scholars.
w hich there are a ll the le tte rs o f the
p ire. T h e salon o f th is noted woman
a b ility w ritte n before 201») B O The
alphabet except J, h u t the le tte r J Is
"Y e t another, the code o f eth ics o f
B y M IL D R E D M A R S H A L L
o f le tte rs was Hie re s o rt o f the leading
d iscovery In 18«7 88 o f the cuneiform
m
erely
a
m
od
ifica
tio
n
o
f
I
and
both
H am m urabi, kin g o f B a bylonia from
lite r a r y people o f th e period. M adam e
ta b le ts o f A s ia tic
correspondence,
were considered one and the same le t­
Fact» about yo u r name. It« h istory-
224(1 II. C. to 2185, w hich was dlscov
meaning, whence It was derived, sig-
Gay died in P a ris In t.852.
w ritte n by Atnenophls iv , in H yrla
te r In m edieval w ritin g .
In English
Rfflcance; y o u r lucky day. lucky jewel
BY JO S E P H K A Y E
ered In 1902. Is In cu n e iform charac­
The husband o f .Madame G lra rd ln
about 1875. s h o w e d th a t thousands o f
the g ra p h ic separation o f I and J dates
ters. The cuneiform « are said to have
was horn in S w ltz e rla m l in the year
years ago the I'he u lcla n » and oth er been Invenled hy the p rim itiv e Ac
buck to on ly the Seventeenth century,
t'sH2'.
He was connected p o litic a lly
M em ltlc people used B a bylonian as the
but long a fte r th a t the tw o letters
A t 21— P rofessor Seligm an d id not
AUDREY
cadluns o f M esopotamia about 8,000
am i as a p ro m o te r w ith m any d iffe re n t
language o f In te rn a tio n a l couiniunlcu
were
considered
Identical
and
trpated
j
have to w o rry how to pay his tu itio n
years ago. and were Impressed o r en
tlo n .
papers and p e rio d ic a ls in F rance. The
a cco rd in g ly In the a lp h abetization o f 1
T’ D H E Y is closely a llie d w ith Ethel. fee*.
graved by the ancient Babylonian».
........ successful o f these was u news­
"T h e E g yp tia n h ie ra tic ch a ra cte rs
Both s ig n ify "n o b le th re a te n e r,”
Assyrians, and o thers on bronze, glass, words In the d ictio n a ry . Even as late
paper, La Presse. w h ic h voiced the
are at leas, 2,000 year» o ld e r than sny
A . 1 T " E N T Y -O N E I was a u n i­
Iron, slone clay und o th e r substances. us a c e n tu ry ago, w ords In I and J ' since they have th e ir o rig in w ith the
c o n s e rv a tiv e o p in io n s o f th e day. So
o f the P henlclan In scrip tio n s o f w hich
The most Im p o rta n t o f these «Ignarles «ere alphabetised among one another Anglo-Saxon fe m in in e name E th e l
v e rs ity stu d en t In Europe. M y
we have any knowledge.
professor
by Todd In his e d itio n o f Johnson a dred o r A e th e lth ry tli, w h ich ,n tu rn studies w ere not ru tile d by th e pe­ v io le n t were th e c o n tro v e rs ie s fo u g h t
o r alphabets sre (1) the A rca d ia n ,
o u t In th e colum ns o f th is sheet th a t
b lin d e rs P e trie put fo rw a rd the the
I »Ictlonary.
conies fro m the G erm an E d iltru d , c u n ia ry strin g e n cie s w ldeh are the fa-
w h ich Is Hie oldest, its ch a ra cte rs be­
a duel was p re c ip ita te d between G lra r­
ory th a t a sign system was the o rlg
"A lo v e r o f w ords once made up his noble maiden.
\ o ille shadow s o f m any earnest s tu ­
in g Id e o g ra p h ic; (2) the Assyro Baby-
d ln a m i A rm a n d C a rre l w h ic h p ro ve d
Inal means o f In te rn a tio n a l com m unl
Ionian, Hie largest and most com pll- m ind to test the recurrence o f the va­
The firs t A u d re y o f note was the dents. M y fa th e r had died tw o years fa ta l to th e la tte r.
rious le tte rs o f the alphubet In a set
before
and
I
was
In
a
p
o
sitio
n
know
n
Anglo-Saxon S aint A u d ry. She was In
In p o litic s , M adam e G lra rd ln '» hus­
num ber o f c ita tio n s taken from fu g i­
r e a lity Queen A e th e lth r y tli; who was p o lite ly as o f 'Independent m eans.’
band played m any p a rts and once be
tiv e pieces, and c o n ta in in g |n a ll 1 nt;»
“ O f my aim s at th a t tim e — It Is
ra th e r a il unsuccessful w ife and re­
was fined 5,000 fra n c s fo r an a tta c k
letters, w lih the fo llo w in g re su lts- A
tire d to a m onastery, la te r being now fo rty -th re e years ago— I retnem- made on th e im p e ria l g o ve rn m e nt In
occurred 85 tim e s ; It, 1(1;
3 » ; p 44
eanonlzed as St. E theldreda. She was | ¡,"*5 1 .¡'J"1 ^ ,’,,|d>'d to prepare m y s e lf
tlie liewspa|>er, La L ib e rie .
E, 120; F, 2 5 ; G, 17; H. 8 4 ; I, g j - j '
fo r a life o f s ch o la rsh ip , research and
-Madame G lra rd ln w as born in 1804
4 ; K. 8 ; L, 40; M, 30; N, 8 0 ;'( ) , so ' revered as St. A u d ry and m any fa irs
p u b lic service in economies and po­
and died In 1,8.55.
H e r best know n
P. 17; O 5 ; It, 8 2 ; s, 80- t »». (> a re given In her honor hy the peas­ litic a l science— E d w in It. A. S elig
w o rk s a re : “ Le l.o rg n o ri,” "1^. M a r­
W k 2 0 : X 4 : * • ' » ' . and a n try . I t Is said th a t the ga rish lit t le m an."
a rtic le s sold at these fa irs h a re given
q u is de P antanges," " L a C iin n e de M.
Z. -
I b i s shoued th a t the le tte r e
T O D A Y — P rofessor Seligm an is one
rise to th e te rm “ ta w d ry .”
I ’. alzac," " I I tie F u u t Pa» J o u e r avec
occurred most fre q u e n tly and, th e re ­
o
f
tlie
most
fam
ous
econom
ists
In
the
Because o f her s a in tly re p n tn tio n ,
D o n le u r," am i "M a rg u e rite .” In a d d i­
fore, Is alm ost an Indispensable le tte r
w o rld .
He Is a p ro fe sso r a t C o lum ­
tio n she c o n trib u te d to h e r husband’s
hut It is not a lto g eth e r Indispensable the name o f A u d ry reached a high es­
bia u n iv e rs ity , and a leader In his
as the fo llo w in g lines, w hich do not ta te o f p o p u la rity in England and has
new spaper. La Presse.— W avne I) Mc­
chosen
Held
whose
w
ord
Is
e
a
g
erly
M u rra y .
never ceased to be In common usage.
co n tain th e le tte r e. w ill show •
P a rtic u la rly o f la te has It been re ­ sought on problem s o f p o litic a l econ­
<C by O eerg e M a tth ew A d a m .)
omy.
A J o v '. l . w « | „ , h „ „ i d
c
,
— —O
vive d and set to riv a l It« co u n te rp a rt
<>f a n y b u x o m fa ir ,
T he
p ro fe sso r
was
n b r illia n t I
E th e l
Addy, w h ich Is com m only he
W h° i ' . i ' h l’ Paln * nd th ln k *
lleved to |»e the c o n tra c tio n o f Ade­ sch o la r In his young dnvs. A t n in e ­
laide, Is re a lly the Devonian d im in u ­ teen he was an A. M , and a Ph. D a t 1
T o q u l i h i» a w k w a r d a ir
y u lx o t l . - b o y , w h o lo o l, f’o r
tw e n ty -fo u r, becom ing also a t the I
tiv e fo r Audrey.
Q u ix o t ic h a z a rd » r u n .
same age a le c tu re r on his chosen
T
he
agate
Is
A
u
drey's
ta
lls
u
in
n
lc
gem
A la s s a n n o y s w it h t r i v i a l to y s
subjects.
O p p o flin * m a n f o r fu n .
It Is believed to have the p o w e r to
H e has sat on m any governm ent
By H . IR V I N G
K IN G
d ra w success and good fo rtu n e to Its
“ T h a t you can do w ith o u t s
and s ta te com m ittees, and has helped
th is w earer, and to g u a rd her from a ll
to fashion th e law s o f the c o u n try
verse w ill serve to show :
h arm
M onday Is her lu c k y day
uud though few laym en kn o w this.
BABY ON THE TABLE
t her lu c k y num ber.
t « by M cClure N e w .p, p. r S y n a i c . l . )
T h . « ,o n l* h'' n i> a r n t l. on..
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T h . T 1' * i ! ,h f r " * r , , n ' m o a n to m .
g l l . M E o ld -fa sh io n e d nurses s tro n g ly
A C r o w in g M a r k e t
H ere are allow n the tunk» Mt M tiio r
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I h » love-11,, „ f t h , h o n . v - b » .
o b je c t to h a v in g anyone p ic k u p
th e ir great e x h ib itio n d r ill In the »no« c o v e r t Helds " n Ö' m , '» h ' ‘ T
B u t n o , th e A m r . tr e e can lo n g
s ix t y thousand liv e duck» w ere sold
the baby and lay h im on the ta b ic in '
high o r deep enough to h a lt the ......... —-
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th e ir s p o rtiv e moods. T h e ol<l fa s h ­
recent Jew ish event, "F e n s t o f La w s
T o m e e t m y N o rm a h e r . t< I long
ioned nurse regards It as an omen o f
night.
— T he P rogressive G rocer.
death. T h is s u p e rs titio n is m e re ly one
a ris in g fro m tb e s y m p a th e tic m a g ic
Î* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
o f a ssociation coupled w ith th e fa c t—
th e fo lk lo re f a c t - t h a t a yo u n g c h ild
W ashington.- M a n u fa c tu rin g pro d u c I
A LINE O’ CHEER
has its soul ns y e t v e ry loosely em-
tlo n In the t'n lte d States d u riu g t»25
•died in Its body nnd Is, th e re fo re ,
was the largest ever recorded, the ’
“
By John K e n d ric k Bangs
e x tre m e ly lia b le to th e o p e ra tio n o f
Com merce d e p artm en t announced, the B lo o d sta in .» Room W here R0> j| t ,
less aal
lk a . l e . t f
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a ll so rts o f m agical In flu e n c e s ; w h ic h
level being
represented
by t h . . index
i K, T a i ™ Hr,‘ ,Old
the
Hy W 11 M u r d .r .d Preserved by
| K o k h a k otbeers discovered the m ur
Idea appears In h u n dre d s o f s u p e rs ti­
n u m b sr 12« 011 the basis o f 100 »» the
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Soviet Governm ent.
|'lo r . « b ite soldier» washed the floor
tions. The baby la id o u t on th e ta b le
1IHP o u tp u t volum e. It ulso rep re se n t­
H A V E w it h in
| .m l d is trib u te d the suds to the , bwgv
ed an I I per cent increase In p ro d u c­
suggests the baby la id o u t In d e a th
p r e m o n it io n *
Sverdlovsk, Siberia
deep
T he Bolshe- • priests having w a ited f „ r holl|.H |n
tio n over 1924.
and. as we know , in a s y m p a th e tic
vlk
government
That
p e rm e a te « m y
.
has converted the
w a k in g J
ong lines fo r th e ir share o f the w a t e r
m agic an a ssociation o f Ideas is lia b le
None o f th e In d ustrie s considered
h o u r s a n d s le e p
«•'” om peror and cm I t7 r’? S . . . ' h r t r f ° rn " r
—
T h a t v e ry soon, n o t
to b rin g about an a sso cia tio n fa c t.
showed it p ro d u e tlo n decline under
any days *
m
l
" n' 1 ,h r i r fa m ily were
aw ay,
I t Is a v e ry s im p le th in g to p ic k up
11*24 except the foodstuffs group. G reat
" ’ " 'i „ d, ' V ’ he < lo ry o t
«">11- *
" " h l’ , ' , r l««1 museum j
V isito rs tuns, have g p a c l.i
the baby and p la y fu lly lay him on th e
gains were recorded In Iron amt steel, • •an
a r t o f the b u ild in g now 1
Ing May.
J
a »mall sbm. Some Am ericans rece n th ware
lum ber, stone, ceram ics, o ils and a u to C om m unist "u n lv e re llj
ta b le and such an act o u g h t n o t to be
1 h * s o u l*
" « • * « ■ « In m y |
T 1 h,
tin itf
o r fo
it>i rm
mer
e r refused e ntrance » „ , h , ground that
m obiles.
considered o m in o u s ; but to th e re a lly
h e c ."* .r ' r ,l ' ,f„ ,h '
fa m ily has foreign v is ito r , had w ritte n m . , , ^
Haw m a te ria l o u tp u t In 1925, how
su|M>rstltinus the most o rd in a ry a c tio n
T h a t F a t h e r T i m . Is s p e . d ln
rom» a reading room. w here ««'oren
h o stile to the B olshevik regime.
nit to
ever, declined fro m th e 1924 level The
th e g , . a |
may lieeotne a p o rte n t o f e vl! and th is
>f p ro le ta ria n ■tudpQtw pore over
O utside the house, w hich overlook«
Index num ber 115 was fixed fo r the news,,a|mra and scie
,o 'r’ « " » » s a b o u n d s ,
s u p e rs titio n w e ll Illu s tra te s th e sav­
n tific knota.
and
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p
o u tp u t o f 1925 ra w m ate ria ls, w h ile
in g o f A d d is o n : “ W e s u ffe r ns m u c h
In 1924 It was i t s
„ e r e also the b« ' ' r ' X r . ^ d X V ’ n ' w b u r h ’ , " ,n * ''
T‘ ’ .kl.w ; X
,n 4
b* * u « o f
IS « m arble pedestal on w hich «lands
fro m t r if lin g a ccid e n ts as fro m re a l
1
headless
sta
tu
e
o
f
K
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rl
M
arx
i
h.
1919 level was represenled hy lo o
fa m ily »ere kille d
k
e vils, a screech-ow l a t m id n ig h t ha»
F arm cro,,a were the o n ly Ite m . In the served a s « „
b M o r l'L l" ''
?
Statue was "beheaded" hy K o lc h a k ,
ala rm e d a fa m ily m ore th a n a bnn.1
iroop» in 19)8,
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category ,0 .b o " W
w g
^
g re
re a
a te
te r r voln.ae
volum e Io | the Jus, f . t e ,h a , b e W , t ^ X
o f ro b b e rs ; nay th e v o le * o f a c ric k e t
N e a th t h . e n e h s n t ln « . p e l l o f
1925 than In 1924.
has s tru c k m ore te rro rs „ , n n a ro a r­
I o f a ll the Russia»."
s o n v . r a r e f lo w e r
T o prevent fo re st A re . » d r.Ic e h . ,
n ’ X
; ' . ’r ” i h , “ * d ,r“ ' h
in g lin n . T h e re Is n o th in g so Incon­
*
o f the flo o r Is to m up.
Common sa lt la used In the r»eor
w in re p e a t
j»
sid e ra b le w h ich m ay n o t a p p ea r dread­
the Ko c h .k troops having. It | . w M . tveen Invented to catek the sparks fly.
T * “ wie’ ’.a‘ i * * * • « " f
’ * • 11
n ry o f stiva r fro m Ha orea.
¡ng from logging engines and . . . i l
fu l to a m in d th a t Is fille d w ith omen®
I attem pted to rauiuva tra o
w n rt.1 Is s w e e t
*
e» o f tbe i guisb them la tra ta r.
® by M r C ls r . N . w l t l ap»r
snd p ro g m w tlcs. a r u s t , n u ll or a
•K W r a /s di«« t«.)
crooked p j n «hoot up In to p ro d lffe a .*
kite by McClttr«
I fM lo iA )
W
IP HO SAID
W hat’s in a Name?"
W HEN I WAS
TWENTY-ONE
A
A im o re d T an ks M an euver m Snow
«THE W H Y o /
SUPERSTITIONS
Producu7uR s.X la ,925 MUSEUM is established
WHERE CZAR WAS SLAIN
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