hat Two-Cent
Stamp Can Do
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Carries’ a Letter to Farthest
Points In the New World and
to Distant Lands.
ESKIMO-LANO TO PATAGONIA
pruislng
Radius
of
ths
i
T vvo-Cs.it
Stamp Greatly Extended In Last
Few Yeare—Haiti and Ber-
muda Latest Additions.
• Washington; D. C.—American two-
cent stamps now encircle the globe.
“The recent'addition of Haiti and
Bermuda to places where two cents
will carry a letter calls attention to
the vast extension. In the last few
years, of the ‘cruising radius' of our
two-cent stamps," says a bulletin from
the Washington, D. C., headquarters
of the National Geographic society.
“With the’tiny red square you may
dispatch a letter northward to a point
where It will be carried to Its Jour
ney’s ■ end by a dog-sled Into some
Eskimo village; or southward across
the equator toward a mule-back Jour
ney up the Andes or a canoe trip Into
a whitq settlement among the’ Tierru
del Fuego natives.
"Theoretically you are entitled to '
send a letter with a two-cent stamp
as far north as Cape Columbia, the
point on Grant Land which is sup- ,
posed to be Canada's farthest north, ,
were there either post office or friend
there to receive It, and to the far
south of Patagonia or across the
Strait of Magellan to the Argentine
portion of Tierra del Fuego. The
southern limit of your two-cent cor
respondence does not quite reach Cape
’Horn, which belongs to Chile, with
which a two-cent rate has not been
arranged.
"East and West your two-cent stamp
will reach to New Zealand and
Samoa; and to the United States
postal agency at Shanghai, China, '
and the United States Naval hospital
at Yokohama, Japan. Other points In
China and Japan require the usual
foreign rate of five cents.
Easy to Remember.
“The alphabetical list of some sixty
places where a foreign letter will go
at the rate of ‘two cents an ounce or
fraction thereof seems complicated.
But It isn't hard to remember if you
catalogue it geographically Instead of
alphabetically. - Briefly, you can send a
letter anywhere In North America and
Central America and to all important
points In the West Indies for two
cents, The two-cent rate applies to
all South American countries except
Venezuela and Chile, Paraguay and
Uruguay, and Dutch and French
Guiana.
"In Europe only England, Ireland,
Scotland and Wales are included I d
the two-cent zone. All of Asia re
quires a flve-cent stamp except the
points mentioned above. The oceanic
places within 'two-cent reach’ are New
. Zealand (Including the Cook Islands
^Kas well as the British portion
||BL Samoa), Bermuda and Haiti. Of
it Is to !■' rei-a-mb.-red th.it
^^^We two-cent letter rate as well as
other domestic rates apply to Alaska,
the Canal Zone, Guam, the Philip
pines, Porto Itico, American Samoa,
and the Amerlctn Virgin Islands.
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OLD PRISON SHIP
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volume of buslnees was transacted.
These results are embodied in a Uni
versal Postal convention to which, by
alphabetical right, Germany (L'Alle
magne) is the first signatory, and the
United Statee of America the eecond.
"Both America and Germany, ln
fact, are entitled to more than alpha
betical precedence ln the Universal
Postal union. The success of a con
ference called at the Instigation of
the United States, ln Paris,* twelve
years before the postal union was
formed, and. the operation of the
Austro-German Postal union, which
had functioned effectively since 1850,
had a direct bearing upon the or
ganization which made It possible for
a two-cent stamp to carry your writ
ten message to other continents
remote Islands of the oceans.
"H# who reeelvss nnd entertains his
friend», and who does not, hitnaelf, per
sonally, rive supervision to the repuat
which he offers them, is not worthy of
having triends."
FRESH FISH
Ju
1 1pr
jv/
TN THE parts of the country where
fish may be caught, cooked and
eaten the same day, there Is no more
appetizing and healthful food. Fish
should be cleuned and pluced on Ice,
never leaving it until put Into the oven
or broiler; then the flavor will be good
and the dish appetizing.
Fike, bass, pickerel and perch all
ubound In the fresh waters. There are
any number of ways of serving them.
Stuffed and baked, the pike and pick
erel are excellent. The perch ure
usually fried until crisp and brown.
They should be rolled In seusoned
flour before cooking.
A meaty fish is very good boiled in
acidulated water and served with
cooked spinach and this sauce:
WOODDY’S DATILE
ittle wooddy chuck found
himself one day ull alone In the
L
big world, for his mother had put him,
with ids brothers and sisters, out of
their home, und told them they must
look out for themselves.
Mrs. Woodchuck Is not a very lov
ing mother—not at ull like Mrs. Fox,
who takes the greatest care of her
children, 'or Mrs. l’ossum, who often
Is bringing up two fundlies ut the
sutne time.
And so It hnppened that little Wood
dy Chuck found himself looking for u
Creole Sauce.
Sift one can of tomatoes (a pint),
season well with one teaspoonful of
salt, a dash of cayenne. Add one cup
ful of fresh mushrooms that have been
cooked in butter for five minutes. To
the butter left In the pan add two
tablespoonfuls of flour; stir until
smooth. Add to the sauce and cook
all together until thick. Add two tea
spoonfuls of onion juice, one green
pepper, flnely chopped, and pour the
whole over the boiled flsh.
Ghost With an Ax.
Edmonton, Can.—A truculent ghost
that wields an ax when In a peevish
mood has been reported from Forest
burg, a nearby coal field town. Accord
ing to local belief, the spok is the ghost
of a former mine owner named Turner.
After her husband's death Mrs. Turner
married again, becoming Mrs. Edall,
and this action on her part put the
ghost in a particularly bad humor.
Mrs. Edall said that the spirit ap
peared In her home with an ax in Its
bands and chased her all over the
house.
The prison ship Success, perhaps
the oldest ship afloat, built In 17IX),
left Its mooring nt the foot of West
One Hundred and Twenty-ninth street.
New York tho other day and floated
down the river to the Buttery, where
she docked. This ship Is being used
to show New Yorkers and visitors Just
Beef and Beans.
how they took care of prisoners nt
Put through the meat chopper one
sea In the old days.
pound of lean beef, season with salt,
pepper and a teaspoonful of onion
Juice. Mix with one stiffly beaten egg
and form Into six rolls. Let steam for
30 minutes. Meantime have three
cupfuls of baked beans, sifted through
a colander and mixed with three
onions first boiled then chopped and
cooked in hot fat in a pan until light
ly browned. Make a mound of this
mixture in the center of a platter, ar
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range beef rolls around it alternately
♦ .......................................... 1 with bunches of cress. Serve with a
tomato sauce.
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Society News
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Keep Close Watch on Women
Tourists With Gems Travel
ing in Europe.
MILLIONS IN JEWELS STOLEN
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Parls-Rivlera Express Favorite Loot
ing Ground for International Gangs
—All Sorts of Fakes Are
Proving Lucrative.
Londop.—For a short time after the
armistice most of the noted detectives
of Europe believed that the war had
broken up the notorious gangs of in
ternational crooks who, through smug
gllng and robbery, had cleaned up
handsomely In the five years preceding
hostilities. They thought, also, that
passport obstacles would militate
against the forming of such rings. But
they are now convinced that the inter
national crook survived even a world
war.
_ Millions of dollars’ worth of dia
monds and other precious stones are
said to have been stolen by members
of the different gangs In the last three
years.
Some of the richest hauls
have been made on express trains be
tween Paris and the Riviera and Italy.
The latest sensational exploit was the
rifling of forty or more mall bags on
an express out of Paris which was
said, erroneously, to have carried aev-
Post Makes for Peace.
eral British diplomatic pouches, The
“Agreement by which more coun foreign office here denies that any
tries gradually are being added to such mail was on the train.
the ’two-cent list’ are reached through
Care of Official Mall.
the Universal Postal union which
first-piefr ut Berne in 1874. The oft-
The greatest care Is always taken
repeated statement that the post office in sending abroad official malls, Dur
is a civilizing agent Is realized more log the war and since official mail
fully when It Is noted that repre sacks have been carefully guarded by
sentatives of the central powers, the couriers, who never leave the com
allied countries and the United States partment (always first class and
met-Jjj.-friendly conference at Madrid sealed to ordinary passengers) In
In I'.lCO. As this was the first meeting which the official mail Is carried.
of the Universal- Posfal union since These particular mall sacks are por
the sessions of 1900, In Rome, a great ous, to let water in. so that they will
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Animals Frozen to Death
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Stripped of Meat by Reds *
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Russian Tea Cakes.
Beat four eggs just enough to mix,
Husum, Wash.—With no ex- * then add one cupful of heavy sour
pens® to themselves and a small i creum and one cupful of sugar, Add
amount of squaw labor, mem * one-fourth of a teaspoonful of soda,
bers of a Yakima'tribe have
dissolved In one teaspoonful of water,
stocked their larder with enough t f and stir until it Is dissolved, then add
flour to make a soft dough. Roll thin,
meat to last them until salmon
time next autumn. Every ani
spread with butter, fold over and roll
mal frozen to death In the ex » again as for pastry. Repeat until a
tensive forest-grazing district on
cupful of butter and lard mixed (or
Mount Adams slopes has been * butter is better) has been used. This
stripped by the tribe of every 9 should take about four rollings. Last
!y, roll thin and spread with one cup
bit of meat. The meat is dried,
smoked and canned. So long as í ful of fine, chopped blanched almonds,
cattle or sheep do not die of * mixed with a little cinnamon. Cut In
disease, Indians use them for t rounds, place on a greased baking
food. The past winter In the 4 sheet and bake In a hot oven until
forest-grazing area was un 0 brown.
usually severe and herds su f- i
eered heavy Josses.
home one duy when he wus quite
young.
He was not at all afraid, because he
had never seen a dog or a gun; so he
hunted around und found a place to
Now, wood-
make a new home,
chucks are not very hard working ani
mals; so, when* Woody had finished
his home he went Inside and stayed
until the next duy, when the sun was
nice and warm, for woodchucks are
very fond of sunning themselves.
For a long time Wooddy Chuck
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s s “What’s in a Name?
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thought the world was a very nl
place. The garden waa near, and
course he thought all the vegetabl
were grown for bls use; so he ute all
he wanted.
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But one day he had a rude awaken
ing, for Mr. l>og suw him, and after
him he run; but as Wooddy Is a good
runner, he easily reached bls home
ahead of Mr. Dog and turned around
In the doorway to chuckle saucily at
poor Mr. Dog. But Mr. Dog went
right up to the door and began to dig,
and pretty soon Wooddy knew that he
would have to move, or the chuckling
would be done by Mr. Dog this time.
So Wooddy Chuck began to burrow,
filling up the hole as he went und
keeping ahead of Mr. Dog, who kept
right on digging, for he knew Wooddy
must be In there somewhere.
Wooddy Intended to niuke an open
ing when he was fur enough away
from Mr. Dog; but, to Ida surprise,
he came against u ruck, which seemed
to hold him prisoner, und It wus then
he found out he had good, sharp teeth.
Mr. Dog kept right on digging, and
coming closer and closer, Wooddy
Chuck knew then he would have to
light to save himself; so he waited,
und Just as the end of Sir. Dogs nose
came through the earth, Wooddy set
Ida sharp teeth In It with so much
force that Mr. Dog did not stop even
to say good-by, he just backed out.
kl-yl-ing loudly, and. dropping Ids tall,
he ran for home, stopping every now
und then to rub Ms hurt nose.
Wooddy Chuck came out, nnd, sit
ting up <>n his hind legs, he looked
about and chuckled ugaln. “I thought
Mr. Dog was going to laugh this time,”
he said, "and If I bad not found how
long and sharp my ieeth are, I know
he would. I really must take good
care of my teeth, for I have learned
today that they are useful to me In
other ways than eating And now I
must find a place to make a new home,
for Mr. Dog has certainly wrecked this
one."
(Copyright.)
THE RIGHT THING
at the
RIGHT TIME
By MILDRED MARSHALL
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MARY MARSHALL DUFFEB
Facte about your name; lie htetory;
meaning; whence It war derioed;
eigntficance; your lucky day
and lucky Jewel
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VIVIAN
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TIIE WEDDING
“A thing of custom-'ll« no oth«r.“—
Fhakeipciire.
uT AM about to be married,” Is the
way one correspondent sturts her
query, "but we have not announced
our engagement, as we wish to give
our friends a genuine surprise. We are
going to slip off some duy s < m > ii and get
murrled, but want to send wedding
cards. Will you kindly tell me how
they should be worded?”
To begin with, do not attempt any
thing original or informal. It Is quite
all right to announce an engagement In
un original way, but the wedding an-
nouogpnMint should be entirely formal.
In most cases the announcements
should be .«nt out In the name of the
bride’s parents, or those who stand In
the place of a parent In case the bride
Is un orphan, or an aunt, uncle or
grandparent. If possible, have these
announcements engraved und send
them out the day of the murrlage ns
soon us It Is over. Have all envelopes
addressed and stumped nnd ready to
send out directly. All announcements
should be sent ut exactly the same
time. Here Is the usual form:
fTMIE charming name of Vivian Is al-
most the equivalent of the adjec
tive "vivacious." It means lively, hav
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ing been derived from the Latin vita
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Copyright. 1522, Western Newspaper Union.
signifying life, und wus used by the
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Roman Christians to express their
sink If the vessel on which they are
hopes of eternity.
carried Is wrecked or Is raided by pi
The first feminine name formed
rates.
from vita Is Vlvla, a name made fa
An American woman Is said to have
mous by Vlvla Perpetua, the noble
helped a British courier throw several
young matron of Carthage, whose
sacks overboard when a certain liner
martyrdom is ,one of the mom. touch
was captured by a German submarine
«alter l ’L wssm Ji
ing histories of the early church. Her
In Greek waters.
many votaresses gave vogue to her
The record of robberies on the fa
name.
a
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mous expresses out of Paris In the
In later Roman days Viviana came
last few years shows that most of them
were carried out to seize the Jewels of THINK FOR YOURSELF to be popular through a Christian
maiden of that name who wus put to
wealthy women journeying to the
? IS always good policy to read clean death by a Roman governor on the
south of France.
literature, to consider the advice of charge that she had destroyed the
The crooks or their stool pigeons
those who should know what they are sight of one of his eyes by magic,
keep careful tabs on all reputedly talking or writing about, and to listen Much later a
, wealthy women traveling during the to good sermons, but no one ever was her remains. church was erected over
Her fame and name lin-
Riviera season. They watch the so kept on the right pathway by what he
gered, and appears prominently aguin
clety announcements In the daily read or heard Spoken unless he used
In “Morte d'Arthur" when' Vivlanna Is
press to see when the reputed pos
the enchantress of King Arthur'«
his brain.
sessors of famous necklaces or dia
court.
Everyone's
life
Is
in
his
own
keeping.
Mr. an.! Mrs. John Brown
monds aré about to travel, and they
Scotland took over the name of
have the honor to announce
easily spot the sleeping compartments Whether he is happy or unhappy, Vivian, applying It as both
the marriage of their daughter
a niascu-
of such persons. In a careless moment whether he Is successful or unsuccess line and feminine name. France adopt
Anns
ful,
whether
he
Is
earning
for
himself
to
the dowager or the society queen Is
ed the masculine form as Vivien and
an
eternal
home
in
heaven
or
hell
de
Mr,
Jumea
Smith Jonea
divested
of her necklaces and
stralghtwuy formed the now-|>opular
on Thursday, May the eighth
brooches.
Several times lately on pends on himself. Wise men and hon feminine Vivienne. England has
nineteen hundred and twenty-two
al-
French expresses they have been held est men may direct one to the proper ways favored Vivian and America
at St. Thonias' church
re-
road,
but
no
one
can
make
a
human
New York.
up at the point of revolvers while
celved and popularized the name un-
being
do
what
is
right
if
be
refuses
to
their jewels were taken.
der
that
spelling.
Viviana
Is
the
fa-
If It Is a grandparent, sister or broth
do so.
Lucrative Fakes.
Nearly every one remembers that old vored form ln Spain and Italy, the lat er whose mime need not be the same
The "Internationals" are also work
ter country still employing the early ns the bride, then In place of the single
ing fake lotteries anl fake hookmak proverb. "You can take a horse to wa Roman Vlvla.
word Anae, on tho fourth line should
ter,
but
you
can't
make
him
drink.
”
ing concerns.
Vivian's tallsmnnlc gem Is the life be Inserted "Miss Anne Brown."
Another lucrative pastime of the In But too often the lesson it Is supposed giving ruby. Its Inextinguishable flame
In the unusual event that the con-
ternational crook since the war has to teach falls on deaf ears.
promises her dauntless courage, bodily trading persona have no near relatives
It
Is
always
dangerous
to
follow
the
been the disposing of so-called royal
health and strength, and dispels evil to send these announcements they may
Jewels. I* all the Jewels reported to mob. One may become quite popular spirits. To dream of It signifies unex
have belonged to the ill-fated Russian with a certain class if he will do as pected guests. Friday Is her lucky day send an announcement worded thue:
| royal family hnd really belonged to that class wishes. But popularity of and three her lucky number. The Illy,
Mr. Jam«» Rmlth Jonea
I them they would have bad to carry that sort is seldom worth a great deal. signifying purity, is her flower.
and
Mia» Anna Brown
them about In suitcases. Nevertheless Those who find real enjoyment in life
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have th« honor to announce
a considerable amount of the treaa- and those who stand out as leaders are
th»lr marring«
ures once possessed by Europe's do- seldom found In the midst of the most
on Thursday, May ths eighth
posed royal families and their hang popular crowd.
etc.
If one's mentality is normal, whether
ers-on have gone onto the market,
*f
you
do
not
feel
that you can af
and the crooks have made big hauls In he is educated or uneducated, he is
ford engraved announcements the best
smuggling them frem one country to likely to come near the proper goal if
DO THEY CALL IT
•
thing to. do would be lo write letters
another. The American authorities he uses his brain, But let him con
on the day of th, wwMln<
be
"HONEYMOON?"
discovered some months ago that stantly depend on tile judgment of
crooks were signing on certain Ameri others to direct his 1 footsteps and the ZT'HH custom of alluding to the ed Immediately afterwards, telling
w^lnTT1 frt‘‘n<ta °f ,h,>
'•«*
can mercantile ships as seamen to try chances are ten to < one that he’ll be
time immediately after one's wed wording them as you would any other
to smuggle diamonds Into the United headed toward a fall.
ding as a "honeymoon” is from the fr eiHi'y
It ,s a K )O)i
o
States.
No one knows as well as oneself ancient tribes of Central Europe, where
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,
0
|h
e
society
In pre-war days one flourishing what Is good for him, except when Ill the newly married couples drank and
-trad^ of (he Internationals was card ness comes and the skill of the physi served to their friends a wine made editor of your local paper .|,o,
,he ,*per wn*
paying on Atlantic liners. Although cian or surgeon Is necessary to mend from honey gathered the first 30 days liwÌ <7 n ""
»f i‘he
a"'1 ",re|y y°° t
some of the big liners still dlsp'«y the the bodily damage. Yet millions con (or moon) after the performance of
"Beware of the Card Sharpers" warn stantly go whining about, seeking ad the wedding ceremony.
*Very,hl"« 'n your power \
to maul
tjwske their notice of the event ac
’
vice from their fellows, the while los
ings in their sinoklng-rooms, few
After persisting for several years,
coups by the crooks have been report ing much of their Just share of happi this custom finally died out, but Its sig
nn* »“«’
ed since the war. One rensoo Is the ness.
nificance remained particularly as the Whh«*.? ?" rP*Mn wh*
stringency of the American passport
When one accidentally stumbles or serving of the honied wines was suc Qtll.-t s< rf '
"hf,UlU nOt *’“*• fh”
•
regulations, which have kept at home when he is pounced upon by the rattler ceeded by the practice of the married ’ onll, .. O ,,,orrln«" without a pre-
many European sharpers.
hidden beside his path, bls misfortune couple’s leaving their home for a vary tvet ¿»a
‘ "i»nement ; how-
,,c‘ «"
Loclety girls sei-
Is excusable. But It Is no excuse for ing length of time. For this rsason, th* Ì
Raise Trees fer Minee.
nither^i"^ 'l0 **r*,n" w'>o occupy a
man or woman of normal mentality trip which follows the mirrlage cere oourw-
thenP'Ì,IOn T'"1'7’ Onl‘*’M’ °f •
In the Investigation of a recent big post office robbery In New York every
A South African mining corpora blaming downfalls on others.
mony Is now known as a "honeymoon *
employee there wm “finger-printed," and It was found that a good many of tion has planted 2.T0 acres of trees to
The wisest persons are thus« who though it has nothing to do with wine ’ho ovènt is in .E“r*nt“1 °*»J*«lon and
-them had pollen records. Those men were discharged. Postmaster E. W. supply the demand for pillars for 1rs
" ln ,h” natnre of an elope-
don’t think they know it alL
and generally lasts less than a mouth. Went
Morgan la here seen having Ills finger prints taken.
underground operations.
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New York P. O. Employees Finger-Printed
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