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Popular Picture Palace Saturd?y ,
1 — 1 1 and Sunday
(A PARAMOUNT PICTURE)
Adolph Zukar presents
MARY PICKFORD
iN
Holda fromHolland
by Edith Barnard Delano
Educationrl Films A Trip Through China
Admission, including war tax—Adults, 30c: Children, 15c
FUNNY
Ready for the Ordeal.
"Ilave yi>n prepared u good supply
of cribs?"
"Yes."
"Have you concealed the textbook ill
your hut?"
"Yes."
"Are you sure you gave tlie Instruct
or a good cigar?"
"Certainly."
"Well, tlien. let's go In and hit that
pre 11 in iu ethics."—Cornell \\ idow.
Deliberation.
"I must admit." saitl Mr. Meekton,
"that a woman often proceeds with
more cautious deiiberatiou than a
man."
"Kor Instance?"
"A man frequently decides an Im
portant matter by Hipping a coin,
where a woman will Consult a oulja
board."
A Sensitive Soul.
"Why don't you give yourself up to
the police?" asked the inferior intel
lect.
"What for?" exclaimed Hill the Burg.
"1 want to tell you some of those po
lice have said such unkind things
about me that 1 don't feel like 'sociut
itig with them."
Remiss Actions.
"There are some queer things
about the actions of nature."
"Name some, for instance."
"That she does not put lids on the
chest instead of the eye, and that she
doesn't make shingles come 'on the
roof of the mouth."
Near Chicken Broth.
pi„er—what on earth Is this broth
| made of, waiter? Surely, it isn't chick
en broth?"
| Waiter—Well, sir, it's chicken broth
I in its Infancy. It's made out of the
water the eggs were boiled *u.—Lon
don Answers.
Imagination.
They were at a film version of "Iio
meo and Juliet."
Burt—Shakespeare was some man,
all right.
Gert—How so?
Hurt—Just think of hlra writing a
movie before lie saw one:—Film Kun.
DANGER.
Coon—Meet me at Squire Brown's
hen roost tonight, Mr. Possum.
Possum—No, thank you. Too
much chance of some other "coon"
being there.
Making Progre-.s.
Jackson—How far along are yon on
that new home you're building?
Treston—Sly wife and I have gotten
to the point where we don't speak.—
Li'e.
Cynical Assent.
She—Po you believe a woman conld
nake a success of an idea for a flying
machine?
He—Why not? Mo*t of women's
Ideas incline to the flighty.
Little Pitchers.
"Mr. Smith, let me see you sharp
en it, will you?"
"Sharpen what, thy boy?"
"Why, when you came, pa told ma
yoi had an ax to grind."
SAVAGES WORE BODY ARMOR
Gilbert Islander# Used That Form of |
Protection, but It Was Limited i
to Leaders.
Only one tribe In the South Tnclfic
lslnmls ever rose to the height of in
venting armor to be used in (heir war
fare. Itut even this tribe, the Gilbert
islanders, turned out only a few suits,
owing to tlio work entailed In the
manufacture. Francis Dickie says, In
the Scientific American, that the suits
were limited In number, nnd that
every village was the proud possessor
of une. At the outbreak of a ccnlllct
between villages, not all the Inhabi
tants went to war, but the most
doughty warrior was dressed in the
village armor and sent against the
champion of the rival place.
The brown-colored fabric covering
the body and legs, which formed the ,
Gilberts' armor, was made out of coir >
string takvn from the husk of the I
coconut, so closely woven as to make
a protection stronger than board, and
having greater lightness to recommend
it. A further breastplate, invulnerable
to any native weapon, was made from
the dried skin of the stingaree. or ray
fish, which dried as hard as metal.
In the last few years peace has set
tled over the Gilberts and the armor
has ceased to be manufactured. The
few suits in existence have all been
seized by collectors of rare articles. |
"Flower of the Devil."
"Flower of the I>evll" is a stnirise J
growth upon trees found on the sides
of Fuego volcano in Gualeuiala. one j
of the few places in the world where
It Is known to occur. It has beautiful
foliation, veining and stem. an<l appears
full Mown when just unfolding from
the bud. Tills effect Is formed by a 1
parasite which enters the wood and
dies after eating portions of It away,
n process which in time produces the
results described. Tradition, however,
ascribes a different origin. Tears ago,
when the Spaniard ruled the country,
a fair Indian maiden wns supposed
to have betrayed certain tribal so- j
crets to her white lover. Her people
threw her into the fiery water of Fuego
in expiation of her sin, and once every
year, on Midsummer's day, she ap
pears to throw anufuls of the devil's
flowers over the mountain's slopes—
a solemn warning to all of the sanc
tity of tribal secrets.
Woodpecker a "Home Bird."
Among the natural guardians of the
trees are the woodpeckers, which
gather their food as they creep round
the trunks and branches. As the food
of the woodpecker Is nearly us abund
ant In winter as In summer, they are
seldom migratory. They never forage
in Hocks, like some of the gratiivorous
birds whose food Is more plentiful,
but scatter out over wide areas, and
thus better their fare. They bear the
same relation to other birds that take
their food from trees as snipes and
woodcocks bear to thrushes and
quails—that Is, they bore Into the
wood as the snipe bores Into the
earth, while thrushes and quails seek
their sustenance on the surface of
the ground.
Army mo at "lie time hppeaiea to
Sir Haniar Greenwood, recently named
chief secretary for Ireland. He has
told how at sixteen years of age he
ran away from his Canadian home to
join the army. -His father followed,
and found bis young hopeful doing
seutry duty with nil the pride and
Jaunllness of a born soldier. "The old
gentleman was for giving me a sound
thrashing then and there," says Sir
Haraar. "But I turned out the guard
and had him arrested for attempting
to rush the sentry."
Howard Ashley, tho chief Me
chanician nt the shope, have
ijeen fating a day or two at the
Hospital. He contracted a cold,
while a1 Atlin. an,I took'the'pra
cau'ion of treatment before it
had advanced too far.
Everybody trill be at tlio
Uiks dance m©xt Saturday night,
September 4th. lYouli be there coo.
Don't miss the show tonight'or
vo'io will regret 1'.
Month End Bargains
Summe rMilline ry Half Price
Ready Made Whitegoods Sale
Muslin and Lawn, Combinations,
Skirts and Drawers, reduced to Whole Sale Cost
All Prewar Material
French Bal Lace and Embroidery trimmed
China Silk Underwear
Chemise Drawers and Tea Jackets, elaborately trimmed—
half price All Sales Final and for Cash Only
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HomeTouin
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COUNTRY'S NEED OF HOMES
Apartment House Can Never Really
Take the Place of the In
dividual Abode.
Jn helping solve the housing prob
lem of the cities the np;irtn)ent house
meets a very real demand. There is
need for such houses with sufficient
rooms to cure for families. There is
a place for others with smaller quar
ters where bachelor apartments may
be maintained. Jt Is well fur cities
to have apartment houses in such num
bers as to help meet the demand l"<>r
quarters from those who prefer t<>
live In rooms without the advantage
of yard and garden.
Ilut It Is far better for a city to have
a hundred new separate homes erected
than to have a hmidred-fumil.v apart
ment houses constructed. Tile proper
and natural way of living is for one
family to have a house, with the little
gross plot in the yard, a bit of garden
in the back part of the lot. with the
freedom and conveniences and priv
acy that separate homes provide. Co
lumbus has a housing demand now
that calls for some more apartment
houses, those with proper convenien
ces and a rental not too gresit. But
it has a greater need rtir more separate
homes. There are hundreds of vacant
lots, the cost of tile building being
suited to the neighborhood. There fs
a great need for the homes that will
care for small families, homes within
the purchasing power ol tin? man or
limited means, who lias saved some
money. Is well employed and wants
to pay out for Ids home during the
coming years. Kvery man Is a better
citizen when he heroines a home own
er.—Ohio Stale Journal.
An English scientist lias, according
to I'opular Mechanics Magazine,
worked out n method of taking exact
measurement of color. Black, white
and gray are photometrically com
pared with standard white, and their
composition expressed in percentage
of black or while. A color, such a«
red, is compared with a white surface
In a pure red light. If the red ap
pear* darker, it is matched with a
gray surface under a red light, the
percentage of black then being the
same in both. Assigning the number
2" to red. sivh a composition as cin
nabar would lie signified by the fig
ures 25 .•>! IS. meaning red with I per
cent of white ami IS per cent of black.
Vhe LadUca Auxiliary wiii
me« t on . Friday cfteraoon
this vc?k. Mrs. R. G. Henry will
a- the hefctess. and the meeting
will Ik* h*ld at her hon:'
LOST—Roll of til* containing twen
ty dollars in front of Tiiibedeau's
bnrocr sliop. Two girls dressi>d
in whit" wore ®0Cn, to stop in
front of thl" barb'r Ijhop a'd
pick up something which one < f
tho- Kills showed to the other.
They then turned back and wont
iuto Ij. A. Ilarri'onti. If thosa
girls will return tho money no
further action will be taJceu i
the matter, and thoy will bo giv
en. a reward. If not, further
steps will bo taken.
G. H. StUrSill.
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