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"BACK-TO-HOME MOVEMENT"
New York Post's Woman Commander
Would Have Women Give
Up Their Jobs.
Someone should start u "bnck-to-the
home movement" for married women
who toll Till HITCH
sarlly In the hnsl
ness world, ac
cording to Mrs.
.lullu 13. Wheelock
commander or thu
Harbnra I'rletehle
post of the Ainer
I enn Legion In
New York city,
anil widely known
as n writer.
Mrs. Wheelock
hell u v e h t h a t
tAi.HA Hi,ti1.ltitr t I t 11 w
nmke lazy husbands." She boll even
married women should give up their
JohH in favor of unemployed cx-servleo
men.
It was Mr.s. Wheelock who success
fully opposed the making of the Amer
ican Legion .strictly a man's orgunlzn
tlon. As a result there are today sev
eral women eniolled as Legionnaires
mid several posts composed altogether
of ex-service women.
Mrs. Wheelock began helping tlie
United States win the war its early us
1010 when she started a campaign to
obtain stevedores and coal heavers for
the navy. She caused to he presented
to congress petitions for mlciiuatc pre
paredness and is accredited with hav
ing through her own efforts recruited
10,000 men for the navy. In recogni
tion of her services she was made u
chief yeoman In the regular service.
Mr.s. Wheelock Is active In social
nnd civic affairs In New York and Is
widely known for her writings In both
the English and French languages.
AMONG "BIRDS OF PASSAGE"
Editorial Asserts West Point Will
Continue to Turn Out Crop of
Second Lieutenants.
That the "second loolo." of whom
there were so many during the war,
Is more or less an Institution of ac
tive wnrfaro Is shown in an editorial
from the American Legion Weekly
under the caption "Hlrds of Passage."
It follows:
""Hurled In the recent ofllclal list
of the number of nrmy officers of all
grades wlio have contrived to survive
the congressional gu'llotlne appeared
this luconpleuous entry:
"Second lieutenants (all arms) . ,'2'K.
"Only 2Xi second lieutenants left I
Anil once there must have been tlint
ninny thousand. Who shall now deny
that the war Is over? Certainly while
It lasted they bloomed like so many
hardy perennials, emerging full blown
from the training camps nnd finally
from the ranks, for was not the top
sergennt only a little lower than the
angels?
"After the Armistice, when divMnnnl
and regimental shows began to appear
all-over the A. K. P., the second lieu
tenant won fresh Immortality In the
quip which Mr. Rones passed to Mr.
Tninlio, and vice versa. It was a
token of Ids popularity for humanity
docs not poke gentle fun at what It
hates.
"The second lieutenant Is not ex-'
tlngulsherl. Most of blip hns grad
uated Into n first lieutenancy. West
Point will, of course, continue to turn
out Its annual crop, but even these
will within a few months enter the
larger life of the silver bar."
POST NAMED FOR LIEUTENANT
First American Artillery Officer to Die
In Action Is Honored by
Surviving Comrades.
'Hie first American nrtlllery officer
lo die In action In France has been
honored by his
surviving c o-m -rndes,
who have
named their post
of the American
Legion In New
York In his hon
or. The post,
which comprises
members of the
old First division,
Is known as the
Jen Felgl jMist.
Jefferson Felgl
wns n first lieu
tenant of llattery F, Seventh field ar
tillery of the First division. He was
twenty-two years old, nnd had entered
the service of his country Immediately
npon his graduation from Harvard uni
versity. A year after the death of the young
officer on the field of battle, his per
eonnl property wns sent to his parents,
'Colonel and Mrs. Felgl, who reside at
the Hlltmnre hotel, New York. In a
hand-bag wns a letter addressed to his
parents, which Lieutenant Felgl had
written n short time before he was
killed. In the letter ho forecast his
death, and said, "Dnmo Fortune
couldn't hnvo picked a more gentle
manly manner for me to make my ex
it."
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Carrying On With the
American Legion
Daniel Chester French, sculptor, who '
created "The Minute Man at Concord," ,
has been selected to design the me- ,
morlnl for Massachusetts dead In tho
World war which is to be erected
somewhere nlong the American sector
In France. Henry Hncon, designer of
tho Lincoln Memorial In Washington,
D. C, will he associated with him.
The Community House at Camp Cus
ter, Mich., purchased by u Chicago
company for $".0,000, has been repur
chased by the state of Michigan and
will be presented to the American
Legion for use as a hospital for sick
utid disabled veterans. The building
will be Improved at the expense of
the state.
"General Lafayette post of the Ameri
can Lciloti. composed of New York
City policemen, has mortgaged Its
Long Maud clubhouse for $1,000. the
money to he used In helping unem
ploed veterans. The polleeinen-Le-glonnalres
have pledged themselves
to canvass their beats for Jobs for
their unfortunate "huddles."
"The Hook of Misery" containing
thousands of news clippings and let
teis describing the plight of America's
Wot Id war eterans In the iccent
period of unemployment will be pre
"sented to Congress by the Legion as
documentary evidence In favor of
relief for ex-service men.
Unemployed ex-service men sleep
ing lu Hryunt Park, New York, weie
uwiil.cucd one recent midnight by the
sound of a bugle mess call. Seven
hundred of the unfortunate men lined
up for "chow".. A committee repre
senting the George nalilbeiuler Post of
the Ameilcnn Legion, led the men to
a icsiaurant where each was fed at
the expense of the Legion post.
The American Legion has asked tho
shipping hoard to permit the use of
the giant liner Llvinthan as u tem
porary shelter for Jobless ex-service
men. The liner has been Idle at the
llohoken army docks for several
months. During the wnr It transpor
ted 1-10,000 American troops to France.
... 1
Charles W. Seymour, of Hartford,
Conn., tendeied his resignation us
state senator following his election to
the commaudershlp of the American
Legion In Connecticut. Oflleers of the
Legion cannot hold public olllce which
Is elective.
.
A twenty-ncre park, known ns
"American l.eg'on Park" has been ded
icated by the city of Melrose, Minn.,
to the men of the city who were In
service during the World war. The
Melrose Legionnaires have established
a children's playgrounds, a totulsts'
camping grounds and u baseball dia
mond. ICx-soldlers and marines, members
of the American Legion, were the
heroes In the rescue work which fol
lowed the explosion of a tank con
taining 000.000 cubic feet of ammonia
fumes In New York City. One of the
former service men Is accredited with
having rescued ten persons from a
tenement which had become filled with
the fumes.
A "pnrty" which Is said to hnvo
cost $10,000 wns given by L. Cordon
Hniuersley, who served ns a lieutenant
In tho Sixth Field artillery of tho
First division, at his estnte near Tarry.
town-on-thc-Hudson. The guests were
disabled soldiers of the First division
nnd members of the Jeff Felgl post
of the American Legion.
F.nicrgcncy officers of the nrmy dls-
nbled during the wnr "don't belong"
on the retired list of the regulnr army.
Secretary Weeks told officials of the
American Legion, who are fostering a
plan for the retirement on retirement
pny of the emergency officers of the
World wnr.
.
"The first woman to hold the position
of adjutant of a state department
of the American Legion Is Miss ITo
norah II. Olttmgs. of California. Mls
(fittings served during the war as n
yeonianette In the navy. Slio Is act
ing adjutant of the California de
partment. .
Failure to doff his hat when tho
funeral cortege of an American soldier
pnssed, caused Adam Kosloskl to lose
Ids Job us constable nt Sauk ltaplds.
Minn. A complaint against Kosloskl
was filed by members of the American
Legion.
.
Five hundred deaf and dumb chil
dren of New York attended a showing
of tho fllm-play, "Tho Man Without
a Country," ns guests of Hie Ameri
can Leg'on. Knch child wrote nn essay
on Americanism based on impressions
I of tho play.
Flvo hundred unemployed veterans
of the World war In New York wero
given employment ns movie supers In
the studios at Mumaroneck, Long
Island.
Tho Mnrk-Hnmllton post of the
American Legion nt Minneapolis is
organizing Its own bnnd, orchestra,
glee club, vnudevlllo teams and dra
matic compnny.
Nnshwnuk, Minn., has turned over
an abandoned school building to the
American Legion for a club house.
The building will be rcmo'Mid.
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Prparfil by bn Nnllonnl fleoKraphlc So
clfty, 'Wniililntfton. D. C.)
I The natlvvs of tiie Interior of Africa
; ire very Jlfferent from those of the
coast regions who have absorbed the
i worbt Miut civilization has to offer,
yet ninny a traveler, touching only
. the fringe of the. Dark Continent,
builds his Ideas of Its people on those
1 corrupted by alcohol, European mor
als, and the passion for gain either
by fair means or foul. In the Hel-
glan Congo, for example, where are
to be met typical negroes of the trop
les, one finds people who are frankly
( snvages, to be sure, with customs ills
justing to the westerner but who
1 possess good traits for nil that. If
the tribes are approached properly
hardly one will be found which Is not
nntunilly good-tempered, nnd In most
Instnnccs hospitable and trustful.
Stanleyville, the chief station In
north-central Congo, was n few years
ago a strange mixture of an Arab,
European und negro town. Whntevei
harm the Arabs may have done to the
natives', nnd there Is no doubt that lc
their slave-raiding expeditions they
have slaughtered them by the thou
sands, they certainly have taught them
many n good thing. It was the Arabs
who Introduced rice Madagascar po
tatoes, beans nnd many useful plants.
They hnve taught the nntlves clean
liness nnd established schools In mnny
centers.
The town Is much used ns iu out
fitting point for expeditions but nt
times It is disappointingly short of
supplies. In mnklng trips up tho
Congo river from Stanleyville one
must cross the river below the falls
nnd hnve his luggage carted to u
point on smooth wuter above tho
cataracts.
Queer Bambala Customs.
Among the people of Congfi few
possess stranger customs or present
more curious contrasts than the Ham
bala tribe, who live In numerous vil
lages on the hanks of the Kwilu Jumbn
river In the southwestern part ot
the country. Each village Is under
Its own chief, who holds the position
by virtue of his wealth and Is suc
ceeded nt his deuth by tho next richest
man of the tribe. Ills principal func
tion Is to act as money-lender to his
subjects. No tribute is paid to the
chief, but he hns n right to the ribs
of every human being killed for food
nnd to the hind legs of each animal
killed during the great hunts. If a
chief Is young enough, he nets as
leader In war; otherwise one of his
sons takes his place.
Intorinqillnte between the chief and
the ordinary freeman Is un hereditary
class called murl, who may not ent
human flesh nor yet the meat of fowls.
They are distinguished by nn Iron
bnicelet nnd n special headcoveiing of
cloth, which may not bo removed by
any one under penalty of death, even
if the offender did not Intend to touch
It
The bracelet of a murl pnsses nt
death to tio nephew (sister's son),
who succeeds to the dignity, and tho
heir must steal the skull' of his uncle.
Tho corpse Is burled for somo two
months, then the skull Is exhumed,
painted red, mid placed In the house
Its owner used to occupy. Tho
nephew must gain possession of
It nt night without being observed,
and, after hiding it for a few dnys In
the hush, tnko It home to his hut.
If a murl Is killed In war, his brace
let Is sent home, but tho skull has to
be stolen ns before from the hostile
village. The chief privilege of n
member of this class Is tho right to n
portion of each animal killed In hunt
ing. Ordeal by Poison.
In disputes, where two people of
tho same vlllngo arc concerned, a
poison ordeal Is employed ns Judge.
Whether a man Is accused of witch
I craft, parricide or of some minor of
Climbing Parasite in the Congo.
fense, he declares himself willing to
take poison to prove ids innocence.
The poison, which Is derived from
the bark of a native tree, Is usually
ground flue and mixed to u thick
paste, from which tire made the small
loaves and these are administered one
after the other to the defendant. Dur
ing the next fifteen minutes, If It Is a
ciimj of witchcraft, the bystanders
call on Molokl (tho evil principle)
to come out.
The poison usually nets very quick
ly; It may kill the accused or cause
purging or vomiting. The last-nanied
effect alone Is regarded as a proof
of Innocence. In the second ense tho
prisoner Is compelled to dig n hole.
He Is then given n fowl to eat and
enough palm-wine to inuke him quite
intoxicated. After this he Is laid In tho
hole, or possibly goes nnd lays him
self down,' nnd Is then burled alive
In order to prevent Molokl escaping
with his last breath. A largo llro
Is kept nllght on tho gravo for two
dnys, and then the body Is exhumed
nnd eaten.
An Innocent man Is carried nround
tho village, decorated with beads, nnd
his accuser pays u pig as compensa
tion for the false chnrge.
Decorated With Scars.
In color the Hamhaln are very dark
brown, the hair is absolutely black,
and the eye n greenish black with a
yellow cornea. The fuce Is not of the
ordinary negro type, but much moro
refined; thick lips, for example, aro
quite exceptional, and only u Bmall
proportion have flat noses.
Tattooing is not common, but both
men und women "decorate" them
selves with ornamental scars. They
rise above tho surface of the skin
sometimes more than nn Inch.
The ordlnnry food consists of manioc
flour mnde Into a pnste with water
and boiled. The lenves of the plant
nre also eaten prepared with palm
oil and pepper. Animal food Is not
limited to goats, pigs, nnd other do
mestic small fry, for, frogs excepted,
everything helps to mako a stew, from
nuts nnd grasshoppers up to man.
Human flesh Is, of course, n special
delicacy, and Its use Is forbidden tq
women, though they do not disdain
to Indulge secretly. Other titbits nr
a thick white worm found In palm
trees, locusts, rats, and blood boiled
with enssava Hour. Human flesh Is
not the only food forbidden to women ;
they mny not eat goat's flesh, hawks,
vultures, small birds, snakes, animals
hunted with weapons, crows, or par
rots. To the rule against flesh killed
with weapons there nro two excep
tionsthe antelope and a small rat.
Rich people, who Indulge. In luxuries,
cat kola nuts In great numbers. A
kind of nntlve pepper Is known, nnd
oil Is obtained from tho palm-nut. Hut
the chief condiment Is salt, which Is
mndo of the nshes of water plants.
There Is, however, a strong preference
for tho Imported salt, which Is In
crystalline form as n rule, tho crys
tals being perforated and strung on
n string:, which Is dipped Into the
food-pot. On n Journey salt Is eaten
as n stimulant and salt water Is
also drunk.
As rcgn'rds animal food, If there Is
abundance It Is simply boiled nnd ent
en with the lingers. It must be re.
membered that meat for the Hambnln
Is simply u bonbon, much ns choco
lates aro for us. Once when a white
traveler killed nn elephant, which tho
natives worn at liberty to consume,
blood, skin, and bones, If they pleased,
after they had eaten us much as they
wanted they went to him and usked
for their dinner.
Cannibalism Is nn everyday occur
rence, and, according to tho natives
themselves, who dlsplny no retlcenco
except In tho presence of state olllclals,
It Is based on a sincere liking for
human llcsh.
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" I began using
PE-RU-NA Tnblets
thrco yearn ago for
catarrh of tho hend
nnd noBO. Wna un
nblo to do any thing.
I saw n decided
improvement nftcr
one box nnd after
Tahlct3 or Liquid
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Real Ground for Complaint.
"Very bad form, I call it, to ring on'
up during church hours."
"Probably she knows you don't go to
church."
"Very likely; but she might have
the decency to assume that 1 do."
Kxchnngc.
Ited Cross Hall Hluu Is the lluest
product of Its kind lu the world. Kv
ery woman who has used It knows
this stutemeut to bo true. Advertise
ment. A Leader.
Hlackstone He's a man of affairs,
Webster Yes; his wife Is suing for
n divorce
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HERE'S GENUINE NEW YORKER
You Can Always Tell Him He Knows
His Home City Like the Prover
bial Book.
The man who was bom In Now York
nnd hud lived there all his days gave
n satlsiled chuckle. "Yes, I know the
old town us few know It. It's going
to be a great pleasure for me to take
you around, old man. This, of course,
la Cram's tomb. Ha, lull"
The westerner looked ills surprise.
"I laugh liecau.se It' so comuinn
place so shopworn, so to speak. Hut
while you're my guest you shall miss
nothing from the usual to the most
uncommon ... by George."
"What Is It?"
"Look that big purple machine,
with till the people. Looks like u del
egation of visiting Elks ... or
. . . It can't be u new Fifth avenue
stage. They don't build them so big
. . . what In the name of time can
such u big, clumsy "
"New York city sightseeing busl"
yelled the mini with the ballyhoo.
"Takes you anywhere you want to go
to see the sights." Judge.
Other People's Property.
"Tho charge Is burglary," remarked
the Judge.
"Your honor," Bald the hard-faced
prisoner, "I'm a 'human lly' an' when
do cops nabbed mo I wuz Just pruc
tlcln' me profession."
"Urn. Whnt's a 'human fly?' "
"Dat's n fellow what climbs up de
Bides of bulldln's without any ropes or
ladders, Just usln' his hands un' feet."
"I see, but even If you are u 'human
fly,' you are not expected to carry off
anything valuable you happen to Hud
ufter you get above the ground floor."
Hlrmlngiuun Age-Herald.
A Student's Wish.
"History repeats Itself."
"Well, I wish arithmetic would sum
Itself, up."
Adam hnd one cause for rejoicing
Eve mnde her own dresses.
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Are you stepping on the brake
or the accelerator?
The food you eat does make a difference.
Heavy, starchy foods often do slow down
body and mind often steal the energy that be
longs to the day's work. Grape-Nuts is a go
nhead food. It contains the perfected nourishment
of Nature's best grains. It includes all thoso
elements needed to nourish body and brain. It
is easy to digest. It gives energy without taking
energy.
How about your breakfast or lunch does
it give, or take?
Grape-Nuts is 6weet, crisp, delightful to
the taste, and is an ideal source of power for a
busy and difficult day.
"There', a Reason" for GRAPE-NUTS
PE-RU-fllA
OF THE HEAD AND NOSES
using flvo boxes bo- 3
liovo I nm cured as a
thoro bits been no Eg
return of tho dls- g
case in two yenra." 3
Fifty yonrs of uso-g
fulness is tho best 3
gunranteo of l'o-ru- g
na merit. 5
Sold L'Terynhore 3
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Clear, Sweet, Healthy
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and Cuticura Talcum
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W. N. U., LINCOLN, NO. 461921.
AFTER THE FOOTBALL GAMES
Man Who Had Been Thero Knew
There Would Be Only One Dis
tinctive Cotlene Color.
They were talking of their absent
sons, nnd the fact that each of the
fathers had a hoy In a different college
did not prevent them from amicably
dlsciissjng their prospects
"It won't be long," said one of the
fathers, "before the athletic season
opens, nnd then 1 think we'll beur
something frohi the Orange nnd Hluc."
"Yes," said another, "and there'll be
some shouting done by thu Hlue and
Gray."
"Of course," said the third father,
"and as my hoy lias gone to Prince
ton, I'll have to put In a word for tht
Hlack anil Orange ; but It doesn't mnktj
such n great ileal of difference. The
hoys are bound to come under the
same colors lu thd eud."
"No," said one.
"Cnn't bo arranged," mild the other.
"Oh. yes, It can I"
"To which colors do you refer?"
"Hluck and Hlue." Philadelphia
Ledger.
Secret Revealed.
Innumerable years yielded up a se
cret at the stateliouse today. When
Janitor washed the transom In one of
the rooms occupied by Oru Duvlea,
state treasurer, It was disclosed that
one of the glass windows was of clear
Instead of opaque glass. Tho accumu
lation of dust of years had given the
glass n frosted effect. Mr. Davles said
he would leave the glass clear and not
cover the transom as has become a
fad among some of the olllclals of the
new administration.
"I'll take a chance on anyone com
ing along with a periscope," Buld Mr.
Davles. Indianapolis News.
Yon will never find time for any
thing. If you wunt time you must
make It.
In warm weather It doesn't do to be
nil wrapped up In yourself.
NO
RETURN
OF
THE
DISEASE
IN
TWO
YEARS
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