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MEYERSDALE COMMERCIAL, THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1929
Red Roses for
Miss Nancy
By JANE OSBORN
(Copyright.)
FIEN Nancy Clair entered her
little apartment that afternoon
the day's work was done she
wo impressive-looking packages
on the day bed where the jan-
had put them.
hey opened the long box and
red roses. She counted two
of them and buried her face
eir fragrance with a sigh of
content. Ther she hurriedly
d the other packages very neat-
rapped and tied. There were
darkly bound books and a num-
of pamphlets and circulars.
ies in Family Budgets,” was the
of one of the books. And an-
was a large volume on dietetics.
of the thicker pamphlets ex-
bd the intricacies of household
nt keeping. There were adver-
pnts of vacuum cleaners, elec-
bashers and electric refrigerators
h book called “Successful Mar-
* or something of the sort.
bry had told Nancy that he had
such collection of books and
lets the night before after he
roposed and she had told him
he would be his wife. Nancy as-
herself that she really was
hat Henry was taking such a
cal attitude toward their com-
arriage, but her face was flushed
mingled embarrassment and dis-
htment at the sight of these
and pamphlets sent so promptly
the plighting of their troth. “I
ot have an unusually large sal-
he told her, “but I have studied
arriage proposition pretty well
know I can make any girl hap-
Host first quarrels are due to
matters. Well, we can’t pos-
ave any trouble there, because
ve you a certain amount to
on everything and all you have
is to follow the schedule.”
n Nancy's glance wandered
he books to the red roses she
ppy. They convinced her that
h Henry had shown none of the
ide and joy that she had ex-
when she accepted his pro-
after all he had felt it, and he
bnt those red roses to her to
r what he flaont dared to say.
ally she /opened the envelope
bas pinned to the ribbon tied
the flowers. Hurriedly she
Naney :
hry told me the glad tidings
m sure he won't object to my
g you flowers now that the
s up. Here's good luck to both
n't forget your old friend,
“GRAHAM OTIS.”
y’s eyes brimmed with tears.
ary had spared no time in tell-
pham and yet the night before
Henry had explained his atti-
garding engagement rings they
creed that no announcement
be made of the engagement
hortly before their marriage.
had actually convinced Nancy
e money that might have been
or the ring had better be add-
his savings account. Nancy lift-
f books and pamphlets in their
ng paper and none too gently
them under the day bed. She
flowers in water and sat
her eyes upon them. Then
ephone rang and Nancy lifted
eiver eagerly to her ear.
ifs Graham Otis, Nancy,”
lhe voice. “I'm in a bit of a
y, Nancy, and I think maybe
help me out. Could you meet
ewhere so we could have a bit
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b’s heart was beating disturb-
pst. The very tone of his
ver the telephone seemed to
er. “We can talk best here in
e apartment,” she told him. “I
never asked you to come here
but things are a little dif-
how.”
before a half hour had passed
was sitting easily at Nancy's
y, my dear,” he said, *I
for the world do anything to
ur happiness. I swear to you
en I sent those roses I had no
talking to you as I am going
Henry telephoned me this
to tell me that you and he
gaged. We chanced to meet
her at luncheon time and I
mn to my club. Henry talked
s plans. Nancy, I don’t want
cad but I could have knocked
yn for some of the things he
e boasted of his financial
His idea is to make you think
ime is precisely half what it
That will give him a chance
limony without troubling you
and will leave quite a little
elf besides.”
looked at Graham blankly
and then with a note of un-
ing.
n't know Henry had been
efore,” she said at length.
what he said I gathered that
't. I'd have no right to press
after he’d got your promise,
gk treated you unfairly. I'd
blackguard all my life if I
ld you and you had been un-
v when I saw the roses,”
cy, “that I had never really
bry.”
Nancy, dear, will you give
ance to get you to love me
I've precious little to offer
way I want you to know.”
ncy knew then what the
ge of the roses had been.
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COUNTING INDIANS
AN EXACTING JOB
Woman Completes Task of
Listing 50,000 Navahos.
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Washington.—Counting Indians may
sound like a simple occupation, but
Miss Rachel Jenss, who has tagged
50,000 Navahos for their great while
father in Washington, found there was
a trick in it.
She just has completed a census of
the chiefs, medicine men, squaws, pa-
pooses—all the Indians on the Navaho
reservation in northern Arizona, Utah,
Colorado and New Mexico, for the In-
dian bureau of the Interior depart-
ment.
“When 1 started,” she said, “I
walked miles and miles on roads along
the canyons and—I couldn't find an
Indian! I had white guides.
“Then I thought of getting an In-
dian guide, and when I did I found
that previously I had been walking
past and over Indians all the time.
The Navaho guides took me down the
canyons and into the recesses of the
hills, and there we found large groups
whose presence could not even be sus-
pected from the upper trails.”
The census was made in the ab-
sence of birth certificates in the tribes.
The Navaho reservation contains vast
stores of undeveloped wealth, and the
Indian bureau wanted to establish
rolls of the tribe in order that, when
the question of property rights arose,
there would be no doubt as to the
identity of members of the tribe.
Miss Jenss, a native of Michigan
and a statistician trained at Vassar
college, was in charge of the entire
undertaking. She obtained two names
of each Indian—his native name and
the English one—and the age, sex,
tribe, degree of native blood and fam-
ily relationships.
She is now making a similar census
of the Papago and Pima tribes in Ari-
zona. She has a staff of white and
English guides working at Indian bu-
reau centers. One of her headquar-
ters is the famous old San Xavier mis-
sion near Tucson.
Adrift 6 Days on Ice,
Five Eskimos Survive
Ottawa, Ont.—The story of how a
hunting party of Eskimos fought
hunger and exhaustion for six days
on an ice floe in Hudson straits with-
out food or shelter was relayed to
officials here by the government radio
station at Nottingham island, where
the five finally found refuge.
The men had set out February 21,
venturing several hundred yards out
on the ice in search of game. With-
out warning the ice on which they
were broke adrift from the shore ice,
on which were their dog teams and
supplies. }
The flae drifted about in the pack
ice of the straits. They had only
their sealskin clothing to chew to ap-
pease their hunger and had to keep
moving constantly to keep from
freezing.
Finally their floe touched shore
and the men made their way through
80 miles of wilderness to Boucher-
ville.
Colonial House Saved
by Art School at Yale
New Haven, Conn.—A house built
in North Branford in 1710 and care-
fully taken apart for Yale university
when it was about to be demolished
has been restored in part in the new
gallery of the Yale art school.
The house yielded original wall pan-
eling, windows, doors, cornices and
other decorative pieces. These are re-
garded by authorities as truly repre-
sentative of the American colonial and
federal periods.
Two rooms have been set up, and
through the gift of Francis P. Garvan,
Yale '97, early Connecticut pieces and
portraits have been hung on the walls
to give the atmosphere of a colonial
home 200 years ago.
Sensitive About Legs
Baltimore, Md.—Mrs. Elizabeth Jus-
tice had a husband who was sensitive
about his bow legs. Accusing her of
laughing at him, the husband left
home, never to return. She was grant-
ed a divorce.
Easily Identified
Nashville, Tenn.—A bandit who took
$6,700 in jewelry from two Nashville
homes is described as “a nice-looking
young fellow who is often seen walk-
ing on uptown streets.”
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dark of morning, he takes a 30-
minute street car ride, then
boards a train and comes to
Seattle and takes a street car to
the campus.
«] study on the train,” he
said. “Nobody disturbs you.”
It was believed Jaureguy
holds a national record for dis-
tance traweled regularly by a
student.
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HEREIN
OHIO HAS FIRST
FLYING SHERIFF
: Gives Him Edge Over Other
Law Officers.
Sandusky, Ohio.— When it comes to
tracking down criminals and others
who run afoul of the law, Sheriff Jack
Parker of Erie county has the edge
over his contemporaries.
In the first place, he can cover more
ground. And in double quick time.
For he is known as the “Flying Sher-
iff.” He took office January 1 and has
been awaiting his chance to demon-
strate how the law can be enforced
in ultramodern style.
Before his election as sheriff, Par-
ker was engaged in a general com-
mercial flying business with a brother,
Luther Parker. He has turned the
management of the venture over to
his brother, but still pursues flying as
a hobby.
Parker has made one promise which
he hopes to fulfill soon. The first
prisoner sentenced to the state peni-
tentiary who wants to fly to his new
“home,” the sheriff said, will get the
chance.
Residents of Kelley’s island, eight
miles from the mainland in Lake Erie,
find Parker’s plane to be invaluable
in an emergency.
With navigation closed because of
wintry blasts on the lake, no mail
was delivered to the island for 11
days last month. When this delay
was called to the attention of the
“Flying Sheriff,” he told his island
deputies:
“If you want me for anything, tele-
phone and I'll fly over.”
Recently Frank Riedy and John
Campbell, residents of the island, came
to Sandusky with the mail men. When
they started to return it was impos-
sible to cross the lake.
Riedy appealed to Parker. “Fly us
over to the island,” he asked. *
Half an hour later the tw¢ men
were home.
So pleased were the islanders with
the possibility of aerial connection
with the mainland that they have es-
tablished a landing field.
Rich Chemicals Lost
When Volcanoes Erupt
Washington.—Not all active vol-
canoes erupt, as did Mount Etna re-
cently, like a boiled-over pot. Many
explode, shooting dust and ashes
miles into the air. The non-explosive
character of Etna is ascribed by vol-
canologists te the fact that its lava
is a relatively thin liquid which al-
lows steam and gas bubbles to escape
readily. In explosive volcances the
lava is thick. It holds back steam
and gas stubbornly, causing immense
pressure beneath and eventually a vio-
lent eruption.
Because practically every active vol-
cano in the world is located not far
from large bodies of water, the theory
is advanced by Dr. William Bovie of
the United States coast and geodetic
survey, and others, that the knead-
ing action of the periodic tides twists
the earth, forcing up the lava and
causing volcanic activity.
Concerning the source of heat that
forms molten rock, or magma, one
theory is that internal pressure causes
it. A second, writes Edwin W. Tealt
of the Popular Science Monthly, is
that the heat is produced by chem-
ical action. Another is that friction
of shifting layers of rock generates
it. Maj. C. E. Dutton, a geologist of
the United States geological survey,
has advanced the idea that the real
secret is radium! Radioactivity in
the rocks, he says, is sufficient to melt
them in certain places, forming large
subterranean pools of lava.
Untold fortunes in gases and chemi-
cals, valuable to industry, are wasted
in the atmosphere every time a vol-
cano lets go. “The Valley of Ten
Thousand Smokes,” in Alaska, a vol-
canic field formed by the eruption of
Mount Katmai in 1912, has beén called
a gigantic chemical factory.
Bake Shop’s New Owner
Killed by Bread-Mixer
Jersey City, N. J.—Less than a
week after Antone Toprocki, thirty-
four, bought a bakery shop he let his
arm get caught in a bread-mixing ma-
chine and was found dead when Fred
Batia, an employee, reported for
work.
With what police say must have
been almost superhuman strength,
Toprocki freed his crushed arm from
the machine by breaking an iron cast-
ing. He crawled upstairs to within a
few feet of a telephone, where he was
found dead. Toprocki had intended
to remove his belongings and his wife
from Yonkers, N. Y., to their new
home here.
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Has Paralytic Stroke,
Phone Beyond Reach
New York.-#0nly a few inches
separated Albert E. Davis, sixty-
three, Bronx architect, from his
telephone. The telephone rep-
resented help, but Davis couldn't
reach it.
He had a paralytic stroke at
6 p. m. in the office he has
maintained for 42 years.
His family finally called the
police and at 4 a. m. a patrol-
man foynd him with his left
side completely and his right
side partially paralyzed. His
condition is serious.
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SLUSH PARTY
There are very few people who
know just what a slush party is—
though sometimes children under-
stand. Grownups really don’t under-
stand at all.
They cannot imagine having a party
on a slushy day, but the little crea-
tures of the woods know how to en-
joy every minute, and they love all
the days that come.
Rain, slush, snow, heat, cold—all
sorts of weather and all sorts of days
—and on every one they can find
something to do.
Soon Mr. Giant came across Witty
Witch taking a walk. She had her
black cape, and great, tall black hat
on, and she carried a crooked stick
with knots in it. On the top of the
stick was a wooden parrot.
“Good morning, Witty Witch,” said
Mr. Giant. “Are you feeling like your
name today?”
“I don’t know,” said Witty Witch,
“whether I am feeling witty or funny.
“But I do know that I am feeling
very happy. I want some fun. I'm
on my way now to see if the
Brownies and Cmomes aren’t feeling
like a good old-fashioned party in this
delicious slush.”
“The very thing I wanted to do,
too,” said Mr. Giant, and his voice
was so loud that from all around, the
Gnomes and the Brownies kept ap-
pearing.
“Hello, Mr. Giant,” they said.
“Hello, Witty Witch, are you going
to tell us stories?”
“No,” said Witty Witch, “there are
to be no stories until evening. We've
come to ask you to have a frolic. The
slush is so nice.”
“It's wonderful,” said the Brownies
and Gnomes.
Then they began to play! Such
games as they had. They made
-r-
“Good Morning, Witty Witch.”
houses and castles and palaces, for
the slushy snow stuck together so
well.
Then they threw snowballs and they
all got so wet! Trying to dodge the
snowballs, of course, they fell down
in the slush.
They laughed so hard and they kept
getting more soaked and more
drenched all the time, but how they
loved it.
“We only get slush at just this time
of year,” said the Brownies.
“Well, we’ll have a good deal more
of it before the next few weeks are
over,” said Witty Witch.
“That’s good,” said Mr. Giant.
“Hurrah,” shouted the Gnomes.
“I shall now bring on the animals
of Giantland,” said Mr. Giant.
“Ah,” said Witty Witch, “no won-
der you wanted a party today.”
For all knew that Mr. Giant had
some very finely trained animals only
known to the Giant world, and to the
little Gnomes and Brownies because
they are such friends of Mr. Giant.
The procession started with a num-
ber of dogs who looked like Chinese
Chow dogs, carrying in their mouths
the flag of Giantland.
It is a large yellow flag and on it is
a picture made in black silk of Mr.
Giant in his top boots.
Then came some birds who flew
backwards. If they had not been a
little above the animals they certainly
would have bumped back and forth,
for they flew backwards, no matter
which way the Chow Dogs turned.
The dogs kept turning back, too, for
most of the animals wanted to keep
on marching around and around.
There were the squirrels who rode
on the backs of the little black ponies.
The squirrels are great friends of
Mr. Giant, and the ponies play around
Mr. Giant’s cave and prance up his
legs to eat sugar out of his hands.
Mr. Giant has a little zoo, all his
own, for he keeps it for his friends,
the Brownies, and Gnomes, and Witty
Witch talks to the animals and gets
stories from them to tell to the little
creatures of the woods.
The animals enjoyed the slush, too,
but when the procession was over
they all went back to Witty Witch's
Cave, where a roaring fire, dry clothes,
and a good hot supper awaited them.
Her Day Off
Aunt Florence sent little Evelyn to
the store one Saturday afternoon to
buy some lace. After wrapping it up,
the clerk said:
“There is one and a half yards of
lace at 12 cents a yard; how much
does that come to?”
To which little Evelyn pertly re-
plied: “Well, I'm not going to tell. I
have to study arithmetic all the rest
of the week and I'm not going to
bother my head with it on Saturday.”
ROCKWOOD NEWS
The Rockwood Firemen have plan-
‘ned for a more than glorious Fourth
|at their picnic to be held at the Rock-
Iwood Community Park. There will
be all sorts of amusements, including
both round and square dances in the
afternoon and evening. The members
of the picnic committee: A. C. Meyers,
chairman, John Karr, William Kim-
mel, H. P. Phillippi and Lloyd Hein-
baugh have appointed as refreshment
committee, Mrs. A.
Mrs. C. R. Miller. The chairman of
ithe grounds committee, Howard
place is in excellent condition.
The Missionary Society of St.
Luke’s Lutheran Church entertained
at a social in the church rooms Tues-
day evening. A special program was
given in which foreign missions were
represented in their native fields, and
a lunch was served.
The Radcliffe Chautaqua, which will
be held Friday, Saturday and Monday,
July 5, 6 and 8 will offer even more
than the usual variety in its program,
it is announced. Many favorites of
the community have been chosen
again and a number of exceptionally
fine artists, new to audiences here, are
iisted.
Mr. George H. Miller, Woi:d War
veteran, who has recently been .ap-
pointed mail carrier on the new route
between Rockwood and Scullton has
assumed his duties. He will deliver
mail in Glade, New Lexington and
Scullton.
Miss Dorothy Wiley, daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. H. B. Wiley left last
week for Detroit, Michigan, where she
will visit her aunt, Miss Bess Wiley.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Moon of San
Diego, California, and Mrs. Moon’s
grandmother, Mrs. Cyrus Ferguson of
MacDonald were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Irvin Wolf for several days last
week. Mrs. Moon was the former
Mary Lou Rankin of San Diego, and
is a teacher of fart in the public
schools. Mr. Moon is employed with
the California Produce Company.
G. Traup and|
Koontz, has already seen that the|Valley and the Virginia Caves.
Mrs. Earl Ernest of Massilon, Ohio, |
returned to her home Sunday, after a!
visit of three weeks with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Wolfersberger of |
The Farmer’s and Merchant’s Bank
Apartments. Mrs. Ernest was also
entertained by her husband’s family,
Mr. and Mrs. George Ernest, and was
the guest of honor at a number of
parties given by her friends.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Parks and their
sons, Howard and William, Jr., are
spending a vacation with Mr. and
Mrs. Edward C. Parks of Laurel,
Maryland, who will accompany them
on a fishing trip along Chesapeake
Bay and on a tour of the Shenandoah
Mrs. Cornelius Boullions of Greens-
burg and her two daughters, Elaine
and Jane are guests at the home of
Mrs. Boullion’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. R. Barron.
Miss Ferne Wable of Akron, Ohio,
is visiting her many friends and re-
latives here.
Miss Eleanor and Master William
Hay accompanied Dr. and Mrs. C. J.
Hemminger-and Miss Irene Berkey on
a visit to their brother-in-law and sis-
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Hem-
minger of Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Mrs. Sarah Hay and Mrs. G. E.
Hershberger entertained the Daffodil
Club at Hollywood Thursday after-
noon. An elaborate luncheon was
served, after which the party played
bridge. Prizes were won by Mrs. H.
A. Miller, Mrs. J. O. Wolfersberger,
Mrs. G. F. Speicher and Mrs. L. M.
Wolf. Mrs. J. O. Wolfersberger, Mrs.
Lawrence Schrock and Mrs. Harold
Williams were guests.
Mrs. J. R. Barron was hostess to
her club Thursday evening at her
West Broadway home.
Miss Mary Helen Miller has been
visiting at the home of her uncle and
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Baker of
Doylestown for several weeks.
Miss Mary Miller spent the last
week end with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. E. Miller of East Main street.
kinsburg High School and is taking a
summer course at the University of
West Virginia at Morgantown, her
alma mater.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Fairhurst of
Baltimore and Mrs. Lester Hunt and
two small daughters of Flint, Michi-
gan, are spending a vacation at the
West Main street home of Mr. and
Mrs. W. M. G. Day.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Jennings of
Dayton, Washington, have been guests
of Mr. and Mrs§W. B. Conway from
Wednesday until Monday, when they
left for New York City to complete a
coast to coast tour.
Mr. John Moon of Syracuse, New
York is spending his vacation with his
mother, Mrs. Fannie Moon of Conflu-
ence and his brother-in-law and sister,
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Wolf of East Main
street. He will spend the Fourth in
Rockwood.
Medals Are Awarded
To Pupils Attending
Somerset School
The following students of the Som-
erset Business College were awarded
gold and silver medals for speed in
typewriting: Mary Miller, Violet
Bowlby, Ernest Schrock, Evelyn
Knepper and Lena Barnett.
the students left the building with re-
markable rapidity.
Professor Bowman, the supervisor
of Meyersdale High School, was a vis-
itor at the Somerset Business College
the other evening. He expressed him-
self as well pleased with the fine
equipment and the spacious quarters
of the school.
According to statistics one and a
third billion dollars are expended each
! year in America for cakes. Yet the
i World War proved that we are not a
nation of cake eaters.
It is stated that only seven people
in the world are wise enough to un-
derstand Einstein’s theory and it
Miss Miller is a teacher in the Wil-
wouldn’t surprise us to learn at any
‘time that at least two of the seven
are flappers.
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