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helped out mother nature Venetian Women Went to Some Pains to Acquire Hair of Tir.t Greatly Admired. Some ungallant bookworm has du^r up a scandal mat sappno was oaiu. There are not wanting grounds for the suspicion that Queen Elizabeth's red wig concealed a nude scalp. As for the thrice lovely Mary Queer, of Scots, she actually wore a wig when she went to have her head cut oil*, and she left a suspiciously, large col lection of wigs behind her. The lovely and naughty Queen Mar got, wife of Henry IV, kept a train of pages with yellow hair for the re plenishment of her wigs. How much trouble the Venetian women took to acquire the reddish hirsute tint that is admired in the > pictures of Titian may be judged from j this account written by an Italian j chronicler in J5S9: "The houses of Venice are coir^on- | ly crowned with little constructions \ in wood, resembling a turret without ; a roof. At the base these lodges or boxes are formed of masonry and cov ered with a cement of sand and .lime'' to protect them from the rain. It is ! in these that the Venetian women may 1 be seen as often as, and indeed often- ; er than, in their chambers; it is there i . ....... . . liittl, \\ ilii II1CU lit:aus CAl'VOCU iv u.v full ardor of the sun, during whole days they strain every nerve to aug ment their charms. "Seated there, they keep on wetting their hair with a sponge dipped in . some elixir of youth. They wear on j their heads a straw hat without a j crown so that the hair, drawn through j the opening, may be spread upon the borders; this hat doing double duty as ! a drying line for the hair and a para? sol to protect the head and face.'' > j And consider the Roman .matrons j who used to blondine their "crowning j glory" with a mess of decomposed j leeches. i The Rural Appeal^ To be out of doors is the normal condition of the natural man. At; some period of our ancestral life, so . dim in our thought but - so po- j tential in our temper, disposition ! and physique, we have all lived, so to J apeak, in the open air; and although; city-born and city-bred we turn to the' country with an instinctive feeliDg; that we belong there. There are a | few cockneys to whom the sound of j .Bow Bells is sweeter than the note of j lilt! DllifUil'U, tHC invuaui ^iuitvu . chanticleer or the far-off bleating of sheep; but to the immense majority i of men these noises are like sounds that were familiar in cjaildhood. I have sometimes thought that the deep- j est charm of the -country lies in the i fact that it was the home and play-j ground of the childhood of the race, i and, however' long some of us have been departed from it, it stirs within us rare memories and associations j which are imperishable. The" lowing j of the cattle coming home at mght-! fall: the bleating of sheen on the hill-! side pastures; the crowing of the- cock.! are older than any human speech which ?now exists. They were ancient sounds before our oldest histories were; written. I know of nothing sweeter ' to the man who comes out of the heat i and noise and dust of the city in mid-; 'summer.?H. W. Mabie. C red u I och em ist ry. Of all the "scientific" titbits dished : up by our newspaper chefs, none en-: joys more perennial popularity than j the discovery of the "lost art" of hard- j ening copper. Ohly fately our fore- j most journals were devoting columns j to the World war veteran who, finding : in an asbcan some leaves of an old en-; cyclopedia dealing with an ancient metallurgist anji his success in hard ening copper, fell to experimenting on bis own account, with the result that I his process was bought by Judge Gary j for $1,000,000 in cash plus 2 cents per j pound royalty. A modest and retiring j denial subsequently appeared. For j such newspaper crookery Chemical and, Metallurgical Engineering suggests tne j apt name of credulochemistry, while! the Engineering and Mining Journal I intimates that the press might vary its; menu by creating unbreakable glass; for" milk bottles and petrified ood for; construction purposes. Certainly these i would prove no less digestible than! copper?even hardened copper.?Scieu-. tific American. Had Gocd Reason for Smile. John E. Milligan, chief clerk of the; PUOIIC Ulimits cuiiiJLui^aivn, Ui tcz.ru i into his office Monday in high spirits. < A broad smile adorned his face and he. went about his work with the alac-; rity of a man who has just inherited a fortune. His fellow-workers began to confer, with one another as to the prob- > able cause of the chief clerk "s ju-: bilation. j * 1*11 bet he just got a ton of coal," suggested one young statistician. "Maybe he struck a gold mine out in his Maryland farm," another said, r.nter in the dav the truth leaked out. Milligan had become the papa of an eight-pound baby s?oy.?Wash ington Star. Lifeboats on Rails. Lifeboats arranged oil deck on rails, so that they can be run to that part of the ship from which launching is pos sible, are features of the new steam ship Meekleuburg, claimed to be t.he last word in safety ships, which just made iier initial trip Between Folkestone end Flushing. In many cases of disaster at s^a it has been found impossible to hunch all of the boats on :: ship because of the list. By this new device this dif gcult? is said tft be oiercome, . BOYS DON'T WANT THRILLERS Tales of Wild Adventure Seemingly Only Interest the Midfle-Aged Man of Tcday. No longer do the tale^ of "Little Sure Snot," "Deadwocd Dick" and other old-time terrors of the prairies interest the youth of the rising genera tion, observes the New York World. This has been demonstrated since the collection of Beadle's dime novels was placed in the public library. It had lippn fhnt thorp would bp fl rush of young people to see the old . tbrillers, and at ieast one society that takes upon i^clf the care and supervi- I sion of public morals was moved to 1 rise in protest against debauching the j mind of youth. However. In the month j in which these hooks have been on I show, less than 10 per cent of the vis- j itors has been under the age of six- j teen. Attendants keep a tally, and during the time the Beadle books have been 1 displayed there have been 1.427 per sons in to see them. While the tally as : to ages is not kept, it is rlu> consensus of attendants that hartlly more than 100 have- beon minors. Tn the next room, however, where the baseball collection has been displayed, more than half the visitors are childrei^ > During July there were 9.043 who vis- : ited the display. The Beadie collection has been at-1 tractive chiefly to the middle aged, j Men of dignified- bearing, often in i pairs, have gone the rounds of the | showcases, chuckling over the titles. "It's .like renewing youth," is a fre-! qnent comment. . ; PERSECUTION OF NO AVAIL! I Oldtimer Tells of Efforts to Extermi nate Sparrows. Which Were Worse Than Useless. Watching an. elderly man scattering cracked corn to City Hall park spar rows the other day stirred a reminis- j cent vein in one of the bench occu pants. "They treat sparrows differently than they did twenty-five years aero.'' he said; "(juess tney.aiscoverea imy , couldn't get rid of them and decide d to make them comfortable. "A quarter of a century ago many communities made determined effort to kill off sparrows. State and county authorities offered bounties of one cent a head for the birds. Boys made considerable pocket money shooting the creatures and in places men made a business of trapping them. They'd spread great nets over the roofs of barns and then rout the birds from their roosts. "But it was no use. Organized war fare on the birds made inroads only In the county treasuries and the bounty was declared off. Now they * J nn;Tv>A^ enrn rln ICtJU UIB. spunuws. JLiuiro oui ^ uv change."?New York Sun. -J Buttermilk "Spree" Is New. The buttermilk spree Is a late spoift. i There ar? several places downtown. where a person can drink buttermilk; to repletion upon payment of a nickel,; a perfectly safe venture for the ven-j dor so far as the writer is concerned,1 by the way. This has been the im-: pulse for a daring wager during the; last few weeks. Two neighbor ladies recently en-1 gaged !n a sewing match, each con-; cocting a shirt for her husband, the i last to fnish her task to buy the but-, termilk for both. J Truly these be degenerate days, j when resectable matroils can dissi-j pate like that, unnoticed and unre-^ proved. But, of course, the innocent; husbands have to suffer the real pen-;' alty. They have to wear the shirts.?' Portland Oregon!an. Land Reclaimed From Lake. Montenegro will gain a navigable} outlet to the sea and nearly 30,<Xfc; acres of rich new land, by negotiations j pending between Jugo-Slavia and Al bania, which have as their objective; the lowering to sea level of the ancient j lake of Scutari. The project involves a cost of; $2,000,000 and will lower the level of J Scutari lafce Dy eignt xeei mrougn ine: deepening of the River Bojana, from Scutari to the Adriatic. The draining of the lake shores will increase Montenegro's territory 29.G5C: acres of rich land. This addition will make Montenegro self-supporting for the first time in its history. Dates From Fifteenth Century. Interesting discoveries have been made at "Ye Olde Griffin" hotel, Am-j ersham, England, a coaching house uat-j ing bnc-k to the Fifteenth century. Tiiej digging out of a leaking water pipe j has brought to light a perfect example, of an early Georgian fireplace. It has! wide seats on either side and an im-j mense hearthstone in the center, with. an old-fashioned spit above it. On the! hearth were some old coins, one with' the date 16S7. High up in the chim-j ney is a recess which tradition says, was used as a hiding place during th f political persecutions ol iwo nuuurt.'i; years ago?Montreal Family Herald. Harsh Criticism. An unusually caustic critic was be ing shown through one of the Paris art salons by an enthusiastic friend. They stopped before some of the most modern of modern art. It was the handiwork of a woman, and might have been a lifelike portrait, of anything from a sandstorm to a steam roller. 4'S? ? must be wedded to her art,'1, the ( iilmsiast declared, enraptured. "Yes, and every picture she has painted is sufficient reason for a dl arprce," was the reply. , KNOW LITTLE ABOUT AMERICA Traveler Tells of Odd Beliefs That Are Prevalent Among Even Well Educated Europeans. Austin Stack, minister of home af fairs In the former cabinet of Eamonn de Valera. rolls of some of the euriona impressions regarding life in the United States still prevailing among Europeans. "Among other curious beliefs is that every one who lives in America, particularly in the Western states, must he a cowboy. I find that many people habitually refer to resi- j dents of the Far West as 'cowboys' in j a figurative sense, and I suppose that j accounts for part of the notions that j are circulated." Mr. Stack recounted a story told to j him by a friend from Butte, Mont., who was entertaining a visitor from Europe. The visitor expected to see the streets of Butte built and peopled along the lines shown in the erstwhile popular western movie, and his l?st noticed that he seemed to be con stantly on the lookout for some one or something. "Finally," Mr. Stack said, "the vis itor turned to his host and asked: But where are all the cowboys?' "'Oh, they are never seen*in the daytime,' the other replied. 'They are very shy. TWey only come out at nights, like the fairies."' And tha vicjfr.r hollered It. Mr. Stack claims. WHY PEOPLE ''BREAK DOWN". Burden as a General Thing Was Not TSo Heavy, but the Load Was Put on Wrong Place. People are breaking down in health all the time. And as the business man. the housewife and the student fall by the roadside the public dolefflllv ex claims: 'The load was too hedvy!" As a matter of fact people break down, not because the load they are carrying is too great, for in nine cases out of ten they could carry more than ? 4-s\ Knf KA/?AllCa uit^v urtr umvcu tv, uui nu^v don't know how to get the load on. Dr. Joel E. Goldthwait writes in the Designer. They put the pack on in the wrong place and then the human machine is used in such a way that a great deal of their energy is re quired to overcome what would mechanically be called friction. When the nation's young men and women have been taught to use their bodies correctly and are standing up straight many of the p" eins facing the country today will have been solved. There will be fewer instances of break-down in the mill and the ~ /\l Da.-\nl(i will PirrV v'ilH'C U11U II1C U"UKT. X "... rl-eir loads easily. The development their bodies will make It possible for them to know the fullest joy that life can give. The Hated Profiteer. "Everybody tintes a profiteer," said Secretary Hoover at a Washington banquet, "and everybody knows where the profiteer will go to when he dies. "A millionaire profiteer was carried off by indigestion, and his employees attended the funeral in a body. By the terms of the will the profiteer was buried in a strange manner. I-Ie wore his newest frock cop1-, liis largest dia mond ring and his ccstliest platinum watch. Furthermore his best cane was buried with him, and in his mouth was liis newest set of teeth, the set with the gold, plates. ? 44 41 understand all this business,' said one of the dead profiteers em ployees. 'It's for show. But I cgn't understand about the false teeth. What's the sense of it?' 44 'The sense of it,' said another em ployee, 'is easy to see. How would the boss feel when he got to the weepin' and wailin7 and gnasnnr snop 11 ne hadn't a fine set of teeth?'" Haughty Stare Cowed Leopard. A planter in Tanganyika Territory, South Africa, walking along ax foot path, fell into a big game pit in which a leopard had been trapped. Neither the beast nor. the man could get out again, so the planter was "up against it," but remembering what he had heard of the power of the human eye, he fixed the leopard with a haughty stare. ' "By this means and by making strange noises, I kept the animal at I bay until a friend appeared and shot it," he said. Others who heard of the affair, and who know the planter very well, point out that he is a lean and slender man. not likely ro attract a leopard unless the latter was indeed hungry to a desperate point. Economy. Longlocks had just received a check for S10 for one of his poems. "Now, dearie," said his wife, ''let's deposit that check in the savings ac count and imagine we haven't got it." "Where will I deposit this bill for the new hat you got last week and imagine I haven't got it?"?From JudLre. Loud-Speaking Reproducer. A new dictaphone reproducer has been invented which is claimed to be far superior to present instruments of its class. The volume of sound can be altered by shifting a small lever, and increased to such a degree, it is claimed, that head receivers are not necessary.?Popular Mechanics Maga-i. i f.i. -; , "-?? ? , ? i Great Stuffy "V 1 "Gonna" put Hamlet ia*the films?";! ?'Can get soma grga.t effects .with!: the ghost." ... ,.. ! SBd, ?jTlflffc f $1.50 Bed Sheets Chapman X Bed Sheets,-72x90 of extra quality, a limited number, only 93c on _ IV11 CI.? ozrc rmow oups Good quality 42x3G Chapman X, a wonderful value matches sheets 25c New Shipment Coats Thread Coats' Thread, all sizes, 50 yard spool 4c New Shipment Ladies And Misses Kimonas Beautiful Japanese, flowered crepe and flannelette Kimonas designed with most artistic taste 98c, $1.49 and : $1.95 Misses Coats : 50 odd and end Misses' and.Children's Coats thrown in on our -special close-out sale. Values up to $7.50, others up to $6.95 98c Come In And Look At These $25.00 Dresses In Poiret Twill .and Tricotine, beautifully designed by the market's most artistic makers. Just 50 in this lot and they will go quickly at ! $12,85 Shirts ! Newest patterns, excellent qualities, cheapest pric es. The whole story told in few words. Come in, fel i 1 lows and look at the new patterns'just arrived ....95c, $1.25 and $1.45 Men's Hats 1,000 Men's Felt. Hats have been marked and re duced to unbelievable proportions. We are over stocked and they must go. Another 50 per cent reduc tion on top of our last cut. See them at 69c, 95c, $1.45 and $1.95 A Mere Few Drops In An Ocear Purchasers Of Cope] Soutivs Foremost B lily At The am t im UlUfnVAWAA IV? IliC 1S111GI QILC - - ' ** r i * '" * r* * - ** * . Men's Underwear 75c to $2.00 fine ribbed or fleece two-piece gar ments including- Chalmers, Mayo, Hanes and others at 49c, 75c, and 95c $1.50 Sweaters Good cotton Sweaters with two pockets, others up to $4.95 98c New Shipment Men's Fine Dress Pants At very low prices. Serges, Worsteds and fine Cr,3hm:re in young Men's and conservative Pants at $2.95 to $5.95 Boy's Suits Never before has any one in Newberry been able to exhibit such a vast variety of high class Boys' Suits and best of all at such prices. Suits for the little tot as well as sizes up to 20 for the big boy $1.95 to $7.95 Children's Shoes Just arrived over 1.000 pairs of Babies', Children's and Misses7 Shoes to fill in our already immense stock of little folks' Footwear in newest styles.' The most complete Children's Shoe department in the state. Mr. Bobbins, one of the Youth's best shoe men, who is in charge will insure a perfect lit (a most important item) and best of service, and at a saving of 25 to 50 per cent on every pair ' 95c and up i A New Supply of % Men's And Boy's Tennis Shoes The extra heavy ones with reenforced rubber tops. The regulation basketball Shoe. Shoe Polish All 15(? Polish 10c Walk-Over Shoes For Men and Women at a saving of 35 to 45 per cent. .$7.00 to $11.00 Shoes $3.95 to $6.95 i Of Bargains At This Big Store. n i n land Brothers Stock argain Distributors.