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RUSS FEAST DAY Pretty Ceremonies Described by American Traveler. Singing and Dancing by Peasant Girls and Boys Chief Feature of the Occasion-Survival of Primitive Customs. It was the Fenst of Trnisfiguration, and from all the' Countrysihe around Como the poor, the crippled and the ged. u Again ind again -e iheari ti I tapig f t a ene and a1 plaintive voice aisking ains radi Christa, for I tilt- Chris's sake. Yis.hev and 1i dropl)01 a few kopel' into t1h hugs they thi'ust Iefore Iltin. The wonien I foliowul witit barge pieces cut from 4 the big blaek lonavi's, wliile Iv n I Pach) stek solillily deixy.lttcid at great gren cuetiber. This yeNatr cu('iit hers were scnrce, Its it was frotu k-itn it t rIle gift of love. But whether we gave cuiumber or bread or kopeks. bic: in '::.A of is ('tne the phitivitI ilg-sontv ble.ssing (if tfe beggar. Elven fle irolighest, p)orest Rissian pensant Is Illoved to proifound pity by the spvc taci' of htiman misery. Ills own life teaclhes itu11 the rieaning of pain lnd privat Ion. But they (10 not <hll his sympathy. They make hini more sen-' 1 Sit ive to the sufferings of ohlers. Now fron the farther end of the vii lige cane te strains of music. There was it ebioris of yotig volces ne'om pinlei by the thrmInining of the hil alnkit. the clanging of eymimis and the throbbing of the houben. it kind of tabniourimn. Clearer tin(] cearer caie tile intusle tntil suddenly arotnd thet corner of the church emerged tite pro ('ession (if players and singers. The girls were in tite gay ieih costm rilets of tihe pensants, and the boys wOre smocks of green and orige niad br'i ghist bilue. heled by 'cords with tnsseied ends. The instruinnts we re in th hands of the boys. The g!rIs aml in reiponse to th preonter. lie was it ch'n-looking, toisl-h1:1a'ed lad of S'venteei, one! of the last to le .ra ft ed to the froit. It it clear.l111s8y vo*icewl 1n nhlandol) of emlotion hie .5:1,E an > (I folk soig. adding new verses of ils own as lie strode along. Three tiies thtey cireled th vi-. lage green, ald then gaitthering oni tie grss befor' the ('1hurch, they sntg alnd dancd till imorning. The rush and Ji'.yous fling of tit' dancers, (it hbm. Ing.- colored costiunes lin the light oif ie join!e torhes, tho lan11i 1ter 1111( snatchtsJif song rising out of tho Iark. the youtmg lovers wvit Ithi their enrosSes frInk itaidii unashamed, the church bel it intervias (shling like a great llm pie gong, an(1 the startled birds whel Ing overhiad maside al impressiton of primive energy and e11auty. I wa s cnried back across the centuries to the (lays wt'hean the mcrne was young andi the m1e01n Irew life and inspirn tion direct1ly from tihe, Jol.-Albert Rhys WViliamts inl Yale lieview. in the Limelight. WVagonls are trencherous devices. My iast expteince l 'with one wias In a trafle Jam just before I reachIed the IuIsIlest corner in town. I (d(d not kinow h Iat the boost I gave the wang on h1ai (Ion(! nily dmiliage to eliher of ts, and so, Wh1en I swung Into tile main int'rsection I planned a perfect Around (enmeli the steering wiheel and I felt it lock. I felt for the brake, hut In my excItement struck theI gas and began circling the traficl cop at break neck speed, ie dodged mie at least three tlimes before I stoppedl, thte exact cent~er of downtown atten tIon. Thien he regained his brenth add raised his voice for all the worbil to hear. "If ye are finished with this gr-rand exhibition,"~ he adhvised, "please go sotmewhuere else so thie traf fic can get by !"-1xchange. Necktie Banks Now. The latest thing In coin-carrying de vices ia reported by the woodnmen who are drifting into Virginia, Minn., in In creasing nmtbers. Insteatd of the old scheme of catrrying their stake In tileir woolen socks, loose In their pockets or in a wailet, the lumber jacks and miners now carry it in their neckties. Thtey insert tlhe bills in the lining of the necktie, iln the tie and thten tack It in the front of theIr shirt. The ad. vantage lies In the fact that one has his bank irectly In front of hIm at ail timaes. Inden',tally, more wood-. taen are' wearlng neckties this year thann ev'er before.-Philadelphin 'tec. ord. Houses for Scotland. S4cotland1 Is undergoing ian almost ceas('less tigltilti for more andu bet ter houses, and( the inqlftiria's tare mtore nutmc'routs thuani ever for Amteiricenn Inum her. hardwai'e and maiohie to'ols. With il lt'i' war loss Scotland nteeds more than 100,000 inew homnes. it muany citie's sIx tind eight famIlies hatve been livilng In smalil dw~~ellintgs, sometImes one or two famillies in a room. The Scottish progriami for 10'20 calls for 10,000( houses. Famous Hotliston Elms. Elmats at Ilolliston, Mass., pianted Rlbout the year 1747 have been nom tnnted for a place in the ai~nl of Fame of the Amnerlenn Forestry association at Washitngton. They may have been six or seven feet In clrcnmference dan lag WashIngton's time. The idea. "The backer of the show con plained that his cake was dough." "i s ~:i'se the star gave him tO understand thtat ia what angel eMk pinrally turns out to ba.? ,AN'S APARTMENT NOT DANGEROUS SAYS GIRL Isn't it strange to, what extremes a girl will go in order .to vamp sonie member of the whiskered sex, for whom s31he has set her cap? 'When Constance Talmadge -goes "In Search Of A Sinner," her next. John lmerson.Anita Loos pro(ItiCtion, dis tributed by First National Exhibitors' Circuit, which will be the Princess Theattre's attraction for Thursday, she (ons a typical "vaip" costume of the "standing room oily" variety and walks ito h1er victlim's aiartment, with the ina1net iitintioll of at least be ing noticed. Whlther slh accoinll ishei her ur.. o or not is another uilstion. Neel ess to say, he: in1tntions were earll est. n her latst wcrhirliig \l As. Tal madlWge is suppolted by iadeliff Fe1 lows, Aujorio Alilt on and Corliss .(r'wa's Tate1v'ss, chill 'ronic etme(v vitality mix', energy I pirifyin, an:l t richiug-the blud. You can (wn (eel i St:entlb +inl. lovIgorating Effect. Pric, GO. NOTI('E OF E1-E:I:("l'loN. C'ounty oif L.aiirens. Whereas, (ptitionui.n by a legal miniber of the iqualifiel electors and fresloldirs reidilingt in ll ekleed rvillI school district No. 12. Nuw1rry coun ty, South Carolina, asking for an (lee tion upon the iustion of voting an adlitional I mill tax upon the proper y ill saii district, to he uIsedI for school ;m1r1poses, have been illed with Ihe County board of (Iluent Ion, an election is hIereVbY ordred upon said question, :aid election to be held on Ilie 28th day of August, 19120, at pibli :;chool builhi ing inl said district, udl(eP Ale manage 111(nt of the trumst c f i said .school dis trict. Only such elc(toZ (1IrS art1r11-n1 real or rsonl: proletiy for taiatioln an(1 who -exhibit the-ir tax recce;ipts and( rvg IralO rll e'(Ptifiat S as 1(11ired in the general elctilon shall he allowed to \ote. 'T'lost avoriii- thi I '11i ll additio ali tax shall vote a halllot t containn Ihe Word "Yi0F" ritnor prined her on. TIhose against# the I imill ad(ldition al tax shall vot a ll oi containin thewor "N" "tritenor :r"nted P lreon. :'11s shl l pi ' jn a: the 1o r of % o'clock in the forcnloii and .wal r'(mainl 4,It 11 unt1il th( lou. of oclock i hth afternrOi whn he shall he clo.-ed, alal the hallots unlt ed. The triuztee shell repo t the ru-lit of the electioni to the county itor and couinty slupriintedlenu-it (t (-duht. lion within ten days thierafter. i. '. WILSON, Su.t. [2t-A By order Colniy Ioard. A Goodric1 Goodrich Tin an give far CITY VUL( DITY OF ANOtNT GLORIES LIma, Peru, In the Past, Was a Capi. taI of Color and of Almost Eternal Carnival. One must not think of the modern lity of Lima, materially enlarged but spirltually dinished, deposed from ier original supremacy over the Amer [can southwest to the point of losing ier own characteristic stamp, with her ,eglonal customs forgotten ar.d disng Lred by bastard and outlandish edi. lees and iarred ii her surroumdings )y the dcline and neglect of her ,ount ry seats and the denth of her an lent woOilands. We imust think of her its she was in ier most propitious years, in the flrst Lwo c(niries of her foundation; nrowned with olive trees nid orange [rees. 11nold the shlinmertng curtains )f willow groves nnd baniana plantai 'lons, 11in1l( fragrant in her iiallios mind grdenis by violets, earnations, .-onvolvullf, abhundanle and Sweet has1 lIs; tlie land of flowers and of per rumed waiters ; the Indian capital of ofty Ild Solkl towers, of hlleonies ibl fia rooifs, (f tiles Mnd shuhlttered bliiids, of skirts an1d anilitles aliitnost U1oorislh, whose disguise Imaintahiltstl an Lternal carn!val, tihe City of eleg nt 11,bll., it' spightly nms, of colilly fes livals. coinedles, tournaients and bull flghts, of luxury and ostentation; the k11ut i ful creole, devolit aind senisuial iliugihter of Sevilla and the grand Ihlaliter of a sultanai; the niother (of Vir glils and Siits. (if pomupous gentle wen and1 learned doctors, cares "sed by the golden eials of tier M clitirches and by the incense and chunts of her Infinite lirocessiois. I ienat h an air of (ixqisi te- tempern tiure and nt 1i Istening and brilliant sky, grew LUia, the living linage of grace; id she extended over the threshohls or Ile f ragle country her vell (if smil ing -llency and e'ligance. Ibick of' LI1ima 1 ad the ecoast, the re gion (f f)It siesta, of negro slaves and the easy lIfe, however, arose the sler In, lnnneise and stIll undivIded, (he true 'eru, froi Isto to Las Char ens. well en Iled, at the Ieglinning of the colotili.of li, Nuen- Castilla and Ntieva TI'oheido, lbeenuItsq, in t ruth, it stows physically a greater Spain, gl ,itle '1uii hInic; an auistere region, tiuphenived wnd vraggy, a lond of weari ness anl lain, more subjuganted and nfileted haln Ireld. I1ulestite or Ar mIenin.-TJe do In Tivr d Agucro in fercurio l'orunna, Lina, l'orit ; Trans lation for Intei'-Aierlen. Highly Dangerous Gas. Car'bn'on Imonoxide, ia constituent of Ill utninain ng gas 1and a subTsfance giveon off by a voal-fire burning wIth ia silnokeless flime, is so deadly that its us! as n poison gas in itr his been cons)dered. It proved uinsuiltable for this liutiIlose, but is a source of dainger in closed spaces where there arc leaky. gas pipes, the fumes from iutoobiolles In operation, or the dis charge of exhaust gnss from explo slon engInes. Industrial and coal mining rIsk from it is so great under certail conditloTls that a special Illb sorbent for use for masks has been (Ie vised. This mate'rinl has been named hoiealIte, and originally consisted of a iixture of 50 per cent of iangan eso dioxide, 30 per cent of coipper ox Ide-, 15 per cent of cobalt (Ioxide and 5 per cent of silver oxide. Slightly moI~dified( slice the first trials, (lie comn hi(rsition 1s stalted to work effectively in a gas canIster, absorbIng thie catrbon1 monoxide from the air lbreathedi, ex cept whieni imopnired by accumuilation of moIsture. X-Ray Movies. The newest ivention in photog raphy is the X-Ray moving picture. It has been possible, of course, to look through one's body- and make pictures of lIvIng organs, but now every move ment of every part of the blody tmay lie reproduced on (lie screen. The slIghtest movement of tihe heart, the muscles, joInts, itestines and lungs can be watched for hours at e tIme. Such pictures are etxpOeted to be of the greatest importance to moedicine and1 surgery and make possible many new cures. These pictures have been made tro far of anilmals on13'ly bt hu man beings will soon ho filmed In the same way-. The human body wvill have no 'Iecrets in future which the physiclian and surgeon cannot rend floys' Life. Grain Dust ExplosIon. The 1United Staites department of aigriculture-i recently- gave a very jprac tienl deinionstratfion of thie daniger of granin-dust explosions in imnpropierly ope-ratedl elevators. A miniature sheet iron hullig wasi) used for (lhe dlemon strat Ion. A lighted lamp was first placed in the tiny3 struicturi and a tn bleslpronfuil of powdler, gathiered in au urini hiandling plant, was then bilowtn Into the~ tmodel building with a pair of bellows. The result was an exlo llon Of coniderai-ble force. The au thiorlties point (nit that cinnliness atnd instatllat(ion of effelemrt ventllatflng ap parat us will reduice (lie pei of' graIn (lust exiploslons. English ActIve in Motor Industry. The i!rst big step towaird mnas pro. dluct ion in England .has been taken with the organlzation of a $30,000,000i combIne in the Iritish mootor indlustry, Its KInd. "Jahmes tt-ls ie- lie has secured a light roie in uu popular ila v." "The~n I'll bet hoe comes ~n carry lng Iramps." Explains It. "The rn'm you was talkIng to Iast uaight comese from Nevberg." "Ahi! that exlains why he was auch a lobater. " In 4 Tri Essex 4 T Carrying U. S. Mail Sets a New Mat Reliability Neve :e i r'-t It of ani :au toinobile carr I n' (n2 wa: ''' .ah wih fL liUht v 1, (:, I) efnn. iWh1ldiie of momenit Iall <loubt about therliai) lity a L a ' al service. Records Prove What Owners Know Oceanto oc llan a itoIobil tav ias n.ot Gen-so conimon as not to be of, inersttoal motorists retgardless; of Lbe 'Joe re:ltiru in zaakinlg tle trip. 31lll1.e:!s of cars have soucht to set. n<%% w irne rorolds etee Sanl Fran ise, a::h Ntv York. Biut it has not, b I 'l "asy necrom.iipitl*m lt. The recrd Nel by lIsex hiad stood for fourL ya s. Ymlur dh ; . s :In Ito! 1.i.al thlose( mile ntd i. e tra 1 Isconl~nt nt'-l tri . 1'lnt m' :<ii "o ul lia be of, you.r cal, r m i fu ianll" . i im4 not Adabnn Laurens. silvertown 8 ooo.1Mi iFabric Ti I In!!v 04 iTire is one niecessil as cost 1514o to 2C*o less t greater service. 7A.NIZING STATIO: LAUREl ps Across imes Breal Between San Francis -k for Consistency. of r Equaled by Any Tra' 14 gia e. ..\ai acok , t he Aer ia [II nortancet i the wordI Ipe c at , valueI to 11 h :noto:-ist. C'orw i o~" f l:h wei-11 in thc most1 11iW (.1 f(ilt. Doesn't It Prove What You Want? Hunt l'Ssex reveals how th'se- vostly car t !- P ar,' il o of i IIL "O lowne : o-:u you to th !-: e. . a v v i Ci rI 0 o it na111n o t b1i . Y I r i, :' l li t I na b ry!n-dite : otor Co Cords 7'es tres ni rire y~sold at less thani p han' they did in 1910 N EASTERBY M4s. S. C. A ., America Ks Record *o and New York It Performance and reling Machine. eli..' EN E days, I I IIrs., 13 1111i1. .W - R k :n ord: 1'! r.. w inl. F~N)ESSEX Ni Viori (q Sin Fracitels1-I dais- 1.) lirs., 17 inii. -! rs l ord :'2 1: min. TIRDfl ESSEXN San Fraielse( ti New York I 1 )Ih lsby storm. alld Sunday N I 11rh toi Sanl Franelse. Is car I i 'I,, lo r rut' an d '.''"'.ran :io storms.Yet, It rake ':t for n- F re or-l by.1. The1 -nl'rttle filr ('11h of thte ur f ) e vout., oi er 3.317 mitles Ov -] tito alla rou11te waS 1 days, pany South Carolina --m rewar prices MOTOR CO.