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Show tiie sroAsnorsE bulletin FRIDAY, JANUARY 21. 1838 THE SUGARHOUSE BULLETIN Cambodian Brides Given OUR SLANG WOULD BEWILDER WEBSTER A WEEKLY PUBLICATION Printed at 2044 Souto 11 tb East , Utah Issued every Friday p. m. Business Office and Plant at 2044 South 11th East ' Advertising- Rates oh Application " O. C. CONNIFF, Publisher Sugar-house- Radio, Aviation, Cattle Raising Use Odd Terms. - Ncah Webster knew his words, but he couldn't talk shop toSalt Lake City, Utah day with a radio announcer, an aviator or a cattleman. Phone copy for newa Items and events of Interest to The Bulletin" For instance, if Webster were inor Commercial Printing Company Hyland 584. vited to a clam bake" at a radio a fork Copy for newa Items, social and sport activities, must be In the office station hed probably bring two or three overripe towhereas not later than noon Wednesday, for publication in the following Issue of matoes would be more appropriate. The Bulletin." A "clambake" is radios slung for a program which becomes a definite failure due to errors and lack of rehearsals. Similarly, a "belcher" is not a gourmet troubled with indigestion but rather a performer with a Chicago. COMMENTS "frog" in his throat. THIS MANS EXPERIENCE He was operating a good store. It attracted the greater part of the people in its own community and drew considerable business from surrounding communities. It was not because he sold at a cheap price, but because he carried an excellent variety of merchandise, displayed its attractively, and employed competent sales eople The time came when he felt that he had such a lioldon the business that he could reduce his stock, cut out many of the items he carried, cut his cost of operation and continue to keep his customers. He did these things over a period of two or three months, and believed he was getting away with it. For a time the same people came to his store. They found he did not have, as he formerly had, some items they wanted In time They went elsewhere, frequently to the city to get it. they went elsewhere to do all their buying. At the end of six months he realized he would have to do He advertised cheap prices, something to regain his customers. did not bring back the deThat below cost. items selling many sirable patronage he had previously, the customers who appreciated variety and quality more than cheap prices. His policy had failed At the end of a year, he closed up. and it had injured not only himself, but the community as a whole. The people were going to other places where merchants were offering variety and quality. Registrar Keeps Record of Life of School Pupils Providence, R. I. Registrar Norris has a file containing an account of every student who ever attended the Country Day school Per-civ- al here. Norris starts a file as soon as a new student enters the school, saving clippings from newspapers and other sources. The clippings are augmented by piiotographs taken during the boys school years. He keeps in touch with graduates by letter, constantly adding to his clippings of former pupils one of whom is a college president. Norris began his hobby at N. J., where he filled eight filing cases of clips. His Country day file, now occupying only three cases, is growing rapidly. Law-rencevil- Housewife May Violate the Sunday Blue Laws Bellefonte, Del. Is housework really work? That question remains unanswered here, but repairing a leaky roof is a violation of the Sunday blue laws in effect here. A home-ownwas arrested for hammering on his roof on Sunday. City officials and attorneys would rot say whether the housewife who cooks the Sunday dinner, makes the beds and sweeps the floor is violating the blue laws. er Deer Hunters Ride Cycles in California Porterville, Calif. Enterprising deer hunters have used nearly every kind of conveyance, but a district ranger saw his first bicycle party this year. Two men pedaled past the point where automobiles are forbidden and bagged a buck a few days later. ld four-poi- nt Definition of University According to a well established tradition, James A. Garfield, in a Williams college alumni address delivered in New York city in 1872, said: "My definition of a university is Mark Hopkins at one end of a log and a student at the other. The quotation, however, does not occur in the speech as it was recorded, but a similar line of thought was expressed by Garfield in a letter which he wrote the same year. was one Mark Hopkins of the ablest and most successful American educators and was president of Williams college in Massachusetts when Garfield was a student there. Garfield particularly liked the stress which Hopkins placed upon the development of the individual student. (1802-1887- ), Themselves Near Gyantse, Tibet, stands a lamasery whose lamas, or monks, incarcerate themselves in small mud huts, without doors or windows, for periods from a year to a lifetime, in order to earn a reincarnation. As no mortal eye may look upon them during these years of seclusion, says Colliers Weekly, they wear a glove on the hand used to take their food from a brother lama when he passes it to them through a small curtained aperture. Monks Inearcerate first-cla- ss Fumage or Chimney Tax The fumage or chimney tax is mentioned in Doomsday as paid to the king for every chimney in the house. Edward, the Black Prince, is said to have imposed a tax of a florin for every hearth in his French dominions. The first statutory enactment in England required a tax of two shillings on every hearth in certain houses to be paid to the king. The tax was abolished in 1G89. "Bugs Means Trouble. "Bugs, one learns, is a term for trouble in equipment. A "fuzzy canary" is a color aturo soprano whose voice lacks clarity. Other slang ina mystery stocludes: "Whodunit ry; "strip show" a dramatic serisuperanal, and "Lady Macbeth nuated tragedienne. In aviation, "skipping through the dew is not a new way to play hopscotch. Its a transport pilots slang for flying at high speed. And, if a pilot does any "marcelling" he bends the fuselage of his ship. on the Newark-Buffal- o If the trip is "wondering what the old lady is having for dessert, he is flying without nervousness. While "bustin the fan" flying on the radio beam lie will often put her on the iron man" use the robot pilot. Heres a "Hat Rack." A visit to the stockyards with cattlemen teaches one a "hat rack" is a steer whose meat is considered fit only for canning purpose;; "dopcattle or hogs, fed ey grassers for market on pasture only, appear dull and listless; jack pot" mixed and common stock, quality, "washy" animals fed new grass or freshly grown vegetation. A letter from a traveling pitchman one of those fellows who peddle their wares on street corners might read: "I'm inking you to thank you for the pipe last week. Im in a hot spot where the big cop charges only a dollar for a reader. We're doing swell with hoops, sticks and gum- M my. Translated it would mean: "I'm writing you to thank you for the newsy letter last week. I'm in a town where business is good and where the mayor charges only a dollar for a license. Were doing a good business selling rings, razor sharpeners and solder. co-pil- ot 300 Iowa Acres Support Old Church for 83 Years Iowa. An Moravian church the only one in Iowa continues to flourish near here in the Grace Hill community. Washington, Two charter members are num- Haircut, Are Perfumed The Cambodian populace, whose territory lies between Annam and Siam, follow much the same marriage rites, as does Cochin China, notes a Chicago Tribune correspondent. In preparation for marriage the girl usually has her hair cut and is perfumed, thus considered marriageable. Here frequently the future bridegroom goes into the service of his fiancees family in lieu of dot, is liable to "improvement" by his and should his faults future be found fewer than his good qualities, the wedding is held. s, An achar or master of cere- monies presides at the pagoda service, and the bride Is bedecked with artificial flowers and a silk scarf, and the achar gives the signal of Krong Baley, invocation of ancestors and good spirits. Certain mandarins even prostrate themselves before the urns containing the ashes of their ancestors, though there are few bther rights, no discussions nor gayety, other than three-dafeasting. There is a provision-carryinceremony, Bon-ch-o a when Serna, shadowy place is chosen in the pagoda court where for 72 hours the feasters are domir, ciled, and the usual cakes, and other traditionally festive provisions are passed around. y g betel-peppe- HERE IS GOOD NEWS! FREDOVA DANCE STUDIOS IN SUGARHOUSE F. Hall 2040V South 11th East Are' having ENROLLMENT now for WINTER CLASSES is a Freda Vernon, Principal tof in DANCING. with THRILLED be YOU WILL TRAINED TEACHER. her METHOD of INSTRUCTION. INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION is GIVEN to EVERY CHILD Ballet, Toe, Tap, Acrobatics, Ballroom and Physical Culture are taught. CLASSES ARE SCHEDULED 3:00 P. M. and Tuesday 10:00 A. M. 1:00 P. M. Saturday 9:00 A. M. Register at the Studio Now! Schools In Salt Lake City, Bountiful, Sugar House, At I. O. O. the-icho- Pleasant Grove and Provo. Mysterious Siwa Just an Oasis in Libyan Desert -t- -V The inhabitants of Siwa, a mysterious oasis in the Libyan desert, whose beehive dwellings, built of mud bricks, rock salt and stone, and from which ancient temples rise, tier on tier, sometimes reaching a height of almost 200 feet, first came under Egyptian influence in 1600 B. C. The diety, Jupiter Amon, whose predictions were here revealed to tiie suppliant by the priests of the innermost shrine was a god of oracles. Kings and queens Early U. S. Stamps Used gladly sought his favor. Alexander the Great, hearing that as Fractional Currency kings in Egypt were considered diThe clever adaptation of postage vine, besought the oracle at Siwa in stamps during the Civil war was He could 331 B. C. to defy him. responsible for the introduction of then by divine right, as son of Zeus, fractional currency, according to impose his tyrannies on his sub- collectors who study both philatelic jects. With deep mystery the cere- and numismatic records. mony was carried out in the temple Because so many people hoarded by the priests and Alexander was the metal coins (both silver and decorated with the horns of a ram, copper) during the conflict of the sign of Amon the small currency was practically and was invested as a Pharaoh. He drained from circulation. returned to Egypt stamped as the In order to make change for bills authentic son of Zeus. Cleopatra tendered in payment for purchases personally sought guidance from the postage stamps were forced into oracle concerning the entangled af- service. Various concerns produced fairs of her heart and state. She little brass cases into which postage came to Siwa from Rome after the stamps were placed. Other people murder of Julius Caesar, seeking an merely pasted unused specimens on omen of divine aid. pieces of cardboard and used them The temple is in ruins, but walls instead of money. still reveal the bright blue pigments One such card, coming to the atseen in relief work on the monutention of a banknote designer, inments of Egypt. spired him to propose fractional pad The high, per money. He used that card as a town of Siwa is like a fairy model, copying the lapped stamps castle, built on two great rocks in and adding only suitable inscripthe center of the oasis. tions and trimmings. Instead of spreading out their The original engravers design town, the Siwans have built one shows that he even left the words U. S. Postage" on each of the house on top of another, and this has been kept up until they reach stamp designs. A pencil correction, a dizzy height. It is quite custom- however, indicates that the Treas-ur- y official who approved the idea ary for a son to build his house on .the top of the house of his father eliminated the "postage. The rest of the design was left intact and paper bills .were issued Early Watches Though the Chinese claim to have with a face value of 25 and 50 cents. invented the clock about the year On them were reproductions of post2000 B. C., there is a general bebill age stamp designs: the lief that Gerbert, who afterward be- had brown Jeffersons, while the came Pope Sylvester II, made the had as many green first mechanical clock for tiie Magdeburg cathedra in the year 996 A. D. Peter Henien or Hele of Nuremberg, Germany, is credited with the invention of the mainspring which made watches possible, about the year 1500 A. D.; one of the oldest watches in existence was made in New that city in 1560. i self-defen- se Marten Kin of Weasel; About as Largo aa Mink The marten belongs to the weasel family and is carnivorous. It is about as big as a mink and differs but little in form from the latter, save that its feet are larger and hairy to the toes and its tail is somewhat larger and a dark brown color. The fur of the American pine marten is generally of a yellowish brown color, but varies greatly according to latitude, season and locality. The Hudsons bay and Lake Superior marten are dark colored. The favorite haunts of these animals, according to an authority in the Montreal Herald, are the thick dark woods of the cold snowy regions. They are strictly arboreal in their habitat. They generally live in hollow trees, but occasionally they excavate dens in the ground. They feed on rabbits, birds, squirrels, mice and other small animals; are fond of beech nuts and it is said resemble the bear in their fondness for honey. They are active climbers. It is thought that a marten exists in the northwestern part of British America, which, if not the same, is very closely allied to the Russian sable. The color of the Russian sable is a rich brown slightly mottled with white about the head, and having a gray tinge about the neck. Description of Mediterranean The Mediterranean is a million square miles of warm, blue, and peaceful seas . . . Smallest .ocean on the globe, yet more famous in history than all others combined. . . . The greatest ocean of the ancient world . . , The sea of the ages . . . Linked intimately with the history of Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Syria, Asia Minor, Egypt, and North An ocean with only one Africa large contributory river, the Nile. . Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Venetians, Greeks, and Romans ruled its waves . . . Here Odysseus journeyed home from Troy . . . Here Aeneas made his voyage . . . Caesars dreadnaughts and the argosies of Byzantium . . . The heroes of the Bible, of Greece, of Rome all knew it bered in its congregation of thirty families. Amos Miksch and his bride came to Washington county from Ohio in 1854. He entered 220 acres of land for himself and another 300 acres adjoining his farm which he turned over to the church he founded in the same year. The Provincial Elders' conference of the Moravian church at Bethlehem, Pa., lent Miksch most of the money for the section of land to be used to support the church. The congregation was organized at, the Miksch home and in 1868 the Dickens Had Little Schooling churph building was dedicated. InCharles Dickens never went to come from the 300 acres' in good years had been sufficient to support school more than four years in all the church and activities of a com- his life; yet he wrote 17 of the greatmunity building dedicated in 1918. est novels in the English language. The Rev. Lewis Clewell was the His childhood was sordid and pafirst pastor. The two charter mem- thetic. He was only ten when his bers still living are Mrs. Olive father was thrown into prison for and Mrs. Joe debt and the family had nothing to Strohm, ninety-threeat. When Dickens first came to Engel, eighty-seveBrighton. America in 1842, he dazzled the populace with his scarlet vests and Dust Bowl Will Bloom, robins egg - blue- overcoats. He Says Reclamation Expert shocked America by combing his Amarillo, Texas. Visions of turn- hair in public, and Americans ing America's dust bowl region into shocked and horrified him by leta land of milk and honey are seen ting their pigs run loose around the in a proposed agricultural program streets of New York city. Dickens d and most idolized was the in expendiinvolving $160,612,367 tures which has been recommended man of his day. to authorities in Washington. W. H. Finnell, director of the soil Making Pomanders conservation service, with headwhole cloves, skins, Orange quarters in Amarillo, made the recorommendation in a detailed survey. ground cinnamon and powdered in root used are ris pomanmaking He believes that this area can be inmade one of the greatest agricul- ders. inThe wholeof cloves are unthe orange serted the skin tural regions in the world. til it is practically covered. It is The survey reveals possible re- then rolled in a mixture of equal sults from an efficient utilization of parts of cinnamon and orris root, water resources in the rewrapped in tissue paper and put gion, which includes the Panhandle away for a week or ten days. YTtis e plains. It is a program, gives the cinnamon mixture time to to realize the fullest possibilities coat the orange and add to its fraof the natural resources of the oneFinally shake off the loose grance. time dust bowl, Finnell explains. mixture and the pomander may be About 75 per cent of the suggested used as a sachet or as a moth amount would be devoted to repellent due to the cloves. projects, such as level terraces, contour furrows, stock water ponds and small reservoirs. Transferring Allegiance With the exception of the United Firm Laborers Young ColStates and Great Britain, Farm laborers are lier's Weekly, nearly everysays Washington. country young compared with other occupa- in the world refuses to recognize tional groups, according to a recent the right of a citizen or subject to survey in 11 states by the Depart- transfer his allegiance to another ment of Agriculture. More than one-- t nation. They maintain that every !n I'd of t:.e farm laborers included man is to recall to his nabetween the ages tive landsubject in li.u Mjrvey v for military service, even of twenty arr- r. years old when he has been a naturalized citi. . v. jic under forty. and zen of another country for years. ... . 1861-186- ram-heade- n, - best-love- 5, d, - mud-walle- honey-combe- d, 25-ce- nt 50-ce- nt Images of Olympic Game Heroes Towards the Tatter part of the Sixth century B. C., it became the custom to set up images of the victors in the Olympic games. The custom apparently gave one of the earliest impulses to Greek sculpture, which resulted in splendid presentations of the male figure. Since high honors were heaped upon victorious athletes, sometimes even divine worship and honor, the greatest sculptors were proud to immortalize the victors in stone and bronze. - Amusement Zone Of York Fair Biggest in History NEW YORK (Special) An amusement cone designed to accommodate at one time the entire population of eitiea the size of Akron. Atlanta. Birmingham. Dallas, Denver or St Paul wlil greet the millions of visitor! to the New York World's Fair 1939, Grover A. Whalen, president of the Fair corporation, announces. By far tha largest entertainment structure ever constructed, it will contain enough shows, devices, restaurants, villages. shaded rest spots, secondary streets and plazas to handle more than 230,009 fun seekers. One huge theater-restauraalone will have seats for 5,000. Another music auditorium will seat 2,500. Aq amphitheater to contain huge crowds will be built by the state of New York at a cost of JljBOO,-00erected at the head of one of the lakes it will be the scene of operas, aquatic exhibitions, pageants and other extravaganzas. The visitor to the Fair will walk about two miles merely to pass through the amusement section which will be laid out in the form of an oval loop with no dead end streets. e The tract will be divided Into at least thirteen villages or zones and every concession will conform in design and atmosphere to the particular zone in which it ia located. An example will be the Little Old New York village, where the theater will be a replica of the famous old Park theater, the principal care will duplicate Steve Brodie's saloon and the attendants will dress in character. All architecture will be attuned to that picturesque period. Admission to the zones will be free. -- nt e, five-sta- te C only' one ia 'ecu:..--- out of Japan. It includes 150 tricks, the more than 300 ways to throw an. opponent. In its simpler form an opinponent is overcome by tricks on the funny volving pressure bending the fingers backbone, ward, tripping, applying pressure upon the sensitive gland below the ear, or upon the solar plexus and similar movements forbidden in our wrestling and boxing. It is more than boxeffective for ing for it minimize! the advantages of height, reach and weight Jiu-Jits- Was Fashion in Very Earliest Times u According to the American Encyclopedia, jiu jitsu, sometimes or is the spelled Japanese method of personal attack and literally meaning the art of making ones opponent use his strength to his own disadu probably existed vantage." to Christian era, and the previous quite possibly as early as 200 B. C. It is thought that it originated in China and was taken to Japan by a. a Japanese physician named For a long time it was practiced only by the soldiery of Japan, but later every officer and enlisted man of the navy, army and police departments received instructions. T?:crc. ere many methods, but jiu-juts- u, ju-jut- self-defens- e, Jiu-jits- Aki-yam- 0; 230-acr- long-rang- You Get Now an Answer by Telephone Dont wait, wonder or worry. Tele- phone and pet the facts. Long Distance will be glad to tell you the rates to any point?. The ?Mci:v.laa Stales Tel. fi Tel. Company Station W-A-N- water-retentio- n c-- e - twu-th- ii nty-nine -T Calling If you have anything to Sell, Trade, Exchange or Rent; or rent a place, buy a place, or need anything, let the public know in this 9 I W-A-N- Department. PHONE THE BULLETIN- -T Hyland 364 i |