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Show Br'if i-- y.'J,: , .vV i; If k..' H-- K "'4 V'l f I : H bA "I 4 'iYfilai'ila.',i,.,i i, i. ,r..fr. ,t, . ,.,,. ami KMitry VSSaVI"W TPPTaWffaajaaaasaaw fa v K if $W r, 1 T i iay u . ; . .... aje iiSajjii. 'f y ELMO SCOTT WATSON sj I s KOM Texas comes the ll"1 announcement that If present plans are car-rle- d out a monument Is a, L to be erected en the f ,1 state capltoi grounds I mA V at Austin as a memorial to the wild mustang ' Y which played such an a-- S Important part in the , " " development of Texas and the whole Southwest. The move- - merit for such a memorial was started by a Fort Worth citizen, and at his suggestion a fund of $50,000 with which to erect tbe monument Is be-ing raised among the ranchmen of the etute. Up In Alaska last year a bronze plaque, bearing a bas-rell- of a mule sad a horse, was dedicated by the Indies of the Golden North, an aux-iliary of the Alaska-Yuko- n Pioneers, - to perpetuate the memory of the faith-ful pa 7k animals, both mules and ., horses, who lost their lives on the White Pass trail during the Klondike Cold rush days. With Gov. George A. Parks of Alaska and George Black, member of the Canadian parliament front Yukon territory, officiating, tbe dedication took place near Inspiration Point above the famous Dead Horse Gslch. House, North Anna, Ashland, White' Oak Swamp, Reams Station." Tbe master was Brig. Gen. John Hammond, who served through the Civil war In Company II of the Fifth New York cavalry and whose name went on the roll of honor for meri-torious service. And each Memorial day tbe grave of this equine "hero" Is decorated along with the graves of the human warrior dead. Even more traditional than love of man for his horse is his love for his dog. 8o It Is not surprising that in various parts of the world may be found monuments erected to the mem-ory of "man's best friend." Most fa-mous of these, perhaps. Is Lord By-ron's monument to the Newfoundland, whose affectionate disposition and con-stant companionship so endeared htm to the poet that he was Inconsolable when the animal died. So there stands in Newstead abbey In Not-tingham, England, today a shaft of brick and marble surmounted by an urn. On a tablet are Inscribed these words: "Near this spot are deposit-ed tbe remains of one who possessed beauty without vanity, strength with-out Insolence, courage without fe-- son for this honor Is explained by the Inscription on the bronze tablet at the base of the statue. It reads as fol-lows : "Here lived and gave ber service to mankind Segis Pietertje Prospect world's champion milk cow. Born 1013, died 192S. Twice she regis-tered production records that set her fame above all dulry cattle of any age. In each of two years she exceeded 18,500 quarts of milk, 1,400 pounds of butter, yrldlng for tbe two a total of 33,022 quarts of milk, 2305-1- pounds of butter. Sired by a king and of purest Hoi-stei- n strain, she herself bore sons and daughters of champion achieve-ment Finest type of the noble, patient animal that Is most Justly named The Foster Mother of the Human Race,' her queenly worth de-served the gratitude in which this tribute Is erected by ber owner, Carnation Milk Farms, 1928." In Salt Lake City, Utah, stands a lofty granite column, on top of whlcb Is a large granite ball upon whlcb two bronze birds, covered with gold leaf, are gently alighting. On the four sides of the base are bronze tablets, three ? These two memorials are the latest bat by no means the euly ones which liave been erected to honor members of tbe equine world. Go down to Lexington, KyH and drive out along the Winchester pike until you come to Hamburg Place, the farm of J. E. Madden. Nestling In a little grove of trees on this farm Is what Is thought to be tbe only cemetery for borse cel-ebrities In the world. Dominating the grassy plot of ground of less than an acre and enclosed by a stone wall stands a statue of a borse. Upon the foundation on which the statue stands Is this Inscription, "Nancy Hanks 2:01." For this is the last resting place of tbe world champion trotter from 1892 to 1804. Nor Is Nancy the only great borse honored In this "Resting Place of Celebrities" or "Westminster abbey of the Turf," as this graveyard la called. Another monument marks the grave of Hamburg Belle, whose world's race record of 2:01H stood for many years and whose victory over the great Uhlan at Cleveland In 1009, when she stepped two heats In 2:014 and 2:01V, la a classic In American harness racing. Other stones tell the ' name and fame of Miss Kearney, the mother of Zev, winner of the Interna-tional race of 1024; Plaudit winner of a Kentucky derby; Silicon, 2:13', dam of SUlko, trotting champion of Europe ; Major Delmar, 1 :59, the trot-ting marvel of his time ; Ida Pickwick, known as the "Queen of the West"; - Ogden and Plaudit, both famous turf names; Star Shoot for five consecu-tive years the running world's lead-ing sire; Imp, "the Black Whirlwind," credited with winning 60 races, thus earning the title of "Queen of the East" and Lady Sterling, famous as the mother of Sir Barton and Sir Martin. Hidden away In a field near Crown Point N. Y stands a simple granite monument unadorned and unmarked except on one side where is chiseled i this Inscription : "PINK" ' "Wed Sunday, May 25, 18S6, age 80 years. This horse carried bis , master 25 years and was never ' known to show fatigue while other ' horses In cavalry and flying artll-.- ; lery were dying from want of food and exhaustion. He was present in 88 skirmishes and 34 buttles, no-- : tably Winchester, Orange Court-house, Second Bull Run, Hanover, , Penn. ; Gettysburg, Hanover, Va. ; 5 Brandy Plains, Buckland Mills, The Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court roclty, and all tbe virtues of man, without his vices. This praise, which would be unmeaning flattery if in-scribed over human ashes, is but a Just tribute to the memory of Boat-swain, a Dog." In Edinburgh, Scotland, a worn gray stone statue of a dog Is the outstand-ing feature of a fountain at tbe corner of the Greyfriars' churchyard, and the Grass market where bubbling water cools the tongues of thirsty dogs. Tbe fountain and the statue perpetuate tbe memory of Greyfriars' Bobby, the constant companion of an old Scotch farmer who ended his days In the Scotch capital. For two days after his death the little dog lay in abject grief, on bis master's grave. Then a crusty old gatekeeper chased him out for dogs were barred from tbe church-yard. But Bobby came back, and. neither rules, nor gates, nor walls could keep blm out He made himself official guardian of the grave and gradually Increased his domain until it Included all the churchyard. He chased out stray cats and warned off small boys who stole into a forbidden playground. The fame of Greyfriars Bobby spread over Edinburgh, and when at last be died, all tbe town, from the grand folk In the castle to the street gamins, united to do him honor by building the foun-tain with Its statue of this exponent of deathless devotion. In Central park In New York city stands a bronze statue of a dog whlcb commemorates an incident that has become a part of the heroic legend of America. For this Is the statue of Balto, an Important member of the dog team which Leonhard Seppala drove over those 675 snowy miles, from Nenana to Nome, Alaska, carry-ing his precious load of diphtheria serum to a frozen city In the throes of the epidemic, white the whole world awaited with breathless Inter-pret to bear tbe result of his race against death. And a similar bronze statue is soon to stand either In the Ttergarten or Under den Linden in Berlin whlcb will perpetuate the mem-ory of the Red Cross dogs who served so heroically In the World war. It is not especially unusual, per-flap-for man to erect monuments to his two best friends, the horse and the dog, but it Is unusual for him to erect a monument to a cow. For that rea-son the statue of Segis Pietertje Pros-pect a Ilolsteln cow, which stands over her grave on the banks of the Snoqualmie river near Seattle, Wash, is unique among memorials. Tbe rea-- bearlng bas-relie-f scenes of pioneer days in the Salt Lake valley. One shows the beginning of agriculture In tbe arid West a pioneer and his fam-ily end a yoke of oxen at work re-claiming the desert soli. The sec-ond shows tbe wheat fields overrun by crickets. The pioneer man sits with bowed head, on his face a look of helplessness and grief. But tbe pioneer woman Is lifting up her face to the skies as she sees a miracle about to take place. Winging over tbe mountains into the valley come a great flock of gulls. The third bronze shows the harvest days. The gulls have devoured the crickets, the crops are saved and the pioneers In the wil-derness will have bread. . On the fourth tablet are these words: "Sea Gull Monument Erected in grateful re-membrance of the mercy of God to the Mormon pioneers." Thus this monu-ment is an everlasting story in stone of one of tbe most beautiful and dra-matic incidents in American history the story of how the gulls saved the wheat fields of Utah In 1848. While monuments to horses, dogs, cows and gulls are unusual enough, there Is one monument which Is abso-lutely unique. There is only one mon-ument in the world to cheese I It stands near the little city of Yimou-tier- s In the Camembert district of Normandy, France, on the farm of a certain Beau Moncel, where lived dur-ing tbe latter balf of the Eighteenth century Marie Harel, who Is credited with being the inventor of Camembert cheese. Not only is the fame of this Norman milk maid commemorated by this stone shaft on the farm where she worked, but in Main Place la the city of Vlmoutlers Itself is a statue of her, back of whlcb is a stone bas-reli- ef showing the farmhouse on the Marcel farm, where she was born in 1701, where she lived until ber death In 1817 and where she made the new kind of cheese which Is now known the world over. These monuments were erected through the efforts of a New York doctor, Joseph Knrlm. For many years be conducted a sanatorium In New York, where the only medicine he gave his patients for all kinds of stomach ailments was Pllsener beer and Camembert cheese. Because of his gratitude to the inventor of the cheese with which he made so many people well and saved their lives, he made a romantic pilgrimage to Vlmou-tlers a year or so ago, and the result was this most unusual of all monu-ments. Doctor's PRESCRIPTION when system is sluggish; Sal costs nothing to try fjV jj When your bowels need help, the mfldest thing that will do the work it always the sensible choice. Mi j Take a laxative that a family doctor has used for all --yl1r, sorts of cases of constipation. Dr. Caldwell's 5TKUP PfcPEK Syrup Pepsin is so pleasant to the taste, so gentle in its action, it is given children of tender Uiwnvi age and yet k is iust as thorough and effective as "Www ,; stronger preparations. 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In cases of all that's needed to set everything colic, diarrhea, or similar disturb- - to rights. Genuine Castona has ance, it is invaluable. But it has Chas. H. Fletcher's signature on everyday uses all mothers should the wrapper. Doctors prescribe it SaysMenWantPals,Not -- Patients! r --rri .(.'-- g SHE was engaged ! She was the l" Vfj v ' e girl in the world. Y J , - , A round of teas and parties, a 4- - v f ' , whirl of pleasure, and she began ' to wonder what was the matter. 'yf X Too tired to go out and he , - " - was he becoming tired of her? tT8"-- - I It wss at this point that Miss ffk. J ' l" Margaret BeldenofLosAngeJ.es I f ' woke up to the fact that some- - i thing had to be done about it s j J "Men want pals, not patients" I - - ' ' jF she writes. "I went right to my - ' doctor. Do you know what he . saidT Rest and Nujoll . ' , rWith a prayer in my heart Va Ft. and Nujol in my medicine cabinet I began to fight back to ful drugs, but normally, naturally, being the healthy, robust, happy easily. Doctors and nurses reconf girl I had been before. Two months mend such a natural treatment aa passed. No more tears no more Nujol, because thia erystal-clea- r worrying, no more bad dreams. To liquid isn't a medicine at all! It can-- day I beat him on the tennis court, not harm even a little babyl It eon and although he can out-swi- m me, tains absolutely no drugs. It is I make him work doing it It's good simply internal lubrication that your to be happy. It's good to be free, body needs like any other machine. ) physically, and be able to share, any Good looks and good spirits do . time, in sports or dancing or any they spell popularity? You know thing else with the one you lovel". tbey dol Get a bottle of Nujol to-- Here's another one who has learned night in any drug store. Sold in that the simplest and surest way to sealed packages only trademarked be well and full of good spirits is to "Nujol." Insist on Nujol by name. clear the bodily poisons out of your It costs but a few cents and it will ' system regularly. Not with power-- make you feci like a million dollars lind Mf) iW joruj begin, Wh roun&tfold taep frig!) friumpfi IfFnb all ffiaf iji ffjmin; JSipf all f6mjgjEfji?i?n nvfo mgm iKljw notVje? of jjfebnqjjp bfenb, Ifop.i?if fflftopb i tnen, Div fIjaf (Wft no tmiX Popular Army Ditties Not for Publication With the exception of a whiff of perfume, perhaps nothing can more rapidly call up a n mem-ory from the subconscious mind than the lilt of a song. Long after tbe present deluge of war novels bos ceased and the controversy over their relative merits In depicting the facts forgotten, tbe men and women who saw, heard, tasted and smelled the great war at close quarters will And tbe only genuine echoes of those crowded years In the old army songs. If the British legion should take In hand, as is suggested, tbe com-piling of a volume of those songs, along with the music, we predict for It a big and continuous sale. Unfortunately some of the songs were distinctly "unofficial." A complete and unexpurgated edition of many of the ditties that charmed tbe he-roic ear might procure for the book a phenomenal sale, but even that anemic postwar Mrs. Grundy whom our "Bright Young Things" believe they have consigned to her death-bed would never permit the publica-tion. And It Is impossible to sing In asterisks. London Post Police Dog's Good Work Because be has Nina, a police dog, Norman E. Hershey, a farmer, at Marietta, Pa., still has a cow named Bess. Early one morning he was aroused by a scratching at tbe door. Investigating, be found Nina, who bad been locked up In the barn tbe night before. The dog coaxed Her-she- y toward tbe barn, where he res-cued the cow before she strangled to death In the hayrack. When Bess became trapped, Nina clawed away , the latch on tbe upper balf of tbe barn door, bounded over the lower half, wblcb had resisted her efforts, and was off on her rescue mission. 4 Monday, In the White House grounds at Washington, lighter themes of Easter music ere played by the United States Marine band, while the little folks of the National Capital roll their Easter eggs behind the President's Mansion, and eat candy chickens and rabDlts. The children, too, place bouquets of flowers In hug crosses- - In many children's Easter services In churches and tbey sing the most familiar carols. The present-da- y version of the orig-inal Pascba candle will be found on the altar In many churches. In olden days of early Christianity, In some of the cathedrals of medieval England, the Pascba candle was of buge dimen-sions. Itecorda show that the elab-orately constructed brass candlesticks In Durham cathedral bad a height of the central stem of 38 feet, with branch candelabra for smaller can-dles at tbe four cardinal points, glv Ing the entire height of 70 feet Tbe candles were lighted from an opening above. In Salisbury cathedral. In 1517, tbe candle used for burning during the entire period of Whitsuntide, was SO feet long of Itself. After Whit-suntide was over, what remained of the Pascha candle was melted and made over Into small candles given to the poor people. It Is easy to realize, through the medium of these Euster customs and music, that the world, Christian and pagaa, has a supreme, unified Interest In tbe spring festival known as Easter. Whether It be In celebration of the re-birth of earth itself as according to tbe ancient Norse Idea, or tbe Chris-tian belief In the reblrtb of the human soul after passing through the veil of death, Easter Is. and doubtless will re-main to the end of time, tbe most vitally significant festival of the world In which we humans live. It Is quite natural that music, the art that glvea the greatest number of people emo-tional outlet for sucb celebrations, should be the dominant feature of the services in all churches on Easter day. Easter Music Tells Story of New Life On Euster day, the yeftr of our Lord, low, church bells ring from eurly morning till after dusk has fallen. Congregations In the .Chris-tian churches listen to tbe cantatas, enrols, anthems, and perhaps Join In the singing of the hymns, sung by soloists and choirs at morning, ves-per and late evening services People generally rarely remind themselves of the fact that Easier was a religious spring festival long before the crucltlxiou of Jesus Christ upon the cross brought to that period of the year one if tie two great fee tlvals of Ostara, goddess of spring. According to the belief of the auclen Norsemen, Ostara was supposed to bring tbe earth rebirth. Life was the theme of those orlglral Easter carols -n-ew life on earth. Today the Chris-tian world listens to the story an-nouncing definite!) that there is life after death In another sphere which Is tbe message of tbe Christian Easter tide. Tbe early Easter carols were songs accompanied by dancing. The Easter egg and rabbit symbols of prolific re-production, are still tbe symbols given in toy form to UttU children at Easter. The Easter bunny has assumed legend-ary fellowship with Santa Ctaus. The many colors of the Easter eggs were originally planned to reflect the glory of the Aurora BorealU, the rising sun. so significant in the frozen lands of the Norsemen, where the sun warmed and thawed running streams and made tbe earth fertile and livable again. Rituals of Paganism. In these pagan Easter rituals tbe hearthflres were rekindled to disperse winter's evIL dying germs, and youths and maidens seeking marriage danced about the new Ores or leaped over tbe flames. The Greek and uUIn word for Easter celebration of the spring fes-tival was pascha, a direct derivative from the Chaldee word signifying "passing" (the Jebrew, pesacn, or the festival of the passing over of tbe Hebrew households, as recorded In Exodus 12). Socrates, ecclesiastical historian of tbe Greeks, mentioned that In tbe Christian church's earliest days, while the memory of the actual Crucifixion was still vivid, "the apostles bad no thought of appointing festival days, but of promoting a life of blameless ness and piety." He attributes the ob-servation of Easter by the churches as resulting "Just as many other old customs bave been established." It Is Interesting that musically and otherwise, so many of the original pagan Easter customs bave been banded down to present days under the new cloak of Christian meanings or Interpretations of the original sig-nificance. Christian churches continue the ritual or blessing water and Its purifying qualities. In the old days the children carried garlands of flow-ers to decorate fresh springs and the banks of streams; today many churchri have numerous baptisms of Infants as a leading feature of tbe chief service. Easter Hymns and Anthems. The Christian version of the Easter carol Is the most popular form, possi-bly excepting tbe hymn, which like-wise had Its pagan origin In odes or songs of praise sung In honor of pagan gods or heroes. Tbe anthems, on tbe contrary, are later In date and were originally planned to be sung, as the name Indicates, antlphonally, or Fortunate Is the young man whose crop of wild oats isn't worth har-vesting. Two Mind, No Thought We know of a married couple who are just two minds without a single thought Life. Tbe average woman can talk so long on a given subject that most men hate to give ber one. Lot Eaator Spirit La.it The effect of Easter should not pas when the lights are put out and tbe cantatas tremble Into silence, when the lilies fade and the greet-ings and the gifts exchanged are things of yesterday. We are to find at Eastertide a quickening to life everlasting and a light upon our way that la not ephemeral like tbe altar-candle- s. Thus tbe miracle of Resur-rection shall be not simply the re-counted story of two thousand years ago but a present and a vital fact for each of u today and a source of strenth to face the morrows. Port-land Oregonlan. Efg Rolling la Cornaay At Easter time In Germany the sport of g begins at midnight and lasts two or three hours, the game consisting of rolling tbe eggs along tracks made of sticks placed side by side. Apples and little round cakes are used as well as eggs. In Bohemia the children roll their eggs In a row, starting all tbe con-testing eggs simultaneously at a given signal, and watch to see wbtcb eggs will first reach tbe bottom of tbe In-cline, Good for On Thing Mother to Small Son Don't you think it's awfully good of unde to buy you this lovely present? Small Son Good of hlmt Why, what's he forf The Humorist Hi Number "He is one of those newrlcb, Isn't he?" "Yes, be'd still think of sausages Instead of golf if be beard links meutioned." Equal rights for all, special priv-ileges for none. Jefferson. What you have done to another, I you may expect from another. ' Appeals to All ' Easter la a world-wid- e holiday. It Is the festival of the Christian reli-gion, which commemorates the resur-rection of Christ While Christmas and New Year's day are celebrated in some countries and not even recog-nized In others, Easter is a religious festival that stirs the Imaginations and grips the hearts and minds of all people, as no other event In the life of Christ Farmer's Guide. 4at on xSpjmW |