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Show PIUTE COUNTY NEWS, JUNCTION, UTAH When Grandmother Was a Girl Sinct J86J Style have changed a lot since grand mother was gtrL The curb and frill and ruffle and furbelow of that bymemory now. gone day are only But there b one fashion that ha remained in vogue during all these years that has, as a matter of fact. Increased amazingly in popularity since 1867. That b the fasnion of home decorating with paint roducta bearing the label of The Chicago and Oil Co. This label signified I ites, none b better known .1 And favor- than King Wall Finish? For this remarkable finish combines til the desirable features anyone can ask iof . itl easy to prepare by simply mixin with hoc water. Its easy to apply, even by an amateur who has never held a paint brush, tot it never pots, laps or streaks. And it is o economical that you can finish the average tze room fot leas than $1X01 Write today for name of dealer nearest you and for FREE Color Chart showing 19 beautiful colon to choose from. THE CHICAGO WHITE LEAD & OIL CO. 15 th St. and S. Weatern Ave., Chicago, 111. Wall Finish DISTRIBUTOR SALT LAKE GLASS & PAINT CO. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Recalling Early Days of American Currency historic structure, the Wayside Inn, built In 108(1, and famous as the setting selected by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow for his "Tales," has again changed hands, Henry Ford Is the buyer, and he has an-- t UjJ L nounced his Intention of malntaln-- v lnC the old landmark located at South Sudbury, Massachusetts, as a museum open to the public. Henry Ford, generally considered to be one of the worlds ten most famous living men, bus a taste for old Institutions, and a conviction that "nothing good ever passes off the earth, whether It is a quadrille or an engineering device." Slxty-slyears after the Pilgrims lauded, a family of some Importance by the name of Howe erected this ancient building as a residence. Some years later they lost their fortune and were forced to turn their home Into an Inn. For about 200 years It remained the property of the family, the last of the race, Squire Lyman Howe, being the Landlord of the "Tules. George Washington and Lnfnyette, it is reTo the Concorded, were guests at the Inn. tinental troops during the Revolutionary war It was well known, for, being on the main highway to Boston, It was well situated for Its purpose. Longfellow was a frequent visitor at the Inn, and three of hls close friends, Irof. Daniel Treadwell, the "Theologian," and T. W. Parsons, translator of Dante, the Poet," and Luigi Monti, political exllb, professor In Harvard, and later United States consul In Palermo, the "Sicilian" of the "Tales, were In the hublt of spending their summer vacations there. It is not of record, however, that Longfellow sow them there, but In a letter dated October 30, 1802, shortly after he had begun to write the poem, he speaks of a visit there with his publisher, James T. Flelds. Thus, with a picture of the Wayside Inn fresh In hls mind he wrote: 11AT w" x As ancient Is this hostelry As any In the land may be. Built In the old Colonial day When men lived In a grander way. With ampler hospitality; Now somewhat fallen to decay. With weather stains upon the wall And stairways worn, and crazy doors And creaking and uneven floors. And chimneys huge and tiled and talL After the death of Squire Lyman Howe, the place passed Into various hands, and finally was purchased by Edward 11. Lemon, who restored It and Installed a fine collection of antiques, some of which originally were the property of the Howes, but had been scattered. It was from Mrs. Lemon, hls widow, that Mr. Ford bought it The swinging sign that formerly hung over the front door of the old inn recently was found in a Wellesley Hills (Mass.) hayloft and is to ba presented to Mr. Ford. William Diehl, a farmer, dug the relic out of a mass of Junk that had been collecting for years. About twenty years ago, Mr. Diehl says, a party of Harvard students, bent on a lark, hired one of hls sleighs for a trip to Sudbury. When the sleigh was returned to him the sign was In It, and Diehl tossed it into the hayloft. It shows a prancing, chestnut horse, on a gayly painted background, and bears the title A painter who examined the "Wayside Inn. work declared it must have been done more than eighty years ago. Sudbury before long will have many historic buildings, grouped about the site of the Wayside Inn, to show visitors. Recently Mr. Ford purchased the village smithy at Uxbridge, Mass., to many than the perhaps even more Inn Itself. For It Inspired Longfellows Immortal poem, the one we learned In school. "Under the spreading chestnut tree the village smithy stands," Is the way It begins, but how many of us' know the name of the mighty smith? Japhet Taft was hls name, and It was he who In 1787 built the structure which the Detroit manufacturer now plans to add to hls collection of The New England buildings and Implements. blacksmith shop was purchased by W. W. Taylor for Mr, Ford from Louis Albec, who has owned the property for several years. Longfellow was inspired to write hls famous poem by seeing Japhet Taft before the forge. Later Mr. Taft fashioned parts of the original into a miniature forge and sent It to the poet. The building Is being dismantled and will be taken to Sudbury In sections. Another building being added to the collection Is the last of the "little red schoolhotwes that well-know- n Vanishing Wild Life I would hate to be a wild animal in the North woods, said the who had returned from his anAn Innocent dog played hls part in the creation of our oldest American nual fishing trip. "It used to be when bank, says Girard In the Philadelphia there was a proper place to be wild. When Continental money Ive just come back from what I supInquirer. was not worth a "Continental d n," posed was one of the few wild places Philadelphia staged a financial frolic. left, and I give you my word, unless A big dog was covered with tar and they put traffic cops every place the then plastered over with Continental trails Intersect I aint goin to risk my dollar bills. With drum and fife and neck up there again. Why, the only flying flags that dog was marched wild things I saw all the time I was down Chestnut street and around the gone was some gooseberries and a felcenter of the city by a shouting gang ler whod dropped hls pipe stem In the of men and boys. Five days later river. came Robert Morris plan for a permanent bank to replace the old Pennsylvania bank, which had done its work and was soon to quit. Less honor Is given to that temporary bank than Its record merits. One thing It did was to buy 8,000,000 rations for Washingtons soldiers. Another, possibly less worthy object, was the purchase for them of 300 barrels of rum. old-tim- er DIAMOND DYE ANY GARMENT, DRAPERY once dotted the crossrouds of almost every New England town. Arrangements have been completed for the purchase of the little district school n road. This building on the building was erected In 1801 and Is believed to be the oldest authentic little schoolhouse In New England. Besides being a little schoolhouse, It has the added authenticity of still being painted red. No one knows when the la6t coat of point was applied to Its hand-hewclapboards, but beyond a few shabby places on the weather side, the outside of the building still Is In a fine state of preservation. The Inside of the school Is today Just as It was when the last class marched out In the years Immediately following the war between the states. pulpit-llk- e rostrum used by the The country pedagogues still stands In one corner. The desks, much carved with Initials and cryptic Insignia are there and a heavily drawn pencil mark In another corner Indicates the bounds within which unruly pupils were confined. The "dunces bench still stands firmly against the wall near the masters desk and a nail In the wall still holds a bunch of frazzled witch hazel switches tied by a thong. The spot has been the mecca of many picnic parties and reunions of former pupils, though of recent years the number of visitors has greatly decreased. In line with Mr. Ford's enthusiasm for restoring and preserving these historic relics of a bygone day Is hls equally strong Interest in the revival of the dances of our grandfathers. Not only is he practicing them himself, but pupils of the Dearborn (Mich.) high school also are given free Instruction on the dance floor three times a week. How many of you older readers remember the fishermans hornpipe, speed the plow, SL Patricks day In the morning, French four, Scotch reel, Hulls victory, firemens dance, and the Sicilian circle? To Mr. Ford the Intricacies of these good old dances are no longer mysteries, and he Is doing Ills bit toward popularizing them, not with a view to exterminating the modem dunce If people like It, but rather looking toward having young and old dance together, thus making the dance more fun for all. It Is not definitely known Just what started Mr. Ford off on this terpslchorean tangent. Possibly It was that verse In Ecclesiastes for Mr. Ford Is a student of the Bible: To everything there Is a season, and a time to every purpose under the sun; a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance. Some time ago, so the story goes, a dancing master In 'Worcester, Mass., one Benjamin B. Lovett, received a telephone call late In the evening. This Is Mrs. Barker at Wayside Inn speaking." Mrs. Barker Is the principal hostess at the Inn and took dancing lessons from Lovett fifteen years ago. Mr. Henry Ford, she said, wants to know If you will come up here tomorrow morning for a talk with him at ten o'clock. The dancing teacher, after he hong up the receiver, began to think over the engagement he had made and wonder what it was all about Lovett had been teaching modem dancing. lie felt that Ford had no Interest In the ballroom concerts of the Twentieth century, and Lovett was rather shaky, he found, when he came to think e back on the maneuvers. lie went over what books he had, Ironed out the wrinkles of memory, and when he stepped out for Wayside Inn the next morning he felt capable for whatever examination might come. Mr. and Mrs. Ford were In the ballroom of the Inn when the professor arrived, and the manufacturer's first shot left Lovett gasping. Do you know the ripple T Mr. Ford asked. Gardner-Wlnchendo- n old-tim- he dancing professor didnt, and he was between the devil and the blue sea. If he said he Just Dip to ki?ew It, Mr. Ford would want to be shown. If h!f said he didnt, the dancing master figured that he would put him down as an ignoramus. ' He decided on the truth, nevertheless. tNo, I dont, he said. Ive heard of It somewhere, but I cant recall where. But Ill know it the next time I see you. JMr. Ford laughed heartily. (Why, I caught him the first time, he said, turning to Mrs. Ford. Early the next morning Lovett got out hls automobile and went hunting that strange waxed floor btr, the ripple. He rode out of Massachusetts. ers, draperies, He went Into New Hampshire. Here, there, he everything Tint or Boil to Dye Each package contains directions 60 simple any can tint woman soft, delicate shades or dye rich, permanent colors in lingerie, silks, ribbons, skirts, waists, dresses, coats, sweatstockings, coverings, hangings 15-ce- 1 made Inquiry of fellow maestros. None could help him. He crossed another state line. He came to Burlington, Vt. The first woman he met, a dancing mistress, nodded when he asked If she knew the ripple. She said she had taught It ten years before. Have you the calls?" asked Lovett, eagerly. No, I havent, she said. "Theyre out to my cottage, and thats twenty miles away. "My car Is right here. Let me drive you out there," suggested Lovett That's too bad, now," said the woman. The cottage Is on an Island, and the road Is torn np. You couldnt get over It now except by walking." The Worcester maestro continued hls unusual quest The next man visited offered the key to the problem. "Sure, I know. The ripple Is what we call the Newport down East." Lovett went back to Ford all primed and full of ripples. A few months later the dancing master sold out hls five dancing halls and went to Dearborn as Mr. Ford's private dancing teacher. dances cannot be executed The to the moan of the saxophone. Mr. Ford prefers music, believing that Jazz lacks rhythm. All dancing and all music must have rhythm, he declared, and the jazz music hasnt got rhythm. Recently he Invited A. Mellie Dunviolinist and chamham, the pion of the state of Maine, to play at a barn dance In Detroit. A Ford dance book Is In course of preparation, containing all the figures, and also a history of dancing. In this It will be pointed ont that the dance begins and ends with a single couple and that the group spirit of fun Is absent. It Is further quoted as saying; "This characteristic of the modern commercial dance is determined by commercial considerations. The older form of dancing requires room. Room In cities, especially in cabarets, is expensive. Hence a form of dancing has been encouraged that enables the largest possible number of paying couples to dance together In the smallest possible seventy-one-year-ol- ultra-moder- - Buy Diamond Dyes no other kind and tell your druggist whether the material you wish to color Is wool or silk, or whether it Is linen, cotton or mixed goods. Awakening of Old Madrid Madrid Is now one of the busiest and most progressive cities of southern Europe, and the sleepy old world spot of former days Is no longer recognizable. Skyscrapers are going up In great numbers. Every Quart Guaranteed Lift Off-- No Pain! d Ended on End n space. The result Is that In the modern method the movement of the dance Is mostly above the feet Denunciation of the dance by the protectors of public morals has usually been occasioned by tho Importation of dances which are foreign to the expresslonal needs of our people. There have been Imported Into the United States of recent years dances that originated In the African Kongo, dances from the gypsies of the South American races of pampas, and dances from the Sh-h-- h Freezone on an aching corn, Instantly that corn stops hurting, then shortly you lift It right off with fingers. Your druggist sells a tiny bottle of Freezone" for a few cents, sufficient to remove every hard corn, soft corn, or corn between the toes, and the foot calluses, wlfhout soreness or Irritation Real Prodigy The fool never has judgment. benefited by taking Dr. Pierces Golden Medical Discovery that I am convinced there is nothing better for a run down system or for thin blood. I was suffering from an "Why do you call your child remarkable? "Hes nine years old and plays no even doesnt recite Instrument, pieces." d southern Europe." 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