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Show Friday, May 6, 1932 MAGNA TIMES, MAGNA, UTAH Squaw Tells Tale of Primitive Love V i Remarkable Story Secured Jr by Smithsonian Man. braves tried to force their atten- tions upon her but, being an exceptionally proper maiden according to the teachings of her people, she Washington. Childhood Iot and repulsed all her suitors, death In a primitive society are picOne evening she came home from tured In an Intensely human docu- a visit to a girl rbum to find that ment Just Issued by tha Smithson- a man whom ahe barely knew by ian Institution. sight had been negotiating with her It la the life story of a south- father for her hand. She was told ern Cheyenne woman, told by her-se- that her parents were growing old The narrative was secured and must make some provision for by Dr. Truman MIcbelson, Smith- the future of thctrchtlffreit. sonian ethnologist" ' So, after she had consented, her There are many common relatives escorted her to a point In the life of this child of near the camp of her intended husa nomadic prairie people and lit- band. There, she relates, my tle girls everywhere the 'auto-- 1 future husbands women folk met me, carried me In a blanket the biography bears witness. I At first," she says, we glria rest of the way, and let me down i played wbat we called tiny play. to the entrance of. his tepee. . I I Our mothers made rag dolls like walked in and sat beside him. Be I men, women, boys, girls and babies. was a stranger. Be had never come 1 We used forked sticks for ponies to see me. After some little time the womland placed the tiny people on the fork of the sticks, pretending to en brought la many shawls, dresses, move cam pi Sometimes a baby rings, bracelets, leggings and mocwould be born or a marriage would casins. Then they had me change we clothes. They braided my hair and take placm-- ln fact, anything " knew about other peoplei We did pot allow any boys to play. with We had rag dolls to represent I lt ele-men- my cheek. Her Wedding Attire, This wss her wedding attire. They were married and 14 the years that followed had eight children. Then, ahe continued, my health became broken. He summoned many Indian doctors and gavt nway much personal wearing apparel and some clothing. One day ha pledged a sacrtfica offering, a sacred ritual, which la regarded as a prayer to tha spirits for health and strength. Bat be passed away before wo could carry out his pledge. Taurely loved my husband. Ills made me very lonely and wan n terrible event la. my Ufa liy hair was cat off Jnst below my ears. Thla was done by an old woman. Before cutting off my braids she first raised both her bands toward the sky, touched the earth with the palms of her hands and made n downward motion, repeating four times Thus my braids were cut off In accordance with the belief the spirits would bt pleased and extend blessings and sympathy to the bereaved. The old woman waa' given a blanket and n dress Hla death marked the passing of onr tepee. If people do not come and carry away something the whole la destroyed by firs Repulsed All 8ultora As 1 grew a little older we ayed what we called targe play. Of feal people. . hir imely boys and girls. The boys would go out bunting and bring We girls teat and other food. ould pitch our tepees and make pady everything as If It were real amp life. Some of the boys would o on the warpath and always ome borne victorious They would elate their war experiences, telling ow successful they were. We ;lrla would slug war songs to the bravery of our he oes." As she grew older various young play-constat- I ed" j ' Trumbull, governor of Connecticut the time of the Revolution, on ot our first grent patriots He was a'80 ancestor of an Illustrious Une of Trumbulls Including John, artist In 1788 painted the huge hie-th- at , torical picture In the rotunda of i the Capitol, and the modern governor of Connecticut. John H. Trumbull. Of nQ colonial governor la office at the outbreak of the Revolution, Jonathan Trumbull alone waa loyal to the colonies Throughout the duration of the war bin store at Lebanon, Cons, waa n sort of "war office" where supplies were collected and shipped off to the armies usually under his own supervision ; and In his sample borne he ihellered 'Washington and Franklin, Jefferson, Adams LaFayetts It was he who financed Ethan Allens successful expedition against Fort Tlcon-deroWhen courage lagged be made speeches which stirred up patriotism and won volunteers and bin state furnished more troops than any other except Massachusetts Jonathan Trnmbull died la 1783, at the age of seventy-flv- s V V TOM THUMB so famous a name baa become eynonymoua almost, for any of those tiny people at whom tha world always - wonders, and sometime laughs, was a real person. The famous midget was only fourteen years old when, under tho expert management of that famous showman, P. T Barnum, ho ceased to bo mere Charles Beywood Stratton of Bridgeport, Conn, and became Gen. Tom Thumb, symbol of all the midgets who ever graced circa sideshow. In 1854 Barnura ' took hla find to England where the handsome dwarf was presented to Queen Victoria, and to Paris, Tba trip waa a huge financial success. After their return to this country Barnnm decided a little romance would be good, publicity for Tom and Imported Into bis company Lavlnla Warren, plump and pretty, who boasted 32 Inches to Toms 38 and weighed 29 pounds. Shortly thereafter, attended by the brides slater, Minnie - Warren, and Commodore. Nutt, whom she later married, Lavlnla and Tom were united Urholy matrimony In an elaborate church ceremony attended hy the best society and the most colorful show people and liberally written up In the papers. Starting at a salary In keeping with hla size, three dollars a week, Tom made .a mint of money In the show business, eventually lost most of It at poker and died, of apoplexy, In 1883, after. It Is vJd. 20 years of happy married life. Lavlnla Thumb later married an Italian dwarf' named Count Prlmo MagL THUMB, TOM that hla ijr " of thousands of acres of Scotland moat historic and fertile land. The territory included Ben Lomond and a large part of the domain aronnd Loch Lomond, where Rob Roy had hla. haunts, Be la now offering' for aale the valnable estate of Inversnald and school child to progress, were also contemplating further disposals of found, however. Doctor Welker re- hla holdings In the west of Scotports. On of tho best was In At- land. Lord Strathcona and Monntroyal lanta Ga. where n steady campaign ha brought amaxlng results. has announced that hla Glencoe esThe campaign, under the direction tate la for sale. Altogether It la esof Superintendent of School Willi timated that more than 3,000,000 in Inheritance taxes are hanging A. Sutton, began in 1924. In on school where dental In- over the Scottish estate. struction nnd cars wer Installed 1,200 school days wero saved In a ITS A RAY MOTOR years time. At the end of tb year every ehild In nil the public schools of Atlanta wero 100 per cent dentally perfect. Before the system was Installed 82 per .cent of tb children failed to pass their grades. In a year the percentage wan down to e - Need for month nnd the benefits to both the dividual and the public derived tom good teeth were graphically ustrated In survey completed I the American Dental association, he survey, under the direction of f. Alfred Walker, chairman of a association educational pub-3tmore committee, covered an a dozen towns and cities at despread points over the nation. Prevalence of decayed teeth and accompanying handicaps of cbll-Is today appalling." Dr. Walk ; stated In summing up the facta, eight stlmatea of' tho percentage of Jldren needing dental attention Attorney Pays $26,000 jige from T5 to 98 per cent . Bat Railroad for 41-Mi- le Iso facta are completely f by proofs found of bene-Philadelphia. The name of Win accruing to children and tax-jer- s throp Sargent Jr. Philadelphia atfrom thorough dental hy- - torney, wan added to the distinguished llat of American railroad Survey Covers Country. magnates. It cost him 28,000. Ho only bidder at a receiver's tho survey Included statistic was the ra Boston, New York. Chicago, sale. ' Here what ha bought: Forty-on- t sat a, Go.; Cambridge, Maas.; miles of standard gang track, lens, Ga.; Toronto, Canada; dgeport. Conn. ; Cleveland. Ohio ; between West Denton, Md. nnd Claire. Wla.; White Plains. N Lewea, DeL; four empty box cars Lake Forest, DU. and Shamnkln. and one real nteem locomotive comAir. Sarall places where Intensive plete with n whistle tel research has been going on gent, commenting on hla purchase, said: tome time. Such as It la, I Intend to run 'stlmatea of the number of cbll-- I needing dental work ranged tho railroad Just ae It le being run dgh aa 08 per cent Authorities for tha present at least, ! really Chicago stated that dental de- donT know much about It, but I among school children cost the am reliably Informed that It has n locomotive which worksJ more than 750.000 riyer who felled repeaters teeth were bad. Ninety six High Taxes Force Sale fuse of tho children examined of Lands in Scotland Chicago bad defective teeth. 02 London. One-atxih cent In Cleveland, and 08 per of Scotland la for isle. I la Whitt Plains, N. I. Som of tho biggest landowners jr. Luther H. Gullek of New , city reported that of 40.000 north of tb border an being forced Idren examined, those with 'two by taxation and tha Inevitable In(more bad teeth averaged five heritance dalles to put their estates nth behind their proper grade. on tbe market Tba duke hud duchess of MontShamokln. Pa. more than a third :he children did nof own a tooth rose, Jointly two of th- - largest sh. and only 155 ont of 8.230 bad landowner la Scotland, art plao-teeth. nlng to sell most of thelmstate Aids School Child. atDrymen and building a bouse Distending example of how much smaller than Buchanan cas-ita- l health education aids tho tie. The dukt already has disposed over-adowe- d - BACK in Revolutionary days it Brother Jonathan, not Uncle 8am, who stood for all tha faults and virtues of this country. Eren George Washington, when frotrted by a knotty problem of atate waa wont to say W will hav to aee what Brother Jonathan has to say about It Brother Jonathan wan Jonathan V Survey Bares Need of Mouth JHygiene Jt , 4-- b 57 Food-Cran- MICROPHONICS Bill He says bis father named him Bill because he came on the first of le easy to look at, but bard to get along with. Always faultfinding . , scold Ing ... bothered by nerves," How unhappy he is I And so is her husband. And yet, the . balance" that cornea from good health ' and steady nerves would make a tremendous difference la their Uvea. Fellows Syrup will hdpl It will Improve the appetite, tone up" the system, and so Increase vitality. It is a wonderful medietas for tha run down." Ask your druggist for gMWlM tho month. He waa born In Califorone of the nia, which makes him - -- ? d lingers. FE HOWS' Sm Jessica Dragonette, NBCa songbird, returned from a abort holiday In Bermuda with a new definition of a sebra.- - She says slie ovefbeard a native describe the black and white Itrlped animals as sports model mules." ' gs m 5'1 TUESDAY AND to the Marine barracks and get n glimpse of the musicians at work. There's no chance for temperament In the dally routine of the Marine Band which la heard lh the National club program of the National Farm and Home Hour on the first Saturday In each month. Rehearsals are serious occasions when every man la tuned up to concert pitch, for every member of the baud understands the high expectaWomen love him and ao do the men! For he the greatest guy tions of the American public when the world! Hell make you laugh and cry. Dont miss him! the United States Marine Band apVarieties.1 In broadcasts radio pears Sent to you hy Heins Rie Flakes One of the Captain Taylor Branson, renowned leader of the band, wields the baton for the organization, and hla able NETWORK COLUMBIA COAST.TO-COAS- T direction nnd Intimate understand8:00 P.M. (M.8.T.) SALT LAKE CITY Station KDYL ing of asrangements play a big part 7:00 P.M, (P.S.T.) SPOKANE Station KEPY in tb splendid performances Besides the vigorous rehearsals there ere numerous engagements to More Comfortable be filled by the Marine Band which Quite' Possible k Did you ever try Havent I seen you somewhere la In constant demand for diplosleeping on n heavy mealT matic functions, civic and patriotic some time!" Optimist No, I always use n bed. Quite likely. Ive been there." parades, White House concerts and social and the various governmental affairs that play a part In the dally life of tho Nations Capital. THURSDAY RIGHTS . car-ridg- y of U. S. Marine Band Anyone who thinks a member of the United States Marine Band has n soft snap of it should take n trip BROTHER JONATHAN The gun cabinet In department of the aramount film studio here resem-te- s a veritable gangsters arsenal One hundred and three revolvers Ingtng from Lugers to 22s," bang Blank a numbered hooks to fit every gun are found Rifles and I a nearby drawer. hotgnns of every description can e found in another compartment. The New York police department sake s vbeckupjif the arsenal two r three timet a month. One per-I- t Barney 'Oldfield believes in 'contrasts Barpey, who la In Los Angelea covert the whole collection, bat to construct a racing car In which to try for a new world speed record, very gun mast be accounted for tried out the world's oldest automobile. The old car, built by Achllle nd a report made of its use when Pblllon, a Frenchman, nnd exhibited at the Chicago Worlds fair, cad still do a snappy seven miles an boor, driven by a puffing steam englns e Inspector comes around. hy-en- No Snap for Member iiHwiHimiiinmw ,New York. New York.- im-m-- By Louiie Kl. Comstock ! le property N 1 I WHO WAS i WHO? ilm Studio Araenal Looked Into by Police Shows Children With Good I Teeth Do Better Work. 1 hue-band'- s Tries Worlds Oldest Automobile iya. ii ihm hi painted my face with red dots on - -- , n - V V VJ BLUEBEARD COMPARED to Wilfred Glenn la always called eun-klsse- SYRUP Into the head rig without tearing ont Leg Finally Vaalshee It finally A spruce log, 28 feet long and 14 part of the mill building. feet In diameter, which waa the bntt-cu- t was pushed Into tbe current a much 1 see that whiskers are again In vogue in England," remarked Ray PerKnight, the radio comedian. sonally, I prefer my mutton chops on the inside of my face." of a tree that took 11 flat car to scarred derelict. carry, finally went down to tho bay At Least In School with a tide after being In tha ColumSmall Boy Fifty cent for goose Each member of the cast of The bia Box and Lumber company's mill la Jewish. Mra. Gertrude pond at Bonth Bend, Wash, for 20 eggs! I alwaye thought they were Goldbergs I Judge. Berg, the originator and author of years. Tba log could not be hauled nothin tha sketches, plays Mrs. Goldberg James R, Waters, the father, la an Abies Irish Rose." alumnus of Rosie Sllber and Alfred Kohn play the children. Is Anne 8. Sutherland, tha NBC dramatic actress who plays Ma Betts In Moonshine end Honeysuckle," as a sideline operates n tea room In New York's Greenwich Village. For years Miss Sutherland played In Broadway productions under the management Frohman and David of Charle Bela sco. URAL a Principals In the new comic sketch of the prize ring, Joe Pslooka," could come to blow In what might be termed the battle of the century. Four of them have worked out Inside the ropes. There Palooka of Ted Bergman, the act, who once In hla varied life managed a New York gym nasi un, And heavyweight" Ham Fisher, cartoonist-creato- r of tha comic strip on which the act la baaed, who sparred In school, hobnobs with all the fighters and' still works out with them. . . I Ted Hosing, ring-sid- e commentator at Palooka boots, who took It on the chin while In the army. . , , Harry von Kell, program announcer, once an amateur lightweight boxer of the Pacific coast. - That accounts for all but Frank Readlck, who plays the part of Knobby Walsh, Palooka classy manager. Hell toes In the ponge. WABC-Colum-bl- 200-poun- d rr 130-poun- d Rare Books Filmed Tbe rare and valuable volumes of tbe Sterling! library of Tale are being preserved by copying on tiny films. In this way persons Interested may be allowed to consult end examine the works without the necessity of hunrisking the originals. Thirty-twdred pages may be copied on 200 feet of filmland at the rate of 300 or 400 pages an hoar. A book of 250 pages may be copied on a film which when rolled la no larger than spool of cotton. The films when properly cared for are almost everlasting. hla prototypes In tbe Bluebeard of our fairy story hooka was a mild and benevolent man. King Henry Yin ran him a dote second in tba matter of wlnolag end disposing of wives, forbidden doors and box lid ASPIRIN WITHOUT THIS CROSS NO TACLITS ARE GENUINE abound In literature, from the myth i I of Pandora down, and it U quite A Blueprobable that the beard I merely a compilation of - Climbed the Ladder Tooth like to talk foolish" aa I many had men of legend and folk rich quick, didnt he!" recreation. got Morphy tala nil rolled Into one. He got rich so quick that he cant cant honestly care for all If credit for Inspiring this famous th If you a cultured la ex- awing a golf club without spitting on Old friends are best; bat they offer person thing character, however, la to he given pected to, why not confess! hla hands." Stray Bits, few surprises. was one ha da Glllea man, any Rais, one Joan of Arcs generals and marshal of France daring tbe Fifteenth centary, whose vlllanlea make Bluebeard appear a meek and bome-lovtn- g husband. Glllea Inherited a large fortune and political prominence; the first he eqnandered, the second he disgraced. - When bankrupt he turned to alcehmy, sought the favor, so they say, of tho devil through black magic, made human sacrifice of Innumerable little boys and girls, and la said to have been Sensational technical, trials art the on .to betray Joan of Are Into taking place on the Tegelar shoot- tb hand of tbe English. Tho ing terrain near Berlin. The Ber- church finally convicted him of sor- lin engineer, Herr Johann Winkler, eery end he was burned at the stake atrocious cruelties In 1440. who became well known by hla In- - toT version of Bluebeard terestlng ray motor works, la con- The story-boo- k A EFT f&ejr luuZat structing a new ray motor rocket first appeared in the famona French xim rr ysx which he says te to serve In the tu- collection of Perrault In 1097. of itobt kup more makes tors as a universal (pace car. (A lllX wmm NnmMr Oatcm.) kn.zarif.am Contrary to an ordinary motor-tb- a snds-thal,a Change ia Meaning why th New Oxydal , Richer, longer lasting ray motor works by means of Levant" term refers to th The safely fioat dirt oat of clothes and kmli it out to bo tb ray of combustible gas. so tbe countries washed by the cm stern rubbing 1 needed. Oxydol sods dont collapse and let tbe principle Is fo replace the powder rockets hitherto made, by ray rm part of tbe Mediterranean and its dirt (all back on the clothes. Rinsre clean, softens water. waters. It formerly retors, which posses by far the contiguous Une tar dishes, too. Procter & Gamble ferred to tbe Orient or tbe East, larger propulsion power than tbe but now la obsolete this meaning power rockets.- o fi'0' Hi arch-vllle- ln ; TToracn said vtiniu Yijb inutile tried the that 1 ,u 50 Oxdml nd aunt |