The Pleasantville press., December 24, 1926, SECOND SECTION, Page A-8, Image 16

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Events as Seen by the Camera
[IF Denver Expedition Penetrates Depths of Africa
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An expedition, led by I)r. C. Ernest Cudie. Denver, Colorado, anthropologist, and financed !>
Denver capital, has sought out the bushmen of southwest Africa in their native haunts. Ihcse bush
men still practice cannibalism and never bathe during their entire lives. Photo shows a half breed
Ovambo making music for Professor Bain, of the expedition, Dr. Cadle and squatting Heikum bushmen
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Made Safe From Hurricanes
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By tlic sinip’c operation oi cross bracing the main limbs with
grafts, John K. Gross, K- year ohl tanner, of York, l’a., has made
this tree practically wind-proof. He believes that damage to
orchards from high winds and gales may be reduced by this method.
He is shown here with a tree that has been interwoven at six dilfcr
ent uoint«
I Voted Most Beautiful in University
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Miss Vida Pelayo, sophomore in the college of arts and sciences,
Louisiana State University, a resident of liaton Rouge where the
college is situated, has been voted the most beautiful girl in the
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Charlotte Acts ;
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Miss Charlotte Mills, daughter
of Mrs. Eleanor Mills, who was
found slain w ith the Rev. Edward
W. Hall in New Brunswick. N. J.
is join ins a stock company at
Metuchen. N. J.. to appear in a
play called "Who's Guilty?"
Hosed on the Hall .Mills' ease
I.atest photo of Miss Mills.
i THE HOLY NIGHT— Famous Painting j
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“And she brought forth her firstborn son,
and wrapped him in swaddling clothe.; : 1
laid him in a manger, because there was no
room for them in the inn.
“And there were in the same country
shepherds abiding in the field, heaping
watch over their flock by night.
“And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon
them, and the glory of the Lord shone
round about them: anu they were afraid.
“And the angel said unto them, Fear not:
for, behold, I bring you good tidings of
great ,j03% which shall be to all people.
"ror unto you is born this day in the city
of David a Saviour, which is Christ the
Lord.
“And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye
! hail iind the babe wrapped in swaddling
clothe:;, lying in a manger.
“And suddenly there was with the angel
a multitude of the heavenly host praising
<iod, and saying,
“(dory to (lod in the highest, and on
earth peace, good will toward men.”
Tours United States Although Blind
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Altliccgl: i)Iirui, “Happy Jack” Oldenburg of Spokane, Wjisli.,'
(at right) has toured every state in the union, with a companion
to drive the ear. He has just returned ho!B&
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New Year Hostess Makes Use of Bells for Decoration
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Little bells which form the center of red crepe poinsettias ire favors for the New Year party de
vised by this hostess. lubes of confetti ire also dressed in paper — nile green in color — and have
faces painted on them and collars trimmed with tiny hells. Toy horns with paper trimmings are other
noise-makers used to welcome in the New Year. T;.e costume of the hostess is also made of paper, '
m black and white, fastened to a muslin slip foundation. 7 he happy New Year mask may be clung-1
to^a ticact hand of thc same design if liked. — - *
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Tlinnias Sloan; (above) o{
Guthrie. OUa., claims Christinas
as bis llfth birthday. I5or~ in
Ireland, be says he came to
America nn even 10'.' .ears a£?o.
Housewife Now Manages Big Plant
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Confronted upon the death of her husband either with managing
his business herself or selling it out, Mrs. Terry Stafford, Kansas
t'itv. Mo., decided to add to her household duties by taking Mr. !
Stafford’s place in the business. She now is chief executive and 1
."-ter of her own large machine shop, knowing the "ins" and the !
"ouls" of the trade.
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Mrs. Rebecca Bradley Rogers, young graduate of the University
"J 1,X|aS’,p,1° wos arrested at Austin, charged with holding up a hank
a mi,i, lcxns, !ms been fighting a new charge, arson, upon which
she u>as arrested. The arson warrant charged Mrs. Rogers with set-j
ting fire to a house at Hound Rock, Texas, the day before the Bud*!
holdup the house was near a hank at Round Rock. Authorities “
allege the house was l.urned in order to lure employes out of the bank.*
as a girl who had been loitering near the hank for several days rushed
in oi t le hank, crying “FireJ" Mrs. Rogers was arrested on the hold
up through the similarity of the number of her auto with one seen at
the hank and on the arson charge because hank officials said her de
seriptmn tallied with the girl who rushed into the bank. Photos show
( op, lert), Mrs. Rebecca Bradley Rogers, and, right, John Cofer
her attorney ; below, the bank at Bud.-., Texa* /
Committee Selected to Settle Garment Workers' Strike \
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IMioto shows three arbitrators, jointly chosen in New Vork b/ the International Ladies* 0«J
ment Workers Union and the American Cloak and Suit Manufacturer’s Association to settle n strike oi
20,000 cloakmakers which began last July I. Left to right: Judge Bernard L. Shicntag, Col. Herbert'
I.chinan ami Dr. Lindsay Rogers of Columbia University. j <