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FRIDAY
OCTOBER 13, 1916.
THE PALATKA NEWS, PALATKA. FLA.
PAGE NO. THRE
MEAN'S TREASURE HOUSE
ROBBLL) OF ITS JEWELS
Gu!f th Center of Pearl Indm'rj A Hgncired Thtumim Arcbs
Colore U Depthi Perilou Trade Takes Heavy Toll of Liie Shark
EP'01
fighting
Not Least of Its Dangers Socialistic Division of Frcfiu.
Hy Southern MisHioimry INcwh liuitim
interestingstory of the pearl-
1 ' .i vj Harrison. mcmuu mio-
aU1, ' ,i at Bahrein, in the
,Vin is now in the Unit-
yv.'TZ, Hneh. Dr. Ham-
j states u"
Q SOy , wincf intfrPKt.inir in-
I t?pS to be seen in the East is that
bines w vr-r.iyillv all the
f P.' mnrket come from the
' " h center of ttie industry.
IS jewels, so highly prized as ar-
of adornment, are secured by
Invtiicli is exhausting ana danger-
an(l wniui t-vo -- -
Lily- afVint) lilro a linn-
L tnousund Arabs work lor tour
nths at peari-uiviue.
,, wtieri the water is so coia that
fc hlonil lor tho
my 01 VllB uy - .
Id on with no intermission for
..!,.. unrl stona onlv when the
,ater Becomes prohibitively cold at
se end ot summer. u icgaiu mo
is as essentially uuwu
ice or endurance is a great mis-
r-prom sunrise to sunset, the divers
lorK Xliey live 111 atuv uvavo nium
I "nfir from twenty to fifty.
Itt tor tinea weeks or a month do not
. ... Uhor. tWr tin
set 1001. u i"""; " "
Line into harbor, it is oniy ior a re
late of a day or a lew uays, to se-
. a tosh stocK oi provisions anu
'i hfi work is of the most ex-
uci. - , ..
fatly average a dive every live min
ts, or oltener, going at times io
Le depth of ninety feet. A depth of
jeventy-livc feet is not at all uncom-
on.
"Sharks are frequently encountered,
j orfri iiiip-elv to the Deril of the
bide. The divers, however, acquire
peat skill in lighting snarKs ana are
u'jaliy victorious.
".No apparatus whatever is used,
iad practically no clothing is worn.
little uabhei. is laawucu iuim
i neck to hold the shells, and some
ig resembling a clothes-pin is put
:tnonnsp. ihe enort oi Hiurouean
,.it.,iicto in introduce dredges and
Lving bells has been frustrated by
be tontish government, wnich mam-
tains a sort ot unoinciai protectorate
iver these waters.
Tho first task in thp. morniner is the
pening of the shells procured the day
sfore. which stand in a large heap
la the deck of the boat. Each man
: oirpn his share, and it is an lnter-
Krinir siirht to see them skillfully
Epemng the shells, each eagerly in
'nt no (lie fiiscnverv of a uearl. The
iearls as found are wiped off and
taced on the big toe oi the aiver.
fthen there are several small pet.ris
rack in a row on his big toe, the diver
lathers them up and takes them to
;e captain for safekeeping.
"v hen the season is over the pearls
x sold. After paying all expenses,
deluding taxes on the industry, and
wntv npr ppnt n ho ftwnpr of the
j rvt " " " v'.v "
oat, the divers in each boat share
se profits equally, which socialistic
Irrangenient seems to work very wen.
: a good season a diver may maKe
: milch oc nna hiinlT'Ol nnH fift.V
pillars, which is looked on as great
faun in tnat country.
runen, however, he pays ior nis
kins with hie hnolth "Ruined limp's.
iined ears, badly infected fingers, a
' ead deal of scurvy, are some of the
ceases that commonly follow this
rfirt Tim mir.iAnnW id flirt
aaily physician of the pearl diver,
-it it in f u, : : t,-(-nl that-
P goes after the season's work to be
latched ud as well as raav be for the
1st year's labor. It is needless to
R that, along with medical ministra-
p, ne is given the Gospel m its
most convincing form at the hands of
a physician who is first and always
a Christian missionary. The Arab,
being a devout Mohammedan, is very
difficult to win to Christianity, and
medical work affords an invaluable
point of contact."
Chinese Tithers Shame American
Christian.
The Presbyterian Christians of the
country churches in the Tsingtau field,
China, have gone on to the tithing
basis. The missionary calculated the
average income of each family and
posted the result on the church wall,
together with the amount each family
was giving, and then contrasted it
with one-tenth of the income. The
contrast in some cases was startling.
The people had not realized they could
do so much. In the mountain regions
the income from firewood was also
estimated.
Imagine in the home churches the
assets of each member being posted
on the church wall, together with the
amount he actually gives to the evan
gelization of the world. And con
trast this with his share as it should
be on the basis of the tithe.
A wonderful old woman of seventy
five, of mighty praying power, who
cannot read a character, and who has
been persecuted by her family for fif
ty years, has been used to break down
the opposition in several villages
praying faithfully for her own perse
cuting family. About sixty people in
one villa tre hnvo Kppm hnntivol
through her efforts, and a school of
twenty pupils started in another
heathen center. This old woman out
of an income of about $15 gold gives
three tenths of it toward a new church
which will cost the mumheent sum of
$100 gold.
Praying for the Pig.
A Chinese Bible woman belonging
to the Church of the Brethren has
great faith in Christ and in the pow.
er of prayer. One day one of the
pigs belonging to the family was sick,
and they feared it would die. One of
her little girls said, "Mama, let's ask
Jesus to heal it." Down went the
little head, mother waiting reverently
while the little lips moved. Next
day the pig was well, and it was little
wonder the child thought bod heard.
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Clock Traps Runaway.
An alarm clock tied to his finger
nttrnctrd ;i Chicngo policeman's at
tention and led to the detention of
Donald Suterhind, 10. of Milwaukee
a runaway. He snid the clock was
to prevent him oversleeping himself
after he had found a Job.
Postmasters Get Awards.
The first awards of $." for regular
army recruits secured by postmasters
under the new national defense act.
the waJ department announced, have
been paid to Postmasters William J.
O'Donley, T'tlea, okla.. and Joseph
M. Sitman, Ureensburg, La.
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Music and the Southern
Club Woman .'.
UARNKT N'OKL Wll.EV ill Southern Woman's .Maeu.inu
"Tai.:' the t'i'rd time thU morr.inj. I can't wait
moment lower cn that fellow. Let me see what U
Smith's number?
"If Jones won't provide sufficient telephone facilf
for his customers, he can't blame me for dealing
Iwwhere. Operator, jive me 437."
How do you know this very occurrence doesn't
JaPpen with your single telephone. Have an auxiliary
"ne; the cost is trifling. Call the business Office to-
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I don't like music and I couldn't
carry a tur:e. a.vyUw not if it were
t:ic. up in a lund box!" Sh3 said it
with a ripp.e of pretty laughter to a
gray-haired woman among the guests
at her mother's musicale. Actually
she seemed just a bit proud of it!
One of the musicians began play
ing Chopin's Raindrop, and still the
laughter rippled on. Maizia fitted
from guest to guest like a restless
humming-bird, and always her light
chatter rose above the soft, plaintive
melody, just loud enough to drown its
haunting sweetness. Going home,
the gray-haired guest she was a
club-woman fell in step with me.
"It was a beautiful musicale," I
said.
"Yes," grimly, "what we heard of
it."
"Maizie is so young she didnt
think," I ventured.
The old lady nodded. "I know it,"
she said, "but Maizie's mother loves
music, and she tried so hard to make
the girl appreciate it. Why, they
spent a small fortune on piano lessons
for her. I used to see her trotting
past home with her music-roll when
she was scarcely large enough to cross
the street alone!"
"What made her give it up?"
"She wasn't interested never prac
ticed." ,
"Perhaps she had a poor teacher,"
I said.
"A nervous teacher, you mean,"
corrected the old lady, "an impatient,
un-sympathetic teacher! There is so
much in the teacher. But be the
cause what it may, Maizie comes of
gentlefolk, and even if she couldn't
iearn to love music herself, she might
learn to respect the feelings of those
who do! Oh, I know you think I'm a
intnlnvjinr. old thins?, but do
you know that Maizie's foolish chat
ter caused an old man a real Disap
pointment this afternoon, and caused
a voung girl some very bitter tears?"
"So," I said, wondering. "Tell me."
"Old Dr. Redding he is blind, you
1,... nnA ho ran onlv PO to musi-
cicale's now and then when somebody
s kind enough to Dnng mm anu urne
iim home. Well, his afternoon was
poiled, for he was sitting near a
'roup of Maizie's friends, and I could
ell by that wistful look he has when
. ,l'ocn' umlnrctnnd what is Pointr
on that it was spoiled for him. And
then there was Josie Wheeler." The
kind eyes of the dear old lady nasner.
nth indignation ior a moment.
'Poor little Josie!" she said. "You
see, it was like this. I asked Mai-
ie s mother to invite Josie to sin;.:
le child has real dramatic talent, ana
h a sweet voice. But tney are so
... T Ann't sep how she wi'l
JUI , m - .
er get a chance to develop herstdr.
Well. Mr. Banks was to attend tne
nir.Ficale, and he has charge of the
icir at St. Margarets, l nopea tnat
lie would like Josie's voice an I una a
niche for her. My dear, do you know
that Maizie and her inends cmuer
ed through that song until Mr. Banks
got his hat and slipped away? No
wonder poor little Josie cried!"
Ever since that spoiled musicale,
which was to have been an opportuni
ty for Josie and a treat for old Dr.
Redding, I have been thinking about
music-haters and what we club wo
men can help to do about them.
We are not a musical nation in
the same way that the Germans and
Italians are musical. Music-love in
America is largely a cultivated
growth and one that needs careful
nurture. The child-mind is the fal
, r.in t.-liieh thp seed must
be sown, but the forcing of a music
hook into the little hands, and the se-i--.:
f o foohinnnhlp teacher are
lecwoii v
not always the best preliminary steps
to he taken. It tnere is no native
1 fsT- mil C 14 in the heart of a
iuve xv" - -
child thus initiated, compulsory prac
tice is apt to prove tne lasi suaw
that finally turns indifference into ac
tual aversion. ... x.
Music should not he rorcea upon tne
individual who dislikes it But how
can we help them to like it? We
certainly do not care for French or
German until we learn something
zi
th
poor,
ev(
about them. We cannot truly enjoy
Balzac ui.til we learn to read French.
Is it not possible that to many per
sons music is a foreign language?
"I don't live at home any more," a
promising young business man said
to me. "Couldn't stand my sister's
piano practice! I'm putting up at the
Y. M. C. A." There was a lad to
whom music was unintelligible. His
sister played very well, and he cer
tainly did not have to listen to a be
ginner's scales. I wonder if any
one ever talked to him as I once heard
a mother talk to a little boy in Wash
ington at one of the open air concerts
of the Marine Band.
Dick was very troublesome. He
wriggled and whined and disturbed
a number of people who were eagar
to hear the music. His mother,
however, did not scold. She took him
on her lap and told him that the man
with the violin was going to make
magic presently, and that his violin
was full of little birds. Of course,
the unwilling child was interested in
spite bf himself. "Wait," said his
mother mysteriously, "and listen, and
when he lets the birds out you can
hear them."
j "I want to see them."
I "But that is the magic. Every lit-
tie bird is invisible. You can't see
, it but can hear it sing. Sit very
I still and listen. If you talk you
might scare the little birds away. So
Dick sat very still and presently the
violin solo, which was a dainty ga
votte, full of chirruppy sounds, was
loosened on the air, for all the world
like a twittering flock of sparrows.
After that Dick listened for other an
imals. He heard cows moo and
horses gallop, and at the finale of a
splendid overture he was certain that
a whole circus had come to town. The
interpretations mav have been orettv
! wide of the mark, but something was
I , 1 f .1. . A -IJ i l 1 J
tnere ior tne cnnu to cumpreiiunu, u
he was grasping the great truth that
music had a message, and that it was
for him to discover and possess it.
Some months later I had a letter
from Dick's mother. "He is really
beginning to understand music and
love it," she said. "Now he can hear
wind and wave sounds, and I must
play the storm from 'William Tell'
over and over again. But it is a
mistake to imagine that a restless lit
tle child can stand the strain of sev
eral hours of continuous music. A
long concert is not wise for him. I
do not wish to let him get tired while
listening for fear of losing his interest."
In the instance of this particular
child the seeds of music-love were be
ing sown absolutely in unpromising
soil. He had no natural love for mu
sic, and no inherited musical inclina-
i tions. But wisdom and patience were
j teaching him the lovely foreign lan
I gunge and adding to his portion of ex
periences that treasure which Dr. Eli
; ot, Harvard's ex-president, says is
"more valuable and necessary than
anything, except the barest elements
of leading and writing."
How many teachers really awaken
an understanding of the meaning of
music in the mind of the childl? How
many children know the names of the
great composers, or any facts about
their lives? How many teachers ex
nlain why the scale is necesary, and
what will be the reward? of the weary
finger-exercise? Little folks prac
tice or thrum, with one eye on a the
clock, because they have to but is it
not possible to have them do it be
cause they love to ? Are our children
to grow up making real music, solid
value through and through, or the ve
neer music that wakes such jingles as
the following parody on old King
Cole:
Mistress Cole
Was a musical soul
And so were her daughters three.
And every daughter
Could play just sorter
T know, for they lived near me.
One went rngctty, raggetty, dum;
And one went raggetty dee
And one went strumpety, strumpety,
strum-
But the neighbors all went, dear me!
dear me!
The neighbors all went, dear me!
When I began compiling statistics
about music clubs in the South I ask
ed a number of club women for advice
and information, and one and all they
replied, "Ask Mrs. ,Lupton!" "Mrs.
Lupton can tell you. Don't write
anything until you have seen Mrs.
Lupton!"
"Where is she and what does she
do? What can she tell me about?"
"Why Clarksville, Tennessee, of
course," came the chorus. "She is
the woman who waked Clarksville up
about music. Don't you know that
all the Clarksville people go to Nash
ville and Memphis every time there is
any grand opera to be heard? Don't
you know about the Monday Club of
Clarksville and how all the Univer
sity people belong, and the students
come to the concerts? All that is
Mrs. Lupton's doings!"
So I "asked Mrs. Lupton," and when
she began to tell me about her twenty-two
years of unselfish service for
music in her community telling of it
as ungrudgingly as though it had been
twenty-two days and when her fine
face kindled with enthusiasm, I real
ized that I had come upon one of those
rare spirits whose personality abides
and inspires even after the work it
self is finished. Some day I am hop
ing that you shall have her own words
and judge for yourself what she has
accomplished.
Art and music are our neglected
children," said one state federation
president, but she said it before Mrs.
Wardwell became chairman of the Mu
sic Department of the General Feder
ation, and she will tell you trium
phantly that she doesn't have to say
it any more. Wide musical knowl
edge and experience and rare execu
tive ability make Mrs. F. S. Ward
well peculiarly fitted to develop this
department of Federation activities.
The fact that America's foremost lec
turers and artists responded to her re
quest to appear on the music pro
grams at the recent biennial proves
how seriously the work of this great
organization of women is valued in
America by the foremost teachers,
composers and artists.
If Mrs. Chester Deering could bring
together three thousand voices in Tul
sa, Oklahoma, and Mrs. Lupton go
about like the Pied Piper with Clarks
ville singing at her heels, why then
what can we plain ordinary mortals
do to quicken the millennium of Am
erican music? One thing we can
encourage.
If your church choir gives you an
especially fine program on Sunday
tell them so!
Visit your children's school at mu
sic hour and see what they are doing.
If you have a victrola or a phono
graph, see that the records are things
you want your child to remember, for
count upon it, he will never forget
them, and the very tunes you hum
about your daily tasks will go down
with his memories of home and of
you 1 ng after things and affairs that
seem now more important have been
thrust aside and forgotten.
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Optlmlstlo Thought
The dull world hath need of you.
Reunion of Florida Veterans.
Tampa, Fla., Oct., 12 Preparations
are beine made to entertain 500 Con
federate Veterans, a large number of
Sons and Daughters of the Confeder
acy and 5,000 visitors during the an
nual reunion of Florida Confederate
Veterans in this city October 17, 18
and 19. Free lodgings will be pro-
; vided for at least 300 of the Veterans.
Headquarters for the Veterans will be
at the Hillsboro Hotel, those of the
Sons at the Bay View, and headquar
ters for the Daughters at the DeSoto.
These are all modern, up-to-date ho
tels, and in addition there are a largo
j number of smaller hotels ready to
; handle guests.
I Five hundred special badges have
' been ordered for the Veterans and
Sons of Veterans and a large number
for the Daughters. Moving picture
' theaters have promised to admit all
Veterans free and an effort is being
made to have the street car lines fur
nish them with free transportation
about the city, using their Confeder
ate crosses as credentials. A splen
did time is guaranteed all the Veter
ans attending, Tampans being wide
awake to the opportunity given them
to establish their reputation as good
hosts.
' An interesting and highly pleasing
program has been arranged for the re
union period, including business and
. social sessions. Many entertainment
j features will be added. The business
! sessions will be held in the handsome
! new City Hall.
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Spies to Bp Kxerut'id
An Austrian ?py mined J.r
two Italirns li:ve been ioj'-.I-i
be shot in the ha' l .v tho
court-martial for complicity
attempt to 'wi v'rt of
Italy. With tl is r;-: -"::-nrv, i
were oiiuected i titiK-m- U
tions fiudo-.'U's mi Mii:Mi iu:il ('.
aRKregiitiiig in duni'iirs u to
eral millions of dollars.
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the
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Hindenburg 69 Years Old.
Field Mnrslml von IIinde:il)urg,
chief of the goiiPml staff, him cele
brated his sixty-ninth birthday at
headquarters on tho eastern front.
19,887 Miles Khaki.
Orders for 35,000,000 yards ol
khaki cloth have been placed in 2Jng
land by the Russian government. Tha
Russian army is being clothed
khaki.
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The Romanoffs.
The founder of the Russian royal
house, known as the "Romanoffs,"
was Michael Feodorovitch, who was
elected czar in 1613 at the ago of six
teen. It is claimed that Michael, the
founder of the strong, autocratic rule
in Russia, was forced by the duma
that elected him to take a constitu
tional oath a formula that was but
lightly retarded.
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