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Oshawa Daily Times, 20 Sep 1929, p. 10

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ar FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1929 ary Now Wife of Black Paris, Sept. 20--Amid the thump: ing of drums in the devil bush of a tril camp deep in the forests of Liberia, "Ma" Brown, 55 widow of 'a Canadian missionary, a white woman who' for 30 years has been married to a black chief of an African. tribe, has been knighted by the Liberian government for supreme bravery. "Ma" Brown went native upon the death of her husband. She has four children by her black husband, and around her hut now toddle her grandchildren, many of them blonde: haired, and almost white. Tos the tribe, "Ma" Brown has been a loyal and faithful "medicine man" curing ills more by her knowledge of the curative powers of plants and drugs than by evil mutterings, altho at times she does resort to witchery, She is feared by the superstitious na- tives and reigns almost as a queen over thousands of blacks. Since the American rubber inter. ests moved into Liberia to plant 1,. 000,000 acres With rubber trees, "Ma" Brown has become wealthy, She started a general store and caters in fruits, fowl and fresh bread to the Americans clearing the forest with thousands of workers, "Ma" was knighted for saving the Liberian army from almost certain extinction in a forest ambush. The army had' tion of one of 'the smaller = 0 [where he had made his camp. "§side him was a rifle, bearing the date \ tr yg Yi N. L. NATRASSCN 1.0) "®Who announced his retire, 4% head of the Famous ayers "Al Canadian Corp,, followi dif, . ference with two of. the tees i of the company. ; nt: as Awhich re lony aft . ernmen AE2g 3) sf ist} As' tlic) hry moved through ithe t ibe deployed in ambush. ran ahead a the} - WHITE WOW Canadian Widow of Mission- as its mission lg ¥ work. in a Portuguese co- instructions of the; Gov- forest, "Ma reb saved f their position. thood the army. She took her kni higally and i of did / not: intend to e "4ady" Brown but would re- main Ma pan ; ite 30. years in the tropical fond? %h€ "has kept her English and Ca She has re- its ian accent. . |ceived newspapers and can converse intelligently on world problems. She lazy, under the blistering sun of the equator. She never adopted native undress, but clung to her ginghams and. wears large, flowing, roomy mo-' ther hubbards. - The gingham she has sent in from a London department store and its arrival is timed annually to correspond to Easter. "Ma" Brown has no regret at the turn her life has taken. She has never been back to Canada since she margied her black husband, and she bas no desire to go. She knows of the ways of the modern world and contends that she could raise her daughters' better in Liberia than in America. ~ Several: times she has been near death, ; Once a knife was at - her throat. 'but she threw off her attack- ers by witchcraft, "You can never kill me: I will come back 'and .plague your cattle, burn your; crops and cried; and the knife dropped as her frightened attacker fell on his knees and - begged for mercy. From 'that time on, she used witchcraft often, "Ma" Brown ranks high in the es- teem-of 'her Government and the peo- ple. Her. candidate, Mr. Yantze, was elected tothe vice-presidency. As he prepared to travel to Monrovia for his installation, "Ma" Brown rebelled ; ing him to go in his loin g fd trom her old dresses fash- ioned for him the first pair of trou- sers he ever wore. SKELETON FOUND Tr 3 Great Falls, Mont, Sept. 20.--The skeleton of a trapper undisturbed perhaps for half a century was un- covered by a forest fire in the Lewis nd Clark forest, when the cartridges "in the dead man's gun were exploded tby the heat. Fire fighting crews heard the ex- 'plosions, but were unable at the time to investigate because of the flames. fter the fire was subdued the curi- 1s men returned to the spot where hey heard the shots. Thegedfound ighe skeleton of the man: who appar- tly had been killed by an anirtal, e- 1873 and an old heavy iron skillet: A salt shaker, fusted almost Sway used by trappers, "also were found. Men in United States are turning The faint whiff of «Johfiny Walker is said to head the list--Stratford "I"Beacon-Herald. Gard, me Tox Trot \Baby--Oh Where Can You Be? Rudy Vallée and His 22034 Connecticut Yankees | Vocal Johnny Marvin 22039 re Miss You Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees Maybe! Who Knows? Voca Fox Trot Lovable and Sweet ° Gene Austin arles Do Ei 22033 22031 from the motion picture "Street Girl" Gus Arnheim and His Orchestra 'ocal "My Song Waltz Vocal "from the mation the latest Red Seal records by famous Victor . Miller and Farrell of TheNile from the motion picture "Drag" ' Am | Blue? picture "On with the Shu Nat Shiikret and The Victor Orchestra 22073 . 22028 Nat AT Long Skirts, Vivid usa Si ed to send men for con-| .- announced | has grown large and round, but not | Co slay your wives," she | and two bottles of poison of a type! more to perfumery than"ever before. | "lors and cagerly {and ration themselves {| shine and paint be kept fresh. {RETURN OF PRE- {WAR ELEGANCE {Paris Aglitter With Dazzling Here are four of those promin- ent at the convention of Insurance mmissioners. of United States and Canada, now under way at To- ronto. They are: (1) Hon, Joseph Button, commissioner of insurance and banking of Virginia. (2) H. G. Garrett, superi surance, British Columbia, (8) A. E. Fisher, superintendent of in- surance for Saskatchewan, and (4) A. 8. Caldwell, Nashville, Tenn, ex-president of national commission, GIRLS TRAIN AT SEA AS NEWEST THRILL Full' Course in Seamanship is Given Aboard French Schooner AT DEAUVILLE Fashionable Summer Resort Sees New: Idea Born of Physical Training Deauville, France, Sept. 20.--Who wouldn't go down to the sea in a good ship like the Alcyon? Like Kipling's liner, this schooner, "she's a lady," and the hardy little sailors that "man" her are ladies too. For she is the first training ship for gisls that cver put to sea, and the students are learning practical sea- manship in order to get genuine mas- ters' licenses. The Algcyon, which has been an- chored off 'this popular summer re- sort, has given international visitors another dndication'of what modern girls cap do when free of their old feminine trappings and conventions. Women are already flying airplanes in competition with men, and their sisters soon will be seen pacing the bridges of ocean steamers. Viewed With Alarm But what, the sea dogs arc asking, is to become of 'the fine old swash- buckling traditions if women are. to take up navigation? Imagine a' deep sea chanty ' rendered by soprano voicest- Imaginega rebellious seaman being eloyted into submission by a female ; skipper! Imagine a little sprite of a girl = holding a wheel against a full gale! 5, Maybe they.could mend ripped can- yas, these women: sailors. Probably they'd be'all sight in the ship's gal- ley. But there's a lot of difference between a belaying 'pin. and a rolling pin. . The Aleyon is a threc-mastet top- sail schooner of 1,660 tons, fitted out as a school ship by Captain Hebert, physical culture professor who before he was ted the Athletic College t' Rheifigs, "My first idea was that for active and outdoor life for girls, a ship afloat offered the best possibilities for the development of the physique," he said, "My girl pupils like the jife so well that they wanted to follow it up and train with the masters' ticket as a goal. I therefore converted the Aleyon into a typical training ship, Today the duties of seamanship are rigorously taught by experienced sail- assimilated by th irk students, y tae "No girls under 16 are admitted for training, 'They must be of good family'and have passed a medical ex- amination 16 prove that their duties will not be too arduous for them. The school is international and pupils other than those of French birth arc cligible for admission. Full Training The girls are called upon to do all the work of men who train in sea- manship. They swab the decks as well as learn navigation. The boat is divided into three parts. In the poop are the quarters arranged for Cap- tain and Mme, Hebert. The foc'stle is reserved for the crew, and the en- tire 'midships' has been adapted for the use of the pupils, Two-berth ca- bins line each side of the saloon, but there are regulation hammocks for those who prefer them and wish thoroughly to live the sailor's life. The captain's table is served from the ship's galley, for Captain Hebert probably thinks that he cannot take too many chances on the cooking of his ultra-modern girl students. The students' galley, however, is entirely managed by themselves. When they are in port they do all the marketing. The Alcyon sets sail on a voyage twice a month, Before leaving, the girls are required to estimate what they will need from the shipchandler accordingly. These trips take them to some of the English ports or for a short cruise in the: Atlantic, and while at sea the pu- pils are required to do the duties of seamen. They have a bo'sun and must obey her orders. They futl and unfurl sail, take soundings, make their 'position on the chart, lay the { {course and keep a log and take turns {{at night watches. It's great fun, they all say, Many have become expert at climbing rig- ging and arc mot'afraid to stand on the top-gallant yards while the ship is under sail. The decks must be kept clean and smooth, brass must Gowns and Expensive Jewels Decoration Paris, Sept. 20.--Paris, night clubs and smart restaurants just now are thronged with fashionably dressed visitors and the nightly that every well-dressed woman '|zowned in déep red. DETECT AEROPLANE FLYING AT NIGHT Inventor Claims He Can Tell Exactly Where it is Located Hermonville-les-Rheims, France, -- A French inventor claims to have solved the problem of detecting the approach of an aeroplane at night. A. Van Hollebeke says his invention not only does that, but also locates it. It is accomplished, he says, by means of mechanism formed of two parts, one raised 400 yards high by means of an observation balloon, and the other fixed on the ground. The raised mechanism consists of a hollow, revolving drum, into one side of which is fixed a concave sound-re- flector. Revolving at 100 turns a minute, this drum is synchronized with a revolving plate fixed to the mechanism on the ground, and as the sound-reflector is turned towards the approaching aeroplane the exact die rection is indicated at each gevolu- tion, Another mechanism, whose working is a secret indicates the distance away of the aeroplane. The inventor claims that a plane.can be defected 20 minutes before reaching a city and its height and direction 80' exactly, known as to put it in time of war at the mercy of a few shots from an anti-aircraft gun, A GREAT WALKER . London, Eng, Sept. 20.--Charlcs Coburh, noted music hall comedian and walker, who achicved fame many years ago with 'his- song "The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Car- lo," was taken seriously ill with pneu- monia recently while walking from London to lackpool, though 77 years of age. He bad rcached Orm- skirk when illness foreed him to quif, only two stages of his journey res maining to be covered, Ormskirk 'to Preston, thence to Blagkpool. THE WAILING WALL A Sacrifice to the Enduring | ed by backs of yards and Mogra- 'Jews and many ink-back Mograb- ' OF JERUSALEM Faith of All True London, Sept 20. -- Crimson stains again color the wailing wall of Jerusalem, a sacrifice to the enduring faith of, true . believers Measured out by wrathful Arabs, Foreheads to stone for countless generations, until the rough-hewn blocks have become smooth and shiny, the Jews lamented at this spot "for the majesty that is de- parted; for walls that. are over- thrown." : . Center point of the clash be- tween Jews and Arabs over right of religious worship, the Wailin Wall marks the nucleus of fight- ing which has spread through the Jewish quarter. For the Moslem, the rocky bar- rier, towering 60 feet, is a retain- ing wall enclosing the dome of the rock, Mohammedan shrine and most sacred spot in the city, For the Jew it is a buttress of Solom- on's Temple, erected a thousand years before Christ, and therefore a sacred heritage. During long years of Mohammedan dominion it was the nearest part of the sacred inclosure which a Jew dared ap- proach, In the narrow alley, between the lofty wall and low enclosure form- bin houses, Jews have since the middle ages. A desolate chant. is repeated again and again as, on Friday af- ternoons. and Saturdays, the Jews meet fo wall for 'the glories of the past, "Because of the palace that lies desolate", a self appointed. leader recites and the lamenters join in with the refrain, "We sit in soli- tude and weep." The Wailing Wall is situated just) outside the western wall 'of the temple in a quarter inhabited by gathered ins from North Africa, It 1s al place of peculiar desolation, ap- proached through devious paths by winding stairs, vaulted passages } and dirty lanes. Through the nares row side streets pilgrim and tour- ist alike have wended their way through tortuous turnings that lead to the place of racial lamen- tations. is Palmolive" ods . . .and the soa So says Monsieur "I know of no other soap which meets all the requirements of complexion care, acting at once as a cleanser and . @ valuable. and soothing! emollient." The wall rises sheer as a cliff. fashoned 'of huge stone blocks, and between the unplastered grevices spring small sprigs of growing plants. Lower stones bear Hebrew inscriptions, The barrier is believed to have been part of the substruc~ ture of the Jewish temple itself. The original temple was built by King Solomon on the summit of Mount Morah, where it is said , usite, A, No single product ever had such tr (7; "The soap 1 recommend says Albert Leblanc of Nice Famous Beauty Specialist of the fashionable Hotel Negresco at Nice, on the French Riviera, fre quented by many of the world's smartest women. asked: uite wron, y cleansed |p roreous ideas on complexion care," ace cording to Albert Leblanc, of Nice, "are v hard to correct. Iam still occasion I use soap on my face?" My answer is always a de~ cided affirmative. It is to su the skin can be thoro Pi other meth- recommend is Palmolive!" blanc, head of the Hotel Negresco Beauty Salon. Monsieur Leblanc studied the art of cosmetics in Paris and practiced his profession there until 1912. He then came to Nice, where he has gained an excellent reputation in this smart Riviera resort. All the experts agree Leblanc is joined by an internationai group of authorities on skin care, all of whom advocate Palmolive as the best way to keep the skin health- fully radiant, glowing with under-the-surface color and life. Do this, they say: massage Palmolive 'lather tenderly into the skin for two minutes. Rinse, first with warm water, then with cold. And you're ready for make-up! Enjoy it for the bath as well, since it costs no more than ordinary soap. Just one bar will assure you of its superiorities. se it tonight! prof: Think of it! 17,002 leading beauty experts all over America-in big cities, small towns. smart resorts--advise the twice-daily use of Palmolive Soap! al endorsement. for the sacrifice of Isaac, flat rock which later hacame threshing floor of Ornan, the Jeb-|win the World's Serics this ycar.-- Peterboro Examiner. on a It seems to be the general opinion Abraham made his preparations If .we start home wit all start wonderin started. --Brandon Sun. how h a box of the | that the New York Yankees will not | flowers for the wife, the neighbors the fight J C--O A V. A. Henry INSURANCE 3% Simcoe St. 8. Phones 11908W-=Uffice 1858J---Residence For Your Drug Needs THOMPSON'S 10 Simcoe St. 8.~--~We Deliver display of dazzling gowns and ex- pensive jewels is so lavish that the Paris newspapers write enthusias: tically of "the return of pre-war elegance." With the increasing popularity of longer skirts, and dresses vivid- ly decorative below the hip-line, bracelets and necklaces are in more general use. For dinner party oc- casions, especially there is a de- mand for the brilliance of dia- monds and emeralds. Jewelry is no longer stereotyped. So great is the variety in design seems to have found ornaments that suit her specially. An attractive treatment of small' pearls, in the most distinctive ring, was seen recently at one of the ex- clusive restaurants. The 'pearls, graduated in size, were set in a row, flanked on each side py a row of graduated diamonds. 'The ring was continued at the back in a narrow flat band of platinum, Another ring, seen onthe same: occasion, was worn by a woman Her ring of dark red coral, was in two sections, carved in a butterfly design. Be- tween the two coral wings a thin line of eight medium-sized diam- onds reached from knuckle to COAL COAL .. Phone 108 | W. J. SARGANT Yard---89 Orders Bloor ftreet NK. 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