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Highland Park Press, 28 Jan 1926, p. 4

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Transfer _ompany 74 Central Avenue nston. ‘Tek Greenieat 802 .. Tel. ‘Mighland Park 1994 days, and Saturdays T . EXPRESS r., Manager al Avenue ODrage 82 ir reservations made u % )â€"Telephone 972 DAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1926 Phone 335 heating plant s u&chl,m- go Solvay Coke d have him send water boiler, or he best fuel you Northâ€"Sundays Racks for Shoppers orthâ€"Week Days s Chicago Solvay ire year of 1923. you to conserve CHICAGO Arr High UBURBAN AINS » SHIPPING H if Park Fuel Co. 12.0 P ark 18 AaM f ark M 43 CLARENCE B. Teacher of Violin, ies Fuel Leave Chicago t 8 ke Arrive A.Nt bad t> . .: in quarantipe, where they will he de. ... ""‘" "led with their wares, bi _ <â€" tained three weeks. Fo;umte?; gdhe; 'ttmhere is no ‘visible sign of rumâ€"rur _ _brought mails, which after fumigaâ€" L..= I believe that the fast stean _ tion, will be distributed.‘ Hereafter| ci3,"0C motor boats which carry th \\_ all mails will be sent andreceived AI'.‘“" to our shores start from.Bimir <â€" . via New York, which makes it rath.| NC Grand Bahama, which are neare _ . ef awkward for us but as we | are Jto our coast. There are plenty o . thoroughly enjoying our stay here and | PW%CCS Where liquor is sold at reta T have no desire to leave the island ‘we ]m fl'&’ are not at I" "k.fl the saloon .~ are not especially concerned about it. x.h!ch used to be found in our cities _ ‘This letter will go to New York by the| A~. RW® Observed them they ar "Munargo," which is to arrive. to. | Cu=" tC the street, without bars o morrow morning and sail in the eveâ€" tcrgem or brass rails, simply a coun ning.~ The only â€" discomfort from L:Ir where one‘s thirst may be quench which we may suffer is a possible: 1 They seem about as innocent o shortage ofâ€"food supplies which are 2)q 52°C0D 2" 2 2004 water counte ‘ _ usually brought from Florida, bnt!:“ as pm: by and look in I seldon dot‘btless communication will be esâ€" ide Mn olkn one jor two people in tablished* with some southern port, l;'froqnently'no one.. There seem Savannah or Charleston. very little if. any drunkenness Morning on Beach b};tvemnnosmaoflnythingoi Yesterday morning I spent on thel ‘°"ttl;' except perhaps in Gran beach on the ocean side of the narâ€"| ;m « poorest ‘negro quarter ‘ row island which forms a ~natural| ... the drinking places seem to be breakwater for the harbor. The water Fxore frequented and where yesterday is very clear and somewhat warmer ;‘le:hone or two men who seemed than at Palm Beach. The beach is k fl:: t:;:e. worse for liquor, â€" 1 protected by a jutting point of ,land?hm * police keep a pretty , k close watch upon such places, for so that there is almost no surf and they seem ‘v wid i no undertow. . It is much the finest|| Â¥ e c awake, beach I know and every morning there Visits Old Fort: 3 is a crowd of visitors in the water| _ The other day we revisited old and basking on the sands under u,.lFort Charlotte, the picturesque old bright sunshine. I am ‘getting a fine fortification which was built in 1787 coat of tan. Near the beach, beside| to defend the harbor entrance. . The the path from the boat landing is a #uide lighted a lantern and took us pavilion from which liquid refrpsh. through the underground passage and . ments are served and a native stand ¢hambers. ‘These are all cut out of where one may drink cocoanut milk the §°“d rock and form a perfect and eat fruit. The cocoanuts grow | labyrinth, the labor involved is enorâ€" all, abo;% in profusion and the place | MOUs and the skill displayed is amatâ€" is gay with bright flowers. : The poinâ€" inz- Firgt one descends a spiral stairâ€" settias are still very beautiful, and| ¢ase of about forty steps, which is as the hibiscus which grows in many Derféctly made as if it had been varieties, and many other tropical built from the bottom of hewed blossoms. . There are many interest.| $t00€8, it leads to a level below the ing trees and shrubs here, and the} MOAt and there are numerous loopâ€" banyan tree ‘with its aerial shoots | NOoled galleries from ‘which rifle men rooting in <a wide circle aboutâ€" the COUld sweep any part of the moat if main trunk, the royal poinciana, &n enenmiy had succeeded in entering which, however, does not.bloom untit| it From the lowest level a well three: later in the season, splendid tall roy. | 9t four feet in diameter is cut to a al palms, and palms:of many other|.......__".__:_ _0 00. 01 2 _ j ucn â€" varieties, and most curious of all the | _ ‘ silk cotton tree with its great butâ€" tressâ€"like roots which extend like ribâ€" : â€" Telephone H. P. 357 bons set on edge in snakelike curves on every side, higher than a man‘s Dr. J. ,W. SHEDD head at the trunk and tapering to ‘ DENTIS the ground. There is a huge tree of P C this sort in the government square. 47 St. Johns Avenue It is more than two hundred years HIGHLAND PARK â€" ILLINOIS old and has enormous girth of trunk w and spread of branches. It is one| | f C j of the gights of the town. If the space ‘ . between any two. of its buttresses | J LADIESâ€"WHEN YOUR SEWâ€" were roofed over they would make a|[ ING MACHINE Is OUT . â€" good sized hut. 6| OF ORDER . Colored Folks Numerous t Animemsvermom . The colored people are very num-[ | It makes you feel sore and misâ€" erous, outnumbering the whites three § / erable, but never mind. â€"Let ; trien ui ns thes o tope: | H. A. CARLSEN telligent and occupy phee:a:f thre:pon- | sibility. e postmaster cusâ€" | [ e of it. 1 H. P. 1‘ tome ies aro magd ploode, Th ptuke cate map se it 2 r _ or at 142 8. First St. sidesmer who took up the offering in | [ : ) the cathedral this morning are colored |[ _ Also upholstering and furniâ€" men, all the policemen, too, are much § ture repairing. o BJ in evidence with their sun helmets,| (neimic . white tunics and blue trousers With \qaop0000000000000000000040 red stripes, also the men of the deâ€" 3 }f j ; tachment of the West Indian regiâ€" ment who are on duty here. There are seven Anglican churches here in h. j Nassau, most of them large and |, 7 *) Sea j handsome, two Roman churches, much f E' smaller, and three or four others, in ? t‘ A V © most of them the congregation . is | 3p oR 4‘@ mixed, whites and blqcl:‘ mtlhn.cllnt. . il C jhb even in the cathedral w conâ€") & Ce t gregation is mainly, white, many|$ \ | \". â€"â€" blacks worship, and no discrimination | 8 Y :: blacks do not as our negroes | & â€" _ stt \in the south d:‘:lrithmmt t asit _ # customed to + | ©) 4 § fut they spork with an Bngtish accont | $ A Complete Beauty ::ieh at first '".i':“:.«"i»'-' m | : tar y sing very wel! s .. AIndivide 4 : *# the churches is hearty. . The service Wmm T in all our churches is of what we call| $ | Mep Yopcharmingiyattractiver " _ _ an advanced type, with many ornaâ€" mb in ; ments and elaborate ceremonial,. _ I 1fl-n and refinement. . ® was present this morning:at the 7:80 | & | . Phone for i T : Eucharist in St. Mary‘s church at| 3 ; n;_wa wnchtlnbli;bogclkh&h:;: 4 _/ Nales Toile . â€"â€" He is a young man, 1 i. is bf?o::d&uhnd and levidently apâ€"| $ POUDRE BOX BEAUTY SHOP proves and encourages the very florâ€"| $‘ . 16 North Sheridan Road | id type of service which prevails. | ‘Phone H. P. 2454 â€" j Spukiuofthonhmld'h!: | (*~â€" ~Roma 1.‘ ~~~@| and colored people , I ought . ' Residence Phone 2323 â€" add that while in public affairs and | $ : o os in church there seems to be almost no < * @ It seems that there is a serious | tâ€" break of smallpox in Miami, and to prevent its introduction into thesé isâ€" lands no ships from Florida are perâ€" mitted to land and no ‘ or mails are dispatched to Florida The regular weekly steamer on which we came over, "The Muneastern," is laid up here‘ and "The Nassauvian," which ?‘f‘...i" ._ygst_erd'qy‘ mom:g. __ We have, been here just a week toâ€" day and are very happy in the deâ€" lightful summer weather which preâ€" vails in this quaint British West Inâ€" dian colony. We feel very tudm home and the sense of distance is inâ€" creased _by â€" quarantine regulations, against Florida which went into efâ€" fect yesterday. i $ My dear Friends gUMMER NOW IN BAHAMAs Another Interesting‘ Letter . Reee:veg From lfim; 1‘911, xperiences an g Scenic Beauties DR. WOLCOTT WRITES | _ OF LIFE IN NASSAU THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11 Nassau, Bahamas, January 24, 1926 «scance is inâ€" e regulations went into efâ€" 1 _ ","" | ©0000000000000000000000066 he deâ€" | 4) regiâ€" | ¢| There ere in > and | ; * V _ much & 'VEJ rs, in n . is 4 ’b_ f :gling. ¢ «196% a C r conâ€" A | many [d nation ‘ \v . . The ' groes “\t’ * % re acâ€" i“ect, s Mn A Complete Beauty sic in | & ~bervice :: »rvice | & Andividual -a-m by our m : l;-‘ll ; :"M:u?flndy attractive. â€" | & service is completeâ€"hairdressing, ° 1, I ‘} marcelling, manicuring; etc.â€"amid an reo |$ Prone oc appointmenta. © "~""@= C h at We use professionally and recommend for am ; ‘ A-z‘:?za‘dt.m r se f ; apâ€" | 6| POUDRE BOX BEAUTY SHOP A0*|$ _ â€" 16 North Sheridan Road i Phone H. P. 2454 â€" white ‘ Room ht to || 7 â€"b] and Residence Phone 2323 st no | B4 4 < it bâ€" : â€" Telephone H. P. 357 es 1‘8 Dl‘. J # :Wo SHEDD f; . DENTIST e. 47 St. Johns Avenue rs | # HIGHLAND PARK ILLINOIS rk s % , 1926 Inâ€" As there is nBE ol ho ier ids rap edPs w 10int s l charge their cargos and the ‘sponges are spread in long piles under great sheds arnd are arranged according to their grades, I believe that Nassau is the â€" most impmx‘ ant sponge market i dramn almost as strietly as with | on L am pot evre fhat 1t ts hot‘s wie here ‘seem to be on the whole superâ€" |for in intelligence to those ‘at home. . The currency of the islands is Engâ€" shilling and ‘pence, and all the amall sgilver is English, though Bermudan: paper notes in denominations from four shillings up hre in cireulation, American . money however, ‘is everyâ€" where received and it is not necesâ€" sary to exchange it into British curâ€" rency except for small change. . There are automobiles here, though they are not numerous enough to make the streets unsafe, the . usual vehicle however, is an open phaeton with fringed canony top drawn by one of the small horses of the island, the rule of the road, as in England, is "keep to the left," which at first is rather confusing to us. Sponge Market : . _One of the sights of the town is the |. sponge market on the water front f Whem the SDONGint _ erhaawans s asl discrimination 1k yet socially the line depth denominations from ) hre in circulation. however, is everyâ€" ind it is not neces.â€" Bee 0 7eGe w f the line depth of 103 feet, insuring a sure y as m}mumw for the garrison, as the not a wise n,idoli;hta'fim:kt‘mqudmit red people | drop down the well, it seemed ole superâ€"| almost bottomless, There are store d:t hg:: ehr;m,mflmmsnddmm is â€"| underground and passages connecting in‘.pounda,!mry part of the fortification, so that the small troops could be moved to any part of Bermudan l the works without exposure to enemy ons from fire. 'lherehuidtobonpmaxoi irculation. | almost a half mile long connecting is everyâ€"| the fort with the residence of the old iot necesâ€"| governor in the town below, but if so itish curâ€"â€" the entrance is no longer open and ange. no‘ one seems to know just where it ‘e, thoughi begins. â€" Fort: Fincastle is another nough to fortification: of the same period, two the u.ugl’miles east of Fort Charlotte, very ‘ phaeton | interesting, but not nearly so extenâ€" rawn byfnive. In. both forts there are many he island, large cannons and mortars, now disâ€" Er’,ghnd,'mounted and rusting, and about the i at first| streets of the towh . are many old ‘guns set up as corner posts, ship‘s * __| guns apparently, on d 1. Meet Old Friends : | . We weresurprised to find Chandâ€" |ler Egan and his wife here, staying |at the â€"New Colonial hotel, which is | just â€"below our hill. They came about |three weeks ago and are charmed with Nassau, Chandler has been playâ€" ing great golf here. They leave toâ€" night on the Royal Mail steamer "Ohio" which arrived this morning from New York and lies in plain view | at the mouth of the harbor, it is goâ€" ing on a West Indian cruise. We had agood visit with Chandler on our verandah Friday evening and returnâ€" ed the call this afternoon. _‘ { Gerard Van Schaick too, was here Thursday off "The Reliance" also onf! cruise but we did not happen to see: [him and knew nothing about it until© ‘,we saw an interview with him in the ‘Guardian. an island paper, by that time he had gone. | A lot of people would like to know just what sort of a Maxim silencer they used in Great Britain to muffle Lloyd George. THE HIGHLAND PARK ce Thete are two waye of suctord tng in this worldâ€"the Presiges: Coslidge and Cromwell way. with deat of taik. 4Â¥A will give an Iunlia lnitetion ot President Cooliage‘s taciteraity Accerding to the Popole D‘tebe, Muntolini thinks be has talked too much, . "Let us keep quiet amd fot wstions talk," is his now msotie. It is only tair to Mussolinl to sny that his actions have taiked more thes be has talked To start in the worlk up 16 a Tow mosths ts be manager of a great country, restor« m-u-lul-av.q the voluminons dreases that were used to hide usiy shapas, unnectsâ€" wemen can AFFORD to wear knick. 4A cused ot trying to start a "tree Jove turm. | says it is ao "experi ment in socinl stlence."‘ > ‘ dispense. with the "ring asd the hook," never go tar. Boâ€"called "Iree love" has two serious defectsâ€" it ten‘t "free" and it dan‘t "love.*%, But such exptrimente have their wood alde. They make it clear, to whoever will isara, that matrimony. Changing Woman, 5 A Silent Mussolinit Test Your Vocabulary. By Arthur Brisbane Today +Coprright, 1040, by Siarâ€"Compeny ) ofteate a good PRESS, HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS These selections are worthy of comâ€" mendation, Congressman Wood is a typical Indianian with more than the usual amount of horsesense which: gentlemen from that state enjoy. He has the happy faculty of being able Congressman Will R. Wood, of In: dianna, has been reâ€"elected chairman of the Republican Congressional comâ€" mittee to conduct the campaign: in 1926. < Earl Venable was reâ€"elected as executive secretary; John Q. Tilson, of Connecticut, was made first vice: chairman; Representative Addison T. Smith of Idaho, second viceâ€"chairâ€" man; and Harry Wurzbach of Texu.l third. Reâ€"elected Head of Republican Congressional Committee For Campaign coNnG. w. R. woop â€" _‘ f AGAIN CHAIRMAN ‘L’RESIDENT GARFIELD said, that a log in the woods with Mark Hopkins at one end and him at the other. was a University. ¢ s | Garfeld knew that Mark Hopkins had the most rounded education of any man of his timeâ€"that he needed only to be near Hopkins to absorb his learning. Today, in the Herald and Examiner, we have Brisbaneâ€"just such another man of rounded education as Mark Hopkins. We must stop thinking of Brisbane mierely as a writer. He is probably the greatest educator of our period. He has what so few men, including even most of our college professors, have been able to acquireâ€"a rounded education. â€" : And his discussion of the topics of today against this tremenâ€" dous background is not only an important contribution to the literature of learning, but is a daily stimulus to all ‘of us who thirst for knowledge. _ â€" e s Ti nan It is a good thing for any of us to be at the other end of Brisbane‘s log. | j _ _ The Highland Park Hospital N Main Entranceâ€"Homewood Avenue, two blocks west of Green Bay Road ts Telephone \Highland Park 102â€"103 Bright, airy rooms, upâ€"toâ€"daté equipment. f Painstaking nurses and attendantsâ€"Moderate ‘charges. The Highland Park Hospital is essentially a Highland Park Instiâ€" tution. . The‘funds for its erection and maintenance have been supplied almost entirely by our own citizens. It is your hospital and well worthy of your support. F The Highland Park Hospital Visiting Hours Daily 2 p. m, to 4 p. m. â€" 7 p. m. to 8 p. m of Wood, and the selection of this staff to function with him is not likeâ€" ly to encourage them into the expresâ€" sion of any thought of that sort. _ be agreed that such qualities are most valuable. : Even the most bumptious Democrats have hardly dared sugâ€" gest capturing the House and election to enthuse folk and to give them conâ€" fidence. * Earlâ€" Venable as executive secreâ€" tary, can be set down as one of those men who accomplish things without making a fuss, and in these times of political tumblebugs, it will x 17 T% Shop Phone H.P. 457 Res. 1985 513 Elm Place, Highland Park FRED C. BREMER Carpenter and Builder CABINETS Jobbing Promptly Done PAGE THREE en dore 14 254 19

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