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Highland Park Press, 22 Nov 1928, p. 23

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In "The New Temple" he tells the story of a group of people who beâ€" come astonishingly real to us. ll.‘ -w-,".." popular author of tual writing was started in an effort to entertain him when his bealth was BLACK AND WHITE "THE COMING OF THE LorRp" on Russia voices the opinion that the Ulhd“.cv-hcumh may be sovietized. | The story "The Father" by Kathaâ€" ring Holland Brown which won the $25,000 prize offered by the Woman‘s Home Companion and the John Day -fl';‘u.':.::&y of covers years Miss Brown‘s lifeâ€"time. The materâ€" inl gathered from stories told in her childhood by her own father, the acâ€" Pn e e t it his latest book his active efforts in pursuit of science take him to the moon where hbe learns the language of the vewetables as he has those of the Doctor Dolittle in the Moon by Hugh Lofting Doctor Dolittle never fail to charm his everâ€"witening circle of readers. In of . Theodore Dreizer in his new book By Sarah Gertrude Millin Have you read these THE NEW RELIGION FALL FLIGHT "THE NEW TEMPLE® by two prominent JUST PARAGK By Johan Bojer The Century Co. not to petition for a recount As it seems fairly clear that Herâ€" bert Hoover was elected president, the Democratic brethren have decided theatre. _ Everybody is }nâ€"t;‘ fr-;n; room.â€"The American Magazine. We dont‘ know what President Coolidge is going to do after March fourth but we will bet that he does. A New York woman accused of violating the Voistead Act routed three policemen trying to arrest her. Some of it is powerful stuff. exaggeration to say she has set a new standard for the artistic creation of the present day. z unlike the bright tr'-nap.m fi'.-'s;;;: light of spring. In "Orlando," the biography of a person who began as an Elitabethan backward. . The hirds sing and the lkhlhk-ufi.edud-pfiu,hr, as Winnie the Pooh would say, "she is a springish sort of person." She looks at life with a crystal clarity not drew, a varying number of years ago. Happening to be one of those of the first class, I can only say to those others who ‘belong with me, "Hereâ€" is a new Virginia Woolf." It is am not one to believe that people of one of these classes can be lightly | By Virginia Weolf t MHarcourt Brace & Co. Mmth.lnvh-m Wdha“flmm. ience. There are those for whom she is a blank. There are those for 'hnhi-ulrrihme-. fusing experience as a trip for be innocent if the world could know by fucts but by appesrances. So they are fooked upon askance, and that very possibility of guilt makes them guilty. That begins a long train of events which can only end in tragâ€" There are no back rows in the radio 286â€"302 Fourth Ave., New York tently, is more deft in character anâ€" f Wt acar c io s ol w i ts ntrany = o Somer s By the Author of Under Fire I SAW IT MYSELF ? Henri Barbusse "best work. c DRUMS E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. 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A Manchu <prince, deâ€" | posed with all others of his blood in | the â€"revolution of 1911 which resultâ€" | ed in the slaughtering of thousands l of Manchus and establishment of the republic, assisted Dr. Laufer in obâ€" taining the coliection. Such relies are now becoming exceedingly rare, and the Manchus, whose leaders had. ruled China since 1644, are rapidly passing out of existence as a distinct strain in the racial makeup of China‘s i en e | dles of princes, in different colors and | with finely carved jade buckles indiâ€" | cating the various ranks of the royal | blood, From these girdles were hung fthe poison pouches. .A narrow purple | girdle with small inferior buckle was 3 worn by a prince in disgrace. Some |feautiful fans and many other artiâ€" | cles of nemn;)";d;r'-;»“n:ent are also | in the cases. 6 Notable Feature | _A notable feature of the exhibit is ‘a lifeâ€"size mannequin of a typical | Manchu lady, dressed in the robes ‘fitting to her estate, with characterisâ€" tic coiffure and adornments. Her { shoes are highâ€"heeled in a fashion that outdoes the most fantastic French heel creations, for the heels |are in the middle of the shoe sole, |and the wearer had to balance her. | self as though on stilts. Nevertheâ€" \ less the Manchu women developed a graceful walk, Dr. Laufer says. Beâ€" { neath the woman‘s slit dress are panâ€" | taloons which end with ornate garâ€" Other â€" material shown â€" includes gorgeous state robes of emperors with tapestry woven design: on faâ€" brics of a special imperial â€" yellow which no one else was permilted to wear; worship robes used during prayers and sacrificial ceremonies in the temples; state robes of empresses and princes; the elaborate wedding headâ€"dress of a princess with pearl strung hangings and silken flowers; and a complete set of the silken girâ€" ters at her ankles. Such foibles as rouge powder and lipstick were used by Manchu and Chinese women for thousands of year, Dr. Laufer deâ€" clares, and the "compact" and "vanâ€" ity case" of the modern girl are beâ€" lieved originally to have been Chiâ€" nese inventions. lmn. They were symbol# of loyalty, in case the wearer should incur the displeasure of the emperor, he was granted the "privilege" of end ing.his life, on command, at his emâ€" peror‘s ‘feet, according to Dr. Berâ€" thold Laufer, curator of antltropolo-‘ #y and noted explorer of China. This was regarded as a privilege, Dr. Lauâ€" fer explains, because persons of lowâ€" er rank in the same predicament would be done away with by the more humiliating processes of the public executioner. over each hip. A prince was not alâ€" lowed to come for an official audience bags in which a supply of arsenic was 20, EACERCCTS CIIPPESSCS, prifces and princesses t‘th cighteenth century, with their â€"dresses, girdles, shoes and other accessories. whenever they had an audience with the emperor, are included in a Manâ€" chu royal wardrobe now on exhibition at Field Museum of Natural History, Simms, director of the museum. The it Under Old Regime They Carried Them When Going to Audiâ€" ~~ miracainicipetad We carry a large assortment of Finest Fresh Fish "Suicide pouches" which were carâ€" PART OF REGALJIA Lincoln Market Be sure to leave your ;l‘ltva;n_l:"s-g-iving Order for one of OUR CHOICE SPRING TURKEYS, GEESE, DUCKS, or FANCY SELECTED CHICKENS 519 Central Avenue Telephone Highland Park 3140 " LEG DAIRY COMPANY MILK NOTICE 47 ca agik en PAGE FIFTEEN

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