The Alamance gleaner
VOL. UV. GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY MAY 3, 1928. * NO. 13.
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HAPPENNINGS OF THE WEEK|
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENTEVENTS
Ohio and Bay State Pri
maries Boost Stock of
Hoover and Smith.
By EDWARD W PICKARD
EPRESENTATIVE MARTIN B.
Madden of Chicago, for year*
one of the most active and useful
members of congress, collapsed Fri
day In bis office In Washington and
within' a few minutes was dead. For
a long time Mr. Madden had been
In poor health, and bis recent hard
work as chairman of the appropria
tions committee and In trying to
bring the house around to the Presi
dent's views on the flood control leg
islation we>e held responsible for
the heart wttack that ended fatally.
Mr. Madden was seventy-three years
old and was a native of England. He
had represented the First Illinois dis
trict In the house since 1905.
LAgT week'* primaries, especially
Id Ohio oud Massachusetts, pro
Tided base for the claims that the Ite
publican and Democratic natlcnnl
conventions will nominate Berber!
Hoover and Al Smith, respectively
early In the balloting. In the case of
Hoover the result In Ohio was consid
ered especially convincing, for, though
the Lowden and Dawes forces made
desperate efforts to defeat him. the
secretary of commerce won all seven
of the delegates at large and at least
24 of the district delegates. This was
more Hum his most enthusiastic sup
porters had expected, and the antl
Hnnverltes were correspondingly de
pressed. One most notable feature of
the voting was the defeat of Senator
Fess. selected as temporary chairman
of the Republican convention, for
delegate at larg^ He will not decline
the honor of presiding, but must go
without credentials as either delegate
or alternate. Hoover ran sway with
the Ohio preferential vote In Ohio,
and also In Massachusetts, and his
managers claim 30 of the Bay state
delegates, who are unlnstructed. They
hope, too, that the Tfi unlnstructed
delegates chosen last week by Penn-*
sylranla will he led Into the Hoover
camp by Secretary Mellon when the
strength of- the Hoover vote Is dem
onstrated In the early ballots. Mich
igan's state convention Instructed that
state's 33 delegates to vote for Hoover
"as long ns he Is a candidate for the
Presidency." and live of Nevada's
olne have declared their preference
for Hoover. The line-up of the dele
gates an far chosen shows: Hoover.
533: l-owden. 183; Cnrtls. 24; Norris.
28: Borah. It: unclassified, 203.
Gov. Al Smith captured the Maasn
thusetts delegation of 3d and probnhlv
it least Wt of the Pennsylvania dele
gatton. In addltlonllt Is assumed all
the Ohio delegates, 48 In number, will
climb Into the Smith wagon wlieh
they have obeyed their Instructions to
vote for Atlee Pnmerene. So Smith
Is now way ont In the lead with 471
practically, assured votes. Reed cotphes
next with fid. and Pomerene. George.
Ayres and Hitchcock are trailing. It
seems certain that Smith will hare a
majority on the first ballot at Hous
ton. and his enthusiastic boomers be
Ueve he will have the requisite two
thirds. 733J4. on that first vote.
THKHE hai bepo ? rather wide
spread tinpreealon that the grain
growint atates of the Middle Wni
would prefer Lowden to Hoover aa
the Republican nominee, the Idea be
ing that the farmer* believed that the
work of Hoover aa food administrator
during the war was InlmlraJ to their
Interests. That this Impression la oot
necessarily correct and I* based on
misinformation as to Hoover's alti
tude toward the agriculturists hotb
during the war and at the present
ttma. Is the contention of Don IJvfng
aton Of Watertonn. 8. I>.. former
state commissioner of agriculture. *
"I know of no firmer who has ever
been associated with Herbert Hoover
either to bis fbod administration work
daring the wer, or In his relief or nth
ar activities since the war. who Is not
actively supporting blin today for the
Presidency." said Mr. Mvlngsino
"On many occasions my work In he
half of the farmer brought me to net
Suet With Herbert Hoover. In Renfrm
ber, 19)7. flu rule* of the gralrr <?I
changes concerning grading and.han
dling of grain wgre ool fair tie the
fanner. I wem (o Washington, tubk
the matter op with Mr. Hooter, and
It was Immediately corrected.
'Two months later, we bad a bad
situation because of tbe great amonnt
of soft corn and lack of cars to mors
the grain to the dryers Every effort
had been made to aecure cars with
out avail. Again I went to Washing
ton. took the matter up wltb Secre
tary Hoover, and before I got bach to
South Dakota the fanners had been
given priority of cars to move, their
com. This saved millions of baskets
frotn spoilage. * '
"From that time on. I met him fre
quently. When the wheat prlre-OxIng
committee was appointed the speaker
of the South Duknta house of repre
sentatives wired me to go to Wash
Ingtoiv In the Interests of the farmery.
My contact at that time gave me ab
solute Information thai Mr. Hoover
had nothing to do either with tM de
liberations of the committee or the
flzlng of the price of wheat
"His whole public record since the
war. Inasmuch as It touches agricul
ture at all. has been directed toward
the farmers' best Interest
"He may not have approved the Mc
Nary-Huugea measure In Its entirety, .
but be was one of the first to advo
cate a federal farm board. Ha has
always believed that tbe federal, farm
board should assist In direction of
farm marketing, worklqg as far as
possible through co-operative associa
tions ?
"He has repeatedly said that the
farmer most have as full and ado
quate tariff protection as has Industry.
"He has stood for downward revl
slon of transportation rates on farm
products.
"He has not believed In government
price fixing. Meet people have-come
to agree fully with blm In this,"
DESPITE President Coolldge's
fears that It will result In land
scandals, the Rood control bill was '
passed by the house by a rote of 2A4
to #1. Previously, In committee of the
whore, the lionae rejected an amend
ment' by Tllson of Connecticut em
bodying the Cnolldge plan to assure
property owners to the path of the
proposed flood ways and spillways
each damages by action of the courts
as they may be entitled to. onder the
Constitution. Then the represents
lives votetf down a motion to recotp
mlt for the purpose of adding a pro
liosal urged by tbe President as s
means of guarding against land scan
dals. The bill went to conference,
having been previously passed by 'he
senate, and administration lenders
thoyghi a veto, likely aniens the coo
fer^ea should change the provision
relative to rights of way In floodway*
und spillways.
FLOYD BENNETT, one of AmerV
ca'a leading aviafor* end Com
mender Bvrd'e pilot on tbb High' to
the Norih pole, flew to Canada In a
relief plane for the German-1 rich
tranaatlantlr flyer*, wa* alrlcken with
pneumonia and died leaf week In ?
Quebec h capital Believing that Que
bec lacked the aerotn that might eave
Bennett'* life, the Roekefeller Inert
rnte appealed to Colonel Lindbergh
and thai ever-ready yoong man mad#
a atrlfl flight thmogh a fierce atone
ro the Canadian city carrylog the
remedy. HI* feat waa In vain, how
ever, for Bennett died before Llnd
bergb took off for the return trip.
Canada provided a military earert for
the aviator'* body, and It waa In
terred In Arlington National ceaae
tery near the grave of Admiral Peary.
Bennett waa to have been Byrtf* aec
ond In command be the mulct led
8001 b pole flight.
The crew of the Bremen left their
plane 00 Greenly Inland and renamed
tbelr flight to New York on the Ford
relief plane piloted by Barnt Balrhen
They reached Mltcbel Held, Long la
land. Friday afternoon.
CAlT. GEORGE H WILKINS, with
Carl Ellsno aa pilot, saraaaafully
completed his extraordinary Bight
across tlw polar regions from Pidot
Borrow, Alaska. lo Bpltxhergao Tbetr
firing time was 20% boors, hot the*
were forced hr had weather to stop
on the Islsnd of Dead Man's Point for
Ire dors Their roofs did not take
them over the pole, hot across the
great "blind spot" hitherto oerar seen
br man. la the region where Peary.
Rtofhntnnn and McMillan soar Indira
?
tloncof land In tha vicinity. Wllkloa
and Rllaon found nothing hat Ira
flalda with occasional leads of open
water.
Acquittal of Henry-sinciair 67
the Jury that bears' the testl
moo/ pi the Teapot Done oil con
spire eg case was a sad blow to the
government law forces. The verdict,
It was said In Washington, made It
Improbable that Albert a Fall, named
In the same Indlrtmem bnl granted a
severance because of Illness, will ever
he brought to trial, ti map be. .too.
that the government will drop the
bribery charges pending agnlnst Fall
and Edward Dohenj. *
The senate's oil Investigating com
mittee. continuing lis work, sum
moned Sinclair to appear May I' and
tell his story of the OonHnental Trad
ing company deal. Meanwhile the
committee bad before It liohert / W.
Stewart, chairman of the Standard
Oil Company of Indiana, who admit
ted that he received the missing
fourth share of the Continental's prof
Its? S7S0A0(>?Mtd held It In a secret
trust fund for the ultimate benefit of
the. Standard and the Sinclair Crude
Oil Purchasing companies: He said
the directors of tha Standard bad al
ready turned the entlte sum over to
the Sinclair Purchasing company
Stewart's belated admission 'wan re
ported to tha senate by Senator Walsh,
and n resolution was adopted urging
the oil man's Indictment for. perjury.
The preeecutlon of I he pending Indict
ment of Stewart for contempt also
was demanded by the Indignant sen
ators
CONFIDENCE In President Cool
IdgSf Nlrarngnan policy tm
shown nf the senate when thai hody
passed the t3M.U0U.llt)li naval appro
priation Mil after decisively defeat Inn
three amendments offered hy radical
Republicans, that would force the
withdrawal of American marines from
Nicaragua. A few Democrats voted
with the radicals hut they were de
sorted by Borah, although he opposed
the sending of the marines to the
Central American errantry. The mess
ore as passed raises the enlisted
strength of the navy to Mini. carries
t32.0dn.0no for aviation, Including
fqnda for the construction of two
giant dirigibles, and provides appro*!
tpately fh0.0nn.nno for new Ship con
stTuctlon.
COMBINED force* of the Chines*
Nationalist* and the army of
Pent Yu-hslang, Christian general,
an making their way toward Peking
through ghantnng province. They cap
tured Tainan, capital of the province
and an Important key position, and
took, large stocks of war material
Previously Peng's troop* bad occupied
Tsinlng and word has come tb*t sol
diers killed Dr. Walter P. Seymonr
American Presbyterlao missionary
there. Both the Nationalist and the
Peking governments have protested
against the action of Japan In send
ing troop* Into Shantung province.
S KCH ETA It T OP STATE KKU
l/KJO'S plan for s multilateral
treaty to end war has the adherence
of at least no* power, though It Is i:ot
no* of the "groat" one*. The Polish
government Instructed Its minister to
Washington to accept the American
proposal with s few minor exceptions
which It was believed could he ad
justed easily. Premier Brtand of
France made public hi* proposals for
a similar treaty, and. our Rial* de
partment officials did not Ilka them a
little Ml There la small chance of
their being approved by the govern
ment. The plan offered by Brlaod Is
described In Washington as more of *
treaty to Justify war than a part to
outlaw IL
Frank lock hart, ooe or the
bom (oaoos oT automobile racers,
met death at Dajtooa Beach Ha.. la
aa attempt to eetaMlah a new speed
record. a tire of the Slots special
boflt on his design Mew oot while he
was trarellng at a speed of shout 300
afles aa how sad the car was cats
polled Baajr feet, hart I log slang the
sands. Lochbart was almost Instant
\j killed. '
Other deaths of the week locloded
those of ArcLMabop Mora r del Rio.
exiled primate of Mexico: Bdroo
Oknra. millionaire Japanese mer
chaot; C W. folds. loader lo finance
and dele weak la CfclCMB. and Baron
Beter Wrangel. erstwhile leader of
the -While" Bnaatano.
Urge Sorghum Crowing
in Boil Worm Fight
Grain sorgtiains. arltb Won Worth
their moat prominent market, likely
*111 become an Important (arm crop
o west Tezaa If the proposed -non
?itton xooe" la eatnbllabed a* an ef
fort at pink boll worm eradication.
Agricultural authorities recall that
prior to tbs westward advance of cot
ton grain sorgboau constituted the
principal commercial crop at that m
tbaa WjOOO acres of cottoa lid now
?ro Infested bjr the bolt worm. The
MO. they soy. la well adapted to bOo,
tbo itiiow Mn bud other onbttt
tatee for core.
With thoeaaada of seres of rings
bud la oortbera and westers Texas
loini under eottleatloo each year, the
federal experiment statloe at Big
8pnagi ha* stadled the oas of grata
sorghums la sarfsas aysteam of crop
rotation. Basalts are ronadjgrattfr
"' 'i riii: ' ?ii ?>
thaa eottoaeaad balls, an* In can
moo OH u I roach*** Both en Is
aid bdAr or* remmiDetfderf as aa
aeaaowkal wlator feed for cattle.
Widespread planting of sorghum
crops, H Is contended hiagsa on
fba gOTarnoMofa action hi regard
la tfea esabHshwent of ooacuttua
so aw. Riperu derlaiv that pink hoi I
worn tafbautlae M Tenia, nnies*
curbed, way Hack, tka future develop
mm of cooaa is lb* aoocbwaaiars
states. Tka ila cat toe bait la Mtcb
. e'.i jjf ? ,.tia?k
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| LOVE FOR V
I BLUE I
(? br D. J. Walak.t
IT WAS Llda's first Say la the dress
goods. She bad worked for throe
years in the kitchen ware, on til abe
bad come to feel a personal ac
quaintance with every otenall In tbe
department, and donble-bollers and
Jelly-strainers bad come to be a very
rltal part of ber existence.
Tbe transfer came-as a complete
surprise, although It made little dif
ference to J-lda. Nothing mgde any
difference. There bad been a time
when she bad asfetred to a boyershlp,
but that bad been while ber mother
was 11 ring, and there bad been a real
Incentive. But Llda's mother had been
dead since March and there was no
longer anyone Interested in her suc
cess. And because Llda was so very
lonely, sbe bad ceased to care berselt
Her sales In tbe dress goods for tbe
Brat day were not very large. Her
fingers were bungling, and sbe was
hopelessly slow in measuring off tbe
materials for Impatient buyers. Sbe
wondered bow long tbey would keep
ber there. But tbe second day showed
some Improvement, and soon Llda's
sales mounted evqn higher than Miss
Boland's, who bad sold dress goods
for ever to many years more than
Llda bad sold Mtchenware.
One day tbey received a new ship
ment of materials, and Llda enrolled
a bolt of heavenly trine tageta. It
bad a beautiful shimmer of silver
and was exquisitely soft to tbe touch.
All her Ufa,Llda bad hoped some day
to possess just such a dress?a gor
geous, shlmmery blue. Blue was
Llda's color.
Tin material waa very popular. All
day LI da toaaiored off great lengths
of It and the bolt dwindled rapidly.
The more Llda measured ot It, the
more she came to lore It The soft
ness, the exqulslteness of It: Ity sllrer
shimmer and Its daintiness seemed
to represent sll that bad been lack
ing In Llda's life. There were only
Ore yards left on the bolt when ahe
last customer turned sway. Just be
fore closing time. Hesitantly, almost
lovingly, Llda' smoothed oat tbe soft,
Instroas folds. One more customer
and tbe last of the lovely materiel
would be gone. Lfda's mind was very
suddenly made up. Of course, she
had no use In the world for sucb s
dress, but perhaps some day . . .
And she turned to the supervisor.
"May I?could I"?she faltered, but
the supervisor seemed to understand
st once whst she wanted. "How
many yards are tbere left!" be asked.
"give," replied Llda.
"Then you bad better take It right
off the bolt It won't last long In
the morning, you know. And I doubt
If, we will get any more In, in that
same color. Pretty, Isn't It T
"Ob, lovely 1" exulted Llda. "My
favorite colpr."
"Mine, too." smiled the supervisor.
"Ton can Just wrap that and take It
with, you tonight. Miss Hanley. ill
sign your slip In the morning."
"Ob. thank yon," glowed Llda. and
she bugged tbe brown paper package
all the way home In the crowded car.
Her heart felt strangely Ughter than
It bad been In all those lonely months
since March. Was It Just because
spring was coming, or was It the blue
silk, she wondered. And then she
fell to thinking of tbe supervisor. He
was qolte young to bave attained to
a supervtaorshlp. And what a pleas
ant smile be badl She wondered
vaguely If be might be married, and
than abided herself for being so .fool
ish. As If that made any difference I
Tbe next week tbe spring sales be
gan, and business In the silks In
creased to a ma sing proportions. Llda
wotted tremendously hard and was
too tlied In tbe evenings to do any
thing else bat read the paper and go
to bed. 8he hadn't even time through
tba day to choose a pattern for tbe
bioe dress Tbe material lay to Its
brown paper wrappings In her top bu
rsas drawer. Ones or twice she had
taken It eat and bald tbe soft, ehlav
moving folds against her, and had
flashed softly at sight of bar reflec
tion to the mirror. Why, tbe was al
most pretty I
The Mica want tack to normal tta
next week, and on Tuesday Lid* used
tar pans to to to tta pattern depart
ment 8be found precisely what aba
wanted, and the draaa earn* to ba a
lovely finlabed thine In bar mind's
eya. Of course, aba redacted, aba
was btterly foolish to bay such an
Impractical dress, but It was nice to
possess something pretty, area If one
bad no need for It
But she won da red at the Irony of
fata wbsu tta management the next
day announced the data of tta tta
ploy res' annual dance. The em
ployees' annual dance meant not a
thing to LIda. There bad been four
since aba bad been In tta employ
of tta company and aba had not ooce
been asked. The whole door pas
bussing with excitement and It was
" ? '
evident that nearly everybody wet
going. Llda meaaured off yards and
yarda of alike while Ulaa Boland and
Ulaa Atkins discussed It She beard
Ulaa Boland say she was going to
wear cerise. Uda halt wished that abe
might go. If only to wear the bine
drees.
She started when she heard the
supervisor's name mentioned. Ulaa
Boland'a vol<4 carried above the hum
of the store. "Oh. sure, he'U ask me.
He's asked me every time ao far. And
he's the guy with the bank roll, too."
"Time you got him to sign on the
dotted line la all I got to say." ob
served Ulaa Atklna. "Ton couldn't do
no worse." '
It was absurd that Llda should feet
a prick of envy, but abe disliked to
associate Ulaa Boland and the super*
visor. He was distinctly not ber
"kind."
Miss Boland and Ulaa Atkins fell to
talking about the dance again shortly
before closing time, and Uda foun<P
herself confronted by several custom
ers. As a result, she was ten min
utes late putting her stock away and
was surprised when the supervisor
stepped up to help her.
"Those belts are pretty heavy, and
you're not very tall, you know." he
laughed, good-Bumoredly, as he put
away the last of the bolts for her
Llda laughed too. Sou somehow
couldn't help but laugh when Ur.
Lansing did, be was so exceedingly
pleasant. And be had such a delight
ful way of putting one at ease.
He lingered much longer than was
necessary, Uda thought, and she en
countered blm again aa she went out
of the building. He accompanied ber
to the car, and almost the first ques
tion be asked was, "Going to the
dance, Hiss Hanleyt"
Uda assured him that she was not,
and quits unexpectedly, be laughed.
"Ton know, you are almost too em
phatic." be said. "Now 1 have a very
different Idea. In fact I'm sure you're
going, for you are going with met"
Uda gasped, then laughed. "Bui
you're emphatic, too I" she pointed
out. *
"But yoo will let me take you, won t
you 7" he urged. And Uda found her
self promising that ?be would.
There was Incentive, then, for fin
ishing the blue dress, and Uda'spent
every available minute on It. It turned
out every bit aa lovely as she had
anticipated, and she bought new allp
pers and stockings to go with IL Larry
insisted she was the prettiest girl on
the Boor. It was ridiculous to call
hlnxaaythlng else but Larry, although
Lldl was amazed at the ease with
Which It slipped out.
| Ulsa Boland was there In gay
cerise, and her cheeks were very
brightly painted to match her frocks
Llda thought she was dressed a little
too brightly, but then Mlsa Boland
was a very gay sort of person. She
scarcely spoke to I-erry and stared
coldly at Uda. But Uda was too
busy having a good time to care Very
much. ,
After the dance lorry took her for
refreshments, and It was surprisingly
late whin he left her at ber door. Nor
was It the last time that he left Uda
at ber door. In fact, he was seen there
very frequently after that, until one
day they drove awny In i. taxi, amid a
Shower of rice. II wss the day they
were married.
Llda bought another blue dresa the
next spring, hut It came out of Larry's
pay envelope, and Larry liked It even
better than the old one. And Lldn
was happy that the baby who came
to them was a little boy, so that she
could dress him la bine. It seemed
somehow to typify their happiness.
Find Historical Rmlics
Extensive excavation* have been
made on tbe alta of the Uoman fort
at Momrllls, I-audeston, near Falkirk,
Scotland, and It baa been revealed
that Ilia alte waa occupied by wood
spectloos before tbe Roman* con
structed the atooe buildings repre
sented by tbe expoaed foundations.
Interspersed amoog the foundations,
'at regnlar short Intervals, ar* numer
ous "post botes." Tbe wood bas long
since disappeared. Besides tbe post
boles, and havlog apparently a rela
tion to them, soma Are "hearths" have
been found.
Differmce /* in Siso^
The terms "village" and "town" are
relative and Indefinite. Generally
?peaking, a village la a small town.
Any duster of kinase, even without a
municipal government of Its own.
might be a village. On tbe other
band, a town would usually be Incor
porated and have a legal status. Ussy
people, however, apply the term vil
lage to smell Incorporated towns Tbe
Cnlted States ceoeue bureas automati
cally moves a village or town into the
dty daas when Its population be
comes 2^00?Exchange.
Complicated Cham
So varied are the moves of the eev
otnl pieces in cbeae thai It le astl
mated it gould take two men 2SO.OOO
years?playing flight god day at the
usual spaed?befora every possible
way of playing the Bret foar movee
on oncb aid# woold be ubaumed. J
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On the Street of Ponti Delgado.
(Prepared by the National Uaograpblc
Soeltir. Washington. D. C.I
WITH did coining of iprlng
nnd lummcr tbe Axore* In
land* take on in added In
terest, for several of the
trana-Atlantlc alrplnne fllgbla being
planned for thla gear will nae theae
mid-ocean lalea aa a atopplng and re
fueling point, Just a* merchant ves
aela bare naed them tor centuries. ,
Although mucb haa beeo written
about the origin of the Inland*, thla
la still a matter of conjecture. In
tereatlng argumenla hare been ad
ranced to prove they are remnant*
of the I oat continent. Atlantis. One
theory la that the lalaoda are the
topmoat peaka of a subterranean
range of mountain* extending north
and aouth. and another that tliey
were at one time a part of the contl
nent English geographer* bare tak
en a deep Internet In the study of tb*
Islands, and It la not Improbable that
botanical Inreatlgatlona will prove
that the latter theory la correct. Rut
whatever may have been the origin
of the Island* they are certainly the
result of tremendon* volcanic erup
tion* that have continued to change
their physical aspect ever since their
dlacovery 1h the Fifteenth century.
Pico the Highest Volcaqo.
Pico, 74113 feet high, on the Island
bearing tlid same name. Is Interest
ing as the central and the highest
volcano of the Islands. It Is con
sidered by some as the principal
communication of this region with
the Interior of the earth. Light cloud*
of vapor occasionally rise from Its
summit and the ashes at the top Ire
still warm.
8L Michaels has perhaps suffered
more from volcanic disturbances than
any of the other Islanda; hut Santa
Maria, only 33 miles south of St.
Michaels, has always beet/ free from
eruptions a.id even heavy earth
quakes.
Portuguese architecture was, of
rourae, brought over to the Islande
by the enrly aettlera. Many of the
hnusea are built of ronaalve bloeka
of lava rock. The Interiors are dl
rlded Into spnelona rooms, provided
with many windows and doors that
often connect with long rows of hal
conies. Ornamental dealgna worked
In plaaler of parls decorate the
painted walls and ceilings large
chlmnpya. stand like sentinels on the
roofs. These chimneys having loog.
narrow openings are In some eases*
eight feet wide at the lower'part,
where they rise from- the fireplace
In the kitchen.
Bark of the houses are flower gsr
dens snrroonttaty-ky Jilgh walls These
walls, sometimes 18 feet high, are
found everywhere on the Island, often
Inclosing the roads for a long dis
tanee. a
The A loresna of the rural districts
of the Island of Saint Michaels lead
rather monotoooqg lives The hus
band or father leaves his home at
daybreak to till the soil, while the
female members of the family atteod
to their domestic duties carry tbeli
corn to the nearest windmill, and
bring back the meal for the week.
Mass on Sunday morning and a walk
or visit In the afternoon coostltuta,
In many cases the only change .In
their simple llvee throughout most
of the year. They welcome, with
great enthusiasm, therefore, the two
grant religions aelehritioos that cam
tar around the metropolis of Poota
Del gag o, the prncaagtou ef Santo
Chris to, and the Imperio do Cgptrtto
Santo or Holy Ghoec 4
Proesoalon of San? Chrtsto.
The proraaalon of 4auo Chrlsto
ukoa place 00 the flftb Sunday after
ESater. In the nfternooo.of the day
tefoie, the Imagn Is taken oat of the,
convent, when It remains all year.
It la carried Into the adjoining
church, -which In kept span all night
lor the I3.U00 people who come fraa
far and hear, many of them from f
other ialanda, to worahlp hod wltaaaa
the treat proceaatoa of the rear. Km
pllgrima walk long. dlatancee, and -i
make their Deda In the park la frowt .?
of the church or aleep In the read- ?
bale Itielt Nor do the faithfnl warn '
?hlpera Id the Called' Stataa forget '
their belored Image. Geoemoa eoa
trlbatlooa arrlre from Amerlci and, V
la remembrance of abaeat frleada. lA
too American flag la prodoced la tha
form of prrotechalcal displays la tha
Park of 8aa Fraodaco.
The aecond of the great lUllgtoaa '
feetlrala la tha Imperto do Baptilte .
Santo, or Holy Gboet, which estnadfl
orer a period of taa or mora waafeai
from Eaater Boa day until Saint Pa
ter's day. The aeaaoo la marked hp >
a aerlea of proceaalona. but the prto
clpal and moot latereating feat are la
the poor people. Oa tha I mat Sonday
mordomos, or chiefs, wboee duty It la J
to collect money and other gifts. arg
?elected for the eaaulag year.
Tlie moat attracdra feature at
carnival time la the "Battle of Flow
era" in the aqua re of San Fraadace
at Poota Delgada. Tboaa wieblng to
participate prepare their eeachea tor
that purpoae. covering them with
elaborate floral deolgnr.
Oarh of the Peepla
The handkerchief egll forma the
principal head covering of the older *
women of the peaaanl claaa, while
the younger weir fancy ' scarfB.
Wooden ahoeu are also worn by many
of the peaiant women and servants.
The old Carpi oca, with Its cape pil
ing over the shoolderu to prated the
neck from the cold. Is not used as
extensively by the men as la former
yearn, but the taaaeled cap need by
the laboring claaa la often aeen la the
atreeta of Poota Delgada.
la the dues man; or tne worn?
wear a (pedal garb known aa the
"cnpofe aodi cap*lie." The capote Is
a long bine doak, to which la ah
Itched the large bonnet-shaped hood
known as- capello. which completely
hides the face, extending far oot In
the front and back. This costume Is a
not found elsewhere In PortngaL
Santo Maria, the second til Aid of
the eastern district Is much smaller
lhan St Michaels. On a clear day Its
outline may be discerned from St
Mlcbaela TIMa do Porte, on the bay
of 8anta Luxia, Is the largest town.
This Island furnlahes much of the
| red volcanic day that Is nsed In the
mannfactore of all kinds of pottery.
I socb as the porous water bottles
| that larp the water cool, sees, Jars,
od other receptacles, some of which
are eery artistically designed. The
moantaihs of this Island range from
1.700 to 1.900 feet
Of the central group, Payal Is the
most important The dty of Horta
is the prlndpal port It bas a erell
proteded harbor and Is the great
cable statloo of the Atlantic Mas
cables connect the Azores with all
porta of the world. A message has
bsen sent around the world from New
York da Horta In 11 mlnntea. The
lace workers of Payal are famous
foe their skill In making a beautiful
drawnwork called "crivo."
The Islands Of Pico, Tercel ra. Sao
Jorge, and 0redoes (le dose to
PayaL Pico Is separated from Payai
by a narrow channel, only Ave miles
wide.
Tercel ra Is the most Interesting of
this group from an historical point
of daw. A naturally fortified place.
Aagra. the picturesque capital, was
the central point of battles sod poli
tical disturbances of by-gooo times
The castle of 8. Joso Batista, the old
8panisb fortification hnUt oa the
slops of Monte Bra all. is an Inter
eating relic of the Seventeenth cen
tury. The massive walls of this cas
tle extend dowp to the eon front and
to the edse of the dty.