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(After the Chinese)
THE CLOUDS ARE PAGODAS

Melvina Heavenridge

The 'clouds today
Are Chinese pagodas.
One is a mandarin
On a golden throne;
One is warrior
With a sword of flame;
One is a lady
In a gown of blue,
And another crowns
The summit of Fuji.

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is old;

Confucius

Time is old;
The earth is old;
The stars are old,
But the moon is young
The moon is a goddess
I saw her on Fuji;
I saw her lift
The silken draperies
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Of morning.
The morning star
Is her spirit.
I saw him on Fuji.
He fled at the first
Flush of dawn.
Confucius is old;
Time is old;
The earth is old;
The stars are old.
But the morning star
And the moon goddess
Are young on Fuji.

A college professor made the remark to ftne of his classes in the
summer school at Ohio State University the other day that he notices
a marked deterioration in the mental capacity of young people of
college-studeage since he first began to come in contact with them
He said they seem unable to concentrate their
some 25 years ago.
minds as they used to. What they seem to learn new, he said, they
In short, they do not think, says an exchange.
acquire parrot-likWe asked a high school teacher of long and. successful experience
if this is true. She said it undoubtedly is. Both she and the college
professor attribute the unpromising status of boys and girls to too
There are too many different things
much scattering of interest.
for them to do, their attention is constantly being diverted from one
thing to another and the result is that they cannot" fix their minds on.
anything and consequently do nothing well
Not only do they have a wide diversity of amusements, but the
school curriculum itself is given over in large measure to a wide varistudies which by the fartherest stretch of the imaginaety of
tion cannot be considered vital or fundamental
A return to simpler courses in school and to simpler living outside
is needed, in the view of our college professor and our high school
teacher.

MY LOVE IS AN EAGLE

AN EDUCATED MAN

My love is an eagle.
He soars in the clouds;
He rides on the winds;
He walks over oceans

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Benjamin F. Bledsoe, of California, says that any man who can
answer "yes" to every one of the following questions without doing
violence to his conscience, is entitled to be considered an educated man,
whether he has ever seen the inside of a college or not; and we are
Here are the questions look them over.
inclined to agree with him.
Has your education made you public spirited?
Has it made you a brother of the weak?
Have you learned how to make friends and keep them?
Do you know what it is to be a friend yourself?
Can you look an honest man or a pure woman in the eye ?
Do you see anything to love in a little child?
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Will a lonely dog follow you on the street?
Are you good for anything yourself?
Can you be happy alone?
Can you look out on the world and see anything but dollars
and cents?
Can you look into a mud puddle by the way and see a clear sky ?
Can you see anything in the puddle but mud?
Can you look into the sky at night and see beyond the stars ?
There you are. Can you answer "yes" to all of them or to any
of them?

Education Class Finds Study

Of Superstitions

Interesting

Among the interesting subjects tions of the character of the people
being studied at the University this 'from the localities in which they are
summer there is one of especial inter-- . prevalent.
Perhaps it will be of interest to the
est being conducted in the College of
Education by Dr. Jesse E. Adams, rest of the student body to glance
professor of education, in which the over the following list and see how
students are investigating current many of them are common in their
superstitions.
part of the state. The list includes
While there are hundreds of super- 31 superstitions which are not so
as some, gleaned from
stitions common to all peoples, all
by members of
climes, and all nations, the class has 200 or more submitted
found that many of them are identi- Dr. Adams class.
Cut your nails on Sunday and the
cal and many vary with climate, location, civilization, and the degree of devil will get you.
A wish made on a load of hay will
culture. Some can be traced to remote times, some that are current come true.
merely modernized versions
now are
Sleep with your head toward the
of old forms, a large number are gen- north and catch cold.
erally known, while others are peculiar
Turn over a chair and you won't
to certain sections of the country marry that year.
and particular localities in different
Singing before breakfast brings
states.
bad luck.
In tracing and studying these many
Dreams told before breakfast will
and varied forms of superstitions the come true.
class has found them not only interCarrying a potato on your person
esting in themselves but as indica- n

With giant strides.
My love is an eagle;
He light on the peaks
Of pagodas;
He flies to the sun
Of mornings;
He strides to the west
Of evenings.
My love is an eagle;
He flies to my window
Sometimes.
Virgil Leon Sturgill.
will cure rheumatism.

Any garment worn inside out will
bring good luck.
Blood on green corn fed to chickens
will remove warts.
If a piece of land dedicated to
church purposes, reverts to its original owner, it will not produce any
more.
It is bad luck to rock a chair you
are not occupying.
A bride will be happy if the sun
shines on her.
Get up laughing; go to bed crying.
Kill a frog and your cow will give
bloody milk.
Steal a dish rag and have good
luck.
Good luck to fall upstairs.
Rub the bone of a horse on your

wart, throw it over left shoulder, shut
eyes, walk backward and count nine
The wart will go away.
To make butter come, put silver
money in bottom of the churn.
Remove the yellow from a hard
boiled egg, fill it with salt, eat it
and go to bed. You will dream of
your future husband.
Sleeping in the moonlight will give
one moon madness.
If one sees a caterpillar he must
spit over his left shoulder in order
to avoid taking the fever.
Mole on the neck, money by the

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Africa No Longer the Dark Contiiieiic
"Africa is no longer the dark con
of its area and its
tinent;
people have been partitioned among
the European powers. Its plains and
valleys aft threaded by 35,000 miles
of railways and many more miles of
highways. The forces of civilization
are everywhere on hand for the weal
on woe of Africa and Africans. The
world now looks upon a great conti
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Thoughts of prominent men the
world over on problems which con
cern us all.
African Life in Chaos
"The Bantu people are struggling
The old religious
in a whirlpool.
ideas are crumbling, social ties have
been severed, economic arrangements
have been broken down. The people
find the rock of Christian teaching
difficult to grip, European social
sanctions difficult to observe, and no
definite place fixed for them in the
new economic system. Is it any wonder they sink back in despair? If
ever a people needed a message of
hope, leaders they could trust, and a
sight of the Promised Land, the Ban
tu need these today." R. V. Selope
Thelma and J. D. Rheinallt Jones in
"Thinking With Africa."

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ties and anxieties. We shall know
Africa gradually as the continent of
opportunities, until finally it sTall
be revealed to us as the continent of
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responsibilities."
Jones in "Thinking "With Africa."
Turks Adopt Modern Clothes
"We will be shod with shoes and
boots; we will wear trousers, shirt,
waistcoat, collar, tie, jackets; we
will put on a peaked or brimmed
headgear, or to speak more clearly a
hat. We will wear a frock coat, a
tail coat, a dinner coat, a dress coat;
and if there are those who hesitate,
I will say to them that they are stupid and ignorant." Mustapha Kernel,
president of Turkey.

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Above nil the cast, there stnnds out
one of the most Wonderful portrayals
of n woninn crushed under the whip
lash of n brutal nnd menacing husband the performance of Belle Bennettshe of "Stelln Dnllns" fame
who ns "Amelin Gnre" crentes another screen chnraclerizntlon thnt will
raise this wonderful actress to great-

er heights than heretofore.
In the cast with Belle Bennett are
such well known screen players as
Anita Stewnrt, Russell Simpson, Eve
Southern, Donald Keith, Jnson
Wesley Bnrry, Rein Rne, Evelyn Selbie.
The story was adapted
for the screen by A. P. Younger.
"Wild Geese," d picture once seen,
will never be forgotten.

severtly. He must in a picture especially make rapid transitions, not
only in makeup but in thought.
Thus, in the roles of the twin
brothers in "The Wheel of Chance,"
his newest starring picture for First
National, which comes to the Kentucky Theater next Sunday, Richard
Barthelness had a difficult and exacting task. His consummate artistry
and his technical skill enabled hint
to meet the demands with great success, according to those who have
seen this picture.
One brother,
d
and trim,
a young attorney, is a contrast to the
scarred and dissolute
twin. Only the size and general contours are alike. In habits of thought.
in mannerisms, each differs materially from the other. Psychologically
and in all other ways, Barthelmess is
said to have made a real record in
this film version of Fannie Hurst's
short story, "Roulette."
The picture is an Alfred Santell

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ning and directed by Benjamin
director of Lon Chaney's
"Mockery."
It deals with the feud
of two underworld chiefs.
Sills plays one gang leader while
Montagu Love plays the other. Love
completed "The Tender
recently
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Hour" for First National. Miss
plays the girl, a night club dancer.
Mitchell Lewis appears as Sills' pal
while George Kotsonaros is the cafe
Lewis is one of the
"bouncer."
screen's most famous "heavies" aBd
Kotsonaros is a noted wrestler aad
contender for the heavyweight title
who recently trunder his muscular
talents to the screen.
Chinese characn
Sojin,
ter actor, has an important role while
Frances Hamilton and Yola d'Avril,
two very charming young ladies un
der contract to First National, play
the roles of tourists caught in a gang
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'The Hawk's

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"The Hawk's Nest was preceded by
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"Burning Daylight" and "The Valley
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"A Thief in the Dark"
Sills and in which Doris Kenyon was
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"A Thief in the Dark," Fox Films also his leading woman.
The story was written by Wid Gun- mystery circus drama, which also is
coming to the Ben Ali Theater Thurs
day, is said to offer something new in
comedy thrillers. According to pre
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The picture is based on an original
story by Albert Ray, the director of
the production, and Kenneth Hawks,
the scenarist. Thirty trick sets for
the materialism of ghosts were es
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ciate of Houdini. The cast includes
George Meeker, in the leading masculine role, Doris Hill, Gwen Lee:
Marjorie Beebe, Noah Young and
other screen favorites
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Tim McCoy in "Riders of the Dark'
Tim McCoy, whose face is known
wherever motion pictures are shown
has been upon the screen less than
two years, though he has been starred in a dozen big Western and his
torical film dramas.
star of
The
"Riders of the Dark," the production
now being shown at the Strand Thea
ter, was starred in the first picture
he ever appeared in "War Paint."
He never bucked the extra list, never
played characters nor bits and was
never on the stage. He was selected
as a western star because he is a real
westerner a rancher in Wyoming
and an adopted member of the Ara- paho Indian tribe.
McCoy is a daring horseman, knows
the plains and mountains and is per
sonally acquainted with more than
twenty thousand Indians, including
many aged warriors of the Sioux and
Blackfeet campaigns.
His "Riders of the Dark" is a thril
ling picture of California pioneer
days and is replete with stirring action and adventure. Dorothy Dwan
has the leading feminine role, while
the supporting cast includes: Roy
Bert Roach, Frank Currier,
Rex Lease, Dick Sutherland and others. The film was directed by Nick

Changing Lige and Thought in Latin
America
"Latin America is open as never
before to the currents of the world's
thought. Its present unrest is a part
of the general world revolt against
absolutism in any sphere of life, applied to government. It is being enormously magnified by the development of popular education to which
governments have Grinde.
of late begun to give themselves more
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seriously." Othoniel Motta of Brazil,
in "As Latin America Sees It."
Jean Hersholt in "Jazz Mad"

Jean Hersholt, noted European
character actor now starring in Universal Pictures, will be seen in the
greatest portrayal of his career in
"Jazz Mad," the dramatic triumph
opening at the Strand Theater Sun
day. Marian Nixon and George Lew- enact featured supporting roles.
The Hollywood Bowl Symphany Orchestra and the conductor, Alfred
Hertz, with the Hollywood Bowl as
background, take a prominent part in
the picture. F. Harmon Weight directed from the story by Svend Gade.
Included in the campany are Torben
Meyer, Roscoe Karns, Andrew
Charles Clary, Clarissa
and Patricia Caron.
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The Crisis in China
Babies can be cured of rash by hav
"In the crisis of her fight for freeing a girl who never saw her father,
dom and democracy, China stands in
blow in their mouths.
greater need of friendship, sympathy
Count the stars and drop dead.
than
If you burn wood from a tree that and understandingpowers ever before.
seem interhas been struck by lightning your But ncne of the
ested." L. T. Chen of Shanghai in
oldest child will have tits.
Interpreter."
"China Her Own
Bad luck to kill spiders.
Red flannel underwear prevents
The Aim of the Chinese Revolution
colds.
Get your hair cut in March and
"Its objective can be summed up in
have a headache for rest of the one sentence: the liberation of China
month.
and her people from militaristic and
A horse hair in water will turn to foreien domination." L. T. Chen in
a snake.
"China Her Own Interpreter."
Blue yarn around your finger will
stop bleeding.
What Gandhi Accomplished in India
A mourning dove means a death in
"India, under the Mahatma's lead
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the family.
ership, went through the purifying
fire and can never be what she was
-o before the cleansing; she has come
out radiating confidence and devotion

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"Wild Geese"

"Wild Geese," a picturization of the
world famous novel of the same name
by Martha Ostenso, and produced by
Tiffany-StaProductions will be
shown here for the first time Thurs-ila- v
at the Ben Ali Theater. It is one
of the most gripping and telling
screen stories ever flashed before an

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Forgetting how to think

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Richard Barthelmess in "The Wheel
of Chance"

When an actor is called upon to
to humanity." John Jesudason CorCLEANING,
nelius in "An Indian Approach to play a dual role wherein the two
characters are utterly dissimilar in
India."
ALTERATIONS
character and with only certain physThe Spirit of Internationalism Is ical resemblances, his art is taxed
Growing in Japan
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"We share in the growing hatred of
the method of war, in the world wide
eagerness to apply tine method of
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reason and conciliation to the differ
ences and friction points that arise
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J. S. Motoda of Tokyo in "Japan
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Is the Dav of Missions Over? Do the
Chinese Want Missionaries?
A Chinese Christian says: "The re
ligion of Jesus Christ is international
and the Christian movement in any na
tion is this Christian internationalism
at work. For this reason we not only
welcome your missionaries to come to
help us, but also expect to send missionaries to' your lands before long."
P. C. Hsu in "China Her Own In
terpreter."

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