The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, December 4, 1925 Page: 3 of 6
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DAVID B
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colonel at Fort Wln-
in the desert of northwest-
. * 'New Mexico, was very un-
fit, the veteran major, who
" , dozen yeurs at the po t,
JTu points of view differed In
V.J, conceivable particular.
*.y«t one evening, at the eloae
XEL day. In a corner of
'Tierunil* th# commandant'!
the colonel discoursed on his
-Ttbome—which he had studied
turltanla avenue, exactly J ight-
miles distant aa the crow
TLe oniy good Indian 1* a dead
• ntU the major began to re-
' ^ question of applying for
.fibtence. He hated argument
,t,elt was not a pound of Ice
two hundred miles.
tl,eD Sergt. James Magulre
U official report to the colonel,
clicked his heels and was
off, when the major brought
ittsillng with a word and re-
nin to tell the colonel what
"J,j at the Little Chusca canyon.
M^ant flattened himself against
lllte weather-boarding, and In a
utonr manner compiled.
ilr," be said, "It was at the
jj the second Navajo uprising,
Ucb, t°r Pure devlllshness, the
jt In It for a minute. About
kick one evening a ranchman
from Manuelito with the news
NivaJos were out along the
bowler, moving eastward and
is Mplaasant trail. We mount
companies nnd were off on the
of ten. But, Lord! we didn't
vhat was ahead. When we
it dawn next morning for
two half-breed Zunl scouts
and told us that we were up
lie whole Navajo nation, with
lot on In broad streaks.
captain considered a bit, and
ns to saddle and mount,
it that meant falling back on
but It really meant going
boldiug the Indians lt> check
[oreenicnts could come 'up.
a dozen scouts a mile In
we rode westward.
o'clock we sighted a fairly
bunch of Indians—about
one—but that was nothing
days. They made off to the
ling to ride around and get
n and the fort, so we clapped
In and went after them. I
nber a nastier ride. This
ii warmish sort of a place at
st day It was a furnace,
ptas so biasing hot It raised
I on our souls. One poor
nt clean daft. We couldn't
i wetter or steamier If one
I washerwomen had poured
ler over us.
the reds three times
, tat at Jewett's stage sta-
tu fucca creek, and again
at aear the beginning of the
&eh time we rushed them,
was nothing else to do,
ftdn't stand worth a cent.
A was the only Indian I ever
• mid stand out In the open
| lilt a man, but he had too
r tor green paint. It drew
Itrery man within range;
Ibt bullets In him the day
.
I two hours before sundown
Ibalted In the mouth Of the
I canyon. From their own
I It was a beautiful place for
> steep walls, a thouaand
ijwtected their flanks. The
t them ran back twenty
mountains, and the floor
near Its mouth, was
i (rest boulders. An In-
on shooting through a
I Hi rocks.
f captain—It was the ma-
in the situation, It worried
r^— . his pardon—and he
Fty Untenants aside for a talk.
* u that the captain made
Iwech, the gist of which
' fere not going to round
ICAlflta of reds, and might as
, as the real circus was
> the plains. But be said
l« left be would like to
In front a scare that
>#nm from hanging on to
^aennt crawling, and an-
plng from our horses,
li mile to cover before
hut the ground was
big rocks, nod we
'fedged and iade little
i taking snapshots, but
filar damage.
Iiod fifty yards from the
1 canyon we reached an
l-floored and bare as
hand, except for one
the center. It would
simple suicide to try
lieutenant shook his
I back a sketch of the
• captain.
J waited for Instructions,
thdlans behind the big
k* s a devil-may-care
*J>r if we charged they
* no matter what hap-
£®'ldually, and they had
r*ln& what we would do.
jjk enough for the time,
'kept behind the rock,
up as • couple of
distinguish them-
•w*t- me, *keep -your «ltfrts • on thtfTi
big rock; there ure a couple of redsl
behind It. Pass the word.' I
"He codded, squinting along his bar- I
his h nT*"'!? he le,"U'1, over and laid
his hand on the shoulder of Kelso th. I
man next beyond. I saw the two ^
peilng together, nnd wondered, know-
I or* hf W6Pe DOt 80011 We« d8. But. I
Lord bless yon, sir, I was as unpi
pared as a child for what happened..
moment I heard Kelso crv.l
I dotft tuke a dare from notifan, andf
least of all from you.Tlhly KYfili.' Re- f
,more thSa rub ,ny eyes.
^ f Kel,° were up and running
, .neck for the "**• trailing
their carbines and with their knives
In their teeth. The lieutenant yelled
CK0me bBCk' 118 We a" lid,
but If they heard they paid no atten-
(ion.
Well, sir, (hat famous charge of
!y''" *elMf was aver In; less time
than It takes to tell it.r The red* .in
the mouth qf the canyon must have
thought we were trylW;.t0,play some
k, for they held their floe until the
men had almost reached the boulder,
rhen there were half a dozen sputter
Ing shots, and Kelsd went down on his
race. Krlm ran clear past the rock,
turned, raised his carbine and fired.
Then he clubbed his piece and closed
In. There was another shot, and
Krlm, when we found him next morn-
ing, had a bullet through his lungs and
was dead. Also the two reds, one shot
In the eye and the other with his skull
smashed. We always thought Krltn
must have gone mad with the heat that
day.
"Of course, we couldn't think of
drawing off and leaving the bodies of
our men to be scalped. So the lieu-
tenant sent a detail to, bring up food
nnd water, and we spent the night be-
hind our shelters, watching the open
space between us and the mouth of
the canyon, with Instructions to shoot
at anything that moved. Soon after
daybreak we discovered that the In- i
dlans had decamped up the gorge, and i
the lieutenant ordered half a dozen of <'
us to bring In the bodies of Kelso and
Krlm."
"And you found them scalped?" It j
was the colonel who spoke. The ma-
jor rubbed his hands softly together in
the darkness.
"No, sir," answered the sergeant,
"we found all four bodies, reds and
our men alike, wearing the yellow
tuft."
"The yellow tuft! What Is that?"
Inquired the colonel.
"I think, sir," said the sergeant, "It
Is what you would call a decoration
for bravery In action. When a Navajo
Is killed In battle, and his people can't
bring his body in and bury It with hon-
ors, they try at any rate to give him
the tuft. It Is a little bunch of yellow
feathers, sir, bound with a string and
tied on the forehead. Krlm a in] Kelso
both had It Some red had risked his
life In crawling out to the boulder
during the night—nnd he had not over-
looked the fact that our fellows were
also In the scrimmage. Under the cir-
cumstance , we decorated the two dead
Indians with a cavalry button apiece,
tied around their necks, and buried
all four in the same grave."
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Separate Coat in
New Winter Modes
Should Be Chosen
With Future Costumes
in Mind.
new hat. °r
to « n Mppery th t Is needed
of " Piq"ant ulr 10 Ul« Plainness
of flie costume that 1« a legacy from
far „T!*°n pu,t' •wute coat Is
m.i.iti ,he ,u"g| Important ac-
U. h. 2 the nmde- Against
fubr,c' color and
will be built the costumes that
the season to come will demand.
•*pur#,e coats differ very
e, If at all, from the eusemble coats
ought as a part of a costume suit.
They fall, naturally, into the same dl-
,of ,he ""It. some model of
which Is possible for every occasion
« the day from early morning until
mte evening—or early morning again!
For they are mllltarian, sports, seinl-
Wrmal and formal, with a generous
representation of tailored types.
It will be readily seen that the sep-
arate coat Is an economy, since It may
be chosen with future costumes in
mind, and Its color may be, In a way.
a dependable one, against which gay-
ety and brightness and unusuiU shades
may be silhouetted. If it Is to be real
ly serviceable, It must not be chosen In
one of the "off" shades—let the frock
THE MESQUITE MESQU1TER
Smart Cossack Costume
I* of Black Broadcloth
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fabrics than all of one material adds
appreciably to the value of Hie sep-
arate coat. For the cloth coat may
ifave a uress of any fabric, and velvet
combines with cloth, crepe or silk.
And popularity of the •'ensemble or
of harmonizing colors, is another fac-
tor In the success of the coat de-
signed for general wear with a va-
riety of dresses, resulting In a variety
of costumes. And designers of coals-
playing up to the ensemble Idea—have
made Individual selection enticingly
easy.
The warning—New coats feature
materials with a soft, rich pile. And
tfiTe will be a deal of velvet, If fash-
ion displays have been any Indication
The wools and velvets alike are re-
markably supple and easy to manip-
ulate.
Charming Coat of Cloth
With Mink.
Trimmed
Hints on How to Make
Footwear Comfortable
Ruckled shoe* are soiuetlinos loose
round the instep. II the portion of
leuther to which the buckle is sewn Is
unsewn and lirmly stitched a little
further back inside the shoe, this will
| ttghten it, and give greater comfort
| to the wearer.
j Shoes a little too hlg and which rub
i may be made comfortable by ti.vlng a
| small length <(f narrow ribbon velvet
j In the heel of the shoe with seccotine
Noses Jaws1 und cheeks ! or B P'"r °f ll,tk> NOld m"st
. , J . "n". Uleel<8 uhoemaUcrs for the purpose.
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important place In
their moot at-
tliey are fashioned
' vejvpt combined
[. plain tone anil
[. bands of fur.
Great Work Now Done
by Plastic Surgeons
Patients ure flocking to England
from all parts of the world to avail
themselves of the skill of Britain's
plastic surgeons.
No greater surgical triumph was
achieved during the World war than
the building up of new faces on men
whose features had been blown away |
or were so mutilated as to make the j
unfortunate soldiers unrecognizable.
Plastic surgery was known before j
the war, but wus never used to such !
an extent as durlug the later stages of
the conflict.
were reconstructed out of pieces of
flesh, bone and cartilage' taken from
other parts of the patent's body with j
entire success, and many tneii now j
walking about with features given to i
them by the surgeon would hurdly j
have dured to venture forth a few I
years ago.
Plastic surgery performs a legltl- |
mate and most useful work in repairing
the ravages of disease which affect the
flesh and cartlluges of the face, nose
and ears, and In restoring good looks'
to the victims of accident's.
Pads there yvlll always ^>e, such as
that of remodeling and reshaping the
nose, which came into prominence a
few years ago. Some of the opera-
tion* undertaken for that purpose then
were successful; others were not, tor
plastic surgery undertaken by sur-
geons skilled la that particular brunch
of medicine Is a different thing from
the operations of so-called "Ueauty
specialists." . <
be chosen thus—but In n tone that will
harmonize with many other tones.
Since one's first Impression of the
costume ensemble Is the outer wrap.
It mny truly he said that the outfit
will stand or fall by the coat of it!
And the very fact that more of these
costumes are made up of contrasting
VI pal?
foot a
the foot a rag soaked in boiling water
should be placed over the part while
the foot is In the shoe, and the leather
wilj soften to the shape of the foot.
Purple Retains Favor;
Combinations Attractive
In spite of the fact that the puat
summer witnessed a vogue of purple
almost unprecedented in the history
of that particular color from a fashion
point of view, It still occupies a place
of considerable Importance In the
modes.
Paris, it Is said, regards with
favor n shade deeper nnd richer than
the color which was so popular In
America in the season Just past and In
addition to a deep purple with a blue
rather than a re<ldjsh cast has
launched a new mulberry tone called
lilnck Prim* so dark that at a dis-
tance it appears to be black.
l-'or afternoon costumes und for eve-
nina frocks the lighter shades are
chosen and frequently two or three
shades of I lie same color are combined
in Hie most subtle fashion.
The majority of evening gowns are
earrled out in chiffon with embroideries
in which pearls, beads anil brilliants
are interspersed. Embroidered bands
fastened to the shoulders und waist
frequei.tly are seen. In other models
Insertions of chiffon in different colors
add to the Individuality.
The long sleeved afternoon frock of
transparent materials whlcb attained
such success during the summer ap-
pears in several new Interpretations of
particular Interest.
Berlin Public Houses
Statistics show that the city of Ber-
lin contains 10.350 restaurants and sa-
loons. This represents a proportion
of one public house for every 250 in-
habitants. As most of these restau-
rants or saloons are located In the
city proper, the proportion Is really 1
to 116. The suburb of Steglltz can
boast of being the must temperate of
all Greater Berlin's districts, for there
the proportion Is only one public hotts*
to every 428 Inhabitants.
Late Days for Witchcraft
At Landskron, Germany, a new In
stance of belief In witchery has de
veloped among the peasunts. When
the cowa ceased to give milk the
peasants suspected witchcraft. Their
suaplclons fell upon an old woman
supposed to ba possessed of a devil.
She was lured Into a bouse and beaten
and much of her hair was torn out.
But that did not renew the supply of
milk.
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l«a imp
fc In
r*" Hum
N&adea Good
untrlmmed, forms
sniarteat of ensem-
" ""'n hat nnd pumps
th« outfit.
Must Be Colorful
A frock aomber yet dlgnlfled be-
comes Instantly Interesting !>y supply-
lng a bright dainty kerchl«f. a unique
purse, or gayly fringed senrf, but It
must have Its touch of brllllunt coloi
to wear the stamp of M 25.
Uses for Lace
Lace, being more firmly established
than ever, may be utilised to covei
many flaws tn workmanship aud me
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Too Heavy Clothing Is
Not Good for Health
It seems that people have sai()
enough about the undress of women,
and that now the pendulum bids fair
to swing in the other direction.
S Along comes an eminent British
physiologist who approves of women's
,clotli«s—and says that the modern
garments ure beneficial because they
permit the "ultra-violet" rays of the
sunlight to reacli the body. '
The present-day fashions for women
aim to exjkise the neck and arms;
short skirts and sheer stockings are
desirable ■ from the h.vgienist's point
oir View. A'dd to this the well-estab-
lished custom of wearing low shoes,
even-In winter, which permits of free
ventilation and unhampered move-
ments for the muscles of the feet, and
you huvp to admit that women have
taken n long stride toward that un-
conscious abandon and healthful free-
dom of men.
Ample ventilation Is necessary In
order to carry away the body heat
and moisture nnd to prevent setting
up a "torrid zone" of Impure, stag-
nant air between the clothing and the
skin.
In winter the people who live In
house* with closed windows—glass*
eliminate!, the ultra-violet rays—and
who cover uj, their beads und feet
and hands when they go out get ut-
most no ultra-violet radiation. As a
result they are "run down" and re-
quire a "spring tonic," but recover
during the summer.
A safe rule Is that the clothing
should be a. light as can be worn and
keep the body comfortably warmed.
If the chest and stomach are well cov-
ered the lower parts of the limbs am'
the face and neck are better left ex-
posed. Only In this way fan they ite
adequately stimulated by these myriad
rays, which penetrate to the cells Just
hi low the sl;ln and provoke reactions
necessary to health.
School Dress
Thq, school girl of ten or twelve
will be properly and becomlngl.v
dressed In brown velveteen tunic and
plaid skirt.
Black Satin Frock Is
in Fashion's Favor
The black sntln frock seems to
hold Its popularity, and while the ele-
ment of color Is alronger than ever In
the modes, nevertheless more black Is
In evidence' tlinn for some time.
Distinction^anil a grace of line un-
mistakably feminine are notable uttrP
butes of the new frocks which reflect
the tendency toward more pro-
nounced flare, and a certain formality
that stamps them as of very recent
origin. .
There Is nothing somber about these
new bluck frocks, for almost Invariably
a bit of color la cleverly Introduced or
oi.o finds that the chief Interest of a
model Ilea In the decoration of gold or
■liver kid. This use of metal kids Is
an outstanding phase of the fashions.
They appear not only on coats and
frocks, but add much to the Interest
of new millinery.
Meinl "tlrocades In subtle color con.
blnations or In the plain toned sliver
and gold weaves are also featured
lu combination *'th black satin or vel
vet. A model which promises to be one
of the most successful Is a two-piece
affair with a Jumper of metallic bro-
made nnd a skirt of velvet or satin
either In black or In a shade repeating
the dominant color In the design.
Scarf Cravata
The little scarf cravats are now con-
sidered smarter than the regular
scurfs and aro superseding these.
They harmonize nicely with the little
hats that continue to be fashionable.
These scarf cravata come In plain-col-
ored crepe and have the ends embroid-
ered. Tbey are worn loosely knotted
around the neck, with the short ends
hanging down the front, and give a
cblc effect when worn with the Sep
a rate top coat
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New Hat Style
mong the new hat styles aent out
byi the French designers la a cblc In-
terpretation of the Napoleon jiat
ied up slmrply In the front-, nnd
simply In smart cocarde of
hose bats are seen most fre
quently In the rainproof felt, .
tetfpretatiot
turned up
1 irannied si
/ribbon. Th
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London Reds Easily Dispersed by Unarmed Bobbia i
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Of Russian inspiration Is this chic
Cossack costums, fashioned of black
broadcloth, with leopard skin collar
and border. Completing the outfit is
a leopard skin purse.
During the trlul of Communists on charges of seditious activity In London, a mob of unemployed Beds paraded In
Bow street, where the trial was on. carrying the lied flag and other radical banners. They were charged by London
bobbles,.. jdlsa rmed ami quickly dispersed.
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• Where Court-Martial of Mitchell Is Being Held
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This is the Euiory building in Washington, selected by the War department ns the scene of the court-martial
of Col. William Mitchell of the air service, inset, ut left, la Colonel Mitchell, and at right, Col. Sherman Moreland,
U. S. A., Judge advocate In the trial.
Mrs. Coolidge Sees Typical Boy walker victor in n. y.
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.losepli Nevln, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Edward Nevin, selected as Wash-
ington's most typical Ainerlenn boy, called on Mrs. Calvin Coolidge In the
Interest of the Hoys' club, which Is planiilnj; a new clubhouse. President
Coolidge is tiie honorary president of the International Federation of Boys'
Clubs.
Failed Once, but in the Air Again *
state Senator "Jimmy" Walker,
Democrat, was elected mayor of New
York, defeating K. D. Waterman by
a huge majority.
IN FATHER'S PLACE
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"Down, but never out" applies to the nuvy plane PN-0, No 1, Which
Just failed to carry Commander Itogers and his crew to Honolulu from San
Vranclsco. It Is here seen In flight near I'earl Harbor after belug recon-
lltloned there. >
BRIEF INFORMATION
The first definite discovery of oil In
Henry Clay was father of 11 chil-
dren.
If a Chinese expects a present and
it does not come he sends one of
lesser value ns a reminder.^
A man at Kvansvlile, Ind., has sued
an undertaker, charging that the un-
dertaker sold him a second-hand coflln,
represented as a new one.
Mrs. Amelia Hull, Tovey, III., deputy
sheriff, Is slaty-two years old.
Railroads of South Africa are buy-
ing IB American locomotives.
New York's newest office building Is
to hare seven complete stories below
the surface and thirty stories above.
The Turkish government has Issued
a decree dismissing all Christian nnd
Jewish telephone girls throughout
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Above Is pictured j«oung Bob. La
Toilette, recently elected in Wisconsin
to succeed his father tn (he senate, aa
he appeared In bis office In the Senate
building for the first time. The roome '
assigned to him are those held by hla
father when alive.
Lived Century and a Half
Thomas Parr, a London Celebrity
for many yeara before hla. death In
10.15, waa said to have attained the re-
markable age of one hundred and fifty-
two years, but evidence to show ha
was born In 1483 is considered um
trustworthy. iwum
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Neater Job
Anyhow, the fellow who rocks the
boat doesn't muke as messy a Job ss
the driver who races a train to tlia
crossing.—Louisville Courier-Journal.
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