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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-01
FAMOUS COCK TAVERN TO GO.
P-pys Was One Of Its Most Devoted
Patrons.

LONDON. Feb. 20.-Workmen are dis
mantling the famous Cock Tavern. This
Cock" Is not the Sock" of Tenny sons
lines. but 1t has u good deal Of Its old fur
niture. The older bird stood on the north
side Of the street and Its bragen trophy
went to America long ago.
Pepys was a patron of the Cock" and
he used TO take there pretty Mrs Knipp,
the actress. OF whom Mrs. Pepys wasvery
Jealous. The gay couple. according to
Pep.v himself. on one occasion drank. ate
a lobster and sang and were mighty merry
TIL almost midnight.
The meetings with Mrs. Knipp went on
until one night Mrs. lepys came to his
bedside and threatened to "Knipp" him
with red hot tongs. After that the diarist
always came home to tea"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-15
Portable Lawns Of Grass.

Living grass carpets that can be
used as table covers. coats, or for ma.
king temporary or permanent lawns,
are now manufactured in England.
Fhey are really living carpets, for the
grass with which they are covered con-
tinues to grow In whatever place or
use the carpet is put. as shown in the
Popular Mechanics Magazine. To
make them. millions OF grass seed are
sown on a strip Of carpet in green
house and allowed to sprout and grow.
When the grass has taken root the car
pet can be handled like a rug. II a
temporary lawn is desired, the ground
Is rolled and the carpet is laid down in
strips; afterwara It can be taken up
and used elsewhere. When It Is al
lowed to remain In one place 1t takes
root and forms a beautiful lawn. An
entire lawn can be laid In day and
two lengths of carpet will make .
cricket pitch.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-15
Billy Mannlnd.

They tell many stories relating to
the ready wit of the late Billy Man
ming, but probably none better exem-
plified it than the following:
Manning and Dan Bryant, each
heading his own travelling company,
met at a junction, and in the course
of conversation it developed that each
was to play the same town at an
early future date, and Bryant re-
quested that Manning announce" his
(Bryant's) forthcoming appearance,
which Billy promised he would do.
A couple of weeks later the famous
Ethiopian entertainers again met, and
Manning said that he had played the
town already mentioned on the previ-
Gus evening.
did you announce me?" said
Bryant 81 was just going to- said
Manning, when the fellow got up and
went out. Chicago Journal.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-15
LOOKING At The OTHER SIDE
Granting That Rolling Stone Gathers
No Moss, There Are Other
Things to Acquire.

A bright young man, twitted with
being a rolling stone, and with hav-
ing suffered the ill-success of gather.
ing no moss replied to his tormentor
with the remark: "A rolling stone
may gather no moss but II acquires a
mighty fine polish" Perhaps the
youth was right There are better
things than money and the right sort
Of polish is one of them.
For one kind Of polish we would
gladly advise our friends to exchange
any hopes Of getting moss. That
kind Of polish It is that makes the
world go round
Nor is Il necessary that one be a
rolling stone in the accepted sense
Of the words. A pebble, but little
agitated by the crystal clear water
above It, will gain as fine polish
as the stone which is ground be-
meath the relentless moving glacier or
the rending avalanche.
To this class of people who gain
polish but no moss-the pebbles who
fulfill quiet destinies in the bed of the
slow-moving stream-some words of
comfort should be addressed.
They hear the birds tell OF the great
boulder bedded win the banks of the
river, overgrown with the thick, soft,
green moss, and they wonder whether
such a place in life would not be bet
ter than their own. Or, on the other
hand, they listen to the winds stories
of the hurting avalanche which
careers down the mountain side, and
they envy the stone which constituted
a part Of the natural engine of terror
In his place in the world of destruc-
ton and of power. Again, they may
get from the cold waters which have
been part of a glacier the tale of the
Ice mountains inobstructible move
ment toward the sea. They will think
that the great fragment of Mother
Earth's bones is doing a noble part
when it helps the advance of the
frozen river.
Meanwhile, hearing these wondrous
tales of accumulation or achievement
they become dissatisfied. They yearn
for one of the two rewards-the moss
of the immobiie boulder or the polish
of the hard ground rock. All the
while, they know not that they are
gathering the signs Of duty well done;
that. as long as they stand firm at
their posts and guide the gentle river
to its appointed place they are serving
as high and as honorable a purpose as
those which gather moss or which &C
quire polish by speedy motion. Az
gressiveness is not the only virtue
Columbia State.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-15
ARTHUR WAS PERSISTENT;
BY X. CUNNINGHAM.


I've often thought said the girl
who likes to talk, that II everybody
in the world had the persistency OF a
cat what wonderful things might be
achieved have been moved to this
philosophical state Of mind by the
career Of Arthur. our alley cat.
Il named her Arthur the first time
! saw her because when / was quite
young there was boy named Arthur
whom hated with such a whole soul
ed hatred that even to this day the
very name gives me the creeps. Ar
thur was the kind of cat you dislike
violently on sight. She was lean and
a notified gray and one eye had a
cast and she had the general air of
dissipated yagabond.
Il can't imagine what began the
uplift in Arthurs soul. For some rea-
son she suddenly came to the deter
mination to attain a higher social
sphere-and one day we found her
comfortably disposed on our 500 dav-
export in the living room.
Mother had the cook remove her
and then she sponged the ash dust off
the davenport with gasoline.
THAT night Arthur mounted the
trellis to the upstairs windows and
perched on the stills and sang mourn
fully at each of us in turn. She was
a regular feline soprano, because 9TH
erwise she never could have got from
window to window. When she war
bled you were overcome with a sense
of shame that you were repulsing her
deep affection. Somehow she man.
aged to convey that emotion.
I'm her broken hearted despair at
our stoniness she extracted the paper
cover off the cream bottle at the back
door the next morning and breakfast
ed off the cream. The cook saw her
departing, licking her whiskers, and
threw a pail at her, which she nimbly
sidestepped
THAT night when my brother was
dressing for dinner party, he found
Arthur asleep inside his silk hat He
said that anyway he believed he
would like to start the fashion of 60
ing bareheaded to dinner. So he de-
parted.
within the next week Arthur had
stolen the, cream twice, eaten our
anary, and scared father into spasm
ecause he stepped on her tail. not ex-
Getting to find a cat reposing on a
orner of our best oriental rug. We
AN to get nervous because we new
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-15
LIahtnina shun. Women.

Statistics appear to show that men
Sare more likely to be struck by light
ming than women, more than two men
being killed by It for every Woman.
But the London Chronicle ptants out
that the mans occupation is Elure Nike
ly to take him into the open when
lightning Is about. 1t has been OBJ
served, however. that in froup equal
ly composed of both sexSs lightning
seems to prefer the men, and we may
theorize at pleasure as to whether 1t 10
The comparative height THAT does it.
or some protection Afforded by the
woman's dress, or diff erence in con-
ductibility between tho sexes. The
fact that children are Jeldom killed by
lightning supports to certain extent
the first of these theofies.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-15
Stone From{ Mud.

The latest triumph An building mate
nal is the manufactus re OF "stone" out
of mud" that has almost the solidity
and strength Of cohcrete Buildings
constructed from tbbs material really
are adobe structureS, but their durabil-
ity is said to be almost equal to that
OF brick and the g7ofter stones. ..
The material coames from the ferru-
ginous schist Of thle mountainside. and
is screened Through grizzlies and
tamped into forrhs like those In the
making of concrete blocks.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-15
ADJUSTMENTS.
.01nnn0nn nnnnnoonoe

Seven Hours in New York." the
big musical show. booked for Hol-
lands Opera House Wednesday
night, Jan. 81, promises to delight
the large audience that usually turns
out when anything good conn our
way. This play is a gem. II CON-
pany and chorus of exceeding, pref
ty girls, are all capable. An -rj9y-
able entertainment is promised
Advertisement.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-15
SCOTS MEMORY A MARVEL
Ballads Ne Had Heard Only once the
Great Novelist Could Reclte Word
for Word.

To his rare good fellowship and his
bowers Of endurance Scott added one
other quality, without which his vigor-
Gus search for literary material might
have been Of little use, namely. most
extraordinary memory. which enabled
him to retain what he heard and use II
nny years afterward. James Hogg.
me eccentric Ettrick shepherd. gives
fine instance OF this power. One
night Scott, with his friends. Hogg
and Skene, was out on a fishing expe-
dition.
while we three sat down on the
brink Of river" says Hogg. Scott
desired me to bing them my ballad of
Gilman's Ciough. Now, be It remem-
bered, that this ballad had never been
printed. had merely composed II
BY rote and. on finishing II three years
Loefore, had sung. It over once to Sir
Walter. began II at his request.
but at the eighth or ninth stanza
stuck in It and could not get on with
another verse, on which he began
1t again and recited It every word
from beginning to end. II being very
long ballad, consisting of eighty-eight
stanzas, I testified my establishment.
knowing that he had never heard II
but once, and even then did not ap-
pear to be paying particular attention.
He said he had been out with a pleas
ure party as fa- as the opening of the
Firth OF Forth, and. to amuse the COM
pany, he had recited that ballad and
one OF Southey's (The Abbot of Aber-
0rothock), both Of which ballads he
had heard only once from their re-
spective authors, and he believed he
recited them both without misplac-
Ing a word."-From Charles s. Olcott's
The Country Of Sir Walter Scott"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-15
Wall & MCGOwan'S Big Sale.

Having determined to convert as
much of their stock as possible into
cash in the next fifteen days. Wall &
MCGOWAN have announced wonder
ful Cash Converting Sale, to begin
next Wednesday morning at nine
o'clock. They state they are not
going out of business but the neces-
sity of a rapid conversion of the
merchandise into cash has led them
to a great cut in the price selling
of all their newest goods.
Join the crowds when the sale
opens next Wednesday morning at
nine o'clock sharp.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-15
Toms Two Worries.

well" Aunt Mary. asked someone
Of an old colored cook in a Richmond
family, "how is your son Tom getting
on in Lynchburg?"
About de same" answered Aunt
Mary, with sigh of resignation.
He's always kinder contented like.
| amt never knowed Tom to have
but two things to worry him In life. ="
"And what are those two things?"
tom worries dat he has to wake
up to eat; and den he worries dat he
has to quit eatin' TO go to sleep.
Aside from dat. dere amt nuthin'
much de matter with him."-Illustra
ed Sunday Magazine
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-15

er knew what Arthur would do next
or where she would choose to APP
pear.
"A man who was calling on me one
night sat on Arthur. Now, there are
many trials that a strong man can
meet and endure with heroism, but 1
defy the bravest man to sit on an un-
expected cat and maintain a calm de-
meanor. That man bounced up four
feet into the air and then landed on
the floor in a disheveled state. Who
knows but that it changed the course
of my whole life?-because he was a.
nice man and l rather liked him, and
up to that point he had seemed to
like me. However, being somewhat
spoiled and popular, his vanity
couldn't endure being made ridiculous
and his demeanor toward me has no
ticeably cooled since then.
After that l jammed Arthur into a
basket and carried her in an automo-
bile is miles away and deposited her
In front of a fur factory-gray fur is
fashionable this year. Two days later
found her reclining In the middle
OF a pile of lingerie just up from the
laundry. She yawned In bored way
as If to let me know that she thought
travelling a frightful nuisance.
"Arthur's complacency was infuriat-
ing. 1t never dawned on her that she
wasn't wanted. She never realized
that she had cast in her eye and
that no figure and wretched hair, but
she put on all the airs Of a blue rib
bon Persian and acted as though We
were dying to have her around.
"The night | had my most fashion
able bridge party Arthur walked In.
bringing one by one five of the worst
looking kittens ! ever laid eyes on,
and deposited them at my feet. She
had wished 'em on mel Now what
can you do with a cat like that?"
WELL" said the listener, you might
hire an ocean going steamer and drop
her overheard in the deepest part of
the Atlantici"
''Nonsensel" returned the girl who
likes to talk. Shed swim backl"--
Chicago Daily News.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-15

ANtA0 ny SUI III
the city Of Paris.
l resolved to take
a rest while I
could, and have a
good time. Dur
In & m y three
months stay in
the French capt.
tai, l met with
many adventures.
most Of them the
result of my i'm
perfect acquaint-
ance with the Ian
guage, and many
of them ending IN
a mutual explana-
ton and a good
humored laugh;
but the one / am
about to relate
was of an entirely
different kind.
During my trav-
els | had picked
up and preserved
a great variety of
costumes, and the
fancy now seized
me to wear them
lust as the within
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-15
Iona EIaapoIs at vaneouver.

The erection of a fir fiagpole in
front of the provincial courthouse at
Vancouver. B. c., has presented I'M
usual features because of the desire
to use a long. single stick. representa-
tive of the timber resuroces of the
province, and to so place 1t that its
base would be secure from decay. A
suitable timber was cut and delivered
in the rough at the courthouse In the
fall of 1912. II was left for a year to
season, where there would be no like
lihood of its curving while drying. In
September, 1918, 1t was moved on
rollers to its final location. The flag
pole is 20S feet in length, &c inches in
diameter at the base and ten inches
at the top, and when ready for cree
ton weighed about ten tons. Sur
mounting the pole is a four-foot globe
and a 20-foot weathervane in the
shape Of an mountaineering Rec
ord.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-15
Henry SuccumbS.

The creation of a standing House
Committee on Woman Suffrage
doomed in Congress when Chair
man Henry. of the Rules Committee,
announced his conversion tolthe prop:
osition upon which his committee
must act.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-15
Mrs. Butler Improving.

The condition of Mrs. ]. M. But.
Ter. of Oak Grove, who recently I'M
derwent an operation in N shvllle,
is improved and chances for her re-
covery are considered good. This
will be welcome news 10 her many
friends.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-15
The Supreme Test.

Does your b husband treat you un-
kindly?" asked fthe lawyer.
Certainly njbt," said the unsub-
stantial womart
Then why 40 you want divorcer"
Il don't ACTUALLY want a divorce. l
merely want ITO apply for one. Then l
- judge b " the kind of fuss my
ashland msAkes whether he really
cares for mib or not"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-15
DANGEROUS.

Warden-what did that woman
give the prisoner?
Turnkey-Only a pie she baked for
him herself.
Warden-Good heavens! Get II
away from him quick before he makes
a saw OF the crust and escapes.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-15
Not That Sure Of Himself.

She-Here's a story OF a man out
west who traded his wife OF for g
horse. You wouldn't trade me for a
horse. would you. darling?
He-Of course not. But I'd hate 10
have any one tempt me with good
motor car.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-15
curtalned.

II WONDER" said the boy who was
looking at an old photograph, why
grandfather wore those large whisk-
ers." Possibly" replied Mr.. Meek
ton. "he was willing to do almost any
thing TO conceal our family custom
OF letting the wives select the hus
bands neckties."
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-15
After Auto Man.

Under a bill draf 80 y A. J.
Oliver, Of Allen COUNTY. omohile
statesmen in Kentucky W u d have 10
pay annual license fees rang z from
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-15
He shone Once.

Thespis-when were you a leading
man?
Foyer-When the company had to
walk back from Chicago.-Brooklyp
Life. .,s-,,- ,.s.-'gf.ss''
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-15

The umpire calls foul" said she.
~Yet not feather do see"
Correct" he answered; even sol
But this is picked nine. you
knowi"-Judge.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-15
Petty-.Sharber.

Rice Petty and Miss Maud Sharb-
er, young people of North Christian.
were married in GAINESVILLE Monday.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-15
Never Quit.

In the old days doctors used to
olesaj patients for most of the dis
sassT."
( They still do. my boy; they stu
no.'-Detroit Free Press.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-15
Natural Inquiry.

Il ran across an old friend OF
yours today" remarked the chauffeur.
win he recoyeri" asked the bar
mar.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-15
iFrIendIy Advice.

MY de lar sir, my invention VIII
transform% the face of the earth"
Well III that is SO. should advise
you to begin with your own."-Peis
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-15
A STRANGE EXPERIENCE
BY c. o. DOUGLAS.

Several years ago, after a decade
OF hard. but remunerative, labor.
The Parker post., 1914-06-20
Natural Query.

A young married man living in
Lakewood has a camera which he is
fond of. He takes snapshots of his
bride, and his bride takes snapshots
of him, and then they have the films
developed and printed and stuck in 6
book and show them to all callers
Once they prevailed upon a compla
cent friend to take picture of the
two of them together. The young
husband just loved this picture-it
showed his wife and himself in ar
extremely affectionate attitude. He
carried a print of it around in his
pocket.
The other day he was showing this
picture to friend. I'm proud ot
this one, old man." he explained 81
wouldn't part with it for any amount
of money What do you think of it?'
"H'm, it's very good of your wife
Who is the man "-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Parker post., 1914-06-20
lCNE vN PH0TOPLAY ACTOR
.-uTned Out of Theater for Laughing
Too Heartily at His Own
Mannerisms.

Harry Pollard and Margarita Fish
er we're nearly turned out of a Chi.
cago theater recently for laughing at
one Of Mr.. Pollards own pictures. He
has one OF two mannerisms, as all
actors have, and Margarita called at
tention to the fact and wagered that
Mr.. Pollard would repeat a certain
action in the picture several times.
This started the two giggling and Mr..
Pollard soon started to shake with
laughter. Presently an usher came
swooping down upon them and said
severely: Say, If you don't like this
picture, remember there's others who
do, and if you want to guy it you can
go and get your money back" Mr.. Pol
lard tried to smother his laughter, but
failed, and the two we're forced to beat
hasty retreat.
The Parker post., 1914-06-20

PhotopIay Authors League Organized.
Recently, at Los Angeles, the
'Photoplay Authors League" came
into existence Those present at the
first meeting were Hettie Gray Baker,
Wallace c. Cliften, James Dayton,
Marc Edmund Jones, W. M. Rftchey,
Russell E. Smith, Lois Weber, author,
director and leading woman; G. E.
Ewing, Richard Willis and Frank
Woods. April 13, the league was incor-
porated and these persons are the
charter members.
The league is protective and found
ed to secure necessary legislation and
protection for the author and to be
mutually beneficial It will not be con-
cerned with prices, nor will it take
any aggressive stand with the manu-
facturers. Membership will be ma
tional. the fees so year and limited
to those having a proved list Of ten
produced scripts.
The Parker post., 1914-06-20
WORK TO SAVE BABIES
LONDON MOTHERS INSTRUCTED
BY COMPETENT TEACHERS.
Infants Are Officially Weighed Once
Week, and instructions Given
to the Mothers as to Proper
Care Required.

Does anyone know that curious old
thoroughfare, st. Johns street, Clerk
enwell? Curious because, in the very
heart of industrial London, it pre-
serves a distinctly old world and
"Dickensy" atmosphere Of quietude
and LONELINESS, says the London
Globe. Save for the passage Of an oc-
casional tram, bound for Smithfield
Market or for Waltham Cross, there
is little more traffic in the afternoon
anyhow, than would be found in the
side streets of sedate and remote
county town.
Here, every Thursday, remarkably
interesting domestic function is held
at No. 26S, one of the municipal
weighing centers" maintained by the
Borough Of Finsbury, where poor
mothers bring their babies to be
weighed and inspected by the chief
woman sanitary inspector and the two
health visitors of the district, who, If
the child is not fiourishing as it should
do, give expert advice and aid to the
mothers.
Quite pleasant gatherings are these
municipal mothers meetings." for
relations are most cordial between the
officials and their charges. Imagine
some fifty young mothers, with as
many babies, chatting cheerily with
the inspector and with each other,
comparing notes-and infants - as
they wait their turn to go to the
weighing table.
Fine and pretty babies most of
them are, thanks to the care and at
tention their mothers bestow on them
under the expert guidance of the Off
cials. The only puny babies present
are found to have been brought there
for the first time.
One of these newcomers is found
not to have scrap of wool on his
poor, chilly, ill-nourished little body;
and a cozy knitted vest is provided
for him straightway, while the moth
er is told Of the Importance of keep,
ing the mite warm and quiet. He is
a bottle baby" which accounts to a
certain extent for his evident deli,
cacy; and :. proper bottle is thereup,
on produced and the diet chart on
which the register of the baby's prog
ress from week to week is explained
to the mother, giving instructions for
the proper feeding times and the prep,
aration of the food
The Parker post., 1914-06-20
Star Sees Many Lands.

Miss Edith Storey, who played
Gloria Quayle in the motion picture
"The Christian" is one of the few
photoplay actresses whose work COM
pels them to move from town to town.
Some of the scenes for ''The Chris
tian" were taken in England. Many
of them were photographed ON the
rocky coast of New England. At pres
ent she is in California, where she is
playing the principal role in Captain
Alvazer," a five reel drama. When
she returns she will go at once to
Florida to play in "a Florida Enchant-
lment" When that is finished she is
scheduled to go to the mountains OF
North Carolina to make some moon
sinners pictures. Next August will
find her in Labrador.