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The Elbert County tribune., 1916-03-31

Anne Estelle Christie copfded.
when you reflect that the adult voting
population of Cedar Plank numbers
only four hundred and nifty. or there
abcuts."
She had drafted 4 letter TO the lord
chamberlain embodyinE her request. Z
feared that It would elicit an unsatis-
factory response. and In order to d.
vert her thoughts. picked up ths
newspaper and said:
In the meantime. Estells, why
shouldn't we 60 to see the great aero
plane contest at South Norwoodf-
She sprang up. clapping her handa-
Estelle had a very volatile mind, and
my little scheme had succeeded admir-
ably.
Il dote on aeroplanes. Anne" shs
cried when Is it?"
This afternoon" answered. Iii,
ten. Eetelle. Eight competitors, repro
senting England, America, France
Italy and Germany. will enter their
machines in the soaring and speed
tests A novel feature will be the soar
ing with one passenger and descending
with the motor cut on. prize of five
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-03-31

that you're rival of hers" he con-
tinued, caressing his long mustache
proudly, as though he were hero.
"Bahi" exclaimed, in unutterable
disgust.
quite SO. quite So" said the Greek
hurriedly. 'If you would pretend to
hate me miss. II you'd show your pre-
tended contempt a little more openly,
miss. you might convince her."
"Pretended?" | cried In fury. "You
YOU"
Say it. miss. say it," he whispered
eagerly.
81 can't find words vile enough to
characterize you" answered, and
turned upon my heel.
Later that evening he came creeping
up to me.
You've done 1t. miss" he whis-
pered. And If you ever want friend,
call upon me and I'll protect you"
Done what?" l calculated.
Convinced her. miss. You see, miss.
Mr.. Magniff, he's joker, and he pre-
tended that you was In love with me.
just to torment her But I've made
her think I've Tilted you. and Pm
grateful. miss. indeed
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-03-31

hundred pounds being offered to the
aviator making the highest record"
Have you ever been in an aero
plane, Amer" asked Estelle. already
putting on her hat.
Indeed l have" / said. 'T even
know how to manage a monoplane .
little. One of the men know is an
enthusiast, and has given me several
lessons"
How perfectly wonderful" she ex-
claimed. searching vainly for veil
20. Anne. just think! There may be
a terrible accident"
All thought of the coronation had al
ready left her mind. l could hardly
keep pace with her as we hurried
along the streets towards the railway
station. And all the way down in the
train she talked necessarily of the
spectacle in prospect and asked mo
countless questions. We arrived at
the grounds just as the competition
opened and obtained seats in the very
first row Of the grand stand. The clerk
wanted to put us somewhere at the
back, but when pleaded with him he
changed his mind
However did you get such perfect
seats?" asked Estelle as we found our
selves with an unobstructed view OF
the field
Laughed Did l never tell you that
am everybody's mascot?" l answered
lightly
whats that?" she said.
20, 1t means bringer of luck" I
told her. "All my friends know that
bring success to everybody-except
myself"
Estelle did not reply. She was look
ing intently at the great machines
which were being carried out of their
sheds and placed at various starting
points upon the field. There was huge
monoplane In front of US. which we
could see quite plainly. Its driver. a
| tall, good-lookIng man in gray and
blue. with a pair of intensely pene-
| trating eyes and a calm smile, was
seating himself in the machine, ready
| for flight, and looking as quiet and col
lected as though his enterprise were q
| thing of no consequence. While l
watched him. breathless with excite
ment, somebody must have given a
signal, for suddenly / eaw his huge
machine run a little way along the
course and then, with swift gliding
movement, suddenly rise into the air
and wing its way around the field.
| "O," gasped Estelle, clutching my
arm. "O!"-as the driver made a cir
cult and whirled past us, the wind
from the pinions- almost sweeping our
faces-"isn't he handsome!"
Her words made me quite crCss.
| Don't be SO silly, Estelle." an
swered. Then. inspired by some ma
licious spirit. | asked:
DO you still hope that there will be
an accidenty"
| mo. no." she cried terrified. 20.
Anne. he mustn't fall"
DO be quiet" urged. People arc
looking at u.s.
| CTo BE coNTINUED)
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-03-31


The girls laughed, and Agnes SHE'D
chocolate cream at me. missing me by
about three feet.
Il don't believe even having red hair
and being mascot would accomplish
q peer by coronation time. my dear"
she said. But by all means go ahead
II you've set your heart on it. After
school is out well join you
You let my red hair alone. Pome-
roy Sec" l retorted wrathfully. Pm
twenty-five years old. and l guess /
know how to take care of myself. And
If you've got determined tempera-
ment. and want something badly and
all your friends put stupid obstacles
in your way-why, it's enough to make
a plaster angel feel annoyed"
Agnes only laughed. and ate another
chocolate. though she knows they
make her fatter. and my decision was
accepted as an established fact, which
thought was another proof of my de
termined temperament.
1t seems strange to look back on
that kimono party now. / felt so old
and capable and assured that nothing
could possibly happen to me. II l had
dreamed of the mad adventures thai
were SO soon to begin-ah. well. per
haps l would have gone forward just
the same. 1t is hardly twelve months
since we sat by that cracking fire. bui
j feel as II It had been a Thousand
years. After all. twenty-five is very
young.
But. at any rate. I had a perfectly
good reason for leaving school two
months before the end of the term
The doctor, who Ia an old friend o
mine-I used to pull his mustaches
when wore pinafores-told me hnt
been working too hard. and was on The
verge of complete breakdown II
didn't at once have complete rest ant
change or scene. So l asked him 4
the air of any particular place woult
benefit me especially. and he pulled {
curl for me and said he felt sure Eng
Itch air was the one thing for my all
ment
Are you going to visit your ances
tral castle?" asked Mary as was pack
ing. 1T doesn't really seem polite t.
go so near and never say Bon jour-
"Of course" answered. though
really hadn't thought about 1t before
I'm going to see the Chateau Clichy
and also I'm going to try to recover
my ancestral property. I've bundle
of bonds stacked up in a romantic ole
vault in Paris. Maybe I'll come bacl
an heiress. or something extra nics
nbout this adventure.
] haven't mentioned anything abou
my castle in France. have l? One
doesn't talk about ones family, o
course. but really. mine was very in
teresting. My grandfather is the
Comte DIVES, and owns a large feuda
property in Clichy. which is in Nor
Nandy. My father was his son by hi
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-03-31

Un which l venture an ascension into
the ether and nearly lose my dignity)
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-03-31

introducing q Pair Of scoundreis.
un which ! gall to see the Coronation
and. incidentally. discover that l am a
much-advertised-fo person-)
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30

Lawyer-You mean. | suppose, that It we
know how people live in West Africa we'll sit
up and take notice of how we live here in New
York?
Ethnologist-Exactly. Well stop taking our
selves so for granted. The moment we COM
pare we become self-conscious.
Lawyer-And them
Ethnologist-Oh, then we ask questions.
Finally it even occurs TO US that we can change
our ways Conservatism can't withstand the
comparative method.
Lawyer-That's it. is it? Set people to COM
pairing if you want them to change?
Ethnologst-Were so conservative because
we have no detached social ideas no social
ideas free to enter into new combinations one
idea is associated nseparably with anotner'
one feeling leads inevitably to another and
most compulsivc of all our ideas about society
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30
Rv Elsie CIeWS Parsons.

Lawyer-What crank you are about eth
nolosy-I mean about popularzing it! What
good does it do me to know that somewhere
on the west coast Of Africa they get married
with as much fuss as my great-grandmotner
got married or they divorce like New Workers
or wear pretty much the same kind of mourn
ing wear'
Ethnolosist-What good does it do you to
know that there is a west coast to Africa or
that there is such place as Africa at all! You
couldn't tell me now how all through your lie
you've made use Of that bit OF information
Nor will undertake to diagram for you now
= comparative knowledge OF custom Will serve
your ends-there are, for one thing, too many
Of those ends; at least hope so. But Tor thdt
matter. can you ever predict how any but the
most rudimentary kind OF knowledge VIII serve
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30
:: :: Making Ethnology Popular

are nextricably bound up in our feelings,
feelings we acquired for the most part in the
nursery if not before
lawyer see; thanks to the influences OF
the nursery, social criticism is rendered diff
cult if not impossible. Well, we'll Another at
tack upon the mother by instinct, poor Great
ure, But, leaving her aside, tell me now what
you would have come out of that detachment
OF social ideas you're so set upon'
Ethnologist-How do I know Except. very
generally speaking, an approximation OF our
WAYS 70 life Let life as it is determine our
ways, not life as it was, or as it was among
small number Of our ancestors.
Lawyer-So, you'd popuarize ethnology be-
cause you're a radical. is that it,
Ethnologist-If you like-at least TO the ex-
tent that you practise law because you are
conservative.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30

he delivers lectures instead Halter
wards when the people kicks that they
got to put up fifty cents to hear him lect-
ure on account they couldn't remember
whether he is an ex-baseball player oder
one of them North Pole felers, yunder-
stand. he runs for President again and
gets licked again, understand me, and
he's good for another four years lectur-
ing. He's been keeping that up now tor
going on twenty years
Might if he runs this time and gets
licked again." Zapp suggested, he would
get offers to go into moving pictures
which am seeing only last week fillum
BY the name The Governors Daughter,
and if people pays ten cents to see GoV-
ernor. it stands to reason they would pay
2 little more to see The Presidents
Daughter, especially if Bryan does the
President and they get some one to DO
the daughter like Mary Pickford or this
here Anita Stewart
We'll, you've got to give Mr.. Bryan
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30

in Detroit. Michigan; the First Annual
Banquet of the Cyprus, Penn. Business
Mems Association of Cyprus. Penn; the
wedding of Miss Sadie Geldhsch, daugh-
ter Of Alderman Max Geldhsch, of the
Soth Aldermanic District. Borough of
Bronx, to ex-Assemblyman Charles J.
Schen. at New Riga Hall, Wendover
Avenue, near 265th Street; the Grand
Opening of the Exhibition of Fine Arts,
and Fair of Harmony Lodge l23, indie
pendent Order Sons and Daughters Of
Manasseh. at the Armory, Sacramento,
Cal. and Memorial Services for the chief
Justice of the Court of Common Pleas Of
PASSPORT, Maine"
But the President always turns down
such invitations, amt it," Birsky said.
"Zoitenly he turns EN- down" Zapp re-
Piled. because as it is. without accepting
a single invitation nowheres. when it
comes to showing just why tariff bill
wasn't up to the specifications or explain
ing that when the Democrats made
platform about Panama Canal rates they
didn't do nothing of the kind, and ace
rcrsa. understand, the only difference
between the life of President and the
life OF a Pullman porter is that the Presi-
dent don't have 10 make up no berths and
the Pullman porter don't have to get of
no speeches. Otherwise they both spend
the same amount of time with their fam
lies
Then what is the simcha about being
PRESIDENT" Brsky inquired.
We'll. for one thing, the President is
the baiabaas." Zapp explained. Prom
every other job Teller could work his
way up to be something better. An AS
sembyman could work his way up to be
State Senator. a State Senator could
watch out and get to be a Congressman;
a Congressman could make opportunities
so that he could be a Governor; Gov
ernor tries hard and does his best yum
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30

sky said Everybody knows he is looking
for job as President since 1870 alreaoy'
He makes his living that way
What do you mean-nakes his living
that way'" Zapp demanded
II mean before he runs for President
in 1896, nobody hears of the Teller at ALL
Birsky explained, but after he gets beat
it's like lady gets off from murder and
they want her to 60 on the stage, yum
derstand; only as Mr.. Bryan amt no
actor and couldn't sing, understand me,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30
the turn Of anybody!

the turn Of anybody!
Lawyer-We don't know. knowledge OF
law isn't so rudmentary, and knew before l
studied for the law it would get me an IN
come.
Ethnologist-rm not so sure knowledge
Of the law is not documentary. At any rate "
is a knowledge people definitely want Ethn0'-
oey on the other hand, might lose you an III
come. for it often deals with knowledge peo-
pie don't want.
Lawyer-Why, then, force it on them may
ask
E,hnologst-Oh, trust them to take care OF
that. You can't make people know what they
r.aIlv don't want to know. But sometimes you
can sneak in knowledge OF something they
dom, really mind which will lead them un-
aware TO knowledge they loathe. That's one
good Of study Of comparative culture
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30

Mr.. Wilson says; We'll, I understand
they amt satisfied, the way / handled
that business with Frantz, Joseph Inc.
and the German American Housewreck-
ing Company and the friends tells him:
We'll, say, with big concern like you
are working for, you couldn't expect to
please everybody And the next morn
ing Mr.. Wilson turns first thing to the
Help Wanted Males, and before he could
find it he runs across the six columns OF
Situations Wanted Male, and right at the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30
}. MONTAGUE GLASS
Illustrations by Briggs.

II
,c,,v-;sht lol6-The Tribune ASSN
luSEE where they consider putting up
ri Mr.. Ford for President" Barnett
Zapp. the waist manufacturer. said
;, +. reached Tor a dill pickle in Wasser-
suer's restaurant.
Is b. Republican or Democratic"
lnis Birsky, the real-estater, asked.
Hes runabout." Zapp replied. 1T
ems ike the day before yesterday when
!. takes a steamer for Norway; the next
hing you know, he's got the grip in Co.
xahagen; couple days later he won't
/. reporters talk TO him on the dock in
soboken; an hour afterward he talks EN-
- death in the Waldorf; the following
-sning he arrives, so to speak, home in
Detroit. and yesterday he turns up right
... in New York at the Grand Central
Palace. His friend Bryan makes an
,s:ul Gescirei about the cost of running
| ibig army, but before we go to work and
..ct Henry Ford President Of the United
hates. with a salary and travelling ex-
snses, Birsky, it would be whole lot
h.aper TO buy a couple million uniforms
md give the clothing business look-in
instead OF the railroads and the Pullman
Company"
Might if the teller should Gon soil
'.etca become President, he would settle
down maybe, Birsky suggested.
"A Teller which has got the travel bug
couldn't settle down by becoming d Presi-
tent aY more than 'AiFFcr'' could
swear of by becoming a bartender
zapp said You take the President OF
II. United States. and if he has mind
70 90 running round the country, yum
tsstand, every day OF his life, he's got
choice between the Wind-up Dinner OF
he Sixth Annual Convention OF the Knee
Pants Manufacturers Of North America
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30
Birsky and Zapp on Presidents Out of Work
AS With Soap, Collars Tooth Ponder and Popular Price Clothing:
the Name Amt Kept Before the Public the People Don't
Ask for 1t Again. Says Zapp to Birsky, and
Brsky Heartily Agrees

top Of the third column he is hit IN tn
eye with
PRESIDENT
Young man (4o), beginner. opportunity
wanted to demonstrate ability; ambi
tious, college education; knowledge type
writing, stenogrsphy and bookkeeping;
advancement object, not salary; best REF
erences, two years experience Governor,
three year. District Attorney. c. s. W.
Albany, y. Y.
Then underneath he sees also:
PRESIDENT. Thoroughly experienced open
for immediate position with country that
wall appreciate reliable and energetic server.
Address T. R.. Oyster Bay. l. !.
And the next one is:
PRESIDENT -- Married, 81, broad
practical, experienced, sober, honest;
excellent reason for leaving last place.
good pcnman unqucstionablc references.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30
BRYAN Makes a Good Living Looking
for the Job With a Hundred
Million Bosses.

credit Zapp, that he amt like a lot OF
other fellers which run for President and
got licked, understand, and for all you
hear what become of 'em, Zapp they
might Just so we'll be dead and buried and
the cemetery taken over by the Bureau
of Street Openings for a grand concourse
and boulevard. Yes, Zapp, compared
with a Teller which lost Presidential
election ten years ago, Teller which won
a six day bicycle race twenty years ago
is a household name already.
You're right, Birsky," Zapp said; so
after all, Birsky, you couldn't blame Mr..
BRYAN that he lectures and Mr.. Roosevelt
that he explores and Mr.. Wilson that he
goes to work running around the country
and getting stomach trouble at chambers
Of commerce dinners, Birsky, because it's
the same way with Presidents as it is
with soap, collars, tooth powder and pop
ular price clothing if the name amt kept
before the public, understand, the peo-
pie don't ask for it again"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30

" rite W. II. -
Lock 66, New
Haven, Conn.
With that Mr.
w lis on ees
enough, Zapp, so
he sends out the
girl to the drug
store she should
get for fifteen cents
essence Of pepsin, J
bottle of soda mint
tablets and some
Bromo Rhubarb,
and then he tele
phones down to the
Trunk Line Associ-
alton they should
S hip him right
away one case as
sorted mileage
books on account
he is going to &C
cept invitations to
speak at ten dinners
to be given by ten
chambers of COM
mcrce. and that's
the way it goes
Amt Bryan ad-
vertising, too9
Zapp asked.
Bryan don't got
to advertise" Biz
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30

derstand. and some day he is VicePresi-
dent: abcr the President. when he gets TO
be President. no one could say to him.
Now, looky-here; you are young Teller
with big future if you want to take the
trouble Don't run around nights Be
good Teller. but not too much of a good
Teller, understand. Save your money,
Join couple good lodges. and there amt
no reason why you amt got just so big
a chance to get on as the next one No.
Birsky. no one could advise the President
he should try to make hit with the boss,
Birsky, because the President amt got no
boss"
Amt he?" Blrsky retorted. We'll.
that's where you make big mistake. The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-30

President not only
has got one boss,
but he's got a hun
bred million .bos-
ses. He is working
for the entire Unit
ed States, Zapp, be
cause if he wasn't
what is the reason
when Mr.. Taft was
President, as you
yourself said, he
goes around asking
everybody h ey
should excuse him
that he balled up
the tariff business?
Why, right now.
Zapp, Mr.. Wilson
is holding up his
friends and saying:
Listen, did you
boys hear some
thing that the Dos
ses intends to make
a change in my de
partment at tn end
Of the year, and
the friends says,
Why, no. we amt
h ard nothing.
What makes you
think that?' and
NJ H;1e1u ca,yS.
The Denver star., 1916-02-05

Of our race selected as having made
the most distinguished achievement
during the preceding twelve months.
The Spinsarn medal. the gift OF DIR.
J. Il. Spingarn of New York, formerly
professor OF comparative literature In
Columbia university and chairman Of
the board of directors OF the National
Association For the Advancement OF
colorcd People. is gold medal OF the
value OF $1OO and is awarded annually
to the American Negro who has rem
dered the most distinguished servter
during the year in any field of honor
able or elevated cndcavor.
The award committee consists OF two
northern white mcn-cx- resident VIII
liam II. Taft aud Oswald Garrison VII
lard-a southern white man-Dr. James
ii. Dillard. director OF the Slater fund
and two colored men. Bishop John
Hurst OF Baltimore and President John
Hope Of Morehouse college, Atlanta.
Ga.
The first medal was awarded In Feb
ruary. 1915. to Dr. Edward E. Just,
professor in the Howard University
Medical school. for distinguished work
in biological research. 1t was present
eI TO him by Governor whitman OF
New York before an enormous au-
dicnce in New York city. The incident
received an unusual amount of public
ity In the press throughout the coun-
try. Even southern newspapers com
mcntcd widely on the fact that media
TO n Negro was awarded for scientific
attainmcnts.
The recipient OF the second medal
will not be announced until Governor
Mccall presents 1t to him In the Park
street church on Washington's birth.
day. 1t In expected that several other
speakers Of national reputation will
make addresses at the same meeting.
The Spingarn medal may be said to
lie the most distinguished recognition
which 4 colored man receives in this
country for scholarly attainmcnts and
distinguished service
The meeting at the Park Street
church will be held under the auspice,
Of the National Association For the
Advancement of CUiorM People, of
which Mr.. Moorficld Storey OF Boston
is president and Oswald Garrison VII
lard of New York vice president. Much
interest is being taken In this coming
event, which IL not simply local, but
one OF nation wide importance to our
people.
The Denver star., 1916-02-05
MONEY TO LOAN
Chatt0lS

We Loan Lots of Money Anybody, $40, SIS, $2O 81
$50, $40, $50, $65, SIS, 500 or more on your fu,
niture pianos sewing machines CATTLE
farm implements. fixtures lands lots Or 49,
thing else of value all left in possession; very ssess
private and quick: - = plenty clerks nnf
60 any place.
2945 Larnner Street
Phone Main 1oSS Office Hours 10 q. N 10 oSAa
The Denver star., 1916-02-05
Meeting Of evans.I;e.l Pu.l,.h.r..

Meeting Of Evangelical PubIlshsrs.
The National Baptist Publishing
house at Nashville. Tenn. was the only
business concern among the colored
race represented at the annual meeting
OF the Sunday School Council Of Evan.
gelical Publishers held At Richmond.
Va. the last week In January. The
delegates were the Rev. DR. r. II
Boyd. founder and secretary Of the na
tional Baptist publishing board; DR.. c
n. Clark. the Rev. Henry Allen Boyd
and Dr. W. q Ellington. M
The Denver star., 1916-02-05
BOY CADETS ARE THRIFTY.
or9anixat'o@ at Nashville, Tenn,
Wislds - Healthy Influence.

orsanixatio- at Nashville, Tenn,
Wislds - Healthy Influence.
As the result Of an agitation started
rccently among the boy cadets and the
Young members of the Mount Olive
Baptist Sunday school hundred de-
UoStts on the Christmas Savings club
plan were started in the One Cent Saw
inSs bank, says the Nashville (TennD
Globa
1t vcs quite a sight to see this crowd
nr boys mingled with girls and young
women marching up to the One Cent
savings bank and opening deposits in
heir own names. The ages ran from
our years to eighteen. and each open
ed separate account. All OF them
we're happy and jubilant over the fact
mat they had begun real bank ac-
vuunt.
Assistant Cashier c. \. I.angSton
vas busy all day. and for two weeks
his crowd Increased, and it was stated
Ut tue bank that never before in the
history of the institution have so many
ptaale taken advantage of this savings
Ter.