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The log cabin Democrat., 1916-11-24

are red Triumph, white Triumph, blue Victor and Irish Cobbler. The last named, MT. Halter states, is an un- usually fine and prolific potato.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-11-24

Mrs. Howard Malone of Plumerville is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. c. Nj. Walthall, on Harkrider street.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-11-24

The building of the hospital is now assured.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-24
\ Neurasthenic Christmas
Bv IRWIN EDMAN

curously watching them. Two days before
Christmas the maid telephoned to the office
and said he'd better come home at once. He
arrived to find his wife in state of hysterical
collapse. One hundred and sixty-seven holly
decorated wrappings were scattered around the
foyer, and his wife lay moaning, i simply had
to open them; Christmas was such long way
Off She may recover.
Then there is that clean-cut young chap
who was brought in yesterday, Christmas
morning He had held out bravely until it came
time TO open the packages. The sudden
ease from tension was too much for him. He
fell in dead faint, He hadn't slept for weeks,
and no one but friend at the Office and the
clergyman Of his church know what was the
matter He told the pastor Of the burden that
was on his mind, and was advised TO open the
packages even a week before Christmas, if
necessary. Health, the pastor said, came be-
fore morals But the young man had worked
for three years in the accounting depart
ment of The Christian Science Monitor,
and would not consent to the moral inlquity
involved. It's great pity, too; all on ac-
count of three or four gifts. He had told his
friends please not to send him any presents;
he couldn't stand the strain"
At this moment the orderly came IN TO whis-
per to the Nerve Specialist.
ITS that young man again" he said YEARLY
The nurse tried to administer an opiate, ana
he refused, as he put it, to take anything until
Christmas. He insisted the label on the bottle
said Don't Open Till Christmas Morn
"Are they all as obsessed as that asked.
Some are even worse. There's young glri
here who is in an almost hopeless state OF mel
ancholv. She had given up the battle very
oarlv and had opened all her packages One
was from the young man who worked on 'lhe
Christian Science Monitor They were ru-
mored engaged He called the very evening
shs had opened his gift, The Quest OF the
Best
"It's simply beautiful, she said
Re looked at her in silent reproach.
eft isn't Christmas yet was all he sand
Now she sits here all day muttering' but
didn't think you'd mind; Christmas was com
inging soon, anyhow"
How would you suggest AVOIDING such al,
endemic of nerves in the future, ooclor'
asked. "You wouldn't go back to the ola sys,
tenn of shopping at the last moment "oulu
you?"
81 can't say. but this business OF carry
Christmas shopping will have to be stopped
once and for all. The havoc that has oeeh uo"'
this year is incalculabe. II VIII cost Over
$500 900 to handle the After-Care or the VIC
tins of Packages Labelled Don't open oh'i
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-24

This story appeared IN STORES Of the
Street and To1on,' George AIDES column ~
"The Chicago Record" in December. 1926, and
is reprinted NTH Mr. Ade's cordial Tern'isS'o".l
~LESS the little ones, We must remem-
X Der them at Christmas, and what could
- be more appropriate to the glad season
than small money deposit in some reliable
bank?
We are business people. We admit IT,
Why not give our children long running
start toward a business education?
The Noah's Ark animals become scattered
and splintered. The drums are punctured and
the cast iron fire engine goes into the scrap
heap before May 1, but the money In the bank
endures as permanent asset. Candy some
times causes stomach ache and the nuts OF
commerce contain such large percentage OF
oil that a small child having partaken too
freely becomes oleaginous and complains Of
twinges in the digestive regions. Even books
lose their value after the first reading, and are
pushed away and neglected
But the money in the bank never plays out
1t is right there, ready to be borrowed by papa
if he chances to run short and overdraws his
own account. And there is no hurry about re-
turning it, because the money is always de-
posted on condition that it cannot be with
drawn until the child is twenty-one.
Picture: 1t is the cold gray Of Christmas
morning The youngster has slept uneasiy
and has seen Santa Claus, with smoky breath
and frost coat, peekng into his room. In his
fitful maps ne has reviewed procession Of red
seds and stood under festoon Of steel skates
tempered to a handsome blue.
At last his eyeds part reluctantly and the
first light Of morning is squared out at the
window. His heart gives few thumps and
he squirms among the warm covers, shaking off
his drowsiness and hoping hard that there will
De something in his stocking.
This is Christmas morning at last He has
been counting the mornings, Seven more until
Christmas" and then, "Six more until Christ
mas" and so on until it is not even one more
morning until Christmas, for the day and the
morning have come. He wonders il the skates
are there. He is impatient TO find out and
yet almost afraid TO slip out into the ghostly
silence and investigate. Not that ne is afraid
of the shadows and the stiffness, but he is fall
tering at this last moment, and wondering if
his very polite remark in regard to skates, a
steam engine and plenty Of candy were taken
seriously.
He canpo. lie there and struggle with I'M
certainty. His two bare feet strike the rug
simultaneously, and he patters swiftly to the
front room.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-24
The Money Present
Bv GEORGE AIDE

There hangs the stockng-limp and empty.
The hot tears blind his eyes and he has a
smothery feeling at ihe throat With de
spairing sniffle he seizes the stocking and
what is this? There is something inside.
after all.
Hope rises family within him. He draws
out a little handbook and sees on the first page
in a firm business hand, the entry, Cash, So
Oh. what sweep of JOY engulfs the young
soul at that moment. He has not been for
gotten by good old Sanity. No. indeed He has
s. locked up in the bank
Although he is unable to get at the money,
the knowledge that it is in the custody OF
responsible corporation and can be withdrawn
in fifteen years should be sufficient TO warm
the Imagination of any child and set carols to
singing in his heart.
With what ecstacy he scampers away to tell
papa and mamma Of his great good fortune.
He waves the bank book above his head and
his gleeful shouts break the dull silence OF
dawn What cares he now for skates, picture
books, nuts or candy?
"Oh, look, papa" he exclsins. See!
have IS deposited to my credit with tho savings
department Of the Herculaneum Bank and
Fundamental Reserve Trust Company! Am
not to be congratulated"
Witness, also, the glad scene after breakfast.
Papa has taken little Robbie on his lap, and
together they are figuring out the compound
interest on So for period Of fifteen years at
per cent per annum.
How the little ones eyes sparkle with under
standing as he studies the long row Of figures
and realizes that in the next twelve months his
deposit will earn 20 cents interest
While he is at school, striving to improve his
! mind, and while he is playing with his youthful
companions, perhaps forgetting his deposit in
the excitement Of the moment, his money will
be increasing at the rate Of one and two-thirds
cents month.
What child needs is a bank account. When
a boy is six years old it is time that he be made
10 grapple with the sombre responsibilities Of
commercialism. II he weeps and does not
seem to feel the advantage Of having IS Sc
GREETED in bank, explain to him the beauties
of business economy and load him down with
maxims.
What Christmas we could have IL parents
would refrain from giving their children boxes
Of candy, sacks Of nuts. fairy tales, winkine
dolls, sets of dishes. games, building blocks,
mechanical toys, jumping jacks and such "trip
peries, and instead, give each child hand
written certificate Of deposit. Santa Claus
should wear side whiskers and a tall hat and
carry a burglar proof safe in the back Of bis
sleigh.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-24

Christmas Unless they are gradually nursed
back to normal they will open letters, parcels.
everything, whether addressed to them or not.
And the strain, by the way, will be worse as
the years go on. the earlier the Christmas
shopping is done the longer will be the strain.
If people start to shop in October next year,
we will have twenty-five hundred patients at
least. and if the campaign TO start next years
Christmas shopping the day after Christmas
is at all successful the whole country will de
generate into a nation Of nervous wrecks"
as there no remedy" | gasped
Il have been commissioned by the Rockefel-
Ter Foundation TO find one, and while my re-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-24

| 1T WILL have to be, a short interview
said the Nerve Specialist 1t was the
day after Christmas, and there were
',n hundred patients registered in the
yrhiatric Ward. For the last week the hos
al had been taxed to its capacity with hys-
neal and melancholic patients; there had
sudden epidemic of nerves in towp, ans,
,.dsome to see what the reason wass 80 90
Early Christmas shopping is responsible, ~
the Nerve Doctor. its been confound-
! VICIOUS arrangement; wrote letters TO
! pspers'--
What interrupted. why you had an
frle in Popular Neurasthenia' Just year
B. urging people to avoid the hectic nervous
f,n o. eleventh-hour Christmas pilgrim
- through the stores. You told them all
r.! the rush and the fever and the tension
Yes, yes, remember; it isn't so much the
r Christmas shopping as those confounded
Fss Don't Open Until Christmas Any
p pWchistrist could have predicted what
result would be. It's too much to expect OF
3@sry human nervous systems, and those
: iried 10 live up TO the slogan have had 10
ne price. Since last week they've been
11g in eleven hundred Of them, raving hys-
1,1lN or blank with nrelanchOly
. The same old business of suppressed de
You can't keep the great native long
y stuffed forever. They viii persist IN the
r Depths OF consciousness, and bob up IN
sye ard ehastly ways The very people
imagine they have conquered the Christ
temptation, who tell their friends that
eeuld 20 on until Lircoln's birthday, yea
| mil Arbor Day, without opening their
'nd,up in the Psychiatric Ward. Half
{ s'scis who have been brought in within
az week are folks who have been piously
~as TO shudder az the iniquity Of even
4 .hg the red ribbons on the packages until
| ZINES ring on Christmas morning.
'she 1885, the middle-aged lady. who was
| 'sa n the day before Christmas-on
,Snsr. She's upstairs now, tied TO her bed,
az orderly on guard She keeps excitedly
1urng, 1t won't hurt just 70 peek in and
lrH up again; III bet it's from Mrs. Wat
" o0esnt look like very much Last night
1--WE tied her down she insisted on peek
y" me ohloroform bottle; she said she was
s9 dying 70 know what was in 1t, and
,.nas was such long way Of Her hus-
~s Us that there are 1877 packages piled
!. me foyer Of their apartment, and TINT
'en' whole evenings in the last few weeks =
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-24
1sMS1yTTsAy ssssessssszg sygyysz1s.tW

searches are still too tentative for publica-
ton, ! may say in confidence that | think
have discovered it. All we have to do is to be
frank and reasonable about the matter. Let
all Christmas packages be labelled Open at
Once and think we may say safely that the
nfantile morbdty will be considerably re-
duced And from medical standpoint, Christ
mas shopping can begin in the balmy and con
yenient days of late May
Are European conditions as bad?' | asked.
From all reports, yes they couldn't even
wait until Christmas to open their little peace
proposals. But there doesn't seem to have
been much harm done"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-24

This story appeared IN STORES Of the
Street and To10n," George Ade's column :"
"The Chicago Record IN December. 1926, and
is REPRINTED lcith Mr. AIDES cordial permission.l
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-28

Oakland OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ! 10
Batteries Vernon. Quinn and WhalinSi
Oakland Martin and II. Elliott.
Games Postponed
At PortlandSan Francisco; rain
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-28
SINGLE c WINS
BYFAST PACING
Grand Chimes Wins Pom
chartrain Stake, Taking
Only One Heat.

Detroit. Mich. July 2s.-Some of the
best and fastest racing Of the weeks
program was seen at the Grand Circuit
meeting here Thursday afternoon The
free for all pace. headliner OF the days
card, went to Single G.. which won the
first two heats and finished second to
Russell Boy in the third The judges
imposed a fine Of 800 on driver c. \
Gosneu for not driving out the third
heat with Single G.
In the first heat Single c. went into
the lead at the half and held il to the
finish. with Braden Direct and Russell
Boy SO close together a few lengths
back that only the judges could place
them respectively second and third.
This heat was the fastest of the week.
200 II. and the last half of il was
covered in IS seconds flat
Single c. led all the way IN the sec
ond heat and although pressed by Bra
den Direct in the last few rods. won
shoulders ahead
In the third mile Single G took the
lead at the start and had it TO the last
turn Here Russell Boy seemed 10 have
more reserve and won in driving fin
ish. with Single G. second and Judge
Ormonde third.
Grand Chimes Wins.
Grand Chimes. although winning only
one meat III Alt 7 oILCntE tram stake OF
$4,000. for 2-15 trotters, got the decis-
ion under the old placing system. hav-
ing the best standing in the final sum-
mary
Early Don took the first heat with
little trouble easing up a the finish
Busy Lassie and Grand Chimes staged
great battle for the third heat. turn
ing into the stretch neck and neck
They held this position 10 within 100
feet of the finish. Here Mcdonald
swung Lindsey out from behind them
and pulled into victory by p head
Box 7: took three heats of the Hotel
'iriswold stake for 2-1o PAGERS at $1,000
with ease
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-28

vEW YORK. July 2s--Fred
N Wenck's plan to bring about de
= y cision bouts in the Empire state
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-28
CARRIERS DAY.

Tomorrow being the last Saturday in
the month. Herald carriers will pre-
sent bills for July subscription. Sub
scribers will please rcte and be ready
for the boys
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-28
WANT DECISIONS n, FIGHTS;
MANAGER Of BOXERS ARE OPPOSED
Chairman of Boxing Comm sson is Most Ardent Advo-
cate of Needed Reform in Order To Give Public It's
Moneys Worth By Eliminating "Soft Pickings"
For Manager and Boxe rs Who Fear Losing.
BY FRANK C. MENKE.


put forth the best that is in him and
give the fans a run for their money
Ever since the no decision rule has
been in force the public which makes
big purses possible for fighters has
been cheated II pays to see Two men
fight and usually only one of them
does the work The other-the champ
ion or top notcher-doesnt risk
knockout punch. He keeps covering
I'D all the time. What If he is beaten
on points? That doesn't harm him
much because he is protected from Of
fetal defeat by the no decision rule
Some of those persons who oppose
me are making the absurd and malIc-
ious charge that decision bouts VIII
kill the game They hint that gamb-
lers would reap a harvest by tamperinc
with the referees and influence Them
with money-to throw fights
Those who make such charges in
dict as crooked every man that is re
ferring in New = ork state today. Such
an indict is a contemplate piece OF
business. Charley White. Billy Roche,
Billy job and the others have been re-
ferring fights, in New York state for
many years. No smudge ever has
come on their records. they are honest
and square as any man living.
The majority of those who are
fighting my plan are managers of
fighters. No one has noticed the fans
opposing me They are with me. They
know. as I do. what deplOrable condi-
IlonS nave Deen pIOuSnl aboul DE no
decision bouts They remember vivid
" the scores Of times they have paid
big prices TO see a fight and then have
been treated to joke contests.
Why shouldn't some of the man
ayers oppose me? Decision fights
would end the soft picking for some OF
them Those who are handling fight
ers who are fluke champions are loud
est in their protests Why Simply be-
cause their men, If forced TO fight
decision battles. undoubtedly would De
outpointed and thus lose the title.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-28
National League.

At Philadelphia P H E
Pittshurg accommodation 900 O00-4 : o
Philadelphia ----------200 Q0e l0O=5 =
Batteries Pittsburg. Harmon and VII
son; Philadelphia. Chalmers and Burns
At Brooklyn. RI E.
St Louis ..---..------0 600 oil 600 s 1
Brooklyn ----.---.----O2O 0O0 ok l
Batteries s. Louis. Dosk and snyder:
Brooklyn. Cheney and Miller.
At Boston R. H. E
Chicago .-----.-zo 200 600 600 600 II .
Boston .---------- 001 900 O01 600 1
Batteries Chicago. Packard. Lavender
Brown and Clement. Fisher; Boston. Tyler
Hughes. Barnes and GoWdy.
Game called account darkness
At New York r. Il. Z.
Cincinnati ..-----0 900 012 900 00-5 IS /
New York .------.-10O coz O0o eli II 1
Batteries Cincinnati. Toney. Clark and
wingo; New York. Tesreau. schapp and
Rariden-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-28

YEW YORK. July 2S-tred
Wenck's plan to bring about de
i y cision bouts in the Empire state
has struck a responsive chord in tho
bosoms Of the majority Of the fight
fans. The public, bunked so long and
&c often by the no decision fights.
yearns for the day that viii bring de-
cision bouts.
Some few persons are opposing the
radical reform which the chairman Of
the boxing commission wants to bring
about. But an analysis of the protests
shows that the bulk of them come
from managers Of fighters. who nat
urally. would suffer a decrease in reve-
nue. II decisions were permitted
The fight game has come upon evil
DAYS since no decision bouts have been
the rule" declares Wenck. Champions
and near champions have made farce
of fighting in New York state during
the past few years by their stating
tactics Boxing bouts have degenerat-
ed into little more than hugSlnS
matches
This is due almost entirely to the
fact that no decisions are rendered In
New York state now a champion can
not be dethroned unless by knockout
a trick rather hard of accomplishment
~ IOuHuH NJ AlAeAANcA NV
aspirant for the crown outpoints the
champion he cannot win the title eX-
cept with sleep producing punch
Therefore, a champion rarely. II ever,
fights on the offensive His sole
thought during the 10 rounds is to
save himself from a knockout
Decisions Would Reform Game.
But if decisions were permitted all
would be changed. The champion
would have to fight or lose his title
He wouldn't do any stalling then He'd
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-28
IN BOYLAND
BY TOM CLHnENTs-

-OUSTON SQUARES lineup for
r. the games on Sunday VIII be as
L L follows: L. Marty, c., Rutherford,
p; Prothro. 1b.; Miller. Oh; Pomeroy,
3b.: J. Marty. IS. Mccormick. If;
wrenn. Ct. and Phipps. IF Johnny
Figuera is now manager of the team,
and Ernest Miller is captain, and with
this list. they expect to take their first
game on Sunday.
Lawrence Shea has taken the place
of Hunter, on the Myrtle Avenue stars,
and is now captain This has been
wise choice, since Shea, being a good
player himself. knows a good player
when he sees one. and consequently will
be able to arrange mis- team so as to
get the best possible work out OF it
His chief complaint at present, how
ever, is that there are so many excel
lent men on the team now. that he
hardly knows how TO pick them 1t is
believed. though, that he Will be able to
pick a nine that viii be the cream of
the cream and that viii hold up the
present record Of the Myrtles-
A protest has been made that the
Orchard Parks are using player, who
is at least 25 years Of age As this
league is supposed to be a boy league.
it would be better to keep the ages
4
More men have been added to the
lineup OF the Westsiders. and still more
are being signed Manager LapOwski
reports having signed three, Norton.
Humble and Rarey. who viii probably
play in next Sundays games. The West
siders now have quite a strong team.
and the battle with the Houston
Squares should be a real ball game and
not massacre. as so many of the 9TH
er games have been.
There has been a great deal OF rough
house and rowdyism at the games at
the Rio Grande park lately. and il must
| be stopped The teams are supposed to
come to play ball. and not 10 fight. but
it seems that a few Of the boys. who do
not belong to any of the teams. always
start something. and most of the play
ers get tangled up in it. 1t would be
best of the managers would see TO il
that only their players come out. thus
leaving the rougher element behind.
Otherwise, the privilege of the use of
the park may be stopped
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-28
1t Happens in the Best Regulated Families
CHAPTER m
STNoPS1S CT PREVIOUS
QUARTERS

: -U6o TwEUL ,UNAeL5
70 ENUcE AN or HIS
TEAMMATES 10 MAKE
a NIGHT OF 1T, IS
COMPELLED To SEEK
HIS OWN NOME.
AE VILLAIN CON-
NIhCES HIS WIFE
HE Is HOWE URoOHH
CHOICE UHUs o.
TAIllN0 CREDIT
FOO BEING A
HoN.e LOVING MAN.
As SOON rs ne
IS SETTLED DoWA
FOR The LOU6 RENnl6
TAE Prone RINGS
TT IS okJE or TIE
CANS DESIRING MS
COMPANY ~ p Kelly
GAME.
(nos~ PRoCeED)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-28

"R UBE" OLDRING may be only
N substitute with the Yankees
and may be a free agent in the fall,
but you can't deny that he's
mighty handy man TO have around
in a close game On Thursday, with
the Yankees on the short end Of the
score at Philadelphia, 0ldring clouted
a home run with the sacks loaded.
The hit gave victory to the Yankees.
CMITHSON is the "iron pitcher" of
- the Beaumont club this year. In
the first game of a doubleheader on
Thursday, Smithson beat Dallas, 7
to 3. Then he tackled the second
game and WENT the full limit, only
to lose a close contest, to s
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-28

Mexican rents, Lee Newman. phi. 1904.
ADV,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-28
Western League.

At wichita r H z
Oman, .-'........-. 900 0oo GOO : ,
wichita -------------110 C50 25x-14 IS
batteries Oma ha- O'Toole. hrailese ana
Kruger: Wichita. Bennett and Gray
A. Denver P H z
rf1cofn sol 600 100 9 I
Denver ..-.---.--12l 152 00X-IO d !
Batteries: Lincoln. East. Halla and John
son: Denver. Sterzer. Manser and Shestak
At St. Joseph. RHE.
81. Joseph uUu oYH vtu-'
batteries Des Moines. Higginhotham and
Breen: St Joseph. Rohrer and Beers
At Topeka X n p
ToDelza ...-..-.O00 600 600 l
batteries Sioux City. Schardt and Living
ston: Topeka, Hall and Monroe
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-28
BASEBALL RESULTS
THURSDAYS
THURSDAYS GAMES.

Chicago --------------31 SO 10 OO0-s 0
Batteries New York. Russell. Love.
Shawkey and Nunamaker. Alexander: Chi
cago. Scott Wolfgang and Schalk.
At Cleveland. RH E
Boston ---------------0IO o2s DO II .
Cleveland .-..----.-- 600 O50 1sO-s Il 3
Batteries: Boston. Foster. Leonard and
Thomas; Cleveland. Coveleskie. KEEPER.
Gould and O'Neill.
At st. Louis. R H E
Philadelphia ..-.--..--0 900 OO1 01O-2 II o
ST Louis .-------..--..0 Dol 900 O2x-3 1
Batteries Philadelphia. Nabors and Pic
Mich, St Louis. Hamilton. Groom and Sew
ereid-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-28
Southern Association.

At Atlanta. .. New Orleans. p
Al Nashville =. Memphis. D
Al BirminE ham, 1. Mobile
At Chattanooga-Litt Rock, postponea'
ain
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-28

American League.

At Chicago - ~ a. r - Z
New York ------------VVO WV
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-28
American ASSOCIATION.

A. Kansas city. 8. st Paul. l. First game
At Toledo. B.: Indianapolis FL
At Louisville /. Columbus =
Al Milwaukee. .; Minneapolis, =