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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-23

He still had good many superfuous
Hands and Feet and was bleeding free
ly on every Green.
Sometimes he would last rs far as
the Water-IIazard and then sink with
Bubbling Cry.
Notwithstanding which, he kept on
trying to look like the Photographs Of
Byers.
If he spun into the High Spinach off
at the Right it was Tough Luck. II he
Whunged away with Il NibIick down in
bottomless Pit, caromed on Il couple
Of Oaks, and finally angled off toward
the Cup, he would 60 around for Days
talking about Some Shot.
AS his Ambition increased, his Men
tai Arithmetic became more anu more
defective and his Moral Nature was
wholly atrophied.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-23

nothing on him. Her Man was the Gink
10 show that Pill how to take joke.
Then she would know that he had
Won Il Box Of Balls from Mrs. TalbOtS
poor old crippled Fathcr-in-Law.
She could read him like a Barometer.
# he and Mr.. IIilgus, the Real Estate
Man, cam" home together fifteen feet
apart, stepping high and looking
straight ahead, she would know it had
been Il Jolly Day on the Links.
BY the second summer Mr.. Pallzey
had worked up until he was allowed to
use Shower Bath once hallOwed by
the presence of Jerome TruycrS.
He was not exactly Il Duffer. He
was what you might call sub-Duffer,
or Narnish, which means that the Com
mittee was ashamed to mark up the
Handicap.
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whole appearance was that of a per-
son laboring under some intense spell
of terror or excitement.
She looked me over with fairly de-
youring glance. She beckoned to me
urgently. AS l approached the couch
she seized my sleeve with feverish
haste and whispered hoarsely:
Don't let him hear-preteud ~
| was thrilled and startled. | fol-
lowed the mystery Of the moment only
so far as to Surmise that my patient
was in deadly fear Of the sinister man
who had uShered me into the room.
and whom she apparently suspected Of
being an eavesdrOpper on the other
side of that closed door.
"Pretend what?" l stumbled.
Il need no DOCTOR" she whispered.
Then in perfectly audible voice she
added: Doctor, cannot sleep. / am
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-23
The CLOSED DOOR
By GEORGE ELMER COBB.

had not Il friend IL the city. | had
not dollar i'll my pocket. Everything
in the way of honest employment mad
failed me. That is how | came to be
Il burglar, or rather came near to be
Ing one. Let not the superlnan de-
SpiSe me for this confession. My
theme will show how erratic is the
Whirligig of fate, how at the brink Of
temptation and sordid crime an in
stinct of innate sympathy came to a
hayward, erring one and redeemed him
at the crisis of destiny
1t was by haphaZard that l became
visitor to a den where thieves and
crackSmcn cOngregated in their idle
moments. 1t was through curiosity
WatchfulneSS and keeping my ears
open that | gathered up 4 knowledge
of the clever ways of the crook, that
| realized how easy it was to make
enough at one big haul to start life
anew in some remote community, for
get the incident and acquire Il new
plane for honest existence. All this
was fallacy, for my deviation from
the path of rcctitudc would have sure
~ held me in the tolls that never let
free a criminal once started on the
downward path. III my case peculiar
circumstances operated to lead me
back to the path called Straight.
To MY story: l had found in the
den one night Il small, neat-looking
case someone had negliGently left
there, and when l got with it to my
own room | found it to contain
superb kit of burglars tools. The
modern craftsman no longer carries
clumsy bag. As inspected the choice
collection of jimmies, picklockS and
skeleton keys, | Comprehendpd their
utility. l gratified my vain thought of
eXpertnpSs by prying my room window,
by locking and unlocking my room
door without a key. My attire was as
yet respectable. My face was not I'M
The police would
scarcely suspect that was other than
a respectable clerk or professional
man. | started forth on my mission
l had selected superior-lOOking
apartment house as my point of as
Sault. 1t was three stories in height,
and the top floor was dark, so far as
could make out, and the presumption
was that its usual tenant was away
from home. | had no difficulty what
ever in turning the spring lock of the
key did the business. II required a
little more ingenuity to use the nip
Ders III turning the key in the door of |
he top suite Of rooms. but | made it. |
entered the darkened apartment war
ly. l closed the door after me and |
stood still, the tool case in my hand, |
listening intently. | was about to |
advance, when distinctly traced foot |
'tepS behind the draperied doorway of |
he adjoining room. Then | was daz-
led by binding flash of brilliancy.
The electric lights had been switched |
N from the next room, the draperies |
parted, man stepped into view.
"Ah" he spoke, with quite a well
'oming nod, as though expecting me,
the doctor? The door was unlocked?
did not know it. Be seated, please"
l was quite taken unawareS, but l
to preserve my nerve and
/ sank to q chair, compre-
lending that this man had sent for a
MUSICIAN and mistOok me for one.
~ host had the most villainOus face |
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-23
Fable Of the Scoffer Who Fell
Hardandthe Woman SittingBy
By GEORGE AIDE
Copyright by the Mcclure Newspaper syndicase)
By GEORGE ABE

The latter went along, just out of
Politeness, but he was q good deal dis
appointed in his Friend. 1t certainly
did seem tritiing for Il Huskie weighing
one hundred and eighty to pick on
something about the size of Robins
Egg.
Mr.. Pallzey played Gallery all around
the Course. He would stand behind
them at the Tee and smile in a most
arid and patronizing Manner while
they sand-shutiled and shifted and jig
gled and joggIed and went through the
whole calisthenic Ritual of ST. Vitus.
He was surprised to note how far
the Ball would speed when properly
spanked, but he thought there was no
valid excuse for oyerrunning on the
Approaches.
Mr.. PaIlzey found himself criticizing
the Form Of the Players. That should
have been his Cue to climb the Fence.
All of the Mashiemaniacs start on
the downward Path by making Mind
Plays and getting under BOgey.
Back on the sloping Sward between
two Contestants were holding the usu-
al pOSt-NOrtem.
Let me see that Dcwtlicker a min
ute" said Mr.. Pallzey, as he carelessly
extracted a Mid-Iron.
He sauntered up to the silly Globule
and took an unprecedented Swipe.
The Stroke rang sweet and vibrant.
The ball rose in parabOlic Splendor
above the highest branches Of ven
cradle Elm.
on the Following Through, the Bacil-
lus ran up and bit Mr.. Pallzey on the
Leg.
He saw the blinking White Spot far
out on the emerald Plain. He heard
the murmur of Admiration behind him.
He was sorry his Wife had not been
there to take 1t in.
'Ieave me have another Ball." re
quested Mr.. Pallzey.
The Virus was working.
He backed up so as to get Running
Start.
"This time" quoth Mr.. Pallzey, 81
will push it to Milwaukee,"
Missing the Object of Attack by a |
scant six inches, he did Il Genee toe |
spin and fell heavily with his Face |
among the Dandelions.
The Host brushed him off and said |
Your Stance was wrong; your Tee |
was too high; you raised the Left |
Shoulder; you We're too rapid on the
Comeback; the Grip was all in the
Left Hand; you looked up; you moved
your Head at the top of the Stroke;
you allowed the Left Knee to turn,
and you stood ahead of the Ball. 9th
erWise, it was q LOo-LoO."
eff I come out next Sunday could
you borrow me a Kit of Tools?" asked
Mr.. PallZey. He was twitching violent
y and looking at the Ball as if it had
called him Name. II got the first
1ne all right, and l think"
So it was arranged that the Door
doomed Creature was to appear on the
following Sabbath and be equipped
with set Of Cast-offs and learn all
lbOut the Mystery of the Ages be-
.Ween IL a. N. and 2 p. m.
Mr.. Pallzey went away not knowing
hat he was a Marked Man.
On Monday he told the Stenographer
low he stung the Ball the first time
lp. He said he was naturally quick
It picking up any kind Of Game. He
hOught it would be Lark to get the
lang CT the Whole Business and then
ret after some of those Berries in the
White Pants. He figured that Golf
would be Pipe for anyone who had
played Baseball when young.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-23

had ever seen. The moment my eyes
rested upon him | read him through
and through as scoundrel. My analy-
sis later proved entirely correct.
noted his crafty eye studying me Keen
ly. Its sinister glow repealed me, but
likewise put me on my guard.
Doctor" he said in low tone, 81
have sent for you ut the within of my
Wife, who while an invalid is not in
any duarerouS condition. Contiden-
TALLY, she is a hypochrondiac, has pc
culiar fancies, and one is that she is
about to die. 1Ou will cater to her
fancies, give her a Sleeping potion that
will quiet her and Your mission is
done. AS have some important writ
ing to do. kindly make the visit brief.
Here is your fee in advance. You IN
derstandw
Entirely So" nodded, with truly
professional smile. "These cases are
quite common" and l determined in
deed, to curtail my services as much
as possible, to get out of the way be-
fore the real physician summoned
should arrive.
The man led me through the adjoin-
ing apartment, tapped at the door of
a third room and said. CURLY: "Herc
is the doctor" opened the door, uSh-
cred me across the threshold and
closed the door after me-
Upon a couch lay woman prema-
turely old. What l first noticed was
her eyes, glowing, cleaning, bright,
haunted. The face was white and
Wrinkled. Her hands trembled, her
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-23

bAN1t Win MS Hair neatly set
S/dJN1 back around the Ears and
ICh1 the usual Blood Pressure
TLEia was WhizZing through O
suburban LOneSOmeness on
lettering Trolley. The name of the
man was Mr.. Pallzey. He had desk
with Concern that did merchandising
in q large way.
MI. Pallzey feared Socialism and
carried his Wife's Picture in his Watch
ara wore Plasters. In other words. he
was Normal, believing nearly every
thlng that appeared in the Papers.
lille the Dog-Fennel was softly
brushing the Foot-BOard and the Motor
was purrinS consistently beneath, Mr..
iallzey looked over into Il close-cropped
faSture and became the alert Eye-Wit-
ness OF some very weird Doings.
lie saw pop-eyed Person in soiIed
NeSlge, who made threatening move
ments toward something concealed in
the White Glover, with Weapon re-
sembling the iron Dingus used in goug-
ing the ClinkerS from Furnace.
hat is the plot of the Piece?" he
Inquired Of a Grand Army man. sitting
next.
Il think" replied the Veteran, 81
think he is killing a Garter-Snake."
oh no." spoke up the conversations
al Conductor. "He is playing Golluf,"
giving the word the Terre Haute pro-
nunciatiOn.
Mr.. Pallzey looked with pity on the
poor Nut who was out in the Hot Sun,
getting himself all lathered I'D with
One-Man Skinny.
He said to G. A. r. that it took all
kinds of People to make q World The
grizZled Warrior arose to an equal At
titude by remarking that if the dag
goned Loon had to do it for q Living,
he'd think it was Work.
MIR. Pallzey had heard of the new
Diversion for the Idle Rich, Just as
people out in the Country hear Of
MilkSickness or falling Meteors, both
well authenticated but never encoun-
tered.
While rummaging through the Sport
ing Page he could come across a cryp-
tic Reference to MacFearsOn of Drum
tOchtie being 3 up and to play on
Hargis of Sunset HO, whereupOn he
would experience a sense of Annoy
ance and DO quick Hurdle.
He had seen in various Show-Win-
dows the spindly Utensils and snowy
Pellets which, he had reason to be-
lieve, were affiliated in some way with
the sickening Fad. He would look at
them with extreme Contempt and rath-
er resent their communicating contigu-
ity to the Mask, the Shin-Guard, and
the upholstered Grabber.
Mr.. Pallzey believed that Golf was
played by the kind of White Rabbits
who march in Suffrage Parades, wear
ing Gloves.
The dreaded Thing lay outside of his |
Orbit and beyond his Ken, the same as
Tatting or Biology. His conception of |
q keen and sporty game was Pin Pool |
or Jacks Only with the Deuce running |
wild.
One Sunday he was invited out to q |
Food Saturnalia at a COuntry-Place. |
TIE Dinner was postponed until late in |
the Day because they all dreaded it so |
much.
Friend Host said he had q twOsOme |
on at the Club and was trying out an
imported Cleek, so he invited Mr.. Pail
Zey to be a Spectator.
If he had said that he was going up |
in q Balloon to hemstitch a couple of
Clouds, it would have sounded just as
plausible to Mr.. Pallzey of the Whole
sale District.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-06-23

in pain. Please try and relieve me-
Bend closer" came the hushed tones
ensuing. II am in deadly peril. | i'm
| plOre you to do me Il service. Keep
talking about my sickness SO he can
hear you outside there, till hand you
| something"
l understood the situation as my pa
| tient CROPPED under the bed coverings
and produced Il jewel case and long,
| flat wallet.
"Take Them she whispered hur-
riedly. ''Keep up the farce until you
get safely out of the house. Then
hurry to the address written on Il card
inside the wallet. Deliver these things
to my niece. Tell her l shall be
robbed, or murdered, if she does not
hurry the police to my rescue. You
shall be richly rewarded"
| made i great Clatter at my sup
posed medicine case. / voiced lot Of
medical gibhtriSh. | babe my patient
IA truly professional adieu. | left the
room, to be shown to the door by my
host who looked elfish and satisfied
as l Indicated that his wife would
sleep soundly through the night, and
| read his mind meditated robbery,
perhaps worse.
An automobile pulled up in front
Of the house as reached the street. A
professional-looking man stepped out.
The real doctor had arrived.
| gave my case Il fling into an empty
lot and inspected the wallet 1t WAS
filled with bank notes of large denOm-
ination. | opened the little box. A
galaxy of precious, flashing gems came
into view
"Alce Derby, 30 Waltham street."
the card within the wallet read. I
hailed a taXicab. Half an hour later
stood within the parlor of a neat,
pretty cottage explaining my mission
to the fairest young cerature | had
ever met, and her father. The latter
became instantly excited. He hurried
from the house with the words:
"Sir, | fear to leave my daughter
alone, while the man you have seen
tonight is at large" and so | had that
first bliSsful interview with Alice
Derby.
AS I learned later the man I had
met was the diSowned husband of my
patient and an escaped convict. He
was returned to prison that night.
| never told the true story of my
acceptance as a doctor. My patient,
indeed, rewarded me-she helped me
win the peerless Alice for my bride.
Copyright 1917 by w. G. Chapman)
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As an Exponent OF the more ad-
vanced Play he was q Flfv. but as
Matchmaker he Was Il IGum-Dinger.
lie knew he was plain pastry for the
Sharks, So he would hang around the
first Tee waiting 10 cop out something
Soft.
one day he took on Mrs. Olmsteads
Infant Son, just homo from Military
School. The tender Cadet nurscd him
along to an cvon-up at the Punch-Bowl
ana then proceeded to smear His Vital
Organs all over the Bad Lands.
That evening Mr.. Pallzey told Mrs.
Pallzey she would have to cut down
on Household Expenses.
Six years after he gave UP the Bust
ness Career and c0nsecrated himself to-
something more Important, Mr.. Pallzey
had so well mastered the battling lntri-
caCeS that he was allowed to trail i'll Il
FourSome with the President of the
Club. This happened once.
1t is we'll known that any Person
who moocheS around Country Club
for a sufficient Period will have some
kind Of q Cup wished on to him.
Fourteen vaars oftar Mr. pa112ev
threw himself into if IInort ana SouJ
and when the FyrpnseS annroximared
$4,000 he earnrd his Uoin
one evenipl, he come hack to his
ha-@ard Companion chortling infant
wise, and displayed something which
looked like nm Fyc-C,Ir with Handles
an II
lie said it was @ Tror,hv II was n
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-01

was expected soon after the recogni- tion of Carranza by the United States but was stopped by the state of af- fairs which manifested itself in the northern part of that country where regardless of his promises Carranza failed to exercise the control which he claimed to have and where little or no effort was made to protect American interests or rights.
 Following the sending of the puni- tive expedition into that country. an effort was made to adjust the situa- ton through a commission. With char acteristic stubbornness Carranza in sisted upon his own way. There was no well defined policy on the part of this government and the result was that Carranza had his way. the commis- sion's verdict was set aside. the Amer ican troops were ordered home and it has now been decided to resort to di- ment of the relations between the two countries and to aid, Mexico to again get onto it's feet and restore peace.
 We are now getting back to the point where we were when relations were severed. CarTanza has been suc- cessful in the stand which he took and the policy, such as it was. which was pursued by this country has fail ed to produce results. Resort is now to be made to former methods and 1t remains to be seen whether there will be any improvement over the condi- tions which have existed since the early days of Carranza's supremacy.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-01
eERMANY,s NEW NOTE.

With the note which the imperial German government has sent to this and all neutral governments. a new and much more serious aspect is given to the promised intensifcation of the naval warfare among the nations of Europe. It attempted to shift the re- sDonsfbilfty for the continuation of the war by the peace proposals and now 1t takes advantage of the peace activ- 1ty in which President Wilson has been engaged to declare that regard less of whatever restrictions it has respected in the past these are hence forth to be cast aside and naval war fare with all the ruthlessness that can be commanded will be. carried on.
 This must be taken to mean that the submarine and the mine are to be utilized in all their frightfulness for the destruction of each and every vessel which is encountered. What ever regard has been paid in the past to the rules of war, to the rights of peaceful merchantmen. to the privileges of neutrals and to the rights of hu- manfty is to be abandoned Moth ing is to be allowed to stand in the way of the use of every available weapon for attaining victory. What ever restraint has been placed upon the won Tirpitz policy in the past has been brushed aside. Germany gives warning that such is necessary in or der to win the war. It bids defiance to all restrictions and the most as- founding part of it is, in spite of the treatment which has been accorded the neutra1s during the past two and half years. including the murder of its citizens. that it now asks them to endorse this new terrorism and to aid in carrying it out Germany gives notice that it is playing it's last trump and will balk at nothing to win, The note presents new and serious sit- nation
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-01
STORIES OF THE WAR
For the One Armed Soldiers.

After countless experiments. a draw ing table or board has been invented which, by means of magnets to hold T-squares and triangles tight, can be utilized by one-armed men, It had been feared that many soldiers, who were architects before the war, and who have either lost one arm or it's use, would have to go into some other calling after the conflict. The new in vention opens up great possibilities for them after all.
 The new table is so arranged that an electric current can be turned on with the foot which will catch and hold per- fectly tight by means of tiny magnets any object that may lie on top of the table. The one-armed draughtsman has only to adjust his implements ex- actly to his liking, press a lever with his foot, and then take a pencil or pen and work with it.
 The use of the magnets has been varied so that. only a small portion of the top of the table is magnetized at once, requiring only minimum amount of current. The new invention which was evolved in the turbine shops of the General Electric Company, can be operated from an ordinary electric light connection. or. if desired, through batteries
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-01
THEIR UNLIMITED ESTATE

delighted and felt well repaid for our trouble. It was a good frame house, with all the modern touches, and the yard was a perfect delight.
 T remember how my wife stood at the gate and waved her hand over the great stretch of snow, planning out her gardens. I begged her for some space for vegetables and together we planned the whole yard. We took the house almost immediately and in a short time we moved in."
 Young folks are quick in deciding" !"
 Sometimes too quick" Simmons said grimly. "The day we moved in the Evanston place there was a heavy thaw and out of the snowdrift, ap- peared fence close to the house. Our yard measured exactly ten feet deep in front and twenty-five feet at the back."-Chicago News
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-01
lures exported from any other country

lures exported from any other country compilation by the Foreign Trade Department of the National City Bank of New York shows that our own ex- ports of manufactures in 1916 exceeded $S, 900, ,0OO, 900, while the highest export record ever made by Great Britain formerly the worlds largest exporter of manufactures, was $2,o00,o0o,0 ,0o0, in 1913, the year immediately preceding the war; Germany $1,6S0, 100000. and France $772,000,00. Prior to the war among the nations in exportation Of manufactures. those from Great Brt= tain in 1913 being as above indicated $2,O12, 900, 900, Germany $1,6Sl ,0OO'OOV, France s772, 2,oO0,ooO, these four coun- tries, Great Britain. Germany, United States and France. supplying about two thirds of the ss, 900. .ooo. .000 worth of manufactures entering international trade in 1913.
 Even prior to the war our own share in the worlds exportation of manu- factures was gaining more rapidly than those of the other great exporters Of manufactures, Great Britains exports of manufactures grew from $1.140, ,O0o,- 900 in 1913 to $2.012. .00O, 900 in 1915, an increase of approximately " per cent. those of Germany from $7s4. .000, 900 in 1908 to S1,681, ,0O0, ,000 in 1913, an in- crease of 115 per cent; those of France from s470, ,000, 900 in 1903 to STA, ,000.- 900 in 1913. an increase of 65 per cent; while those of the United States grew from $468. 8.000.00 in 1903 to $1,1S5, 0oO,- 900 in 1913, an increase of 153 per cent.
 It is, however, since the beginning Of the war that the United States has made her great increase in the expor- tation of manufactures which amount ed in the calendar year 1914 to Ss74,-