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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-01-24
HIS WIFE DECIDES
American Woman Wants Hubby
to Be Equal to Other Men.
DEGREES When She MarrIes That Her
Life-Partner Must Not BE Out
shone by Mates Of the Wom-
en- She Knew.

The lawyer stopped at Tho small
downtown fruit store to give an order
for the oranges upon which he fed at
humid noon says the New York Sun.
"pve moved to the Blank building"
he told the proprietor. "Got settled
yesterday"
"What floor?" asked the fruit MGR
chant.
"The fifth" said the lawyer. "Rooms
D18 to 522."
"Better use 51s for yourself" said
the fruit man. its cooler In summer
and brighter In winter"
So Perhaps Mr.. Oppenheim was
not far off In his game Of the thorough
ness OF spy systems. But the lawyer
asked rather badly: "How do you
know thatT'
II shIned shoes in the Blank build
ing for six years." said the trader In
oranges. my best years"
Meaning Of course" said the law
yer, ''that you were young"
Meaning that made more money
with less work." said the fruit dealer.
"Thirty or forty dollars a week. No
rent, no expense except a few pennies
for backing. Backing doesn't spoil
and fruit does. Now everything is ex-
pense. pay rent for this little store
and rent for my house in Brooklyn;
rent for the place where we keep our
motor truck In Manhattan and rent for
the garage near the house where keep
the little car / take the family out in
on Sundays. My partner wanted to
make the fruit business a corporation,
to be stylish, 80 we pay stock tax to
the state and corporation tax TO the
government, whether we make money
or not. And there are two automobile
license taxes. and over home | nave
water tax and a dog tax. My life In
surance costs me over 500 year"
The lawyer nodded alphabetically,
but did not denounce the multiplicity
of taxes. His own income WIS fat
tened by the completely of revenue-Dro-
ducing methods.
at would be simpler" he suggested,
"to have continued shining shoes"
81 got Married" said the fruit mer-
chant, as II that were II complete an
Ewer.
'In democracy said the lawyer,
not comprehending, ''man has the hap
piness, no matter what his means OF
honest income may be. Of being equal
TO other men. For instance. there's
Angelo, the bootblack ~ the corner
He's happy and glad to have a prosper
Gus stand"
angelo isn't married" said the fruit
man.
"what has that to do with itfr asked
the lawyer.
Everything" said the fruit man. In
America every man has the same right
as another. which IL to try 20 make
himself the equal Of the other men that
he Il supposed TO make himself equal
20. That il why I must take risks and
pay lot Of expenses and not go back
to ahining shoes"
"And who decides" asked the law
yer. ''whnt manner of man . man shah
make himself equal tof
Ellis wife decides" was the answer,
'He must be equal to the husbands OF
the women she knows"
Upon this the lawyer went away,
knowing thar there was no evidence In
rebuttnl. on arriving at his new offices
he found. indeed, that room bis faced
the south.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-01-24
waa HUXLEY ceIor.n Ilndf

Hon. Doctor Lytte;toD relates
story Of Of the late Professor Huxley.
He was walking one day with > friend
who differed from him In being q sim
cere believer OF the Christian faith.
Suddenly Huxley said: when feel
that people believe In Christianity, 1
take It for granted they are muddle-
headed and confused In mind, but you
are man with a clear head. How
does II come about that you believe In
those things, which TO me are unimag-
lnablef' The other replied do you
think there Is such thing possible a.
mental color-blindness, by which
mean there are some minds Incapable
OF seeing what others see quits dis
tinctly, just as there are some others
who cannot see eolors which others
see plainly7"
Huxley stopped In his walk, and
said: "Of course, that may be, and
that is perfectly possible" and then.
with all the grand honesty Of his tenn
permanent, he said: "And II / hap
pened 10 be man OF that kind,
should not know IT." He then walked
on without saying any more.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-01-24
FORESTS SURVIVE The a.
Flora Of Australia Different Fr2n
That Of All Other Countries
In the World.

One readily understands why
Australian loves his trees The gre
Of giant eucalyptus form pictures new
forgotten, and the scent Of the watt
brings a homesick feeling like the siEe
of sage to the Westerner.
The fora is not only beautiful u
unique and has no counterpart in ote
lands, observes the National q
graphic Magazine. OF the 100
species of plants most Of them &
purely Australian and are unknbs
even in New Zealand. TIE genoa
impression one gets OF Australian faf
ests is their total unlilsellness 70 nny
thing seen elsewhere. The great fof
ests Of timber trees are moi damp nm
shaded and all Of one species. hut ~
well lighted and filed with other f0s
ests of shorter trees; In places tic
woods consist Of large. widely sraceG
trees, surrounded only by bunch giass
and even In areas where water II not 10
be found on the surface for hundreds
OF square miles true forests % 10y
trees are present.
Forms which may be recogulzod Gs
tulip, lily. honeysuckle and fern tnba
on surprising aspect. They nre rot
garden flowers. hut trees. and the iantt
scape OF which they form a part ~
minds one OF the hypothetical pcrloa
antedating our own millions Of yenrs
The trees are indeed those of q b,
gone age. In America and Euro
shadowy forms Of fossil Ienves o.
strange plant species are gathered from
the rocks and studied with intero
in Australia many OF these nncior
trees are living. The impression "a
one is looking at landscape WI
has forever disappeared from OIL
parts of the world Is so vivid that to-
Gins and naples and oaks IN s"iue
the city streets strike jarring not,
The transition from Jurasslc 10 moderr
times Is painfully abrupt.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-01-24
HIs Crouch.

"You need never accept any more
dinner invitations from them"
"Why not?"
'"rhey only invite US when they want
to use u.s."
Il don't see whit makes you talk
that way. It was lovely dinner party
and they certainly gave us nice
time"
''oh, the dinner was all right, but
we weren't asked because they really
wanted us. You saw that homely girl
they made me take IN to dinnerT
ayes"
swell, all the other men there
had good-looking partners They GIN
ply had to have someone to unload her
onto and they picked me out for the
Job"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-01-24

why should daily life together as.
siroy fhe mutual consideration aud
cogntesy u funn and woman ahpw 81.
lore naFrfas. which they would eoa.
tuus AZ mere frfendsi II husnrl
snd wife. no mntter how much ii,y
love each other. no matter 81, whnl
close rnnEe they live. would siilys Is
gmni each other to- treatment Ufi.l
ordinary good breeding exhcts. vopld
respect one another NJ individuals Dut
as household furniture would foster
mutual forbeprancc AHd ordinary %.
litencss Ia 'Gittle things" then tho
divorce courts would be cheated ehll.
dren would suffer fewer violations "
their innliennhle rights 10 homo Hhd
harmony and there would BE- 'rx
cynical complaint Of "samethinr rot
ten In tie state OF matrimany. e." Mary
y. Walter, In the Chicago News.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-01-24
A Complete job.

They were very tired battalion and
very Coekney battalion. md when
they spoke 10 the members Of the bat
TALON who had met them their speech
was rich with explosives.
Said sympathIZer OF the other bat-
TALON
you look jolly tired. mate. Ave
yer bin fart"
The spokesman OF the weary ones
answered shortly and sweetiy:
"Bln ferl Why, we've walked over
nearly the ole o. France, and wet we
ain. walked over we've got in our sand.
bags. '-Tit-Blts.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-01-24
Prefer Irregular Lines.

The straight line is an abornina
lion to the Chinese. They endeavor
to avoid 1t in their streets and build.
ings, and have banished II completely
where country field paths are con.
cerned They win always substitute
a curve wherever possible or they
win torture II with a zigzag. To the
Chinese mind the straight line Is sug-
gestive of death and demons.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-01-24

There IL an ancient saying that "Ons
should.never speak Of a rope to man
whose father was hanged" and there
IL great deal implied In those few
words. In effect, is meant that subjects
OF conversation should be carefully In
PRODUCED where persons present are
not knQH'a TO a certain extent; that Il.
TINT foshing untoward has happened,
n, III 1EAz1 that Mnf3ld naIxa
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-01-24
Queen of uearta.

The name, Queen Of Hearts, was
given In the low countries to Eliza
beth. daughter Of James / and the
unfortunate queen of Bohemia. When
her fortune was at the lowest ebb she
never lost her dignity of spirit, and
poverty and distress only rendered her
the more an object Of admiration.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-01-24
Must Find Trouble.

There are some people in this world
who would not be just sure they We're
living II they couldn't scrnpe together
collection Of small troubles either
their own or other peoples, about
which they might feel irritatsd.--St
Paul Pioneer Press.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-01-24
Encot al ndora.

II is stated that strong perfumes
have power 10 lDtoxicate and be-
nnmb, ana workers IA the perfume
laboratories arc occasionally 50 much
Infected rs to ncel meGieal ~.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-01-24
With the saaes.

A hero is he who taking both repu
tatIon and life in his hands wlll VIII
perfect urbnnity, dare the giboet aif
the nob, by the absolute truth q ID
speech ana roctitude Of his b5layiu.
-lanegsUa.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-01-24
Feminine Na.,,,

Feminine nature, fortunately, re-
mains about the same from genera
tion to generation and, while we have
no relieble statistics at hand at the
moment, we do not believe that the
higher education ofswemsp hos result.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-01-24
Trees In Greenland.

Lofty trees once grew In Greenland
and nearly all Of the inhospitabIe
northern lunds.. Trees Of the same
sorts as are growing today are found
as fossil remains 10 countries where
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-01-24
His Renular Hour.

F'ather-Helen, isn't 1t about time
you were entertaining the prospect Of
matrimony?
Daughter-Not quite, pa. He doesn't
call until eight o'clock.--Judee.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-01-24
NoodIea

Son--Pa, what do the head hunters
do with the heads after they get them
Pa--Make noodle soup of them,
guess. Don't bother me agaIn.--Amer-
lean Boy.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-01-24

Wherever the tree of benencence
takes root It sends forth branches be-
yond tho Say Saadi
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-01-24
s
E. TRICE g. co.
MECHAN1CSVILLE. MD.
Quality style Price
5sst Latest Lowest

10000
BnRRics, Flour aud Salt
bought 10 car lots; therefore
ee offer . variety 81 buggics
"a choosc from II the lowest
pricei.
The newest slylos 10 Ready - Wear
Clothing. Also agents for the Eng.
lsh.Amerlcun and be Royal Tailors.
Endicoti johnson and sely Shoes In
All styles We buy right, are satisfied
sith small profits and try - please
ssssr a. slnrners
Special attention given e. mail or
dors. Highest price paid Tor eggs
GROCERIES. We will save you
money Give W. call aud be con-
vinced.
FLAX autcn1obiis Tires "deils-
cred by parcel pest" TO any part
Of county.
Agents for Buffalo Paint
l-7.'i5--y
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-01-24
Lumber.

vii keen eoasiahuy go n&na a
t,sosaTdtown whAff fuii supply Of
BOABDs, sCAsILiN1. WEATHER
BOAkDlho. FLooRfAO, PALtNtis
DRESSED nOA Rils, NHik 1Lfss. AZ
All orders COT LambsI. ssofs. sash,
iAIha Lime. ana Hair rfempsiy 81
tended %
~ Caah upon delivery ~ yard.
JOS. 4. MAI.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-01-24
RsvoIutIona.

Revolutions are not made; they
come.-Wendell Phillips.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-01-24
FOR RENT

Store building Ia LoonardtoWn; we'll
located on Main Street Rent reason.
able, Apply
KING & ABEId.,
IeonRrdtown, Md,
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1918-01-24
OTaYillG Plant Farm

Away on hand, rrady Tor delivery,
Az Garden and Field Plants
Rdapted 20 che season,
Ia large br small lots
Fail. srEtIAL Now IS the tune 70
plant for early Spring Cabbage loo,
90 Earlv Jersey Wakefield Cabbage
Plants, 25c per ioa, e per 100; imme-
disto delivery hy parcel post, 30c per
100. Cash must accompany order
Personal inspection inYitod and de-
sired
Phone TURNER'S Store.
JOS. N. REEoER.
oraviIIe, Nd.
G2+ly
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-06
THEAT ERS

plays the title role charmingly.
There will be a final performance
tonight. Beginning tomorrow mat
inee will be The Third Degree"
Charles Klein's greatest drama. Mr..
Richey, the leading man with the
Williams Stock company will have
an opportunity TO display his ability
in a third degree scene at which
time he is the victim of an IN
scrupulous police captain. The plot
Of the play has TO 90 with a young
son of the idle rich who marries
beneath his station. Unable -
make both ends meet, tired with
worry. he takes 10 drinking heavily
and in a sodden condition he visits
a friend for the purpose of borrow
ing some money. During a drunk
en- stupOr that follows a tragedy
takes place Circumstantial evidence
is very strong against him and but
for the Intervention of his despised
little wife he would have been
forced TO suffer punishment for a
crime which he did not commit.
The play has many dramatic mo
ments and Mr.. Williams promises
an excellent production. There will
be matinee Sunday and Tuesday
with a final performance Wednes-
day night.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-06
Al THE OLIVER.

There will be a matinee this az
ternoou after the Liberty loan pa
rGde is over The matinee will be
given 50 that all OF the oliver pa
irons Will have an opportunity OF
seeing The Girl From Out Yon-
der" The play is the one IN which
Adelaide Thurston made her ma
tion-wide reputation and Miss Leone
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-06
Al TIE ORPHEUM.

Final opportunity VIII be given
patrons Of the Orpheum theater to-
day TO see the excellent bill featur-
ing People and Greenwald's 1918
Song and Dance Revue" Other acts
included on the program are THE
Unexpected" an unusual comedy
drama, Neal Abel Dewey and Day
ton and the Aerial Eddys.
Beginning tomorrow the new bill
is toplined by a big patriotic fea-
ture entitled, All for Democracy"
i'm which the hOnored president is
visited by the spirit of such famous
men as Grant. Washington. Lee and
Lincoln. Roth and Roberts, com
edy character artists; Matte ChCate
and company, in "a comedy sketch
entitled. "Outclassed;" Mack and
Lane. clever entertainers i'm song
and dance. and the Equillo broth
ers. masters Of equilibrium. make
up the bill
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-06
"0H Boy COMING

"Oh, Boy" the smarest and most
brilliant of the seasons musical
comedies. under the personal direc-
tion a f. Ray Comstock and Will
liam Elliott will come TO the Oliver
this sprins.
"Oh Boy is the fourth and the
most successful musical comedy 10
lie produced at the New York Prin-
cess theater, where it continues 20
play TO enormous business.
The book of "Oh, Boy is by Guy
Bolton and p. c. Wodehouse and
the music is by Jerome Kern. The
score comprises any number Of
popular musical hits. among which
are "An Fashioned Wife" ~
Pal Like YOU" Till the Clouds Roll
10y, The First Day of May" ana
others.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-06
JAPS LAND IN
SIBERIA WITH
SMALL FORCE
Sent Ashore at VIadivostok
Following ShOOting-0ne
Subject of MikadO is
Dead, 3 Wounded.

WASHINGTON. A4-I Gland
ing OF japanese naval forces at
Vladisvostok to protect life and
property was reported 90 the state
department today Dy the American
consul there
the action followed an attack
on Japanese officer by five arm
"a Russians. who upon being re-
fused money. killed one Japanese
and wounded two others The force
landed was said 20 bee small and
only sufficient 10 prevent further
disorders
No Political significance.
10 was learned officially that the
American government attaches no
political significance 10 this incl
dent Tn other words. it is not re-
sardcd as being connected i'm any
way with the much discussed pos
sibiIity OF japanese Intervention i'm
Siberia The landing party was
from "a Japanese cruiser stationed in
Eladlvostok harbOr.
Since the return 90 Japan from
Russia OF Baron Uchida. the Jap
anese minister 20 Petrograd. the
Japanese prime minister has indi-
Gated clearly that Japan does not
intend at present at least TO enter
Siberia iu a military way without
reference 10 the wishes of the RUS
sian government. unless some ex-
treme emergency should arise IT
has teen assumed here that such
f...
ton Of the German military pris-
ouers I'm Siberia into an armed force
designed 90 seize control of the
country. or the taking possession by
factions hostile TO the entente allies
90 the great quantity of military
stores accumulated 1T NladivCstok
i}cIievc Trouble i Local
Neither of these contingencies has
arisen at Nladivostok and the state
department Information indicates
that tine trouble at the port is pure
Iy local and such as might be ex-
pected 20 occur ~ any time where
disorder!y elements were gathered
without any strong local authority
en- control.
While the bolsheviki element pre-
dominates 40 the port, it peVeI has
been able To assert It's authority and
preserve order Consequently. the
attack upon japanese is regarded
as indicating the existence OF such
situation as. under the general
principles of international law.
would not emily warrant but demand
The active intervention OF any for
..t-. r,t-s1 forco which might mo
present
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-06
|. w. w. PROVE TO
BE AN QNRULY LOT
TN CHICAGO JAIL

CHICAGO. April Slight juror:
had been rendered by the govern
ment 10 the defense and four OF
them had been tentatively accepted
by both sides when the trial Of IL
leaders and organizers Of the In
dustrial Workers OF the World
charged with plotting 10 destroy war
industries by strikes, adjourned to-
night.
The defense exercised the first OF
its ten peremptOry challenges when
counsel for the government asked
that the first four jurors agreed up
on be sworn. William Mallow OF
Chicago, an employer of labor. was
excused.
Benjamin II. Williams, former ed
itor of Solidarity" an I. w. w
publication, who was arrested in
Cleveland by federal officers on the
indictment returned by the fed
eral grand jury last September. will
be brought to Chicago immediate
ly
Unless Williams exercises his
right TO protest that the trial is
ALREADY under way he Will De tIleO
with the rest of the defendants
said Claude r. Porter, special as
sistant attorney general.
The government used the third
Of its six peremptory challenges to-
day to excuse A venireman, whose
war views did not satisfy the prose
cutiOn. Government attorneys have
questioned all prospective jurors
closely as 10 their ancestors, the
newspapers and magazines they
read. their sympathies before Amer
lea entered the war, and the pres
ent activities Of each on the prose
cution of the war.
The defendants were fed by the
government in the federal building
tonight under heavy guard. They
had protested 10 Judge lands
against food provided at the county
Jail. County officials declared the
food at the jail was wholesome and
said it had been wasted by the de-
PENDANTS who were characterized as
the most unruly lot ever confined
in the Jail.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-06
AT TIE AUDITORIUM.

Mrs. Stacker a five-reel feature,
is todays chief attraction at the
Auditorium. The story tells OF the
love affair OF a boy and girl. sin
cere in their affections. but on the
boys part the marriage is fastened
through his desire 10 avoid draft.
The young wife looks on her boy
ish husband as being brave and
noble and when she finally finds
that he is a Stacker. she dons a uni
form in the attempt TO make up for
his shortcomings. 4 German spy
enters into the events, and the wa
tcrworks are about 10 be blown up
when the boy "hnds" himself and
spurred by his wife's patriotism,
circumvents the spy's plans and
Joins the colors. Luke Loses Pa
tents" a two-reel Pathe comedy
and the Pathe weekly are also on
tcday's bill William $. Hart in
''The Fugitive" a sensational west
ern picture; Billy West in The Or
derly:" Mutt and Jefi. the regular
release OF the sensational serial
story. The Bulls Eye" and the
Pathe news will be given tom orrow.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-06

This would seem To bc new
manifestation OF the familiar Ger
man strategy of enCirCling an OBJ
jcctivc difficult To Get 10y direct
attacking. If the Germans can
not succeed i'm breaking through
To- AmicnS i'm the next two or
three DAYS il will bc safe 10 con-
cIude that the second phase of his
great offensive has been pcrma-
ncnIy checked. IL the French
and British do not Immediately
counter attack. should the Ger
mans make any material advance
toward AmiCnS. We shall he bound
to conclude that the British and
French reserves have been con-
,umcd i'm checking the first dash,
hut there now seems reasonable
ground for expecting counter
offensive provided the Germans
are compelled to pay heavy
price for small advances i'm the
next few days.
In any event the new phase of
the German offensive. n 10 be-
gins docs not carry WIFI IL SUN
peril "a did the drive of two weeks
ago. 30 far. Il il local offensive,
and the great hattie which was
Co have been sedan or a Wa
tcrlOO. seems Co M over.
The battle for Amicns with its
great hut only local values has
begun and there can bc no mis-
taking the fact that Amicns i I'm
danger and will remain - until
the end Of present phase. The Ger
mans il thus gambling for Amiens
at the risk Il would seem. Of dan
crgOus flank attacks both from
the south and the north. His
communication has not been re-
stored n vet and the fact that ne
has begun a new attack 50 soon.
before mis- heavy artillery can get
up. would suggest that he Il anX-
iou~ n~ to his flanks and eager TO
exploit his original gains n far
as possible before the counter
blows come.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-06

cnrdy has thus diminished TO a
battle OF Amicns.
The question OF allied strategy
Is now squarely raised. Any FUR
thcr considerable advance of the
Germans toward Amiens will put
that city ina greatest peril IT
fhcrc Dc German advances OF n
fcw miles the allies will have 10
choose between counter attack
and the evacuation OF the city.
ON the other hand. IL may easily
be seen that Foch n waiting un-
oil the Germans have made the
greatest possible sacrifices i'm try
ing To- get Amicns before the
counter attacks.
The German position now l.
one calling either for advance or
for retreat. Both TANKS arc ex-
posed over wide distances and
counter blows directed at Ba-
paumc and Rove which were
even moderately successful would
impcril the safety OF the troops
on the point OF their wcsIgc fac
ing Amiens.
IL seems probable that the al
lies have. for the moment ex-
haustcd their immediate reserves
i'm stopping the first German rush
and manning the greatly extend
cd lines OF the new front. But
the American troops who arc
coming up. the French troops
being relieved by the other
American troops who have gone
into the trenches south OF Yer
dun and British troops who prob
ably have been brought over
from England. must constitute an
eventual reserve. capable OF de-
Iivering heavy blows at no dis
taHt time.