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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-18
BUSINESS CAREER
OF PETER FLINT
A Story of Salesnidnship by
Harold Whitehead

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Mr.; Whitehead wIH dnstDer pour business
questions on buying. selling, advertising dnd
employment. ASH pour questions clearly ard
otpu all the facts. Your correct name dnd
tui address must be Dtuen 10 oil inquiries
ThoSs Thtch are anonymous must be ignored
AhStcers 10 technical questions Diii BE- scni
bV mail. Other questions Uit be dnsDcred
~ this colbtnn. The most interesting prob.
temS OF n9utrcrS toiH be Worch iHto he Siory
Evening star., 1918-08-04

"oh, drop it. Coll, drop it!" said Adam.
STOW that apple stun. It wasn't an
apple that tempted her, anyhow; 1t
was what the New England farmer
calls a tomatter."
well. we don't seem to be getting
anywhere with Methuselah's hottest
4th of August in history" said
Ptolemy. whether Eve fell for an
apple or a tomato or a date may bo
an interesting topic for discussion, but
1t isn't before the house now. You
fellows scatter too much, and move
we stick to the question. Tn quite
anxious to hear that tale Of Methy's
because remember a pretty warm
baby in the 4th of August line myself,
and I'd like to compare 'em."
Same here" said Homer. go on.
Meth; tell the horrid tale and clear the
tracks for the rest Of u.s."
'All right" said Methuse1ah, settling
back in his chair. "If I must I must.
especially since you two ancients seem
to regard it as competition. don't
take dare from anybody, SO hero
goes-beat 1t II you can. It was back
in the old days. when Noah was q
baby and we were having terrific
time pulling him through his second
summer. It was very warm, and q
plague Of antediluvian mosquitoes
had fallen upon us. making day Inn
Evening star., 1918-08-04

contract-made, boarding house blank
ets."
"Yep," said Methuselah. "Heat-proof.
Just the thing to counteract the natural
heat Of anything underneath 1t, and to
promote a greater degree Of frigidity all
around. So put the leg Of lamb In the
refrigerator, covered 1t up with the
blanket and went to bed. Still the. tenn
perature continued to rise and Noah
kept getting more and more fretful, un-
til it come 8 o'clock in the morning Of
August 4, when, to calm him down, I
started for the icebox to get him bot
tie Of milk. When I got there and
opened the refrigerator well. really.
boys, I'm almost afraid to tell you what
found there"
"Oh, I know" laughed Napoleon.
Those mosquitoes had broken in and
stolen the leg Of lamb, and you want US
to believe that 1t had evaporated from
the heat"
Nothing of the Sort" said Methuse-
lah. "It was even moro extraordinary
than that. The ice had melted and then
started to boil. and when I got there
the leg O. lamb was cooked and ready
Munchausen shivered and Napoleon
hummed the ''Marseillaise" under his
breath.
:, Pretty hot night. il you want to
Evening star., 1918-08-04

cause 1t was my birthday at Athens,
and they had to call OF the celebra-
tion in honor Of the day because the
heat melted the head of the statue Of
myself that was to have been unveiled
in the Parthenon."
You had different birthdays in Diff
ferent placeA hadn't your Queried
Napoleon.
Sure" said Homer. August 4th at
Athens. September 18th ct Salamis.
October 18th at Chios. December 18th
at"
20 never mind" said Napoleon. .I
merely wondered whether you were
born simultaneously or merely con-
tinuously. never quite understood
whether you were chronic or spor-
adic."
How conld a man be born simultan-
eously in seven widely separated
places?" demanded Homer.
r. don't KNOW" said Napoleon. "un-
less they phoned you over from place
to place. But how about your hot 4th
Of August. Ptolemyf Do you think
you'd better undertake trial heat
Evening star., 1918-08-04

have hot-water bag along when you
went whale-back riding. BaronT'
Always" said Munchausen. 1.-TWO
Of them, in fact-to keep my feet
warm. It's a very frigid business. is
whale-back riding in the polar re-
gions. and it's really thing a man
who suffers from cold feet should
never attempt"
=. I'll bear that in mind II I am ever
invited to take a whale-back ride
anywhere north Of Boston," said Mar
Gus Aurelius. But this heat Is really
terrible. I met old Stonyface. the
cayeman, on my way over here this
afternoon, and he told mo it is the
hottest 4th of August in 5000 years"
well. he was wrong" put in Me-
thuselah. Its only 202 in the shade,
but I remember a certain August 4
back in my early youth-4.013 years
ago. or thereabouts, forget the exact
year-that was good deal hotter
than this. can't say how much hot
ter in actual degrees, but should say
offhand at least ten or twenty degrees
hotter"
sSiss. -
on there's nothing much to tell.
fpnny," said Methuselah; "and after
laring Munchausen's whale-back
iIfr I'm trifie inclined to keep my
Evening star., 1918-08-04

know what think" said shem.
proudly.
(which nobody does" sneered Ana
MAS
what an acute mind your little
Shemmy has" said Barnum to Noah.
80 quick in its perception Of subtle
point. wish I could have exhibited
him in the old museum days as pre-
historic mental kangaroo, warranted
to jump at conclusion with the ac-
curacy and despatch Of a lightning
calculator. He'd have brought money
day'n ss the box 'f'''' 0" H'a''e'' Mon
well, he's perfectly right" said Ne.
thuselah. 'It was some hot. and I
haven't known . hotter before or
since"
'Wsll. can beat IT." said Homer.
Il quite agree with you that 1t 10
pretty hot when 1t II hot enough to
boils at 2l2 degrees. Now what would
you say II / told that one night. when
I was down in Egypt giving series
Of authors readings in the North
African chautauqua, hot wave swept
over tho Mediterranean so intense
that on waking up In tho morning at
Cairo heard q strange cracking
being fried. to learn the following day
that 1t was my far distant native land
of Greece sizzling in the sunT
IT wouldn't say anything" said Me-
thuselah: II might think something.
but my respect for tho Poets Union,
of which you are q charter member.
would prevent the utterance Of those
thoughts"
"Well, I'm telling you Just the
same." said Homer. flushing: I know
it's hard to believe. but
But We were talking about 4ths Of
August. Home" interjected Shem.
was your day q 18th Of Ausustf"
Yes" replied Homer; Tn sure Of
that. I remember It particularly. be-
Evening star., 1918-08-04
Doings Reported by Wireless
To John Kendrick Bangs
II John

with these other two hot-weather
colts?"
"Of course, do" said Ptolemy. Hot
as their August 4ths were: they ieaSe
country is a sort Of asylum for nor
weather anyhow. Whenever E4I %
wave gets lost anywhere in the Woeiu,
and can't find place to lay lts .iS WeaS
head. it runs over to Egypt ana sets s
down there. and many IS the .iac
when / have seen my thermome.er
registering 687 degrees, or over tnreS
times as hot as it takes wafer 70 p9.i
or grease to crackle. The truth is,
gentlemen. that nt ~ was thsn anywhere
else that ordered my court scienlis.S sos
to make special Thermometer doa
my own private use. registering i'ooo
degrees Fahrenheit;
But. of course, the mercury never ran
that high?"
Ptolemy, gravely. You may 1uage
the situation for Tnst yooTsei,i on this particu
lar 4th of August to which l retes
the mercury not only did rise TO the
1,000-degree point. but actually Droke
through the top of the glass and was
found a week later OIL top OF tns
pyramid of Cheops."
A deep and almost deadly silence
fell upon the group. but a moment OF
two later 1t was broken by shem, who'
in a voice quivering with disappoint-
ment, put the question:
But Ptolemy." he pleaded. "are you
sure it was 4th of August
"Positive!" said Ptolemy. Il know
that because of an interesting fact
Which even the direst doubter Will
consider convincing. It was the day
after the Sd Of August, and the DAY
before the 5th of August, and that,
Shemmy. is where the 4th of August
always comes"
Washington rose up from his chair
and started to walk away.
Not mad. are you. George said
Ptolemy.
NO, Ptolly," said the Father Of His
Country. I'm only going away for q
minute. I'll be back. I thought this
was a hot day, but since hearing your
tale I find that I was mistaken. ana
l want to get my fur-1ined overcoat
before I catch pneumonia"
Copyright. 1918. By Mcclure syndieate.)
Evening star., 1918-08-04

possible and night hideous with their
.Hs!" said Raleigh. MOSQUITOES
yelled in your day, did they, MethF
Sure" said Methuselah. TT was q
sort of busting yell. like the expiring
note of tired sawmill. You see.
Raleigh, the antediluvian mosquito
was about as big as a baby elephant.
and we had to keep poor little Noah
in q sheet-iron tank to keep them
from lighting on him. and 1t was fear
fully hard on the youngster. because
he was cutting his teeth at the time.
As matter of fact. that is why ]
happen to remember the incident so
clearly. We didn't think for day OF
two that he could pull through. Well.
one night, on the Sd of August. the
temperature began to rise: and 1t
finally got SO hot that my daughter
me and she says: Pop she says. I'm
afeard this hot weather were havtn'
II spite that there leg O. lamb we got
hangin' in the wood shed for our Sun.
day dinner. Amt there suthin' ye can
do to presarve it?" she says. Well.
day, SO we couldn't save 1t by eating
it. so I advised putting 1t in the re-
frIgerator. That seemed the only thing
we could do.
II didn't know you had refrIgerators
In those days, Meth" said DR.. johnson:
There's a lot you don't know. Sam" :"
retorted Methuselah. But 1.-Two and
learn, say I. We had a very nice re-
frigeratol, but admit it was mighty
primitive kind Of apparatus. It was q
common-garden tin hogshead standing
in the shade Of some slippery elm trees
of fha rear of orr hack ward II held
about three hundred pounds Of ice. and
1t was covered over the top with q
blanket to keep the heat out"
II see." said Napoleon; "one Of those
Evening star., 1918-08-04

mouth disoreetly closed. for my post.
tion In society is such that can't
afford even to seem ambitious Ior MS
laurels. It's one thing to b. . Pa
triarch, and another to be a-er-an-
an unmitigated-er-ah unmit1-
gated Munchausen."
Go to 1t. grampa, go to it." pleaded
Shem. "We're all shades down here.
and anybody can see through us in
minute. The fact that you lived for
969 years and died q natural death. In
times when men who didn't know the
difference between truth and frenHied
fiction were struck by lightning. 10 .
pretty fair Endorsement Of your rep
utation for voraoity."
'vee-racity Shem: not vo-racity."
interposed DR.. johnson.
II said vo-racity." said Shem. and I
meant voracity; meaning. Of course. a
hunger for the truth Grampa Just
chews it up when he gets going"
"Thatll do. shemmy," said Methus-
elah, smiling affectionately upon his
great-great-grandso Il lived those
same sss years without ever having
to blush over any part Of my record.
but you'll have my cheeks as red a.
an apple in a minute, with your
praise"
Ferdinand and Isabella" cried Co.
lumbus. 'Ive made discovery"
"Inoredible!" said Amerfgo vespucd.
Eyes. have and one that you can't
claim as your own." retorted Column
bus. IT have discovered why apples
are red-they are blushing to think
how they tempted poor Mother Eve"
Evening star., 1918-08-04

TT was . tsrrincally hot day on the
River styx. and the house boat
was crowded with motley as
sortmsnt Of gasping immortais.
whose hold upon Immortality
seemed In danger Of slipping II their
stentorous breathing was any indica-
cation of the enduring quality OF their
ahiatus.
"Great Scott, JONAH" moaned Ptole-
my, tanning himself with Sir Walter
Raleigh's hat. which the gallant Eliza
bsthan had left in his steamer chair
on tho deck while he went below for
an hours nap in the icebox. what
wouldn't give right now for q cruise
in the Arctic on the back Of your old
whale, with him spouting ice-water
in tho air like an Oklahoma oil well.
and the scintillating drops falling in
grateful showers upon my suffering
brow"
"Humph! said Baron Munchausen
scornfully, from a neighboring chair.
II guess you'd change your mind
about that if you'd ever had the ex-
perience had one August day two or
three hundred years ago. when ] was
taking an early morning whale-back
ride OF the coast Of Greenland. There
was nothing to 1t, Ptolly. thought
lust as you did. that a gallop through
the ice foes. with my pet whale spout
ing a shower-bath up in the air for
my delectation. would be a joyous
before I found out differently. and
rammed a hot-water bag down Levy's
spouter to stave 1t off"
who the deuce was Levy" queried
Napoleon Bonaparte. Il never heard
of Levy before"
Levy was the name Of my whale"
said Munchausen. IT called him Levy
for short; his full name was Levia-
than. I had two Of the best whales
that ever swan the seas in my sta
bls," continued the baron. NASTY and
Lsvy-short for Mastodon and Levia-
than"
20. I see." said Napoleon. VERY
good names for whales. I should say.
But what was the trouble with the
shower, Munich? Too coldT'
chunky" explained Munchausen. You
see. Boney, the water was all right as
it went up, but it froze coming down.
and when 1t landed on my suffering
brow I felt as IL somebody had upset
a flivver full Of icebergs on me. Were
you ever run over by an ice wagon?"
Not that l recall" said Bonaparte.
But that doesn't prove anything.
Bourrienne may remember something
of the sort, but I must confess that
don't"
"We1l, IL you ever had been you'd
realize what happened to me when
Levy began to spout" said Munchau-
sen. "One chunk weighed eighty
eight pounds. and when that landed
on the rear elevation of what Petrarch
would call my bean. I rose up and
plugged Levy up with the hot-water
bag"
1T was a piece of mighty good luck
to have q hot-water bag along to
plug Levy UP with, should say" said
Marcus Aurelius. Did you always
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-10-25

ton OF these citizens has no tendency
whatever to show guilt. II Is certain
ly a novel rule of ethics and fair play
to say that the people of Michigan
are justified in believing these men
guilty of "boodling" because they have
in legal manner questioned the juris-
diction Of the court before whom they
are arraignsd.
Instead OF deserving censure these
citizens are to be commended by all
lovers Of fair play for the course they
have taken. The courts of Michigan
are open to the enemies of Mr.. New
berry. Why have they not there en-
tered their complaints and asked for
an Investigation II they believed that
he or the managers Of his campaign
have violated law Of the state? Are
not these men under our constitution
entitled to trial In this state and In
the county where the offense In
charged to have been committed? Why
homes In Michigan to a court in an
other state hundreds Of miles distant
and presided over by Judge from
still another state?
II is a fair conclusion that this en-
tire scheme is a cheap attempt to in
jure the candidacy Of Mr.. Newberry
for the United States senate. 1t is too
thinly yelled to deceive even the most
ignorant voter.
On what is the jurisdiction of the
court in New York based? have not
seen or heard any explanation.
c. B. GRANT.
Detroit, October IS, 1918.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-10-25
GENTLEMAN OF FORTUNE
= signs FOR LACK OF HOME
AThers Was Once q GIRL" He Says,
Then Stops az He Tells What
4 lfA NJ Adve ntiIrs lost Him

AThers Was Once q GIRL" He Says,
Then Stops az He Tells What
Life Of Adventure Lost Him.
Indianapolis, Ind.-A gentleman Of
fortune" Harry Crawford Mckenzie.
. native of Marion County, who has
been thru three wars, led forces In
two revolts against reigning powers
and who has girdled the world three
times in his travels, sat weeping as
heetold of what his adventures had
lost him. Loneliness had brought him
back to his old home for a visit.
Strange to say this man, now near
ly 20, most regrets the lack Of home
and children.
McKenzie's wanderings started with
the Civil War. in which he served
with an Indiana regiment as drum
mer boy. After the war he started
for the East and remained there until
he was rs, and the call of adventure
led him eventually to Africa.
In Africa he was captain in the up
rising Of natives of British West
Africa in 1873. an uprising suppressed
by British arms In less than two
weeks. Mckenzie was wounded in the
leg and still limps.
He went to the Philippine Islands
next and was leader in an uprising Of
natives against Spanish rule, another
Inflated event, for it endured only four
days. This uprising was to have been
general, according to Mckenzie, but
failed because proper orders were not
given various leaders.
Mckenzie then went to Egypt, Aus
tralia, Italy. China and all Oriental
lands. In China he was in peril when
found in a Chinese temple.
Thru friendship with the natives of
Africa, Mckenzie finally established a
trading business there. This business
made him independent and he retired
from 1t ten years ago.
But there's a note lacking in his life.
All the adventures he has had, all the
money he has made, all the sights he
has seen and all the experiences his
jaunts have given him do not make
up for the home he has missed.
There was once girl" Mckenzie
began, then broke off suddenly, as he
wiped away tears. He would not say
more on the subject.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-10-25
JUSTICE GRANT ON
CASE OF NEWBERRY
WRITES DETROIT FREE PRESS
HIS VIEWS ON GRAND
JURY.
CANNOT DECEIVE VOTERS
"cheap Attempt 70 Prejudice Casa"
Eminent JurIst Says OF
Newspaper Tactics.

Former Supreme Court Justice
Claudius B. Grant wrote to the Detroit
Free Press the following letter which
the Free Press published in it's issue
Of October 10 on its editorial page,
under the heading "Its Cheap Attempt
to Prejudice Case. Detroit Newspaper
Acts In Newberry Case Ahead Of Con-
stituted Courts"
To the Editor: Four citizens of
Michigan have been summoned before
a federal court and grand jury in New
York city on charge that they have
committed a crime against one of the
election laws Of Michigan. Three Of
them were summoned before the
grand jury to testify. They employed
Martin Littleton, lawyer OF national
reputation, former distinguished
member Of the congress and citizen
of the highest character, to advise
them as to their rights and to take the
proper legal steps to defend them.
He evidently advised them that the
court had no Jurisdiction over them,
and under his advice they took the
first opportunity to test the jurisdic-
ton of the court. They refused to
testify, were committed for contempt
of court, were, released on habeas
corpus and the case is thus on the
way to the supreme court to test the
question of Jurisdiction.
An editorial last evening in q De-
troit evening paper stated that 1t Is
unacceptable that the people will as
sumo that this refusal to testify IL
evidence of their guilt"
No man of intelligence, reason and
common sense who understands the
situation will draw any such con-
clusion. When q citizen is brought
into court either on a civil or crimi-
nal process he has the constitutional
right to be heard and tried before a
court which clearly has jurisdiction
of his case. He has the legal right
to take the first opportunity and the
speediest method to determine the
Jurisdiction of the court and it is I'M
fair and unjust to charge that one in
the exercise of legal and constitu-
tional right is thereby admitting his
guilt.
When Governor Pingree bitterly as
sailed in the newspapers the presid-
ing Judge Of Ingham county for his
conduct at the trial of the thieves who
defrauded the government under his
administration, and whom he par
doned as fast as they were convicted,
and he was summoned into court to
answer to q charge Of contempt, he
denied the Jurisdiction Of the court
and petitioned the supreme court for
the writ Of prohibition to restrain the
circuit court from hearing the case.
Did this newspaper then condemn Mr..
Pingree for not going before the court
and defending himself from the charge
against him?
The law reports are full of cases
where preliminary steps have been
taken to determine the Jurisdiction
of the courts before trial.
Legally, as everyone knows, the 40
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-10-25

headaches disappeared. / gained in
weight and feel fine, so l can honestly
recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound to any woman who is
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LYNCH, 100 Plain St., Providence, RI.
Backache and nervousness are symp-
toms or natures warnings, which in
dictate functional disturbance or an
unhealthy condition which often devel-
ops into more serious ailment.
Women in this condition should not
continue to drag along without help, but
profit by Mrs. Lynch's experience, and
try this famous root and herb remedy,
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and for special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Med. Co., Lynn, Mass.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-10-25
GEMS FROM HENRY FORD

would beach every warship and
lissemble every rife and gun and con-
vert the salvage into useful CONNER
cial implements to be used for the
benefit and upbuilding of mankind.
This growing cry, this cringing wall
for preparedness, is one of the most
dastardly influences ever at work In
this nation. II Is snake that every
clean, decent thinking man should
fight with every ounce of strength
there Is In him.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-10-25

Mrs. c. Walsh is visiting relatives at
Mancelona this week.
Mrs. Mary Pickhaver left Wednesday
for lonia, to visit friends and relatives.
Mrs. Clark Barrie left Wednesday for
Flint, to visit her daughter, Mrs. Roy
Blair.
Frank Bretz returned home Wednes-
day from visit with relatives at Her
sey and Clair.
Mrs. E. B. Greenwood left Saturday
st for Nashville, Mich, for visit
with her daughter.
Mrs. Ed. Smag with children of Grand
Rapids is visiting at the home of her
sister, Mrs. Maurice Gee.
Calvin j. Bennett who has been visit
ing relatives here, returned to his
home in Flint, Wednesday.
r Samuel Rogers and w. R. Barnett
went to Detroit, Wednesday, with a
couple of carloads of cattle.
Mrs. Felix Green and daughter, Miss
Agnes, returned home Tuesday from a
visit with relatives at Ludington.
Jay Carr of Hendricks Quarry, was
guest at the farm home of his sister,
Mrs. Freeman Walton, first of the
week.
Lawrence Jensen returned TO his
work at Detroit, Thursday, after visi,
here with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. 6.
Jensen.
Mrs. E. j. Brochu and children went
to Grand Rapids last Saturday, where
they will make their home. Mr.. Brochu
will follow in few weeks.
Mrs. VIM. Loader and children who
have been visiting at the home of her
father, Geo. Anderson, left Saturday
last for her home at Detroit.
Mr.. and Mrs. B l. Webster returned
to their home at Big Rapids, Saturday
last, after visit at the home of theil
son, Roy Webster and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sias Lanway left here
Wednesday for Pontiac, where Mr.
Lanway will be employed, and where
they expect to remain for the winter.
Mrs. Richard Eagleton who was call
ed here by the illness and death of he
sister, Mrs. Samuel Brigham, returned
tdher home at Detroit Saturday last.
Mrs. Henry Bechtold of Toledo, Ohio
iaguest at the home of her sister, Mrs
Bert Scott and other relatives. Mrs
Bechtold was formerly, Miss Lotti'
Strong.
The Argo Milling Co.'S famous oil
fashioned stone ground buckwheat i
now on the market, guaranteed strict.
pure buckwheat.-U. S. Food Admins
tration License M4593 G36S2S.
Mrs. James Gordan with children an,
her sister, Miss Golddie Tess left Wed
nesday for Bay City, where they Wi
make their home this winter. MI
Gordan will leave next Monday TO
there, where he will be employed.
Mrs. Eta johnson was called to An
Arbor last Saturday by the serious i'll
ness of her son, Claude, who is attend
ing the Students Army Training Corps
Pneumonia was the cause of his illness
Mrs. johnson returned home Wednes
day, leaving her son much improved il
health.
Iron Duke Flour is good flour-U. s
Food Administration License MASS
G36S2S.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-10-25
UNDERTAKING and
EMBALMING

Most people like to see their loved
ones looking nice when they are laid
away. If you are one Of these, call on
French & Redmon and get up-to-date
embalming and service.
FRENCH & REDMON
House-Furnishings and Undertaking.