davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-03-05

AAAaC o&ys
They are using so much paint now
adays that a girl would be considered
immodest IL she manufactured her
own bushes right before company.
A man with one idea may make
good and become prosperous. But the
idea has to be a mighty big one.
You can't get by a prohibition
sleuth in a dry state any more by
wrapping a quart so that it looks like
a pair of shoes in a box. Nowadays
the smart guys wrap a quart so that
il looks like a head of cabbage.
The fact of the matter is that your
wife can cook just as well as your
mother could. II was the appetite you
had when a boy that made the differ
ence in the taste of the food.
In spite OF all the lsbor-saying ma
chinery that has been invented il is .
good bet that a modern man has 70
work just about as hard as his father
did.
A married man sometimes makes
himself homeless because he has made
it q habit, to be home less than he
should be.
The reason why a married fan likes
TO spend his coin with the boys before
he gets home is because IL would be
il on his wife.
A woman is always buying a dollar
bottle of some new medicine so she
can take a few doses of IL and let il
stand around the house.
A married man who had been away
for two months arrived home think
ing how his wife would ny to his arms
and embrace him. But when he open
ed the door and she saw HIM she said:
John. why didn't you wipe your feet7
Just look how you n tracking up The
hall and l spent all morning clean
ing up."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-03-05

Tie mar who misses all the fun
Is he who says 1T can be done"
In solemn pride he stands aloof
And ereets each venture with reproof.
Had lie the power, he'd efface
The history of the human race;
We'd have no steam nor trolley cars,
No street slit by electric stars;
No telegraph nor telephone.
We'd finger in the age of stone,
Where when some keen barbaric brain
OF life's conditions dared complain,
And planned a wheel on which to roll
The lead his arms could o control
Sneers rose from all the mighty crew
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-03-05

When a doctor tells a man to go on
a diet he obeys instructions by cut
ting out some dish that his wife likes
and he doesn't.
Did You eve stop to think that
about two-thirds of what you say is
OF no consequence n could just as
well have been left unsaid?
A hired girl may not stay long.
But she stays long enough to get ac-
quainted with the Family Skeleton.
Every wife knows tina II her hus-
band had followed her advice he
would have 10 times as much money
as he has.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-03-05
What's the Fare TO BiIous

II1IIONI JItTdEUsI
Miss Legal Tender Ritch. Of Mar
shall County. Miss, and one OF the
best known and successful teachers
with the Biloxi school system.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-03-05

lido Won

do you want strong cigars?" the
clerk
VIII say to Mr.. Beasy;
Yes, I'll take strong cigar" he'll
smirk,
1.-THE weak ones break so easy"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-03-05

Il went to see a fortune teller TINS
afternoon, and she told me that l was
about to meet with financial loss"
said Smith.
"Oh, that's all bosh," sneered Jones.
mo, it wasn't" replied Smith.
| got away from the fortune teller"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-03-05
Paw Knows Everything.

Willie-Paw, all bonds fiuctuate in
value, don't they?
Paw-Yes, my son. Even the bonds
of matrimony.
Maw-Wnlie. YOU shut your mouth
and keep it shut.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-03-05

He had to touch the buzz saw once
Like all of rs fool men;
But he no longer is a Ounce,
He Won't touch one again.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-03-05
OH!

He is a wonder, you'll agree,
/ speak of Oswald Pound;
! He has no faults at all. But he
e VS. six feet EndS1 ground.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-03-05

l hate TO think of years to come,
Will angling die a bone dry death ?
One thing is mighty plain to some
A man won't fish with baited breath
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-03-05

Maybe you didn't notice it. But ev-
cry liquor house in the country had a
big clearance sale of Fall Goods the
day before the new tax went into ef-
feet.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-03-05

No, Clarence, il wouldn't be nice 70
tell your girl to go to Helen Hunteman
on Price Hill, Cincinnati.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-03-05
The Wise Fool.
" observed

History repeats ITSELF" observed
the Sage.
Maybe" replied the Fool. But
you can't get a schoolboy to believe
that statement"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-03-05
Firms Is Firms,

Force & Steel manufacture meta
novelties at SO Chestnut street, New.
ark, N. j.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-03-05

This very fact, I do declare,
Will to his fame redound;
For his constituents will swear
That all his views are sound.
Newark Advocate.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-03-05
You Know Him.

That Senator great fame will gain,
His praises will be sung;
For he possesses n part of brain,
And ninety-nine parts lung.
Luke McLuke.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-03-05
Signs Is Signs.

Our Dry Cleaning Process Will
Take the Spots OF Anything But the
Character OF a Politician.
w. F. Blake,
Dayton, Ohio,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-03-05

That ever SCOTS at what is new.
The world wou d sleep IL things were
run
By men who say ut can't be DONE"
Paul Krippendorf.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-03-05

That's right, when he just swells right
up
And blows, and blows. and blows,
The louder and the more he talks
The more they think he knows.
Hastings tNeb.) Tribune.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-03-05
Walt Mason's Ripping Rhymes

Wait MaSOnS Ripping RHJWeS
FATHER TIME .,o+ limo is
When u lives re filed with pleasure w e opS s44rJes with lag
fleet, and we wish that he would measure ss nUN 80 h minutes
gard feet We would have the glad days a hnggr toing OF through
sun and showers. He is like some Iocoed S Sinter each he brings,
golden prize: spring and summer, fall N WHVei so-ors fu of
and each one dies. When u lives r O ri m' is, by the way
laughter and of song, time seems anxious 70 dmos &c when we
he hikes along. When we've pain that naugnr cidLen he is ioafng
heave the bitter sob, then the steps of time are e eH1 en- co helm me
on his job. Says the optimist, "The morrow Will oe e e"S sn,,i lin dawn.
john" but we cross a lei of sorrow ere we. see inc e aHn@v stem:
When we're crossing times a Iaggard,, he's Ln u nen when
he is tired and spent and haggard, and he has no seH q rrorn1v docs
we are in Jail for arson, o for sampling too muGr rm n4 e Going. like
the village parson say that time like lightning IS , 1e ne MYRTLE.
a turtle; time is going, like a hare; it depends DeAe'e "'
on our gadness o despair.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-03-05

Every Man is Generous if You'll Let
Him Tell 1t.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-03-05
Bits of By-Pldy


BY Luxe McLUKE .
Copyright. 1919, the Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The sun., 1919-04-06
"The alley of Vision"

older people, more tolerant than the rest,
more generous, couldn't help liking the
child, if she tras queer But they failed
to understand her primitive intensity and
imagination. Banbury was for the most
part too etiolated. To its little girls doll
was doll, toy to be coddled but with a
literal Interpretation of wax and sawdust.
Marcia's savage loves and hates and de-
fences and angers were disorderly in a
community whose very emotions were as
neatly tidied as its bureau drawers"
Later, in her girlhood, when her one
friend, Richard, is begging her to go to
party Of the young people, saying, "Oh,
come along-the crowd won't bite youw
she answers II might bite the crowd"
Marcia is constantly at war with the
sleepy little village and its ideas. She
reads thoughtful periodicals and The
Subsection Of Woman at time when the
other girls are devouring forbidden TO-
manees. She takes keen interest in the
factory folk in the "hollow," though her
father hates the commercial eneroaehment
and commands her never to speak to the
workers. The chapters relating to Mar
cha S welfare work among the factory en-
ployees are interesting, apart from their
connection with the story, though one feels
that more might have been made of them
than has been DONE Marcia's womanhood
is less vital, less dramatic than her early
years, and as one closes the book one feels
certain disappointment. The author has
not sacrificed reality to the desire for a
stereotyped happy ending, but she has
failed to sustain the same interest that
the early chapters aroused. But on the
whole the book is interesting and well
done.
THE VALLEY OF VISION. BY SARAH
CoMsTocK. Doubleday, Page & Co. $50.
The sun., 1919-04-06
The "Modern Students Library

the Selections and Essays Of Raskin In
elude brief but representative series Of
passages on varied subjects. Meredth's
Essay on Comedy is edited with eopious
and excellent notes by Lane Cooper. :.
Prof. Howe's series deserves high COM
mendation, not only because of the care
with which he has selected his texts, but
because he has induced well known writ
ers, not necessarily university teachers, to
preface his volumes: the engaging little
essays of Howells and Crothers are lit
erature quite as genuine though not so
inspired as the books which they intro
duce.
THE MODERN STUDENTS LIBRARY.
EDiTED BY WILL ID. HOWE. Is volumes.
Charles Seribner's Sons. 70 cents cath.
The sun., 1919-04-06

Literary EDITORS" justly observes Ed
ward N. Teall from Boston, reviewers
and book reporters have criticised publish
ers for the wraps or jackets in which
their books have been shown in the shops
and delivered to the ultimate consumer.
The Marshall Jones Company will use on
its books to be brought out later this
spring jacket carrying no advertise
ments on its back, but adorned instead
with the decorative device of the firm,
drawn by Theodore B. Hapgood Of Bos-
ton. The use Of line or two Of descrip-
tive text on the front may be continued,
but there viii be no billboard stuff" Spare
the descriptive line, say we, out Of COM
passion for the Compiler Of Books Re
esire&
The sun., 1919-04-06
Whose voices swell
that chorus?

Beside me Hes a copy Il TIE
SECRET CITY. My mind n SIN
stepped In its marvellous pages.
Beyond my window New York n
blurred and Petrograd-The Secret
Gty-rears itself.
How fascinating h this Walpols
weaving Of spells!
Vera, Nina, young Bohun and Terry
Lawrence; Semyoaov and The Eat
their forms people my room, their
voices gil my ears. i see the Neysky
with its hushed crowds and silent
Cessseks on that fateful day; the
Neva shesthed In siittering lee dat
seems to imprisoa beneath its sur
face monster that would rise frDn
the eoze and filth Of the river bsa
The sun., 1919-04-06
BY DOROTHY SCARBOROUGH.
THE VALLEY OF VISION is Q

II 49, -AAA<SA w fAoAO%N - a
rather unusual title, so it is an in
teresting coincidence that it should have
been chosen for two volumes of fiction
published this month. The first, a collec-
ton of stories and sketches, by Henry
van Dyke, was reviewed in these pages
several weeks ago. The second is a novel
by Sarah Comstock.
The novel has double interest, in the
character of its central figure, Marcia
Warren, and in its presentation of certain
OF the problems touching industrial life
to-day. Marcia is a rebel who registers
stormy protest. sometimes successfully
and sometimes unavailingly, against her
environments and the conventions that
hedge her in. To begin with she breaks all
Warren precedent by being a girl in
stead OF the desired male heir, an offence
for which her arid father and his spinster
sister never forgave her. Even her mother
is perturbed by her uneonforming baby
hood.
"'She doesn't go to sleep when I lay
her in the cradle-why doesn't shei' Mrs.
Warren would ask in a worried whimper.
don't know, ma'am,' the nurse would
reply, shaking her head in profound doubt
and looking at the alert dark eyes which
were far too much interested in the new
world before them to conform to the rules
for infancy.
"And she doesn't like her pretty little
rattle with the sweet little tinky BELLS
Mrs. Warren continued in pcnsive re-
proach. 'See-when 1 give it to her she
throws it away; there-see thatp as the
offending toy went hurting across the
room. Tan't 90 hear re nice 'itty tinky
tinkyT
1.-THE unconformist heard perfectly, but
she was bored. She looked at her mother
as if considering whether to reply to this
baby talk in eontemptuous adult English"
AS Marcia develops into childhood she
still feels scorn of the unintelligent grown
ups about her, but lavishes tenderest af-
lection on her dolls, which are more than
playthings to her and which she drama
tIzes passionately and insistently.
zone day her aunt called to her, Bring
the dust pan at once. That doll is leak
ing sawdust on the carpet
Hushp Marcia flashed back in a
furious rebuking whisper. You mustn't
say that so she can hear it. You must
say AnnGbeL Don't you know I've never
told her she's only dollf 1t would break
her heart if she knew it! try so hard to
keep it from herr"
This Aunt Harriet fails utterly to
understand the child and is accustomed to
administer chastisement with the broad
side Of an old fashioned silver erumb
scoop. She is the subject of Marcia's We
hement prayers at times, as "God, don't
You let her spank me again; don't you let
her, God! Turn Thou in Thy vroth and
fell her Nth her orn e-umb seoopw
The ardent little rebel finds sympathetic
comprehension nowhere. "Some of the
The sun., 1919-04-06
Verse by Lady Gregory
I OVERS of Ireland and her literatur,

I OVERS of Ireland and her literature
IL will be interested in The Kasustan
Poetry Book, which must be peculiarly
welcome to people in this country who
are familiar with Lady Gregory and her
enthusiastic efforts to keep alive the old
songs and traditions and extend the in
f1uence of Irish drama While some Of
the material in this collection is new, most
Of The translations have already appeared
in Csck.lain Of Muirthemne Tin which
Synge found "the dialect he had been try
ing to mastery, Gods and Fighting Men,
SAINTS and Wonders and Poets and
Dredmers. Lady Gregory says that it
seemed strange to her when she began
making her selections that the laments so
far outnumbered the songs of joy. "Be-
fore the month was out" she continues,
"news was brought to me that made the
keening of women for the brave and Of
those who are left lonely after the young
seem but the natural outcome and e1-
preston of human life"
THE K1LTARTAN POETRY BOOK.
BY LADY GREGORY. G. P. Putnam
Sons. SLIPS.
The sun., 1919-04-06
'fcloser and closer
the triumphant notes
of the MarseIIIaise''

Ii It Hope or Menace? What b tn
enigma of q people struck free Il
its chains and still enslavedf/
II not the song alike upon the lips
Of Vera and Nina and upon thoss
Of Semyonov and The Ratf Beaaty,
tenderness, and gioriiied passion sa
the one hand; malice, evil craft
and darkness ON the other.
Walpole has written ono of the
great books Of contemporary lit
.erature, . story Of passion, light
and darkness, and of memorable
beauty.
The sun., 1919-04-06
81 heard coming
closer and closer
the triumphant notes
of the MarselIIaIse''

These are the closing words
of THE SEC RET CITY, Hugh
Walpole's new novel Of Pet
rograd q
The sun., 1919-04-06

THE KILTARTAN POETRY BOOK
BY LADY GREGORY. G. P. Putnam s
Sons. $1.25.
Phoenix tribune., 1919-11-22
FLAGSTAFF
, :. !. = : !. :. !: !. :. :. !. j. :. (.
By REGINALD JACKSON

BY REGINALD JACKSON
Mrs. e. j. Boyer left last week for
New Mexico.
Mrs. ]. M. McGee left last week
for her home in Oklahoma.
Rev. J. B. Bell was in our city last
Sunday and preached a splendid SER
mon in the evening at the Baptist
church.
The Willing Workers club met last
week with Mrs. R. E. Lewis and en-
joyed a pleasant social hour Dainty
refreshments were served by the host
ess after which the meeting adjourned
to meet next Thursday afternoon with
Mrs. Estel Wallace.
Mr.. Joe Taylor expects to leave
soon for California
Mrs. T. w. Garrison, Misses Carrie
and Bessie Smith, Reginald jackson
and Reginald Horne took hike to
Lowell observatory on armistice day
and enjoyed fine outing.
Phoenix tribune., 1919-11-22
THE GOOD AND THE BAD

While deploring certain forms of injustice which
an the members of the Negro subjected the nation
oyer the committee the country Atlanta
conference Of African Methodist Episcopal church. annual
session at Social Circle Ga submits interesting report
follows
This evil which every part the country,
plotted through the public press and agtaed by people,
and largely charged them calculated do
and the southern section of the country greater injustice than
anything which has slavery grade
the big political parties
of keep the fires burning The
tegen Christian law-abidng making element of
buying FARMS building little towns establishing
adjusting themselves the communities they and
making homes Tor their families The little moth
ing of this phase of Negro life and progress which going
the southern states Lynchngs and mob violence injured the
white people of the south far than could do harm
the Negro 1t has from the south the last three
years than million the and fields,
waps and labor circles and they continue do Such
elimination recrnaton does help the white Colored
people should be changed by the thoughtful people of this
The Negro of the south be and tac the
of allowing himself to be exploited for those things
which not for his moral intellectual and economic develop
these the things that in the end Justice
right those who improve themselves saney and
sensibly, and wait upon the Lord.
he educational propaganda of the Negro from any angle
greatest need today This system and method of training
be along proper and lines be done per-
who themselves must understand and great sym
pathy with those they training
'The south is taking life and if wisely managed
viii be the place for those who must have happy future For
justice and moderation will abound right will be granted
all according to their good conduct"
Concerning this report the Atlanta Constitution, of the
most Influential daies of the South, says, edtoraly:
when Negro commits crimeresulting it may be, in a
Iotthat widely exploited and reports of broad
cast the country
'The of race-vastly the majority
may bui churches schools establish thrifty, peaceful
abiding decency respecting farm communities and in
upward the ladder of good citizenship they
ing all parts South little said it.
in
ties where the whole making splendid progress the
world put notice. the ninety who aw-respect-
citizens and who trying to improve the status of the
race made to suffer
Th form of injustice is being gradually remeded Mean
while the advice of this conference committee to the
well worth its careful consideration The sentiment expressed
in this report merits the approval not only of the Negroes to
whom specially addressed but the spirit of the
will the commendaon of the white
Phoenix tribune., 1919-11-22
MORE ABOUT PRESCOTT

Editors Note-We were unable to
publish all our article last week and
so are giving you the closing chapter
this week.
Should we attempt to describe all
the wonders of Prescott it would re-
quire several pages, so we shall leave
the rest to your Imagination until
yca are fortunate enough to visit
the city and see for yourself. Fol-
lowing are closing remarks:
Phoenix tribune., 1919-11-22
CHANDLER
:. : ; ; : ; : , ; :
(By Mrs. Jack Grey

Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Grey and Mrs. E.
A. Henderson motored to Mesa, where
they spend the afternoon in shopping.
Mrs. r. Temple Fuller has returned
from Phoenix and accepted her last
years position as pastry cook at the
San Marcos hotel.
Mr.. William Keys and Mr.. Luther
Palxer we're guests at the Grey ranch
and motored over the Indian reserva-
tion and hunted. They also had a
dainty lunch and the trip was en-
joyed by all.
Mr.. and Mrs Ed Burkhart Of Good
year were guests at dinner party
Sunday evening at the Grey ranch.
After dinner the evening was spent
at whist, where the champion OF the
world spread his wings for once in a
long time.
Phoenix tribune., 1919-11-22
DRINKS CONCENTRATED LYE
(By Associated Negro Press)

NbJ AooVCIdtJu 4NV5IU IItooJ
East st. Louis, ILL.,, Nov. 19.-First
aid treatment of lard and milk as
an antidote is. believed to have saved
the life of four-year-old Ethel Crit
fin, after she drank a quantity Of
concentrated lye.
Phoenix tribune., 1919-11-22
BISBEE
; ; : : : : : ! !. !. !. !. !.
BY MYRTLE THREAT

The Pleasant Hour club will meet
at the home of Miss McHenry They
met last week at the home of Mrs.
McGrady and everyone enjoyed very
pleasant evening.
Sergt. S. E. Berkly of Ft. Huachuca,
was visitor in our city last week.
Mr.. Smith, Mrs. Prince, Mrs. Lee
and Mrs. Scott, all of TT Huachuca,
spent a very pleasant weekend visit
here.
Mrs. Jones has opened a restaurant
at her home and wishes the patron
age of everyone.
Phoenix tribune., 1919-11-22
NOTICE, RETURNED SOLDIERS.

All soldiers desiring information concerning Allotment,
Allowance Compensation and Death Claims Insurance
requested to write Lieut. j. Williams Clifford Bureau of War
Risk Insurance Washington D. c. He will be glad give you
any information along this line
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-12-09
BRAZIL HOLDING UP COFFEE OUTPUT:
WEAKENING OF
GERMANY seen
Allies Stand Ready to En-
force Protocol Signing
ny HENRY W00n

NvVOD
Omitted Presa staff corr~spondent)
PARIS. Dec. s.--Ths allies to-
day presented n united front TO
Germany In their demand that
sbo accept the protocol 20 the
peace treaty.
Roth British and italian dele
gates received notifications from
their governments that they
stand ready 10 carry out the pre-
scribed penalties should the leu
tons refuse 10 sign
Meantime. there was "A feeling OF
confidence In both Paris and London
that Germany win sign. The Ger.
mans. II was believed. have conclud.
ed tho failure OF the United States
TO ratify the treaty has not put the
allies in n position whore they are
forced 10 back down upon their orig.
inal demands.
A distinct softening IN the German
attitude was apparent
we have no false hopes over tn.
situation In Warrington one mem.
Der OF the German peace delegation
admitted lie insisted Germany'H
had been based upon n hope that
tho United States would come into
the breach in behalf ~ the German
republic.
we know that Senator Lodge is
no friend OF Germany" the peace
delegate admitted.
The sliies' demands In the notes
delivered 20 Baron Kurt Won Lers.
ner. head Of the German delegation.
here late yesterday were considered
az once partial meeting Of German
objections and as voicing complete
determination OF the allies to stand
by their course Of justice---not mat
ter how harsh !; be 20 the Germans.
The scapa Flow note. which
agreed 60 submit this matter to tho
rcparaiions committee "in n spirit
OF equity" wns regarded rs a par.
tiai concession 60 Germany
The return OF German prisoners
Of war. however. was denied.
This has been one OF Ccrmany's
hlttercft complaints The allied
demand for. surrender Of Germans
guilty Of crimes against the rules
~ civilized warfare also IL renewed
The supreme council yesterday 70.
cunrids red the petitions OF Brazil
and Uruguay that they be allowed
n keep intsFned German ships which
have been In their hands during the
war. The American delegation. Il
was understood. supported the South
Americans contentious. which are
based largely on the fact that the
United States was awarded certain
in,cfncd Ehlps which had been in
her possession