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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-17
HIGH COST OF COURT DRESS
CAUSE OF WAGE DISPUTE
Dozen Ladies' in Waiting mt BuckinE-
hmm Palace Want More Money
From King.
(By Universal Service

LONDON. August l6.-Thc high cos.
OF court dresses has furnished Buck
ingham Palace with "A choice wage dis
Dute this week.
Twelve ladies' in waiting. including
the Countess OF Shaftesbury and La ly
Eve DuSdale, decided that the $1,000 a
year allowed from the Kings private
purse was not enough-in fact, not
half enough.
The allowance covered expenses nice
~ in pre- war days when court dresses,
shoes and bouquets were not so eX-
pcnsive. hut even they had 10 skimp
Il bit. During the war when court func-
tons were taboo. the $1,000 were prac-
ticaliv gift from the King.
Now court balls are again the rage
and Countess ShafteSbury.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-17
TRAINOR FAMILY KILLED
seven Lose Their I.ivcx When Pnasen-
ger Train Crashes Into Their
Automobile.
Try Associntcdprcss. |

CLEVELAND. August 10 Seven
members OF the John Trainor family.
OF cleveland. father. mother. four sons
and a daughter and n woman relative
OF the Trainers were instantly killed
this evening when Il New York Central
PASSENGER train struck their automo-
bile at grade crossing near West
springfield. Penn. while the party was
returning from Erie.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-17
MARTIN is IN HOSPITAL
AGAIN TAKING TREATMENT
Virginia senator IL Reported ns MAXI
ing Good Progress at Char
lOttesville Institution.
Inv Associated Press. ]

CHARIIOTTESVILI VA, August / s.
Senator Thomas s. Martin. of Vir
ginia, minority leader in the Senate.
who was forced some time ago to give
up his duties because of his health. is
undergoing treatment at hospital
today he was making good progress
and expected to return home shortly.
This is the Senator's second visit to
the hospital this summer. physicians
having permitted him to return to his
home near here in July when he showed
marked Improvement. Recently. how
ever. his condition became worse and
he was brought back to tho hospital
Only few visitors arc permitted to
see him.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-17
FOOD DECAYS IN CARS
Governor Cox. of Ohio. Asks Director.
General to Require Prompt
Unloading.
INV Associatcd Prcss.I

COLUMBUS, OTTO, AUGUST l6.-TIi-
formed by state inspectors that car
loads OF perishaolc foodstuffs in some
Ohio cities are being held as long as
aulting in waste through decay. Gov
e~nor Cox today 1ska'l Railroad Dircc-
tor Hines TO fin time limit OF twenty
tour hours or other proper and rca-
Sonable time" within which such cars
must be unloaded.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-17
LEFT WING SOCIALISTS
CALL REDS TO MEET IN
CHICAGO SEPTEMBER !
Neutrality-suspicious. to Or
gdniSe "fhe Communist
Party Of America.''
IBy AssociatsdPrcssl

NEW YORK. August 16-'Left wing"
Socialists have issued a call TO Radicals
convention in Chicago on September /,
to organize the communist party of
America" 1t was learned here today,
when copy of the call was made public
by the joint legislative committee which
is investigating seditious and anarcli-
iStic activities in this State.
The left wingers declare their inten-
ton of severing all connection with
socialism OH the ground that the word
has come TO signify merely welfare
and uplift."
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-17
UNCOVER ANCIENT MEAT
Hogs Carcass Held I'm Detroit Storage
House Twenty-Five Years
liz Report.
Try A ssncin,nhrrnss1

DETROIT, MICH, August 10
Agents of the investigation branch
here of the Department of Justice said
today n frozen hog was found which
they were told had been in storage
twenty-five years.
The officials declared that while they
believed that If the hog really had
been held for that length of time, il
was through an oversight. They intend
to investigate further next week.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-17

QUEENSTOWN. August l6.-A party
Of men today fred rifles on Rocky
Island In the harbor behind Haul
oowline Island. The military on Rocky
Island replied with machine guns. The
firing continued for some time 1t is
unknown whether there were any
casualties.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-17

Mountain Excursion. n. & w.
August 10. Low fares.-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-08

when tell them I won't tdance as
have found OF uthat the potter term
Il don't dance" hasn't no more effect
than orange crush.
Ring ". Lardner.
Goshen, Ind. Nov. Z.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-08
I'll Say | Won't Dance

Z on moral grounds though I often beer
7 tempted 20 enlist as a Baptist as the
{ best means OF being imune but what
7 gets me Is the waist OF time when a
man might be playing bridge OF
straight jacks where you can set
down and rest your dogs and enjoy
yourself even when you lose because
they's no chance 70 get bored where
they's money in sight and even In
golf where you walk pretty near =
as fas as in q one step why you can
get on every hole and when you get
tired you can cult without nobody
thinking your rude But when you
get stuck Up in a dance you half 10
stick at 10 TIL the sax6phone driver
runs out Of gas or fouls q reed and 50
far they hasn't nobody invented a
scheme 70 gamble on this game and
could bet on would be whose fault
was Il when you parked on the op-
3Onents dogs and I would have a TAT
chance TO win
When / hear a bird say lets go
somewherea and dance I figure he
must either be coo-coo or boiled US
ualv the last named and Il looks 70
me like prohibition when Il gets 60
ing viii prove pretty fair Terpicide
because when you ask q man that Is
cold sober why he likes 20 dance most
OF them Is dun or else they say be-
cause its good exercise but II Il was
exercise they are out looking for why
don't the ydance al stag partys which
I have been 70 a whole lot Of them
and never yet seen ] Of my own sex
dancing with a brother elk unlest
the OF them was to far gone TO think
about exercising though when you
come down TO cases Il would be
whole lot better exercise to dance
with a man as they generally al
ways come heavier though / have had
female opponents that their best
friends couldn't speak Of them In the
same breath with Bonnie Leonard.
As for a tail man being born 20
dance why you haven't no idear what
a tall man suffers even walking for
the fear he win loose his balance and
keel over and a specially since the
fight at Toledo as what beat Willard
that day was the highth he fell from
and no parachute TO break It. Further
and more the runts and birds OF
highth appear 70 CLEAN some
pleasure on the dance FIR by resting
their shave vs. the opposing cheek but
an old elm like I can't never learn
what delights there may be in such
cohesion without he topples over at
he hip joints like z.
IS as / saw ] am scared Still that I
he eastern gals viii rub the fur the /
wrong way by takeing me to their /
bosom via la dznse and II they do / /
,uly hope they won't take no oftense
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-08

- A. -----
We are glad TO announce that pretty
soon king Albert and queen Eliza
beth OF Belgium, viii be the guests
OF Mr. and Mrs woodrow Wilson.
They do Just like the people 81 Hog
Fille-sWap visits.
Zero Peck says 4 a fellow got
everything he wanted he does not see
what would become OF the other fal-
lows in this world
Zero Peck has not had 70 buy a
pair OF shoes for several years. but
discovered he would have 10 have a
pair for the coming winter. He went
20 Pumpkinvilla yesterday on a shop
ping trip and retured last night with
out the shoes. AZ the postoffice last
night he gave 70 as his opinion that
there e something radically Wrong
somewhere"
The postmaster says the high cost OF
living could be reduced some hy
about half the male population OF
HogviIe getting out and going 20
work instead OF loafing around trying
to attend 20 other peoples business
as they have been doing for several
years.
The Bear Ford Baptist church viii
hold a social next third Saturday
night. A large crowd IS expected 70
be present, as this Is IN celebration OF
the Z5rd anniversary OF the congre-
cations attempt 10 pay on the church
debt
Zero Peck SAYS a fellow could stay
happy most all the time II he never
heard anything except what ones
nelghbors said 10 his face, but claims
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-08

out the Engiish-speakinE world HIS
real name was Henry ~. shaw
5.-Etheibsrt Nevin was 10 Amerl-
can composer, now deceased His most
popular songs are This Rosary snd
Mighty LAX a Rose"
6.-Liverpool Is The second city o.
England Its population - about
100000
IA coIumbariunn o. q sepulchrs
IN which are stored she ashes o. the
dead whose bodies have been ere
mated.
6.-The Incorporation o. q company
means that the state authorizes u %
do business as a company. the stock
holders being responsible for debts
and 20 receive profits shared upcu
the basis OF the number o. shares
owned
9-Lacqusr Is varuish Of shell
lack dissolved IN alcohol AID used %
coat and decorate fins tnrniturs, etc
IA kncut j. WHIP Formerly
used IN an official way On the pun
ishmeut Of offenders In Russia
New Questions.
what are ths Ingredients q
plain common. white wheat brsad2
From what substances - com
men writing Ink nader
2-Why do We celebrate Thanks
giving day and how did this custom
originated
E-Who Is Theodore n. Vsnf
6.-What O. -styscrlper7
6.-Whc wrote the novel Eugene
AramT
What Is a ssmesterY
s.-Wh1t Is a seminary
e.-What @ alchemy
1Q.-Where Is PsruI- Thompson
Feature Service, AZ Fourth avenus.
tor
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-08

COPYRIGHTED
DEE GALLEY says an his life (and
- he's pretty old) that he has heard
people speak OF having been franz
with somebody else He says recently
he has three times tried being frank
with people Twice he got knocked
IN the head and the third time he
had TO run. From now on he Will use
his old method Of applying a soft coat
OF salve with each word.
sle Sims announces that he be-
Ieves the frogs IN his pond are about
ready 10 so into winter quarters and
he VIII. be able 10 reduce the feed
bill
Daniel Hooks says Il takes a lot OF
money TO run even on a small scale
now.
Cape AIlsop read where a fellow
who was working in a steel mill was
making $50 q day and had gone on a
strike. Cape is preparing 10 60 and
sec about the job and IL the fellow
has really made up his mind 20 quit
he will try TO get g. He says he
might agree 70 take It for little less
10 begin On
The Hogvfle dog fair promises 10
be a great success this fan AleNan-
der Moseley's two blind dogs have
been declared Ineligible. Alex has
nine other dogs which he can enter
and make a big boost for the fair II
he does not let sentiment get IN the
way and try to boycott the fair on ac-
count Of the two blind ones
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-08

he has the damedest lot OF neighbors
any man ever had
SIle Sims SAYS a fellow would have
TO draw tremendous salary 10 dress
deceuly now he can readily under
stand why Mss Petuuia Belcher does
not have that such prim' appear
ance Of a few years ago.
The HOEVille Civic Improvement
society has appointed a special COM
mIttee with Leka Barlow chairman
70 help Siie SIMS gray mule up from
the streets when he gets down The
high cost Of living has gone pretty
hard with SHE'S mule
The postmaster has just gotten a
letter from the postofflee department
which has 20 do with an Inspector
catching him asleep on one Of his
trips here last spring, The postmas-
ter thinks the inspector must have
had a devil OF a time making them
believe it. as they were SO loug writ
ing 20 him about It. The letter only
said 10 was very unbecominE-" The
postmaster says IL that Is all he does
not care. he really expected at the
time he got caught they would try
TO dismiss him from the service
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-08

colonial danes appear like a bush Of
mere timpson-Weed by contrast
For he was a IineaI descendant Of
king Solomon a nd the queen Of
Sheba- Anr his highness. despite his
turban. smoclc and the fact he had
never eaten our buclwheat cakes. just
couldn't talk about our dances, they
seemed TO him so utterly and prepos-
terously shocking.
A group Of reporters cornered him
and made him commit himself 20
those rood old standbys Of the re-
viewer, The beauty OF the American
girl." our skyscrapers, our vast
wealth. our high pressure lives, ETC.
etc Then some one asked him what
ne thought OF the American dancing,
and the descendant OF ole king SOLO
mon, who was no saint, according 70
tradition, hastily fled from the room.
Not Talked About.
The American officer in charge Of
the royal A0yssiulans pursued his
highness and told him that according
10 the customs Of civilized America
We thought nothing Of talking about
such things, that the shlmmy" vas
not taboo. Then the chocolate colored
prince returned. looking highly un-
comfortable as the result % getting
his cosmopolitanism so thick and fast
he could JUST not grasp the "shimmy"
as a topic Of polite conversation
But the reporter persisted. 'In
my country said prince Eantiba
solemuly, the high born women look
Do while the dancing girls rance but
they DO not talk about Il In public"
Later he confessed that our high
born women and men dancing such
steps together was "a great amaze
meut3
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-08

MODERN dancing seems TO be in
w much the same position as the H.
C. Of L The limit has been reached
and All that can save the situation Is
a backward swing Of the pendulum.
The questionable "shimmy" was, as
some one smusingly put It, the end
Of the terminus" Decent people were
beginning to forego dancing. and Il
began 10 lose caste and while the
new dances became more bizarre and
risque, tbs people eager 20 learn them
represented less and less the caste
o. We're de We're" A stimulating and
most heaiIhful form o. exercise
threatened 10 90 by the board
Then the American Association Of
Masters OF Dancing. al their annual
convention IN New York recently, got
busy. Seeing their art was likely to
become the recreation OF the hoi-pol-
tOt, they took matters in hand and de-
cidsd 70 shoe the "shlmmy" off the
boards They Intend to put their ap-
peal squarely up 20 the manufacturers
o. Photographs and ask them 70 as
sist the association IN its campaign
against vulgar and suggestive dane
ing BY disseminating 10 distribute Jazz
records that invite these contortious.
Fenton Bott, president OF the or
ganizaion. SAYS: 'Our campaign will
be IN vain unless we can reform pri-
vate affairs where monographs fur
nish the music"
Return Of the Waltz.
The old-fashioned waltz, after be-
ing wholly disregarded for a dozen
years or more Is AZ last coming back,
and with Il the equally venera bic /
polka The waltz made its appear
ance a. an important dinner dance At
Newport recently, and was so imme-
diately popular that a number OF the
modern dances had 20 Be cut 20 give
the old favorite room.
The welcome given TO this really
beautiful dance has Induced other
hostesses 70 exert their Influence to- I
ward revivinE t. The questionable I
origin OF many OF the Erotesque mod Z
err dances has never seemed to deter
nice people" from dancing them with
the utmost gHsto.
Some OF them came from the Bar
barry Coast IN San Francisco, some
from the Apaches OF Paris, and a few
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-08
Waltz and Polka Coming Back
To Old Favor With Gentlefolk
American Association of Dancing Masters Announces
Intention Of Putting End to Modern
Suggestive Contortions.
Suggestive Contortions.
sBy BEATRICE FAIRFAx nm

, OF them went the Congo cannihals
one better il some Of their tribal
rites. Now, there always comes a
time when the clock strikes T.
And then Il has 70 begin all over
again, and begin by striking one
That seems TO be the case with the
Bunny Hug" the -Shlmmy," and q
few more OF our most question: bic
exhibitions. They are going out ap-
parently. because there was nothing
left-another antic. and the law stood
ready to take its toll.
The waltz. that IL now the hope OF
the more decent element, has had a
stormy history. There was a tine
when press ana pulpit alike IN
Weighed against this highly "inde-
corous dance" OF German origin. BY
ron's poem The Waltz turns the full
barrags Of his humor. satire and
mocksry against the Innocent am
blings OF this old standby.
Our Delightful EaiTete.
We have IA America a delIght fully
naive way OF regarding those who
dress differently and who are uuac-
quainted with our national delicacies
Of buclSwheat cakes, fried oysters and
lobster salad as utterly unciVilized
and beyond the pale OF human eonsid-
Grafton
But lately we had some visitors;
guests OF the nation" was the high
sounding title the papers gave them.
Persons who Instead OF putting on
straw hats in May and hardboiied
derbies IN September wrapped their
heads IN yards and yards Of brocade
and wore garments not unlike the
smock beloved Of Greenwich Village
and the mother hubbard OF back
country esteem.
were Abyssinians and their unpro-
uounceable names sounded iike the
calling OF subway stations by guards
with head colds. One OF these
men had a family tree that would
make that Of the most biueblooded
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-08


Monkey suit
an scared 70 death that the serious Of
functions give FOR me- Wlll be balls BE-
cause the ladys god bless them has
got the idear that u q man iu born
be a good dancer and don't enjoy no
other amusement only tripping the
life fantastic
Wen girls I was tail for q good
many yrs. before I felt the need 70 use
my dogs for anything only TO take
shoes out walking and "a fact Never
give a thought 10 what come prac-
teal Joker named the art OF danseing
tiil after 7 was married and wouldn't
Of then only ths people that come into
our home use to talk about % like Il
was fun and mine hostess would set
there looking kind OF Wishful like as
though she regretter the sacrifice she
made when she yeEsed q non danseuse
And when she would tell the young
visitors that her husband didn't dance
they use 20 humble why he should
ought % be fine dancer on acct OF
his hiEhth.
wei time 7 happened 70 run
down TO n. Y. and a couple Of wealthy
baseball writers asked me would 4
go out 10 a road house with they and
their wives and We hadn't no sooner
Wichs when the d1scords struck up
and ] OF the girls thinking I was
backwards asked me for the 1st dance.
don't dance I said Nonsense she
said I VIII learn you IN lesson
Teaching EEim To Danee-
wen her and her accomplish took
TURNS mopfnE the M with my No. II
and no-10D and when they was ex-
hausted they said now 90 back TO Chi
aud surprise the mate
At that time we was nvelng IN
suburb name Riverside On acct Of It
being along the side Of river Instead
OF iu 10 and they had assemDlys every
other maids day out 30 ] night l
draDed myself in a monkey suit and
told the wife 20 dress dp also as We
was going 90 the ball She near
dropped dead but not = as near as
dureing che 1st dance.
Wen we went 20 the assemnlyG
every wEs for q while and between I
dances Hauid look around the walls
and wonder whose turn 10 was next
as I wanted 70 treat ali the gals fair
and noticed that they was always I
lpoking back az ne with what ]
thought ~ the time was eLpectanll
bot ! found. ont Afterwards e was ter
ror. I guess they was only ! ID the I
gang that didn't give g dam and she I
was e Eiri that teacheo dancing on I
the side and waa the greatest de-
fenEive dancer that ever stepped into I
the Ring.
HIS idea OF Entertainment.
= might be . consultation to them /
gals 20 know that they wasn't the /
only one that suffered as Il didn't 4
take me only o. evenings 70 make /
% up in ny mind that when u come 1
70 entertainment would Just aG leaf
beat the iveinE I'm rug and they /
hasn't nothing occurred since that time
20 shake this theory. Ny sentiments IN 4
regards % Ia dause told ne where The
accent ought 70 come IN Terpsichore
before ever heard anybody pro-
uounc5 t.
I haven't no scruples VI. the hahite
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-08

10 tua Elltoti
NELL as said n my last letter to
" this paper we are moveing east Il
the near future and now ] am begin
ming TO wonder what kind OF a well
come vii the fasteners give me as
I am not wen known IN tks east like
out around Chi and a specially amlst
the fair sex though worked In Bos-
ton for a vile but they wasn't hard
81 time between takeing the lob and
1ooseing 81 TO even get acquainted
gith Central you might say.
When a man Ike I moves into a
new settlement the list thing the ladys
generally always does Is 20 get up a
serious functions where the object is
Tor the party TO get acquainted ana
make him feel at home though in
many cases a person sometimes feels
worse there then anywheres. We'll
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-08
.ittLeBObbie spa
By wILLIAH F. KIRK

: DA was singing httel song. he
1 called It a song without musick
& Ma sed he was good at naming
things. All thare was 70 the song
was these here words;
Thars is a thought which gives Us
cheer
Wen we wake up each morn At
dawn.
Tho the melancholy days Is here
Them melon collie days Is gone.
Love IS a funny thing. sed Pa. It is
hard to understand sumtimes why We
love certing peepul. OF course IN my
dashInE days. sed Pa wen ! was 5at-
ting around Four Hundred in deer old
Albuquerque and Deming. Pa sed.
cud ees understand why the Fare
Sex lost thare beds & harts wen thay
saw me, sed Pa, the littel deers, ssd
Indeed. sed Ma
o. indeed. sed Pa, but now often
wonder why you love me so much.
That IS a butiful speech, ia sed
Did my littel duckems want TO went
sumware touitev Ma sed.
No, SEQ Pa 90 not care 70 wander
froL my own fireside. an supe-
reem-ly happy rite here with you &
isttel BObbie Tho ] have been PAM
pered by pleshurs. sed Pa, I still find
happiness In my domysile.
You are in a rare frame Of mind
tonite. Ma sed.
Amt I tho2 sed Pa.
You certingly are, Ma sed- I was
reeding a artikel the other day wlch
sed that one Of the CRATE blessings
brot about by the late war was the
peaceful effeck II had on the home
tfe OF America
wuddent be surprised, sed Pa
Thare was room for a lot OF I'M
prov-ment IN that respech,. sed Pa
Neerly all OF our old married crowd
has busted up. now that I look back,
sed Pa, excep you & little me. We
stand like a tower on the shifting
sands OF Matterimony, Ma sed. You
are the e. nsinE ivy & me the sturdy
oak sed Pa Only I amt like a oak
d. ,elt staying IN one place. sed Pa,
that maiks ne think. I Wud Ike 70
90 10 the club tonite.
Go ahed. sed Ma. A little near
beer won't hurt you, I guess, sed Ma
when tell them won't tdance as
have found OF uthat the potter term
Il don't dance" hasn't no more effect
than orange crush.
Ring ". Lardner.
Goshen, Ind, Nov. Z.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-08
HOG WILLOW NE VS.

'l1'' 'l'''' = M N1Ii11 5'l =
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-08
KVZ

AnawerH 10 Testerdngsa XVII.
emblem OF Canada
THE theory Of evolution e.
that which IS based upon the idea
that man IS descended from lower
forms Of animal life.
3.-Judas Iscariot- who betrayed
Jesus. iE properly considered the
greatest traitor On history.
Josh Billings was an American
humorist whose fame spread through
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-30
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