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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-08
A VILLAIN OF GOOD DEEDS


A mans conscience-and a woman's
even more so-is gullible. The fact
that "all's fair in Love-" Is popu-
larly accepted, proves it. Men and
women who would not utter fib to
save their lives have lied, plotted and
murdered to win their loves. And in
their hearts Conscience has nodded in
sleep or even in approval while they
did their villainies.
Roy Nicoll never thought of himsel!
as villain. He got his money hon.
estly He never "poached on other
mems preserves" or even wanted to
until he met Janet as Walt Sted-
mans wife. After his involuntary
false move when he kissed Janet
now forgiven and forgotten by her
Roy had never transgressed in any
way that even the strictest guardian
Of propriety could censure.
On the contrary, his manner and
deeds toward Janet and even Walt
were such that the strictest guardian
would most enthusiastically approve
as exemplary. But strict guardians
are proverbially near-sighted. Roy
himself knew he was most insidiously
digging and undermining the very
foundations of the Stedmans' love.
Roy's conscience was sound as any
mans; but like most mems it was
servant to the man, not master. It
let itself be used instead of using the
man. Roy did not hide from his con-
science that he was doing his utmost
to win Janet from Walt, with the
hope of marrying her.
But what is there wrong in my
giving Janet the chance for career?"
he asked his family accusing con-
science Unwilling to surrender cas-
lily, Conscience replied:
You will make Walt Stedman's
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-08
City Statistics
Deaths and Funerals.

FIoyd-Anna Ruth Floyd, one year
old, died of pneumonia at her home.
South Fifth and o streets, Saturday
morning at Z o'clock. Funeral SER
vices will be held Sunday afternoon
at o'clock. The Rev. S. C. Lee will
officiate. Burial will be in Luthera-
MIA. Friends may call at any time.
A sister, Mary Susie Floyd, died last
Saturday, and her body was placed in
the vault at Lutherania, awaiting the
arrival of an uncle from Texas. A
double interment will take place Sun
day afternoon at 2:3O o'clock.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-08

cut it the shape of tub (only larger),
sew a hem around and insert elastic.
Slip this over the tub and it will al
ways stay clean and ready for use.
Drawers for babies can be made Of
fannelette or old underwear. Make
the legs separate, without seat, and
pin them to the shirt. They keep
a child much warmer, especially when
floors are cold.
When trying out lard, do not cut
your lard at hand; run it through
the meat grinder; it will try out more
quickly and with less waste.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-08
G. O.P. STARTS
CAMPAIGN FOR
1920 ELECTION
Will H. Hays Emphasizes SUI
preme Nationalism in Open
ing Address at St. Paul.

ST. PAUL, MINI. March 8.-Will H.
Hayes, chairman of the Republican
National committee, in speeches and
conferences in the Twin Cities Friday
formally opened the Republican cam
paign for national victory at the polls
in 1920
Supreme nationalism was the key
note of the Republican leaders
speeches.
While we seek earnestly and pray
erfully for methods lessening future
wars, and will go far indeed in an
honest effort to that end, we will ac-
cept no indefinite internationalisn as
substitute for fervent American nat
ionalism," was his stand on the League
of Nations question, in addressing the
northwest rally here tonight.
United States Senator Frank B. KEEL
log, speaking of Republican achieve
ments during the war, expressed a
hope for amendments to the present
League of Nations draft. Governor ].
A. Burnquist, welcoming the chairman
Of the National committee, assailed
George Creel, chairman of the COM
mittee on public information.
Oppose Federal Control.
I'VE have always said, We join our
selves to no party that does not follow
the flag and keep step to the music of
the Union" said Hays at the outset
of his address last night. "The Re-
publican party has not only followed
the flag and kept step to the music
of the Union-the Republican party
has carried the flag and made the
.. music for the Union.
Eve will not forget that while we
fight to make certain the rights of
free government in the world, we have
a republic to preserve in this country;
that we are representative govern
ment, not a Bolshevik synocopation;
! that while there is nothing in this
country that we would not take and
use for necessary war purposes, such
taking must be for war purposes only.
"The Republican party from its in
ception has stood against undue fed
eralization of industries and activities
There must be strong federal regula
ton, but not federal ownership"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-08
Large Sale of Supplies
At Local P0stofficf

The sale of stamps, stamped enve-
lopes and other postoffice supplies at
the Richmond postoffice during Febru-
airy amounted to $12,94431. Sales on
revenue stamps were the largest ever
made and amounted to over $2,008.
Fifteen thousand dollars worth Of War
Savings stamps were sold.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-08

According to the best modern auth
critics, the so-called amber found in
Syria, India and Madagascar is not
amber at all, but resin, nearly akin
to copal, which is the product of leaf
bearing trees growing at the present
day.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-08

Bananas are one of the chief ex-
ports of Jamaica, but on account of
hurricanes the exports for 1917 were
valued at only $1,000,000.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-08
HOUSEHOLD HINTS
By Mrs. Morton

soup will not curdle. Stir till the
eggs are cooked, and the soup thick
ems slightly, then serve with saltines.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-08
DISCOVERIES.

DISCOVERIES.
To keep bathtub clean and free from
dust. make everyone who takes bath
clean the tub. Get piece of lowered
cretonne to match color of bathroom,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-26

going to speak. l am going to speak
in order to expose you, you disrepu-
table price juggler! You disgrace
to the Retail Butchers Union. Lis
ten, everybody! This constituencies
robber bought me at seven francs
per kilo, net, at the wholesale mar
ket, and he is selling me by the
pound at three times what cost him
by the kilo, realizing at your ex-
pense, you poor consumers, a scan
dalous profit! When l think of the
rate at which this rascal has the
audacity to sell my kidneys, when
v,,,..,i.I Of the price which ;ou are
compelled to pay for my fiiet and
my gristle, | am overwhelmed with
indignation. And my feet l had
shapely feet; l admit it without any
false modesty. But this scoundrel
exaggerates their perfection when
he has the gall to placard them at
ten francs pair. AS tor my head,
my excellent Gales head. 40 much
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-26

you then rollow me, oh, my given
bride?
IRENE
CAS- though transfgured) I follow
you freely and gladly, my lord and
masteri
PROFESSOR RUBEK
drawing her along with him. We
must first pass through the mists, Irene,
and them
IRENE
Yes, through all the mists, and then
right up to the summit Of the tower
that shines in the sunrise
(The mist clouds close in over the
scene. Professor Rubek and Irene, hand
in hand, climb up over the snow field to
the right and soon disappear among the
lower clouds. Keen storm gusts hurtle
and whistle through the air
(The Sister of Mercy appears upon
the stone screen to the left She stops
and looks around silently and search
ingiy.
(Maia can be heard singing tri-
umphantly far in the depths below
MAIA
am freei I am free! I am free!
No more life IN prison for mel
/ ON free as bird! am free!
(Suddenly a sound like thunder is
heard from far up in the snow field,
which glides and hurs downward with
hcadlong speed. Professor Rubek and
Irene can be dimly dscerned as they
are whirled along with the masses of
snow and buried in them
THE SISTER OF MERCY
Gives a shrek, stretches out her
arms toward them and cries.) Irene!
| Islands silent a moment, then makes
the Sign Of the Cross before her in the
air, and says:
"PAX VOBISCUM"
Maia's triumphant song sounds from
still farther down below
CURTAIN.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-26

THE CYNICAL BUTCHER !:
Four francs a pound. And l lose
money on it at that.
THE GOURMAND VENTRILO-
QUIST: It's very high. (Asids)
The hour Of vengeance approaches.
THE CYNICAL BUTCHER (im-
PATIENTLY: Take it or leave it (point-
ing to caiPs head standing on q
block). Shall l split the head? Yes
or no?
THE CALLS HEAD (lchich,
thanks to the art Of the uemtrilo-
quist, seems to speak): 1t is you
you miserable profteer, whose head
ought to be split.
CHORUS OF ASTONlSHED
CUSTOMERS: Heavens! The calf
head is talking!
THE CALF'S HEAD continuing
in an implacablc tomo): Have you
no shame. you villanous profitcer. To
rob vour natrons like that1 l am
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-26

can't be equalled outside one of our
stores.
Look at the handkerchief case.
Empty. See that collar shelf? De-
pleted. And if we didn't manufac-
ture our own shirts our stock would
be almost exhausted. Fifty dozen
shirts Saturday afternoon. All this
one-collar trade comes in before 9
o'clock in the morning. Going to
work, see?"
Anyway, this laundry strike is a
great thing for our business"
Harry Levine, who is one Of Yer
non D. Smiths lieutenants in the
strike, says there are 1000 hand
launderies in Manhattan and The
Bronx. "Not one OF them is OPEN"
vows Mr.. Levine. un BROOKLYN
about 1900 will be closed before
the end Of the week. The strike
wasn't called there until Tuesday.
Then there are about forty steam
launderies in Manhattan, and all of
them shut down. Fifteen are shut
down in Brooklyn and four in Jer-
sey City and one in Orange. That's
what closes the wet wash laundries
you people call 'em hand laun-
dries. The wet wash laundry COL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-26

Harvard's drive for fund Of SIS
100000. This is no mean sum, AMI
although there are $4,000 Harvard
men scattered here and there over
the face of the globe, the average
contribution which must be main
tanned in order to put the drive
across is somewhere between S4OO
and $500. This is not at all in a class
with selling pansy for PASSAGES
poor, and requires facts and figures
and organized effort Of high caliber.
And the fact that he canvassers for
Harvard have thus far more than
maintained the required average is
evidence enough that the managers
Of the drive have been generous in
passing out munitions. John Can
vasser staggers forth under load
OF data, and the figures show that
he generally staggers back under
an equal load Of subscriptions. John
Prospect, for ali his Office boys, was
just SO much soup for him. And
how does he do it?
There's small. inotensiye
pamphlet called THE Canvasser for
the Harvard Endowment Fund
His Book" and this is responsible
for the greater part of the casual
ties in Harvard check books.
shrewd is he who can ask a ques-
ton for which this little book has
no answer, and great is the lawyer
who can offer an objection which is
not easily refuted somewhere be-
tween those crimson covers. From
the moment John Canvasser smil-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-26

vassers can almost prove that it is
money in your pocket TO give Is per
cent of your years income to Har-
wards endowment fund. With the
prospect in the twilight sleep from
liberal dose of taxes, surtaxes,
exemptions and allowances. results
show that large check is often
brought into the world.
The basic appeal for Harvard's
drive, and which in the main is be-
ing followed by all other colleges.
which have since made similar ap-
proaches to their alumni. is one Of
pride in the university, love for the
university, the needs Of the univer-
slty, and what the university has
done for the country and mankind.
And with the record Of college men
IN the war making the glorious
chapter which it has, Harvard and
her sister institutions have here an
appeal which is irrefutable.
Why give money to Harvard?~
is question which is anticipated at
some length in the book cts helpful
hints, for there are outlined no less
than eleven good reasons why a man
should give money to Harvard, any
one of which is conviction in itself,
and as for Harvard's needs, which in
this campaign have been confined to
more pay for teachers, and moro
money for the medical school, the
dental school, the department Of
chemistry and the new department
for compulsory freshmen athletics,
there IS long exposition of Just
what the university is doing, what it
can do and what it should do, and
he only answer possible is that tho
university must have more money.
Under the head of COLLECTIONS
and Answers" is a comeback for
anything John Prospect can saw
other than Il WILL" If he should
recommend that the deficit be met by
raising tuition fees. he is only let
ting himself in for terrible on
slaught, and if he should inadvert-
emily remark that he had always
thought that Harvard was wealthy
institution-well, he'd soon learn
that his comment was, to say the
east, i'll advised.
With subscription blanks on their
shoulders and the little red book
packed away on their backs, the
army OF canvassers is out to bring
home the bacon and looks ahead to
a Crimson victory.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-26

was before the sleeve button fashion
ira. The buttons will have to 20
The laundry workers are demanding
among other things, a forty-four.
hour week, but a nose runs twenty
four hours a day in this kind of
weather.
Clean, starched collars have COW
cred multitude of soiled necks dur
ing the last few generations, but if
the laundry workers win their strike
the employers say their charge for
laundrying collars will have to be
increased to 6 cents apiece; shirts,
% cents apiece. Both Of these gar
ments could be dispensed with by
buttoning ones vest up the back,
presenting priestly front to lin
enless world. This is offered merely
as suggestion.
The strike began October 6. Yer
non D. Smith, organizer for the
Laundry Workers international
Union, says that $4,000 workers
whose normal task is to aid New
Workers to present a spotless front
to the world are idle, with the result
that the said front is more or less
spotted.
The Chinese laundries are pre-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-26
How Harvard Prizes Loose the Almighty Dollar

to ebb, no regular. we'll organized
cause is leaving anything to chance.
The canvasser no longer relies
chiefly on tears and smiles, but is
armed to the teeth with bristling
array of facts, figures and "sig-
nificant statistics" which in them
selves spell the prospects doom.
These facts and figures leave moth
ing to be said, leave no room for
argument, leave no barrier stand
ing between the check and the fund.
In fact, they are drawn up by sew
eral bright young men for that
very purpose.
Prominent among the appeals be-
fore the public to-day, and first
among the campaigns for greater
endowment for higher education, is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-26

and there is still time for US to live
our life, Irene
IRENE
(Looks sadly at him. The desire for
life is dead in me, Arnold. Now have
arisen. And look for you-and find
you. And then see that you and life
lie dead-as | have lain.
PROFESSOR RUBEg
Oh, how utterly you are astray,
Both in US and around US life is fer
menting and throbbing as fiercely as
ever!
IRENE
(Smiling and shaking her head.) The
young woman Of your Resurrection
Day can see all life lying on its bier.
PROFESSOR RUBEK
(Throwing his arms violently around
herr Then let two of the dead-us two
for once live life to it's uttermost-
oSiS1S VIC kS WV II w OuI graves again.
IRENE
with q shriek) Arnold!
PROFESSOR RUBEK
But not here in the half darkness!
Not here with this hideous, dank shroud
tapping around us-
rpEA-C
Carried away by passion.) No, no
Up in the light and in all the glitter
ng glory! Up to the Peak of
Promise!
PROFESSOR RUBEK
There we will hold our marriage
feast, Irene-oh. my beloved
IRENE
(Proudly) The sun may freely look
on US, Arnold.
PROFESSOR RUBEK
All the powers Of light may freely
look on us and all the powers Of dark
ness, too. (Seizes her handy Will
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-26

give short weight. Oh, don't deny
it! have watched you all morning
out Of the corner Of my eye. You
have falsified the balance by press
ing on the weights with your finger.
You have done it again and again,
you miserable bandit.
, CHORUS OF OUTRAGED GUS
TONER'S: Down with the profteer.
Kill him.
THE CALLS HEAD: No. Be
calm and orderly, good people; re-
strain your evaporation. Don't
lower yourselves so far as to do him
violence! Simply deliver this trades
man to justice and let his case serve
= 4 lesson to the dishonorap.e prot
iteers of peace time / have had my
say. My duty is fulfilled. l was
rcvolted at the idea Of contributing
to the fortunes Of a fellow like this
At being turned by him into a
veritab.e golden caf.
THE GOURMAND VENTRILO.
QUIST Ito the stupe fed butcherJ:
How much is your ca.-s head?
THE CYNICAL BUTCHER male
nth terror and stdnamerlng): Moth
ingl Nothing! Take it away. /
give it to you! 1t is bewitched.
(He bursts into nldniacai laugh,
"~,zcs his cleaver. splits open NJ
head and falls dead. Curtain,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-26

lngly enters the arena until he just
as smilingly withdraws with the
bacon tucked firmly under his arm,
John Prospect hasn't chance. He
is roped and tied from the first, and
all that is needed to brand him with
the letters HEF is his signature on
that dotted line. The little book,
ably interpreted by a we'll drilled
man, will do it every time.
Sizing up your prospect is the
first ominous chapter in this liter
airy can opener, and it is typical Of
Harvard's campaign that the ap-
peal suggested is not one of duty or
obligation, but one based on "the
satisfaction and the sense of exalta-
ton that come from having done
service in a self-sacr;ficing way"
The canvasser may leave his man
penniless, but always with radi-
ant glow of pleasure. Painless ex-
traction is science with the forty
Eve teams which are canvassing the
4,500 Harvard men in New York.
Managing the interview" is the
next bad omen for the citizens ex-
chequer, wherein the canvasser is
taught to choose his words before
hand, to distinguish between real
and surface objections, never to
take "No" literally, and always to
get the maximum gift within his
prospects powers. And incidental
y, with the aid of Exhibit B, which
is leafet having to do with the
". k. Hollis amendment to the in
come tax law, these Harvard can
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-26

sentlng an unbroken front to the
strikers, but just how much they can
do toward keeping New York's linen
as it should be may not be known TO-,
several weeks. In the first place
nobody ever took the trouble to count
the Chinese laundries in New York
City.
The unmarried males of New York
have just about depleted the stocks
Ct local haberdashers' collars, shirts
and handkerchiefs.
Otto, blond and bland young
man who sells this sort of thing in
a Park Row store, said that his stock
of $3.50 shirts was disappearing like
money when there is a run on the
bank.
"Some Of 'em are collar pikers,
though" explained Otto. "They
come in here and buy a collar first
thing in the morning. Then they
tuck the dirty one in their back
pocket and dash down the street to
a swell shirt place and buy their
days shirt supply.
"Most Of 'em are fair, though, and
recognize that the value we offer in
cur percale $3.50 and $500 garments
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-26

desired by many honest people, four
francs a pound! And with the bones
too, if you please The modest pur-
chaser who formerly served me with
vinaigrette can no longer pay for
my head: and it breaks my heart to
see all these poor people pass by my
block, signing with disappointment.
THE CYNICAL BUTCHER (,cild
nth rage: Stop! Stop. Don't
listen to that calf's head. It lies.
THE CALF'S HEAD: All! I
lie? 1t doess't rest with you, prince
Of liars and king of robbers, to &C.
cuse me Of living! You who oven
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-26
ACT FIRST
The Ventriloquist's Lament

AO2 1IttJ
The Ventriloquist's Lament
1.-THE scene passes In the lodgings
of vemtriloquist who has the mis-
fortune to be q gouymand)
THE VENTRILOQUIST: I am a
ventriloquist and / adore calls head.
But, alas, the cynic Of a butcher
at the next street corner has raised
his prices. Tho hcdrcs q eigh.) Calls
head is too dear for mo. Ny modest
income as an entertainer doesn't al
low me to buy my favoritc meat. 1t
is enough to make one weep. |, who
would sell my vote for calf's head
d la vinaigrette, am reduced to the
sad necessity Of eating vinaigrette
without the calls head. lie cienchcs
hH fsts with rage.) And to think
that ! suffer this torment through
the fault of that odious profiseer!
Oh, No! No! 1t shall never be SAID
that ventriloquist who loves his
calls head doesn't know how to in
vsrt pon1c terrible vengeance! (He
rsfsefs dcrpiy.) All, ! have found
ut! ! hsvs mn jdesi 4
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-26

THE scene passes IN q butcher
shop
THE CYNICAL BUTCHER $50
Hoquizing): It's a great life. My
shop is crowded with patrons who
are easy marks. l sell without re-
gard to cost. I give underweight
Yes, decidedly, it's great life.
THE GOURMAND VENTRILO-
QUIST (enterin0 and speaking IN a
stemtorian voffe): How much is your
cslf'a head7
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-10-26
WhenWeDead
Awaken
Continued from page fotr.

IRENE
outside the peasants hut-and
Naying with swans and water lilies---
PROFESSOR RUBEK
What then--what thenf
IRENE
and when heard you say with
rsh deathly, icy GOODNESS that | was
aataing bat ar episode in your life
PROFESSOR RuBEK
It was you that said that, Irene,
lot l.
IRENE
Continuing then had my knife
Mt | wanted to stab you in the back
nth it.
PROFESSOR RUBEK
lDarkly.) And why did you hold
Nur hand7
IRENE
Because it flashed upon NE with a
a'aaen horror that you were dead al
nady-Iong ago.
PROFESSOR RUBEK
Dead!
IRENE
osad! Dead, you as we'll as /. We
q there By the Lake of Taunitz, we two
-s'-eoio bodies, and played with each
saer.
PROFESSOR RUBEK
90 not call that being dead. But
W. 20 not understand me-
IRENE
men where is the burning desire
W ne that you Tough, and battled
s1iase when / stood freely forth be-
'" you as the woman arisen from
ae dead,
1 PROFESSOR RUBEK
k.s.
4 IRENE
'as love that be ongs TO the life Of
:. 'a"-tae beautiful, miraculous earth
inscrutable earth-life-that 10
"'a In both Of US.
| PROFESSOR RUBEK
'asionssely.) And do you know
~ Just .ha, loye-it il burning and
's'a'ag In me as hotly as ever before.
IRENE
- II Have you forgotten who l
| PROFESSOR RuBEK
'ssae or wh.. you please, for sueht
' For me. you ara the woman
IN ny dreams Of you.
IRENE
L.. " stood on the turn.ablc, naked.
H.. ~os show OF myself to many
| sas Of men after you.
| PROFESSOR RugEK
I.s. sha' drove you TO the turn
II. WIND ~ | then was---I who
~, the dad clay-imsgs above the
s'asa" Of 'f~--~s love.
IRENE
Gown Too iats--,too late.
=. fHGFtxQf. = pfrg,L-H
h. hasy's breadth has ali that
'0 IN the interval lowered you
~ syss.
/ IRENE
i nsad ssses E,r in my own.
PROFESSOR aunEk
III vhsf sk~ns ~,,~% ve .-. >~..