davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-10
PAEONY.
A Legend of Japan.

The Paeony is one of the earliest
known of medicinal plants The ORR
gin of its name is interesting. Apollo
being the healer and giver of light,
heat and other blessings. was praised
in the hymn which took his name,
and which we still call the paean- 1t
is from this that the name Paeony
comes.
In the East where Paeonies abound.
and where the Japanese cultivate five
hundred varieties, they tell of a Chi
nese scholar whose chief recreation
was the care of these flowers Living
SO largely in their company and in
that of his books. it was natural that
he should be startled by the visit of
a lovely maid who appeared at his
door and asked to be taken into his
employment. He cheerfully complied
with her request, and his cheer in
creased as time went on. for he dis
covered presently that she was not
only servant, but companion. The
young man introduced her to his ac-
quaintances with pride, and they were
astonished no less at her accomplish
ments than at her grace and beauty
She always obeyed him with gladness.
till the fatal day arrived when visit
was expected from a famous moralist,
then the scholar summoned her in
vain Uneasy at her absence. he went
in search, and on entering Swallowed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-10

gallery he saw her gliding before him
like a spectre. Before he could over
take her, she had flattened herself
against the wall and sunk into 1t till
she was a mere picture upon the sur
face. tho her lips continued to move
Il did not answer when you called
me-" she confessed, for I am not a
human creature. / am the soul of a
Paeony. 1t was your love that warm
ed me into human shape, and it has
been joy to serve you. But now that
the priest has come. he will disap-
prove your love. and 1 cannot keep my
form. l must return to the flowers
In vain the scholar argued and inn
plored, she sank more deeply into the
wall. The colors of the picture that
she made grew fainter. At length she
faded altogether and there was 70
schalor went about in mourning.
The ladies'.
wistaria Blossom, Cloth of SILK and Deep
Snow,
With their ten attendants,
Are come to Asakusa
To gaze at Peonies.
To admire crimson-carmine Peonies.
To stare in admiration at bomb-shsped.
white and sulphur Peonies.
To earess with soft finger
Single. rose-fIat PcOnies.
To smell the acrid pungeuce Of Peony
And dream for mouths afterward
OF the temple garden at Asakusa,
Where they walked topethsr
Looking at Peonies.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-10
HONOR To PEYTON
Brother of TOpekan Given ID. S,
C. for HerOism Overseas.
He Is Promoted to Colonel I'm
der Shell Fire in France.

w. w. Peyton. 1925 West Street,
with the Santa Fe store department,
has received word that the distin-
guished service medal has been
awarded his brother. Col. Philip B.
PeXton. Colonel Peyton was advanced
to 6plonel from major in action. In
being awarded the medal, by COM
mand of General Pershing, the follow
ing notice was served by F. L. Whitley,
adjutant general:
Under the provisions of cablegram re-
ceived from the war department March 1.
1919, the COMMUNICATIVE chief, in the name
of the president, has awarded the distin-
guished service medal to you for excep-
tionally meritorious and distinguished
service set forth below:
Colonel Philip i. Peyton. Z. S. A.
For exceptionally meritOrious and dis
tinguished services.
lie took command of regiment which
had undergone six days of shell fire. He
commanded it with such unusual skill as to
enable the regiment to capture Aincreville-
Bots de Babiemont, Doulcon, and after
Dun-sur- Mouse, Milly- davant-Dun. Lion
devant- Dun. Cote st. German, Chateau
Charmois and MOuzay, thereby displaying
the highest order of leadership and eX-
hfbitinG Inasterful qualities Of a COM
mander.
1t will be seen that Colonel Peyton
reorganized a regiment under shell
fire and with it captured ten points
when he went into this action and took
command of the regiment under fire.
Colonel Peyton was commissioned
in 1908. He is a graduate of the Vir-
ginia Military institute, Lexington, Va,
and has served since that time in the
regular army.
w. w. Peyton has another brother,
Maj j. w. Peyton, who was commits
stoned from civil life in 1908, was
with the 2Srd infantry, was gassed in
the Champagne and is now on the
general staff in Washington.
His sister. Mary Virginia Peyton, is
in France with the American commits
sion for the restoration of France. She
has seen active service in the war
zone.
The Topeka Peyton was with Com
pany c of the Fourth regiment in the
Spanish American war in Cuba.
Colonel Peyton and Major Peyton
have visited Topeka a number of
times. Their father was for thirty-five
years claims attorney of the Southern
railway and retired in 1914
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-10
GOT d. S. C. IN BERLIN
Maj. Lindsey Sylvester. Virginian
Wears Only One Awarded There.

Berlin. (by mail. Maj. Lindsey NJ.
Sylvester wears the only Distinguish
ed Service Cross to be awarded in Ber-
lin. The major lis a Virginian. He
won his D. S. c. last summer along
the Marine His dugout was the only
protection in a particularly hot sector
that could be used for the wounded
The major moved his battalion head
quarters out in the open trench. to
make place for the wounded, and for
two days directed his men from no
cover at all. with shrapneI and high
explosive shells raining over the area.
When the award finally came thru.
Major Sylvester was in Berlin with
General HAIRLESS prisoner mission.
General Harries presented the medal
in the old American embassy on Will
helmplatz. in the presence of British
and French generals
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-10
ROOM and WATER SAVE GIRLS WORK
Both Badly Needed at Shawnee Telephone Company Installing
County Court House. New Buzzer Equipment
Probate Often 1t Will Tell Patrons When
Filled to Overlooking. Line Is Busy
TRANSACT BUSINESS IN YARD ABUSE WILL ALL Be LOST
Witnesses To Irate Patrons VIII Have No
"Mooch" Their Drinks. One o Complain To.
Public Fountain Badly Need Taking Insults One of Hardest
ed in Summer Time. of Exchange jobs
Telephone Company Installing
New Buzzer Equipment.
1t VIII Tell the Patrons When
Line Is Busy.
ABUSE WILL ALL Be LOST
Irate Patrons VIII Have No
One to Complain To.
Taking Insults One of Hardest
of Exchange Jobs.

"The line is busy" will soon be Il
thing of the past in Topeka.
The Southwestern Bell Telephone
company is establishing a cosmopolitan
buzzer system on its switchboard
which will be in working order very
soon. This system will do away with
much of the trouble of the telephone
girl and will give the subscriber an
opportunity to growl at nothing except
the air.
The buzzer is so arranged that after
number has been called and the
line is busy, the buzzer will ring and
that means.
1.-The line is busy"
Less Work for Girls.
The larger phone exchanges have
installed the new buzzer system for q
dual reason. Primarily it lessons the
work of the telephone girl. Secondly
it keeps the sharp tongued. sharp tem-
pered public from scolding the girls
for failures to get numbers, most often
not their fault.
The psychology of talking over =
telephone to an operator is puzzling.
Men, who would never think of being
impolite or sharp to a girl. or man.
face to face, will growl, grumble and
often insult a telephone girl for some-
thing they know is absolutely not the
fault of the girls. telephone men say.
III makes the work dOubly nerve
wracking for the girls" said a tele-
phone man today. The abuse to the
average girl is harder to bear than
the fast, nervous work they are
obliged to do for hours"
1t is expected that in the next fele-
| phone books issued the technique of
the buzzer system and the rules ap-
plying to its use will be explained to
the Dublic
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-10
NEW TOPEKA SCHOOL
Mss Wood Will Give Topckans tho
Latest in Expression.

Topeka is to have a new school of
expression, the only one in the city
founded on the principles established
by Leland Powers of Boston. the most
noted reader in America. The new in
sutution will be established by Miss
Laura Wood, the daughter of o. T.
Wood. United States marshal Miss
Wood is not only a master of the art
of reading and expression. but has the
record of having proved up on a gov
eminent claim in western Kansas, to
the great wonder and admiration of
her eastern friends.
Altho she intends to establish an
uptown studio in the near future,
Miss Wood will. for the present, con-
duct her school at her home, 14OS
Harrison street. She will teach voice,
gesture, pantomime and interpreted
ton in both private and class work
Her natural gifts lent her the ambi-
ton to become reader and master
or expression at an early age. She
came to Topeka from Liberal, her old
home, when her father was appointed
to the office of United States marshal.
and took course in the English de-
partment at Washburn college during
the winter 1914-'15. and also taught at
the Van Buren, school for a year
She then took up a government
claim near her. old home town of Lib
eral. but this life did not appeal to
her. so she obtained leave of absence
and went to Boston. where she at
tended Leland Powers's School of the
Spoken Word. This school was es-
tablished in 1904 by the man who had
become famous thrubut the country
Tor the principles he had discovered in
relation to reading and expression.
He was the first man in America to
read play and chose Robert Gar
rick in his initial attempt Within a
few years the art of reading plays was
established on a firm basis.
Wishing to pass on the principles he
had discovered, Powers established his
famous school in Boston, with limited
membership, and the institution was
soon recognized by men and women
who wished to acquire the utmost edu-
cation in that line.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-10
LONDON DANCING MAD
New Room Opens Every Day-Anyore
Teaches for Good Salary.

London, March 3o.-(Correspond-
ence Associated Press. EVERY day
sees the opening of a new dancing
room in London. There is not a
public hall to rent in the city or a
private hall either" said an old bal
let master who is now a ballroom
dance manager. House agents, par
ticularly IN Kensington, have entered
the spirit of the search, and are can
wasting the owners and tenants of pri-
vate houses who may have big rooms
to let. A private house has an ad-
vantage over a public hall as it can
keep open until the next day if it
likes. while a public hall must close
at midnight.
Anyone teaches dancing now. Girls
who have just learned set up as teach
ers in dance halls, and. working four
or eight together, in one hall, earn
from $40 to $50 a week EACH
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-10

flushing and constant WEAKNESS may
be suspicious signs. The trouble can
not be cured, but it can be alleviated-
Go slowly; reduce your meat diet to
once or twice a week and avoid drugs
and stimulants. Use fruits and vege-
tables freely. Avoid worry and excite
ment. Go TO good doctor and have
a thoro examination and then be sure
to follow his advice as to diet.
Question: What is the best way
to remove a wart from the lip. B. j.
Answer: Are you sure the growth
on your lip is a wart? Don't do any
thing until you see a surgeon. You
will probably find it is something else
than a wart. Don't delay your visit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-10
THE "MARTYR CITY"
Rheims, Mauled by Hun Guns, Has
Only Eourt ecnth Former Formulation.

Rheims, France, March 81. CORES
pondence A. P).-Rheims, which had
a population of 1I5,17S before the
war, now has only S,45s inhabitants
1887 men, 1888 women and 1918
children.
the Germans on 1,051 days, and over
1000 persons were killed, including
some 800 women and 100 children.
The cathedral was struck by 2S7 shells
up to March 81, 1918. After that date,
no record was kept.
April "a. 1917. was the worst day
of the war for Rheims. The bonn
bardment was so terrific that no rec
ords could be made of the casualties
and damage on that day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-10
RAILROAD GOLDEN JUBILEE
L. T.. and Central Pacific Joined East
AMI West so Years Ago.

Ogden. Utah, May 10-Fifty years
ago today at Promontory. near here
the gold spike was driven that signal
lied the union of the Union Pacific
railroad with the Central Pacific, join
ing the east and west.
In memory of that event represen-
tatives of those two railroads met with
representatives of the state of Utah
today in a celebration. Pageants were
shown, depicting the early days.
The Central Pacific built eastward
and the Union Pacific built westward.
The rails met on May 10. 1859.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-10
HOW TO KEEP HEAL THY
BY DIR. S. j. CRUMBINE.

Of
will State
Healthy"
Journal
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-10

Hundreds of sailors recently were landed
in New York from France and sent to
camp without n dollar in their possession.
the government not having paid them.
Patriotic women OF New York. hearing
or their dilemma, personally visited the
ones.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-10

Chamber of Commerce members
held a get acquainted meeting and
buffet supper Tuesday evening.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-05-10

Not least among the many Mondays
events was the Shriners parade and
initiation.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-03-12
MEMBERS
MAS BROS.

Dry Goods, Carpets, Millinery and
Ready-to-Wear
615-621 Franklin St., Cor. lack
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-03-12

YOUR RAILROAD, BOAT OR AUTOMOBILE FARE BOTH
WAYS REFUNDED (FOR TRIP OF 20 MILES OR MORE
FROM TAMPA) ON PURCHASES OF $50 AND UP ON THE
FOLLOWING BASIS:
On $40 purchases maximum mileage refund miles and return
On $50 purchases maximum mileage refund AZ miles
On $120 purchases maximum mileage and return
On $2O purchases maximum mileage miles and return
The Merchants Transportation Association of Tampa COM
posed the leading merchants of the city,
for the sole purpose of increasing the charging the
trade radius of Tampa by providing free transportation
resident customers of it's members effort to centraze in
this city the that being daily this terri
tory foreign markets. and in assist keeping Flor
ida money in Florida
10 accomplish this is the policy Association
to see that visiting buyers in Tampa that they will
again.
Those at all familiar with the Tampa that the
stocks of merchandise carried by the of this association
equal to any demands.
They have been selected the special requirements of
South Florida and sold quality for quality as low
and most lower than the goods can be OBJ
tanned from any other available of supply
Good roads and efficient travelling facilities provide means
whereby visit Tampa easily quickly when you
come we are ready to help in paying your expenses
Keep list of what you will then take trim to
Tampa needs and too the money YOU
had expected to spend
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-03-12

sfA"e @c, sure on himself, like a veteran
Alpine. His own comrades, always
tried in the most daring feats, were
amazed at his deeds of valor. When
they praised him Corporal Macmillan
Mombello would answer with a proud
smile: "I-but am special corpo-
raj" His manner quickly won him the
friendship and favor of all, from the
soldiers to the officers.
Count Starts a School.
The count Of Salemi found way,
even under fire, to start a school for
the illiterate. The pupils attended will
ingly, for the instructor, Corporal
Macmillan Mombello, was in truth
genial-patient to a fault, happy,
learned and, above all, generous in re-
warding the studious at the close of
the lessons. A draught of wine, por-
ton of bread We're ready for all in his
trench ration. His greatest joy was
on the arrival of the mail in the eve.
ming. If the enemy permitted, he de-
voted himself to reading and writing
letters. He was often surprised, moved
or disturbed by the letter he received
or sent-a letter from his mother or to
his mother
One day, however, it leaked out
among the officers that Mombello was
the Prince Salient of royal blood. 1t
was passed alon& to the stupetied sol
diers. "What?" they asked him. Are
You royal highness?" "Yes," the
count answered. What Of it?' The
answer treasured the soldiers.
Promoted to capta.ncy.
Although Macmillan Mombello came
to he known again us the count Of
Saleini prince of the roval house 81
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-03-12
SHERIFFS SALE

Under and by virtue of an execu-
ton which issued out of the County
Court in and for the County of Pinel-
las, State of Florida, dated 18th day
of January, A. D. 1919, in certain
cause wherein Maria Georgiadis, ct al,
are plaintiffs, and S. G.. Cambouris, ct
al, are defendants, l have levied on
and will on the 18th day of March,
A. D. 1919, during legal hours of sale,
offer for sale at or near the Sponge
Exchange in the City of Tarpon
Springs, Florida, and sell to the high
est and best bidder for cash, the fol-
lowing described property to-wit:
One vessel now in the waters of
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-03-12
Come to
TAMPA
M E MBERS
DAVIS SHOE COMPANY

DAVIS SHOE COMPANY
"Shoes-Nothing but Shoes,
Mems, Women's Children's Footwear
tbs Franklin Street
o. FALK DEPARTMENT STORE
Dry Goods, Notions, Millinery, Ladies'
Ready-to-Wea Mems & Boys Cloth
ing and shoes. 712-14-16 Franklin st.
DAN P. CALVIN
Optometrist & Mfg. Optician. Eyes
exam'd, glasses fitted; complete grind
ing outfit. 81 lack, opp. Y. NJ. C. A.
GLENN'S SHOE & TOGGERY co.
Shoes, Ladies' Ready-to-Wear, and
Millinery
507-509 Franklin Street
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-03-12
MONEY SENT HOME
BEFORE Big BATTLE
Douohboys CLEANED Pockets" for
Home Folks, When Return From
Fight Was Uncertain. Y. M. C. A.
Has Delivered Millions of Dollars
For Annex.

Paris, Feb. THE steady unset
fishness of the American, soldier,
shown by the way he cleaned his
pockets of money before going into
action, to be sent home if he didn't
come back, is told by w. J. Baker Of
Portchester, MY, who served eleven
months as Y. NJ C. A. worker with
the 26th Division. His particular
charge was the third battalion of the
1O3rd infantry. He Joined that unit
on the ST. Mihiel front, went with
them to Chateau Thierry, and later
was in the famous St Mihiel cleanup
and the drive before Verdun.
sit was just before that action be-
gam said Baker, that l saw the finest
example CT the characteristic unselfish-
ness of the boys. They cleaned their
pockets for the folks at home. They
knew they were going up against the
real thing, and they wanted all their
money to go home in case they never
came back. In Ill, I was entrusted
with 100000 flames - upwards of
81 100000 - bc!rre that attack. We
handled sue, r1:Hds through the regu-
lar Y. NJ. c. a vice established for
sending money t,2m soldiers to rela-
tives in = 0rjc'.'
Baker livI1 with his battalion, and
/ saw lively times, as the Yankee
Diyisi-n ~ as it was called, was kept
on the Fighting front almost contlnu
ously.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-03-12
ROYAL PRINCE IS
| HERO IN RANKS
Under False Name Cousin OF
King of Italy Serves as
Corporal.
DEEDS AMAZE HIS COMRADES
Not Even the Officers Knew at First
I That Youngster Who Showed Such
Reckless Courage Was of
Royal Blood.

Rome.-The Gazzatta di Torino, tell
ing about the count of Salemi, cousin
of the king of Italy, recalls how he
fought in the beginning Of the war in
! Val d'ASsa under the false name of
Macmillan Mombello. Nobody, not
even the officers, knew at first that the
vigorous youngster, so good and mild
of temperament, so magnificent in his
reckless courage, was Prince Umberto.
count of Salemi.
The hour of danger found him calm.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-03-12

Anclote river, and also one diving
pump, now at Tarpon Springs, Flori-
da, sold to satisfy said execution and
costs.
M. M. WHITEHURST,
Sheriff of Pinellas County, Florida.
JOHN F. Greene,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
March 7-8-10-11-12)
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-03-12
BASEBALL

The management of the Tarpon
Springs baseball club is DESTROYS of
corresponding with the various teams
of the West Coast, with a view to ar
ranging series of games for the
season. Address communications to
H. L. Whitney, Tarpon Springs, FLAG
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-03-12
MAS, THE HABERDAsHER

Furnishings for Men and Boys. Boys
Clothing speciality. Tampa's highest
Building-Citizens Bank Building.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1919-03-12

savoy, he remained their corporal ; AnC
he continued to be till the day when
he was promoted, to become later a
lieutenant and captain of bombar'
dierS.
lie died from pneumonia at the front
among his devoted soldiers just be-
fore the end Of hostilities. He had
just been promoted and commanded
bombarding battery of the army of
the Grappa.
Although son of Prince Amadeo
and the Princess Letitia of Savoy-Bo
napmte, the young count, who was
twenty-seven, enlisted at the outbreak
of the war as a simple soldier in the
Catania light cavalry. He vas in the
war zone for three years. took part in
several important actions and won a
silver medal of valor by heroic con.
duct.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-01
announcements

There will be no more meetings
Of the second section of the Progress
club literature department this
spring. The session which was to
have been held Friday afternoon has
been cancelled by agreement of the
members.
Mrs. Homer Robinson, 1861 Riv-
erside dr., will entertain the Worth
while circle Of the First Methodist
Episcopal church at her home Fri
day afternoon. The assisting host
esses will be Mrs J. w. Eastep. Mrs
II. l. Davis. Mrs. Arthur Jones and
Mrs G. Gerber
Gail Granger. sos Blaine av.. will
entertain the Kings Heralds of
Grace. NJ. +. church Saturday after
noon. Members will meet at the
home Of Mrs. Hisey. 1872 s. Mich
igan ST.. at . o'clock. and will then
go to the Granger home
on Friday afternoon the Woman's
Missionary society Of Westminster
church will be entertained by Mrs.
3. T. Augustine AS Riverside DIR.
Miss Bredemus. missionary TO Tur-
key viii deliver an address. Assist
ing hosteSses will be Mrs. Donald
Hines and Mrs. L. w Hammond.
Hand in Hand grove, No. q. will
entertain at dancing party this
evening in W. q. w hall.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-01
Personals

Thomas Kelly. Of Milwaukee re-
turned home Wednesday morning.
after a few days visit with friends
in South Bend
Miss Clara Shafer. SIS Forest av..
mas returned 10 this city. after an
extended visit Of 10 months in the
west. she visited Yellowstone Ma
tional park Glacier Falls. Great
Falls Mont. Tacoma and Seattle.
Wash. and spent some time in Los
Angeles. Calf Miss Shafer. who is
an artist OF ability. formerly con
Quoted "A studio I'm the Farmers
Trust building
Mrs. George Barrett OF I19 Lind
sey ST.. has as her guest her niece.
Mrs. +. H. Gilcrist from Des
Moines. Iowa
Mrs. VIII Schafer OF Argos. Ind.
was called 10 this city on account OF
the serious illness Of her daughter.
Mrs. Frank Knoblock, OF 1915 Lind
sey ST
Rev. and Mrs. c. Claude Travis
and daughters of Chicago are the
guests for a few days Of Mrs. AIyron
Campbell. 323 w Navarro st.
Hugo Noedisch. 1877 Portage av..
left Tuesday evening for Lansing.
Mich where he has accepted a re-
sponsible position with the Mich
isan Steel Screw Co.
First class Pvt. David Phillips
has received his honorable dis
charge from service at Camp De-
sister Mrs. John Burgess. 110S s
Main ST.
Pvt George A ROessler OF the