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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-20
CIUBI)OM
Frisco's Little Theates

The Little Theater in San Fran
cisco In ito third year, has opened
this season In its own home, called
the Maitland Playhouse. Arthur
Maitland 10 the managing director.
Mr.. Maitland says he 10 endeavof-
ing ITO produce the best plays by
the best players, under the intimate
conditions furnished by the small
house, and to do it ali under eondi-
tons and in surroundings that are
artistic and harmonious"
The Maitland theater is 4 "theater
unusual" The walls of the play
house are paneled in some pale blue
material that looks like silk, this
being shirred at top and bottom in
such a way as to contribute its soft
ness to other good coloring and I'M
usual lighting effects. Figures of
Chinese actors add a dash of color
and character here and there.
Instead Of conventional stage
scenery, draperies of various shades
and lines are vsed, there being 4
"repertory" of more than 1000 yards
OF drapery fabrics shelved for use
as, needed. Regular house doors
and windows are used at any place
they may be required, the draperies
fitting into and around them. Mr..
Maitland has devised system of
suspending draperies and Of control
ling them by means OF hooks and
trolleys in such a way that four
changes may be made in 10 minutes,
thus doing away with the necessity
OF employing stage hands. The eff
feet Of all of this is to add greatly
to the softness, fexibility and gen
eral effectiveness Of the staging.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-20
Lovelorn
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX
Everybody's Opinion Wanted.

Everybody's Opinion Wanted.
Dear Miss Fairfax, Omaha Bee:
am = young woman. only 2s years
OF age. considered fairly good look
ing ana OF a pleasing personality. I
Try 70 b oongenial in every respect.
l nave lived here all my life and
am well known throughout the COM
muniiy. MY people are quite
wish Tor excepting the companion
ship Of the opposite sex. / and It
impossible to keep the company Of
any young man. Two years ago I
had steady company and he moved
away from here and has never re-
turned, but folks seem, to think I
am still engaged to him. Often
times young men ask permission to
call, and they never come back;
only recently a young man, a very
nice one, too, escorted me home
from a church social. I gave him
permission to call on the following
Sunday; he never came or as much
as called me over the phone to say
ne couldn't come, and now that's
the way I am treated.
! dance, attend parties and all So
cial gatherings possible, and, to be
plain spoken about 1t. I simply can
not catch beau.
l use but very little powder and
never any rouge. i dress carefully
and try to be as nice as l can to
every one as possible. I only as
sociate with the better class Of peo-
pie in my community; my people
would not hear of me inviting other
than wealthy man to call, and
oftentimes / attribute that to my
lonesomeness. / think even though
a girls parents are wealthy she
could keep company with young
man who Is less fortunate II he is
honorable.
/ read your columns faithfully
and ! feel that you have helped me
considerably at different times by
your advice to others.
Permit me to ask two questions in
closing: Will you encourage writ
ers to your column to give their
ideas of my feelings, and last but
not least, should a young man be
kept out of society simply because
his father was not on the square?
/ appreciate your efforts. M. A.
I think this letter might be dis
cussed in the lovelorn column with
some degree of interest. Therefore,
l shall welcome letters from readers
and print them in this department
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-20
Indian Names.


Dear Miss Fairfax, Omaha Bee:
have read your advice and though
have never seen any like my ques-
! ton l thought maybe you could
help me. l have a friend who has
joined the Campfire Girls and car
not find suitable Indian name and
meaning. Would you kindly print
some Indian (girD names and theiI
meanings, or where could I get
some? l will close, thanking you in
advance, GERTIE.
Your campfire leader should be
able to give you a suitable name. II
not, the library has books on
! ethnology which will give you more
information than you could use.
Dear Miss Fairfax, Omaha Bee:
! Is It right that q boy should leave a
girls home after spending the eve
ming. with or without an Invitation
I hope to find my answer in the
Wednesday evening paper. Truly
yours, LOVE.
What do you mean? He has to
leave some time, doesn't he? Be
more specific.
Too Fat.
Dear Miss Fairfax, Omaha Bee:
Can you please tell me what kind
Of diet a fat person should eat to
reduce himself? OF what kind Of
food should this consist of? How
long should person eat this? II
you do not know the answer to these
questions, then tell me what Is the
remedy to reduce fairness? If exer-
else, what kind of exercise? What is
the remedy to reduce the fairness of
the leg? II exercise, what kind?
What can person do to make him
questions, as you do not know what
it is to be called Fatty" They say
no matter how fat a person is he
can reduce himself by eating a GER
tain kind Of diet. What is the best
kind Of face powder? What can be
done to make the hair grow? Thank
you. A TWIN.
Evidently you wish to be made
over. I cannot do this, but I can
give you some excellent general
rules. To reduce flesh eliminate
breakfast altogether. The first few
days you will miss your ham and
eggs and coffee and cereal, but after
a week you will not notice 1t. For
lunch take something without starch
or fat. For instance, spinach or
cabbage, whole wheat bread, but
very little Of 1t. For dinner take
vegetables and salads for the most
part eliminating butter, potatoes,
peas and starchy vegetables. A
small quantity of meat II permissi-
BILE. This seems like rigid diet. but
the stomach is a victim Of habit and
only calls for what It is accustomed
to receiving. After q short time a
small quantity Of food will suffice.
Exercise by walking, rolling, bend
ing-in fact, the more exercise you
take the less flesh you accumulate.
There is no limit to this. One who
is inclined to be fat must keep I'D
the diet. / have no recipe for
growth. Massage the scalp with a
good oil to make the hair grow.
There are number Of good powders
on the market, and what agrees with
one skin is harful to another, so you
will have to experiment. However,
the diet given herewith will clear
your skin, clear the white Of your
eyes and reduce the size of the
pores. Making excuses for eating
quantities, or Improperly. will not
reduce you-the human system
takes no heed of Thanksgiving and
Christmas ana Sunday and feast day
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-20
Heart Beats
By A. K.

As I sit on the surf
Tho Ocean
Comes rolling In
To me-
Bringing strange messages
On each white cap
Sad news
And glad news
In the phosphoreseent eyes
OF the pillows
That sing to me.
"Oceanus the KIND
God of the ocean
Isa goodly God
In his gentle moods
He cools hot fevers--
Relaxes taut nerves
And sails great ships
Uniting the worlds
OF the earth.
He caresses the swimmers
Welcomes the sailors
But
Gives vent
To his tickle whims.-
Some weep DER
The mad destruction
Wrought by the power
OF the deep
Sigh for the vicious battle
They fought
Commanded by forces unseen.
They lament the lives
OF children
Swallowed by giant waves
When they swan with delight
In the morning light
On the lee shore
Near the land. .r.
Oceanus-Czar
Of all waters
Rules in madness and tyranny
Blasting voyagers
Who roam at sea-
Shifting the fishes
Typhooning ripples-- f-..
Till his wrath is spent L
And calm must reign
One white capped wave
Brought baby. shoe
Which told far more
Than all the rest
And it moaned and disclosed
A tale Of woe
OF the secrets hidden
In Neptune's depths.
Thus u 49,.
some of the talebearers
Confded in me
As | sat on the shore
When the tide came in.
-.... -SELAH.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-20

Mrs. Hubbard Is a member Of the
executive board of the Campfire
girls. Her group has been sewing
for the Associated Charities and is
also taking part in the Christmas
carols.
The Campfire girls are going to
carry joyous song to Omaha hos
pitfalls and people generally on the
evening of December %. Their last
rehearsal occurs Saturday afternoon
at 8 o'clock, under the direction of
Barton Twitchell. Two hundred
girls are taking part in the singing,
W. A. Ellis has secured from
Colonel Wuest at Fort Omaha, the
use of army trucks for transporta-
ton on the night of/December %.
Fathers of some of the girls will
accompany them, adding basso
notes to the sweet soprano and rich
alto.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-20
Social Settlement.

The A. c. A. will decorate a
Christmas tree at the Social Settle
ment, on Saturday, December 20.
The tree will remain standing I'M
til the first of the year. The asso-
citation Of collegiate alumnae will
have charge of the Sunday program,
which will include Christmas carols.
During Christmas week, the w.
O. R. T. H. and H. E. L. P. clubs
will meet and various parties,
dances and festivities will be sched-
uled.
Miss Mary Phillippi will tell a
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-20
Engaged?

Dear Miss Fairfax, Omaha Bee: I
am a daily reader Of your column
and think you advice is wonderful,
so am coming to you for advice.
Am in love with a man of %. He
asked me to be his wife six months
ago, but he never gave me ring up
to this day, or is it my place to
ask for 1t, and is a ring necessary to
call 1t an engagement? We fire.
quently quarrel over nothing. Is
it proper for us to do so If we want
to be friends forever and will this
hurt the future? What kind of a
Christmas present would be suitable
for him? / get so many letters
with the stamp in most any corner
would you please tell me the stamp
Irritation?
GREEN EYED BEAUTY.
A ring Is customary but not neces-
sary. 1t seems to me that it would
bring about rather embarrassing
conversation to ask for a ring. Low
ers always quarrel, and so far have
never been able to find solution
for it. am not familiar with stamp
,tlirtations.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-20

meals Most fat people go on a diet
and then break their system SO often
that they keep all their flesh. 1t
comes to this: Diet and grow thin
eat and stay fat. Take your choice.
Motherless-If you will send us
your name and address we will
write you personally.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-12-20

Christmas story at the general meet
ing Saturday.
The Actors Equity association OF
New York has adopted a resolution
opposing Sunday performances.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-09-12
SAWS PASQUOTANK SHOULD
BE LIVE STOCK CENTER
Absolutely No Reason Why Not Except
the Tick, Says DR.. Robbins.

No Reason Why Not Except
the Tick, Says DR.. Robbins.
s'There is absolutely no reason in the
world why Pasquotank county should not
become a great stock-raising CENTER
stated DIR. Hartwell Robbins, district
quarantine agent, to repre- sentative OF
THE INDEPENDENT this week. DR..
Robbins has his Offices at Washington,
N. G. He recently made tour OF the
counties in northeastern Carolina for the
purpose of observing the progress in tick
eradication work.
"Once we get the State free from
ticks" he continued, "and stock raising
will be given a great incentive. AT
present one, cannot expect the average
farmer to become greatly interested in
the raising of cattle, for he loses Slo
head due to the ticks. Many animals also
die of tick fever But with this expen-
sive nest removed from the coastal sec
tion of the State, Pasquotank county VII
increase rapidly in stock raising. we
have every other advantage: plenty o.
ma sturage, a good climate. water-eVery
thing that could be desired. Getting I'll
of the tick is the only thing required
DR.. Robbins stated that tick eradlca
ton work was progressing splend1dl!
and that the farmers were greatly inter
ested and displaying an appreciaoie oe
gree of cooperation.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-09-12
MUCH TYPHOID FEVER
DURING THE SUMMER
Folks Who Live in City and County
Pay Heavy Penalty for Neglect
of Sanitation.

During the months of June. July and
August there were 26 cases of typhoid
fever in Elizabeth City and Pasquotank
county, according to figures just given
out by DR.. Zenas Fearing, County Health
Officer. Not single one of the victims
had ever been inoculated with the anti
typhoid serum, and DR.. Fearing points
out that this is proof of the most con-
vincing sort that the preventive treat
ment is thoroughly effective.
Typhoid, according to. Or. Fearing, Is
only contracted by the swallowing OF hu-
man or animal filth infected with the
germ of the disease, and the number OF
aa>es recorded during the past three
months is anything but creditable to the
attitude of the people toward even the
most ordinary measures of sanitation.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-09-12
ROAD BUILDING IS NOW
UNDERWAY In COUNTY
First Barge Load Of Brick Unloaded this Week.
Abroad Building Machinery
. Oh The Ground
Oh The Ground

]. Within ten days Pasquotank
county's paved roads will prob
ably be under actual construction.
The big barge James McNally
arrived here this week from Balt1-.
more with the first Consignment
of paving brick, carrying in its
capacious hold 10000 OF the
bricks to be used in the making
of the new roads. These were
rapidly transferred to lighters,
upon which they were carried to
Weeksvil1e, where the first seq
ment of the paved roads will be
laid down According to County
Engineer Higgs, the unloading
contract called for the transfer
ring of 125 tons of brick per day.
but by hustling, the unloading
crew handled AS tons the frst
day.
Practically everything is in
readiness for the actual construc-
ton of the road at Weeksvllle.
Approximately sixty men are on
the lob, and Engineer Hlggs.
states that the work is going
good. The necessary sand and ce-
ment is all in transit; the concrete
mixers and large Koehring con
! crete pavers are ready for action
| the steel road forms to hold the
paving in place while it is being
| laid. the FIVE and ten ton brick
rollers, and three powerful motor
trucks are ali on the job, and soon
paved roads in Pasquotank will be
a real thing instead of a promise
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-09-12
NOW MAKE FLOUR
FROM CATTAuS
Cattails on North Carolina Marsh
es Yield $500 Lbs. Of Flour
To The Acre

Owners of marsh lands in
northeastern North Carolina will
be interested in the announce
ment that a commercial use has
been found for the cattai1s that
grow on these marshes. Govern
ment laboratories have succeeded
in manufacturing -four from cat
tails and this flour is pronounced
as good as rice or other wheat
substitutes. And from an acre of
cattails one can get more than s.
600 pounds of refined -four from
one harvesting.
1t has been discovered that cattails
have large stalks or rhizomes running in
several directions, usually distance of
80 inches or more underground. The soil
feet network of these stalks, the stalks
being about an inch thick and the center
of every stalk a core of solid material
that is almost solid mass of starch.
The Indians used to eat these roots
| for food and muskrats thrive on them.
From one acre of cattails 1922 pounds
Of these stalks have been taken and the
actual yield of manufactured and sifted
-four was $500 pounds.
] A sample of the flour thus obtained
was sent to Washington to the Food Ad-
ministration Office. This Office turned the
sample over to the Plant Chemical Lab
! oratory, where an analysis OF, the flour
was made. J. A. LeClerc, the chemist
in charge, in his report on the analys
says: ID es-<=-~-
'This material has approximately the
same amount of protein that is foune
4 in rice and corn flours. The fat content
is somewhat lower than that found ever
1 in wheat flour. In view of our expe'
4 rience on the use or flour substitutes IL
baking we see no reason why cattai
flour could not be used to the exten
of 10 to 20 per cent as part substitute
, for wheat flour"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-09-12
Bankrupt in 1905,
Makes Good in 1919
G. H. Winslow, Of okisko, Cleans
Up Old Scores, After Ia
Years of Labor.

Attorney Winfield, A. Worth, Referee
in Bankruptcy in the q. S. Court at Eliz-
abeth City, gives this newspaper an ac-
count of the most remarkable case tina,
has come under his observation as Ref
cree in Bankruptcy in the, Is years he
has served that Office. Here is the story:
Back in 1905 G. II. Winslow, mer-
chant at Okisko in this county, was de-
clared a bankrupt with liabilities totaling
several thousand dollars and not penny
to allow his creditors.
Mr.. Worth had forgotten all about this
man Winslow until about 80 days ago
when Mr. Winslow walked into his Office
and called for list of his old creditors
He got the list and went out and paid
up every dollar he owed. 1t required
two or three weeks of hard effort to
locate some of the creditors, as number
of them had gone out of business OF
moved away. At.
When he quit the mercantile business
in 1905 Mr.. Winslow says he was lef'
| with nothing but his wife. plow and
! ea-bitten mule that had been given hin
| by his father. He went to farming II
| regain his small fortune and he says tina
by hard work, prayer ana the help o
| his good wife, he has made good.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-09-12
THREE MEN ESCAPE
FROM HEREFORD JAIL
Negro Charged With Attempt at Hor-
ribIe Crime Gets Away With
Two Other Prisoners.

Sensational reports of a Jail delivery
at Hertford Wednesday night reached
this newspaper as it was going to press
Thursday. 1t is stated that three pris-
oners succeeded in breaking out of the
jail at Hertford, one of whom was a
negro charged with attempted rape. No
particulars as to the manner of their
escape are yet available. The Hertford
police department phoned to Elizabeth
City last night for bloodhounds, which,
however, could not be had here, and
later they sent to Suffolk for a pair of
the dogs.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-09-12

came info existence about the same time,
and there were frequent skirmishes be-
tween the opposing factions.
In the days following the Civil war,
when the Ku-Klux Klan was active IN
furnishing deeds of lawlessness by carpet
baggers and disloyal natives IN many
parts of the South, an effort was made
to form a similar body here, but due
largely to the opposition of Colonel Mar
tin. one of the most prominent men IN
this section, the plan fell through A
band of cavalry deserters called the lotn
yireinians. after the regiment from which
most of them had come, passed through
Nortbea stern North Carolina about TINS
times pillaging and burning. A number
of them were killed, and the rest were
finally driven away, after having done
great deal of damage.
Charles MacDona1d's account OF CaVn
War times in this pat OF the state
would make an interesting volume
Among his most valued possessions
| .sT1nc1e Charles has mimic ball which
he picked from one of the elms on Main
street, in front of what is now the nome
of DR.. IA. s. Blades, which he obtained
soon after the bombardment OF the city
nv the Federals in 1862. ssUncle Charles
is still active despite his 70 years and
is IN ereat demand ag horse doctor =
: Pasouotank and nearby counties.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-09-12
COMMON SINS OF
THE GENUS HOMO
Mosly Trivial .Offenses To Take
Up Criminal Docket of SUI
perior Court Next Week

Superior Court which cOnveneS here
Monday. will have to dispose of a mum
Der of minor cases of larceny, prosti-
tuition. and bootlegging, but the docket
is singularly free from important cases
for the September term. Among the
most interesting of the petty cases to
be tried is that of Martin B. Simpson,
who, while serving as City Attorney of
Elizabeth City, was convicted in the local
police court of injuring real estate, the
real estate in question being the prop
erty of the Y. M. G. A. Rather than
pay the fine imposed he noted an appeal,
and the case will be dealt with next
| week. ...
Other cases of slightly more than u.s.
| ual interest are the following: Miles
Babb, James Howard and Alex johnson,
charged with breaking in a freight car,
and larceny of a part of the contents;
Whit Wilson, who must answer charge
of selling whiskey; Augustus Potter,
who is alleged to have attempted to
poison a small negro boy; John Sawyer
Ethel Parker and John Benton charged
with prostitution; Amelia Graham, col.
ored, an alleged bigamist; Capt. Ben
Gaskins, who was nabbed in the Pas
quotank river with 266 quarts of joy
fluid on board his vessel; Herbert Brown
Ernest Gillian, John Speight and Dora
Rogers, all colored, charged with pros;
titution. Otherwise the docket is prin
cipally made up of petty larcenies, fel
onies and other more or less unimportant
breaches of the law.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-09-12
COTTON ASSOCIATION
FIXES PRICE MINIMUM
Proposal for disbursement OF League OF
Nations Plan Defeated Amid
Much Excitement.

A scale of minimum prices to be ac-
eepted for cotton, beginning with 36
cents per pound for September, and
gradually increasing to 40 cents in May
has been adopted by the American Cot
ton Association in session at New Or
leans. Due to uncertain conditions now
ezfsting III is that these reeoin-
aended minimum prices are only tenn
porary, and that later even higher min
imum prices may be recommended by
the executive committee of the associa-
ton.
A proposal for the passage of reso-
lution endorsing President Wilson's tour
for the League of Nations, and for urg-
ing the Senate to Immediately ratify the
peace treaty, resulted in an uproar that
got completely out of the control OF the
presiding officer, Governor Dorsey, OF
Georgia. The proposal was defeated.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-09-12
WOULD PAVE FOUR
MORE MILES IN CITY
City Manager Recommends Concrete
Paving For Thirteen Unpaved
Streets

SIFO00S
More than four miles of additional
street paving for Elizabeth City, to cost
approximately 100000 is recommended
by City Manager Simonds in a recon-
mendation to the Board of Aldermen
this week. And the City Manager fa-
vors streets of concrete, to be built
by the city and not by contractors.
The streets which the City Manager
advises paved are as follows:
Southern Avenue, Shepherd to the
City limit, twenty feet wide.
Martin street, Church to Shepherd,
20 feet wide.
Lawrence street, Water to Road, 1s
feet wide.
Ehringhaus street, Road to City limit
20 feet wide.
Selden street, Main to Church, 20 feet
wide.
Parsonage street, Road to Railroad
20 feet wide.
Burgess street, Road to Greek, 20 fee
wide.
Cypress street. PENNSYLVANIA to Har
ney, 20 feet wide.
Pearl street, Road to Martin. 1S fee
wide.
Broad street, Pennsylvania to Road, 2
feet wide.
Hunter, Riverside to Greek, Is fee
| wide.
Matthews, Road to Dyer, 20 feet wide
Bell street, Road to railroad, 1S fee
| wide.
The Aldermen have as yet taken n
action upon the foregoing recommends
| tions.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-09-12
CARLOAD OF SOLDIER GRUB
ON THE WAY TO BETSY TOWN

A carload of Government foodstuffs,
mostly canned goods, has been bought
by the city, and will probably be here
this coming week. 1t will be sold from
a stall in the City Market by the local
Housewives League, and nobody will
make any profit on the consignment,
since the food be disposed Of ai
cost plus transports hon ehafges, plus
the actual selling expense. It is expect
ed that the carload will be sold in rec
ord-breaking time, for prices will be far
lower than similar goods can possibly
be bought for elsewhere.