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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-14
TOO STRONG ON SYMPATHY
Elvira Parkins Had a Fault From
Which Too Mary Of Us Are
Mot Quita Free.

els she gomez" Aunt Harriet in
quired breathlessly.
Aunt Harriet's niece. Eileen. turned
from the flowers she was arranging
flowers left by the departing guest.
"She's just going down the path" she
replied. shall l call her back7 Do
you want to see her again7 Did she
leave anythingr'
IF you call her back. I'll disown
you, even IL you are my favorite
niece" Aunt Harriet retorted. Tell
me the minute the gate clicks"
Eileen's eyes began to dance.
Months of illness had not broken
Aunt Harriet's spirit. She left tho
flowers and devoted herself to the
window.
"Now!" she announced.
Aunt Harriet drew a long breath,
IL WISH" she declared. that Elvira
Parklns never had had mother
There, I've said 1t, and l feel better !"
Aunt Harriet" Eileen cried, with
a laugh that broke bounds In spite
of her.
81 know, suppose I ought to be
ashamed and maybe shall he come
day, but just this minute that seems
to me the most relieving thing l ever
said in my life. Elvira Parkins is a
good woman. She wouldn't hurt the
feelings OF a fly, and she'd run her
/ could stand the kindness, but what
i can't stand is her sympathy.
''If I so much as mention twings
In my little finger. she will draw down
her face and lower her voice and say
Il know-you can't tell me anything
about 1t. My mother suffered that
way for years / have discovered that
Elvira's mother had an accident like
mine and was hard of hearing like
me and had heart just like mine.
Elvira saw me lodging n streak OF sun
light for minute, and she jumped
for the shade and pulled il clear down
and came back and patted my shoul-
der, murmuring, My mother had just
such sensitive eyes. You must be
very. very careful. Mother suffered
so with hers the last OF her life"
Aunt liarriet's mimicry was delight
full Eileen was enjoying herself
greatly. do tell me some more Of
Elvira's conversation she pleaded.
I'm ready to vow never TO be sympa-
thetic again ms long as live"
Aunt Harriet sank back on her pill
lows. but her eyes were twinklinR.
I'm not saying that I'd advise you
to 20 quite as far as that, Eileen"
she retOrted. I'D only call your at
tention to the fact that there's sym
pathy and sympathy, and advise you
to exercise a little care In choosing
the kind you use."-Youth's Com
panion.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-14
You've Heard 'Em.

Look here" said the city editor TO
the cub reporter, you should write
everything as briefly as possible. In
stead of saying the middle-aged bald
headed performer In the hired aggre-
CATION OF followers OF Orpheus who
nightly provide the harmony at one OF
our leading temples OF mlrth, seized
his trombone firmly In his hands.
placed his feverish lips to the mouth.
piece and sounded thereon an unearth-
ly tone like the wailing of a lost soul
on the main street Of Inferno'-now
shorten that up"
So the reporter merely wrote: "The
slip horn player In the orchestra blew
q helva note"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-14
COMEDIANS OF OLD GREECE
Statues Found In Tombs Show That
Funmakers Were Much Like
Those AppIauded Today.

The finding Of some statues In an
ancient Greek tomb is an opportunity
for comparing the comedians OF old
times with those of today. The stat
ues are believed to date back to the
fourth century B. c. They are quite
small-in fact, few of them measure
more than six inches i'm height-but
owing to the careful modelling they
are still quite lifelike in spite of
their extreme age. These little fig
ures represent the funny men Of that
time, and 1t Is curious to note the re-
semblance to the oddities Of Charlie
Chaplin.
One associates flowing robes and
stately walk with the Greek actors,
but these players are shown wear
ing shCrt trousers and with an oh
vious caricature of a stately gait.
Nothing was sacred from these come
dians; even the greatest men of the
day were subjects for their wit. which
they carried to extremes. good ex-
ample of this is a statue of one of the
funny men as Hercules. who was uni
vcrsally admired and venerated in an
cient Greece. He is shown wearing
his leopard skin lightly over one
shoulder. with his finger in his
mouth. looking coQuettishly round
him.
The costumes OF these little figures
must have been brilliant: there are
still faint traces of pink and yellow
on the terra Gotta of which the statues
We're made.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-14
No Lazy Mans Place.

II you saw the bird of paradise,
and then listened to some folk talk
you may be under the impression
Hawaii is land where Americans
60 and just naturally forget to work,
lie down beneath n shady. spready
tree and listen to the thrum of the
Hawaiian guitars until they're lulled
into sleep from which they seldom
are aroused. THAT stuff" said 8.
s. Pavson OF Honolulu, els all
right hut it's for story books and
comic operas. went to Honolulu 13
years ago from Philadelphia. be
came president Of the Rotary club.
member OF the legislature and head
or the largest automobile concern in
Honolulu. When came back to the
United States I don't find any OF my
old companions are staying up any
later nj night than I do or travel any
faster than I do. Don't let any one
put that "go-to-sleep- p-and-never- wake
up" idea into your head. Hawaii is not
lazy mans country, by any means"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-14
Vehicle Market in Siam.

Owing 10 the low-lying and often In.
undated plains of southern Siam. in
which most OF the rice farming is
done and in which road making is diff
hcult, and also the fact that transpor-
taticn is easily afforded by the numer-
Gus canals which traverse the country
In every direction, there is not likely
to be any extended demand for farm
wagons or other vehicles for the use
OF the Slamese farmer. Ii seems. how
ever, that considerable attention will
be given TO road making in Slams
principal cities, notably in Bangkok.
and that therefore a line of municipal
vehicles will he needed In the near
future
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-14
The Stream of Prisoners.

Robert w. Chambers WAS reading
at the Century club about the capture
OF Lille when IA pacitist interrupted
him.
I'VE don't want TO destroy Germany
utterly, you know" the paciiist said.
''We1l have peace soon and then all
this bitterness will be forgotten. I've
just been reading an Interview with
the German crown prince. He seems
a pleasant-spoken chap. Expects to
come over here to shoot grizzlies ef-
ter it's all over. Says he's got lot
Of friends In the countries OF the al
lies"
'He has, too" said Mr.. Chambers,
with a grim smile. "Why. his friends
are pouring In on us now at the rate
OF about 10000 a week"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-14
DoQs rs MESSENGERS.

Experiments made in the training Of
dogs ms messengers with the armies
In the field have, II is stated, given
satisfactory results. The dogs which
proved most receptive under instruc-
lions are chiefly half-breed collies and
retrievers. A rather po3r breed of
bob-tailed sheepdogs has also done
well. All have been treined to per-
form their errands during heavy ar
ing, both Of rifles and guns. They
can he fired over as easily as the or
dinary sporting dog. and what is quite
another thing, they will face fire at
close range.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-14
London's Sea Gull Visitors.

London's winter visitors, the sea
gulls, have arrived particularly early
this year Never since the hard win
ter Of 1895 first impelled them high
up the river, and into hitherto un-
known regions of parks and private
gardens, have the birds omitted to
make their yearly call to the Serpen-
tine and Kensington gardens round
pond. On the river. of course, the
gulls, single or In flights, have been
regular habitues for many years. per-
hapS centuries. Feeding the gulls
from the bridges II favorite occu-
patton for many Londoner, or rath-
er IL used to be, for now the feeding
Of birds Is forbidden, on the ground
Of waste, by the defense of the realm
regulations. The gulls will have TO
shift for themselves this winter, and
Londoners' reputation for hospitality
will suffer accordingly in the bird
world ?-Christian Science Monitor.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-14
Civilization Fatal 20 Eskimo

Vilhjalmur StefnnSson. Arctic ex-
plorer, to whom the Charles r. DAILY
medal was presented by the American
Geographical society for his "valua-
bie contributions To science" pleaded
that no efforts be made TO civilize the
Eskimo tribes Of the far North. All
such previous efforts he stated, had
resulted disastrously for the natives.
One tribe Of 5000 discovered In 1925
by an English explorer, he said WAS
now reduced to only 40 persons
through adoption OF civilized mode
OF living, which was unsuitable for the
frigid cline
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-14
RABBIT SKIN FOR LEATHER
Possibility That Tanning Process Has
Been Discovered That viii
Solve Big Problem.

AT present In Annonay, France, an
earnest effort Is being made to intro
duce rabbit skin leather in shoe max
Ing. Annonay is In the valley Of the
Rhone, just south OF Lyons. II was
there, about 75 years ago. that chem
LIST devised tanning process In which
the hair was removed from the pelt
OF n rabbit without damage to the
skin. Previously no one had been able
to remove the hair without injuring
the pelt
The chemist had his process tried
out for short time. but II did not
prove to he a commercial success and
the rabbit-skin shoe came to be only
memory. Less than ten years ago
some Germans got hold Of the old
chemists formula and began to manu-
facture rapbit leather.
At one OF the industrial expositions
In Germany in 1909 there was display
OF 250 styles OF SHOES made of rabbit
skins. The exhibition won first prize
In the department Of footwear. Now
the French have taken up the work Of
the old chemist OF Annonay and are
manufacturing shoes out Of rabbit
pelts.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-14
Had Same War Adyenture.

letter from the chaplain Of base
hospital 4S, French lines, brings to
light strange case OF parallel circum.
stances In the war experiences of two
San Franciscnns, Corp. Arthur T. Null
len, 62l Alvarado street, and Private
jeremiah Sears. 1923 Alvarado street.
After enlistment the two men. living
In the same building, were assigned to
the same division. fought in the same
battle. escaping wounds then in the
battle of Argonne they were both
wounded October IA at the same time.
by machine-gun bullets, and were
placed side by side on cots In the same
hospital
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-14
AT Attention" Before God.

Paying tribute TO the services per
formed by the British Y. NJ. C. A.. w.
Gordon Spriggs, writing in Associa-
tion Men, the organ OF the Ameri-
can "Y," is reminded of the reply
made by Field Marshal Sir George
White TO an inquiry addressed to him
at the close OF the three months siege
OF Ladysmith, South Africa. in the
Boer war Sir George was asked to
explain how he maintained his cheer
fulness and upheld the spirit and mo-
rale OF his weary troops amidst so
much discomfort. depression and un-
certainty. Because" said the field
marshal. II stand at attention before
God every morning so that may re-
ceive my daily marching orders"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-14
Growing Sugar Cane Under Paper.

new and very odd method OF
growing sugar cane Is proving highly
successful in the Hawaiian islands.
When the cane is beginning to sprout
yard-wide strips are laid lengthwise
over the rows Of little plants and held
In place with cane-field trash The pa
per Is strong enough TO keep down and
smother the starting weeds hut not to
Kill the stout and hardy young cane
In i've or six weeks the weed seeds
beneath the paper have all germinat-
ed and been smOthered to death hut
the cane shoots have either forced
their way through or erected them.
selves sufficiently to make little tent
like elevations. Laborers then pass
along the rows and with long knives
make Sits in the sheets, permitting
the shoots to come through. The lib
Grated shoots al first are blanched
white, but quickly turn green and
lusty. Wedding thereafter is almost
wholly needless, because there are
very few weeds. There is an increa ss
of ten tons (about 2s per cent? In the
yield of cane per acre. Half the labor
Is saved and the production OF actual
sugar per acre is augmented by more
than ton. The paper used 10 made
out OF "bagasse," which Is the residue
OF the cane after the sugary sap has
been squeezed out OF it.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-14
Beaten To Il

Germany, confessing her wicked
ness and protesting her repentance,
reminds me Of rascally fortune hunt
err" said the director OF military aero
nautics, General Kenly.
This fortune hunter was describing
his pursuit Of Pittsburg heiress.
"'In proposing said his listener.
you ought to have told her, George.
that you were unworthy Of her. That
bait seldom fails
"The fortune hunter gave a gloomy
laugh.
ayes, ! was going TO tell her that.
he said, but she told II to me first"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-14
New American Industry

Turkish towels now come from Lew
iston, Me, where the mills are daily
turning out thousands of high grade
Turkish towels that are said to be far
superior to the goods formerly brought
across the Atlantic. One mill as a
side line turns out 10000 bedspreads
each week and daily produces thou
sands Of yards of mercerized silk.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-14
Canary Given Fine Funeral

Scores Of persons attended the fu-
neral of canary bird at the home Of
Harry Chambers, Moorestown, N. J.
The bird was twenty-five years DID,
and n1ny grownups had known 1t
since they were children. 1t was buried
in q little silver box.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-14
Held at n Distance

Father" said the ex-crown prince,
~why. do you keep the title count r "
"As a sort of compromise. I feel
mat very few people are going to like
me well enough 20 want to call me
by my first nams."-Boston Evening
Transcript.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-14
HostiIItIss Are at an End.

Jane had broken her second doll that
morning, and mother. very much pro-
voked, was putting the careless baby
through the third degree when from
the depths of the apron la which the
sweaty 1ttle face was buried came the
words: Mother. did you know the
:. Ug,. pNefi'
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1919-02-14
EXPRESS COMPANY
SEEKS TO IMPROVE
Continued From Page One)

The Better Packing-Bette"
Marking" campaign will be conduct
ed at a period of the year when the
express movement is usually the
lightest and just before the heavy
commodity business starts to move
in March Not all of the fault is
laid at the door of the shipper. The
express company officials are free to
admit their own shortcomings and
do not evade responsibility for them.
During the campaign there will be
an energetic endeavor to prevent
rough handling, miS-routing or other
deviations from correct express
methods in Offices and terminals. and
closer supervision OF the work of en-
ployes is expected to improve inter
nal operating conditions.
On February IL. the day after the
official opening OF the drive. every
agent at all important points. will
call different classes of his employees
together at convenient periods and
address them. urging their active
participation in the campaign. first
Nv improvinp conditions inside of
+bo ranks and thon by securing the
cooperation OF the shipping public
with whom they come in contact.
Similar meetings will be called on
every Tuesday during the drive.
.ro ,;ruta., snooobos will no
delivered by the local express heads
-, o;or,, o,oo.oa ,l,ordi,,to,
a po..or c,,-ioo C,,r,oign com-
,,,, .,,,a T., t,,o Iooo1
,,oss or,oniz,tior IN ererv oitv
,orosod of won from, ooob os tho
,o,.oro, ooroti,, hroo,,os tn ,bis
NV, .bo chico, so,ol,+ Will ho ont
,irad 20 ,bo vobic1o mo, tho rlot
forr, mon tho omco ond claim bu-
reau emploves. the messengers in the
cars and the agents at smaller
points.
A datermired effort will no made
drriro tho co,o,o;o, 90 orodiooto
ub,t is lro,yn ne tba "No o1,rl, "
.v;, Eron, 1u,,, 70 >o,,o,,hor ,o
-, Ioo, ,oor 1o- e5o shino, 49,,
.varage of ahout % 5oo = month
..oro +rrrod o,.or 90 .ho .No MI. .
bureau maintains, NV Tho oor,nor,
b,couse all r,oars of i6e,tieo,tior or
,;,. ,b;r .,. !.
been lost and their delivery. except
I'm few cases made impossib1e
Personal baggage. hardware and au-
xon,oh;,o +;roc oo,,,n,.,, 49, ,,,,.
proportion of the mo Mark" shin
ments. which are attributed largely
TO the failure OF SINNERS to morl,
clearly and to mack their goods suh-
.statially. With the helm OF the shin
pers and through the influence of
the campaign, the express company
hopes to solve this problem
MANY ..No Marx" sbirr,o,+, ro.o
+bo;r ;r,di,,id,,, h
tie single tag upon which simmer
depends to carry his package to
destination, is torn off. The use of
tags at all is discouraged bv the OK
pressmen, but where it it absolutely
necessary. shippers are urged noyer
to use less than two. With personal
baggage sent by express. il is wise IN
enclose the name and address of the
shipper. in case further Identification
is necessary.
Another cause of damoga - or
loss Of shinmonts +, trorsi, :. 49,
use OF poor quality of wrapping
Evening journal., 1919-11-06

In the kitchen OF her own home
Sister Mary cooks daily for family
OF four adults. She brought TO her
kitchen an understanding OF the
chemistry of cooking, gained from
study of domestic science in State
university. Consequently the ad-
vice she offers is a happy combina-
tion Of theory and practice. Every
recipe she gives is her own. first
tried out and served at her family
table.
Evening journal., 1919-11-06
HAVE COLOR IN CHEEKS
Be Better Looking-Take
Olive Tablets

II your skin is yellow-complexion
pallid-tongue coated-appetite poor
you have bad taste in your mouth
a lazy, no-good feehng-you should
taka Olive Tablets
DR. Edwards Olive Tablets sub
stitute for calomel-were prepared by
Or. Edwards after u years Of study.
Dr.Edwards' s'OhveTabletsareapurely
veTetablecOmpoundmixedwitholiveoi
You will know them by their olive color.
Tohavea a clear, pink skin, bright eyes.
no piihples, a feeling Of buoyancy Ike
childhOOddaysy you must getat thecause.
. DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets act on
the liver and bowels like calomel-yet
have no dangerous after effects.
They start the bile and overcome con-
stipatiOn. Millions of boxes aIe sold
annually at l0c and 25c. Take one or
twonightlyand note thepleacing results.
Evening journal., 1919-11-06
NAVY RECRUITS TO
TRAIN ON PACIFIC

The Navy Recruiting station atNinth
and Market streets has issued the fol-
lowing appeal:
"An young men are requested 10
grasp the opportunity that is now be
ing offered to young men that may be
contemplated on joining the service.
You can now enlist for period OF two
years. and be sent TO a training station
in California for a period Of four
months, in the best climate in the
world. The climate there is exceed
ingly fine during the winter months.
Then you can finish up by taking a
twenty-m0nths cruise in the Pacific, IN
lieu Of going to college, and return
home in two years with at least 500
saved up TO start IN business. Please
call at the local recruiting Office and
you will be given any information that
you may desire"
Evening journal., 1919-11-06
LABOR SECTIONS
STAY IN TREATY
Reed Amendment Striking
Them Out Dies in SEN
ate, AZ to 34

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.-The Senate
has disposed OF the La Toilette amend
ment proposing the elimination Of the
labor sections from the peace treaty,
but IL was unable to make anything
like the progress that is essential to a
lnal vote about the middle Of this
month.
Senator Reed Democrat. OF Missouri,
showing the effects OF a weeks illness,
prefaced an address OF three and half
hours with the statement that he was
forced to brevity by the state OF his
health. He delivered a scorching attack
upon his Democratic colleagues who
favor the league OF nations because
"the President wants IT," and he de-
nounced the Republicans who have op-
posed amendments and advocated res
eryatiOns. "a reservation" he said. "is
the last resort Of a coward" and the
crack in the fence through which a
hound dog seeks to escape" He was
called TO order by Vice-President Mar
shall for the latter statement.
Senator La Toilette began late this
afternoon a long speech against the
treaty lie began it by deyoting al
most two hours TO a discussion OF the
relationship OF the Senate as a treaty
making body. and indicated by this
Evening journal., 1919-11-06

preliminary that he had much more to
say
The vote upon the La Toilette amend
ment TO strike out all OF part thirteen
Of the treaty. covering the proposed in
ternatiOnal labor discussions, was 81
to az. There were few changes from
the votes upon other amendments. the
underground Republicans declining
again to support textual changes in the
treaty. Five democratic senator's voted
for the amendment This was the
greatest number Of reflections noted
upon any amendment. Senator Ball
Evening journal., 1919-11-06
Sister, Aar%
KI Ile)fE len

salad dressing Arrange on lettuce
leaves.
Boiled Salad Dressing.
2 tablcspoOnfuls flour.
4 tablespoonful sugar
~ teaspOOnfuls salt.
u ieaspOonful pepper.
1 teaspOonful dry mustard.
2 tablespOonfuls butter.
4 cupful milk.
q cupful vinegar.
2 eggs.
Beat flour, sugar, salt, pepper, mus
tard and eggs together in a double
boiler top. Add milk slowly and cook
over hot water TIL thick. stirring con-
siantly. Add butter and vinegar and
cook until thickened again.
Isn't II odd, that housekeepers, hav-
ing undertaken fall cleaning, are al
ways overtaken by spring fever?
MARY.
Evening journal., 1919-11-06
uASrE'LL NEVER BRING
THIS HUNTER TROUBLE

CHARLOTTE, Mich. Nov. al. Z.
slosson. circuit court crier, is nothing
II not cautious. freeing a coon, he
was about to shoot H. Then he be-
thought him OF the law Putting the
hired man on watch, he hurried TO his
office to find n the season was open,
Evening journal., 1919-11-06
Grow Ycur Hair
FREE RECIPE

After being almost totally bald New York
business man grew hair-nnd now has q
prolific growth at age Of 66-for which ho
will send the genuine recipe free on request
20 any man or woman who wishes 90 over
testing box Of the preparation, koidlto. will
bo mailed with recipe II you send 10 cts,
stamps or silver Ills address Is John n.
Genuine KoTALKo Is sold By busy druggists.
Evening journal., 1919-11-06
HOWARD HIGH ALUMNI TO MEET.

A special meeting Of the Alumni OF
Howard High School viii be held at the
school building tomorrow evening. II
is believed a petition viii be presented
requesting the Board Of Education 10
take action to do away with the pres
ent crowded conditions ia the colored
high school.