davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington herald., 1919-12-24
GENESIS.
CHAPTER 40.

CHAPTER 43.
Jacob is hardly persuaded 10 send BENJAMIN,
Is Joseph entertainment his brethren. 81 HI
mAketh them a feast.
And the famine was sore in the
land.
2 And it came to pass. when they
had eaten up the corn which they
had brought out of Egypt, their
father said unto them. Go again
buy us a little food.
3 And Judah spake unto him
saying. The man did solemnly pro-
test unto us, saying. Ye shall no,
see my face. except your brother
be with you.
II thou wilt send our brother
with us. we will go down and buy
thee food:
s. But IL thou wilt not send him
we will not go down: for the man
said unto us, Ye shall not see my
race, except your brother be with
you.
s And Israel said. Wherefore
dealt we SO III with me. as to tell
the man whether ye had a brother
And they said, The man asked
US straitly of our state. and of our
Kindred, saying. Is your father yet
alive? have ye another brother? and
We told him according to the tenor
OF these words: Could we certainly
know that he would say, Bring your
brother down
8 And Judah said unto Israel hi.
father, Send the lad with me, and
we will arise and go; that we may
live, and not die. both we, and thou
and also our lit0e ones.
will be surety for him: of my
hand shalt thou require him: IL ]
bring him not unto, thee, and set
MIN before thee, then let me bear
the blame for ever:
10 For except we had fingered
surely now We had returned this
second time.
And their father Israel said
unto them. If it must be so now, do
this; take of the best fruits in the
and in your vessels, and carry down
the man present, a little balm. and
little honey, spices and myrrh
nuts and almonds:
IL And take double money u
your hand; and the money that was
brought again In the mouth Of your
sacks. carry II again in your hand
peradventure Il was an oversight.
IL Take also your brother. and
arise, go again unto the man: -
IA And God Almighty give you
mercy before the man. that he may
send away your other brother, and
BENJAMIN. II I. be bereayed Of my
children. am bereaved. p 1T.
10 And the men took that pres.
ent and they took double money IN
their hand. and Benjamin; and rose
up, and went down to Egypt, and
stood before Joseph.
10 And When Joseph saw Ben
1amin with them. he said to the
ruier OF his house, Bring these men
home. and slay, and make READY:
LOT these men shall dine with Nme
at noon. y. -
y And the man dfd as Joseph
paae: and the man brought the men
INTO sJoseph,f houss,
u And the men were afraid, be-
The Washington herald., 1919-12-24
Such Is Life
As 1t Is Seen
By o. B. JOYFUL

Two mice, highly hilarious, stag
gered about on the velvet rug In the
Office Of Thomas Holt. dairy and food
commissioner at the State capitol.
Hartford, Conn, then turned up their
toes and died.
Holt, who had confiscated some
brandy candy drops" believes the
mice nibbled at 'em too freely.
1t is an excellent way of Kidding a
place of mice, but why waste brandy
on a mouse when a trap will do as
we'll?
The New York Board Of Education
has a cat on the payroll
The CATS name 10 Robert" and as
such draws $3.50 q year for main
tenance.
Roberts job is to keep rats from
using the bookshelves for dwelling
places.
DR.. Pillsan Powders, who thinks II
is all right for him to charge $50 to do
thirty-minute job of surgery. ex-
presses the opinion that this country
will 60 to the bow-wows IL working
men ever are paid IS for q hour
day.
Mrs. Emily Williams, San Francisco,
Cal. filed suit for divorce against
George Williams. Among the allega-
tons was that George admired the
graceful limbs of other women, but
never referred to those Of his wife. "
AT LAST THE WORM HAS
TURNED
Chicago man sues his wife for d.
vorce, alleging that she threw his
nice, old pipe out Of the 'fourth-fioor
window, after he had spent three
years coloring 1t.
The high cost of living was not given
a boost downward when Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Keepems, Greensburg, Pa,
were married. Frienes of the couple
when they were unable to find rice
showered the couple with lima beans.
Oh, yesS Canta Claus IL n fine guy
until he begins sending his bills round
for Pa to pay! \
Washington %. CO. Jury placed the
value Of D-year-old mans life at q
day.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-24
NEW YORK CITY.
By o. o. McNTYRE

New York. Dec. q.
I went to a lecture.
To hear Lord Dunsany.
And he's q nice fellow.
And looks like he didn't.
-
Care two straws.
What ne had for dinner.
He Is so In the clouds.
And he asked US.
What money was good for?
And II I can get away.
I'm going to take my tailor.
Around to hear him tomorrow.
And he thinks America.
Ought to spend her surplus.
On poets and writer's.
Which is a corking idea.
Especially about writers.
The poets don't count.
And they are used.
To being hungry. anyway.
Then he told US a story.
About a man who went.
Into big restaurant.
And ordered a glass Of water.
And when the waiter asked him.
II he wanted anything else.
He merely answered NO"
AND proceeded to stick.
A young dandelIon.
In the glass and then.
Gaze at 1t a half hour.
And the story was a symbol.
But it was over my head.
I know what would happen.
II they tried it in New York.
The walters would.
Grab him, dandelion and all.
And chuck him out.
In the middle OF broadway.
And he also told a tale.
About a man who.
After taking a drink.
On the gnomes' mountain.
Never had any use.
For champagne after that.
And a lot of people sighed.
And Hooded to each other.
Like that was wonderful.
But just sat there.
Like a big fat-head.
And thought 1t all over.
And went horne thinking it over.
And asked my wife.
And she doesn't know.
And I'm afraid to ask.
Lord Dunsany about 1t.
For fear there is.
Some sort of a catch in It.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-24
EDITED bT
OoSvsssssv. tS,S "
aWAaAns SroUssGa'S Soseg

In leaving the United States for his TIP 10
Panama. Preddent Roosevelt shattered a tradi.
ton Of the White House. He was tho hrst
President to leave this country while in office
the hrst to enter a foreign country; the frst 70
risit q dependency Of the United States. Al
this time he was putting forward his simpiAed
spelling ideas. in the face Of much opposition.
In fact, Theodore Roosevelt seemed TO be at.
tracfed most OF causes in which he was certain
to encounter vigorous antagonSm. Editor.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-24
Names OF the Guns.

On Board U. s. S. Louisiana,
Sunday. Nov. II. 1906.
BLESSED ARCHIE:
1 wish you were along with us,
for you would thoroughly enjoy
everything on this ship. We have
had three days of perfect weather.
while this great battleship with her
two conveys, the great armored
cruisers, Tennessee and Washington.
have steamed steadily in column
ahead snt,S SOU southw wa calm; seas
They are three as splendid ships OF
their class as there are afioat, save
The Washington herald., 1919-12-24
A LINE o. CHEER
EACH DAY o. THE YEAR
NJ. John Kendrick Bangs.

MAYTIAIE.
These Christmas Holidays to me
Speak not Of winter-time, but Love
In spite of all the storms that be,
Or chilsome clouds that Turk above.
The blasts may blow all cutting keen,
With frosts to cover us with dole,
But where such wealth Of cheer ID
seen. ,af-
We find the Maytime of the Soul.
tCopyrisht. -lsls. b Ths Mcclure Nsspspsr
The Washington herald., 1919-12-24

On Board L. S. S. Louisiana
DEAR KERMIT:
So far this trip mas been a great
success, and I think mother has
really enjoyed 1t. AS for me. l Of
course feel a little bored. as l al
ways do on shipboard. but l have
brought on a great variety of books,
The Washington herald., 1919-12-24
Portable Houses Proposed.

Ny good friend CHARLEY HEN
DERSoN referring to the continued
congestion in housing conditions in
Washington. sends me an extract from
the report Of L. S. Consul ROBERT
HARDEN. at Seville. Spain. relating
to portable houses. He says the prob
lem here may be solved in part by
placing portable dwellings on the
numerous vacant spaces about thit
city. Here lie the extract:
Due to the considerable advance
in rents in Seville, the mayor is con-
sidering plans TO house the working
class. Rents have become 80 high
that many poor people are forced TO
leave the city. and Il Is felt that the
demands for higher wages would
cease. or at least be reduced, IL labor
ers could find houses at a moderate
rental.
LAS there Is practically no lumber
in Spain for building wooden houses
and the expense of constructing them
Of brick Is prohlbitive, II has been
suggested TO the civil authorities that
The Washington herald., 1919-12-24

portable houses might be Imported
from the United States.
The city owns q large tract Of LAND
along the Guadalquivir River. ana q
ts planned 10 erect houses Of from
Two 70 four rooms on this property
Tor the use Of the laborers. the occu-
pants paying rent to the city for the
use OF these houses. At present a
tnousend such houses are being con-
sioereo. although more will probably
De needed later. No plumbing 10 re-
CURED, as public latrines will b in
stalled and the river water used for
household purposes.
The mayor and his associates are
extremely interested In the project
OF erecting American portable houses.
ana any communications from Ameri-
Gan manufacturers giving spe0hcs-
uons' prices. terms. shipments, etc.
viii receive immediate attention.
Sat2Iogues should also be sent n pos
side. such communications should be-
addressed direct TO the mayor. Sr. Al
cade del Excmo. Ayuntamiento de
seviiia, Spain. and in the Spanish IAN
guage."
Recalled Burning Of Canterbury.
The blaze at the Lyceum Theater re-
called to venerable SAM DIXON the
obstruction by fire OF the old canter-
bury Theater about fifty years ago.
This ancient playhouse was on Louis
lana avenue near Sixth street. op-
posits the Police Court. The space oe-
cupied by the thester is concealed he
hind high bllI boards. and some OF the
debris Of the connsgration remains.
For some reason no other building has
been erected on the site.
The Canterbury was burned TO the
ground. 1t had been vacant for sew
ersI months. being occasionally rent
ed to local theatrical companies. Il
was the belief of the police that the
hre WIS Of incendiary origin. In the
period Of the civil war the Canter-
bury was crowded at each perform
ance- Variety shows and melodramaS
were It's features. Soon after the war
the theater Was taken over BY a stock
company. Some OF the plays I re-
member attending there were Nick
Whifrles. the Trapper." Claude Du-
80 N1c GHeAA1h JACK
! Sheppard" ana Others Of the same
type. They were blood and thun-
DER plays Of the old sort and were
preceded and followed by vaudeville
acts. then termed variety acts" 4
4 favorite singer OF those days was
Mile Wayne, serio-comic vocalist
The FIRST theatrical performance I ever
attended was at the old Canterbury
and there were thrills every blessed
minute. II was an Indian play AMI
full of exciting situations Mill.
Wayne. clad in a w!5e-skirted gown
with q Grecisn bend and her hair a.
ranged 81 a waterfall, sang The
Bells They Go RinginT-for Sarah"
Like the Lyceum. the old Canterbury
passed through many vicissitudes az
ter Its season OF great prosperity
while the civil war was in progress.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-24
By DWG

and am at this moment reading Mil
toms prose works. "Tacitus." and a
German novel called 'Jorn Uhl."
Mother and l walk briskly up aud
down the deck together, or else sit
aft under the awning. or in the af-
ter cabin, with the gun ports open,
and read; and / also spend a good
deal of time on the forward bridge,
and some time on the aft bridge and
of course have gone over the snip
to inspect il with the captain. 1t
is a splendid thing to see one OF
these men-of-war, and il does really
make one proud of ones country.
Both the officers and the enlisted
men are as fine a set as one could
wish to sec.
1t is a beautiful sight. these three
/ great warships standing southwark
in close column, and almost as
beautiful at night when We see not
| only the lights. but the loom
| through the darkness of the ships
| astern. We are now in the tropics
and ! have thought a good deal OF
the time over eight years ago when
/ was sailing to Santiago in the
fleet of warships and transports. 1t
seems a strange thing to think of
my now being President. going to
visit the work Of the Panama Canal.
which l have made possible.
Mother, very pretty and dainty in
white summer clothes. came up on
Sunday morning to see inspection and
review. or whatever they call IT, OF
the men. / usually spend half an
hour on deck before mother is dress
ed. Then we breakfast together alone;
have also taken lunch alone. but at
dinner have two or three officers to
dine with us. DR.. Rixey is along. and
is a perfect dear, as always.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-24
Round the Town II E sslS sBES

Alas. the poor old dove Of peace,
From trouble there ~ no surcesse.
The way the nations fighting love,
Full soon twill be . piece OF dove.
James Wells
Mesaee Of The AutsnssiIe.
I ind increased indignation Al
the lengthening lists Of accidents due
to the criminal recklessness In many
cases Of speed maniacs. The hurry.
up mania seems to have gripped
many drivers Of cars who speed by
street crossings with disregard OF
pedestrians and their rights.
One thing Is certain, the imposition
Of small fines has not served to de-
crease the list OF those who are
MANNED or killed. or others who mar.
rowly escaped death or injury.
In the very shadow Of the police
court the other afternoon I witnessed
. near-accident TO two women. They
had stepped from the pavement and
were proceedink in their right-of-waS
across the roadway at d street. wher
q heavy truck with two half-growr
coiored boys in charge came bowiint
south on Sixth street. The chauffeur
did not sound his horn. and had Il
not been for the warning shout Of 9
man on the sidewalk both women
would have been ground beneath the
wheels OF the big machine. The won.
en- sprang back and the wheels OF the
truck swished against their garments
barely missing them The two fel.
lows on the car evidently regarded
the narrow escape Of the women as
a huge joke. They guffawcd loudly
as they sped down the street.
Such cases as the foregoing. and
there are many Of them. illustrate
the necessity OF strict regulation in
the matter of issuing permits to pre-.
vent incompetent and reckless per
sons from being licensed To Kill or
main.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-24

Events Since CoIunbus' Discovery.
Nov. Il
The fourth day out was in some re-
spects the most interesting. All the
forenoon We had Cuba on our right
and most OF the forenoon and part
of the afternoon Hayti on our left;
and in each case green. jungly shores
and bold mountains-two great, beau
tiful. venomous tropic islands These
are historic seas and mother and l
have kept thinking of all that has
happened in them since Columbus
landed at San Salvador (Which We also
saw. the Spanish explorers. the buc-
cancers, the English and Dutch sea-
dogs and adventures, the great Eng
lish and French fleets. the desperate
fighting. the tTiumphs. the pestilence,
of all the turbulence. the splendor and
the wickedness. and the hot. evil
riotous life of the old planters and
slave-owners. Spanish. French, Eng
lish and Dutch-their determination OF
the Indians and bringing in OF negro
slaves, the decay of most of the is
lands. the turning Of Hayti into a land
OIL savage HtSiOtS' WIN nave ItNtTlc0
to voodooism and cannibalism; the eG-
fort we are now making to bring Cuba
and Porto Rico forward.
Today is calm and beautiful. as all
the days have been on our trip. We
have just sighted the highest land Of
Panama ahead of US, and we shall be
at anchor by o'clock this afternoon;
Just a little less than six days from
the time we left Washington.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-24

Nov. IA
DEAR TED:
1 am very glad to have taken this
trip. although as usual Z am bored by
the sea. Everything has been smooth
as possible, and it has been lovely
having mother along. 1t gives me
great pride in America to be aboard
this great battleship and to see not
only the material perfection of the
ship herself in engines. guns and all
arrangements. but the fine quality O.:
the officers and crew. Have you ever
read SmoIletts novel, 1 think "Roder-
lex Random" or Humphrey Clinker, 90
in which the hero goes to sea? 1t
gives me an awful idea of what a
floating he'll Of filth, disease. tyranny
and cruelty a warship was in those
days. Now every arrangement is as
clean and healthful as possible The
men can battle and do battle as often
as cleanliness requires. Their fare
is excellent and they are as self-re-
speeding a set as can be imagined.
am no great believer in the superiority
OF times past; apd have no question
that the officers and men of our navy
now are in point of fighting capacity
better than in the times Of Drake and
Nelson: and morally and in physical
surroundings the advantage is in
finitely in our favor.
1t was delightful to. have you two
or three days at Washington. Blessed
old\fellow. you had a pretty hard time
In college this fall: but II can't he
helped. Ted; as one grows older the
bitter and the sweet keep coming to-
gether. The only thing to do is to
grin and bear II. to finch as little as
possible under the punishment, and to
keep peggfng steadily away until the
luck turns.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-24
THE THE BIBLE

Translated out of the original tongues and
from the edition known Our Mothers Bible"
The Washington herald., 1919-12-24

No one will be able to control sugar until the,
power to control those who control sugar.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-24

A Bri6sher has discovered that commercial aIcohs
made from coke. No You can't drink commercial al
The Washington herald., 1919-12-24

Ethel Leginska says bobbing is good for the hair
Rockefeller would like to follow her advice
The Washington herald., 1919-12-24

= The Bolsheviki have captured few more of Koleh
md guns. He will miss the guns.
The Washington herald., 1919-12-24

Judging by the number of spirit messages that ar
served these days. mail communication with the other
more reliable than that service Ii this world
The Washington herald., 1919-12-24

Rehabilitation of the fourminute won't affect Il
much the mobilization of the old-fashioned minute
The Washington herald., 1919-12-24

Foreign exchange continues to Drop but as long as
nan his share of American dollars he refuse.
:ted about it. -...'
The Washington herald., 1919-12-24

Out IN North Dakota farmer 80 years DID, who has been
nnerng from rheumatism for twenty years. recently married
yeaod girl They doing of things for rheumatism
hese days = .'-.f'
The Washington herald., 1919-12-24
Pride In America.

On Board U. S. S. Louisiana,
Nov. IA
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-28
Curious Facts About the Piqmies

"A MOST interesting puzzle to anthro-
~ biologists are the pigmies. Appar-
entity Of a single racial stock, they are
scattered over many parts of the world,
and nobody can give a plausible guess
as to how their distribution was accom-
plished.
Wherever found they seem to be the
earliest people-veritable aborigines-
and all of them are much alike physical
IL. though different somewhat in com
plexion. Fbcy are suspected to be more
ancient than any other race now sur
viving or the globe.
To, this race belong the. so-called
monkey men" of the mountainous in
terror of India. Likewise the pot
bellied natives of the Andaman Islands,
in the Bengal gulf, who are said to
''look like babies all their lives" These
latter wear their hair in frizzly tufts
and adorn themselves with necklaces
made from the bones and teeth of de-
funct relatives.
In Madagascar are the Behosy, black
dwarfs. who when pursued jump from
tree to tree like monkeys. They are so
tinid that sometimes they die of fright
when captured.
In Ceylon are found the Veddahs, of
whom not more than 1000 are now left
alive. Few of them are able to count
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-28

But the historian Herodotus, $500
years ago, described the African pig
mics which he located near the source
OF the Nile.
Herodotus, for once, told the truth.
for it is in that region that modern ex-
plorers have found them. Stanley de-
scribed them as having huge stomachs
and short legs, and as "~leaping about
like grasshoppers." One specimen he
saw was a full grown young woman.
three inches short of three feet in
height. but perfectly formed and of a
g%listening sickness of body, with alb
surdly large eyes"
The African pigmies are fierce and
warlike, and each little fighting man
carries at his belt a bottle of poison
(for arrows) 81 deadly that the slight
est wound from a weapon %envenomed
with it will kill a man. Colonel Roose-
welt, while ON his famous hunting trip,
sent some of these arrows ia. the Smith
sonian Institution, with a tag attached
suggesting carefulness in handling them.
These dwarfs build dome : shaped
houses in a circle. the chiefs residence
in the center. and at a distance of 100
yards from the village a sentry box big
enough to hold two little men is placed
on every path, with a doorway looking
up the trail.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-28

up to three. They are of the same
pigmy race, and un~questionably they
we're very. anciently a numerous people,
%inhabiting that island when visited by
the earliest of prehistoric explorers.
The bones of pigmy people are plen-
tifully found on the island of Formosa.
where doubtless the last of them were
wiped out by the Malays some centuries
ago.
But. if you will look at the map. you
will see that Formosa is really a north
ern member OF. that great archipelago
which we call the Philippines, though
separated from the latter politically.
Hence it is not surprising to find dwarfs
of the same race today inhabiting Luzon
and Mindanao, where they are called
Aetas.
Like all of the great apes and minor
monkey tribes, the pigmies everywhere
are tropical residents. The stature Of
the men is about six inches over four
feet, and the women are four or five
inches shorter. They go all but naked,
have, as a rule, no permanent dwellings,
sow no seed and grow no crops.
Barnum's famous wild man of Bor-
neo'' was a pigmy from the Philippines.
No wonder that he excited popular in
%terest, for nobody had seen his like
before-at all events not in this country.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-07-28

THE true silkworm has been so long
domesticated-the period extending
over some thousands of years-that its
moth has lost the power to fly.
A related species, however, in Man
churia has never been reduced to any
systematic captivity, and its cocoons are
found attached to the branches and
twigs Of dwarf mountain oaks, on the
leaves of which it feeds. The food
plant of the true silkworm, of course.
is the mulberry.
From these cocoons. gathered from
the trees. is reeled a so-called wild
silk" of very excellent quality. Fabrics
woven of it, and known commercially
as ''pongee silk" are quite beautiful.
Commonly they are dyed, but their nat
ural golden brown color is much ad.
mired, and they wear remarkably well.
The Chinese subject this insect to
what might be called a semidomestica-
tion, collecting the cocoons from the
trees and keeping them indoors until
the moths emerge. After twenty four
hours (allowed for mating) the males
are liberated and baskets filled with
straw and twigs are. provided to attract
the egg laying females.
When the eggs have been laid upon
the twiss and straw, and are Matching,
or about to hatch, the baskets are car
ried to the trees and hung upon the
branches, in order that the baby cater
pillars may feed on the leaves. In due
time they spin cocoons, and thus the
cycle is repeated rear after year.
Like other insects, the Wild silkworms'
have enemies, certain birds and greedy
ants being the worst. Accordingly, It 10
necessary to keep I continual watch on