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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-16
Ready and ResourcefuI.

YOUNG PRESIDENT GRACE of
Charles NJ. Schwab's Bethlehem
plant told q story at a dinner.
'As ready and resourceful chap as
ever knew" he said. was Jack Sim
mons.
Jack and his brother Bob were in
partnership, but things had been
breaking badly with them. and a time
came when they owed everybody in
sight.
IA stranger hustled into their office
one morning and Jack naturally took
him for dun.
Where's Bob?' the stranger said.
I must see Bob at once
I'm sorry said Jack. but Bob
went out of town last night
"'Gee!' said the stranger. Amt
that too bad? 1 wanted to pay him
$500 that I've been owing him since
last March
"'Oh.' said Jack. with a glad smile,
that's easy. Bob came back this
morning."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-16
Chicken Heads.
CONGRESSMAN said at a lun

n con:
"One objection to compulsory train
ing Is that We don't any Of us like
changes. The way we were raised
ourselves. that's the way we want
everybody else to be raised. We're
like the old hen.
people nowadays said the old
rooster. don't know how to bring
up children. They let 'em have their
own way too much. That spoils EN-
Right you are. father said the
old hen. Look at all them chicks of
ours. They wouldn't have come to
nothtn' at all IL they hadn't been
sat on"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-16
The Rough Riders
and Their Eagle

bucket brigade. my best broom and
scrubbing brush and a whole bar OF
soap to remove the signs of battle.
Col. Roosevelt went into, fits of
laughter whenever the affair was
mentioned, and as the eagle was still
bone of contention. he decided to
obviate further difnculty by accept
ing the bird and sending 1t to Gen.
trail Park, New York, where it still
is, monarch of the eagle house.
e. S. DONALDSON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-16
The Battlefield Vandals of Belgium

be made unless we ourselves show
respect to the dead and honor to q
splendid record. 1t is, then. for
Americans and Britons alike, to deal
ruthlessly with our own souvenir
hunters who break up the national
monuments of King Albert's people.
that we may have something to take
home and boast about.
If we applaud and boast about the
treasures that our friends have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-16

brought from Ypres and Bruges.
Louvain and all the martyred towns
of Belgium, we are worse than the
"ghouls'' who sit drinking beer and
playing cards on new graves in
Flanders. If King Albert sees wreck
age of his own country in British
homes can Britons have the insolence
to ask him for Ypres as memorial
of our dead?
copyright, 1912 ,.,.---
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-16

Neither OF you were brilliant In
your choice Of adjectives. and If l
was you l should feel just as ungrateful
for belittling my blessings, but hav-
ing said 1t and regretted your foolish
ness l wouldn't worry over it,"
wouldn't worry? Why, woman, l
forgot to rap wood
X X n
THERE is one oldish lady person in
called pcnsion--who Is going to vote
against Wilson If she gets the chance.
She said as much to another women
she was treating to coffee and
oysters.
I'm a democrat. all right. and l
think the President is perfectly grand,
but when he cut out his inaugural
balls he turned the whole bureau
against him-on account of the holi-
day we didn't get. My votes going
to a man who will give a ball. Balls
are such interesting things to remem-
Der. At Taft's there was bunting
enough wound around the columns
and festooned along the balcony to
make yellow road from here to
Baltimore, and If the laurel had been
made into rope 1t would have
stretched to Baltimore and back. /
think Mrs. Taft wore white, but it
doesn't stand out in my mind like
Mrs. Roosevelt's blue and silver-just
stiff with richness! Mrs. McKinley's
first ball gown was a magnificent
brocade Powered with pale blue.
though it looked pale lavenderish at
night, and the second one was sill
very"
A young man at the table who had
been dressing salad as only a man
can, paused while dronning oil to take
a sociable hand:
Excuse me, madam, but I can't
help being interested in your reminis-
cences. 1t is plain to see that you
have attended every inaugural ball in
your time" e.-.
And the oldish lady person respond
ed with the same affable informality:
why, no, I've never been to one
in my life, and never expect to-but
Il read the papersw
And yet there are some foolish
people. who doubt the power of the
press.
SHE was an old. old lady in black
brocade and over that a velvet
dolman trimmed with thread lace
real. A bonnet edged with bugles
framed her white hair and she wore
neutrality-suspicious. mitts, with black
SILK roses crocheted over the knuck-
les. There Is no doubt whatever about
the mitts because an entirely reliable
investigator followed behind to make
sure.
The oldish man on whose arm she
leaned had just lifted her from n ma
chine that crawled along the curb.
marking time to the old, old lady's
progress from one shop window to the
next. You would have loved him, the
way he beaued her along.
In the middle of her almost childish
astonishment at the fashions on dis
play she clutched at the mans arm
and Quavered out:
Son, there goes the bell-some-
body's child is lost"
Son patted the tremulous hand as
suringly and explained. with-no hint
In his voice of the fun that flickered
in his eyes:
Don't worry. little mother; it's only
truck gong"
That's all. only:
Where do you suppose such an old,
old lady with her civil war flnery
and customs can have been keeping
herself all these progressive years?
MAMIE LANCASTER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-16

TWO women at q store counter.
The one who talked wore nifty
brown, short enough to show a whole
lot Of tan kid and stilted heels. The
other one was a mere being In black.
Nobody can accuse me of being
superstitious, because I'm nothing of
the kind. but meeting Connie has
made me as nervous as q water bug"
Without going into the degree Of
nervousness entailed by being a water
bug. or waiting for the mere being
to request information along that line.
she kept on:
II like Connie real well, too-we
used to be in black and white at the
art league. Did you ever see that
crayon made Of grandpa? l reckon
you didn't. because Nom hung 1t up in
the attic. l take my talent from Pop.
And / hadn't seen her for such ages
and ages that l had to tell her how
we'll she was looking-rd give any
thing to have her complexion-and
she said yes. she was sinfully healthy
and then she said I was looking
we'll and without thinking I chirped
out that was sinfully healthy. also
and 1 could just bite my tongue for
saying it"
Then tie mere being took turn:
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A N amusing incident concern
n ing Col. Roosevelt occurred at
Montauk Point after the Span
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1919-11-29
MAD LM EllD0DE
WAR lU IUIlUI
BIG MOTOR aid
Struggle Across Water Gave Au-
tomobiIe Industry Big Boost
Right Here at Home.
CARS GIVEN OPPORTUNITIES
During Great Battles People on This
Side Found Out Many Benefits Of
Motorized Transportation in
Various Ways.

Wonderful as was the work of the
motorcar in Europe during the last
few years Of struggle there, and de
spite the vast angles of future devel-
Opment which were opened by the au-
tomobile's accomplishments in the bat
tie zone, the biggest thing that the war
did for the motorcar industry was done
here at home.
This is the opinion of G. A. Pfeffer.
general manager of a large motorcar
corporation, and what this big thing
is expresses concretely Mr. Pfeffer's
idea of the future of the industry. AL
though he believes that the true sig
nificance of the stay-at-home work of
the automobile will come only in the
light of more mature retrospection, he
believes that some of it's most promi-
nent features are apparent even to-
day.
Pave Way for Prosperity
''What motorcars did right at home
to win the war did more, in my opin-
ion, to pave the way for more pros
porous future for the automobile in
dustry than any other one thing" said
Mr. Pfeffer. "I realize fully that right
now we associate the war and the au-
tomobile with the splendid service and
incalculable benefit which motorized
transportation was to the armies in
the field, just as we associate the SOL
diers part in the struggle with the un-
questioned heroism of the men in the
front line trenches.
'But, in the same way as we neglect
the greater majority of the fighters
who battled at home, we neglect the
much greater army of motorcars which
went into the struggle on every road
in the United States. But, because
we were so close to the stay-at-homes,
it is hard to get the proper perspec-
tive on them.
Touches Vital Spot.
II think set my finger on the vital
spot when I recall the fact that dur
ing the war more people found out
the benefits Of motorized transporta-
ton from both the business and rec
reational side than ever had known II
before.
''The business men who were forced
to speed up their daily life and found
that speed could be obtained by the
use of an automobile; these same
men who discovered the vocational
benefits of the automobile, which
could be utilized without loss Of bust
ness, time or efficiency; those who
tried the motorcar in their business
and daily life as an experiment and
found the results were far better than
they had expected-all these were
awakened by the work of the automo-
bile at home"
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1919-11-29
PHONE EXCHANGES GROWTH
Largest Device for Communication
Is in New York Hotel; oc-
eupies 3,165 Square Feet.

The size of the private telephone ex-
change grows with the erection of every
hotel or office building of any consider
able proportions. The largest ever con-
structed is that of New York hotel
which has been recently opened to
the public. 1t occupies 3,165 square
feet of floor space, having an Operat-
ing room 10 feet long and 25 feet
wide, a terminal room 80 feet long
and % feet wide. a rest room % feet
by Is feet and locker and washroOm
30 feet by IA feet. The operating force
consists of one. chief operator, one as
sistant chief operator, eight super
visors and 40 attendants. The switch
board consists of % positions.
Thirteen positions are equipped with
telautographs used for paging and
announcing only. The switch
board has a capacity of 3,340 extern
sions and $50 trunks. The hotel has
telephone service in each Of its 2,20O
rooms, and there are 40 public tele-
phone booths served by four switch.
boards, connected with the main
switchboard. The following gives
some idea Of few Of the items which
make up part Of the telephone system /:
six hundred and thirty fuses, 1,17O
condensers, 2.400 relays, $3.50 lamps.
IS, 500 jacks. 10000 soldered connec-
tions, 7,926,0O0 feet Of wire.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1919-11-29
RADIATOR GASkET IS
ALTERED FOB WlNi ER
Necessary to Cover Hood Of Car
During Severe Weather.
Simple Change IN cassset at Overflow
Pipe Is Nearly as Effective IS
Thermostatic Valve-How 70
Determine Size.

Motorists realize the necessity Of
covering the radiator and hood Of an
automobile in the winter months, be-
cause the rapid radiation Of the heat
results in inefficient operation. Al
thermostatic valve set in the outflow
pipe Of the water system is used in
many motors for cold weather. A sim
pie change in the gasket at the outflow
pipe, connecting the water Jackets to
the radiator, is nearly as effective as
the thermostatic valve. 1t has an ad-
vantage in saving the nOnfreezing So
luton, commonly employed, from rap
idly boiling away, as often happens
where the radiator is covered and
maintained in a heated condition. The
change in the gasket is merely in the
substitution of one having a smaller
opening. A gasket of one-half the nor
NAL area was used on a % horsepower
motor with excellent results. The
proper size for the engine on which it
is to be used can be best determined
by experimenting, a gasket with a
small opening being first set into the
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1919-11-29

BY Providing a cssI<et With a Smaller
Opening, the Radiator System Is op-
Grated Economically in Cold Wealth
er.
outlet water connection. A thermom-
eter of the type used for vulcanizing
rubber is placed on the cylinder head.
If this records over 180 degrees with
the engine running rapidly, the gasket
should be removed and the opening en-
larged. When the proper-size opening
is secured, the radiator is relatively
cooI.-Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1919-11-29
His Tactgul purpose.

First Married Man-What are you
cutting out Of the paper?
Second Married Man-An item
about a California mans securing a
divorce because his wife went through
bis pockets.
First Married Man-What are you
going to do with it2
Second Married Man-Put It in my
pocket.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1919-11-29
y 1

Folding a top when it is wet or
even damp will spoil it in short time.
Only a practiced hand can feel that
nut has been pulled up as tightly as
is good for the bolt
Never back or swing from the curb
into the street without looking back to
see if the way is clear.
Adjust brakebands so that they do
not drag: keep all bearings well lubri-
Gated and tires fully inflated.
It is the usual fault Of the inexpe-
rienced driver to pay too little atten-
ton to the condition Of his battery.
Car owners should not forget that
one part of the battery system which
needs attention is the distributor
head.
When placing chains on your tires
be sure to have the hooks toward
the back as you lay. them over the
wheel.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1919-11-29
GARAGE TOOL ARRANGEMENT
Good Idea to Number Each Article and
Keep Them in Racks Placed
Along the Wall.

An admirable idea in the arrange
ment of tools in the home garage is
to give each tool a number, which is
painted on 1t. The same number is
painted on the wall or rack in the
place where the tool belongs. In this
way it is a simple matter to return
each tool to its proper place SO that
it is ready when 1t is next needed.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1919-11-29
nomlnlon,s oIdeet corporatIon.

The Hudson's Bay company is the
oldest corporation in existence in Can
ada. In 1870 King Charles II granted
a charter to Prince Rupert and his as
sociates. They were called ''The Com
pany Of Merchant Adventures Of Eng.
land Trading In Hudson Bay"
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1919-11-29
Managers Of
Matrirnony
By R. RAY BAKER

Copyright, 1918, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate)
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1919-11-29
AUTO WAGES ARE INCREASED
Boosted From $17.os in 1916 to $25.74
In 1919, According to Depart
ment of Labor.

Wages in the automobile industry
Increased from the average weekly in
dividual wage of SIS in 1915 to $17.0S
in 1916, S19.54 in 1917, $23.O1 In 1918,
and $25.74 in 1919, according to fig
ures made public by the federal de-
partment of labor.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1919-11-29
CLEAN CORRoDED TERMINALS
Strong Solution Of Washing Soda Is
Best-Light Coating Of VaseIine
Is Recommended.

The best medium for use in cleaning
terminals that have become corroded
is strong solution Of washing soda.
After the parts have been cleaned
and are dry they should be given a
light coating of vaseline to prevent a
return of the trouble.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-11-27
Chickens Roost On Wagon
Accompany Farmer to Town

Pierre, S. D.-Will Peterson, a
farmer living nea Gettysburg, started
from home for his market place re-
Gently with his empty wagon.
What's the idea, going TO start a
chicken show, Bill?' shouted an ac-
quaintance, when Peterson reached
his destination.
What do you mean-chicken
shown asked the farmer.
The friend pointed to six fat hens.
Peterson, after recovering from the
shock, looked the poultry over and
recognized the birds. He decided that
the chickens went to roost under the
wagon box out of the snow, and as he
started for town before daylight, the
hens stuck to the roost on the reach,
despite the 1O-mile journey.
They rode home in a box.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-11-27
Policy Of Administration
Responsible For Slaughter

Washington, Nov. 25.-The indefin-
lite policy of the Administration con-
corning the l. W. w. element in the
country, and it's half-hearted attitude
toward deportation OF aliens involved
in plots against organized government
is viven by Senator Miles P%oindexter,
Of Washington, as the principal cause
for the recent slaughter of four re-
turned soldiers in an Armistice pa
rade in Ce~ntralia, Wash. The Senator
said:
This detestable outrage Is the
fearful penalty which Centralia has
paid for the e~ver-lenient policy OF the
national government toward anarch-
lists and murderous communists. In
stead of prescribing, deporting and
otherwise furnishing, as the laws pro-
vide, this miserable human vermin
which seeks to destroy civilization, the
government has shown them many
fayors.
Under the federal statutts aliens
who advocate bolshevism, or who
teach the doctrines of anarchy, are
subject to deportation. These laws
have been practically dead letters"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-11-27
Red Cross Nurse

Miss Mary A. Curley, Of Boston,
Mass, the Public Health Nurse for
Hand County, has her Office at the
County Agents Office in the Hand
County State Bank Building. and any
mother who desires TO consult her
may come and meet her there on Sat-
urdays.
Miss Curley will be glad to go to
any home and give assistance when
she is called upon, and has been call
ed upon several times in the past
three weeks. She should be encourag-
ed in her work as 1t Is for the benefit
of this community health-wise.
Miss Curley has visited some OF the
rural schools and gave talks to the
students. Also. made physical exam
nations and gave tooth brush drill
demonstrations.
When her office is equipped, Miss
Crrley expects to have a loan cabinet
where she will hare many appliance
such as hot water bags. ice bags ant
other articles that are needed wher
J there is sickness.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-11-27
Send In Your Dollar For
Red Cross Membership

AS has been before stated. the Red
Cross officers in Miller thought that
they could save the travel owe the
townships by writing letters to the
members and asking them to just sent
the money to Il. F. Waite, the Treas
urer, in Miller. So many are back
ward about this, however. that it looks
new as though the committee will
have to be appointed to travel ovr the
townships again. You may be the one
called upon to do this travelling. II
may be hard for you to do it, as your
car may be out of order or the cross
roads poor. To help save yourself
this trouble, send in your W dollar
t. Mr.. Waite.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-11-27
AGED Woman Loses Life
In Recent Snow Storm

Pierre, Nov. 19.-The only loss Of
life SO far recorded in the late severe
storm in the central and western part
OF the state, was that Of Mrs. Eliza
beth Jessop, an old lady residing near
Presho. At the height Of the storm
it Is presumed that she attempted to
reach the house Of ner son a short
distance from her home, but evidently
became confused and wandered in the
storm until she sank down from ex-
hsustion. The temperature was not
low enough at any time to aus any
great discomfort, but the aged lady
evidently reached the limit of her
strength in battling with the drifting
snow and dropped down for her last
sleep. The body was found in a short
time after she was missed from her
home, but attempts to revive her were
Of no avail.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-11-27
COAL SHORTAGE
INCREASING
Packing Plants In Chicago Closed Re
suit of Coal Shortage

Chicago, Nov. 26.-An increasing
coal shortage had begun today to mea-
ace additional industries and threat
cned slightly the nations food supply.
AS the approximately 425,000 soft
coal miners rounded out three weeks
OF idleness IL became known through
statements here by regional coal com
mittees that the big Chicago packing
plants have only two weeks supply
left and that when they have used
that the committee will not be able
to release n coal to them"
The immediate future of the steel
industry today was causing concern
according to one Pennsylvania manu-
facturer and in the Chicago district
the Corn Products company amour
ced suspension work or their plants
at Pekin, Illinois and Argo, Illinois.
The regional coal committee indicated
1t expected an extensive shutdown
during the next ten days unless pro-
duction on a large scale was resumed.
hay Facts Before Cabinet
Walker ID. Hines, federal director
general of railroads, announced, IL
became known today, he would lay
the facts of the coal situation before
the cabinet so that he might be re-
lieved of any personal responsibility
for the curtailment of industry. In
keeping with that many of the federal
railroad managers here said they ex-
pected sweeping reductions In the
number of passenger trains within "a
hours
Little change was apparent at the
mines today. Indications pointed to
no increase in production,
Action of operators at Washington
in Offering the miners an increase Of
Is rents a ton for coal mined and 90
per rent inlrease for day while being
regarded by the miners leaders as of
10 consequence as a forward step In
the negotiations it vas looked on by
Washington authorities with optimism
More practical negotiations are ex-
pected to follow.
The weeks supply ration for Chi
.cago and the Northwestern region
which extends te the Pacific coast was
in effect today. This followed an
order placing the states east of the
Mississippi river on a ration basis.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1919-11-27
PARTIES READY
FOR CONVENTION
Indications Strong That Governor
Norbeck VIII Be Senatorial
Nominee

Pierre, Nov. 24.-As the time of the
state conventions approaches, the par
ty leaders are making preparations to
rut as much pep as possible into the
meetings which will be held in con.
nection with the conventions.
Chairman Hays of the Republican
National committee has announced
that he will either attend in person or
supply speakers of national note for
the occasion, and the party leaders of
the state will be on hand to take
their share of the boosting for the
Republican policies and line up.
The Democrats have an assurance
that Attorney General A. Mitchell
Palmer, an avowed candidate for the
presidential nomination of that party.
will be on hand to address their con-
vention.
The Nonpartisans promise the at
tendance of their leading national
speakers to help boost their lineup,
The forces of Lowden will be on
hand led by Fred Sterling, present
state treasurer Of Illinois, who is an
OLD time resident Of South Dakota,
making his home for some time at
Huron and Pierre. 1t is expected that
the other candidates for nomination
on the different party tickets will also
have their scouts on the ground
With reports secured on about halt
the counties of the state. SO far the
only women delegates to the state
conventions are from Hughes ana
Itobertl counties, but this number nay
,e Incl eased when the returns are all
So, u cd,
The lineup of delegates so far Sc
cured would indicate tina. Governor
Norbeck will be selected as the sem
atorial nominee without opposition,
and as to the governorship and other
places, the matter is yet open. The
SNAtScI " IhC 6oFCl uOIoulp oO ldT
as the Republicans are concerned will
settle down between Lieutenant Gov
ernor McMasters, and State Senator
Gunderson. The contest for lieutepr
ant governor appear to be the point
causing most discussion, with State
Senator C. S. Amsden, OF Grant, who
has been president of the senate for
many terms, getting many compliment.
tary notices. Others who are openly
in the field being Speaker Lewis Ben
sen of Moody county who was an
early candidate in the game and G.. N.
Leedom Of Jackson county, a former
Legislative member who is asking for
the place as a west river candidate.