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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-06
ORIGIN OF KANGAROO COT7RT

Kangaroo court is an expression
which, however strange 1t may be to
the layman, is familiar to most United
States marshals, postofice inspectors
and the police forces of larger cities.
What it really stands for is explained
by a postoffice inspector who has had
much experience with offenders and
criminals.
1t appears that In a number of the
larger prisons in this country the
prisoners, from time to time, are ac-
customed to hold what they call kan
garoo court, and that every notorious
criminal in the United States is proba
bly, not only familiar with the term,
but has no doubt presided often enough
as judge or prosecuting attorney in this
relation, or perhaps has been tried for
some OF the numerous mock charges
that are preferred against those who
have the misfortune to be hailed before
such tribunal.
Such court is held only in the great
prisons of the country, being entirely
unknown in the county jails.
Iue INSTITUTION OF kangaroo court
seems to date back some forty years in
the United States.
In the days when Australia was a
penal colony the convicts at Botany
Bay, by way of amusing themselves and
relieving the monotony of prison life,
used to organize sort of mock court at
which the shrewdest and often the
worst criminals of the lot presided as
judge, while others acted as jurymen,
prosecuting attorneys, bailiffs, criers
and the like.
At such trials the prisoners were
wont to take on recent arrivals from
England on all manner of mocklcharges,
such as snoring too loudly, washing
their faces with soap, and SO on. If it
was found that among the batch of
newcomers, convicts just from the old
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-06

better study, too, for IL Smiling Teach
el sees you idling, she'll fix you.'
Wouldn't you rather play with the
monkeys in the tree tops away down
south in Monkey land than study those
dull looking books?" asked Wandering
Monkey, squirming about uneasily.
"Of course, would, but one has to
60 to school to learn things" said
Peggy.
"You can learn lots Of things In the
jungles without studying ~ whispered
Wandering Monkey. Come with me"
Teacher wouldn't like it," answered
Peggy.
"We will take Smiling Teacher with
u.s." declared Rollo. "See, I have a
Dream Stick. One touch of it will
whisk you away to Monkey land"
Just then Smiling Teacher turned
toward Peggy. She saw something stir
ring behind Peggy's geography.
Peggy, what have you there?" she
asked, her smile turning into a frown.
Peggy felt much embarrassed. She
didn't know what to say. But before
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-06

she could open her lips, the Wandering
Monkey leaped upon her desk and gave
Smiling Teacher a low bow. Then he
grinned happily at the startled pupils.
Mercy me! A monkey :" shrieked
Smiling Teacher. Peggy, you stay
after school for bringing that creature
here"
"We-e-ek! we-e-e-ek! She can't
stay after school because we're going to
Monkey land" squeeked Rollo. He
lcaped from desk to desk toward Smil-
ing Teacher, while the twenty pupils
scattered in every direction, the girls
screaming and the boys shouting. Smil-
ing Teacher climbed on top of her chair
and 'screeched
hollo climbed the chair as nimbly as
though it were a ladder, and gave
Smiling Teacher a sharp slap with his
Dream Stick.
Then a surprising thing happened.
Inc instant the stick touched Smiling
Teacher she turned into a monkey.
Round and round the room she went
chattering and shrieking, and the pupils
fled wildly from her.
Rollo leaped to the black board and
drew round circle, Smiling Teacher
jumped into the circle and went right
out of sight as though it were a door,
The children yelled and Rollo chased
them with the Dream Stick. Right and
left fell his blows and every blow
changed boy or girl into a monkey.
And each new monkey followed Smiling
Teacher through the circle and out of
sight.
Billy Belgium and Peggy were the
last, As the Dream Stick turned them
into monkeys, they jumped through
the blackboard and found themselves in
q wild, strange looking jungle.
(1'omorroto toiH be told hoo Peoov
and Billy find strange adventures in
Monkey- land.)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-06
STENOGRAPHERS-AND
FLIRTING

T OVERHEARD two women talking
in the trolley. OF course, it wa.
wrong of me, but they occupied the sea
just ahead of me, and they talked
loudly.
Both women were mothers; both hat
reached the "fair, fat and forty" stage
Said the woman in the gray dress: 81
think you're right, Mrs. B.
never let Sadie or Nellie work In nc
office"
The woman In the brown dress nodded
and replied: "And so l says to Minnie,
NO, me girl, no Office for you. You get
as much money in factory, and there's S
safety In numbers. 1 know the carry :
ings- on in oflces.''' ~
The woman in the gray dress clucked
sympathetically as she shook her head
sagely: Men are all alike; let 'em
be with girl for q while and they
can't help flirting with her. / suppose
it's natural with them, but l wouldn t
iet my sils '"Hr r,, Jvo ~ nn oinse :,
yust s,, 'ne sa'iie' Inc 'aies w heara
an
YES agreed the other woman,
and the more educated they are, the
worse they seem to be.
well, my dear the woman In
gray said, II think the old ones are
ne worst
The car had reached their street and
they. departed. As the car started
forward, | wondered if such weird ideas
of business men 'in Offices were at all
common.
BY asking around, was surprised to
find that the opinion generally was
that, while most men were gentlemen,
there were some who felt that flirting
and filing went together; that spooning
and stenography were natural team
mates, and that there was no telling
what any man might do" if encouraged
by a pretty face.
This opinion, let me add, was found
among women who had never worked
in an Office.
From stenographers, themselves, !
received assurance that most men were
in business for business, and they
looked upon their stenographers with
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-06
SOLAR SYSTEM ON A TEAR
suns Family on Way Into Space al
Rate Of Twelve Miles a Second


Spectroscopic studies and sky OH
servation alike tell us that our sun and
his family are all headed in a great
migration across the sky toward point
between the consultations of Hercules
ana Iyra. Nyra is the constellation
identified by the bright, BLUSH star.
vega, Hercules is an irregular group to
the west of Lyra, about one quarter Of
the way to the horizon
The speed with which we are travel-
ing in that direction is twelve miles n
second. The velocity of an artillery
shell is around 5000 feet a second that
of the sun $4,000 feet. An artillery
shell with the velocity of the solar sys-
tenn through space would, according to
Kippax, penetrate a sheet Of steel four
city blocks thick.
Think how far we travel every year
and how complex our journey! In the
first place, those of us who 1--we near
the equator cover upward of 900 900
miles in our flight around the earth's
axis. In the second place, in our iournev
around the sun we travel nearly 600
OOO, 900 miles. While we are doing all
this we are also being carried off into
new and untried regions of space at the
rate OF 400, 900, 900 miles a year. -
Is our great family journey through
space along straight road, or is it re :
volving around some greater body, even
as the earth revolves around the sun
and the moon around the earth? The.
astronomer tells us frankly that II the
sun has an orbit its earve as yet deiics
detection Williem eoseph sHowalter
" the National Geographic Magszina e,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-06
CONTINUED TOMORROW
Locusts Used as Food

Locusts are eaten in many countries
where they are roasted or fried in but
ter. They are also preserved in brine
and often dried in the sun. They thus
appear in the markets OF Arabia, Syria,
Egypt and Madagascar and are even ex-
ported as an article of commerce. They
are also candied and eaten as a deli
cacy in China. .--Easton Free Press.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-06

When girls first began to work IN
Offices they may have been subjected to
embarrassments which their very new
ness In the business environment would
create. That time is past, but the
thought of it is kept alive by garrulous
busybodies who relish a bit of scandal
like carrion enjoy garbage.
Most men are too busy to waste time
flirting. Most girls are too happy with
the boy whom they meet at night to
]eopardize their happiness by stupid
flirting with the boss.
Mr.. Whitehead ,oiU ans,Der In mi,
cotnmn questions on marketing, buvino.
seH'ng, advertising, letter toriting, bust
"eSs eaHcatton, and on matters pertain
ing 10 We choice of location. An ques-
mons toiH be dnSoered in the order Of
receipt. No anonymous correspondence
'otH be Acknowledged. Readers initial,
tohH DC published. 1t toiU take from, four
to ffeen days for reply to appear.
., Kindly advise how to market new lin. Of
s,,ass. II is as transparent as the clea rest
WAS Sass ,nTsntnd G f. strong and
hying fragments. etc. ID. 10
First Of all secure a few contracts
from big houses. should think that
this glass would be excellent for auto.
mobile windshields.
Would your glass be suitable for
kitchenware, dishes, plates, glasses and
similar articles? A line of unbreakable
glassware would be very much appre-
ciated by most housewives.
If what you have is a machine which
VIII make this kind of glass you may
perhaps do best by renting it to glass
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-06

1t took 123,0OO,645 slaves, working
twenty four hours a day for three CEN
turies, to complete the pyramids of
Egypt and the mummies exported from
them have not brought, all told,
81 900, ,000.-New York Sun.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-06
Tho Dream Stick

Iho Dream Stick
Doggy finished her work in schoo
and looked up at the clock. 1t was
haif an hour to going home time and
so' to keep herself busy, Peggy opened
her geography.
she liked her geography best among
all her books, for it told of strange lands
lands that Peggy would like to visit
ana that she did visit in dream voyages
thought out in her own head.
Turning the pages, Peggy came upon
pictures of scenes in South America,
and there among them was a glimpse of
a tangled jungle in which monkeys and
birds were having a jolly frolic.
Il wonder If that is the jungle in
which Wandering Monkey lived when
he was little" thought Peggy to her
self. II wonder if he ever gets lone
scme for it,
"You can just bet do" whispered
low voice, and there was Rollo, the
Wandering Monkey. squeezed up close
beside her in the narrow seat.
"Gracious me, what are you doing
here?" said Peggy in another whisper.
Don't you know that a monkey in
school is against the rule? You're like
Mary's little lamb; you'll make the
children laugh and play"
''They look as though they needed to
laugh and play" answered Wandering
Monkey. 'How serious every one is,
how still they sit on these hard benches,
how busy they seem doing nothing
"They aren't doing nothing" de-
clared Peggy. "They are studying and
learning lots of useful things. You'd
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-06

Nothing definite of the threats Mr..
Swarthmore uttered just before you
slipped away"
isn't it enough?" Her eyes wild
cned, then she turned her head slightly
from him and added very low: ~ never,
saw Mrs. Hartshorne again. Did any
one else? Did she leave that conserva-
tory nlivc?"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-06
The Second Bulzet-By Robert Orr Chipperfie1d
THIS STARTS THE STORY

Copyright. 1919 by the Public Ledger CO.
Copyright. 1910. by Robert NJ. Mcbride Co.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-06
Egyptian PyramIds

The next complete noveIette-Fate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-06

(1omo'roto toiH be told hoo Peoov
and Billy find strange adventures in
Monkey- land.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29
GIVEN 6O-DAY SENTENCE
ON HANDBOOK CHARGE
W. J. Bickeu Pleads Guilty and
Has Until Friday to Settle
Business Affairs.

A sentence of sixty days in Jail was
imposed this morning by Judge Nc
Mahon on William j. Bickell, who
pleaded guilty to a charge of hand
book making. BickelI had four
counts against him. three being nolle
pressed. The court allowed him until
Friday to straighten out his business
affairs before going to Jail.
Last April Bickell. according to the
police. took $40 parlay bet from
young man. who claimed to have won
$274 by the transaction. Bicken re-
fused to pay over the money, claim
ing that the race had already been
run when the bet was placed. Several
days afterward the. young man met
Bickell at 18th street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue and extracted from him
by force STA. -BickeT had the young
man arrested for robbery, but the
ease was dismissed.
Raymond Jackson was sentenced to
go days in jail for carrying a pistol.
For assault with a butchers cleaver.
William Aston. colored, was given
sixty days in jail. Jesse L. Fleming:
colored. pleaded not guilty to carry
ing pistol and demanded a Jury
trial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29
o. S. TO SELL FURNITURE.
Will Dispose Of Equipment Used j,
War Workers Houses Here.

Furniture and kitchen equipment used
in houses occupied by war workers in
Washington during the war are to be
sold at the Food Administration build
ing, No. 2, 18th and D streets, beginning
Friday morning at 10 o'clock The sale
will continue daily between IL am. and
pm. until everything, is sold. The
housing corporation will be in charge.
The equipment includes new bedroom.
living room and dining room furniture:
linens, bedding, blankets, siiverware,
china, kitchen utensils, etc. The goods
We're bought by the government at
wholesale prices and the sale will afford
small buyers to obtain merchandise at
low prices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29
WILL REVIEW GIRLS PARADE
Mr.. Daniels to See Yeomen (F)
and Marinettes March.

Secretary Daniels and a party of
naval and marine officers will review
a parade of yeomen CD and marin
cites in the grounds south of the
White House tomorrow afternoon.
preliminary to their muster out of
the Navy and Marine Corps next Fri
day in accordance with law.
After that date they are to be re-
tanned in clerical duty in the Navy
Department in civil status. with the
privilege of regular entry through
civil service examination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29
EMPLOYEES ENTERTAINED.
IA Who Served During War Spe'
cial Guests of MAY Hardware ca.

The F. p May Hardware Company,
469-477 G street northwest, was host
Saturday evening at its Office, to it's
employees, having them as guests at
a dinner and providing an attrac-
tive musical program. Special guests.
in whose honor. the dinner was given,
were fourteen employees who served
their country during the war.
The office was decorated with the
national colors and the tables, with
suvenirs for each guest and flowers.
Entertainment was furnished by
professional talent from one of
Washington's theaters and an or
cheStra.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29
MEDICAL HOME FUND GROWS.
Society Here Has Raised $50, 600 of
$50. 900 It Seeks.

Subscriptions amounting to $4,000
have been received by the Medical
Society Of the District of Columbia
toward its fund of $4,000 for the
erection of a home here. The COM
mittee in charge of the campaign an
nounces that it is meeting with sue
cess in the brief period which the
campaign has been under way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29
BOMB PLANE TURNS TURTLE
Twelve Army Men Escape Seriou,
Injury When Engine Fails.

A Handley-Page airplane, one Of
the largest Army bombing machines.
flying from Washington to Langley
Field yesterday. was forced to land,
by engine failure. about three miles
from Kinsale. Va. Lieut.. Robert F.
Self, the pilot, was unable to prevent
the machine turning turtle on making
land, but none of the twelve officers
and men it carried was hurt seriously.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29
Text of British 1917 Note
Read in Hun Assembly
ny Cable to The Star and Chicago
Daily News. Copyright, 1919.

WEIMAR, July %, via Copenhagen,
July 2s.-Foreign Secretary Mueller
has just made public in the national
assembly the text of the note of the
British envoy to the Pope, copy of
which was sent to the German gov
eminent by Nurtius Pacelli in August,
1917. 1t is not a special and direct
peace inquiry to Germany. as declared
by Implication from Matthias Err
berger's revelations.
1t is the British answer to the
Pope's peace proposal, and points out
that the British government does not
believe in the possibility of an early
peace since the central powers avoid
making known their war aims, as
sorting that they have never made a
definite declaration even about the
restoration of Belgium's independ-
ence.
The pan-Germans listened to the
reading of this note in triumph. Err
berger is expected to make new rev.
Citations later today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29
Notions

One lot of Hair Pin
Cabinets, July Radiance =,
price
Regular 39c Sanitary
Aprons, July Radiance Ok
Jap Folding Paper Fans, as
sorted sizes; regularly Sc each.
July Radiance Price, 2 E~
Kann's-Street Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29
WOrnen'S Boomers

$1.00 Quality. July Rid E0c
dance Price, Per Pair. OS(
Fine rib, in both pink and
black-wide cut-elastic in
waist and knees. Seconds of
the $l.00 quality.
Kann's-Street. Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29
Orgafldie

$Ioo Value, July Rid 7Ec
dance Price, a Yard. ION
40 inches wide White Or
candle. Fine, sheer quality,
with a crisp finish.
Kann's-Street Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29
Corporation Seeks Dissolution.

George R. Ridgley. owner Of all the
stock of the Southern Pharmacy, a
corporation, today applied to the Dis
trict Supreme Court for the dissolu-
ton of the corporation. He declares
that the business Of the concern has
been discontinued and its assets sold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29
Pearl Buttons

Value, 15c a Gard. July 10c
Radiance Price, a Card W.
Fine Quality, Small White
Pearl Buttons, in sew-throughz
and fsheye styles; used for fine
waists and dresses. One dozen
on a card.
Kann's-Street Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29
Half=WOOl
French Serge

$1.o0 Quality. July Rid 70C
dance Price, A Yard. =. ~
36-inch Half-wool French
Serge. Shown in two colors
only, navy and black.
Kann's-Street Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29
Black MOhair
SiliCian

s1.0o Quality, July Rid TO-
dance Price, a Yard. lSN
This 36-inch-wide Black Mo-
hair Silician is the very thing
for light summer wear.
Kann's-Street Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29
White Gabardine

Regular SOC Value
July ". Riddanee Price, Csc
80 inches wide, highly mer-
cerized quality, with diagonal
weave. A very special value.
xKam's-Street Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29
Die and Stamped
Paper Complete
Special July S2.25,
Orders take at least three
weeks to fill.
Kann's-Street Floor.
WOnen's Waists

Value $z.95, July 60 mn
Radiance Price. QAsVO
"A varied assortment of
Waists-China silk in black,
white and flesh color; tan
pongee waists, black tailored
model, two-in-one collar.
Others in flesh and white, tuck
ed and hemstitched models.
Special for one day only.
Kann's-Second Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29
Wolfe Tucking

$3.50 Value. July Rid
dane. dance Price, Per So. 90
36-inch-wide Wolfe Tucking
H-inch blocked, tucked wolfe I;
finished with either blue or
pink stitching.
Kann's-Street Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29
French Serge

Regular 500 Quality, July
Radiance Price, CT E0
a Yard ........... ~ 1 80
40 inches wide, All Wool
French Serge. In navy only.
A wonderful bargain.
Kann's-Street Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29
Mai c. H. Wells Assigned Here

Maj. CHI. Wells, U. 8. NJ. c., who
was in command Of the marines dur.
ing the recent race riots, has been
detached from Quantico and assigned
to duty as officer in charge of the re-
cruiting station Of this city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29
For the Toilet
Linen=Finish
Suiting !.

Regularly 6oc Yd. July az
Radiance Price, a Yd. OCA
A splendid quality, fine hnish,-
in a variety of good colors-
green, gray, rose and blue.
Kann's-Street Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29
White
Sport OxfOrdS
July Radiance

July Radiance CT *
About 400 pairs of Rubber
sole White Sport Oxfords. Have
low heels. All sizes. Just what
you want for your summer out
ing. Kann's-Fourth Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29
Silk Remnants
July Radiance Price, a Yd.,
6OC to $500

Lengths from ~ to 5
yards, in plain and fancy
silks in the desirable colors
of the season, also good as
sortment in black.
Kann's-Street Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29
Model Brassieres

} s1i.e Ridd.nee SOC.
In order to clear out and
make way for the new fall stock
we are offering this borken lot
of Model Brassieres at this
price. Kann's-Second Floor,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29
WOnnen's Seamless
FineaCO ttOn Hose

800 Value, July Rid. 0Ec
dance Price, Per Pr. AON
Made with double soles, heels
and toes, garter tops, in white
and champagne only.
Kann's-Street Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29
WOmen'S
Umbrella=Shape
Pants
ACC
July Radiance

P pqis R '''!'''''......... ACC
INV.
These sare lace trimmed. In
extra large sizes-have muslin
bands. All of the first quality.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29
White Madras

Regular 39c Value. July OEC
Radiance Price, a Yard NV
36-inch White Madras. In this
lot you will find many different
styles of stripes and checks. =
Kann's-Street Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29
Wardrobe Trunks
July July Radiance $1,000

Sale ........... A>s1I
This trunk is beautiful,
compact, small size wardrobe,
wonderfully complete. Will
hold from 4 to S suits or coats,
or from 8 to II dresses; REIN
forced by brass-plated corners.
Snap lock and lined with cloth.
Hangers on one side, drawers
and hat box on other.
One day only.
~Kann's-Third Floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-07-29
WOnen'S Seamless
1V
Mercerized Lisle
I Hose 4.

SOC Values. July Rid az
dance Price, Per Pair. OON
Three Pairs for S1.00
Have high spliced heels, dou-
bic soles, garter tops, mock
seam in legs. Can be had in
brown, gray, heldmouse, navy,
cordovan, tan, white and black.
kann's-Street Floor.