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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-12
Little BObbie's Pa
By William F. Kirk.

IN HIS here is a pritty feerce spell
OF hot wether. sed Pa TO Ma
last mite. but it is moth ng
compared with the wether I onst
saw in India. / was boss of a water
works gang in Calcutty. sed Pa;
water. water everyware & not a
drop OF drinks. sed Pa.
How you must have suferd. sed
Ma.
We did suffer, sed Pa, but we was
braiv men & strong, used to hard
ships Of every kind, Pa sed. We
tuffed II out.
I wud rather be here ware we can
git Ice GREEN every mite wen you
cum hoam. I sed to Pa.
True enun. sed Pa; here is fifty
cents. Git the ice cream, Pa sed. &
will then reelait how l put down
the Injun Mutiny.
So wen we was Getting the ice
GREEN Pa toald us about the Injun
hutiny. Thare was a lot OF Injuns
witch we called DeecOys. sed Pa.
Thay struck for union hours.
You meen Seepoys, sed Ma
Was you thare? sed Pa.
red about II in our history at
skool, sed Ma.
got my dates & nolleged by bee
ing Johnny on the spot, sed Pa.
Well. wen them Deecoys struck for
union hours. the British sed Moth
ing doing. II you want Union hours.
thay sed. go to the Union states.
& then. all Of a sudden. sed Pa, the
storm broaX.
II did? sed Ma.
1t sure did, sed Pa. There was red
Injuns & black Injuns swarm-ing
oaver everything like grass hop
OeFG ] & three trends held OF .
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Both men had grasped her plan,
and success depended merely on her
ability to dislodge the boulder and
topple it of the ledge. Five pre-
cious minutes were lost until she
could find q dead branch OF sufficient
strength to serve as a croWbar. Az
lacking the boulder from behind and
working with tense GOODNESS, while
iher two lovers continued to sink,
she uaanaEed at the last to topple II
lover the brink.
As Il fell, the rope tautened with
n Jerk that fetched an involuntary
Er1Int from Henry's suddenly con-
stricted chest. Slowly he arose out
Of the quicksand, his progress be-
ing accompanied by loud sucking
reports as the sand reluctantly re-
leased him. But when he cleared
the surface the boulder so out
weiRhed him that he shot shore
ward across the crust until directly
under the purchase above, when the
boulder came TO rest on the ground
beside him.
Only Francfs's head, arms and
tops Of shoulders were visible
above the Quicksand when the end
c( the rope was flung to him. And,
when he stood beside them on terra
nrma, and when he shook his INST
q tie duicksand he had escaped by
90 narrow q shave, they Joined with
hin IN deriding it And a myriad
x.hosts derided them back, and ell
the air shout them was woven by
Whispering shuttles into an evil
texture Of mockery.
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ON doughooy, giving the ir
Eating their national another
~ in LOVI1ER a
scraWled hastily ardenty
Tags flying merTiy
When a little OF floating
though really him alwting his khaki
perhaps because the
thing in the to
write uponshuing cooking
the Salvation
while
for I've desperate affairs the a
head)trying think straight
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Puss in Boots
Jr.


A better man than you;
Touch It II you darer'
KIT like that verse; said Puss
Junior to himself. 1T
u sounds as II the man who
wrote it was q brave man" But
more than that. the post was Of
great help to all travellers. for on 1t
was hung a sign telling how many
miles it was to this town and how
many to that And while Puss
Junior stood at the crossroads un-
certain which way to go. Tom, the
Piper's Son. came by playing Eaily
"over the hills and far away"
Til take the road over the hills
and far away" said Puss to himself.
He did not look back at the pleas
ant road that led through the green
meadows. ~over the hills and far
away" was the road for him.
BY and by he came to a cottage
by the roadside. Close to the fence
stood two little old people. each
looking as cross as two sticks. The
little old man was wedding the
garden. scowling all the while, and
his little old wife was leaning on
the fence. frowning az hard a. she
could.
Whats the trouble. my good wo-
mani" asked our little traveller.
my little old man and I fell out;
I'll tell you what twas all about
I had money and he had none,
And that's the way the noise begun"
said the little old woman.
TOO bad" replied Puss. And YOU
have such a nice garden. and such a
pretty cottage"
IT'S this way cried the little old
man. coming up to the fence. She
keeps the key to the little iron bank
and won't let me get out even a
penny now and then to buy tobacco
with That's what's the matter"
Well don't know what the little
old woman would have said to this
II at that moment a stage coach
hadn't stopped before the gate. And
then out jumped Little 30 Peep,
Simple Simon. Little Red Riding
hood, Jack and Jill. and lots of
other Mother Goose people. And
would you believe It? Each one
had something nice for the grumpy
old people. Simple Simon had a
box of tobacco which pleased the
little old man immensely, and what
the little girls gave the old lady
1 really can't say, for there were so
many ribbons and bows and that
sort Of thing It is hard to tell what
they really were.
But I do know this; before the
coach drove OF the old woman gave
the little old man the key to the
bank and told him to buy enough
ice cream so that everybody could
have q feast
Copyright. 1919. David Cory.
To Be Continued.
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a
playing.
doughboy the Rhines there thousand pictures IN It
have only have the combination Of rVerwa the flowing Rhine
beyond where lean ryerboa buckng the with white
hills
a a
a look; her
favorng at
heart-ANOTliER u. A
hOTHER riverboats with their white
ANOTHER gir-a it
MY GIRL-and me in MY boat-f
God send It! DOUGHBOY" NELL BRRVKLEY.
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An Excellent Partner

One day rural clergyman
stopped a parishioner who had
married a man whose reputation
was that OF being one of the LATEST
Of men. We'll. Mrs. Johnson" he
said, Il hope your husband is prov
ing a good provider" Yes. sir,
thank you. cir" she replied. He's
provided me with three new places
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FN.rnnuin AZ rrnedinr Chnpterr.l

GSSH0pgis OF Preceding CkapterA)
Francis Morgan. descendant OF Sir
Henry Morgan. historic buccaneer. de-
eides to pzsB up activities Of city life Tor
9 while and plans q fishing trip. To
Thomas Regain stock operator, comes
Alv4rez Torres Q South American, VINO
announces he has a tip on the location OF
treasure buried by Morgan in the OLD
pirate dayA Regan has an idea
tca In pursuit CT the treasure. Upon
landing he encounters q strange young
woman who appears to mistake MIN IoE
some one else. He 10 fred upon ~ three
natives and seeks safety aboard his yes
sci. the AngeIique.
Francis learns he and HSsTy, the myH:
6erious islander, are both descendants OF
Pirate Morgan.
Francis discovers his resemblance TO
greeting upon first Landing on south
American territory. Francis encounters
Torres again Francis IS saved from
death on galIows and Henry Is arrested
IN his place. LeoneiR finds her FANCY
has gtraYed from Henry TO Francis.
The two plot 70 save lie ny.
Francig, Geonica and Henry eludS
their enemies and 90 aboard francis
vessel. The Angelique Is pursued ooMn
20 so ashore to eiude their pursuerS;
They came upon treasure. Francis ana
his friends again find themselves puI-
sued and former battles with Toes 10
enable others to escape.
All members d the party are cap
tured. Henry and Jeffe descend into
pit TO play q strange game. Francs
finds custodian Of pirate treasure Tney
tail iEts trap
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A Cheerful Prosnect.

Mrs. Horribly: Il found an egg In
the coal bin this morning That's
a queer place for a hen to lay It,"
Mr.. Hornby: Just the place. my
dear, just the place. II our hens
begin to lay in coal for US, we
won't need TO mind how the price
goes I'D"
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The Professors Experiment.

Inc Professor s experiment.
A certain distinguished professor
was constantly making curious ex-
few friends called at his laboratory
they found him bending anxiously
over q spirit-iamp on which was a
small pan. Well" said one. what
Is # to-night?'' Guess" murmured
the professor. -'Micrococci?' asked
one. NO" ''PneumocoeciT' asked
the other. No" "Spirochaetae? %
No" The visitors ran over the
scale of micro-organisms as far as
they knew IL. Then one of them
said. Well. we give 1t up What is
:t The professor smiled plandly
and replied, "SaUsaEeSl"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-12
This Day in Our History.

THIS is the anniversary of the BIRTH in 1917, of Henry
Ihoreau, poet and naturalist. Thoreau a
great friend Of Emerson. but lived much of his time alone
in the woods His says him high place among
men Of letters and his writings have grown in popularity
He died in 1852
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-12
OLeomargarine in America.

THE production of oIeomargarine in the U. S, is three
times as great now as four years ago. This is less
than three pounds per person. whereas in Denmark forty
six pounds consumed per person each year The NOT
weRans average hirthree pounds the Holandrs twenty
pounds and the Englishman nine pounds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1919-07-12
When a Girl Marries
ROMANCE OF EARLY Welded LIFE
Anne Discovers That Betty May
Never Be Able to Have the
Use of Her Arm

tsnee 50 gently that knew II vas
just to Terry she spoke-not to me-.
and I began to think ! had bSttsS
run on for another walk with Miss
Aoas. But Terry was managing
things now. and he thought ether
Wise.
New. here's the plan. sister"
said he. Pm going back to the
city ~ once to attend to a few de-
tails. Tomorrow I'll be down
again with Jim and Virginia and
Tony-Our Wedding glsstA A mia
lister, . lieenss-and there you are.
The bride has no trouble at AL. not
even the trousseau to buy. ThatTl
be Virginia's Job"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-29
Colonial.

Managers Cole and Thorpe of the
Colonial theater take great pleasure
in announcing that the Screen Clas-
sizes, Inc, production lombard, Ltd
with the engaging Bert Lytell as the
star, will be shown next Monday. 1t
is a perturbation of the clever stage
comedy of modes and moods by Fred
erick and Fanny Hatton that ran q
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-29
Hfppodrome.

Tonight Frank Mayo in the big
dramatic thriller The Brute Breaker.
A tremendous story told In tremen-
doua way The exterior settings OF
this picture are exceptionally beauti-
full and will receive much comment in
addition to the story. Snub Pollard
will be there also to amuse the grown
ups az well az the children, in Start
Something, his newest comedy. To
morrow we present VIII Rogers in
Almost a Husband. Almost
Husband" is truly delightful photo
play. II is comedy that has strong
dramatic action. The captions We're
written by WIN Rogers. himself, and
he Is considered the drollest and wit
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-29

presidents, and Fred w. Ruben. sec
retary-treasurer. Gustavus T. kiroS
will organize the team. No detahs
OF organization We're discussed.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-29
MOVING PICTURES
At The Grand.

Enid Bennett, the charming Para
mount star, is stenographer In her
latest picture. The Virtuous Thief"
which comes to the Grand theater to-
morrow. In an effort to save from
prosecution her brother when he stole
money from his employer and to
shield the family name, she leaves her
sheltered life and goes to work as a
typist for the man from whom her
brother stole. Her employer proves a
scoundrel who is leading a double life
He tries to take advantage OF the
brothers guilt in order to force his at
tentions on the girl, but is foiled
Later he is murdered. and suspicion
points toward the girl typist, but she
is happily cleared.
Mack Swain will be on the same
program in "Ambrose's Day Off" an
other rollicking comedy. Regular
prices
Grand
The management of the Grand takes
pleasure in announcing the coming
showings of Griffith's Broken Bios
SONS" next Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday Decmeber 8, 4 and 5, matinee
and night. Broken Blossoms is taken
from the story of Thomas Burke. 1t is
the most pitiful, tragic and withaI the
most sublime love story ever told. And
in the telling the master, Griffith, has
wrought such rare and undreamed of
beauties that new art, full, rich
boundless is revealed We also want
the public to know before hand as to
the admission prices of the feature
production. Broken Blossoms" has
been presented in the larger cities at
a scale of prices ranging from soc TO
$500 with war tax additional, the
smaller cities have been showing the
same production for so and 75c to
S100. Keokuk and vicinity you can
now readily see that the prices the
Grand will charge for this feature are
exceptionally low. Balcony zoe; main
floor 30c. and children 1Oc, plus the
war taxes.
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whole season in New York and more
than year on the road. II has been
made into an appealing screen com.
edy-drama with production Of lavish
beauty. II is the tale Of a male
modiste, designer of gowns for the
smart set of New York.
We trust you will not miss the OPP
portunity to pass most enjoyable
hour at the Colonial 1t IS decidedly
worth while.
False Evidence" from the pen Of
the distinguished authoregg. Mary r..
Wilkens, and in which Viola Dana ig
starred, will be the attraction at the
Colonial theater Sunday and VIII show
Miss Dana in role rich in heart APP
peal and rare in humor.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-29
PROGRAM FOR
BETTER HEALTH
Stand by Nurses Who are Trying to
Make keokuk Health City,
tuberculosis Seal Com
mittee Urges.

Making keokuk a
healthy city and
standing by the
nurses who are
conducting the pro-
gram and cam
paign to make the
health Of the COM
munity better, Is
- 20 tAn nanA
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America at Olympic Cana.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
NEW YORK. Nov 29.-America
will be represented at the Olympic
games by the greatest collection of
athletes in history. Justice Barlow
;. Weeks said last night at an A. A.
.. meeting, when the Olympic com
mittee was appointed.
President Wilson was named hon.
orary president: Colonel Robert
Thompson and William II. Taft. vice.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-29

mittee which has charge of the sale
of the Red Cross Christmas seals. and
which they urge upon the people OF
KeOkuk.
A health program comprehensive in
its scope is being begun in keokuk
and throughout the county. The
nurses are going to ferret out the
cases of disease, and will do their
part towards checking it's rayages. 1t
will be UP to the people of the city
and county to back them. Perhaps
in no better way can be shown the
cooperation of the people OF the city
than by the liberal purchase of the
Red Cross Christmas seals. Proceeds
from this sale go towards the anti.
tuberculosis fight
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-29
Jimmy WiIde,s PROGRAM.

United Press Leased Wire Service.
MILWAUKEE. Nov. 80 - Jimmy
Wilde. Britain's fighting atom, is lead
ing genuine invasion of America
Besides wicked wallop, Jimmy
brought with him some English boy
ing standards for adoption here when
he tries out Jimmy Sharkey December
sixth.
AT Jimmy's urging, Promoter Otto
Borchert has asked all scribes and
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-29
THEATERS.
"ooino Up"

"Gofn9 Up
Going Up" that soaring musical
comedy success which ran for nearly
two seasons at the Liberty theater,
New York, will be seen at the Grand
this evening Here is musical com
edy that makes good its classified
ton Its story is thrilling, its lyrics
snappy. its music tuneful, its chorus
good TO look at and q cast composed
of some OF the best Broadway players
Then, too, the story of Going Up" is
full of the spirit OF youth, love-making,
and funny situations.
Tickle Toe" kiss Ne" IF You
Look in Her Eyes Going Up.
When the Curtain Falls" The
Touch of a Wonlan's Hand" and DO
It for Me-" are few OF the many
song hits in this unusual musical COM
edy and viii be whistled for months TO
come
sThe Boomerang
David Belsseo's greatest Of all com
edy successes The Boomerang Win
cheu Smiths and Victor Mapes' de
lightTUIly human comedy after com
plstssy shsrrs-lg every previous
Known record for hex Office receipts.
following is enormously successful
RECORD = The Eszzsco 1hsa1sr, New
YORK whs-s The Boczs-sng ran for
szz-E-1A-s,s Consecutive weeks, break
r-g 81 --e.sa-iss s1- the Selzscso Thea
Tar Nj s1r kEy 6-a-aSsc offering Or
-nas-r u Ns~ York during rs year
KrEe = ruEr ss1ds. -r-- VII be tina
E:-..---BG,rizn Il 11s Grand Mul5ay svsa
nIs, Deg !.
Follr'v1lE LIS -u.zAas -l ot sixty
1fEr.ss EanseCuL5Ts TssE u the
E}.alRsysp 1asE1E. View YORK where
Bnms fFn jpIsh -es1Vias skF Tie Boon
a-ElE winch eE-alg Ills time played
10 Ell average eraE-nsss GzE s12,ss5 per
#s.sE caas1g TO capacity business n
@srv5s- I'D frzt5I us booking u Chica go
The Boomerang continued 10 shat
ter ali previous known records and
receipts sr Powers theater. Chicago,
averaging week after week $4,000.
Vaudeville.
Tonight last chance TO see Miss
Adair, Miss Ramsey, Toll, the Jug
gler, and Joe and Pearl Mattus This
is an exceptionally good bill of vau-
deville Come tonight Two shows,
7:45 and 9 p. m. Coming tomorrow,
"The Kohler Players" for one day
only, and the bill will be THE Clay
Baker," with vaudeville between
acts. Matinee, $3.50. Night, one
show; curtain at p. m. Coming
next Thursday, December 4, vaude.
vile, four acts.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-29
test man In America.

Also Smiling Bill Parsons in THE
Big Idea" Monday and Tuesday Tom
Moore in Lord and Lady Algy''. Tom
Moore's latest success. and Her First
Kiss" another one of those laugh pro-
voking two act Sunshine comedies.
Regular prices, better come
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-29

st quickly. easily and safely. In a letter
he writes: 81 have no desire for tobacco
any more. ] feel like new man" Lee
gions Of others report similarly. Won
derful for cigarette and pipe habit, and
chewing.
Anyone desiring copy OF this inspiring
book can get it free, postpaid, by writing
to Edward J. Woods, It'd 81, Station +,
New York City. You will be surprised
and pleased. Look for quieter nerves.
stronger heart, better digestion, improved
cyesight, increased vigor, longer life and
other advantages If you quit poisoning
yourself with nicotine. In three days you
can be rid of the addiction-then become
robust, acquire healthy fesh add years
to your life Show others this adv't.
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ring side seat patrons to appear

Wilde already has announced he
will train in private instead of lend
ing himself to the American method
OF advertising bout by working in
public. Now some scoffers wonder if
there is to be tea between rounds.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-29

The duke OF Westminster is the
largest individual owner of properV
in London. His 400 acres in Pinileo
yield yearly rent of over slo,ooo'
600.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-29

HeQuitTObacco

This veteran. 8. 3. Lam-
phere. was addicted to the
excessive use Of tobacco
for many years. He want
ed to quit but needed some
thing to help him.
He learned of q free book
that tells about tobacco
hal hit and how In coDouer
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-11-22
ROAD IMPROVEMENT ON
PROGRAM

With a gang OF state convicts
assured to Grady county, we are
encouraged to believe that some
effective work will be done on
our roads within the next few
months. The county commission
ers did the proper thing when
they promptly took advantage Of
the opportunity to secure the
convicts. II will be up to the
commissioners to designate the
roads that are to be improved
and doubtless there will be some
dissatisfaction no matter what
roads may be selected but, real
izing the magnitude of the under
taking. the public should not be
too prone to find fault. 1t may
be safely assumed that the com
missioners will exercise their best
Judgment in the task before them.
endeavoring to see to it that tho
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county gets the most possible for
the money expended.
For our own part we would
like to see a beginning made IN
the way of constructing some
permanent roads. With the rock
available on the Cement hill and
with trucks to transport it, ihe
way is open to making some
vock roads At any rate, it is
worth while to take the matter
up with the authorities Of the
state highway department and as
certain what, if anything, can be
done in this direction A few
miles Of model highway would be
Of vast benefit to the county as
an object lesson aside from the
practical benefits accruing from
it. As a matter Of fact, it is bet
ter TO start the building Of hard
surface highways in a small way
than to launch large program
with a big bond issue before some |
experience in such work has been |
acquired We do not know that
the necessary funds are available !
for carrying out the suggestion
here made but, at any rate, the |
matter is worth considering.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-11-22

early to worry over any prospec
tive shortage Of candidates next
year
For one thing there is sufficient
"season' in the soil to insure a
pretty fair crop.
After reading about the troubles
of Mr. Jenkins in Mexico we have
fully decided that we don't crave a
job as consular agent in Clmanzas
country.
81 Simp says that he notices that
folks who fall out never get along
very well together.
With the quail season approach
ing. the debate over the merits or
rival bird dogs is due to begin.
Mary Pickford, movie star, who
has faced millions from the screen,
confessed that she was scared when
she looked into the face of lawyer
in court the first time But, of
course, the fact that she was being
sued for $1OS,OOO NAV ,-a,o affected
her nerves.
Frankly, we fear that we would be
considerably flabbergasted if some
4ouy insisted on our forking over
such a sum.
Uncle Hi confesses that he fondly
hopes Ma won't absorb the foolish
notion Of the Chicago maids who
are about to strike for ten hour
day and a five day week.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-11-22
SCRIPTURE
Proverbs 15:25.33.
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The Lord will destroy the house
of the proud: but he will establish
the border of the widow.
The thoughts Of the wicked arc
an abomination othe Lord: but the
words of the pure are pleasant
words
He that is greedy of gain troub
leth his own house: but he that hat
eth gifts shall live.
The heart Of the righteous studi
eth to answer: but the mouth of the
wicked poureth out evil things
The Lord is far from the wicked
but he heareth the prayer of the
righteous.
The light of the eyes rejoiceth the
heart; and a good report maketh
the bones fat.
The ear that heareth tAe reproo'
Of life abideth among the wise.
He that refuseth instruction des
piseth his own soul; but he that
heareth reproof getteth understand
ing.
The fear of tae Lord is the in
struction of wisdom; and before hon
or is humility.
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L. W. Seaton, President Arthur Ersland, Sec'y-Treas
2O7 Chickasha Ave-