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Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-07-04
IN HEART OF MOORISH CITIES
houses to Which Few Visitors Pene-
trate Are F frequently Luxurious
In Their Appointments.

through the narrow lanes of Moor
, n' cities the water carrier, who has
i'''ed his goat-skins at the nearest
fountain, plies his trade from house to
mouse. The town of Morocco does not
extend open, smiling arms to the stran.
ger. The houses present cold, forbid.
u.he fronts The winding, irregular
s s.reets twist and turn in bewildering
,"si''on' and the low arches, often link
lug mouse with house, convert the
snee's INTO series Of high-walled,
sseni'open courtyards, still inore con-
ue''ls to the uninitiated. But II one
10 privileged to enter through the mas
owe sNe gates formidably REINFORCED with
s"'! iron bands and heavily bolted,
WIRE WIRE may step into courtyards inlaid
,. "' hosaics and ornamented with
"'t" arabesques, surrounded with
cn vncd passageways, richly carved and
.''ered with luxurlant haneings: into
",. melancholy garden tagged with an
fnn "' white stones, where marble
''''"'h plays softly end great or.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-07-04
Business AZ Usual.

Bob-Who was the handsome chap
I saw you dancing with just after the
internisSion7
Annette is stranger in town.
Bob-Dashing, isn't he7
Anne-Nerviest fellow I've ever
seen.
Bob noticed he had his arm rath-
er tightly about you.
Anne-I didn't mind that so much.
BOb-What then?
Anne-Do you know why he had me
clNtched that way?
BOb-Can't imagine.
Anne-Well, would you believe it, he
had me that way so / couldn't escape,
and all the time we were dancing he
was trying to sell me some life inSur-
ance.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-07-04
REFUSED TO BE CHILDISH
Chief Reason Why Elderly Lady Was
Pronounced by All to Be
Grand Success.

She Is the dearest little old lady Of
seventy-three any one ever saw. She is
very happy and always immensely
ers and pairs of socks for the soldier
boys. And now, when we're no longer
needing socks for our boys she is en-
broidering an exquisite dress for the
tiny baby of the girl who used to be
her maid.
'Why are you so very happy7" she
was asked one day.
'tI'm happy because I'm not child
ish," she said very emphatically.
Nov, I'm not, am I? Did you ever
hear any one say that was childish
"And I am seventy-three years DID,"
she boosted. "Now, the woman next
door is only sixty and she is very,
very childish. Why, have to comfort
and pet her often when I'm longing
to laugh at her. She isn't wise enough
to keep from being childish.
"When I was young l used to watch
the people in my family get childish"
she continued. 1T amused me at first,
and then when I saw how people out
side of our family regarded them as
nuisances l determined then that !
never would be childish and a-nuis-
ance. / watched and watched and
then I discovered the secret. If you
don't want to get the least bit childish
you don't ever dare pity yourself. You
have to think, think, think Of other
people and ways in which you can
help them. The worst thing people
can do is to think Of themselves"
Outside the visitor met the grocer
boy. do you hear herr" he asked.
isn't she dear and not bit child
ish, either"
"She's a grand success" she re.
turned.
you bet ~ he agreed.-Indianapol
News.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-07-04
FAR FROM VICTORIAN AGE
Present Period Would Be One Of Be.
wilderment to Man Who Lived
in That Era.

Suppose some placid gentleman of
the Victorian era, who went calmly
10 his eternal sleep certain that the
world had settled at last into final
and accepted form, should be awak-
ened and permitted to gaze upon the
wcrld today.
What would be his reflections2
He would see the world wiping Il
tear from its eye because of what 1t
supposed was the tragic fate of two
young British flyers who had essayed
to fly across the Atlantic-and had
almost achieved the Icarian feat. He
would see the world. in the same mo-
ment. applauding furiously the feats
Of Yankee flyers engaged in the same
effort in Surer way.
He would see Russia, which he had
pictured as an enduring fabric with
an everlasting cZar ut the top, n
chaos of mad ruins with whskered
proletarians conducting new and
deadlicr tyranny. He would see Ger
many, which he had remembered as
a SNUG and promising little empire
on its knees supplicating mercy that
is less than justice from an out
ragged world. He would see the Unit
ed States, which he had pictured as
about million miles removed from
the affairs Of Europe, q towering fig
ure in the great peace conference as
1t has been the deciding figure in the
great war. He would see these and
other marvels, and he would hear Of
an unbelievably horrible war that had
wrought its deadliness with weapons
strange and terrible like poison gas
and airplanes and submarines.
What whirling. aching head that
Victorian relic would have after he
had looked over this new world of
ours for half an hour Duluth Her
aid
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-07-04
Human Erailtiea.

Our structure, both external and in
ternal, is full Of imperfection; yet
there IS nothing In nature but what is
OF use, not even inutility itself
There is nothing In this universe
which has not some proper place it It.
Our being Is cemented with certain
mean qualities; ambition, jealousy,
envy, revenge, superstition, despair.
have SO natural Judgment in us that
the image Of them is discerned in the
brute beasts; nay cruelty itself, a vice
so much out Of nature; for even in
the midst Of compassion we feel within
US an unaccountable bitter-sweet it'll
lation Of ill-natured pleasure in seeing
another suffer; and even children are
sensible Of it.--Montaigne.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-07-04
Economy In Iodine.

Instead Of throwing away the hun
dreds Of gauze and cotton "mops' used
I'm the surgical ward Of great army
hospital, they are now treated in an
apparatus, shown In Popular Mechan-
les Magazine, In order to recover the
iodine in them. Alcohol evaporates
and condenses in the cooled upper
tube, then falls back through the mops,
carrying the iodine down with It in the
bottom Of the flask In the form Of
tincture. The mops are saved, too, by
subsequent washing and sterilizIng.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-07-04
To Boost U. 8. Food Products.

The first agricultural trade commits
sioner to work in foreign lands for the
interest of American food producers
has been named by the United States
department of agriculture. He is Ed
ward A. Foley Of San Francisco, Cal,
who has been appointed to represent
the departments bureau Of markets in
the United Kingdom. Mr.. Foley Will
investigate conditions In the United
Kingdom and study the marketing and
distribution Of farm products with a
view to the development and improve
ment Of foreign trade in American az
ricultural products.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-07-04
LITTLE USE MADE OF RIVERS
Great Waterways Of United States
Seem to Visiting Europeans
to Be Neglected..

A Chinaman who travels in the
United States is certain to remark {:
What grand rivers, but how lonely J"
BY utilizing their rivers 40O,0O0. 900
Chinese have managed to get along
without railroads, a feat incompre-
hensibie in occidental countries. A
visitor from continental Europe would
say: your rivers Of the Mississippi
valley are unequaled as q gift of ma
ture. But where is the commerce?
Where the permanently deepened
channels, united with correspontingly
deep canals for heavy freight, like
those connecting the Rhine, Danube.
Rhone, Loire and others?" Our only
answer could be that we have as yet
scarcely made a beginning with our
splendid streams in the most pro-
ductive valley on earth, says the ST..
Louis GlObeDemocrat. Yet with re-
markable energy, promptness and
success we constructed the great canal
between the Pacific and Atlantic
oceans, paying the entire cost our
selves and opening it on equal terms
to all nations. One reason for the
backwardness with our majestic rivers
and their many navigable tributaries
is that we have never taken up the
subject with due seriousness and de-
cisiVe purpose. We have been dis
mayed when told that the problem in
volved hundreds Of millions in money.
But since 1914, including the next
fiscal year, congress has appropriated
$4,000, 100000. The word ''impoS-
sible" should not he reserved for use
against profitable investment like
improved waterways.
Necessity knows no law. "A vast
emergency presented itself that de-
manded the expenditure Of the sat-
OO0,OC0,000 in five years. One of the
first problems in the national emer-
gency was transportation. The rail-
roads, Of course, were pushed so hard
that the government felt compelled to
take them in hand. Adequate water
ways would have been of enormous
advantage, but the big rivers heard'lit
tie sound save their own dashing.
eve can't afford to improve the
rivers" was the old view. The OBJ
vious truth is that we can't afford not
to improve them.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-07-04
Question for Debate.

Judging by union standards. the
good lady in Proverbs, belauded as
she has been for centuries. set
most questionable example. Her
price might be above rubies, but
what business had she TO "rise I'D
early In the morning, before it was
yet light" and continue all day her
Industrial pace-setting? 1t couldn't
have been good for her husband either,
for all we hear of his activity is that
he praised her" and that he "sat in
the gates'-which latter I take to be
the Biblical equivalent Of sitting on
the porch Of country store with his
feet on the rail, taking oil her labor
for granted.-Exchange.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-07-04
Street Car Statistics.

According to n preliminary report
issued by the bureau Of the census, de-
partment of commerce the street and
interurban railways Of the United
States during the year 1917 transport
ed over 1900, 100000 fare paying pas
sengers, representing On average of
something more than 100 trips for each
man, woman and child in the United
States.
Old Publications.
An odd bit Of the past turns ND In
a list Of old publications soon to be
sold Mt auction, namely, to give it it's
full, imposing title. "A Sermon
Preached at White Chapel, in the Pres
ence of Many Honorable and Worship
full, the Adventures and Planters for
Virginia." and Published for the Ben
eft and Use Of the Colony, Planted,
and to bee Planted there and for the
Advancement Of their Christian Pur-
pose" The Rev. William Symonds
preached that sermon, notes the Chris
tian Science Monitor, and described
Virginia as land with the fruitful
ness whereof England, our mistresse,
cannot compare, no. not when she is
In her greatest PRIDE" Yet he preached
to rather sorry congregation, saws
history, largely composed of immi-
grants who had failed at home through
bad habits little calculated to helm
In new country.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-07-04
Did Nor. Than Come Back.

James mamma left Jane home alone
for few moments while she ran
around to the store. Before going she
told Jane that she positively must not
let the cat in before she returned. Jane
assured her mother that she would do
as she was told and not let him In.
Ten minutes later James mamma re-
turned and Jane sat where she left
her, petting the cat.
"Jane," said mamma, IT think told
you not to let kitty in until came
back"
"You did, mamma" replied Jane,
IN didn't let him In. He opened
the door hisself and walked in"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-07-04
The ParIor boIshevlk.

A parlor bolshevh at tea in Green
wich village shrilled:
"Our army Of occupation is tyran-
meal and unjust. All the other po-
litical parties are permitted to hold
meetings and canvass for votes, but
the Spartacists are vigorously forbid
den. to push their cause in any way"
"Quite right, too," said Novelist
Theodore Dresser.
"Why?' shrieked the parlor bolshe-
vik. "Why is 1t right to squelch the
Spartacist movement in this manner?'
Because" said Novelist Dresser,
"the Spartacists are putting too much
ruction in reconstruction"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-07-04
Before and After.

They were both suffragists-one very
pretty and young and the other much
older. The older one voiced her views
very emphatically for the younger
ones benefit. II think it's very
impractical for women to get married
before they are thirty-five," she said.
The young suffragist retorted in
stantly, Eyes, and think it's very i'm
possible for them to get married after
they are hirty-fve."
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-07-04

ange trees are outlined vomptuously
against the white walls and the un-
clouded sky. Who knows how many
~lsdul harem ladies have languished
there, what fantastic tragedies have
been spun on curiously fatalistic silken
threads?-From Through the Gates
OF the Moghreb," by Elsie F. We'll, in
Asia Magazine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-14
Vain Fears.

- about the league Of nations.
"Groundless and foolish" he said, ARE
the fears about the league that polls
ticians express.
Eyes, these mems fears remind me OF
the lady in the fur store who hesitated
to buy a bearskin stole.
"It's bear. ma'am, pure bear. the
furrier said. persuasively.
Eyes. know said she. But suppose
I get caught in the rain with It? What
effect will the rain have on It? Won't
rain ruin III"
"'Look here. ma'am.' said the fur
rier, impressively. did you ever heaH
of bear carrying an umbrella?'"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-14
Too Much Trust.

CENATOR PAT HARRISON Of Miss
~ issippi utters a solemn warning
against putting too much trust in the
faith Of human nature. Also. he points
to the experience Of a colored man in his
neighborhood to prove that his conten-
ton Is well founded.
Eph. the colored party in question,
was the owner Of very sleepy mule of
a somewhat advanced age. In fact.
there were rumOrs around the neighbour
hood that the mule was one Of the few
which escaped Sherman's army on it's
march to the sea.
The mule also had very bad DISPOSE
ton. Calling on this ugly disposition one
day, while somewhat fretted over the
whipping its owner was submitting 1t
to. it let fly with right hind hoof and
dropped it's owner fiat on his back.
Whereupon the owner, Eph, picked up a
neck yoke, slammed the mule over the
head and killed it.
Then Eph was in an awful fix. His
cotton crop half cultivated and his per-
fectly good mule dead. he was In a
great quandary as to how he was going
to obtain another mule to finish his
farming. Suddenly, in the midst Of his
woe, however he espied horsetrader
coming down the read. so he propped
the dead mule against the barn SO that
he appeared to be snoozing and. eventu.
ally, sold him. at a glance, for SO. The
trader tried to walk his purchase of
the farm and from the fracas which fol<
lowed Eph emerged with broken nose.
The next day he met Pat, who. by tho
way. knows every man, woman and
child. white and colored, in all Missis.
sippi, and the senator noted his wounds.
"Why, Eph. how'd you get your nose
in that shape:" Pat asked.
"Too much faith In human nature
done dat, Mistah Pat" >Eph replied. II
thought any man what was skinned In
a horse trade would take his medicine
and not say nothin'. but stead a dat. he
gifts mad and busts me right in de nose
wild a hame.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-14

11th streets. on either side. has seen
few changes.
AT the northwest corner of nth
street were small buildings which ex-
tended to the plain four build
ing, known as the Kirkwood House. 1t
was then a very popular hotel. Presi-
dent Johnson took the oath Of office as
President, after tho assassination Of
Lincoln, in the Kirkwood House.
"At 18th street was Entwlsie's drug
store and a few unpretentious buildings.
On the south side was hotel and Han
cocks saloon. The Allison Nailor
stable, a three story building. was on
18th and Z streets.
ION the north side of the square
between 18th and 14th was Greason's
Hotel. From the National Theater
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-14
Two Days Required
for the March Of 2OO,-.
OOOMen-RevieWof
First Division We'd
nesdayRecalls Other
Days. !

was confscated by those who wsre
lucky enough to see it first.
Many buildings familiar to the
boys of '65 have been torn down to
make way for modern structures, but
every foot of the famous thorough.
fare Is a reminder of that historic
day when we, marched in grand re-
view before our commander in chief,
President of the United States. And
what memories marched with u.s. as
they do with our own bronzed young
veterans today! Like them. we had
gone eagerly forth to fight. raw. un-
seasoned recruits. but having borne
witness to the terrors Of war. expe-
riencing its hardships and fighting In
the foremost ranks under the thick
est fire. we had developed into men,
disciplined to fully understand the
value of just authority; soldiers, drill
ed perfectly in~every phase of war
fare; warriors. At to march home
from the conquest of the world.
"Home-do you know how much
that word means to men who have
passed through the valley Of the
shadow Of death during months of
incessant conflict? Home. where dear
ones waited to welcome US and where
the tranquil pursuits Of civil life
would blot out the horrible memories
of war" AGNEW STEWAR
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-14

at the northeast corner of Sd street.
At the northwest corner was the
Washington House, a building with
high stone steps which led to the
main entrance on the second floor. On
the south side of that square was a
wood and coal yard. also several three
story buildings used as boarding
houses.
Hotels and restaurants. the old Ma
tional Hotel being among the num-
Der. monopoiized the square between
AZ and 9Th streets. The street on
either side as far west as 7th street
has undergone but little change. The
Avenue House then occupied the site
where saks' store now stands; 1t was
q four-story building.
'The Center Market held the To-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-14

State Department.. the patent office.
the general land office and the office
Of the auditor of the Treasury. The
north wing of the Treasury now &C.
cupies the ground where 1t stood.
4 X
while Washington was practically
a city of hotels and boarding houses,
1t was impossible to house more than
one half Of the people that poured
into the city from every part Of the
United States. Thousands were turn
ed away from the hotels and many
spent the night in the open. Fortu-
nately. It was warm weather. On the
Gath Of May. the second day of the
grand review. the heat was almost
unbearable, and every spot Of shade
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-14

cation which 1t does today. but 1t was
only a group of long. low sheds with
open sides and front. A number OF
dry goods shops fronted Market square:
there was a drug store on the north
west corner of 9th street, located In
the old Gunton, place. where now the
Gunton building stands. The Oxford
Music Hall and Theater occupied an
other corner Of eth street. as did
Wallis auction house.
1.-THE most prominent building on the
next square was the Iron Hall build
ing. 1t was first built as a place of
amusement. w. G. Metzerott's music
house occupied part of 1t for many
years. The square between 10th and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-14

the north side Of Pennsylvania ave-
nue. There was a three-story brick
building at the corner containing a
restaurant.
AT the corner of I'd street, where
the waters Of the Tiber could be seen,
was q large three-story brick. which
had been built for the public printing
Office.
"At the southwest corner Of that
block the frame hotel, which Is in
such a good state of preservation, &C.
cupied its present site. In the next
square the Adams Express Company
had erected an iron-front building.
which was looked upon by the people
Of the city as quite pretentious.
1.-THE st. Charles Hotel was located
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-14

westward it has many new structures.
The residence Of Joseph Willard was on
the corner. The old Willard Hotel oc-
cupied the site Of the present build
ing OF that name.
ION 18th street. facing the Treasury
below F street, was a large brick
building used Tor government offices.
The banks which occupy the square
between F and G streets were then
on the same site where they now
stand, having been rebuilt, however
"A greenhouse was located in the
square between G street and New
York avenue.
1.-THE building known as the north
east executive building stood just
north Of the Treasury. In 1t were the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-14

ENNSYLVANIA avenue today Is
y one of the most beautiful
thoroughfares in the world
and the parade of the home-
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-12

by obtaining the "Medical Adviser" q
book of 1000 pages, bound in cloth,
containing chapters on First Aid, Band
aging, Anatomy, Hygiene, Sex Problems,
Mother and Babe. 200 prescriptions for
acute and chronic Diseases profusely il
Illustrated by wood cuts and colored plates.
Ask your druggist or send SOC. to Pub
l;sher, 663 Main Street, Buffalo, n. Y.
If woman is nervous or has dizzy
spells, suffers from awful pains at regu-
ar or irregular intervals she should turn
o tonic made up of herbs, and with
jut alcohol, which makes weak women
tTong and sick women well. 1t is DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Then,
or the liver and bowels nothing is so
rood as DIR. Pierce,s Pleasant Pellets.
Alton, W-''I had need of a medicine
o aid me when in delicate way | saw
Favorite Prescription advertised in the
paper | began taking it and ii helped
ne at once | used it for SIX months and
proved the best medicine for that pur-
osG. 1t makes one stronger, more com
5rtable and better able to bear the troubles
hat 20 with that situation. | was so
delighted with the good received that
aave recommended 1t to my friends"
Mrs c. IpicheA, 1917 E. lib 81,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-12
CAUGHT ON OLD
HOTEL FRAUD

Springfield, H., March 12.-J !.
billings, so called for the want OF a
better cognomen, may have all kinds
OF luck in swindling hotel proprietors
IN other cities, but attempting it in
Springfield, he came to grief. Regis
tering at the most popular hosiery
here, he tried the time-worn trick OF
depositing roll OF bills large enough
TO choke a cow" with instructions to
the clerk, as he hastily dashed for
his room, amid the pomp Of the plutnd
bondholder, to have anything charged
to his account should it be sent from
a local store But the argused.eyed
hotel clerk had been a victim before.
He called over the eyer-Watchful hotel
sleuth and J. ]. Billings was soon an
unwelcome guest of the chief OF DO.
lice
That's all right he explained aft
erward I know that's good game,
ftut | wasn't intending to work it
here. | was going to play square and
have the account taken ont of my
roll | didn't intend to beat it at all
Honest