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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-04
Will Lead Parade.

Argonnc Post. No. s.. American Le-
glcn. Will head the Labor Day parade IN
Steuhcnvillc by invitation OF the Jeffer-
son County Trades and Labor Assembly
At last nights meeting Of tn" post.
constitution and bylaws were adopted
and arrangements made for prorinding
entertainment for eN-scrviCc men.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-04
Cannot Change Name.

Tho town OF Minco Junction cannon
drop tho junction" as long as thcre ~
another Mingn in Ohio. according 10 au-
vices received from ConCressman Frank
Nurphy to whom tho citizens appealed
for assistance in changing the name or
the town.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-04
Body Is Shipped.

Tho remains Of Mrs. Mary Louise Fos-
tor, a. who died Saturday morning at
the home of her daughter. Mrs. ]. T.
Pcdicord, on First street. were shipped
Sunday to Pocahoatas. Va. where inter-
mont will be made.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-04
HORSE BREAKS LEG

A horse belonging to Syrian. whose
name the police did not secure. reI on
the pavement at Twcnty-s"cond street
and Alley Is. Sunday. The animal broke
n leg in tho fall. Police Patrolman
Crumbackcr shot the horse.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-04

preachers in Moundsville churches and
the services in most Of the local churches
yesterday were confined to the usual
Sunday school services held at the usual
hour in tho morning.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-04
Picnic.

Mrs. l. d. Shri"vcs and Mrs. NJ. a.
Cochran took their Sunday school classes
Of the primary department Of the First
Baptist church I" Williams park Friday
afternoon. v\"r" Il picnic supper was
enjoyed by the littl" folks.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-04
ST. MARYS

workmen are ut work cleaning up the
ground for tho new high school building.
The contractors will max" strong e.
fort to get the building completed be-
fore winter.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-04

J. II. Clarity has sold an interest IN
his grocery syDrc 10 his hroth"r-tn-law.
Frank II. Hays. and the name OF the new
firm will be Clarity & Hays.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-04
NARNOOD
VIII Give Picnic.

Arrangements are being made for
picnic to be given by the members and
their friends of the Warwood Lutheran
Sunday school. The affair Will take
place on August 2Sth a. Graeb's Hollow
out GlennS Run. 4 committee consist
ing Of Mr.. Arch Imhoff and Joe Thomp-
son, has been appointed to look after
tho affair
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-08-04
Services Curtailed


Au.uSi l. ia" rrnuth 1T Vacations for
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-02-14
She Went to Her Room and Found Her
Mother There, Dismally Engaged in
Writing a Letter to Her Father.

things. Ergo, when home life grows
dull, can always stir up the fire by
buying something we can't afford.
When I want anything I must get it.
I shall be scolded, then kissed and
treated with awe. If hadn't bought
it I wouldn't have had it, nor the
bonus that goes with it. If we had not
quarreled we should have missed the
rapture of making up"
This is one of the first lessons that
certain sorts of husbands teach to GER
tain sorts of wives.
When the man of the house had de-
parted for his Office, and the waiter
had carried off the breakfast relics,
the three women were left alone in a
completely feminine conclave. They
faced life like three Norns: the old
mother, the new wife, and the deferred
wife, each from her coign of disadvan-
tage.
The two married women turned on
the maid, with common resentment.
They We're married and dependent and
she had her independence. They were
Tories and she Wing. It was their
privilege to rail at things as they were,
but 1t was their religion to frown on
changing them. Mrs. Kip senior spoke
for Mrs. Kip junior.
SNOW, Daphne, tell us what is this
new foolishness all about?"
Daphne answered, stoutly: tits not
foolishness. It's the first glimmer of
sense I've ever had. Pm sick of the
idea of always living on the mercy of
some man, taking his charity or his
extravaganza. I've always been a drag
on poor daddy. and was getting ready
to shift my weight over to poor Clay's
back. But don't think woman
ought to be dependent on a man. /
think she ought to bear her share of
the burden"
"As If she didn'tp Mrs. Kip broke
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-02-14
CHAPTER VII.

She failed to run Duane to earth in
the telephone book. She was at loss
for another source of directions. She
was new to New York and did not
know how to set out on such pur-
suit.
She went to her room, and found
her mother there, dismally engaged In
writing letter to her father, breaking
to him the dreadful news that the
trousseau was to cost far more for far
less. She was asking for extra money
at once. Daphne smiled bitterly and
said: Grub it out and do it over again,
mamma. There amt goin' to be no
trousseau. No wedding bells for me-"
Mrs. Kip rolled large eyes in Daph-
mes direction and looked deaf. Daphne
held out her denuded engagement fin
ger in proof that she and Clay were
detrothed.
Good graciousi' was Mrs. Kip's
profane comment. "Why on earth did
you"
Because I'm too expensive for him"
what are you going to do-go back
to Cleveland and tell everybody that
you're not going to get married, after
all this trouble?"
"No, I'm not going back to Cieve-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-02-14
Why He Wanted Arm Straight.

Canadian officer, wounded early
in the war was sent to one of the in
situations to have his left arm made
over. The elbow had been so badly
shattered that surgery, wonderful as
its skill and resources are, could not
entirely reconstruct the joint. So the
officer was given choice of two
things-eithcr to have weak, NOV
able elbow, or strong stiff one.
Without hesitation the Canadian
chose the stiff elbow. and he aston
ished the surgeons by asking that the
arm be made perfectly straight
They pointed out to him that the
arm would be far more useful If the
elbow was set at an angle. If set
straight he wouldn't be able even to
put his hand in the pocket of his trou-
sers. But the Canadian had antici-
pated that argument by arranging
with his tailor to have the pocket so
low that by launching his shoulder he
could get his hand into it. The rea-
son he wanted the arm made rigid]y
straight was to be able to use hunt
ing rifle and u billiard cue.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-02-14
(To BE CONTINUED !
impress Left by Romans.

The old Romans and still older
Celts have left their traces thickly
strewn in the place-names of the. coun-
try through which the victorious al
lied armies advanced during the latter
part of the war. Valenciennes was
named after the Roman emperor, Val
entinian, just as Orleans was named
after Emperor Aurelian. The mark of
the Celt is seen in the dun, or fortress,
of the ever-famous Yerdun, and,
though now contracted out of exist
ence, in the towering old city of Laon,
the stronghold of the Merovingians.
The River Mouse, perhaps the river
most connected with war, has the most
peaceful of names, Mouse being Gel
tic for the River of Meadows.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-02-14
MAKE FOR BETTER SPELLING
Indiana Newspaper Pleads for q Re-
vlvaI Of the oid-TIme Matches"
Once Popular.

The winter evenings are long and
there are few people who do not
care for the movies. Some of them
play checkers and others tat. A few
improve each shining hour by reading
something worth while Occasionally
some one thinks Of letter, long past
due. He starts to write, and then
he stops to nibble his pencil. because
the word he has in mind seems so
hard to spell. That reminds him of
spelling. In the old days of loud
schools" when recitations brought out
the vocal powers of children and when
they studied aloud more attention was
paid to spelling, observes the Indian
apOlis News.
Since then the schools have taken
a long step forward, but the cldtimers
Insist that the modern boy and girl
do not spell as well as father and
grandfather did. OF course. the mod
ern school system is more complex.
Grandfather never dreamed Of learn
ing how to make furniture in school.
and grandmother had no domestic SCH
ence course wherein she learned to
concoct Thousand Island dressing.
When reading, writing and arithmetic
were considered essentials, spelling
claimed almost as much attention as
the three Rs.
A few years ago considerable rivalry
arose in Indiana, and there were de-
bates between the new school and the
old. The elderly people insisted that
the modern youth cannot spell in the
same class with those who went to
school 80 40 and so years ago. To
settle the dispute spelling matches
were held. The contagion for accu-
rate spelling spread throughout the
state. Elimination contests finally es-
tabfshed a county champion. and he
In turn challenged the champion Of
the neighboring county. The state su-
perintendent Of public instruction APP
proved the spelling matches and school
authorities generally were interested.
At that time the school officials de-
clared that the unusual attention d.
rected to the subject resulted in bet
ter spelling in the schools. The win
ter evenings are long and some peo-
pie do not care for the movies. An
other epidemic of spelling matches will
not cost anything. and it might pro-
duce great deal of good.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-02-14
Variety The Spice of Life.

1t was his firsE day as a boot, and he
was having IL tough job executing or
ders. The sergeant, considerably exas-
perated, yelled:
Say, what did you do on the out
side?'
81 was a booklSeeper. sir
81 thought So the sergeant com
mented
The next morning. after a series of
tizzles, the company's commander again
picked him out.
SAY, what did you do on the out
sde?"
Il was an electrician, sir" was the
response.
"Eh?' the sergeant replied. II
thought you told me yesterday you
.were Il boohkeeper."
81 was, sir" replied the unabashed
boot, But l got another job.--Iu,lge.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-02-14
Future Of Flying.

ard sooner fly was Il colloquia.
phrase of two decades ago that was
often used to express the impossible.
The magic carpet of the Arabian
Nights seemed no less fanciful THAI
the dreams of Langley and the Wright
brothers. In the light of those days
the workers on the heavier-than-air
machines were looked upon as the
foolish descendants of Darius Green.
They were the same kind Of .'cranks"
as Jules Verne.
Today billions of dollars are invesf-
ed in the manufacture Of airplaae&---
Louisville Courier-J Journal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-02-14

any man pays for, Ell? What are you
going to live on-air?'
She answered him, grimly, "There
are several million women in this
country earning their own living, and
I'm going to be one of them"
His comment was barking, "Hah !"
She lugged the box away to her room.
Bayard flung himself into chair and
listened to the cauldrOn of his own
hateful thoughts. Gradually they
ceased to bubble and stew. He could
hear now the muffied beat of Leila's
sorrow. He resisted it for a while,
sneered at it, ragged at 1t, and then at
the cruelty of the world.
Leila's sobs had stopped now and
Bayard listened for them anxiously.
Perhaps she had died of grief. A lasso
seemed to have caught him about the
shoulders; it was dragging him to the
door.
He heard a low whimpering, unendur-
ably appealing. He tapped on the door
and called through it.
Leila, honey love, forgive me. I've
seen the little gown. It's beautiful.
You shall have it-and dozen like it.
Please forgive me and love me again.
And I'll buy you anything you want.
Please. Please don't keep me stand
ing outside your door. Honey! Leila
love"
The door opening, he slipped
through to take refuge with his Leila.
A moment later the doorbell rang.
Daphne checked the maid whose ears
had been fascinatingly entertained,
and told her that if the caller were
Mr.. Wimburn he was to wait outside
in the hall. 1t was Wimburn and
! Daphne went out to him. He greeted
her with the zest of young lover.
Daphne gave him a cold cheek to kiss,
and then, pulling her engagement ring
from her finger, placed it in his hand.
"What-what's this, Daphne?" he
suffered.
TITS your ring. I'm giving it back.
The engagement is off-indefnitely.
"For heavens sake, why? What
have I done?"
Nothing. Neither have /. But I'm
going to do something"
what are you going to do, Daphney'
81 don't know-but something"
"Don't you love me any more?"
"Just as much as ever-more than
ever. And I'll prove it, too"
''Prove it by putting the ring back
on"
"Never! Send it back and save your
money. That's what I'm going to do
with what I've bought. Kiss me good
night and go, please"
She left him outside and closed the
door. as lovingly as she could.
While Clay waited for the elevator
to come up and take him down he
stared at the ring with sleeps eyes,
tossed it, and caught it awkwardly,
and laughed and almost spoke his
thought aloud:
Sunny thing. 1 haven't paid for it
yet. Got an insulting letter from the
jeweler, too, this very afternoon"
But Daphne was thumbing the tele-
phone book to see If she could find
Tom Duane's number.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-02-14
Shun Heedlessness

The nerve-racking chase after self
qualification or material gain often
blinds to the nobler sentiments; and
the cold. perhaps unintentional, slight.
inattention or rude, though thought
less, rebuff wounds still further an al
ready sore and bleeding soul whose
tagging and detected spirits might
have, with sympathetic glance, a
smile of approval, or welcoming ges-
ture, been set all atune, the harmony
to be passed alOng.-Grear Thoughts
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-02-14
Thirteen His Lucky Number.

Private w. IL. Teeple of 205 West
Borden avenue, New York. like presi-
dent Wilson. scorns the hoodco .n..m-
Der Thirteen" Here's why:
He was born on Friday. the thIr-
teenth.
lie enlisted on The thirteenth.
He was sent TO camp on the tlir-
teenth.
lie was assigned to regiment No. IL
in the Marine corps.
There We're thirteen other ncn in
his bunk house.
He sailed for France on the :bIf-
tecnth.
There were thirteen boats in the
convoy.
He was on the ocean thirteen days.
lie landed in France on the 26th.
which is two thrteens.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-02-14

land, and l am going to get married
but later, much later"
81 hate conundrums," said Mrs. Kip.
Better tell me the answer, for / won't
guess. What are you going to do7"
'Tm going to lend hand" said
Daphne. "Do my share. Get a job
and earn my board and keep"
"Heaven help us! You've gone
crazy!" Mrs. Kip exclaimed. "You get
to bed and you'll feel better in the
morning. I'll finish my letter."
She added, unbeknownst to Daphne,
postscript as long as the letter. con-
tradicting all she had just written and
urging her husband to come East at
once and take charge of his unruly
daughter. She dropped it in the mail
chute, and it fell into bottomless pit,
along with her other hopes.
Daphne and her mother were uneasy
at the prospect Of the breakfast en-
counter with the bridal couple. There
had been a sense of strain the first
morning. But now bitter quarrel had
intervened-that first ugly quarrel
when the wedge of finance is driven
between united hearts.
Bayard and Leila, however, arrived
at the table all smiles, more amorous
than ever. Leila wore triumphant
smile, such as Delilah must have worn
the second time she went out walking
with her big beau.e
1t was plain to the anxious eyes OF
Mrs. Kip and Daphne that Leila had
emerged from the quarrel with all the
loot and aggravated power.
She had taken advantage. of her hus
bands trust and abused his generosity
recklessly, with no more evil motive
indeed, than the wish to beautify her
self in his honor, and yet with reck
lessness.
1t was not altogether Leila's fault
if the lesson she learned, perhaps un
consciously, from the combat was
something like this:
81 ran my husband into debt with
out consulting him. His listless love
Invoke from it's torpor and enchanted
me with a first-class demonstration OF
it's energy. He stormed. wept thrill
| ingly. He apoiogized, begged to be
permitted to bring me some more nice
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-02-14

She refused to go to the tea party,
now that the gown was lost. and she
said she had letters to write.
But when her mother and Leila had
left her she wrote only one letter-a
note of regretful rejection to Dutilh.
She pinned it to the box and sent it
off by messenger. Then she tele-
phoned to Tom Duane.
She did not quite realize the temer-
ity of calling man at, his club, and
Tom Duane misunderstood her, inn
puted her innocence to its opposite. He
remembered her as pretty thing. II
she were brazen-well, he liked brass
in certain forms. When she said that
she wanted to have serious talk with
him at his convenience, he made it the
immediate moment at the cost Of
breaking an engagement at tennis.
He asked her if she would not meet
him somewhere for tea, but she said
that she preferred to see him at her
brothers apartment. His invitation
aroused her suspicion. Her invitation
confirmed his.
Daphne's heart was beating excited
| ly while she waited for him and she
began to feel that she had put herself
in wrong light. When Duane ar
rived and the maid showed him into
the living room Daphne tried to re-
deem herself by businesslike direct
ness.
"Mr. Duane, you must think it very
peculiar of me to drag you up here"
II think it's mighty kind of YOU"
"You say that before you hear what
I'm going to ask you. I'm going to
ask you to do me tremendous fa-
vor."
"That will be doing me tremen-
dous favor" he said.
Then she amazed him with her re-
quest: "You offered yesterday-of
course / know you didn't mean it-but
you offered to get me a job with a
theatrical manager" Z
Duanes hospitable smile hardened
into grimace of anxiety. He mum-
bled, "Oh, yes"
"You know Mr.. Raven-or whatever
his name is-very well, don't you?"
"Mr. Reben-oh, yes-yes, | know
him fairly WE'LL"
II want to go on the stage. Would
you dare introduce me to Mr.. Reben?'
Indeed / will, and proud to do it,"
do you think. he'll give me "a
a job?"
'Tll make him."
| 0TJou, oop ovor ronav Won 2n
Her hand went out to him and he
took it and squeezed it, and it
squeezed back gratefully. But he did
not let go. Duane seemed to be ex-
cited suddenly.
Daphne drew her hand back, but his
came with it, and he followed close
upon. There was a look in his eyes
that made her uneasy. His voice was
uncertain as he said
"You can repay me easily enough,
if you want to-"
II do. But how? How?" she asked
anxiously, not quite daring to wrench
her hand free.
"By-by being-by being kind to
me-"
"Kind? How?"
He did not answer with words, but
he lifted her hand with both of his
to his lips. 1t was an act of old
tangled gallantry that could hardly
be resented. But, manlike, having
made formal surrender, he tried to
take command. One hand held hers,
the other swept round her shoulders
and pressed her against him, without
roughness yet with strength. His lips
moved now, not toward her hand, but
toward the sacredness of her mouth.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-02-14
DAPHNE RESOLVES THAT SHE WILL NO LONGER BE DE-
PENDENT UPON ANY MAN.

synopsis-Cay young New Yorker visit Ceve
brother Office with
After whirwnd courtshp they become engaged
credit and returns to New York
after extracting her
father what she regards sufficient of
New York with mother to
Leila her mother themselves
life Daphne Tom Duane who
unexpectedly shopping
having
to Bayard.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-02-14

The future seems bright to
Daphne as she is given what
she believes is the opportunity
to realize her ambition. So few
difficulties are in the way at the
beginning that she cannot see
those that may loom up in the
future.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-07
THERE'S NO EMBARGO ON CALM
THINKING!

CENATOR LEWIS, the Democratic
~ whip" in supporting the Weeks reso-
luton calling on the State Department for
information as to what steps had been
taken to meet British aggression" warned
British officials to beware of awakening
"the spirit of 1912" If they presisted in the
extended embargo of American goods
which is to go into effect March I.
1t might be well for Senator Lewis to
remember that the Spirit of 1872 didn't go
off half-cocked-if the mixed metaphor is
permissible
The British embargo on American goods
may be ill-advised it may work injury to
American manufacturers; it may cause
and Justify retaliatory measures; it may
cause il-feelng; it may be at variance
with President Wilson's pronouncement
concerning trade barriers" and may even
SAVIOR of ungratefulness for American aid
and good will. It may do and be all Of
these things, but with II all it is well to
remember that it is a matter that pri.
marily concerns Great Britain. We may
prove to her eventually that she is making
a mistake and cause her to correct it, but
that is II matter that can be attended to
without heat and without excitement
The condition in. Great Britain is vir.
tually the same as that existing in France.
The French Governments action IN barring
$500 Ford autos seems TO indicate, advices
from Paris say, that policy of exclusion
Of foreign products from French markets
has been definitely launched
While France is painfully struggling to
her feet we are not going to make too
much fuss If she accidentally steps on our
toes. ,rs-,..
Uncle Sam is big enough and strong
enough to take care of himself. He may
he depended upon to see that he is not the
victim OF imposition. But he Is not going
to grow hysterical when he may set things
right with little quiet tali---or a little
economic pressure if 1t should appear nee
esSary,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-07
THE VITAL QUESTION

A SMALL boy on the Boardwalk at At
"A lantic City the other day said some
thing to his mother and then called out
to his younger brother a few steps ahead
Of him:
Hey. Dan, would you mind if / had
some candy and you didn't
The Bolshevist uprising in Russia and
the discomfort of the workers throughout
the world are due to the fact that no one
has thought to ask them If they minded
II some one else had luxuries and they
didn't.
The men with the ability to buy Iuxuries
have bought them with no consideration
OF any one else save as tl.ey said that
the more they lavished on themselves the
more work there would be for those who
had 10 work.
The boy asked the question under the
direction of his mother for the sake Of
peace. If his little brother minded he
would have to go without candy. The
moral Of this is so plain that 1t points
itself.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-02-07

PAYING FOR WHAT YOU DON'T GET

TNELEPHONE users are complaining to
L the Public Service Commission that they
are charged for calls when they have not
been able TO get the person whom they
called. other telephone users who have
suffered in the same way are awaiting the
outcome Of the inquiry.
There ought to be some infallible system
which will prevent a charge by a public
corporation for service which it does not
render. 1t is annoying TO call a number
on the telephone and wait for the connec-
tion an unreasonable time without results.
But to be charged for the abortlve call is
outrageous. That this has happened time
after time is sworn to by the witnesses
before the Public Service Commission. OF
course, it is the indifference or carelessness
of the employe which causes the charge
for an unrendered service.
Where Is the efficiency expert who can
satisfactorily solve the problem? A big
Job is awaiting him.