The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-12-17
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New York. = We are certainly be-
coming an Industrious nation! One
week q potential young millionaire re-
fuses the millions and sticks at job
And the next, Mrs. c. Del. Oelrichs
declares that she, too, loves work and
Is ceasing to be social butterfly and
become a perfume dealing bee, in
stead. Literally. that's it! Mrs. Gel
rich Is distributing her business cards
bearing the name of a trading COM
pany, and her own name, as lin
charge Of the retail department The
fact that her chauffeur never keeps
her waiting at the end of Office hours
make her life more easy than those of
her working companions, but 1t does
mt make it one whit less earnest
A promoter must above everything
else be an optimist, OF course. That's
his stock In trade Which may or may
not have anything to do with Law
renee A. Schaeffer having taken unto
himself one dozen wives! He Is lock-
ed up on charge Of bigamy but his
wives already located say that's
gross understatement. Schaeffer has
been a promoter of chain stores, NOV
ing pictures, and, according to his
own own claim, political campaigns.
His wife-recruiting method consisted
largely of advertising for girls to act
in his picture company. Then he
learned from the most encouraging
looking ones who applied for the job
If they had any money. If they had,
their chance of becoming an actress
was supplanted with the chance to be-
come a wife of the company president.
There is a self-consciousness about
the girl whose hair has just been bob
bed which speaks for itself wherever
you see her. One such young woman
was almost wailing on the bus the
other day. I'm afraid to go home"
she confided to her companion. Jim
so admired the girls at the beach last
summer with bobbed hair, and | want
ed to surprise him. My hat comes aver
my nose. and my hair isn't curly one
hit. Theirs was; though mine would
be. Isn't 1t a-w-f-u-l?" Her friend was
not as encouraging as she might have
been. what a chance to take with
husband?" she unused.
Are New York spring water COM
nanies facetious, or was this written
in all the seriousness which it seeks
to carry with it? ITO our patrons!
The prohibition act has created de-
mand for bottles. We find it necessary.
beginning December l, 1920, to make a
charge of $3.50 for every five gallon
demijohn or six-bottle case not re-
turned"
It's absurd to be taken away from
life" to go to the schoolroom, declar-
ed protesting groups Of girls who
were taken to the Magistrates Court
the other day to explain why they
were not at their books. The law re-
ouires all minors who have not finish
ed high school to attend continuation
classes at least four hours a week.
Enforcement of the law was started in
earnest and rs girls we're fathered in
from shops, offices, choruses. carbar-
cts, all sorts of highways and byways
to be told the story of the work that
was ahead of them. To add to their
indignation, the magistrate got irri-
tated and told lot of them to wash
all the adornment of their faces.
Another st. John Ervine play is
opening this week. The selection OF
the people who we're enthusiastic over
"Jane Clegg" and John Ferguson"
are delighted. MIXED Marriage" is
the title Of the new production and 1t
is to be put on at the Bramhall Thea
ter, which has been the home OF many
unusual plays. St John Ervine be-
came almost the center Of a cult last
season and his admirers are in mood
to be pleased, almost regardless OF
whether he holds to his past standard
or not
A new record has been established
In the Office Of the Health Department
A tenant has written in to beg some
body to make her landlord turn of the
heat in an apartment building. It's the
first complains Of the kind ever re-
ceived there. says Health Commission
er Copeland.
II will be difficult to cut OF imigra-
ton while this spirit rules: Orlando
eisliano. Is years old. Of Naples. Italy.