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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1920-11-03
School Board to Receive
Bids for Buildinq Bonds

The board of education will receive
bids for the sale of bonds to the
amount of 100000, at 2 p. m, Friday.
at the high school Five percent is
paid on the bonds. Contracts for the
erection Of the Junior high school, for
the west side, will be let Immediately
after.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1920-11-03
LOWER CALIFORNIA ZONE
TO HAVE NEW GOVERNOR

CALEXICO. Cal, Nov. 3.-Baldo-
nero A. Almada, who was nominated
provisional governor of the northern
district of Lower California last July,
but who never took office, has been
appointed permanent governor Of the
district, President Merida of the mu-
nicipality of MeXicali, Mexico, near
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1920-11-03

owns a majority of the SIC
stock now outstanding.
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did effect. I can now do my house.
work and my washing. l have recon-.
mended your vegetable Compound and
Your Blood Medicine and three OF my
friends are taking them to advantage;
You can use my name for testimonial:
Mrs. THERESA COVENTRY, 10 burnett
ST., Newark, n. j.
You are invited to write for free advice
No other medicine has been so sue
cessful in relieving woman's suffering
as has Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Women may receive Tree
and heIpful advice by writing the lydia
Z. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass;
Such letters are received and answered
hy women only and held in strict
elnfidence.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1920-11-03
Found Unconscious.
DAVIS LEAVES FOR LONDON.

NEW YORK, Nov. 3-John w
Davis, American ambassador to Great
Britain, left here Tuesday On the
steamship Aquitania, returning TO his
post at London, to remain until the eX-
piration OF his term, when he will re-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1920-11-03

here, has announced. Almada relin-
quished claim to the office when Este
ban Vantu, then governor, refused to
Vacate the post. Almada will succeed
Governor BalareZo.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1920-11-03

tor several weeks.
At times / could not
walk at all and !
suffered w i t h my
back and limbs so l
often had to stay in
b e d. l suffered off
and on for @ e h t
Y g a r S. Finally I
heard that Lydia E.
Pinkham's V e e e.
table Compound was
a good medicine and
tried it with splen-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1920-11-03

record Dec. /. A special meeting of
stockholders will be held Nov. "a to
vote on plan to increase the author
lied common share capital from $780,
100000 to $50,000,000.
The American Tobacco company
The evening world., 1920-06-07

N% RACIOUSl" cried Mrs. Jarr
N clutchlng Mr.. Jarrs arm.
Now, don't you turn
around and look, for II you do she
will see us It's that awful Airs.
Jenkins" she added by way of ex-
PLANTATION as she drew friend husband
out OF the swarm OF shoppers storm
snowy draperies formed a sheltering
bower.
Then, seeing that the lady in ques-
tion was likely to pass them on her
way to the third hoor-ollcloth, rugs,
picture frames. school supplies, cha
dren's shoes, hats, harness, toys and
ladies' suits-Airs. Jarr pounced out
on her exclaiming: why my dear
Mrs. Jenkins! Were you going TO
pass me by without spealdng?" And
then the two ladies kissed each other
and remarked in the same breath:
How we'll yOl are looking! You are
not as stout as you were. What ex-
ercises are you talSingP
Neither lady made any reply 20 the
questions, but plunged at once into a
babble Of talk as to how the children
were, how the weather d been,
what trouble they had lat -ly with
servants and how high everything
was. Finally Mrs. Jarr turned to Nj.
Jarr and asked sharply. Don't you
see Mrs. Jentlns?"
Il have been bowling to her for the
last ten minutes while you two have
been telling each other the s.ories Of
your liyes!" grmnDled Mr. Jarr.
'Oh, TIL be bound you'd say that!"
said Mrs. Jarr, sharply, and then
turning to Mrs. Jenkins she re-
marked: You mustn't Ike any
notice Of him, my dear. He 1sitively
makes me ashamed OF him the way
he goes incoming around, not seeing
anybody--at least not seeing tho kind
OF people II Is a pleasure know.
Now II Il were some OF his chums-
but there! What's the use Of saying
anything? The men are all alike"
Then, after luncheon IN tie store
restaurant, the ladies began dragging
Mr., Jarr around the place ir an orgy
ot shopping, in which Do h ladies
prodigiously ordered goods = 90 sent
home 'oOlect'-to be refused when
brought 20 them-they car 10 the
parting OF their ways, after no most
cordial invitations 10 visit G.. 'h other
and spend the day.
I'D you ever SEQ such a woman ?"
asked Mrs Jarr as she took Mr..
ing. The idea of her expecting US
ever TO go out again 10 East Malaria.
that terrible suburban place where
o'a llyrs' I Thought we'd never get
sid Of her And YOU were Softg
The evening world., 1920-06-07
What Sort Of Love Does the
Modern Girl Givep

The woman OF TODAY ia MT -,tso-
ly," answers the author Of .-Tbis ~
ryinG." 'Shes shas no idea-not rearI,, 81
so much as her old-rashioned sisterH
OF doing out her love. She is a mar
NeHous spcndcr But she Is nor a
spendthrtft, and she has had enonp5
teaching In the economies of life 70
demand value received IL love 10
worth while she is capable OF riving
everything magnificentiy. II il is not
she grudges giving, having nut per,
manently behind her the theorv thar
woman's lot is pitiful and one of resig.
nation. And yet sometimes she doe
give everything. knowing it is a gam
ple' Just as the girl of the old game
gave everything often enough even
when her lovers love you always rang
false in her ears" 's
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y but without success, as the hole by
which he entered was far from the
place that he made his home,
How l suffered from sleeplessEess no
one can imagine. Every time I spoke
- It TO those about, they laughed 1t
sff as a joke and the thing was for
gotten.
But early in the morning, Just when
l wanted to sleep the most ! was
disturbed. l continually put off doing
something about it, forgetting al
ways that the morning was to come
and that the disturbance would come
just che same.
Came the day when could bear It
no longer. There were hours Of en-
Sorced wakefulness, and 1 determined
chat not another day should pass urtil
had found tho exact place and had
made Mr., Squirrel move his abode
efseWhere than over my bedroom.
When 1 finally did go to work. do
sermned not 20 quit until found II,
II was only a very short time until /
dlscovered the exact spot. We took nut
the nuts, put them on the roof where
Z he could got them, and nailed up the
Enclosure, presuming that he would
realize that he was dispossesss1 and
would go 10 live in the nearby woods
whore there are thousands OF places
Cor him and where he would not dis
tnrb any one.
Also thsla MlAA a ae6r IN tha cot.
The evening world., 1920-06-07
2RSS2&s9HH&i7HTROUBl[SONF THINGS
BIZ Sophie Irene Lneh.
tcopyaEht. 1870. BY The Prc.. P,lbli.hing Co lrho

eNAA N'NAAAAA Nnl4l
tage that always stuck" Evervbodv
VINO came would pull at It, but the
DAY Tor getting It fixed was forever
Put OH How many people suffered
though momentarily, cannot be esti-
niaIeu' IL TOOK a carpenter ten min
utes to fix II.
These little incidents gave me con-
siderable food for reflection. How
many such trifes have given Preat
annoyance, and We have lust pushed
them aside, thinking we would attend
n them some time.
In every ones home there are sorne
such triiiing things as this than give
endless trouble and annoyance. but
WIllch we do not realize until some
day they are brought forcibly to our
attention.
These are the unbearabIe trtfles that
we put up with, thinking that they
are only trifles, and letting them 20
az that.
But have You over stopped % con-
slider that II Is such seemingly small
occurrences that really enter into
ones disposition and make one irrita-
ble?
If you were 70 be asked the cause OF
your irritation, you would hardly be-
iNNf' AAAeN ~ was eH'Allt DtLlN IlhlIeE
with which you have been daily con-
fronted-a matter that could be ad-
iusted in so short a space Of time
and forever settled.
Just think OF It! For four years I
came up 20 the country and passed
the night there My rcst was misera-
bly, disturbed because I did not take
the time 10 ascertain the cause and
eliminate IT.
There Is tho philosophy OF Il all IN
Il nutshell-to find the source os the
trouble and get rid of Il.
Not only Is this the case With
things, but also with people. Very Of
ten people for years live next N
neighbors that they do not like and
then through some unforeseen occur
renee they have moved away and
found a great sense Of relief.
Often one has 70 deal with another
whose personality ho disllkes very
much indeed Yet somehow one does
not shake aim Off The thing 10 do
is ~ put out Of one's life people and
things that 'irritato.
Happiness may only be attained By
getting at The root Of unhappiness and
eradicating Il.
The same old ounce Of prevention"
will save the pound Of euro" ani
VIII preserve the psasa Of mind
The evening world., 1920-06-07
BWCIl@ tho 7XyNlfOfP@SS
BIZ lS1lD3 DIUOBEYs

WlUWhlEGo
iE Co. The Now York Evening worldJ
Literary Digest says. But wen
let that pass. Why have politics got
you nervous2'
Because, he tells me, I got a idea
some dark horse win be nominated
for President in Chicago
well ] says, all to the merry. II
a dark horse wins well most likely
have u stable government
'Aw, bring me beans!' he sings
out. 1t gets me sore
TIL get you beanA' / says. and
when you eat them I'll have my re-
venge. know them beans we'll
Il do a Jazz step 70 the kitchie-
htch, and when / come back no is in
a much more joculltor mood.
Evidently he says, with a smile,
you don't know what a dark horse is.
True, l don't i admit. i was
born after the livery stable age. Now
dark auto would be one with lts
glims doused.'
In politics he says, a dark horse
Is candidate who suddenly comes
into prominence
but does no know he's dark
hOrseY l ask.
growls,
Il get II for him gladly knowing It's
sour and then / decide this bird needs
a sum word or so.
Say mister / says. who asked
you to start a politician school in
mere, anyway You come IN talking
about black horses and other Quader-
pids, and when reply you gimme an
'aW.' BE pleasant or III reckermend
the apple pie 10 you and get you into
a doctors hands The next time you
bring a dark horse in here just keep
II dark, will your
He smiles aud eats for a brief
period. When he's through ne says
TO me: What's the usual tip you gety
some dubs hand me a dime
says, but most gentlemen slip mo a
quarter
"'Well,' he says, you couldn't call
man as grOuchy as me a gentleman.
Guess I'm a dub. I'll split 1t with you.
After | pay for this lovely meal all I'll
have left rs a nickel
Tie shoots the tituey and beats it."
Lucille waited on another diner,
Returning. she said THAT guy
couldn't "A been so much OF a pollti-
cian, RLer all
W. not?" asked tho Friendly
Patron,
"Well," came from Lucille. 'did you
ever see a regular politician down 10
his last nickel9 Not on your Uncle
JaspeTS thFsL"
The evening world., 1920-06-07
What Sort Of Love Does the
Modem Girl Wantp

Mrs. Banning has a wise answer to
tnat question. Each Of us loves his
or. her oV'1 kind Of love. I've known
pgopIe W found greatest delight in
SWING Up things for the people they
care about I've known others ubo.o
JOY was in possession Of the person
iioVed-and there are people who love
by sharing and having children. and
people who think that they are enough
TO one another in themselves and chill
uren would be an Interference and a
Alndrance. The point is to find ont
What you are suited for and to carry
OUT your own job with the right per
The evening world., 1920-06-07

LSG lSoU IDLE
Copyright 1890 by The Press Publlshi
CGCAY," said Lucille the Waitress.
y as the Friendly Patron res
cued the bin Of fare from the
floor, 1--WE had a politician in here
a while ago. know he was a poliu-
clan because he offered TO split the
tip with me. Oh. he was a rare bird I!
He takes a seat at the counter and
begins to chew up his newspaper.
Keep 1t up says YouIl
prob'ly get moro nourishment out OF
that paper than you win out Of our
wares ...,
Hes been dreaming. and he comes
TO with start I'm so nervous! he
says. Tn a political worker and
conditions have got me all upest.'
"'Nou act like you worked on the
The evening world., 1920-06-07
Here's New One-HOt Air Metre,
ttTGE that bull Outsidel"

ECTIE that bull outsidel"
But in case some one insists
on dragging him In. we
picture here the famous ''Hot Air
Metre" the invention OF Billy War
necke. a photographer on the stan of
The Evening World.
When tho bars closed along Park
Row some OF the boys decided that
The Evening World Photograph De-
partment would bo a fine place 70
hang out. They'd come in, borrow
the markings from Billy. rest their feet
on his desk and tell the story OF their
life. They would also ohirp their opin-
ions about Proh.b .bition and who'd be
the next President.
The simple invention OF The Hot
Air Metre" has settled all this
II is a piece Of cardboard, painted
10 represent barometer. A move
able elastic tape runs through the top
and bottom Of the card. Half the
tape Ia white, the rest Is dyed red.
When all Is silent the barometer rests
at zero, only the white showing. But
when tho goofS who bat high in the
conversational league get into high,
or the movie actor friends start tell
ing about their salaries, or the hard
boiled egg laments the passing OF the
free lunch. or the commuter tells how
big the tomato vines are In his back
yard, some one steps quietly over TO
the metre and pulls up the red tape 10
"oon," "hot air" or Same old bunk"
ITS not that I'm a drinking man.
I can touch II or leave II alone. But
it's the principle OF tho thing-it's
that ! don't like being told what rye
got 10 eat and drink"-says the fam
lily oil can. Bill Heps over TO THE
wall and pulls the tape Slowly the
red in the barometer begins 70 rise.
And when the f. o. c. notes II he SUD
The evening world., 1920-06-07

carry a QUESTIONABLE than bows and
arrows. or, as Mrs. Banning puts
II; so many girls have preliminary
problems before they marry-so many
courtshtps are painful, harassed af-
fairs these days-so many moonht
nights are spent" (she might have
written "spoilt") "in putting Ques-
tons which do not read, VIII you
love me always?' but WIN I be able
TO maintain my individualityP
Or IL she doesn't say that, she saws.
AFTER we're married, are you going
70 be boss?" 'I've always earned nv
own money-will you let me keep
onf DO you expect me to 20 my
own work." ''Do you want children?"
Yet the explanation is simple and
even reassuring. The New Courtshtp
"a sort OF Higher Catechism, as it
were-doubtless is the result of the
New CCquettc, the very latest thing
In flirts, points out Mrs Banning.
"Perhaps the modern substitute for
the coquetry of the old-fashioned
woman before marriage" she writes,
is the introduction of problems
into her loVC-making. The man stili
courts. little moro discreetly than
ne used to, but much after the same
plan--but whereas the woman of a
generation ago was supposed 10 lead
him whimsical chase, now giving,
now withdrawing her favor, refusing
20 admit her feelings, the typical
woman OF to-day is apt to admit her
feelings readily enough but she pre-
ludes her submission to them by the
introduction Of host Of problems.
sometimes 1t is the problem OF
whether she wants to have children
The evening world., 1920-06-07

eAN ~ NAhS -NeH AorA Evening Wordl
enough 70 ask her to lunch with us
and to pay for all she ate! ] wish you
mad listened TO me and let her pass
us, instead OF springing out on her"
You get Out!" said Mr.. Jarr. 'T
was keeping hid all right: you
dragged mo out and intercepted her" "
well, I was afraid she might have
seen us pass her up and told her hus-
band, and he might have made
trouble for you at the office, because
he's just that kind of man! One has
TO be civil 10 that sort of people
when their husbands work where
your husband does. But she's Il
woman l despise and / have no use
for that sneak Of a husband of hers,
eitheri"
What did you invite her TO come
to see US for. then?" asked Mr.. Jarr.
MY goOdness!" replied Mrs. Jarr.
"I have 10 be polite! She well knows
l didn't mean III"
The evening world., 1920-06-07
Suppose the Girl You Had
Proposed To Asked:
"DO You Want Children?
"MuSt l Quit My Job?
"Do ! Lose My individuality"
-.yVhat Sort ofLoveDoes the Modem Woman Want
What Is the New COurtshipv-and Why?
By Marguerite MOOers Marshall

or not-sonetimes the question of
Ewing UP n separate wage-earninp
existence, sometimes a theory against
the inequality of marital concessions.
sometimes this, sometimes that One
wonders II the whole thing Is not a
development Of the old feminine prac-
tlce Of playing with man from be-
hind feather-fringed fan.
Formerly women teased their low
ers for assurances Of perpetual love.
The woman now, more wise, more hon
est more sceptical, too. about per-
petu1 love, puts a different face on
The evening world., 1920-06-07

6 o'clock to eat his
breakfast roll his
nuts around and
I h { II s C a III per
across the roof
This little nest
he snugly b uilt
between the caves
so that 1t could
not be seen Sew
eral times we en-
1naupraN 20 and
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7HAr is tho first Of three inter-

L41AL 70 IHu IIaI VI IUTCD IUINT-
esting questions answered by
Margaret Cuutin Banning, IN
her novel OF up-to-the-minute ro-
nance, This Marrying" published
ny George II. Doran.
= Anybody who has watched the love
hffairs of the Modern Girl realizes
:hat for her the intoxication Of moon
= jht is certainly not over X Of ! per
mt that her Cupid is more likely TO
The evening world., 1920-06-07

>EoR about four years, in my log
house in the woods, little
squirrel has built his nest in a
corner Of the house just over my
bedroom.
For seur years every morning that
little squirrel would start about S or
The evening world., 1920-06-07

1t is traditional that the new
crowned Bachelor OF Arts shall have
enthusiasm for all things but work.
The trouble with colleges to-day
is that they teach you What To BE
instead OF how to be II. A smart
Latin student can tell you how TO
read a prescription, but he's dumb
on how to get one. A lot OF we'll
informed A. BIS can talk Greek
morning. noon and night, but few Of
'em can eat as regular as that.
Too many wise Alecs will hunt for
the square root OF l.7s1,225 when
they ought TO DO chasing the root Of
all evil. The colleges seem TO forget
that Plato has no connection with
the Pay Envelope. Science and
Classics should be spelled with an
s and c.
Plenty OF bright Alexanders that
should lead their class in history
have only led II in chee 8. Tho
trouble with rah-rah-rah acrObatics
is that they only count when there's
something to cheer for. And you
can't expect an ex-cheer-leader to
follow his trade when S12 is all he
gets each week to yell about.
II guy has 10 be in the air for
his health. then leading the cheers
isn't wasting time. But a yeh mas
ter that faces the frosty world is
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butter and eggs and still he as quiet
as . correspondence school campus.
But in spite OF all that. the coll
leges will soon release their edu-
Gated dumb-bells on a world that
can hardly protect itself. Many a
Clarence looking for work will have
gold bonds thrust in his hands 10 sell
when he really should have a wheel
barrow pushed at him.
There is a tradition that all COL
lego guys become bond statesmen
before they snap out OF their state
Of coma, Just like the non-college
guys are carpenters and bricklayers.
The oolleger sticks to selling bonds
till he gets hep to the fact that It's
bricklayers he's selling 'em tol
whereupon the Masons' Union ini-
tiates q new and valued member.
and there's a bond Job open to the
next fancy hatSand that staggers In
from commencement. Labor adjusts
itself at last.
A college graduate has learned
nothing till he looks over the modern
wage scale The first thing no
learns after leaving college Is that
he made a mistake in entering, In
stead he should havo gone to work
which is the college where the walk
ing delegates are the cheer leaders.
And get paid for itl
The evening world., 1920-06-07

OHara will the Chicago convention for Evening
Inimable
high spots. watch for them They will be a treatI
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her question. She asks: And If this
love does not turn out well, what then
Shall l be wreckedg"
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going 70 De hopeless without an
auctoneer's license The odors Of
rosos and roquefort arc as much
alike as a student that leads the
cheers and a graduate that used to-
A sap that's spent four years
thinking according 10 Homer or
playing according to Hoyle has q
swell jounce waiting for him in his
quest for a Good Posish. The dope
on ancient Greek and modern
gambling won't aid in shipping q
bolt OF gingham. Nor will the dope
on shakospeares sonnets make
ledger clerk out Of a soft-boiled esg
An Archie that's been all the way
from the Trojan War to trigonom-
etry can toll all he knows about
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j Disturbances IKE April
showers, the May storm and
the Juno college graduates. In a
few days now, the siwash boys will
grab their degrees and commence
making faces at tho world. It's a
way they have. After forty-eight
hours Of commencement hocus-
pocus any college guy is willing to
meot the world halfway with the
sheopslCin banner in one hand and
the secret frat grip in the other.
II there are world problems to be
solved, theories TO be righted or
movements TO be pushed, the fresh
crop Of alumni are right on the job.
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And when the notes It he suddenly shuts dpps
It's great invention No ONCE should be without oao
The evening world., 1920-06-07
OUR GRADUATES
Many Clarence Looking for Work Will Have
Gold Bonds Thrust in His Hands to Sell When He
Really Should Have Wheelbarrow Pushed at Him.
BY Neal r. O'Hara.

cpvHIAt iss' D N- x,,anr world,
Ew things atmospheric going to be hopeless With
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Tine gJQlloTr IE1tnnily
BV ROY 10 EDS G@PG@llIo

CoIgFgh pO By Iho Iss PubsG Co Enng Wordl
The herald., 1920-05-27
TROOP NEWS.

Troop No. SO. Boy Scouts of Am
erica.
Old Reliable Troop 30. Sc, held
one of the best attended and most
enthusiastic meetings held in some
time. After several important mat
tiers had been acted on. IL was voted
TO change meeting night from Sat
urday to Wednesday night. and only
one meeting week. so all BOYS are
hereby notified to attend meetings
regularly or they will be dropped.
Scouts Jos. r. Lie and Paul Pioue
went to Audubon Park and passed
all of their second class tests except
three, as it grew too dark to finish.
Patrol leaders Adams. BOURGEOIS.
ana Trahant are the next to go. also
Scouts LignOn, Manen,. Sketchler.
Bengert and McClOskey. Next en-
animation is June 10. = p. IN. Au-
dubon Park, Magazine street.
Scout Master and seven scouts
went out Sunday evening and went
through their fire building and cook
ing tests.
The troop will give some kind of
an entertainment in :une for the
benefit of its company rund. and a
second one for the New Orleans Zoo
in Audubon Park.
The troop expects to meet its two
lew assistant scout masters on We'd
nesday, May 26, also Lieut. Hilborn.
bugle instructor of the entire New
Orleans scout district.
Troop is also figuring on an all
night hike as soon as the weather
settles. All boys wishing to ioin
this troop will please call at 224
Morgan street and get application
card.
Troop will go to Audubon Park
Sunday, May 80, to take part in the
Memorial Day services. D. m.