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The Washington herald., 1920-12-29
n THE NQU1RING
THE QUESTION,
How Did Santa Claus Treat
You?
THE ANSWERS.

Z. ii. SMITH, 0waseQ Apart
mentsi @As usual. I told my
wife not to get me anything ex-
pensive. My pocketbook wasn't
feeling 30 good.1
CHARLES FLOECKHER, Jr.,
14s h street northeasts ~Oh, he
treated me all right. I got
neckties and handkerchief
mostiyB but what would Christ
mas be without Handkerchief
and tfesf0
JACK TURNBULL, chauffeur,
police headquarterss @santa
Claus In eut Of the treating line
now. Chrfstmas isn't just what
1t used to Be-
LEO A. wALsHE, Wheeler
road, Congress Heightss sIf's
strange. but II seems that ret
Just n much now NJ used to
when 1 hung up my stocking,
but there's not m much fun.~
DANIEL KELLIHER, cIerk,
executive once, District Build.
fngs @santn CLANS did the best
he coald. What mere can you
sxDeet In . world like thlsss
The Washington herald., 1920-12-29
Nine More Nominated
For Chamber Directorate

Nine more nominations for mem
bership on the Washington Chamber
of Commerce board of directors
were received yesterday. This
makes a total of thirty-four f,omi-
nations received within the allotted
time, A. E. Seymour, secretary Of
the organization, announced last
night.
Election of the directorate will
take place January IL when officers
for the coming year will be also
selected. The latest nominal ons
are:i w. Clarence Duvall, James, NJ.
Denty, B. A. Bowles, Joseph A..
Dreyfuss. Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter,
A. Lisner, B. D. Strohecker, George
h Lamar and Frank G. Wilkins.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-29
A STRANGE REQUEST.

1t was late when Alison and her
mother reached the hospital.
A tie-up in traffic had delayed
them at one point, and a blowout
on the rear tire of their taxi had
necessitated getting another ma
chine at a corner far removed from
taxi stands.
Mrs. Atherton looked up at the
great dark hospital structure as they
alIghted from the machine. Here
and there a subdued night light
pricked out of the gloom About 1t
was the enforced hush which
wrapped the mystery of life and
death and the suffering of the living
which Is greater than death.
She shuddered and drew her furs
closer abut her.
Il wonder" she began apprehen-
sively.
Alison, hriskly settling with the
driver. tucked an arm through hers.
Now, Mother, brace up. It's
probably not nearly as bad as we
think Things rarely are"
They mounted the steps, and the
ponderous outer door swung open
silently at their approach. A uni
formed attendant led them down q
dim-lit corridor to a stif1y y-fur-
nished waiting room
Seated upon an uncomfortable
leather davenport, gazing across a
bare center table, they waited for
fifteen minutes
Then soft slurring rubber-soled
footsteps sounded In the corridor;
the swinging door opened and a
white-uniformed house surgeon en-
tered
= You understand the nature or
Mr.. Atherton's injury, of course" he
said after the preliminaries. The
nurse told your
Mrs. Atherton shook her head.
Was 1t stroke or a heart at
-tackr
Neither. II was a-er-wound
cleaning the weapon, ! believe"
, '-oh. Mother! I never thought of
thati Once he said
She. too, broke on.
Mrs Atfferton said quietly:
May we see him?
The doctor bowed and led the
way. A noiseless elevator deposit,
ed them in a corridor at the top Of
the building. lit only by a shaded
light over the desk Of the night
nurse In charge. Their footsteps,
tipt oeing as they were, echoed
loudly on the marble floor.
The young surgeon pushed aside
a swinging door and motioned
them in y
In the dim-lit room. q nurse.
seated at the head Of the narrow
bed. rose as they entered.
It seemed Incredible to Alison
that the bloodless face on the pill
low was her afther's. The contrast
with the fiorid. Jaunty, vigorous
man she had seen a few days be-
fore. was appalling.
Quick tears came to her eyes as
she touched his hand, lying help
lessly at his side For the first
time In years she was able to look
~ him without resentment. But
aere was no affection either: only
Inc welling pity OF one human
! 'efns toward another. Who Is suf-
Sring. And the unconscious trib-
4, of Al thaf = mortal toward
The Washington herald., 1920-12-29

L i 10000 %eople every Sunday?
Or with few less than that every
day OF the remaining six? A rather
full week. yes?
Thomas R. wheatland, of 6o7 II
street northwest, has been cover
ing the gate" of the Palace The
ater ever since 1t opened, two years
ago, and his daily visitors, many
of whom come to greet him ia
miliarly as they pass him and his
ticketstub box in the marble lobby,
number well up in the thousands.
Though wheatland has many oc-
casions to smile at the couples that
pass into the hushed interior OF
the Palace-out of the hard reali-
ties of the main street of the viii
lage and into the enchanted land
of the fake-believe screen, his face
masks what he's thinking of as he
looks over his visitors.
Two years of studying movie
bound faces, some eager for the
feast of entertainment within, some
listless and only seeking a COM
Portable resting place to while away
a dragging hour. have brought to
wheatland the ability to make flash
analyses
The crowd that now swings past
wheatland is a direct contrast to
that which once stepped over his
The Washington herald., 1920-12-29
Mrs. Clara HaILer, Victim
OF Acute I1sdigestiOn

Mrs. Clara s. Haller, 50 years
old, wife Of Joseph c. Haller and
mother Of Chief Fire Inspector
George N. Hailer, died early yes
terday morning. at her: home. 2705
Bladensburg road northeast. Death
was superinduced by1acute indiges-
tion.
Funeral services will be held
from the residence tomorrow at 10
a. m. The burial will be at Fred
erick, Nd.
Mrs. Haller was native Of Fred
erick County, Nd. but had been .
resident of this city for thirty five
years. She Is survived by her hus-
band. Joseph q; HALTER; one daugh-
ter. Nellie Hailer. and one son,
George N. Hallsr.
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Threshold, for in other days he
was at the Broad Street Baptist
Church, in Philadelphia
DO you recognize the same men
escorting different girls each week %
he was asked.
His keen eye threw a wink as he
answered, "Yes, and I see husbands
that's neither here nor there"
So when you visit the movies.
change the color of your moustache.
or the wise man at the door. who
appears to be unseeing. will spot
you-but he'll never tell.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-29
An o. Henry Story
The Sphinx.Apple.
CONTINUED From Yesterday

Continued From Yesterday
What diamonds?" asked the un-
important passenger. almost with
acerbity.
The ones the saddlemaker show
ed him in the Peruvian temple. T"
said the other. somewhat obscurely.
When he reached home, Alice's
mother led him. weeping. to a green
mound under q willow tree. Her
heart was broken when you left
said her wother. And what Of my
rival-of Chester AcYntoshr asked
Mr.. Redruth, as he knelt sadly by
Ahce's grave. When he found out.
she answered, that her heart was
yours: he pined away day by day
until ,at length, he started a fur
niture store in Grand Rapids. We
heard lately that he was bitten to
death by an infuriated moose near
South Bend, Ind, where he had
gone to forget the scenes of civili-
zation.' With which Mr.. Redruth
forsook the face of mankind and
became hermit, as we have seen.
My story" concluded the young
man with an Agency. may lack
the literary quality; but wh&t 1
want it to show is that the young
lady remained true. SheNcared moth
ing for wealth in comparison with
true affection. I admire and believe
in the fair sex too much to think
otherwise"
The narrator ceased. with a side
long glance. at the corner where
reclined the lady passenger.
Bildad Rose was next invited by
Judge Menefee to contribute his
story in the contest for the apple
Of judgmept.s The stage-driver's es-
say was brief. -.
Tn not one Of them lobo, wolves" /"
he said. who are always blaming
on women the >calamities of life.
Ny testimony in regards to the nc
tion story you ask for, Judge, WIN
be about as follows: What allied
Redruth was pure laziness. II he
had up and slugged this Perciyal
De Lacey that tried to give him
the outside Of the road. and had
kept Alice in the grapevine swing
with the blind-bridle on. all would
have been we'll. The wpman you
want Is sure worth taking pains for.
"'Send for. me IL you want me
again says Redruth, and hoists his
Stetson. and walks or. He'd haye
called 1t pride. but the nixycomiog-
ical name for It Is laziness. No
woman don't like to run after, a
man. Let him come back, hisself,
says the girl; and I'll be bound she
tells the boy. with. the pay ore to
trot: and then spends her time
watching out the window for the
man with the empty pocketbook and
the tickly moustache.
IT reckon Redruth waits about
nine years expecting her to send him
q note by nigger asking him to
forgive her. But she don't. This
gaHe, won't work says ,Redruth:
than so won't L. And he goes in the
hermit business and raises whiskers.
Yes; laziness. and whiskers was what
done the trick They travel to-
gether. You ever hear Of q man with
long whiskers and hair striking a
bonanza? No. Look at the Duke of
Marlborough and this standard OIL
snooser. Have they got 'em?
Now, -thfs Alice didn't never
marry. I'll bet hoss. II Redruth
had married somebody else she
might have done so, too. But he
never turns up., She has these here
things they call fond memories, and
mayb5 = lock OF hair. and corset
steel that he broke, treisured mn.
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Them sort Of articles is as good as :.
husband to some women. I'd say she
played out lone hand. I don't blame
no woman for old man Redruth's
abandonment of barber shops and
clean shirts"
Next in order came the passenger
VINO was nobody in particular.
Nameless to us, he travels the road
from Paradise to Sunrise City.
But him you shall see, II the fire.
lisht be notitoo dim, as he responds
to the Judges call.
A lean form, in rusty-brown
clothing sitting like a frog, his arms
wrapped about his legs his chin
resting upon his knees. Smooth
oakum-colored hair; long nose
mouth like a satyr's, with upturned
tobacco stained corners. An eve
ike fish's: a red necktie with a
horseshoe pin. He began with a
rasping chuckle that gradually
formed itself into words.
everybody wrong so far. What,
romance without any orange bios
SONS! Ho, no! My money on the lad
with the butterfly tie and the certi-
ned checks in his trouserings.
Take 'em as they parted at the
gate! All right. You never loved
me- says Redruth, wildly, or you
wouldn't speak to a man who can
buy you the ice cream 4 hate him
says she. 7. loathe his side-bar
bugsy; despise the elegant cream
bonbons he sends me in gilt boxes
covered with real lace; I feel that !
could stab him to the heart when
ne presents me with a solid medal
lion locket with turquoises and
pearls running in a vine around the
border. Away with him! 'Tis only
you love- Back to the cosey cor
ner! says Redruth. Was I bound
and lettered In East Aurora? Get
platonic, IL you please. No jackpots
Tor mine. Go and hate your friend
some more. For me the Nickerson
girl on Avenue B, and gum, and :,
trolley ride.
Around that night comes John
W. :Croesus. What! tearsr says he
arranging his pearl pin. You have
ariven my lover away says little
Ahce' s2ebing. 7 hate the sight of
you. Harry me, them says John
w, lighting Henry Clay. whatr
sne cries. indignantly, marry you!
Never, she says. until this blows
oVeE ana 1 can do some shopping,
ana you see about n the license.
There's q telephone next door If you
want to call up the county clerk"
u The narrator paused to give vent
to his cynical chuckle.
DID they marry?" he continued
Dia the duck swallow the June
pug. And then take up the case
OF oio Boy Redruth. There's whsre
you are <ail, wrong again, according
70 my tneory. What turned him into
q hermit! One says laziness; one
says remorse; one says booze. I say
women did 1t. How old is the old
man nowr asked the speaker. turn
ing to Bildad Rose. -
TO BE CONTINUED. u
The Washington herald., 1920-12-29
I3 Ask Membership
In Board of Trade

Thirteen applications for member
ship in the Board of Trade were re-
ceived at a meeting of the member
ship committee yesterday.
Charles J. Waters. chairman Of
the committee. announced that a
total of ninety-fOur applications
have been received since the new
committee was formed.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-29
AT WHAT AGE SHOULD A GIRL
.MARRYf


.MARRYf
A girl asks me what is the hes;
age for q woman to marry.
As nearly as the matter can be
reduced to figures, should say be-
tween the time she Is 20 and 2s
years old. These years represent
the hey-day Of her youth. of her
romance and sentiment. yet they are
tempered by judgment and common
sense. and during them she Is most
apt to choose the right man for a
husband, and to be, herself. most
ntted for wifehood. s'u
At that age she is equally re-
moved from the two dangerous
matrimonial zones, for she :, has
passed the time when any youth
with slick back hair, and who shook
a wicked foot in the dance. has all
the requisite qualities q girl asks
for in a life partner. And she has
not yet come to the old maids es-
tate where she prays, Anybody.
good Lord, anybody" Therefore,
she uses both head and heart in Sc
lecting her mate. Moreover. having
sown her feminine wild oats. she Is
ready to settle down to the serious
business of matrimony. which is
making a happy home and rearing
a family.
Personally, am unalterably op-
posed to early marriages, especially
the early marriage of girls. 1t Is
disgrace to civilization that a girl
who would not be permitted to use
her own judgment in picking out q
frock, or investing q thousand dol
lars In money. Is supposed to have
enough intelligence to select p hus-
band. and is permitted by her fam
lily and the law to risk her whole
LIES happiness on a school girls
fancy.
No girl at eighteen has the re-
hottest idea of what sort of hus-
band she will want at twenty-six
or seven, and the chances are a
hundred to one that the man she
adored in her teens she will loathe
in her twenties. no matter whether
she Is married to him or not.
As q woman develops. her taste
changes and in her maturity she no
more relishes the society of the man
she thought Irresistible in her girl
hood than she does the chocolate
fudge and marshmallows that she
once Cohs1ocTeu 4 heavenly menu.
The thing for which every woman
VINO escaped gives thanks on her
knees is that she didn't marry her
first sweetheart.
A girl, then. should not marry be-
fore she Is %. She doesn't know
what style and cut of a husband she
is going to want herself. Another
reason she should not marry up to
that time is because she has not
had her play time. Her feet ache to
dance: Her. soul cries out for gayety
and amusement. for thrills and ex-
element Her heart sloshes over
with romance, with the feminine de-
sire for vamping that no one hus-
bands undemonstrative affection
can supply.
A marriage ceremony works no
miracle. 1t does not change a
young and fun-loving girl into .
staid old woman in the twinkling
OF an eye. The girl-wife is not
content to stay at home and cook
dinners and scrub floors and nurse
babies when they come The youth
in her cries out for the amusement
of youth. ana she grows peevish
and cross and hates her home. and
The Washington herald., 1920-12-29
District GiUes SI5,563.68
In tuberculosis Seals

Returns from the local sales Of
tuberculosis seals total sl5.563.6S,
the board Of directors Of the Tuber-
culosis Association announced last
night. The association officials eN-
tended thanks to those who as
sisted in the sale of the seals.
The association also took action
last night to join the Washington
Council OF Social Agencies.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-29
Faces Register
On Brain of
Ticket Taker

Do you know this nans He
knows you-not by name, per-
haps, but he has your face in
dexed In his memory. Thomas
r. Wheatland takes your tickets
Mt the threshold Of the Palace
Theater. on r street-has been
taking them for the past two
years. He knows many things
he will not tell-about you and
others.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-29
n. Y. World Buyers Service,

>, NEW YORK, Dec. 2s.-The fol-
lowing Warrington buyers have
registered at New York hoteis::
Kann. s.. Sons q Cor. r. Finnrn,
notions. jewelry, leather goods; asa
Fourth avenue. The Annex. Golden
berg, NH. A. Koch, millinery;
Pennsylvania- Kings Palace-Miss
Mackinder, women's. infauts' wear;
Cumberland.
The Washington herald., 1920-12-29
Good Morning,
Judge!
ny RUDoLPH PERkINA
Love Has It's fae~.


Once a woman whom saIlie Barnes
used TO wash clothes for gave her
an extra dollar bin. This money
was won In q whist game ana the
woman told Sally to keep It as it
was lucky.
Sally kept IL as long as she could.
Then she got a warrant for rbeo-
dore Turner and charged him with
swiping IL.
Theodore was her steady bean.
but an unsteady worker, SaliIe
kept the dollar bill locked IN her
bureau When she FIRST missed IL
she could hardly believe that Theo-
dore was guilty. He refused TO talk
when she accused MIN. 30 indignant
was he
The idea that the only woman he
ever loved should accuse him left
him speechless-so e seemed.
l. He hadn't much 70 say in court.
except 10 say that he never saw the
money and would not have swiped
II IL he had.
Nobody saw anyone else take II.
so naturally the money was never
recovered.
There being no evidence against
Theodore the court was bound to
dismiss the case
"Ah los NAH gal en- NAH gal los
q dollah," commented the man as he
left the courtroom which one Is
out de mos is somethin' All would
LAX to know"
Chin.man No Likee Fight
This man lun up the steps lookin'
for tlouble," declared wen Wing.
boss OF a Chinese restaurant, point
ing to Stanley McAkowsky, a Fort
Myer soldier.
Stanley was charged with break
ing a marble table top in the res
taurant- But he knew nothing
about it, he said
Him bloke table top went on
Wen, bus her in many pieces. Him
wanna night. But Chinaman no
wanna fight. Let cop do fightin'."
Policeman Bishop said he ran
Stanley out OF the eating house once.
but the man came back with a little
more liquor in him
This time, IL was testified, Stanley
commenced to bull the waiter, and
challenged the whole Oriental OUTFIT
to fight.
Wen tried his best, he said. 90
persuade the soldier that Chinese
property and lives were as sacred
as those of an Occidental, but the
plea fell on deaf ears.
The court fined the man $50 and
placed him on probation with the
understanding that he must pay for
the table top and be handled by the
military authorities as we'll
Playing IL Safe
The law sometimes imposes upon
a man a duty that he does not have
time TO perform For instance:
When one man attacks another.
I the man attacked must not use any
force other than what is absolutely
necessary to subdUe his antagonist.
Wesley Reilly got sixty days be-
cause he failed to do a little figuring
when he attacked James Jackson
He mauled the man too much in q
dispute over a woman.
Reilly used a cowbeil. He pleaded
I self-defense because. he said. Jack
son made a suspicious movement
toward his hip pocket which led him
to believe he would be shot
1t turned out that jackson had no
weapon. The court thought that
one blow, which felled jackson
/ should have been enough, but Reilly
/ followed Il up with two more.
The latter explained that he had
no time to figure whether or not
] - - 4
The Washington herald., 1920-12-29

Continued Tomorrow.)
The Washington herald., 1920-12-29
THOMAS R. WHEATLAND,

r VoW would you like to have al
n brief business dealing with
j 10000 Aeople every Sunday?
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-04
FARMVILlE NORMAL

FARMVILl.E. VA. July 3.-The
summer session Of the State Normal
school at Farmville is the largest
IN the history Of the institution. 1913
having enrolled up to date
The summer Chautauqua opens this
week and large number of stu
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-04
HARRISONBURG NORMAL
,sneeial to The Timea.pIspa,ch.,

Especial TO The Times -Dispatcn1
..,. ia KltiSONBGRG. VA. July A.
h!sicai Education from tho stand.
n,t OF .>"."Stm-nt." by T Bruce
~ Hrhltick. an instructor in hygieos
AZ Columbia University, is ,hc Ic.J
ing article in the >.Iune issuc of Tho
irsinla Teacher recently issued
mere. Other articles of special in
,"r.s, include Teaching Agriculture
IN me Rural School" By j. II. Me
lung. or Bridgcwatcr. and an ac-
count or project in play h,
Mss carrie N. DUNCAN. OF Harrison
Lnrg. The June issue. whose pubii
cation "is postponed until the OPEN
ing or ~" sc,nmer school also con-
tains list OF the graduates OF the
tiarrisonburg Normal School Of 1920.
ana list Of tn. alumnac who were
In attendance on the 1920 reunion.
The total enrolment at Harrison
burg now comes close TO the 600
mark. one Of the special features o,
the HarrisonburE summer school is
the opportunity which Il offers it's
students TO do practice teaching in
its training school The training
ana is giving work in the frs: seven
grades. Five teachers are devoting
their entire time 10 the training
school
one OF the entertainments provided
the students Of the Summer School is
weekly program Of first class NOV
Ing pictures. shown in the open air
auditorium each Monday evening.
Preparations ar" being made for the
pageant TO he held Monday evening
students Will participate in the pro-
gram.
rrcsidcn, Duke spent wedn <day
and Thursda-- in Richmond in attend
ance upon "a meeting OF the executive
committee of the Virginia State Nor
mai School Roarl
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-04
COLONIAL TRADITIONS is
STUDY FEATURE AT w. & M.
Early Religious Lift In Virginia,
First Colony IIi.tory mud Other
Topics Embrnc~d.

lSpcNlal 10 ne IlInsS- plSndtCn-l
WILLIAMSBURG. VA. July a-An
Innovation in the teaching OF history
has been inaurura'cd by the College
of william and Mary with the or
study OF Colonial tradition and
history. "wherc history was made"
The c,aS,s is being taught b. ~. j.
l.c*l lie liail. an! lectures NJ. conduct
Cd from tho sites Of famous C,!onial
and historical places. y lecture on
tho early re- sious life Of ;hc Old
PARISH church Today the Class mad
a rip TO jamestown to study and
view the site ., the first cploIv. y
trip 20 YORKTOWN g. also being ar
render OF the forces OF cornwal.is to
General Washington woI!1 be rs-
pec!ally interesting. Trips TO various
often.
The vicinity of w;i,iams burg is the
scene OF most OF The cariv history %!
Ens,'vh colony. frst chur II and COM
m1nion service, and marriage scene 9.
miles away The site where Corn
wallis surrendered At Yurk,owa lies
fourteen miles away. on the York
RiTer. now famous AS naval base.
GIoloniai capital, the ruins OF the
House of Burgc.Ses still remaining,
rs the scene OF Patrick ienrs's ia
government. William ami Mary is the
alma mater OF such men as Thomas
Jefferson. author OF the Declaration
OF Independence. James M)n-pn a,;-
thor Of the Monroe Doctrine: lanes
Madison. President OF the United
States: George Wythc. famed juri.t
as WAS John Marshall Mirv we'll
known historical cdiices. as the Pev-
ton Randolph. George Wythe. and
Lord Dumore house. still stand as
Old Dominion
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-04

dents have made use of the liberal
oHSr OF the school to secure season
tickets.
w {. Locker. member of the State
Eoird o: Education. visited the school
inns week and looked over the writ
in. situation
w. l.. Prince. representing the State
I.eDar,hent OF Education. was her.
tuesday and Wednesday. comforting
Siaty-hye county club girls from
Una are the gues,s Of the insti,u-
take short course in cooking. cloth :.
inS. remodeling furniture for girls.
bth:coms. and poultry raising. win
4 we" 10 assisting the county agents
~ Inc organization Of agriculture
ana rome economies clubs in their
mona counties.
Inc girls are. in the main, ofiicers
OF their county clubs. aud their ex.
pens"s are paid b. the local clubs
VIII money made in connection viz
,heir club work. They are under
,hc Dir. ction OF Miss Elizabeth Cool
H,sI iict agent. with the Assistance ~
MSS Mary Helen Ferris. djstr,ct
iSchi' Miss Martha Cook Miss Vnsi,t /
80. and Miss W. II. Edwards. home
"cih on" tration agents.
"A. y. Ireaklc. of the Virginia POLY
.cchhFr institute. also. vas here In
.suuct the girls in regard 10 po,,I.
ny rllkIng " Pou.-