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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-08
TROOPS IN coNsTANTINoPLE
(BV ASSOCIATED PreSS1

PARIS, March S-Constantinople Is
actually occupied by allied troops I'M
der supervision of the armistice, it IS
pointed out by the Petit Parisien this
morning, which says that city Is the
quarters of General F'ranchet dEs-
percy. and there are in the city one
division and one brigade of French
frooDs or about $4,000 or 10000 men.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-08

Finesse in love, for a man. consists
in knowing the psychological moment
to take the first kiss; for a woman, in
knowing when the psychological
moment has arrived for the last kiss.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-08

number of white tricolette separate
overblouses are appearing in the role
Of sweaters, and the Tuxedo models,
that have so successfully held their
own, are seen in the knitted fiber silk
or dropstitch tricolette with filet COL
lar, cuffs and pockets.
The smock-like overblouse is per-
haps one of the most popular models
for summer wear. These have been
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-08

worn with so much approval and
favor at the southern resorts that
they bid fair to hold their popularity
throughout the summer months.
Here are three of the most attractive
models shown in a spring display.
The one at the left is white washable
satin. The one in the center is a soft
cotton crepe, while that at the left
is the ever-popular georgette.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-08

THERE seems to be an absolute
i craze for warehouses which
shows no signs of abatement.
Every taste may be suited for the
styles run the gamut from the plain
little frock of cotton or silken ma
terial for morning wear to the glori-
fled creation of tinsel embroidered
sheer stuff suitable for the most
elaborate afternoon function. A
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-08

Dear me! 1t would be much cheaper
for most of US to migrate to Dahomey,
than to keep on buying our clothes by
the carat.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-08

TOLEDO HAS 243,1oe PEOPLE.
WASHINGTON, March S.-Popula-
ton announcements for 1920 issued by
the Census Bureau Saturday were:
Toledo. O., 243.109, an increase Of
1852, or 443 per cent over 1910.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-08

A brilliant orator is one who always
uses the right word at the right place
at the right time.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-08

The disappointing thing about teach
ing a girl the art of love making is
that she so quickly out-strips the
average mans kindergarten knowledge
and can give him a higher education
on the subject.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-08

A man is never really old, until he
has lost his last desire for the food
that makes him dyspeptic, the pleas
ures that make him poor. and the
women who make a fool of him
Just like the vanity of a woman, to
marry a man to reform him-as
though any man who has had the
energy and initiative to make a
past" for himself. is going to stand
meekly back and let a woman carve
out his future for him.
Just like the conceit of men to call
woman's vanity case, her ''vamping
utensils as every girl knows,
it's nothing but an innocent little re
pair kit
The day OF the sentimental love
song and the dreamy waltz may have
passed-but it's hard on romance to
think that today's daughters will grow
up to regard a cow-bell as a musical
instrument and wiggle as a dance"
Most girls seem to think that a
platinum wedding-ring makes a happy
marriage; purple paint, a good motor
car: temperament, a genius, and capri
ciouSneSS, a belle.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-08
Reflections of a
Bachelor Girl
BY HELEN ROWLAND
1920. by The Wheeler
Syndicate Incl

q
woman is as old as her chin(S).
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-03-08
Short News of CITY
MRS. BROWN ILL
ROGERS IN NJ. Y,

HOOE no TN N. 7.
c. NJ. Rogers, of this city is register
ed in New York
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-04
JOHNSON WILL Be iNcoRRIeIBlE.

Now that Harding has been elected
his troubles win begin. II johnson
and Borah are left in the senate they
will oppose any effort to formulate a
treaty Of any kind that puts the
United States in a league Of nations
to preserve peace. One OF the an
omalies and inconsistencies Of this.
campaign was the attitude OF john
son when the friends of q league to
enforce peace were supporting Hard
ing as their best bet to obtain en-
trance for their country into
league and when Harding's vote in
the senate and his words in the cam
paign clearly promised his co-opera-
ton toward treaty that should safe,
guard American sovereignty.
e Why Johnson should go about cam
paigning and shouting that Harding
was opposed to any league at all the
public could not understand. Men at
Washington explain 1t by saying that
Johnson had no other place. to go
since Cox and the democrats were in
favor of going into the Wilson league
and that he was more concerned in
his own propaganda against every
league than he was for the success
of Harding. Out in California the
people were fairly bewildered with
Johnson telling them to vote for
Harding so as to stay out Of an,
league and Hoover telling them to
vote for Harding so as to go into an
Americanized league.
When the time comes in the senate
for the Harding administration to
make good and say what kind Of a
league it will enter Johnson will fly
the track. He will lead the bitter
enders in opposition to any league. He
is destined to become the 1ncorrigible
bad boy Of the next administration.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-04
CONGRATULATIONS WITHIN THE STATE.

Here In Iowa there Is much prom.
Use Of good results in the election re-
turns other than the defeat of the
Wilson administration in the vote on
the national ticket. The success Of
Cummins and of Kendall means
much for better government in this
state.
Cummins had distinguished his
state by becoming one of the fore
most men in the upper house Of the
national congress. He had dis
played the constructive genius and
political courage to erect a legal bar
to an organized class which threat
ened to paralyze the nation, starve
Its babies and destroy its Industries
at will in order to enforce it's own
class demands In a distinctly public
service such as running the railway
trains. Had the people Of our state
helped to punish him for his courage
oio SO11Sl1uCI1fS ollOEI TO SUBSTITUTE
legal adjudication Of wage disputes
on railroads for the warfare of the
strike the cause of Industrial reform
would have been set back by reason
Of the intimidation that the defeat OF
Cummins would have carried to
other legislators.
Likewise in the election of Kendall.
A political party which is courageous
enough to acknowledge the failures
of it's elected officials and proceeds to
clean its own house by the selection
Of the best and most promising
talent 1t can command is entitled to
public recognition OF its purpose
Kendall is far better equipped for the
business Of governing than was his
democrat opponent. He gave equally
as much promise of thorough
house cleaning at the state house in
Des Moines and displayed much more
knowledge of state affairs to enable
him to fulfill his promises.
It was expected that the landslide
toward the national republican ticket
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-04
Valley Full of "Miracles.r

Red Rock Canyon. in southern
California, is cash in the lower end
Of the Sierra Nevada mountains. The
canyon is valley of miracles that
are difficult to describe.
An impressive gray pile, with a
series of terraced entrance ways, is
designated The Temple Of the Sun. 1t
forms an ideal amphitheater. Near 1t
is Sentinel tower. huge rock that
overlooks the whole canyon.
On the other side is the Buried
City, occupying eight or ten acres.
An avalanche of rocks swept over the
place, but here and there are oriental
building types that bring to mind
Tibet and Asia Minor.
Perched majestically near 1t Is The
Citadel, a castellated palace. and also
the Royal Gateway, which leads to a
sculptured red foyer having charac-
eristics Of superb art gallery in
which almost any figure desired, he-
roic or miniature, may be discerned
by giving the Imagination slight lee
way. The White Chapel is what the
name implies. In general outline it
resembles some of Mexico's ancient
churches.
The Sphinx IS salmon tinted lean
ing rock weighing more than 1000
tons, with detached base and cap
stone Of dark red.
The gigantic Pillars Of Hercules
dwarf those of the Temple of Bac-
chus, and the Closed Cathedral is a
masterpiece of gorgeous coloring
greatly resembling real cathedral.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-04

In which direction do our twin
ing vines climbf
2.-How do rays OF light thru the
clouds APPEAR
s.-How does snow affect quail?
Answers to Yesterdays Questions.
Twill a brood OF owls keep to-
gether?
Twice / have come upon brood of
young but fully fedged screech owls
in a dense hemlock wood, sitting
close together upon q low branch.
They stood there like row Of num-
mics. the yellow curtains of their
eyes drawn together to a mere crack,
till they saw themselves discovered.
2.-How does a moth first acquire
the use of its wings?
A moth just out Of its case Is In a
great hurry to find suitable place in
which to hang itself up and give
its wings a. chance to unfold before
the air dried them. AS the wings ex-
pand, the body contracts. BY some
kind of pumping arrangement air is
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-04

and his fore feet were no longer on
the ground. Billy closed his eyes,
throwing his head up once more, not
in the hope Of breaking loose-he had
given that up-but in utter despair.
1t saved him. In some way, Billy
could never afterward explain how,
one Of his horns caught under the
pin with which the door vas fastened
and as he raised his head for the last
time this pin was dislodged and fell
to the ground
Billy's captor was braced against
the door at the time, the better to
drag him in, so that when the fast
ening gave way the door flew open in
a hurry and out popped the blue
nosed .Mandrill, followed closely by
all tho other monkeys.
Billy now tried, Of course, to get
away, for he had quite enough Of the
monkey tribe by this time, but they
wouldn't have it that way. In two
seconds they were all around him.
Billy Whiskers had set them free and
it was plain to be seen that he was
the one Of all others to tie to now.
AS soon as the monkeys came
piling out Of their cage, the people
who were looking on scattered right
and left. They made a great commo-
ton, but nobody paid much attention.
This clearing Of the space gave Just
the opportunity that was wanted to
organize and make a few plans. It
took far less time than it does to tell
it. In a minute the decision had been
reached to give the performance OF
the afternoon. and so they moved, IN
a compact body with Billy Whiskers
in the center, toward the great ring.
everybody getting quickly out Of their
way without being asked.
[Billy and the monkeys perform
tomoruow.1
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-04
THE VULGAR TONGUE.

Amusing Items Listed in Old Dicton-
airy Of Slang.
A dull but pertinacious reader once
had Johnson's dictionary lent him by
a waggish friend as an interesting
new work. He read it to the end
and observed on returning it that
the author was extremely we'll in
formed tho his style was slightly dis
connected. The remark is less alb
surd than 1t sounds, for dictionary
is not poor reading, especially a die
tionary of slang.
When political speeches pail and
explosion grow stale, when even the
latest evasions Of prohibition fail to
thrill, the reader fed up with an
enlightened age can regain the ge-,
NAL flavor of the eighteenth century
nowhere better than in "a Classical
Dictionary Of the Vulgar Tongue" by
one Capt. Francis Crosse.
The New York public library,
thru a gift from g. private collection,
print Of the much sought after first
culllOu \LOAuOu 1907. Drought OUT
just In time to escape the SOLDERING
influence of the French Revolution
the first edition contains words and.
explanations which later were either
omitted or softened.
Even in 17S5, however, Capt. Crosse
felt obliged to include in his de-
lightfully confidential preface the
following sop to conventions:
"To prevent any charge of immor-
ality being brought against this work
the editor begs leave to observe that
when an indicate or immodest word
has obtruded itself for explanation
he has endeavored to get rid of it in
the most decent manner possible and
none have been admitted but such
as either could not be left out with
out rendering the work incomplete
or in some measure compensate by
their wit for the trespass committed
on decorum."
Doubtless present day censors
would dispense with this display of
virtue with a word not included in
the authors compendium of slang.
They would call it a stall"
1.-The Vulgar Tongue" to quote
further from the preface, consists OF
two parts. The first is the canting
language, called sometimes Pedlar's
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-04
HANDY DIRECTORY
-oF THE
MASONIC TEMPLE
Masonic Meetings
Visitors Always Welcome.

a MARSHALL LODGE NO. los. A.
F. A. NJ, Third degree, Friday, Nov.
5, 1880 p. M. sharp. Supper served
at $3.50. G. C. Jennings, w. M; john
w. Wells, secretary.
sIGNET CHAPTER NO. ss. Royal
Arch, Monday, Nov. 8, 1880 O'CLOCK
Post Master, Frank T. Nokes, II. >
John w. Wells, secretary.
KING SOLOMON COUNCIL No.
20, stated assembly; Monday, Oct. u
Business meeting, Carl Shaffner' w
NJ, John w. Wells, recorder
coNCLAvE ST. ALDEMAR COM
MANDERY NO. 80, Tuesday NOV
9, 1880 D. m. Order Of the Temple
Clyde H. Stewart, commander; John
w. Wells, recorder.
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO 81 O.
=. s.. Special meeting "Wednesday
evening November 10 at 1880 O'clock
for initiation. Past Matrons will pun
on the work. Mrs. w. J, Richards
W. NJ; Mrs. Archer Walton, secre-
tary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-04

French or ST. Giles's Greek; the Sec
ond. those OF burlesque phrases,
quaint illusions land nicknames for
persons, things and places which
from long uninterrupted usage are
made classical by prescription"
Words Of the canting language are
denoted by (cant) In parentheses,
and 1t is an interesting proof of the
enduring qualities of thieves pat
ter" that, with very few additions,
the Slang Dictionary of New York,
London and Paris" published in 1890
at the office of the National Police
Gazette in this city and compiled by
New York detective, is Identical
with the cant list compiled by Fran
els Crosse.
The second part of Crosses die
tionary, the 'burlesque terms" have
been drawn, the preface declares,
from the most classical authorities;
such as soldiers on the long march,
seaman at the cap-stern, and the
colloquies of a Gravesend. boat. Many
culcating contempt for death, have
been caught from the months of the
applauding populace attending those
triumphant professions up HoIborn
Hill with which many an unfortun-
ate hero till lately finished his
course"
Some readers of Crosses dictionary
will entertain illicit desires that the
original meaning of hob-n mob were in
10,
following:
Hob or nob-will you hob or mob
with me? A question formerly in
fashion at polite tables, signifyng a
request or challenge to drink a glass
of wine with the proposer; if the
party challenged answered mob, they
were to choose whether white or red.
This foolish custom is said to have
originated in the days of good Queen
Bess, thus, when great chimneys
We're, in fashlon Jnere was at each
corner of the hearth or CRATE a small
elevated projection called the hob,
and behind it seat. In winter time
the beer was placed on the hob to
warm, and the cold beer was set on
q small table, said to have been call
ed the mob: so that the question, will
you have hob or mob, seems only to
have meant, will you have warm or
cold beer, i. e., beer from the hob or
beer from the mob"
"Moonshine," one learns, did not
come out of Kentucky, but was first
applied to white brandy smuggled off
the coasts Of Kent and Sussex.
Lord" is slang for hunchback and
dates back to the reign of Richard
III, when Several subjects afflicted
with the royal deformity were Gre
ated peers. This story is a grace
full commentary on the character of
the hunchbacked king and lightens
the sinister figure Of the stage.
"Gob," in cant language, is not
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-04
LET'S HAVE AUDITING BOARDS.

The recent election demonstrated
beyond question the necessity OF
auditing boards to work in connec-
ton with election judges and clerks
in the counting of votes. In many
local voting precincts the judges
worked all night and all next day be-
fore completing their enormous task
OF counting and making records of
the votes cast. The rule now is not
to begin the count of the ballots until
the polls are closed.
The Job. under these conditions,
with the votes Of women added to
those OF the men, makes the work OF
clerking and Judging in an average
precinct a burden which only the
most physically capable cam under
take with a fair show OF finishing
without long recess. In the state
Of Kansas in the heaviest voting pre-
cincts an auditing board begins the
work Of counting at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon. Voting begins at seven
or eight in the morning.
Other suggestions are worthy Of
consideration in this connection. The
time during which the polls are
opened might be extended. Voting
precincts could be cut to smaller
proportions. Some method should be
devised to get away from the cum
bersolne method now in use.
This Is a subject which should not
be neglected by the next Iowa legis-
lative session. The addition Of votes
for women has made action on this
line imperative.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-04
Ripping Rhymes
By WALT MASON
By WALT MASON
LANDLORDS.

my
lodgings STILL with
wife, morning will find
a
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-04
AN UNHAPPY LIFE.

lSSudT INupios ItGpUoliSdA-I
James Pierce of the Iowa Home
stead died in his office yesterday, of
heart troubles of some kind Poor Mr..
Pierce. his life has been very I'M
happy one. He has lived as publisher
on sensational attacks. He was never
at rest. He pursued first ore man and
then another. He was always think
ing the evil thing OF some other man.
For thirty or forty years he kept 1T
up, and one wondered how a MIN
could find so many bad men in the
world to write about and so few good
ones. His favorites of today were the
men, who were attacked by him to-
morrow. He could put more magma
ton and more virulence into an APP
parently innocent act than any other
ten men. He was. we are told. al
ways an unhappy man. man OF
few friends and those Uncertain ones.
He was feared. but seldom loved.
But he is dead and that was hts
way of looking at the world and his
way of treating men. He was success
full in his processes. He is said to
have prospered ami they may find
that he has left a fortune which
amounts to more than q million dol
lars. But what good is a million dol
lars if with it goes fear Instead of
love? But 1t was his way Of living
and of thinking, as we'll as of editing
his papers. He may have BEEN entirely
honest in 1t and he. may even have
done some good In the world by
keeping certain men in fear Of him
and his exposures. but 1t is not a role
that one can envy him. If one covets
power over others, it it not better to
achieve it by appealing to their fell
loWship than to their fear? The
Pierce price for success was not
worth it. He had mistaken idea or
life and service--and he carried his
mistaken policies SO far that be had
to attack his fellow workers even on
the state council Of defense during
the war. resulting in his withdrawal
from that patriotic body. But he is
dead and therefore the most merci-
full construction that is possible must
be placed upon his meteoric career
in sensationaljournal that is
that he had a mistaken conception Of
the functions and powers of an editor
and publisher.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-04
(i1 1LIyWf1lJKERJ -
~ FRANCES TREGo MONTGOMERY @S{l \

I don't want to be your leader,
dear Colonel Mandrill. l am not fit
ted for SO distinguished an honor"
said Billy as the monkey chung to
him. 1t was all that Billy could do
to make this polite speech. His voice,
in spite Of his best effort to control
1t, shook as tho he were having a
chill.
You waste good time in talking
such nonsense. In half a minute
more you will begin to come between
the bars Of this cage. BY the time
you are all in, you'll look as fiat as a
pancake for the space is narrow, but
am strong" With that heartless
remark he gave Billy's head a jerk
that seemed as tho 1t would break his
neck.
Billy Whiskers took a look at the
monkey, saw that the thin gaunt arm
which held him was all muscle, as
strong as steel In flash it came to
him why the old coon, who lived in
the big chestnut at home, held the
whole monkey tribe In such dread.
MY only chance" thought Billy,
"ts to break away from him, even If
I lose all my whiskers in doing IT.
With that, he began to pull back
with all his might. throwing his head
up and down. right and left. The
strain on his long beard was more
painful than having teeth pulled out,
but there was no help for it. He
squirmed and wiggled and twisted.
It all did no good. The strong hand
and arm that held him never relaxed.
The long, white. luxuriant beard, once
Billy's pride and Joy but now his
greatest enemy, did not give way.
He felt that his head was being
pulled nearer and nearer the fatal
bars. Now his nose touched the iron,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-11-04
Ready Made Chicken.

Little Betty went to visit her
grandmother in the country. Just be-
fore dinner time she discovered that
chicken was to be the principal at
traction.
"Oh, where'd you get the chicken,
grandmother" RStty asked, excited
ly.
In the chicken yard" the grand
mother replied. you remember the
chickens you saw this morning, don't
your"
'Do you mean the ones fed p
Certainly. Well, we killed one OF
them"
= "Oh, did you? We buy our chick
ems ready made"