davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-08-28
aslrthdax Parry

On Wednesday, August nth an en-
joyable party was given 1t the Ballard
home in honor Of Miss Geneva Towers,
who Is visiting her sister. Mrs. Frank
o'Quinn. The party was given by
Misses Mary Kate Ballard Bonnie
Kerr, Elsie Durio and Lillian Jacobs.
After games and dancing were in.
dulged in for quite a while, refresh
ments were served. Those in aattend-
anee were: Misses Geneva Towers,
HiIma o'Quinn, Muril Smith, Helen
Eastman, Yvonne Pavy, Connie And
ing, Rosa Savoy, Rose Roberts, Patri-
cia Kerr, Rosa stagg, AreIlna Camp
bell, Julia Robert, Pearl Anding,
Meriem sandoz, Geniyieve Gilbeau,
Mary Kate Ballard, Lillian Jacobs,
Elsie Durio, Bonnie Kerr, John Lu
and Edward Ballard. James Broussard,
Rupert and Norwood Lyons, Elridge
Amy, James Troclair, Harold Gil
beau, julius Winsberg. Oscar Fux
Willie Littell, Frank Clary, Vance
Miles, Joe Eastman, Tommy Myers
and Frank Trosclair. All report hav
ing q splendid time The party was
chaperoned by Mr.. and Mrs. J. L
Ballard.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-08-28

Gordon Brunson of Crowley was a
visitor to our city Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. w. Lewis and
family returned this week from Belle
Cheney Springs after spending two
months at their summer home.
Miss Lucille Wives left for her home
this week at Welcome. La. after de-
lightfuI stay at tn ehome OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Andrew Moresi.
Miss Jonnie White Of Eunice spent
Sunday in town guest Of Mrs. TerrJ
Roy and the Thibodeaux family
Mrs. A. w. Krotz nd children o.
Krotz Springs attended the st. Louis
here Wednesday.
Miss Hilda BegnOud was the charm
ing guest Of Miss Vita Gui1beau th'
last week.
Mr.. Dick Lindsley returned to Boga
lusa after spending a few days tn
guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. W. 7. stewarf
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-08-28
First Rice to
Arrive in Opelousas

The first rice to reach opelousas
This season Is being placed in the new
warehouse OF Irving and Atterberry
aear the Frisco tracks.
Messrs. Atterby and Daigle have
started threshing and have delivered
1000 sacks of first class rice this
week. The rice is in good condition
and shows fair yield to the acre.
Good weather from now on win tend
to bring in the crop rapidly and pres
ent indications are for better than
fair yield.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-08-28
SPECIAL PRAYERS
AT CATHOLIC CHURCH

Special prayers for good weather
are being said every morning at St.
Landry's Catholic church after the
6:15 mass. These deyotions have been
ordere dby 1T. Rev. Jules B. jean
mard, Bishop Of Lafayette to be fol-
lowed in the entire diocese because
OF the bad weather prevailing in var
ious sections These prayers win
continue until October to impIore Of
the Almighty preservation from Sep
tember storms.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-08-28

Miss Eugenia chachere, the pretty
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Chchere OF New orlens Is visiting her
cousin Miss Rose Chchere Of this
city.
Or. J. RaphieI and Collins CoFmier
OF Port Barre attended to business Il
our city Wednesday.
Judge vannoy Of Big Cane made a
flying trip to opelousas this week.
Lionel Bienvenue spent tie week
end with his parents this week
Miss Dot Barstow OF cheneyville Is
spending a whiel il opelousas visit
ing her grandmother and other reIa-
tives.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-08-28

Mrs. Tip Dearmoin and children OF
Hamilton, Texas arrived here Friday
and viii make Opelouas there home
while her husband win be handling
the drilling operation on the oil well
near opelousas.
Mr.. Frank Del BuOno was called to
the bed side OF his brother, Carl who
has been operated on at the Baton
Rouge sanitarium
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-08-28

Miss Vita Guilbeau is spending the
weekend with relatives in Breaux
Bridge.
Mrs. W. w. Smith and son OF La
eour. were the guests Of DR.. and Mrs.
G. Richard during the past week.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-08-28
BENEFIT FOR THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH

On Saturday, September the
Daughter Of Isabella win give a chill
dren's party at the K. c. han between
4 and 6 o'clock.
Numerous games and dancing viii
be INDUCED in. Refreshments win
be on sale.
MRS. KELLEY ANDRUS.
Grand Regent.
The star-progress. (Opelousas, La.) 1917-1921, 1920-08-28
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Jules Sicily and Miss Bertha Ter
rengue.
walter Gibson and Miss Myrtle
Reed.
Ernest David and Miss Adeline
Stout.
Emile Prejean, Jr.. and Miss Is
teIle Castillo.
Tansey Ardoin and Miss Teah Du-
pre-.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-28
The Non-Housed

Realty experts report shading
off of rents for Office and loft space.
But they report no sign yet of
decline in the prices asked for
housing space.
The contrast is worth considering,
for with respect to the two kinds
Of edifices the Legislature mas
pursued policies exactly contrary.
In the one field landlords have been
allowed to go as far as they could
in rent boosting. The consequence
is a rent-reducing supply Of new
buildings, despite high interest rates
and the atrocities of material men
and labor grafters.
On the Other hand, in the housing
field, the policy. at least with respect
to existing tenancies, is that of the
suspension of the law of supply and
demand. The courts declare what is
fair rent. Not unnaturally, few are
willing to invest on this basis. EX-
cept for the completion of apart
ment houses under way, the remod-
cling Of old houses and the erection
of single and twofamily houses,
there is no tenement building.
What will be the condition when
the anti-rent laws expire? BY that
time New York will have another
( 100000 to lodge Where will they
rest their heads? Must we have a
statute abolishing the single bed?
1t would seem that the Legislature
must tackle the housing question
again and do something that means
more houses.
In the mean time it does not add
to general cheer to know that our
Board Of Aldermen, with sublime
indifference to actualities, has oar
rOted the one feature of the rent
laws that carried the hope of new
ouses-namely, the exemption of
new housing construction c.om
TAXATION
New-York tribune., 1920-12-28
The Gangster

Drugs and liquor were too strong
for "Monk" Eastman, several dis
cusslons Of his end remarked With
every Will in the world to stav
straight and live up to his promises
made to his comrades in the great
war and to Governor Smith, who
restored him to citizenship, he could
not succeed. His fall from grace
came slowly at first-to end sud
denly in the fashion best fitted to
round out his earlier career.
But drugs and liquor" were on)v
a MINOR symptom of his real all
mont an incident of a far larger
appetite that took an East Side bow
OF respectable parentage and made
d famous gangster of him beyond
hope Of redemption. "Monk" East
man surprised many by his excel
.ent record in the A. e. T. But
there should be no surprise on the
part Of any one familiar with the
type Of which he was the most
famous and conspicuous example.
The gangster of the "Monk" East
man breed is the product chiefly of
an overwecnlng thirst for physical
risk, excitement, the gamble with
ccath which modern civilization has
practically eliminated save in its
ihirequent reversion to the jungle
N us wars. BY many standards
'"c Monk was an honorable and
praiseworthy character; he was
good to his parents; he was brave
as any one, as his record in the
z''n DIVISION showed, and he played
inc gang game strictly according to
IT'S rules. He was simply born out
OF his time, a reversion to the free
pooter and maraudcr Of the Middle
"A 'cs, who lived for his adventure
with death.
There is something of the gang
ster IN most Of US, but we have
learned to conform through gener
atoms Of civilized ancestors. Can
anything be done for such throw
backs vas "Monk" Eastman in our
modern society? The great war
held him straight while it lasted.
but with its end the old influences
began their deadly work. Certainly
New-York tribune., 1920-12-28
'The Inner Urge"

An interesting contribution to pa
rental knowledge of the way to bring
up children is offered by the Super
visor OF special education' in Phla-
delphia. Her special theory seems
to be that "naughtiness' in a child
is not alarming For this naughti
ness is simply "the inner urge to do
something" If it be not too rudelv
checked the naughty one may some
day rise to pinnacles of success in
the grown-up world"
Few doubt that most childish ex
uberances, even when they take an
unpleasant form, are the outcome of
high spirits. The more real stuff
there is in a child the harder it is to
manage. All this may be admitted
without admitting that "thc inner
urge" should always be regarded
complacently. 1t may not be well
to speak roughly to your little boy
and beat him when he sneezcs." On
the other hand, there are MANY
things which he does "only to annoy"
which may be discouraged, to his
souls welfare.
Perhaps in older days "the inner
urge was too frequently regarded
as manifestation Of total deprav-
lty and restrained with undue sever
ity. If pedagogy has done nothing
else, it has shown how unfit those
who have children are to bring them
up. From the nursery on the life
of the child is made the occasion Of
educational psychological expert
ment. Yet perhaps there is some
New-York tribune., 1920-12-28
A Naval Holiday
ruptior

The Tribune always has favored
end always will advocate strong
navy for the United States; but in
this we do not justify another race
for armament, still less would we
lead in such a race.
Our surface navy is powerful to-
day--if united and properly organ
ized. To be sure it is lacking in GER
tain types, while in submarines and
aviation the fleet is lamentably
weak To place these weak ele-
ments on par in strength with the
surface forces is not only wise and
economical, but it lacks the aspect
of aggresslveness which we find in
the proposal to spend hundreds of
millions in building more capital
ships. In an editorial published De-
cember II The Tribune covered this
whole subject of a naval holiday and
declared that eve should be willing
to join with England and Japan in
a generous and friendly agreement
to stop the race for armament" :"
Subsequent to this date it is noted
that the American and foreign
press, as we'll as prominent men
everywhere, have joined in advocat-
ing a halt in naval armament.
In subscribing most heartily to
this movement there is no surrender
of the policy that the navy of the
United States must always be, as it
always has been, a fighting navy. Nor
is there any tendency whatever to
violate Mahan's maxim: The adop-
tion Of the defensive in war is ruin :;
war once declared must be waged
aggressively, relentlessly; the enc
my must not be Tended off, but smit-
ten down"
Condemning the pacifism and un-
preparedness in this country from
1913 to 1917; condemning the Ger
man policy that brought on the
World War, we now condemn any
destructive competition in naval
building that is calculated to invite
future war and add to the burdens
of an overtaxed people.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-28
The Precious Tenor

a great many estimable citizens
and citizenesses have had mighty
mean colds in the last few days.
but no one that we have heard of
has had five doctors, excepting Mr..
Caruso. Also whereas these colds,
all and sundry, have been replete
with what were, to the several
victims, extraordinary and fasci-
mating symptoms, we'll worthy of
public attention, only Mr.. Caruso's
symptoms are bulletined to an eager
world. The rest Of us can vent our
crouch upon a wife or husband,
probably the most unsatisfactory
and unsympathetic of all listeners
in such matters, or detain a busi-
ness victim for a brief moment.
And that is all. Even Mr.. Wilson
at the height of his illness had only
three doctors on his bulletin. 'Is
this right?" sneezing, coughing
city would like to know.
The answer is, we regret to say,
that, right or wrong, it is the way
of the world. Even a President or
the United States can be replaced,
is replaced every four years, or
eight at the most. A Caruso hap
pens once a generation il you
are lucky When his pleura mis-
behaves or his vocal cords 20 sour
there is no vice-tcnor competent to
step into his job. 1t is not possible
to hold conventions and an election
and choose a successor at least as
good and maybe better. There is
no second to such as "Caruse," and
his uniqueness makes his symptoms
more important than Fiume or antip-
odean tennis. Five doctors are lit
tie enough to guard so much
preciousness, whether you measure
its value in box office receipts or
by that stream of golden tone which
seems uneXhaustible as it .pours
forth, but which has narrow enough
limits measured by decades.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-28

Jugo Slavs and sent a force of vol
unteers south to demonstrate against
the cession of Dalmatia. He seemed
TO believe that he could rally the
Italian people behind him and again
indict the government Of lukewarm-
ness in reclaiming unredeemed ter
ritory on the eastern shore of the
Adriatic
In this he overshot the mark.
Italian aspirations have been fairly
satisfied with the recovery Of Fiume.
The only practical question at issue
between the defenders and besiegers
has been whether the city's new
status shall be established under the
poets auspices or under the govern
ment's. War on such basis is fan
tastic, for both the attackers and the
attacked are Fumes liberators. The
Fiuman comedy, now ending, has
served it's purpose. But in COM
pelling the invaders to enter the city
by force, D'Annunzio has kept the
official record clear. lie has main
tained to the finish the diplomatic
fiction that he and the Rome govern
ment have always been, if not at
swords points, at least at cross
purDOScS
New-York tribune., 1920-12-28

AS ". c. c. writes from YonseTs
surmise he lives in Westehes"'
County II tha. is so the sheriff s.
White Plains could give him SOCK
illuminating evidence, to wit: "'
commitments to the county jail ws''
fol the first six months of last yea
IS; for the last SIN months, same yea
80. while for .hc first SIX months Y
This year they have been 40.
The total commitments to this y
this year, up to the end Of Novefa'''
are less than half Of what they were =.
1917 Last year we had l.32S; this s'''
toleven months), 9l9.
But even in New York City proh''
tion has been OF benefit, in spite '
politics and the Kew York Police y
pertinent. If w. c. c. will 50 down .
TIE Criminal Courts Building and s''s'
intcliigen,ly the records Of all - -
cases disposed Of by the Distrie' -
tcrney he might write with more ''''
p,tence next time.
The assertion that prohibition ''s Is,
Increased the sale Of drugs is graz
tcus and has no facts TO prove "'
Claims.
ROBERT L. C0RRApiNA
New York, Dec. 30, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-28
Europe Coming Back

Figures compiled from consular
reports by the State Department
strikingly show how the warning
countries of Europe are coming back.
Germany's exports during the first
five months of 1920 were twenty
times larger than during the same
months in 1919.
Belgium's exports from January
to September this year were six
times larger than during the same
period year ago.
French exports during the first
ten months of 1920 were two and
one-half times larger than during
the first ten months of 1919.
British exports have doubled anc
Italian exports nearly doubled.
The neutral countries, Denmark,
Sweden and Holland, show similar
heavy increases of exports, and like
wise Australia, British India anG
Japan. Canada is about the only
country reporting decline of cx-
ports.
And exports the world over being
larger, of course imports also are.
The large increases (reckoned in
money! are IN part attributable tc
the rise in commodity prices and in
part to the abnormalities of ex
change, which tend to stimulate
shipments from countries where
money is specially deprecated; but,
allowing for these factors to the full,
it is still manifest that the interna.
tlonal movement Of goods measured
on bulk basis is immensely en-
larged.
Lack of credit and raw materials.
depletion of man power, destruction
Of factories, industrial troubles and
social unrest-these things and
many others have been referred to
as making miracle necessary to
Orlhg restoration Of pre-War condi-
tlons. And, 10! while the prophecies
of despair have been on countless
tongues the business of actual
restoration has been going on.
Cnostentatious doers, who see that
the only way to remedy bad state
is to work to remove it, have been
busy. Europe and the world are
coming back. Thrift and individual
effort are achieving the business.
The time is not distant when the
world will be producing more than
before the Kaiser started his great
wrecklng expedition, and more being
produced, there will, of course, be
more to divide.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-28
To Reduce Crime Waves
Extension of Parole System to All
Prisoners Is Urged

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: There is way of reducing the
"crime waves" of the future for New
York City besides putting on many
hundred extra policemen, necessary as
additional policemen may be. One
Blunt fact that should be faced and
appreciated is that the state releases
all except first offenders in prison
without any parole supervision what
soever. This means that at the end of
definite time the felon leaves the
prison gate absolutely without any fur
ther supervision or regulation by the
prison authorities
First offenders are now placed on
parole. Parole officers supervise them
for months and often longer. But for
others, generally more hardened Of
tenders, the law is bad. There should
lie parole supervision for all offenders
coming out of prison. The law can be
changed 1t is up to the Legislature.
Judge Rosalsky has urged that all pris-
o1ers who come out of prison should
be for time under supervision. Gov
ernor Smith, laying the cornerstone of
the new Sing Sing last October, said
publicly that he looked forward to the
time when all prisoners would be SEN
tcrccd subject to a board of experts.
who would determine, and not the sem
fencing judge, when men should come
out of prison.
The period after prison is the crucial
time for the released men and for So
c'ety great amount of crime is done
by men already with prison terms
Such men are far more likely to 90
bt Ok to crime where there is no gov
ernmental restraint and no sound ad
wee and help.
DO 'citizens Of New York City want
hundreds Of men year to come back
to them in this way? Or do thew want
men in prison studied mprehensively
through weeks and months prior to
coming out, and then como out with
sNch regulations and supervision as are
now applicable in the case of the first
offenders?
New York City puts on more than
100 extra police! Why not get even
further back and stop the unsupervised
non-parole period Of many of the men
With the longest crime records? This
Will not mean any shorter period in
prison. The courts can regulate SEN
tohces so that there will not be the
easy egress from prison that some
might fear Il the Legislature will make
a rational change in the law governing
old offenders and place them also on
parole. o. l.. LEWIS
General Secretary Prison Association
Of New York
New York. Dec 2S, 1920.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-28
Prohibition and Crime
Figures to Shop Jail Commitment,
Have Been Greatly Reduced

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Is it pertinent to ask W. c. C.
where he has been lately? In his letter
tc The Tribune Of December 20 he finds
that crimes, instead Of disappearing
on account Of prohibition, "are in
creasing to an unprecedented degree"
He also claims that nowhere in our
great cities can it be said that human
life is safe"
VIII W. c. c. kindly explain how It
is that the crime wave is phenomenon
not only in the United States but is
creating considerable disturbance in
Great Britain, France, Italy, not to
mention Germany and Russia? Yet in
these countries there is no prohibition
The cases that have been disposed o.
bv the District Attorney of New York
fol murder, were, in 1917, AZ; in 1915,
40; III 1919, e., and this year, in eleven
months, "a. What was the cause be-
fore prohibition and why have these
decreased during the dry regime?
Has W. c. c. noticed how many jails
ir the United States have closed their
doors because prohibition has reduced
the number of inmates? Is W. c. {.
Informed of all the jails that have been
transformed or sold because of prohibl-
ton? l am quite willing TO send him
partial list OF those that | knew of.
If he will write to d few sherfs il
his own state he may receive the ih-
formation have received Fer in
stance, the sheriff in Binghamton,
n Y, claims that prohibition has re
Guced the inmates Of his jail by two
thirds.
Here are few samples Of what is
going on in the county jails Of this
state. The commitments are for the
FIRST six months in 1919, the last SIX
months, same year, and the hrst SIX
riOnths of this ,-aa,.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-28
Last Curtain Call at Fiumc

After the Treaty of Rapallo was
signed, composing the Italian-.Jupo-
olav dispute, Annunzio's "Regencv
OF Quaruero' declared war on Italv
1T was mimic war-a mere tho
a1rIcal gesture. D'Annunzio's seiz-
ufe and occupation Of Fiume served
itaiy's nationalistic ends. 1t put an
ehectual bar on the transfer to .Juoo-
olavia Of community which was
fac'aiiy Italian and had voted for
feincorporation into Italy. The gov
ernment at Rome never officiallv
sanctioned the poets enterprise and
was therefore able to disclajm re-
sponsibility for it. But the descent
was Garlbaldian in spirit. 1t had
the full support and sympathy Of
the Italian people.
The peace ncgotiators had to face
an accomplished fact. Fiumc was To
remain Italian and non-Slav. unless
somebody ousted D'Annunzio. Pres,
ident Wilson's decision couldn't he
enforced; neither could any other
conference or council decision along
sniiar lines. The Jugo- Slavs at
last bowed to the inevitable and can
ceieo tneir ciaim on the city.
IL free to unite with Italy whenever
she wants to do 70. D'Annunzio's
provisional government was ignored
at Rapallo. Possibly that slight de
termined him TO bushwhack further
on nis own account. He seized a
couple Of islands assigned TO the