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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09

ing twelve trucks and twenty-four trail CTS.
 Trailers used by these cities are of the dr op-frame, side-dump type. of three tons capacity The trailers are usually drawn by teams of horses for house-ro- house collection and when loaded are drawn by the trucks or tractors to a dump or piggery several miles outside of the city. While some of the trailers are being hauled out and back. other trail CTS continue the work of collection in the city and are fully loaded when the trucks return with the empty trailers.
 San Antonio is saving between S25.OO and s30O00 year by this system, or one third of the former cost. When it was installed the city had a population of about 25.O00 and was using 4S teams and wagons for the work They were hired at S3 a day each and worked an average of 26 days a month, making a total expense of $S,74 per month. Since trucks and trailers were installed the population has increased to about 200,olO 1et the expense has been reduced from the old figures. Incidentally, the work Is done more rapidly and with more sat- isfaction to the public.
 For testing concrete government laboratory in Europe has installed hy- draulic press with crushing force of 4000 tons to the square inch.
 If the present production continues throughout the year, rubber factories in Akron, O., will have manufactured about 2S 600 600 automobile tires.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09
TRAILERS BEING USED
 IN SOME CITIES FOR REMOVAL OF GARBAGE

4 contract for the purchase of thirty trailers and three tractors has been made by the department of public works of the city of Syracuse. N. r The equip ment is to be used for collection and re- moval of garbage. investigations hav- ing shown this to be the best and most economical method of handling this mu- nicipal problem.
 Following the example of Utica. \. Y.s and several other. cities, San Antonio, Tex. after thorough investigation. adopt ca trucks, and trailers for garbage dis posal some time ago. IL is now operat- e. H. Johnson, for several years con nected with the Drennen Motor Car Com pany, is manager. Resides handling the three big lines, Delco, KlaXon and Remy, the Auto Servicee and Equipment Com pany is also state distributor for the Michelin tire and handles several other lines of motor necessities
 W. T. Whitted of the Home of Sudden Service reports that he is now able to make deliveries on all sizes of Goodyear cord tires and that the motorists who are planning for the spring season are taking advantage of that fact.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09

H. E. Bissell of the Bissell Motor Com pany, returned from the Rec factory at Lansing, Mich, last week, having suc- ceeded in getting several speed wagons through.
The Meeker herald., 1920-07-31

Those who desire to see beer and
light wines take the place Of bootleg
hoozc In Colorado will act wisely If
they wait two years before pressing
the matter further. The courts still
are inclined to duck their leads md
Blink their eyes when the professionals
swing their war club, and even II they
should conccdc the right Of the people
TO pnss upon the matter IL Is doubtful
II the measure would carry. The reo-
pie are beginning To do their own
thinking now, but 1t will require Il
couple of ycnrs more for them 10 learn
TO do their own voting.-Larmar Spark
The Meeker herald., 1920-07-31
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The Meeker herald., 1920-07-31
The Democratic AssembIy

Was chilled IN order ns nor announcf-
mcnt nt tbo court house Mt . m last
SATURDAY, afternoon
Thc main bus,ness WINS tho se,cct,on
M s,x de,e.,tos In ,tto,d tho state
and district assemblies rhe dc,cyate~
nnmcd were.
curtis NJ pvr.m,d
4 n N,mor,cL os uufo-1
Frank neloncv
Tbom.s Ki,dnT
Her,ert Gordon ,nd
l., r. walbr,dpc Of aIccker
Annu,ur or thu nr.c,nc,s were not
rcprcscntc., so II was dccIf,s, tn n,st.
poue tho naming NJ comfy candidates
The Meeker herald., 1920-07-31
Meeker Cha,.tauq,,a

Mcckcr for the second time brought
In the Standard Chautauqua on the
guarantee of some OF her business men.
The five days Cl,autaudua was huge
success In every way. The financial
end was easily met and the entertain
Ing end furnished by the company
would Ike hard to have improved upon.
Large crowds Of people attended both
afternoon and evening programs
thrOught the week md from all ap-
Iearancrs every one enjoyed them i'm
inenscly. OF course there were some
that appealed to some more than Others
hut II Is their plan tp ys-ase all. 70
| they must have II wide range Of prO-
grams. One Of the outstanding fea-
turcs of the chnuta,ilua is the number
Of people II brings together.
The Chautauqua opened Mon,lny
afternoon with He'll Euecrs Male
Quartet. Thr~e four men put on
fine musical and vocal numbers which
! took well with the audiance In the
evening these same men put on n pre-
Indie followed by u forccful lecture by
Bob Winston. Mr.. Winston was In the
lied Gross service during the war He
certainly lives up to his reputation of
leing human dynamo.
On the second dny the Old Fashion
cd Girls put OH the program in the
afternoon. The program consisted of
songs and stories Of the COS. With
their old fashioned hoop skirts and
c'Irls. they made good limitation Of
former days. They put on prelude
in the evening followed by Beatrice
Weller. cartoonist ana reader. Miss
Weller Is graduate Of several Art
Schools I'm the Middle West. which she
shows by her excellent work.
The IBostonia Scxtcttc md Anne
Itetlclif. reader and Madam Tullis.
singer put on the program both after
noon and evening Of the third day. We
We're certainly fortunate In having sucl,
II group come to our town. The Bos-
tonia sextette nrc certainly group OF
F! tnlcntcd musicians Madam Tullis
rendered several selecfions which w.r.
Appreciated by nil. Miss Anne Red
elm is render Of an extraordinary
Tyre. She rave several rcadings h"h
IN the afternoon and evening would
have been hnid to improve mpon any.
where.
The Mt ff.r''con program Of til fourth
dty wns ri'u. by the Harvester Com
if,,ny consisting ~ one man and two
women. NJ. Wiifer Beatty wi, i. a
The Meeker herald., 1920-07-31

Now that the presidential campaign
IL In full sway we expect to hear whnt
n terrible calamity awaits the people
IL either Harding or Cox IL elected.
The fact Of the matter Is that the
country won't h cntirly ruined even
IL either one Of the gentlemen nsccnds
the wilsonian throne Brush Repnb-
lican.
The Meeker herald., 1920-07-31
MEEKER, COLO. SATURDAY. JULY 81. 1920.

she told the children rories and
showed them good time. Mr.. Deal
handled the older boys and did II in II
line way.
All In all 1t was fine five days for
the whole county. Let's have them
come again.
The Meeker herald., 1920-07-31

The Republicans are sorcly disnppoint-
I'd over the nomination Of Cox. They
were sure President Wilson would force
the nomination Of McAdoo. which
would have given them as their chcif
war.cry ''rhc Crown Prince" AS n mnt-
Ter OF fact, Wilson did not try to force
any one on the Frisco convention.
The Meeker herald., 1920-07-31

"lou think eight hours n day Is
enough work for any ranch hnnd?'
Plenty" answered Cactus Charlie.
Tint lcnvcs him only sixteen hours to
play poker and get II little sleep"
The Meeker herald., 1920-07-31

This will be n great year for jim
mys-.Iimmy Cox and Jimmy holland.
Both newspaper men and. both prac-
iicnlly assured OF election.
The Meeker herald., 1920-07-31

REPORTS from Chicago show that
horse dealers nrc behind with their
orders for horses. The demand. how
ever. is for the heavy types.
The Meeker herald., 1920-07-31

Even the ChatauIua people noted
the fact that VIC Ind vcry poor roads
in this county.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-24
THE UINNIELCOlNE WIFE
BY HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR
Copurioht. 1870. hv Punno Ledner Co.

his son. He lay in the old-fashioned
cradle, opening and closing his tiny
mouth, little pink-faced thing that
whimpered. Mrs. Graves lifted him into
her arms and held him out to Tony. who
drew back. But when he felt the soft
little bundle in his arms he held It ten
derly. feeling clumsy and helpless and
wondering vaguely how anything could
be so small and live.
Tony brought many little comforts into
the old farmhouse during Charlottes
convalescence He brought heaters for
the icy bedrooms. and hunted up rosy
checked country girl who cooked and did
the kitchen work, while Mrs. Graves
took care of the baby and attended to
Charlotte's wants
A vague fear was beginning to haunt
him during these days feeling that all
was not right. The baby was strong and
healthy and Charlotte was getting
stronger daily. but there was something
about her that he frankly did not under
stand. He had been prepared for some
thing quite different on her part From
that moment when he had held her in
his arms and she had come back TO life
at his bidding he had thought that she
had forgiven him. he had felt that his
fight was over. But apparently she had
hardly been conscious of the fact that
she had spoken to him that morning.
She never alluded to 1t; in fact, she
had seemed surprised when she woke up
after that first long sleep and saw him
standing by her bed. Mrs. Graves saw
this and understood. The shrewd old doc
had not forgiven Tony and who was
scarcely civil to him. was the only one
who had not noticed the change in
Charlotte. and he was so wrapped up In
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-24
Wonders. What to Do

Dear Cynthia--I am a young man
of nineteen years of age. year
ago I proposed to n girl of eighteen
years Of age; she accepted my proposal
with the understanding that1 must wait
two years, and l agreed to walt. love
this girl with all my>heart. l know 1t
Is not nice to speak like this. am
speaking the truth IN order to explain.
do not think anything is too good for
me to get her. Only a few days ago she
said to me that she would not show any
man her love. She has been acting awful
cold toward me, and speaks very little
to me. few days ago ! said to her:
IF you do not love me it's really no use
of you marrying me, because | feel II
you do not love. me you will not make
my home happy and worthy" She an
swered she did love me- | speak to her
advantage of her. l treat her the same
as r treat my sisters. ! always speak
the truth to her: she knows my standing
In funds. would do anything In my
power to make her happy, but I get no
results from what do for her or would
do wish you will be kind enough to me
and tell me what to do. I do thank
you in advance for the answer to my
letter. FRANK G.
My dear boy, you are both young, Of
course, but why on earth should you not
tell me or her that you love her with
all your heart.
What could there be about that that Is
not nice? Don't get a false idea about
things, and thank God that you are
engaged to a girl who has reserve, and
yet tells you that she loves you. You
must not expect her to make advances
in love-makng. Suppose instead Of
treating hsr like your sisters you treat
her as a lover. You cannot expect her
to be demonstrative If you are not first.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-24
HUMAN CURIOS
The Men in the Iron Mack


Unique in the annals of history. tbo
mystery concerning the Identity OF the
strange masked prisoner Of the Bastiiie
remains to this day unsolved and mr.
parently unsolvable. ~
The register of the great prison o,
Paris bears this record, the only link
connecting the unknown man with the
world: "On Thursday, September ia
1898, at 3 o'clock In the afternoon M
de Saint-Mars. governor Of the chateau
of the Bastille, arrived for his first an
trance into office. coming from his gov
ernment of the islands of Saint Mar.
guerite, having brought with him in his
litter a former prisoner Of his at pig.
neroi. whom he obliges to keep himself
always masked and whose name is not
told" -
This entry had been made seventeen
years after Saint-Mars left Pigneroi
so that the offense of which the prisoner
was guilty dated back for two decades
or more. In fact. many historians main.
tain that the offense lay In the fact tha.
the prisoner was living--claiming thai
he was the illegitimate son Of Louis
XIV by the beautiful De la Valliere, sen.
fenced to a lifetime Of torture for strIk.
ing the Dauphin. The theory is supported
in some part by the fact that the "msn
in the iron mask" was always treated
with the greatest respect and that ever
Saint-Mars had to stand bareheaded
when addressing him.
Incidentally, the mask was not or
iron, but Of velvet--but this does NOT
serve to lessen the impenetrable rnyss
terry which surrounded one of the mos
curious figures in history, a riddle which
is as dark and mysterious today as
when. five years and two months before
his death, the masked prisoner was ads
mitted to the Bastille.
Fridsy-GeorGe Grochantzy
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-24
Cynthia oIsaarees With r. r..

Dear Cynthia-They kiss when alone.
I'm a rolling stone. Travelling from one
place to another for the last eleven
years. When I was fourteen years old
started, and have been In most every
country and part of the world. I've al
ways been a good sport and have seen
good many girls. The last year I've
been here In Philadelphia, and have been
out with girls every night, but I've
never yet met a girl that l could not
kiss goodnight, and the girl herself
most of the time wanted to be kissed
MANY times l would ask II she didn't
understand that she was cheapening her
not losing anything. I'm just as good as
was before I kissed anybody" / know
am wrong when I kiss a girl, because
know better, but we boys like kiss,
and the girls-well. they do the same.
so what is the use of working against II?
1t Is the only pleasure we have. we lone
" rolling stones and Woodworking fac
tory girls. A goodnight kiss indicates
only a feeling Of sympathy. and It Is
good once In a while to know you have
a friend. T. r.
MY dear T. r, do you think your
logic Ia reasonable? Suppose person
likes alcohol, Is he reasonable to take
denatured alcohol, when he risks blind
ness or death in so doing? According to
you, why fight anything you like to do?
Would we not have n fine world to live
in II all restraint and self-contro were
abolished? You should be enough of a
man of the world to know that the gen.
eral following out of such ideas would
saying they are losing nothing by letting
men kiss them. They are losing one Of
their greatest assets, maidenly reserve
and modeSty
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-24
BY MRS. N. A. WILSON

Cspyrtoht. 1890, by Mrs. NJ. A. Wilson. All
rights reserved.
4 THIS old fashioned day of the
- gathering Of the kinsfolk has changed
| much with modern times. Years ago
I. lpeople laid aside business cares and
journeyed home to the family to spend
this holiday beneath the old home roof
NOWADAYS they go to the football game
and then to the movies in the evening.
How / long to see the return of those
,good old days with the housewife bus
ifling with the Importance of the oc-
.rasion, while the young daughters aided
her In serving, played the piano, and
lsang and helped generally to entertain
the family and friends. To be invited
iover for the late supper on Thanks.
igiving night was an invitation that was
eagerly sought.
4 This meal was usually served in the
FORM Of an o'd English high tea-a hot
Dish, sandwiches. salad. tea or cocoa
md bit of dessert, usually cake.
SOME SUGGESTIVE MENUS
No. 1
Creamed Oysters on Toast
~ Garnished with Finely Minced
II Pimentos
n Lettuce and Cheese Sandwiches
II Fruit Cake Tea
- Shrimp, crab meat or chicken may re-
place the oysters.
No. 2
Celery
Fish Salad
Nut Sandwiches Jelly
Plum Pudding Vanilla Sauce Tea
No. 3
Cold Cuts of Ham
Potato Salad
Rye Bread and Butter Sandwiches
Chocolate Layer Cake Cocoa
No. 4
Olives
Deviled Chicken or Turkey Bones
Creamed Potatoes
Graham Bread and Butter Sandwiches
Mince Tarts Tea
Creamed Oysters on Toast
Look over one pint Of oysters care
fully and remove the bits of she'll. Drain
and then place in a saucepan and heat
slowly until the edges curl Turn into
q sieve and drain. Then turn into u
china bowl until needed.
Place in saucepan:
Ttoo cups of oyster liquor,
Ttco cups OF milk,
One cup Of -four.
Stir with wire whip to dissolve thor
oughly and then bring to boil and cook
slowly for five minutes. Now add
One teaspoon of celery extract,
One-hGIf teaspoon of onion ertrdct,
Ttco teaspoons Of salt,
One-haF teaspoon of pdprikG.
One half teaspoon OF pepper,
The oysters,
One and one c-hqt cups of mushrooms,
parboiIed and drained.
Heat slowly to the boiling point and
then serve on toast and garnish with
finely chopped pimentos.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-24

0NE can hardly have ,o" many pretty
~ luncheon cloths. doilics. etc. and
and there are ideas to suit every taste.
They make beautiful Christmas gifts.
One of the most attractive sets I have
seen in long time was made of art
linen in the natural shade. The one
shown on the table in the picture will
give you the idea. The linen is cut
so the strips will measure the length
and width of the table. OF course. il
the table is round the four arms will be
of equal length; il the table is an
oblong one the arms will be cut to cdsS-
respond with the length and width of
the table.
Rather large round is marked off
on the linen. and the four arms are also
marked off. radiating out from the cir
Gle in equal distances. The cloth is
then cut. following the outline of both
arms and circle. OF course, the arms
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-24

his grandson that he did not know what
was going on in the house aside from
affairs that concerned the baby.
Charlotte was kind to Tony but she
seemed remote from him. He could not
get near her. She would smile when he
brought her some little delicacy, but
there was no warmth In the smile, II
was as pale as her ash blonde hair and
vanished almost before It fitted across
her face
The doctor had cautioned Tony
against speaking to her of anything that
had happened between them.
"She Is too weak to talk, we must get
her built up first. so that there will be no
relapse" and Tony was forced to accept
the inevitable. His one fear now was
that Charlotte would not come back to
him, that she would prefer to remain
here with her family. He saw. too, that
his father-in-law wanted this very thing
Nothing would suit him better than to
keep Charlotte and the baby at the
farm. TO have to bide his time while
Charlotte seemed to slip farther and
farther away from him seemed intoler-
able to Tony. He felt that If he could
take her in his arms in the old way and
hold her close to him while he pleaded
all her old love would come back to him.
Tomorrow-ThS96irl Who Came Back
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-24

men contributors We frequently find the
sentiment that there can be no two
mastcrs-that only one can rule. Bur
we would ask them, What about the
partnership-now that we have, con-
>entrd to be considered equals that
partnership that has been proclaimed
from every viewpoint to be the only
true marriage!"
We have demonstrated in various
ways how satisfactorily the methods of
business can be adapted to the home.
Where is the lone master" in a bust
ness partnership? SO far as we have
been able to learn, men in business
together have Coutrived TO get along
without a master and without calling in
the police. They have even managed
to hold their joint control over the
office boy.
The word obey is today as pregnant
with meaning as the wedding veil or
the best man, But what's the matter
with Il partnership?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-24
4 Subtle Change

A F'TER Charlotte had opened her eyes
- and spoken to Tony she turned over
like little child and dropped asleep. DR.
Raymond came to the side of the bed
and looked down at the sleeping face
There was a tender look on his own.
She'll do" he said in a satisfied voice
You think she's all right now, doc
tor?"
The eyes OF the two men met across
he bed There was a new manliness in
Tony's look, it was a fighting look, the
chin held high. the eyes eager. all his
boyish evasiveness gone.
AN she needed was something to live
for" the doctor replied simply. and
Tony was ashamed.
Mrs. Graves, forgiving now that Char
lotte was 10 live, took Tony out to see
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-24

is beautiful. and monogram or single
initial embroidered on the cloth makes
an added attraction.
One sees a good deal of cross stitch
embroidery on these sets. 1t is attrac-
tive: The hardest part Of this work is
in basting the canvas on just as It
should be. and, after the work is fin
ished, pulling the threads of the can
vas out. The work itself is fascinating
and not at all difficult. One caution,
however, may not come amiss. AL
ways have the under threads go In
one direction, and have all the top ones
cross in the opposite direction.
Some conventional designs wor ked in
outline stitch in colors is effective on
these shaped sets.
A corner of filet crochet set in doilies
in luncheon cloth of linen is beautiful
and there are designs for Just this pur-
pose which any one used to the work
can pick out easily.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-24

extend from the circle and are not cut
separately.
If YOU want the finished piece to look
well after it is laundercd, it will be we'll
to shrink first.
1t is possible to finish these pretty
cloths in quite variety of ways, and
any one who is fond of fancy work
will have no difficulty in making a
stunning cloth. A narrow and rather
heavy linen lace edging makes Il pretty
finish. At the turnings the lace should
be mitred so AS to be fiat and smooth.
Or If one likes to crochet, a tiny picot
edge is attractive.
Then there can be much or little en-
broidcry scattered over the piece; but
it should have some.
Indian head cotton. the linen finish,
makes beautiful luncheon sets, and
looks amazingly like linen after it has
been laundered several times. A cloth
cut to fit the table and finished with an
embroidered scallop all around the edge
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-11-24
THROUGH A WOMAN,S EYES
Lore. Honor and Obey"
BY JEAN NEWTON

A large metropolitan newspaper is
conducting free -for-all column on
marriage. Ard the most amazing thing
about this burlesQue Is the manly letters
from men giving their methods of max
ing their wives obey. A most popular
method with these eXponents of marital
bliss seems to be the time honorcd ex-
pedient with the obstrepcrOus Juvenile
spanking.
And they quote pcrcnnially that
archaism in the marriage service-the
promise to love, honor and ''obey"
Now brides wear wedding wells in
symbolism of the sheets or blankets
with which the young huSktrS Of bar
barrie times gagged the girls they we're
carrying off TO be their mates. We
have wedding rings because the ancient
Hebrews used to accompany the pc
stowal of possessions with ring. we
throw rice at the bride and bridegroom
because the HindurS did it.: it was their
emblem of fecundity, We speak OF
marrying as tying the knot" because
the Brahmins of India actually do tie
a knot. The prclate'S kissing the brid"
isJ relic of the old benedictional pax
,% the old days Of Catholicism. And me
Z iibest man" used to be the one second
In command when one OF his tribe took
his clubs and went hunting for
bride!
Therefore, regarding the common
sense, practicality, the appropriateness
10 the ways of these days OF the wora
Uohev" in our marriage service, 1t
gould seem 10 be in excellent company !!
And il is taken just about as seriously
ms these other customs that are relics
nf barbaric or ancient times. Perhaps
that is why we do not object to its
use
In the views OF the interesting gentle