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The Washington times., 1920-04-27
B BOOKS

OH, YOU TEX! BY william MscI.eed
: Raine. Boston: Hougheon, Mifnin
Company
In Texas. after the Civil War.
thousands of cattle ranged the
hills and plains with no visible in
dication of ownership. The owners
and herders who had looked after
them had been away in the Con-
federate armies. and many an en-
terprising fellow, with three or
four horses and a little money
could start in the cattle business
with no other equipment than q
branding iron.
In those days the land was open
and free to all corners. Cows drift
ed over hundreds of miles, and the
great drives to the North, in which
hundreds of thousands of cattle
started in the spring and reached
their destination in Wyoming and
Montana in the late summer. were
loosely conducted affairs, with cat
tie constantly dropping out, and
others being picked up and added
to the herd. So that it was an easy
matter for the cattle rustler to
steal thousands of cattle, and by
the alteration of their brands al
most defy the rightful owner to
prove his property. And in the days
when, to quote from "Oh, You
Tex Men wore their guns
loose on the hips. and charged in
through the smoke" an accusation
of rustling was not to be made
lightly.
Mr.. Raine, though born in Eng
land, knows the West intimately.
He rode with the Arizona ranger
force, lived on a ranch. and was
acquainted with many of the pion-
eer residents Of the southwest. His
new story takes it's title from Jack
Roberts, Texas ranger of the days
following the Civil War, who was
known as Tex. Seldom has a more
attractive character been present.
ed, or one whose adventures with
cattle rustlers, bad men. and hos
tile Indians are more thrilling. Mr..
Raine knows the country of which
he writes, and his people are real
istic, so the result Is an absorb
ing book, tense with gun play and
stirring exploits. and with charm
ing romance thrown in with it's
strenuous incidents. The old cat
wire fence, took the romance out
OF the cow puncher's job. and the
prosaic law court superseded the
primitive fashion OF settling dis
putes by means Of the siI-shoote
and Bowie knife. Those days live
now Only in the memory OF the old
timers, and in books such as "Oh,
You Tex"
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~N the day after Phoebe and
Neal found each other again
~ I decidco-unf1atteri as the
simile is-to beard the lion in his
den and to have a frank talk with
Virginia. I couldn't believe in the
fnality of her quarrel with Jim. At
all events, it didn't include me.
With as much of an air of innocence
as / could command / telephoned
Virginia, told her how sorry L was
she hadn't been able to come to
dinner the night before and sug-
gested that she lunch with me.
I'm afraid 1 can't do that" re-
piled Virginia with suavity that ac-
cepted my pretense of not knowing
that she and Jim were on bad terms.
But I'd like to see you If you'll
meet me downtown"
'If it's my party I'll meet you
wherever you say" I agreed.
thankful for small mercies in the
form Of Virginia's not including
me in her unprecented quarrel with
Jim. But / wondered IL Virginia's
refusal to come to our house meant
an actual break with Jim.
So we agreed on the time and
place, and / dawdled through the
morning waiting for the event.
When 1 arrived at the appointed
place Virginia was already there,
The Washington times., 1920-04-27
Presidents and Pies
An Interesting Account of Washington People of
Yesterday and Today by the Wife of the
Well-KnOpn DiplOmatist

stan OF General Davis. who after
ward became military governor OF
Porto Rico. and who was already
widely known, as the man who nm
ished the Washington Monument.
While my husband was In service
/ naturally wanted TO do my part In
whatever way seemed best. There
were few things TO be done by wom-
en- at that time. There had been
still less for them = do in the civil
war, and there has been so much
more in the great war. But we
could make sponges and slings, OF
course. and roll bandages. Abdomi-
nal bands were especial favorites,
for the doctors had a notion then
that they were necessary in the
tropics.
The Colonial Danes and Daugh-
ters of the Revolution formed COM
mittees TO look after the families
OF the soldiers. / was a member OF
both. and during the summer which
i spent in Washington had several
families TO visit and see that they
did not starve. because some OF the
soldiers were very remiss about
sending money home. IL was al
most identical with the work that
the Home Service Branch OF the
Red Cross has been doing lately on
a broader scale.
Occasionally visited Camp Alger
and took out good things to eat for
my husband and his friends, sucn
as huckleberry puddings and capons
articles of diet not included in
the army rations. Several times
the general In command invited me
to mess with the officers, perhaps
in return for my services in thus
helping out the commissary. 1 also
used to visit the hospitals to find
out what was especially needed, and
one day a doctor asked me for ten
gallons Of paregoric. Fancy the
surprise of the druggist when I or
dered It!
My husbands letters give some
vivid glimpses of the military life
OF that day. II feel as II 1 had been
here always" he wrote; "this morn
ing l had a great deal to do. for
everything went wrong all over the
camp. 1t was one of those awful
days! And everybody who knew
how to do anything had gone away.
and the few who did things, did
them wrong. and so / was in a great
state of excitement, and worried
about papers, and matters gener-
ally. =,
IT. n, r~utt>ued To~~wrN
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wake Envy to vain longing for
him, as you seem to imply. He
made her conscious of the fact that
she'd been making a fool of her
self. And she saw that all she
wants where the whole crowd OF us
is concerned is TO get rid OF us
forever"
ITS scarcely worth arguing
about Envy Mason isn't interest
ing to me in the least" said Vir-
ginia firmly, 'but what does in
terest me Is when you are going
to plead the cause you are here to
represent"
"Whose?" / gasped, amazed at
her change of venue.
Whose indeed?" smiled Virginia
"Your brother's?"
At that moment I guessed just
how ugly a break between Jim and
Virginia had been made possible
by her indomitable, short-sighted
pride. And I could get some idea
Of why she and Pat had separated.
But Twas so sorry for her that l
didn't get angry. Instead, l re-
piled quietly:
In Vain She Pleads.
ITS Phoebe's cause as much as
Meals, Jeanne. She's blooming
again. They love each other so
deeply-those two blessed babies
that it's enough to make a grown
up ache with EARNING to be as
ideally happy as they are"
you've answered yourself. Anne"
interposed Virginia. ''They are ba-
bies. And Neal is a tickle one. He
shan't come trailing back to Phoebe
now. This isn't good enough. He's
unproven. He has nothing to offer
but ugly memories of Envy Mason.
And I'm going to protect my little
sister, even if your husband doesn't
care to. I'm Phoebe's guardian,
and she doesn't come Of age for
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days later the battleship Maine was
blown up. Spain instantly dis
aVowed the affair and regretted the
"incident" as she called IL, but the
United States was hot for a night.
Washington was in hubbub.
The White House buzzed with eN-
citement, and messages kept pour
ing in from all over the country.
both private and official. Newspa-
peTs from Seattle to New Orleans
sent their Representatives on post
haste until reporters and corre-
spondents blocked the corridors. In
spite OF the fact that neither Presi-
dent Mckinley nor Speaker Reed
wanted hostilities, and that di-
plomscy made strenuous efforts for
more than two months to avert
them, on the 25th OF April war with
Spain was formally declared.
But even then / did not feel that
IL was really upon us until one
morning ] was awakened by band
playing "The Stars and Stripes
Forever" and. looking out of the
window, saw our old friend, Colonel
Sumner, marching by at the head
OF his troops, Later we went down
to Chickamsuga, where the big ma
tional park with its many monu-
ments, commentaries the battle OF
the civil war. A large military
camp was already there-and an
other has been stationed in the
same place during the world war.
Ny husband had offered his serv-
ices and one day in May received
his commission. Soon after our re-
turn to Washington saw him ride
OF on Soldier Boy, q horse that he
had bought from Buffalo Bill
(thinking the animal would be used
to gun fire, but he proved to be
afraid of a baby carriage). bound
for Camp Alger. twelve miles out OF
the city, to report for assignment.
He had been made q captain on the
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with no breaks to give Virginia an
opportunity to sidetrack me the
story of Jim's clever handling of
Envy and how he had forced her to
realize that she couldn't go through
with her spite engagement. / ended
with a flourish. telling of Evvy's
explosion of malice and temper and
the insolent rudeness with which
she had rushed off, leaving her as
tonished guests behind.
since when. Anne, do you relish
Jim's well-known tendency to-let
us say amuse himself with the ad-
miration OF pretty ladies?" asked
Virginia, az 1 concluded my story.
"Jim wasn't amusing himself with
Envy" / retorted. She's nothing
to him, as he's proved. But she
was clawing at him through poor
little Phoebe. And he forced her to
see that she couldn't pay the price
for her spite"
forced her to realize that he
means too much to her to permit
OF her marrying this handsome and
much h-sought-after young brother of
yours. A fine thing for a man to do
even il that man is my brother"
said Virginia bitterly. Make q
woman realize that she cares for
him when it's too late"
At the time l was too eager to
plead Phoebe's cause to consider
what this last sentence OF Vir-
ginia's might imply about herself.
And I had Jim to defend.
But that's all wrong. Virginia.
It's unfairr / cried. Jim didn't
The Washington times., 1920-04-27
When O. Girl Murries
By Anne Lisle.

punctilious as ever about the pre-
else letter of the law. She led the
way TO the desirable window table
that head walters seemed always to
have magically in reserve for her.
And very graciously she gave me
the place facing the room. II only
she wouldn't be quite so gracious,
/ felt that things would be far
easier for me. However. as soon
as we had ordered 7 took a reso-
lutte plunge into waters that might
prove tropical-yet might turn icy.
Have you heard the story of the
routing Of Miss Evelyn Mason?"
asked abruptly.
Elaborate Indifference.
That sounds as II she had been
in battle" said Virginia with
elaborate indifference. isn't this
melon iced perfectlyT
"Yes-and so are you, jennie 1
laughed, remembering how Vir-
giniss manner would once have
routed" me. But I'm going to tell
you the story even If you don't
clamor to hear it You see, it dis
closes the cleverness of my Jim
and even to his beloved sister l like
to display that at every opportun-
ity"
Thereupon I related briskly and
The Washington times., 1920-04-27
Slippers From Them.

"Well, well!@ exclaimed Mrs.
Movie, looking up from the morn
ing paper. Boots and shoes ought
to be much cheaper now. Here's a
paragraph that states they are be-
ing made from all sorts of skins,
even rat skins" And then, trying
to be funny, she added: IL wonder
what they do with banana and
orange skins?" "Oh, my dear" re-
piled her husband. they make
slippers!-
The Washington times., 1920-04-27

Every time a room Is turned out
all the furniture should be rubbed
over with a damp wash leather.
This method prevents finger marks,
and the furniture needs very little
cleaning with polish. All the an
tique copper and brass articles may
be treated In the same way, only
these should be afterward polished
up with a warm duster. For paint
and enamelled surfaces all that is
required is q damp wash leather.
The Washington times., 1920-04-27

The water in which eggs arc
boiled should be at boiling point
before the eggs are put in. Before
placing them in, wet each thor
oughly with cold water. This will
go a long way towards prevent
ing them from cracking. Never
drop them into the water: place
carefully with the aid OF a dessert
spoon.
The Washington times., 1920-04-27

II lemon is put in a warm oven
for a few minutes before squeezing
much more juice can be extract ed
than In the ordinary way; but the
oven must not be too hot or the
lemon left In too long. as IL would
dry up.
The Washington times., 1920-04-27

Never waste scraps OF fat meat
or gripping: they should be boiled
down and clarified. You Will then
The Washington times., 1920-04-27

To make a chocolate mould, boil
two breakfast cups OF milk. leav-
ing out a little to mix with one
tablespoonful OF corn flower, same
OF cocoa and sugar. Stir over the
fre nye minutes. Pour into a
wetted mould.
The Washington times., 1920-04-27

Mineral wool makes the quickest
possible securing for the vegetable
knife.
The Washington times., 1920-04-27

To remove paint from clothes,
soak a rag in spirits of turpentine
and rub the paint stain as soon as
possible after the dress has been
marked. As the rag becomes soiled
use a clean piece. Two or three
applications may be required.
The Washington times., 1920-04-27
Household
Suggestions

Salt used In water when washing
prints prevents eolors from run
ming.
The Washington times., 1920-04-27

II you want your CRATE TO look
very bright. rub IL over with just a
little turpentine after black leading
and shining. Then polish with a
soft duster IL will look we'll for
days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-17

chnrge of my Okaying printing bills was false md absurd.
 "Batson's salary was increased ehly after inquiry in other south ern cities and counties and Is based on the lowest figure paid in the south for an engineer handling the same amount of work.
 "They criticize the building of twenty-five miles of permanent highways and are ignorant of the fact that these magnificent roads will ultimately not cost Jefferson county n cent. The federal govern ment pays half and when the stnte gets its bond money it will pay the other half. Is that wasting the county's moneyf
 '|The sale of bonds which fell through was advised and approved . by the advisory committee named by the Birmingham banks.
 s2COmpIaint is made of road con- tracts being let too soon, but my opinion is that with the people in the frame of mind they were to- ward better roads they could not he let too soon. In years past they had not been let soon enough.
 'orhc jury report even complains of tearing up roads, but if you are going to build n new road I don't know of my way to do it without tearing up the old one.
 'T ordered $25 worth of chert placed on the Shades mountain road upon which PaschaI Shook had spent $6,OOO. The road is used constantly by the public and for several years petition has been before the board to make it n pub lie rond connecting with the Leeds road.
 sSrhe county records show that contracts have always been let to the lowest bidder.
 "A paving man once took the county engineer and myself on a trip to inspect his pavement and upon our return, after full investi- EatiOn, the county engineer had to recommend the use of another kind of pavement" M
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-17
WOMEN VOTERS NOT ID CALL OFF THEIR GATHERING TODAY
Christianity and Spirituality Should Be Thrown About Politics Wherever Fossil
 bIe, " Says Committee

The League of Women Voters will not call off the meeting scheduled to be held in the Jefferson theatre this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
 They are anxious to have it understood that this meeting is being held for the good of lief ferson county and in the inter- est of better government.
 They have issued the following statement:
 "FeeIing that moral and civic matters can be dealt with on the Sabbath as we'll 'as week days and finding 1t difficult almost to the point of impossibility to assem- ble the women of the county at any other time, the League of Women Voters called meeting this Sunday afternoon at o'clock nt the Jeff ferson theatre. The reasons for holding the meeting at this time are manifold. They are: The diffi- culty in obtaining n suitable place for n mass meeting is well un- derstood. 1t is impossible to call business md professional women together on a week day and women living in remote centers cannot come unattended at night; politics is n science in government; the women in this country nre eager to use their new found obligation to the government inteIligently and to develop all that is best in gov ernmentnI management. Hereto fore in matters pertaining to good government such as prohibition, temperance and law observance meetings have been held on the Sabbath and rightly so. We realize that moral issues are at stake and the League of Women Voters feel thnt Christianity nnd spirituality should be thrown about politics whenever and wherever it is possi- ble."
 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF
 LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS"
 Mrs. s. l.. Ledbetter, chairman of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-17

meeting. be carried Outs
 Prayer.
 "Duties and Powers of the Board of Revenue and the Grand Jury" by Walter Brewer.
 Statement by Jerry Gwin. "Why the Advisory Committee of the Chamber of CoPmerce," by K. A. Porter.
 Reading of the grand jury's sfe- port, by Mrs. W. l.. Murdoch. ''GOOd Citizenship" by J. R. Johnson.
 Short stntements by T. H. Aidrich and J. Murray NOrment.
 Announcements.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-17
NOW IN THE HALF
 MILLION CLASSES Steel Cities Chemical Com pany Increases Capital to
 $450,000

Papers increasing the capital stock of the Steel Cities Chemical Company from s15o,00o to s45O,O0o were filed in the pro- bate court yesterday. This action was taken at a meeting of the directors and stockholders and the necessary papers were filed by R. A. Brown, president, and s. N. Gore, secretary.
 operates a large chemical plant at Fair field. It was burned down about two years ago, but was rebuilt in still more modern form and many improvements were added. The plant Is systematically enlarged and improved from time to time. It is one of the most successful in the district One of it's founders was the late Culpepper Exum, who was presl- dent at the time of his death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-17

.'rhis first $1,J00,OO0 worth of road work awarded by the board of revenue was approved by w. s. Keller, state highway engineer; J. T. DulIen, federal highway engi- neer, and s. R. BatsOn, county en- gineer. The second half million was awarded on the recommenda- tiOn of the special advisory com- mittee named by the banks of Bfr- mingham.
 "The Lock F and Lake Bankhead road deyvas started by the previous board when l was not q member or in the employ of the county and that board built fifteen miles of it. The legislature changed the cOun- ty line and we built 1900 feet In Tuscaloosa county before the change vas discovered. Roads to Lake Bankhend and Lock IF had been urged by the press and pub lie for many years.
 "Regnrding First and Third ave- nues and Twenty-sixth street, it formerly cost s5,9eO per mile per year to maintain the macadam roads. The present pavement cost $10,0O0 per mile. The present maintenance cost is less than $6O Der yenr per mile. In less than three yeHrs this pavement will be paid for by the previous cost of maintenance and the roads are probably good for five years more.
 ''They criticize buying q set of pneumatic tires for truck. An exnct cost sheet was kept on this truck and tires and n saving to the county over solid tires was shown.
 q once ordered on my own re- ,sponslbipty road machine in m emergency which the board de- clined to approve. Within thirty days the board bought the same machine at m increased cost Of $37.
 ~If the jury had examined the office vouchers, which they could readily have done, they would have shown on their face that the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-17

Demands framed by city firemen re- quest that they be given an increase in
 wages of $50 a month, and that they
 receive fifteen days vacation instead of ten days.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-17
By DAVID HOLT

Two weeks remain for active Campaigning. All that has been done in the interest of the seaport amendment up to this time has been in preparation for the big push that will end with the election, November 2. Every county in the state has been organized, every news paper in Alabama has carried the story in one form or anoth- CT, while orators and motion pictures have repeated it. The rest is all plain work. ..~ It is all straight-Out educational work. There is no foe in sight and no open and organized opposition. The amendment will carry, unani- mously if we get these few precepts lodged into the minds of the people;
 
 highways. belong to them.
 That all successful waterways development must begin at the z bottom, the port, and work up- stream.
 That water transportation is the cheapest transportation on earth. That shippers in wide zone re- mote from the rivers may obtain a 20 per cent reduction in freight
 A.. through the operation of joint rail and water rates established by the federal government.
 That the further development of the waterways is dependent upon the construction of seaport and river port terminals, which the federal government refuses to build:
 That shippers must actually use waterways to get the benefit of reduced rates therefrOm.
 That the surest and quickest way for the farmers of Alabama to obtain an immense warehouse for the storage of their cotton and other products is for the state to build such warehouse at the seabOard under the proposed amendment.
 That the adoption of the amend ment and the carrying out of this plan do not involve any increase in taxation any appropriation from the state treasury.
 That control of the seaport means control of water transporta- tion, and should not be permitted to fall under the power of indi- yiduaIs corporations.
 That the of the rivers will relieve ear shortage and open new avenues for the marketing of Ala 7, bama products.
 Many of the voters, men and wom en, are giving careful and serious
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-17
NEW RESTROOM

Women employed at the city hall will
 have rest room completely equipped and daintily furnished in the next few weeks.
 the purchasing department on the third floor is already started. The room will be equipped with lounges, easy chairs
 and much dainty feminine equipmenttand paraphernalia. The business world is coming more and more to mean "woman's world and
 we think it is wise to recognize the fac, ,said Commissioner Brown.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-17
STILES DECLINES
Judge Too Busy to Serve As Fuel Administrator

Judge J. P. Stiles yesterday declined the appointment of county fuel adminis- trator, recently made by Harwell G. Davis state fuel administrator. In let ter to MT. Davis, Judge Stiles stated that he would lend all possible assistance in this matter, but his duties as probate judge would not permit him to perform the duties required without neglectine the duties of his office and this he was lIn willing tn do
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-17
Jerry GUi1 Declines to Attend Political Meeting On Sunday
Summary of Gwin's Formal Reply to Criticisms Made
 By the Recent Grand Jury

summary Jerry Gwns reply criticisms the grand jury. which made yesterday. is follows