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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-04
KING CASITI...


There vas once a king in England
whose name was King Canute. This
king was 50 good and kind that every
one loved him and thought there
there was none other half so great.
One day some CT King Canute-s
courtiers were talking to him. They
were praising him. This il :.!.@. they
said 10 him: You arc the creates,
king on earth. You can rule the
earth. the sky and the sea The
nattcr him. He wanted to teach them
a lesson. So he told them TO take. hla
throne to the s%eashore. II was dur
was low. so they could set the throne
quite near tho water. King Canutc
sat there until the tide began TO rise.
Then his courtiers begged him to lie,
them move him back. but the king
said. No. you said ] could rule the
sea. so | want to show you hat /,
cant He sat there until the waves
were all around him Then he toio
them 10 &c back, but ii did no gooa.
The courtiers asked the king agaiu 10
let them To- his throne back ana
he told them that they could.
King Ca took his golden crown
from his head and bowling his heao.
said: There is only one King that
can rule the earth and the sky. ana
the sea and that Is God After this
and they were always careful after
that to speak the truth.
VIRGINIA VAUGHAN.
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on THE: FIGHTING LINES.

During the fight when Germany
was tight. a lad in his tent was sit-
ting. No paper had he for papers
not free on the fighting lines, said
he. But his desire vas to write 10
his mother. On the field there he
found Il newspaper brown, from the
dust that the bombs had blown
through. But lie tore OF the edge
n the letter he wrote. but he broke
In a cry and they thought he would
die. for n homesick boy was he; but
his letter was sent and his dear
mother bent, and asked God this
homesick boy to return. When she
rose from her prayer her dear boy
there and then there was JOY
everywhere.
IDA WHITLOW.
Gage ll)
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4 STORY.

Once dhere lived n little girl named
Mary. who q 10 father 0 mother.
I guess you all know that father and
mother are the best friends children
have. Many have none as we have.
We ought to be proud and happy with
them. Mary said she loved her father
best. but she knew after her mother
died that mother is the everybody's
owe. Two years went by: she mar
ried n doctor. but she got lonesome
for her mother. One night she was
saying her prayer. She said | was
wrong; wrong indeed. She felt bet,
happy to the end OF her life.
BY LETTA CfIAk AiES.
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EDITH HALL.
CHAPTER /.
In the Schoolroom.

There. seated in a chair much too
large for her SINAI body. SAT- Edith
Han all alone with the gloomy old
tutor.
The little girl was ten years OF
6 and had short. brown curls. and
was OF a light complexion. with a
the very look of Kindness. She had
on a blue-serge suit with a pretty
black tie that she prided very much.
1t had been given her by a dead
uncle. that was in the navy. The
teacher. or Professor Matthew'S" as
he was called, had on a suit of green
black, that was very much too tight,
LOT him. His face had the word
stamped on IL.
II know youll be wondering why
ms iittle sirl should be sitting here
Edith was just the kindest girl and
h would very often do kind things
that would end out wrong for her
self.
Today before school let out she
had seen her cousin Nathaniel put
ting ink on her sisters head.
Ito lie Continued.
ida RAIL-,
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WHAT THE FLOWERS SAY.

Come, dear children. come today, for
spring Is here,
Come. children, my dear,
! swcetly sing and say.
For l haven't very long to stay,
Come. my children. bring lowers OF
red and blue,
Come. children, all of you,
Come. children, with me to play.
For / haven't no more han two or
three months TO stay.
Come. my children. for the flowers are
blooming gay.
Come. children. bring me flowers of
pink or white.
Come. my children. and bring thcm
day or night.
Come, darlingS, come today.
For l haven't very long to stay.
Come, children. for it's n pretty day,
Come darlings. from ncar and far,
j have to go away.
For I told you | had no time to stay.
But dom worry for | will come next
year.
So be ready and come with good cheer.
Original.
- l.. Il. RICHARDS.
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Puzzle Department
n Chnrnur.

a Chnrndc.
Ny first Is in $. but not in was.
My second Is in =. but no. In pony
My third is In Il. but not in run.
My fourth is in /. but not in pin.
Ny fifth is in y. but not in sun.
My sixth is in G., but not IN sing.
My whole is in something that Is
coming very fast.
COMPOSED BY
HOWARD WARREN.
Junibled Names of states.
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4. Ialcfroian.
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s. Dniania.
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10. I%tZainoa.
II. O~claodar.
IL. Ewn Omcxcl.
GLADYS SNEAD.
Gage l2.)
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A STORY.

Once upon n time there were two
little girls. One was Beulah and one
Dot. They played nice; they did not
fuss like other children. One Mon
day they played hospital and they
had a nice time until Bculah had to
go home.
Vt (To be continued.)
BY ARGYLE GLENN.
. AA Age 8 years.
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Names OF boys In FlEure,,

Names of Boys In Figures.
10 Il ~ . IA.
ii IL 30 Is ii.
3.-23 3 y II . ) . Is / Is 5.
40 10 s IA . ..
SIS 1 Is II.
From S. s. YOUNG. JR.
Butte. Va.
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THE WEEKS PRIZE WINNERS

Argyle Glenn. 2iI7 Taylor ST., city.
Myrtle Dinkins. Y. $. D.. b.. S'aun-
Miriam schul,zc. .sos IVES, Main
Street. city,
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-04
A Charnde.

My first is in l.. and also cat.
My second is in a, and also all.
My third is in S. and also seat.
Ny fourth Is in T. and also tall.
My NTH is in r, and every line.
Ny sixth is in k, the last OF thi.
rime.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-20

gently began flooding the country with Pershing literature is located at Lincoln, Neb., a town associated with certain eminent statesman and prohibitionist to whom the "jazz0 of campaign year is the sweetest of music. Some of the headlines on a clip sheet received yesterday are surcharged with the optimism so characteristic of all presidential booms. Farmer President Back of Pershing," General Pershing Master Executive" Champions Cause Or ganized Labor" "Ex-soldiers Will Support Pershing," "Pershing Boom Sweeping Vest" Former Bryan Man Out for Pershing," "Pershing Boom Is Phenomenal" are chosen at random.
 Welcome to "Black Jack! The more candidates there are, the ner- rier this campaign year will be. The weeding out process will call for much anxious thought on the part of republicans. Many boom that now flourishes like the green bay tree is destined to wither and die be- meath the hot sun of fact, but Persh- ing differs from most of the other candidates. Whether successful or not, his fame is secure.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-20
HIGH COST OF PROPAGANDA

From The Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 I7G1HE country is afflicted with propa- ganda. Hundreds of thousands in
 public funds are wasted in bootless efforts to mold opinion to one idea or another. Members of congress are bonn ] parded with telegrans urging them to work for or against pending legislation. Government departments flood the mails with material designed to increase their own prestige. Officials in many de-
 partments Go not hesitate to defend their own policies by unblushing resort to wholesale propaganda.
 We Americans, of course, pay the bill.
 We furnish the white paper and the ink, hire the printing done and then pay for it's carriage through the mails. There is an intending avalanche of good Ameri-
 can money out of the federal treasury into the great American waste basket It is not only costly, but is gross waste fitness. One senator reported the other day that he had received 94e telegrams urging him to take certain stand on most of them identical in wording. Of course, such propagandizing is as futile as it is wasteful. No member of Con-
 gross would be moved in the slightest de- gree by such a demonstration.
 Attention was called recently to the fact that in a little more than three years
 more than se,ooo,ooo copies of speeches were printed for the departments al
 Washington at public expense, involving
 the use of nearly seo,o0o pounds of white
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-20
SPIRITS AND THE LITERARY PEN

American volume of this sort, with contributions from Milton. Byron. Burns and Shakespeare. of which the jocular critic wrote:
 There was a schoolmaster named
 Riddle,
 To spooks he propounded riddle; ToSShakespeare he said: ''Sing a song of the dead.''
 And Shakespeare sang Hey Diddle,
 Diddle."
 in our vast flow of fiction and poetry of today that more or less malevolent spirits, perhaps neither world spirits, are exerting a certain influence on those who would be mere paper-spoil- CTS if they were not prompted. That is a reflection of serious import It would make an admirable topic for a mono graph.
 One thing seems certain: We don't know how to tap these spirits and 1t is hopeless for the young man or young woman to try to turn them out through his or her own private spout into his or her own decanter.. Good or bad, 90 per cent proof of 275. like near-beer, one is as mysterious as the other. Let us pray to be saved from the weak spirits and the raw spirits. It is better to write nothing worth printing than to write what is tenn peramental and artistic but demoralix- ing to human standards of conscience and conduct
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-20

From the Louisville Courier-Journal
 GNIE average human being has won dered calmly by what means the S allies would attempt to settle their
 differences with Holland, rather than
 worried. about the evident impooaniilty
 of a criminal trial to determine the
 guilt-let us avoid "or innocence -of the
 greatest criminal of modern times. There
 is no general surprise or indignation al
 the news that the allies would ina It
 possible to be content with the intern
 ment of Wilhelm Hohenzollern under the Dutch flag, provided tIferinternment De
 made actual and effective
 While there is little reason to believe
 that Wilhelm could, in the pariance or
 the prize ring, 'scome back even II per
 mitted to dwell near the German 1rpn- tier and under no real restraint, there are perfectly good reasons why holahd should send him to the Dutch west in- dies or establish such guard about his Dutch country place that there would
 ha no means of his escape without the Dutch government being plainly and de- ,ibaratelv responsible for such escape.
 As between Doorn and the East In- a;.s the average human being would pre- for the East Indies for Wilhelm, not merely because of the remoteness of the islands from the theatre of the recent
 war and of European politics but also hecause Wilhelm plainly wants to live i, Holland and obviously would not like living in the East Indies. The climate and the social conditions of Holland are more like the climate and the social conditions of Prussia To see the forme, All Highest pluc.xed down in a sea level climate round about the equator and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-20

paper. Most of them, presumably, weFe sent through the mails at public ex- pense to individual citizens who had neither time nor inclination to read them.
 The postoffice is all but choked with propaganda carried "free''-that is free to the senders, but paid for by the pub lie. Certain men now or recently in the government who believe themselves in the running for presidential nomina- tion have been particularly active in thus abusing the American patience. De- partments trying to force through Con- gress legislation to create popular senu- ment sufficient to accomplish the pur- pose. In many directions the idea takes root and thrives, that all one need do to get something through House and Sem ate is to heap high with printed rub bish the reading tables of the people.
 War propaganda was all right, for the nations existence was at stake. Peace propaganda has spread beyond al bounds of reason. By wasting vast sums or money, it is delaying the return of nor mai times, delaying the day when the nation can begin paying off it's mona mental debt, discouraging the profitable expenditure of public funds and disgust ing the public with Washington's apL parent disregard of elementary principles of economy.
 The cost of, living is an affliction. The |high cost of propaganda is in part re- rrannSihla
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-20
Light From Nebraska on Pershing Boom

M1OW that an active press bureau IN has begun sending out cam paign literature to further the presi- dential boom of General Pershing, his officious friends and relatives can no longer deny the soft impeach- ment. He is candidate.
 Shrewd politicians long ago de- cided that General Pershing's tri- umphal tour of the country was not entirely due to a desire to see what was going on in various moribund cantonments, some of them contain ing a mere handful of troops. Clear ly, >the general has been feeling the public pulse." Shall we think the less of him for, that? Not at all. If the man who brought imperishable glory to American armssby his abil- ity as a military leader and eXecu- tive desires to sit in the White House, it is laudable ambition and he is surely not unworthy of that honor.
 The press department which re-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-20
THE pEELER,s APPEAL

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 Why any American father. solici- tous about the material future of his sons, should wish to rush them off to college and technical training schools, passes all comprehension. They should look down and not up. At their very feet rich reward b.ckons. Consider the Chicago Potato Peelers' Union, until now neglected, and get wisdom.
 It's proper and just demands have just been filed with the unconscion- able capitalists who like robber barons of the Rhine. monopolize the inns of the western metropolis. Striving for "a living wage and better working condjtions,' the peelers have scheduled as their minimum necessities three large and two small meals each day In addition they are to be paid 75 cents an hour for an .eight-hour day. If forced to peel potatoes beyond that limit, they are to receive s1.15 an hour
 Recent figures have shown that col lege professors in Ohio earn about s2S their duties. How much better off they would be in a warm, well ventilated anteYoom to hotel kitchen excoriating tuberous roots between sumptuous re- be understood. The pairing knife and not the Greek lamp is the decoration for the modern coat of arms.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-20
LUKE M'EUKE SAYS

We like to sing about the hand that rocks the cradle. But. ion the level how long has it been since you saw a woman rocking a cradle? She may give him her hand when she
 marries him. But later on she borrows | if back long enough to take a wallop at him every now and then; I man will spend his time barking /, Up the wrong tree and then growl be- cause he is leading a dogs life. A woman can tell more about another woman by looking at the other wom- ans furs than a man can tell about
 another man by looking at the other
 mans rating.
 l The trouble with most married wom- en is that they have an idea that hap piness is having all the money one can | spend.
 | The first time a girl gets to sit in a
 box at a theatre she gets the idea that 1 the audience came in to see her. man has to stand pat on the anat- omy nature gave him. But a woman I can make the thick places look thin and the thin places look thick. l We like to hear a newly married man standing around bragging that he un- derstands his wife. because we know that few years later he won't have word to say. There are still ,ot of men in the world who believe that any man who takes a bath any night but Saturday is dude.
 When a married man neglects his business for the woman he loves. his wife isn't the cause of his neslecting
 lis business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-20
They Always Do

"T regret to leave Birmingham re- marked Col. H. E. Hutchens, chairman of the Birmingham operating commit tee of the United States railroad ad- ministration, yesterday after receiving official notice of the discontinuance of that committee after February 29. But much as I regret to leave Bir- mingham I will be glad to get back to my home in Washington. which has been closed for for two or three years while I have been here with the rail- road administration. During my stay here this time and while I lived here a few years ago when with the South ern railway. I made a number of good friends whom I appreciate highly and I shall miss them. I am very fond of Birmingham and believe the future holds great things for her. Birming- ham will always have very warm spot in my heart"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-20
Wanted to Go to Cuba

"On my recent visit to Jacksonville, Fla. I was much surprised to find the weather cold" said Dr. J. R. Smith, "and I found myself wondering why people went there in the winter. There was a heavy frost. in fact one of the heaviest I had ever seen. and a person needed a heavy overcoat. The weather was colder there than in Birmingham and going down on the train as we travelled south the people in the sleep CTS were asking for more blankets. Of course. there is much difference in the eastern and the western coast of Flor ida and I regretted very much I could not go on to Palm Beach for a few days and then to Cuba. However, it was necessary for me to return to Bir- mingham and it was a real surprise to arrive yesterday and find such beau tiful spring weather here"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-20
IN HOTEL LCBBIES
 AND ELSEWHERE
CompIicates Meal Ticket


 q never paid any attention to the racket which was made some time back over the price Of a cup of coffee said Thornton Estes land when it was finally settled that : cents was the limit to be charged in the restaurants I never suspected the complications which would confront those who are so unfortunate as to have to get three meals a day in them. But friend Of mine informs me that serious situa- ton has arisen. for llost of the cafes sell a fiye-dollar meal ticket for s4.5o which are issued in the form of cards with different amounts set in the border to be punched. Not only this. but most of the checks run from ) cents to s1.
 Now. here is the little joker in the 7-cent ordinance. There is no pro that the other day he came near hav- ing to call in board of arbitration, as he had eaten s7 cents worth and the waiter did not know how to check it off on his ticket. but finally solved the problem by marking out all of the printed figures on one side and turn iEg it over and writing the amount with pencil Burt the question was not yet settled. for when he went up to get his meal ticket punched the cashier was nonplussed how to do It. Finally a bright idea struck him and he put down two pennies and told her to punch S5 cents"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-20
.s T x Democratic Candidates Scarce This Year

ON HERE are many republicans in
 O the race for the presidency, but no democrat has formally an- nounced This is an unusual state of affairs. Democratic aspirants have organized early as rule in years past, and have kept up viz orous contest until the convention named the standard bearer.
 s Vice President Marshall is willing and MT. Bryan's name is almost sure to be presented to the San Francisco convention, whether or not he is a candidate in the state primaries.
 w. C.. McAdoo was supposed to be candidate. He had strong fol- lowing, but as the time approaches for active work, he declines to al low his name to go on the primary ticket. Were it not for the solid south the woods would be full of candidates. Underwood could have the nomination for the asking. He was strong in the convention eight years ago, in spite of the fact that he was from a one-party state; but | he has grown immeasurably since then. He is now recognized as the greatest statesman in the south, and is popular in every state of the union. Underwood not caring to try it again, Carter Glass of Virginia would be a likely candidate, but the Old Dominion, like Alabama, is a one party proposition.
 There is plenty of good presiden- l tial timber in the democratic column. but it is not well distribu- | ted a. regards doubtful states and lis, therefore, slow in coming to the front.
 1 If the convention nominates a man of unapproachable record and real leadership, and from pivotal state, 1 he will stand a fine chance of win ring. The republican party is not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-20
TRIBUTE TO GEoRGIA,s AUTHORS

From the Atlanta Constitution.
 Arrangements have nearly been com pleted for the celebration of Georgia Day, when Georgia authors will be hon. ored by the planting of trees in the Authors grove in Piedmont park.
 The programme will include two speeches and song written by an At lanta woman and named for a Georgia state flower.
 The first tree to be planted in the grove was in honor and memory of Jacques Futrelle. the Georgia author who lost his life with the sinking of the Titanic. This colossal pillar of foliage has stood silently and serenely as a sentinel, marking the first step of a movement to bring everlasting mem ory to the literary genius of the state This solitsry tree will receive com pany Georgia Day, when our Georgia literary celebrities will be thus remem- bered
 The list of authors will include many of the m ost noted southern poets. nov. elists and story writers. In this list can be seen Henry W. Grady, Bill Arp. Joel Chandler Harris, Lucian Lamar Knight, Frank L. stanton. Charles w. Bubner, and Mrs. William Lawson Peel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-20
Senator Bankhead
 Regaining His Strength

SENATOR BANKHEAD was not g dangerously i'll. He only had a cold, but in this time of influenza colds often lead to something worse. The senator has recovered from his cold, but the doctor has ordered him to remain indoors until the weather becomes more springlike. Messages of cheer are pouring in upon him and rejoicing that the rumors of his illness were without foundation.
 Alabama's senior senator is one of the most valued members of the upper house, and is beloved in every section of his state. He is wheel horse of democracy and few men in public life have done so much for his party or the general good as Colonel Bankhead. His achievement in making the Warrior river navi- gable and making it possible to put Birmingham on our great Inland waterway is enough to perpetuate his fame in all the years to come. And little less important in Sena- tor Bankhead's career is his promo tion of the model highway. The name of Bankhead and good roads are now inseparable.
 What he has accomplished since serving in Congress has been with out boasting. He. is noted for his modesty. No statesman has ever gone about his work more quietly, but his good common sense and his persistence have brought results of far-reaching and enduring benefit.
 Although the senator is we'll ad- vanced in age, his constituents will pray earnestly that he may be spared to continue his work fol many years yet.
 Hearty congratulations to Senator Bankhead on his hale physical con- dition.