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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-04-01

Swear words are not FOR young ears,
yet those are the ears that are most
frequently polluted by them. A little
child loves swear words as soon as he
hears them because their different
sound attracts him as any new thing
does. 1t doesn't take him long to see
that swear word, though wrong, isn't
in the same class with "ain't" and
"hain't," And, of course, the more OPP
position he encounters, the better he
likes the word
One night little boy started to say
his prayers and he addressed God as
"Mr. Damit" Why do you cell him
that, dear?" asked his mother. "Why,"
replied the son, Papa always calls him
God damit, so | though it might sound
more 'spectful if l call him Mr.. Damlt,
That story was told me as true by
someone who thought it funny, but if
it has a funny side to it, that side es-
capped me. 1t seems to me a most path
etic thing that child never hears his
Creators name on his fathers lips ex-
cept as a curse.-EX.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-04-01
LOCAL AND PERSONAL

Miss Emily Sievert is visiting with
friends at Chicago
Mrs Carl Isselman was visiting al
Milwaukee Monday.
Henry Burger left Monday on bus
mess trip to Chicago,
Mr. John Kadow transacted business
at Sheboygan Tuesday.
Mrs. l.. Drasner is visiting with
friends at Sheboygan.
Miss Hulda MIMI is visiting with
relatives at Milwaukee.
Mrs. NJ Bourgeois is visiting with her
daughter at Milwaukee.
Miss Margaret Dempsey was a Md
waukee visitor Monday.
Miss Elizabeth Schwartz is visiting
. with relatives at Sheboygan.
Joseph p. Eastman was a business
caller at Green Bay Friday.
Oscar Aalter left Tuesday for visit
with his son at L'Anse, Mich.
Mrs. Emma White has returned from
visit with relatives at Amigo.
Mrs. Minnie Urban left Sunday for
st. Louis for visit with relatives.
Mrs. Louise Wits left Saturday for a
visit with relatives at Gillett, Wis.
Walter Kielsmeier returned Monday
from a business trip to Milwaukee.
Mrs. A. c. Wilke has returned from
visit with relatives at Sheboygan.
Miss Grace Golde of Port Washing
ton spent Sunday with relatives here,
Miss Marie Seyert returned Satur-
day from a weeks visit at Milwaukee.
Mrs. Olean Swenson of Neenah is
visiting here with relatives and friends.
Mrs. John Schmidtman and son Wis
tied with friends at Milwaukee Satur-
day.
Miss Alma Pingel is spending her
4. l..
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-04-01

The familiar old Goodrich liner Vir-
ginia, transformed into the govern
ment transport "Blue Ridge" during
the war, is now the steamer avalon
plying southern California coast wat
ers She is now the property of Wrg-
ley of chewing gum fame.
William Seibel is home, after five
weeks stay at the properties of the
Wyoming Oil Land Development com
pany of which he is president. The To-
cation is near Lusk, Wyo. He is more
than ever convinced that the local
stockholders have good thing
Anton krcma, who trims the win
dowS at the Stangel hardware store has
won eight prizes in two years in nation
wide contests at creating shop window
displays. His latest is fourth prize in
contest put on by the American Arti-
san and Hardware Record, trade
journal.
Charles Reitmeyer has returned to
the city after trip to South America
as a member of the crew of the steam
err Lake Saws, built here. He left
Manitowoc with the steamer on her
maiden trip and was gone six months.
He passed a warm summer this winter
in the southern hemisphere,
The tornadoes that wrought havoc
throughout the central west Sunday
barely reached Manitowoc. We had
merely a rather unusual wind. Plate
glass windows were broken at the Ma
tional bank, Dempsey building and
Phillips News depot. There was not
only a high wind Sunday but a heavy
downfall of rain about noon.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-04-01

1t is a shame that some dispositions,
as vari-colored as Joseph's coat, can
not be buried in pit fOreeyr instead
of being worn out on a lOng-sutlerlng
family. First the coat is worn breez-
lily open, denOting fatuous kindness
towards all as long as they remain un-
offending. Then a slight cloud appears
on the horizon, and the buttons are
strained almost right off in unrighteous
Indignation. Or if the atmosphere is
threatening, the garment is wrapped in
double breasted manner that allows
no stray opinion to get out on the
wrong side Of the fence Again, the
coat is snugly arranged, every fold in
place Tor public display. This gar
ment withstands the wear and tear of
seasons successfully, but the only per
son it can serve is the owner His fell
low sufferers are wild with enyy--not
to possess the coat, but to destroy IT,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-04-01

Youth is always eager to take a
chance, and after defeat, plunges right
over again with the same sublime con-
fidence. Unfortunately for the encour-
agement of the gambling tendency,
luck is usually on their side. The time
to swear off is in youth before the
practice of gambling becomes inyeter-
ate, and it is not too late for the stimu-
lation of new interests. Young people
always have so much confidence in
their own judgment. That is why they
are such ready prey for the profess
sional gambler, And the better their
judgment in other matters the more
desperate their chances at the gam
bling table, for, though they never find
it out until it is too late, there is no
such thing as betting on a sure thing.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-04-01
Civilization.

1t is the triumph OF civilization that
at last communities have obtained
such mastery over natural laws that
they drive and control them. The
winds, the water, electricity, all aliens
that In their wild form were dangerous,
are now controlled by human will, and
are made useful servants, Henry
Ward Beecher.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-04-01

Some people absorb and diffuse
knowledge much as a doll does stuff
ing. 1t seems to stick out all over in
little humpy places that you are al
ways running in. Or, apparently very
smooth on the surface, 1t suddenly
scratches you unexpectedly Other peo-
pie give an impression of having bitten
off more than they can chew, which has
lodged part way down, painfully in
sight, like the food of an ostrich swal-
lowing in hurry. Tlmt is, such over
informed individuals are always am
noyng you with very ordinary things
which they tell in most extraordinary
manner. There are few people, really
well informed, who know how to as
simulate their knowledge and to con
tain 1t quietly until 1t is needed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-04-01
Unbidden Guest.

Mrs. Uptyump Ito hostess) THAT
grizzly-faced brute standing over
there at the door had such poor
taste as to refuse to get me a glass
of water Surely you didn't intend to
invite such man to your reception?"
Mrs. Hostess-"Don't fret, my dear.
didn't invite him. He is my hus.
band.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-04-01
Our Marvellous intelligence.

The wonderful intelligence Of the
human being is such that, after thou
sands Of years Of assembling together
on occasion, they are still unable TO
gather In large concourses without
trampling or colliding with each other
fatally.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-04-01
DISCOVERIES of ILLUMINATING eas

1t was in 1892 that Britisher, one
Mr.. Murdoch, made the first success.
ful experiments on the Illuminating
properties of gases. Six years later
he erected a gas apparatus in Birming.
ham. In 1902 Monsieur lie Bon illu-
minated Paris by this new discovery.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-04-01

Children should he encouraged to
appear in public while they are still
young enough to realize that there are
others in the world more important
than themselves The performance may
cause them to suffer nervous tremors,
supernatural raising of the hair, and
"a hang rope sensation of the Adams
aprle, but they will come out of it feel
ing better. OF course this does not ap-
ply to children suffering from some
constitutional weakness. But the sight
Of the st 'apge faces, the unnatural APP
pcarance of familiar objects tend to
bring out the latent courage and re
serve force of the small personality
1t fosters confidence in their own abil-
ity which is a big step toward grow
ing poise. This confidence often seems
to be fuel for the fire at the "smar1y"
age of childhood, but that in turn is
Outgrown.
Everyone has seen the Oyergrown
high school boy who is forced for the
first time to appear publicly and
mouth the words of great statesman
like so much mush. His brain, tongue
and legs, all refuse to function. He is
a more pitiful sight than the smart
child. And there usually comes time
in every ones life when he is terrified
or painfully Inundated, and then he
would give his life for the possession
of surface manner of composurc.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-04-01
Daily ThouQht.

We do not know what ripples OF
healing are set in motion when we sim
ply smile on one another, Christian
ity wants sunny people. Henry Drum
mond
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-04-01
Watch yoiIr 0naIs

The reason why opals are so often
lost from their settings is that they
expand with heat more than other pre-
cious stones, and consequently force
open the gold which holds them in
place.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-04-01
Good for the Animals.

"A great many people come here
Sunday" Yes" answered the keeper
In the zoo. "And I'm so glad of It.
1t seems to sort Of cheer the animals
up To see crowd"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-04-01
Uncle Josh Saws:

Il never yit cd see why folks come
out frum tn city t. tn farm t make
sich a tarnation fuss about tn beauty
Nv dandelions, cd yew?"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-04-01
CARELESS Mr.. Noah.

Much trouble might have been saveu
nd Noah omitted TO take an octopus
board the ark.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-04-01
NORTH ROUND

no 7supIav
r ireen
Island then
the
The Washington times., 1920-07-18
GAY DOINGS IN THE
VIRGINIA HILLS.

Brig. Gen. James A. Buchanan,
whose place. Ayrshire, at Upperville,
Va. is one of the show places of Nir-
ginia, Is entertaining q house party
this week. AS matter of fact he
usually does have a house full OF
guests, and this time the party in
cludes Brig. Gen, Henry T. Allen, the
Ripley Buchanars. who spend almost
as much time with the general as
they do at their own place at War
renton: young Mrs. Buchanan's sister.
Miss Edith Lester, and, of course, the
Generals daughter, Helen Buchanan
Jones.
Uppervillc and nearby Middlcbure
are in that section of Virginia which
Is becoming increasingly popular with
"outlanders," and in which number r
of Washingtonians have homes. Or.
and Mrs. Cary Langhorne have n
charming place at Upperville, and the
The Washington times., 1920-07-18
ITALIAN AMBASSADOR
SUMMERS At NEWPORT.

IT'S at Newport. as you know. that
the Italian embassy has. It's summer
quarters, The Ambassador and Baro-
msno are established in one OF the
charming Morrel cottages for the
summer and the members of the en-
bassy stan seem to be taking turns
In visiting Newport and in holding
the fort here. Capt. Pietro Civalleri,
the naval attache. left town on Thurs
day Tor the Rhode Island resort and
~ Will be at the Hill Top Inn for sew
eraI weeks. The counselor of the
embassy, Chevalier Brambilla. is due
to arrive shortly after having spent
some time with Nine. Brambilla's
mother Mrs. George Won Lengerke
Meyer at Hamilton, Mass. l haven't
been able to nnd out whether Nine.
Brsmbilla will go on to Newport
with him. but the supposition seems
to bs that she will stay with her
mother for the greater part of the
summer.
Meanwhile the third secretary of
thevenbassy and Nine. Celesia are
here, but they will be relieved by
others of the embassy STAFF the lat
ter part OF this month and expect to
to get away for six weeks vaca-
ton. They will visit her parents,
MIR; and Mrs. William Erhart, for a
few days, and will then probably go
on to Newport.
Capt Carlo Huntington. assistant
military attache of the embassy, and
Nine. Huntington are somewhere in
New England, visiting some cousins,
| believe, and Prince Ruspoli is
spending his vacation at Southamp-
~ .
The Washington times., 1920-07-18
HARRIS FWiNc-

Salvador and Nine. Sol are staying on
here, the EliZaldes and the Soils vary
ing the monotony of "A summer in
town with occasional brief trips to
nearby mountain and seaside resorts.
The Soils. for instance, are just back
from Atlantic City, where they spent
several days, taking with them the
members of the house party they
were entertaining. Or. Soils parents,
Senior and Sonora de Sol, are with
them for the greater part of the sum
mcr.
The Minister OF Norway and Nine.
Bryn. with their sons and daughter.
have just left town, going up to SKY
lands in Page county. Va. to stay FOR
the rest of the summer. This il one
of those pleasant places where eacn
family has its own rustic cottage and
goes to a central clubhouse or hotel
for it's meals. II is near enough to
town for the minister to come back
every once in "A while to see how
things are progressing at the lcEa-
ton and consequently he can take a
long vacation with a quiet mind.
The Washington times., 1920-07-18
DIR. kOO BACK
IN THIS COT NTRY.

DR.. Koo, the Chinese minister. who
Is in this country again after a long
absence spent partly in his own coun-
try and partly in France whore he
represented China at the peace con-
ference, will be in town off and on all
summer And whe nhe's off he'll be
with his adorable youngsters who ar"
established with their Sovernesses at
the big place on the Severn River,
which he has taken for the summer.
The Serbian Minister and Nine.
Grouitch expect to get off early in
August and will make a series of
visits at Tuxedo, y. Y, at Bar Har-
bor and in Connecticut. MrhS
Grouitch expects to he away until car
ly fall, but the minister will probable
have to bring his vacation to a close
before that.
One Is likely to encounter little
groups of these diplomats at the
country clubs at any tim, partiCu-
larly at Chevy Chase on Wednesday
and Saturday evenings wnen every
body left in town seems to be either
host-or hostess--or a guest at gay
little dinner party. One meets, too. J.
f.. Lefevre.' charge d'affaircs of Pan
anna; J. Fl. de Beaufort who is in
charge of the Netherlands legation
while the minister, DR.. Cremer. is
| abroad: the Rumanian charge daft
| flares. Mr.. Lahovary Jan Masaryk,
| charge d'affaires of CZecho-Slovakia la.
and a whole grist of the younger
| diplomats.
Mr.. Befevre's sister. Miss Ramona
! Lefevre, who had such wonderful
| time in Panama with her brother and
! sister-in-law. the President of the
| Republic and Nine. Lefevre, at the
! time of the Prince of Wales visit and
later when General Pershing visited
| the isthmus, is here now. Moreover.
| she will stay until after her mother,
who is now visiting here, returns to
! Panama. After that she may go
| away. but she hasn't yet made any
| definite plans.
The Washington times., 1920-07-18

interest for Judge Scott was famous
in his time in the State and his son,
Robert Eden Scott. who Is buried IN
the family burying ground at oak
wood, was nationally known. h" was
brilliant, great wit, and utterly
fearless: and il was while he was
leading a band Of the citizens OF
Fauquier county in running down "A
party Of Yankee dcsertcrs who were
tcrrorizing that part OF the country
that he was shot down.
Miss Juliet, Crosby. who has been
with her parents at the View Tree
Farm for a little visit. has gone back
TO New York TO look about for a part
in the coming theatrical season. No,
she won't go back into the cast Of
martinique" although she mad" "A
notable success in that picturesque
play. She wants something bigger and
better-and undoubtedly she'll get II,
for she has talent as well as beauty.
Just before she left Warrenton Mrs.
Joseph II. Dorst gave luncheon for
her and followed it up with tea. to
which many additional guests were
invited. on the terrace Of her charm
ing place.
Mr. and Mrs. william II. Emory, jr.,
who are building very attractive
house on Lees Ridge wrote you
about that are meantime living In n
little cottage on the place and keep
ing busy. Mrs. Emory brought the
plans for her new home from Eng
land.
While Lindsay wood is making
some visits in New England, her
mother. Mrs. Waddy II. Wood. is at
Warrenton and has her mother and
sister, Mrs. Lindsay LomaN and Anne
LomaX. with her. They have a charm
ing old place on the edge Of Warren
ton, which they Inherited from a
maiden aunt.
JEAN ELIOT.
The Washington times., 1920-07-18
NO, CELEBRATION HERE
OF BAsTILLE DAY.

There was no celebration of Bas-
tile Day at the French Embassy.
Tie Ambassador France and Nine.
Jusserand are abroad. the embassy
staff Is reduced TO skeleton proper
tions and the counselor and charge
d'affaires, Prince de Bearn, is so new
to present day Washington--althou
he was attached to the embassy here
some years ago--that II was hardly
The Washington times., 1920-07-18

Thomas Nelson Pages are building
near by and expect to make their re.
Gently purchased farm in Virginia
their principal home when the housn
is finished. Nordly. the home Of Mary
Custis and Anne Garter Lee, H. also At
Upperville- isn't that whore the Lee
girls uncle and aunt, the ii. Rozier
Dulanys. spend their sumnlers , ami
in the same ncighborhood aye such
picturesque estates as "LlanSollen.
where General Lafayette used to
stay. In fact. the whole country
round about is rich in tradition.
The horse is still king in this sec
ton of Virginia. and Middleburg> il
particularly fun of "horsey" people.
It's there. you know, that the Billy
Hits have their place. They are
doing some building there now. and
Mrs. Hit is at Coronado Beach for
three months. Her brother, Blaine
Flkins. is also at Coronado, ana Mrs.
Hit took pretty little Mrs. Percy
Evans with her. You may remember
her husband was killed in polo
game about a year ago. The Ray
mond Belmonts also belong TO the
Middleburg contingent and have n
fine string OF horses at Belmont
Farm. They have recently been in
strumental in organizing polo club
This seems to be a very gay sum
mer all through the Virginia foot
hills and Warrenton IL certainly hold
ing it's own with the rival towns.
There always seems TO be lot doing
for and among the crowd which in
cludcs the John Buchanans. Edith
Shepherd WallaCh-Shc'S gone OIL TO
Newport now, 'however-Mrs. Emily
Forbes Fletcher. Miss Frances Srblett,
Mrs. King Stone, Sterling I.arrabee,
Brewster Ramey. Lucian Keith. VIC
tor Fromcnt. Hayward and Hugh Sp'l-
man. Phil Pratt. the Courty Smiths,
Turner Wiltshire, and their play
mates. Another jolly group includes
Miss Lindsay Wood, who hSs had
Miss Judith Maxwell as he guest and
who is now herself a-Visiting in New
England; Miss Erncstine Appleton,
now away at "A summer camp; Miss
Harriet Wilbur and Miss susan
Groome whose wedding in Septem
Der is to be one of the big events of
the year, Miss Wood is to be one of
| her bridesmaids. Then there are the
youngsters. the Misses Anne and Ellie
Turner, Mary Eliza stone. Florence
| Brown Mamie Brittle, Sallie Waller
and the pest.
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. Frederic l..
! Huidekopcr are at Warrentton this
| summer. They have the Finley farm
Mrs. W. W. Finley's place-on the
! Bethel road and the colonel is writ
| ing or compiling a book on the war
while Mrs. Huidekoper is devoting
| herself to her babies. You may re.
member my having written some
weeks ago that Brewster Ramey OF
! New York-and sometimes of Wash.
| inEton-had bought a place at War
renton. Well, 1t develops that II is
! the Fred Solgers' place. also on the
Bethel road. The SolGers-she was
! Lille Finley-are now occupying a
! little apartment in Warrenton owned
! by Mrs. Lucien Keith.
The Washington times., 1920-07-18

bathroom. But many folks sesbinS
domestic luxury In their sblutions.
have pounced on the idea OF a marble
bath tub. only to return a verdict that
Il was "cOld and uncomfortable"
Some plutOcrats have even gone so
far as 10 use gold or silver bath:
but these have been pronounced bad
form" and certainly they haven't been
done" very extensively by the best
people"
Poiret would seem to have solvs4
a problem which has baffled many for
his bath Is OF translucent green, and
the walls OF it's shrine decorated Wits
fishes; a shell acts as light diffuses
and there is a ses-foam frleze. "a
This glass bath 10 to be the finish
ing touch TO what Is already describ'
ed as the most colorful house In Lone
don" y
PorIet's decorating business "
known as MARITIME" He has furnishd
ed a typical London house in "A typical
un-London manner. and decorative
artists who are afraid OF color" arc
invited TO go there and get over ths
first shocks. ID
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acontinued from Page sixtseu.)

Scontinued from Page sixteen
Ing clever raekeJ&. They have been
playing round at several of the coun-
try clubs and seem to have a psrticu-
lar liking for the Dumbarton Club
out In GEORGETOWN. 1t rather looks
as though the diplomats and the
cabinstsers are in some sort OF a
conspiracy 10 put Georgetown back on
the map OF smart official society
II wouldn't surprise me " some OF
the Nemtassy--perhaps even the ans
bassador himself-went up TO New
port for the tennis tournament which
IL coming on shortly. It's an event
In which every tennis fan is naturally
interestsd-and Newport's particu-
larry delightful place to be this time
o year. .. ...
The Washington times., 1920-07-18
HISTORIC LAKEWOOD AND IT'S
OWNERS.

II is II. r. Ramey, OF Warrenton.
probably a kinsman of Brewster Ra-
mey, who has bought 700 acres OF
the famous Oakwood Farm on the
Waterloo Pike from Sylvanus Stokes,
sr. Mr.. Stokes retained about 400
acres and the house, where his
daughter, Mrs. King stone, has been
making her home. Mrs. stone, by
the way, left last week for the Maine
Coast, accompanied by her small son
and they'll be in New England the
rest of the summer.
lockwood" Is one of the best
known estates in the Piedmont sec
tion of Virginia. The tract originally
contained some 800 acres and in
cluded tho farm known as View Tree
farm. which now belongs to the Oscar
r. Crosbys. The place taxes its name
from the splendid old chestnut tree
which stands on the crest of hill
now known as View Tree mountain
and which was used as a signal sta
tion by both armies during the civil
war The old tree resembles an au-
toRraph album, for its trunk and it's
lower branches are covered with
carvings. and many famous men and
women have cut their initials in its
bark. From beneath the tree one can
see with the naked eye five counties
and local tradition says--thc Wash
ington monument.
The old house at "Oakwood"--of OF
stone-is OF the honey" attractive
type Of colonial architecture. 1t was
built by Judge John Scott and came
into the hands OF Capt. Alexander
Dixon Payne, who married Miss Anne
Morsen Scott. Mr. Stokes bought II
from the Payne heirs about Ave years
ago and he has put n lot OF improve
monts on tho house.
Tho place is not without historic
The Washington times., 1920-07-18
GLASS BATH FEATURE
OF new LUXURY" HOUSE

LONDON, July lS.--The fudge item
In house fixtures is the glass bath.
II has been introduced here by Paul
'Poiret, the dress designer. who is
going in also for household decors-
tion In order that his gowns might
have worthy settings.
Despite many other attempts at the
esthetic bathtub. none have come up
to Poiret's for beauty as well as
utility.
Gaby Deslys. IL will be remembered,
prided herself on her black marble