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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-06-10

THE investigation Of the money
spent by presidential candidates
and the facts brought ont will I'M
doubtedly have . salutary effect.
There was = time when unlimited
money could elect almost any candi-
date In an American election. When
candidates and their friends begin to
explain and apologize in the teeth OF
inquiries such az that conducted in
the closing days Of congress it is
necessary to admit that we are get
ting alonR. Millions once carried men
TO the White House. Now millions will
keep them out Of the White House.
This il not because there Is anything
necessarily wrong with campaign con-
tributions. The fault il with the con-
tributors Unquestionably the whole
business Of campaign management
will b. revised and reorgdnised a. =
result Of popular sentiment generated
by recent disclosures in Washington.
Money will be put At the disposal of
candidates in the future, but those
who give it will not wait TO be tex
posed" by > political crusader or d
committee Of the Senate. II nil
iionaire appeared in the open and said
that he was convinced Of the fitness
Of Samuel J. Jones for the presidency
and that he believed, after long con-
sideration, that the peculiar qualities
OF Mr.. Jones heart and mind were
needed In the White House, the people
could understand him II he ended by
announcing campaign contribution
TO help those who were helping the
gifted Jones. What is more, they
would understand the contribution.
II fxult lies anywhere nowadays, II
is not chiefly with the presidential
IL is with the committees
Of politicians who fish secretly for big
funds and obtain these funds by yelled
promises Of which the candidate him.
.elf may know nothing. Open finane-
ny. openly arrived at, will be requir-
ID in every national election campaign
n the future. Gifts Of money will be
announced when they are made. After
III. man may be judged pretty clear
y by the character Of his friends. It
$ possible to imagine circumstances
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-06-10

ME have come to know money bet
" ter than we used to. Even its
worshippers realize that it has no en-
during magic in itself. 1t is energy,
nothing more. 1t is like steam or
electricity or gasoline. 1t will take
you wherever you want to go, up or
down, to smash or q triumph, but
you yourself will have to do the steer
ing. A few people here and there
continue to regard wealth as an end
and aim Of life, substitute fer good
taste, good manners, good intentions
and the broader moralities. They are
becoming as strange in tn environ
ment Of the present as some of Mr..
Dickens folk would be II they sudden
ly escaped from between their covers
to fight for social recognition. The
world isn't interested in the amount
of your motley. 1t wants to know
what you wish to do with it--and why.
The why Is extremely important.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-06-10

A company had opened a new swim
ming bath in the place and as COM
pliment sent free ticket to the ayor
The worthy man was pleased, but he
began to wonder when another ticket
arrived Sitting down he wrote to the
bath proprietor as follows: Gentle
man: Your first ticket / received as
a compliment. Your second strikes
me as suggestive. II you send me a
third | shall take it as personal in
suit"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-06-10

Says an Emmett man: We always
have heard that limited amount of
profanity is pardonable when one
barks shin on rocking chair in the
dark. When one gets up in the dark,
however. and with warm bare foot
treads upon a cold rubber doll with
"A whistle in it, we think the limit
should be extended.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1920-06-10

in which the announcement Of big or
little contribution would create SYM
patty for q presidential aspirant,
since such gift might indicate the
confidence and interest Of men known
to be patriotic and wholly unselfish.
Tell the country why campaign con-
tribution is made and the financing
system Of campaigns will be well
coined AZ . sure guide to all voters.
The Press., 1920-03-25
Plants Have Eyes.

Most people are aware that potatoes have eyes, but ho" many know that certain common garden and wild flow CTS are similarly equipped?
 The naSturtunl, begonia, clover, wOodSorrel and bluebell, among others, have eyes placed on their leaves They are tiny prOtuberances, filled with a transparent, gummy mixture, which focuses the rays Of light upon sensi- tive patch of tissue behind them
 A naSturtium plant has thousands of such ''eyes' on it's leaves, but it is not yet known if the plant can actually see Are the sense impressions telegraphed to some central nerve corresponding with the brain of the animal kingdom
 In addition to this visual organ, many plants show d senSitiveness that points to further resemblance to ani- mals; while certain seaweeds and mosses in an early stage of their ex- istence are able actually to swim through the water.
The Press., 1920-03-25
FeedinQ a Llama.

A most unhappy ia e befell young llama that came into the port of New York on the U. $. s. Munaires, says a contributor to the Geological Society Bulletin. United States sailors won the animal at ball game in BuenOs Aires, and brought him north with the intention of presenting him to the New York Geological Park. Not realizing his capacity for food, they failed to bring enough hay to fast until they reached port, especially since they gen. erOuSly permitted the llama to wander into the hay compartment at will and eat all he wished at each visit. The hay gave out when the ship was cross ing the equator, but the llama solved the difficulty temporarily by discover ing several brooms and eating the last wisp of straw from the handles.
 In desperation, the men collected all the brOOmS on board and fed them to the llama. When the brOOms were gone, the animal became demonstra- tive, but he refused every substitute until they offered him dried prunes. On that diet he arrived in New York alive and apparently well, but during a sudden cold spell he developed bron- chial troubles, and finally died of pneumonia.
The Press., 1920-03-25
Hats for Husbands OnJv-

Marriage in Korea divides the men from the boys in a way that may be convenient, but that sometimes is amusing. No one but a married man can wear the peculiar high-crowned hat that is so characteristic of Korean dress. One day, writes Mir. Roy c. Andrews in the National Geographic Magazine, I noticed a little fellow who
 wore a hat and had his hair knOtted
 a child. and said to the cook, 'Is that little boy really married?"
 Do yOH mean that man?" the cook
 asked. pointing at the child. 1 said, Yes" and learned that the little fellow. who was only eleven
 he had been legally married. Although
 they would continue to live with thp'r
 parents for the next two or three
 years, the boy was referred to as a
 man. and had all the privileges of a full-g grown member of the commu- nifty.
 Near the man" was fellow "f fOrty-Seven. who wore his hair part,>i in the middle and hanging in a long braid down his back. Because he was unmarried, he could not wear a hat or tie up his hair; no matter what age sidered to be a boy. The two were photographed side by side, to the great displeasure of the eleven-year-old man.
The Press., 1920-03-25
SOM FRS.

Mrs William Mungle of MargaretviIle is visiting her sister, Mrs w. $. Whit lock. Archer L IIurd of Wesleyan Univer sty spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs A. l., Hurd.
 Charles Whtock of Mt Ki>co, N Y, has been recent guest of his brother, Walter B. Whllock.
 Mrs John Comstalk entertained over Sunday Misses Jean Csirn and Selma Winters of Hartford.
 Mrs. Rudolph Dostal of Ludlow, spent the weekend at the home of her parents, Rev. and Mrs. John < Curtis
 Mir and Mrs. Everett p. Russell have as guests their daughter, Mrs. J H. Me Lean and her little son, Russell of Hart ford.
 Robert Spellman, a student at Brown University, spent the week end with his parents, Mir. and Mrs Frank SpelIman of Hall Hill road
 Misses Marguerite Bugbee, Isabel Courtney and Pauline SpeIman of the Willimantic State Normal school are spending ten days vacation in their re- spective homes.
The Press., 1920-03-25
PARAMOUNT THEATRE

RSDAY Charles Ray Shrh's Son. adaped from story written by William Mcleod Rane a Burton Holmes.
 FRIDAY SATURDAY nights md Saturday and Monday afternoons George Loane Fuckers producton acle Man. No picture in has aroused genuine enthusiasm in the preliminary showing than Paramount Aircraft picture unbiased critics have hailed it masterpiece and of the really ton pictures of modern times telling a supendous story of universal appeal It is of those products of the screen that hold audience spelboWnd from finish. From the play by George M COhan. by Frank L. Packard; a Day
 MONDAY night, Marguerite Clark plays the part of wife who is dissatisfied with her husbands absorption in his work and the deals with the in which she is cured of her inatuaton whose profession is breaking of women The story of how the husband plans help along the eopement makes of the interesting comedy dramas of the year. The photoplay adaptation Fred Jackson's farce, "The Naughty Wife" also Comedy Speed"
 TUESDAY Dorothy Gish Luck" founded on idea that for wholesome original hmor distinctly exclusive class class that well be "Gish class The original title Nobody Home" by Lois Zener also a Paramount Magazine WEDNESDAY, Ethel Clayton "A Sporting Chance. Clayton plays the role of Carey Brent out impulse which suggests itself to her. Her impulse is reform whom she believes convict who has escaped, when she encounters him a country road, and employs as her chauffeur Story by Roger Hartman.
 TOWN HALL. SATURDAY, Marguerite Clark in Lets Eope; also Comedy: Speed"
 WEDNESDAY, B. Demille's worse" Story deals with the the who stayed others France fight for Liberty in sympathetic and powerful way that the mained at home have been the stacker bOrS believed him to be, but that he have been who fought in the Story by Edgar Selwyn Burton Holmes
The Press., 1920-03-25
DECLARE SIZE A HANDICAP
Their Fragile Sisters Are Pre- ferred by the ,Aen.

Suzanne looked fearful. and fears Gn not suit Suzanne. You see. she stands six feet in her silk stockings. wears a seven shoe and a seven glove, and isn't bit proud of the fact. My Amazon had had a big d;Sap- pOntment. says a writer in London Answers. Put in plain words, she had allowed just little more of her inter- est than was wise to center round q big Dick Harbury, and Suzanne had dreamed dreams. Now had come the news that little fluffy Maisie. doll like girl of barely five feet, was wear ing Dicks ring.
 Said Suzanne: "We big women haven't a chance. A man always falls before the tiny woman. Why do men prefer little wOmen?"
 That query set me thinking. Do men prefer little women to girls of the Amazon type? Has size any power when it comes to question of falling in love?
 Undoubtedly women like big men. X giant catches admiration from the eye of any and every woman in his vicin, ity. Women love power in their men and they imagine that the big man possesses it. It's natural suppOS:tion after all, isn't it? Big men impress although they do not always live up to these first impressions
 But turn the subject 'round and you'll find that there's grain of tru h in Suzanne's vail.
 Little bits of fluff do appeal to tn" masculine sex. The wee woman gets there all the time A man likes to feel that he could pick up his girl in his arms if necessary. carry her miles wi bout straining his heart, and have the nice feeling that she needs his pro- lection.
 So you will find the big men carry ing off the little wOmtn-bitS of fem ininity who reach up to their hearts and what happens to the AmaZOnS? Nature being cOntrary-at least. hu man nature-the little man aSpires to the big woman. and marrieS her.
 Hike repels, unlike attracts" all along the line. you see. Maybe. But it doesn't always happen.
 I rather fancy that it's more a mai ter of the ''cOme hither" look in the eye rather than of size.
The Press., 1920-03-25
Slippery Fog By DORA NOLAN
t@, 1919, by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)

If you had been unceremOniously hustled out of beloved city and de- posted in a furnished seashOre cot tage, left in most diSreputably un- tidy condition by it's previous Occu- pantS if for the first three days af- ter your arrival it had logged so per sistently, insistently and consistent ly that the windows might as well have been blank walls; if you had nothing more interesting to read than month before lasts magazine, and nothing more inspiring to look at than a framed print of a Gargantuan mos quito biting the elephantine leg of an amazingly corpulent lady; if at inter- vals of 30 seconds the damp silence was broken by the dismal, prolonged wall of a fog siren; and if, to top it all your but -juSt-returned and be- loved soldier whose re- gently acquired passion for the open all these present miseries could be traccd-had departed on business trip which to you did not seem to be the least bit necessary, would you, or Would you not, provided you are young married woman, have done what Sally Anne did, 1 wonder?
 When the time set by Jerry for his return came and passed without a word; after Sally Anne had opened the door at least 20 times, peering in to the impenetrable wall of fog in vain, each time turning back to a more resentful contemplation of the fat lady'S plump member, she plunged
The Press., 1920-03-25
WELLINGTON South Wilmington

Leon Woodwork of Hartford was a recent visitor in town.
 Mrs. w. H. Hall and daughter Doris. returned home last week from Florida.
 Holman Hall is home from Choate school at Wallingford for the Easter vacation.
 Mrs. Arthur kolberg is visiting at the home of Mir. and Mrs. w. H. Bracket.
 Miss Mary Zinec, who had been confined to the house for the past six weeks with scarlet fever. is now back at work.
 Most all the families who have been quarantined for scarlet fever, have had the quarantine removed and are now ale to be out again.
The Press., 1920-03-25
TAX COLLECTORS NOTICE.

All persons liable by law to pay taxes to the Town of Stafford are here by warned and notified that I have received a bill and warrant to collect a Town Tax of fourteen mills on a dol lar on list of 1919. And for the pur- pose of receiving same l will be at the office of Patrick J. Murray & Son, 23 Main Street. Stafford Springs, Connect icut, on the following dates, between the hours of g A. M. and P. M, Satur day. March 20th, Friday. March 18th, Friday, April 2nd, Friday, April 9th, Friday, April 16th, and Tuesday, April 20th.
 For the same purpose I will be at the store of H. F. Cady in stafford Hel low on Thursday, March 25th, between .the hours of 10 A. M. and P. M. At the store of Phelps & Cunningham in Staffordville on Thursday, April 1st, between the hours of 10 A. M. and 4 P. M.; At the Store of G. M. Barlow in West Stafford on Thursday, April 8th, between the hours of 10 A. NJ. and P. M.
 Interest at tke rate Of per cert per annum, plus legal collection fees, will be added to all taxes unpaid on April 20th, 1920.
 PATRICK J. MURRAY.
 Collector. Dated at Stafford Springs, Connecti- cut, March II, 1920.
 PATRICK J. MURRAY,
 Collector.
The Press., 1920-03-25
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A Spjnnino Ton

A spinning top is kept from falling because of the speed with which it revOlves. The attraction of gravita- tion is temporarily overcome by the centrifugal force produced by the TO- tation of the top when it is spun. Each part of the top is subject to the same centrifugal force as each other part at the same distance from the axis of rotation and to no greater force, so that there is no cause for the top being pulled in any particu- lar direction by the force of gravity. As soon as the centrifugal force begins to lessen because of lessening speed of rotation the attraction of gravity begins to be exerted again and the top begins to wabble When the spinning motion dilninishes to such an extent that the attraction of gravity becomes greater than the centrifugal force the top falls to one side.
The Press., 1920-03-25

skipped. They had some sort of tiff, Iimagine. Guess that, or the fog or something got the old boys goat, be- cause he told me about going up to that big public dance hall last night. Picked up some fair mystery and danced with her all evenng-said she wore wedding ring and didn't act as though she were used to being out alone. That sort of thing isn't in Blake's line usually"
 Sally Anne thanked her lucky stars that Jerry couldn't see her face. She didn't reply. "How would you like it if I did a thing like that?" Jerry asked.
 "How would you like it if I did?" counter-questiOned Sally.
 ''That's a proposition I refuse to consider because it's incOnceivable,' replied Jerry in voice he seldom used. By the way, dear, l asked Captain Blake to lunch tomorrow is it all right?'
 'Is he tall dark man with deep voice, Jerry?' Sally Annes head was pressed close to her husbands coat lapel.
 "Why, yes," answered Jerry pug zled
 '"Then I think, Jerry, it's up to you to decide whether you want him or not''
 q don't quite get you, Sally" Jer- ry tried to lift the little head from his shoulder but didn't succeed. 'I want you to like my captain; he's a mighty fine man."
 q do," half laughed, half cried Sal ly. "Oh. Jerry, you haven't an idea how lonesome I was here without you-in that awful fog. And then when you didn't come last night I thought you didn't care, and it seemed as though I should go mad without some one to talk to. And, Jerry, he talked a lot about his first lieutenant and that's you though, though I didn't suspect it at the time; so 1t wasn't so horribly, awfully, impos- sibly, unpardonabiy wicked, was it? And he danced wonderfully, Jerry and I love it SO- and you never take me-
 "Sally! Are you trying to tell me that you were Blake's fair unknOwn?"
 "Yes," replied Sally Anne, bravely. Gan you forgive ne, Jerry-this first and last time?"
 "There's no room in my heart for blame, dear; it's too full of thankful ness that it was Blake'S hands you fell into. If some boundcr had insult ed you! But it would have been my fault for bringing you here and then leaving you as I did. Guess I sort of forgot you weren't a soldier Cue iS 1 need some reCOnStruCting, dear, as a husband"
 "But how about having Captain Blake here, Jerry?'
 ''Sure we'll have him. Blake's m..I-a big man. His kind would un- derstand. He'll know you just slipped on the fog"
The Press., 1920-03-25
ASHFORD WeStfOrd

Mrs. Archa Walker is at Spring HI with her mother, Mrs Jennie Barlow.
 MT. and Mrs. Fred C. Chism are tbe happy parents of a baby girl Esther lrene) born on sunday morning.
 William Maine and son have gang Of m en cutting the lumber on the lot re- gently purchased of C. H. Barlow.
 R. B. Tiflt and II C. Barlow were in New Haven Tuesday and Wednesday attending the republican state conven- ton as delegates from this town
 II. (. Barlow and son have decided to discontinue their mercantile business and are selling out their goods. Frank Place of DaeviIe was here the first of the week and bought all of their stock of boots and shoes and is to tlke the stock now ordered.
The Press., 1920-03-25

suddenly from the immaculate heights
 of a lifetime of the utmost correct ness down into the depth Of-attend | ing, alone and unChaperOned a pub lie dance!
 Fleeing desperately from her bore dom, Sally Anne felt her way to the end of the little beach street ant there took a trolley for mile or sC to a mammoth pavilion she had noted on the day of her arrival, where 8 great sign read, ''Dancing Every Evening"
 A long flight of steps led toward circles of blurred light, from beyond which came the fOg-mufiled sounds of music. Halfway up a ticket booth challenged. The tone of the man be- hind the grating was firm: "Nc lad eS without escorts admitted"
 A long arm reached over Sally Anne's shoulder, bill was thrust through the opening. A deep voice said 'Two." A hand grasped her el- bow lightly and the same voice re- marked pleasantly, I'm so glad you came. Hurry and we can make this WnItz."
 Sally Anne loved to dance-and could. So could her partner, as she soon discovered. He was taller, much, but in the creeping mist which sifted in at dOOrwayS and windows and through which the half hundred couples circled weirdly, it was diff tn f.1n oP features. That the tall man was a courteous gentleman was self-evident the floor and the music were good. Aside from a few tWeaks of con- science just at first Sally Anne thor oughly enjoyed the evening. They danced much, sat out and talked some The strange man, without giv- ing a ghost of a hint as to his identi- ty, mentioned his services overseas. He told some alnuSng experiences. incidentally referring to his top ser geant and often tc his first leuten- ant, but never calling them by name
 A couple nearby spoke of the hour. which was late. Hurriedly Sally Anne started up. saying she must go at once. Suddenly a full realization of what she lad done came to her. Her escort walked silently down the steps beside her. At the bottom Sally Anne suggested nervously that he leave her there; she could get home safely. The tall man whstled sharply: a coupe. let appeared out Of the mist. "Ta':" the lady to the address she gives vnr Henry" he ordered Then he aSSi, ed Sally into the CT, thanked her for a very pleasant ev<uing, lifted his hat and closed the doO".
 The next morning daWncd bright and sunny. To Sally Anne the fsg and her dereictiOn of the night be- fore seemed dream. She preferred to think of them as such. But she couldn't help pOndering a little as to who the tall man might be. He had not appeared to be any more familiar with the place than herself.
 Jerrys cheerful signal whistle from down the street interrupted these thoughts before Sally had decided just how and when to "fess up' to her escapade. Of course she would do it sooner or later; she had never kept anything from Jerry yet, and she | wasn't going to begin now.
 Almost before the first hug and kiss l were over Jerry sprung the news. | His beloved captain was spending the nearby. It seemed they had just met at the station. "Blake's wife sn't here yet" Jerry explained; "she stayed in town to go to some social igh-jinks-thought she was going to lave a fine chance to show him off. Blake hates that sort of thing, so he
The Press., 1920-03-25
Save by UsinQ Electric Power.

At the south side water works at Pueblo, Colo., an electrically driven direct connected pump, of a capac city of 3,OOO,OOO gallons daily was installed during the year 1918. The city is now 6,OOO,OOO gallons daily capacity, and it is the inten ion of the trustees to cleo trify the entire pumping system during 1919. The trustees estimate an annual saving of $1O,OOO when the plant is completely equipped for electrical oper- atiOn
The Press., 1920-03-25
ELLINGTON Crystal Lake

E. B. Nef of the Prescott farm was a visitor here Sunday.
 Leon Parker and family of Ellington were guests of Mr. and Mrs Claude Dim- ock on Sunday.
 Flowers were placed upon the table at the church Sunday by Mrs. W. H. Skin ner of Rockville in memory of her par ents, Mir. and Mrs. l.. A. Aborn, who passed away four years ago.
The Press., 1920-03-25
Most Popular Word.

One hundred thousand words of Eng fish prose were analysed and it was found that fifty words occurred more than hundred time each.
 The list was headed by the word "the," which appeared S.141 times {; 'of," 5.O74 times; 'and," 3,56O "to.' 3,461; while ''a." curiously enough only appeared 2.14O times-Boston Post.
The Press., 1920-03-25

Subject to prior sale. FEDERAL" 1917-3k ton truck, plat form, stake side body, less than two years old, new motor run only 800 miles, truck in excellent condition. truck, express body, good condition. CADILLAC" 191S- passenger Sedan PACKARD" 1914-38 horsepower 5 passenger PhaetOn.
 We always have the highest type of used cars and trucks. See us before buying.
 s. A. MINER, 2942.6 Pearl St., Hartford, Ct Phone. Charter S351