davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1920-01-08
$1,000 WOMEN JOIN
GIRl.TO-GIRL CAMPAIGN
Movement to Protect Morals OF the
Sex Gains Great
Impetus.

NEW YORK, January S.-Fifteen
thousand young women have been
sworn in by the New York Proba
tion and Protective Association to aid
in protecting the morals of girls here
The theory of this girl to- girl
movement, it was explained today. is
to use the subtle sympathy of youth
for youth" to bring about such health
full recreation as shall prevent the ex-
ploitation of leisure time "by COM
mercial and undesirable interests"
1t is also sought to accomplish the
reform and reha bilitation of unfortu-
nate girls through kindness, and.
wherever possible, without the stigma
of courts or reformatory institutions.
The girls who have enlisted their
aid work for a living and have aver
age conditions to contend within their
own homes. They are members of the
Girls Service Clubs and the Girls
Protective League.
Mrs. Frank A. Eanderlip. chairman
Evening star., 1920-01-08
PRESENTING FRUIT FEAST,
BUT ONLY FOR THE EYE
Exhibition at Department of Agri-
culture to Continue to End of
Next Week.

An intellectual fruit feast is being
presented the Washington public by
the Department of Agriculture at
room 41S. 220 18th street southwest.
The feast is for lovers of fruit and
art 1t consists in an exhibition OF
paintings of virtually every kind of
fruit-freak fruits. common fruits.
expensive fruits. rare fruits-all lined
up in gallery ready to be devoured
by the eyes only of spectators.
According to a statement from the
Department of Agriculture The ex-
hibition differs from the usual show
in that accuracy in coloring. size and
other details governs the merit of the
finished work
But despite this striving for accur-
acy. beauty has not been sacrificed.
In fact the paintings are said to serve
as proof that stark naked accuracy
can be beautiful"
Many new fruits not yet grown for
commercial sale are in the exhibition.
Among these is the tangelo. a step
sister to both the grapefruit and the
tangerine.
The exhibition will be open every
week day from $3.50 to o'clock.
Evening star., 1920-01-08
BLACK TAFFETA AFTERNOON
FROCk, WITH FRENCH BLUE
BARONET SATIN RIBBON

full putting at the top and f1arins
founce at the bottom. The underskirt
is long and narrow.
Another pretty afternoon dress is Of
golden brown crepe meteor. The
waist is made to give just the hint
of an eton jacket, and there is d
little vestee of fine white lace, which
appears at the front. A small. quaint
collar of the same kind of lace cir
cles the neck, and there are also cuffs
of it for the short sleeves. The skirt
is caught up under without a hem,
which gives a soft. pretty line to the
bottom of the dress. as the crepe ma
terial lends itself particularly well to
drapery. A rather unusual feature of
the gown is wide band of silk filet
crochet suspended just short way
above the hem of the skirt by a Sc
ries of narrow brown satin ribbons,
which form dainty little loops at the
waist.
The evening dress sketched is a
youthful model of robin's-egg blue
satin and tulIe. The bodice has wide
shoulder straps and is cut with q
very low, round neck to show an in
set OF tulle beautifully embroidered
in silver threads. The short. flaring
sleeves are also of embroidered tulle.
There is a foundation skirt Of satin
Evening star., 1920-01-08
WOMAN SMOKER UPHELD.
Court in Divorce Case Declares II
Is Not Immoral Practice.

NEW YORK. January Smoking of
cigarettes by women has been judicial
ly decrced as not immoral. The
decision was made by Supreme Court
Justice Muilan in separation suit in
which counsel for the husband tried to
show that cigarettes had been found in
the wife's dresser drawer, and that this
constituted evidence of bad character"
1T is not immoral for women to
smoke cigarettes" declared the judge.
Some of tho best women in the coun-
try and in the world smoke cigarettes.
T. would not make any difference if she
had thousand packages of cigarettes
there. This isn't Hickville, out in the
center of the farm country"
Evening star., 1920-01-08

The hat illustrated is chic little
touue, with a crown of dark-brown
satin and deep band of very light
tan duvetyn around the brim. On
the front of the duvetyn are en-
broidere myriads of tiny oss-stitch
flowers in pastel shades of pink, blue
and lavender silk. At each side of
the embroidery is a narrow slit cut
in the material and outlined with
gold-thread embroidery Through
these openings appear two dark
brown satin ribbons. which meet at
the back to tie in bow. The ends
of this are tackled up to the edge of
the crown, and the loops hang down
below the brim of the hat
Evening star., 1920-01-08

SHE DYED A SKIRT, BLOUSE,
AND CHILD'S COAT LIKE NEW

Really fun to dye Diamond Dyes
and q few easy alterations make dis
carded apparel fresh, colorfui, and new
Evening star., 1920-01-08

everybody if there were no brown
rats in it.
There is good hunting here NUT
tered Billy, as he turned to go back
to his new home under the woodpile.
"As long as there is such good hunt
ing here in this barn I'll keep away
from the henhouse. Then he went
home and curled UP for nap.
Evening star., 1920-01-08
HOW THEY HAD KNOWN OF HIS
COMING BILLY DIDN'T KNOW.

grain bins. squeezing through narrow
places. and racing across open places
the rat ran with Billy BEHIND MN
At last he was cornered.
Instantly that rat changed com
pletely. He whirled about and faced
Billy Mink, showing savage teeth
He was big and strong, and he in
tended to fight. For just an instant
Billy Mink stopped. Now a rat is
quick, but Billy Mink is quicker.
That rat was no coward. He fought,
and he fought hard, but he fought in
vain. He could not get those wicked :
looking teeth of his into Billy. In
less time than 1T takes to tell II. ohe
fight was over, and Billy Mink had
his dinner.
Now Billy knew all about Robber
Rat and his relatives. He knew that
they were outcasts among all the lit
tie people of the Green Forest and
the Green Meadows. He knew that
not a single thing could be said in
their favor He knew that the Great
World would be a better place for
Evening star., 1920-01-08

OF the education committee of the
Girls Protective League. has made
plans which include a civic building
as the center Of social life for each
group of $1,000 citizens, Dancing,
Swimming and Americanization are to
be features.
Evening star., 1920-01-08
OfHntereSttOWOn1en
SEEN IN THE WASHINGTON SHOPS

Of beading also appears in delicate
little designs on the waist of the
gown, in combins ton with crystal
beads There is an overskirt. with
a fold of wing drapery at each side,
and the underskirt is caught up with
out hem. The finishing touch is a
wide crushed girdle of the lightest
shell-pink satin. which harmonizes
beautifully with the deeper peach
color of the georgette.
Evening star., 1920-01-08
Would Loan Army Tractors

Senator Swanson. democrat. of Vir-
ginia has introduced a bill authoriz-
ing the War Department to loan ar
tiiiery tractors for use in highway
construction.
Evening star., 1920-01-08
by ELENoRE DE WITT EBY.

The new midwinter dress styles
seem to agree with one another much
better than did those of last fall In
stead of such a variety of widely diff
fering modes, one finds the new fash
ions quite consistent in many details.
For instance. the short sleeve has won
such decided favor that practically
all of the gowns are showing it. The
overskirt is another feature much
employed at present, and taffeta
seems to have the preference al a ma
terial.
A plain and yet striking afternoon
dress is the one illustrated. 1t is made
entirely of heavy black taffeta, with
just one colorful touch. a narrow
baronet satin ribbon. which loops
around the neck and falls to the
waist, where it ties in bow, its ends
hanging down to the hem Of the over
skirt. 1T is of a beautiful shade of
French blue. and the lustrousness of
the satin finish makes it especially
bright and pretty against the black.
Cording is used TO edge the closely
fitting short sleeves. and also to gath
or the overskirt. dividing it into
Evening star., 1920-01-08
One Death in Seine Flood

PARIS, January THE only hf"
lost during the floods in the Seine
river was that OF "A policeman who
was engaged in rescue work.
The Press., 1920-08-26
STAFFORD'S POPULATION 54O7

preliminary announcement of pop ulation subject to correction, gives Stafford population of 54O7 and the borough of Stafford Springs, 33S3; a gain for the town, over the last census, of 174 and the borough 324. The figures are not as large as were ex- pected. At the time the census was taken additions to two of the local mills were under way and if the cen sus had been taken a few months later the town would have shown a larger increase. Of the thirteen towns in Holland county nine have made gains. The towns showing losses are Vernon, Coventry, Holland and Union. Vernon shows loss of 1S9 and the city of Rockville a loss of 251. Union drops from 322 to 257 loss of 65. The total for the county is 27,216 a gain of 757. The population of the town of Ashford is 673, a gain of 5. The follow ing are the figures for Holland county:
The Press., 1920-08-26
SATURDAY ST DAY.

The merchants of Stafford Springs will have $1 Day sale this week Sat urday. Nearly all the merchants will offer special bargains on that day. In the extra sheet of to-day's Press will be found a partial list of bargains that will be offered. It will pay the inhabitants of the surrounding towns to make Stafford Springs a visit that day, as the stores in the movement are certainly offering inducements in the line of $1 Day offerings. We have an unusual fine lot of stores, much better than you will find in most towns of this size, on account of being quite a distance from any large city. One object of this sale is to call in the people from distance so as to make them better acquainted with the above facts
The Press., 1920-08-26
Hiuhly-Prized Coin.

The half cent of 1796 is the rarest of all United States copper coins. Ac- cording to a treatise on these obsolete coins recently published hy a Chicago numismatist. the half cent of 1796, in exemplary condition. has brought as much as $4OO at a public auction sale.
The Press., 1920-08-26
HOME NEWS.
LOCAL NOTICES.

LOCAL NOTICES.
 Matter under this head IF cents . line. Last Call-for Specials at the Sale. New Items. Modern Toggery and Shoe Shop.
The Press., 1920-08-26

Runs, Bissonette 2, Masse 2, LaF'or-
 tune, T. Paquette, Murphy; two-base
 hits, Rourke; three-base hits, Murphy; i; stolen bases, Bissonette, Murphy g.; double plays, Pallanck to Gilman, Bowling to M. Paquette; left on bases, Wickwires 8, Stafford 10; first base
 on errors, LaFortune 2, Bissonette, T. Paquette, Murphy, Pallanck; base
 on balls, off Gaudette 2, Fox 8; hit by
 pitcher, by Fox (Giard, Gaudette) i; struck out, by Fox Il, Gaudette4.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-11
Bumper Crops to Force Down Prices
Of Food in United States and
Canada, Says Federal Statistician

There is every reason to predict
a we'll stocked. perhaps an over
stocked. food market. Europe needs
food, but her poverty and the tx-
change conditions are such that she
will be unable to buy our products.
1t is gratifying that food sent
abroad for charitable purposes and
distributed by American relief
agents may be obtained for a rea-
sonable figure.
Our own markets soon will be
overstocked with cereals. 1t is to
be hoped that the farmers will not
be left in such a way that they re-
duce their acreage next year At
present the North American Cont
nent is the only part of the world
that possesses a sufficient supply of
food, and a good margin of surplus
products. 1t is pity that the pow
erty, of Europe will prevent her be-
coming large purchaser"
The Washington herald., 1920-08-11
REPUBLICAN WOMEN
TO TALK IN CAMPAIGN

Chicago, Ill. Aug. 10.-RepubIican
women are to discuss the issues
from the same platform as men
in the Presidential campaign. Definite
plans are announced by Mrs. Man
ley l.. Fosseen. of Minnesota, county
chairman with Senator Harry S.
New of the speakers bureau of the
Republican National Committee.
Among those who will be as
signed to meetings are: Mrs. Harriet
Taylor Upton. of Ohio, vice chair
man of the executive committee OF
the Republican National Committee: :
Mrs. John G. South. of Kentucky,
assistant secretary of the national
committee; Mrs. Fossen. Mrs. Cor
innc Roosevelt Robinson, of New
York; Mrs. Katherine Philips Ed
son, of California; Mrs. Jeanette
A Hyde, of Utah; Mrs. Arthur
Livermore, of New York; Mrs.
Medill Mccormick, of Illinois of the
executive committee; Amelia Bing-
ham and Mary Roberts Rinehart.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-11
GEN. B0WERMAN
BURIED TODAY
Was Civil War Hero and
Close Friend of Presi-
dent Lincoln.

Brig. Gen. Richard Neville Bower
man. once well known in Washing
ton, will be buried in Baltimore to-
day. He entered the Seventh New
York Regiment as corporal at the
outbreak Of the civil war and at
its close he was brigadier general
He was a personal friend Of Alb
raham Lincoln and was one Of the
most distinguished officers Of those
times. He was also captain OF the
Eleventh New York, colonel OF the
Fourth Maryland and received his
brigadier's brevet for gallant con-
duct at the battle OF Five Forks in
1865. He was twice wounded in
action.
Following the war. Gen. Bower
man served for a while in the Uni
ted States Subtreasury and wa for
thirty-five years an accountant for
the Consolidated Gas and Electric
Company in Baltimore.
Death. due TO the infrmities Of
age, came to him Monday. He was
90 years old. The same uniform
that he wore in civil war battles
will be buried with him. He was
past department commander OF the
Grand Army of the Republic.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-11
FIGHT PEPCO.
BAN IN COURT
Civic Body to Contest In
junction Modification
Asked by Company.

Following a special meeting Of
the public utilities committee Of
the Federation Of Citizens AssocIs-
tions last night it was announced
that legal counsel for the fedora
tion will fight the mobilization Of
the injunction asked by the Po-
tomac Electric Power Company in
the courts here.
We are determined that this mod
ifcstion will be dissolved entirely
and both doors be open. for a raise or
decrease, or not at all" William B.
Westlske, president Of the fedora
tion. declared yesterday.
Westlake says the federation is
entering the court fight so that the
full interests OF the public will be
protected. The petition Of the
company for a modihcations sof the
Injunction granted by the District
Supreme Court in 1917 preventing
the Public Utilities Commission
from putting into effect orders for
a decrease irs rates asks only that
the commission be granted power
to authorize increases in rates but
reserves the right to have decreases
ordered by the commission. accord
ing to federation officials.
W. NICK. Clayton, Chairman OF
the public utilities committee Of the
federation, has been appointed to
appear for the federation in the
court at the hearing Of the injunc-
tion. He will cooperate with Cor
porstion Counsel stephens. OF the
District
The commissioners hands were
tied by the court injunction in 1917
in this case and the situation will
not be modified in justice to the
public should merely a partial mod
ihcation OF the Injunction be grant
ed a this time" Mr. Clayton said
The hearing is set for next Non
day. but should the court proceed
ings over the injunction not be
completed at that time. it is thought
the hearing will be postponed.
Corporation Counsel stephens is
preparing his answer to the petf-
tion OF the company. and the real
battle will be fought out in court
in the attempt OF the commission
and the citizens to place the com
mission on equal legal terms and
break the legal grip the company
now holds with its injunction.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-11
COL. PATTERSON
TOBE MARRIED
Army and Navy Circles In
terested in Ceremony
Saturday.

a marriage of interest to army
navy circles of Washington will
take place Saturday when Col. Rob
ert L. Patterson. former head OF
the medical division of the Amer
lean Red Cross, now of the war
plans division, General Staff. and
Miss Eleanor Reeve, of Brandy
wine, Nd, become man and wife
at the Church of the Epiphany, 1917
G street northwest. The Rev. Rob-
ert Z. Browning. acting rector, will
perform the ceremony at s o'clock
in the evening.
Col. Patterson met Miss Reeve in
Washington about two years ago.
Their engagement was announced
last March, the date of the wedding
being originally set for september.
Orders recently given Col Patter-
son. sending him to the General
STAFF College and thence away, re-
suited in the earlier date being de-
cided upon.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-11
DC. SUFFRAGE
CITY CLUB'SAIM
Group Proposes Union of
All Bodies Here Work.
ing for Vote.

The suffrage group of the City
Club. at meeting held last night,
went on record as having for its OBJ
jeCt the discussion and considera-
tiOn of measures proposed for the
extension to the citizens of the Dis
trict of Columbia of the rights,
privileges and immunities of other
citizens of the United States.
The committee put forth as its
immediate purpose the consolida ton
of each and every suffrage group
or body in the District into one
body acting in unison to accom-
plish one end, the obtaining of ma
tional suffrage in the District of
Columbia
The suffrage asked for the Dis
trict by the City Club group is the
right to participate in the election
of the President of the United
States and to elect representatives
to both houses of Congress.
This platform is in accord with
the platforms adopted by the joint
committee of the Chamber of Com
merce and the Board of Trade.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-11
Liking for "Bed Seller" NoOels
No Sign American Taste Is Bad,
Declares Prof. d. {. CroisSant

Justly attributed to the masses OF
people.
Records of best sellers" seem 70
verify this statement According to
a local bookseller this years lead in
popularity are william Locke's The
House of Hsltazsr;" Peter Kye's
kindred OF the Dust" and Meredith
Nicholson's ''Blacksheep. Black
sheep" all work OF good literary
standing.
Professor Croisssnt said the most
successful novel was that one which
most adequately reflected the age.
The greatest pieces of literature,
Furthermore, have been Of this class,
usually popular at their own time,
and there is no reason why it should
rot be that way today too. he said
The novel which mirror-Iike rejects
the people. customs and life Of the
time. provided it is artistic in form.
is the great novel
The Washington herald., 1920-08-11

The traditionally-s scorned best
seller is not to be despised. and
public taste in the novel is good "
said Professor Dewitt c. Croissant
of George Washington University
yesterday.
The American people are men
tally and morally normal and
healthy" he declared, and the
charge that sensational, trashy lit
erature is demanded by them is un-
Just, l believe"
Professor Croisssnt has great
faith in the American people and
their literary taste. He declares
that the American people were
moral, even to conservatism. intel
ligent and possessed Of very good
taste on the average. The popular
fiction Of the yellow type. which is
so broadly attributed to Americans,
is only a minor and unimportsnt
phase of the public taste and un-
The Washington herald., 1920-08-11
GET S4,OOO,OOO
INBACK TAXES
Internal Revenue Men Find
Rich Field in Various
Delinquent Items.

The Bureau of Internal Revenue
has collected approximately $1,000
600 of additional revenue from de-
linquent sales, admissions. transpor-
tatiOn and other miscellaneous taxes,
it was announced yesterday. The
report shows that the largest single
item collected was from the manu-
taCturers' excise tax. amounting to
S2,05S,04S, tax placed on the sale
of automobiles. accessories, musical
instruments. sporting goods. fire.
arms and various other articles.
Under the transportation tax came
the collection of s95I,569, delinquent
jewelry tax, s266,13I, the so-called
luxury tax on articles of wearing
apparel, sl09,4l6. and the admission
tax, S213,133. The tax on the sale
OF soft drinks, toilet and medicinal
preparations amounted to $l69.52l.
Included in the totals are penalties
imposed in a number OF cases.
The drive for the collection Of
these taxes in full is still in pro-
gress and will reach every city in
the United States. Books and papers
of any concern are subject to exami-
nation by the Investigating officers.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-11
CARBOLIC ACID
CAUSES DEATH
Cumberland Man Mistakes
Bottle of Deadly Poison
For Whisky.

tspecini TO Washington Hers1d.D
Cumberland. Md. Aus. Io.-The
body of Edward J. Adams. aged
81, Elm street. this city. who died
at Keyser. w. Va, from drinking
carbolic acid in mistake for whisky.
was brought to his home here today.
1t is generally accepted that Ad-
ans was the victim of a mistake.
After he discovered he had swaI-
lowed the poison. he was heard to
say, Il made a mistake"
Adams had stopped at Keyser
while en- route to Dodson, Md,
where he worked in the mines Be
fore leaving Cumberland he pur-
chased CarboliC acid together with
sulphuriC acid at the drug store
Of J. George Hermann. He said
he wanted it to disinfect hogpens
at the home of his brother at Dod-
son.
The drug clerk at the time warned
him Of the danger of Carelessness.
The two bottles were wrapped sim
ilarly and in reaching in his valise
Adams got the wrong one. He i'm
mediately sought a restaurant and
drank copious quantities of milk.
to no avail. A stomach pump was
used without result. He is sur
vived by his second wife and a
son by his FIRST marriage.
The Washington herald., 1920-08-11
POLICE FOLLOW
TRAGEDY TRAIL
Double Shooting in Virginia
Town Followed Violent
Dispute.
STORIES INVESTIGATED
Woman Had Uncanny In
Huence Over Victims
Affairs, Is Claimed.
STORIES INVESTIGATED
Especial to The Herald.)

Charlottesville, Va, Aug. SIo.-
That Mrs. Hattie Chumbley. who
killed herself at Cartersbridge Sun
day night after seriously wounding
Isaac J. Lang. a neighbor, long has
exercised an uncanny control over
the family of her victim, was dis
closed in the investigation of the
double shooting by police today.
Confirmation Of the rumor that
the night before the shooting, Mrs.
Chumbley and Lang had qusrreled
violently when he refused to give
her any more money and the fact
that the dead woman was buried
less than eighteen hours after the
tragedy were the outstanding fea-
lures in the development. today.
Neighbors commented on the un-
usual haste in making the funeral
arrangements. The casket contain
ing the body did not leave Carters-
bridge until after midnight Sunday
and burial took place at 2 Monday
afternoon. Interment was in a pri-
vate cemetery halfway between
Cartersbridge and Alberene and was
conducted by Baptist minister
from Alberene.
Neighbors reported to the police
today that the dead woman threat
ened time and again to break up
Lang's family. Mrs. Lang cOnfided
to friends that several times she has
suffered violence from Mrs. Chumb-
ley. On two or more occasions dur
ing recent months Mrs. Lang has
gotten out warrants charging the
dead woman with assault.
Mrs Chumbley, II is claimed. otter
interfered when her neiGhbor was
punishing the Lang children. On the
last day OF her life she took him 10
task for chastising his lo-year- old
daughter Josephine for having got
ten into a night with one Of her own
children.
Clerks at the Cartersbridge store
claim that the woman surprised
Lang inside the building as he was
in the act Of paying for a pair ol
shoes and snatched his pocketpook
from his hand after he received his
change.
Lang snatahed the pocketpook
back and walked cut Of the store
The clerk reported that the woman
followed. white with rage. and the
next he knew was when the shots
rang out.