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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-26

| such as loaning woman railroad
! fare to get home when she had lost
/ her pocketbook or her railroad tick
( et and other equally plausible pre-
1 dicaments that travellers can get in
I TO. Men served prison sentences for
| being true; for responding to ordi-
nary appeals for help; for protecting
/ innocence under various circum-
stances, when by presenting some de-
tached evidence without presenting
all the circumstances it was made
70 look like undermining somebody
morals. SO many wrongs resulted
from carrying prosecutions to eX-
tremes when enemies or malice lay
at the bottom Of it all, or when
there was a plot to extract money
from men of means $50 many were
railroaded to prison just to show
men that it could be done and to
serve as a lesson to those who were
not easily bluffed, that the depart
ment of justice took a survey OF. the
harm being done by the abuse OF the
power vested in the Mann act, and
adopted new policy that is in eff
feet today, namely, that it is not
interested in prosecuting adult per-
sons who mutually decide and agree
to violate the moral code and the
moral law in quiet and orderly
way so that it could not be detect
ed by innocent persons going about
their own business, in proper de,
corum themselves.
The government is interested in
protecting innocence from viilainy;
in protecting weakness against CO.
ercion and persuasion; but it is not
interested in disturbing mutual
agreements made voluntarily by both
sinners, nor in prosecuting men for
responding to invitation, or for rem
dering actual aid with moral intent
and moral results,
Jack Johnson comes back to his
homeland penitent and willing
to meet retribution, and an amusing
feature of it is that by the time
he got back penitent, the government
was also penitent over some of the
wrongs it had done enforcing the
Mann act, and a certain amount of
their differences had melted away
Let Johnson serve his sentence.
1t will do him good Let the govern
merit beware oi complaining wit
nesses having an ak to grind. with
an innocent mans neck in the block.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-26
Queen Pleasures Carnival.

All the Protestant churches acknOwl
edge the continual diminution Of their
congregations and are earnestly en-
deavOring to discover why the great
majority abstain from public worship
says Sydney, N. s. w., dispatch to
the London Times. Several novel
schemes have been propounded to
make services more attractive, but the
clergy finch from any startling limo
vations. Recently Rev. G. Black at a
meeting of the Baptist union declared
that "Queen Pleasure holds high carni-
VAL" and continued: "The churches are
unheeded by the mass Of pleasure
trippers, who patter by with feet
tingling with the torch Of the tango,
ears atingle with the Jingle Of the jazz,
and hearts afiame with riOt0us pas
sion"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-26
RUSSIAN HERO IN PAJAaAS
Soldier of Dsnikin's Army, Decorated
for Bravery, ALFRED in Altogether
Unconventional Uniform.

The highest decoration for vaor
that could be given soldier in Deni-
kn's army WAS pinned to the breast
Of a soldier whose uniform ran close
second to that of Kiniag's hero Gun
ga Din, says communication from
Ekarernodar, South Russia, to the
stars and stripes.
The medal was pinned to the sol
dier's jacket, which was the upper part
Of pair Of pajamas, and the rest Of
his outfit was only pair Of British
military trousers. He was barefo4ted
and hatless.
The clothing worn by this man itypi
I'es the conditions that exist in the
army fighting the holShevili in that
country, They do not have a service
of supply and they do not have a reg.
ulation uniform.
General Bradolf, who decorated the
pajama- jacketed hero wore the
tunic of a British Tomme, and the
guard Of troops who furnished the
background for the decoration cere.
monies, wore parts of uniforms from
a dozen different armies. With the
exception of group of Cossack cav
airy, the decorated soldier was the
neatest-dressed man of the lot
The hero, on his own initiative, led
a detachment of scouts in capturing a
town from the bolsheviki. He was
wounded in carrying out this exploit,
taken to a hospital and given a suit
of paiamas. When he left he took the
pajama jacket to replace his wornout
Russian tunic, and he had not been
able to replace it.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-26
TO PRISON FOR WlTCHCRAFT
Statute That viii Appear Absurd to
Modern Understanding.

IT has been a little more than 200
years since anyone was convicted of
witchcraft on this continent says the
Columbus Dispatch, and we supposed
that there would never again be any
more convictions. But it seems that
such prosecutions have been revived
for here comes a report from Cana
dian court to the effect that young
woman over there has lately been SEN
fenced to prison for practicing witch
craft" for all the world like the ac
cusations that used to be filed against
people in this country.
The young woman in this case
claimed to be able to tell who commit
ted certain theft In her n6ighborhOOd.
She said farmers oats had been
stolen by a man and a boy; that they
drove bay mare, and proceeded west
ward after the robbery, and that they
would be found at a certain place,
about 40 miles away. The officers
found her story to be true, and ar
rested the parties who robbed the
farmer but as the young woman who
gave the information was In no po-
sition to know the facts she related
except through communing with "the
spirits people began talking about
her being a witch. with the result that
an ancient statute was invoked and
the girl prosecuted and sent to jail
for her pains in aiding the officers of
the law. If it were not all duly record
ed in the newspapers we could not be-
Iieve it.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-26
JACK JOHNSON COMES HOME
TO DO PENANCE

A good illustration of the love
of the homeland and of how tired
one gets of foreign lands even tho
he has wealth and leisure, is found
in the conduct of JACK Johnson, the
black man who violated the moral
code Of his own land and went
abroad to avoid Imprisonment for a
crime that cannot be atoned for in
cash.
When Johnson found that there
was no way to escape Imprisonment
here he made his escape into Cana
da and then to Europe later went
to Cuba and last to Mexico From
Mexico he crossed the border after
having made arrangements to be ar
rested and sentenced, and that has
been done. He would rather be in
prison in the good old U. S. A. than
to be a free man abroad He knows
that his sentence will expire in the
due course of time, and to live in a
foreign country does not look quite
so good as that
Jack Johnson is niger and
in the estimation of the white rib
boners he is a very vile, niger.
He did not conform to the accepted
moral code, and strangely enough he
was charmer notwithstanding his
color. Beautiful white women es.
teemed it a privilege to bask in his
love, and thereby he and they came
under the ban.
About eight years ago the United
States government reached the high
tide of its prosecutions under the
Mann act and so strict was the in
depreciation of the law that scores
of men were prosecuted for inno-
Gently aiding women in distress,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-26
Record Energy.

Darwin has made many records, its
most picturesque recent exploit being
the deportation of unpopular officials
from the Northern territory, but hith-
erto no one has accused the wharf
men In this tropical outpost Of Aus
tralla's north of establishing working
records. Recently, however, the man
agement of Vestey's Meat works prom
ised the wharf labOrers loading meat
steamer payment for II shifts In order
to get the vessel away promptly. Ac-
cordng to correspondent of one Of
the Southern newspapers, the wharf
Jumpers performed the work In 10
shifts and received f101 each.-New
Australasian.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-26
WOULD MAKE EASIER READING
Boston Man Has Idea for Printing
Books That Is Interesting but
Revolutionary.

Why not print all books In such a
way that every page is a right-hand
page? asks D. l. Winslow Of Boston,
who claims a patent for his conception
of how to do it. He holds that if one
has TO read pages on one side of book
only, this will be held more easily, the
eyes will not wander, there will be no
necessity for changing the position of
head and neck when passing from one
page to another. Thus reading, espe-
cially of big. heavy volumes, will be
less fatigung not only to the eyes,
head and neck, but also to the arms
and hands.
Mr.. Winslow's idea is to print book
so that you read straight ahead from
right-hand page to right-hand page,
these being numbered consecutively
then, when you have read through IT,
the last right-hand page, you turn tie
book upside down and continue reading
as before, what in ordinary books are
left-hand pages now being right-hand
pages. This. of course involves print
ing all left-hand pages upside down
and numbering them consecutively
from the back of the book. This would
easily be arranged by the printer in
laying out the forms, though to get the
pagination of a large book correct
would require some nice calculation on
the printers part.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-26
wv T It'll a hey bonny-boat and
! wv a no bOnny-boat
Sail Westward-ho and az

With wonderful speech of Spanish
gold and the vast, rich countries ly
ing to the West, Capt. John Oxen
ham was home again; and not a prom
/ Use he made but was increased ten
fold by his swearing henchman, Saliva
ton Yeo.
Amyas Leigh, stout Devon youth
was afire to take the sea with Capt
John as he listened; but his gOdfa
.her, Sir Richard Grenvil, said he was
yet too young. Later, it might be. And
later he went, his first voyage being
with the famous Sir Francis Drake
around the world.
Following that voyage came fight
ing in Ireland in the company Of Sir
Walter Raleigh and the poet Spenser
and then an expedition with Sir Hum
phrey Gilbert wherein, because of mu.
TIMES, disease, ill-found ships and
great storms, Sir Humphrey met his
death; and Amyas came home in sad
ness.
At this time Amyas, with score of
other Devon gallants, was in love with
Mistress Rose Salterne; but she was
for no Devon cavalier. A Spanish cap
tain Of bravery and charm was dwell
ing in Devon till his ransom should
be coming, and it was he who captured
the fancy of the lovely but capriciOus
Rose, and carried her. off to Caracas,
whereof he had been appointed gov.
ernor.
Whether Rose went as Don Guz.
mans wife or leman no one could say.
Mr. Salterne, father to Rose, and rich
merchant of the port, gave ship and
500 pounds toward the fitting out,
the same to be commanded by Amyas,
by now experienced in seamanship and
the handling of rough men; and so
he sailed on his first venture on the
good ship Rose, Of 200 tons burthen
and 100 men, with beef, pork and good
ale in abundance, and culverins
swivels, muskets, calivers, long bows
pixies and cutlasses aplenty. He was
to discover the whereabouts and con.
dition Of Rose if he could, but surely
to damage TO his utmost what Spani.
ards he should fall afoul of. A com
mission to his liking, for it was an
article Of faith with Amyas, as with
most young English rovers of that day,
that all Spaniards were cruel and COW.
ardly, even as his own great Queen
Elizabeth was all white purity. With
Amyas went Frank, his brothe:,
scholar and courtier, and mad like.
wise for love Of Rose Salterne; also
Salvation Yeo, his own Captain Oxen
ham being long dead.
Westward they sailed to tropie
shores; to low wooded hills, spangled
by freflies; westward through won,
drous seas where islands and capes
hung suspended In air. In a wooded
blight they spied a caravel, which they
captured, and in her they found a store
Of brown pearls; also cargo Of salt
hides, which smelt evilly as they
burned.
Amyas sailed on to La Guayara In
Caracas, finding Don Guzman not al
home, but having sight of Rose Sal.
terne, she being truly Don Guzman's
wife, in garden Of the governors
palace. In the fight with Don Guz.
mans men Frank Leigh was wounded
and captured. Amyas was knocked
but taken safely away by
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-07-26

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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-26
THE GIRL ON THE JOB
By Jcssie Roberts.
REASONS FOR A RAISE.
~pyright. 1920. 10y Wheeler Syndicate.

Most Of us want raise. To want n
raise ls merely human, But how about
the reason for having one2
Are we as clear about the neceasity
/ for that raise itself2
| You have been doing good work whore
I you arc Tor the past year or two ~ course
! That Is what you are paid for but are
/ you worth more than when YOU came
That ls what YOU must make sure of,
before YOU start in TO ask the boss to do
/ his part IN the raise
| One girl | have known for some time
determined that II was up 70 her "a get
more money for the job she was on than shc
had got for the past She thought II over
I've been here three years What
have learned about the business IN that
time
She found that she hardly knew. So
she got busy. She went to her work with
fresh eye She looked the office over
carefully. She decided TINT II was time
for her to make several suggestions that
had stirred vaguely IN her mird FOR
months, but had never got really clear
They weren't very hig suggestions
They had 20 do with rearranging of the
desks that would save time and steus.
She also suggested now method oi buy
ing office supplies rs Il uas the girls had
got INTO tho habit of getting what they
wanted as il ran out and there was
lot Of waste aud often a good dcel Of dc
lay She suggested that ono ~ the fnrcr
should find out each week jnet what wns
needed. anil should buy NJ whole a.
IL was. 81 course. the only right thing
TO do, but offices get into careless habits
In fact, she put her brains to work,
and when she had tabulated everything
that struck her ~ capable Of improve
mcnt. including an item nf her own
special work. she had a talk with her
employer She pat her ideas clearly befor"
him, nnd she told him nt the same time
that she was thinking of asking for q
raise at the first opportunity Wash
this II
lie laughed but nc WAS of like mind
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-26

spring. which would keep her in town NIL
summer, and 10y fall--but she did not
think that far ahead Meantime, Emily
was good natured about her presence.
Emily, indeed, was too good naturcd To
think whether or not she wanted the girl.
Mvra seemed to be having a heavenly
time, she was no trouble to the easy-Roing
hostess 80 why not have her stay on?
Myra stayed And tho winter slipped
On. Then something happened that Ravo
Mvm an object,
+ Gabrielle Cartez had been playing in
revue where beautiful girls and benu-
tiful costumes were relied upon for popu-
larity Gahrielle's very stunning looks
got her the position--n small part which,
however, paid her 500 week She WIS
understudy to the star; but when the star
was taken ill. her place was given not TO
Gabrielle, but to another member of the
COMPANY Gabrielle, having acquired the
actress temperament If nothing else prompt
" resigned aud was furious because her
resignation was accepted. Meantime,
she was ont of a position, and out of funds,
and Emily had cheerlully taken her in
You can sleep on the livingroom
couch.' she said and we can still have
guests there's always the bearskin rug,
it makes q good bed "
But one day when Emily was out
Mvra was living down in her room. The
door was open, the apartment was small
Gabrielle was serving tea to couple ol
callers, in the livingroom. Myra recog-
ngcd their voices both men, both friends
Of Emilys She had often danced with
them
You re no more an intruder here than
the little cousin, one voice said AT least.
& 4. An4
thirg has no need for such continuous
hospitality
"But She rather nice, do1't YOU think?
Galrlclcs voice asked
'Ncs. nice enough. IN awful baby
10, isn't she She docsn' know anything,
She hasn't enough brains 10 carry on al
intelligent conversation, ror enough spirit
To carry on fhrtatious ono. ! wish she d
get man Of her own
y cs, Fmilvs always warning ms to
bring another man for Mvra, the second
masculine voice took Il up
(Which has nothing e. do with sleep-
irg on the couch, where | am perfectly
comfortable Gabrielle said, and ao clos
cd the subject An hour later, when thcv
were gone and Emily had como back tor
her beauty bath, Gabrielle went hnck
to Myras room The door was closed
then aud Myra was. apparently, asleep
on her bed
But she hal heard tnd .hc resolved
then to attract ono maa. ~ least crough
10 have him devoted 90 her exclusively
Emily had hall dozen she wondered
WHY She was prctticr than Emily. and
YOU ger II never occurred to her that
Emily had magnetism, ant that she lacked
IT.
All the men were - much older for
10 thinks 3 quite ancIcut There was only
Tim Tim who was near her age. Who
liked beng asked to parties, WIN looked
we'll and who was plaiuly popular with
.hcse older mon
Tim was more or lcss in love with Ruth.
and Ruth more or less n love with hlm'
Bar # It were serious. .Myra argued Ruth
would have lcrn = gagged TO Tim before
~ left 50 II could not be serious, or
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-26
THE CITY AGAIN
Chanfer NNIN


The truth Wa that Aitra VAS not
making such an enormous sensation in
the CITY IS she wanted her family 10 be-
ilevc And thPt was one reason why she
wrote the letters she did = people II
NIarkctovn. IN order - give an impress
son she herself was not sure about, she
verv naturally exaggerated facts
Fmliy went away that Christmas for
: week. 70 \ partv out IL IocC Island
Aivra. with sudden rush of huIneslckrese.
boarded q night train. changed carly IN
the morning az a junction, and arrived
ii Marketown IN time 10 surprise her
family and 10 have late breakfast with
them She brought with her the prettiest
Of the clothes her mother had made for
her. several evening gowns wkch Emily
had donated, and great deal a Lingerie
once Emily S. and quite unsuIted TO her
The first day her small brother took
3 violent dislike 10 her city airs. The
second she was improved by the third
day her old Surroundings had brought
her back completely 10 her old self II
Was this sweet, simple self that Ruth
found when Mvra went To see her the
dav after Christmas Somehow, one
could not be supercllous IN contact with
Ru;hs life and work Myra did not know
what dir it. but II was the ira gedv she
faced there that offered her and gave her
back her own sincerity.
But this did not last, either Myra
went back 10 the citv after New Year :.
and in three hours fell again into her
reflection Of Emllvs ways Mvra vas
thai sort pretty as could be, bnt always
dominated by companions
Her mother had announced that she
did not quito like the effect Of the city
upon the girl. and thai &; the end 81 the
winter she must come home aad stay
Nvra decided she would avoid this by
taking up some course d study in the
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-26
DOROTHY DIX TALKS


see only high spirits III ITS wanton ms
chievousness, and sensitive tempera-
ment in its howls of tonpef. When ittie
johnnie takes pin and draws pictures OF
animals on the mahogany diningroom
table his own mother sees in It only the
! indication that nature has destined HIM
to be a great animal painter. But step
mother would see IN tho same act only the
warton destruction Of IA cherished piece Oh
furniture. ard feel that little Johnnie ought
to be spanked That's the difference OF the
! point of view between mine and thine
The step-mothcr's lot is also made more
/ difficult by the attitude of the relatives
/ and friends of the children mother. As
i long rs n woman is dealing with her own
/ children her family uphold her hands.
/ They recognize that children must be dis
| ciplined, and their impulses curbed; that
they must bc punished when they do
wrong. that their manners must be cor
rected. and that they must be cocrced
INTO the straight and narrow path II they
won't walk along II voluntarily. %
grardoa ard grand ma, and the aunties
and the unclcS, and the friends, generaiiy
tell Johnnie and Mary that they must ne
good children aiid mind what mother says
Ear otherwise is their attitude when a
step-mother sits I'm the place of the chil-
drens own mother Then the first wote $
relatives, either consciously or uncon-
sciously begin turning the children INTO
little rebels. and setting thclr hands ag' INST
their stcp-mother. They arc Insldlously
taught by their mother people 70 look
with Suspicion upon every act which the
stcp-mothcr does. to resist hcr authority
and TO believe that there is some sinister
purpose concealed behind her simplest
act
II often happens that thc> children :
stcp-muthcr IS "A far more Intelligent
woman than their own mother was. aud =
woman Of more culture and wider social
experience, but when she tries To rai~c the
children ,rp 20 level 20 which their own
mother could mover have raised them,
thew resent II and hate her for the good
she has dore them
II however the step mothc feels that Il
is hard for her to spend her life laborinR
for children who do Lot give her even 2
thanks for the weary hours she spends
cooking and scwirg ard cleaning to make
them comfortable and who do not anp;e-
cIatc tho sacrifices she makes for them.
let Ter remember that children ~cldom
appreciate he things ,hcT own mothers
DO for them or are grateful to her tllal
appreciation Is mostly graveyard virtue.
and iiouriShes most freely on tumb-stoi IS
There arc 10 noblct women N The world.
and more who Perform = greater service.
than The wome who aIC good step
mothers who come INTO \ vldOWPr dl>-
org lnized house ard turn It's chaos ITO
ordcr and who nurse and guide aud hrip.
and love his Children - that they ever
k,on that they tie mothorlcss Great i
thcir sacrifice II i grcst shall hc their re-
ward But they Il oaly got II III HcAvcu-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-26

But Tim didn't Ike Myra. Qnr letter
eccr;lv said So
Didn't like her here You were around.
Who would rotIcc Niyra when von were
around But YOU re- here. ard out oi sgh'.
AID he's III the CITY. and rs new 70 HIM
ard he's dazzlcd by evcrNthi'
Ard there's Myra N her borrowed
evening gowns. and her cousins fire
apartment, making an impression on
him Don't tell ne ! know I've hcc1
vour 8 too. and amhnlan> and We been
IN cities ard krow whai they do Lights.
and people, ard me clothes and mor ey
hcirg spcrt ike i was water Mrs
Beldirg drew o lurId picture Of city life
But he wanted to marry me-
We'll. YOU gel e the city then, and
&c; him away from that girl Don YOU
sec il : because they rc rear each othcr ard
both a bit homesick It's rs natural
But Aiyra wouldn't take mm AWAY
from ne. she knows | love him.
She wouldn't, Wouldn She Give her
a chance. She wouldn't mean to
Was even this to he taken away from
her, Ruth wondered No cha.ce 70 he
allowed to work ard study nc chance
to hold the love she had CARED
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-26

Ruth would have told her about II. II ua
convincing herself Of n thing she wanted
to believe, Myra mado solemn vow
She would make Tim fall in love with
her, and propose to her, md he devoted
only TO hcr, before tho spring came.
With that in mind, she went TO the
telephone and called his bosrdinghouse
She asked him up for the evening the
other two wero going To show. She would
decline and have Tim alone.
MAY | borrow your blue dress7" she
asked Emily before dinner.
Tomorrow Trials
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-26
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