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did run across her again unexpected.
1t was while we was off with Pinck-
ney on a little motor trip up in Yer
mont All one forenoon, as we was
climbin' over hills and windin' through
valleys. we kept seem these yellow
signs adviSin' us to stop at Simpkins-
vile and TRY one of Mrs Fosters Old
fashioned Chicken Dinners"
The first few signs you don't pay any
attention to. Then you begin to read
'em. Next you start lookin' for 'em.
And finally you get to hankerin' for
chicken dinner. At least, if it's any
where near noon, you just feel like
you've got to have one or perish.
only two miles to Mrs. Foster's"
exclaims Pinckney. Il suppose it will
be the regulation roadhouse dinner,
where they massacre the toughest
relics Of the henyard to make tour
lists holiday. But who is ready to
take chance?'
I've had my face set for chicken
for the last hour says I. Il could
almost eat the kind they serve on
dinin' cars"
IF you are as desperate as all that
says Pinckney, we will try Mrs. Fos-
ter's brand: but remember. | am not
believer in signs. Behold. we ap-
proach Simpkinsville..
And at that we almost slid through
without knowing it. there was so lit
tie to the burg. But a canvas stretch
ed across the road with a big Mrs
Foster sign painted on it brought us
to quick stop in front of a farm
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In Northern France.

COMMENTING on the American sum-
mer rush to Europe, especially to
the French battlefields, Customs In
spector Henri Duval said last month
in New Orleans:
Il am reminded of a tourist anec-
dote.
In many French provinces every
peasant raises each year for his fami-
ly's use one or two enormous pigs.
Nothing of the pig is diScarded-the
fat is boiled down for lard, the blood
is made into blood buildings. the hams
are cured. the chops are sailed, the
feet are dried, the meat in the head
is chopped into sausage meat. even
the ears are preserved: an occasional
slice of ear being used to enrich the
soup. And the tail? Oh. yes, they
use the tail. too. 1t is stewed with
vegetables and contains, they say, q
tiny morsel of delicious meat
But to return to the anecdote. An
American. touring the north OF
France one summer before the war,
Whereabouts lived on.
Pigs. monsieur. in the winter
replied the peasant, and tourists in
the summer.
Well" he said, 1.-The tales of extor-
ton L hear from people now return
ing from France make me think that
few peasants will be eating pigs ears
or pigs tails this winter-they'll be
eating truffied chicken and drinking
champagne"
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the Tell Me Pretty Flowers chorus
as a tulip; and believe me. with them
thumb fingered dressers they've wish
ed on us, it's sump'n fierce.
For a minute or SO Gladys just sits
there and stares at Might have
been my imagination, but l thought
1 could see the green tints in her eyes
as she looked.
"Then-then that was you, you. I
saw on the roof garden stage the
other night?' she demands ,
IF you was out front and lookin'
my way, 1 expect it was says Lulu.
ITS quite a show, Ell? l amt been
around much to see other pieces, but
1 hear we got the edge on aything
else in our line along Broadway. Some
of the girls are lookin' for three-room
apartments and gettin' fixed for a
summer run. Pretty soft, Ell? My first
engagement, too. They tell me might
have signed up with something that
would go on the rocks after the first
three weeks tryout, maybe in a place
like Wilkes Barre or Utica. Here 1 am,
though"
yes" signs Gladys. "And two
months ago you were serving chicken
dinners in Simpkinsville, Vermont"
"Uh-huh" says Lulu. Little squirt
gettin' under the wire: eh. mister?"
and she turns to me.
squirt is good" says l. Man O.
Wars got nothing on you whatever"
But 1--we been working and
TO sst the aon s1axs
stand how you managed it,"
ME either" says Lulu. Must have
been the classy way 1 passed the
chicken"
mands Gladys. did you take lessons
in dancing and singing and then come
down and apply for a position through
some friend Of the producers?"
Gosh, no. says Lulu. We had a
sporty crowd l in IL, for ,d dinner one s day
cially the one they called Morrie. I
like your lines, grille says he. old
stuff says 1. I've heard that before
Maybe says he, but probably not
stuck on staying in simpkinsville?'
It's well enough says !, but my feet
amt rooted here. why?' What about
coming to New York and letting us
give you a try. for the chorus?' he
asks Back up, says y;,,l l; Yo o;,. make
your credentials with you, I suppose?'
He had, though. He's assistant stage
manager for Flo. himself. and when
he says he'll risk advancin' me fifty
It's me for this midnight roof thing,
il can make good" says 1. And 1
guess have. I'm understudyin'
Madge Lowell. who has two whole
lines in the second act, and MOrrie
says if she's late for another re-
hearsal he's going to can her. So
there you are"
Gladys didn't have much more to
say / think she wanted to shed a
few bitter tears, but she held 'em
back noble, dabbed some more rice
powder on her nose. and backed out
graceful
so that's the way it's donew says
she as we squeeze into the elevator.
I'm glad 1 found out"
me too" says I. I've often Won
dered where they got them roof gar
den recruits. They send out chicken
scouts"
/. Copyright. 1920. By ssveu Esrd.1
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First White House Letter
From Wife of a President

which. if left to them. would have re-
manned undone to this day.
The vessel which has my clothes
and other matters is not arrived.
The ladies are impatient for a draw
ing room; / have no looking glasses
but dwarfs for this house; nor a
twentieth part lamps enough to light
it. Many things were stolen. many
more broken by the removal; among
the number. my tea china is more
than half missing. Georgetown af
fords nothing. My rooms are very
pleasant and warm whilst the doors
of the hall are closed.
You can scarcely believe 1t that
here in this wilderness city I should
find my time SO occupied as it is. Ny
visitors, some Of them. come three
and four miles. The return of one of
them Is the work of one day: most of
the ladies reside in Georgetown, or
in scattered parts Of the city at two
and three miles distant.
We have all been very well as yet:
if we can by any means get wood, we
shall not let our fires go out, but it
is at a price. indeed; from four dol
lars it has risen to nine. Some say
it will fall, but there must be more
industry than is to be found here TO
bring half enough to the market for
the consumption of the inhabitants"
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as Dunsany would call her." says
Pinckney. What delicate tints in her
cheeks, too
Put on with a rabbits foot, eh?"
l suggests.
NO. indeed" protests Gladys. She
is perfect child of Nature; sweet and
simple. and innocent. Her name is
Lulu-Lulu Pulley. We have come to
be great friends. l mean to take her
back to town with me. as a maid.
Think how stunning she'll be in a
black dress with lace collar and cuff.
Just fancy! The largest place she's
seen has been Rutland. What fun it
will be to take her around New York
with me and listen to her childish
prattle about all the wonderful sights;
and if I should get the contract l ex
pect-'
Gladys has to cut her gushin' short
when Lulu appears with the apple pie
course. Why is it that these country
mattresses always park your pie in
front of you pointin' south, as if you
was goin' to eat it backhanded? Lulu
runs true to type. But it was the
kind of apple pie you'd stand on your
head to eat. if necessary. And there
was hunk of real rat cheese to go
with it.
By being little slow I manages
to linger behind the others so l had
a word on the side with Lulu.
Il hear you're coming to town as
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THE RAMBLER MAKES TRIP TO FREESTONE
POINT AND WRITES OF FAIRFAX FAMILY

scended from the Maryland Fairfax
family. the first member of W hich in the
colony was John Fairfax, who settled
IN charles county about 1900. Their.
are records showing that he was
man OF prominence in Charles in l1lT
The Maryland Fairfaxes were a
branch of that Fairfax family which
settled in Massachusetts, in the early
part of the eighteenth century and
came to Virginia in 1888 But the
Fairfax genealogy must be held over
until next Sunday.
John Walter Fairfax. the fine old
man who lived in the house, close by
whose ruin the Rambler jots down
these facts. was a Confederate soldier
of gallantry and note. He was an
aid. with the rank of colonel on the
stan of Gen. Longstreet. and in Long
streets memoirs are various refer
ences to this man which .La Rambler
VIII reproduce in time. On the Ram
piers desk is a little book published
Tor private circulation. which contains
many data of the Maryland Fairfaxes
ana on one page is this:
John Walter Fairfax. in the ante
bellum period, was a leading figure
IN the social life OF northern Virginia
lie owned, among other valuable
properties, the splendid country seat
Iof President Monroe at Aide, in
Loudoun county, which was his fam
lily nome. He married Mary, daugh-
ter of Col Hamilton Rogers, and had
Tour sons and one daughter. His son
Henry Fairfax, who was the eldest.
Inherited that estate and married Eu-
senia Tenant OF Richmond. Another
son. Hamilton Rogers Fairfax, mar
ried Eleanor Van Rensselaer, of New
York. The third son was John Wal
ter Fairfax. and the fourth was Lind
say Fairfax, who married Grace Brad
ford of LenoX. Mass. The daughter of
Col. John Walter Fairfax was Mary
Elizabeth. who became the wife of
Col. Charles Greenleaf Ayres of Port
land, Me-
On another page of this little old
book the Rambler reads: I'm 1861
John Walter Fairfax. sr.. espoused
the cause of the southern Confed-
eracy. as did every Fairfax in vir-
ginia, with but single exception.
He became the ranking officer on the
staff of Gen. Longstreet. Col. Fair
dashing defiance of danger and his
contempt for fear. came to be char
acteriZed by the troops in the field as
Iongstreet's fighting aid This sin
gle reference to the record of Col.
Fairfax in the civil war will serve as
an index to the well known quality
of his manhood"
The Rambler feels that he has
much TO tell you about this old ruin.
the sites of the long-vanished houses
and the fine people who lived there,
and he will resume the story of Free.
stone point next Sunday.
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lady killer At least, that's my dope
on her.
But she sure is persistent about try
ing to be an actress. It's her one big
dream, and she's got to the point now
where she'd do almost anything to
get on the real stage She's even
tried to break into vaudeville and the
movies. But then, there's nothing
novel about that Greenwich Village
is full of females, old and young, with
the same ambition.
You see, the Tarletons used to be
neighbors of ours out in Rockhurst-
n-the-Sound. and We've seen more
or less of Gladys ever since she came
home from boardin' school. For the
last few years, though, since she
been Twin in town winters and spend
in her summers off at resorts, we
haven't been in such close touch with
her. I'm happy to say.
But here early this September we
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-17
By Sewell Ford.

So we left Gladys at Simpkinsvtlle
and in the course of time we got back
home and that's the last I'd seen or
heard of her until here the other day
she appears, as 1 was tellin'' you. in
the front office. I takes Swiftly S
bunch, too, and slips a coat on over
my gym. uniform l finds her standin'
in front of the mirror powderin' her
nose. as usual.
Nice of you to look me up again,
Miss Tarleton's maid?' says l.
ooh. you mem" says she. duckin'
her chin kittenish. But truly, Pro-
fessor. l simply had to have the help
of some man friend today. You'd
never guess what for, either"
Want to be chaperoned while you
call on some theatrical manager" l
suggests.
NO. no." says Gladys. But you
remember Lulu Pilley, don't you?"
l has to scratch my head a second
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-17
The Policy of Silence.

DEFECTIVE WILLIAM J. BURNS
- was defending to a reporter his
policy of silence in bank robbery case.
case.
"Remember," said the famous de-
tective, "the case of Judge Bryan.
Judge Bryan. you know. had num-
Der of hams stolen from his smoke
house. He missed them az once, but
said nothing about his loss to any
body.
"A few days after the robbery, a
neighbor hailed him and said:
ledge. j hear we mad some hams
swiped the other night.
Yes. that's right said Judge
Bryan in low. confidential tone,
but don't tell anybody. George You
and ] are the only ones who know
anything about it"
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A Little Squirt by Lulu

been here for weeks and have no wish
to go away"
How about the chicken dinners?"
I asks.
Wonderful" says Gladys. 1--WE had
SO many of them 1 almost cackle in
my sleep. And there's the dearest lit
tie country maid waits on table here.
l want you to notice her-a figure like
a young goddess and complexion
like-but you must see for yourself.
| may join you at dinner, mayn't 1?
lieve it. the dinner was all that was
advertised. and more. Not the hard,
chevy kind of cold storage fowl with
emba Imin fluid poured over it, such
as you usually get: but the tender
kind grandmother used to serve, with
dumplngs and lots of gravy in bowl.
Also the waitress was almost as easy
to look at as Gladys had described.
"A goddess of the Green mountains
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house that had almost grown into a
summer hotel. You know. They'd tack
ed on verandas here, changed the
front bedroom into an Office by put
ting in a desk added dinin' room wing
on one side, and broke a few dormers
out of the roof to make attic bed
rooms of the bowl and pitcher variety.
And who should Sadie discover. just
as were streamin' in for dinner. but
Gladys Tarleton, wearin' a fringed
smock and with her hair braided in
Girl Scout fashion.
why. Gladys" says Sadie. What
ever are you doing here?"
simply resting my soul and drink
ing in the quiet beauty of these Won
sderful hills" sushes Gladys 1--WE
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Miss Tarleton's maid?" says I.
You can hear a lot of bunk if you
stretch your ear" says the simple
country girl.
why, 1 thought you two was great
chums," says I.
That's part Of my job" says Lulu,
mo matter what big nuts some of 'em
are. She's worse than most of the
men, Gladys is; and take it from me.
a lot of these auto tourists are mighty
fresh. They're a heap freer with the
tips
oh" says 1. "Now that you've
mentioned it" and 1 slips a dollar
to go with the one I'd seen Pinckney
tuck under the plate.
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1t, winter after winter, joshed along
by her unkind friends and the dra-
matte professors. And on the side
she takes lessons in breathing, and
facial expression, and voice culture
and / don't know what not: shes
been at il ever since her folks died
and left her all that money.
She's a long, timber, lanky party.
Gladys, with big, rollin' dark eyes
and a lot of black hair that's always
done up sloppy. l think she fancles
that she's a lady vamp in a mild way.
About a half of 1 per cent vamp,
should say. She has some of the lines
and goes through some of the mo-
tions, but she's about as much of d
lnan fascinator as Swiftly Joe is q,
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Social Amenities.
DoorH HARRINGTON. the novel;.

pooTH HARRINGTON. the novelist.
u was talking about American viii
lage life.
I'm afraid our American villages"
he said, don't practice the social
amenities to any great extent
Il know a short-story writer vino
moved recently into a quaint Yer
mont village. / met him the other
day in a magazine Office and asked
him how he liked his new life.
Fair he answered.
"'Have you called on your neigh
bors YETI said I.
mo said he. but I'm going to il
I miss any more of my wood"
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The Buffers Complaint.
..,I>HERE would be fewer divorce

ss,I>HERE would be fewer divorces
said Gen. Baxter Sweeney a.
Knoxville luncheon. "if discipline we:s
observed in marriage-if the rules Of
politeness held Their as elsewhere.
"A Knoxville butler the other '':''
resigned his job.
why are you quitting, HaiiiL,
TOM a brother butler asked him.
Because they treat one so badly.
was the answer. Why, they treat
me as one of the family! The mistress
calls me All old fool as often Al she
does her husband"
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twenty-five Miles Below
Washington, on a "Neck"
Bounded by Virginia
Creeks 49, Sites of Two
Houses That Disappeared
Long Ago.

= HE place of this "ramble' is
twenty-five miles below WASH
ington. The direction is south
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-17

Y YOU could see the panic on
" Swifty's face as he comes slidIn
sleuthy into the gym, shuts the
door and backs up against H.
Arizona republican., 1920-03-23
MAY YEXTEND.DE[|VERY
 IF MAIL IN THE CITY

Inspection of the rural delivery routes radia ting out of Phoenix will be made within the next few weeks with view of extending the system, ac- cording to the announcement made yesterday by Selim J. Nicholson. post master.
 Mir. Nicholson stated that it was probable the inspection would result in an extension of the city delivery ser vice into the rural territory and the continuation of the rural zone. AL though this course has not been defi- nitely determined, it is known that it will have the recommendation of the postmaster.
 Last week MT. Nicholson, with J. L.. Cooper, postoffice inspector, and J. A. Giffin, superintendent of mails, in spected the outskirts of the city. and gave aN unfavorable report on city delivery for those sections where side walks have not been laid. The post master said delivery would be out of the question while streets remained in the condition he found them.
Arizona republican., 1920-03-23
PHOENIX MAN WINS
 IN LAND DRAWING

Drawings for public lands were con- ducted in the United States land of flee at Phoenix yesterday, the lands comprising a large area of the Coco nino forest. The drawings and the ap- pficants for the lands were in the fol- lowing order:
 First drawing-Joseph H. Rollins Chandler; Edwin J. Johnson, Williams Charles Bonner, Williams; William Cole, Williams; John L. Harris, Will Hams; Irene Lebsch, Williams: Lenora Buns, Williams, and Selma Bush, Flag staff.
 Second drawing-John Levi Barnes, Bellemont, and George c. Keith, Phoe- nix.
 Third drawing-James N. Miller, Winslow; Archis w. Strange, Will Hams; Frank F.. Hinds, Williams: Elm melt L. Eincannon, Williams; George McDougal.
 Fourth drawing-Thomas F. Mattox, Williams; Thomas c. Thomasson, Will Hams.
 Fifth drawing-Ralph B. Mclean, Williams; Mary F.. Moss. Williams: Eueal T.. Kincannon, Williams
 Sixth drawing-Lynn Despair, Hol- brook; Charles F. Ross. Snowflake.
Arizona republican., 1920-03-23
HIGH SCHOOL u NOTES
Nothina But MenestreI

Nobody is talking of anything but the big menestrel militaire. Why should they talk of anything else. when this said menestrel is going to be the cleverest thing in the way of an enter tainment ever staged at the high school. Everything is going to De blackface and there wilf be no intermis- sions whatever. The performance will consist of about two and one- half hours of solid fun. It will be a coon comedy from beginning to end, and
 the meaning that is now trying to be conveyedh is that it will be funny. The fact that Bob Rosenhauer is directing the comedy should be enough to prom ise the public some little show And, by the way, Rosy will be there with a little act himself, although he has forbidden anyone to say just what na-
Arizona republican., 1920-03-23
COOPERATIVE SOCIETY .|S FORMED IN PHOENIX

The Maricopa County Cooperative society was formed in Phoenix yester- . day. It has been in process of organi- zation for some time and only the de- tails remained to be finished at the meeting yesterday. The organization is on the ''Rochda1e plan," which means that the profits of the society are to be distributed among the members in proportion to the amount contributed by each in the way of purchases or other business.
 The officers of the society are: Thomas Malony president; Thomas H. Bell, vice president and George Simons, secretary treasurer. These of ficers, with c. M. Perry. A. F. Stelzer, J. Provost and Mrs. D. Hall, constitute the board of directors.
 Just what form the activities of the local society will take has not yet been determined, but>fs is expected that they will be in the-direcion of cooperative building. The par value of the stock is ss0 a share and it is intended to issue 1000 shares.
 There are four other similar societies in the state: one at Douglas, one at Bisbee. another at Miami and one at Tucson.
Arizona republican., 1920-03-23
FORMER PHOENIX MAN
 |S KILLED IN KANSAS

Word reached the city yesterday that A. H. Linebarger, for several years a resident of Phoenix, has been killed at Wichita, Kansas. A telegram was re- ceived by J. Nj. Stewart from Russell Linebarger. son of the dead man, who stated that the body would be brought back here for burial. Nothing is known or the manner of the death of Mr. aincbarger except that he was killed
 MT Linebargeri his father, mother and brother. and his own family. con- slstivg Of wife, and son, came to Phoenix from Kansas a bout 10 years ago. He invested heavily in real estate. His father and brother died here and the family left the city year or more ago the son and his wife moving to Wichita. Mir. Linebarger and his wife went to Colorado. MT. Linebarger was in Phoenix last November. MT. Line carger was an active member of the Christian church.
 The funeral will take place at the Christlan church tomorrow, Wednes- day, afternoon at o'clock Intermant will be in Greenwood.
Arizona republican., 1920-03-23
TO MAKE II. WARM FOR ILLICIT DEALERS IN DRUGS.||V SOUTHWEST

Illicit narcotic traffic in the district embracing Arizona. California, Wash ington, Oregon and Nevada is worse than anywhere else in the United States, according to l.. c. Mutt, na- tional director of the enforcement of the Harrison antf-narcotic law, who is now on the coast.
 MT. Mutt, since his arrival in the west. has announced that the numer- ical strength of the inspectors in the service of the internal revenue agents in the several states in the district is to be doubled at once. Life is going to be considerable of a burden to il- licit dealers in narcotics. he says. Df- rector Mutt was recently in San Diego, where he held a conference with border officials and completed plans to stop up the holes through which narcotics are smuggled into Arizona, California and New Mexico.
 One of the chief aids the narcotic enforcement officers will have at their disposal in early April is the order from Washington forbidding all exportation of narcotics to foreign countries While the authorities have kept contin- uously at the heels of illicit dealers of drugs, it has been easy for the snug s1ers to purchase narcotics in this country and export them to Mexico and Canada, to be smuggled across the line into the states and sold at sky high prices to the addicts. Director Nuts explanation of the conditions in this district was given in a recent in- terview on the coast:
 'T believe it due primarily to the fact that the government has not sup piled narcotic inspectors in sufficient numbers to properly enforce the liar rison act" said Mir. Mutt That is go- ing to be done at once. and instead of each state being district we have combined five states into the Pacific district. This will enable the revenue department to send squads of inspect ors about at will to keep hot on the trail of the illicit dealers. who will not know just what moment the inspectors are ready'to act"
 While in southern California Director Nutt will study the narcotic clinics es- abolished at Los Angeles and at San Diego. He favors confinement in iails and hospitals for drug addicts of the criminal type, and is open minded in the question of decreasing dosage for the addict who desires to reform
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