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The New York herald., 1921-07-31

man Mr.. So-And-So." How different It is
now that the women must be reckoned with.
They are really trying to accomplish reforms
in government. We don't know how 1t will
end, but we see dark and troublesome times
ahead II they don't quit being so serious.
Now take the case of Lady Godiva. There
was one of the serious minded women who
mixed up in politics 1t all came about
through some taxes that her husband the
Earl, was trying to collect. Lady Godiva
had probably bought a lot of expensive
gowns and things until the Earl was simply
out Of money. He had to support her II she
was to be happy. So he announced that the
people would have to pay more taxes. The
residents of Coventry (that is where the incl
dent took place) said that the tax rate was
too high, and that IL they tried to meet the
levy they would not have enough to eat.
They appealed to Lady Godlva, and so
worked ON her sympathy that she went to
the Earl in their behalf, reasoning by some
sort of mental process unknown to us that
the Earl could continue to buy clothes for
her when he was broke.
Now this was the very thing the good ole
Earl was waiting for. II will fix you for
keeps, old girl" he doubtless said to him
self. SO he decided to impress upon her the
necessity for simple dressing and the real
meaning of clothes. When she asked him
theSsecond time to repeal the tax levy
"He answered, Ride you naked thro' the
town,
And / repeal it, and nodding as In
scorn,
He parted with great strides among
his dogs"
Well, that sort of passed the buck to Lady
Godiva. but she was game and made good
That is what we say is the principal trouble
with women in politics. Every time we men
pass the buck to them they make good
To make a long story short, she rode
clean through the town and back again,
having first sent word to the people to please
close up their shutters and not look.
Everyone did as she requested ex, ept one
chap, who bored a couple of holes in a fence
and peeped through. He lost both his eyes.
he had just bored one hole he would have
lost only one eye However, although blind
ed, he died happy and during his declining
years he. frequently stated that he had never
regretted the incident.
IL the women keep UP this intense serious
ness I'm politics we expect-no. hope--to live
until the day when there will be an entire
parade with a grand marshal and every
thing in order to carry some minor point In
politics. We warn them, however, that they
will probably all be arrested by the police.
because while the experiment was a success
in Coventry many years ago we doubt II It
will be permitted in America in 1921, and
in addition the natures of men have changed
somewhat and If the parade is pulled off we
freely predict an epidemic of blindness.
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w re are with the preachers. absolutely
\A/ and to the last ditch in the fight
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Dams Own Book Review.

GODIvA. poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
Surrey. England. Dappleday & Co.. Ltd,
London.
~ NE of the first feminists known to his
tory was Lady Godiva. but she, like
many another, went too far in en-
deavoring to carry her point in politics, as
a result of which she was very severely
criticised by some of the best minds" of
her day.
Nobody seriously objects to women being
in politics. The only trouble with them lis
that they take so darn seriously the things
that men used merely as a pastime and an
excuse to stay out nights. When the "for
men only sign was displayed outside the
political arena of this country, what took
place on the inside was merely for amuse-
ment and incidentally to get a few nice fat
jobs for Old Bill or Dear Old Tom and oc-
casionally for "Our Splendid Fellow Towns
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Old Timer Compares Horrors of the Success
With Those He Suffered for Murder
of Which He Was Innocent

watch over me. The warders had the old
bullet and cap pistols I was going to break
through them or be shot down. Then came
The second trial"
The man then explained how a black cap
was placed over his head when he was taker
to his cell in the Eastern State Penitentiary.
lie saw nobody. Food and supplies were
thrust through trap in the door of the CELL
Once a week a warder Would knock on the
door. Then he had to don the black hood and
walk to the bath.
at was 1877 steps to the bathroom" he
stated simply
inside, and had TO don his hood before ven
turing out again. On Sunday the cell door
was opened slightly in such fashion that he
could not see anything, but he could hear
the drawl of chaplain and the hymn sing
ing of the more fortunate prisoners.
ut was all right for anybody who wanted
that sort of Christianity. l didn't care
for it,"
The rules forbade him speaking on
any subject but that of food or If he wanted
a doctor When the doctor came he had to
again don the black hood. He learned tc
distinguish the voices Of the various Keepers
Day after day he spent his time in his cell
making stockings with an old English stock
ing maker.
For over two years he worked to escape
He dug out pieces of brick and plaster with
one of the stocking needles and put them,
spoonful at a time, In his sanitary pail. He
The New York herald., 1921-07-31
By DAN CAREY.

w TE are with the preachers absolutely
\A and to the last ditch, in the fight
for this new constitutional amend
ment which is going to prohibit prize fight
ing and brutality of all kinds in the United
States In fact we are for all of the pro-
posed amendments to the Constitution of
the United States.
The success with which the Eighteenth
Amendment-that is, prohibition-was eased
into the people while a part of them were
fighting the war and while the rest of them
were not looking has caused all persons who
have a desire to compel the rest of the
world to think and act as they do to turn
TO laws, lawmaking and lawmakers as the
easiest method of accomplishing their OBJ
ject A great deal may be said for the
system because it does away with a great
deal of hard work at poor pay, intensive
thinking and difficult exhortation; but if we
read history correctly the system failed at
Rome In the early days of the Christian era.
'You can lead horse to water, butt you
can't make him drink"
However We We're saying, we are for
all the proposed CONSTITUTIONAL amendments.
At present the following are proposed;
l. Preventing prize fighting other forms
of brutal contests.
g Preventing the li$e of tobacco.
g. Enacting Sunday blue laws
4. Prohibiting the manufacture and sale of
guns, pistols and ammunition.
5. Prohibiting the use of the word male"
in all laws thus giving men and women the
same standing in law.
Few persons know about the fourth of
these proposed amendments. We quote
from a writer in a recent publication:
"Why not have another amendment to
the Constitution of the United States of
America? Why not prohibit the manufac-
ture and sale of guns. pistols, firearms of
every description to everybody, private in
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our two friends made the regulation board
ing house reach for the hot biscuits, but the
old man raised both hands over the table
above his head palms down, gesture which
plainly told them to wait
MY friends" he said, I'VE haven't much
up here in the mountains except our farms,
our families and our religion, and we be-
lieve in all of them. 1t is the custom in my
house for every one around the table to say
a verse from the Bible before we eat will
begin"
The old man bowed his head and recited
the first of the eight Beatitudes. Now there
were just eight in that mountain family. the
old man, his wife and six children. The con-
sequence was that by the time the table had
been rounded the eight Beatitudes had been
exhausted. and our two friends, who sat on
the immediate right of the old man, were
thrown absolutely upon their own resources
Between them they knew just one other
thing in the Bible, and the first city man
said it. Bowng his head reverently, he
said, solemnly and deliberately, "'Jesus
wept.'"
The second city man bowed his head and
said, HE sure did"
90 you see. even though the old man
made moonshine liquor and sold IT in
the city. he was deeply religious. 1t
was simply his opinion, his conviction.
A great many mountaineers are religious
Dear old Uncle Bud Kernodle, now dead.
we'll known man in Georgia, once told us
story about a religious mountaineer.
1t seems that the old fellows then young.
who stacked their arms when Gen. Lee
surrendered at Appomattox. having been on
short rations for a long time had formed
the habit of trying to turn the stomachs of
their companions, the object being to cause
a loss Of appetite, whereupon the more
hardened would eat the rations of the dis
gusted one.
Well. party of Georgians were walking
home after the surrender. When they
reached the mountains of North Carolina
they were invited to have dinner at a farm
house. They hastily made ready for the
event and went into the dining room with
rush.
Hold on, boys" said the farmer when he
saw what was about to happen, I'VE always
say something here before we begin to eat"
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HAD fourteen years of what /
thought was hell, but it certainly
was not as bad as thisn said a

- HAD fourteen years OF Wnat L
thought was hell but it certainly
was not as bad as this" said
visitor to the convict ship Success yester-
day as he came from the solitary confine-
ment deck below TO the main deck of the
vessel which is now on exhibition at the
foot of West 129th street.
The remark was addressed to First officer
Harry Wooten Of the ancient craft which
for half a century was used TO transport
British prisoners to Australia. The speaker
was man who stood little over five feet and
looked about so years OF age although he
later said he Is rs.
Were you a keeper somewhere?" asked
Wooten with an encouraging smile
mo, j was a captive said the other.
"I had fourteen years solitary in the old
Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia
separate and solitary confinement; that's
the way the commitment papers read. I've
been out twenty years now | was 40 years
Of age when they put me away
Must have been pretty serious offence"
youchsafed wooten.
"Murder-that's what they called it.
killed my brothcr-in-law. It was in self
defence, but I was sentenced to death Nine
days before / was scheduled to swing | got
a new trial, and that brought the solitary
sentence"
Drawn out by wooten, the old fellow spoke
bitterly of second brother-in-law who, he
said, had given perjured testimony
II made up my mind to get him." he said.
"He lied on the witness stand I tell you II
was self defence, but they believed him, and
I lived fourteen years of hell My wife never
wrote to me after I was sentenced heard
she died some years later. I don't know
what became of the children.
"I was tried at Lancaster Pa. II was a
fight over a horse trade. made up my
msnd Ia never swing. They had the death
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~ NE of the most religious men we ever
heard of was a moonshiner in the
mountains of the South. His eldest
son was delivering a run of liquor in town
one day when a street ran over him.
Two claim agents went to the house of the
old man up in the mountains to settle for
the death of his son. They reached the
farm about sundown.
When they had stated their business the
old man told them that the following morn
ing would be the right time to discuss the
case. Meanwhile, they were to come in,
have supper and spend the night They ac-
cepted his hospitality
When the supper was placed on the table
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T AXE this recent prize fight between
Dempsey and Carpenter few weeks
- ago. We were not gathering local
color, like some of the preachers, so we did
not attend and we did not have a free ticket
like some of the newspaper men, 70 we did
not attend The consequence is that our re-
marks must necessarily be based upon what
we read rather than upon what we saw. We
admit freely that before the fight we thought
1t was going to be very respectable affair
but our opinion was changed on the morning
of Sunday, July 3, when we read the story
by rounds as printed income of the morning
dailies. We then knew that we had missed
attending very wicked, wicked affair.
In the account that we read Carpentier
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whipped a wicked right three times, he
whipped a wicked left" twice, while Demp-
sey responded 'wickedly' four times.
Wickedness is something that must be
eradicated from sports. even though an
amendment to the Constitution of the
United States be required.
However we will admit, If you really want
To know that wickedness and morality are
merely a matter of opinion, rearing and en-
vronment.
We once went on a camping party with a
young lady who was very religious. The first
Sunday we were in camp number of us
secured our bathing suits and invited her
to accompany us.
"This is Sunday" she said.
$50 it is' we replied.
II don't go swimming on Sunday" she
remarked.
Sorry" we answered
"Oh, please understand that I am not try
ing to regulate your conduct If it doesn't
violate your conscience go ahead, but it
would mne'
Sorry" we repeated, and our party went
for a swim in the refreshing water of the
lake. while she stepped into n rowboat and
rowed all over the lake for couple of
hours, returning to the camp thoroughly
tired and with the necessity for a sponge
bath, while we returned refreshed and in
vigorated.
We never could understand her viewpoint,
never could realize why swimming on Sun
day was sinful while rowing on Sunday was
not sinful. 1t was simply her opinion, her
conviction. and while we disagreed with her
acter.
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family that / know. and know quite
WELL
Although never yet nave rung their bell.
Resides around the corner from my flat
They dress quite well and have a dog
and cat.
portly man, the head, age fifty-three
His wife, quite stout. yet young, as all
can see:
His daughter is q girl of seventeen,
sweet young miss. with figure rather
lean:
The brother next. a youth Of twelve>or so
younger boy, some lad as youngsters
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Dempsey responded "wickedly" four times.

"I don't care what you say" replied one
of the party you can't turn my stomach"
q PEAKING of the South reminds us that
what we recently wrote in letter to
- the Editor of THE SUN about Chief
Justice Taft turned out 20 ne exactly true.
OF course we believed it to be true all the
time because we by instinct and nature keep
one ear on the ground and we simply wrote
as we heard.
When the announcement was first made
several weeks ago that Mr.. Taft was being
considered for the place of Chief Justice 1t
was also stated that objection to his ap-
pointment would probably be made by
Southern Senators.
We wrote a letter stating that II was un-
thinkable that Mr.. Taft would be opposed
by Southern Senators, and announcing thet
we did not believe 1t. because we knew Mr..
Taft 10 be very popular in the South, where
he is very frequent visitor. We concluded
our letter by stating that the South was not
passively for Mr.. Taft, but actively for him.
Now. what happened? When the appoint
ment went to the Senate opposition devel-
oped among few "a very few Northern
ers and middle Westerners. What did the
South do? Actively fighting for the ap-
pointment of Mr.. Taft as Chief Justice Of
the United States were the brainy Under
wood of Alabama, the splendid Broussard
of Louisiana, the fearless Smith of South
Carolina, and North Carolina's excellent
Senator, Lee Overman.
No. the South makes some bad mistakes
because II also is peopled by human beings;
but her mistakes are rarely those of IN
gratitude.
r HOWEVER, we were talking about
n amendments TO the Constitution Of
= the United States and not about the
appointment of Chief Justices. We think
one Of the first amendments should be that
one about the blue laws. and we hope to see
included a special provision about kissing or
being kissed by ones wife on Sunday. IL
shouldn't be allowed There is many a man
goes home on Saturday night having violated
the Eighteenth Amendment at fifty cents
a throw in every saloon on his route. fully
determined TO assert his manhood. strike for
his rights, declare himself take charge of
his own house and operate Il In the future
the way II ought to be run.
He mumbles this over to himself on his
way home, and his mind is fully made up.
After he eases the key In the night latch
and secs her sitting up for him in kimono
with a rolling pin i'm her lap he realizes that
the thing had better be postponed until
Sunday morning SO he fbrgives her bell
ligerent attitude and snores himself to sleep,
but before he closes his eyes he rehearses
mentally what he will say in the morning.
Sunday morning she brings a glass OF ice
water to the bed, tells him she win not
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And then the little baby they adore
Which still wears socks and things and
things galore.
This Is the family that know so well,
And yet confess their names l cannot
tell:
Neither have l seen their faces yet.
Nor do know the house that they have
let.
Am | Lecoq or Holmes reincarnate
That glibiy ] these facts so well relate?
Not so. my friend: I'm nothing quite so
fine,
| merely see their wash upon the line.
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sttutional amendment by engaging in a
brutal contest.
Yes, we are for these new constitutional
amendments
Evening journal., 1921-03-04
IEw SHADES FOR SPRING DAYS
WOOL PLAID SKIRTS, $e.ss

A fun box peated wide belt and large buttons
shown a plaid color combinations which
brown, waist 25 to 80 nchea
SKIRT DEPT-FIRST FLOOR
Evening journal., 1921-03-04
KIDNEYS AILING ?
Watch the Symptoms

Don't take any chances with your kid
neys. II you have the faintest suspicion
that your kidneys are weak or your blad-
der Is irritated the wisest thing you can
do Is to get a bottle Of DIT. Carey
Marshroot az once.
watch the symptoms carefully. The
tiniest signals often indicate that the
kidneys are ailing and need attention.
Drvskin for Instance and little specks
floating before the eyes. Sometimes the
feet feel heavy. as II your shoes were fuli
Of lead Often the joints ache or You
have quick, darting pains shooting
through the back or side Then again
that frequent desire 10 empty trt blal-
der. cold. chmmy feet and just little
pufluess under the eyes Occasionany
ne hands or feet swell slightly and the
ralms of the hands are moist Don
neglect them-you cannot anord 20 take
arv chances with your kidneys.
fNpORTANT-Dr. Daniel O., carey
ne wei known kidney and bladder spe-
~inTfaf nf Eimira. n. y. who retired re-
Gently declared that this great .prescrip-
lion. 30 ~. "Marshror, had helped
thousands of sufferers from kidney ana
bladder troubles. 10 is not patent mell-
~ite asd IA only sold through drug stores
10 acr0ur1 odate his patients. Hereafter
v0u can always get this effective pre-
scription 81 ~ B. Danforth's and az re-
liable pharmacists the country over heep
In mind the name, DR.. Carey's Marsh
roof prescription No. ~. No other mell-
cine can take IT, place
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in
BOOZE SEIZURE
Elkton Official, Two Depu-
ties and Two State Police
men Held in Bail
WASHINGTON MAN
ALLEGES HOLD-UP

BALTIMORE, March As a
result OF statements made by Dan
lei King. Of Washington. two mem
bers Of the State police force and
lhree officers OF Cecil county have
been charged by Federal officials
with conspiracy 70 seize liquor
illegally.
The accused are Sheriff Louis A.
Seth, Oscar p. Humes and Frank G.
Pratt, deputy sheriffs. all OF Cecil
county and Lieutenant John H
Boshen and Arthur G. Moran. a pri-
Tate. both Of the State motorcycle
police. All gave bail for their ap-
pearance before United State Com
missioner Supplee on March "a. The
two state police have been suspend
ed pending an investigation.
Kings charges are said to be;
That at A. NJ. on Tuesday last
he was held up by the five men
named on the road, about two miles
from Elkton; that he and another
man with him. whose name has not
been disclosed, were handcuffed and
taken TO the Elkton Jail, where
twenty-five cases OF liquor, s455 in
cash, revolvers. shotguns and black
lacks we're taken from them.
That they were then put back in
their automobile and told to clear
out According TO his story, when
ne demonstrated and asked that his
money be returned to him, he was
told again to clear out and this
time the remark was made; III the
Federal prohibition officers had ar
rested you. they would have taken
your automobile too"
Sheriff Seth engaged former United
States District Attorney Samuel X.
Dennis as his counsel yesterday after
he. Humes. Pratt and Moran had
come to town and spent the morning
with Messrs. Lindsay and Donoho.
Mr.. Dennis says the whole case is
the result Of a Misunderstanding be-
tween the Federal prohibition offi-
GERS and the county officers.
Mr. Dennis version OF the case was
as follows:
Sheriff Seth received information
that on the night OF February 2s two
automobiles loaded with bootleg
liquor would go through Cecil county
on the way from Philadelphia TO
Washington. He planned to catch
them.
While Sheriff Seth and Messrs.
Humes and Pratt and officers
Boshon and Moran were waiting on
The road. the machine driven by
King came along. The sheriff knew
King and ordered his machine
stopped The whisky was found. done
up IN pouches very much like mail
pouches. net twenty-five cases OF T..
The men were taken 20 Elkton jail.
Everybody had been out on the road
and was cold. and when they reached
the Jail. Mrs. Seth. the wife Of the
sheriff prepared sandwiches and
coffee Tor the party. They were cat
Ing In the kitchen Of the Jail adjoin-
ire the Sherirs home. Seth says
when he was called out Of the room
f1r a minute. During his absence the
men fed sheriff seth teiephoned 70
the prohibition officers of what had
Happened and the officers went 10
E'kion last night and got the whisky
ALI % o.
Evening journal., 1921-03-04
COUNCIL ELECTS
VACCINE PHYSICIANS

CITY Council last nixht elected
nve vaccine physicians for a term of
one year each. They arc: First dis
trict. DR.. Henry M. willis: Second
district, DIR. p. A. NJ Routt1; Third
district, DR.. Henry M. First. Fourth
district. DR.. George r. Foulk; at
large. Dr. Henry c. Stevens.
Tho Democratic nominees were:
Drn- II. p. Buckmaster. d. L Nc
colley. Thomas Cooke. Charles H.
Boehm and ]. J. Jones. each of them
receiving i've votes except DR.. Jones,
Evening journal., 1921-03-04
wrsr nRANpYwrNE GRANGn.

At the weekly meeting OF West
Brandywine Grange, held at Talley-
vile last night, several applications
for membership were received and
reports read on Pomona Grange.
After the business session, the un-
married folk entertained the mar
ried folk with the following pro-
gram: Mary Passmore. song, accom-
panied by a chorus; skit on Mar
ried Folk" Bertha Greenfield, reci-
tation: william Clark, recitation;
Evening journal., 1921-03-04
MIG CLARKE LIKE COLT.

DETROIT. March Mig Clarke
who at one time was battery mate
Of Addie joss, is eager to get into a
Toledo uniform Clarke looks like
a young sprout. IN spite OF the fact
that he has been IN baseball II
yearn
Evening journal., 1921-03-04

who received mona. When the FINAL
ballot wRs called for, Councilman
Kane nominated DIR. Jones, but five
blank ballots wcro cast.
Evening journal., 1921-03-04

Margaret Ryan. violin solo; Stephen
Logue, recitation; why We Never
Married" by five members Of the
grange; Louise Hudson. recitation:
Evening journal., 1921-03-04
FOR RENT GARAGEs

Reasonable. desirable location, en-
trance 14os Rodney street and 1880
Delaware avenue. Phone 4sbo.--
Adv.
Evening journal., 1921-03-04

Ella Talley. recitation; Alice Ryan
and Ralph Wyatt piano duet; Ethel
Smith. recitation; dialogue by five
members Of the grange.
Evening journal., 1921-03-04

Fur Colds. Grip o. Iuhuena
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