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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-29
MEDALS FOR HEROIC CHINESE
Risk Lives in Storm to Rescue Crew
Of Sinking Ship Days Voyage
From Hongkong.

Shanghai.-M Widen, French con
sui general at Shanghai. recommended
that his government decorate Chiuese
and foreign members of the crew of
the steamer Monteagle Of the Cana.
dian Ocean Pacific services for their
heroism in reScuing 66 persons from
the steamer Hsientien after 1t had
gone on the rocks in a storm a day's
voyage from Hongkong.
The Hsientien, with a cargo Of rice
began TO take water and sink April s
II was kept above the surface by driy
ing il on the rocks a considerable dis
tance from shore.
In the face of rising storm on,
boat after another was put of
manned by members of the crew OF
the Mcnteagle, and after hours of peril
Gus work the rescue was effected. -Four
Chinese were drowned.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-29
new WONDER Gun
IS GIVEN A TEST
Experts Assert That 1t viii HurI
Five-Ton ProiectiIe About
800 Miles.
LOUD REPORT ELIMINATED
Former Associate of Edison Tests the
Weapon in New York Skyscraper
Uses One-Third of Powder
Consumed by Present Guns.

New IOrk.-ScientiStS and inven-
tors are interested in the remarkable
qualities of a new gun which DIR. Mil
Ter Reese Hutchinson, former chief
engineer for Thomas A. Edison. as
serts may be developed 10 hurl pro-
jectile OF five tons from 200 TO 800
miles. Its velocity, he declared. ranges
from one 10 five miles a second.
The noise IL made at recent dem
onstration sounded much like the click
OF cash register. though only a min
iature weapon with an S-inch barrel
was used. Its projectile may be
stopped In a sheet OF steel with the
precision of trolley car.
The gun is the invention of John
Temple. an Englishman, who devel-
cped the idea in this country.
Fires Big Gun in Skyscraper.
The demonstration. in the presence
OF scientists and newspaper men. was
held In Doctor Hutchinson's Office on
the fifty-first floor of the WoOlworth
tower. The testing grounds" consist
tu III II boA oi Siiu vi the littA vi Tx
office. over which was placed n sheet
Of steel three-quarters Of an inch
thick.
Pointing the gun downward toward
the offices filled with people beneath
him. Doctor Hutchinson discharged
the weapon and the cash register click
was heard In the sheet of steel there
was lodged projectile three inches
long and 0ne-halflnch In diameter
The ends stuck out on either side of
the steel.
Doctor Hutchinson explained that
the tail end Of the projectile was
threaded and served the purpose of "a
bolt. This feature, he declared, could
be used in boiling plate over hole
I'm the hull OF a leaking ship az sea.
Doctor Hutchinson said a demon
stration was held recently In the New
York navy yard of the practicability
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-29
NO PICTURES FOR Mr.. DAWES
"Stop Following Me Around, if You'd
Live to Ripe Old Age" He Warns
Camera Man.

Washington, ID. C.-Charles G..
Dawes, head of the budget bureau of
the government, was called upon by an
ambitious young photographer who
wished 10 take Il picture of him work
ing ut his official desk.
Young man, you want TO live TO a
ripe old age, but you won't if you keep
on following me around for picture, y
said General Dawes.
Mr.. Dawes made it plain that he
had one of the hardest jobs to per
fern of any government official, and
until he had made good at it, he was
not particular that the country should
see his picture or read eulogies on his
wort here.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-29
Death Cuts Down Civil War Veterans,
Total Membership of the Grand
Army of the Republic shows
Loss of more than 10000
in last yegr. The 1921
Reunion will be held
at Indianapolis.

ife insurance scheme was propos.
ed it being said then the G.. A.
L. had 240, 900 members In 1867
lC has been said that the state de.
partment &c aimed to represent
a constituency ofover 200, 600 But
there is NO authentic record of the
number tor the early years. the
incurance proposal containing an
estimate, it is thought and the '67
estimate being regarded as the
number of union soldiers living in
the jurlsdition ofthe state depart.
men represented at the conven
ton. For instance the adjutant
generals report at 1870 encamp-
Iment when there were 80 depart
ments, say tits absolutely impos.
s;ble for me to furnish anything
like a report of the present mem.
bership.
In 1890 however, reports taken
as authentic state that the mem
bership was 400, 489, the highest
mark recorded. From 1878 to
1890 the growth was rapid beine
from $4,000 to $4,000 annually.
Since 1890 the decline has been
constant, except for 5000 gain
in 1906 said to be due 70 p. aspect
of favorable penison legislation.
Subsequent enrolment figures
from the time the G.. A. R
reached It's zenith to the present
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-29
eaptists Elect Woman Leader.

Des MOines, Ia.-With the election
of Mrs. Helen Barrett Montgomery
of Rochester, y. Y, as president of
the Northern Baptist convention, a
precedent was set among the larger
denominations of the United States.
Coincidentally, the convention was
presided over by a woman, Mrs. NJ.
Grant Edmands of Pasadena, Cal,
after f. L. Tustin of Philadelphia. the
president, had been stricken with H.
ness.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-29

Of deep sea riveting wit:. ne gun. a
diver went 81 feet below the surface
and fired a shot The diver refused TO
believe the gun had been discharged,
as he said there had been no concuS-
sion and no recoil. He was shown the
plate of the ship he had fired into.
however. and later Il pressure of eight
tons was required To force the projec-
tile from its place.
Third as Much Powder Used
The demonstration gun used by Doc
tor Hutchinson had a velocity of one
mile second. He declared the high
power rifles now i'm vogue obtain their
velocity through the use of small pro-
jectleS. long barrels and about three
times as much powder as is used in
the new weapon. The principle of
burning the powder, which does not
permit waste, before the projectile
even starts To move, has been applied
in the gun, Doctor Hutchinson ex-
planned. The elimination of loud
report, he said, was obtained by con-
finement of the expanding gases to
the chamber from which the projec
tile emanated
The weapon resembles the nozzle of
pneumatic hammer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-29

Another sisn Of progress is the way
the enlightened cir ~ouvy which once
opgo>ed woman suffrage IS now look
ng 10 ihc women voters TO nominate
the right man in the primary.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-29

Count Iya Tolstoy asserts that the
end OF Bolshevik power in Russia will
come In May. 1922. The count is an
excellent man, who in 1917 expressed
the opinion that the Russian =. alu-
,tion ought to be postponed until liter
the war.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-29

Inc l920 natlona! elcampment
voted to meet every year as long
as a single memb r survived
Brig. Gen. John L. Glenn, ad lress
army and Navy club. Washington
D. c. claims himself the youngest
e. A. r member. He is thought
by u. A. r officials here to be II
years old having enlisted as a
drummer boy at age Of II years.
The question of who is the Oldest
member always brinps up hun
dreds of claimants and no reliable
record has been obtained.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-29

VIM j. Comar 73 To Ella Wiggs
o1 both of Wins Ow, Pike Co. 1t
rs the grooms 2nd and bride 3rd
marriage.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-29

[ kissed her tempting ruby lips.
An act quite diabolic:
For since stole those honied sips
l have the painters collie
~ r.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-29

HAS A Ouija board.
AND SHE believes it
AND TALKS to Noah.
AND think she talks.
TO HER best fellow.
WHO'S DEAD but doesn't know 1t.
AND used to give her.
THE LOUD, rude laugh.
BUT I'M sorry now.
BECAUSE LAST night.
! WAS home alone.
so got the board.
AND PUT in a call.
FOR JOHN Barleycorn.
AND OTHER departed spirits.
BUT THE line was busy.
FOR NOTHING happened.
THEN I cheated little.
AND IT spelled this.
"GRAMMAsHorTA sEvEN."
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-29

so | shut off quick.
TO HEAD of any,
FURTHER FAMILY scandal.
THEN ! stopped to smoke.
A CIGARETTE.
AND AFTER a while.
! cRANkED up weeiee-
AND ALL of a sudden.
1T STARTED off.
AND QUICK as a fash.
IT SAID something
THEY SATISFY"
"CATISFY"-thdt's the good
~ word. Just light up
Chesterfield and see what ex-
| perts can do with fire Turkish
| and Domestic tobaccos when
they blend them in that can't-be-
copied Chesterfield way. You'll
say "they satisfy"
Did you know about the
Chesterfield package ofIO?
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-07-29

Mt. Carmel Ill,
Knocker!-(Ev. Courier.)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-17
Warning 20 Girls

Dear Cynthia-We all know how
much the boys OF today are encorrag-
You viii admit. "Bluebrd." It always
takes q girl to start something. ever
since the time OF our first parents Adam
and Eve. Therefore Il !G today aa It
was then. Men will always and ever
be led by the women
rye often heard my mother tell us:
"It takes q mother twenty-one years to
mako a man out OF her boy. but Il takes
a girl only ten minutes 10 mako {. fool
out OF him" And this md 10 be very
truo indeed.
In the U. $. 4. az boys. So II you
girls wish to bring. back the girls and
boys OF yesterday, Just shun your short
skirts and war colors; Just be your
normal selves then watch tho so.calied
chiny-haired dance-hall Johnnies follow
suit They will then he once more the
men you girls believe they arc not.
Girls, II Is up to you to start US back
TO the good old-fashIonsd ways. And Il
YOU try you can do It easily. 1t took
yonIr mother to make the days In the
slxties pure, SO It ie UP 20 you girls tc
do the same for twenty-one
"A KENS1NGTONIAS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-17

Paul. honey" she cried softly, sax-
iously, aren't you feeling wellf'
He looked at her moodily.
''As we'll Gs one can expect, Under
The circumstances"
Instantly she was beside nim and her
osol palm against his forehead.
why, you don't seem feveri%n. Il
lm't cold
He shook his head.
"No-blood pressure 80 he said gloom I.
lly: yet with certain odd tinge OF
grim satisfaction.
Blood pressure" she repeated.
Blood pressure" Somehow she did
not seem as impressed as he wished.
He was disappointed.
Eyes. went in to Doe Harrison j
on my way home to see about that In
surance report blood pressure.
He sighed lugubriously and settled
mack in the big chair,
But dGrlin', you are not IL, are
you?' ahe repeated aHiOuSIy.
He eyed her sorrowfully,
What else do you want ne - nave
beside a big blood pressureE' ne de-
manded in an injured tone. Measles
or smallpox"
Tell me just what doctor said, Paul,
dear" she commanded.
"Oh. he didn't say anything. AZ =
nitted Paul shifting. 1T was the way
Nonsense. dear" said Virginia.
Said that blood pressure was holdIna
I'D d lot of insurance applications these
days" said Paul evenly.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-17
Through a
Woman's s Eyes
Perspective on the Job
BY JEAN NEWTON

A we'll known clubwoman was asked
the question whether one can belong to
clubs and be as good housekeepcr rs
the woman who gives her undivided
attention to her home. And the answer
was emphatically that q woman will be
better housekeeper IL she belongs to
club.
Not in any sense clubwoman myself,
L will make the issue still more free
from prejudice by speaking Of any out
side interest, instead of club in par
ticular. And then cannot help agree
Ing that this is undoubtedly true the
women ! know, who have outside inter
ests, do have the fresher, more at
tractive and more efficient homes.
The reason seems simple. The wom-
an who is away from her home for q
part OF the time, in mind. as we'll rs in
body, is less likely to look upon It as
grind. And 1t is this loathing that Ia
sure to accompany any grind that
causes carelessness and neglect.
The woman who can come back to the
work in her home is going to like 1t
more, to take more pleasure in the var
ious tasks, than Is her sister with whom
they constitute steady diet. She will
do them with more vim and with less
consciousness of the menial nature of
some of them. She will not get so fed
up on them, and therefore will do them
with more interest. And perspective
always goes for greater efficiency.
Doctors tell us that to rest 1t is not
necessary to sit still and do nothing
that different work, q change In activi-
ty, constitutes rest. So any woman
will find that getting outside of her
home In her spare time will give her
more mental rest, win prove more re-
nntmating than remaining mentally in
the same atmosphere.
And even In the absence OF domestic
help today. there arc FEW women whose
household burden IS physically so great
that they cannot make some time to get
away from 1t. l say make time, be-
cause, If necessary, that is the thing to
do. 1t may mean ready made cake for
tonight's dinner, and plain curtains
that are easier to wash. But in q real
home there Is more to be considered than
home made cake and lace curtains.
There Is such q thing as the spirit Of
the home, which is more important to
the man who comes TO it 0t night. No
particular food or fused over appoint
ments can compensate him for n nery-
GUS, irritable. tagged or stnlc minded
wife. And while going to the extreme
Of remaining fresh and having ones
kitchen in the dellcatesscn store would
certainly be neglCcting hcr job. the
woman with sense of values can strike
the right balance, and be model wife
and home maker.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-17
MRS. WILSON'S ANSWERS

My Dear Mrs. Wilson-Will you
give me Il recipe for English beef
The meat used for this dish is usually
n cut from the shin or briskct. Place
one and one half pounds OF beef. Sc
Letting the cut desired, in soup kettle
and add
Onc-hGlf cup Of tcaahed barley,
One-haU cup of toeli- tcaShed dried
peas,
Three slices OF turnip, chopped dne,
Ono small carrot, chopped fnc,
One leck or taco onions, chopped fine.
One and one quarter cups Of finely
cGoppcd cabbage,
Little 6umoh Of soup ter6s,
Onc-hdT teaspoon OF sloset mar
jordm.
Sir piats Of cold scateT.
Bring to n boil and then pace or
the simmering burner and cook for four
hours season to taste, adding one hall
cup Of finely chopped parsley. KccE
closely covered while cooking.
My Dear Mrs. Wilson-WIu Won
give the recipe for making the boiled
apple dumpling and chocolate eclairs?
MRS. II. X. L.
FOR tho boiled apple dumping see
reply to Betty. For the eclairs use tho
cream puff mixture, turn the mixture
In a pastry bag and lay off the eclairs
When baked and cold fill with tn,
cream puff filling and Ice with choco
late water icing, made as follows: Place
one cup Of confectioner's XXXX sugar
In small bowl and add one quarter cur
OF cocoon and sufficient boiling milk tc
make a mixture that will spread, beat
hard for few minutes and then use.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-17
WHAT'S WHAT
Dy HELEN DECIE

Consideration for others which. be II
rGpented. 10 tho Foundation OF all genu-
Inc courtesy. demands that We shall
any OF our fellow moTtals. This 10 true
ali tho year around, OF course. but dur
Ing the Christmas season OF good fellow
snip, want of consideration seems more
Now all who defer Christmas shopping
to the eleventh hour and postpone Christ
mas correspondence 10 the hfty'ninth
minute are guilty OF cruel inCongiderate-
ness Decauso OF tho belated rush. clerks
are ready to drop with nervous proc
tration, postmen are brutally over'bur-
dened and traffic In delayed with jam
as easily have been mailed week
Christmas eve Is only one short week
away. In the name OF all ChristmaA
Yet ali our Christmas mail sent out be-
FORE tonloiTow's sunset
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-17
CHAPTER XLVIn
Waiting!

WE TALKED far into the night,
w and when we finally went to bed /
was so tired that I slept In spite oil
myself. I woke the next morning with
n start to find myself in strange he'd
and then suddenly rs remembered
everything wave of anguish swept over
me.
I 10y there for q few minutes thinking
agonizedly OF Dane. Would he know
where had gone? Or would he worry
about me? One moment the thought Of
his worrying buoyed me up, but the
next moment I was plunged into the
depths again. OF course he would know
that I had gone to Janet, and II 1t were
true. what Janet had said. he would
come to me here. But II he didn't come
II day after day had to sit here wait :
ing, what then? I shuddered and with
n half sob buried my face in the pillows.
I couldn't bear 1t, | simply could not
bear the suspense; 1t would drive me
mad. >,
After n while, I dragged myself out
of bed. slipped on negligcc and. while
my bath was running. read the note
that Janet had left for me. Janet, OF
course. had gone to the Office. but she
Ind left everything ready for my break
fast. THE bread was cut and ready for
the toaster. the percolator was AL
rcndy to light, two eggs stood In little
saucepan ready to be boiled. and !
found half grape fruit in the tiny
ice boz.
I brpakfastrd with the subconscious
thought that the telephone might ring
at any minute. ] glanced at the clock,
and tried to follow Dane in my imagi
nation. Ic must have reached the office
by now. Tie wns sitting ut his desk.
Oh, surely, surely he would think OF
me, and he would call up here as soon
as he had n chance. hut although
ate slowly, conscious that I had nothing
to do after breakfast was finished, the
telephone remained silent.
I decided not to leave the apartment.
So sure was | that Dane would ring,
that not for the world would | have left,
not even for a short walk. In the little
kitchenette I washed the dishes, and
Just as I wns drying the last plate, the
tclcphone rang out clear and loud.
MY breath caught in my throat and
my knees shook under me 20 that
could hardly walk. Somehow reached
the instrument and took the receiver
off the hook, but II was only Janet's
Good morning. dear" that came to
me over the wire.
For q moment I could not speak, md
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-17
"ShouLd a Woman 7eH9"
BY HAZEL DEYO BATCHELOR
CoD,riobt, 1891. bv Public LEDGER Co,npGEv

good old Janet understood. She went
on speaking quickly. Hnd ! found
everything all right? She would b,
home early and we'd go out somewhere
for dinner. Dear old Janet, anxiou.
for me who had nothing of her calm, a.,
sured acceptance Of life, eager to make
things as easy for me AZ she could.
I stood for moment after had
rung off. just thinking about Janet and
how wonderful she had been to me-
Then / went to dress.
shall never forget that first day ID
o'clock came and Dane had not called
I began to hope that he was waitinl
till the afternoon to come and see md
The more / thought about It the mof|
certain ! was that this was why he ha(
not called me UP on the telephone whsrI
our conversation would have been nor|
or less confined to gcneralitics.
He would come to me that afternoon
I was sure Of 1t. and as the hourj
slipped away and the time for MI
possible arrival drew nearer. wild
little thrill of excitement went throuf
nc.
Just to see him again. The wondeE
Of It To look into his eyes, to hsarI
his voice. and perhaps TO feel his armt
around me crushing me to him. Al
ready I had forgiven Dane for all III
things he had said to me last night
and It seemed now al II n thouan
years had passed since I had seen hin
In that time I had realized what lltp
would mean to me without him, and
he loved me. Dane must have come
the same conclusion.
10 Be Continued MOnlaY.l
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-17

Rdictborae Emery decides 70
marry Dane Merrill toithout felHn0
him that she has once been IN iope
,rltk another man. Later shc dis-
covers thGt Jalic, Dane $ little out
terfv sister, IS IN lorc 'cith tho sans
man, and although Ha,othornc knotoS
that Crantord Blake, or carr1n
Biackton, as he noo calls himself
is cntirelv unioorthy, 8he ts AFRAID to
tell the truth. Dane 70 cerv mar,
roo in his idcas about teomen, ana
Blake threatens to shotp Hatofhorne
o;rlish love letters II she attempts to
Interfere. But ,ohcn JnRe threat
ens 10 run dwap pith Blake. Hatr-
thorne Is forced to tell her the truth,
and that night she tells Dane ererp-
thing. He treats her as though ahc
has committed some terrible crime,
and Haothorne feels that there Is
nothing to do but leare him. she
turns to Janet Ford, her best CONAN
friend, and Janet tells her fAat she
has done tho one thing to bring Done
to his senses and to broaden his
ideas
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-17
Why Does He Not Write?

Dear CynthIa-I am a young girl o;
sixteen. long. brown Curis. too dancer
and elocutIonist. While at the shore
this summer ! met q chap OF eighteen.
He seemed to pay very much attention
to ono particular girl. but was friendly
toward me.
At party In the city 7 met him
again. and he took me home At the
door he promised TO write to me. and Il
Is now a month since saw him.
DO you think the other girl has told
him anything untrue about me?
BLCEBIRD.
Perhaps the young man has thought
moro than you have about this corre-
spending with comparative strangers
No girl should think OF writing rpsu-
larry to n boy unless 8hs has known
him p long time.
Don't make any efforts to see him or
send him your telephone number. Let
any advances toward friendship come
from hin. Daisy.
Your idea for teachers pin Is very
nice Hazel. Why uso three stamps?
The three questions could have been
answered in one letter.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-17
Rv DigJy PhNNps

EIlssy HaHds
Did you get letter n yoCc !nal! this
morning in which the writing was re-
stricted to n limited area in the middle
OF the page. with generous margins "a
either side?
!; you did. the .cft-hsnG margin
probnhly was a bit wider than the right.
And II you did, you probably read the
letter for Its contents and let It 20 at
that, not realizing that a letter written
II, such fashion could only come from q
cerain type OF person.
Such person Is inclined to be both q.
cred BY things which would be con-
sidered trihes by others.
lie, or she. is also quite scif-c =
sclous. On, no. You might not think
II upon casual observation. 1t Is not
necessarily the kind Of self.conscious-
ness which brtrays itself In evidence oi
embarrassment. Yon know 1t Is quite
possible for person TO be completely
Rclf- possessed and yet. under the sur
face, self conscious, acutely sensitive 10
what others are thinking and saying OF
him. or her.
| Such people have pretty good sense
. Of the artistic. Mt least so far as neat
ness and harmony go.
but they're quite fussy over little
things, and seriously concerned with de-
tails.
Mouday---Shrewd Thumbs