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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-23
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

Editor The West Virginianl-
The writer. wishes to commend the
stand Of your paper In refusing 10
be coerced in connection with the
difference OF opinion between the
owners Of the moving picture
places and the usa of space given
tho Censorship Committee OF the
Woman's Club.
The purpose of the Woman's
Club likewise deserves praise and
the women who attend the pictures
and make their report, like all peo.
pie who do things, must expect to
have their views meet with oppo-
sItion.
The statement has been made
that the big town papers haev their
we'll known critics. Is the purpose
Of these reports to Criticise all pic.
lures which do not measure or
grade up to a certain standard. or
to give the public an idea as to the
kind OF picture being shown with
an effort to pass on the type rather
than try to condemn all pictures
which arc not built along lines OF
say, 1.-THE Old Nest or the "old
Swimming Hole"
Many men have many minds and
likewise many people have differ.
emit opinions. The crowds at the
night show OF forbidden Fruit
had to wait In line TO got IN and
no one expected It 10 be a picture
for children and the audience was
practically made up OF tho grown
rps who evidently wanted TO SEQ
critic (aud We win admit with high
and honest motiVes) scored the
pay heavily. Sometimes too mica
criticism is wore than none and
has the opposite effect to that in.
tended. Most OF our churches Us.
ISOLATE dancing with the acts OF
the devil. and yet all dances will
find representations from practic-
ally all churches. Tho men who
operate our picture houses are
good fellows, but like all OF us,
they sometimes reach a conclusion
that does not stand close analysis.
The picture house possibly must
supply the patrons with what
pleases those who pay admission
and the motion picture occupies a
legitimate place In our every day
life. Likely the owners OF these
houses fea they might suffer by nh.
lust criticism and that the censors
should state what kind OF a play
is being shown so that the readers
may decide which picture they ore:
for to see. but to be putting forth
harsh criticism, without taking In,
70 account that varied likes and
dislIkes OF the many who attend ths
picture. may cause the venture 70
tall BY its own weight. Variety ads
to the spice OF life and no doubt.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-23
Funeral Service
This Afternoon

Impressive funeral services we're
held this afternoon at two o'clock
at the Presbyterian church over the
body Of Miss Carrie Waggener,
highly respected woman of this
city, whose death took place on
Sunday night at her home in Ridge
ly avenue. The services were con.
Quoted by Dr.. H. G. Stoetzer who
paid a high tribute OF respect to
the memory Of the deceased. The
Women's Bible class of the PreSby-
terrain church, OF which Miss Carrie
was a member. attended the funera!
in a body. Following the services
the body was conveyed TO Wood
lawn cemetery where 1t was laid to
rest by Undertakers Musgrave &
Son. .
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-23
Strong, straightforward Advice t
Thin. UndeveIoPsd Men and
Women

II you are thin. scrawny and
undeveIoped, IL your face is peaked
and yonr cheeks and neck exhibit
unsightlv hollows its almost GER
tain that your nervous system Is
at the bottom OF the trouble. You
can ent three, yea, four, s%ubstan-
tial, fat producing meals a day.
but as long as your stomach has
an insufficient supply OF nerve
force this food you eat will pass
out OF the body with little Il any
benefit.
In order to assimilate properly
the nourishing food you tht and
convert It into healthy tissue and
fat the nerves that control the
process OF digestion and asstmfla-
ton must be put in first class
shape and until that Is done you
might Just as we'll quit trying TO
put on flesh. Your system is starv-
ing for something that will turn
the food you eat into hehlthy stay
there flesh and It can only be done
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-23
Great Xmas
Seal Sales Here

Mrs. osman Swartz. who was re,
comfy named by the Public Health
Nursing Service MS chairman o.
sales for Christmas Seals. called
a meeting OF her subcommittee
chairman last evening at her homo
in FaIrmont avenue, and organized
for an intensive campaign, whtci
will begin on Friday OF this week.
and will be carried on until Christ
mas eve.
This Is a cause that IS not new
to the public, as IL has been spon-
sored BY the above organization for
many years and much good has
been done by the funds secured By
the sale Of the bright, chrtstmasy
little stamps, or seals, as they are
called.
II is urged that the public spirited
citizens OF Fairmont and Marion
county use the Christmas seals this
year on all letters and parcels in
stead Of buying the merely orna'
mental ones, which sell for ten cents
a package, and do not help in a wor-
thy cause, except to radiate the
Christmas spirit, which we would
not discourage, but for the same
outlay Of money for Christina
Seals, which are attractive little
stickers, costing a penny each.
Christmas cheer could be scattered
not only to friends and acQunint
ances but to those suffering with
the dread disease tuberculosis.
The sale OF the seals will begin
soon after Thanksgiving and booths
will be opened IN the p~ostoffice and
other public buildings where they
may be purchased.
The complete organization having
charge OF the work will be an.
nounced later.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-23

The having to make a cSoicc between seeing the
Morgantown game and eating tho Thanksgiving
dinner is one that is tearing the heart strings OF
half the populace of F%airmont. Our city IS old
fashioned enough to like it's Thanksgiving dinner a.
noon and it is also sporting enough to WISH 70
attend a foot ball game more than any one other
thing. unless it should be a Thanksgiving dinner.
Nobody wishes to arise carly enough to eat buck
wheat and sausage at an hour that Will produce a
vacuum for all the noon fxin's. The problam is a
fearful one. Tie Lady or the Tiser-thc Game or
the Turk-that is the question.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-23
RUFF STUFF

The Astonisher poetess is o the
sonIy one who has poetry written
and the copyright applied for, what
lever that means.
Nowswe want you to sample some
sof this stuff, which We think is
much better, because We wrote Il
yourselves, and
We feel we know Even Less
about writing poetry than The
3AStonisher verser.
sample one:
They re painting all the fire
plugs red; q thing that we most
surely dread; as we have said,
most surely drend, as We have
ssaid. copyright Applied Forl.
sample Two:
what makes one Eighty IN the
brain IL 1t Is not a football game;
IT can not say, I would not was, and
there was a man from the land OF
guz. Copyright Applied For).
sample three:
George Washington crossed the
Delaware in a boat; We were not
there It gets our goat, Copyright
5Appled Forl.
sample -Four:
) One a hickey, two a Hickey. three
"a rtckey slam; hoosSow, hoosgoT-
rah, rah, rah. holden West Nir-
tginia, Copyright S%ustained).
wsll, well-how do you like the
samples?
THANKS we knew You would.
And & You'll Just meets US at
AorEanville tomorrow, wen make
srrangements with Fuzzy"
Knight the cheer leader. to teach
YOU the college yell, and
. .
Perhaps we might get you a cup
Of hot COTE and
Apennant.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-23

itosthe ktndso hgtng.
offered, andltha belief that thepub
lie always taking into aepmt its
varied destres1 can be better sery.
ed by good things, and the time
necessary to bring them about
than by putting the standard 80.
far beyond the reach and wishes
OF the majority. that the program
will fail.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-23
MRS U DEAD.

A message received here last
night announced the death at
UnioutoWn, Pa, of Mrs. Susan
Richie Young, wife of the late Rev.
Samuel Young which took place
there yesterday. Mrs. Young was
sSf yesfB OF age and was a daughter
Of the late Col. Andrew r. and La
YeTna Barns Richie, and vas dur.
Ing her early years a resident OF
this city. She Is an aunt Of Harry
Smith. and the Messrs. Charles
ID. paYtd and Frank Richie.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-23
Fashion Smiles

on all manner OF smart
Gloves Of wool and silk
this season. Consequent
ly they have their assured,
place. along with the love
ly new numbers in KID
among wanted Gifts.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-23
AeRe S YoVe
|. ~ gONIlOI

called good and all criticism omit
ted. II that were done, all respect
for the review would hd lost. A
play thoroughly good should be so
classed and one thoroughly bad. so
classified. Tho point l am trying
TO make is that the censorship
should not become a continual
preaching, but an honest and
worthy effort to direct attention
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-23
Christmas Shopping
--now is the best
time to do it

GIFTS that are chosen with leisurely
" ~forethought seem to hold a gracious
personal significance, entirely lacking in
the hurried, last minute selections. Spe-
cial Settings with advantageous pricings
are now under way in all departments
which concern the Holidays in order that
your time and energy may be conserved,
and your Gift buying become a real plea
sure instead of an irksome task. Why
not get an early start this year?-it will
be, a really and truly advantage to your
self.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-23

Conditions in India arc reported to be more
upravorable to the British than at any time since
1857. There is a critical situation for England to
handle. and It vii! be %only.with indian consent that
y can bo handled with any success, According to
tho West Minister Gazette. "If three hundred mil
lions of people in India wish us to go, We shall have
TO 20. FOR il will be impossible to cOerce such num-
bers."
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-23

The announcement of complete bankruptcy OF
Porto Rico will probably be featured tomorrow at
latest. this stirring island having sent a thousand
word cable to Harding at one fell swipe. Stern re-
proof for such reckless expenditure ought to be
Forthcoming at once. Tho government here has
euouga financing to do without Porto RIGA adding
herself 10 the burden.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-23
35, MOTHER OF is

LONDON. Nov. 23-An inquest at
Stoieditch, over the death Of a s.
month-old infant. brought out the
fact. that its mother. Mrs. AIulcahy.
had given birth to Is children, al
though she vas only 35 years old.
Only three OF her children are Nv
Ing.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-23
Handkerchiefs-

express so beautifully the
last kindly thought when
the Chrlstmas package Is
being made up. Lovely
Imported ones. dainty col
ored ones, exquisItely fine
handmade ones. Hand
kereaiefs as infinitely var
led as your Christmas list
and eaSn just what some
body wants.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-23
.FEAR GErnfAN DUNrPING

BRUSSELS, Nov. 23-Belgian
business men are complaining OF
German dumping and T demand
ing preventative measures. Ger
man sales to Belgium, they say,
have been ~IDhraARipK rRptdly.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-23
rAv FOREIGN

HELsINGFoRs, Finland, Nov.
23-The national diet has passed
4 law imposing a tax OF eight per
cent on interest from investments
by foreigners In Finland.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-23
Bead Bags

Not the usual kiud-no
indeed! But one OF these
new ultra smart, very soft
collapsible q n c o D 6
shapes. Exquisite coIors
aud most artistic designs
combine to make these
the gift pnrfaIt!
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-23

there are problems just IS grm.gpenk Jutsas great
and che same faith and courage tlat anchored The
beginning Of the nation. is a faith and courage that
viii anchor as surely N the present.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-23

sEAPnANES SEEK FISH
LONDON. Nov 2S@Seaolanes
have been sent out along the east
coast to seek out shoals OF her
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-23

First purely American cigars
Nsramads IN 1901 by the wife or c
connecticut tobacco planter.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-23
Thanksgiving
Day.

G Omany will go to the "game" and
y there are many other social affairs
in order for tomorrow, Thanksgiving
Day. Courtneys' Store, in keeping with
all other stores in the community and in
accord with the usual custom will be clos
ed. That will permit many of our own
stcrefamily to enjoy the festivities of the
morrow.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-23
How Many Pairs

How Manly FaIIS-
OF Hosiery have you plan
nei for your gift list?
Our word to the gift shop
pers is choose now
while the assortment OF
exquisite shades and
modish natterns is COM
plete.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-23
Dear Susan

whose dainty habits you
know SO well-wouldn't
she adore these Tricot
Undersilks? They are
perfectly fashioned and
OF the lovely soft quail
ity that wears and washes
so we'll.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-09-08
Correct Enulish.

A Franklin mother had been teach
ing her three -year-old son correct Eng
lish and told him he must never say
"ain't."
One day. while eating his dinner he
stopped abruptly and said:
Mother, you mustn't ever say
'ain't, for it's a naughty word"
yes" said mother, "you are right.
Robert, but what shall l say2"
He looked puzzled and then his face
lighted up and he replied:
"Why, mother, you must say 'scuse
me-" meaning EXCUSE me."-Indian-
apolis News.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-09-08
WHY JOHN WAS NOT SMOKING
Probably the Widest Idea of His
CIubmates Would Have Been
Wide of the Mark.

All the men at the club have been
watching Johnnie Edwards, the invet-
crate smoker, for the last week, and
there's been much surmising and con-
jecturing, but Johnnie wouldn't give
himself away. 1t seems that Johnnie
has held the prize for the champion
smoker in the club for ten years.
In the last week Johnnie has been
seen strolling around the rooms with
a detected, lost appearance and be-
tween his lips always the inevitable
cigarette. But 1t was never lighted.
Nobody liked to ask him questions and
he didn't volunteer any explanation. 50
1t wasn't explained until Jimmie Van
Week overheard him say on the tele-
phone:
mo, you have got to stick to your
word now. I swore off if you would,
and goodness knows l want one bad
enough, but Doc says you've gotta
leave 'em alone for a while. Now be a
good little mother and remember your
promise. New York Sun.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-09-08
Baseball
Notes

Fred Mitchell's crew can certainly
sock the well-known horsehlde.
Rube Benton, Ieft-handed pitcher,
has been recalled by the New York
Nationals.
Mexico has gone in for baseball. No
use quibbling, we will have to recog-
nize that country.
Waterbury has transferred Catcher
George Army to the Petersburg club
Of the Virginia league.
The New York Americans have pro-
tested the use of Pitcher Cliff Harkle
by the Cincinnati Reds.
Old managers say there IS too much
silence in the infeld of the Yankees
to win a championship.
1t seems to be the general verdict
that, while baseball is the national
sport, gambling Is something else
again.
Lefty" Baumgartner, the only left
handler on the Phlllies' staff, has been
released to Kansas City under an op-
tiOnal recall agreement.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-09-08

and majors, will retire at the end OF
this season to become an arbiter Of
balls, strikes, ct cetera.
Quinn came TO the Yankees original
ly from the old Eastern league. For sew
erai years he played with the New York
team, then wandered into the minors.
He went to the Pacific Coast league
and after a successful career, became
a member of the Chicago White Sox.
There was a controversy over this
deal and as a result Quinn came back
TO New York.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-09-08
Hail "Long Jim" Barnes !

Hail Long jim" Barnes!
Ten years ago, when a weSterner
brought word East that they had a
future-great out on the Pacific coast,
little attention was paid to the mat
ter. 1t was regarded as a western
er's natural enthusiasm for things
western. But few days ago, at the
Columbia Country club, the western
er's prediction came true-the future
great arrived.
Gained Prominence at Sunuset Hills.
1t was Jim Barnes who was re-
ferred to by the western golf en-
thusiast, Barnes, then a mere youth,
Just over from Cornwall, who was
serving I'm the capacity Of profess
sional at one of the western clubs.
Later he came to Sunset hills, and
it was while there that he attained
national prominence as one of the
stars Of the golf world. Since 1912
when he played I'm his first open
championship at Buffalo, Barnes has
striven for the honor that finally came
TO him, says a writer in the New
York Times. For several years he
failed, finishing far behind the lead
ers, but during the last few years he
had come to be more and more feared
by the other professionals.
Always Fell Short.
One of the greatest of the great
Barnes while being able to win other
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-09-08
THANKLESS

Wild Bill Donovan got thank
less job when he took over the
steering of the Phillies.
He didn't make good because
he did not have anything to
make good with.
Rumors of his ousting were
to be expected.
Even John McGraw couldn't
pep up a decrepit machine such
as Donovan was asked to handle
Philadelphia has soured on the
club. Owner Baker won't spend
a dime to rebuild
The club is where 1t deserves
to be-On the breakers.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-09-08
QUINN TO HANDLE INDICATOR
Veteran Yankee Pitcher Expects to
Retire This Fall to Become
Arbiter of Game.

Jack Quinn, for several years one
Of the leading right-hand pitchers of
the American league as a member of
the Yankees, aud a man of almost 20
years hurting experience in the minors
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-09-08

You can dodge responsibilities; bus
can you also dodge the result of your
lodging?
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-09-08

If man is a success he knows It
If he is a failure all his neighbour
know 1t.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-09-08

Why employ physician who recon-
mends a change-and then takes all
you have left?
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-09-08
Reds Spend More DOUGH.

Pitchers Schnell and Gillespie OF
the Calgary (Alberta) team have been
purchased by the Cincinnati Nationals.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-09-08

Stage struck girls should think twice
before they begin to act.
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-09-08
Hlah Praise.

"What sort Of a young fellow is
he?" "The sort you'd like to have
for q sOn-in-law."
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-09-08

honors, always fell short in the ma
tional opening. But this year, begin
ming at the tournaments in the South,
he seemed to have struck his stride.
Then came observation-disclosures
that perhaps cost him the British open
title, for he was in a tie for the lead
in that event when the third round
ended. Exhaustion from the weak
ening effects Of his illness told on
him in the final round, and he dropped
haCk
The Oklahoma miner. [volume] (Krebs, Okla.) 1912-192?, 1921-09-08
Smashed Course Record.

Upon his return to American shores
however, Barnes looked like new
man, and when the tournament start
ed at Washington he gave an indi-
cation of what might be expected by
breaking the competitive record for
the course in the opening round. The
lead that he gained over the remain
der of the field stood him in good
stead, for, playing in the manner that
he was there was no chance of his
being Overtaken. His honors, long de-
layed, were gloriously won and hand
somely deserved. Long jim" is the
type of golfer that may be depended
upon to carry his honors with mod
esty. His victory was well earned,
for he played the most consistent and
brilliant golf of any Of the big field
that was entered in the tournament
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-03-29
CURRENT COMMENT
Motor Trucks on Spring Roads.

Information reaches the editor that
during the past two weeks a test run
was made by several army trucks, with
loads from Fort Ethan Allen to st.
Johnsbury. 1t was intended as a snow
test" but only in Walden was an APP.
preciable amount of snow encountered,
the greater part Of the trip being made
through soft mud.
The result of this test to the army is
not known. The result Of the test to the
towns Of Essex, Jericho, Undcrhill,
Cambridge, johnson, Morristown, VOL
colt, Hardwick, Greensboro, Walden
and Danville is apparent and appalling.
These towns will be forced 10 place
their highways in disable condition
again. The burrows left in the highways
vary from 10 inches deep 70 over 20
inches deep and where the trucks be-
came firmly lodged in the mud, tractors
carried as load" on certain trucks We're
brought into use and the excavations
left in the road beds from the pulling
out PROCESS Will ldhS q SVVu ucdl -
money to repair.
We are unable to learn whether au-
thority from any state or town officials
was given for the test, but whether SO
or not, the cost Of replacing the high
ways into disable condition is conser-
yatively estimated at $4,000 which ex-
pense added to the already heavy ex-
pense carried by the various towns is
entirely u~nwarranted and shows a a
ton disregard for public property by
those responsible for the test"
House bill No. 2, now pending, pro-
hibits the use Of motor trucks passing
over roads when the frost is coming
out of the ground. except by permit
from the Observation-Disclosures Clip
per.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-03-29

drinkers, the per capita consumption OF
the tactical fluid during the past year
being forty-four gallons. That aver
age does not reckon on the amount OF
milk consumed in ice cream, butter and
cheese, so that the per capita would
be very much larger if those products
could be taken into the computation,
The consumption of milk in ice cream
has taken a notable increase during
recent years; in fact, ice cream has al
most become one of the staple articles
of food in the United States. One OF
the chief ingredients Of ice cream IS
milk, so that in the hundreds of mil
lions Of gallons of ice cream consumed
during a year a considerable amount
of milk is taken into the human bodies.
'Inasmuch as milk is recognized AS one
of the finest foods that can be eaten
il stands to reason that the physical
welfare of the American people, other
things being equal, ought to show a
degree of improvement. We ought to
be developing a sturdier race of people,
more capable of withstanding disease
and more proficient for service. That
is, we ought to be developing such a
race providing the faster pace at which
the American people is travelling does
not make a corresponding drain on
resources.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-03-29
Shock to the Minister.

Tom Cranfl Of Texas, prominent in
oil circles of late, tells the following on
a minister who had discovered oil on
some land he owned. The minister in
vited some of his deacons to go with
him to the new field, so that they
might share in the opportunities. They
we're b~reakfasting at the local eating
house and had decided that they would
order chicken. When the waitress, a
calcimined and peroxided miss, came up,
the minister inquired
How is the chicken this morning."