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The Holly chieftain., 1921-11-10
A PUMP

has caused this town a lot Of
grief and expense. A former coun
ell and q majority Of the present
council wanted to make an OK.
pertinent. It cost too much and
made US all very impatient.
Always play safe, especially in the
matter OF insurance.
Evening star., 1921-05-15
Notes of Art and Artists

The art interests of the entire
country will be represented in Wash
ington this week. when the American
Federation of Arts holds its annual
convention May is, 10 and 90 at the
Corccran Gallery of Art. Practically
all of the art museums of the coun-
try are sending representatives to
this convention; in fact, the Associa-
tion of Art Museum Directors will
meet here on the two previous days.
But, besides the art museums, the
art associations of the country will
likewise be represented-such, for
example, as the leading professional
organizations like the National Acad-
emy of Design and the National
Sculpture Society-and the laymen's
organizations. such as the Public
School Art League of New York and
the art associations of Omaha, Neb..
and Portland, Ore. The delegates
will come from all parts of the
country and the representation prom
ises this year to be larger than ever
before.
AS the auditorium of the Corcoran
Gallery of Art, in which the sessions
will be held, has a limited seating
capaCity. admission will be. only by
card, but those especially lnteresteu
may obtain such cards by application
at the federation's office, 1141 New
York avenue.
The morning session on Wednes-
day, May is. will be devoted to the
federation. Col. c. o. Sheriff., secre.
tary of the National Commission Of
Fine Arts, will make a brief address
of welcome, which will be followed
by an address by the president. the
reports of the secretary and treas
urer. the report of the extension sec
retary, whose office is in New York,
and a report from the western office,
Lincoln, Neb of which Paul H. Grum-
mann is in charge.
At the afternoon session the gen.
eral topic will be art and the Peo-
Evening star., 1921-05-15

| Memorial Amphitheater. Arlington,
| and Mount Vernon.
The president of the American Fed
| GRAFTON of Arts is Robert w. de For
| est. president of the Metropolitan Mu-
scum. New York and first vice presi-
| dent of the National American Red
| Cross. Among the directors are Elfhu
| Root, Charles L. Hutchinson of Chi
| cago Miss Helen Frick, Otto h Kahn.
| Herbert Adams and Charles Moore.
X X X X
The British exhibition Of arts and
crafts, which opened in the Corcoran
Gallery of Art on Wednesday OF last
week under the auspices of the
Washington Society of the Fine Arts.
| is an engaging little show.
Occupying the place of honor on the
| long north wall is an ArraS tapestry
designed by Sir Edwin Burne-Jones
and woven at Merton Abbey, where
William Morris originally established
his famous tapestry looms. This tap
estry represents King David instruct
ing Solomon concerning the building
of the temple, and is splendid in color,
composition and technique.
There are other notable examples of
tapestry weaving and needlework,
embroideries and the like. Some by
May Morris. daughter of William Nor
ris, others by Mrs Newalrs embroid-
erly class, composed of disabled
workers.
There is a remarkable display of
jewelry. exquisitely wrought, beauti-
ful in design. some of which Is by
Henry Wilson, president OF the Arts
and Crafts Exhibition Society of Lon
don, we'll known architect and sculp-
tor, and the director of the great ex-
hibition held in the Louvre in 1914.
And there is much interesting metal
work esnecially that in silver, some
by Kedward Sheldon of Birmingham.
who makes a specially Of church
work.
There are beautiful bookbindings
and exquisite illuminations. There is
a silver and enamel caSket, 1.-THE Raj
Evening star., 1921-05-15
Blue Points and Mocha.

THERE is one point of similarity
between Blue Point oysters and
Mocha coffee. 1t may seem strange
to you that there could be any point
Of similarity between things SO dis
similar, but the fact stands. Blue
Points and Mocha coffee are alike in
that more of each is sold than is
raised. And 1t might be added that
each is believed to be very much
better than it is. Figures have often
been produced to show that for every
twenty pounds Of Mocha coffee drunk
of Arabia. which Is the home of
Mocha coffee, and that only a fraction
of that pound is exported from
Arabia Another fact is that Amer
leans and Europeans who have drunk
Arabian coffee in Arabia have writ
ten that it was very bad coffee.
Whether it was bad because it was
not brewed according to American
and European formulas or whether
the badness was due to the berry or
the bean itself is left without settle
ment.
1t is possibly accepted as a trade
fact that Mocha need not come from
Mocha and is more of a trade name
than a geographic definition of par
ticular species or variety of coffee.
Mocha gained it's great renown when
the coffee e-drinking habit was new in
Europe and before the cofrees Of
Honduras, Guatemala, Costa Rica.
San Salvador, Porto Rico and Brazil
came to dominate the coffee market
of the world. 1t is quite a difficult
matter to determine what is best" in
coffee. for best is matter of taste
and taste is different in different in
dividuals and often undergoes a
change in the same individual. Good
ness" in coffee is not alone in the
berry, but also in the roasting. the
freshness Of the ground berry. in the
making and in the serving.
1t has been computed that six bar
rels of Blue Point oysters are ordered
and eaten for every barrel taken from
the Great South bay, in Suffolk coun-
ty, N. Y. About ten thousand acres
under oyster cultivation and Blue
Points now come from many other
places along the Atlantic coast. Even
those that are taken from the waters
of Great South bay are not the Blue
Points which made that name famous
considerably more than a century
ago, but are descendants of Virginia
oysters, which were planted in Great
South bay many years ago and which
probably came from Chesapeake bay.
Nearly century ago-that Is. about
1S25-oysters in the waters which
We're the home of Blue Points be-
came SO scarce and costly that they
were worth 5 cents apiece, which was
a scandalous price for oysters at that
time. Those old-fashion Blue Points
were not small oysters with compare
lively smooth shells. but were Of
giant size, more like those we call
Saddle Rocks or Tangier selects"
Finally the Blue Point oyster bottoms
became barren After this condition
had prevailed for a number of years
it was determined to restore the
Great South bay oyster industry. and
boatloads Of seed oysters were taken
from old Virginia and put overheard.
Their descendants are there today,
yet even they are able to furnish only
a small proportion OF the Blue
POints that are ordered.
Evening star., 1921-05-15

Tell a womah she looks young and
her appreciation Of your compliment
almost makes 1t truthful.-Greenvill
Is c. Piedmont
Evening star., 1921-05-15

of three distinguished American
woman painters.
x +
Miss Grace McKinstry of New York
and Southern California has been in
Washington recently painting mum.
Der Of portraits. one of which is OF
former Secretary Lansing. Miss Nc
Kinstry spent the winter in Southern
California and Mexico and had with
her several sketches she made there
Of little oriental citizens and the de-
scendants Of the first Americans.
LEILA MECHLIN.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-04-22

When we got to ST. Louis we were
ordered to Keokuk, Iowa, where q
great general hospital was prepared
for our reception. | do not know haw
long we were getting there but this
| do know, that the cound of the saws
and the hammer and nails of the car
penters never ceased day or night.
When l got to Keokuk my father came
to see me- He had long mourned me
as dead. The doctor wanted to cut
off by leg, this he prevented. In a
short time was discharged and given
q pension of $5,23h per month. The
wound in my leg continued to hurt
me for many years. Finally is slough
ed out and for the first time | was
free from pain. The number Of my
pension is 10000 and a little over.
Since then the pension roll has had
more than million Of names added
to It."
All! the memory Of those bitter
years when we CROPPED in the dark;
when our country was bleeding at
every pore; when the young men Of
our nation-the precious seed-corn Of
our land were laying down their
lives to atone for the blunders of our
leaders. When our generals did not
know where they were going or what
they were going for!
Time is ever on the wind. 1t was
not long before the steamboat whistle
told us all to come aboard and I
turned away
From the field that carnage trod
Pressing the ripened vintage Of our
| God.
| Where wars dark furrowed; mid a
nations tears,
Are sown with seed to grow in other
years.
To ripen when our hears have long
grown gray,
Or mouldered to ashes, for many a
| day! "A. \. ELLIS.
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Her right hand holding aloft a furled
banner which droops about her. The
entire group signifies Death in the
arms Of victory" The whole thing
spoke to my heart and soul as show
Ing mans kinship to the Diety that
on the battlefield he dares to defy his
mightiest hereditary enemy - death.
In the same stateroom with me was
an old man named Charles Barrett
from Sioux Falls, s. D., who told me
the following affecting story which
give as 1t is true picture of what
took place on the hospital boats after
the wounded were picked up on the
field and shipped down the river much
as IL so many cattle were sent off to
Slaughter pens. He said:
| 81 was private soldier In Co. A, As
Ill. Regt., Col. Davis, Veathe's Brigade
Hurbuts Division. At the time of the
terrible onset of the enemy on Sunday
morning, fell badly wounded by re-
ceiving broken thigh from Minnie
ball. This was about 8 o'clock. | lay
perfectly helpless on the field without
food or assistance until Sunday after
noon, say about o'clock period
of over thirty hours at which time /
was taken to hospital boat on the
river. 1t rained on Sunday night and
this added to the suffering all over
the field. | was so badly hurt and
so full of agony that cannot bear to
think or talk without breaking down.
In day of two about 800 of us were
Lpacked in the steamer War Eagle"
and Immediately started down the
stream for st. Louis. The staterooms
| all held a couple of men and the floor
of the cabin crowded, even the boiler
deck and the outside guards were full
Of the wounded. 1t may be that the
hurricans roof and the lower dack
and the engine room down stars were
occupied, but Of that l know nothing,
only know that | was packed into the
upper berath of a stateroom and was
so cramped and confined that | could
not turn owed The surgeons went
about their bloody work and the car
penters did nothing, day and night,
but make rude boxes for the dead. Yes,
at all hours ! heard nothing but the
groans and cries Of the wounded -
only surpassed by the sound of the
saw and hammer and nails in the
making of the improvised collins. AT
irregular intervals the boat landed al
some lonely spot and the dead mer
hastily buried. | do not know how
many times we landed between Pitts
burgh Landing and Paducah, but &
good many. You see we had to get rio
of the dead and that was the only
way Had we been out at sea, We
would have dumped them overheard
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-04-22
New Y0r:l
Letter
:. by
Lucy JeanHne Price

New York. The revolutionary sug-
gestion has been made that within an
other year or so, women will be in
charge of the steeplechases in this
part of the county. The number of
them who are entering horses for the
cross country events at Belmont Park
this spring might we'll foreshadow
something Of the sort. 1t has jumped
forward more than fifty per cent, over
the 1920 season; and their horses are
attention-getters, too. Mrs. Payne
Whitney daughter Of the late John
Hay) has entered five horses; Mrs.
Brose Clark also send in five names;
and while othe rwomen entrants are
to be represented by only on horse
apiece, there are some among them
who have achieved renown enough to
stand proudly by themselves.
After years when everyone had to
have her house done a la one of the
French Louis or Elzabethian English
or Italian Renaissance, we seem to
have come finally to the exceedingly
Spanish. 1t makes little difference as
to year, either, Just so it comes from
that picturesque peninsula. Interior
decorators for the past tow months
have been trying to slip out of New
York harbor, Spainward bound, with
out letting any other interior decora-
tors get breeze of the fact, and now
they are beginning to slip back again,
bearing old Spanish hangings and
doorways and other treasures under
their arms. Some Of US will probably
get by Just with hanging pair Of
castanets to the chandelier, but at
least we must show an effort to keep
up with such things.
Even common sense is given an ex-
trad boost If you hitch a romantic flip
to It somewhere. That's the idea Of
q new moving picture Just being put
out. People-young people, particular
ly-used to be told that 1t was GOOD
to be sensible. Now they're shown how
attractive 1t is. THE High Road" is
the title of the picture, which was
screened down in Georgia, which
makes a specially of romantic moon
light and the scenery to go with it. 1t
is the story Of a typical small city
where the loveliest girls in lacy frocks
and high heels eat chocolates and talk
sweethearts most of the day and drive
and dance in the moonlight consid-
cradle part of the night; harmless
but rather empty and unstrengthenine
life. Along comes a girl who has
learned to play tennis and hike" and
cock out-of-doors and do thousand
other things that are fun (She had
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learned them from the Y. W. And
learned to wear low heels while she
did them She doesn't make any par
ticular sensation at first. But before
long she captures the most eligible
men. THEN interest is aroused in her
technique, as it were. And when a
group from the Bureau of Social Edu-
cation of the Y. w. comes down, a new
day dawned Flat heels come as nat
urally as talcum powder after that.
Most of the cast are professional
movie people. The Bureau of Health
Education, 600 Lexington Avenue, New
York, will arrange a showing of this
film in towns upon application from
representative organizations.
Pretty soon, we Will pay for our
salad dressing by the dropper full
when we settle our luncheon check.
New York restaurants are beginning
to sell their cream for your coffee or
your baked apple by the ounce Order
ing coffee doesn't mean anything but
coffee these days. II you don't like 1t
black, you specify how much cream
you want, and then you pay for 1t. at
makes 1t easier for the patron is the
polite explanation Of a restauranteur.
"Then he doesn't have to complain and
bother about not having enough. He
can order all he wants to USE" One
admits the considerateness Of the plan
Girls who have policemen for suit
ors ought to be tagged in some way
1t is hardly fair at present. Ira Car
ter learned the difficulties Of such a
situation the other night. When he
accosted Alice Fey on the street
thinking she might IKE to take stroll
with him, he knew nothing whatever
about the fact that she not only had
a policeman sweetheart, but even al
that moment was en- route to meet
him. He thought Alice was nice ant
agreeable, because while she didn't
talk to him, she passed two or three
traffic cops without speaking to then
about him and he kept walking on a
her side expecting her to begin chat
ting any moment. Presently however
It developed that she was all the tint
walking toward the corner where
waited her husky beau. One word t.
him and Ira stretched flat upon thu
cold, hard pavement. And as soon al
he managed to rise again, he wa
taken to the police station and lockec
up. While Alice Fey walked along a
lher sweetheart's side and smiled gent
ly.
The aarliaat known engraved MIA
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SMALL SUM SETTLES
DEATH SUIT FOR $4,000.

Louisville, Ky. - While a jury was
celebrating the amount of damage to
award to the estate of Miss Katie Mae
Harris, who was killed by the auto
mobile of William Helt, counsel in the
case reached compromise settlement
and the case was taken from the jury.
The amount Of the settlement was said
to have been less than $1,000. Miss
Harris, II years old, was run down
and killed as she was crossing the
street. The administrator of her estate
filed suit for $4,000 damages.
All the cork used in the world in a
year weighs little more than 1900
tons.
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Of the city of New York is being Of
fered for sale alta disposal Of a col
lection Of old prints. 1t is valued at
100000. LUCY JEANNE PRICE.
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The earliest known engraved plan
Evening star., 1921-08-14
R|KE'SPEAk CLIMB .
!. FULL OF. HAZARD
s-'rz..-
Drivers Face Constant Dan
ger as Cars Race Around
Unprotected Curves.

The Pixies Peak hill climbing con-
test. which will be renewed septem-
Der s, is not only a test of the pull
ing power and speed H a motor car,
but is nerve-racking test for the
driver. Few Of those who never wit
messed the race to the top Of Pixies
Peak realize what 1t involves.
Like other mountain roads, the
race course is cut into the sides of
slopes. To go over the unprotected
edge of the road would mean crashing
down into unknown depths below,
dropping down thousands of feet in
some places.
Racing cars mount the heavy grade
at 40 to As miles an hour, in some
straight stretches reaching a speed
Of mile a minute. The timber line
IS reached at 1880 feet above sea
level and from that point on the
character Of the landscape changes
The average grade Is per cent and
the maximum grade is 10h.
No car goes very far at any time
in high gear. 1t is practically all
second or low gear work, and no car
can descend with the use Of brakes
alone. The braking power Of the en-
gine must be used. The race course
starts at Crystal Creek bridge and
ends at tho summit Of the peak, 14,1Os
feet above the sea. The course meas
ures twelve miles and 1000 feet. In
this distance 1t climbs over 1900 feet
Evening star., 1921-08-14
WILL GRANT SCHOLARSHIP
FOR "GOOD ROADS" ESSAY
Four-Year College Course for High
School Student With Best
Composition.

Dean A. N. johnson of the University
OF Maryland. c. H. Houston, assistant
secretary of Commerce and president of
the Lee Highway Association. and Har-
FORD Powell. jr.. editor of Golfers
Weekly. are the judges in the contest
for a four-year scholarship offered for
the best essay on the subject Good
Roads and Highway Transport" in a
national contest among high school pu-
pills. under the auspices of the Highway
and Highway Transport Education Com
mittee.
On the decision Of these judges rests
the nomination Of a boy or girl to re-
ceiye the scholarship. which is the gift
Of H. S. Firestone Of Akron, Ohio. The
contest represents the first renewal of
the Firestone scholarship. the first hav-
ing been won by Miss Katherine Butter
field of Weiser. Idaho
Arrangements are being made by the
judges to have all the essays typed uni
formly and given serial number for
their consideration. After the judges
have eliminated all but the best of the
essays, a meeting will be held in WASH
ington. when they will go over the es-
says and make their final decision.
Probably the result will be known in
time for the successful contestant to
enter college the coming school year
if the winner is a senior high school
student. In the event the prize In
given any pupil not a senior in high
school. the award of the scolarship
will be deferred until the winner is
ready to take advantage of it. The
scholarship is valued at approximate
ly $4,000.
Evening star., 1921-08-14
Reroking Licenses Of Reckless
Auto Drivers Favored byA.A.A.
Proposes New Speed LaD on Lines of That in Ne.U
York, Without Specific Rules, But Requiring
All to Drive Within "Safe" Limit.

Establishment OF a new automobile
speed law in the District of Columbia
and revoking of the permits OF all
automobile drivers who drive through
the streets in reckless manner is
favored by the American Automobile
Association.
William S. Cllman of the. associa-
ton. in an interview with Commits
sioner Oyster last week. suggested
installation of the system of con-
trolling speeders in New York city,
which has been found csssful in
the metropolis. He said there is
no specific spred limit on the main
streets in New York city. but that
the law requires all operators OF motor
vehicles TO drive within safe" limit
and to slow up at crossings until they
are sure there will be no obstruction.
The association also reiterated its
previously declared stand in favor
of an anti-jay-walking ordinance.
Declaring that the responsibility
rests as much on the pedestrian as
on the autoist. Mr.. Cilman said auto
drivers should be required to stop
for pedestrians when the traffic signal
is turned against them, and that
pedestrians should not walk through
the busy downtown streets without
taking due care.
Mr.. Ullman said the association
takes a firm stand against reckless
driving through the streets of WASH
ington. I'VE are an automobile as
sociation, organized to protect motor
Evening star., 1921-08-14
SEEK BUSINESS BASIS
FOR HIGHWAY TRANSPORT
Importance of Motortrucks to Mar
keting of Farm Products
Emphasized.

Concerted action to place the high
way transport of the country on a
business basis has been taken by Off
cials of the highway transport edu-
cation committee in conference re-
Gently.
Constructive programs for research
into finance, administration. instruc-
ton, maintenance and other factors
entering into the cost of highway
transport were discussed. Roy D.
Chaplin, chairman of the highways
committee of the National Automo-
bile Chamber of Commerce called at
tention to the fact that those inter-
ested in highway transport have the
benefit of canal and railway expe-
rience and consequently should not
make the mistakes of former pioneers
in transportation. By placing the
roads and motor transport question
on a business basis the full benefits
of the investment can be realized, he
said.
L. NJ Estabrook of the Bureau of
Markets indicated that motor trans
port is of particular interest to the
farmer, since 153,400.000 tons of farm
products are transported over the
highways to the railways annually
and additional thousands of tons are
carried on the highways directly to
the markets.
Prof c. ]. Tilden of Yale University
stressed the need for courses on all
phases of highway transport in all
universities, colleges and schools. II.
Evening star., 1921-08-14

ists." Mr. Ullman said, yet we be-
lieve the automobile driver who. by his
reckless driving, endangers the lives
and property OF pedestrians and his
fellow-motorists, should be deprived
of the use of his vehicle and his IL
cense revoked. He is a constant dan
ger to the law-abiding citizens who
must drive their cars on the same
street. and to the pedestrians, who
also observe the laws"
Such procedure would involve even
more stringent tests to secure driver s
permits than those now in use. Mr. Ull-
man said. and permits are not granted
until police officials are absolutely con-
vinced that the applicant knows how to
operate his vehicle.
Regarding the present drive against
speeding now in progress in the Dis
trict. Mr.. Ullman said he hoped to
see the speed laws in Washington
made practically the same as those in
New York, where certain streets are
designated as "no-limit" streets, with
all drivers warned they must drive
with care and within a reasonable
limit of speed. 'The present agi-
tation will die out in time" Mr.. I'LL
man said. But even now it is hav-
ing good effect and is causing many
motorists to drive more slowly than
has been their custom"
Depositing of collateral will not
cure speeding to any great extent on
the streets of the capital. Mr.. Ull-
man believes. Only by revoking of
the licenses of speeders can a means
be found to cure the excessive speed
evil. he said.