The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1921-02-15
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New York. - After all man does
have considerable feeling of appreci-
alton, or sympathy, for girl who Sc
lects him as her husband, even if she
goes on and selects anothe rome, too.
And a pretty girl in distress is a pref
ry girl in distress even If she hasn't
treated you just right. All of which
explains the remorse Of Mrs. Anna NJ.
Burney's husbands. First Anna mar
ried William Buraey, last June. She
was. 10 and he was 22. He BACKED her
eyes one or twice, and she being a
blonde by nature, up and walked away
from him. Last month, she married
Oscar S. Lee, 2S, whose added years
she thought would make him less
controversial husband. But as is so
apt to happen some peevish person
told Oscar about William. He went tc
see hi mand the two had Anna arrest
ed for bigamy. But whe nthe judge
held her in $4,000 bail and put her in
Jail, they suddenly realized that they
had got Anna into an uncomfortable
position. So they seized both Their hats
and rushed out together arm in arm to
find the $500. How they will arrange
matters later has not as yet been de-
termined.
Charles Schofield, playing in wei
come stranger" Is leaving the stage
before long in order to practice his
certified profession, that fan I'M
dertaker.
A guard on the Third Avenue elevat-
ed is authority for the statement that
the Chinese are the most satisfactory
passengers. 1--WE have our trouble
with all different kinds of people," he
said. There's every nationality in the
country using this line and we have
some special difficulty with each one
Including Americans. But the Chi
nese are about the most peaceful Of
all. They get on quietly, sit down
quietly, and know. where they want to
go. Maybe they've come such a long
ways from home that they're good
travellers"
Sometimes even fashions are news.
The Spring Show at the Commodore
certainly proved to be. Just when we
had all got used to feeling depressed
owe rthe rumors that long skirts and
tight waists were coming in, along
came those models with nary de-
pressing thong about them-to those
of us who are pretty fond Of the pres
ent styles. Short skirts straight lines,
short straight suit coats, all the COM
Portable things we've grown so fond
of we're all there; with sufficient
scattering Of everything else imagin-
able to give cheer to the critical who
scorn our favorites. Summer furs and
an insistence that they had returned
were the only Earring note.
For some reason all the paper mon
ey we ever get any more is worn and
soiled According to New York
banker this has spelled increased
business for the few remaining banks
that are interested in small deposits
for checking accounts. people are
afraid of the currency that's around
now" he said. $50 those who never
before have opened checking accounts
are scurrying in to do so. 1t always
has ben that way, in the recurring
periods of bills such as seem to
abound just now"
Some of the testimony in the in
vestigation of the Police Auto Squad
sounds like a Chaplin reel. For in
stancel one policemtn recovered
brand new Cadillac reported as stol-
en-. He has a family and is known as
good ptovider. So he decided to hold
the machine. News of his negligence
reached the ears of the Police Auto
Squad. The squad was covering the
city in a weatherbeaten craft that
threatened to fall apart So part OF
the squad one day drove up to the
policeman's house just after he had
parked the Cadillac. The members
moved from the worn car to the nice
shiny one and drove away. The police
man and his family came out, discov-
cred the exchange and made the best
Of it and took their drive with no pro-
tests. Then one day, the policeman
passed headquarters and say the Cad
lilac. He stopped, buot out of the
worn car that had belonged to the
Auto Squad( jumped into his family's
pride, and likewise drove away.
A crap-loyiug newsboy wandered in