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The New York herald., 1921-08-20

SALESMAN FOR THE WEST TO HANDLE
DYESTUFF AND CHEMICAL SPECIAL
TIES. OLD ESTABLISHED HOUSE; GOOD
OPPORTUNITY FOR LIVE. ENERGETIC
MAN. WRITE BOX i6. tit ST. JAMES
BLDG.
SALESMAN
for high class imported toys; commission
basis; experienced only need apply. 697
Herald, 18th st.
The New York herald., 1921-08-20
I AM LOOKING

AM LOOKING
for particular type of man who IS inher-
emily honest. who can faithfully represent
an organization of national reputation and
record; regardless of present occupation. you
may be that particular man whom | can
place In q position TO earn not less than
$500 per year. Call between 10 and II
a. M. Room 902. 507 9TH
The New York herald., 1921-08-20
STOCK Statesmen.

We want high grade statesmen to sell
direct under our personal supervision will
Ing TO pay unusually attractive commissions.
Call 0 to 10 A. NJ, 333 North Broad ST.,
room 4. Elizabeth. y. j.
The New York herald., 1921-08-20
FURNISHED ROOMS WANTED.

LAFGE furnished room and bath choice
location, between 10th and Seth sts., west
side. NJ. c.. 80 Tribune Building.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-07-30

ly small house and ore that will not
cost a great deal to erect.
Home building costs vary consld.
erably In different towns and cities
and are controlled by the cost Of la
Dor and the distance from source of
supply Of building materials. How
ever, the local building contractor and
building material dealer can supply
pretty accurate figures on this or any
other house that q prospective builder
may want to erect. Also these men
are experts In building materials and
can offer valuable suggestions to the
home builder.
AS has been said, securing a home
requires a strong desire to possess
one-a desire that makes the family
willing to make some sacrifices. But
after the home is built and occupied
there Is no more rent to pay, and a
great deal Of satisfaction In the
knowledge that you have a home of
your own.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-07-30
LEARNING TO TALK AGAIN
Case Of Man Shot Through Brain Said
TO Be Without Parallel In
Medical History.

Fairmont, W. Va.-Ira Travis, aged
twenty-seven, Is learning to talk In
the Marion County General hospital
Travis can say yves" and mo" as
clearly as you please, and while he
knows other words and wants to say
them, he Is unable to. Surgeons who
pronounce his progress In learning the
art of conversation the second time,
marvellous, say his case Is without
parallel In medical history.
Travis was shot through the brain
in q fight, the bullet cutting one Of
the two nerves that control the
speech. In the ordinary brain, sur
geOnS say, but one of the speech CEN
tiers is used. The one Travis used
was cut and he has to develop the
other one.
1t took Travis 81 days to master the
two words he can now speak, although
his full power Of reasoning has been
tested and found to be normal. Travis
can work problems In algebra and
when he requires attention writes his
request to his nurse ON paper. Nurses
say that Travis is rapidly learning to
sound the different letters Of the al
phabet and a few dlphthOngs. 1t WIN
be several years before his speech L.
fully recovered.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-07-30
Finally Got Him by the Neck.

pole under which she had just passed.
Keeping guard below was the faithful
dog.
Fortunately, our apartment house
has all the conveniences Of the Hippo
drome. We thought instantly of the
expert snake chsrmer, Kadiana, who
lives in the next fiat.
Certainly, l will get the snake"
said Kadiana, calmly, when awakened.
And then ensued one Of the eeriest
fights 1t has ever been my fortune to
witness. At this unearthly hour in
New York apartment house Kadiana
battled with the snake.
HE bit her four times on the hand
and shoulder, but finally she got him
by the neck and the worst was over.
"Then she told us the snakes his
tory. For five days he had been wan
dering about the apartment house,
having glided away from his fellows
and from Kadiana, who, intending to
add some new specimens to her list Of
pets, had ordered several samples sent
to her.
Apparently he had hidden in the
basement and finally reached our
apartment in some way unknown"
The snake was a Texas bull. It ate
voraciOusly when returned to its box,
Mr.. Shallarb said.
"Adventure7 Why leave New York
for itT queries he. Well, whyf
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-07-30

business. SteauIIy she hau JOSl hlVi.N.
and hope had gone with the shrinking
balance.
The lights in the Blue Rose" were
extinguished, all but one over her desk.
Before her was the ledger, once the
repository of her hopes, now the rec
ord of her failure. Outside the street
was silent save for an occasional be-
lated car chugging by. The little
clock on the mantel struck $50. Mar
garet let her head fall on the pages
of the open book and gave way to the
relief of tears
A knock on the door startled her.
Hastily she sat up, dabbing her eyes
with her handkerchief. Who could
it be at this late hour? She thought
with a thrill of horror of collectors
who might have learned of her mis-
fortune and descended vulture-like 10
pick the bones. But the thought was
COurageOuSly she went to the door and
opened it, I'VE don't serve after
s." she was beginning, when she
stopped with little gasp. "Oh-it's
you she exclaimed.
Into the small circle of light east
by the desk lamp stepped the young
man-her erStwhile star bOarder.
Yes" he replied ungrammatically,
its me-" Then he looked at her
sharply, and then at the open ledger.
you've been crying" he accused.
Il have not :" she exclaimed in
dignantly. Who was this youth to
accuse her of shedding tears? But
her voice trembled in spite Of herself.
For a moment she braved 1t out, and
then OverStrained nature gave way.
Down went her head on the desk and
her sObS broke forth.
ooh, there isn't any use" she eI-
claimed despalringly. 'Everythlng's
gone wrOng-the Blue Rose is fail
ure, and so am I-nOthing's been right
since you left" she stopped, hor-
rified at what she had said. But the
young man laughed out, and suddenly
she found herself in hS arms, listening
TO words that made her feel happy all
over.
Dear" the young man was saying,
you remember those diagrams l
worked on so much? Well, they were
plans for a new Invention of mine
and it's a big success! l came back
to tell you about it-and to tell you
that I've been in love with you for two
months, but l didn't want to say any
thing till was sure that my machine
would go; and 1t has-and I've come
back for you"
Smiling through her tears, she looked
| up at him.
81 knew that my life would be
success-if you came back" she said.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-07-30
SOME NOTED MEN OF WEIGHT
May Be Some Truth in German Pro-
fessor's Assertion That Obesity
Is Blessing.

Some people are born fat, others
have fairness thrust upon them, but
now comes a German professor, named
Bertholdt, who says that the world
owes more to the fat than to the thin.
Professor BerthOldt asserts that
obesity is one of the greatest bless
ings that Providence beStOws upon men
and that it is always accompanied by
perseverance, cheerfulness and virtue.
bad for u.s." says he, would be
the day in which we Germans should
change into a lean race, like some
Of our neighbOrs."
This despite the fact that his lean
neighbors whipped the eternal tar out
of him and his fat compatriots. Be
that as it may, glance at history
shows that there is some merit in his
argument.
Consider, for instance, Napoleon L,
he latest fighter in all history. Ma
,oleOn barely had room to stick his
haRer inside his shirt-front. Louis
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-07-30

are three bedrooms and the bathroom.
The entrance from the porch leads
directly into the living room. This
room is IA feet 6 inches by Is feet 9
inches. Connected with it by a double
cased opening is the library, 10 feet 6
inches by 8 feet. Back of the living
room also connected with a double
cased opening Is the dining room, 13
feet 6 inches by IA feet inches, while
adjoining the dining room is the
kitchen, 8 feet inches by IL feet 6
inches. All four of these rooms are
corner rooms and are so connected
that the distance from any one Of
them to another is the shortest pos.
sible. 1t will be noted by the plan
that kitchen may be reached from
the living room through hall out of
which run the stairs to the second
floor. All the rooms are well pro-
vided with windows. making them
light and CHEEKY and at the same time
well ventilated
The dormers, front and back, give
a great amount of light and air to two
Of the three bedrooms, while the third
is in one gable and the bathroom in
the other. The front bedroom is IL
by IA feet, and the rear bedroom 10
by Il feet. The third room is larger,
10 feet inches by u feet 6 inches
Also the bathroom is larger than
usually is found, it being feet wide
and 8 feet long. All Of the rooms
open off a central hall.
A basement extends under the
whole of the house proper, which is "a
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-07-30

XVI faded away to about a ton just
before his passing out. How Louis
XVI furniture ever stood up under him
is one of the unsolved mysteries of
history.
Hank the Eighth of England, chicken
fancier and matrimonial expert, was
quite hefty even at the tender age of
twenty. George III, who aroused the
ire of our best people, didn't blow very
much about his shape and Edward VII
cast a credible shadow. But no SOW
ereign could quite tip the scales along.
side of the late Dom Carlos of Portu-
gal.
Dumas, Renan and Balzac weren't
exactly sylphlike. Alma Tadema and
Rubens had a well-fed look. Gilbert
X. ChestertOn would not be called un.
der-nOurshed. Neither would Irwin
Cobb.
The list includes William H. Taft,
the Arbuckles-Fatty and Macklyn,
and Grover Cleveland.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-07-30
SEES CHANDLER AS ENGLAND
Why Hotel Waiter Typifies Britannia
in the Eyes of American Visitor
to London.

Sometimes in thinking of England
typified. it is not as Britannia, a lady
with helmet and a trident, but as
Chandler. Chandler is an old friend
of many visits. If ever l come to Lon
don and do not find Chandler, it will
be as if the Nelson column were miss
ing, or the Mansion house, or London
bridge.
This time my first greeting was:
"Well, Chandler, you had my friend,
Mr.. D., stopping with you recently"
"Yes, sir" said Chandler, continuing
to polish the table top; "yOu mean the
H'american gentleman who was al
ways calling for a double Scotch and
soda" There is an engaging candor
about Chandler. l assured him Of the
accuracy of his surmise.
Chandler is the smOking-room wait
er Of an old hotel facing Trafalgar
square, a hotel that has been much
patronized In the past by Americans
who selected II for its British atmos-
phere. and afterward, when 1t hap
pened to be winter, cursed 1t for its
lack Of steam heat, piling on hand
bags for additional bed clothing, as
the atmosphere" seeped. foglike,
through the wall. Oh, yes, 1t is the
hotel that has not changed since Will
liam the Conqueror reQuisitiOned its
best bedroom after the battle Of Has
tings and Charles II hid In its Chin
ney.
/ had last seen 1t in late 1915. This
year, upon arriving In London, l ap-
preached the entrance with sinking
of heart. What strange faces had
come to replace the old familiar onesf
What renovatiOns and alterations had
been wrought? There were no reno
vations or alterations. There were no
strange faces. A new wrinkle or two
in the doorman's weatherbeaten cOun-
tenance. A streak of white in the head
porter's hair. Then Chandler. His
dropping mustache dropped a little
more: the stOOp of his shoulders was
a little more accentuated; the blue
coat with the brass buttons a little
shabbier and SINNER. But 1t was the
same coat.
"Why, Chandler, nothing has
changed! You are all the same here
except the German head waiter"
Chandler grinned grimly and under
standingly. "No more Germans In Eng
land, sir. But surprising, sir, what a
large number of Swissw Yes, Chand-
Ter Is England.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-07-30

feet 6 inches deep by % feet in width,
with a porch projection Of feet 6
inches. This basement provides plenty
of room for the laundry, the heating
plant and fuel storage, and rooms for
vegetables and fruit and for the stor-
age of garden and lawn tools and the
other articles that usually find their
Way to the basement.
From this brief description Of the
interior 1t will be seen that this
house will provide comfortable &C.
commodatiOns for a good-sized family.
At the same time it is comparative
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-07-30
NAUGHTY Women Most Popular,

in Harper's Magazine, insists that the
naughty women in history, not the good
ones, are those whom people generally
love best. She hunted over the card
catalogue in a library somewhere and
dug out the fact that the last ten
years four times as many books had
been written about Lucretia Borgia as
about splendid Susan B. Anthony"
Cleopatra has had ten times as much
space given to her as admirable Clara
Barton"
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-07-30
new YORK OFFERS
PRIZE SNAKE STORY
Fourteen-Foot Texas ReptiIa
WanderS About House for
Four Days Before Capture.

New YOrk.-VOlStead or no Nol"
stead, the snake story season is on!
Dillon Shallarb, singer, starts the
ball rolling with what he calls
thrilling episode at Central Singing
studio.
at was l a. N. and pitch dark" says
be, when we were awakened by the
excited barking Of our big black dog
In an adjoining room. Mrs. Shal!arD
got up to investigate, aaE when her
voice failed to quiet the REitated ami
NAL, she crossed the room to turn on
the light.
Imagine her horror when upon
locking about the room she saw IL
loot snake coiled around the curtain
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-07-30

home builders who are determined to
have a home, but who are not able to
make very large investment, the &C
companying building design is shown.
This Is not a large house, neither will
at cost much to erect. At the same
time II Is attractive In exterior ap-
pearance and contains seven good
rooms II will At nicely on a 50-foot
lot and leave considerable space on
either side for light and ventilation.
The design of this home is what
makes It so pleasing to the eye. The
sharp gables Of the roof, together
with the long slope makes It. story
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-07-30
CONVERSATIONS
=

To prevent mgtion picture fires an
inventor has planned an attachment
for projecting machines that enables
fame extinguishing chemicals to be
Immediately applied should a film ig-
mite.
Metal toes and heels have been
given shoes invented for tight-rope
walkers to make contacts with wire
included In their ropes, causing lights
to fash from various points on their
eoatuines.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-07-30

Norwegian interests will conduct an
airplane freight and passenger serv-
ice between points in their own coun-
try and to neighboring countries.
The mattress in a bed invented by
Frenchman is supported on springy
Stats that run from the head to the
foot and are. arched upward in the
center.
With a new steel alloy, machine
tools with many cutting edges are be-
ing cast practically In their finished
forms instead Of being ground from
blanks.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-07-30
First Floor Plan.

and-a-haR house, but by putting broad
normers in the roof at both front and
back, three large bedrooms are pro-
vided on the second floor. These
dormers also help to make the en-
terior attractive. The house Ia Of
frame construction. set on concrete
foundation. Ship-lap siding Is used
on both the exterior walls and the
porch.
The interior arrangement and the
elzes and location Of the various
rooms are shown on the floor plans
that accompany the exterior view.
Downstairs there are living and dining
rooms, kitchen and library; upstairs
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-07-30
Kill Large Snake and
Find He's a "Birdcaqe"

Reading, Pa. - WOrkmen on
the POttsville state highway
killed ,cOpperhead snake at
Port Clinton. They noticed a
thick knob" about the middle
of the snakes length and, cut
ting it open, found a gOod-sized
bird, apparently swallowed alive,
feathers and all, shortly before
the cOpperhead itself was killed.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-07-30

account OF ms WIDE experience
r. Author and Manufacturer, he
tout doubt, the highest authority
Eoncnakhese subjects. Address all inquiries
Seived foelliam A. Radford. No 1927 Prairie
mateiy ne. Chicago. ILL.,. and only inclose
he a. -cent stamp for reply.
ranRi Every man who is the head Of a
,iled amily has somewhere in the back Of
MS mind a desire to own a home Of
MS own for himself and his family
II 70 this desire has not been graft
net may be due 70 any number of
hings, but the one that prevents most
Ole from owning the house in
n they live is that they never
eany- started to acquire home.
For the average person, buying a
home Is a considerable undertaking
one that means the taking on Of an
obligation that will require a number
Of years to pay. The investment looks
large and will probably require some
sacrifices. but once a start is made
the satisfaction more than repays the
effort.
No man. however, should undertake
to buy a home that costs more than
1t Is reasonably certain he will be
able to pay for. This error is the
reason that has caused many to lose
their homes after start toward own
ing them has been made Good judg-
ment in picking the site and in erect
ing home that meets the needs of
the family and at the same time will
not require larger investment than
can be handled, are two essentials in
successfully acquiring a home.
As a suggestion to those prospective
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-07-30

Sir Walter BE-
SAINT, novelist and
biOgrapher, lover
of London and of
the poor folk who
lived in the slums
of the British me-
trOpOlis, was born
at Ports mouth,
England, Aug. II,
1896. He died on
June o, 1901.
BeSant was one
of the most many
sided men o. his
time. He was edu-
Gated at Kings
college, l. o n d o N,
and at Cambridge
he taught in q
college ON the pic
turesQue Island of
MauritiusJ he was
secretary of the
Palestir : EKplOra-
tiOn Fund. He
earned the INDY
ing gratitude of
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-07-30
Auntfe Not an Old Maid.

Aunt Mary is now twenty-five, and
Der married brothers twit her about
her single state. They also tell her
that since she has had her last birth
day she is an old maid. This both she
sAd her adoring five-year-old niece
Jean deny.
III The. other night one of Aunt Mary's
aemi ers called, and little Jean was
h~ade a member Of the party. Natu-
- ~ she was more In love with auntie
.n ever, and when the young man
aIngly called her an old maid
CON p's~sally sprang to the rescue.
wan old maid neither"
|hreveport-Sherif sy .. aiy one
lido has announced tt It -. LEI ''oeA
eward OF $500 for infc.. ltid1S.
to the arrest Of TIC 1idenuh& .
no who attacked Z; ng white s !,
man while holding Escort at .
J with pistol.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-07-30
eEaLLY LITTLE TO BE SAID
After such I aBreaI<," Words Would
DO Little Except Add TO the
EMBARRASSMENT

I went as q bride to a western town
where there was college, writes a
correspondent Of the Chicago Tribune.
1t was often my pleasure to entertain
the young women of the faculty who
n,ved I'M the school dormitory. i en-
ed showing off my house. good maid'
derofe husband. And they en-
3, appreciation Of their musi-
cal and dramatic talents, and our
home me1ls.
The before the departure for
Christni. 5 holidays three Of the girls
we're ushered into my living room, and
each carried a number of bulky par
cells Knowing they had been to The
woods for Christmas green's the pre-
vious evening. exclaimed with moe
tragedy In my voice: "Now, VIII
have you girls brought met ~
shouldn't have done anything foi
The pleasure Of knowing you has b
enough II
The tragedy became real ! !
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-07-30

painful embarrassment was not to be
concealed. Finally one of them said,
1--WE have just been to the laundress
and stopped in to say gOodby," add
ing casually that one couldn't find gifts
In a town like ours, etc. You prob
ably know just how / felt.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-07-30
plsIlked sutton; Shot Sister.

Falmouth. Endangered because It's
sister kept company" with Rusa II
wykoff, of whom he disappro,ed,
Cary Jones. twenty-six years 'f,sv'lA
young farmer, shot the ~ ist~aas
Ills own life her, Timothy
' ~ kies, who die0
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-07-30

scores of struggling young writer's by
establishing the Society of Authors,
which kept them from being duped by
interruptions publishers and editors.
He lRbOred indefatigabIy to Improve
the conditions of the poor.
of his many novels, "AIl Sorts and
Conditions of Men" stands out above
the others tale of the poor that
gripped the minds of his readers.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-07-30
New York overrun with C.

New York oVerrun With Car Thieves.
New YOrk.-New York state showed
1905 automobiles stolen during 1920.
according to statistics from the in
formation bureau of the state cOnfnrI
ence of mayors. OF these 1896 we re
recovered.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-07-30
Cleaning.

Glycerin is an aid TO cleaning. To
remove coffee or fruit stains saturate
them with glycerln, allow them To-
stand several hours. and then wash.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-07-30
Not n Goddeaa

Nemesis-not a goddess, but any
wife who has discovered an incident
in her husbands life which he would
just as soon have forgotten.-New
York Sun.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-07-30

Root Of Discomfort
The root Of all discomfort Is self
love-. F. Clarke.
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IN EVERY WAY
.# for Those Who Cannot
Put Large Sums Into
IL NTTcin Which They
Il wi kte to Live.
A RADFORD.
HA pP

fm A Radford will answer
give advice FREE OF
NsuOs Of thsall subjects pertaining to the
IL building for the readers OF this
account OF his wide experience
Author md No. hn
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-07-30

isasS q i + s
RsRT9aTss !.
The Washington times., 1921-05-08

w yHERE bgn7 Is it the first embarkaton
kill, adventures conception
w subway the fsness of
friend "Have forgotten
still where strikes unknown where there
dreamed where still in the mistaken belief that
he horned the
antelope the y koodoo wand the unfencd plains by
night?"
thought that drunk would
be could He does the pictures is too sudden too
day In trying far world minds
placid vlei
the CLEAN of the You
tell the wilde
the plains f for the hungry Of
startngy black
white ncorgby Gland, bukest of all
beef palate could wish You the
still
of elephant and lion