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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-07-22
IN A STRANGE TOWN.

81 am not a virginian-but an Ameri-
can."-Patrick Henry.
TT is always a bad idea to knock the
other mans home town. Especially
poor policy is it when you are making
your living there. Yet there are al
ways young men-and women, too
who seem to take peculiar satisfaction
in passing uncomplimentary comments
on the city or town Of their adoption.
They don't seem to remember that the
man or woman who Is at home in that
town is In q position of host and that
to make scathing remarks about the
town is almost as rude as to make
scathing remarks about the house of
the man whose guest you are. Especial
ly is this so when the town is small.
The stranger in q town like New
York or Chicago really harms no one
forth his disgruntlement over the city
of his temporary sojourn. No one
takes offense. At most they are bored
or amused. But when a stranger in
q small town assures the natives that
1t is away behind the times, that the
buildings are atrocious the streets the
worst paved in the country, the res
taurants and hotels the worst run, the
women the plainest and the movies
the oldest he is giving real offense,
besides, Of course, making himself
very unpopular.
II really indicates nothing more than
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-07-22
Stupid Yankees
Lose in Baltic

bright young credit man had tried to
digest this telegram, received a cable
saying: Wire your credit rating and
references
"Now, 1 suppose his form 90 re-
quired him to do that, but wired
back, My credit references are cash
in New York bank. What are your
pricesT
"Some days later received tele-
gram saying: Price dollar twenty or
something like that.
"More valuable time was lost in an
exchange of cablegrams asking what
they meant, per garment or per suit.
The result was that wired an English
firm. My answer from it was complete,
just what wanted. The telegram gave
the price per suit, weight of shipment,
probable date of delivery and every
thing that I wanted to know. The
English firm got the order and took
the cash in the New York bank.
when l write American firms for
catalogs, get catalogs without prices.
I suppose they think it Is undignif1ed
to print them. Then I write for price
lists and get price lists without cata-
logs.
Print Complete cataIogs.
German or British firms print COM
plete catalogs, giving just what one
wants to know. They save valuable
weeks of mail correspondence and get
the orders"
Another American in trade in Riga
showed the correspondent cablegram
from one of the biggest oil companies
in America, in reply to his telegram
which said: "Quote me price refined
coal oil delivered Riga" The answer
read: "Crude Oil has gone up 20 cents
q barrel"
"Now," said this American dealer,
81 didn't want to know about crude oil
and 1 haven't time to figure out what
effect q rise in its price would have on
coal oil that was badly wanted by my
buyer.
"In many of such ridiculous cases l
have telegraphed directly to the heads
of firms in America explaining the
situation. But l haven't the time to
write all Of them. So the Germans
and English get the orders"
Incidentally, perhaps half Of the let
tiers sent by American firms to the
Baltic states bear only 2-cent postage
stamps, causing indignant prospective
buyers to dig down in their pockets to
pay postage due in rubles or marks or
whatever the unit happens to be.
Some Of them bear fantastic ad-
dresses. such as Riga, Russia, via the
Pacific" One letter in reply to request
to ship for cash big consignment of
goods from New York to Riga said the
firm was sorry, 'but had no shipping
facilities on the Pacific"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-07-22

the saucy little clouds to shine upon
the earth below, but no sooner had he
done so than the little clouds danced
and frolicked in front Of him until he
was quite hidden again.
Mr.. Moon-man is a very nice old fell
low, so he said very pleasantly: go
along with you and play in another
part of the sky. There Is plenty OF
room withou. getting right in front Of
me so the Earth folk can't see my
light"
But the saucy little clouds were bent
on having fun, and fun they intended
to have, and all at poor Mr.. Mood
mans discomfort.
He had just found nice big place
to shine through when all those saucy
little clouds began to dance right in
front of him again. First, they would
hide his bright face completely, and
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-07-22
THE SAUCY CLOUDS.

NNE night as Mr.. Moon-man looked
~ over the tops of the trees and
mountains he saw a number of feecy
little clouds scudding about.
20 dear!" sighed Mr.. Moon-man. Il
am afraid l shall have trouble tonight
with those saucy little clouds. l was
hoping as l came up that they would
be in another part of the sky instead
of right in the place where l want to
shine"
Mr.. Moon-man was right; he was to
have trouble with the saucy, fieecy lit
the clouds, and just as his bright face
peeped over the treetops all the little
f1eecy clouds scudded right into his
face.
Mr.. Moon-man ducked and lodged
until at last he found space between
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-07-22
Brother and Sister in Kansas
City, Kan., Give Money and
Time in Humane Work.
DOGS, CATS AND PARROTS
All Are Tenderly Cared For in the
Little BoWered Cottage and Put
Out of Their Misery if Too
Sick to Recover.

Kansas City. Mo.-WouId you be
willing to give more than half of your
modest income to make life less rig
orous for suffering or neglected ami
mails!
Such is the sacrifice being made by
Miss Sarah and II. II. Jacobs of Kan
sas City, Kan, across the river from
here. And it is no mere passing
hobby, they have been doing this for
the last quarter century. The Jacobs
are nationally known for their un-
selfish work.
Living in a little cottage, surround
ed by rose bushes, bird houses, flower
beds and fruit trees, these two have
consecrated their lives to ameliorating
the hardships visited upon mans often
neglected and abused companions.
H. Fl. Jacobs provides the income
by working as bookkeeper on the
Missouri side, while Miss Sarah looks
after the home and ITS numerous pets.
And there are many dogs in the
Jacobs home-ten dogs, two score
cats, and two parrots. The care Of
these pets, however, represents only a
minor part Of the activities of the
two workers. Both are officers in the
Wyandotte County Humane society
and labor necessarily to benefit ami
NAL life through that source. With
all this the Jacobs are not \unmindful
Of the needs of unfortunate children,
and even adults of their city, as they
are active in the Associated Charities.
Miss Sarah, who was found at home
busy with her charges, said that her
first instruction in humane work
was when she was a little girl and
her father taught her that it was just
as easy to step around an anthill as
to crush it with her heel.
ChIoroform to Diseased.
While thoroughly orthodox in their
theology, the Jacobs believe firmly
that most of the sin and suffering in
the world has followed mans habit
of killing and abusing animals.
There is nothing mawkish about
their views, however. Miss Sarah,
as president of the Humane society,
has personally chloroformed hun
dreds Of diseased, deformed and home
less animals.
"It sometimes is expedient," she
said, "to remove them to avert fur
ther suffering. When it is neces-
sary to put an animal to sleep, l al
ways utter word of prayer, taking
full responsibility for the act
Most of the pets in the Jacobs home
have been brought there by persons
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-07-22
Dog HoWled by His Dead
Masters Side 2 Months

New York.-Almost nightly
for two months dog has been
bowling and whining for his
master, who lay dead in a small
furnished room and no one went
near to find out what was the.
trouble.
The man who had died there
and been forgotten was John J.
Moore, pardoned criminal. When
repair men, in going to fix a
leaky pipe, found it necessary
to get into the room and break
down the door they came upon
Moore lying on the bed wrapped
in blankets. The dog had gone.
The animal howled long the
night before and it may have
been that he had decided at last
no one would come to his mas
ter's aid and there was nothing
more to be done.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-07-22
WORLDS BIGGEST COCKTAIL
Immense Quantity of Liquor to Be
Dumped Into the Atlantic
Ocean.

New York.-The district attorneys S
office in New York county has begun
proceedings to acquire title in the
name of the state to seize liquor
worth S5O,OOO,OOO at bootleggers'
prices.
After condemnation the lia-4U. prob
ably will be towsd Ia garbsgs scows
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-07-22
HOW DO YOU SAY IT?
Bye. N. LURE
Common Errors in English and
; How to Avoid Them
ITO ENJOY POOR HEALTH."

THIS is one of the incorrect phrases
which have somehow crept into
common usage in the English language,
although a moments thought will
show the speaker or writer that it is
absurd to say that person "enjoys"
poor health. ITO enjoy" means ito
experience JOY or pleasure in; receive
pleasure from the possession or use
of or participation in; delight I'M
(Standard Dictionary. Why, then,
should a person say. 'I have enjoyed
poor health during the past year?"
You can enjoy only that which brings
you pleasure or profit; and surely i'll
health brings neither.
Of course, it is quite proper to say,
81 have enjoyed good health" since
good health, being the greatest of
human blessings, is to be appreciated
and enjoyed.
A similar error it to be "agreeably'
disappointed. If you are disappointed,
the experience cannot be agreeable.
(Copyright.)
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-07-22
By MILDRED MARS

traction it became Adeliza and Aliza
The talismanic stone of Alicia is the
Alexandrite, Russian jem. 1t is found
in the emerald mines Of that nation,
being of a beautiful green shade
which changes to columbine red. The
Russians believe it brings great good
fortune. When the subject Of its fav-
orite's dream it signifies hope. Monday
is Alicia's lucky day and seven her
lucky number. Her flower is the white
hawthorne, q beautiful bud.
(Copyrighb.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-07-22
Half They Have
to Abused Pets

who have found them suffering in the
streets or were too poor to look after
them. Many carry story of human
interest, with sometimes a tragedy.
There is Cinderella, who has been
brutally wounded. The Jacobs decided
to choroform the animal to relieve its
intense suffering. Finally it struggled
over to the open fireplace and curled
up in the warm ashes. Soon it showed
signs Of rallying and they concluded it
should live. 1t did recover. The Incl
dent reminded them of the fairy story
of the little girl sitting in the ashes
and who later was able to wear the
glass slipper, and the spotted hound
became Cinderella.
Miss Jacobs told of a cat that saved
their lives. A leaky gas jet had filled
the house with fumes while they slept.
The cat mewed in vain and finally
leaped upon the bed and scratched
Miss Jacobs to a waking position and
a realization of their danger.
Cats Interesting Career.
4arrOW, a cat with an interesting
career, was named after Mary Craige
Yarrow, noted humane worker of
Philadelphia. This cat once was
companion to a little boy. The boy
died and on the night of his funeral
the animal was carried away and
locked in freight car bound for Ar
kansas. A fortnight later the cat re-
turned home nearly starved. The
boys mother took it to the Jacobs
home.
Some of the animals of other days,
especial favorites who had earned
some mark of distinction, are buried in
the flower garden. There are no
markers, save a stone border around
the grave of Hermano (Mexican for
brother), long in the family. Hermano
had saved Miss Jacobs life In Texas
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-07-22

to a point off Sandy Hook. where the
worlds greatest cocktail will be COM
pounded. Whether the whole $5OyO0O,-
600 will be mixed in one colossal drink,
or whether it will be doled out to the
ocean at the rate of few thousand
barrels a day, is to be settled later.
The thousands of barrels of liquor,
if dumped all at once beyond the three
mile limit, will not be sufficient to
flavor the surf at the beaches, accord
ing to oceanographers. 1t may, how
ever, perfume the breezes for q Inn
miles.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-07-22

the corner and spilled its cargo to the
curb. The policemen with pistols
drawn. dashed into the fur shop of
John T. Shayne, $50 North Michigan
avenue, calling loudly for every one
within sight and hearing to surrender.
Mr.. Brunts was their only customer.
It was discovered that the myster-
ious wheel was part of the rear equip
ment of his own car. 1t had hoped
over the curb in Randolph street into
the plate glass window Of the Shayne
company, setting off the burglar alarm.
Mr. Brunts was allowed to go home.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-07-22
He heard a crashing of glass, the

He heard a crashing Of glass, the
changing of a bell. the shrek Of
police whistle, the clatter of heavy
soled shoes on the pavement and
few harsh commands.
Mr.. Brunts stopped. His halt was
due partly to curiosity and partly to
the fact that he couldn't go any
farther. Something had anchored his
car to Randolph street. 1t coughed,
sputtered and listed to starboard.
Just as the motorist got out to see
what might be the trouble an auto
mobile loaded with policemen turasd
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-07-22
Says Farmers Go Crazy
for Lack of Recreation

Washington. - One Of the
reasons why you cant keep
'em down on the farm" was ex-
planned here at the seventy
seventh annual convention Of
the American Institute of Home
opathy.
More farmers go crazy every
year in the United States than
any other class Of citizenship,
DR.. J. M. Lee of Rochester, N.
Y, told the convention. Work,
worry and lack of recreation are
the causes.
Professional men-clergymen,
physicians and lawyers-are less
likely to go crazy, DR.. Lee said.
However, DR.. Lee warned,
don't be too sure of yourself, for
insanity is slowly but steadily
increasing.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-07-22
Bone From Leg Grated
Into Backbone of Boy

Anaconda, Mont. - With a
piece of bone six inches long TAX
en- from his left leg and grated
into a bone Of his back, Eugene
McHugh. aged 5 years, returned
from st. James hospital, Butte,
to his home in Anaconda. The
boy suffered injuries which de-
veloped complications and de-
manded the operation, which
was performed by DR.. E. F.
Maginn with apparent success.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-07-22
LOST: AUTOMOBILE WHEEL
IIneecorted Nocturnal Tourist Gives
Police of Chicago Some Real
Worry.

Chicago.-A wheel rolled out in
front of the automobile of Fred w.
Brunts. $50 Surf street, and hoped
along at a merry clip northward In
Boul Mich. Mr.. Brunts laughed. 1t
cas peculiar to see a wheel wandering
about at that time of night unescorted
by any automobile.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-07-22
Fewer Marriages in England.

London.-The very sharp decline in
the number of marriages which oc-
Cured at the end of last year. accord
ing to the latest report of the regis
trar general, shows how severely the
financial position reacts on social life.
The number of persons married during
the last quarter OF the year was 36,09S
fewer than in the preceding q'arter
and 1854 fewer than in the fourth
quarter of 1919,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-07-22
Hsv III tI6{7rtE5. t I
THE WORD "RUBBER."

THE material which we now kIse
i as rubber was formerly called
elastic gum. One of the earliest uses
of this gum had been to erase marks
on paper, and the chemist, Priestly. In
about ITO. suggested that the material
which erased OF rubbed" so effectively
should be called India rubber" His
suggestion was adopted, and the name
soon became universal.
(Copyright.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-07-22

when big rattler was about to strike
her. The dog pounced upon the snake
and received the poisonous bite. He
became blind, but lived many years.
Asked about the cost of pursuing
their humane work, Miss Jacobs said
it amounted to 5000 or S7OO a year.
She insisted, however, that this did
not constitute a sacrifice, that they de-
rived pleasure from it and preferred
TO spend their money In this way, even
if 1t forced them to give up many
comforts
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-07-22
Machine That HarVests Rice

AS rice has to be harvested tn wa
ter, it was thought to he work which
would always have to he done b. hu-
man labor but machine has been in
vented which moves through the deep
mud and gathers the grain 1t is ca
pable Of performing many of the du
ties of the ordinary tractor.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-07-22
Girl Must Return His Ring.

Asbury Park, N. J.-When a couple
in New Jersey agree to break an en-.
gagement the man is entitled to the
ring he gave.
That delicate point was settled by
Judge Lawrence of the Court of Com
mon Pleas, in the case of a Trenton
man who resorted to the law to get
back the circlet he had given girl,
who then married another man.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-07-22
Hanoind a Picture,

All pictures in frames have a best
place to hang or set. as in the case
of the easel portrait frame. AS rule
dark pictures need light, while the
light picture and gilt frame will lend
color to the dark wall.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-07-22
rinne,s Wondrous Chances,

Archeoogists believe that even in
the Stone age direct maritime rela-
tions existed between northern Jut-
land and the distant countries to the
south.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-07-22

This is fine picture, 1t was paint
ed as Still Life, exhibited as land
scape-and sold as portrait. ."--Fror
Die Aiuskete, Vienna.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-07-22
A LINE O. CHEER
BY John kendrick Bangs.
TOLERANCE.

A S WEEDS are part Of ma
~ ture's plan
= So do l think is weedy man.
The deadly nightshade and the
Hold deep within some purpose
true
That in a world Of floral love
know not Of
And so for them that fail, and
err,
The weeds Of human character
I'll judge them not, for deep
within
Their outer semt!ances to sin
May lie some bit Of gold that we
Too prone to judgments cannot
(CopyriGht.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1921-07-22

Ideals arg better than idylk
The New York herald., 1921-06-03
u. S. WILL NOT PAY FOR
SEIZED GERMAN SHIPS
Wilson-Lloyd George Agree
nent NeUer Ratified.

WASHINGTON, June Examinations
from Paris that the Reparations Com
mission might take UP the question OF
the status under reparations agreements
Of the German shipping seized in this
country during the war were met here
to-day with the statement that any pay
ments to the commission on account Of
these ships was a question for the United
States alone to decide. It was pointed
out that when the United States entered
the war the ships were taken over by
authority of an act OF Congress which
made the vessels the exclusive property
Of the American Government.
The Wilson-Lloyd George agreement
with regard to the vessels. by which
the United States was to pay to the
Preparations Commission certain
amount above the value of the ships
which was to be applied to the common
reparations pool as an offset to claims
by the Allies for ships lost during the
war. was never ratified by this country.
The New York herald., 1921-06-03

i'm 1922 would not be much more than
$4,000 100000 But Secretary Mellon
has recommended a change from the ex-
cess profits tax to q straight profits tax
on corporations. Under this scheme the
excess profits tax would give place to
taS of possibly per cent. on pronts
in addition to the present 10 per cent.
tax making n total of 10 per cent. on
all profits whether they would come
within the range OF the present excess
profits tax or not.
The Secretary also has recommended
lowering the higher schedules of the
income tax on individuals and making
the maximum levy forty per cent for
1922 and about thirty-three per cent in
succeeding years. He estimates that by
abolishing the excess profits tax and
adopting an additional five per cent.
straight profits tax on corporations
there would be no loss in revenue. but
an actual gain of s400, ,000.0 900 a year.
SO the death knell of excess profits
levy will not mean lower taxes.
The lowering of individual income
super-taxes will. it Is anticipated. cause
a loss this year of from $500. 100000 to
s300, 900, 900. but will be more than re-
trieved next year by the revival OF
initiative and the recovery In business
turnover, which have been reduced by
present taxes.
But in order to make UP for the loss
on individual surtaxes, the secretary
recommends an additional tax on auto
mobiles and additional stamp taxes He
also believes that the lowering of in
come tax schedules will discourage fur
ther investment in tax exempt securi-
ties and thus increase the volume Of
income subject to Federal tax. Tt is
evident that here is no reduction in
taxes, or even a promise of reduction
in future years. but rather a reaching
out into additional territory and a
scramble TO find new sources of tax
revenue to take the place of those which
are rapidly becoming extinct because
they are being taxed out of existence.
And all this Is without consideration
Of the soldiers bonus bill. which looms
like a black cloud on the financial hori-'
zon. There is not a sound thinker
among the Legislators or the Govern
mont fiscal officers who does not throw
up his hands in dismay at the prospect
Of what a soldiers bonus would do to
the national budget. This bill is now in
committee. Investigation reveals that
every effort is being made to postpone
the day OF the fateful vote upon it. Such
are the influences at work in support of
this bill that IL is sure to become a law
If it is voted on before the public grasps
the full significance of what It would