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The New York herald., 1921-11-20

personally am putting "damns" and
hells In this piece, but / bet if Cyrus
curtis himself should happen to lamp
1t he wouldn't never think of giving
Philly another disaster along with
Connie Mack by requesting / Person
ally to reside in the City of Brotherly
Love and support myself in a style
Ia like to get accustomed by writing
Tor his Saturday Erening Post. No,
sir, nobody can write like Ring w.
Lardner except Ring w Lardner. Vile
Helen Dam is a efficient aid, she amt
the whole Lardner staff by no means.
For one thing, Ring w Lardner
had the advantage of being born in
Niles. Mich. Dottie Storms, who was
the daughter of the Niles postmaster
at the time, oncst told me that every
body born in Niles, Mich, early ac-
quired violent temper. She wouldn't
tell me why, but / Personally figgered
it out. It's because the Michigan Cen
trail Railroad is clear to hell and gone
from the centre of the burg and the
kids gets sore vile they is waiting
to grow big enough to walk a mile be-
fore they're allowed to so to the depot
with the rest of the folks and watch
the trains come in.
Ring w. Lardner is good natured
enough nowadays when he isn't
crossed. But his early Nilesque violent
temper gives him the advantage of
making vinegary cracks roll off his
typewriter like the ink off SO derby
come the first rainstorm. For instance
in "The Big Town." which is a tract
on How / and the Mrs go to New
York to see Life and get Katie, my
sisterin-law, husband" the first per-
son singular says as follows:
We'll, we was to have immediate
possession Of the six room furnished
apartment on Riverside Drive. so the
next morning we checked out of the
hotel and swooped up there. The col
ored boy, who / nicknamed George,
helped us up with the wardrobe. The
Mrs. had the key and inside of fifteen
minutes she'd found it,
I'VE hadn't no sooner than made
our entree into our new home when l
knew what allied the previous tenant.
He'd crippled himself stumbling over
the furniture. If a stew with the blind
The New York herald., 1921-11-20
The Paul Revere House.

acteristics in it's native residents and
I'm its architecture. The old time
charm the foreign occupation has not
altogether effaced. There still remain
the narrow streets and narrower
alleys. and most of them have been
permitted to retain their colonial or
provincial names, as Salutation, sun.
Moon. Chair. Snowhill. Under the
foreign veneer we may find a remnant
of a Colonial or provincial landmark;
or plastered with foreign signs, the
battered front OF some provincial
worthys dwelling"
Here we have a glimpse of Christ
Church. of the Paul Revere House"
and Copps Hin Burying Ground We
are told that many graves are hope
lessly lost. for in the dark days OF
the neglect OF the place. stones were
filched from their rlghtful places and
utilized in the construction Of Chin
news on nearby houses. in building
drains. and even for doorsteps. a
latter day honest superintendent sue
ceeded, through painstaking research,
in recovering quite a number of the
hlched stones and reset them in the
ground, but with no relation to the
graves they originally marked, for
that was Impossible"
And so we travelled through Old
Boston until the last few words were
read:
"As we have found, It (the early
Town Of BOSTON, really does not ex-
tend from one extreme to the other
more than a mornings walk. and few.
very few. actual memorials are still
to be seen. There yet remain pic
turesque spots here and there, which
make It possible to recall some Of the
features of somewhat later
age.
The New York herald., 1921-11-20

ROI-MANIAN STORIES. Translated by
Lucy Byng John Lane Company.
The New York herald., 1921-11-20

" and Antiquary. The Artist
and Antiquary were the sossiping
guides; the Englishman the guided.
The Englishman would do old Bos-
ton exclusively. He had done the
blend of Old and New, and now would
bark back to the Old and review it in
leisurely strolls among it's landmarks"
And so we travel through historic
Boston-a bugbear to youthful Amer
ican history students who consider
bygone dates and their past signifi
cance-and even their present signif-
cance-of little Importance to them
personally, except the day of the his
tory "exam." But reading this book
is no task.
"The founders would have their
capital town be to New England i'm
it's humble way what London was to
Old England SO Boston was builded
a likeness in miniature to London.
This London look and Old England
aspect, we remarked, remained to and
through the Revolution; and in
shadowy way remains to-day, as our
guest would see. II was indeed a nat
ural family likeness, for. as the record
shows Boston from the beginning was
the central point Of the most thor
oughly English community in the New
World"
The book takes the reader along this
delightful trip by word and picture.
The drawings are by Lester G. Horn
by And the text has to be very good
indeed to escape the impression that IL
was written around the pictures. But
dividual values and strike a happy
harmony at the same time. The word
pictures are as.clearly designed as the
drawings. The reader sees everything
as Mr.. Bacon saw II. And the lover
of line finds an added attraction in
the delightful sketches Of MIR. Horn
by's scattered so freely through the
book
AS we travelled about Old Boston
that is, as we read this book-we re-
called many half remembered pas
sages of history. And as the old
stories are here repeated in connection
with points of interest-for those his
torical incidents made the points OF
interest-we wondered how we ever
dreaded dry history" in school days.
For instance, though this is litera-
ture as well as history. let us quote:
Court Street was first Prison Lane,
from the Market Place TO the Prison,
a grewsome dungeon, early set up.
where now stands the modern City
Hall Annex. In its day it harbored
pirates and Quakers, and Hawthorne
fancied 1t for the opening scenes of
his carlet Letter"
We find snatches of history. of
description of biography. the story of
the Town and Colony House. the Old
State House and Faneuil Hall.
"'The North End earliest became the
most populous part Of the Town as
well as the first seat of Boston gen
tility and about II longest clung the
distinctive Old Boston flavor. This
flavor remained. indeed. well into the
nineteenth century, long after it's
transformation into the foreign quar-
ter 1t now essentially is. a little Italy
and a good-sized Ghetto. with splashes
Of Greece, Poland and Russia. Mellow
old Bostonians Of to-day remember 1t
The New York herald., 1921-11-20

Mrs. Viola Brothers Shore, author OF
"The Heritage, and Other Stories"
Doran), is having produced this fall
on Broadway play of hers called
Happy New Year" She has written
several moving picture scenarios and
has at home a partly completed novel.
But the achievement she seems proud
est of is her ability to prove that being
a successful author doesn't interfere
with making a little daughters clothes
ahd helping a husband in his business.
The New York herald., 1921-11-20
Howard Pyle's
Book of Pirates

Here the famous artist was able
to express in story and illustration
the compelling fascination pirate
lore always had for him. His
book makes an ideal gift for any
one, old or young who likes pirate
stories, or for the collector Of
beautiful books. Al illustrations,
II fuH color. all by Pile.
Bored $500
: 1917 Nc,v XorL NJ v
The New York herald., 1921-11-20

RAMBLES AROUND OLD BOSTON.
BY Edwin NJ Bacon. Little, Brown
& Co
The New York herald., 1921-11-20

his race was still as well carried for
ward i'm this early home of sedtion
and rebellion as in the Mother Isle
itself"
"Fanutza." one Of the stories in
cluded in Konrad Bercovicfs "Ghitza
and Other Romances OF Gypsy Blood"
has been chosen by Edward J. O'Brien
as the best short story Of 1921. Mr.
Bercovici is said to be the country's
greatest authority on gypsies.
The New York herald., 1921-11-20
Torchy the With
Keeps Father Busy

TORCHY AS A PA. BY Sewell Ford.
Edward j. Clode
~ UMAS wrote three romances
around D'Artagnan, his
- friends and their descend
ants. Sewell Ford has written eight
books about his red headed private
secretary Torchy. This does not
necessarily mean that Sewell is two
and two-thirds a better fiction writer
than Alexandra. Our American humor-
list has worked the vein of gold in
Torchy longer.
Torchy as the parent of a small
boy is no less resourceful as a private
secretary and social life saver than
he was before that event supplied a
title for his latest printed adventures.
His fund of slangy humor is limiuess,
his powers of deduction do not wane,
his good humor is irresistible. The
Volstead law has nowhere furnished
so novel or humorous a little comedy
as Torchy works out in "Nicky and
the Setting Hen" There may be
many soldiers heart which will beat
faster on reading I'm Deep for
Waddy" and others whose memories
will have cause for wonder over the
same tale. Charitably inclined folk
will alternately groan in sympathy
and rejoice over the tale of the Gum
midges. And housekeepers will wish
they had a little Torchy in their homes
to aid in keeping a cook. In brief,
Torchy as a Pa is a bringer of diver
sion, lightener of burdens, an old
friend to be welcomed in as the best
of company.
The New York herald., 1921-11-20

DUMANIA was one of the
countries which became of
world interest when Teuton
The New York herald., 1921-11-20
VISITING Briton Finds Boston Honor to England

"As we parted, the Englishman, not
without emotion admitted that he had
seen and heard many things to con-
firm belief with which he had begun
our little tours, that the greatness Of
The New York herald., 1921-11-20

as the fascinating quarter of the City
down TO the eighteen sixties, still re-
tanning, intermiXed with alien innova-
tions, faded, shabby genteel aspect
and delightsome Old Boston char
The New York herald., 1921-11-20
Oh, Shoot!
By Rex Beach

The ". Y. Herald. "An abb
sorbing, humorous chronicle as
full OF thrilling incident as the
most virile and restless could
wish" The Boston Transcript
Few authors and still fewer
sportsmen can find such delicious
amusement in the written account
of their own trials and tribula-
tons" 63 III. $500
HARPER & BROTHERS
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-11-01
THIS LITTLE GIRL !.
HAD "MANY FRIENDS"
At HALLOWE' EN- PARTY

Young Amelia Parkinson. of Chesa-
peake avenue. Eastport, gave Hal
lowe'en party last night to her school
chums. Amelia was told to invite her
friends, and reported to her mother
that she had invited about twenty of
her schoolmates. Mrs. John Parkin-
son. Amelia's mother. took precaution
to make ready for score and a half
of guests. When the invited little
folks assembled there were just sixty
five. but there was plenty to serve all
At ten o'clock. when the entertain
ment was over. the rain was pouring.
The host went to her door and by
happv chance a great touring truck
was passing. The driver was hailed
and asked TO take the little ones to
Annapolis. Without giving his name,
he consented, and carried the Annapo-
lis folks home. Miss May Linthicum
sister of Mrs. Parkinson, assisted IN
entertaining the guests. When Amelia
was asked her method of inviting her
friends, she said l asked my school
mates and told them If they had
brother TO bring him along" So the
list grew
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-11-01
IS0N, MISSING FROM
|. HOME 70 YEARS, STILL
SOUGHT BY MOTHER

From far away Clinton, Ia. came a
letter today to police chief Charles
Oberry. from a sister of one Frank
r. Stewart, seeking information as to
the whereabouts of Stewart, who, it is
stated, left his home there 20 years
ago. and had not since been heard
from.
The letter, among other things.
states that the aged mother of Stew
art wishes to see him once more.
Stewart is described as feet, inches
in height brown hair and eyes. and
had scar behind his ear. Though
gone from his home for a score of
years, the mother still holds out hope
that she may yet hear from him, or
that he will return. The letter gave
no details concerning the mans dis
appearance from home.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-11-01
NOVEMBER I3 RED CROSS
SUNDAY IN THE CHURCHES

Commodore T ID. Griffin. L. s y,
(retired). Chairman of the annapolis
and Anne Arundel County Chapter.
American Red Cross, Fifth Annual
Roll Call. has sent out letter. of
which the following is a copy. 10 each
of the local clergymen, and those in
the county, as well, for the observance
of Red Cross Sunday November Is:
"On behalf of the Annapolis and
Anne Arundel County Chapter of the
American Red Cross. ! am enclosing
herewith copy OF a pamphlet contain
ing suggestions for the observance of
RED CROSS SUNDAY. This. in ac-
cordance with the proclamation of the
President of the United States, falls
upon November 18th.
"On Armistice Day-November 18th
the American Red Cross begins its
Fifth Annual Membership Roll Call
This Roll Call is primarily the enter
prise Of the Red Cross chapter in this
community. and all of the funds raised
by the chapter during the Roll Call
are retained in the community for
local work. except one-half of the an
nual membership dues which are de-
voted TO the national and International
phases of Red Cross work
1t is our desire that. if il COM
mends itself to you. you will. at your
service on RED CROSS SUNDAY, ex-
plain the object and aims of this or
ganization to your congregation; give
them so much of the content of this
pamphlet as may seem good to you by
way Of information and appeal; and
urge them to re-enroll themselves as
members of the Red Cross for the year
1922.
mo word of ours is necessary. /,
am sure, TO convince you of the value
of this appeal and the necessity, for
the perpetuation in strong and eff
cient condition of the American Red
Cross. Perhaps the best definition that
has been made of the Red Cross is
that which designates it as
1.-The Union of those who love,
I'm the Service OF those who
suffer
Whether it be the continuing and
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-11-01
M|LLERSV|LLE FARMERS
CLUB COMMUNITY FAIR

On Thursday. October 27, the Mil
lersville Farmers Association held its
first community fair at ST. Stephens
Parish Hall In spite of the very
poor growing season and the almost
total failure of fruit crops. there was
a very good showing of all farm and
garden products.
The womens exhibit of canned
fruit and vegetables. bread, cake, pies.
etc. was splendid. Outside were pens
of many different breeds of chickens,
ducks and rabbits; also some regis
tered Guernsey cattle was shown.
: What perhaps was of most interest
to the children. many of whom at
tended. were the goats from the farm
of John Gertz
Doctor Gutenberg, Of the Federal
Department OF Agriculture, was judge
of fruit. grain and vegetables, mffile
Miss Jones. from the University OF
Maryland, came down with Mrs.
Georgianna Linthicum TO judge the
women's work
The ladies of the club served delici-
ous and substantial refreshments.
Much interest was displayed in this,
the first affair of the kind to be held
in the neighborhood. and it was the
unanimous opinion of members that il
should become an annual event.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-11-01
FOCH AND PERSH|NC
LOUDLY ACCLAIMED
BY LEG|ONNA|RES
my The Associated prcssl

KANSAS CITY. MO, Nov. 1.-THE
American Legion received its wartime
commanders. Marshall Ferdinand
Foch OF France. and General John J.
Pershing with the enthusiasm due to
the greatest military figures of the
World War
The thousands of delegates and visi-
tors TO the national convention OF the
American veterans gave the great
military leaders tumultuOus greet
ing that spoke the affection Of the
American soldiers and people for the
two men
After hearing the visitors the con
vention adjourned until tomorrow
morning TO permit the delegates and
visitors to attend the dedication of
Kansas City's memorial to those who
fell in the war and to participate in
the big parade this afternoon
Marshall Foch brought to the
Legionnaires "A personal declaration
of comradeship and from his govern
ment testimonial of its lasting
friendship and esteem.
Just the appearance of the Marshall
was enough to throw the huge hall
into q frenzy OF applause and acclaim,
and General Pershing received an
equal ovation from the soldiers who
fought under him in France.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-11-01
SAYS SOLDIERS
WERE EXECUTED
WITHOUT TRIAL
soeeial Senate Committee APP
ooin,cd TO Investigate Charges
Made By Watson, Of Georgia
-southcrner Will Be Called
Before Body
PRODUCES PICTURE
SHOWING A HANGING

w}sIlNGToN. D. G., Nov. l.
r,e..srson by special committee
.., Charge. bv Senator Watson, Dem
rt GI that American soldiers in
France worc hanged without court
..r..l. or other trial was ordered to-
LAS hs the senate by unanimous vote
The committee will be appointed by
.e President Of the Senate and Sena-
ur watson Will be invited before it
produce proof
senator Watson produced small
photograph " an alleged hanging and
insisted that his charges were true.
senator Borah. Republican. Idaho.
,4 d. had examined the photograph
.ad had been told by two former serv-
. men that the charges were true.
tl. that he was unwilling to pro-
.red On such proof
How many Senators know" Sena-
mr Watson asked that a private sol
aer was frequently shot by his Off
GERS in France for an alleged imper-
thence to an officer and that they
lisa gallows on which men were hang
% day after day without court mar
.lI or any other form Of trial?
3D. and have. the photograph OF a
allows on which twenty-one white
1ys had been executed when the pho
ograM was taken and there were
others waiting in the camp Jail to be
hanged az sunrise"
Replying 10 Senator Watson's s
charges that rwenty-one american
boys were hanged on a single scat
fold tn France. Senator New, Repub-
hcan Ind presented an official state
men from the Judge Advocate"of THE
Army showing that out of total of
= sentences Of death imposed in the
American Evolutionary Forces only
hne were actually carried out.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-11-01
GOVERNOR APPEALS TO
INDEPENDENT VOTERS
IN SPEECH AT BELA|R

An appeal to the large body Of in
dependent voters and OF that section
OF the affiliated electorate in which
definite measures are given prece-
dence over partisan considerations
was sounded by Governor Richie at
Democratic rally at Belair last
night. 4 large crowd turned out for
the meeting. which opened the final
week of the State campaign
To those men and women who had
deferred judgment upon party merits
until given an opportunity 10 study
the issues of the campaign. the Gov
ern0r declared. next weeks election
offered as clear-cut a choice as had
ever been presented in Maryland.
There is no need for weighing prom
ises one against the other. he said,
for on the one vital issue the Repub-
licans had made no promises They
had failed. instead. TO offer even sug-
gestions or criticisms.
More and more as the character
of politics has changed" the Governor
declared, there has grown up among
the voters a spirit of independence.
Willingness TO assume the grave re-
sponsibility Of political judgment
This is healthy change, marking the
subOrdination of prejudice and blind
adherence to tradition and enlightened
thought and reason.
while | am myself a strong Marty
man. believing as | do that the State
OF Maryland will always be more eff
ciently governed. more economically
governed. by the Democratic party
than by its opponents. there are many
whose votes will be bestowed upon a
program rather than upon a party or
even upon men"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-11-01

constantly expanding work that must
he done for our disabled service men
over and above the uniform service
rendered by the Government, that
makes il possible TO seek out and
render individual aid in cases of in
dividual necessity: whether il be the
work that is being carried on over
seas for the distressed millions of
children left as a pitiful result of the
Titanic conflict of the Worlds War;
whether il be an attempt TO improve
conditions at home so that preventable
diseases and needless death may be
eliminated from our present life-all
of these things are certainly germane
10 the teaching of that religion that
strives, by the elimination of evil and
its consequent suffering, 10 secure a
better and happier world.
NO two things could possibly stand
closer upon the common foundation of
a belief in The Fatherhood of God
the Church and the American Red
Cross.
"You will recall that when. without
warning, the flood came sweeping
down upon Pueblo Colorado, Presi
dent Harding was able to say in his
proclamation next mOrning-'The Red
Cross has quickly organized TO deal
with the first great need and will
stand by until homes and home life
can be re-established.'
Certainly the knowledge that the
American Red Cross is organized
equipped and ready for the first call
of necessity is alone sufficient TO jus
tify the existence of the organization
and TO call for the support and co
operation of the people everywhere.
In asking for cooperation at this time
the American Red Cross feels that il
is but claiming a comradeship for
common service for the common good
May we hope that you will see e
it that your congregation is fully in
formed, earnestly urged and thorough
ly persuaded concerning the Fifth Red
Cross Roll Call which begins on Ar
mistics Day-November 18th and
continues through until the oath"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-11-01
BOMB .EXPLODES ON
AMERICAN CONSULATE !.
ls At LISBON TODAY
OBy The Associated Press)

LISBON, Nov. IA bomb exploded
this morning on the staircase at the
American Consulate here. No damage
was DONE however. The police at
tribute the outbreak to the agitation
in connection with the case of Sacco
and Ganzetti, Italians under conyic-
ton of murder in Massachusetts.
The bomb had been placed before
the door of the quarters of the Ameri-
can Consulate. 1t appears that it ex-
ploded after the consul, in leaving
the quarters, had given the grenade
push with his foot, but the interval
intervening was sufficient 10 give him
time to escape.
Officials reported that note found
nearby said the bomb was meant as a
protest in the Sacco-Ganzettit case.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-11-01
NAVY "PLEBES" Toll.
PLAY TWO GAMES

With the regular midshipmen's
football team in Philadelphia on
November II. battling against Penn
State, local fans will have something
TO appease their appetites on that day
as the eleven of "Plebes.' or fourth
classmen. will meet the team of Staun-
ton Military Academy. of Staunton
Va. on Farragut Field. The game
will start at 2:30 o'clock, and in
course of play returns from the Navy
Penn State game will be received.
The "Plebes'' also will have game
on Thanksgiving Day. when the op-
posing force will be Williamson
School. of Pennsylvania
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-11-01
FRANKLIN d. ROOSEVELT
ABLE TO RETURN HOME

Friends OF Franklin ID. Roosevelt,
FORMER Assistant Secretary OF the
Navy, have recently heard that his
condition is sufficiently improved Ia
permit of his being moved from the
Presbyterian Hospital, in New York
to his home.
1t will 10 remembered that Mr
Roosevelt was stricken with poliom-
yelitis while at his country home at
Campobello during the summer. Both
his legs were paralyzed as result
but he has made such marked i'm
provement that hopes are held out for
his ultimate recovery.