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The Washington times., 1921-02-04
WILSON BUSY
.C[EAR|NGDESK
President, With One Month to
Serve, Sitting Mass Of
New Legislation.

One month from today President
Wilson will step out Of the White
House, and in the meantime will be
busily engaged in cleaning up all
pending official business. He has
kept fairly well abreast with routine
matters, but eleventh hour legisla-
tion and the signing Of commissions
may tax his physical powers to the
utmost capacity.
PLANs FOR INAUGURATION.
Fourteen bills and resolutions. most
Of them merely relief measures. ar
rived at the White House today for
the Presidents action. He also has
had before him for several days the
army bill, which, although approved
by Secretary of War Baker, is being
subjected TO close scrutiny. While
the various Cabinet members are
asked to report on the more import
ant bills affecting their department.
the President is giving his personal
attention to proposed legislation.
As already announced. the Presi-
dent expects to go to the Capitol
on March to sign the last-minute
bills. other plans for the inaugura-
ton day activities have not yet been
completed, and II is yet not certain
that the President will witness the
ceremony when Mr.. Harding takes
the oath of office.
GOING TO THEATER.
President Wilson has been un-
usually active during the past ten
days and expects to continue at the
same pace until the end of his Ad-
ministration. He plans to attend a
theater at least once a week. as he
thoroughly enjoyed the Abraham
Lincoln" performance at the Ma
tional Theater on Tuesday night and
did not suffer any i'll effects from
the excitement.
1t was said today that the future
home at 2340 s street northwest of
the President and Mrs. Wilson will
be practically in readiness for them
March 3. Some of the alterations
have already been begun and work.
men are building new driveway
to the new garage.
The President and Mrs. Wilson
will go direct to their street home
after the lancheon which President
and Mrs. Harding will give for them
at the White House after the in
augural ceremonies at the Capitol.
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young woman she is beautiful; that
she is inspiring"
WOMAN wEILDs CHALK. n
Once more the famed criminologist
paused, rose, and opened a window
II need those air." he said. Then:
"Of a sudden, these women ex-
cuse herself. She walk up some
steps to a door. l think 1t is her
home.
But no. She have no key. She
ring those bell.
"A man answers. They talk. those
two. The man is rough. My blood
is boil 1t is not so in my France.
would fght-but the man is too
big. So l wait.
''And the man. he close the door,
and the mademoiselle. she withdraw
the chalk, and mark those front
door with a great seven.
"And later, as we come here, and
drink these Old Horsey, she explain
1t all
And it is so simple, M'sieu. sc
tres simple!
"She is work for a photographer
she and many others. She go to a
house, and she asks for little Jacques
or little Georges-or whom you will
He is not there.
"She Is surprise. She ask many
questions of the man who live there
Finally she find out how many chill
dren he have. And then she ask him
If he want those children picture
| taken.
"And when he say 'no'-usually he
say no she use those chalk. She
mark a seven on the door-one sever
for each children the mans have. And
the next man who come along, next
day, the mans with the camera-ht
know just where to 60"
NJ. Stefan de Stefan-Stefan picked
up the Old Horsey bottle. 1t was en-
PITY. Ruefully he set II down.
would you be so good as to kick
me on the shins?' he asked me
THAT is almost the same as a drink
Of those stuff
Then he leaned back and closed his
eyes.
"I am OF weariness," he acknowl
edged. at is hard to solve those
mystery alone-but Ii is better tt
work alone than to be bothered with
those police. Adieux!
And so 1 left him.
The Washington times., 1921-02-04

Diplomats from all parts OF the
world had seats of honor at the af-
fair. General Pershing who refereed
the big contest "over there" sat as
an umpire at the contest OF yesterday.
Along comes the music editor OF
The Times to inject this thought that
celebration ran the whole gamut OF
human emotions-it began In a grave
yard and ended with a hanging"
Here's how she got that way:
Secretary OF State Bainbridge Colby
read Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written
in a Country Churchyard" as an
opener. The closing attraction was a
series of songs by Reinald Werren-
rath, famous American baritone. One
OF his selections was Kipling's
Danny Deever."
CONSIDERS FAIR SEX.
Speaker of the House Frederick ii.
Gillett. presiding Judge of the debate
discussed the characte teristics of lean
ness and fatness from an impartial
angle I'VE find as rule" the
Speaker said that we all have an
instructive feeling that beauty must
be plump. Why from the harem of
the Turk to the ice-cabin OF the
Esquimaux a liberal adjustment Of
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Would you think the raving artist
a madman and run away as fast as
you could, or would you shed tears
Of JOY, and tell him he had saved you
from the poorhouse, and that you
would be only too willing to do as
he told you to?
Because Mrs. Emma V. Doyle, oil
2508 G street northwest, was sixty
nine years old and out of work she
did the latter, when, after a fruitless
search for work, an artist saved her
from the poorhouse and engaged her
as model.
HUNT FOR JOB FUTILE.
She was on her way to the Metho-
dist's Home, she tells the story. She
had made a fruitless search for work.
When she arrived at the somber old
institution ito see what they coulu
do for her." she told the authorities
that she had been a nurse and
seamstress.
And could somebody please do some
thing for her. She was "gittin'" on in
years. and she had had no folks or
ANYTHING. The kindly superintendent
looked refiectively a moment. AT that
juncture an artist friend of the super
entered.
He looked at the old woman. he
took in her merry round face, her
eyes, the big umbrella un-
der her arm and a bag in the other
with the keen relish of an artist.
Didn't she look just like she had
stepped out of the canvass, he thought
to himself.
"Just what I am looking for,' he
exclaimed.
NOW .ONE OF THE GIRLS
And now sshe Is "one of the girls,
who poses as a model at the school
of the Corcoran Art Gallery. Every
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morning she gayly goes in the school
entrance" on New York avenue. and
poses from 0 till 4that Is when she
has engagements. Which average
every three weeks or so. She secured
sittings at the Corcoran Art Gallery
School on the experience she got pos
ing for the first artist.
Its kind OF particular work." she
said. "You have to be kind Of care
full. But just sit up on the stand
and do what they tell me. Smile,
says the artist, and hold it, And
hold your arm just a little higher
is the way they talk to me-"
Mrs. Doyle is an excellent model
for type pictures, 1t is said. She
makes portraits OF an old woman,
with a red shawl, sitting in a rocking
chair. peeling potatoes, and the like.
The Washington times., 1921-02-04
MORGAN HOUSE PICKET
LANDS IN 'BUC-HOUSE'

NEW YORK, Feb. "A lone woman
picket who paced back and forth in
front of the residence of j. =. Morgan
bearing a huge banner reading. ITO
He'll with Newspaper Stories of
Charity" is in Bellevue Hospital to-
day under observation of alienists.
She said she was Rebbecca Dobson,
aged fifty-nine.
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Fats and Leans From
Congress Fight DrauO
AT Press Club ShoU

Moses writings were questioned julius Caesars i'm
mortal words were repeated the domestic life of Louis XIV
was recalled Goldsmith was rewritten and lesser lights of
modern quoted yesterday afternoon at Keith s
Theaer when of the United States Congress
wresed before members of the National Press Club and
distinguished guests for solution OF the subject whether
it is more noble to be fat than lean.
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Nj. Stefan de Stefan-Stefan was cele-
brating. The pink bathrobe had been
replaced by a suit of palest mauve.
He might have just stepped Off F
street. He actually wore shoes. But
his eyes still glistened.
For the great detective was just a
little bit fufry.
Again he was hospitable. He prof
fered, in turn, the needle and the
hootch. Again he offered to shoot
crap, and when l reminded him that l
must work. he offered to play a game
of casino.
THE police. they do not work." he
said. softly, why should you?"
About this Man-with-the-piece-
chalk" I suggested.
But yes" he interjected. ''Of a
surety. Those are simple-tres sim
ple!"
He paused and rubbed his left ell
bow almost roughly.
Those Old Horsey, they stop the
circulation" he remarked. Then:
"The police they are what you call
in Spanish, 'muy malo That Is to
say, very bad. They cannot help me.
They insist 1t Is all a trick of your
M. Zepp. That one is ambitious, they
tell me. To make the people buy
! hose Times. he will no nothing"
Once more the great detective
paused, went to the sink and turned
the spigot into tumbler of Old
Horsey.
GROOMS OLD HORSEY.
"A little more water will not mat
ter" he said as he sank back into his
chair.
He picked up the hyperdermic,
gazed at II meditatively, and then
changed his mind.
'These mstery. like all the rest,
are simple" he said, finally. Always
there is the motive. And always, there
is the clue"
"As l told you, yesterday. the clue
is those seven. A mystic number. A
pagan number. If you will. But a
lucky number. Very much.
Last night, after 1 talk with you,
cannot find the sleep. So / dress
myself: i go out on the street. 81 am
what you call prowl.
"a demoiselle, she pass me. She is
tres belle. She smile. l follow. Why
not?
"Of a sudden she reach in her trunk
mon, non. 1 do not mean that
mean the reticule-the handbag. ]
looked like the trunk, no?
"She withdraw the piece of chalk.
81 am interest, but / say nothing
Am i not Stefan de Stefan Ste fan
Do I act like the ordinary detective
man, and let all the world know
what 1 think7 Sacre bleu. no!
80 say nothiRg' save to tell this
The Washington times., 1921-02-04
SHERIFF GETS
$10AUT0F|NE
Failed to Title Card. c. Men
Among SO PenaIized In
HyattsvilIe Court.

K. S. Harrison, sheriff Of Mont
bomery county, Md, today was fined
$40 and costs before Judge II. j.
Moffett, at Hyattsville, for failure
to register title to mis- automobile
with the automobile commissioner
for the State of Maryland. e. Austin
Baughman.
~ OTHERS SUMMONED.
Sheriff Harrison was but one OF
thirty eight persons living In Mont
Romery county, brought before Judge
Moffett today, who had been caught
In the roundup by Commissioner
Baughman for failure to send to the
automobile commissioner receipts for the
purchase OF their automobiles, as re-
auired by a special act of the Mary;
land legislature.
Harrison told the court that he had
written to Commissioner Baughman
office for title to his car. but he had
not received II. Despite this fact, he
was fined $40 and costs, and he de-
clared that he would fle an appeal
from the courts decision.
Among the thirty-eight persons
caught In Commissioner Baughman's
dragnet were several Washington
business men WHo haNc iesiooh>SS ~
Montgomery county. They were H.
L. Ryan. OF the II. l.. Ryan Lumber
Company, III X street northeast;
Joseph Goldenberg. Hadleigh apart
ments: Z. s. Neuman. 1900 Tilden
street; Joseph w. Gerhardt. sos Mills
avenue northeast; z. T. Maddox,
Washington Navy Yard; ]. b. Mat
tinRiy, Fendail building. and II. c.
smith, 2252 Cathedral avenue.
SEVEN DON'T APPEAR
The prosecutions were conducted by
Deputy Commi ssioner II. d. Wilson.
Seven Of the thirty-eight persons
failed to appear when their names
were called, and warrants will be Is
sued for their arrest, 1t was stated
They are: II. II. knight, Laurel; John
r. Hawkins, Clinton: j. II. Joeckei,
CoIyer Manor: z. S. Cravey, Cottage
Park; J. S. Ciiston, Silver Hill; n. A.
Davis. Springfield, and ]. J. Sweeney
Capitol Heights.
, Among those who appeared and
were fined from IS to $40 and costs
were J. Frank Rushe. Carl c. Wey-
forth, George II. Lenhardt, S. T.
Bailey, F.. II. Maddox. II. T. Griffith
Mr.. Amman, Fl. NJ. Pumphrey, II. l.
Ryan, p. A. Gray. Fendall Gray. James
o. Boteler. James r. Edelen. Joseph
Goldenberg, L. s. Newman G. Bald,
George w. Hart. James J. Proctor
George Seller, H. c. Nichols, Joseph
W. Gerhardt. George w. Rawlings
z. A. Furgang, II. Clinton Smith, p. e.
Howell. Joseph c. Mattingly. and T. b,
Mercantile.
The Washington times., 1921-02-04
B.&O. LETS OUT VETERAN
ON CUMBERLAND DIVISION

CUMBERLAND. Md. Feb. Am
carrying out the retrenchment policy,
Clarence NJ. Gearhart, for thirty-two
years with the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad in various Official capacities,
has been furloughed.
Gearhart has been with the road
ever since the Cumberland division
was established. During Federal con-
troll of railroads, he was fuel admin
istrator in this territory.
The Washington times., 1921-02-04
Ends Term, Faces Trial Again.

ATLANTA, Ga. Feb. 4.-Charged
with postoffice robbery, James Kline,
in the custody OF Deputy United
States Marshal George Tumlin. left
today for Trenton. N. j., to face trial
in the Federal courts. Kline has just
finished a four-year sentence in the
Federal prison here, following his
conviction OF violating the postal
laws.
The Washington times., 1921-02-04
'Cherchez la Femme,
Cries French Sleuth,
Soluing 81 Mysteries
By EUSTACE FELIPE TROTZKY.

81 told you, those police, they can do nothing l.
Stefan de StefanStefan alone have solved the mystery
Thus goated the great detective today. He had a
fresh bottle of Old Horsey. His inlaid hyperdermc
gisened The mystic dce which came solving the
mystery of the Manwh the Piece Chalk lay close at
hand
The Washington times., 1921-02-04
Nine, OeVere to Lecture.

Nine. De We're, wife of the Philip
pine commissioner, will give an Illus
trated lecture on the Philippine
Islands tomorrow night at s o'clock
at the Wilson Normal School. This is
the first of a series OF educational lee
lures to be given on Saturday even
ings at the Wilson Normal Com
munity Center.
The Washington times., 1921-02-04
New Citizens to Be Guests.

Dr. Frank w. Ballou, superintend-
ent of schools, will preside at a re-
ception to be held Monday night at
8 o'clock at the old Central High
School in honor of newly naturalized
men and women of the District Of
Columbia.
The Washington times., 1921-02-04
LOWELL WOMAN DEAD
AFTER MONTHS SLEEP

LOWELL. Mass, Feb. 4.-Following
four weeks of almost continued sleep,
Mrs Hanna Robertson. OF Williams
port. Pa. is dead today at st. Johns
Hospital, this city.
A popularity OF her sickness was
the fact that when awake she had
double vision and alos said she saw
in her room persons who were known
to be thousands OF miles away.
The Washington times., 1921-02-04
SPECIAL NOTICE

The Boyce studio. and the Nura-
cry Studio. 1925 + 81. ". w, for
many years specializing in pictures
of young children, has arranged
for adults, and home portraits, and
is offering an attractive line OF
styles and prices in these depart
ments.
All old negative plates now on
record, are soon to be sent to fac
tory for recoatinR; therefore, those
who wish 20 secure dupileate pic
can be purchased also, when de-
sired. Better see about this.
=. ID. Royce,
Phone Mai. 7ss I3cs r S. NV.
The Washington times., 1921-02-04
Farquhar on PhiIisophy.

Henry Farquhar will speak on
"Recognitions in Philosophy" at a
meeting of the Society for Philoso-
phical Inquiry to be held at the Pub
lie Library tomorrow afternoon at
4:3O o'clock
The Washington times., 1921-02-04
Woman, SO, Becomes
Artists Model Just
AS Poorhouse Looms
Sixty-nine wears old, and an artists model.

Sxty-nne years old, and an artists model
Suppose you sixty-nne years DID, and woman,
and you had husband and you out of work. and
as you wandered about wondering what you going
to do and what going to become of you, artist
snached you up and told that the divine
thing he had been looking for all his lfeand would you
nose him?
The Washington times., 1921-02-04
Rabbi Speaks Toniuht.

Rabbi Nathan II. Colish will speak
on ''The Aim OF Jewish Education" al
the Adath Israel Synagogue at 8
o'clock tonight.
The Washington times., 1921-02-04
Citizens to Meet.

The regular monthly meeting Of the
North Washington Citizens Associa-
tion will be held Monday night at 8
o'clock in the City Post.Office Build
ing.
The Washington times., 1921-02-04
Valentine Party February 13.

The Junior League will hold a
Valentine party Sunday, February 13,
at Moose Hall, Seventh and G streets
northwest.
The Washington times., 1921-02-04
Illinois Club to Dance.

The Illinois State Girls Club will
give a dance at the Red Cross House,
1901 street northwest, tomorrow
evening at $40 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1921-02-04
= .:s Ghn washtnQon 0les ~f= 80: 80:
Aged Woman Chosen Artist
Model at Poor House Door

Mrs. Emma V.
Doyle, 25OS
G street,
northwest,
was en- route
to a home for
the aged
when halted by
an artist and
given
employment
as a model at
the Corcoran
Art Gallery.
She is regarded
as a good type
when wearing
a red shawl,
sitting in
a rocker peel
ing potatoes.
Look at this
carefully, you
may see her
again-on
canvas.
The Washington times., 1921-02-04
Drama at Thomson School.

The Model Wife," a one-act play
will be presented by the Thomson
Dramatic Club tomorrow night at s
o'clock, at the Thomson School,
Twelfth and l. streets northwest.
The Washington times., 1921-02-04

All the News and the
Most Special Features
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-09-29

Jas. e. Peurifoy, Presiding Judge OF
the Fourth Judicial Circuit, bearing
date the 18th day Of September
1921, the undersigned, as Master for
Dillon county, will sell during the le-
gal hours Of sale. on the first Monday
In October same being the 3rd be-
fore the court house door in the town
OF Dillon. in the County of Dillon, in
the State aforesaid at public auction
to the highest bidder for cash.
DESCRIPTION:- that tract of
land situate in the County of Dillon,
said state, containing $50 acres, more
or less. and designated as tract No.
on said plat of ]. NJ. Carmichael's
Harllee place made by G. H. -McLau-
rim, c. E. on October 10th, 1918;
said plat being on record in the office
of G. G. G. p. for Dillon county in
plat book 2, page 8.
Also: That other tract of land sit
uate in said county and state con-
tanning 1873 acres which is designat-
ed on said plat as Tract No. z.
The first tract above described be-
ing that conveyed by j. M. Carmich-
ael to Prince Ratley and c. A. Breed
en- by deed recorded in the office Of
c. c. c. P. for Dillon county in book
10, page 375 and the latest mention
ed tract being conveyed by ]. M.
Carmichael to j. H. Mckay by deed
OF record in said office in book 10,
page 376.
Terms of sale Cash. Purchaser to
pay for all papers and revenue
stamps. Any person bidding off the
said property and refusing to comply
with his bid therefor. said property
will be resold upon the same or some
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-09-29
BolI-Weevil Prosperity.
New York World.

New York World
1t is reported that Secretary Mel
lon and other high officials in Wash
1ngton are inclined to give the boil
Weevll, which has greatly injured
the years cotton crop, most of the
credit for the noticeable turn in the
business tide. Not an increased de-
mand, the theory runs, but definite
word of lean yield dictated the in
creased price for cotton and started
rally that bids fair TO spread
throughout the market. We doubt
that Mr.. Mellon said exactly what
Is attributed to him, but if he did
he has fathered new school of eco
nomics.
If the boil weevil has such a
miraculous effect on cotton every
good patriot will pray from now on
Tor grasshoppers in the wheat.
drought on the pasture, smut in the
corn and frost on the fruit blossoms.
Come chinch-bugs, hail, flood, cy-
clones, sabotage and all the plaques
OF Egypt-every visitation will leave
us better off than before it came.
The short cut to prosperity lies
through calamity. Our national dis
tress is caused by an excess of goods
on hand and surplus production in
prospect Not until we are back on
the hand-to-mouth basis once more
will unemployment disappear, profits
return and the wheels of industry
whir again on full time.
Iu the future the country will
nave to beware of working too hard
or too efficiently, and especially of
laying up anything for rainy day
less it go to wreck on this mex
orable economic law. Against the
menace of unexpected plenty few
boil weevil hatcheries might be set
up at government expense, with
blight and rust nurseries for the
wheat and corn growing sections.
There is nothing like being pre-
pared.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-09-29
STILL MAKING COTTON.
Pee Dee Advocate.

Pee Dee Advocate.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. ]. Pearson, Mr..
and Mrs. S. j. Pearson and two
children recently took an automobile
trip to lower Georgia, where the
bell weevii has been for three years,
and spent several days with rela-
tives down there. They say they
found people apparently as prosper
GUS and contented there as here.
They were selling beef cattle, and
also raising corn and cotton.
"A While the weevil has cut eff the
otton crop in that section, they
pund one farmer-Luke Smith. of
Hunter, Ga.-who has been making
bale to the acre all the time. and
Fill apparently make that much
This year, although it has been a wet
season, favorable to the weevil. Mr..
Smith plants only four acres of cot
ton to the horse and keeps the fall
len squares picked up or plowed un-
,r fehrc n the summer. He plants an
oarly variety of cotton and pushes
1T to maturity. He plants on high
ridges, with rows about four feet
apart. BY destroying the squares in
which the first eggs are laid about
July Is. fair cotton crop is made
before the weevil gets well started
20 work. The weevil gets the tor
crop. but that causes the earlier
bolls to mature better
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-09-29
DOES YOUR BACK ACHE?

It's usually sign of sick kidneys,
especially if the kidney action is dis
ordered, passages scanty or too fire.
quent. Don't wait for more serious
troubles. Begin using Doan's Kidney
Pills. Read this Dillon mans testi-
mony.
w. c. West. carpenter, Hampton
St, says; Heavy lifting caused my
Kidneys to get out Of order. I had
pains in the small of my back and was
SO sore I could hardly keep going. NV
head ached and I had spells of diz-
ziness. Colds settled on my kidneys
making my condition worse and the
secretions were unnatural. 1 heard of
Doan's Kidney Pills and used them
as directed. They soon relieved me
OF all signs of kidney trouble"
Four Years Later Mr.. West said:
Il am always ready to recommend.
Doan's Kidney Pills after what this
medicine has done for me. My kidneys
nave been strong and healthy and NV
BACK has been strong ever since I
recommended them before"
6Oc, at all dealers. Foster-M -Milburn
Co., Mfgrs.. Buffalo, N. Y.-9 2s 1t.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-09-29
Rescues child from Drowning

MRS. F. M. Niernsie is suffering
from q dislocated shoulder as the re-
suit Of her efforts to rescue a little
girl who had fallen into 20 feet of
water at Southport, N. c., where Mrs.
) Niernsie and the children have been
spending the summer. Mrs. Niernsie
was one Of boat party that had
gene over to thequarintine station and
: as the little girl, the daughter of a
member of the summer colony at
Southport. attempted to step from the
boat to the wharf the boat slipped
back and precipitated her into the wa
ters. Mrs. Niernsie was in the back
OF the boat and as the child was be-
Ing taken out by the tide she reached
down with one band and pulled her
into the boat while with the other
hand she held to a projection on the
onwharf and kept the boat from drift
<-sng out into the channel. The physi-
~ cal strain on Mrs. Niernsie was very
re great and when the child, which had
IS, gone down for the second time, was
brought to a place of safety Mrs.
1Niernsie found that she had dislocated
, 1er shoulder.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1921-09-29
sTRAYED FROM MY HOME NEAR

Sec. Fair Association.