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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-28
'CA[L CITY COLLEGE
SOUND CIVIC POLICY
ussearch Bureau commends
creation Of Municipal Univer-
.ltv or More Free Scholarships
AGREE WITH GEO. A. WELSH

Tho creation Of a municipal univer-
~, in this city or big increase in the
1..s scholarships granted high school
-,.duates here was commended az sound
s,,,c policy by the Bureau of Municipal
Research today
The bureau, in substance. agreed with
r,orse A. Welsh, newly appointed
~. vC1smber of the Board of Education,
M on Tuesday urged the establish
s,srt of a city college 30 that higher
SSSrcation could be provided for every
srsIified person desiring 1t.
ufr,Iscussing the situation in this city,
A. Municipal Research Bureau stated: {:
" philadelphia, blessed with two uni
,.rsdties and numerous other profes..
canal schools, has somewhat less need
~ a municipal university thnn have
ssh.r cities not so fortunate. On this
mint mint however, New York City, with
H. several private universities and col
tsres md Its two successful city col
,ssss ,s offers food for thought. We may
rsll inouirc Of ourselves whether we are
tsking full advantage of the ability
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-28
A Complete New Stock of
Furniture at Lower Prices

Than have been possible for several years past You
pieces and substantially among special purchases
Bedroom Furniture-at LESS THAN 1914 PRICES.
meant when promised you NEWT ASHIONED FUl
FASHIONED PRICES S-practically our entire stock
since our February Sale and bought at the new lower
reduced Also hundreds of thousands of dollars wort
before the war prices and less.
You will see a splendid new stock of Furniture fir
urers in Amerca-beautful reprOdu ctiOns of the des
craftsmen of the Seventeenth and Centuries
perfectly finished And, if you COMP ARE Furniture in
the SUPERIORITY of the Furniture in this Sale II
stores at about the same prices.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-28

which from year 10 year passes out Of
our high schools. 80.
"All that we do now is to grant col
lege scholarships to a limited number
OF our graduates. Less than seventy Ave
a year are selected to receive this as :
sistance. Many more continue their
studies, but without doubt there are
many for whom the expense is prohibi-
tive. 1t would be mistake, however.
to consider the subject only from the
standpoint of the high school graduate.
for there must be many others who
would bc glad to have the cost Of spe-
cial courses brought within rench.
1T is good business for community
to give It's citizens all the education
they can utilize. 1t is a short sighted
public policy which abandons the am
bilious student at his high school com
mencement. His equipment then 1.
such that he is reasonably sure of being
able to take care Of himself. A few
more years, however, do more than in :
crease his ability to help himself--they
increase out Of all proportion to the
additional time and expense involved the
return in service which the community
expects to receive and does receive from
its more highly trained citizens.
philadelphia might increase the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-28

educational opportunities Of It's citii-
zens. either by founding Its own uni
varsity or by more effective co.opera-
tion with institutions already existing.
Which would be the better plan 10
difficult question. Whether the city
should increase the opportunities Is
far less difficult question--indeed. there
should be no doubt about the answer
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-07-28

Buenos Aires, July 2S.-tBy a. PD
An effort to interest Latin American
nations in fish Independence will be
arrived here yesterday with credentials
fiom Enmon de Valera.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-12-14
Contempt Orders
Filed Against
John "A. Fitch

Contempt of court proceedings
were liled in the case of Anna
Fitch against her husband John G.
Fitch, due to his failure to pay
the sum of $4,000 agreed upon
when the court recently awarded
them a divorce decree ordering the
plaintiff to pay $25 month ali
mony.
Motion to modify the, decree of
case of Francesca Seley and Anna
Seley, issued in 1918 by court and
in which Seley was ordered to pay
$40 a month for the support of
the minor child was filed this
morning in the circuit court, the
defendant holding the minor had
now reached the age of Is and was
earning his own living with the
state highway department.
Order Of default and judgment
for $1062 in the case of H. A.
Baker against F. A. Kurtz for fruit
delivered while Kurtz was operat-
ing cannery was also entered on
the records of the court this
morning.
Another default and Judgment
order for $500 was issued in favor
of the plaintiff in the case of
Sarah L. Hulen VS.. H. M. Hewitt.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-12-14
T5!.ish Boards Of
Two States Will
Meet Saturday

Portland, Or. Dec. 14.-A joint
meeting Of the Washington state
board Of fisheries and the Oregon
stato fiah commission will be held.
here Saturday to consider purse
seiniug and trolling off the mouth
OF the Columbia river, according
to Carl D. Shoemaker, Oregon
master fish warden, The Wash
ington board, said Shoemaker,
has authority TO issue an order to
forbid such fishing, and he said
Il was likely that such an order
wouid be the result of the NEST
ing. An Oregon act forbiddiug
such fishing passed the last legis-
1ature, is to be tested by the
state supreme court soon, said
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-12-14

Organize To
FiigatH.C.L.

Honolulu, Dec. IA. - "The
Houhewivesll git you eff you don't
watch out!"
This refrain, with variations
has become watchword among
the merchants of Honolulu since
the women of this city have band
ed themselves together in a MILL
tant organization known as tne
Housewives League.
Organized for the purpose OF
mbatting the H.C.L., the league
constitutes eac hof its members a
committee of one to report all IN
stances of overcharging on the
part of local merchants. Such re
ports are Investigated by OFFICIALS
of the league and if found to be
true are taken up with the Of
tending merchant. Usually a tact
ful suggestion that failure on his
part to reduce his price or prices
to those prevailing throughout the
City might result in the members
of the league withdrawing their
trade from his establishment Is
sufficient to bring about a very
prompt reduction in the offending
charges.
The militant housewives have
also spread terror among the do
nestle servants, who have at times
threatned to organize for the 'pur-
pose of securing increased wages
and decreased hours of labor. An
nouncemeit by the league that a
certain class of servants would
be boycotted il their threats OF
organization were carried out was
recently effective in averting
threatened servants strike. The
league has most recently turned it's
attention to the cleaning up of in
sanitary food shops throughout
the city, and so potent has the
name of the organization become
that them ere rumor of it's in
tended action has resulted in a
general cleanup being started
among many of the establishments
under suspicion.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-12-14
This ''Moonshiner" Surely
Believes In Advertising

Washington Dec. 1I-Norh Carolina has "moonshiner"
who boys advertising his Revenue officers in Ashe
vile recently bearing unique label which
they Blair himself North
Caronan This advertisement the moonshiner
and IL foloWs:
"PuTo mountain kke Bottled in barn. Made in the
backwocd Carolina old
time bo1ader that give prohibition
Rcd the Ahe market by all the highcass bootleggers
pint every
the devil ten minutes
enough baby frog spit whales
Shake well and have fit before drinking3
The label added internal bureau
muaeupa 8tl
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-12-14
Doctor Who Held
Autopsy On Body
Of Actress Freed

Sen Francisco, Dec. 14.-Police
JpdEa SYLVAN j Lazarus Tuesday
.di5mlssed the case of DR.. M. p.
Rumaclb who had been accused
OF reforming an unofficial auf
topay on The body of Miss Virgin
la lzoppe, whose death resulted In
a nenslaughter charge against
g. (Fatty) Arbuckle, mo-
ton picture comedian,
Tho prosecution told the court
thai it had come to the conclus-
ion tIgat DR.. Rumwell in perform
ing the autopsy did not intend to
violate the city health ordinance
under which he was charged
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-12-14

Awakened from sound sleep
which he takes in the afternoon
preceding his lyceum lectures,
Will Irwin, notea correspondent
and magazine writer whose name
appears weekly in the by line
squads Of Americas leading pub
lications, talked cheerlly, though
drowsily of his life yesterday af-
ternoon in the Marion hotel.
81 was born in New York state
in '73, but my parents moved 20
Leadville, Colorado, during one Of
the mining rushes there when |
was five years old. / remember,
though my wife doubts it, that we
had to leave the train and go by
stage part Of the way. and were
held up by herd of buffalo all
day
"I led the wild life of boy IN
a mining camp-and took two
swings at COW punching. | got tu-
berculosis in Colorado, a thing
which Is hard to imagine, but J
did, and went to California. ] am
stiN one lunger, but I haven't
felt any effects from it for years.
"In California | attended Stan
ford university, but was kicked
out with my brother about 1909,
and went to San Francisco and
worked on paper called the
Wave a publication that had a
lot to do with training number
OF writers like Jack London and
Others who afterwards became
famous.
"The Wave went broke and |
went to the San Francisco Chron-
icle and became in the course Of
time, a sort Of star reporter, and
special writer.
"a couple of novels wrote
attracted a good deal Of attention
and went east and worked for
the New York Sun as special writ
er and afterwards became editor
of McClures.
GAS to newspaper work being
one of the ways to enter the field
of literature, | think IL is one of
the best ways OF breaking in,
though it isn't the only way. The
best part of it Is that It develops
the habit of writing, which is a
hard habit to cultivate. In news
paper work a man has to write
whether he wants to or not and
by that means he develops HIM
self. The work also brings you
into contact with large variety
OF experiences which one could
hardly get otherwise.
tBut there aressome people who
can develop that habit outside OF
newspaper work. Take my wife
for instance" Mr., Irwin said this
somewhat proudly. "she wrote and
wrote for four years, short stor-
les, plays and novels, without get
ting one accepted but now you
have perhaps noticed that her
work is in some Of the best mag
aziues."
Mr.. irwin explained that his
wife had married him during the
war and that her real name, be-
fore their marriage. was Inez
Haynes, but that she used the
nom de plume of Inez Haynes Gil
more. One of her recent stories
was published in the Metropoli-
tan magazine. The work that
made her famous Is entitled
phoebe in Ernest"
The writer is now on the sixth
week of his tour, which began
IN Littlefield, Massachusetts,, and
ends in four weeks in Atlanta,
Georgia.
Politicians have my sympa-
thy Irwin said. as he slid fur
ther down beneath the covers,
.--.5<rrssF.s. ) :
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-12-14
Women Jurors unheld.

Dos Moines, Iowa, Dec. t3.---The
right OF women to serve in Iowa
as jurors was upheld by the state
court in decision hand
ed down today in the case o. the
state versus Walker, appealed from
the Hamilton county district
court
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-12-14
Smith McNary Bill Up.

Spokane, Wash, Dec. 14.-To
determine the attitude of irriga-
tion interests of the state toward
the Smith-McNary bill, which
would provide $350,000,00O for
reclamation projects, an irriga-
tion conference has been called for
next Friday at Yakima by R. K.
Tiffany, president of the Washing
ton Irrigation institute, he an
nounced.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-12-14
VIII Irwin Relates j
History OF Life As
Cowboy Aqd Writer

and closed his eyes, ~ know how
they earn their money on these
toura. When l get through with
this trip I'm going to say Never
agaG, SO help me. .
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-12-14

He had been the civilization His life had been
brought think nature
ideal Then into his life entered from civilization She
called him But he taught her the love Of the great
doors e taught her to glory in the sunsets the skies the WOODS
the streams He different from she had known Then
eept into 9es both understood 1.-THE Barbarian
Liberty
Thursday with Salisbury 1t
ing Offering backgrounds and is
well directed acted.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-08-19

didn't take her over a week to under
stand 1t. II she wants two pounds OF
butter CT a dozen eggs she flies right
over 10 the grocer, and saves long
walk and half an hours time, and
don't you see"
And I see that IT is a most foolish
thing!" Interrupted the witchhazel
manufacturer.
4 counted up the number Of times
had to go up and down stairs" con-
tfnued Mrs. Bowser. 1T was twenty
three times in all, and had four calls
to pay, in addition. Just think, Mr..
Bowser, of twenty-three times. II
had a flying machine / could fly up
and downstairs and save me all that
walking. If I wanted to call on 8
lady would land on her front steps
and ring the bell. II she was in,
would get out and hitch my flying ma
chine to the doorknOb; if she was not
at home 1 would give the motor a
poke and away we would 60"
yes, you would go to Ballyhack!
Mrs. Bowser, 1 won't hear another
word about your flying machine. 1t is
the maddest thing that ever a woman
thought of"
But you have wanted oneg" she
protested"
1T makes no difference! l am not
going to help you to commit suicide"
But, don't you see, that If 1 pitch
out you can cure me with your witch
hazel? We shan't ever have to call a
doctor"
Flying machines be hanged! Doc
tors be hanged! There will be no
foolish things brought into this
house! l put my foot right down ON
THAR
While Mrs. BOwser was heaving a
long sigh of pretended disappointment,
Mr.. BowSer got up and left the house
and slammed the door behind him He
went over to the drug store and peered
into the window. There were three
men in there and he heard one of them
say:
There is old man BSwser looking
in. l wonder if he hasn't got a
scheme to make the sun shine for
twenty-four hours without going to
bed at ALL"
And Mr.. Bowser quit peering and
walked on. Mrs. BOwser wasn't TO
have any present on her birthday!
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-08-19
MR.. BOWSER'S
WITCHHAZEL
And Mrs. Bowser's Flying
Machine.
By M. QUAD.
By M. QUAD.

&c. 1921, by Mcclure Newspaper syndicats.J
1t was day previous to Mrs. Bow
ser's birthday. There had come into
Mr. Bowser's Office, a sharp-featured,
keen-looking man, who gave his name
as Mr. Gordon. He was a practical
chemist and was connected with a
wholesale drug manufacturer. He
wanted to go In business for himself
or with partner who had money and
energy. lie had heard OF Mr.. Bowser
and had called to talk business.
One Of the great mOney-makers for
the drug house, was witchhazel. 1t re-
turned over 100 per cent profit. Mr..
Gordon wanted to go into the manu-
facture of witchhazel. 1t would make
a couple OF men nI!liionaires In FIVE
years. The world was not half sup
piled. The liquid was a dollar a pint
and still going up. He had a talk
with Mr.. Bowser for two long hours,
and he satisfied him that the oppor-
tunity of his life had come to him. 1t
beat bookkeeping and pig-raising all
to pieces.
At five O'Clock Mr.. Bowser started
home, as usual. He was placid and
satisfied with the world. He looked
around him at the stores and offices,
ard calculated that he could buy them
all, in two years. Two or three of his
fellow passengers, on the car, stepped
on his toes. and the conductor took
fiffu re 70
make the change. Nothing irritated
Mr.. Bowser, however. He smiled, as
he entered the hall of his house, and
that smile warned Mrs. Bowser that
he had something up his sleeve. She
said nothing, however, and after din
ner he suddenly began:
Mrs. Bowser, do you know that to-
morrow is your birthday"
Yes, did not forget that" she re-
piled.
you have been dear, good wife to
me and | am glad that / have pre-
pared surprise for you. 1t isn't q
necklace of diamonds or pearls, but
that will come a little later"
ut was good Of you to remember
she rnurmured.
Il have always remembered and al
ways shall. You have stood by me as
rue wife should. Let me ask you
If you know a liquid called witch
hazcI?"
Il think do. We have kept 1t ir
the house ever since we were mar
ried."
Yes, we have. 1t is a great thing
know what it sells for at drug stores!
1t is one dollar a pint, my dear wife
and they make a profit of one hundred
per cent. There is an increasing de
mand for it and it will probably go Il
dollar and half pint"
But what does all this talk meang'
| asked Mrs. BOwser.
1t means, that 1 am going into thu
manufacture of wftchhazel. I have al
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-08-19

ready arranged with chemist, and we
shall begin the manufacture this fall.
That is your birthday present, Mrs
BowSer. In one year from now l shall
be financially fit to buy you diamond
necklace worth, at least, twenty-five
Thousand dollars"
"That will be nice Of you, Mr.. Bow
ser. But you Iust make your witch.
hazel out of roots and bushes"
"0f course, know that. That is the
easiest part of all. Mrs. Bowser, there
is growing, along the roadside, in this
state, enough witchhazel bushes to
manufacture ten thousand gallons of
the liquid. 1 am going to gather the
roots and bushes for my part Mr..
Gordon win attend to the distillation
and the putting up of the remedy In
bottles. 1t is TO be called 'Bowser's
Witchhazel,' and that alone will sell
hundred thousand bottles every month.
/ shall begin to gather In the fall and
II win be play spell for me-"
But there is something I wish TO
tell you, Mfr. Bowser," quietly observed
Mrs. Bowser. You hadn't said any
thing about my birthday, and l
thought you might forget it, and so 1
bought my own present. That is. /
have boughs a present on the condi-
ton that you approve of IT,"
"Have you bought new dressT'
was asked.
"Oh. no. II is something more valu-
able than that. Mr.. Bowser. find my.
self little lame with rheumatism"
"You should use Bowser'S Witch
hazel for that"
ayes, tlIst would be good, but / have
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-08-19
"E Piuribus unum,s

"E Pluribus Unum." the Latin mot
to on the diverse of the great seal
of the United States and on certain
Of the coins, means lone from
many" 1t was first proposed August
10, I7T6, by Benjamin Franklin, John
Adams and Thomas jefferson, who
had been appointed a committee of
three to prepare a device for the seal
This device, however, was not &C
cepted. and II was not until June 20.
1TS2, that the motto was adopted as
part OF the second and successful de-
sign submitted by Charles Thomp-
son. secretary Of congress In 1875
congress decreed that the words
should appear on certain specified
coins.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-08-19
EMPLOYED THE RIGHT TERM
What Else Was II Possible for Him
to Say of the Soioist's
Vocal Efforts?

The sololst was an egoist and the
rest of the choir hated him cordially.
And when it gave a recent concert
they were provoked when he got the
very best parts. But still the mem
bers felt that they had one way left
to get even with him. One OF their
members did the publicity work for
them and they knew that he TOO dis
liked the baritone ,and hoped that he
would give him no pubIicity--a thing
he craved more than all else
But to their dismay the next morn
ing's paper read, mfr. Blanks rendi-
tion Of his solos was very satisfying"
They took the writer to task. And
he reported, Il had to mention them,
didn't II Well, what else could
say? They were certainly satisfying
to himself and as for the rest Of you
I didn't hear you clamoring for any
more Of them, did II
And they were convinced he was
right.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-08-19

swersazx and sympathetic devotion,
whem. an fhts earlier days, he needed
h aaaaxD
At aS IDssraeM was sent to a Uni
tarixn 'seheoI at Walthannstow. He
soon, however, left there and went to
school mo more. With his fathers
guidance and the help of his fine IL
brxry, Benjanaim started out to educate
aanxxAlf.
I'm dsS7 Disraeu won the election to
paraiament, being returned from Maid
seone. May years later he became
prkme minister, but for n brief period
only, 'remigning i'm 1858 in favor OF Mr..
Gladstone.
His greatest gift was not the romaA-
ssc imagination which he possessed ss
abundantIy, but the pereeptive, inter-
Sastative, judicial or divinink imaginn-
sfon, without which there can be no
uan Of great af1airs.' His novels con-,
tain many character portraits OF the
men and women of his time. ~yIvtup
Greyn In said to be a pen picture OF the
nuthor.
DisraeM died mt his home I'm Cxrnan
street ON the 10th of April, 1ssI-
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-08-19
SWAMP ROOT FOR
KIDNEY AILMENTS

There is only one medicine that really
stands out pre-eminent as a medicine for
durable ailments Of the kidneys, liver and
bladder.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root stands the
highest for the reason that it has proven
to be Just the remedy needed in thousands
upon thousands of distressing cases.
Swamp-Root makes friends quickly be-
cause it's mild and immediate effect il soon
realized In most cases. Il Is Q gentle,
healing vegetable compound.
Start treatment at once. Sold at all
drug stores in bottles of two Eizes, medi-
I'm and large.
However, If you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to Dr..
h1lmer q Co., Binghamton, ". Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-AdEertiseme
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-08-19

something better. ! am going to buy
a flying machine"
"a flying machinel What the Old
Harry do you want with a flying ma.
chinel"
For practical use. 1t Is quite an
effort for me to go downtown shop
ping. We have no auto or carriage,
and the street car is always crowded.
How nice 1t would be II could have
a flying machine waiting at the door
for mel / could step right into the
machine and start the motor and go
sailing right over the houses. and land
at the door of a store. If 1 had any
packages to bring with me-, don't you
see how handy the machine would
ber
mot by a darned sightr' exploded
Mr.. Bowser.
But You must see that, with the
witchhazel and my flying machine, we
should be nicely fixed. If / fell out Of
my machine and got bruised all over
we would have the remedy right in
the house to cure me. Remember,
that is my birthday present, Mr.
Bowser."
Il don't care hang If & isl am
opposed to 1t! What do you know
about flying machinesT
"Oh, l can learn to fly, can't II ]
can get someone to give me lessons.
know a lady who owns one, and it