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The Washington herald., 1921-04-01
Short Stories of
Famous Songs

.DiXie.-
One of the conditions under
which Daniel d. Emmett had
been engaged as a part OF the
celebrated "Bryant's Minstrels,
then playing in Bryants Hall.
New York City, was that he
would write a new walk
around" or "hooray" for the
show, whenever required to
do so.
He was walking home one
Saturday night after the show
when he was overtaken by Jerry
Bryant.
'"Can you fix-up a new 'hooray'
for rehearsal next Monday"
asked Bryant.
Mr.. Emmett replied that 1t Was
short notice. but he'd do his best.
So all the next day, Sunday, he
worked, and on Monday, prompt
ly at rehearsal. time, he was
ready with the new walk
around"-our now famous song.
Dixie"
Dixie" which was originally
called Dixie Land" became a
favorite Immediately. 1t was
dedicated as a Southern war
song, and this, perhaps. is the
reason many believe IL to be of
Southern origin. Records. how
ever, fail to show that Mr.. EN-
NETT ever lived in the South. He
was born in Mount Vernon. Ohio,
on October 20. 1915, and died in
1904.
What liquid will not freeze ?"
Hot water"
The Washington herald., 1921-04-01
PLAYING THE GAME.


Arc you playing the game of life
squarcly and fairly!
Are you making yourself as little
a burden as possible to those about
you? II you are not. you are not
giving your family a square deal.
Take the matter Of sickness. for
instance. To save our faces We
speak of Ill health as an affiiction
sent upon US mysteriously by some
strange Providence that We do not
understand. Most of the time this
10 an out and out lie. We know
well enough that We are sick be-
cause we broke the laws Of health
and that we have nothing but our
selves to blame.
We justify ourselves in overeat-
ing, in refusing to take exercise, In
staying out too late at night. In
dancing too much. In defying vintry
blasts In insufficient clothing be-
cause our new frocks look better
without wraps, by saying that it's
our own stomachs, and our own
nerves. and our own lungs that we
are riskins. and that IL We get dys-
pepsia, and nervous prostration, and
pneumonia, we are the ones who
will have to suher.
II that were entirely true II
wouldn't so much matter, and the
family might well stand aside and
let those die who did not have
enough sense to live; but in cases OF
sickness II is not the i'll who suffer
most. II is those who have to take
care of them.
There are only a small number
Of people who are able to turn the
sick members of their families
over to the care of trained nurses
and hospitals. The balance must
keep the weary vigil of the sick
room themselves. they must fetch,
and carry. and minister to the fret
full whims Of those who have
brought their illness upon them
selves by their own self-indulgence.
Nor can the average family afford
sickness any more than. they can to
set up q yacht. or an imported auto
mobile. OF course. when one We love
is suffering and in danger, We
weigh nothing else in the scale
against his OF her safety. The best
doctor, the finest surgeon, costly
medicines. expensive nourishment
The Washington herald., 1921-04-01
Children Find
HauntedHouse
In Mountains

Written By Janice wtlmeth, Is
Sears old. Central High school,)
The sun shone down upon the
haunted house. which stod in a
small clearing all grown up with
weeds. Its windows, and the one
door In the front, were boarded
up and looked like huge eyes
2 closed In slumber. Under the
caves was wasp's nest, which
was the only sign OF life near the
dismal place
Close by was an old orchard,
which seemed to be struggling
for life. Suddenly from its old
trees a boy, about years old,
and young girl appeared. They
were evidently playing Gag"
When the children saw the house
they stopped abruptly and gazed
at II in amazement.
"Oh. Bernice.'' cried the boy.
This must be the haunted
house"
Jim. do you think this Is the
house the folks were talking
about" asked the girl.
Yes, come on Bernice. 1 am
not afraid. l am going to see
what's in this place"
Standing on tiptoe they peeped
between the boards. which were
nailed over the windows. It was
dark and gloomy within; here
and there little rays of sunlight
came in through the cracks be-
tween the boards. There was but
one large room in the cabin. and
this was filled with coffins! They
were covered with the dust os
years.
The children uttered one
frightened cry and ran for home
where mother was. Finally they
arrived. after a run of a good
half mile. Their eyes were near
ly popping out of their heads. and
their breath came in short.
quick gasps.
Their mother rushed to them in
alarm, and finally the children
told what they hads seen. The
mother laughed until the tears
rolled down her cheeks.
For this, the haunted house"
had belonged to an undertaken
who had left the valley for the
season, as his business was dull
among those healthy mountain
people.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-01

in three denominations, IS, $40 and
SIS a week. Heretofore, we've had
a thoroughly efficient guard against
the raising of policies in our seal
In stamping the Impression We use
a. blue sticker as the seal on the IS
policy, red for the $40. and yellow
for the SIS. Either before or after
the accident-it must be before,
think-somebody raises the amount
for the assured, soaks of the blue
sticker. and makes a new impress
sion with this duplicate seal and a
yellow sticker. We advance our
records to prove the policy has been
tampered with. But there is our
seal, and you know what chance the
'soulless corporation has witha jury
against the poor, downtrodden for
eigner,' who looks dumb and sheds
the cross s-examination of the clever
est attorney as a duck sheds water.
We've even been threatened with a
complete investigation of our books
on suspicion that we issue policies
in false amounts. We'd welcome
such an investigation, except fol-
one fact. These poor, downtrodden
foreigners would be Influenced tre-
mendously by the fact of the inves-
tigation, and not whit by its find
ings."
What makes you think the poll
cies are raised before the accident?''
Hunt asked,
''The fact that we get claims
simultaneously on raised policies In
dinerent Cities" replied the presi-
dent. That duplicate seal couldn't
be in fwo nlarac of npnao
There may not be a duplicate
SEAL, suggested the criminologist
You mean somebody connected
with this company is raising the
policies right in this Officer" asked
Langman. with a startled look.
NO; not necessarily" explained
the criminal Investigator. Let me
see one Of these raised policies. Yes,
Just as thought. Mr.. Langman. See
here, the impression of the seal Is
much sharper and clearer on the
back Of the, policy than 1t Is on the
face; that Is, on the sticker."
And what do you deduce from
that?"
That no seal has been used on
this policy since It FIRST left this
office."
A puzzled expression came over
the presidents countenancc.
But how could the impression of
the seal be given to the yellow
sticker that was substituted for the
biue?" he asked
<ospyrisht ieal, b Public LEDGER cs.)
The Washington herald., 1921-04-01
Today "April FOOLS Day."

No one has yet set up a good.
sound reason why today, April
LIST, should be set aside, espec-
tally for the jokers and fools.
The custom of making this day
the time to play tricks and have
a good time is an old one. Some
say II was handed down from the
French, who, when in 1864 they
changed their New Years Day to
January 1st. thought there
should be some kind of a me
mortal celebration" on the old
New Years Day. April LIST.
April Fools Day" is common
in many foreign countries. In
Scotland the butt of a joke is
called a 'gowk,"~ and in France
they say he Is an "April-fish."
The Washington herald., 1921-04-01
HAMLET. THE BooTLEGGER.
Hsnlet-IT be with yeu
straight. Go q little before.
(AcfIv, Sc. Ivl

pier. and better satisfied IL they
would keep on with their jobs TO tAe
last possible moment. and they
would have far more self-respeet IL
they earned their own living that
they have as pensioners IN their
children and their in-laws.
don't know what Saint Peter ~
going to ask us when we come up
and knock for admission at tho
Heavenly Gate. but ! have an ides
that IL we can say VIC have played
the game Of life fairly and souarely.
and made ourselves as little an sf-
Fiction to other people as was pos
sible. that we will have the counter
sign and the pass word.
Copyright, ls2l, by wheeler Syndicate. Inc
The Washington herald., 1921-04-01
FRIDAY, APRIL 4. 1s21.


Although Saturn Is in benefic as
pest, early in the morning Of this
day., astrologers read the signs as
threatening. Uranus, Jupiter and
MERCURY are all adverse.
n Is q rule under which to be
quteScent in ALI new business ven-
tures- While there Is a good au-
gafy for what is established, initia-
tive should be postponed in cases
even most promising. ,
labor is subject to fairly favor
able forces making for increased
demands that indicate revival in
many lines of industry.
Uranus is in q place today said
to encourage criticism and close
analysis Of human motives. Men
and women In important positions
may feel the keen thrusts of envy.
While business this month will be
meet satisfactory, this may not be
psrticularly profitable rule for
speculation.
Inventions are not well directed
Blythe stars today. but the coming
months are to be most favorable to
tha Introduction of new IDEAS.
The death Of a famous American
author Is foreshadowsd and a col
fess head viii reach a sudden end
Of = remarkable career.
Evil stars seem to threaten Great
Britain. which has been under sim
lister astrological Influences since the
war.
Persons whose birthdate IT Is
should be careful to avoid accidents
In me coming year. Business may be
rather slow. but. on the whole. prof
itabie-
Children born on this day may be
rather careless and reckless where
personal safety Is concerned. These
subjects Of Aries should be ambi-
tiots and successful.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-01
Friday Specials
Wonen's S Suits

IS Wool Jersey Suits,
sports models, with notch
or tuxedo collars, patch
pockets and belted, full-cut
skirts; in brown, copen, gray,
tan and navy. Special, SIS
each.
II Women's New Spring
Suits. in tricotine and serge;
short box coats. braid trim
med; longer models beltcd
and with set-in pockets; well
tailored; nicely lined; sizes
81 to ~. Special, s3I.7s each.
Is Wool Suits, in tricotiae;
coats with notch collars,
belted and slashed: plain or
fancy Innings; in navy, black
and tan. Special, $4I.sS each.
women's Suit Section. Third nccr.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-01
Nuts to Crack.

We travel much. yet prisoners
We are,
And close confined to boot.
We with the swiftest horse keep
pace,
Yet always 80 on foot.-what
are we?
(Answer to yesterdays: when
does a boys hair resemble a
packing box?-when It stands
on end.)
The Washington herald., 1921-04-01
Friday Special in
Philippine GoUns
SITS Each

A special lot of Philippine
Nainsook Gowns. low V neck
and kimono sleeves. daintily
hand embroidered and nm
ished with fancy hand seal
Looping. Special, e2.7s each.
as Philippine Nainsook En-
velope Chemise, daintily
hand embroidered and seal
loped, and run with colored
ribbon. sizes 36 to 90. sI.ss
eacht were f1So.
6 French Nainsook Corset
Covers, armhole style, hand
smbroidered in solid and eve
let work, with hand scallop-
ing, sizes 40, 42 and a.. u .es
eachI were 81
sik Underwear Section. Third
noor.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-01
Today's Great Person.
April 1-Your Birthday

April 1-Your Bfrthdayf
George Barr Baker. q pub
fisher, new vice president of
the CoImin PublfShinE COM
pany, was born In wyandotte.
Mieh- Friday, April 1, 1870.
He became q reporter for the
Detroit Times, and later was
editor Of the Delineator Maga-
zine. He In now living in New
York City.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-01
Friday Specials in
PeHicoots

A special lot of labeled
Hestherbloom Petticosts. with
tucked and pleated flounce, in
green. wistaria. taupe, navy
and black. special. sI.4S each.
A special lot of Chsrmeu-
settle Petticoats, tailored and
finished with hemstitched
hem, in copen, violet. green.
gray. navy and black. Special.
s1.pS each.
Petticoat Section. Third hoor.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-01
Daily Hardknot.
A Bunch of Keys

Example: A Thanksgiving key.
Answer: Turkey
IA meddlesome key. "A
key that rides race horses. q
A playful key.
{ Answer to yesterdays: Bear,
lamb, horse.)
The Washington herald., 1921-04-01
Friday Special In
Boys Wash Suits S2.45

Boys Wash Suits long and short sleeve models to
mildly Junior Norfolk Balkan and Oliver Twist Styles
with wide range of coors and combinations from which
choose All suits of the Regatta make; the price
low when you consider the quality of these suits Special
$a4s each.
Store Fourth
The Washington herald., 1921-04-01
At Friday Special Prices
Infants and
Children Lisle
Socks

~ dozen Children's Lisle
Socks, in copen blue and
brown; sizes 5 to oH. Spe-
cial price, asc pair
20 dozen Children's White
Socks with fancy striped
tops in black, blue and
brown; sizes IA to IA.
Special, 3 pairs for SOC;
were 75c pair.
Chiidren's Hosiery Section. Fourth
floor.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-01
Misses Suits and Dresses
Friday Special, SIS Each.

A limited number of All-Wool Jersey Suits in heather
mixtures, of blue brown and green tuxedo and oHebuon
long collar models sizes 10 and Is special purchase
specially priced, SIS each.
A lot of Misses and Small Women's Silk Dresses, in
cuding affeta few crepe de chine tricoete
Belgian blue brown tan and gray, II, and 49,
cialy priced, SIS each.
Also the following in Misses Apparel:
The Washington herald., 1921-04-01

IN II at once and turn his attention
elsewhere.
Acting on Hunts suggestion
Casey again "burglarized" Bitt-
veins suite and found the list un-
der veneer of wood in the bottom
of the secret drawer in the desk
He copied 1t and put 1t back, and
Bittwein never knew until the
roundup several weeks later that
he had been outguessed.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-01

3 Navy Tricotine Dresses,
straightline belted models,
beaded or braid trimmed.
sizes II and 16, &1S5S each,
were S45 TO SIS.
D.. 2 Velour Suits, one brown
and one beaver. size 16.
S1&7S each, were e65.
2 Plaid Skirts. pleated
models of Scotch material in
The Washington herald., 1921-04-01
Ne. u.

In the case Of "The Spy List"
Harvey Hunt analyzed the problem
this way.
Bittwein had the list. He knew
that the American agents had made
several useless searches for it.
The searches of Bittwein's person
and those of his underlings, as well
as all their possessions, had been
as thorough as a great secret serv-
ice, with unlimited war power. had
been able to make them
1t was safe to assume that no
article which could have contained
tht list was overlooked.
Therefore the list must be hid-
den in the one spot where the search
was likely to be least careful.
Where would that be? Clearly In
some place. or very close to some
place where the searchers. having
especially expected to find 1t, had
failed to do so.
This turned Hunts thoughts to
the portable writing desk. and to
its secret drawer.
Suppose there was a secret draw
er within the secret drawer. The
searcher. having found the latter,
and having failed to fnd the list
In 1t. would naturally lose interest
The Washington herald., 1921-04-01
A Familiar Quotation.
(Who said it?)

(Who said it?)
Hold the fort! I'm coming!
Yesterday:
Oh. would I were . boy again,
when life seemed formed of
sunny years,
And all the heart then knew
Of pain
Was wept away In transient
tears.
Mark Lemon, 3Oh, Would I
Were q Boy Again."
The Washington herald., 1921-04-01
Deductions of fHarveyHu
By Philip Francis Nowlan

Bittwein, the SPY, had an fu-
portant SPY list which he car
ried with him on his travels.
Several members Of the police
force had unsuccessfully
searched for the list I'm Bitt-
wein's apartment. trunks, and
furniture. Casey, . member of
the force, was caught BY the
spy I'm his effort to obtain the
paper. but Bittwein had only
laughed when he found the man
rihing his baggage.
Harvey Hunt suggested copy-
ing the list and leaving the
original 10 that Bittwein would
think they had made another
futile search. when, the chief
suggested sarcastically that
Hunt nrst hnd the list before
copying II, Hunt smiled and
said. 81 can tell Casey where
to nnd it, where did Harvey
Hunt believe Casey would find
itf Read his explanation below.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-01

green and gray, s1..7s eaehi
were e1e.7a
2 Fine Quality Velour
Coats. in brown and beaver.
lined throughout with pussy
willow silk. sizes 16 and is,
late winter models. xS4.Jo
each; were e6e.so.
Misses Section. Fourth noor.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-01

The little office shop on West
Forty-second street where Oscar
Hammerstein used to make his own
cigars and plan his operatic battles
Is now occupied by a corn doctor.
And peculiarly enough he wears a
French style high silk hat.
The Washington herald., 1921-04-01

retticost section. rhird door.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-02-24

peaks. and elkali wasteH between the
Missouri river and the Pacific coast.
Ii wns inGugurated early in 1880 In
order Eat the West might be kept
more closely in touch w.ih The North
in view of the trouble brewing from
the slavery question, and. though 1t
had an existence of only sixteen
months. It made the East and West
only fen days apart at time Rf crisis.
The date of starting was TO be
March %, 1860, and Forts Kearney,
Laramie, Bridger, Great Salt Lake
City, Camp Floyd, Carson City, the
Washoe Silver mines, Placerville and
Sacramento were TO be the points of
delivery of mail. n st. Joseph, Mo-,
eager and excited crowds gathered
in the streets to see the first courier,
the wily, twenty-year-old Johnnie Frey,
as he dashed away on his jet black
steed for the first lap of the race of
flesh, blood and determination against
the desolate spaces of an unpeopled
country.
These riders were clad in bdckskin
shirts, ordinary trousers, high boots
and soft SLOUGH hats, and were armed
with sheath knives, Colts revolvers
and Spencer carbines. The best time
they made across the traclless waste
was in carrying President Lincoln's
inaugural speech TO San Francisco
seven days and seventeen hours.
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ADRIANOPLE: A WEATHER
VANE OF EMPIRES

Entry of Greek troops into Adriano-
pie is an event in secular history fairly
comparable to the investiture OF
Jerusalem by Allenby's army, for this
Turkish city has for nearly 1000 years
been a weathervane of world poll
tics.
The rebuilding of the ancient Thra-
clan town of Hadrian, who gave IL
his name, signalized high point ID
the power Of the Roman empire. Inc
decline of Rome was foreshadowed
some two centuries later when the
Goths defeated Valens there and made
their first break through the Roman
frontier
Next Adrianople was the setting for
the Turks advent into Europe. There
Murad l. established himself, planned
the capture of Constantinople, ana
sent out expeditions to subdue various
Christian peoples. For a time the
European capital"of the sultans, Adri-
anople was relocated to be the chief
| bulwark of Constantinople. There
| Turk first met Slav,i and. there the
| Russians finally forced their way to
| the Black sea by a treaty which also
loosened the Turkish hold on the
Caucasus and compelled recognition OF
the independence of GreAe.
| Adrianople is on the Martha
Hebrus of Grecian legend, where Or
| pheus was dismembered by the Thra-
clan women; also celebrated, under its
later name, in Bulgarian song and
| story. 1t is 1877 miles by rail north
west of Constantinople.
| Today the city wears its past glory
with sort Of shabby gentility, with
no pretension of prosperity but less
squalor than the usual Turkish city.
| 1t possesses the grave of the first
Murad. or Amurath, who was assassi-
mated in his tent after he had van
ouished an army of Christian allies on
the field of Kossovo.
A mosque bearing the name of SUI
tan Baiezid recalls that monarch,
whose first official act was to order the
execution of his brother, who was first
Ottoman ruler to call himself sultan
and whose conquests firahy were
checked when he was taken prisoner
by Tamerlane.
But the architectural masterpiece o.
Adrianople is. the Selimieh, produci
of a Greek 'tribute-boy's' genius, ant
relic of the reign OF Selim H. the Louis
XIV of Turkey.
Yearly the Turks would seize a Ger
tain number of sons of their Christian
subjects, and in Sinan they fount
they had acquired skilled bridg'
builder They allowed him to follow
his bent, and the Shahzadeh at Con
stantinople, the Suleiman at Stambou
and the third famed mosque at Adri
anople were given to posterity. Th'
, Selimieh stands upon the highest hi
in Adrianople and four lofty minaret
tower far above asmassive dome,
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HOW ANTS CAN HINDER
AIRPLANES

Ants have assumed q new role in
AfrIca--.that of enemies Of aviation.
Reports from surveyors of the pro-
posed air route from Rhodesia to Cape
town say that ant hills have inter
fered seriously with the placing of
aerodromcs.
To understand this phenomenon one
must understand how ubiquitous is the
ant In South Africa. writes William
Morton Wheeler to the National Geo
graphic society. He continues:
"Ants are to be found everywhere,
from the arctic regions to the tropics,
froms timber line on the Hottest noun
tains to the shifting sands of the
dunes and seashores, and from the
danlpesr forests to the driest deserts.
Not only do they outnunlber in indi-
viduals all other terrestrial animals,
but their colonies even in very circum-
scribed localities often defy enumera-
ton.
"one subfamily of the ants, the
Dorylinae, embracing the wonderful
driver ants of Africa and the legionary
ants of the American tropics, are high
" carniyorous, but nevertheless sue
coed in forming immense colonies, oft
en- of hundreds Of thousands of indi-
yiduals. This they accomplish by re-
linquishing the sedentary habits so
Characteristic Of the great majority of
ants. They keep moving in long files
through the jungles. capturing or XIII
ing all the insects they encounter. and
even overrunning dwellings,, and, In
their search for cockroaches and 9TH
'er vermir, driving out the human In
habitants.
"FroIa time to time these strange
nnts bivouac for the night or for a
few days In some hole In the ground,
or under 4 tree, but soon continue
their predatory march, Evidently
they are able to remain carniyorous,
and at the same time to develop large
colonies, only because they are nomatl-
ic and can thus draw their food sup
ply fiaM large area.
Certain individuals. the 'replstes' Of
~ colony rifrain from Ieaxing tie
i