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The Washington times., 1921-07-20
BY Gouverneur Morris

<EY + would be really funny said
Mrs. Langham. IL you were
= to find out some day that
Mrs Harriet had once been ono OF
Mr.. Fenn's women
Mamma! How can your
you had the luck to marry one
oalahad." said Mrs. Langham
curly. you needn't expect to
mind another in every little bounder
you happen To fall in love with"
Savage words leapt to Diana's
lips; but she bit them back. and
after staring at her mother for
a moment, as II at some stranger
who had been rude to her. she
turned and left the room.
She thought over Fenn's little
note All he said was that he
had neither friends nor family.
only Diana; and yet the world
seemed full of wonderful and
friendly people. She clasped 1t
to her heart. no not to hers 1t
was not hers, nor Tam's, nor
Frank'A Never! Perish the
thought. 1t was Fenn's. All OF
her was Fenn's- There had been
no other man That was all q
bad dream. Love had made her
all over from top TO toe. She
was brand new.
And she lay In the dark with
the note clasped tight And she
said: And I haven't any friends
or any family or anything; but
The Washington times., 1921-07-20
This Day in Our History.

THIS is the anniversary of the passing Of the forts
at vicksburg, in 1862, by Admiral Faragut This
feat left the way to New Orleans free and clear
and did much to help Grant in his later operations
The Washington times., 1921-07-20

fAau story has been naade into
east1sa Dsetzre BY Cssmopeiftan
Predictions under the mssteriy d.
esot1sn q Albert CapeIlani and u
DsasassA ~ . Paramount Distsrs
BY Gouverneur Morris
zuthse 81 sHs Daughter" "When
H. 1hiD Cones In,S HsThe esvso
DARKNESS" and Other
Notable Fiction.
or T would be really funny, said
Mrs. Langham. III you were
to find out some day that
Mrs. Harriet had once been one OF
The Washington times., 1921-07-20
EQUIPPING A
KITCHEN
BY LorettO c. Lynch =

IVY HY not look over your entire
" kitchen equipment with
w view to eliminating useless
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-05-09
SAFETY ON THE BRIDGES.

The collapse of a bridge in the town
of Barnard just after an automobile
had passed over it and the crushing OF
another bridge in the town of Ran
dolph are incidents which serve to i'm
press upon selectmen or city councils
the necessity of inspecting bridges in
their towns and the posting Of the
bridges as to the limit of capacity
which the bridges can carry with safe
ty. The bridge in the town of Ran
dolph appears to have been subjected
to an unusually heavy load, whether
more than the bridge was expected "a
carry ia not yet clear; but in the Bar
nard case the bridge does not seem
to have been as strong as it ought tc
have been. Fatal results similar to
that which occurred in The town OF
Royalton few years ago will occur
unless this matter of inspection Of
bridges is attended to at once. Tho
increase Of motor trucking is subject
ing the bridges to implanted for loads
and the bridges should be plainly
marked as to their carrying capacity
New bridge construction should, Of
course, be planned to meet the con
stantly growing burden which thu
roads are subjected to; no make-shif'
construction ought to be tolerated.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-05-09

The Vermont Experiment Station ad-
vises the spraying of apple orchards
and it has practiced what it breaches
by spraying the orchard at the Elk
pertinent Station farm in Burlington
Other orchard owners would not be do
ing anything amiss if they should take
this early opportunity to cireumvent
the bugs, the deadly bugs.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-05-09

Appointment of Dorothy Garfield
Fisher, authoress, of Arlington, to the
Vermont state board Of education
brings in the women for deliberations
as to the conduct of Vermont public
schools. Mrs. Fisher is devoted to the
interests of Vermont and may be ex-
pected to give conscientious thought
and service to the problems before the
state board.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-05-09

The amount Of waste material col.
lected by city equipages in Barre last
week would make a small-sized noun
tain. The first cleanup Of the year
was successful in many ways. Let the
ardor of the first cleanup continue
through the summer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-05-09

The new editions of 49-ers who are
seeking Bergdoll's pot of gold in the
mountains of West Virginia or Mary
land or somewhere will get exercise,
and that's all. That pot of gold is a
myth.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-05-09

Just plain Sunday seems to be go
ing out Of existence 1t is the regu-
lar thing now to tag on some special
designation to the first day of the
week, so that Sunday scarcely knows
itself.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-05-09

As the ex-kaiser would say; Ger
mauy's hour is striking. However, II
is not in the same way in which the
ex.kaiscr would have meant 1t.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-05-09

We are surprised that no enterpris-
ing person hercabouts has gone into
the business of selling dandelion bios
SONS from his front yard.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-05-09
CRANITEVILLE

Regular meeting Of branch No. IL,
%. w. /. u. Of n. A., will be held in
Miles hall on Wednesday, May II, at
1880 o'clock.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-01-21
SENATE Votes CUT
IN ARMY TO 10000
0iSregardS, 81 to %, Advice of
PerShng, Baker and Its
Own Committee.

understanding the adj
vice of General Pershing, Secretary
of War Baker and Senator Wads-
worth, chairman of the Senate Com
mittee on Military Affairs, as well as
other members of that committee, the
senate, by vote of "a to 2S, adopted
a provision reducing the regular army
to an enlisted strength not to exceed
10000 men. Testlfying in executive
session before the Committee on Mill
tary Affairs, General Pershing had
urged that whatever Congress saw fit
to do the army should not reduce its
enlisted strength to less than 100000.
Secretary Baker supported General
Pershng and pointed out that, while
he agreed with his views, he desired
emphatically to protest against, any re-
duction that would reduce theiregular
establishment to an enlisted strength
of less than 1T5.00O. which was the
maximum total recommended by the
committee. Personally, he favored the
higher figure.
Party lines were cast aside Twenty
four Republicans and ten Democrats
voted to reduce the army to 100000
men, while nine Democrats and nine
teen Republicans voted for an army
of 10000 men. Senator Wadsworth
and New, the latter the author of the
original resolution, said they wished
it made plain in the record that in
their opinion the senate had made a
grave mistake in taking such drastic
action. Senator Wadsworth called the
attention of the senate to the fact
that by its action | has directed that
the Chemical Warfare Service be re-
duced to less than 700 men, that it
has reduced by a third the enlisted
stregnth OF the AT Force. already
the smallest air service of any of the
great powers; that the cavalry now
line will be cut in half, while all other
services will be reduced to ess than
81 per cent of their authorized
strength.
The author of the amendment which
reduced the army to 10000 was Sena-
tor Lenroot, Republican, of Niscon-
sin, who was not in the senate when
the vote which carried the resolution
was polled.
by reducing the army to 10000
men, the supo ters OF that proposition
argue. they have saved the govern
ment approximately $IJ,CO1COU.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-01-21
CORONER COCKTAIL
FIXED AT $4,000
Ioint Owners of Chicago Saloon
Must Pay $4,000 Damages
for Two Drinks.

Chicago. Two drinks of liquor
labelled whisky blinded Sam Green
berg a laborer, in September, 1919
In the eyes of the law it cost Harry
Cohen and Joseph Arkin, joint owners
of a saloon, $4,000 to sell the two
drinks, which contained wood alcohol.
Greenberg's suit is the first person.
al damage action based on "coroner's
cocktails" to be tried in Cook county,
and for that reason was watched with
special interest In 1919, when pro-
hihition enforcement had reduced the
stock of liquors here, there were scores
of alcoholic poisoning cases. More
than a dozen men and women died
after drinking wood alcohol COM
pounds made by themselves or bought
from bootleggers. Many others were
blinded.
Cohen and Arkin, in defending them
selves against Greenberg's suit for
$4,000 damages, introduced expert tes-
timony to the effect that wood alcohol
is binding in cases only where vic
tins refuse medical attention. They
sought also to show that Greenberg
was served with pure whisky.
Experts for the plaintiff testified,
however, that a small quantity of de-
natured alcohol is enough TO paralyZe
the optic nerve and that even the
fumes of the poison may cause blind
ness.
Greenberg testified that he went into
the Cohen & Arkin saloon, ordered
whisky and received a glass contain
ing reddish liquor. He drank 1t, he
said, and became violently III. Think
ing something he had eaten might
have made him III he returned to the
saloon a few hours later and again
ordered whisky. Another drink of red
dish liquor was served and once more
Greenberg became desperately ILL.,.
He went TO a Turkish bath, he said,
and slept all night. When he woke up
everything was dark. He CROPPED for
the electric light and turned ii on,
but still he could not see. Then he
scratched matches. When they had
bfrned down to his fingers without
registering on his eyes he knew he
was blind.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-01-21
LATEST EVENTS
AT WASHINGTON

Further action to prevent funding Of
the British debt and interest pay
ments 20 the United Staes into long
term obligations was taken In tn.
senate IN a resolution introduced by
Senator Ia Toilette, Republican. Of
Wisconsin.
According 20 the Census Bureau. there
are 10 100000 bachelors in the Unit
ed States.
The bill for federal regulation OF coal
will receive consideration IN the
Senate Committee.
10 is denied that the Great Lakes
Naval Training Station was to De
abandoned.
Secretary Daniels snnovneso that a
court Of inquiry would be Convened
st the Rockswsy, N. T.. ar station
upon the arrival there OF Iieuten.
ants Hinton. Farrell ana kIoor to
inquire INTO all the circumstances Of
the balloon fight. which resulted m
great hardship and loss Of the bal.
loon.
a 5iiI proposing Federal reputation
for the coal industry ana empower.
mo the President 10 r. prices and
profits IN case Of emergency OF
srprtaoe was introduces by Cnsir.
man Calder Of the Senate eonnuittts
investigating tire 1sSG eesi shortsss.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-01-21
WORLD NEWS IN
CONDENSED FORM

cHicAGo.-Thirteen places Of busI.
ness with a property value OF Sl.uOO,-
UOU were ordered <losed for one year
by Federal Judge lands because the
tenants. all saloon keepers, had sold
liquor in violation OF injunctions.
PARIS.-The orGered reduction OF
tie American forces on the l,hine
from l5,OOO TO S,OOO has caused con
siderable comment IN French official
circles. although Il.is action was not
unexpected.
vlENNA.-The death penalty or the
whipping post TO. i.Foiileers was de
uianded at a price conference here
which developed much a-itation.
COLUMBUS, O.-IStumL.s City
Hall, one OF tiie Oi,,ssi puiiiic buildings
IN the city, directly acrOss tile street
from the State House, WAS alniusi cOnI-
plelely DESTROYED hy lire.
BRIDGEPORT. COSN-Elwood o.
Mu,ie. tWrniy -fi,e. Wa> convicted of
..uI DEF in tiIe nrsl ac-i,e here iUT ii,.
killing uf ticurue T.. Neil. To- Nuii >
.,sme la this ,ti4 uu August -. l:rSL
tie jury had i',Su uul SiN haurs. Th,.
.-unlly in this sale j. hanging
ALBANY.-CovetnOt hsiiiet sent .
.,seSsale q" tie NcA l"sk 49, ~laiuu
Demanding q S..t,4 -uiatrus.nt 30 "a.
t.4f.if.ttt.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-01-21
BERLIN FElRs FRENCH CRISIS.

Government foresees Miiitaristio
Policy by New Cabinet.
Berlin. -t;ermapy Is fearful that the
rorning French cabinet win he more
miIiiaristIc toward Germany and murr
imperialistic m geLernl IN its nitiiuds
toward Europe than was f,,e Ieygucs
,ahInet. The Interpretation here In
official circles Is that l.eygueS was not
forcpful pnougl, toward Germany to
suit the lmperiglIstlr forces In France
and that he gave TO much heed to the
ndmoniiions OF England.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-01-21
INAUGURAL ON CAPITOL STEPS
harding Opposes Holding cerenonies
In Senate Chamber.

wnsningion.-'resi'ieni-elecf Harm
ing's inaugural err mony will be stag
ed on the east steps % ne Capitol
where thousands may view Il. instead
Of I'm the senate CHAMBER Into whic'
less than 2.OUO could be crowded. 3ut
there viii be no $4,000 stadium such
ns manned. The Presiient-elsct op-
posed tie Joint congressional Inaugural
committee suggestion that be be sworn
I'm In the ssnate chamber.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-01-21

Tokio.-It is believed here that the
killing of Lieutenant LangdOn Of the
q. s. S. Albany AT vladivostok on Jan
unry s will result in the bringing up
of a diplomatic test questioning the
right of the Japanese government to
patrol the streets of VladivostOk.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-01-21
100 900 DUTcHmEH IULE.
ofheiaI Expects HsIf OF People Hungry
for Three Years.

Amsterdam The Dutch industrial
stump has reached serious proportions
A member % tie North brabani As
eembIy said At he had Dcen Informed
by the Ministry Of Home Affairs that
100000 unempl yed were in Holland
AMI that SOC frou 20 fo-GO per uent
of the Dutch poJu.Htion ~Suid be de-
pendent upon the state for support
and this probably would continue for
three years
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-01-21

The establishment of a State con-
stabulary, to consist Of two troops of
sixty-hve men each and ten officers. 70
be provided with motorcycle transpor-
tation and a sufficient number of
horses to mount so per cent of the
total force. as recommended by a spe-
cial commission consisting Of Jesse F.
Stevens, State adjutant general. and
Colonel Alfred F. Foote, commission
er of public safety. in a report sub
nitted to the Manchester Legislature.
The initial cost OF establishing the
constabulary is placed at $4,000.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-01-21

Dealers in more than 60 cities and
towns In Massachusetts, are charging
anywhere from 81 to IS a ton more for
domestic coal than is proper. accord
in 70 Fuel Administrator Eugene c.
H. tman. In the opinion of the fuel
administrator. the proper price per ton
o hard coal for domestic use is SIS.
He says that large quantities Of So
called company" coal are being re-
ceived In the state and costing about
s. T. o. b at the mines. The freight
rate to Massachusetts, ranges from
s. q TO ssh per ton.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-01-21
NETWORK Jn NEW YORK ROADS.

Highway Com.n'ttee oIbTIts F'an
Costing 81. 900. COO
Albany. y. Y. A new state high
way system to connect ever. villaLs
and city IN the state Is provided for
n series Of oils introduced by the
Hewitt legislativ highway commiitee.
The plans call for the construct on Of
lilo miles Of ror I. IO.3SO miles Of
which were authorized In 1917. and
over 5000 Of which are built.
The proposed plan means an outlay
OF S., 100000.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-02-04
HARD TO EXPLAIN POISONING
Scientists Unable to Tell Why Bites Of
Some Animals Are Fatal and
Others Innocuous.

Scientists in Great Britain have
been greatly interested In the recent
case Of a monkey bite resulting in the
death OF the king OF Greece, says a
London dispatch. The result is that
a study is being made Of the effects of
bites from various animals. Inasmuch
as the monkey is what is known as a
''clean feeder" 1t cen extraordinary
that the bite of such an animal should
produce the fatal poisoning Of q hu-
mar being.
1t does not. however, appear that
the malignancy OF an animals bite
a be measured by what 1t feeds
upon. A dog Is a c%arnivOrous crea-
ture, yet its bite seldom produces seri-
Gus results. while IN the other hand
the bite of a horse or a donkey fire.
quently results in poisoning. Only a
few weeks ago a oma died from
being bitten by a donkey. while a man
lost a hand through being ninped on
the thumb by a horse
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-02-04
A TRIBUTE Of Love
Pathos in Aged Negroes Offering
in LircoIn's Honor.
Humble Flowers Had a Deeper Sig
nificance Than the Costly Prod
ucts OF the Florists Art

"The most touching tribute ever paid
man described an incident which he
Witnessed a few years ago in Wash
ington. The statues of famous Amer
leans stand in the national capitol,
and 1t is the practice OF various pa
triotic societies to decorate these stat
ues with flowers each Decoration day.
Among these marble efigies of the
dead Is the splendid Gutzon Borglum
bust of the martyred President. The
pathos Of q great heart, breaking I'm
der the woes Of a nation divided
,gainst itself, has been chiseled into
the stone by the inspired sculptor.
On this particular Decoration day
the choicest products of the dollhouse
and the garden had been placed low
ingly ON the brows of Washington, OF
Lee, Of Grant and many others. A
wreath of the richest roses the art OF
The florist could produce lay upon
the brows of the Lincoln bust.
The women whose reverent hands
had put these tributes in place had
gone, when into the great rOtunda OF
the capitol, almost deserted as always
it is on a holiday, hobbled al old ne
gro, holding by one hand a little boy,
a grandchild, perhaps. In his arms
the old negro carried a great mass of
the golden-centered daisies which grow
in luxuriant profusion in every field
around Washington. To keep the flow
ers fresh a dampened cloth was bound
about their stems.
Across the marble floor shuf1ed the
aged negro and his little charge. With
a l~irectness that showed he had made
the sacred pilgrimage Oftentimes be-
fore, the One-time slave led the way to
where the Lincoln bust rested upon
its pedestal. The negro, with eyes
dimmed with age and tears, gazed for
a few minutes upon the face Of the
martyred President, his lips moving
as If in silent prayer. Then his
tribute. the tribute Of a race set free,
he laid, not on the pedestal with the
costly trophies Of the dollhouse. but
humbly in the dust at the pedestaIs
foot.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-02-04
NOTHING You MIGHT NOTICE
Scottish Farmland and Partisan Vie
itor on a Par ~ Far as Meals
Were Concerned.

james b. Sweeney, the Knights Of
Columbus delegate who her0ically
saved Frances pretties, girl from
death at the Folies Bergere In Paris,
was discussing. at his Brooklyn home.
his trip abroad.
1.-The restaurant prices In Paris"
he said, ARE Incredible. A simple din
ner at a fashionable place costs $40,
and even then 1t is difficult to get
enough to eat. The portions"
MIR. Sweeney laughed.
-'the portions remind me Of the
Scottish farmhand's pOrridge.
Jock said this fellows employ
err there's a fly in the pairritch.'
"'That disnae matter replied Jock
glOomily it'll no dr0On."
1.-THE farmer glared at him.
"'What do We mean?' he said.
angrily. That's as much rs sayin' 70
haven't enough mulk.'
".Oh.' said Jock. still more gloom
ily. there's mair than enough for .
the pairritch l have"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-02-04
OWED MUCH TO %sTEPMOTHER
Lincoln Was Always Ready to Admit
His Great Debt to the Patient,
Kindly Woman.

II often think of the stepmother of
Lincoln as an example of the deep and
quiet and fa%r-reaching power of a
woman, a woman who thinks and loves.
A commonplace woman, no doubt, most
people thought her, and she probably
thought herself so, too; a woman GER
tainly, whose daily work was humble
enough to all appearances, a pioneer
woman meeting the many needs of the
rough and hard pioneer life-that was
all she seemed to be.
IF any one of you had een her in
the little rough log cabin at the home
Is. never-ending household tasks while
the boy Lincoln lay stretched before
the fire reading one Of the few books
that that life and community afforded,
you would hardly have thought of her
as q woman of influence. Yet those
deft hands of hers that you think of
mainly as washing dishes and cooking
food and doing other sundry homely
tasks, were mol6ing, helping to mold
all the while-nO one knows just how
far that help went-a nations des-
TIMES. For the boy Lincoln was grow.
ing up under her influence, was grow
Ing up to be that man to whom a
whole nation will always render low
Ing homage. When he became a great
man Lincoln loved to acknowledge that
1t was the wise, just and far-reaching
influence Of his stepmOther-this plain,
Woodworking woman. remember-that
he owed most that was good and In
fiuen 'ial in himself."-Woman's Home
ComuaniOn.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-02-04
wfu/ Sick
with Gas
Eafonic Brings Relief

II have been awful sick with gas"
writes Mrs. w. III. Person, land
Eatonic is all I can get to give me
relief"
Acidity and gas on the stomach
quickly taken up and carried out by
EatOnic. then appetite and strength
come back. And many other bodily
miseries disappear when the stomach
is right. Don't Lett sourness, belching,
bloating. indigestion and other stom-
ach ills go on. Take EatOnic tablets
after you eat-see how much better
you feel. Big box costs only a trife
with your druggists guarantee.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-02-04
Glad but Confusing. New Year.

Glad but Confusing. New Year.
Il wish you q happy First of Jam
uary, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty.
one!" exclaimed the person who 10
genial but precise.
"You have been going through that
rigmarole over and v e again." pro-
tested his wife. "Why don't you say
Happy New Year and let 1t 60 at
that?"
Il want t keep myself reminded Of
the change in figures. l lever write
the date correctly until the middle Of
February"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-02-04

The office chair used by Lincoln In
his law office at Springfield, H., when
he was elected President in 1860. Il
was in this identical chair that he sat
when he formed his first cabinet and
drafted his first inaugural address be.
fore leaving for Washington.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-02-04
Superiative.

Rogers vas walking with an absent
minded friend.
Yesterday" he said. "Mrs. Fulsome
half recognized me. She asked me II
my name vas Rogers"
"And was it?" asked his friend
Tit-Bits.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-02-04
A Lady Of Distinction

4 Lady Of Distinction
IL recognized BY the delicate fascinat'
Ing influence Of the perfume she uses
A bath With Cuticura Soap and hot
water to thoroughly cleanse the pores
followed by q busting with Cuticura
TaIcum powder usually means \ clear
sweet, healthy skin.-Adv.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-02-04
Where the New Books Begin.

Where the New Books Begin.
"What sort of q novel Is it,"
"Old-fashiOned."
"That 10 p
eyes. The story ends that they
were married and lived happily ever
after"
whats old-fashioned about that?'
"The newer authors usually start
OF their books with the wedding day.
and work the old triangle racket
through to the finish"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-02-04

Why should a novelist care wheth-
er one likes his book or not If $4,000
copies of It are sold?
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-02-04

Vanity Of women looks like a
plugged nickel when compared to the
cOnceit of men,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-02-04
Usually So.

Usually So.
"Pa, what is q peacemaker?"
"He is a man.. my child. whose chief
success is generally in precipitating q
fight"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-02-04

Put yourself in your neighbor's place
and you would stop abusing him. quite
probably.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-02-04

Partial payments puzzle the school,
boy and the older he gets the more
they worry him.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1921-02-04
Present ENOUGH.

Little Arthur-'What did you &c
"Why, l got horned of course"