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The Wrangell sentinel., 1921-11-24

Mrs. Lillian Werner left on the Spokane for Petersburg where she will take a position as trained nurse in the Petersburg hospital.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1921-11-24

A. A. Humfrey, assistant man. ager of the Alaska Supply Con- pany, of Juneau, was business visitor to Wrangell the first of the week.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1921-11-24
Der, 1921, at Wrangell, Alaska. G. w. UPSHAW,
 City Treasurer.
Notice to Trespassers

Having leased Sokolof island. also known as Brushy island, for d fox farm, and having released a number of foxes on said island, I hereby give notice to all:hunters and trappers to stay off said is- land.
 D. N. Mcdonald.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1921-11-24

J. J. Chamberlain, the Bishop of Hoonah, was circulating up and down Front Street Monday, preaching the same old gospel.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1921-11-24

Colonel Mason, who has been absent from Wrangell for more than a year in the employ of Libby, McNeil & Libby, is home for the holidays.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1921-11-24
Presbyterian Church

November 27, 1921 10:30 Morning Worship. 12:00 Sunday School
 7::30 Evening service: Sub ject, "The Book of Books. y 7:3O The Hour of Prayer Wednesday,
 Robert Joseph Diven, minister.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1921-11-24

Found-A way to save money by buying Pearl Oil Lubricating oils at the Mccormack dock.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1921-11-24

Articles of incorporation of the Christian Science Society of Anchor age were filed in the office of the Territorial Secretary this week.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1921-11-24

The Civic Improvement Club will meet Saturday afternoon at the City Hall from 2 to 8.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1921-11-24
Local News
William Tamaree returned from Juneau on the Alameda Sunday.

Mrs. Noah Howell arrived from Juneau on the Alameda Sunday. She left on the Spokane Monday for Petersburg.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1921-11-24

For Sale or Rent-3-room fur nished house. -Walter Waters.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1921-11-24

 team leaves for Ketchikan on Mo- vember "A. All those who wish to go are cordially invited.
 Exam week has come around again. What will be the results? Miss Rees: Qn History class) Fred, tell about the death of Pericles. :"
 Fred: (Hesitatingly) Why, 1 thought he died in the last lesson. The girls of the High School printed a few posters for good English week.
 The school observed good Eng fish all through the week, and was favored by talks on good English from pr. Diven, Rev. Corser and Mr. Blue, who is one of the Moose Directors for Alaska and British Columbia.
 Coach: Elton, do you think you can play basketball two nights straight?''
 Elton: Sure, you can't kill a Swede. ''
 Will everyone. think of the basketball boys Friday evening about 8 o'clock. They will be on the floor at Ketchikan. Our good wishes and thoughts will help them win.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1921-11-24

M rs. c. E. Hibbs and daughter Mary Margaret. have returned to Craig from an extended visit in the States.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1921-11-24
For Furniture and
 Tables

FULLERWEAR is Fuller's Specification for all-purpose varnish- ing at home-for furni- ture, tables, chairs, lin- oleum, etc. Boiling water cannot harm it. nor rolling furniture. Dries dust-free in four hours. Walk on it over night,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1921-11-24
School Notes

The High School basketball team leaves for Ketchikan on No vember "A. All those who wish to go are cordially invited.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1921-11-24

Now is the tune to subscribe.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1921-11-24

Exam week has come around again. What will be the results?
The Wrangell sentinel., 1921-11-24

The girls of the High School printed a few posters for good English week.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1921-11-24
Fullerwear The All Purpose varnish~
w. P. Fuller & Co.

Dept. 20. San Francisco Pioneer Paint Manufacturers for
 72 Years
 Established lsi9 Branches in l6 cities in the West Dealers Everywhere
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-24

Thames, assured whistler that The
scenery was a perfect series Of Whist
lers"
"Yes, dare sny." the artist replied.
Mature n creeping up'
Oscar Wilde the long and gitefuily
pursued In the public printa. When
Wilde Invited Whistler to HIS wedding.
the artist sent telegram.
Fear may not be able to reach you
In tirns for the ceremony. Don't wait.
wilde was always repeating Whist
ier's clever remarks as bis own. One
day neferring To some epIgrnm of
Whistlera. Wilde aaid
''How | wlah that | had said thaf'
You will. Oscar, Whistler assufed
him.
The whole story ef his many battles
In set forth IN that remarkable book
made from HIS letters and sayings aud
known as "The Gentle Art Of Making
Enemies This book reveals q strange
and formidable personality. r. pie
lures a man Of the keeneaf wit and In
teliiuence. cool. eeif-contained, impudent,
eontemptuous. who went out of bis way
To insult men and who never apnloRlzed.
This impression is tempered, Il Il true.
by his knou1l devotion to few friends.
and his genilenesH with women. But
The essential man, The aftiat, WAS eyi-
IDENTIFY kernel Of which his social per-
aouaiify was the aif-encfosing huak.
The reai man. serene and harmonious
was In his pictures. IIis fayorlte sub
Iect was night and the charm Which II
held for him he beautifully expressed ia
hi. famous 10 o'clock lecture:
the evening mist clothes the
riverside with poetry, as with veil
and the poor buildings loFe themselves
IN tho dim sky, and the toll ehimneyH
become carnpanili, and the warehouses
are palaces in the night, and the whole
] city hangs IN the heavens. ana fairy.
| land is before us.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-24

therefore, inflictH nine distinct stripes,
and It would be possible for the wielder
TO cut the victims back into ribbons II
he chose. As q rule. however, the blows
nre lightly laid on. the breaking OF the
skin being OF rare occurrence. even when
tho number OF lashes exceeds twenty.
as liz frequently the case.2 In Kent
county an ordinary rawhide was used,
while in Sussex county the sherliI
simply cut bunch Of hickory switches
when he had n consignment OF whip~
pings, and used them, one by one, un-
I'll they were worn out. Now all WHIP
pings take place at the Workhouse
and the eat is used there.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-24
Whistler Returns
To Washington.
BY Frederic J. Ilaskln

Washington May 2d.--Amofg the.
employees OF the Coast md Geodetic
Survey here in the year 1854 was an
irascible, impudcnt. handsome young
man named Whistler He had been a
cadet at West Point and had been dis
charged for his inability to learn chem
istry. In an oral examination he told
the professor that silicon was gas.
That was the end of his military career.
AS he said later in life, If silicon had
been gas, / should have been sol
der
His career in the Coast and oieodetie
survey was not much more successful
than that in the military academy. He
showed an aptitude for graphic art, and
80 was set to drawing and engraving
mans. He made plate known as Coat
survey. No. /. which is slid TO be one
of the most beautiful that the govern
mant ever turned out Unfortunately
he could not resist the temptation 10
embellish Il with a few portraits around
the margins. and this was resented by
his superiors. Soon Whistler was out
Of the government service, and little
later he left the United States for Paris
to study art
whistler never returned to America
IN the flesh, but within the last few
months he may he said TO have return
ed to it in the spirit. In the Library of
Congress. Joseph penneil, Whistler's
official Diographer. has Installed his
great collection of Whistler etchings.
letters. manuscripts and other memen-
tos of the man who failed in Americ~ as
government empJuye and a soldier.
and went abroad to become one OF the
greatest artists Of his generation. And
down on the Mall there has recently
Abeen completed the F'reer Gallery,
which will contain as it's chief treasure
the famous Peacock Room, decorated
by whistler for British millionaire
/ So. after an absence Of more than half
| a century. and nearly 20 years after his
own death, Whistler may be said to
have returned in triumph 10 his native
/ land.
Importance OF Whistler.
/ Whistler belongs to that small com
| nany OF Americans who have won tho
attention of the whole civilized world
/ the company Of Poe and Whitman ans
/ Emerson in literature, Of Grant an'
Lincoln in war and government. O
them all. he Is perhaps the least knowr
/ % Americans IN general This is no
4 remarkable in view OF the facts tina.
whistler spent his whole working iif
/ in Europe, and that most Of his paint
/ ings are in European galleries Most .
1 his time vas spent in London, and tn
! British are inclined TO claim him as
/ British artist. But he was born /
Massachusetts of old American stocl
and II not educated in America, AT leas
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-24

the ATTEMPT was mnde here. Further
more. hu always thought Of himself as
nm American. defended America against
all comers with one of the sharpest
tongues In Europe. and strangely
enough. looked back upon his days II,
West Point with pride. Military eti-
quettc appealed to him. He would often
criticize conduct with the words: That
Is not West Point
Now that some Of Whistler's best
work has been placed here In Washing-
ton where all the honeymooning couples,
the iubberneck wagon parties, the dele
gates to conventions. viii daily file past
1t In the course OF their conscientious
duty as sightseers. II is probable TINT
his fame In his native land will grow.
Certainly all that he needs is q press
agent. for he had the kind OF a per-
Honality that lends itself to popular
legend. This II really more important
r., a mans fame than is his work Foe,
OF all great Americans In the fine arts.
is the best known becuusf of the pic
tureaque and sensational qualities Of his
life. Whistler does not seem To have
shared poe's taste for red lquor and
sad love affairs, but he was n born fight
err All his life he fought with his
tongue, his pen, In the courts. and with
his fists. His fighting is mystery. Ills
ART was supremely serene and restrain
cd, but his personality was aggressive
and explosive. He came on his fathers
side OF a military family. and the love Of
battle for ita own sake may have been
| in his blood. Sometimes his flghtnR
suggests this. lie seemed 10 need IT rs
a stimulus. When a man died with
whom he had long wrangled Whistler
| lamented him
Missed Ills Enemies.
"Tommy's dead he mourned. I'm
/ louesorne. They are all dying. | have
| hardly a warm personal enemy left
In all of his battles verbal and other
wise. whistler seems to have come on
/ well. Scott. fellow artist much largei
/ than himself, insulted him in a Lon.
| don club. Both OF them published theII
versions OF the encounter In the news
papers. SCOTS version was yelled ans
| evasive. but whistler's was highis
| specific
aThe incident closed he wrote, "hy
| kick administered on q part OF Mr.
| scotts body that was finally turne'
| toward me, and that / leave him Il
/ specify"
Much OF his sarcaam was undouht
! edlv q defence against bores and pre-
| surptuous persons. Thus q lady whi
| had lust returned from a trip on tn
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-24
Different Whipping Methods.

4 curious feature of the administra
tion of the whipping punishment is
the kind or instrument used, respec-
lively. in the three counties Of the State.
The Law is Indefinite as TO the details
Of administration, specifying only that
the convict shall receive so many lashes
on the bare back. wei laid on" al
though in respect of the latter pro-
vision the administrator invariably ex-
ercises his judgment. In New Castle
county a genuine cat-o'-nine tails is
used. 1t is a terrible instrument, COM
priSing nine leather thongs. each
third OF an inch in diameter and twenty
four. inches long, fastened 70 a stock
Of about twenty inches. Each lash.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-05-24
wh, II = Upheld.

Md 50 IL Is tflHl many Ftoifit o.
Delaware sturdily uphold the whip
plna-post as an effective instrument for
tho punishment of certain offcnses and
persisteuily refuse 10 consent TO its
abolition. The only amendment that
has h.en made 70 the Law providing for
corporal punizhmcnt is one extending
its operations 10 men who beat their
wives. Even efforts TO have the in
riction Of the corporal punishment con-
Quoted IN private have met with no
encouragement from lawmakers, and
puhlic exhibitions have been the rule.
probably from the first and certainly for
more than a century. Walking about
the streets in the afternoon" writes
that observant Engiishman. Thomas
Twinln,, in the diary Of his Travels
a. America" G7a5). describing his visit
90 the old county town of New Castle,
Il was surprised 10 see pillory in the
niarket-piace. / think the Americans,
IN making their laws. might have omit
ted this degrading exhibition" But his
protest had no effect, and TO this day
the gates Of the jail yard are thrown
open To the pubiic--women and children
heing excluded. however-when the
punishment Of the post and pillory is
O. he applied At Dover. in Kent coun-
q, the whipping -po@t. improvised from
tn stock Of an old-fashioned pump. is
locatcd IN an open lot beside the Jail
Indefinite Origin.
There IL lack of information as to
the exact date Of the introduction of
the post and pillory. but according TO
the chronicles of Diedrich Knicker-
becker the whipping-po post. at least. was
4tt 49, t.s aa q
Delaware previous 10 1856. In that
Year. az related in accepted histories OF
the STATE. Jan Rinsingh, Governor of
New sweden. visited the Dstch Fort
Casimer--the site Of the present city
of New Castle--and Van Poffenburgh,
the commander. taxed all his resources
to do him honor. He had his men
drawn up in line and exercised in
marches, counter marches and other
exolutions. A sumptuous dinner was
served. but before the guests and others
took seats at the tables, three prisoners
We're brought out and soundly fogged,
for the purpose OF impressing the visit
Ing Swedes With the discipline that was
maintained in the then Dutch colony.
In 1877 Christopher Billop, COM
mandant at New Castle. had a man
named Francis Jackson put in ye
stocks" for engaging in a disturbance
81 the fort.
The first sentence to whipping at the
post of which record can be found was
~ SUSSEX county, April o. 1858, when
the man who conducted the tavern at
AI<ewea where the court met was order
kd to be whipped for some offense, but
'the sentence was afterwards suspended
Cor one year and four months, and so
far ar the record shows, was never
carried into execution. record of
April g. 1872. shows that Agnitn Hend-
rlcks WAS sentenced to be whipped with
twenty seven iashes. for immoral con-
duct. and upon perSisting in her offend
ing was whipped again, with thirty
nine lsshes and banshed from the
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1921-05-20
AIDES DEPARTMENT is an extended bral

AIDES DEPARTMENT is extended branch of ervcepc
ally arranged and equipped for ladies to accounts write
checks deposits other business located the northeast
Banking Room Lady attendant charge will
accounts supply information and should you wish will assist the
handling banking business Special unit receiving deposits
checks lady customers has been added and teller
experience will his personal attention each transaction
The Jewish monitor. (Fort Worth-Dallas, Tex.) 191?-1921, 1921-05-20

OU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED to visit and inspect Ac
counting Room in the Farmers Mechanics National Bank Build
Main Street Seventh Although the Banking Room not finished
facilities will enable increase the efficiency of
already superior service.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-06-01

was arranged with bowers In n colo,
' I,, o. yellow and white. ana
MI" " rrea collins. Jr.. cousin n:
MIS-: MIS-" rhi!lips. presented tho n,s 20
Me- na lowing guests were present,
C;nnrr "n .G ootiett, Mrs. Hicks. Mrs.
So Atkiason. Mrs. III. {; Mil.
Mrs MRS ammo V. seay. Mrs. Wjl,Ir p,,rh
Ir, S .naTies Il. Phillips. Mrs. CbnrIe,
, -, 'son' Mrs. j. a. Wiiikersop. Mr.
~; H. Gale. Mrs. w. J. Nuckolns Wrs
C :" :" ROPER: Mrs John Smith. Misses
M,s. nee Miller. Ethlynd Phillips
son "'" 'onn
Card farty Tonight.
ms evening AZ 0 o'clock "A care
fnr,f viii b" given in the aIdi,o.,nr,
o. -. Joscphs orphanagc. corner o,
,.h,r, .h an" Marshall Streets. for ;,
rhar'ty benefit. Attractive prJzz,.
nave hten donated for tho event ma
ali Interested are invited to ,ttnnd
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-06-01
FREDERICKSBURG HOLDS
GRADUATION EXERCISES
30 Seniors of High School Arc
Awarded Diplomas-Pru-
gram Praised.

Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
FREDERICKSBURG May al
Graduation exercises OF the senior
class of the Fredericksburg High
School were held tonight. tho program
being as follows:
lnvocation-Rcv. Fl. L. Hout
Address to the graduating class
Henry G. Ellis. OF the State Depart
mcnt Of Education. Richmond
Music - Franklins instrumental
Quartet.
Presentation Of diplomas-J. Ed
ward Timbcrlake. president OF the
city school board
Delivery OF special honors-Pro-
lessor T.. +. Rrickhcad. Jr.. sup.rin-
tendcnt of schools.
BcEcdiction--Rev. MIR. IIout.
The following is u list of the grad
yates:
Josephine Barney. Isabel Bernard.
lmoIcnc Carter. Viola Curtis Jose
phine Dalton. Josephine Ford Eunicc
Gill. Ruth Gouldman. Helen Hart.
Ethel HalbcrG. Marguerite Hawkins.
Helen Hudson, Mabel King. Nellie
Leacock, Virginia Nash. Lucy Nindc,
Eleanor Purks. Adelaide Rowe, Julia
Mason Rove. Elizabeth Sacrey. EN-
incline Stcarns, Bertha Whitbeck: ,Ino.
Chiles. Carl liappel. Levin Houston,
George Hunter. Edward Melton. Coul-
tor Phillips. Alvin Rowe. Trent Will
son.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-06-01
WOMEN VOTERS LEAGUE
WILL ELECT CHAIRMAN

In addition to routine matters. The
regular monthly business meeting OF
the Richmond League Of Women
Voters. scheduled to take place 4,
'enrue headquarters. 100 Nor,a
Fonrth street. tomorrow afternoon a
o'clock. VIII be concerned with the
erection OF 4 pcrnia chairman
For the MAJ; four months Mrs Frank
/. .lpnson. hrst vice chairman OF the
Hi"hm"na l.caruc, has acted as chair
man pending the election ~ a perma
nGnt chairman. The executive com
mitte" ~ tho board Of directors 70.
gucst"d sometime ago 10 bring In
nominations for this Office. announced
~ the REGULAR monthly meeting OF
the board hold yesterday morning
'hai " would he ready to report on
Thursday. immediately after which
report the election will take place.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-06-01
$4,000 POPPlEs BRING
$4,000 TO AID VETERANS

Thirty-iive thousand peoples were
distributed by the Womcn's Auxiliary
Of the American Legion in Richmond
on Memorial Day. and more than
$4,000 was contributed for the relief
OF disabled cx-scrvicc men. members
Of the distribution committee an
nounccd last night. Those in charge
of counting the receipts stated that,
with only onc-half of the forty-two
stations balanced. total Of sl.lOO
had been realized.
Mrs. Charles Mason. chairman of
the distribution committee. stated
that perhaps the first expenditure
made from the fund would be for
flowers for William Milton. world war
veteran, who WAS accidentaliy shot By
a companion two months ago and who
was reported slowly dying last night
by physicians AT the Memorial Hos
pital.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-06-01
MRS. WILLARD IS H0M0RED
BY KING ALFONSO, OF SPAIN

" was announced In Richmond YES
torday that Mrs. Joseph Z. willard
formerly on this city. wife OF COL
oneI Joceph T.. Willard. American
amhhssador TO spain. VAS on last Sat
hrd3y decorated with the Order q,
N"bi" Danes at Maria I.auisa, an or
der founded III 1892 for noble ladies'.
az dinner In III" American embassy
IN Madrid. This honor was bestowed
upon her by King Alfonso Mrs VIII
lard "as Miss Belle Wyatt. OF Mid
dle."N County
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-06-01
PEGGY" JOYCE TERMED
AN ADVENTURES IN SUIT
Actresses Aged Millionaire Hus-
band Claims Wife Was For
tune Hunter
tBy Associated rrcss. ]


CHICAGO, May 3l.--Dcnial that
Peggy" Hopkins Joyce. his actress
VIE, had had two previous million
a!re husbands. was contained In the
answer Of James Stanley Joyce,
wealthy lumbcrman. to her petition
for $4,000 month alimony and $780,
600 for attorneys fees. Hearing on
the petition is set FOR next Thursday.
MIR. Joyce charges his wife WAS
guilty Of higamy when she married
Sherburne Brick Hopkins. at Bclair.
Md. September /. 1913. Her divorce
from Everett \. Archibald. Jr.. OF
Denver. Col. was not entered until
fourteen months later. the answer
asserts.
The answer charges Mrs. Joyce
drov" lieutenant in the United
states Army TO suicide by hcaping
debts on him while they were living
ia Ne~ York. The officer killed him
self in "a Turkish bath in-ihc fall
o: 1915. the bill states.
y local note is Injected into the
mat"oricai career or the young ac-
trrss wherein Peggy is said to have
isfN pIflnr'N as ~ nlbNituT!St III ~
Richmond hotel pcggy's claim to
high merit IN the theatrical world In
which she claims TO have been paid
a sT0o-a-wcck salary. was secuted by
her husband. who claims tn" salary
was paid hy a theatrical man instru-
mental In securing her employment
and WHO was also tn" donor OF tho
famous $40 900 fur coat that has clio
tied so much comment throughout
The controversy.
Joyce freely tells the story OF his
wifc's success in amassing treasures
listing in cold figures the stupendou'.
sums paid ~ him fer jewels and
gifts showcrcd upon her in return
for lNkcwarm affection during the
hrict interval of their marriage and
tn. shattcrinE OF the romance. Joyce
claims TO have spent Sl.io0.000 on his
wife.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-06-01
BELIEVE IN YOUR SUCCESS

|. you haven't fai,h in yourself,
rotody else Will.
After oil. success Is mostly state
OF nina. man or a woman is 2 sue
cess just as long as he or she cont!n-
ucs to think SO. III you are TO be a
success, you must keep success in
mind. Never allow failure To- hold
your attention for minute. !or II
will ewaken your powers OF accom-
plishment
Create your own atmosphere nf
courage and enthusiasm. Great men
and women are generally optimistic
regarding lifc-and themselves Your
otrust yourself.
The world is willing to assist and
follow tho individual possessing cour-
age and the power TO do
Don't be afraid Of lite. or course. It
takes courage TO live up to your
ideals and opinions. Bun show IT.
Remember. also that courage IS ono
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-06-01
BEAUTY Is HARNONY

There can be no harmony, and
therefore no beauty, In home In
which the wife and mother is cross
and irritable and dull spirited. Often
ms not. disease Is at the bottom Of
such Il condition.
Let the woman who is always tired
and who suffers from low spirits and
mysterious aches and pains only try
Lydia T.. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. She Will then see that the
beauty and harmony will be restored
TO her home with the return of her
health and good spirits.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-06-01

OF the products of healthy. we'll
Organized life.
Sci; depreciation Is a terrible thing.
~ rs Il disease tha, grows on one. i,
u almost as bad. ur$.d.rcd from 4
social standpoint as setf-praise 10
SPEAK o. your Miniatures ans short
ccn'hSs Is simply to accept them in
the estimation of others. We ali could
mention disaGrceahle things in our
MAJ ups bun few are Interested
and. after all, 1t doesn't pay.
Rcliev. that You r:,n. nrova mo ,,..
70 yourself, and tho you often fan
Always start over again. never los
ing either courage or faith yoursol,