davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-10-06
Cleveland Orders Boxing Ban.

Cleveland O.. Oct. "a temporary
ban was IdAced on professional box
ing by Mayor w. s. Fitzgerald, re
sumption of the game depending prin
cipally upon conditions. The mayor
declared this action was taken at the
suggestion Of J. II. Wilherding, chair
man Of the local boxing commission
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-10-06
World News


Another conference has been ar
ranged between England and Ireland
to take place October IL. Previous
notes and kilograms are to be dis
regarded and the meeting is to de-
tormine how Ireland's relation to the
Empire may be reconciled with her
aspiration for independence. In
spite of the sharp communications
that have been passing between the
two opposing leaders, it is evident
that an honest desire exists to effect
a settlement of this vexing question,
If such can be found. The English
prime minister, Lloyd George, was
showing signs of illness for some
days that suggested a breakdown be-
cause Of his long continued exertions,
but he has apparently recovered and
arranged the conference.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-12-15
apivini.ys Fudue

Boil together two cupfuis of granu-
lated sugar, one cupful Of maple strip,
one cupful Of water and a tablespoon
full of vinegar until little Of 1t hard
ems when dropped in cold water, and
then add teaspoonful of vanilla and
take from the fire. While this mixture
has been cooking, a eupful of granu-
lated sugar should have been put over
the fire in another saucepan, with q
half-cupful Of cold water, and boiled
until the mixture spins a thread from
the tip of spoon, This should at this
stage be beaten up with the stiffiy
whipped whites of two eggs, and this
stirred into the first preparation, which
should by now have cooled slightly
Beat the two hard until they begin to
stiffen, Wien turn in two cupfuls OF
chopfe.s nut kernels. Drop on paper
or pom into pans and cut in shapes
desired De.lneatoE
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-12-15

forgotten that he had sister. and
that there were lot of little hope
full Bumps. An old trouble had
made him bitter and forgetful, and he
had felt more alone in the world than
he really was. AS he sat again by
the freight, but on clear and noon
lit night, he unused on things past with
new tenderness in his heart and wei
coined new thoughtpthat came warm
ly to him and brought lovely pur-
pose with it, ne would play Santa
Claus, and give himself the surprise
Of making others happy!
So, the day before Christmas things
happened at the Bump house. AS Mr..
Bump went to the wayside post box
he found two letters One of them made
him sad, for it was from the man who
held the mortgage, and it said that the
time for payment had come. 1t meant
to Mr.. Bump, "your money, Or your
cows" But the other letter was from
Mr.. Gimlet, and it made Mr.. Bump
laugh until he cried, for 1t was a check
for $500, with some kindly, friendly
words and good wishes, enough to cure
the cows and all the family troubles.
The next day the carrier brought
"a most promising looking big box
from Uncle Gimlet, so that the Christ
mas tree was full of happy surprises
for the little folks and gift or two
for the big ones. Mother made big
pie in the dishpan and the children
found out what was in it. Dorothy
poked hole through the pasteboard
crust and pulled out, a maple sugar
heart. Donald got red sugar heart.
Kenneth got white sugar heart.
Edith got yellow sugar heart. Moth
er said it was Uncle Gimlet's kind
heart that had made them all so
happy.
Then Mr. Gimiet got another letter.
1t was round robin from all the
Bumps, with the little Bump names and
marks upon 1t, too. 1t made the old
man very happy. He was sitting
aiming iot VI plSdshHt lhihSS that
had been sent in for his Christmas
tree, but he was not thinking very
much of them. He sat with the let
ter in his hand and far-off look In
his eyes as he thought Of the sweet
ness of love, and felt that the best
gift that he had received was the
happy surprise that he had given to
the people on the prairie farm.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-12-15

4 SOI INTO MS mar,
and some of the frost into his heart,
for he looked old, and cold, and grim.
The freight shadows that played on
the wall were like the thoughts that
went to and fro in his mind In the
light of the memories Of the brighter
days of the past. The empty chairs
reminded him of his friendlessness, the
slow ticking of the old clock, as II
tried to be a companion, only made
him feel how lonely he was. He felt
as much out of the world, as far away
from its gladness as the picture of his
grandfather that hung over the shelf.
Mr.. Gimlet was wondering what he
would get for Christmas, He had
spent many years in wondering what
he would get, and had gotten good
many things. No one had better
house than he, few had as much money
as he bad. There was a park, there
was garden; within and without and
all about him were the things that
money can buy. Yes, Mr.. Gimlet was as
rich as money and things can make a
man. And yet, although all these
things had not made him happy, he
was wishing for more. He did not
know any better than to wish for more,
and, though he could not think'of any
thing that he needed, he hoped that
someone would think of something or
other that he might want and that
might give him CLEAN of real Christ
mas Joy.
Away out on prairie the Rlmp
family were holding consultation,
after the children had gone to bed
At that moment the father and mother
of the family were perplexed and
even a good deal worried. She Bumps
had been practicing farming for some
time, but without anticipated results.
The children didn't see anything the
matter with farming. The move out
of the smoky city had been an en-
trance into paradise for them. Don
aid had ten hens and rooster. Doro-
thy owned two Muscoyy ducks, with
green feathers. Kenneth had little
pony that they called Bigger" be-
cause they thought he would grow
Small Edith kept flower bed that
she called her "gardy." There was a
pony cart. They had raised 43-pound
watermelon. Father had said that
the rest of the garden wouldn't
amount TO hill of beans, but it had
There was apt to be enough for yum
yum cake, with raisins in it, to go
around. Why. It was like perpetual
picnicl And even now, with all
things under the snow blanket. and the
PONY and the two cows safe in the
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-12-15

barn, farmer Bump had laughed with
the happy, rosy children, as the dog
Jake toiled up the hill with the sled,
lsO that they all might go shouting
down again. They're a jolly bunch, !"
said farmer Bump. But that night
the Bumps were holding q consulta-
! tion. Although the two cows In the
/, barn were bare, yet there was a
blanket on them. The consultation
4 was about that blanket Farme,
Hump called 1t mortgage and didn't
know how he was going to pay it.
No wonder it was an anxious consulta-
ton. Short crops ard a mortgage
Enough to aatten out even the Bumps
But while the Bumps were talking
Efhings over, the cildren were having
dreams. They had laid awake for
q white, talking about the best place
To Aang up Christmas stockings, and
i part of the conversation downstairs
Ifhe mortgage part, had come up tc
lthei. ts A little Of the worry, too
mad eame with IT. so that they fell
/, ssieep with a little uneasiness aboui
n
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-12-15

the blanket that does net keep things
warm, but makes them cold, and won
dering what mortgage could be. and
why no one could take It on without
money. In his dream Donald heard
a boy singing this song:
"sing, little Jesus. sing for me.
There's nothing on my Christmas tree"
You see, this little boy had tree.
but there wasn't a thing on 1t, not even
a leaf. So he planned how to get some-
thing to grow upon 1t. Finally, be sang
the song that Donald heard in his
dream, and the next time he looked
out there was his tree, full of red and
gold apples, with leaves on all the
twigs and many pretty things among
them, and Donald saw 1t oil in his
dream. So, when he awolSe, Donald
thought he would sing the song too,
and see if Jesus couldn't take the
shadow of that awful mortgage away,
and he sang:
0lHSs NIUE Jesus, SiIiG lOI AhG.
There's a mortgage on our Christmas
tree.
When Dorothy awoke she remem-
bered that she had dreamed about
writing letter to Santa Claus. and
so she went and wrote it. This was
the letter:
Dear Santa Claus.
There's something the matter with
our cows They've got a mortgage on
'em. Only money can cure 'em. Please
come and cure 'em, SOS we can have q
Christmas tree. / will he good.
Your hopeful
DOROTHY.
Then, when father went to town,
with the little pony, Bigger, he put
the letter into the post office. only he
directed it TO Mrs. Bumps brother, Mr.
Ephraim Gimlet.
MIR. Gimlet was very much surprised
to hear from the Bumps. He had
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1921-12-15

LID Mr.. Gimlet was
sitting all alone by
himself. The cold
December W in d
was driving the
snow against the
frosty windows,
and now and then
it seemed to fairly
screech at him.
Some of the snow
appeared to have
rot info his bair
Arizona republican., 1921-11-08
Lesible Postmarks

We have noticed for several days improve ment in the postal service that may have enlisted attention, the Iegbility of the postmarks. We have before a stack of envelopes foot high almost every section Of the country The post mark the date and the time of mailing clearly out-not illegible in the lot
 That was always so; in fact, 1t was not gen. orally until recently since Postmaster General the subject.
 Frequently and suppose generally the post maE1 is not matter of any thought to the recipient of letter But and then 1t becomes very vital matter, for instance when the writer in his hurry. has forgotten to write the line in letter requiring reply. Freqently, too, it is important fo the recipient to know the date of the letter, which he always learn from the post mark if it is legibIe. though the writer may have forgotten to give it.
 When MT. Hays months ago asked the public for suggestions for the improvement of the service. the legibility of postmarks suggested by several persons. one of them from busi- ness who enclosed envelope from Hopemont, W. Va, which extremely legible.
 Thereupon MT. Hays issued the following to all postmasters and their associates
 eWhy can not all postmasters and their associ- ates cancel letters legbly the postmaster at Hopemont w. Va, and stop this serious complaint of many years standing against blurred postmarks? Isn't it better to receive praise than crtcisrn?"
 An order, though put the form of request postmaster general to a postmaster is always apt to receive prompt attention That seems to have been the case in this instance
Arizona republican., 1921-11-08
A Bed Headed Organization

The red headed girls of Phoenix are invited In along with the rest of the girls of the country crowned with the flaming aureole-they are wanted to joln the "Titian Tints" society of Boucher College near Baltimore The president of the society is Miss Ruth Wallace daughter of the secretary of agrlcuture. There is s1 membership fee for women and s2 for men. The money is to be used for the erection of a Ttian-tinted that is, red brick building on the new site of the college. Membership is open to all who have the money and the right kind of hair
 the pronouncement Miss Wallace recites< the popular camor to join the original redheaded soci- ety. her belief in determination and the right of red-headed men and women to organize ana concludes
 "The roll of celebrated red-heads Is as long as the arm of circumstance. It Og, the king Of the PIeistocene Red-Heads. who drove the glaciers back. It was Um, the Eocene artist, who painted sandstone a permanent red It Eric the Red who discovered America. Delilah couldn't have had the heart to cut off Samsons hair if 1t had only been rich red cherry color. Julius Caesar originally red hair; at any rate. his statues show him bald and deny 1t.
 "Red the first color in the flag. It's what you when you get mad It's what makes the sun the oest-known star. It's the only color that can stop the Twentieth Century Limited.
 Red heads should be proud of their hair for as old Red Shakespeare put it.
 fame
 Unless your hair is Of the tinge that indicates a
 flame "
Arizona republican., 1921-11-08
THE ONCE OVER
By H. I. PHILLIPS

Judge Landis replied with charac- teristic emphasis:
 Dear Harry: Rule 2545 clearly cov- CTS frankfurters and rolls playing in organized ball parks past season. They are an indispensable part of the national game, and are so regarded by the fans. Beyond all doubt, they have put in a hard and faithful season and are entitled to a winter of comfort and rest, but are entirely aside of the question of justice to all hots they are legally barred from further ap-
 LANDS. Late today Colonel Ruppert. part owner of the Tanks, announced that he, too, was in a quandary and had sent this wire to Judge Landis:
 Judge: Does ruling prevent me from making near-beer this winter? Have been making it all summer, but. as baseball owner, am uncertain whether all winter activities must end. Rush reply.
 The reply came as follows:
 Dear NIT. Ruppert: Your query re- garding right to continue making near beer received. Much depends on the beer. Please send samples at once.
 Must know whether you are more of near beer maker than a baseball man, or more of Q baseball man than a near-beer maker.
 LANDS. Connie Mack of the Athletics alone seems undistrubed by the question what baseball players shall do in winter.
 The ones I have don't do anything in summer he said. "Now that the | season has ended I plan an extensive | Put Ss Take tournament. Let Landis stop that if he can"
Arizona republican., 1921-11-08
superfluous Advertisement

eThe Four Roads to Hell" the subject of the of pastor at Douglas the other night. Why this superfluous information? Why waste the time of the preacher and his flock the obvious? Who wants to go hell anyway?
 There really more infinitely more, than four roads to hell. They alluring roads, they are. It is with difficulty that we can miss one or anohter Of them. they well-advertsed and inviting. They well-paved the declivities gentle, al- most imperceptible at first. though after while observe that going down hill and nearer the end the going becomes positively rough. The lower reaches of the roads to hell not well kept. There the hell highway maintenance fund seems to be running low to have been wiped altogether.
 But the roads to hell have at that point served their purpose. When gets into the rough going and looks back at the high hill behind which he hard 1y realized he descending he has spirit of climbing. It Is easier to go down. The of the journey is made quickly that the traveller arrives almost before he knows 1t.
 But what's the talking about the roads to hell. They're there and the world knows it. They broad thoroughfares we'll "Sgned" and one not go astray. The signs may be misleading to the characteristics of the hghwy. as to points of interest along the way. but they as to the destination. One any of the hell highways cannot go astray.
Arizona republican., 1921-11-08
The PoIitest Man in the World
BY OR. FRANK CRANE Copyright, 1921. by Frank Crane)

One of the French newspapers is carrying on vot- ing contest to determine the poitest man.
 La touchardiere declares that the polltest man Tn the world IS the doorman at the hotel or restaurant.
 To the objection that the dooman is paid for being polite, he responds, "So is everybody else"
 He points out that way or another nobody is polite except he expects to gain something by it.
 If you smile and speak peaceably to an angry man, it is because you bartering for his goodwill.
 If you tip your hat and smile at lady, it is because you anticipate her favoring thought
 If you get up and give your seat to older person in the you getting paid in the of satisfac on that you feel in realizing that you are of fine sensibilities
 And even if you bow to the saints and make due genufexon at church. it is because you look for ing grace from the invisible powers
 The doorman is model for us al Speak to him rudely, and he smiles in unbroken good-humor.
 He is skilled in his estimates that at glance he knows the difference due to each individual. His ab y in this regard surpasses intellect and rises almost to the level of the dog It is faultless instinct.
 you say that this is obsequousness and not polite nes the is that is his business to be obseqous and as rule he does it we'll
 It is not altogether because he cannot be anything else but polite Far from it. Nobody be so inso- lent and with such impunity lackey; one wound more cruelty with his cold his disdain fu glance than the naughty gentleman whose business it is to usher you into the place of public refreshment
 In sense he is millionaire for he has vast sup ply of that bana and precious money current through out the world, which buy almost anything. That is to say, the money of Poiteness
 There are people who have made their fortune with out other means quality talent It is by poteness and insidious attentions that the house dog his meat
 It by poeness that the courtiers of kings in other days and the couers of the people in these days attain their emnence
 Politeness has to be acquired It is the result of effort than the effect of natural disposition
 The baby is not polite for he says what he thinks He only becomes polite when he says what he thinks will please you.
 Politeness is not the real man. It is mask; the indispensable gas mask that people must wear if they would win in the social war
 The first duty of those who have charge of children to their education by teaching them the art of smiling at people they detest.
Arizona republican., 1921-11-08

if a person of any consequence, the body was laid for time in spices, or was annointed with them. swath ed in linen bandages and deposited in a tomb. The mourners went bare headed and barefooted. covered their mouths and kept silence, wore sack cloth and sat in ashes. Funeral songs were sung by hired singers. and splendid sepulchers were carved out of rock containing numerous niches. As a niche was filled, a stone was rolled against the opening.
 O. About how many boxes of grapefruit or oranges eo Florida eit- rus groves produce?-M. T.
 A. Citrus groves come into full bearing about the tenth year. The average yield for Florida is about 150 boxes of fruit to the acre. or somewhat less than two boxes to the tree Occasionally groves yield 500 boxes per acre in a single acre. but only the best groves average more than 200 boxes annually.
 c. What drink is known as a star board light? |.
 A. On shipboard, a glass of green creme de menthe is called star board light.
Arizona republican., 1921-11-08
BOHEAAIA'S MOVING DAY

volume in its twelfth annual report in 1890. Anyone who is interested may there examine all the evidence and form his own opinion. The govr ernment ethnologists spent some $50,000 in blowing up mounds, col lected an enormous amount of stuff and subjected it to scientific scrutiny They seem to have proved their case pretty well.
 In spite of this fact, the old belief in a vanished race Is stis the popu- lar one. MT. Payne could find many who agree with him.
 The mounds were first noticed about a hundred years ago and as far back as 1797 a book was written setting forth MT. Payne's theory of a vanished race. It was followed by many more of the same tenor, and these were widely read Mongols, Egyptians, AIayas and Aztecs were variously ascribed as the ancestors of the vanished race. MT. Payne holds to the belief in the Mongol origin of the mound builders. and points to many cresccnts in his col lection, baAutifully wrought from stone, as evidence in point.
 It is. of course, true that all the American Indians show many Asiauc traits and it is a widely accepted hypothesis that all of them are of ancient Asiatic desceu-, probably having come across Behring strait.
 The ax heads. spearheads and ar rowheads in the Payne collection are remarkably fine, but 1t is especially notable for its collection of smoking pipes and of butterflies carved from stone It was upon these things that the ancient American spent his best talent and showed himself man of taste and artistic ability. Many of the stone pipes have bears, partners and other animals carved upon them with a skill that rivals that of the modern sculptor. The boring of these solid stone pipes is piece of work which a modern workman with all of his tools would find 1t hard to duplicate.
 Most beautiful of all are the stone butterflies which were religious sym bols to their makers. as they are to the modern Indians. The butterfly in his larval stage goes into cocoon lies dormant for a long time, ana then emerges again into vivid life This, to the poetic Indian, symbollzes mans descent into the grave and ms resurrection into an unknown future An old Indian to whom MT. Payne showed a fine butterfly piece. the work probably of one of his anclen' forbears, smote his breast Vehe- mently. aHere!" he exclaimed. "Butterly man big man.!
Arizona republican., 1921-11-08
PRINCESS TURNS TO PAINTING

Princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig- -Hol- stein divorced wife of August Wilhelm fourth son of the former kaiser has turned to painting as means recoupng. part least her fortune lost through the war her castle Glucksburg near the Baltic and near the Danish border, she works necessarily turning practical her hobby for sketching and painting which all her life has been her passion The princess is expecting Americans to buy works and has agent in the United States for purpose selling them.
 Called the most beautiful princess in Europe Alexandra Victoria popular in monarchical Germany as she comeIy. Her marriage to August Wilhelm her cousin in 1908, when each was 21 years old followed a courtship of more than two years and was said have been match in which affection was stronger than is usual in royal marriages The bride was lauded because she was known to be home lover thoroughly in accord with her father-in- laws pet ideals of what housewifes ambition should be-"I<irche, Kinder und Kuchen," church children and cooking Her only trait that was deprecated her avocation of painting which was considered not al all necessary in housewife.
 Before the the marriage went on the rocks Quarrels between the beautiful princess and her poetry loving husband She said to have had love affair with her chauffeur After the war di- vorce and then, it reported year ago. Alexandra Victoria and the chauffeur were married
Arizona republican., 1921-11-08
RUTH LANDS ISSUE KNOCKS EVEN THE WINTER PLANS OF
 PARK EMPLOYEES ASkEW
The chance of Rabe Rnth and Jndge

The chance of Babe Ruth and Judge Landis going into vaudeville together are now very remote.
 
 A serious split has developed be- tween them. The Bamino. though a baseball player by profession, is IT. nancier by instinct, and had mapped out winter that would have put him in Rockefeller's place in finance. In fact. answering a threat by Judge Landis to put him out of professional baseball next year. the Bambino seemed perfectly willing to make his future in business and let the Rocke- fellers take his place in baseball.
 The Babes left arm is still crippled, but he figures his bank balance with his right.
 It is the Babes contention that in- asmuch as he has always made his living in the baseball business, no body has any right to force him 10 spend his winters in the butter ana egg trade just because the home of flee has suspended operations until spring.
 The big fight. however. is sure to come over the question of the winter programme as laid out by the base ball park lunch counter men. Harry Stevens, organized basebalIs chiet caterer, wired Judge Landis as tol- lows:
 Dear Judge: Does rule applying to postzseason engag agements apply te frankfurters and rolls? Had planned to make country wide tour with iar- gest troupe of performing dogs n captivity. All participated Tn W.l WotLu l series games. some saw service through great part of the playing sea- son. Answer at once. .,~r,,-e.