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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-24

In this movie. the spectator lis
taken on an actual tour of the eau
casus, seeing the great orphanages
shelters and hospitals of the Near
East Relief the thousands upon thou
sands of boys and girls, all orphans
who are being taken care of; the
ruined cities of the Near East; Jeru-
salem. and other places of great his.
toric interest.
The movie opens at Brooklyn,
where the -four ship is loading for
the Caucasus. and then the specta-
tors are taken on the official inspec-
ton trip made last summer by the
Near East Relief officials, those who
spoke at the State Conference.
The picture is in three reels. Each
reel is interesting from start to finish
and besides showing the work of the
Near East Relief, the movie presents
other features well worth seeing.
Every organization in the state
should apply for the use of this film.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-24
Another Victory for Machinery.

From Lyons, France, comes the re-
port that a machine has been developed
FOR making raised embroidery in gold
and silver. 1t is stated that the
stitch is a copy of an ancient form
of embroidery and gives an impression
of handwork, and is also the first ma
chine that has been successful in us
ing the metallic thread. 1t is stated
that the machine is the result of seven
years OF study. and that the results
are very NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
American.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-24
DATES FROM PRIMITIVE NAN
That the Giving OF Knives Breaks
Friendship" Is Superstition of
Ancient Days.

The popular superstition that II
breaks friendship" to give or accept
d knife without something Of value
preferably money-passing in return,
is a survival from the primitive man,
declares London Answers.
The savage, having progressed from
a club to a knife or spear as a weapon.
soon learned the danger OF relin-
gushing 1t merely for friendships
sake. His friend, having disarmed
him, was apt 10 be his friend no
longer.
SO, for giving up his knife. even TO
his friend, he demanded Il recompense.
And he saw that when a friend pre-
scented him with a weapon. that friend
presently came TO regard him-be'
cause Of regret for the act or because
of envy at the added superiority the
gift bestowed-with suspicion, grow
Ing into emnity.
Whereas If he gave a consideration
FOR the knife was matter OF fair
trade and friendship was likely 10 en-
dure.
All this became so deeply ingratned
In the mind of the primitive man that
the idea survives today as a popular
superstition.
Popular superstitions belong TO folk
lore, and where they have not a re-
llgious derivation are mostly survivals
from ancient civilizations or are in
herited from our savage ancestors.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-24
SCHOOL HELP IS URGED

1 sincerely hope that teachers and
children in the public and private
schools of the United States will CO.
operate heartily and literally with
the Near East Relief in raising
funds for food and clothing and care
OF children and others who have suf-
fered from the rayages of war in the
countries OF the Near East. To do
CHS will only be doing as we would
have others do to us if. like these peo-
pie. we were reduced TO poverty ard
suffering through nc fault of our own
but through the ruthless ambitions
cf others.
Yours sincerely.
(5igned) p. p. CLAXToN,
Commissioner Of Education.
Washington. d. c.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-24
"A Merry Christmas

LOS ANGELES, CAL, Dec 24-If
a pending ordinance allows the en-
ployment of 200 additional policemen.
in Los Angeles, Chief of Police Jones
will fill the vacancies with ex-service
men, he has informed the American
Legion, seeking the organizations CO.
operation in obtaining candidates.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-24

To livea up the towns lon,
evenings. the American Iey,os "a
Strathcona, MINI. CHALLENGED - ~
zens TO a whist tournament, ~
game of the series lasted un,W !. y
a. m. the ex-soldIers W.nni,s
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-24
NEAR EAST MOVIE
READY FOR PUBLIC
sALIcE IN HUNoERLAND" MAY BE
GOTTEN BY MARYL AND
ORGANIZATIONS e.,
APPLY AT HEADQUARTERS

That wonderful new movie, Alice
In Hungerland.' which was shown at
the Maryland conference. and the
OF which. actual scenes OF the eau
casus, taken on the spot, thrilled and
swayed the delegates. may be had for
exhibition in this stately applying
TO Maryland Headquarters Near East
Relief II West Franklin street. Bal
timore, Md
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-24

At Charing Cross, one of the busiest
points in London. $40 motorbuses pass
during the busiest hour.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-24

Canada has $4,000 skilled workmer
in the manufacture of automobiles
and the assembling of parts.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-24

In England stainless iron and steel
are now manufactured into fittings for
automobiles.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-24
Permanent Color Improvement

"Your face is no longer flushed with
drink"
NO" replied Uncle Bill Bottletop.
"When they proclaimed prohibition ]
turned pale ana never got over it"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-24

On an automobile OF over 50-horse-
power in Italy there is tax of nearly
S2So0 a year.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-12-24
a Merry christmas

erbie-Elkton (M1) Dispatch n the
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-11-13
THE NEW QUEEN OF SHEBA.

she has 10 last-the five million dollar dress.
\ plebian woman. no blue blood coursng In her
veins outshines royalty and reaches limit
Of gorgeous display make herself not dazzling.
but laushable.
happened in London. OF course where they
are used 90 queens and those who fawn upon them.
Tho richest woman in the world. who inherited
her money from husband who was thrifty and
profteering during the war appeared in the box
OF the Prince OF wales with costume which was
said TO have cost five million dollars.
T. was covered with diamonds completely that
she moved she looked like electrically lighted
automaton.
There more diamonds IN the heels OF her
slippers. still others In her hair and her fingers
and her barred neck glttered with the choicest
stones
y corps OF detectives followed her into the pres
ence OF royalty itsef-for in these days one can't
be too careful and those diamonds were costly.
Translate the cost OF this single dress into terms
OF food and It would have kept the 5000 men and
women who sleep each night upon the benches
OF the Thames Embanknent a year in comfort.
Think OF that dress in terms Of houses and It
would have sheltered he homeless who stared
envy az she rode past IN her lmous.ne-and London
IS filled with the homeless
Turn ii into wages and it would have employed
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-11-13
THE BIGGEST NEWS.

What was probably the biggest piece of
printed during the past year was buried in little
three lire item from schenectady. n. Y.
II announced that the General Electric company
had perfected a machine which picks cotton.
The world wears and uses cotton It clothes mil
lions of people. adds human comfort
The great factor in the raising of cotton, both
as to the quantity raised and the price it costs
when IT reaches the shelves in the form OF cloth,
is the human labor involved in it's picking.
The southern negro. who does most Of this work.
can Flick from 20 to 100 pounds day. The cotton
picker seldom rises above that job
He never gets time to be anything but what his
father was and Is in much the same condition that
his grandfather was before the far inn
provement goes.
This electrical cotton picker handles 500 pounds
a days much as eight negroes It does the work
better. 1t turns it over clean-and thereby takes
away the necessity for the $4,000 cars which
used last year to haul away refuse and dirt from
the cotton gins.
1t means that year the planter put in
all the acres he wishes without wondering where
he viii get the labor to harvest his crop.
It means that the cotton will be raised more
cheaply and that price cloth VIII, eventually,
come down so that it will be within the reach Of
those who need It.
The great bulk of negro labor that has been used
for this purpose Is free for other things-perhaps
the reclamation Of many of the untitled acres.
Invention has brought back prosperity after every
great war. This electrical picker which every
thing but clog and sing viii probably be the means
OF a new era Of prosperity throughout the south.
More and cheaper cotton is big news for every
body
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-11-13

a million men for week at current wages in that
city.
Yet this put it all upon herself. to adorn
thrill owning displaying costiiest costume
by woman.
the bizarre imagery that goes with the original
Queen OF Sheba was duplicated for this rich widow
OF a rrofteer who 70 startle with the lavish
ness OF her dress.
Perhaps sshe has done a real service by going
such extremes IN her ideas OF proper dress"
No srnan portion Of the worlds labor is spent
the satisfaction Of desires similar to hers Paris
with its advertised dressmakers. male and female.
has drawn upon the fortunes the world to satisfy
just the craving that this aged lady into her
absurd extravagances.
Before you laugh at her in her futile effort to
capture OF the sparkle of youth. some Of the
richness OF beauty Of the scintilation OF wit
In her array OF stones. cover their lack
by their mineral counterparts. II might be well to
ask what the proper limit to such display should be.
Her foibles probably less wasteful than many
anather that costs much less, for she wastes only
money
Only cynic would remark that a woman who
buys a five million dollar dress in order TO break
into high society probably needed IT,
In the meantime other women who really count
in the world and become more than walking
groundwork for a combination of jewelers. and
modistes arts will rely upon their charm, their
beauty their brains to bring the homage which
they wish and desire.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-11-13
More Truth
0Thdn pOotru
Ey James q MONta6Iic =
LOST OPPORTUNITY.

hQC1 OI
at come too late to skim the cream"
The screen-producer sighed,
The folks whose films would be Il
scream
Most all OF them have died
This Cleopatra, so 1 hear
Drove fellers off their domes
And handed out their wives a sneer,
While Dustin up their homes.
II / had ever had a chance
To put her In a show
And do that poison adder dance
We'd both have COPIED the dough.
"This Borgia woman. so they say
Asked people 10 a spread
AND built EN- up a pouSse cafe
With arsenate Of lead,
CIR with a prussic acid cup
She settled 'em for good.
An no one ever wised her up
To come to Hollywood.
All Rome was scared TO say her
name
But she was never screened.
If I had ever met that dame
We'd certainly have cleaned
An this Delilah-Samson's fluff
Way back in early days
The papers must of buzzed with stuff
About her cunning ways.
The hicks would give up all they've
got
To see that twirl and twist,
But did they film her? They did not!
Another chance I missed
Today. OF course there's lots O. stars
But none that's really great
I'd have my yachts and private cars
But 1 was born too late!
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-11-13
SHORT BURROWS
By Kin Hubbard

Ever buddy's got a hobby a.
version o. some sort aside from Their
everyday drudgery. Most folks won't
admit It. but its tn truth. We've all
got tastes an inclinations we Ike Z
indulge an fiddle with at odd times
An these pastimes, or hobbies, or
whatever we want Z call EN-. rarely
have any connection. or relationship,
with our regular vacations. Durin'
odd times Constable Plum is Within
out a wooden chain that he's been
workin' on fer eight years o.
course prohibition has taken up
most o his time. Tell Binkley -
laboriously engaged in weavin' a
black an white hair watch fob from
his combin's. Each day after Ss
solicits little tornado insurance he
resumes his task. Rev. Wiley Tan
ger gifts his relaxation maxim an
decoratin' wooden minnows fer lis
friends. Blacksmith Bolivar Tharp
is piecin' a handsome radiator quilt.
tn second one he's made since tn
auto wuz invented Squire Marsh
SWalIOW, WHO'S raresy seen AFTER MS
office hours. is worltr on a car
coupler. He hain't been down town
at night in % years. Tilford Moots
may be seen any time durin' tn
busy season on his farm playin' golf.
After a good, sound, all-night sleep,
Ike Lark likes Z take his trusty rifle
an hunt squirrels till. say IL a. m,
when he returns home an gifts ready
fer dinner. He says it breaks tn day
up fer him an gives him somethin'
t. think about. DR. Mopps don't like
nothin' better after treatin' a long
siege o. typhoid fever than a good
excitin' game o. croquet. Sometimes.
after a stubborn liver case, he may
be seen canterin' along tn country
roads, bat after a prolonged an close
attention 10 business he prefers cro-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-11-13

Quet. Occasionally. after a long
drawn out checker battle. Upton
Bud takes his wife { tn sooy foun-
tain. He says its quite a change an
gifts him out OF a nut. After lookin
fer work all day Pony Mopps likes
{ go home an snooze on tn settee
he says that sleep takes his mind of
tn economic conditions an builds
him up fer another days try. Often.
after playin' pool constantly fer sew
eral days. Pinky Kerr II work extry
at tn livery stable. He says It keeps
him in form an prevents him from
gittin' rusty. Jake Bentley is p
camera bug. He says its fer more
interestin' than workin'. When
Laurel Aapes hain't in Jail he likes
{ distill At present he's expert
mentin' with walnut hulls. TIL Teller
that's diggin' tn big ditch across tn
Whitehill farm bowls ever night as
he says it keeps his muscles from
gittin soft. After pitchin' horse
shoes all day in town Joe Beasley
loves I crank up his car an go home
an set an smoke his pipe on tn
back porch where he has a com
mandin' view o. his farm. He saws Il
gifts him back Z nature. Miss Taw-
ney Apple, ticket seller at tn Fairy
Grotto nickel Can war taxi theater,
says her one delight is { git homs
after tn business worries O. tn day
an scrape tn paint off an let her
ears out an jest lay around an be
her own ole natural self LATE Bud
says Their hain't nothin' that he kin
git as much pure genuine satisfac-
ton out Of as ridin' on a railroad
train after fOolin' with a second
hand car a couple O. weeks. Vernie
Moots says that after bein married a
few months he allus enjoys bein'
called out o. town on business. but
aside from that he's not interested
in anything.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-11-13
AMERICA POINTS THE WAY.

O,her nations cannot complain that this govern
men. lacks defInteness and directness in its pro-
posal TO left the burdens OF war.
On the opening day OF the disarmament confer
ence this government made clear its program; the
way 20 disarm IL 70 disarm.
The main proposal OF Sec'y Hughes Is that the
building OF all capital ships be abandoned at once
not after those planned dreamed about or in
process OF building are finished. but and for
ever.
He proposal means that there need never be
another battleshiE built and that the uncounted
millions that the world has paid for these imple-
rnents OF war viii not be increased.
The adoption OF this program would save hun
dreds OF millions OF dollars this year.
It would save Great Britain enough to pay the
interest on the debts she this country.
Il would save Japan enough to make a substan-
tial payment on any territory she thinks she needs
and which she may plan 30 capture with her ships.
II would save this country enough to pay a big
proportion of the compensation which should go
to the men who served during the war.
The other nations have indicated, through their
statesmen that they want peace and want disarma-
ment.
They are now confronted with offer from the
country that can afford to build ships to STOP
building az
The directness and defniteness of the Hughes
discussion and decision OF the power be made in
the open and before the world.
The peoples OF the other nations now know that
they have nothing to fear from this country and
they know that this country has fear of any
OF them
The people OF every nation represented will want
TO know which nation, if any, blocks the way to
the adoption Of this program
The people of every nation want to know and
should know why this plan fails, If it. does fail.
The people of the world want to know what
nation insists on going ahead with its building of
ships-and then It will for the sinister reason.
The adoption OF this proposal can be followed
by others until the percentage of expenditures is
shifted from the destructive to the constructive,
and the billions now spent for killing and means
of killing will be turned the purpose of making
the world more comfortable place.
What nation dares come out into the open and
refuse to accept this prefer Of America?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-11-13
THE APPEAL OF BEVERlDGE.

The Armistice Day address Of former Sen. Advert
J. Beverage at Goshen was an appeal for justice
TO the known soldiers of this land appeal that
places the mat'ar the high plane OF justice
That the present Congress has said that the
ton is too poor to pay this debt has not made a
deep impression the people when they discover
that the country stH has "a billion for wars
is collecting interest from nations to which
we loaned ten billions and which prefer to keep on
building batteshirs instead Of paying up.
There must be redemption of the promises made
to the who were feted when they marched
away and forgotten when they came hack.
1t is something of insult to call It bonus
for the money that should go to them is but a
small part of what they earned.
Let Beveridge put the matter clearly:
eff the government required property IL paid
for property paid it richIy-often
much more than ii worth; If manual labor,
skilled and unskiIed, needed that labor
was paid for the highest rates known in
the world; but when the government called
millions of young men to bear arms they could
neither refuse make bargans-they had to
do they were told and take what given
them Is this square deal? Is this equality?
Is this justice? Shall enemies foreign and
domestic, be given excuse to say that is
only the sOrdid patriotism of property.
IF the government ought to conscript SOL
diers to fight ought IL not also to conscrfpt lab
Orers TO work and capital TO pay? Why apply
the principle of CONSUMPTION TO those who must
do the hardest tasks and render the most dam
gerous service and not apply CONSUMPTION to
other clases? ALI equally interested in the
defense OF the country. All equally bene-
fitted by victory All would equally suffer from
defeat Why should not all equally receive the
same treatment upon the same princple?"
congressman especially those who re-
main in office, might study the words Of this for
mer senator TO their own profit and the country s
honor.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-11-13

a trade journal says Your honey Will be worth
more next year" Thanks we will stick to her
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-11-13

Hens cackle after laying eggs because they know
the price pay
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-11-13

Washington announces a costs less than mill
to print a two-cent stamp. The profiteers
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-11-13

do is to ASK THE WON
AN WHO USES ONE.
Start Paying a Little Each
Week, and Have l. De-
livered 10 Your Home at
Christmas Time.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-11-13
Our First
Birthday
We re CuLtiUoting
the Habit

Success is not happy accident, a
vague something which comes into be-
ing by chance. 1t is the golden fruit
of honest effort and is born when you
HABITUALLY do the right thing in
the right way
Today this store comes to the first
milestone along the Road TO Success.
We have retailed w. L. Douglas shoes
in this community for the past eight
years. Because Of our unlimited con-
hdence in this world-famed product.
we have inspired in you, too. feeling
that w. l.. Douglas shoes make
good
The opening of our Blackstone store
marked a development in the shoe
business of South Bend. likewise did it
signify and affirm our belief that we
have established a large number Of
satisfied customers, every one W. l.
Douglas booster.
We look back upon our past efforts
with a great deal of satisfaction and it
Is our earnest hope. that IN this year to
come, you Will afford US the opportun-
ity to Cultivate the Habit of Success in
our relations with you.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-11-13
A REAL BENEFACTOR.

Write the name of Jones--IA r. JONES' for denti-
fcation-upon the list of real benefactors OF the
world He has increased the production Of cabbage.
Jones a professor of plant life in the University
of Wisconsin He spends his days among vegetables
and at nights keeps on thinking seriting about
them.
The farmers Of Wisconsin. especially in the neigh
borhood of Racine, knew that raising cabbages
a profitable industry it for a disease
called the "yelows' which menaced their crops and
reduced TO nothing in some years And In those
years people paid high this food and the farmer
pinched little
Some Of the big growers who had large farms.
called in Jones. He poked around among the fields
and discovered that when this disease attacked
crop thc.e always a few heads that seemed i'm
mune its ravages He had idea that the seed
from these particular plants would also grow cab
bages that could laugh at the yellows.
That 10 years His theory worked 1t was
not based upon any superstition cf planting at
certain time of the before south wind.
1t was cold clear science applied TO the cabbage.
This year the University OF Wisconsin is ready to
send enough seed to plant hundreds of acres
and the growers can be assured that their old
enemy viii take away the crop.
Jones, by his work. is adding thousands Of tons
Of food to the total SUPPLY and thousands of dollars
TO the farmers pockets
OF course. Jones. scientist. might have obtained
much greater fame II he had turned that keen mind
OF his 10 other fields.
He might have concocted, perhaps. new gas that
would millions a single bottle. called
the Office Of military chiefs and been blazoned 10
che world the inventor of the destructive
agency yet discovered.
He might have put in his time training dog 10
do such amazing tricks as TO startle the amusement
world. and enabled his self down hun
dreds OF dollars a week and see his avn name In
electric lights before every theater.
He might have used those 10 years TO invent
new face powder that would start commotion in
all bargain counters-and retired on his millions 10
laugh a the world.
AS it was ne plodded along. raising cabSages Sc
lecting seeds that would grow and tight disease and
drawing the college professors salary which
usually is almost enough TO pay for food and lodg
Some day the world viii reward its Joneses better
Il viii give them least the same homage that is
paid the inventor Of weapons or the trainers OF
trick dogs.
Washington announces a costs less than one mill
TO print two-cent stamp The profiteers