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Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-02
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Ten prospective husbands toward mar
ried life incline.
One saw a bill for dresses and now
there are but nine.
Nine prospective husbands sit waiting
for their fate.
One saw his sweetheart making UP and
now there are but eight.
Eight prospective husbands are feeling
close to heaven.
One caught his lady smoking and now
there are but seven.
Seven prospective husbands with girls
at dinner mix.
One watched them as they ate and
drank and now there are but six.
Six prospective husbands for mRtri-
mony strive,
One objects to knee-length skirts. now
there are but five.
Five prospective husbands thought SIM
gleness a bore,
One lost his love while playing bridge.
leaving only four.
Four prospective husbands waiting
Fates decree,
One let his dear one run his car, which
left only three.
Three prospective husbands came ev-
cry day to WOO.
One tasted his girls biscuits, and this
-alas-left two.
Two prospective husbands keep up tho
search begun,
One called ten times. the girl was
gone and this left only one
One prospective husband-and then
the tale is done
He we'd, but now regrets 1t, which
leaves Of prospects none.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-02

Not satisfied with being besieged by
crowds all day they come in and 60 at
it again in the evening. They come TO
the thcatcr and to dance. They oven
come TO walk on the streets and "see
the crowd"
Did you ever notice how crowd at
tracts a crowd2 Some people aren't
happy unless they are at the identical
place all the other people in the world
have chosen.
"Ninei"
Society steps out 10 itE parties. It
isn't good form TO so before nine. The
streets arc given over to the strollers
who haven't anything TO do and arc
perfectly happy dntng it.
"Ten!"
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The women get off the streets. They
have to II they want to preserve life.
This Ia the hour of the ball games. and
man is supreme. fIe crowds the cars.
he tears mp tho streetB with his non
slSids, then mops his brow and in
crcascs his Rpeed. Anything in his way
goes down TO tho dust.
"Fouri"
The nappcr rendezvous hour. Tho
tea hounds meet and depart to dance.
They crowd the icc cream emporium
and tho tea rooms. They thronE the
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-02

erything their own way. There's no
stopping them. Traffic laws are mere
slips of paper If the women think they
will be late for Wallace Reid's artistic
effort.
This crowd takes the place of tho
lunch hour thronE which has gone
back to work, so there is no lct-up of
the maddoning mob.
"Threet"
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-02

with men, most or them old. Iney are
the watchmen of the buildings that
border the big streets from the Allan
ic coast to the Pacific. Many of them
are the night workers, who have
stopped to get cup of coffee and a
piece of pie on the way homo from the
factory or the office.
Graveyards Have Stopped Yawning.
Two o'clock IL an uninteresting hour,
80 you turn to the railroad station.
where there are always people to be
found. Tho people are there but most
OF them are doing on the hard wood
en- benches. They are the travellers
who have come from distance and
are waiting to make connections with
other trains which will take them to
their destinations. They are tired and
travel-worn and dusty. You are glad
to leave them when the clock strikes
"Three!"
Out on the streets again you find
the scavenger. He looks for half
smoked cigarettes. cigar butts. small
trinkets that have been dropped. any
coins that may be lying around. and
in fact anything that will buy him a
meal or give him smoke. He doesn't
stink in the shadows as some novelists
would have us believe. On the con-
trary he pursues his work as openly
as those OF us who have mahogany
desks and green plush carpets In our
Offices. It's his job and he likes 1t.
There are others on the street at
o'clock. Except for a stray group of
men and women homeward bound
from fashionable dance. these wan
derers are all men II you are man
too you can talk to them and in one
short hour you can gather stories good
enough to beat o. Henry at his own
game. II you are a woman. approach
the nearest plain clothes man and ask
him TO talk to the wanderers for you.
He, being good and accommo-
dating. will surprise you by agreeing
to the plan at once These are some
or the stories ne may near.
Peace Under High Heaven.
Had flght with the wife SO came
out. Whom H can sleep when a
woman's bent on blackin' your eye?"
Then follows round Of cussing that
shocks the plain clothes man himself.
The next subject is thin, pale man,
with sunken eyes and frown. He is
seated on some steps with his head
resting against the doorway. He is
on the steps because he hasn't any
place else to go. On returning from
work he found his home quarantined
for scarlet fever. His little girl had
been brought home from school with
the disease. He hadn't been able to go
in the house and he didn't want to
waste money getting a room in a
boarding house." SO he intends to
spend the night in the darkened door
way.
The next man ia on his way home
from work at certain mill and la
NAtlnE ioi '"i ~ u t"hS''t f''"''
The next ia the makeup man of a
newspaper.
After a half-dozen have been talked
to the clock strikes "Four!"
Here Comes the Food.
II In the hour of delivery wagons,
The milkman comes first with his wire
basket filled with clinking bottles. lie
yells to his horse and then departs
down dark alleyway whistling and
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-02

country. Isn't 1t nearly time
somebody wrote about the Broadways.
OF our big cities.
The latter, however. is Just as hard
Job as the exploiters of small town
stun picked for themselves for the rea-
son that there is twice as much time
TO write about. The country Main
street knows only half the hours on
the clock. The big town Main street
knows them all and wishes for more.
At night on Main street no step is
heard on tho brick walks. Not so on
Broadway. There is never a minute OF
either day or nigiv when the asphalt
OF the big city is cleared of people.
Fifth avenue is like the one-eyed
giant in the fairy tale, who never
sleeps
Do you ever wonder where they go.
these people you see. no matter what
hour you choose to travel the streets7
Suppose somebody asked you to ind
out? There would be nothing to do
but go round with the clock.
Right here let note be set down
TO the effect that there is a great differ-
ence between staying up all night In
the interest OF the toddle or to care
fully note the effect OF a straight nush
on four other people. and staying up
all night to observe what happens ev-
cry time the clock strikes another
hour.
But after all this warning. II your
curiosity is aroused to the point OF
making you take a jaunt through the
city at impossible hours. then put on
some dark clothes. shift your gears IN
to high to give the impression that YOU
are hurrying to meet sick friend. and
come along.
"father, Dear Father, Come Home.'
The clock on the nearest skyscraper
strikes "one!-
It is an hour after midnight and un
doubtedly the best time to start an all
night walking tour. The idea is to be-
gin the jaunt at time when you have
lots OF company on the streets and
when 1t is not the least unusual TO be
at large. Then II is possible to as
sumo a courageous air and gradually
dawn hours.
At one O'Clock the cars are crowd
ed with the homeward-bound throng
who believe it duty TO usher in each
new day at theater. a movie. a cafe
or dance palace. Without these peo-
pie there would be no need for tin
pan alley to produce Jazz by the yard.
without them Mary Pickford would be
saved the trouble of making out an in
come tax return. Without them the
cafes might be turned over TO the
churches for revival meetings OF com
munity sings.
They are the people who break the
speed laws because "the air feels so
good after that stuffy place" They
are the people who lend bit of color
to the drab streets because most of
them arc booted and spurred in gala
garb.
Mingled in with the pleasure crowd
are the business people who work at
night. Many factory workers. rail-
road employees, post Office clerks and
others leave for their homes an hour
after midnight.
Gradually the crowd dwindles and
the clock strikes "Two!"
The last of the tired revellers leave
the restaurant and cafes. If they are
lucky they climb in their automobiles
and head home. Those who aren't
lucky wait 30 minutes for street car
and then the one that comes isn't
theirs.
The alt-night restaurants arc lined
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away from the dignity OF the position.
The big throng of shoppers arrive on
the scene at 10 O'Clock. The stores are
crowded and the sales boom.
Statesmen and solicitors of all sorts
start to work after spending an hour
in the office with the mail and the
stenographers. Between 10 and II
o'clock is the best time for sales OF all
kinds. Nobody is tired and cranky and
everybody thinks he has n million be-
cause he expects great things of the
days business.
"Eieven!"
The society shopping hour. The
most expensive articles are sold after
IL o'clock. We have it on good author
ity. 1t is quite the thing to shop for
an hour and half, have lunch at
1880 and then start for a matinee at
two. Thus II o'clock sees more limou-
sines than any other hour except at
night.
"Twelve!"
Early lunch hour. The 3 O'Clock
workers crowd the street on the way TO
lunch. They are legion and there are
never enough restaurants 10 take them
all.
Time to Dodge Autos.
Traffic is more congested between
IL and 1. Delivery wagons. hauling
trucks. automobiles and everything
else that belongs in the street manages
to get there during the lunch hour.
"Onel"
The late lunch hour In the cheap
restaurants everything is gone but
ham and cabbage. Its case of ca, it
or starve. Some people choose to do
the latter. This is the hour when the
office workers take the last few min
utes of the lunch hour TO do their
shopping. The result ia an epidemic of
nervous break down among salespeo-
pic.
The movie thenter and afternoon
shopping crowd arrive to gladden. tho
streets of our cities. Here's where the
ladies'. by force of numbers, have cv-
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knocking the bottles together. The
breadman follows him closely, only his
is more quiet pursuit Still there are
the strange men on the downtown
streets.
"Fiye!"
More wagons appear. These are the
greengrocers' on their way to the mar
kets for produce. Their empty wagons
bounce over the car tracks and the
cobblestones. From another direction
the farmers wagons and the heavy
produce trucks make their way to the
markets.
Shopkeepers in the market districts
open their little shops In the hopes of
catching trade as the farmers arrive
After the market crowd has settled
down the shops are closed again until
later in the day.
The numbers of riders on street cars
increase. These are the workmen
coming down for the six o'clock shifts.
They stop for a cup of coffee on the
way. Thus the quick lunch places are
patronized.
"Sia!"
The street cars go on full schedule
to accommodate the increasing
crowds. The majority OF passengers
are factory girls hurrying to work by
o'clock.
Railroad stations are filled with pco-
pie. Probably most of them are the
ones who have miscalculated on the
daylight saving time and haven't the
remotest notion when the train goes.
Others are there to meet friends or
relatives who have written from other
cities what time they will be in. neg
lectiug to state whether they mean day
light time. Eastern standard time. CEN
trail standard time or Western stand
ard time.
"Seven!"
The "Old Man. Shows Up.
The salesgirls and statesmen of the
stores venture forth to look timidly
for car in the hope that it arrives in
time to get them to their place OF bust
ness early enought TO arrange the mer-
chandise before the store opens.
All of those who sleep until $50 do
not realize how many people there are
on the Fifth avenues of the country
who get to work at o'clock. The
hour from Z to s is crowded one.
Eight"
Many OF the stores open. The
o'clock office workers pour into the
buildings. School teachers and chill
dren form great part of the crowds.
There is standing room only in street
cars. More commuters reach the cities
between S and o'clock than at any
other part of the day.
"Nine!"
tenths of the people in street cars and
on the streets at O'Clock arc office
workers. They are tho ones who fl1
the palatiai structures of the Fifth
avenues. They are the ones who guar
antee a fixed income TO the traction
companies. They are on the streets
rain or shine. Winter of summer.
Them"
Tho presidents hour, IF you are
president of any company under the
sun of Fifth avenue you arrive at
work at 10 O'Clock 1t isn't the thing
10 get there any earlier. Sort of takes
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-02
Jazz!

Tho most dismal hour of the even
ing. II you have anything to do you
arc doing it and have nothing TO look
forward to. II you haven't anything
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-02

Silas Corntassel was sitting OH
pow in his field thinking Of his income
tax, and the money he had to pay the
government for the same As he
ehewed on i piece Of straw he saw
friend and neishbor rushing through the
field toward him. When the man
reached him he exclaimed bre1tlliess-
~; You're wanted at home right away.
ST. Mrs Corntasscl has just presented
YOU with another rebate of yer in
come tax
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-02
Eoon Hour-A dinner Pail Lunch or
Table D'Hote According to
Your Salary.
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"There's always something
doing In the CITY," says one OF
O. Henry's rural characters.
But, though the speaker was re-
ferriug to pleasure. the remark
applies with equal force to Ia
Dor. The scheme to save day
light by changing the clock has
not, mp to date, served to les
sen the work.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-02

r UGH, oh much. has been said
r" about the Main streets of the
country. Isn't 1t nearly time
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-11-25
UNCLE JOHNS POEM
WHAT'S THE USE

1t amt no use to warn 'em when
they amt got time to read. If you
tell 'em to be keerful. they hardly
stop to heed, till at last some awful
accident is laid up at their door,
an of curse they're awful sorry
that they didn't think before .
We watch our youngsters speedin'
yes, the little gals an boys, as
they fool with roarin' engines like
they used to do with toys-drivin'
monsters of destruction with chill
dish heart an nd,-simply dick
erin with a demon that their Pas
don't understand . . If you warn
'em to be keerful in the gentlest
sort of tone, they'll impress you
with the idea that they must be let
alone
We're gettin' too servigrous in
this devil-haunted day, when human
life's Regarded as too cheap to
throw away; we rate ourselves &C
cordin' to the gasoline we burn, till
experience serves lesson that a
certain class may learn.
wouldn't ask favor, or anything
like that,-but clip this little fool
ishness and paste it in yer hat.
Your Owne UNCLE JOHN
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Slim Penny was a Pocatello WISH
tor during this week.
Mrs. IRA Blair is here visiting
relatives this week.
Mr.. Sam Decetis and son, Joe, IF
Pingree, were here Mon lay on bus
mess.
Messrs Liberty and Glib Hunt ar
rived here during the week from
American Falls.
Messrs A. j. and Fred Satterf;eld
were Pocatello visitors during the
week on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Smith of the
Yuma district are the proud parents
of fine baby boy corn recently.
Mrs. Edwin L. Nilsson left here
Saturday for Pingree where she will
remain Indefinitely visiting rela-
tives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Cough mo Tor
ed to Aberdeen Friday evening.
Sarah Cough returned home with
them, spending Saturday and Sun
day with her parents.
The social given at the school
house Saturday evening was at
tended by good crowd and every
one enjoyed the Good English pro-
gram rendered by the children.
The Misses Fay and Edna Cole
John and Ray Cole and Ed Summer
corn motOred to Blackfoot Monday
on business. Ray Cole expects to re-
main in Blackfoot for the winter.
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Weary Willie slouched into the
pawnshop. "How much will you
give me for this overcoat?" he ask
ed, producing faded but neatly
mended garment. Isaac looked at
it critically. -Four dollars" he said.
why" cried Willie, that coats
worth ten dollars if its worth a PEN
n.y." 81 wouldn't give you ten dol
lars for two like that" shifted Isaac.
Are ou sure that's all it's worth?"
asked Weary Willie. -Four dollars"
repeated Isaac. well. here's your
four dollars" said Weary Willie.
This overcoat was hanging outside
your shop, and l was wonderin'
how much it was really worth
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-11-25

The automobile dealers of Black
foot held a meeting Monday morn
ing at which they placed the charge
for storing cars this winter at $3.50
per month. The garage men feel
that the price of coal and rent being
the same as last winter, and with
nothing in sight that would indi-
cate drop of any kind, they are
forced to charge the increased rate
over the summer months.
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morning for Long Beach, Cal, to join
her husband.
Tom Killion is visiting at tho
home of Mr.. and Mrs. L. F. killiol,
Mrs. Gastin Garlic, who has been
quite ill, is able to be about again.
Mrs. Kelley visited With Mrs
Henry Farnworth Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. wan Farnworth
have moved back fom Pingree.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-11-25

II have taken eight bottles of
Tanlac and have actually gained 40
pounds in weight and feel better
and stronger than I have felt be-
fore in twenty-five years." says O..
NJ Mahaffey,' of Nashville, Tenn
Palace Drug Store.-Adv.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-11-25

The Kings Daughters met at the
home Of Miss Irene Good last We'd
nesda evening. This is the first
meeting they have held for some
time, but the News is pleased to
announce they have been revived
and are ready to help financially
and otherwise the needy, and will
be pleased to have you call on them
should you hear Of anyone who need
their assistance.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-11-25

Mrs. Katherine RoubidOux visit.
ed with Mrs. Gastin Garlic We'd
nesday evening.
Mrs. Sam Kirk spent Wednesday
evening with Mrs. Will Brown.
Mrs. Henry Farnworth and Mrs.
Kelley spent Thursday in McDon-
aldville at the Lindsay home.
w. A. Brown called at the Brig
ham Farnworth home on Wednes-
day.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-11-25

Johnny will like the Rudy Furnace
because there will be fewer ashes to
carry out. Nugent Metal Works in
stall them correctly. tt
Generous casing diameters give
greater freedom Of circulation and
greater heating capacity to Rudy
Furnaces. Call Nugent Metal Works,
phone No. 1874. tt
Buy the furnace that Is built like
albattleship and distribute the cost
over lifetime of service. Rudy
Furnaces are installed by Nugent
Metal Works, exclusive agent. tt
The ten year old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Nelson died at his home
at Lavaside Tuesday. His death
was caused by complications OF
diphtheria.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-11-25

Stop your eye defects by having
them attended by specialist. 1t is
big step toward good health. See
DR.. H. H. Scarborough at the Eccles
Hotel, Tuesday, Nov. 20. Let him
stop your headaches.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-11-25

Tanlac will overcome that run
make you feel juss like your old
self again.-Palace Drug Store
Adv.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-11-25

Mrs. j. F. Monson, wife Of ]. F.
Monson Of Aberdeen, died Wednes-
day morning. Mrs. Monson had been
in poor health for two or three
years.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-11-25

Ebert Ziegler left Friday for
Heise Hot Springs to return home
with his brother who has been there
for treatment.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-11-25

Miss Vivian Meyer entertained
several friends at her home on North
Shillings avenue Saturday after
noon. The party was to celebrate
her seventh birthday.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-11-25

Mrs. D. II. Biethan entertained a
number of friends at card party
Tuesday evening.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-11-25

The case of Milo Andrews of Firth
was before the court Wednesday,
the charge being possession Of in
toxicating liquor.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-11-25

Mr.. Coleman of the Rowles- Mack
Co., motored to Salt Lake for the
Thanksgiving holidays.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-11-25

A large crowd from here attended
the dance and oyster supper at the
RivertOn school house Friday night.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-11-25

home Of his sister, Mrs. E. e
Spalding for few days.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-11-25

Miss Virginia Pierce is expected
home from Ogden for the Thanks
giving holidays.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-11-25

The Blackfoot high school foot
ball team plays PocatellO Thanks
giving. This is the last and the best
game of the year and many people
from here are planning to attend.
The game will be called at 1880.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-11-25

Mrs. E. Smith and son, Edward Of
Pocatello spent Saturday and Sum
day in BlackfoOt, the guest of her
sister, Mrs. George Miltenberger.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-11-25

Select your holiday goods early,
while our assortment is large
Racket Store.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-11-25

Money saving Sale Of Suits and
Overcoats to continue for the next
two weeks.-TOggery.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-11-25

Mrs. w. G. Johnson left Wednes.
day for Boise to visit her daughter
Mrs, Franklin Martin.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-11-25

daily by express. All go on sale To-
the next two weeks.-Toggery. 10:
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-11-25

Mrs. Chas. Sundquis of Firth was
Blackfoot visitor Tuesday.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-11-25

Mr.. DuBarry of Idaho Falls, spent
Friday here.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-11-25

The infant child Of Mr.. and Mrs.
F. G. Quantrell died at Aberdeen
Wednesday morning. Mr.. Guam
trell Is a son of A. d. Quantrell Of
BlackfOOt.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-11-25

Carl Duffin was in town from
Sterling Friday.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-11-25

Mrs. John Burggraf and children
of Salmon, are visiting relatives in
BlackfOOt.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-11-25

Charles Wilson left for Salt Lake
Saturday night.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-11-25

A number of BlackfOot people
went to Firth Friday night to the
masquerade dance.
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The roll call of jurors Monday
morning showed a larger per cent
present than is usual for the first
morning.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-11-25

Don't forget the holiday opening
at he Racket Store next Saturday.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-11-25

Bring the children in to see the
tOys.-ROcket Store.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-11-25

Albert Jones of the Rowles- Mack
Co., of Rexburg, was in Blackfoot
Sunday.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-11-25

c. H. Kerr of Pocatello, was in
town for a few days.