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Top SHAIIAN FLAYS ZONE FARE AS INJUSTICE TO SUBURB
hEARl 20
LAUGHABLE SIGNS.

1HS8SAHODO SS0S
Topics Of the Day" Films,
which often quote witty things
from II and 8, has collected funny
signs from newspaper parsgraphers
all over the country. Here an
some Of them:
Sign In Dayton. Ohio;
Ladies: Save your hack and rugs
let Ne clean them for you"
Sign on farm fence: :.
"Fine mich COW, with her own cafe"
Sign in butcher shop:
"The Best You Can do II to BUY
Our Wurst."
Sign on farm gate:
"eix hens for sals. some laying y
each"
Sign in Pittsburgh department store:
Unrestricted showing Of beautiful
things In ladies' dresses.
Sign on farm fence post:
Eggs for settin' on and 70 be et."
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Many Foreign Born.

Under the 1920 census there were
2ss .fa1 foreign born whites in Detroi.
the Censue Bureau announced today.
OF this number, 56.624 are Poles, S..
ais are Canadians (other than French,
30238 are Germans. 27.27s Russians
and 1879 English.
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SAVING A FEE.
Are you Doctor Smith,"
mo, but know where we can
set some"
I, HARDWARE JAKE.
stiliman Getting Grossy.

Having been perfectly willing
that all the narrowing details OF
his own wife's alleged misdesds
should 80 to . gaping public.
Banker STILLMAN now seeks TO
avoid the sensational details OF
his own affair with Mics Leeds"
and other women.
His attorneys admit most Of the
allegations as to Mics Leeds and
seek to call II Oft with that. This
business OF publicly smsarinS
somebody else and then seeking
to get from under yourself IL one
of the worlds oldest. but doesn't
always work. JUSTICE.
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HIS EDYrORYAL cHAIR.

Don't get the MsA, when you see
. picture OF that chair presented to
President HARDING by Newspaper
men. that 1t In typical of an sdi-
tors chair. 1t In just an emblem OF
the sincere wishes OF newspaper men
for the occupant of the White House.
No editor ever owned such a fine
chair. Most of 'em wound be 90 un.
easy sitting in . chair like that they
couldn't turn out q readable line.
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Government astronomers ct
the Mare Island. Cal. Navy
Yard say that the worldwide heat
wave 10 due to showers Of me.
teors falling on the sun. In.
creasing the radiation of Old
Sol. Whatever the cause. every.
: body knows the old fellow 10 ter.
rtbly "het up" Y. N. T.
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WHERE rs NATURE Widest.

We'll, old hoy. let's go to the
Canadian woods, and see nature at
her widest"
Nothing doing. prefer the
beach. The girls and the waves are
Wild enough for me-" BUD.
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PUGlLlSM AND POLICEMEN.

A resident Of Capitol Heights, Nd.
writes Ne expressing the View that II
is not at all necessary for Mr.. HEN.
RY DARNEILLE to 20 into training
for any prize fight arranged for him.
Our experience with Mr., Darneilie
has demonstrated that he 10 In excep.
tionaliy fine physical condition" the
letter goes on. Our community ID
divided ~ to whether they will bet on
Mr.. Darnsille or pull for the other
fellow to beat him up. But II he does
90 into training. we hope he will get
his practice elsewhere in the future
On the record he has 20 far made
We think IL will Be advisable for Mr..
Darnsills to carry several dentists
around with him to replace tho teeth
he II likely to knock out Of boxing
partners and others who happen To
mix II up with him too freely.
With seven members OF the Wash.
lngton police department under ar.
nsiils's valuable services may he
missed BY the community In case
OF . riot or mob uprising. A mob or
dtnarily requires an entire platoon OF
police. but one man like Mr.. Darneille
would b ample for the Job.
Until the war reduced the Wash.
ington force to & dangerous mini
mum. II was seldom that y serious
cbarge was ever made against Q
police officer. The "old" men of the
force were selected for moral and
physical courage. for unblemished
personal character, and for manly
pciss. In the rush 70 I'LL the vacan.
ciss On the force. the greatest At.
tsnticn has been paid to an appli.
cants's book learning. 10 his hsishth
and weight. Education'sI . great
thing. but when II 10 held paramount
to other considerations, something
n likely TO happen.
The test Of . police applicant
should b his manhood. his temper.
amsntal poise, his sense Of justice
and right, With sufficient book learn
Ing 20 enable him to write int6lli.
gsntly. Civil Service examinations
oftsn show what's In . mans or
womsn's hssd but not IN their hearts;
their mentality. but not always their
msrslity.
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Cheer up! There ere no hard
times coming. II b Just the
"soft times going.
w. l.. HUFFMAN.

Though ] am way down South,
Certainly DO enjoy old H and ..
BERE.
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THE THRILLS THAT COME
ETC.

Amt It grand. after you've grown
up. and been made second leader OF
the Marine Band. 10 come back I'd
your "old home" and direc. the land
In Logan Park. Anacostia7 Congratu.
lations. Mr.. TAYLOR BRANSON
PEANUTS,
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NOW AND THE

President HARDING says frank
" that the Einstein theory, Is
beyond him. But II Teddy R. were
still alive, he'd pin an Ananias
medal on Einstein. All, those were
the red-blooded days! Men passed
lies like cigars!
FRED VETTER.
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BAND CONCERT

Today, BY United statss soidiers'
Home hand. John 8. NJ. thinner
mann. director, at the bandstsnd At
March. The Hiksrs". 49,. .weidt
Hungarian overture. 1.-THE Two
p.serip,iy. "a nts,,.. "a HUNT IN
the Black Forest 80. Voelker
Scenes from the opera Robert
For trot ohsrsoter'stic, Hum
waits suite, "H.srts Courageous"
..t. Blanks
Finale, Darling, :, .sehsnberg
sfhe stsr-spanGisd Hammer"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-07-16
CHAPTER TX
Blood. Stained Affairs

The entrance thru which be
caught HIS first glimpse of the In.
terror WIS rather beautifully carved
In gcometric designs, and within the
walls we're similarly treated. tho as
he proceeded from one apartment TO
another he found also the figures OF
animals. birds and men taking their
places among the more formal fig
urcs of the mural decorators art.
Stone vessels were much In evil
dence as well as ornaments OF gold
and the skins OF many animals. but
nowhere did he see an indication OF
any woven fabric. indicating that IN
that respect ut least the Ho-don
were still low In the scale OF evolu.
ton. and yet the proportions and
symmetry OF the corridors and
apartments bespoke degree OF civ
ilization.
The way led thru several apart
ments and long corridors, up ut
least three flights Of stone stairs
and finally out upon a ledge upon
the western side of the building
overlooking the blue lake. Along
this ledge. or arcade. his guide led
him for a hundred yards. to stop at
last before a wide entrance-way
leading into another apartment Of
the palace.
Here Tarzan behcld a considerable
concourse Of warriors In an enor-
nous apartment. the domed ceiling
OF which was fully so feet above the
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62. l OBTAIN A REPRIEvE

That's very unfortunate" The
other seemed to reflect upon the sit
uation. then added: "Of course, you
know. Mr.. Howard. that we can get
at least $40 more Month for your
apartment than you are paying.
am Just mentioning that"
But you raised the rent rs per
cent in October" l protested. THAT
was as much as the law permitted"
THAT isn't quite to the point" he
returned. 1.-THE fact Is that you are
getting an extremely desirable apart
ment at n very low rentai-such an
apartment as we have hundreds OF
applications for each day.
I'VE are under a very definite
obligation TO our PRINCIPALS in this
matter: we are compelled to get
fair return from the property for
them.
"Under the circumstances there is
little that I can do. However. you
have been a tenant for two years,
and I think can promise that we
win wait until the 18th of the
month before we take any steps"
That was all there was to the In.
terview. 1t hadn't accomplished
much. Now was faced by the
dreary necessity OF pcrsuading the
druggist and the other storekecpers
to accept part payments on their
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THE CRAZY QUILT

Tarzan stepped quickly back as
tho from profaning hand, a
feixned expression OF horror and
disgust upon his face.
STOP he cried. who would dare
touch the sacred person OF the mes
senger Of Jad-benOtho7 Only as
special mark OF favor from Jad-bcn-
Ohio may even Kotan himself re-
ceiye this honor from me. Hasten.
Already now I have waited too longl
what manner OF reception the Ho
don of A-iur would extend TO the
son Of my father?
At first Tarzan had been inclined
TO adopt the role OF Jnd-ben.Otho
himself, but II occurred to him that
II might prove embarrassing and
considerable OF a bore TO be com
PEELED constantly to portray the
character Of god. but with the
growing success OF his scheme u
had suddenly occurred TO him that
the authority OF the son Of Jsd-bcn-
Otho would be far greater than that
OF an ordinary messenger Of a god.
while at the same time giving him
some leeway In the matter Of his
acts and demeanor. the ape-man
reasoning that young god would
not be held 80 strictly accountable
In the matter OF his dignity and
bearing as an older and greater god.
This time the effect OF his words
was Immediately and painfully no.
tlceabie upon all those near him.
With one accord they shrank back.
the spokesman almost collapsing In
evident terror. His apologies, when
finally the paralysis Of his fear
would permit him TO voice them.
we're abject TO a degree.
Have mercy. o Dor-uiOthor he
cried, ION poor old Dak-lot. Precede
me and will show you TO where
Ko-tan. the king. awaits you, trcm-
bling. Aside, snakes and vcrmin."
he cried. pushing his warriors to
right and left for the purpose Of
forming an avenue for Tarzan.
Gomez cried the ape-man per.
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For the first time In my life I
found myself in a position where !
could not pay bills as they became
due. Boobies illness had been very
expensive. II had more than eaten
up our small savings.
The druggists latest bin was be-
fore us today. II paid It ! would
not be able to pay the rent. II !
paid tina rent I would have to put
off the druggist--and probably the
butcher and the grocer as well.
Rather than make trouble for Dot
In our neighborhood I decided TO try
what visit to the real estate firm
could accomplish.
/ snatched n bite OF lunch at noon
and hurried TO the firms offices.
was received by n person whose name
sounded like TOUGHER or something
OF the sort. His manner was cordial
but when ! mentioned the purpose
OF the visit his face clouded.
MY rent won't Ire due for three
more days." ! explained. hut want
to inform you In advance that 1t
viii be n little late this month.
II have been a pretty good tenant
for over two years. as your records
will show, but during the past month
my child has been sick and ! have
been under unusually heavy ak.
penscs."
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by Warriors 10 the very p'nhacie'
upon when eat large imposing
ngure OF man whose soiusn 'rnp.
pings sh2"s orisn'iy w ,ne hsns Vi
the AFTERNOON sun smart OF "h'oh
poured thIu one OF ene uny aper'
lures VI VIC oone.
ho'oins er.o i'hh'io. huu' essihb
tne resp'snoeh' i'eu'e a. .no pm,
nalc'e VI .no pyrs,','a 1917, anu '
~a'.'o's ~ u 49,. "o' Wy
nono, ~ 'ae - nas ~, ,','.
yoa ~ s s ~.
80. , ' sppne
a., - n WV"
~ ~.
a~s,s .,,,s,u -. 80. a;,
y. 80 ~ ISL 49,. - 49,, s 80
~ rsa 49,. vs." " @ ~.
80 49, .,ra,,s $500, ~ ,sn 80,
p "a
800, .sa e,.sn,,a, -. ~
asarasa,,,n. ~ 80, 80 ,s. 60.
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long ears and the wcentiest nothing
OF a tail.
"Um-m-mr' shifted Chris. THAT
wa y little Cutie cottontaii! Where
did he goy Chris looked up Just
In time 70 see Cutie's little nubbin
OF tail disappear under the root Of
an old. old oak tree. and he nodded
knowingly. "I1i stand here . and
not move and catch him unawares.
But Cutie didn't come.
Chris had an idea. "I1l mark the
place and go home" said he. "and
tonight III come back. Rabbits al.
ways run around at night. particu.
iarly IL they are going to get pro.
visions out of Farmer Smiths sass.
patch garden. I've nm idea that
cutic's ma sends him because he's
so little he can crawl thru that new
wire fence Farmer Smith has put
up"
Chris went home and took nap.
and by and by when he opened his
eyes. the moon was up.
He started for Cutie's house at the
same minute that BIddy Bantam
flew into the plum tree 10 roost.
ITO BE Continued
Copyright. 1891, by Seattle Star)
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&ar Seattle
:fStegEEy ri A9i,{,k!1 !.
Page alt
NOAH or THE INDIANS
(Chapter q

The rain vas over" mother
dear went on with the tradi.
ton. -and the sun shone as be.
fore. The flood receded rapidly.
but stiil the animals and'the saw.
age beasts and snakes and birds
were afraid to come down out Of
the great tree.
1T had been strange and
awful time and they dared not
trust themselves again TO the
earth.
''Many days passed and still no
one would 20 down and try the
land and see II one could safely
stand upon II. and II Il looked as
II had before the flood.
80 Olln-qua again spoke 20 his
wife. Come he said to her. Let
us take with US our children and
our faithtul dogS, ana return 10
the earth. for now we can see
that the Great Spirit has with
drawn his wrath from the earth.
Let us go down and see II 1t In
washed clean
Now. the little garter snakes
were 80 near that they heard
what O-ia-qua said. and they
slipped past him and quickly
scuttled past the Indians and hid
themselves In the rocks and
among the caves and underbrush.
"Now. the wife OF O-la-aua was
very wise as well as very good.
and when she saw the little garter
snakes gliding away she said to
her husband: 4 am grieved. o.
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Confessions of a Husband

bills so that could keep enough
money on hand to be able To meet
the rent by the 18Th.
But what would happen next
month"; My "valuables" consisted OF
watch worth about $40 and . few
scarfpins worth nothing at all.
or course. Dot still had the ring
that ] had given her when we be-
came engaged. but ! wasn't ready 20
admit that things were so bad I
would have to pawn that.
There wns also the possibility Of
swallowing my pride and applying to
my father-in-law for loan, but I
was ready TO so thru great DIAL
before came to that.
Go BE Continued
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BY ALTMAN
BY BLOSSER

1 my husband. that though the
Great Spirit has tried to wipe out
all the harmful things with this
food Of waters. we have sheltered
In the magic tree savage beasts
and venomous snakes. ! have .
plan. May ] spcaky
And he said. Speak.
And the wise wife said Ny
plan is this. o. my husband: Take
your stone NJ and cut down The
magic tree quickly. before these
wicked ones shall have time 70
come down
'O-la-qua saw that the advice
OF his wife was good. and taking
his az begnn to cut away the
roots Of the tree. High up on
their topmost branch sat the tvo
vultures. watching. And just b.
low them. cooled In crotches or ly-
ing fiat along the great limbs.
were the rattiesnake, and the
savage beasts were just below.
all watching. all afraid 70 come
down.
Now. two of the rattiesnakes
were very old and very wise. and
they said. III we 80 down O-la-Qua
will surely kill US with hts AZ. be-
cause he fears us. and II we do
not so down we shall be crushed
in the falling OF the tree
Then they whispered to each
other. and gliding swiftly along
the branches. they reached the
vultures and twined themselves
each around a leg Of the great
birds.
And when the great tree went
crashing down the mountain all
the other reptiles and savage
beasts were killed and crushed.
Go be Continued
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Woutiuucd From Yesterday
Refreshed by food and rest. the
purney toward A-lur. made In the
cci Of the morning along the bank
the Joyous river. Tarzan found
elightfui IN the extreme. Differen.
isting him from his fellows OF the
Avase jungle were many character.
sites other than those physical and
mental Not the least OF these we're
p . measure spiritual. and one that
kad doubtless been as strong as an.
thcr in influencing Tarzan's love
4 the jungle had been his apprccia.
ton OF the beauties OF nature. The
PES cared more for grub worm In
rotten log than for all the Majestic
randeur OF the forest giants wav.
Ina above them. The only beauties
hat Numa acknowledged were those
- own person as he paraded
Hem before the admirins eyes OF
- mate, but In all the manifesto
fons OF the creative power Of nature
which Tsrxan was cognlsant he
prectated the beauties.
As Trzan neared the city his Tn
)rcst became conferred upon the
Fchitecsure OF the outlying build.
- which were hewn from the
Daikiike limestone OF what had once
P>n group Of low hills. similar to
- many grass-covered hiilocks
ent dotted the valley In every al.
ectton. Ta-den's explanation Of
p don methods OF house eonstruc.
ION accounted for the oftimes re.
arkable shapes and proportions OF
- buildings which. during the ages
nat must have been required for
|ehctr construction. had been hewn
from the limestone hills. the exter.
tors chiscled to such architectural
Sorms ~ appealed to the eyes OF the
builders. while az the same time fol.
Sowing roughly the original out.
|unes Of the hills in an evident de.
sire to economics both labor and
opace- The excavation OF the
apartments within had been similar.
n governed By necessity.
&s he came nearer Taran saw
the waste material from those
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While Sprinkle. Blow and the
Twins were talking TO Biddy Bantam
about her nest In the hay stack.
somebody else was planning for
night. That was Chris Crow.
Chris was mighty hungry and all
the green things growing around
everywhere didn't interest him at all.
lie was watching for Muncbie Mouse
or Title Toad. or Lazy Lizard or
somebody that would make a meal
worth while. He had to keep alive
some way until corn planting time.
and the oats Farmer Smith had just
put in didn't appeal 10 him n scrap.
Oats. Chris never ate. altho oat.
sprouts and wheatsprouts he might
sample " he found them without too
much trouble.
Suddenly something scurried along
right under his nose. something very
little and brown and soft. with two
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emptorily. lead the way. and let
these others follow"
The now thoroly frightened Oak
lot did as he was bid and Tsrzanl Of
the Apes was ushered into the pal
ace Of kotan. king OF Paluldon.
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- guarantee, and making my
Darantee good
fI DO not compete with Cheap
cketbook or sell you conversa-
m I give two dollars worth OF
Sntal work for every dollar I re-
%lve--so you save . dollar. I make
! dollar. and our interests are mu-
<a1-we bStb wis
Open evenings TIL and Sundays
III 1880 for people who work
EDWIN ,. BROWN. p. u. ..
oesesle's Lesaisg Dest1se
- CO1sabla -
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- 3 PinkhnD'o vegetabls Gem
~ advertised and hed hoard ssv-
WoGnsn talk Of Il, . mother rot
J ooma. This Vegetable Compo1nd
: Wun6srful and & helpsd M vsry
-. - hat during my periods ] an
Is nov siek q droWsy. ! have told
my Rkls about Il and would b glad
help snyune who , troubled with
nilar ailfnentA - STELLA Lnsx-
Ln4 . Sssund 81, Evansville. Ind.
Gome girls lad lives Of luxury,
~ oek1rs toll for thsir livelihood.
{ n are subject 70 the same physi-
hws and suffer IN proportion to
= violation When sueh symptoms
~ = irrsgularitiss, hsadschea
kseAas bsaSing-down sensations
~the blusA girls should profit
Nh Ltuxwf1sr6 experieucs md
Lgde = rnkham's Vegetable
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Bv0r4 month";
NJ ii irregular
|periods Every
month my back
would ache and ]
always had : colo
md felt drowsy
and sleepy. ]
vork
shop and ] went
20 work everyday,
but felt stupid ane
would have such
|crnmua Ihad seer
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I'VE
BOTH
WIN

n en- now devoting
entire time TO
dental practices.
kving now served
" people here for
Donty yeeYa and
Hde good by doing
5utal work that ]
The St. Mary banner., 1921-11-26

Continued 90 psr
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-10-10

Reading Into the victory OF tn
Hammond Knights Of Columbus base
bail team, canpions or the Suburban
League sor 1891. a lesson in personal
diligence. harmonious efforts and good
craftsmanship. james Ropes" O'Brien
Of red neoktie fame. former assistant
states attorney Of Cook county. Satur-
day night landed the local league
leaders on the occasion Of the annual
rost-season banquet Of tho Suburban
League at the Chicago Beach Hotel
Ropes" O'Br.en. who prosecuted the
indicted Black" Sox and learned
much about the bad sido Of base ball
that ne never knew bafore told the
more than 1870 Ceseys and league NOM
hers that the game Of life is not I'M
Ike the game Of baseball and that
success in either can come only 10 those
Who strive. who persevere, and who.
above all, play tho game on the square.
Preceding Mr. OBricn. his law part
ner and district deputy Of tho knights
u Columbus. John Prystalski Of Rose
and. addressed tho banqueters and IN
A weli-framed eItbi acquitted the fall
re OF his own council to achieve the
championship of the league because
so many OF our best players had to
go out Of town TO find work in other
rnilis That's why we didn't win the
esp sgt next yoar-watch"
me ~ OF next year" was taken
Up BY roprcsent atives % the other SIX
league teams ad a sort ~ mutual
vengeance against Hammond ting d
tho challenge Of tho ecQ butant clubs.
As Mr.. O'Bricn pointed out TO the VIC
tors Of 1921 II will not be easy for
them 20 cop the cup mkt year. The
leader OF today finds It not SO hard TO
reach supremacy as to remain on top"
he said
Presentation Of the haadsom silver
trophy cup debated ~ spauldins &
Co OF Chicago. vas made by J. NJ Nal
10y, president OF she Suburban league.
william c. H-imbaoh, manager OF tn