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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-09-20
AN EVELESS EDEN.

Another unjust discrimination against women has
come TO light the determination of the young pickle
manufacturer CT England, T. F. Rhodes Disher. TO
allow no women board his ship the Medora when
it sails for his Summer Land of Eden" in the
South Seas
This, too. when several joined the first
party which sailed for the new Eden although they
have been warned that women lose their beauty
there well being apt die early. But the ship
gale and back to wait for good weather
Mr.. Disher paints pleasing picture OF life IN
he has chosen for his followers-two hours
work day to provide shelter. pajanas and bathing
suits all the food needed a tropical island.
with taxes. high cost of living and other vexations
of civilized life left behind.
But how 1t be Eden II women barred
from the island?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-09-20
Worth IN. pic.

Jud Tunkins says ne never nc sftatsA
to lend an umbrella, because is worth
the loss Of the umbrella 70 get nd OF
a false friend.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-09-20

IN RUSSIA the minimum wage is 227,50o rubles
monthly. There wealth surely is burden.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-09-20
The Passing Shoe

EACH other.
WE sometimes think We
COULD have stood all the other
DRAWBACKS incident TO being
female II the mere accident
OF sex had so decreed
BUT we don't believe we could ever
HAVE become reconciled
TO Juggling around a huge handbag
WITH two street car tickets
AND few toilet accessories in II.
fountain pen is
REPORTED that doesn't leak
ALL the time
ONLY when 1t has ink IN IT..
THE city campaigns
SEEM strangely slow IN warming up.
AND probably will not do
go until some anonymous partisan
WRITES In to this old
PALLADIUM of liberty and calls
THE editor a first class skunk
Or something worse.
NO woman will be
ALLOWED TO run for office
IN Belgium without her husbands
CONSENT but we fall to see where a
LITTLE thing like that
WILL stop q woman.
at the Christian church The meeting
was opened with drill, Lee Akeys. SEN
Tor patrol leader in charge. Then fol-
lowed ITO the Colors" Good Turn
Reports. Oath and Law, business and
arnouncements instruction on signal
ling led by Scouts John Mclean. Win
gard and Kosanka Next came a rope
relay contest by patrols. Lester Kos
anka was given the Scout Oath and
Laws.
Melvin Herman has made some fine
STARTS for the troop. Nine Scouts went
TO Court of Honor and six were present
at the meeting of the Drum and Bugle
Corps. There we're twenty-five scouts
present out OF a membership OF twenty
seven. despite the competition of the
carnival. VIII soon be ready for In
ter-pstrol contests. Meeting closed with
the Scout Benediction.
SWIMMING MEET
The Scouts walked or rather swan
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-09-20

ONCE A RAINY Sunday interfered with church
attendance. Now 1t affects motoring
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-09-20

IT IS DEBATABLE question at times wheth
eafness is an afiction blessing.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-31
(i] 1I ~! il! ssEzER

1t was the worst trip Billy ever
made, The animals were never
quiet for more than a minute at a
time. There would be lull when
none of them. would make any
noise, and Billy would lie down,
hoping for moment of rest. All
a once some animal would grunt,
The one next TO it would grumble,
the next one would growl, the next
one would snarl, and by that time
they would all be at it; then sud
denly the hyenas would begin.
Then one OF the fiercer animals
would begin to roar and the old
hubbub would begin all over agin,
winding UP with the lions deep
and terrifying "Hough, Hough."
Billy got tired Of it by-and by
and thought that he would like to
go away into some quiet corner
and rest. A great many OF the
goats had been thinking the same
thing, and one after another they
had been trying the stout boards,
some OF them attempting to push
them out or break them and some
trying TO pry them loose with their
stout horns. None OF them, how
seyer, had the patience and strength
and determination of Billy, and at
last, down in one corner, he found
board that did not seem so
strongly fastened as the others,
and on this board he began prying
cautiously with his horns Billy
would pry carefully until he was
tired, then lie down and rest
awhile, then go at it again For
nearly an hour he worked at it and
at last he was rewarded by having
the board come loose. He squeezed
out through it and the board sprang
back into place. Another goat
tried TO follow but did not know
the trick, and in place of pulling
with his horns, pressed against the
board, so Billy was the only one to
get loose.
Billy trotted between the long
rows of animals, being very care
full to keep in the exact center OF
the aisle and as far away from all
of them as he could One of the |
elephants reached out his long
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-31
The Snow FAIRIES

Every child should know who
lives in the North Pole. If they do
not, they can guess who comes
around Christmas Eve
About a week before Christmas
Santa said to his snow fairies, Ely
down to earth and sprinkle snow
over everywhere so lean make
my visit in the sleigh" The snow
fairies obeyed him.
On Christmas day the children's
happy faces shone with delight.
In one family, Davie, a rich lit
tie boy, saw some poor, ragged chill
dren singing Christmas carols at
his door. Davie felt very sorry for
them and got permission from his
kind mother to let them help eat
the big dinner.
One kind deed had been done
that day.
When Davie was a man he never
forgot to be kind and generous
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-31
A Merry Christmas

Once upon a time there lived in
one of the poorest sections of New
York, three children and their
mother Their father was dead.
The children's names were Joel,
David, and Polly.
A few days before Christmas,
Polly said Come, boys, let's go
down to Broadway and look at the
toys"
Yes" cried the boys, lets do"
SO, they started down to Broad
way. On the way they saw a toy
shop with beautiful toys in the
window.
ooh, let's look at the toys, said
Joel. They went to the window,
where they saw ever so many
pretty toys.
ooh, look at that big, beautiful
doll" said Polly
q wish l could have that boat"
replied David.
I'D like to have that elephant
or that camel, said Joel.
Three rich children heard what
they said Lets follow them and
find out where they live" said
one. Lets get them what they
want said another. So, they fol-
lowed the poor children and found
where they lived. Then they went
home.
ooh, Mother" said one, Can we
get those poor children what they
want for Christmas?"
eff there is enough money in
your bank to get them, you may"
said their mother.
With happy hearts the children
went again to the toy shop and
bought the toys for the poor child
rem.
On Christmas Eve, they went to
where the poor children lived and
gave the mother the presents. The
mother thanked them and the rich
children went home. The next
when the poor children
lwoke, they saw their presents.
Look at my doll" said Polly.
Look at my boat" said David
ooh, look at my elephant" said
Toel.
Lets go downstairs and show
said Polly.
They started down the stairs and
urned bend in the stairs and
vent out of sight, and also out of
ny story.-Robert Dafler, age 10,
rade ga, Starr school.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-31
Three Children Have
a Happy HOLIDAY

Once there were three little chill
dren and they lived in indianapolis.
Their names were Betty, Mary and
Bobby. Their parents were very
poor. SO their mother told them
that Santa Claus would not visit
them this year.
1t was the day before Christmas
and the children got up early. They
asked their mother if they might go
up town to look in the store win
dows. Their mother told them they
might go. While the children were
looking in the windows they saw
so many pretty things they wished
they might have. Betty saw pref
ty go-cart which she wanted. Marry
fell in love with big doll and Bob
by saw nice train of cars that he
wished he might have.
While the children were looking
at the toys there two rich children
looking at the toys also. They
were listening to what the poor
children were talking about. The
rich children asked them their
names and where they lived. Aft
er the poor children had started
home, the two rich children wished
they might help them have a merry
Christmas. So they started home
to ask their mother if they might
get the little children the toys they
had wished for. Their moher said
they could.
So the two rich children and
their mother went up town and got |
the same toys the poor children
were looking at. They took them |
TO the poor children's home. The
mother came to the door !
and lady gave her the presents.
OF course the three little chill |
lren were very happy when they
got up Christmas morning and saw
he presents they had wished for.
They had a very happy Christmas.
-Rhea Winsett, 5B grade, Starr
school,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-31

trunk and caught Billy by the tail,
but it was only playful nip, and,
after jerking Billy back little
piece, the elephant let go. Billy
looked around at the big gray
beast and saw by his twinkling
eyes that 1t was only III fun, so,
kicking up his heels. he trotted on
with a friendly "baah!" The lions
and tigers and the Ieopards all
snarled and howled at him as he
went past, while the hyenas
laughed if the terrible noise they
make can be called laughing.
Down toward the middle of the
ship was a steep stairway up to an
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-31
A christmas Party

Paul was very poor little boy.
He lived in a small house that his
mother kept very clean. His father
haddied three years before. Ii
was near Christmas time, and Paul
had lain awake many nights won
dering where his presents would
come from.
One day, about a week before
Christmas, Paul received an invi-
church in the town. The party was
to be held the day before Christ
mas. He went uptown the next
day, and sauntered by the church.
1T looks like a nice place for a
party" he said, to himself.
Saturday came and large auto
mobile drove up to his home A
he had been sent to bring him to
the church. Paul got into the auto
and was soon brought to the
church.
Paul got out of the auto and
went into the church where he
played games with the children
that had been brought to the
church, as he had. After they were
through playing they each took
present off of the tree, for there
was a Christmas tree in the church.
Paul received an apple, an orange,
a book ball and some candy.
Whe he went home, he said:
Mother | believe this is the best
Christmas | have ever had."-Rich
ard Brown, grade ga, Starr school.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-31
One Reel Yarns
Wildcat

What are you three boys talk
ing about?" asked Ralph Gamer
on's sister curiously. as she came
down the path swinging a pail or
her arm.
20, nothing" answered Ralph
carelessly.
Were just planning fishing
rip" added Lew.
wait a second, and I'll go fol-
water with YOU Milton offered
When the two were gone, Ralph
and Lew continued to talk very
excitedly.
I'VE mustn't let on said Ralph
IF she knew there was wildcat
around here she'd get mother to
pack up tomorrow and beat it back
to the city. We've got to keep the
fire going all night They say
they're scared of fire"
"a couple of fellows down the
river saw it last night again, Lew
added. They said it had only one
eye, all cleaning"
Ralph's sister and Milton came
back from the well and they all
went back to the camp together,
and forgot about the wildcat.
The late autumn evening was
chilly, so they had a good excuse
for a good fire. They all sat up
late, toasting marshmallows and
telling stories. Then Mrs. Cameron
announced that they must go to
bed.
II guess I'll bring my blanket out
and sleep by the fire all night
said Lew. 81 think it would be
fun. I'll keep the fire going and
it'll be all ready in the morning."
But Mrs. Cameron was afraid Lew
would take~cold. While they were
discussing his plan. Helen Cam
eron had wandered off to the edge
OF the clearing.
Suddenly Ralph grabbed Millions
arm and pointed. There, at the
edge of the woods, a single. green
eye cleaned at them. They held
their breath. Then, to their hor-
ror, they heard Helen calling.
Here. kitty. kitty, kitty" The
cat moved toward her. Ralph
grabbed a burning stick from the
fire and started to the rescue.
"Oh. mother" called Helen
heres that poor old one-eyed
black cat of Burcher's. You re
member it was around their place
last summer | suppose they left
it and the poor thing has lived here
half-wild. I'm going in after some
. 40. rs~ 20 '-'nnd she bent over and
gently patted the wildcat. Boys
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-31
The Dolls Story

| was born in a far away coun
try called Germany. | was put on
! board a ship and came to America
| was placed in toy shop win
dow. Oh, was so lonely, for
there was not another German doll
in sight
On the day before Christmas
three poor children came and stood
before the window. Their names
were Mary, Jack and Fred. They
were very poor.
! Mary said, ooh, look at thai
] doll | wish | had it,"
| knew she meant me, because |
was the only doll in the window.
Fred said, 81 wish | had that ele-
phant!"
Jack said, Il wish | had that
steamboat"
There were three rich children
looking in the same window. They
heard everything the children said.
| could tell they felt very sorry for
the poor children. Pretty soon the
children left the window and | was
lonelier than ever. Before very
long the rich children came again
and stood before the window. This
time they had their mother with
them. | heard them telling what
they were going to get for the poor
children.
The girl said, 81 am going to get
that big doll
The older boy said, 81 will get
that steamboat
81 will get that elephant" said
the younger boy.
They came into the store and
bought the toys. How happy /
was to be Christmas present. |
resolved that l would make the
little girl happy little girl.
That night at 8 o'clock we all
went to the children's home. They
knocked and a man answered the
door The rich father said, I'VE
have brought some presents for
your children and some for you,
too, and Christmas tree, also"
The father thanked them. AS
they turned away, heard the lit
tie girl say, TITS nice to help some
one"
The next morning, when the chill
dren awoke, | heard someone say,
ooh, look! Santa Claus didn't for
get us!"
The little girl grabbed me up in
her arms and Rugged me tight
She kissed me and danced around
the room. AT last | was happy
Ruth Stott, 5A grade, Starr school.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-31
TO A CHICkADEE

Coal-black cap, black bib at throat,
A somersault, a CHEEKY note.
Back again? We welcome thee,
Observation-Disclosures!
Though the winds may howl and
blow,
You will happy be, know,
How can we but merry be,
When we hear your chick-a-dee?
Alice Moves.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-31

open doorway that led out on the
deck, and up this Billy climbed
with ease. 1t was delightful, after
that close, stufy place, to stand on
the cool, breezeswept deck. The
steamer was making good Roadway
now and all around was the ocean:
the shore was only low, hazy
line, away out there at the edge of
the water. Billy was interested in
the gaily colored circus wagons,
some of which, crowded out of the
lower hold, were grouped on the
big, bare afterdeck.
Copyright by the Saalfield Pub
fishing Co.. Akron. o.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-31
Early Flints of Egypt.

The most cleyerly made flints
that have ever been discovered be
long to the long ago ages of the
early Egyptians.
Evening star., 1921-09-03

stroke Of lightning almost invariably
"hits" some such inequality in the sur.
face. Yesterdays dual killing occurred
under a big tree. A Jew weeks ago a
man was killed in one II the parks
while crossing in the open with a golf
club in his hand. Almost precisely the
same sort Of death occurred here some
years ago on another golf links.
The old theory that lightning never
strikes twice in the same place has
been frequently disproved. but in no
case more dramatically than at Ia
kora Park a number Of years back.
A bolt fell upon large tree and dam
aged it. A number Of people gathered
under. the tree for shelter during the
same storm. possibly reassured by the
first stroke, and in a few minutes an
other bolt fell and several were killed.
Some remarkable freaks OF lightning
have occurred during the summer.
There have been the usual tattooing
cases. with so-called impressions Of
trees imprinted upon the bodies Of VIC
TINS. In one case lightning struck a
sitting hen and stripped it Of all tissue,
leaving only clean skeleton. There is
no accounting for the vagaries Of the
atmospheric currents. There is really
no place of actual safety in storm.
But shelter under tree is one Of the
poorest Of positions to take while the
clouds are shooting darts to the earth.
Evening star., 1921-09-03
A Colorado Pessimist.

Former Senator Thomas of Colorado
is mistaken. The country is not as
close to smash as he seems to think.
We are going through hard trials
and great tribulations." But we have
had such an experience before-sev.
eral times before. We have shown the
capacity to ride out storm. We shall
show it again. There is a vigorous
comeback in the American people.
They are a hundred million strong.
and control an empire second to none
on earth in rich resources.
Mr.. Thomas was not in a new vein
in his address before the American Bar
Association at Cincinnati. He used to
sound the same note when a member
Of the Senate. Every now and then he
would enliven the discussions in the
chamber with assaults on the present
and gloomy predictions as to the
future. He left public life, indeed, in a
state of vocal despair about the coun.
try.
Such deliverances from a man Of
Mr.. Thomas recognized ability are re-
grettable, and lead to an inquiry. Why
is he not in public life helping to cor.
rect evils. instead Of occupying the
seat of an observer and pointing out
mistakes Of others and perils to which
he thinks they are leading?
We are not on the rocks, nor likely
to land there. We are not a one-party
country, with two divisions under DIFF.
ferent names fighting sham battles
There are two parties. sincerely differ
ing as to principles, and each engaged
in an earnest effort to uphold the prin-
ciples it processes.
Evening star., 1921-09-03

heard Of US through our part In the
war and our succoring Of the dis.
tressed since the war closed More
than ever America spells opportunity
and plenty. and men and women living
in less favored countries and figuring
on q new home turn when they can
in this direction.
Throughout Europe conditions are
far more depressing than ever before
There are a dozen reasons now where
there was one before the war for dis.
content among the poor and those
generally Of the immigrant class. Old
governments have been greatly
changed. New governments have not
had time to demonstrate stability
Taxes are high. Living is hard and
expensive. Money possesses little vaf
ue. The desire for a change Of scene
and a new try elsewhere rises natu-
rally and easily.
The immigration question will be a
live question with US for some years.
Several Congresses may haye to con.
slider changing phases Of it, SO as we
may continue our policy Of admitting
desirables and barring the other kind.
Closing the gates would be bad policy.
but guarding them more closely than
ever will be necessity.
Evening star., 1921-09-03
Confounding the Knockers.

1t is one of the peculiarities of
American public life that the man who
sets out to get things sdone at once
finds himself a target for the brick
bats of the chronic 'snipers." I'M
| munity from such attack seems find
! able only in the obscurity of medi-
ocrity. Let him emerge from this OBJ
security with a proposal to do some
thing and, no matter how great the
need of doing the thing he proposes
shall be done, the bombardment be-
gins.
One Of the great emergency needs of
the country today is that something
should be done to lessen the suffering
which is certain to result the coming
winter from nationwide unemploy-
rlent While others have been moan
ing and lamenting, President Harding
and his advisers have tackled the
task, and as a preliminary step have
decided upon the calling Of a confer
ence here to consider ways and means.
And at once the non-doers begin to
find fault with the doers and to hunt
for picayunish flaws in the thing it is
proposed to do.
Recognizing that 1t would be diff
cult to make any impression with criti-
cism of the idea of a conference as
such, the critics are centering their at
tacks on the lack Of definiteness in
the announcement. They complain
that the President has not taken the
public fuzzy into his confidence as to
what 1t is he hopes to accomplish.
They want an advance agenda, COM
plete program of why's and where
fores. of subjects and objectives-
which. Of course. would give them
something to get their teeth into, to
attack and try to tear to pieces.
1t is hard on the knights Of the
Hammer thus to be deprived Of oppor-
tunity to destroy in advance any pos
sibility of accomplishment by the con-
ference, but the President does not
lack knowledge Of the ways Of their
fraternity, and 1t may be he had their
embarrassment in mind when he de-
cided not to be too explicit as to the
conference program.
Evening star., 1921-09-03
Smashing Our Idols.

We have seen the destruction OF
scores Of our youthful fancies and
have keenly felt their loss. We have
stood with fortitude the slaughter of
Mother Goose, of Andersen, Of Grimm,
of all the heroes and heroines of child
hood, done to death by the dry-as-
dust, matter of-fact exponents Of psy-
chology and philosophy. We have
bowed to the inevitable and, though
sorrowed when the idols fell, have
turned to new hopes and beliefs.
Now comes the most crushing blow
OF all. One Andre Tridon. hailed as
one of the greatest proponents of
Freud, declares Alice. our old friend
of Wonderland and Through the Look
ing Glass. is paranoiac, or rather her
brainstorm is but the reflection of the
brainstorm of the author. Lewis Car
roll. It is sad. The iconoclasts have
scored on us again.
The Alice books, quoted almost as
frequently as Shakespeare. beloved OF
children throughout the world, the
very pinnacle of kindly humor and
thrill, are attacked. It is time for
protest.-Syracuse Post-Standard (re-
publican).
Evening star., 1921-09-03
Death From. the Sky.

There have been six deaths from
lightning in this immediate vicinity
during the present summer. This un-
usual number of casualties from the
electric storms is but a proportion of
the remarkably large number Of per-
sons who have lost their lives in this
manner throughout the country. Ap.
parently all records have been broken
in the matter Of lightning fatalities.
It seems impossible to explain the un-
usual prevalence of this danger, The
number of electric storms does not
seem to have been greater than usual,
but for some reason that perhaps even
science cannot reveal the electric dis
charges from the clouds have been ex.
ceptionally disastrous.
1t is possible that more people are
out in the open now than heretofore,
or that they have grown unafraid of
lightning and have exposed themselves
more freely. Or it may be that there
has been a subtle change of conditions
which has caused a higher potency of
stroke. 1t is all very mysterious.
There is no fixed rule. lightning is
generated in the clouds through alter
nations of temperature, and is dis.
charged to earth when there is an ex.
cess Of pressure. The bolt may fall
upon a tree or building, spire or hay
stack, or any other protuberance
which causes an accumulatieH Of the
negative force from the earth. A