davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-04

Dublin, Feb. 3.-Nino policemen were
killed and two wounded today when
two lorrics ran into an ambuscade be-
tween Drunken and Newpallas,
County Limerick.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-04
Odd and
Interesting

A million-dollar clubhouse
and social center for women
students and alumnac Is planned
for the University of Michigan.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-04

Dublin, Feb. 3.-Anothcr big attack
occurred Wednesday evening when 100
armed men attempted to rush the
Esathcorma barracks, near Fermoy.
The police. using rifles and bombs beat
OF their assailants.
Evening star., 1921-11-27

terror, Jane designed her own kitchen
and laundry. So they not only have
a studio atrium with a north light
for their living room. and a Kentish-
tectural tricks. but they have
thoroughly electrified housekeeping
outfit"
such as how" asks.
why" says he. Paul tells me that
Jane has had installed every known
electrical device for making house
work Il joy instead of drudgery.
So her one maid can do nearly every
thing by just pushing buttons and
turning switches. For instance. no
dish washing. They have an electric
machine for that. No ice man. They
cubes: Washing? That's no longer
"Yes. I know" l breaks in. Il
demonstrated an electric washer for
three weeks. you remember. Barry:
but some of those women would in
sist on asking me il it wasn't just
as much work hanging the clothes
out on cold windy mornings as ever"
"Ah!" says Barry. but the Towers
have an electric drying cabinet. too; and
a vacuum cleaner connection in every
room. SO there's no sweeping or busting,
and all their cooking is done on an cleo
trio range. Everything right up to the
minute, l tell you. and yet all so dainty
and artistic. Paul tells me he finished
every bit Of the interior woodwork him-
self. No paint. Everything is stained
in soft tints and then treated with a
wax dressing. He's been asking me for
months to run up and see them.
Thought you might be interested in
house like that. Trilby May. SO ] made
this supper date. Hope you'll not be
bored"
ooh. come. Barry" says I. Don't
overdo the humility act. You know
very we'll I'm not easily bored, and if
somebody has built really perfect
home sweet home l want to see it.
promise to rave over everything-bar-
ring the electric washer They ought
to be fairly happy. those two. in a
house like that"
"I'll bet they are" says Barry. Don't
think I ever knew a couple who seemed
more congenial: that is, unless you'd
allow me To-
"No," says I. "Its sweet Of you to
think so, Barry. but let's leave us out.
And if we're going to get anywhere for
supper hadn't we better be getting un-
der way"
X x x
TIME means very little in his young
L life. Not If he can sit around
somewhere and chat about things that
Evening star., 1921-11-27

interest him. It's the best thing Barry
does, unless you count his knack for
soothing people he's kept waiting an
hour or more. He gets away with mur-
der along that line, and mainly by
springing that smile at just the right
moment. When I'm included in the
party. though. 1 manage to have him
run somewhere near schedule, so we
landed out at this Chester Heath sub
urb shortly after pm. in spite of the
wild hunt we had to find it. Why. even
a post road traffic cop not half mile
from the place had ever heard of 1t. He
could tell us how to get to New Haven,
or to Albany, or to White Plains. but
Chester Heath wasn't on his map at all.
It's a new residence park" explains
Barry.
Sure" says the cop. Maybe it's
been laid out since / went on post"
And when we finally stumbled on it
by getting lost In a tangle of newly
paved streets where houses were being
run up in all stages of construction, it
did look almost as recent as that. You
could smell varnish and shavings in the
air, and I'll bet II there was any special
odor to second mortgages you could
have smelled that. too. Even the house
that Barry picks out as the Towers
Evening star., 1921-11-27

while Mrs. Tower scribbled her in
structions on the back Of an envelope.
but when she came out of the maid 8
room she still had a piece of paper
in her hand.
why didn't you leave it?" asks
hubby.
Her-her things are all gone!
"Eh?" says Tower. Are you sure
What does the note say?
II don't dare read it," whispers
Mrs. Tower. Here!"
And. noble male that he was. Paul
He had the right dope, too. for a
real tragedy was written into those
few lines 1t was bird of a note.
"Dere mis- tower" it began. Il bust
up da dishwash masheen. da sucker
sweep bite me on da hand. and l no
home by newroshell. No COON bak
no more. You dond need cook in
such a house-what you need is en-
gineer lady. Hilda Olsen"
'Oh, say" chuckles Barry. isn't
that a scream?"
esTo me-" says Tower, tits just as
Dhumorous as a pink hearse.
w dit q hOAhShl. <hAeSA Sh%S Wv" 49,
going to crack my last bottle of
Scotch. Jane and l both require it,
Well, it seemed to help. for that
road house supper party turned out
to be rather a cheerful affair after all.
But on the drive home Barry had
nothing at all to say about how nice
If would be to have a little home
of our own in the country. 80
had to drag in the subject myself.
"Do you know, Barry" says l. you
can hardly blame Hilda. The modern
home seems to be getting more and
more like a machine shop"
"Then the modern maid ought 70 oe
properly trained" says he. why
not have 'em take three months
course and learn to handle all those
Fine" says l. But suppose. you
did? would a girl with a diploma
from the General Electric Company
want to go into anybody's kitchen!
ri saw she wouldn't. More likely
she'd hunt for. job as assistant
general manager of the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit. No, Barry. The up
to-date love nest still lacks some
thing. What it needs more than nre-
less cookers is a fireless cook. When
me around another model suburb"
And SO one more grand little
scheme of Barry's went on the rocks
Downright. 1921, by seweIl Ford,J
Evening star., 1921-11-27

love nest has staging on one side of it.
Sure this is the one?" says l.
1T doesn't look finished to me-"
Must be-" says Barry. throwing
there's the number he gave me: and
he said. too, that I'd know it by the
outside stone chimney. Besides. l
can see a light in the front hall
For once he was right. This was
where the Paul Towers lived. and the
man who answered Barry's hammer
ing on the wrought iron door knocker
was none other than the great Sunday
editor himself. Eut he didn't appear
-draped in the brown monks frock and
sandals that Barry said he always
wore at home. Instead he had on a
a woolen cap and fur-lined bed slip
pers. Somehow it didn't strike me as
just the costume for host who
expected supper guests. But Barry
doesn't seem to notice that at first
Hello-ello-ello! Barry sings out
cordial. We got here. you see, and
Oh. 1 say: old man! Not going out.
were you?"
who the deuce is it?' demanded
Mr.. Tower, peering out at us. And
are. and introduced me, the response
is groan.
Don't tell me I've made a mis-
take in the night" says Barry. If
l have. and you were just starting for
somewhere"
mo. no." says Mr.. Tower. Il may
look as though l was just off for
dash to the pole. but I'm planning
nothing of the sort. Merely trying
to keep from freezing to death at
my own fireside. And I may as we'll
admit that I had forgotten all about
your coming"
Well. l like that" says Barry.
You'll forgive me when you know
ALL" says his friend. Come in and
hear our tale Of woe. Keep your.
wrap on. though. Just a moment
until / call Jane"
Shall we.'' whispers Barry as
we're left alone in the front hall, "or
had we better beat it?
'oh. let's solve the mystery"
says I.
And when Mrs. Tower was led in
from the kitchen. all bundled up in
a fur coat. we soon got the horrible
details.
Its all because I wasn't an expert
on f1ues," says Mr.. Tower.
"Eh?' says Barry.
THE kind they put in chimneys."
goes on our host. "The square things
they're lined with. Look like drain
tiles"
Evening star., 1921-11-27

His father was a rich lawyer. He obtained
canonry in the cathedral Reims, and
there he established q school where free ele-
monetary instruction was given to poor chill
dren. The enterprise soon broadened in scope:
band Of enthusiastic assistants gathered
round him: he resolved to resign his canonry
and devote himself entirely to the education
Of Abe poor. His assistants were organized
into q community which gradually rooted itself
all France, and trimming school for
teachers. the College Of Saint Yon. set
up ut Rouep. In 1725. six years after the
founders death. the society WAS recognized
by the Pope under the Official title Of
brothers Of the Christian Schools. Its
members took the usual mOnastic vows. but
did not aspire to the priesthood. During the
first hundred years Of its existence its activi-
ties mainly confined to France During
the nineteenth century IT spread to most OF
the countries Of western Europe. and has been
markedly successful in the United States.
When La Sale canonized in 1900 the
total number Of Brothers was estimated at
IL. 600 Although the order has been chiefly
concerned with elementary schools. i; under
takes most branches Of secondary and tech
nical education. and ii has served as a model
for other societies in Ireland and elsewhere.
slightly differing in character from the orig
inal institute.
The gravel avenue. which forks at
the statue. makes a wide loop, the
top Of the loop being al the main en-
trance of the building. Within the
loop is an oval plot of turf, on which
Evening star., 1921-11-27

his country well. who did the state
some service, 1t was the home OF
Rear Admiral Daniel Ammen. L. 5. n.
X X + 4
TT was from the ancient Washington
Baltimore pike-not the present
smooth automobile highway, but the
old and billy pike-;hat you entered
the grounds of the Ammen home last
Sunday. You passed close to the
big frame house which is in an ex-
cellent state of upkeep, met some of the
pleasant people living there, moved
on through groves of spruce. cedar
and holly. followed a trail down to
the icehouse and the little lake, and
then walked along a lane where tall
persimmon trees hung out sweet
temptation to every passerby.
From musing on persimmon trees
and their fruit-filled branches and
thinking of the fate of hollies that
had fallen out of line. and the sha bby.
hacked and clipped-up state of those
that still stood their ground, the
Rambler fell 10 contemplating a big
four-story brick building. with slated
mausard roof. central pile. wings
porches and tall square tower which
Evening star., 1921-11-27

stood in a large park about quarter
of a mile away.
The building is a prominent fea-
ture of the landscape. 1t is visible
from long distance as you rambie
in the upper valley of the Eastern
branch and over the hills and ridges
that hem the valley on the east and
west. A smooth. hard-packed gravel
avenue leads from the railroad, then
crosses the Baltimore and Washing
ton gasoline boulevard and then the
tracks of the electric line which
leads from Washington to Laurel. A
mature apple orchard is on the right
and grass lands on the left.
AS you near the building you come
to a fine bronze statue sets in a trf-
angle of turf, and around the pedes-
tai grow rose bushes and a bit of
rhododendron. 1t is not a mere effgy
in bronze. but a statue which has
meaning and expression. 1t is a
statue Of Saint La Sale. 1t is in
scribed, IS. J. B. de la Sale" Down
in one corner is IL. Jobin, sculptor.
Quebec" The saint holds in his left
written. RULES and Constitutions of
the Brothers of the Christian
Schools" The Rambler confesses
ignorance. He knew that there was
an order of Christian Brothers who
conducted schools and colleges, be-
came into his Office about two years
ago and we talked of ST. Johns Col
lege, Brother Tobias and many other
things. AS memory serves, ] think
the young man came to The Star
office to give US information about
Brother Tobias. who had just died.
may be wrong about that. but l re-
member that this young mans teach
ing line was French, and we became
quite chummy. and he told me what
his name had been in the world, and
it, like that of the Rambler. sounded
as though it might have been taken
off a Sim Fein roster.
So the Rambler knew something
about the Christian Brothers, but not
much. AS he stood before the ex-
pressiye bronze statue and read s.
J. B. de la Sale" and Il: John.
ignorance of Sieur de la Sale, the
French explorer of North America:
who settled in Canada: who started
west for China by way Of the ONO
river, because he understood the In
dians to tell him ,,rn that ,csne. the oh,o who
explored the Ohio to its junction With
the Mississippi. followed the MiAsis-
sippi to it's mouth: traversed Inc
great lakes and wrote his name with
those of the great priests. MARQUETTE:
Joliet and Hennepin: on the map ol
that this adventurous La Sale had
founded any order like that Of the
Christian Brothers. And he had not
The bronze statue is of st. Jean Bap-
tiste de la Sale. But many OF you.
coming upon the statue. might not
have known any more tnan l oid.
X X X
ITO improve our education, the
l Rambler takes these facts from
the Encyclopedia Britannica:
o.. Jean Baptiste de Ia Sale was bern at
Re,ms. lSi1 md died in 1119. he was the
founder of the order Of Christian Brothers.
Evening star., 1921-11-27

we left off last Sunday. We
stand at the railroad end of
the lane where persimmons grow and
where the Rambler. lunching on the
soft. shriveled. sweet plums of dos
pyros virginiana, was startled and
hurried into perspiring activity by
Dan Zimmerman. engineer Of b. & O..
local ISL blowing the locomotive
whistle for Ammendale.
Along the east side of the track
grow a ragged row of holly trees, one
of the beautiful trees of our region
and tree-the greenwood tree of
Shakespeare-whose life story en-
twines the poetry and mythology Of
Albion and Gaul. and whose boughs
and berries. since Christianity came to
northern Europe, have been used as
celebrating aids in the great and hap
py festival Of Christmas.
There are rude gaps in the line Of
hollieS. Trees fall out of line as men
do. Death lays his bony hand on trees
as he often does on less beautiful and
less useful creatures. but in the case
OF these trees Death came in an un-
natural way. He came not in the
form of a doddering, tottering gray
beard with scythe, but in the form
Of a robust, needless chap with an
ak. who thought his wants of the
moment of more Importance than the
life of tree. Sometimes Death Wis
tied the trees in the shape of woman.
81 am a nature lover" perhaps she
said. land therefore l destroy things
in nature. You know. / love the out
of-doors and just adore the beauties
Of nature. and therefore | pull up
and hack down the beautiful things
in nature"
Continuing. she often says. not
that she speaks aloud, but the trees
read the thoughts she does not utter
something like this: Il have a
very sentimental and esthetic ma
ture. and what my esthetic sense
approves I kill. What's the life of a
mere holly that grows among its
friends and kindred by the side of a
muddy lane or a grimy railroad track
when ! want it's branches for my
chandelier, my dresser, or as a CEN
terpiece for the table? Suppose other
persons do like merely to look at
hn'iies and think about them. l am
Evening star., 1921-11-27
SHOWS HER WR(

his Is drawing for a Long Island pro-
motion company, and asking me If l
wouldn't have lattice windows off the
sleeping porch IL it was for me.
So when he shows UP on this particu-
tar afternoon. all primed to take me up
into westchester county for pickup
supper party at the home Of Paul
Tower, his old Sunday editor, l knew
what to expect.
NEW house. isn't it?'' asked.
Barry admits. enthusiastic. that it is
and adds that it must be very cute and
arfistic, for Mr.. Tower has not only
said SO himself, but has exhibited snap
shots to prove it.
"Showing clipped bay trees guarding
tbe front door and a flower box under
the fake-attic window" asked.
"No, no." says Barry. No ginger
brandy stuff like that. This is the
real thing, for Paul Tower is one
nf these particular. finicky persons
who honestly knows what's what.
Made a study of modern housing
methods and all that sort of thing.
hssides having excellent taste.
Didn't buy tAis ready built from
The promoters you know. Nothing
like that. He had it worked out from
his own ideae and almost lived on
Evening star., 1921-11-27

the plot while the house was going
up. So did the little wife. too. She
was Jane Kellogg. you know. who
used to do the household arts page in
the Sunday, and If there's any new
wrinkle about domestic machinery
that she isn't, up on. it must have
been invented yesterday. So with
two such people as that on the job
the house they have produced must
be a corker."
gests.
That's the idea" says Barry. "As
Paul explains it to me. it's house
beautiful that can be lived in. While
he looked after the classic lines and
the practical arrangement Of the in
Evening star., 1921-11-27
"Oh, yes" says Barry. II saw some
piled up by the front porch"

uDRECISELY," says Tower ''well,
those are Sx12.s. That's the size
we should have had In our chimney,
and didn't. Instead we had cute little
ones 5x8's. And stood around last
summer and saw that fool mason put
them in: That's the tough part, Barry.
I thought 1 knew SO much about house
building, too. Just because could tell
the difference between Tudor and Nor
man. and was up on Gothic lines and
Dutch paneling. Yet was poor prune
enough to think that fireplace with an
opening five feet by four would get
along with any old kind Of hue. But
it didn't, Barry. Absolutely not" '
Smoked, eh?" suggests Barry.
Let me turn on the lights and show
you," says Tower. 'You see, Jane and
I had planned this whole house around
our fireplace. We were going to spend
our evenings here, gazing into hickering
logs, roasting potatoes in the hot ashes,
popping corn over the. coals-all that
Evening star., 1921-11-27

are flower beds. Also. there are
two old-fashioned embellishments of
lawns, one an iron deer. rusty-red in
color. and the other an iron New
foundland dog. Each is in a natural
posture. In the shadow of a grove to
the right. or off the northerly end of
the building. the Rambler could make
out a shrine, which later proved to
be shrine of Saint Joseph. The
image of the saint, holding a little
child, is in q niche of an arch built
of the brown-red ironstone which is
scattered throughout the region. In
a niche in the square tower of the
building and high above the ground
is the image of holy figure. OFF to
the left is little church, around
which tall. slender cedars seem to
keep watch.
This is a college" thought the
Rambler. 1T is a still, grave and
solemn place. All the boys must be
at church.
Knowing it to be a college of the
Christian Brothers. and knowing no
more. you would have thought just
as | did. These thoughts were in the
Rambler's mind: 81 don't feel like
breaking into solemn place like
this on Sunday. but it is the principal
Rambler must not leave Hamlet out
of Hamlet. Besides, 100000 readers of
The Star are waiting for story from
me. and I must not disappoint them.
So brace up. old man, and go to IT."
/ gather up my pack and walk to-
ward the big building. Not a man in
view. Not face at any window.
climb the steps to the central doors
of stained glass. An old-fashioned
pull-bell. AS I stand there ! feel a
good deal Of awe. ! fancy that the
very air is heavy with Latin. | try
to think OF something to say in Latin
and of what might say IL addressed
gingerly. There is no ring. 1 hear
within-it sounds far off-the chant
of men. l give the bell handle a
vigorous pull. and 1t rings. 1t rings
loud. 1t goes of like the gong in a
fire-engine house, and it's brazen
Presently I hear footsteps.
THE door opens. and a young man
= of middle age, with a highly in
tellectual face and scholarly express
sion, faces me. Father or Brother
say 1. Brother" he answers, in a
soft and easy way which reassures
me. He is kind and cordial, but
mildly curious. He has not heard of
the Rambler and his mission to write
two columns every Sunday, rain or
shine. The Rambler asked him IL he
(the Ramb) could borrow a pros
pectus. catalogue. or conspectus,
or some advertisement of the college,
that he might write few lines about
IL. Brother BASIL director Of the
community, seemed little puzzled,
because. as the Rambler found out
later, it is the kind of a school which
does not put lads" in newspapers and
Evening star., 1921-11-27
LOVE NESTING WITH BARRY seueu Ford

sort OF idyllic stuff No steam heat for
US until we were forced to start the
furnace. No. Just the good old log fire.
And when this last snappy spell came
on we went to 1t strong. I laid up
perfect corker, with big oak stick for
a back log and plenty Of pitch pine kim
ding to get. 1t going. Then one even
ing l touched the thing. Wowey!"
" take it," says Barry, that the
Evening star., 1921-11-27

not other persons. I am I. and what
are other persons to me! Come to
my arms, ye bright green boughs set
with woodland rubies" Perhaps she
says that to the poor tree, and then,
hack! hack! crash! crash! and the
mangled boughs lie dying at her feet.
Once that line of hollies formed a
hedge, planted there and tended low
ingly by a fine old man who served
Evening star., 1921-11-27
Catholic Educational In
stitution Located on
the Old Farm of the
Ammens St. Jo-
seph s Church and the
Graveyard - Beauti-
full Trees of the Prince
Georges County Re-
gion-The Man and
His AK.

EFT US take up the story of the
Evansville neighborhood where
we left off last Sunday. We
Evening star., 1921-11-27

HX you goin' out with that Platt
" AGAIN." asks Inez. here
the other Sunday afternoon
he
Evening star., 1921-11-27

ITO improve our education, the
/ Rambler takes these facts from
the Encyclopedia Britannica:
~. Jean Baptiste de Ia Sale was bona
Re,ms lesl and died in lI19.r He was the
founder of the order of Christian Brothers.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-12-01
POLICE BELIEVE WOMAN I
KILLED CHILD AND SELF
Body of Kidnapped Girl Found
Hacked to Pieces; Aged 4
Woman's Throat Cut AN

Chicago, Dec. L. The body OF
three-year-old Marguerite Caughln,
kidnapped Wednesday, was found to-
day in basement of neighbours
home. The body Of the neighbor,
Mrs. Pensis, So, was found in her bed
room with her throat cut from ear
to ear and a butcher knife in her
hand. Police believe Mrs.. Pensis
killed the child and then committed
suicide. Mrs. Pensis' husband was
missing and the police started q
search for him.
Marguerite, daughter of Ed
Caugh1in, policeman, disappeared
when she was returning home from
Il neighbours where she had remained
all night. 49,,
Efforts of police to gain entrance
to the Pensis k~-ie failed. They
smashed in the door Search on the
second floor revealed the body of Mrs.
Pensis, In the basement. portions Of
Marguerite's body were found strewn
about, some wrapped in newspaper
The body had been hacked into sevI
eral pieces.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-12-01
ARMSCONCLAVE
FACES SHAlYTllq(G
PROBLEM TODAY.
China Demands Unconditional
Return of Shantung; an f..
Adjustment Seen =
JAPANESE GOVERNMENT
eINSTRUCTS DELEGATES
French Naval Experts Work
Out Plan to Keep Navy
Out of Hughes Plan
(By United Press)

Washington, Dec. 1.-The arms
and Far Eastern conferences today
had reached two crucial points-ad-
justment of the divergent views OF
America and Japan on the naval
xstio and cf China and Japan on re-
turn of Shantung to China.
Both Far East, and occidental
sources predicted satisfactory out
come shortly. Britain standing with
America was deemed likely to sway
japan if other instances did not
cause her to abandon her 70 per cent
ratio demand
The Shantung adjustment was
deemed a foregone conclusion. China
was asking Standings return with
out conditions, but as with the naval
question, they were trading possible
ties and both Japanese and Chinese
said sett( yrnent could be reached.
Meantime Frances naval experts
worked out a plan which would keep
their navy out of the ratio assign
ment.