davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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And. in spite of the fact that I wasn't
crazy about his look. tried to greet
him as chirky and friendly as ] knew
about how nice it was Of him to take
all this trouble just to see poor little
me. Fm sure l meant wei! enough
but 1t seemed to be just the wrong
III you don't mind. says he. drop
ping into chair. I'VE wtll-ah--
eliminate all that sort of thing. Bro
midic openings irritate me excess
lively.
sorry" says I. Perhaps you'll
be kind enough To-"
quite so.' says he. 'No prologues.
then. The direct attack. That is
the method of the French writers
and l vastly prefer 1t. Now let's see.
I presume you wish to begin with
paragraph about how fascinated ed
, don't insist that you are welded to
it. really couldn't write that: you
know. without feeling Ill. VIII fascI-
mated do. or shall We say merely ma
acting is to you the breath of life"
He was such a bored. patronizinG
youth that ali / could think of for a
moment or SO was what a Joy Il
would be just at that instant to grab
something soft and mushy ana rup
1t into his pompadour. A squash
pie, say. But there was nothing OF
the kind handy so, OF course
didn't.
NO" says 1. Let's ditch any talk
about art. You mean my work ! ex :
pect; my job on the stage? Well,
I've got nothing to offer on that SUB
ject."
MIR. Fogg looks a little Jared. but
he merely humps his eyebrows and
goes on. LAS you choose. says he.
IL suppose, though. you had rather
tell how you created the character
of the Flapper almost out Of whole
cloth: evolved it. as II We're. from
your inner consciousness, with but
very little help from the measer out, t..
lines furnished by the author. Eth
Say. where do you get slant
like that" says /.
IL beg pardon?" says he. But
that is the usual line for a star to
take"
rs it," says 1. We'll. I'm off it
clean. And don't YOU make me out
as handing any knocks to aBrry
Platt. Not even a tap. They're his
lines in the piece. understand. and
they're mighty good ones. Most ot
the business. too. he wrote in him.
self, and what he didn't he helped
me work up. Anything else l. dc
that's worth while was drilled into
me by Ames Hunt"
''Oh, I say. Really" says he, star
ing at me with his mouth open.
"Quite," says !. eching his pet word.
For while there Mr.. Fogg didn't
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Wonderful clans. too. And the friend
who was entertaining me with his
shore dinner told me that your mother
wrs the best clam cook along the
Maine coast. Unique place she had
there, too. I've often Dragged about it
since. Quite famous resort. under
stand. And, let's see. she has made
enough out of it to send how many
children through college?
T. Temple gulps once or twice. but
finally he answers. Three" says he;
"my two sisters and myself. But L
ah-Td rather not have that known
here in New York. I'm just starting on
my literary career. you see. and
Err ~,
II see," breaks in Hunt. I've will
consider that. Just a moment, though.
What was it, Miss Dodge. which you
said to Mr.. Fogg that he resented so
strongly?"
Nothing but .., few fac. facts about l,.,u
msseI; m sk Junction, % pruot's and the rest. He
wanted to know what I'd been doing
and, gave 1t to him straight. That's
ali, Mr.. Hunt
Hes some diplomat. I'll say. We'll"
says he, II think that Mr.. Fogg Is go
ing to find all that entirely satisfac-
tory, and I'm very sure he will turn
ont a corking good article for the Sun
day dramatic page. Eh. Mr.. Fogg?"
+. Temple was pink in the, ears
about then. but he muttered some-
thing about doing his best and then he
made q quick exit.
Did he produce? You bet he did.
Saw. after I'D read that piece. all about
what an original and fascinating
young lady genius was. had Q
look in the glass to see If I'd changed
any over night. And the witty repar-
tee he'd printed as having been tossed
off by me, and the clever remarks! 1
read 'em all to Inez. 49,
"When you say that?. she asks. Il
don't hear such things"
How careless" says I. Somebody
must have left some cotton In that
keyhole."
fcnovr;pht. 1904. br sewell Ford,)
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lnez seemed to have a Wild Idea that
being interviewed was like having your
adeneids removed, and asks 1t they're
not going to give me gas or anything.
'I wish 1t could be done under an
anesthetic. But 1t isn't that kind Of
an operation. No. Mr.. Owens is COM
ing here without any Instruments of
any kind, except a fountain pen. per-
haps. He's going to ask me questions
and then pr'n; what say In the Sunday
paper"
Inex looks shocked and Indignant.
"You-you amt gonna let him?" she
demands.
I'm supposed to encourage him.
watch"
Absolutely no." says l. 81 shall be
fused enough as it Is without having
you sitting there blinking at ME and
perhaps indulging In an occasional
snicker. Besides. as understand it.
interviewing is private and personal
performance. II isn't done as a three
some. nor by mixed doubles. You'll
stay in the other room. with the door
shut"
Huh" says Inez. indicating indtf-
ference. But I could see her sizing up
the keyhole at the same time.
As for Uncle Nels, when he got the
drift of what was scheduled. he shook
his head solemn. Don't you DO IL,
says he. Never say anything to them
newspaper fellers. Il did once when
didn't know who he was. About some
timber l was selling up by Hibbing.
He puts it In the paper, too. the dunn
huvud. and it gets me into a lawsuit
with the government
But wasn't it timber on an Indian
reservation yo uwere selling, Uncle
NelS:" | asks.
whats the difference" says he.
THE government don't know unless
that fool newspaper felier puts it in the
paper. Lotta trouble come after that.
NO fear OF my telling much" says /.
I'm short of things to tell"
| really thought SO, too. But you
never know what you can do until you
try. BY pm. next afternoon I'd found
out.
1t was just after luncheon that Barry
phoned. What do you think says he.
ollie Owens can't come. Has to &c
over to Washington to watch a try-out
of d play he's interested In
Good says l. Then it's all off,
NO" says Barry. Hes sending ar
assistant of hist. Temple Fogg-a
young college hick who's been in the
ad. department. but has wormed bis
way into handling Some of the press
stuff. I remember seeing him when
I was on the staff. Looks like a pooI
prune. Thinks he's whiZz as a
writer. though. Goodness knows
what he'll turn cut. But it'll be bet
ter than nothing. He'll be there al
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paper as the one Ollie Owens writes
"Tbink Of the thousands and thou
lands who will read what you tell
iim." suggests Barry.
That's precisely what SENDS the
Barry boy" says 1. II can see them
eadins that piece: nice. pink checked
bid gentlemen, at their clubs. And
|hey'll look over the top of their
|,old trimmed glasses at some other
rink checked old gentleman % and
|he syncopated synonyms is she
knyway" Or the honest working man
viii run across it, after he's read the
Iporting page and looked over the
bomics. He'll be sitting in his trous-
hrs and undershirt with his heels.up
bn the sill Of the fats one front win
low. overlooking the elevated road.
kitchen: Hey. Nav! Listen to this
|rhat some fool actorine has got to
kay.' and honest, Barry, I can't think
BIZ q thing I want to tell all those
beopla Not q word"
"Oh, that'n be all right" says Barry.
boothing. collie with sec that you say
he right thing. Hen get something
kialty. And any way. the chief thing is
10 get your name and your picture
printed and let folks know that The
Prince and the Flapper' is still running.
kou may not Hike doing It. but it's nee
Like taking . pill or paying your
|axe0, eh?' says !. VERY well. Let
he know when he's coming"
| = i y i
~ course, hes and Uncle Nels had
to have It all explained to them.
! nd III say It was some job. At first
Evening star., 1921-10-23

the misstep. the penalty for which
they ere paying, and paying a great
price?
IJALF a mile west of this scene the
road forks. Straight ahead is the
Little River turnpike: TO the left
leads the Warrenton pike. In the angle
is the prison camp. Rough wooden
barracks have been pitched there.
These are of temporary construction,
for in a little while the camp may
be moved to some other point along
the road or to some other road. One
of the great trucks came rumblins
down the pike from the point. about
two miles beyond where the road
building gang was at work. IT was
going for another load of broken
stone. A black man. evidently pris-
oner. and the cook stepped out in
the road and signaled. The truck stop
ped and the man handed up to the
driver a big can evidently contain
box that was heavy and evidently
contained dinner for the men shovel
ing stone at the railroad. Dinner for
the prisoners down the road?" asked
the Rambler. "Yasser." said the man
who had put the can and box on the
truck. We'll. 1 hope it's good one -
We'll. it amt fancy, sab, but dar's
plenty of it. ha! hal"
A mile west of the prison camp the
road leads through a hamlet, and at
the farther, end of the scattering
houses is a lane leading off to the
south and going as far as the War
renton pike. striking that road at
Greenberry Cronk's place. The rocky
and cloddy lane has high banks well
grown with bushes. and among them
dwarf sumac and black gum flashed
, red. Along the top of one bank, sill
houetted against the sky. is a rail
fence of the pattern which used to
be called and is perhaps still called q
snake fence" or worm fence
Two or three tall cedars stand on one
bank and the Rambler stopped to
make a picture of it.
While setting up his camera a cloud
of dust and a string of teams showed
themselves down the road The teams
were coming from the east and the
Rambler thought it might be a train
of teams working on the road. As
the column drew near 1t revealed it.
self as a circus, one of those circ'Ies
called country circus" or q wagon
show" But oh. such a pathetic little
circus. The leading unit was lit
tie WAGON. the body of which su-Gcst-
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and whose roof you see 4 thousand
yards across the fields. was the Thrift
farmhouse. This was the central
part of the battlefield of Chantilly.
/ am not going to read you. lecture
on the battle of Chantilly. though l
hope those of you who are rusty in
American history will know some
thing about il before l leave the
neighborhood. but at this point !
will read TO you paragraph which l
have before me in book of refer
ence. Here it is:
"Chantilly. Vireinia-Batue 1f: Au-
gust 81. 1862. the day after the sec
oud battle of Bull Hun. or Manassas.
Lee sent jackson northward for the
purpose of turning Pope's right wing
toward Washington. Pope's head
quarters We're at Centerville. and he
had been reinforced by summers and
Franklins corps. Anticipating the
movement of the Confederates, he
disposed his forces in position TO meet
and frustrate il az Chantilly, just
north Of Ccnterville, on the evening
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seem to know Just where he was at.
It looked as if Id completely
wrecked his running schedule. But
after he had soothed himself by
lighting a cigarette he recovered
II see," says he. IAN abnormal
case. Rather interesting, too. Then
suppose we pass on to your career.
Perhaps you would care to sketch
that out for an eager public: your
first appearances. well known actors
with whom you have been associated.
I threw my head back and laughed.
1t wasn't a polite rippling. little
laugh, either. I'm afraid it was a
rather coarse, outdoor cackle, such
as 1 used to give back home when
paw tried to lead frisky calf out
to pasture and got tangled up in the
rope. 49,
xk.X 4
VoU know, there are some persons
= who bring out the best and
smoothest traits you have. And then
again there are others who affect
you Just opposite. T. Temple Fogg
was in class 2. He had Back Bay.
Boston, accent, for one thing. Oh, my,
yes! Every a as broad as the back
Of your hand, and all the RS buttered
until they slid so easy from the
tongue you couldn't tell 'em from his.
He fairly oozed culture, and even
when he hicked his cigarette ashes
into 'potted fern he did 1t with a
refined flick. So simply ached to
jolt him. Besides, he showed so plain
ly how bored he was at having to
pump an interview out of a third-rate
actress that I couldn't resist cutting
loose.
Listen, FoSgy, old DEAR" says I.
you've started something now. For
years I've been wanting to unload on
the yearnine public the true story OF
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to help You out with 0hin him. De RI IN see ean Il
| can't get Ames Hunt to run up.
Doubt it. though. So long. Best OF
So; was in for it. I was going to
be plugged in. as the phone girls say.
on the PUBLIC press. with a direct wire
to the ear Of Old Subscriber. Pro Bono
million Smiths and half the Cohens.
And I was expected to talk for their
amusement and instruction. Me! Say,
asua,s as ! sat IT, thinking that over l was
came rushing in from space and had
me f1oundering about panicky. / got
up and paced around the apartment
You want him to come quick, eh?"
asks Inez, watching me curious.
II do. and then again I DON'T" says
/. Maybe you never waited for the
dentist? dent f. NO Then you can't appre-
Even at that the wretch was nearly
half an hour late. But finally I heard
the buzzer ring and Annette came in
to announce that Mr.. Fogg was in the
What does he look like. Annette? 90
"oh. he amt such a much" says
she. -.
A NNETTE isn't such poor descrfb-
er, either. There was nothing
awesome or impressive about T. Tenn
pie Fogg. That is, unless you count
the black pompadour which sprouted
from his pallid brow and waved in
heavy magnifcence over his narrow.
pasty face. It was bumper crop of
hair. all right; more than you would
look for on such a peanut-shaped
head. and you could guess that he
must have Q well trained barber to
have kept 4 safe from the shears.
Just n slim, flnicky ky-dressed youth.
with pair OF big. dark eyes that
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of September 1, by the troops of Nc
DoweIl. Hooker and kearny. In the
engagement Gems. kearny and Ste
vens were killed. Pope was forced
to fall back upon the works at Wash
ington. Federal loss. 1900: Confeder-
ate loss. 500"
rHANTILLY and CentervilIe were
celebrated places fifty years ago.
and although two of the very old
roads Of this region lead to them, and
although they are within an hours
run of Washington by motor, many
readers of these lines may be saying,
Il wonder where those places are and
how one gets to them" / am going
over to my bookcase to draw out a
map made fifty years ago and tell
you something about it. 1t will give
you an idea of the relative Importance
of places in Virginia then and now.
The only towns east of the Blue ridge
shown on this map are Norfolk.
Portsmouth, Big Bethel, Warwick,
Yorktown. Williamsburg, Petersburg.
City Point, Five Forks, Amelia Court
House, Farmville. Burkeville. Appo-
mattox Court House. Lynchburg, NAL
vern. Savage Station. West Point,
Bottom Bridge. Cold Harbor. Gaines
Mills, Mechanicsville, Richmond. Low
ingston, SCOTS Vile, Charlottesville
Gordonsville, Spotsylvania Court
House. Falmouth. Fredericksburg
Aqua Creek, Culpeper Court House
Brandy Station, Bealeton, Manassas
Junction. Warrenton. Alexandria
Leesburg, Vienna, Centerville and
, Chantiliy.
I started this story with the idea
of taking you on little walk along
an interesting road and with the
thought of introducing you to. or In
Producing to you. some of the inter-
esting people met on the way. I dio
not mean to write any more of the
civil war than to lead you to the
! granite markers which several years
ago were set up at the spot where
MS Kearny and Stevens Were
killed. and, although that was the
end Of the walk, led you there first
because I wanted to strike you with
something which would attract you
and encourage you to read the whole
$50 whereas If ken. kearny and
stevens until the end of the story
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broken rock into great hoppers which
would dump the rock into motor
trucks when they arrived for load
The men We're prisoners. One man on
the top of a car. or on platform.
where he could watch til. men at
work. held a repeating shotgun in
his hands. The men worked hard and
not in that Iis.less fashion which
men often do. They were hardy and
healthy set of men and seemed To be
well fed. Still it was not pleas
ant sight to look on. To shift ones
eyes from the RED and gold OF au-
tumn leaves to prisoners WORK nE
with an armed man standing guard
over them made a sad contrast. Per
haps some misstep, and they had bee u
caught. Perhaps many others hau
made the same misStep and had not
been caught. What was the back
ground OF these strong and patient
men? What institution or guidance had
they hado What effect. if any, had
heredity played in their life? How
much were they really to blame for
Evening star., 1921-10-23
II HAMLETS in the Vicinity and Old Homes
IL Where Many Generations Have Lived.
An Encounter With Country Circus"
Some Facts About Centerville - Prisoners
Who Work on the Roads-A Stop at Jerman-
town.

RS red as the blood that flowed on
this ground. Outside the plot and
within the gray rail fence grow black
oaks, white oaks. hickories and a
few tall pines. AS you look south
across the fields, the view is bounded
by woods on the left, and you catch
glimpses of the yellow dirt road
which leads south from Pender to
Legato. The land which Pender
occupies was called Ok Hill: the old
house standing In fold of the land.
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you might have grown weary and
turned away from this page before
coming to them. But let me on with
my story.
On leaving Fairfax Court House you
would have seen several big steel
railroad cars such as usually curry
coal standing on side track. They
were loaded with broken. rock, used
in road making. Black men We're
working in one car and white men in
another. They were shoveling the
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tablet reads: Maj Gen. Philip Kear-
ny killed on this spot September 1.
1862 The trihu ~
New Jersey Brigade and friends"
The other table reads: He.
Mai. Gen. Isaac Ingalls, Stevens, with
the flag of the republic in his dying
grasp September 1, 1862
Within the plot grow purple asters.
bits of golden rod and little upshoots
of black oak, whose few leaves are
Evening star., 1921-10-23

sIF YOC DON'T MIND, SAYS HE.
DROPPING INTO A CHAIR, AWE
ALL THAT
eORT or THING. BROMIDE OPEN
|NGS IRRITATE ME EXCESSIyELY."
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-04
Silk Crepe de Chine
 and Georgette Waist special for silk week O5.OU

The Crepe de Chine Waists are styled with three different effects tucked and embroidered. They come in flesh, navy blue, also white and black .S5.OO The Georgeate Waists are cut with e1th- CT round neck, square neck or V neck, hand somely trimmed with lace, three quarter and full length sleeves. Shown in flesh tan, dark brown, navy, also white. ..... S5.O
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-04

can be imposed is increased from 30 to 60 days.
 The maximum penalty for fraud ulent enlistment has been reduced from one years imprisonment to six months. The greatest reduction of maximum confinement is for assault without deadly weapons, which was five years, reduced to one year. The maximum where weapons are used still is five years.
 The maximum for obtaining under false pretenses money or property valued at $50 or more is reduced from five years to three years.
 The executive order will not re- suit in a radical reduction of penal ties,'' Colonel c, A. Kreger Acting Judge Advocate declared. Punish nentS for OffenSeS in the army have been based since 1914 on consensus of those fixed by different state laws for similar civil offenseS. The execu- tive order reduces maximum penal hstment, desertion and other pecu- harly military in nature, but maxi mum penalties seldom have been awarded for these offenSes.
 The Presidents memorandum calling attention to the Articles of down from maximum penalties where cases are not aggravated probably will have more effect in Tightening punishments than the reductions which he actually orders. His mem orandum, however, but stresses what is already a part of military law
 Since 1890 the president has been authorized by Congress to fix the limit of military punishment by exec utive order, and several such orders have been issued from time to time by different presidents.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-04
Courts-Martia SentencesTOBe
 Tempered

Washington. - Reduction in the number of diShonorable discharges from the army and grading down in the severity of courts martial sen tences are expected by the Judge Ad- vocate Generals Department to re- suit from an executive order limiting military peace time punishment which gieS into effect tomorrow. The order follows wide agitation over court martial penalties during the war pc riod-
 \ memorandum from the President attached to the order directs that maXimom punishment and diShonor- able discharges be imposed only in aggravated cases. This is expected to have more effect in reducing pen altieS, it was stated than the actual order, which reduces punishments for 21 different offenSes under the mil itary code.
 The old maximum of IS months confinement for deSertion by men less than one year in service has been re- duced to one year, and in cases of more than six months service, from ? 1-2 to two years The period of ab- sence for which assertion penalties
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-04

To be peang gives skirt effective appearance In this fine showing Velour and Serge Skirts they cut with either the Box peat side pea The Plaid patterns more than pleasing in color combinations.
 speciaSA- 95
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-02-04
NO LONGER SECTIONAL LINES
1--WE Have Great Diversity Of Inter.
ests, all OF Which are Entitled
TO Consideration"

Atlanta, Ga,-Calvin Coolidge, vice
presiednt.elect, addressing the South
ern Tariff Conference said that in a
determination OF the economic policy
Of the country the sole object to be
sought is the public welfare He de-
Tended the protective tariff but said
there would need to be "a careful
resurvey of the field in order to de-
termine what application of former
policy can be made to existing condi-
lions in order to provide for the public
welfare"
Geographical divisions and section
al lines have been swept away" said
Mr.. Coolidge. The just pride of the
north and the south, the east and the
west, is everywhere submerged in the
overmastering sentiment Of yet
greater pride that we are all Ameri-
cans. The outstanding result OF the
recent national election was more
than partisan, It was the unalterable
determination Of our country TO be and
remain in all things thorough Ameri
can
1--WE have a great diversity of inter
ests which are all entitled to consid
Grafton. This will require very
careful adjustment. In making that
adjustment all must remember that
each must support the other"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1921-02-04
AMERICANS WANT
TRADE OF MEXICO
THE COUNTRY Is IN NEED OF
EVERYTHING IN THE WAY
OF AMERICAN GOODS.
EXCHANGE IS NO DIFFICULTY
Firms That Six Months Ago Would
Not Consider Mexican Trade Now
eendlng Statesmen There.

Mexico City exico's big four"
are Oregon, Gompers, Villareal and
Mother Jones.
They are making Mexico safe for
Americans and American business.
The great American drive to cap re
the immensely rich Mexican trade is
on in full blast.
Mexico is Americas nearest, most
accessible and potentially richest for
eign market It needs everything IN
the way of American manufactured
goods. 1t can pay in raw materials.
Exchange furnishes no difficulty.
The American dollar has been worth
two Mexican dollars for % years and
the war has not changed this
The American Chamber OF Com
merce in Mexico City has increased
its membership rs per cent in four
months and receives new applications
for membership almost daily.
American firms that six months ago
wouldn't consider Mexican trade are
sending their best statesmen into Mex
leo and are planning to establish
agencies or branches.
There isn't a safer place on earth
for Americans to do business says
w II. Vail, acting secretary OF the
American Chamber of Comerce.