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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-06-16
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Mrs H. A. Sokel of Plains was
shopping in town Wednesday.
L. W. Murphy of Sublette was
here Tuesday on business.
c. A. Porter of Satanic was in the
city Wednesday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. MILESTONE of
Plains was in the city Tuesday.
Ask to see our tennis shoes. Du-
bois & Ravenscraft. 52t-1c
I. N. Pennington and wife spent
Tuesday with relatives in Hayne.
Mrs. G. A. Christy of Tyrone was
shopping in Liberal the first of the
week.
Roy Halcup of Tyrone was here
the first of the week looking after
business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Humphrey
of Beaver City was in Liberal the
first of the week on business.
A. E. Taylor of the Taylor Grain
Company is in Amarillo this week
attending to business matters.
DR.. and Mrs.. E. H. Neighbors re-
turned from an extended visit to
eastern points Monday night.
Miss Elizabeth White of Hayne
was guest at the E. s. Irwin home
Monday afternoon.
VIM T. Hubbard and wife Of HUI
Cotton were in Liberal Tuesday shop
ping and on business.
Why not see Riney and Newly at
Liberal, KS, about that real estate
loan? 50t4c
J. I. Steele and wife of Spear
man, Texas, were in the city Tues
day.
E. N. Wilbanks was up from
Spearman, Texas, Tuesday on short
business trip.
Attractive prices on tennis shoes
and oxfords at Dubois & Ravens
craft.for ten days. 52t1c
Mr.. Beebee of the Ford Motor
Company visited the Liberal offices
the first of the week.
The Liberal Auto Supply Company
received car load of Ford Coupes,
Tuesday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Collingwood of
Plains was here Wednesday for adj
justments.
Mrs. Ada Roberts of Plains was
in Liberal the first of the week con-
sulting physicians.
Miss Mary Jackson has entered a
local hospital where she is stduying
nursing.
Mrs. c. A. Sealey and family
went to Garden City with Mr.. Sea-
ley Tuesday.
Mrs. Thomas Craver of Fowler
arrived in Liberal Wednesday for a
visit with her daughter, Mrs. Cliff
ford Mahoney.
Miss Opal Lotion of Fowler re-
turne to her home Wednesday af-
ternoon after several days visit with
her uncle, Martin Apple of Perryton
Mrs. Ida Phillips of Tarkio, Mo-,
left for her home Wednesday after
an extended visit with her brother
/. E. Hill of this city.
Mrs. W. v. Griffith accompanied
her husband to Garden City and
visited friends while he took the
work in the Elks lodge Tuesay.
Milk from Taylor's Lakeview
Dairy is aerated and ice booled be-
fore bottling. Phone 1929. Calvert
Ave. 52tfc
Mrs. Lille A. Morrow and little
daughter, Margaret, expect to leave
soon for an extended visit to points
north.
Mrs, Harry W. Magruder and
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-06-16

Mrs, J. D. Evans Of Oklahoma
City and Miss Vera Johnson Of Enid
have been visiting Mrs. P. S. Clymer
the past few days and they left We'd
nesday for a visit with relatives. on
Hooker.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-06-16

+. County Attorney c. T. Parker Of
Stevens county went back to Hugo
ton this afternoon. He had been to
Garden City in connection with the
murder cases.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
BLOCK PARTY, NEW YORK, OLD STYLE

tract of land occupied by squatters, whose dogs
roamed the adjacent neighborhood. The dogs
were so wild that citizens hesitated to travel
along the neighboring roads lest their horses
be attacked
Skyscrapers were SO scarce chat the present
Mills Building, in Broad Street, was consid-
erred wonder.
Cooper Union was the only big auditorium.
COWS were stabbed right in the heart of
town.
Epidemics were frequent Public health
oftlcers would never enter house where there
was sickness, but stood in the middle of the
street and shouted directions to the patient
unescorted women we're not permitted to at
tend night performances at theaters
Telephones, electric light, stock tickers and
steam heat were unknown.
Dr. Smith, lacking only two years of having
lived century, was called first He testified
that his observations of the Good Old Days in
New York began about seventy years ago.
when as young physician he came to the CITY
from an upstate town. He had no prejudice
against the Good Old Days, he asserted. but
believed the Present was more suitable to it's
own generation
Eager to establish reputation, he became
active IN reforming the city's Health Depart
ment, which in 1850 was conducted bv pol
ticians.
In those days" said Dr. Smith, "the sani-
tary condition was extremely wretched. The
drainage was so poor that the city experienced
every year what called autumn fever
The health inspectors would not venture into a
mouse where there was sick person. Thew
generally stood in the street and shouted their
directions through the window. The directions
were that sulphur should be burned in the
patients room This was thought to be an
efhcaclous remedy for everything"
Mr.. Clews, being duly sworn, was next called.
lie said he had prepared his testimony in the
form OF an affidavit, which, handed to Father
Time, was read as follows by the clerk:
Fifty years ago we were more modest in
our desires and had less to crafty them than
have those who live in this generation. When
hear complaints made of the subway service
think of the little horsecars and stages that
were the only means of local transportation
half century ago. The fare was from six to
ten cents. The only lighting was by large
candle in each end of the cars, set in candle
holder with spring socket. There was no
thought Of heating these vehicles, and straw
was spread over the floor during the winter
when the elevated was built from Rector
Street to Thirtieth Street and Ninth Avenue
it was the eighth wonder of the world The
Hudson River Railroad station was then at
Thirtieth Street and Tenth Avenue. Many of
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01

aid if he made them more impressive. In
fact, could any genius-no matter how great
make such talk impressive? How would it
be if Shakespeare were to come back to life
and dress himself in our garb and lecture on
his theories Of playwriting? Would there not
be some one in the audience to follow the ex-
ample of the gray-haired man and catch
little nap?
The lecturer has turned his back to his hear
ers now and is busy with the chalk His hands
are well shaped, and his fingers are long and
slender. He makes symmetrical figures on the
board, and makes them swiftly. 1t is plain
enough that he and chalk are not strangers.
AS he makes the figures he explains their
meaning. His voice rises in pitch, almost be-
coming a chant at times and at other times
taking on questioning note that sounds some
what pathetic. It is not the voice of a robust
man. What kind Of a voice did Newton have,
anyway? Was it heavy or of light quality,
and when he wanted to drive home an idea
what did he use for illustration in place Of
chalk?
DR.. Einstein has ceased figuring, tenn
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01

German is only partly true. Much of the time
he talks in the universal language of mathe-
matics, on the blackboard. But here again
he is hard to follow, as when his talk becomes
comparatively simple his mathematics soar
into super realm, and when his mathematics
approach the earth his words soar off the other
way. Consequently those who are poorly
equipped with mathematics or German-or per-
haps with both-are reduced at an Einstein
lecture to personal study Of the man him
self
Imagine the scene at one of these lectures.
1t is the sort Of lecture room peculiar to insti-
tutions of learning, with the seats banked
toward the roof at alarming angle. DR..
Einstein PAGES up and down behind a table at
the foot Of the bank of seats. There is
piece of chalk ON the table. Also an eraser.
DR.. Einstein has on a black coat of Prince
Albert cut, dark striped trousers, a green
necktie, which has been badly tied and has
slipped somewhat from center, and wing col
lar, the back of which is nearly always covered
by his long hair. He has black mustache,
small mouth and dark eyes that never smile.
The audience ranges from gray-haired men
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01

to "studes" who are boyishly eager to absorb
all the Einstein theories at once 1t is quiet,
and sometimes in spots it is not attentive, ndi-
eating that there some in the audience who
do not understand German or mathematics-or
perhaps both. One gray-haired individual,
whose head is leaning perhaps trife too heav-
lily on his hand, closes his eyes and permits
them to remain closed. There is no doubt about
it-he is taking nap and letting relatively 60
hang!
1t is just such an audience as one might
expect to see at any lecture In reality there
many distinguished scientists in it, but dis
tinguished scientists are painfully apt to
dress like the undistinguished. In fact, so far
as outward appearances go, the gathering
might be one picked up anywhere and ad-
dressed by almost any professor Yet this
man who is pacing up and down at the foot of
this semicircle of seats and who is getting his
coat dusty with chalk and whose voice would
hardly penetrate the recesses of an audience
chamber of larger proportions than this small
room may have made discoveries upsetting
mans previous conceptions Of the universe.
One wonders If Newton ever gave such tallcs
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01

porarily, and is facing his audience again.
He holds the chalk awhile and then puts it on
the table. Then he picks it up again and
turns once more to the blackboard, which
is soon filled with figures. A few minutes
later another illustration is necessary. The
lecturer does not bother to make an erasure.
He draws the needed symbols in the upper
left-hand corner of the board, over the pre-
viously made figures. Evidently, then, he is
not purctlious.
The chalk is on the table now and the lee
turer is feeling in his vest pocket He draws
out a email watch and looks at it in the re-
cess of his hand as he talks How many
thousands of college professors have done
that thing toward the close of how many
millions of talks! But in this case the
lecturer apparently is not looking to see how
much sparring for wind will have to be done
in order to fill out the allotted time. Instead,
it seems to be a questioning glance to find
out how much can be crowded into the time
that is left.
Again ne turns to the board chalk in hand.
Then come more explanations, followed by an
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
By TOM STEEP

~ Id FATHER TIME brushed aside
his hoary beard, adjusted his big
spectacles, scrutinized the docket
and called the next case. It's title
was "The Present VS.. the Good Old Days"
Il understand" said Father Time, "that this
ba case in which the Good Old Days is charged
With being somewhat of a myth. 1t is set
forth in the complaint that the said Good Old
Days. in defiance of the truth, persists in rep
resenting itself as being superior to the Pres
snt; that the said Good Old Days does so much
Dragging that many persons are le to wish
that they lived in the said Good Old Days in
stead of in the Present; that the said Good Old
Days. for instance, asserts that New York in
1850 or thereabout was a much jolier place to
live in than it is under the regime of the Pres
ent The said Present. therefore, on the ground
that it is being constantly embarrassed, hum
bled and held up to scorn and ridicule, seeks
an injunction to restrain the said Good Old
Days from making comparisons inimical to the
aid Present. Have you living witnesses? If
sSwe will proceed with the prosecution of this
case
Counsel for the Present begs to inform the
august tribunal that living witnesses are ready
to take the stand. Counsel announces that the
Witnesses, having lived both in the Good Old
Days and in the Present, know whereof they
speak.
Witnesses are asked to stand forth. They
are:
Dr.. Stephen Smith, founder of the American
Public Health Association, who was born
mnety-eight years ago.
Henry Clews, banker, who is eighty-seven
pears Old
Or. Lyman Abbott, editor of The Outlook,
who is eighty-six years old.
Henry Holt, publisher and editor of The Un-
partizan Review, who is eighty-one years old.
By the testimony of these witnesses counsel
nys it will undertake to establish that the fol-
owing conditions, having prevailed in the Good
Wd Days, prove that life then, pleasant as it
nay have been, was not pleasant the
said Good Old Days cracks it up to have been
Broadway, the only direct thoroughfare open
rom Bowling Green to Union Square, was
uayersed by busses, which ran on an hourly
Shedule, and which broke down so frequently
mat 1t was often more expedient to walk.
Me-horse cars, each heralded by cow bell
angling from the horses neck, were illunl-
mated at night by candles, which often blew
out
Lamp-posts were surnounted by oil lamps,
snch blew out at the gentlest gust of wind,
naklng it dangerous for women to venture out
night.
What is now Central Park was a rambling
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01

other glance at the watch. Those who do not
understand German and who frightened up at
that first glance at the watch are not to be
fooled now. They know it does not mean what
they thought The lecture goes on until $50
"a good hour and a half Of talk, with little
pause for the blackboard work.
few crowd about the lecturer. As the
crowd goes out it talks over it's impressions.
like theater audience. Mostly there are
laughing admissions: II didn't get it." Some
say their German is faulty and some lay their
lack OF understanding to their failure to grasp
the mathematics. But one professor, when
asked concerning himself, replies that every
thing was delightfully."- clear-that the lectur
er's German was perfect and his reasoning
perfectly simple and his mathematics easy to
follow There is due abasement among those
who have admitted failure to comprehend.
The most they can say when they get home
at night is: well, ! saw Einsten" II some
member of the family circle asks what Elm
stein said the conversation will be deftly
switched to Babe" Ruth. For, as indicated at
the beginning of this article, unless languages
becomes internationalized, Einstein lectures in
German. with mathematics on the side. will
never figure among the turnstile attractions
in this country.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01

to-day in Constantinople. Cows were stabbed
IN the city and were fed ON refuse from the
houses or distilleries. None Of the streets were
Kept very clean, and some Of them were hardly
cleaned at all. Cases Of cholera occurred every
summer and epidemic Of that disease was
expected every two or three years. The streets
were dlmply lighted with oil lamps, and there
were many sections where no prudent pedes-
trlan would venture at night
1T was not safe for women to 20 anywhere
after the sun went down. Women were gen
orally not admitted to the theaters after night
fall without male escort. Saloons Of every
description were run without regulation.
Gentlemen the worse for liquor were not un-
known in the public vehicles and on the side
walks in our best Streets"
Testimony in favor of the Present was given
by Mr.. Holt, who attacked the Good Old Days
on the ground that transportation was so poor
1T required twenty-four hours to travel from
New York to Washington; that people in the
Good Old Days took little interest in honesty
in politics and that they lacked a sense of the
beautiful, for every man who built house was
his own architect, with the result that the
skyline was Jagged and incongruous.
when the New York & New Haven road
was opened" said Mr.. Holt, after ne had duly
sworn that ne was entirely friendly to the Good
Old Days in spite of all deficiencies "the sta
tlon was on the east side of Broadway below
Canal Street Passengers were taken from
there in cars drawn by horses to the Forty
second Street tunnel, where the locomotive was
hitched on. few years later the station was
moved to Fourth Avenue near Twenty-sixth
Street. The locomotives were grudgingly toll
Grated along Fourth Avenue. The station got
to Forty-third Street in the early '7os The
one there now is the third I have seen on the
SITE 1t took long time to get anywhere.
"In the early SOS an architect was a rare
bird Most builders were their own architects
Dwellings were mostly brownstone, with front
steps. Charlie McKim came from his studies
in Europe about 1870 and began to revolution
ize architecture. The new style did away with
the danger of sending old people like me up
and down steps outside the houses in slippery
weather. 1t has given the Present the most
picturesque city in the world
Old Father Time began to fidget "We will
hear the evidence of the Defense" he said.
Are the witnesses ready for the Good Old
Days? Let them step forward"
Necks were stretched, but nobody moved
toward the witness stand.
'If you please, Father Time" finally piped
small voice, "those who were to have testi
fed in behalf of the Good Old Days Lave long
since departed"
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01
BLOCK PARTY, NEW YORK, NEW STYLE

The Irish and Germans were in the vast ma
jority Of the limited number of foreigners in
our population.
downtown the spire of Trinity Church over
topped everything in sight, and pilgrims
climbed the stairs to the belfry to gaze over
the whole lower section of the city. When
moved into my present office in the Mills Build
ing, in 1884, that structure was the greatest
office building in the world, and people from
the Atlantic to the Pacific and from Maine to
Florida came to see the massive iron grating
gates that were and still are lowered at night.
We had the privilege of giving tickets to our
visitors to mount to the roof, from which the
view was grand. One could see down to Sandy
Hook and up to and beyond where Grants
Tomb has since been built, and up to the East
River, studded with islands now used by the
city So many skyscrapers have since been
built that one can see but few blocks and
the waters of the rivers and Bay can scarcely
be seen at all.
1T the custom for business men to
wear tail coats and black silk high hats in the
winter season and white high hats during the
summer. While we had few conveniences fifty
years ago compared with the present time
believe we were just as happy as those people
who now have facilities to crafty most of their
desires"
Counsel for the Present showed SNUG ex-
preston of having achieved triumph when
Dr. Abbott testified concerning the dogs that
prowled in the region now known as Central
Park.
when I came to New York nearly three
quarters of century ago." said Dr. Abbott,
"the growing residential region was from
Houston to Fourteenth Street. When, about
that time, my uncle Gordon Abbott, left his
brothers school, in Houston Street, and estab-
lished the Spinger Institute in Union Square,
he was quite sure that his pupils would never
follow him to those northern limits of good
society. Even some years later what is now
Central Park was rocky wild, given over to
the huts of squatters, whose hordes of dogs
made crossing that region after dark dis
agreeable and even a somewhat perilous en-
terprise.
"The fire companies were volunteer organi-
cations, which bitterly resented and vigorously
resisted the advent Of o paid fire department.
Occasionally these rival fire companies stopped
on their way to fire and fought street bat
tie to determine which should have precedence
in the highway
"The police we're not uniformed. The police
protection inadequate that for time
the control Of the police was transferred from
the City Hall to Albany. The simplest sani-
tary regulations had not yet been established.
Dogs roamed the streets as freely as they do
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01

/ ECTURE managers and ticket specu-
iators in this country evidently are
~ losing money by not putting up prize
for the devising Of an international
suguage that can be learned in four or five
Neka
.ue visit Of DR.. Albert Einstein to Amer
- shores proves how lacking in acumen our
sssscan \ managers and their allies really are.
Aey had endowed college Of international
y'sca several years ago, with short course
perhaps correspondence school instruction
.sserybody, lot of people who heard DR..
y.ssn lecture at the College of the City of
- 1ork during his four engagements there
.s'u not be wondering to-day just what it
they heard.
1 aaosace Maeterlinck, who tried to work out
"n phonetic version of the English lam
~ mad the right idea, though he failed
s. aoemance. Five or six weeks Of English
sss' sassacs will not do. That much was demon
- go Dy Mr.. Maeterlinck with such thor
=. A''Sss that DR.. Einstein did not try the
experiment. The discoverer of relativ-
i. ..Ae the sdiscoverer of the "Blue Bird
i, snsent Z, to talk in the language he knew
|a& ]. 1ne result was that there was scant need
MAJ announcement that the lecture course
~ npt be public.
statement that DR.. Einstein talks in
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01

place used for all big political and other public
meetings. Orators, dead now but not forgot
ten, delivered orations that impressed their
hearers far more than those of the present
day, for there were giants in those days and
the audiences were 80 per cent Americans.
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01

the cattle for our meat supply were driven in
herds along the banks Of the river from Put
nam, Dutchess and Westchester counties We
had no telephones, electric lights, stock tickers
or steam heat. Elevators were in compare
lively few buildings. Cooper Union was the
New-York tribune., 1921-05-01

LID FATHER TIME brushed aside
his hoary beard, adjusted his big
spectacles, scrutinized the docket
and called the next case. It's title
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