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The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-05
Luke McLuke Says

After all, man Is merely a worm who has sense enough to hang on to the butt end of the fishing rod.
 The hotter you make it for some people the more they complain about this being cold world.
 Things could be worse. Just sup pose the 10-cent stores were han ding automobiles.
 lot of us would have more coin if we put as much pep in our Voca tions as we do in our Vacations.
 It may seem paradoxical But oil is causing a lot of frbtion in the world these days.
 In fiction. the Hero always marries the Girl But any wife can tell you that in real life the Villain usually marries the girl.
 If the Summers get hotter and the Winters get colder and the bed gets harder, and the steak gets tougher every year, you're getting old, old boy, you're getting old
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-05
THE REELECTION OF GOMPERS.

The reelection of Samuel Gompers to the Presi- dency of the American Federation Labor is mat ter for congratulaton. It forty years ago that the Grand Old Man" of Union Labor chosen to lead in America and for all the time except for one year since that time he has been the President It is remarkable record when one considers that the term of office is but one year. For than a quarter of century the Socialists and radicals fought to unhorse the former cigar maker, but all ways in vain.
 During all his long career Gompers has always been patriot and has usually stood fast for Ameri- principles of government. While he was born in England. he has resided in the United States for
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-05

nearly three of years and has on all occasions maintained with all his force and eloquence that his adopted country is the greatest the world has ever developed.
 The reelection of President Gompers at this time is particularly gratifying. It would have been disaster if Union Labor had turned the administra- tion of it's affairs radicals during this period of readjustm ment
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-05

Tedious" Is Right (Ad. in Wilmington News-JournaD FOR SALE-At public auction, six chairs, husk bed, two mirrors, two wash stands, three rugs, one wash ing machine, one wringer, two tubs one wheelbarrow, three oil lamps. one clothes boiler, some fruit jars, some barrels, some boxes, one coal oil can, and other articles too tedious to mention.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-05
Back For More Trouble!

Back For More Trouble!
 "Wlen some men get to fOOllng around with women they remind ne of fool dog that lives on nly str.'r,'' said the Crusty Bachelor "This dog has been run over by an automobile at least four times, bat every time he hears the toot Of 6 hor2 he's right out on the road agau ready for another Jumping"
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-05
Mean Brute

Mean Brutei
 Just what is the difference be. tween firmness and obstinacy. any way?" demanded Mrs. Gabb, as she looked up from the newspaper she was reading.
 Merely a matter of sex" replied Mir. Gabb s"Men are firm, but wo men are obstinate"
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-05

The rush of the Powers to lead the way to uni. versal disarmament reminds of the stamped. when the spellbinder says: Now, what lady or gen. teman will start the ball rolling by contributing s1OO tc the cause?"- Buffalo Express
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-05
When Greek Meets Greek!

When Greek Meets Greek! The Real Estate Agent took the Book Agent out to sell him a house for $7,500 The Real Estate Agent talked fAi two hours while showing the house and then stopped for breath. Two hours later, when the Book Agent got through talking, the Req Estate Agent discovered that the Book Agent had sold him $S,50( worth of books.
 We Prefer the Corn Fed Kind Sign in a shoe store window: Medium and Small Vamps." He is in jail, l understand, He'll have finish grim; They captured him for arson, and They'll make it hot for him.
 AW, GWan! They looked at the triplets, The couple were rural; When she said: How singular!' He said: How plural!"
 T. Fitch.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-05

Before preaching the funeral sermon over Bo- shevism the world would better be assured that ii Is dead. We have only its word for it. and you can't trust it!-(C Chicago News)
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-05

We may be too hopeful, but with the adoption of universal disarmament hope to it made a crime for woman to carry umbrea.- Buffalo Ex- press.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-05
Wares

"All factory goods are known as
 wares, And this fact makes me hot; There was no wear" said Oswald
 Fares, "In those last shoes l got!"
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-05

This is great nation of AS states Some ar. particularly adapted to thing and some to an other. but any of the AS raise hell upon oc casion.-( Toledo Bade)
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-05

The Greeks and Turks will have do some real fighting before they expect to arouse much in. terest in their war; Pittsburgh Dispatch)
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-05

The next war will be in the air" Well, it will have nothing on peace.--(Washington Post)
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-05
You Wjn!

Hey, Luke: I'll bet you cant get q big one in Little Ale, N. Y.-Solo- mon.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-05

No more glory than sparring partner,-(ohio State Journal
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-05

pecked Man who was sitting in the balcony
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-05
No Joke

No Joke! In this great land. You'll find, my brothers; Some folks can't stand Success in others.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-05

job.
 WuffI The cattle raiser meekly bows, And he is -browed; They tell me that the poor man 5 Have him completely cowed.
 Luke McLuke. The dog-man's troubles, too, cannot Be easily mistook; For raising puppies gives to him A mighty dogged look.
 -Cedartown (Ga) Standard.
 Names Is Names You Otto c. Knell at 2217 Chest nut Street, Milwaukee!
 Our Daily Special Too Much Discussing Leads To Too Much Cussing.
 Ouch! What is woman's proper sphere?" demanded the Stuff orator at the Po- litical Rally. "A ball of yarn," yelled a Hen
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-05
BITS OF BY-PLAY By Luke kcLuke Copyright by Cincinnati
 Enquirer
Hicks

Hicks Another lOut Is MT. Heljums; Who talks about Then there brave Belgiums!"
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-07-05
Gone Are the Days!"

"Gone Are the Days!" A Cincinnati man who advertises himself as a good mixer" wants { job.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-22
WIFE TAKES HUSBANDS
PLACE IN CAMDEN PULPIT
Mrs. Frederick W. Mathews Thinks oman Should Be Able 10
"Replace' Spouse if Really Necessary

u "a not every minister's wife who
,.n step into the breach when her
,rsband Is away--ard fill pulpit, at
,bbt But Mrs. Frederick w. Mathews
s.o. not stop there; not only loes ahc
.ueok in Mace Of her husband. who is
Sptft opost"r Of the Second Presbyterian
[Surch, of Camden. but she Is in great
So,o,ud at other times as we'll
Sunday night Dr.. Mathews was called
"A nreach- in this city, and Mrs.
Mathews undertook TO take his place.
hnnouncenents we're prepared and dis
;,,hutcd to that effect, and when tho
uSroninr service began the church was
gIlrJ TO ovcr1owing.
Taking for her text passage from
,bs fourth chapter Of st. Matthew.
Wrs Mathews preached on What a
Woman Can Do" When she had fiu-
,sbsJ the congregation was convinced
,bot woman can do lot.
Although she is not professional
orator, Mrs. Mathews is no novice at
umblic speaking. As girl in London
sbe became interested in religious work,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-22
the buildings capacity is taxed at every

the buildings capacity is taxed at every
service.
IN those four months Mrs. Mathews
spoke once before in her husbands
place, and she was 20 successful that
the congregation was eager to hear her
speak again.
~ think there should pc more Of this
sort Of thing done by the women" said
Mrs. Mathews. They can do 40 much
good, and there is much need Of II. I
know there are many tnings that take
up n woman's me--houscNork. chill
dren and good works Of other sorts-but
II seems 10 me that there is still time
to spread the Word Of God.
II do not think that a woman should
actually undertake the responsibility OF
a church. That Is too much for any
woman with home duties, but there are
thousands OF women who could do tho
sort Of work that have mentioned and
that I myself am doing"
Mrs. Mathews is a quiet. soft DICED
woman Of middle age, whose face reflects
the seriousness Of her purpose. At the
same time she has the capable and ef-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-22

icient look Of n good housekeeper, and
her home is as neat os pin.
DR.. Mathews is fortunate in having
family that can relieve any situation
that confronts church. His children
all sing in cholrs, and one recently
came to the rescue when his soloist was
unable to appear. Another can play
the organ when the necessity arises.
Within the eircl lie Of bis ownJhearth he
is protected against any contingency.
True enough. his family lacks the
numbers to provide an emergency con =
gregation, but 10 the past is any cri'
tcrion. that emergency will never arise.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-22

ond smoke often in The Welcome. an in
stltut!on similar to tho Y. w. c. 4.
Later. when she and her husband
came to this country and settled In the
Middle West. she continued TO speak be.
fore. various religious and civic or.
ganizations, and she developed a style
all her own. based upon direct. sincere
approach to sub ject. without recourse
to those oratorical nrtifices which rc,t
speakers employ.
-Four months ago. when DR.. Mathew,
ana hiS family began their occupancy NJ
was talk of closing tho church todny
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-22
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-22

and high tension wires. but after nearly
two hours work all we're rescued.
II is reported that the motorman Of
the train is missing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-22

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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-11-22
TRAIN IN MINE CAVE.IN
Passengers imperlled by High Ten
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-12
HAWTHORNE HOME TO
BE COMMUNITY HOUSE
BuidinB In Which Famous Writer
Lived until after Gradua.
ton from BoMdoin.

South Casco, Maine. Sept. IL, CAS-.
sociated press) The house on the
shores of Sebago Lake here in which
Nathaniel Hawthorne lived as boy
and where he made his home when he
was attending Bowdoln College, is to
be preserved as u community house.
Citizens and summer residents have
just formed a corporation for the pur.
pose.
Robert Manning of Salem, Mass,
who owned thousands of acres OF
land about Sebago Lake, built the
house in 1914 for his sister, who was
Hawthorne's mother. Mrs. Hawthorne
had lost her husband at sea and lived
atterward In retirement. Hawthorne
was ten years old when he came to
the new house with his mother, and
this continued to be his home until
after his graduation from Bowdoin
Co lege in 1926 when he returned to
Salem.
The building was used as a board
ing house for a long time after the
Hawthornes left Il. Seventy years
ago II was built over into church
for which purpose It has since been
used. II is big square structure Of
the colonial style OF architecture.
At the request of his uncle. the boy
Hawthorne kept diary while he lived
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-12
PRODUCERS
MAKE POOR CENSORS
Usually Take out Things That Should
Be Left in and Reverse
the Process.

Chicago, Sept. 10, ASSOCIATED
Press When movie men take to
censoring their films, they sometimes
have strange ideas. il Is related at the
Chicago censor board.
Distributors getting a picture they
think will not pass the board now
and then take hand of fixing II up.
They have cut out the funny parts
that the censors think great left in
parts that the censors hold thumbs
down on. and otherwise perplexed
their judges.
I'VE have sometimes sent back and
asked them to give us the whole pic.
ture as we did not find anything
wrong in It" remarked Miss Bonita,
Chicagos acting chief censor. AT
other times we have rejected a whole
film after their hopeless attempts to
doctor 1t up"
The Chicago censors sit as sort Of
Il humane society on the citys films.
They are keenly averse to useless
brutality. Their "Cut out Book con.
tains frequent injunctions to elimm.
ate scenes in terse terms as these:
Cut Kicking and Striking man on
floor"
Cut smuggling man."
"Cut two close view OF choking
The number of violent movie deaths
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-12
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News of the Town and Village and
Advertisements.

Wanted-At once, young boy to
work at A. & p Store
Twelve empty flour sacks for SIOO.
Davenport's Bakery.
Ed. Sweeney OF Providence is the
guest OF Mr.. and Mrs. Albyn LaTour.
Miss Marion Phillips has returned
from vacation spent at Hedges Lake.
Miss Gladys Taylor and brother
Jack Taylor motored Saturday to
owls Head, Me
Is love more powerful than revenge?
See Moral Fibre" starring Corrinne
Griffith. Harte Theatre tomorrow. =
Prohibition Director Collins NJ.
Graves who was at home for the week
end, returned to Burlington this af..
teinoon
a Vitaeraph production, Corrinne
Griffith in Moral Fibre" Pathe
News and Roiu comedy. Harte
Theatre tomorrow.
Miss Alice Murray, who has been
visiting at her home In Bennington
has returned to Albany where she is
an instructor at Albany Business Col
lege. Miss Dorothy Evan returned
with her
Mr.. and Mrs George W.shart and
family Aave returned from two
weeks motor trip through New York
state to Niagara Falls and thence tC
Hamilton, ST George and Paris on
tario. in Canada where they visited
Mr. Wsharts people.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-12
H0RSESH0ER POET
AT QUOT TOURNAMENT
n. F. Buckley Accustomed 10 Play
Popular Airs on Anvil with
Hammer and Sledge.

Hamlne. Mimi, Sept. 10 (Associat.
ed Press. Oh Cages hor.eshoer poet
NJ, L. Buckley is one of the most in.
terested attendants at the tournament
of the National Horse Shoe Pitchers
Association held here during the Min
ne5ota State Fair.
For many years before the automo.
bile truck came in, Buckley shod the
horses Of the Chicago newspapers,
which had to be well cared for to rush
the papers to tarin and lake steamer.
The big horseshoer has strong
sense OF rhythm which in those days.
before he laid aside the hammer for
the pen, manifested itself at the anvil.
While making the shoes, he used to
pay popular tunes with hammer and
sledge, Often while passing Buck,ey's
shop Chioagoans heard the Star Span.
gled Banner resomding from his an.
vii.
with this sense OF harmony deep
sentiment united IN the horseshoer.
which has led him IN recent years to
devote himself largely to poetry His
verse pays frequent tribute to the
horse and to the honorable trade of
horseshoeing. II was his interest in
the good old game of horseshoes that
brought him here.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-12

IN Chicago has been reduced by mil.
lions annua ~ since the censor board
took hand in reducing the film
murders They cut them out with
trong hand
Another aspect Of the censors work
is indicated by this line from the Cut
out Book:
"Cut all scenes Of white children
chasing negro boy and throwing stones
at him
An accident like that was credited
with starting race trouble
Disregard of the law Is another sug
&c. ton that the censors try to Offset
Gloritication OF law essness on the
plains is one of the most frequent
forms In which thi5 comes up.
"A censor should be able to put
back something as vital as he takes
out less offensive is a principl at
the Censor Board,
We are doing constructive work in
cen oring today that We did not know
could be done seven years ago." Miss
McGinnis said
"One reason for this betterment is
that the moving picture people real.
lie that censorship has come to stay.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-12
ALSkCE BEGINNING TO LIVE
Writer Finds Feeling Of Relief
PerVadine the People Of the
Province, With Reason.

II IS a strange, yet stimulating ex-
perience for anyone who Is interested
in the relations between peoples TO
visit the much-contested strip OF land
known as Alsace. The last time was
In AIsace was more than twenty years
ago II was the day after Bismarck's
death, and everywhere the black
white-red flags were hanging out at
half.maSt In honor Of the man who
had made the two provinces RelSch-
land-part Of the new German EN-
plre
Today BiSm0rck'S work Is undone;
gone, even from Germany itself, Is
the baek.whte.red flag; gone are the
Prusslan officers and officials, the red
hated station masters. and all the 9th
er paraphernalia OF imperial German
routine. The older order survives but
here and there, In the great official
buildings erected and arranged On the
grandoSe German Cor, as the Ger
mans now call Il. Wlhclmlan) scale,
In the familiar square olue German
letter boxes, In the neat blue street
signs which have been left standing
with a neat new French sign affixed
above or beneath No doubt the mipor
officials have been but little changed.
The village station master and the
postman have but dotted their German
insignia to don It's more easy-tittlng
French equivalent But II the men are
the same the faces, MS we'll as the
uniforms, are different. There is
feeling Of relief, of detente, IN the
air one has the sense of n people
that has returned to the normal At
last, after long ordeal, they can be
themselves. They are free to settle
down and to begin to live.-Alfred f.
Zlmmern In the Manchester Guardian
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-12
House of Historic interest.

One of the features OF the tercen-
tenary celebration Of the landing Of
the Pilgrims, to be held at Plymouth,
will he the opening to the public OF
the William Harlowe house, built In
1917. This is one of the few build
ings now remaining which stood With
In the lifetime of any OF those who
came on the Mayhower, aud 1t has s
particular interest owing to the fact
that it was framed with oak tlmbers
from the old fort, which, as Winslow
relates, was built In 1922 on the top
of the hill under which the town was
located"
After King Philips war, when dan
ger from Indian depredations had
passed the fort was dismantled and
the timberS sold to Sergt William Har-
lowe, a man OF prominence in the col
ony, who used them In the construc-
tion OF his house on the ancient high
way where IL still stands.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-12

An information" table has been set
up In the east end OF the corridor OF
the federal building, relates the In
dianapolis News. NJ. r. Bonham, as
sistant custodian, has placed the table
there with Waterman In attendance,
In order that the patrons of the post
Office and other offices In the building
may he directed with the least pos
sible delay.
John c. Peters, Waterman, was the
first to take charge Of the table. The
first person who stopped ut the table
pointed to the sign information" ar
asked:
Does that mean what 1t saysr
Sure" said Peters.
well, hen, will you please tell me
where / can get good grade OF
white muleT"
Right here In this building" said
Peters, III you have the proper ere
dentlals."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-09-12
GO HEAVY ON SOFT DRINKS
People Of the United States Consume
Annually Vast Amount OF
Sweet Connections.

That more than S1OO0,0O0000 is am
nually spent in the United States for
soft drinks Is the conclusion reached
by experts In the revenue bureau, who
base the figures on the tax returns
from the sale OF 10,000,000,000 glasses
Il year at an average of ten cents u
glass. This vast sum, according to a
chemist In the health department, Is
paid for sodas and other drinks COM
posed largely Of coal tar products OF
practically no food value and masQuer-
Qding under the protective cloak Of