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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-10-06
POLICE COURT

Police court cases today follow: y
colored man. arrested by Policeman
Miller and Sisson, charged with fail
ing to support his wife and child, was
ordered to pay her 50 a week or go
to Jail: man cited by Policeman
Carlton Padgett. whose auto struck
another automobile. was acquitted.
and the court said the damages would
have to be settled in a civil court: a
man arrested by Policeman Rawleti
for violating the trafiice law. fined So;
cases Of two others for violating the
sneed law arrested, by. Policemen
Narner and Durrer, were continued.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-10-06
STATE NEWS

Fredericksburg-Senator f. Lee
Trinkle. democratic candidate Tor
l,ovcrnor, viii be here Friday night,
October T. to address the voters. Inc
meeting will be made the occasion
Of a rousing democratic rally an ana
will be held in the courthouse Inc
democratic candidate for governor
has not spoken in Fredericksburg
and there is a great desire to near
Inn.
L,vnchburg,-Th Holy Cross Coun,
ell. Knights Of Columbus. has bought
the Irvine Apartments. 106 Churcll
Street. which are to be converter
iuto . home TO. the council and 3
general Catholic club. The purchase
price was $4,000. The council docs
rot get possession of the property
until January /, 1928.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. was
made to;!ay that Lynchburg Plo"
Compan" will put its plant into OPP
Grafton tomorrow morAing, glVIn!
c,nplovmont 10 100 men, who have
BCcH InIp Lcl liJ4iLi!H. i ~ '''''''''
raw roll includes 80 workers.
Fredericksburg Il result of the
explosion of Il mimic warfare han.l
grenade, Assistant Postmaster I. ).
hunter. Of this city. IS confined 10
his bed with a painfully wounded
foot. Hunters son. Charles, found Z
hand grenade on the Wilderness bat
tlefield following the marine mancu-
vers. and brought it home with him
IS a souvenir The grenade had ey ~,
identity failed to explode and SUI
contained load of powder for max
ing noise during the sham batt!".
Mr Hunter was examining 1t, WneH
ne heard sizzling noise. He put i;
on the floor and placed his foot, or
il. thinking it contained a harmless
load. he grenade exploded ana
blew a portion OF shoe sole into Mr..
lfunter'; foot The explosion also
blew large hole in the plank floor;
The injured mans physician inJected
tctanus antitoxin to prevent lOcKJaW
from the powder wound.
Richmond-That the leading cities
in Virginia will take active steps TO-
ward directing attention Of the Cen
cral Assembly to what their officials
term the unjust and unfair tax laws
as they affect the cities" was shown
at conference held in the office Of
0yavor George Ainslie. Officials rep
rcsentin. number of the more i'm
portant cities in Virginia were pres
cnt. The general tax situation was
fully discussed, particularly the sec.
tons pertaining to the cities.
Richmond-Professor Warren Pow
crs Laird Of the chair of architec-
turc Of the University OF Pennsyl-
van;a, generally recognized as the
dean Of American architects. was
last night selected BY the Virginia
var memorial commission and the
Virginia library board in Joint SeS~
sion as advisory architect to aid III
formulation Of plans for the selcc-
tion Of an architect to design tn"
proposed war memorial library TO be
erected in Richmond at an appfoNIm-
ste cost cf $2,0O0,OOO.
Bristol-Thc Clcan-Up Squad has
arrived and is making headquarters
ut the Y. ". c. A. About 40 former
service men conferred with members
nf the Squad in regard to CLAIMS
prainst the government for injuries
sustainea during the late war. MANY
ether ey-servicc men in Rrlstol ana
~. ,oo.;o,, ,rn nyncrtpl to present
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-10-06

The many frieads Of Mrs. Irving
P1awner will regret to learn that
she IS confined 10. her home, having
.snrained both Of her ankles at Lees
burg. Va. last Monday, where she
was one of the delegates of the Wo-
mans MISSIONARY Society Of the NJ.
z. Church South.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-10-06

Lvnchburg-Dr ]. ". Mayo. ore
of the famous Mayo brothers. OF Ro-
chester. Minn.; Dr.. Alfred Stenge!,
Of Philadelphia. and DR.; Leo Buer-,
oer. of New York, will be principal
sneakers from out Of the State at
the fiftv-second annual convention
Of the Virginia Medical Societty,
which is to convene October is Tor
sessions lasting four days.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-10-06
ESTABLISHED 1884

Oldest Daily Newspaper in the
United States and Best Advertls-
ing Medium in Northern Virginia
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-10-06

Lynchburg,-Thc Holy Cross Coun,
ell. Knights of Columbus, has bought
the Irvine Apartments. 706 Church
Street, which are to be converter
into home 10: the council and
general Catholic club. The purchase
price was $4,000. The council docs
rot get possession of the property
until January /, 1928.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1921-10-06

Observation-Disclosures was
made to,!ay that Lynchburg Plo%
Compan" will put its plant into op-
Grafton tomorrow morning, glFlh"
employment TO 100 men, who haV2,
Eecn idle ten months. The norma
raw roll includes $50 workers.
The Washington times., 1921-11-09
When to Read.

THE time to read a book THE WON.
AN has discovered is at night.
when the house is still and when you
can go to Constantinople or Madrid,
or merely take a trip through New
England with the author. Then there
is no grocery boy to bring you back to
your home town and your intimate
surroundings; no neighbor to call up
to borrow your card table.
The blue of the Marmora looks wash
ed out In your minds picture after
you have been into the kitchen to see
what was burning. The picture you
painted Of the mosque looks like
very poor work when you pick up
your book after finding Billie's rub
bers and even the loves of "Heloise
and Abelard" hold no charm when you
return from paying the laundryman.
Truly. the only time to read a good
book is when the house is quiet, when
every one sleeps, wien the clock
strikes one, and there is no one abroad
to interfere with your ina gination.
The Washington times., 1921-11-09
7 T-RICH-QUICK WALLINGFORD
Follow This Great Story Here, Then
Watch for 1t on the Screen at the
Leading Theaters.

tangled ideals, followed them to
the street. Eddie Lamb. uncon-
WINGED. voiced his suspicious OF
the great Wallingford. "1f any
one asks me-" he said to his en-
ployer. an say it's all big
bluff"
"You don't have to say any
thing" Mr.. Dempsey reproved
him. 81 know it's on the level
and a new hotel has been the
dream of my life. Now don't
get crusty, Eddie. want Mr..
Daw treated the best The Palace
affords-from now on there amt
nothing too good for him; you
get me. don't your"
"If he builds a new hotel it'll
put you out of business" ven
tured Eddie.
"No, it won't, I'll get the lease,
and don't you forget. Eddie. that
even if you're my coming son-in-
law and got eleven thousand dol
lars in the bank, I am the propri-
ator Of this hotel, and what I
say goes. From now on till J.
Rufus Wallingford arrives Mr..
Daw is the star boarder."
That's right" Harkins agreed,
cts up to us to take advantage
of this opportunity; watch The
Blade. III put all this about
Wallingford in big headlincs--
famous financier expected in town.
So long, you people"
"Is he really going to print all
that stuff" snorted the dis
gruntled Eddie.
"Why wouldn't he print it."
cried Mr.. Dempsey, "it's the
The Washington times., 1921-11-09
The Girl Man Seeks
WHAT DOES HE ASK OF WOMAN?
By Beatrice Fairfax. 7 the vote, has voice In

the vote, has a voice in the worlds
affairs, has chance to make her
living on a par with men, and re.
joices in about fifty years of college
education and its privileges. Fifty
ycars--Compared with five hundred
thousand years to make us what we
are!
Can any man wonder that women
are little dazed with their new
freedom? Can any man he aston.
ishcd il woman is even drunk with
her new.found right TO have per.
sonality and express IL? Isn't it
likely that numerous women will
run amuCk?
All humans have a heritage Of
savagery--of animalism. In man
and in woman is latent the desire
and physical longing that is his h2ri.
tage. There's "A 100 per cent veneer
of idealism over that. But men
have been bursting through the
veneer and letting their heritage o.
animalism have full sway all through
the ages. And today woman looks
around and says: "Why shouldn't
they get what they want?'
The question is, however-what
DO men want?
.As an idealist I'd be inclined to
hold to my own belief in what's fine
and good. But I'm not going to ~
TO hold women to that I'm just
going TO offer them in the next few
articles 7 write host of witnesses
the testimony Of man himself
what does man ask of woman
Let's read his own honest expires.
sion of his great desire.
look Tor the next article; II will In.
-. terest you.l
The Washington times., 1921-11-09

truth. isn't it,"
swell, II he does. I'll never be-
lieve another thing | see in that
paper, that's ALL"
The ringing of the dinner bell
put an end to the duet in the
lobby, and from here and there
guests came sauntering in to
dinner. Dorothy and Gertie
appeared at the doorway, the for
mer to wait for her father, the
latter casting sleeps eyes at the
forlorn Eddie.
From the back room emerged
Mr.. Welles and the immaculate
Mr.. Daw. "Yes," the latter was
saying, 81. p. Morgan has done
some big stunts, but he's not
one, two, three with Wallingford
-Wallingford doesn't care about
money, he has the good of the
country at heart-that's where
he Shines"
"There are very few men like
that" Mr.. Welles agreed.
"You said it," answered his
companion. "I've met them all
and, believe me, there's only
one"
"I've just been saying" Demp-
sey broke in, that if you want
anything and don't see it, don't
hesitate-we're here to serve
you, and anything I've got you're
welcome to-"
That's the kind of hospital
ity l like" answered Horace,
smiling, and extending a hand to
Mr.. Dempsey.
"I'm going to send a little
fine apple cider to your table
for dinner" said Mr.. Dempsey,
shaking the proffered hand Wig
orously.
Ito Be Continued Tomorrow
The Washington times., 1921-11-09
Women Who
Work
BY Brice Belden, M. d.

90 great have been the indus
- trial opportunities for women
that a vast number Of them
have taken advantage of them and
are engaged in gainful employment
outside of the home. Thousands
of women of a class which in for
mer times was idle or engaged in
trivial employment are now highly
productive workers in vitally i'm
portant fields of industry, doing
their part to maintain ma ximum
output.
All Of which means that society
must concern itself very seriously
with the health Of these Industrial
recruits. The woman worker must
herself do her best to keep in
good health and ward off disease.
since the change from the home
to tho office or workshop calls for
muCh physical adjustment involv-
ing strain. We are in transi.
tional period which bears heavily
upon the present generation Of
women.
But IL must be said that our
women in industry are meeting
the test gamely and successfully.
The weaker sex" do3trine has -e-
ceived some hard jolts at the
hands of investigating scientists.
who have discovered that there Is
no difference in the strength Of
men and women dye to sex as
such.
Whatever differences exist have
been brought about by the .imita-
tios.s of activity and dres" de.
manded by convention. Tn fact
Is that women can be trained to
perform efficiently services reduir-
ing great physical strength. with.
out injuring or interfering with
their normal physiological func-
tions, provided they do their work
under medical supervision.
Careful supervision Of their per-
sonal hygiene and habits Is essen.
tial. and nowadays MANY indus.
trial establishments undertake
such control OF the health of their
women wage earners.
Rest periods have been found Of
great service in this program, as
have also periods of outdoor eSer-
else. Given suitable protection,
women workers are capable Of
great service.
The Washington times., 1921-11-09

"Hours ago" said Storrow with
forced curtncss of tone. He noticed,
in the ash tray on the table where
two letters lay. eight cigarette stubs
side by side. Storrow counted them.
They must, he concluded. have been
very deliberate about II all. His
curt retort to Torrie, he next noticed
had stung her into an unlocked for
and sudden activity.
She wrapped the loose robe closer
about her waist, retied the girdle.
and crossed to the table. There she
took up the Two letters, seemed to
understand at a glance what they
were, and promptly thrust them
down into the huge pocket OF her
garment.
I'VE must telephone for the po-
lice" Storrow was repeating as he
watched her go to the hot-plate,
bend over it, and then carefully
close the stop-cock at the lower end
of the rubber tube. Then she de-
Iiberately pulled the upper end OF
tubing from the gas pipe where
Storrow had already shut off the
flow.
What are you doinc?" he de-
manded. She was staring, white
faced and thoughtful, about the
disordered room. lie repeated the
question before she seemed to hear
him.
THAT makes II an accident" she
said pointing toward the dangling
hot-plate tubing.
I'm not going to have this whole
CITY paving over these poor kids,
she TREMENDOUSLY but determindedly
announced. They've paid enough
without going to a Potter's field
And they've got families, some
where: they must have. It'll hurt
enough to know they're dead, with.
out having people say they've Killed
The Washington times., 1921-11-09
By Arthur Stringer,
Well.known Novelist and Author
of Countrywide Reputation.

He turned away and looked more
methodically about the room. On
the table he found two letters. seal
ed. He saw where newspapers had
been wedged in the door-cracks.
even the keyholes stuffed.
The entire thing, of course. had
been planned, had been deliberately
carried through. But the man, Stor-
row concluded, must at some time
have repented of his bargain, must
have weakened and made an effort
to reach a window. StorIow, with a
leaden weight in the pit OF the stom-
ach, was able to dramatize those
last struggles. He even tried TO
imagine that final conference toGeth-
er, pondering over the problem of
whether it was placid or frantic,
Cowardly or courageous.
1t struck him as strange that
under the same roof where he lived,
where he harbored his own small
hopes and fears and aims, this other
man on the bed had been just as in
tensely involved in the machinery OF
life, had just as ardently asked for
happiness. And he, owen Storrow.
wltnln n DlSCult tOSS VI ~, Ildu
known nothing about it.
Two of Them
He was backing slowly away
from the bed when he felt a hand
on his arm. He found Torrie be-
side him. her lips parted, her eyes
narrowed with n curiosity which
she could not control. She seemed
quite collected to him, unnaturally
collected, until he noticed the hand
The Washington times., 1921-11-09

"HE law Of supply and demand
works just as inevitably in
the world OF love as in any
other department OF living. Laying
aside any discussion of whether to.
days girl is the shocking creature
a great many folks find her, let's
acknowledge that she is what she
is because she's trying to meet
demand on the part OF men.
As the human race has worked
Its evolutionary way up the male
creature has been superior In
strength. The csSe.mnn was always
the aggressor. lie picked out his
mate and took her by force.
The man creature was stronger.
He made the laws. He protected
his own and brought them food. The
cave was his. The power to guard
II was his. Woman stayed in the
cave and reared the young. Now
and then she hunted and fought, but
It was always under the domination
OF tho man-creature.
AS for women-they're just up
from-slavery. The fight for the
vote revealed the terrible inequali.
ties of the man.made law OF the
world. The Oriental widow who Is
burned on the funeral pyre of her
husband Is n hair.raisinR tradition
to US who 80 recently gave woman
no title in her own property. The
divorce law OF England is even to.
day a vastly cruel and unfair thing.
But woman TO day in America has
The Washington times., 1921-11-09
advice to LOvelOrn
by Beatrice Fairfax
Mother VS.. Sweetheart.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
0EAR MISS FAIRFAX:

II It
/ hail from South Africa and
have been here eight months. For
four years / went about with little
English lady in South Africa. She
was a wonderful pal, who remained
alongside me in my long uphill
climb TO fortune.
The war brought reverses and 1
lost ev.1 thing. ! came here to for
get t"srything. ." came here to
fore.g and make good again, but
would like to bring my little pal"
over, but my mother made me prom
Use. before leaving. that I would
refrain from having anything
further to do with her, her objec-
ton being the differences in our
faiths. She being English and /
Jewish.
We still correspond regularly and
love each -other dearly. Your
opinion on this question would he
very much appreciated, as I feel
honor bound to do right by her.
n. NJ.
VOU should never have let your
mother influence you to the
point of making such a promise.
1t was probably a case of Wills
and you permitted hers to be the
stronger. Now, unless you can
make your mother see things your
way and release. you from your
promise-do you see much chance
of happiness IL you break your
word and hurt the mother who
cares for YOU even if she hasn't
learned the modern lesson of let
ting you work out your own hap
piness and salvation?
The Washington times., 1921-11-09
WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE

Horace Daw, known as "Blackie,'
\ well-dressed good.looking, plausi'
BILE young man, arrives in the
sleepy little town of Battlesburg.
Iowa, goes to the Palace, the best
hotel, and proceeds to ingratiate
himself with the citizens. lie also
falls in love with Dorothy Welles,
daughter of a real estate operator,
but he does not talk about the ma
ture of his business. He does,
however, lament over the dullness.
of the town, and Clint Harkins,
editor OF The Blade, prints an edi-
torial embodying Mr.. DAVIS views.
suggesting that they change the
name of the town to Peacefulville.
This angers Colonel Battles, the
richest man i'm Battlesburg. and ex-
cites a lot of discussion. Mr.. Daw
finaly intimates that he is looking
for a manufacturing site for a man
with money to invest. whom he rep
resents.
(-Get- Rich Quick Walliingford"
Is a Cosmopolitan Production
based on some of the famous Wal
linkford stories and the famous
play by George NJ. Cohan. di'
rected by Frank Borzage and re-
leased as a Paramount Picture.)
The Washington times., 1921-11-09
Delightful Serial of Adventure,
Intrigue ard the Triumph of
Love Over Dishonesty.

strong on love of country, Mr..
Wallingford is"
"He must be some man." de-
clared Dempsey. Seems to me
have heard of him."
. "Some man is right-look at
Oklahoma City-what was it ten
years ago- nothing but a water
tank-what is it today? A great
big rich, prosperous city-banks-
theaters-trolley lines-factories-
miniature metropolis, and what's
the Observation-Disclosures was
there, that's ALL" Mr. DAVIS smile
took in the questioning eyes and
noted with satisfaction the ador-
ing look on Dorothy's face.
"Well, let's get down to bust
ness. What's Mr.. j. Rufus Wall
lingford think he's going to man.
ufacture here?" asked Mr.. Welles.
"Ah," laughed Mr.. Daw, you'll
have to ask him-something easily
marketable. Pm sure-if he decides
to locate here, you'll have your
eyes opened-he1l make this place
a second Des Moines before he's
DONE"
"I'd sure like to meet Mr.. Wal
lingford." said Mr.. Welles. who
began to cast up mental figures
on a real estate cleanup.
"I'll say you'll admire him when
you do-he's a man who does
things--he's a go-getter-he's got
the true American spirit-by the
way, / expect him tomorrow"
'I'll be round" said Mr.. Welles.
"Pd like to show him a site for
his factory"
you'll find him the most affa-
The Washington times., 1921-11-09
T Stirring
By Arthur
BY Arthur Stringer.

; themselves"
Storrow, staring at her found
strength in that face in which he
had once seen only beauty.
But that isn't for us to decide,
he argued, recalling vague impres.
sions as to the law that obtained
in such circumstances.
1--WE have decided" she protested,
almost sharply.
But we haven't the right he still
continued.
"Then weIl take IT," was her re-
tort. She stood silent a moment,
after another quick survey of the
room. IF you were like that,
wouldn't 1t seem the decent thing to
do? Wouldn't you be glad to know
that somebody was doing what they
could to keep your name clean?
A vague and chilling sense OF dis
comfort flowed through Storrow's
body as she put that challenge to
him. He failed to see that it would
make any difference. And he had
no intention Of ever being like that.
But he knew II was useless to argue
with her.
"You can telephone from my
ROOM" she was saying to him. III
put out the light and fix the door so
it will stay shut. And neither OF
us must forget that It was an acci-
dent, remember, an accident.
He did as she asked. 1t flashed
through him, as he sat waiting for
his connection after calling up police
headquarters that life was crowdinG
closer about him than he had anti
cipated. II was crowding about him
raw and undraped, with its beauty
and ugliness tragically tangled to-
gether.
Go BE Continued Tomorrow
Copyright. 1920. by Arthur StrinEsr
published by Arrangement with Intsrna'
tional Feature Service, Ino)
The Washington times., 1921-11-09

holding the folds OF the loose bath
robe over her bosom. The fingers
Of that hand. he could see, were
shaking.
You mustn't come in here" he
commanded But she disregardCd
that command.
There are two of them" she
whispered slowly. troubled won
der wrinkling her white brow. Step
by step she advanced towards the
bed, as though impelled by force
which she could not overmaster.
There was something so suggestive
of sonambulism, of intense preoccu-
patton, in her movements that Stor-
row wondered II this could be the
first time she stood face to face with
Death. Torrie was stopping with
her chin forward. as though peering
through mist. Then she stood up
straight. still frowning.
That's Mona Maynelle." she
whispering intoned, drawing closer
10 Storrow with a movement that
was both wistful and unwilled,
stricken with the sudden need OF
companionship. But all the time
her eyes were on the bed.
Did you know herr asked Stor-
row.
she was a model" was the all
stracted reply. but all last season
she was at the Winter Garden"
Storrow made no response to this.
He had awakened to the fact that
they were wasting time over Incl
dentals. that something must be
done, and done at once. He be-
came almost impatient at the sus-
tained impersonal curiosity of the
peering eyed girl beside him.
But are they dead?" she whis
pered with a small wringing motion
OF the hands as imploratory as a
nrayer "Can they be2"
The Washington times., 1921-11-09

ingly read it.
Mr.. Dempsey coughed, then he
said eagerly: "There you are,
Eddie. you've been doubling this
chap-he's thrown away the tele-
gram. and that means it's any
body's property-what's it say?"
And Eddie read it aloud for the
edification Of the rest. Coming
to Battlesburg; if it's all you say
it is, will not only build the fac
tory. but also an up-to-date hotel,
a modern opera house, department
store and whatever else the town
needs to give the right tone to
The Washington times., 1921-11-09

their progress. Abe Gunther was
advancing with a telegram
something for you, Mr.. Daw." he
said.
Thanks. Will you excuse me?"
said the affable young man, taking
the yellow envelope and tearing it
open. He head the message and
smiled - crumpled it up and
dropped it on the floor. Nov,
them" he said to Mr.. Welles, "are
we ready?" They went out to the
back room together.
It was Eddie Lamb who picked
up the bit of paper and unblush-
The Washington times., 1921-11-09

BILE chap in the world" said Mr..
Daw. "By the way. you've done
pretty well in real estate, haven't
you?"
A Modest Fortune.
ooh. so, so; cleaned up about
hundred thousand"
"Come in and have a drink be-
fore dinner, won't you?"
81 don't mind if do" Mr.. Daw,
with a glance at the two girls,
slipped friendly arm through his
companions.
"Wait minute-wait minute"
a voice from the doorway halted