davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington herald., 1921-01-23
Lady of the Forest. "

Speaking of trees, why should not the
birch be the national tree? 1t is the Lady
of the Forest" 1t will live alone, but its
natural habitat is surrounded by the fam
lily of trees
1t is the most graceful of them all. 1t
has as many uses as any 1t is as beauti-
full in the winter as in the summer. White
as the carpet of SHOWS where it stands, its
branches reach up and out to slender tips
as delicate as tracery against the sky.
In winter these branches, too, take on
golden hue that add a soft glow to the
chilling landscape, while the pure white of
the trunk tones exactly with the earths
covering.
In summer the lady" responds to the
joyousness, or the slumbering quietude of
the season. She offers a glorious shade
and her leaves tremble with contagious
happiness in the slightest breeze, or yield
with steel-lke grace to the storm.
Other trees around her may snap and
break when swept by gale, but the birch
only sways and bends, it never yields.
No wood is harder, or more flexible, none
stands a greater strain, and while living in
nauVe NgOT, none Is quite 50 ualnty OF
quite so beautiful
1t is true the birch is not found in all
latitudes. No more is any other of the
family of trees, unless the pine, which has
such variety as to make those of the family
in different climates, but distant relatives,
almost strangers.
But the birch is the only one that has
the strength of the male and the beauty of
the gentler, even stauncher and truer sex.
1t is the only one that just as a tree, has
a distinctiveness all its own.
1t is the only one that, deciduous by ma
ture, is equally charming in all seasons; in
the spring with its dainty unfolding leaves;
in the summer with its twinkling green; in
the fall with glorious volume of gorgeous
yellow; and in the winter with its wonder
full daintiness of sky tracery.
Compared to it, all others are common
place and to live without it is to lose from
life influence that brings aspiration to
all that is fine and good, staunch and true,
gracious and beautiful. The Lady of the
Forest" is also the spirit of the forest
The Washington herald., 1921-01-23
Flowers ''Pop Question"

The Japanese courting is apt 10 start IN
a flower message as any other way, the
swain indicating his passion by tossing
pale plum-how into the litter as the Oh
ject Of regard is carried by him. II she
tosses it out his suit IS rejected, but il she
fastens it at her kimono girdle the affair
may go forward.
Another method is for the lover to slip
up to his loved ones door at midnight and
fasten a spray of blooming oelastrus alstus
above the door. The next morning he
walks by the house If the spray is still
there ali is over But if it has been taken
in or if it has been watered, he knows the
maid is his.
The actual terms OF the marriage set
tlement are carried on by a go-between,
always a man A complimentary present"
is then sent, and If it Is accepted the bride
and her entire family is in honor bound TO
go forward with the ceremony. The groom
then sends her sixty prescribed gifts that
include silk of certain length and folded IN
a certain way; garments, silken bags of
rice and sweetmeatS, and barrels of wine
The latter the bride, as a rule, presents to
her parents, and the contents are drunk in
cups little larger than a thimble. The
groom also sends a long piece of white
silk for the wedding garment and piece
of very fac gold embroidery to be used as
a. marriage girdle. The wedding day is
often picked by a soothssyer, and there
are scores Of days that are prohibited
Detroit News.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-23
Bachelors.

Once more the poor bachelors are drag
ged into the luminous glare of pitiless
publicity. No one loves a bachelor; even
the children regard him with suspicion,
yet he is the most harmless and self-abne-
eating of mortals
He will not even impose himself on
wife. He will not avoid paying house
keeper by marrying her. He knows his
own faults so we'll, he refuses to make
any woman unhappy through being con-
demned to live with him
Yet, seeking only to be let alone, to live
his life OF seclusion, baneful woman again
suggests that he be picked out for special
taxation. She would have the younger
pay a paltry 81 year, and the older, S..
The injustice of this is not all the objec-
ton.
She would at once replace that ancient
riddle: How old is Ann" with this other:
How old is a bachelor" 1t is as nothing
to match such an affliction with possible
revenue of $2o,ooo,ooo. That is but one
hftieth of $1,000, 900, 900 and who, in seek
ing new sources of revenue, would even
consent to stub his toe on so small a
protuberance?
Better, far better, to let the bachelors
stew in their own loneliness than to confer
on them the distinction of special taxation
If, indeed, they were derelict in their civic
duties, they should be taxed to repentance
A mere dollar is to be admired today but
for its insignifcance.
But in fact bachelors are patriots. They
households divide themselves They but
realize their unworthiness and should
rather be awarded by the fair sex with
distinguished service badges for meritorious
remuneration.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-23

stamp do not stop to figure payment for
immediate gains. Especially they do not
stop when 'the payment may be personally
avoided
That he wrecked Russia and brought un-
told misery there, which has spread more
or less in quantity over the world, does
not now affect Hoffman,. He now only
calculates on what Bolshevism may do to
Germany, but more on what Germany
would gain if permitted to lead in military
intervention in Russia. eF
Having himself released the genT Of
Bolshevism, he would craftily tempt. the
allies to resurrect the genii of Prussian
militarism. A man who has shown such
total want of conscience, may we'll have
his advice of value only as warning of
what not to do.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-23
An Old-time Panacea.

If the busy rich people watched and
rebuked the idle rich people, all would be
right among them; and if the busy poor
people watched and rebuked the idle poor
people, all would be right among them
But each looks for the fault of the other.
A hard working man of property is par
ticularly offended by an idle beggar; and
an orderly but poor workman is naturally
intolerapt of the licentions luxury of the
rich. And what is severe Judgment in the
minds of the just men of either class be-
comes fierce ennlity in the unjust-but
among the unjust only. None but the dis
solute among the poor look upon the rich
as their natural enemies or desire to pillage
their houses and divide their property.
None but the dissolute among the rich
speak in opprobrious terms of the vices and
follies of the poor.-John Ruskin
The Washington herald., 1921-01-23
Regulating Your Brother.

THOSE benehcent citizens who would
organize a national Ku Klux Klan
have taken the psychological moment
for their endeavor. There has never been
a time when larger numbers were ready to
set themselves up as judges, juries and
executioners of their fellowmen
1t is period of regulation of the other
mans life in even the most intimate de-
tails. 1t is a period of socialization by
governments and of dictation of opinion
by organized bodies, secret or public, in
dustrial or commercial, political or punitive
1t is the sarcasm of destiny if not the
irony of fate that the K K. K. should
have come out of the South, the land of
Thomas Jefferson, the apostle of individual
ism, and from the ranks OF Democracy
party of which he is the historic high
priest
But fertile as is the field, ready as is
the soil for the seed, the Ku Kluxers have
missed their guess. This is still America
The roots of personal independence, of
individual rights, of the gospel of the re-
sPonsibiIty of men first of all to them
selves, have struck too deep and spread
War always breeds this spirit of dog
matte and somewhat arrogant spirit of die
tation. 1t always brings license, if not
law, to control mems conduct, speech and
personal relations, as well as public atti-
tude. This is apt to survive a war in the
form Of a less amiable and less worthy
desire just to discipline those of other
minds
1t is apt to degenerate into mere preju-
dice. 1t in turn creates antagonisms and
instead of being an agency wholesomely
regulating, becomes an agency arousing
embitterment, hostility and vindictiveness.
1t but divides communities, big and little,
into camps of antagonisms.
True Americans will not Join a Ku
Rux Kan now or ever, or any other like
organization. Instead, they will as loyal
citizens support the law within its lawful
administration. They will observe laws
even when distasteful, and support the
courts m unbiased, dispassionate law en-
forcemcnt
The Washington herald., 1921-01-23
Hofmann's s Evil Genii.

Cen. Hoffman, in advocating armed
intervention in Russia to end Bolshevism
there, has turned against the product of
his own total absence of a sense of moral
responsibility. Having uncorked the Jug
and let loose the evil genn, he would now
release the genius of war to quell them
Ernest Bernstein, the Socialist leader,
states that it was Hoffman, who went to
Switzerland and arranged with Lenine to
return from there to Russia to spread Boil
shevism and counter revolution, to do what
the German armies had failed to do
Lenine and his heutenants crossed Ger
many in a sealed car. With him were bags
of gold, a material part of the 10000 900
gold marks he was to use in his plot to
honeycomb his own country with dis
loyalty.
The rest Of this huge sum was paid in
two other installments through Banker
Furstenburg at Stockholm and directly
from the German Imperial Bank at Berlin.
1t was the greatest single bribe of the war
with the greatest and most disasterous
effect
1t was because of Hoffmann's intimate
personal connection with this situation,
that he was able later at Brest-Litovsk to
force from Lenine and Trotsky the peace
Germany wanted with Russia, after the
diplomats had failed. Bernstein also dis
closes that Ludendorf was a party, at
least in knowledge, of the entire trans
action.
1t is not probable that Hoffman, knew
all of Lenine's plans. 1t may be that he
did not realize that he was setting up in
Russia a military dictatorship of the prole-
tariat 1t is not probable that he thought
that far ahead.
But it is far more certain that if he had
known the consequences to this day, he
would hardly have hesitsted. Men of his
The Washington herald., 1921-01-23
War Memorial on Mountain.

The furious battles fought during the
war on the Hsrtmannswilerkopf, in Al
SAGE, will be COMMUNICATED by the cree
ton upon its apex of huge cross which
will be visible from the Rhine Valley, says
the London Mail.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-23

At any rate, this March will not wit
ness the quadrennial struggle of our citi-
zenry to get next to the line" on Pennsyl-
vania avenue
The Washington herald., 1921-01-23
SUNDAY, JANUARY as, 1921.

Had I been present at the creation,
1 would have given some useful hints
for the better ordering of the universe.
-Alphonso the Wise.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-23

The comet, Pons-W Winnicke, is due near
by next June and showers of horrid me-
teorites may be added to the trials of
honeymoonerS.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-23
renunciation

Lieut.. FarrelPs indignation gave the eli
making punch" to the balloonist adven-
ture story.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-23

That now praised "open winter" will be
cruelty censured next summer when the
ice runs short
The Washington herald., 1921-01-23
Overlooked a Bet.

Bob Taylor, (holding a post-mortem)-
All l. needed was king to. -.-.,
Jack Potter einterrupting snappishly)-
Well, why didn't you advertise in a Swiss
neWspsper?-BuffaIo Express.
The Washington herald., 1921-01-23

Member of the Anda Bureau of Cveulotions
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-29
NO BARGAINING

Speculation London touching Japan's attitude
toward Washington conference Pacific questions
new prognosticates yielding the Harding program
provided equality be added the agenda This
= predicted the fact that previous occasions
japan has sought decision this question the
statesmen have withdrawn their proposition without
prejudice their reintroducng when circumstances
might appear favorable.
These occasions the peace conference at
Paris the session the assembly Of the League OF
Nations at Geneva. neither of these places
the Japanese statesmen equipped force their views
unwilling governments OF the Their terri
torial demands satisfied at there they
admitted the of nations. At Geneva
they found encouragement to press their demand
Beside the United States member OF the
debating society, what the use?
The Japanese will 90 to Washington convinced that
this conference be turned into device fer bar
gaining. Shantung. zap, Siberia and other is
be used pawns in game in which the
far the Nipponese concerned, is be
the admission of their nationals into a countries
immigrants without determinations founded
the British capital
The issues which President Harding expected
enumerate as suitable to engage the of the
and settled. there any settlement without refer
the Pacific problems a question with stands for itself
AS such they must settled. Japan regard
them in another light that is her privilege But we
the Pacific questions be settled. whether
not she agrees what is done
RING ENGAGEMENTS and engagement rings are
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-29
MR.. HARDING'S WISE PLAN.


Congress should act promptly and tavcrably the
presidents request for authority the War Finance
Corporation 10 employ its available funds relieving
the railroads and the countrys agricultural interests
1t is simple proposition, especially applies
the companies appropra
ton taxation But If the War Finance Corporation
advances the railroad administration the money
OF which the carrying companies much need,
taking security the unliquid railroad
mni6traion, it will be possible for the railroads
begin improving their properties This would n
slant revival of industry quite broad field. The
proposed help agriculture especially live stock rails
is less urgent and be extended without
cTeasing popular burdens
Nothing mere encouraging to general business can
be Unsigned than the presidents message con gess
since it almost certain to be faVOTably acted
emphasizes the change from the arrogant ignorant
attitude of the Wilson tc the sympathe
tic and conpreendng approach Of the present govern
We getting the business in government
which the couatry's need and which Mr. Harding
promised
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-29
LIVING RIGHT MEANS LIVING LONG

Cleveland physician who IS personal friend and
golf companion OF John D. Rockefeller predicts that
Rockefeller viii live to be 100 years old. Many US
remember the day far back when was gen
orally known that Nj. Rockefeller a sufferer from
indigestion. remark frequently heard
good is all his If he has live
milk? Many shook their heads gloomily and predic-
ted that he would not the traditional
three-scoTe-andtea years Allotted but he has
exceeded that limit by years is vigorous
his Cleveland physician does say
will reach the century
The reason for Mr.. Rockefeller remaining on earth
so long after the time croakers for his
than likely is his and orderly way Of living He
once suffered from indigestion but does n He
may have at time been required to his
TO crackers and milk" but he can eat anything
that is edible according to the physician says he
will live many longer We have knowledge Of
what Nh, Rockefelers diet may have been any time
in his life but certain that if conservation
health required limitation he strictly
In other words he did not bologna sausage
his stomach said only crackers and milk please
Even the medical says the capitalist eats
sparingly,
But that IS not all-his daily life is orderly and
sane, run on schedule with time for everything He
has time for work has play and it probably
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-29
INCREASING FREIGHT MOVEMENTS.

The published bulletin OF the Association CT
Railway Executives pridefully points Improvement in
freight movements in the twelve months to March
1921, compared with the three preceding
Ten miles carried one mile Increased 1872
per the preceding twelve month and
~ per the 19I7-1s period This notwith-
standing the higher freight that effective
for half OF the 192o-2l time More freight car miles
nilep likewise is reported, while
loading efficiency increased the highest point
reached in the fcrtyeight months the in
1s20-21 averaging 2e4S which is getting close
the standard of thirty per which the rail-
road managers have sought TO attain.
From the foregoing it may reasonably be concluded
that the better day is dawnns fer the railroads
Some doubt will contend that here j. proof that
freight rates and should be reduced. Not neces
sarily however. There to be bridsed a wide
gulf between income outgc OF American railroads In
imperative, but maintenance of
for time appears likewise necessary.
The report just the claim that
listing high rates bar revival Of genera. bust
since freight has grown spite Of the
very high charges fer carriages.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-29
CHOICE OLE TWO EVILS.

Failure this country follow the vogue of the
high Spanish comb which has become popular in
European capitals attributed BY designers jewelers.
and dealers prevalence Of the bcbbed head in ON
erica.
The leopard may change his spots, but bobbed hair
will accommodate high Spanish comb Of ivory or
ostoise. and between the don't know which is
the uglier-har stopping about the eyes and
protuberanee the top OF the head making woman
look like between 4 buff cochin hen and Jap
anese Geisha in full holiday attire
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-29
HOW TO REDUCE
vAnIc0SE Veins

Many people have become respondent
because they have been led 70 believe
that there is no remedy that will re
luce swollen veins and punches.
II you VIII get a two-ounce original
bottle Of Moone.s Emerald oil (fun
strength) at any first class drug store
and apply 1T at home as directed you
VIII quickly notice Improvement
which will c.&tinue until the veins and
lunches are reduced to normal
Moonc's Emerald OIL IS very conccn-
tr2tcd and q bottle lasts a long time
that's why it is most Int Expensive
treatment 1t has brought much com
fort to worried people all over the
country ard Is one Of the wonderful
discoveries Of recent years and always
bear in mind that anyone who is dis
appointed with its use can have their
money refunded Generous sample on
Teceipt of 5 cents. silver or stamps.
international Laboratories, Rochester.
- y and Summers Pharmacy can sup
Dls- Non adv
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-29

monarchy? Ans. The fatal weakness
lies IN the fact that the throne may be
inherited by a dullard. an imbecile or
tyrant
5-What are some diseases of which
the germ has been isolated? Answer.
Tuberculosis. dlphtheria, loekjaw and
cholera
What did the capture of Liege
prove? Ans. That no fertilization
could Withstand modern artillerS.
By whom were the Poles govern
cd in 1914? Ans. by Russia, Austria
and Germany.
9-When was the foundation OF the
British Indian Empire laiS? Ans. IN
1857 by Robert Give.
1e-what was taking place in Europe
at the time the French and Indian war
was in progress in this country? Ans.
The Seven Years War
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-29

10-What Greek philosopher had for
his maxim Know Thy3elf:"
AESwDEs TO THURsDAx's
QUESTIONS
1--How many men were In 3uries in
At1.o-.s during Solons time? Ans. The
number varies from POI to sci Amy
l..--.. 20 accuse another and each was
given - right to speak to the Jury.
2-How did the term ostraeism orig
i:iate? Ans. The Athenians had a
curious custom of banishing a man.
The voting laws done on oyster shells
tostraEonD and from snis came the
term ostracism.
3-what are Romano languages
Ans Those based on Latin.
What class Of people comprise the
Third Estate? Ans. The common peo-
pie.
5--what Is the great weakness of o.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-29
The Passing Shoe

bad child can
SOUND when called home by his
mother.
If father has So cents left over
on payday after he settles the bills
MOTHER Is afraid he may
MEET some strange blonde and
TAKE her out 10 dinner.
PACK Ess are continually harping
ABOUT wholesale prices OF meat
BEING lower. bat nobody but
THE consumers hear them as ali
THE retailers are deaf.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-29
HOW MUCH
Do YOU KNOW?

why does persons in motion
picture show seem to be IN action?
Who is called the Household
Poot9'
3-What IS L,oweu's best known
poem.
4-Who wrote "Snowbound?"
5-What was the first important AM
crican comedy
6-What sort of pasture IS best suit
cd for hogs?
What did Hudson discover?
with what ociony do you asso-
ciate the "Beacon Rebeiiion9''
with what colony was Roger VIII
lfams connected?
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-29

THE most discouragiRg thing
ABOUT being a democrat
IN reasonably normal times
We should imagine
is the heavy preponderance Of
INDEPENDENT thinkers
WHOSE fathers and grandfathers
" ERE republicans.
WHAT mas become Of the f. man
MO used TO sing
LISTEN to the Mocking Bird" and
SING it horribly OUT OF tune.
NECESSITY is the mother Of l7vent-
ms
SOM way 10 keep house these
DAYS without indulging in iuNuries.
va suppose at this season
or the year girl Of
DOMESTIC tastes thinks Of the
PORCH swing OF opportunity
INSTEAD Of the door
gf4E visiting editors have found
or one thing that Lake coun.y
leads
n heat il she doesn't in anything
else.
sohH women set uiNoloeu %
-, oriAN lnAi 'hs'' o-'''uie" 80
-
.e,.1 nr.a,,fas. .as,,. - ,a ono
wees
MANY chicken has crossed the
90
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-29

proper OF his labor, feeding and
alton that makes him and vigorous age when
passed OF this life
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-07-29

RING ENGAGEMENTS and engagement rings are
dissimilar In the fighting has end.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-12-08
HOT BATHS EARLY
AT LOCAL Y. M. c. A.

The board Of directors of the Y.
NJ. C. A. held an enthusiastic meet
ing on Monday night. Things are
shaping up nicely and in short time
they expect to have all equipment in
first-class shape.
The bowling alleys have just been
put in splendid condition, arrange
ments have been made for hot water
from $50 a. m until 10 p. m. This
makes it possible for men on the
night shifts to drop by and get their
bath before going home. The pur-
chase of a talking machine was au-
thorized for the boys room
thorized. Equipment in the boys
room is now in good condition and
additional games have been provided
For the present this department will
be supervised by volunteer leaders.
Gymnasium classes are in full
swing for all groups, from juniors to
the married men. Plans are on foot