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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-06-16
Out of Order

The LeXt one in this room that
speaks above whisper will he put
out" exclaimed the angry judge.
hip. hip, hooray" shouted the
prisoner as hc ran for the door
Boys Life
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-06-16

A negro was trying to saddle frac-
tious mule, when a bystander asked:
docs that mule ever kick you,
Sam ?"
"No, sab, but he sometimes kicks
where Use been"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-06-16

Eighty-two per cent OF the people
who died or were injured by ire in this
country last year were mothers and
children under school age
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-06-16

II your flower garden is a pretty one.
some one is sure 20 be tempted to make
one like il.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-06-16

The farmers own and operate IKE .hs
of the automobiles and trucks IN "a
United States. the total OF WIFI"
more than nine million.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-14
Drama l. league IS
Given Book on
Poetry

Miss Louise Pound, professor OF
English in the University OF Ne
braska. has presented 10 the Omaha
. Drama league for reference at the
library, her book on Poetic Origins
and the Ballad recently published by
the Macmillan company OF New
York.
1t is especially gratifying, say
members OF the Drama league, that
the first contribution to the collcc-
ton being made by their educational
eommitte should come from 4 Ne
braska author The theme of the
book is peculiarly adapted IL the
Drama league program this season
with the coming of Nine. Marie Ly-
dia Standish on November p and
her recital of medieval legends and
story songs.
Pro- Nsor Pound attacks the pre-
vailing .or in regard to the ORR
gins of pocti and especially of the
ballad. The theory which the late
Professor Gummere set forth with
such great skill and which is now
held by Professor kittredsc and
other scholars is based on the belief
that the origin of poetry is the COM
munal dance. Professor Pound
takes the stand that poetry aud song
are not necessarily connected with
dancing, that the individual artist
appears among primitive people even
in connection with communal festi-
walls, that the poetry composed by a
crowd never really gets anywhere
without individual artistry, that the
English and Scotch ballads in most
cases never were the products of the
dance and offer no support to the
general theory, for they were dis
tinctly works of art.
Nine. Standish will present her
story-song in the picturesque cos
tunes of the various periods and will
be accompanied by Miss Emma
Menke. who has prepared the musi-
cal settings using the ancient themes
as a basis. ......
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-14

prejudice is built upon the way pco-
pie dress. In one town | know OF a
Young woman who wears earrings
who was actually Kept out OF card
club because OF that fact. Sometimes
people make absurd standards OF the
correct mans apparel. They seem
to think that if man wears checked
clothes he is hopelessly loud" al
though they may have no distinct
idea at all as TO what they mean by
the term loud. About all any OF
these prejudices amount to is the ad-
mission that you are so narrow in
your own outlook, so completely
self-centered and fastened in rut
that no one interests you or gets
your sympathy who is not in the
same rut.
And this often happens: The boy
who went to public school or the girl
who went to the common" church
or man who wore checked cluthes or
the woman who lived in an undesir-
able neighborhood of your town
goes 10 some other place and makes
an cnivable place for himself or her
self. People bigger than you are ever
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-14
Y. w. G. A.

One of the departments OF the Y.
w. c. A. which is as busy all through
the summer as it is at any other sea-
son, is the free employment bureau.
Mrs. Eva G. Guernsey and her as
sistant Miss Beatrice Swanson, are
busy every day helping girls and
women to find positions of various
sorts, or finding for the employer the
right girl for the position he has to
offer.
Many requests are made for a
place where a school girl can work
for her room and board. A young
woman came to the employment bu-
reau with the request for place for
her younger sister. This young wom-
an said she found herself handi-
capped in business for lack of high
school education, and she wanted her
sister to have the benefit of the high
school course before going into the
business world. She asked Mrs.
Guernsey if there we're any homes
listed where the younger sister could
work outside of school hours in ex-
change for her board and room, and
where the older sister could also live,
paying of course for her privileges.
Mrs. Guernsey will be glad to have
information of any homes in the city
where such an arrangement could be
made
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-14
Don t Be Narrow
In Your Social
Life

II you are starting out in life with
the making OF your social career
still before you, don't make the mis-
take OF being too narrow in your
standards. Remember that the big
scr the man or woman the broader
can be his sympathies and the wider
his acquaintance. And often man
in politics or public life lives to re-
gret very seriously the narrower So
cial standards of his earlier life.
Don't Be Marrow.
In certain small towns the forma-
ton OF narrow social lines is espe-
cially prevalent. Sometimes persons
who call themselves professional peo-
pie draw the line against those lin
trade Sometimes the young peo-
pie who have been educated in pri-
vate schools look down on those
who have got their education in
public schools as persons of another
make. Sometimes it is perjudice
against persons of certain religious
denomination. In some New Eng
land villages your know the quality
all go to the Congregational church
and the common folk to the Metho-
dist and then in another village the
situation will be turned about and
the Methodist contingency will look
with superior scorn on the Congre-
gationalists. 1t isn't a matter of re-
ligious principle, of course, and re-
ligious prejudices of this sort almost
never are.
Strange Prejudices.
With some persons this narrow
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-14
Prominent Club
Woman May
Speak Here

Mrs. Rose Berry Of Berkeley,
Cal, chairman of the fine arts de-
partment, General Federation of
Wclnen's Clubs, will be on the pro-
gram of the state federation meeting
Of Colorado September 20, and it is
hoped that she will speak before the
Nebraska clubs early in October.
The federated clubs of Nebraska
have been asked to cooperate with
the clubs of Colorado, Minnesota,
North Dakota, Michigan and Wis
consin in financing the travelling ex-
penses of Mrs. Berry.
Nebraska clubs that wish to join
in this plan are asked to confer at
once with Mrs. Anna r. Morey Of
Hastings, chairman of the art de:
rartment, Nebraska Federation cf
Women's Clubs, so that the timer
aries MAY be arranged.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-14
In Behalf of the
Domestic Rug

1t is a mistaken idea to think that
all Oriental rugs contain better coll
ors and better materials than do
rnestic rugs. Remember that there
are Orinetal rugs and Oriental rugs.
Many individual Orientals are
rcaping fat harvest over the present
American craze for Orinetal rugs at
all hazards. lncessaut demand Tor
rugs and more rugs has led to less
careful and painstaking methods ot
Oriental rug making. Don't enter
tain the idea that just because rug
is Oriental it is to be preferred to
any sort of domestic rug.
1t is a mistaken idea entertained
by many people who like to talk
furniture and admire antiques to
speak OF Colonial mahogany" aud
to speak of any old furniture as be-
ing colonial. As a matter of fact
there is little really colonial furniture
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-14
What S What
By HELEN DECIE

A whole volume might be written
about telephone manners. One OF
the most annoying offenders is the
man or woman who calls and, in re-
sponse to the first Hello" demands
peremptorily, Who is this?" with
out even ascertaining that the num-
Der is correct.
The courtesy to be observed in
telephone conversation is quite SIM
pie and easy. The caller asks the
operator for, say, Atlantic, 1921"
The party called lifts the telephone
from the hook and announces dis
tinctly, This is Atlantic, 1921" (or,
in an Office, names the hrnl). Then
the caller asks, MAY | speak to Mr.
Mariner?" to which the answer may
be that Mariner is at the phone" "
or is out. or will be summoned to
the telephone, as the case may be.
Thus. il wrong number has been
requested or given the error can be
discovered in half a minute and the
right connection established. The
"Who-is-this?" callers waste time
for themselves. for those whom they
call and for the telephone operator.
yet they are the first to complain of
the service. Good manners secure
good service every time, everywhere
! Copyright 1921. by Public Ledger Coz
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-14
Education in Toys

Most every woman has theory
as to what sort of toys child
should or should not haye. Usually
those theories are stronger and bet
ter defined before she has had any
children in her own household. She
may have thought that she could be
a committee of one to pass upon
TOYS that came within reach OF her
own children, but she finds this I'M
possible. She finds she cannot, and
when it comes right down to it she
wouldn't want to re ject some OF
the less possible of the toys offered
by relatives and friends.
Still undoubtedly there is much
folly committed in the making and
buying of stupid and inappropriate
TOYS for children. The worst OF
them all are the toys that are so
fragileiy made that they break cas-
lily. Many of the attractive Nifies
for children that come to US from
Japan have this fault. They are
made of the flimsiest material, the
parts are attached loosely. They
are made to look at, not to be
played with, to be sold quickly for
profit. The child does not find pleas
ure in such toys. They are con-
slant source of disappointment.
One good way to select toys for
other children is to think OF the toys
that have lasted the longest and
proved the most pleashrable to your
own children. For children are more
alike in these matters than we think.
Often with little trouble you can
make durable a toy that is at fault
in this regard as it comes from the
shops. Toy animals often have
bead-headed pins for eyes. Even ii
these are supposed to be secure they
pull out with little effort. You
might take them out at once and
make eyes instead by embroidering
little discs with black embroidery
silk.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-14
Business Women's Club.

The Omaha Business Women's S
club will meet for dinner Tuesday at
OILS p. m. at the Y. w. c. a.
Class work for next year will be
decided upon at this meeting. Mem
bers who are unable to be present
are requested to make their selec-
tons and notify the committee prior
to the meeting.
Tickets for the popular concert
series, to be given at the City audi
torium during the coming season ui'-
der the auspices of the club, may
be obtained from any member, or
at downtown stores or the City au-
ditorium after August 10.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-14

look any possible differences of So
cal position. They accept these peo-
pie because they have real worth or
brains or fine character; and when
the time comes when you would like
to say that you were friend OF such
a person when other people regard
cd him as an outlaw you are utterly
unable to do so,
SO apart from the mere humanity
in keeping your standards big and
generous there is selfish, practical
side to the matter that must appeal
to even the most scli-intercsted
among us.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-14

Mrs. James II. Craddock is one
of 10 captains recently appointed to
raise funds to pay for the new build
ing site purchased by the Omaha
Woman's club.
More than one-third of the So, 500
has been pledged to date. The cap
tains and their assistants will con-
tinue to canvass until the entire sum
is raised. A club house will be
erected as soon as the ground is paid
for.
Mrs. Craddock's team includes
Mesdames w. A. Wilcox, Jean John
ston. w. A. Graham and John Haar-
MANN
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-14
Relief Corps Notes.

U. S. Grant Woman's Relief corps
will meet Tuesday, 80 p. H., IN
Memorial hall, court house.
George A. Custer Woman's Re-
lief corps will entertain members OF
Custer post at a sunshine party
Thursday afternoon and evening at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Emery
w. Johnson, 1918 South Thirty-hrst
street.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-14

outside Of museums in this country at
present. Moreover the period when
mahogany was most widely used
was not in colonial days but during
the early part of the last century. In
France the taste for mahogany tur-
niture conceded with the period OF
the directoirc and the first empire, a
period later than our own colonial
times. Most furniture actually III
use in this country in colonial days
was of oak.
1t is mistake to think that a
piece of furniture, because it Is
solid mahogany or solid black
walnut" or solid oak" is vastly SUI
perior to furniture that is made with
a veneer of fine wood. Many eN-
cellent pieces Of furniture are made
with veneer. and so long as the work
is we'll done they are not inferior
because OF this,
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-14

Mrs. r. T. Berens, who has just
passed her 18th birthday, has the
honor OF holding the championship
in archery in England. Her mark
OF 9S bulls-cyes OF 100 has never
been eQualed.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-14

Mrs. L. D. brewery, Cincinnati
society woman, has gone to Florida
for the purpose OF breeding and rails
ing cattle.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-14
Young Visitor In Omaha

Year-oid Helen
Betty White, Red
Cloud, Neb., has
been the guest OF
her grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs, ].
Z. White. With
her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. r. J.
White, she re-
turned to her
home Wednesday,,
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-14
Spanish Club.

Spanish Club. 49,,
The Omaha Spanish club will
meet Tuesday, 8 p. m, at the band
stand in Hanscom park.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-14
Mending Kettle.

A dress snap will mend granite
kettle. Put the ball through the hole
and snap on the other side, riveting
with few light hammer strokes IN
til secure. An aluminunl kettle will
also hold quite while if 50 mended.
Mrs. William M. Graham, divorced
wife of the millionaire oil magnate,
will establish an interior decorating
shop in New York City.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-14

Coolic women do the porterng III
some parts OF India. These women
are undersizcd. slumpy-looking little
creatures, bu; have incredible
strength,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-05
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR FIRE VICTIMS
Mother and Son Burned In
Hospital Fire Are Buried
In One Grave

Greenviile, December 4.-(specia1)
Mrs. Daniel Griggers and her son. D.
Griggers. two of the Stabler hospita,
fire victims. were buried in one grave
Friday afternoon at Craig cemetery.
Hundreds of people followed the cas-
ket bearing the two eharred bodies
to its last resting place.
1t was one of the saddest funerals
ever conducted here, one about which
were conferred many pathetic circum
stances. The boy had fought against
death for many weeks, and on the eve
of bis tragic death his condition was
SO much Improved that his family
were considering removing him to his
home. During the critical hours OF
his sickness his mother was at his
bedside assisting the nurses and
physicians as they administered unto
him. She had watched his partial re-
covery anxiously awaiting the time
when she could again see him a strong
young fellow In the buoyancy Of
young manhood.
Mrs. Griggers gave her life as a
sacrifice in an attempt to save the
boy when the hospital was destroyed
by fire. 1t was reported In Green
Vile today that the young man was
to be married to young lady now a
resident of Montgomery upon his re-
covory.
Funeral services we're conducted by
Rev. H. Ross Arnold, pastor of the
First Baptist church OF this city.
The remains of Robert Scott, who
also perlshed in the fire, were shipped
to Montgomery and funeral services
were held Saturday
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-05

In France, you know, where parents
nave so much to say in marriages"
Ninette frightened again.
Il forgot rat. Mees Natalie, you
are an angel"
"All right. Well let 1t 60 at that
When they reached the house, Ma
talie had gone first TO the house
keeper, and given her directions for
the new addition to the staff.
1T will only be for a few days,
probably she had said.
Then the AFFAIR had been related to
Mr. Ducane. Ninette having been
Mrs Desmond's maid, Natalie was
afraid that her uncle might be an
noyed over her impulsive action.
But Mr.. Ducane had only smiled
over the recital of the French girls
love affair, and had told Natalie to
make all inquiries into Donald's feel
ings before pressing on the marriage.
His stingy old mother will come
around. all right. once she hears the
girl has got a dowry." he had added
shrewdly. Money is her god"
Natalie had kept ner word and
talked to Donald, big. bashful. hon
est fellow, with sincere Intentions.
He deeply regretted the cold re-
ception poor Ninette had got.
But my mother has listened to rea-
son now. She Will receive Ninette
she says. Also. after the wedding
she will 60 away for six months TO
stay with my sister further south
That will give us chance. ma'am.'
Natalie hoped that the good wom-
an would stay away altogether fol
both their sakes. The French girl
was hot tempered. and mother-in-
law OF this type would not suit her.
But wisely she said nothing. She
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-05

laughing but next time I'll be a
little more careful"
People like human interest stories
stories of life, stories of real peo-
pie, facing real problems. Problems
that cannot be lightly brushed aside.
There are many people who prefer
this lyle of story above all others,
for there is in each one something
which makes him feel for the person
about to sink beneath the waters of
circumstances, and who grabs wildly
at the smallest straw of hope, only to
find oftimes that this straw is rock
which only serves to sink him
deeper.
But there are comparatively few
people who can write this type of
story. Where there Is one who can
write II there are a thousand who
cannot
Katherine Lesser Robbins of Selma
Is one of the few writers who can
handle this sort of yarn. Her story.
up Against Life" in the December
issue of Young's Magazine. is one of
the best stories which has ever APP
peared in that publication. 1t is u
real human interest story. 1t is full
OF life, throbbing with 1t. And it Is
told by Katherine Leiser 10
which means that 1t is an excellent
story.
Clement Wood, Birmingham poet,
now in New York, has long since Sc
cured his place with the really great
poets of America. Only recently, 1t
is understood. he was rated as one of
the six greatest American poets, and
not only is his work known through
out this country, but il Is assuming
sound popularity in other lands.
With Alabama assuming new and
greater Importance every day, peo-
pie are naturally endeavoring to
learn all they can of the state.
There is no better guide than Ala
by Benjamin F. Riley OF Birming
ham. This is one of the most COM
plete works OF the kind ever writ
ten. and is by a man thoroughly IA
miliar with that of which he writes.
People for ages have read books.
And they will continue to do so I'M
til the end of time But people are
beginning to demand that their liter
ature be of real worth: they are be-
coming educated to better things. For
the reader who wants something real
worth whole there Is nothing better
than Roy Sensebaugh's birmingham
writer) Journeys End" This is
really an interesting book, and more
than we'll worth reading.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-05
WANTS LAW OBSERVED
State Wide Effort to Enforce Hunt
ing Laws Urged

Montgomery, December 4.-(spe-
of the department OF
conservation were called upon by
John H. wallace, Jr., conservation
commissioner. today to lend their
energy to a statewide effort to have
every person who hunts on lands
other than those he owns or rents
possess a hunters license.
Commissioners Wallace also re-
quests the agents of the department
to inform tenants they cannot legal
~ hunt without licenses except upon
the lands which they actually Guilt
vate, to urge land owners not to is
sue permits for hunting to persons
who do not purchase hunters Ii
censes, to urge all sportsmen to re-
fraln from killing more game than
they actually need and to request all
persons OF their counties not to set
fire to the forests or grass. firt not
only destroying valuable timber but
destroying game refugees as we'll.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-05
The b. MAY CHRISTIE
Dis turbing Kiss
CXV-A MAIDS PRAYER


Natalie seemed like an angel in the
eyes of Ninette, the forlorn French
maid
All, mees. l should have died with
out your help she assured her over
and over again, gratitude writ large
upon her rather sallow little face.
Natalie had taken the girl back
to the house with her, and had sent
to the station for her luggage. which
was indeed the "trousseau' of which
Ninette had been so Unfortunately
proud
"Of course, ] do think 1t was rather
stupid of you 10 come all the way
here, from New York. without letting
Donald know" her new mistress
thought At to tell her.
"Ah, but l wanted to surprise nib
He love me so much"
Natalie suppressed a smile.
Il daresay he does. But you ought
to have made him tell his mother
| first, and then all this trouble
P, wouldn't have arisen"
! Niuette's face clouded.
His mother? She will nevaire per-
NIT re marriage. She does not like
me. She call me foreigner
But Donald is a man of over 80
! How could his mother prevent the
marriage, you silly girl? You're not
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liked Donald, and was interested In
hhis bride-to-be.
That night before dinner, the
French maid-determined to do her
duty by her new mistress-said:
You look tired, mees. You will let
me give you Ia face massage. nos
so? l am what you call expert at
EFT"
She had made Natalie lean back
comfortably in a low easy chair be-
fore the looking glass. and had pro-
duced French creams and astringents
of her own.
II give Mrs. Desmond the massage
so often. She ees not young, oh no.!
But make her appear to be so. That
ees my cleverness,"
She had laughed happily at her
own boastfulness. dipping soft Turk
ish towels into a basin of hot water
and applying them, alternately, to
Natalies face.
There. Now for re cream"
Carefully she worked the scented
substance into her mistress soft
cheeks, her slim, clever fingers NOV
ing with an upward, circular motion
while she talked.
you are much more beautiful than
Mrs Desmond---I must now say. Mrs
Gait" She made comical face. But
you do not understand re beauty
tricks she does. l taught her. l
will now teach you."
Natalie, sad as she was over her
quarrel with young Dandy. was
amused and distacted by the French
girls chatter. Anything TO keep her
mind off the painful scene that had
occurred that afternoon in the sum-
mer house.
Ninette was speaking now. In low.
arch voice.
Noes Natalie's mus make herself
pareecularly beautiful for her at
fanced lover, Meester Maurice Dan
by" she was saying.
Tomorrow-Recalled
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1921-12-05
EDUCATORS ENTERTAINED

Tuscaloosa, December 4.-tSpeciaf)
A number of prominent university
and Tuscaloosa people gave a suncn-
con Saturday at the Terrace Tea Gar
den in honor of DIR. Clyde Furst of
New York and DR.. George f. Zook
of Washington, d. c., two noted ed
ucators who have been in attendance
on the meeting of the Southern A.
ISOLATION OF Colleges. at Birmingham.
and who stopped over here on brief
visit. Dr.. Furst is representative
of the Carnegie foundation and DR..
Zook Is a representative of the United
States bureau of education