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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-09-01
TO THINK ABOUT

One of the greatest forces for good
or evil of today is the moving picture
show. Almost every hamlet, town and
city in this great land have from one
to several hundred Of these shows
They are open to the public practically
every evening, and in many places
they are also allowed to do business on
Sunday evenings. Now, it is not our
purpose to condemn moving picture
shows in general. We realize that
proper moving pictures may have a
very considerable educational value
But it is our intention TO sound a
warning note in regard to these NOV
ing pictures, for we do believe that
films are often sent out which ought
not to exhibit where children are
allowed to be present.
The power OF suggestion is tremen-
dous. Psychologists are realizing this
fact more and more almost every day
And at 10 age is this power greater
than in childhood, when the mind is
plastic and easily influenced. Pictures
which represent hold-ups, burglaries,
and trickery of any kind, are responsi.
bic for many commitments to the re-
form school, for they leave suggest.
ions in the minds OF the young which
sooner or later tend to work themselv-
es out In such crimes. 1t Is q well
known truth that a child is an initial
i've being, Every child will unconsci-
ously initiate that which It admires.
If, then, the hero in moving picture
is represented as committing some act
of trickery without being caught, how
very natural that the child should try
to do likewise, Since then we have
this force with us, would 1t not be
we'll for us to keep vigilant eye on
our children lest they see pictures
which are full of evil suggestions?
And yet the compensations OF ca
lamity are made apparent to the un.
derstanding also after long intervals of
time. a fever, mutilation, cruel
disappointment, loss OF wealth, a loss
of friends, seems at the moment unpaid
loss and unpayable, but the sure years
reveal the deep remedial form that UNI
deries all facts. The death OF dear
friend, wife, brother, lover, which
seemed nothing but privation, some
what later assumes the aspect OF a
guide or genius, for it commonly oper-
ates revolutions in our way OF life
terminates an epoch of infancy or Of
youth which has been waiting to be
closed breaks up wanted occupation
or household or style OF living, and
allows the formation OF new ones more
friendly to the growth Of character
1t permits or constrains the formation
of new acquaintances, and the recep.
tion of new Influences which prove Of
the first Importance to the next years
and the man or woman who would have
remained a sunny garden flower with
no room for It's roots and too much sun
shine for its head, by the falling of the
walls and the neglect Of the gardener
is made of the bantam OF the forrest
yielding shade and fruit to wide neigh
borhoods of men.
Emerson
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1921-10-01

isn't what | wanted 10 say. Now
listen TO me and don't interrupt. Do
you love my daughter"
The answer that came over the wire
was emphatic enough To have salts
ned the most particular of mothers
We'll then come up here and tell
her SO. What; Not AT all. He asked
her 10, and she refused-and she's up
here crying her eyes outflow don't
think I'm crazy. lf mother can't
do the proposing for her daughter. !
don't know who can. No. Jimmy--Of
course not. think won't say I'm
sure-that she loves you. Please don't
20 into ecstasies over the phone
wanted To give my Betty her chance
at happiness. that's all-listen Listen :!
Come back here Before you come up,
Jimmy Davis. give me your solemn
word of honor that you'll never let
Betty know-not eyer-that ] called
you up tonight. oh. tx up any sort of
stcry-if lover can't explain why he
came back to tell girl he loves her
he's pretty poor lover--yes, she'll
be up when you get hcre-yes. Good
by, Jimmy-and God bless YOU"
Mrs. Shirley hung up the receiver
Well" she apostrophzed the silent
telephone, Il never thought I'd do ii
but Jimmy must have his chance.
and so must my Betty-but mother
doing her own daughters proposing
that is step farther than thought
even leap.year privileges would go
and, good heavens II isn't even leap
year"
Outside there was the whirr and
grind of taxlcab coming To halt.
Steps sounded OH the walk. The bell
pealed and sleepy maid went 10
answer il.
SHOW Mr. Davis into the living
room. Mary" said Mrs shirley a. she
passed the maid. Then she ran light
Is up the stairs
Betty Betty deary"
Yves. mother" from the other side
OF the door.
Betty, dry your eyes and look your
prettiest There's some one down
stairs who wants To see you"
What: But it's 50 late
Mrs. Shirley smiled In the darkness.
Its never too late. dear Now run
along and goodnight. my daughter
Betty. hurried down the stairs. The
door Of the living room opened--nnd
closed again. Mrs Shirley. still smil-
ing. went TO her room.
No" she SoliloIuized. Its never
too late-with a good proxy"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1921-10-01
A Proposal by
Proxy
b. FREDERICK HART.

=. 1927. y! AeCiure Newspaper syndicate,
III zabcth shirley was crying AS
Ihou-h her heart would break MOI ii
minutes dltel ii man had laid his hand
ana BEAR al her feet.
Her mother, accustomed though she
va ~ her daughters moods. was al Il
los 10 understand this accession OF
grief
There, there. dear" she said sootli.
lnglA, patting EliZabcth's brown head
Please don't cry-I know all about II
lie asked YOU to marry him, didn't he
aud YOU refused? Well. ii you don't
love him you are quite right. There's
nothing To cry about IN that. Fred
StanhOpe is nice boy, just If YOU
don't hove him you did the right thing
lit isn't that" sobbed Elizabeth.
Il didn't mind f'rrd'S proposing but
but SOME one was listening. and he
heard what Fred said-and he didn't
hear what | said :"
What :" This was enough 10 sur.
pri>, any mother.
Yes. You know the crowd Went On
picnic 10 Bass Rocks--and II was
moonlight and just knew something
would happeu-and Fred made lnr 30
out on the rocks with him-and Jimmy
jimmy"
"Ah.' said her mother Tell me
all about IL"
And Elizabeth Told. She and Fred
had wandered out Oh The rocks, where
The moon made 81 long path Oh The
lake. and there Fred had told her that
he loved her and wanted TO marry her.
And oh mother dear. Jimmy Davis
was out there too lie had strolled
out alone ana when he saw us coming
he iried tn get away-but he heard
Fred propose, and then he left. He
II" didn't know ! saw him, but | did
and all the time Fred was talking I
couldn't help thinking Of Jimmy
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1921-10-01
Sees as Enaineers.

Wrench professor. named BONNER,
tells tale Of the intelligence Of the
busy bee ON the Paris-Lyons rail-
way, near the biological laboratory at
Fontainebleu. he says. some coarse
granulated sugar had been spilled In
heap beside the track Bees came
and tried Ia carry off the sugar. but
the grains We're too big for bee 10
carry Did they give up: Not these
bees. They few To the neighboring
watering trough. loaded themselves
with all the water they could carry,
flew back 10 the sugar pile. and threw
the water on the sugar. Soon the top
Of the pile was converted into strip.
in which the bees busily rolled them
selves until each and all were coated
with strip. when they flew away 10
their hives. There they got rid of
their cargo and returned for more
and. whenever they got down To the
coarse grnnulationS they resorted
again 10 the water trough. Countless
tees engaged In the operation. and
kept NJ II Till no sugar was left.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1921-10-01

and then when | said No. looked
around and Jimmy was gone!"
Well, don't see what's so tragic
about that"
"Oh, mother. Jimmy's going to Eu-
rope tomorrow FOR six months He
sails in the morning. And mother. I
love him. But II that horrId Fred
hadn't been 500 persistent. I'm sure
Jimmy would have spoken. and now
it'> TOO late" And Elizabeth sobbed
again
There. there. daughter don't cry
II will all come right" And her
mother tried 10 console her. But Eliza
beth was inconsolable So her mother
wisely left her to have her cry out
and descended the stairs thinking
hard.
She had knewn OF Elizabeth'> affec-
ton for Jimmy Davis for a long time
and had seen that Jimmy returned the
feeling: but he was Il quiet man. and
not an mpetuouS wooer. He had wait
cd Ia the last moment In Speak-Of
this she was Sure-while Fred stnn
hope had made the most OF his
chances. Fred was as she had said. Il
nice boy: hut Elizabeth did net love
him. and there was no doubt hut that
she did love Jimmy
And Mrs. Shirley was bound to al.
NIT 10 herself that Of the two Jimmy
was the more desirable. She went into
the living, room. thinking harder than
ever Jimmy was to sail for Europe
10 inspect the foreign offices of the
firm for which ne worked. He had
told Elizabeth that his work might
keep him away six months. hut Mrs
Shirley knew that II might be longer
And meanwhile her daughter would he
unhappy.
The light OF determination came
into Mrs. Shlrley'S eyes and u smile
wrinkled the corners Of her mouth. II
lon'i suppose It's ever been done be-
fore" she said 10 herself BUT Dies
perute diseases need desperate RENE
dies Aud after all. In this modern
age | don't suppose is so tremen-
dously bad-let's see. what time Is lt:''
The party had returned early from
the picnic. \ glance AT the clock
showed that II was only II no. Mrs.
Shirley went 10 the telephone.
"HellO-Park 2iGT. please
'Hello-lel me speak 60 Mr. Davis.
This 81 Hrs. Shirley
speaking
"Yef .hs-
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1921-10-01
DESERVE TO BE REMEMBERED
Names Of Those Who Compiled the
First Dictionaries in Their Various
Languages immortal.

Credit for having compiled the nrst
dictionary belongs 10 Chinese. His
name was Pa-out-she and he lived
about ll0O Is. {. II contained more
than 1000 characters. and while Pa
out.She is said 10 have had earlier
manuscripts al his disposal. he was
the one who arranged the valuable ma
terial In such manner that he was
revered by millions ~ his countrymcn
as the creator OF the worlds first die
tionary
The Roman varro. who died rs u.
g. wrote the first Latin dictionary
and Julius Pollux. in III A. d.,
gave the world the first collection Of
Nocabularies In Greek.
The most distinguished achieve
neni succeeding Pollux was the hrst
polyglot dictionary. painstakingly writ
ten by Ambrose calepini. Venetian
friar.
Samuel Iohnson'> English dictiOn-
AIRY. while surely not the first in that
language. may fairly be accepted as
the one to make the initial claim to
completeness. In 1865.
In l7s2 Schwann published the first
French dictionary, and the
Frenchman Lempriere's dictionary
was the first TO bring the vocabulary
knowledge 81 the ancients within ap-
parent easy reach ~ English and
American students.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1921-10-01

A dOcIle barnyard biddy Is prov
Ing capable foster mother for u
flock of half dozen Wild ring-neck
pheasants On the Brick Yard farm
near Pennsville. ~ ]. A few days
ago the farmer was moving and his
machine ran over pheasant's nest
The old bird. cut by the knives. de:
serted the nest and the farmer took
the eight eggs and turned them over
10 game warden. The warde
them under a setting hen. VIII
pleted the process of haichlD.
baby pheasantS
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1921-10-01
The Fireman.

Hear me. dearest iml
young man. I'm all on.
SWELL" replied ~
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-02-23
Get What
You Want

senator Henry r. AshurHt uf Ar
IONA has newer believed Boo the
MIraWbcr-like business cot waiting
fur something 20 turn up
lie started Ilr as % COW puHghcr
and farm hand
lie told friends he would some dly
become United States senate; or die
trying.
They laughed.
In Phoenix De- went 20 work aa Ia
bayfield, hand.
Then ne became q lumh,r-JJ,k.
and "a ~hod-carrI,r
lie studied shorthand at 10 and
worked during spare time as "a ry-
porter.
Al williams. Nriz, hc worked us
a clerk -stenographor In a law uuiuu
and read law.
In 1896, when 20. lac stump,l tho
state for Bryan and had himself
elected To- ia, Legislature.
lie says 'Nuu can get what you
want b. 90 want D. hard cuough
IIOODII.SS III MING.
\N>DLnlFG. kl-FulluNtug an
announcement that immunity would
Do. granted mulushiulrs who nruulLt
900 their stills five hp,, been turned
over 90 tt" district attorney
.mir, of the Home Vegetable Gar
Vegetable Seeds for the Home and
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-02-23
OM<a DepAe1,G5H
1EAJGEd H. Sasy
The Parable of the Musical Education

Once upon a time there was a man who had u daughter And
loved Musick. And as the damsel grew, she sang; and the Singh
her a Piano. and hired a Teacher, who came to the house and gave h
lessons AT Fifty Cents AN Hour And the lesson was worth eve
between times would pick out Tunes with one finger, TO the great j
of her father.
And when the time came that She could take the Hymn Book a.
sit down ON sunday afternoon, and play The Sweet Bye aud Is
God for his daughter and for her Musckal Attachments. And tn,
were evenings when the young folk gathered. and she seated hers
at the Piano and played the Suwancc River and Seeing Nellie Hon
and they all sang and were glad
Now there came am evil day when one spakc unto the father. 81
ng. Thy daughter hath Mu,irkal Ability. Now, therefore. send
away that she may study Musick.
So they sent her away To Conservatory and they shut down
cover of the Piano. And on sunday afternoon her father said. II
And it came to pass that At the end Of certain days she return
with a MuSlckal Education. And was Among Those Present ON {
evening when they gave a Welcome Home Party. And the ftl
said, Tonight we shall have Musick.
But ON that night none Of the other girls dared play. for tn
had not been away To u Conservatory And the daughter would D.
play, for her Sheet MuSck had not arrived. Neither would she sin
for She said that She was out of Practice. having recently studied oi
Theory and Composition and fuguc and Counterpart
And said unto her. It is not AN Excess of Mu~rrkHl Culture Il.
aHeth thee but the need of ChaStiScmcut In the days when ~
Icouldcsi barely play The Sweet Bye and Byc So that it might be- &,
Thou vert a JOY unto thy father and % comfort co thy mother; a.
thou couldcSt add happiness 10 the life of thy fricud, But M
thou knowc>t just enough to be- Useless
And asked, hnowcst thou amy of the sweet old Ballads as y
Last Rose of summer or Coming Through the Ryc2
And She said, Yea; but they are very Old and Simple.
And ! said, Go thou to Nh" piano. and play and sing. Thou h
given this party a Frost. and chilled the heart of all present.
thou back and warm them mp with something that they love.
And she did aS told her And the heart of all present y
warmed. And certain of thu other girls played.
And the hour waxcd late. some Of the young folks said: Let
Iplaycd for them.
So her NIusckal Education did not quite spoil her after ALL a
when she hath a MuSckHl Education that is much better. she y.
know better the worth Of my lesson to her
WILLIAM T. BARTON.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-02-23
A HOTEL NEED

PROMINENT official of the Santa f. railroad, in Albuquerque
"a last week, said that the next loss and damage meeting of the
"a railroad officials would be held in Denver. Albuquerque, he
said. was the most convenient place to hold this meeting, which occurs
twice each year and at which times officials of the railroad assemble
to discuss ways and means of eliminating operating and freight hand
ling damage and loss. Some five hundred men attend the meetings
Most of them would like to come to Albuquerque. 1t is the central
point, of the great railroad system. 1t is most convenient for all con-
ccrncd.
The last time this Santa Fc meeting was held here there was
great difficulty in accommodating the members, They were crowded
and uncomfortable. They did not like it and they will not vote to
come back TO Albuquerque until we can give them proper hotel accom-.
modations, such as they can have in Kansas City, Topeka, Denver on
Los Angeles.
When Albuquerque supplies such accommodations it is not un.
likely, some we'll Informed Santa Fc men think. that the men who
attend the loss and damage meetings, will vote to make Albuquerque
the permanent meeting place. Such a resolution would be of great
Importance TO this city, not only for the asscmblage of five hundred
men here twice each year, but because of the position these men hold
in handling traffic across more than half of the continent.
The question of the location of the new hotel or Of whether out
side capital shall aid in its construction or control its operation, are
important matters. But they are details. They Fan and should be
settled as cxpcditiously as possible.
The important thing is to build the hotel with as little additional
loss of time as possible.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-02-23
A MODEL WOMAN;-p

VVIIiAT is model womanH asks a newspaper. And in reply read.
w ers are painting lovely word pictures of the women of their
W dreams
Now the classic tribute to a model woman was that which was
written by the Englshman, Jonathan Swift, in memory of Esther
johnson. Swift described her as the trucst, most virtuOus and val
liable friend, that It, or perhaps any other person, ever was blessed
with
OF her Swift wrote:
In conversation She was never given to interruption, or appear,
ed eager to put in her word.
"She spoke in most agreeable voice, in the plancst words
'Shc was hut little vcrsed in the common topics of female chat
scandal, ccnsurc and dctracton never came out of her mouth.
'She read carefully the best books which serve to open and en-
large the mind. She bought clothes az seldom as possible, and those
as plain and cheap as consisted with the situation she was in; and
wore no lace for many years
Honor truth and hbcralty, good nature and modesty were the
virtues she chiefly possessed. She laughed at no one 5 mistakes, and
# q good thing were spoken, but neglected, she would not let 1t fall,
but set II in the best light 10 those who were present ~
And She was as beautiful as she was good, for she was looked
upon IS one Of the most beautiful, graceful and agreeable young wo.
men in London, only a little too fat"
Swift, II will be recalled, was a master Of good things spoken, and
IL may be gathered that Esther johnson was watchful never to let any
Of the good things fall neglected; which, no doubt helped make her a
model woman IN the Swift mind.
And what moro could any man ask in his model woman-even
though She be " a little too fat'g
Lucky the 1920 spendcr who saved his income tax as he went
along.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-02-23
FORESIGHT

THE greatest magician that ever lived was Robert Houdin, French
cOnjurer, born in 1905.
But IIoudin, after all, was only a human being and he time
came when his bag of tricks was exhausted.
At least, that was what everyone thought when Louis Napoleon
called Iloudin TO his palace gardens and told him to produce a new
trick or lose out at court.
lloudin went through Il lot of hocuspocus and said: IF your
majesty will have yundcr oak tree cut down, in It's heart you will find
Il gold box and ia the gold box a message written by your father 30
years ago
The oak was frlcd. The gold box and its message were found.
lIoudin, in his memoirs published after his death, confessed that
30 years bcforc, he had forcSccn just such a situation and had cut into
the oak tree and buried the box.
What do you think of that for foresight
Yet ioudns ability 10 figure years in advance was no more re
narkablc than the foresight of those who have pioneered scores Of
great industries or guessed correctly the real estate movement of
cities.
How many years are YOU looking into the futurcY
Between now and March IL one can appreciate the only comfort
of Il $1,000 income.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-02-23

1920 spendcr who saved his income tax as he went
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-02-23
FOR GOOD GARDENS

VIASlIINGTON mail sacks, loaded with the 1921 consignment of
w free government seeds are speeding over the rails TO almost each
W of the most remote townships in the country.
More money is being spent by the government 10 supply these
seeds this year than ever before. Seeds that cost nearly 100000 are
being distributed for free trial
Mail order seed houses are being besiegcd by an army for cat
alloys
SOmed with the big seed boxes containing their thousands of packets
The lowly bean is next 10 the giant crimson tomato packet, and tine
gaudy green lettuce seed fIrts desperately with the radish.
Your government aims TO aid you in making a success of The
backyards garden. II wants 70 help YOU now before you've turned
a spade in the loan.
If YOU care for information on gardening il asks you to write the
secretary Of agriculture, Washington, u. c, for any OF these farmers,
Bulletins, which il believes will help, and which will be sent yeu free
Farmers Bulletin l0i4, The City Home Garden; Farmers Bul-
letiD 937, The Farm Garden III the North Trainers Bulletin S56, The
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-02-23
BuCkWheat Cakes
By NLrIuED ARNOLD.

whcncNer I smell buckwhoat cakes
| get just hke-fpr goodness ~ak,s.
! wonder can ! tell,
! feel a sort 90 m|ournful pride.
And something all gone here inside.
Well, well well, we'll. Well
II takes me back to SiNty-scyou.
In winter. ! wts bout eleven.
My mo'ncr. at uightfall
Would stir The breakfast batter. n.
then
Would SAY. MY boys eat more than
men,
Where do they put 1t allo"
| saw her just Before : spoke.
As natural standing Iu tho smoke,
The rriddlo huttur.n ing
And piling mp 20 uuckwhyat stack
Enough 20 hI'lk u hurs,'s back.
And singing she would sing,
Ncs siuglug though She was worn
.u1 .r.H
Say. r.m. rU.u.Htf Hr. just goa
s.IiiTtU
Sad-.H,rt u.. suI..iua .up.,s'
II that Do tenn upon mF nose
How Gar au u'I m.H- mumuI ruus'
Surd. ll have |~uuhNu.it cakes
The Belding banner-news., 1921-09-14
EAST ORLEANS AND
RON AID

Mr.. and Mrs. Merriet Hall and
family, of Lansing and Mr.. and Mrs.
Gardner Howard and family spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Clark
Hoppough.
Miss Oline Musselman is attend ng
high school at Ionia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gill of Ionia, were
callers at Evart Warden's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orson Rowley and
family spent Sunday with Guy Hop
pough and family.
Mrs. Saphonia Hull is spending
a few DAYS with her brother, Ben
Comstock and family, of Shiloh.
Mrs. Ben Comstock, of Shiloh and
daughter, Mrs. Guy Hoppough, left
Monday for Coopersville to attend
the funeral of the formers grand
son, F. J. Comstock, who died FRI
day from an operation for appendi-
citis. Funeral services were held on
Tuesday at 2 p. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Smith, of
Ionia and Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Tinney
and baby of Belding were Sunday
callers at Lonnie Parmeter's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Hill, of south
Orleans, spent Sunday afternoon
with Homer Kennedy and family.