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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-08-04
SUPPORT THE BAND,

Have you contributed to the fund
the band is endeavoring to raise in
order TO insure the carrying out of
their plan to give the town concerts
throughout the coming fall and win
Ter months? These boys have work
ed hard and faithfully, giving of
their time and money without stint
TO maintain creditable organization
and they have asked nothing and re-
ceiVed but little iii the way of inan-
cial support from the town. Two
years of hard work show that when
they started they We're determined to
make good-and they have-they
nave made good far beyond their own
eNpectations-hn they have gone
just ABOUT as far as they can go
without the financial assistance from
the town which they have earned and
now should have. They need an in
structor more than anything else.
just now, and they have an opportun-
lty to secure the services of a high
class man-but they must have some
money. They want a group of peo
pie to pledge soc a week for six
months, and another group Csc a
week for the same period, and in re-
turn for this they promise to give
two band and orchestra concerts each
week. Surely there are few if any
people in the community who could
not afford csc or soc week for this
period for such cause. Surely
there are few it any who can afford
TO give Csc or soc week who would
refuse! If one of the boys or some
one representing them calls. meet
them with smile-and come
across!" And remember, when YOU
subscribe, you are not giving the BOYS
anything. but are simply helping to
buy something the town needs, and
for which other towns pay from S.
600 TO $4,000 a season.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-08-04

viragoes and audacious men-womer
do so, unnaturally clip and cut theil
hair. wearing their locks and fore.
tops Gas they style them) in an adj.
Ious and shameful manner, as if the!
were really transformed and trans
substantiated into males by 4 stupen-
.dous metamorphosis?"
Sounds very much like the screeds
of our modern 'reformers," does ii
not? But it goes to show that the
William Prynnes are peculiar to no
age nor condition of society. Like,
the poor, they are always with us.
II they are not directing all their en-
ergies against some mammoth evil"
they are against another. They see
little in the world to commend, but
much to condemn. That is because
their minds tend rather to condem-
nation than to commentator. By
nature they are censorious. cynical.
faultiinding. They refuse to see the
good in the world, because they are
always looking for the evil. And
what they look for they find.-Tampa
Times.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-08-04
Never { hanging Human Nature

Human nature does not vary great,
| ~ through all the ages. The way oil
a maid with man was the same II
the days OF Solomon or the Pharaohs
as it is today. The so-called flap
Ipers" of our times had their proto-
types in the days of Charles the First
of England, and doubtless 1000
years before that.
One William Prynne, inveighed
against the "fapper'h of his day as
as any who now fulmi-
mates against them. Whence it is. -
inquired Prynne, back in 1928, that
our immodest, mannish and impudent
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-08-04

Jersey, swinging his axe right and
left at the Beef Barons, mercilessly
exposing their system of control
The facts are so patent that fair
ness demands steps be taken immedi-
ately to put an end to the abuse
which spells nothing but control of
prices, the ability to extort from the
privilege of living. Fortunately Mr..
Record does not stop at exposing the
system. He points the way to relief
The railroads have few or no re-
frigerator cars to carry meat or per-
ishable products. The Big Five, COM
prising the meat monopoly. have their
private refrigerator cars. Small
competitors are thus placed in an i'm
possible position. They must either
put cars of their own on the roads
or hire Cars--if they can get them
from tn, Beef Trust.
If little fellow puts his own cars
on the roads, says Mr. Record, there
is always some obliging railroad Off
Cial ready 10 sidetrack or divert them
until the ice melts and the food
reaches an unmarketable condition. |
1t does not take many operations of
this kind to put the average small |
man out of business. Thus the meat
monopoly is maintained.
Mr.. Record points out that govern
ment ownership of railroads would
defeat this system. The people
should not be compelled to wait for
so uncertain solution. The roads
should be compelled as common car
riers to provide an adequate supply ,
of refrigerator cars, and it might not
be amiss to prohibit the use of pri- :
vate cars.
The right of the rails to the Meat :
Trust, to the Pullman Company and :
others, means that these monopolies
get the benefits of public service cor :
porations. without restrictions or reg
ulation. They enjoy franchises which
never have been granted to them.
The subletting Of franchises puts the
public in jeopardy.
AS fact, passing the right of way
by the railroads is perhaps a greater
public menace than passing the buck
by the government. The railroads
should be compelled to supply re-
frigcrator space in railroad cars sold
at q price to all alike and under
government supervision.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-08-04
REPUBLICAN ECONOMY"

Senator Overman (Dem., n. c., in
his public statement, showing that
the Harding administration has ap-
propriated $536,O0O,00O more in
1915 for the running expenses of the
government, after deducting all war
expenses, and making a comparison
of three years before the war with
three years after the war, the fol-
lowing detail is given, showing the
increased expenditures in each de-
partment, while claim is being made
that the administration is economic
ing and saving money:
Executive Department and other in
dependent ofiices-Wilson, 1915, So
100000; Harding, 1923, $23,O0O,-
000; increase, 100000.
State Wilson, 1915,
S6.00O,000; Harding. 1923, $4,000
900; increase, 100000.
Treasury Department Wi lsOn.
1915, $5o,0OO.e00; Harding, 1923,
$l99,0OO,000; increase, $140,O0O,-
600
War Department - Wilson. 1915.
$lS1, 100000; Harding, 1928, $685.
100000; increase, $751;, 100000.
Navy Department -- Wilson, 1915,
4S,000,o00; Harding, 1928, $297,-
000, 900; increase, $14S, 100000.
Interior Department - wilson
1915, $2l1,000, 900; Harding, 1928,
$225,000,Q00; increase, $114,OOO,-
900.
Agricultural Wilson
1915, 100000; Harding, 1928,
$59,000,000; increase, $30,O00,OO0.
Department of Wilson,
1915, $11,00O,O0O; Harding, 1928,
$18,O00.00O; increase. 100000.
Department OF Labor 49, Wilson,
1915. $3,00O.OOO; Harding, 1923,
100000; increase, 100000.
Department of Justice Wilson.
1915, 10,000,O00; Harding. 1923,
S17,0O0,000; increase, 100000.
District of Columbia-W son.
1915, $13,O0O,O0O; Harding, 1928,
$24,000,000; increase, $11,0O0,OOO.
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difficult circumstances, made more so
by unwarranted and uniformed crit
icism, our faith is strengthened-and
we have faith in the men at the head
of the local government. Given half
a chance, at the end of another year,
they may be able to report improve
ments that viii be a source of pride
to all of us You can help them by
praising more and criticising less.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-08-04
HAS MADE GOOD

Lakeland and Clearwater joined
the ranks of commission manager
governed towns and cities this week,
and Leesburg adopted the same plan
few weeks ago. Within few
years it is likely that there will not
be town of any consequence in the
state that has not scrapped the cOun-
cilmanic form and adopted the new
| plan, for while the commissioners
ger plan is and never will be popu-
lar with the peanut politicians, the
people everywhere are growing tired
of the waste inefficienCy and often
times graft that are con-
nected with the councilmaniC form
OF government
Punta Gorda has been governed by
the commission and manager for
nearly a year, and in a few weeks
the commission will be ready to sub |
nit an annual report. Wherever the |
ommissiOn-manaGc government has |
been adopted, almost without excep-
ton it has had difficult problems to
deal with during the first few years, |
for it is usually adopted after and be-
cause of the failure of another form |
This was true here, but this state
ment casts no reflection upon the men
who We're at the helm at the time of
the change. They did their best with
the means at their command, but
their efforts might be compared to
those OF a man trying to chop wood
with the butt end OF an axe.
The commission manager charter
has brought changes in the manner of
the towns business which
we are convinced have resulted in
less expense, better and more bust
ness-like methods, the almost total
elimination Of peanut politics, and
restoration of faith in the town as a
corporation.
While the commissioners n d
will have no great public :
to point to as evidence .
OF their work, they will be able, we
are confident, to come to the people .
and say: I'VE have audited your aC- ,
counts and know just how they stand, :
and while things are not just as you .
would like to have them, you will be
able to meet every obligation when it .
falls due by proper handling of your
funds; We have made some improve !
ments to and extensions of the cleo .
ri bich 10 in - D
condition than for years and is self .
we have provided the city J.:
with a new pier without cost to you .
and which will cost you nothing for
for 20 years; you are :
still in debt, but we have not in .
creased your debt by spending more
for current expenses than you have :
given us to spend, and we have put .
aside, in fund that cannot be used :
for any other purpose, all and more .
than the amount required to take
care OF your bonded debt, provided :
this fund is maintained by regular
additions as required by law; we have :
not played politics and have given
you the best service of which we are
D..
We believe the commissioners will
be able to say all of this and more :
and if this be true they will be en-
titled to the gratitude, respect and
support of every good citizen.
This paper has always had faith
in the commission manager plan of :
government, but after see .
ing it in operation for year under
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BUST THE BEEF TRUST

George l.. Record, star of the
Chicago convention when Roosevelt
headed the Bull Moose movement,
now comes to the foreground in New
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Additional charge for preferred
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charges are made, and articles in
behalf Of money making enter
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Make Remittances payable to
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and not to individuals.
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ed completely dissolves it is pure
wool. Any threads that remain
will be cotton.
Pure, unweighted, long-fibered
silk is probably not rarer than it
was in the days of our grandmoth-
ers; but the demand is SO much
greater that il cannot all be met
by the filament which the silk
worm spins out to four thousand
feet. Some of it must be broken
fiber - a second-grade product,
called spun silk. There will also be
cotton mixed with silk, especially
in satins, velvets and brocades.
Moreover, the mercerization of
cotton has reached point where
this material may easily masquer-
ade as silk.
The silk fiber is often weighted
too, with metallic salts and dyes,
and where this weighing is too
great II seriously interferes with
the wearing qualities of the silk
Indeed, this latter adulteration is
said to be one of the chief reasons
for the poorer wearing qualities Of
modern silk.
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(continusd from Rage ~

newcomers, ! began TO notice,
would look at me-snd smile.
felt like a monkey at the Zoo. but
| concealed my embarrassment by
smiling back and calling "Hello,
therer' as cordially as could. II
was several months later that be-
gan to gather what they were
smiling about.
But that night ! was In a trance.
waited In q hysteris of i'm
patience for the curtain to go down
IN the last scene, SO that might
recapture my bride and find some
sadly needed privacy. had
already engaged the bridal suite
at a very quiet hotel and had
ordered an extrsyagsnt supper to
be served in the rooms at midnight
for two. But when told
Jessie of my plans it again de-
veloped that she had others.
"Why, we're going TO have a big
party at my hotel, silly!' she said,
and noticing my disappointed look
she added, whats the use Of
getting married II you don't cele-
brate?"
! stammered something in reply.
l think reminded her that we had
been alone just once since we had
met the day before. But she
chucked me under the chin and
said that mustn't be old fashioned
about such commonplace, every
day matter as marriage.
So we started out for the
party, which was held in Jessie's
rooms at neighboring theatrical
hotel. Cora, her colored maid, had
been experimenting a dozen
walters in preparation for what
seemed to be dinner and debauch
for the entire world. Despite the
flowers and festive nature of the
occasion, Cora seemed greatly up
set and wept continually.
"Oh. Miz Jessiew she kept re-
peating. "You isn't really mar
ried, is YOU"
"Why, yes, Cora" laughed my
charming wife. Doesn't that
make you happy"
eyes, yes, Miz Jessie, but l CANT
believe It, that's ALL" sobbed the
faithful Cora. Then, turning to
me. she wept: "Mistah Dan, you'll
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When Married a "Follies Girp Beauty

places at the class room windows
resembled a particularly earnest
class rush. All Of the young men
were very appreciative Of Lillian's
talent. and they urged her to con-
tinue. with many picturesque ex-
pressions Of JOY and approval.
This pleased Lillian, who leaned
half way out Of the window and
cried;
Hello, classmates! Hello, pu-
pills" Whereupon she would re-
sumo her dancing.
The applause of the students be-
came boisterous and the scramble
for places became violent, when
suddenly the foremost of the
spectators were jerked away as II
by magic, and in their place ap-
peared a venerable old man with a
long white beard, which gave him
the appearance Of Henry w. Long
fellow, the poet. When he saw
Lillian kicking up her heels his
long beard dropped foot in sud-
den horror. Shading his eyes with
his hand, he stared as il he could
not believe his senses.
Lillian was overjoyed at his
horror.
Hello, professorr' she cried.
"How's this?"
With one supreme effort she
gripped the window sash with one
hand and sent her right leg sky
high out of the window!
There was q great wave of APP
plause from the students who
peered over the professors
shoulder, but the worthy and hor-
rified scientist did not wait for a
second look. Putting his hand over
his eyes to blot out the scene, he
stepped quickly backward and
jerked down the window shade. In
q twinkling he rushed about the
class room, drawing the blinds at
each of the other windows, and in
a few moments we could hear the
students droning out their lessons
in a grumbling tone of voice.
The professor must have pro-
tested to the management of the
hotel, for in a moment the house
detective tapped on the door and
asked us to use q little discretion.
l seized the opportunity this
created to again beg Jessie to leave
the party and 60 to our little
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sho' take good care Of Mir Jessie,
won't you!"
I was deeply touched at this
show of fidelity at the time. I re-
membered IL with other feelings
later on, when | discovered that
Cors's tears were rather artificial,
and that Cora. in reality, was more
Jessie's manager than she was her
maid. But ! will return to that
later on.
Cora went on to tell me how
charming, innocent and trusting
pretty Jessie really was; how she
had been sheltered all her life, and
how she said her prayers every
night. With this touching bslly-
hoo the party began. 4
As a purely theatrical spectacle
II excelled anything which the
patrons of the show paid their
S4.40 to see. Some of the most
amusing and vivacious stars in
America were there, and after the
Rrst few drinks the songs and
dances and unforeseen situations
kept every one in boisterous
laughter un<Q the dawn's early
light. By that time the party had
just begun, and II was rapidly
reaching the point at which It
needed some censorship.
We were not the spectators Of
the frolic. Across the street was
one of the buildings of the Boston
University, and the students
speedily became aware that some
thing far more entertaining than
geometry was going on In the
hotel room opposite their window.
A girl Jessie called Lillian had just
telephoned the room clerk to send
up gallon Of peroxide Of
hydrogen, explaining that she
wished to become a blonde.
While waiting for this unique
prescription to be filed she started
a little dance In front of the open
window facing the school. Before
very long she discovered that her
gown hampered the freedom Of her
limbs, and the further interpreta-
ton of the dance was decidedly EN-
negligee.
It was at this point that the
students across the street decided
that another day would do for
their lessons. The scuffle for
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dovecote In another hotel. I re-
minded her that il was then half
past nine In the morning, and that
we would have all too little time
together before the curtain went
up at the theatre. Az last she con-
sented, and we slipped away In
happy confusion. Caution was
needless, as most of the party had
imbibed too much to notice our
absence.
| sometimes think that | was
never so happy in my life as when
we reached. the seclusion of our
bridal suite, far from Jessie's
friends. Jessie seemed happy, too,
as she kicked off her little gold
slippers and reached for her dress
ing gown. ] began to think that,
after all, we might be happy, when
/ received the first of long series
of horrid shocks that finally ruined
all the iridescent castles in the
air I had builded when / first saw
Jessie Reed.
II was the reporter whom ]
mentioned in the first chapter of
this series, and he had come to
ask my blushing bride some very
pointed questions. One of these
questions concerned her previous
marriage to Ollie Debrow, who
had killed a man of whom he was
jealous, and who was acquitted by
the courts when he testified that
he had plenty of cause for his
jealousy. For another thing,
learned that my "innocent, shell
tered" bride, as Cora, her maid,
had so aptly put it, was the mother
of bouncing nine-year-old. girl,
and was old enough to be my
aunt.
| described how ! got rid of that
reporter, and how others came with
equally embarrassing questions.
What those questions were, and
how / discovered their truth, !
shall discuss next Sunday.
ITO Be Continued Next Sunday
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How to Choose Clothes

goods and woolen garments offered
for sale are to q greater or less
extent filed with shoddy.
This word has acquired some
how more of the flavor Of reproach
than it deserves, in the circum-
stances. Shoddy is wool, indeed
it is sometimes very heavy, warm
wool; but it is reworked, made
over from short ends of factory
goods, tailors' pieces, and stuffs
salvaged by the rag-pickers. A
more general ability to discrim-
mate would lead, in time, to a gen
eral refusal to pay for shoddy as
new wool.
All heavy outer garments should,
if possible, be of new wool. It
wears longer and stands up under
the abuse which all outer garments
get from time to time. Dresses
for indoor wear, or wear under a
coat, may be of part shoddy even
where warmth is q great considera-
ton.
There are no tests of wool cloth
for shoddy which are entirely de-
cisive for the amateur, since the
length of fiber Of pure, new. wool
varies from one inch to eight. An
element of Judgment" is neces-
sary. But if the goods be care
fully unraveled and the length of
fiber observed, anything less than
a one-inch minimum should be
considered shoddy. Moreover, if
the staple is even an inch long and
is soft and twisted rather evenly
IL is new wool, but IL short, wiry
and matted Il is shoddy. An or
binary resding-glass will magnify
sufficiently to make this examina-
tion very easy.
In addition to this guidance, we
may be sure that a certain class of
wooden goods is hard to adulterate,
and hardly likely to contain
shoddy. These are the worsteds
in which the weave shows. In
broadcloths and other matted tex
lures In which no weave Is seen IL
is hard to detect short hairs.
II is comparatively easy to de-
termine whether there Is cotton in
wool goods. For house dresses and
for little girls dresses which are
to be worn in steam-heated or
otherwise well-warmed places, cot
ton and wool may make highly
desirable mixture. But there should
be no cotton in those garments
worn for the sake of warmth.
The simplest tests for cotton in
wool are the following: Observe
the cut ends of the threads; II
there Is cotton there will be diff
ference In the appearance, the
wool ends being kinky, uneven and
wiry, with the ''life" of animal
hairs, while the cotton fiber will
show an even, tufted end. II sew
eral strands are unraveled and then
broken, II will be found that wool
fbers merely pull apart, while cot
ton fibers snap. IL h further test
10 desired, touch q match to these
fibers; a slow burning, with the
characteristic odor of burned hair
and crisp ball of ash, will reveal
the wool; cotton will crackle brisk
ly as Il burns, give out no similar
odor, and leave practically no ash.
II should be remembered that
mohair and alpaca make no claim
TO be all-wool. In these q cotton
thread will always be found.
A more drastic method Of deter.
mining whether cotton Is present
10 TO boil . sample Of goods In
weak solution of csustic potash or
potash lye. If q sample thus treat