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Evening star., 1922-11-26
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GERALD
MYGATT

thing / ever knew" she said as N
! engine caught.
Think away. old dear" said Jimm
with a genial wave of his hand "A
We hicks think, about is the almiehr
dollar, you know. Take a drink fo
me. Conrad--a couple of 'em-'
| We'll. you certainly are a. hick,
Virginia announced. for she va
annoyed.
! Il certainly am" said Jimmy pleas
| antiy. Il certainly am, from tn
ground up" Virginia was throwiu
in the gears. so long, folks" Jimm
called. And they were gone.
! JIMMY BLAIR walked slowly nad
- to the creamery. Darn fool" n
! was muttering. Well. that's the W.
life goes. I guess. Darned go.
thing" He scowled And to thin
Of me. old Jimmy Blair, falling for
chicken like that-yeh. falling AN
scraping my nose on the pavemen,
Why. put her UP against a girl lik
Mary Denison-wait a second, now"
warmed boards OF the creamer
delivery platform, and there, for per
haps ten minutes, he swung his leg
and alternately frowned and grinned
Then he stood up, shook himself am
sralked into the office, where stood
telephone.
Sell that sour old stun tomorrow.
he murmured graphically. ''Toda-
goes 10 profit and loss" Then ~
called a Carpenterville number
THAT you. Nary" he asked. "Sas
Mary, wait for me. will you? III h
at your place in half an hour"
Jimmy Blair made it in twentr
two minutes. On the way he re
hearsed over and over just what h.
Was going to say. He was going u
tell Mary. about being in the service
and seeing Paris and New York, an,
getting big ideas, and being all cucko,
and getting all balled up about lif
and its ramifications. and he was g"
ing to tell her-and Jimmy knew /
now-that he had been in love will
her all the time, which was a fact
and that he hoped-gosh, how h.
hoped that she'd let him ham
around and try to show her that h,
was just an ordinary guy who woul,
try like the dickens to prove himsel
worthy to kiss the hem Of her dres
or something like that anyway.
But when he pulled up at the DEM
son house there was Mary at the to-
OF the porch steps, sort OF holdinI
her hands together at her throat ant
staring at him with that funny ques
ton mark look in her big brown eye
And she was dressed in that BROW
and white checked thing tha, he like,
so much. and her brown hair, 3
fuzzing out around her face. made he
look just like a kid. and the sunligh
was throwing leaf shadows acr"s
her so that she looked just like HI
heroine in a play.
Jimmy Blair killed the engine dea,
and Jumped out of his f1ivver ant
raced up the steps.
He heard himself stammerins i'll
husky voice that didn't sound lik'
his own at all:
Mary. kid. look at me. No, loot
at me right in the eyes. Say. Mary
do you think you could manage u
fall in love with a guy who know
he's a blame fool?"
And then-now hadn't he been
fool?-little Mary Denison was lean
ing against his shoulder and cryins
and he was patting her on the back.
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how can you handle the cans witt
:. that stiff white collar on, jim
Won't those New York people notice
! you in your working clothes?
! -"Oh, l feel better in these things.
said Jimmy lightly.
But he didn't AS he drove back ur
the Cuylerville road. with his empty
ffvyer rattling under him, he fell
suddenly foolish, out of place, nettied
He, Jimmy Blair ashamed OF the
clothes he worked in. He wished
! hotly that he had left his flannel
| shirt and stained overalls on.
'Tf she doesn't like en-" he in
! formed himself, "she can lump EN-
that's all
! He reached the creamery at
o'clock and then he began to wait
One of the men there good naturedly
loaded his truck for him, and that
again made Jimmy feel ashamed. He
smoked a cigarette and looked at his
watch. He smoked another and an
other and another. He walked around
sat down, stood up, walked around
some more. He looked at his watch
again. Great Scott! half-past 3:
Two hours gone by and those eight
cans to be sold, quart by quart be-
fore nightfau. Jimmy scowled.
At ten minutes past sleek
touring car slid to a halt by the
creamery gate. Jimmy Blair ran out.
Hello. Jimmy. old thing" said Vir-
gnia. She was as gorgeous as ever,
her fawn-colored hair fufing out
above wn-colored motoring coat
Hello, Virginia. Gosh. it's good to
see you, Oh. hello. Conrad. How
are you?" Jimmy extended his hand.
1t surprised him that his feeling to-
ward this quondam rival was for
some reason quite cordial.
rHop- in the gorgeous girl COM
manded. where's your bag? We're
two hours late now. Make 1t snappy,
Jimmy"
Il know darned we'll you're two
hours late" Jimmy heard himself
saying coolly. But ] can't go along
with you. Virginia-can't leave the
job. l wired you that
"Oh, forget it, the girl directed
petulantly. You and your stupid old
job You make me sick. Come on
we're going to have a great party.
You know the gang"
Got a little of the old stuff on the
hip. too" Conrad volunteered pleas
antly. Here" From somewhere be-
meath his feet he produced quart
bottle half full. More where that
came from" he added ---as,.-
"You tempt me- laughed Jimmy.
but l can't I'm awfuily sorry.
hope you didn't misunderstood my
wire Virginia. ! just wanted to say
hello II.
We'll, if you can't give up bloom
ing old job for me. I'd like to know
what good you are. anyway" Vir-
ginia stated irritably.
Cant you see l can't" Jimmy
pleaded.
Then suddenly he knew he was
angry. He found himself appraising
Virginia almost indifferently. For
the first time since he had known her
it occurred to him that she was a
spoiled selfish young person. Her
nose. he now noticed, was ii trife
wind blown. II made him want to
laugh. What a fatuous boob he'd
been, Why. this girls world was as
far apart from his AS He almost
laughed aloud.
She was pressing her foot On the
starter.
Il think you're the most selfish
Evening star., 1922-11-26
New York Went to His Head.
Will the Old Home Town
Hold His Heart?

overseas It's the chance of life
time. really"
But YOU were doing SO we'll here.
jim
Not very well. ma. as doing goes.
Twelve hundred a year is just Il
scratch compared to what ! can make
down there. Besides
Twelve hundred year is a mighty
comfortable income" his mother pro-
tested. What with this home and
everything" She turned ilnpatiently
t" young Hollis. Cant you do any
thing with him. Joe?'
Joe Hollis laughed.
ITS disease" he stated. They've
all Got 1T
What do YOU mean"'. Jimmy de-
manded. There was just an edge to
Evening star., 1922-11-26

creamery as meeting place. Might
as well let Virginia think the place
was somehow his. Then abruptly he
scowled.
Shucks! He'd promised Mary Den
| ison to take her along on the route
tomorrow. Mary enjoyed it SO. just
like a kid. and she'd been helping him
lot Already she had lined up
about half the housewives in Car
penterville as steady customers, and
tomorrow she was planning to start
in on Cuylerville. Well. he'd have to
make some excuse and put it of. He'd
tell her most Of the truth-that he
was expecting some New York friends
of his to pick him up along the road.
Mary looked at him quite steadily
with those soft brown eyes of hers
and said:
"of course. Jimmy. What does it
matter?"
But it made Jimmy feel like a
cheat.
Jimmy cut his morning deliveries
j short next day and raced back to
the house at noon to change his
You'll ruin that nice suit" his
mother reproved him mildly. And
Evening star., 1922-11-26

Selling IL pair of shoes. now-that
would be easy You'd have something
7 in your hands and YOU could say.
These are good shoes-real leather.
Look" And the other person would
| look. as If he wanted pair of good
shoes Well. 1t would be cinch.
But this other thing was not a cinch.
How could you know the shoes were
good if You'd never even seen them
Yet you gave your word on it. just as
if you personally knew. Funny busi-
ness,
Then there was the cost of living.
That was another thing to think
about They paid you what they
called drawing account of $50 a
week down there at the office. and
that was really your salary.
You got $50 week. maybe a little
hi, more-call it $500 month. Well,
your room cost you $50 and your
meals cost YOU at least $75-just your
own meals that was-and you had to
have two good suits for the office
and evening clothes. and dinner
jacket and silk hat and all sorts
Of shoes and shirts and things. Be
sides. in addition to all this. there
was Virginia. -.
. Virginia. Jinply Blair wiped his
forehead.
If you took Virginia to tea. it cost
you couple of dollars. That was
easy. But if you took her to dinner
which you wanted to do once in a
while. it cost yous15 before you got
through with the taXis and the tips.
IL you took her to dinner and the
| theater-and of course. you had to
get decent seats-it would knock a
good $50 hole in your wallet. Thirty
dollars in one evening! Zip.-just
like that! And. by the same token,
if you took her to dinner and the
theater and out to dance afterward-
and you just had to do that occa-
sionally-you were mighty lucky if
you got out of it for forty-five cool
iron men, Jimmy kneW-he knew until
it hurt.
lust the same. New York was
j worth it, Nobody could tell
Jimmy it wasn't. And Virginia was
worth it-you bet she was: There
was something about the whole thing
that was worth it. Just walking up
5th avenue. for instance, at S o'clock
of a spring afternoon.
Take today, for instance. Jimmy
Blair hadn't sold single stock, but
he had left the office at 4:30-that
was one nice thing about Wall street
and now he was striding confidently
up 5th avenue.
Some day he'd be riding up this
street in a shiny limousine. nodding
casually to the traffic officers.
Well. it was a great town. full of
hustling, clean-cut' men. and just
ing girls a fellow ever saw. Couldn't
touch Virginia for minute, but good
to look at just the same. They all
were. Sleek, glossy furs and sleeker
silk stockings and all kinds of smiles
that was New York. 1t was a
darned shame to have to turn of 5th
avenue for anything even to get to
your room. Some day - =
There was yellow envelope for
Jimmy stuck cornerwise in the mirror
Of the dark entrance hall. He seized
it gingerly and tore it open. Tele-
grams always made your heart stop
a little. even though YOU pretended
they didn't.
This one was from Jimmy's mother:
Your father facing operation. Not
serious, but want you home soon as
possible"
Jimmy stood there, irresolute. He
knew about his fathers operation.
The old man had told him six months
ago. Just a couple OF days in the
hospital and then out again. But still
Jinmy scowIed. Darn It. had been
Evening star., 1922-11-26

his tone. Joe Hollis had waited for
the draft and had not been called.
"All YOU guys Joe explained.
you've gone and got yourselves big
ideas. Half the men that have come
back are looking for soft jobs-soft
jobs and big money"
Jimmy Blair leveled his gaze a the
other.
Haven't your own earnings gone
a half: Haven't you got few big
ideas yourself" You've got car now.
How about that"
Hollis scratched his head
Sounds like an argument" he said.
Still, l suppose you're partly right.
Jim. But. you see. We've actually
been doing the work. turning all our
spare cash over to the government
and carrying bigger loads than l knew
a man could carry. Isn't that SO Mr..
Blairc"
guess that's So
Jimmy felt annoyed. but he COM
pressed his jaws and managed to
smile.
His mother was studying him.
Seems sort of funny. Jim she OBJ
served. the way you take up for
New York. And you spent whole
day and night there. too. when you
could have come up on yesterdays
train
What's her name. Jim?" Mr.. Blair
teased. Blonde or brunette?"
Everybody roared. for there had
been tension. So nobody but Joe Hol-
lis noticed that little Mary Denison
Strengthened up ever so slightly. and
then. after a second. laughed loudest
of all.
For only yesterday Mary. very pink.
had told Joe, as nicely as she could.
that she liked him lot. but that she
could never, never think of marrying
him. And Joe thought he knew the
reason why. and the reason worried
him. But now, seeing Mary laugh
and watching that toss of her bobbed
brown curls. Joe Hollis felt much bet
ter indeed. Joe was only man.
x X ::
THE very day Jimmy Blair reached
i New York he called up Virginia
Van Westyn. only to find that she was
all tied up with engagements. but the
second day he captured two hours of
her time and put her in a taxi and
took her to the Biltmore for tea and
they danced.
Jimmy danced. He danced then.
He danced through the spring. When
Virginia went out to Old Westbury
he followed her there every week end
she would let him, which was about
one in three. He followed her to
Southampton in August. He followed
her to Great harrington in the fall.
And he danced.
Not even Virginia's closest and
dearest girl friends questioned the
fact that she possessed a genius for
haps admitted to one another. in the
strictest confidence, of course. that
anybody who. spent as much thought
and time and money on herself as
Virginia Van Westyn did ought cer-
tainly to make a splash. 1t was
hinted. too, still in confidence, that
virginia's ethics in the matter of
property-manb being the property un-
der discussion-were not above cavil.
But that must be as it may.
Virginia was human. And Jimmy
Blair was not unattractive in his own
right There were only two things he
lacked-one was social position and
the other was money. Both Of these
were very important.
When Virginia reached this point
in her estimate she would screw up
her pretty white forhead in q petu-
liant scowl and wonder. She liked
Jimmy all right. Well. he might
come through. at that. He was work
Evening star., 1922-11-26

hFTER the last crumb of pie had
n disappeared and they were set
ling themselves comfortably in the
fashioned living room rockers.
.Iimmy's father. lighting his cigar,
asked what Jimmy. specifically, was
going to do.
oh. you men," broke in jimmy 8
mother Why talk about jobs when
Jim has so much to tell us?''
Jobs" said her husband. slowly
peeling the band from his cigar. Jobs.
mother. are sometimes quite inspor-
tant. I'd say this was one of the
times. Anyhow. I'd like to know.
Done any figuring. son"
Why. yes" And Jimmy shot 4
glance at his mother. You see. dad.
my major. a dandy chap. named Het-
hall-he's q partner in q big broker
axe mouse down on the street-and
lie A.>t Of thought
street," asked Mrs. Blair. What
street,"
He means Wall street, mother"
the boys father explained.
"Oh. Jimmy! Down in New York."
I'm afraid -, ma. But. you see.
the chances down there are wonder
full. particularly with the social con-
nections / had the luck to establish
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-10-09
Boston Workers
Hear Foster on
"Industrial Unions"

Boston. Oct. S-William L. Foster,
Of Chicago, advocate of industrial
unions for all workers" today adj
dressed more than 500 men and won
en- in Paine Memorial hall here in the
interests OF the formation of labor
defense council to fight for the liberty
of all men and women arrested as a
result of industrial disturbances.
The audience donated 1892 towards
the assistance Of the 20 men arrested
in Bridgeman, Mich, and held for
trial on the charge of participation in
the so-called communist convention
there last August.
The speaker discussed the benefits
of industrial unions compared with
American Federation of Labor. The
4, the present craft unions and the
railroad strike, he said, showed the
weakness of the present system when
| not all the workers were members of
the same union. While members of
seven trade unions walked out on
strike, members of nine others re-
manned at work, greatly assisting the
railroad arrangements in defeating
1.-The only reason Nicol Sacco and
, their brothers, Foster declared.
Bartolomeo VanZetti are in jail he
said, sis because of the stupidity and
concordance of the trade union move
ment."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-10-09
| DEAD, seven
HURT IN CRASH.
.FRE|GHT,ExPRESS
Boston & Maine Trains
Collide Near Rol-
linsford, n. H.
Engineer Walker Killed-Bag-
gage Master and Six Passen-
gers Injured-Road Officials
Say Substitute Crew May
Have Been Cause of Accident

Rollinsford. \. H., Oct. Is. A.
Walker. of Alton Bay. engineer of
Boston & Maine passenger train, 1854
was killed and the baggage master
and six passengers were injured when
the passenger train and extra freight
nhmber 1924, collided on a crossover
here tonight. The passenger train
men were not the regular crew and
railroad officials stated that this may
have been the cause of the acct
dent
Train No. 1857 with engine 957. a
small passenger type. was bound for
Alton Bay. via Dover and Rochester
The freight was Boston-bound. The
main line crosses the tracks on which
the freight was running at this sta
ton. The trains came together on the
crossCVcr.
Four freight cars and the baggage
car of the passenger train were de-
rallied. the wrcckage blocking both
main lines.
The body of the dead engineer could
not be recovered until the wrecking
train arrived, officials said.
Arthur Cheney. apparently badly
hurt and internally injured. was taken
to the hospital at Rochester. He was
one of six injured the other five being
taken to their homes.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-10-09

New York, oct. S-(By A. P)-
The New York Giants once more are
baseball champions OF the world
They reached that pinnacle Of sue
cess for the second consecutive year
in furious uphill rush this after
noon that flung the Yankees 10 de-
feat. ) to >. and crushed q Disguised
pitcher, Bullet Joe Bush.
1t YVES the second successive time
that the lanEs have bucked the
Giants in worlds series and failed
This year they went down inglori-
ously without the solaCe OF captur-
ing even one Of the five games that
comprised the battle for the tito.
II" best the Yankees could do vas
10 tic the second game OF the series.
Tho Giants won the other four.
In all the annals of the game only
two clubs ever triumphed In
worlds series In such a decisive
fashion. In 1907. the Chicago Ma
tionals won four straight Victories
over the Dertoit Americans. after
three to three. Seven years later the
Boston Braves surprised the fans OF
Continued on Page 5-Col. s.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-10-09
Poincare Points
to Frances Efforts
for Peace in Near East

Nacouleurs. France, Oct. Shy A.
Frances efforts to preserve peace
in the Near East were offered by Pre-
micr Poincare today in an address
here dedicating a monument to the
war dead a. further convincing evil
dence that only malicious eyes can
see imperialism in France
During these last few days" said
the premier we have been on the edge
of a precipice and we used our strength
to keep from the abyss those who
might have fallen in"
The premier justified Frances deter
mination to make Germany pay her
war debt. But he said there should
be added to the oath he took in his re-
cent speech at Meaux to exact what
was due France "en obligation to re-
double our efforts to spare humanity
new hecatombs.'
France, as Mussulman power, NJ.
Poincarc continued, must take the
Mussulman views into consideration.
"A telegram l received some days
ago from the Sultan of Morocco. and
testimony that has come to me from
all regions" said the premier, prove
plainly enough that the recent victo-
ries of the Turks in Asio Minor have
been greeted by their co-religionists IN
/ great part Of our colonies with real
sa STA ction. That is fact we have
no sght to ignore and which, if it
shouio not entirely dominate our ORR
Ph'ai po"ry. is nevertheless of ma
ture to infI,nce il"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-10-09
Further Business
Recovery Shown in
Review Past Week

New York. Oct. S-With the Turk
ish crisis apparently yielding to the
processes of negotiation. financial
and business sentiment showed dis
tinct recovery dul1ng the past week.
A sharp rally in security prices un-
doubtedly was a factor in the matter.
but a greater disposition existed to
look at the favorable aspects Of the
domestic situation.
Practically all the available signs
point to a further Improvement in
the volume of industrial production.
Car loadings for the week ended
September %. the latest for which
statistics are available, total $4,000
cars, a new high record for the year.
The new figure is. incidentally, al
most exactly 100000 greater than
that for the corresponding week
year ago and is only $4,000 smaller
than that for the similar week In
CONTINUED on Page 8-Col. d
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-10-09
.22o MILES HOUR
IN TEST FLIGHT
OF ARMY PLANE

Detroit oct. "Details OF the tcst
gtt - one &C the army's new arr
lr,res the Armv-Curtiss Racer NO. :.
.,.uit q IN. Garden city, ias'
ndav. r. cal that Lieutenant i. J.
',lghan ptlotod the plane ov'r I
.,IsataWay ltilomctcr course at the
t,te ~ go i5s miles an hour. fast =
Nh amy hu. an being ever Travelled
I, ufncial report of the test was
,..,n out On the arrival at Selfrldge
Ia M Lleut,nnut Maughan, and the
ard breaking racer which was one
80 the % con;endors for the Pulitzer
.rrv next Sl'urday
rho racer is hiplane. powered by
Curttss model DE motor Of $40
rtcpuN ~. rhe wings measure only
., fect and tho body is Is feet IL
hos hong Glenn " Curtiss worked
S. ia his engineers In designing the
,Vr
lieutenant Naughan's performance
.t.undcd army and navy observers
the records reveal tho centrifugal
..l rendered him unconscious for
.sv seconds during his fisht\
During tho Garden City fight Lieu
st. Vaughan made a right angle
uar.pr iek many believed Impossible
,,...,...a.R Lieutenant Vaughan
fuEu pull
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-10-09
.Trans-Continental
Flight in Interest
Gold Star Mothers

Mineo!a. \. Y, Oct. S.-Miss Lii
Ian Catlin an organizer of the Ma
tional Association of Gold Star Moth
ers. arrived at Curtiss Field in a
United States postal service De Hav-
iland airplane at 90 o'clock this
afternoon, thus completing her
trans-continental fight. which began
at 8 a. m. Oct. ), when she set out
from San Francisco.
Her flight was made under the
auspices of Assistant Postmaster
Geenral Paul Henderson, to express
the air mail services endorsement of
the movement to nationaliZe the re-
mem brance of aviators who died in
the service. The entire trip was made
in postal planes although none of
them carried mail when Miss Catlin
was a passenger.
Her trip was made to arouse in
terest in the National Association of
Aviation Gold Star Mothers and she
will attempt to bring about the OBJ
servation of March ,. 1923. as Ma
tional Aviation Day in memory of
flyers.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-10-09
SEES DECISION
WITHIN "a HOURS

Constantinople, Oct. Shy A. r.
Immediate suspension of the ferry
boats on the Bosphorus and the Sea OF
Marmora has been ordered by the
British.
A diplomat in close touch with the
Mudania conference expressed the e
lief tonight that the next "a hours
would spell either peace or war.
IF Ismet continues his arrogant al
titude and insists perpetually on seek
ing to upset the negotia tons, the con-
ference must cease its efforts for
peace" he declared.
The British admira. in command has
issued an order that, beginning tome -
row. no vessel. steam, sail or other
wise. will be permitted to move on the
Bosphorus between o'clock in the
evening and 7 o'clock in the morning
The order adds:
ANY vessel disobeying this order
is likely to be fred on without notice.
This action is taken for the safety OF
the inhabitant