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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-08

ermanic form. II we ever expect 70
have a better Pensacola. a prosperous.
up-to-date city a city we arc not
ashamed Of, we must have change
IN our city administration. It Is up 10
the citizens OF Pensacola. In their
hands lies the remedy. VIII they ap-
ply it on the 30th Of the month";
ALICE SHEAR.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-08
Great Discovery.

Wife = What do you think Of my
doughnuts. Herbert?
Husband Wonderful. darling. Sci
entists have tried for years to pro-
duce artificial rubber. and here you
have done it at the first attempt
Portland (Me.) Express.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-08
Round Rebate.

Young Housewife to Baker - You
should discount something for the
holes in the doughnuts
Clever Baker-yery well, madam, I'll
allow you one cent for each hole you
return.-New York Daily News.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-08
o. ouoita

Florence-A cooking school graduate
know has just sold six bushels Of
doughnuts to a New York furniture
firm.
DorothyWhat can they sell them fer?
Florence-Curtain rings.-Erie (Pa.)
Dispatch.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-08
Likes fEm.

Wise First Class Scout Con sentry
duty1-TIalt! VINO goes there?
Second Glass Scout--A scout with a
bag Of doughnuts
WE. G.. S-Pass scout Halt, dough-
nuts-Boys- Life Magazine
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-08
Sure Enough.

Bobby-Nuts grow on trees, don't
they?
Mother-Yes, my child.
Bobby Well, what tree gives dough
nuts?
Mother Why = er-the pantry
Westficld IN. j. Leader.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-08

partment store)-WThat have you in
the shape of automobile tires?
Floorwalker - Topics
Of the Day. Films.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-08

-Four years IS usually as long as
most men can stand driving a motor
bus in the city Of London.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-08
That's sonethinn.

Young wife-Are my doughnuts ike
your mother used 10 make?
Ditto Hubby tsampling theml--
Well-er-the holes are just the same.
Tacoma IWash.) Ledger.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-08

Denmarks kings have been called
either Christian or Frederick for over
400 years.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-08

Weather man says winter gets later
every year. But II win never come at a
time when overcoats are cheap.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-08
Oh. OoetorI

May-What is a crulIer?
Ray - It's a doughnut with the
Topics OF the Day" Films.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-08
SKID.

Customer Go lloor walker IN de-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-08

II viii print prope Mas 49,
school What IS its S ss1@y ~
Ansaxr selsrssys enasl.: BLsOA aze ELhap
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-08

A lie to the desperate. is merely an
exDedient; to the malicious a weapon:
TO the victim, poisoned case from the
effects of which he never wholly re-
covers. A lie is the egg OF deception,
Matched in the incubator OF eowardice.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-01-08

A corn in the hand is worth two on
the foot.
The New York herald., 1922-04-02

their own. The athletes greeted the move
nent with great derision, but as the pas
time grew more and more popular they
were attracted
Before the craze started II was almost
impossible to get enough men to play
rubber. Now there are not enough tables.
In their mad rush to get a place at the
coveted table, the bridge enthusiasts bolt
their dinners
The sudden popularity of bridge experts
has caused another change equally amaz-
ing. Proficiency in athletics is no longer
the prime qualification for election to the
fraternties. Formerly man had to be
recognized leader in football, baseball or
some other branch of athletics. If he could
not qualify he was characterized as a
lounge lizard and promptly blackballed.
The New York herald., 1922-04-02
Began rS Years Ago
With So Weekly Salary

Miss Merrill became stenographer eigh-
teen years ago. Her salary was Sc a week.
Perhaps IL would be better to permit her
to tell her own success story
i grew up overnight" she starts. II
went to school in Denver, where my father
had gone from Boston to recover his health.
After my father died out there my mother
worked at the only thing she knew-de..
signing gowns. But she came to New York.
for 1t was better field. On the night OF
a fearful blizzard my mother died I was
alone with her that night. knew nobody.
The next morning | went out into the
storm to find an undertaken. He cheated
me- | had arranged that my mother be
buried In my graduation gown. He was to
send her body to Boston.
Two days later my grandfather came
down from Boston and took me home.
The New York herald., 1922-04-02
Where Bridge Gusts Baseball

~ ASEBALL, once so dear to the coli
lege youth, has given way at CO.
lumbia University to bridge. This
is the time OF the year when upperclass-
men exhort freshmen to go out for the
baseball team, but the old order has
changed. To-day the question is Are
you going out for bridges"
The new fad was started by students
who we're not fond of athletics. There is
an interfraternity league at the Morning
side institution which provides for con-
tests between the different fraternities in
baseball. basketball, swimming and bowl
ing. Determined not to be left out, the
bridge experts started a tournament OF
The New York herald., 1922-04-02

Now proficiency in bridge qualities can
didate for admission.
The bridge fad has developed a new class
of undesirables-poor players who make
inexcusable blunders. Mastering the in
tricacies of the game seems to be severely
taxing the mental powers OF the gridiron
heroes. They find that remembering Just
what trumps have been played is a much
harder task than memorizing few sets OF
signals.
There are few of the more conserva-
tive group who still remain faithful to
baseball. They regard the new fad with
extreme distrust, refusing to be cajoled
into learning the game. Meanwhile the
card players are triumphant, and the base
ball paraphernalia lies covered with cob
webs in the dark corners OF deserted
closets.
The New York herald., 1922-04-02
Took Hardest Dictation
In First New York lob

Her first job was in the soap department
of the Swift. Packing Company in Boston.
A dollar day was her pay She took let
ters about Disappointing but soap.
She learned a great deal about it. She
cultured sort of "sauon flair" as she says.
The result was that she was promoted.
She became the nominal manager Of that
branch Of the business in Boston But
after three years soap grew tiresome She
yearned for wider knowledge.
Miss Merrill came to New York and was
The New York herald., 1922-04-02

last word in chic and artistic construction
DO tell me where you got that lovely
frock" she said
"A friend of mine gave 1t to me- | will
ask her."
In answer to the inquiry came fresh
checked young girl, who said, II made the
gown you admired
Good. / want twenty of your gowns
And smocks. Do you make smocks?"
The young woman who knows every nook
in New York found disheartened painter
in cellar in Greenwich Village. She en-
gagged him to paint candles for her Of the
exact tints Of the ruby and violet, the
pink and amber and topaz of her candle
sticks. She created a vogue In New York
for candles that match their holders.
Certainly a portion of Miss Droste's sue.
cess must be attributed to her natural gifts
But without courage and tenacity and hard
work she could scarcely have built up her
business to the great proportions 1t now
assumes.
Muriel and Victorine Bangs are the
youngest firm Of photographers in Amer
lea. Moreover they are successful. Muriel
is twenty-one; victorine is twenty-three.
They took over their fathers studio when
The New York herald., 1922-04-02
SUNDAY.
Five Pretty Girls Find
NeWROadSh hA Career

She was somewhat exultant and decided to
invade New York.
She opened her shop in West Forty-ninth
street. She hung out her sign. Her stock
was infinitely varied. What she did not
have she offered to find, and she developed
a new ability. 1t was simply to find any
thing that is in New York and to devise it
if it is not to be found. One day limousine
stopped before her door. A member of an
old Knickerbocker family descended.
Il just saw marvellous black vase in
Fifth avenue shop" the transient customer
said to Miss Droste. Il am dying to get
it, but can't afford to pay the price-$25O
Can you get something like it for me?"
'Yes. l saw the vase you mean. | can
get one like it,
"When?"
Tomorrow at this time"
1t was there at the hour, shining black
The New York herald., 1922-04-02
Men Vainer Than Women,
Girl Photographer Finds

She did. Mr.. Bangs said they were
good-particularly good. And 1t was not
so very long afterward that Miss Muriel
Bangs was the operating photographer. She
says Frank Bacon is the most interesting
subject who has sat for her in all the four
years of her experience Mr.. Bacon re-
torts that she made the best photograph
ever taken of him.
Men are vainer than women" philoso-
phizes Miss Muriel Bangs. "They are salts
fled with themselves and content to be
shown as they are. A woman always wants
to be idealized little"
The New York herald., 1922-04-02
Other Striking Examples
Right in the Public Eve

Unfortunately, an adequate explanation
of the new found power OF woman has not
been made. Further efforts to make 1t
might bring on further complications. A
consideration OF others is impressive OF the
fact that woman is as inconsistent in her
worldly activities as she is in her better
known prerogatives. There are others:
Miss Margaret McCann who has made
great success in the brokerage field Of New
York, remembers when she was sixteen
years old and in her first position-as a
stenographer; she lost her nerve the first
day, she says, because she could not read
her notes back.
Miss Ruth Muskrat, Cherokee Indian,
student at Kansas University, has been
selected to go as delegate to the Worlds
Student Christian Federation in Pekin,
China.
Miss Katherine l.. Berry has made tre-
mendous success as a bond salesman.
The Rev. Miss Helen Ulrich, who was
graduated from Mount Holyoke in 1912, was
recently ordained a minister In New York
Miss Margaret Lahey has found success
in the preservation of rare manuscripts.
Women are getting into everything.
There's no way to explain how or why.
The New York herald., 1922-04-02

When we arrived in Boston we found the
undertaken had taken the graduation dress
and replaced it with sheet l then went
to tailor's shop and told thu tailor that
wanted him to dye my blue dress black.
had only blue dress He said it couldn't
be done in two days. / cried. He agreed
to dye the dress and / dried my tears.
With the drying of my tears grew up
Then came the necessity Of earning her
living. During the days surrounding her
first keen grief that need had not presented
itself so emphatically to her, she said. Her
ambition had been to be singer, but she
made herself concede that that could never
be. She could not obtain the education
for it. So she decided to be stenographer
The New York herald., 1922-04-02

the initial payment for the house, and
through her work as an agent paid for the
place within year and had few hundred
dollars saved besides.
First Investment Made
Near Harwich, Cape Cod
Then she went visiting to her uncle's
home in Harwich, Cape Cod. Upon arriv-
ing in Harwich she astonshed her uncle
by Immediately buying a ramshackle old
house and barn for $780, 1t was an invest
nent, and she had come to believe that all
money should be invested. Moreover she
had plan.
She had the quaint old barn painted and
renovated until it lost it's forlorn bearing
toward the passing motorists She opened
a gift shop, which she named The Open
stockton credit-offering her Harwich
property and the Long Island place as Sc
curity. She opened the shop. She con-
Quoted it successfully for two summers at
Harwich and then opened shop at Hyan-
mis-, the commercial seat of the Cape Cod
countryside.
The first days sales amounted to 65
cents. She decided the trouble was that
she had no sign. Her mother painted a
sign and hung it out, and the next days
receipts were $500. Her profit for that
summer was $4,000. 1t was $4,000 the next
The New York herald., 1922-04-02
the new regime.

A good many years ago there was an
earthquake in San Francisco and that ex-
plains why the Bangs family came to New
York. Mr.. Bangs had been photographer
on the coast, but his home and his business
were destroyed. so he bundled up the few
things he had left and his two daughters
and moved to New York. He set up
studio and sent his daughters to school,
Then he became interested in the movies,
and several years ago he gave up active
work in still photography and put all his
time upon the new work, He kept the
studio, however, having it run by hired
receptionist and hired photographer.
When victorine became nineteen she
began to feel the responsibility OF maturity
and the desire to do something to justify
her existence. She asked permission to
help the receptionist in the studio. 1t was
granted her-unfortunately for the reign
ing receptionist. In a few months Vic
torine was in charge from one end to the
other. Since Victorine was in charge
Muriel thought she was privileged to do
whatever she liked in the studio Conse-
quently there was a complaint.
"She's forever taking pictures of her
friends" said the elder sister shes spoil
ing plates and plates are expensive"
The father turned to Muriel.
Bring home some Of the prints" he sug-
gested.
The New York herald., 1922-04-02

vase or simple Deau-
ty Of form and the
brilliance of a starlit
night.
A young matron
whose name is a
synonym for wealth
in America looked
through her lorgnon
at the Open Door
Gift Shop sign and
decided to enter. She
said: II need a din
ner gong that is very
loud. One that can
be heard all over a
large summer house.
Can you get me
one?"
YES" said Ro-
berta Droste. She
went to a region
where Oriental wares
were sold at whole
sale and found a
wide shallow brass
bowl. She asked for
a stick. The bowl
gave forth a shallow
sound.
mot half loud
enough" she said.
Have you no sup
port for this?" The
Oriental could sug-
gest nothing. The
rowing eyes of his
customer fell upon a
Chinese bird cage.
The Oriental blinked.
His strange custom
er was pulling his
precious bird cage
apart. She tossed
away all save it's
base of black wood.
She rested the bowl
upon it and struck a
s h arp blow. The
sound C a u s e d the
p e a c e I u | neigh
borhood to fear an
invasion of hi 6 h :
binders.
The young woman
with the W g al I h
synonymous n a m e
was delighted with
the all penetrating
voice of the gong.
At a luncheon some
of her New York
schoolmates saw a
gown that was the
The New York herald., 1922-04-02

q INCE this is woman's era, and since
- it is more promising than actual,
although actual enough to bring
tears to mid-Victorian masculine eyes.
it is interesting to consider the activi-
ties of the more successful women Of
our day. Also to speculate upon whether
or not 1t is the result of the same tena
cious ambition that has marked the
progress Of our great men or a Gift ex-
clusively feminine which man has
thought 1t expedient to suppress. Per-
haps 1t Is combination of both.
Woman, making her own way in
life" is to many men in business only
a stenographer. stenographer who
has made tremendous success of her
career is an example worthy of treatment
IL analysis is to be made of the power he-
hind the feminine forward movement.
This stenographer is Miss Laura B. Mer-
rfll Unquestionably she is sort of glori-
fled stenngrapher-buti it may be. she has
been responsible for this glorifcation or
on the other hand. it might be a gift. she
is the "boss" stenographer of one of the
largest construction companies in the
world. 1t is cooperative corporation with
$4,000 owner-members, and Miss Merrill
conducts the tremendous volume of CORE.
spondence with them.
Her official title is executive secretary"
She is inclined to protest 1t. She saws she
Is stenographer. She began her business
career with no other claim than that
modest designation. She still insists that
she is stenographer. part of her duties
Is to hire new girls. She has certain
methods of provisioning the possibilities
owned by the applicant. A girl comes in
to see about position:
What can you do?" Miss Merrill in.
quires
L am secretary" the girl replies.
I'm sorry" the glorified stenographer
answers. Il am always sorry to hear any
one talk Of secretarial work. 1t is too
limited. ! want a stenographer-one who
can take dictation from any one on any
subject"
The New York herald., 1922-04-02


wood carving just now. That is the trend
of her effort, because 1t was her first ex-
pertinent. She makes statuettes which are
amazing, not only because of their perfec-
tion to model and their character as trans
mitted by the artist but because she cuts
them directly out of wood, releasing them
as Michael Angelo did his figures from
stone.
Two years ago she discovered her talent
She had never seen any pictures. She used
herself as a model when she wanted to
get an impression. Her first material was
an empty spool and a penknife Then she
tried some match sticks with the spools,
and later blocks of wood. She cuts with
razor and some tools which her father
who is the only one in the large family
who shows much interest in her carving,
made for her.
Brought up in an environment unen-
couraging to artistic aspiration, she has,
nevertheless, wanted to be an artist since
her own first self-awareness. Persons who
know extraordinary work say that she is
an artist.
This is not perseverance, nor culture
talent. nor inherited ability. This is
native gift. Whatever she can do is wholly
within herself.
The New York herald., 1922-04-02


secretary is on vacation. Do you
you can take my dictation?" he
link So" she said. II would like
, work. Not an error in the five let
was his comment when he signed
Accuracy is so rare that most per-
,onomfze it."
i the secretary returned she was
to another office. The stenographer
ed. For four years Miss Merrill took
N from the official. Then, feeling
3 pains, she expressed her desire to
n. Her employer regretted it, but
n a letter to the manager of a fur
company in Boston. Come back
henever you like" he said.
a while she began to weary of the
furniture business. Then she
went into the construction COM
pany. One of the great tenets of
her creed is this: "a stenog-
rapher should change her job at
least every five years. We learn
through change of work and en-
vironment. If the stenographer
knows she has done her best and
finds herself yawning over her
work 1t is time for change"
Another is: BE proud of your
work. Stenography is a foun-
dation for every kind of busi-
ness"
Perhaps Miss Merrills natural
gifts led her to success. 1t may
be that it was hard and consci-
entious work. 1t is possible
both must share in the credit.
Take another:
Miss Roberta Droste had been
reared in wealth and ease. But
at 20 years of age she faced the
world with only herself as capi-
tai. 1t was the beginning OF
summer then, and Miss Droste
and her mother had never spent
summer in the grimy, swell
tering city. 1t was New York.
She looked over the classified
advertisements; she found a
house on Long Island Sound ad-
vertised; the initial payment
was stipulated at $3.50. She
didn't have $780, That evening
an old friend called, a widow.
She had money and a great
house. She was lonely. She adj
vanced the $3.50 and decided to
live with Miss Droste and her
mother in the Long Island Sound
house.
That was the beginning of the
young woman's business career.
She became an agent for the
company to whom she made
The New York herald., 1922-04-02

In the oval
below is Roberta
Droste, whose
specially is
finding anything
any one wants to
buy and getting
it cheaper than
the average
price. At left
are the Bangs
sisters, who run
a Photographic
studio with
great financial
success.
The New York herald., 1922-04-02

At right is Miss Laura
B. Merrill, who
developed her job as
stenographer into
an executive position
Of national
Importance. Below
is Texie Myers, the
girl genius at wood
sculpture, and a
sample Of her work.
The New York herald., 1922-04-02

Maybe this is a double ex-
ample of inherited ability.
1t is getting more and
more difficult to pen down
an explanation for the new
discovery of woman; her
self. AS cases are consid-
cred the situation, on pa
per, grows into further
complications. Here is an
other:
A young woman who calls
Marshall, Texas, her home
town, is being acclaimed as
an artist of great talent. Her
name is Texie Myers; she Is
twenty-one. There has been
no artistic talent among her
progenitors; her father is the
engineer of the water works
in Marshall. Her forte Is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-13
HEPHNSTALL DIES RESULT OF FIGHT
 NEAR HALEYV|LLE
Huffman, Charged With the Murder, Is Removed to Franklin County Jail
 at RuSselIville

HaIeyville, February 12.-tSpe-
 ciaI.)--JOshua Heptinstall died in
 the hospital at sheffield this
 morning from the effects of the
 Eunshot wounds received in the
 affray five miles north of Haley
 vilIe on Friday afternoon when
 his wife was hfried inataDtly.
 Grady Huffman, who is under ar rest charged with killing Mrs. Hep install, has been removed to the Franklin county Jail at Russellville by agreement of counsel for the de fendant and the county solicitor-not because of any fear for the safety of Huffman in the Haleyville jail, but because of the fact that the local prison is used by both the city and the county and is rather crowded at present.
 Both families involved in the affair are prominent and highly thought of in this county and the community in which they live is counted the best in the entire section and the tragedy has caused a great deal of excitement on that account.
 Huffman will be given prelimi nary hearing at Haleyville in the near future.
 An additional warrant will be sworn out for him charging him with the killing of Heptinstall.
 The body of Mrs. Heptinstali is being held awaiting arrival of that of her husband. They will be buried to gether near their home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-02-13
My FaUorite Stories
 EDWIN CnRR
No Temporizing With Seeming Discrep
By IRWIN S. COBB

leaving country Long Island for New York habits made his wife solemn promise would he suffer himself tempted touching the city He due home nearly when appeared in the distance and was plai he was having difficulty in navigating
 burning with indignation met him the foot of the porch
 
 snapped broke word to me-youve been drinking"
 with marred only by slight lie you have indeed been drinking why have been drink ing and hen, dearie, you will understand all
 pledge townl day kept This one and that one drink, said When got off the tram judge home passed Joe Pages told terrible story He and terrible and she's left him and back broken half all that of thing He actually threatening commit suicide
 him calm him and then nothing drink with He said If drank him forget for little while the ship happiness What could do deare? It something old Joe Page could Then he insisted that should drink with him. Finally him quieted down and he's And slightly under the influence of liquor admit but have probably save human life
 him; he sobbed and wiped his eyes ,,, his cold unmoved Well you told that the Pages are perfectly happy they somewhat annoyed at having had to wait nearly an hour for to get home?
 he answered. firmly that's story and Tn song to stick to itn