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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-11-23

September, October, November,
The beautiful months of the year,
And for US it is good to remember
That Autumn will always come here
The sky is ne'er so blue as in Autumn
The leaves ne'er so fashy and bright
The feecy white clouds in the heaven
What could be a more beautiful
sight?
The shiny red apples in the orchard
Are kissed by the sun each day;
The corn and the pumpkins are waiting
To be hauled by the farmer away.
In Autumn the squirrels are busy and
gay
Gathering nuts for their winter
home;
Yet they, have time for frolic and play,
And to find them the hunter must
always roam.
Some birds in the bushes still chatter,
Even knowing that winter is near,
And wishing it might not matter
For them to stay here all the year.
Now comes the Indian Summer days,
Days that are mystic and rare,
The air is filled with blush haze
That makes it more beautiful
And checks the suns glare.
What is more beautiful than an au-
tumn summer night
When the big round moon smiles
around
And all the stars make a canopy
bright
Over the silvery ground?
O beautiful, wonderful Autumn,
o most glorious time of all, ..
With your days so bright and your
wondrous nights,
We are always glad when it's Fall.
Grace Kelbaugh, "a
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-11-23
Would You Like to Know

Would You Like to Know
Why the High School wants a new
piano?
Why Stanley Damuth and Paul
Jones remind US Of Mutt and jeff?
Why Ethel Crawford is always smil-
ing?
Why some of the H. s. boys go out
to the evening train during the week ?
Why Pete prefers the New Thur
mont to the Miller House.
Why Stanley Jones likes Catoctin
Furnace?
Who is the Shiek of T. H. s.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-11-23

The Delta Sigma Literary Society
did not have a meeting on Friday,
November II, 1922, owing to the dis
missal of school for the Chautauqua.
The program which was to be render
ed at this date was put off until the
next meeting on Friday, November
"a, 1922.
E. Lucille Eby, '26
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-11-23
News Notes

Miss Margaret Williar of Sabillas-
vile, spent last Saturday with Miss
Lottie Zentz, Graceham.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-11-23

When ice cream grows on macaroni
trees,
When Sahara's sands are muddy,
When cats and dogs wear overshoes-
That's when I like to study.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-11-23
DIR. FAHRNEY
DIACNOSTICIAN

Specialist In chronic diseases.
I make study and treatment
of any kind of disease the fam
lily Doctor is not curing. Tell
me your trouble and I'll tell
you what is your disease and
what can be done for, it. I'll
send blank and specimen case.
Give me your name.
HAGERSToWN. MD.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-11-23
Editorial Staff.
Literary Society News

SOSiCty
The Delta Sigma Literary Society
was called to order Friday, November
10, 1922, by the PRESIDENT Grady
Finch, and the following program was
rendered:
Roll Call and reading of minutes.
Song by Society.
Recitation -------------Ma Mamie Eyler
Three Minute Katheryn Devices
After the rendition of the program
officers for the next term We're elect
ed. The results of the election fol-
low:
President -Katharyn Webster
Vice President Eby
Secretary --------------Eloise Weant
Assistant Secretary-----Robert Firor
Treasurer Morris Fox
After the report of the critic the
society adjourned.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-11-23
Autumn

September, October, November,
The beautiful months of the year,
And for US it is good to remember
That Autumn will always come here
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-11-23

Summary:-Goals, Joy 2, Hahn 2,
Harbaugh 1, Adams 1. Time of
halves, rs minutes. Referee, Struben.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-11-23

Miss Gladys Martin of Maryland
State Normal School has been very
i'll with scarlet fever.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1922-11-23

The shiny red apples in the orchard
Are kissed by the sun each day;
The corn and the pumpkins are waiting
To be hauled by the farmer away.
The Washington times., 1922-05-07

TO the soldier: how II represents
to him the cause and the country
and the home. will understand the
bitterness in the hearts of the
soldiers. There will be much
missing out of the world with the
disbandment OF the Irish regi-
ments. There is nothing to re-
place them.
1T is easy enough to disband
with one stroke Of the pen" said
the colonel Of the Second Dublins
in India the other day. announc-
ing the scrapping Of the regi-
ment. but tradition such as ours
what has 1t not cost7'
DISBANDING WITH POMP.
What. indeed. Of blood and
tears? DISARMAMENT may be nee
essary because Of the new condi-
tions in Ireland. They are dis
handing regiments in France with
great circumstance and pomp and
solemnity, receiving the colors Of
the lost regiments as sacred
things. and laying them away
amid the dusty and immortal
glories Of the invalides: There
will be no ceremony for the Irish
soldiers. and II It was not to be
In Ireland better II should not be.
The battles OF the great war have
not been inscribed on the colors
OF the Dublins-because there was
no room. The colors were al
ready full Of their laurels. They
never will be inscribed now. Is
there any place-not In England.
but in Ireland-for those colors,
so dear TO the heart Of the Irish
soldier? I do not know. As the
mother Of two Irish soldiers Of
the great war I would rather see
them scrapped with all the other
glories on the dust.heap Of OBJ
livion II they are not to be re-
ceived by the Irish people.
MY two sons came home living.
What Of those who are now re-
mcmbering their dead and their
broken men7 What Of the WON.
en- who bore them md IN. faith.
The Washington times., 1922-05-07

m HE BOY who served In
France with the Dublins
looked at the I. r. A. as
they passed him in the public
places, and his eyes were sea
grey; they had the bitterness OF
the salt sea in them. like the
grey eye that Columbia turned
towards Erin. When he had had
to choose his regiment before he
left Sandhurst he had wavered be-
tween the Dublins and the Mum
sters as the two Irish regiments
which, up to then at least. had
suffered most heavily in the war,
and had chosen the Dublins be-
cause his ties and his assocla-
tions were with Dublin.
There had been that time Of
death and strong living, of gay
courage and immortal comradcship.
and now 1t was all going, and. so
far as Ireland went, 1t was going
unwept, unhonored, and unsung-
that Is to say. the vocable part Of
ireland. for n great many people
In Ireland have learnt to stand
aside and not to speak. But the
Irish are generous people.
refuse to believe that the passing
Of all these immortal memories
has not touched the people as a
whole.
When went to live In the
West OF ireland in 1914, and asked
man who knew these parts
well what ! should find. he said:
Every mansion and farmhouse
and cottage and cabin will have
a son or a brother or a father or
a husband in the Connaught
Rangers" Is that all gone? Is
the memory Of the dead to count
for nothing7 All that immortal
gaiety and courage, the light
hcartedness. the patience and en-
durance. the comradship. all tho
things that made up the living,
the loving. the kind, the brother
ly regiment. to 70 for nothing7
10 not believe II. Anyone who
knows what the regiment means
The Washington times., 1922-05-07
EXILED RUSSIAN
MOBILES MAKE
GOOD AT TOLL

by one the walters tried their lin
guistic ability on him without sue
cess. Finally the manager beck
oned to a messenger,
go to the American bar In the
Rue Daunou," he directed, "and
ask that Russian they employ
there to sweep up the place II he
will come here for a moment"
The Russian came. diffidently.
As he approached the table the
Finn blinked his eyes apd then
uttered an exclamation. Rising.
he made a profound bow. Then
the diner and the bar room servant
fell on each others necks. hugged
and embraced and chartered sew
eral hundred words to the minute.
while walters and guests looked on,
astounded.
Finally the Finn stopped long
enough to beckon the head waiter.
at whom he let loose q flood OF
Finnish.
"What does no say?" inquired
the head walter. helplessly.
The Russian looked down at his
soiled apron and ill.kept hands en-
barrassed.
"He says you are to lay a place
for me-" he said, finally. but
p
The Finn. reading Alright the
others manner. again broke in
torrentially. The Russian sighed
resignedly.
Very well, will stay with him."
he assented. You see." he ex-
planned. II am Count Ivonofski.
We two were school chums to-
gether at st. Petersburg"
And the Finn and the floor
washer sat down together in the
worlds most expensive restaurant.
THE usual crowd had gathered
around a moving picture op-
orator preparing 10 shoot a
scene" before the Biarritz casino.
Principal among the actors was a
tall. dignified. bearded man In a
frock coat and silk b,t. He
moved and acted 80 nat fally that
a passerby was moved to admira-
ton.
That fellow there" he ex.
claimed TO a fellow onlooker. he
looks the part all right. Anyone
would take him for a grand duke"
The tall man heard the remark
and quietly smiled. He was the
Grand Duke Alexander.
The Washington times., 1922-05-07
BY BASIL ID. WOON,
Universal News Service.
PARIS. May 8.

A N American tourist drove his
IA touring car, spattered with
L n mud after a three-day
Journey from the Riviera. into a
large garage on the Avenue des
Ternes. Paris. 1t was after mid
night. and the only person In the
garage was q white-haired man OF
erect carriage and patriarchal
mustache, who wore overalls and
carried a hose.
II want my car washed and
made ready for tomorrow morn
ing" said the tourist. who was
also a magazine writer. Here"
and he rendered a 10.franc note.
The old man took the money.
and as he did SO something in his
manner caused the American to
look at him more closely. Where
upon he stepped back. dunn
founded.
Pardon me-" he said. but
haven't l met you somewhere be-
fore?"
The old man smiled. you
have" he answered. You were
my guest at Smolensk in 1915"
The car washer was General of
Division Krasnilov, whose stand at
the Prilep marshes in 1916 made
his name adored throughout Rus
sia. He has left the garage now
for a job that pays few francs
more a week Wealthy Ameri-
cans bow to him as he opens the
doors Of their limousines before
a famous jewelers. OF the Rue de
la PaiX.
AN Englishman who had fought
as a captain in a Russian regi-
ment hailed a taxicab on the
Boulevard des Italiens.
British embassy. please" he
said.
Very well. Captain s."
returned the driver. and held out
his hand.
The taxicab driver was the Eng
lishman's old comma nding officer.
There are six OF us making our
living like this in Paris" he told
his old companion in arms.
A FINN, unable to speak any but
his own tongue. was trying TO
make himself understood in IA
nous Avenue de rOpera cafe. One
The Washington times., 1922-05-07
CONsTANTINoPLE. May :.


OBSERVATION OF the oppor-
tunity for work for Russia
was afforded two of us recently
on a trip into the Caucasus. We
made the journey to Batum on
one Of the smart American de
stroyers that have been doing
such fine service in Near Eastern
waters OF late. AS soon as we
landed we became the guests Of
the government and were treated
with every courtesy. The i'm
preston given one in Tiflis, the
capital Of the Caucasus. is that
the revolution was inevitable and
had TO come. The people felt
tricked by three classes OF per-
sons. namely: the officials. from
the ruler on his throne TO the
humblest functionary; the repre-
sentatives OF wealth. whether land
owners or so-called capitalists,
and the educated classes, includ-
ing the authorities OF the church.
But tho populace generally felt
that there was no turning back.
The revolution had come and its
movement must be represented.
but not by the pendulum. but by
the spiral-cn, around, and up.
The people do not seem 70 want
the agony OF a counter revolution,
but anticipate gradual modifi-
cation Of Bolshevist principles and
a gradual replacement OF Boil
shevist officials that will bring
great Russia. holy. Russia. mother
Russia and her children to their
natural place. a place unsurpa ssed
by any other people. There is a
chance to touch the Slav in the
Caucasus.
Yet our greatest opportunity at
present for Slavic work lies in
Constantinople. The opening Of
the Dardanelles to the allied
fleets as one Of the conditions of
the armistice with Turkey will
probably be recorded by the future
historian as a very important
event. The Turks took that
matchless waterway - including
the Dardanelles, the Sea Of Mar
mora, and the Bosporus-in 1853.
and never lost control for n day
until they wanted peace at the
end Of the great war. Whatever
plan Is finally accepted for the
straits and for the city Of Con-
stantinople, with it's matchless
site. It seems probable that navi.
cation will be under international
direction. with Russia, in time,
as one Of the partners.
This 10 the natural gateway TO
the Slavic world. II IL the Sub
lime Porte Of more even than
the broad Turkish empire. The
Turks went into tire war with q
The Washington times., 1922-05-07

light heart. confident that Russia
must he defeated by Germany and
that then Turkeys chance would
come to recover provinces lost
10 the Northern Bear. But II 10
n curious result of the war that
revolution in Russia overthrow
gained the upper hand In most
Of Turkey. and now Soviet Rus
sia and Nationalist Turkey are
in alliance with each other.
Meantime. the Russian occu-
patton of Cons;antinople may al
most be said to have begun.
wrangels defeated army. num-
bering scores of thousands. was
transported to the Constantinople
area. Other scores OF thousands
OF Russian refugees made their
way, a year or two ago, to the
great city where every citizen of
the Near East feels at home.
Most OF these fugitives are in a
pitiable condition. One sees
husky Russian men selling pic.
ture postcards on the CONSTANT
nople bridge; or handsome Rus
sian girls selling newspapers in
the streets in order to keep
from starvation.
A great part OF the CONSTANT
nople service OF the Red Cross
and the Near East Relief has
been given in behalf Of these
refugees, most OF whom repre-
sented prosperity and even ef-
fluence in their early homes.
American schools and colleges
in the city and its suburbs are
besieged with Russian pupils.
many OF them penniless. but long.
ing to study. The Russian ele.
ment has become an important
factor in the life OF the city.
Russian street signs, newspapers.
restaurants, and the unmatched
Russian music are in evidence al.
ways and everywhere.
The Washington times., 1922-05-07

My own judgment in regard to
prohibition In the British Isles II
this:
In Scotland prohibition II not
coming; It Is going.
In Ireland prohibition will only
be introduced when they have run
out Of other forms Of trouble.
But In England l think that
prohibition could easily come un.
less tho British people realize
where they arc drifting and turn
back. They are In the early
stages Of the movement already.
Turning first to Scotland. there
Is no fear. say, that prohibition
will be adopted there; and this for
the simple reason that Scotsmen
do not drink.
Scots Make Best Whiskey.
l have elsewhere alluded to
the extraordinary misapprehension
that exists in regard to the Scotch
people and their sense Of humor.
find a similar popular error in
regard to the use Of whiskey by
the Scots. Because they manufac-
ture the best whiskey In the world
the Scots. in popular fancy, are
often thought to be addicted to the
dri Of to
delusion. During the whole OF two
or three pleasant weeks spent IN
lecturing in Scotland. I never on
any single occa sion saw whiskey
made use of as a beverage. I
have seen them take II, of course,
as a medicine. or as a precaution.
or as wise offset against a rather
treacherous climate. But as bev-
erage, never!
The manner and circumstance Of
their ordering whiskey amply H.
lustrates their point OF view to-
ward ii. Thus. at my first lecture
in a city where / was to appear be-
fore a large and fashionable audi
ence. the chairman said to me in
the committee room that he was
afraid that there might be u
draught on the platform. Here
was a serious matter.
For a lecturer who has to earn
his living by his occupation. Il
draught on the platform is not a
thing to be disregarded. 1t might
kill him. Nor is 1t altogether safe
for chairman. himself a man
already in middle life. to be ex-
posed to a current of cold air.
In this case, therefore. the chair
man suggested that he thought 1t
might be 'prudent"-that was his
word. 'prudent"-if I should take
a small drop OF whiskey before en-
countering the draught.
told him that / could not
think Of letting him accompany
me TO the platform unless he
would let me insist that he also
took a very reasonable precaution.
Taking whiskey on these terms not
only feels like a duty, but the
whiskey tastes better.
The Washington times., 1922-05-07

ers who went uplifted because
their young sons We're so eager
to 60? What of the widows and
orphans of the Irish soldiers?
Such grief as theirs is unheard;
but the bitterness Of death must
be in many a heart because the
sacred names are now no more
than name.
STOOD FOR IRELAND.
The Irish regiments made pa
triots. let no one doubt that. In
the English army they stood for
Ireland. The soldier Is great
hearted. He has been up against
so many great and terrible
things in the war that ne has no
room for the peevishness and the
rancours Of the civilian. When
he fought In the war ne fought
for Ireland. He followed that
gleam. do not believe that
Ireland will forget her soldi--
sons.
For the matter OF that, the men
who are In green today and the
men in khaki were very often
brothers In blood. Their courage
and gaiety sprang from the same
source. Spiritually they fought
under the same banner.
But II Is not the generosity Of
the Irish fighting men that is in
doubt. A soldier values and sa-
lutes a soldier. What Irish cathed-
raj Of the faith OF the majority
will receive their glorious colors?
Which of the vocable ones. In the
press or the pulpit or in public
life, will pay them tribute? II
is not only due to them, but to
the scared hearts that love and
mourn them.
The gray eye OF the young
soldier. as II turned with the salt
SEA bitterness in II upon the new
Irish army. had no GrudginGness.
He. too. had loved and served.
What It said was: we. who are
about TO die. salute YOU"
f,s.rNVI0tt FH.H,
The Washington times., 1922-05-07
American Flag
Now Flies Over
Old Monastery
TITLE, Armenia.

FILE, armenia.
May S.
THE oldest monastery in the
world, the Etchmaidzin Cas-
tie near Ericsn. was reopened
under the protection OF the
American flag as an orpnanase
OF the Near East Relief.
Tho ancient monastery Is the
cradle of the Christian faith In
Armenia, having been founded
by the much-venerated ct.
Gregory. who introduced Chris
tianity into Armenia in the
third centruy.
The Washington times., 1922-05-07

find that. classified all t.
gether, thers are seventeen rea.
sons advanced in Scotland for
taking whisky. They g'un as
follows: Reason !. because II is
raining: 2. because II is not rain
ing;'3, because you are Just 60
ing out into the weather: 4, be-
cause you have just come In
from the weather: 5. or-no; I
forget the ones that came after
that. But I remember that rca.
son No. II Is because IL Gamma
do ye ony harm"
On the whole, Reason II is the
best.
Put in other words. this means
that the Scots make use Of
whisky with dignity and with.
out shame; and they never caI
it alcohol"
WEIRD CLOSING REGULATIONS
In England. the case is differ.
ent. Already the English are
showing the first signs that in.
dicate the possible approach Of
prohibition. Already all over
England there are weird regula-
tions about the closing hours OF
the publichouses. They oren and
close according to the varying
regulations OF the municipality.
In some places they open at six
in the morning. close down for
an hour from nine till ten. open
then till noon, shut for ten min.
utes, and so on.
In London especially. one feels
the full force OF the closing"
regulations. The bars open and
shut at intervals like daisies
blinking at the sun. And like
the flowers at evening. they
close their petals with the dark
ness. In London they nave al.
ready adopted the deadly phrases
Of the prohibitionist. such as al.
cohol" and liquor traffic" etc.
and already the sale OF spirits"
stops at about eleven o'clock At
night.
This means that after theater
hours London is a city "of dead
full night" The people fiom the
theater scuttle to their homes.
All Of which means tt,at the
people Of england are not fac.
ing the prohibition question fairly
and squarely.
II they see no harm IN "con.
suming alcohol" they ought TO
say SO and let their code OF reg.
ulations reflect the fact. But the
CLOSING" and regulating" and
squeezing" of the liquor traf.
fic" without any outspoken pro.
test means letting the whole case
go by default. Under these cir
circumstances an organized and
active minority can alw.vs win
and impose it's will upon the
crowd. From The London Sun.
day Pictorial)
The Washington times., 1922-05-07
Saves Girl Twice
From River Death

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, May s.
N. w. Hanegan rescued Eliza
beth Abr. eight. from drowning
In the Medina River for the Sec
ond time In four years.
She topplsd over into the water.
and he pulled her out A. she went
down for the third time.
The Washington times., 1922-05-07
By STEPHEN LEACOCK / -
(The WeIl-kHoUn Canadian Humorist In
An Article In the London Sunduv Pict0riaD
'Hay OVHHS aHU It'll AHSIdAU HH WIFI UnHy WS
Have Rum Out of Other Forms of Trouble" "

TN the United States and Canada
the principal topic Of polite
u conversation is prohibition.
At every dinner party the serving
OF the cocktails Immediately intro.
duces the subject.
As soon as anybody mentions
that he has been In a foreign coun-
try all the company ask in one
breath. els 1t dry?" The questions.
"How is Samoan" or How is
Turkey" or 'How is British Gel
umbia?" no longer refer to the
climate or natural resources: II
means. "Is the place dry?"
When such a question is asked
and the answer is. ITS wet
there is a deep groan of envy nil
around the table.
l understand that when the
recent disarmament conference
met at Washington. just as the
members were going to sit down at
the table NJ. BRAND said 20
President Harding. How dry is
the United States. anyway" And
the whole assembly talked about
IL for half an hour. That was why
the first newspaper bulletins
merely said Conference exchanges
credentials"
AS a "discoverer" OF Britain On
lecture tour last autumn, l there
fore made 1t my chief care TO try
TO obtain accurate Information of
this topic. l was well aware tha,
Immediately on my return -
Canada the first question I should
be asked would be, lis England
going dry?"
Had a Moral Shock.
My first impression on the sub
Ject. I must say. was one OF severe
moral shock. Landing in England
after having spent the summer in
Ontario. it seemed a terrible thing
to see people openly drinking on
an English train. But then
realized that / was in England. ard
that In the British Isles they still
tolerate the consumption Of
alcohol.
At the beginning Of my discus
sion I will. therefore. preface a
few exact facts and statistics for
use OF geographical societies,
learned bodies and Government
commissions. The quantity OF beer
consumed in Britain in a given
period is about 200 900 900 gallons.
The life OF a bottle OF Scotch whis-
key is seven seconds. The number
OF public houses, or pubs" in the
English countryside is one TO
every halfmile. The percentage OF
the working classes drinking be
is 1875: the percentage OF the class
without work drinking beer is 20l.
Statistics like these do not. how
ever. give a final answer to the
question. lis Prohibition Coming
TO England" They merely show
that it is not there now.