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The Washington times., 1922-04-30

For a few minutes he stood there
gazing down at q dark splotch on
the coping that surrounds the lawn
In front of the building. So en-
crossed In his thoughts was he.
that he turned with a sudden start
when a hand clapped him on the
shoulder and a CHEEKY voice sang
in his ear.
What's the big idea, over here
dreaming all by yourself, Sena.
tori"
oh; hello. Tom. Not dreaming.
Just looking at a monuments
Where is it?"
The Senator pointed to the
splotch on the coping, with his
cane. There 1t is. Only a bit OF
tar, but 1t always brings back
memories. I placed 1t there thirty
years ago. When 1 was a kid, I
used to live in Washington and.
along with about a dozen other
youngsters, I sold papers on this
corner. In those days the Four.
teenth street cars of the Capital
Traction Company used to turn
into the Capitol Grounds right
here and over there at the ton OF
the hill there used to be a switch.
L turned the switch and each one OF
the conductors gave me\2 cents
day for doing so. made a
pretty good thing Of II and have
had mighty good times on this
corner.
1t got very hot here in the
summer and the tar over there IN
the streets of the Capitol grounds
got 20 soft our bare feet used TO
leave Impressions in its surface.
One hot day in August. the gang
OF us had tar battle. Digging I'D
fistsful Of tar from the asphalt
we rolled 1t into balls and slammed
them at each oher. One kid almost
put me out OF business with
crack behind the ear. so came
over here to sit down on that
coping in the shade to recover.
While sitting there I idly plaster.
"a my lump OF tar against the
coping and there IL has stuck
.ver since. and win stick. I suppose.
he nsut fifty years or 90.
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When we hit Washington. we
were on the rocks. Up to and
including Friday night the box
office had taken In about $40.
Saturday morning found the
bunch of US hungry and dis.
couraged.
Il was standing in front of the
theater about an hour before the
matinee when kid, with a ciga.
rette In his mouth, sauntered I'D
and asked me for a pass. told
him / would give him two passes
for a cigarette. He was "on,"
the deal was made. and there my
great Idea was born.
Five minutes later I was back
stage explaining my scheme to the
members of the company. The
manager Of the theater was called
In and after some argument was
made a party to the trick. l need.
ed capital to work on and very re-
luctantly. the manager advanced
me five dollars. Armed with this
and several big bundles of compli-
mentary passes and followed by
the prayers Of the members of the
company. I went out on the streets.
MY fist stop was at a saloon
on Ninth street. Here 1 broke the
five dollars to buy three glasses of
beer. I got acquainted with the
bartender, bought him a drink, was
introduced to the gang and gave
two passes for the performance
that night, to every person in
sight. The passes were only good
on the condition that they we're
presented by gentlemen accompa-
MED by a lady. I explained these
conditions by saying that we want.
ed every woman In Washington
to witness our production.
II was busy all of that after
noon. I made every saloon in the
downtown section. 1 took in n
bunch Of pool rooms, quite a few
lunch rooms and several barber
shops. Everywhere 1 went l left
passes and by four o'clock that
afternoon I had disposed Of a thou.
sand Of them. The work was done
and with visions of police and
iron bars before me. I wandered
back to the theater to report TO
my co-workers.
when the treasurer threw open
he box office that evening. he had
/ bulldog revolver and a quart of
,ooze on the shelf at his eide. You
lee he knew Washington bar.
enders and was prepared for any
hing. In about ten minutes
handsome gentleman from the Ral.
Ugh hoted bar, accompanied by
lis lady friend, sauntered up to
he window. He slapped down two
asses with the request for seats
n the third row. The treasurer
xamined the passes and then
urhed to tbnfer with an imaginary
erson in the Office. He guiped
own . shot OF the boose, moved
is gun closer and came back to
he window.
These passes are no rood, he
The Washington times., 1922-04-30
Collapsed onStand
While Testifying to
AfectiOnate Nature
of Letters That
Passed Between
Them.

like excerpts from the Rollo books,
as when he said:
I've Travelled half q million
miles and never paid q cent of
fare except once when was
thrown off . passenger train in
the desert and paid S7.1s to ret
to the next station" -
And while he talked. he carved q
likeness Of the girl from q raw DO.
tato. with q jack knife. q stirling
likeness It was. too. When his
tale was told. the sfri drove him
to her fathers bank. obtained . po-
sition for him, encouraged him to
give up the road--and - they
were married.
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kI5a6eM CZzIzzzoho1z

persons sincerely love each other
as do we two"
Then perceptible change was
evident In the family feeling. and
instead Of outspoken resentmens
there was silence. In the mean
time, Boston is awaiting the next
move in the romance. Romanesdue
came from Rumania in 1910 to
seek his fortune, he said, and con-
tinued:
Three years ago I was broke.
1 needed work badly. When I saw
a sign in the window of the Wal.
ton restaurant on Massachusetts,
avenue In Cambridge saying there
was a Job open, 1 went in and
asked for 1t. took II gladly.
Il had to pick up dishes. wash
them, sweep the floor. and all that
sort Of work. and It was hard.
When 1 was there about three
weeks a lady came in. I was at
tracted to her, and I asked an
other employe who 1t was. He
said that IL was Miss Walton.
whose brother owned the place.
II didn't say anything then, but
1 had fallen in love with her at
first sight. I knew that It was
true love, the rare kind that occurs
only once in lifetime. In my mind
i determined that 1 would make
the lady my wife.
HEIREss wEDs HOBO.
THAT day is now coming.
have lived and worked toward that
end since Miss Walton first
stepped into my life. She gave me
inspiration and ney ambition. It
was her influence that led me to
trust my hard-esrned money in in.
vestments. II II had not been for
her I probably would still be wash.
ing dishes"
As TO the accuracy and truth OF
The Washington times., 1922-04-30
By HARVEY sHREyE.

" ne nOur was early and bust
ness was slack In the little
- near-beer saloon In Ninth
street. The fat bartender was
dreaming beautiful dreams of
those days when the Honorable
Mr.. Volstead was stilI soinr to
high school and all the swtnsins
doors In the country bore, those
mystic words. mo minors allowed. {"
Down at the other end of the bar.
the negro porter was getting q
little excitement out of the Joy of
lie trying to teach q helpless fly
to jump over three match stems.
The young men, seated at a near.
by table. were growing confiden.
tial over jamaica ginger hiRhballs.
Say. Tom." asked one, as he
took . generous sip Of his ninety.
three Per osnt ooaooct,on. "how
did you like that booze you bought
from the now bootlegssrr''
Nothing to n. It makes q fsi-
low fsel too sentimental
''H0w's thaaY"
'.one half pint almost made me
VISIT my fAther."
Il thought your father was
dead
He is.-
TN" were theatrical press
agents. members Of that
mighty profession that recognizes
imagination ~ the highest asset.
They had met in An ail-night cafe
on upper Pennsylvania avenue,
for tho first time In years. The
reunion had been fittingiy cels-
brated and now over their cigars
and coffee they were discussing
things and people OF the past.
The only time I ever did any.
thing that really bothered my
conscience" remarked ono, was
when I pulled off a little stunt in
this city about fifteen years ego.
was ahead of a melodrama COM
pany that was booked to appear
at the Bi1ou Theater. II il now
known a. the Folly. Tho play
and the players were poor, and
that word will also describe the
business We had been doing all =
season.
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60 on buy q seat, Jack sh,
said. and Jack dug down in his
jeans and produced IS.
BY this tfme . bunch Of othsr,
wsrs having It cut at the box Of
fios window. They were ali told
the same story. They did not like
1t At all, but each one had 4 lady
with him and could not afford ia
mix her up in any braw1. There
was nothing for them to DO bu,
produce. and produce they did,
At least nine out Of every ten Of
thsm did.
I'VE had . packed house that
night, but I can't say the audi.
sncs was q very friendly one.
We did not mind that. however.
Our share of the receipts was a
little over 5000 and. child, you
should have seen that little bunch
OF performers getting out of
Washington.
T was about 7 o'clock in the
morning and the Fourteenth
street car was crowded with that
type of passengers the fiction
writer's love to call the hardy
sons Of toll"
Without = single exception,
they carried their lunches with
them. Tho car stopped at X
street and beautiful young
thing. dressed in the height of
fashion. boarded. In her hand
she held one end of q chain.
Attached to said chain was one
OF the brindle bulls which are
beautiful because they are 80
ugly. The flapper paused a mo-
ment to see which one of the
men were going to claim the
honor of giving her his seat. Not
one of them moved. 20 she
glanced around to find one al.
ready vacant.
Up In the far end of the car
a big Irishman was deep In the
pages Of a newspaper. With the
exception of a bundle of lunch,
the seat beside him was vacant.
The girl spied the seat and made
her way forward, trailing the pup
after her. The Irishman looked
up from his paper to see the
vision Of beauty before him. She
smiled and he grabbed his lunch
and placed 1t on his knees. She
sank in the empty seat with a
thank you" and gather
Ing up the beast, placed him in
her lap. The boy from Cork gave
one look Of disgust at the dog
and. edging over to the window,
went back to his paper.
Left to his own devices, the
beast began to pay some attention
20 things about him. In two min
ties he had one end Of that par
,el open. Thirty seconds later he
vas gently pulling at the leg of
chicken. A sudden jerk and he
lad 1t. but the jerk had thrown
he bundle wide open and its con-
ents were scattered over the floor.
The 1rishman dropped his paper
nd made for the dog. The girl
creamed and the dog showed
light. In one minute the car was
n an uproar with the dog, the
fried one-and the
rishman engaged in battle.
The Washington times., 1922-04-30

INTRIGUES
ALL RACES
Monte Carlo Lures All
Types of Men, Some
of Whom Haunt
THE S h op" Day
and Night Hoping
Luck Will Eventu-
ally Smile Upo
Them.
MONTE CARLO, April a.

VERYBoDY is coming. nm,
been. or will be coming to
Monte Carlo II 4.
The Washington times., 1922-04-30
Drinks Now is Cents

RoSToN. April ,s.-competit,on
h ne retailing Of Illicit Iio.
nor has forced the price from 30
70 IL osnts . drink. Boston police
sAptaine told the Legislative com.
nat>ss - iagai affairs.
The Washington times., 1922-04-30
EAST SIDE, WEST SIDE
All Around The Town

said. the man that gave them to
you was discharged from the
show three days ago.
with that. he tossed tho siip
back at the bartender. Tho chap
was indignant. He started to
bluster. but the girl at his side
shut him up.
The Washington times., 1922-04-30
CerIs2XSHs

the last observation, the friends of
the bride agreed. Like Vonsiats-
koy-Vonsiatsky, the Pittsburgh Ia.
borer who married Mrs. Ream, the
Chicago heiress, Romanesoue
claims princely ancestry. His
sreat-grandmother, he says. was a
princess of Austria who renounced
her title to marry a court violinist.
The Walton family Is inouiring
with deep interest into further de.
tails of the youths forbears and
the manner of his coming to this
country.
FIND HAPPINESS.
But no strata OF social position
was further apart than were the
levels occupied respectively by
Elizabeth Craemer. the Erie
heiress. and lie Roy Livingston,
who, after a spectacular courtship.
are married and evidently happy
to the highest degree. For Liv-
ingston was tramp and proud of
1t, the original "A No. 1" of Jack
London's stories. he said, and a
pal Of Jacks for years. He had
ridden the rods. mooched his way.
and panhandled from the Gulf to
the Canadian line. from Key West
to Puget sound. and the lure of
the road was the dominant factor
In his life until
He panhandled q meal at tn.
Craemer homestead in Erie. where
the girl, fresh from Vassar. was in
charge OF the house. The cook told
her of the strange chap in the
kitchen. who seemed mo common
tramp" but the most extraordi.
nary tramp on earth. Miss
Craemer expressed curiosity about
the wonder wandered and chatted
with him In the kitchen. She had
travelled widely. but he made her
experiences seem even to herself
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II, been. or will be coming Il
Monte Carlo. It is ono q,
the worlds great places of pilgrim,
age.
But there also exists q flied
population. strange and heteno.
geneous In which all races, castles,
and types are represented and
compounded.
1t is round the green table NJ
Monte Carlo that the most gro
tesque. the most lamentable typcs
: OF human nature are to b. mot
with; men in worn and greasv
clothes with the faces Of beast,-
tigers or tackals, with the protiIes
OF birds OF prey-vulture, or
hawks; old women Enthusiastically
decked out in dowdy finery, long
black skirts. green with age,
moth-eaten furs. hats trimmed
with moulting feathers and dusty
flowers, ragged wells. with extraor.
dinsry straw baskets or string
bags.
These individuals sit stolidly q,
immobile and terrifying as negro
fetishes. at the gaming tables or
circle nervously round them like
birds Of the night.
They never stake more than 40
or DO francs a day ts4 TO So. and
by dint Of Ion gexperience aad pa.
tent calculation succeed in earn.
Ing just about what Is necessary
to keep body and soul together.
II fortune frowns they do not defy
1t, but hold their hand.
Certain of the habitues belong
to higher grade and live in com.
Portable hotels or villas. A great
lady OF the English aristocracy
was pointed out as one who came
to Monte Carlo forty years ago
as a rich and beautiful young wild.
ow and was never able toleays II.
Little by little she lost her for
tune and eventually her villa.
Now she lives on an allowance
from relatives. At the Casino
they have orders to give her daily
onl va certain number Of count
ers. All day long she sits there.
and there. no doubt, one day she
will die with her head on the
green cloth.
In the train which every day
conveys to Monte Carlo those
denizens Of the rooms who live at
Nice, Villefranche, or Mentome I
heard a woman, wohse age was
but whose paint and
pearls were all to obvious, confide
TO another pillar Of Monte Carlo:
i lost so much the day before
Yesterday that I determined tc
stay away from .the shop for at
east a week. But what In thecs
o do II one doesn't 90 theron I
vas too bored for words, so I am
yoing back again"
In a corner two girl typists sayIy
narrated their adventure. They
lad come from aris with their
'avings. amounting to 5000
rancs $4,000 each and 1000 francs
more advanced by a girl friend.
hey had won steadily for
Month winning uninterruptedly,
nsolently. an average of 1000
rancs a day,
This was the unheard of ex.
eriencs: Red, had turned up TWEEN.
v-one times running. Then sud.
enly the luck had gone against
hem. They had lost everything
gain. inexplicabiy. inexoi ally.
savings. and the pro.
seds Of their watches and Jewel.
', and now remained with their
otel expenses to pay and only
,eir pretty eyes to Axsep vi,b
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a hobo when they met.
Even more spectacular is tn.
romance Of Bessie A. Walton
active in Boston society and ex,
tremely wealthy. and Alexander
6. Romanesque, a youthful dish.
washer in ono Of the chain res.
taurants conducted by the Wal.
ton family.
On the witness stand in Miss
frenchs case, John Woods
Brooks-Ladd, who is secretary
OF the Amalgamated Metal Com
pany. said he did not love and
could not marry the girl because
she was his social inferior.
Asked why he considered her
30, he replied:
9Because Of her conduct and
language and the way I met
her"
Charles e. Erbstein, counsel for
Miss French. sought to gain from
the defendant a definition of social
fnferfority and superiority. but the
question was ruled out on ob1ec-
ton. Pressed for an explanation of
his attitude toward the young WON.
an. he said:
1t was not love. but rust physi.
cal attraction, I guess. was fond
Of her. but did not love her"
But no reluctantly admitted thar
he had presented the girl to his
mother and sister. had paid her ex.
penses to California, and had OK.
changed moro than sixty letters
with her.
Then Miss French on the wttnes,
stand met the assertion that she
was the mans social inferior by
testifyins that she was a Daush.
ter Of the American Revolution. a
hneal descendant Of the first presi-
dent Of Harvard University. where
Brooks-Ladd was graduated. AMI
that her ancestors were Mayflower
passengers. Tho defendant said no
knew nothing about this and stiu
considered the girl his social infe.
rior.
COLLAPSED ON STAND.
Miss French collapsed on the
stand while testifyins to the affec.
tionate nature Of the letters that
passed between them. But not un.
I'll she said:
Perhaps the social barrier bc.
tween us was great, but he should
have realized that IN the begin
ming. Now he should pay for what
he has done. His first wife. who
was Alice Bates, divorced him that
he might marry me. But when the
divorce decree was signed, he sud-
denly underwent a change of mind.
He went into the army, and when
he returned to civil life he said
there could be no wedding because
1 was not his social equal.
II met Mr.. Brooks-Ladd on a golf
course. We played = round to-
Eether then and later were much
On the hpks. After that he took
me to Subpers and theaters. He
was married then. but he said that
his wife and he were not suited to
zach other and that a divorces
would be arranged. Later. he ex-
planned that HIS wife had agreed to
rue for divorce so that he could
marry mo. I had grown to love
him dearly and believed every
word he told me. Then came a
New Year dance, and the next
morning In his apartment he told
ne:
Darling, we are man and wife
n the eyes Of God and heaven.
ind as soon as possible we will be
nan and wife In the eyes of the
yorld.'
so we laid plans for our we'd
ling. He paid for an expensive
rousseau. I was so happy that I
listed him moro than I couli ever
ave done did not love him for
Iimself alone. Then he went into
life, and while thers a
riend OF his came to me and asked
or Pme letters he had written
ne, saying: II you really love him
ou won't refuse. You don't want
" family to think that you are
The Washington times., 1922-04-30
TO WED DISHWASHER.

Miss French's counsel character
lied Brooks-Ladd as "a laggard In
war and bastard in love-" and as
serted that the dollar verdict would
be set aside when the case Is re-
tried. He asserted that the YER
dict represented a moral victory
and that financial victory would
shortly follow.
In the meantime, Miss Bessie
Walton, OF the same social level I'm
Boston as Brooks.Ladd, is prepar-
Ing to marry Alexander G. Ro-
manesque. the dishwasher. who ls
twenty-four and nearly twenty
years younger than herself. The
romance was revealed by the filing
OF official notice of the matri-
monial intention of the couple in
the Boston city hail. The dispar-
ity In their ages and social posi-.
tions stirred widespread comment
and the family influence was ex-
frcised to the utmost to break off
the affair. Mrs. Larz Anderson.
a distinguished figure in Hub So
ciety and a relative OF the bride.
asserted that the ceremony should
not be performed, but Miss Wal.
toms last statement was:
I'm spite OF all opposition I am
going to marry Mr.. Romanesque.
Social standing. age and wealth
can make no difference when two
The Washington times., 1922-04-30
HE LOSES 81 FOR CALLING GIRL
HE JILTED HIS "SOCIAL INFERIOR"
HE DODGED ALTAR.
SO SHE DEMANDED
$4,000 DAMAGES

LIN Suit of Ethel Jay French, Chicago Girl,
| Against john Woods BrOOks-Ladd, HE Testi-
] fled He Gave Her Up because of Her Com
7 DUCT and Language"-Contrasting Actions
! of Two Heiresses.
hEMANDING $4,000 for breach of promise and re-
ceiVlng exactly 81 by the award of the jury Ethel
Jay French is fighting in the Chicago courts fora
agrl because he considers her his social Inferior bi
was the defense of John Woods scion of
the Babson-Ladd family of Boston, and on the record,
1t was $49,999 successful
American society is keenly interested at present in
&c ai ceieorated mlsalances which working out
In divers ways There is Elizabeth Craemer oroduat
OF Vassar, daughter of of the weahiest bankers
In PENNSYLVANIA, and wed to Leroy Livingston, who was
a hobo when they met ' wac
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-09
Many Bird PESTS"
Really Aid Farmer

WASHINGTON, July s.-studies o.
birds as insect destroyers and Of YER
min and parasite pests. extending
through a century OF observations
show that many so-caIled bird pests
are themselves effective aids to the
farmer, and others not generally
thought to be insect dOstroyers are
active in that work, w. L. McAtee, Of
the Biological Survey OF the Depart
ment Of Agriculture, says In a review
in the annual report OF the SmithsOn-
ian Institution just published.
Outstanding among these are cited
the English sparrow, often systemat-
ically destroyed as a pest, which new
ertheless feeds upon the seventeen
year locust, asparagus beetle, locust
leaf miner tent caterpillar, canker
worm, army worm and drop worm
and the bob white quail, usually a
seed eater, which also feeds upon the
locust and the olive scale.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-09

was visible. turned and looked be-
hind me. There was the same empti-
ness. save that far IN the distance a
horse, whose rider / could scarcely
see, so far was he away. was 0onter-
ing along the road.
There was nothing in this to cause
me alarm. for had seen dozens Of
equestrians passing our house during
the spring days. But my nerves had
been so shaken by the espionage Of my
new neighhors that saw a hidden
observer Of my movements in every
bush. resolved to keep a wary eye
out for the horseman until he passed
me, as he, of course, must do very
shortly.
But that was just the thing he didn't
do, although whenever turned could
see him still on the road, little nearer
than he had been at first, but still at
such a distance that couldn't dis
tinguish either his features or the
outline of his figure.
His horse was evidently spirited
one, for could see the animal pranc-
ing impatiently. The rider was evi-
IDENTIFY putting him through his PAGES,
as II the road were a railed-in train
Ing ground.
don't know from whence came the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-07-09
ONE OF THE PINK 'uNs.

Florida municipalities sometimes scrap among them-
selves. Now and then gets its back mp and snaps
Its fingers in the face of the other.
But just let anybody outside the family make
crack anybody the family and there's the dickens
to payl
Except just and then-Once in often, as it
were. And strangely enough. when they do begin to
crack they nearly always Pensacola to crack
at Maybe because Pensacola is the states step
child.
But Rever It expected to get cracked from the
Tampa Pines Somehow other the idea always has
been fa1r-Tnnded It almost leaned
backwards.
But is something the Times printed the other
day right the front of its second section and
pink paper at that:
"F r. Falco OF Portland told me was
charged dollars for threedolIar hotel in
Pensacola. have his address the hotel remembers
the incident and wants to rebate the excess"
1t was sent in the Times by Con. o. Lee, un-
line from Portland Oregon. The Times ought
not TO stand for that kind Of Con stuff
It not long that the press of Florida
was at that hotel in royal way
representative of the loud in praise
Of this particular hotels hospitality. Surely the
hotel there only hotel in Pensacola that
ever charges bucks
There good many hotels In other parts Of the