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The New York herald., 1922-01-08
GRANDMOTHER
TELLS YOUR FORTUNE
BY CARDS
FOR
ONE CENT.

HE sign attracted us and we went over
to meet her. Grandma, as we sus-
- pected, is the stuffed figure of an old
lady. She lives in large glass case She
wears a neat house dress, O shawl and n
nightcap. On her shoulder sits O. stuffed
gray cat.
Grandma is seated at table. On the
table is a bunch of cards. You put a penny
In the slot. grandma examines the cards and
bobs her head up and down, the cat rolls
her eyes and purrs (purrhaps), and then n
slip captioned "Grandmother's Predictions
drops out OF a chute. Ours read:
Grandmother says you have stubborn
disposition. slow to get excited and slow
to calm down. and toiH harbor a orudge
for long time. You are straightforward,
Just. i,tquisittve and shrewd. VERY much
attached to your oton opinions and deter
mined to have your own way at any cost.
You have taste for agriculture, like
choice food. You wilr accumulate large
amounts of personal property. You viii
have large endowments left TO you. y
Brothers and sisters will make trouble for
you and cause you to take n long Journey.
You win travel a great deal. You are
subject to kidney and liver troubles, and
accidents from sharp instruments. and
your talents are the fine ortss You have
long life
Drop another penny in slot and I will
tell you more of your fortune.
There Is much truth in what grandmother
says, especially the passages we have
italicized. Take the line, you will harbor
a grudge for long time" This is true.
In 1917 a waiter In "a certain restaurant up
set plate OF soup on our trousers The
same year we entered the army. When we
were mustered out few years later we re-
visited the restaurant and set it on fire.
The waiter was burned to DEATH
AS to our straightforwardness once when
we put penny I'm a gum machine and got
two slices by mistake we looked up the
president OF the chicle company and per-
sonally handed him the extra slice. As to
our inquisitiveness our visit to the penny
arcade proves that.
AS to the observation, "you like choice
food" all we can say is that grandma has
again hit upon the truth. The woman Is
uncanny. AS to the line: you are much
attached to your own opinions" this. of
course, Is correct. AS, luckily, we know
everything, we have implicit faith I'm our
judgments
AS to the statement, your talents are the
1ne arts" the artistic quality of ram
BLIN' ROUND" should convince even the
most hard boiled skeptic OF the correctnessl
OF this
We cannot say that grandmother is right
in giving us kidney and liver trouble, but we
aren't very old and have many years ahead
of us In which to acquire them.
Gosh, we almost forgot that puzzlng pain In
the side we had the other day. We'd better
see doctor. Maybe grandmother is right,
after ALL
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hear lisping of morning to their tiny
playmates. Well, lads, and what is the
agenda for this day.? That, however was
in Ireland, where knowledge of the classic
roots was as common as"
"Mr. Chairman" here again hollered
Councilman Luther Mickelman indig-
nantly, "aint there somewheres in the
land some place where we don't have to
have Ireland dinned at us morning and
night? This amt Ireland and
Thank Cod" cried Councilwoman Faith
Prettyman, very loud and excited, but said
The New York herald., 1922-01-08
PENNY ARCADIA,

FGrNGN4 AxSCAOlA-
~ HE other day we wandered into one
of those penny arcades on Four
teenth street We wanted to see
among other things, whether those glorious
devices that brought Joy to our youth, the
picture machines that give views of his
toric prizefights, were still in use. Imagine
out delight. then, to find that for a cent
one may still see round of the Jeffries-
Sharkey or the Corbett- Fitzsimmons battle
For two cents, two rounds of scrapping that
the sporting writer's haven't stopped talking
about yet! Think Of It!
1t is true that the pictures are faded;
that the Corbett, ,Fitzsimmons reproductions
are SO worn and shabby that 1t requires a
little study before one can distinguish be-
tween Bob and Jim, but what Of that? One
can always look for Bobs famous freckles.
And II the years have worn them off (these
are very old pictures) 1t Is always possible to
tell him by his slim legs. Yes, the man
with the slim legs is Fitzsimmons; the other
is Corbett
One thing that we saw in the Corbett-
Fitzsimmons pictures puzzled u.s. A foot
or two above the top rope Of the ring was
an iron rail on which a number of fans
tor perhaps they were handlers of the
fghters) sat- How could the spectators
see through their backs? It must have been
trying.
i was fun to drop penny in the slot,
clap pair Of receivers to our ears
= and hear the High School Cadets
March" on the phonograph again. That is,
port of the march. After one-third had
been played the music stopped. there was a
grinding noise like that of freight train
putting on its brakes, then series Of crack
ling sounds and then silence The wax
cylinder, 1t seemed, was broken.
When. we wonder. did the record break
ing performance take place? Recently
or has it been hitting one-third Of a CYL
inder for years? What a fate for a once
awe inspiring instrument.
TIME Fascinating Models ("I5 views
for cent" announces the sign)
are not very fascinating, but
what do you expect? The girls have
been fascinating the patrons Of these uieto-
ocrdph machines for twenty years now and
are no longer as young as they used to be-
The conduct of the models is quite exem-
plary They are model girls and we have
no fault to find with them. In case you
doubt our statement, we call your attention
to a sign the machine-"PASSED BY
NEW YORK AND CHICAGO CENSORSy
The New York herald., 1922-01-08
ELECTRICITY IS LIFE!

TT HE sign interested US at once We
are fond Of life. in a way. and IL
that queer looking machine had the
power to increase our allotment, we meant
to give It a try. In less than i've minutes
we had purchased eight cents worth of life
1t was an exhilarating experience--electri-
flying, one might say What made II par
ticularly interesting was the fact that as
we took hold OF the grips fox Tie eighth
The New York herald., 1922-01-08
Old Customs That Continue
To Prevail on New Years Dsv

Probably after Halloween and Christmas
theic is no festival Of the year so girt about
with long-established customs as New Years
Day. Among the best known Of these arc
the auguries drawn from what was called
The "Candlemas Bull" In Scotland and other
northern countries tho term Candlemas
given TO this season Of tho year, is supposed
TO have had its origin In religious cere-
monies performed by candle light, The
candles used were very large and highly
ornamented and we're brought in al the mid
night hour to the assembled guests. who.
since the falling of dusk. had been drinking
freely OF the wassail bowl Then, in process.
The New York herald., 1922-01-08
Ranblin' Round
By EDWARD ANTHONY.

time ana felt the juice shooting through us
we could see, few feet away. a machine
bearing the sign:
The New York herald., 1922-01-08

custom seems to have had its rise In the
conduct of the mobiles. of the late Micdc
Ages, who were In the habit OF bestowins
gifts upon their sovereign. Naturally the
ruler, not wishing to remain under obl!ga-
tions to them returned the gift In princely
fashion. In England, however especially Ia
the time of Queen Elizabeth, this custom
became so burdensome that IL occasiored
general protest among the mobiles. "oocd
Queen Bess" was not slow to indicate just
what kind Of gifts she expected. or rather
exacted. She let IL be known also what
consequences would follow the withholding
of the Jewels and the silks which she looked
for at the hands of her subjects. She was
so niggardly In her own gifts that we can
understand how the custom fell into disuse
and in the time OF George ~ was abolished.
Christmas Boxes Idea Saw Its
Origin in Gifts to Crews of Ships
The giving of gifts was also very common
among the people. On Christmas Day. and
often on st. Stephens Day, employers,
parents and masters presented Christmas
boxes to their dependents. 1t was form
of Christmas charity. On New Years Day,
however, gifts were exchanged between
friends and acquaintances as sign OF go~d
VIII. This custom, perhaps, had It's orlrin
In the box which was taken aboard every
vessel that sailed out of port during the
octave Of Christmas and which was not 70
be opened until the return OF the vessel
Contributions were to be dropped into tris
box, large or small according as the day
had been propitious or otherwise. The per-
son to whom the contents Of the boz we're
given was supposed to have q mass said
for the mariners who had made. the gift
Hence the name Of christmas boxes" which
were given UP to and including New Years
Day. Each one of these days became known
az Boxing Day"
The New York herald., 1922-01-08

Mr. Chairman here again hollered Councilman Mickeman
there som~heres the land where don't have
have Ireland dinned morning and night?"
The New York herald., 1922-01-08
DROP A CENT
IN THE SLOT
AND SEE
PICTURES OF
THE ELECTRIC CHAIR !

:.
This we are forced to admit, dampened
our enthusiasm for electricity. The dismal
thought occurred that If we bought an
other three or four cents worth of life we
might accidentally electrocute ourself. and
you would have to worry along without the
''RAMBLIN ROUND" column We owe
1t to our readers to be more careful.
On the right wall of the arcade is a sign
which reads:
CHILDREN UNDER 21
NOT ADMITTED.
= Did the management put it there or is 1t
the work of some wag?
Another sign we liked is the one that
hangs above the shooting gallery:
BE PATRIOT,
LEARN TO SHOOT!
The New York herald., 1922-01-08
BE A PATRIOT,
LEARN TO SHOOT

II are very Strong man. we can
M lift 2S7 pounds. You doubt it?
Well, then, we call your attention
TO the fact that we can prove it by no less
an authority than the strengthening ma
chine of the penny arcade. We walloped
something with a hammer and instantly q
bell began to ring as loudly though the
whole town We're on fire. The indicator
reached a point which shows, according to
chart on the machine, that we expended
enough force to lift 2S7 pounds.
We are seriously thinking of joining a
strong man act
Then We tried fortune telling machine,
1t told us-and we think there is mistake
that our future mate will be "a soldier
brave. daring fellow-not afraid Of anything
or anybody-but you. He's afraid you will
say no-this Is why he has not popped the
question yet. When out Of service you and
he may settle down in cozy fiat to raise a
family and a fortune and he will be bic
success at both Lots of love and kisses
from him and from your four little darlnss
(yotis future children)."
SONG OF PENNY ARCADY
who hopes to see fair Already
Cannot with gold buy entrance there
Sang Horace Bunner blithesomeiy
But wasn't he unfair?
For Already will let you in
For less than gold, my friend
I've heard that some use bits of tin
That haven't coppers to spend.
And though this practice I decry
shout to him who hunts
Areadian pleasures. You can buy
EN- for some pennies, dunce!"
oh, tell me not that life is drab
When there are things like this.
Your coat and derby quickly grab
And buy little bliss.
-Arcadian songsters you will hear
Wax records that wax jolly,
And sadder ones that bring a tear
With memories OF my Molly"
Oh, take your sweetheart or your dad
Or take your penny auntie,
And know a joyous moment. lad
Untrammeled, gay, bacchanty
Oh, here Is bliss without alloy.
And at price that's right,
A pocketful of pennies. boy
Is all you need tonight!
The Arvada enterprise., 1922-09-07

10, Day fishing in the mountains.
Mrs. w. &. Francis has returned
home from visit with friends in
Littleton.
Miss Sabina Huctte and Miss
Evelyn Waldorf who have been the
guests of Mr., and Mrs. +. G. Will
more have returned to their home in
Chicago.
f. p. Spicer is carpentering near
Mt. Evans.
The Y. NJ. P, C. held their mon
thly social and business meeting on
Thursday evening Games We're
played and watermelon feast en-
joyed by the twenty members pre-
sent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillips and Mrs.
Neal Sprigg motored into the coun-
try last Sunday in search of choke
cherries. After a tramp of threc
miles through the woods and find
ing only n handful of cherries and a
few green plums, the ladies in the
rarity decided that they did not like
chokechcrres anyhow but Mr.. Phil
lirs says it was matter of "sour
grapes"
Mr.. and Mrs Grimm and baby
daughter will leave on Sept. 7th for
a two months visit in Pittsburg.
The Turner family who have made
their home in Edgewater for many
wears have sold their home on Dc
pew street and expect to leave soon
for California.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. N Wayne, ac-
companied by their cousin Miss Marie
Frasier of California left on Friday
for n trip to Estes Park.
The Miller home on Chase street
was sold to Mr.. and Mrs. Ford re
Gently. the sale having been made by
,T N Wayne. The Ford's will move
into their new home the lattetr part
Of September.
Mrs. Fred Sopoucek of Denver was
Is spend-thc- day guest Of Mrs. Ben
son on Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Petticrew have
as their guest their niece little Miss
Phyllis Petticrew.
Mrs. Nellie Roberts is visiting he1
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Hcrsey OF
Chae Street.
The people of Edgcwater wer'
shocked bv the unfortunate acci
dent on Saturday afternoon. tina
vHat came near taking the life o
little Earl Spicer. who was run owe
and painfully injured by an auto
mobile driven bv Stephen Higgs
Town Clerk and Recorder. The &C
cident, entirely unavoidable. occur
The Arvada enterprise., 1922-09-07

ouets of Gladiolus, entered by the
center aisle. Following the brides
maids were two dainty, fairy-like,
little flower girls, Leanna Strobcck
niece of the bride and Nellie Hop
k;ns. Little George Strobeck, Jr.,
four year old brother of the bride,
clad in white satin was ring bearer.
Miss Esther Strobeck was her
sisters maid of honor and wore
Apricot Chepe-de-chene with an arm
bouquet of Gladious of the same
delicate shade as her dress. The
bride entered with her father, who
gave her in marriage, and was love-
ly in her wedding dress of white
Canton-crepe trimmed with lace and
embroidered with pearls, the veil
Graped cap-fashion falling in grace
full lines to the hem of the skirt.
The brides bouquet was pink
brides roses.
Immediately following the cere-
mony the young couple withdrew to
the church parlors and there sur
rounded by the bridal party, the
dainty colored dresses Of the brides
maids and maid of honor, making an
effective background for the pure
whiteness of the bride. they received
the congratulations and good wishes
of their friends.
Afterwards reception was held
at the Strobeck home and was at
tended by about eighty friends and
relatives.
Mr.. West is son of County Com
missioner West of Wheatridge ;tld
is n young man of sterling character.
The bride is the oldest daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Strobeck
and has spent much of her life in
Edgewater where her noble traits of
character have endeared her to the
hearts of all with whom she has
come in contact.
Mr.. and Mrs. West are spending
their honeymoon in the mountains
and will be at home in Wheatridge
after September fifteenth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Neal Sprigg enter
tanned at dinner on Monday il
honor of Mrs. Sprigg's birthday
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs
Harold Scott and NV. and Mrs. Ear
Tomlin.
Mrs ERNEST Spicer and -bildre'
H sc,o-.q.nied 4 Mr.. and Mrs. Herrich o
Louviers, Colo, on an auto trip t
Brush where they will visit Mr.
Spicer's and Mrs. Herrick's parent.
i Mr.. and Mrs. VIM Cormack an
Mr.. and Mrs. Al Horlbeck spent La
The Arvada enterprise., 1922-09-07

torium.
Proceeding the ceremony Miss
Grace Labat sang 20 Promise Me-
and 81 Love You Truely" and as
the piano under Mrs. r. II. Nc
Nicker's artistic touch began the
opening bars of Mendelsshon's we'd
ding march the bridal party entered.
The groom attended by his brother
Walter West as best man and John
Wilson, Leonard Jones and Willard
Holland as groomsmen entered by
the right aisle, while the Brides
maids, Misses Ernestine Beneda and
Irene Gregg, dressed in Apricot
Radium silk and carrying arm bou-
The Arvada enterprise., 1922-09-07

red In front of the Spiccr home and
was witnessed by the little fellows
parents and many neighbors all of
whom join in complete exoncration
Of Mr.. Higgs. Mr. Higgs was driv-
ing West on 25th-avc at u very slow
rate of speed, when little Earl, who
was playing with party of other
children dashed directly in the path
of the machine. He was knocked
unconscious and sustained n severe
cut on the head. an injury to one
foot and possibly an internal injury.
A physician was summoned by Mr..
H:ggs who has done everything pos
The Arvada enterprise., 1922-09-07
Edgewater
Community News
MRS. JARRET j. BENSON

A beautiful church wedding, the
first to take place III the new Com
musity church, was solemnized on
Wednesday evening, August 3Oth,
in the presence of about two hund-
red and fifty guests, when Miss
Ruth Strobeck became the bride of
Howard West of Wheatridge. Rev.
R. II. McVicker, assisted by Rev. p
W. Crannell. officiated, using the
impressive double ring ceremony of
The Methodist Ritual.
The church was beautifully decor
ated with Apricot Gladiolus, the
delicate color blending harmonious
ly with the ivory finish of the audi
The Arvada enterprise., 1922-09-07

The probabilities are that every
Democrat in this county will vote
Tor DIR. Charles NJ. Worth for con-
rross at the primary election, Sept
embcr l2.-Yuma Pioneer.
The Arvada enterprise., 1922-09-07

sible to assist the family in caring
TO, the little sufferer.
The Arvada enterprise., 1922-09-07
Friday Night

Fireworks. Good Vaudeville. Dan cling Good Time
Saturday, September l6
Band Concert
Ten-mile Automobile Race, free for all
H. A. Swetting Chalk Talk Artist
Scheck's Society Crcud-Trained Animals
Aeroplane Exhibition.
Five-mile Automobile Race, free for all
F've-milc Motorcycle Race. free for nil
One-mile Automobile, against time
One-mile Motorcycle against time
Ford Relay Race changing steering
wheel; four two miles; driver to
change steering wheel and park into
place each half mile
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-07-31
Cut the Knot

VERY day of delay in getting coal and lots of it out of the
- ground suffering and hardship next winter.
1t pay rolls stopped factories close 1t means
paralysis
You you and you Mr. Citizen who because the midsum
blazing think of the coal trouble dispute between
other people and not really affair asleep
Coamons Of tons of it. bargeloads of it; tranoads of It,
ground wished the country
when winters icy grip comes.
Quick action part of Mr. Harding cannot delay
hour every precious may life and death to
'fof the least of these
This paper sincerely believes that three actions by the Pres
dent would break the jam. Here they
Take the operation of the mines and dig coal at the
wage and working conditions of the wage agreement which
ped April Take over publicly request each
tor open his mine that basis but agent for Mr. Harding
Thus the operator need lose of his rights make
render.
Have conference such provided for in the
contract between which expired April
the conference have before full information gathered the
Government Only the Government OPERATOR would sit the
conference table the chair the operator refused
that refusal being the of the coal srke lockout
g. Say to the operators CHOW coal is being mined; wage
contract has been made. If you operators
stepping into the Governments Shoes will step not
will continue coal this way from And need
be will ask Congress make this emergency program
permanent policy
Some operators would reply ''You can't do it. It's against
the law. That's what they told President
said he would do the very three things named above.
Then they looked at T. R. chin and did he told them
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-07-31
Through the Ages

HE largest and oldest living things in the world ripe
old touching the heavens from high
the California slope of the Sierra Nevada range.
They the Giant Sequoa Big Trees large wagon road
passes right through of Them old that written history
but episode in their lives They named after Seqoah
Indian chief who invented alphabet taught his tribes
to read and write and fought against tribal jealousy
Years ago. John Muir, the naturalist and lover
launched few of the remaining Giant Sequoias
from civilizations destructive This eliminated
when statesmen drew map three small squares
aside forever the home of the of California Big
simple act merely the transfer of public domain
from the Forestry Service the National Park Service To
north and of Squoa National Park lies rugged
land containing of the highest mountain peaks America This
stretch good only for public playground of the country
natural scenic wonder spots.
Naureovers the country ask that Congress add this
ragged stretch the present park creating the proposed Roosevelt
Sequoia National Park. bill offered in Con-
encountered the wrath Of the Forestry Service
opposed transfer Of those wild mountain peaks except exchange
for the lower half of the present Giant Sequoia homestead
tanning many of the remaining Big Trees
To this hard bargain the National Park Service
forced to Otherwise bureaucratic jealousy the
RooseveSequoia National need more of the
spirit of Sequoia in Washington.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-07-31

Sometimes a heaped-up scar forma-
ton follows slight burns, causing
constant drawing sensation. 1t is diff.
ficult to relieve, tending to recur even
after the most skillful plastic surgery,
though such surgery offers about the
only chance Of relief.
In a scar there are no hair follicles
or natural skin burrows. Hence, scar
tissue never looks quite natural. When
a considerable raw surface is to be
covered, skin grating always should
be employed This is perhaps the
simplest of surgical operations, the
one essential being asepsis. that is, alb
solute cleanliness without antiseptiC
chemicals, which destroy new skin
cells more readily than they destroy
the bacteria themselves.
The best application for a fresh
wound or burn is sterile petroleum.
commonly called vaseline, to protect
the raw surface against the sticking
Of dressings.
Scars may be materially improved
so far as appearance is concerned, by
the intelligent use Of plastic surgery
which any competent surgeon under
stands. X-ray treatments improve the
appearance of some scars.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-07-31
SENATOR HIRAM
STANDS ISSUES
ON OWN MERITS
johnson Faces List of Questions
at Opening of Senatorial
Campaign.
By United Eetos

By United Netos
SAN FRANCISCO. July SIT
don't care a damn what anybody
says, have nothing to explain.
stand on my record" declared Sen
ator Hiram Johnson, prior to the
opening of his campaign for re-
election to the United States Senate,
in an address at the Philharmonic Au-
ditorium Tuesday night.
Johnson had been asked to answer
list of questions touching on his
failure to vote on the Esch-Cummins
bill. the Newberry custer proceed
ings and his alleged alliance with
William Randolph Hearst. from whom
his political enemies charge he took
fees while Senator, for representing
Hearsts interests before the Supreme
Court.
My enemies are disgrunteled lack
eys Of Hearst. kicked out by him. who
are now trying to fight back" shouted
Johnson. Il am waging the same old
fight with the same old crowd. rep
resenting the same corrupt influences
which have always opposed me, -
Johnson said.
Johnson told Of his stand upon the
tariff. the Boulder Canyon dam on
the Colorado River, the soldier com
pensation bill, and declared he had
defended the policies Of the Admin
istration against foreign entangle-
ments."