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parade. educational and patriotic
floats. schools. societies. commercial
Goats. bands and the queon's noat.
Colonel John ". Richardson. Regis
irar Of tho Land Office. has suggest
ed to Secretary w Il. Cridiin that
invitations DO Issued to the Survivors
Uf the Constitutional Convention OF
1901 To- held Il reunion in Richmond
during Pngeam; Week, The sugges
lion has met with the approval OF
the pageant officials and III" Invita-
lions vii. go forward at once.
Announcement was made yesterday
that the State convention of the
"omcn'S Business and Professional
Clubs Will be held IN Danvillc. th.
week prior to the Virginia Historical
Pageant. Instead Of Pageant Week.
in order to enable the members to
attend the great State spectacle Mrs.
Lena Lake Forest. president OF the
national federation. which consists
OF $1,000 women. VIII attend the con-
ven;ion and will 10" the guest Of the
Richmond womcns clubs during
Pageant Week. Mrs. Forcs; is re-
Cardeh as the greatest woman in
surance underwater In America.
Mrs. J. *. Bowman Is president OF
the local club.
Slogan of Convention.
The slogan of tho Dauvillc convcn-
ton will be Meet Me la Richmond
Pageant Week"
The women volunteers az the COS
tune making headquarters OF the
pageant association are doing Il
splendid work. 'rhr Blues Auxiliary
committee assisted Tuesday. the fol
lowing members being present: Mrs
George l.. Christian. chairman: Mrs.
Joseph LeMasUr!nr. Mrs. r.. W.
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IDLE REPORTER DEAN
OF MOVIE CENSORS
(Continucd From SIKH Pare,

. Continued From Sixth pagc)
> eign stamps. ana aSaiI. entered the
newspaper arena. owing 10 his gift
OF gab. the newspaper boys got him
To maSe all tho speeches at tn.
ban0uets and blowoUts. lie made II
hit at this. so the gang were always
well supplied with Invitations TO
bRnquets.
Meets "ComInandcr-in-C Chief"
Then he met the Communicating
Chief" After that he refused To
attend tanqucts where red vino
flowed free. Ie would dump has beer
In the ice box. and pass the clarct
along TO the man at the left
as years went by. the TRANQUILITY
OF the day was rudely disturbed by
a report that "A sup.rskyscrapcr was
to be erected AT Eighth and Main
streets u was erected. ana still
stands. 1t was then called the Face
building; nuw ii is the Allison. peo-
pie from all over the state cam. 10
Richmond 10 look upon the amazing
hvc-story structure. Eighth and
Main Streets was always crowded
with people with cricks In their
necn5 from gazing up TO tho dizzy
heights. Then Evan sprung another
story that made It's way around the
world:
III man fel. of that building"
be dead before he reached the
ground. it's so far down."
But said another. .acetiously.
IF the man was from Philadelphia.
he'd come down so slowly. II wouldn't
hurt him"
After this Evan became the Idle
Reporter. Not an idle reporter, for
there are no idle reporters. lust
The Idle Reporter There were no
others. There were none like him.
and always will be, rs Macinhcath
ana Tyre would say.
As The Idle Reporter, Evan started
the whole state chuckling. Then the
masses began To giSglc. To grim
smile. shout and throw bricks at one
another. II. is responsible for many
family rows and neighborhood fights
All the fat men in the State owe
their avcrdupois TO Evan Chester
man. Governor Trinkle got fat
laughing over tho droll tales Of the
Idle Reporter and the Commander
in-Chief. Former Governor Stuart
owes to Evan Chcsterman about 100
pounds of his mammoth pnysiuuc.
Fatty" bedford. The cicphantine po-
iiccman OF the Second District. owes
10 Evan not less than 4OG pounds
STRONGLY enough. the fatter his
victims grew the thinner grew Evan.
From his original 1870 pounds he
rapidly shrunk TO l27. and ms could
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never regain any of the lost weight
iiG has always been n sclr-sacri.
hciny sort OF chap. He has traded
hats with the mcndicant at the Cap
!toi Square pAt". because tn. old
follows hat bore marks of holes
through which rolled the dimes and
nickc's contributed by sympathetic
pinhcnds. He has chased truant
hat three blocks IN "a brisk March
wihd To Eavc an old man from max
ing laughing stock Of himself
Being fu!! Of wand.riust. whatever
that Is. he snapped his place IN the
DAILY maclstrpm Of newspaper life
Tor the commonplace Job Of secretary
TO tho state Board uf Education. But
that Job lacked tho sweet bitterness
OF excitement. lie couldn't go to
executions and get reserved seats H..
couldn't bear messages OF confidence
10 families STRICKEN through caIam-
tty. lie couldn't hclp raid crap
Joint. He couldn't hold n dying mans
head while tn" victim OF the nssas-
sins built dictated his antcnor'em.
He couldn't get II free pass To the
circus. He couldn't got into tho sub
cellar as a spectator AZ Battle
Royal or badger fight. SO his
heath got bad and he retired from
hIa office. The newspaper gang
handed him the glad hand az well
'''H' uhGh anu pNt HIS Hhil' bl 'ut
last
Nothing doing. however Evan
hoenn To gather around tho open
hrcplaC.s. SMOKE ,oug -stcIuiu"d
pipes. use Latin quotations. talk
about Eiizabcthan and m"d!a.val lit
craturc. quote Spens"r and ChanCer
and all that crowd. lilo let his hair
grow long In spots. ana bought a
carmiuc velvet smoking Jacket II"
had "a statu.ttc OF Cicero erected In
TIA" east corner ~ his library. and
let lot OF suuhowors grow Ia his
back yard He associated mainly
with Jimmie Cabell Bishor Worme-
ley ana Bill Tanscy. ana dreamed
az hc walked tho street. II" began
10 lie a regular author. He got out
some books and mad" enough money
10 luy more suniiowcr seeds for n"Nt
summer.
An the ncwsstands had his hook
for sale. And here III another bon
mot from hia pen. showing how mod
est he has always been:
"Do you keep Evan 4 Chester
mans books"
no: sell them"
So. why shouldn't "a man IKE that
he picked for the place OF censor OF
movies"
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POE SPENT EARLY
BOYHOOD DAYS HERE
,Cont!nued From Sixth Paee.)

Continued From sixth lageo
Monroe where he got into commune
cation with the Al!aus. The cores
pondo nee begun here eventually led
to an appointment to West Point. with
an honorable discharge from the
army. Becoming dissatisfied with the
military duties and y.arn.ng for a
literary life, led Poe 10 neglect his
duties so that he was court martl!alcd
and dismissed.
Until the latter part Of 1885. he
stayed In Baltimore with relatives.
when he got in communication with
friends in Richmond and came back
to work on the Literary Messenger.
But Zoe had been raised in the con-
vivial school Of the Oiden time and
Thomas White, the proprietor OF the
Messenger. was Il fanatic on the sub
icct OF prohibition. White cancelled
the engagement of Poe because Of
their disagreement on this. in spite Of
Poc's having increased the patronage
from 700 to 5000 subscribers during
his short stay here.
From Richmond. Poe Went to New
York, later paying Richmond a short
visit. of which little is known. In
lS4y he paid his last visit here. Most
OF his time. while in Richmond on
the last trip, was spent at the old
Swan Hotel on Broad Street. He gave
scNcI'i TEXTURES III .>ofioik anu fAiSH-
mond, making his last address here
in the old Exchange Hotel.
Becoming reconciied to his first
love. Miss Elmira Register Shelter.
now a widow. who lived on Grace
Street, near Twcnty-ffth Street a
building still standing near St. Johns
Church. where his mother is buried.
their engagement was announced. AT
ter arranging his poems and plays
for republication. most of which work
was don" in the examiner and mes
scngc- offices. Poe strated for New
York to see about their publication.
Stop 1iE off In Baltimore. he was
iound near voting place uncop-
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JAPAN IS STRUGGLING
WITH HIGH MOTOR TAXES
5 tx Hundred Licenses Re-
turned When Rate Goes
Up 80 Per Cent.
AGENT STUDIES PROBLEM HERE
bciierrs Removal OF DISCRIMINATORY
hiEh Taxes First Htrp-Cnnndp In
sues i'3,OOO Licenses nnd Uses
Money On the Highways.

NJ" YORK. April 21.--IIigh and
discriminatory taxes on motor We
htcIcs arc proving To be Injurious To
motor transportation oS certain for
cGh countries. says II statement is
sued by the NDtionai Automobile
Shamber Of Commerce today
In Japhu this Is strlkinply illus-
'ratch. Tho authorities OF Toxic APP
phfcntIy seeking revenue. raised tho
motor tax BY so to so per cent. The
operating costs became excessive and
many cars were retired from service.
~ the time there were 5000 ears In
circulation. Upon PRONUNCIATION or
tn" law. Goc licenses were returned
ana like number placed In stor-
age. y major problem OF Japan. that
OF congestion In cities. was made
NOR" dificul: Of solution. becaus. OF
IN" decrease In modern ttanspOrta-
tiun.
Mny Remove High TnS.
tho central Jupancsc government
realizing this error. recently gent an
Official To the United States 10 study
our traffic arrangements. His con
"ius!on was that Japan can solve It's
problem of COngcstcd cities best by
encouraging motor vehicle transpor-
tation. The removal Of diacrimina-
torily hirh taxes IL tho FIRST step.
ana action in that direction may soon
br officially recommended 10 the pre-
lectures throughout Japan.
Ia France the decentralization OK.
III" automobile industry ~ directly
tracoahlc to high taxes Although
French manufacturers have AN un-
usual advantage Ia their home mar
Fet because of an import duty Of 40
per cent. they are still unable TO kccp
th"!r factories reasonably busy. The
numerous and high taxes make opcr-
ation OF any tyne Of motor vehicle
exceedingly EXPENSIVE. and mans per
sons whose occupation might 'nait.
use OF AN automobile prerequisite
have 70 for.go its tirne-snv adj
rantaEea and perform their work in
less efficient manner.
situation In England.
The automohil" situation in Eng
land Is similar To that uf France.
Motor vehicles. despite their utili,v
value. which was especially onphn-
sized during strikes. are taxed Th.
incQu!ty az this assessment H. being
demonstrated by experiences Of auto
mobile owners, who are urging "A
modification or a repeal
A contrast from shat of these three
countries 81 afforded IN the taxation
policy OF Canada. wher" the taxes
derived by the provinces are devoted
TO the maintenance Of roads and
where the Ccntrni government i'm
poses no discriminatory taxes Can
hda's motor vehicle registration lc3
900 IL nearly as large az the moth
er country. which has $4,000, al
though the Dominion IL much smaller
than Great britain In wealth and
population
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British Government
Ends Gorgeous Millinery
IIiY I,niird Ncwal


LONDON. April 29.-Cons,crna-
tion. Indignation and gricf-nll Of
these are being registered by the
English women of fashion In their
feelings toward II government act
which threatens To rob them OF
one OF woman's most coveted joys
gorgeous millinery.
The Dlumage act, whose en-
f0rccmcnt has Just begun. hars
the Importation to Great Britain
OF ali feathers. excepting ostrich
and cidcrdown duck.
DcalcrA announce that there arc
enough feathers already In the
country TO last for the next few
months. After that. they hope the
women can be saved from rcvo-
lutionary action or downright de-
mise by obtaining notifications OF
the act.
For tho Information OF Amcr!-
can tourists. II should be stated
that women may bring p!umagc
into tho country II they wear IL
on their hats. but they may no,
import feathers in their baggage
not legally, that in
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reasonable Kick" he said II have
noticed lately that our sccre,nry ha.
handled the mother tongue slightly
careless. For instance. | hay. never
said ] done II. but what have said
was that II had been did He amt
singing the pen Ike h. had ought
to. and white | amt got no special
Kick. ] would be- pleased TO be quoted
Ike hav" spoke"
Il amt been quoted right. Meth
or. declared Brother G'affam. NO
body never heard me say nothing
about having went somewhere I
might have went. but wouldn't
have SO expressed myself that
a-wayS''
SO. tho club unanimously invited
the writer Of tho letter To- appear In
person TO present his plea for bet
ter English.
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Howles. Mrs. q. NJ. Hughes. Mrs o.
h. Lowry. Mrs. George Wray on
Wednesday large class OF young
ladies from ST. Joscph's Academy
gave valuable assistance at the sew
Ing headouar;ers
Numerous floats We're contra. ~ {!
for during the past week. Among
these was one for the knights OF
Columbus. which Will depict The
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Founding OF Richmond" Tho Peanut
Growers Association and the city If
Norfolk Will lie represented by two
floats. one VIII be In the commercial
parade on Friday, and the other will
depict II Trading Post" and Will be
N tho parade ON Colonial day Two
elegant floats VIII he entered bv the
international Harvester Company
one VIII show the original harvesting
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RICHMOND TO BE MECCA
DURING PAGEANT WEEK

continued From Sixth PaEc.)
and 1872 parade: floats OF the Revo-
!uti"nary and 1872 periods bands
Revolutionary societies and the
queens float
Thursday. Ma. 25-Confndcra,e
and nora! parade. floats OF the Con
Tolerate period. floral autos, bands.
Confederate societies and the queens
float.
World Wnr Parade,
friday. May 26.-Spanish- american
ana world var parade: acatE of tn.
period. spanish American war vet
Grams. world war veterans military
companies. bands and the queens
float.
Saturday. MAY 2..--t;roa,cr virri,i.,
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machine made By Cyrus McCormick
ana III" other viii be- a replica OF
the old blacksmith shop IN Rock
bridge County where the Hrst Mar
'csi"r was manufactured.
Every detail for the great state
spectacle is being ciotcd ur. aud ri,
rector Thomas Wood Stevens is high
iy pleased with the ability shown by
the casts FOR the various periods.
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Read Lesson From Movie Screen.

STOCKHOLM. April 23.-Swcdish
school children are beginning to
read their lessons from the movie
screen. The use Of educational aims
IS becoming more and moro part
OF the lower grade curriculum. even
in the more remote districts, and
leading educators are making elab-
crate plans 10 extend the scope Of
'nlu Clnsscs"
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PASSING OF MIRRORS
LANfEN'TED BY CLUE

''"h'lHued FROM SIXTH PaGc.)
'ss"ry. como before you in body to
enter our protest against this
slaughter Of the mother tongue"
There waa Intense silence ut the
conclusion OF the reading Of tho let
ter.
Mister President" said BROTHER
RuskeN u do not objcc: 20 tha tenor
81 tho letter, except on one po!ut.
what does he mean by esprit de
corpse"
Putnun freaks silence
The silence grew intense
Fred Putnum broke the intensity
1t il something IN ;he dead Lam
euaEe. Tor ii says corps"
How do you spell it," Roy
Speights aucrled
Why. CORPS corps" replied
Fred
That's dead. all right" the rres!-
dent declared. "Eut what does the
osprey de mean"
81, faint osprey" corrected Fred
1T Is esprit"
In order 10 clarity the situation.
the President stated that he would
be glad to consider n motion to In
vito the writer OF the letter to an
pear before the club and make his
objection clear.
We are willing to consider any
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1922-03-08
CHAPTER II.

About the time Polly Hopkins began
10 repair the shack roof. Evelyn Rob-
ertson came into the room where her
mother sat reading. The girl was
dressed to go out and was drawing a
pair of gloves over her ringed fingers
Where are you going. Ever" in
Qulred the lady. 1T seems to me that
you're running out altogether too
much, There's your piano You
haven't practiced in months. Now
don't blame me, Eve, il, when Marcus
asks you to play, you fan fiat"
duh red ran into the girls cheeks,
but she made no reply as she
smoothed the wrinkles from her
gloves
''rhe good Lord knows" continued
the mother irritably. that I've kept at
you enough. Now Marc aud Robert
are home, how are you going to enter
tain them? Men demand so much"
The experiences of the past two
years had taught Evelyn that lesson.
II had been demand, demand and more
demanding ever since, on girlish i'm.
pulse, she had secretly married Oscar
Bennett.
And you heard what Marcus said
last night about the Silent City folks"
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/ Copyright BY LittlesBrown and Company

One day Polly had found her sick in
bed. and. as she had led the forlorn
billy goat home. so did she bring
Granny Hope, never realizing that in
the lettering old figure she was en-
tertaining an angel unawares All she
knew was that Granny's toothIess
smile, her cheerful words of love and
kindness, made the sun shine bright
er and the meager food more filling.
During the winter. Mrs Hope had
encouraged the girl to read. AT first
that had been difficult, for the shanty
contained nothing but the tattered
Bible the old woman had brought with
her. over and over Polly had read
the miseries of Job the patient. the
long lamentations of jeremiah, who al
ways put her in mind of Daddy Hop
kins; and she also knew by heart the
story of the crueifixlon Of Jesus, who.
so the Bible said, was the best man
that had ever walked the globe.
So had those winter days of close
companionship with the woman who
had lived long and suffered much, and
who now was almost ready to on to
larger experiences. brought out in
Polly Hopkins greater capacity for
loving. The squatters called her
"Pollyop. the love-lass," and some
times, Polly of the sun" Granny
Hope explained this by saying: "They
all love you, Poll, an it's ont Of your
own heart they get the feelin' of joy
when they see ye"
From behind the woOd-box near
where the goat stood, Pollyop took up
an ak. Tenderly she bent and placed
kiss upon the goats horny head
Then she touched Granny Hope
The woman lifted her lids and
smiled at the girl.
"What's the matter love-lass1" she
murmured.
"Tm goin' out, Granny" replied
Polly. IF Daddy comes. tell i'm I'll
be back in a while"
Into the rain she went, her bare feet
carrying her swiftly over the ragged
rocks, her curls gathered under her
chin like warm glistening hood.
When later she appeared in front of
the shanty, her Bingham skirt was
filed with rusty pans and old pieces
of tin. She placed them on the door
step, and looking hesitatingly at the
willow tree, went back into the house.
From a peg Polly took a pair of her
fathers trousers and clambered into
them, tucking her skirts out OF sight
and rolling up the trouser legs. for
Daddy Hopkins was much taller than
his daughter. Into one Of the big
pockets Polly thrust handful OF
nails II was a grotesque looking girl
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tthoB NthA vi WITS ntbSfhe6Hs
went on Mrs Robertson what you
want of that Hopkins girl don't. un-
derstand Marcus says her father is
the most dangerous man among the
lot of them, and the girl herself is
queer
"0h, don't talk about the sqnatters
all the time," cried Evelyn Il hate
the very sound of the word. What's
Polly Hopkins, anyway? Now
Marcus is home
Darling the mother interrupted
eagerly Ill has always been my hope
that you and Marc would grow TO care
for each other He is so rich and so
handsome Now. isn't he?"
A groan almost leapt from Evelyn's
lips. What a fool She had been Here
she was married 10 man she loathed,
man she was ashamed of The
realization that another man, rich,
good-looking and in every way desira-
bic. had turned his serious eyes upon
her. almost made her blurt out the
whole story to her mother; but hay
ing kept silent so long, she dared not
speak now. All through the night she
had tossed and turned hunting some
way TO get Oscar Bennett out Of her
life without Marcus Mackenzie know
Ing anything about IT, She dared not
go to Oscar himself; Polly Hopkins
was the only hope she had. All Ban
nett cared for was money. He was as
tired of her as she was Of him Per-
haps he would go away quietly and
set her free If she gave him money
enough. Would her mother give IL to
her?
Mother. do you honestly want me
to marry Marc?" she asked. trembling.
Mrs. Robertson caught at the out
flung hand.
II do ! do indeed, darling she an
swered. And he'll ask you too, I'm
sure. Perhaps not today or tomorrow.
for he's just renewing his aequaint-
anee with you. BY the way he looked
last night l could tell he was consid-
ering it,"
A handkerchief dropped from Eve
lyn's fingers. and she stopped to pick
1t up.
IF lead Marcus on" she suggest
ed, rising, "and-and get him TO ask
me 20 marry him. win you give me any
sun Of money / wantT
Her voice shook with emotion. and
her young face seemed suddenly old
end card Mru pnkar4sn,s tad
never seen her daughter In such a
state.
"Sit down a minute. Evelyn" she
commanded "Eow tell me what you
want money for. know very well
that you haven't spent what I'VE al
lowed you upon yourself. That's why
I've refused you 50 much lately. No
more secrets or nTsteryi ! want the
faets. Now tel ne. this minute"
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CUT THIS QUIT IS WORTH
MONEY

DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this
slip, enclose with SC and mail il 20
Foley & Co., 1855 Sheffield Ave, Chi
cago, Ill, writing your name and ad-
dress clearly. You will receive IN
return a trial package containing
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound,
for coughs, colds and Group; Foley
Kidney Pills, for pam in sides and
back; rheumatism, bsekache, kidney
and bladder ailments; and Foley Ca
thartic Tablets, a wholesome and
thoroughly cleansing cathartic, for
constipation, biliousness, headache
and sluggish bowels.
For gale at DahIs Drug Store.
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she smiled.
Yep, honeyf'' prompted Mrs. Hope.
"0ld Marc had beautiful angel
with him." went on the girl, IAN he
likes us squatters He stood right up
TO that rotten Mackenzie. l heard
him, | did, She crossed to the old
woman's side. Loves able to send a
angel slapbang down TO this old earth
to help us. .uh, Granny Hopper"
Yep. srre-sure. honey girl" muir
INJURED Granny, and once more her
head 5obbed forward. and she slept.
Polly Hopkins crept out of the hut
ard sped away along the shore toward
Bad Mans ravine.
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ing Out the Pans and the Old Bits
of Tin Upon the Stone.
who a few minutes later was fiatten-
ing out the pans and the old bits Of
tin upon the stone.
When that was finished. she gath
cred them up and, ak In hand, climbed
into the willow tree and onto the
roof. Daddy Hopkins would be glad
when he came home and found the
shack dry and warm. Then she began
her task Of hammeFlng the pieces Of
tin over the holes through which the
water dripped. once In a while she
stopped working. ana fiat on her stOm-
ach, sought for smaller cracks.
Just as she had mended the last
hole. she heard the sound of horses
hoofs and mems voices. With the fear
of the prosecuted. she erouched close
to the roof, and like some frightened
animal, crawled To the edge of IT,
Squatters did mol speak like that,
neither did they ride horseback.
AAciS IN lHe ldht- dStfANe wv mag
niicent animals, were two men. One
she recognized instantly Polly had
every reason to know the tall man
whose dark, handsome face had cast
deep shadows over the Silent City.
Marcus Mackenzie had been for years
the Nemesis that hung over the Cayu-
ga lake squatters Even during his
absence on war work abroad, his long
arm had often reached back TO the
Silent City to pick away some hus-
band and close the prison gates be
hind him.
Pollyop had passionate desire to
throw the AZ at him she knew there
vas not 4 heazt II a. he SlIsnt GtS