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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-26
PICKED ! | / BY. TYPE Y ! !.
0bservant Man Explains Aver.
age Stenographic Force. II
Generaiiy Selected 40 the Result of
the Boss Early Expsrlenee-Wifs
Sometimes an Influence. .$ts.1 =

= i..rr. Il -
How do you account. for: the fact
that in some offices all the stenog-.
raphers are fat, In other Offices all the
stenographefs are thin, and In still
other Offices are medium slzed:" de
manded the loquaeiols commuter,,t the
New York Sun stata1. AK !, ,55ls,, ;$sIEs, Z.
"They aren't, replied the sleepy
commuter GROSSLY. ..ln Offices know
Ethere are thick, thin and medium ste.
nographers, all together :.
''.No, you're wrong, old man." COM
mented the loquacious commuter. cheer
fully. ''I've given this matter my Sc
rious attention for some, time. The
Offices where stenographers are Of
mixed sizes are the exception. In
nine, Offices out Of ten you'll find the
stenographers all rlin true to form
whether the form Is light heavy or me-
didm. -5.5:s4 Sssty $3 r. r."
TITS the same. way with coloring, in
some Of the offices all stenographers
are dark and in other Offices all, or al
most ALL, OF the stenoEraphers have
medium coloring. :5@. ..5.:+% %.ssE = -,
"Well, what's the answer:' sighed
the sleepy commuter, resigning himself
TO Instructions. S;.s p, s3l : ]
my opinion is. explained the To-
Quacious ,commuter happily, that It's
all due to the proprietor's early expe-
rience. -. =
"When he began business and was
only able to employ one stenographer,
he happened to draw plump one. She
proved amiabIe, reliable, and just what
he; wanted, and without realizing iit,
he ei,sstored away In the back Of his'
mind the experience that fat stenog-
raphers are desirable. When engag-
ing stenographers ever since he has
always leaned to this type. He may
have had many good stenographers
who were plump, but in big Office the
work goes on In such d way that this
would scarcely come to his attention.
Quite unconsciously he continues TO
cling to the type he first favored 8 / i.
"But suppose the plump stenog-
rapher whom be first employed proved
ia total loss" questioned the sleepy-s
commuter. A /, 5.3 4.
/ aThat's just where it is!' said the
Eloquacious tcommuter, happily. ''In
the event yoti speak Of. he would nat.
surally store away in his inner con-
rsciousness distrust of4 plump stenog.
rap1ers and in his selection would go
to the other extreme w0n1d
the FUNNIEST stenographer obtainable
The sleepy commuter smiled irritat;:,.
ingiy: vi ..-5!5 I = Z
-That' queer theory, The re1narketiis
'.buf as matter of fact, IT isn't the
boss who selects the stenographers, its
the Office manager" III
The, loulacious commufer looked de-
cidedIy crestfallen and the sleepy eoniis
muter would have scored an unmixed
triumph IL q committing friend had not
Joined them as they disembarked.
'.Say, have you been in Bill Jones'
Office recently..' asked the committing
friend. Hes got the greatest line OF
lady help that ever I saw-every one
Of 'em as round as a barrel You
see, Bills wife is a heavyweight. and
she won't stand for = girl in the off1ce
who tips the scale at less than lsO.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-26
WHAT DOES AMERICA NEED7 <.5@
:s 4 I44 #.,,s .s. Bemidji MINI. l.
ya 12s f&. December 26, 1922

the Editor. III M .~es G2ss ~ s
a Under heading "Wha America Needs wish 70 submit
Money the last decade has n
of few individuals SO practical
been put position raise and lower the q nece
ties 81 life whenever they The lowering o farm
produce prices point below cost of producton iast
sr;kno example Here's one ways which done
did everything within their power TO break
up and reduce point below Giving wage an OF
skilled that industry which consequently made shortage
Of to and hch in turn Led to point
the backbone OF the na unable
- a az nrce that would give him Giving
IA the late war the price
everything SELL City worker business man. banker every
bodv as fairly prosperous Something done stop gann
ln n tho necessities OF life Release our country grip of
Tho nst and bring her back aga rvice
to society," motive inspiration OF Amecan
5sss1s 4. %,. 49,. c. H. sTAHL Bemidj, MINI.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-26

Here the first this the
Greek by the military
sister of Gounar beside
Gounar taken
until able to stand then
bodies dumped hte public
notified where the could
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-26
! ANOTHER II: EXAMPLE

The length to which the British are gong! an tnelr
6oht against the American Merchant Marine IS shown
by their refusal to send mail to New York on american
ships it, by holding it day or it can be on
sent on the George Washington, arriving in New York
The Friday before Christmas, was held for he
with prospect Of it's delivery even in New YORK on
Christmas day rs & 1870 81
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-26
THE AMERICAN, Z, 5TloURIsT

Volume One, Number One of the American Tourist
has reached desk and is full of interesting informa
tlon about roads special trips maps and other nfor
nation for the tourist.
II succeeding issues are as good as number one, we
bespeak for j. "A. Meyers, the editor, successful
publication "a t15 7s-7ss- M.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-26
Some men say. they. have no kick
coming when itscomes time to. kick in.

If YOU can't find a chuekle in this
stuff go looksat q girl in long dress
and galoshes. s. = ,,..,-, ,$s,@...,,--,
The Washington herald., 1922-07-07
Broods on Patent,
Commits Suicide
Death of Eugene Bush Attrib-
uted to Dependency Over
Investments.

Despondent over nonpaying in
vestments in one of his own
patents. EugeEe Bush. a retired
plumber of 1893 Newton street
northwest. ended his life by firing
a bullet into his head yesterday.
HeariEg the report Mrs. Bush
hurried to the basement where she
found him dying. a 32-caliber re-
vOlver at his side. He was taken
to Emergency Hospital. but DR..
Gaines, OF the Emergency STAFF.
pronounced him dead. Dr. Herbert
T.. Martyr. deputy coroner, was no.
tined by police and issued certif-
icate of death by suicide.
Bush's death followed closely his
return from California. where he
had gone in the interest of the
patent. which has greatly worried
him for the past several months.
Mrs. Bush said last night.
He was born fifty-seven years
ago il California. but has been in
Washington more than thirty years,
engaged in the plumbing business,
at 29l2 Fourteerth street. until sew
"ral months ago. when he retired to
devote all his time to the patent.
BESIDES his widow, Mrs Dorothy
Leonbergsr Bush. H. Is survived by
four children, Edith. Norton. Robert
and Eugene. jr. Funeral services
will be held In his late home to-
morrow ut p. IN.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-07
Democracy Exemplified.

While walking near Judiciary
Square last evening / passed house
which stood back from the side
walk a dozen feet or more In the
front yard. which was inclosed by
an iron. feEce, stood a child about
3 years old. busy with an "all-d day
sucker" At that moment a picka-
ninny. also about years of age.
came toddling by and stopped. The
two children approached the fence
ard inspected each other. Seized
by a spirit of camaraderie. the
possessor of the sweet stick passed
il through the fence and held 1t
there for a moment while his less
fortunate brother imbibed long ana
deep of the nectar crystal The
amenities having thus been com
piled with. the pickanirny resumed
his journey, the owner OF the
sugared stick replaced il iIy his own
mouth and returned to his front
porch, while somewhere inside the
house the proud mother continued
in blissful ignorance of the gener-
Gus act Of her offspring-A. T., Lyon
Park. a.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-07
Lightning Bares
Old Copper Mine
Backyard Cave-in Leads to
Property Worked
In 1893.

GLEN RIDGE. N. j.. July s.-The
rediscovery of a copper mine work
ed in 1893 is expected to follow the
effects of bolt of lightning which
tore a large hole last night in the
yard of. the dwelling of James My
ron here.
f, Town officials and police were
looking over the ground today to
guard against possible cave-ins and
TO determine the extent OF two un-
derground passages opened up.
The hole torn in the yard by the
lightning is bowl shape, about ten
feet in diameter. The earth has
sunk to a depth of fifteen feet and
two elbow holes have opened at the
bottom.
The existence of an old copper
mine was discovered near the My
ron property forty years ago. { J.
lowing a blast In a stone quarry.
when B Enmons Corby, operator
OF the quarry. unearthed number
of miners tools
The Washington herald., 1922-07-07
CARAWAY BLAMES
HARDING FOR DRY
Law VIOLATIONS
Sterling Proposes to Elk.
tend Three-Mile Limit
To Eighteen Miles.

The liquor question again mani
fested its refusal TO become a dead
issue with several interesting devel-
Opments yesterday.
Senator Caraway, OF Arkansas.
Democrat. assailed the sale OF liquor
on government vessels at sea,
charged that .'the man responsible
for the most open. fragrant violation
of the Eighteenth amendment and
the Nolstead act Is the President of
the United States"
Senator Sterling, of South Dakota
Republican. leader of the radical
drys in the Senate, proposed an
amendment to the tariff bill. ex-
tending the application of the Vol
stead act to six marine leagues
eighteen miles) from the coast of
the United States. His amendment
would abolish the three-mile limit
and would authorize prohibition in
forcement officers to hail, to stop
and to board any vessels within
eighteen miles OF the shore.
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes
admitted that his bureau has its
hands full in trying to inforce the
Volstead act in New York. but
blamed the failure of the New York
police to cooperate.
Senator Caraway spoke in reply
to President Harding's address at
Marion, in which he declared for
rigid Enforcement of the prohibition
law.
with one stroke OF the pen," said
Senator Caraway. "he president
Harding could close more harrooms
than was ever given to one man
to do in the history of the world.
If he wanted the sale of whisky pro-
hibited. he could have said to Mr..
Lasker. We will not quibble about
whether the law prohibits or per-
mits the sale of liquor on American
ships. The American people are op-
posed to the sale of liquor for bev-
erage purposes. II is forbidden by
the Constitution, which ! took an
oath to uphold. 1t is forbidden by
an act of Congress. and therefore
the bars must be closed
How different it Is IL the viola
tor of the law happens to be an in
significant and perhaps friendless
Individual"
The Washington herald., 1922-07-07
4S,M Freight Cars Idle
June %, Report Declares

Reports Just received from the
railroads of the United States by the
Car Service Division of the Ameri-
can Railway Associations showed
that 42s,074 freight cars were idle
on June %. because of business
conditions, compared with 442 252
on June 49, or a decrease Of 13,r7s
cars.
OF the total. 255.6S5 were surplus
freight ears that Is cars In good
repair in excess of current freight
requirements, while the remaining
l75 3ss We're freight cars in bad or
der in excess, of the normal number
unit for Fervice
The Washington herald., 1922-07-07
Greatest 25-Yard' Dash.

Pat McKenna. doorkeeper at the
White House, is Official starter for
the greatest semi-weekly twenty
five-yard dash iL all history. 1t is
the dash of the Washington news
paper correspondents each Tuesday
and Friday for the Presidents pri-
vate office. where he holds confer
ences with them.
When the Executive is "all set
for the gang he Gotifies Pat. who
claps mis- hands. and then the dash
starts. The goal is to get one of
the very few places next TO the
Presidents desk. for II one is
farther back he experiences much
trouble in hearing. The President
does not shout his tidings.
Ira Smith. however, has solved
the problem and does not enter INTO
the semi weekly race. Il get over
by the fireplace" says Ira, "and
catch him on the rebound"
Reuben Lewis holds the largest
number of wins" according To
some one who has been acting as
timex eeDer. A. A. A. 1921 l4th
street northwest.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-07
That E Street Crowd.

Heading westward along f street
northwest, my eyes deeply imbedded
in an extremely interesting item pub
lished IN a local newspaper, l sud
denly came upon a crowd of hum
ming. hustling men with newspaper
clippings in their hands blocking traf-
fic on the sidewalk in front OF an
apparently recently abandoned hot
dog place Vainly looking around for
the cause OF the throng, I turned to
one of the multitude with the question
Of what is IL all about, whereupon he
shouted, Young man, your best
chance to clean up is TO bet on
Metric" Upon my telling him that
l was not interested in horse racing
and preferred to work for my money.
he grunted, oh. but you are green"
W. c.. 1888 Seventh street north
west
The Washington herald., 1922-07-07
Playground Director
Praises District Pools

2 After a thorough investigation of
she manner in which Washington
operates its municipal swimming
q pools during the hot summer months.
VI. 6. tile1t. 4 visitor from Rocky
Mount. North Carolina. yesterday
praised the efficiency and success
with which Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes.
playground super interdent. and her
assistants were handling this fea-
ture of their work.
Client is the director of recreation
at Rocky Mount and was sent to
Washington by the Playground and
Recreation Association of America.
= The investi cation covered the
seven pools now under the direction
~pf the Fairgrounds Department
Client was especially interested in
the management. the methods of eN-
amining the life-savinE crew and
the swimming directors.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-07
The Old Order Changeth.

1t is not an unusual thing to see
our trusty friend. the horse. towing
his rival. the automobile. but to me
the reverse seems quite a funny
thing. While walking along f street
| noticed two rather large horses
harneSsed to an express wagon
which did not appear to be too much
of a burden for the horses. Evil
IDENTIFY l was mistaken as to the
weight of the load or the horses were
just plain balky for they were Sc
curely chained to the back of an
automobile truck which was pulling
them along in an effort to supply
the missing horsepower-sE. L. w.
R. 1908 Pennsylvania avenue south
east.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-07
TELEPHONES IN DISTRICT
APPROACHING 100000 MARK
Only lls IN City in 1878, When Instruments
Were Marveis Of Science.

there were rs instruments In op.
GRAFTON In this city, and many peo-
pie looked upon the telephone ~ an
impracticable "contraption."
At that time scores Of lecturers
were travelling from coast to coast
in the United States explaining the
phone. but most business men con-
calls by visiting from ONCE to once.
InstsIls Ffrst Phone.
The history OF the telephone in
Washington is alive with interest.
George c. Maynard. "telegraphist
and electrician" Installed the first
phone here. He was the original
agent of the Bell Telephone Com
pany. the forerunner of the present
big organization.
Like the agent for any article Of
WHICH little il known. he had q dif-
ficult task In getting business men
to install the new invention. His
first efforts were toward the gov
ernment departments, and he sue
ceeded In having them take several
of what were then called electrical
speaking telephones"
sFad" Takes Hold.
With testimonials procured from
enthusiastic department heads in
the government, Maynard then went
to the business mel of the city.
Some OF the business houses he
sold" were A. Saks and Company,
clothiers: the Washington Gas Light
Company, Brad Adams news depot
the Baltimore and Potomac Rail-
road. and Maryland Agriculture
College.
The first telephone exchange in
Washington was opened by Burnei
l. Nevius, jr.. in December. 1873,
at 1913 G street northwest. The ex-
change had a capacity of twenty
Ave lines. Later lit was moved to
the Evans Building at 142o New
York avenue.
Some of the early telephoLe d.
rectories seem amusing now. One
of them contained the following
direction: Always use numbers
when calling.
During its youth here the tele-
phote company iastalled on an
average OF 500 telephones a year
Contrasted with this the company
so far this year has installed more
than 1000.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-07
Civil War Veteran
Buried Yesterday

Funeral services for Frank w
Pierson, veteran of the civil war and
an employe of the Treasury Depart
ment since 1914. were held at the
National Soldiers Home yesterday
lnterment was made in Rock Creek
Cemetery. His residence was at 1910
Euclid street northwest
Mr.. Pierson. who was born in East
Orange. n. j., and enlisted in the
Union Army at the age OF 16. was
wounded at the battle OF Vicksburg.
He was captured by Confederates. but
later escaped.
He was commander of Mclaughlin
Post. G. A. r.. and a member OF a
Mansfield. Ohio. Masonic lodge Mr.
Pierson is survived by his wife. a
daughter. and n son
The Washington herald., 1922-07-07
Unique Advertising Stunt.

Around and around in a circle
went the driverless car. What had
formerly been weeds growing on a
lot destined to support one or
Washington's rev hotels was now
merely mashed vegetation. Still
the automobile Circled slowly but
surely over its humpy course. A
crowd had gathered. properly i'm
pressed. "Lawdy. do look at that
radio car going 'reund and round"
said an old negro woman passing
by. For hours the car of a receLtly
introduced make merry -go-round-
ed with a large, very prominent
banner bearing in big black letters
the name that the promoters wish
to impress upon the minds of the
public. 1t was aEother advertising
stunt of the automobile saleman.
W. D.. 1922 Rhode Island avenue
northwest.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-07
Back to Nature.

! was invited to the home of a mil
liOnaire. for what | thought was to
he very formal dinner party. The
night was warm, and | prOtestingly
uOZed iTtO an unwilling tuxedo and
"a stiff. starched shirt. Arriving at
my destination at precisely the cor
rect time. exactly fifteen minutes
late. I was uShered into a retiring
room. where ] was. much to my as
tOnishment. told to remove my coat
and vest. ] was then led to the
diLing-rOOm and discovered that all
those seated around the festive
board had gone through the same
process as | and were enjoying the
meal in Coatless comfort. II. 8. H,
32l5 35th street northwest
The Washington herald., 1922-07-07
Masked Men Fish.

While canoeing up the Potomac
near Little Falls, l stopped for a mo-
ment TO glance toward the shore. and
| bcheld to my surprise that two men
were bending over a gunny sack with
their faces concealed beneath black
masks. A little further up the stream
the current became so strong that /
The Washington herald., 1922-07-07
Help, Don't Hold Back.

| saw several tourists drive up
to the Capitol in a roadweary sf1iv-
yer. one buxom matron got out
and put a brick behind the rear
wheel A little girl put a pad
lock on the steering gear. A boy
emerged from the tonneau and put
one of those new locks on one of
the front wheels. Father put on all
the side curtains. and as the mother
emerged with something in her
hand that looked like another thief
proof device a youngster shouted:
You ought to be doin' somethfu
to help it gO-not hold 1t back. 8.
=. H. 20l9 ! street northwest
The Washington herald., 1922-07-07
Address The City Editor.

had to row into the lee of a rock. so
I went ashore to get another glimpse
at the mysterious men. They were
stiIl at the waters edge and were
busy with huge fishing net fixed to
a ten-foot pole. Fishing with a net
In plain view of Chain Bridge and
all the surrounding country, on a hot
Sunday afternoon. with masks on. is
quite an unusual slght.-H. b. W..
1886 G street.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-07
Rep. W. p. RiRkUid
Dies in Hospital Here

Representative Moses Pierce J. in
~kG'd. Republican Of Nebraska. died
N the Garfield Hospital yesterday
morning of heart trouble. He has
been n member of the House Of
Representatives since 1908. living
at Congress Hall Hotel.
Representative Einkaid was n
T'aGUate Of the University of Mich
ri"a1 whore he received the degree
Cf I.I-E lie practiccd law in
'EEaIr~ County. Illinois. from 1876
to 'SSN and N Pierre. $. OAK. un-
I'll 1851. In 1SS3 he was elected to
siha Nebraska Senate where he
ssrved until 1SS5 and from 1887 tn-
@til 1900 he served as judge in the
district court The body will be
tal;cr to Nebraska TO-DAY.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-07
Wanted Detective Bureau.

He was an oldish man and looked
as II he might have been from
Baltimore. At any rate. he was
scattering up Eleventh street.
mouth agape, taking in the sights
when a sign arrested his attention
1t bore the legend:
Umbrellas Recovered"
He strode into the store whose
door yawned under the sign and
approached the person who came 10
wait on him.
Il wisht you'd recover the UNI
brelly my old woman lost yester-
day to tn CAPITOL"
The sign-painter had left the
hyphen out the last word.-M. s..
1886 G street northwest.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-07
Lineman Hurled to Ground

RINERDALE, Nd, July. g.
Prompt first aid on the part of
citizens probably saved the life of
Morris Alsop. 11l2 Florida avenue
northeast. Washington. a telephone
lineman. when he came iLto contact
with high tension wire in Cleve-
land avenue here today. was
NnOcked unconscious and hurled
thirty feet to the ground. He sus-
tzined severe burns about the body,
but IS expected to recover
The Washington herald., 1922-07-07
Flapper Smokes Pipe.

] attended an affair where pipes
and tobacco were given away as
souvenirs. rather Good-lOoking
and unusually strong yours fiapper
took dare and smoked two pipe
fuls of the strongest tobacco pro-
durable without ffinchins. The pipe
was not broken in" either, and
was coated Oh the inside with
sticky Narnish. 1t seems as il the
gentler sex has been emancipated.
J. H. X. 1911 22nd street northwest
The Washington herald., 1922-07-07

More than 100000 teIephones--on
to every four residents--will have
been installed in washington by the
beginning of next year. according
to an announcement made yesterday
by officials Of the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company.
Forty-four years ago on July /,
The Washington herald., 1922-07-07
Two Bows Held.

Two boys. whose names are with
held because of their age. were yes
Terday brought to Washington from
Raleigh. n. c., and lodged in the
House Of Detention. They were
charged with stealing four auto
mobiles.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-07
Gendarmes at Vatican
Mutiny OUer Wages

ROME, July 6.-The Vatican
gendarmes mutinied today because
Of a dispute over wages and other
dissat sfsctions. The Swiss guard
Jock over the barracks and dis
armed the Gendarmes. Monsignor
P.zzardo intcrvened, ending the
a;S;fIy
The Washington herald., 1922-07-07
Vaccination for Dogs.

Have your dogs vaccinated for
rabies and distemper" Is painted
over the doorway of Veterinarian
Conrad Hoffman. 2s0S Pennsylvania
avenue northwest, so maybe dog
biting will disappear across the
creek. ]. L. D., Takoma Park, Nd.
The Washington herald., 1922-07-07
Every Reader a Reporter

Wfe car ndeNt
dny.ss \
HashiHgfon
painted already subscriber
rilh crterded
Address "The City Editor"
The Washington Herald
The Washington herald., 1922-07-07

school days
DO not said the speaker "hod the dollars soclose to
your eyes that you cannot see beyond them"
Look at the dollars you need them in business but hold
them far enough away disturb the vision beyond
We have learned is good business beyond the
immediate dollar We have proved in the past few years
that Saturday closing is profitabenot only to
workers, but to ourselves
We have read the answer in the happy, sun-browned
faces of our coworkers We have them
patrons with interest and zeal because they
healthy and alive, and intend to continue the
good work; therefore during July and August hal
The Washington herald., 1922-07-07

Happily the first Saturday in September precedes La
Dor day. will also inc ude that Saturday, giving
co-workers