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| CLARENCE POORT. 22O4 K-2
OR A. d. CROUCH, 22O4 K-4
The Press., 1922-05-18

door was to lock himself In little den off the library. In another moment he was out again, flying to the kitchen, where he grabbed his astonished moth CT by the shoulders.
 Mother :" he gasped.- "Where's the phonograph?"
 'In the front han behind the door Yesterday"
 Just then a neighbor called Mrs. Gull yer to the rear fence, and during her absence Give wheeled the talking ma chine into the den. When the door was safely locked once more he opened the cabinet with hand that almost trem- bled and felt on the bottom shelf.
 "Thank goodness-it's safe," he nut tered. and placed it in the machine.
 "Clive, dear" the machine ground out in a feminine voice which was un- mlstakably Annette's. Eve been wait ing for you to ask me to marry you al most as long as you've been getting up courage to do 1t. Don't you want to come over and get your answerr'
 With a whoop which might have been. the pride of a Comanche. he bounded down the stairs. sought his mother, and demanded to know who had last used the photograph.
 'I sent 1t over to KeatIng's yesterday by the grocery man. Buddle was rest less and wanted some music. They Just brought it back"
The Press., 1922-05-18
HERE'S MATERIAL FOR STORY
Series of Incidents Going Far to Prove That Truth Is Stranger
 Than Fiction"

A prominent downtown lawyer met an old friend of his recently who was returning to Shanghai China, where he has an export business. The lat ter. knowing the lawyers interest in all things human, especially if it has any Celtic connection, told of the big six-foot-four Irish chief of police in Shanghai, whose power over Chinese mObs was almost as great as that of their oldest gods. A few months later That same Irish chief of police, on leave to visit his home in Tipperary, stopped in New York and spent sev- erai days with the lawyer, to whom he had been referred by the business man. Two months later an Irish girl, just two days in New York, walked into the lawyers office seeking pO- sltiOn as stenographer, with letter of introduction from the chief of pO- lice, who lived in her home town in Tipperary. The lawyer had no va cancy at the time, but three weeks later he advertised for a stenogra- pher. One of those who answered the ad was the Irish girl, who had tramped the streets in vain in a search for a job. All of which Is merely set. down here so that some future Richard Harding Davis may see it.-New York Evening Post.
The Press., 1922-05-18
CAME BACK TO OLD HOME
intelligent Horse Made Her Way for Many Miles to Quarters Which
 She Preferred.

My father was very fond of horses and owned several good ones. One which 1 remember particularly was 8 beautiful, gentle black hOrse-a pacer, which he named "Blackie." He was very fond of her, as well as she of him. He allowed no one to abuse her and always took the best care of her. She was petted and loved and given as much care as child. She was one of my fathers favorite horses and was the mother of one fine colt, of whom she was indeed proud.
 At one time she was i'll and my father sent her out to a pasture in the country. One dark December night a cold north wind blew and a light snow was falling. About midnight my father was aroused from his sleep by strange noise. Did horse whin- nyf Now he heard the unmiStakable whinny of horse, at which he arose and went out into the night. There, upon the front lawn, to his astonish- ment stood Blackie, who, hearing his approach, came to meet him. She nestled her head affectionately against his shoulder, and whinnied, as much as to say, "I was cold and came home. I very much prefer my own bed" My father took her to the stable and made her quite comfortable and did not again take her away.
 As Blackie could open any gate, she had come home over the familiar road, a distance of several miles-Marie Mcdonald Rigney in Our Dumb Ami mals.
The Press., 1922-05-18
HELLO" BARRED IN BOSTON
According to Superintendent of Schools Burke the Word Is Both
 Undignified and sIoVeniy.

Do not say Hello" when you pick up the telephone.
 Avoid Nope" and Yep" in your conversation when you mean "No" or "Yes.''
 If Boston is going to sustain it's rep, utation as the Athens of America, it must quit the use of these barbarisms according to Jeremiah E. Burke, new superintendent of Boston schools.
 It is more in accordance with Bos- ton culture to say something like ''This is MT. Smith talking; with whom am conversingT
 There are many words" Superin. tendent Burke says, (which may be used in place of that moth-eaten, un. dignihed and impOlite word Hello Its use is condemned in Boston schools, particularly in classes in sales manship where knowledge of dlgnified and grammatical English is essential
 There is no excuse for the use of Nope and Yep in conversation. believe that if Boston school children will check themselves in their use, parents at home will gradually dis pense with their use.
 My advice to the children in BOs- ton schools is:
 Don't be slovenly in the use of Eng fish. Slovenliness is the result of hab- it, and once tolerated, it Is likely to cling to all of us until mature life."- Boston American.
The Press., 1922-05-18
.eceive explanations from the contrIte

receive explanations from the contrite Peggy.
 And then she only explained because Jim, tantalized beyond endurance by a certain sweet provocativeness, had seized her suddenly in his arms and all in one breath told her he loved her and begged her to be his. It was after that little matter was satisfactorily settled that Peggy confessed as fol- lows:
 live really been crazy about you for long time, Jim, and-and rather thought you were about me! wanted to go to the game with you, but you didn't ask me and finally l accepted Blaine's invitation. But when you called up-well, I couldn't bear to think of you taking some one else. My cousin seemed providentially sent. Only-well, she really is terribly pop Glar with the boys and I made her promise not to try her wiles on you. And then she went to the other ex- treme-as you know! She says that just one moment she forgot she was playing part--at that winning touch down, you know, You see, her brother is captain of hls college team. What she doesn't know about footballI But she certainly did her best"
 Not to capture mel" grInned Jim. ''As if ever thought for a moment of any one but you, dear !''
 And Peggy sighed cOntentedly, quite as if she really believed him!
The Press., 1922-05-18
The Man in the Mann

Observations made from August 1920, to February, 1921, by Prof Will liam Henry Pickering of Harvard, who is one of the worlds leading astron- omers and an authority on lunar and Martian phenomena, tend, he asserts to prove beyond doubt that life exists on the surface of the moon. The professor bases his assertions on a series of telescOpic photographs of a crater with circumference of 37 miles. Hundreds of photographic re- productions have, it it stated proved irrefutably the springlng up at dawn. with an unbelievable rapidity, of vast fields of foliage, which come into full blossom just as rapidly, and which disappear in a maximum period of II days. The plates also show that great bliZZards, snOwstOrms and volcanic eruptiOns are frequent. eve find,'' says the professor, "a living world at our very doors where life in some re- spects resembles that of Mars-a world which the astronomical prOfes- sion has in past years utterly neglected and ignored"
The Press., 1922-05-18
ETIQUETTE THAT SEEMS ODD
Table Manners at the Time of chau- cer Were of a Decidedly Primi-
 tive Character.

Table manners at the time of Chau- cer were described in a lecture by Kenneth Hare, author and poet, on "A Holiday in London in the Days of Chaucer." Etiquette in those days (the latter half of the Fourteenth cen tury) demanded that meat should be held between two fingers and thumb of the left hand, and no more, if one was to be received in polite society. After soup, pike roasted in claret and favored with strange and varied spices was eaten. Then followed partridge roasted with saffron, cloves and gin ger, and jam tarts and jelly.
 It was the custom to change the cloth with the courses, and one read of one feast in which each new cloth was scented with a perfume apprOprl- ate to the dish. In Chaucer's day the bath in construction was not unlike a miniature pulpit, and a bouquet of sweet scented herbs was hung over it for the stream to draw out their re freshing qualities.
The Press., 1922-05-18
OF GOOD AND EVIL
Alexandria Place of Remarkable
 Contrasts.
Egyptian City Declared by Travellers Home of the Widest Contradictions
 -AIways Great and Proud.

Alexandria is a, city of contrasts, writes Harold Lake-in the London Daily Mail
 All the cities to which one comes in che course of this pilgrimage of life leave their mark upon the mem- Ury," says MT. Lake. And of those cities which have found, cannot re call one which could show such clear cut contrasts of good and evil. of heau- " and ugliness, of splendOr and IOath- some filth as Alexandria, that white gate of Egypt, where in these days there are riots. confusion and turmoil It lives in the mind as the home of the widest contradictions. a place adorable and detestahIe. sacred and vile.
 AS your boat feels It's way land ward through the shifting sands which guard it's harbOr Alexandria changes from a mere flash on the horizon to a rall. gleaming city, watching those perilous waters with the insolence of intOlerable age. In some queer way you feel that the whole place Is judg- ing You and finding yti! wanting. It is 50 very, very old. There may be electric tramway cars and petrol-driven machines in it's streets. and many of It's houses may look like bits of Paris transplanted bodily 10 that southern Mediterranean shore. hut the spirit off the city survives those accidents of today and cOmpels you to remember how great and proud a place it was while Britain was still a wilderness.
 AS is the town, so are it's people. and one becomes curiOusly aware of their scOrn. It is true that they will dehase themselves to the dust in the hope of obtaining half a plaster, that fawning and flattery are among the chief of their arts, and that they will obey with cringing zeal any order you may choose to give-but behind 1t all is their contempt. ..
 "All the tides of the east and the west meet In those sun-swept streets. The most modern of motor cars will be checked in It's progress by the pass ing of some madly decorated funeral procession; outside a shop where goods fresh From the newest factories LII EuIOpC aAG SOAA yVA "AAA hAAA N beggar with some loathSome disease which was being exploited before a beginning was made of the writing of the Bible; you may pass in twenty minutes from the stock exchange to the eatacOmbs, which bear witness of lhe Greeks who were before the RO- mans.
 "All religion, all science, all philoso- phy. and all sin which the ages have known meet within the borders of the city, together with all lOveliness and all those things which are most hid eous.
 But the vision which remains of a quiet Coptic monastery-fOund in one of Its back streets on a certain happy day-can be set against the echoes of the voices of those detest- able Egyptians who volunteer to guide the stranger to the habitations of vice"
The Press., 1922-05-18
Roman Relies in London.

An old Roman building dating back to the Third or Fourth century was un- covered by wOrkmen in Grace Church street, London, while laying postal cables. One wall four and a half feet thick and extending downward 13 feet appears to form part of an inner cham Der of a Roman building. The outline Of the chamber is apparent and there are painted commentators on the walls. Museum officials believe that the walls belong to the original forum pf Roman London.
 Why Horses Sleep Standing.
 It is sometimes argued as reason why horsc:s sleep standing r;1at they have an acute instructive feGr of nice and insects However, this arg"ment is not conclusive. When twrre,: out to pasture, horses are apt to .'peud more time lying down, but @ven at that they seldom spend more tran bn hour at night recumbent. ThoF !.''gT is generally taken at miHoiGAt. It is not uncommon for porp;@ :o @@- press wonder at the quiet way maAs horses will stand still, practically niG. tiOnless for hours in oDH position: Their weight Is generally on ti,rte legs, while the fourth is resting. Few people realize how complete Is i've relaxation obtained, and to what K tent horse is able to rest in al isw hours of such repose. Stable aPn declare some horses have never slept, except on their feet, in their lives.
The Press., 1922-05-18
HE WILL WEAR THOSE TIES
fis.r.moniaI Fetters Liable to Cause Change in Viewpoint Concerning
 Certain Crocheted Articles.

She had been working aSsiduOusly for several months on set of cr0cheted neckties of assorted shapes and hues that had won the admira- ton of her many friends. They were for him-his surprise. He came upon her unexpectedly while engaged in her labor of love one evening-'twas the last lap of the fifth of the series ol six-he picked it up and looked 1t over iisgustedly-and he's fairly de- cent chap at that-she tOngue-twisted- ly explained that it was for brother Tom and he scornfully replied: "DOn t tell me that Tom would doll up in one of those strings! think too much of Tom to believe that !"
 He could not fathOm her mood dur ing the remainder of the evening-the crOcheting was not taken up again. Four and rwO-thirds- specimens of the most artistic and sklllful crochet workmanship Is limp and useless in Il, tray of her hope chest-"Love's labor lost?" An, no, she said: Hell wear those ties threadbare later, no matter how Obsolete-the style may be" and her friends will all watch future developments in the case, feeling pret- ty sure that he will and absolutely certain that he deserves to be made to follow out her just ruling.-POrt- land Express.
The Press., 1922-05-18
The Girl Jim Took
 to the Game
By H. LOUIS RAYBoLD

Jim Crawford fingered the oblons bits of cardboard reflectiyely. His tickets had safely arrived and, thank heaven and the ticket office, his seats were as good as any ever allotted tu newly fiedged graduates under the strain of unprecedented demands. That part of 1t was ''all to the mustard
 Only-Whom to take? With Jim the choice was not narrow one. Yet gradually 1t simmered down to two, Caroline Hemingway or Peggy Cur tiss, both lively girls-and fair. For Jim could not visualize himself as es- corting to that colorful spectacle any but pretty girl. To choose, then, either Caroline's dusky attractiveness or Pegg's wlnsome blondness?
 i've got 1t! said Jim. ''l'll toss up their telephone numbers and abide by fate. Come sevenw
 A moment later he snapped the re- ceiyer back on it's hook. ''It was ever so nice of him, thank you, but Caro- line had already planned to go with somebody else!''
 Now for Peggy.
 If Peggy's soft voice over the teIe- phone carried with 1t bit more of thrill than had Catherine'S, Jim was scarcely aware of the fact as her words struck gradual dismay to his soul.
 ''The game? Oh, Jim, I'd love to, but Blaine Ashley asked me ages ago. But Jim, I've got simply tremendous fav or to ask you. Had you any one else in mind? No? How splendid! You see, my cousin is here from Milldale, and just dying to see the game. But you know how it Is about tickets. And oh, Jim, if you would take her! She's awfully bright and-did you say, Is she pretty? Why--oh, Central, you've cut us Off!'
 An ultimate reconnectiOn and Jim, wondering why on earth he had done It, presently found himself pledged to take Peggy's Milldale cousin 10 the seasons greatest contest.
 Early in the afternoon on the day of the game, Jim drove his modest little roadster up to the curb in front of Peggy'S home. Yes, there stood the girls on the rerand;l Beside
The Press., 1922-05-18
ARMS FROM FLINT DEPOSITS
Mound Builders" Got Their Supply of Materials.

Methods of ancient munition making are revealed by recent investigations of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical society," which show that the tribes which once. inhabfNed Ohio, the sO-called Mound Builders" got their supply of flint for their arrow heads. spears, and knives from the de- pOsits of flint which occur in the fer riferous limestone of Flint ridge in Licking and Muskingum counties.
 A great industry 'hourished there once. Skilled Quarrymen. with a patience difficult to appreciate when one finds that their tools were only hammerstOnes of granite or quartzite, with perhaps the aid of wooden or bone wedges. worked out the stone from the Iedges. Either the quarry men or another group of wOrkmen then rOughed out the blank forms from which the implements were to be made. This was done that imperfec- tiOns might be discovered and also to save the transportation of useless ma terial.
 The roughed-out blocks were then taken to the workshops in the vicinity of the quarry and expert wOrkmen fashioned from them leaf-like blades, from which, with but little further work, all forms of arrow points, spear points drills, knives and scrapers could he made.
The Press., 1922-05-18
Maklnu Diamonds.

It was MajOrna, an Italian chemist, who succeeded in producing minute ar tificial diamonds, in a manner differ ing, in one important particular, from the method of MOissan, the French chemist, whose operations in this di- rection were a sensation at the time.
 Majorna heats a piece of carbon with the electric arc, and then submits 1t to a sudden pressure developed by explosions driving a piston and amounts to 5000 times the ordinary pressure of the atmosphere. In the mass Of carbon thus treated he finds microscopic crystals which answer the tests for diamonds. M0Issan's method was first to dissolve carbon in molten Iron and then allow the iron to cool under great pressure. The Italian chemists experiments indicate that great heat and great pressure are suf- ficlent to transform ordinary carbon into the diamond form without metallic solvent.
The Press., 1922-05-18
When Berlin Wanted Dark Streets.

Street lighting is ethically wrong be- cause it is an open defiance of Deity to turn night into day-day should be day and night should be night
 In case some Old-fashiOned citizen of Kansas City made this startling statement he would in all probability be declared insane and be placed where he could not voice any other senti- ments of a similar nature. Yet this argument antedates street lighting it, self.
 Historians and students on munich pal affairs tell us that this argument was one of the most powerful ones against the installation of street lights in Berlin in 1920. Conservative people of that city deemed 1t an act against Providence to light the streets of Ber4 lin with gas lights when G0d had or dained that their section of the hemi4 sphere should be dark.-Kansas City Star.
The Press., 1922-05-18
them lowered young Ashley, tall ant Snnnrinr

them lowered young Ashley, tall and superior.
 Never had Jim seen Peggy look more beautiful, her eyes glowing and her cheeks whipped to radiant color by the crisp autumn breezes. Beside her, the little Milldale cousin paled to in- significance. And she wore huge tor tOise shell glassesl
 Driving out the crowded boulevard fianked by laughing, chatterlng streams of people all flowing in one direction, Jim tried to do. his duty as an escort and a gentleman. But his most valiant conversational methods produced the most meager of re- sponses, subdued little 'yeses" and "noes" totally lifeless.
 Disgusted, Jim lapsed into a silence which lasted unbrOken until he had parked his car and the two of them had entered the portal and found their places in the huge structure gradually filling with a vast animated throng.
 Then once more he reused himself. Ground in good condition," he com mented. "I take it you're up on foot ball like all girls, Miss Crumley?"
 Miss Crumley nodded timIdly. "The side that kicks the ball oftenest over wanted to know.
 Jim all but groaned. Imagine! Then he forgot his companion, even forgot that Peggy was sitting somewhere with that arrogant Blaine Ashley, forgot everything but that the team was com ing on the field, shedding their blank cts as they ran.
 Yea! Yea! Yea"
 For the greater part of the game Jim forgot his silent guest. During the intervals beIween periods he polite Iy supplied her with tle offerings of the peanut and popcorn boys and minimum amount of !EEncuoCs sInal! '.'l'F H"t when the game WaS on. SGp vanished straightway into oblivion as far as Jim was concerned.
 Then, just at the end, with the score tied and five minutes to play, the star of the team, taking one of those des- tried near the finish, started down the field. The crowd went wild.
 Touchdown! Touchdownw
 And it was.
 Jim became suddenly aware that the girl at his side had grabbed his arm with one hand and with the other was franticatly waving her score book. 'He made it! He made it! Oh, boy!"
 That night Peggy had party to celebrate the victory. Jim had been invited when he deposited Miss Crum- ley on the Curtiss steps and had re- luctantly consented. The girls slipped away upstairs leaving Jim and Ashley to argue the fine points of the game.
 It was when the girls came back that Jim got the shock of his life. In soft, shimmery gown, her curly hair piled high, her face alight, her awful glasses gone, the little Milldale cousin was peachi
 But not until much later in the eve ming when Blaine Ashley left early to take her down to her train. did Jim
The Press., 1922-05-18
Love's Thcrrv Path,

| was the unlucky age of thirteen when boy in my class asked me to ac- company him to the movies one eve ming. The movie show at that time cost the vast sum of nickel. Imagine my embarrassment when my beau called my father to one side and asked him for the loan of cents, with which to take me to the show, as his mother had only given him the price of one ticket. He got the nickel and we went to the show and, becoming greatly in terested in the pictures, we stayed for the second show, therefore getting out at the late hour of eleven. Outside we found both our mothers waiting for us and both of us were taken home promptly.