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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-03-28

made the butt of ridicule on nearly
every screen in the country. and what
was worse, he was frequently con-
trasted with Catholic priests and nuns
in a way which was simply mischiev
Gus in view of the fact that we are all
in the same country and have to live
together whether we are Catholics or
Professionals.
Then came the Arbuckle scandal,
followed a little later by the Taylor
scandal. People began to stay away
from the motion picture houses to
an alarming extent. The American
man likes to take his wife with him
when he seeks amusement, and having
come to the conclusion that the mo-
ton picture houses were becoming too
indecent for his wife and children, he
stayed at home.
Now the motion picture industry Is
sincerely, we hope. intending to clean
up. 1t is said that immoral actors and
actresses will be boycotted; that the
propaganda against the Protestant
ministry will be stopped; that the
whole standard of the industry will be
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-03-28
WATCH YOUR STEP AND WATCH
YOUR METAPHOR.

TO a public accustomed to the clas-
sia speech of woodrow Wilson,
the following quotation from speech
by President Harding made at the
National Press Club will cause some
thing of a jar. We quote from the
Washington Evening News-Star, to
which every word that drops from Mr..
Harding's lips is honey:
IF we can make it (the govern
ment) the sheet-ancnor of modern de-
mocrscy and the symbol OF security
throughout the world; make 1t the ex-
preston of mankind throughout the
world, then we shall have contributed
to the current which keeps alive the
great stream of civilization"
The spectacle Of q sheet-anchor and
a symbol contributing to a current
which keeps alive stream, is almost,
but not quite, as good as the phrase
of the western congressman who want
ed to see the white wings of Ameri-
can commerce spread all over the bos-
ON of the broad rolling Atlantic, where
the sun pauses to kiss the dew drops
from the rose"
1t must be remembered, however,
that Mr.. Harding was speaking ex-
temperaneously, which suggests that
perhaps after all it would be better 10
rely on Jud WelIiver in matters Of
meta phor.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-03-28
LAUNCH EMPLOYMENT DRIVE

Spurred on by the fact that many
ex-service men are still jobless, the
American Legion has launched a ma
tion-wide 80 day employment drive
through its 1900 posts. Employed
veterans everywhere in the United
States have volunteered to devote their
spare time and money, as we'll as the
use of their automobiles and buggies,
for the big job-hunt, in behalf of their
less fortunate comrades.
The Presidents Conference on I'm
employment in Washington, has been
asked to cooperate. All the backing
In can give, together with the use of
it's machinery and organization, has
been made available. Hanford Mac
Lender, national commander OF the
Legion, viii direct the campaign from
his headquarters in Indianapolis. "A
Job for my Buddy" is the idea with
which every employed veteran will
work until April goth.
Arthur Woods, who heads the emer-
gency committee of the conference,
telegraphed the following plan of the
campaign from Washington today:
First, relieve distress. If there are
men III NdlANg ldhC Cal Z VI llChA'
Next, make sure that a man who
needs a job knows how to look for it.
Is the local employment agency we'll
run, and do the men use It? Hunt for
jobs. and keep on hunting. It will
surprise you how many will turn up
II you work, and don't miss tricks.
Don't wait-apply at every employ
ment bureau, advertise, write personal
letters, make calls and get your friends
to work for you. And there's a friend
in need waiting for every job you un-
earth. Only don't go so far as to have
some one else fired TO make room for
your men.
Last, stir things UP so as to create
more jobs. Spring is here; it's the
time to clean up, freshen up, paint up
dig up, spruce up generally. Every
body's doing it. The nation. your
state. your town, companies, just peo-
pie, yourself. do something that needs
to be done; only do 1t now-don't wait.
You'l1 get it done. and you'll help some
one in doing who needs and deserves
help"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-03-28
YOUR MUD TAX
IS NOW DUE

| Another installment on your mud
| tax is now due. Installments on this
tax are paid continually, but in the
| spring Of the year, after alternate
freezing and thawing, the unpaved
road demands one of the heaviest pay
ments toward this never ending tax
You cannot escape the mud tax il
you live in a community OF unim-
proved roads. Your payment will be
made in many ways. II may be COL
lected in the form Of a life lost be
cause the doctor could not reach your
home over the muddy roads. Or. per-
haps. it is paid in the loss Of two or
three cents on the bushel of grain
which could not be marketed when
the price was favorable because the
roads were not fit for hauling Then
again. perhaps you pay II IN the in
creased wear and tear on your car and
in the bigger gasoline bill such roads
demand.
Mud on the country road has a real
effect on every man, woman and
child, regardless OF occupation or 10
cation. All pay their share Of the mud
tax Supply the farmer with a mod
ern road over which he can travel ev-
cry day in the year. instead OF when
the weather permits. one over which
he can haul with economy instead of
never ending waste, and the result
will be a decrease in hauling costs,
estimated by the United States bureau
OF public roads as more than 100000,
600 year. Yet that Is only one Of
the channels through which the mud
tax is collected.
Fortunate indeed, is that communi-
ty in which paved roads have elimi-
mated the mud tax collector. In such
a community there is no spring break
ing up OF the roads. At no time in
the year is its business practically sus-
pended by impossible highways. One
day IS as good as another. Business
does not avoid but seeks the paved
highway Reports Of road conditions
in such communities are uniformly
favora BILE There Is no necessity for
the notice Roads impossible due TO
mud"
Now is the opportune time to con
vert the mud tax funds into a prof
liable investment. Paved highways
can nov be bought at a lower price
than has been possible for the past
two or three years. Labor is plentiful
and willing TO work; materials have
been reduced in price; highway bonds
find a ready market All conditions
point to the present as the ideal time
TO engage in highway Improvement.
The paved roads will soon pay for
themselves with the money that was
formerly used 10 pay the mud tax.
You cannot afford to continue pay
ing installments on tax that is never
paid up and that confeTs no benefits.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-03-28
WHY THEY WANT IT

Until Henry Ford made an offer for
the Muscle Shoals property no one
wanted it and it IS pretty generally
believed that no one wants it now ex-
cept to keep Henry Ford from getting
Times Union.
Ford would certainly be a thorn in
the flesh to the interests who have
combined against him. We wonder If
It could not legally be called a con
spiracy against him, with some of the
legal penalties against conspiracy. It
Is certainly a combine in restraint OF
trade development Manufacturers
Record.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-03-28
HARVEY CONTINUES TO SHRINK

Ambassador George Harvey seems
to grow smaller ANA smaller as time
goes by. Senator John Sharp Will
hams, (Dem., MIss.l, referred to his
rela tive importance in nat!oral affairs
In a recent speech On tae Four" powers
Treaty. Senator Williams htl mem
Toned some great names IN Ensiish
hl.4oIy, when Senator Ashurst tDem i,
Ariz), facetiously remarked: Il hope
the Senator will not forget George
Harvey"
II decline" said Senator Williams,
'to be diverted from the great, sub
lime heights to which my oratory has
just a moment ago risen to the con-
temptation OF George Harvey. Not
withstanding the prevailing influence
which the senator from Arizona is en-
titled to have with me. I decline to
have my subllmity OF thought brought
down to George Harvey. ! would not
mind it if one of the pages were mem
toned by name, but I do not want to
fool with George Harvey while | am
in earnest about great national ques-
ton"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-03-28
ONE REEL YARNS
THE SINGING TOPS
VOL. mo. 40

Ssmny's grandfather always had
tops for him Sammy could rennen1-
Der how when he was very little boy
he would go into his grandfather's big
room and UP TO his funny walnut desk
and ask for a top. Then his grand
father would bring out some wonder
fully coIored or strangely shaped top
and spin Ii for him, right on top OF
his desk.
Sometimes one of the tops would be
given to him for his very own. and
he would keep spinning it until he WIS
tired and went to beg his grandfather
for a new top.
Most Of all he liked the big hum
ming tops with long strings for spin
ming them. He liked their bright col
ors and low, musical tunes. His
grandfather was always tinkering with
them. He would never let Sammy
have any Of the big tops.
Sammy could never think of his
grandfather without his tops. As he
grew cider and the tops no longer
appealed to him, his grandfather stiil
kept buying tops. and Sammy real
lied that the old man had been buying
the tops more to amuse himself than
TO amuse Sammy. This worried
sammy s little II OlOn seem quite
right for an old man to be nonkeying
around with tops. That was a sport
for little boys.
Szmmy's visits 70 his grandfather
house became farther apart. It en-
barrsssed him to have the old gentle
man always bringing out the tops TO
show him Besides, some Of his
friends made sly remarks about his
Childish old grandfather, always play
ing with tops" Sammy was ashamed
TO speak OF his grandfather. and his
former love Of tops turned to hatred
OF the sight OF them. He felt that i
was all a family disgrace.
For over a month Sammy had not
been to see his grandfather. Then
one day his grandfather called him up.
Thought you'd like 10 come over for
supper tonight, Sammy he said
Haven't seen you for some time. I'm
having a sort OF celebration. A man
is writing up a big magazine story
about my collection OF tops. And that
isn't all. I've just sold the rights 10
a singing top I've been working on
Better come over, Sammy. and help US
celebrate"
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HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Mans lips are ever sweet (tor Thorn
an told ma so),
@er hands are soft Il think James
ought 10 know;
she likes to hug tat least so julius
said)
She loves to kiss Il got this straight
from Fred).
A ring loks swell upon her hand (said
Dick)
When she says yes" she's charming
murmured Nick).
She loves the light real low q learned
from Ned);
Her hair Is silky (this l owe to jedi.
She cuddles, on, 40 nicely (vowed Eu-
Gene);
She clings TO one so vinellke Cmur-
INJURED Deane).
Her cheeks are made OF velvet Cgur-
gled van);
Their color ne'er comes off Suggested
DAM.
really feel that with kind words like
these
You folks may view the matter as you
please
That I'm indeed a very lucky man
TO get so versatile wife as Nan.
Raymond i. Kurtz in Judge.
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raised. Mr.. win Hays has been draft

raised. Mr. viii Hays has been draft
ed to superintend the raising. So he
should hold his nose and go to it. We
sincerely hope that he will succeed
in raising it despite the feat that some
of the producers and exhibitors have
been doing their best to rae it.
Also, sometime since something was
said about gambling as a menace to
sport. Immediately the reformers were
the objects of attack again. They were
represented as intolerant, opposed to
free speech, wanting to suppress all
sport and in favor Of a blue" Sunday
on which a man would be prevented
by law from using his automobile or
his golf sticks.
The reforners earnestly pointed out
signs of trouble and showed them they
were trying to save sport, and not to
spoil it.
Then came the football scandals,
directly traceable to gambling. A num-
Der of young fellows at Notre Dame
and illinois were caught in a bad mess
and must go through life bearing a
social stigma.
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cost so awfulIy much. or couse the
idea OF japanese party is an old
ono, but it's always q good one
''Of course 1t is" said Peggy. Have
you made any plans yetT'
Well yes" said Connie. curling up
in q corner OF the couch. ''Tll tell
you about II.
II thought about the decorations
first. l want them to be very Japan
esy. I'm going to have a candIestick
at each place ana I'm making shades
for them, Just plain little paper
shades with Japanese figures pasted
on them which I'll cut from paper
napkins. For the centerpiece Sister is
making the cutest little japanese
garden. You ought to see it, Peggy
She's making IL in E sort OF nat bowl
filed with water. Bobby got her some
sand and pebbles TO put around for
the shore, and she's going to get
some sort OF tiny plants for &c, and
then there's to be little cardboard
bridge with little Japanese doll
crossing 1t. Won't that be pretty"
1T sure WILL" agreed Peggy. And
I s'pose you'1l have Japanese lanterns
strung around. and umbrellas and
fans, won't your
That's what I planned said
Connie. ''oh. yes. and I forget to tell
you about the invitations They're to
he written on long narrow strips OF
japanese rice paper got at the drug
store. I'll commence writing them at
the lower rfght-haad corner and write
10 thu top OF the paper frcrl right to
left. They'll look funny.
hssssx's helping with the eats.
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How Lillian Sank Her Own Feelings
to Aid Madge.

Let me see that paper. again,
Madge."
LiIlian's tone was infinitely gentle
and tender, yet there was a note in
it which enectually reused me from
the stupor OF grief in which had lost
myself after reading the last OF the
series of anonymous clippings sent me
through the mails. 1t was a note OF
subtle encoura cement as we'll as a
claroin call TO smother my personal
grief and get to work.
handed the sheet of cheap note pa
per with its black bordered caption,
The Late Robert Gordon" across the
table, and Lillian studied 1t closely,
while Katherine Sonnet moved closer
to me and put her warm hand over my
cold one in a firm, loving clasp. The
touch OF her hand steadied me. enabled
me to face the terror before me with
a semblance of calmness.
"Of course she's too clever to use a
pen or typewriter" Lillian muttered
after scanning the letters which had
been cut from a newspaper and pasted
on the sheet of paper. It's Journal
type, but that doesn't mean anything.
And this paper" she held out the sheet
looking at it's cheap texture critically,
lis the commonest sort Of tablet pa
per. to be had in any Of the Ave and
ten cent stores, and perfectly impossi-
BILE to trace. The envelopes are the
same sort. It's going to be the dick
ems OF a job to bring the trick home
to her, but it's job that's going to be
done"
Ready for Anything"
Her lips frightened and into her eyes
came a fash that foreboded no good
hto Grace Draper, who we were sure,
was the sender oof the anonymous
clippings.
She laid out the whole series of clip
pings before her. comparing them, one
with the other and studying them
carefully, while Katherine and l eyed
her.
When she finally raised her eyes it
was to fix them on me with a search
ing, appraising look that made me feel
as if my heart were slowly sinking in
to my shoes, although l was able to
keep myself steadied, even to return
| her gaze calmly.
Dear girl" she said at last while
there is a possibility that all these may
be merely part of plan to brighten
you, yet all the evidence points to
there being a foundation of truth for
these terrible assertions. We have to
| face the probability that your father
has been murdered. Are you prepared
to help avenge him?"
That there was something hidden
| behind her abrupt question I knew
| from her tone and manner. A fancy
that a net of some kind was closing
around me flashed into my brain and
out again as quickly. driven forth by
my trust in Lillian. was her servant,
il told myself, enlisted under her in
the cause of my country. She would
ask nothing of rae without a reason.
Il am ready for anything you wish
me to do" I said quietly
THANK you. knew it. But 1t won't
be easy"
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GIVE THE o-cALLED REFoRMER
A LITTLE CREDIT

The so-called "reformer' deserves
q lot more credit than he gets. altho
perhaps a few OF them are a little
wild-eyed and long haired. constitut-
ing what Roosevelt called the lunatic
fringe
Ninety mine per cent of the reform"
fraternity desire what is best for the
nation. and they only want that when
a majority OF the people are con-
vinced that it "a best. AS a general
thing the reformer is the very best
friend OF business" If ne is fauatical
about anything, it is popular education
and free discussion. He Is not against
sport and certainly not against gaiety.
As general thing It is advisable
for any legitimate interest" to con-
slider what the retormer says, as his
suggestions are frequently. and we
hope always. intended for the good Of
the interest itself. He may be mis-
taken, but his heart is apt to he in
the right place, and considering him
as an enemy is not wise.
For instance, just short time ago
the reformer suggested that something
should be done about the motion pic
ture Industry 1t was set forth by the
reformers that the showing of nude
women on the screen. the portrayals
OF scenes OF lust and extreme vulgarity
would not in the long run benefit the
Industry itself. 1t was even suggested
that certain conditions on the inside
of the industry might be better for a
little Investigation
hmm nAf2 .
tackled vigorously. on the suppos!-
ton that they were mostly protestant
ministers. the protestant minister was
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REVELATIONS OF 4 WIFE
ADELE GARRISON
What Unknown Service

There was a pause, almost imper-
ceptible. didn't see her look at Kath-
crime, in fact I am sure she did not
even turn her eyes in that direction,
but Katherine rose from the table has
lily.
Dear me-" she said with a fine at
fectation Of confusion, looking at her
wrist watch, It's ten minutes past the
time for Mrs. Morton's egg nog- must
attend to it at once"
Lillian permitted herself a faint
smile as the library door closed after
Katherine.
katherine didn't do that very well"
she said, especially as we both know
that she never forgets the time nor
neglects one Of her professional duties.
But she gave me the opportunity TO
talk to you alone which is what l de-
sired OF her"
I quoted the trembling OF my hands
by clasping them tightly in my lap
But 1 couldn't control the beating OF
my heart. / was afraid that Lillian
would hear IL in its wild humping
against my ribs. There was something
disquieting in this unknown service
which she was about to ask OF me
and from knowledge Of what even our
trusted friend and associate, Kathe
rine Sonnet was barred.
Her first words did not tend to allay
my fears.
IF it were simply matter OF aveng-
ing your father, or even of saving him,
Madge, I would not ask this service Of
you" she said. and looking at her
closely saw the fine lines around her
mouth that always betrayed agonizing
mental strain with Lillian. Then she
went on:
ayes, Harry Underwood"
But the affair of these anonymous
clippings only confirms my former
opinion, that Grace Draper is one OF
the most cunning and relentless spies
working against our government. She
may or may not have had hand in
the actual death of your father, but
she knows all about the plot against
him. and what has happened or IS just
about to happen to him. And il she
knows those things. she is pretty near
! ~ the centre Of affairs. for I need not
tell you that your father was high in
the secret service OF either our friends
or Of our enemies, am at my wits.
end to find out which. My trust in
the man makes me cling to the belief
that he is or was a true patriot, but
I must tell you that the evidence now
points strongly 10 his being as much
traitor as Grace Draper herself"
"Oh, no, MOI" I protested in agony.
There's but one way for you to
prove the truth" Lillian said, and I
was conscious that she was watching
me narrowly.
Tell me how" / cried eagerly.
Find out what Grace Draper
knows"
But how can I do that?" asked,
altho had a glimnfering of what she
meant.
There is one person who has her
full confidence"
You mean?" I asked trembling.
Yes, Harry Underwood" returned
his wife. with tortured humiliation in
her eyes.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-03-28
NEWS OF RECORD

CTitle Guarantee Company

CTitle Guarantee Company
Afalvina Morris Wingate and hus-
band to George J. Emmanuel, March
20, 1922, SI.00 and other; eastern 30
feet OF lots 10 to II, both inc, block
10, West King.
VIM. H. Knowles, TT, for Laura.
Knowles, TO Bertha D. Stokes, March
y, 1922. :1.O0; lots /, and W 1-2 of
lot 3, block e2, New City tract.
Lucinda E. stoddard and husband
Ito Walter A. Brown, March 20, 1872,
$500; property in block SO Maxent
tract.
Henry Smith by sheriff TO Thomas
J. Dawson, March 6, 1922, $500; lot
IS less 10 acres IN NE corner of sec
ton "a, TIP. y. r. 81 west.
The State Savings Bank OF ITALIA
hassee, Fla. TO J. A. Chaffin Co, a
corp. March !. 1922. 800 and other;
south 40 feet OF the north so feet Of
222. block 30 Old City tract.
George }. TEtreiner and wife to
Emma Louise Robinson, March 20,
1922, 800 and other; south 70 feet OF
lots Z. s, 3, 10. block III New City
tract, also lots zs and % in block 81.
Maxent tract.
Lawrence Jasmin. unmarried. to
Lawrence Jasmin and John ". Elcher,
partners. doing business under the
firm name Of Jasmin & Eicher March
20, 1922, s1.o0 and other; Ne a OF
sW Ia. " IL Of NV Ia Of section
ID. TIP. ! -. r. 30 west.
{. G. Hartman and wife to l. Mar
schall. March 81. 1922, 800 and other;
lots aHd in block 1s9 Maxent tract.
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TOO much rest is causing unrest.
o.
Broken promises are hard to mend.
%
April fools day comes on pay day
this year.
A girl can shed clothes and tears
with equal ease and grace.
Contagious diseases should be quar-
ahtined but never happiness.
Many house lacks paint because
daughter and the auto don't.
--p-
They knocked the Il" out OF lawful
whiskey and look what's left.
wouldn't il be awful If married life
was as bad as they say It is?
France says she will pay us when
she can. This isn't soon enough.
Robbed In Spring House"-head-
line. First spring house cleaning.
With the average man it is will
power. With women it Is won't power.
1t Is easy enough not to break the
traffic law II you don't own an auto
mobile.
knowledge that she has a bewitching
smile accounts for many womans
cheerfulness.
grn .bn ,ynroce ynar ~ a,,+op,ob{Ia
becomes a real necessity when the
neighbors have one.
The Mexicans must have made it
pretty hot for the governor OF Tobasco
before they fred him.
Tom Edison is asking the women
questions now mad the answer to all
OF them will be because"
-
The small rival OF the Ford Is out
A man parked one by the mail box
and the parcel postInan carried It off.
A cheering word TO others give
Is advice you have often heard:
And vet this warning you should heed
Don't fail to keep your word.
In those marriages where the hus-
band has become the mere echo OF his
wife. youll find which she wishes she
had married some one else, the echo
becomes unusually loud.
Peasants Of those European coun-
tries where black bread is eaten usual
" have exceptionally good teeth. Still
we believe we would rather have the
white bread and trimmings over here
and endure the trips to the dentist.
--O--
A Chicago man claims eating raw
foods will cure badness. There isn't
any doubt about the fact that eating
raw food viii bring the hair back on
bald head--Just about as certain as
Il will bring back the money YOU have
spent,