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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Vincent or
Brookdale entertained the baseball
team of the M. P. Church at their
home Saturday evening. This team
won the first game of the churck
league this season. A general good
time was enjoyed by all and de-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-08
Be A Budgeteer

With the Federal Government seeking to get on budget basis," so that the taxpayers money will not be wasted and so that economy and saving will be the watchwords in every department it is sound com mon sense for everyone in the coun- try to establish budget system for himself or herself. The first aid to this is the 'Menter Plan of Home Budget an attractive little volume, which forces a person to watch where his dollars and cents go, whether for necessary living expenses or for pleasure.
 The 'Menter Plan,' according to its editor, aims to give the proper di- rections how to adapt it '@to YOUR income and living conditions so that you can budget your earnings in a way that will reduce your expendi- lures and enable you to save, or to have money to invest in the many things you have always wanted but thought you never could afford"
 An interesting feature of the book is the offer made by its publishers whereby S5,000 in cash prizes will be distributed to budget keepers throughout the country. IL IS easy to enter the contest and the details of it are:
 'To anyone who keeps the most complete and nearest to standard budget record, with savings record certified by bank officer, for a pc riod of at least six months, ending December 31st, 1922, the Menter com pany will give first prize of $500. To all others adjudged as worthy of a prize, $4,5oo will be distributed in S25 awards to 1s0 different persons, men or women, who send in the most complete record showing their actu- al budget as applied to their daily life, certified as to savings account by an officer of their savings bank"
 Babson's Statistical Organization has checked up the percentages out lined in the Menter Budget System, and they are based on figures furn- ished by the Bureau of Labor Statis- tics at Washington. The 'Menter Plan of Home Budgets is published by the Menter Company of New York City.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-08
Who Occupies a Unique Position Tn the Writing World As An Author
 ity on the Problems of Girls

We hear a great deal of talk about ''tTe good old days" We do a great deal of signing over the sad pass to which things are coming today. But I believe that no matter how discour- aging surface indications are now and then, the world is moving ahead and growing I think that we humans are learning more about living all. the time.
 Perhaps tt takes a century to show change in the human race. But think of all the centuries it took to evolve a flaming mass of gases into this earth which we now know. Re fleet how long it required to conquer the winds which long ago tribss trenrblingly worshipped and to learn to ride above and through them in airplanes.
 Humanity moved forward slowly.
 We come from life which evolved in
 "primevaI ooze." When our animal
 forebears learned to stand upright. they had accomplished a great thing in evolution. To hunt. to find caves, to evolve a spoken language. a writ ten literature all took centuries. Some scientists put the time through which man has been evolving at a million years Some call 1t the trifing amount of 5ooy000 years. But in any event and at any count, we've been a long time on the way!
 Even today we know little about | our minds and their workings. We're | just beginning to realize that sick nerves may make a body seem !ll- | that a badly functionfng digestion may mean nothing more than 3. soul l struggle. Twenty years ago this idea l might have been laughed out of court. Today psychology has discovered that l something Is bound to communic4t 4te itself from mind to body and from l body to mind.
 With this knowledge why should 1 we become pessimistdc over certain tendencies Of today? The ''wildness' l of our young people may be deplor- able in many senses. But if through the exuberant se1f-expression of youth we come to a greater honesty 1 with life and ourselves something
 great will be gained
 We clutter up our lives with many ancient prejudices. Pm not going l contrary to a bit of verse by James ] Russell Lowell when cay this Tris lines run:
 .In vain we call old notions fudge. And bend our conscience to our deal ing.
 The ten commandments will not budge,
 And stealing stiIi continues stealing" | This is trus. But we have ac- icepted a great many dicta without thinking oe them in tho light of to-
 day. The. stage coaca has given way Ito the stsam sngtne 1qa <h4 Gutcmo-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-08

ify this in terms of my having an en- gagem ent, anyway. To refuse to travel down in Tony's cars was ab- surd, and yet it was humiliating to use it under the circumstances. How ever, I decided that it would be petty to decline to drive down with Car lotta, who was to simple and unself- conscious to recognize my scruples-- or understand them, for that matter.
 As I dressed I lost myself several times in wonder and chagrin. I was now nothing and less than nothing in Virginia's scheme-of things. So much was evident. But if Carlotto told Virginia of my visit to Evvy, or if chance revealed it, and through Virginia, Phoebe heard of it, what would be my final relation to my hus- bands sisters Now that Neal was Phoebe's husband, it was possible that he'd have to take sides with her. Such simple thing as spend ing a day in the country with Evvy Mason seemed fraught with aston . ishingly unpleasant possibilities.
 Cars here, Anne,"a called Carlotta from the hall. How soon will you be ready?''
 Directly; I've phoned Evvy and put on my hat" I replied.
 ''Al1 rigNlt-T1l wait in the car. I'm anxious to get all the air can,'' cried Carlotta a diminishing note which trailed away to nothing, indicating that she was running down stars as she answered me.
 Five minutes later I hurried down to join her. As I raced down the stairs a, sentence flashed into my mind:
 When you crown all by leaving my home and becoming a pensioner Car1otta Sturges' generosity, you go further than I purpose enduring"
 That had been written toward the close of the letter Virginia sent me shortly after Phoebe's elopement. I had found it waiting for me at Car lott's on the evening when Pat and Virginia dined there and I carefully arranged to be out. I wondered how Virginia managed to adjust her-yiew- point toward Car1otta for harboring me.
 In 8 sudden flood of bitterness it came over me that Carlotta was Pats partner-a successful business wom- an-and that Virginia found it ex- pedient to be on good terms with her. My lips cur1ed in cynical smile, and then I fairly gaSped in astonishment at such an attitude on my own part. However, I saw one thing clearly. If were to fail in my new business Virginia would triumph over me either by condescension or by actually ignoring of me forever. I was so buried in my own thoughts that I got into the car mechanically and without observing 1t.
 AS we rolled off for Dreamwold in | the luxurious car in which I'd found l Carlotta waiting for me, felt sub | merged in one of the bitterest tides which had ever threatened to engulf l me. | Coming suddenly to myself at some | stray remark of Carlotta's, I began to 1 take in my surroundings. Surely that l was not Lyons on the box Then I l turned and stared at the car in which i I was riding. It was not Tony's linn | ousine. but the big blue car which | Jim had bought for me back in the brief, the happy, days of our prosper 1 ity.
 (To Be Continued)
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-08
SECTION
When 4 Girl MUrYies
By ANN LESLIE.
1 CHATTER 530
 Copyright, 1920, King Features Synd1- cate Inc.

l CHAPTER 5so
 Copyright, 1920, King Features syndi- cate, Inc. Ann, this Evvy," came an al- most pathetic voice over the phone l Sunday morning bright and early. I've not seen you for an age-and Pm lonely. Could I persuade you to hop on the ten-two and come out for | the day? As an added inducement I'll motor you back to town at any hour you like tomorrow morning" Somehow I didn't want to go to Mason Towers. It Is too near Dream wold, and I was fully aware that Vir- ginia would be spending the week end at the old Harrison place. More- over, pleasant as my relations are with Evvy I hadn't forgotten that it was over my friendship with her that 1 quarre11ed with Phoebe. 'T don't see how I can come." I replied. 'rd defeat the whole ob- ject of being here with Carlotta if day. You know how desolate a Sum day alone in a big house it.
 "Anna-please come," cried Evvy with breathless insistence. Bring Carlotta Sturges if you like. I'll be glad to welcome her. But don't fail me. Please don't fail me-
 .'I won't fail you. Evvy," replied laughingly. But I'm inclined to think that you overrate the charms of my society I'll rout Carlotta out now and try for the ten-two. Au revoir.''
 As was ready to hang up the re- ceiver, a voice cut in asking for our number.
 "Pll hang up and let the, other party in. Good-by. Anne. See you 1ater," called Evvy.
 There was a moment of silence, then curtIy and sauve1y V1rginia's s voice came over the wire ignoring me and saying as if to a menia1:
 CT wish to speak to Miss Sturges. Will you please call her to the phone?"
 My cheeks burned as I went to summon CarIotto to the telephone which with characteristic generosity she had located in my sitting room instead of her own.
 Don't be long," I adnhonished
 "Evvy Mason's telephoned an invita- ton for us to spend the day and the night as well at Mason Towers day in the country will do us both worlds of good. So hurry or well miss the ten-two. I'll run and tell Bertha to send breakfast up on 8 tray and we can snatch bite here and there as we dress.' Not even to Car1otta would I ac- | knowledge this final and complete snub to which Virginia had subject l ed me. And I reaped the fruit or m1 reticence a few moments later wsh CT Carlotta trai1ed into my room an nouncinng s1eepily:
 "Fm going to Dreamwold for the day I'd scaracely want to accep | Evelyn Masons hospitality, yoI 1 know But as long as you're takeI 1 care of I saw no reason why l shouldn't amuse myself, too. Lyon: 1 and the car will be here in an hour l So you'd better call Miss Mason and I tell her you'll be motoring down w1tf l me-"
 1 Here was an amusing, we'll al l an embarrassing situation. I knev 1 that Virginia's invitation must hav I ignored me, but Carlotta could just
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-08
PERTINENT THOUGHTS

What we are tomorrow is what we make ourselves today.
 Likeness travels leisurely, and pow erty soon overtakes it.
 Look upon your duties not as so many obligations, but as opPortuni- ties.
 Never climb a mountain till you come to it-then perhaps it won't be there
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-08
For Her Who Would A Haunting Go
By Carolyn T. Radnor-Lewis

When Spring IS in the air and a responsive jingle thrills you to your very be- ing, then it is that the lit tie microbe, UP-and-Doing, gets busy and stirs the dor nancy of winter into ac- tion- Then a trip-possibly only a motor ride into the country or a visit to the big city-becomes a necessity. One just naturally longs to attire herself in gayrst raiment and be of to warm sunshine, and shooting buds.
 Then in the Spring every garment that makes for the comfort of the traveller looms large on the fashion horizon, be it only the Pull man robe. You can easily guess that it received it's name because truly practi- cal on the sleeper when one would woo Morpheus in comfort, but so completely garbed that any call to ap- pear in public could be in stantly answered.
 It's the simplest kind of . negligee to make-requir- ing about five yards-and you can get the pattern at the shop where you purchase your pussy willow free. There's an elastic at the waist to add to it's prac- ticality and you may make it to slip over the head or fasten in surplce fashion
 The fringe is just a mat ter of fancy, but a narrow frilling of the silk would be quite as effective or even piping in a contrasting color. You can now pro cure bias bindings in all the clever little checks and bright colored organdies that take the most circuit ous turns with the greatest ease. Just one sewing and the rawest edge is taken of in a highly successful man. ner. To the skilled with the needle this ingenious idea will appeal at once Even the embryo sewer will be loud in its praise after one struggle with the old method
 When it comes to a choice of color you will find thirty shades of pussy willow fast to the tub and fast to sun light. You may elect black; or the new spring color, the radiant dent de lion, which owes its name to the tawny- headed blossom; or again the bright-eye blue that tke maids frocks and for the fax
 It's to be a silk year for , and the simple little dresses wraps mar be discarded, dr
 women because they make s
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-08
ADVICE TO THE LOvEL0RN
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX

of science and exploration and incor- porate the changes in our lives. But in our human relations we move slowly. We are held by fear of change. What was right for people living under promitieve conditions may be unnecessary for us in our age of modern invention and modern thought.
 We need to keep our minds open. Each forward movement in knowl- edge of our minds and souls brings us nearer real humanity and worth while civilization,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-04-08

Photo Old Masters
 It will bring you lots of comfort in your home, but its true purpose is to be Pullman robe and it may be developed in any of the thirty shades of fast to the tub and fast to
 sunlight pussy willow. former Princess Mary selected for her brides voritc costumes in her trousseau. all manner of under-dress, out O door costumes that one delights to don in the spring when esses that will be even more endeared to 70 many successful trips to the tub
Evening journal., 1922-07-28

age without official standing in labor
circles-sent President Harding the
message which last night drew a
lengthy reply from the White House
reiterating the Governments posi-
tion on the rail and coal strikes,
was the belief expressed here by
Samuel Gompers. president OF the
American Federation OF Labor.
Mr.. Gompers expressed surprise
that the Administration should have
shown such concern over the j.
Cleve Dean message as to have re-
piled to It. especially since. the
labor leader asserted, the White
House apparently was "all in the
dark" as to the identity OF the
sender or his capacity in official cir
cles Of organized labor
The White House called me. ask
ing II / knew this man" said Mr..
Gompers. Il told them l did not and
had no record OF him as an official
OF American labor. I consulted all
the records in Washington and in
such Eastern cities as could reach
and even telephOned rail headquar-
ters at Chicago IN an effort to learn
who was J. Cleve Dean. No one
knew anything about him or had
ever heard Of him. and l informed
the White House TO that effect.
Il am positive OF one thing. and
that is that the author OF the letter
to President Harding is not chair
man OF the Railway Employees Pub
licity Association. In view OF the
undetermined position Of the man.
am surprised the President answer
ed him.
Evening journal., 1922-07-28
The Dance-JeaIousy
By ZOE BECKLEY

: In reckless mood,
PEGGY DEAN. typical New York
fiapper, takes advantage Of her par
ents absence at a dance and al
eleven-thirty starts out with her boy
|SB vANDERPooL. to seek. ex-
%tement at the Pompeiian Ever
WINNIE. Peggs sensible cousin. Is
shocked and TO protect Peggy insists
on going as chaperone, inviting a
Columbia sophomore.
TED HAkkER Bob Is unable to buy
liquor in the cabaret but guest at
anear-by table offers pocket-fask.
Bobby turned to look at the do
ors Of the napkin-shrouded gift.
III you've a short memory for faces"
lughed the exceedingly pretty wo-
AN at the table next. Cant you
Ihink back to last fall-Biny Heth-
tFton's studio party-and SOME
party II was. I'll say"
Bobby's face fired up with pleas
Iurable guilt.
"Why-you're the girl who did
the Apache dance and"
and behold the Apache" cut
in the lovely lady's partner, getting
up and making a ceremonious bow
Ladies and gentlemen. Olive Sara
nintO. cleverest Latin dancer on the
lBig-Time even II Duncan Lee OF
lSaraminto & Lee-say so myself"
Bobby rose. the napkin-covered
,gift in his hand.
Delighted! Now. won't you join
Is2"
with pleasure" cried the man
with a good-humored glance at Bob's
'nar;y
Saraminto and Lee abandoned
their own little table and Joined the
others. A waiter brought chairs
and Olive sat next to Bobby. Dun
,an Lee taking the place beside Peg. /
From the napkin-hidden source /
poured a clear, brownish liquid into |
he iced ginger ale OF all the party 1
put Winnie and Tee.
Olive leaned a smooth elbow on
he table and turning TO Bobby. re-
garded him with bright. amused
eses.
They're playing the last dance.
Want TO be taught the newest
scandal step?"
Bobby jumped up. his boylsh face
'uddy with pleasure and excite
lfent.
'Surest thing you know!"
Bob" exclaimed Peggy. eyes
Widening. you've promised"
But he-had no tpromised, and she
vas forced 10 stop. The next min
l.e Bobby and Olive were out on the
slistening floor walking into the un-
iulating. syncopated step she was
.eaching him with her practiced.
supple touch. Peggy bit her lip.
The orchestra was playing a rag"
nto which tbe strains OF Good 4
Night Ladies" ere interviewer. Dun ]
Evening journal., 1922-07-28
GOMPERS thinks
Dean IS STRAW
Labor Chief Never Heard of
Man Who Wrote To
Harding
UNION MEN TAKE
WRITER TO TASK

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. July 2s.
u Cleve Dean. chairman OF the
Railway Employees Publicity Associ-
alton. will be called before the
Chattanooga Federation Of Shop
crafts to explain why he sent teie-
gram to President Harding violently
attacking the Administration for its
attitude on the railroad strike
Union men here severely con-
demned Deans action and ii was
stated that an effort would be made
by the labor organization to curb
his utterances. Dean is a flagman
on the Alabama Great Southern
Railroad.
NEW YORK. July 2s.-That "a
man OF straw fictitious person
Evening journal., 1922-07-28

can Lee, watching with interest the
girls evident flash of feeling. lean
ed to her and whispered:
Il know II just as well as Olive
Le me teach yOu?"
Peggy's angry little face was turn
ed to the two on the dance floor
II seemed to her, Olives beautiful
slim arm was shamelessly close
about Bobby's neck.
Some button-polisher. that girl,
she murmured wickedly. Their
realizing that Duncan Lee was offer
ing her the instrument OF revenge
tn weapon Of jealousy, with which
to bring Bobby to his senses, she
turned quickly 10 him.
I'll tell the cross-eyed world. !
will"
Then come" said the man, and
they arose.
ITO BE COntinued)
Copyright. 1922. NEA Service)
Evening journal., 1922-07-28
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

Never wash paint or enamel with
soap and water. but make a weak
mixture OF vinegar and cold water
and dip 5chamois leather into il
Wiring the leather dry and polish
paint with t.: this takes out stains
and puts on instead of removing
nolsh
Evening journal., 1922-07-28

Monday. July 81. Don't
miss the first installment I'm The
Evening journal of a. a.
Mines detective yarn, "The
Red House Mystery"
Evening journal., 1922-07-28
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Evening journal., 1922-07-28

Copyright, 1922. NEA Service.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-26
WRITER DOES STUNT
 IN RAPID WORK

LONDON, Oct. 25.-Hayden Talbot, an American writer, gave English writers a thrill when he completed his book, "The Inside of the Irish Af- fair" in less than two weeks. The book was dictated to Talbot by Mi chael Collins. When Collins was killed the publishers desired speedy publication, in order that it might be timely. Talbot had less than five chap ters completed when Collins died, but two weeks later the book was on the presses. Using a corps of steno- graphers and dictaphones, Talbot die tated more than ten thousand words a day for ten days. In order that publication in America might be sim, ultaneous, installments were wire lessed to America as they were con- pleted. Such speed amazed the Eng fish writers and Talbot was the sub ject of considerable newspaper dis cussion.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-26
CLUB-FOOTED BOY WILL ENDURE LONG SUFFERING
 TO GAIN NORMAL LIMBS

ELYRIA, Ohio, Oct. 21.-Traveling 2,000 miles from his home in the Southland, eleven-year-old Richard Merrill has entered the Gates Hospi. tai for Crippled Children here to face an agonizing ordeal during the next two years.
 In order that he may be rendered capable of kicking football and ulti. mately joining some eleven, young Merrill will submit to suffering in volved in the strapping and straining of his limbs.
 The lad, who has clubfeet, was sent here by the Mesa, Arizona, Rotary Club E. F. Allen, of this city, president of the International Society for Grip, pied Children, is giving personal su- pervision to arrangements designed to transform this once hopeless young, ster into a normal lad.
 Local surgeons declared that, after two years. young Merrill will be able to run, play and kick.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-10-26
SUCCUMBING TO MOVIES

LONDON, Oct 25.-Slow1y but sure. ly the "movies' are ensnaring Lon, don. The English metropolis is far be. hind any American small town in the exhibition of motion pictures, for "kinemas" are few and far between
 but they are beginning to spring up and before long there promises to even be neighborhood movies Per
 haps poor theatrical season is the cause. At any rate, two of the larg
 est London theaters are now being de
 voted entirely to motion pictures, and Charles B. Cochran, the English Zieg field, is apparently finding more profit in the shadows of the silver screen than in the undressed lady of beauty