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The New York herald., 1922-10-01

An Ink Well from Czccho-
Slovakis, cleverly initiates
Italian faience at a low
price all its own. The cupid
is beautifully modelled and
the texture Of the pralain
creamy and fine. Charm
ing for a gift or your own
writing desk. $50
The New York herald., 1922-05-21
HARDING SENDS APPEAL
FOR DEFENSE TRAINING
Asks Gouernor to Help Mill
tary Camp MoUement.

WASHINGTON. May 20.--Governors Of
States are urged by President Harding.
in this telegram sent out from the White
House and made public to-day. to call
attention to the opportunities presented
for young men to obtain military train
ing during the coming summer at the
citizens training camps:
Apparently all agree that every
young man who Is willing to prepare
himself for the defense of his country
should be given the opportunity. To
this. end. I suggest that you bring to
the attention of the citizens of your
State the opportunity now presented to
them by the citizens military training
camps which will be conducted during
the coming summer
Without any cost or military obliga-
tion TO themselves, the young men ac-
cepted for these camps will be given
training which will be of inesttmable
value through the physical and mental
development received and which will
unquestionably increase their value TO
the nation and to the communities In
which they live"
The New York herald., 1922-05-21
BOLIVIA SPURNED
IN TACNA DISPUTE
Formal Request for Voice in
Conference Not Pleasing
to Delegates.

WASHINGTON. May 90 (Associated
Press) Another formal but unsuccess-
full request for voice in the Chilean
Peruvian conference here was made to-
day by the Government of Bolivia in a
note declaring that any settlement of
conference problems reached without
Bolivian recognition only would be a
source Of continuing friction In South
America.
The Peruvians were the first to def
inltely express their disapproval. DR..
Melton Porras of the Peruvian delega-
tion declaring that his Government
would reply in the negative to the Bo-
livian communication.
The Chileans were less willing to dis
cuss the situation, but called attention
to a Foreign Office statement issued a
few days ago in Santiago saying Bo-
livian Intervention" in the conference
was not even Susceptible of considera-
ton"
In both Peruvian and Chilean quar-
ters it was pointed out that the Wash
ington conference was called by Presi-
dent Harding to discuss questions aris
ing from the treaty of Ancon, to which
Bolivia Is not party. Although recog-
nizing the reasons which lie behind
Bolivia's aspirations to secure a read
justment restoring to her an outlet to
the Pacific, both delegations were said
70 take the position that the question In
no way fell within the purview of the
Washington negotiations.
1t also was recalled that when the
Presidents invitation was issued Bo-
liva sent a note to the United States.
making a plea for participation in the
conference, but was told by Mr.. Har-
ding that the Chile and Peru delegates
were coming to Washington as sigma
tories to the Ancon pact and that any
request for Bolivian participation should
be addressed to the two signatory
nations.
In discussing the situation created by
Bolivia's latest move. DIR. Porras sug-
gested that the Bolivian note should
have been addressed to the Peruvian
and-Chilean Governments direct. rather
than to their delegations here He was
positive in predicting a negative reply
by Lima, however, and indicated II
probably would be dispatched Monday.
The New York herald., 1922-05-21
Has $40, 900 Around Waist
But Denies SIS to His Wife

w yHEN Samuel Moskowitz, 40.
w Rivington street tailor,
was taken before Magis-
trate Smith in the Domestic Rela-
tions Court yesterday because he
would not pay his wife, Anna, 50
a week to support herself and two
children. she suddenly cried out.
He's a walking gold mine.
Judge. Search him"
The absolute. accuracy of Mrs.
Moskowitz's information was dis
closed when Moskowitz was un-
buckled from his money belt. 1t
contained almost nothing except
$4,000 in bills. Mrs. Moskowitz
continued:
.And that's not all. Judge. He
kept pleading he was poor TO save
paying me that SIS. and on top Of
that, Judge. he kept borrowing
money from me. money which
had to get from my Is and 12-year-
old boys, who support me"
The Magistrate sent the. frugal
Moskowitz to the Yorkville Jail to
reflect on the beauty of generosity.
The New York herald., 1922-05-21
URGES WOOD TO REMAIN.
Secretary Weeks Suggests U. of p
VIII Grant Leave.

WASHINGTON, May 90. - Secretary
Weeks after a conference with President
Harding to-day sent a cablegram TO
Major-Gen. Wood urging him to remain
as Governor-General of the Philippines
until December, as "manifestly" leave
until that time will be granted by the
University of Pennsylvania, which a
year ago selected the General as its pro-
vost.
The New York herald., 1922-05-21
GRAND STREET BoYs' DINNER.

! The Grand Street Boys Association.
with $500 members now. composed of
present and former residents OF the
Lower East Side. Will hold its annual
beefsteak dinner in the Hotel Commo
dore on the evening of Saturday, May
r. The association began in 1920 with
twenty members and with the idea OF
assisting unfortunate brothers. 1t has
given away 100000 to various charities.
The New York herald., 1922-05-21

PQCRUTu l1LSLOYv
When fine manufactured product has continued to
inspire public confidence long period OF years,
there always arrives dramatic moment when its con-
quest Of the nation becomes complete and absolute.
This oodtde period Of public appreciation has arrived
in the history Of the Packard with the advent OF the
splendid new Sngle>Six.
The reception accorded this Packard is far and
away the most significant and Outstanding IaCt OI
Packard development
It is infinitely more than merely registration OF
Packard presge- literally conquest Of the nation
in larger and universal than ever before
Everywhere this new Packard is the outstanding figure,
stamped with the seal of unmistakable leadership.
Three times the capacity of the great Packard plants is
being called for-many times the ability Of branches
distributors and dealers to supply is being demanded
It would not be natural or human if the Packard
Company remained unmoved by this overwhelming
bestowa Of public favor.
Faithful trough the years the highest standards
it was possible to conceive and apply it good to
the steadas recognition of years blossom and flower
into still greater national leadership.
There are more good things-more really remarkable
thngs-to be said for this Packard Singe>Sx than
we would to say in this announcement.
But why indeed trouble to say them in the face Of this
splendid ovation!
We can only pledge ourselves do all in power to
the end that few possible may be disappointed IN
their desire to acquire the Packard Single>Six.
The Packard Company promises the motoring public
the maximum production consistent with fine car
manufacture. 1t is the purpose Of this announcement
you that Packard will apply, to the utmost.
it's great facilities, toward the satisfaction Of the
wheming demand for the new Single>Six.
~A-~m.
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the grandfather. They won good
many battles"
Il mean, you said you never got
scared they'd win the war"
mo, we were never afraid OF that.
''Well, but II they We're good men
and fought like wildcats, Grandpa,
and KEEP winning battles and every
thing how could that be? How could
you help beln' scared they'd win the
war;"
The grandfather's feeble eyes twin
killed. brightly. "Why, we knew they
couldn't, Ramsey
At this, the little vertical shadows
on Ramsey's forehead became more
pronounced, for he had succeeded in
thinking. "Well, they didn't know they
couldn't, did they?" he argued. "They
thought they were goin' TO win, didn't
theyT
Yes ! guess they did. But you
see they were wrong"
well, but" Ramsey struggled.
histSui LislSH usIe, 0Idhupu wen,
anyway, If they never got scared we'd
win, and nobody got scared they'd win
well, don't see"
"You don't see what?'
But Ramsey found himself unable
to continue his concentration. "0h,
nothin' much" he murmured
II see." And his grandfather laughed
again. "You mean; If the Johnnes
felt just as sure of winning the war
as we did and kept winning battles,
why shouldn't we ever have had any
doubts we were going to winf That's
1t, isn't it?"
Il guess SO, Grandpa"
"Well, think II was mostly because
we We're certain that we were right"
II see,' said Ramsey. THE Johnnies
knew they were on the side of the
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myself, yesterdy afternoon, and You
get back In line or won't let you
b'long to II at al"
The pretender succumbed he In
stantly dismounted being out-shouted
and overawed. On foot he took his
place In the ranks, while Ramsey be-
came sternly yociferous. Intention,
company Farwud march Column
right Right-showdler harms Halt
Far-wud march, Carry harms"
The army went trudging away un-
der the continuous but unheeded fire
OF orders, and presently disappeared
round corner, leaving the veteran
chuckllng feebly under his walnut tree
and alone with the empty street, All
trace Of what he had said seemed to
have been wiped from the grandson's
mind; but memory has curious ways.
Ramsey had understood not fifth nor
tenth of his grandfather's talk, and
already he had forgotten" all of it's
yet not only were there many, many
times In the boys later life when,
without ascertalnable cause, he would
remember words and sentences spoken
by the grandfather, though the lIs-
tener, half-drowsily. had heard but the
sound of an old earnest yolce--and
even the veterans meaning finally
took on greater deflniteness TIL 10
became, In the grandsons thoughts,
something clear and bright and beauti-l
full that he knew without being just
sure whore or how he had learned iaJ
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devil" But at this, the grandfather's
laugh was louder than 1t had been be-
fore, and Ramsey looked hurt. well,
you can laugh If you want tol" hes
objected in an aggrieved voice. Amy.
way, the Sunday school sup'intendent
told us when people knew they were
on the devils side they always"
~ dare say, ! dare say" the old man
interrupted. little impatiently. But
in this world mighty few people think
they're on the devils side, Ramsey
The South thought the devil was on
our side, you see"
"Well, that kind o. mixes 1t all up
more'n ever"
Suppose you look at 1t this way:
The South was fighting for what II
believed to be its right to be coun-
try by Itself but we were fighting for
Liberty and Union, now and forever,
one and inseparabe.' There's the rea-
son we had the certain knowledge that
we were going to win the war. How
plain and simple 1t Isl"
Ramsey didn't think so. He had be-
gun to feel bored by the conversation,
and TO undergo the oppression he u.s.
ually suffered In school. The earnest
old voice of the veteran was only
sound in the boys ears.
Boom" TIE veterans had begun
to fire their cannon on the crest Of the
low hill, out at the cemetery and from
little way down the street came the
rat-a-tat Of toy drum and sounds Of
fife played execrably A file Of chill
dren in cooked hats made Of newspa-
pers came marching Importantly up
the sidewalk under the maple shade
trees; and In advance, upon velocl-
pede, rode a tln-swor.,ed parsonage,
shrieking lncessant commands but not
concerning himself with whether or
not any military obedience was there
by obtained Here was reviyifylng
effect upon young Ramsey; his slug
gard eyelids opened electrically; he
lea,ed to his feet and, abandoning his
grandfather without. preface or apollo
gy, sped across the lawn and out of
the gate. charging headlong upon the
commander OF the company
"You get off that 'locipede, Wesley
Benderp he beloved. "You gimme
that sword What rights you got to 90
bein' captain o. my army. I'd like TO
know Who got up this army, in the
first place, I'd like to know did,
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-03-04
CANDLES" GROW ON TREES
Remarkable Fruit Found In islands
of the Pacific, and Some
other Places.

The candle tree Is to be found In
the Pacific islands. The nut which II
yields produces a large quantity OF
oil, and the kernels of this candle
nut are strung together on a stick
and lighted as a candle. The fruit Of
the candle tree is usually about forty
two inches long and about an inch In
diameter. OF a yellowish tint the fruit
as 1t hangs on the tree looks exactly
like q collection Of wax candles. Not
only have these wonderful trees been
discovered in the Pacific islands but
1t is recorded that some have been
known to thrive in the isle Of Wight.
Then there is the Japanese wax tree,
the fruit of which is mostly pure wax
This is used for making wax candles
The "wax fruit" which this remark.
able tree bears grows in punches, just
like grapes. In China, too, won.
derful wax is obtained from shrub
called the Stillingia Sebifera. This
tree produces punches Of berries, and
In the autumn, when these are quite
white and the leaves have put on their
autumn color" beautiful, striking
nature picture is presented. And,
finally luminous mushrooms have been
reported. This may seem incredible,
but the fact remains that DR.. w. Fl.
Harvey has recorded that when in
Port Jackson, in some woods one
night, he was able to see the time
from his watch by the aid Of the light
from some luminous "agarics" (mush-
rooms).
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Old Meteorites Scarce.

Meteorites Of indicated great age are
not found In museum collections, and
it is suggested that such specimens
may dlsintegrate and disappear from
the rocks within a relatively short
time after falling.
The British museum, however, has
lately acquired dice on somewhat
less than a pound from meteoric iron
that is believed to represent an ancient
fall.
The slice is from one Of two similar
masses that were found in January,
1905 within few miles of Dawson,
Klondike, and from their position deep
in the Oldest gravels of the district,
are thought to have rested there since
he Pliocene age, or before.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-03-04
CHAPTER u

Ramsey Milholland sat misernbly To
school, his conscious being consisting
principally of dun hate. Torpor
was a little dispersed during a fifteen.
minute interval OF Music" when he
and all the other pupils In the large
| room of the Five Is. Grade" sang re-
pentedly fractions OF what they enun-
ciated MS 1.-THE Star -guh-hulled
Banner; but afterward he relapsed
into the low spirits and animosiiy natl
ural to anybody during enforced conI
fnement under instruction. No allevia-
ton was accomplished by an invaders
temporary usurpatiOn Of the teachers
platform, brisk and unsympnthetical-
ly cheerful young woman mounting
thereon to teach German
For long time mathematics and
| German had been about equally re-
pulsiye to Ramsey, who found himself
daily In the compulsory presence OF
both: but he was gradually coming TO
regard German with the greater hor-
ror, because, after months Of patient
mental resistance, he at last began TO
comprehend that the German language
has sixteen special and particular ways
of using the German article CORE
spending to that flexible bit Of word
so easily managed In Engllsh--thc,
What In the world was the use OF
having sixteen ways Of doing thing
that could just as well be done In one . !
If the Germans had contented them
selves with insisting upon sixteen use.f
less variations for infrequent words,
such as hippopotamus, for instance,
Ramsey might have thought the affair
unreasonable but not necessarily VI
cious-it would be easy enough TO
avoid talking about hippopotamus
IL he ever had to go TO Germany. But
the fact that the Germans picked out
a and the and many other little words
in use all the time, and gave every one
Of them sixteen forms, and expected
Ramsey Milholand to learn this dizzy.
ing uselessness down TO the last
crotehety detail, with when to employ
Which" as a nausea TO prepare for the
final cOnvulsIOn when one didn't use
Which, because II was an Exception
there was fashion Of nakIng easy
matters hard that was merely heilish.
The teacher was strict but enthu-
siastic she told the children, over and
over, that the German was beautiful
language and her face always had
glow when she sHld this. AT such
times the children looked patient they
supposed It must be 50, becarse she
was an adult and their teacher; and
they believed her with the same man.
ner Of believing which those Of them
who went to Sunday school used there
when the Sunday school teachers were
pushed into explanation Of various
matters set forth In the Cd Tesla.
ment, or gave reckless descriptions OF
heaven. That is TO say, the children
did not challenge or deny; already
they had been driven into habits Of
resignation and were passing out OF
the age when childhood Is able TO re-
ject adult nonsense.
Ramsey Milholland did not know
whether the English language was
beautiful or not; he never though
about It. Moreover, though his deeper
inwards hated German" he liked hia
German teacher, and II was pleasant
to look at her when that glow came
upon her face.
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with Flora Macdonald and the younx
Walter Scott. The sister, Anna Maria,
published long series of works dur
ing the years between 1897 and 1880,
but In the meantime, Jane Porter,
'whose intellectual power, though
slower of development and in express
sion, was greater than her sisters, !,
published her first work, "Thaddeus of
Warsaw" (1S03), which gained for her
an imme diate popularity. 1t was trans
lated into several languages, and won
for the author the election as canOness
of the Teutonic order Of st. Joachim.
Some years before the appearance of
SCOTS ssWaverley," Jane Porter at
tempted the national romance In her
"Sc0ttish Chiefs" The story of WAX
lace had been a great favorite with
her since childhood, and the poem of
"Blind Harry" (Henry the Minstrel)
was doubtless well known to her. The
book lacked historical accuracy and she
made the figure of Wallace a rather
sentimental conception of the charac-
ter; vet her picturesque power of mar
ration saved the story from oblivion.
Miss Porter's later works include
"The Pastors Preside" s'Duke Chris
tian OF Lunenburg," "COming Out" and
'eThe Field of Forty Footsteps" She
wrote in conjunction with her sister,
"Tales Round "A Winter Hearth" She
wrote also some plays and made fire.
quent contributions to current periodi-
Gals.
Miss Porter Joined her brother In
Russia for n time. but at his death
she returned to England to reside with
her eldest brother at Bristol, where she
died on the Gath of May, 1850.
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rescues him, implorlng her cousin
Pembroke to 60 to the jail and release
the unfortunate foreigner, Pembroke,
| however, believes the stranger TO be
| an impostor and therefore, instead OF
| going himself, sends a messenger with
the money. Had he gone he would at
last have met Thaddeus face to face.
Nevertheless such a meeting cannot
be avoided indefinitely. Lady Tine
mouth Is an old friend of the Somerset
family and at her house the two men
| finally confront one another. On rec
| ognizing his friend Pembroke is filled
with joy and Immediately reproaches
Thaddeus for never having searched
him out. 1t is then that Sobieski tells
him of the letters that have been re-
turned to him. Pembroke is puzzled.
He admits, however, that his father
has always cherished a hatred for Po-
land and forbidden his son ever to visit
| that country. Hence Pembroke has
never told him of his stay with the
Sobieski family.
But having now discovered Thad-
deus, the young Englishman confesses
everything to his father, and begs him
to welcome to his home the Polish no.
BILE who has saved his life.
Sir Robert Somerset flies into pas
| sion.
He tries by every means in his pow
err to break up the friendship.
Then 1t develops that years before
| Sir Robert, under the assumed name
Of Sackville, went on journey to Po-
land and while there met Therese So
bieski, whom he married and basely de-
| serted. What wonder that ever since
| he has lived in the constant dread Of
being overtaken by some native of the
land of his crime; or that he shrinks
from beholdhlg the son who has 1t In
his power to blazon abroad his Shame
and denounee the present heir to the
Somerset estates as illegitimate?
1t Is an ugly tangle, but the author
| touches 1t lightly and straightens it out
with a gentleness Sir Robert Somerset
| little deserves.
Thaddeus is glad to be the English
mans son and the brother of Penn.
broke Somerset. Since, however, he
has pledged his word never to forfeit
the name of Sobieski he must retain 1t;
he also prefers to keep his parentage
secret; nor will he put forth any
claim to the property that Pembroke
is to inherit.
Just why the Polander fails to resent
the treatment Sir Robert has accorded
his mother is a point Jane Porter
glides pleasantly over. The youth Is
given a fortune by his titled father,
marries Lady Mary Beaufort and be-
comes an English gentleman.
The book is spirited and interesting,
but it is of that sentimental school OF
old-time novelists who bring us to the
realization that standards have shifted
very vitality since the days when con-
tinual tears, swoons and Paintings,
were deemed q necessary and desirable
accomplishment of heroes and hero
ines.
Copyright, 1919, by the Post Publishing
Co. (The Boston Post) Copyright in
the United Kingdom, the Dominions, its
Colonies and dependencies, under the
copyright act, by the Post Publishing
Co. Boston, Mass, u. S. A. All rights
reserved
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-03-04
THE BOY, FATHER OF THE
MAN.

Here's another of those Booth
Harrington boy-and-girl stories
that set everyone laughing and
living over again the days OF youth.
This one is much like "Penrod'
and Seventeen" and THE Oriole,
TITS different, too, in that II carries
Ramsey Milholland and Dora Yo-
cum through school and college life
to early maturity in the World
War. SO it's serious as well as
funny. and it's ore of Booth Tar
kingdoms best of its kind. That's
enough.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-03-04

lima Do4
Hrtti.h noys,,..
wa. horn n. ~
hmm In 177a IT,
life and I,tararr
reputatt.n -.
closely Iinked xv,,h
thosa az ~ -
ter, Anna Maria