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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-03
SHANK ASKS PULPIT
AID AGAINST MERGER

INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. Am ap-
peal 20 minister's Of indianapolis to
preach against the merger Of seven
utilities into the Indiana Electric
corporation whose authorization by
the public service commission formed
the basis OF q. protest demonstration
headed by Mayor Shank ar the stste
house last Monday was sent Thurs
day by the mayor. Mayor Shank
also wrote a letter 20 p. f. David
son. pastor of the Eng.ewoOd Chris
uau church here cougratulatlng
him on the attitude taken in can
ceiling tho engagement Of Gov. Mo
Cray to speak at a meeting at tie
.r wish that every minister in the
state of Indiana would take Ike
stand and believe IL would do mucn
toward preventing the exploitation
OF the public hy outside corpora
tons" the mayor said.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-03
STATISTICS


A building permit has been issued
to the Colpeart Realty Co. for the
erection Of "A one-story dwelling AZ
1920 Twelfth ST.. estimated cost. S3,-
600.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-03
HOWARD NOT OUT TO
SUCCEED sen. KENYON

CHICAGO, Feb. The American
Farm Bureau federation headquart-
ers here announced Thursday that q
message had been received from J..
IT, Howard president of the fedora
ton. stating that he is not a candi-
date to succeed Sen. W. :. Kenyon
Of Iowa. who has been made a fed
eral judge. Mr.. Howard is in Co
lumbuT.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-03

stir not O. fire with a sword.
Clouds 2ass but the rains remain.
Those who know when they have
enough are rich.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-03

Make tho Blue Devil useful-Iet
him wash your dishes. 36
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-03

big half-price sale"-Vernon's.
27-tf
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-03

SVark 's-Garmen Dycvs. Main
I9l. 32-tf
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-03

VERNON'S HALF-PRICE SALE
lis now going full blast. Att
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-03

swank Dyes Clothing-Nain 7s1.
SIT
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-03

Big half-price ssle-Vornon's
27-tf
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-03

Dr.. wegner. 534 Farmers Trust bldg
lS-ts
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-03

If your words are not pleasing
hold I'm half of them.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-03
POLICE HUNT FOR
SANDS, SECRETARY
OF MURDERED MAN

Continued from page one)
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-03
Canton Crepe
Models
at $500 each.

You will be pleased with
the excellent quality Of Can
ton Crepe from which these
Dresses are made. The col
lars and cuffs contrast in
color 20 the body Of the
Dress. Danny hand finishing
also makes the collars and
cuffs an attractive feature
The 4-inch elastic girdle is
meeting with the approval
Of many women. The skirts
are pleated Light or dark
colors.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-02-03

Editors Note-A resume Of Sec'y
Weeks report 10 congress on the proro-
sal Of Henry Ford to take over the
Muscle Shoals nitrate plant. together
with the main points Of the Ford offer,
viii be found on page a.
The Press., 1922-12-07
orialn of the Word "cop."

The word "cOp" originated in Lon don, being derived from the three initials of constable of police" This interesting bit of information comes from Police Commissioner Enright of New York City. .
 Chief Enright's theory of how the word "eop" came into being has eXpe- rienee, precedent. and probability to back 1t. It has experience, because Commissioner Enright is cOnversant with police affairs: It has precedent, because when the words of phrase happen to have initials which, taken together, < can be pronounced In one syllable, there is a tendency tQ lump them in one, and so form q new word. It has probability because the ety. mQlQgy. suggested is simple and nat uraI "Cop" is an abbreviation which any EngIish:speaking public would like to make of "constable of police"
 Nobody knows all about a word until he has. looked up it's origin. To do that is. one of the best of helps toward fixing the meaning of words much longer and far less familiar than "cOp' lastingly in the mind,-Buffal0 Times
The Press., 1922-12-07
Man's Prerooative.

When dog is. pleased he wags his tail and flaps his ears-but he can't smile. A horse expresses his sense of well-being by rubbing his head on your shoulder and neighing-but he can't smile
 Birds chirp, cats purr, larks wheel high in the air and sing, roosters crow, monkeys swing violently by their tails from trees. bees hum-but man Is the only member of the so-called animal Kingdom that smiles. That's where he has it on every other living crea- ture.
 When man is well pleased he can smile, and even when he isn't pleased he can give pretty good initiation ~ a smile.-Nogales Herald.
The Press., 1922-12-07
EseurIaI in Danger.

The remaining part of the Escurial Is reported to be in danger of com plete destruction, according to an ex- change dispatch from Madrid in the London Daily Express. Pastures have appeared in the ancient structure, which was erected by Philip II to commemorate the victory over the French at St. Quentin in 1857. The threatened collapse is said to be due tO damp, the massive leaden roof .hav- ing been carried away during the war and sold at high price.
 "One of the most remarkable edi- Aces of all tine," adds the Daily Ex- press, "is Baedecker's description of the Escurial, which once included a royal palace, the pantheon of the Spanish sovereign, a great domed church, with a cross 312 feet above the ground and a monastery. It was set on fire by lightning and in great part destroyed in 1872"
The Press., 1922-12-07
OLD ENGLISH HEDGES GoIH:
Landscape Beauties Being Sacrificed to Demands for Increased Pro-
 duction From Land.

One of England's greatest beauties the hedgerow of hawthorn. or May" is rapidly disappearing. Driven out by the tractor, either in the west of England, noted for its double hedge rows, sometimes with narrow paths between, or the Eastlands. with hedge. and dikes alternating to the marshes. some landmark of this kind has dis appeared.
 In Hertfordshire and Sussex this same thing is, happening and the old sturdy roots are being dug up and burned, and replaced hy miles upon miles of wire fences. to keep the sheel' within bounds. Young college-hr"'l farmers, filled with enthusiasm. facts and labor saving ideas, have 1t all worked out, and mach of the beauty of rural England with It. Cut all the hedges out of four fields of 10 acres and you have, one field of 40 acres one man and one. tractor can pl0w 1t in 10 days; where with hedges it took d horse blow 40 days to accomplish the same result.
The Press., 1922-12-07
Mis6ts and a Blackrnailer
By H. IRVING KING
RAXAR&x%So &K%K%EH&'

t@ by Mcclure Newspaper syndieats.l
 Henry J. Cummins and Margaret F. Smith were both engaged in the non orable and fairly lucrative occupation of pounding typewriters for a living. Margaret was a star at 1t. She couio tnke dictation as fast as any man could talk and talk sanely; she spelled correctly and punctuated to perfection. The must unusual word had no terror for her. To see her shapely fingers go tripping over the keys was positive delight. Furthermore, she did not chew gum in working hours, always locked as spick and span as If she hau just come out-of a bandbox, and had a face both pretty and intelligent-a pleasing combination.
 As for Henry, while clever youth in many ways, good-looking and stal- wart, he had drifted into ''the wrong pew" as the saying is. Young men typists are, I know, not so very com mon nowadays; but they may be found now and then in conservative business houses where beetle-0rowed' erusty old fogy of senior partner "lth q prehistoric conception of woman s sphere" holds sway-as was the case In the mercantile house of Hobson & Go. Yes, Henry was employed by Robson & Co.-but 1t was evident that he would not be for long. In taking the dictation of ordinary business let ters even-about all he had to do the chatter of his machine was con stantly interrupted while Henry asked: "What was that last?' How do you spell that word?' or 'T did not catch that"
 Henry's typewriting was the hand writing on the wall that foreboded his dismissal. And he did want to keep that job, too; for he had conceived the Idea of marrying Margaret If she would have him; and Margaret had conceived the Idea Of marrying Henry If he should ask her. These two hard working and estimable young people
The Press., 1922-12-07
ANCIENT RACE OF DWARFS
Known to Exist Before the Christian Era, but Only Comparatively
 Recently Discovered.

A race of dwarfs called WambuA, in Africa, were known to exist nihe centuries before the Christian era. The geOgrapher Hipparchus located these pigmies near the equator, close to the Mountains of the Moon, where Henry M. Stanley, the African ex- plorer, discovered them g centuries later. Stanley thus describes his first interview with this ancient and inter- esting race:
 Near a place called AvetikO, on the Ituri river, our hungry men found the first male and female of the pig mics squatted in the midst of a wild Eden, peeling ,plantains. You can imagine what a shock it was to the poor little creatures at finding them- selves suddenly surrounded by gigan- tic Sudanese, six feet four inches in height, nearly double their own weight and black as coal. But my Zanzibaris, always more )tender-heart- ed than the Sudanese, prevented the clubbed rifles and cutlasses from ex- tInguishlng their lives there and then. and brought them to me as prizes. The height of the man was four feet i; that of the woman a little less. He may have weighed about 85 pounds i; the color of the body was that of a hRlf-baked brick, and a light brown fell stood out very clearly. So far as natural intelligence was concerned, within his limited experience, he was certainly superior to any black man in our camp"
 The inhabitants of this forbidding region were in keeping with their sin ister surroundings, being wild. savage and vindictive.
The Press., 1922-12-07
Tin the snd Wears of joy for hours Of
LEAVE IT TO THE HATBAND
Bank Officials Satisfied lnitiaIs There Are Reasonable Method of
 Identification.
"Cash a check for $2Oo?"

sCash a check for $2O0?"
 The paying teller gulped and then asked, Have you an identificationF
 The man outside the wire window opened his wallet and produced his automobile owners license.
 .1'm sorry," declared the teller, but that won't dO..t
 The man with the check produced legal documents, letters and other pa pers which happened to be in his brief case.
 "Sorry again" came from behind the window, but none of these will do. Let's see your hat"
 The customer handed over his weather-worn straw for examination. After glance in the leather band the clerk methodically counted out thc money.
 That's the surest Identification confided the teller, ''fOr although i'm posters might have all kinds of fake documents to prove who they are they are not likely to think of having letters in their hats to correspond with those under which they seek t' get money. Of course. the "J J" may stand for Joseph Johnson. hut tht chances are in favor of John Jones The hat beats all legal documents fol telling the truth"
The Press., 1922-12-07
SuraIN Qualified.

Recently a well-knOwn western sen ator was impOrtuned by constituent to secure for him a place in the dip lcmatic service, and inasmuch as the applicant had rendered signal servics to the senator in several of his carc paigns, the request received more than passing attention. The law.. maker wrote to his constituent stating that 1t would be necessary for him to set forth in writing his qualifiea- tions for the post in order that the same might be filed with the State de pertinent. and this Is how one part of the letter read: q speak the Ian guage of the country. am familiar with the customs of the people and, in addition to that, occasionally wear spats"
The Press., 1922-12-07
New Marriage Service.

The woman minister of the Greville Place church, in London, Rev. Con- stance Mary Coltman, NJ. A.. B. D., has composed a new marriage service which she reads at all. weddings at which she officiates.
 The most interesting feature of it is that both bride and bridegroom plight their troth with 2 ring, each placing a ring on the others finger. The word "obey" does not occur in the service, and the mansand woman make exactly the same vows. Mrs. Coltman has also written q new chris tening 'servicei--LondOn Tit-Bits.
The Press., 1922-12-07
.Letters as Bio as Lots.

- There are odd and interesting real estate signs in various parts of the country, and California claims to have one of the largest if not the oldest. On a steep hillside in the southern part of the state is huge outdoor signboard containing but one word LOTS" Each of the letters ln- this sign is 75 feet high and 20 feet wide. It can he seen and read for miles from one of the leading boulevards. At a distance the sign appears to be built of concrete, but a closeup" shows that the owner gathered to- gether hundreds of parts of packing boxes and forming them into letters painted them white. It is easily the most conspicuous and distinctive ad- vertising sign in the West.
The Press., 1922-12-07
Ills Llnuual Ability.

'"The presiding elder, fat as he is. is right agile on his conversational feet, as it were" admitted Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge. "Tuther day he took dinner at our house, and afterwards rambled out onto the porch and decom- posed himself in rocking chair to have nap. Ills head was close to the porch rail and his hat was off. Blme- by, one of the mules sa'ntered up. rotched out and got a moufEie of his hair, gave jerk, drug the elder half way over the rail, and then r'ared back and turned loose long and loud bray. The elder woke with leap, and yelled, "Tobias, Sanballat and the Devil I" which reckon fitted the case about as we'll as .anyfanecdote ever listened tO."-Kansas City StaE
The Press., 1922-12-07
somstImes He Dictated From Notes.

somstImes He Dictated From Notes. were dwellers in the suburbs and took the same train in to business in the enthusiastically the same one home at night. That Is how they came to establish that prOpinquity which Is of such help In swelling the marriage statistics. Henry soon got to calling upon Margaret at her pater- nal cottage and to sitting with her of summer nights on the paternal piazza where, gazing out over the dreamy mIst-floOded meadows where the sifted moonlight fell, and consuming large quantities of ice cream from the will lage store, they passed many a bliss ful hour. And one evening Henry spoke. And Margaret said "Yes." Margaret was employed in Mrs. Petit grew's stabllshment-one of those big typewriting places where many girls at many machines click away all day long copying documents or taking dictation from men who rush in, speak their little piece, grab up the type written results, pay their money and rush out.
 There was one patron of Mrs. Petit grew's establishment who always se- lected Margaret as his amanuensis, a man about forty, evidently a most prosperous person, and he, was writ ing a novel. Also he tried his hand at short stories. Sometimes he dicta- ted from notes, sometimes tout of his head" From a literary point of view the results were equally disastrous. Margaret never knew what his real name was-he had a pen name" vahtek, which he placed at the head of his short stories. Henry knew about "Mr. Vahtek"; Margaret had told him. They were in the habit of discussing together the lights and shadows of their business understanding. It was through these discussions that Marga- ret became gradually aware that Henry was what he frankly called him self-"A pretty bum typewriter"
 She reproved him for the vulgarity of his expression, but refrained from denying its essential truth. There fore. for this-and another reason which will appear latef-she was not surprised when one evening about two weeks after Henry had made his ''dec- laration in form" he burst in upon her sitting on the piazza and cried out: "It's all over We can't get married. I'm fired. I'm no good at anything. I just came to say good-by."
 Margaret cut him short by implant- ing a kiss upon his lips and saying calmly: Henry, dear, it's not all over Its just begun-this love of ours. It's all for the best. You never would have made a decent typist in a hun dred years but there are lots of other things you would be a success at. have been considering the matter for some time and have decided that your vocation Is that of a travelling sales man. And now I have a pull and a plan. You remember my telling you about that Mir. Vahtek-the man who khinkg he can write? Well, what do you suppose his real name Is? It's Charlton. junior member of Hobson & Go. found 1t out when he came into the ofice today and offered me po- sition with hls firm at $10 a week more than I am getting now to take the place of an incompetent young mRn-that's you-whom he had just
The Press., 1922-12-07
HiohIy Recommended.

The Woman chanced into a movie house the other day in the middle of the feature picture. So at the end of the film she had to sit through the announcements for the next week, The picture for the following week happened to be an adaptation of a popular and very sensational novel and as it's title was flashed upon the screen the lady next to the WoniaII grasped her arm in sudden excite ment, -=~'
 "Oh" she gasped, ''t we made q picture of 1t. OhI it. dreadful It's terrible! Have yor .ead the book You must see it."-| -,Icago Journal
The Press., 1922-12-07
discharged"

discharged"
 "Great Scott" exclaimed Henry. But what about old man Hobson. who swore he never would have a woman about the office? reckon that's why they put up with me so long-the difficulty of getting another male typist who wouldn't be worse than was"
 .Oh." replied Margaret, "Nir. Hob- son, I understand, retires from active business next week-so. that's all right"
 And you took the job?" asked
 "Yes-yes," said Margaret, upon conditions"
 "Conditi0ns? What do you mean?"
 'Well, you sec" replied Margaret slowly, "Mr. Charlton said ne had given up his idea of being a great author-said that he. guessed he was as much of misfit at literature as you were at typewriting-and made it a condition of my taking over your lob that I should never tell in the office of his firm of the awful drlvel he used to dictate to me. And so l made condition, too. It was that if I never told he should give you a trial as a travelling salesman"
 If was a minute before Henry could gather his wits. Then he asked: And what did he say?"
 Margaret assumed look as demure as that of cat which had just eaten a canary, as she replied: "Oh, after I had explained to him that we,>were going to be married, he laughed and said, It's sheer blackmail, young Iady-but 1t goes What do you sup pose he meant, Henry?" ~,
 We have 1t upon the authority of MT. Charlton himself that Henry was as great a success as a salesman as he had been a failure as a typist-which is why they eventually took him into AA
The Press., 1922-12-07
Accent on Scream.

All agreed that she was an exceed ingly pretty girl Her dresses were in the latest mode. Men were irresist-. ibly attracted to her. The only draw back was her deafness, serious handi, cap. One admirer after another called. perhaps attended her to some social affair, but in the end they all fell away. The ne 8 that she was en- gagged to be married naturally i'm pressed her friends. Two >old ad- mirers were discussing the news.
 Tt must have been funny proposing to a deaf girl like her," said one.
 ''FunnyI I'll say so" said the other. "It must have been a scream. ."-New York Times.
The Press., 1922-12-07
> Known to Each Other.

z. find it most difficult to remember names. and, this failing, often gets me into trouble, At a dance one evening was introduced to charming girl, who was standing by the door of the ballroom waiting for her partner. We stood talking for few moments. when an acquaintance came up to talk to me, and l, starting out glibly to in' troduce the two, realized I had com pletely forgotten the girls name.
 "I beg your pardon. would like tc present Mir. Wilson, and am afraid have forgotten your name," re marked, apologetically.
 That's perfectly all right" she an swered. He's my husband."-.f2x change,
The Press., 1922-12-07
Lone Ranger Exercises Memory.

section of the Cascade mountains, in the state of Washington, George Kill gore, former University of Washing ton student. has memorized practically all of the New Testament and three books of poems. In addition to the mental exercise he has completed an entire dining room set of buffet, tea table. dining table, six chairs and a
 fern pedestal from hand split and hewn fir and cedar wood. The furni- ture polished in it's natural color Is worth more than his years salary. In three winter months KilgOre trapped near his cabin more than $500 worth of pelts.
The Press., 1922-12-07
,...;.. The Helpinu Hand,

I had gone to. the golf links to meet and accompany my husband home after. his game. @
 Seeing a player coming toward me from distance following up his ball. I thought I would assist him and so I picked the ball up off the green and threw it back to him. Then as he and his comrades neared the green an argument ensued as to where the ball had been.
 I am now afraid to visit the links for fear of meeting the recipient of my kindness.-Chicago Tribune.
The Press., 1922-12-07
Ancient culinary ldeaa.

Some of the early ideas of delicacies would not appeal to the modern taste, nor would such methods as some Ro- man cooks applied to the red mullet, which was cooked while alive In glass vessel on the table.
The Press., 1922-12-07
wlld cinnan,on.

Although the cultivation of cinna- mon in Indo-China Is increasing most of the product comes from the wild shrub. When a native discovers a cinnamon tree he must make declara- tion before the local administration.
The Press., 1922-12-07
Governa tha pIau.
Jack Potfa-MaRlne lnve is .

Jack Potts Making love is good deal like playing cards
 The Girl How so?
 Jack Potts-There's lot in know. ing what hand is worth. Boston Evening Transcript.
The Press., 1922-12-07
Mod English.

A iady who , fond of her home that she stays rein the ycar round was assaile' d conventions! friend in cOnve' tI language.
 T kn, hat you usually winfereC - here,'' said, .but was sstnnished to lie" that you had suInmered here
 "I i've not only wintercG he.r and summcred here," replied tAe unfAsh, lonable one, "but I will astonisil you still further when tell you 'hat al ways fall here ard have s"metirneS sprung here."--Milwaukce z .alirel
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1922-06-16

frothing Linsli asseverated: 'Pm
a-gonna git my say, I tell you'll I'll
have my sayl I'll have my say!"
He had more than that, before tie
hour was over. A moment after he
emerged from the building and came
out, stu hot, upon the cool, dark
campus, he found himself the center
of a group of his own classmates
whom he at first mistook for sopho-
mores, such was their manner.
AS this group broke up a few
minutes later, youth running to join
it, seeming somewhat Of interest, de-
tanned one of those who were depart
ing.
whats up? What was that squeal-
ing?"
"Oh, nothing. we just talked to
that Linski. Nobody else touched him,
but Ramsey Milholland gave him a
peach of a punch on the snoot."
sWhoopeel"
Ramsey was laconic in response to
inquiries upon this subject. When
some one remarked: "You served him
right for calling you boob and a poor
fish and so on before all the society,
girls and all" Ramsey only said:
'That wasn't what 1 hit him for"
He declined to explain further.