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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-24
ONE REEL YARNS
cowARp,s CAME

There was no use talking. Billy
Robinson wasn't brave. He didn't like
to run errands after dark; he didn't
like to be in the house by himself.
and he would cross the street rather
than pass q strange dog.
Mr.. Robinson worried about it. I'm
sure the boy has the right stuff in
him." he said. 'I think it's only
nervousness. don't believe he's
really q coward at heart
So when Billy asked II he could go
camping with a bunch of Scouts up
the river. his father was glad. He
thought it would give Billy chance
to prove himself. You might get in
practice" he leased, ''hy sleeping out
in the yard
That's not a bad idea said Billy.
tiff had some one to camp with
me. could put up that lawn tent Of
ours"
81 know the very thing" put In Mrs.
Robinson. why don't you and that
boy that's visiting the Feddersens
camp out one night? / think 1t would
be fun. You like him, don't your
Sure" said Billy. 'I'n go over and
talk about 1t to him now" Away he
went, to come back with the boy,
Roger. little later. They set up the
tent and then carried their dinner out
there to eat It.
But before they went. Mrs. Fodder
sen came over to talk to Billy. I'm
afraid she said, that Roger Is nerv-
Gus. The least little thing frightens
him. You kind of look after him.
won't you, and don't let him get
scared
Billy promised. He had cause to
remember his promise that evening".
They had Just dropped or to sleep
noise. Something was moving In the
doorway OF their tent. He lay there
shivering. biting his tongue to keep
from crying out IN terror. but he was
determined not to walen Roger. I'm
der other conditions. he would have
screamed and run somewhere frantic
ally. He felt cold all over. and it
seemed hours before the thing inside
moved out, and. in the door Of the
tent, with the moon shining on it. he
made it out to be dog. But Billy
didn't sleep any more, though he felt
strangely happy at knowing he could
control himself when he had to. Now
he wouldn't be afraid to so camping.
''Gees" said Roger next morning.
y don't mind sleeping out q bit.
Though was mighty scared first part
of the night. Something got in the
tent.t But your mother said something
about you being kinda scary, so I kept
still. but sure had to hold my
breath 10 keep from hollering,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-24

! ready to play Two can play at q
time. or there may be four players.
two pairs of partners. The players
choosa the sides of the court fFam
which they will play. Tho Server
takes his position In the outer corner
of the court on his side. He hits the
BAH with the PLAIN of his hand, send-
Ing it against the brick wall The
ball must strike the wall above tina
foul line or II Is point for the other
player.
As the bah rebounds the opposing
player must rush In and try to hit IL
with his hand and knock it back
against the wall He may hit It before
1t touches the ground or after 1t has
bounced once. II no allows the bah
to bounce moro than once he loses q
point to his opponent,
The bah should not be hit so hard
against the wall that it will rebound
out OF the court without first touch
ing the ground inside. II a player
Goes this he loses point to his op-
ponent- II you see that the hall
served by your opponent will 90 OUT
side. It is fair for you not to attemps
to stop 1t.
Il is well tc have third person act
az referee, for the ball moves so
swiftly 1t is hard for the players =
watch so closely that every foul Is
detected.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-24

also advocated the bringing back of
beer and light wines. which Miss Fitch
mentions. The idea of revision Of
taxes in one form or another has been
introduced by a large majority of the
contestants. In advocating the estab-
Eshment Of foreign credits, Miss Fitch
reiterates one of the points advanced
by E. w Eiehhorn Of Minneapolis,
Mimi, contest prize winner No. 2.
Also, Miss Fitch thinks along the same
lines regarding the expansion Of ex-
port trade as does Hugh A. Brown, NJ.
D., of Washington, D: c., who won the
third weekly prize. Winning answer
No. 4 proves that woman is taking
greater interest in, as well as thor
oughly analyzipg, business. problems.
There is still time to submit answers
to the question. How Can Business be
Improved for the Manufactures Aer-
chant, Worker and Unemployed p
Write your suggestion within so words
and mail 1t to Topics of the Day.
Filns. 1862 Broadway, New York City.
Your brain -throb may be a winner.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-24

ties. Tax light wine and beer, in
creasing revenue. Establish foreign
credits, encouraging factories to p.o-
duce for export. Have government
guarantee farmer a minimum price for
wheat. Eliminate politics from legis-
lation affecting business"
This answer pleads for the farmer
who was overlooked by all previous
contest winners. Perhaps the impor-
lance Of the source of food and flour
supply is better realized by woman
than by man. With all the controver-
sizes over the farmers bloc in congress
Miss Fitch's suggestion is very timely.
She also shows keen knowledge of
economics and finance in discussing
the problem brought about by fore
ing money into tax exempt securi-
ties"
Miss Fitch is the second winner to
suggest sales tax to replace more
burdensome taxes. This idea was also
advanced by w. j. Cassidy of Wash
ington, d. c.. prize winner No. who
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-24
CAN BUSINESS FAILURES
BE AVOtDED?,

"The lesson of modern statistics COW
ering business failures" declares
Frank Greene, managing editor Of
Bradstreet's in Forbes Magazine IN.
.Y.), lis that failures may be avoided;
that there are fewer failures per
hundred or per thousand now than
in earlier years; that the collection and
examination of statistics having been
OF value to those willing to be guided
by the experience of others: and that
(given care in the choice of times, as
we'll as in the selection Of ventures,
with adequate equipment, whether fl
nancial, mental, or physicaD business
success should be and is more likely
of attainment nowadays than in the
good old times" when business, like
human life, was demonstrably not so
safe as in even the disturbed and pre-
sumably stressful present.
zone failure does not necessarily
stamp a career as ultimately unsuc-
cessful in a business way. And by
this do not mean to refer to that
type Of business trouble commonly
called a successful failure What is
to is the going down of an
honest man TO defeat. followed by his
later rally and final success. Prom
inent in this connection we would place
The name OF the late Vice President
Levi r. Morton. who once failed in
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-24

the dry goods business in New York
in a year of jamie. but who later rallied
and paid his creditors in full with in
terest at a banquet that he gave for
them. This before he embarked in
banking to make a triumphant sue
cess. Another name we recall is that
of Quincy "A. Shaw, the old-tine Bos-
ton capitalist who. as the story runs,
became embarrassed but later, when the
Calumet & Hecla mine enriched him
and other stockholders paid his credi-
tors in full, although they had pre-
viously released him from all liability
Potter Palmer, after the Chicago fire,
was apparently ruined man; but he
came back strongly. as the entire bust
ness world knows. Then too, the late
Stephen V. White made one big failure
and no less spectacular recovery in
which he paid all his old debts, only
to become involved again
"All this seems to show that, as the
saysing is, "a man may be down, but
he is never out'-so long as he re-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-24
=. A GAME.FULL OF PEP

Wall ball Is a game that can be
played wherever there Is q smooth
brick or wooden wall, an open space
large enough for a court, and where
the owner of the space and Wau has
no objection.
A tennis bah is the only paraphcr-
MALTA needed.
Mark off court fifteen rect wide
and eighteen feet long. Parallel with
the wall the court measures fifteen
feet, that is, and the side lines extend
eighteen feet from. the wall. These
are the foul lines and should the ball
go outside of them. the player who
allowed it to go out loses point to
the other player. Eleven points win a
game.
The lines of the court may be
scratched in the earth with a stick.
Mark tine on the wall four feet
from the ground. extending ii the en-
tire width Of the court. A ball must
always hit the wall above this line
or It Is foul and counts point fer
the other player.
With the court laid out yon are
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-24
a SONG OF TOMORROW

3 the past dead and gone? Then for
get IT.!
Why scourge your soul sick with
remorse?
II defeat was your lot and you met it,
Fight on, while you've courage and
force.
Let no vain regrets ever haunt you.
Save your tears till you've good
cause to weep.
n the past comes to harry and taunt
you,
Forget it. and dig its grave deep!
The man who lives in the twilight haze
OF memories bitter or strange or
dear,
May. find content in remembered days
But he has no place in the Now and
Here.
Shake off the old as you might
thong;
rake up tho task Of the untried new.
The space of a lifetime is none too
long
and the work Of the world is yours
to 10.
Let the past in its dreams be forgot
ten:
rhey served well enough for their
day;
But now they are threadi,are and rot
ten.
SO scrap them and cast them away.
What's done cannot hamper and bind
you;
Ola worlds must be traded for new.
leave yesterdays worries hchipd yoa.
Toy tomorrow IS waiting for yoal
--TeS Olsod ~ Tur5rs MaSnz;ae.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-24
What Happened When Cousin Agatha
Anpaared on the Scene.

WhaT t7@ppeHSu WHVu @Nse" Ep~e-
Appeared on the Scene.
Here villum. you drink dis vunce.
You want get oop. dance vun tango
Katies voice rang out cheerily. and
| her smile as she proffered the cup OF
coffee to William would have hearten-
ed man in worse plight than his.
william raised himself on his elbow
and took the coffee. / noticed with
much qualification that his hand was
comparatively steady. and that his
pallor had been replaced by q faint
color. Judged that he would be
nearly himself again very shortly.
'4Thank We. Katie" he said grateful
", lying back again when he had
drained the cup. iIhat tasted awful
good"
"Fasts like more, Villum?D Katie
asked teasingly, but ! interrupted.
tTeii Her."
after a while, Katie decided. Il
think he win be able to come into the
house after . while. Then you can fix
him up nice light supper. You would
ebetter go back to the house now. Mo-
Their Graham or her cousin may need
you"
4 tink ! hear dot cousin vomans
movin' round oopstairs ven coOm
bring Coffee" Katie returned appre-
hensiyely. After much strenuous eff
fort had broken Katie of referring to
Cousin Agatha as dot old devil vom-
ans" and she had devised the epithet
Of dot cousin -yonaans." with which
didn't think it worth while to interfere.
How William Won.
.'Vot tell her if she ask we're you
are, and vot's matter villum?"
Tell her." I began, but stopped abb
vuptly for my ear had caught the swish
Of a skirt in the barn below.
Us that yoIl Cousin Agatha?" I
called. making ny voice as CHEEKY and
nonchalant as ! could. Have you
needed Katie?"
Cousin Agatha mounted the short
stairca Sc rapidly. saw that she did
not intend to los4 the opportunity to
find out the reaSbn for my presence
and Katie's in pooh old Williams room.
"oh. ! suppose can prepare your
mother in-law's lunch and my own
myself" she said with the martyr
like air which always sets my nerves
on edge. IT'S only that I dislike leav-'
ing Harriet alone whileI do it. But
If you need Katie here" her eyes
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-24
PENNSYLVANIA INDEPENDENTS
IN REVOLT AGAINST REPUBLICAN
CORRUPTION.


That the revolt of the real indepen-
dent and progressive Republicans of
Pennsylvania against the reactionary
element of their party which is seek
ing to pecpetuate Penroseism in the
nomination Of reactionary governor
and candidates for the United States
senate, is genuine revolt, Is shown
by a letter written by Henry c.. Niles
of York, Pa, a PROMINENT lawyer who
has been long prominent in political
movement for the betterment of his
party, refusing to support even such a
well-known progressive as Clifford
Pinchot, Mr.. Niles said:
1.-THE election of John A McSpar-
ran, the Democrat candidate, by the
votes of the Independents and the
progressives would do more for genu-
inc and thorough reform than would
be possible through any governor
elected as a Republican. There is
nothing good which could be accom-
plished by Mr.. Pinchot which would
effectively by Governor McSparran.'
Continuing Mr.. Niles wrote: II
thoroughly sympathi7e with your
brave battle for decent politics, but in
my view reform OF the Republican
party from within is impossible. The
nomination of such a man as Mr.. Pin
chot would only be palliative. He
would be the candidate of the Repub-
lican party, which as now controlled
in Pennsylvania, has degenerated into
nothing but an organization for sys-
tematic political corruption"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-24

Automobile fans. now rivaIing
even the baseball fraternity. are
turninR their eyes toward Indian
aRolis where torpedo shaped racing
cars Of both domestic and foreign
manufacture already are warming
up for the annual Memorial Day
International races. The two and
a half mile brick speedway is
splattered with oil sprayed from
theethrobbin9 motors. but its nom
skid surface offers good traction
despite the fabrication.
The speedway has an interesting
history. The first race in 1909
ruined the original ,avement. It.
resulted in the death and injury
several persons, and revealed the
world the terrible shock and wear
to which a pavement is subjected
by speeding automobile.
Racing machines. running It 100
miles an hour on the straight
stretches. ripped great pieces ont
Of the surface and wore deep rnts
in it before the rice was fairly
begun. Wheels csurhr in these
ruts as the race progressed. caus-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-24
SCRAMRLING YOLKS
AND JOKES


Sufficient unto the lay is the hens
,cackle, thereof and sufficient unto the
pay Is the price that the dealer charges
therefore. Eggs TIRE q commodity
common IN need but high brow in cost
If the hen had to pay for all the fins
feathers she Is dolled up in and re.
ceived some Of the coin jingled over
the storekeeper's counter we might fes
more appeased in meeting egg charges
But it's the middleman who gets ths
gold out of the eggs. And he does 10:
kill his goose like the farmer IN one
of "Aesop's Film Fables" What hs
does not sell today he puts in coa
storage for a year or two from tomor.
row. Christopher Columbus did mar
Vicious tricks with eggs and so DO
boarding house and restaurant cooks.
Scrambled, fried, boiled and poachei
eggs tickle our palates. And jokes
about eggs screened in Topics Of the
Day" Films tickle our risfbles o.
course, there, are some OF us who %
not relish eggs as a diet, but We all
can enjoy this scrambllng Of yolks and
Jokes.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-24
REVELATIONS OF A WIFE
ADELE GARRISON
GARRISON

swept poor old Williams hama.
head CONTEMPORARY. why, l."
| II don't need Katie at ALL" ret,,,.
Iauietly, with a caustic mental lug
ment on the fact that her Comes
lions at leaving her kinswoman 49,
had not prevented her from mal,'ns
trip to the barn. "She can ga -
with you at once. In fact, She has -,
been out here a minute or two =
brought a. cup of coffee to William
Cousin Agatha waited perceptIbTv
knew that she was wild with nnaHaIo.'
curiosity as to the manner in w.
William had received his wounds -.
that she wouldn't put direct quest
to me until she was sure I meant :
volunteer no information.
But. as she always managed to 4,
she had brought on one of nv ps-
verse moods. Unmindful of the n,
sFbIe indiseretion in arousing her a.
ger. / turned to William again as /.
the conversation were finished.
what is the matter with Willianr
she asked in honeyed accents a ma.
meme 1atSL.
HE was out with his dog - ii,
woods" / returned, land a dead tys.
fell not exactly on him, else he wous
not be here. but the branches lacers.
ed his scalp rather badly. He's fes.
ing Aoueh better, however, and thin
he win be all right again in no tina
I had faced her as began speaking
and I saw tRat she didn't believe tE
tale / had invena@d CO the spur Of tn,
moment to account for Williams coz.
ditien, The crafty. suspicious look
knew SO well came into her eyes.
she win be all right If intecio,
doesn't set in" she said. Did yoa
cleanse and bandage the wounds You.
self?"
II did" I returned CURLY.
You'll pardon me, know, Mar.
garet," she purred, "if I suggest Tat
was rather a rash thing for one d,
your inexperience to do. You canna
foresee the consequences Of faiun
to make those wounds thoroughly an.
tiseptic. 1 think I would better look
at them, and make sure everything Il
all right. I have had 30 much expz.
fence in emergencies you know"
She moved toward William and
over him, her long, capabls
fingers-fairly quivering with inquisi.
tive eagerness-already busy with On.
OF the bandages.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-24
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WOMAN WRITES PRIZE
WINNING BUSINESS IDEA

Miss Fitch, of Albany, N. Y, wins
'fTopics of the Day" Films prize No. 4.
The honor of being the first woman
to win a prize in the Topics of the
Day Films Better Business Contest
is held by Miss Alice ]. Fitch, s Madi-
son Place, Albany, n. Y, whose solu-
ton was awarded weekly prize No.
by the committee of judges. Miss
Fitch's answer to the question, "How
Can Business Be Improved for the
Manufactures, Merchant Worker and
Unemployed" follows:
Substitute sales tax (exempting
neeessities) fer present burdensome
system which paralyzes industry by
forcing money into tax exempt securf-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-24

Nothing so stimulates industry as
healthy appetite.
Dry chief says bottleggers are on the
7un. Spring business?
The only man who can get anything
Gor song is composer.
It is easy to get credit for being
good, but hard to get cash.
90
A fool is either the handiwork Of
nature or Of some woman.
--o-
Only thing congress can pass with
out fighting over it is the time.
Feminine compilations often resem !.
BILE small boys-they don't wash.
--n--
II some men fail to get their just
deserts they have cause for rejoic-
ing.
When man is busy he never adj
mires another who sings or whistles
at his work.
Don't strew flowers on the graves of
the dead If you have to stint the liv-
ing to do it.
Kansas mans income tax is $4,000
600. Every Kansas renter knows what
landlord 1t is.
After eating onions. look at the
bill for your wife's hat. 1t will take
your breath away
o.
The diamond is the hardest sub
stance known-except the heart of a
pawnbrok@ who refuses to advance
moro than ten per cent of it's value.
It's an even bet that the school COM
mittee that ordered the expulsion of
high school girl In Arkansas because
she used face powder all wear boards.
The barb@ry bush was we'll named
Congress- has appropriated half
million dollaHs to aid in it's extermi-
nation as a menace to the wheat crop
In the northwestern states. Maybe the
delicious preserve that was made from
the barberries a generation or two
ago in some sections OF the country.
o.
New YoSkerS find existence in the
big city asN exciting as did the early
pioneers who had TO cope with the
Indians. OTAe resident returned from
an European trip to find his home
had been ransacked of forty thousand
dollars worth of valuables, but the
gang had lived in his home for con-
siderable period OF time during which
they had for sale" sign displayed
and came pretty near finding a pur-
chaser.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-24
FORMER SOLDIERS AND
SAILORS DISMISSED IN
NIQI ALTON Or Avn

VIOLATION OF LAW
In view of the recent wholesale dts
charges OF government employees, in
cudiOg many former soldiers and sail
orS Senator Caraway, Democrat, Ark,
introduced resolution calling upon
the president to tell how many of such
former sailors and soldiers in the
classified service had been dismissed,
denoted or had their salaries reduced,
and cited the following federal stat
ute:
Tn the event of reduction being
made in the force in any of the ex-
!ecutlve departments, no honorably
discharged soldier or sailor, whose
record in said department. is rated
good shall be discharged or dropped
or reduced in rank or in salary
Commenting on this. Senator Cara
way said
Quite number of soldiers and
sailors with honorable discharges who
were within the classified, service
have been dismissed from the. service
without any explanation. Three of
them are in the Bureau of Engrav-
ing and Printing There are many of
them In the Navy Yard There were
some OF them in the Treasury Depart
ment, and the departments are dis
missing soldiers and sailors with hon
orable discharges whose records are
good, and we want to know why.
There is a cry overs his country
now that there is no respect for the
law. How can we complain when
some one becomes a bootlegger if the
highest executive officer in the land
and cabinet officers disregard the law
and deprive. men or their rights? We
cannot build up respect for law and
at the same time let those who are
charged with the duty of enforcing
it ignore il. The law is as binding
upon the president as upon the hum
blest citizen in the land"
Senator Caraway brought ION a col
loquy with Senator Sterling, New
berry Rep, S. D., chairman of the
Civil Service Committee when he ex-
pressed the belief that his resolution
would be smothered in committee, and
then added:
but there is a court of appeal,
above presidents and above cabinets,
to which court these people who have
had their character blackened, and
who have been denied the right to |
make an honest living. can appeal |
These women who We're discharged
can appeal to that court. These ex-
service men WHO went out when con-
gress declared that a state of war
existed between this country and Ger
many. who laid down their civil en-
pigments and imperiled their lives
and their futures to save this country,
now have their rights taken from them
by the executive and the cabinet, and I
they have an appeal. 1t lies beyond
this administration; it lies in the com I
mon sense and fairness and justice of
the American people. and I am con-
fident, sir, despite all that may hap
pen here, despite what the senate may
do, that the American people are go
ing to hear that appeal, and do justice
by these men and these women. 1 do
not care whether they vote the Re-
publican ticket or the Democratic
ticket; they have right to look to
the executive and to congress of the
United States for justice. and when it
is denied them, there is somebody
somewhere, who is going to rebuke
those who sit in high places, and ig-
more the rights OF those in humber
stations"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-24
SUGAR COATED PILLS
OF WISDOM
q AEsop. ..
the WIckED CAT.

All Who sing are not soIofsFs.
A switch in time saves youths from
crime.
Some peple nmit their exercise to
jumping at conclusions.
When cats fight they scratch-as-
scratch can.
You can't always detect crook by
his appearance or his lock.
The want OF a good excuse never
kept a william from crime-moraIizes
''The Wicked Cat of the Aesep's
Film Fables" series.
A clear conscience is a guide that
never errs.
Doubt not lest We be doubted.
Greed doth impede; dee doth pro-
coed.
Better be honest than clever.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-04-24
FABLE FuNNERY.

kilograms carry messages of serious
nature. brief in content. and to the
point. Aesop made a reputation for
himself by putting over brief and witty
fables right to the point. Inspired
by the cartoon movie versions OF the
ancient fabulist's brain throbs the fol-
lowing paragraphs have been con-
trived to feblegram merry messages.