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.trary have a tendency to weaken
their position with the public.
Now since no community can
be prosperous unless the work.
men are employed, and It Is the
policy of. the labor organizations
to hold their deliberations behind
closed doors. they.do not take The
public into their confidence or
assign any reason. for their az
tons, 1t Is assumed they believe II
Is no concern Of the public VIVA:
action they take on any question.
However It appears this assump
ton would be ridiculous, since the
general public is the employer
either directly or indirectly CT all
labor.
Therefore It appears 10 be high
ly important that the labor organ.
iSations take the public into their
confidence and give a reason for
any action taken by them which
effec 8 the public directly. ~
We will await with interest any
statement the labor organizations
wish to make in regard to their
recent acton on the wage ques-
49,.
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LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR

Fairmont, Feb. s.-tEdlt9r The
West virgintanl-We noe in the
issue of The West virs.nian Of
February LIST, a wage scale for the
building trades as adopted by the
Trades Council, after due and
careful consideration. /" In the scale
as published, there appears to be
only two trades in which The rate
has been reduced from the peak
price.
And this reduction OF the two
trades appears to be unfair on the
face OF 1t without an explanation
Of the conditions under. which the
two trades should be reduced.
Since there Is no question of
greater Importance to the citizens
OF Fairmont today than housing
and reduction Of rents Of which
the worhngmen complain.
And since, the workmen have
decided later careful considera.
tom that a reduction of labor
cost Is notiinecessary at this time,
they have evidently discovered
other means OF reducing labor
cost without disturbing the wage
rates or possibly they have sdiscoy.
cred that a reduction OF building
costs Is not necessary IN order TO
ges q reduction Of rents.
Nov 81 they have arrived d
either of the above conclusions
we feel e Is q duty. they owe %
the public TO show how the OBJ ecl
sought can be- accump lished under
the present conditions. And by
doing 50 they can materially
strengthen their position, md .
allure to do 20 win, on the con;
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Realty Deeds Are
Filed For Record

The following deeds were filed
in the office OF County Clerk Lee
N. sastertleld for recording yes
terday::
Samuel Fox. wife. ct al, to Jacob
F. Straight, parcel Of land on
Paw Paw Creek In Paw Paw dis
trict. Consideration $3.50.
Howard A. Prickett and wife to
Ida e. Satterfield, q parcel OF land
n the Meredith Springs addition
TO the city Of Fairmont. Consider.
alton $500.
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PROSPECTIVE BUILDER,
MAKES REpIY.l

FAIRMoNT, Feb. 3.-[Editor The
West Virginfan. Kindly allow MT
space in your paper to reply tc
Moses and his Glass House letter
I'm your paper Of yesterday evening
l do not desire to- throw mud
but II am able to do so desire Il
give to the public my reasons for be,
Ing against the proposed Dental
clinic. First / desire to correct
some statements as to my own per.
Esonal affairs. / own a home a;
Edgemont, 1t is valued on the tax
books at $3,500.00 and last year
paid $3.50 tax on the property and
1881 on personal property. l did
not pay any tax in the city OF Fair.
mont, I have IN office In The Dew.
.eny building, which will value al
about 500 for taxation. Why l was
not assessed I do not know. / nay
for my daughters tuition at hlgIl
school for reason OF not paying city
tax, us for my property being
worth $19,000.00 I value my home
far moro than that. Now 1 hope
that will suit the Anonymous writ,
or. B
I have been Health Officer OF Ma,
rion county for ten years, and think
l know some Of tho needs OF the
citizens Of this county along health
lines, and i am asked almost every
day to explain this dental bill, and
here are my reasons for being
against It.
First: Marion county needs an
all time Health officer as already
provided by law, and through his OF
flee not only can teeth be cared
for, but many other health matters
taken care Of.
The county court now has power
10 lay a levy for 3 cents for all time
health work which would make, on
a valuation of SS5, 100000, $4,000
which could be used in full time
health work, fill the teeth Of all
children whose parents are not able
TO pay for some. We have asked
the court TO put on full time work
which would do this, and thus com
bine the dental work. through an
ofic ealready established. It Is moi
probable II this dental bill should
carry that the court would lay ar
Scent levy for both dental and
health work, so. why ask the tax
payers to vote an extra tax and eX
clude the, more important health
work?
The court has intimated that tht
right thing to do was for the den
lists and, doctors to get together
land work out some plan where i
could be combined. Such q com
mittee was appointed by the Ma
rion county Medical and Dental so
ciety: the dentists. would not lister
to anything but that the dental bill
should be put through. but offeret
to aid the doctors in securing {
fulltIme health officer, but this car
only be done as / see It, through thu
now established legal way.
Now do not desire to sling mud
nor have any fight against thu
dentists. hope they are ny
friends. I do want 10 present Thu
health officers side to the citizens
The state Health Council Is agains
this dental bill as It has shown ii
Mcdowell county that importan
health work Is left undone as theJ
have only part time health worl
as Marion county has. Us
! hope the citizens OF Marion
county will not begin to copy attei
the southern end Of the state fol
its advancement.
am not much OF a writer ant
an; very busy at this time trying e
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The Automobile Show. of last winter was one Of
the most attractive things that has ever been put on
in the city. The data for another is announced and
no doubt equally attractive show will be given.
The one last year would have done credit to much
larger city than FaIrmont, and, owing to the fact
that the tabernacle in which it was held had
unlimited space every car was shown to wonderful
advantage. Probably quarters will not be SO
advantageous this winter but the exhibition will live
up to expectations nevertheless.
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sidelaElts
BY sILAs
pyEsLAs

It Is our good fortune today 70
present for your consideration q
contribution which came In this
morning 3 mail. The contributor Is
quite bashful and does not seek the
public eye, SO In this instance we
are Withholding the name. We rec.
0mmend the contribution as being
well worth reading, and we trust
from time to time others may be
forthcoming from the readers OF
this column. It follows:
Personality
Personallty-1low much Is sam.
med in that one wordl Everyone
wants It, everyone has It, but few
show III
What Is this magic thing which
Is 50. much in demand Z Is not the
expression Of ones self through
ones words and actions? When
one copies someone else then per.
sonallty Is hidden beneath imIta.
ton. Personality Is a by.produet
OF spontaneity. =
God, the Creator, gave US per.
sonaliues that we might be dist!n.
guished one from the other. Why
hide this God glycn gift under
tawdry imitation?
Personality can be cultivated and
personality Gun be commercialized.
What greater attribute can the
man In public life possess than a
magnetic personality And is II
not an essential factor in the life
of the society woman, and the
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BERTOM BRA. 80. POEM
gHRs W!EIIaH. 81. az ] ! IF ii 81
'scoDyslgAt lsss. ssHA serviss9

HEsWlsIGH OF ALL FnEsH
When NOT be said to matter
VI II 1,addeds now and then, pound: two: ts
For my clothes still fitted trinity
r. tBut-how rapidly ones tissue will accrue! Ne
For found out growing slightly porty
And the fact Is something
But refitted or twice ZERO admitted
That my figure was Individually Fatl No.
" And can't eat much of anything but green's
And wear vest Of rubber blubber
s'sA And I'm learning what starvation truly means So
It's heavy task and wearing bearing,
B It's q job that keeps busy, night and day,
For I've had demonstration CORPORATION
Is much easier to get than take awayi
When growing bury your very early
For'preyenion' far, far easier than cure
Just the minute that
STILL II accretions steady grown already
IT, You can make lot of money getting lean, ~
Take the chance, and about
In the columns Of a weekly magazine!
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place before the high school stu.
dents OF this county the value OF
knowing something about the care
Of the body, and do not care to rush
into print every morning, but wifi
now say that | intend to try and
convince the taxpayers Of this coun-
ty that we should not make the
children paupers. / will also meet
any citizen Of Marion county at any
time or place and debate this ques.
ton In an Intelligent manner be.
fore any body OF taxpayers and SEQ
II we are able TO enlighten them on
this important question, for am
sure that this is a very importan:
question, and should be gone into
very carefully between now AMI
time to vote on It.
also desire to say that am not
against the revaluation Of property
as my friend would lead the read
ers to believe.
have no personal fights against
liany one but dosay / have my right.
ito give my views on this question
without being assaulted through the
press. pay my debts (when |
have the money! and did not enter
this fight for. any personal reasons,
for IL there Is a full-time health OF.
ficer put on in Marion county !!
hope It will come during my term
of office as It ends on July /, 1895.
Land have worked hard during the
last ten years educating the pub
ilic up to this time when / feel it Is
time to ask the court to lay a levy
for full time work. .
Very truly,
L. N. YOST,
County Health Officer.
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s2,oo.o.oo FIRE

{, JERSEY CITY. N. J., Feb. 81.
Fire destroyed the Lehigh Valley
Railroads supply and repair shops
here carly today. The loss was
estimated at $500 900.
Railroad detectives were Of the
opinion the fire was OF incendt.
afy origin. It was the third serious
fire in the big railroad terminals
here and in Hohoken the last three
months. m
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bers is, their names all end in six
or ski or eta.
Mr.. Daugherty is going TO trace
the Calls skin from the calf to the
pair Of shoes. re-
He will find something raw be-
sides the material.
The skin has already been
traced to the wood pulp mill, and
The soles bring memories of
that hamburg seak.
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BY The Way:
Daily coiIrn given to current
events and frank comment
SUGGESTION.

Docs It make you thirsty when
you see liquor flowing IN a moving
picture? One Of the leading pro-
ducers thought SO, and cut out q
scene showing wine glasses.
This gets the endorsement Of
Prohibition Commissioner Haynes.
If, in enforcing prohibition, We
arc to eliminate all things which.
by suggestion. prcss-agent liquor,
most OF the literature OF the past
will have to be burned. There
wouldn't be much Of Charles
Dickens left. He usually had an
ale-house in the center of the stage
or just around the corner, 81
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East Side and FaIrlnont High are giving
Fairmont the pep of a collage town with their
rivalry in athletics 1t is great spirit and the city
enjoys 1T. If the students VII keep it on a true
sportsmanship basis with glory for ALL and no
whtmporing nor iii feeling it will be great for both
schools will enlist splendid interest among the
rest of the populace. 1870.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-02-03

This weather, with the exception of the one
rainy night, lis fine for good attendance at the
revival services which are being held both in
Fairmont and county wide at this time While the
weather should have little effect on city audiences
with sidewalks and paved streets. automobiles and
street cars at command, yet good weather does
moan a great deal in the city. and practically
everything in theScounEy where people are not so
fortunately located Better make hay while the sun
shines for we cannot hope for this to last for long
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mother IN the home7
Il public speaker IS Ni
Ia vivid and pleasing pcrsonsli
he has failed Before he begjhA
hilewise the SPEAKER who pos Rsss
es d VIVID PERSONAL y hut who
fans To- convey II to his audienee,
Have YOU not Seen d speaker
struEgl ei for count less time 20 get
his audience, and then by a simple
little expression or gesture, WIN
II In the twanklihg o. an eye? HG
had struck d kindred keynote.
Personality Is being recognized
in the private schools OF the copn.
try. Fashionable girls finishing
schools which formerly insisted up,
on uniform dress, and certain
set curriculum, haye abolished
ooth, paying that they paralyxe
personality &
AS q nation America Is lacking
In personality. We are too bust:
nesSlike, too austere, We are
afraid to be ourselves The French
and Italian people possess the
most marked PERSONAL tiles, and
are they not tho most charming?
Is personality 70 1ie dorlnante
Let's cultivate III
Some Of the boys n the office
were giving the. first page OF The
West Virginian the once over last
evening, and one OF them re-
well, Well Bononii has ri
signed"
Then chirped up the little office
"see you in the funny paper guy
with:
eyes. Bonomi sestgnsa ana sun
tlnscratched, .
Quick, Watson. the Old Dutch
Cleanser. .jsa
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The Scotch average nearly an
inch taller than the Irish. But the
Irish were kept down 200 years.
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A local shoe store in offering place for women
to have their shoes shined has filed a want that
every woman In the city has felt. The average
shoe-shine, parlor is not adapted to serving women
patrons and women will not enter unless compelled;
not that the service is not good nor that courtesy is
lacking but the exceeding high stands are difficult
for women to mount and the foot rests are menace
in descending. If the new place now open for women
patrons has a stand which women can negotiate Il
will probably be very busy place.
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Another way to reduce Is worry
too much about business.
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oysters are no'od for their
silence because you seldom see one
slowed.
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When anauto Kicks back and
breaks a mans arm It is merely
trying to replace tho horse.
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Some people couldn't kick any
mire Il they were centlpedes.
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The interest m short skirts is
moro than s per cent.
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Japan ought to be satisfied. She
goes to bed while We are getting
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Speaking Of an early spring We
need an average prophet tax.
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Antl.tobacco bugs go on the
theory that cigaret lighters won':
work.
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Just after the arms limitation
conference settled the Pacific an
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Health Hint: Live SO you can
dodge any auto in town.
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There's a difference in "Kiss
and make up" and kiss the mike
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Il am thinking Of the people,
explains q chronic reformer, who
forgets to mention what with.
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Scientists says a clock runs
faster at night; but it only seems
faster.
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Square deals make square
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Fine motto. "A man can learn To.
do!anythlng q heSRtll DO anything
TO learn.
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Allmeny Won't play with the emil.
dtsu.
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..rlhaaake m.soa \ alI Up agsIa.

Alimony Won't play with the chi.
dtsn.
Fine motto. "A man can learn 70
do anything e he9wtll do anything
70 learn.
Some people couldn't kick any
mire Il they were eentlpedes.
There's a difference in kiss
and make up" and kiss the make
up
II am thinking Of the people,
explains q chronic. reformer, who
forget8 TO mention, what with.
Scientists says a clock runs
faster at night; but it only seems
faster.
Square deals make square
meals. Z
Health Hint: Live SO you can
dodge any auto in town.
When anauto kicks back and
breaks a mans arm II is merely
trying to replace tho horse.
Another way to reduce Is worry
too much about business.
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Some OF the boys IL the office
were giving the first page OF The
West Virginian the once over last
evening, and one OF them re-
The Washington times., 1922-07-23
Tony the Barber on Modern Dancing

what poor fsesh marry an sst
spoil my whole afternoon"
IT am mooch oblige for ds con-
gratulations," say. "But thsrs
ees moro feesh In da sea than ess
ever caught and thsm ones which
ees still In da sea, ees YER lucky
feesh."
"Eef you get out By mo an
shaka da foot once by awhile, you
will get yong again. joost Hka
that" she say Get.
"Shake da whati" say. Fl
not see nobody shake da feet In
dancing nowdays."
"Sure not" she say, "you ses
not looking at da feet, da reason
which Is why"
"Womans," I say set. "Eef
you come hero by my barbering
shop to maka da troub, ! ask you
like lady to 90 upstairs by do
home hous' and kindly shot opp
an not drive all da Gus out from
da barb shop"
"Eef you go by me to da danc-
ings Tomorrow evenink, l shall
make eet no farther remarldngs
howsoever," she say eet.
"Eet ees great pleasure to me,"
I say, 'Tf ! can use modernism
dancinss lika da cske-eat an
treat 'em rough"
II not care how yeu bat
The Washington times., 1922-07-23

"Sure deesa music ees intoxi-
cate. Eet ees bootleg music an
not real music at all. Ono or
chestra can play Get tree four
tunes by da same time an no.
body know da differ. They got
such instrument called da Bang
Joe, which ees YER nerves-rack-
ing instrument Da Bang Joe,
she ees niggerish instrument
which no wop should maka da
dance by same"
"Da Bang Joe rnaka da swift
music to my ear" say Mariouche.
"Da Bang Joe, she ees not 30
bashful liks da guitar or da fid.
Da fid, she maka me seek. She
SCUM lika da cats on da back
fence. Da Bang Joe, she ees
YER sooth to my temper an
maka nice smoothly an restful
music. also lika da eowbell,
she maka me think I am cen da
country by da side Of da river
banks"
"An' da skiIlets, they maka me
think l have got eet nothing to
eat, which ees .da truth" say
eet. when you ees by da after
noon dancing"
II not care for da frying-psns
music neither" say Mariouohe.
when they play on da frying
pans, sst always paska as think
The Washington times., 1922-07-23

malea ms tire and I not 60 to eet,
at ALL"
"oh, you ees a ole FOSSIL" she
say Get. 'You not know da war
ees over yet"
"Sure you tink she ees YER
NICE" I say, 'but eef I treat you
rough like some Of them lnge
lousards. you would have me
ares an getta da deevorcing.
You would have me peench for
salt and buttering eef I maui you
'roun' lika da cake-eat do eet.
An da music, I ask you, how you
lfka that, what7"
"Da music" say Mariouche,
"she ees YER inspire to me. She
ees YER blood-moving music an
maka me feel JUS lika da young
chicken. l loaf sooch music YER
nice. Da blues, they ees YER
good also"
"Da blues, they give me da
sane," ! say. "Such music like
they got eet, make me YER ner-
vous. Zen da ole days, we got
II da guitars an da other soft in
struments and so forth, but what
we got eet, to-dayl We got eet
da skillet an da cow-bell an da
tin washing-boiler an da what's
not. Eet maka da tune lika da
ole COW, she die on eet."
"Said music ees YER intsxieats
by ne," say, Mariouehs.
The Washington times., 1922-07-23

'em," shs ssy. 'sYeu am iiEs 90
~ far - you 10"
IAN right" say "But, I xm
not going 10 dance Wit anybody
but you."
mot your life on sst ? shs ssy.
"Any woman which dance modern
rassls wit her own husban' ees .
dumbeil ! dance wit strangers.
They ses more politely"
"Csn I not hsvs est ons dsno-
Ing Wit your" ! say. "ons ses
all I wsnt for ono evening""
"Thsn 70 20 an smbulancs IN
ds hospital" she say. "oh, no,
not give you no chance to be
handsome young guy wit wife
cen da ambulance for six, seven
wicln. Ees there not some other
womans you got Get da grudgs
sgainstI"
NO." I say. 'T cannot malta
da dancing wit nobody but my
wife. Back by da ole days, you
lika to maka ds dancing wit
ms."
"Them Is ancient hystericaIs
you are pulling eet," she say.
eve now are living by ds twen-
tieth century limited"
Lots Of marrid people dance
together" I say eet. They ees
married, all right"
The Washington times., 1922-07-23
Copyright. 1884, International Feature Service. !,

xess shs s.ys 'ba3 nse -
badh oshsns
wsll upshesefn. - On wlsdes
msttsr Cos thst I 90 hy fs &anss
an I hope ds Euy which dsnos
Wit my wife wfll do hos Autyt,
but I ses due for . sprisa Eef
you exn sss how ths Nfrmnsns
maui ths mems around can dsI
dancing, you wfIl know whxs
these guys got from Marfeuchep
which has ds STRONG arm Ds
Zap ees ver puElistio dancer
nowadays, believe me-. Da frst
Kuy which dance vii Mariouchs
get . spratn ankle an ds second
one get ds broken LEG.
Pretty soonly ", are 20 ssuI
for refreshment an I say 10 Mari
ouohei II moocha thank you"
For which," she say.
For because you not dsncs
wit me-" I say with wicked lser.-
Ing by da eyebrow,
well, I change my MINI" she
say, 'T ses sorry for you. I
maka da max dancing Wit you.
You ees veys rood lfttla scout "A
that"
sayI "AIl right NIT you
by da palm tree In Ave minute.
! gotta 60 out an sec Q frien'
across da street"
Hurry back" she say eet.
did. I hurry back home. I
not seen no more dance hall that
evening which show what / think
about Get,