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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-29

in an Article in the Lon-
don Sunday Pictorial.
r NEVER believe much IN looking
back. but II we want to do 50,
now Is the moment. My
thoughts wander back over the three
years since the armistice. ask my
self where we have gone wrong
since the war stopped. and what we
might do II we could live those three
years over again.
But first there floats into ones
mind the old question: Were tho
allies right to grant an armistice at
that particular moment in Novem-
Der, 1887 At the time did not
think 30. I had just traversed the
whole British war zone, and had
seen that our troops were in high
spirits and quite ready to go on.
Marshal Foch had completed a large
concentration of French and Ameri-
can troops on the borders of Lor-
raine, and looked like cutting off the
German retreat, which would have
brought about the greatest military
overthrow In history. Apart from
technical questions, those who felt
az did feared that II the Germans
were allowed to march home thoy
would not know that they were
beaten.
After an interval Of three years,
and In the light Of what has hap
pened since, now hold that II was
entirely right to sign the armistice
At the time selected. The allied
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-29
TT SCERATT FAVORrTE OF LATE EMPEROR FRANZ-JOSEPH
COMING TO AMERICA TO RECOUP FORTUNE BEFORE FOOTGH

and the army Of q king answering
the beck OF her finger.
Fiction falters when the history
Of Lola Montes u unrolled. She
was. to give her all the titles Of
accredited record, Marie Dolores
Eliza Rosanna Gilbert. She pro
claimed herself q natural daughter
Of Lord Byron. but the fact 10 that
she was the child of Sir Edward
Gilbert. an Irish officer in the Brit
ish army and she was born In Lin
erick. the fruit Of . runaway ro-
nance. p.
In six years Sir Edward died, leav-
ing his widow and daughter to the
care of Captain Cragie. q Scot, who
married tho widow and adopted the
child. Tho Craigies were kind.
Calvanistic and cold. and the grow
ing girl cared little for them. AZ
sixteen she was . beauty Of Bath,
after having travelled In Iacia and
France and learned much in books
and out. She eloped with Captain
James. and they went TO India,
whore she flirted until he, to pay
her back in her own ooin, eloped
with one Of her friends, and TO
turned no moro.
ghe cajoled q thousand pounds
from her stepfathsr. went to Lon.
don. studied dancing and carried the
town before her.
She had appeared under the
name Of Lola Montez. and she chung
to Il, for with the assuming Of that
name came the turning Of the tide
in her life. Abruptly one night her
identity was discovered, and society
slammed it's door on her and forced
the managers to bar her from the
stage.
GARTER BRINGS FAME.
II was her beauty. rather than her
dancing. that had won her initial
success, and Il was her beauty on
which she banked always. Lola left
London. penniless. sang in the
streets Of Brussels. accepted engage
ments in Dresden music halls. but
never lost faith in her star.
Suddenly she returned TO Paris
and appeared at the Porte st. Mar
tin. Some one Kissed. Lola flipped
off her garter and flung II at the
offender. Next morning she
was famous-or rather notorious.
Paris was for her. Dujarrier, editor
of La Presse, took her under his
protection. Dumas and Bai.ae were
among her intimates. When her
protector was shot In . duel she ap-
peared in court in deepest mourning
to defend his memory; but men be-
gan to draw away from her. Du-
mas. shudderins. said she trifled
with the destinies Of men.
DOMINATED THE KING.
So she forsook Paris for Munich.
and in Munich she danced, and King
Louis came. saw and was con-
quered. Her first appearance was
greeted with Kisses. for the no
toriety Of the woman had preceded
her; but her wondrous beauty
siienoed all disapproval. and the pro-
lection Of the King. which was i'm
mediateiy thrown around her. as
sured her safety while his favor and
his throne endured.
On the third day after her first
apuearance he withdrew her from
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-29

EyOR nearly half century, Katti Schratt, once
Il the "ns0st taIked-0f lDOKnan In Europe"
slOayed the Austrian court. N0U she seeks to re-
turn to the stage. The picture sh0lDs her as she
loas IN her heyday of pOUer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-29
LENIN AND TROTSKY
so SECLUDED THEY
ARE LIKE myths"

Government Puzzles Investigator Who Claims 1T
is Neither Socialistlc, Federal, NOR Communis-
tic-Trade Has Opened, BUT the CommiSsars
Arc Watching the Operation JealouSly, Ready
TO Pounce Upon the Profiteers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-29
BY JOSEPH MULVANEY.

MO longer young but still retaining much of her charm
4 >Kath Schratt ''the most talkedof woman in
Europe" few years ago. is coming to America For
almost half century she the favorte of Francis
Joseph, Emperor of what was Austria and Hungary.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-29
HAPSBURG'S DARLING
BELIEVES AMERICA is
HER PROMISED LAND

Woman Who Held Miniature Court In Outskirts Of
Vienna and Whose Fascination Over Emperor
Compelled Empress to AcquieSce to Strange
Life, Now Broken and Old, win Seek New
Fields to Conquer. - "..@
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-01-29
BY LOVAT FRASER,

Distin guished British Writer,
in an Article in the Lon
don Sunday Pictorial.
The Washington times., 1922-09-03

been spent on improving Canada's
highways when the five-year period
terminates in the fall Of 1923.
There are approximately $4,000
motor trucks in the metropolitan
district of New York city ready to
answer a call for motor mobilization
within twenty-four hours.
Traffic sergeants, attached to the
police department OF Philadelphia,
Pa, no longer walk, but cover their
districts in motorcycle side-cars,
operated by officers of the force.
In England two classes Of roads
are used-one called the "a" class
for passenger automobiles exclu.
sively, and the other the "B" class
for trucks primarily. These roads
run parallel to each other.
A huge illuminated map, showing
the progress of all State hard roads
under construction in Illinois is
under preparation by the State
highway division for exhibit at
country fairs throughout the State.
The provincial minister of roads
of Quebec issues a map Of roads of
that province, the first of its kind
ever issued in Canada, and which is
Of great interest to motorists,
especially tourists from the United
States.
The Washington times., 1922-09-03
ACME AUTO TOP CO.
ADDS TO ITS LINES

The Acme Auto Top Company. Of
1921 Irving street northwest, has
taken the Washington distribution
for Forsyth Demountable Steel Disc
Wheels and the Aircraft Top. Both
Of these features have a country
wide reputation for merit distribu-
ton and should attain considerable
popularity through the Acme Com
pany. an organization which is
recognized as one Of the leading
automotive firms of the East.
The Forsyth Wheel is said to be
a particularly practical disc wheel
which adds much to the appearance
Of a car as well az to the durability.
The Aircraft Top is of the popular
California type with original fea.
lures which make II an exceptional
value to the motorist who wishes
to increase the comfort and beauty
Of his open car.
The Washington times., 1922-09-03
Automotive Activities Through.
-. out the World.

Exports of automotive products
from the United States during June
valued approximately $15,063,717.
Six million gallons of paint and
varnish were used to cover the
motor vehicles produced in this
country last year.
An end gate for motor trucks has
been invented that can be lowered
TO the ground to help hoist loads
into the bodies Of vehicles.
Fifty million dollars will have
The Washington times., 1922-09-03


Eddie
421 Tenth
mted this valuable
The om small conveniently carried metal conner which
automobile without jng
a % it
q
The Fort Seward news., 1922-01-06

Friday, January 6, 1922. Screaming Shadow Reels  Three X Gordon
 MDNDAY, January 8, 1922. Paramount Magazine Reel
  Mn. 5. Hart in "Tke tall Gate"
 Wedne sday, January Il, 1929 Internat t1ona1 News Reel IN0SA0 Elsie Ferguson in "Lady Roses' Daughter"
The Fort Seward news., 1922-01-06
CHAP @1NS LULA N:

Services, Sunday, January 9th, 1922 Cetao11c; ct Church In Eainesy 9:3O 4. M. General Post Gymnasium. Suspended temporarily,
 Pending formation Of Choir.
The Fort Seward news., 1922-01-06
PAGE DIOGENES 1:

last who I'd have Company, Foo following information: A snail by Identifying the 
 
 Keeg
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-03-30

that the pamphlet bore no title
of its printer or any other evil
dence of its origin. Give me a
line on the matter please, for my
own satisfaction. In the mean
time | am standing pat on the as
sumption that the said college is,
in effect at least, bogus. The
fellow also gives, as his American
address, 'Frankford, Philadel
phia," mot Pennsylvania, and
rhis also sounds fshy to me. He
claims to be an ex.service man
and hence | should not like to do
him an injustice. Therefore, il
you have such "a thriving and
well-manned medical institution
in your part of the state you
would do me a favor not to hide
your light under a bushel but lei
me know at once.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-03-30

HERE'S the best one yet going
the rounds. 1t is clipped from
an Exchange, and should become
a favorite recipe for making
home brew on the part of the
Post-Dispatch readers: Chase a
wild bullfrog three miles. Then
gather up the hops. Add 10 gal
Ions tank bark, one-half quart
shelack and one bar home made
soap. Boil So hours; then strain
through an |. w. w. hat to keep
it from working. Bottle and add
one grasshopper to each pint to
give it the kick"
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-03-30

WILBUR Voliva, successor of
the late John Alexander Dowie
as overseer of Zion City, Illinois,
and head of the Christian Apos-
tolic Church, has issued orders
that Zion City school children
must be taught that the earth is
fiat. According to his theory,
the sky is a dome of solid mate
rial whose edges rest on the
wall of ice which surrounds the
fiat world to keep foolhardy mar
liners from tumbling over the
edge
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-03-30

ALL FOOLS Day has been cele-
brated on April LIST for a long
time. And it seems to be appro,
pirate that this date should be
set for the great coal strike
Over 100000 coal miners are
scheduled to 60 on strike Satur
urday, and this time the fight
will likely be to a finish. With
this strike on in Pennsylvania
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois (princi
pally), and many thousands Of
operatives on strike in the big
cotton mills in Rhode Island
Connecticut, Massachusetts, anc
New Hampshire, the domestic
and industrial outlook is anything
but encouraging. The strikers
will come out at the little end O
the horn.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-03-30
Bugs of All Kinds.

Editor POST DISPATCH
If you will allow me little
space in your paper | want to
say just few words about the
boil Weevil.
| have always heard it said il
you talk about a fellow his ears
will burn; if that be the case |
think the boil weevil's ears are
all burnt off by this time | real
ly don't think there is any use in
trying to kill him; he is here and
here to stay. | don't see why
folks are so bitterly against him
when we have just as bad bugs
as he is.
When | was born about 54
years ago there were bugs then
lightning bugs, bill bugs, bed
bugs and humbugs; this last bug
is the worst bug of all.
do think the man or men
who spend their money and time
trying to kill Mr. Weevil had just
as we'll try to fight the German
army with their naked fist. Yes,
he's here to stay; he has come to
stop folks from making so much
cotton and put them to raising
more food stuff at home; to stop
so much hay, corn, oats, meat.
flour and other stuff from being
shipped in here from other states,
There is no use in trying to fight
him in a big open field when
have seen my wife get a bed bug
hemmed up in one corner of the
house with boiling water mixet
with red pepper and I've and still
the bed bugs live and the hum
bug, too.
The Bible says, fret not thy
self because of evil doers." w,
are fretting because the weevi
has come; they say he is a rea
blessing to any county wher
cotton is rrised; they put NOR
meat on poor mules, more chick
ems on the yard, and more c
everything else except cottol
You see the country is fioode
with cotton now with only a littl
! over seven million bales mad
! last year. So let us stop worr!
ing and grumbling about God
business and do more real gem
inc praying and stop going
the moving picture shows, shal
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-03-30

THE deepest we'll ever drilled
in the State of California in
the search of oil has just been
found to be a dry hole The
Standard Oil Co., some three
years ago started drilling huge
hole in Kern county, California,
but after boring into the earth
for more than a mile (6,202 feet
to be exact, the company last
week abandoned the well and
gave up hope of finding oil,
BY the way, quite a bit was
heard in these parts a year or SO
ago about riches to be gained in
striking oil ner McColl. Drilling
operations and stock selling were
in full blast, and rosy pictures
were painted. Evidently lie
was not struck, however.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-03-30

THE Republican Congress has
finally ratified the Four Power
Treaty, the Senate voting 67-27
on March oath, this being four in
excess of the two.thirds majority
required by the Constitution.
The Republicans made such a
fight against the League of Ma
tons and declared so strongly
against foreign alliances" that
their present reversal of front
must be a bitter pill for their old
liners. AS a matter of fact, his
tory will show that the greatest
economic mistake made by any
country in almost all time wa:
that of the United States (tht
Republican parity in blocking
the League of Nations, just be
cause, forsooth, Woodrow VIII
son, a Democrat, sponsored it.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-03-30
FROM A. M. BARRETT

In the last weeks issue Prot.
Wagstaff wrote Col. F. J. Coke,
of Wadesboro, N. c., concerning
S. T. B. Best of London present
ing a diploma of M. D. from Bar
rett's College, of Pee Dee, N. Z.
| deem it necessary to make
some reply. l will say | have
never issued a medical diploma
to anyone. 1t was stated that on
the diploma was 60 professors.
| deny the assertion. In regards
to the English girl coming from
Leeds in England, Rev. Mr..
Woods, her father, said to me ne
desired for years to help the col
ored people in America. he
asked me if | would accept a
teacher on his expense. | being
under the financial strain that
| | was, and knowing of white lady
teachers teaching colored chill.
dren in America, and but a short
distance from my school, such as
Scota and others; thinking 1t
would be perfectly alright with
the people OF America, | answer
ed certainly | would, so he Sent
his daughter for 2 years, free o.
all charges, so yon see | did moi
pursuade anyone to come anc
teach. After her arrival some o.
my white friends thought it besI
for a white girl not to teach in {
colored school here so | at once
asked Rev. Woods to take he
back. In regards to the schoo
lit is not what | desire it to be
It stands in need of many thing
II could mention. But owing II
the panic stricken condition o
the country | am doing as best
can. 1t is trou | have received
liberal donations from my goo'
white friends of both north ant
south, also England, Scotland
Wales Ireland and France.
have visited all. | appreciate a
that has been given, for the pee
pie of my race were unable t
give. 1t may be a question wit
some why bigger thing are nc
, done in the school after so'muc
, money being donated. 1t Nigh
be remembered that | starte
with nothing and ever since tn
! school began the majority of tn
:. students were unable topay thel
tuition, some would come will
out parents, without shoes, an
lclothes sufficient and | felt thu
I was discharging my duty.
A. M. BARRETT.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-03-30
Public information.

The Atlanta Woman Club and
the Atlanta Georgian and Sunday
American a collaborating in a
campaign to reduce infantmortality
and to promote the health of chill
dren. The leading baby experts
of the nation will contribute their
beet thought to this Campaign
which began in the Sunday Ameri-
can last Sunday, March 10th. and
will eliminate in the physical ex-
animation by Atlanta's leading
practitioners of all babies whose
parents enter them. BETTER
BABY WEEK will begin Monday,
April 9th~
Every day for the next four
weeks The Atlanta Georgian and
Sunday American will publish a
page devoted to articles by the
foremost experts of the nation on
the care Of the baby. This is one
of the most important campaigns
we have ever inaugurated.
To a mother, her baby is the
most important thing in the world.
She will do more for its health and
protection than for anything else
| in life. Whatever can help her to
that end is to the utmost interest to
her. She knows that ONE CHILD
OUT OF EVERY SEVEN DIES
i'm INFANCY. Many of these
deaths are preventable. One article
lin this series may mean the differ
ence between health and death ir
her family. Every mother in YOU
town should know what we are do
ing to help her.
Very truly yours,
D. G. Scott,
i Country Circulator.
la On sale every Saturday and
!: Sunday at Biggs Drug Store.
i Phone your order today if you
/, want us to save copy for you.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-03-30

SPRING must have hit New
Workers, for on last Sunday 1000
persons were enjoying the surf
at Coney Island, and $4,000 in
the course of the day paid the
resort a visit. Their one com.
plant in leaving was that hog
dogs are still kept at ten cents
each.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-03-30


off all our old filthy habits and
the good Lord will smile on us
Democrats and Republicans, too,
and it wont be long before you
Just can't tell one from the other
only by their smell.
Now Twill close by singing,
Corn in the big crib. chickens on the
yard,
Meat in the smokehouse, a barrel full
of lard,
Milk in the dairy. butter on the board,
Coffee in the little sack, sugar in the
gourd.'
That is the way we will have
things if we just stop fighting the
boil weevil.
"And pluck out their eyes, and cut of
their bill,
Leave three sralks i'll every dill;
For we know the rascal is sight;
He is doing bushes day and night"
B.. F. McLendon,
Ri. l, Rockingham, N. c.
March 25th, 1922.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-03-30

DURING the past few years in
which the fiji has appeared in
our community, many friends OF
the writer have expatiated upon
the ills Of the disease, and warn.
ING against its contraction. Their
recountals we're amusing. But
not 50 now. The writer has beer
duly initiated during this past
week, even though in a milo
manner: and can truthfully say
that it IS an acquaintance on
should anxiously seek to avoid.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-03-30

quenching the thirst, they reduce me
temperature of the fever patient.
They also may serve as a form In
which nourishment may be given when
solid food cannot be taken. Other
drinks relieve nausea, stimulate the
heart, excite the gastric juices, con-
troll the bowels and prove soothing to
a congested state of the alimentary
canal. All drinks should be subject to
the advice Sof the attending physician,
for even harmless grape juice may be
fatal in cases recovering from typhoid.
Like everything else prepared for
the inyalid's table all beverages
should be made and served with all
possible daintiness. A smeary, thick
glass of lukewarm lemonade or other
drink which should be cold would nau-
seate person who was not i'll. A
pretty shaped tumbler or sherbet cup
standing on n pretty plate protected
by dainty dolly will appeal to the
eye before its delicious GOODNESS is
/. tasted.
When beverages are carried to ths
sick room they should always be Gov
cred and never left uncovered In the
sick room.
Very hot beverages stimulate the
digestive fluids, while very cold one:
retard but lower the temperature IL
fever
Various other fruits and fruit juice
may be used with orange or lemon Of
alone, such as pineapple, eurrant Der
ries and grapes. Most fruit juices arr
more acceptable when chilled, eithe
near the ice or having clipped ic,
added. Orange juice alone. strained
and served well chilled, is an agree
able and mildly laxative drink yer,
popular with most people. 1t is give
tablespoonful between feelings t
young babies with very good results.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-03-30
ACCORDING to the estimate o

ACCORDING to the estimate OF
a German statistician, 46 men
were killed and 100 wounded on
the German side during every
hour the world war was raging
Germany's total losses in dead
were 1,8O8,548, and wounded
4,246,779.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-03-30

OF munger may uepart,
but thirst is seldom ii.
minished, The thought
of food In illness is often
dlstasteful, but the de-
sire for fluids Is intensi'
fed. While water is the
natural beverage, an in
finite variety Of other
drinks may be prepared
for those who are well
or Ill, In Illness, besides