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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-05-26

through tho crowd and ell traffic was
blocked. Fer time It was thought
best to call or the whole program lest
someone get hurt duo to tho dense
thronE but after nearly an hours hard
work the police and fircmen managed
to set tho crowd back n safe distance
from the building 81 the Standard Kid
Co. where tho nremcn were to per-
form. The plant was operating as
usual and tho frcmcn scaling the
walls and leaping from windows did
not interfere In any way with the days
schedule there.
After time the frcmen were able
TO get busy and their FIRST stunt was
building line OF scaling ladders from
the ground TO the fourth moor and then
climbing In pairs. Next followed nm
exhibition by two men each with a
single section of scaling ladder. of
climbing from the ground TO the roof
The speed with which the f,remer
worked and the rapidly with which
they got up the sheer brick wall with
the aid OF the scaling ladders was .
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-05-26

as he slid safely from the net below.
The demonstration with water came
near 70 cancellation because the
crowds Of people would not get hack
but Of tho way. They were warned re-
peatedly OF what was going To take
plscc and that they would Ret wet but
despite this they persisted In stand.
ing their ground right in the path OF
tho powerful streams OF water THAT
were to come later. As a Consequence
many OF them got a thorough duck.
ling and some even refused TO move
while the water was being played or
them.
Two hose lines siameeed into one
3-inch line were connected with the
water towers on tho two big ladder
trucks and when the engines opened
up they let out a stream that shot IA,
up Fourth street and caught tn.
crowd which thought ~ had backe,
TO safe distance. Tho big extonsio,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-05-26

unconscious mon could be lowered
from upper floors to tho street In
uafoty.
The next performance was another
thriller. Thia was Jumping into tho life
nets. from the second and third floors.
Tho firemcn could not go higher be-
cause Of the danger OF the high voltage
electric wires stretched close TO the
building. One after another they
hoped of" and landed In the life
net held by their companions on the
sidewalk below. Finally after all had
apparently cleared from the third
window there was seen coming
through head first the form OF a man
who turned nip flop" In mid air and
landed on his back In the net. II was
Jack Reader, assistant TO Fire Chief
Lutz, who had taken a running dive
from the third floor. There was a
chorus OF "Ohs" as he shot out into
space and then n burst OF applause
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-01-16
IRE YOU SUPERSTITIOUS?

A young French girl already broken hearted has
been sent TO jail for desecrating a grave and will
there have time TO ponder on the futlity of
charms"
This particular girl had given her heart to some
gay blade whose fancy turned to other maids and,
in her cagerness TO bring back his love she OBJ
taiaed the heart of young calf stuffed It with a
lock of her hair. stuck it fun of pins and then
buried IL in newly made grave in a cemetery.
Her crime. for which she pays was dissertation
CT grave. Her mistake for which she has not yet
paid. .r her ignorant trust in superstftious
charms
Had she been really wise. she would have either
forgotten the youns with the volatile affections
or refused listen TO the particular seeress who
told her that her wierd rites had any power what
soever over The human mind
Instead of locking for the heart Of calf she
would have turned TO her own heart and tried TO
discover what lacking there that had permitted
her swain TO turn away so easily.
she might have cultivated kindness of thought.
more unseifsh attitude towards life a brighter
smile and a stronger courage or any one OF a dozen
qualities which she may have lacked
She would have known had she reached the age
ot wisdom that each person has with herself or
himself the power to command his own fate and
that luck has nothing 70 do with life
The episode Of course is humorous. but before
al join a laugh at her expense il might be
vel to stand up and be counted
Did you refuse 70 start that new enterprise on
Friday because it happened 10 be Friday the
Thirteenth" and you were just little afraid that
10 might Pc unluckye
Did you go those few extra steps out OF the way
tiis morHins in order aveid the jinx Of passing
ruder a ladder?
Have you got that buckeye rolling around in YOUR
pocket a guard against rheumatism?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-01-16
NO LONGER PROFITABLE

For two years the PEOPLE in large cities paid
rather large sums of money to see a spectacular
theatrical performance whose chief appeal to pa
irons the fact that the woman in the star role
wore almost clothes at all.
The show closed at Des Mones Saturday night
and will be no more When it went before
the real American people. who fix national stan
dards and who uphold traditions OF decency it
starved to death.
The withdrawal Of this particular show. which
was based and builded the idea that the Amer
scan people forgotten their innate modestv and
reverence for womanhood. is only another bit OF
evidence that the day has gone when any public
r.-.tl.au,e ,hat offronts the ideals of the people
must inevitably fail.
When "Aphrodi.e" went the way of its predeces-
sors in catering to the saacous, it only added one
more to the list of failures those promoters of
the stage who believe that they can sell lack Of
drapery instead of talent
In the big cities of New York and Chicago. the
show was success because in those great multi
tudes of population there will always be a very
small percentage who will be drawn by the lure
of such things wWR
But when it is tried in such cities as south Bend
and Des Moines the heart of the west where
people still live in homes it fails
The passing Of the capitalzing of anything that
tends TO destroy moral tone is evidenced in many
more ways.
Twenty-Five years ago one drew millions to
himself by slipping into boxes Of cgarets small
photos OF so-called stage beauties who were re-
markabe chiefly for their lack Of costumes
Any man who tried repeat on that perform
ance today would lose his money if not his liberty.
Twenty years ago there sprang up in most cities
OF size weekly publications that devoted themselves
entirely to scandals and which were barely within
the law against the obscene and the salacous
These were destroyed by the power of Public
opinion and magazines of today which try TO ac-
complish the same purpose under the guise of fc-
ton have few readers while those which deal with
normal life, with clean things, gain in circulation
Although of the theatrical managers may
not believe It, the day has gone when man can
make dollars by thinly yelled attempts to corrupt
the public.
Plays of that order to the theatrical cene-
terry. Newspapers which have such policies die OF
inanition. Men and women who pattern their own
lives or such lines ostracised. II simply
doesn't pay.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-01-16

yesterday afternoon in order read your fate2
Were you careful 10 tack that horseshoe you
found IN the road right side up against the barn
door-just a precartion OF course. and on the
of chance that it might brig luck?
Have you done or avoided any Of the dozen
more things that tradition has branded as good OF
bad omens?
II you are immune from all these things II you
really do rely Just upon yourself your own labor.
your own enterprise. your thrift. ior the good
things in lfe laugh all you please this poor girl
who .sobs out her lonely heart in a forlorn cell
Otherwise. it might be well postpone the mer-
riment
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-01-16

again. but there was no response,
only the steady glare Of that garish
light and the banging from the en-
trance on the ground floor
Professor Semyonov shrugged and
turned to descend still further. but
the sergeant grasped his arm.
That's only someone who heard
what we did-the officer on this beat
perhaps-and wants TO investigate.
Let him swait If anything is wrong
in this house il Is behind that door.
for breaking it in, professor. Stand
backr'
The door itself was a massive one
but the lock evidently old and finn
sy and at his third onslaught it
snapped with such suddenness that
he was almost precipitated into the
apartment.
A single glance suficed TO show
the outlines OF dainty carved fur
niture and cushions scattered about
in profusion by an obviously femin-
inc hand, but the room was empty
and its only illumination was that
strange ray of counterfeit sunlight
which streamed through an opened
door in the opposite wall, a door
which led evidently 10 that studio
built over the strip of garden Of
which the professor had spoken.
The still, heated air was heavy
with a subtle. cloying perfume but
mingled with it was harsh, acrid
odor that was not new to the de-
tective and he sprang across to the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-01-16
THE World PROGRESSES

Today a woman OF eighty becomes mayo OF a
city, a large city to be sure. but still a city.
She will preside meetings of the council, will
as Judge in trials OF such as may be accused Of
violating the law viii boss the town policeman and
will be responsible for the city government
Had anyone predicted 20 years that women
then alive would witness this innovation in public
affairs, they would have provoked only smiles.
It Is not only evidence of the remarkable inroads
which has made public affairs but pre-
sents most strikingly the fact that years no
longer a real measure of age and that no one is
condemned because of gray heair.
The little city over which this woman with her
eight decades OF life behind her will rule is the
pleasant place Of Magnetic Springs Ohio. It is
a community of homes and in the summer a resort
Of note.
Und'r it's spreading naples in the spring time,
the be and girls from colleges make it trys-
ting pl- and history has been written largely
in the picnics and motor parties of these youths
who discovered the place many years ago.
Why should not a woman who is a grandmother
perhaps great-grandmOther. be given first place
in a community whose problems are largely domes-
tic and relate directly the of the home?
She knows the neighbors their children. their
troubles, their ambitions their purposes
Who better than she. who has grown old among
them. to give advice and as to the placing
Of new light. the hours a which the policeman
may run without danger TO the babes and children?
Before the coming of suffrage this aged women
would have been condemned by custom and tradi-
ton to staying at home, knitting herself to sleep
and waiting for the inevitable summons.
She would have been presumed to be past the
time of active effort condemned to live the past
and to exc out her hours best she might and with
as little bother the living
The awakening thought Of the age permits men
md Ffrro 81,
enthusiasm in life and TO never surrender.
From the exile Of a rocking chair to the active
head Of city is step. but the world has
taken il.
1t would be worth trip to this little town with
its naples, its bubbing waters its placid and con
tented homes, to just how a woman who has
the wisdom of life at her command really rules
Just as a wager, place a bet on its becoming
at least kindly place live while she holds the
reins.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-01-16

doorway OF the studio and then
paused.
Facing him upon a large easel was
the portrait of a woman in gray
evening gown poised on the third
step of a staircase with one slipper
ed foot slightly advanced and a hand
of startling whiteness upon which a
huge emerald blazed rested on the
dark. polished wood Of the balus-
trade The painting was only half
finished. but it was indicated in
broad splashes of color and with the
bold. sweeping lines Of the cartoon,
list which rendered the likeness un-
mietakable TO anyone familiar with
the lineaments of those in the city 8
highest society.
All this Barry took IN with one
darling glance and then his eyes
Aaveled TO the foot of the easel and
lay there. 1t was the huddled body
of a woman with masses Of tawny
hair scarcely dishevelled by her fall
and spreading stain upon the
breast Of her paint-daIbed smock.
Kneeling beside it he gently rails
ed the head, which rolled backward
in his hands and the cUriously Ions,
narrow. half-opened eyes stared up
suddenly into his with a duh, I'M
winging gaze.
Dead" the professor announced
beside him "She was at work when
the shot pierced her breast. See.
her thumb is still thrust through the
palette and the maulstick and brush
have but just fallen from her hands
Continued in Our Next Issue)
Copyright. 1922 NICA Service)
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-01-16
More Truth
0Tha1l pOQtru
6y James q MQnta6sfa Z

THE WTTCHING HOUR
The dawn, all bright with red and
gold
When first the glorious sun az
pears
Is marvelous-so I've been told
haven't seen a dawn for years.
I'll take the word OF other men
About that radiant rising sun,
And sing the joyful hour when
Ny work is done.
Sometimes it's after six o'clock.
Sometimes it's earlier in the day.
That cheerfully my desk ] lock
And homewsrd wend my weary
way.
I don't observe the evening sky.
Or notice If It's red or blue;
But am glad 20 think that
At last am through.
And sometimes in the stilly night
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-01-16
The Tower9(Babel
Bill Armstrong

and this matter was by you at
tended TO very promptly. for which
I have to thank you now In
this promptness ! thought 10 dis
cover kindness, and this is the
reason that I have taken sufficient
courage TO approach you with a
lite matter
Because OF the present very bad
Conditions in Germany, everyone
looks up his relatives in the for
eign lands, and especially those in
the United States. 50 as TO ask and
receive from them a little finan-
cial assistance Inasmuch that
I also am without means. but have
no relatives in foreign countries.
I take the liberty 10 ask you Tor
aims. and I hope that my prayer
will not be CURLY turned down by
you Mr. Principal; for even a few
cents will help me. as the value
OF the American money here is
very great
If you so desire I Will send YOU
more particulars about my per-
SON
I will close with the thought
that my demand will meet with
success. and that I too may have
found a soft heart in America,
and thanking you many times in
advance, I remain,
Your obedient servant,
(Signed) BRUNO SAIOLINSKI-
=. ST. surely hope for an an
swer:-
My address Isl
Bruno Smolinski,
No. 8 Albert Street,
Osterode, East Prussia,
GERMANY
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-01-16

Now in regards TO the reception
tonight at the Studebaker admins
tration building for the veterans OF
all wars that this country ever par.
ticipated in, which has occasioned
us so much worry personally on
account of our uniform not fitting us
any longer. If you are citizen who
wasn't IN the service you want to be
there with a ticket, and if you were
I'm the service be sure and be there.
This IS going TO be a real party (take
our word for it, and everybody ought
to attend to make it just the biggest
success ever.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-01-16
PECULIAR

Silas Wright Titus. the Water Wizard - il dead
Since boyhoOd. il Is said that he never failed 10
find underground water when he went after r. He
made water-hunting his life work One OF his big
jobs locating the underground water that sun
plies Brooklyn. y Y. 10 600 600 gallons dav
No matter how peculiar a demand rises mn from
the people always comes some man intutivelv fitted
handle the Job. We may be masters OF our own
destnies, but there's wonderful system back OF Il
all. distributing human abilities 20 meet demands
Is life staged in some respects IN advancs7
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-01-16
NORWOOD.
Los Angeles Record }

The ex-kalsers ps, racing yacht the Germania.
ne Kept II at the klel Yacht club and dreamed OF
world power as 10 carried him on cruises
Inc war changed lot OF things. II changed the
name. Germana, TO Half Moon. II also changed the
yachts ownership. Gordon Woodbury. OF New York
10 he starts on the Half Moon for cruise
I'm the South Seas
When Biz Hohenzollern heard about this al his
famous woodpie IN Holland it's a safe bet ne broke
his
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-01-16
HORSE AND CUTTER DAYS.

IOD'iL AND " Iflh DAY =.
Winters are not what they used TO
be in the cities of haste and
rush;
The snow is white for a little while,
then turns 20 an ugly slush.
And the rapid wheels Of the motor
cars grind all Of its beauty
down,
But long for the horse and the
cutter days we knew in the lit
tie town.
Then the world stayed white for a
month or two and the snow
drifts higher grew
And cheeks We're pink with the glow
of health and the joys we
youngsters knew,
Then sleigh bells added a merry lit
to the cold and crispy air
And youth and maid in an open
sleigh were always a happy
pair.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-01-16
NEW YEARS RESOLUTION
BROKEN

He had determined 10 go through
another year. with the old watch un-
I'll he heard about the SchUeu Plan.
At this jewelry store on w. Jefferson
Blvd. you can trade in your old
watch and gvt credit on a new one.
It's a mighty intelligent plan. Why
don't you do it2 5-tf
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-01-16
dust FOlRs @x 6d9 zSssz

We hitched a ride 10 the runners
strong and the snow flew from
our feet,
But it's dangerous now 10 hitch a
ride on the dark and crowded
street,
And the raucous honk Of the motor
horn has banished the sleigh
bells song,
For winter days are cherries now
and winter nights are long.
Perhaps it's we'll that our customs
change and good that we travel
on,
But blent with the smiles OF our
newer joys are signs for the
pleasures gone,
And I Sometimes long for the drifted
snow and the white and frosty
ways,
With the cheeks Of pink and the
laughter gay OF our horse and
cutter days.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-01-16

Soldiers date everything from the
date they got out of the army Civil
lans date everything from that mem
Orable day the armistice was signed
Nov. 18th. Let's make tonights party
such a big success that we'll all start
dating everything from Jan. 18th,
1922.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-01-16

To really progress this year place
your money where it viii earn the
most The Building & Loan Assn
I24 S. Main ST. pays g. % interest
compounded quarterly 10-tf
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-01-16

BY buying your shoes az the Z. 8.
Army store. $50 S. Michigan st. All
standard makes OF factory blemish
shoes. S195 up. 365-tf
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-01-16

No wonder the house OF repre-
sentatives are willing TO have the
capitol bath rooms abolished. There
is no more liquor TO keep IN the
tubs.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-01-16

Never in the nearly three years
that we have been putting out The
Tower OF Babel have we had the
opportunity 70 illustrate why We call
Il The Tower OF Babel as on this
occasion. Run your eye, for exam
pie. over a recent letter we received:
Bots de la Noix sur Vandaha,
10 Janvier. 1922.
Mon cherest Oncle Beel:
You bin such nice oil theeng /
theenk you can help me perhap
bout thees reception militaire zat
zey geef in re beeg bildeeng up by
Studbakre next Monday.
Well. ma fol, sacre bleu. hat
so greatest eagerness to see againe
Eat Otees Romano, lie grand Mac
Donalde an Pob Zwerntz SEEM I
leef zem chez lie Cafe de Ia PaiX.
hope yer muchest to meet you
self an Monsieur MacNidre an all
uzZer grands heros 81 magnihque,
ST gair, all doll up in glamorous
rags Eat night. I'm goin be zere,
how you say. clothed wiz chimes
on. an II makes 10 me so happee
10 salute q mean baiser, vous sa-
vez) YOU all twice on same face.
like Norm Adler say one night.
He be quite Frenchman any way,
I theenk.
Eh bien, chere Oncle Beel. I
look for you in my leedle French
village on re rue du Cygne. lat
mean Swan alley. I spose.
SO plees to tell all mes enfants
I am expect them so eager.
Votre petite.
COZETTE DU PAVE.
Our next lesson has TO do with a
letter former Chief of Poline Kline
received from a bozo in East Prus.
STA. This letter is particularly touch
ing, as il contains a plea for en-
.ployment from Chief Of Police Kline,
and reached the chief just about the
time he prepared 10 assume the title
of Mister" again.
The letter:
Osterode. East-Prussia,
December 18th. 1871
Very Honored Mr.. Principal Kline.
You will no doubt. look up in
surprise, after having read these
lines OF mine, because Of the sub
ject matter with which 1 dare TO
come before you
! take the liberty TO first intro
duce myself to YOU Mr.. Princi-
pal My name is Bruno Smo-
linski, (21 years old I have
some time back once before writ
ten TO at the request Of one Mr..
Bartsch, who was asking about
the address of some friends of his:
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-01-16
OUTLINED I SIzFULNESS.

gin moving foot further north
every year until afterward
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-01-16

/ sit cOnsuming-nO not oil
But costly kilowatts Of light.
Engaged on hard but honest toll.
And then there comes the hour
sublime.
When still as on the Job I eft.
Ny wife comes in and says: It's
time
High time-to quit.
OF that glad hour I sing the praise.
Though sun or moon be in the
SKY,
And I am writing down these lays
Because again I find it's nigh.
Though Silly night or glorious day
Though outside fit the bird or
bat;
I'm quite content II can Say
"Hol Humi-that's that"
COMFORT.
Hush little statesman. don't you cry.
Youl be the head Of q film cor
poration by and be-
JUST IN TIME.
Psary was utterly exhausted
when he reached the North Pole.
30 Il is fortunate that 70 didn't be-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-01-16
JUST IN TIME.

Psary was utterly exhausted
when he reached the North Pole.
30 Il is fortunate that 70 didn't be-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-01-16
COMFORT

Hush little statesman, don't YOU CRY
You'll be the head Of q film cor
poration By and BIZ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-18
EAST SIDE NEWS
Notes and personals by Mrs. n. D.
Wsdlsigh. Call Blue A22I or s5ee.

The Agoga class of the Seward Avenue
Baptist church will meet Tuesday evening
at the home of Mr.. Lewis Smelser in Clay
street
Mrs. Harry Slower is ill at her home in
Poplar street.
The officers and teachers of the Sunday
school of the Seward Avenue Baptist
church will meet this evening at o'clock
in the church.
Mrs. Chas. Hunter of Cedar street has
been called to Kansas City by the death
of relative.
The Ladies' Aid society Of the Seward
Avenue Baptist church will meet Wednes-
day afternoon in the church.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. d. Wadleigh of En-
poria, Kan, were the dinner guests Satur-
day evening of Mr.. and Mrs. r. S. kresge
in Sumner street.
The Crescent class of the Seward Avenue
Baptist church will meet Friday evening at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. C. L. Wood, $50
Forest avenue.
Mrs. Jessie Smelser will entertain the
members of the L. A. H club Friday after
noon. September %, at her home in Clay
street.