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The New York herald., 1922-09-03
An Inpronptu Seance

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istence. think. I am not q book
learned or college bred person, you
know just a remotely rural
old maid whose neighbor-
hood friends are very kind to her, to
be sure but when / was, a
child. i found / had the second
al should say that these messages
transmitted through you prove you
are a medium"
Thank you. But, as l have said,
1 never have been developed And
the work tires me out 1t is very,
very exhausting T. have
not been inviting this experience,
assure you-and-I-can't quite
understand-Norah?-Oh, yes. yes.
yes, ma 'am-s
Her voice became feeble. She fell
back in her chair. Her eyes glazed
then closed. Her face was gray
ish white. The color left her lips.
She appeared to be dead I
was scared, and only became reas-
sured when a new feminine voice, in
slightly foreign accent, began to
talk to me about music.
The communication expressed anx-
iety / should know she was "asso-
ciated with singing" thanked me for
my interest in psychic research, and
advised me to go ahead with my
plans, for I was on the right path.
This Sibylline utterance smacked of
fortune telling but far from me be
it to asperse or derogate a psychic
The sender spoke English with
a quaint, faint foreign accent and
dron little speech twists. i cut in to
ask the name of the lady and was
agreeably thrilled (although not sur
prised: / was beyond that when she
told me she was Parepa Rosa II am
YER glad this gentleman is here
now" says Mime. Rosa (Gentleman
bows Always be polite to spirits.
You never can tell when you may be
shucked yourself. you know; and il
is prudent and polite to have a
stand fnL)
He viii ten you about me. / want
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Library Vandals

he dropped pencil and stopped to
pick 1t up. The attitude he assumed
plainly revealed to an attendant the
outlines of book.
That attendant said nothing at the
time but he remembered the name
on the card and reported the matter
to Mr.. Lydenberg. in charge of the
general reference department.. Eras-
tus, meanwhile. went on his way as
he had done hundred times before
But when he was leaving the read
iEg room on q subsequent expedi-
ton he was asked to descend to the
catalogue room on the second ioor
Of the building and there requested
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onta, had saved human life. asked
for details.
Yes. His Intervention prevented
a housebuilding workman from being
killed This happened not very long
ago."
"I understand you to say that
even although you knew the man
could not be ended, or killed, in the
ordinary sense of the word, you did
not want him to be apparently
killed"
Certainly not He was not ready
to go. His education in his present
earth life was not completed. Inter
rupted terms of existence are not
satisfactory. A person. cut off un-
timely, may have to come back and
begin all over again. The man to
whom have referred was busy on a
high structure with some other men.
While l was walking down the street
1 was watching them Against the
building under construction was
shed. or leanto- -. A man
suddenly lost footing or balance and
felHto certain death, according to
appearances.
oh. Oneonta, save him, save him.
Don't let that man be killed cried,
In great distress
Down came the man-gently-to
the shelving shed roof, rolled off it.
and landed. gently, on rubbish
heap.
Something had broken his fall
knew what knew who
had caught him. and oh. thank you,
thank you. Oneonta. said Il
My friends '.mediumistic" expert
ence had an injurious or exhausting
physical effect. She was in bed for
week, i'll with what the physician
who attended her described as a ner-
vous collapse. He told me he had
known her for twenty five years:
that she is an unusual character, re-
markably strenuous and energetic in
spite of severe sicknesses; "a wonder
for her age."-and that she must
have been OVERRIDING.
/ agreed with him. without enter
ing into descriptive detailA
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length Of time in its existence as a
triune foundation. But, as I said,
the only new things about thefts and
mutilation and defacements of books
are offered by the enemy.
Book thieves are not the worst or
commonest Of what we call the
enemy that we have to guard our
treasure against Many of these
persons are quite sincere. or may be.
in thinking they are entitled to
knowledge. however acquired, but
there can be no excuse for the mutt
lators of books What they do can
not be laid to misapprehension or
Ignorance
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These persons infest every de-
partment Of the library. They are
cunning and too often get away with
a long extract, sometimes a complete
chapter out Of some book of which
We have but one copy, or unique IL
lustration, or indeed with anything
they covet- In the Genealogical room
a reader sees crest that would do,
he thinks. nicely for his own family
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logue chamber and make him rub
out and clean mp the marks of his
mischief. As he has to do this under.
the eyes Of score Of clerks gener-
ally his humiliation is extreme and
punishment enough. We fee. pretty
sure that he won't do 1t again"
There is the cas-. of a college boy
who aspired to be a playwright, and
to fit himself for that profession he
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stole from the collections SO volumes
dealing with acting. writing and
criticism. When these were found
hidden In odd places about his home
they had been cut up and arranged
in groups under separate heads, as
The Scenario, The Motive, The Pro-
tagonist, etc.-a complete system of
his own When he confessed he said
that he had made great progress In
his chosen art and intended as soon
as his first play should be accepted
to repay In full for the instruction
1t had unwittingiy afforded him. 1t
may be added that five Of the stolen
volumes were so rare and so highly
valued by the library taat IT refused
to lend them and how the ambitious
embryo dramatist got them out Of the
building is stin mystery.
'Thefts. mutilations, defacements
are constantly going on in all depart
ments.s remarked Mr.. Lydenberg,
"and under the first head we include
borrowings under misapprehension.
1t takes some time for US to discover
that book is really missing. Some
times when 1T is reported SO we find
1t on a wrong shelf after dihgent
search. Sometimes book will be re-
turned after it has been kept out
month or longer. Such a book was
borrowed by somebody who did not
know that a record ought to have
been made of it. A book was re-
Gently returned to the Astor Founda-
ton that was taken from the old
library In Astor place sixty years
| ago.
-As I said, all departments are in
| measure looted. but the greatest
loss occurs in reference works and
pamphlets having to do with busi-
ness information, statistics and con-
ditions- A pamphlet is easily dropped
| into a pocket and carried off and, of
course, there are leo individuals who
| find use for business manual to one
who would like to carry off volume
by Benedetto Croce."
A queer contempt for books Is, In
the opinion OF the librarians. at the
bottom Of a desire to mark them up
or otherwise deface them. 1t begins,
they say. with school books. Even a
cursory examination of the text
books furnished to the children of
the public schools by the Board of
Education shows that this kind of
mischief often begins early. From
writing silly rhymes and scrawls and
would-be facetious sayings in the
school books the habit grows. and
when as older readers they adyan-
tage themselves Of this hbrary's
great opportunity they seem unable
to restrain the impulse to deface.
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to remove his coat. He refused to
do so but the coat was removed just
the same and in the secret pocket
a book of biography. embellished
with valuable steel engravings, and
long out of print. was turned up.
Erastus was surprised He turned
pale and said he couldn't account
for the book being found there un-
less it was duo to black magic. He
was quite at a loss, too, to account
for the thirty other volumes found
in his little room on the far East
Side. Finally he burst into tears
and confessed that he had borrowed
the books indefinitely in order to
broaden his education"
Tears, as rule, accompany con-
fession. OF book stealing in that un-
easy catalogue chamber where
scarcely a week passes without a
suspect being examined The Off
cials of the Library are slow to turn
the suspect over TO the law unless
there Is a clear case against him Of
protracted and deliberate stealing.
Besides the obvious reason for
clemency toward first offenders.
there are others. A good one is that
often Magistrate before whom the
petty thief is brought dismisses him
-s+ r. he 4v-,rs
case clemency would have been mis-
placed and the parallel between him
and Lord verulam stops short.
Bacon's punishment was banishment
to his own estate. but Brugge got q
year in the penitentiary.
For tricks that are vain the
thieves of the public library are pc
culiar. In countless ways they seek
to circumvent the watchfulness of
custodian and guardian and only In
the long run are their tricks really
vain" New wrinkles in getty
thievery such as fall under the head
of mutilation are constantly being
tried and for a time these succeed;
at length suspicion heightens into
certainty and the perpetrator is
hauled up and confronted with the
evidence against him.
1T is an old story" said Harry
NJ Lydenberg, who as head of the
general reference department, hears
and passes on the different phases
Of this sort of delinquency, "and
only in the originality sometimes
displayed by the thieves is there to
be detected kind Of novelty. The
library has to deal with the grossly
ignorant who misapprehend, with
the ordinary and extraordinary thief,
with the willful depredator who COM
mits an evil deed from pure Cor i'm
pure) meanness. and with the Grim
inal insane.
In the years since the war the
library has suffered more from these
persons than IN any corresponding
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7 By THOMAS POWERS.

k<T HEYRE my books Just IS
much .s yours; books BE-
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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-31
TUESDAY. JANUARY s1, 1922
SOLDIERS BONUS

There is disposition the part of those who commonly regarded of the property interest to the soldiers bonus This attitude not truly thought ful of it's rights and its future Il will be fortunate thing property rights the larger number erans get the idea that property is unerateul.
 The state of mind in which these find themselves Is not theory It condition Bitter remarks made about banks, Chamber Commerce, wealth the meetings where assemble. This criticism casual sporadic occasional It continuing organized and official
 true regard for the property interest demands the of the bonus bill at late date
 This bill in itself mertorou The people said they would be grateful and this particular has been promised and is expected
 The who left his private business, ships of the who jeopardzed his life sis health does not feet that billion for bonus exorban demand the country Neither is it. The bonus claim. the of a labor lien. be Thousands of the will not live to except those in Thousands of them need it
 One other thing veterans protably urge upon those authority Organize industry The bonus thing will help shorter longer ime but in the the essential thing is the opportunity to work Income the product of work. Little work diminished bonus take the place of highly industrial prosperity in which there work for all who willing work, and fair living for all who do work
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-31
VACCINATION AS A CAUSE OF DEATH

Tn the of a death following vaccination the examining reported being of the opinion vaccination had nothing to do with the continuity between the wound and the site
 on that apparently caused the death Perhaps have not correctly reported the virus of smallpox vaccine quite unknown The stuff
 mixture. It this maady and of infection of the body tooth, the infection be carried to other body and of the accident be quite does work by methods that always germ is not like marble in roulette wheele You but not necessarily the other The mystery of life is not easily solved. certain state health injury contracts illness which gen. resistance Death follows the indirect Many deaths by of vaccination the simple that the resistance of the individual of disease by the artificial creation the marked constitutional fever vaccination profession will not increase its authority people permitted to indulge themselves servaons about "contnuity"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-31
TWO RELEASED;
 TWO HELD AS
 RESULT OF RAID

Adolph Husbien. possessing an ex- oellent army record. was released upon his own recongiZance when arraigned Hugh J. Lavery this morning, having been one of the four arrested yester- day in Stratford by Local Prohibition officers and the Stratford police. Au- gust Eros, having but a small tea ket- tie still in his possession, was released af CT a severe reprimand from the Commissioner.
 The others held, Paul Piusch and B. Primo, were placed under bonds of A500- The men, with a collection of stills, product, various equipment, and the largest amount of mash yet con- fscated, were taken la5e yesterday af ternOon. A complete account of the raids appears in the Stratford column. The quantity of mash was so great that Agents Doolan, Hindman and Wardwel, with assistance from the StratfOrd police, destroyed 1t after pouring 10 gallons of kerosene on the young mountain, and applying a match.
 me local agents are proud of 1atUing average of 1000 per cent. to date. Of many over a hundred cases sent up from office of Comm lssi oner LaVery to the United States District court, satisfact ory plea has been en- tered by the prisoner in each case, not as yet requiring a trial. This record goes to show that when the local agents have operated they have wasted no time on false alarms, and the goods" has been secured in the in stance of each raid
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-31
HAS SCARLET FEVER AFTER RECOVERING
 FROM SMALL POX

Having contracted scarlet fever inn snoM meaMiately after recovering from year old daughter of MT. and Mrs. Mel P. Larson. of 76 Newf1eld avenue. is now i'll with the former disease at Englewood hospital.
 Miss Larson's parents are naturally indignant that she should be i'll with scarlet fever since they feel that it is the result of her having been re- moved to a hospital where cases of this disease are being treated. She was entirely cured of the small pox and about to return home when the scarlet fever rash made its appear ance.
 pr. William Hall Coon. Health Of fcer, said this morning that Miss Larson's case had not been definitely diagnosed as scarlet fever, but that a resh had appeared and she was be- ing held under observation. IT 1t were scarlet fever, he said. it is but a slight attack as the girl, while kept in bed, feels very we'll.
 Every precaution, Dr. Coon said, had been taken with the patients in the Isolation and Engelwoo hospitals and in no instance had they been placed with patients ill from other dis eases There is always, he said, In every conta gious hospital, a certain small danger of cross contag1on.
 Mrs Larson. mother of the girl, said that her daughter had a private room all the time she was at the hospital and had not to her Knowledge come into contact with any of the other patients She said that she felt that her daughter had as good care as pos sible.
 Smallpox took another spurt yes terday when four new eases, all adults. were reported to the Depart nent Of Health and removed to the hoepitaI. There were Harry Aipaugh, 57 Waterrq7 an street, James Tramp -on. A williston street. Mrs. O. Kelly, 375 Pembroke street and Mrs Mary Miller 26 Jetland place: The case of Doris BrightweN is still under ob- servation. This makes a total of S9 positive cases of the disease with one
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suspect. Of these about 60 have been released as cured.
 pr. Coon called attention today to the fact that all the new cases were native bora adults.
 Regarding the vaccination of the school children, Dr. Coon said that he did not think that the cost per child would average more than seven or eight cents or at the most 10 cents. The only cost to the city was the ex- pense of the II physicians, at $10 per day each, and the dressings and bandages The vaccine and points were furnished to the city free by the State Board of Health.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-31
Ex-Mayor Launches Plan Against
 High Prices

Lawrence, Jan. 31--William P. White, who has just completed a two year term, as mayor, has announced a plan for comba ting high prices and sconductfng veritable war on prof sfAeers White says he will invade var fous Massachusetts cities with cost plus system of merchandising all hu- man necessities outside of food.
 In his open-air speeches he told the mill employees that profiteering was going on in cities throughout New England and especially in Mas sachusetts. He declared he held no more grievance against Lawrence bus sfness houses than those of any other cfty but announced his preference for fryir.g out the idea here.
 -"Ady plan is to secure the member ship of 2,o00 persons to begin with. '' he declared. Each member will pay in advance s10 for one years mem bership in the White System giving fine proposition S2O.O0O capital. With this capi- al I will deal directly with the manufacturers of cloth and clothing and eliminate jobbers, whole saIers and retailers. I have leased
 large tract in the centre of the city.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-31
LAW ENFORCEMENT
 TOBE BIG ISSUE

Washington, Jan. 31-Law enforce ment will be a predominant issue in the fall campaign in Ohio, and Re publican success will be assured 1T the part continues to lend its sup port to effective administration Of legislation growing out of the 18th Amendment Federal Prohibition Commissioner Haynes, himself an Ohioan, today said during the course of his address before the members of the Buckeye Club, composed of the 22 Ohio Congressman.
 Party leaders everywhere are ably cooperating in enforcing the 18th Amendment, Haynes declared. indi- eating however, that in some sec tions the degree of success achieved is greater than in others. owing to complicated enforcement conditions.
 Commenting on conditions in Ohio, Hayes said the state code was one of the m ost effective in the country and most satisfactory results were being secured because of the perfect ac- cord between the state and federal enforcement agencies.
 "The woman voter is the new pol1t- ica1 buttress.'' Haynes said, turning to the ladies present. With the bal lot in their hands they will stand al- most 100 per cent. for the new order of things, and will ever grow increas- ingly insistent for the prevalence of law, order and efficiency, and decency in the governments affairs
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on which I plan to build my 'taber- nacl"' CT warehouse"
 The membership ticket bears the signature of the person to whom it is issued and can be used by any mem Der of his family. but is otherwise non-negotiable
 Presenting the ticket at the White headquarters entities the holder to prNbable savings of from 25 to 50 Der cent He plans to cut clothing prices in half and says that he will show people in shoe cities how to sell s6 shoes for S2.50.
 He will pay the clerks in his ware house S20 a week and will take care of all overhead expenses on 10 per cent. profit He plans to enter the fuel field later if the plan works out and believes he can cut he price of coal in different cities. Whites Tab ernacle will be of the Billy Sunday type and will be of wide dimensions according to the present plans
 Tn proclaiming himself 'Purchas- ing Agent of the Peop'e" as the mem bership card reads White emphasizes that he is not asSaihng Lawrence merchants any more than those of any other community. He claims to have received many applications for mem bership in his plan.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-31
GRADE A MAN TO WED

West Orange. N. J.. Jan. 31-Sam- uel A. Halsey, graded "AA" by Thomas A. Edison on his answers to the famous inventors questionnaire on the strength of which he got a job with the Edison plant here, has won his way into the Edison family. He will be married tomorrow evening to Miss Charlotte Hawkins, sister of Mrs. Charles Edison, the inventors 8 daughter-in-law.
 Halsey who is about forty years of age was educated at St. PauPs school at Brown University, and the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania. His education did not prevent him from passing the Edison tests. He is now manager of the Manhattan Monograph corpora tion of Manhas tan, distributing agency for the inventors phonographs in New York and vicinity.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-31
NO INVESTIGATION TO BE
 MADE OF CH1IID'S DEATH

No report of the death of five year old Barbara Abbotss, whose mother Is reputed to have claimed was partly due to vaccination. has been made to either Medical Examiner 8. M. Gar~ lick or Coroner John J. Phelan. No investigation will be made unless some report is made to them. Attending physicians say that death resulted from pne.mo onia.
 Dr. Frederick J. Adams said: "Pneum onia caused the death"
 Dr. Bartholomew Pasuth said: Vaccination had no bearing whatso- ever in the case"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-31
IGNORANCE AND BEAUTY IN WOMEN

An English clergyman has made the discovery pretty girls get married rather easily ried the experiment is not successful for the stupid for the intelligent girls. Fortunately beautiful pretty well in intelligence There is nothing about beauty which makes for supdity intelligence and beauty be companions Everybody knows the beauty the face of intelligent person. Of that not be miracle of symmetry. that stupid woman who is beautiful will along better than who stupid and not beautiful to improve stupidity, but not in others.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-31
KEEPING HIM WARM

An item in tells about minded man who anked moonshine the other night in the storm and after walking miles lay beside to sleep. The police found him. The item contains this comment hat saved him to death is the fact that the liquor kept him didn't keep He got cold Properly have read something like ths "So liquor, took walk in storm and the to seep He he to
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-31
DUNCAN SUES FOR
 DAMAGES OF $4,OOO

William Duncan, Danbury, has filed suit in Superior court against William T. Bronson, also Of the Halter Town. who is administrator of the estate of Sarah B. Bradbury. Damages of s4,00O are asked. It is set forth in the writ that between the dates of plaintiff worked at various kinds of chores and farm labor as well as fur nishing supplies, for which no com pensation has been paid. It is further claimed that the administrator re- fused to honor claims for said ser vices and supplies.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-31
GREENWICH SCHOOL BOARD
 MENTIONED IN SUIT

The School Committee of the Town of Green wich, is mentioned in a suit filed against the town this morning in Superior Court by C.pperman & Hennessey, Greenwich, called in on part of the work on school property in Greenwich. The Rangely Con- struction company held the original contract, but work done by the plain tiff is alleged lo have been carried on after +he other company had fin lshed anu left the premises. The account at one time was as large s3S,- 614.35. At this time the amount claimed due for which the plaintiff has filed papers is $7,S67.29.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-31
STERN WANTS DAMAGES
 OF S3,OOO IN SUIT FILED

Arnold J. Stern asks damages of $3,- 900 from the Keystone Instant Food company, both being of Danbury, in papers filed in Superior court this morning Agreeing to work for the defendant for a period between June 25, last, and December 20, at $40 week. it is now claimed that no par; of the salary for services rendered has ever been paid. The claim covers salary up to and including January 2, 1922.