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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-11-08
CONGRESSMAN JONES
ADDRESSES VETERANS.

The Confederate veterans Of the W. Il.
Plomons Camp met Sunday afternoon in
the old annex OF the Polk Street Meth.
odist Church. where together with n
number OF ladies', they enjoyed "A splen-
did address by the Honorable Marvin
lnnns
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-11-08
~ YOU ARE
WELL BRED.

You know that ~ soon as YOU be.
come engaged to q man etiquette de.
mands that his parents can immc-
diatcly upon yours. In the most cor.
rect circles this call II always made
within "a hours after the announce
ment.
II the young man happens 10 be an
orphan his nearest relative should
make the call Even deep mourning
does not excuse his family from this
social obligation.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-11-08
MARRIAGE
4 la MODE

la China a bride never has young girls
for attendants. She Is always waited
upon by older matrons or spinstcrs.
Likewise. she never wears white. as
that IN the color Of mourning. yellow
the national color. is the favorite color
for brides
At the wedding ceremony and the
feast afterward the bride speaks only
when addressed BY her husband OF bv
his parents She takes no initiative In
conversation.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-11-08
Society-Editorials
SOCIETY
ALvAH D. MEYER. EDITOR. PHONE al
Things TO BE PROUD or.

OF all the countries in all the world
There's none so grand as ours.
Projected by Flag W. love
The stripes and beautiful stars.
OF all the States In this Union so grand.
There's none Ike the Lone star state:
We love it, rivers and valleys, too.
We love its praries great.
OF all the towns and cities too
Which make Texans proud. not vain.
There's none to compare with our home
town,
Amarillo. the Queen Of the Plain.
of all the papers. I've ever read
And the one, which | would choose
Would be the paper OF our home town.
The Amarillo Daily News
Nj. a. +.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-11-08

Street. Flowers and ferns were used
IN the arrangement Of the guest rooms.
and conversation. music and needle
work furnished interesting diversion. 4
lovely salad course was served.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-11-08
DELPHIiN CLUB WILL
MEET On FRIDAY.

The Delphian Club will meet Friday
afternoon. al o'clock. at the home
OF Mrs. II. y. Smith. 1920 Jackson
Street Mrs. NJ. +. Stewart will lead
the lesson outlined for Sept. 20.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-11-08
CENTRAL GUILD MEETING
II POSTPONED.

There will be no meeting of the Cen
tral Guild OF the Central Presbyterian
Church this afternoon. on account oi
the ID A. L. convention that is In prog
ress In the city this week
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-11-08
ROSEMARY NEEDLE CLUB
TO MEET At III RSON HOME.

Rosemary Needle club viii meet at
the home OF Mrs Earl Burson, 906 JET.
fersou Street. az o'clock.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-11-08

MEDIUM BROWN HAIR looks hest
OF all after a Golden Clint Shampoo. Ad.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-11-08
lAkA III VI CLUB
II ENTERTAINED.

Naka Xxi vi Club was entertained
Tuesday afternoon at the home OF Mrs.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-06-12
Brazilian Air Lines

Brazilian senator's have reported IA.
vorably upon bill proposing the es.
adjustment Of two aviation lines be-
tween Rio de JanelrO and Porto Ale
gre, which are to be started before
September of 1922. According to the
United States naval attache In Rio de
Janelro, one Of the routes will be laid
nlong the coast, carried out by hydro
planes and maintained and directed
by the ministry of marine; the other
will traverse the interior of the coun.
try TO the west OF the coast range Of
mountains and will he continued by
aIrplnnes under the direction Of the
ministry Of war The routes will pass
through the most important political,
Industrial and commercial centers,
wherever possible.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-06-12
Retrieved That Gold Piece.

While in the station In Brussels in
Belgium, my friend was intent upm
getting tickets for the Waterloo bat.
tleheld. Not being able to tnlk much,
French and trying TO speak her best,
she In her excitement dropped n s.
gold piece without noticing 1t. 1t
slipped quietly down her dress. A
Frenchman stood within reach Of the
window, and at once planted his foot
upon It. AS my friend turned from
the window | was nonplussed what to
do to recover the coin. / yielded to
the impulse OF this moment, as | had
10 act quickly. STOPPING took the
man by the trouser leg, gave the leg
a quick lift, and so reclaimed our coin.
All looked surprised not n word was
spoken, my friend and were In pos
session Of the coin, and the French.
man was outwltted.-ChicnSo Journal,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-06-12
A MARRIED FLAPPER
Sho Calls Herself Failure and
Blamcs the Community.

Sho Calls Herself Failure and
6Iamcs the Community.
The writer OF tn IS an ex fapper-
has BEN married nearly two years
whose husband is finding out that he
has assumed the support of an ex-
pensive luxury and become responsible
in part for the upkeep OF wet wash
laundry. AS an assistant, helper, a
home maker for steady hard working
husband | am out OF place As a wife
am q failure and it is not my fault
The community.spe hundreds, per
haps thousands, NJ dollars on my ed.
ucation, for was graduated from
high school. but perjistently refused
to regard me as nat onal asset and
insisted that become cog in the i'm.
mense wheel Of commercial life The
community fashioned me into an of
flee assistant and dsregarded entire
~ the fact that nature intended me
to he a wife and mother.
! can neither cook nor wash, iron or
sow, and fear to bear children, for
do not know how to care for them even
though ! realize now that L takes
more than a wife to make a home for
a man. II takes a wife and children.
Good cooking l. a very important
detail OF home life and good cooks
are not born so but become such as
the result of intelligent, thoughtful oh.
servation and experiment, and |
have discovered that there is no royal
road to becoming good cook in a
few months.
enc sewing is an art Of which |
know nothing, and to speak to mo Of
clear starching is equivalent to talk.
ing In a foreign language.
Multiply my case by hundredI of
thou'and and the danger that Will
threaten the basic Nordic-stock in
this country at some time should be
apparent to ALL
The nation, the state, the commlni.
ty should jointly provide a remedy.
and 1t is hurclean task; as starter
| ventured to submit that over educa.
ton at public expense tends to keen
a large number of boys and girls at
school during the very years when
knowledge of household arts and hab.
its OF economy, thrift. industry are
most readily acquired and believe
therefore that education above tho
grammar grades should be at private
expense and not provided for by gen.
eral taxat on,
realize that am pretty HELPLESS
piece of female mach merry, that the
maid | employ, who can neither read
nor write, is one of the aristocrats
among working women. pay her
$40 month, everything found. private
bathroom, no washing or ironing In
Guiding her room and board the cost
to us of our maid is more than S1OO
a month 200 year.
My husband receives $4,000 year
and 30 per cent OF his salary Is needed
to pay for his service should be able
to render as my share of the matri.
monial partnership. This outlay is
necessary because the community fail.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-06-12
"ArmxD Tests for colIealans.

That the results of regular academic
tests do not clash with the results Of
psychological tests, but accord with
them, is shown by comparison Of the
grades made by Penn state college
students in both kinds of examIna-
lions. For the last two years freshmen
have been given the army. Thurstone
and Binet-Simon tests and these re-
suits compared later with their aca-
demlc ratings. Invariably those stu
dents who made low averages In the
psychological tests were low in their
college work. OF o. students dismissed
on account OF poor scholarship last
year the average for the army alpha
test was rs, while the general av-
erage of the students Is 1871. OF the
three types of psychological tests
tried the results Of the army test have
proved to be the best indication OF the
grade of work a student will do In col
lege.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-06-12
FLoWER-POT AS BRIDEGROOM
Unique Ceremony Which Transforms
Chinese Girl Into a Full.Fledsed
and Privileged Widow.

China Is still land OF strange Gus
toms, one of the most curious being
the ceremony of fiower-pot mar.
riage.
When the man whom a Chinese girl
Is to marry dies shortly before the
date fixed for the wedding the grief
stricken bride-elect sometimes takes
vow never to marry. Should she
do SO, she goes through the ceremony
of wedding an ordinary Gower-pot
She is now considered widow, and
upon the parents OF her intended hus-
band falls the responsibility OF. main
talnlng her. Usually she goes 10 live
with them.
In many cases, especially where the
family is poor, great sacrifices are nee.
essary In order that the daughter-ln-
law (as she is now regarded may be
properly cared for, But the parents
have no option in the matter, And,
actually, they have no desire to shlrk
their responsibilities, for the faithful
ness OF the widow brings great
honor to the bridegroom's family, 1t
being considered quite disgrace
should the brlde-eect not wish to
20 through the ceremony Of marrying
the fower.pot
In the days before China was re-
public, the emperor, upon the facts
being brought to his notice, had n
handsome monument erected In com.
memoratlon Of the widows" faith.
fulness.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-06-12

was II much OF dinnor?"
II should say 1t was. There were 4
seven different kinds OF forks at
each plate"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-06-12
NORTH BENNINGTON

Don't forget the Festival and Fair
at the Congregational church Tues.
day even ne. June 18th, at 1880
o'clock. Fancy articles, aprons, baby
clothes. flowers and homemade can
dy will be on sale Refreshments
will consist Of strawberries, ice
cream and cake There Will also be
a grab bag feature and an orchestra
will render music during the even.
in
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-06-12
II. Il. HUTCHINS

Real EatatA ana snruranoe Agency.
. lllaHa prOnerty Farms and Sinai
Places IN outside n Specialty
Rants Collected ana Property cared for
Fire insurance
e0T hsin street BcppipGt"a. W
Telephone oN-w.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-06-12
POTTER,S HYDE. STORE

n. w. o. OF all kinds, Paints, Rubber
Roofing, Lawn Mowers, Screen Doors,
Window Screens, Auto Supplies Gas
and Motor Oils, always at the lowest
prices.
iz4 NORTH ST. TEL. 355.R.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-06-12

ed to provide that the female OF thu
human species in the United States
should be developed as household
managers and homemahers. New
York Herald.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-06-12
Safety First.
Quite Otherwise,

Quite OtherWIse.
"Your charges are simply outra-
geous." complained the guest who was
at The shore hotel for his health.
Hold on!' protested the landlord,
"You forget I'm not at this hotel for
the same reason that you are"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-06-12
Her Drawback.

"How could that girls dressmaker
gain such a reputation?"
"Why noti"
"Weren't all the dresses she made
miss tits?
Evening journal., 1922-10-03

Washburn. who was secretary OF the
Plymouth Colony and who came to
Ducbury, Mass, in 1881. Israel, of
this line. was a captain in the
Revolution. His son, also named
Israel, was engaged in shipbuilding
on the Kennebec river. where he es-
tablished a trading post at Liver
more. Maine. There his son was
born in 1913. This third Israel be-
came governor of Maine. He had
several brothers, all of whom gained
fame. One was Elihu, who added a
final 'e" TO his last name. He was
a representative in Congress for
Illinois for so many years that he
was called the father of the house"
He was also called the watch Dog
of thu Treasury" because he al.
ways fought for national economy.
He was Secretary of State under
Grant. Another brother, Cadwal-
lader. was in Congress and was
major general in the Civil War.
Still another was commissioner to
Paraguay under Lincoln, and an
other, william, served in Congress.
Evening journal., 1922-10-03

some words. and what do you thinki
Mr.. Tingaling turned into turtle.
Now for Rubadubi" cried Flap
Doodle. Hes another friend Of the
Twins that I don't like. I'll turn
him into a beetlei" which he did.
Then he turned nice Mr.. Sprinkle
Blow into a rain-toad, and Mr..
Scribble-Scnatch, the fairy school
master, into a lizard. and Mr.. PIN
PIN, the Brownie, into an angle
worm, and nice little Buskins, who
ran the elevator in the apple-tree.
into a spider.
Wasn't he dreadfulP
Tee. hee, hee," he Uttered de-
lightfully. II guess that's elli II
knew where the Twins were, I'd
change them into bats, but I don't
know where they are"
Just then he saw a queer person
come striding through the sky. It
was Flippity- in his magic boots.
Here's a new one" said Flap
Doodle. Il never saw him before.
He's got the biggest shoes 1 ever
saw in my life"
Little did he guess that Nancy
and Nick were inside those shoes.
Ito Be Continued)
Copyright. 1922, NEA Service)
Evening journal., 1922-10-03
FASHIONS AND Fans

Today'e bride has a choice of
many lovely materials. Among them
is ivory chiffon velvet. which might
hang from a straight bodice in narz
row side panels over an underskirt
of silver lace.
Toques are worn well down over
the head.
New long wide sleeves are elabo-
rately decorated.
Lavishly beaded crepe materials
are extremely good.
Ribbon is used in novel trimming
effects on semi-dress hats.
Cocades Of ribbon trim large rdl
shapes in recent millinery.
An exquisite pale pink chiffon
frock has petal panels Of silver lac.
Evening journal., 1922-10-03
Some of the Results of
Prohibition
Compiled by Harriet Hughes and
selected by Edward de Lacour

One hundred and seven thousand
seven hundred and ninety saloons
out of business.
Ten hundred and ninety breweries
Two hundred and thirty-flve dis.
tilleries.
One hundred and thirty Thousand
gallons OF whisky withdrawn as
against twelve million five hundred
thousand previously.
Sixteen million six hundred and
flfty-1ve thousand one hundred and
twenty-five bushels of grain saved
formerly used for distilled liquor.
One billion nine hundred and nine
million nine hundred and ninety
eight thousand four hundred and
seventy-five pounds Of food material
saved-formerly used in making fer
mented liquor.
Three hundred and thirty-eight
millions three hundred and thirty
six thousand dollars Increase In saw
ing's banks deposits.
One hundred and seventy-three
thousand nine hundred and thirty
three increase in depositors.
Life insurace companies report
large increase.
Many private institutions for TAX
ing care of drunkards closed.
Number of drinkers decreased
from twenty millions to about two
million five hundred thousand.
Infantile mortality decreased from
101 to so.
l..
juvenile crime reduced from TWEEN
ty seven per cent in 1917 to two and
half per cent in 1920.
Increase in education, s7S,s24
Evening journal., 1922-10-03
YOUR LAST NAME
Copyright 1920. The Mcclure Newspaper Syndioat.
BY MARY MARSHALL DUFFEE

reputation has come down to us as
that OF a man Of unusual agreeable
manners. His son was Joseph, who
at 20 years of age. in 1775, enlisted
in the company commanded by his
father. He married Ruth, a daugh-
ter of Eben szer Davis, and had five
children. One was Seth, Of Green
field, Mass. He studied medicine
and became an eminent physician.
He married Ascsnath, a daughter of
Thomas Dickman, of Springfield. a
printer and owner of n bookstore
there. Their son was Thomas
Dickman Washburn. who was a
sergeon in the Civil War, and who
later settled in Arkansas.
Another family OF the name was
founded in this country by John
Evening journal., 1922-10-03
KEe HAMING
~ JEWEE::L:!4Sf
M h ROBERT W CHAMBERS
<At e1oQQ GEORGE DoRAS cosn1~
o,oQQ GEORGE H DoRAs coApAfss

4, becoming very busy with Mike
Clinch. They had started Quintana
Sard and Darragh on his trail. Now
they stirred up the sovereign State
OF New York.
CHAPTER II
Two State Troopers drew brides
in the yellowing October forest.
Trooper Lannis said 10 Trooper
Stormont: That's Mike Clinch's
clearing. Our man may be there
Now well see If anybody tips him
off this time"
Stormont nodded.
"All the scum of the wilderness
gathers here" went on Lannis.
Here's where half the trouble in
the North Woods matches. Wen eat
dinner at Clinch's. His stepdaugh-
ter is a peach
The sturdy, sun-browned trooper
glanced at his wrist watch. stretched
his legs in his stlrrups.
Jack" he said, ~ want you to
get Clinch right. and I'm going 10
tell you about his outfit while we
watch this road. It's like a movie. |
Evening journal., 1922-10-03
is 1T wAsHBURN?

Just who was the paternal an
cestor OF one branch of the Wash
burn family who first settled in this
country is not known. However his
last name was Washburn and he
married Hannah Johnson. OF Hig-
ham, Mass, who was a grand
daughter Of Mary Chiffon, the first
white person who stepped on Ply
mouth Rock A son OF this mar
riage was Joseph Washburn. Many
of his descendants were soldiers.
Joseph's son, Seth, OF Leicester.
Mass, was in the Revolution. He
became a major in 1873 and col
onel in 1881. He was a member
OF the first Senate of the United
States and through the years his
Evening journal., 1922-10-03

clinch plays the lead. I'll drope
out the scenario. for you
Way back around 1900 Mike
Clinch was a guide-a decent young
fellow they say.
About that time there came to
Clinoh's hotel a MT, and Mrs.
Strayer. They we're lung ers.
strayer seemed TO be a gentleman:
his wife was good looking and
rather common. Both were very
young He had the eonsumup had
the galloping variety. He didn't last
long. A moeth after he died his
young wife had a baby Clinch mar
ried her. She also died the same
year. The baby's name was Eve.
Clinch became quite crazy about her
and started TO make a lady OF her
That was his mania"
'chnch had plenty 9 money In
those days" he went on. He could
afford TO educate the child. The kid
had a governess. Then he sent her
to a fancy boarding school She had
everything a young girl could want
"she developed into a pretty young
thing at IS 49,. She's is now
and I don't know what to call her.
She pulled a gun on me in July"
What"
Sure. There was a row al
Clinoh's dump. A rum-runner called
Jake Kloon got shot up. 1 came up
to get Clinch. He was sick drunk in
his bunk. When / broke in the door
Eve strayer pulled a gun on me-"
What happened?" Inquired stor-
mont
Nothing, took clinch.
But he got off as usual"
Acquitted ?"
Lannis nodded. rolling another
cigaret:
Now. III tell you how clinch hap
pened 10 so wrong" he said. You |
see he'd always made his living by |
Well, some years ago |
Henry Harrod Of Boston came here
Ind bought thousands and thousands
IF acres of forest all around
That meant ruin TO Clinch.
He was walled mi. No hunters care
o be restricted. Business stopped.
lis stepdaughter's education became
expensive. He was in bad way.
iarrod offered him a big price. But
,linch turned ugly and wouldn't
nudge. And that's how Clinch be-
IAN to go wrong"
stormont nodded.
We'll, clinch found money in
many ways. The Conservation Com
missioner in Albany began TO hear
ibout game law violations The
Revenue people heard OF rum-run-
ling. Clinch lost his guides license.
But nobody could get the goods on
lin
Then the war came and the girl
She got 70 France,
clinch wanted to be on
he same side OF the world she was
N, and he went with a Forestry
Regiment and cut trees for railroad
les in southern France until the war
nded and they sent him home.
Eve strayer came back too. She's
here now. You'll see her at din
Ter time"
Lannis finished his second cigaret
'ot back into his stirrups, gathering
ride, began leisurely TO divide curb
nd snaffie
That's the layout, Jack" he said.
Yonder lies the Red Light district
Z the North Woods. Mike Clinch is
he brains OF all the dirty work that
'oes on. A floating population OF
.roolre arS h,.-nu 80 ..fof,.-.. !
And there's the
dri. Eve strayer"
CONTINUED in Our Next Issue.)
Evening journal., 1922-10-03
BY Olive Roberts Burton

Flap-Doodle. the purple fairy, who
flew by his ears. few up to the
Beamy Clean Star.
"Ive got the Fairy Queens wand
and I'm going to have some fun, p"
said he to himself. "Those Twins
are far away, down on the earth,
and they can't catch me now.
Lets see! I'll begin on all the
people who have helped the Twins
to chase me. This is my chance to
get even"
He looked down at the earth far
below and spied fat Mr.. Tingaling,
the fairy landlord. who collected
rents in Whispering Forest.
'T'n begin with him. said Flap
Doodle. He's a good friend of the
Twins and I don't like himl"
So he waved his wand and said
Evening journal., 1922-10-03

more pupils in our public schools.
The first full year of prohibition
the school children of America put
$4,000, 600 in savings banks.
College enrollments 44s.2s7 as
compared with 25s.5S7 in 1916.
Thirty-seven leading insurance
companies doing eighty per cent of
entire business report the death rate
reduced from e.s per thousand to
SPA per thousand.
Has not cost government one cent
to enforce as costs have more than
been met by fines.
Those opposed to National Prohi
bition, report decreased consumption
of Intoxicating liquor seventy per
cent.
Copied from The Christian Advo-
cate, Sept. 9TH, 1922.
Dear Col.
Some weeks ago you had a fine
editorial on disappearance of the
town drunkard". Doctor and l
thought it so. Following the trend
OF that editorial 1 ask you TO pub
lish the enclosed selection.
Cordially your friend,
Major E. de Lacour.
Grandeur, 1889.
Evening journal., 1922-10-03
A BIBLE THOUGHT
II FOR TODAY

NEITHER POVERTY NOR
RICHFS:-Remove far from
me vanity and lies; give me
neither poverty nor riches;
feed me with food conven-
lent for me.-Proverbs 30:s.
Evening journal., 1922-10-03

What power, and what COM
mission did Jesus give his
twelve apostles when he sent
them forth Matt. 10:1-15.
Evening journal., 1922-10-03
JUST A MOMENT
DAILY STRENGTH AND
CHEER
Compiled by John G. Quinius,
(The Sunshine MANI

10! l come with Joy to do
The Fathers blessed will;
Him in outward works pursue,
And serve his pleasure still.
Faithful to my Lords commands,
/ still would chose the better part;
Servs with careful Martha's hands
And loving Mary's heart.
&C. Wesley.
When we have learned to offer
up every day connected with our
in life as a sacrifice to
God, settled employment becomes
Just a settled habit of prayer
Thomas Erskine.
The New York herald., 1922-03-03
With the Scholastic Athletes

Schoolboy track and field coaches are
husily engaged in tuning up their
charges for the great Newark Central
High meet tomorrow night This classic
u the tenth annual gathering held by
tho Newark school and the fifth ma
tional title gathering in the history Of
indoor schoolboy athletics. The entries
OF twenty-four schools have been re
ceived and in addition nine colleges and
fifteen clubs VIII be represented.
Hill School athletes won tie event
last year after piling UP n great lead
over all other competitors. Mercersburg
Academy was second. with Central
T.igh third. Stuyyesant. De Witt. Com
mercial, Poly Prep and High School Of
Commerce have entered strong combi-
nations this year and competition Will
be keener than ever.
For the college athletes . two team
relay between Rutgers and Lchigh VIII
attract special attention The quartets
are great rivals, and last year fur
nlshed il thrilling race. The seventy
yard high hurdles will see Meyers and
Thompson Of Princeton and Smith OF
Yale in a spirited rush for the big prize.
For the club athletes tho $50 yard spe-
cial viii prove the big magnet. De-