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The New York herald., 1922-08-20
Buxom Widow Willing TO Mate
With Man Holding a Job

About this time Nick Paceth came
down the aisle again with a special de-
livery letter. There bling no duty TO
pcy, there was no further call on Lew
TO act as treasurer. so Tom opens II.
"Ah." says Tom, "a widow arrives
by special delivery. A blooming, buxom
widow who IS to be cherished by n
gentleman with a steady job. We shall
lay her aside until we come across a
man worthy of her"
Well. this sort of thing went on for
two days. Tt was so DANCED funny that
your correspondent suggested TO Tom
that he write to some theatrical man
niger and get terms. But Tom got
pretty sore at that and insisted that
he was serious.
1t may be all over. but II Tom has
his way the court will reopen soon
in some other town. Trouble Is that
rIammonton isn't used to shows and
didn't appreciate this one. But there
are lot OF folks talking about Ham
monton to-day who never heard of II
before.
The New York herald., 1922-08-20
CUPID'S COURT is ADJOURNED WITHOUT DATE,
ITS MATlNGS MUST NOW STAND TEST OF TINE

tered Lew. Sounds like a lot OF marry.
ing. and as though there was some
thing wrong, but IL is all explained
here in his QUESTIONABLE. First wife
Hongkong lady. died at sea. Second
Third wife, native of Ireland, died q
natural death in bed and the fourth
wife also died In her bed"
What seemed to be the trouble,
demanded J. Lewis O'Donnell. foreman
of the Jury. Seems TO me that the
law of averages ought to have got the
captain in that general raid on his
household. When a man loses five
wives either he's tough egg or there's
something wrong"
THE gentleman has lost only four
wives" corrected Lew.
Wrong. five," retortcd Foreman
ODonnell. because he has lost this
lady you're trying to pin on him, as
the jury Is not going to attach any
sensitive soul like her to that over
married pirate
"All right" said Lew, "here's lady
who ,yearns for a gent with a sense of
humor. Says he'll have to have one II
he married her. Now that's what call
an honest woman. How many women
are as honest as that. Man or woman,
you've got to have sense OF humor
when you get married. but DANCED few
will admit IT,"
How much does she weigh?" de-
manded Foreman O'Donnell.
What's that got TO do with it?"
Nothing: but I'm thinking Of her
as a wife for that undertaken we we're
trying to AK up. He will have nothing
weighing more than 150."
Better give her this gas meter In
spector-No. 1885," suggested Tom.
well, she weighs 194 right now In
August said Lew.
The New York herald., 1922-08-20

tackled the first plane that fell during
the period of military operations, kill
ing the mechanic on guard. and then
proceeded to destroy the White Bat
by piercing it's fusillage fabric with
machetes, thinking that thereby they
would kill the White Bat. The motor
and other parts were untouched, and
the plane afterward flown back in
safety without repairs to the gashed
fabric
Now. however, anything that the
"blancs' do they accept as beyond
their comprehension and therefore be-
yond their worry. AS they reason in
their meager Creole vocabulary why
should we wonder? Cannot the
'blancs' do anything they wish on sea,
land or air?"
With the cultured classes. however,
the per cent.-Senator Pomerene es-
Inmates 1t as low as 2 per cent--there
was lively interest evinced when the
American High Commissioner, Brig
Gen. John III. Russell. invited the rep
resentatives of Port au Princes Off
cial and social set to attend the meet
on Bowen Field. President Louis
Borno, the members of his Cabinet,
the head of the Council of State and
the head of the Court of Cessation,
Haitfs highest judiciary, were the
guests of honor. Nine. Borno, wife
of the President, headed the social
leaders of the native colony in their
Partisan frocks and hats that added a
brilliant touch of color to the unique
assemblage.
The American circles included the
treaty officials. Col. Theodore +. Kane.
commanding the First Brigade of Ma
rines and his staff and mingled with
the families of the marine and gen.
darme forces were the. diplomatic
The New York herald., 1922-08-20
Natives Attacked First
Machine as White Bat

The attitude of the masses, the 50
per cent. that can neither read nor
writa HY.d still live life of Congo
priniitiveness. toward the arrow
plans" as the Creole now calls them.
had after their first sight been one of
indifference. The first sight OF an
"arrowplan' had stampeded crowded
market places into the nearest church
or driven terrified hill people into their
caves. Once they learned, however.
that they were not the great. white
bats that they at first took them for,
the planes were accepted with stole in
difference. A band of natives had at
The New York herald., 1922-08-20
Indian Courts Keep
the Peace EfectuaiIy

These Indian courts are an interest
ing feature OF the Indian law and
have worked satisfactorily. The Ton
awandas elect a marshal and three
pcacemakers. The Senecas elect q
marshal, five peacemakers, eight
councillors and a president. The Onon-
dagas are governed by their chiefs.
These Indians elect their officers. some
biannually and some annually.
The Peacemakers Courts are ex-
peditious bodies. At least three peace
makers sit in the court as judges with
the oldest as the presiding judge. They
hear disputes between Che Indians and
are required to decide within four
days after they have heard the case
The New York herald., 1922-08-20

Its all right for the cornfed family
men and housewives to go around
saying that Tom Delker and Lew Con-
ley ought to be ashamed of themselves
matching old maids and old bachelors,
widows and widowers and thereby paw
ing the way for more discord and
strife in a war weary world. Some
crouch did say that. But I'm telling
YOU that man gets DANCED tired stok-
ing up on hash and trusting TO nails
and safety pins instead of buttons.
I'm one of them. And a woman
who has lost the guiding hand of a
loving husband amt going right. She
needs her natural guardian and that
means a husband. And that's what
Lew and / aim to do-provide hus-
bands and fathers for the widows and
orphans and the tender administra
tions OF loving wife for the over
hashed widower and bachelor"
Hammonton Is Town New Jersey
People Can Be Proud of
A lot OF follss around this town are
sort of down on Tom and Lew for
their industrious efforts 10 marry the
population off, but Tom and Lew aren't
sensitive. Trouble is that some of the
old conservatives think Tom and Lewis
Cupid's Court Is going to have the
country thinking that Hammonto,i.
N. j., is full o. red radicals or some
thing like THAI. whereas the truth is
that Ocean Cove Of a Sunday after
noon is a siak Of iniquity compared
with Hammcnton.
Early last week most OF the ladies'
of the town got together on Bellevue
avenue from time to time, meeting
during the morning marketing hour
and just before supper like the women
folks will in any town of Hammon-
tons size, and while there were no
resolutions drawn up nor motion put
So that the whole lot of them could
vote on II, they agreed that Tom and
Lew would not have their support. and
that any of their husbands who went
to this Cupid's Court of Tom and
Lewis was going to find himself in
good hot water at home.
No. Hammonton wasn't for Tom
and Lew in this Cupid's Court balder-
DASH Good American citizens of the
Gen. Grant era. down this way. Hon
est folks get up at 6 and have whop-
ping big breakfast and then get busy
on the job. whatever II is. Have din
ner at noon and supper at 6. Church
and Sabbath School of a Sunday with
the congregation doing the singing
and no darned nonsense at election
times. either. Democrat or Republi-
can. and none of this Socialism foolish
ness. Only flag floating in the air is
the Stars and Stripes, too. Something
queer about this internationalism
folks are talking about. and until II
shows something that doesn't sound
like broken English Hammonton Is
going to continue being "A dinner At
noon American community.
The New York herald., 1922-08-20
By WILLIAM MMURTRIE SPEER.

A n Indian chief who lives on the
II Onondaga Reservation near
Syracuse has refused TO pay
the Federal tax levied on automobile
bus operators. The Collector OF IN
ternal Revenue for the Syracuse dis
trict has submitted the matter to the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
The Indian chief refuses to pay on
the ground that Indians are not sub
iect to taxation: that under the treaties
between the Onondagas and the United
States the Indians are neither citizens
Of the United States nor aliens, and
that the United States or the State Of
New York has no power over the In
dams except as prescribed by the
treaties.
There are ATS Indians on the On
ondaga Reservation, which comprises
1900 acres not far from the city OF
Syracuse. These Indians are increas-
ing in number. There were only 1850
on the reservation in 1866. Some In
dams live off the reservation, the total
number In Onondaga county being 5S7,
an increase of foo since 1900.
The Indian population has slightly
increased In the State of New York In
the last twenty years. There are now
$500 Indians living in forty-two OF the
sixty-two counties OF New York, OF
whom 4,45s live on the ten Indian res
ervations. In New York county there
arc 81 Indians: In Kings, 80; Queens.
AZ: Bronx, s, and Richmond. l. Suf-
folk county, on the east end Of Long
Island, has 141 Indians, OF whom 112
live on the Shinnecock Reservation
near Southampton.
The ten Indian reservations have an
area of 10000 acres. The largest is
the Allegany Reservation in Cattarau-
gus county,. which comprises nifty
square miles. The next largest is the
Cattaraugus Reservation in Erie, Cat
taraugus and C'hautauqua counties,
which comprises 81 $50 acres. Then
there are the Oneida Reservation in
Oneida county, the st. Regis Reserva-
ton In Franklin county on the St.
Lawrence, the Tonawanda Reservation
near Buffalo and the Tuscarora Reser-
walton near Niagara Falls, besides the
Onondaga and the Shinnecock reserva-
tions.
The New York herald., 1922-08-20

and consular representatives of the
foreign Powers. In front of cam
vas hangar decorated with flags,
palms and roses the invited guests
were seated and along the same side
o. the field marines and gendarmes
mingled with the humble "gooks" as
the leatherneck has rechristened the
peasant of Haiti In all there was a
crowd numbering more than 1000 and
the growing good feeling between the
natives of all classes and the occupa-
ton forces was one of the most sig
nificant features of the crowded af-
ternoon.
The New York herald., 1922-08-20
Telegram Causes Diversion
And Also a Little Trouble

Tom sprang the Lima widow the
first session and before Lew Conley
who presented the other side to the
jury CIT was something like a card
game with Tom leading queens and
Lew coming back at him with kings
while the jury took 1t all in and called
a halt when they saw a mating),
could answer policeman Nick Pacetti
comes down the aisle with an envelope
in his hand.
Telegram for Tom Dolkcr." an
nounces Nick, who h a good friend OF
The New York herald., 1922-08-20
LADY RHONDDA URGES
ALL WOMEN TO UNITE

schance. But the day is coming when
we will have much larger represen-
tation.
In England we have massed our
selves for the furtherance of the
womans cause-equality with men in
every way. ! believe in cooperation:
believe in burying all differences for
the sake of working together for one
definite cause. The militants of suf-
frage days and their conservative sis
ters are waking hand in hand now in
the interests of equality. The woman
who set fire 10 a letter box filed with
paraffin and who went to jail and was
released after a hunger strike. has laid
aside her radicalism and is working in
a friendly and helpful way with the
woman who was Mortified at militancy.
'Its the only way TO get what you
want. If women don't stand together,
who is there TO help them? First you
must show that women want and de-
mand certain rights before you can
prove to men that it is time to grant
them their desires"
rs that a message to the women
here?' the Viscountess was asked.
Not a direct message. I do not
want to suggest anything to American
women because ! feel that they man.
age their own affairs very WELL" she
replied. "But any one knows that soli-
darity counts. hear that your women
are divided into two big antagonistic
organizations. both with the same
aims. That is too bad If they COM
bined their efforts think how much
more impressive and effective they
would be-
THE League of Women Voters
which is the conservative organiza-
ton. is known in England. We hear
Of them and their work from our
women who visit America and from
your women who visit us. They are
splendid set of workers.
"Then there is the other half. the
National Woman's party, / think you
call 1t, which is the militant body an6
which is seeking the same measures
for it's women and children as the
other.
The New York herald., 1922-08-20

So nine-tenths OF the audience at
the first sitting OF Cupid's court on
Wednesday morning were reporters
and photographers from New York and
Philadelphia, and THE NEW YORK
HERALD's local correspondent stood
over by Buzby's grocery watching
them as they came out laughing.
Tom says that nigh on to 1900
women folks have written him yearn-
ing letters and begging him to stake
them to a husband. Some of them
have had two or three husbands al
ready. and Henry Clackner, who
drives the Central Bakery wagon, got
Lew awfully sore on Wednesday night
by yelling:
whats the matter with them
danes, Lew? Found they couldn't
pick for themselves. so getting you
and Tom to pick for 'em. hey?"
Lew used to be a professional base
ball player. Played on the home team
here in the South Jersey League for
sixteen years and came near playing
with the big team up in Camden. SO
Lewis pretty husky and the crowd
around the cigar store every night sort
of go easy on Lew these days. IL Lew
had caught Hen last Wednesday night
he'd have Knocked him for a crate
of cr,nberries IL your correspondent
knows Lew Conley.
The New York herald., 1922-08-20


HERALD
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti. Aug. IL.
~ NE hundred and eighteen years
ago from the time that Touis-
~ SAINT lOuverture crowned his
campaign against Gen. Leclerc,
brother -in-law of the great Napoleon,
and proclaimed Haiti as a republic, the
first aviation meet ever held under
Haiti's skies drew all of Port au
Princes official and social life No
Bowen Field a few days ago.
Named after Lieut.. j. G. Bowen of
the Marine Corps. who was killed in a
crash near the town of Mirabelais in
1920, the flying field of the Fourth Air
Squadron lies on the northern out
skirts of Haitis capital in the section
locally known as Bel Air. A few hum
dred yards away a cooling breeze was
wrinkling the blue waters of the bay.
Behind the field the precipitous noun
tains of the Sierra de Selle range tow
cred up to height of 5000 feet within
two hours drive. Off to the north
glaring white road to the plains of the
lul-Qe-0dC SLTelCueu uiidci lhC -
colored Archie de Triomphe Of Haitis
capital, unique setting in which the
planes of the Fourth Air Squadron
under the command of Major Francis
Il. Evans made new history for Haiti
under the eyes Of her President.
1t has been little more than seven
years since the American occupation
has been established, and in that time
the planes Of the marine squadrons
have crossed every valley and range
OF the island They have carried mails
to the isolated hill stations, passen-
gers to points that were inaccessible
in the rainy seasons, ferried courts
and inspecting officers to towns that
before could not have been reached in
a weeks travel, and transported sick
or wounded leathernecks to the field
hospitals at Port au Prince on the
south and Cape Haitien on the north.
But never before had the allurement
of a modern. thrilling aviation meet
been dangled before the eyes of
Haitian.
The New York herald., 1922-08-20
Changes His Clothes. Leaving
Tom Without Even a Dim

"Oh. go on and slip him the dime
Lew" says Tom. Il changed my
clothes last night and left all my
money in my other suit"
"Well why didn't you say you didn't
have a diner" demands Lew
"who said didn't have a dime, but
in my other p shouts Tom.
Gentlemen. gentlemen" breaks in
Mrs. Helen Long Rodgers. the courts
Judge. and who is the wife of Ham
monton's leading jeweler. Gentlemen
gentlemen says she.
At that Lew slips Nick the dime and
Tom opens tho telegram.
"Cut my name off the list" IL reads
"My husband has returned home"
Now that a case for you," said
Tom. "This lady wrote In that she
had been a widow for ten years and
here her husband shows up. Showed
his wisdom too. for she is a fine
woman and a good cook. Check the
lady Off. Lew"
"Check her off yourself" says Lew.
I'm looking after the men folks"
Don't get huffy. Lew" says Tom,
''but dig up an honest mate for lady
from Baltimore, who Is in mourning
for her sweetheart who died twenty
three years ago. Never married
Sweetheart was a tin roofer and fell
off the roof OF the First Baptist Church
of Hogan, Neb.. dying in the lady's
arms that evening. Sad case, this one.
Lady took TO mourning next day and
Is wearing 1t yet, but needs a change.
White. feet 1oh. 113 pounds and 80
years old. Can cook and liked the feel
Of tho washboard. Ten thousand men
in the United States waiting for this
lady IT is our job to find one of them
only one"
The New York herald., 1922-08-20
Wards of the Nation
Occupy Unique Position

The United States pays little atten-
ton to these Indians, whose tribal
rights are regulated by Chapter 81 of
tho Laws OF 1909, otherwise known as
the Indian Law. Chapter 26 OF the
Consolidated Laws OF the State Of New
York. 1t was decided by the New York
Court Of Appeals many years ago that
The Indian ~ not citizen" The
The New York herald., 1922-08-20

Points to the Ex-
ample Of Suffrage
Con servatives S
and Militants, S,
Now Working g
Together Harmo-
niously in Great
Britain.
yIscoENTEss RHoNDDA would

Y YISCCUNTESS RHONDDA would
~ like, to remind American women
-if,she didn't think they would
consider 1t an impertinance on her
part that in union there is strength.
It's good old Star Spangled Banner"
maxim. Her British sisters are find
ing 1t so in their efforts to put through
certain equal rights measures. CO.
operation, coordination and combina-
ton will win when scattered energies
fail. the distinguished visitor believes.
She made a point Of the solidarity
of women in an interview given at
her retreat on the Connecticut shore.
This first peeress in her own right to
make application for seat in the
House of Lords, a request denied later,
arrived in America last week and as
tonished everybody by coming un-
heralded, without so much as having
her name listed among the passengers
I and without being interviewed by ship
news reporters.
! New York and its readers aren't
used to this extreme modesty and re-
tirement They felt as though they
| had been cheated when a peeress
slipped right through their hands af-
ter spending less than twenty-four
hours at the Hotel Plaza and then
| turning her back on Broadway. Fifth
avenue and Central Park.
Tiscountess Evades Publicity.
But Will Talk Graciously
There is this about Viscountess
Rhondda. she evades publicity when
she wants a rest and can evade 1T,
but when confronted by an inter-
viewer she is graciousness itself. She
was more interested in finding out
how she was discovered at Stonington
Manor Inn, half an hour beyond New
London, than in whether her inherited
nobility is to gain recognition. After
all il Is five weeks. at the most, be-
fore she can resume that fight. for
she is here on vacation ana nothing
is to be permitted to spoil her rest ana
enjoyment.
You are not at all surprised that
lViscountess Rhondda is determined to
fight for her peeress's right when you
see her. She Is far from aggressive,
but she is commanding and firm. She
is taller than the average woman, her
figure is we'll rounded, her brown eyes
are sparkling and full of humor, her
dark hair is brushed softly back from
her face and worn twisted in knot
low in her neck. and she has beauti-
fully shaped. strong, firm hands that
speak volumes in their grip.
The night of the interview she was
seated with her companion from Eng
land, Miss Pridden, who is head mis-
tress of a girls school. on the veranda
of the inn in a half subdued light.
The viscountess wore black dress
The New York herald., 1922-08-20
Sky Ambulance Thrills
Crowd at Aviation Meet

The program began with a forma-
ton fight in De Havilands and the
next event proved one of the most in
teresting on the card. Out from the
ambulance plane specially fitted for
the transport of hospital cases. 1t
made a perfect landing and a motor
ambulance rolled smartly alongside.
The New York herald., 1922-08-20
Score Is r,soo ForIorn Women
To Only 1000 Men on List

As we said before. nigh onto / 200
women folks have asked Lew and Tom
to get them husbands and more than
1000 men have written in saying that
they wouldn't mind taking another
hack at the marriage game providing
the woman comes up to specifications
in each and every respect.
we have here says Tom. who
was all dressed UP in linen collar and
the pants he wore before he was sick
last winter and lost weight, we have
here a lady who lives in Lima. Ohio.
She says she amt alfred particular.
yet she won't take any old rassler
from Lord knows where. F'ifty-seven.
she says she is, and widow with FIVE
grown children, all self supporting.
Loving, homemaking widow weighing
16s and measuring feet 2. What am
I offered?
The New York herald., 1922-08-20
Two of Sea Captains Former
Wives Die Natural Deaths

''rIow about No. 437, retired sea
ca plain who has been married four
times, and every time happily7" coun-
The New York herald., 1922-08-20

THE NEW YoRR HERALD correspondent
and from whom l can get the latest
town news any time you ask for II.
Lets have it," says Tom.
Ten cents first" says Nick.
What for?" demands Tom.
Didn't say" says Nick, only they
told me to collect ten cents"
"Give the officer ten cents, Lew,
says Tom.
Say" replies Lew Conley. whose
cigar store is we'll known by your cor
respondent, when was ] elected
treasurer OF this Lovers Cooperative
Union. I'm president. am, and not
treasurer. You can't elect man
treasurer unless he is a candidate
first"
Tom was rummaging around in his
pants pocket, the pants being too big
for him, as | said before, but doesn't
scare up dime.
The New York herald., 1922-08-20
Get the Raspberry Instead
OF Three Rousing Cheers

They figured that folks were going
10 give them three rousing cheers, but
the truth is they received the rasp-
berry instead. AS Tom put H. the
moment you try to give folks some
thing for nothing. they holler for a
cop. Maybe there will be another
session OF Cupid's Court because there
are folks mean enough to say that
Tom and Levi plan 10 take the show
on the road and give other towns pub
licity. But there is no truth in the
rumor that Tom and Lew are nego-
uating with the chambers of COM
ncrce OF lot OF tank towns in New
Jersey, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Be-
sides. they haven't any patent on the
idea. Any one can start a court any
where.
There are number OF folks in this
world" says Tom. who are not in
chned to take Lew and me seriously.
"Apd then. again. there are lot
who understand what Lew and I are
trying to do with this Cupid's Court
OF, ours.