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The Colorado statesman., 1922-06-17
MemorIzlna Worth While.

Till he has fairly tried it, l suspect
a reader does not know how much he
would gain from committing to MEM
ory passages of real excellence; pre-
cisely because he does not know how
much he overlooks in merely reading.
Learn one true poem by heart, and see
If you do not find it so. Beauty after
beauty will reveal itself. in chosen
phrase or happy music, or noble sug-
gestion otherwise undreamed of. Ii is
like looking at one of natures wonders
through a microscope.-Vernon Lush
ington.
The Colorado statesman., 1922-06-17
THE PENDULUM.


of progress that
against lynchng against
tbeaes which brmuy reflect upon
~ much ground for this general belief in years
holiday by her best citizens
~ ho,g
repeat The
manifold That the
Negroes and
be
ond in the large number Negro
choice
with
calm satisfaction 1t is line of progress
% touch with e economc nuse of the nation are wrong in their
unparalleled
gene ready for it. but not there alone
is hoso no doubt
with the happy effect We preach of
of the
Virginia. full of hope and opportunity
,. yary about
confess that
old Mexico But let us look
e ut force and pwer is given
of COLORADO
Just what this enterprise
tb pTeatest boon ever known
There are no % Ne @ vnn raasoabe chance in the fields
are open TO & our % e Moffa tunnel going to afford
OF labor & i @ and unled 6ur race leaders and civic bodies
with the tunnel board and the claims Of
Sp USE our aborers
order but awaits the magic touch and
state esecond to in the Union
The Colorado statesman., 1922-06-17
BEGINNING Of "oII Aae."

The "oil age" of the United States
dates from 1S5S-59, when George II.
Bissell and Prof. Benjamin Silliman,
Jr., of Yale analyzed crude oil and de-
termined its value for illumination. and
Edwin l.. Drake drilled a well at Titus
vile, Pa, and produced the oil in
quantity. Long before that it had been
used in various communities where it
was skinned from creeks and pools
as household remedy for colds. burns.
rheumatism, sore throat and other all
ments.
The Colorado statesman., 1922-06-17
Darken Fish Bowl.

On the outside of your goIdhsh boWI
paint the bottom and about two inches
above the bottom in dark green paint.
This adds greatly to the comfort OF
your pets. They will not swim so
wildly but seek the bottom and rest.
Very pretty castles can be built OF
rough pebbles, and cement Choosing
a cement that will not be affected by
water) projections, hooks and tunnels
will be appreciated by the fish. Boys
and girls, too, will find making them
pleasure
The Colorado statesman., 1922-06-17
Listen!

Wall paper WAS very costly when
first introduced. AS late as the end Of
the Eighteenth century when an owner
was leaving a house he advertise d
among the things which he desired to
sell or to rent the paper on the walls.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Colorado statesman., 1922-06-17
Good Plot EVERYTHING.

A plot, after all, is a design to which
everything elss must be subordinated
II the readers attention is to be en-
ticed and enthralled. Rude life may
not conform to this design, and the
psychologist may despise it, yet there
is no such thing as a good novel that
has not a good plot.-Francis Hacsett.
The Colorado statesman., 1922-06-17
Has the Right Idea.

clever travelling man studies his
customer and you can't blame him for
regarding stubborn man as puzzle
to be worked out as well as human
being.
The Colorado statesman., 1922-06-17
Birds as Weather Prophets.

At least some birds are good
weather prophets. The green wood
pecker is known in some parts OF this
country as the "rain bird because his
laughing cry SO often precedes down.
pour. The misselthrush, again. has
gained the name of storm cock" be-
cause he sings before wind and rain.
The Colorado statesman., 1922-06-17
The Hope of Middle Aae.

After man has reached middle
age he finds that all the bright am
bitions of youth have degenerated and
merged into the one uncertain hope
that he can keep his stomach and al
lied organs functioning with reasona-
bic efficiency and regularity from day
to day.-Ohio State Journal.
The Colorado statesman., 1922-06-17
Dream Lore

To witness an execution denotes
success in love; such a dream shows
your sweetheart to be tickle and little
calculated 10 make you happy. To see
one or more men executed denotes
great success in trade.
The Colorado statesman., 1922-06-17
Too Keen in His Desire.

Jud Tunkins says the most incom-
petent hired man is always the one
who is most anxious to quit work and
undertake to be a boss.
The Colorado statesman., 1922-06-17
Ones Ideals.

Humanity never rises above its
Ideals. What ought to be is always
above and beyond what is. Unless,
however, we have before us the vision
of something better, we can neve:
rise above what we are.-EXchange.
The Colorado statesman., 1922-06-17
Says Uncle Eben

Oars heap o. gratitude" said
Uncle Eben. dat don't never git
proper expression, foh de reason dat
fullness of de heart is mighty liable
to deprive a man of de power Of
speech-makin'."
The Colorado statesman., 1922-06-17
"coIleenp and "Mavourneen."

In Ireland girl is called n col
Ieen." "Mavourneen" is the Irish
term of endearment for girl or
woman. in other words. the Irish for
Sweetheart"
The Colorado statesman., 1922-06-17
Handicappcd

Another difficulty some people en-
counter in serious thinking Is the cir
cumstance that whenever they are not
talking they're asleep.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-16

Poke Eaz1ey today was showing his
friends a suit of clothes he has had for
eleven years, and they are still as good
as new. The reason they have lasted so
long is that he only wears them when
he goes to church.
Sidney Hooks would like for the public
to join him in movement which would
do away with the legs on eating tables,
as every time he goes to big dinner he
has nowhere TO put his knees, and he
cannot eat without them.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-02-16
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TRY A WANT AID IN THE TIMES.
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THEY WIKI FIRING RESULTS,
The American Jewish world., 1922-07-14

yelling" He reached for match
and began to sing softly the lullaby
which was to be the hit of the eve
ning's performance.
s'Dear little angel, white and fairs"
murmured the poet-father. 81 wish
she'd choke him!" he added in fret
full postscript and lit his pipe.
Evening came and precisely at nine
thirty the improvised curtains strung
across the vestry room of Temple
Sholem separated jerkily and the gala
performance had begun. In the wings
and in full sight of the audience
stood Markovitz, prompt copy in hand,
his collar limp with perspiration, his
eyes wild and vacant. Everything
had gone wrong-or. to put it the
other way-nothing had gone right.
The pompous president, who had been
asked to serve as chairman for the
evening, had given an Introductory
address fifteen minutes long and had
taken another ten minutes to intro
duce the speaker of the evening. The
said speaker had spoken with merci-
full brevity-he was a Congressman
with train to catch and Markovltz
vowed to vote for him at the next
election-but little Miss Greenebaum,
who had followed him with one Of
her justly famous "classic Dances
accepted three encores and continued
to bow smilingly until Markovitz ac-
tually pulled her off into the wings
and hissed that the opera was ready
to begin.
But it really wasn't. The David
Il icIoid hic cn9f
in the dressing room and refused to
be comforted until Markovitz handed
him his last five dollar bill in surety
that the coat would be replaced; for
David knew his mother and didn't care
to face her without his almost new
coat after the performance. Of course,
several of the principals came late,
two of the most necessary costumes
were discovered missing when the
bundle from the costumer was sorted
and when Saul's throne elegantly
decorated with electric lights in many
colors) was finally erected for the i'm
pressive first scene it straightway fell
down again and continued to totter
through the whole play. Yet even
these difficulties were overcome and
the play creaked forward.
Proud parents and near relatives
of the young performers declared that
Markovitz's musical version of "David
and Goliath" was a thing of beauty
and joy forever and that singers
from the Metropolitan couldn't have
done more distinguished work. To
be sure Markovitz himself, who had
written every word, shuddered when
ever an actor stumbled in his speech
and nearly wept when Flossie and
several other singers murdered some
of his choicest high notes. Yet it
might have been worse, he reflected,
as he changed his collar after the last
act and took up his old place in the
wings to hear the chair introduce
him.
Now the presidents fiowery periods
did not seem long or out of place; he
spoke very nicely indeed of Professor
Markovitz who had not only written
and directed the very beautiful little
opera, but was himself singer of
note and was going to favor the audi
ence with several songs of his own
composition. The chairman announced
"a Welcome to Baby" bowed toward
L. oyol withdraw
The American Jewish world., 1922-07-14
Page tWo

"Can I help it," demanded Profes-
sor Jacob Markovitz, concert singer
and musical director, "that I'm al
ways a bundle of nerves before per-
formance? I find it hard to sleep
and I don't eat enough to keep a
bird alive" He paused to regale him
self with another helping of herring.
"It's my artistic temperament"
Mrs, Jacob Markovitz who had al
ready started to clear the table with
remarkable proficiency, considering
that she carried the very plump Mau-
nv Markovitz on her arm, shifted
little. "You got it easy yet," she
commented with typical wifely SYM
pathy. "God should give it l had
nothing to do but sing in the choir
by Temple Sholem and teach them
kids to sing in operas on Purim and
give a big concert, once 3 year. Ii
YOU had a baby like Maury to lug
around with you from morning Till
night. almost breaking your arm down
and yelling with his teeth till it's,
a shame for the neighbors, maybe
you'd get meshugga and talk about
nerves vet with the cooking to 40
and all the washing and frying the
fish for your mother every Friday
night. God help our Maury it ne
grows up and marries woman who
can't do much cooking account Of her
weak back like your mother. He'll
never know the taste of fish,"
"It's not so bad when they sing
out of time in somebody else's mu-
sic," unused the artistic, helping him
self to another glass of tea. Han
del and Medelssohn amt alive TO near
'em and it don't hurt nobody's feel
ings. But the way that Flossle Hur-
WITT sings her solo in my operetta
next week, it breaks my heart. Why,
when I played that song to Minded
down at the Music College he almost
cried and he said: Jack, it's the best
song YOU ever wrote. You ought TO
get Alma Gluck to sing it. Honest
to God, if that little fool of Flossle
breaks down on her high notes the
night of the show, I'll wiring her neck
right before the whole audience even
if her papa's on the board and her
Uncle Felix is one of the machers by
the Temple"
The next week was one of horror
for Markovitz. His operetta, based
on the story of David and Goliath,
and highly original save for few
lyric strains odopted and adapted
from several half-forgotten Yiddlsh
operas, dragged wretchedly in rehear-
sal. King Saul developed bronchitis
and his understudy, knock-kneed lad
of fourteen, threatened to develop
stage-fright; Michal (othewise Flo
sic Hurwitz) absolutely refused to
wear the rented costume when it ar
rived and came to the dress rehear--
sal in concoction of white satin and
gold spangles that made her look more
like a "Follies" dancing girl than
princess of Old Israel; three members
of the chorus, a priest and two OF
Saul's warriors, suddenly melted away,
and to cap the climax the amateur
scene painter became aggrieved when
he found that his name would not
appear on the programs and in re-
venge, so bedaubed the flat represent
ing Saul's tent that the Temple
ianitor innocently mistook it for
desert scene.
But every musical director and
dramatic coach expects certain mis-
haps before the final performance,
L v@<Nr
The American Jewish world., 1922-07-14

ton; the baby shrieked again. Mar
kovitz gritted his teeth and leaned
down to the fustered young woman
on the piano stool. "Play the whole
song through once," he commanded:
"and maybe by that time the baby'n
go to sleep or they'll take it out"
He was too optimistic. The baby
shrieked along with the orchestra,
minor accompaniment which drove the
audience almost into Mysteries. Then
the noise ceased as abruptly as it had
begun. Markovitz silently thanked his
gods that the worst was over, per-
haps the sensible mother had removed
her child or given it it's pacifier. In
the second row he caught the gleam-
ing bald pate of the gentleman from
the choir of Temple Maariv and felt
he must sing as he had never sung
before.
"Dear little angel, white and fair,
Dear little baby with golden hair"
began Markovitz.
"Yow!" screamed the infant.
"Just slipped from heaven to rest
on my arm,
Father will love you and shield you
from harm,"
assured the tenor as heroically as he
could under the circumstances.
Through the three stanzas of the
song, Markovitz and the unseen baby
fought it out. He gave no encore
and it was doubtful whether the audi
ence, by this time rocking with laugh
ter, would have heard him if he had.
The influential gentleman from Tenn
pie Maariv leaned back in his seat
and wiped his eyes; Markovitz at
sight of his mirth was almost mad
with fury.
"a refined concert is no place for
infants" he stated with his best plat
form manner. "Will the lady take
that baby out or must I call an ush-
er
From the last aisle rose a little
woman flushed and disheveled, a
pudgy baby on her arm. He no longer
howled for now he sucked contented-
ly upon a pacifer. But his mother
looked positively militant.
"It amt my fault" she shrieked,
"that your sister Minnie telephones
me the last minute she's got another
date and can't come. And it amt
my fault that poor Maury don't wake
up until you begin to sing and then
he cries for you to come and take
him. My pacifer rolled under my
seat and I just found it, and if you
think it's any pleasure to carry around
a twenty-five pound baby"
Markovitz didn't say it was. He
merely beckoned to the young lady on
the piano stool who swung into the
"Star Spangled Banner" The audi
ence busy with hats and coats, fol-
lowed her more or less, and Maury
walled consistently through the pa
triotic ditty. For Maury had dropped
his pacifier again and his mother felt
too disgusted with life to pick it
up for him.
The American Jewish world., 1922-07-14

nan. DuC Cucy Say III Jul plOIO0oAoH
the worse the dress rehearsal, the bet
ter the performance. And this opera
has got to make hit, believe me.
All the directors of the Temple will
be there and music man from the
'Tageblatt,' if he comes, and critic
from Smatzke's music house. If they
publish my opera we'll be rolling IN
clover yet from the royalties and I'll
get my name in all the music jour-
nals."
"Before you roll in royalties your
mothers shaitel will turn gray and
Maury will cut his back teeth" was
his wife's discouraging response.
"I'll oser look like a royalty tonight
with that blue silk dress amt had
off my back for evenings since got
married in it. And TIN Maury
j. got on it, when he got sick to the
. stomach and spit up his dinner last
year at the Lodge picnic in Bronx
Park amt never come OUT" she end
ed in a mournful parenthesis.
"And best of ALL" confded the ar
tiste, "best of all, the leader of the
choir down by Temple Maariv says
he'll come and listen to my solo. He's
got a vacancy for heroic tenor next
year in his choir and if make hit
/ can tell this whole darn bunch to
look for man with voice like mine
and not cent extra to drill those
little devils till people think they're
singing. And when he hears me give
my solo," the heroic tenor smiled
sweetly as one who already tastes
the fruits of victory, "when he hears
my solo he'll come to see me tomor-
row evening with contract in his
pocket"
"What are you going to sing-that
drinking song about the eyes or the
one about May and that sort of
stuff ?" asked his wife.
Jacob restrained an artistic shud-
der; he had long ago given up try
ing to impress of names of his IA
vorite selections upon his wife's
treacherous memory. "No, I'm tired
of those little things" he said air
lily, "and they've been done on the
Victrola until everyone's sick of 'em,
too. I'm giving them one of my own
things-the Welcome to Baby'-one
I wrote when Maury was born"
The eyes Of Maury's mother grew
wonderfully soft as she relived for
a moment those first few day before
she had started to worry about the
hospital bill and Jacob in the early
pride of his fatherhood had hung over
the sleeping baby and crooned him
improvised lullabies. But all she said
was: 'It amt bad song if you sing
it right"
"Tll be too nervous and unstrung
to sing note if the rest of the pro-
gram doesn't go right" Markovitz
assured her. "And I ought to have
absolute rest and quiet-absolute rest
and quiet-till I go to the Temple.
I'll leave an hour before you SOS l
can see everything's right. And you
try to be on time if you can. This
amt going to be no Yiddish enter
tainment that don't begin till eleven
o'clock. I bet we won't be more'n
an hour late if I've got anything to
say about it. So you get there about
nine cause we got Eight Sharpv
printed on the ticket"
"I'll be all dressed and I'll leave the
minute your sister Minnie gets here
to look after Maury," promised Mrs.
Markovitz. "Thank God, I won't
The American Jewish world., 1922-07-14

Harry Nadell, FL, son of a Pater-
son, N. j., letter carrier, has just re-
turned home from an eight months
trip abroad awarded him by his uni
versity for general excellence in his
collegiate work. The university was
-ah, you've guessed it-Harvard.
The trip abroad was the climax Of a
series of honors awarded him for
scholarship.
The American Jewish world., 1922-07-14
THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD
Baby Beats the Band
A STORY BY ELMA ENRICH LEVINGER

Copyright Ehrich Levnger all rights reserved
The American Jewish world., 1922-07-14

Mr.. David Snellenberg of Whining
ton has been reelected president of
the Delaware State tuberculosis
Commission.
Prof. Salomon Reinach, member of
the Institute of France, received the
honorary degree of Doctor of Civil
Law from Oxford.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-07-05
MOUNT HOPE

While Ellis Wilkinson was climb
ing a ladder to his haymow Tuesday,
a rung broke and left him swinging at
arms length with one shoulder dis
located. He called his wife, who
helped him back on the ladder and to
the ground, thus saving him fall Of
forty feet. He went to DR.. Lewis Of
fee at Bloomington, and DR.. Lewis
took him to Lancaster, where an X
ray picture was made and the dislo-
cation corrected at the Doolittle hos
pital.
Adolph, 11-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Jeidy, living on the Cairns
farm southwest of town, was taken to
DR.. Baldwin's office at Bloomington
with a broken leg and in an uncon-
scious condition Tuesday morning. He
had been riding a blind horse down
the Cairns hill, and the animal failed
to make the turn across the bridge at
the foot of the hill, crashing through
the fence and falling into the ditch,
with the rider underneath. The bone
of the left leg was broken above the
knee, and the boy was bruised about
the head The broken limb was
X-rayed and set, and the boy is get
ting along as well as could be ex-
pected.-Record.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-07-05
BOSCOBEL

Atty. J. E. Barnett will commence
work soon on modern residence to
be erected in the 4th ward on a choice
lot recently purchased from A. H. Nc
Intire. Martin Schneider, an archi-
tect of Chicago, was here last week
inspecting the site and will draw
plans at once for the structure. 1t
will be of colonial style and conven-
lent in every detail.
A BOscobel matron who has reared
large family of children during
which time she has nobly performed
her duty as wife and mother, gave
voice to this wholesome statement the
other day: "The worst periods in
children's lives are the times when
they are too young to know much and
old enough to think they know it all"
F. K. Shuttleworth of Madison was
in the city Monday, discussing politics
as usual He informed the Dial that
he intended making the run for con-
gress again this summer. If another
Joint debate between he and johnny
Nelson could be staged in Boscobel
and properly advertised it would draw
like a circus. Those who witnessed
the clash they had here year ago
recall it with a chuckle.
Active operations are underway to-
wards construction of the commodi-
Gus garage to be erected by c. H. Mil
Ter & Son on the site of the present
frame structure they now occupy. The
new building will be 4Sx120 with base
ment, the latter opening conveniently
on the alley. The structure joins Mill
Ter Bros. Hardware campany's build
ing and the stairway on the south side
of the latter will be removed and in
stalled inside as it once was. Frey
Bros. have the contract for the job.
The razing of the old frame building
will remove one of the historic land
marks of the city. 1t was erected by
Dwight Parker, pioneer merchant IN
1856.
A sad death was that of Mrs. G. B.
Van Gordon of Marietta, occurring
Monday morning from childbirth. De-
ceased was SO years of age and a ma
tive of Vernon county. She was mar
ried to Mr.. Van Gordon July 4, 1904.
Surviving are the broken hearted hus-
band, a son aged 7 and baby Emily,
born Sunday.
James Coleman was here from
Madison to see the folks at home
previous to taking departure on va
cation trip. His itinerary includes
stops at Niagara Falls, New York
Boston, a weeks outing on Lake
Champlain and side trip up into
Ontario, Can. Mr. Coleman has COW
cred the greater part of this country
with his extensive travels and will
look over Europe next with Ireland
his first stop.
AS trustee of the Varrel relief fund
TIL. Kronshage contributed $500 to the
sufferers from the cyclone which re-
Gently devastated portions of st.
Croix, Barron and adjoining counties.
dial
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1922-07-05
SHULLSBURG

main Street" is gossiping about
legality of closing the saloons on July
4th. Most anything is legal that IS
unsuitable. In this case the Mayor
has passed the buck to the celebra-
tion committee and if they cannot
live up agreement they may go snort
on the $500. -,
Shullsburg is as crazy over base
hall as ever. Las week saw many
of our citizens in Mineral Point ana
Lancaster. Sunday the town was va
cant with games at Dubuque and Lam
caster well patronized with Shulls-
burg fans. A shark III mathematics
he's figured that it cost Shullsburg
over $500 for baseball the past week.
Half of this amount weekly, with the
gate receipts, would support a nome
team that could win from anything IN
this section. - ~,
Five hundred dollars for Doc Roy
RI souander on July 4th is about as
raw an expenditure as one could look
for from a council that has promised
. reduction in taxes. Some one lei
their foot slip and it must nave peeh
tbe Mavor. The only just1tlcatlon one
can find for it is the S1GO given LOT
Memorial day; and it ought 10 pc
worth five times as much to celebrate
the mailing of John Bull to the cross.
Pick & Cad.