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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-05-05
president HARDING Is working

Out pldu lOI SSLllIuS Tie COdA
strike and preventing future strikes,
and which he hopes will serve to sta
bilize the industry. Details of the
scheme have not been given out, but
it is known that it does not include
federal supervision Of the coal indus
try, but provides for standing COM
mission empowered to deal with wage
issues and other disputes as they arise.
FEDERAL aid for the upbuildfng
l. and development Of the American
merchant marine is given approval by
the American Farm Bureau federation,
which has wired President Harding as
follows:
"While opposed to any subsidy on
principle, we realize the necessity for
developing the American merchant ma
rine as naval auxiliary and as an
agent in the development of foreign
trade. We approve aid temporarily
until our flag can be established on
the high seas, but no longer. Subsidies,
like tariffs, should be flexible, and not
continue after industry becomes self
supporting. If subsidy be supported
on naval grounds it is essential that
merchant ships be available and used
for training Of naval reserves"
Just now our merchant marine Is
engaged in a little rate war with the
Lamport & Holt line of Great Britain,
which slashed passenger rates TO
South America. Chairman Lasker of
the shipping board Immediately made
a cut below the Lamport & Holt rate
and told that firm he was in the fight
TO finish.
The public ledger., 1922-02-21
URGE BRITISHERS TO STUDY
UNITED STATES HISTORY
Better knowledge Of America De.
manded by Noted London
Educator.

Washington, D. C. The British
Conference of Educational Societies is
considering the suggestions made II
by George Peabody Gooch, joint edi-
tor Of the Contemporary Review, re-
garding the need in British schools of
more exhaustive study of American
history. Mr.. Gooch emphasized tthe
need Of exchange Of university pro-
fessors and students between Eng
land and the United States and Ia
mented the fact that outside of a few
noted writer's, American men of let
ters were not more largely read in
England.
"When once we break through the
crust Of American history and get
really inside" he pointed out. I'VE are
astonished at the wealth of philosoph-
ical interest. We have had sort OF
conviction that when America became
independent she did not concern us
any more.
1--WE do not want political alli-
ance with America" Gooch concluded,
"but rather an understanding which
comes from the inheritance of great
and uplifting traditions, and the closer
we get to one another the greater Will
be our power Of maintaining the best
many of them noble-elements Of
the Anglo-Saxon tradition
The public ledger., 1922-02-21
GEORGETOWN DEAN
RESIGNS POSITION.

Georgetown, KY, Feb. 10. - DR..
John L. Hill, dean of Georgetown Col
lege rendered his resignation to DR..
NJ. B. Adams, president of the college,
to accept a position as editorial Sec
retary Of the book and tract depart
ment of the Sunday school board of
the Southern Baptist convention, with
headquarters at Nashville. The resig-
nation will take effect the first of June
The position that DR.. Hill will accept
Is new one, so far as the Baptist de-
nomination is concerned. He will have
charge of the organization of the de-
partment, whose main purpose is to
direct and supervise the expression of
southern Baptist life in literature. The
work will include the kind Of litera-
ture used, as we'll as the selection of
authors.
The public ledger., 1922-02-21
WHAT RIGHTS SHOULD
AMERICAN WOMEN HAyEl
Proposed Amendment to Federal Con.
stitutiOn Develops Opposition
Among Feminine Sex.

Washington, d. c. - "All the legis-
lation which might be passed could |
not make man and woman alike. |
The Fundamental difference Of sex
and all that it implies must forever
forbid complete similarity"
With this ffro basis, Mrs. Florence
Kelly, of the National Consumers
League, send broadcast some ques-
,ions which, she says, must be answer
ed before the new proposed Federal
amendment proposed by the National
'voman's Party be considered by Con-
gress an dth estate legislatures.
The proposed amendment as drafted
reads:
Section /. No political, civil, or
legal disabilities of ineGaulities on ac-
count of sex, or on account Of mar
count of sex, or on account Of mar.
riage unless applying alike to both
sexes. shall exist within the United
States or any place subject to their
jurisdiction.
Section 2. Congress shall have
power to enforce this article by ap-
propriate legislation"
Some of Mrs. Kelly's questions are:
"Will husbands need to continue to
support their wives?
"The paymen. of civilian widowed
mothers pensions Is clearly an in
equality on account of sex and OF mar
riage. which does not apply alike to
both sexes. Shall midowers have PEN
sions. or shall widowed mothers be
deprived of theirs
"Will the amendment destroy the
new law popularly known as the
sheppard-Towner bill, which creates
m inequality by reason of sex, in
favor of women, maternity not apply
ing alike to both sexes
What becomes of the dover rights
that women have in many states'
"will women be subject to conscrip-
ton?
what will become Of the Mann act,
which exists solely for the protection
Of women and girls?
"will those women wage earners
who now have the benefit of the statu-
tory eight-hour day, rest at night, ana
one days rest in seven. lose these ad-
vantages'
"How can they get an eight-hour
The public ledger., 1922-02-21

Ledger Want Ads Paw
The public ledger., 1922-02-21

On next Friday evening at the Col
,red High School building, the pupils
of Miss Whaley's and Mrs. Owens
-ooms will give a physical culture
Those who witnessed
a previous demonstration Of this ma
ture we're highly pleased. This one
promises to be much greater than the
previous one. All interested In the
,hysical development of the boys and
Urls should not fail to be present.
Miss Mary Whaley is the efficient di-
'ectress OF these plays.
The public ledger., 1922-02-21

at us occasionally from other parts OF
this great country have been permon-
emily stopped. 1t was done at Monte
Carlo the other day. "If the winner
bushes. she's an American" said an
executive OF the Carlton restaurant
there durin gthe drawing Of big lot
terry prize. The prize was a pair of
black silk pajamas trimmed with err
mine. When the fluffy garment was
tossed over to the holder Of the lucky
number, she blushed markedly And
she proved to be not only an Amer
ican, but Mrs. s. Goldenberg of New
York City.
Ny
The Fulton Street Noon Prayer
Meeting is about to have an anniver-
sary. 1t was founded by the Rev.
jeremiah Calvin Lanphier OF the Col
legiate Dutch Reformed church Go
years ago. and II has exhibited truly
marvellous power ever since. 1t has
gone through storm and sunshine
through revival and depression,
through tthe Civil War and the tri-
umphs OF peace. Right in the heart OF
the Wall street district, at twelve
o'clock every day. the prayer meeting
holds crowds OF bankers, clerks. stem
ographers, brokers, workingmen, men
and women, representatives OF every
calling. Some fthe mforego their
lunc hto be present. Requests for
prayers come in from the Pacific
Coast, from theislands of the sea and
the mountains Of India. Every week
there Is different speaker at the
meeting. and always good one. There
is no talk Of social uplift and no new
cults there. Just oldfashioned relig-
ion which seems to mean more to the
busy people OF that hectic district than
any argumentative discourse.
The public ledger., 1922-02-21

New York women still blush All
charges Of ultra-sophistication hurled
The public ledger., 1922-02-21
INFLUENZA IN PRISON.

Frankfort, KY, Feb. 10. - The first
epidemic of influenza among convicts
at the Kentucky State Reformatory
this winter was reported tonight with
between 60 and 70 cases in the prison
hospital. The cases were reported to
be mild and no deaths had occurred
up until late tonight as far as could
be learned. All patients are in the
prison hospital under care of physi-
clans who are making special efforts
to prevent any spread Of the epidemic.
The public ledger., 1922-02-21
.NeWY0rk
Letter
by Price


New Yoork Smile Week" in
Brooklyn, according to the best esti-
mates, resulted In thirteen cases Of
disorderly conduct in the Gates Ave-
nue. Court. One Brooklyn husband
tried to get a smile from the entire
family by dropping lighted cigarette
into his wifc's coat pocket. The result
was not entirely what he had plan
ned. In court, the humorous husband
was ordered TO live apart from his
wife until the strain OF Smile Week
is over.
Ny
Passengers on the upper deck OF the
new Fifth avenue busses will be pro-
tected by glass enclosure. New
Workers have proven that they aren't
quite hard enough to ride on top in the
open and undiluted air during the win
tor months. So in order to have the
top given any use during five months
OF the year the conservatory effect is
to be accomplished.
Ny
When witness In rent dispute In
one OF our suburbs testified In court
that the landlord was a geenrous man.
another tenant present tainted dead
away
Ny
plans are announced by the Shubert
offices to establish theaters and Of
fees for their new vaudeville circuit
In 35 cities Of the country.
Ny
Miss Adella Potter. chairman OF the
Committee on Law Enforcement OF the
New York City Federation OF Women's
Clubs. has written to the National AS
sociation OF the Motion Picture Indus
try asking that prohibition Jokes be
kept of the screen; and that the reso-
luton OF her committee asking for
serious treatment OF the subject by
newspapers. magazines and films be
thrown on the screen all over the
country
Ny
One more opportunity to keep one
self looking beautiful has been added
to this city of opportunities and op-
portunity- takers. Girls have discover
ed that there is a decidedly redeeming
feature in the new pressure gates in
the subway stations. This is the cleo
ttric light beside the slot in which the
neckels are dropped. With its aid and
that OF the handbag mirror, they pow
de rtheir noses adjust their hats and
quite redo their tolettes during the
three seconds they take to pass
through the gates.
Ny
New York women still blush All
charges Of ultra-sophistication hurled
The public ledger., 1922-02-21
IRWIN s. COBB ILL:
CONDITION SERIOUS.

Boston, Feb. 10. Irwin s. Cobb,
author and humorist, was seriously Ill
at hotel here tonight after a relapse
from influenza, which forced the can
collation. of lecture last Wednesday.
DR.. ]. H. Stevens said that Mr.. Cobb's
condition was serious, but not dan
gerous."
The public ledger., 1922-02-21

low for themselves In state where
workingmen do not care to get it be-
cause they prefer negotiation backed
by organization to statutes?'
Washington legislators are finding
these questions worthy of thought.
whichever side they take in the matter
The public ledger., 1922-02-21

The humming noise made by the
cumming bird Is due to the rapid
novement OF It's tiny wings.
The public ledger., 1922-02-21

The largest sweet shop in the world
was recently opened in New York.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-01-12
WOULD PROVE HE WROTE JOB
His Claim to Authorship Became
Matter of Dispute.

Here * an extract from an Aus
tralian paper: For the first time since
! established my lending library in
Melbourne Il new patron the other day
took out the Bible on the customary
terms. value down. and 3D.. charged
for the reading. He had come in
asking for 1.-The Book of Job He
looked like a person fresh from TODD
lembuck as l ran puzzled eye over
him. The Book of JOb?" said I. a
haven't it separately, but yOu1l find
if in the Bible" "Gimme one. and
show me where" said the caller.
pointed out the Book of job, and
my new customer took the Bible out.
He returned it on the third day.
when was that writ?" said he. l eX-
planned that it was about 1000 years
since it was first put upon the mar
ket Il S'poSe an old chap name of
Job up at the Slip couldn't have writ
it?'' l didn't think it at all likely. Il
always told the misses Job was a liar"
said the new customer. He went
away, but about week later l re
ceived letter from the slip. 1t as
Sured me that HOris Job. Twin there
did write this book. and what's more
said he'd do it again if any city blOke
diSbelieved him.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-01-12
oriuln Of Famous Phrase.

There was a time when Letter
go, Gallagher" meaning start or "cut
loose" wAs heard in all parts of the
United States. The exclamation was
originated by Judge Beaver, OF Nor
gan county, KY, during a trOtting
meeting in TippOn county.
The judge had entered n mare which
was driven by one Gallagher, the city
marshal Of Harrodsburg. Some of the
sporting fraternity, thinking to catch
the judge mapping, entered a famous
fast trotter against his horse. At the
end of the first haIf-mile the two
racers approached the wire neck and
neck at a > 40 pace. At this moment
the judge shouted:
Letter go Gallagher -
Gallagher hearing the words, Ioosed
the reins and the mare rushed for
ward and won by almost a dozen
lengths.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-01-12
SWEPT OFF ALL VEGETATION
Ancient Records Tell of Visitation
Of Locusts That Were Followed
by Dire Famine.

A passage of lOcusts in France. in
1913. entirely cut up even To the roots
more than $4,000 acres of corn near
Aries. and had even penetrated into
the barns and granaries, when, as it
were by Providence. many hundreds of
birds. especially sTarlings. came TO
diminish their numbers. Notwith-
standing this. nothing could be more
astonishing than their multiplication.
for the fecundity of the locust is re
markable.
Upon an order issued by the govern
ment for the collection of their eggs.
more than 5000 measures were col
lected, from each of which. il was
calculated, would have issued nearly
TWO millions Of young ones. IN 1850
they entered Russia in immense di-
visions i'm three places, thence passed
over into Poland and Lithuania, where
the air was darkened by their num-
bers. In many parts they lay dead to
the depth of four feet Sometimes
they covered the surface of the
earth like dark cloud, loaded the
trees, and the destruction which they
produced exceeded all calculation. In
1915 immense swarms visited the
islands of FOrmOsa and Tayowan and
caused such a famine that 5000 per-
sons died OF hunger.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-01-12
''Voiees'' of crickets.

Crickets sing with their wings and
not with their legs. And katydids do
the same. You do not believe it?
Since you were a little child you have
been told that crickets made their
chirping sounds by rubbing their hind
legs together or scraping their legs
against their wings or sides, or some
thing like that. At any rate. they
made what might be called foot notes
or sang by leg power.
Insect students have settled the
question. They say that crickets, like
nearly all other varieties OF singing
insects, have "stringulating organs"
at the base OF their wings. Rubbing
these organs together, they produce
vibrations and the wings, which are
hollow, serve as sounding boards and
increase the volume of the sound.
The "stringulating organs" look like
two small folded wings having saw
like edges. The insect rasps these two
saw edges together.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-01-12
Find = Mummified DInoaaur.

The vast ice fields of Siberia have
in many instances acted as u natural
cOld-storage plant for the preservation
OF the flesh of the mammoth, this pre-
historic cousin of the elephant, having
been dug out of his chilly grave intact
on numerous occasions. 1t has always
been supposed, however. that this was
The only instance in which anything
more than the bare bones Of the fauna
Of past geological epOChs had come
down to us. Doubtless this mammoth
will continue TO stand unique in this
respect; but he is no longer unap-
preached. There has recently been
put on exhibition in the Senikenberg
museum, FrankfOrt-am-Main. a dino
Saur skeleton which carries with it
considerable portion Of the skin OF the
animal, in mummifed form. In partic-
ular the epidermis over the animals
back is present practically intact. The
skeleton has been mounted in flying
position, and makes altogether an i'm
pressive exhibit-SCientific American.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-01-12
.nnESHING MADE A PASTIME
Italian Families Beat Wheat From
Straw in Rhythm, and Seem to
Enjoy the Work

GaSIurlu6 Dante got up early sun
d;y moynin". and before the sun was
very high his days work WAS we'll
started Oh lis farm near Capula. Italy.
The. TWO Guu-hterS-oEe eighteen and
The o.Acr nf:een-star-ed (mld i'm
l.! cd} the day with the men The
younger children were too small 10 be
al dns help. although the hoy of ten
Srugt -rcd wheat over the stone thresh-
iu2 800. go .lia1 i. would be ready
when tIe older members If the. fuuily
hnd finished with breakfast-bretld
anna cheese ami coffee. for Dante can
afford coffee in the morning. He
OWLS thirty rcreS.
When threSh;mg started. the father
paired with the oldest girl on the
side of The floor; he other couple
STOOD side by side opposite The fou~
ia * were poised high in the air an
instant and then at Il shout from the
f:il--er one pair descended and as they
were Fitted the couple opposite struck.
The four beat the grain, keeping
perfect time and pauSing only while
the boy raked lie straw m;O Il pile
TT one side of the floor and swept the
kernels of wheat into another heap,
and threw down a fresh supply.
Then. with shouted signal that
seemed 10 welcome the new onslaught
The rhythm Of the humping started
again. The manner of the thresherS
was more like that of couples dancing
un old-fushioned quadrille than thar
~ harvest tOilers under the blister
.ng. binding midsummer sun of south
ern Italy.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-01-12
AneIent weIoht. and Msasure..

The earliest mention of weighing is
found in the Bible, and the first re-
corded instance OF weighing is that
mentioned in the Book of Genesis
(XXIu. 10, 16) when Abraham
weighed to Ephron the HittIte. 400
shekels OF silver for the field and cave
OF Machpelah. Job prayed TO be
weighed in an even balance" and
'.just balances. just weights" are
diVinely commanded in LeVitlcus. On
the pictured walls of Egyptian pyra-
mids and Sepulchral chambers the gods
are frequently portrayed weighing the
souls OF the departed in the balance.
so that from the earliest dawn OF
civilization scales appear to have been
In use. Weights and measures in the
more modern sense, are attributed to
Pheidnn, tyrant Of Argos, S95 B. c.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-01-12
Spring Shrubs Blooming in Fall.

The fall blooming OF trees and
shrubs which ordinarily bloom only in
the spring, is not an uncommon Oc-
currence. However it is only after
rather unusual growing seasonal con-
ditions that much of il is noted. It
is most apt TO occur after dry sum
mer followed by fall rains and favor
able growing conditions during Sep
TENDER and October, or perhaps after
trees have been defoliated early in
the season by insects or disease at
lacks. Then they start new growth
in the late summer or early fall.
Usually it weakens the trees or shrubs
somewhat, and they do not produce
quite SO much bloom the following
spring.-V. R. Gardner, Professor of
Horticulture. University OF Missouri
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-01-12
Human Stature unehanusd.

The stories of the pygmies go with
the fables Of the giants. The men of
ancient times were of the same, or
nearly the same. height as those Of
the present day. The doors of an
cient houses. ancient armor. the Egyp-
ton mummies, &s well as the fossil
bones of men, prove that there has
been little or no variation.
Among famous tall men was the
Roman Emperor Naximin. whose stat
ure was seven and three-quarter feet.
Maximin was a young barbarian, the
son of a Gothic father, who first at
tracted the attention of the Romans
by overcoming sixteen of the strong
est men. one after another. in a
wrestling match, and, having been
made a centurion. he fought and in
trigued his way to the imperial
throne.
The normal stature OF men and
women ranges between five feet and
six feet four inches.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-01-12
FIT MATE FOR GREAT MAN
Wife OF President Monroe Famous on
Two Continents for Her DiPIo-
macy and Tact.

Elizabeth KOrtright. wife of james
Monroe, fifth President of the United
States, and Trainer of the Monroe doc
trlne, was in every way suited for the
position of Madame President. Digni-
fed, almost cOurtly, well educated and
accustomed TO the society of states
men, Elizabeth KOrtright. when she
married Mr.. Monroe in 1856. was ade-
quately prepared TO assume the re-
SpOnsibllity of her high estate.
In 1894, when her husband was sent
as United States minister TO France
Mrs. Monroe accompanied him on this
most important and delicate mission.
and acquitted herself with all the
grace and tact that such situation
demanded. Again in 1903, when Mr.
Monroe was once more sent to Paris
as the American representative and
consummated the Louisiana purchase,
his wife made her gracious and infiu-
entail presence felt in many ways.
And she had power, too, as is testi-
fed TO by her ,intercession in the cause
Of Madame de Lafayette, who was
incarcerated in the prison Of La Force.
hourly awaiting execution. Mrs Mon
roe, through her tact and diplomacy.
was able TO effect the release of the
distinguished FrenchwOman
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-01-12
Strength in Tiny Bodies.

OF a mosquito is its muscularity, writes
L. +. Eubanks in Our Dumb Animals.
This may seem a ludicrous statement,
but a great surprise awaits anyone
who for the first time examines one Of
these insects under a glass. Size for
size, mosquitoes wing muscles are
equal to an eagles. Even on a calm
day, a mosquito can fly forty or fifty
miles without a halt; and with a help
ing wind three times this distance!
The ordinary house fly, too, has aston
ishing wing strength, tests have
shown that when it desires really to
hurry 1t can dash" $50 feet Ia a
second-11O miles an hour straight
away
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-01-12
The Height of Man.

There is no evidence that men have
ever had a greater average height
than they have now For long time
there existed in France, near the
junction of the ISere and Rhone riV-
ers, a deposit of gigantic bones known
as the giants field" In recent times
bones have been exhumed there which
were believed to be human and were
said to be those Of TeutObOdus, the
king OF the TeutOns. who were over
come near the spot by Marius, the
Roman general.
The researches of Cuvier proved,
however, that these bones, together
with all the others exhumed in the
same place, were those of an extinct
animal of the tapir species, which
measured about twenty feet ia length.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-01-12
MCLIERE UNHAPPY IN LIFE
Great French Playwright and Coined
ian Seems to Have Had the Usual
Fate of Genius.

Armande Bejart beautiful. Witty
and quick tempered. an actress of rare
ability and charm. was the wife Of
Moliere. the lending comedian of his
Jime. and one Of the greatest in the
worlds history. Under twenty. when
she married the playwright. then Il
man of forty. given To spells Of mood
mess and abstraction and endowed
with all the eccentricitieS OF genius
it would. as one biographer has said.
be little short of Il miracle had the
marriage been happy one.
Attracted by her beauty. the play
wright. once married, did little TO
show his love. His interest i'll his
work kept him away from his young
bride large part of the time. and
the old story OF the neglected wife
was the result Armande loved ad-
miratiOn. and when she did not get it
from her husband. she fiirted. harm
Iessly TO be sure. but sufficiently to
arouse his fierce jealousy.
The pair quarreled constantly. even
bringing their disagreements before
Louis XIV, with whom they were
favOrites. When their first son was
horn Louis acted as godfather. In
spite of their stormy life. they were
paSsiOnately attached to each other,
and Noliere wrote many Of his plays
to provide Armande with suitable
roles. They were married only II
years when he died.