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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-21

Continued From Our Last Issue.
His head was not achins, but there
throbbed within his head. ceaseless-
~ and enormously. a pulse that
seemed to shake him at its every
reat. il vas going knock. knock.
knock, He began 70 have the feel
ing that II this frightful knocking
continued It would beat fits way out.
Something would give way lie was
the father of SHES child. he was
the murderer CT Edie and her child
He was neither but the crimes were
fastened upon him as ineradicable
pigment -poC his skin. He was
hetrayer and a murderer. and every
rofutaticn that re could produce
turned ia a brand his hands and
branded him set more deeply lie
writhed I'm torment. Forever. he
would carry the memory OF that
fierce and sweating fave pressing to-
wards him across the cable I'm that
court no, nc was another face
that stood like flame before his
eyes. TwyninE! Twyniu- Twyning,
The prOmpter. the g0ader of that
passionate mans passion. the insti-
gator and instrument of this his ut
ter and appalling destruction
Iwyning Twyuins. TwgniuE, lie
ground his teeth upon the name. He
twisted fin HIS chair upon the thought
Twynins. Twynins. r yuin 81
Knock. knock. knock. All. that
knocking. that knocking, somethiue
was Eoins 20 give way I'm a mirute.
il must be abated. a feverish de-
sire TO smoke came upon him lie
felt in l.s pockets for his cigaret
case. Tie had not got 20. He remem-
ocred that he had started for Brirh-
ton without &c. discovered there that
he had left 10 behind. He started TO
hunt for g. lie remembered a pre-
Nlous occasion OF searching for &c
Ike this. WhenH All. when EHe
had told him she had found it lyine
about and had put it-of all absurd
places for c.garet case-in the
back of the clock Fife, He went
quickly 10 the clock and opened it.
Good liz was there He snatched
B. up. Something else there A
folded paper His name penCiIed ON
it: Mr. Sabre.
She had left message for him.
That cisaret case business had been
deliberately done,
lie began 20 read. Tears stood ir
his eyes PlufuI Oh. piufuL He
turned the rage-knock. knock
knock The knocking suddenly
ceased. Hs threw up his hand He
save a very loud cry. A sin-le note
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-21
Radio Tuning
Is Important

= = II u II " ~
Director, Radio Institute OF America

biAtNAbAr AAtAtAAo Institute OF America
Especial to The News-Times)
Tuning "a radio receiving set is
In art in itself
Few amateurs take the pain 10
learn g.. They are fin too much Of
a hurry 90 start listening in
Tn a loose coupler. tho operator
who wants 10 get everything. pushes
his secondary completely inside the
primary making a tight coupling.
For effectiveness ia tuning. fl is inn
perative that loose coupling be en-.
ployed.
This weeds out interference. OF
course. there IS some loss I'm energy.
But since &c is useless to try to tune
in with tight coupling when there
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-21
RADIO PRIMER

RADIO FREQUENCY Currents
alternating at the rate OF more than
5000 cycles a second are termed
currents OF radio frequency. That is,
they produce vibrations of such fast
frequency that they are practically
inaudible 10 the human ear.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-21

on the left. az the far end Of the
DOM Twyuing sat az his desk. He
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-21
lie turned over

feel ought 20 tell yCu now bee
toae leave this world. what never
was able 90 tell YOU or anyone. The
father or my little baby was Harold
Twynlus who used 90 heeln your
office. We had been secretly engaged
2 very very long time and then he
The Washington times., 1922-05-07

Family began to ring in Miracles
on them.
One time Mrs. Jinkins drew
three and filled rosy Flush. Mr..
Gillespie was in with three Vsmps
and Mrs. Frisbie had an elegant
Full House and six Cards held up.
They fed in the Checks until Mrs.
Gillespie kicked and said 1t began
to look like real Gambling. and
then there wal a Showdown.
Mrs. Frisbie seemed to be all the
Money until they counted her
Cards on her. and then they told
her to back out. She said she was
willing to throw away one Card,
but 1t didn't 80.
Mrs. Jinkings took the Pot and
made 90 much noise about It that
Mr.. Gillespie began to act peevish.
Mrs. Frisbie, being Flat. swiped
one-half Of what Mr.. Frisbie had
and never let on.
Then Mrs. Gillespie mistook a
Four.spot for a Seven and was
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WHOOZUS-WHOOZUS

If he spoke in anger the vibrations invariably shat
tered the Japanese chimes dangling from the sitting
room ceiling.
He afraid to smell the fragrant flowers lest an
insect leap from of the petals and trespass his
complexion.
The only joy Bill grabbed out of life was worrying
that the honey bee might sting some innocent little
rattlesnake.
His strongest weakness ice cream cones He was
truly miserable unless he had trapped lozenge
in each hand and one back of each ear
He liked his chocolate to be pink and his
strawberry sundaes to be brown
B's idea Of capital punishment Was wife-beating.
The boldest thing he did in his life was to
check poker bet when he held four
His idea of batting rally base on balls.
Bill did all his shopping by parcel post. He couldn't
stand the Deep gruff voices of the department store
amaZons.
The elevators stopped too suddenly for him, too.
Joted his nerves right loose from his molars.
There was really no limit to Bills roughfinement.
Dainty naughty epithet in his vocabulary.
He so afraid he'd get dirt under his finger
nails he pulled em all out by the fangs.
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Bv "BUGS" BAER

This made Auntie mad and she said there was voice
and sounds in the store. Pop told her why shouldn't
there be with parrots and monkeys jabbering.
Then Auntie told him that the medium must be very
good because she had felt faint and the air hard
to breathe.
Pop laughed at that and said why shouldn't the air
be hard to breathe in bird and animal store He told
Auntie if that any good she ought to consult
leather tannery instead of bird and animal store.
But Auntie wouldn't be convinced, because she
thought she had heard Uncle Wimger's voice asking
for something Pop said that must have been him all
right, but how much have you spentf
Auntie said she had invested two dollars and fifty
cents on the queer voices. That five frances
So pop told her to go back to the bird store and
try to talk with Uncle Wimger on credit and she
would see it fake.
And Auntie tried to talk on tick, but the medium
hung out No Credit sign on her and she away
disgusted.
Pop was right for change, and since then
haven t heard from Uncle Wimger. Maybe it's all for
the best. Goodby.
Don't forget to write.
1921, Publishing
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The National Daily

He had his tonsils clipped so he wouldn't be carry
ing around much weight
His laundry all washed In sterilized water.
When brought home he disinfected it by putting
it in the bureau with forms of perfume and
brand of sachet powder.
One day a live moth jumped out at him and he
swooned.
On this occasion his Adams apple leaped into the
room and started to run marathon with the electric
fan.
When Bill came to he was in the isolation ward Of
the municipal morgue.
1t required coroner's certificate and bench
rant to get him out of that puzzle.
From then on he opened his wardrobe door
without it was in the presence of witnesses
Whenever Bill wished to take girl to the opera he
always invited all her family that hed have
body along to buy the tickets.
His idea Of galantry was to step on lady's dance
slipper and then beg her thousand pardons.
Bill did everything he shouldn't except his hair
in a braid
He couldn't bear to see animals suffering especially
locomotives and steam rollers. His idea of house
pet was Fordson tractor.
The Washington times., 1922-05-07
THE FAMILY ALBUM

YNHAT'S Uncle Wimger in group picture with
keg of dandeion wine. Uncle has been dead
these many years, but he awful nice
and claimed that he struck his wife except in
self defense
Aunt Albie used to mourn for him extensively, be-
cause she missed his smiling face any time anybody
was hurt or injured.
She finally got so low that she consulted medium.
Yes that's all she called herself. Not medium this or
medium that But just medium She a Filipino
lady who had escaped from government self-determna
tion and came to town to live. Most folks
leave this town for the same reason.
The Filipino could talk with those who have
been gathered to their fathers and she was as mys-
terous the people in back Of those slots in the
Automat She would hypnotize herself and go into
trance and then the air would be full of voices and
bells. 1t sounded like thirty Boy Scouts dancing on
q tin roof.
Aunt Abie loved Uncle Wimger so much that she
wanted to argue with him just again. So she
paid the Filipino lady so cents and the Filipino lady
took it without any effort 1t strange that
Conan Doyle should have the ideas as Aunt Albe,
but they say great minds in the same cutters.
The medium woman lived in the parlor end of a
bird and animal store Railroad avenue.
The Washington times., 1922-05-07

Mrs. Forrest Ia now at work
on the pageantry for the dedication
ceremonies. on May 21, of the new
headquarters of the woman's
Party. Thousands OF women will
take part in this pageant. Mrs.
Forrest describes her plans for the
ceremonies as follows:
"A pageant Is always the best
advertisement Of an idea. 1t pic
lures in a way so vivid that any
one can grasp 1t the purpose and
meaning Of an event. So. in plan
ming the ceremonies Of a new wom-
ems headquarters at the Capital,
I have had in mind the central idea
behind the headquarters. that is,
that they should serve as a meet
ing point for all kinds of women
and a. q service station to women
in all Of their various activities
We represent this pictorislly
by beginning our ceremonies with
. long professional Of women from
The Washington times., 1922-05-07
BY CAROLYN VANCE
sTUNG THE EXPERT.

all the trades and occupations.
artists, writers, doctors. lawyers.
teachers. social workers. college
women. factory workers. home
makers. farm women, etc. These
groups will march. dressed in
white. with the banners of their
various occupations"
1t Is interesting to speculate
upon just what symbols will be
used on these various banners.
What, for instance. will signify the
home-making trader VIII a pic
ture of dishes In the process of
being "bathed" form a part OF the
home-makers' banner, since dish.
washing Is a three-times-a-day per-
formance In nearly every home In
the land7 At any rate, home
makers are glad to have their pro.
fession rated on tho same plane
with artists and lawyers. a meta
morphosis Of ths trade of homo.
making that is now taking place in
The Washington times., 1922-05-07

Bank on this Basis. he was Loser.
Mrs. Jinkins sat next to her
Husband so that he could look at
her Hand every time and tell her
what to do. II required fifteen
Minutes to explain the Values OF
the Blues and Reds and the Signifi.
cance Of the Buck, and then there
was a grand Getaway.
Mr.. Gillespie requested that
there be no Talking and his Wife
said she had just one more Cues
ton to ask-did q Flush mean all
OF ono Color7 Then he asked her
II she had ever been to Night
School and she gave him tho
Besssmer Eye and there was a
painful Silence. broken only by
Mrs. Frisbie, who laid down and
asked II four. five. six, seven.
eight meant anything.
At which everybody else ducked
and she pulled in a White Bean
and her Husband told her she
ought to 60 back to Jack-straws;
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OF the lively Games she had learn
ed at Boarding School.
She had them doing Charades.
also Cross Questions and Daffy
Answers and another peculiarly
exciting form Of Lark in which
every one wrote something on a
piece OF Paper and dropped it in
a Hat.
These imitation Pastimes are
not calculated to keep q Man up
after 10 p. m, especially II he has
been accustomed to playing the
Ponies. and doubling up on the
First Eighteen.
In q little while the Suburban
SeItette arrived at the end Of the
String. Jack-Straws and Indoor
Croauet no longer thrilled them.
Si1.handed Whist seemed to be
out OF the Question. 30 Mr.. Frisbis.
who had been an Indian before he
did the Matrimonial Stunt. timidly
suggested that Draw was about the
only Game that would keep the
The Washington times., 1922-05-07

the new era that has dawned for
women.
Mrs. Forrest believes that pare
antry has a great future and that
its effectiveness and its scope will
be infinitely multiplied by the
new inventions. such as the ampu.
fier and the radiophons. both of
which will be used In the woman's
Party celebration.
"Paseantry Is very old Ar
which the twentieth century has rs
vived TO a remarkable extent.~
says Mrs. Forrest. I'm the middle
ages the history OF a nation was
told by means OF pageants which
were largely community festivals.
How much moro effectively can
the lessons OF a nations past life
be told through this method than
through tho reading OF text books2
For the pageant is not only a form
OF art, but also a means OF educa-
tion, and as such deserves 10 be
developed and extended even in
this day Of books and plays
The Washington times., 1922-05-07

Blood in Circulation six Nights out
OF every Week.
Mrs. Jinkins laid back on the
Proposition because she was the
Soprano in a Church Choir and did
not wish to start any Talk.
Mrs. Frisbie and Mr.. Gillespie as
sured her that Ten-cent Limit was
not Gambling, because II was play
ing merely for Fun. and that very
often one would play all Evening
and lose only q Dollar or so, or
perhaps come out Even.
TWO KOPECKS A STACK.
So the Gillespies gave . Poker
Party. All Of the Leaves wers
taken out Of tho Dining Room
Table and Mr.. Gillespie had six
Stacks all counted out when they
sat down. Tho Chips were two
Kopecks per Stack, and Mr..
Gillespie said 1t was not necessary
to show any Money on the Table.
The Minute that he started in to
The Washington times., 1922-05-07

but when they have once entered
into the spirit of the thing they
are moro docile, less Temperament.
tai and more quickly trained"
Among the outstanding pa
geants which Mrs. Forrest has di.
rected during a period Of eighteen
years devoted to dramatic work
have been:
The Pageant of the Allies on
July 4. 1913, at Washington.
The celebration Of peace on July
4. tho largest pageant ever staged
In this country. in which ten thou.
sand people took part.
The pageant Of the Navy League
Of the United States. 1920. The
pageant which greeted the arrival
of the King and Queen of the Bel.
gians.
The suffrage celebration held In.
side the Capitol. In honor of the
victory Of the Nineteenth amend.
msnt
The Washington times., 1922-05-07

even In these days Of great movie
productions. She has worked with
people OF all types. One Of the
most interesting features OF Mrs.
Forests work is her dramatic
course at Howard University,
where she has developed some very
interesting dramatics with young
negro students.
Although many Of the pageants
which Mrs. Forrest has staged have
been chiefly womsn's perform
ances, she 10 now planning and
directing the beautiful and impress
sive ceremonies which will accom-.
pany the dedication OF the new
Woman's Party headquarters. She
has also had frequent practice at
working at dramatics with men.
And. frankly. she admits mon are
moro easy to handle.
1T 10 harder TO get men to take
part In pageantry than II is to
get women" said Mrs., Forrest
The Washington times., 1922-05-07
THAT OIL PARADIN' INSTINCT

A LII OF the world Is q stage
A to Mrs. Mari. Moor. For
rest, one Of the first and
best known woman pageant d.
rectors in tho country.
She thinks nothing of asking dig.
nified Senators to jump through
hoops for her or Of insisting upon
temperamental society women fig.
uratively standing upon their
heads.
She has directed national ps-
geants at Washington in conneo-
tion with almost all Of the great
events which have occurred dur
ing the past few years.
In terms OF numbers alone Mrs.
Forests record Is impressive.
She estimates that more than a
hundred thousand people have
taken part in pageants under her
direction. This In record un-
usual enough to deserve mention
The Washington times., 1922-05-07

preceding the Dutch Lunch, Mrs.
Jinkins held up a Tray and a Nine
and filled. and that was whom
Gillespie forgot he was a Gentle
man and used some OF the Ian
guage that he learned at a Club.
Mrs. Jinkings got on the High
Horse and cashed in. She picked
out the right moment. because she
had $3.50 in Velvet thrown up
in front of her. Gillespie had
Tabs against all the others, but
they went right into help out with
the Music and left him there to
Dig.
Mrs. Jinkinss said Il didn't seem
right to take all that Money, but
she got away with II. Just the
same.
Mr.. Gillespie still has the Tabs.
MORAL: In q Family Poker
Game the only Man who invariably
gets Stung Is the Banker.
Copyright, 1922, BY Bell Syndicate. Ina
The Washington times., 1922-05-07

0NcE there were three Young
Married Couples that used
to bunch up Of an Evening,
80 as to have some one else to
look at once in a while.
They lived out near the end OF
the Line and were acting as Decoys
for a new Subdivision. It was a
long Ride down to the Centre OF
Town. and nothing doing after one
arrived there. So tho Honey
mooners, who lately had come out
Of the Trance and settled down to
plain Housekeeping, had to organ
ize a little Set of their own.
They played Ping-Pons until It
became a Misdemeanor, and then
Mrs. Frisbie organized a Reading
Circle at which Works were read
aloud and discussed.
The Men were not very strong
for that form Of Revelry, so Mrs.
Gillespie started in to revive some
The Washington times., 1922-05-07

She Got SO Low That She Consulted Medium
She would take fifty cents and go into a trance,
and hard to breathe. There would be handwriting
a slate, bells ringing and queer whistles and noises.
Even music the racket worth at least dollar,
the medium used to remark. But Aunt Albie
paid than so cents because she didn't believe in
the tipping evil with ghosts
Then she would hear voice saying something she
didn't understand. So she knew it Wimger up in
heaven. Then she would answer him at the top of
her voice and the medium would wake up and say it
all over, and Aunt Albie would go home crying
and much refreshed.
Nobody in family believed in communication
with the departed anything else that cost so cents
The Washington times., 1922-05-07

Bill was very timd he used to let the sparrows
chase him off his own front lawn.
He bashful the girls in his set used to call
him Sweet William.
Every time Fragrant Willie walked into the old
family parlor he would 60 his tiptoes lest he
the gold fish.
When he stroled through the garden he wouldn't
whistle tune for fear he'd startle the little
vioets tugging threateningly at his feet
Bill voice wasn't soprano; it dulcet.
The Washington times., 1922-05-07

Then He'd Beg Thousand Pardons.
ing to alarms entirely too boisterous and only
added to the confusion.
Idea Of educated man who could say alphabet
backwards and sideways with both arms tied behind
his back.
Favorite form of physical exercise was winding the
vctroa telling riddles, counting telegraph poles while
riding in limousine, and reading light novels.
Bills rowing address was the Y. w. G. A.
The Washington times., 1922-05-07

but she said she didn't care. she
won Five Cents. He told her to
boost the Ante whenever she had
a Pat Hand.
During the next Shuttle Mrs.
Jinkins yawned and said she did
not think Poker was much Fun.
After she had her Hand. she
showed It to her Husband. He
took one Look At It and dropped
out.
SHOWED THREE BULLETS.
Mr.. Gillespie allowed that Hoyls
did not say anything about Part
ners in Poker. When Mrs. jim
kins showed up three Bullets and
bumped him for Eighty Cents. he
made several other low Cracks
about every one playing his or
her own Hand.
1t was evident that Mr.. Frisbis
and Mr.. Gillespie were the only
two who wera up on the Game.
They should have connected
with all the Coin. only the Jinkins
The Washington times., 1922-05-07

cleaned by the Jinkins Combina-
ton. so she dug into the Bank and
took what was needed.
About 1890. Mrs. Gillespie. who
had tapped the Bank for seven.
large, iron smakers and played
them in regardless said. Oh. pshaw;
they were not playing in real
Earnest anyway, so she went into
the other Room and began playing
"Killaua" on the Piano. Mr..
Fr,sbie had won SO and his Wife
had pinched it, Twenty Cents at a
Clip. until he WAS down to ono
Blue and two Whites and so Sore
that hs refused to speak to any
one.
STUNG THE EXPERT.
Tho Jinkins Due had their Heads
together every Play. BY trading
Cards and building up Hands they
succeeded in singing the Experts
about three times out Of four.
In the final Round Of Roodles,
The Washington times., 1922-05-07
By KIRK MILLER

Untamed caterpillars and Afghanistan spiders wers
his idea Of horrible creatures. He ran from mice,
horse-fes and vermin Of all forms
Thought the fire engines and patrol wagons respond
The Washington times., 1922-05-07
Auntie Tried to Talk On Tick.

Aunt1e Tried to Talk On Tick
So we argued with Auntie not to waste her money
that way, as mediums all fakes.
Auntie said they weren't, because the table rocked.
Pop said that was the bunko. He said there a
million rocking chairs and billion cradles rocking.
But table rocked everybody started to pray
Auntie said that made very reasonable, but how
about the bells ringingi Pop said why shouldn't they
ring on Railroad with trains running peo
pie every five minutes
Auntie wasn't convinced and she said she saw writ
ing slate. Pop told her he could get thousand
school kids to write on thousand states, and they
didn't have angel wings In fact, they more
like devils
The Washington times., 1922-05-07

~ UBIOUS BILL TOLER was as doubtful a set
- ting of eggs under one hen.
He was the most skeery person who ever let
his wife 60 down stairs to chase the burglars away.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-23
Posing As Tramp,
Detective 7 ak e S
TWo AS Burglars
Officer Offers to Get Food for
Buns, but Brings Deputy
Sheriff Instead.

DETROIT. Dec. IA railroad
detective. dressed as a tramp. saun-
tered down the railroad track az St.
Joseph, Mich. He fell IN with two
other buns" and passed the time
Of day. They were all hungry. and,
after discussing the subject. passed
on 10 "how's business?"
Rotten in this end OF the state.
but fine in Detroit" one OF them is
alleged to have told the detective.
We got away with is jobs there.
One Of them was in Highland Park
and our pal got caught. but we got
away all right"
The conversation continued for a
while, and~then the detect volun-
teered to get some food for the trio.
lie left and came back in half an
hour with a deputy sheriff That
right Chief Charles w. Seymour,
Highland Park. received a telegram:
I'VE hold Frank Caster and VIII
liam Fitzgerald. Are they wanted
there for burglary"
The pal who had been caught.
Fred Keith, had already pleaded
guilty 10 breaking and entering the
the home Of r. J.. BrownhHl. hav-
ing been caught in the act, and is
said 10 have "peached" on his asso-
ciates.