davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1922-01-29

ishins a late breakfast. Why try
to conceal it when there are the egg
shells?"
Been here all night. too, eh?" he
goes on.
LAS a guesser. Robert" says l..
you're batting over 400. Yes, all
night; and all the night before, and
the night before that"
"You-you don't mean." he asks. a
bit gaspy, "that-that you live here?"
another liner over centerfield fence"
says j. Live here is right"
mot alone, thought" he puts in.
"You still have a perfect score"
says I. mot. not alone"
5000 gordw he explodes again.
Meaning what, Robert?" I asked.
"Stick around half an hour or SO
and you'll see." says he. DO you
know who's due here almost any
minute~'
NO." says ]. "but I hope it's no
one as mysterious as you. l can't
even guess. Who is it?'
"Bumbo's Aunt Isabel" says he.
That's odd. too." says l. Il don't
believe I know the lady"
I'm dead sure you don't" says he.
If you did you wouldn't be sitting
thare taking it so easy. Besides. the
old girl has been in Bermuda since
last Thanksgiving and only blew in
last night. If it hadn't been that
ono of our movie outfits was on board
and I'd been following the passenger
lists I wouldn't have known. either"
"Quite so," says i. But you'll ex-
cuse me II don't get excited over
tho news. Aunt Isabel's arrival may
be q thrilling event to you, but some
how it leaves me cold, and If that's
all you have to tell"
Say, listen" he breaks in. Don't
you know what Aunt Isabers first
move will be today?"
mo, Robert says I. I'm no
checker player"
1eV17ELL. them" says he. I'm tell
w ing you. She'll hike straight
out to look mp her favorite nephew.
She Von'4 phone. or send wire.
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built within eighteen months after
the passage of the act of 1I42, stands
of the land taken for the town in that
year. 1t may be that two or three of
the "original' houses survive. but
the Rambler questions it.
"Garrison's Landing" would present
theme for an antiquary. 1t would
be necessary to examine deeds and
wills at Marlborough or Annapolis to
get any information concerning the
man Garrison and his neighbors. 1t
was clear that there was a settlement
near the landing from the fact that
the site for the new town was limited
to sixty acres, and yet there were
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guished by certain names" The
owners of the land should have their
choice of one or two lots at prices
to be agreed upon between them and
the commissioners. Each person
buying a lot should. inside of eigh-
teen months, build dwelling cover
ing 400 square feet of ground and
each house should have either a
brick or stone chimney.
THE act provides that the town of
"Bladensburgh" shall be laid out
south Of the Eastern branch near the
forks thereof" The Eastern branch
flows southerly from Riverdale and
when east of Hyattsville follows a
southwest course. At the upper end
Of Bladensburg it turns sharply to the
west for a short way and is Joined
by the Northwest branch. which flows
southeast. Then, the combined
streams flow due south for something
less than a mile, make sharp
change of direction to the east and
then resume the course to the south.
The. junction of the Eastern branch
and Northwest branch is no doubt
the forks" referred to in the act, and
south" of the Eastern branch meant
south of that part where it makes its
sharp turn to the west.
The long celebrated Bladensburg
spring. or Spa" is close to the south
side of the Eastern branch near the
forks thereof" but the main part OF
Bladensburg is now south of that
point and has extended nearly a mile
eastward of the "branch." Many OF
the old houses of what we know as
Hadensburg do not stand on the
original sixty-aore tract and 1t is
doubtful il an 'originaW house. or one
Evening star., 1922-01-29
ing Out on Bumbo-By Sewell Ford

TT WE had still been living on
Park avenue it couldn't have
happened. There any stray call
ers had to check in with the
doorman, ring up on the house phone,
and be passed on by Annette. the
maiG. But here in our East Side
studio. where we are SO folksy with
all the neighbors. the hall door is
often unlocked all day long. That's
partly because this Dicky White,
whose lease we took over, forgot to
leave but one latch key. and partly
because the L trains make SO much
noise we can seldom hear a knock.
Anyway. neither Inez nor I were
expecting any forenoon callers. 1nez
had been indulging in a shampoo and
was behind the screen with her head
parked in the sun by the east win
dow. / had just finished breakfast
and was in kimono and bath slippers,
with morning paper propped
against the coffee pot, when with no
warning at all in crashes this young
hick with the pointed nose and the
shifty eyes.
He's not so painfully young. either:
we'll in the twenties. should say: and
he's not altogether 'hick. My guess
was that'he'd been a small town sport
who had found his way to the big
city but hadn't quite rubbed off the
Main street tag. The fancy linen
handkerchief peeping from the breast
coat pocket and the knob-toed shoes
surely must have been relics of
orb nd
upper and lower draped watch chain
and the chamois gloves did register
from Broadway And our surprise
at seeing one another seemed to be
mutual.
GOO gord:' says he. or some
thing along that line. as he stops
in his tracks and stares at me.
MY sentiments. too," says I. Did
YOU pick the wrong number. Buddy:"
"Eh?" says he. This is 229 East,
isn't it?'
Absolutely" says I. But l don't
see how that gives you any license
to come bounding in without being
asked. Not even if you're taking or
ders for a new gas burner or some
body's history of the great war. Now
think i: over
THAT seemed to have him a bit
dazed. for he opened his mouth
once or twice without achieving any
kind of speech and he stood staring
foolish at the new cretonne curtains
and at some of my clothes draped
careless on a chair. Finally. though,
he got his tongue unlimbered.
Say, wait a minute" he remarks.
and then steps out into the hall for
a look around. He came right back.
though. mo. knew must be
right" he goes on.
"Oh, we'll, if you insist" says l.
But what then? Let's know the
worst and get it over with
Its the worst, all right says he.
"But first off, Miss Whosit-"
Pardon me, Wilfred," 1 breaks in,
"but the name is Dodge"
Doesn't matter in the least" says
he. milne isn't Wnfred. either. It's
Robert-Bob. If you feel that way:
and il you don't I expect you will
soon. But excuse me if I get to the
important part. For instance. Miss
Dodge. what are you doing here?"
'Me?" says I. why. / might be
q lady plumber come to fix the pipes:
or visiting scrub woman about to
slosh around with pail and mop. But,
a. q matter of fact. I'm simply fin
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100 and tobacco plantations covered
a wide extent of the territory at the
close of the first quarter of the eight
eenth century. 1t would be an inter-
esting thing to determine who were
the first settlers on the site of Gar
rison's Landing and Bladensburg.
\ X X X
THE list Of commissioners ap-
pointed by the legislature in 1912
furnishes the Rambler with one clue.
1t is the name William Mauduit. OF
the other commissioners the Rambler
believes that Thomas Gaunt, jr, was
of the Gaunt or Cant" family of
Anne Arundel. and that Osborn Sprigg
was of the Osborn family which lived
in the Pitcataway district of Prince
Georges county and the Sprigg fam
lily which lived in the Marlborough
neighborhood. Concerning James Ed
munson and Thomas Warren the
Rambler knows nothing. They may
have lived in the neighborhood Of
Garrison's Landing, but the proba-
bilities are that they were prominent
and influential men who lived in the
older settled part Of the county. But
let us come to William Mauduit.
At first thought the name has a
Scotch sound and Scots were very
carly settlers in our neighborhood.
But the chances are that Mauduit was
of Norman English descent or that
1t. o~o,otorc ucro Soxopc m vhop,
the Norman conquerors gave a sur
name as an epithet. All of you know
that "maudire" is a French word.
meaning ito curse or execrate"; that
"maudit" is a substantive. meaning
wicked one" and that ''maudit" and
"maudite" are adjectives. standing
for scursed" and hateful" Men are
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number of land owners living within
such a small territory.
The act recites that if the commits
sioners and the landowners could not
agree a jury should assess the value
of the land. In 1742. in Maryland.
sixty acres would be very small
tract of land for any planter to own,
so it seems reasonable that the sixty
acres on which Bladensburg was laid
out had ceased to be farm land. The
reasons for settlement at that point
are numerous. 1t was the head of
navigation of the Eastern branch one
of the important tidal estuaries Of the
Potomac and which furnished water
outlet to the whole basin of the
Chesapeake country and the rest Of
the world. To the people of large
part of Prince Georges county and
that part of the county which later
became Frederick county and still
later Montgomery this was the near
est point for the receipt and dispatch
of water-borne freight and the lands
in the territory adjacent to this place
were quite we'll settled as early as
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turned to find Inez staring after her
sullen.'
"What that old woman trying TO
get at?" demands Inez.
'Why," says I, didn't you near!
She'd lost track of her nephew.
No use trying to switch 1nez, though.
She has a single-track mind. ,
s'Huh! says she. "She. comes
around here to start something, that
one. TIL bet she thought -
"Oh, come, Inez!" says l. WAY
20 into that? Didn't you get kick
out Of the morning.? did. So lets
do the dishes"
Copyright, 1922. by seuell Ford.)
Evening star., 1922-01-29

"Why not?" says I. "Inez and l
have always Travelled as a team"
"But-but where's BunS,o?" he de-
mands."
"Inez," says I, have you got Bum
place."
"What is it-a cat?" asks Inez.
"Oh, comet" says Robert. You
two haven't time to kid me along.
You've got to get out Of this, you
know. Right away. too"
Sorry, old DEAR says I. "but it
can't be done. For one thing, we're
not costumed for a hasty exit, and
then again we feel more or less at
home here. I know you have some-
thing on your understanding about
a person named Bumbo and his Aunt
Isabel-but I must say you haven't
it's rather interesting. as far as it
goes, but there's a certain vagueness
that-
Then came this knock on the door.
which wasn't vague at all. 1t was
a sharp, heavy double rap. executed
with something hard, like an UNI
brella handle.
Goo gord!" gasped Robert, as
seemed to be his habit. I'll bet
that's Aunt Isabel now"
He had jumped UP and was scurry-
ing around the room, evidently look
ing for place to hide. but before he
could make up his mind just which
corner to dive into 1 had called out
a CHEEKY welcome.
"Come i'm" says 7.
x X
A ND in she came. Yes. it was Aunt
Isabel. At least. she looked the
part Not the regulation stage aunt,
you know, with puffed sleeves and
corkscrew curls in front Of her ears.
This was a real aunt-a big, high.
chested old girl with q permanent
wava in her gray. hair. = pair Of
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ASKS, A BIT GASPY. t'THAT-THAT
YOU LIVE HERE.n
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<sV17ELL. then," says he. I'm tell
w ing you. She'll hike straight
out to look mp her favorite nephew.
She 1on's phone. or send a wire.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-08-22
HUGHES AND NEWBERRY.

Just at a time when the country at large
giving large measure OF admiration 10 one Charles
r. Hughes secretary Of state. he comes along with
a letter that unmasks his legal mind and again
makes the country glad that Kansas and California
prevented the calamity Of permitting him TO be
president of the United States.
Hughes PUSHES TO the rescue OF one Truman New
berry Of Michigan and. by lawyers argument at
;empts 20 whitewash the record OF senator from
Michigan. Ets
Senator Newberry was wrongly accused and un-
Justly convicted" is the gst Of his letter, intended
for campaign purposes and a mad endeavor TO stay
The tide Of popular indignation, against those sena-
.ors who voted TO seat the man whose money
secured his nomination by indirection.
Hughes goes into the federal indictment OF New
berry advances reasons which lawyers might un-
derstand but no others will. and thus attempts TO
gloss over the shame Of the senate
It may be remembered that Mr. Hughes, then a
private lawyer defended Newberry before the SUI
preme court. But even that hardly warrants the
secretary of in his endeavor bamfoOzle the
public as to the real issue at stake
When Newberry was seated the men who voted
for him at the time voted resolution Of
declaring that the political methods he en-
ployed were a to free institutions
The men who thus damned him forever and cast
at the same time, sur upon their own courage
integrity were friends and partsans Of New
berry.
When his case was before the senate Kenyon
federal judge. declared that vote for him
was an eternal damnation of the who cast II
and in effect treason the theory of free govern
ment
A lawyers argument to the technical guilt Of
Newberry and the moral criminality of the methods
he used quite different.
The country at large knew the big fact that
Newberry and his friends spent enormous for
tune to secure his nomination and election, spent
so huge a sum that it amounted to corruption Of
a state and is denounced in the written records
Of the senate by men who voted permit him to
retain his
It is too bad that Hughes should destroy public
confidence by now endeavoring to protect his priv
ate client
He will sacrifice much Of the respect he has
gained. He fixes his place in public affairs
as that Of the lawyer to whom the commas and
semicolons of written law more important than
the moral foundations Of honesty and integrity.
If you are a prophet you safely hazard that
20 man who wears whiskers will be the next repub-
!ican nominee.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-08-22
THE WOMANS VERDICT.

First results from the canvas being made OF p
600 CO women United states by the Literary
Digest as 20 their views OF prohibition and the ad
disability of its modification might indicate that
the minds Of these new citizens do not vary largely
from those OF the men OF the country.
Publishing replies from 1000 women on the
question the Digest gives 1858 for strict enforce
ment s,575 for modification and 552s for the re-
peal OF the amendment
II is important 10 know what the women OF this
country think about laws for finally they will de-
ter1nine the character OF legislation that has
effect uron the morals OF the nation.
Those who jump TO the conclusion that the wo-
men OF this country are favor of damper con-
jition than is supposed prevail viii be mis-
taken if they look only the totals.
The big fact about the poll is that in only
group OF states those Of the Middle Atlantic, was
there more votes cast for modification by women
tnan for strict enforcement and in but the same
group OF states was the vote for repeal greater
than that for strict enforcement.
In View England in the south. in the great middle
west and along the Pacific, the voted in
this frs poll for the integrity OF the prohibition
amendment
Those who have any hope that the old wet days
win return VIII read disappointment and defeat in
this casual glance into the minds Of women. for
under our system OF government the constitution
e made and rensde ~ the votes OF states
The women in overwhelming majority OF the
states stand for the enforcement Of the present
As long as the present system OF enforcement
prevails. as long poison IS sold with more or
less protection from the federal officers. long
as aduIterstioas and connections that breed in
sanity and bring death distributed. there VIII
be an ius.stent demand for some changes.
The greatest obstacle TO the strict enforcement
Of prohibition IS the manufactured belief that the
amendment was something that slipped
over on America during war days and it
does not represent the wl. and wish Of the ma
iority As result violation OF that law
treated as IS defiance OF other laws Il is hardly
recognized crime
one way to settle that question would be TO sub
NIT the proposals 90 the various states by refer
|. endun. When thst vote s. taken the women OF
AAmerlca VIII stand so4dly against any deviation
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-08-22
CURSE OF YOUTH.

Is the barefoot boy vanishing institution
cities? travelling salesman sends this letter:
'I make hundreds of towns and cities selling
my goods and it strikes me that each year I see
fewer and fewer barefoot boys OF course there
etlll are many. padding about without shoes par
eicularly the smaller But wonder
ing if the time is not far off when the barefoot
boy will a curiosity big cities.
travel miles without seeing a lad with
stubbed toe bound up in wad of cloth When I
was a boy a youngster wearing shoes and stock
ings in scarce that peorle when
hey saw one wondered what wrong with him"
Many of of have noticed the gradua,
passing of the barefoot boy. City pavements are
too hot the unprotected foot is big loss
for youth. How big loss, is known only to the
grown-up who in memory the delightful
collection of bare feet padding through thick
August dust a country road wiggling de-
nciousiy in mud puddles and ruts after a rain
Them were the days"
Another institution which youth being
robbed in the cities is the alley
Real estate is too valuable to waste on alleys
Blocks are being laid out smaller The short
garage drive the taken place
cf the alley.
Oh grievous loss! What. would boyhood have
been like years ago. without the alleys through
which we explored. gathering scrap iron and bones
in a dirty old burap bag for the junknan? High
board fences along those alleys. keep youth
full pirates of orchards at the back of yards
large enough play a ball in.
The alleys are passing. So are the tall back
fences. So are the huge back yards. A garage
and a strip of haf-dead grass the size Of living
room rug all that separate the typical modern
city house from the neighbor the street in the
rear. Youth the pavements. lodging the auto
nanacs who curse them and wonder why parents
don't keep their brats off the streets"
We grown-ups talk lot about the dscomforts
Of metropolitan congestion. But it is youth that
IS footing the lions share Of the bill Another so
years Of progress" and there will not be such
thing as boyhood in the cities. Babies will be
handed radio outfits and other paciiers when they
begin wondering what's beyond the walls of the
house.
We're fortunate now to be getting old.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-08-22
AUGUST D. 1922
THE GREATEST CITIZENS.


Five writer's three men in public life one man
ufacturer and one scientist chosen by the read
sTs OF an Indianapolis newspaper as the ten great
est living Ind!anians."
Neither OF the present senators from the state,
none OF the candidates for cabinet positions
Of the great teachers. no soldier. no farmer. not
a doctor nor preacher found a place by the popu-
in the list Of Immortals.
OF the three men in Public life who
lectcd Beveridge stood highest, followed by Fed
eral Judge Anderson and former Vice President
Thomas r. Marshall
The selections are interesting only as a cause Of
wonder to the standards which these men and
women applied in selecting them for such claims
TO distinction.
What are the things that make men and women
really great? What is the goal which must be
reached before the wreath is placed upon the brow
OF the struggler2
Two Of the writer's are humorists whose Jokes
will mot be understood two generations hence. The
laughs and smiles which they today viii be
succeeded by a blank look Of wonderment II their
writings are read fifty years hence. for by that
time the conditions OF life which they find a
cause Of nerriment win be changed that
laughs Will follow the reading of their jibes and
caustic filings.
1t is quite likely that the decision Of the jurist
which attracts applause today viii be reversed,
changed and modified before ne ends his career
upon the bench in answer to the inevitable demand
Of changed conditions Of society and Of industry.
II service be the test Of real greatness, hum
bred or a thousand others IN this state might well
camor for a place OF equality with these
There are who have taken mere piles of
brick and a few pieces of machinery and turned
them into great factories whose products a
part OF the lives OF all citizens. These are
great in their achievements great in their contri-
buttons TO the welfare and the higher
standards Of living.
II the power to perpetuate ones self through
others makes for greatness. the teachers great
er than any or these their ideals their charac
as they are translated into human lives of and
made a part OF the character OF the youth they
teach inspire.
II Il be great TO heal the wounds OF suffering and
wipe away the waste OF disease. there ply
slcians and scientists in this whose work Of
salvaging human lives entities them to honor.
If upbuilding OF character be the important
thing IN life. the preachers and persuaders might
well challenge the soundness of the verdict
Can there ever be ten greatest" citizens Of any
state as long as greatness and its standards shift
with the changing thought Of the world?
Every entitled to honor who makes large
contributions to the common good. Tomorrow the
tests viii be changed and perhaps posterity viii
write an entirely different list than that selected
from this present age and day That distant day
will have different basis Of value and judge more
justly
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-08-22
VIII I'D LIZ AT TILL BY Dr.. r. s
WIN 4G&-AA i ~ Copeland

In recent years we have heard
much Of gastric and duodenal ulcers.
often we hear Of severe Illness. and,
possibly. of an operation. following
months Of discomfort and indiges-
ton.
The first part of the intestinal
tract. the part into which the food
passes Immediately on its escape
from the stomach, Is the duo
denum." Following the duodenum
up from below. we ind it taking a
curve just as it enters the stomach.
This is the head" Of the duodenum,
and is the region most likely to be
irfiamed and liberated.
There is an intimate relationship
between stomach and duodenum.
Indeed. all parts Of the gastro-in-
testinai tract are closely related.
The separate and distinct names are
given to divisions which are largely
arbitrary.
Of course. any part OF the diges-
tive tract is liable to disease. Just
as we have "canker sores'in the
mouth. so we may have ulcers in
the stomach, or in some part Of the
intestinal tract. Undoubtedly there
are occasional superficial alterations
which speedily heal and leave no
trace. They may cause no symptoms
OF much importance.
There are other attacks. how
ever, where a consid erable surface
is covered, and where the tissues
are more deeply involved. In these
there may be severe pain and free
bleeding.
Not every attack Of bleeding from
the stomach is due to ulcer There
may be a cut from come sharp OBJ
jet taken into the stomach-per-
baps a piece Of bone, a splinter from
a toothpick or some small object.
Congestion Of the stomach from
some poison. a chemical irritant or
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-08-22

All the banks refuse 20 loan up mon
ey for our income tax.
Warning couples seek enforcement
Government denies enforcement
10 high-sea dry-law enforcement;
everything is slack and lax.
Coal IS going higher; only wealthy
may aspire
To a cheerful winter fire: strikers
won't return 10 work.
Railroad magnates sadly harried. not
a pound OF freight is carried.
Every dream OF JOY is buried in
cloud Of gloom and murk.
Yet the world rolls round serene1v
and the sea winds blow os keenly
And the moon is just as queenly as
she was in days Of yorA