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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-03-09
VELATTON.S OF 4 WIFE
ApELE GARRISON
ADELE GARRISON

, derful old set Of horsehair- covered
walnut furniture, an immense couch,
a hospitable big rocker and six straight
chairs. Their coverings were in strips
their springs broken, but the beauti-
fully carved walnut was still in very
good shape and the moment saw
them / coveted them. Their owner
sold them TO me for a ridlculousIy
small sum, and I had given myself a
great deal Of quiet pleasure since in
visuaHzing the appearance of the old
pieces when they should DO repaired
and covered with bright colored Eng
lish chintz.
There was a sitting room IN the
house we had bought whcih 10 my
eyes appeared to be clamoring for the
old furniture, thus rejuvenated, to be
put into 1t. This room had q white
marble fireplace OF the same period
as the furniture and high windows.
had resolved to make il a chintz
room. and to have the window drap-
cries correspond with the upholstering
of the furniture.
But my mother-in-law had shattered
my dreams with the assertion that
cate chintz upon that furniture" and
that tapestry was the only material
to be thought Of" had aeQuiesced in
her decision but as far as so trivial
thing could affect me had been UNI
happy over it. I felt that ! never
wanted 10 see or to hear of the chairs
again. and l had to force myself to
admire the piece OF tapestry my moth
en- in law had brought home with the
declaration that it was to be used for
the covering of the walnut furniture.
1t is a misfortune of mine that l
brood over injustice. real or fancied,
and by the time my mOther-in-law re-
turned from the city I had worked
myself into an unwholesome morbid
state.
4 returned that tapestry. Margaret"
she said. almost before she removed
her gloves. Upon thinking it over.
decided that it wasn't the shada !
wanted. And luckily it was a rem
nant The clerk had said could bring
it back if it didn't harmonic with my
other things"
A Sacrifice in Return.
"AIy! always Ny" thought TO my
self I might be an absolute noneity
in the house instead OF its mistress.
Cousin Agatha voiced my feelings
cattishly.
How fortunate you are in your
! daughter in-law. Harriet" she purred.
Few young married women would al
low a mother-in law to select all the
draperies and dominate the house as
you do
Her cousin vouchsafed her not even
the satisfaction OF an answering look.
Il think youu like the color Of the
tapestry / got in its place much better,
| Margaret" she said, Juggling at a big
bundle. (Which with establishment /
had watched here bring in, for my
motner-i law usually hated to carry
bundles.
There" She said as the last refrac-
tory string gave way, what do you
think OF that?"
Before my astonished eyes unrolled
pieces OF the most beautiful English
chintz I had ever seen.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-03-09

party can testify to this truth. But for
his political activity and services.
however. It is extremely doubtful
whether he would ever have become
postmaster general. The work IS OF a
character for which he had no proper
training and his appointment was
based on no other Justification than
that Of awarding spOils in exchange
for party service.
That the postal service should be ad-
ministered on a political basis is very
unfortunate 1t is sin of which both
parties are guilty, but the republicans
are the worst offenders having two or
three times placed the department in
charge Of their party organization. 1t
was Mr.. Hays who worked out the
present farcicaI scheme OF combining
partisan spoils with civil service. The
presidential order to this effect is con-
sidered a huge joke all over the coun-
try.
DIR. Work will hardly be able, If 80
inclined, to reverse the political policy
OF the administration. His program is
largely cut out for him. Nevertheless,
it is reasonable to expect that he will
devote more attention 10 the details
OF the service than TO political schem-
ing And there is no department Of
the government service wherein bust
ness methods are more imperatiyely
needed than in postal administration.
Or. Work has a great opportunity
Chattanooga News.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-03-09
"cALL THE A!RPLANE."

Call the Airplane" will soon replace
the call the ambulance" saying, &C.
cording to DR.. Theodore Hough dean
of the University OF Virginia Medical
school mad president OF the Association
of American Medical Colleges, in an
address delivered before the latter or
ganization Tuesday of this week.
"Airplane ambulances" as a means
of transporting patients in areas where
there are few good roads will become
common" said DR.. Hough. eve nc
longer are dependent on railroad trans
portation for patients"
The doctor also win use the airplane
and in the near future when he re-
ceives a hurry call, he will rush to the
hangar in the back yard, put in a col
lapsible cot and in short time have
his patient in a first-class hospital
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-03-09
MoLLY,s DISHES.

When Molly slams the dishes round
And bangs the tin pans, too.
! know She's itchln' for a scrap
or workin' up a stew
Fer me-so off walk
Cause all them sounds are warnin'.
true
When Molly's dishes talk
Then other times she'll move about
AS still as any mouse
There's not click Of dish or tin
Within our little house.
Then know Afolly's dreamin' out
Some plan OF deep design
Fer Molly's dishes never speak
When AIollys on the pine"
Then other days Chem like hsst)
she works along with ease
She's hummin little tunes-and things
AS happy as you please.
The dishes whisper In the pan
There's ne'er a hitch or balk
Tn glad ton days like this) 20 know
THAT Molly's dishes talk
~. J. MARSH ia Fa"m Life
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-03-09
What Mother Graham Did to "Make
Il Right" With
Madae.

Madge.
! Ny mother-in-law fulfilled her
| promise to make it right with me" in
royal and unexpected fashion upon the
very next day following the knitting
incident, when Cousin Agatha had
! tried in vain to fan into a quarrel the
differing opinions of the elder Mrs.
| Graham and myself upon the English
and continental methods Of knitting.
Because of Cousin Agatha's interfer-
! ence had painfully unlearned the con-
tinental method which Lillian had
taught me and painstakingly applied
myself to the method my mother-in-
law automatically declared to be the
only right way"-the way she had
| been taught.
II had been asked to declare my
| opinion l could not have found a
needle-point's difference between the
| two methods. But l was very much
confused through learning first one
way and theno the other, and by the
time my mother -in-law condescend-
ingly informed me that my work
would do" l was almost ready to throw
knitting needles and woods into the
fireplace i'll weary disgust
Almost ready. but not quite, for it
! is never my way to give up anything
| | have once set out to do. and besides
| my mother-in-law pleasure in teach
| ing me was so obvious that I purposely
| prolonged my lesson, asking her over
and over things l already knew.
Il declare, Margaret" she said at
1t 80 &
| tic. too. I've thought vaguely of knit
ting for the soldiers, but really have
| been too indolent to get about it. l
| think I'll go to the city tomorrow
morning and get me some needles and
wool. [ have another errand, also to
which I must attend"
| The air with which she uttered the
words and the smile which accompa-
MED them were plainly meant 10 be
mysterious and important. knew
she meant me to connect them with
her promise 10 make it right" with
me, and there was a little glad feeling
at my heart that l had sacrificed my
own inclination in the matter of the
knitting.
! a Returned That Tapestry"
But there was n little feeling of re-
sentiment mingled with my virtuous
sense of duty done q feeling that had
its roots in the discussion Of draperies
for our new home which my mother
! in-law and / had had on our trip to
town q couple of days before, trip
/ shat had ended for me in a series Of
most surprising adventures. Because
/ I did not wish my mother law to
suspect that my real reason for going
I to the city was to trace the source OF
the anonymous clippings which had
come 10 me, I had abruptly wound up
our discussion of draperies by turning
over the whole question to her. But
the remembrance of the autocratic
manner in which she had disposed Of
my suggestion concerning the old mid
Victorian walnut chairs that l had
bought ranked childishly within me.
The woman who sold us the house
/ had stored away in her attic a Won
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-03-09
cYRENA

1T wouldn't be so bad. letting in q
baby" said Florence Roberts, but
she's regular baby doll. OF all the
wonderful clothes she struts around
in" Geraldine had been put in Flor
ence's room, and Florence was telling
her troubles to a group in one OF the
other rooms. They all synlpathlzed
with Florence. and decided that Geral-
dine didn't ft. They'd have to freeze
her out"
But Geraldine appeared hard to
freeze" She went her own quiet way
and took no notice OF most of them.
which only made the girls anErier
So Geraldine gained q name for being
stuck up"
One Saturday afternoon Geraldine
was down in the library studying,
while Florence and bunch OF girls
were lazily enjoying themselves in her
room. Lets play Rook," suggested
Florence. Geraldine has some Yoox
cards she Doesn't care IL use. Just a
minute" She pulled open her room
mates dresser drawer.
''oh, my goodness. look at this fun
NY thing!" cried Florence. She held
up dell. a very queer-loosing doll.
II was made Of sa.wdust and had a
NI&1h SAtE &S& El3 arm were
missing, its Wig was gone, and IL had
only one eye, which was a faded blue
What on earth
You let Cy-ena alone" came a
voies from the doorway. and Ger.i-
dine. her eyes flashing. rushed IN and
grabbed the battered den. ''You can
laugh at her IL you want. but she's all
ths doh ever hsd TO play with when
was iittls girl. ana we were SO poor
couldn't have any piaytaings. Some
LADY gave her 70 1s when shs cana
TO take care OF my s1cx mother. Than
when didn't hare any father CT
mother any more. and my uncle found
me ard took me, couldn't desert Cy-
reua. Ehs's-shss all the family I
have" Geraldine hid her face In her
arms,
Then, melody seemed TO know how
It happened. everybody was hUgFia-
Gerafdi1e. srd Cyrs1s iocked on. with
a fT3rkie in her f-AAd ere
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-03-09
GROWTH or THE GIRL SCOUTS

Membership in the Girl Scouts has
shown a marked increase during the last
year, according to the annual report Of
Mrs. Jane Deeter Rippin, the national
director, just made public in New York.
The Scouts and their officers now num-
Der 11a,515. OF these 1886 are officers.
During 1921, 43,S09 new members Were
enrolled. The enrolment in 1920 was 3D.
300 and in 1919 IT was so.1SS.
The work of the national council Of
which Mrs. Herbert Hoover was recently
elected president, has been greatly ex-
tended during the last IL months and the
indications are that during the coming
year there win be a further marked in
crease in membership and activities.
In her report Mrs. Rippin says that
the national headquarters, located at $50
Lexington avenue. now employs a staff
of seven field organizers who act as adj =
vlsers to existing councils and who assist
In developing new councils. a consider
able part of their time is given to con-
Quoting training courses in local commu-
mites. These courses are now given in
colleges and institutions of higher edu-
cation by two instructors employed by
headquarters. This has met with marked
success.
In regard to training schools" says
Mrs. Rippin, national headquarters CT
fers very definite service in it's six
schools. These give thorough course
for Scout leaders and an intensive course
to local directors and those interested in
camp management. The schools are To-
Gated at Bournedale, Mass: Central VAL
ley, N Y; Westchester County. y ":
California, Ohio; Cincinnati, Ohio and
Media, Pa .
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-03-09
poN,r nfsElouRE RLouMT sTREET

DON'T DisFIouRE ELouNT STREET
A request to the city commissioners
from the southern Bell Telephone COM
pany for permission to erect its poles
on Blount street from Twelfth avenue to
Bayview park at the edge of the curb
ing, has been made.
Many criticisms have been heard
upon this request. and all have depiored
that BIount street, which is fast being
built UP with line residences, should be
dishgured with unsightly poles.
Why not erect the poles and run the
cable on the property division lines at
the back of the lots, thus letting each
set Of poles act as feeders for the entire
block, Blount street and the streets on
each side?
Blount street is being prettily laid out.
the plots between the sidewalks and
curbing being leveled and planted TIC
grass, and II would truly be disgrace
to spoil this thoroughfare with telephone
poles and network OF wires. for even
though cable is strung up. the feeders
would have to cross and recross the
street and extend from the poles to the
residences.
Don't let the street be dishgured!
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-03-09
THE FAIRY OF THE SILK Hat

Scene: Parlor of the O'P7annery
household. Nora is reading, curled IN
In chair. Enter Kathleen. breathless.
KATHLEEN: Oh. Nora! Fathers
raging around upstairs like a bear.
You'd think he'd bite any minute. His
silk hats lost entirely.
NORA; Not his parade hat. surely,
KATHLEEN (noddinE vigorously
His fine silk hat he wears every year
in the st. Patrick's Day parade.
NORA: You're not telling me that!
KATHLEEN: It's the truth I'm
telling you. st's himself put it way
last l7th OF March. To-day he went
TO get II out for the parade this after
noon, and he can't find where ne put
1t. We've been looking till I'm blue
in the face almost. l wonder where
(She gets down and looks un-
der the sofa. Nora starts peering dis
tractedly into all sorts of unlikely
places.)
NORA: Why it's broken-hearted
he'll be. He hasn't missed a st. Pat
rick's Day parade since he came to
America. he says.
KATHLEEN: And hs can't GO with
out his silk hat. I've looked every
where and everywhere. (Tss two girls
sink down On the sofa and look at
each other in despair.)
NORA: oh, I'm wishing silk hats
grew on bushes.
KATHLEEN: I'm wishing there
were fairies would bring silk hats for
the asking nice Irish fairy like
mother used to tell us about.
NORA: But she never said any
thing about their bringing silk hats.
KATHLEEN: wish - (shc stops
in establishment. as fairy stands
smiling at them from the doorway.
She wears white Pierrette dress with
shsmrocks sewed over ii, and carries
little walking stick.)
FAIRY: Who was calling me?
NORA: The saints preserve us!
KATHLEEN (rubbing her eyes):
There's something wrong with me en-
tireiy.
NORA (timidiy): We didn't mean to
bother you. please. And excuse us il
we seem rude--bat We diin't expect
you, exactly.
FAIRY: shure. an you called ne.
KATHLEEN: We were wishing
!. wishing =,
NORA: Wishing We had silk Rar.
FAIRY: And whatever would you
be afJher doing with 4 siik hat7
KATHLEEN: Somebody's stolen
fathers and he can't be in the parade
without it. Were that worried
NORA: st. Patrick's Da... you
know
FAIRY: SO that's it. ne darlints,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-03-09
THE NEW POSTAL HEAD

Selection of DR.. Hubert Work to sue
coed VIII II. Hays as postma ster gem
eral srpericially appears to DC a good
appointment. 1t represents a promo
sion or one already familiar with the
details and methods OF the department
tai operations. To that extent, 1t seems
to be a recognition of personal fitness
rather than OF political expe3iency. Dr.
Work has held the position OF first as
s!stant postmaster general for the year
past
Mr. Hays, who now retires to accept
more lucrative private employment. is
young man Of great shrewdness and
organizing ability. The democratic
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-03-09
BY AID Carter

promises, for what is beneficial to any
section may be detrimental to another
yet at the same time there are num-
ecous services a capable representa-
tive can render without losing sight
Of the public good. Mr.. Smithwick is
rendering these services in q most
conspicuous manner and lie deserves
praise, especially at this time. when
the congressional majority seems to
have wandered off into strange and
undemocratic y-paths.-Jacksonv
Metropolis.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-03-09
NOT WoRTH 5000 TO WEAR SILK
STOCKINGS

It's not worth $1,000 to woman to he
able to wear sheer silk stockings, STU
preme Court Justice Callaghan ruled in
New York Tuesday.
He denied motion of Mrs. Sadly Klein
Kohn for leave to transfer her $500 suit
against the Interborough Rapid Transit
company from the municipal court to the
supreme court SC she could demand the
higher figure.
Her counsel told the justice scar on
her leg. resulting from a subway acct
dent, had proved more serious than she
had expected. and would prevent her
from wearing sillSen hose.
"She can amend her complaint in mu-
nicipal court to ask for $1,000" Justice
Callaghan said. "She ought to be glad
to get that"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-03-09
PRESS COMMENT

Announcement that he will be a candi-
date for governor i'm 1924 has been made
by Judge C. B. Parkhill of Tampa
through the Pensacola Journal which
has been urging him as candidate for
some time Judge Parkhil, who is pop-
ulsr I'm all sections OF Florida, has de-
cided to accept the candidacy urged upon
him by the Pensacola paper. especially
since several state papers have COM
inented favorably in regard to The Pen
sacola Journals editorial Of recent date
Who else will run for governor in 1924
remains TO be seen, but there is a pos
sibility that Judge Parkhill will be I'M
opposed, as was the case when he made
the campaign for state attorney OF this
circuit, position which he now holds
There has, however, been some talk that
Col c. II Spencer OF Tampa might be a
candidate to succeed Governor Hsrdee
Judge Parkhill was state attorney in
Pensacola for several years, later being
elected to the supreme court of Florida
where he remained for some time Nov
Ing TO Tampa he became city attorney
subsequently joining the American ex-
peditionsry forces in France as major
with the Judge advocate generals de-
partment. Returning from the war after
distinguished service, he was elected
state attorney without oppositlon.-Tam-
pa Citizen.
Judge c. B. parlShIll of Tampa, states
attorney for this circuit, will be candi-
date for governor in the campaign be-
fore the 1924 primary according to an
nouncement made in The Pensacola
Journal few days ago. Another we'll
known citizen who has aspirations in
that direction is Col Charles II. Spencer
OF Tampa and Seffner Judge Parlzhin
and Colonel Spencer are mostly highly
esteemed by hosts OF friends throughout
the state Both OF them are SO well
known. and probably have Views and
ambitions SO near alike. that the cleo.
torate viii look for some sort of an ar
rsngement whereby one OF them can be
governor from 1924 10 and through 1925
and the other from 1898 TO and through
l9S2.-plant City Courier,
The Pensacola Journal has nominated
mighty fine Tampan for governor
Judge c. F. Psrkhill is good clean
citizen. widely known. and with no bad
record to rise up and damn Kim at IT,
critical n7ulncnt--Tsmpa Tribune
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-03-09

Ones temper improves with disuse.
Even a tall man may not be above
criticism.
Two-faced people don't double their
face value.
Money would go farther did it not
travel so fast.
The irish question is when is st.
Patrick's dayg'
a Rotary club was organized at
Fort Myers on Tuesday.
%
Too many people are shaking heads
and too few shaking hands.
90
Economy is hard road to travel
that leads to the land of riches.
The printing press is responsible for
many of the revolutions Of this world.
We get a new day tomorrow, but
there is no use in wasting this one.
o.
John ID. says it is impossible to get
n money monopoly. John, however,
hasn't quit trying.
Don't think that because hope makes
a good breakfast that it will make a
satisfactory supper.
A broken promise like a broken
piece OF china never looks the same
after II Is mended
There is vigorous demand for a
device that will compel a man to shut
UP when he has said enough.
80
You used to get youngster to run
an errand for a penny, but now he de-
mands the price of movie ticket
Strawberries shipped from Plant
City this season so far have brought
half million dollars to that section.
Only few years ago people gazed
in wonder at the first gas light. Now
they gaze in wonder at the last gas
bill.
zap win be dry under the new
treaty. We thought that we had heard
enough yapping about zap, but this is
good news.
They used to buy pair OF stockings
for $685., but these days they move the
decimal to the right one point. add a
naught and get zero in stockings.
When a man is sued for breach Of
promise and his love letters are read
In court, he can nearly always get off
on the plea OF temporary insanity.
When girl has pasty complexion
the neighbor women say she has an
unnatural color, but II she has COM
plexion like ripe peach, they are Just
as certain the color Is unnatural, too.
o
Certainly prominent daily newspa-
pers are showing a very much altered
attitude toward the prohibition law.
Instead OF encouraging by suggestion,
efforts to nullify the law and melting
its violation, they are calling attention
TO the fact that disregard OF the pro-
hibition law shakes the foundation of
the country
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-03-09

The present laws OF New York for
bid the ordinary citizen 10 carry a gun,
just as If ne were the night driver Of
a registered mail wagon.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-03-09
ONE REEL YARNS

q r A L D | y z
was the young
est GIRL in the
Mt. Hope School.
The Directress
had refused at
first TO admit
her, but Gersl-
dimes uncle was
very rich, and
Geraldine was
very bright, so
she had agreed
to let the girl
try to carry the
-r-nrfr
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-03-09
CLONE Idlent PldysQ
Ga sz.s.

A silk hat you shall have! (She waves
her walking stick. A silk hat, sus-
pended by black silk threads which are
invisible to the audience slowly jerks
| into the room as though moving by
| itseR)
NORA: Oh, it's fer all tbs world
like fathers old hat. He'll be that
pleased he'll be beside himself, I'm
thinking.
KATHLEEN: You're a regular Irish
fairy, aren't you?
FAIRY: From the ould sod, indade.
NORA: Wait and TIL be telling
father and he'll come and thank you
himself.
FAIRY: A mint. please. Does you
feyther believe in fairies?
NORA: No, that he doesn't. He
says it's silly. But I'll show him
FAIRY: Then you mustn't call him
People who don't believe in fairies can
never see them, even IL they are right
by them. He'd think it's stories you
were telling.
NORA: Oh, see-but how about
the hat?
FAIRY: That's yours to keep. CThe
Fairy glides quietly from the room.
Nora picks up the hat)
KATHLEEN: And we didn't even
thank her. Oh, but I'm that glad I'm
Irish,
NORA drumming to doorway:
Father, I've found your silk hat in
the ole shoes closet. Father!
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-03-09
To.pAY,s PUZZLE

The initial letters Of the following
girls names, when arranged in the
right order. form the last name of a
famous woman: T1rh. sarets, name.
main. vice, tebh.
Answer to yesterdays: Srip-e;
CROWN: uefn-t
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-03-09

young lady is inclined be See make
saying which will apply 70 her You OF the
saying. i
<rsrrrr f yesr,dqrs faz-t,. key SACK NUT K BEAR
ReIrre-se and kr< REFTT-GKY dvd NEBRASKA.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-03-09

Certainly prominent daily newspa
pers are showing very much altered
attitude toward the prohibition law
Instead OF encouraging by suggestion
efforts to nullify the law and melting
Its violation, they are calling attention
TO the fact that disregard OF the pro-
hibition law shakes the foundation OF
the country.