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The Jasper news., 1922-06-08

to quarrel. They were married (not
really, but in The play. meunl. and :
guess It was some more Of that in
compatibility stun. Anyhow. as they
began to talk more and more, Mother
began to fidget. und pretty soon saw
she was gathering up our things; and
the minute the curtain went down
after the flrst act. she says:
"Come, dear. we're going home. It.
II isn't very warm here"
AS II / didn't know what she was
really leaving fori Do old folks hon.
estly think they are foollng US all the
time, l wouderf But even II hadn't
known then, I'd have known It later,
for that evening ] heard Mother and
Aunt Hattie talking In the library.
No. didn't listen. heard. And
that's a very different matter. You
listen when you mean to. and that's
sneaking. You hear when you can't
help yourself, and that you can't be
blamed for. Sometimes It's your good
luck. and sometimes It's your bad
luck-just according to what you hear
Well, | was In the window-seat in
the library reading when Mother and
Aunt Hattie came In; and Mother was
saying:
"Of course came outl Do you sup
pose I'd have had that child see that
play, after realized Whit It vast As
II she hasn't had enough of such
wretched stun already in her short
life Oh, Hattie, Hattie, l want that
child TO laugh, to sing, TO fairly tlngie
with the joy Of living every minute
that she Is with me. know so wei
what she has had. and what she will
have-i. that-tomb. You know In
six months she goes back"
Mother saw me then, know; for
she stoppe" right OF short and after
moment began TO talk of something
else. very fast And pretty quick Ia
went out into the hall again.
Dear little Mother: Bless her old
hearti Isn't she the ducky dear to
want me to have all the good times
possible now so as to make up FOR the
six months Tv, got to be with Fatherf
You see, she knows what II Is to live
with Father even better than I do.
But know now why I've been hav-
Ing such a perfectly beautiful time
all this week, and why Mother has
been filling every minute so full of
fun and good times. Why, even when
we're at home here, she's always hunt
Ing up little Lester and getting him to
have romp with us.
But Of course next week I've got to
go to school, and It can't be quite so
jolly then. Well guess that's all for
this time.
The Jasper news., 1922-06-08
IN sosroN


BYNoPsIs.-1n a preface Mary
Marie explains her apparent "dou-
BILE personality" and Just why II Z
"cross-current and contradic-
tion"; she also tells her reasons
for writing the diary-Iater TO be
o novel. The diary 10 commenced
at Andersonvilie. Mary begins with
Morse Sarah's account OF her
(Mary's) birth, which seemingly In
tefested her father, who Ii a fa-
nous astronomer, less than a new
star which was discovered the same
night Her name In q compromise:
her mother wanted to call her
Viola and her father insisted on
Abigail Jane. The child quickly
learned that her home was In some
way different from those of her
small friends. and was puzzled
thereat. Nurse Sarah tells her OF
her mothers arrival at Anderson
VILE as a bride and how astonished
they ali were at the sight OF the
dainty eighteen-year-old girl whom
the Bedate professor had chosen for
q wife. Nurse Sarah makes II plain
why the household seemed a strange
one TO the child and how her ia
ther and mother drifted apart
through Misunderstanding. each too
proud to In any way attempt to
smooth over the situation. Mary
tells OF the time spent ''out west
where the perfectly all right and
genteel and respectable" divorce
was being arranged for. and her
mothers ito hen unaccountabls be-
havior. BY the courts decree the
child is to spend six months OF the
year with her mother and six
months with her father. Boston Is
Mothers home.
The Jasper news., 1922-06-08

A man says, II will do better to-
morrow" and when tomorrow comes
he does just about the same.
The Jasper news., 1922-06-08

A steady source of discomfort is
wearing out hat thar one doesn't
like. Is 1t worth It?
The Jasper news., 1922-06-08

go to school now. and don't have
so much time for fun. Schools pretty
good, and there are two or three girls
most as nice as the ones at Anderson.
Vile. But not quite. Out of school
Mother keeps things Just as lively as
ever, and we have beautiful times.
Mother Is having a lovely time with
her own friends, too. Seems as II there
Is always some one here when get
home, and lots Of times there are teas
and parties. and people to dinner.
There are gentlemen, too. suppose
one Of them will be Mothers lover by
and by; but Of course don't know
which one yet. I'm awfully interested
In them, though. And Of course it's
perfectly natural that l should be.
Wouldn't you be Interested In the man
that was going to be your new fatherl
Well. just guess you would Any
body would.
There are quite lot OF them. and
they're all different They'd make very
different kinds of fathers. I'm sure,
and I'm afraid l wouldn't like some
of them. But. after all, It's Mother
that ought to settle which to have
not me. She's the one to be pleased
Twould be such pity to have to
change again. Though she could, of
course. same as she did Father, I sup
pose.
AS said, they're all different. There
are only two that are anywhere near
alike. and they aren't quite the same,
for ones a lawyer and the others
In bank. But they both carry canes
and wear tall silk hats, and part their
hair In the middle, and look at you
through the kind Of big round eye
glasses with dark rims that would
make you look awfully homely II they
didn't make you look so stylish. But
don't think Mother cares very much
for either the lawyer or the bank man,
and I'm glad. ! wouldn't like to live
with those glasses every day, even II
they are stylish. I'd much rather have
Fathers kind.
Then there's the man that paints
pictures. He's tall and slim. and wears
queer ties and long hair. He's always
standing back and looking at things
with his head on one side. and ex-
claiming "Oh /" and "AhP' with long
breath. He says Mothers coloring Is
wonderful. heard him. And didn't
like 1t very we'll. either. Why. II
sounded as II she put It on herself out
OF box on her bureau, same as some
other ladies dol
The Jasper news., 1922-06-08

1t is cheaper to be married than to
be engaged-yes?
The Jasper news., 1922-06-08
ABOUT A MoNTH LATER

didn't make chapter Of that last.
1t wasn't long enough. And. really.
don't know as I've got much to add
to 1t now. There's nothing much hap
nanad
The Jasper news., 1922-06-08

Now this Will be the end. And when
begin again Il will be in Boston.
Only think Of It--reaIiy. truly Boston
The Jasper news., 1922-06-08

GTo BE coNTINUEDA
The Jasper news., 1922-06-08

"pr. Anderson ls not wretch
at ALL He's an honorable. sehoI.
sriy gentleman"
The New York herald., 1922-06-22
SAYS TAXI MEN NEED
NOT GET $500 BONDS
Surety Co. Offers $50 to $500
Rdfes With Collateral.

Denial that $500 year Is the neces-
sary expense for a taxicab driver to
conform to the new bonding law and
a statement that protection can be Of
fered the driver and the public when
the new law goes into effect on July /
with a surety bond costing from $50 to
$500 year. depending upon the col
lateral available. was made last night
by Richard Deming. vice-president OF
the American Surety Company. which
is one of the group that will write taxi
cab bonds.
Mr.. Deming pointed out that the In
dividual taxicab driver who could offer
a collateral deposit OF $500 would only
pay an annual premium Of $50, and that
even the man who had no collateral
would pay only $500 year in premium.
although he would be obliged to de-
posit $50 a month additional, which
would be held as collateral and would
continually reduce the amount OF his
premium. Special rates have been made
up for companies operating fleets OF
taxicabs and for associations which re-
duce the premium even more.
Mr.. Deming said that there lie no
reason for the storm Of protest which
the taxicab men have made against the
rate of $3.50. which is that OF a casualty
liability policy. when surety bond in
Identifying the public can be secured
for the much lower sum.
The New York herald., 1922-06-22
COURT SAYS STERLING
MUST BE ALL STERLING
Misuse of Mark General in
Trade, Is Plea.

Charles A. Keene. jewelry merchant
at $50 Broadway. and Katherine Lowe.
a clerk in his store. were convicted
yesterday in Special Sessions Of un-
lawfully marking the word sterling
upon silverware.
Adolph H. Rosenfeld. counsel for the
defendants, gave notice that he would
appeal the case because of tho i'm
elry trade in small silver articles.
The complaint was made by Thomas
+. Morgan Of the Bureau Of Weights
and Measures. He alleged he purchased
from Keene a belt buckle marked
Sterling" 1t was brought out at the
trial that the article contained less
than 1926 of pure silver.
The lawyer told the court that Keene's
practice was generally subscribed to
by the jewelry trade. He declared that
although the law prescribed that all
parts of an article marked sterling
must be above the stated percentage.
this was impractical.
He asserted that part of the buckle
marked sterling" assayed above the
requirements of the law. and that no
effort was made to deceive the pur-
chaser into thinking II meant the entire
buckle was OF sterling silver
Keene has often come to grips with
jewelry manufacturers because OF his
cut rate prices. In 1918 he won suit
instituted against him by the Waltham
Watch Company because he was sell
ing their product for prices 90 per cent.
below the prescribed figure.
The New York herald., 1922-06-22
MARCONI ON VISIT
TO ATLANTIC CITY
Brings Trunk Loads of Ap-
pardfus on Trip

Special Dispatch to THE New YoRK HnnALp.
ATLANTIC CITY, June 21.-Gugiielmo
Marconi, who yesterday announced in
New York that radio wave could be
aimed like searchl,ght. arrived in At
lantic City late this afternoon. He was
accompanied by J. w. Ellwood. presi-
dent Of the Radio Corporation Of Amer
lea, and several other scientists. The
party Is occupying eight suites at the
Ritz-Carlton. The scientists brought
with them several trunk loads of APP
paratus.
The italian inventor said that his visit
was In the nature Of a holiday, and
that he did not expect to conduct ex-
periments of any kind while here. He
said that his radio searchiight" dis
covery would probably be chiefly USE
full in locating ships in distress at sea
and in guiding vessels safely on their
course. He expects to stay here a few
days.
Radio science will have advanced to
such an extent in the next ten years
that the apparatus now In use will then
be practically worthless. Mr. Marconi
said last night. He added that the Mar.
conf wireless station at New Brunswick
has been practically rebuilt three times
at cost of s3,000.000 within the last
ten years.
The New York herald., 1922-06-22

Special Dispatch to THE New York HERALD.
NArcHEz, Miss, June 21.-Five years
ago triplets were born to Mrs. William
Prestage of Floyd, a microscopic COM
munity near Monroe. West Carroll Coun-
ty. Louisiana, and the doctor. after con-
graduating Mr. Prestage. told him not
to be overalarmed.
"Triplets are unusual, BILL" said the
doctor. Chances are that Mrs Prestage
will never repeat the experience. Most
unusual, triplets. Never heard OF but
two other women who became mother
of two sets of triplets. You're darned
fortunate man. Bill. Much luck to you :"
1t is a matter Of record that Mr.
Prestage received the triplets and the
congratulations without noticeable en-
thusiasm. He permitted the doctor to
shake his hand and stood on the porch
nodding his head slowly to the neigh
bors who stopped to applaud and wish
him well. But the hard. cold truth Is
that no ear-splitting cheers were heard
to issue from the throat Of Mr.. Pres
tage.
Last week five perfectly formed and
outrageously healthy children were born
to Mrs. Prestage. Three were boys and
two girls. Mr.. Prestage was standing
on the front porch refectively stroking
his rough chin when the doctor (the
same doctor) emerged from the house.
'As I said five years ago. BILL" said
the doctor. "triplets are unusual /
knew 1t wouldn't happen again."
Doctor" interrupted Mr.. Prestage.
The New York herald., 1922-06-22
CONEY CROWD TRIES
TO AVENGE GIRL, 10
Policeman Has to Fight Mob
After Arresting Man Under
Municipal Baths.

Several men rushed up to Patrolman
Austin Guinan at Coney Island last
night and told him that man was
trying to assault a little girl under the
Municipal Baths at West Fifth street.
Blowing his whistle for help, Patrolman
Guinan ran to the baths, and under a
runway found Florence Doraruna, 10.
of Woodruff street. Brooklyn. fighting
with Ole Langset, a sailor. of 567 Henry
street. Brooklyn.
Patrolman Guinan jumped at the man.
handling him not at all gently. A large
crowd which by this time had collected
also started to take hand In the
matter of his punishment. Led by sew
eral women, more than 200 persons
pushed and milled around the policeman
and the prisoner. trying to get hold Of
the sailor. but Patrolman Guinan was
able to beat them off with the aid of
other. policemen who had heard his
whistle and had come up.
Langset was taken to the Coney Is
land station, where he was charged with
attempted assault and with impairing the
morals Of minor. DR.. Tepperson of the
Coney Island Hospital examined the child
and said she had not been injured. Later
Langset was placed in a lineup with
several other men and Lillian Schwartz.
Z, of 2042 Mermaid avenue. Coney Is
land. looked at them. She failed, how
ever. to identify Langset as the man
who had taken her to the marshes near
Sheepshead Bay on the night OF June
IL and attacked her.
Saviano Spordano, a carpenter, killed
Jerry Meighan with an ak yester-
day in the basement Of the apart
ment house at 1873 Sackett street, Brook
lyn. where both had their homes He
knocked Meighan down the stairs and
then went after him and hacked him
with the ak until the man was dead.
Later, In the office of District Attor-
ney Ruston. Spordano said that he had
killed Meighan because the latter, who
was 62, had been intimate with Spor-
dano's seven year old daughter The
little girl told the District Attorney that
Meighan had hurt her. and had given
her fifteen cents. Yesterday when
Meighan asked the little girl to go into
the cellar with him and hold candle.
her father followed the older man and
killed him. Spordano was arrested and
held without bail.
The New York herald., 1922-06-22
FATHER OF QUINTUPLETS
DUBIOUS ABOUT HIS LUCK
Recalls What the Doctor Told Him Five Years Ago
When Triplets Came-Dazed Over Problem of
Naming as Well as Supporting Them.

has II occurred to you that neither
Mrs. Prestage nor me is dead YETI"
Mr.. Prestage, who Is a farmer in an
exceedingly modest way. admits he
views life with a certain apprehension.
At the moment he is deeply absorbed
in two somewhat solid problems. One
of them has to do with names for the
five babies. The other concerns the
maintenance of the new boys and girls
They average two and a half pounds
each and the doctor says there IS no
reason to believe they will not thrive.
Floyd, which until last week had q
population Of 200, is for making the
affair (the local newspapers refer to is
as an incident" but 1t surely cannot be
dismissed that lightly) the occasion for
4 Greater Floyd Week, but Mr.. Prestage
refuses to become enthusiastic.
Curious feature Of 1t Is. Bill" said
the doctor. that your children seem to
arrive in odd number progression. First
there were three: now come five,
nnd--"
Look here" replied Mr.. Prestage
wife and I are fond of all our off,
spring and we aim to do our best by
them. But 1t does seem to me you're
going pretty far afeld to find something
peculiar about all this when you have
to talk about odd number progression.
Personally. I'm for saying no more
about It,"
So whenever solicitous neighbors ask
Mr.. Prestage "How's the family?" and
"How's things coming?" Mr.. Prestage
confines himself to:
well. there amt no use kicking. Is
there?"
The New York herald., 1922-06-22
MRS. FOSTER REVIEWS
FOR ALIMONY
Her Lawyer Denies She Is
Seeking DiUorce.

Counsel for Mrs. Thelma Helms Fos-
ter of 20 East Nintieth street, who Is
seeking a separation from Angelo Scarpa
oster. foster son OF Mrs. Mona Morgan
Foster Of the Hotel Newton. received
permission yesterday TO rcargue mo-
tlon for temporary alinony and counsel
fees Norman p. Schloss. for Mrs.
Foster said that divorce entry for
Mrs. Foster in the divorce register In the
County Clerks office during the day was
an error.
Justice Marsh had denied Mrs. Fos-
ters motion for alimony and counsel
fees on the ground that she had failed to
show reasonable probability OF success.
The couple were married in January,
1921, and kept II secret until late last
April, when young Foster, who aspires
to an operate career, Is alleged to have
told his wife that he had been forced to
choose between her and his foster
mother.
The New York herald., 1922-06-22
DAUGHERTY TO HEAR
MERGER OPPONENTS
Will ReceiUe Complaints
Against Steel Combines.

special Dispatch to THE NEW York HnaAIp-
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington. ID. c., June II.
Acknowledgement Dausherty to-day
issued tho following
"In regard to the two steel merger
cases now before the Department OF
Justice 1t was announced to-day that
the Department Of Justice would be glad
to hear from any dependable person who
has any legitimate argument to offer
against the mergers"
The mergers referred to are those
involved In the proposed Bethlehem
Lackawanna acoonsolidation and the COM
bination of the Republic Iron and Steel
Company. the Midvale Steel and Ord
nance Company and the Inland Steel
Company.
The New York herald., 1922-06-22
WOMEN ASK REFORM
OF MARRIAGE LAWS
Start Campaign at Convention
for Change in Divorce
Statutes of U. s.

CHAurAuouA, N. r, June 21.-Repre-
sentatives of two million women as
sembled here at the convention OF the
Federation Of womens Clubs started
a drive to-day for the reform Of the
marriage and divorce laws of the
country.
The convention leaders advocate:
l. Repeal Of all State marriage and
divorce statutes.
g. Passage Of a Federal law general
in its application.
This movement was started after
futile efforts to induce several States
to pass uniform laws were made.
Mrs. Genevieve Parkhurst, writer on
women's subjects, is head of the move
ment which has the backing of some of
the nations most representative leaders.
She conferred with Mrs. Thomas Win
ter of Minneapolis. president OF the
federation, before the convention for
mally opened.
The bill which will be presented to
Congress for action contains the fol-
lowing provisions:
No girl under Is years old, or boy
under 81. can marry without consent OF
their parents or guardian. Bans an
nouncing the intended marriage must
many. Physicians certificates as to the
mental and physical fitness OF both par
ties 20 the marriage must be shown
when the license Is issued.
Divorces are to be allowed for proved
physical or mental cruelty. desertion for
a period of one year or more, proved
infideIity and habitual drunkenness
Only interlocutory decrees. made final
after lapse of a year. are to be granted.
Marriage before the lapse OF a year
would be Illegal.
Divorce cases would be heard behind
closed doors and the testimony never
made public.
Tho mother always would be given
the custody Of the children unless proved
UNIT to take care of them.
'No two States have the same mar
riage and divorce laws" said Mrs.
Parkhurst. Some States do not even
forbid the marriage of deficients. Peo-
pie who are married In one State are
not legally united in another"
y Mrs. Thomas A. Edison condemned
the movies and declared politics In the
United States to be pretty bad"
I'VE feel very badly over the subjects
the movies are putting before the peo-
pIe," declared Mrs. Edison. Il do not
believe that politically appointed censors
will improve conditions. However. at
this time believe the farther we can
keep away from politics the better off We
shall be-"
Mrs. Edison expressed considerable
bitterness on the publication o. Mr.. Edi-
sons uuestionnaaire, which she said she
had not yet answered herself.
"The questions were stolen" she said
"and we resent their publication"
The New York herald., 1922-06-22
FIVE CRIMES CHARGED
TO MAN AFTER CHASE
Chauffeur Caught With
Stolen Toxicab.

Grand larceny. intoxication. driving
an automobile without license. speed
Ing and resisting an officer while under
arrest were charged last night at the
West Forty-seventh street station
against Michael Lynch, 26. a chauffeur,
who said he lived in Twenty-sixth street
between Ninth and Tenth avenues.
Lynch was caught by Patrolman
George Bailey after a chase down Tenth
avenue In which the patrolman fred
seven shots. Lynch was riding in a
Packard taxicab and Bailey in one OF
the police F'ords. The policeman was
taking Lynch into the station when he
broke away and ran west. Patrolman
william Decker intercepted him at
Ninth avenue and they went down to-
gcther. Lynch broke away again but
Decker and Bailey caught him.
A young man who said he was James
McNaliy, 26, OF 426 West Nineteenth
street, appeared at the station and asked
to bail Lynch out. He also was locked
Up, charged with intoxication. The taxi
cab belonged to Samuel Beilen OF 507
West 157th street.
The New York herald., 1922-06-22
MINUS GUN, HE ROBS
FILLED RESTAURANT
Man Whispers Threat to Girl
Clerk, Grabs $85.

Miss Leah Sablow. aged 10, cashier
at the Western Lunch, 5S4 Atlantic ave-
nue., Brooklyn. was counting up the
receipts late yesterday afternoon when
young man who had just finished eat
ing tossed a fifteen cent check to her
and whispered: Don't make any noise.
now Just hand over the money and
everything will be all right"
Miss Sablow told the police that she
was badly frightened, but she made no
outcry, and before the fifteen custom
ers in the place and several other en-
ployees knew that anything out OF the
ordinary had taken place the young man
was mingling with the crowd in Allan
tic avenue with between $50 and SS5
of the restaurants money in his pockets.
He had forced Miss Sablow to hand over
the contents of the register without
bringing a weapon Of any kind into play.
When he had gone the cashieg went
to the street and cried for help, but 1t
was too late.
Edward A. Aarons. aged 81. of 567
West 1s1st street. was arrested early
yesterday by Detectives Geiger and Null
lins Of the West 177th street police sta
ton charged with robbing mail boxes
In the Washington Heights section ever
since he came to this city from Chicago
O month ago.
Chief Inspector Lahey had received a
telegram from the Chicago police say
ing that Aarons was wanted for rob-
bing mail boxes there and that he was
living In New York. The detectives
said that when they searched his apart
ment In 191st street they found many
checks, money orders, fur sales receipts.
pawn tickets. Wills and other papers
which he said he had stolen from mail
boxes.
ley Kaplan of ia West 1s0th street,
manager of boxers, reported at Police
Headquarters that thieves had broken
into his apartment yesterday, ransacked
the rooms and left with jewels. silver
WARE and clofhin1 valued at &1b00