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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-08

period and took to heart its value to such ex-
tent that they have not forgotten it.
Referring to the deposits in the savings bank
the controller of currency says that the deposits
during the period of depression exceeded the
Withdrawals This indicates that the savers
doubled their energy to lay aside money during
dull times. And that's one reason, too, why
bankers and industrial leaders are so firm in
their belief that prosperous times are ahead of
The purchase of S174,188 of government saw
ings certificates here since Dec. Is, 1921 is in
dicative of the extent to which local citizens are
investing their money in these securities De-
posits in the savings banks and the building and
loan associations also show substantial increase
over last year.
There is no dearth of money in the United
States The extent to which citizens have laid
aside money in small sums in the savings insti-
tutions and in the purchase of government Sc
curties indicates too plainly that the people have
purchasing power.
This is a healthy condition, gratifying to both
the people who have saved and to the financiers
who thereby are able to see that the people as n
whole are approaching the Importance of saving
their money and investing it in sound securities
or putting it in the savings bank.
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Ripping Rhymes
D. NIL No.
BY Walt Mason
ARCTIC REGIONS

There's always some far famed ex-
plorer preparing for an arctic trip,
where climate is a rng-tailed roarer,
and forty kinds of billiards zip, Oh,
dauntless are these men who leave
us, and ! applaud them as they go, al
though l have conviction grievous
that all they'll ever find is snow l
hand wreath to every hero who
hooks his dachshunds to a sled and
travels to the land of zero, to make a
map in green and red. I think of
tired explorers Keeling exhausted, on
their icy way, and I can't help the
foolish feeling that they'd do better
baling hay. The north is full of frozen
corses which serve no purpose good
or wise, while hay will feed our help
full horses, and stuff the tick on which
man lies. | think if scientists impas-
stoned would leave the wild wastes un-
explored and haul elm wood, in stove
lengths fashioned, they'd do more for
their bed and board We need strong
men to harvest squashe5, and il is sad
to see them go to where an ice cold
ocean washes a coastline heaped with
useless snow. We need good men to
fix our lizzies, for which we'd pay a
seemly price; and yet the daft explor-
er busies himself with dreams of end
less icp
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-08
BY FREDERICK j. HAsKIN

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 8.-One
legacy which the American navy blue
Jackets have inherited from the war
is the well-stocked ships library. Be
fore the war the various battleships
carried collections of greasy, dog
cared, and ancient tones which went
by the name of ships libraries.
But the work OF the American Lii
brary association in the navy during
the war, aided by the American pub
lies donations of cash and books,
gave a new indication of what these
floating Libraries might be.
Today no matter how drasSically
congress may economic in appropri-
ations of money to buy guns and arm
or plate, it is giving with fair liberal-
ity for the maintenance of the iibrar-
les, as the appropriation of $4,000
for books this year bears witness.
Excepting the patients in the mill
tary and naval hospitals, who manage
to read about one library book a week
apiece, there was never a more appre
ciative group of readers than these
enlisted men in the United States
navy. Whether the ships are i'll port
or out cutting the blue water the
| chances are that when Jack is off duty
he is curled up in some quiet corner
of the ship reading a book.
The experience of the past fou
! years shows that the average sailor
draws from the ship library ana read
/ IS books a yedr-a book and a half E
month. According TO the records, the
| average city dweller in the United
| States patronizes his public hbrar!
to the extent of less than four book:
a year
Like everything else in the navy
the supply of books to the ships anC
| the shore stations is completely ant
! thoroughly organized. The bureau o
navigation has charge of maintaining
| the libraries. There is a chief librar
! ian in Washington, and he is assisted
| by more or less informal board o
| officers who serve voluntarily as read
| ers of new books.
Guided by their judgment, the chic
/ librarian keeps adding titles 20 tn,
/ stock lists, once year issuing Il new
/ catalogue from which the ships
Librarians order their books Stock
of all books so catalogued are kept OF
! band in a depot in New York from
which the ships are supplied A bat
tleship is allowed LOO volumes II
its library, a cruiser of the secont
! class may have 725, smaller ships SIS
/ a destroyer $50. and unclassifed YES
sells according to the number of mel
on board.
Equally important with the purchas
of new books is the wedding out o
! the old and the unread; for, after al
+! the test of the book in the present-da,
ships library is whether the men reat
/ it. The chief librarian and his assist
ants are men of excellent literar,
| taste, but they do not attempt to fois
upon the sailors their own judgmen
of what is good.
Privately, they may recoil from Hal
/ old Bell Wright and Ethel NJ. Del
but they do not write their novel
down upon any index expurgitoriou!
In the list of nearly 1900 novels liste
in the current navy catalogue, Their
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-08
Proving That We Are Saving

treasury department shows the savings of small
investors in the United States amount to ap-
proximatey s27ooo,oOoOoo, or, accepting the
population at 1O8, 100000, per capita savings OF
about $3.50 for each man, woman and child in
the United States.
Of this sum, the treasury department says
$21, OO0,000,00o is invested in government Sc
curities and the other $4,000, 100000 is depos
tied in savings banks. The department adds
that the government securities are mainly hello
thrift and systematic saving during the wal
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-08

stance, whom even some professional
critics find difficulty in reading, main
tains place among the live" books
with three novels, including his mas
terpiece, The Egoist'' Conrad is
much read favorite. Nine Of his novels
appear on the navy shelves.
Thomas Hardy has one-"Far from
the Madding Crowd"-but neither OF
the other two great moderns, Henry
James and George Moore, is represent
ed. Arnold Bennett is there with four
novels, and Kipling with nearly every
thing he has ever written Almost ey-
cry ship in the navy has to buy a new
set of Jack London's novels each ye-.-,
so great is the wear and tear upon
these volumes. The great novelists
of the past-Dickens. Thackeray,
Scott, Hugo, Balzac, and George Eliot
among them-are well represented
But Jack does not always read
merely for amusement His library
also contains a large number of non
! fiction works. Curiously enough. q
class of books in large demand are
| books on etiquette. The boy, who en-
lists in the navy is often leaving home
/ for the first time. He finds he must
write letters, and simultaneously he
! discovers that he cannot write good
ones. He applies to the ships librar-
| ian for help and receives a model let
! ter-writing book to help him over the
rough spots. Then when the ships are
/ in port, the boys are entertained
/ ashore; and some OF them fear that
their department will not be correct.
So they take the etiquette books~frOm
the library and study the social
glAces.
The whole aim of the bureau of
navigation is to make the libraries as
interesting and at the same time as
useful as possible. Naturally enough
there is large class of books dealing
with travel. When the fleet is voyag-
ing and approaching strange lands
these books are most in demand.
Poetry is not neglected-there are
some so volumes OF 1t in the standard
list, Robert ". Service leading by a
comfortable margin.
There are scores of books on pra @
teal subjects-mechani engineer
ing, electricity, radio, gas engines.
business, even farming Each ship
librarian is instructed to use the bull
letin boards 10 appraise the men Of
books in the library which he thinks
would interest them. The men are al
lowed direct access TO the books and
the librarian is not asked by author
tiles: How many volumes are in your
library but rather How many volumes
are issued to the men each day"
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News Of the Counties

NEW WESTVILLE. Ohio. - T h Q
members OF the Needlecraft club OF
the New WestvilIe Friends church
held their annual picnic at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs Horris Cox Sunday,
Aug. 6. Games were played during the
afternoon Later in the evening re-
freshments were served. Among those
present we're: Mr.. and Mrs. John
Watts and family. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Smelser, Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Rhoades,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Rhoades and son
Levi, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wehrley,
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Gail and family,
Mr. and Mrs. John McWhinnay and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry McCarty
and family, Mr. and Mrs. NJ. c. Stegali
. and family, Mr.. and Mrs. VerlinS Shef-
fer and daughter Martha, Mrs. Cora
/ McWhinney and daughter Helen, Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Jordan and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Smoker and family,
Earl Brandenburg and daughter Anna
Earl, Mr. and Mrs. William Arnold and
| family, Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Larsh and
| family, Mr.. and Mrs. William Mccoy
| Mr. and Mrs Everett Pryfogle anc
| children Ruth and William, Mr.. anf
| Mrs. Charles Raper and family, Mr.
/ and Mrs. Stanley Gail and son
! Guests were: Mr.. and Mrs. John Coz
| and sons Raymond and Elmer, Mrs
| Phoebe Daily of Richmond, Mrs. Chel
/ sic Pollock and sons, Mrs Alice Ewins
and little son Clifford Eugene, anc
Mr.. Paul Gail.
The teeth of the harlequin snake are
! arranged like those of a cat
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After Dinner Stories

Betty had just had her first ex-
perience at Sunday school On her
arrival home, her mother was very
anxious to learn just what had hap
pened, to determine what impression
Sunday school had made on her small
daughter. Betty" she asked, what
did you do at Sunday SCHOOL,"
Well" said Betty, when I got
there they told me to go down stairs. -
and what did you do downstairs? p
why, they sent me back upstairs. -
And what did you do them"
why, then they sent me home"
Young Butterfield had been drink
ing, which was not unusual, and he
fell into the gutter. His father, no
toriously profane, happened along and
tried to help him up. But the young
man was heavy and they both fell
again in a tangle of legs and arms tc
the delight of the crowd The father
Strengthened up and began to express
his feelings. The PROSTATE figure
moved uneasily.
Dan" he protested, don't swear
So You'll make US both ridiculous!'
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-08
Memories of Old Days
In This Paper Ten Years
Ago Today

Crowds were proving a nuisance to
the fire department when the new
truck was taken out to a fire. The
tiremen stated that they had no trou-
bic with people standing in the street
in front of the machine as they did
once, but that they we're followed by a
swarm of automobiles and motorcycles
bicycles and pedestrians every time
the truck was taken on a run. Fire
Chief Miller declared that the danger
TO the people was great when they
followed the truck.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-08
TODAY'S TALK
BY George Adams "Take It,"
OBSERVATION AND EXPERIENCE

always those who out of
college
And things which must come through
People with perfectly good eyesght quite often blind They
do sect not that they cannot
substance solid
he Yields his
the groundwork for masterpiece Where
able
mportant-what able to become of
made
pick the flaws from the mesh of life and gold
where others able to only the dross.
The good observer always the learner And through learning
And from this experience viewpoints
observation, experience!
habit of seeing anything
people about Think
experiences smooth
value them be they
soul or merely those which have brought happiness.
But GROW from both observation and experience.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-08

Known in West Virginia as a political
campaigner. Before her marriage to
the late Representative William G
Brown she was IZetta Jewell, an act
ress. She was in the company with
James K. Hackett and Otis Skinner
before she appeared in Polls in Wash.
ington, where she was leading woman
OF the stock company for several sea.
sons.
She was heralded as the idol of the
San Francisco National Democratic
convention which she attended in the
interest of the candidacy of John W
Davis. Her political record in hel
state is good and. she has stumped
more than once for the Democratic
party.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-08
What United States Sailors Read
Show No Interest in Sex Stories Prefer Love Stories
of West and Juveniles.

are five titles credited to Harold Bell
Wright and four to Ethel NJ. Dell.
Gene Stratton Porter also has five.
Sailors Do Not
Read Sex Stories
Once a year each ships librarian
is permitted to survey" one-third OF
the books in his charge and replace
them with new, if necessary BY this
means dead books, as the unreal ones
are called, are weeded out. Therefore
tn general catalogue accurately re
fleets the reading taste of the men
aboard our ships of war
Bearing in mind that the nearly
, 1900 titles in the fiction list Of the
! 1922 catalogue represent what the men
! like to read and not what their SUI
| perior officers think they ought to
! read, some interesting sidelights on
/ the characters of the enlisted men
may be noted. In the first place, there
! is almost an entire absence of the So
| called sex stories in the libraries. 1t
| is not that such stories have been cen
! sored out. The chief librarian has
| tried them and the men do not read
them, that is all
! Love stories are easily the most
numerous class of fiction work in
publishers lists; but love stories. with
1873 titles, come second as a class in
the affections of the blue Jackets
The boys on the rolling ships, with
blue water to the horizon and the
splashing of the waves sounding ir
their ears, love to read about the
strong, silent men of the plains wht
roll cigarettes with one hand and who
shoot quick with the other Of the
81 classes into which the catalogue
divides the navy fiction, western stor
; les lead with 213 titles. B. NJ. Bower
is the gobs' favorite author; he leads
! with 25 western novels listed in the
catalogue. Zane Grey runs him :
close second.
A second surprise comes when one
notices the large number of juvenile
books supplied to the Libraries. Many
of the enlisted men are mere boys MOI
yet done with thrilling over such
stories as "Riflemen of the Ohio" o.
The Great Sioux Trail" As a class
juvenile books rank fourth in number
of titles, being exceeded only by west
5 ems, love stories, and adventure stor
les. ]. A. Altsheler has 20 titles list
/ ed in the catalogue-all stories fol-
= boys. Ralph Henry Barbour, another
/ known writer for boys has 10.
Juvenile books are closely pressed
, for hOnors by detective stories. Short
: stories come next in popularity. fol
! lowed by humorous stories. In eight
place comes standard and olassica
:, fiction
I Some Solid Reading
Also Is Done.
, Yet, although the preponderance o.
; taste is for light fiction, a considerable
!. percentage of the men aboard Uncle
y Sans warships demand the best il
, Fiction. George Meredith, for in
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After Dinner Trick S
No. a41-From Six to Seven

Cut out the largest of the above dia-
grams and paste it on a card. Ask
some one to count the number of cubes
he sees. He viii say either six or seven.
Whichever he specifies, you state that
he is wrong. Tell him to look carefully
and count the cubes again. After he
has looked intently at the diagram he
will be unable to tell just how many he
does see-six or seven.
The diagram forms a very deceptive
optical illusion and can be viewed in two
different ways. as shown by the smaller
diagrams. When the pile of cubes ap-
pears as in the small diagram A, there
will be six. But when looked at for
q moment the cubes will shift to the
position of those in B, and there viii
appear TO De seven.
Copyright. 1922. bv Public Ledger compa-t
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She was running
a against three men
candidates. Mrs.
Browns announce
ment of her can
didacy was unique
in that she cast
aside the old fash
toned stereotyped
form of making a
formal address to
the voters of the
state and merely
had a heart to
heart talk with
them instead.
Mrs Prnun ie
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Musings for the Evening

The only bill from this country that
most nations in Europe are anxious
to see is the bill-of-fare.
VIII the higher tariff on material
cause higher skirts?
Now that Ziefeld and Marilynn
have declared a separate peace and
Billie is happy and Marilynn has got
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-08
Who's Who In the
Day S News

MRS. IZETTA JEWELL BROWN
Mrs. William G. Brown of Kingwood,
w Va, is the first woman to lose the
race for nomination as a candidate for
the senate in the coming elections.
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Women in New York bought hus-
band for $3.50, but wants her money
back because he won't work. Maybe
she didn't wind him up right.
The president declares all labor is
free, but after having little plumb
ing done the average citizen will be
inclined to take issue with him.
Chicago man says he owes his wife
$500 and can't pay it. He should de
clare a marrytorium.
De Wolfe Hopper's fifth now wants
a divorce. If De Wolfe can deduct his
alimony from his income tax the gov.
eminent must owe him money.
Flashlght pistol has been invented
to discourage burglars, but burglars
in this town are singularly hopeful.
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Lessons In Correct English
DON'T SAY:

DON'T SAY:
The problem PERPLEXED him.
The two roads PUZZLED him.
Slipping on the walk, he was PER
Picked
The story HURT his reputation.
The injury might HURT his sight
SAY:
The problem PUZZLED him.
The two roads PERPLEXED him.
Slipping on the walk, he was EN-
BARRASSED.
The story INJURED his reputation
The injury might HARM his sight
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Facts About Indiana
~ Associated Pres!

Ali the banks OF Indldna at the END
of the last fiscal year had assets total
ing $685., sos, 854.74 This was a de-
crease in assets of $12,S9S, 5941S from
the last year.
There are twenty-five accredited
nurses training schools in Indiana.
There aresthree divisions of the state
Departmental banking. They are the
banking department, the building and
loan department and the loan and
credit department.
1t sisS thes duty-of the{bank commits,
sionersto make at least five called re.
ports. each year of each state bank
land trust company under his super
vision in Indiana.
There, are IS private fee charging
employment agencies in Indiana, 10
Gated at Indianapolis, Terre Haute
South Bend, Kokomo and East Chi
cago.
The three departments of the de
partment of banking in Indiana yield
ed a net profit to the state of $2S,581.Sl
and had an unexpendeQ balance OF Us
appropriation amounting to $11,9S901
at the end of the last fiscal year.
The Indiana free employment serv
ice has jurisdiction over all private
fee charging employment agencies.
1t is the duty of the bank commits
sioner to make at least two called re
ports each year of each private bank
in Indiana
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THEY ARE MILD BUT EFFECTIVE
person with inactive or slowed up
digestive organs suffers doubly from
hot weather. Biliousness, headaches,
blurred vision. bad breath. coated ton
que are almost certain to be present
with a mass OF heat-producing undi-
Cathartic Tablets keep the digestive or
eans active and the system fit and fine,
purged of poisons. W. D. Kenn edy, Al
bany. n. Y, says: Foley Cathartic
Tablets are mild but effective" Not
habit forming. A. G. Luken Drug Co,
626-62S Main St.-Adyertisement.
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her jackie boy, let's turn back and
read the strike news
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THEY ARE MILD BUT EFFETI

Green has always been considered
the emblem of fickleness.
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There are twenty-five accredited
nurses training schools in Indiana.
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Some Solid Reading
Ala n

Yet, although the preponderance of
taste is for light fiction, a considerable
percentage of the men aboard Uncle
Sans warships demand the best in
fiction George Meredith, for in
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The teeth of the harlequin snake are
arranged like those of a cat.
New-York tribune., 1922-11-19
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$4,000. 90 INCREASE.

H." called attention to the fact
that Col. James II. Branch. who wH;
then connected with the Merchants
National Bank. OF which MIR Mc-
Adams was now NicrprcSidrnt WI,
responsible for his entrance into the
American Bankers Association as Il
lull hcdgcd member.
He reported that the Broad Street
store owned by the Mechanics Say
ings Bank, and which store the bank
had purchased many years ago TO"
l1,750.00 was sold during tho past
year for $60.O00.00 which was $i2.-
10000 more than the bank had paid
for the property.
At the conclusion OF the report.
the following directors were elected
upon motion Of Mrs. l.. T.. G. Scott:
john Mitchell, Jr., Albert \. Tenant
j. NJ. ca. Ramsey. John ~. Taylor.
X. w. Whiting, d. J. Farrar and d.
p. Bragg. The meeting then add
journed.