davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The herald., 1922-05-25
Home Ownlno.

Il home owning is promoted the
PROFIT to the country eventually will
Be greater than any outlay so far sug-
sested. II Is an investment In practi-
al patriotism. It means more young
men growing up in the country with
% Intense practical loyalty to the
nation and its institutions. 1t means
unity and strength based upon ap-
pfeciation Of service rather than dis
anection and weakness due to appar-
ent contempt for such service.
The herald., 1922-05-25
Some Time AGO.

"nen We were first married you
dishes"
Know. but that was when we only
had two dishes"
The herald., 1922-05-25
Muniers.

"The modern girl muffles and hides
her ears In her hair" says Uncle Jed.
"but from my observation she still
contrives to hear when a man proposes
to her."
The herald., 1922-05-25

Fit is true that jazz is dead, there's
q chance Of our having some musical
comedies with music In them.
The herald., 1922-05-25

Still, what American citizen would
feel fiattered by being held for ran
som of 5000 pesos. Next
The herald., 1922-05-25

Domestic clouds are seldom sinister
II there Is q little creature about the
house to raise a squall.
The herald., 1922-05-25

Another thing that infringes upon
one Of the poor mans inalienable
rights Is the alarm clock.
The herald., 1922-05-25

Russia's extremely high, not to say
pebulous, thinking does not have
enough p'"'n living back Of II.
The herald., 1922-05-25

The man who yearns for liberty
must learn that self-govenment be-
gins where charity does.
The herald., 1922-05-25

When he pitched a no-hit, no-run
game without a man reaching FIRST.
This pet of the White SoX didn't
realize he would get writer's cramp
from autographing baseballs for
pretty girl baseball fans, but that IS
lust what happened. The girls kept
Charlie buster than his player oppo-
pentS
The herald., 1922-05-25
TOO MUCH
LIKE WORK.

Why don't you
~' down. wearyf
Aw. sh U cksi
LOOK At Their
trouble gettin' nm
again.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-03-21
Ably mas Panb1h pri zdra.
vem rozumu zachovati raCil!

DoStaVame toto 'zajlmaye ma
rlzeni: Iakaz koureni V holir-
mach obyodu hlav. meSta Pia-
by Magistrat hlav. mesta Pra-
hy vyhovuie zadosti spolecen-
stVa kadefniku, holicu a vlasen
karu Praze polio. obvodu
vydal vyhlaSku Q zakazu koure
ni Y holirnach \ obvodu hlav.
mesta Prahy, t. j. cele NelkG
Prahy. Prestupky tohoto zaka-
III budou treStany penezitou
pokutou al do 200 Kt. po pri-
pad6 vezenlm. - Pc Spravni
rade eIektr. podnlku prichazeji
tedy holiGi. Doufejme, re Sc ami
kavarnici a hostlnsti nedaii "a
hanbit a vydali co nejdfiye "a
kaZ koureni ve vSech mistno-
stech kavaren hostincu. Do
konce Sc liz uvazoValo o Zaka-
~ kourenl I've VSeCh proSto-
rach yoZidel' statnlch drah, V
uradech, Skolach a obchodech
Sc stejne kourit nesmi neb ne
muze, leckde .jsou $ tim potize
/ v domacnostech, kde kuraky
utiSkuje Ease jina vrchnost.
take konec koncu bude mozno
koufit jen Ma ulicich. Pone-
Vadz t6mito zakazy Sc citeln6
omezl pflJmy miniSterstva fl
nancl, doporutujeme, ably q re
stouci tisne kuraku vytezilo
pro sebe nahradu "a tento uby-
tex prljmu a Zavedlo zvlastni
dan Z kourenl ma ullci. Ostat-
ne doufe1me, ze tento vyvoi X
rye demokfatlckym dlktatlm
Sc nezastavl Jen Il koureni a ze
Y brzku ona pfenahlenost, 5
nlz specielne my pfechazime Z
eXtremu do extremu. VIDA dial.
81 obdivuhodne plody: proc by
81 ma pr. nemohl spolek starych
panen a staromladeneckych h
mrzoutu Vymoci narizeni, ze
svobodnl lidc ruzneho pohlavl
nesmeli spolu ycrejn6 chodit
kdyz konec koncu nutno uzna.
Il, &c pohlcd na Sttsti milencu
mem pro ne iiste nijak priiem
nv
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-03-21

prirozenych pricin a 2 lasky ku
prirode, ktera no stale obklopu
je, sabotaznlkem.
Sedlak francouzsky miluje
poradek, praci, spoiivost. Jest
to on, ktery hlida nepfekreci-
telnou hradbu, ktera ma uzavfl
Il cestu mnohVm pfevratum.
Vi, ze vetsina tvurcu socialnich
prevratu byvaji lini lehkomysl-
nici, kteri vykorist 'uji lehko-
verneho delnika, jemuz slibuji
pozemsky raj.
Sidlo revoluce nekliGi We Wy
rovnanem mozku venkovana,
on Sc media nikdy zlakati utopi-
stickymi teoriemi. Skvely du-
kaz toho byl dan pri poslednich
volbach do zakonodarneho sbo.
ru. VSeobecne mineni Sc vyvi-
nulo Soubezne S minenim stran
konservativnich. Muze Sc protC
rici, re jest tim Francie meme
republikanskou?
Ne, tisickrate ne, Ale voli.
ti chteli ukazati svoji nechut
strane, ktera uraziIa Franci
mirumilovnou, bojujici a ma kc
nee vitezici.
Nikdy nedocenime odvahu ;
heroismus francouzske eho Sc
dlaka, ktere dokazal ia valky
Byl podivuhodny, byl vzne
Seny, on zachranil Vast Z ne
naprayitelne bidy svou porad
| kumilovnosti, ukaznenostl a pr;
covitosti il priYede ku zdaru ;
St6sti, po nemz touzila a ktere
no kdysi zazila.
Pozdravme uctive 'francouz
skeho sedlaka jake hlavnih,
tvurce vitezstvi a Jako svoj
neilepSi nadeji do budoucna.
Prel. Gabriel a MI. Capovi.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-03-21
Dr.. Cl. Haraonl:
FRANCOUZSkY SEDLAk
4 "a SVETOVE
VALkY.

Pr prohlaSeni valky zustal
francouzsky sedlak klidnym,
odhodlanym a pripravenym pl-
nit .yeskerou svoji povinnost
Pri prvnich rekvisicich kaz-
dy francouzsky zemedelec
chvatal, ably byl Y cas- na mist6
a prinasel dvojnaSobne toho,
echo bylo ma mem zadano, vybl
raje vola nejtutneisyho, skopce
nejlepSiho, zrni nejkrasnejSi.
Zatim 60 otcove svoii spolu-
praci zasobovani twill arma-
du, selsti synovt bojovali udat
ne ia bojistieh
Ma sto vojaku pripadrlo 10
sedlaku
ri, kteri byIi zazemi, byli
TAX oddani a ziskali takovych
zasluh, jako jejich deti, ktere
kracely Y prvnich bitevnich IA
dach. kde staIy iako nerozbor-
na hradba nebo byly koseny ne
piatelsklmi granaty, bojovaly
klidne Y zakopeeh y blate, de-
stl a mrazu pafnem letnim
slunci protl pfesile a otraV-
nym plynum.
Lemedelec franeouzsky HE
del vyhoveti horlive vsem po-
trebam zasobovaclm, ale byl
lat Uneven, kdyz Sc dozyedel u
ust vlastnich synu O nehospodar
nosti systemu zasobovaciho.
Jeho nadSeni kleslo. kdyz Sc
znal, ze jeho tucny dobytek,
ktery odyadel z vlastenecSe Ia
sky ku sVe vlasti, vvStaNen ne
pohodam a nedostatetne oSetro
van, pochazel hlady. Ma mi
ste, aby francouzstl Volaci by
Ii zasobovani dobrym cerstvym
masem, dostayali mnohdy maso
liz y rozkladu
A Jake bylo podivenl fran
eouzskeho sedlaka, kdNz mel
nepopilatelny dukaz, ze veske
ii spekulanti. kterl slouzili IA
prostrednlky dodayani potra-
yin armade, ziskali nesmiineho
imenl "A on obetave podaNal a
zbavoyal Sc prostiedku k dalSi
zdarne vyrobe.
! rekl 81 "Sprostredkovate-
& shromazd'ull spousty penez
4 pfoto my budeme plodaN a
II draZe, trancouzske penl2e
lsou Yydavany bezpocetne i my
chceme nlch mltl svui dill.
Ulozil-li usporene penize ga
Nalhy, zlskal ie ptaVoplatne po
ten sveho celia. on .uch neloz-
hazoval. nakoupll "a ne pozem-
ku, zemedelskych stroiu do
plnil jine nai.adi a potreby
lie sedlaka stal So statkar a
dnes zdravy a silny spoleha
sam ia sebe.
Zachranil Francii jako bo-
lovnl<, Jako pl'acoynik zachra
nj j hosrodarskv tim. zo mno-
no vyrobi. yysvobodI ii vsak i
moralne a politicky, nebot on
'eni. nebvl a nemnze hvti 2
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-03-21
BUDTO ANEBO.

Obchodni eestuiici k zakaz.
nikovi: 'Bud'to 81 neco obied-
neite, anebo mne who'd te, ale
zbytecne mne nezdrzujte."
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-03-21
JEN VZNESENE.

Zhohatlce Ct uciteli reci)
"Prala bych 81, ably hoch. ),
priucil cizim jazykum."
"ktervm racte2 Franctine
anGllclno. rustinc. rumunstinc
rectind?
"Ktera ie neicizeisi z"
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-03-21

5 STREPINA CRANATU. !
Napsa Maurice Leblanc Pfeloz Eranta Stepanek.
ROMAN.

Pc celou zimu toho roku ri
dill z Parize vsechny prace, ne
zbytne k znovuzrizeni zamku,
ktery jeho byvaly mattel ne
chal propadati zkaze opusteni.
Pral 81, ably zamek byl pohodl-
nym sidlem a chtel, ably byl i
sidlem rozkosnym a postal tam
cenne bibeloty, gobeliny, ca
louny, umelecka dila a mistrov-
ske obrazy, ktere az dosud zdo
billy jeho pribytek V Parizi.
Teprve V srpnu mohli presl-
dliti do zamku. Prozili tam ne
kolik rozkosnych tydnu Sc svou
roztomilou Eliskou tehdy
ctyrletou - synem Bernar-
dem, statnym klucinou, ktery
Sc pred nedavnem narodil /.
Koncem rijna sc hrabenka
nastudila a nemoc mela dostl
vazne nasledky, takze sc hrabe.
rozhodnul, re pojede Sc svou
pani S detmi ma iih k mofi.
Odjeli. Ctrnacte dni potom do
stala hrabenka novy zachvat
nemoci a Ia tri dny byl vsemu
konec.
Hrabe zakousel to zoufalstvi,
ktere dava pocit' 'ovati, re je
konec zivotu, re Sc nikdy uz ne
pociti uklidneni krute bolesti.
I'll, ale ami ne tax pro sve dit
ky, jako pro svuj vniterny kul-
tus mrtve a neustalych vzpo-
mlnkach, ktere byly jeho iedi-
nou pohnutkou zivota.
Nebyl schopen navratlti Sc
na zamek Ornequinsky, Y nemz
prozil chvile sveho dokonaleho
stestl. Nechteje vsak take pri-
pustiti, aby pamatna ia mista
byla zasvecena cizinci, naridll
Jaronymovi, aby zavrel dvere a
okenice, ably zajistil hraben-
! elm pokoj - boudoir tax bez-
peCne, by tam nikdo nikdy ne
mohl vstoupiti. Mimo to mel
| Jerome pronajmouti statek a
polnosti a vyblrati najemne.
Ale toto preruSeni styku mi
nuIosti hrab6ti nepostacovalo.
Jest podivno Il muze, ktery zil
jedine vzpominkami ma svoji
zesnulou chot', re vSe, co jej
ma nj upominalo, obydli, kraji-
na drobne predmety, ba i sa-
my ditky, vzbuzovaly V mem ne
| prijemny pocit, jemuz Sc ne
mohl ubraniti. Mel Ma venkove,
V Chaumontu starou, ovdove-
lou sestru. Sveril il svou dcerG
Elisku Il syna Bernardo a od-
cestoval.
Eliscino detstvi Il tety Aliny
ktera byla bytostl plnou odri-
kanl a svedomitosti, bylo smut
ne, vazne, hloubave a jeji srd-
ce Sc tvorilo soucasne s jejim
duchem a povahou. Bylo vycho
vano prisne a moralne.
We dvaceti letech byla vel
kou divkou, lejlz ponekud me-
lanchollcka tvar sc chvilemi o.
svecovala nalvnim a uctyplnym
uSmeVem, ledna Z tech tvarl,
z nlchz mozno predem cisti vSc
china prekvapeni, ktera vam Y
men oSud chysta. Neustale Ia
snene oci zdaly Sc byti dotce-
ny vslm, co widely. Zlatite pra-
meny vlasu dodavaly cele po-
stave mladistvosti.
Hrabe d Vaudeville, ktery
vzdy V cas- odpocinku mezi
dvema cestami dlel u tety Ali
ny. podleha poznenahlu rozto
milosti sve dcery a dvakrate j
vzdy zine wal sebou, Jed
nou do Spanelska pax do |.
talie. A tam, V Rime, potkala
poprvc Pavla Delroze, $ nimi
Sc pax setkali opet V Neapoli
pax v Syrakusach, pax pr
dlouhem vyletu naprit Sicilii
Ia teto cesty vzniklo mezi nj,
mi pouto pratelstvi :. naklonno.
sti, pouto, .jehoz pevnosti SC
! nj,psNod1i1i rp rhvili roy1ouoo
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-03-21

laneho, cinneho touziciho pc
zivote. Vystudoval, vykonal
svou vojenskou sluzbu a pobyl
diva roxy V Nemecku, studuje
praxi prnmyslove mechaniky,
ktera no nejvice zajimala.
Byl vysoke postavy, hezky
rozlozite; cerne vlasy nosil zee
sany nazad; jeho tvar byla po-
nekud hubena, brada energi-
cka a svedcici o sile.
Jeho setkani Eliskou ote-
vrelo mu nahle pohled do sve-
ia citu a pohnuti, do sveta,
jimz az dosud pohrdal. Jako
pro mladou divku, tax pro ne
no bylo to opojenim smisenym
$ obdivem. Laska tvofila Y
Mich move volne duse, jejichz
nadseni vzlet byly tax rozdil
ne cd obyceju, ktere jim ukla-
dala prisna formalita jejich ii
vota. Jakmile sc navratili do
Francie, pozadal ruku mlade
divky. Byla mu dana,
Kdyz byla - tii nedele pred
svatbou, sepsana svatebnl
smlouva - hrabe d Andeville
| ohlasil, re X Eliscinu venu pri-
dava zamek d'Ornequinsky.
Mladi manzele Sc rozhodh, re
| Sc tam usidIl a re Pavel bude
V prumyslovem tom kraji hle-
dati podnik, ktery by mohl kou
| pitt a riditi.
Dne 80. cervence byli Chau
montu oddani. Obrad byl vyko-
nan zcelas intimne, nebot' Sc
mnoho mluvilo o valce, ac hra-
be d'Andeville podle zprav,
jimz pripisoval znacny w
znam, tvrdil, ze nelze pripusti-
ii moznost valky. Phi svatebnl
hostine poznal Pavel Bernardo
d 'Andeville, EliScina bratra,
sedmnactileteho studenta, je-
muz prave zacinaly prazdniny
a kteryz Sc Pavlovi zalibil pro
svou zivot primost. Byko smlu
veno, re Bernard prijede IA
nekolik dni "a mimi do Orne-
quinu.
V jednu hodinu novomanze-
le odjeli drahou Ornequinu.
Ruku v ruce Sli X zamku, v
nemz chteli profit prva leta
sveho svazku, snad i celou bu-
doucnost sveho Stesti a klidu,
ktera Sc otvira oblouzen6mu
zraku milencu.
AS o pul sedme uzreli na
nadvori zamku Eenu Jeromovu
Rosalii, velkou matku s cerve.
nymi tvareml a veseiym pohle.
dem. Spesne ieste pred jidlen
prosli parkem, pax Sc dali dc
prohliZeni zamku.
Eliska nemohla potlaciti svt
pohnuti. Ac il nemohla vzruso.
vati zadna yzpominka, pfect
Sc il zdalo, ze tn naleza nec(
Cd sve matky. ji2 temer nezna
la na jejiz podobu Sc jiz ne,
pamatovala, ktera tn prozils
sve posledni st t'astnc dny. Ida
lose il, jakoby stin Zemfelt
prochazel Sc temi chodbami I
parkem. Velke, zelene zahonA
vydavaly zvlastni vuni. Listov
stromu Sc chvelo pri nejsla bsin
vanku sumotem, o n6mz 81
domnivala, ze jej kdysi slysels
na techze mlstech, V tutez do
bu, zatim co matka nasloucha
la po lejlm boku.
"Jstc smutna, EliSko -
pravil Pavel.
'Nejsem smutna, ale doiata
Prijima mas tn ma matka f,
tom SVEN utulku, kde chtels
ziti a kamz my prichazime
timtez snem. A znepokojujt
mne trochu neklidu. Zda Sc mi
jako bych byla cizinkou, vetre
kyni, ktera rusi iejich klidu :
odpocinku. Pomyslete, jak do,
no uz matka obyva v zamku
A byla tn sama! Otec sem nj
kdy nechtel iiti myslim 81. Il
.jsme snad take nemeli pray;
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1922-03-21

'trne mate pravdn =. Pies to
vsak nemohu pfemoci jistou
uzkost a to je mi tax proti N.Y.
sli! Coz Wy never1te pfedtu-
chy?"
"Vy take prece ne?"
"Ne, ia take mel" zvolala.
Kdyz vesli do zamku, byll
prekvapeni, ze nalezli mlstno-
sti, ktere Sc zdaly byti neusta-
le obyvanymi. Podle rozkazu
hrabete bylo vse zanechano
tax, iak bylo uspofadano ia
davnych dnu zivota Hermlny
d'Andeville. Byly tn stare drob
nustky, ozdoby, vse ma SVEN
miste vysivky, krajeckove de
cky a miniatury, a stara kresla
z 18. stoleti, flamske koberce,
starry nabytek, sebrany kdysi
hrabetem ma okrasu Zamku. A
tax vstupovali primo do ram
Ice rozkosneho intimniho III
! vota.
Pc idle sc vratili do zahrad
a prochazeli Sc tise, drzice Sc
v objeti. S terasy videli udoli
plnici Sc temnotami, jimiz tn a
tam prosvitalo sv6telko. Stara
vez tycila sve mocne rozvaliny
], k bledemu nebi, ma nemz plalo
!, .jeste trochu rozptyleneho svi-
tu,
"Pavle," della Eliska tise,
"zpozoroval jste, jak jsme ma
chodbe V zamku sli kol dveri
,opatrenych velkym zamkem?''
| "Nedaleko vaseho pokoje,
re ano," del Pavel.
"Ano. Byl to boudoir me u
/ bohe matky. Muj otec 81 pral,
ably byl uzavren i pokojem, $
nimz souvisi Jerome zavesil
ma dvere zamek a postal otcl
klit. Nebyl tam pc leta nikdo
, Je tam yse, CO slouzilo me mat
ce, jeff nacate rucni prace,
| jeji oblibene knihy. A ma zdi
mezi dvema uZavfenymi okny
je jeji portret, ktery muj otec
dal zhotoviti u jednoho slavne
no mallre as rok pred mattel
nou smrti. Je tam cele sve pc
stave a je pry 81 dokonale pO
dobna. Pod obraZem jest jej
klekatko. Otec mi dnes rant
J dial klic cd tohoto pokoje a sli
bila jsem mu,a re pokleknu III
ieji klekatko a pomodlim Sc
pod jejim obrazem.
"Pojd'me, Elisko''
Ruka mlade zeny Sc mt
chvela v ruce, kdyz vystupova,
Ii po schodech do prvniho po
school. Ma chodbe byla rozza.
ia svetla. Zastavili Sc.
Dvere byly vysoke a, Stroke
V slime zdi, a opatreny zlace
nymi reliefy.
"Otevrte, Pavle,' della Ellis
ka chvejicim sc hlasem.
Podala mu klicek. Odem knu
a odepjal zamek stisknul XII
/ ku. Nahle no uchopila Ia ruku
"Pavle, Pavle! Chvili pose
ckej - jsem tax rozrusena ..
Pomysli, ze Sc ocitnu poprve |
: obrazu sve matky -. a re ty
, muj milacku, isl u mne I'd;
, Sc mi, re isem opet malou hol
: Cickou -"
"Ano, malou holcickou," de
/ tiskna il k sobe
: Vyvinula sc mu, posilena .je
no objetim a zaseptala:
/. ''Vejdeme, mily Pavle.'
7 Otevrel dvere vratil sc d,
chodby pro Jednu z lamp, il.
sejmul Sc zdi postavil pc
, koii ma stolek.
| Ehska jiz presla pokojem ];
: stala pred obrazem.
: Ponevadz byl stopen We sti
nu, umistila lampu tax, alb,
byl portret lepe osvetlcn.
"Jak je krasna, Pavle!'
!. Pristoupil a vzhlednul. Ellis
: ka sklesla ma klekatko. Ale pt
, chyili n0h1ed1a ma Pavla no
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-02

CAKES nave, steadily advanced in ten
years from Sl.40 to s2.IO, with higher
assessments also. and that recent
councils have raised the rates on gas
rom u 10 Si.3o. and last year boosted
the water rates 10 per cent
Olives Records. lie Snys
nave given you as near as I
POSSIBLY cam the records of the in
cum pents from Madison. jefferson
ana Clay Wards. Now it IN up to YOU
to vote according to the dictates Of
your own conScicnccs and best iulr-
ih.ht. he concluded.
'"nh G. Easlcy presided at the
" ~, ana introduced Mr.. Powell.
u was emphasized that no civil. ar
E"hiZation was sponsoring the move
ncn'. nndGthat the virginia Railway
ana Power Company was also NOT In :.
,cfcSi"d in IT. At the conclusion of
ms address. Mr. Powell was subjected
l" rapid fir" of questions. some
friendly and som" decidedly mn
f"iendiN. but had the majority of
the audience with him. The applause
was infrcpucnt, but unqualified when
II did come.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-02
SECOND LEG Of FLIGHT
WILL COVER $40 MILES
Portuguese Aviators Plan 10
Fly 800 Miles. Start
ing April IL.

LISBON. PORTUGAL. Apri, l.
WHOM Captains Cutinho and S.icadura
start the second leg Of their ;light
from Lisbon 10 Brazil. they eXp.c;
70 cover 80 miles from Las palmas.
IA the Canary Islands. to the Island
OF -. laR". the southernmost OF the
Cape Verde group, In thirteen houis.
Their landing wifi be AZ VILE PRADA.
on the southern tip Of ST. Iago.
The av!ators now purpose 10 leave
Vile rraia by moonlight. April II.
for a nonstop Journey Of eighteen
hours To the Island 81 Fernando Ma
ronha, N the brazilian coast. This
VIII toe the longest leg OF the entire
ey--ahou; 1890 miles
AS the hydroairplane has a maxi
mum gasoline capacity for eighteen
hours h!ght. and as the ocean BE-
tween the Cape Ncrd. islands and
Fernando Nnronha will not he pa
tr"ilod. this jump is considered the
most hazardous of the whole trip.
The ayiHturs expect to make the
iliGht from Fernando Nar,,nhn to
Fcrnamhuco IN four hours y stop
VIII b. made at rcruamhuco and also
az Bahia. From the latter town the
HV.aiocS purpose 10 ny direct to Rio
Jan.iro. reaching there Aprn IL or
Apri! IS AT tho latest.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-02

-f't sVA Il SIla4 SN1
OuehHlf OF Richmond has been
asking thc Other half this question
cor tho last week. !! the one In
.crrogated does no; belong" he or
she asks. NO: what is II shttcr?"
II he Is willing 10 take u chance and
come across" he IS initiated into
the mysteries OF thc Loyal order
Of Shicters" /: lie or she already
is member. the fact Is commuui-
Gated TO the interrogation In either
one or IA! OF three ways.
The idea. harmless. enough in it's
conception. bu; which has provoked
"a storm OF protest in its wake. orig
mated because OF necessity Tor some
thing new II was evolved to create
4 demand for a certain line of goods.
to-wit. cmbl"ms As simple. now
that YOU are IN on the secret. as the
nos. on you cacc. New orgauiza-
tious need cmblems. SO. there YOU
are,
The idea +, is said. was conceived
by a concern tha, MAKES Enai,ms
for lodges ana other organizations.
Simultaneous With tho "shicter''
badges appeared tho rules and by
crs." The organization grew faster
thun the tire. KS
Listen to tho "shi:tcr" literature:
The 'shiftcr' smile l. cnticing: the
'shtftcr' dance is smuggling: tho
'shifter' method - cuddlinG. the
'shifter' hHndShakc is feeling and the
'shiftcr' pin means everything"
Now, for the biz expose. as tho
newspapers say y "Shiftcr" must
take the oa,h. oh. my. yes! This
makes for the mystery and also tho
mischief OF the thing. Mystery be
cause a "shiftcr" is bound To secrecy.
and mischief because of a pledge "A
"shtfter' has TO take not to divuigc
the secrets of the organization.
The oath. as revealed 10y an cx-
member of the "shiftcrs" follows:
Loyal order OF the >hiftcrS
Candidate raise RICH, hand and re-
peat the following
Il do solemrly promise and swear
never to divulGe amy OF the secrets.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-02
REACTION FOLLOWS SWEEP OF
LOYAL ORDER OF SHIFTERS
Idea Harmless Enough in Its Inception Provokes Storm
of Protest-Sccrets of OrgaWEaon Revealed
Banned by Norfolk School

passwords, high signs or urips of
The Loyal Order OF the Shir,crs.
Il soicmnly promise to sccur. as
many brother and sister Shutters as
possible, regardless of race, color or
WcN'onS condition of scrvitud". and
/" obey the order .: the Great KIcn-
eye "i Inc order. and all other
Shil'trS Tor Il tenn of....'
ne aims ana purposes ot the or
Saili%ation are TO ~ all YOU can.
L" get something for nothing. and
to ii" others before they do you.
The c"untcrsign. high sign and
ha'sishnkc all have their own mean
lnss' II the question Are YOU n
Shifter? is put to YOU and YOU arr.
the answer. il such oral indication is
Shit' IS Check" IL resort to the
mgr sign is necessary. you place tho
thun'h Of your right hand to your
lorch"ad and extend tho first two
digitS, OF the same hand strairh, mn
not mniik" rabbits ears.
The hand shake : is no, a shake.
When neither the verbal check ="
nor the high sign is safe. rour nuss-
toner VIII solve the problem bv tax
ing you by the right hand Palms
meet and shift forward and back
ward.
Inc mystic sentences" of the order
IS In Tn" words of l.. Z. Earnum. a
sucker iS born every hour. and YOU
are the latest
Hshftcr." on initiation. promises
To. he5 "a good fellow" and abstain
from being slave To convention.
And. there is where the rub comes
in. The heads OF churches and
schools that have condemned the or
izaticn and its methods contend
that IL makes for unconventional inn
pr"prieti"s. allows "shifters" too free
rein on their impulses.
N-lam and Eve. "shiftrr" literature
tells YOU were shifted out of tho
garden of Eden; Moses was shifted
int" the bull rushcs and out again.
MeXandcr shifted every ono he could.
until there was no one else to shift:
Napoleon shifted tho blame for the
loss at the battle of Waterloo. In
fact "Shiftcr" will tell YOU
" shifting is becoming moro and
more popular
TIN" movement has spread through
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-02


Mutt stated. "tiin, liquor Is being
compounded from cuban alcohol ANA
placed in bottles with false bottoms
or camouilagcd with fake labels.
such liquor il openly marketed in
Havana. The fact Is that posscssuis
OF real whisky autic'.ttc - decided
rais" in price. as the available sup
ply becomes scarccr ana buotlcrgers
are peddling counterfeit c"ncnctions
In practically every instance.
The shipment OF nearly 200 druns
OF cuban alcohol to Nassau. trans
ported on the same vessel on which
! took passage from Havana. prccipi-
ta,cd an Investigation at Nassau ~
Ass"mbiymcn. and they stated that
while they recognized liquor ns ,
legitimate commonly. ih"y woulu
take steps To prevent The American
public from imposition"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-02

fast chascrs in my opinion. will re-
duce smuggling so per cent.
AZ havana our visit with the
American consul proved most fruit
iul and as Il result. acting upon his
suggestion. J shall recommend to
Commissioner Haynes that at least
two agents be attached to the Amer
ican consulate for the purpose Of
supplying tn" prohibition and mar
cotic units with Information concern
ing the Illegal transportation Of
liquor and drugs"
Mutt ais" said that whiic in Cuba
he witnessed the movement Of so
much alcohol to island points that
II led him I" suspect that IL was
being rcc;iicd or dociorcd. which he
later proved To his FULLEST satisfaC-
ton
evidence WAS found AT Havana"