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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-11-19
All the Difference in the World.


VTTHEN "Trilby' appeared years ago,
w many Of us. then youngsters. were
protected Tin vain) from the lovely story
because Trilby had been somebody's mis-
tress before the romance began. So to an
earlier generation ''The Scarlet Letter"
had seemed dangerous because Hester
Prynne's child was illegitimate. But
neither book had physical passion for its
theme, though the force of sex in life, for
good or evil, gave each story most of its
interest and it's pathos. How indecent in
the artistic sense, how indecorous, either
book might have been, we realize by sup
posing that Du Maurier had centred at
tention on Trilby's early and sordid af-
fairs, before she met her true love, or
that Hawthorne had given US in detail
the experiences of Hester in Arthur Dim
mesdale's arms.-Fron, "Decency in Lit
eratsre." By John Erskine In the North
american Repieto.
George Gissing and the World.
A NOVELIST may love the world like
A Dickens, scorn 1t like Stendhal, de-
nounce 1t like Tolstoy; he may vex HIM
self almost to death with its stupidity and
its vulgarity, like Flaubert; he may en-
JOY 1t as an endless dictionary of facts,
like Balzac; he may think what he will
Of the world and take it as he pleases-
only he cannot refuse It, Gissing's talent
might perfectly wen have thrived upon
hatred of the world, nourishing the griev-
ance of its ugliness and brutality; and he
would have done no harm to his gift,
though his evaporation had been ten
times what it was. But Gissing perhaps
had been wounded beyond his strength;
he had not the build of man who can
fight the world and be stimulated by the
fight, and anyhow life assaulted him too
soon, with horrible unfairness, before the
buriiest of champions could have been
ready to meet it.-From the London
Times.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-11-19


Little Portraits-W. ]. Locke.
NOWADAYS W. ]. Locke is very white
~ and dignifed and gentle. 1 knew
him years before he was white, but he was
always dignified and always gentle. There
Is an ancient and stubborn superstition
that women adore strong, masculine and
rather brutal men. One of the most popu-
lar of contemporary novelists always
makes her heroes thrash her heroines with
whip. And they love them for 1t. But
this is novelist's illusion. Max Beerbohm
once drew a caricature o. w. ]. Locke in an
attitude of gentle cooling friendliness with
a cup of tea in his hand, surrounded by
group of admiring ladies of the Lyceum
Club. The teacup has it's victories as
well as the whip. Locke was once a
schoolmaster. Then he became secretary
to the Royal Institute of British Archi-
tects, a position which he retained long
after his position as novelist was estab-
lished. His first novel was published
twenty-seven years ago.-From John o.
L0nd0n'S weekly
Little Portraits-Edgar Wallace.
EDGAR WALLACE is growing white
~ in these days, but he remains what
he has been for all the twenty years and
more that I have known him-a simple
hearted, straightforward, entirely low
able man. Wallace is certainly one Of
the best looking of living writer's, but
that does not bother him in the least
He is a man of moderate height and
unqualified kindliness. In the nineties
he served for six years as a private SOL
der He fought in the South African
war, in the course of which he went
from the ranks to become a war corre-
spondent. Before that he had begun his
literary career as a poet. Edgar Wal
lace is a prolific and most industrious
writer, and his short stories are con-
spicuous for the remarkable ingenuity
Of their plots and for the sense of drama
with which they are told. When Edgar
Wallace is not writing stories he is to
be found on race course, and he is one
of the very few men of whom it may be
truly said that racing costs him nothing.
From John o. London's Weekly
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-11-19
The World of Letters AS Others See 1t

published in 1887. He has had parlia-
mentary ambitions, and nowadays he be-
lieves in fairies and in spirits.-From
John o. London'S Weekly.
Smyrna times., 1922-01-18

pearl gray and black; Indiana, blue
and white; Iowa, aluminium and black;
Kansas, black and yellow; Kentucky,
orange and black; Louisiana, minimum
cars, white and maroon, big cars and
dealers, orange and black. Maryland,
dark blue and white; Maine, blue and
white; Mississippi, light green and
black; Massachusetts, white and blue;
Michigan, bright red and white; Min
nesota, cream and jet black; Montana,
orange and black enamel; Missouri,
chocolatee and white; Nebraska, white
and black; Nevada, gray and black;
New Hampshire, dark green and white
! New Jersey, black and white; New
York, Green and white; New Mexi>2,
white and navy blue; North Carolina,
to June IL, white and black; after
July l, green and white; North Da-
kota, orange and black. Ohio light
gray and ultra marine; Oklahoma,
robin egg blue and black; Oregon, yell
low and black; Rhode Island, black
and white; South Dakota, green and
white; Tennessee, olive green and
white; Texas, dark blue and white;
Utah, black and white; Vermont,
cream and royal blue; Virginia, blue
and white; Wisconsin, brewster green
and ivory white; Wyoming, cream and
blue.
Smyrna times., 1922-01-18
'sTHE sHEIK" AT OPERA HOUSE
One of the Most Popular Shows of the
Dav At Opera House This Week

One of the most impressive features
of "The Sheik," George Melford's la
test production for Paramount, which
comes to the Opera House next Friday
and Saturday are the many magnifi
cent and spectacular settings in which
the various scenes are enacted. These
include: A remarkable conception of
a public section of the ancient City of
Carthage under Roman rule; a birds
eye shot of the City of Biskra, the
Monte Carlo of the Algerian Sahara,
taken from a minaret with an Arab
praying in the foreground; fifteen ac-
tual shots about the city of Biskra, es-
pecially made for the picture by rep
resentative from Paramount's Lon
don Studio; a picturesque African
oasis, especially constructed on a des-
ert site near Hollywood; a complete
Arabian village-the stronghold of the
bandit chieftion, OMAR; and beautiful,
exotic interiors, such as the interior
of the Sheik's tent, and the desert pail
ace of OMAR.
| Manager McManus has arranged
| for a return engagement of the Mat
tice Stock Company at the Smyrna
Opera House for Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, January 2627 and 28th.
For this engagement an entirely new
repertoire of plays has been secured
with the addition of some new people
MIR. Mattice is again in the cast and
reports are that the company is very
much improved since making the
changes in the cast of players. "When
East Meets West" has been selected
for the opening play on Thursday
night and is one of the best plays ever
presented by this clever company. The
bill is happy blending of the Rough
and Ready West with High Society
lifeSin the Metropolis of the East. A
heart gripping story and an absorbing
plot interviewer with plenty of comedy
make "When East Meets West" ant
ideal offering. Friday night "The Cir
Who Came Back. Saturday matinee
"Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" anC
Saturday night 'The Girl in the Case
round out a program that is really
worth while.
Smyrna times., 1922-01-18
WILL CONTESTS IN SUSSEX
One Leaves Nearly All of Estate to
Widow, Other Nearly All to Son

Widow, Other Nearly All to Son
A contest is on over the disposition
of the estate of the late William S.
Kenney, retired Broad Greek Hundred
farmer, who died at his home in Sea-
ford on December 20 last, and was
buried on December 81. On the after
noon his funeral was held the reading
of his will took place at his late home,
in the presence of those interested:
This will was made in 1915, and be-
queathed to his widow, Mrs. Mary E.
Kenney, her rights in his estate, to-
gether with several sums paid her
during their married life, their we'd
ding having occurred on January 9,
1912. The remainder of the estate
was to go to his only son, by a for
mer marriage, Sorin M. Kenney, of
Houston, Del. The son is named as
executor in this will, which was drawn
up in 1915 by H. w. Baker, vice-presi-
dent of the First National Bank of
Seaford, and witnessed by w. T. Wal
lace and Harper Mather.
Since the reading of the above will
another will has been brought for
ward, and was read to the son, Sorin
NJ. Kenney, on January 3, at George
town, by a Sussex county lawyer. This
will is dated December 1, 1921, and
witnessed by Nathaniel Conaway, Sr.
and Alvin L. Marvel, the latter a
brother of the widow. 1t bequeaths
all the estate except 5000, which goes
to his son, to his widow, and names
the widow and son as executors.
Handed by the lawyer who read the
, above will to the son was a marriage
contract, dated January 8, 1912, wit
messed by DR.. J. N. Johns and N. H
Brown, both of whom are dead, anC
attached to this contract is a judg-
ment note in favor of the widow fOl
$4,000, with interest, amounting tt
about $4,000. These papers, Mrs
Kenney says, were given her by hel
late husband ten days prior to hi!
death.
Both the widow and son have re
tained counsel and lively fight as Il
which will is the original is expected
in Sussex county courts. The estat
is estimated at between $4,000 ant
$4,000.
During Mr.. Kenney's illness an
. death his widow was also confined t
> her bed suffering with pneumonia.
Smyrna times., 1922-01-18
COLORS OF AUTO TAGS
Plates of California, New Mexico,
Massachusetts Resemble Delaware

hNSChtOiC
The increasing number of automo-
bile tourists who visit Delaware has
led to a compilation of table show
ing colors of registration plates used
in the various states. That of Della
ware is white background with blue
letters. California, Massachusetts and
New Mexico plates have the same col
or combination. The list follows: the
first color being that of the back
ground, the second that of the numer-
ais and letters: Arizona, white and
velvet green; Arkansas, lemon, yell
low and black; California, white and
blue; Colorado, white and black; Con-
necticut, white and maroon; Delaware,
white and bright blue; Florida, green
and white; Georgia, black and white;
Idaho, black and orange; Illinois,
The Washington herald., 1922-11-26

to give hospitality and appreciation to
the first Platypus that ever left Aus
tralia and landed alive on a foreign
shore. This consummation has been
wrought out by the zeal for the transpor-
tation of geological rarities, the intelli-
gence and the marvellous energy of one
man. Mr.. Ellis S. Joseph, of Sydney, Aus
tralia.
"No matter what evil fate may here
after overtake the Platypus species, moth
ing can rob US of the fact that New York
has looked upon living Ornithorhynchus
Paradoxus. and found it mighty interest
ing. 1t cost us 81 400, but it was worth it
"When our first Platypus arrived at
The Geological Park on July IA, 1922,
after journey of 10000 miles that had
consumed the lives of four companions,
we felt reasonably certain tlat when
fairly out from under the excitement of
foreign travel the queer little beast would
die in very few days. We hoped that
it might live for one week, but we re-
signed ourselves to the impending loss.
1t lived at the Park forty-nine days, and
was on exhibition daily for one hour.
"At the outset we observed that the
Piatypus is an animal of nervous tempera-
mpnt, and easily excited by too many OBJ
serving eyes. 1t was evident that one
hour of daily exhibition was all that the
little animal could endure, and subsequent
observations proved the correctness oe
this estimate. We are sure that longer
exhibition period would speedily have
proven fatal to the distinguished stranger.
"The Platypus arrived in the most
amazing cOntraption that we ever have
seen in use in animal transportation.
Nothing short of real genius ever could
have conducted it from Australia to New
York without a wreck in transit. 1t is
10 feet long over all, feet wide, feet
inches high, and it has more compart-
ments than Pullman car. Its midship
section consists of large tank of water
3Ox36x18 inches. in which the water is
about 1S inches deep. The main dec;
forward contains an elevated pool of
water which serves as the bathroom of the
Playtpus, and this is flanked on either
side by two small sandbanks
"The "quarter-deck" is occupied BY
labyrinth of narrow halls, each one con-
nected with its side partners by two holes
of platypus size. All the holes are fit d
with rubber gaskets, to scrape the water
off the animal as it wriggles through to
its burrow in the farthest corner, where
it goes to sleep in nest of dry hay.
''This labyrinth is connected with the
large pool amidship by an up-slanting,
water-tight box of sheet metal
"The little ami: lal swan and ate its
food in the main tank, and it could retire
% its burrow without exposure to the
outside world. 1t had options on con-
ditions that to the best of human ingenu-
The Washington herald., 1922-11-26

NF all the strange, uncouth and ex-
traordinary animals which nature
has created there is one which
ranks as the queerest creature on the face
of the earth and his scientific name is
Onithorhynchus Paradoxus, popularity
known as the duck-h2led platypus
1t weF'i seem as if Ma ure in a hu-
morous frame of mind jumbled together
several of the outstanding peculiarities of
various animals and constructed this ZOO
logical freak just to see what sort of
funny combination it would turn out
to be.
For the first time one of these strange
creatures has been brought from it's ma
tive home in Australia and carefully
nursed over journey of 10000 miles
and landed alive in the New York Zoo
logical Gardens in Bronx Park
The duck-billed Platypus is about a
foot and half long. He is a land ami
NAL, but he is also water animal He
has webbed fr { for swimming and claws
for climbing, scratching and digging He
has remarkable tail like beaver and
yet, instead of teeth like a beaver, he has
an enormous, bony, flat bill like a duck
Instead of producing its young the way
most animals do-the creature lays eggs
like a bird, And the little four-footed
babies, instead of picking up their food
like all other creatures hatched from an
egg, get milk from their mother.
But even this crazy combination of an
egg-hatched infant with bony bill nurs-
ing from its mother is made even more
remarkable from the fact that the mother
has nothing for the baby to get hold of
to secure its milk-no outfit such as a
cr'v or any other milk producing animal
IS ''.uipped with. The newborn little
Ptat :. us just licks around almost any
VII. on the skin of its mother and,
10, mix begins to come out through the
sim and the baby gets its dinner wher-
'"-T wants % try for it,
n. hcTe on earth has nature produced
srch ,'odgepodge "a combined duck
viii 'Gr instead of feathers and with
-og, !, - sort of freak beaver with a
b'.d bill, an anomaly in the animal
'n.4d which lays eggs and nurses its
vOrag without the usual nursing ma
:hinCry.
Or. ". T. Hornaday. Director of the
New York Geological Society, in a recent
nurI'Cr nj the society Bulletin. presents
some very excellent photographs taken by
Mr.. Elwin r. Sanborn, of the Zoo. and
desc. hes TIE little creatures as follows
''The spell of ten thousand years has
been broken.
"The most wonderful of all living man.
mails has been carried alive from the in
sular confines of its far-too-distant native
land, and introduce abroad Through
combination of favoring circumstances i
has been the good fortune of New York
The Washington herald., 1922-11-26

ity reproduced its river home, and its
burrow-with submarine entrance-in
the dark depth of bank of earth.
'The exhibition of the Platypus was
accomplished by removing the wire-net-
ting tops of the contraption, admitting
visitors in line, in single file, and per-
mitting them to pass entirely around the
man-made habitat of the animal. As the
stream of visitors marched and counter
marched, the Platypus briskly swan and
emerged, scrambled and climbed up the
The Washington herald., 1922-11-26
Baby Platypus Has to

wire netting walls of its, main salon in
efforts to get out. Head-keeper John
Toomey stage7managed the display, and
handled the little creature whenever its
erring ways needed to be checked.
From the beginning of captivity the
food supply of Platypus is serious
responsibility. In Australia, angleworms
are the mainstay. :'...;,.. =. :.:..s :
''The two features of living Platypus
that make the daily life of'its keeper a
nightmare and a burden are it's food
The Washington herald., 1922-11-26

habits and, its water. habits In. this vale
of tears there seem to be just about five
kinds of food that it will consider and
consume Named in the order of their
scceptability these are: angleworms, very
small shrimps, wood grpbe (of the kind
most difficult to findD, oysters and
water insects. Of any one of the three
leading kinds the animal soon tires, and
requires change. The cost of digging
angleworns, even If it Is possible to pre-
serve them, is quite serious; and wood
grubs cost Us ten cents each, with few
purveyors. -,.-. -
. "While it lived our little Platypus-
about half grown-cost US between 81
and IS per day to feed. Even in Sum-
mer the food problem kept us moving,
but we looked forward with apprehen-
sion to the horrors of Winter.
Zone trouble lies in the voracious ap-
petite of a healthy Platypus. Mr.. Joseph
solemnly declared that often one will con-
sumo half its own weight of food in a
day. One days ration of our specimen
was as follows:
August 6, u ID. earthworms, 40
shrimps and 40 grubs.
"One weeks food supply for the Platy-
pus consisted of the following:
Each day, between three and four
o'clock, the animal was given ,one-quarter
Of pound of earth worms.
."On Tuesday nights and Friday nights
nf af r.,
one!half pound of grubs were given.
"On. the evenings of Monday, Wednes-
day, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday he
received one-half pound of shrimps each
day. -.-.-.. -. ....
Concerning the food of the Platypus
nished the following statement:
TN the feeding habits of the Platypus,
l find that its taste varies. have with
held food from them and then tried to
feed them on oysters, and found that
two out of three would not eat them,
while the third one ate no less than TWEEN
ty-fwo in one night. In the winter months
shrimps are hard to get in Sydney, and
on several occasions put cooked shrimps
in their tanks and they ate but sparingly.
Only on one occasion did the animal last
meQtOHe0 6dt q Sffldi1 liofl. ne ldfScSt
quantity of food he consumed in one
night was one pound and quarter of
raw or green. shrimps and one measure of
condensed milk can full of earth worms.
These shrimps were headed so that the
. quantity; mentioned was actual net
weight,
'aReally, is seems incredible that an
animal. So small could chamber a food
supply 50 large. ! know of nothing equal
to It among other mammals.
CONTRARY to my expectations, our
platypus. proved To- be an animal of
nervous Temperament, and much more
lively!and active than we had anticipated.
: 1t swan in lively fashion, padding
rapidly, and independently, with its out
spread feet. To keep it from acquiring
momentum which would carry it against
/. the walls of its main tank, and injure its
bill, Mr.. Joseph placed. in the center of
It's tank q cylindrical ,sheet-metal tower
with a fiat top. Round and round this
the animal swan, while feeding on the
bottom or exercising, and when tired of
the water it would scramble up and perch
for time on the top of the metal tower.
"When on exhibition with the wire net
ting cover of the tank the little beast
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-10
NATION PICKS UP
Increased Output General
Among All Industries.
Decline in Farm Prices Be-
lieVed Only Temporary.

Washington, Oct. 1O.-American in
dustry is now marking up the best
production record made since the Pc
Rod OF depression two vars ago, it was
shown by a new business survey issued
today by the department of commerce.
Increased output is general among
all industries, the report said. Fac
tory employment is larger than at the
end of 1920, which is held to be a chief
factor in more even distribution of
buying power.
reclines in prices for agricultural
preAdcts are believed only temporary.
Bountiful harvests, forecast for this
year. have served to depress farm
product prices, but world demand is
due to send them up again. Mean
while, the farmers are resting easy,
assured of plenty of credit, according
to government officials.
Wool Consumption Large.
Wool consumption is larger than at
any period since the census bureau be-
gan compiling such data.
Cotton spindles are more active.
Consumption of fabrics by automobile
tire manufacturers has reached H.
600, 0O0 pounds a months. the highest
10 a year.
Locomotive manufacturers are
speeding up TO meet the needs of the
railroads for new motive power.
Production of automobiles. both
passenger and trucks, now exceeds all
previous records
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-10
PROGRAM OF S. S. CONVENTION
County Association Will Meet in To-
peka Nov. 8 to 10.

Dcka NOV. 10 H.
The program for the annual con-
vention of the Shawnee County Sun
day School association, to be held in
Topeka November 7. and g. will be
arranged at a meeting of the execu-
tive committee Friday noon.
The most complete program in the
history of the association is being
planned. Members of the field staff
of the Kansas Sunday School associa-
ton will speak.
All sessions will be held in the eve
ming. Mrs. c. G. Hamilton, superin-
tendent of the children's division, will
be in charge of the program, Tuesday
evening. Paul Moser, director of the
young peoples work of the First Pres
byterian church, will be in charge of
the young peoples program, Wednes-
day evening. +. D. Spokesman and
W. l.. Tiffany will arrange the pro-
gram for the meeting of the adult di-
vision. Thursday evening. A general
session may be held Friday evening.
The officers of the convention are:
the Rev. r. ]. CLAM, Dover, president;
o. w. HascalI, Topeka, vice president;
Mrs. S. NJ. Fergus, Topeka, secretary
and treasurer.
The matter of forming a Topeka
Sunday school association will proba-
bly, be postponed until next year. One
of the chief purposes of the associa-
ton would be promoting a school of
daily religious education for children.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-10

An absolutely novel note in motion
picture entertainment will be disclosed
at the Orpheum theater. five days,
commencing Monday, October 16,
when George Beban and his own mo-
ton picture cast will present. on the
screen and on the stage, for the first
time in Topeka, THE Sign of the
Rose"
Beban's venture is a combination of
motion picture and spoken drama. The
audience is treated 20 four reels of
screen entertainment and then the
scene fades out, when the light go
up, there is revealed & very complete
and elaborate stage setting. represent
Mr.. Beban and his original motion pic
ture cast pick up the story and pre-
sent Mr.. Beban's classic of the vaude-
villes. 1.-The Sign of the Rose" with
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-10
PROBE DERNIER'S PAST LIFE
Sheriff Plans To Visit Scene of Fam
Gus "Pajama Parties"

Phoenix, Ariz., oct. 1O.-Mystery to-
day surrounded the whereabouts OF
the prominent Phoenix business man
suspected of the murder of Guy n.
Dernier, wealthy club man, man about
town and love pirate" strangled to
death here on September IL.
The suspect, accompanied by his
wife, was seen to board a train, osten-
slbly for Los Angeles, on Sunday night
and it was said today he slipped out
of the city without the knowledge of
the sheriffs office
Close on the heels of this report Sher-
if Montgomery of Phoneix, planned
to leave for Bouse, Ariz., today, where
Dernier was said to have staged some
of his famous 'pajama parties" and
for Los Angeles.
Meanwhile. it was admitted today by
County Attorney Robert Lee Shepperd
that walls of silence erected by per-
sons with information valuable to de-
tectives and deputy sheriffs are block
ing the effort of the authorities to
pin the murder on the principal sus-
poet"
1T is very doubtful if the murderer
will ever be arrested" he said