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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-09

ally menacing now that the airplane and subma-
rine have become leading and perhaps decisive
weapons in warfare They are spear points at
our breast; let US not shut our eyes to that
truth
1T is true war with Great Britain and
France, so far as we can read the future, is as
improbable as it seems to US unnecessary and
undesirable. But while we cannot read the
future, we can read the past, and one of the most
prominent of its lessons is that the relations of
nations change, sometimes suddenly and unex-
pectedy Hardly more than decade before the
war France and England were on the brink of
war with each other, and we have fought with
both in past times, and at other times of trial
have found one or the other unfriendly.
''In short, it is our duty to make sure of the
canal as we would make sure of Washington.
Strategically the canal would be the greater loss
We need to make sure of the canal, and there
fore of its approaches, which means Hawaii in
the Pacific and the whole Gordon of the Antilles
in the Atlantic
This, of course, in our present fortunate re-
lations, is not such issue to justify drastic
measures But we missed an opportunity in
1917 to settle this problem amicably preferring
to throw our sword into the scale without condi-
tions Now that our moderation and sef-abne-
cation are being not only discounted by our
former comrades in arms but even contemptu-
ously denied we should be inexcusably sentimen-
tai to overlook oversight, and in duty to our
future we should face the facts and use our wits
and our position to put our house in order.
"The Antilles should be ours, or at the least
under our strategic control. Only when we dom
mate the Caribbean will the canal be secure to
us in peace and war;
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-09
OurFlappers NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Give New Meanings to Old World, And Develop Special
lied Vocabulary of English

abstraction by vivid mental picture,
then it becomes popular. In time it is
either worn out by too much use and
discarded, or it becomes respectable
English, recognized by the solemn
makers of dictionaries.
The fapper talk appears to be al
attempt to do a wholesale job, TO turn
the entire English vocabulary of youth
into picturesque and sporty patois. Let
no noun or verb remain undisguiseC
seems to be the slogan of fiapper, or
ganiZed or Unorganized. New terms
are being added every day by earnest
gum-cheWing young philologists.
An interesting tendency in the new
jargon is the use Of proper names in
the way that Hooverize was used dur.
ing the war. To be put through a
QUESTIONABLE is to be Edisoned. To
be on time for a date is to Houdini
The analogy of this last is apparently
that punctuality is considered . strik
ing achievement.
BY the same sort of association a
girls new dress is called her Urban
set. TrotZky comes in for a touch OF
this sort of fame, but he is not taken
seriously by the language makers. A
TrotZky is an old lady with mustacht
and chin whiskers.
One reason that flapper talk re
mains so peculiarly the property o1
the flapper is that the vocabulary /:
restricted to the social interests o.
extreme youth. 1t is as specialized
as the argot of the stage, sport, ol
politics. Almost all the flapper word.
are descriptive of beaux, dancing
parties, clothes, marriage, money, au
tomobiles, and petting.
| Petting, which was itself slang, i:
, now too tame and too much of gilt
Itering generality for the flapper Ian
guage. Puppy cuddling has partly re
! placed the word petting, and a whole
! assortment of terms refer TO this ac
tivity in its various aspects. Thus
! a moving picture auditorium becomes
I a petting pantry; the affectionatC
| type of flapper is biscuit or cuddler,
a peter who likes to hang on a boys
neck is a necker; and a necker of thJ
male species is a snugglepup.
HOW FLAPPER TALK
SPREADS OVER COUNTRY
| The non-flapper element of the pop
ulation has small place in its vocabu
! larry for such terms and so they dC
/ not become general property. Al
| over the country, however, the Ian
guage of the flapper is similar. The
newest phrase travel by letters, b,
word of mouth, and in lists occas
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-09
Make the Canal Secure

While the map is being remade, largely to
the liking of the nations which America saved
from defeat and assisted to victory, the Ameri-
can people and their government need to do a
little thinking on behalf of America and her fu-
ture," says the Chicago Tribune.
I'VE especially invite attention to the Pan
anna canal. The canal is oze of the great strate-
gic points on the earth's surface, both for war
and peace. Considering the rise of the Pacific
and the far east in world affairs, it is probably
the most important.
The American people foresaw its import
ance@ Their enterprise, skill, and money built
the canal. 1t is, in fact part of our coast line,
and most vital link in our national defense and
our commercial system.
''It is now in our possession. There are few
more important duties than to see that it re-
mains there. But that duty has not yet been
accomplished Examine the map, and you will
see that the canal is faced on the Atlantic side
by Gordon of islands in the possession of for
eign powers. Many, if not all, of these islands
are possible bases for attack upon the canal
Some have harbors and defensible places large
enough to constitute bases of the first rank
large enough to shelter fleet of major power
and large land force. These bases are especi-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-09

ioEally printed in magazines and news
papers. One magazine deyotes its
pages entirely TO the interests of the
tribe.
A few phrases that have pessibili-
ties for use in the conversation of the
general public have become popular
American slang. There always seems
to be demand for slang tags TO ex-
press greeting, approval, disapproval,
and to replace simple yes or no.
Just now the flapper, and slang
talking America as well, refers to
anything pleasing as the berries. The
weird natural history allusions-that'
the frogs eyebrows, or the bees Whis-
kers, or the ducks quack, OF the
snakes hips, and the rest-used to
express approval, are also epidemic
Anything unpleasant is appropriately
blaah being one of those senseless
words that express an idea clearly By
sound. A well established substitute
for yes is Il hope to tell you"
These tags are amusing for only a
short time. They are soon stale and
must be replaced. How phrase has
a meteoric career and sputters out IS
seen by recalling the same type OF
S4d4lS CApi GSGlOls SuGn dS tu1 HUN HIS
teTic Il should Worry" and III tell
the world
Occasionally one of these shelved
sayings stages a comeback We note
| in the latest flapper vocabulary print
/ ed in The Flapper magazine the an
cient word whangdoodle. Our grand
mothers used this word humorously
| to describe mournful, whining music,
! or a ranting speaker. Modern youth
has adopted the term and made it 4
synonym for a jazz band 1t is rare,
however, that the slang of a genera
/ ton ago can be busted off and ap-
piled to current topics. Generally
there is nothing more eonspicuously
/ lifeless than a defunct slang phrase
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-09
Facts About Indiana
CBy Associated Pressl

fBy Associated Press)
1t Is not known how the Mound
Builders lived in Indiana, although
enough proof has been found to in
dicate that they lived in caves in
Kentucky and Tennessee. Most caves
in Indiana would be uninhabitahIe be-
cause of inundation in this state.
Up to the time of the Civil war little
or no progress had been made III pub
lie sanitation in Indiana.
In the early days, saloons were call
ed groceries or tipping houses.
There are more than 247 manufac-
turing plants in Fort Wayne.
There were 1918 manufacturing con
Germs in Indiana according to the last
census.
There are more than 300 manufae-
turing establishments in Evansville.
Early settlers in Indiana were OF
great physical strength. Such men, II
is said, could help at 20 log Follings
on as many successive days.
There were 43 delegates at the first
constitutional convention in 1916. they
being elected from 13 counties of the
state.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-09
By FREDERICK J. HAsKIN

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 9.-Just
when Henry Mencken almost made
slang look respectable along comes
the fapper to inject a complex into
the American language. If you walk
aloof from the aapper tribe you may
be peacefully unaware that there is
an elaborate flapper patois, as much
a part of the outfit of the snappy young
thing as her roll tops, sport hat, ana
sweater.
Like the uniform, the language OF
the fiapper is peculiar to her type
The only exception is that the fappeT
language is also spoken by the cake
eater and other male contemporaries
of the modern girl. To the rest of the
population, including almost everyone
over 25 years, f1apper talk comes
close to being incomprehensible. Not
many of the terms are in general use.
Few full f1edged adults, for instance.
would be able to use correctly IN their
fiapper meaning tomato, egg, potato,
mustard plaster, lemon squeezer, squir-
rel, berries, alarm clock, and fiat tire.
These are perfectly respectable Eng
lish words in their established sense.
In fapPer language they are used as
metaphors. Some are apt, while
others seem forced.
Flat tire is certainly an expressive
term for maidenly fiapper over 80.
Alarm clock, for chaperon, is net far
| fetched, either Chaperons nowadays
are about as popular and as little
| needed as the family sleep chaser. 4
mustard plaster is listed in one flap
| per vocabulary as IAN unwelcome guy
j
/ is 1apper for elevator, though the term
! might be applied equally wdl to a
! street car or crowded automobile.
! Truck Patch Terminology
| Hard to UnraVeI
| The agricultural terms are the hard
| est to unravel. Why a brainless CIR
who is pretty and dances well should
be a tomato is not explained Nor is
it perfectly clear why a youth who
! lets his girl pay her own way should
be an egg, unless perhaps such a per
| son is considered hardboiled. 1t il
| true that to call person an egg has
| a family insulting sound, even if the
! meaning is unknown. But the same
| might be said of most agricultural
terms. Yet the meaning that We asso
ciate with them may make them seem
/ complimentary. Peach and pippir
have long been used to express praise
| On the other hand, lemon, FISH, anc
purple COW carry a meaning Of dis
| paragement.
A potato in its latest sense is the
male prototype of the tomato-a brain
less boy. To add to the confusion
squirrel becomes a verb in the new
usage and means to hide.
Flapper jaTgon seems to be some
what different from the slang that or
| dinarily enlivens everyday speech
The ordinary slang phrase is the hap
py or unhappy, thought of some wit
If it fills a need, replaces some dul
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-09
TODAY'S TALK

or of "You Can" "Take It," "Up"
BY George Matthew Adams, Author of

big world many things
take task the hard things.
getthis spirit
When do rae?" and How much will get if do do
questions
lions No wonder there such clouds lowering about the national
life the world.
golden the who doesn't have to be watched,
his and
the thing done RIGHT
There o everywhere, all
"Want-Ads" s ed
andth call an
a
apply and wait in line.
Oh to
the big o fill
All fabric exist
Ny friend be somebodDO something
the compensation afterwards
thinking of the immigrant
which
attorney J.
S S one who with to do
o full ability?
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-09


Ter county, New York, in 1868. He re-
ceived his early education and college
training in California. He was in the
employ of the San Francisco Tool
company for some time and succeeded
to the business as the Charles G. Moore
and company, engineers, specializing
in motive power and hydraulic work,
of which he is president. He is direc-
tor in various financial enterprises in
California.
He was appointed commander to
Europe to secure foreign warships for
the Portola celebration in San Fran
cisco. He has been active on various
civic campaign committees and on lib
erty loan committees and the State
Council of Defense. He holds orders
or decorations from China, Japan,
Italy. Norway, and Greece. He is also
president Of the San Francisco Council
Boy Scouts of America
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-09

see you smash your hat Just wait till
someone comes along and sees your
damaged cart, some youngster who
is hale and strong, with kindness in
his heart. He'll note that you are
too obese to ply an iron tool, that
when you toll the melted grease forms
round you in pool. And he'll observe
your martyr looks as you survey the
wreck, and he will say to you, Cad
cooks! I'll change your tire, by heck!'
For human kindness is a star that
glows with changeless fire, and when
men see how fat you are, theyU
gladly change your tire" My aunt,
she wears Elijah's robe, her visions
all come true; and soon arrived h
youth named Job, who made things
good as new. And when l paid him
half buck, and gave him blessings
nine, l said, while cranking up my
truck, This patience graft is fine!"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-09
Ripping Rhymes
BE PATENT
Ry Walt Mason

2 = TN TE N
Last evening, as | drove my car
along the thoroughfare, a tire blew
out with frightful jar, at which I tore
my hair. To me it is a punishment
to change a. rubber tire, for I'm a wide
and portly gent, l fuently perspire.
And so when I had stopped the bus.
and it had ceased to choo, roundly
started IN to cuss as Flanders troopers
do. Be patient" said my stately
aunt, who on the back seat sat; 'it
makes me tired to hear you rant and
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-09
Lessons in Correct English
DohI say:
KNEW him since We w

OohI say:
| KNEW him since we were boys.
If you are serious you WOULD BE
regarded.
l shall thank him if he WOULD pay
me.
l should thank him if he WILL pay
me.
The chairman called FOR him for a
speech.
Say:
l HAVE KNOWN him since we were
boys.
If you are serious you WILL be re-
garded.
l shall thank him if he WILL pay
me.
l should thank him if he WOULD
pay me.
The chairman called ON him for a
speech.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-09
Memories of Old Days
In This Paper Ten Years
Ago Today
In This Pap

At the conference of the Democratic
township chairmen mad precinct com
mitteemen, in the Jefferson club
rooms, it was decided to perfect plans
for the campaign in Wayne county on
Aug. 26. Charles Doney. county chair
man. of Cambridge City. would be on
hand to assist with the organization
Of the party.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-09

OF San Francisco.
1t is expected that
the race will be
closely contested
Moore is one of
California's b e S t
known men. Moore
distinguished him
self as chairman of
the financial COM
mittee and later as
president Of the
Panama Pacific In
ternational Exposi-
ton and is credit
ed with much OF its
success.
Moore was born
-
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-09
After Dinner Trick S

Five straws and a quarter are laid
on the table The problem is to ar
range the straws and the quarter so
that by raising one of the straws you
can lift the other four and the coin.
The straws are a little longer than four
inches each.
The diagram shows how the problem
can be accomplished. The straws are
interlaced Two Of them are first laid
on the table, parallel to each other, and
the two crossed straws are laid upon
them. The quarter is laid on the cross
point, and the final straw, which does
the heavy work, is wedged under the
parallel straws and over the coin, as
shown in the figure.
Copyright, 1923. By Public Ledger Company
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-09
Who's Who IN the
Day S News

CHARLES CALDWELL MOORE
California is aroused just now at
the possibility of Hiram Johnson be
ing displaced as United States SEN
ator by Charles C. Moore, Republican
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-09

An average increase of IS per cent
in the minimum wage of women en-
ployed in laundry establishments in
Massachusetts has been announced by
the minimum wage commission of that
state.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-09
Answers to Questions

Bureau sJ =
N, director, Washington, D. G. This Of
fer applies strictly to information. The
bureau does not give advice on legal,
not attempt to settle domestic troubles,
nor to undertake exhaustive research
on any subject. Write your question
plainly and briefly. Give full name ami
address and enclose two cents IN stamps
for return postage: All replies are sent
direct to the inquirer.
Q. Is there life on Venus? B. c. T.
A The question cannot be answer
ed definitely. DR.. c, G. Abbot of the
Smithsonian Institution says that It'll
seems more probable that life cores
ponding to'life on the Earth exists on
Venus than9o on Mars. The conditions
on Venus are similar to those on
Earth, while Mars probably differs in
many ways.
Q. Has New York or New Orleans
the smaller percentage of Roman
Catholics? P B. C.
A While New York City contains
about four times as many Catholics as
New Orleans, the percentage is much
smaller. Out of New Orleans popu-
lation of 38L219, the Roman Catholic
estimate of their members is 327,144
Q. Why did the miners say that
they had won the strike when they
declined President Harding's arbitra-
tion plan? G. d. NJ
A The miners had not won in the
sense that they had been conceded ali
for which they went on strike. How
ever. they regarded it as a successful
demonstration Of what labor terms the
assertion of economic force in that
they had made impossible the produe-
tion of coal in the union fields for
period of over Is weeks.
@. Does an eel have scales? S. L.
A. The eel does have scales en-
bedded in IFS Shiny skin. They are
arranged in little groups set obliquely
and at right angles to each other.
Q. Is a.debt really debt before it
is due? ]. F. J.
A. A debt exists when a certain
sum of money is owing from one per-
son to another, and a debt is not the
less owing because it is not yet due
Q. What was the first agricultural
school? T NJ c.
A The two earliest agricultural
colleges to be established were at
Hofwyl in Switzerland and Krumau in
Bohemia in 1897. The first professor
ship of agriculture in a collegiate in
stitution in this country was held by
Samuel L. Mitchill of Columbia Col
lege and was established in 1892.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-09

Dorothy Garfield Fisher, Vermont,
author, is the first woman to receive
an honorary degree from Dartmouth
college.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-09
IT'S THE HEAT.

When this torrid heat terrific
Brings the moisture sudorific
Pouring down in dripping droplets
from my corrugated brow,
What a comfort beatific
Soothes my anger calorific
When / think how soon I'll hoIler
for the heat I'm cussing now
Swiftly the accumulation
OF excessive perspiration
TrickIes down my facial contours
as in vain l try to eat;
Oh. how sad the contemplation
OF the furnace conflagaration
I'll be stoking all next winter to
secure little heat.
Cheerfully enduring, sweating,
Hat and shirt and collar wetting,
can grin and bear affliction just as
we'll as any one;
For I know there's no use fretting,
Think of all the heat I'm getting
Heat for which the coal man soaks
me more than fifteen bucks per
ton,
Try and get it!
i al
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-09
Musings for the Evening

Yes, Ham. we will publish it once
more and then quit. Stickwell and
company manufacture mucilage in
New York.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-09

Sir Thomas Upton is going to make
a fifth challenge for the American
cup The motto Of the Irishman seems
to Erin Go Broke
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-09

Soviet government has been travel
ing on the verge of destruction for
+bTee years. 1t must be quite a verge.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-09

Scientist announces that the world
will be ruled by women in 1877. He
probably means that it will still be
ruled by women in 1877.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1922-08-09

Try and get it!
-Lobrau.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-10-10

NEW DRY CzAR-Coi. Will jam Hayward, who commanded New, York's famous negro regi- ment in World War and was later made U. s. District At torney, has been appointed Pro- hibition Enforcement Agent in New York.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-10-10

SENATOR SELL DEN B. SPEN- GER, of Missouri. was m e m b e T of \ merican delega- tion to Inter-Par- Iiamentary Union meeting in Flu rope.
 lInt'l.News Reel.)
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-10-18
ALLEGED ROBBERS HELD UNDER BOND
 IN JUSTICE COURT

The four men held on charges of assault and robbery in connection with the beating and robbing of Eb- enezer Lacey on South Granite street week ago Monday, yesterday were held for preliminary examination when they appeared before Justice of the Peace MoLane to be arraigned.
 All four pleaded not guilty to the charge Bond was set for each in the sum of $500. Only Lamberto Es- pinoza was able to make bond. Men ley Mendcz, Francisco Moreno and J. H. Stackey, colored, were taken back to their cells. The men are charged with having beaten Stacey severely and robbed him of $l8O, ac- cording to the complaint.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-10-18
CONTEST FOR
 FAIR PREMIUMS
Growth of Fair is Shown by This Great Increase in Popu- larity of the Youngster Ezhib- it; Pioneer Contest in State.

Whew! Count 'eml One hundred
 and five. Think of it!
 One hundred and five babies enter
 ed in the greatest baby contest that
 was ever staged i'll the southwest.
 When it comes to showing growth
 n ah institution, the Northern Ari- zona State fair has certainly stepped
 astride all other organizations Single
 handed this organization with a
 meager appropriation from the state,
 snail appropriation from Yavapai county, the city of Prescott and
 some small financial help from the northern counties has built up an in-
 stitution, a like record of which could not be found anywhere in the coun- Itry.
 Take for instance its better babies contest. The Northern Arizona State fair was the first institution in the state to start this contest, which IS of prime importance. The better babies you have today, the better the citizens of tomorrow. The better babies contest has come into its own and this week will witness one Of the biggest advancements ever made in the state for attention given to its prime product.
 Through the energy and initiative displayed by the manager and super intendent of this department, the ex- aminations which will be conducted in the baby pavilion will prove their weight in gold.
 Ali entries in this department will close today, at 5 o'clock. The ap- pointments for examination are being made in the order in which applica- tions were received, and ii not kept they will be forfeited. Notice of the date and hour of appointment is be- ing mailed in ample time for the par ents to be ready. The examinations will commence at 9:30 on October l9 at the baby pavilion. All babies will be judged under the rules of the American Medical association, and their standard score-card will be used. a copy of which will be mailed to the parents after completion. Com potent doctors and nurses will be in charge and all judging and handling will he under the most sanitary con ditions possible.
Weekly journal-miner., 1922-10-18
VERDE PRODUCERS TO
 MARKET FOR VALLEY

A group of Verde valley fruit and produce growers have organized for the purpose of facilitating marketing of their crops, and yesterday filed a declaration of trust at the office of the county recorder, under the title of the Verde Valley Fruit & Produce association.
 It is felt by the organizers that an association operating under a dec laration of trust is better adapted to the purpose sought in this organiza- tion than a corporation would be.
 The association will engage in a general merchandising business, and its principal place of business will be Cottonwood. There are l50,000 shares of stock in the hands of the members. Five trustees are named in the declaration, as follows: R. L. Creed. A. J. Mitchell, George Pat terson, Peter Tonelli and Ed Barney.
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