davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-09-01
CITY ADMINISTRATION ENDS
YEAR WITH A SURPLUS
AUDIT SHOWS IMPROVEMENT.
Concluded from 1st pa ge

Concluded from 1st page)
proceeds of which were applied to a
contractors estimate, the actual cash
receipts for that year being $4,000,
and 100000 for the year 1922.
Bond interest and sinking fund
was larger in 1920-21 by reason of
the fact that 10 mills were appropri-
ated to this fund for that year, while
in 1922 only 81 100000 was taken
which is the required amount for the
sinking fund and is held in separ-
ate fund known as the sinking fund.
Electric fund was increased over
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-09-01
Fortunate ST. Pete

While the budget of st. Peters
burg for the next fiscal year provides
for the expenditure of 81 ,639,399.00,
the taxpayers will have to pay but
$470,S37.00 considerably less than
one-third) of the total, the balance
coming from the city's revenue pro-
ducing utilities-including electric
plant, water plant, gas plant, and
street railways.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-09-01

When two fishermen meet, the re-
cording angel writes shorthand.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-09-01
FOR SALE
FOR RENT

HOUSEKEEPING rooms for rent.
Mrs. F. D. Robinson, Goldstein
treet. 52-tf
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-09-01

A newspaper friend urged him to tell the public
about what he had to sell through newspaper columns
this when other merchants satisfied to carry
only Il card in the paper.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-09-01
MISCELLANEOUS

NEW CATALOGUE-Fa Edition.
Contains fund of fine information
for the newcomer or beginner and OF
great value to those already familiar
with Florida truck growing. If you
are not already receiving our cata-
logue write today for copy. Kill
GORE SEED CO., Plant City, Flor
ida. 31-4t
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-09-01
Something for Merchants
to Think About

Name pri incesw no never advertise
nine then.
Six? Two? wha IS he meaning his?
S ehenve
great leader
who built their enterprises WITHOUT ADVERTISING?
It's
tory have been elected largely by advertising
the advertising
enterprises eandEf
But this has 10 do with big
Newspapers on the
nearly million dol
a year he retail
annual convention
specials and personal letters
Manu. the country
wholesale
stock.
A 10
he had to sell through columns.
did this when other merchants o carry
a
did He continued
Use udouy at il
in his alone valued
Mr. Mann said that
association fronw he
q" the merchants of that did
only because they wanted help papers
At the time he sending ~ car
~ OF catalogues into the state and
una" ~ per cent the merchants He he
campaign To induce the country merchants
advertise and he has
his
Mr. Merchant do Dakota nor belong n
Mr. Manns association to do business under his SYSTEM
Start in your town TO-DAY
The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-09-01

A Chicago will expert failed to
make his own will before he died.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-07-23

other beauty who may turn her
back upon marriage and quite
honorably commercialize her looks,
either in posing for fashion photo
graphs and other kinds of advertis-
ing pictures or in displaying hats
and garments upon her comedy per-
son, before wholesale buyers or pri-
vate customers. The mannequin
may be clever, but she doesn't
actually need to be. All she needs
to know is how to dress her hair
hecomingly and how to get that
slinky, slithery, sinuous mannequin
glide. The rest is silence, and
very comfortable weekly stipend,
much more comfortable than many
brainy, alert and toiling bookkeepers
are able to command.
Thus 1t will be seen that a beau
tiful girl who Graves independence
has several chances of success and
remuneration, even though she has
no brains to brag about. OF course,
IL she is fortunate enough to have
intelligence along with her beauty
there are even more interesting
careers awaiting her.
There is the chorus.
Perhaps it has not been generally
understood that chorus girls must
have brains. Friend Hattie's idea
that beauty and brains are usually
divorced, and that either alone forms
a complete life equipment is still.
alas, more or less prevalent. But it
is an utter fallacy in SO far as
chorusing is concerned, and we have
that on the authority of no less an
expert in the chorus line than Mr..
Florenz Ziegfeld.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-07-23

In few days the president of La
Bienvenue Franchise at Paris re-
ceives the following cable:
Hon. Cyrus Beardslee, PhD., R,R.
d.. LAM, of Nashville, Tenn, sail
ing May Is with wife and four chill
Gren. Author of Architectural
Origins and four volume work en-
titled Roman Bridges 1 Have
Known" Vegetarian. Convinced pro-
hibitionist. Has weakness for French
fried potatoes and pastry. Shocked
at stories Of French imperialism. Can
be won through proper consideration
OF his bridge hobby and tour of
devastated region"
When the Hon. Cyrus Beardslea
arrives at Cherbourg he is met nv
the Director of the Bibliotheoue Ma.
tionale, the Minister of Fine Arts
and the Sorbonne professor holding
the chair of Roman bridges. The
chef of the Wagon restaurant at
tached to the Cherbourg- Paris boat
train has been tipped off beforehand
to stock up with mineral water.
French fried potatoes and pastry
Upon his arrival at Paris the
noted visitor is given an hour to
wash up for dinner and then wbisked
away to the magnificent home of the
Countess de Chateau uyon, where
he is the guest Of honor at a brilliant
gathering Of leading architects and
Roman bridge students. He becomes
the center of an animated discussion
on the adaptation of Roman princi-
pies in modern bridges and is led to
accept an invitation to a conference
on the same subject at the Institute
de Science on the following morning
As one architectural and bridge
conference follows another the Hon.
Cyrus Beardslee gradually gets the
impression that the chief occupation
of the French people is the construc-
ton of the Roman bridges he loves
so much. After a time he may even
be persuaded, in spite Of his vege-
tartan and prohibition principles, to
taste little praised duck and sin a
light wine from Anjou. When he
returns to America he is an ardent
advocate of an amendment to the
Volstead act permitting the impor-
tation Of the harmless Juice of the
grape, and will jump at the throat of
the man who dares to call the
French militaristic. Thus La Bien-
venue Franchise has made another
friend Of France.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-07-23
How Fame Is Made.

selling of the same must all be
known to him. But in contrast here
are some of the fundamental details
of which the ambitious agriculturist
must have a generous supply of
knowledge: he must know the full
value of land, the different compost
lions of soils and chemical needs of
the same; the requirements Of the
various kinds of crops and the chem
ical fertilizers best suited to each
one; he must understand the breed
ing, selection and care of all kinds
of live stock, including the scientific
balancing of rations, as well as the
market value OF millfeeds and
grains; he must be able to take adj
vantage of market conditions in the
purchase of these at all times; he
must know how to dispose Of his
goods to the utmost advantage; he
must understand all sorts of farm
machinery and gasoline engines and
be able to do odd jobs in carpentry;
he must be familiar with bookkeep-
ing, and finally be ever ready to
overcome and meet the many obsta-
cles which are continually cropping
up.
Now, whereas the manufacture,
of blankets must know everything
oughly, the manufacturer of farm
products, on the other hand. must
know great deal about a dozen or
more entirely different subjects. To
illustrate this even more forcibly:
man keeps herd of cattle and sells
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-07-23

or even with the United States. They
revoked the tax and now Mont
martre, victorious and mocktng,
jazzes as usual and France has been
saved again.
There are many serious minded
Frenchmen who think that visitor
to Paris who spends all his time at
the Folies-Bergere or on the Rue de
la Paix gets a distorted picture Of
France. These patriotic citizens
maintain that something should be
done to show the more intimate, God
fearing sides of French life. They
even go so far as to suggest that the
best French families should invite
the tourist to sit at their firesides
play the monograph and have chat
about Lafayette and the Bergsonian
theory Of matter and the creative
mind.
This sentiment has given birth to
a new French organization, La Bien-
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-07-23

The Stripped Donkey and the Devils
Ear gathered in mass meet
ing and swore that they would close
their establishments the minute the
new law went into effect. Paris was
to be made the city of the dead. That
gay, light hearted Paris, which had
just begun to regain its prewar rep
utation for naughtiness, was to be-
come as silent and solemn as tomb,
Stunned by tourists and an object Of
derision among globe trotters the
world over.
What will be the fate of Paris
without the tourist?" asked the
Montmartrians dramatically.
The French Deputies when con-
fronted squarely with the question
were at a loss to reply They real
lied that they had made a grave mis-
take and one fraught with untold
possibilities national bankruptcy
perhaps, another war with Germany
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-07-23

opening door reveals the slender
ankle from Hollywood or more ample
outlines from Pittsburgh, then the
cup of the Rue de la Paix merchant
is full to overlooking. The real tour
ist-his own precious tourist-has
arrived.
While the Paris shopkeeper polishes
up the enameled legend English
Spoken" on his window, other prep
arations are going merrily forward
for properly receiving the American
tourist in the French capital and
making his visit as enjoyable and
polonged as possible. Monremartre
cafes are stocking up with American
jazz bands, American bartenders,
modern American dancers, encient
American drinks and other fixtures
which are considered essential to an
Americans pleasure when he goes
forth to see new sights In foreign
lands.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-07-23
PROMISING FIELD FOR GRADUATES

these farms yielded. The net result
showed the average salary received
by each of the fifty-six persons, af-
ter deducting all running expenses,
per cent. interest on the capital
invested s per cent. for deprecia-
ton and insurance on buildings and
10 per cent. for depreciation on
teams and tools, was $1,SOO.4O. These
were, of course, picked farmers and
well known in their several COM
munities. so the returns may be con-
sidered perhaps above the average,
but they are by no means eXcep-
tional.
If the young college graduate were
only able to disillusion himself of the
idea that successful farms are run by
ignorant, brainless, ne'er- wells,
who could succeed in no other posi-
bic vocation, perhaps the chief him
drance to reaching a successful goal
in agriculture would be eliminated.
For just the reverse is true. To be
able to make from $1,000 to $4,000
or $4,000 net from the land requires,
if anything, more brains and ability
than to make the same amount at a
desk in town. To illustrate this
point more fully: take man en-
gagged in the manufacture and sale
Of wooden blankets.
1t is necessary he should know the
different kinds Of wool from bgin-
ming to end; he must be thoroughly
familiar with all sorts of dyestuffs;
the entire process of weaving and the
cost Of raw material, labor and the
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-07-23
B, ALFRED M. BRACE.

Jacques Bonhomme, the stochy
French peasant, is happy. The rains
of March and April have started the
green sprouts in his rolling fields
and brought fair promise Of good
crops. Jacques's cousin, Henri Della
vile, who sells postcards and souve-
Mrs in his shop on the Rue de Ri
vol, is also happy. For Henri knows
now that the 1922 American tourist
crop is going to be a bumper. The
early varieties have already BIOS
somed out along the GrandeS BouIe-
cards and in Paris hotel Hobbies, and
there. is assurance Of many, many
more.
To Henri Delaville in his postcard
and bric-a-brac shop nothing much
counts in tourist matters except
grand totals. One hundred thousand
American tourists staying an average
of five days in Paris mean brisk
business and rich harvest whether
they be genre Cooks (Which Is
French for common garden varieties
OF tourists), or whether they be more
choice millionaire cultures. For even
a poor Harvard professor of fine arts
can afford to buy a postcard or a
Notre Dame paper weight.
Where Handbag Is Worth Farm.
But in more discriminating shop
ping quarters, like the Rue de la
Paix, where a diminutive handbag Of
Aubusson tapestry sells at the price
of a fertile four hundred acre farm,
and where subtle art transforms a
piece of old Italian straw and a
plume from Guiana into 1000 franc
hat, the tourist problem is much
more complicated. In the Rue de la
Paix it is only the magic writing
on the letter OF credit that matters.
Ten thousand battlefield tourists,
museum tourists or pension de
tdmtlle tourists might ebb and flow
between the marble facades Of that
modest street on a single morning
and not cause the slightest flutter
of expectation. But when a Rolls
Royce limousine purrs its elegant
way past the Colonne Vendome, the
Rue de Ia Paix awakens, rejoices,
and lays its choicest ropes of pearls
on its loveiest velvet backgrounds,
If by chance the Rolls-Rcyce hest
tates and draws up to the curb, If its
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-07-23
who remember Emmy
Lou, that demure little hero

LOU lHal Cenure nJtie nelo-
inc of many of George Mad
den Martins stories of twenty years
ago or Whereabouts will no doubt
also recall Emmy LOUIS chum Hattie,
who was as plain faced and waspish
as Emmy Lou was pretty and low
able.
Even at ~ Hattie looked facts
sternly in the face. IF you're not
pretty" she seriously explained to
Emmy Lou, you've got to be smart"
Smart" in those queer old days,
it should be explained to the new
generation, referred exclusively to
mental prowess and not sartorial
distinction as to-day.
To-day it Is pertinent question,
which best serves woman, beauty
or brains, for never before in history
have there been so many careers
awaiting both the 5rainy woman and
the beautiful woman, to say nothing
Of the doubly blest woman who Is
both beautiful and brainy.
Perhaps the average woman, IL
permitted to choose for herself, would
prefer beauty to brains, for beauty
has always been woman's trump
card in her most interesting game,
love, and practically all women
crave love.
Of course, it cannot be denied that
some homely women have been
madly, lavishly and even perma
nently loved. George Eliot, Mrs
Browning and George Sand imme-
diately come to nina as shining ex-
amples of nnbeautiful women who
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-07-23

Without assailing the proposition
that all stars are as clever as their
press agents proclaim them, any
body may be forgiven an honest
doubt as to how many Of them
would ever have achieved fame or
fortune without their natural pull
chritude. If star has a winsome
smile and a perfect profile there
Is no reason why her director
should not do all the brain work,
leaving her free to concentrate on
the important business of register
ing sweetness and light Many
cinema stars undoubtedly are in
telligent. But do they receive more
fan" letters in their daily mail than
the beautiful know nothings? The
number Of such missives received,
take 1t from the press agents, is an
accurate gauge of a stars popu-
larity.
Much more numerous (and fire.
quently much more beautifully than
the stars themselves are the hosts
OF minor actresses and extras who
appear in crowd scenes. Had they
each the wisdom Of Solomon, the
erudition of Erasmus, and the mag
netic personality Of Lady Nancy
Astor, the chances are that they
would have no chance to display
these attributes in their screen
work. They are hired for their
looks and their ability to wear
Cmart raiment with at least a
modicum of savoir faire. So for the
rank and file of picture actresses.
beauty minus brains does very
nicely indeed.
The professional mannequin Is an
Copyright 1922 by The New York Herald
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-07-23

"a girl who is merely beautiful,
nothing more, might just as well
have no looks at all, so far as making
good in the chorus is concerned"
declared Mr.. Ziegfeld emphatically
when asked his opinion of the rela-
tive value of beauty or brains.
"a merely beautiful girl is lifeless,
lacking in the spirit and vivacity
that make a chorus interesting.
Brains plus beauty are absolutely
necessary. in my judgment don't
give mental tests to chorus appli-
cants, but ! certainly do weigh a
girls alertness, cleverness, initiative
and native intelligence along with
her looks. Nobody can do anything
with a beautiful empty doll"
Outside Of the chorus, however,
there is every chance for mental
brilliancy and charm Of personality
to outweigh mere beauty in winning
success for the ambitious actress.
Sarah Bernhardt, Europe's greatest
actress, surely gained her laurels
through sheer art and an amazing
magnetism rather than by her
beauty, which was never amazing.
Here at home, three actresses who
stand at the forefront Of Americas
little group Of stage celebrities, have
each, perhaps. been always in the
company of minor actresses who sur.
passed them in mere looks. But who
excels Maude Adams in charm, Mrs.
Fiske in personality, Grace George
in artistic intelligence?
In business, into almost every
branch Of which women have now
penetrated. brains and beauty seem
about equally helpful aids.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-07-23

"In our own State / am impressed
with the strong advantages Of agri-
culture over mercantile or manufac
turing enterprises. In the various
fields of agriculture there is not the
necessity for increased capitaliza
ton to cope with modern factors
which are involved. For instance
in glass farming, man can star
out with little greenhouse, and can
gradually grow. if he puts the right
ability into the enterprise, into o
tremendous establishment in the
course of a quarter of century.
The same way in out-of-door mar
keting and gardening. l know men
who started with five acres Of land,
and by manuring heavily with
brains, have, within twelve or fiji
teen years, developed great agri
cultural enterprise. | think alont
the various lines of agriculture the
opportunities have increased with
the years, while in many other ave-
nues of activity it seems to me the
reverse is true.
with the advent of the great de-
partment stores the man Of small
means does not know where to dip
in, even if he has taste for trade
and the same is true of manufactur-
ing enterprises. But know Of so
many successful men who have
started in small way, with only a
small branch of agriculture or horti-
culture, and made a success of 1t.
that feel quite safe In advising
yo,Ine, mon M enter this kind of ca
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-07-23
TJ HE yearly percentage of young

|" ftB yearly percentage or young
college graduates seeking an
enlargement of their actiW-
ties who turn to soil culture as
new business for tLeir energy and
efficiency is surprisingly on tie in
crease, and as the old order of agri-
culturist is so sharply differentiated
from the new, 1t is not unnatural
that this independent and profitable
vocation should attract so many en-
ergetic and ambitious ones Of the
younger generation. Possibly
frank presentation of facts as to in
dustrial conditions relating to com
mercial, manufacturing and profess
sional business may show just why
the land question becomes one of
such special interest and profit.
average Income Small
And Many Failures
The average income of lawyers in
TIE city of New York is $500, and
that of the medical profession is
about the same. The average per
cent. of failures, as far as loss of
capital invested is concerned, in mer-
camille lines has been estimated to
be 80 per cent, while that in manu-
featuring operations Is estimated at
about 20 per cent. The fact that 80
per cent. of all men living at the age
of 45 are prosperous may encourage
the ambitious to hope that they may
be among TIE chosen ones; possibly
their chances are good, but in fig
uring chances 1t may be we'll to pom
der few statistics gathered by the
medical department Of the Univer-
sity Of Vermont, which states that
Of the men living at the age of 45
so per cent. live to be 65, at which
age only per cent. are Independent
or even in part self -sustaining-that
IS ninety-seven out OF every 100 at
the age of 65 are dependent upon
relatives. friends. the town or some
charitable institution for part or all
Of their daily sustenance.
These statistics are quoted to
show how more and more difficult 1t
has become to succeed in the usual
channels which are open to young
men after college; and 1t should also
be borne in mind that to enter
any Of the above mentioned fields of
activity requires capital or where
young man enters the manufactur-
ing field with the intention of be-
coming a superintendent, for in
stance, pull is frequently required to
get the opportunity to work up from
the bottom within a reasonable
length of time. Now young doc
tors capital is represented by the
years spent in the medical schools,
his equipment and his support dur
ing the time he must wait for pa
tents. The same is true of lawyers,
architects, clergymen, artists and
the various other professions.
If these expenses, which in most
cases cover four or five years, were
figured up they would average $4,000
or more. In contrast to this IL
4 business were open to thousands Of
young men all over the country
whereby with the same sum of
money-$5, 000-they might not only
be Independent from the start, but
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-07-23

venue Franchise, which will provide
facilities this year for the American
tourist who wishes to probe deeper
into the foundations Of French civ
ilization and culture than the Folies-
Bergere permits.
How Fame Is Made.
The functioning Of La Bienvenue
Franchise can be shown best by a
concrete example:
The representatives of the society
in New York hear, for instance, that
the Hon. Cyrus Beardslee, Ph.D., r.
r. D., L. A. NJ, Of Nashville, Tenn,
has bought a ticket on the Aqui-
tania - destination Cherbourg and
Paris. In Who's Who they get
swift, preliminary birds eye view Of
the Hon. Cyrus Beardslee, card index
him and begin working seriously on
his case.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-07-23

have a house of their own with tn
privilege of working in the open air
and sunshine, instead of being tied
to desk, at the same time running
but small chance of losing their cap
ital or be subjected to the sordidness
of poverty, surely for the discrimi
mating ones it would at least be vel
worth considering!