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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-10-05

Last spring Cashier turned down a
major league offer and was elected
baseball captain for 1922.
He has reached the pinnacle in three
sports and has another year to play in
EACH
On the Notre Dame team which
Coach Rockne is now building to meet
Georgia Tech, Army, Nebraska and sew
en- other teams, Cashier is the only
man who looks like star. Rockne
will build his team around Cashiers
quadruple threat as other teams have
been built around Gipr and Mohardt.
Cashier kicks, passes, pitches, bats
and shoots pucks from the portside.
He is consistent 1eft-hander and a
candidate for the title as the most ver-
satile college athlete.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-10-05

Looseness in rear wheel bearins
may best be, tested by lacking up the
car at the wheel, then taking hold of
the tire with the left hand and work
ing the wheel up and. down with the
other hand at the hub.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-15

AN OLD CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
Village Boys In North England Re.
produce Play That 10 as Old
as the Race.

AV1N THE North of England
KxJ some OF the oldest OF OuI
1 Christmas customs are still
faithfully observed. One OF
the quaintest is that Of the
village boys who call themselves The
Mummers" At Christmas time they
perform a little play that is as old
as the English race.
There are three chler characters-
81. George, resplendent In sllyor-pa'
pered armor, and brandishing q
wooden sword; Beelzebub. who Is. OF
course. the famous dragon; and the
Doctor. who wears battered top-hat
Al the beginning Of the play II Is
announced that the countryside is be-
ing laid waste by Beelzebub. Various
minor characters make an appeal for
dellyerance from the monsters sway.
Then ~. George bursts upon the scene,
A fierce battle takes place. In which
he slays Beelzebub. but is himself
badly wounded. At this point the Doc
tor rushes In with u bottle, which he
places 10 the saints lips.
"rak SOON o. nah nlff-naff dahn
thy tiff-tafr," he prescribes. So George
drinks and Is cured.
Some OF the words used In the play
are so old that neither the boys nor
the majority OF the audience can un-
derstand them.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-15
OUR ROADS AND STREETS

The state of California has
spent upwards of $100,000,000 on
its paved highway system. II
has been building these roads for
the past ten years and if expert
ence proves anything, il seems to
have clearly demonstrated that 4
and 5 inch concrete pavement is a
failure from the standpoint of
sustaining modern traffic.
Not only California, but other
states seem / oignore paving re.
suits on the heaviest travelled
city streets.
No highway commission should
have the power to lay millions Of
dollars worth Of hard surface
pavement Of a type that has new
er previously been tested under
actual road conditions for n
period of at least five years.
When the public il forced 10
pay twice for tn, same piece of
road work, first the original cost
and second, maintenance cost TO
keep the road passable, il means
that necessary new road work is
not being done.
Cities have long ago demon.
strated that n road, in order TO
withstand the impact OF traffic
must be constructed with the idea
OF absorbing shocks. They have
learned that a non-shock absorb.
ing road surface or base will go to
pieces under the grind and jar Of
moving vehicles.
Let US have done with politics
in road building and get down to
engineering principles.
Instead Of permitting highway
commissions 10 expend millions
OF tax money 10 carry out their
own experiments on public high
ways, confine these public expen-
ditures to paying for tested or
guaranteed classes Of construc-
ton.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-15

A surprising miscellaneous
shower was given at the home of
Mrs. Alfred Arronson, 52S E.
Charleston street, Friday even.
ing in the honor Of her sister,
Mrs. Lloyd E. Gillett, who was
married a short time ago. The
dining room was decorated in
pink and white crepe paper and
in the center Of the room hung a
large white bell to which small
cards were fastened with hearty
congratulations. White chry-
santhemums were the flowers
used. A buffet luncheon was
served, including a wedding
cake. Mrs. Gillett was the re-
cipient of many beautiful and
useful gifts. The evening was
spent with music and card play
ing, all leaving at late hour,
wishing them much happiness.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
Il. Il. Gillett, Mr.. and Mrs. Il.
Hedlind and daughter Mabe
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. G. Barnes, Mr.
and Mrs. L. d. Patrick, Mr.and
Mrs. G.. MacCoaeh, Mr.. and Mrs.
7. c. Thompson and daughter
Lavon, Mr.. and Mrs. G. Back
strom, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. l.. Bat
dorff, Mrs. w. Il. Young, Miss
Gena Bake, Mr.. II. Il. Edwards,
Mr.. W. l.. Payne, Miss Rita Bea-
vers, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Arronson
and son Alfred.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-15
CARD GAMES At CHRISTMAS
Thin Pasteboards Afforded Means Of
Entertainment In England During
Yuletlde Season.

ATT UNIVERSAL Christmas Gus.
AW} u tom of England In olden
4f1 times was playing at cards
Persons who never touched
card at any other season
Of the year felt bound to play few
games at Christmas.
A prohlbltory statute Of Henry WIS
reign forbade card playing save during
the Christmas holidays. OF course this
prohibition extended only to persons Of
humble rank.
Sir Roger De Coverley took care to
provide both creature comfort and
amusement for his nelghbors at Christ
mas by sending "a string of hogs pud.
dlngs and a pack of cards" to every
poor family In the parish.
Even the pulpit comes In for It's
share of anecdotes regarding playing
cards. Fuller gives an example OF n
clergyman preaching from Romans
1913, CAS- God hath dealt to every
man the measure Of faith" The rever-
end gentleman In question adopted as
an illustration Of his discourse the
metaphor of dealing as applied to
cards. reminding his congregation that
they should follow suit, ever play
above board, improve the gifts dealt
out 10 them, take care Of their
trumps, play promptly when II came
their turn, etc.
Short notes were frequently written
on the backs Of playing cards. In an
old collection Of poetry Is found the
following lines:
ITO n Lady Who Sent Her Compli.
ments to n Clergyman on the Ten Of
Hearts.
"Your compliments, dear lady, pray
forbear.
"old English services are more sin.
cere:
"You send ten hearts--the 1.-THE Is only
mine,
"Give me but one and burn the other
nine. Plain Dealer.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-15

The oambIer,s Paradise.

II looks as II half the population Of
New South Wales and Queensland will
be getting its living presently by
gambling IN one way OF another with
the other half. DIR. Arthur, Mia, Of
the former state, remarked recently
that ''in spite OF the financial depres-
sion and unprecedented unemployment,
though all productive industry Ian
guished last year-fae,ories closed,
mines ceased working and lsnd-settle-
ment nearly came TO halt-the re
turns from the tax on admission Ia
racecourses, from the tOtslizator and
from bOOkmakers' tickets have all In
creased.-Sydney Bulletin.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-15
Island Rich In Nardura

ST. Lucia. the largest OF the Wind
ward Islands, Is twenty four miles
long. and at it's widest Is twelve miles
In breadth. II has an area OF 233
square miles. The island Is mountain
Gus. and its highest point Is 3,l45 feet
above sea level, while the land Is
mostly covered with trees and the
rapidly growing vegetation OF tho
tropics, Castries. the capital, has a
fine port. In 1921 the number OF In.
habltunts Of st. Lucia was 81 .5O5.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-15
Water Pow.r In Nav York.

New York state leads the country I'm
The amount Of its developed water
power with l.3oo.oOo horsepower. Cali.
fornia comes hsIt with ILL., 100 horse
power, Thsss nIurss place New York
state almost sn an equality with the
most progressive countries in water
power development in Europe. where
France leads with 100000 hOrsepow.
er, Norway has 10000 horsepower
and Sweden i.20O,0 600 horsepower.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-15
CHRISTMAS DAY IN ICELAND
Natives still Cling to Old Customs and
senasi Day 10 One Of Great
Happiness.

AGUCH n strong winged thing
Is Christmas Cheer that II
- has betaksn itself even to
that isolated island Of the
far north, where the short
est day is four hours long, and where
at Christmas time the sun does not
rise above the horizon for week,
Christmas Is great day with the
people OF Iceland and they still cling
10 all their old customs and songs and
the day TO them is one OF great hap
piness.
One OF their fayorite old songs 10
filled with simplicity that is touching
and yet gives glimpse Of philOs-
ophy Of life that II pretty fine:
When l go good and think Alright
At peace with man. resigned 20 God.
Thou lookst on me with eyes Of light,
Tasting new Joys In toys abode.
-saaasRnEs1aaS.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-15
SMOKING Car for wsm.n

smokers" for women now make
their appearance on British trains
notes the Scientific American. WO-
men have been erowding the mems
compartments 10 an uncomfortable de
gree-not, oficisls say, because they
want 10 ride with the men, but because
they insist on smoking while travelling
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-15
TRAGEDY RECIPE

Take one reckless, natural born
fool.
Two or three big drinks of bad
liquor.
A fast, high-pOwered motor
car.
Soak the fool well in the Ii,
quor, place in the car and let him
go. After due time, remove from
the wreekage, place in black
satin lined box and garnish with
flowers.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-15

ORIGIN OF CHRISTMAS TREE
History Of the YuIetlde Emblem Ex.
tends Far Into the Mlsts Of
Antiquity.

-A[~1 HE history OF Christmas tire,
AR usage extends far into the
,v1 mists OF antiquity. Some
!" say It's origin ls connected
with the legendary Tree OF
Time. Ygdrnsll, the great tree OF Morse
mythology, within whose roots and
branches heaven and earth are bound
Some say the custom may be traced 10
the Egyptians who. at the time Of the
winter solstice, decorated their portals
with branches OF the date palm.
To Scandinavian legend may per.
haps be traced our custom OF illum.
mating the tree when darkness comes.
Among the Greeks. Christmas IL known
as tho fenst Of lights.
To people OF different localities to
day the term Christmas tree may mean
fir, spruce. pine, cedar or even mag.
nolla, for each particular region makes
uso OF the most suitable species that IL
90 be found near lts markets In the
vicinity OF the midwest, n short-needlo
Pine found In Michigan and wlscon.
sin may bo used. on tho Pacific coast
the white fir finds favor. while through
out Ohio. the Norway spruce is largely
used. In Maryland and Virginia, the
scrub pine and farther south cedar
and holly. Best OF all Is the sym
metrlcal balsam FIR. each tiny leaf OF
which sends out a breath Of aromatic
fragrance.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-15
-asR s0Szs~
sCOME AM GOMEZ"


TN THE days before prohibit
i tlon. an old. southern uArky
was wont 10 celebrate Christ
mas with a quiet and solitary
bottle OF liquor, Upon one oc-
casion he was going homo with
his prize under his arm. when
no stumbled on tho eurbstOns.
The bottle slipped. foll aud
broke, spllllng tho contents all
over the pavement.
Tho old darky regarded the
catastrophe with gentle mourn,
fulness.
"Dere. now" no murmured.
christmas come an gone ="
4
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-15
TO OUR OLASsIFIED AID,
VERTI9KRs.

An classified ads must be in
by . p. m. Thursday TO insure in.
sertion. All classified ads pay
sble In advance except TO those
who have monthly accounts with
the Review.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-15
self startsr for planas.

English inventors have developed a
self starter for airplanes that is oper
ated by an aviator pulling a lever
from his seat.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-15
Plural Husbands In IIbst.

Polyandry. or plural husbands. Is
one Of the peculiar institutions Of
Tibet One woman may have as many
as half dozen husbands at the same
time.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-15
just list TO the story
We want TO tell

OF gifts large and small,
Sure TO please you well,
At the Blue Bird Bazaar
You will find them all
Gifts for children
And ladies tall,
Dolls we will dress
In fashions late
Pretty and neat
At a reasonable rate.
MRS A. j. CANRIGHT,
3ll Jersey st
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-15

Eyes examined, glasses fitted.
We do it right.-Dr. w j. Gil
strap, Physician and Surgeon,
IA Peninsula Security Bldg.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-15
PABRHT-rHACHERs DAY, srTToN SCHOOL

The following Christmas program will be given the Ston
School ParentTeacher Day Thursday December 21 90
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-15
SYNOPSIS

ACT IA Gypsy Camp London. Morning.
ACT "A room in the home Of Sir Geo. %ecl5 later.
ACT Same as Act .. Two years ..er.
Time-Modern.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-15

Let the Review print that
stationery for the New Year.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-15
THE JAMES JOHN GLEE CLUBS
PRESENT
1.-THE GYPSY ROVER"
A MUSICAL COMEDY IN THREE ACTS
STAGED UNDED THE DIRECTION OF MISS ZOE GORE
THE oAsT-(As You Meet Them)

THE CAsT-(As You Meet Them)
Rob- afterwards Sir Gilbert Howe Earl Tormey
Sinfo, gypsy lad in love with Zara ....... William Fox
Meg, an old gypsy (sob's foster mother)
Katherine McChesney
Zsra the belle Of the Margaret Hobrook
Lord Cravc, engaged Lady Harrington
Lady Constance daughter Sir Geo. Martmda adenc Brown
Sir Geo. ndsle, English country gent Curtis
Nms, Sir Geo. second daughter Rs Weiss
Capt Jerome, captain in En- h Thurman Hart
Sir Toby Lyon society butterfly james Tormy
McCorkc song publisher of London. Leland Maybach
Lsckey Jack Van Houte
chorus of gypses Danes Squires etc.
Gypsy children
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-15

OLD STORY.

What did your
Mother say when
I didn't come
home until late
last night?
She said "Just
wait till after
Christmas, I'll IN
himl"
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-15
THE STAFF

THE STAFF
business Carle
stage Manager Raleigh Meyers
Costume Managers Amelia Segenhaler and Pierre Mills
Aecompannt Esther Wall
Grateful acknowledgment il extended the Art Classes the
Training department Ormandy Bros the Multnomah
rhester.
The Senior Play will be staged
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1922-12-15

HE history OF Christmas tree
usage extends far into the
miats OF antiquity. Some
say It's origin is connected
,sIth eha t.a,aVlar,y u,r.. -
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-02-21

ington Bureau on the phone, and di-
rected that every man be hustled out
on the story. John D. Long was then
secretary of the navy. The word that
the American consulate in Havana
had been attacked was telephoned to
him by the Herald's Washington bu-
reau. There was a rapid telephone
conference with the state department
and the white house and along about
IL o'clock wire was sent to Rear Ad-
miral Montgomery Sicard, command
ing the North Atlantic fleet then at
anchor off Dry Tortugas to detach a
vessel of his command and send it to
Havana forthwith, the reason being
that an eminently trustworthy cor
respondent Of an important newspap-
err had cabled the report Of an attack
upon the American consulate. -
After the. lapse OF all these years I
cannot now recall whether it was lieu
tenant, now Real Admiral Albert
Gleayes, whose torpedo boat conveyed
the message from the Key West naval
station to the flagship, New York.
Which ever it was, the message reach
ed the admiral about midnight and
directly thereafter signal was made
for the commanding officer of the
Maine to report on board.
Midnight Visit to Flagship.
In a conversation 1 had with Capt.
Sigsbee some years later, he describ-
ed that midnight visit to the flagship,
his orders from Admiral Sicard to pro-
ceed to Havana at once, the admiral
adding he did not know what condi-
tion he would find upon arrival. He
did not hamper the Names command
der with any instructions, leaving all
to his discretion.
Capt Sigsbee returned to his ship,
gave the necessary orders for spread
ing fires under the boilers and to get
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-02-21

interested in Kipling's. poem Destroy
ers appearing in current issue of Life.
Naval contingent assert technical ac-
curacy Of last verse impossible to i'm
prove upon"
After reading that tribute to Kip.
ling's poem, the censor asked me If
had a copy of Life with rle. l told
him / did not. Whereupon he sum-
moned an orderly and told him to go
to the hotel and get one. The last
verse of the poem reads:
The strength of twice three thousand
horse y
That serve the one command;
The hand that. heaves the headlong
force,
The hate the backs the hand;
The doom bolt in the darkness freed,
The mine that Gplits the main;
The white hot wake, the 'wildering'
speed
The Choosers of the Slaini -
AS the crux Of the situation was q
magazine or mine, / very well knew
that my office would at once hit upon
that pregnant line. "The mine that
splits the main" as containing the mes
sage ] was trying to get to them.
The orderly returned with the copy
of Life, the censor took it and turning
to the last verse of the poem read
down to those fateful lines very
clever" he said, as he handed back the
despatch.
Baffled In all efforts to get the story
through that night l went on board
our despatch boat and set out Ter Key
West as soon as the harbor rules per-
mitted, and filed enough on the Key
West wire that evening to occupy a
| full page of the Herald Of the next day
refer to this merely to bring IN the
sequel. On the day of my departure
from Havana, another of the cor es-
pondents got an inkling Of what had
heard the preceding night. Having no
despatch boat he had to trust wholly
to the cable. Knowing from experience
how hard it was to get anything past
the censor, he wrote purely descrip-
tive story, the crowds on the Prado
the brilliant sunshine, sea breezes
droning through the palm trees, the
shimmering bay and buzzards roost-
ing on the keel Of the Maine.
AS all of it was extremely compli-
mentary to the scenery and the climate
the censor let it go. But when it reach
ed the New York office, the cable editor
! failed to catch the significance of the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-02-21

under way. as soon as steam could be
made ready. Awnings were rolled up
and sent below, and awning staneh-
ions which might have interfered with
gunfire, were removed, along with
their ridge ropes. Guns were not
loaded for under the high discipline
that is maintained in the navy. every
one could have been made ready for
opening fire within two or three min
utes after the ringing of the gong,
calling the crew to general quarters"
which means that upon the sounding
Of that signal every one jumps to his
appointed place, the men detailed to
the magazines springing to their sta
tions and sending up ammunition for
the guns, the gun crews loading with
equal .celerity.
The Maine Underway. -"..
Now with the. Maine underway. and
churning her way to the harbor where
her destruction was destined to in
volve two nations in war, let us leave
the doomed battleship for a moment
and take up the narrative from the
Inglaterra Hotel in Havana.
1t was. at an early hour in the fore
noon when messenger from the cable
office knocked on the door of Mr..
Caldwell's room and handed him a
cablegram. 1t was from the Herald
and read:
Rush story you bulletined on Gu
ban cane 'crop-we want 1t for main
section"
Not having sent any bulletin on the
Cuban cane crop, Mr.. Caldwell realiz-
ed at once that this was a code mes
sage and turning to his code book
found the first part of it conveying the
tidings that "a United States man-of-
war has been ordered to Havana" He
was puzzled a moment over the rest,
for there was nothing in the code book
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-02-21

ing it busy and there was very little
that correspondents We're allowed to
send, that little being subjected to the
closest scrutiny by the censors. l had
a dispatch boat in the barbor, which
had been used for the carrying of dis
patches to the telegraph office at Key
West, but she could render no help in
this emergency, for by the rules Of the
port, no vessel could leave between
the hours of sunset and sunrise.
EIuding the Censor.
There was nothing in our secret code
book by which this information about
the Maine keel could be conveyed,
and while on my way to the censor's s
office l evolved several messages,
meant to deceive him, and yet be clear
to the editor for whom it was intend
ed, but rejected them all rs unsuitable.
The one was finally submitted, read
as follows: ~
I'm important story which will be
filed from dispatch boat in Key West
tomorrow, please note the main story
Is mine"
The censor, a Spanish colonel, and
whose knowledge of English was dis
appointingly complete read the mes
sage attentively, and then inquired If
thought it necessary to pay high
cable toll in order to claim credit for
dispatch that had not yet been sent
/ cndeavored to assure him that un-
less I took this precaution the dis
patch might be credited to some one
colonel grinned, said / could tell that
20 the American marines, added that
he didn't like the use of the word
mine" anyway and that the editor
might add an "e" to the word main
and reach some wholly erroneous con-
clisicn. that is, erroneous from the
| Spanish viewpoint.
proffered this altogether too adroit
colonel cigar and took q turn down
the corridor, in an effort to think VI
something else. knew this particu-
Ter censor would be going Off duty al
II o'clock, and was trying to be
ready for the next one. ."@.
| Making Use of KipIins.
From the hotel news stand that day
I had bought copy Of Life and had
read therein Kipling's poem, "The De-
stroyers:" / thought that might help
and going back to the hotel, got the
copy, and when the relief censor came
on, presented him with this:
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Tuesday, February 81, 1922.

line "buzzards roosting on the keel OF
the Maine" and as the paper had no
room for flowery description, 1t was
assumed that the Havana man had be-
come over enthused with aguardiente'
and the despatch was spiked. A reali-
zatlon OF what the correspondent was
trying to;tell his office came when the
Heralfs full page account was pub
lished on the ensuing morning.
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The full name John r. Caldwell
signifled that the message meant more
than the words indicated and that the
office would have to puzzle 1t out.
Had Burgin been on duty he would
instantly have understood that the re-
volver had arrived but that there were
no cartridges. But Spain's Nemesis
was around that night. A young as
sistant got the message and turning
to the code book, translated it to mean
that the American consulate had been
attacked.
Fireworks ensued. An attack on our
consulate in Havana was a spark to
set off the ng-brewing trouble be-
tween America and Spain. The hour
was 8: 80 p. m. The Havana cable Of
flee closed at p. m. and there was no
possible way of getting further news
that night. The Herald got its Wash