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The Washington times., 1922-01-29
~ ELIzABETH sHIE.DA

A RE you one Of those persons
~ who always n saying. II can't
help being tho way ami my
grandfather vas queer and I've N
hsritsd ~"
Or DO you explain your faffurs to
measure up to certain standards
this way. "If only had moro OPP
portunity7 My environment has
ruined my iifef"
Or arc those phrases constantly
on your lipsi IT did that In spite
Of my sicknessr' WHO can tsIl
whore would be but for my phys
ical handicapl"f
Because IL you answer Yes" to
these questions. the chances are
that you have provided yourself
with . mental disease to use a .
foolish excuse for feeling inferior
to the rest Of the woridl
Such 10 the startling revelation
made by Andre Tridsn, the emit
nsnt psychoanaiyst In his new psi-
mer of the science Of mind expisr-
alton, Easy Lessons In Psyche
analysis" just published BY the
James A. Mooann Company.
Preceding q sat 81 remarkable
Pen pictures Of persons who hsr-
Dor the ''inferiority complex
vAisA ths vxatss sppassssiy -
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He IL, or thinks no n. inferior IN
some way. He may or may not
know In what way he 10 inferior.
He may have weak glands whose
existence and location he does not
oven suspect. He obsoursly feels.
however, that he II not li,u other
people.
.The man who In burdcned with
such q sense Of inferiority or In
adequacy or Incompetence. be II
real or imaginary, fears defeat.
Reality seem to him fraught With
all sorts of perils. He masnifies
tho problems he win have TO solve.
He looks for easy and rsady-mads
solutions.
Tn other words. the dominant
trait In the neurosis 10 an attempt
at escaping present reality and at
sui Itituting for II an easier sot Of
enyironmentai conditions In which
the neurotio will not stand in fear
Of defeat"
Among various devices seized
upon by the neurotio subconsoious-
ness as offering escape from
reality, It is stated. are heart
trouble, rheumatism and sleepless.
ness, which save the victim from
exhaustins tasks; gastric troubles
which insure fancy diet; travel,
vhiah ssossssats nisht fpsn psnk
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mother silows her boy to become
too attached to her. II father al.
lows his little girl to idolise him too
much, this exaggerated affection
win be . terrible handicap in later
life.
"Thus We find many old bachsl-
ors who live with their mothers.
idoiixe them, and believe their
aversion to marriage 10 due to dis
inclination to leave their mothers
lonely. They will never marry
till their mothers die. Woe then
to the unfortunate woman who 40
cepts him a. her life-partner.
He win nag her the rest Of her
life. comparing her constantly 70
his mother. and IN q way which
will not prove flsttering.
"The slightly neurotic type Of
man, suffering from mother fiIa-
tion,' marries 4 woman because
he imagines he finds his mothers
traits and characteristics In her.
and he resents the fact that she h
not an absolute duplicate Of the
mother image"
M. Tridon states that normal
-scn and women are attracted,
though not obsessed. by types OF
the opposite sex resembling the
father or mother, General reoos.
milton Of this fact would. he indi-
Gates, revciutionise our system OF
marriaSs "a ksDeegeAAatah1n0
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DOG EAT
DOG NOW
is MOTTO
Vendetta Has Been In
Existence Since the
FIRST Day of National
Prohibition.
~ HID old adass osnosrnfnS bust
ness ethics among sscond-story
- un~~ s~A sAcca~<w auoou~

IN Hn old sdass esne~nins bust
ness ethics among seoond-story
nnsn and honesty among
thisvss~ has little or NO meaning
when applied to commercial reia-
tons existing among Washington
bootisssers.
u would sssm from many stories
current IN he best rum-sunnins
eireles Inst Il In always open
season on me poor hootoh vsn-
der. The most approved axiom
among the fraternity 10 dog eat
Dog and let the devil take the
hindmost-- Tales drfft In daily Of
he gueriIlA warfare that II ever
IA progress among me vioiators
Of the Eighteenth Amendment. The
vendetta has bsen In sxistenos
alnos ths vsry first DAY Of na-
tional pschfbdtien. and win doubt
LEGS continue untfl he last drop
Of moonshins II swallowed. which
rom all present Indications would
point TO . long campaign.
One Of the greatest agents for
the enforcement of the dry law -
dis bootiegrsrH war. It 10 almost
Impossible 10 rad . paper today
without SEEING a account Of raids
By Federal. STATE or city officials,
but fsw rsAii1s that the great ma
jerity Of thsss are inspired BY for
msr partners Of the raided or his
bussnsss rival The favorits pas
time Of he prsssnt-day bootlegser
10 70 frame . business associate.
TO ret the money or the stock in
trade Of . fellow-o operator 10 not only.
profitable and ethical, but is con-
adersd . mark al high strategy and
ability.
m the Suitcase Days.
Back IN the early days Of pro
hfbition there was . big suitcase
business through the Union Sta
ton By smbryo bootiessers who
were working MP = bank roll SUIT
Gent 10 purchase . car. These men
made three or four trips q week to
New York or Philadelphia for sup
piiss and returned by ran with as
many bars and suitcases a. they
could stasgsr under.
There Yves q chance Of enforce.
msnt agents stepping them in the
terminal II their Suspicious were
aroused b. ths quantity and weight
Of . passsngss's bassasa Fev this
reason the bootiegger passed his
bass ovsr - eos - more OF the ever
ss.dy red cap; cor the TIP tn, 70 "a
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hour st night where he WIN have
his customer and the transfer from
one machine TO the other can Be
mada
The first bootlegssr then rounds
up his gang and they lay In wait
for the second to keep the appoint
msnt. When he appears the ambush
Ii beautifully SGT. he IL held up and
robbed forthwith. II he or anyone
he may have with him shows fight,
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selected from among his own pa
tents. he explains that certain ad.
vantages are to be derived from
we'll established and recognised
heurotio ailments.
According to the table presented.
those are some Of tho benefits OBJ
tained illicitiy through an abnormal
attitude toward life:
Short cut to power (unsociai be-
cause lazy. selfish. dishonest or
criminal.
Line Of least effort ubeins cared
for by ones environment.
Protection for eeotism against
humiliation or failure, insurance of
credit for triflins accomplishment
what can you expect from one vino
In sioixft.
MORBID PATHS TO GOALS.
Bcapegoats such as hsredity. sn-
vironmsnt and 30 on.
Chance to get even with people
depending q lstingy husbands monsy
for treatment making q disiilxed
person suffer-.
M. Tridon gees on to explain the
technique back Of the various
strange ailments which range in
seriousness all the way from a
slight ut Of the blues to paranoia-
"H1vsry neurotic has q goal which
- ts1as 10 rsaea N nsyhiA vayA.
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. section Of the promised land for
dusl<y porters. They grew to know
the regular "trippers" who always
tipped them lavishly. and at the first
opportunity they would lose them
selves in the crowd Of departing
passengers and disappear. The
bootlegger, arriving At tho cab stand
would find himself one porter ana
ono load short There was nothing
for him to do but swallow his loss,
~ . rsco>sry of his baggage would
necessitate his Identifying II. and 10
do 20 would spell disastsr-ts him
self a. well - the porter
This "fads-away act" ~ n came
to BE- known, was practicsd many
times in the Union Station here and
in other cities. One bootlesgsr who
had suffered a loss In this way made
II . practice to show his prospective
porter . bin IN one hand and . small
automatic pistol concealed In the
other palm. After asking him II
he thought he could make .
through trip without any monkey
business he would tan him 10 march
In front and keep marching" This
insured . successful transfer.
Tho Fake Barrel Came
We arc all familiar with the fake
barrel game where the customer 10
allowed to knock out the buns IN
. whiskey barrel and sample the
goods for himself, only to find
after tho purchase has been made
and the barrel delivered. that II
contains . small receptacle direct
ly under the bung hole filled with
real whiskey and that the rest Of
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COLORED
WATER is
ON SALE
Swindled Bootlegger
Won't "Squeal," But
He Often Tips Off
Agents to Raids.

q few days later he learned by tale
phone that the leader Of the gang
who robbed him was away from
home. He gathered his clansmen
and descended on his enemies
stronghold. His ring at the bell
was answered by the wife Of tn,
hold-up man. He and his friends
pushed their way in. locked up tn,
woman. and emptied the premises
Of every drop of liquor that It con.
tanned. From all accounts 1t was
good haul. All this in broad day.
light.
Bogus Enforcement Officers.
Time after time conscientious and
wen meaning bootleggers have
bought q load Of the forbidden
liquid. paid for 1t in coin Of tho
realm. and inadvertently mentioned
the course of their homeward trip.
The man who sold the whiskey will
Immediately tip off his henchmen
They race after the liquor.laden cur.
pass It, and wait at secluded part
Of the road. When the hootch run.
ner approaches he is stopped. the
crowd impersonating enforcement
agents. They search his car, find
the stuff. and 60 through the mo.
lions of making an arrest. The poor
tries to beg off. He sees
the enforcement agent wavcr. he
pulls the sob stuff wide open, he
tells them of the wife and Riddles at
homes.
Tears come to the eyes Of the
agents. their hard hearts soften,
they tell him to dump off his lead,
to 20 home and try to lead a better
life. II the bootlegger is fooled he
does what thcy tell him. II he II
wise they take It anyhow. and he 10
glad to get away with his shoes and
his hat. In this manner the same
load of whiskey will go a long way
In a good cause.
And 30 the war goes merrily on.
Anything that you can get away
with" seems to be the only rule Of
the game. There is little or no
chance Of swindled bootleggsr
"squcalins" to the police. but no
will not hesitate to tip off the dry
agents whom he decides that some
ono has done him wrong" In the
vcrnaculnr. this Is known as ";urniu'
'cni round" and II has been tho
means by which countless success
full raids have been accomplished.
All OF which may account In some
way for the high cost Of holiday
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shacks, near Nineteenth and c
streets. are the maternity wards, and
here each succeeding day finds sew
eral tiny bits OF humanity being in.
troduced to the world. These wards
are usually crowded and extra spe.
cial care and attention are given to
the patients there. Miss Estslle Nc.
Carthey. the head nurse In charge.
takes a great interest In her small
charges. n..
A great many Of the cases ut the
institution are Of a chronic nature,
and many Of the patients have been
receiving treatment there for years.
They never seem to get any better
and they never seem 20 grow any
worse, and so they hang on at the
only home they have, and make
a small partial payment for the
treatment they are receiving by
doing light chores about the build.
ings and grounds. Harry Martin, a
grizzled old veteran. has been q
patient Mt the hospital for five
years. He 10 suffering with an all
ment Of the limbs which makes
daily treatment imperative. An
elderly colored woman, weighing
well over 400 pounds, IL q patien,
who IL 10 large that she finds It i'm
possible to use her limbs, and
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The Fake Sample Trick.

they are beaten or shot, for the hat
ter day bootlegger Is not afraid to
use his gun, As the death roll Of
the enforcement agents clearly
shows.
Some time ago . hold-up Of this
kind was perpetrated on . trusting
bootisgger. He made little or no re-
sistance. al he saw It was useless,
being outnumbered. He was well &C
quainted with the hold-up party and
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CTTON OF DILAAPIDATED FRAME SEIACKS NEAR RIVER
Asst HAVEN FOR CAPITAL POOR WHO FALL ILL UPON STREET

DOCTORS GIVE SERVICE.
Headed by DR.. James A. Cannon
and DR.. d. Percy Hickiing. an un-
selfish little band Of doctors and
nurses are battling to overcome the
handicap Of poor facilities and
rotten conditions in the treatment
Of the wide variety of diseases that
are brought to their attention. Two
graduate doctors. living on the
grounds. five undergraduates. and
several visiting physicians. comprise
the medical staff Of the hospital.
There are eight graduate and TWEEN.
ty.two pupil nurses. The hospital
IL under the direct management Of
Major Patterson. q former army
officer. appointed by the Board Of
Charities.
The food givsn the patients II
clean and wholesome. and except
where the doctor orders q special
diet. each and every inmate re-
ceives the same. Nine hundred dozen
Of eggs are used each month. and
the population of the hospital con-
sumes thirty-three gallons Of milk
each day.
The flimsy character OF the build
ings can be determined when It 10
stated that II has taken 500 tons Of
coal to heat them. so far this winter
The authorities in charge are hop
ing that the shacks will remain
standing until July. when It is ex-
pected that one OF the buildings Of
the new Challenger Memorial Hos
pital will be ready for occupancy.
1t all depends upon circumstances.
or course II nice little modern
blizzard should creep up out Of the
North, the chances are that the
buildings would later be found peace.
fully floating along the waters OF
the Potomac. Should some careless
smoker 20 tossing about LIGHTED
matches anywhere In the vicinity Oh
the rotten wooden floors Of the
building. there Is a strong possibility
that the Washington Asylum Hos.
pital will go out Of business for
awhile. Barring these and other un.
foreseen circumstances, 1t looks as
II the patients will have some sort
Of cover until the time the new
building 10 ready to be moved into.
NEW ONE MODERN.
The building which Is now near.
in completion 10 modern in every
respect. 1t win consist Of q main
building with two large wings Of
two stories In height. 1t will BE-
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pick eut . bottle 30 Be sampled.
This was done. A brace and bit
was produced and . hole bored in
the largo cork OF the bottle select
ed. A rubber tube was NEXT intro
duoed and inserted In the hole. .
strong suck on the outside en-
produced . Uphon and within
plain sight enough Of the liquor
was drawn off to be tested by q
hydrometsr. Examination proved
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Il to be . bourbon Of ripe old age
and the deal was closed without
further delay. The buyer departed
with his purchase. only to find q
few hours later that he had bought
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Bogus Dry Agents Busy.

thirty gallons Of ooiored water At
a price considerably over and above
it's sea-level value.
A careful review of events dur
Ing the sale convinced the buncosd
bootleggsr' that the swindls had
been accomplished BY having one
end Of the rubber tube securely
corked and the tube itself filled
with real whisksy. It made little
difference which bottle was selected
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ten-gallon bottles Of what appear
cd to b the real thing. The bot
ties were corked and sealed with
sealing wax. The bootleggers in
charge Of the sale invited him TO
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tho barrel IL aqua pura. Although
this has been practiced hundreds OF
times they still seem to find trust
ing bootieggers who are ready 10
fall for the Same old stuff
An interesting variation II mis-
trict was recently and successful
ly enacted hsss. A buysr was IN
vstsd - . hssass aaA shsva sAsss
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HUTS BUILT FOR USE
in DAYS OF CIVIL WAR
HOUSE UNFORTUNATES
Little Band of Doctors and Nurses Battle Against
Handicap OF Wretched Facilities to Care for
The Miserable New Structures Now Under
Way VIII Be GodSend to the Poor.

COLLECTION o. diiapdatsd t.Dod frame shocks spras
ths Capiol The muddy Gtsrs the stree lap TIE opiY
the graveyard bounds the buildings the SOUTH
hQs the complete with the spectsr that looms to
Tie xsrth-ths sUuus Of the District jail
Washington Asylum Hospital Here housed the
1sssraSs poor needy Capital satRs sst
loM
DICTURE yourself thrown into the crucibe of poverty
health failing and strength ebbng adrft along the
The bite of approaching winter has aroused no
responsive glow in your body, and the cold has pene
trated to the marrow of your bones.
On reganing consciousness your first thought is one
Of relief believe that whatever has happened wherever
you may have been taken when the lights swayed 30
dizy and blackness fell upon you, you have at last
come to rest and cleanliness and warmth
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WASHINGTON ASYLUM PATIENTS

m HESE victims Of ad-
versity are being
nursed back to health in
the hospital where the
poor must 60 for treat
ment in the District.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1922-06-15

the constitution, Mr.. Goggins said. He
traced how in the British countries
Parliament was the supreme body and
when the writers of the American con-
stitution drew it up they gave the
courts the powers to declare the rights
of people and their possessions and
gave the courts the power to enforce
their decisions. ''It is an ancient doc
trine and when the United States drew
it's constitution it made the courts com
petent instruments Of justice with
rights to enforce" Mr.. Goggins stat
ed. He explained how Sheriff Hans
Rodd was and is today the officer of
the court and that the governor had
no right, and the supreme court up
held it to interfere with the orders of
the court.
Mr.. Goggins was one of the attor-
neys for Sheriff Rodd and appeared
before the supreme court for the
sheriff.
sheriff-Daily Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1922-06-15

Word was received here Wednesday
by Mrs. L. H. Grove announcing the
death Of Mrs W. A. Sprise, following
the birth of child at the Oconto Hos
pital Wednesday. The child preced-
ed its mother in death.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sprise left shortly af-
ter school closed for Oconto where
they were to spend the summer with
their parents. Mrs. Sprise who was
about thirty years Of age, was born
and raised in Oconto where she also
married Mr. Sprise. Before her mar
riage she was Miss Hilda Bergeron.
About seven years ago Mr.. and Mrs
Sprise moved to this city where they
have made their home since. Mrs
Sprise is survived by her husband, anc
one brother and one sister, both OF
Oconto.
Funeral services will be held al
Oconto at nine o'clock Saturday morn.
ing with burial IN the Catholic GENE,
terry there.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1922-06-15
PURE-BREL) PIGS
AREGIVENTO
BOYS ANI)GIRLS

Seven pure-bred pigs were present
ed to boys and girls at the Wisconsin
Poland China Breeders Association
Picnic, held at River Falls, Monday.
The pigs were given as prizes in a
guessing contest on the weight of a
yearling boar, q yearling sow and a
spring pig. The boys and girls who
won the prizes in order of score made
were as follows: Harland McCue, Riv
er Falls; Omar Bernd, New Richmond;
Wilmer Bernd, New Richmond; Leroy
Morrow, River Falls; Gertrude Mum
ford, Ellsworth and Fern Baker, Hud-
son.
According to the terms of presenta-
ton, the pigs are to be fatted by the
boys and girls and exhibited at THEN
respective county fairs.
The speakers of the occasion were
P. ". Young, of Peoria, H., Prof. L
H. Mckay, Head of the Animal Hus
bandry Department, University o.
Wisconsin, and Burlie Dobson, of Ian
caster, Wisconsin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1922-06-15
TAKES CLASS
To WAUPACA
FOR OUTING

Rev. n. J. Breed, pastor of the Con-
gregational church, accompanied
group of children connected with the
Knights of the Round Table, t. o. H
Of the Congregational church to Camp
Cleghorn at Waupaca for a weeks
outing and camping. There are about
twenty youngsters in all.
The children who went in the party
are Chester and Arthur Leverance,
Clarence Moberg, Alfred Duncan, Har-
old Sampson, Earl Wellner, Harold
Searls, Gerald Sampson, Donald Far
rish, Delbert Reimer, Joe Smart, Dar-
win Burr, John Schall, Barbara Smart
Margaret Searls, Florence Duncag
Mary Heron, Nellie Searls, Margaret
Smart and Jack Gruwell
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1922-06-15
A FINE
CHARACTER

We take pleasure in reproducing the
following excellent editorial taken
from the Wausau Pilot:
All Wisconsin will feel keenly the
| loss of Col. Jerome A. Watrous of
Milwaukee who passed away on Mon
day. Colonel Watrous was one of the
fnest characters the state has ever
known. He attained an old age to
which all aspire, for until the last he
was active and interested in affairs
of the world. During the civil war
Col. Watrous served with the famous
Iron Brigade and in the Spanish A
merlcan war in the regular army.
Just before war was declared in 1917,
Col. Watrous Immediately wired: "Ar-
Jutant General, U. S. Army, Washing
ton: Am able to serve. Waive rank
and additional pay. (Signed) J. A.
Watrous, lieutenant colonel, United
States army, retired" When he
found that his age eliminated him,
Col. Watrous entered the arena as q
four-minute speaker and delivered 252
addresses in this capacity. In 1921
Col. Watrous did not feel that the
promises made by four minute men
had been kept after the war and he
said: "This has made my old heart
ache. Many of us speakers, are g.
shamed to look returned soldiers in
the face" Col. Watrous was Wis
consln's oldest and best known patriot
one of the last of a guard that has
rendered splendid service in pioneer
as we'll as modern times He is known
throughout the Badger state, having
spoken IN many cities and villages on
patriotic occasions. We shall all hold
the memory of Col. Watrous a privi-
ege.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1922-06-15

Of the town board serving as such for
Jour successive terms
Crippled By Fever.
In 1913 Mr.. Ebbe was stricken with
a severe attack of typhoid fever which
confined him to his bed for seven
months, and left him with stiffened
hip, which has crippled him for life,
and forced him to use crutches for
three years during which time he was
unable to do any work.
In the year 1914 he was induced by
his many friends to be candidate for
the Office of register of deeds on the
Republican ticket, but was defeated at
the primaries by the late E. E. Ames.
At the following election he was NOM
mated for the same Office, and when
the returns came in a recount was
called for by the democratic party and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1922-06-15
SWAPPING YARNS BY WIRE

An old-time telegrapher explains
why it is that when an eastern man
goes west with new story he always
finds they've already had it. Teleg-
raphers, it seems, when on night
watches, while away their time swap
ping the latest yarns An operator
in Portland, Me-, starts one down to
Boston. In an hour they're chuckling
one originates in Seattle, it's spread
ing smiles in Miami before morning.
Ford stories worth a million dollars
to Henry, were thus given publicity
There's hint in this for advertisers
.of nationally marketed articles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1922-06-15
HAGERSTROM
BODY SHIPPED
sunday FROM
new YORK

Word was received Tuesday by
Hugh W. Goggins, president of the
local American Legion post, that the
body of Charles Hagerstrom was ship
ped from New Yorl- Sunday night and
that it was expected here Wednesday,
It is expected that the body will be
placed in state here, to await the re-
turn to the city of the members of
Battery E now at Camp Douglas.
When the battery men return to the
city, probably next Monday, the body
will be placed under guard at the ar
mory.
The date for the funeral exercises,
which will be conducted by the Amer
icanLegion and the National Guard
has not yet been determined upon
but is likely to be about Wednesday
of next week.