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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-10-26
A Review. BY LAWRENCE F. ABBOTT.

Walter Page was neycr a blind partisan
Only few weeks beforc he was appointed
Ambassador he wrote TO his old friend. pr,
Alderman. prealasnt Of tho University Of
Virginia;
have n new Al ufsracnt. a new ex-
element. a new study. an you have, and
% We all have who really believe IN
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-10-26

especially In the field OF education. iis
was an active member of the Ieneral Edu-
cation Board ans sas wrapped NJ In plans
and activities fot the Improvement u cdu.
cation and q agriculture In the South. This
work required not only the Kind of fnnda.
mental education In history. literature.
both modern and aacien', and philosophy
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-10-26

which Page had received as a young man,
but It also demanded the exercise and de-
velopment OF statesmanlike grasp OF
social and political problems. I do not
suppose that many people outside of his
intimates regarded him as n statesman.
know / never thought of him as a states
man. ! knew him; respected him; liked
him; admired him, but thought of him
simply as a gifted and influential member
of my own chosen trade--a journalist.
remember my feeling Of surprise when in
the spring Of 1918 1t was announced that
he had been chosen by President Wilson to
be Ambassador to Great Britain. SO far
as knew he had never held any political
office; he had never fulfilled any political
mission; he was ten times as outspoken as
any diplomatist | had ever met He was
"a strong bluff tender man. | thought
of an Ambassador in terms of Gladstone
Lord Palmerston, Lord Salisbury and Lori
Rosebery. How was this combination Of
Southern Righteousness and Yankee blunt
ness to get on at the Court of st. James's?
Well, this book shows how he got on as
an Ambassador! Theodore Roosevelt writ
ing on March /, 1913, called him "the AM
bassador who has represented America in
London during these trying years as no
other Ambassador in London has ever
represented us with the exception Of
Charles Francis Adams during the civil
war; The story of Walter Pages Ambas-
sadorship is one Of the most human and
dramatic In diplomatic history. 1t proves
him to have been Of Presidential timber.
Indeed, If he could have been President in
1912 and could have appointed Woodrow
Wilson as Ambassador to Great Britain 1t
would have been better for the country and
might have been better for the world. For
his ideals were as high as Mr.. Wilson'S;
his belief in democracy was as profound,
and he had far more vigor of initiative and
action and far better knowledge Of how
to live on terms Of cooperative frtendiness
with his fellow men.
In a brief article of this kind it is i'm
possible to give even summary of Walter
Pages ambassadorial career. All that can
be said is that the story related by himself
in his own intimate and private letters,
which have been woven into coherent
narrative with skill, appreciation and good
taste by his biographer, Mr.. Burton Hen.
drick, makes delightful reading Not only
that. his letters shed more light on the per-
picking enigma Of President Wilson's per-
sonality and administration than the most
studied and philosophical analysis could
possibly do. Woodrow Wilson and Walter
Page had been personal friends since their
university days. They were both South
erners they were both members by birth
and early association of the Democratic
party; they both believed in the political
rights of the plain people and that the
plain people should be given every oppor-
tunity for the best kind of material. INTEL
lectual and spiritual development. But
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-10-26

THE first fruit Of this arduous labor
4 was "As II Was Written fan
tastic, somewhat crude. but powerful story
of a Jewish musician In New York lIar-
land at the time was living In his fathers
house In Beekman place that quaint little
street perched upon the brink Of the East
River almost In the shadow OF the present
Queensborough Bridge, and the Terrace by
night was introduced as the background
for the beginning of the tale, and Beck
man place played its part in nearly nil
the subsequent stories in the same vein.
The slight success Of Mrs. Peixada,"
which followed "As II Was Written" cn-
abled IIarland to give up his position IN
the Surrogates' Office and devote himself
entirely to literature. and after the two
books mentioned quickly came "The Yoke
Of the Thorah,' my Uncle Florimond"
and "Mr. Sonnenscheins Inheritance"
Also Of that period was Grandson
Mather," which may be regarded ae
largely autobiographcal. In 1889 Har-
land dropped the Sidney Luska" and
went to England. where he remained TN
til his death late in 1905.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-10-26

like Racine. for his first odes These
authors we're tho fortunate onss They
alone could Ei,e Of their best Imagine
Flaubcrt or Hugo M bureaucratic UNDER
lings or grocery clerks. or byron clark
IN the city. or the 0oneouris trnnscribIns
like nouvard and recuchet' famartins
was diplomat. vIgny an oflicer. Dumas
the secretary Of the Due d'orleans, hut
they escaped from these tasks with sue
cess and frst success. stendhal had 10
remain a yicc-consul and Huysmans nm
assistant manager IN an once. but who
foeyer has the noble ambition 20 express
himself fully In book must. even though
he 30 hungry. partially escape from the
double task"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-10-26

DuT perhaps the most striking example
- Of an American author assuming a
double task was Henry lIarland. who.
known In later life as the editor OF tho
Yciioic BOOK and the author Of such
novels as THE Cardinals Snuff Box
"My Friend Prospero" and THE Lazy
Paramount" first attracted attention by
the tales he wrote under the pseudonym
OF sidney Luska." The desire 10 write
came upon Harland In 1884. when he was
20 years OF age. At that time he occupied
n minor position In the New York Surro-
gates Office. and his hours were iong--so
long. indeed. that 10 find time for literary
labor he had TO adopt a scheme which
practically heightened the ordinary day.
Directly after dinner he would 20 10 bed
and sleep until o'clock in the morning
and then. fortified by large cup Of black
coffee. would go to his desk and writo
steadily until breakfast time. After break
fast he betook himself 10 his Office and
performed the days work with apparent
zcst.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-10-26

THESE quotations stand for tho opin-
i Iona Of twenty or thirty other writ
crs who have contributed TO the Figoros
symposium, AZ the present time tho
problem Ia not one likely 10 stir up con-
trovcray among men and women Of letters
IN tbs United States. The successful
American writer of to-day has TO have
another occupation than that Of writing:
hc. must be fairly industrious man Of
business 10 take care Of the property in
ierests derived from serial rights and
royalties from his books. A generation
or two ago II was entirely different.
Nathaniel Hawthorne. bret Harte aud w.
u. Howclls found II necessary TO add TO
their Incomes by serving the country as
consuls abroad, and Hawthorne for iImc
had employment IN the Salem Custom
House. y. Hopkinson Smith was not only
an author and an artist but lighthouse
builder as we'll. Edmund Clarence s,ed-
man turned to Wall Street. and always
contendcd that the complete change from
the turmoil Of the board" TO the quiet
OF the study enabled him 10 write better
verse.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-10-26

L,NGLISHMEN, too, have their limita-
~ tions. comedies Mr. G. X. Chesterton
In the course of What Saw In America"
(Dodd, Mead & Col Most Of them know
good deal Of American fiction, and
nothing whatever Of American politics.
"They know more about the autocrat OF
the breakfast table than about the auto
crat of the army and the people, the one
great democratic despot Of modern times.
the Napoleon of the New World The
only notion the English public ever got
about American politics they got from a
novel, Uncle Toms Cabin; and TO say
the least Of it, 1t was no exception to the
prevalence OF fiction over fact. Hundreds
of us have heard of Tom Sawyer for one
who had heard of Charles Sumner; and
1t is probable that most of us could pass
a more detailed examination about Toddy
and Bulge than about Lincoln and Lee"
TWO weeks ago there was reference
i in this department of the book sec.
tion to the misquotation Of Rudyard
Kipling's Sussex with which Glare
Sheridan began the famous interview"
Very often this kind of misquotation is
not mere carelessness; it implies ceT-
tain subtle difference between nations Of
approximately the same tongue in mod $
of expression and lines of thought. Fur
example, here is Mr.. Chesterton's version
of the old familiar couplet deriding tLs
mental exclusiveness popularity ascrib.d
to Boston:
Here is to jolly old Boston. the home OK tie
bean and the cod,
Where the Cabots speak only to Lowells. aud
Lowells sp.ak only 10 God.
Now for an Englishman Mr.. Chesterton
did fairly well. He caught something Of
the flavor of the original lines. Yet be-
tween his version and the seal version
there is q world of significant difference,
The Seward gateway., 1922-10-13

party. The Republican party makes his tory.
 See the ticket elsewhere ii our col umns.
The Seward gateway., 1922-10-13
A soURpoUGH HOLIDAY

Contrary to popular opinion by resi- dents of the States, Alaskans do not hibernate in the winter, nor do they roll out in the morning to a dlel ol seal blubber and other Eskimo comes tibles. It may be true that few or us hibernate. if suspended animation means Information, but in realty the winter time in Alaska is the old sour dough's holiday, following q long ana toilsome summer in the hills.
 If is the season when Alaskan5 give their stomach a rest from beans ana hot cakes, accustoming their digestive apparatus to celery, turkey ana TX ings. with daily exercise at the pan gvnga tables. It is the season when olo acuuaintances are renewed, when the cabin is slushed out and made habl table for winter, and when prospects become wonderful producers-back of the pool hall stove. From far and near the prospactors, miners, loggers and fishermen lore gather. each with his quota of news concerning the summers work, ana each glad to get back to civilization, where store clothes and light foot- gear can be worn, and where matches and tobacco do not have to be care fully apportioned for the days needs.
 Winter has no terrors for the Alas kan, who has lived here long enough to know that the states suffer from colder weather than we do here, ana that the only discomfort experienced in Alaska Is imaginary. We have our hooks and our libraries, our entertain ments and our dances, where the wo- men are dressed in the height of fash ion and where the latest music IS play ed by skilled artists. We have our warm, comfortable homes, equipped with baths, hot and cold water, tele- phones electric lights, and electric percolators. We have our card partles our women's clubs, our moving pie lures. and our political meetings, as well as our daily avocations to look after.
 Our schools are of high efficiency, our churches as numerous, and our amusements as varied as in any town of like size in the states and even more so, as town of 800 to 700 in AL aska is more advanced than towns of 5000 in the states. We have our daily papers, and our magazines, and a far greater per cent of Alaskans read Shakespeare and Aristotle and Bacon, than do residents of the States. Alas kans are omniverous readers and post ed to the last word on any subject from the Giants record to President Harding's views on the bonus bill. The long winters give ample time for read ing, and it is enjoyed to the uttermost
 Living is cheap in Alaska compared with the States In other words, man will get more money out of four dol lars a day here than he can in the States. There is not so many tempta- tions and Alaskans as rule are more provident. While our relatives in the States are probably commiserating with us over our misfortunes, we are reyeling in moose steaks, ptarmigan pie, and all that the land affords.
 Winter is our holiday, and we make the most of 1t
The Seward gateway., 1922-10-13
THE REPUBLICAN TICKET

The voters of the Third Division are asked to vote the republican ticket be- cause:
 The Republican party is the party of progress.
 The Republican party does things.
 The Republican party is the only party which stands for economy in ad- ,ninistration of public affairs.
 The Republican party places a tax on the producer where it belongs and rot on the consumer.
 The Republican party stands for quality in all things.
 The Republican party is the peoples
The Seward gateway., 1922-10-13

THE MAN who claims 1t never rains in Seward must be related to the man who claims that his wife never gets up and makes the fire.
The Seward gateway., 1922-10-13

A SOCIETY Leader" is so called because she leads her husband around by the nose.
The Seward gateway., 1922-10-13

THE ONE who is fond of repeating that "all fools are not dead yet" sure ly knows of one that isn't.
The herald., 1922-08-31
AGIERs, LOUISIANA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 81, 1922.
9i1n1d Lloyd JoncSU3
Say)-:': ~
RURAL AMERICA WILL DO IT

.,oment generally respected in rural
Law ca email towns in the larger cities.
S o. cities were majority opposed to the elmna
in the large cities that did
ton ~ If the souland Notwithstanding business
TIE its worst in the big towns Yet
BAD favored its today register protest against
be on the large majority the small towns and
Fnnl"',,E the laws Of decency
,, reason small do not today experience as DO larger
foi -, which has beent termed the crime wave
cues the American Bar Association
the Idge william Swaney, Chattanooga, Tenn has
baoea Of drastic national
pnmeus prohibit the promscuous sale OF firearms
the pistol special purpose IN
lh should not be manufactured except so
the require under proper legal regu
saoa and control , "a mn ,osu
p" there nearly 10000 unaw1u
Inc that burglaries have increased III
nnE, the last ten years
deliberate murder, burglary anu
~ unless the criminal Is armed aiso
n in Europe very much less que 10
Fns civilians acquire firearms and the penalty
uvere for carrying them -. ..o ,roaairo
sever what they regard as the pressing
likely weigh the moral worth
business than are and rural districts therefore,
redress against wrong social tendency
mas from populated places. - A., L., .,o ,,uaors
think they the big Idea pulders
the small towns that both make anu
ave big towns , A.. ,oors ~ tho land who mt across
DE big IDEAS d colo and nossession of pocket fire
~ rst come and it is rural America that will bring It,
The herald., 1922-08-31
Fire In Home Of
Railroad Worker

Fire bugs were blamed by Corporal
Halter of the police and by firemen
for the blaze which drove the family
OF Dennis Ledet from their home at
ST. Pacific Avenue, at a. m, Friday.
Ledet was awakened by the cracking
of the flames, and reused the other
members of his family. Then with
volunteer neighbors he attacked the
blaze, partially checking it until the
arrival of firemen. While the fire
had gained considerable Roadway, it
was soon quenched.
Pieces of burlap saturated with
oil, found between the weather.
boards and the wall of the front
room, were the evidences of incen
diarism found by the firemen and
police. The building, a double cot
tage with the other half unoccupied
was valued at $4,000 and was in
sured for $4,000.
Ledet is employed by the South
ern Pacific Railroad, retaining his
job through the rail strike. Police
and deputy fire marshals are con
tinuing the investigation into the
cause of the blaze.
The herald., 1922-08-31
Woman With IS
Children Seeks
To Be Divorced

The civil district court has been
called on to sever marriage ties en-
during for thirty-five years, during
which period thirteen children were
born, ten of them surviving.
Mrs. Mary Mars Willis, GLIB Ope-
lousas street, is the applicant for the
separation. Her petition alleged that
her husband, Louis F. Willis, threat.
ened her life, and that she was forced
to prefer charges against him in the
criminal courts. This occurred early
in December she said but afterward
during the holiday season, she be-
came reconciled to him. New troubles
arose last Monday, she said, when
he became angry and struck her in
the face with his fist, following this
with desertion.
She seeks to enjoin him from sell
ing their home, or disposing of other
community property.
The couple were married February
1, 1887. The ten surviving children
are: John A, Joseph, Walter, Louis
Mary, Stewart, Clothilde, Esther
Lillian and Florence, all grown ex.
cepting four.
The herald., 1922-08-31
ATTACK ITEM REPORTER

Patrolman Timothy Valentine, act
ing corporal, reports that at about
Sis o'clock Tuesday morning, he re-
ceived a telephone message from
Rene Pelletier (white), special agent
for the Southern Pacific railroad, that
there was a man at the corner Of
Alix and Powder streets who wanted
to go to the ferry.
Patrolman Valentine Immediately
proceeded to the above corner and
met Charles thousand (white), age
81 years, residing in Bonnabel place,
Jefferson parish, and employed as a
reporter by the Item. He stated that
about the above mentioned time he
was on his way from the s. P. shops
and upon arriving at the corner of
Alix and Powder streets he was
stopped by three unknown white men,
who questioned him as to where he
was going. The reporter gave an
unfavorable reply and one Of the men
struck him in the right eye, breaking
the frame of his eyeglasses and dis.
coloring his eye. thousand was placed
in a Ford auto and a tour of the
vicinity was made. but no trace OF
the guilty parties.
The herald., 1922-08-31
INVESTIGATE FIRES.

Investigation by Fire Marshal
Lecocq of two fires Friday which
completely destroyed a house being
built by a strike-breaker and the dam.
aging of house occupied by Q man
said to be unfriendly to the strikers,
led to the summoning of M. Daigle,
alleged striker, to appear before the
fire marshal Saturday.
The house destroyed was being
erected by HI. Dillan, and the house
beneath which the oil soaked burlap
sacks were found is occupied by Den
mis- Ledet, a strike-breaker.
Mrs. Ledet, according to Fire Mar
shall Lecocq saw eight men leave an
alley by her home Friday morning
and a few moments later, attracted
by the odor of smoke, found burning
sacks saturated in oil beneath a
porch.
The herald., 1922-08-31
ALeERIANs sHuN
SIDEWALKS FOR
MIDDLE GROUND.

The great Algerian enigma takes
nnk with the celebrated and noto-
rious aphorism which seeks the mo-
tive Of a chicken confronted with a
rad.
,fbe chicken crossed said road. The
ekIsens Of Algiers, Trans-Mississippl
Metropolis, take the middle Of the
highway.
A native Algerian never uses a
SIDEWALK after shutdown, oldest cit
hens aver. His motive is cloaked in
confusion, rather than in mystery.
Rotten sidewalks" Weeds"
Habit and Heredity" are some OF
he explanations vouchsafed by ma
I've citizens.
Whatever the motive, however, the
bet remains. Nightly one sees pc
tsstrians, singly and in groups,
Hoiding sidewalks and perambulat-
ING down the centers of the busiest
xreets. Motorists have learned to
adjust their speed to the local Gus
tom and three automobiles were
etched recently in avoiding pedes-
trans.
It's most peculiar manifestation,
perhaps, is that native Algerians
ioandon their habit when they cross
ne river or visit other cities.
The habit is cloaked in antiquity,
ns existed from time immemorial.
The herald., 1922-08-31
SHOOT OUT LIGHTS AND THEN
SHOOT NEGROES

Corporal Arthur Halter, Of the
Eighth Precinct police station, re-
ported that on Aug. 20, 1922, about
1910 a. m, some unknown white
men fired about eight shots from re-
volvers into the dwelling house No
100 vallette street, which is occupied
by Michael Marshall (colored) and
family, and one of the shots took
effect in the right hip of Clarence
Marshall, who was in a sitting posi-
ton on the bed.
From an investigation It was learned
that a crowd of white men had Con-
gregated at verret and Diana streets,
and one of them had shot the electric
light out at that corner. They then
proceeded to Vallette street, where
they threw a rock through the door
of the residence of Hudson johnson
(colored), residing at 1102 Vallette
street. who is employed by the Texas
and Pacific railroad as laborer. The
crowd then fired about eight shots
into the second room Of Michael Mar
shalrs residence. occupied by his son
Clarence, and one Of the shots took
effect, as stated above.
Marshall was taken to the Charity
Hospital in the patrol auto, where his
wound was dressed and pronounced
slight, after which he returned to his
The herald., 1922-08-31

few gold bonds ready for absorb
ton. The road operates 11,7OO miles
of road. In the year 1921 it cleaned
up profit of $39,931,662. Por little
thing.
The New York Central in the
same year made a clean profit Of
s22,295,6S6.
The Southern Pacific got away
with profit of $30,61S,77S.
No wonder freight rates ought to
be raised.
OF course when we get into intri-
cate railroad bookkeeping we as
sumo it can be shown that black Is
white after the manner of proving
the cat had ten tails, but, stripped of
all befudding and specious argu-
ment, the figures as quoted seem to
be the outstanding facts told briefly.
The situation right now is so seri,
Gus that farmers in many states
cannot get coal to thresh wheat
wheat which after threshing will
have to be piled on the ground, be-
cause elevators and graneries are
packed full waiting-waiting-
ing for cars.
Write to your congressman and
senator. Let this government know
that the railroads can no longer ex-
plot this nation while they drive
on for increased profits - blood
money. The very life of our prin-
cipal industry, Agriculture, is at
stake.
The herald., 1922-08-31
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS NOMI-
NATE NEW OFFICERS

Officers of Santa Maria Council No.
1924, Algiers, to be elected Wednes.
day, Sept. 10, were nominated at a
meeting held last Wednesday. The
following accepted nominations:
Grand Knight: p. E. Muntz, Geo.
J. Forrest. Deputy Grand Knight:
Walter T. Ryan, James Brodtmann.
Chancellor: A. J. Gaiennie, William
Ford. Recorder: Walter Durand,
John A. Barrett. Secretary: Joseph
P. Skelly, Ben w. Borne. Treasurer:
Gus Lyncker. Advocate: Frank Le-
court, Frank Meyers. Warden: F. o.
Lyncker. Inner Guard: A. G.. Ryan,
e. p. Leaze, John Nolan. Outer
Guard: John NJ. Nolan, Henry Ormond.
Trustees: Owen Henry Lindquist,
Gus Knowles. Alternate to Past
Grand Knight: James L. Higgins.
Alternate to Grand Knight: John A.
Barrett, C. o. Roome, Jr.
The herald., 1922-08-31
GET LIFE SAVING BADGES

The Life Saving Test which was
conducted by E. ]. Hunt, Physical
Director, on last Wednesday evening
at the Algiers Swimming Pool, proved
to be a success. The following young
ladies of this city received their
badges as life savers: Misses Ruth
Calvin, Lillian Olivier. Mary Wieg'
man and Louise Bourgeois.
There will be another test during
the early part of September. All
those wishing to enter same please
hand in your name to Mr.. E. ]. Hunt,
care of Mr.. Lux, officer in charge OF
the Algiers Fairgrounds.