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Hickory daily record., 1922-12-12
PROGRESS IS MADE
FOR FIRE SYSTEM

Fire Chief Harry E. Whitener re-
ported today that he had raised ABOUT
81 300 in his canvass for $1,000 to m
sure the installation here of Game
we'll fire alarm system. In addition to
$500 reported yesterday, the Elliott
Knitting Mills and the Martin Eur, Eur
niture Company have pledged $500
each. None of the manufacturing
plants is turning the proposition down.
Hickory daily record., 1922-12-12

NO WASTE OF SPACE
'eHelen, declare, your ores'
scarcely covers your body, !,
"What's the matter with my pooy'
Life.
Hickory daily record., 1922-12-12
WEATHER

Generally fair and
much colder tonight and
Wednesday. Cold wave
in extreme west portion.
Hickory daily record., 1922-12-12
WATCH YOUR
LABEL

Record subscribers
.,onId renew at least
sno'd si.'n davs before their
1--WE Inscriptions expire.
The New York herald., 1922-12-31
Our Geographic Names

shows itself in many familiar names. Mis-
sissppi has no saints in its gazetteer
whereas across the river Louisiana, by
nine parishes and twoscore towns, rivers
and lakes. thus perpetuates the religious
ideas of its early settlers. Kentucky and
Tennessee show the vocabulary of the
hunter and trapper; Montana and Idaho
that of the miner All the region acquired
from Mexico. particularly southern Cali
fornia, keeps alive in its place-names the
memory of its Spanish explorers and set
tiers. While there are Indian names on
the Pacific coast ii is a curious fact that
these are few. relatively speaking. in COM
parison with the rest of the country. North
of the Spanish belt capes and towns often
reflect the loyalty of early settlers to the
older States of the Union.
The New York herald., 1922-12-31

happening in a theater that the wise usher,
male or female, can keep from growing
into a scandal. Womanly wit safeguards
such situations.
Good looks (but not beauty. affability
and neatness figure in the list of desirable
attributes, and the latter two are held
to be essentials. a girl light of tread as
Camilla a girl as considerate and gentle
as Cordelia, a girl temperate and wise as
Portia-these are the ideal standards of
the school, which, it need scarcely be ex-
planned to one who knows poor human
nature, are seldom reached. In figure the
ideal girl usher is neither gigantic nor a
The New York herald., 1922-12-31

n OST of the States of the Mississippi
i" Valley, besides countless rivers
and lakes in all parts of the coun-
try bear Indian names, but small num-
ber only of the towns which are the work
of the whites have adopted names bor-
rowed from the aborigines. No5 one in
ten of the one hundred and fifty-o large
cities has an Indian name, and among
those which have it is USUALLY a case of
adoption from some neighbCr1s lake or
stream.
The explorers and early settlers also have
left their racial marks. Up the Hudson
and Mohawk the trail of the Dutchman is
definitely established. The French infiu-
ence in northern New York and Vermont
and along the line of the great lakes
The New York herald., 1922-12-31

she is pretty sure to get place as usher.
1 think the young women who are in New
York to study something or other offer
these qualities to a satisfactory extent.
But it would not be true to say that we
favor the schools and exlude other than
scholars. We take the girls who will be
apt to do the work WELL wherever they
come from. 1t is nice, though, that while
getting the service we want We are helping
the girls also. But don't run away with
the thought that the School for Ushers is
philanthropy 1t isn't. It's good thing,
though and--to be foolishly original
may say that it fills a long felt want"
The New York herald., 1922-12-31
Training Women Ushers for the Theater

What are the qualities that make for
success in this primrose path of the thea
ter? Several of them are obvious enough,
but the main one is ability to keep ones
head and command a difficult situation.
While this description of what sometimes
has to be in an usher's makeup may seem
to be exaggerated, it is not the less true
that there is always a possibility of a
The New York herald., 1922-12-31

f.apper. but the happy mean. No fat girl
need apply.
I'VE do not draw hard and fast lines in
trying to find what we want" said Miss
Duffy; ordinary attractiveness. such as
youth almost always presents. is quite
sufficient to give an applicant a fair
chance, and when in the school she exhibits
adaptability with common sense behind it
The New York herald., 1922-12-31

and from the little hallway that led into
the box office A "T" light was burning
on the stage with the curtain up where
some electricians were working. Here and
there slender form dressed in gray
which rendered her a part of the shadows
scurried between the rows of seats and
treble voices called to one another across
the theater.
Got your books May? I've a theme
in Lit to do. What's your trouble?"
Same old example in Trig; been work
ing on it for three mats and haven't got
there yet"
"Tll see if 1 remember it; bring your
books up to the rest room"
In that room a dozen young girls soon
gathered, each carrying bundle of school
books. Earlier in the afternoon they had
been leading an audience down to the
seats and saying in soft voice:
care for a program?"
Who are they? To- explain in a few
words they are the graduates of a School
of Ushers inaugurated in the present sea-
son and carried on in the Norah Bayes
Theater under the direction of Miss Duffy.
Whether you call her preceptress-a title
that would make her laugh-or by any
other name, she is a past mistress of the
art of ushering. For fifteen years she has
opened every new theater for her enter
prising employers, who are indefatgable
theater builders. 1t is she who in every
case has selected the corps of ushers for
a new house.
Not so long ago women ushers in the
theater would have created more or less
amaZement, but the world moves, and it
has moved so fast and so far since women
were first tried in this capacity in New
York that now they are controlling the
field. They We're not, however. superla-
lively successful at first; they made mis-
takes, put people in the wrong seats and
occasionally argued with the check holders,
who knew the house better than they did.
The pioneer ushers, too, liked to stand at
the head of the aisles and relate to an
incredulous companion something like
this:
AN says he to me, Come on along to
supper after the show grille. Amt you
hungry? You can trust me- says he, for
I'm old enough to be your father An
says to him. oh, you go oni'"
Although the other girl always walked
away when these condolences got so thick,
still the couple waiting to be escorted to
their seats had some reason to be annoyed
The Super-Usheress Enters.
1t soon became plain that if women
ushers were to keep the field new kind
would have to be selected and they must
be taught. The idea of a school was put
up to Miss Duffy, who is a nice looking,
smiling, well dressed Irish woman with
good manners and a good heart, and what
she said in favor of it is worth repeating
since the school has proved a complete
success.
The trouble we have had with girl
ushers has never been very serious, but
under the old hit miss plan of select
ing them there were many annoyances.
These nearly in every case arose from ig-
norance; the girls did not know their bust
ness and nobody took the trouble to teach
it, or even to explain.
In the school all the points are care
fully explained and what a girl is to do
and what not to do is literally taught. She
can't plead ignorance any longer
A practical knowledge of a theaters
seating is the simplest mart In acouire
The New York herald., 1922-12-31
What the Ushers Are Paid.


to break this ronclad rule now and then.
for she isn't paid extravagantly. She gets
a dollar for every performance where she
serves. With six evenings and two mat
inees she earns SS. A so-called director,
who has charge of number of companions
in the orchestra or gallery, is paid twenty
five cents more for each performance, and
the head usher, in charge of them all, re-
ceives for each one a dollar and a half.
Unless girl is satisfied to eat bran three
times day she can't live on that.
Recognizing this axiom of economics
when the School for Ushers was started,
an effort was made to break away from
the conventional sources and find a new
lot of girls who would do the work well
but to whom it would not be a livelihood
but an avocation, bringing in what may be
called, for a lack of better term and how
ever much it might be needed pin
money This new field proved on expert
ment to be wide and fertile. There are
girls who live at home but to whom the
theater is a passion, so much a passion
that to see the same pieces over and over
again would not bore them to tears.
Another field explored was that of the
schools and colleges for women, and it was
from this that the school was mainly re-
cruited. \ mere hint was all that had to
be given to Gull hundreds of the school
flowers that grow in the vast educational
garden of New York. Applicants came by
dozens from the neighborhood of 10th
street and Broadway and from much
II
girls. girls temporarily in New York study
ing music and art girls from villages in
New Jersey and Long Island, in punches
they came to get the training of the usher
school and later, if they made good" a
post as usher
The out of town girls studying in New
York and the college girls who had no
the precise material that the school wished
to get hold of to mould into the necessary
form. All of them had unoccupied time,
few of them but could do with some extra
money, and when the one mooted point was
met by circumstance everybody concerned
was happy. This point is that attendance
at the theater meant interference with
their study hours. When it came before
Miss Duffy she rose to il like a trout to
fly.
Wen have rest ROOM" said she right
off the reel (Which is a correct expression
to follow the trout and fly simile). "and
that rest room may be used as study
ROOM"
Thus it has come about that in all the
theaters which employ girl ushers strict
study hours are kept by the young women.
and it is said, but not by me, that their
marks in the various institutions of learn
ing are higher than they used to be before
their plunge into theatrical life.
The New York herald., 1922-12-31
Many Girls Eager for the Work.

The girl ushers are numerous. In the
first session Of the school IT'S were in
structed, and a fair number of these got
immediate employment. They like the
work and they like the costume-a pretty
gown of gray, with gray stockings and
suede shoes. In caring for their appear
ance the girls as a rule take great pains.
and when things wear out (for the outfit
provided is expected to last for season.
they renew the items themselves. There
are now on Miss Duffy's waiting list for
the next session OF the usher school. which
opens after IL, Christmas holidays. over
Brooklyn.
The New York herald., 1922-12-31

and afterward leave the matter to her own
judgment. We don't discharge girl be-
cause she accepts a small gratuity for do
ing a favor to one in the audience whom
she has shown to a seat. For instance, a
man may ask for an extra program and
she goes and gets it for him, or the lady
with him may want glass of water when
the water carrier is nowhere in the vicinity.
The first thought he has is to ask the
usher TO supply it, and if she can do so
without interference with her regular
duties and ne pays her for the kindness
it's nobody's business but theirs.
"But let her be found taking fifty cents
or a dollar from a man who. has bought "a
dollar seat and wishes to bribe his way
into $3.50 seat, and she's fired straight
away
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-09-08
ANNOUNCEMENT

Cemetery lots, WOFIuHICT1Ss
WHEN YOU MUST HAVE QUALITY
in monuments you will make use OF
Emslie's service Is 5. 10th 81
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BUSINESS SERVICE
Business Services Offered

30-DAY SPECIAI-On watch, clock and
jewelry repairing. H. Clyde St John,
s. st. Singer Sewing machine room.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-09-08
SHERTFEoc CAT

By virtue of a copy of decree execu-
tba vT ~ me directed from the clerk of
az PUBIC sale, at the courthouse door,
~ ~ me ne city of Richmond, Wayne Coun-
Der be- iiIa aa5 on the goth day Of Septem.
clock a. m, and o'clock D. m on said
oag' the following property to-wit:
me neSi ~ as numbered on the plat of the
NJ loW n OF Oakland, laid out by James
hal zoe and Squire l; HittIe in the south
InIrteen (13), Range One (1) west, now
q part or the city of Richmond, Wayne
99oanfty; Indiana, described as follows:
south Ninth Street in the said city OF
~ hf!cth, m one hundred (100) feet north
81 me sopth line Of the north half Of
SINCE 81 the opening of South Il" Street,
IN IN tsserEseentt;y-seyen (77) feet north of the
Street with the west line Of South
Nlntn street,; thence north with the
west line OF South Ninth Street ninety
nine and four tenths (99.D feet more
eeet south Of the intersection of the
Iine OF South Ninth Street; thence
sS;oeuathwesterly to a point in the east
rI4oa OF the alley and one hundred forty
SAW d4g2 f .Iyt, south of the south line of
nine and four tenths (594) feet more
OF OF less along the east side of said alley
of the south line of the north half Of
said Lot Number One; thence east one
1undred thirty -one and. seventy hun
oFedths tl31.7O) feet to the place of be-
ginning: to be sold as the property of
Harry Knott and Katherine S. Knott to
satisfy said decree in my hands in ia
vor Of Christian NJ. kirkpatrick, ct al
Said sale without relief from valua-
ton or appraisement laws.
CARL WADMAN,
! Sheriff of Wayne County.
August 25th, 1922
d. c. Harlan, attorney for plaintiffs.
Au2 25-Sent / &
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Painting, Paperins, Decoration 2e

PAINTING - Decorating, vanishing,
enamefing. granting. Quality First"
E. c. Sims, 500 y. nth. Phone 2G71.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-09-08
AUCTI0NS-LEGALS
Legal Notices-continued


in the. above entitled cause George
aenWood vs.. Frank Henwood, ct al to-
gether with the affidavit of a COM
petent person, showing that said de-
LenaantS, Addte Sturgis. Susie Hen
Wood, Nora German and Hilda Hen
WOOD are not resident of the State
Said Defendants, therefore are here
oS notitled Of the filing and tendency
81 81 sald complaint against them and
I 5at uhIess they appear and answer or
demur thereto, at the calling of the
S 5ap5 cause on the, goth day of October,
1S95, a day of the October Term of
said Court to be begun and held at the
| Gtho a fin in the City of Richmond on
s sae ll ISL Monday of October, 1922, next
sd!o complaint and the matters and
Infl,nlgs therein contained and alleged.
VIII De taken as true. and the said
their absence -
Witness the Clerk and the seal of
s $40 court at the City of Richmond
TINS Z5rd day of August, 1922
PAM P LINUS F. MEREDITH. Clerk.
ou4 a. Beckett attorney for plaintiff.
AUG. 25-Spnt -S-3t
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-09-08
A GOOD APPLE OR A POOR ONE?

When buy only apple basket you're quite
sure what you're getting.
It's fairly fairly fairly spots Not
so bad not good-and you buy
you pick the apple you from basket of
others, the best of
The greatly different anything
Wouldn't the offers
columns before mind best uyp
alphabetical listing to be
Buy by the Classified Ads!
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-09-08
Suburban For Sale

Is ACRES-For sale; modern Groom
house; large bank barn and plenty of
other out-buildings; running spring
water in house. Box B-301, care Pal
ladiun.
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STRICTLY Relable Buyers Sellers
BUSINESS SERVICE
Repairing

WE KNOW
You will be satisfied II you let
US half-sole your shoes or put
on new heels. Rapid Shoe Re-
pair, 326 Main St
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Garages-Autos For Hire

GARAGE-For rent Inquire 135 S. st
PHONES-3461-Taxi short calls Use;
day. or night service. Frank r. Cham
ness, S12 Specialrates,c country drives
RICHMOND TAXI SERVICE-Ph. 1920.
Reasonable rates. Headquarters at Co.
lumbia Restaurant. SIS n. St.
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Moving, Trucking, Storage

MOVING AND STORAGE - Local and
long distance moving of household
goods Richmond Storage Company,
Grating and storage. Rear - S. 18th
St Phone 222S-1566. W. q. Baker,
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ROOMS AND BOARD


Rooms Without Board SO
4TH ST, s. 105-One large furnished
front room with bath, for rent. Girl
preferred.
9TH ST, s. 100-Modern furnished
sleeping room for rent; with private
entrance.
18TH ST. N. 24-Furrished room for
rent, gentlemen preferred.
a ST. S. 122o-Furnished front room
for rent: desirable location; all
modern conveniences.
.BEDROOM-And bath, for rent; gentle
man preferred. Inquire 4Gt \. 18th
Street
MAIN. ST, 1320-Furnished front bed
room with bath; fine location. Call
Phone 1929.
ONE DOUBLE = Furnished strictly
modern room for rent. Men preferred.
Reasonable. 2315a n. 10th st.
Rooms for Housekeeping SO
5TH ST. N 301-Two light housekeep-
ing rooms, not modern, for rent.
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5TH ST. N 3o1-Two light housekeep-
ing rooms, not modern, for rent
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Solicitors, canvassers, Agents IS

AN OPPORTUNITY WITH A FUTURE
An energetic man wanted to work
southeastern Indiana, selling a staple
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tories. office buildings, garages, no.
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state institutions, etc, for their own
use. Company backed by IS years of
consistent growth. Liberal commits
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Full commission paid on all mail busi-
ness from accounts you establish. A
number of our men have been with US
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to make permanent connection with
an established firm having an AA1 rat
ing. Address P. Q. 11T7, indianapolis,
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LOST ON ". 18TH ST.-Fine gold chain
with GOLD cross, set with pearls and
turquoises. with initials E., q. y; on
the back Reward offered. Return
to 100 N. 18th St. -
F0TTNT1-Two reyolvers. knives. 2
watches, / spotlight. l magnifier Par
ties identify property may have same
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Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-09-26
JUNCTION ITEMS,

Shenandoah Junction, sept Go
Mr.. James Smith and family, Of
Charles Town, spent sunday with
his brother. H. C.. Smith.
Those who were the guests of
Mr., and Mrs. l.. ], Shirleys on
Sunday were Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan
Honser. Of Bakerton Mr.. and Mrs.
c. II, Furtney, of Cumberland, and
MIR. Hightman, of Frederick
Mr.. Edward Clipp and family,
spent Saturday in Hagerstown.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Fields, Of
Washington, are visiting Mrs
Fields parents, Mr. ana Mrs, J. b
Furtney.
Mr. and Mrs. s. G Darr, spent
Sunday in HagerstoWn
Mr. J. J. Lyme and family spent
Sunday with friends in Snarpsburg.
The Norfolk and Western Rail
road Company, has done some very
poor improvement at the so-callcd
station at Shenandoah 5unction
They took away the platform aroun
the shack and filled in with sand
and crushed gravel. 1t is too bad
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-09-26
UNASSESSEL1 DOG IS
LEGALLY VAIljEL.E:SS
Like "Boose' in The Eyes Of
The Law.

For the first time-so far as is
known at present-it developed in
a local magistrates court that a per-
son cannot be held for the alleged
theft of dog. if that dog has not
been assessed at so much value by
the county assessor of his assistants.
In other words, an unassessed dog
has no commercial value, in the eyes
OF the law, no matter how highly the
owner prizes the animal, nor if the
canine cost $4,000.
Mrs. Emma Holar and her sister,
Mrs. Red Hill had some trouble over
the ownership of a bull pup and one
of them carried the matter up be
fore Justice Fred II. Baker, with the
result above stated. The previous
charges were therefore Quashed and
Wednesday was selected as the day
upon which the ownership of the dog
should be determined before Justice
Baker on writ of detinue
In the meantime each litigant was
required to deposit bond in the sum
of $50 if each wished to retain the
dog and under the agreement il both
put up 500, then each was to have
the privilege of holding the dog for
stated period until the day of trial.
Before that the animal WAS in the
custody of Constable Orndorff.
One of the parties endeavored. it
is said, to have the dog assessed
after the first action had been taken
but learned that it was out of the
question to enroll the disputed canine
upon the assessors books at this
time.
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-09-26
VETERAN EXPIRES
AFTER LONG SERVICE
Many Places OF Business
Make improvements.

Charles Town. Sept 25.-Mr. David
Wood, who for several ysars has
been the night policeman, died Fri
day morning, Sept. %. at the home
OF his daughter, Mrs. D. W. Ramey.
Mr.. Wood was a Confederate soldier
and highly esteemed by all who knew
him. He is survived by tWo sons,
Mason Wood. of Columbus, Ohio. and
Benja min Wood, of Charles Town
and two daughters, Mrs John Currie
and Mrs. ID. w Ramey. of Pitcairn,
Pa, and Mrs. Lucy Freeman, of Der.
ryville. Va, and one brother, Mr..
William Wood, of Pennsylvania. Fun
eral services were conducted in the
NJ. E. Church, South, Sunday, Sept.
"a, at 2 p m. Rev. Swami Of the
Methodist Church and Rev. Goodwin,
of the Episcopal church, officiating.
Interment took place in Eigehill
cemetery
Misses Mary Callan and Fay Dick,
who are attending school al Shen-
herdstown, spent the week end with
their parents at Charles Town.
Miss Alice LeFevre. who is attend.
ing school at Fort Loudoun. Win
chester, Va. spent the week end
with her father at Mrs. 0. l.. Wat
sons.
The Great Atlantic and Pacific
Tea Co. opened for business Friday,
Sept. %.
The Timberlake property, which
has been remodeled and equipped for
school purposes, will be ready for
occupancy as soon as the heating APP
paratus is complete. In the mean
time the accommodations OF last year
are being used.
Mr. W. ?. Burton, of Princeton.
W. Va, was the week end guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. |. W. Dick on North
Mildred street.
The Charles Town and Ransom
Chamber OF Commerce Will hold a
meeting in the Court House Thurs
Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1922-09-26

day, Sept. IS, at y. M. The speak
or of the occasion will be j. r. Pc.
land, former president of the Mar
tnsburg Chamber of Commerce.
Two blocks of Washington street
from the Court House to Lawrence
street. Charles Town. are undergoing
Improvement The main driveway is
also to be improved by the addition
of crushed stone The entire width
of the street Will then be oiled.
Miss Louise Manning, of Charles
Town, returned Friday from a trip
to the Bermuda Islands.
Miss Myrtle Long. who returned
last week from visit to her brother
Mr.. Oliver Long, in Charleston, was
recalled TO that city Friday owing
to the serious injuries received by
Mrs. Oliver Long and baby in an au-
tomobile accident,
Miss Mary Eloise Campbell, who
spent her summer vacation in Char
les Town and who will be remem-
bered as former teacher in the
Charles Town High School, will teach
this year in Yassar College, POUCH
keepsie New York.
Friends of DR.. A. O. Albn will be
glad to hear that. he is convalescing
satisfactorily from recent operation
at the Charles Town hospital.
Mr.. c. w. TAYLOR has installed a
5, 10 and % cents department in his
variety store in the Weirick build
ing. The display of articles is at.