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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1922-03-25

THE &,uup meetings Which We're hvlu
"a IL" h"N, OF th" vHriuls upmu"r.
a. lhr Committee OF M&uH@"a,ul ~.
wrcN We're very successful. The tot.
number Attending WAS To- Miss Adrl;
t.. ltUi'IN say" Il series eli tuE, on H.,
several u..,.. t. on Association "orA
Mau\ questions were IL htG ;t!u me as
I'll. un~ WMiyH followed We're very IL
t"rv''i." and hrl9iul. ~ Il r,~Un &.
these meetings We lrrI that i., Wu:'h
o. he Association is better understood
Among lnr important facts matte riC;!"
were: how the present hu.luNG Was sc
cured The same helms Il Giit from III,
War Work Council at the cost OF $40
0oo Tor building ana equipment. BASIS
Of membership. 70 have the power Gt
voting Il membership fee of $l.00 must
be paid annually. Membership mean
not only the payment Of Zee but ais,
IN" Willingness to interpret the pur
pose OF the Association to the commu.!
lty. pledge to serve the girls and
women. That there is no other institu
tion substituting the work Of the "Y =.
II does and must do it's specific work.
How supported: Secretaries salaries
paid by Central Association. Mainten~
anc" by the Branch through funds Sc
cured from campaign and income from
lodging and memberships AS these
meetings. were informal everyone felt
at home and quite free to ask quest ions
ana thus more good was accomplished
than il Il public meeting had been held
I'm" dainty repaStS served by the yari
Gus hoStcSScS were enjoyed by all.
These meetings were followed with
the recognition Service which was
hcld At the NcSpcrS services on last
Sunday. Addresses were made by Miss
MArGcorGc. Senior City Secretary Of
the South Atlantic Field, Miss London.
Executive Secretary OF the So. Atlantic
Field Office and Miss Ruflin. At this
service the members commit thcmscly
cS Tor yearly service in the work Of the
Association
special program will be rendered
at NcSperS on Sunday afternoon under
the direction OF Mrs. Lillian Harper.
You are invited to attend. Vespcr hour
from s to 6 p. M.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1922-03-25
! STRANGE RHpDHr FHNN
NlNiIIESTEH.

Winchester. Va, March 49,. Certain
colurch people who refused To go to
Martinshur%. w. Va, this week and tC"
TRY in behalf Of Monroe t"Doc'D Hcy.
ton. who was convicted and sentenced
to be hanged for criminally attacking
a 10 year old white girl last summer.
were reported today to have received
threatening messages from c0lOrcd
people who were active in PcytOn'S de
tense.
Efforts were made to induce 4 cOnSid
cradle number Of cOlOrcd people. some
of them quite prominent among their
race to so to MartinSburg and testify
that PcytOn was in Winchester at thu
very time the alleged assault occurred.
but they refused TO go. saying they
had no knowledge Of the mans where
aboutS at that time.
When Pcyton broke Jail at Martins
burg last week he left note. sayin?
he was going to gel evidence to estab
lish his innocence. He made straight
for Winchester and sought ont mum
Der Of c0'orcd people. trying to induce
thom, it was said to aid him in cstah
fishing an alibi.
Now that PcytOn has been cOnvictcd
and sentenced to be hanged. reports
have become current that his former
boon companions are threatening those
who refused to pcriurc themselves on
the witness stand. They are also said
to have hccn informed that the spirit
of Pcyton known among some color
cd people as Il magician and fortune.
teller. viii haunt them to their dying
day. This has so worked on their in
born superstition that many cringo a,
the mention OF Poyton's names
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1922-03-25
Wagon Cpsots In the Fire;
Man IL BurnOd to Death

Danvillc. Va. March 21.-Word was
received today from Pittsylvania of the
unusual death Of Arthur Down, a re-
Spectcd colorcd farmer. near Gretna
lie and his father were burning over a
plant bed for the preparation Of tobac-
co. Dcvin had driven up TO the bed
with wagon load Of wood when the
mul" became frightened. wheeled
around and upset Dcv;n and the wood
into the heart Of the fire Tho unfortu
nate man covered by the wood was
rharrcd before his father could reach
him.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1922-03-25
III KLUX ORDERS THE PRIVATE
MESSENGER or COLORADO'S
GOVERNOR TO EMIT.

Denver. Co. .Iarch ia threaten
ing letter ordering him 10 leave The
city and purporting TO he from the Ku
MIX Kan was received today Nv
George Gross. co!orcd messenger to
Governor Oliver II. Shoup
Colonel Patrick j. Hammock. Adju.
tAnt-Gcncral OF the state. and Attorney
General Victor Keys Immediately star.
cl an investigation
Gross is president Of the local AS>,o.
citation for the Advancement OF Color
cd People. which has filed a prot est
with the Acknowledgement against the
Application recently presented to Score
tary OF State Carl Millikcn for incor
poration OF the local Ku Klux Khan or.
ganization.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1922-03-25
RICHMOND VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 25 1922
COZ. HENRY W. ANDERSON AGAIN
HEADS REPUBLICAN, CLUB.
Body Discusses Plans for PcrfeCting
City ORGANIZATION and Waging
Fight IN Campaign,

The Republican Club Of Richmond
last Tuesday night unanimously r.
elected Colonel Henry w. Andersen
president for another year. During the
AFTERNOON yesterday Indications were
that he would have opposition. but a
truce WAS declared just before the meet
and the choice WAS unanimous.
The meeting was attended by more
than 100 men ana about twenty wo-
men.
Plans were discussed for perfccting
the city organization and putting up
Il fight in the city campaign.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1922-03-25
DR.. II. G. RanSorlc Here.

Rev. Rcvcrdy G. Ransome. the great
orator entertained the people Of Rich
mOnd at the Third Street A. NJ. T.
Church last Sunday and electrified an
audience on Monday night at the TRUE
RcIormcrS' Hall. He has lost nom Of
his old time fire and his oratory was OF
the highest order. He worked his audi
"nrc up to pitch Of enthusiasm that
Perfected il self at the RcfOrmcrs' Hall
in the form Of enthusiastic applause.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1922-03-25
T&EiLTH AND HAPPINESS.

DR.. j. Shelton iIorslcy. Of Saint
Elizabeth Hospital will give ono Of
his famous lectures. subject, "IIoalth
and Happiness at Ebcnczer Baptist
Church. Leigh and Judah Streets. I'M
dor tho auspices Of Layman's Mis-.
Sionary Movement, on Wednesday,
March 20. 1922, at $50 p. NJ.
Welcome to all.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1922-03-25
APPRECIATION SERVICE.

An appreciation service in honor
OF the 81 years Of service Of Rev. S.
{. Burrcll, d. D., as General Secrc-
tary Of the local Y. NJ. G. A.. will be
hold at the Ebenozcr Baptist Chunch
Thursday night, March 30. A IN,
program has been prepared and the
public is invited.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1922-03-25

DR.. Kelly Miller will speak at tho
City Auditorium, Sunday, March 20
at $50 p. Nj. Subject. '"Thc Mex
step in the Race Problem" This
meeting is under tho auspices Of the
Order of Knights Of PythinS.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1922-03-25

DR.. Kolly Miller will speak at tho
City Auditorium, Sunday, March 26
at $3.50 p. M. Subject, "T'he Next
step In the Race Problem" This
meeting Is under tho auspices OF the
Order OF Knights Of Pythias.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1922-03-25

The Sabbath Glec Club will render
a special program at Fifth Stree,
Baptist Church tomorrow (Sundav1
night at eight O'Clock. Prof. e, w
Blake, cornctist. accompanied by Mrs
Annie Rowe Will also Ponder selcc-
lions. Benefit missions.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1922-03-25

Or. Kelly Miller will speak at the
City Auditorium. Sunday, March 26.
at $50 p. NJ. Subject. "Tho Next
Step in the Race Problem" This
moeting is under the auspices Of the
Order OF Knights OF Pythias.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1922-03-25
Dir. II. &. Woods Visits Richmond.

Or. II. {. Woods, President OF the Nil
ginia Theological Seminary and Col.
lcGe WAS in the city this week He dc 8
livcrcd able sermons at the Fifth 81 -.
Baptist Church. His great work mt
Lynchburg has given him a national
reputation. He was the picture OF
health.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1922-03-25

Mr.. Isaiah Love of New York was
called TO the city iusI sunday ON
account OF the illness of his mother.
II" returned "Wednesday.
Evening star., 1922-04-30
by SEWELL FORD

think he would have blocked the way
II Uncle Nels had not called out to
US that he'd got here at last. As 1t
was. he merely stepped aside and al
lowed Uncle Nels to go humping below
with his baggage. And none Of US had
sense enough to tell Hilliard to get on
the job until it was too late.
Well. that was just one item. There
were others. For instance, when this
Capt. Mears came back from uptown
and found that Uncle Nels had moved
in he seemed rather peeved over 1t,
especially when he noticed Uncle Nels'
things slowed in the private stateroom.
"See here" says he to Uncle Nels.
''that room isn't ready yet"
"Ain't it?" says Uncle Nels. 'sWell.
maybe could sleep somewhere.
couldn't I?'
Eyes. maybe you could" admits the
captain sulkily. But you can't eat
here. haven't laid in the supplies yet"
''Oh, all right" says Uncle Nels. ''Fll
eat at cafeteria. But you'll get ready
pretty soon. eh. captain? So We can
60 sailin' somewhere"
4 \
THE captain hunched his shoulders.
He was one Of these short, chunky
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executed another high court bow. this
time with q little more neck action.
Directly, suh." says he. "Carbonated
limeades,' suh." And with that he
eased himself back into the cabin.
You're qualified. Barry" says /.
"You did that like q regular plute.
Where did you ever pick up that Pitts
burgh manner?"
'It's gift" says Barry.
We were still there, fishing out the
cherries from the bottom of the tall
glasses, when Uncle Nels showed up
h.gging a suit case In either hand. In
stead of driving down in a fiivver taxi
he'd ridden as far as he could in the
street car and then walked the other
two blocks. And he still stuck to the
cheap straw-sided bags which he'd car
ried to Sweden and back. One Of them
had q big Second Cabin Label still
on It. The other had lost both straps
and was roped together with piece
Of clothesline. Also Uncle Nels was
wearing a much wrinkled and some
what spotted Palm Beach suit, and
sweat was trickling down his nose.
suppose the lordly Hilliard hadn't
seen him before. Anyway. he gave
him the cold eye as Uncle Nels came
p,if1ng across the gangplank. And he
. extended no helping hand. In fact. 7
Evening star., 1922-04-30

wise as to who's boss on this boat.
Why don't you talk up to that cap
tain, Uncle Nels7'
"Oh. don't like to make no trouble -
says he.
And then Barry Platt, who has bril-
liant thoughts occasionally, took me
one side and sketched out his scheme.
II don't know" says /. 'But you
might try. That is, II you can kid
Uncle Nels into doing it."
Evidently he could, for the next af-
ternoon he told US to be at the yacht
promptly at 4 o'clock. Inez and I were
on hand. Capt. Mears was there.
too, directing the filling Of the ice box
and the unloading Of some groceries.
The noble Hilliard was in evidence. and
the cook was out in his white cap
and apron looking on. So there was
quite an audience for Uncle Nels' grand
entry.
And say, when this classy old sport
In the white serge suit, with the white
shoes and white yachting cap, steps
from the taxi. hardly recognized him
rs Uncle Nels. He has a big black
cigar in one corner Of his mouth and q
pair Of field glasses hung over his
shoulder. Clothes do make . difference,
don't theyf And Barryshad done the
job well, for Uncle Nelx dwas ~ thoE-
Evening star., 1922-04-30

the awning, ''put wnere u.u ,y. rauI
to cruise, sir?'
Down that way" says Uncle Nels,
waving q careless hand toward the
south pole.
VERY well. sir" says the captain.
backing of.
And that's about all the plan any Of
US had when we got under way at last
think we were all too excited to form
any definite scheme. and doubt II
Columbus, got much more Of kick
when he organized his see-America-
first excursion. We were of on a
cruise down the west coast of Florida
in a fine, classy yacht with flags flying
and everything. BY the calendar 1t
was only April, but the day was as
perfect as any we ever get in midsum-
mer. We had cast loose from the
wharf about o'clock and in less than
an hour we were miles out in the Gulf
Of Mexico, skimming smoothly along
over the jade-green water, with the
low-lying. palm-set keys only q dark
streak to our left. Pardon me-off our
port bow.
You see. I've Just got to be nautical.
Barry insists on it. Although he was
born IN Utica, N. r. himself, and has
done most Of his deep p-sea voyaging On
tie Albany night boat he's read %
Evening star., 1922-04-30
Down the Gulf With Uncle Nels

many sea yarns that he has all the
terms down pat. and even before We
sailed no had begun coaching me how
to use them. I'm doing my best to
pick 'em up, too. for he has given up
Inez and Uncle Nels as hopeless. They
will talk about going down stairs
instead Of "below," ''up front" when
they mean forward" and Uncle Nels
even tells Of opening 'the round win
dow in his bedroom" meaning the
stateroom portfolio.
DUT ] find there are a lot Of things
- about the gulf that Barry doesn't
know for all his reading of Conrad and
Jimmy Connolly. For instance. when
we first sighted these big black things
rolling and splashing about quite near
us, and Inez asked II they weren't
sharks. Barry had to stall about a bit.
mo" says he. ''Those are-wh-
young whales"
"Huh!" snorts Uncle Nels. mot big
enough. them"
"Flapper whales" insisted Barry. "A
small school of them"
Sure 1t isn't whale kindergarten
class, Barry?" says L But here comes
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oughly costumed for the part az. II
he'd just stepped out Of Broadway
musical revue. You could see that he
felt different, too. He comes aboard
with his chin UP and a sparkle In his
light blue eyes. And you should have
seen the crew stare at him.
Capt. Mears," says he, '.you get
tin them things ready?"
|, X \ X X
IVES. SIR" says the captain. "In a
couple Of days more" Then ]
saw Barry give Uncle Nels the nudge.
The old boy got the cue. all right.
"Too long," says he. 'You get
, ready tomorrow or get another cap
tain"
Eyes. sir" says Mears. I'll think
I can get everything aboard by tomor-
row.
"And once MORE" goes on Uncle
Nels, what does this black man do
around here, eh?'
Hes the cabin steward, SIR" says
the captain. waits on table, tends
to the staterooms and all that"
"Well," says Uncle Nels, "let him
get my room ready right away"
Eyes. sir" says the captain. "Hear
that, boy?'
Evening star., 1922-04-30
Mystery of the Trees.

ONE Of the most puzzling questions
~ in botany il, "Why or how does
water rise to the top of q tree?''
Various explanations Of the phenome-
non have been proposed. but mono 10 re-
garded as altogether satisfactory. ons
investigator attacked the problem by
means Of interesting and novel expert.
ments. For instance. he constructed an
artificial tree OF plaster Of paris and
found that water moved upward In It
more than forty feet high. Yet he was
unable to base any definite conclusion
upon the results that he obtained. The
water travels large part Of the way In
q Aim. between bubbles on one side and
the wall OF the conducting vessel on the
other. But the physical properties e
the Alm are yet unknown.
Evening star., 1922-04-30

built young chaps, a native Of Florida,
and he rather fancied himself Also.
as we discovered later, he'd been using
the owners quarters and was in no
hurry to give them up.
might be two or three days" he
told Uncle Nels.
''Well, just as soon as You get ready"
says Uncle Nels. I'VE start, eh?'
ut won't be before then. you bet,"
says the captain, walking of.
He's a mild, meek old boy. Uncle
Nels; and we were too new to this
yachting stuff to know just what was
what, but during the next half hour. as
We sat there on the deck. both Barry
and l worked up more or less indigna-
tion.
"It strikes me-" says I. that some-
body ought to put these hired hands
Evening star., 1922-04-30

"Yassuh, yassuh!" says Hilliard, bow
ing to Uncle Nels. "Ah'm Akin to
make it right up for the gentleman,
SIR"
We gonna begin havin' meals here
tomorrow noon. too." answered Uncle
Nels. "All OF US, you tell the cook
that
"Yes, SIR" says Capt. Mears. You
can start in with dinner tonight II you
like. SIR"
1t was a 100 per cent sweep for Uncle
Nels. In those nifty yachting togs
he carried everything before him and
from then on ours was a happy little
family, with a tame captain and q
willing crew.
Excuse me-" says Mears. coming
back to where we were grouped under
Evening star., 1922-04-30
Match Box Decoration.

ON the Boulevard de Cauderan,
Bordeaux. France. there stands .
house that once belonged to an &C.
centric hotel keeper. He collected
the match boxes that his patrons dis
carded. and after he retired from
business he employed his time In
decorating the ceilings and walls Of
this house with match box covers.
He papered the hall with a dark
brown, self-colored paper. on which
he pasted designs Of roses made from
the box covers. The walls OF the
dining room he covered with flowers
and leaves cut from the covers
the flowers he made alternately large
and small-and the design was really
effective.
The drawing room pattern was In
the form Of panels, with beautifully
formed curves at the corners OF
each panel The ceiling in this room.
as in all the others-the hall in
cluded-is decorated to match the
wall coverings.
The staircase and one bedroom
| have lost their match box wall
coverings. although the ceilings are
| still intact. One bedroom has nothing
but heads neatly cut from the covers.
On the east there are only mems
| heads; on the west, those Of women.
while on the north and the south. the
| heads are placed alternately All Of
them are in small rings with the de-
sign Of tho paper showing around
them. A dado with the tails Of Troy
formed Of the same match box cover
| ing surrounds this room.
Tho third bedroom Is ornamentsd
with circles, which begin at the mid
die of each wall and ceiling. and In.
crease until they meet at the corners
Of the room. The spaces left At the
upper and lower parts Of the wall
have another similar design. In this
room alone eight thousand covers
| were used.
Evening star., 1922-04-30

pleasant lover. The two determined
eagerly upon marriage.
1t might be supposed that they
would have encountered few OBJ
stacles. True. 1t was a love match.
but then, Charles might have been
expected. according to Hapsburg ira
dition, to fall in love with an actress
or some unknown and unroyal
countess Zita was Of most dis
tinguished kingly ancestry. Her
Bourbon: her mother was a Brag-
ANA. The young princess should
have made At mate for a Haps-
burg prince, especially with her
Evening star., 1922-04-30

"O THE EDITOR: Somebody
sent me clipping from a Eng
lish paper though I suppose
Il they would call it cutting but
anyway it was a article by a DR..
about left handed people and their
ailments and etc. and the DR.. said
they, was a gen. suspicion amongst
scientists that left handlers was more
libel to be silly than right handlers
but still and all, II you had kid
and you seen he was left handed, why
don't try and cure him all Of sud
den as that may make them stutter
and etc, and in some cases change
ing them from left to right handed
has drove them of their nut entirely.
He also exclaimed several ways
how you can tell IL your kid is left
handed or right handed and one of
the ways was roll ball at him and
see which hand he tried to stop 1t
with and which hand he rolled it back
with and also watch which hand he
acted the most at homo with vile
eating.
Well friends I have got kiddies
and they all act terribly at home with
both hands vile eating but leaveing
Jokes out Of it, have always made
personal study of left handed people
and though I amt no scientist still
they was a good many yrs. when l
was a base ball reporter and In
position to come in personal contracts
with right and left handlers and l
suppose the same differents applies
to people in civil life as well as our
heros of the great national game.
So it looks like might maybe add
a few pts. to what the English DR..
has got to say on the subject even
though no school Of science ever give
me a diploma or anything but the air.
Well they use to be a saying
amongst the ball players that so and
so was crazier than left handler and
1t can't be denied that our national
pastime has boasted many a south
! paw that never was threatened with
brain fever, but on the other hand
you take men like Lefty Leifield and
Doc White and Pat Flaherty and
when a good many right handlers
younger than them had been sent to
Root City in the Underground league,
why these guys was still pitching in
towns Of over u a millions popula-
tion though their fast ball acted like
1t was becalmed.
4 Il \ X
THESE birds used their brains
where as they's a lot OF right
handlers that if they was asked to do
| the same thing. they would half to
shut down for lack of raw material.
And further and more I know one
lefty that went all through his big
league career with the reputation Of
being unhinged but he always car
ried his money in his right pants
pocket where he couldn't get at 1t
quick on acct. of being practically
helpless with his right hand, SO when
he got through pitching he settled
down and lived on the interest vile
some Of his right handed brethren
that use to call him bgs was applying
! to the president of the Mill Stream
| circuit for Job as substitute umpire.
The result OF my observations OF
the creeds Is that they's about
equal percentage Of cuckoos amongst
] the, both Of them but that left
hander goes % extremes, namely II
thsy 8rS lucid why they ain't mo-
Evening star., 1922-04-30

many acknowledged personal merits.
However. 1t was just before the war
and German influences were dominant
in Austrian governmental circles.
Zita was an italian. and Italy was
even then regarded by Germany as
a probable enemy. The Bourbon
Parma family was, of course. Of
French origin, and was known to
hold French sympathies. as was
proved later when In the great war
Zita's brothers served in the Belgian
army. And, further. the dowager
Duchess of Parma was notably anti
German. Thus, the entire German in
fluenoe at Vienna was thrown violent