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New-York tribune., 1922-10-08
And Now Comes Candy Day
By FAIRFAX DoWNEY
40 sHAKESPEARE's celebrated and
long unanswered questions, 'sWho is
sylvia." and ssTell me, where Is fancy

"NHE LAST time a fond young man gave
our sister-in-law five-pound box of
candy was the occasion for solemn
vow on our part. A series Of ranking
exasperations, bitter disappointments and van
ished opportunities caused us to swear by our
sweet tooth that we would soon ascertain. sun
dry confectionery facts or allow the girl to
eat the next consignment all by herself
The box no sooner had been opened than
grasping persons, who reminded us Of the
harples of mythology, seized upon those pieces
OF candy, which, if we had been allowed leisure
to chose, would have been our first, second,
third, fourth and fifth choices. Forced to
hasty action, we took the chocolate which was
No. on our list of preference. Biting it, we
found that its interior was bright green SUBJ
stance which is not at all to cur taste So we
told Rover to sit up and speak for it.
When next we had reference to that box we
found that its contents had been pretty well
paved over by the harpies. What they had
not devoured they had surreptitiously poked
or slyly nibbled and, not fancying, discarded
them as "throw-backs."
Undaunted, we tried once more We had
evolved a theory on parallel. When woman
packs your trunk, isn't it invariably 50 that
the article you most want proves to be at the
very bottomg 1t was feminine nature, we
reasoned, for the candy packer to work along
those very lines Down deep she would have
tucked away some delectable sweet The nerve
10 our sweet tooth tingled with anticipation.
we commenced fevershly to unpack. We lifted
pus several depleted trays. But down in the
,ast layer we found an aching void. Some
oooy else mad got the theory-and consequent
" the deiectabe sweet--first.
In desperation we went out and bought q
peppermint stick, only to be tortured with
curiosity as TO how they put the red stripe on
u and whether they did it reading from right
TO left or vice versa. It was then that we
swore that solemn VOW about confectionery
we are proud to say we have performed ,t
and need do no penance. Without apprehen-
sion we can look on the coming Of Candy Dav.
which this year falls on the second SATURDAY.
in October
As far as we know, it has never fallen ON
any day before. October Id has been selected
by the Confectioners' and Ice Cream Mann
facturers' Protective Association OF the State
of New York. To the best OF our knowledge
it was wise choice on the part of the as
ISOLATION, as we shall call it for short. Tt
does not conflict with Moving Day or Near
Beer Day or Smile-at- Baby Day or any
other day we know of.
Now we know how peppermint sticks get
that way. It's simple. They take long pieca
of white candy and strip in piece Of red
candy along its length. Then they twist the
result. Nothing to it. A barber pole is much
more work.
Nor is there anything complicated about The
inside facts Of chocolates. 1t is entirely un-
to do anything 50 radical az bite
! corner Oh OF adept tho expedient relating
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Rnbid ROOters Are tn
Be Found in Main
Street and It's Rural
EnUirOns, and Theu
Back Their Enttusi.
asm With Technique

hat emporium .on the right to Child,g Raata,,
rant No. 7778 on the left and that block ths
street most effectually during each afternoor
Of play.
And talk about familiarity with plavers I
These fans know the color Of Frisch,s bair
and the length Of Dugan's stride. They knos,
more about "Babe" Ruth thar the @Babes him.
self knows, and they have no end Of statistical
reserves to fall back upon in argument.
In these towns the largest community esn.
ters are thrown open to the public and every.
body is invited to come in and watch tba
worlds series, play by play, on boards that
make everything startlingly real Perhaps
some local newspaper hires the hall and
throws it open for the advertising that result.
Or if the local administration seeks 10
strengthen its standing with the "fan" element
among the voters, perhaps the big boss Of He
"ins'' has the hall thrown open--ietM
municipality owned buildng-and the expense
is charged off to that patient individual liza
general taxpayer.
What makes all this widespread interest n
the eliminating games Of the baseball sea-
son?
The question was asked Of John Heydler
president Of the National League Of Baseball
Clubs. Mr.. Heydler frankly admitted that he
couldn't give the details.
"But the interest is there" said Mr.. Heyd-
ler. Otherwise people wouldn't be coming
from all parts Of the world to see the games
and business would not be practically sus-
pended in all lines while games are on. It's
Just because the worlds series is the greatest
sporting event in world history. There is
nothing to match it in the widespread interest
it excites and the number of people to whom
it appeals"
And if you don't think Mr.. Heydler is right
just take your suitcase and try to bury your
self somewhere in this country where you
won't hear a word breathed about the worlds
SERIES
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08
Gotham Arabian Nights
By FREDERIC F. VAN de WATER

mated without delay and l may return to my
warfare with the interests for the good of
the people,
And the guards at the door of the tent Of
the Mulah Mur-fee sake, saying:
ssS-s-s-shp
Whereat grew the visage of the Caliph so
that no man might look upon it with the
naked eye without witnessing spots before his
vision thereafter, and he said with the voice Of
anger:
"Sons of iniquity, dare ye to shush the
mighty Caliph Hy-lan of the Ruddy Counte-
nance?"
Then replied guard at the doorway Of the
tent Of the Mullah Murfee:
"Great lord, we shush thee not We shoe
thee. Our meaning is Beat it, great Caliph.
Skip! Get out!' Such are our orders. For
the Mullah Murfee ccmmuneth not with the
silences, but with the great Emir, Haroun AL
Smith, and desireth to see no one else"
And he left off testing his spear head, and
the good Caliph, having looked for the short
est way from there, found it and took it, and
arriving at safe distance, sought Conners
Bey and told him the tale.
And the face of Corners Bey grew long and
his eyes grew sad and the voice with which be
had cried so long and faithfully the coming
traumphs of Will ibn Hearst grew sorrovfuL
Then spake the good Caliph, who had
watched these symptoms with alarm:
Why mournest thou over the evil manness
OF the Mullah Mur-fee, 0 good Bey? Hest
thou not, as thou hast said, the convention IN
thy inside pocket?"
And Conners Bey gave answer sadly: "Ay,
great Caliph, but only as much Of it as man
can carry therein
Then wept they together and TIE g.
Caliph snase between sobs:
Come what may, Will, my great friend,
shall not be deserted by me. He made me
what am to-day"
And Conners Bey summoned messenger,
saying:
Ride with all speed to the palace of the
Sheik ul Islam and bear him this message:
All is lost save His Honor, .
And this done the twain safe amid the
crumbling hopes of Islam and wept bitterly,
until the Nubian slaves who brought ever
fresh pocket handkerchiefs reeled with ex-
Easstion
And as they safe and wept tnnult ran
through the encampnent, and, looking up
with tear~dimmed eyes, they saw che Mullah
- @SS Ss1AatAk lasS ~ MS glory ANU III - =
upon the arm Of Haronn All Snaith, the rebel
Ernir. And all the camp shouted for 10y, bat
the GOOD Caliph Hy-lan uttered . cry and
tainted.
Then came messenger from the Sheil u
Islam, bearing scrsed in She hand Of M llls,
reading: By no means permit my name tos
come before the convention. &
And conners Bey, having read, vcpt once
more and said: s.
The Mullah Mur-fee hath already granted
the request of the Stsik III Islass. =
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Of the crafty Mr.. Mathewson to keep said ball
in said park.
"Bueno, bueno!" was the common express
sion of Castiian qualification over Senior Bak-
er's exploits. Some of those present had never
been pried away from the sunny side of q
dobe wall by anything less vital than fire,
flood or pestience, but they deserted their
favorite summing places in order that they
might visualize baseball game which was
being played more than 1900 miles away.
In rural communities all over the country
east or west, north or south, the result is the
same in worlds series time. The annual clash
Of the big league leaders stirs the country
SIDE to it's depths--even beyond the place where
Main Street begins. The upstate farmer
going about his round of fall work, is think
ing not SO much Of his acres and his live
stock as about the outcome Of the big series.
And now that radios are being installed on
the farm and direct communication can be
had with the ball park, if one is not more
than 300 miles away, who said there were no
compensations in rural existence? With the
radio earn1uffs securely attached to his head
the excited farmer can hear the game told off
by an eyewitness exactly as the thing happens.
He can hear the yels Of the crowd and can
even get the occasional crack of the bat.
But radio was not needed to inject rural
interest into the series. That interest existed
before radio came into existence. Everything
else is forgotten in the country during worlds
series time, just as everything else is forgot
ten in town. The work that is done is done
through the subconscious mind. The conscious
mind is settled definitely on the performance
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in fair raiment and
stalked through the
encampment to the
door Of the tent Of
Mur-fee the Mullah.
Then spake the
good Calph Hy-lan
Of tue Buddy Coun-
tenance: 1It is my
will that the Mullah
Mur-fee be informed
that the Caliph Of the
Brightest and Best
waiteth to speak with
him. so that the great
s b Xix WITH ibn
Hearst may be mons
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any outward evidence Of antipathy. Ancient
feuds are forgotten while the returns are
megaphoned from the office Of the weekly
newspaper, and broad hats are tossed in the
+air when the score goes to suit their wearers,
who probably have wagered many silver dol
lars on the outcome
Down in New Mexico the writer remembers
seeing scores Of Mexicans gathered to hear
the worlds series returns in a little town
where little English was used. 1t was the
year when Mr.. CLONE Run" Baker earned
his sobriquet by his frequent expulsons Of the
ball from the park, in spite Of the best efforts
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08
No Hamlet Is Too Re-
mote for It's Special
Bulletin Service, and
Enthusiasm Becomes
RiOtOus In Front OF
Distant ScOrebOards

"O SHAkESPEARE'S celebrated and
long unanswered questions, "Who is
Sylvia?" and "Teli me, where is fancy
bred7s may be added another, to wit:
where is the most thoroughgoing worlds
series fan to be found?"
This modern question is somewhat less
cryptic than those propounded by London's
of catch in it nevertheless
Ones inclination at first would be to an
swer that the nlost rabid fans are to be found
in the big league cities where worlds series
baseball is possibility, and more particu-
larly in those towns where the annual struggle
takes place. Fanaticism would seem to reach
its height in the bleacher seats, where the
fans who have stood in line for hours are en-
gagged in getting their moneys worth out Of the
autumnal clinch.
But rabid as those fans undoubtedly are
they cannot outdo the fanaticism that one
finds at the scoreboards in Che remote places.
where the population almost to man has
never seen big league bail player and never
expects to see one.
Out in the broad Western spaces, where as
Merton put it, ''men are men," there are also
grims determined baseball fans. The solitary
horseman, riding his foaming broncho to the
little, unpainted town in the desert, is not
going to shoot up enemy, but is merely
hitting the trail so that he will get to town il,
time to hear the first returns from the opening
game of the series that blooms in the fall Tn
town he will find many of his own kind of
men, gathered from various radiations Of the
compass, to hear the same. news. For once
sheep herders and cowren mingle without
New-York tribune., 1922-10-08

Tw r OE! Woe Woe! Doom hath fallen
a "a upon Islam, O princes and pashas
" v all, and disaster walketh hand in
hand with despair through her
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R ST. AND N. CAPITOL N. ".

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37.sse--Bsy- window homo q 9 resus
fine condi.scn. Gsrsss' THIS psss.rsz
10 soned for business and will appreciate
shortly. el.1ee cash, see meath.
9TH AND F N. e.
et.ees-Fins little bay-winAow hsuss In
this convenient ssctiea; roeenA hath.
eSee cash. $50 Per menth.
18TH AND JEFFERSON N. W.
9s,1So-BsAutiful. absolutely modera
homo In this lovely section. 80 feet wf1s;
fine yard and garage. Immediate psssss-
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s ST., NEAR N. CAPITOL N. w.
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perch. This q bargain ut ol.1Se cash.
balance lees than rent.
DAVIS 4 STEELE,
Main Ses2-Ssee. 1t1e ". Y, ave.
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$3.50.
4TH ST. s. E., NEAR PA. AVE.
Groom bay-window brick, hsth,
hot-air heat: in excellent condition;
water on each floor; house will pay
for itself. $1,000 cash and $50 per
month; possession.
HARRY e. GLADMAN,
306 Pa. ave. s. E.
Lincoln SAG.
$3.50.

es.Soa-On Lexington 81. N, 2. have
exclusive yale Of this goed modern homo
iars. attic, Set-wstsr hest. gas. si.e,rie
light, bright hard wood finished saked
hsrd wood f,eors. cement cellar. with
Son sa.s cold 90"
home that 10 . homo. see this home,
excellent yoeAtton and builders will tell
you they cannot duplicate this homo
ia,ooo-Buiit By Ksasdy Bros. on one q
the prettisst corners In the N. E.: hot
water heat. gas, electric lights, hard
In lee boz. cold storage room, Sssutiful
cemented cellar. two rear and one trent
porch: two csmsnt porchss. large attic,
built In esmsntsd garase; ! have sH-
Sc this home; very reasonable cash pay
mont and the bala noe same ~ rent. This
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and must hsv. = quick pSrssSs.S. this
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building. modern heated and lighted.
]. d. GARMAN,
District National Bank Bldg,
Main 1929. Franklin 1898
1919 NA9s. AVE. N. WY SwHer; II
rooms and . baths, electricity. hot
water heat; garage: also . Yooms. Q. -.
l.: best Mt. Pleasant section, 5ust off
C0l4mhla road and 18th HoesessIon.
NORTHEAST.
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crate H mgS,n'XX Ray N1n1t;rron r..
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tailor; must make complete military uni
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e ST, NEAR
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water heat. e1ke cash. ~ pr
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9Th and II N. w. Fraak. sees.
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CONGRESS HEIGHTS HONH-S rooms
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only $1,000, tsoo cash. balance montAiy
like rent. Call and let us show zen this
homo. -
Fine s-story brick. 3 rooms, bath, porch
front. 1891 Florida ave. NE. Large let 70
tsrms. Vacant NOW. -
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alg . ct. N. w. Prankiiu sfea
t-ROOM house on trd ct, 3. n; Iatro6S
heat; large, comfortable roems; very
sssrHs yard; rent yto per mo-; VIII take
fhsnl Ll1eeln 1851.
NEAR 10TH AND MONROE eTs. NJ ".
Nicely located. west Of 18th o.; 9 large
rooms. sleotric lifhts ana seed heating
HEDoEs . MIDDLETON, Inc,
isss n u. N. W. Phone Aain ioas.
Evening star., 1922-09-23
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET

CHICAGO. September 90 Omitted
states Department of Agriculture)- -
Cattle-Receipts, 1900 head: COM
pared week ago strictly choice and
prime native beef steers. largely Is
as higher: lower grades, mostly 25
lower: spots off considerably more
extreme top beef steers, 1l.95; best
yearlings, 11.15; western grassers, 10
ais higher: stockers and feeders
grades beef cows and heifers, can
ners and cutters steady to weak: in
between grades butcher she stock un-
evenly 25 to so off; bulls, 4oa60 lower;
veal calves unevenly 25a75 lower;
weeks bulk prices native beef steers
9.15a11- 90: westerns, 6.S0aS25: stock
ers and feeders, 6.00a7.25: bulk beef
cows and heifers. 4.5Oa775: bulk de-
sirable veal calves. 12.75a1325.
Hogs-Receipts. 5000 mead; lighter
weight. fairly active. 10a15 higher;
bulk 1s0a210-pound, averages 1O4Oa
1850; top 1855; weightier kinds. slow,
around steady; choice pigs up to 9.75:
hold-over moderate; heavy, 9.OOa1O.25;
medium, 9.75a10.55; light. 10.1Oa10.55;
light light. s.73al025; packing sows,
rough, 7.25aS.10; killing pigs. S.75a
9.75.
Sheep-Receipts. $500 head; market
weak; con.pared Week a5v, ia. a.,u
feeding lambs, mostly IS higher; year
lings. SO higher; sheep, steady to 25
higher; closing top. natives and west
ern lambs. IA rs: bulk, natives 14.OOa
1850; culls. mostly $50: fat, heavy
ewes. 4.0Na5.00; choice handyweight.
upward to f.10; feeding lambs, mostly
l3.75a14.25.
Evening star., 1922-09-23
Grain. Produce and Live Stock
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

BALTIMORE. September 20 (Spe-
ciaD.-Potatoes. white. bbl: l.ooa2.oo;
per 100 lbs: 5oa1;25: sweets, basket, se,
175. Beans. bu.. 5Oa6o. Lima beans.
Broccoli. bu.. soas5. Cabbage, 100.
6.OOa9.00; savoy cabbage. bu;, 55a6o'
Carrots; 100, s.ooa+oo: CaulifiowssE' s.ssr
Corn. doz.. sails. cucumbers, bu;.
15Oa2.oO Eggplants, basket, 50a6o.
Lettuce. basket, 75a1.50. onions, 100
lbs. 1.OOal.75. Peppers. basket, 25a
SO. Pumpkins. each. 4aS. Squash.
As: packing stock. bu.. 7aas5; yellow,
basket, 25a30. Turnips, baskets. 50a
60.
Apples. packed. bhl.. a.ooa4.oo,;
loose. 1.o0a2.00; bu.. 50a1.25; basket.
Crabapplesc: bu.: l.5oa2oO. Damsons
and plums, bu.. 1.25a1.75. Grapes, ib..
go; basket 1.15a1.25. Grapefruit, box.
4.50a6.0O. Oranges, box. 5.50a7 SO.
Peaches. basket. LOO; bu., 1.25a2. %.
Pears, basket. 15a45; bu., l.OOa2.25.
Selling Prices at 1880 O'Clock.
Wheat-No. 1 red winter. spot. no
quotations; No. 2. red winter. spot.
l.1SA; No. 8. 1.1s4; No. ? red winter
garlicky. spot. 1.12 per bushel; Sep
tember. 1.o2A October no bid.
Sales-Bag lots of nearby. by sam
pie, as to quality and condition, 7SaSO
per bushel. Car lots. No. 2 red winter,
spot. 1.1Sl4 per bushel; No. 3 red win-
ter spot. 1.13k; No. 3 red winter gar
licky. spot. 1.02a1o2A: No. 4, 96A.
Cob corn-Od. 375 per barrel; con-
tract. spot. Is per busher; No. 2, spot.
10: No. 4. no quotations.
. Corn-Yellow No. or better, So u
, ass per bushel. No sales.
. OatS-Whifa No 2 new 49a491k, Der
bushel: No 3, new 4SaiS1h.
Eye-Nea-hy, bag lots. S5a95 per
bushel. nominal; No. 2. western, ex-
port. spot. S412 per bushel; No. no
quotations.
Hay-Receipts. 27 tons; market firm
for fair to good timothy. at 1600a
! 1900 and fair to good mixed, 15.0Oa
100 per ton.
straw-No. tangled rye. 15.OOa
1850; No. l wheat. 9.5Oa10.0O; No. l
; oat. nominal. 12.00a1250.
CHICAGO. September 23.-General
political situation in Europe. gave
the wheat market downward tend
ency here today during the early deal
lnSs. Some stop loss orders were
caught in the initial trading. and the
decline was easily achieved. as the
! technical position had been weakened
by the recent upturn. The bulk of the
early business was in the December
j delivery. Commission houses had
! large selling orders at the start and
found support lacking. On the break
there was some fair buying by houses
! that were on the selling side yester-
| day. The opening, which ranged from
l. to 3la cents decline. with Decsm-
/ ber 105l2 to 107. and May 1091a to
Ill. was followed by something of a
general recovery
sentiment in corn and oats was mix
ed. but the tendency was to follow
! the course of wheat. After opening
| IS to q off, with December 587s to
I 59's. the corn market underwent a
! further decline. and then hardened a
1 little all around
, Oats started Is to q down, with De-
cember 37A a377s, and held close to
the initial range
! Higher quotations in hog values
| gave Il lift to provisions
Evening star., 1922-09-23
TRADE BETTERMENT SEEN.
streets review of trade saws:


streets review of trade says:
Improvement is the keyword in the
general trade and Industrial situa-
ton, the use of this term being more
widespread than at any time since
early last spring. Cooler weather,
encouraging sales of heavy wearing
apparel: strike settlements, benefit
ing business and industry in coal
mining and iron and steel centers
reaching of final decision upon the
tariff question. and activity in build
ing with all that this latter implies
in the way of stimulating sales of
lumber. brick, hardware. paints and
allied lines are all cited as causes for
the better tone of jobbing trade ad-
vices, gain at retail and a better
pace in industry. A rally in grain
prices by which wheat, corn and oats
have been advanced to the highest
levels of the month. this latter being
mainly attributable to war talk has
been slight additional stimulant
Then, too, the number of advances
reported recently in many commodi-
ties, increases have exceeded declines
for three weeks past and the food
index has risen for several weeks
past. have apparently acted as a spur
to some buying. although the effect
of this has been more especially
notable in wholesale and jobbing
lines. Weekly bank clearings, $7,453,-
174,000.