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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-12-10

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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-12-10
GERMANS CONOUERING
DISEASES AND kENERS

BERLIN, Dec. I0.-(By Assoc
ciated Press.) Typhus and trachoma
diseases of filth and poverty, grad
ually are being brought under con-
troll in Germany Diptheria and
scarlet fever also show decreases.
Practically all contagious diseases
are disappearing in proportion to
the time elapsed since the war
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-12-10
AUSTRIA ADDS INCREASE
TO PUBLIC SERVICE RATES

VIENNA, Dec. 10.-The govern
ment has put into effect an in
crease Of 100 per cent in tele-
phone rates, an increase OF 40 per
cent in domestic first class postal
rates, and 70 per cent in second
class mail rates.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-12-10
WELL KNOWN IN
AMERICUS

Mrs. Buick was well-known in
Americas and had host of friends
living in the city. The body will
reach here during the afternoon and
funeral arrangements will be aQ-
nounced later.
Evening star., 1923-03-18

for help. I'm really doing this for
him.
IT thought you were doing it for
Barbran."
"Oh," she's just a transposed Wash
ington squarer,"- answered the tyrant
of our square. Though she's q dear
kiddie, too, underneath the nonsense
"Do I understand"
IT don't see," interrupted the Bon
ME Lassie sweetly, "how you could.
I haven't told you. And the rest are
bound to secrecy. But don't be un-
duly alarmed at anything queer you
may see in our square within the
next few days"
IONLY by virtue of that warning
~ was I able to command the
emotions aroused by an encounter
with Cyrus the Gaunt some evenings
later. He was hurrying across the
park space in the furtive manner of
one going to q shameful rendezvous,
and upon my hailing him he came
up with a rather staggering and
nochalant effect.
Good evening, Cyrus" 1 said.
Good evening, Dominic
Beautiful weather we're having"
Couldn't be finer"
"Do you think it will hold?"
THE paper says rain tomorrow"
why is the tip of your nose
painted green?"
"Is it green?" inquired Cyrus.
Emerald" said l. "It looks as If
| it were morttfyfng."
Evening star., 1923-03-18

Its going to be a failure" she
SAID dismally.
Then you're going away" he
asked. trying to keep his voice from
quaking.
She set her little chin quite firmly.
Not while there's a chance left Of
pulling II out"
well, 1t doesn't matter as far as
I'm concerned" he muttered. "Tm
going away myself"
Your" She sat UP very straight
and startled. "Where?"
Kansas CITY"
"oh! What for?''
"Do you remember fat old grand
! pa who was here last month and
came back to ask about the decora-
tions?"
Yes
"He's built him a new house-he
calls 1t g. mansion-and he wants me
to paint the music room. He likes
Phil gulped a little-"my style of
art"
isn't that great" said Barbran in
the voice of one giving three cheers
for a funeral. How does he want
Young Phil put his head in his
hands. Scenes from Moody and
Sankey," ne said in muf1ied voice.
Good gracious: You aren't going
to do ito"
81 am" retorted the other gloom
lily. ITS good money" Almost i'm
mediately he added: Darn the
money"
NO, no. You mustn't do that. You
must go, Of course. Would-wiil it
take long?"
I'm not coming back"
I don't want you not to come
back" said Barbran IN a queer,
frightened voice She put out her
hand to him and hastily withdrew it.
He said desperately: whats the
use: I can't sit here forever looking
at you and-and dreaming of-of i'm
possible things, and eating my heart
out with my nose painted green"
"The poor nose"' murmured Bar
bran.
With one OF her home-laundered
handkerchiefs dipped in turpentine
she gently rubbed it clean. 1t then
looked Gas she said later in a feeble
attempt to palliate her subsequent
conduct) very pink and boyish and
pathetic, but somehow faithful and
reliable and altogether lovable.
So she kissed II. Then she tried to
run away. The attempt failed.
4 Z 4 x
TT was not Barbran's nose that got
i kissed next. Nor. for that matter.
was II young Phirs. Then he held
her off and shut his eyes, for the un-
trammeled exercise of his reasoning
powers, and again demanded of Bar
bran and the fates:
Whats the use?'
whats the use OF what" re-
turned Barbran tremulously.
"Of all this? Your fathers a mil
lionaire. and 1 WON'T can't"
Evening star., 1923-03-18

, outlanders, but for the most part
people didn't come. Until the first
Of the month, that is. Then too many
came. They brought their bills with
them.
| EEENING after evening Barbran
II and Phil Stacey sat in the cellar
almost or quite alone. So far as I
could judge from my occasional Wis
It's of patronage, they endured the
lack of custom with fortitude, not to
| say indifference. But in the morn
ings her soft eyes looked heavy, and
once, as she was passing my bench
| deep in thought, 1 surprised a look
of blank terror on her face. One
can understand that even a million
aires daughter might spend sleep
less nights brooding over a failure.
But that look of mortal dread. How
often have l seen 1t. What should it
mean, though. on Barbran's sunny
| face? Puzzling over the question, /
put 1t to the Bonnie Lassie.
| Read me a riddle, o Lady of the
Wise Heart. OF what is a child Of
fortune. young, strG<s ind charm
ing. afraid?"
At the time we were passing the
house in which the insecticidal Angel
of Death takes carefully selected and
certified dodgers.
"I know whom YOU mean" said the
Bonnie Lassie, pointing UP to the lit
| tie dormer window which was Bar
bran's outlook on life. interpret me
signal. What do YOU see up
there:"
"It appears 10 be a handke rchief
pasted to the window said 1 ad-
justing my glasses.
'Upside down." said the Bonnie
Lassie.
How can a handkerchief be up
side DOWN." inquired.
Contempt was all that it brought
me. 'Metaphorically, of course. It's
a signal OF distress"
| "In what distress can Barbran be-
| 'In what kind of distress are most
people who live next under the roof
in our square?"
| She's doing that just to get into
our atmosphere. She told me so her
self. A millionaire's daughter-''
| DO millionaire's daughters wash
their own handkerchiefs and paste
them on windows to dry? Does any
soak her own handkerchiefs in her
own washbowl except when she's
desperately saving pennies? Did you
ever wash one single handkerchief in
your rooms. Dominie?"
Certainly not: 1t isn't manly.
Then you think she isn't a million
airess?"
Look at her shoes when next you
! see her." answered the Bonnie Lassie
conclusively. II think the poor little
thing has put her every cent in the
world into her senseless cellar and
she's going under"
But, good heavens" I exclaimed
Something has got to be done"
TITS going to be-"
who's going to do it?"
Me" returned the Bonnie Lassie,
! who is least grammatical when most
purposeful.
Then" said I. "the fates may as
| well shut up shop and providence
| take a day off. The universe has
| temporarily changed its management
Can help?'
The Bonnie Lassie focused her
gaze in a peculiar manner upon the
exact center of my countenance. A
sort OF fairy grin played about her
| lips. 'I wonder #. No." she
| sighed. "No. I don't think it would
do. Dominic. Anyway, I've got six
| without you"
'Including Phil Stacey"
"Of course" retorted the Bonnie
| Lassie. TT was he who came to me
Evening star., 1923-03-18
Mother of Invention.

INGENUITY was manifested to 4
notable degree in Spain and
France at the time of the last solar
eclipse. The windows in Madrid.
Paris and other cities were filled with
a great variety of devices for viewing
the passage of the moon across the
suns disk without danger to the oh
servers eyes. There were black
spectacles, black bIass monocles.
black glasses set in pasteboard han
dies of twenty different forms, and
also devices for viewing the phe-
nomenon by reflection. But the peo-
pie made many contrivances OF their
own, such as pinholes through paper
or through the tops Of derby hats
Some viewed the eclipse in the streets
or on the roofs by reflection from
pals or pans of water to reduce the
glare, and some saw it through cam
brio handkerchiefs or thin umbrella
tops. The bookshops abounded with
paper bound treatises on eclipses.
Evening star., 1923-03-18

why the Bonnie Lassie had centered
her gaze upon my features. Follow
your indecent noses as far as you
like. I stay
Still lost in meditation. I may have
dozed on my bench, when heavy.
measured footsteps aroused me. ]
looked to see Terry the cop. I peered
at him with anxiety.
Terry" I inquired, "how is your
nose?'
"Keen, Dominic" said Terry. He
shifted the air. Don't you detect
the smell Of illegal alcohol"
81 can't say 1 do"
ITS very plain" declared the OFF,
Ger, wriggling his nasal organ, which,
I was vastly relieved to observe, re-
tanned it's original hue. Wouldn't
YOU say, Dominic, 1t comes from yon-
der CELLAR"
"Barbran's celIar%
"I am informed that q circle OF
dangerous char-ackters with green
noses gather there and drink cider
containing more than two-seventy-
five per cent of apple Juice. I'm about
to pull the place"
"For Heavens sake, Terry, don't
do that. Youll scare
"Whisht, Dominic" interrupted
Terry with an elaborate wink
"There'll be no surprise, except may
be to the judge in the morning. You
better drop in at the court
X X x X
E, %ba roup5,n have M data ia
~ axcept that it seemed TO be
Evening star., 1923-03-18
MIR. Dooley On St. Patrck's Day

An wexford! Play TIL Boys iv wex
ford
whats that noise up tn sthreet"
Here they come! Here ar-re tn fell
lows firm the best county in Ireland.
See thin, will ye, with their martial
thread an their chins in TIL air. They
make all tn rest iv tn parade look
like pigmies.
"Roscommon FIR me. Lave go i~ me.
I tell ye / will march with thin! oh,
me poor feet, my threachorous. infirm
feet.
AN who's that out in front: Look
There's dada!
An up ye come, Hinnissy, with til
big banner fyin' in tn wind above
ye're head an tn staff stuck so deep
into we that maybe twill take Dock
O'Leary to get it out.
"Ye can't look ayether to tn right
or left. Ye can't see where ye're go
But if that banner goes ye're goin
with it. Hang on, me friend. Tack
Tack. Throw her over. Bring her
around. That's tt
AN so ye go by an gather up tn
childher an take thin home to put
tn slippers in front iv tn stove an,
make tn poultice FIR we.
x Y x x
| ssVXTELL. I didn't intend to get ex-
w cited over this Pathrick's Day
but somehow or other ivry time il
comes arround feel like goin' UP on
50 all may hear. I don't know why"
Maybe said Mr.. Hennessy, "'tis
| because ye're Irish.'
Il hadn't thought iv that" said Mr.
Dooley. 'P'raps ye're right. It's
something 1 niver have been able TO
an incurble habit.
"Annyhow tits a goou thing to be
an 1rishman because people think
that all an Irishman does is to laugh
without reason an fight without an
objick.
| But ye an 1. Hinnissy, know these
things ar-re on'y our divarsiona It's
a good thing TO have people size ye
! up wrong, whin they've got ye'er
measure ye're in danger
| Sometime think we boast too
much" said Mr.. Hennessy.
| We'll" said Mr.. Dooley. its ON
on Pathrick's Day that others blow
our horns FIR u.s.
Copyright, 1929 I
Evening star., 1923-03-18
BY
SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS.

"He isn't" cried Barbran. "And
you can-you wiil!'
HE isn't?" calculated Phil. What
is he?"
Hes a school teacher, and
haven't got a thing but debts"
Phil received this untoward new.
as IL a. flock of angels. ringing Soy
bells. had just brought him the glad
dest tfdinss in history. After an In
| terlude he said:
But, why
Because" said Barbran. burrow-
ing her nose In his coat 'T thought
It would be an asset. / thought peo
pie would consider it romantic and i:
would help business. See how much
! that reporter made Of it! Phil
VIII wh-why are you treating me like
a-a-a- dumbell?'
For he had thrust her away from
| him at arms length again.
There's one other thing between
US. Barbran."
'Tf there is. it's your fault. What
is it?'
Harvey wheelwrig1nt,' he said
solemnly. do you really like that
SlChenlNB SluSIE- SllnScI-
She raised to him eyes in which
righteous hate quivered. II loathe
him. I've always loathed him.
despise the very ink he writes witt
and the paper it's printed on"
When happened in q few minutes
later, they were ritually burning the
Dear Friend and Admirer'' letter in
g. slow candle fame, and Harvey
Wheelwright, as represented by his
unctuously rolling signature, was
writhing in nlerited torment. Be
tween them they told me their little
romance.
And he's not going to Kansas
City" said Barbran defantly.
I'm not going anywhere. ever,
away from Barbran," said young Phil
And he's going to paint what he
wants to-
Pictures of Barbran," said young
Phil.
And we're going to burn the
Wheel sign in ef1gy and wipe off the
walls ard make the place a. success,
said Barbran.
And we're going to be married
| right away said Phil.
Next week." said Barbran.
What do you think?" said both.
Now I know what ought to have
said just as well as MacLachan him
self. 1 should have pointed out the
folly and recklessness Of marrying on
twenty-five dollars a week and q
dowry OF debts. should have
preached prudence and caution and
delay, and have pointed out-The
wind blew the door open. Young
spring was in the park, and the wet
odor Of little burgeoning leaves was
borne in, Weakening unwithered mem
cries in my withered heart.
Bless you, my children said !.
Copyright All Rights ReservedJ
Evening star., 1923-03-18

conjectured, as bowed form ap-
preached. who is it? Mac
Lachan!"
The old Scot appeared to be suffer
ing from a severe cold. His hand
kerchief was pressed to his face.
Take il down, Mac" l ordered.
ITS useless" He did so. and my
worst suspicious were confirmed.
He bullied me into it," declared
the tailor, glowering at Cyrus the
Gaunt.
"It'll do your nose good declared
Cyrus jauntily. Give it a change.
Complementary colors. you know.
What no. Our leader"
Phil Stacey appeared. Following
him were Leon Coventry, huge and
shy. and the lethal Boggs looking
unhappy.
where are you all going?" I de-
manded.
ITO the wrightery.' said Phil.
rs II a party?"
IT'S a gathering"
Am 1 inc1uded?"
'If you'll
Not on any account" L declared
firmly. It had Just occurred to me
Evening star., 1923-03-18
B A r B r A N

TT would be mortifying." admitted
Cyrus the Gaunt, "if It weren't in a
good cause"
what cause?" / asked.
Come out OF there" said Cyrus
the Gaunt, not to me, but to a figure
lurking in the shrubbery.
The Little Red Doctor emerged. 1
took one look at his most distinctive
feature.
You. too" I said. What do you
mean by it?"
ASK Cyrus" returned the Little
Red Doctor glumly.
ITS cult" said Cyrus. "The
credit of the notion belongs not to
me. but to my esteemed better half.
A few chosen souls
Here comes another OF them" I
Evening star., 1923-03-18
CONTINUED from Second Page.J

walkin' long ago. have to tow thin
now.
But if yell cast ye'er eye over at
tn northeast corner ~ tn sthreet be-
low an see a dignified -lookin' gintle-
man standin' in a group iv ladies an
childher with two Hinnissies on his
shoulders an another on his head
that'll be me!
1--WE promised to take ye'er family
TO see th'or fellow battlin' with tn
ilimints.
9TH sthreets ARE lined with people
but there is no disturbance. They
have no throuble keepin' tn polls In
ordher. Did we iver see a polisnan
get rough with a Pathrick's day
crowd? There was wan wanst. j
know because I helped bury him.
"This is wan day whin tn con-
stablry has got to have manners. It's
no longer Get back there but Won't
We place stand back out iv tn way?'
Come an put me back. Won't ye
kindly step back?' will not. But
tn lady behind ye can't see
"'why didn't ye say so at first?
Excuse me, madam. Step right up.
Bring up tn children. Terence. get
out iv tn way. Officer. take of ye'er
hat or keep movin'. Dye think ye're
made iv glass, Just because a wurrud
firm me wud break ye at head
quarters"
TITS a long wait, but nobody minds.
It's nachral. It takes long time TT
to start a Pathrick's day parade be-
cause ivrybody looks as though they
ought to be in front.
There ar-re many false alarms an
cries iv Here they come firm tn
children. Finally a fellow that's been
I'D on a lamp post since o'clock give
| a shout an befur ye can think it's
begun!
UNUT in front on horseback is the
~ chief marshal. Niver did q
horse cut up tn way that horse does.
1t waltzes, first, thin it does jig
thin 1t fox trots over lords tn crowd
till all tn ladies scream. Ye'd think
it'd been loaned to tn marshal be ar
inimy an is thryin' to throw th
marshal off.
! But is that hero scared? Ye bet
! ne amt. He sets as comfortable or
top iv that crazy animal as IL he was
in a rockin' chair at home. There's
an sisy smile on his face. He waves
his baton at tn cheerin' popylace. BE
hivins. tn man cud ride ibex!
! "Afther him come his aides. A fine
body iv horsemen, all but Clancy
Whin he stops in front iv me he says
How do look?' Ye look hne,' say.
II. But pride goeth befure fall says
I. Go on with ye,' says he. This
charger cudden't throw me in 8
hundherd years. he says.
| "'well,' says I, I've r-read in tn
good book that tn proud will be hum.
bled an thin that ride on Pathrick's
day will walk tn r-rest iv tn week.
says.
Thin comes tn dhrum major with
a bearskin cap on tn back iv hi.
head an he throws tn stick to tn tor
iv Finucane's hall an catches IL on tn
end iv his little finger.
They're playin' 'Th' wearin' iv tn
Green
Here they come-th' zouaves, the
Hibernyan Rifles, tn ancient order
A fine bunch iv Kerrymen. Well done
kerry!
| Here's tn Corkonyans. Look at tn
crowd iv thin! Is anybody left be.
hind in Cork's own city?
That's Tipp'rary. Hurrah f'r tn
Tips. An Kilkenny! " all tn towns
iv Ireland Kilkenny f'r me. See tn
ldark May-o-men! BE tn blessed sun
tits royalty I'll sing thy praise, Mayo.
Evening star., 1923-03-18

The elephant does not smell with
his trunk. His olfactory nerves are
contained in single nostril, which
is in the roof OF his mouth, near the
front.
Evening star., 1923-03-18

I0F the roundup I have no details.
~ axcept that it seemed TO be
Evening star., 1923-03-18

nHIL STACEY some three days
II thereafter came to my rooms.
Dominic said he, "I want to tap
-FOUR library. Have you got any of
the works Of Harvey Wheelwright?"
Love forfend." said !.
Phil looked surprised.
rs II as bad as that? ] didn't sup
pose there was anything wrong with
the stuff"
Don't you imperil your decent
young soul with it," advised earn
nstly. cit reeks of poisonous piety.
h,hs world he paints is SO full Of
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-13
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
HOW TO SAVE
MONEY WHEN
SHOPPING
By MRS. HARLAND H. ALLEN
TO TELL A GOOD PIECE OF
COTTON CLOTH
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
90, 1919. HarlAnd II. Allen. }

IF only could ever be sure Of what
l am gettingl" cries the shopper who
has been made wary by disappointing
purchases.
Take cotton goods, now. Cotton, be-
Ing the cheapest, Is seldom adulter-
ated with any Of the other fbers- But
many a poor piece of cotton cloth Is
made to appear better and heavier
than 1t really Is, by the addition OF
too much dressing. The spaces be-
tween the threads are filed up, and
a good finish is given to the material,
but the wearing quality Is not In
creased. After washing. the cloth
loses both Its weight and firmness.
This dressing can sometimes be
scraped up by picking at the surface
Of the cloth with the finger nail, or by
rubbing the material between the
hands. Cloth that has large guam
tity Of this sizing in 1t will also feel
harsh and. stiff to the touch. A sure
way Is to wash a sample Of the goods,
when most Of the dressing Will dis
appear.
1t Is also a good idea to test the
strength of cotton goods by pulling
sharply at the edge of the material
1t may have been weakened In the
bleaching process, or bolt which has
been in stock long time may have
become weakened by the action OF
some chemical used In the sizing or the
dyes. A good way to test the strength
of a material Is to place the thumbs
together and press them down hard
holding the cloth tight underneath, and
noting how much strain II will bear.
The firmness of the weave, and the
quality of the fiber are also important
points to consider Holding the cloth
up to the light and looking through 1t
will show whether the weave Is close
or not. To judge the qiality Of the
fiber all you have to do is untwist a
thread Of the cloth and notice the
length of the separate fibers. A long
fiber always indicates strength, and,
therefore, good wearing quality.
In choosing between two grades OF
cotton cloth, 1t Is frequently wise to
consider the additional wearing quail
ity you can get for few cents addi,
tional cost. Often piece of goods
costing only two or three cents more
will wear four or five times as long
as the cheaper material. OF course
this Is not always true, as sometimes
the extra cost Is due simply to the
novelty of tie design or color.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-13
MIxUP THAT WAS AMUSING
Humorous Nova Scotian Unintention-
ally Very Gravely Misled Serious
Minded Glasgow Newspaper.

r. NJ MacGregor told the following
story at luncheon of the Scottish
curriers' in New Glasgow: A New
Glasgow shipping firm was having
built steamship on the Clyde and
gave II the name of Micmac. The odd
ity Of the name aroused considerable
curiosity. The Nova Scotlan captain
was asked the derivation of the name.
Good-naturedly the captain replied
that "Mlc" was for the Irish and
MAC" for the Scottish. Next day the
captain was astonished to find this
explanation of the name featured In
the Herald. He sent for the reporter
and explained that "Micmac" was the
name Of tribe of Indians in Nova
Scotia. To his further astonishment
the following day the Herald carried
q correction. reading as follows:
"We were slightly Incorrect in Civ.
ing the derivation Of the name Mic
mac In yesterdays issue. We now
learn that the ship is called Mlcmac
after tribe of wild Indians in Nova
Scotia, who are half Irish and half
Scotch"
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-13
important to Mothers
NAME TOO MUCH FOR THEM
iy Impossible to Translate "Roose-
Welt" Into Their Language.

The village of Roosevelt has
changed Its name back to PukOo. Not
many persons, probably, know where
this village is. 1t Is situated in an
obscure corner Of one of the Hawaiian
Islands, and some years ago II had
as one Of Its residents DR.. e. s.
Goodhue. who was anxious that the
name Of the famous president should
never die out of this section of Ameri-
can territory. SO he got up petition
to the postmaster general at Wash
ington. asking that the original name
of the village should be altered, as
far as the mail was concerned. to
Roosevelt.
The request was granted. but the
new name bothered the natives ter
ribly. The have no "r" or IS" or It"
In their alphabet, and the nearest
Hawaiian equivalent to Roosevelt
turns out to be Lukiweki. So they
sent a second petition, in which they
stated that they were deceived into
signing the first. and asked that the
native name of the village be restored.
The petition has been granted
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-13
Smoke Bombs as Signals.

Long Beach, California, life savers
send up a smoke bomb when about to
make rescue. and need assistance.
1t has been proved that boat can
approach bather in distress more
safely and rapidly from the seaside
than II II were to start from shore
through the breakers. The smoke
bomb Is the signal for the boat to
leave Immediately for the scene