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Evening journal., 1923-02-16

mere, who owns the Evening News
among many other papers.
"Poy" was born IN 1874 in
Shanghai, but that's the only
Chinese thing about him His father
and mother and all his ancestors
back TO Noai's time were English
and proud OF It
All the same. ''poy'' himself
might almost be claimed as an
American. His parents took him &c
New York at an early age and he
grew up there.
He began his studies IN the New
York Art Students League studios.
among such classmates as the since
famous +. G. Yoha, F. Luis Mora
and james Montgomery Flagg. He
studied also under the celebrated
william NJ. Chase, at the Chase
School OF Art
Il was also IN New York that he
got his nickname. In private life
he's known as Percy II. Fearon, but
the New Yorkers called him "Poy-
oey." which his classmates short
ened nrst TO "Poyoe" and then to
''Poy." and It struck, or he to IT, as
may be-
Evening journal., 1923-02-16
FILE YOUR FEDERAL
TAX STATEMENT EARLY

John W. Herring. Collector OF In
ternai Revenue. has issued a notice
cautioning taxpayers against putting
on hling their reports because OF
the status OF the State income tax
law before the General Assembly.
The notice states the Federal Law
requires the fling of return on or
before March IS. There Is no prob
ability OF a change IN the revenue
act OF 1921, passed by Congress;
nor VIII II be a satisfactory excuse
TO offer that the federal tax was
confused with the State tax.
Collector Herring recommended
that taxpayers, or those in doubt
concerning their liability for 1922.
take advantage Of an early visit TO
the federal office where assistance
without rush or hurry can be secured
now. In the last few days OF the
fling period such assistance will be
handicapped by the great number
II taxpayers who wait until the last
minute to file and pay tax. Such
waiting often results in errors under
the pressure OF haste which take a
long time to correct.
Evening journal., 1923-02-16
THREE SLIGHT FIRES

Engine Company No. OF this city
and the fire company OF Five Points,
were called 20 the Breidablik Farm.
on the Lancaster pike. early last
night, 20 extinguish blaze IN the
home OF Harry Jones, superintendent
OF the test barn. caused by burning
soot in the chimney. The damage
was slight,
District companies extinguished a
blaze at the home Of william Nor
ton. 1899 woodlawn avenue. early
last night, caused by a defective fiue.
Little damage was done.
Engine Companies 8 and 10 were
called out early last night 20 extin-
guish a grass fire at Concord avenue
and the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road. which was threatening near
by dwellings
Evening journal., 1923-02-16
EDUCATION AID
FOR PRISONERS

on Wednesday evening. the Rev,
Mr.. Rioh. OF the Marshsiiton Bpis-
oopai Church, spoke 70 tho Work
house prioonsrA stresaing the ad-
vantages OF the educational oppor-
tunfties offered the prisoners by the
trustees and their close relation 70
the provislons OF the parole bill
which has passed tho House and is
now being considered by the Senate.
The Diamond State ouartette
CooloreO which specialized IN re-
ligious music furnished an interest-
ing program. This quartetts has
given its services TO tho men on
several occasions and Is always ap-
preciated. Their leader. John II.
Bell, Jr.. has a remarkable bass
voice. and his arrangement OF some
OF the old oamp-meeting hymns IS
Evening journal., 1923-02-16

oeption of Street, have confined
their efforts almost entirey TO hand
ling johnson.
II II also an interesting faot that
other cntchsrs rated as star per-
formers never met with much suo-
cess IN catching Johnson's shoots
I have IN mind John Henry and
Eddie Charity.
Henry was with Washington at
the same time as Ainsmith. Henry
caught practically every other
pitcher. A number of times he es-
sayed working with johnson when
Ainsmith was injured. but never aid
very well. regard Eddie Charity
as one OF tho best catchers in base
ball, Jet Eddie doesn't have much
success handling Walter. There
really is no explanation. II just so
happens.
Now that Picinioh has passed out
OF the picture. Walter viii draw a
new catcher. Muddy Ruel, acquired
by Washington in the Boston deal,
win probably be assigned. 20 the
Job. Ruei likes spsed. so he ought
70 be right at home with johnson.
Evening journal., 1923-02-16
n 4 Il
TIE, G4s44~ ~:

Who will handle tho speedyahoots
OF waiter Johnvon during the com
ting soason7
Tho recent trade between wa~h-
inEton and Boston OF tho American
League which involved tho transfer
OF Val Pscinich depr1vcs Johnson Of
his battery mate.
Since Joining the Washington
club. three catchers have done prac-
tically all the receiving for the
speedball king. Charley Street, Ed
die Ainsn1ith and Val Picinioh.
Waiter johnson and Charley
Street was the first battery 20 fsa,-
turs tho famous Washington pitch
or. As a matter OF fact. much OF
Walters early success was due to
excellent handling on the part OF
Street
I once asked Walter johnson n
his pitching was affected 20 n GER
tain extent by his catcher. and he
frankly admitted that proper catch
ing played a most important part IN
his sucoesB as q pitcher. he then
proceeded 20 pay Street a moo coIn-
plfmonti
7 never expect TO pitch 20
better catcher than 'Gabby' Street.
said Johnson He certainly was
wonder. never gave n thought as
20 a Wild pitch with him doing the
catching. ] always felt that he
would get tho ball no matter where
I threw Il. Ana then thsrs was the
question OF base runners. No mat
ter how big a lead I gave tho run
ners Street somehow always tagged
them a. second. He threw strikes 10
that base. never was able 20 pitch
too fast 10 suit him. oan smile
now when 1 think OF him. When I
was putting every ounce of energy
back OF the ball he would be eab-
bing IN that southern drawl OF his:
Come on, Walter put some
thing on the bail. Your arm must
be sore.'"
with the passing OF Street, Eddie
Ainsmith became Johnson's battery
partner. Il is a rather peculiar fact
that the catchers who have acted
as Johnson's partners. with the ex-
Evening journal., 1923-02-16

Even stubborn, unruly or sham
S,ooed hair stays combed all day in
any style you like "Hair-Groom"
is a dignlfied combing cream which
gives that natural gloss and we'll
groomed effect 10 your hair-that
final touch 10 good dress both in
Evening journal., 1923-02-16
WOULD amend
CHARTER BILL
Democrats Think Election
of Council Should Be by
Districts
SUGGEST EIGHT ST.
AS DIVIDING LINE

\ Passage OF the city Charter Bill
but so amended as TO provide foi
election OF city Council by dis.
riots. will be recommended 20 the
Legislature by the Democratic City
Committee.
( At a meeting OF the committee
last night, Miss Ellen samworth
vlce-chairman. urged the members
10 get into touch with their repre-
lsentatives in Dover and request
favorable action on the measure.
Former Representative Robert W
Kramer chairman OF the committee,
presided.
Endorsement OF the bill. with
amendments was achieved after n
stormy session. Some members ad-
7vooated disapproval OF the measure
It's entirety.
As recommended by special
-committee named TO draft amend
ments. the city would he di-
vided at Eighth street. with two
members OF the Council elected
from north and south OF this line
and the fifth member from the city
Et large.
Another change approved by the
committee was IN the section OF the
.5ill providing for the method Of
'llling vacancies in tho Council. The
biz as drawn simply provides for an
election by the Council 70 hn the
Vacancy temporarily.
In the amendment Il B required
that the Council elect a man OF the
'same political party and from the
same district as the man whose
place he IS TO hll.
} The director OF law. who is head
OF the Department OF Law. replac-
ing the city solicitor, IS required 20
devote his entire time to the city
and prohibited from engaging in
private practice by another amend
.ment approved.
Members Of the Board OF Public
Utilities Commissioners would be ap-
pointed, one each from each Of the
districts, instead Of
their selection being left 10 the 5udg-
ment Of the council, IN line with
another change approved by the
Democrats.
A requirement that the wording /
Df the section relating 20 the three 1
civil service commissioners be /
TO prevent the three mem /
eers from being orthe same political /
party was approved. In relation 20 .
civil service requirements. a change |
Il mandatory for the COM
TO make selections from
The head of the eligible lists was sp-
proved.
Dismissal for city employees taking
part IN politics ,yyas approved IN an
wi1foh clarifies the sec
ion OF mo charter dealing with this
natter.
The committee considered other
minor changes but did not take ac-
ion on them.
Evening journal., 1923-02-16

very original.
The health Of the SAIL. consider
ing the conditions existing this win
ter. is splendid.
Acting Warden Leach comments
very highly on the conduct and men
tal attitude OF the men and wo-
men under his care and Is espe-
cially pleased at the increasing at
tendance at the night school.
Last sunday the Rev. Or. Some.
OF West Presbyterian Church, paid
his first visit 70 the Workhouss, con-
ductins the afternoon servfoeA
Evening journal., 1923-02-16

EOl = Z
subjects are
bumptious on
ciais, and latter
ly ne Germans
who. AZ he sees
Il, are trying 70
d dse repara-
lions payments
10 France. In
his pro French
work "Poy" had
the late Lord
North o1iffe's
hearty support,
and now he has
Il from the lat
ter's brother,
lord Rother-
Evening journal., 1923-02-16

More than 20 years ago "Poy'
journeyed 20 England and studied
for a time under the renowned
painter, Sir Hubert Herkomer. a;
Bushey.
His nrst cartoons appeared IN
Judy" then n rival Of Punch. f"
but now long defuDot-
In 1905 hs sent 10 Manchester and
ala cartoons for the Evening
Chronicle and Daily Dispatch.
In 1913 he Joined the Northoliffe
foroes, his work appearing In the
Evening News. DAILY Mail and
Weekly Dispatch.
Evening journal., 1923-02-16

With the passing OF Street, Eddie
Ansmith became Johnson's battery
partner. Il is rather peculiar fact
that the catchers who have acted
as Johnson's partners. with the ex-
Evening journal., 1923-02-16

business and on social occasions.
Greaseless. stainless "Hair-Groom"
does not show on the hair because
it is absorbed by the scalp. there
fore your hair remains so soft and
pllable and so natural that no one
can possibly tell you used II.
Evening journal., 1923-02-16

Engineers, mechanics and silver
smiths should watch the Want Ads
closely for good positions, and FOR
good assistants IN their lines OF
work.
Evening journal., 1923-02-16
Nv MILTON BRoNNTR

LONDONDERRY day thousands
of readers OF tho Evening News turn
FIRST to zee what ''Poy" has TO say
and draw about events.
Evening journal., 1923-02-16
TeIegraphic
TdbIOids

NEW BRUNSWICK. N. j.
d. U. Fraternity OF Rutgers has
adopted a baby boy who has
been in a plaster cast for 20
weeks after being struck by -
automobile.
NEW YOrK-'Sss whats
wrong with my back. think a
bee stung me-" a woman sp-
pealed TO Patrolman White.
But the modest oop called an
ambulance surgeon who found a
slight buckshot wound where
tho woman couldn't see f.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-24
O. WHY SHOULD THE SPIRIT OF MORTAR
BE PROUD?

o. why should the spirit of mortal be proud?
Like swift-fleeting meteor, a faSt-flying cloud;
A flash of the lightning a break of the wave,
Man passes from life to his rest in the grave.
The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade
BE scattered around and together be laid;
And the young and the old, and the low and the
high,
Shall moulder to dust and together shall e.N
The infant a mother attended and loved,
The mother that infants affection who proved;
III" husband that mother and infant who blessed,
Each ALL are away to their dwellings of rest.
The maid whose cheek, on whose brow, in whose
Shone beauty aud picasurc-her triumphs are ny:
And the memory of those who loved her and
praised
Are alike from the minds of the living erased.
The hand of the king that the scepter hath borne
The brow of the priest that the mitre hath wOrh;
The eye of the sage and the heart of the brave.
Arc hidden and lost in the depth of the grave
The peasant. whose lot was to SOW and TO reap:
The hcrdsman who climbed with his goats up the
steep;
The beggar. who wandered in search Of his bread;
Have faded away like the grass that we tread
The saint who enjoyed the communion of Heaven,
The sinner who dared to remain unfOrgiven.s
The wise and the foolish the guilty and just.
Have quietly mingled their bones in the dust.
So the multitude goes, like the flowers the weci
That withers away to let others succeed
So the multitude comes, even those we behold,
To repeat every tale that has often been told.
For We are the same that our fathers have been :
We see the same sights that our fathers have :
We drink the same stream and view the same sua
And run the same course our fathers have run
The thoughts We thinking our fathers would
think;
From the death we are shrinking our fathers
would shrink;
To the life we are clinging they also would cling
But it speeds for us all like bird on the wing.
They loved. but the story cannot unfold:
They scorned, but the heart of the naughty is
cold
They grieyed, but no wall from their slumbers viii
They enjoyed, but the tongue of the gladuess is
dumb.
They died-aye! they died and we things that are
now.
Who walk Oh the turf that lies over their brow
| Who make in their dwelling a transient abode.
| Meet the things that they met their pilgrimage
| road.
Yea hope and dependency, pleasure and pain,
We mingled together in sunshine and rain;
And the smiles and the tears, and the songs and
! the dirge,
Shall follow each other like surge upon surge.
Tis the wink of an eye; tbs the draught of a
breath,
From the blossom of health to the paleness Of
! death;
EFrom the gded saloon to the bier and the shroud-
o, why should the spirit of mortal be prouds
William Knox.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-24
OPPORTUNITY"

This | beheld, or dreamed it in dream:
There spread a cloud Of dust along plain,
And underneath the cloud. or in it. ragged
furious battle. and men yelled, and swords
Shocked upon swords and shields. \ Prince S
banner
wavered then staggered backward, hemmed by
foes.
A craven hung along the battles edge,
And thought. Had | a sword Of keeuer steel
That blue blade the Kings son bears, but this
Blunt thing he snapped and flung it from MS
hand,
And lowering crept away and left the field.
Then came the Kings son, wounded, sore bestead
And weaponless, and saw the broken sword,
Hiltbured in the dry and sOddcn sand
And ran and Snatched it. and with battle shout
Lifted afresh he hcwed his enemy down,
And saved great cause that heroic day.
Edward X. Sill.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-24
Noisy People
BY III. Arlington Rruee

one may safely set it down as A ruls
that habitual3y noisy people stand in
much the same relation TO ouiet ones
as a shallow stream of water yclpine
It's way among rocks and stones does
10 a siiensF flowing deep river.
Ihe power Of the river. as everybody
Knows. is vastly superior to that of the
shallow stream. Yet if one were TO
Judge only from the hub-bub of the lat
Ter, one would be misled into account
ing it far and away the more impor-
tant as compared with the river that
makes hardly any noise.
Whimsically it might be IMAGINED
that to cause such misleading-or. at
all events. to assist 10 an Over-rating
OF ITS imDOrtance-waS the very reason
for the streams noisincss. Insistently
1t would command attention. il only
through mere shouting and hullabalIoo-
ing. .E...
Such notion would, of course. be
absurd AS applied TO a stream. 1t is
not so absurd applied to people WHO
habitually make themselves cOnspicu-
Gus by loud laughter and loud talking.
Study these noisy folk closely. ia
miliarize yourself with the routine of
their lives. and pretty generally you
will find that they are people of no
particular Importance from the point
OF view of socially productive activity.
Many among thcm are people who
are not socially productive at all.
idlers. mere parasites. Others. though
engaged in productive activities. are
people who apply themselves to theSe
only half-hcartCdly or so inpfficiently
as to attain no great degree of success.
More or less clearly aware of their
failure to meet life's demands and to
contribYte, rs all should. to the carry
ing ont Of lifC's purposes. more or less
clearly aware that this failure puts
upon them a stigma OF inieriOr:ty. they
would nevertheless gain for themselves
a delusiOnal sense of superiority.
So they resort to the device of moist
ness. which naturally has tine effect
Of bringing them to the attention Of
other people. Seeing themselves stared
at. perhaps talked about. they glow in
wardly with a sPlf-sa tisfactiOn out of
all proportion to the means by which it
was obtained.
IHeTe arc, 10 d" sure. exceptions 70
every rule, and the rule that habitually
noisy people are noisy in order TO pro-
tect themselves from an acknowledge
mCnt of failure and insignificance. is a
rule that has many exceptions. That
it remains a rule. however. will be ap-
preciated by all who delve to any
depth in the psychology of the habi-
tually noisy.
And. manifestlv. it is particularly
important that the meaning of their
noisincss be appreciated by the habitu-
ally noisy themselves. For then they
may be melted. as perhaps never be-
fore. to activities redceming them from
the inadcGuacy that has occasioned
their nOisineSS.
Copyright, 1928, by The Associated
NCwspapers.)
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-24
THE STRAW IN STRAW HATS

- There IS considerable truth in the
ancient saw that straws show which
way the wind blows, likewise straw
hats. Now comes the customs service OF
these United States and demand, to
know why is straw hat, or rather what
is a straw hat: To which the National
Association OF Straw Hat Manufacture
ers reply that a straw hat is straw.
wheat straw and nothing else.
The question arose when L shipment
of harvest hats, USUALLY sold to farmers
in the North and Last and somewhat
in the Middle West was held by the
government to ascertain the duty they
should pay. They were billed as straw
hats, but an enterpri5irg and discerning
government official ascertaincd that there
was no straw in them. They were mad,
from wood shavings and chips by
special process. They resemblcd straw
but they were actually wooden hats.
But the National Association quick,
proved to the satisfaction oi,thc govern.
nnent that the straw hat OF commerce
the straw hat which men and women
too, put on each spring, is i'll reality
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-24

obsesscd by the idea that he must shoot
his fellow beings, and thus become a
hero, was fousd calmly conducting the
other inmates to safety He wasn't
afraid for his own lifej he underwent
a greater risk than that experienced by
the average soldier on the firing line.
But he didn't realize that he was act
ing the part OF hero. The role wasn't
as he had conceived it. And, perhaps
most ironical of all, his name was with
held from the public Unconsciously
a hero after losing his reason i'll vain
attempts to be one, he was denied the
distinction the wearing for which was
perhaps at the bottom of his sad fate.
This story might we'll be seized upon
as confirmatory evidence by the orig
inatorS and supporters of the theory
that crime is a disease. Acts that are
defined as criminal-thoSe for which Tic
laws provide penalties-are not the only
ones that mark departures from normal,
wholesome living. In every human
being there are at work influences thou
sands of years old. a person may have
an inordinatc fear of something con-
crete without being coward in the
face of vital realities; or he may have
no fear Of things concretc-either man
or beast-and yet be a coward in the
moral sense.
Some people recognize their short
comings; others are ever blind to their
own souls; the latter may hunder on
until they become hopeless victims of
atavistic influences which they cannot
recognize as such. How profound, then.
is Nattre's call upon men of normal
minds to continue the process which
has made them what they are--to think
wholesome thoughts, avoid vicious ex-
tremes and live constructive lives.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-24
A HERO-MANIAC

Stony-hearted indeed would be the
man who could see nothing pathetic
in the story of the anonymous maniac
who was the outstanding hero OF the
tragic fire at the Manhattan State Hos
pital for the Insane. The Associated
Press dispatch describing his behavior
during the fire gives brief review OF
his past Defined in terms OF his ex-
perienccs, life might seem to be wholly
ironiCal. But there is another and less
apparent phase of the subject
Before inquiring into the matter more
deeply, however, the normal person may
be unable to resist the temptation to
dwell upon the purely ironical elements
OF the story. Besides. to respond to the
impulse may make it easier to reach
a definite conclusion as to why lie
itself sometimes seems to mock at finite
man.
The hero-manac was said to be the
most dangerous inmate of the asylum.
He seemed to have lust for blood
apparently he was laboring under the
hallucination that it was his duty to kill
other human beings. Earlier in lie he
had wanted to be hero in the martial
sense OF the term, and each time I've had
proved to be coward--in the same
| sense. That is, he had failed to make
good as a soldier at the work for
which soldiers primarily exist
He had his first opportunity to be
martial hero when, in the Uniform OF
an American soldier. he reached the
firing line in the world war. Whether
he could not endure shooting at other
men, pr was afraid for his own life
the world will never know; perhaps
he himself was not sure. In any case
he deserted-went over to the Ger
mans
But when. in the uniform OF a German
soldier, he faced his former comrade:
and 1t became his function to shoe
at them and hold his ground while they
shot at him. his yellow streak" showed
up again-and again he ran away.
! When next heard of-back in tn
United Statcs-this man who had fcl
that he must do something heroic wa
4 ravlng lunatc. Is it any wonder:
When the fire broke out in the hos
pltal ul which he was an inmate, AM
flames were billowing through the room
and passagcways, this man who wa
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-24
New York Day by Day
BY o. o. NrINTYRE.

New York, Feb 24-I
Canine Complex Dogs
evening" unleashed dashg Fifth
platform Fifth
Washington gaop
fashionable
the horses heels T. q
think perhaps adversely He
ride the numbering carrya The barking happily
to old haging Misfortune
may a
Along West after darkness houetes the beauty this
benches
permanently crippled Her trained
dogs would perform for other
her charges There something
in of turning walking feet
much I'VE keeping practice Some will
work again"
opeaed pup refusing
which he shook with wild
again. Bless his heart.
salons of the fashionable modste
eXtremesthat tall wiOwy
them Of quite a happy She
the
if catches the the theatrical who visit
dressnaking show she sparkle broadway The famous
Fifth dressmakng did also "Hebe
the celebrated mannkn in London
in
And
between Brooklyn and COney Island his had be lie
the widcbmmed fattopped from
which black ribbon black With
shoe shops.
Mcknight Syndicate, :s