davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1923-01-28
4 Responsibility of Citizenship

DISCUSSION Of the large proportion of eligible
~ voters who do not actually cast ballots on cleo.
ton day has served to call attention once more to
an evil that goes to the heart of our system of gov
eminent. The worst feature Of the matter is that
among the non-voters are some of the most intel
igent and supposedly most patriotic of our citi-
zens. Too frequently when substantial citizens of
n community are staying away from the polls, the
irresponsible enemies of good government are avail.
ing themselves of the opportunity to endeavor to
place in positions Of power and trust men Of their
own type. Too often they succeed.
We are conducting in this country an "Amer.
icanization' campaign, designed to prepare aliens
for the duties and responsibilities of citizenship.
This is well, and yet it seems an anomaly to be
doing this when we have so many native-born
Americans of character and intelligence who do
not exercise their right to participate in the most
important functions of popular government. The
AmericaniZation movement is taking too narrow
n scope.
What remedy can be adopted with a hope Of cur.
ing the evil, it is difficult to determine. In some
states laws require the payment of Il poll tax as
a prerequisite to the right to vote, and this has Il
doubtful effect. Presumably it withholds the right
to vote from those who do not help support the gov
eminent, but there has often been evidence that It
places the voting power In the hands of men who
desire to use it in n corrupt manner. Payment Of
one mans poll tax by another who wishes TO con.
troll his vote, is a practice generally understood to
exist in many places.
1t has been suggested that states provide by con.
stitutional amendment that failure to vote for spe-
Gifted time, unless excused on account Of absence
or illness, shall deprive the citizen of his elective
franchise. A federal constitutional amendment to
the same effect has also been proposed. 1t is clear
enough that such a provision would be drastic
enough to cause most men who priced their voting
power TO take care lest they lose it. Some such rem
edy MS that, or a fine or suspension of some other
right of citizenship, might have the desired effect.
Instead of charging n poll tax upon those who vote,
il might be better TO charge the tax upon those who
fail to vote.
, 1923-01-28
The Sea Wolf.

The fisherman say. when your catch
is lone
And you're sculling In with the tide.
You must AXE great care that the
Sea VOLTS share
Is tossed to him oversize.
They say that the Sea Wolf rides. by
day.
Unseen on tho crested waves,
And the sea mists rise from his cold
green eyes
When he comes from his salt sea
caves.
The fishermen say. when 1t storms
ut night
And the great seas below and roar,
That the Sea Wolf rides on the plung-
ing tides.
And you hear his howl at the door.
And you must throw open your door
at once,
And fling your catch to the waves
Till he drags his share to his cold sea
lair,
Straight down to his salt sea caves.
Then tho storm wifi pass. and the
still stars shine
In peace-so the fishermen say
But the Sea Wolf waits by the cold
Sea Gates
For the dawn Of another day.
Violet McDougal.
, 1923-01-28
4 Ranking Industry

pETRoLEUM, as an industry has risen from n
L position of comparatively small Importance to
one of leadership among the industries of the ma
tion. A survey of the remarkable expansion of the
oil business illustrates this rapid advancement.
The whole fabric of the petroleum industry has
been carefully built up by the energy and bound
less activity Of many private interests at work
under the application of sound economic principles.
Like the political exploitation Of forestry from
the east, the political exploitation of oil did not be.
gin until the production in tho east began to fall
off. Then the eastern reformers and uplift citizens
began their crusade against oil production just as
they have against timber production. Three
fourths of all oil production is in the west and they
want to regulate and govern from the east in the
interest of the east.
, 1923-01-28
The Great Work at Home

ONLY one of the problems, thrust upon the PEG.
" pie of the United States by the war was the
withdrawal from the wage-earning ranks Of more
than four-million able bodied men. This economic
problem had to be met. Who would care for these
dependent wives, children, mothers and fathers?
The Red Cross formerly known oily as an emer.
gency organization, came to the front and offered
its services to the nation, to give home service to
the families of the enlisted and drafted men. These
men felt much better to go away knowing that their
families would not suffer in their absence.
To be sure, the money was supplied by the citi-
Eens of the nation but it took trained workers to
discover the problems of these families and to nd.
minister the relief necessary in the best possible
manner. Many trained workers were taken from
charity organization societies but these could not
supply the demand so the Red Cross started train
ing schools in the larger cities and many college
graduates enlisted for this work.
The Red Cross performed such a splendid piece
of work and showed to so many communities the
advantage of trained social service that after the
work to be continued. An agreement was made,
therefore, with tho American association, which
is tho head of all organized charity societies, for
the Red Cross TO extend home service TO civilian
families in communities where there was no super
viscd charity society. In order for the Red Cross,
therefore to successfully carry OH this work in
the same splendid manner, as that Of the charity
organization societies, the Rcd Gross executives be
came moro careful than ever that their workers be
especially equipped in education and training be
fore placing them as executive secretaries.
For the past two years, Natrona County Chapter
Of the American Red Cross has had tho services
Of a worker, who not only had received training
and had experience In Red Cross work but also In
, 1923-01-28
The Chickle Nuisance.

Soda fountains. where hot drinks
seem as popular in winter as cold
drinks do in summer, are finding the
chronic gum chewer to be their worst
menace.
w are seriously thinking Of put
ting small vast paper baskets at
convenient places" said the manager
Of one Of the larger soda water shops.
merely TO take care of the gum
chewers. When a gum chewer comes
In for a hot chocolate he usually for
gets all about his gum until he Is at
the fountain and has given his order.
Mine out of ten persons when they
find themselves IN this ~predicnment
surreptitiously drop the gum on the
floor. And thus their problem is
solved. But ours Is Just begun.
How to remove that gum has US
worried. We have tried about every
thing, but no is entirely sat.
isfnctory. For the gum usually has
heen walked on a few times and Is
we'll pressed into TIE floor.
MANI OF our ports:s ant their
Jobs simply because they had TO work
half the night trying to get the gum
Oft the floor and then Tot altogether
succeeding"
, 1923-01-28
Some Sueet Ddu

BARKING cars on public business streets will
continue to grow more and more a problem. 1t
will not happen soon but it is certain to come with
time, that city streets, especially in business dis
tricts will be devoted entirely to cars on the move.
While the regulations of cities remain so much a
matter of politics and SO little a matter of public
convenience and comfort we will put up with the
senseless congestion with what grace we may.
Some time, let US hope away this side of the
millennium, nothing but moving vehicles will be per.
mitted on city streets. 1t would be Just as sensible
for street car companies to ask permission to run
spurs from their main tracks to the curb so street
cars could be parked conveniently when not in
use. You would call a street car official crazy,
for making such a request. But at the same time
thousands of automobile owners claim, and get
away with the privilege of parking all day on busy
streets, thereby causing congestion and blocking
of streets to the great Inconvenience and even dan.
ger to persons and property.
Some day this will not be allowed.
, 1923-01-28
Need Of Common Labor

ADMITTING foreign immigration to this country
n will be a subject frequently before the public
during the coming months, Organized labor seems
determined to retain the three per cent limitation
and hopes even to reduce the percentage admiss.
able in n given year
Other authorities believe that unless an increas.
ed supply n common labor is admitted to his coun.
try that we will eventually find ourselves unable
to carry on our great primary operations in for
ests mines, factories, agricultural and general con-
s]truction work; and further that this condition
will lessen the demand for skilled craftsmen and
constantly increase all the underlying costs of pro.
ductIon and transportation.
All elements seem agreed, however, that some
form of character tost rather than a literacy test
would better safeguard this nation from reds and
other undesirables. No crook or bolshevist is barred
by the literacy test, while many good strongbacked
workers have never had q chance to fit themselves
to pass the literacy test. .
1t is recommended that an immigrant be looked
up In his homo town and his character ascertained
before permission to sail is granted.
, 1923-01-28
The Burden Of Exemption

IN II DAY of growing taxation, ways and
L means must be found to check initiation and
growing overhead cost of government. And what is
true of public government is equally true of pri.
waite business. Billions of dollars of property is at
the present time removed from our tax rolls due
to the fact that it is publicly owned.
Municipality owned water, light, street car or
gas systems pay no taxes. These plants usually
serve only a limited number of people in the com.
munity in which they are located but all the PEG.
pie in the community are taxed to keep them in
operation.
Why should not this class Of property be placed
ON the tax rolls and by law required to charge rates
sufficient to cover all costs of operation including
taxes and thus relieve the general public from the
burden Of maintaining property for the benefit
of limited number of citizens.
1t is good business to consider progress which
will reduce the public debt.
, 1923-01-28
The Age of Oil.

To call our time the Ago OF on
says tho New York Sun. ''would hard.
ly DO the truth. This most liquid
and easily moved raw material of
powor has stirred many countries to
sock control OF remote regions that
yield It.
within a decade oil has become us
important on sea as on land, It
drives vessels Of a and Of war.
, 1923-01-28
Who Has the Easy Time?

You women certainly have an easy
time OF It, In these Gays of modern
appliances" said Mr.. Miliburn one
morning recently as Mrs. Millburn
slipped a couple OF pieces Of bakers
bread into the electric toaster and
then poured his coffee from the cleo.
trio percolator which dubbed busily
beside her.
Having finished his breakfast, Mil.
burn hoped into his coupe arrived
at the office some fifteen minutes
later and glanced appraisingly at a
corps of women whose lives were
made easier by the use OF typewrit.
ers, adding machines and other mod.
ern office appliances.
Mll,burn glanced through the morn
ing mail, noted with approval that
gross business was IN to average,
and that collections were gooG. The
telephone RAM presently. It was MI.
Ter. a salesman, of whom no bought
frequently.
How about lunch with me and a
couple of frames of bowling after
ward?'' asked Miller. This being ar.
ranged satisfactorily. Mr.. MilIbourn
left word as he went out that an i'm.
portant conference would keep him
after lunch until about 8. AT 3.
when he returned. he glanced at his
appointment book SEQ ]. at q. 81
he noted. with n shock OF recollec-
ton. Now. for tho benefit of the UNI
initiated, j. meant Johnny n certain
golf professional of local renown, and
C. 8. mean golf school.
MilIburn glanced hastily, somewhat
guilty. at his office force busily di-
gesting tho daily meal OF business
that had been dumped in raw by the
postmnn, and tolG his secretary that
a prospective customer whom he had
to SEQ would probably keep him for
the remainder OF the day. His ap.
pointment with ]. ut @. S. consumed
most OF the remainder OF tho after.
noon, so no barely had time to drop
In at the barber's for a shave and n
massage before going homo for din.
nor.
Now. Mrs. M1Ilhurn, going on the
theory hat n man likes to come home
TO n house In order, n quiet house
to soothe his tired nerves after the
daily grind of business. had Just man.
aged after a hectic battle with the
children TO get them TO bed and clear
up the library, where they had been
playing with their trains.
The day had beer none o quiet.
The furnace Gre had gone out and
tho house now owed It's unusual
warmth to the fact that there was a
fresh fire. built IN feverish haste 'be.
fore John gets home and finds st
out. There had been thu usual strug.
glo with groceries. meat. laundry, etc.
and with the very necessary articles
Of apparel without which little Betty
could not properly appear, either in
public OF private. And to finish the
day Johnny he'd fallen down the front
steps into a pool Of thhweG, snow. got
himself soaked through, and had to
be given n hot bath before going hur-
riediy TO bed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Millburn snt down.
however. 90 an orderly and appet'z.
ms dinner. As Mrs, aiillburn poured
, 1923-01-28
.-Ni%t'
The Abandoned House.

On the ere desert rim II stands,
A woeful. bleaching skeleton.
It's dead ayes stare across the sands
That simmer in the burning sun.
The rusty hinges groan and whine
When Il breeze swings the saEging
doors.
Sand. and dust white and alkaline,
Lie in wInd.blown drifts on the
floors.
In the Cooryard a rough.hewn stone.
Guarding n narrow, oblonB mound
Tolls the tale OF n soul unknown
Mutely waiting the Trumpet's
sound.
A tragedy OF life lies hid
Behind the weather.beaten walls,
For Happiness. by God forbid.
Died here. The loneliness appals.
-E. RICHARD SHIP.
, 1923-01-28

his coffee for the second time that
day from the busy electric percolator.
the thought occurred to John for the
second time you women certainly
have an easy time OF It.. with al
these modern conveniences.' but just
as he was about to give utterance TO
this profound bit OF philosophy. Mrs.
Millburn asked:
well. dear. what kind OF a day did
you have at the Officer"
Mr.. Millburu replied. truthfully.
Pretty busy: haven't stopped a min
uate since I left home this morning"
But he didn't add anything about wo-
men and the IA conveniences.
, 1923-01-28
Duplicating Our System

Under free institutions it seems we develop a
y double system of doing many things that are
very important.
We have public schools and colleges and we have
privately maintained schools and colleges that do
just as good work.
We have state and national banks and we have
private banks and the latter enjoy as much con.
fidence as the public ones.
We have farm loans by state and nation and we
have private farm loans and large farm loan bank.
ing corporatins all doing good work.
We have state and private casualty insurance
departments and the latter in many cases have
cheapcned state accident insurance.
1t is only where VIC try to establish state monop-
olies in these matters and relieve the state from
the competition of private initiative that We make
a socialistic mess Of matters.
The theory that the state or government can do
anything better than private initiative in free and
open competition has fallen down in so many cases
that people are losing faith In political admins.
tration.
, 1923-01-28
Is Very Good
In Role of Prospective
Corpse; Hey, Reader?
BY JOHN H~ANDSHAkER
CAllas Weed D'ckinson)
Especial Casper Correspondent

DEADERS:
Ii Well. Readers. this Newspaper
game Is Sertainly the Old Work. do
you ask me, and sometimes l figure
I may just as well leave Journalism
to the devices Of guys like William
Randolph Hearse and other birds
which write only with Yellow Pen
ellis; but then. I remember two
things-the first being some OF the
trouble I have beng Press Agent for
a Actress before I Climb into this Re-
porter Blzness. and the second being
some of the trouble Actresses 1 try
to work for have with mel So 1 fig
ure I will do myself Just as much
good do I stay where I am and con-
t!nue to put a Helping Hand under
Flatfooted Literature.
Well, do a little Praise-Agentlng
at ono time and another. a. I am G1y.
ing, n one OF the first Jobs l tear
off for myself is trying to get New
York TO notace n Dame called Jan
uary Summers. II Is really not so
hard to notace her, at that, because
she is a Wierd Looking bird if ever
I see INT but she Ia got Ideas that
she IS about to become a Great
Actress. and she wants a Praise
Agent to tell the world about her. and
keep her on tho front pages Of the
papers by getting her robbed of
Jewelry and all such Bunk. So I
finally take the job.
, 1923-01-28

Well. I get January all Laid out
and put the end of the garden hose
in her mouth and tell her to lie there
and be quiet til she hears somebody
knock. or the door. I say I will send
a cop directly, and when he comes
in she must yell and carry on and
Plead to be allowed to Die!
Well. I go out and get a drink or
two and hang around a hour or so.
I figure I have lone a very fine daze
work. I am very pleased with my.
self, believe me; but I CONCEAL my joy
and finally notify a copy nearby I
have just heard means and prayers
out Of this apartment january has a
o in. and think I smell Gass Es-
Gaping. He beats it up there and I
take it on the Lam right back to the
offace.
Well, Reader. I give you my word.
Was I to stage the fight between
Dempsey and Wills ! will bet the
World and his Wife would get took
SICK the night before and we could
not draw a seargent's Guard to see
it! Did I wager Sunday night the
next day would be Monday. I will
bet It never comes off on time! The
next thing I know a Hospital is call.
ing me up saying do I know January
Summers. Well. I figure right then
maybe something Goes Wrong, and
when I say yes they say come right
over because she has got Gass Poison
ing. or Asphedlta, and while she will
live she Is very I'M
Well. 1t seems the iandladr. comes
in January's apartment while I am
and puts a quarter in the Gass
Meter n starts In working agalni
January Falls asleep. of course, when
I leave. and by tho time the cop gets
there Gass is Escaping sure enough
and most of 1t from January's eyes
nose and ears,
And I give you my word, she IS
sore as a boil about all this, dispite
the fact that my calling the cop prob
ably saves her life at thatl Is not
Woman a Ungrateful Creature. hey
Reader7 However, I will say she IS
good in the role of a Prospective
Corpse, and proves a better actress
than usual in this parti
, 1923-01-28

StruCLlOnS bno VIII 10 N"
Something by morning. Well, she Is
something. all rlght-but that is what
1 am going to tell you!
Wei, Reader. I. figure this would
be a fine chance to plant n story
about his beautiful little actress try
ing to kill herself by Gass because a
Wealthy South American Flancee de-
serts her, see? So 1 cork tho room
up tighter than a Bottle Of Scotch,
and put cotton in all the cracks. and
pull down the shades and fasten h
nose onto the gas Jett, Then l sal
January to write a few notes which
I dictate, and sprinkle a few drops OF
water on them to make Blots !
tears. and leave them on the Bureau.
I do not forget anything. including q
sad little letter to the landlady saying
she is sorry to cause trouble but h
can not live without Count de Doodle
Che wealthy South American Fiancee,
.RcaderD
I even get her to pick u h
she wants carved on her tomb
stone. and l select that one by Henry
Wordsworth Longfellow 1 think
which goes:
Life is real. LIE can't be trusted!
And the Grave is now my bent;
Bust thou Art? Art can't be
Busted!
Good girls can not save a Cent!
, 1923-01-28

Well. Reader. this January Is out
Of Employmen;s. losing her last en-
gagement in musical comedy. She
has a Important Part in the chorus.
but at the dress rehearsal she Sheds a
shoe at a 1nopportune Moment while
dancing and 1T hits the Producer.
which is down front, in the Eye. Well.
he says. Take Her Out. hat he can
not have Back-firing Chorus girls in
this show and hat does the time ever
come when he can put up Wire En-.
tanglements in the first three rows
Orchestra and Call It Nomad's Land
he Will hire her back. He says, how
yer. that he can not afford to have
Bald Headed Guys with scalp wounds
O~bstruct!ng the show by coming back
to the Box Offace and asking what is
the name of the dame which shakes
the Wicked Shoe. SO Miss Summers
is discharged Forthwith.
Well. I go over to this January's
place to see what can I do for her
and she is complaining Bitterly about
how hard life Is. She says even the
gass is off in the apartment because
h has got no quarter 10 put in the
meter. and 1 shy well 1 viii stake her
to we bits on Account, and will put
1t on my bill (which will probably do
me no good, but 1t Is easy to Put 1t
There, anyway I am just about to
Feed the Starving Meter this Snack
Of Currancy, as we Commands has
1t. and hoping 1t will not get Indlges.
ton from being out OF Monetary
Meals m subject to Mal-Nutrimont
for SO long, when I get a idea. I put
tho two bits back in my pocket and
tell January l have something much
better than that! I say Lissen, here
is a good chance for a Good Press
Agent like me! I VIII make her "a
nous, I tell her.
I ask January Summers Is their
any Cotton Batting Around here and
a peace of rubber hose. and she says
she can get the Cotton but no hose.
Wen. while she is getting the Former,
I go down in the basement and final.
ly find a peace of Garden hose which
the janitor uses on his back garden
in h summer I guess. January Is
quite Mistified by all this, but I nm
quite Masterful and say I am her
, 1923-01-28

Good girls can not save a Cent!
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-06-07
IMAM
San Justo SO
Advt.
T S. EARLE,
Presidente. Advt.

Sc regaIa la oraci6n de la pie
dra imam a quien la pida por CO.
rreo enviando S seIIos rojos pa
ra oil franqueo FL imam sirvs pa
ra tener fortuna en- amores, via
les, juegos, negocios y casamien-
tos. o. Rodriguez, San Andres,
10. Marianao. Cubs
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-06-07

Seattle, Washington, Omitted Press)
La civilization jamas volvera a sa-
Der del celebre explorador Captain
Raold Amundsen, 81 por desgracia ell
SO viera obligado descender de SUI
aoroplano en- Ell vuelo que piensa rea-
Hzar sobre 81 Polo Norte. Esta mani.
festacion ha sido hecha publica por el
Captain Jack Backlud, ell iltimo
hombre blanco que ha hablado con
Amundsen.
Backlund, propietario de la golcta
&C. S. Holmes ha manifestado ade-
mas que Amundsen saIdra de Vain
wright, Alaska, en- un aeroplano rea-
hzara un viaje sobre toda la region
del Polo hasta Spitzbergen 81 ell ae
roplano Sc lie rompe y Sc We obligado
a descender en- ell Polo, Amundsen Sc
suicidara asi como tambien su photo
La goleta Holmes fu6 la que
llevo ell gigantic aeroplano Fokker. a
Wainwright.
~NNNAA"o AV Aoo dPdA dGOo u6 4uN6ob1-
gaci6n, Amundsen lleva consigo. dos
botellas termos con bebidas calientes.
unos cuantos emparedados y dos pisto-
las para suicidarse.
Los motores del aeropIano son de la
clase Mercedes" en- los tanques
lova sufciente gasolina para un via
je de % horas.
Amundsen esta SECURE de lograr un
exito lisonjero en- su peligrosa explo-
raci6n. Pero esta seguro tambien que
de sufrir un desperfecto Ell motor de
su aeroplano el no tendria mas remedio
que quitarse la vida antes de perecer
por hambre frio. Oscar Omhdahl, su
photo, esta resignado como su Jefe.
Antes de morir dejaran escritas unas
notas.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-06-07
-EX TOTO CORDE-

Para mis- amigos los Lcdos.
R. v. Perez Marchand y c Bru-
net del Vale.