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The northwestern bulletin., 1923-08-25
SINGERS WHO DRANK HEAVILY
Great Prima Donna, Il 10 Said, Could
"0st Away" With Quart Of
Champagne EasIIy.

II was said Of the late Mime. Tiet-
jens, for many years the leading prima
donna at Her Majesty's theater In Lon
don. and who later, though not In her
prime, came to this country and scored
: success, that after the great act
In The Huguenots." she could drain
large silver cup In which there was
q quart Of champagne.
On the other hand, some Of the
greatest artists we have known have
been particularly abstemious, especial
ly on the day they had to give a per
formance. OF this q distinguished In
stance was Adelina Patti, who never
drank more than half q glassful Of
wine and sometimes added water to
that.
II ID told Of a great basso that In
order to produce his lowest tones he
had to be full Of beer. I often thought
when I heard him that II sounded like
beer.
Another very abstemious person
with regard to intoxicants was the
late Enrico Caruso. he might take
little wine. but never before a per
formance. It was always afterward
when the work was done and he was
enjoying the best meal Of the day
his supper-with friends and boon COM
panions. Tonic Scotti is another abb
stemious singer-Mephisto In Musical
America.
The northwestern bulletin., 1923-08-25
100-YEAR OLD GROOM is
OPTIMISTIC OF LIFE

(By The Associated Negro Press)
Shreveport, La, Aug. 24.--"T'ree
times aint too much to get mahrid,"
said Wilson Edwards. a 100-year old
Negro, when he applied for a mar
riage license to wed a 40-year old
widow last Friday morning. The
couple were Joined in the holy bonds
of matrimony later in the day, and
appeared happy under the unusual
circumstances. Wilson declared he
was likely to live long enough to get
married for the fourth time. The
blushing bride had little to say, but
looked rather skeptical at her hope
full mate.
The northwestern bulletin., 1923-08-25

the agents Of q rival chemical com
pany which claimed an interest In the
Aforesaid formula, which interest,
having vainly tried to establish by
law, they had made one or two at
tempts to obtain BY force.
{ A traitor IN the Forsythe company
ONCE must have tipped them Oh. John
had seen the plan at once. They
would jostle him In the throng, start
an alteration: 4 crowd would surge
about them before q policeman could
interfere the bag would be ripped
open with q sharp knife, the papers
extracted and the purloiner would
slink away and escape.
II turned up Sixth avenue" he said,
"and they followed me. ! saw you
coming and knew by your face that
could trust you. You know what I
did then. II was an Inspiration. When
the men overlook me was without
the bag. They were astonished and
puzzled, paused q moment at the next
corner watching me perplexedly and
then gave 1t up and went toward
Broadway.
II passed rapidly to the other side
Of the avenue, walked down, crossed
over, met you and resumed the bag
Iat Twenty-third street How can !
thank you for the great service you
did me? May I not hope that you viii
forgive my seeming rudenessT
''How dslightfulp cried Constance.
"A real adventurei How glad I am
that I was able to be Of service to
you"
That is how the courtship began.
Its progress was a. rapid as its begin
ming had been unconventional. They
were married three months later.
John-or Robert, AZ Constance always
calls him--is now chief chemist for the
Forsythe company.
The northwestern bulletin., 1923-08-25
pon,t .lud1e.

You never can tell In London.
England. collectors Of the public sub
scriptions for the Bethlehem hospital
arrived at the door of mean house.
and when 1t was opened heard the
man rating his servant-girl for throw
ing away match without having used
both ends. From such man the col
lectors expected nothing. and would
not have been surprised II they had
got 1t. But he asked them inside, pro-
,duced bag Of gold, counted out from
1t 400 guineas, and shoveled the money
toward them with his open hands.
Naturally they could not disguise their
amusement. Gentlemen" said he, II
keep house and save and spend money
In my own way. The one furnishes
me with the means Of doing the other"
The northwestern bulletin., 1923-08-25
Badness and scIenes.

I, What can modern science do to pre-
vent badness. Little Jet In some
recent experiments four parts Of the
body were closely shaved--the armpit.
10 spot Just back Of the crown OF tho
head. the outer side Of the forearm.
and the leg tust below the knee--and
the weekly rate Of growth was deter
mined by measuring hairs subsequent
Ily pulled from these parts, Growth
varied, being slow on arms and leg1
where hairs do not fall out. The re-
|sults tend to disprove some well o.
ltablished beliefA and show that hair
growth II little. II any, stimulated by
lshaving. By sunburn, or by such ap-
Iplications a. petrolatum.
The northwestern bulletin., 1923-08-25
RESCUES INVALID FROM
BURNING HOME, DEPARTS
(By The Associated Negro Press)

(By The Associated Negro Press)
Mobile. Ala, Aug. 24.--Mrs. John
Mack, an invalid, owes her life to an
unidentified Negro who rushed into
her home when her outcries gave the
alarm of FIRE last Saturday. Mrs.
Mack was alone In the house when
an oil stove exploded. The Negro de-
parted after the fire was got under
control, refusing to give his name.
The northwestern bulletin., 1923-08-25
Migration North Brings
Skill Among Workers
Survey of 273 Firms Employ
ing Race Brings Out Unex-
pected Phase.

An unexpected phase in the place
ment Of Negro labor passing from the
South to northern industries in the
wave of migration now under way Is
the inclusion of skilled workers. The
Department OF Labor made this an
nouncement from a survey conducted
by Phil H. Brown, a Commissioner Of
Cancellation, who has been detailed
as an observer of the exodus now In
progress on a larger scale than ever
before.
The results accrue from an analy-
sis of payroll statistics Of 273 en-
ployers of Negro labor in California,
Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois. In
diana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland,
Massachusetts,, Michigan. Missouri.
New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Okla
homa and Wisconsin. Returns from
these firms were said to show heavy
intake Of Negro labor.
Comparisons were made between
42.371 Negro workers, distributable
into groups Of 1874 skilled and 81
SIT unskilled workers, as of April
80, 1922, and 60,421 Negro workers
distributable into groups OF 14,951
skilled and 45,470 unskilled en-
ployes as of April 80, 1923, as re-
ported by 273 firms engaged in pur-
suits that attract Negro labor.
Increase of SS.5f Per Cent.
During the year for which obser-
vations were made among these 273
firms, Negro workers were increased
on pay rolls by 1S,050 men, of whom
4,157 and 1888 were skilled and
unskilled workers. respectively. The
total per cent of increase was 1850
and the percentage Of increase Of
skilled and unskilled workers, re-
spectively, was 1881 and A.
The Department Of Labor observed
19.747 Negro employees among the
whole number of 60,421 on hand
April 80, 1923, as having migrated
from the South. OF the 19,474 thus
observed. the employers we're able to
identify 4.702. or 1881 per cent as
having come directly from the South
during the year.
From another viewpoint, taking
the whole number as base and dis
counting .06 per cent as being i'm
practicable of distribution. the de-
partment estimates that the distribu-
tion Of immigrants among the states
listed can be approximately indicated
by the following percentages:
The northwestern bulletin., 1923-08-25

+, On the Yukon the chicken is a pam
pered luxury, according to Frank g.
Carpenter in "Alaska, Our Northern
Wonderland" In summer the chickens
who do not like twenty-four hours Of
daylight are put In darkened coops at
9 o'clock at night, and during the long,
dark days Of winter the coops must
be lighted to make the chickens lay.
! It is the custom during the winter
10 put chickens out to board In chicken
boarding houses. These are log build
Iings, lined and oiled. with the space be-
tween filled with shavings and heated
with air-tight stoves. The landlord
gets not only the regular rate Of board
for the chickens, but also the eggs
which are sometimes In midwinter a.
high az i've dollars dozen.
The northwestern bulletin., 1923-08-25

Mrs. Gertrude Willis, 1473 Sher-
burne avenue. left for Chicago Sun
day evening to remain until after the
Eiks' convention.
The northwestern bulletin., 1923-08-25
Worrying Lea

swhat became Of that Don't Worry
club you used 10 belong tot"
"It took up . more practical form
LOT development" replied Mr.. Dustin
kStax and resolved itself Into . ersdlt
lmau,s association"
The northwestern bulletin., 1923-08-25
the following percentages:

The department endeavored to as
certain what proportion Of payroll
employees, as Of April 80, 1928, could
be regarded as migrants. and the fol-
lowing results were considered re-
liable approximations Of the precent-
a onas
The Washington times., 1923-03-04
House Bill Asks 500, 900
flor Cleveland Memorial

"A movement for 8 memorial IN
Washington to Grover Cleveland
was started III Congress yesterday.
Representative Rodenberg fRepl Of.
Illinois introduced bin In the
House for an appropriation Of $780,
900 to erect the structure.
Mr.. Rodenberg said re did not.
expect any action III the dying
hours Of the present Congress, but
he felt sure that the public geIa-
orally win endorse the idea and
that the next Congress win provide
the necessary appropriation. He
continued:
.I believe the nation should show
some appreciation Of this great and
fearless Executive. TO me Grover
Cleveland typifies the idea Of law
enforcement and superb political
courage in the highest possible
degree.
'FIis rugged conception Of public
duty and his strict adherence TO
the fundamental principles OF con-
stitutional government stand out
most clearly. especially ct time
when organized minOrities are en-
(ieavcring to shape the national
policies, regardless Of the rights
and desires Of the majority. s
The Washington times., 1923-03-04
People and Stogie
Good to Me, Uncle
joe Saysin Farewell

@s9 s
written for COsmopOIltan News serviceJ
Copyright, 1891
" OPEFULLY, IN 1873 INentered the Congress, and
IL none the less hopefully in 1923 am leaving it.
- On the whole, my public experience has been
happy People have been good to me, and have
tried to deserve their tributes
am leaving public / love SO well. am leaving
my comrades in the Congress whom have, Also loved
well am leaving the service Of my countrymy
country that have loved above all else
We beginning new era-the restoration from the
wastage Of world war and it is time for blood to
take hold Of the problems and keep hold Of nntil
they are settled
have helped in the restoration from the problems left
by two wars, and hope to live until the settle
ment Of our present war problems but:
America is the magic word Of all the ages to all
men, and my countrymen will do well to realize that
America deserves to be the magic word Il the land Of
Liberty and freedom
am od-fashioned enough to follow Saint Paul and
first look after my household own counry-and
want Americans first sustan and defend their
American ideals before they consent to mix them In an
international caldron for I'm afraid Of such brew.
The future holds greater problems than the past
has held and the American people may be depended upon
to meet any and all Of the problems Of
will be presented to them
&c. not worrying about the future Of our nation
We have in the past demonstrated our ability to sue
cessfuly with all conditions have with and
successful past is better guarantee Of successful
future than anything know Of.
In country where the majority rules the minority
has been of criticism of the majority This good
for it the majority to search more closely for
correct solutions Of problems
In saying Au Revior to everybody, let me add that
if my inevitable stogie" has been the cause of merr
ment to others, it has been good faithful companion
to me- for it has been constantly with me and has never
deserted me.
IL the cartoonsts have amused the folks with their
cafcatures of Uncle joe, they have less greatly
entertained
To beloved public '.Au revoir to everybody
The Washington times., 1923-03-04

asked Cox to yield time for 1
I'm do it for as long as the
gentleman keeps his left hand II
his pocket" said Sunset Coy
Cannon started in to speak, warmed
up bit, and pulled out his left
hand and waved it high above
his head gesture characteristic
to this day.
Times up" said Cox. and the
House and galleries knew Cannon
from then on.
The House probably never at.ain
will see the likes of "Uncle Joe. q
nor record a record of service
IKE his. AS put by Representative
william "A. Rodenberg, of his State
no Republican under II years OF
age in the Eighteenth Illinois dis.
trtct has ever voted for a Repub.
Acan nominee except Cannon.
Champ Clark thought it. would
be a hundred years or. more be.
fore Congress would furnish a
member of such length of service as
THAT OF Cannon-and Clark must
have been thinking the men al
the future would learn to live
longer than men do now.
FAREWELL RECEPTION.
The other night Mr.. Cannon
gave farewell reception to
members Of the Gridiron Cluh and
a few other <newspapermen of
Washington. There were .songs
and speeches and laughter. Gun.
Gle Joe" sat with a far-away Tool,
in his eyes as the Gridiron GUAR.
tet sang annie Laurie and other
favorites Of the long ago. Soon
after he turned to Representative
William s. Greene. of Massachu.
sets, who has been in the House
26 years.
Bill Greene" he said, "you are
just a youngster, only eighty.two
years old. Well, I'm going to give
party on my Tooth birthday
and you are invited now to come"
'I'll be there, Joe, If am
living" said Bill Greene.
1t was an appealing picture.
And another followed it. Joe Can
non put his arms around the
shoulder of Joe Fordney, Of Mich
igan. who quits Congress after "a
years, and Fordney threw his arms
about the shoulders OF his friend.
Patting one another on the back
they started back to get Fordney's
overcoat and say goodnight.
Side by side they had fought
many a legislative battle-these
two. Each quit voluntarily be.
cause he's tired. AS they walked
toward. the doorway where the
car of the gray-haired Fordney
awaited him, Rodenbery, of I'LL
nois, younger man who goes
out Of Congress Of his own ac-
cord, turned and with little mist
showing in his eyes said:
II don't like to see things like
that"
And neither did the rest of
them-regardless Of creed. political
belief or age.
In paraphrase of a line of
Cannon's favorite poem, by James
Whitcomb Riley:
"Good-bv. Uncle Joe: take keer
o yourself"
The Washington times., 1923-03-04
u. S. AviatOrs
Again to Seek
Speed Record

Mas. GEN. nTAsON M.
M PATRICK, chief Of the
Army Service. yesterday or
dered the two speedicst planes
ID She service to taIxe or on
. favorable day this month ID
nm attempt 70 bring the speed
record back 70 the United
States.
The American record recent
" was broken ~ the French
aviator Sad LecOInte, who
flew one-IxiI0rneter course
at the rate o. 2ss.oI miles per
hour.
The record was formerly
held By Brig. Gen. WIIlam
Mitchell, assistant chief u the
Army Air Service, who new
. One.kiIometer course ~
222.97 miles per hour.
Lieut.. II. Il. Maughan pro-
baby win ~ the machine iii
which he set up ) world mark
Tor 100 IiiIometers 61.13 miles
in is minutes and CTS seconds.
The flights Will be made
over Wilbur Wright Field,
Dayton, D.
The Washington times., 1923-03-04
Court Places Officer
In Care Of DR.. White

Lieut.. James II. Lyman, u. s. A..
retired, who has been under treat
ment for mental disorders at the
Walter Reed General Hospital and
at st. Elizabeti's Hospital, was re-
manded back into the custody Of
DIR. William Al. White, superintend-
emit at ST. Elizabeth's, by Justice
Hoehling in Circuit Court. yester-
day.
A petition for a writ of habeas
corpus, sued out by Attorney Rob
ert E. j. Whalen, counsel for Lieu-
tenant Lyman, who claimed that he
was being unlawfully detained at
the insane asylum, was dismissed
the court holding that the Secre-
tary Of War had jurisdiction and
control Of the abiding place Of the
lieutenant,
The Washington times., 1923-03-04
Kilrner Circle win Hear
Miss Katherine HUGHES

Miss Katherine Hughes. author
and essayist. who has just returned
from abroad and who has done
much original research work in
France and England. during the
past eighteen months, viii give
the second OF the series Of Lenten
lectures under the auspices Of the
Kilmer Circle this afternoon ct the
National Service School for Women.
Miss Hughes will speak on early
Irish art. The cultural revival in
Ireland has resulted in the dis
covery of many old art-forms which
have been lost TO the world and
which have deep interest for
scholars. Miss Angela KEN will
read several Of Joyce KiImer's
poems.
The Washington times., 1923-03-04

ment Of the Veterans Bureau.
wherein were merged the national
activities in behalf OF the wounded
and disabled soldiers Of the world
war. In 1922 the bureau paid ap.
proximately $425, 900 900 to veterans
or their beneficiaries.
Railroad rate regulation, cham.
pioned by the President in more or
less general appeals, failed to re-
ceive consideration in the rush to
attend to other affairs.
The proposed ship subsidy, one of
the Presidents pet pieces Of legis.
iation, died on the filibustering
sands. Mr.. Harding called on Con.
gress to pass a bill appropriating
enough money to keep American
ships travelling under the American
Tag. He was very anxious that
the United States should become a
maritime nation and seize its part
OF world trade. since it already had
the ships, extensively acquired at
war prices. However, the filibus.
tiers mustered enough strength TO
scuttle the fleet; the ship subsidy
bill was finally side-tracked in favor
OF the filled milk bill and other
soothing legislation, and even its
best friends left 1t to its fate.
LOST IN SHUTTLE.
With regard to Muscle Shoals.
Congress adopted a clam-like at
titude. There was a good deal of
ctrcumlocution in the attempts to
handle this legislation, which it's
supporters claimed would have
saved the farmers many millions
yearly in the cost Of fertilizers, and
would have provided q power plant
OF tremendous proportions.
A bit OF important legislation was
the cooperative marketing act, and
another the packer bill, both tend.
Ing to help the American farmer.
There was also the stockman's
and farmers war finance act, the
act creating the United States
coal commission, Federal highway
legislation and Independent citizen
ship for women.
A constitutional amendment was
put through the Senate by the
Senator Norris, Of Nebraska.
but was stranded in the House.
This proposed the Presidents should
be inaugurated January "a instead
Of March 4, and that Congress
should convene January 4, two
months after the November cleo.
tons, instead OF thirteen months
after, as is now the rule. Such
legislation would eliminate the in.
fluence Of flame ducks" after their
policies and practices have been
repudiated at the polls.
In addition to the above, $500.
600 was appropriated to modernize
out-of-date battleships, and the
House passed a bill creating a COM
mission. to see about the erection
of monuments on the fields OF
France. A $5,000,O00 loan to Ii
IBERIA was lost in the dark recesses
Of committee inaction, a Ku Klux
Khan investigation blew up, the
Teapot Dome oil lease situation
kept boiling, and 81 900 900 for the
purchase of the Cape Cod Canal
lin Massachusetts, was held before
Congress to the last along with the
Presidents request for participa.
ton by the United States in the
International Court of Justice at
The Hague.
The Washington times., 1923-03-04

have provided the sparkle III many
famous debates.
Senator Joseph i. France. Repalb-
Iican, 81 Maryland. 'irrecOnciIable, g
friend OF Soviet RUSSIA. and the
only man who voted against the
Washington naval treaties
Senator Joseph s.. Frelinghuysen,
Republican, OF New Jersey, the
gOlfing partner Of President Hard.
ing and his host on many occasions.
Senator Frank -. kellogg. Repub-
1ican, of Minnesota, another golfing
partner Of the President.
Senator Harry s. New, Republl.
can, Of Indiana. still another Of the
Presidents close personal friends. Is
TO become Postmaster General
The Washington times., 1923-03-04

cessor Clark were approaching
the polls to cast their first votes
that year, Mr.. GilIett no doubt
voting for General Grant, who 1ad
only q few years before been con-
sidered a good Democrat, and Mr..
Clark voting for Horace Greeley.
who was still stalwart Republi-
can and a Protectionist though
transplanted for a few brief weeks
to the leadership Of the Demo.
cratic party.
Jim Mann, age sixteen, was in
doubt beginning his struggle with
rival ambitions to continue a farmer
or become a lawyer, and am glad
his perverse nature monopolized
his ambitions until today he is
an ornament to both professions,
true scientific farmer and the
most industrious and useful law
maker have ever known.
my friends Rainey and Mon
deli. at the age Of twelve, were be-
ginning to figure life in percen-
tages, while Rodenberg, at the
with You'd scarce expect one OF
my age:' and the ambitions Of Claude
Kitchin and Nick Longworth, at
the age Of three, were conferred
about their first pants. Look
ing around me, find more than
one hundred OF my colleagues to-
day who had not even been born
and I feel that 1872 must
have been long way back in the
history Of the House."
SWING OF PENDULUM.
There are q thousand anecdotes
about and by this remarkable man
from Danville. Ill. He has stood
for'' many a story that he never
told. He has been caricatures,
cartooned and photographed thous-
ands of times. In the days of So
told. He has been caricatured,
most of them-were unfriendly
and carried a sting that got under
the quick of even "Uncle joe"
In recent years, now that the
American public and his political
enemies have found that Mr.. Can
non did not possess horns and that
certain Of his gag rule" methods
have been necessary since to con-
troll the House, the newspaper
stories and cartoons have carried
the touch of kindness and a better
understanding. Everybody Is glad
that Mr.. Cannon has lived long
enough to see 1t.
TOO SOON TO REGRET.
Joseph G. Cannon was brought
up in the Quaker church. In the
days of his youth the Quakers
were strong for discipline. A rule
was that no member of the
Friends church might marry out
side the faith without getting con-
sent of the elders: If he so married
he must come afterward and ex-
press regret and get the forgive
ness Of the elders.
Young Cannon married a Metho-
dist. The church elders insisted
that he should express regret, this
demand being made a week after
the marriage.
"ITl be damned If do" said
Cannon, with the independence
revealed in later life. "If you had
waited a year or so after I mar
ried the young lady I might have
expressed regret. but I won't do
II this soon."
And Joseph G. Cannon never did
regret" that happy marriage.
RECOGNIZED BY cox.
AS a young legislator Cannon
received his first real notoriety
in the time of a Democratic ad-
versary, Sunset" Cox. of New
York, one of the brilliant deba.crs
Of the past generation. Cannon
The Washington times., 1923-03-04

tainment to be
held by Keane
Council. K. of
c., next Thurs.
day evening.
Grand Knight
John f. Burns
Will pr sid e.
T h e pro gram
w i'll be in
charge of Lee.
turer James p.
McKeon.
I h e X can e
Council COS
ers will give a
st. p atric k 9
Day dance at
the City Club
on the night Of