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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1923-07-27

why DO THE WICKED LIVE,
MIGHTY IN POWER:
BY GEE SEE


LAY by day with patient cane
| have tried to make it thrive
Dug it, watered, fortified it,
Tho it barely keeps alive.
But there's poison ivy growing
Up the old retaining wall;
And it thrives and prospers greatly
Tho help it not at all.
There are people like my garden
Souls of honesty and worth,
But they live III eonstan. struggle
Just to keep thel. place on earth.
While the hypocrites and rascals
Thrive like poison ivy grows
Growing rich by fraud and lying
Scavengers, like thieving crows!
asssas
If money is the root of all evil,
then we ought to be one of the most
righteous souls in the world!
ssssss
II autos were selling for Zoe. &
thousand, we couldn't buy the vacuum
tank (minus the tank off of one Oh
themi
If you don't believe it, ask WIS
HulshiZer!
Amt it funny!
When you got little money
All the world seems bright and
rosy
And just when you start to mosey
Down the street to buy some
buds,
Then a blooming bill collector
Saunters in and starts TO hector
Till he gets the last red cent Of all
your suds!
The next time we see anybody APP
preaching who looks as if he were
going to pay us some money, we're
going to pull down the shade, look
up and down the street, then close
the door, grab the money and run out
the back door and spend it before
any bill collectors find out we've got
it!
s4#*%@
A girl was arrested in Trenton for
speeding. She was returning from a
swim, and was clad only in red, one
piece bathing suit and a blush (The
blush was also red.) The judge fined
her and cancelled her drivers license.
sa4ase
But with such "all-around' speed,
the Judge who will some day cancel
her marriage license will preside in
a different court!
*##&&*
A group of extremely sensible wo-
men have launched nationwide
irive to replace powder and paint by
good old-fashioned wash rags!
s*saas
And they might well include some
rags" to cover naked arms, legs and
oreasts
Also they nigh well include the
d-fashioned practice of soapy rag
20 wash out the mouths of few!
s@%sts
GREAT STROKES FROM LITTLE
ACORNS GROW
A man just dismissed from Bost-
on hospital, penniless and jobless,
found a bag containing $4,000 worth
If valuables while he was tramping
YEARLY to his home. He returned it
o the owner, whose name was in the
rag. He was rewarded by $500. cash.
rad his hospital bill paid, and was
old to take a vacation to recuperate,
after which a good job would be Civ
IN him.
&&&S&A
You'll say, sit pays to be honest!"
But what about this: A local railroad
conductor found a bag on his train
hat contained a fortune. He turned
t in at headquarters where the fran
nc owner later claimed it. He found
he conductor, thanked him profuse-
y and gave him a quarter! The con-
luetor replied, mo, thank you! l had
, quarter last week"
&s&s&s
Would you say that man is in
MS second childhood when he goes
o Ashury Park and spends his hard
earned money to be pushed up and
Town the board walk like a baby in
, perambulator
&*Ax4A
FREDDY THE FROG SAYS
some folks is so suspicious if you
vuz ter Offer EN- free gold dollers
.hevd call a con ter watch YOU while
Evening star., 1923-11-23

women, for they are. Human beings
are not always fair to other human
beings, some men are not fair to
other men," she said. but minated
that women were equal to men in
their spirit of friendliness and fair
ness toward each other"
Self-discipline, or self Organization,
was pointed out as one of the great
est needs of women. 1t was indicated
that this was essential in order that
women may take the part that they
should in the home and civic develop
ment.
Judge Mary O'Toole of the Munich
pal Court, Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mus
sey and Mrs. Lyman Swormstedt, all
founders of the club, made brief ad-
dresses, in which they praised the
Women's City Club and its president
and toastmistress at the banquet,
Mrs. William +. Chamberlain
Among other founders and first Of
hcers OF the club Were Mrs. Laura A.
Bradley, it's first treasurer; Miss
Alice Heaven. it's first recording sec
retary, and Miss Caroline La Mar.
first corresponding secretary.
Outlines N. f. A. Work.
Other speakers were: Miss Olive NJ.
Jones, national president of the Ma
tional Education Association, who
spoke on Being President: Mrs.
Grace Abbott and Mrs. Marie Stair
Miss Jones told briefly of the work
of her organization and stated that
$4,000 teachers would attend the con-
vention of that body in Washington
next June.
Following. amid balloons which were
allowed to float up to the ceiling, some
with paper StreamerS attached, songs
We're sung and the farce. THE Woman S
Auxiliary in the World Court" was
enacted.
In this scene there We're supposed rep
sentatives from Russia, France, Spain
and other countries. There was a roll
call which showed a number of the
members to be absent. However, a
quorum was on hand and the auxiliary
proceeded with business.
The affair turned into an indignation
meeting in which violent protests were
registered against an alleged action, on
the part of the august body" or the
world court in passing a law forbiiding
women to bob their hair
The climax was reached when all
agreed to send a resolution condemning
the action of the world court in for
bidding women to bob their hair and
claiming that they had the right to do
so at their own discretion.
Miss Adelaide Z. Borah was the
director in charge
Among others taking part in the
Evening star., 1923-11-23
lANNUAL BANQUET
| BY WOMEN'S CLUB
Fourth Anniversary of City
Group Celebrated With
Merrymaking.

"reminiscences on the growth of
the Womens City Club marked the
second annual banquet celebrating
the fourth birthday of that body at
Rauscher's last night.
The club was founded four years
ago with thirty-two members and
has now grown to a membership of
more than 1000. The clubhouse used
by the organization has the distinc-
tion of having been used as a tenn
porary home for President Roosevelt
during his administration, while the
White House was undergoing re-
pairs.
The program last night was fea-
tured by brief speeches by prominent
women. singing and a sketch en-
titled The Woman's Auxiliary of the
World Court" Many of the charter
members and organizers of the club
We're present and recalled early poll
cies and activities of the club.
Cites Womnn's Advancement.
Referring to the accomplishments IS
rector of the junior division of the
United States employment service.
said that "one of the outstanding
features of the last twenty-five years
was the wonderful advance of women
In the scale of civic development.
Women have come to understand
each other better than ever before"
she said. and I'VE have learned that
Judy O'Grady and the coloners lady
are sisters under the skin"
We must break down that fallacy
that women are not the friends of
Evening star., 1923-11-23

production. as delegates. were: Mrs.
Frank. Hiram Snell Mrs Gerrit S.
Miller jr., Miss Amy Leavitt, Miss
Teresa Connolly, Miss Agnes Winn.
Miss Elizabeth Chagnon. Miss Edna
Sheehy. Miss Edith Rynet, Mrs. Rose
Yates Forester and Elizabeth Wor-
den.
Mrs. J. J. Stahl was the song
leader. Miss Amy c. Leavitt was the
accompaniSt. Members sang their
owns songs set to popular tunes.
the banquet committee consisted
Of Mrs Granville Hunt. chairman;
Miss Hazel Swift and Miss Mary
Laird Stevens, chairman of ushers:
Mrs. Marie Stair Lawyer, publicity;
Mrs. William L. Chamberlin, speak
ers; Mrs. Frederick T. F. Johnson
decorations; Mrs. Edgar Brown,
music.
The singing of "Auld Lang syne"
while all Joined hands around the
table concluded the program.
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, wife of the
President. sent a letter of regrets
at not being able to attend.
Evening star., 1923-11-23
bAPT|STS At END
OF ANNUAL MEET
Addresses and Naming Of
Committees Feature Asso-
ciation's Closing Session.

An address by Rev. H. c. Phillips,
of Mount Vernon. N. Y, and roll call
of the young peoples societies of the
Columbia Association of Baptist
Churches featured the final meeting
of a convention Of that body in the
Petworth Baptist Church last night.
Addresses were delivered during
the day by Rev. +. f. Richardson of
the Congress Heights Baptist Church
and DIR. william S. Abernethy Of the
Calvary Baptist Church. Reports of
committees were also heard.
The 1924 convention of che asso-
ciaton will be held in the Grace
Evening star., 1923-11-23
D. C. ATTORNEY ASKED
TO SUPPORT FAMILY
Mrs. Totten Declares $500 Month
Is Not Sufficient Main
tenance.
Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, November "a
A bill was filed in the circuit court at
Towson yesterday by Mrs. Priscilla
StearnS Totten of Baldwin. Baltimore
county. asking that her. husband.
Howe Totten. a Washington lawyer
and dog fancier, be made to furnish
proper support for herself and his
four children.
The bin states that she has been
married to Totten since 1906 and that
on last August, without just reason,
he left his country home at Baldwin,
declaring that he did not intend to
live with his family any more. Since
that time he has given her $500 per
month to maintain the large country
estate at Baldwin and a town house
in Washington.
She claims that Totten is wealthy.
and asks that he be compelled to sup
port her and the children properly.
Evening star., 1923-11-23

Jones Douglass. Miss Edwina Austin
and Leroy Greer.
To nominate association ofIicers-E.
Hilton Jackson, chairman; NJ. Il.
Hammer. e. L. Weber, N. J. Brum-
baugh. Mrs. T. b. Kinnear, r. w.
Christian, Mrs. H. p. Houser. C. IL.
Jenkins, c. /. Gessford, Newton
Wauger. II: A. Elmore. j. D. Simpson.
III. E. Davis. Byron S. Gable, NJ. c..
Lipscomb, T. A. FTayser, G. f.
Schooley, Everett Haycroft, S.
Lozupose. w. A. Cooper, Harry G.
Heiges. E. T. Rhoderick, T.. r. Hud-
son and Henry o. Hartman.
Evening star., 1923-11-23
CONFESSES KILLING WIFE
Negro Taken in Maine Being Re-
turned to Baltimore.

PORTLAND, Me-, November 23.--
the schooner Mary +. Barrett. yes
terday confessed that he killed his
wife by hitting her with pole after
she had attended a dance in Balti-
more on August s, 1920. and that he
played solitaire for some time be-
fore disposing of the body, according
to a statement by Detective Lieut.
Thomas O'Donne1l, of the Baltimore
police, who left for Baltimore today
with his prisoner.
Hawkins, who was serving on the
vessel under the name OF John Green.
was arrested when the vessel arrived
in mort Tuesday
Evening star., 1923-11-23
Baptist Church. Southwest Washing
ton.
Committees Appointed.

Committees Appointed.
The following committees were ap-
pointed:
On order of exercise-Rev. F. w.
Johnson. chairman, and Gratz E. Dun
kum. Rev. +. Paul Langhorne, 5. G.
Nottingham, Mrs. o. +. Howe. X. II.
Bogby, Mrs. Thomas w. Marshall.
John +. Bolen.
Missions-Rev. G. G. Johnson. d. D.,
chairman; Mrs. L. A. Williams, Mrs.
f. f. Richardson, DIR. Charles Ladson
and Rev. John L. Briggs.
Bible school work-E. b. Shaver.
chairman; L. II. De Groot, jr... Homer
7. Councillor, Thomas S. Brock, J: +.
Bolen, Arthur G. Cole. M. c. Lips
comb, Leslie e. Carlton and }. ID.
Nolph.
Social service-Rev. Hugh T. Ste
venson, chairman; Rev. Il. G. Primm,
Il. T. Rice, II. l.. Davis and Yancy w.
Pigg.
Advisory-Rev. william S. Aber-
ncthy, chairman; L. Hilton Jackson,
Rev. John Compton Ball. Rev. Il. f..
Richardson and 5. G. Nottingham.
Resolutions COMMITTEES.
Resolution-Rev. J. J. Muir, d. D.,
James. r. A. Shinn and DR.. A. w.
Cummings.
Publicity-O. p. Keller, chairman
w. c. Trey. Rev. J. II. Strong, John
Ruthven and II. +. Coulter.
Semi-annual meeting-Rev. William
Z. La Rue. chairman; Rev. c. b. Aus
tin, L. #. Blaisdall, Miss Lillian Will
liams and Mrs. T.. b. Shaver.
Young peoples work-Elgin Smith,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-01-26
CRIME MASKED AS VIRTUE

Our whole system OF criminal
justice is built upon the enforce
ment Of law by officials duly con-
stituted under the law. The "sen-
tence of God upon evil" in the
mouth of the Ku Klux Khan is pro-
family and mockery as revealed by
the Mer Rouge hearing, which re-
moves all doubt that the hooded
organization was directly respon-
sible for the two murders last
summer. 1t is no justification that
the original purpose of this under
ground order was the enforcing Of
better public morals. 1t goes rath-
err in aggravation. No group OF
men has the right to install itself
as the keeper of public morality
or to assume it is better than its
neighbOrs. The violent reformer
is quite as bad as the sniveling
moralist. Secret government is a
rebellion at best. I The supreme
head OF the Khan will only be
laughed at when he proclaims ats
aims are legitimate and it's meth.
DDS above reproach." In Moorhouse
parish it set out to reform the
community and ended by throwing
a hideous scandal over the district
and stain upon the state. Dis
organized crime is bad enough,
but no condemnation is severe
enough for crime secretly and
compactly organized. - st. Paul
Pioneer Press.
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1923

young man realized the slip he had
made, and his face turned l;vid, but
hastily he made an effort to retrieve
his error. 1T must have been the
closing of my own door here when I
returned that nuffled the shot so
that / did not hear it,
"When you returned from where ?"
Craig leaned forward suddenly.
That he had made such an error
was instantly apparent, for the
length Of his accusatory< speech had
given the ordinarily well-poised
young man an opportunity to place
himself in measure upon his guard,
and his reply came in a coldly col
lected tone.
"You are mistaken, sergeant--or
whatever your rank may be termed.
When said that returned
meant that | had only then returned
from the Montaines,' on East Ninth
street, where had dined and spent
the earlier part of the evening"
Craig turned in frank appeal to the
larger experience Of his colleague
and Barry resumed the interroga-
tion.
"Will you tell us, Mr.. Laid, Just
exactly what did happen last eve
ming, from the time you left the
house where you dined until from
your apartment here you heard Off
Ger Boyle hammering upon the en-
trance below" he asked in a cour-
teously persuasive tone.
Continued in Our Next Issue)
Copyright, 1922, NEA Service)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-01-26
ADVENTUROUS
THE TWINS
BY Olive Barton Roberts

Chris Crow was cross and no won.
der. He got a fearful valentine from
somebody.
he got it out OF his box in the
hickory tree postoffice. He wouldn't
tell anybody what was in it, but flew
1 straight home and sulked. The way
people found out about it was tina.
Chris was so put out, he dropped his
valentine. and it fell down to the
ground, landing plumb on top of
Sally Sparrow who read it, ana b.
ing gossip, spread the news al
once. 1t went:
"Old Chris Grow is a gloomy old
soul,
And a gloomy old soul is he,
He calls Cav, Saw from his deep
dark hole,
Way down in the hickory tree.
'Old Chris Grow is greedy old soul,
And greedy old soul is he,
He ate the daughter of old Mike
Mole.
And alas no more is she.
odd Chris Crow is a stingy old soul,
And stingy old soul is he,
He said not a word of some corn ne
stole,
No, nary word said he.
"Old Chris Crow is plain old soul,
An ugly old soul is he.
He's lust as black as lump of coal,
Quite black, 'twixt you and me.
"Old Chris Crow is an awkward old
soul,
On clumsy soul is he,
He walks like sailor with quite a
roll,
On ship in stormy sea.
my valentine is old Chris Crow,
A comic one is he,
For he likes first rate to boast and
blow.
Way up in his hickory tree.
"FROM A FRIEND"
Il don't think it's very polite" de-
clared Nancy. "Why can't people |
send nice valentines ~
Mr. Stamps, the dairy postman,
came close and whispered something.
'Sh!" he said. "Chris deserves it
all. It's from Oscar Owl. He sent
Oscar an. owful one last year, and
Oscar has been saving up ever since"
We'll, dear knows!" declared Mic.
Oscars no angel, either"
Ito Be Continued
Copyright. 1929, NEA service.) i
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and everything that he learned he
used" But he was not content
merely to set type. He gave his
days and nights to studying and
initiating the virtues of the great
masters of English and emerged
with style which was "discip-
lined movement of versatile
mind" Without university train
ing. he yet came to be, as Profess
sor Sherman in his essay q
Franklin says. lone of the most
widely and thoroughly cultured
men of his age" AS a printer and
publisher he became familiar with
current literature: and the train
ing which he had, through his own
wide, voracious reading, his exten-
sive travel and his association with
eminent men of America, England
and France, in politics, science
and letters. gave him advantages
for which our colleges and uni
versities can provide only feeble
substitute. -
When he died. in 1890, the print
ers OF Paris assembled in a square
near where he had lived, and with
their sticks stood before thek
cases ready to set up their COM
mon tribute to their great fellow
printer. So printers today, though
they no longer need sticks" and
have substituted linotypes for
cases. will remember the patron
saint of their trade, whose auto
biography was the first American
ROCK to have a world reading. All
members of his craft will share in
the celebration of the achievement
OF the apprentice. who "adorably"
walked up Market Street, Philadel-
rhla, two centuries ago today with
the rolls under his arm, and Der,
came in time master among the
greatest.-New York Times.
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BEGIN HERE TODAY

The report of 4 revolver, followed
by hurrying footsteps on the stairs
causes Detective Barry and mis-
friend, Professor Semyonov, to rush
from the latter's rooms on the fifth
floor of a New York apartment
hoHse. They discover the body of
be6Ntiful Miriam Vane, society por-
trAM painter, in her, studio apart
la gsnt on the third flor Ladd, a
young artist on the second floor
Griswold, an irascible bachelor on
the fourth, and Patricia Shaw, a
magazine writer on the sixth, deny
having heard the shot. Miss Shaw
the first interviewed, says that she
knew Miss Vane very slightly and
had not been in her studio for three
weeks.
Lets have a talk, then, with the
affable gentleman on the floor be-
low Barry suggested "Ill wager
he won't take so long, this time to
answer summons!"
r. Police headquarters! Sergeant
If he doesn't open the door in three
minutes, break it down."
The snoring ceased instantly in
sound between a squeal and grunt.
The next instant there came rat
tie OF bolts and the door was flung
open OF disclose Griswold's lanky
frame clad in scant nightshirt
with skullcap upon his grizzled
head.
what the devil do you mean"
he began furiously, but Craig, at
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-01-26
A DESPERATE REMEDY IN
THE RCHR

The Ruhr invasion brews any
sort Of potentially. Evil Is ex-
pected Of it in London and Rome,
while Paris prefers the evil Of the
Invasion to the evil that could no
longer be endured.
But the Ruhr occupancy may
precipitate the clouded solution Of
the European situation into clear
ness. The invasion may. prove the
finishing stroke to tragedy that
savored OF farce. 1t may compel
action OLA constructive kind
AT least. the strike illumines
Germany to Germans. They no
longer. can hug their delusion Of
invincibility. Germany is revealed
fat on her back; Berlin defines the
Germans as a defensaless people.
Germany was licked, she lost the
War. When the Germans admit
that fact, they have made the first
step toward recovery. Instead of
blocking every settlement they
perhaps will be convinced, because
compelled, of their obligation to
repair some of the damage they
did.
In American phrase, maybe this
Ruhr business will operate as
"showndown" all round. If 50, it
will be blessing. 1t may show
Germany that she cannot get away
with her sin, that she must pay up
1t may show France the difference
between what is possible and what
is, impossible. Germany must pay
what She can, even if to do so
hurts France cannot get all she
wants, but is entitled to what she
can levy.
Elsewhere in Europe readjust-
ments are sure to occur, as witness
Memel. There may be some feroci-
Gus fights. Well, when these local
ARRAYS are over, more practicable
arrangements may be discovered.
There is no use predicting a gen.
e"al war and complete ruin. Such
direful upshots are possible, but
not probable. And something de-
cided needed to be done. A des-
perate situation always requires a
desperate remedy. - Minneapolis
Journal
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A SHINING MARK

Running the gamut from bathos
to pathos the story of Wallace
Reid has been read in the length
and breadth of the land. 1t has
been told in way to throw the
high lights upon courageous
struggle to conquer the drug habit
and the circumstances have been
such that a large part of the coun-
try hung with interest on the bull
letins and will feel an intimate re-
greet that the battle was lost. 1t
may be hoped that the sermon will
not be missed in the romantic
glamor Of the incident. The fam
lily. it is announced, gave full pub
Lefty to the cause of the young ac-
tors breakdown with the view 'to
arcusing the American people to
the necessity of suppressing the
narcotic traffic." and there is rea-
so nto hope, at least that this un-
timely death will be a warning to
the users Of the lethal drugs
which soothe and stimulate only to
produce the fatal reaction. !
There is nothing new or different
in the story of Wallce Reid. Every
section tells and retells it for its
own victims, but it is to a limited
audience and on a relatively un.
known subject. With, Hollywood
for it's setting and young, popular
md romantic screen artist for it's !
nero the tragedy of Wallace Reid |
IS enacted to the world. 1t will be !
if it is without effect
st. Paul Dispatch.
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gesture from Barry, stepped f,

gesture from Barry, stepped for
ward.
"I'm the detective assigned from
headquarters to investigate the mur-
der on the floor just below you here
tonight, sir, and I'd like a word with
YOU" he said gruffly. of you don't
want to answer my questions I'll
call the wagon and you can come
downtown and talk to the chief"
"Well, shut the door behind you
both Of you, and sit down unless
you want to call in the whole police
department." exclaimed Griswold. II
suppose l can put on dressing
gown.
He turned and padded off toward
his bedroom with Craig doggedly in
his wake, while Barry seated him
self and glanced about him.
In shadowy corner an old hound
stood with dropping ears and one
paw lifted as though to advance
and the sergeant looked twice before
he discovered that it was an ancient
and sadly moth-eaten specimen of
, the taxidermists art.
Griswold returned presently in the
tattered dressing gown, and flapping
slippers.
Let US get this farce over as
quickly as possible, if you please"
"Do you know any of the other
occupants of this house,"
personally, no, and 1 do not
want to-" retorted Griswold II
have no use for any of them!"