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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-08-02
Hair Styles Bring
Out Antin1acaSSarS
Patent Leather Dressings tor
Cowlicks Revive Oldtlme
Chair Back rotectors.

The news that antimacassars are CONF
ing in again will stir memories, either
tender or angry. Of those once ubiquitous
parlor chair embellishments that we De.
lieved to be as dead as the unlamenteu
mess of wax flowers under glass dofhe
with a ring of crimson plush around tho
rim Of 1t. -
Members of the younger generation
NAV need to have it explained to them
thai antimacassars were annoying
wisps of laced or beribboned fancy work
OF washable character affixed TO tne
tops of the backs Of chairs TO protect
them from the oily and perfumed LOCKS
of the Victorian beauX
And it is because men are asan
greasing their hair that antlmacassa -
are coming back. In Victorian times tns
favorite anointment for masculine curIs
was macassar oil, whence the hanle
"antinacassar." Bit curls are not
fashionable to-day. and heavier xmas
of preases. pomades, shellacs ana SO
forth are used to achieve the japanned
pompadour Of the collar ad. vamps.
survival in Pullman Towel.
Tn y modified form the antinacassar
had survived in the towel pinned to the
unhoIstered back of the Pullman car
seat. and also in more fussy contrap-
tton found on stuffed armchairs in room
ing houses of Victorian vintage. But
for nonular usage the antimacassar re"
NAMED in allegiance until patent leather
hair came in. -.
ANYTHING offered with a promise that
If will make a cowlick hang close TO tho
skull. cleaning in the reflected rays or
tI,a midnight sun, is good for dollar
hottie. And no one begrudges the men
their little conceits. If their sisters ca"
spend $50 to have a curl put into theTz
hair. why should any one complain II
the men spend a dollar to take tho curl
out?
keen. Since they began plastering their
tresses men have found their hat bills
doubled or tripled. The trouble is that
the stuff that beauties the hair stimuli
taneousiy makes a wreck out of the
hest has going. 1t soon soaks through
the hat band.
women Provide Antfdote.
IF these stains could be cleaned so
they would stay cleaned the matter
wouldn't be so bad, but hat may be
cleaned In the morning and be just as
soiled again by night, so rapidly do the
hair dressings soak through. The only
way out, if a man will insist upon
snearing his hair up with grease, Is to
iblv more hats. Instead of two hats
a season, from three to six are needed
now But such is the price Of beauty
The fact that CREASED heads worS
havoc with upholstered furniture was
unprecedented speedily by the shrewd
female Of the species. and hence the re-
appearance Of antimacassars.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-08-02

TIME architects plaster model of Lou
vain Library. for restoration Of
a which as Americas war memorial
in Belgium 100000 fund is being
raised, now is on exhibit in the entrance
vestibule of the New York Public Library.
The model, which is hfty-four by si1ty-two
inches and rises to a height of six feet,
including the tower, was made in Belgium
and only recently was brought to this
country by a representative OF Whitney
Warren, the architect.
1t was in the Public Library on Septem-
her 10, 1919 that Cardinal MERCER of Bel
GUM, to whom the restoration project is
dear. was given a reception by the foreign
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with special en-
phasis on the final
numeral. He would
inquire shrilly; And
what do you think Of
that-S, 865,357?s
"In one of his
speeches he used the
instruments of the
orchestra as an illus
tration. Why he
said, ON that bass
viol there is a tax of
81 per cent! And on
yonder cornet a tax
20 81 49,. cant = Evargj
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-08-02

c1'm Bishop Rowe Of the Episcopal
Church.
WHAT the blue parka man ex-
claimed. I'm ashamed of myself for not
recognizing you. Bishop and III not rob
you. Hell. I'm nenlbe., Of your church !"
GEORGE r. WALES. United States
" Civil Service Commissioner: when
a Congressman wants to curse somebody
out and sees no one else to hop on, he
hunts up a member of the Civil Service
Commission and lets loose. But those who
compose that body have schooled them
selves to silence. There is nothing they
should say I get comfort out of the story
of the old negro tree-planter and the
educated colored college man who tried to
teach him few things about his own
business.
"Tne old man was planting tree on
Cleveland Park lawn as the younger negro
stopped on the sidewalk and began -
coach him.
"'say, old man, the loafer said,'' you are
not doing that right
'The aged darkey turned his eyes on the
ineduIet, -loohed MN oNel' p9S lI45 nP00i"1
attention to his fashy tie, and spats, but
said nothing.
ct say. old fellow you are not putting
that tree in right; it should be turned o
little to the east the young negro added.
1.-The ee-planter gave the young dude
another look, but kept on working, pack
ing the dirt about the tree, but never
uttered a word.
"Bristling up. the young negro said:
Look here, old man, don't you give me
none OF your silence"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-08-02
SOME STORIES THEY LIKE TO TELL How New Louvan

REPRESENTATIVE A. W. BARLEY
~ Of Kentucky: when I was just
breaking into the practice lof law I hap
peped into the court one day when a negro
charged with grand larceny was brought
in to plead. He said he was-not guilty.
Got a lawyer asked the judge.
"The negro told the court he had not.
Want one? the judge continued.
"'Yessah, guess Id better have a law
yer. sah,' said the negro.
Very we'll. said the judge, I'll assign
Mr. Barley here to defend you.
1.-THE negro looked me over and then
said:
"1 guess. your Honor. III jes' plead
guilty."
OENAToR HENRY CABOT LODGE has
~ a net story h11t he tells o1Iyr to in
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-08-02

zone day I was
walking with Presi-
dent Roosevelt" he
asserts. Magazine
writer's had been de-
scribing me as re
served, undemocratic
and cold. A new at
tack had just been
made on me and it
was unjust and I'M
true.
"As Mr.. Roosevelt
and I chatted about
various things I asked
why it was that re-
,oortar~c oo5 nt hav
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-08-02

TT VERY man has his pet story, and
II, here are the pet stories Of some
of our prominent people. You
NAV have heard this or that tale before,
but, perhaps, like it is to the teller, it
may always be fresh to you.
president HARDING'S favorite
L story is on himself, and IT is best
appreciated when those who hear it recall
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A Boys Point of View

If a feller's big sister can smoke.
cigarettes, why can't he?
Some ladies has got a lot of
neck to wash.
I can't understand why a manH
buy stocks when he might buy a
lot Of perfectly good candy.
In spring people buy lot of
seeds for the garden and in sum
mer they make US hoe it out.
It must be gosh awful to have
to reduce. I'd rather fatten up.
Anybody could dance barefoot.
wonder what these foreign re-
lations are ike.
It's hard to think you're getting
better every day, when, you get
licked every night,
EDMUKD J. KIEFER.
r-,..v.-t,+ 1929. by The New York II
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suburbs came in to
the city and saw the
play. After the first
act he walked out to
the box office and
said: Z have en-
joyed your show, but
I'd like to know, so
I can tell the. home
folks, where all these
actors come from
SO he began with the
program and asked
where they all lived.
The young man at
the box office replied
II IsI - NIauy
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-08-02

the fact that he was
the first Senator from
Ohio to be elected
after the institution
of the Senatorial
primaries. That was
in 1914.
WED been talking
in the cloakroom
about the merit of
the Senatorial pri-
maries," Mr.. Harding
tells the story. "The
conversat ion, be-
tween half a dozen
Senators, was vigor-
r,,o oI 0 7ro,-% ~
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more i'm p or t a n t.
Many years ago,
when I first came to
Congress I had an
attack of boils. 1
was worse than Job.
AS soon as one boil
was oyer another
came. This kept up
until I was down and
out in bed.
"T h e newspapers
back home carried
the story OF my pc
culiar illness.
"In a few days l
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-08-02
VICTOR MURDOCH, chairman of the
Federal Trade Commission: "out in
Kansas there used to be an old fellow

named Uncle Jack.
and he had a dog. It
was not a highly bred
dog, but it was q
wonder at catching
rats. Moreover, Uncle
Jack was fond of the
dog. Uncle Jack had
few other intimates.
because Of a DISPOSE
ton to be rather
savage in his CONVEX
sation. He imagined
that half the people
he met were antago-
nistio toward him,
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up while we all went over from the Capitol
to the Senate ONCE Building.
"Then we all went up in the elevator to-
gether.
THE operator was an old fellow who had
been there long time so thought I'd
get his opinion. I asked him whether he
thought the caliber of Senators was better
now that the primaries had been put in
force or whether higher grade men had
been chosen by the State legislatures.
:" My opinion is, Senator the old fellow
drawled that since the primaries have
been instituted the caliber of Senators has
very much deteriorated.'"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-08-02

CECRETARY HUGHES has, a fine sense
- of humor and knows how to apply it.
When first he began to appear before the
people of New York and ask for their
votes some opponent started a story to the
effect that some ancestor six, seven or
eight generations back committed ques-
tionable act. Mr.. Hughes was asked to
explain or deny the story, but he refused
The story grew Friends of Mr. Hughes
were afraid it might hurt him in the cam
pa1gn. So finally without warning, he
prefaced one Of his stump speeches with
this statement
"Just a word personal. No doubt you
have heard the story about my alleged
wicked ancestor. The papers have had it.
1 know of no such ancestor, but will not
deny the story.
"But, ladies and gentlemen, am like a
good friend of mine who lives in the coun-
try and is used to simple ways. He came
to dinner with me at a fashionable hotel
and was stunned by the bill Of fare.
st saw that he was embarrassed and Of
fered to order for him. How about some
of this OK tail soup% 1 asked. 1t is gen
orally pretty good and l am going to take
some of it rnvself'
"AlI right he said. after hesitating a
minute and running his eye over the be-
wildering menu, but added: That is going
back pretty far for soup.
TOTJN r TIAZZARD. actor: "When the
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-08-02

ID REPRESENTATIVE JOHN GARNER Of
~ Texas: One of the stories [ like
best was told by old Bob Taylor, but I've
found that of all the Taylor stories this
one is not very well known.
"In the South there was q struggling
preacher with family SO large that it
took all of his meagre pay to keep going.
And besides that, the children kept COM
ing along. He was very poor.
zone more baby arrived. So the con-
gregation got up what is known in the
South as a pounding. The idea is that
everybody gives a pound OF something to
stock up the family food supply. And N
addition the congregation got UP purse
for the preacher.
Two members Of the congregation, Of a
sporting turn of mind, made bet on the
issue of what the preacher would speak
of first in his prayer next Sunday morn
ing, whether it would be the arrival OF
his son or whether it would be the gift
from the congregation. But when Sunday
came they could not decide who had won.
The preacher started off the prayer:
& oh, Almighty God, 1 thank you for
this succor.'"
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instrument there is taxed. Even that bass
drum. Why
"Iust then the italian leader Of the or
Chestra jumped to his feet.
"'Dont put any more taxes on these IN
struments,' said he. We haven't peen
paid YETI"
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York. Geo. responded the countryman,
it's corlling good show for local talent
We tried local talent, but they never were
able to give as good show as you are
doing here
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-08-02

WOODROW WILSON told many good
w STORIES but it is for his apt linn
ericks that he has quite a reputation
among his friends. His favorite limerick is:
For beauty I'm never star;
: There are others more handsome by far;
My face don't mind 1t,
For I am behind it;
It's the one out in front that l. jar"
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wnmen frovide Antidote.
Listening In.

Jones seemed awfully friendly to
you"
II was awfully friendly to him--I let
him talk about lis new boy"
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writer's persisted in charging me with
being frigid and aristocratic.
"T can tell you why Mr.. Roosevelt
quickly replied.
"sWhy?' 1 asked
Because you are was the answer"
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T1X-GOv. JAMES E. cox of Ohio: IT
IL once knew a political speaker who
had habit of reading a long list of figures
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Misplaced.

Madge-So you didn't like the seat
YOU had at the theater?
Mariorie-LNo; the conversation or the
neople near me wasn't interesting at all
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CENATOR CHARLES CURTIS, Republi
~ can whip of the Senate: This is not
a funny story but a true one, and that is
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-08-02

TOXIN E. HAZARD, actor: when the
81 Lion and the Mouse was playing in
New York a man from the far distant
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OENATOR HENRY CABOT LODGE has
~ a pet story, but he tells it only to in
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Copyright. 1928. by The New York Herald.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-05-04

The Ladies of the W. M. u Central Baptist Church VIII
Have Another Cake Sale at Rogers Saturday They VIII
Have the Kind You Like. Complete Your Sunday Dinner
With One of These Cakes Your Purchase VIII Be
Appreciated
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RUTH EXPLAINS
BATTING INCREASE
Ninety-Seven Players Hit 300
Or Better In Majors Last
Year

NEW YORK, May An the ma
jor leagues last year 81 players h
500 or better.
Pitchers suffered in the campaign
Of 1922, it was an orgy of swat with
the home-run habit predominating.
What was the bigges treason for
the batting spree which the players
INDUCED in throughout the season?
An inferior brand of pitching will,
of course, be the first answer to the
query. Pitching that was below
standard very naturally was the
cause of much of the hitting
Why the inferior pitching?
Elimination of freak pitching,
which robbed a great many pitchers
of their stock in trade, is generally
accepted as chief cause for the free
hitting wrich featured last years
race.
While Babe Ruth didn't smash
any records last year, as a matter
Of fact he was something of a bust
in the swat line, what he thinks on
the hitting feature of the game is
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snapped back, too late for Blaze to
check MIN.
Side by side the two parties mov-
ed, slowly at first; but as they found
nothing to reward them, their pace
quickened until it became a mad
scramble, as if each was trying to be
the first to find the answer to the
mystery.
And then, as they rounded the
bend where the creek narrowed as
it came dashing out of Martin Can
on, the truth struck them as though
they were but one man. High across
the chasm before them bulked the
mighty dam, the top of the solid
mass of masonry bathed in the last
rays of the setting sun.
A heart-rending cry of anguish
arose from their lips.
They had crossed the frowning
seas; preached high hills and level
ed them; they had wrested from the
desert a grudging foothold, and the
fight had been bitter one. They
had faced the loss of their dear ones,
vert their tears, and plodded on
again. Nothing had daunted them.
Now they looked on Acklin's handi-
work and their hearts sank. 1t was
the cunning Of the devil that con-
fronted them.
Esteban recalled the words the
Big Boss had often used to them:
Possession is nine points of the
law"
! He had possession now. This gave
it to him.
A feeling of fatality grasped his
! comrades. This thing of rock and
concrete crushed and DESTROYED their
| spirit. Like the law and the ways
/ of God. Acklin and his dam were
not understandable to their print
| tive minds.
Some of them got to their knees
and prayed; others raised their
hands to heaven and moaned or
blasphemed. But above all sound
arose the croaking voice of old Or
tega as he repeated his oracular at
IS visitation of God upon us for
our sinsw
The establishment of the Double
a men was equal to that OF the Bas-
cues. To Melody, the dam was
only another evidence of Adkins
ability to get what he went after.
In Kildare it awakened strange
emotions. For one thing. it revealed
the Big Boss as he had seen him;
hard, uncompromising, ruthless. But
a sense Of loss, a feeling of sadness
that quite outweighed any consid
Grafton of Acklin, filled him. Over
and over he asked himself what she
was going to do now. A glance at
her brothers face brought his ques-
ton home even more pointedly.
What would Mercedes do now?
He had no thought of himself or
OF Melody. And yet he must have
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stone wall. Esteban got in front oi
them. He faced his own people with
his gun raised.
"Firme amigosw he cried to them
in their own tongue. This man let
me get away the night first came
around the wire. | had a bullet
through his shoulder; there was no
reason this side of hell why he
should have let me go, but he did
1t is not our way to forget. He and
his friend go free"
Melody followed Blaze as the
Basques opened up to let them
through. The. poet had begun to I'M
derstand many things that had been
a closed book to him UP to now. His
fondness for the man grew. He
marveled at the unconcern with
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NOW co ON WITH THE STORY

Buck, out of his saddle only some
ten minutes, had been on the point
Of sousing a pail into the stream at
his feet when the creek that only a
minute before had been full to its
banks dwindled to thin trickle
that that Tapped the stones old Hank
Webster had used as a crossing,
Realization of his predicament
caused an outburst Of anger; it
duIled his ears to the approach of
two horsemen coming from the
north. They rode at a leisurely gait
that was little in keeping with their
tempers. The two riders We're Kill
dare and Melody.
They had almost reached his barn
before .Bodihe became aware Of
them. He recognized Kildare.
Look at that, Kildare" he cried,
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BEGIN HERE TO-DAY

Acklin and Bodine, plotters,
rob the Basques Of Paradise Val
ley of their water supply. Jose Ar
rascada, leader OF the Basques is
shot and killed from ambush
Mercedes, daughter of Jose, ac-
cuses Acklin Of the murder. XII
dare, one Of Acklin"s men is in
love with Mercedes. Acklin secret
ly builds dam and takes the wa
ter supply from Bodine's ranch.
Bodine steals AckIin's' cattle and
the latter blsmes the Basques for
the loss. Acl-n plans revenge.
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Chapter XIII
Basques Bewildered

with a rattle OF hOOfS they
Numbered across the wooden bridge
Bodine had built over the Webster.
But even before they were out of
4 sight an echo Of the calamity that
had befallen Buck had reached the
! men toiling at the barrier between
the two creeks.
Keep your guns handy" the
youthful leader sang out. ITS a
trap. The fence was left unguarded
purDosely."
The trees that lined the Webster
offered the best cover Esteban hur-
led his men behind them. This ac-
complished, he sent Romero and five
or six comnanies beating through
the brush. They were back in ff-
teen minutes without having seen
a sign of an enemy.
By the time they had held con-
sultation, Bodine and the two Dou-
bic A men had drawn into sight.
The road they were following led
ccross IAN open pain for half a
mile before it reached the creek.
The Basques were ready. Esteban
cautioned them not to shoot. Lying
in the heavy underbrush, they were
not visible to the oncoming horse
men. The three men were within a
hundred yards of the creek before
they caught the first hint of am
bush.
Bodine went for his rife, but Es-
teban stopped him with Hands up,
or We'll shoot to killv'
The way the rifles began to speak
out of the dead brush convinced the
three riders that wisdom was the
better part of valor.
Come on" Esteban cried. 1--WE
want to talk to you"
Bodine trailed his eyes over the
determined Basques.
"Oretga, Ucarde, Arrascada-
humph All the social leaders are
on hand, l see" he muttered aloud.
'Well, why don't you shoot, or do
something to celebrate the cute trick
you birds played on me. "
you mean, that you played on
us, Esteban flung at him. You
and your injunction! Take look at
thatw
Bodine's eyes followed his as he
pointed to the dry bed Of the Rebel
above the place where it joined the
Webster His mouth became just a
great sagging cash as compre-
hension of the fact that the Rebel
was as dry as the Webster dawned
on him.
Bewildered, Bodine rolled his head
from side to side.
"Acklin," he muttered slowly; he
| fooled us all.
"Acklin?"
A rumbling murmur passed
| through the crowd as it echoed Este
bans question.
The boy tarned on Blaze:
Is that right, Kildare?"
The crowd shifted its attention to
the Double A man. Blaze met their
stare calmy.
We've yeen up beyond the peak
for almost three weeks. We haven't
seen Double A man since we left. 5"
What you been dom in the
Buttes?" Bodine growled.
''You ought to know" Melody
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,,. his friend led the way down
the little avenue of hostile guns that
could have blown them to pieces
with touch of the finger.
Shut-moHther, silent, Kildare ven
the. respect of all theb. Bodine
smiled contemptuously. Esteban sur.
rrized the expression in his eyes.
CONTINUED Tomorrow
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always interesting.

always interesting.
They can talk all they want to
about cutting out the freak stuff,
canning the splitter and the like, but
keeping the ball clean has been the
biggest hanlicap placed on the
pitchers in years.
You could give some pitcher
new ball and with one rub in their
glove It was black. And one knows
it's easier hitting a baseball by day
than night. Well, that explains it.
Hitting at black ball was just like
playing baseball at night"
Looks as # there was considera-
BILE to what Babe had to say on the
batting question.
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pointing to the dry creek-bottom.
Not a pailful leftn'
Melody and Blaze exchanged a
quick, uneasy glance. What had
happened while they had been in the
hills? Had there been another fight?
Coin goin'," Melody quoted
facet.ously.
Come" Buck roared. you mean
gone But amt! | amt gone! I'll
get the cuckoos that did this. You
wait"
The clatter of his boots on the
wooden steps that led into his
kitchen drowned his angry words as
he dashed for his rifle.
Look at the ground" Melody
whispered. ITS all paved up. He
got our stuff Drove right here"
Bodine was back the next instant.
Come on" he cried. Wen get
inside the wire here and hit it up
for the forks. They hain't no damn
Basques goin' to put this over on
me-"