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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-09
Emma Tries Again

Emma Dunn will be seen in
New York early in the autumn in
new play partly from the
Prolific pen of Anna Nichols,
futhor of "Abie's Irish hose"
borrower, Miss Nichols will also
rroduce it under the title Of
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-12
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NARY GRAHAN BONNER
MOTHER NATURE

"You are very clever" said the fern
to the cactus plant in the greenhouse.
The cactus had peer telling the fern
that the reason for all the pr1ckles
which 1t had on It's leaves was to save
the juicy stems from being eaten and
destroyed by animals in the desert
lands from which it and many OF Its
family came.
"Oh, yes, we must nave a protection
If we're to grow, and in this way we're
quite safe. No one wants cactus
burrs !"
"Of course | don't have the trouble
that you do, for no one wants to eat
me. SO l do not need to be protected
as you do"
WELL" said the cactus plant, sit Is
useful. l believe there are other creaf
lures who do the same kind of thing
as we plants-have some means of
protection.
There is the skunk for example.
I've heard visitors who'ye come to the
greenhouse talk about the hunk.
"He has a curious odor that people
do not like-other animals dislike 1t,
too, and that is his protection. He a
spread this odor about when he Is
frightened or when he wants to be pro-
tected.
I've heard some people say that
they wondered how he stood 1t him.
self!
well, there is the hedgehog, who
can roll himself up into a prickly ball
when he is frightened. That Is his
protection.
Eyes, there are many, many crea-
lures who wear their protection.
''The poisonous snakes have their
poison right with them.
MANY little birds look like the
woods in color so that they cannot be
seen and some of the toads and frogs
do, too
"Ah, yes said the fern "all that
you say Is very true. But animals are
different from plants,
II think it is so particularly clever
of you to be able to have protection
such as you have and such very good
protection when you're only a plant"
"Ah, fern" said the cactus plant,
you give me credit for more brains
and sense than | have.
"All of this is owing to dear Mother
Nature. She Is the one who looks out
for her children.
"She 1t is who saw that the cactus
plants, or the Cacti as you speak of
many of us, had prickles to save them
from being destroyed.
Eyes, Mother Nature is the one who
looks after us. She Is not so busy that
she hasn't time to remember all her
children, every one"
Then a voice spoke.
81 didn't think l would hear anyone
row." said the fern, for our keeper
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-12
AROUND II BASES

John j.. McGraw's salary as mana.
ger of the New York Giants is esti-
mated at $4,000 a year.
The American league is setting
aside $4,000 as a fund to take care
OF disabled ball players and their fam
lilies.
Fritz Maisel plays third base for
Baltimore. His brother, George, Is
holding down the same berth for To-
rontO.
Looks as If about all the New York
ball clubs have to do In the ma Tor
league pennant races is emit two loud
shouts.
Fans wishing to mob the umpire be-
cause the home team is losing remind
that the yellow peril isn't a thing of
the past.
Herman Pillette, Ty Cobb's big
pitcher, has a younger brother com.
ing along with the Portland club in
the Pacific Coast league. The kid is
also a pitcher.
With Happeny, Illinois halfback ::
Cashier, Notre Dame fullback. Eddie
Collins, Columbia quarterback, and
Falk, Texas tackle, the Sox have n
pretty fair nucleus for a football
team.
Hugh Jennings, who is now with
the New York Giants, Is ffty-three
years aid. He first broke into the
majors at t~wenty-one. He holds the
record for getting hit in one season.
having been beaned 40 times.
Shreveport agreed to trade Pitcher
Dennis Burns, a winning performer. to
San Antonio, TO take in exchange
Ewell Gross, with the understanding
that Gross was not to report to
Shreveport until 1924.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-12

has left for the day and the green
house is closed to people after the late
afternoon has passed"
81 heard a voice; l most certainly
heard i voice." said the cactus.
And again they heard the voice
more clearly.
In another moment they saw the
loveliest of lovely creatures.
ooh, Mother Nature ~ they all
shouted. Darling Mother Nature"
There, there" said Mother Nature,
IF you make such a fuss over me l
will cry with joy. I'm glad little Vio-
let made me a yellow and a purple
and a blue handkerchief. For even
though I have three handkerchiefs 1
may have to use them ALL"
Mother Nature wore a beautiful
cape made of leaves, which was
trimmed with a collar of summer
flowers.
Her hat was of garden flowers and
edged with a tiny border of little
woodland Wild flowers.
Her shoes were of moss and her
dress was of soft, long green grasses
and wheat and rye and barley inter
mixed.
81 wore my summer frock today Of
course" she said, as her greenhouse
children admired her.
I'm glad you like It.. But, children,
you were praising me for watching
over you.
~ do not deserve any praise for
that. I cannot help but watch owe
you, I love you-a mother who doesn't
love her children is a very, very
strange creaturel
Mother Nature isn't strange like
that. She loves all her dear ones and
she does what she can for them. 1t is
only natural, only natural! !"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-12

Babe Ruth wouldn't have lasted
long when over the fence was out.
Cleveland has given Louis Guisto,
first baseman, his unconditional re
lease.
Baseball fans regret to see Connie
bottom.
Lou Gehrlg. the stalwart Columbia
recruit of the Yankees, has been sent
10 the Hartford Eastern league.
Jack Mates, Albany's big right
lander, and Larry Brediger, second
string receiver, have been released.
Every time Branch Hickey reads in
the box score, Fourier" he must get
a headache.
Frank Chance will remain as mana
ger of the Boston Red SOx for the
present season.
Tom Hart, catcher of the st. Xavier
college team of Cincinnati, has signed
a contract to play with the New York
Giants.
George Fisher, former Western
league outfielder, sent by the Wash
ington club to Bridgeport, continues
to be the hitting sensation of the
Eastern league.
Jimmy Burke, one of the greatest
little ground coyerers in any league,
has quit baseball for the season and
the Memphis team has another alibl
for not getting anywhere.
y
The Kansas City club is reported as
having purchased from Fulton of the
Kitty league a young pitcher known
as StOrk Weaver. He is but eighteen
wears of age, stands six feet and a hall
and is a recent high school graduate
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-12
BATHING SUIT AND SILK HAT
Mayor of English Town Stages Novel
Ceremony in Defeating New
Bathing Pool.

A unique ceremony of Inauguration
recently took place at Grimsby, Lin
colnshire. England, when the lord
mayor was requested to preside at the
dedication of a municipal bathing pool.
His honor appeared at the head Of
an impressive procession clad in Off
clal frock coat and silk hat. Every
body naturally expected the usual dedi-
catory Grafton i%nseparable from such
functions. What, then, was the gen.
eral establishment when the mayor,
standing beside the pool, DOTTED first
hat, then frOck coat, vest. trousers,
shirt, shoes and socks and appeared
arrayed solely in a rather ordinary
bathing suit, in which garb he plunged
bravely into the pool.
This unexpected dedication was
hailed with resounding cheers which
greeted the sporting executive when he
emerged spluttering from the water.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-12
Beals Becker Still Is
Playing Good Baseball

Beals Becker, at one time outfelder
for the New York Giants, also with
Pittsburgh and Boston In the National
league. is still playing baseball. He is
a member Of the Kansas City Ameri-
can association team and doing plenty
of hitting.
Becker, who knows something about
batting, recently said that the major
leagues today lacked high class pitch
ing and that no n in either major
loop came near the standard Of Christy
Mathewson or Moredcai Brown, two
pitchers that Becker could not hit.
The statement settles nothing. 1t
simply adds fuel to a spirited argu-
ment.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-12
Best Team of Home-Run
Hitters in Big League

Baslng players on 1922 averages, the
best team of hOme-run hitters in the
major leagues consist Of the follow
ing stars: A. p. Cooper, pitcher, 4;
Henline, catcher, IA; Kelly first base,
II; Hornsby, second base, ~; Fletcher,
shortstop, Z; Baker, third base, Z;
Ken Williams, 80; Clarence Walker,
and Babe Ruth, 50, as outfelders.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-12
SHORT SOUIBS

The world has little use for the
man who tells it a dlsagreeable truth.
You will never obtain peace Of
mind from people who give you a piece
of theirs.
Vacuum cups intended to grip a road
surface are included in a recently
patented automobile tire chain.
OF German invention is a three
wheeled taxieab with the motor
mounted directly over the front wheel.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-12
A Bit Of the Old Adam.

Ruth, aged six, spent a week visit
ing her maternal grandparents, and
when she returned home she vas
asked the customary question wheth-
er she had been a good girl.
"Well," she replied deliberately, as
II carefully balancing the evidence, 81
was pretty good, I think-only kicked
at my grandmother twice"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-12
Planes Will Drop Down
to Take on Gas Supply

I'm twenty-five years" remarked Ed.
die Rickenbacker, famous as racer and
aviator, planes will drop down and
take on gas just as autos do now, and
there will be garages hat specialize
in airplane repair work"
"Airplanes can go anywhere there
is atmosphere" continued Eddie, land
for that reason they will be the lead
ing means of travel in a quarter of
@ century"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-12

The s~lxteen-inch guns on the battle
Chip Maryland cost $4,000 each.
Every man has his price, but It
isn't every man who has his market.
japanese in the United States now
outnumber the Chinese nearly two TO
one.
II all the people N earth could sleep
closely together on the ground. they
would cover an area Of approximateig
B0 square miles
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-12
Force Babies to Eat Mush.

In some African tribes when the
baby is a few months old it begins to
be fed IN a preparation of coarse
meal. The mother fills her hand with
the meal, pushes 1t into the baby's
mouth and holds its nose until all
the food is swallowed.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-12
Dundee After Leonard

Johnny Dundee wants to take
Benny Leonard's crown. Leon
ard seeks Mickey Walkers well
ter-weight title and Walker Is
after Harry Greb.
Leonard may beat Walker
and Leonard may beat Greb
for Benny is just as fast as
Greb and a harder puncher, but
Dundee beating Leonard is as
much out of the question as
Leonard beating Jack Dempsey,
says the Detroit News.
That may seem far fetched,
but If they meet the forecast
will come true-just as true as
the meeting.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-12
MOVING Pictures in Sleep.

One morning at the breakfast table
Bobby was telling about a dream Of
the night before.
Father said: "But, Bobby, I don't
believe you know what a dream Is"
Eyes, I do. It's moving pictures
while you're asleep"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-12

Here is Charles l.. Sven, former
s~tenographer to President Wilson. with
the silver loving cup emblematic of the
shorthand reporters championship of
National Shorthand Reporters conven-
ton in Chicago, when he took down
LAOS words of dictated testimony in
five minutes and made only nine errors.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-12

Joe Burman, bantamweight of Chi
cago, was named by the New York
boxing commission to succeed Joe
Lynch as world champion of his class,
following the latter's suspension by
the board for failure to accept within
six months the challenge of Burman.
Joe is now recognized as the 116-pound
champion of New York state.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-12
Balkan Women Wear Trousers.

IN the Balkans, where tend
goats and cattle in the mountains, 1t is
necessary for them to wear trousers ;
skirts would be too cumbersome among
the rocks
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-12

BY breaking out of the rut, one can
change the luck, even If he doesn't Inn
prove it.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-12

It's just as easy to be pleasant as
otherwlse-and it pays better.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-12
Qualified as Salesman

Why Should a movie producer make
a good shoe salesman?
He knows all about vamps.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-12
Extraordinary.

"Rastus, are you a married MANI
"Nossah, Boss, ah earns nah own
living"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-12

Portrait of jail Dastur Cursetji Paw
ry, A. b., son of the high priest Of the
Parsis, Bombay, India, who is now at
Columbia university. He has won
numerous prizes and scholarships from
many of the famous schools of Eu-
rope and graduated with honors from
the Bombay university in 1920. Mr..
Pavry was to proceed to England to
compete for the Indian civil service
examination as well as to be called to
the bar. but sacrificed this program at
the earnest request Of some of the
leading Parsis of Bombay who per-
suaded Mr.. Pavry to qualify himself
for the position of the high priest and
thus walk in the footsteps of his great
father while the latter retlres. AT
present he is working for his DOCTOR
ate and will finish his studies for the
Phi. D. degree at Columbia in 1924.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-07-18

aI f FRANCE and Italy are willing,
Il Great Britain will assume the
responsibility of preparing a reply for
the allies to the latest German repa-
ratiOns note. The government aims
solely at the p~acifcation Of Europe
and the recovery of the exhausted
world. We, like our allies, are deter
mined that Germany shall pay all She
can but we feel that to seek to force
her to pay in excess of her capacity is
futile. We said the French Occupa-
ton of the Ruhr would not be a finan-
cial success, and it isn't. Europe is
alarmed by the threatened total col
lapse of Germany. The recovery of the
world is i'm danger. Peace is at stake"
That, briefly summarized, is the
statement made to the house of COM
mon by Premier Baldwin and to the
house of lords by Marquis CurzOn last
Thursday afternoon. 1t was made clear
that Great Britain, while earnestly de-
string unified action by the allies,
would act alone if that extreme course
were necessary. What the British pro-
pOsals in the contemplated note will
be is not stated.
Mr.. Baldwin, while admitting that
the German proposals set forth in the
recent note were unsatisfactory and in
sufficient. declared they should not he
ignored. hut should be examined and
explored. He was especially out
spoken concerning the Ruhr situation,
asserting that indefinite occupation by
one country Of the territory of another
in time Of peace was a rare and regret
table phenomenon, an honorable end
for which should be found as speedily
as possible.
Debate On the statement in the house
Of commons, it was decided by the
parliamentary leaders, should be post
pOned until July 16 in order that the
attitude of other countries toward the
prOnOuncement might be learned. Dur
ing the discussion, it is expected, the
plan Of an international commission o
experts to determine Germany's fnan
cial resources, as suggested by Secre
tary of State Hughes, will be brOugh
forward.
Pressure from business and labO
practically forced the Baldwin cabine
TO take the course announced. 1t ha
the warm support CT the Labor part.
in parliament and of most of the in
luential newspapers.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-07-18

defendants named, and is in addition
to the sum already paid the govern
ment for tickets sold n heretofore
accounted for.
Mr.. Johnson is mayor of Shelby,
and is reputed to have been loser to
the extent of over 100000 on the
bout. He was treasurer of the pro-
motion organization. Mr.. Molumby is
state commander Of the American Le-
gion for Montana, and was promoter
of the heavyweight contest. He is an
attorney and lives in Great Falls.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-07-18

OUR English cousins were consider
~ ably excited over the arrival at
Southampton of the Leviathan on her
first trip across since being rebuilt.
They refuse to admit, in the face Of
facts, that she is the queen of all
liners, and they were especially sore
because a good many members Of her
crew were believed to be deserters
from British ships. The police searched
the Leviathan for these culprits, but
found few. 1t is probably true how
ever, that more Of them were among
the vessels sailors and stewards, for
they are paid Is per cent higher wages
than on English ships and say they
receive much better treatment,
Among the Leviathan's passengers
was Albert d. Lasker, former chair
man of the shipping board, and in Lon
don he was one of the guests at a din
ner given by the Pilgrims. He ex.
planned on that occasion that American
ships Go not serve liquor because
President Harding thought it would be
AL~OboASACAt 4Ol EDICAA(a " UC OAI Vi
land and wet at sea. He said M
greater hurt could happen to the
American merchant marine than Il
seek to force foreigners TO be dry
Somehow" he added, foreign vessels
win, and, as / believe, should learn t
serve liquor outside the three-mh'
limit. What we wish to do with on
ships is our business what you wisl
to do with your ships is your business
nobody else's. We would be the gain
ers all around if the coming congress
would. find a means to expedite legis
lation to clear up the present muddle.
Mr.. Lasker's successor as head 0
lie shipping board. Mr. Farley. La
announced formally that all board vs
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-07-18
SHELBY PROMOTERS MUST DIG
UP $500.

A federal Iein for $500, being
the war tax on $58,2OO worth of
tickets sold to the Dempsey-Gibbons
heavyweight championship bout in
Shelby July A, was filed in Shelby
last Saturday by Collector of internal
Revenue c. A. Rasmussen, against
James A. Johnson and 10y Molumby.
The lien is filed to cover all prop
erty of whatever sort owned by the
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-07-18

VHTHAT France will do in this crisis
w is predetermined at this writing.
In the senate Thursday Premier POin-
care said: y am confident; 1 am not
worried. IF England breaks away from
Us she viii soon be back at our side.
Germany will wait n vain for a single
moment Of weakness on our part.
France will finish what she has begun ;
she will continue until the collapse OF
German resistance. We cannot accept
any mediation between France and
Germany"
Italy, If is believed, will give It's APP
proval to the British plan. and it may
be that the little entente and Polani'
will back it up, though France has bee
trying earnestly to hold them to the,
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-07-18
BY EDWARD W. PIcKARD

THOMAS r. MARSHALL, for
Il mer vice president, has writ
ten to Edward w. Box, donor OF
a 100000 prize for the best plan
for avoiding wars, suggesting
that the people who do the fight
ing and pay the bills be permit
ted to decide whether or not a
war shall be waged. Of course
this is an old idea, but is not the
plan fer such a referendum
worth considering?
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-07-18

CERMANY naturally sees in the
~ British statement a way out Of
some of her troubles, but as yet those
troubles are merely growing greater.
Last week the entire nation was
aroused by the boosting of the price Of
coal to about S. a ton, the highest in
Germany's history. The radicals
yelled that SHINES and Thyssen, the
great coal barOns, were again deriving
huge profits from Germany's misery,
and the industrialists said that dou-
bling the coal price meant doubling the
prices Of all manufactured products
and closing the works when the peo-
pie were unable to buy. Doctor
Stresemann, hitherto the closest friend
of SHINES, denounced the efforts Of a
few industrial magnates to get hold Of
all the country'S resources and indus
tries and to profiteer while Germany
went down to ruin. 1--WE are dancing
on a volcano and we stand on the
threshold of a new revolution If we do
not settle the differences between the
workingmen and industrialists, nOw,'
said Herr -Stresemann.
The Berlin government announced
that the prices of bread would be
quadrupled because of the further de-
cline of the mark, whereupon a great
thrOng of unemployed, mainly metal
workers, marched to the open market
in Potsdam and demanded that the
dealers sell at cost. This being re
! fused, the mob wrecked the market
One grocer raised the American flag
and declared his shop was American
territory because he was selling canned
! goods from Chicago.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-07-18

7 Asst Wednesday, for the first time
Il since the beginning of the World
war in 1914, July wheat sold on the
Chicago board Of trade for less than a
dollar a bushel and, cOincidentally, the
Minneapolis millers reduced the price
Of flour to SO a barrel, the lowest since
1915. According to the Chicago
brokers, the price depression, which
has been steadily progressive of late,
is due primarily to overprOductiOn
everywhere and TO a general readjust-
ment of grain values toward prewar
conditions. In addition, recent fears
of heavy damage to wheat in the
Northwest from black rust have been
dissipated, with corresponding effect
on prices. Another cause for the
slump given by the brokers is lack OF
speculation in the market, due to the
Capper-Tincher act, which requires a
report of holdings to the government
Gilbert DuSler, market statiSticiaT
for the American farm bureau, de
clared that if September and Deem
her wheats go as low as 90 cents 8
bushel it will mean a loss of $4,000,
coo to the American farmer.
The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1923-07-18

THAT American dyes are now made
4 in quantity and quality to supply
all the country's demands is the graft
flying statement mGde by the federal
tariff commission. In this respect, the
report says. the United States IL now
Independent Of the rest Of the world.
Our domestic dyes are as good as
hose of Germany before the war and
se price is being reduced steadily.