davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1923-02-01
A. J. T. MAURER SUES WIFE

Absolute divorce is asked in a suit
filed in the District Supreme Court by
A. J. r. Maurer against his wife, Helen
B. Maurer They were married at CO.
lumbus, Ohio. March I, 1913, and have
no children. Maurer says his wife de-
serted him last September. He is rep
Evening star., 1923-02-01
FRENCH TAKE STEPS
TO PROTECT MARKETS
BY the Associa ted Press.

By the Assoca ted Press.
PARIS. February AFTER a csbi-
net meeting today it was stated that
measures had been considered to re-
press the propagation OF false news,
which, it is charged. has been initi-
ated abroad with the object of m
fuencing the French financial mar
ketS.
Evening star., 1923-02-01


the courts authority to send offenders
TO prison.
Persons arrested for excessive speed =
ing, experts declared. should be
Jailed, even for first offenses. Under
existing law the courts cannot i'm
pose such a sentence Many drivers
asked that the regulations be changed
10 authorize the courts to fine per-
sons travelling more than eighteen
and less than thirty miles an hour and
to imprison those exceeding thirty miles
within the fire limits of Washington.
Jail Terms Urged.
Prisoners charged with driving while
intoxicated, II was declared, should be
shown no mercy and the law should
make imprisonment the only sentence
permissible for conviction. First Of
tenders should be Jailed for thirty days,
it was stated. The Maryland authori-
ties have already abandoned fining per-
sons charged with driving while intoxi-
Gated and reports from Baltimore show
that jail sentences have resulted in the
NUMBER or offenders dropping to almost
notning. Second offense should bring q
more severe Jail sentence and perma-
nent revocation of the drivers permit.
otilci points motorists would
IKE 10 see the courts enforce rigidly
are the law governing the right-of-
way and a demand for pedestrians to
use cross-walks and stay out of the
mlddle or blocks in the busy down
town section. At present the law
disputable right of way. but this
statute is said to have been admin
istered so 1eniently by the courts that
a vast majority of drivers fail to
obey 1t.
Would Examine Brakes
One well known motorist declared
he would like to see a regulation
compelling the police to take charge
of a car that has been in a collision.
A guard. he said. should be stationed
beside the vehicle and forbid it be-
ing moved, except few feet il
necessary to permit traffic passing.
until an expert mechanic had exam
ined the brakes to determine wheth-
er they were in perfect condition.
The man VINO runs around with
detective brakes" this motorist de-
clared, should be dealt with severe
~. He Is trif1ing with human life and
knows II. If the brakes are found
to be faulty he should be charged
:" IN Hansia us hter ana neld IN prison
without bail like any other murderer
II the accident resulted fatally If
some one has been injured he should
be kept in prison until the nature or
the victims injuries is known"
Cooperation by the pedestrians is
regarded as absolutely necessary.
They do not obey instructions to use
cross-walks, and seldom heed police
mems signals for the guidance of
traffic, 1t was stated. II the courts
refused to convict motorists who
strike pedestrians wandering about
the middle OF streets between inter-
sections, as is done in other cities. il
is believed there would be Immediate
improvement in that direction also.
Would Welcome Probe.
The District Commissioners today
notified Senator Ball, chairman of the
Senafa District nnrn nnittaa that 4ha,r
Evening star., 1923-02-01
Coal Mer, of Kiel
Boycott Ships of
Invading PoWers

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, February 1.-The coal
merchants OF Kiei. according TO
the Vossische Zeitung. have de-
cided not to deliver bunker coal to
French or Belgian ships passing
through the Kiel canal or entering
the harbor here
Evening star., 1923-02-01

tContinued from First Page)
probably for the purpose Of resisting
annexation that brigade OF young men
escaped from the Ruhr since the occu-
patton, organizing at Hanover under
the name, 'Hindenburg. Brigade" The
French say that this force already num-
bers several thousand fully armed men.
Evening star., 1923-02-01
8-CENT CAR FARE
DEFENDED BY HAM

Continued from First Page }
Evening star., 1923-02-01
Would Welcome Probe,

The District Commissioners today
notified Senator Ball, chairman of the
Senate District committee. that they
would interpose no objection to a
congressional investigation of traffic
Evening star., 1923-02-01
so MORE TRAFFIC
POLICE DEMANDED
BY D. C. AUTOISTS

Continued from First Page
Evening star., 1923-02-01
FRENCH STOP COAL
TO GERMANY, LOCK
LAST EXIT OF RUHR

CONTINUED from First Page )
Evening star., 1923-02-01
GERMANY TO SPURN
NEGOTIATIONS WITH
INVADERS OF RUHR

CONTINUED from First Page }
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-19

Aunt" said John when he met her
a few minutes later, when was Uncle
Ben in New York last?"
I'm January, 1 believe 1t was
why?"
"Oh, nothing"
That night at the supper table
Uncle Ben said: "Well, John, 1 hope
you didn't get fustered today driving
Dobbin in to town for your aunt?"
NO" said John, soberly. Their he
added quietly, by the way. Uncle,
don't you really ever lose your head?"
mo, my boy" replied his uncle.
always calm and serene Just like I
told you. Why, if 1 was shaving, and
there was an earthquake, I wouldn't
cut myself. That's the way to be,
John"
"It is nice, isn't tt?" replied John,
innocently. but suppose you were
in New York, Uncle, and happened to
try to cross Fifth Avenue when the
traffic was running pretty heavy,
wouldn't you get nervous at ALP"
His uncle looked at him queerly
and his face began to get a little
red. He glanced at Aunt Sarah and
the hired man, Jim. They seemed
sober enough.
"Well, I guess not, my boy" he
said a little feebly. what makes you
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-19
WHEN YOU WALK IN NAY

identity the children are to question
him, and the other children must keep
their eyes open all the way so as to
catch a clue to help them in their
guessing. At the end of the decided
distance the walkers stop and the
game begins. Perhaps the leader saw
a wild rabbit and the children ask
these questions to discover what he
observed.
Where Hoes 1t live?
What color Is it?
Can it sing?
And similar questions until the chill
dren have guessed just what the lead
err saw. The child who names the
thing first is the next leader, and the
fun begins again. Any object seen
on the walk may be chosen. the more
difficult the object the greater the fun.
This game will make you open your
eyes and you will be surprised to see
many things that you never observed
before.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-19

80 HIS is the time of year when 1t
seems the natural thing to do to
discuss plans for our summer
~ camp or for the summer visits
Of friends. How often has mother
wished for a place to stow away just
one more of an unexpected automo-
bile party Of friends which has unex-
pectedly arrived at the summer home
or camp and must be taken care OF for
the night?
Here is the opportunity for the
Handy Boy" to show his father that
the new chest of tools he received
last Christmas was something else than
a toy. for this folding bed may be
made with a very few tools, and is so
strong that 1t will last for many years
of reasonable use. 1t may be made
of any hardwood, maple preferred.
Do not cut the legs the correct
length until after the canvas top has
been fastened on, for they must rest
upon the floor with as broad a bear
ing as possible, and the angle cannot
be known until the bed is opened to
It's final width.
Cut all pieces to the over all length,
locate carefully and bore the *" holes
in the rails to receive the pins on the
top ends Of the legs. Make pins or
the top end of each leg to fit the hole
closely and leave a shoulder upor
each at a. Measure from this shoulder
Is" and bore a Y" hole to receive thS
n" gas pipe center hinge. Make the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-19

you'd have stayed cool like I always
do and Just pulled him up good and
sharp he'd nave stopped, But you
stuck to him so tight he probly
thought one of those giasticuses had
him by the neck"
Again and again Uncle Ben found
occasion to chide John for his lack
of calmness. John said little but he
was watching his chance to get even.
Then one day John and his aunt
went on a shopping trip to the near
est city. While his aunt was visiting
some of the stores John dropped in
to see a motion picture show. Among
the films was one showing street
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-19

ask?"
"Oh," answered John, 'I was just
thinking of that time when you were
in New York last January and started
to cross Fifth Avenue and got stuck
in the middle of the street with auto.
mobiles on all sides of you. Remem-
Der how a policeman had to pull you
out? L guess you got a little f1ustered
that time, Uncle"
Uncle Ben, very red in the face now,
was staring at him in amazement.
well, John" he admitted at last,
maybe l was a little confused that
time. But how did you know any,
thing about it?"
"Ill tell you," said John, conf
dentially. IT was coming up through
the woods yesterday and one of those
ring-tailed giasticuses stopped me and
told me the whole story" And that
was all that Uncle Ben could get out
of him.
And that put an end to Uncle Ben's
fun with John. For when his uncle
forgot or twice and started in to
! tease the boy John would say: by
| the way, Uncle Ben, I met that gias-
ticus again yesterday and he was tell
ing me some more about the time you
lost your head on Fifth Avenue" And
] Uncle Ben would subside.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-19
SOUE,LCHING AN UNCLE

out sharp for the ~ring-tailed g~iasticus
when you're out in the woods around
this part of the country"
John was green in the country but
he wasn't simple. His Uncle fooled
him once in a while but not often.
But John was a little v when
he was asked to help in the care OF
the stock. He wasn't exactly afraid.
but TO a city boy who has never had
anything to do with animals, cows and
horses, pigs and sheep seem like
pretty big creatures who might do all
sorts of things If they wanted to.
Once when he was driving a COW along
the lane she took 1t into her head to
mott across the fields and away she
went dragging John by the rope he
held.
THE trouble with you. john" said
his uncle us that you lost your head.
Never do that, my boy. Always keep
cool. Now that cow was trying to
find her calf. What you should have
done, then. was Just to stay in the
lane and blat like a calf and she
want to keep calm and use your wits
in an emergency like that, John"
John wasn't very much impressed
by his uncle's humor. Don't you
ever get excited, Uncle?" he asked.
Never, my boy, never" replied
Uncle Ben solemnly. Always calm,
always cool. Just as serene as a May
morning. There's things happen
ing all the time and a man has
to have his wits about him or he gets
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-19

scenes in New York. These did not
interest John greatly until suddenly
a Fifth Avenue incident caught his
attention. The motion picture pho
tographer had happened to be there
just when a greenhorn in the city
had become confused in the traffic.
This man was shown standing dazed
in the street with motor cars piling
up around him. Then a policeman
went running up and Strengthened out
the tangle. AS the man who had
caused the trouble turned toward the
camera his face was clearly shown.
John jumped and gasped with sur
prise.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-19

foot rails Of u" IA" pieces with a
shallow groove to fit over the legs
tightly, thus forming a brace against
endwise motion. and fasten with
round head screws. l" No. IL. Cut
the gas pipe the desired length, drill
a hole and fit a pin to prevent the
pipe from moving endways as at b;
put the pipe in place, drive the pins
b. fasten the foot rails and put the
top rails in place, gluing the hole be-
fore inserting the pin of the leg; take
the sharp corner off with a plane
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-19

where he had been working. Colonel
took it into his head that his oats
were getting cold. or something, and
he broke into a gallop In his eager
ness to reach the barn. John. who
was no rider, was almost jolted OF
but managed to stick until the horse
stopped at the barn door,. Uncle Ben
came running after them.
john he said gravely after he
saw that the boy was unhurt, what
was your funny notion in lying down
on his back and gripping him around
the neck that way? Nc wonder the
horse was scared. I guess you lost
your head again, my boy. Now IL
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-19

rs coming, oh, it's comingl Don't you hear the music playF
Yelled Charlie. racing down the street. Its going to come our way'
You fellows better shake it up Say, Sis, are you atraidp
You'd better hurry if you want to see the great paradeF"
Then Tom and Dick joined in the race to reach the corner FIRST
And left poor Bessie in the rear. exclaming, Your the wort!'
But all were stationed at the curb. with shainng necks and eyes.
When round the corner swung the line of splendor and surprise.
With "Ohs" and Abs" they greeted every wonder that appeared.
"Oh. amt the band a hummerr' Finest band ever heard"
"Ah. amt he cute? The clown. mean-not monkey Charlie Brown!'
well, tell me what's the difference tween a monkey and a clown!'
"Ah, quit the rowl The elephant is coming. don't you see9"
And there the camel! Gee. | wonder how he hurt his knee!'
Huh, that is all you think about-jut animals! y said Be@.
"You haven even cen the lovely kings and queens. guess"
"Ah, gee, its going to enc" moaned Dick. They shouldn't go SO fast
Here comes the steampano now-hey always have it las"
well, amt you going to see the show2" asked Tommy. Whats the kick
Let's get back home and wash and dress and get our luncheon quick!'
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-19

Wp HO does not love to take a
walk in spring? Through the
IN woods you go to hunt for May
WV flowers, and hunting, gather
them in a little basket to take them
home and press them between blotters
until they are dry enough to mount on
pretty cards. Perhaps you are inter-
ested in trees and are a collector of
leaves. 1t is always good fun when
walking to see how many of you can
correctly name the trees that you
pass. II you are tired of gathering
leaves and flowers and are just am
bling along why don't you play this
game to make the homeward walk
seem shorter?
One of the group is chosen as a
leader for a space of a quarter OF a
mile or the length of the wood, or
the distance to the lane or whatever
space you decide upon Throughout
| this distance he selects a bird, animal
tree, bloom, or shrub about whose
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-19

& HEN John Winters went out
rom New York. where he
mad lived all his life, to spend
Wv two months on his Uncle Ben's
farm IN Connecticut he found himself
just as green In the country as a
country boy would be in New York.
Uncle Ben. who was something of a
tease. had some fun at his nephews
expense.
you want 10 watch out for those
cows. my boy" he would say solemn
". "See how they're lying there in
the shade chewing? Notice that?
Every one of 'em chewing away as
If she were chewing gum. That Is, 1t
looks as II they were chewing. But
as a matter Of fact. my boy. they're
not chewing: they're sharpening their
teeth. Yes sir, that's what they're
doing. Sharpening their teeth SO as
to be ready to seize their prey. They
look mighty peaceful lying there in
the shade, don't they? But a cows a
pretty rampageous animal and when
one of 'em gets her teeth good and
sharp and starts out looking for food
you don't want to let her get her eye
on you. Not If you ever want to go
back to New York"
Or Uncle Ben might say: "Harki
Hear that noise away off there in the
woods? That funny, creepy sort OF a
cry? That's the ring-tailed giasticus
making that sound, my boy. and be-
tween you and me I'm glad I'm not
over in that woods now. The giasticus
is a pretty bad kind of a varmint. I
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-19

and give the frame one or two coats
of varnish.
heavy drilling, tackled upon the I'M
der side of the rails as at C; the usual
width of the canvas IS 30", but 1t may
be turned down over the side a couple
of inches or less for lacking, leaving
the bed 28' or less wide which will be
a good width. Open the bed the full
width. sleep on 1t a few nights to
stretch the canvas, then cut the bot
tom of the legs to fit the floor.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-19
BEN SPEAKS

was just serving up dinner-a nice
barn door fowl boiled with a piece of
fat bacon. You have got rather a
plain dinner there growled the
Athenian. Yes, SIR replied the young
woman blushing, but my husband will
be here directly and he always brings
the sauce with HIM Presently the
young husband stepped in, and after
welcoming his guest invited him to
dinner. L can't dream Of dining, sir,
without sauce said the Athenian, and
your wife promised that you would
bring It,
"'Oh. sir, my wife is a wit cried
the Spartan, she only meant the good
appetite which I always bring with me
from the barn. where l have been
threshing.'"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-19
ITO be coIored uith paints or crayonS

- HE border of this picture can be
pale PURPLE and the lettering
a very light YELLOW.
- The sky is light BLUE and
the bushy trees behind the YELLOW
picket fence are a MAUVE (use a
bit of PURPLE and mix it with a bit
of RED. put a little GREEN in 1t
too at the lower branches to suggest
foliage. The two large trees by the
house have GRAY (use light BLACK)
trunks and branches and the leaves
are a light GREEN.
YELLOW haired Susie and BROWN
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-19
ou come to a toord speIIed in OAPITAL letters use that colon.

haired Teddy are gathering a fine
bouquet in a little RED and YELLOW
straw basket.
Susie has on her BROWN straw hat
trimmed with BLUE flowers and
GREEN leaves. She has a BROWN
coat on too over her white frock.
The ribbon under her chin is PINK
(use RED lightly like Susie's and
Teddy's cheeks are. Susie is picking
YELLOW dandelions that grow in the
GREEN grass on her side of the RED
brick walk. Teddy has two hands full
OF PURPLE violets to put in the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-19

basket with Susie's dandelions. Teddy
has on a dark BLUE cap, coat and
sailor suit. His shoes are TAN (use
RED and BROWN. The GREEN
grass by the fence is dotted with
more violets.
The light YELLOW house has a
BROWN shingle roof and there are
BLUE window curtains at the win
dows. The door is white and the win
dow stills GRAY. The porch roof Is
BROWN, too.
Picking flowers In May is lots Of
fun,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-19

into trouble"
Uncle Ben was so pleased with this
theme that he kept returning to it
whenever he saw any traces of ner-
vousness in Johns behavior. Once
John was riding old Colonel, one of the
farm horses, home from the field
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-19

tell you. He chokes his prey to death
with his tail. Yes, he crouches up IN
a tree and when a sheep or a COW or
a boy passes underneath he lets down
his tail and catches 'em around the
neck. No getting away from that
holt. either. John. You want to watch
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-19

people the following ~anecdote,
~ which he had picked up some
where or other in his extensive read
Ing:
"a wealthy citizen, of Athens, who
had nearly ruined his constitution by
gluttony and sloth. was advised by
Hippocrates to visit a certain medicinal
spring in Sparta; not that Hippocrates
believed hat spring to be better than
some neal home; but exercise was the
object-'Visit the springs of Sparta,
said the great physician.
LAS the young man pale and bloated
Travelled among the simple hardy
Spartans, he called one day at the
house of a countryman on the road to
get something to eat. A young woman
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-19
6T NeH-vER NGLLNeN

NNNVANIO OANJIAIII
Open a can of sardines and drain.
Remove tails and bones from sar-
dimes.
Mash and mix with " cupful of
Mayonnalse.
Cut day old bread thin and spread
alternate slices with soft butter.
Spread the other slices with the
sardine mixture.
Lay a lettuce leaf over the sardine
spread slice, cap 1t with a buttered
slice and press gently together.
Trim off crusts and wrap in para
fin paper.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-19

q AID Mother Goose this morning: I've a riddle I've no doub
You children all can guess if you will only work it out.
It's very, very simple, something all of you can see
BY looking tho' the window, tho its not a bush or tree.
There's not a house without one. two Or three sometimes n seen;
Tho fair enough to look upon they're seldom very clean.
There re corners four O every one. outside they re very red,
But all within they're black as any little dnky's head"
The Omaha morning bee., 1923-12-30

one among them. His record In the
war-he had said that he was not
in the line. But, as Patty perfectly
well knew, he might just as well have
been in the line. He had been sur
geon in hot sector on the American
front. The. town rippled with stories
of his GOODNESS under bombardment.
Now, he was not only an established
local celebrity, but had the entire
charge of a richly-endowed. perfectly
equipped new hospital which was to
open in a week or two.
The Omaha morning bee., 1923-12-30

Patty was the type of girl of which
every community boasts at least one.
Whenever Patty's little roadster
chugged up to the postoffice at Bel
aize, conversation temporarily stopped
In the groups gathered there; heads
slowly pivoted: eyes furtively slipped
in her direction. Followed comment
-sneering, questioning, admiring.
Equally when Patty served at tennis,
drove at golf, dove at swimming
started to dance-something about her
attracted the gaze. arrested it; held
ii close prisoner.
AS child, she had been the dare
devil of her group. As child and girl.
her courage had been the wonder OF
her Set. And as a woman-mothefs
complained that she was the first to
import the astounding new fashions
in clothes and dancing that trailed the
armistice. These had not proved pop
,lar; but only because Patty herself
tired of them.
And all. the time she had been un-
disputed-belle. the older generation
called her: vamp her contemporaries
put IL. Vamp. she was, steady and
consistent. showing no quarter to her
admirers and perceiving-her detrac-
tors said-no difference between them.
1t seemed true that everything mas
culine-single, engaged. married, wild
The Omaha morning bee., 1923-12-30
Does the Modern Girl Always Know Her Own Mind?

alone. A man sat thre. Apparently
he had followed her into the car
strange she had not noticed him.
The head disappeared again-he was
very much occupied arranging some
thing. She leaned down over her seat
end-he was packing together more
than one mans burden Of bags. suit
cases, boxes, The head came up.
1t was Arthur Raeburn.
Patty thought herself tired. but the
vamping machine began to stir vigor-
ously. She took out the little mirror
The Omaha morning bee., 1923-12-30

perienced Patty took a scat well back
In the second car. as far as she could
get from the engine.
The car was hot: Patty almost
dozed, thinking OF many uncorrelated
things.
Something brought her idle drift
ing gaze back to the cara move
ment up near the front-the phe-
nomenon Of head rising suddenly
above seat back. She was not
The Omaha morning bee., 1923-12-30

determined to be true to her hate;
to see that he suffered.
Sometime just before the middle OF
the afternoon, Patty left the chairear
of a train which had brought her
from the city of Carfax and changed
into the dinky two-coaehed. jerk-wa-
ter train which trundled passengers
over 10 miles of marsh to Belaize. The
other half dozen passengers made at
once for the front car, but the ex-
The Omaha morning bee., 1923-12-30

from her bag. Yes. she looked as
crisp as when she started. She touch
ed a powder pad to her nose. Her lips
were just starting the first syllable OF
a beguiling Doctor Raeburn" when
A jerk that threw her backward
against her own seat-a crash--the
huge smash Of metal on rocks-a hid
eous grinding OF wood-a jar-the
kissing Of steam
Comple.e stiffness OF an instant.