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The Alaska daily empire., 1923-03-22
MANY SCHOOLS TO BE REP RESENTED AT ANNUAL MEET
Indications that Large At tendance to Be Expected Juneau Enter Events.

That large attendance is to be expected at the second annual South eastern Alaska Inter School Meet is lndieated in the rrespondencc reN ceiycd this week by Supt. ]. k. Lang, chairman Of the Board Of Control
 Juneau High School and elementary school will have representatives in all of the events. Tryouts for the various literary events are being held and praca.ces in basketball and track evnnts held in the gymnasium. Full Representation While Douglas has not yet official ly stated what events that they will enter. it is practically assured that the Islanders will have full repre- seatations fer all events.
 ketchillan likewise has not yet sent Iany official statement relative their entrants but the last issue Of the ketchikal School News contains an articla stating that Kctchil1an would be represented in all of Inc events with the exception of girls basket ball and second year typewriting. A largo delegation is expected to rep resent Ketchikan high school.
 Miss Verne Hannah writes from the Tehakee school that they would be represented in the elementary spelling contest. elementary deelama- tory contest, elementary oral Eng. fish and elementary rapid calculation. Two, pupils will probably represent this school.
 Sitka Entrants
 Miss Mamie Lou Hill, principal ef the sitka public school, has sent the list of representatives, from her school. In the elementary school the spelling contest is the only one of which there is cartalnsy of having a representative. In the high school Sitka will be represented in first Iyear typowriting, oral English, writ ten English, track meet.
 Miss Mabel Patti Stone, principal of the Skagway public school. sub nits her report, showing that that school will enter the elementary spelling contest, elementary rapid calculation contest, elementary oral English contest, elementary declama- tory contest and the elementary school track meet. In the high school Skagway will he represented in the oral English contest, Reclamation con test, of,atorical contest, written Eng fish contest, debate and the track meet.
 Seward is the only Westward town that has replied to the suggestion Of sending representatives for the ora tor.ical contest which ia open to all high schools in the Territory and for which a handsome trophy Is offered by Gov. Scott c. Bone, the "Mar- guerite Bone Trophy" Seward will not be in a position to send q repre- sentative, according to a letter from Surt. A. j. Goodskey.
 Wraneell Uncertain Mr. II. P. Corser of the Wrangell Board Of Education. writes that it Wrangell will be represented. Sn- Ils uncertain as to whether or not s'rerintendent Gross has been on 2 tour with the Wrangell basketball team fer some time and before hii return home nothing definite will be known.
 Towns in other parts of the Terri tory from winch nothing has been heard and which are hkely to enter the meet are: Petersburg. Ha.nes Thane, ChiIkat Valley and Chichagof
 Efforts are being made to secure additional trophies for various DOT tions of the meet. The Douglas Par
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-03-22

ent-feacher Association has decided to donate q trophy for the elementary school literary events. Ketchlkan is tnteresied in making donations for probably two additional trophies and
 il. is likely that several additional ones will be donated in Juneau.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-03-22
cosGRovE IN HOSPITAL

Charles IT, Cossrove. tine well known lawyer of Ketehikan. who went South some months ago for his health, recently suffered q relapse and is now in St. Vincent Hospital, Portland, Oregon
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-03-22
TWELVE CANNERiES WILL
 OPERATE NEAR CORDOVA

|. is stated that 12 eanneries will operate in the Ccrdoya district dur ing the coming fishing season. This and other activities in that region are expected 10 make times good there next summer.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-03-22
COMING ATTRACTIONS

OLisEUM-Dorothy Dalton in The Woman Who Walked Alone"
 PAlACE-Mar OaW in "The Lying Truth" sisK2
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-03-22
Attractions ut Heufeys
ATTRACTIONS TONIGHT

llSEUM--WaIIace Reid and Elsie Ferguson in Forever" PAlACE-Mary Pickford in Little Lord Fauntelroy."
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-03-22

salules pretty woman, convicted
  Martelee guarded taking life She tho second be
  many years in already 
  Aartelee band then all her
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-03-22

Old bundnes or newspapers at the Empire, 26 cents.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-03-22

THAT SPAKr. RuOM Is cash asset--if you use the Empire classi- fled. You can rent 1t to desirable tenant at q good price, thus lessen- sng your own rent-burdon.
The Alaska daily empire., 1923-03-22

old papers Tor sale at Empire.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-06-21

49,. 3
v. que todos, bien unidos,
los De aq1i CON los de AHA,
Hos celebremos gozosos
len franca cordialidad,
pensando que nrestra patria,
|'nuestra TERRA, nuestro lar,
con los auxilios del cielo
| v el arnparo nacional,
Isea al punto suprimido
tel regimen colonial,
| que libress con nuestro orgullo,
lnuestra cultura ejemplar,
con Ia Fe, que es nuestro escudo,
lys nuestra gran voluntad,
| I1legaremos ser pronto
un pueblo grande, ideal,
|capaz de muchos. esfuerzos,
de muchas cosas capaz,
y, todo bajo ell amparo
de la santa Libertad,
de Ia Old Glory, el emblema
|de Washington immortal.
Pero, ESQ 81, conservando
|nuestra personalidad,
sin olvidar 10 que dice
|conpae Gefo, el del Jagual;
Shores, sin lambeuras,
con veiglensa ' disnia."
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-06-21
Matias Gonzalez Garcia.

Con mucho gusto nuestro Y porque
+suponemos que ha de ser iinu4 del de
nuestros lectores, reproducimos el 81
guiefte romance de que es autor ell
chispeante y original poeta puertorri-
queho Don Matias Gonzalez Garcia,
81 ell senior Gonzalez no tuviera va
bien cirnentada su faina de escritor,
iestos versos, por su graciosa espon-
.taneidad y limpia factura, bastarian
q hacerla,
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-06-21

A la muy noble y preclara,.
valiente, fiel Y leal,
gentil y majestuosa,
bella ciudad de San Juan;
a la que es embeleso
de este jardfn tropical;
a la Ciudad Encantada
que humilde acaricia el mar;
a los que en- ella vivieren,
de cualquier sexo y edad;
a los pobres, a los ricos
0 de mediano caudal;
a los sabios, ignorantes,
blancos, negros v demas;
a los viejos y los jovenes
casados o por casar;
a los que habitan palacios
o viven en- un zaguan;
a los que andan en- auto,
en- coche, a pie, o sin andar;
a los que entran y salen,
a los que vienen y van;
a todos los que este Bando
escuchasen proclamar...
Yo, en- nombre del Patron
de la Ciudad de San Juan,
cuyas fiestas con gran pompa
vamos hoy a inagurar,
Ordeno y Mando
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-06-21
GoBiERNo DE PUERTO RICO
Departamento del Interior
SoFIcINA DEL coMrsToNADo
Junio IS, 1923.

Junio 1s, 1928.
En- la tarde de hoy a las 2 p. m. Sc
llevo a efecto en- la Oficina del Conf
sionado del Interior, la subasta para
la construction de 2.5 kilometres de
la carretera de Mayagiiez a Hormi-
gueros, cuyo presupuesto de ofcina
asciende a la suma de $14,827.68, ha-
biendo concurrido los siguientes pos
torres:
rsres. A. Gonzalez Y Co.,
Rio, Piedras, $12,474.1O
Sr. Ricardo Skerrett, Ma
!: yagdiez, .iis l2,s2e.8o.
iSres. Raniirez y vicenty,
Mayaga:uiiez, 12,7979o
Sr, II. Silva Gonzalez, Cabo
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-06-21
PRIMERo:

que refine absolute paz
y que Sc olviden rencillas,
penas, .disgustos y a mas
los resquemores polfticos
que abundan por nuestro NAL,
para anir los. corazones
Y en- pura fraternidad
sentir ell immense jdbilo,
ell regocijo sin par
de que celebremos juntos
esta fiesta regional
que como hermoso legado
recibimos amos ha
de nuestros padres y abuelos,
debiendola conservar
como ejemplo- lluestros hijos
homemade de lealtad.
Segundo: que en- estos dias
para siempre jamas,
hagamos Ell fiel prop6sito
de vivir sin renegar
de nuestras viejas costumbres,
siempre que en- su calidad
no Sc opongan ell progreso,
la salud o la moral.
Que consetyemos inc6lume Il . ~
nuestra personalidad, d t1iif' 'i'Ait
como pueblo Que va tibne' .oai. ze.i.
cuatro 'ceilturias o mas. 8 isgt u
con su idioma, sus cestumbres
Y su vida peculiarI DC o. aaii. s2u4
que seamos los -mismos.
en- nobleza " erD hondadsV sr~h
en- la ingenita hidalguia
y en- la honradez sin igual y
que cbservaron nuestros padres
doscientPsi amos llP}st atras Is ,oo sbeiga s.
Que no olyiid5semos, i5ssm que sSsmos tli44aa
hijos de un pueblo capaz su1sva.,ss
de las nayores ,proezass n1eiJlfw sb
valiente,saltiyo, sgenial,,, oxbsq rtaf
de una iraza ,ennopleeiddasa lsb 3ssa
Y que, supo conquistar ssrs,as.E s,
para el viejo un nuevo mundo,
con tai gloria v majestads
que bajo su augusta ensefia
v en- su imperio colossal,
el sol, por siglos v siglos,
nunca Sc lego a ocultar.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-06-21
I. '.EII,iacA.,RA..cAs'.

Aver a mediodfa zarp6 de est pue,r7
to para SeWs York. con carga p rlnentBo II
complete, ' todas las literas tomadas,
ls 81 vapor >araeas. de dllia "a Red : :.R Fl Il,
ne" n. ,I...a.& a.,ij, !. sasisE lAI'
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-06-21

t,A0 ALOAHIOO1 ACllSud CSpdHO4d
llque fue la lengua immortal 4
de Cervantes, Calderon, &
Perez Gald6s, CASTELAR,,
.Moratin, Nunez de Arce,
Esprinceda, y La Bazan;
la que uso Mufoz Rivera
EN- su lucha colossal
lpor defender ell terruho,
su prcgreso y libertad;. M
Ique es idioma consagrado -.
" en- cuyo verbo immortal r. ''''s
Sc expres6 Jose de Diego
hacienda el pecho vibrar Fl
de amor y de patriotismo, st;t...
no Sc abandone jamas ':-'p
Ey que prosiga en- nosotros =
siendo la fuerza vital, Z. s's'ss
Ell espiritu que aliente - 90 = -.
" empuje la voluntad, ''''.,
levandolo en- nuestra sargre
para que, ,.en vida eternal,
mientras esa sangres cora
por nuestras venas, jamas
el habla, de nuestros padres
de aquf Sc pueda borrar,
porque ell dfa que Sc borre...
la patria Sc perdera.
Noveno: tambien yo mando
que ell. nacido amos atras,
81 vino al mundo de padres
.atolicos y es verdad s.,d .it.s.3eiyI
I'4ue ifue banado y ungido. <,.ns IS 4
Aen Ia, pila, bantisnal, p3 ns loitil
que Ines reniegpe poH gusto, \ ssaaf|
tpor simpleza o neeedadI a,;,cat ,h,fy'
de la religion bendita i
en- due nacio,, y que falaz v-,t,.re.,,, !,
no vaya engahiaT q ,otros Z, s. !, Il
con su hip6crita piedad, s;e., s,g ~,
Que piense en- su nadrecita, ~, s.a,
fcuando 10 ensen6 q rezar .I,aoh ohsS1
| Y en- la virgea milagrpsa sbeiagru
de pura Y divina faz, $
lque, con amor inefable qoatavJt|
ldesde su trono v altar .:,....
parecia z Gsonreirle eosli2.a' = ~ soip9AA - 3
plena 7 'de gracia I bondad.. asi'.i9x ssld
Que recuerde, siendo ninEo, Shpoa : sa1
cuando Sc iba aeostar As@s'o' = q
10 al salir para Ia escuela, .9an' 10y
como con tierna humildad ''st s'lH''
solfa pedir gozoso
Ela bendici6n .en su hogar,
/ y que su padre deciale:
-"Que Dios te bendiga, Juan
v ese Dios... ;c6mo es possible
10 yayamos a olvidar?
Decimo: que la pelea
de gallos, tan popular,
Ivuelva otra vez ser libre,
pues es .cosa que va esta i
en- la masa de la sangreasl oEnroI oira
| y no Sc puede evitar, s1ad u afasols
| " scuanto mas la prohibanas3 Is sDssba
!mucho mas Sc jugara. bauM Is GhE
Que aundue alguno 10 asegure ,aaasIfoS
no es ese juego IMMORAL,
Iva que los gallos pelican M 4 Y y /. 4 4
con su furia peculiar IS s5saa. ;yni
10 misno que EN- La galiera T sssssiS
en- cualquier sitio 0 local.. b. ID ias;
! Tampoco es. cierto que hayas. a.t (
en- este juego crueldad:s 4
Imas cruel resulta en- Espana ;s 4
lei arte de torear
y en- los Estados Unidos
lel boxeo Nacional, M
Iva que en- una v otra partess
son los hombres los que van NJ
mo solo a .exponer la vida
lsino a un encuentro fatal.
Mandd pues nuestras Camaras,
Isl es Que legislando estan,
| |aprueben sin titubeos
Iesa ley sensational Il
ldeclarando Ia gallera
lcohio sitio de solaz,
|lpudiendo en- ella los gallos az
Ia su antojo pelear,
Isegun Sc rompen los sesos
Ten Nebraska Michigan
dos individuos cualquiera
que les da por boxear.
X por iltimo, 70 Mando,
Ordeno v vuelvo a Mandar
lque, c6mo die Al principle
de este Bando inaugural,
Ien estos dias solemnes
haya dicha y haya paz,
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-06-21
Tercero: tambien. 70 mando

(aunQue eel mand0 este de maSl
que amemos y respetenlos
la bandera nacional,
I la Id Glory, la santa ense1a
I.que nos trajo el Uncle Sam
para hacer de nuestro pueblo
nn. pueblo rico, ideal,
celoso de su ventura,
lsu progreso y libertad,
debiendo ser consequences
Eamandola sin cesar.
Aunque 81, como bien dice
4 compae Geno, el del Jaguai;
IL" Shores, sin lambeuras,
con veiguensa y disnia."
| Cuarto: que al llegar las fiestas
/ de Reyes v Navidad,
vayamos todos al campo
esos dias a reyar
con las truyas bullangueras
que alegres cantando van
al son de la bordon1a
Iy del gufcharo al compass,
comiendo ell buen lilajarete,
\ el bien me sabe, el manjar, =
lei sabroso tira y jala,
la casuela, el masajan,
hasta ell arros con perico
que es tan grato al paladar,
el dulce de la papaya,
ell del coco v otros mas.
Quinto: que en- nuestra-c campina
ljamas dejen de sonar
el .cuatro, la bordonda,
ell tiple, con tierno afan,
el guicharo, la maraca
| y todo Ell instrumental
que usaron nuestros .mayores,
a cuyo alegre compass
lbailando ell seis chorreao
1raudas las horas Sc van,
lmientrass el ifbaro ansioso,
de amor traspasado va,
en- el batey de la casa.
.un'o :. ss.ae -, - sals.a''
81 - ~ - ~ a. ! s a,,ah,.
ue, f,o :: = aaeD"
!, = ,aa;sn - Jao1ara u nov
~ pss'g. -: - :. 20
Sc inspira por Fierabras,
Ipor las estrellas brillantes,
lpor Noises o por Abraham,
por la luna que collie, III
el rufsehol y el 'tqrPiali +
"a -, +aaa - trot
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-06-21
Bando boricua con cuya lectura f9eron
inauguradas las festas de San Juan

su ingenita sencillez,
Isu honradez y su lealtad.
Que nj odie, que nj envidie,
mi pretenda conquistar
lo que siendo una quimera
su desgracia iabrara.
Que 81 tiene su estancita
coseche su batatal,
Ia yautia y Ell guineo,
.el tabaco. v 10 demas;
pero que no Sc despoje
de su pequena heredad,
porque La TERRA es Ell alma,
les la patria, nuestro imam,
les Ia madre carinosa
que al morir nos cubrira,
| iy el que la yende a un extraiio
vende su madre y su hogar.
/ Octava; que nuestro, idioma,
lei idioma regional,
el que hablaron nuestros padres
amos Y 1siglos atras
! y Ell que seguinlbs hablando
todos en- la actualidad;
la hermosa lengua espanola
llque fue la lengua immortal
de Cervantes, Calderoni
Perez Gald6s, CASTELAR,,
Moratfn, Nunez de Arce,
Esprinceda, y la Bazan;
la que uso Munoz Rivera
en- su lucha colossal
nor defender 81 terrlfio. =
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15

have handed over the Kohinoor itself
FOR a graham cracker
The Greatest Miracle.
There are just two classes OF
things in the world-and in one class
are all these wedding presents of
yours, and theaters, and jewels, and
books, and all the other lifeleSs things
that never changei
"And in the other class, all by it.
self, is the miracle-the miracle of
life. as mysterious, and so much
more sweet, than death-the fairies
come alive, and yours-your chill
dren !"
Don't arm yourselves against them,
one wants to say. Don't put them out
Of your life. Begin with lesser things (!
Put away vanity and selfishness.
put away the silly competition that
makes home-making so hard.
Put aside the caste prejudices that
make it so hard for you to keep
servant.
Study the problems of yourself and
other mothers, cooperate, make your
nursery the hub and center of your
life, build your days full of compan-
ionship and work about it!
There is nothing downtown to draw
you away, there is a fitness and
sweetness right here in your hands
that might make the most successful
professional woman in the world sick
with envy
Proof Young Women Overlook.
The proof of this is all about us,
but so many young women do not,
can not, see it. And she is going to
be pioneer in her generation that
young woman-perhaps a child today
who brings the big family again
into fashion, who arouses the envy
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about their children, how entirely sex
matters are in their hands. and how
completely indeed sex responsibilities
fall upon them, and-above all :
what infinite joys, dignities, glories
and delights they fling away when
they fling away motherhood, then we
shall have control" indeed. in al
most every detail and department.
except where ''life more abundant" is
concerned
The Happier Woman.
Even now, with so many man-made
land so many more wOmenmadel
laws against her, isn't the mother of
children happier, more balanced and
more established, nine times out Of
ten, than the childless triumphant
despoiler of her own high destiny?
1.-THE Society for Throwing Money
Into Bays and Rivers" The Society
for Destroying All Flowers in June"
1.-THE Society for the Suppression of
Knowledge"-these l shall join long
before / send my subscription in for
what is known as Birth Control
Copyright, 1923. by the Republic
Syndicate
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dren a dead loss to their communities.
anyway" | can only say:
Logically, they should be. Act
ually, they are not.
''Probe into the lives of some of our
brilliant men, our writer's, our states
men, and you will find at their base
this same slatternly (but often loving
mother, and this worthless father
whose very deficiencies are a stern
education 10 his sons.
Il believe" | could truthfully adj
that with prohibition laws enforced.
health burefis and baby saving sta
tons nationally supported, school
sanitation and food and drug laws all
behind them for their safety. aud per-
haps a marriage law regulating the
morally or physically unfit, these
ragged little curly-heads will stand az
fair chance as yours and mine, and
a better chance than children who
were born in the palaces, and to tho
crowns. of two hundred years ago.
No Lincoln With Birth Control.
With birth control it is extremely
probable that we should not have had
Dickens. and Bach, and Jefferson, and
Mark Twain.
Had Lincoln's mother been for il.
We might reasonably not have had
Lincoln.
One of these knew n debtors prison
as a child, and another hunger and
cold.
But surely, we whose lives are act
ually influenced by these men can see
now that it was their governments
fault, it was their slip-shod parents
FAULT, that the home and the supper
we're sometimes lacking.
We would hold minis fast enough
II ships of virgin gold were on their
way to us from some far shores. You
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and ! would not say that we could
not find safety deposit boxes fast
enough were some friend in Asia 70
write that he was sending us a mil
lion dollars in bonds
And what topSy-turvy world il
is when women can find ANYTHING
richer, sweeter, more utterly satisfy
ing than the raising of whole families
of sons and daughters, What a gov
ernment it is that does not worry
about a boys food and clothing until
it needs him to kill
Penalty for Flouting Nature.
There is another phase of birth con-
troll, less perhaps Of the spirit than
the body. and so less significant, but
important. too.
Our hospitals are full of white
faced women, struggling back to par
tial health, winning a few years be-
fore the inevitable and untimely end.
because Nature will not be eternally
flouted, because delicate flesh anil
blood must pay the price when great
privileges are abused and great pur-
poses baked.
This attitude toward motherhood is
one of the obsessionS, one of the
completes" four day.
CIR go into marriage buoyantly
definite about it. / get very tired Of
hearing these young things say gaily !:
We don't want family for
awhile! And you know I'd never
want more than We could bring up
comfortably and give every advan-
tagew
Yes, you poor, little blindfolded
child one feels like saying in an
swer: And ten years ago you said
that when you had to stop playing
with dolls You would kill yourself
and ten years before that you would
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and admiration of all her world witt
her boys aisl girls
She will be all for control, indeed
but not of babyhoodl
She will be for doing away frs
with alcohol, with want, with colo
and hunger, with fashions and bridge
parties, it'll travel and the arts-witl
the very roof over her head and tn,
shoes under her feet, and then W,
shall find her camping triumphantly
in the woods, fishing, building fires
contented and happy because, what.
ever else has failed her, the children
are all herei
The honor of bearing children ought
to be one to make men envy, revere,
and marvel.
1t is-the minute you begin to ana
lyze these things-the one supremacy
strange and important possibility that
falls to human beings.
The Worlds Central Figure.
If the whole scheme of civilization
had not been long twisted. it would
be so considered. There is nothing
else to mention in the same breath
with il.
The builders of bridges, the rulers
of nations, the makers of laws, all
circle, if they but knew it, about that
seated glorious mother figure, with
the little curly head against her
breast.
Birth control" in that it would
make irresponsible persons even less
responsible, can accomplish nothing.
But when women begin to appre-
ciate what they do when they bear
children, how unimportant everything
else becomes beside it. how far their
present household laws and regula-
tons are from the simple, sensible
homes that they might be, building
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he. And how are our good friends
the Igoes! ] haven't Sec them. since
that night we met. Good party,
wasn't it,"
He chuckled. Being poor mitwit
| ehuckled too instead of clouting him
with my brief bag. He handed me
good cigar and | took it. Next
day he met me again and handed me
another good cigar and l took il. Next
day he met me again and / beat him
to it. | handed him a good cigar
which | had bought for that purpose
| did not propose to be without de-
Tense. Somehow or other, sort of
commuters intimacy grew up be-
tweent us. He told stories well and
played fair hand of bridge.
There's bully chance in the mar
ket just now," he said, carelessly.
You know I'm with Strechem and
Fletchem, the brokers of Bull street.
Better walk down with me and get
in"
But l did not. And it was a bully
chance. And he told me of other
good chances and / refused to get in
and they were good chances. | can
not blame myself with having lost a
penny. never trusted the man or
liked him.. IL l were to get into the
market, l told myself, I'd at least
have sense enough to operate through
my banker. He would give me guild
ance that I might not get through
Hitchcock.
SO far so good. / am not a loser.
But Hitchcock had managed to be
seen with me rather often, but he
had met good many friends of mine
in that loose way in which commuters
get acquainted. They took it for
granted because Hitchcock seemed TO
know me so well. He used to talk
of my conservatism in an admiring
sort of way-giving the impression
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that his knowledge and my conservv
tism made money making team. Sc
that today these good friends began
to ask me:
"What do you know about this
Hitchcock, anyhow"
knew nothing about him, of
course. Nor does any one else, ca
cept that ne was a cheap tout and
that the firm he worked for was a
crooked bucketshop.
But the fact that | know nothing
about him is no consolation 10 the
friends who met him through me-
and lost money through him.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-04-15
Watching the Parade
BY John Pilgrim.

Last summer j met a large, fat,
bright-eyed man named Hitchcock. !
don't remember now where l met him.
at some party, somewhere, somehow.
A friend introduced him, but / do not
know what friend. had forgotten
the man completely. had even for
gotten that / ever met him. To be
right clear about it, I do not even
now recall that / ever met him any
where. At any rate he walked up
to me on the street one day.
well, well, John Pilgrim" said