davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1923-08-26

piano box just as snug as you please
used to lie awake shivering, with the
draught fairly running in at the
bunghole at the back
:; :: :: =
snRAUGHT." sneered the other
II man, with a provoking laugh.
'draught. Don't talk to me about
draughts. This box I speak OF had
a whole darned plank off it, right
on the north side, too. l used to sit
there studying in the evenings, and
And yet. sir" he continued, more
quietly, though I know you'll not
believe it, ] don't mind admitting that
some of the happiest days of my life
were spent in that same old box. All,
those were good old times! Bright.
innocent days, l can tell you. I'd
wake up there in the mornings and
fairly shout with high spirits. OF
course. you may not be able to stand
that kind of life
Not stand it," cried Robinson fierce
ly; me not stand it. BY gad. I'm
made for it. ! just wish 1 had a taste
of the old life again for a while. And
as for Innocence. Well, I'll bet you
YOU weren't one-tenth as innocent as
| was; no, nor one-fifth. nor one-third.
What a grand old life it was. You'll
swear this is a darned lie and refuse
to believe it-but I can remember
evenings when Id have two or three
fellows in, and we'd sit round and
play pedro by a candle half the night"
Two or three" laughed Jones:
why. my dear fellow, I've known half
a dozen of US to sit down to supper
in my piano box. and have a game of
pedro afterwards; yes, and charades
and forfeits. and every other darned
thing. Mighty good suppers they
were, too! BY Jove. Robinson, you
fellows round this town who have
ruined your digestions with high liv-
ing. have no notion of the zest with
which man can sit down to a few
potato peelings, or bit of broken
pie crust, Or
Talk about hard food inter
rupted the other, II guess I know
all about that. Many's the time I've
breakfasted off little cold por-
ridge that somebody was going to
throw away from a back door, or
that I've gone round to a livery
stable and begged a little bran mash
that they intended for the pigs. Ill
Evening star., 1923-08-26
Locomotive Pile Driver.

A UNIQUE development in mechan-
I ical engineering is locomotive
pile driver, in which there is an un-
usual arrangement and strength of
the self -propelling mechanism and in
the self-contained hydraulic turn
table. whereby the entire machine,
including trucks, is quickly lifted
clear of the rails and turned end for
end. The engines, on the car, are
connected to the axles of ordinary
trucks without interfering with the
movement of the trucks in turning
curves, passing over frogs, and the
like.
The machine was designed to meet
the requirement for a pile driver capa-
BILE Of climbing any grade and haul
ing it's own cars of piles and tools.
The seif-propelling pile drivers built
hitherto have been capable of mov-
ing themselves for short distances
only.
Evening star., 1923-08-26

supposed to call yourself a worm and
keep on calling yourself worm.
Every time you look at yourself you
must make a face. This seems to me
most futile and disgusting pro-
cedure. 1t results in nothing but
worminess. In fact, some people get
so proud of their worminess that they
make a nuisance of themselves by
repenting all over the place at the
most inopportune times. You can
become just as much of a pest by
virtues
No, the only effective way to get
over a sin is to get over it. If you've
decided to worship clean, fine, beau
tiful standards, worship en- Don't
waste time in remembering the
shadows. Don't keep saying: Il am
bad" Begin to say:
II am good! I am filled with a
hunger for goodness. 1 am capable
of doing noble, brave. wonderful
things, if only I'll give myself a
chance. The evil that did is a bad
dream that has passed. If Id used
my head, if I had checked my i'm
pulses until they could have cooled
a bit. I would never have done evil.
For 1 truly didn't want to do it. Al
ways I have wanted to be good. And
now I am going to be good, and I'm
not going to waste any time in think
ing about the mistakes I've made
along the trail.
There are the main secrets Of good
and evil as I have discovered them.
They have. admit, little mystical
beauty about them. But there's an
awful wallop to them if you'll apply
them honestly.
Copyright, 1929
Evening star., 1923-08-26

Well. they was one neighbor who
we will call Gibbs, who the rats
around his house got to be absolutely
impossible. They would not do moth
ing. he said. and was running wild
all over the house and even using his
bathtub.
This man and his wife entertained
good deal of Co. that wanted to
take baths and it kind of worried
them to go in the bath rm. and fina
the tub occupied by a couple of dirty
rats. So Mr.. Gibbs got mad at his
rats and made il up in his mind that
he would give them the air but how
to go about it was the next question
Well, when he was a boy he had
Evening star., 1923-08-26

with boostful expression peculiar to
angels. How could I mantion that
fare city without speaking of her
broad streets. fashionable ladies and
police regulations! And think Of her
hotels including Beverley Hills &
others I cannot mention for fear OF
advertising them. Also there is
Venice. Cal, full of Coney Island.
waterworks. fireworks, legs e. honest
Goldwyn students, resting from seri-
Gus cares of Keystone comedy. Think
of all the bungalows. climates, palms.
cafetarias. oranges. sugarbeets, pain
less dentists. sunshine and pleasant
dreams in America. Think all that
and you have Los Angeles
DO people love Los Angeles to a
state of frenzy?" I require for slight
sentiment.
III they did not" he nudge. they
would not cross Santa SuZanna Pass
by ottomobile to get there"
After chewing such wise words
with his hanson teeth this s. Sage,
traveller. arouse UP and start off.
ANY time you wish see a few
glaciers. Indians. soap factories, slums
or State Universities. report to me
for timetables, etc" snuggest Sago
with Santa Fe expression. "And now
I have furnished everything neces-
sary for seeing America, have not%'
Everything but one ID" 1 ex-
plunge throatly.
And what that?" he narrate.
THE ticket" l peruse.
But he was too far away for words.
Hoping you are the same
Yours truly
HASHIMCRA TOGO.
Copyright, 1928, United States and Grea,
Britain.l
Evening star., 1923-08-26

read sorry about Pe-eyed Piper
in Hammond. Ind, tat bought him
self pipe and played tunes on il
and walked out of town and all the
rats followed him on acct. of how
they could not resist the music.
Mr.. Gibbs was kind OF puzzled as
to how the Piper had got any music
out of a pipe 8 he did not realize
that they was a musical instrument
called a pipe but all the pipe he
knowed about was the kind YOU
smoke but he thought if the Piper
had learned to play on one why he
could, too, so he went on and bought
himself a tobacco pipe and he tried
to learn to play it but could not, so
Evening star., 1923-08-26

has always seemed to me
that the people best qualified to
discuss sin were sinners. Not
that 1 underrate the value of
sermons on this subject by the regu-
lar experts. But for the one who
is struggling in the depths it must be
a comfort to know that the chap
who's exhorting him has skidded a
bit now and then. So as skidder,
rather than a sky pilot, I'm going to
write this talk for the rest of my
clan.
1t will not be a sermon. Nor will 1t
point the way to salvation, nor en-
large on the merits of repentance. l
know little of salvation. having never
been sure for more than a few mo-
ments that I was saved. Nor DO
think that overdue repentance is the
way to get saved. 1t will simply be
a plain talk on SHINING for sinners
by a sinner. If you're not sinner
don't read it.
To begin with, I'll make confess
sion. Most people approach the sub
iect of sin with bated breath ana heid
noses as though it were a noXIous
animal Of menacing and horrid attri-
butes. I don't-and let it be stated
frankly that I've approached sin the
usual number of times. Yet never
have 1 bated my breath nor held my
nose. For, indeed, l have never been
able to distinguish a very great diff
ference between the roots of good and
the roots of evil.
The fruits of evil are, Ill grant you,
tragically different from the fruits of
good. But if you are of a tolerant
mind, you'll always think of the
causes of things rather than their ef-
fects. And the causes of much wrong
doing are identical with the causes of
much righteousness
i X x x
DEFORE we go further it is we'll
ID to emphasize the fact that much
sin isn't sin at all. We're only begin
ming to understand this. Slowly we
are discovering that the tendency to
steal, lie, kill or abandon oneself to
beastial pursuits is often as much
part of ones physical heritage as the
shape of ones nose.
We have long understood that some
folks were decidedly insane. Now
we are learning that many. many
more are partly insane. and that
their insanity takes that form which
we call sin. With such poor victims
this article does not deal. We are
merely concerned with those who
knowingly do wrong.
Why does any one 60 wrong: For
almost the same, reasons any one does
right strange as that may seem.
Evening star., 1923-08-26

Young Jim. of Riverside drive wants
a gun. lie wants that gun to satisfy
the lusty old hunting instinct which
moves within him. It's a perfectly
healthy instinct, and young Jim will
be the better for having that gun.
So he takes some money he didn't
earn and gets the gun. The money
happens to be his fathers, and the
father is quite willing that he should
have it. So Jim has done no wrong.
Young Bill on the water front, in
spired by the same perfectly healthy
urge, also wants a gun. His urge
urge of young Jim. AS a matter of
fact. he wants and needs that gun
more than does young Jim. for he has
far fewer pleasures. So-he takes
some money which he didn't earn,
and buys the gun. But the money
happens to belong to some one else's
father and is taken without his con-
sent. So Bill has done wrong.
Yes, the fact is perfectly plain
that Bill is thief and Jim isn't.
But the difference is one of effect
rather than cause. The motive that
prompted the gun getting was
identical. Up to that point in their
careers the boys were as alike as
two peas in a pod. Circumstances
in Bill. But who Is to say that Jim
would not have shown the same
weakness under the same circum-
stances? And who is to say that you
and I would not also steal If pressed
too hard from within and cramped
too much from without?
THE tired shop girl, longing to
i enjoy her dance after the tgruel-
ling rush of a bargain day, snuffs
heroin to increase her pep" She
snuffs too often and becomes a dope
fiend. But the desires which bring
about her downfall are the same as
the desires which inspire the sweet
est debutante of the season. per-
fectly legitimate, youthful desire for
light, color and movement.
The pitiful unwed mother gives
birth to her babe in a charity ward.
Yet the impulse which gave that babe
life is the same impulse that gives
life to the babe in the mansion on
the hill.
They strap the murderer's hands to
the arms of the electric chair and he
pays his debt to society with hid
eous death. Yet the flare of temper
which prompted him to kill was no
hotter than the temper which, has
swept you and me many a time.
So that is the first thing to be
learned about SHINING. The sinner
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food"
Hogs food" shouted Robinson,
striking his fist savagely on the
table, 4 tell YOU hogs food suits
me better than"
x :: x s.
LIE stopped speaking Will, a sud-
IL den grunt of surprise as the
waiter appeared with the question:
What may l bring you for dinner
gentlemen"
Dinner" said Jones, after a mo-
ment Of silence, dinner! oh. any
thing. nothing never care what I
eat-give me little cold porridro
IL you've got it, or a chunk of salt
pork-anything you like, it's all the
same to me-"
The waiter turned with an imnay-
sive face to Robinson.
You can bring me some of that
cold porridge, too" he said, with a
defiant look at Jones: yesterdays.
'li you have it, and a few potato
peellngs and glass of skim milk &"
There was pause. Jones sat
back in his chair and looked hard
across at Robinson. For some mo-
ments the two men Gazed into each
others eyes with stern. defiant
intensity. Their Robinson turned
slowly round in his seat and beck
oned to the waiter. who was NOV
ing off with the muttered order on
his lips.
Here, waiter he said with
savage scowl, 81 guess III change
that order a little. Instead of that
cold porridge I'll take-un. yes-a
little hot partridge And you might
as we'll bring me an oyster or two
on the half she'll, and a mouthfu1
of soup (mock-turtle. consomme, any
thing). and perhaps you might fetch
along a dab of fish. and a little nip
of wink-um, and grape, or
walnut"
The waiter turned to Jones.
Il guess Ill take the same" he
said simply. and added, "and you
might slip US quart of something
with a kick a t the same time
And nowadays. when Jones and
Robinson meet. the memory of the
tar barrel and the piano box Is
buried as far out of sight as a home
for the blind under a landslide.
Copyright. 1881
Evening star., 1923-08-26

IHEY were both what We COM
monty call successful business
men-men with well-fed faces,
heavy signet rings on fingers
like sausages, and broad, comfortable
waistcoats. a yard and a half round
the equator. They were seated oppo-
site each other at table of a first
class restaurant, and had fallen into
conversation while waiting to give
their order to the waiter. Their talk
had drifted back to their early days
and how each had made his start in
life when he first struck New York.
Il tell you what. JONES' one of
them was saying, Il shall never for
get my first few years in this town.
BY George. it was pretty uphill work,
Do you know. sir. when first struck
this place, hadn't more than 10 cents
to my name. hadn't rag except what
I stood up in, and all the place had
TO sleep in-you won't believe it, but
it's gospel fact just the same-was
Evening star., 1923-08-26

venture to say I've eaten more hogs
food"
Hogs food" shouted Robinson.
striking his fist savagely on the
table, 4 tell YOU hogs food suits
me better than-'
Evening star., 1923-08-26

LIE stopped speaking with a sud-
l. l. den grunt of surprise as the
walter appeared with the question.
"Whaf
Evening star., 1923-08-26

piano box just as snug as you please,
/ used to lie awake shivering, with the
draught fairly running in at the
bunghole at the back
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-05-01
.DESDE UTUADO

"LOs Misterios de Paris."-Esta
maravillosa pelfcula sera proyectada
en- nuestro teatro ei proximo jueves
tres de mayo. Todo 10 de tan soberbia
production resultaria palido ante la
realidad. Los p1blicos que han pre-
senciado dicha cinta Sc muestran una
mines en- afirman que es 10 mejor que
/ ha dado ell arte frances. Y asi tiene
que ser en- verdad, pues Sc trata de una
obra del insigne novelista, gloria de
la literature francesa, Eugenio Sue.
Els indudable que ell interes que aqui
ldesperto la exhibition de "Las Dc5
Ninas de Paris, sera aumentado no
tablemente por la projection de la
reina de las creaeiones del arte 81
lencioso.
La Infiuenza.-Va decreciendo en-
intensidad la tembile playa que ha
azotado esta jurisdiction. La epide-
mia desconoce ranges sociales poll
ticos, pues empezando por nuestro juez
municipal hasta el mas humilde cam
pesino, han sufrido los rigores del i'm
portuno huesped.
Alegres y tristes.-Con motive de
la aprobacion de la ley restituyendo
los antiques sueldos a los empleados
hemos visto la cara de contentos que
estos ostentan. Raro contraste nota-
Sc entire los primeros y los contribu-
|yentes. que ven. en- ell aumento de suel-
do, una probabilidad de pagan mas
contribuciones., Asi es la humanidad:
una parte RE y otra llora.
Corresponsal.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-05-01

y nuestro sentido. pesame a sus deu-
dos.
Al objeto de ocupar un puesto de
taquigrafo y traductor de la Central
Chaparra" ha ernbarcado hacia la Re-
publica cubana nuestro amigo Ell joven
don Juan L. Gomez, quien va acom-
panado de su esposa dona Ana Josefa
Rodriguez.
Buen viaje les deseamos Y todo ge-
nero de venturas mientras esten ausen-
tes de Va Isla.
-Nuestro amigo Manuel Ortiz, de-
tective que presto servidio aqui duran
te muchos amos, ha sido trasladado a
peticion propia a San Juan.
En- ell vapor :Habana" ha embar-
cado para Santiago de Cuba, al objeto
de unirse a SUI esposo el laborioso arte-
sano don Luis Velez Salas, hoy residen-
te ALI, la estimable joven dona Pascua-
la Oquendo
LIE deseamos feliz travesia las mas
agradables emociones en- la Gran Anti
LA.
-El Tribunal de Justicia de este dis.
trito ha declarado roto ell vinculo ma
trimonial que unia Mary Baez Con
zalez con America Wales Rivera; Ma
ria Mata Pereda con Manuel Ma. Sa-
MAJ Ines Campos con Juan Morales
Monserrate Soriano con Felix Santiago
Plata; Carmen Soliveras Ortiz con Oc-
tavio Defendini Oquendo; Salvadora
Legrandier con JESUS Rivera; Vicenta
Texeira con Jose Walls; Arturo de
Yang con Braulia Prats; Y Josefna
Preston con Francisco Coimbre. ~
No ofrece ningun alivio ., meioria
la enfermedad que ha postrado en- ca,
ma a nuestro estinnado amigo don
Eduardo Wys, proninente unionista.
-Por alterar la paz rinendo en- la
via pt1blica, calle Isabel, la policia ha
sindicado ante Ia Corte Municipal a
Juan Negron Y a Jose Ma. Medina.
"A benefcio de las obras de repara-
cion de la Iglesa parroquial de Nues-
ira Sonora de la Guadalupe. el mierco-
les 2 de mayo dara un concerto en- es-
ia ciudad el notable artista cubano
selor Varona
Ell temple aun no ha sido restaurado
por complete, despues de los grandes
dahos que sufri6 cuando el terremoto
de 1918. 1ti't -A.e ''-.
-Por Ell puerto de esa capital ernbar-
cara para New York Ell microbes pro
ximo nuestro estimado amigo don Ju-
lio Lopez, quien va dispuesto a luchar
y obtener exito en- la populosa ciudad
del Hudson.
/ Nosotros deseamos que yea realiaa,
das sus esperanzas. ,.,
3a corresponsal.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-05-01
aNovEDADEs EN- LA IsLA
Distrito de Bayalm6n.

En- la noche del 27 de abril proximo
pasado, en- la carretera que conduce
a Santurce, ell truck No. HP-3O4, pro-
piedad de J. M. Colon, guiado por Jo-
Sc Garcia, conductor No. $685., arrollo
Pascasio de Jesus, de 10 amos de
edad, natural de Guaynabo Y residente
en- Santurce, ocasionandole contusiones
en- las piernas, de las que fue asistido
en- ell Hospital Municipal. De Jesus
viajaba en- una bicicleta, la que que
do destrozada.
Distrito de Guayama.
En- ell barrio Jobos y en- las prime
ras horas del dia 27 de abrill Sc decla-
ro un incendio en- una casa cropiedad
de Isolina Diaz, quemandose solamen-
te parte del plafon y algunos virotes
y tablas del techo. Esta casa testa
asegurada por $500 dollars, Ell he-
cho parece intentional y cierta evil
dencia obtenida ha sido pasada al Hon.
Fiscal del Distrito.
Distrite de Lola.
Como las 9.15 P. M. del % de
.abril proximo pasado, en- Ell kil6me-
tros 20 de la carreterA que conduce a
Rio Grande, ell truck No. HP-313, pro-
piedad de M. Joglar v Co, guiado por
Il chauffeur Juan Gacrfa, No. 1890,
que iba cargado con semillas de ca
ia, accidentalmente Sc incendi6 y re-
ulto quemado ell chauffeur, siendo Gu
cado en- Ell Hospital Municipal
Distrito de Maunabo.
En- la tarde del dia 25 del mes pro-
xImo pasado, en- la carretera que com
luce a Patillas, KIN. 116, el autom6-
vii No. P-639, de Evaristo Mendez,
nanejado por Sixto Jimenez, arrollo a
Angel Colon, blanco, de 21 amos de
edad, lesionandole la cabeza, brazo 4
Ipierna derechos. Colon fue conducido
Ial Hospital Municipal y tanto este
chauffeur como otro de nombre En-
carnaci6n Sierra, plaza No. 1886, y
quien condhcia el automovil No.
P-113, de Juan Marrero, han sido de-
nunciados por violar la Ley de Auto
movies, por regatear en- la carretera.
Distrito de Maunabo.
Ell dia 81 de mario, 1923, en- el ba-
rrio Lizas, el individuo Nicomedes
Ruiz, con I'm machete acometi6 y agre-
di6 Emilio Rosa, produciendole una
herida sobre el dedo pulgar de la ma
no derecha. 81 dia "a de abril, la
'Corte Municipal conden6 a Ruiz a
cumplir cincuenta dias de carcel, en-
relaci6n con el hecho en- question.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1923-05-01
|NFORNAC|ON De PONCE

Ponce, abri1 29.-Como las siete
anoche, mientras peleaban en- Ell lugar
denominado "El Peligro", calle del Co
to, los individuos Santos Mercado y
Manuel Olivieri, luego de darse unos
cuantos bofetones Sc agarraron y en- la
lucha, .cuerpo cuerpo, el Mercado con
los dientes lie mutilo la oreja izquierda
Olivieri.
Parece que dandose cuenta de la gra-
vedad del delito cometido, mutilacion
Ell agresor desaparecio sin que Sc conoz-
ca su paradero.
En- la excursion artistica que reali,
2an por la Isla, antes de embarcar ha-
cia New York, donde Sc proponen inn
presionar discos fonograficos Y dar va
rias audiciones musicales, el viernes por
la noche nos ofrecio un concerto en- Ell
Teatro Delicias el magnifico sexteto
"Yaguez" y anoche, amenizo una jara-
ma y dio un concerto, en- el Club Juan
Morell Campos.
Tanto en- ell Delicias como EN- ell cita-
do Club, el Sexteto "Yaguez" demostro
que esta integrado por maestros COM
petentes v posee I'm repertoire extenso
cuyos ndmeros ejecuta divinamente.
En- su domicilio, calle Rosich, guar
da CANA enfermo de cuidado nuestro
buen amigo don Juan Puig Subira, GU
va sanidad celebrariamos cordialmente.
-Nuestro amigo Pepito Dalmau es-
ia trabajando con el fin de que sea un
exito la ternporada en- Ponce de las
aplaudidas artistas Yoeta Perlita, Gu
yo debut Sc anuncia para dentro de
POGO en- e1 Teatro Broadway '8
En- ell barrio Tibes de esta iuris-
diccion, la policia sorprendio al vecino
Dionisio Martinez en- possession de cua-
tro galones Y medic de ron canita o
sea destilado clandestinamente.
La policia ha denunciado a Isabel
Andarich, Maria Luisa Maldonado V a
Adams Sanchez, porque alteraban la
paz en- un cafetin perteneciente Fell
pc Maldonado, establecimiento situado
an la calle Villa.
Es oportuno aclarar que este Felipe
Maldonado no tiene NADIA que yer con
el popular Pipo, sea don Felipe R
Maldonado
Al funcionar aqui la Corte de Es-
tados Qnidos para Puerto Rico ha i'm
pRlesto las sigpieptes sentencias por
violar la Ley Volstead: Diez d6lares
de multa a icada uno de los individuos
sigpientes:. .Eustaquion Basorai Pablo
MARTINEZ " Santiago Alvarez n tres do
lares de multa Domingo Antonio Paz
y cinfo IA Mercedes, SanGhez.yalJH ll
= layer tardeq SCI dio sspultufa en- ell
Cementerio civil local al cadaver de
dor, n,eAntonio, SANCHEZ eonoGietol " esti-
fnado falbanil maestrOrde1 obras, que
fallecio la noche anterior en- su hogar,
calle del ProgFeso.
Descanses en- paz el lllbhraid aftesano
New Britain herald., 1923-01-19

Handsome Goats with silk stitching, tassel embroidery, fur collars and fully silk lined. Loose panels, fitted or loose back. Formerly sold as high as $5O.OO.
New Britain herald., 1923-01-19

Regular S19.05 and S22.50 dresses of ex- ceptionally clever get up in this lot at S14.95. Handsome tailored dresses of Poiret relieved by Torchon or bright embroidery - and made in fascinating styles.
New Britain herald., 1923-01-19


 Handsome Canton Crepe, Wool Crepe, Poiret and Tricotine Dresses in the beau- tiful style modes of the new season. Paisley, Persian and contrasting color combinations. All sizes.
New Britain herald., 1923-01-19

Large fur collars on full cut warm, winter Coats of Velour, Bolivia and Normandy, Brown, Navy and Tan = All fully silk lined. Were $35.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-08-24
Growing Girls
School Shoes $3.50

All solid leather. brown or
black gunmctal leather. Broad
Foot.Form or English Inst.
Heavy oak leather flexible solcs
and low school heels with rub.
Der top lifts.
u TO Il widths. Sizes ~ to 8.
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