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Jumps Her Job,
But Wins Ring
and Happiness
Customary Travelling
Bag Goes to Govt.
Dept. Maid ON Eve
of Honeymoon.

WHEN q certain ship Of .
~ South American line slips
anchor from New York some day
soon, bound for Chile. j. B. Cory,
q mining engineer, and his bride OF
one week will start on their honey
moon.
Mr.. Cory IL already acquainted
with the South American terri
tory, having been assigned there
shortly after the war and having
returned to the United States
only a few months ago.
When Mr.. Cory was offered
another assignment there to be.
gin Immediately. Miss Margaret
Brown. pretty secretary in one
Of the departments, had to make
a quick decision and some hur-
ried preparations in order that a
Mr.. and Mrs. Cory might sign
their passports in time to get
reservations on the next ship
sailing.
Miss Brown rushed into her
office one morning at o'clock
and announced breathlessly that
she was going to resign to be
married and had to leave by 10
o'clock. The office was at once
In q hubbub of excitement, but
someone-just as in every. office
Immediately thought Of q fare
well present, started someone else
to make a collection tour through
the office, had still another ready
to rush downtown to buy traV-
cling case, and someonce else to
write an appropriate letter to
60 with 1t.
Miss Brown, having accom-
plished her resignation by 10
o'clock, was about ready to de-
part and Mr.. Cory was in g.
waiting taxi. but the travelling
case had not yet put in it's ap-
pearance. Fortunately, Miss
Browns hat had mysteriously dis
appeared and a search that took
some time only ended when the
travelling case was ready to be
presented. Mr.. Cory was called
into the office and after the pre-
sentation Of the case to Miss
Brown the future bride and
groom were hurriedly congratu-
lated and given an enthusiastic
farewell. N. LENoRE HINES.
The Washington times., 1923-01-07
House I'm Virginia
Has Ghost Story

THERE are few houses that can
boast Of q real ghost story.
but one such il nestled away In
the foothills of the Blue Ridge
Mountains Of Virginia, in Abe
marie county, not far from the
home Of Thomas jefferson, and
only hall-mile from Pine Knot,
the country retreat Of former
President Roosevelt.
Church Hill, the name Of this
farm, was the home Of prosper
Gus lawyer, John Schuyler Moon.
For about a year, Moon and his
family were tormented in every
way by what seemed to be ghosts.
Sentries were kept on the watch,
but in spite Of all their efforts no
one was ever captured, although
many times they shot at dim
figures retreating in the night.
Doors were mysteriously thrown
open after being carefully locked;
pantry supplies were often left on
the roof: furniture disappeared
from one room to be found in
another; colored lights were
thrown into the rooms in spite
Of the heaviest curtains; strange
signals were heard, and uncanny
noises aroused the household In
the dead of night.
When Moon first reported these
nightly alarms the neighbors were
incredulous and inclined to laugh
at the strange tales, but 1t was
not long before every man for
many miles around had come to
watch, and left convinced that
these nocturnal disturbances were
beyond all understanding. Students
from the University Of Virginia
went bravely out with many
boasts. to help catch the ghost,
but after a night Of thrills were
willing to return to their books.
none the wiser as 70 the identity
Of the spooky marauders.
It had been Moons habit to
leave this country home at the be-
ginning of winter, but much to
the disappointment of his family
he announced his determination to
remain until some solution Of the
mystery could be obtained. After
these nightly visits had continued
for about a year. a note was left
on the door knob, assuring Moon
that he would be disturbed no
more in the future, and signed
Jack Ghost"
It was ascertained that these
ghosts were a band of horse thieves,
under the leadership of one Lucian
Baird, notorious thief who had
organized bands operating in Wiz
ginia and Kentucky.
MoYLIN NOON sAlER
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Household Pets
lin Clash Stir
Passing Crowd
THERE seemed 70 be some

NkAEktE S06Me0 20 Ue sOAtAr
j thing happening in front
Of ! fine looking residence in
the northwest part Of the city.
Two or three pesserSby had
started intentIy at Something's
and . couple Of small boys
stopped, soon being Joined by
several more. As the crowd
increased, their shouts attract
ed the attention Of the whole
neighborhood, likewise that Of
OF couple Of policemen. The
policemen ,elbowed their way
through the crowd. expecting,
as one or them afterward re-
reported to find . couple Of
boys fighting, but found IN
stead an Angora cat guarding
the steps Of the house from .
small dog vainIy attempting to
scale them.
A little girl informed the po-
lice that the Angora was just
''pIain Jealous" At this mo
ment the door opened and the
lady of the house called her
pets inside while the crowd
made her blush with its laugh
ter. ANNA RECTOR.
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Wrong Ticket,
Yes, But Pat
Beat Piker
Strictly Second class
Matter, but Battle
Of Males is Simple
for Irish.

DAT O'BRIEN was riding In q
first-class compartment on q
railroad in England during the
war. Ignorant of the rules regard
ing smoking on the road, Pat very
leisurely took out his clay pipe and
proceeded to enjoy a good smoke.
At the first whiff of smoke an
Englishman, a feIlow-passenger in
the same compartment, stepped
over and informed Pat that 1t was
against the rules of the railroad to
smoke in first-class compartments,
but Pat only looked daggers, at his
meddIesome fellow-passenger and
continued to enjoy his pipe. At
this the Englishman called an IN
spector and reported Pats defiance
Of the rules.
The inspector stepped over to
Pat and in very peremptory man.
ner ordered him to put up his pipe
at once. Pat did so, but, pointing
his finger scornfully at his English
fellow-passenger, replied:
THAT countryman Of yours
there Is not obeyin' the rules, ay-
Their, fur he's ridin' in the furst
class place with a secon' class
ticket"
The inspector now turned to the
fellow who had reported Pat and
demanded to know IL Pats state
ment regarding him was true. Re-
ceivtng an answer in the affirrna-
tive, the inspector very angrily or.
dered the Englishman to the. Sec
ond-class compartment.
When the train drew into the
London station, the inspector again
sought out Pat and thanked him
profusely for having reported the
unworthy Englishman.
But" asked the inspector, low
did We know that e was ridin' on a
secon'-class ticket?"
Because" replied Pat, jumping
briskly to the ground, lit was the
same color as me own"
HERVE J. L'HEUREUX.
The Washington times., 1923-01-07

Most men and some women.
though with the latter It IL
going ont Of style. have occasion
TO frequent barber shops. FOR the
purpose Of getting their hair cut.
These institutions, though Of
secure standing in the commlIn-
ity, have peclliarities.
Some BARRIERS charge forty
cents Tor . haircut. Most bar
bers charge fifty cents. and there
are some, It Il said, who charge
more. 70 these LAST, however.
aIlusion is made only in passing
and In . hushed tone Of rev-
erencs.
The problem Il to discover the,
forty-cent barber without, Of
course. openly assaulting some
shop and blatantly asking In the
sight and hearing of all con-
cerned. "Sir, how much do you
charge for q haircut?" Such folly.
is not to be- thought Of, It isn't
done. and besides, II requires
courage. The critics Of 8 barber
shop are known to BE- far more
pitiIess than the most heartIess
Of art or musical critics.
The matter Of paying = barber
IL one to be treated delicately.
IN landing brook trout one does
not make use Of . gaff and club.
One young man. having just had
his hair cut. stepped down from
the chair and drew out his purse
in order to make payment. Be
ing man Of some Judgment, he
took out q half dollar. not that
he conceded this was . fifty-cent
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Practical Joke
Almost Tragedy
for kid NcWSie
Prank on .Huckster
Nets Cut on Head,
But Speed Afoot
Proves Asset.

'' was just a feelin' right good
and wanted TO. stir up some
fun said little sonny Green.
Southeast newsy, az he held his
head UP from an army cot at the
station house while doctor treat
ed a severe cut on his head. caused
by an infuriated huckster, who
throw pruning knife at him.
Il gave 'em q good chase. and
/ bet he wishes he could run like
can" cried Sonny. II didn't
think he'd get 50 wild. / just un-
done one Of the wheels on the cart
for fun and we started up the
street 1t came off and all the apples
bounced out-and then saw some
white teeth and white eyes glar-
ing at me and I ran! But he
0I0nT eaten me.
when I turned around once he
threw something at me and
couldn't see and everything went
back on me-but gee, he can't run
like 1 can"
The huckster, when taken into
custody, loudly acclaimed his in
nocence and accused the newsie Of
running his business. He said,
"You mak'a me go to Jail and 1
no have my oppols. You mak'a
HIM payv'
Sonny will be better in a few
days, the officer says.
Hell be- a wiser boy hereafter
and 1 don't think he will try any
more Of his jokes out on fruit
venders."
AS for the fruit vender, the off,
Ger indicated that he would be
given time to think over his act
at the public expense.
CHARLES M. SAMMONs.
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Youth From Russia
Writes Good Verse
i'm Adopted Tongue
Sam Cohen's Poems
Found Place i'm At
lantic Monthly and
Receive Praise of
Critics.

Out Of the hodge-podge Of ma
tionalities from the four cor
ners Of the earth which come to-
gether in Washington's Americani-
zation School, unusual ability and
talent are sometimes brought to
light: One Of these prospective
Americans, Sam Cohen, whose
name in his own country il more
euphonious but less pronounceable,
has written some poems which
have attracted much favorable
comment.
Sam is q young Russian Jew
who has been In this country just
two years. His entire knowledge
Of English has been gained in this
short time at the Anericanization
School. yet he has shown q re-
marlxable faculty for expressing
himself with beauty and original
ity in q language which Is still
strange to him.
His first attempt at poetry was
made when the pupils were asked
to write compositions on George
Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
Sans compositions took the form
Of two poems, 20 sincere In feeling
and picturesque in expression that
they found q place in the Atlantic
Monthly, which printed them with
the comment that mo young de-
scendant Of Puritan or Virginia
settlers could have struck q note
more authentic"
In Russia Sam read many books
and dreamed dreams, but had
neither the time nor the faculty
for self-expresslon. Here in the
land Of equal opportunity. with
sympathy and a. helping hand ex-
tended, he ID finding inspiration
and is fast gaining command OF
the language through which he
hopes to voice his ideals He feels
that America is his country that
our language is his language.
First" he says. 81 am human
being: then am an American"
Friends Of the young poet are to
make recollection of his poems and
have them copyrighted, for they
feel that this American by adop-
ton is some day to be heard from.
MARCELLE LIE MENAGER.
The Washington times., 1923-01-07
g Animal Boy
Shows Vivid
IMAGINATION

YlHE world Of Billy Black,
! aged four, ID peopled with
animals. Each day, according
to his fancy, tho members Of
the household represent . fam.
fly Of cows, horses, cats or dogs.
This particular day his mother
was the "old dog" his baby
brother the little dog" while
he was tho bigger OF the little
dogs. They had gone downtown
to secure new slippers for Billy.
The shoe department was In the
balcony OF the small store.
Billy went up to try on slippers
while his mother made other
purchases downstairs. Much to
the surprise Of the customers,
and the ciiagrin Of the mother,
Billy was heard to call Justify
over the railing: .'Come on up
here, Old Dog, and see these
slippers.'.
ELEANOR McGINNIS.
The Washington times., 1923-01-07

day that profession the thrills the tragedies
achievements the commonplace the upfs and the DOWNFALL
humanity breakfast dinner table is real without
influence. &
influence, however, is advertised BY itself
effective only ostentatOusy used attempted
Newspaper and newspaper have influence
except when they put II parade
The best the advener in journalism newspaper report
ing may do my Judgment is start with head held high
keep there by achievement and fidelity public
duty and to the start that he rea
mission and strive to find capabilty to meet it.
f few words-refectng the consciousness
paper woman and newspaper household she lives
give either precept inspiration, the offering media
representing the saro Of the recipients may
worth while.'
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Skating Has
+ Its Drawbacks,
Boy Declares

A SMALL but energetic boy
"A was vigorously skating
along the sidewalks. Suddenly.
without apparent warning, his
fest went out from under him
and be fell with = crash. A Sc
dste passerby shuddered, feel
ing that certainly every bone
nsast BE- broken. Not 80; the
youthful skater In his invOIun.
tarily assumed posture Of sit
ling was not dOwTacast, rather
mere philosophical His remark
to the sedate passerby was,
That's the trouble with skat-
ing"
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Thus q square white envelope
BEARING n gold the legend White
House Y the open sesame 70
inst yerita1le cross-section OF
american sofiety,--a presioenta
reception Here In kaleAdoscopic
Toups may be marked eacn ana
AZ @ our national types the
AAeests fancies OF MAIN street
snllneiess with these OF the rue
&c =! ~ the one nand
soppyle sshe midole West.
raady AslhI.pfosseoi asain
TITO sok ~. len, apsentiy ;Walcn.
lng tl efg9o. ssitn long. sea.
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= fascinating babe Of tongues
q the most notable feature Of
embassy days. Vivacious French,
eonorops Italian and the sibiliant
saiom OF the south American are
~ easily distinguished as the
types that speak them. while
members Of our own state de-
partnent chat busiiy OF friends
n fofeign capitals. II the aver
age citizen IL able to grasp but
little Of their converse. he gains
thereby the more time to observe
the wonderful, diplomatic women,
who. whatever their natural fea-
lures. always seem beautiful be-
cause OF their peerless grooming.
An eat home,'. of q chief Of the
army ar ffayy a not 30 much
IKE 4. tea al a great family re-
union where everybody knows
avervbody else and all are talk
ing at once. On, every side IL
heard the ecstatic greeting .Awell,
where on earth did you come
fronng How Ionx have Won been
hera7.S4-after which conversation
settles .down to . sort Of eternal
eonsueation of the phase 'swhere
Il he now7 Where are we now?
where are you now?"
The. answers to these queries
auexeat a dizzy skimminR of the
atIaa eazatteer.-.'commands the
embassy guard In Pekin:' with
e.. Exa.EeiI con,r,isaicr IN Ar.
~.n,..s aa saa.eA IN France
80 i..now outside lin civil, ,ite,."
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name? From what State are
you?and> woe be. to the unfor-
tunate wight that is not from
any State at all! For guests at
Congressional reception also con-
jugate, but here the verb Is
changed to Where IL he from?
Where are we from? Where are
you FROM" and he is likely to
find himself in the position of the
South American explorer who
jauntily replied to a very impress
sive dowager: "Lorica -Sinu,
ma'am." receiving In return a
stare more devastating than all
the terrors of the jungle.
But the most picturesque aspect
Of Congress il to be found,
naturally, in the Capitol, on the
day of big debate. when every
member Is in his seat and the
visitors galleries are a distracting
sea Of picture hats, sables and
orchids. When a party leader
rises to make the speech Of the
day a pretty custom may be
observed-one Of his admirers will
cause a bouquet to be sent to
his wife in the gallery at the
exact moment that he IL recog.
nized.
THE HUNTERS HORN.
Best of all is it, however. to
steal away "early on one frosty
mo'nin'" to the appointed spot in
adjacent Maryland. and there wait
to descry through smoky mists
against the soft brown-green of
the hills the vivid tableau, nearly
as old as the English race, Of
long-necked. spirited hunters held
by gossiping grooms, pink coats
today descending from excessively
smart limousines--and, cynosure
Of all eyes and interest, the rest.
less, whimpering group Of stiff
tailed hounds.
A well-trained pack is a hard
thing to come by in America, so
that a drag-for the race OF Rey-
nard is well.nigh extinct in these
parts-is occasionally a somewhat
scrambled affair, with the dogs
breaking from pack every few
minutes in pursuit of squirrels or
their OWN sweet .fancy-in fact
tshall we whisper it0 there was a
case in which the hounds followed
the horses. But what of it? The
sky IL blue, fpe men look stunning
in their pini coats. and if the
horn does souRd rather too often,
what music ii sweeter than it's
mellow note t6embling through
crisp November AIR?
The loveliest Scountryside in
America, it is not Surprising that
the land surrounding the Capital
has lured many wealthy Washing
tonians to open themselves stately
houses in the rolling foothills OF
the Blue Ridge. TherA grated
Of the genuine Angio.SaxAp tradi
ton Of the old South, theW play
and very plausibly, the pant Of
country gentlemen. Within AasS
motoring distance Of the city, they
ride. shoot and entertain the veal
round, save perhaps for q hectic
six weeks in town between Christ
mas and Ash Wednesday. 80,
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WASHINGTON SEEN
AS CROSSE CTION
OF AMERICAN LIFE
Any Small Incident at Capital May Be Sig
nificant When TOmOrrOW'S Events Have
Developed Scenes Among Diplomats and
Legislators Gossip Heard About Affairs in
Many Countries.
BY DOROTHY HOLIDAY.

CUP of tea, forgotten cgarettesman things these
but in the life of great capital they may mean
= history Any guest at any party may be tomorrows
man Of the hour-the party indeed may be the moment
from which shall date epoch in the nations fe One
hears of afternoon bridge; the resigna
ton 81 cabinet officer lends zest to tennis match
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journalism at George Washington Uniyer-
sity. The details Of the competition will be
announced later. Mrs. Tiller. is president
Of the District Of Columbia Branch Of the
National League Of American Pen Women.
In announcing the gift, she states:
'"This medal, Of small intrinsic value, is
to Be given IN the hope that it will inculcate
among the members Of the class in journal
ism at George Washington University the
spirit Of public service linked with indi-
vidual ambition and endeavor.
whether one calls it journalism or news
paper reporting, there is no nobler profes-
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MRS. TILLER TO GIVE
JOURNALISM MEDAL

FRS. THEODORE TILLER, Washington newspaper woman
1vl wife correspondent Of the Atlantis Journal
has offered medal to awarded in competition which
will he omen to members Of the class in
The Washington times., 1923-01-07

bear. But the glory of Re Char
leus, Get die and I weel soon die
aussi."
The will Of the late Henry de
Charleu made generous provision
for his faithful servapt.
RoSALIE L. MATTHEW'S.
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- N : popular block 81 4 more
popular uptown street two
young ladies' Of the much
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-21

residents in general in the section
represented by Mid-City.
Besides the surface improvements
on 18th street, the association is re-
spcnsible for the repaving of 9th
street, Massachusetts avenue and irl
street and the placing of safety plat
forms for pedestrians at Thomas Cir
Gle and the assignment of traffic po-
licemen during the rush hours at a
number of .congested points in the
downtown. section,
Besides better streets and lighting.
the association stands for more lib
eral salaries for school teachers; in
creased school facilities, that. there
may be seat for every pupil; free
text books for the high and normal
several of the fire engine houses and
additional playground space. and for
certain changes In the present coming
regulations.
Has Own Paper.
The association more than a year
ago started the publication of the
MId-City Pilot. a. monthly magazine.
as ITS official organ and in which the
sessions or the association are de-
scrfbed in an accurate and interest
ing manner and in which news of the
community. is printed.
The present officers of the associa
ton are: A. J. Driscol1, president
Or. j. {. Buchanan, vice president:
Bates NJ Stovall secretarv: H. r
McC,uen. financial secretary and
Max I. Pines. treasurer The dele
gates to the Federation of Citizens
Associations are Gilbert l.. Hall and
w n. Richardson. The various COM
mlttee chairmen are: Law and legis-
lation. Gilbert L. Hail; streets and
alleys. Henry NJ. Camp; education,
Miss A =. Burlingame; public health,
DR. NJ. II. Darnail; membership, Ar
thur F. Burgess, and entertainment.
Thomas r. Sergon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-21

to prevent tax Legislation that would
serve as a detriment to the capital at
large. Committed representing the
association have always been on
hand at the Capitol to fight in the
interest of the fiscal relations.
Mid-City has always been opposed
to the -Borland amendment effecting
the paving of public thoroughfares.
Its membership has expressed itself
as feeling that this law imposes I'M
due hardships upon the property
owner, especially in the matter OF in
creased taxes. Those persons intent
upon advocating suffrage for the Dis
tiict have never fDunI much en-
coLIagement when appealing TO the
support Of this body. The asSocia-
ton has However. gone, on record as
favoring the proposed constitutional
amendment giving representation in
Congress TO the District and the
rights Of state
The commissioners in their eff
fortsxto improve alley conditions have
In fact. practically every important
policy advocated by the Commission
ers, during the life of the Mid City
association. has had the latters' sup
port. There have been instances.
though. when certain policies of the
Commissioners did not meet with the
approval of the association, but while
the latter withheld its endorsement,
1t did not. in every instance publicly
offer opposition.
Work for Streets.
Next to the committee on law and
legislation. headed by Gilbert L. Hall
as chairman. the committee on streets
and alleys is deemed second in inn
poEtance by the Mid-City Associa-
ton. Henry NJ. Camp is chairman Of
this group and he has done much for
both members of the association and