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Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-02
DICTIONARIES IN
LOCAL EFFORTS
TO AMERICANIZE
Splendid Campaign on
East Side Being Aid
ed by Post

Education and the necessity OF
personal contact are the main es-
scntials in the Americanization
work which Boycr Aten Post, Am
crican Legion, plans to do, accord
ing to the report made ut last
night s meeting, by Ed Porath chair
man Of the Americanization com
mittee.
Porath told of the work which
the post is doing in the establish
ment of Il school on the east side
where the fundamentals of Ameri-
can history may be taught to the
foreign born, and where they may
at least learn to read and write
TIE English language.
The Americ;. ;.nization committee is
working in cooperation with similar
committees from the Ten Thousand
Club, the Rotary Club and other
local organizations. In the course
of its work, Porath said, the com
mittee discovered the existence OF
an organization on the east side
which has instructed the foreign
born not to become American cltl-
zens, and has urged them to have
their children refuse to salute the
flag at the opening of school.
A comprehensive program. in
cluding patriotic addresses on good
citizenship in all the schools of the
city by prominent speakers, is part
of the work undertaken by the com
mittee. Porath reported that the
city council has shown its willing
ness to assist in the work by ap-
propriating money for !. school
house to be used in the Americana
CATION work.
Will Sponsor Troops
Following considerable discussion
on the necessity Of the Legion TAX
ing an active interest in the Boy
Scout movement, Cal Mousseau and
John NJ. Kepley were appointed a
committee to confer with Scout
Executive McCrory on the establish
ment of new troop i'll this city
which will be sponsored by Boyce
Aten Post.
An intensive campaign for new
members viii be conducted during
the week OF February II, ending
with "mopping up campaign on
Friday, February Is, i'll which the
services of every member of tht
post is enlisted. There are many
ex-seryice men in IL Centre whe
are not members of the Legion, and
it is hoped to get them all lntC
Boyee Aten post.
| The post is planning to put OF
, q play early in April and com
| mittee composed of Charles Barry
j. j. McMurray and Clint ,narri'
was appointed to take up this
matter and decide upon the play
, to be given and the date for 1T
/ presentation.
Following the business mceting
| the members of the post enjoyed
feed" provided by members ol
the entertainment committee, IN
Guiding o. w. Layman, Paul May
field and "Pat" Thaanum.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-02
COMING SHOW BRINGS MUCH
ACTION, PEP" MUSIC, GIRLS

middlewest, west and south with
the original number one attraction
1t is not hard to find Therefore,
why the annual advent of the Mar
Gus SHOW is regarded as a red let
ter event in the larger cities it
chooses as its stamping ground.
Even in the style of the enter
tainment the Marcus Show differs
from Its eastern brothers. Speed is
the keynote of the Marcus Show,
which comes to the Palace Theatre
one might only Wednesday Feb
ruary s. as ii is of its favored tour
ing place and has been salient
feature for years past. This, the
greatest of western shows is bigger
i'll size this season than ever be-
fore in history.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-02
Condemned Trio
Awaiting Action
On Their Appeal
BY United Press Leased Wire

Los ANGELES, Feb. 2.-Aetion
on appeal from the death sentence
was today awaited by three young
men, condemned to die on the gal
lows for the death of Charles a.
Chapman. insurance salesman.
Jack Ferdinand, John Sears and
John "Smoky" Geregac, the latter
two members, of Ferdinand g
gang win hang for the murder
three lives taken in retribution for
one.
Appeal for new trial was heard
by Superior Judge Russ Avery yes
terday, but it fell upon deaf ears.
Holding the jury g verdict. the court
pronounced the death penalty for all
three, the first time in California
history when murder accomplices
have been sentenced to die.
CINCINNATI-Willie Hoppe de-
feated Young Jake Schaefer 1900
to 1917 in 1872 balk line billiard
match, which ended here Friday
night.
Men $ spring straw lid brims are
so wide few fill street car and
only nine make a dozen.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-02
Press Carr iers
Will Whistle
Daily

In order to provide a more
efficient carrier service to Press
subscribers, the 1nanag cement has
supplied all the Press delivery
boys with a whistle, which they
will blow at the various Places
where papers are left, IN order
that the subscriber may know the
paper has been delivered.
In this way it is believed that
many complaints regarding non
delivery, will be avoided and
loss of papers, either through be
ing blown away or taken by
those not entitled 20 them, viii
be produced to a minimum.
The Press carriers are a cheer
full lot at ali times, but now
that they are going 70 go
whiGtling through life they are
certain to add much TO the gay
iety of the city when tLe twi-
light shadows fall.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-02
IMPERIAL
BY Press Staff Corres?ondemt

IMPERIAL, February .
The Blue Triangle girls Of the
Y. W. C. A. enjoyed a pot luck
supper at the home of Miss Annette
Damron last evening.
Next Thursday evening every
girl who is out of high school is
urged to be present al the meeting.
Those present at the supper were:
Annette Damron, Lucille Bathrick,
Matte Martin, Ina Lovelady, Louise
Baer, Julia Bransby, Jessie iIallu-
baugh, Villa Lexington, Anna Bel
ford, Doris Brewers, Ella Harris
Maudc Dizney, Peggy Gates and
Sarah Sdlmen.
Church News
4 group of the school teachers
were entertained on Thursday even
ing at the parsonage with Mes
DANES II. g. Banks and G. " Pau
lin as hostcsses. A very delightful
social evening was spent with games
ard contests of mental skill as
well as artistic ability were pro
vided. Dainty refreshments were
served.
The services in the Methodist
Episcopal Church for Sunday, Feb
ruary 3 will be at the customary
hours. The pastor, Rev. II. G..
Banks will preach mt both the i
a. N. and the 1870 p. m. service.
The church school under the super
intendency of \. A. Mackey. The
Junior class will meet at 3 p. m.
and consider some boys and girls
Of the Bible. The Epworth League
will meet at 6:45 p. NJ. to discuss
tho topic "Youth and Employ
ment. "
Plans for a series of Wednesday
evenings as church study night are
being made for different groups
in the Methodist Church. Supper
will be served by committee at
$50 and a study period follow and
conclude with a short devotional
period.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-02

LOS ANGELES Construction
begins on $1,50O,O00 civic library.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-02
Z. S. G. Student Is
Suicide in L. A.

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 2.-Declar-
ed in her own words to be "the cul-
mination of years of human wretch
edness," Adelaine f. Miller, 20-year-
old University of Southern Cali
fornia student, was found dead to-
day, a suicide. The girl had inhaled
gas through a tube.
~ have never committed sin
and believe God will forgive me, "
She said in a letter to her mother,
Mrs. Nellie Miller, of Las Cruces, n.
NJ. found on a table in her bed
room.
Another letter was addressed to a
cousin, Mrs. +. f. German, 2435
South Painter avenue, Whittier.
Miss Miller was a former school
teacher and shared an apartment
with two girl companions.
Moths don't realize what clothes
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-02

Moths don't realize what clothes
cost.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-02-02
The Weather

FOR LOS ANGELES AND VI
CINITy-Fair weather with mod
crate temperature tonight and sun
day.
FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Fair tonight and Sunday.
, 1924-02-13

Among the many persons of note who
have recently been the guests of the
the Commanding Officer, Captain F. d.
Creamer and Mrs. Creamer at the Ma
rino Barracks, 1t. C:oiX vas Command
er f. NJ. Perkins, Fleet Gunnery Officer
with a large party when came in biz
Navy Sea-planes Saturday.
Commander Perkins was Gunnery Off
Ger FOR Governor Phillip Williams while
he commanded the D~readnoueht u. S. S.
Sennessee, because of the Governors in
terest In St. CroiX he wanted Command
er Perkins to visit here.
Commander Perkins has lad a long
and distinguished career in the NAVY.
1t was on his ship the u. S. s. George
Washington that President and Mrs. Viii
son went to Europe during the war. The
King and Queen of the Belgians and
other famuos DersOnages were subse-
quently passengers on his ship.
, 1924-02-13

Hydroplane. A3529 refueJlel alongside
the water-f front here on Monday. Ii Is
Of the one pontoon model w.th accomoda-
tons for about eight persons. An intense
" interested crowd gathered around
the plane which was the tifst to come
within such close range.
In circling over the town the day before
yesterday afternoon, one Of the hydro
planes, at low altitude, coIIided with and
toppled over, a portion Of the radio mast
on the wharf, sustaining itself n
damage to one of It's wings. The plane
is now hauled ashore at GalIowS Bay for
repairs.
Three Tortola smacks arrived here yes
terday morning, the City Belle" and
Flash, each with three head of horn.
ed cattle. and the Clyde" with a
cargo of Jacks" The transportation
of cattle in small boats Of this sort
where the animals are practically fore
ed into a cramped position while at
, 1924-02-13

doubt.
As the sentiments expressed in the
foreg0ing are equally applicable in this
Municipality. | have taken the liberty Of
forwarding a COPY of this letter to the
Honorable, The Chairman Of the Colonial
Council Of St. Thomas ard st. John. for
his information.
Respectfully
PHILIP WILLIAMS.
Governor.
The C|b7irmrn remarked: In view Of
th2 letter jlst rad | Forwarded an IN
vi alton uy radio to the Chairman Of the
G3l0niaI Council Of St. Thomas and ST.
John which is as follows:
RADIO.
From: Chairman, Colonial Council. St.
CrOiX.
To Judge Thiele, Chairman, Colonial
Council, ST. Thomas.
AS Chairman of Colonial Council Of
St. CroiX | extend to you and to the
Members OF St. Thomas and ST. John
Colonial Council a most hearty Invitation
to sit with our Council in Joint session
at two O'Clock Thursday afternoon for
purpose OF receiving and discussing AMI
passing IL joint session of the two C)u1-
CHS q me .QpfldI as submitted Dg 0QQlCl-
pal Committee Of both Council, with an
object OF improving economic situation
10 the Virgin Islands and at which also |
shall invite the Chairman and Members
of the Federal Commission.
ROBT. L. MERWIN,
Chairman.
The Chairman remarked: | have to
announce that | have received an answer
by radio from the Chairman Of the Colo
NAL C0uacil Of ST. Thomas and st. John
reciprocating in the most hearty manner.
His reply is as follows:
From Chairman of the Colonial Coun-
Gil OF St. Thomas and st. John
Uhiele).
To Chairman Of the Colonial Council
of St. CroiX (merIin):
On behalf of the members of the Colo
NAL Council of Saint Thomas and Saint
John | thank you for and accept your
most cordial invitation TO SIT in joint
session with your Colonial Councij to-
morrow Thursday afternoon for consider.
alton of joint resolution designed to in
prove economic conditions il Virgin Is
lands. consider this occasion a very
important one both from a historic and
from the benefit which it is hoped may
be derived therefrom. | look forward TO
seeing you upon my arrival in CHS ian
sted,
, 1924-02-13

3. Letter from Chait man of the Colo
NAL Council of st. CrOix sto Honorable
George H. Woodson, Chairman of Fed.
eral Commission, reading.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-29
As to Small Firearms

To the Editor of The Age-Herald
Your editorial in the paper this morning,
calling attention to the concealed weapon
habit in Chicago is bit harsh in that you
criticize good law because some justice
of tn peace issued permits to thugs and
criminals. The writer of this, having been
for the past several years associated with a
revolver practice club, is very much inter-
ested in any discussion involving small fire
arms.
The Sunday Age-Herald has for long
time been carrying illustrated adds of cheap
foreign made revolvers and automatics. These
adds are written by experts who, not con-
tent with attractive style, resort to down.
right MISREPRESENTATION, and there is no doubt
hut what hundreds of these worthless fire
arms have been purchased in this district,
going directly into the pockets of many
criminals and thugs.
This is not intended as a rebuke to The
Age Herald; nearly all the newspapers OF
the country are doing the same thing, and
in this way assisting Europe in paying her
debts (that they would best never be paid
is beside the question:. Rather it is warn
ing of the day. in the near future, when q
great hysterical agitation will be launched
against the pistol toting' evil and you will
he importuned to protect those criminals
now armed because of your thoughtless as
sistance by refusing to arm good citizens
The criminal cannot be disarmed by law
Might it not be best to send the criminal
Justice to Jail and tell the good citizen to
protect himself? .,
| WoodIawn Nav 81
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-29
.Strenuosity.

ny n. ADDINGToN HRUCx

+ /. T. - -t-t i - i q - 3
Why is the life Of today SO strenu0us?
Is 1t because people are more sintenseIy
eager to accomplish, are more earnestly in
terested than the people of earlier times il
the doing of worthwhile things?
Or is it simply because they are nervously
overwrought, are conscious of lack of some
thing they cannot define, and keep in motion
In the hope that somehow, some time they
will satisfy this lack?
In word, is modern strenuosity a symp-
tom of dissatisfaction? Those who have
most closely studied the consequences of un.
due strenuosity--the specialists in the treat.
ment of nervous and mental diseases-an
swer with an emphatic, YES"
Listen to one of them, the veteran New
York physician, DIR. Joseph Collins, freeing
his mind in his admirable, Letters to a
Neurologist":
ut has been said that strenuousness is oul
national characteristic, but the disease has
been mistaken for the remedial measure.
I'VE appear strenuous, but it is only oui
great effort to escape boredom. We are
fearful lest we should have a few minutes
or hours during which we may be obliged
to think or indulge in reEerie. We flee from
abstraction as we flee from the plague.
1T bores us to live in the country 1t
bores us to live at home. It bores us to
restrict ourselves to our family circle. Read.
ing for pleasure scarcely exists. Converse
ton as an art has persisted"
Is this too severe an indictment? Well
look about a bit. 1885,
Are the majority of the strenuous accom-.
plishing? Are they doing things really worth
doing?
Are they, in fact, as strenuous in their
hours Of constructive effort-their so-calle6
working hours--as in the leisure hours when
they are supposed to have time to rest and
refresh themselves and quietly plan for fur
Their accomplishment?
What is the actuality?
You know as well as / do. You know
that once freedom from work is gained there
is a rush for the automobile, the golf links
or the baseball park; stampede to the
theatre, the card table, or the dance hall. K
And if, perchance, an evening must be
spent at home, instead of spending it in ere.
alive reading, creative conversing, creative
meditating, the urge is to put lively tunes
on the phonograph or to get thrills from the
radio. There must be something doing
every moment-till the relief of sleepines'
tones.
This is not living.
1t is mere existing, an existing that in
wolves tacit confession: that the possibilities
and purposes and requirements of real living
are quite uncomprehended.
Go out and look at the stars. Go out and
listen to the wind singing through the pine
trees. Go out and get the fragrance of th'
new mown hay.
These things, and all other of Gods beau
teous gifts, were surely not meant as a set
ting for aimless strenuosity. What were
they meant for? Your soul knows full well
if you will but quiet down and give it chanc'
for speech.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-29
Watching The Parade
ny JOHN PHGRnG

Old Pop Adams got to talking over old
times at the club the other day. He has a
lot of good stories, has Pop. We listen to
them all agrin. But most of them have an
unpleasant tag.
"Old Gordon Mootch was a great old boy"
he signs. Hes dead now. Died about four
years ago"
If the Gordon Mootch of the tale had luck;
he simply popped over dead on the pave
ment, or was hit by a switch engine. Usually
these practitioners of the short-life-and-a-
merry-one doctrine spent their final; years
wrapped in blankets. The merry and short
part of the life came early. The latter part
was long and it wasn't funny. ~
one thing, Pop" I said. They all ate too
much or they drank too much or smoked too
much. They over-played their hands. Il,
Pop said that he used to hang around the
edge of the western desert, Now and then
one of the desert rats-gray, weakened, tough
men-would come in to buy supplies. Some
times they punched a string of burros. Some
times they put fifty-pound sack of grub
over their own bony shoulders and hiked
thirty miles a day, and that in a heat that
would knock over the average athlete. Even
the acclimated Arizona man carries his fin
gers in the armholes of his vest when he is
on the desert IN the summertime. IndC way
the painful throbbing is reduced.
do you know what those old desert rats
ate?" asked, Pop. Well they ate beans
Very little bacon. A little coffee or tea
A few baking powder biscuits. But they re
lied on beans, boiled in salt and water, day
in and day out. two meals day"
Naturally, they got more or less tired OF
beans They ate beans to live, and they ate
no more beans than was necessary. And they
live forever. They never die. 1t is true
Pop says, that some Of them dry UP. Then
they are blown away. a.
THE moral says Pop Adams sis NOT
that the eating of beans is the secret Of
longevity, but that the less one eats the
longer one will live. We dig our graves
with our front teeth. A fat man carries his
own mausoleum in front of him."
Viva the boiled bean! A has the, thiek
steak la sauce Bearnaise!
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-29
Rules For Old Age
BY DIR. FRANK CRANE

With apologies to Emile Faguet, whose
book on "0ld Age" do not at all fancy,
1 win try to set down some rules for old
persons. When / am old will observe the
following items (perhaps):
will not try to act nor dress nor talk
so as to make people think / am younger
than I am.
I will not pretend to be young, nor be
angry when called old, nor be ashamed of
my age.
will not complain of being old.
I will not continually remind people of
my old age to secure their sympathy or to
hear them say am not so old after ALL or
do not seem So.
viii not form the habit of indulging in
"reminiscences.
will be particularly careful not to repeat
the same anecdotes over and over.
viii not complain of the present and
claim the past was much better.
If I am deaf, weak-eyed, lame, or other
wise afflicted, will not advertise my in
firmities, but avoid obtruding them upon the
notice of others as much as possible.
/ 4 will not read my manuscripts to visitors.
will not talk of myself, my works, or my
achievements, even of my Mistakes any more
than is necessary.
will speak cheerfully or keep still.
VIII never mdulge IN 'cynlctsm, never
sneer at youth, and will try always to ap-
preciate what younger folk do. So
will be as little bored as / can, and
never say I am bored, nor, if possible, act
as if were bored.
will not give advice unless it is asked,
and not often then.
will not be irritable.
l will not be nuisance nor an incum-
brance, as far as in me lies.
will not be offended by neglect, but will
remember the words of the sage: "Those
who come to see me do me honor; those who
do not come to see me do me n favor"
/ will be as little disagreeable as possible.
and will never use my natural disagreeabie-
ness as a means of getting anyway.
l will cultivate the friendship and COM
partnership of young children, who alone
understand old age
l will learn to love to be alone, As Ibsen
1 says: THE freest soul is the soul that is
alone"
shall try to show the world that old
age is spiritual opportunity and not physical
calamity. e..-l...,
| Forced to become bystander, shall try
to be helpful and cheerful one
l shall try to sweetep like the pear DR..
| Holmes describes that mellows and becomes
full favored before 1t drops from the stem,
| and shall try not % sour and dry and rot.
/ 1 shall conceive my LIES triumph to be
to grow triumphantlS yictoriously old,
In a word I shall try to adjust myself
to old age, as 60 all other facts Of life.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-29

for light, 50 that light applied. at one
end of such a tube actually follows all
it's curves and bends coming out at the
other. end in undiminished volume, just
as water passes through and out of a
pipe in undiminished volume regardless
of bends and curves in the pipe. There
areunumberless ways, many of them not
yet thought of, in which this property
of quartz can be utilized to human ad-
vantage. One of the first that suggests
itself to the scientist is in applying cura-
tive light rays to recesses within the
body hitherto impossible of being reached
in this manner. d, 1t is evident that, in
the discovery of way to produce fused
quartz commercially at a price that is
not prohibitive,l science has made an in
valuable contribution to human WELL
being, tt
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-05-29
The Right Word
~ CURTIS NICHOLSON
NOT DETERMINATION
Find the Error In This ArfirIAl

TRINA Bno ErrOr IN VnlS ArL1cl0)
Theo. A. Camp, Long Island City, N. Y.s
isn't the second word should in the general
circular, which is quoted in the enclosed clip
ping? If so, what encouragement is given to
people. to better their English when school
authority makes such negligent error and
when the speeches of some of our public Of
ficials, such as senators, are read?'
Answer: An excerpt from the clipping
reads as follows: II would be deeply I'M
grateful :" A school official was alleged
to have said this. OF course would should
be changed to should. Every one knows that
school officials, senator's and others of like
prominence make errors in English. What
is the solution?
Contested
One who signs himself Brooklyn Reader
also contends that choir should be followed
with a singular verb. The correspondent
writes, The Right Word contends that the
following sentence is correct The choir were
ferried across the river Were it? The ques-
ton is correct If the sentence is. Mr.. Cava-
naugh is right. Right The choir was going
ON picnic and was ferried across the river.
Examine the following sentence: The herd
were crossing the stream. The sentence
is correct, as the correspondent viii learn
If he examines almost any grammar. Still
you would not ask, "Was it?" Your question
would be, Were they?" So you would in
quire with regard to the choir, Were they
being ferried across the river?" Let the cor
respondent try and find, authority for never
using plural verb with a collective noun.
Yesterdays Error
Wrong: "The Right Word" has all ready
declared it to be correct.
Right: 1.-THE Right Wore" has already de-
clared it to be correct
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