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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-06
By Eleanor Meherin
The Biggest and Best Story Of
Her Career.

mex N0KCCEs
FORA LEE liked to hear Rich
ard talk. He had read q
- great deal and had a knack
for remembering the salient and
picturesque and narrating it with
an easy. whimsical hurnor. he
liked the good things If life
pretty girls old liquors fine
music.
He was entirely unconventional
and as tolerant as Tam O'Shanter
when the ale made him ''glori-
GUS" Americans he liked i'm.
lnensely, but regarded them prig-
grish and sentimental where It
didn't pay to be either.
Nora Lee amused him. When
she ceased to amuse, she hon.
estly interested him. Her ex.
treme youth piqued his curiosity
because it was coupled with so
much eager warmth. For this
reason he considered her cold
ness assumed and unlikely to en-
dure.
Driving home from an after
theater supper when he, at least,
was warmed with several cock
tails, he put his arm about her.
This she chose to ignore. But
once Richard stopped down and
kissed the back Of her neck as
she suddenly turned her head.
She flushed scarlet, but said
nothing. She refused his invi-
tations for two weeks. This
heightened his mystified enjoy
ment. When they finally met
again he twitted her. She
shrugged and answered boldly:
"You must think you're greater
than the King of Portugal! Be-
fore he could take cut Gaby de
Lis, not to mention kissing her,
he had to send seventeen large
pearls by way of appreciation"
How many do yon require?"
That's just where 1 surpass
Gaby! You may send all the
pearls in the South Seas and still
you may not kiss me!p
docs it cost anything to look
ct your"
Yes! Obedience to my willv'
He yielded this in more or less
irregular fashion. He began to
wonder If Nora Lee was deliberte-
~ leading him along. He be.
came uneasy as he found himself
growing more eager for her COM
pany.
If Richard was no problem to
her, she was becoming one to
him.
One Saturday evening a Few
months after her talk with Max,
Richard took her to dinner. They
had a chummy, delightful time.
Richard had spent the after.
noon with visitors from London.
They had consumed uncounted
bottles Of very old Scotch whis-
key.
Perhaps if it had not been for
this the thing would never Ihave
happened.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-06
GOING JOY RIDING
Beatrice Fairfax Urges Girls Not to
Risk Reputation and Perhaps Life
for a Little Excitement.

ingly and drovs rapidly out of the
city. Then they turned into .
little freQuented highway, and
from there into q heavily.wOOded
lane. BY this time It was late
twilight.
Please" said Peggy. Lets
turn back now. Mother will Be
expecting NETS nearly dinner
time"
There's no hurry" replied the
stranger, and he parked his car.
I'VE have all night for our Joy.
ride. You can telephone some
excuse to your mother" And
then he put his arms around
Peggy and despite her protests
kissed her.
Peggy, thoroughly alarmed, be-
gan to cry.
Please, please take me home"
she beseeched. eff you don't my
brother win have the police
searching for me-"
''Who IL you brother?" asked
the stranger.
Peggy mentioned the name Of
a well-known man.
The stranger released his hold
on her and looked at her In sur
prise.
why, I believe you're a good
girl IL you're his sister," he said.
"Of course I'm good-how dare
you doubt, that?" sobbed Peggy.
Because good girls don't take
joy-rides with strangers. When
a girl accepts such an invitation
from a man he's justified in a.
Stunning she's the other kind.
IT know your brother-Iu
drive you to your home.
1.-THE man who extends an in
vitation such as mine this after.
noon takes it for granted that
the girl who accepts is without
scruples and willingly places her
self in his power.
81 have a wife who happens to
be abroad just now. ! don't care
to have this incident advertised.
I shall keep silent about your
indiscretion-provided you do not
mention 1t even to your brother.
But IL you tell and I hear Of it.
I'll do some talking. too"
The ride home was silent.
Peggy was overcome with humilia-
ton and a sense of her narrow
escape from tragedy.
In these days of hiking, thou
sands Of girls have been helped
on their way by strange auto
drivers in a pure spirit Of friend
illness. Nevertheless, in accept
ing such an invitation You take a
k4kuO4W6 OAA6A1GGs 40 ~ WA SAA
while to gamble for such high
stakes as life and honor-all for
the sake Of an auto ride?
The invitation fraught with
most danger, however, is the
suave flirtatious, "Will you take
a spin?" from the man obviously
on pleasure bent rather than the
neighborly invitation to give you
a lift on your journey.
The former is q modern rendi-
ton Of ''Will you step into my
parlor?' from the spider to the
fly.
/. Az you value your womanliness,
honor and life, dear girls, I beg Of
you refuse to engage IN the auto
mobile Irritation with a stranger
which may lead to death or a
fate worse than death.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-06
| SAYINGS OF
MRS. SOLOMON
w ERILY, my daughter. q
" damsel in love is a pitiful
thtng!t
by Helen Rowland.

For 10, Love is a robber that
stealeth away her poise, and de-
spoileth her Of all her charm in
the. presence Of her Beloved.
Love strippeth woman Of her
individuality, dulleth the bright
ness of her wit and maketh her
to appear as a moron when she
would be most scintillating.
Love robbeth her of her sleep,
taketh away her appetite and
leaveth her pale and peaked,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-06

w h e n s h g
longeth to be
most glowing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-06

VWVaE lines of lovely gre-the lines of frohe symbolic
heart lines the ice with their flashing skates
the lines that come from worry when one WILL weep-the
lines Of past events that with coorthe
telers declare they find hands forete the
futureau these lines interesting but they're nothing
pared with he love lines that extend into marriage lines" when
TWO made ONE. POPINL
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-06
w HEN IN
DOU BIT
Bridal Bouquet for WIDOW


PEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ Is it proper for the bride,
young widow, to wear a bridal
bouquet Of white roses with a
pearl gray dress for a quiet after
noon wedding? c. M.
IVES. The bride who is being
\ married a second time does
not wear a white dress, or a
white ven, or orange blossoms.
Usually. too. she prefers to wear
or carry flowers that are not
white, since delicately colored
flowers are more effective with a
dress that Is not white. Very
light pink or light yellow roses
would be lovely with gray, and
an old-fashioned bouquet Of pastel.
shaded tiny flowers with small
white roses In the center would,
1 think, be beautiful.
nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ Is It permissible for a mar
ried woman to act as bridesmaid
at a wedding? should like a
certain friend Of mine to act as a
bridesmaid at my wedding, but
as she herself win be married be-
fore that time she questions the
propriety Of doing this. NJ. r.
TT is proper for her to act as
i your matron Of honor or as
one Of the bridesmaids. Now.
adays in choosing attendants,
either Of the bride or Of the
groom, no distinction Is made be-
tween married and unmarried
people.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-06

Love leadeth
her to do fool
ish things and
to speak with
the tongue Of
folly and in
anity, where =
little wisdom
might have
won.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-12-27
Baby Chicks

] will set my incubator December
10th to hatch january LIST. Get in on
this hatch and make some easy money
on early Broilers. Am booking or
ders for the coming season, make
your reservations now so that / can
make date of delivery to suit you.
Have multiplied my capacity four
times over last season.
Terms 10 per cent cash with order
for either Baby-chicks or custom
Matching.
Grant Newtown Breeders for sale.
~ B. F. STURGIS,
Phone 119. Pocomoke City, Md.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-12-27
INCOTEAGUE
The Wild West Of the East
BY OLIVER MARTIN

The Eastern Shore of Virginia does
not differ much from the Eastern
Shore of Maryland, except that from
a historical standpoint it is Older and
that it has fewer towns.
The county touching Maryland is
Accomac the other is Northampton.
Originally, the whole territory was
called Accawmacke, an Indian word
meaning ION the other side of the big
water" referring, Of course, to the
Chesapeake Bay. t,ts
When, in 1912, all of Virginia was
divided into shires, This region became
ore of the divisions, ard the name was
changed to Northampton, the name of
a county in England. In 1862, the
territory was divided and the upper
part took the old name of Accaw-
macke, which later became Accomack,
and the lower part continued to be
known as Northampton.
Accomack county is about 40 miles
long, with an average width of 10
miles, and a population of about 3d.
900. Northampton county is about 80
miles long, with an average width Of
S miles and a population Of about 49,
900.
The first settlers on the Eastern
Shore of Virginia crossed the Bay
from the mainland. Thomas Savage
is credited with being the first white
man to take up lands, and in 1919 was
given tract by the Indian king who
ruled that part of the country. The
Savage family on the Eastern Shore
is therefore one of the Oldest fami-
lies in the United States.
The distance from jamestown en-
couraged in the settlers spirit of in
dependence, and early in it's history
We find trade not only with the moth
er country and New England, but with
Holland. There was mercantile
house on the peninsula, doing business
with foreign countries, as early as
1910, with a large trade in tobacco
and sassafras, Nh
It is said that the records of North
ampton and Accomack counties are
the oldest in the United States. In
cidentally, the people in these two
counties are largely the descendants
Of the original settlers. Of the pres
ent white population, less than one
tenth Of one per cent is foreign born.
Of course, there is large Negro pop
ulation, something like 40 per cent.
These colored people are nearly all
employed as farm laborers.
At the time Of Bacon's Rebellion, in
the Virginia colony, Governor Berkeley
was forced to flee from jamestown,
and he took refuge in Accawmacke.
Here he was joined by band of fol-
lowers from various, parts of Vir-
ginia, and from Accawmacke he led an
"army" against Jamestown, but was
repulsed and forced to return to the
peninsula. ta
One of the historians describes Ac-
cawmacke at that time as "the home
of sailors, oysternen and longshore-
men, a distant region scarcely looked
upon as a part of Virginia" /.
Bacon died shortly after and the
rebellion collapsed, and Berkeley once
more took the reins at jamestown.
He also took revenge on Bacon's fol-
lowers. When Charles the Second
of England heard about it, he ex-
claimed: "That old fool has hanged
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-12-27
CHINCoTEAGUE NO. 1

CHINCOTEAGUE NO. 1 -. =. ..........
About two years ago an automobile
road was built over the marshes, with
bridges over the inlets, and Chinco-
league began to step out in earnest.
II is fast losing some of the character
istics which marked it as unique a.
mong American communities. But at
least one man from the outside is glad
that he had an opportunity to look
upon Chincoteague before jazz or
chestra was organized there and to
walk and talk with its people before
they started wearing pink silk shirts
and purple socks. y
/ !. In a year or two they'll all be as
modern as ten tube radio set. AL
ready there are two banks and high
school and some of the folk are clam
oring for new hotel, altho' the pres
ent establishment is more comfortable
than any other the writer found on
the whole Eastern Shore peninsula.
We would not be surprised to 60 back
there next summer and see some
bright young real estate man selling
water front lots at twenty cents a
square foot. And lot of hot-dog
stands and all that sort Of thing.
Isn't it perfectly terrible what civil
ization can do to place?
Chincoteague Island, on account Of
the distance from large cities and
consequent freedom Of the waters
from pollution, is especially suitable
for oyster culture, and the oyster in
dustry has been established there
since 1S49. The island is the home Of
the famous Seatsg oyster, and in the
plant of Charles Hill, proprietor of
the business, every, Seatag oyster is
Individually inspected, a tin tag fast
ened to its shell, and the oyster hand
packed. These oysters are used prin-
cipally for serving on the half shell at
good clubs, hotels and restaurants.
Fishing is also carried on extensive
", both as business and for sport.
During the spring catch, the pound
fishermen have been known to take
800 barrels day. These fish are usu-
ally sold by telephone to buyers in
Baltimore, Philadelphia and New
York.
AS for sport fishing, the telephone
plays part in that, too. The pro-
prietor Of the hotel has several "cus-
toners" to whom she telephones when
the fish are biting freely, and if you
stop over at the hotel for day or
two in summer and look out of your
window early in the morning, you can
usually see two or three early-rising
and hopeful fishermen leaving the old
front porch for the wharf.
Another thing of interest in con-
nection with Chincoteague is the wild
goose farm Of J. w. Wheaton, the
largest of it's kind in the United
States.
From Chincoteague to the mainland
you can travel either by boat to
Franklin City or by bus, across the
marshes and through the woods, to
LeCato, which is little hopping off
place on the N. Y. P. & N. R. R., usu-
ally spoken of--that is, the railroad
as the Nyp and N.
On this road, which goes right thru
the whole peninsula, you can take a
train for points north, by way Of Will
mington, or points south, by way Of
Cape Charles and Norfolk. M
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-12-27
VIRGINIA v. PAYNE

late of Worcester County, deceased.
All persons having claims against
the deceased, are hereby warned to
exhibit the same, with the vouchers
thereof, to the subscriber on or before
the Gath day Of May, 1925. They
may otherwise by law be excluded.
X EUGENE, G. PAYNE. n
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-12-27
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Il Notice is hereby given that the
subscriber has obtained from the Or
'phans' Court for Worcester County,
Maryland, letters of Administration
on the personal estate Of
Evening star., 1924-10-26
REPUBLICAN DRIVE
IN EAST SCHEDULED
Intensive Campaign Along Sea.
board Planned for Clos
ing Weeks.
Blythe Associated Press.

Blythe Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 25.-Eastern
hsadauarters Of the Republican ma
rfonal committee announced today
that it would conduct an intensive
speaking drive next week in all the
New England States, New York, Penn
syisanla, New Jersey, Delaware, Vir-
ginia, West Virginia and North Caro-
lima.
Among the speakers scheduled to
appear, in addition to Charles G.
Dawes, the vice presidential nominee
whose program has previously been
announced, are Secretary Wilbur OF
the Navy, who will deliver political
addresses for the first time since he
was recalled from the Pacific Coast
last month; Secretary Hughes, Attor-
ney General Stone. James r. Gar
he{d, Nicholas Murray Butler and
Senators Wadsworth of New York
Fernald of Maine and Pepper and
Reed of Pennsylvania.
Secretary Wilbur will speak al
Providence, r. l.. October 20, and al
Manchester, n. H, November 1; Sec
retary Hughes. at Buffalo, N Y,
October 90, and at New York City
November l, and Attorney General
Stone, at Philadelphia, October 20.
Evening star., 1924-10-26
RESERVOIR ROAD REPAIR
WORK GETS UNDER WAY
Steps Taken to Minimize Danger
of Travel on Highway, Particu-
larly at Night.

Reservoir road, the only thorough
fare leading west from Thirty fifth
street and Wisconsin avenue, between
the Canal road and Tanlaw road or
Fulton street, is beI;rs put in safe
condition by the District Commission
ers. by filling in several deep ravines
on5 the south side, where the road
crosses the deep valley Of Foundry
Branch.
The highway is narrow and has no
sidewalks and the rail fences on both
sides have been knocked down in
several places by automobiles veer-
ing Off to avoid cars. going in the
opposite direction.
Repairs in progress are designed
to minimize the danger Of travel over
the road, especially at night. There
are no funds available. it is said, to
acquire the private property along
side the road needed to increase its
width.
Evening star., 1924-10-26
TRAIL OF ssREDs'' IN AMERICA
Slightly Clad Women Capering on Beach Detract At
tention From Activities Of Anarchistic Bomb
Maker, Near Miller, Ind

local group of the knights of the
Red Star" This organization is con-
trolled by q committee of five men
and one girl, located in Boston, and
called "The Double Trinity" and is
known as an exceedingly vicious and
deadly organization. It's oath of al
legiance carries with it the promise
of death to the member who fails to
undertake a commission assigned to
him.
Man Who Made the Bombs.
The next few days were spent In
Gary in a frenzied attempt to pick
up the trail which would have been
so hot a month or two before. And
certainty that the man who had
sought to have the proclamation
printed was our same little hermit,
whom every one had accused of be-
ing a bootlegger. Not only that, but
it was established that he was one
who had made the bombs for anar-
chists throughout the country.
His name. it developed. was Alex.
Ivanoff, a Russian anarchist, who
lived in a lonely spot on the beach.
The other queer-looking fellows, we
found out. were also young Russian
anarchists, who came to him from
Cleveland, New York and other cities.
and had left with suit cases filled with
bombs. Another Russian. named Alex
de George, a che mist by profeS eSsion
and known as an anarchist, had also
been seen about the place of Ivanof
several times.
Gets Clear Away.
And those lonely walks down the
beacf-and the capers of the thinly
clad youpg women along the shore
Those capers were to attract the Gu
rious eye of any who might be about
toward the young women-thus dis
tracing attention from anything
Ivanof might be doing. Those lone
ly walks. it developed. invariably led
to spot miles east Of Miller, to
the town of Aetna, where the Aetna
Powder Co. is located. In the water
IRar the old plant had been dumped
$50 900 pounds of guncotton. AS long
as 1t was wet it was harmless. 1t was
entirely unguarded, and our friend,
the hermit" simply was walking up
and helping himself to as much of
this cotton as he wanted Dried out.
it was as good as ever Experts who
examined the guncotton pronounced
it of highly explosive nature.
On June IA we went with q war
rant to arrest Ivanoff-only to learn
that on that same afternoon a young
fellow, who said his name was Louis,
had come and taken Alex. away with
him. The girls also were missing and,
although later some of Ranoff's rela
tiveS were located, the man who made
the bombs never was apprehended.
Copyright, 1924. by Chicago Daily News Coz
(The ne1t fnxtnlIment Of this series
will be published tOmOrrOw.)
Evening star., 1924-10-26

In certain rural districts Of England
It is firmly believed that If an adder
bites a COW. the shape Of the snake COM
piete IN every scale, will appe&t m the
cream from the next milking Of the BIT
ten animal -,
Evening star., 1924-10-26

Next year will mark the centenary
Of the opening Of the first passenger
carrying railway in the worid-the line
from Stockholm to Darlington, in Eng
land.
Evening star., 1924-10-26

(The ne1t fnxtnIIment Of this series
will be published tomOrrow.)
Evening star., 1924-01-06
Machinery of Muslin.

COME noteworthy results have been
- obtained with muslin gears and
pinions which are not only very
strong, but almost noiseless. The
latter feature is of no small i'm
portance. The machine shops Of to-
day are much noisier than those of
twenty years ago, owing to the fact
that the machines for cutting and
planning iron are run from three to
six times as fast as formerly.
These gear noises are very unfor-
tunate. but it is hoped by improved
machinery and the use OF various
other materials which have been in
troduced within the last few years
that this trouble will gradually dis
appear.
There have been employed gears
and pinions made of a high grade of
muslin which have been applied to
a great variety OF uses. One of them
has been used on a boilermaker'S
punch and shear which previously
gave considerable trouble, not only
on account of noises, but in the ac-
tual breaking of the gears, due to
excessive back lash and ly-wheel ac-
tion on the machine. Such success
was had with that particular pinion
that the use was gradually extended,
SO that now, in one factory, it is be-
ing used on ten-foot planning ma
chimes. which are operated by cleo
trio motors and compressed air
clutches. as intermediate pinions for
| the reverse motion. Various sub
stances had previously been tried, in
cluding bronze, but these would go
to pieces in two or three weeks. Steel
would last much longer, but made an
| intolerable noise. Rawhide would
seem to shrink and burn out quickly,
and the factory people could very
seldom find anything that would
stand the work longer than three or
four weeks at the most.
Evening star., 1924-01-06

, ferrous shot which clipped the hat off
OF the head Of one of the volunteers
during the uncanny lull on Saturday
night. One OF the pickets struck q,
match to light his pipe and in the
same instant shot clapped out OF
the darkness and his hat whizzed of
his head.
On small popular tree standing
over the bodies of the dead mounted
| policemen was found that eioQuent
| inscription carved in the Cree:
Here died three bravea-
Almighty Voice. shortly before he
was killed, had crawled out of his
hole and asserted this noblest of In
dian traits-admiration and recogni-
tion of bravery even in his deadlaest
Of enemies The tree bearing ttds
| commemorative tribute to the RED
| Coats" stands today. the mute SEN
tinel of Americas last frontier.
r VISITED the Almighty Voice BLUM
with the outlaws mother. his soff,
his two brothers, Prosper and Gatien,
and the old halfbreed Henry SnisAs
1t was a beautiful northern sunpsss
day. Under its peaceful quietnesss
broken only by the occasional short,
gruff bark of a wolf dog, 1t was hard
I to believe that this lovely stretch of
ibush and prairieland once echoed the
thunder of the northwest rebellion
and the cannon which wiped out
| Gitchi Manitou Wayo Almighty
Voice.
| I stood at the pit and gazed long
and thoughtfully across the broad
! stretch of lowland al the rising hill
/ beyond. where the field guns were
put in position. Then turned around
and looked up the abrupt west slope
of the rise on which the bluff is sit
| uated, and I could see the spot. about
a hundred yards above, where the old
mother stood shouting and singing to
her son during the four long days
and nights of the siege.
This reminded me to look forward
| the old mother to see how she was
! reacting to her first visit to this spot
since she was carried home exhausted
on the tragic morning of May %, 1897.
/ shall never forget the figure which
met my gaze. With sleeping grand
child strapped over her back, she was
standing a little way back from the
| hole, soaking her tears in the corner
, of a crimson and yellow blanket.
watched her; she never once looked
at the hole nor did she approach it
nearer than ten feet. One hand was
mopping her eyes and the other was
picking blindly at the little twigs of
red willow which crept up to her
waist. Her head was bent as though
she was ashamed of the emotions
which she could not control.
Copyright, 1924.)