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The Washington times., 1925-05-08

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The Washington times., 1925-05-08

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t he Hoover

electric suction sweeper gently beats out the
harmful dirt that is ground into your floor COW
erings; the revolving Hoover brush loosens all
thread and lint and the Hoover air suction
draws all this destructive matter into its air
tight bag.
The colors are freshened. The soft nan
stands erect again. Years are added to the
wearing qualities Of your rugs when you use
the Hoover
Small sum down
Small sum monthly
soon make the Hoover yours.
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Most Drivers Are Careful !

People who live quiet, decent
orderly lives outnumber, thousands
to one, those whose lives are crook
ed and violent. But they don't
make news. Thus the world, to
newspaper readers, often seems
wickeder than it actually is.
A similar distortion occurs in the
facts about automobile traffic.
A thousand. careful drivers use the
roads, thread the labyrinth in safe
ty, and live long and more or less
happily. At any rate, they do not
figure in the Monday morning stor-
les of highway tragedies unless they
have the hard luck to get in the way
of some of the reckless minority.
But one reckless driver makes
more impression on the public con-
seriousness than the thousand who
drive with descent regard for their
own safety and respect for the rights
of others.
Take the wife and the kids out
in the fiivver some Sunday, and
consider the conduct of the drivers
with whom you share the road.
Not many of them are drunk
Not many of them are road hogs
Not many are discourteous.
The great majority refrain from
reckless cutting in, from racing and
crowding, from corner cutting, from
impatient disregard of traffic sig
mails.
Most of them are courteous and
considerable of others. Most of them
are as sedate and steady as old time
riders in horse drawn carriages. Most
of them are careful, not reckless.
They don't want to smash anbody,
they don't want to be smashed.
They move along with the traffic
stream, like the well behaved, sub
stantial citizens they are.
This pleasantly confirms our fav-
orite belief that most people are de-
cent. And they deserve q better
fate than to be exposed to attack
by the reckless few and to slaughter
at inadequately guarded crossings.
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Dollar For DolIar--Or Bev-
erly's Taxpayers Are Lucky

Stand down at the Five Points
some day, with bag full of brand
new, clean and cracking dollar
bills and try to sell them for dime
apiece.
You won't find many buyers.
People will look at the money, de-
eide it must be bad or you wouldn't
be trying to get rid of it and walk
on.
Anything good, that comes easy,
seems TOO good to be true.
Some people are like that about
government.
Give them inefficient and expensive
government, and they kick, foot the
bill, and remark, with pessimistic
philosophy, that "you can't expect
anything better"
Give them clean, business-like man
agement of their community affairs,
and they look for something wrong.
The City Council has done that for
Beverly.
1t has handled the peoples money
as a business management handles
it's own money, making every dol
lar produce to the utmost.
BY careful management, the City
Council has given Beverly good gov
eminent at low cost.
And the city tax rate is only 3
cents higher than last year.
The state asks for little more,
the county for little less, the city
wisely financed, stands pat.
1t is fine performance. It's crit
les are those who wouldn't give a
worn dime for a new, crisp dollar
bill.
Beverly gives dollars worth for
every dollar it takes. And that is
GOOD GOVERNMENT.
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"Hey, Kid"

"Hey, kid, c'mony take ride!"
The Washers in the autos would
not be so free with his informal in
vitation if there were fewer girls
ready to accept.
1t is true that women accosted
in the streets would do much for
the comfort and safety of all women
if they would let the police know
of their troubles.
But there are young mischief
makers who could cause endless
confusion and inconvenience by
turning in wrong reports on tag
numbers.
The little giggling tee-hee girls
who wait to be picked UP" need the
attention of their parents. instead
of protection by police.
1t is a beautiful idea of the police
to have girls turn in numbers Of
'smashers' automobiles but we
don't believe there's plugged nick
els worth of real usefulness in it.
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Your Newspaper

In spite of the fact that the me-
tropolition press now reaches into
nearly every town and village in
the country, the local newspaper in
the United States is each year get
ting on firmer foundation and be-
coming more and more useful to its
home community.
1t may be said that the day of the
metropolition newspaper is at hand.
This is true, but it is equally as true
that the day of the local newspaper
is here too.
The metropolitan daily with it's
worldwide news, its comic sheets and
its magazine supplements, while of
course essential in our modern civil
cation, cannot take the place of the
home newspaper. The very fact
the big city daily must cover a broad
field forbids its becoming local in
any sense, and it is in the local field
where the home newspaper dominates
and where it finds its true usefulness.
For, after all, it is the home news
which is most important to most of
US. We have the greatest interest in
the community in which we live, and
in the people who are our neighbors
and friends. And it is the local
newspaper which records the hap
penings of the folks at home, and
in addition fosters the civic pride
and progressive spirit of the COM
munity.
1t is the home newspaper which
boosts the town year in and year out
which refuses to advertise the city
merchants in competition with the
local business men and which takes
the lead every enterprise which
has for its purpose the upbuilding
and prosperity of the community.
We frequently hear it said that the
old time independent spirit of the
newspaper is gone that it's editorial
policy is now subservient to the bus
mess office. Yet this is not true.
There is more unselfish idealism in
the average local newspaper than in
any other business enterprise. 1t
frequently speaks out in the way
which it believes will be for the good
of the nation and of the community
regardless of what the community, |
may be from q business standpoint.
This is more than the average bus
mess man will do or can do.
Of course the local newspaper is |
now on firm business basis. This |
is why it is improving from year to
year, why it is giving its readers
constantly better newspaper, and
why it is increasing its influence for
good in the community. But the loo
al newspaper is still the principal |
booster for the community and it |
does it's boosting often without any
hope of material reward.
Unfortunate indeed is the commun-
ity which neither appreciates or
supports its local newspaper.
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i. o. o. r. Minstrel

The First Annual Minstrel Show
and Dance under the auspices Of Bey-
erly Lodge No. 95, I. O Q. T will
be held in Odd Fellows Hail on Sat
urday evening, April 18th. This is 9
eorking good show-the talent being
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-04-10

presented by "Billy" Penn Minstrels
Of Ardmore, Pa. Several of the cast
are ex-professional men from Du-
mont's Minstrels. of Philadelphia
Another feature will be the awarding
Of four handsome prizes. Don't for
get to be on hand.
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HOW'S THIS?

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BANNER ADS BRING RESULTS
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Proper
Lighting

There's right lamp in color. size and
shape for every purpose Have. light with
out glare. without shadows Let us h p
you choose your Mazdas
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Public Service
May First
is
National
Moving Day

and it's not far away on the
calendar. You will need cleo
trio and gas service the very
hour you move to your new
home. We are anxious to
give you uninterrupted serv-
ice, so please notify us if
you're going to move, so that
we can arrange to give you
service without waiting.
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Make Your Rugs Look
Better and Last Longer

Dust and dirt dull the pleasing colors of your
rugs--thread and lint become tangled in the
silky nap and fatten it.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-07-23

Downstairs. in the crowded Kitchen: he
had seemed quite the man. Now, in
the yellow lamplight, his profile sharp
" outlined, she saw that he was just
a small boy with tousled hair About
his cheeks, his mouth, his CHA. one
could even see the last faint traces Of
soft infantile roundness.
ICES just little boy" thought Sc
lima. with q quick pang. he was about
to pass her now. without giancing at
her, his head down. She put out her
hand; touched his shoulder. He looked
up at her. his face startlingly alive,
his eyes blazing. 1t came to Selma
that until now she had not heard him
speak. Her hand pressed the thin
stuff Of his coat Sleeve X ..s,s ,.., ,..
"Cabbages - fields Of cabbages-
what you said-they are beautiful" he
stammered He was terribly I'm earnest.
Before she could reply he was out Of
the room. Gathering down the stairs.
Selma ST God. blinking a little.
The glow that warmed her now en-
dured while she splashed about in the
inadequate basin; took down the dark
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-07-23
Chapter III

Every morning throughout NOvem-
Der 1t was the same. At six o'clock:
Miss Peske! Oh, Miss Peake!"
I'm upW Selma would call in what
she meant to be gay voice, through
:hattering teeth.
You better come down and dress
where is warm here by the stove"
Peering down the perforati02s in
the foor-hole through which the par
Tor chimney swelled so proudly into
the drum, Selma could vaguely descry
Mrs. Pool stationed just below, her
gaze upturned.
That first morning, on hearing this
Invitation, Selma had been rocked be-
tween horror and mirth. 'I'm not
cold, really. I'm almost dressed. I'll
be down directly"
Maartje Pool must have sensed
some Of the shock In the girls voice ;
or, perhaps. even some of the laugh
ter. "Pool and Jakob are long out
already cutting. Here back Of the
stove you can dress warm"
Shivering and tempted though she
was, Selma had set her will against
It, II won't go down." she said to
herself. shaking with the cold. Il
won't come down to dressing behind
the kitchen stove like alike peas
ant in one of those dreadful Russian
novels. -. That sounds stuck up
and horrfd. The Pools are
good and kind and decent. But
I won't come down to budding behind
the stove with bundle of underwear
in my arms. Oh, dear. this corset's
like casing Of ice.
"But / won't dress behind the kitch-
en- stove I" declared Selma, glaring
meanwhile at that hollow pretense,
the drum. She even stuck her tongue
out at 1t (Only nineteen, remember y.
When she thought back, years later.
on that period Of her High Prairie
experience, stoves seemed to figure
with absurd prominence in her mem
ory. That might well be. A stove
changed the whole course of her life.
From the first, the schoolhouse
stove was her bette noir. Out of the
weller Of that first year it stood, huge
and menacing, a black tyrant. The
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chest. Now it had become a refuge,
snug. safe, Infinitely desirable. She
turned to Mrs. Pool IL think I'll
60 up to my room. I'm very tired. The
ride, suppose. I'm not used :"
Her voice trailed OF.
"Sure," said Maartje. briskly. She
had finished the supper dishes and was
busy with huge bowl. neur, q baking
board. "Sure 20 up. got my broad
to set Jet and what ALL"
III could have some hot water"
"Roelfl Stop once that reading and
show school teacher where 10 hot wa
ter. Gsertjel Joztna! Never In my
world did I see SUCH" She cufted q
convenient pixtail by way Of emphasis.
A wall arose.
"Nevor mind. 1t doesn't matter.
Don't bother" Selma was In sort of
panic now. She wanted to be out of
the room. But the boy Roelf, with
quiet swiftness, had taken a battered
tin pail from its hook on the wall, had
kitchen stove. A mist Of steam arose.
He dipped the pail into the tiny reser-
voir thus revealed. Then, as Selma
made as though to take it. he walked
past her. She heard him ascending
the wooden stairway. She wanted to
be after him. But first she must know
the name Of the book. over which he
had bsen. poring. But between her and
the book outspread on the table were
Pool. Hoogendunk. dog. pigtails.
Maartje. She pointed with deter
mined f0rennger. "What's that book
Roef was readlngT
Maartje thumped q great ball Of
dough ON the baking board. Her arms
were white with flour. She kneaded
and pummeled expertly. "Woorden
beck"
Well. That meant nothing. WOorden
beck. WOorden b. Dimly the mean
ing Of the Dutch words began to come
to her. But it couldn't be. She
brushed past the men in the tipped
back chairs, stepped over the collie,
reached across the table. WOOrden
word. Cookbook. Word book.
Hes reading the dictionary" Selma
said, aloud. Hes reading the dictjOn-
airy" She had the horrible feeling
that she was going to laugh and cry
at once; hysteria.
Selma flung q goodnight over her
shoulder and made for the stairway.
He should have all her books. She
would send to Chicago for books. She
would spend her thirty dollars a month
buying books for him. He had been
reading the dictionary!
Roelf had placed the pail of hot
water on the little wash-stand and had
lighted the glass lamp. He was intent
on replacing the glass chimney within
the four prongs that held it firm
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come to the shed door and stand there
moment, hugging her arms in her
rolled apron and smiling at them, I'M
.Omprehending but companiOnable.
You make fun, h'm?"
"Come in, Mrs. Pool. Sit down on
my box and make fun. too. Here, you
may have half the shawl"
"Og Heden! | got no time TO sit
down." She was Off.
ROelf slid his plane slowly. more
slowly, over the surface of satin-smOOth
oak board. He stopped. twined a curl
Of shaving about his finger. when l
am man, and earning. | am going to
buy nv mother silk dress like saw
in a store in Chicago and she should
put it on every day. not only for Sun
day; and sit in a chair and make little
line stitches like Widow Paarlenberg.
What else are you going to do when
YOU grow up?" She waited. certain
that he would say something delight
full.
Drive the team to town alone to
market"
"Oh, ROeIf!"
"Sure. Already have gone five times
twice with Jakob and three times
with Pop Pretty soon, when l am
seventeen or eighteen. l can go alone
At five in the afternoon you start and
at nine you are in the Haymarket.
There all night you sleep on the wagon
There are gas lights. The men play
dice and cards. At four in the morn
ing you are ready when they come. the
commission men and the peddlerS and
the grocery men. Oh, it's fine. l tell
your
Roelf!" She was bitterly disap
pointed.
Here. Look" He rummaged ar0un'
in q dusty box in q corner and, sud
denly my sSs::c. laid before her tori
sheet Of coarse brown paper on which
he Tad skstched crIdely, effectively
a melee Of great-haun:hed horses; wa
gona piled high witt garden truck
men in overalls and corduroys; harinI
gas torches. He had drawn 1t with
stub Of pencil exactly as It looked T
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1925-07-23
MAN LOSES HOPE

"For ten years have suffered Sc
verely from stomach trouble. The
doctor said l had a cancer of the
stomach and nothing would do but an
operation. l took my last round of
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy 2 IL
years ago Since then sleep well,
eat what l want and feel fine" 1t
is simple, harmless preparation that
removes the catarrhal mucus from
the intestinal tract and allays the in
Elimination which causes practically
| all intestinal ailments, including ap-
pendicitis. One dose will convince
or money refunded.
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him. TIE result was as startling m
that achieved by the present-day dis<e
pie Of the impressiOnistlc scho"'.
Selma was enchanted.
Once, early in December, Selma
went into town. The trip was born Of
sudden revolt against her surround
ings and a great wave Of nostalgia for
the dirt and clamOr and crowds OF
Chicago. early Saturday morning
Klaas drove her to the railway station
ave miles distant. She, was to stay
until Sunday. A letter had been writ
ten Julie Hempcl ten days before. but
there h-5 been no answer. Once IA
town sne went straight to the Hempel
house. Mrs. Hempel, thin-lipDed, met
her in the hall and said that Julie was
out of town. She was visiting her
friend Miss Arnold. In Kansas City.
Selma was not asked to stay to dinner.
She was not asked to sit down. When
she left the house her great fine eyes
seemed larger and mOHe deep-set than
ever, and her jaw-line was set hard
against the invasion Of tears. Sudden-
ly she hated this Chicago that wanted
none Of her; that brushed past her.
humping her elbow and Offering no
apology; that changed, and shrieked,
and 'whistled, and rOared in her ears
now grown accustomed to the prairie
silence.
She spent the time between one and
three buying portable presents for the
entire Pool Observation-Disclosures 10
nanas for Geertje and Josina, for
whom that farinaceous fruit had the
fascination always held for the farm
child. She caught q train at four thir-
ty-dve and actually trudged the ave
miles from the station to the farm,
arriving half frosen, weary, with aeh-
ing arms and nipped toes. to great
welcome Of the squeals. gruntN. barks.
and gutturals that formed the express
sion of the Pool household. She was
astOnished to find how happy she was
to return to the kitchen stove. to the
Ito Be Continued Soon.)
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rhls 10 q vegetable farm, and they
d0Mt eat vegetables. I wonder why.
What q pity that she let's herself
lock like that. Just because she's a
farm woman. Her hair screwed into
that knob. her skin rough and neglect
cd. That, hideOus dress. Shapeless.
she's not. bad Stocking. either. A red
spot On either cheek. now: and her
eyes 20 blue. A little like those women
in the Dutch pictures father took mo
to see Observation-Disclosures
York, years agof-yes. But that wom-
ans face was placid. This ones
strained. Why need she look like that,
fr0wsy. horrid. oldl The boy 10,
somehow foreisn-looking - italian.
Queer. They talk good deal
like some German neighbOrs we had IL
Milwaukee. They twist sentences.
Literal translati0ns from the Dutch. ]
suppose"
Jakob Hoogendunk. Pools hired
hand, was talking. Supper over, the
men sat relaxed. pipe in mouth.
MaartJe was clearing the supper things.
with Geertje and Jozina making a
great pretense at helping. If they gig
gled like that in school, Selma thought,
she would. in time, go mad, and knock
their pigtailed heads together.
ROelf. at the table. sat porting over
a book. one slim hand, chapped and
gritty with rough work, Outspread on
the cloth. Selma noticed, without
knowing she noticed, that the fingers
were long, slim, and the broken nails
thin and fine.
Selma wanted, suddenly, to be alone
in her room-in the room that but an
hour before had been a strange and
terrifying chamber with its towering
bed its chill drum. it's ghostly brides
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Klass Pool, already at table,
thumped with his knife. est down,
teacher" Selma hesitated. looked at
Maartje. Maartje was holding fry
ing pan aloft in one hand while with
the other she thrust and poked a fresh
stick of wood into the open-lidded
stove The twoSpigtails seated them.
selves ut the table. set with its red
checked cloth and bOne-handled cutlery.
Roelf flung his cap on q wall-hook and
sat down. Only Selma and Maartje re-
manned standing. "Sit down! Sit
down." Klass Pool said again. jOvial-
~ "Well. how is cabbagesT He
chuckied and winked. A duet Of tit
ters from the pigtails. Maartje at the
stove smiled; but a tribe grimly. one
might have thought. watching her. Evil
IDENTIFY Klass had not Rugged his joke
In secret Only the boy ROelf remained
unsmiling. Even Selma, feeling the red
mounting to her cheeks, smiled little.
nervously, and sat DOWN with some
suddenness.
Maartje Pool now thumped down ON
the table great bowl Of potatoes fried
in grease a platter Of ham. There was
bread cut in chunks. The coffee was
rye, toasted in the oven; ground. and
taken without sugar or cream. OF this
food there was plenty. It made Mrs.
Tebbitt's Monday night meal seem am
brosial. Selina's visions Of chickens,
oly-koeks. wild ducks. crusty crullers,
and pumpkin pies vanished. never to
return. She had been very hungry, but
now, as she talked. nodded, smiled, she
cut her food into tnf1nitesimal bites,
did not chew them so well, and de-
spised herself for being dainty.
"Well." she thought, sits going to be
different enough that's certain. 4.