davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Intermountain Jewish news., 1926-09-23

called looking backward'?" "No,
how is it played?" you go over all
of your expenditures of the year
previous and ask yourself Why? If
you can find the answer you win"
The game can be made more inclu-
sive, it can be made to include your
acts. This part may take lot of ex-
planning to satisfy your conscience.
Considered solely with reference
to his economic value as based on his
possible future savings, man whose
maximum income is s2,5OO.00 a year
is worth about s31 100000 at thirty
years of age, after which his value
drops rapidly until at eighty it
reaches the zero mark" This is the
conclusion of statistical organiza-
ton which has devoted years to a
study of this problem. $31 100000 is
lot of money, but who can figure
the value of man to his family, city
and state? This, of course, is deter
mined not by his earning capacity,
nor even by his thinking capacity, but
by his doing capacity.
Every so often civilization discov-
ers what it deems to be something
new. For instance, the last twenty
years has seen the word Service" and
all that it implies overworked to a
marked degree. This was advertised
as something new. 1t may be well to
recall that one of the oldest Roman
coins shows an OK standing before II
plow with an inscription. Coming for
ward many centuries we find that
King John of Luxemborg, who was
killed in l346, had as his motto, 81
serve" This was adopted by the
Prince of Wales and has been re-
tanned by him ever since. 1t is not
necessary to find anything that is
new, but it is advantageous to use
some of the things that have proved
their worth, as serving others has
| done.
The Dobermann pinscher is coming
back. He lost popularity for time
but his good qualities re-established
his right for recognition. The Dober-
mann pinscher is clean cut, power
fully built dog of wonderful intelli
gence. ale is pleasant, faithful and
fearless. Not vicious but careful
easily trained to one man. Naturally
shy, it takes time to. win his absolute
affection but when won, he is devoted
for life. His power of comprehension
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WHY the rolled socks? Why an

WHY the rolled socks? Why an
w age of pompadours and
glistening stacomb? Why the jazz
music and the Charleston? Why
the petting parties? Why the lip
stick and bobbed hair? Why?
Why? And environment answers
all.
Thus does Miss Constance Lu-
ongo, so Murray Ave-, Annapolis,
Md, debate in behalf OF environ
ment in the dispute over the COM
parative effects Of that force as
against heredity. AS a reader OF
The Washington Times. and for
having written the following let
ter on heredity and environment,
Miss Luongo is awarded today's
copy of Harold Bell Wright's
newest novel, "A Son of His
Father" Her complete letter fol-
lows:
Science has disproved many
theories during the past few
years. however. 1t seems that
there Is yet one to be disproved.
The idea that heredity has con-
trolling influence over our lives
is absurd. and has no scientific
foundation. Like the ideas of the
world being fiat and the sky a
solid mass, this idea must sooner,
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Read This First

FLOSSIE and MARY ROSE
MIDDLETON are two pretty
girls, the daughters Of q Wild
owed mother. They work for
the Dexter Automobile Com
pany.
Mary Rose IL secretary to
the sales manager, JOHN
MANNERS, and Is i'm love
with him, although he's en-
gagged TO an heiress, DORIS
HING. Because OF her feel
ing for him, Mary Rose re-
peatedly refuses to marry
TOM FTTZROY, young doc.
tor.
FIossie, . born vamp, helps
keep the files under MISS
MACFARLANE. Mary Rose
discovers she Is carrying on
Irritation with the married
head Of the Dexter Company.
although she intends to marry
Dextef's secretary, young
SAM JESSUP. Mary Rose
orders her to return Dexters
gifts, among them a gold van
ity case. and F'IOssie threat
ems to leave home. But she
doesn't.
Doris HING becomes jealous
Of Mary Rose when she learns
that Manners took her home
with him to read aloud to his
invalid mother. Finally, he
tells Mary Rose that he loves
her, and how he and Doris
drifted into an engagement
where there's little love on
either side. Mary Rose de-
cides she would rather go on
working for Manners than TO
marry Tom or any one else!
One night FlOssie comes
homo at dawn, much the
worse for cocktails, and MRS.
MIDDLETON, her mother, de-
cides to take her in hand.
But it's too 1ateF lossie goes
her own wild way. She quar-
reIs with Mary Rose, and to
get even with her. tells Man
ners that Mary Rose Is Just
"stringing him along" and
really intends to marry Tom.
Glow Go on With the Story
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PROOF OF ENVIRONMENTS POWER

things which are beyond US. but
scientific things-things which 1t
is possible for us to know-should
be investigated.
1.-THE power OF environment is
evidenced in every life of today.
1t is a part Of all Of us. 1t is
influencing, shaping, molding,
training and making US. And
whatever we are-environment
made us so.
Proof of environments power
is to be seen on every avenue
and street of the city, in every
office and home.
Why the rolled socks? Why an
age of pompadours and glistening
stacomb? Why the jazz music
and the Charleston? Why the pet
ting parties? Why the lipstick
and bobbed hair? Why? Why?
And environment answers ALL"
Whether regular subscribers or
not, all readers of The Times are
invited to discuss the subject of
heredity. A copy of "a Son of
His Father" Harold Bell Wright's
new, novel. will be given every day
for the best personal experience
on this subject. Address your
opinions to the Heredity Editor,
Washington Times. Write on one
side of the paper only.
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of linen. There were no initials.
no mark Of any kind on it. What
makes you think this is mine7"
she asked.
Because 1 found it this morn
ing in my husbands automobile, /"
Mrs. Dexter answered simtly.
But that doesn't prove any
thing the girl answered. Amy
body's handkerchief could be in
your husbands car"
Again Mrs. Dexter's heavily
jeweled hand went into the velvet
bag. And then she threw down
on the desk something that rat
tied as 1t fell.
It was a gold vanity case with
jade green and platinum stripes.
Upon it was engraved "F. M"
And Mary Rose paled as she
looked at 1t.
For there could be no mistake
about 1t. The case belonged to
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TRY THE TIMES
ID ALLY
Questions

Literature. Who accused
young William Shakespeare of
stealing deer?
History. From whom was
the Louisiana Territory purchased
by the United States?
photography. Which part of
the United States has the heavi-
est rainfall?
4-Business. Which State has
more than three and a half bill
lion dollars of savings bank de-
posits?
5--Mankind. Who is called "the
ambassador Of the British EN-
pire?"
6-Human nature. Which three
qualities aid in the development
of personal power?
Answers
Science. Ambergris.
2-Law. A name under which
a person, partnership of corpora
ton does business.
3-Civics. President Coolidge
believes that national aid should
be limited to the building of main
highways.
Art. George Morland d76s-
1909.
5-Music. The close of a must.
cal, phrase.
G-Health. Chiefly through the
skin Of the feet.
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He hung his iron gray head.
And you'd do this to me, Just
on some gossip's say-so-" he
muttered.
Gossip, nothingv' Mrs. Dexter
snorted, throwing up her hand.
some chin. II have tangible proof
that you were out with this
woman who works for YOU, only
last night, when you said you
were busy at the office! And
believed you-that's what makes
me so furious.
She turned to Mary Rose.
Deny it--deny that you were
In my husbands car last night. if
you can. you young hussy!" she
said
why, certainly III deny IT,"
Mary Rose answered promptly. II
was home all evening with my
own mother. I never stirred out
of the house"'
Mrs. Dexter pursed up her lips,
and locked her up and down as If
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WHO SAID IT
AND WHERE

\
ITO all apparent beauties blind,
Each bleIliSh strikes an enviOus
mind"
An envious person never sees
good in any one, Gay says in his
Fables"
Fools may our scorn, not envy,
raise,
For envy Is a kind Of praise"
Only merit arouses envy. Gay
we'll says in his Fables"
"Thus each extreme to equal
danger tends,
Plenty, as well as want, can sep"
arate friends"
Extremes are dangerous, Crow.
ley observes In "Davidels.
(Coypright, 1898, by King Features
Syndicates, Inc.)
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"If you'd gone to church with me
a little oftener, instead Of play
ing golf and poker all day Sun
day, you wouldn't be the creature
you are today. You'd have some
notion of what you owe your
family, perhaps. When ! thinl:
of those girls of ours, hat
nice boy growing up, onder
that you could do the things
you've been doing! You should
have been an example to them,
and instead OF that, you're
A change came over Mr..
Dexter's florid face. "Margery,
you haven't told a word OF this
to the children, surely?"
Mrs. Dexter laughed shrilly.
"Oh, haven't II" she asked.
why, of course, have! Why
shouldn't they know about you
and what you've done to their
mother?"
Mr.. Dexter seemed to- shrink.
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she were some strange specimen
in q museum.
Silence
'Why, you cont know how to
speak the truth, do your" she
asked. You're Just incapable of
it. aren't you?"
She opened the large purple
velvet bag she was carrying, and
fumbled in it for something. Mary
Rose watched her breathlessly, and
Mr.. Dexter raised his head. too.
There was a dead silence In the
room for a moment.
Then Mrs. Dexter pulled
small, crumpled bit Of linen from
her purse and threw it down on
her husbands desk. From where
she sat Mary Rose could smell
the Christmas Night" perfume on
1t. And only the other night Mr..
Dexter had given Flossis a large
black bottle Of Christmas Night"
perfume!
Mary Rose picked ut the square
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and she sprang up and closed
the door.
With her back to it, she faced
Mrs. Dexter. please let me say
something" she pleaded, her
hands outstretched. You're all
wrong-you're all wrong! I've
never been out with your hus-
band in all my life, Mrs. Dexter!
He's a very nice man"
"I'm glad you think so"' Mrs.
Dexter smiled, sarcastically.
Hes a very nice man, but he
doesn't interest me in the least"
Mary Rose went on as calmly as
she could. II hardly ever see
him around the office. / haven't
talked to him more than a dozen
times in all my life"
That's God truth, Margery.
She hasn't" Mr.. Dexter put in
his oar. He nodded solemnly.
Disgrace
"We'll leave God out Of this,
Hilary Dexter" said his wife.
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Wen. I'm going to get out of
PLEASE. Mrs. Dexter" began
Mary Rose, with. tears In her
voice.
yes, I'm going to get out Of
your wayY the woman went in a
higher key. But first Of all
I'll fix you both so that you'll
never raise your heads in this
town again as long as you live
I'm going to get a divorce that
will blacken both your names, so
that no one will never forget
them! Til teach you, you young
office vamp, that you can't do
this to me and get away with it!'
Her scorn OF Mary Rose was in
her voice.
s'Margery, this is absurd.'' Mr..
Dexter broke in. He had partial
ly recovered himself. And he
Strengthened up. and put on the
eyeglasses that always added 10
per cent to his dignity.
Absurd
Absurd? I'll show you whether
it's absurd or not! snapped his
wife.
"You thought I'd knuckle down,
and let you carry on with this
girl as long as you wanted to,
didn't your" she asked him, lean
ing over the desk. "You thought
I'd do what poor Lydia Murfin
did when that jumping jack she
was married to ran on with the
grass widow, didn't you? Let
you have your little fling, and
then take you back! Or better
still, you thought you were smart
enough to keep it from me, didn't
your"
Dexter had nothing to say for
himself, but Mary Rose had made
up her mind that if she died for
it, she would have her say, and
have it now. She got up.
MRS. Dexter, don't know
what you're talking about" she
said, looking the woman straight
in the eyes. There's a mistake,
somewhere"
Mrs. Dexter flung up her hands,
as if in despair. II didn't expect
you to tell the truth" she re-
marked. "A girl who'd try to
steal a man from his family
could hardly be expected to be
honest, in any way. But have
all the proof l need, so lie all you
want to! 1t won't help you!"
Proof
Proof? Proof? What proof Of
the love affair between Dexter
and Flossie could Mrs. Dexter
have? For by this time, Mary
Rose realized, as Dexter did that
Mrs. Dexter had heard about Flos-
sic running around with her hus-
band-and thought that she, Mary
Rose, was Flossie.
She wondered, confusedly, il
Alice James had found out that
Flossie had had her fired" from
the company and had made up her
mind to get even with Flossie by
telling Mrs. Dexter what she
knew about her. That must be it.
Mrs. Dexter was speaking
again: I'm nobody's fool, even
il YOU think I am" she said
shortly, as if the remark gave
her great comfort. i've been
the brains of this company for
years, and l hold most of the
stock in my name! So IL you
think you're marrying a fortune
when you get Hilary Dexter,
you're mighty mistaken. With
out me, he's just the ordinary
little automobile repair man he
was when 1 married him. She
snapped her fingers.
At that moment Miss Minnick
drifted past the door, looking in
as she passed, her eyes round
with excitement. Presently
AdolpE, the office boy, did the
same thing.
This has gone far enough, !"
Mary Rose decided suddenly.
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Most of look backward that would have liked
Cleopatra much better than Miss Dorothy Smith Miss Betty
Brown But dear boy would have had faster from her
than from either Miss Dot Betty And hadn't been able
dreadful of around
her neghborhood, hectic had by all!
she of trouble
Ahh but she have been lovely Perhaps wish yourself
back Perhaps think would have been
off Adam then than Adam nOand that the
Perhaps it's Helen of Troy the golden girl whose beauty set the
on never to
woman gold beauty have boomed
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golden sand Of Greece
have been sung long and faithfully.
Perhaps cur and patches
elegances aces veet the airs
could curling
broad where vest and striped tie
and SWORD!
Or reasonable perhaps it an extra ardent
materaistc rather
being beautifully vamped by the bobbe
in straight slip and silk stockings who rouges
lots of funhe edition
and the latest of Vamps-Mss 1926
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IF yesteryear" could brought back from
the limbo of vanished things all the lovely dust that
vioets and palm trees and wild have their roots in
that lies in forgotten places of France of England Persia
and Italy, of the Norseands Scotland OF
Colonial America of Egypcoud be gathered together again.
Potter brought back to their
breathing shapes of beauty again. which would choose young
be vamped by?
Most look backward after twenty-five Of course
with the special mind has looked back
twenty-five the long romantic
beautiful sirens of totally lost
other
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or later be RELOCATED to it's proper
niche.
Every finger OF nature points
to but one thing-Truth. And
the power of environment over
the destinies and souls of men is
a part Of this truth. 1t is all
right to speculate concerning the
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NELL BRINKLEY

Flossie. 1t was the one that Mr..
Dexter had given her six months
ago!
ITO be continued
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WHEN DID IT
HAPPEN AND
WHERE

When did Santiago, Cuba,
Ao surrender to United States
forces?
2. When was British Guiana
acquired by England?
s. When was the inquisition
abolished in Spain?
4. When was Kolokol Car
bell In the Kremlin, Russia,
broken?
s. When was Oriel College,
Oxford, founded?
Answers to these queries will be
printed tomorrow.
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Captured a General In OlDn Camp

IN American patriots under the
" surprised captured the British
commander Robert Prescott his headquarters near New
port R. /. 80
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ANSWERS
To Yesterdays Questions

ANSW EEtS
To Yesterdays Questions
/. Niblo's Garden, New York
city. was taken down in 1895.
2. The Treaty of Arbantes. be-
tween France and Portugal, was
signed September 20. 1901.
8. The curfew was introduced
into England in 1868.
4. The "Robber Council of
Ephesus took place in 40.
5. Oliver Wendell Holmes pub
Hshed Elsie Venner' In 1861.
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This Day In History

the anniversary establishment Of New Year day
Christian 1882 when the Julian calendar was
Gregorian In this country the President al
receives this day.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-08-19
Letter of Appreciation

To the Citizenship of Randolph COun-
ty:
l take this means of expressing my
heartfelt thanks for the encourage
ment and support given me in the pri-
mary election just closed. The cam
paign was long and hard fought and
in many respects very unpleasant.
Many things were injected into it that
should not have been brought in.
We, however, won with a handsome
majority, and l assure each of you
that l will never forget any small
favor done by any of you in this cleo
ton.
told the citizens of this county
that if elected to serve them another
two years l would conduct my county
highway operations on a cash basis.
l told them also that l owed for the
last machinery that l bought, and so
in order to fulfill my promise to you
in this respect it, very likely, will be
necessary for me to stop my part of
road construction about Sept. 1, until
March l, 1927. Heretofore l have
been conducting my road work pretty
much as the farmer does his work
working sometime on credit till / got
a pay day then paying all bills and
going again.
find many folks in the county who
are inclined to criticise me on this
point and am resolved to evade the
criticism.
Again thanking you for your sup
port, / will close. G. w. Million.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-08-19
From Walter L. Pope

To the People of Randolph County:
l want to thank you sincerely for
the wonderful vote you gave me for
Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court. Not another of the nine can.
didates received such a splendid en-
dorsement from his home people as
was given me. This is sufficient cause
for greater rejoicing on my part than
to have won the Office OF course |
must admit that failure to win was
a bitter disappointment, both because
l believe | was entitled to the office
ana because you were so anxious to
have me win; but l take much consola-
tion in the face that the result of the
election is that l am to stay and work
and live among so many faithful
friends, not one of whom / will ever
lose through any intentional fault of
my own. Your friend,
Walter L. Pope.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-08-19
From Joe Perry Spikes
Sincerely yours,
w. II. Phipps.

To the Voters of Randolph County,
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Words could hardly express my ap-
probation of the votes l received in the
primary election for Sheriff and Col
lector. certainly thank the people
and will do my best, should l be per-
mitted to serve you as your official, to
show you that l do thank you.
As stated in my last letter, want
the good counsel of everybody and will
do my best to cooperate with the peo-
pie and will try to serve every one
alike, showing no special favors to any
persons or classes.
This is an honor that has been the
desire of my heart for many years and
when l take charge of the Office l will
have the kindest feeling for those who
voted for my opponent and 1t will be
the pleasure of my life to serve in a
way to maintain and hold the friend
ship Of every citizen in the county.
Your friend,
J. Perry Spikes
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-08-19
From w. H. Perrin

1t is with a heart full of gratitude
although sad" that l now thank you
for the wonderful vote you gave me,
having in mind at this time the kind
of vote / received and believing it to
be the real Democracy of the county.
| will always have a feeling for you
THAT NO TONGUE CAN EXPRESS.
You can readily see if the third man
had remained in the race they would
have received the same total vote. The
frame-up being carried into effect and
Gullett's withdrawal coming at the
time il did gave Spikes the lead over
me.
Note-To the ladies and gentlemen
who supported my opponent, l have
naught against you and feel that many
of you were overpersuaded and no
doubt many Of you are sorry you did
it by now.
With love and respect for all ] am
your lifelong friend and stand ready
and willing to help make Randolph
county a better place in which to live
w. II. Perrin.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-08-19
TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS
ELECTED LAST WEEh
CONTINUED from first page

Dist. No. 20, H. c. Jolly. Road over
seer. Dist. No. 13, A. l.. Sharp.
holland Twp-Road overseer, A. D.
Gwin.
O'Kean Twp-Road Overseer, J. 3
Litherland.
Reyno Twp-Road overseer, r. NJ
Johnson. Justice of Peace, L. W.
Hogan. Constable, j. II. Scott
Richardson Twp-Road Overseer, T.
o. Mosley.
Running Lake Twp-Road overseer
II. S. Shaver.
Shiloh Twp-Road overseer Wilton
Graham. Justice of Peace, S. d. Poe
and Dan f. Kirk
Sloan Twp-Road overseer, Tom
w. Odom. Constable, Chas. Buhler.
Spring River Twp-ROad Overseer
Frank Startling.
Union Twp-Road Overseer, John
McFam. Constable, Elijah Honeycutt
Warm Springs Twp-Road overseer
X. NJ. Jarrett
Water Valley Twp-Road overseer,
o. B. Hickman.
Wiley Twp-Road overseer, Roy
James.