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The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-07-22
How 1t Started
By JEAN NEWTON
aKICKING THE BUCKET"

MOT everybody who is dead has
kicked the bucket; not everybody
who has died by his own hand has
kicked the bucket, though in the proc
ess some of them have kicked over
other things. This is no attempt to
proselytize- 1T is not a revelation of
the after-life. 1t is simply an explana-
tion of how it started.
The term has come down to us for
every method of leaving this world for
the next. The particular means which
popularized it, however, was intro
duced hundreds of years ago by one
BoIzober, who, having lost his reason
ing, decided to commit suicide by
hanging himself. In looking around
for support over which to throw his
rope he found a beam so high over his
head that it was necessary to stand
on something in order to reach it. The
nearest thing happened to be bucket,
which served the purpose very well.
After completing the necessary opera
lions the poor man actually and verify
kicked the bucket.
(Copyright)
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-07-22
Willie Too Literal

Sixpence and thrashing were the
rewards received by small boy for
the same offense at Wembley's Treas
ure island. The father said to his six
year-old Willie stake your mother
and show her round Treasure island,
and / will give you sixpence if you
can push her m the lake" Willie, who
was a get-rich-quick young man,
placed a literalN Interpretation on the
joke. He waited his opportunity. and
when mother was near the waters
edge, gave a vigorous and well-timed
push. There was a splash which made
the little rowing boats rock. and then
an indignant scene followed as the
mother emerged from the water and
took possession Of Willie determined
to damp his enthusiasm for practical
jokes. Five minutes later the father
arrived on the scene. and being an
honorable man. paid up the sixpence
when he had recovered from his as
constituent London Mail
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Constant Driving VIII
Keep Car in Good Trim

az don't believe can drive tilal
far in a day." says the typical motor
list contemplating 300-mile jump
ppm not in TRIM" n,
And vet this same motorist win
exnect his car to take him any AIS
lance any time regardless OF wnetner
it is in trim. ,4
The car that is going day and nignl
always is ready for the long trip, or
tbe hard trip. because it has to be IN
good condition to stand the daily
Grind The car that is never really
raadv is the one that stands in the
garage all week. 1t may have wa
fer leak. or its carburetor may not De
adiusted for the change in the wealth.
or. Cars are like their drivers IN d
great many respects, and the matter
of being in trim is one of them. Ex-
ercise il vitality essential to good serv-
ice from a car.
This is clearly demonstrated when
a car has been in storage for long
period. Everything is stiff when the
car starts. Things do not work at
their best. Tires are low, springs are
rusty. even the stale gas in the tank
makes the engine loggy. The car
that is in trim never acts this way.
IT is always ready, always capable
of meeting the demands.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-07-22
CHE WHY of
SUGGESTIONS
sCREECH OWLS NESTS
By H. IRVING KING

HTHERE is common superstition
i that to destroy screech owls nest
brings bad luck. AS popular dream
book" says it brings great misfor-
tune and dangerous wounds" While
the hooting of an owl is, among all
savage peoples. an omen of evil, and is
so regarded by the superstitious
among civilized nations today, as it
has been for unnumbered ages in the
past-yet the nest of the owl, bird of
ill-omen, is, in superstiti0us lore,
sacred. There are various supersti-
tious rites by which the evil incident
to hearing an owl boot may be avoid
ed; but you must not destroy its nest.
The superstition Is evidently based
upon the fact that the owl was the
favorite bird of the goddess Minerva
she whom the Greeks called Athene of
Pallas-and you anger the goddess by
destroying the OWLS nest; just as the
having of peacock feathers about the
house brings i'll luck because of the
anger of Juno who resents the fact
that the feathers have been torn from
the tail OF her fav0rite bird, thus Inn
pairing Its beauty very ancient
superstition, especially aourishing In
the classic ages, but not more ancient
than the OWLS nest superstition.
Minerva was grove, majestic, rather
'.peppery" virgin goddess, always rep
resented as wearing arnor and carry
ing spear with which she could in
fiict grievous wounds. Hence the idea
of serious wounds ensuing upon the
obstruction Of an owls nest. The
owls nest saying is simply one of the
thousands of fragments of classical
organism which can be found lurking
today in current superstitions.
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Commander Hugh A. Rayne.

according to Commander Bayne, con-
templates having at least 1900 men
on the committee.
Commander Bayne is well able to as
sumo responsibility for acting as the
official head of the reception commit
tee in September, 1927. AS lieuten-
ant colonel on the judge advocates
staff of the first A. e. f. he gave dis
tinguished service, for which he. was
decorated by the French and Ameri-
can governments Since the war, as
an international lawyer in Paris, he
has been closely associated with the
problems that have arisen between the
United States and France.
Under the. direction of the France
convention committee of the Legion,
plans for the Paris convention are go
ing forward rapidly. Arrangements
are being completed for the guard of
honor, distinctive body of men
which, in addition to being one of the
features of the great parade, will rem
der unique service to the thousands
of American veterans and their fam
lilies who take part in the convention,
by acting as information bureaus and
rendering general assistance. The
guard of honor will be distinctively
uniformed and will represent every
department of the Legion.
Under the direction of John J.
Wicker, Jr., national travel director
for the France convention committee,
details on the matter Of transportation
and housing are being arranged in
such way that veteran, may have
the privilege of selection from a great
variety of steamship transportation
which fits his purse. A limited num-
h@r of accommodations, including
steamship and hotels abroad with
transportation in France, are being
provided at figure as low as approx
imately $175. Other grades will scale
up to as high as $3.50, with a wide
selection between the minimum and
maximum figures
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Accidents Prevented by
Proper Control of Horn

The inexperienced Sunday driver
type Of motorist thinks the only thing
the horn is for is to play a never end
ing concert in the ears of pedestrians.
Horn control is a fine art and it's
proper use can prevent accidents.
Excessive use of the horn indicates
a novice driver, but it's proper use
shows the veteran. The novice relies
upon his horn to keep others out of
danger. The veteran relies upon his
control of the car. He slows down
for people crossing the streets. He
doesn't foot his horn and force them
to jump. The novice has to rely
upon his noise maker because in nine
cases out of ten he is outdriving his
brakes.
Watch the novice as he approaches
corner. He doesn't slow down, fig
uring another car may be coming at
the rate of % feet second. No, no
nothing like that. He starts
''squawking" 25 feet from the cor
ner depending upon his noise to get
him through. The veteran driver
slows down and uses the horn less in
all instances.
A really good driver can do with
out horn In most instances. The
novice seems to feel he could do bet
ter with steam calliope.
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AS Told by
Irwin S. Cobb
QUESTION CATEGORICAL

? T%HERE is a certain young actor in
i New York, a player Of romantic
swashbuckler parts, who is one of the
gentlest and most companionable of
men. But occasionally his nature
changes. He becomes dogmatic, dis
putatious, and occasionally quarrel
some. Such times he delights to cor
ner some inoffensive acquaintance and
pin him down to a definite position on
this subject or that and then debate
the point in the negative for hours on
end. He goes about seeking his prey
in any quarter and, having caught a
prey in any quarter and, having caught
a victim, shows no mercy.
One night, being in one Of these
moods of his, he trapped friend at a
certain theatrical club. The latter
wished not to argue with anyone on
any topic whatsoever. Above all things
he desired to escape into the open
But the actor would not have it SO.
.sYou go round saying you know so
much. don't your he demanded bel
ligerently. you go round saying you
know so many people in this town,
don't you? Thatsh kinda fellow you
are amt you-huh?"
"Not at ALL protested the hapless
friend, ST never"
"Pleash don't contridct me, said
the actor; .thatsh no way to carry on
argument between gen'men. Lemme
get through stating my side and then
I'll lisshen to you. You 60 round say
ing you know more people in this club
than / know, don't your Just answer
me thatl"
'sWhy, never said any such"
'Kin'ly femme get word in edge
ways, If you please" said the actor
with elaborate politeness. You say
you know more members of thish club
'en do-more than anybody knows?
Alright then. you answer me thish:
Do you know Jerome Lawrence he'sh
member here?''
Certainly l know him." said the
badgered. one, thinking he saw loop
hole. "As it happens also know his
brother Oscar who looks so much like
him."
.Ah. hahl" exulted the actor, with
the air Of having led an unwilling wit
ness into damaging admission. You
say YOU know Jerome Lawrence and
you say You know his brother Oscar
that looks so mush like him? Well,
then. If you know so mush. you tell
me thish Whish one Of EN- looks the
most alike7r
10 BY the Central Press Associationl.
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Proper Tire Equipment
for the Vacation Trip

The motorist who starts on a va
cation trip without proper tire equip
ment is likely to find that he has
been penny wise and pound foolish.
Nothing SO quickly ruins the pleasure
of vacation trip as tire trouble. Re
pairing tires out in a broiling sun is
anything but fun, and, besides this,
it causes delay which many times up
sets schedules and definite plans.
If motorist has to purchase tires
at some mountain or canyon resort
he usually finds that freight and ex-
ira profit have been tackled on, SO
that the price is extremely high.
BY carrying two or three spare
tires, depending, of course, upon the
length of the trip, the vaeationist is
prepared in case of punctures or
blowouts to quickly change and pro-
coed on his way The safest course
of all is to put the new tires on the
wheels and use the old tires as
spares. There is much less likelihood
of puncture In a fresh new casing
than there is in thin, worn tire.
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sm5',ediJ8Lx,Em5 81 "a
SEOTy Martha Martin

times I'm quite cloudy and dark look
ing. And sometimes get to scowling
and great dark clouds come along
Its not altogether my fault. | have
to let the King of the Clouds haye
a chance. Then, too, when he talks
my face wrinkles up-it. just does,
and it always has.
'Tm told the King of the Clouds does
a lot of good with the flowers and the
crops and settling the dust, and all
sorts of good things, such as that. So
/ give the King of the Clouds plenty
of chances.
my messengers came and told me
curious stories of the earth people.
They heard one little girl speaking
about house and she said:
"Oh, don't you know that house?
Why, that is next to the dogs house
my messengers thought, Of course,
she must have meant dogs house
which she could see out in yard, but
she meant a real house. She called 1t
the dogs house because to her the
dog was the most Important member
of the family. But, Mr.. Sun, do like
my clouds when the wind sweeps them.
And what a jolly old windy broom he
has.
"He brushes across me with such a
flourish and makes me have an in
teresting spread-out look. And as he
brushes he sings Song.
did you ever hear his song, Mr..
SUM-" the sky asked of Mr.. Sun, and
Mr.. Sun said he had never heard it,
and that it would give him great pleas
ure if the Sky would sing the song
for him.
"I've not much of voice." said the
Sky, modestly, 'but at least / can let
you know the words"
And then the sky began Mr.. Winds
Sky-Brushing song:
/ ride on a broom up in the sky
When 1 feel like blowing that high.
I brush here and there.
I crush everywhere,
And make the sky as clean
AS It ever has beenl
I'm a jolly old sweeper, and love my
work!
From this duty of mine I'll never shirk.
OF course don't need to clean the sky
much,
It stays so clean that don't need to
touch
It again for long. long time
After I'VE given 1t a sweep and a
rhyme!
And Mr.. Sun was good enough to
say that he liked the singing as well
as the words.
tCopyright.D
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Oldest Legionnaire

The oldest member of the American
Legion is claimed by Miami post Of
the Legion, Miami, Fla.
John William Boucher, member Of
the post, claims to be eighty-one years
old.
Legionnaire Boucher began his mill
itary career in the Civil war and
ended it only when the guns of the
World war were silenced. In the
World war he saw action with the
Two Hundred and Fifty-seventh bat
terry Of the Canadian army. Boucher
was fighting at the front handling
big Bertha shells at the age Of sew
enty-one years. King George received
him at Buckingham palace.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-07-22
GETTING READY FOR
PARIS CONVENTION

Though 1t is more than a year be-
fore the 10000 American veterans be-
gin swarming into Paris for the ninth
ANIMAL national convention of the
American Legion, members of the
Paris post of the Legion, known as
Post No. /, are already actively en-
gagged in preparing what promises to
be one of the greatest receptions ever
given a convention. Under the lAad-
ership of Hugh A. Bayne, commander
of the Department of France in the
American Legion. an intensive cam
paign is now in progress among Lee
gionnaires in Paris to double the mem
bership of the French department in
order that there may be as large a
number of men as possible available
for service when the Second A. e. f."
lines up for the big parade down the
Champs Elysees in September, 1927.
According to reports received by
Bowman Elder Of Indianapolis, ma
tionaI chairman of the Legion's France
convention committee, Commander
Bayne anticipates having the largest
American reception committee ever
known in France ready for the Paris
convention. 1t is the plan of the
France department of the Legion to
make every member of the department
an active member of the reception
committee. The Department OF France,
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-07-22
Sprinting Snails

Do snafls make good athletes? is a
problem suggested by the achievement
of Mr.. F. Brown, chief attendant at
the Brighton (Eng.) aquarium.
He has trained two sea snails to
race each other up the submerged
branch OK a tree, and the two enter
into the contest with gusto-for
snails.
- When the two are placed at the bot
tom of the branch they both make for
the topmost twig, and struggle vail
antly against each other in trying to
get there first.
1t seems a little hard that the re-
ward for the winner is only to topple
off as soon as he gets there.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-07-22
Tube VuIcanizinr

It often happens that in vulcaniz-
ing tube, particularly in the open
air, the rubber is burned This may
be obviated by making a collar about
four inches high to fit around the
vulcanizer, using several thicknesses
of ordinary wire mosquito netting,
fastened together with a couple of
rivets of wire run through. This
should be placed over the vulcanizer
just before lighting the gasoline.
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old windy broom and he brushed me
until my clouds did look very much
wind-swept"
"Ha, ha," laughed Mr.. Sun. Il con-
sidered you always a clean sky"
''Well," said the Sky, 81 am pretty
clean. In fact, I'm very clean. But
some days / am a little SIMMER and
more polished up and spruced up than
on others OF course you do not see
me when l am dismal looking. You
make me feel spruced up. You're like
some one for whom one wants to look
ones best. You know some one may
want to put on best frock because
of going to a party and because of
having the party people see ones best.
Eyes, that is the way you are. Well.
am sometimes not so careful. Some
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MR.. SKY AND MR.. SUN

ssVAy ELL" said the Sky to Mr.
w Sun. 'Tm very clean sky
today"
you are-what did you say you
were?" Mr. Sun asked
'I'm a very clean sky today" re-
peated the Sky. "My messengers came
to me today and they told me that
the people down on the earth had
looked up at me and had said: Look
at the wind-swept sky And what
they said was perfectly true. The
wind had been a strong one today.
Eyes, Mr.. Wind was feeling his best
And he came up to me with his jolly
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SUGGESTIONS TO
AVOID ACCIDENTS
Seasoned Drivers Fail to
Make Allowance for
Faults of Novice.

AS a result of several recent IN
yestigations into accident causes In
which it was shown that collisions
often result from the inability of sea
soned drivers to make allowances Tor
the shortcomings of beginners, the ac-
cident prevention department Of the
Chicago Motor club has outlined for
motorists some suggestions as to safe
guarding car users through better un-
Outstanding between drivers.
Special recommendations.
The recommendation of especial Inn
portance are as follows:
whenever a driver seems to be
usurping the right of way at an in
tersection when he Is not entitled to
do so 1t is safer to assume that he is
inexperienced and not willfully dis
respectful of law and order. Too
many motorists seek to teach others
a lesson at the wrong time, and the
inevitable result is an accident
"The proper time to teach the new
driver thIs rules of the game is be-
fore he has to apply them. The ex-
perienced driver who leads the be-
ginner into believing that the only
way to learn to drive is to enter heavy
traffic and sink or swim is only en-
couraging the worst form Of reckless
mss.
WiIIfulIy Reckless Driver.
"The willfully reckless driver may
change his mind at the last moment
and avoid trouble simply because he
drives well enough to know how to
avoid it, but the inexperienced driver
has no such advantage.
There will be about 100000 new
drivers this year if car sales, CON
tinue at the present rate. Although
skill in operation of the car is an
easier matter to acquire by reason
of the great improvement in controls,
traffic conditions are more complicated
than at any time in the history of the
automobile and knowledge of rules of
driving and courtesy has never been
more important. In view of present
conditions the experienced motorist
cannot afford to mistake ordinary in
experience for willful recklessness. .
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Handy Emergency FIIIer.

found quite serviceable. BY folding
it, as shown in the detail, and hold
ing the edges together firmly water
can easily be carried in it and poured
through the radiator opening Joseph
A. Moffitt, Phoenix, Ariz., in Popular
Mechanics Magazine.
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An S,000-acre recreational center
has been opened near Upper lake,
New York. by the American Legion,
Department Of New York, for the ben
eft of Legion members of the state
and their families. The camp is en-
tirely maintained by the Legion OF
New York..
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Emergency Filler Very
Handy Automobile Tool

When one is in the country and dis
covers that the radiator has to be
filed with water, but is handicapped
by not having a pail or similar re-
ceptacle, the rubber floor mat will be
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Smith Statistics

.sThe one man in hundred" has
been discovered by statistical hound
in the census bureau. His name is
Smith.
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FOR THE cANDER-

A moron is easy to lead. A philoso-
pher is even easier. But it takes an
earthquake to bulge a guy with a
smatterin' Of learning.
A fortune is like wife. You amt
gotta worry about 'em until you got
'em.
Anybody might go out on surf
board. But only a fool would go to
sleep on one.
fCopYrfRht.l
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ga w S
- By Viola Brothers Shore
FOR THE GOOSE

COME women take marriage like a
" tonic-not from any real yearnin',
but because they think it will be best
for them.
There's some'n' feminine in all men.
That's what makes 'em lovin'. under
standin' and gentle. And petty.
Every human bein' should have the
right to speak their mind, but some
women abuse the privilege.
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AMERICAN
LLGION

Copy for This Department supplied BY the
= American Legion News Service.)
Evening star., 1926-03-28
Ordered to D. C. for DUTY.

Lieut.. Col William W. Gordon, 11th
Cavalry, at Monterey, Calf, and Maj.
Karl 5. Bradford, Cavalry, at Fort
Jeavenworth. Kan, have been order
ed to this city for duty in the office of
the chief of Cavalry, War Depart
ment.
Evening star., 1926-03-28
JAPANESE GET BIG TRACT.
Syndicate Given Concession OF
100000 Acres in Mexico.

SAN DIEGO, Calf, March 27 P).
A strip of land 100 miles long and
40 miles wide has been granted by
the Mexican government to Col r.
A. Easquez of the Mexican army and
Japanese syndicate headed by DR.
K. O. Osawa of San Pedro, Calf.
The tract, containing about 2,000,-
600 acres, is declared by Roberto Far
fam who made the announcement
today, to be the largest land conces-
sion of the present Mexican govern
ment. Farfan is a former govern
ment official and at present in bust
ness in lower California, where the
tract is located.
DIR. Osawa and his associates have
capitalized their interests at $1,000
600 TO develop the concession, Far
fan said They viii be interested
chief in vegetable dyes and rubber
Evening star., 1926-03-28
NEW ENVOY TO SPAIN
PRESENTS CREDENTIALS S
Hammond Expresses Hope Friend
ly Relations Will Continue Be-
tween Two Countries.

MADRID. March 27.-Ogden H.
Hammond of Bernardsville, \. j., new
American Ambassador to Spain, pre-
Sented his credentials TO King Alfonso
In the royal palace yesterday and at
the same time presented the letters of
recall to his predecessor, Alexander p.
Moore.
The Ambassador made a brief
speech, in the course of which he said
that the President OF the United States
appreciated the cordial relations exist
ing between the United States and
Spain and that it was his wish further
to cultivate that friendship.
Later the Ambassador visited Queen
Victoria and the Queens mother. He
also called on Premier Primo de
Rivera and Foreign Minister Yanguas.