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Evening star., 1926-08-22

Air-and- Grass Man to start for the
pampas of Patagonia to hunt the
hoopoo. The Air-and.Grass Man is
about to say good-by. Then 4.
Kate l said. as l held the noble
girls gloved hand in mine a moment.
She looked me in the face with the
full. frank, fearless gaze of a sister.
'Yes?' she answered.
Kate I repeated, do you know
what l was thinking Of when / held
the line while you were half way
down the cliff
No she murmured while a flush
suffused her cheek.
"I was thinking, Kate I said
that IL the rope broke I should be
very sorry
Edward" she exclaimed.
1T clasped her In my arms.
"'Shall I make a confession?' said
Kate, looking up timidly, half an hour
later, as / tenderly unclasped the
noble girl from my encirciing arms
'Uwas thinking the same thing
So Kate and Edward had their day
and then, as Tennyson says. they
passed" or as less cultivated people
put 1t, they were passed up in the
air."
AS the years went by they failed
to please. Kate was a great improve.
ment upon Madeline. But she
wouldn't do. The truth was. II one
may state 1t openly, Kate wasn't tough
enough. In fact she wasn't tough at
all. She turned out to be in reality
just as proper and just as virtuous as
Madeline.
So, too with the Air-and-Grass ss
Hero. For all of his tempered mus
cles and his lariat and his rife. he was
presently exposed as fraud. He
was just as Long -winded and just as
Immaculate as the Victorian Hero
that he displaced.
What &hA nuhlio really wants. and
Evening star., 1926-08-22
Curious Way to Pump.

1t Is said that an English inventor
has constructed pump without cylin.
ders or buckets that will lift thou
sand gallons Of water an hour from a
depth Of 900 feet even when worked
by hand.
4. II consists simply Of a spiral spring
belt. grooved weight that turns
with the bottom loop Of the belt and
holds the belt in place. and a driving
crank and pulley for turning the belt.
The coil'like cable Is carried down IN
any depth by the grooved weight. T.:s
water is held in the rneshes of the
spiral spring by capillary attraction
as 1t is drawn up. ana discharged only
when the coils turn over at the top.
One authority has called the improved
pump "a mechanical impertinence."
Evening star., 1926-08-22

Answer-That's why he knows he
can't afford to run one.
Dear Mr. Wynn: What does II mean
when it Is said a man Is in the
cream" Of society? Sincerely.
N. v. USS.
Answer-That simply means he is
thick.
Dear Mr.. Wynn: My husbands
birthday is September 5. He is a
lovely man and really deserves a very
nice present from me. but I don't
gamble, he won't smoke. he doesn't
drink, nor does he go out nights.
What could get for a man like that?
Truly yours,
Answer-Why, that shouldn't be
hard to decide. Get him some fancy
work.
Dear Mr.. Wynn: I took my first
trip to Chinatown and the Bowery
last Sunday. The funniest thing
think l ever saw was a sign In front
Of a Chinatown hotel which read:
Rooms soc and 55c." Now! What
could possibly be the difference be.
tween soc room and a SOC room?
Truly yours.
I. TOOKABUS.
Answer-They put mouse traps in
the 55c rooms.
Dear Mr.. Wynn: have always had
a great desire to be an actor on the
stage. Last night I appeared at
theater and spoke a dramatic poem.
Evening star., 1926-08-22
Protecting Flowers.

Now that all large cities make n
event of their annual flower shows. II
is very important that the original
colors Of the rare specimens exhib-
tied be retained. This is almost i'm.
possible in the late Summer and early
Autumn. The intense light OF the
Summer sun bleaches the first fresh
tint Of some of the strongly colored
flowers. and the danger Of early frost
is another factor to be taken into con.
sideration.
European gardeners always have
protected their rare flowers by some
covering device. but In this country
one now can obtain flower protectors
In packages. The little protectors un.
fold and make a substantial covering
even for the largest flowers. They
are made of waterproof cloth stretch.
ed on an iron frame. They can be
adjusted to any desired height. BY
this means all the different gradations
in the color Of the flower are re.
'tained.
Evening star., 1926-08-22

still there was no score. The crowd
had gone home stiff.
Editors note: The author probably
means "bored stiff.")
Finally the field judge stopped the
game to find out what time it was.
He was a painter and could not work
after four-thirty. The players
watches all disagreed and the official
ruled that it was four twentynine,
which was what his cousin, Charley
Brickley's watch said. With minute
to play, I uncorked the trick l had
been holding in reserve all through
the game. / neglected to mention that
two days prior to the battle, we had
sent Harvard a set of our signals and
they. knowing every play as it was
called, were able to stop 1t. But now
! called a signal that was not in the
set we had sent them. It was for Jim
Braden to debate the ball. pack 1t up
and send it back to the manufacturers
with a complaint that it was defective.
The mail box was back of Harvard's e
goal line and the Harvard team stood
aside and allowed him to make the
touchdown. never suspecting that the
ball was in that neatly wrapped bun
die. That is the true story of my
first big victory over Harvard, 5 to !.
Go In continuedA 4
Evening star., 1926-08-22

ward game was over the squad used
to let up gradually week by week
until by the time of the final game Of
the season. usually with Maine or
Harrisburg High School. the ma jority
of the athletes were so stewed that
they came to the field in their pa
iamas or went to the wrong field en-
tirely.
ON the Friday before the Harvard
game. | overcame my natural diff
dence and began to inspire the men
with such expressions as Come on,
men!" Keep at them. men" ETC..
and wAapzNA 10 eNe ,p,ayAEA made q
Evening star., 1926-08-22
Our Humorous Hero Shows Great Talent
In Further Exploits on Foot Ball Field

particularly good stroke, never failed
to say Bravo" or, II it was a girl,
"Brava!'
All the chairs were taken half an
hour before the big game started.
There must have been a hundred and
twelve people in the Ash Tray. First
the Harvard partisans would give
Mind over matter"'-and from across
the Tray the Yalensians would shout
back: Fight for Old Ell and Root for
Elihu, Root" The rival bands played
their battle hymns, Harvard's melodi-
Gus Break the News to Mother" w.
ing with the Yale "Ridi, Pagliacci."
The two teams. each shy one man,
who was drunk, tiptoed on the field
so as not to let the crowd know they
Evening star., 1926-08-22

named. Thus II was that captained
Yale in my freshman year.
I will omit the details Of the first
weeks practice, which embraced the
usual fundamentals, such as pumping
up the ball. mending holes in the
bladder. lacing and unlacing.' and
throwing your hat over the cross bar
OF the goal. We were scheduled 10
pla.' l'arN ard The first Saturday. as II
was then figured, and correctly. that
If the hardest game came first. there
was much less Of strain on the
players. through the~ balance Of the
seaaons IN fact, q epon~ q The Haz.
Evening star., 1926-08-22
"Lost Flower" Found.

A SPECIES Of flower which was dis
covered about the year 1850 ard
then lost. for 175 years has been indie.
pendently rediscovered by two sci.
entists. DR.. f. r.. Wherry of the
United States Bureau of Chemistry
and DIR. ]. r. Benedict of the United
States Museum, This rare flower is
known as the pink tur;lehead II was
found near Marlboro. Md.
The pink turtlehead grows in wet
ground, reaches height Of about
three feet and has pink flowers -,
Evening star., 1926-08-22
were there. and thus avoid the danger

were there, and thus avoid the danger
Of rioting.
hardly tried in the first half and
we failed to score. Harvard was also
held scoreless. In our dressing room,
between the halves, Coach Jones lit
into some of the men mercilessly, tell
ing them their faults. "Heffelfnger," !"
he shouted at a big guard you didn't
clean your nails this morning. AS for
you. Coy. you quit tickling Thorne in
the back Of the neck from now on"
And so forth. He criticized everybody
but me.
Evening star., 1926-08-22

an automobile. Yet know he owns
one. What do you make Of that?
Truly yours,
p. AMMO.
Evening star., 1926-08-22

LII this happened in the Sum-
mer Of my seventeenth year.
and in the Fall I made up my
mind TO go to college. AS told
IN a nreyiols chapter. had
Evening star., 1926-08-22
III.
By STEPHEN LEACOCK.

4 n ADELINE of Rokewood. the
M Ethereal Heroine. and Mark
u w ham, the Long -Winded I'M
l i maculate Hero, after a sue
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-12-23
Constructive News Is
Wanted BY Readers

Atlanta, Ga.-Typical of the
change in newspaper readers and of
a bettered judgment as to the value
of what appears in newspaper is
the following letter from a nation
wide news gathering agency to the
chamber of commerce.
MANY of our newspapers have in
Dictated preference for constructive
community news over stories dealing
with crime and such things, and we
are writing with the idea In mind that
possibly you may supply US from
time to time with such information
that will be of value to newspaper
readers in the South. In other words
we would like any story dealing with
major developments in your city, with
special regard to building construc-
ton, municipal improvements and
population increases"
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-12-23

ideas about these alEnight dat1ees won
favor in this town.
AS the couples fled out Of the hall,
Caroline and Russwin were the last
to leave. Arm In arm, apparently suf.
fieient unto themselves, deeply en-
CROSSED in an all-absorbing converse
tion. they approached small car
parked near the hall. Russwih opened
the door of the machine and helped
Caroline In. Closing the door he seat
ed himself at the wheel and soon they
were off down the road
Engines a little cold" apologized
Russwin as the car alternately
coughed and choked, getting up speed.
'sFhat was a great dance. Always
seems SO good to see all the old col
lege fellows back home. I never re-
greet my four years. even if did have
to leave you. Yes" laughingly he
slipped his arm around Caroline as
she nodded her assent.
Suddenly a car with glaring head
lights came arouHd the bend in the
road, binding Russwin's eyes. Trying
to avoid hitting the approaching car
which was coming at high speed, he
turned out some little distance. Al
most before he knew what had hap
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-12-23
PRESS SYNDICATE PAYS
COMPLIMENT TO THE
EDITOR OF THE LEADER

Atlanta, Ga.--The following
ticle was broadcast from the
Gilreath Press Syndicate today
to daily newspapers served by
them throughout this section:
"Some editors suggest motor
cades, some join them after
they are arranged and some not
only suggest them, but arrange
them and pull them off. To the
latter class belongs Isidor Gel
ders, editor and good roads
booster of Fitzgerald, Ga.
Editor Gelders not only gave
his time and energies to the re-
cent motorcade that went from
Georgia into Florida, but he
used his newspaper, the Leader
to tell about it. 1t may be said
with truth that he pulled off
the motorcade "from start to
finish," having autos in line
from Bibb to Charlton counties
when the caravan rolled into
Florida.
ut was one of the biggest
stunts ever pulled off by coun-
try editor" was the comment
of autoists who made the trip.
F. O. Miller, president of the
Jacksonville Motor Club, who
has been on many motorcades,
declared that the Gelders'
Motorcade", as he termed it,
twas the biggest and best he
had ever SEEM"
In addition to the many en-
pertaining features, the Fitz-
gerald Community Band, a high
class fifty piece organization
made the entire trip with the
party.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-12-23
Sing Me To Sleep by
Radio" Newest Fad

Atlanta, Ga.-"Sing me to sleep
by RADIO" is now made fact by an
invention of two London radio engi-
neers according to advices received
by RADIO dealers in the Peachtree ar
cade, Atlanta's big center which has
been so lavishly decorated for Christ
mas.
The invention is a musical pillow,
the arcade dealers said. Made of
rubber and filled with water, spec
ial form of radio earpiece is attached
by rubber tube to the underside of
the pillow and the earpiece is con-
nected in the usual way to the re-
ceiving set.
Nothing can be heard, the dealers
stated until the head is laid on the
pillow when the radio broadcast can
be heard with great clearness, the
tone being extremely pure and deli
cate.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-12-23
two husky voices.

two husky voices.
'GiVe me lift; break the top or de
something to get this girl out"
With the help of the two men Russ
win and Caroline were extricated and
they were speeding Caroline to the
nearest hospital
The doctors, after examination, and
what seemed to Russwin untold time,
pronounced Caroline uninjured and
attributed her unconscious state to
merely fright.
Russwin, gathering her in his arms
tenderly whispered: Caroline, it was
hard jolt, but guess we still ara
due for our Merry, Merry Christmas. !"
%, 1875. Western Newspaper Union.)
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-12-23

be an increase of the 435 members
under any reapportionment scheme
that may be preached this tnwier
That abnormal number was reached
in the apportionment of 1911, and it
is very probable that it will stand
until after the 1880 census, when
something will have to be done to
re-distribute and equalize the con-
gressional representation throughout
the country.
Raising the Limit on Savings
Postmaster General New has asked
Congress to increase from $4,000 to
$4,000 the balance permitted for a
depositor in a Postal Savings Bank.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-12-23

pened the car was sliding down the
slippery snowbank. 1t laaqed In the
bottom of the ditch, and with great
iunge turned onto its side.
Caroline caught at Russwin's streng
arm She uttered not sound, hut
gradually, as the car turned, her grasp
relaxed and she formed merely limp
little heap along with seat cushions
and other accessories which ali tum-
bied into a pile On the inside of the
car.
Russw1Rs emily thought was Of Caro-
line. She made no reply to- RUsswtn
as he endeavored to free her. He
wondered If she had been made I'M
conscious by the awful jolt, or killed
outright.
He hes fSthe ~whir Of an approaeh-
ing car. 1Exertipg his remaining
strength, terror-strieken, he yslled:
"Stopi"
WHATS the matter here" came
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-12-23

and young all over the countryside
participated, night remembered
throughout the year. and anticipated
long before its arrival.
The couples fairly few around the
hall, some spryiy, others not quite SO
niinbly. Nevertheless, there was an
heroic effort about it that was appeal
ing, to say the least. The last strains
of music died away. promptly as the
clock struck twelve. No newfangled
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-12-23
His Word for 1t

Whore Mister Christmas takes his
stand,
And though / only spend the day,
( charm Life's WRINKLES all away"
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-12-23

A woman generally gets over her
foolishness after marriage, which is
about the time lot of men begin.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-12-23

A girl may be glorious when she's
painted up for the dance and still not
be morning glory.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-12-23
Not Too Late for
Merry Christmas
Trip Home From Dance and
a Hard Jolt for Russwin
and Caroline.
BY ELEANOR {. KING

he moon rose clear
and bright over Q
freshly snowladeD
world. It was the
evening Of the big
Christmas d an e Q
at the Trunket-
vile town hail. an
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1926-12-23

A successful rebel is a patriot.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-06

after carefully weighing the situation the unauthorized
strike may be used with success but in American
labor experience it has been mostly failure In nearly
every where there is sufficient sentiment to call eff
fecve unauthorized strike the sentiment could be
better utilized through the regular union channels to set
the organization such into motion.
A case in point the socalled outlaw railroad
swichmens strike of 1920 which completely parayzed the
railroads great sections of the country There
tremendous volume of rebeOus sentiment behind this i'll
faed national struggle With intelligent left direction the
movement could have forced the Broherhoods officially
into action and probably would have driven numbers Of
the bureaucras from power But the leadership Of the
OUTLAWS" afflicted with utopian dual union illusions
the great movement went down to crushing defeat
In the coming Spring the left wing will have severe
test of its strategy against the right wing in the Miners
Union It's task will be to force Lewis TO call out all the
bumnous miners and then to hold them out till a victor
ions settlement has been secured At every step in the
struggle will have to defeat the most ruthless and
rup bureaucracy in the American labor movement the
John /. Lewis machine
ITO be continued
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-06
A SKTECH IN CUSTOM TAILORING

pay back TO the boss, remarElne that
she wasn't like the rest Of the work.
ers. She had sympathy with him.
And the boss, taking her few dol
lars, told her with a smlls that abe
was a very good woman.
Later the same Max was working
for O. Askerow, 1o5 Dearborn street
This Is also custom tailoring shop.
There are IS workers employed there,
of which II are foreigners and one is
an American-born. The American is
Mr.. Axelberg. He is very loyal slave.
He works So hours a week for $22. II
sometimes he hears the workers talk
ing among themselves about shorter
hours and bigger wages, the wise"
Mr.. Axelberg begins to yell; "You
are socialists, Communists, Bolsheviks,
robbers, etc. II man wants to work
up you won't let himl" The boss likes
Axelberg very much.
II the workers ask for raise, Mr..
Askerow tells them that the foreign.
ersers aren't of any use, that they are
bunch Of trouble-maRers, and that
the best thing is to have American
workers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-06

aroused the membership that Harrington could not go
through with his betrayal This saved the entire union
from disaster. What would have happened had the left
wing in the Illinois miners been afflicted with the "cannot
fight on two battlefront" theory? 8k
MoBILIzING MEMBERsHTP VS.
The recent strike of the New York Furriers an
other instance of successful mobilization of the member
ship by the left leadership balk menacing right wing
treachey The local Joint Board which actually conducted
the strike in the hands of the left wing led by Ben
Gold But the machinery of the International con-
troed by the right wing All through the strike the fight
saboaged by the head Of the International Schact
Finally, believing his opportunity had arrived to
deal decisive blow he in close combination with Pres
dent Green Of the A. +. of L. made tentative agreement
with the employers the famous "eght points"
But the left wing leadership rejected this agreement,
modified the strikers against and carried the srug
gle till much better settlement arrived at. This
major defeat for the archreactonary Green. Pow
eru enemies OF his among the upper bureaucracy Of the
A. H. Of L. using II against him, claiming that
he compromised the A. f. of L. badly by permitting
himself to DO badly outmaneuyered by the Communist
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-06

trade union leader Gold.
If treacherous strike settlements special danger
points that the left wing srategists must guard against in
their fight against the right wing also those sua
tons when the in state of great foment and
the right wing leaders refuse to mobilize them for the
struggle ti
Cases in point the failure of the Brotherhood
chiefs to strike their men in common cause with the rail-
road shop mechanics in 1922 and the failure of Lewis to
call the bumnous miners in 1925 in conjunction with
the strike of the anthracite miners Both these failures
which amounted to treason to the workers. disastrous
In the great shopmens strike lost and the
backbone of railroad trade unionism broken and in the
other the very life of the Miners Union has been threat
ened by the disintegraton Of its bituminous section
FORCING issue
The left wing strategsts must find ways and means to
force the hands of the right wing leaders in such critical
situations by mobzng the membership against them This
is real test Of strike strategy especially where the
left wing has but little organization In the past in such
instances there has been much to the
thorized, "outlaw" strike, and dual unionism
Sometimes, in especially desperate circumstances and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-06
TRY TO- BREAK
UP MEETING IN
BROWNSVILLE, PA.
Grating Cops Trump
Up Charge
ev ! worker correspondsnt.

BROWNSVILLE, Pa, Nov. A. An
attempt was made to break up the
political campaign meeting held here
by the Workers (Communist) Party,
which was addressed by H. G.. Wicks,
candidate for governor sof Pennsyl-
vania. The chairman of the meeting,
A. Rodriguez, was fined $40 and costs.
The charge that was trumped up
against the workers was that an
American flag was not displayed, ac-
cording to law.I
Cops Unsuccessful.
The cops were unsuccessful, how
ever, in stopping the meeting, for the
crowd waited until the chairman and
speaker had come back from police
headquarters and the meeting was re-
sumed.
Constable Linn, known as a motor
ious petty CRATER here, led the Off
GERS raid on the hall. Brownsville is
notorious for its bootlegging estab-
lishments and houses of corruption
under the regime Of Linn. 1t seems
he is active only in denying rights to
the workers.
Police for Underworld.
Linn and his gang of deputies, who
are recruited from the red light dis
tricts and underworlds Of other cities
we're attacked at the meeting by the
speakers, and this is one OF the rea-
sons the raid was made. Another
reatson is that Ware, the republic SEN
atorial candidate, was also attacked.
The Brownsville Telegraph came
out with it's usual lines on the case,
in order to antagonize the Brownsville
workers. against the Workers Com
munist) Party,