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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-01

Madamoiselle Augustine Restitude
Touzet, born January 6, 1923, and by
that same token, proud aspirant to
the title Of "The Oldest Old Maid of
France" has just had her hair bob
bed.
surely she says, "one must keep
UP with ones time"
She eats and drinks what she
pleases and is particularly fond of an
omelette with bacon, a speciality of
the countryside Her recreations are
singing and playing and she does all
her own housework.
Every day, in every way, I feel
better and better" says Mile, Touzet.
"When 1 was a young girl I was
thin and sickly. She's bird fit for
cats meat" the old folks used to
say. "Some so years ago, the doctor
gave me up for lost"
"La Martiniere," the convict ship
which sailed from the Island of Re,
recently with three hundred and forty
1ifers and long term men aboard, will
dismantle the iron cages which now
constitute it's hold as soon as it's hu
man cargo is landed and proceed to
Jamaica, to take aboard 10000 kegs
of rum for Havre.
Sailing west with the effects and
returning east with the cause" said
a prohibition advocate when he heard
of the ships charter for the return
trip.
BERLIN, April 24.-Criminal court
judges in Germany no longer will be
allowed to snooze in their comfort
able arm chairs while court is in
session. The supreme judicial tri-
bunal has cut out the century old
paragraph in the criminal code,
which held that a judges mere ply
sicaI presence in the courtroom was
sufficient evidence of a fair trial.
Complaints by the bar association
/ that jurists were taking advantage
| of the vague Technology of the code
and making up for lost sleep when
proceedings Jagged induced the tri-
bunal to take action.
/ The new order gives either the
state or the defense the right to a
new trial if the judge slept at any
time during the case. But, the order
continues, the judge must have been
so sound asleep that he obviously
4 missed portions of the evidence or
Iargument Merely doing off for a
flew minutes or even snoring audibly
a few times, ,the tribunal ruled, can
not be regarded as evidence of actual
slumber.
The ex-kaiser is again referred to
in the new Berlin telephone direc-
tory as ''IIis Majesty" For Unter
Den Linden, SO is listed in the di-
rectory as the Imperial EXchequer Of
His Majesty, the emporer, and King
wilhelm H. from which all the ex-
kaiser's financial interests are ad-
ninistered.
The building which is called the
Netherlands Palais is the personal
property of the Hohenzollern family
This name, however, has nothing tc
do with the fact that the ex-kaise1
is a resident of the Netherlands but
was chosen in honor of a Dutch
princess who married Hohenzollerr
prince in the middle of the nine
teenth century.
The Munich city council, strug-
Cling, in it's own case, to restore the
pre-war reputation of German cities
for having spotlesSly clean streets
has passed an ordinance prohibiting
persons from littering the thorough
fares with waste paper and rubbish.
Special squads of plain clothes mer
are empowered to levy and collect (;
fine of so cents for each offense
giving a receipt on the spot. They
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havea orders to arrest violators who
refuse to pay the fine.
Dogs and horses still form a con-
siderable part of Germanys meat
supply. Last year $4,000 horses and
$500 dogs were killed under govern
ment supervision and sold as horse
steaks. horse or dog outlets, or saus-
age.
The. average German eats 1OS
pounds of meat a year, an increase
of ten pounds per capita over 1924
Pork is by far the most popular
More than 100000 hogs and only
40OO 600 calves were slaughtered in
1925.
film secretary to train teachers
in demonstrating educational motion
pictures in public schools and high
schools is to be started by the Berlin
board of education.l
The course will comprise the me-
chanieal details of movie machine OPP
Grafton, manufacture of films and the.
working out Of new methods and
fields in which the screen can be used
in connection with the regular class
room work. Attendance of the course
will be obligatory.
The film and picture alliance,
which sponsored the idea, is urging
other cities to- start similar training
courses.
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address, and thus displayed them to
his whole world wide realm
King George never wears glasses
in public unless he needs to refer to
an address or document
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-01

The school marms of Britain have
tossed their hats into the ring and
announced war to a finish in what
they consider a challenge of supe-
riority issued by men teachers.
The school masters recent resolu-
tion that no male teacher should
serve under a woman principal, is
considered by the women teachers as
perfectly preposterous."
In a public announcement, that ma
tionals union of women teachers aver
they welcome the sex warfare reso-
lutions of the School Masters associ-
alton, "as we now know exactly
where we stand, and by organizing
our forces we shall the more easily be
able to resist this belated effort to
stem the tide.
The women teachers are backed up
in their stand by the women's free
dom league, Lady Frances IBalfour
and other women of prominence.
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EUROPEAN CABLE news REVIEW

ried, his brother, rfle Duke of York,
is a possible heir to the, throne and
likewise his son or daughter The
birth of possible heir apparent
must be attested by a secretary of
state.
The last occasion on which sec
retary of state attested to the birth
Of an heir to the British throne, was
when the Prince of Wales was born.
Lord Asquith, then Herbert Asquith,
was present behind screen, and
Queen Alexandria in a blue silk
dressing gown came round the screen
carrying the new born babe of the
royal mother, who now is Queen
Mary, to show to the home secre-
tary.
Princess Victoria sister of King
George, was the first member of the
royal family to wear the heavy horn
trimmed glasses, which in England
are considered distinctly American.
Long before her recent illness her
eyes gave her much trouble and Vic
toria took to horn trimmed glasses,
but not without considerable teasing
from the king 1t wasn't long, how
ever, before the tables were turned
on the monarch, for he, too, had to
wear glasses.
He found the prevailing American
style of spectacles the most conve-
nient and comfortable. For time,
he wore them only for reading in his
apartments, but on the occasion of
the opening of the second season of
the British empire exhibition at
Wembley, he donned them to read his
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havea orders to arrest violators who
refuse to pay the fine.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-01

NOGALES, April SO.-All old Mexi-
can pesos and other silver coins of
ancient minting will be valueless aft
er July /, says report received here
today. The order was issued by the
Mexican secretary of the treasury at
Mexico City. Banks are advised that
the old coins will have no legal value
under the recall
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-05-01

When the expected baby was born
to the Duke and Duchess of York, the
British home secretary, Sir William
Joynson- Hicks was there to carry out
an ancient custom and be present in
the room behind a screen.
With the Prince of Wales unmar-
The Washington times., 1926-11-16
Beautiful, Worldly-Wise and Eagerly
Seeking FrivOlity, Is Derry
Heroine Of the Story
WHAT HAS HAPPENED so FAR

Derry Thomas girl while shopping
young whom she has not met 70 pay Tor
dress afford He leaves her without
Mr. Ostrande dealer in antiques her employer
goes abroad leaving his business her charge her promise not
wins admirers among them
Beverley Greenway Preston Smith, New York alderman DICK
Oey wealthy dettante; Martin Coe playwright and Prof.
BaeIy psyhoanalysis cousin Of Greenways
WIowean French leading Coles out to pc
good friend of Derr Greenway offers 20 divorce his wife
They all meet frequently e the Recherche fashionable night club
Lander there but he gives no sign OF having mel
her Martin Cole becomes jealous Of bakey ana Derry urges
matter Of business and takes her to ball game she gees sailing
The night the boat The next morning Derry Y seen y
akeIs hypnotic globes and leaves i IN Deys Martin
Cole Syes WOwdean mplOres Derry to make Bakey
come who recognized Derry on the boat appears
~ Derry gets take her secluded corner on
the roof kisses her then aPolOges Hidden from
WOWdean confess her love for Bake Derry
discovers Tony eO Otey Who has been masuue.
radp urd unmarked by the sudden appearance
s wife Claire Eway tells Derry that her husband
in love becomes Jealous of Tony and
feans to 20 to She peuades him TO wait and accom-
her on trip to Montreal In three weeks Mrs. Preston
Sih acses Derry vampng her husband WOwdean tries to
ake Derry ca with Greenway and Derry wonders
ere WIowdeans Bakely will her. Tired out she
tries 20 sleep The morning urnines Blakeya hyp
note aobe Derry gazing at it. drifts into strange dream
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
The Washington times., 1926-11-16
By Lucy Lowell

DOOR John Jones! They carted
4 him away to the mountains
this morning to take a rest
cure" His nerves are "all gone"
they said. what with overwork
and worry and this and that. He
went assigning and a.wondering
what the office will do without
him.
John Jones wears two deep
creases between his eyes and two
more around his mouth. He Is al.
ways in a hurry. Folks who
work with him say he hurries
when he's doing nothing. He's
like that. you know-always max
his hands 20. or swinging his feet
or rushing somewhere only to
rush back again.
"Fidgety" is what they call his
sort OF hurry. You see squirrels
in a cage act that way. Going
round and round and always get
ting back where they started from
without having been anywhere.
But 1t wasn't just movement
that caused John Jones break.
down." 1t was repetition. Doing
things over and over Beginning
something at the beginning and
working 1t through to the end,
step by step. and then beginning
1t all over again. In his head,
you know.
Evenings, after he'd got home
from the office he'd sit with his
hands folded and the deep creases
between his eyes. doing again the
work he'd done through the day.
Than he'd do the work he was
going to do the next day.
And. of course, when the next
lay came he'd be run down like
IN old battery.
That made him doubtful of
himself and fretfuI. with others.
In spite of being so dreadfully
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The knowledge Test for
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Listen carefully to me, Mrs.
Masury. CO in and set you hand
on her forehead; then come to
me and tell me IL it Is warm.
quite warm. / tried it. And
she Is breathing regularly. But
one may be warm and breathe
and move, and still be dead"
you had better call q doctor at
once" he advised. II will be right
up"
He rang for his secretary and
gave crisp directions: "Call Miss
Willowdean French at the Whit.
ridge Arms and ask her to 90
at once to Miss Thomas apart.
nent. Watt First call Mr..
Lander at the Security Life and.
ask him TO be waiting at the
entrance OF his building for me.
Tel him It is urgent"
He caught a taxi and picked
up Anthony Lander. Something
has happened to Derry Thomas"
he explained. 81 don't know
what. Do you want to go there
with me?"
I'D like to-" hesitated the
other. thinking Of Derry's en-
barge, but"
She has been calling for you.
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with Blackie's globe2 How
thriliingl Did ! do anything excIt.
ing7"
mo"
''I'li bet I did. There's feeling
OF conspiracy In this room. OF
other people being here. Z
Willowdea1 gave out q short
caclxle, semi hysterical In sugges.
ton. The savant made an entry
In his note book.
'Posthypnotic supersensitiza
tion." he murmured. "Ehe couldn't
have seen or heard them, except
somnambuiisticalIy."
II felt them. / feel them yet
what did happen7"
Nothing worth mentioning.
i'm sure. yoti're lying. both Of
yon. You. look positively criminal
ow long have / been under2 What
time is 1T"
After NOON
ouch! i've got to Fly to the
office. Do q nosedive, BlackIe:
I'm going to dress. How did he
get here, anyway oh. to pull me
The Washington times., 1926-11-16
TAPTER XXVI

CHAPTER AANA
or All the growing circle who
" were welcome to the easy hos
pitality Of Derry's apartment.
coming and going as they pleased,
Preston Smith was the only one
whom Sister Letitia ever reeog-
nized az an element In her own
dim. secluded world. Never did
he call without looking in upon
her for . few minutes. His sug,
Restions az TO difficult definitions
were always earnest ana ne
uuentIy helpful; he had even pre-.
scented her with q new DOCK o.
synonyms and aE1tonyms, IN which
they undertook painstaking re-
IetItia liked and trusted him;
eometimes confided IN him such
ehaaoWy troubles as may beset
the safely dead, mainly concern.
ing Derry, for whom she feared
the inevitable tragedy OF mar.
Knowing her confidence In him,
Preston Smith was not surprised
Of being told by his secretary one
morning that lady who said that
she was "Derry's sister" was on
the phone.
''Good morning. Mr.. Smith
Can you tell me who
Tony is?''
Tony He was a bit startled;
tried to reckon what this unex.
pected question, might signify. i
expect that you mean q friend OF
Derry's-and mine"
''She has been calling his name:
Tony, Tony. Tony Quite quietly
I think she wanted him.
Something In the manner Of the
statement slowed and thickened
the hearers heartbeat. "Is Derry
Ill?''
'.she IL dead"
He commanded his voice to say
With a forced calmness which
surprised himself: Tell me about
Il. Mrs. MasuIy."
In Her Bed.
''She lie lying on her bed, with
her eyes wide open and fixed. and
she does not move nor answer
when / speak to her. Before she
died I heard her call in such q
strange way. Love IL a dreadful
thing for women, Mr.. Smith,"
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Young girls and pregnant Wom
en- are especially liable. the former
10 menstrual excuses, the latter
to nliscarriages.
All diseases, such &c tubercu
tosis. anemia and the acute in
Eections tending to lower vital re
sistance, favor the development
of benzol poisoning,
Prevention consists In protec
tion from benzol fumes and from
prolonged contact with the liquid
Where benzol chambers must be
entered masks and respirators
should be worn. Where fumes
are liable to get loose in work
The Washington times., 1926-11-16

rooms the latter should be pro
vided with direct ventilation sup.
plemented with fans to force Il,
fresh air and to force out foul
air.
FIrst.aid treatment In acute
cases is to place the patient on
his back in the open air. head
low and give q stfmulaht. pref
erably coffee. In. chronic cases
there should be change of ems
ployment to the outdoors with
reconstructive measures under
the care of physician.
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Unconscious. infer. VIII you
go? Yes or nor" ~
Yes" The two men Jumped
into the taxi. Smith thrust a
2o.dollar bill into the drivers
hand. That's for the risk OF
getting arrested. Drive like hell.
I'll get you off il you're pinched
Al the door Willowdean met
them. .'She's hypnotized herself"
she said. With Walter Blakely's
globe"
Can't you get her out2''
No. I've sent for him.
rs she IN any danger?" asked
Tony. Hie voice shook.
WilIowdean looked intently ct
him. az don't think so. You sit
down, Tony, and I'll get you a
drink"
Sorry" mumbled Landor.
Hate to make fool Of myself.
His knees were behaving In a
very unstable manner
There was a sharp ring at the
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various medicinal products. 1t
Is often blended with gasoline to
make a highly combustible motor
material. 1t is used to make
lacquer. rubber. artificial leather
rubber cement, paints and stains
and many incidental products.
Benzol in certain quantities,
varying according to the sus
capabilities OF the individual, is
poisonous to the human system.
In acute benzoI poisoning, in
duced by inhaling or swallowing
the benzol accidentally or with
suicidal intent, the patient be.
comes sick" marked prostration
The Washington times., 1926-11-16
got to help us make a decision. I"

got to help US make a decision"
They went in.
Bubbles. staggering languidly
upward. through gray. remote
depths to the light, to conscious
ness: bubbles OF thought, Of In.
dication. of self, One Of them
was carrying Derry Thomas far
wandering soul back to the
world: which one she neitheT
knew nor cared Curiously light
she felt. curiously vital. vibrant.
There was a sense Of tren1en.
dous explorations achieved. car.
dinal experiences passing through
In her radiant mind. She won
dered. amusedly, at the con-
cerned and relieved faces of
Blaclie and WiIlowdean.e bent
over her.
You're all right. Derry" said
the former, soothingly
''Of course. I'm all right. Why
shouldn't be?"
You hypnotized yourself, angel
child"' Willowdean impaired.
The Washington times., 1926-11-16

drowsiness, pallor. tending to
blueness. feeble pulse, slow and
Iabored breathing generally cul.
mtnating in death. In cases of
recovery these symptoms gener
ally subside.
In chronic benzol poisoning, due
either to acute poisoning or to pro,
longed exposure either to benzol
fumes or to liquid benzol, the
symptoms develop gradually. There
ls gradually increasing weakness
and dizziness and paleness with
little blush pin-point eruptions on
various parts of the body with
tendency to bleed from the nose.
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gums and threats. The vision be
comes blurred from congestions in
the bottom of the eye-ball. These
conditions may develop grave symp.
toms involving the various organs
of the body Autopsy shows that
the blood has broken down IN
many important particulars, In
voIving both the red and white
blood corpuscles and the coloring
matter.
Benzol poisoning occurs more
frequently in cold than In warm
weather and in closed rather than
In open or well ventilated shops
or Workroon1s.
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/ and for their own evil intentions
found the Gypsy Language m
Advantage.
The Gypsy wants LITTLE ana
finds II easy to earn that lital6.
They are quick and even 10 =.
i1ote times saeily learned trades
which helped them earn their
way
sIang vas an original 0ypsy
word Indicating their lAnguese,
and many, such words e. Fam
boOzie, sBosh" and others now
SO familiar came originally from
the Gyp.1 les. Miami, " their
word for BranlnOthef. Il 10
doubt the original Of Alatnnay!
The Washington times., 1926-11-16
By Chas. A. L. Reed, Md

~ NAeS~e as ASe AS(SNAS 44sAOa
Former President OF the Ameri.
can Medical Association
DENZoL is the commercial
~ name for benzine. It IL
a clear. colorless. slightly oily
liquid that boils at a low TEN.
perature (sO.2.e.J. and is therefore
volatile
II Is derived chiefly from COX.
lng.plant gases and occurs In
various degrees OF purity.
1t Is extensively used IN the
manufacture Of analins. for the
so-called ''dFy-cleaning" of cloth.
ing, the production of photo
graphic materials, chemicals and
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Are You a REPEATER" Writer Asks

three times az hard 40 they
should and as they would work
II they were just doing their
tasks to the best of their ability
And that's why their nerves
reach the "all gone state. and
they're carted away to the noun.
tains for rest cures. where they
are obliged to stop all work of
every sort. whether they like It
or not.
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centuries accepting the customs OF
the country through which they
pass. but forever maintaining their
Individuality
In all ages the gypsies have
been known. Great men and even
Kings have. interested themselves
in these colorful people and have
traced their history. The gypsies
are a wandering race. Caucasians.
traced to India.
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door and Walter BIakely was adj
rnitted. cool. but anxious-fae ed.
you didn't move the globe2" ne
asked Willowdean. !.
s.No."
Il think 1t will be all right.
then"
He entered Derry's room and
closed the door Presently he
called Willowdean, then Mrs.
Masury. There was murmur
Of voices. heard too vaguely Tor
Interpretation by the racked lis.
teners. Then the elder sister ap.
peared.
'Derry7" said the two in q
breath.
Derry is still dead" She
passed into the further room.
The door OF the bedroom opened
showing the outlines of a still
figure on the bed. Willowdean
beckoned, her eyes brilliant with
purposefui light. l.
Come in. you two" she said
in strang, tense voice You've
The Washington times., 1926-11-16
BY Fay King

The other afternoon glimpsed
a gypsy girl running across
crowded street OF this great city
her coiorful long, full skirt con.
trast, indeed. to the fashion Of the
moment.
Her loose braids were In def.
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But that's the way with "re.'
peaters." They spend themselves
on doing the job that's already
done, or on the job that may
have to be done. So they work
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In the old days they travelled
in covered caravans, always earn,
ing their way with entertainments
and their gift Of prophesyl They.
danced, they were acrobats, they
told fortunes, they sang and
played music. As to religion they
often adopted that Of the country
in which they found themselves
In the Gypsy there ever seemed
to be the blending Of the savage
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ance 10 the bobbed mode But her
slender neck and wrists and long
fingers circied with beads and
bracelets and rings were more In
keeping with ornaments now worn
by milady!
a far cry from the green fields
and caravans of her peoplel But
she did not seem to mind-true
gypsy child forever through the
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busy" say the folks he works
with, che does less work than
anyone in the office! If Jones
put into the job the effort he
puts into fussing he'd be
wonderg'
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out, suppose. why didn't YOU
leave me in7 I've an idea that
was having very splenaid time
OF It up there, though I don't
know what II was III shout. Her
gaze fixed itself upon her Fight
hand. Widened. ewerved to willow.
deans strained face. How did my
finger set srneared up with mkt
Have ! been spook Writing
WillOwdeaA laughed, cll naked
gulped.
oh. wen, Is you're going to De-
so mysterious about Il. fly out
both OF ycu. I'll find out later
what hanlxy-yanly you've been
up to with my defenseless soul.
Blackie. you science4deviI.
Nothing that could do you any
harm; not the slightest" averred
the accused, In an eager, plausible.
wavering tone as he Withdrew.
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