davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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Pa. But to her old college
chum, Roberta, anything west
of Philadelphia was prairie, be-
cause Roberta was cosmopolitan
to the core.
Elizabeth hadn't been married
six or seven years. It was four,
and she hadn't had litters Of
children. She had two.
Parts of the letter were cor
rect. Elizabeth had married
and was still married to den
tist. Her wedding took place the
day after she disentangled her
self from the commencement
Daisy Chain, and week after
the groom finished his post
graduate course in the advanced
school Of dental surgery. And
after a hurried honeymoon, they
took root in the bridegroom's
home town, and from then on
he practiced his profession.
Besides, Elizabeth was starved
for the higher culture. The so
phistication of her environment
was rather synthetic. She hun
gered for the ultra. She was a
member of several book clubs.
She was a patroneSS of the
Peppet Guild. She was the
chairman of an art center where
the circle met each week to dis
cuss new movements. She had
gone deeply into short cuts to
psychoanalysis." She was one
of the committees that went to
Buffalo and drummed up sub
scriberS in order to guarantee
a performance of "Porgy," by
the New York Theater Guilds
Repertorv Company. But with
all this, something was lacking.
She was far from the center of
things. She was out of rhythm
not exactly out, but a beat be-
hind.
She had a few pieces of mod
ern furniture, but she had
bought them by mail. And she
had a faint idea about an artist
named Modigliani. She wasn't
quite sure just what he did, but
she loved to bowl over the other
ladies on the committees by
rolling the name off her tongue.
Still Lack
Being a subscriber to an ultra
sophisticated Manhattan weekly,
and all the 35-cent monthlies,
helped her keep up. But with
all this, there was still lack.
She would have liked to be
in the thick of it all. She
wished, many times, that
she was in the center of the
boiling kettle, when things were
hot. AS it was, where she was,
all she felt was the steam. She
still retained her instincts for
the smarter gestures. She was
panied because her husband en-
joyed Amos and Andy every
night at 6 o'clock. But with
the coming of Roberta's letter,
the skies had opened for her.
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been awfully low lately. Work
has gone to pot"
"Oh, don't tell me that.
What's the trouble-in love?"
Love, bah! I've been hav.
ing the most terrible trouble
with my teeth"
my dear fellow, why do you
let yourself suffer? You must
let me give you the address Of
my dentist. He is a perfect
dear"
1--WE got a perfectly splendid
man. Been doing my work for
years."
mo one could touch my man.
He's magician. OF course,
you know how careful I have
to be. You can imagine how
the slightest thing throws me
off. I go to him six times a
year-at least, that is, when I'm
on this side. He keeps me in
perfect condition, and you know
what trouble I'm always hav.
ing. He says that I have a
perfect set, and if you ever
need any bridge work, don't by
any manner of means let any,
one but my man touch you. AS
for filings"
All Fixed Up
II swear by my man, after
the work he did for me. I was
afraid for a while that would
have to go to that specialist in
Vienna-oh' what's his name?-
but I didn't need to because
my man fixed me up better
than I was before the taxi &C
cident. You know what that
did to me; loosened all those
on the top so that only a mira
Gle would save them. But he
fixed me up. Look, you'd
never know they had been
touched"
The actress across the table
joined the talk.
Look at this for a piece Of
work. I thought I was going to
lose every one Of mine, until my
dentist gave me a treatment.
They are all perfectly sound
teeth, the hardest he's ever seen.
but I had pyorrhea. My gums
started to recede, but look at
them now. Isn't that a perfect
job? I swear by my man. His
bills are exorbitant, but II you
want thing done right, you've
got to pay"
The columnist asked:
IT wish one of you would gs"e
me the address of a really good,
dentist. I need a lot Of work."
AS they all started to shout
addresses at him, Roberta flut-
tered around to Elizabeth and
asked:
"How are you getting on?
Having a good time, darling?"
Elizabeth answered.:
wonderful"
(CopyriEht. 1881, by John Held, Jr,
Distributed by King Features
syndlcate)
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Indeed, she would go. Her home
was so managed that a week
wouldn't upset the schedule OF
four steady years. Besides, she
had a jewel Of a maid.
After a day of preparation
she boarded the New York
sleeper. Her husband couldn't
see her off because the train
left at 6, and he couldn't miss
his Amos and Andy. But her ex-
pectant excitement compen-
sated for this: New York, 60
ing places, doing things with
the people who went places
and did things.
That night as she lay in her
berth, her mind went back over
the four years of housekeeping,
the bearing of descendants, her
struggle for culture, her intel
lectual pursuits, and it vas
ashes; it was dull and drab
compared to what was before
her. Her college chum. Roberta
had always had what she
wanted. She had always moved
with the "The" people. She
knew what was what, and what
was going to be.
Each of Roberta's three huS-
bands had been men of the
arts. Roberta had never had to
taste warmed-over culture. Now
she, Elizabeth, was going to
feast at Roberta's groaning
board, and how she would over
stuff herself with everything
that had been starving her
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q couple inches back from her
forehead.
Rakesl They were that,
that, these modern girls. Yet
one could forgive them. be.
cause of their youth. E.
But could one forgive their
mothers?
Had the girl fallen into a
drunken slumber? Before he
deposited her at her home,
some way or other she MUST
be Sobered up.
At bend in the highway he
saw the lights of a roadhouse.
Take her in there. give her a
strong black coffee. the spirits
of ammonia he had produced
from his medical bag hadn't
really had much effect.
He drew his car up at the
inn, reused Laurel.
Like a sleepy but obedient
child she followed him. Wasn't
he the handsomeSt young man
she had seen in all her life2
Continued Saturday,
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aestheticism. People, people who
we're! To feel the warmth Of
brilliance! The right musicians,
the proper artists, actresses; to
be able to talk and have her
self understood; swift waters,
not the slow, moving eddies Of
the stream where she was al
ways going down for the third
time. These thoughts, combined
with the click of the moving
wheels on the rails, soon lured
her to sleep.
At the Station
Morning found her in the
New York station, where she
was not met, so she got into a
taxi and, arriving at Roberta's
house, she was informed by the
maid that Roberta and her lord
and master never rose until
lunch time. She spent the
morning in the guest room un-
packing her one evening dress
and her toilet things, and look
ing out the windows at the tops
of passing taxis in Sixty-first
Street, East. Then she bathed
and wenS down to lunch and a
profuse greeting from Roberta.
When lunch ended at 2, she
was rushed to talkie that she
had seen by driving up to Buff
falo. Then a confused dinner
in a speakeasy and that night
to see "The Green Pastures"
Then to another smoky speak
easy, and home to bed. She
absorbed little Of the play, as
The Washington times., 1931-12-24
Your Heath and Diet
By Logan Clendening, M. D.

A modern textbook on medi-
cine says:
'Diphtheria is an endemic
disease in larger centers Of
population. It becomes epi-
demic especially in the colder
seasons of the year. In rural
sections and small communities,
where the proportion of sus-
ceptihle individuals is very large
the disease may become quite
virulent."
1t is disease, then, of this
season Of the year. It especially
occurs in children under five
years of age-80 per cent Of all
cases occur before the age of
10. It is deadly if not treated.
1t can nearly always be cured if
treated early by antitoxin.
Early diagnosis, therefore, is Of
supreme Importance.
Suspicion of Disease
How does a parent suspect
that diphtheria might have at
tackled a child? ListlesSnesS,
fever and sore throat are the
triad Of warning signals. The
sore throat shows a membrance
The Washington times., 1931-12-24
RAINBOW'S GOLD

The letter was in the mascu.
line handwriting of a thor
oughly feminine woman. The
large bold strokes were spread
wide so that there were only
five or six words to each page
of the smart gray stationery.
The letter read:
Dear Libbs:
II was rather startled, not to
say pleased, to get your letter
asking me to buy the frock, as
per the clipping you enclosed;
but, my dear, you failed to give
me the size, and, as I haven't
seen you for ages, I have no
way Of telling if you are stylish
stout, a bony skeleton or a per-
feet SO.
II have heard from vague
sources about you bearing lit
ters of children. This, no doubt,
has had a tendency to change
you from the boyish tennis
shark of college days into
heaven knows what!
Rather than send me your
size, why not act on. my idea
and come to me for a week? I
know you must be terribly fed
up after these six years-or is
it seven?-that you have had
out on the prairies among the
cowboys and Indians. If re-
member correctly, you always
had an appetite for the nicer
things-theaters, people who are
doing things. and what have
you.
do fix to come, and we will
have Sprees of shopping and
shows and going places, and I
want you to meet my new hus-
band. He's not exactly new,
I've been married to this one
nearly eight months. That's a
record for me. But you may
not think so, you who have
been married to the same man
for six years, or seven as the
CdSC Inlay NC. DuG CAACu SOO
married a dentist and sup
pose one always goes to the
same dentist. (Joke.)
"You must come. I won't
take no. Wire me the train
that you are on and I will try
to meet you. If I miss you,
como straight to the house and
make yourself at home. I'm
dying to see you. It's hard to
realize that we haven't seen
each other since I was the
missing link in the Daisy
Chain. $50, until I see you,
Yours,
BOBBY"
Not Quite True
Several things in the letter
were slightly inaccurate.
"LibbS," whose Christian name
was Elizabeth, wasn't out
among the cowboys and
Indians. She was in Erie,
The Washington times., 1931-12-24

on the ConSlIS ana So1t palate.
But if you see no membrane, if
if you see no sore throat when
the child is listless and feverish,
do not conclude that no diph-
iberia is present. Often the
membrane is in the larynx or
in the windpipe or in the nose
and cannot be seen ercept by a
doctor with proper examining
instruments.
The value of diphtheria
antitoxin is strikingly seen in
comparison of the mortality
statistics of 40 years ago.
In 1890 Chicago had lit
deaths from diphtheria per
100000 population.
In 1895 Chicago had SO
deaths from diphtheria per
100000 population.
In 1880 Chicago had IL
deaths from diphtheria per
hundred thousand population.
Between 1890 and 1895 the
deaths from this disease were
cut nearly in half.
The Washington times., 1931-12-24

wish every little child this Christmas Wish. 1t is that
mght-or may-have marvellous, beautiful strangely
excitabe Christmas Eve those had when little
find wish them! My Christmas Ewes
place, setting In the West of the
Rocky Mountains. Where it snow, dears it used
here in New York AS though
all the inhabitants of Heaven throwing their beds
night of Denver "the hills
moun and
deep and diamonds little
to ooko Diamonds mile
wagon wheels making brittle creking
in little
The Washington times., 1931-12-24
Not Quite True

NUG NUIVE 1TU6
Several things in the letter
were slightly inaccurate.
"LibbS," whose Christian name
was Elizabeth, wasn't out
among the cowboys and
Indians. She was in Erie,
The Washington times., 1931-12-24

The of Christmas Eve like that A white world
that gittered and with marvels to
logs, of
than play house, warmed by cracking pine
Christmas the last and filled it ful!
MY Does little child
get town? had music box at the foot of it that
of raksh but respectable really dolls,
that solemn but exultant sent Night Holy Night And
Father presents-ippng out slipping IN, and
slipping paper whisers and white wool eaPand
wasN NEVER RECOGNIZED!
Eve more than Santa Claus. 1t me-
tery the fairy world with the real confused
The Washington times., 1931-12-24

u A-lO-9-6-o'4-Z
HQ.6.5.4
= A-4
= None
rs opening bid of One Spade
was neither good nor bad; his
rebidding values justified the
declaration. A passed. OF
course Y felt obliged to St
tempt a take-out Of Two
Diamonds. B passed. z
jumped to Three Spades, and
when Y repeated his warning
of ShortnesS in Spades, by bid
ding Four Diamonds, z bid
Four Spades. Both sides were
vulnerable, and B made free
double (this term is employed
when a contract for game is
doubled, because fulfillment OF
a game contract insureS a
game score, whether or not
the contract is doubled.
AS opening lead was the 8
of Clubs. In turn the players
covered with Y's Q, BIS K, and
the declarer's Ace. rs return
lead of the 4 of Clubs seemed
to B an indication that the
declarer held another Club,
and that he intended rutflng
a later lead of that suit with
dumny's lone 8 of spades. B
won the trick and he would at
once have led a trump had not
his partner deceived him
through the manner in which
he played his Clubs. 1t is a
cardinal principle that when a
player leads the top Of a short
suit, he shall afterwards play
cards of that suit in regular
order. Having led his 8, on
the next trick A should have
played his cards in descending
sequence, causing his 6 to fall
on the second round. AS part
ner would have noted that the
2 was missing, and he would
have credited A with that card.
When A led the 8, then played
the 2 on the next round he
definitely stated that he held
no card between the 8 and
the 2.
OF course B. should have
taken out dummy's sole trump,
but he feared that doing so
would enable the declarer to
win the trump trick, enter
dummy with a lone Diamond,
: then discard his losing Club
upon one Of Us top Diamonds.
Thinking that 2 held the mis-
sing six Of Clubs, and that A
could trump higher than Y,
B thought that he was doing
the proper thing in leading back
a winning Club for his Partner
to trump. OF course, the de-
clarer discarded a losing Heart
and dummy trumped; then z
discarded three losing Hearts
upon dummy's A-K-Q Of Dia'
monds. saving three tricks on
the play of the hand, aside
from the Heart already dis
carded upon BIS mistaken Club
lead. The declarer wound UP
with the loss of one Club trick
and two trump tricks, filling
q his doubles contrast Of Four.
SpadeS-240 points below the
line. and 100 points for fulfill
ment of a doubled contract,
vulnerable. The rubber bonus
of 500 points gave z a total
score Of $40 points on the hand,
The contract should have been
defeated by three tricks, cost
ing penalty Of 1000 points.
The error of B cost his side
Just 1,840 points.
The Washington times., 1931-12-24

Bethlehem the gttering that looked down at
and struck fire again from the frozen pre Saint
Nicholas angels who looked mind much Greta Garbo
looks golden e candles; the spending Of
four dollars heart to tears the
traordnay kindness of that wonderful old Santa Claus
who took the trouble to remember living child BY some
miracle that did know of; the glow of the fire
tried awake the last belief that might
wake with curly hair piano in the cold pink
morning! OF Christmas Day.
Such the magic of Christmas Eve to little child
wish the all little who write to meand
those who do and heard of
The Washington times., 1931-12-24
HIGH SPEED GIRL
A Sensational Novel Of
PIeasure-Mad Youth
What Has Happened Before

thoroughly modern finds that she will Be
rts with Roger SartOri 29 base Jaded
who Infatuated with her. ImOgene Gay invites her
. moonlight party"
drives roadster out to deserted farm house where
she finds . c0nvivial party
Laurel from the party which becomes too wild Tor hef
Finding flees down the road and
rescued by . stranger
(Now Go On With the Story
The Washington times., 1931-12-24

Bridge

Unless employed as a last
resort, never deceive your part
ner. The hand shown below
illustrates how expensive a
careless error may prove,
especially when normal play
would have insured g. comfort
able penalty from the declarer,
as well as avoiding handing
him a doubled contract when he
is vulnerable.
*lse.s.s.s
d Q-3
= A-K-Q.6-5-3
AJ-7-3 a K-Q
d S.6.2 ok
Valet A = K-J-10-9-
= 1882 4 rs
. J.9.7.4
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-09-04
HE FORGOT

He brushed his teeth twice day
with nationally advertised tooth
paste.
The doctor examined him twice a
year.
He wore rubbers when it rained.
He slept with the windows open.
He stuck to diet with plenty of
fresh vegetables.
He relinquished his tonsils and
traded in several worn-out glands.
He golfed-but never more than
eighteen holes at time.
He got at least eight hours sleep
every night.
He never smoked, drank or lost his
temper.
He did his daily dozen, daily.
He was all set to live to be hum
dred
The funeral will be held next We'd
nesday He is survived by eighteen
specialists, four health Institutes, six
gymnasiums, and numerous manufac-
turers of health foods and antiseptics.
He had forgotten about trains at
grade crossings.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-09-04
The INTERNATIONAL
TYPOGRAPHICAL
UNION

With a membership mounting
steadily and offering to its members
benefits not to be equaled by any
other labor organization, the Inter
national Typographical Union is rec
ognized today as the leading trade
union of the country.
Highly paid craftsmen are enlist
ed under the banner of the |. T. u.
and throughout the jurisdiction of the
great international union will be
found the best of working conditions,
with hours of labor in keeping with
the modern trend of the times.
Printers who are members of the
International Typographical Union
have the assurance that everything
possible will be done to create high
wages and to gain for them other
benefits while they are working at
the trade, but the union offers many
other inducements that cannot be
overlooked.
The Union Printers Home in Col
orado Springs, place where older
members may retire to spend their
declining days, or where the younger
element, who are i'll, may seek
health, is a monument to the large
membership of the organization The
Union Printers Home is maintained
solely by assessments on the mem
bership, and is considered a model
institution in every respect. Then for
printers who have reached the age
where their usefulness is ended in the
business, who desire to remain at
home, there is the assurance of an
old age pension for them the remain
der of their lives. This pension is
also maintained by the membership
Of the union. With agitation going
on in almost every state in the union
for old age pensions for needy per-
sons, it is worth mentioning that the
International Typographical | Union
has conducted this system of aiding
aged members for many years.
The International Typographical
Union solicits competent printers for
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-09-04

membership. It offers them the bene-
fits of many years of experience, clean
and sanitary working shops, high
wages, fair treatment by employers
and many other inducements. Any
printer who is proficient would do
we'll to seek information concerning
the International Typographical Union
either from the headquarters in In
dianapolis, or by conversation with
some union printer of his acquain-
tance.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-09-04
A PARABLE
BUT OH, HOW TRUE!

Originally, GOD had blessed all
creatures with the same span of life
thirty years. Thirty years were al
lotted TO the great elephant, man and
the smallest fly.
One day, during the twenty-ninth
year, while man was resting in the
field, sitting and thinking, he began
to cry.
The animals of the wild paid no
attention to him; but his truest
animal friends, the horse, the came!
and the dog, nudged him and asked
him sympathetically about his sor-
row.
"Alas," said the man, ''surely it is
painful and unjust that | now must
depart while in the prime of my
strength"
The horse answered: "Master,
will gladly give you ten of my years.
The earth holds little for me, work
hard and receive nothing for it but
whipping and poor feed"
The camel said: $50 would | give
you ten of my years"
The log said with great zeal: MAS
ter, love you without end, more than
any of my kind. My existence is not
worth while without you; please,
Master, take twenty years from me-
ALLAH head these words. Since
then the life of man is seventy
Thirty of it he spends as human be-
ing, twenty like draft horse, and
the last twenty like a dog.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1931-09-04

The doctrine that high wages con-
stitute an important element in the
solid foundations of business pros
perity has been accepted widely in
this country.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-08
FORMED
FOR OLYMPICS
III. y. Team 10 be Selected
AT Chicago July
Is and 10

NEW YORK, Feb. 7. R-Soldier
Field, Chicago, scene OF many a
historic sporting event. today was
selected as the site for the final
trials to choose the team TO repre-
sent the United States In the 1882
Olympic track and field games at
Los Angeles.
The Olympic track and field
committee, which announced the
selection Of Chicago. also fixed the
dates at July Is and is. Although
the size Of the team. which will
wear the emblem or Uncle Sam"
was discussed. no action was taken.
The general opinion, however. ap-
peared TO be In favor OF the maxi
mum strength on 81 athletes-three
for each event.
Advocating n coach, the COM
mite voted to recommend to the
general Olympic committee. the
r-pointment Of Lawson Robertson
the University OF Pennsylvania
and head coach Of the 1923 team
at Amsterdam.
Fred T. Steers. Chicago, was the
choice OF the committee 10 head
the wonen's track and field com
raittee. Joseph 7. England, Bal
timore. was named as permanent
chairman OF the committee and c..
K. Metcalf, AlneB. Iowa, secretary.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-08
Al and Abe Espinosa Drawing
Spotlight in Valley Tournament

Geo. Cummings. Corpus Christi. So
SITS.
Denny Shute, Columbus, and
Jimmie George, Harlingen 1896
70.
Tony Manero, Elmsford, and
Glen Bronson. Chicago. 37-36-73.
Dick Metz, san Angelo. and j. a
Manley, San Antonio. 35-38-73.
Sam Schneider and M. u. Caul
Harrington. 35-39-74-
Jim Mckenzie, Dallas. and Z. b.
Wells. san Benito, 36-33-74.
Wally Martin, Goliad, and Billy
WEIGH, Mercedes, 36-38-74.
Mike Turnesa, Elmsford, N. r..
and W. d. Lidell, Harlingen, 36-36-
"a.
Jack Forester. Hackensack. N. Y.
and A. N. Brown, Mercedes. 1888
IA.
Jimmy Vincent. Hollywood. and
Rev. Hugh Robertson, San Benito.
36-38-74.
Floyd Farley. Oklahoma City,
and Wimberly Mcleod, Harrington,
~37-38-75.
Johnny Golden, Stamford, Conn,
and Art Lynch, New York, 38-37-
rs.
Harvey Penick. Austin, and r.
w. Briggs. McAllen. 36-39-75.
Harry Brown, Mexico City. and
~. v. Stewart, Weslaco. 38-37-75.
John Bredmus. San Antonio. and
AL Parker. La Feria. 3S-38-T6.
Frank Fogerty, Kirkwood. Mo,
and Ed Baalam. Harlingen. 37-3s-
rs.
G. L. slaine, Fort Worth. and
Chief George. Brownsville. 37-3g-
rs.
Jack Guild. Tulsa, and Charles
Leslie. san Antonio, 36-40-76.
Ben Weichmann. Ashland, KY,
and y. L. Cardwell, McAllen. So
39-77.
Dudley Bell, Houston, and Har-
~ Solesther. Mercedes. 39-39-TS.
George Holbrook, Clinton, Ia,
and Charles Snyder. Mercedes. 81
Ais.
Clarence Clarke. Tulsa, and L
r. Roth, San Antonio, 36-44-S0.