Greencastle Herald, Greencastle, Putnam County, 24 December 1920 — Page 2
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THE GREENCASTLE HERALD
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1920
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DREW CHARACTER FROM LIFE WOULD PROHIBIT DOG-EAi iNi 1 TRUTH ABOUT AVERAGE MAN
Thackeray't "Beatrice” Said to Have Been Mode'ed on Career of Prof-
ligate Ducheaa.
One of the few feminine chanteters of Thackeray that was not declared insipid by critics, was his Beatrice. She was drawn from real life, and the original was the daughter of Col. Thomas Chudleigh, afterward to become Elizabeth, duchess of Kingston. She married Augustus Hervey, earl of Bristol, after setting all London by tile ears with her beauty, spirit and pranks. Me was a member of the naval forces, and shortly after their secret wedding was called to sea. and when lie returned found his wife the reigning heauty of the court und head over heels in half a dozen affairs, the one with the duke of Kingston lieing so notorious that even j the street gamins knew of it. She
| managed to bring a suit for a jnctitu-
! lion, ami her husband was subject to
SCOTT WAS ON THE ALERT '“■“vy penalties should he say she # J was his wife. She then married the Army Captain Suffered for Disobedl- [ Joke. «nc* of Orders Issued by Hero • ,,er > , ‘*"Oty was a storm slgof Mexican War. \ 111,1 "hercver she went in London and i Paris, and a long list of duels, ruin
’ and trouble followed her wake. Although she lost a part of tier fortune she continued to be received at continental courts up to her death at the age of sixty-eight, as wicked in her final years as in her youth. She got drunk, swore, had a dozen lovefs, ruined us many more, and In fact did everything that should hove brought her shame and sorrow, but lived a ri-
otous life to the end.
Custom Common Among the Igorots Not a Bad Fellow at Haart, and Really la Declared to Be Undesirable Is at Least Entitled ts for Many Reasons. Toleration.
Gen. Winfield Scott, hero of the Mexican war, was u strict disciplinarian. as strict, perhaps, ns any officer that took part In the late World war, says the Kansas City Star. He was most particular that an officer an duty xhouhl he dressed to the lust particular. The general's headquarters in Mexico comprised two rooms, one ofwtiing Into the other. General Scott slept In file rear room. One night after the general hud retired a member of flip staff wonted some water. The hour was late, past midnight, In fact, and the weather was very warm. The officer started for the water In his shirt sleeves. He was cautioned that It was dangerous to go so at tired, for if the general caught him wffhmtt dels coot he would lie punished. But the officer thought he would take the chance. He opened the door softly and tiptoed for the water pitcher. But he hnd scarcely reached the middle of ihe room before he heard the tinkle of Hie hell and the sentinel outside entered. “Take this man to the guard house." was the brief order from the ever-vlgilant general, and the coatless captain spent the night on a hard
(dank under guard.
DISCOVERY CAME TOO LATE Detective Forced to Admit He Was Slow in Ferreting Out Gross Case of Fraud. While they waited for the train two passengers got into conversation. Presently one disclosed the fact that he was a detective, and the otiier was naturally greatly Interested. “I suppose you have an exciting time!” lie exclaimed. “Yes, I must say 1 have had my share of it." owned the sleuth. “Discovered u great ninny gigantic frauds, 1 suppose?" invited the other, hoping for strange yarns to while aw ay
the time.
“1 should say so,” the detective replied. “Between you and me, the most complete case of fraud I ever -niw was a woman, young and pretty. I would have been ready to swear she was an angel. But she has a temper like a whirlwind, and is as cunning as a
ser| lent."
“How did you discover her character?" “I married her!”
MEDALLION HELD AS CURIO
Only On* of < Number Struck in 1825 l« Believed to Be in Existence Today. To defray the expenses Incident to th« inauguration of John tjuliiry Adams as the sixth President of Hie United States in 1K!5, the inaugural committee sold medallions at each. Five dollars was considerable money in those days, and the owner of a medallion was entitled to special consideration at tlie inaugural ceremonies. As much as the medallions were prized 1*5 years ago, it is believed that only one exists today, the property of J. A. Larrick, a policeman detailed to Washington police headquarters. The Adams medallion was given to Larriek In years ago by Edward Murphy, who Is now dead. Murphy's father, who witnessed the Inauguration of President Adams, was the original purchaser of the medal. At the time he was preseuted with the medallion. Larrick was a policeman in the First precinct. Murphy was an aged bookkeeper. Larrick on several occasions assisted the old fellow and Hie medallion was his reward. Probably the most striking tiling about the medallion is its inscription, j "Science Brings Peace und America Plenty.”
Those who remember the article In | this magazine a short time ago tell- ) ing of the cruelties connected with i the killing of dogs for food among the Igorots. says Our Dumb Animals. | will be glad to know tlmt it lias 1 aroused sufficient interest to cause | the Manila Daily Bulletin to say. «cI cording to a clipping we have just re- ! eelved: "The office of the Department of the ; Interior Is constantly receiving from j persons in the I'nited States, mostly ' women, letters protesting against dogeating in tlie mountain province among the Igorots, i< was declared by Secretary Kuluw of Hie department. All of them, he said, urge that in tlie interests of civilization and better and higher mode of living, a law should he passed by the Philippine legislature prohibiting tlie sale and the use of dogs ns food material. "Aside from the fact that the act of eating dogs is highly undesirable, the letters state, It Is very inhumane. The Igorots. they state, like to cut lean dogs and that the more bony they are. tlie more palatable they taste to the Igorots. Consequently, when a dog Is bought in tlie dog market at Baguio or at any other place. It is left to starve for many days before It Is eaten, the communications declare. , "When asked If the passage of a law prohibiting the sale and the eating of dogs by the Igorots was In order. Secretary Kalaw declarer! that It might he done in au Indirect manner.”
SWORD WORTHY OF OWNER
Blade Worn by Mllea Standioh Hao Been Traced to tho Time of the Cruoadeo. Among the relics of the Pilgrim* that may he seen when visitors throng the old town of Plymouth for the tercentenary observances few are more interesting than the sword of Miles Standlsh. It may be seen In Pilgrim hall. It Is a Damascus blade and presumably came into the possession of the Pilgrim captain from someone whose ancestors laid brought it from tlie Crusades. It hears several curious Inscriptions, which waited until June, IK81, to he translated. Then Prof. .Iiitnes Hosedale of Jerusalem went with a band of Arabs to America's most important shrine and found that tlie carved characters belonged to different dates —some in Cufic and very old. He was only able to translate one. of a litter period. In Arabic. Tlie words givey here show tiiat Its spirit was quite appropriate to the spirit of the Pilgrims: “With peace God ruled his Slaves. And with tlie Judgments of His arms He troubled the Mighty of tlie wicked."
The average itian Is not a had fellow when you come to know him. You have to make his acquaintance If you are not to hold yourself aloof from this human, interdependent world, remarks a writer in the Philadelphia Ledger. He constitutes a majority. It is by hi* vote that candidates are set up and Issues determined and business governed and charities supported and plays patronized. There Is a great deal of money in pleasing the average man. Moreover, the level of his tastes is rising, though pessimists refuse to see it or to say so. He is capable of education und he has traveled far since his training begun. He needn't always be given all that be asks for; sometimes he makes mistakes, and sometimes lie wants what isn't good for him. Sometimes be Rises bis head, and in an Incendiary or inebriate temper, loses that which a cooler judgment In a calmer hour leads him to worry for. But on the whole he is strangely reasonable and patient and self-controlled. It is touching to find how often he is doing the best be cun. according to the light he bus. He serves the world far better than some eccentric and unconventional mortals who sneer at him for following a dull, unemotional routine. Leaders of men have learned to deal with the average man, to talk his language and to understand his ways. They have taught the rank and file to discover a latent capacity and to reveal a strength hidden and unsuspected. They have had faith in "the general good sense and honest intentions of mankind." They have genuinely loved their fellows and their sympathy has been real and manifest. Neither In war nor In peace Is a victory to he won unless the captains put their confidence in a host.
Announcer Was Right. Hurry Polfunl, movie comedian, was at the ringside of n I.o- Angeles boxing show when a little hiintaniwelglit was introduced ns "The I'allfoniia <’ii:n-
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Chose Wife by Her Feet.
Reading persons' characters from their feet is the method Sir Robert Bnden-Powell, the chief scout, has admitted he employed in choosing his wife—"The best wife I ever hyd." The secretary of a hoy scouts' troop gives these examples of foot reading: | "Short steps denote a fussy, swag- i
true | gering little person. 4
"Hurried. Jerky steps, a nervous per- !
son.
j "A slow slouch, u lazy man, a loafer. ! "Smooth, quick steps, an intelligent, | observant person.” A hoy scout observed that a stolid pcrsmi often walks tlatfooted. II. X. L. Ross, the walker, said: "The walker I most distrust, especial- | ly where u woman is coneerned, is tlie ; one who eomes down lull'd on the heels, i I believe ihi> i.« u sign of a had-tem- i pc red person."—P'rom the Continental Edition < j tiie Loudon Mall.
Rock Many Religious Associations. A report on the Dome of the Rock of Jerusalem Is shortly to he published and will he of great Interest to the Mahommedan world. It may not he generally known that this place Is the third in sanctity of nil the sanctuaries of Islam, and Indeed for a short period it actually formed tlie Kildn toward which all Moslems' prostrated themselves in prayer. Among the more iuiporiant religious associations of this rock we niuy mention that It was here that David and Solomon were called to repentance, and on account of a vision David chose ibis site for ids temple From this same spot Mohammed ascended to the Seventh Heaven afer ids night Journey from Mecca, and lastly It is to lie the S' 1 ' M*' of the Great Judgment. The historical associations are not less striking, and such famous names as Omar, Abd el Malek. Saladln and Suleiman are all cotuie t.-d with the lin k. I'ioiii ihe /,auz;bar Ga.' tie.
SCORED ON THE PRINCIPAL Young School Teachor Got Gloriously Even for Long Series of Sarcastic Observation#. Now, the principal of this school is sarcastic as well as intelligent, and whenever she happens to mention a subject and finds that her teachers are ignorant on the subject she "bawls them out" for their Ignorance. Especially Is this resented by the newest recruit at the building. Recently the principal acquired “a man," who was a widower. She is proud of tlie acquisition, mentioning him often In her conversations. The other morning she began to ask the teachers about an article she had just read in the paper. Now, none of them had read it. Sarcastically she asked: "Well, don't any of you read the papers?" The newest recruit smiled sweetly and w isely. "Of course," she returned, “hut not everything In them. W e just have time to read the society page and then the death and funeral list so that we shall know who the new widowers are.”—Indianapolis News.
Autoing for Wolves. y The motorcycle threatens to outrival tlie broncho as an instrument of locomotion on Western ranches and cuttle ranges. According to the Illustrated World, cowboys are using It for rounding up cattle, driving in stray animals, Inspecting long lines of fences and other such work. By all odds the must remarkable purpose for which the motorcycle Is employed, however, is that of chasing coyotes. Such a machine, If the terrain be not too difficult can easily overtake one of those little gray wolves, tiring the beast down to a point where it can no longer turn and dodge successfully. Then it is simply a mutter of a whirl of the lariat, and the vicious brute, with a few quick s|uirjs of the motorcycle Is choked to death.—I'hiladelplda Public Ledger.
JUST JOTTINGS _____ i A woman with good looks Is nearly | ns contented as a man le with money, j There are times whfn the absence of crankiness shows the’absence of sense. The evil that men do often lives after they have been defeated for office. The woman of the hour Is the one who says she will be ready In a minute. The things people want to know the most arc usually none of their business. Every dog has his day, but he Is not as certain of It as the old turkey gobbler. Contentment has one advantage over wealth; people don't try to borrow It from you. Time isn’t exactly money, but some people spend one Just as foolishly a« the other. The dash of poetry In a man’s nature seldom prompts him to leave his hair uncut. Women are naturally given to selfdenial. No one ever heard of “Jennie the Kisser.” The most unnatural thing In the world Is a woman laughing through the telephone. Any old bachelor with plenty of money can obtain a situation as an Ideal husband. The man with a narrow mind usually makes up for it In the length of his arguments. Y'ou can’t Judge books by their covers—especially after the shortage has been discovered. The stock operator who buys and sells for future delivery evidently believes In a hereafter. During a recent morning fog about two hundred tons of solid matter were deposited on London. B*e honest If you can—otherwise, your patrons will purchase their canned goods elsewhere. Sometimes In after years, when they talk of their wedding, the wife cries and the husband growls. Boys grow up and find that they have to take the wings and the hack Instead of the drumstick. Most of a man’s scrapes are not topics In his conversation until at least ten years afterward. As many as 25,000 people have appeared In a single motion picture production. 20.000 in one scene. A New York firm makes a business of supplying typewritten sermons ready for use to clergymen. The more you stick up for other people’s rights the less It will he necessary to stick up for your own. Every woman who hears of a wotnan hater believes she would alter his views If she were to meet him. Some men have such a hatred for greed that It worries them If others make more many than they do. Proved. Edward Charles was a logical sort of person. Incidentally, he was In love. But love wasn't strong enough to swamp his logic. Thus It was that Eve Maude, his adored one. received the following strange love letter: “Eve Maude. I love you. “To prove yon love me: “First, I love you. "Second—All the world loves a lover. "Third—But I am a lover. ‘‘Fourth—Therefore, the world loves me. “Fifth—You are all the world to me. “Sixth—Therefore, you love me."— London Answers.
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Score One for the Profei
A well-known professor Inn utution of indulging In rather repartee in his elnssroom. One i pupils, a star tit football hut i rhetoric, laid spent naet of the
in looking i.t his wateli. yawning and sighing. At tile dose of the lecture
the professor spoke:
“Mr Smith, why have yon looked at your watch every few minutes during
the last hour?"
Smith got out that lie had kept looking at his wateli to nssurt' him self that it was still running. "I suppose," retorted tiie professor, “that you have been sighing every few minutes to assure yourself that you are still breathing."
All Dressed Up. "The e.i-dior, jokes about short bathing costumes are buck numbers,” said Forllaiidr Bhvckcr, the society 1* der at a Newport ball. "All the
same—"
Mr. R ■ i-eker chuckled merrily. “Here s a good one. ail the same. Two Newport girls were jazzing in
rp F j their 'maillots' the other morning on
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| —no skirt, no stockings, no sleeves, 1 1,1 I and hardly' any legs. Well, the first
] girl said ns she Jazzed :
"‘It's Jolly to have a little dance
| after your hath, isn't It?'
“'Yes,' said the second girl; ‘only you feel so dressed up In those maillots after Inst w inter's hall gowns.' "
She Buried the Wrong Husband. Portsmouth, O.— Mrs. George Willis thinks some one else should pay the funeral expenses of a man she hurled under the Impression that he was her husband. She identified a mutilated body along the railroad tracks as that of her husband who had disappeared several weeks before. Now the husband, who bad been working in the northern part of the state, has retnrned home, denying that he is dead. Mrs. Willis Is wondering whose hushard »he buried.
Growth of Y. W. C. A. The pii sent membership of the Y. W. (’. A. In the Fulled States Is r>. r ili..'llo, an Increase of approximately aim.OtMi in the last five years. There are 1,212 association centers in the country. .'151 of then^ln 2.'t4 cities of more than 25,(KM* population, 111 in smaller communities and 750 In colleges. This is exclusive of work being carried on b) the American association In eight European countries, and In India. Japan. China, South America and Honolulu. An Important Decision. "This celebrated novelist says he frequently sits at his typewriter all morning without being able to write a word." "I know last how that Is,” said the debutante. “I once sot for two hours at ray writing table before 1 could write the one word, 'No.'"—Birmingham Ape Herald.
Private Stocking. A Niyih •Shore citizen iu.il; Junior | upon his knee and asked him: “Well, my little son. what would you like | Santa Claus to brii g you for Christ- i •‘till, 1 want him to bring me a huiudlngi r." "A humdinger, eh? And may I ask . you to describe ('tie?" “I don’t know how they lock, but j when you and Mr. Jones came up from | the I -• mi nt the other overling you I said to him: 'Wasn't that a humdlng- | or?' and he said: 'It sure was! I ! would like to have one Just like ihat for Christmas.' Ho I thought If It | was si mething nice for Christma-e I would like to have one. too."—Publisher’* Auxiliary.
Hounds in Funeral Tribute. Twenty-one pairs of hounds filed solemnly past the grave nt the funeral of William Helhy-Lowndes, a wellknown English country squire of the old school, who hnd been master of the Whaddon hounds for 25 years. The village churchyard overlooks the famous Whaddon Chase. After the burial service, the member* of the hunt led the famous Whaddon Chase pack past the flower-lined grave.
She Knew. The girls In tin' seventh grade nil wore large hair hows made of beautiful. bright tissue paper. They were not only inexpensive hut so pretty that they wore declared a great Sucre -s until one day It rained and the hows faded all over the little owners' hair. Then great was the lamenting. One of the hoys looked from the girls with their spotted red mid blue and purple hair to two spinster teachers in the ufty-year-old class. "I don't know as they’re so badly olT.” he remarked to the teacher who was young and pretty and wiiii a strong sense of humor, “1YI rather he faded on account of having beaus than to he on account of not having them." Then teacher smiled. She too hnd preferences.—Indianapolis News.
Courtesy Overdone. It happened fn London about the time that the jamboree was held at Olympia, and hoy scouts from all over the world attended. A highland soldier, on entering an underground train at Paddington, found himself In the center of a party of the hoys. There were no vacant seats, but a tiny “wolf cub” got up and said: “Will you please take my seat, miss?” The Highlander blushed, smiled, and replied. In kindly tones: “Thank ye, me lad, but I'm no’ a girl guide yet.”
He Took the House. Mr. Flatbush—I was looking at a house on Pleasant avenue today. Mrs. Flatbush—Good ! And can you get It. "Why, yes; I took It.” "Splendid, Henry I Doe* It look better than our present habitation?" "I'm afraid it won’t to you, dear. I took it with my camera.”
Misseo Her. “How Is your afternoon bridge club getting on?" "Oh. rather poorly. You know, dear, Mrs. Gausslp ha* left us." "But I thought she was an atrocious player." “She was: hut then, she always had so many delicious stories to tell about her neighbors.”—Boston Transcript,
Belt Full of Sea Lion Scalps. As the sea Hon Is regarded as the worst enemy of tho salmon, the state of Washington pays a bounty of $2.50 on every sea Hon scalp and recently William Hunter, who devote* his entire time to hunting sea Hons, collected $8*0 for 852 scalp* which he gathered during the season. This man Is also paid by the salmon fisheries for his efforts to rid the waters of the sea Hon*. He is known as the "king of the sea lion hunters."
Black Opal Prized. Almost every known gem Is mined In Australia. The black opal Is the most beautiful of all. It has Increased 800 |ier cent In value In the lust two years and the best quality now brings nearly $40 a carat. It ranges tu size from 1 to 40 carats.
A Poor Gueeser. “And you think you love my daughter, do you?" asked the father of the sweet young thing. “Well, I just guess 1 do,” was the young man's reply. “You've never won a prize at guessing have you?"
Opera House A. COOK, Prop. & Mgr. Doors Open 6:30 Two Shows Show Starts 7:00 Program Subject To Change Without Notice Friday William Fox Presents Tom Mix In the Big Six Part Special Comedy » ‘•The Untamed” A Western Riot Comedy One Long Laugh In Every Scene A Fox Standard Production Reelcraft Pictures Presents Billy West In The Two Part Comedy “Hands Up” Produced By Billy West Productions Admission Twenty Cents Saturday Robertson-Cole Presents Za Su Pitts In the Big Six Part Comedy Drama ‘The Heart of Twenty’ With A Notable Brentwood Cast Jester Comedies Presents “The Fatal Flower” A Two Part Feature Comedy
Not So Easy. Goldilocks—(’«n you really grant any wish one can make? The Fairy Godmother—Yes, dearie. Goldllocka—Then, why don't you wish yourself young and pretty like me?
Something Elee. "That dorg, your honor, wouldn't hurt a flea.” "No. 1 can see that he ts dwelling In perfect nmlty with fleas. He Is charged, however, with biting a man." —Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Natural. “Pop, what do they clean the teeth of * winter gale with?" “I don't know, unless It la with an lev pick, sonny."
Christmas Greetings
Of all the Holidays of the year, Christmas is the best. It is the day of good cheer that touches the hearts of all, from the little tot hanging up the stocking on up to Grandpa and Grandma. It is due to the Christ spirit of “Peace on earth, good will to men,” the unselfish desire to make others happy that on th s one day at least there is a tug at the heartstrings of all humanity from the humblest to the highest. It is in this spirit of peace and good will that this Bank wishes one and all a Merry, Merry Christmas.
The Central National Bank emU The Central Trust Comp’y
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