Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 46, Number 44, 31 December 1920 — Page 6

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THE RICHMOND JALliAUlUM AJN1 JbUN-l&L&GEAJO, tUVtlmQisl), liDn JZaVAX, DfcC. 31, lfeo.

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM

AND SUN-TELEGRAM

" Published Every Evening Except Sunday by Palladium Printing, Co. - - Palladium Building. North Ninth and Sailor Streets. Entered at the Post Office at Richmond, Indiana, aa - Second-Class Mail Matter. , MEMBER OP THH SnCHTKD PRBM , . The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use. for republication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In this paper, and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of apodal dispatches herein are also reserved. Answering the Appeal

v The response of Richmond to the appeal for

$23,000,000 from the people of the United States

to help feed the starving children of Europe has

so far been a generous one, and will abundantly demonstrate our willingness to answer a call for assistance. . , The hearts of many were touched by the pi( ture of millions of little, ones, starving and suffering through no fault of their own, and destined to succumb unless help came quickly and -abundantly. Every right thinking man and woman hopes that the full amount asked for by

Herbert Hoover will be obtained, and that mil

lions Of Europeans will later recall with gratitude what the people of the American republic did for them when they were children. Very few of us made a sacrifice to give a mite toward the alleviation of starvation among the children of Europe. We gave from our surplus. None of us will have less to eat and to wear, less shelter and fewer amusements as a result of the money which we gave. Hundreds ot little children, however, will receive a direct 1 benefit from our gifts. It means life to them. It means that they will see spring next year. I They will rob the grave of its victims and be enabled later to become producing units of our civilization. - Many have been the appeals which America has answered iri the years that have gone by

since the republic was founded. Our vast crops have yielded a surplus which we have distributed munificently whenever we have been called upon. So far we have not been forced to ask other nations to help us feed and clothe our population. But we. have no assurance that some day a national calamity may not force us to send out an appeal for succor. It is a gratifying thought to entertain that we may then know that we have never refused to help others who were in need, and' that millions will feel duty bound to reciprocate for kindnesses received by them in 1 their dark days. - ;

No Time for More Taxes Irrespective of the merits of proposed methods of increasing federal taxes, the fact remains that the people want reductions and readjust

ments. Not only is the will of the people clear

on this point, but the economic situation as well is a protest against increases. - x The proposal to increase surtaxes on personal incomes is opposed by all students of taxation, who assert that the present schedule is too high. If the tax on stock and bond transactions' is in

creased, the total number might be decreased to such a point that the federal treasury would receive very little income rom this source. Taxes on produce exchange operation and real estate transfers do not appeal to students of the problem, who believe that they will impede the program of reconstruction. Taxes are high enough as they are. Congress might profit by letting well enough alone in the field of federal taxation and direct its attention to the application of economy in all our governmental departments. Instead of devising methods of increasing taxation, Congress should adopt measures that will lop off unnecessary expenditures. It may obtain more fruitful results by this method than by trying to raise more revenue to cover additional appropriations.

Answers to Questions

Good Evening By Roy K. Moulton

We have watched our feeble little .joke about the man who saw his two

tons of coal delivered in a one-ton truck toddle away about the country

and have marked its course througn the Boston paper's and the Seattle papers. This week we encountered it in a western weekly. Invariably it appears without the support of a credit line. It is strange how a sickly and feeble gag like that can stand so mucn ' travel. But it has been plugging along so faithfully that we now have hopes of seeing it limp back into New York some day with a musical comedy written around it CrJARLES THE MAGNIFICENT Charles Ponzi, the Napoleon of finance, who relieved fifteen or twenty thousand Bostonese and many others of their carefully hoarded beans recently, will live two years in the house of correction on Cape Cod. A description of his jail is given as follows: The Jail Is a veritable palace and Ponzi will have his choice of ninetyeight vacant rooms. Every room is- an outside one and swept by the ocean breezes, as the house of correction faces the sea. Steam heat, electric lights, hot and cold water, bath, shower, and av telephone. He may have cigars and cigarets as he pleases. He will not be called a prisoner, but a "guest." He will serve as a chauffeur. We would like to inquire of the sheriff if any of the remaining ninetyseven apartments are still vacant. Judging by the description, this apartment has something on our present quarters, not only in price but in accommodations. , On account of the prevailing styles, the burlesque Ehows are suffering. Men just naturally hate to buy tickets and go in off the street for fear they will miss something. But why do they call that anti-cig-aret campaign a crusade against tobacco? " It is time to give honest citizens the means of protecting themselves.

TODAY'S TALK By George Matthew Adams, Author f "You Can", "Take It", "Up". HE TOUCHED ME' Some people are so vital that their very presence scents the atmosphere. You look into the face of some human beings and at once you instinctively trust them you would travel to the end of the earth with them and not fear. A man was telling me about a wonderfully written book the oth?r day, and his eyes snapped with enthusiasm as he told me that the author "touched him". My friend felt him living again. Who can tread in narrowness, or countenance any grade of meanness, after looking into the eyes of a child who has put his trust in one? Trust comes from the heart. It is an eternal virtue. Through 5t great minds distribute influence and make the heavy day light and the weak soul strong. We are touching someone all the time through the busy streets, aj our desks, in our homes, among those we love and with whom we associate through our days. We are all the time dropping the fruits of our knowledge and our experience. We could not carry all we accumulated if we would. But some there are who do not touch many people. They live Island lives. Touch someone every day! Try to get the feeling that the day is better and bigger because you woke up in it. Keep fresh logs ever about the fireplace of your heart so that no matter who comes in. to talk with you, you may always be ready to furnish a new log and new warmth. Make it possible for many a one to go to their covers tonight with the knowledge that you touched them--with love and some kind of helpfulness. And how happy you will sleep!

CURIOUS. How do you compute a century? A century Is a period of one hundred years. - This Is the most common signification of the word, and as we begin our computalon of time from the Incarnation of Christ, the word generally ' Is applied to Borne term of one hundred years subsequent to that event, as the First century. A. D. The Nineteenth century began January 1, 1801, and ended December 31, 1900. The Twentieth -century began January 1, 190t. To the confused minds regarding the beginning of the Twentieth century, the following questions and answers should prove enlightening: Question What is a year? Answer Three hundred and sixtyfive days., What Is a century? One hundred years.

When did the year No. 1 end? De

cember 31 of the year 1.

When did the year 2 begin? Jan

uary 1 of the year 2. -

When did the year 99 end? De

cember 31 A. D. 99.

Did that complete the century? No.

When was the century completed? At the close of the year following 99. or at the close of the year 100.

When did the Second century begin?

January 1 of the first year of the Sec

ond century that is, January 1, A D.

101.

When did the Nineteenth century

end? At the close of , the nineteenth hundred year, or at the close of 1900. .When did the Twentieth century be

gin? It began on day No. 1 of the year

No 1 of the twentieth hundred years that is, on January 1, A. D. 1901. R. F. S. How much food does Austria produce? Before the war Austria could produce about 80 per cent of its own food, instead of 40 per cent as at present. Readers may obtain anawer to questions by - vrrltlus; the Ialfadlnm (titration and Aanren departineat. All questions should be written plainly and briefly. Answers wlU be stoen briefly.

Masonic Calendar

Thursday, Dec. 50 King Solomon's chapter No. 4 R. A. M.. called meeting. Work in Royal Arch degree, 7:00 o'clock. Saturday, Jan. 1 Loyal chapter No. 49, O. E. S, stated meeting and installation of officers.

Rippling Rhymes

I By WALT MASON

Dinner Stories

A fellow whose appearance warranted the belief that he had quarreled with soap and water some years ago applied. for a position as porter at a large hotel where help was badly needed. The manager looked at him doubtfully. Finally he handed . him some money. "Go and have a bath," he told him. "Then come back and perhaps I'll be able to take you on." The fellow started for the door. "And, oh, by the way." the manager called after him. "if there's any change left, tako another bath!"

' The miller at the old windmill of a village in Buckinghamshire found such difficulty in getting his sails to work through want of wind that he was continually behind with his work. The delay annoyed the farmers, who decided to call a meeting to consider the advisability of getting up another windmill. Uninvited, the miller also attended the meeting, and in the midst of the discussion rose and said: "Ye want to pet up another windmill, do ye? Well, It takes all the wind in the parish to keep my old mill agoin', so you'll have to fish elsewhere for yer wind, that's sartin!" This novel argument gave matters the turn, and to this day the miller has had no opposition.

1921. We greet the New Year with a smile, and say. "Take off your things, and come right in and stay awhile, and feel at home, by jings; for brand new years are quite in style, and every joy bell rings." Men always are sustained by hope, as down the road they tread, and through the darkness they may grope, they know there's light ahead; they're strong on optimistic dope, and say the past is dead. This spirit always is on deck whereever maen abound; it saves their souls from ghastly wreck, and makes the world go round; and so no cleaver in the neck can silence or confound. Old Twenty's" weary course is run, so let him disappear; we turn to Nine-teen-Twenty-one, and give a ringing cheer; the new year's blithe" and full of fun, the old one's on his bier. The old year's peters out and spent, and now we hail the new, and every dame and every gent enjoys a rosy view, and every dream that's worth a cent, is likely to come true. This world would be a dismal place, a desert drear and vast; if man should always turn his face back to a troublous past, if he should after sorrow chase and groan and stand aghast. But human beings do not turn to sad things and forlorn; the ghosts of yesterday they spurn, and laugh away with scorn; the gods have taught them how to yearn for bright days yet unborn.

Memories of Old Days In This Paper Ten Years Ago Today

3 City Controller E. G. McMahan announced at a special meeting of the board of works when the business of the year was practically completed, that the city had increased its general fund from $22,500 to nearly $35,000, at that time. The municipal light plant had gained about $40,000.

VENTURES IN COMMON SENSE

Sentiment is a word of doubtful value. If I love my children, that is not sentiment; that is a natural and true human attribute. It is not sentiment if I am fond of friends who have been kind to me; it is not sentiment if I love my country and the people of my particular race: that also is a natural fact. It is not sentiment if I am attracted by a good or beautiful woman. Sentiment (I quote the dictionary) is "a tendency to judge by feeling aather than by reason or rule"; and this is exactly what most people do t6o much of. People have so gorged themselves with sentiment that the world is suffering delirium tremens in morals. I suppose you think it a compliment to have It said of you: "He is full of sentiment." It isn't; it is equal to saying that a little eloquence will make you believe what is not true. Because water does not run up hill is no reason It cannot be made to, the sentimentalists say. There never was universal love; there never will be: it Is doubtful If such a state would be desirable. Men hustling to do better than competitors they do not love have done much for the world; much more than the "great nuia" who dream of universal love.

Correct English

Do Not Say It This Way: WHO is the party given to? Are not you and HER related? I wish I WAS rich. I WON'T be here when you come. On the fourth of next May I WILL be twenty years old. Say It This Way: To WHOM is the party given? Are not you and SHE related? 1 wish I WERE rich. I SHAN'Tbe here when you come. On the fourth of next May I SHALL be twenty years old.

DENIES REPORT THAT DE VALERA IS GUEST (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Dec, 31. Mrs. James K. Maguire, wife of a former mayor of Syracuse, today denied a report published yesterday by the Advocate, an Irish newspaper, that Eamonn De Valera, "president of the Irish republic," is a guest in their home in New Rochelle. She said the home was sold last October and tenants there now knew nothing of the Irish leader's whereabouts.

A chair in Eskimo language and culture has been established at the University of Copenhagen.

All-Year All-Steel Train

Lv Richmond. . 5.50 ..

Ar Cincinnati 8.00 a. nv. Ar KnoxTille 5.26 p.m. Ar Atlanta 10.50 ..

Ar Jacksonville 12. 10 ' 2nd Day .

South Seas No Longer

Qtaet; Gramophone There ' PAPEETE. Tahiti. Dec. 81. Those who brave the lo&s voyage to the South Seas In the hope of escaping: the extravagances of civilisation are likely to meet with bitter disillusionment before they have been in the islands many hours. The hectic atmosphere of the metropolitan dance hall has been wafted across the long miles of blue sea to these isolated shores, and Broadway flaunts brazenly through the shadows of the cocoanut groves. The gramo

phone has come to Tahiti' and has been acquired by every native who could find the wherewithal. " And now the peaceful silences, broken heretofore, only by the sound of the distant booming of the surf on the barrier reef and the soft cadences of native singing, are shattered by the sonorous blare of the latest jazz or the screech of the reigning favorite on the vaudeville circuit.

Mississippi has 50 agricultural high schools with an enrollment of 7,000 pupils. Each .school has a farm ranging from 50 to 100 acres. -

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Tim "Food Drink for All Ages. Quick Lunch at Hotac,OfScc. and Fountains. Aah for HORUOCS. , XAroid IxaiUtiont k SnhttBnfrt

Drawing-Room Sleeping Cars,

unervinon ar, Uining Car and Coaches

Far ticket and particulars consult local AytnU or addreu 6.L.A. Thornton. District Pastenatr

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Union Trust Bldg., Fourth and Walnut St., Cincinnati.

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New Branch House at Richmonu 1723 North F Street Office Phone 3425

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Rubber Footwear Specials

ToCureaCold in One Day Take Grove's Laxative

Quinine tablets Be sure its Bromo

The genuine bears this signature 30c

Men's Sportsman's Special with brown canvas top,

Men's Red Lace Pacs

for wool socks, at

$3.95

Men's 4-BuckIe All-Rubber Arctics in U. S. and Ball nr Band brands, at. .... . tpJO

10 Discount on All Light Rubber Footwear

Bowen & Fivel 610 Main

$1.00 Fibre Silk Hose for Men at

70c

LICHTENFELS

1010 Main St

DR. R. H. CARNES DENTIST Phone 2665 Rooms 15-16 Comstocfa Building 1016 Main Street Open Sundays and Erenlnss by appointment.

We can save you dealer's profit en a Used Piano or can trade your Silent Piano for a Vlctrola. WALTER B. FULGHUM 1000 Main St. Phone 2275

1920

1921

As the Year 1920 Draws to a Close

we wish to thank the public for their patronage and assure them that we will put forth every effort the coming year to be of even more service to the community in the way of offering the best quality merchandise at the lowest possible prices to be found anywhere than we have in the past. It is oiir sheerest wish that each and everyone have the most prosperous year for 1921.

MARSHALL

DEPARTMENT STORE

North Eighth and E Sts.

Richmond, Indiana