Evening Star Newspaper, November 24, 1921, Page 16

T Merchants Agree To Accept Corn in Payment of Debts By the Ansociated Press. MADELIA, Minn., November 24,—~Merchants of Madelin have ’ Look WHAT T GoT N THE MAIL | THIS MORNING, JEFF! BUD SenT T TO-ME WATH A NOTE SAYING HE WARNTS ME TO HAVE A THANKSGIVING E€eD oN Him: MAYBE T AINT IN SoLIb with THE Boss! €H? CONGRESS RUSHES HOME FOR HOLIDAY fi’resident Signs Number of © Eleventh-Hour Measures at the Capitol. : 1 ; Congress has scattered to all paris: ©f the country for Thanksgiving at|gecide to resume during the recess. home. The first, an extraordinary, ses- | The principal questions before com- Mon of the Sixty-seventh Congress|mMittees mre railroad legislation and tariff revision, although the Senate closed late yesterday and the new, regu-{ g r PN Py AUt ORET RS ety Jar session will begin work on Decem- | determined when it will resume hear- ber 5. The House was the first IoILHET on that phase of revenue-pro- it up shop, adjourning sine die at 4:01 | ducing legislation. and the Senate quit at 4:37 o’clock. MAY SCRAP WOODEN SHIPS . President Harding was at the Capitol and signed a number of eleventh-hour Shipping Board Starts Very Im-| portant Salvage Tests. measures, but the confirmation of a large number of postmasters and other ‘The entire wooden fleet of 280 ships owned by the Shipping Board may yresidential appointments was shut oft by charges of an attempt to railroad them through. Tax Revision Chief Mr. Harding_ were the tax revision and | °® Scrapped if an experiment about maternity bills, each of which for sev-|to be carried out by the board is cral months has eecupied the attentlon | successtul, it was learned yesterday. of one branch of Congress or the other. < After finally disposing of the tax bill | op " oo fealn the jrecoverabls (value 1he Senate turned to clean up Some| ¢, corapping five of the wooden five-hundred-odd ~ presidential nomina- | (2C JCPAPRINE Ave of the e Nearly half of the number were left | ;o A the salvage cost and of the retu to die under the law. Most of those - a g upon which no action was taken were L’;;“"l:;:b::""l' machinery, equipment minor postmastership appointments. S cther dt \’n-o-:'m t;meard to determine Meanwhile the House was marking | o7 M TP OERG B8 vantageous to ‘time, awaiting announcement that PUT IN RESERVE CORPS. | | of merchandise, it in announced. This uction was taken follow- it of farmers that le to meet their obligntions with the ts, and hel market price of co impracticable for t it their grain to market. Chief among the measures signed by BY IRVIN S. COBB. THE PRUDENT MR. FINNERTY the President had signed the tax and Jmaternity bills and kad no other com- smunications, and when so informed t adjourned. The Senate finished its| wxecutive business and plunged into edge of the excavation for the new Michael Finnerty. “Who's wantin’ MY FAVORITE STORIES The lawyer picked his way to the “I just stopped to lick the roreman!” For six months Mr. Finnerty, in a terminal station and called down for (high hat and with patent leather shoes on_his feet, lived a life of ele- me? inquired a e, trying to cure himself of gant cae o KTht!n he went back i heated controversy over the reso. |Officers Given Official Approval by]d,, v B eat thitrar. Jution by Senator King, democrat of | War D s % @ |8 Sis c1d job. it was.there in the Atah, calling for an investigation of ar Department. 1 am,” said the lawyer. “Mr. Fin-| 20" oxcavation that the ‘Uhe activities of interests favoring| oOmeial approv. i an embargo on imports of dves and ial approval, as required under “hemicals. but could mot hold a|Provisions of the Army reorganiza- nerty, County Mayo?" d you come from Castlebar, | found him the second time. “Mr. Finnerty,” news for you. lawyer he said, “T've :cre It is your Uncle quorum and adjourned. | tion bill, has been given by the War| I did.” ence who's dead now in tha oid Charges Mark Cloxe. |f'¢wrtmenl to the appointment in| “And was vour mother named Mary | country: and he has left you his Frequent reference was made in|the Officers’ Reserve Corps of the |and vour father named Owen?" egtire property.” SN the closing debates to the length of | following: “Tliey was." " don't think Looan e the session, which began April 11,| Brig. Gens. Charles L. Debevoi “Then, Mr. Finnerty,” said the law- | Mr. Finnerty, leaning Weatily b, M2 some saying that the work had!New York city; Richard Coult, yer, “it is my duty to inform you |PIcK- 4 I'm doubtin’ if I could go vaused irritability and lack of co- wperation among members. Congress “will have only a brief respite from |ord, Bel Air, Mo., and Edgar S. Jen- dts labors, however, convening in|nings, Auburn, N. Y. regular session on December 5. Col. Leigh R. Cignilliat, Greensburg, Pa.; Stanford B. Sta bery, Cincinnati, Ohio; Milton A. Ree- old country, leaving you an estate of $20,000 in cash. Please come on up.” There was a pause and a commotion superin- | down below. 3 . 3 was: a that your Aunt Kate has died in the [ 45 an¢ Wi SOUCln 0 o, (00 (Copyright, 1921, by the Central Press Association.) Not all of Congress will leave|tendent Culver Military Academy.| “Mr. Finnerty” called the lawy: S 50 v L 2 g 3 v, yer,| School teachers represent 50 per Washington for the vacation. Sev-|Ind., and Lieut. Col. Leroy V. Patch, |craning his neck over the trench, “I'm |cent of all the women engaged in eral committees are scheduled to con- | adjutant general Idaho National | waiting for you!” gainful occupations in the United tinue their work and others may | Guard. “In wan minute,” said Mr. Finnertv. | States. Corner of 7th and Open Every Day D Sts. 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Our Convenient Plan of Credit Enables You to Have One of These Fine Suites Placed in Your Home Without Any Delay This Magnificent New Overstuffed Pillow Arm and Loose Comfy Spring Seat Suite in Assorted “Baker” Velour Coverings . . 4 2 This luxurious and magnificent suite is upholstered and covered in Baker Velours, known to the trade as the finest of Velour Upholstery Fabrics for overstuffed suites. You have a choice of Burgundy, .Blue and Taupe coloring. The davenport is 72 inches long (almost large enough for a bed) and in its deep seat and the seats of the chairs there are resilient, comfortable, oil-tempered springs, tied securely and covered with burlap, and over that placed layers of cotton. Besides there are coil springs in the backs and pillow arms of all three pieces. The cushions in all three pieces have as a foundation coil springs securely tied and covered similar to the seats. Be sure to see this suite of superior con- struciton and quality—a wonderful value. i gt bp il 16 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, .1921L MUTT AND JEFF—You Know the Old Saying Abeout the Guy Who Chorties Last. IT'S- EASY TO 3€€ WHICH oF US HE THINKS THE MOST OF L WHY, HE DIDNT EVEN SEND You A THANKSGIVING (Copyright, 1921, by H. C. Fisher. Trade mark 5 registered U. 8. Pat. Off.) FISHER SAID T» GIVE You 'THIS TURKEY, JEEF, AND TO TELL You THAT ALL ¢ THE TRIMMINGS EOR A N REGULAR THANKSGIVING 7 DINNER ARE 1N YES, AND \E (T THE BASKET WASN'T FOR ME He'D Be DRWING A TRUCIC) puplls, by speakers at a meeting of | L. Hendley, Miss Marion P. Shadd.!the speakers. The need, therefore, supervising principals and directors|Miss Rose ' Lees Hardy and Miss|was shown to be the ftting of tis at the Franklin School. E. F. G. Merritt. |system to the capacity of the child, It was pointed out that many chil-| It was declared that vacation sckools rather than the fitting of the child ren, under the present school system, |constitute one of the best means for|into an inflexible system. repeat the work of one grade several |remedying the retardation of the chil-| Superintendent of Schools Ballou times, and that absence from class, |dren, on the basis that they provide |Presided. The next meeting of these which averages almost three weeks an opportunity for backward chil- [8Chool officers will be held January a year, for the entire enrollment, is|dren to review the subjects in which |24, at whi The Standardization of responsible for keeping children back |they Fad failed in order that they |Schoolrooms” will be discussed. in their progress through the graded lmay pass to a higher grade. Walter —_— schools. B. * Patterson, director of epecial| Dr. Lucy Wanzer of San Francisco, ELASTIC ORGANIZATION IN SCHOOLS ADVOCATED Supervising Principals and Di- rectors Meet for Discussion of Retardation in Work. More elastic organization of the d_Fc;b‘rjunry,':hrth md Al:‘rll w;re in- !chonl_a!.twa-: anm;‘inled' c]llmlrmxn nfda first woman to be graduated in medi- y icated as the months when absence | committee to make a follow-up study | cine from the University = school system and more information | gro1C0 BF (08 TROBTAT, Wk of children who attend \'acalmn] nia, recently c n-)!.rr;lredkhtgtex;:hllflln about the natural capacity of the child | “Promotion, Non-promotion and Re- | schools. birth anniversary and forty-fifth an- are two of the remedies suggested to | tardation” was the topic presented.| There is no retardation in the ideal | niversary of her practice as a phy- eliminate the retardation of school' The discussion was led by Miss Flora | school system, it was pointed out by ' sician. i Jordan’s Christmas Club Enables You to Buy a Ma Piano and Take THREE Years to Make Your Payments Are you one of the many who say “what a wonderful Christmas this would be if we could only afford to have a player-piano?” For folks like you, our Christmas Club pre- sents a real opportunity. 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