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GREENSBORO DAILY NEWS. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1922 9 1 Circumstantial Evidence ' By MAM H. PAJIABEH. ailM Hinium t la bis llttU of m reading ,oopy and ordering tbe City editor to boll It down. Hani-urn manaaina; editor. o the Dally Grit, a amall town paper ' with metropolitan pretention!, acknowl edged as the beat afternoon sheet In bis aeotloo of the country. , ' )t waa near 'the time for the home edition to so to preea and the re porter; Were, preparing to leave for the dajr. .1 had been In the habit of easing- Into the Orlt office without formality for a number of yean, and I had become euch constant visi tor that ooeaelonally my advice was oue;ht Quite naturally my regard for Mane-urn and the Orlt force was raised, nd In a plnoh they could ret deal of work of a sort out of ma. la college Mangum and I were friends and when He came to our town to do newspaper work, we re newed our friendship alone with Its sltlssns, It was admitted, and those pleasures. i:-,'... Mangum, as became a rood news paper man, waa avowedly cynical and asserted that he could read men's minds the minute they showed the front of their heads. Be did seem to peeaess clairvoyant powers. Hs had tha measure of our prominent Individuals, with Interests - to pro mote, did not hesitate to seek his advloe On the beat waya to approach the jeans of men with, whom they had been Intimate for years. He aould read male nature, h did read It, "and he read It correctly. After office -hours Mangum usual ly went to his club for a game of cards bridge . or poker both of which he played well for small takes. I knew that he had no love for gambling. Honey did not inter est him; he played, as he expressed It, more "in the Interest of science" than anything elae, and was content to break even or loss a few dollars at an hour's session. At night It was his custom to return to the offloe to eee that the copy hooks were nlled with' feature stuff and night stories lor the next day. ! Mangum did not meet The Girl at prayer meeting, though he frequent ly saw- hr at church. A friendship sprang up and after a while Miss Mary Jenkins became Mrs. Silas Man gum and they went to live In a lit tie bouse on the outskirts of the city, where the most the taxpayers could expect was a street light. The Orlt presses started up, Man gum Inspected a paper carefully en' we walked out together. - To the Club we went as usual, and I was surprised when he seated himself at a table reserved for the older men who play checkers. Placing the eheckera on the board, he challenged me to a game. Surprised, I demurred. "Why not a game of bridge at a cent a potntT" I asked. "I'm off of carda." Mangum replied. "Well, my education In checkers was never completed, I informed hlm.t And we began to play.- I was so easy that he lost Interest, and I read In hfs face that look which ex presses pity at Incompetence. y "A singular thing happened at my house t,he other night," Mangum aaid slowly, "and yst when you anallse It, It's not so singular either. Aa you A Comfortable Home J Think Of It! xieauxiK system wiai win luimau toyo 25 50 humidity in the house makes it comfortable and healthy, v The Quaker furnace installed under lat est scientific methods and at a reasonable (a x)Tc.9' One-mece steel construction ehmi- r- --r.: " nates gas and smoke. Cartland Heating Co. i j; Phonei2816V:' Greensboro know, a good .many things are as sociated with carde mostly high etakes, late nlghte and liquor none of which I affect. But you can't get away from the suggestion. "A few nights age I went down to the office, did, some work and engaged the night operators In shop talk. Instead of returning homo by 10:20, as was my custom, I was 11:20 In reaching the house, and my wife had retired. Without disturbing her, I went quietly to bed and soon was asleep. . , "An automobile pulled up at my corner aa the. hall clock struck two. The drver seemed to be having Some motor trouble. I went to the win dow and peered out throug the cur tains. .."'What time Is It, Bilaar my wife asked In a tone In which I detected a trace of sarcasm. . ' 'Just struck two,' I replied, my vocs retlectng apprehenson that all mght not be well. j . " 'Your trends seem to be having trouble with their car.' . , "That waa not a question, but a positive statement, and I knew with out introductory notes that Mrs. Mangum thought that I had' just that moment entered the houae. I explained that I had been in bed a long time, and had merely got up tq see what was the matter with the car. "My wife knowa human nature pretty well, and her mother had told her hat all husbanda were not ab aolutely truthful, and she hsd ac cepted without much trouble St. Paul's statement that all men are liars at times. "We have had very few differences In our married life, but the convic tion had been growing on her that spent too much .time at the club and tiiftt carda were more intereot- ing to me than my family. A debate nsued for something like three hours, during which I explained 11 separate times that I was at the of fice until 11 o'clock, when I cams home and retired noiselessly, to be aroused three houra later by the ac cused motor, "I also explained my contempt for cards and assured her that I had played my last. Finally shs drop ped off to sleep, but I remained awake the rest of the night trying to find the answer." Mangum's eyes twinkled. SJe light ed a cigar and continued: "The Orlt fortunately carried the answer that afternoon. Two prison ers had broken Jail, borrowed the Jailer's automobile and tried to get away. Their car stalled In the mud at my corner and, after worrying with It a few mlnutee, they managed to pull out. They lost so much time, however, that they were captured early the aame morning." I had read the story in the Orlt which played It up prominently pa the front page, and I observed an other unusual thing. Mangum had stated In the article In three dif ferent placea that the stolen car stall ed in front of his house, and fol low 1 thla up with an editorial de manding. In the Interest of fairness and common decenoy, better streets In the suburbs. "Our streets In the outskirts of town, as is the case everywhere else, are woefully neglected," . Mangum continued, "and the commissioner of public works has promised speedy re lief. The Orlt has ploked up some 200 new subscribers In the suburbs, as a result of that editorial, an anony mous friend has left a turkey, and I'm happy to aay that 1 will spend Christmas day with my family. "I'm not so strong on circumstan tial svldenoe, either," Mangum added, as he left the club. , . E Leadera in the . movement to cope with prevailing condlttone also call upon members of ths profession to adopt auch American customs as the production ef popular leotures and press articles by scientist Pro fessor Wilhelm His, ons of Berlin's most prominent surgeons, admitting that the prestlgs of German aotsnos has suffered considerably since the war, calls attention to the condi tions under which German medical achor are struggling. He asserts that American medical men have "passed from thslr apprenticeship to the positions of masters." Leaving Laboratory Work to Study of Functioning: of Human Body. DUE TO LACK OF FUNDS Berlin, Dec. It. (By Associated Press). Somewhat of a transforma tion la taking place In Germany's medical world aa a result of the limited funds available for experi ments and, studies, according to the opinions sxpressed by prominent sur geons and phyaloiana. Attention Is being tnrned from laboratory work which la expensive to a closer study of the actual functioning of the human body. The lawa of heredity, psychlo reactions and ths structure of the body are coming to the fore, medical clrclea assert thereby opening up fields of investigation that are luet as prom Islngr as the former studies, yet re quiring less material and hence less expenditure. In this connection attention Is called to Germany's need for more men In other walks of life who are sufficiently interested and wealthy to support science. "If ons compares our paltry means with the sums America devotee to ths scientific work" one writer de clares, he Is Inclined to lose all hope.' Thla writer also cites the local pride which American citixena bear toward their Institutions and the widespread popularity which these enjoy as evinced by the donations to their support. ' Medical men .assert that the crying need In Germany today is contribu tions which will keep pace, to eome exteht at least, with ths rate of ex change. Physicians and surgeons de clare that high pricee not only rob them of the opportunity of obtain ing necessary apparatus and other material but deprive them - of for eign technical literature. Libraries and institutes, as well as Individuals. It Is pointed out, are not In a posi tion to afford a large selection ot professional books and periodicals. Gratitude Is expreesed that an ex change arrangement la being effect ed through which books and journals from several other landa, Including the united States, are being made available through an exchange. 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