THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 9, 1921.
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History's Mysteries
No. 42-A Modern Sphinx
Copymnr,, 193 1, by The heeler SyHca:e, inc.
In spite of the common opinion that
a man or a woman cannot pass for a
long time as a member of the opposite
sex without arousing suspicion, this be
lief has been discredited a number of
times in history and a striking example
was brought to light in England not
-lone ao in the case of the impersona
tions if certain sources of information
are to be credited of Dr. James Barry,
an inspector general of English hos
pitals. Dr. Barry's features were not strik
ingly masculine, nor were they notice
ably effeminate. In fact, he would
have passed generally as an "average
type." He was with the British ar
my in the Crimea and there are a num
ber of references to him in the history
of the hospital service during that cam
paign. For some reason or other he
seemed always to be able more or less
to select his own foreign stations and
he appears to have been permitted to
be as insubordinate as he liked without
remonstrance. In other words, he
was treated by the authorities as if he
"Were as he may have been a wo
man. Dr. Barry made rapid strides in his
profession, sometimes jumping two
ranks at a time and, when he died at
the age of 71. held the post of Inspector
G'eneraJ of Army Hospitals, a title
Which appears upon the headstone over
his grave in the Kensal Green Ceme
tery. No one ever suspected the doctor of
being of a sex opposite to the one in
which he posed until the year follow
ing his death, when a long article ap
peared in one of the leading English
periodicals which elicited statements
which became the talk of London, for
the article purported toi disclose the
strange and eventful history of this
Sphinxlike individual. .
"As a consequence of Dr. Barry's
refusal of medical attention during 'his
last illness," stated the writer, "an in
quest was held immediately after 'his'
death and the following day it was offi
cially reported to the War Office that
the deceased Inspector General of hos
pitals was not only a woman but it was
evident that early in life she had been
a mother."
When this article appeared, an offi
cer of the Third West India Regiment
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recalled an incident connected with
Dr. Barry which threw additional light
upon tha matter.
"Some twenty years ago," he stated,
"I was traveling with this remarkable
character on board the inter-Colonial
steamer plying between St. Thomas
and Barbadoes, occupying the same
cabin I in the upper and the Doctor In
the lower berth. I well remember
how, in harsh words, I was ordered
out of the cabin in the morning when
Dr. Barry was ready to dress and,
while I merely attributed it at the time
to be one of the doctor's peculiarities, I
think that his irascibility wa3 affected
largely as a cloak for his real sex a
secret which he succeeded Jn conceal
ing during his entire official life in
the service."
After Dr. Barry's death. General
Chamberlayne, who had served with
the former Inspector General, stated:
"I knew Dr. Barry well. He was ra
ther bombastic of speech and short of
temper, but otherwise possessed few
outstanding characteristics. When I
think of the anxiety, care and trouble
he must have experienced in maintain
ing his assumed character, It seems
amazing that he could have had so
many good" points. After all, I bflieve
that his manner and speech were as
sumed mainly to repel inquisitive asso
ciates. "
While there was, of course, no offi
cial statement from the War Office in
connection with the alleged inquest and
the resultant discoveries con i-i.'ng
Dr. Barry's sex, there was no denial
whatever of the statetient a fact
which was generally understood to es
tablish the truth of the story. But,
granting that it was true, what reason
did Dr. Ba. iy h ive for conc-fa vg his
sex? How was she able to carry on
the impersc nation for more th.'in lifty
years? What tragedy lay -onf.'ald
behind her strange determination to
appear a man? Unfortunately, the
answers to these and numrrus other
Questions about this modern Sphinx lie
interred in that grave in the little ceme
tery at Kensal Green never to be dis
closed to the world.
Next "Without :i Clue. '
THEATERSEATS ARE
SOLD ON GUARANTEE
New Tork, Sept. 9. Announcement
by a theater ticket agency that it
would guarantee seats in the first eight
rows of popular Broadway productions
upon payment of yearly amounts rang
ing from $100 to $500 created a furore
among theatrical managers and indig
nation among theater lovers who per
ennially are disappointed in attempts
to get good seats at the box office.
Some of the theater managers
promptly said the scheme could not be
carried out because there were not
enough seats in the first eight rows
of any theater housing a success to go
around. They said they had not en
tered into any such arrangement with
the agency and furthermore, would
not give such a privilege to any agen
cy. Sam. H. Harris, president of the Thea
ter Managers' Protective, Association,
said: "It is well understood that the
brokerage offices buy seats outright in
large numbers for highly successful
plays and buy for the more doubtful
plays on memorandum, that la, with
the privilege of returning them. I
don't like the system and have always
opposed it, but it is my experience
that the speculators are able to get the
seats they want, anyway."
The agency's scheme proposes to sell
for a cash in advance premium a guar
antee of delivery of seats in the first
eight rows which the subscriber each
week may designate. This premium
payment is in addition to the box office
price of the seats, plus the regular 50
cents per seat premium. The special
privilege is divided into classes at $100
and $500 a year premiums, carrying
rights to tickets once a week for the
lowest to tickets every night of every
week for the $500 fee.
ANCIENT BAT COLONY
TO BE MOVED OUT
St. Augustine, Fla., Sept. 9. Uncle
Sam officially has recognized the exist
ence of the huge colony of bats which
makes headquarters in the garret of
the old postofflce building here, the
coquina structure on the plaza known
throughout the country as the one-time
palace of the Spanish governors of
Florida.
Old inhabitants, declare the bats are
so ancient that they screech in Span
ish, but the federal government appar
ently does not desire to preserve them
as a relic of the Spanish occupation, for
it has authorized the postmaster to con
tract for their eradication.
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friends miles away. For. out-of-doors
safety, comfort, con
venience, the Eveready Spot-,
light is a positive need.
Two styles full nickel and vul
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OFFICE CAT
BY JUNIUS
COrrniGHT !. EDGAR ALLAN MOSS.
TNAOC MAXK GISTCe U. 3. AT. OFF.
POME.
I wanna be a movie queen
And a vamp the handsome Wil-l-yu4i;
To be the darling of the screen
And earn each year a million;
I want some Mary Pickford curls.
And big eyes like the Talmadge gills.
I wanna be in every scene
And wear a flock of fussy clothes
And have a plush-lined limousine
And break a heart with every po3e
I wanna go down town of nights
And see my name up in the lights.
I'm old enough to know my mind,
I'll be sixteen the third of May.
I'm modest, but I can't be blind
To all the charms that people say
I've got; it's easy to be seen
That I should be a movie queen.
Ermyntrude.
The faster a man is the harder it
is for him to keep in sight of his run
ning expenses.
There were two figures in the wheat
field. One stood stolidly, motionleJu
The othpr moved here and there. Oaa
was the hired man; the other was a
scarecrow. . The reason the scarecrow
moved so much was that he couldti t
stand still in the wind like the hired
man!
Some bird wrote us yesterday and a.k
ed us when the Volstead act was go
ing into effect.
Len Small will find that "a man s
a man for A' that," whether he be
Governor or what not and will have to
recognize the law as made and pro
vided for the control of men. The al
leged divine right of kings and other
rulers is not seriously regarded in Illi
nois. WELL,, HE'S SOME PLACE.
Jenkins made some hootch of raisins,
Yeast and 'taters; let it stand
For three weeks; then tried to drink it,
Now he's with the angel band.
KWIT TROO! KWIT TROO!
Little things make big differences, it
seems. Call a girl a chick and sne
smiles; call a woman a hen and she'll
scratch your eyes out. Call a youni?
woman a witch and she takes it us &
compliment to her charms; call an o'd
woman a witch and jou've got her to
fight. Call a girl a kitten and sho
really likes it; call a woman a cat v.nd
she'll hate you. Women are queer.
Call a man a gay dog and it seems to
flatter him, but call him a pup, a cir
or a hound, and he will change the
map of your face for you. He doesn r
mind being called a bull or a bear, rind
yet he would kick on being spoken tf
as a calf or a cub. Yet what differ
ence does it make? Men are queer, too
Kingman Journal.
POME.
"I wish I was a little rock
A-settin' on a hill;
A-doin' nothing ail day long
But just a-settin' still
"I wouldn't eat, I wouldn't drink
I wouldn't even wash, .
I'd set and set a thousand years
And rest myself, by gosh."
FAMOUS WORDS.
"It seems funny, dear the mos
quitoes don't seem to bother me."
A Broadway dancer asks $50,000 fo"
a foot injury, calling attention to the
fact that they still use feet in dancing.
PASSENGERS SAFELY LANDED.
Lisbon, Sept. 9. The twelve hundred
passengers on the British Royal Mail
steamer Almanzora, which went
aground off Cape Espichel, 20 miles
south of here, early Thursday were
landed safely last night.
Seaboard Air Line Railway
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SJtTickftt om Passenger Station
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Phone 20. Phone 1
CHANGE OF ' HOURS
COMMENCING ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10th, WE WILL CLOSE
AT SIX P. M.
Series 78 Opened September 3rd.
3650 shares were sold the first week. One party telegraphed his Sep
tember payment on new shares from Portland, Oregon. Many applicants
for loans have not yet made their first payment. This ' should be done at
once.
PAYMENTS RECEIVED WEEKDAYS 8 A. M. TO 2 P. M.
PAYMENTS RECEIVED SATURDAYS 8 A. M. TO 6 P. M.
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BY
CHERRY'S FRIENDS
(!hprrv found nlntv of time, how
ever, to cultivate the friendship of the
four or live people she had taken a iik-
ing to in weiisburg. She naa a sin
cere friend in Laura King and when
ever she had a moment to spare that
lady was sure to have a call from
Mrs. Randall, Jr., night or day. Then
there was young Mrs. Wilders, a wife
of three years' standing, who had be
come a firm ally of Cherry's shortly
after her arrival in town.
Beth Wilders was a tall, dark girl,
with an ingratiating personality, and
plenty of ambition. She had married
Joe Wilders, one of Wellsburg's promis
ing business men. at twenty, and after
the first year of matrimony had long
ed fore soething to do otside of her small
dainty bungalow, which almost ran it
self, so perfect it was in every de
tail. Cherry's arrival in town, plus a
head and thinking apparatus of her own,
and a friendliness warming to the
soulf had been an unexpected joy to
Mrs. Wilders- From the start she and
Cherry had become fast friends. The
two girls understpod each other and
were interested in many of the same
things.
"I think that Mrs. AVilders is one
of the most charming and intelligent
Mrnmpn T Vmvf mot It arte VinrJ Vippn
Cherry's description of that lady the
day alter meeting her.
"Peth Wilders is intelligent; that's
By . o-v K
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN.
How dear to my heart
Are the scenes of my childhood,
When fond recollection
Presents them to, view;
The shave and shampoo
That I got for a quarter
And the fifteen-cent haircut
My infancy knew.
After reading over the latest reports
from the IT. S. treasury we are of the
opinion that it costs almost as much to
run the government as it does to run
a modern apartment.
Phonograph disks can be used as pie
i plates. This is the most satisfactory
' use to which many of them can be
(put.
1
' When they make men's clothes with
out pockets a lot of women can get to
bed early nights.
CONFESSIONS OF A CYNIC.
I don't believe bon t rimmed spec
tacles necessarily denote intellectuality.
I wear themi myself.
I like to eat things which are not
good for me. In fact, I can't have
any fun eating anything else.
I am, very fond of Amy Lowell s poe
try, but I do not read it because I
can't understand it.
I cm spend a more dismal evening 'in
Greenwich Village than in any oth"r
place in the world.
I like corned beef and cabbabe in
my own home, but I hate to have other
people in the neighborhood cook it.
One hard-hearted landlord In New
Tork has prohibited the parking of
Fords in the lobby at night along with
the baby cabs. rs(.
Those paper bathing suits used on
Five
Suburban
We have only five tracts of land unsold from our sub-division of
the Holton property on Dowd Road. These tracts contain from tiiree to
nix acres with large road frontage at $350 per acre. If interested in a
desirable location for a suburban home at a very low cost see us at
once. All of these tracts should be sold within the next ten days.
PHONES 877-4208
Gregg Shorthand Wins World
Championship
Here's the story briefly: Won by Albert Schneider, tven
ty years old, of New York City, at 22nd Convention Na
tional Shorthand Reporters' Association, Niagara Falls, on
August 25th. Defeated three former world's champions in
largest contest ever held. Broke world's record on 215-word-a-minute
literary dictation establishing highest net
speed ever made on this kind of matter in any contest. The
youngest and by far the least experienced writer to win
the championship. He did it with GREGG SHORTHAND.
If "you want the best, the easiest, the most rapid and
the most accurate shorthand system, insist upon GREGG.
The KING'S school is headquarters for Gregg shorthand
in this section. New classes just starting. Enroll today.
'An Accredited School'
Raleigh, N. C.
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the pity of it," Mrs. Randall had made
answer, sharply. "The trouble with
her and with lots of other people, too.
is that she doesn't know when she is
well off. That's where she fall? aewn
in v.r- intiHo-cmre Whv. Joe Wiiders
is just as much in love with her as he
was when he first married nnu i
gives her everything her, heart .desires,
and she don't know enough to be happy,
or even act. happy. That's not clever.
for Joe gets real cross aooui
often. Says there's nothing can really
please her, no .matter what ne does.
Such women don't deserve good hus
bands like Joe. And when you stop to
think of a nice, affectionate, capable
little girl like Arline Bates being singh;
still, it .seems as if the Lord did over
look things sometimes. Beth considers
that most of the women here are stupid
and you'll be a heap better off away
from her, Cherry, dear, than listening
to her complaints and" advanced no
tions all day."
"Maybe she is all you think, mother,
but I don't think that Mrs. Wilders had
everyrhing she wants by any means, and
it's not her fault if she reaches out for
what Wellsbure: folks considers "the
impossible." Every human being is dif
ferent and, as you know. 'What's one
man's meat, is another man's poison.' "
"I think she has proven to be one
man's poison, true enough," ansyered
Mrs. Randall, firmly, as she left the
room-
(To be continual.)
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Chicago beaches probably are all right
if you don't get caught out in the rain
in them.
Many a mart is wearing a birthday
wrist watch strapped to his elbow.
AND NOBODY ELSE DOES.
Dear Roy Enthusiastic vacation
ist in northern Wisconsin as train ap
proaches destination Porter, this is
certainly God's country.
Porter Yes, suh, it sure is, in de
summah time, but Ah don't know who
owns it in de wintah. R. M. T.
Rents are going to go up again. The
average rent doesn't know how to go
any other way.
An old fashion woman is one who
goes to a bathing beach to bathe.
Our flag is wraving on the sea again.
Hope it will be a permanent wave.
The way of the pants presser is hard.
BAPTISTS URGED TO
MEET OBLIGATIONS
Nashville. Tenn., Sept. 9. Southern
Baptists will cut out all luxuries this
fall, eliminate many of the common
necessities and wear old shoes and
patched clothes, if need be. to meet
their pledges to denominational inter
ests, if they heed an appeal formulated
Thursday by the convention commis
sion of the $75,000,000 campaign-
Members of the commission have
challenged the local Baptists through
out the South to meet them in sacri
ficing personal comfort rather than
ta.ii lto meet their obligations to the
general causes of the denomination.
Tracts
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Griffith Company
SIR. CONRAD
Charlotte, N. C.
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Myers Park Home
, or, 'attractive
xxr Via vp. for sale an attractive
. VJi,- Tvir This is a brick veneer slate rooi nome located on a w,
laClot' Ho SS rooms with two bath rooms, recently CCmpl
is strictly modem. Large brick, garage also. -
This home can be bought on easy terms and being located as it
manding C very best outlook anywhere in the Paxk. should appeal to
pective purchasers in Myers Park.
Price and. terms at office.
THIES-SMITH REALTY COMPANY
REAL ESTATE
Builders of Characteristic nomes
200 Commercial Bldg.
Genera
Our hauling department is well equipped with the
latest model trucks and our men are experienced.
We are in a position to do all kinds of hauling,
moving, packing and storing, giving you the very
best service at a reasonable price. Let us know
your wants.
The Carolina Company
No. 328 S. Tryon St.
-HERE IT IS
Located in the very best part of Myers Park very best of neighborhood
near Queens College house less than 2 years did large 2-story home ht,
living room dining room sun parlor butler's pantry and kitchen on iw
floor 3 large bed rooms and bath on second floor with garage and other
provements on the lot large lot .63 of an acre. This elegant place (.a- ;
bought for $12,500 on esy terms, too.
Let us show you this it's offered agaii st any, and all other bargain' -Myers
Park What about it?
Phone 2772 70NS, THE REAL
Jno. T. Smith.
Buy
A
STOP PAYING RENT MAKE SMALL PAYMENT
BALANCE EASY
5- rooms and bath Bungalow, large lot, garage, fins
shade, 1003 West Second street, $350 cash, balance
monthly $4,850
6 rooms and bath. New bungaJow, 1106 West Second
Street, big lot, large porch, three living rooms, a con
venient house in good neighborhood, $500 cash, bal
ance monthly S6,000
a 8 rooms, two baths, 213 South Cedar street. A new big
roomy house on paved street, $750 cash, balance
monthly : $10,750
4 rooms, 1501 Seigle avenue, in Villa Heights, modern
conveniences, $50 cash, balance $30 per month $2,530
7 rooms and bath, 1007 West Second Street, large lot,
nice big rooms, $500 cash, balance monthly
6- rooms and bath, 1102 West Second St. Large dandy
house, just painted. A bargain at $5,000. $750 cash,
balance monthly. Price $4,750
. Phone Me For Appointment.
H. McAd
200 South Cedar St.
One couldn't any more clean house without hot wa
ter than one could bake bread without flour! And
think how much easier and quicker the cleaning
would go if the hot water an abundance of it
were in the pipes ready and waiting for a turn of
the faucet. , .
Gas Hot Water Heaters
Immediate Installation
We have all standard types for every size house
and every quantity demand. Let us tell you how
little it really costs when you make a small pay
ment down and the balance monthly.
PHONE 2700
i
Mvers Park home, located in the
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