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Show .f- - THE PROVO POST FRIDAY AUGUST 25, 1922 THE PROVO POST M Flapper Who Posed As Boy 16 Years Tells Life Story Provos Popular Newspaper Published Tuesday and .Friday Evenings by THE POST PUBLISHING COMPANY 125 West Center St. Phone 13 Entered at the Postoffice at Provo, Utah, as Matter. Second-clas- s 16-ye- ar Editor and Manager NEPHI C. HICKS A good stiff punch, landed squarely on the nose, has ended the career of "John McConnell, 22 years old, now revealed as Florence Gray, Twelfth and Mount Vernon streets, me at home or to make me stop work and go to school. He wanted me to be a gentleman. But I was of another mind. The Baking Powder that Gives the Best Service in Your Kitchen I wanted to be husky and rough. Many times I got chased by the Philadelphia. as known is or John Once, when we were shooting cops. Florence, Subscription Rates (In Advance) : Whis- craps on a saloon corner in Cincinof the Iron Gang, leader One Year .$2.50 tling Jack McConnell, chauffeur of nati, a cop nearly got me. I laid low 1.25 a five-to- n Six Months motor truck, and breaker for a couple of nights, but he had it . ... .75 of womens hearts. Also John in for me, and one night when I : . Three Months once swam the Delaware and at an- was down on my knees rolling the other time teamed with a woman in bones he nabbed me. I went along .to the box and he a trapeze performance on the stage. POSTS SWORN CIRCULATION, 1838 COPIES But it is all ended. rang for the wagon. He had na'e by It seems that John had a weak- the back of the neck and while he AUNT ELIZABETH STUBBS ness for ice cream and while engaged was ringing I said' to myself, You in eating that delicacy in a neighbor- can have my coat for a ride, copper, hood soft drink place, was suddenly but not me. I wiggled out and of hundreds At the time these few lines are being printed, attacked by Charles Edgar Weaver, beat it. friends and relatives of Aunt Elizabeth Stubbs are paying final one of the members of the Iron It was a new trick for me and he whom he had frequently de- fired and chased me. But I was too tribute- to her splendid life and charaater. Few women of this Gang in fast. Climbing fences I tore my feated pitched battle. Weaver landed several good ones hands with nails, and I got blood city have lived to perform a greater service to the community and before John could get into action all over my clothes. I had to tell to her deyoted family than that of Aunt Elizabeth, as she was and a wicked swing to the nose sent grandpa and he again took me away. John to the floor for the count. affectionately known to her host of friends here. LEARNED TO BATTLE She came to Provo when Provo was a baren waste, with here The effect was magical. boiled went to Cleveland then. It The leader hard gang ; and there a beaten path through the wild willows and sagebrush suddenly vanished and the eternal was We a good while before I broke into Howand so we .might well say her life was not one sweet song. femine asserted itself with the result the gang there. They were the toughever, her indomitable faith in the future and her keen perception that she was taken into custody by est lot Id seen. The fellows had a the police and hailed before a magis ring and a trainer, and theyd have a of her 'mission here on earth was reflected in her every act. bout at lunch time. Thats how I As she approached an age when most people hope to be re- trate. re- learned to take heavy punches and were case When in facts the a lieved of many of lifes trials she accepted responsibility that vealed Weaver was on proba- get knocked down. would have proved beyond the strength of most of ire. Not only tion for a year a placed much astonished Id learned to run a truck,, and one did she assume the task of rearing her own large family, but she youth. night the gang planned to take a joy granddaugh- ride with a lot of girls. They alalso mothered the family of another. How well she performed her terFlorence Gray is the of .James Gray, a retired lawyer ways put me up to the dirty worli, work is reflected in the lives of those splendid citizens who prof- of 112 Green street. Her mother because I was scared not to go ited iby the radiant light that ever shone to guide them against died when the girl was 2 years old. through with it. In the meantime her father married the pitfalls of life. Having learned the beauties of Well, my buddy and I jumped a and settled in Asheville, N. C. truck, but it was locked. All of a in "her early" life, she found much pleasure in serving others again How for sixteen years she posed as sudden a man came out and yelled until that service ended Tuesday afternoon. Jack McConnell, became and a vice squad was on us. We Whistling But after all there is a question as to whether or not that a member of tough city gangs and beat it. devotion and love of doing for others was a sacrifice to Aunt Eliza- got away with it was told by the Next night, though, we pulled it, beth. The supreme satisfaction that came to her through service girl as she sat in flapper costupie, changed the license on the car and in her hotel there. chiselled off some of the number. was so refreshing, so gratifying that her life was as complacent legsThiscrossed, is of life: the her Then we went for the girls and took story as that of a sleeping child. a ride. I was driving at high speed, FLORENCE GRAY By In her going there is a sense of sorrow sweetened by the memand ran headlong into a jitney. I Alias will forever stand of life ran too fast to see what happened. beautiful that of that worthy ory WHISTLING JACK MCONNELL. One boy and a girl were caught, but I was born in New York City. My didnt squeal. father was a Buckeye. My mother they Next place we lived for any time THIS AMAZING COUNTRY OF OURS was a New Yorkex. She died when was I was 18 then. Got I was 2 years of age and my father a jobbrooklyn. making shells during the war. married again and is living in Ashe- The superintendent lived in the same tourist traverses the United States ville, As the N. C. My grandfather Gray house with grandpa and me and he counvastness of our common he must marvel at the wonders and took me when I was 4 years old. Hes spoke for me. try. Its immeasurable plains, its stupendous reaches of desert, its supported me since the day I was SHOVELED COAL bought my first baby clothes towering mountain chains, its teeming cities, its majestic rivers born, Ive They put me to running an electraveled all over the counslow rolling to the sea; its thousands of miles of beautiful paved and from crane inside, but the superintentric to coast him. with try, coast, boulevards, all tell a story of a national heritage unsurpassed on Traveling around that way seemed dent knew-- was pretty husky and earth. One can but feel elated that he possesses citizenship in a to attract the attention of some med- thought I could throw coal.. So he made me fireman of a steam crane nation that has proved itself able to dominate and reduce to or- dlesome people who said they were outside. to me a in I home. going cried put derly and productive civilization this vast empire. took a liking to me grandfather dressed me up in andThe engineer One who returns from such a journey may well feel a certain and me to run the crane. I clothes we taught and slipped away. was wonder that this great area is so well unified as it is. Over in Iboys was then 6 years old. proud, of course, and later took I got my first job in Cincinnati his place when he was sick. Europe there is a patchwork and angry tangle of conflicting races A girl in our house got dippy about a grocery delivery wagon. I themdriving a miles and find few and nationalities. The people travel me and tried to make me give up my was 13 I then. selves among alien speech, as a result of which jealousies and guess for office work. Well, she used job JOINED CORNER GANGS to come down to the yard and never misunderstandings often "grow. I always got in with a gang of gave me any rest till I quit., I was On our side, what a contrast! The man from Boston walks we went and in Cinkids, $200 a month, too. the streets of Los Angeles and San Francisco, and it seems amaz- cinnatiwherever I soon got initiated into the making tired of Brooklyn and Grandpa ing that though 3000 miles from home, all these people speak the corner crowd. Thats how I got to we went backgotto Asheville. We same tongue, wear the same clothes, and entertain about the same be a fighter. I made up to the girls, seen my father for eight years,hadnt and he didnt know his daughter. There ideas as do his home folks. It is the most marvellous example of just the same as the other boys. And I walked home after school was the dehce to pay, and I got a unification ever attained in the worlds history. notes to them: Roses are licking and' a girls dress. My stepand To preserve the harmony and cooperation needed for national red, wrote violets are blue the old stuff. mother tried to break me in on girls welfare, each section must feel concerned about the welfare of Grandpa was always " after me work, but it didnt take and grandpa every other. Our people should read the newspapers from other about the gang. He tried to teach and I pulled out again. - UdDRIUBfEUR The Economy 2A1 a , 1 IPunce aondl WUnoHecounne No No Failures Waste I self-sacrifi- ce - trans-continent- al ' r Every can of Calumet is the same keeping Quality Perfect y last spoon- CHILDREN WHO CANT PLAY ful good as the first. BEST BY TEST The Worlds Greatest: Baking Powder HER FASCINATING HUSBAND. fering, and of pathetic struggles for existence amid overwhelming odds, is The movement to provide cities and towns with playgrounds related by Miss Helen Chmielewska, of thousands and for. the youngster element is gaining ground, of Detroit, who has lately returned progressive towns are providing this outlet for their young life. from Poland, where she has been enThere is universal sympathy for the boy who has no chance to gaged in relief work. Trained by the Young Womens bat a baseball without taking chances on putting it through some Christian Association, Miss Chmielones window, or else of getting run over in the streets. ewska left this country two years ago Experts in the development of young people are quoted to with about thirty other girls to bring state that only about 30 per cent of children have any regular play. relief to suffering Poland under the direction of the American Relief asThe rest just sit around and watch things. They gaze Polish Grey Samaritans at the traffic that passes. Their chief joy is when the sociation. are young women of Polish extracfire apparatus comes out. Town life makes children too much tion living in this country who were sent over for service in their parspectators of what other people do, and they do not get enough ents native land. A Polish Grey has into of them on themselves. develop Many doing things practice to be loved, and almost worstreet loafers who spend their time on street corners watching come shiped in that land of desolation for other people. the excellent work it has carried on. , Providing a playground for these youn folks may or may not meet their needs. Perhaps they will merely use it as a place for hazing the small boys, and rallying the gangs for But if a little effort is made to organize these youngsters into some form of athletic game, a playground will do them a world of good. It will break up the desire for gang life, and organize them into ideas of cooperation and team work. Parents and others who take hold with the young folks and help them organize theii play, do a splendid work for the community, and save many from idle and vicious ways. And when a town gets to the point where it feelsit can afford to hire a trained playground leader for the open air athletic season; it talces a wonderful step forward for the development of its young folks. When a man says he is worth a million dollars he really means that he has that much money. Not many who have a million are worth a million. jnis-chie- The f. who sighs for the return of the girl would laugh his fool head off if he saw one of them walking down the street. old-tim- er old-fashion- ed BUILDIN UP THE TOWN By ALF OSMOND If Provo aint the kind of place in which you like to live, then move away yer form and face and learn to take and give the other chap the kind of deal that everybody needs in build-i- n up a commonweal that doesnt go to seeds. We got the mountains and the lake, the canyons and the trees, the aspens that delight to quake within the gentle breeze; we got the metal and the soil, the river and the air and hearts and hands of hope and toil and visions clear and fair. These are the blocks with which to build a Provo large and clean with effort that has been distilled until it can beI seen. If everything is hope it wont be very goin wrong and Provo must decay, move before away. you long The most fascinating man lives in Michigan. In her divorce petition his wife says, My husband is so alluring that women flock about hint when he appears in society, send him notes, flowers and candy and beg to hold his hand. The facts may be slightly exaggerated. Where one of the members of a matrimonial partnership is inordinately jealous fiction becomes trurer than fact and a divorce suit is likely to follow. To show, her supreme confidence In her new husband, she gave him a night key. And to convince him of his position in the house she had the lock changed. Richmond Famine Conditions In War Torn Poland Indescribable A story of death, famine, and suf- Thank God for your happy Amer- 'c of kidney complaint. iThis medicine claimed for certainly does all thatiis f 'I it. LATER STATEMENT Residents of Provo Cannot Doubt Over Seven Years, Later, Mrs; What Has Been Twice Proved. Jones said: Althoughl have but lit- In gratitude tor relief from aches tie need of a kidney remedy now, I and pains of bad backs from dis- find it necessary to use Doans Kid- tressing kidney ills thousands have ney Pills .at times. I always ' get the Kid- same good results. publicity recommended Doan Price 60c, at all dealers. Dont ney Pills. Residents of Provo, who so testified years ago, now say there-sult- s simply ask for a kidney remedy get were permanent. his testi- Doans Kidney Pills the same that Co mony doubly proves the worth of Mrs. Jones had. Foster-Milbur- n Doans Kidney Pills to Provo kidney Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y. : sufferers. Mrs. David H. Jones, 345 East STILL VOTING FOR ANDY Fifth North street, says: ; I have A woman103 years of age cast her used Doans Kidney Pills and am glad to say they are a good remedy. Doans first vote in the primary in Ahkansas are good for relieving backache, lan- She wanted to know who was run CONFIRMED PROOF ' ! ! guor and other annoying symptoms ning against Andy Jackspn. Was amTNdjri $ & 4 w seen white bread and regarded with wide eyes and open mouths a miracle of beauty. They have been eating as bread a concoction of sawdust, potato peeling, and acorns mixed with water, therefoxe it is no wonder that our bread amazes them. The little tots, when we handed them white rolls with their cocoa, patted the bread, kissed it, fondled it against their cheeks and wanted to take it liome to show to their mothers. We could hardly get them to eat it. When people see pictures of the refugee children they say, But see how fat they are. They look so healthy. If they could see them their hearts would break. They are swollen and puffy from the food they eat, and are of a bluish green complexion. They look at you from sad and haggard eyes. They do not know how to laugh and play but sit around in dejected little heaps without talking or moving. No one talks in Smorgon; the continued silence is perhaps the most horrible thing about it. There is really nothing to talk about, they tell you. MANY FREEZE TO DEATH The country is desolate. The ground is peppered with skeletons. Barbed wire entanglements are everywhere, trees and shrubbery have been burned and all buildings razed by gun fire. Many people, formerly rich and cultured, are now worse than paupers. But these educated folks are too proud to beg their sustenance, so the poor, to whom they had formerly been kind and who have always been used to begging, seek alms for them. The people are very hospitable, and are very much hurt if you do not avail yourself of their kindness". One old woman I knew burst into tears when I refused the only glass of wine she had seen in years. I was leaving the town and she wished to give it to me as a parting gift even though she was starving. In the end ica, is the message Miss Chmielewska brings to us. If you had seen the horror of conditions in Poland, America would mean, oh, so much more to you! But I am not happy now. All I can think of is to go back to those people and help them in their need. The Polish Grey Samaritans were sent to Warsaw and from there they went from district to district doing field work. Miss Chmielewska was allotted to the district of Wolyn in a town named Smorgon on the Polish frontier .where the first line trenches of the war were located. LIVE IN HOLES IN THE GROUND The population of Smorgon, stated Miss Chmielewska, used to be 35,000. It is now barely 5,000. Three years ago Smorgon was called The City of the Dead; not a soul was there. They had all fled into the interior from the ravages of war. Now the refugees are slowly returning. The conditions under which they live are appalling. Not a house or building is standing in the town. Miserable little- dugouts, or rather mud holes, under the ground, are their only shelter. Some people live in the war trenches. The dampness I had to accept. The weather often goes below and the filth cause horrible ravages of typhus. We found whole families zero in Poland and the people, havdead of the disease. The dugouts, ing very scanty clothing and no shoes besides being unsanitary, are very and stockings, freeze to death in dangerous. I will never forget the large numbers. We were only allowdespair of two little children who ed to feed and clothe the children came to our kitchen for food and and it was so hard to deny the older clothing, and found upon reutrning people. Young men of 24 years of to their home that the ground had age have wrinkled, sagging faces of a caved in, killing their parents and man of 60. baby sister. POST WANT ADS PAY. Most of the children had never - it You save when you buy You save when you use it. -- 1 sctions more freely, and in turn the people of Provo should frequently send copies of The Post to relatives and friends in distant states, so they might know what the people of Provo are doing. All problems should be considered from a broad and national point of view, in the effort to promote the public welfare as a whole, and care for the genuine needs of each section. The moderate cost of Calutnet combined with the highest merit establishes the greatest of bakingpowdereconomy. When a Big and Cheap can of baking powder is offered you LOOK OUT. To Help Os' Housecleaners HE grime and dust of Summer r I have left their niarks on your cur- tains, draperies and rugs and now theyre ready for the cleaners. 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