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\g/ ¥ 4/;' Q} . / e ’;:i & = |\J ‘ JE@ m/\: /g\i <1 & e fl “* N . NN -y O &,j ¢ 75TH YEAR. CHRISTIANSTED, V.II. U. % A., MONDAY. 26ra AUGUST 1919. “*Send it !”’replied Lincoln; ‘‘send it ! Why, don’t send®it at all. Tear it up. You have freed yotir mind on the subject and that is all that is necessary. Tear it up. You never want to send such letters. I never do.”’—lbid; ““‘Iheard,’”’ says the Holy Name Jour- nal, ‘‘the other %y of a young fellow who discovered quite unexpectedly that swearing does not ¥pav’ says a writer in an exchange. H# was engaged to a young lacdy, to whom he was much at- tached. All was gf)ing merrily ¢s a mar- riage bzll, when one day, the wirl heard her lover swearing, at an old servant in her father’s heuse. From that day she took an aversion to him amd brok#® off the engagement. ‘I anm truly sorry,’ she said to him, ‘but my husband must be a gen- tleman, and gengemen don’t swear.’ Here was a knock on the knuckles com- ing from 3 most* unexpected quarter. Trely, swearing, :produces more Kicks tiiao nalf-pence. “What does the devil pay you ior swearing?’ said a gentleman to ae whom he heard using protane lan- gaage, "He does npt-pay me anything,’ was the reply. ‘Weii yon work cheaply, to lay aside the character of a gentleman to inflict so n:ueh pain on your friends and civil people, agd to risk losing your soul, and ali for notthhing ! You certainly do your work cheaglv—very cheaply in- deed.’ ’—iHd 5 Advertisemenit. R 123 are requested for the following g supplies which gre needed in the ad- ininistration of ‘éle Municipal [nstitu- tions at Richmond Sick-houses and 1 eper Asylum for the month of Sept. 1519. Delivery is to be made by the mer- chant. i, Bids should be a‘(}iressed to Inspector Richmond Sick-houses. riour 85 lbs., Corsmeal 500 lbs.; Rice 400 lbs., Oa‘s 360 ibs., Sago 250 lbs.: Sugar 1,200 lbs., Béef 480 lbs., Pork 180 Ibs., Fish (salt) Z2slbs. Beans 200 lbs., Peas 200 ibs., Potatoes 200 lbs., Lard 75 Ibs., Cooking butter 100 Ibs., 'able butter 110 ibs., Onions 50ébs., Tea 20 Ibs. ™~ All bids should be receivéd by Augnst 27th, 1919. Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I. of U. S. A., August 22nd 1919. H. T. HANSEN, ' Inspector Richmond Sickhouses & Leper Asylum. THE ST. CROCIX AVIS s printed and published daily (Sundays ard Holidays excepted) by G. Johansen at the Avis Office. TERMS---40 cents monthly wn advance, 2 cents per single copy. Intered as second-class matter May 26th 1917 at the Post Office at Christian- sted, St. Crowx, V. I. of the U. S. A., un- der the Act of March 3. 1879. IN THE FACE OF DANGER. An old proverb runs thus: Before go- ing to war say 2 vrayer; pefore going to sea say ‘wo pray.os; before marrying say three prayers.—-I'ne Monthiy .iessenger. A TOAST TO LAUGHTER. A Southern couniry editor—the presi- diag @enius of the “‘lntelligencer’’,of An- dersen. South Carolina has written a toast to laughter: Here’s to laughter, the sunshine of the sci, the havpiness of the heart, the leav- en of youth, the privilege of purity, the echo ;0f innocence, the treasure of the humtle, the heakh of the poor, the bead on the cup of pleasure: it dispels dejec- ticn, banishes blues and mangies melan- choly, for it’s the foe of woe and the de- strover of depression, the enemy of grief; it is what makes kings envy the ianocent; it's the sheen on the silver of smiles; the ripple on the waters of delight; the giint or. the gold of gladness; withou* it hu- mor would be dumb, wit would wither, dimples would disappear and smiles would shrivel, foi its the glow of a clean conscience, the voice of a pure soul, “he birth ery of mirth, the swan song of sad- ness. —lbid. A SAFETY VALVE. An officer had discbeyed or failed to compretbend an order. “‘I believe I'll sit down,’”’ said Secre- tary Stanton, ‘‘and give that man a piece of my mind.”’ “Do so,”’” said Lincokln, ‘‘write him now, while you have it on your mind. Make it sharp. Cut him all up.” Stanton did mot need a second invita- tion. It was a bone crusher that he read to the President, : “That’s right,”” said Lincoin. ‘“‘That’s a good one’’. ) ““Whom ecan [ send it by ?”’ mused the Secretary. No. 194 Christiansted Theatre §.30 TO-NIGHT 8.30 The Last 8 Reels of € ’ The Purple Mask EPISODE 13: , The Leap. EPISODE I}4: Sky Monsters. EPISODE 15: The Fioating Signal. EPISODE #%: - ° The Prisoner of Love. Remember it’s the closing Chop- ters of this Great Serial. Heserveu Seats .«.. ...« I 4doet, uenerzl Entrance ....... ~... 20ct. Doors Open 8 o’clock Show commenees at 8 30 Are You Interested In Red Cross Work? If so please attend a meeting, to be held at Headquarters on Monday af- ternoon, the 25th inst., at 4 o’clock. Everyone is cordially invited. Signed: : C. M. DuBOI>, Christiansted Branch, AR C ¥Fresh Goods AT THE Gompany Street Emporium, PICKLED SA—;J—I;I—ON Zo¢is. «per lb. CODFISH oy RED BEANS s WHITE do- ihete. BLACK EYE PEAS lets '’ POTATOES Pels. Y Christiansted. 22nd Aug. 1519, M. A. PRETTO.