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you tumble, Never grumble,’"
On November 5, 1938, ‘‘The Tattler" ran in headlines: “iRefuses To Ride On Escalator." The stor^ speaks for itself.
"Many of our subscribers will recall the times when Mrs. DeBergh used to pack her evening dress and red shoes in the old saddle bags and leave the Harris Hollow on the pacing dun horse for Washington. Then as times progressed the two wheeled cart took place of the dun pony and still later we see her ridng in a rubber tired buggy driving a blooded horse from Orange. Then later speeding on fast trains to a land where they eat' much cold bread. Here riding on everything from Roller Coasters to Subways —still in Richmond on thursday she flatly refused to step on the escalator and Mrs. Campbell had to wait for her to come up on the elevator." v V
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young editor, Mary Campbell, is now Mrs. John W, Paulson, of Hampton. Of the reporter*—-perhaps they Said staff—tWb - are now in college: Miss Louise Miller is at Hollins and Miller Price is at VJU. Mrs. John D. Wood of Baltimore is .the former Miss Frances Miller.
These rivals of William Allen White need fear no competition in Rappahannock News. No matter how great would be the attempt, the inhibition of age and experience gained from dealings with the vagaries of human nature have descended upon too many persons connected with its publication. The only excuse the News can offer for its shortcomings in not maintaining the ' standards of “The Tattler" lies in the fact that: there is no certainty the former staff could do it now, either. The News makes no apologies that there is a slight twinge of enVy whenever “The Tattler” is mentioned.
Mr. Willie Compton has expressed regret that he failed to mention-this publication in listing the papers of the county. He says he should be exonerated because he was an avid reader and paid his subscription promptly.
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