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7 THE ADAIR COUNTY NEWS 7 Are You Nervous? What makes you nervous? It is the weakness of your womanly constitution, which cannot stand the strain of the hard work you do. As a result, you break down, and ruin your entire nervous system. Don't keep this up! Take Cardui, the woman's tonic. Cardui Is made from purely vegetable ingredients. It acts gently on the womanly organs, and helps them to do their proper work. It relieves pain and restores health, in a natural manner, by going to the source of the troubleand building up the bodily strength. CARDU I Woman'sTonrc Mrs. Grace Former, of Man, W. Va., took Cardui. This Is what she says about it: "I was so weak and nervous, I could not bear to have anyone near me. I had fainting spells, and I lost flesh every day. The first dose of Cardui helped me. Now, I am entirely cured of the fainting spells, and I cannot say enough for Cardui, for I know it saved my life." It is the best tonic for women. Do you suffer from any of the pains peculiar to women? Take Cardui. It will help you. Ask your druggist Tirv ,. t ri;ic' Arfvfcnnr nent. Chattanoon Medicine Co.. Chattanooza. Tenn.. for Special Instrvctions. 2nd 64-paje book."Home Treatment (or Women." sent free, J EO The Daily Louisville Herald Enjoys the largest circulation in Ken tucky because it is the best newspaper in the State and the people know it. NEWS WHEN IT IS NEWS Besides giving the public the most reliable market reports as well as general news, The Herald's special features make it pre-eminent ( among Louisville newspapers. . i Special attention is called .to Herbert Quick's masterful articles which are now run ning serially in The Herald entitled ON BOARD THE GOOD SHIP EARTH Back numbers of these articles free on re quest to all who subscribe now. I fHE DAILY LOUISVILLE HERALD AND THE ADAIR COUNTY NEWS Both by Mail for S2.75 No subscription can be taken for the Herald to be mailed to any town or city where that papet is delivered by carrier. SUBSCRIBE NOW. Some Fads AbOUt TurKeys. 'profits in turkey raising 'that are enjoyed by the man , , , , ,. who handles them as fairly as he Turkeys kept for breeding, 1 does his cows and hogs, stock should be the best that) ..... ,, . . ., n i t. j-rti 1 iere ts in tiie uvcn.. xu io uun - n v h -1 y-v T-i - nir it- ir riTr It for some people to keep ieir best turkeys and send the others to market, but it's the on ly sensible way to do. The hab it of selling the best is not char ac,teristic of only the least intel ligent people; it is common with (he oeo pie who have raised tur-; tne pw y ?y3 all then- lives, and P io would not think of breeding ier stock of the farm in such a ; reless way. These people ' Ive attained the success and One Year for xiie ucai wic in cue wuiiu uau do little with poorly bred Puts and turkey chicks. You cannot expect large turkeys from small breeders. Size is not the only thing to be considered in select ing the stock; thrift and firm ness have as much to do with the , - lL - , m u -n. choice as the size; big, well-built bodies and legs t0 be-desired . And on top of a( do not ruin the vigor of your strain b t early breeding. Tne Girl Part of the Boy Probl em. (Do girls and women realize what a part their dress plays in the life of the world about them? There would be a swift and radi cal change in the dress of some, if they could see the influence upon boys and men of their pres ent mode of dressing. Probably not before in this generation have there been any such pre vailingly offensive styles in the women's dress of America as there are today. Need it con A tinue? Mr. Foster's frank words 'are sorely demanded. May there be a genuine response to this protest, for the safe-guarding of lives into which evil now finds so ready an access. The growing boy has been un der the searchlight of investiga-" tion in a remarkable way, especi ally within the last ten years. So far as he is concerned we may frankly say that he is no longer the formidable "problem" that he was once supposed to be. One of the most significant things that has been brought home to us with emphasis is the fact that the problems of boy hood are intricately involved with other relationships, and not the least of these is the relation ship of the boy and girl. It is my privilege to do my thinking in terms of thirty thousand boys in the teen age, the entire boyhood of a great city. Not that I have relation ships with any such numberjbut along with definitely construc tive duties I am set as a watch man upon the wall to sound the alarm when any danger seems to menace the boyhood life of the community. This charge makes me of necessity a student of boy hood life in large cities, and I have in mind to write with earn est frankness concerning a phase of the girl element that appears to be a new menace impossible as it has been proved to be for anything to be really new. I refer to the prevailing man ner of dress among women, more especially as seen upon our city streets. I have no hesitation in saying that it is not alone im modest, but is as well immoral; and I greatly fear that we shall soon see an overwhelming tor rent of moral laxity engulf our youth. Indeed, it is here. I have never known a time in any of our cities when the young man intent upon picking up ac quaintance with a girl on the street not be reasonably sure of accomplishing this with a small amount of effort in certain fairlv well-defined sections; but never in all my observation until lately, have I know a time when, by day or night, thoroughfares devoted to shopping or buiness,a proces sion of girls sweep past a young man in dress so vulgar that he! might fairly even though mis takenly assume that they are on parade to invite his advances. The dress of a girl today causes her to be thrust upon him, per haps at times when his own thoughts are far from the realm of ungentlemanly conduct, and perhaps with no desire on her part to aroise such interest. The seventeen-year-old boy who sat in my office a few nights ago and recounted the struggle of a young man to keep himself pure was, unfortunately, out a type of many; and the girl of chance street-acquaintance who i-caused him to lose his fight is but a type, too. That is sad enough; but one bows his head in shame when the boy says, "How did I know she wasn't decent? Hundreds of girls on the streets dress and act like she did." A man of considerable experi ence recently designated a cer tain country hotel as a 'low re sort'. He was promptly challen ed by another, who happened to be a circuit judge; whereupon the judge remarked: 'you're wrong. The women who go there go with their husbands, and are the. respectable matrons of the community. You fail to make allowance for the present immodesty in women's dress; an immodesty which causes me to be ashamed to meet some of my most respected women acquain tances on the streets of our city. " Unhappily, the judge was right. And right here is the crux of the difficulty. If only immodest women and girls dress ed in vulgar fashion, the line would be sharply drawn. But this immodest dress prevails among all classes. Those of us who give our lives to boys find no harder task than to help the boy in his battle to keep pure. Imagine such a boy, fighting such a terrific battle as only a man can appreciate, con fronted not once but a hundred times with indecencies in dress as he walks a few blocks in the heart of a city I Will he win or lose? I do not write as a fashion crit ic; I write as man who daily faces the moral issues raised by these things. But I want to be specific. There are pre vailing styles of dress which are offensively immodest. Among these are: The tight-fitting waist; the 'peek-a-boo' waist, in its really offensive forms (a com mon object of jest, while it goes on sowing 3eed for its unhallow ed harvest;) some styles of low neck and short sleeves which many girls affect; many forms of tight-fitting skirts; skirts offensively, short; certain types of hosiery. The list might easi ly be made longer; it is merely used by way of illustration. Women are crying out because of the libertines among men. I believe their cries rise to Heaven, and that Heaven weeps over the shame of it. But I say with ought hesitation that these pre vailing styles of dress are lo ing passions of countless thous ands of growing boys whose physical fight is already severe. When will women understand I make no charge of indecent de sign against thousands of women whose thoughts- and lives are far above such a thing. Granted that they are above such thoughts: will they not listen to those who know these things? i rwo gins oi lrreproacnaoie character passed me on the street but a day or two since; they were dressed conspicuously and, I should say, immodestly. The crossing policeman caught the eye of a teamster and wink ed, and the teamster replied with a sneering smile. The girls never knew of the estimate those rwo men placed upon them. Just ahead of me the other day walked a young woman whose face, apart from her cos tume, betoken refinement; but her dress was of the extreme close-fitting type, with low, neck and short sleeves.';- Young men behind me spoke in the coarsest terms of her; others' stopped and ( stared; still others turned about and walked away in her direction to get a better look. Apparent ly she was unconscious of the fact that with her appearance on the street the ideals of womanhood were lowered in the mids of many men. But it does not stop there. These women of better circum stances set the pace absolutely for the girl of small wages. The girl mav have no home to which her friends may be invited; her social effort is expended in her dress. She follows the prevail ing fashion of immodesty, she inflames the passion of the young men she meets; she may not be sheltered and safeguarded: and she is swept under. Is there a cure for it all? It is a woman's problem. If going to the extreme in dress is more important in the eyes of woman kind than safeguarding the path ways of sons, and brothers, and husbands, then it will continue. But those who see it as it is must raise their voices in protest. Sunday School Times. Aids for Prevention. Through the efforts of the Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress, in conjunction with the National Fire Prevention As sociation, the Postoffice Depart ment has issued instructions that notices instructing the pub lic as to how to prevent fires may be placed in postoffice lobbies where practical, when same are properly framed. The instructions as given in the notices are as follows: Do not be careless. Do not permit rubbish, greasy rags, paper and useless waste to accumulate in or around build ings. Do not allow matches kept in your homes, offices and stores other than ip metal boxes. Use safety matches. Do not allow children under ten years of age to use matches. Do not use lamps and lamp burners that are not clean. Do not fill lamp3 except in day light. Do not keep kerosene oil in other thanclosed metal cans. Do not keep gasoline other than in air tight metal cans painted red. Do not fill tank of gasoline stove when lighted and by day light only. Do not permit a rubber tube connection to a gas stove. No not start fire3 in the fall until all chimneys, stove, pipes . and stoves are throughly cleaned j out. Do not empty ashes in other than metal can. Do hot carelessly throw cigar and cigarette stubbs where they could cause a fire. Do not permit the use of wood cuspidors. Do not fail to warn your child ren of the dangerous bonfire and firework celebration. Do not-fail to endorse the san e Fourth of July and Christmas celebrations. Do not start fires with kero-si-ne or gasoline. i Some Truisms. ." I " You fe'getnothingjtor nothing. THE LOUISVILLE TIMES FOR 1913 BRIGHTER, BETTER, BGGER THAN EVER TilE REGULAR PRICE OF THE LOUISVILLE TIMES IS $5.0(0 YEAR. e you wll sew your ordei ' TO US, YOU CAN GET THE ADAIR COUNTY NEWS AND THE L0U1SV1LEE TIMES BOTH ONE YEAR FOR ONLY $4.50. THE LOUISVILLE TIMES the best afternoon paper prin ted anywhere. Has the best corp3 of correi pondents. Covers the Kentucky field per fectly. Covers the general news field completely. Has the best and fullest mar kets reports. DEMOCRATIC in politics, bn fair to everybody. SEND YOUR SUBSCkIP TSO.M RIGHT AWAY Happiness is a by-product of industry. Wisdom consists in knowing; when you don't know. We always hate those to whom we have been unjust. Some men look for work and are afraid they'll find it. 'You can trust any number of men with your money, but mighty few with your reputa tion. "Old Gordan Graham. "Speak as you tnink; be what you are; pay your debts of all kinds." Emerson. The man who buys his friends pays too much for them. You cannot make anybody else understand what you are trying to do until you find out yourself. Nearly every shiftless man has a horseshoe nailed over his door that is, if he has a door. "If bitterness has crept into the heart in the friction of the busy day's unguarded moments, be sure it steals away with the setting sun. Twilight is God's interval for peacemaking.' I have a good, five year n" 1 -"ire for sale. John A. Ha Columbl , Ky.- .J I