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THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN, PHOENIX, SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 1, 1921
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SATURDAY MOR.NING, OCTOBER 1, 1921
crop of the South this year from the boll weevil and
the even greater loss there is feared for the coming"
year, the people of the Salt River valley will readily
realize how fortunate they are that this valley Is
immune from this terrible pest. However, the coun
ty, state and government agricultural experts are
not content with the mere satisfaction that the boll
weevil has not made its appearance here, but are
employing every safeguard that the Salt River valley,
may continue to be free from the pest that is ravag
ing the cotton fields of the South. .
The only man who never makes a
mistake, is the man who never does
anything. -Theodore Roosevelt.
Hurry Up the Tariff Bill
Preparing and enacting a tariff bill Is a slow,
tedious job, but congress up to date has not shown
any signs of speed nor any Indication of a feeling
that haste In the matter Is of any moment to the
country. The senators and representatives, many of
whom are at the head of big Industrial concerns,
would never permit such delay In the conduct of
their own business affairs.
More than 1,000 manufacturers from 18 states,
attending a national conference of' state manufactur
ers associations In Chicago, have 'asked congress, in
tones which approach a demand, that an adequate
protective tariff bill be enacted "without further
delay.
!' Secretary of Labor Davis has said that there are
more than 8,000,000 unemployed in the United States,
and the agitation over this situation has resulted in
the calling by President Harding of a conference in
Washington to consider this matter and seek a
remedy for the solution of the problem.
The remedy for unemployment, these manufac
turers declare, is more work in the factories. This
is not possible, they add, while a large proportion
of the American factories remain Idle while congress
delays the completion and enactment of a tariff bill.
European .factories, especially those of Germany, are
being operated on a 'long hours basis and with an
efficiency not approached in this country. This low
cost of production abroad, together with the depreci
ation of the currency of countries with these goods
to sell to America; makes It Imperative, these manu
facturers solemnly declare, that there be no further -delay
in the enactment of an adequate tariff bill.
Chairman Fordney of the ways and means com
mittee of the house, has made public a few facts
which would seem to turn a light on the solving of
the unemployment situation. The United States is
Importing about $300,000,000. worth of foreign goods
each month, he declares, most of which could be
manufactured here. This $300,000,000 is going out of
tha country each month to pay the wages of German, ;
Frenclj, English, Japanese and Chinese workers,
While this is being done, a conference has been called
to consider the unemployment -situation in the United
States.
There is not a manufactured article produced in
the United States in which the labor cost is less than
- 0 per cent of the total cost, Chairman Fordney said.
It doesn't take much figuring to show that of the
$300,000,000 in foreign goods now being imported each
month a total of $270,000,000 in wages which American
' laborer might have received in producing these goods
is represented, or $54 a month for every one of the
6,000,000 unemployed which Secretary of Labor Davis
says there are in the United States.
Every month that congress, delays in the enact
ment of an adequate protective tariff bill means a
huge loss to labor and an equal delay in solving
the unemployment situation.
Without an Equal -Where
does the sun rise these mornings on a
more beautiful, a more desirable place to live than
the Salt River valley? Where could one find in more
lavish abundance the things that make existence
desirable bright skies, clear air, pleasant days, de
lightful nights, fruit, flowers and a Boil unlimited
in its lavish production of nearly every crop grown?
Where is there a land that gives so much for so
little in return? Where is life more happy and de
sirable than, in this wonderful valley with Its con
genial, contented, home-loving people, rich in every
thing that is worth-while, a haven of health and
prosperity?
This true description of the Salt River valley
.tells nothing new to those who are so fortunate as
to live here. It is all very familiar to them, and for
that reason sometimes there is unfortunately an in
clination to forget or overlook these many advantages
which come so freely and in such abundance, and
to circulate incorrect reports, giving the valley the
blame for their own shortcomings. Bad news travels
faster and farther than good newjp, and one such un-
, fortunate report does an amount of harm difficult to
. estimate.
This valley of ours is the garden spot of the
great Southwest Pick out all the desirable features
of the most favored spots of the world and mora of
them "will be found here In the Salt River valley than -anywhere
else in the : country It has a soil with
the fertility of the Nile valley, a climate as perfect
as that of Southern France or the best of California,
and opportunities in abundance awaiting every person
who makes his home here. Just recall what this
great valley offers so freely and so generously when
there comes the inclination to speak disparagingly
of it, to blame it for your own faults. -
But this wonderful valley was not brought to its
present desirable state without the hard work of
years. To the pioneers ! who wrested it from the
- desert is due the credit for the transformation. .
A word picture of the valley, drawn by Ray Stan
nard Baker in "The Great Southwest," appearing in
the Century Magazine, says:
"This was the desert. Who would dream of men
bold enough to come here and fight for a home?
Yet men have come.
"Suddenly at sundown we emerged from a thicket
of cactus, and there, stretching away for miles and
miles, was the soft green of fields, with rows of ran
tling cottonwoods, the roofs of homes, and the sound
of cattle in the meadows, t A wire fence was the
dividing line; on this side lay the fruitless desert; on
tha other, green alfalfa, ' full of blossoms and bees,
brimming over the fences. ' At the roadside a ditch
ran full of fresh, cool water, red-wing blackbirds
whistled In the cottonwoods and wild pigeons flew
up from the fields. Fat cattle 'stood knee-deep in
, the pastures; the men were coming out whistling to
milk. A little brick house stood back from the road,
almost hidden with palms and umbrella trees; there
were chickens and bees and children about It,
and the scent of roses from Its porch.. Everywhere
the landscape was serenely quiet and beautiful; here
were homes and happiness. It was something to stir
. a man's heart, this change from the hard, dry, merci
. less desert to this sweet, green paradise of Irrigated
land."'
This is your valley, your home. Do not permit
yourself to carelessly, thoughtlessly say a word about
it which is not true. And to say it is not the most
.favored land In this country and tha,t it does not
offer more of the things that make life pleasant and
a bigger and better opportunity for the future is not
true, and in your heart you know it is not.
Autumn Fashion Note
By Herbert Johnson
Immune from Boll Weevil
Soil and climatic conditions of the Salt-" River
valley have combined in the production of Pima long
staple cotton, a cotton peculiar to this valley alone
and which attains a greater length of staple and a
higher tensile strengh than cotton grown anywhere
else in the world. With the development of an ade
quate market for the cotton peculiar to this valley
Its future is beyond estimation. " 1
But there is another feature which places this
long staple cotton growing section in a class by itself.
That is its entire freedom from the boll weevil menace
which has the South in its grasp to such an extent
that the losses in the cotton crop reach 90 per cent
In some cases. (
; the Mexican boll weevil is causing the South "
today to face the greatest problem in its history.
This pest now has nearly completed its (inf estatlon of
the entire cotton belt, losses through the boll weevil
in the season now ending are estimated, at not less
than $250,000,000 and possibly as high as $400,000,000,
based on present price of cotton.
! The boll weevil has destroyed between 2,500,000.
and 4,000,000" bales of short staple cotton of this
season's crop, and if the coming winter is mild and
is followed by a wet summer it is said there is no
way of even, guessing the tremendous loss it will
cause in the South In X922.
In Southern Mississippi, throughout Louisiana, in
Eastern, Centra,! and Northern Texas, in the southern
counties of Oklahoma and the central and southern
sections of Arkansas, ravages of the boll weevil have
reached maximum proportions. In one of the finest
cotton-grwing sections of Oklahoma, a report states,
the yield on some farms will not. exceed a bale to
100 acres.
As the recent government report, which was fol
lowed by the sensational rise in the price of cotton,
indicated, the crop of short staple this year will be
oroewhere around 7,000,000 bales, or about one-h'alf
of the yield of normal times before the boll weevil
nade inroads. Of the 7.000,000 bales drop in 192L
perhaps 25 per cent is due to curtailment of acreage
and the rest to the boll weevil and the weather, prin
cipally the boll weevil.
The campaign to combat the inroads of this
Greatest pest that ever invaded the United States has
lot yet advanced to the point where the increase in
ravage, has been halted. The government experts,
however, are making a careful study and InvesUga
a r. nreparing to prosecute a war on the
botTe VH on - outcome of which de,endS the
Zy life of cotton, calied the king" of all agricul-
'SS COUOn
From Washington comes a denial that it's legal
to make yourself 200 gallons of wine, for your own
use, by registering' with the collector of internal
revenue," '
Wine-making in cellars will proceed as usual.
Not enough jails to stop it. Prohibition comes
slowly. But it will be absolute in time. The fuss
and bother of making home-made hootch will do
more to make us dry than Volstead.
FEAST AT SHEIK'S HOUSE
T never missed a chance In Bagdad to meet and
know the bedouin. He bas much of the "dark leonine"
in temperament as well as complexion. Yet with all
his dignity and reticence he is very gracious to a
friend or a guest How sumptuous a feast he can
spread I discovered on a memorable evening when I
was asked with four other officers to dine at the
house of a sheik..
Though we were conscious that there were ser
vants and women about and felt quite certain that
they had viewed us from the laticed windows, we did
not so much, as catch , a glimpse of them; our host
brought in the dinner on huge round copper trays
and he himself waited on us. ' There were no- forks.
Instead of plates there were khubz, or pieces of bread,
which we knew were made of round thin slabs of
dough stuck to the flat sides of a hot earth oven and
baked until they fell off. The first course was a
chicken apiece, followed by Tigris salmon and meat
booked in appetizing ways with strange flavored
spices and herbs.
Sometimes the sheik selected a choice bit and
thrust it into the mouth of a favored guest. Not
the servants, but the wives of our host, bad done all
the cooking, and before offering us any dish, he him
self had tasted it, to make sure that it was up to his
standard. He pulled a rare face over the sherbet
and sent it back.. The second part of the feast con
sisted ot the most delicious vegetables, salads and
fruits.
The sheik did not Bit down with us and did not
eat at all, but continued for two mortal hours to
bring in dish after dish, until we had to beg him
'to have mercy. The fact that we knew he would
consider it the height of good breeding if we gave
loud and demonstrative signs of repletion saved the
day for us. He was pleased to find us surfeited with
his generosity and at last he permitted us to eat
the khubz. '
What was left of the dinner he bestowed upon
a crowd of beggars who had gathered round his door.
, After dinner there were cigarettes, provided as an
especial compliment to the guests, for the Arab is
devoted to the leisurely waterpipe. Roland Garbold
in Asia.
PASSING THE BUCK
Mrs. Robinson Didn't I tell you never to come '
here again?
Tramp I beg pardon, madam; it's the fault of
my secretary. I instructed him to delete your name
from my visiting list. North China Herald.
Copyright. IMI. Herbtrt Johnio.
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SXRfS .WI1X S vioRN MUCH U3MtrV. -frtlS SEASON-
THE LARGEST SHIP
BY 1 OR. FRANK CRANE
(.Copyright. l2L bj rrank Crane)
LITTLE JAMES
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
Kriss Well, where did you spend your vacation?
Kross Just to recall old times, I spent a week at
Bar Harbor and ten days at Rye. New York Sun.
The Movie Industry .
San Francisco On Acount of
the Arbuckle case they is a more
Acoot Intrust bcin' took tn Movin'
Pictera "n they ust to be an'
Ojences is bigger an' more Crlticle
not only about what they see in
th' Fiilums, but In th' Privit Lifes
of th" pjsers fer th" Fiilums which
is sometimes loosely called Acters
an' Acteresses. -
Down in San Diego where I was
th' other day I heerd 'em talkin'
about a Noo Picter made from a :
book by i. Spainyard. It's called,
as neer as I can recolleck, 'The
Four Caballeros (Cowboys) of
the Eucalyptus." I didn't go to
see it becos I gessed it was &
Wild West show of Californy
where most of the Eucaltptuses
grows.
They was another show in San
Diego an' it's goin', to be here
next week. I ain't shure about
the name of it fer It's had severle
names. It's been called "The
Three Gardsmen an' ''The King's
Gardsmen" an 'The Three
Muskeeters.' Th' Skinario. was
rote more'n 70 years ago fer
; Douglas Fairbanks by a French
man 'named Alexandre Dumas.
But as Mister Fairbanks wasn't
borned yit, th' Carrlckters or th'
cast, as it's called, wasn't com
pleet Three of tl Muskeeters
was three fellers 'at was called
Athos, Porthos an' Aramia. Mis
ter Dumas put in anuther Car
rickter, named D'Aragnan, kind
of . temporary till Mister Fair
, banks could get borned. So, I
spose now th' story an" th play
will take its real name, either
"The Fourth Muskeeter," which
. is Mister Fairbanks, or else, "Th
Five Muskeeters," Athos, Porthos
an' Aramis bein three of 'em an'
Mister Fairbanks, th' other two.
Fer more'n a V, Cenchry this
play ain't been -understood by no
body. Most everybody thought it
was a Mellerdramy. an' that was
what th' Drammytists made of it.
but it turns cut at.wben Mister
Dumases Skinario is rightly in
terpreted it's a commidy.
It's a more Refinder Commidy'n
th'1 plays 'at was rote fer Charley
Chapling an th' late Mister' Ar
buckle. They ain't no throwin'
Pize around an' Ruff horse play.
It was intended by Mister Dumas
to be a Vehiekle fer th' refined
Munky shines., an' Ackerbatic
Stunts which has made Mister
Fairbanks famous. They's a old
Cuy in th' Skinario which is
called Rich Lou which had been
puttin' it over every body from
" th' King down to the janlter of
.-. th' Pallace. but when he had to
went up agin Mister Fairbanks
he found it was -a diffrunt prop
pysishun. ' They ain't no'thln impossible
with the Movies. Mebbe you
heard before an' after th'.Demsy
an' Carpentier fite 'at th' grate
federle guvernment of th' United
States wasn t goin to alow th
Fite Picters to be showed no
where 'cept Noo Jersey which
ain't in th' United States nohow.
But this mornln' I seen th" Hole
Fite. an' fer 50 cents (.50), I Seen
a darned site more ot it'n any
occypant of a $50 ringside seat
at "Boils CO Acres." I seen th'
trainin' of the Fiters fer weeks
an' their most intimit Lifes. I
seen th' long line, of Railroad
tranes bringin peeple from all
over th' World. I seen 'em goin'
into th Areny an' seen 'em after
they was all in their seets. I
seen all th' notybiles. Mister
Rooseyfelt an' Irvin Cob an' Nina
Putnam. I seen every round of
th' preliminaries, an every blow
'at was struck by Mister Dempsy
en' Mister Carpenter. An' to
make shure 'at I didn't miss noth
in' in the excitement, wnen the
blows was comin' too fast fer th'
eye they slowed down th' fillum
so's 'at we could see jist how
every blow waas Struck. I could
see Jist how Mister Dempsy got
that Jolt o i th' Jaw in th' second
'at made him ook silly an' how
he apeared very delibrltly to pay
Mister Carpenter back with In
trust in th' fourth an' Fatle
round.
An' th' Government sed 'at this
picter cuddent be showed. Th'
movies has showed th' Guvern
ment whether it could or not.
LITTLE JAMES.
THE 0NGE 0VE1
II By H, I. PHILUPS iiu.
Improvement in transatlantic passenger boats, in-1
terrupted by the war, is getting under full swing
again.
At the outbreak of hostilities Germany and Eng
land were neck and neck in the race for supremacy
both in speed and luxury. France was a close third.
When the war came the magnificent floating pal
aces were ruthlessly gutted and refitted as troop ships.
Many of the German liners have been taken over
by other countries and are now being operated und&aV
new names, the Imperator now being called the Beren-
garia, after England's first queen, and so on.
The new White Star steamer Majestic-will be the
largest in the world. She will make her first voyage
in the service between Southampton, Cherbourg , and
New York next spring, and will have accommodation
for about 4,000 passengers of three classes.
With a leneth of 965 feet, the Maiestic is of 56,uuu
tons gross, with a displacement of 64,000 tons when
oaded. and her oil-burning engines, of iuu,uuu norse
power, will enable her to steam twenty-three knots. By .;
burning oil she can carry sufficient fuel for the round
trip, as against one-way coal bunkering. '
Elaborate arrangements for safety ana comiort
have been made. The vessel has a double skin for part
of her length, and an ample supply of lifeboats includes
two motor boats fitted with wireless. There are three
wireless stations, the largest being capable of main-'
taining communication with land throughout the voy- -
age. Submarine signalling gear has been installed to
guarantee as far as possible the safe navigation of the
vessel in fog. To minimize the discomfort caused oy
the rolling anti-rolling tanks have been provided.
Another interesting feature is the swimming bath, -
which can be supptted with about 120 tons of warm sea
water in about twenty-five minutes. There are special
steam and electric baths. , ,
The Maiestic was formerly the Mismarck. Shewv-
was in course of construction at Hamburg when war
broke out and, on the eve of being surrendered to the
Allies under the Peace Treaty, was damaged by a
mysterious fire.
Next to the Majestic the largest iJntisn liner is
the Cunard liner Berengaria, of 52,000 tons. The Ger
man Vaterland, of 54,282 tons, was taken over by the ;
United States government.
WHAT THEY'RE ALL DOING
-BACK HOME"
Scene: Steps of the Old Jnn In most
any town or city.
Characters: Former resident, back
for a visit to the old town. Old resi
dent who has all the "news."
What'a become of Lena WIlkinsT
you remember Lem. the fel
low who used to have the agency for
Blodgett's lawn sprinklers? '
Oh. you mean Lem who lived over
on the hill and ran for town clerk
once. Nice feller. Lem.
Yes. what's doing now?
He's bootlegging.
Bootlegging!
Yep. Lem made quite a bit with
the laayn sprinklers, but he alius was
smart and he got into the bootlegging
game and is worth a half million
now.
Ever see Mike Farroway, who used
to own the lying horses down to the
Point? .
Yes. he drops in every now and
then. Look in' good. too.
Still run the flying horses?
Nope. He's cleaned up a pile the
last two years.
What line?
Bootlegging. Has built a fine home
and has two ortermobiles.
Whatever became of Doc Gallup,
the cigar salesman? He was quite a
fellow. Used to handle the Race-
brook Stogie. Is he still in the cigar
game?
I saw him last week. He's been
outa the cigar business for about
eight months. Doing great now.
Travels around In a Pierce-Arrow 'nd
everything.
What's he doing?
Bootleggin'.
(Business of puffing hard on cigars
for a few minutes.)
Remember Spike Smathers. the
minister's son who got into that mix
up down at Bergen's Bay?
Yep. He a still around.
SDike wasn't a bad sort, but he
was. kind of wild a-d never seemed
to be able tb make a go of anything.
Oh. he'a chanced now.
Oh. yes. He's Bettled down and is
one of our leading citizens. Owns
one of the show places on the "nili
and has lust boueht a shore home.
Married and has a big lamuy. uoi
all kinds of money.
Is that so! Glad to hear it. What's
he doing?
Bootlrggin.
(More puffing on cigars.)
Well, you look pretty well. Cy.
You're still postmaster, I suppose?
No: I gave It up. Wasn t nu thin-
in it.
Oh. I've cleaned up a bu. Mad
$50,000 the last year like rolling off
a Ior.
What business?
Come on over to the- house and Tn
show you. - (In a whisper) I'll ahow
you the finest lot of liquor you ever
set eyes on. Got it off a ship the
other night.
You don't mean to say you're a
Ten. Bootlegger Why the aur! -prise?
I don't know. It seems so strange
to come back and find all the folks
this way.
Well, you ain't said mithin' about
yourself. What line are you in down "
in New York? -Who,
me?
Tes. You look prosperous. What're
you doin?
Why. er r rm doing a littte
bootlegging.
(Curtain)
Lead gray pearls are found off tha
TVarl Inlands, nuth of Panama.
ertonBraleys
Daily Poem
Memory
I too. once lived in Arcady,
A little whilel a little while.
Where all the ways are glad tfnd free
And all the heavens smile:
walked the paths of wonderland
I, with my sweetheart, hand in hand;
Ah yes, 1 Know
'Twas long ago
We walked that flowery aisle.
But 1 too, lived in Arcady.
A little while, a little while!
I have been gone from Arcady
a lon. long time, a weary time,
But all its ways are fair to me
As in my golden prime;
And all the lovers strolling by
Relight the glimmer in my eye.
, For I know well
Love's tender spell
And all its magic guile
t, too, have been in Arcady
A little while, a little w hile!
f lost mv love in Arcady.
Oh I was blind, so young and blind,
But since I know how sweet can be
The bliss that lovers find
My heart leaps at each glowing word
That ever 1 have overneara;
(My eye. I fear.
Mav hold a tour
That mingles with my smile)
But that is natural, you see,
For one who lived in Arcady
A little while,
A little while!
American women have the most
beautiful eyes in the world, says a
London photographer.
ILAELUDKriEIHl WEEKILY ILETTTEIHL
; By RING W. LARDNER
LOVE LETTERS MADE EASY
To the editor:
I have last got bold of a book
which I only wished I had ran acrost
It 20 yrs. ago, and it would of saved
me from a whole lot of trouble and
mistakes and etc. which anybody is
ibel-to make through ignorants
when if they only knew that they
was a book of this kind to refer to it
and study it and master what is in it.
why theys no telling what a differ
ents it would make in & man's life
and adventures. So I am going to
tell my readers a little about the bosk
In the hopes that some of them is
still young enough yet to get the full
benefits from it and that it will prove
as great a boom to them as I feel it
wouia ot proved to me aaa i not oi
ran acrost it too late.
Well friends the name of the
book is "Love Letters Made Kasy,'
and it is the works of a lady of the
fair sex and it tells all the secrets of
successful love makeing by U. S.
mail and the gal has wrote out some
sample love letters which takes the
opponents through all the stages
from the time they meet till matters
has went beyond recall and I don't
know no better investment which I
could recommend to my young
readers than buy this here book and
study it like they would their bibble
and fashion their love letters along
the same nnes as those printed in
the book.
The man's name in the book is
Kdgar Dale and the gal's name is
Margaret Merton and they meet at
a dance and the nest day ne sends
her some pamphlets about play
ground associations which shows
they must of had some pretty hot
conversation at the dance. She
writes and thanks him for the
pamphlets and he writes back and
says he is a traveling man and has
got to go out on the road and will
she write to a poor lonesome chap.
"Pretty soon they break down a few
barriers and begin calling each other
Edgar and Margie and the next
thing you know he starts a letter to
her my dear young Butterfly. Per-
;only I would give anything if I had
knew 20 yrs. a?o Just which letter to
start calling my gal a young butter
fly in it.
Cold Shower Breaks Down Restraint
Well in the butterfly letter he pre
tends like he is fond of nature in-
cludeing birds so she starts her next
letter dear Birdman and winds up by
telling him they s nothing she en
joys like a cold shower. After that
of course they ain't no more re
straint between them and the climax
comes when she opens up a letter
to him by saying the top of the
morning to you dear roan. The au
thor leaves you where they are en
gaged and makeing plans for the
wedding and she don't glveyou no
samples of the letters they wrote after
they had been marred a few yrs. but
I can furnish some of those kind my
self though I am afraid they ain't no
butterflys or bird men in them.
As I eay the sample letters comes
too late to be any use to this old
dowager but the 1st chapter of the
book contains plentv meat for marred
and single men alike as it tells how
to send messages 3 different ways
and by that I don't mean night letters
and day letters and etc. but what tt
tells is how to express your idears by
postage stamps and flowers and gems
which you send them to who ever you
want to send them to and the party
that gets them will knov what you
mean without you committing your
self in black and white. Like for
inst. H regards f postage stam!;. 1
always becu ia the habit of slicking
one right side up in the upper right
hand corner of the envelope which
don't mean nothing, but it seems
they'a a Afferent meaning to every
other way you fix them and from now
on people that gets a letter from mo
would better pay tension to how the
stamp is stuck on and it they notice
that and understand it-they won't
half to read what I got wrote inside
the letter.
Like tor inst. if the stamp is upside
down on the left corner H means my
heart is another's. Upside down in
the right corner means write no more
and in the bottom corner at the left
it means I seek your acquaintance.
Straight up and down in the left cor
ner says good bye sweetheart and if
the stamp is along side ot the line
which you have wrote the name of
the person w ho you are writeing to, it
means accept my love.
Language of Stamps
So for examule suppose that in the
next few days I get a letter from
Gimbel Bros, or somebody mention
ing that I ain't paid the Aug. bill,
why instead of me wasteing my tinv.'
quarreling with them I will Just set
down and address them a envelops
and stick a stamp on the right cor
ner upside down meaning write no
more or maybe put it upside down in
the left corner meaning I love you
and they will either get scared and
lay off of me or else the next letter-
I get from them won t be no dun bu(
will be a mush letter. ' Then 1 can -write
back and put the stamp upside
down on the line wiih their name,
meaning I am engaged and the whole
affair will come to a end before they'a
anybody hurt.
Or suppose I was to receive a no
tice from the Ku Klux Klan saying
they are libel to suspend' me for not
paying my dues, I will send thera
back a envelope with the stamp cross
ways in the upper right hand corner
which means I wish your friendship
and that will show them I ain't sore
at them but if they don't quit send
ing me them kind of letters I will qu't
the klan.
If I found out that the Gimbel Bros,
didn't understand the stamp signals
but was familiar with the language
of flowers, why when they sent me
the kind of letter like mentioned
above I would send them back a rose
bud without no leaves or thorns on
it. which the book says that means
there is nothing to hop or fear. Or
I might make it ferns and lilys ot the
valley which signifys I am fascinated
by your sweetness. Or a yellow daisy
or a columbine, which is as much aa
to say your folly and flirting have
killed my love.
RING W. LARDNER,
Great Neck, Sept. SO.
Woman c!-.arsc-ct Marflaret Msrton
Kin Character Edgar Dale
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