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COW PATHS AND HIGHWAYS
Many of the principal streets in the older municipalities
and the main highways throughout the country were once
mere cow paths or Indian trails. They wound about in and
out among the trees and rocks following a course where
the travel was easiest. As the settlers came they, too, fol
lowed in the same course because Hie path hud already been
broken.
But when the earls, wagons and coaches came along il
► was necessary to have more room. Instead of opening
[ new roads, the old paths were simply widened. Thus farms
[ and finally settlements were established along these high
ways and, except for the increase in traffic and laying per
manent pavements, they are about the same today as they
were in the beginning.
The time has come, however, when there has got to be
some radical change. Cow paths and Indian trails, even il
they have been made a trifle wider and given a hard surface,
will no longer suffice. It is safe to say that traffic on the
main highways of the country has increased more during
the last fifteen or twenty years, since the advent of the
automobile, than it increased altogether from the time
the Indians blazed the way until the horseless carriages
appeared.
Just as the trail was not wide enough for the ox cart,
so the road which served so admirably for the stage coaches
and horse-drawn vehicles is no longer wide enough for the
unlnm nhilo fNlfflfl flf fftflflV.
While a great improvement could be brought about in
eliminating some of the numerous curves in the highways
that cause the traveler to go ten miles to get six, the most
imperative demand of the age is that the roads be made
wider. When it is realized that the highways today, with
all the tremendous automobile traffic, are practically the
same width as they were after they were first widened in
order to change them from bridle paths to accommodate the
[primitive vehicles of a century ago, we can appreciate the
* necessity of drastic action in this regard.
The federal government has just appropriated $<o,
000,000 to be divided among the states with the proviso
that the states duplicate the amount, for the building ot
improved highways. It would be a crime to have all this
vast sum of money spent on roads no wider than are the
LfeeSt^Tffffimity of those now in use. The little, narrow
^ribbon of concrete or bituminous material that now extends
all over the country connecting the various municipalities,
is less adequate for the traffic of the present day than were
the cow paths for the colonists.
In planning to rebuld the road between Metuchen and
New Brunswick, for instance, the Board of Freeholders, who
nropose to act for the state in this particular job, should see
that this pavement is made much wider than at present. 1 he
State Highway Commission should insist that, as the stale,
will eventually pay for the pavement, it should be of a width
sufficient to care for the enormous traffic on that particular
stretch of highway—traffic that is constantly increasing.
Nothing less than the width of the Lincoln Highway as it is
paved through Rahway will suffice and even that will soon be
outgrown for sooner or later some special provision will have
to be made for a separate highway for trucks.
That six mile stretch of highway between Metuchen
and New Brunswick is particularly congested because of
the bridge across the Raritan river to which it is the ap
proach. Once the traffic reaches New Brunswick there is the
choice of two or three routes to continue on across the state
iherebv relieving the roads beyond New Brunswick. And
once the cars reach Metuchen they can separate by either
following the Lincoln Highway to Rahway or coming to
Perth Amboy. But the road between Metuchen and New
Brunswick must carry it all. Nothing short ot a pavement
wide enough to carry four cars abreast should be considered
for this section. .
Wider highways in me coumrj anu »mn ... • >.
cities are absolutely necessary for modern needs. Better
build fewer miles of pavement and have what is laid wider
than to follow the old policy. City streets with automobiles
sharked along the curb are so congested even today that it
rtToften difficult to get through. Take Madison avenue in
Perth Amboy, for example. This street, under ordinary
circumstances, would be a fairly wide thoroughtare. It is
as wide as anj'one would think of making a street a few \ ears
ago. Yet, today, with automobiles parked on both sides
there is hardly room for two cars to pass in the middle.
Any new street to be opened that is likely to carry heavy
traffic ought to be as least seventy-five feet wide; 100 feet
would be better. Modern traffic demands it. _
This question of the width of highways is of supreme
importance. To go on building roads as we have been build
ing them in the past is a waste of the people’s money. Every
vears finds more aud more vehicles on the highways. It is
an age of speed, also, as well as heavy trucking. While
there is no desire to make speeding easier, there is a desire
to make travel safer and the only way it can be made safer
is to make the roads wider.
PAYMENT
Germany signs an agreement with France, to deliver
$1,800,000,000 worth of building materials.
That is the way Germany will ultimately pay her in
demnity. Allies have the gold craze and want Germany’ to
pay in gold. But there isn’t enough gold in the world to
permit that.
French makers of building materials will suffer from
the flood of German goods. War is always a loss, even to
the victor.
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NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS
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HASKIN TELLS OF FEMININE FINANCE
Daily Letter by Frederic 3. Haskin
new YORK CITY, Nov. 16.—
With business in its present wilted
state, many women now face the
harrowing necessity of maintaining
the family's usual standard of liv
ing upon a greatly reduced income.
This is a task obviously requiring
much skill and careful thought. It
cannot lie successfully performed in
haphazard fashion. The welfare oi
the family, and in a large part the
stability of the nation, depend upon
the ability of Us women folk to spend
money judiciously.
In recognition of this fact, sev
eral New York banks are preparing
to open home savings departments
In charge of experts, who will assist
depositors in the wise disbursement
I of their incomes. Advice on all
household matters will be furnished
from the respective merits of cuts
of meat to the proper amount for
Willie's weekly allowance. House
hold budgets, cut and arranged to
.suit the needs of individual fami
lies, also will be provided.
In order to train experts for these
new bank positions, thd Department
of Finance of the New 1 ork L ni
versity lias opened a cours ■ known
as "Management of Personal In
come" in which a large number of
business woir.t n are enrolled. It
is taught by Miss Elizabeth Hallam
Bohn, a well known linance lec
turer and household management
expert.
"Women are more and more be
ing called upon to give linaneial
counsel to their own sex." said Pro
fessor Bohn, in discussing the new
course. "America stands today in
the position in which all qf her
economic problems must be solved
through thritt. Pioneers in this
held must teach her sons and
daughters the lull and solemn truth
of this fact, and unless they gain a
deep and sincere appreciation of the
necessity of thrift wo cannot hope
to hold the position we occupy as
flag bearer of the nations.
"Hiving within one's means is not
enough. This would simply keep
the wolf from th door l'or the time
being. The business that simply
comes out even in this way at the
end of the year would be quickly
termed a failure.
“Every woman should keep a
budget, whetner she is a home mak
er or a business woman. The first
item in this budget should be sav
ings. 1 figure that a man with a
family of five earning a salary of
$200 a month should put away at
least 7 1-2 r -i rent, of it as savings.
If he earns but $150 he should save
at least 8 1-2 per cent. If he is
earning only $100 a month he still
must save, even if it is only a dol
lar a week. The expenditures must
be guided by the incomes.
“Every housewife should have a
budget, and as the house is her
business no interference from her
husband as to the running of it
should be tolerated.
"If the husband in his business
decides that ho needs a new type
writer, he buy; it without question
If the wife desires a vacuum cleaner
or a washing machine, she is very
apt to talk it over with her husband
and frequently it is decided that they
can't afford It.
"Now if the wife has a budget she
can find a way to buy' these appli
ances. and put more in the savings
bank at the end of the year, be
cause of the saving in wage s for help
that she has made.”
After properly distributing her in
come on paper, tile next problem
of the housewife is to see that She
gets her money’s worth for each
expenditure. The home-saving ex
perts will aid her in doing this. If
her income be small, they will urge
her to buy food direct from the city
markets or from chain stores. They
will coac h leer in buying textiles, so
that she will perceive the difference
betwe en all-wool and shoddy and ad
vise her in purchasing furniture, so
that she may know the genuine from
the imitation.
Experience has shown that thrift
is often particularly lacking in fam
ilies of the upper middle classes,
where the income is substantial.
Thus, in a case brought to the at
tention of a pioneer home-savings
expert not long ago, a man whose
income averaged $800 a month com
plained that his family was unable
to have anything and that it often
ran into debt The home savings
expert went over his list of house
hold expenses and immediately saw
that a large part of his salary was
going to servants, five being employ
ed to do the work of a compara
tively small household. She advised
him to discharge these five and em
ploy two in their place, which ef
fected a saving of over $2G0 a month
• Women ignorant of Money
According to this home savings
expert the ignorance of women on
financial matters is sometimes ap
palling. In one case in which she
was personal'y interestyd, for exam
ple, h. young woman acquaintance
from a small town in the northern
part of the state came to New York
as a bride and went to live in an
attractive apartment on Riverside
Drive. Shottly afterward, her hus
nand was compelled to go to Canada
on a business trip. The home sav
ings expe-t chanced to pay her first
call on the couple the day that he
had departed and found the young
. bride sobbing violently. J,
"Come, now. don't cry," soothed
the good lady, putting a maternal
arm around the girl. “Of course,
you will miss him—”
“I shan't,' replied the bride, cry
ing harder than ever. “I shan’t
miss him a bit. He has done a ter
rible thing, and I will never, never
forgive him."
By degrees, the home savings ex
pert learned from the tearful bride
that her husband had gone away
without leaving her any money. The
situation appeared serious.
I reminded him just before he
left,” explained the young wife,
"and he said he had left a check
for me on the desk. He did leave
the check, but he neglected to fill
it out. Oh!"—there she wept vio
lently again) ”T know he did it de
liberately."
The home savings expert walked
over to the desk and picked up the
guilty check, looked hard at it, and
then burst out laughing.
"You don't deserve such a hus
band, my dear,” she declared. "You
really should be ashamed of your
self. Here the good man has left
>ou a perfectly nice signed check
'and trusted you to fill in the amount
yourself.”
On the whole, though, this wom
an believes, women of the simple
doll type are growing very rare. The
majority of madern women, she says
take great pride in their own capa
bility. show much skill in manag
ing their finances, and seldom al
low tflemselves to get the worst of
a bargain.
SUFFICIENT SLEEP
COMMON SENSE WAYS TO KEEP WELL
Sleep, In sufficient quantity to |
thoroughly repair the wornout tis
sues every twenty-four hours, is one
of the prime requisites given by
many authorities for a long life.
The number of hours required for
sleep for an adult varies from six
to ten. according to the tempera
no nt, vigor, duties and mental con
dition of the person.
Many say that women need more
sleep than men. It is claimed by
some that persons who think and
work fast will sleep more in an hour
than slow people and thus require
fewer hours for rest. This is false
and absurd reasoning.
Persons of active, energetic, high
ly nervous temperament do not build
up more readily than others and by
great activity of mental force added
! 'o all they do, wear out more rapid
ly. hence require more sleep—not
less than eight hours, and some as
many as ten.
They may seem to require less be
J cause they are so much interested in
whatever claims their attention, that
liter a moderate amount of sleep
| they find it easy to be wide awake.
Knergetlc people need not be
afraid of sleeping too much. Per
sons who feel uncomfortable after
Sleeping may generally truce their
unpleasant feelings to other causes
than to too much sleep, which may
have been heavy because of an un
healthy condition of the blood, want
of ventilation or obstructed circula
tion from improper clothing or posi
tion.
IN'o one should become so fatigued
by work of muscle or brain that a
good night’s rest will not follow and
afford complete recuperation.
It is important to have several
hours’ sleep before midnight and bet
ter to sleep during the shades of
night than when the sun bids all
to be astir, yet it is better to take
a nap during the day than not to
sleep enough. Indeed, a little nap
before the noon meal will rest the
nerves and promote digestion.
Do not sleep just after eating, as
it retards digestion. Stimulants of
any kind should not be resorted to
in the hope of gaining strength. An
increase of vigor can only be had
from the nutritive particles in the
blood, which were obtained frofn the
food previously eaten and has been
oxygenized by contact with good air
in the lungs and by the rest which
sleep affords.
'BertonBraleyS Daily Poem
This World ...
Take it by and large, and ail in all
This world is pretty decent to a guy.
Of course sometimes the graft is kind of small
And Kjtti quite often bangs you ill ttie eye;
But mostly you can sort of wriggle by,
And Bady Buck will hear you when you call—
Take it by and large, and all in all.
At times it seems you're up against a wall
With not a chance to climb, it, it's so high;
But if you keep your gumption and your gall
You'll tind a wav to scale it, when you try.
It won't get you nothing if you and bawl.
For folks won’t listen to a quitter's cry;
But—take it by and large, and all in all—
This world is pretty decent, to a guy.
There's always those who'll help you when you fall.
Unless you squeal and whimper where you lie
(Man ain't no worm that’s meat to cringe an’ crawl);
There’s friends who will be faithful till you die,
There's love to fill you with a glory high;
There's work an' play—a gink is pretty small
Who crabs about the game, his nerve is shy.
Don't listen to him when he makes his squall.
For, take it by and large and all in all.
NEWSHOLME SEES DRY
LAW A BENEFIT TO U. S.
BY Mlt/TOX BRUNNER
LONDON, Nov. 3 9.—Prohibition
in America was not gained by a trick
but by the considered opinion of the
American people.
In spite of ail evasions, It has been
a success, it has come to stay.
Great Britain will have to travel
far In America's footsteps If she
wants to recover quickly from finan
cial embarrassments and hold her
own lt» the struggle for national ef
ficiency.
These are the carefully expressed
views of a medical scientist who Is
himself not a teetotaler—Sir Arthur
Newsholme. one of the most distin
guished physicians in England.
For years he was principal medical
officer to the local government board
of England which Is something like
being physician to the whole nation.
For the past two years he has been
in America lecturing at Johns Hop
kins University on public health ad
ministration. and on child welfare
for the children’s bureau of our
United States government.
Writing a Book.
He Is embodying his researches
into the prohibition question in a
booklet, “Prohibition in America."
shortly to be issued in London.
"Englishmen who base their opin
ion as to prohibition in America on
what they read in tluir papers,” said
he, “would be astonished were they
made to realize the revolution which
prohibition has made In the United
States. The Instances of failure to
enforce it, which figures so largely in
cabled Information, convey an en
tirely erroneous impression.
“It is a majority of the American
people themselves who. after elabo
rate votings n^i checkings, have de
cided to rule the alcohol-loving mi
nority with a rod of iron.
"Ureat Britain ere long will be
compelled to travel far in American
footsteps if she wants to keep up in
the race. •
"It is too early to draw sweeping
conclusions from what on© sees In
the United States,( but facts and fig
ures all point in one direction—in
creasing sucress for the dry cause.
Few Can Get It.
"Although in many instances
state and city authorities have not
helped enforce the laws, probably
not 10 per cent of former drinkers
can now secure alcoholic beverages.
"Although liquor is smuggled in
from Canada. Mexico and other
points and although there Is ijllclt
manufacture and home manufacture,
yet you have the undoubted fact that
all the breweries and distilleries and
tens- of thousands of saloons are
closed.
"Of 153,000 physicians In the Unit
ed States, four out of every five
have refused to make applications
for permits to prescribe alcohol and
in 31 states—half of the union—not
a single physician has taken out
such a permit.
"I know there are always out
cries about Infringement of personal
liberty. But people forget that com
pulsion is a necessary element in
government.
"Prohibition is not a habit of mind
with Americans, but a means to se
cure liberation from a great slavery:
and if the will of the people remains
constant, then America will have
successfully carried through the
boldest and most momentous experi
ment in social reform which the
world has known."
| THE SWITCH ENGINE
BY DR. W. E. BARTON
I sometimes travel, and I spend
many nights subject to the tender
mercies such as they be of the Pull
man Company. And I sometimes
wake in the night when the train
hath reached a junction.
And it happeneth often that a
switch engine conjeth up behind
and catcheth hold of two or three
cars and runneth away with them
as though ft were an automobile
bandit. And it puffeth and it snort
eth and it goeth last, but it goeth
not far.
For presently it runneth upon a
side-track and leaveth a sleeper. And
then it runneth over to another side
track and pic-keth up a sleeper. And
sometimes it cutteth out a Chair car,
or taketh on a diner. And these
operations doetb it perform with
commendable industry, and no un
due modesty.
For it saith as it snorteth about—
It is up to me to make up this train
in twenty minute3. and behold it
ran in live minutes late, and the old
man will be red in the face if he pull
not out on time; therefore must I get
busy, and cut out two cars and set in
three, and what happeneth unto the
train after that belongeth not unto
me, and I should worry.
Now this process fooleth the in
experienced traveler. For he hear
eth the snorting, and feeleth the
rapid motion, and he saith. behold,
new are wo going some. And just
then his car bumpetb up against the
Cedar Kapids sleeper, and driveth
sleep from his eyes and slumber from
his eyelids.
But this process fooleth not me.
When the train stoppeth in the'
night, and we start up suddenly and
with Rapid motion and with much
snorting of the engine, then know
X that we are running down into the
yards with two or three cars, to pick
up a sleeper from Oshkosh, or to
leave one for Oconomowoc. And I
prepare for the bump.
Now there be good men who come
to me to promote good causes. And
there be some who hook onto every
new movemdht that pulleth into the
I'nion Depot, and haul it up and
down the main line and the adjacent
sidings, and with much puffings an
nounce the near arrival of the Mil
lennium,
And these be useful men. I know
not how without them we should
make up our trains or organization
and .achievement. But I am not
whdily fooled by the whoop and hur
rah: neither do I altogether deceive
myself with the initial speed of these
divers and sundry enterprises.
I know that as yet we are not out
of the yards, and that when we real
ly get going, and to pulling freight,
it will be with a more solemn and
sedate evidence of progress than is
advertised when we are only picking
up the sleeper from Kalamazoo.
For the switch engine, though it
be a worthy and industrious and
commendable factor in human prog
ress, is not that which furnisheth the
sustained power for the long grade
and the steady pull.
Wherefore, when a good cause is
starting, I applaud the speed with
which wre get under way, but I wait
for the steadier and slower pull that
doth certify that we are out on the
main line, and actually moving to
ward our destination.
Learn One New Thing Every Day
BULLETINS BY THE
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIE TY
THE GOLD FLOOD OP 1921.
lno uoou oi goiu into wio uinicu
States, which ebbed somewhat after
reaching its peak in 1317, has set in
again and there is now probably a
greater supply of this precious metal
in the country than at any other
time in its history. This flow and
what the present stock of gold in
the United States means in terms of
world supply is the subject of a bul
letin issued from the Washington,
D. C. headquarters of the National
Geographic Society.
"Gold, the aristocrat of metals, is
truly cosmopolitan,” says the bulle
tin, "and is found to a greater or
less extent in every part of the world
from near the equator In Africa,
Peru and Borneo to the frozen
ground of Alaska, Finland and Si
beria. Since the beginning of history
and doubtless long before any rec
ords were made gold has largely
typified ‘the world's desire,’ and it is
the only substance which has been
received by all races and peoples in
exchange for other property and
services. It was In truth, therefore,
long before legislation by practically
every civilized country made it for
mally so, the world’s standard of
value.
. , Pouring in From 30 Countries.
“In the early months of 1321 gold
•eached the United States from about
thirty different countries. Much of
this gold doubtless originated In the
i nited States, and there was among
it no doubt metal from practically
every source of gold known to the
world. For the gold of the world
constitutes practically a single stock
held temporarily in many reservoirs;
and as exchange rates and other eco
nomic and financial conditions
change, it flows freely back and
forth and across along trade routes,
wearing a veritable golden web tjing
the nations together.
"It is not at all improbable that
some of the gold that is pouring in
on the shores of the United Slates
first left this hemisphere in Spanish
galleons after it was lorn from the
Icmples of the Incas by the Spanish
i ’onquistadores. Another part may
have rested once in the treasuries
of the Great Moguls; while it is gold
fresh from the mines of Australia,
the Klondike, or the Hand lor
sside from that which is absorbed in
the art or is lost or nsed in industry,
practically all gold these days finds
its way to the pots of the assa>er
and goes to make up pawns in the
worm a iraue.
"Of what inay be called the rela
tively common metals, fairly close
estimates of the quantity in existence
can be made probably only for gold
and silver. Even for these two met
als satisfactory estimates of produc
tion can be made only for the pe
riod since the discovery of Ameri
ca. There is nothing on which to
base an idea of the gold produced
before 1492. but it is safe to assume
that because of the few sources and
the primitive mining methods the
quantity in treasuries and circulation
at that time was but a small fraction
of the quantity since produced.
Nearly 30,000 Tons of Gold.
“Since Columbus landed In Amer
ica, according to statistics assembled
by the Director of the Mint, the
world production of gold through
1919 amounted to more than three
quarters of a billion Troy ounces.
The estimated amount is the equiv
alent of 29.448.92 tons of the prec
ious metal. occupying 49,100.85
cubic feet, and worth more than sev
enteen and three-quarter billions of
dollars.
“This tremendous volume of gold
must be measured by a bigger unit
than the gold dollar if its magnitude
is to be appreciated. If gold were
cast in gigantic ‘dollars’ one foot
thick and having a diameter of ap
proximately IS feet 9 inches, each
uould weight 165.85 tons and would
be worth $100.000.000. The world
gold production since 1492 would
make 177 such 'dollars’ and leave
more than half enough for another.
If stacked, therefore, these gargan
tuan coins would form a tower 18
feet 9 inches in diameter, more than
177 feet high. Since 1905 the av
erage annual world production
would have added about four and
a half of these ‘dollars’ to the stack
each year, but in 1918 and 1919,
the latest two years for which
statistics are complette. the output,
would have made less than four of
the $100,000,000 pieces each year.”
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of age?—G. K. A.
A. There are 60,886,520 people
in the United States over 21 years
of age. Of these, 31,403,370 are
men and 29.18.1.150 are women. The
total number of citizens 21 years of
age and over 's 54,421,832, this num
ber being made up of 27,661,880
men and 26,759,962 women, and
comprising all native persons and all
naturalized foreign-born persons.
Q. How art bayberry candles
made?—J. U. W.
A. The berries are collected from
the bayberry bush and boiled in
pails of water. The wax rises to the
top, is skimmed off. and boiled again
Itegular candle wicks are cut the
desired length, attached to a-rod
dipped'in waim water, then dipped
into the pall of wax several times,
allowing the wax to harden between
times. The wax should be kept
Just warm enough to be in a liquid
state. I
Q. ' What is a disease called a
where the hair falls out?—L. K.
A. A disease characterized by
loss of hair is known as elopecla.
Q. Is alligator flesh lit to eat?—
H. G. F.
A. The flesh of alligators Is
white and tender, but has a musky
taste. It is eaten by Indians and
occasionally by some other people.
Q. What is meant by voicing a
piano?—G. D. A.
A. Voicing a piano Is the same
i as tuning a piano.
Q. Has there been a monument
erected in Havana to the Battleship
r rt r,.. '>_n a n
A. In 1915 Cuban presidential
decree authorized bids on the con
struction of a monument to the me
mory of the Battleship Maine, the
total cost, not Including that of
placing in position, to be $33,000.
The site selected for the monument
was in the Vedado on a triangular
piece of ground, formed by streets,
17, 19, 0 and the Calzado de Vedado,
The latter is a wide, paved avenue
which skirts the sea through the
most beautiful residential section.
The spot is only 400 feet from the
water, and may be seen from all
ships approaching and leaving the
harbor. For some unaccountable
i eason, however, the project has not
yet been carried to completion, and
to date the monument has pot been
placed in position.
Q. What does the word Alps
mean?—H. D. S.
A. The word Alps is of uncer
tain origin. Some trace it to the
Celtic word alb meaning high, oth
ers to the Batin albus meaning
white. By the residents of these
mountains the term is used only as
meaning the grassy benches or pla
teaus found abundantly at various M
high altitudes which in summer af- I
ford pasturage for cattle. In general ’
usage the word includes peaks, alps,
and valleys.
Q. What was the Florence Night
ingale pledge-'—J. G.
A. This is the nurses pledge: "I
solemnly pledge myself before God
and in the presence of this as
sembly to pnsa my life in purity and
to practice my' profession faithfully.
I will abstain from whatever is de
leterious and mischievous, and I
will not take or knowingly admin
ister any harmful drug. I will do
all in my power to elevate the stan
dard of my profession and will hold
in confidence all personal matters
committed to my keeping, and all
family affairs coming to my knowl
edge in the practice of my calling.
W'ith loyalty will I endeavor to aid
the physician in his work and de
vote myself to the welfare of those
committed to my care." -
Mr. Hughes to the line, let the
ships fall where they may. ,
These mail robbers never seem to ^
take any ‘'Please Remit" billa.
Among the wild movements on
foot we have modern dances.
The small boy hopes school stops
ten years for this big naval holiday.
Generally speaking, some people
arc.
Some women get divorced and live
happily ever after—another man,
Chicago children being fed sheep
glands may get fleeced.
Lots of people ought to be glad
they are anywhere.
There are two Watsons In the
Senate, but only one a detective.
Have you noticed the Increase lr
beauty contests since women vote?
Just when China's outlook wat
bright a missionary sails for there
with a motorcycle.
Coffee is unhealthy. A man has
killed his wife with a percolator.
Real prohibition is the price.
Don't censure a man for leaving
during church until you learn If ho
walks in his sleep.
The pen Is mightier than the fine.
Men have strong will power, hut
women have stronger won't power.
It must he awful for a grouch to
have nothing to kick about.
When a girl wins a prize at a
beauty show she marries him.
This last war may continue to bei
our last one.
These days, it is hard to laugh
at jour own expense.
Kx-Imp. Wilheim is getting in (^j
debt to Holland. Doesn’t that beat
the Dutch?
Gasoline is great to clean; it leave*
the pocketbook so lean. —..
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