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EL PASO HERALD EDITORIAL and MAGAZINE PAGE
6 Wednesday, Aug. 18- 2920.
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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GAMBLING
AND "LEGITIMATE ENTERPRISE"
Editor EI Pan Herald-
A truly eossmesKlahle effort soan the sut of El Fuo news-
papers to discourage AnMrleaas from alrtlng with the s-eaoess
oi cnanco m juares aas neon azspierea or mease ec eonenais
and news items recently. It is ragretftble that this sottcttude
upon the part of the newspapers toward the fool aad his sneaer
was not displayed some vaontns back when the newspapers
vera Mills; adverttsmr space to so called "sir companies
operating genes whose odds la favor of the deeler would mafca
roule look side Preoojmahtr paid advertfadng at advanced
-ate creates a different outlook.
People who lose money on roulet wheels and other pro
fessional gambling lajoots are far less entitled to sympathy and
protection than those who. misled or space and prominence cf
advertising in supposedly reeponefble newspapers, were en
eouraged to Invest their savings end Liberty bonds In worth
less oil stock.
In order that yon coold profit to the extent of a few thou
sand doliara yoa permitted roar eotcmns to be need by ex
ploiters who took several million dollars from people who would
never have invested a dedar except npon the strength of ad
vertisements yon permitted to appear upon your paces.
In view of these clrenmtanees. the writer Is curious to know
Jur where j-ou draw the line between gambling and legitimate
seterprtee. To my personal knowledge Juares ronlet wheels have
occasionally paid a generous return upon the risk of a fsw dol
lars It Is true this does not happen with noticeable fre
quency, but reference to today's on stock quotation indicates
that not on of those exploited in Bl Palo papers can be nego
tiated at par. most of thorn being 1b the neighborhood of lvc
on the dollar.
This la not a defense of public gsmMisg. but a plea for a
conatstsnt movement against all . forms of Impositions and
frauds with especial refereaee to those perpetrated upon the
publlo with the assistance of the dally press, regardless of
whether It le a patent medicine, as eel company, or a crooked
gambling device.
C. Wmiama.
THE inquiry in the above letter as to just where The
I Herald "draws the Use between sambEsz and legiti--sate
enterprise" is an entirely natural and proper one,
deserving of adeqaate reply. Confusion of thought srxh
as is evidenced in the letter above reprinted is common,
and similar iaqsiries have often been received and answered
is the past Sever dees the question of eamtline come
op for discussion but -what tome persens bring forward
statements wee ose in use letter ana present them as
cnncnine arznmests for their own position.
The Hne between gambltoj and legitimate enterprise is
not hard to draw. There are several ways to approach
me point or decision.
In the first place, gambling ostensibly offers something
ot vaine wruurat requiring any useful work in return, and
that in itself is against public policy and against the prin
ciples of ethics.
In the secssd place, gambling game proprietors can only
pay wmsrags py tagxag money from others line losers)
without rendering a fair equivalent or offering to render
any equivalent, aad that is comparable to theft and rob
bery. In the third place, gambling becomes a habit and a vice
ana its usual result is to ruin men and women morally
and make them cheats and deadbeata, or if the nee be sot
carried to that extent, ft at least causes men and women
to neglect useful occupations and abandon their duties; is
either case it is cneeonosnic and constitutes a wrong
against society as a whale, creating e class of drones and
non-producers who can only Bve as parasites on the com
munity, contributing nothing to human welfare but man
aging to draw their sustenance from the fruits of others'
labors.
In the fourth place, gambling depends on chance to the
greatest degree, the element of skill eren when oresent at
all being comparatively unimportant; a successful gambler
may oe ciever or nave a good memory or a good knowledge
of human nature or a jathcmaffffal mind, and it may be
said that he "earns" Ma winnings by his wits, bet inasmuch
as se contributes netting to human society these are not
"earnings at aB but to be classed with the clever and
"akaful" bookkeeper who falsifies the books of a bask, or
the clever and "sHTfriV es&mosd merchant who success
fully substitutes a worthless stone for a fine diamond.
There are many forms of "skflT or eleremesa that, being
turned to evil account, have bees outlawed as crimes.
Gambling "OaST or cleverness, and forgery, are in this
class.
In the fifth place, is professional gambling, including
racetrack gambhng, the odds are always carefully calcu
lated in favor of the house, and the steady or occasional
rambler who is not in on the secrets is doomed from the
outset to lose so matter what be may do.
Gambling fulfils no necessary economic function and
nis so excuse for being. There is not a single worth-while
ime of any sort that cannot be better played and better
iicyed without gambling, by all who have not already
come addicted to the vice of gambling. Gamblers do sot
iay for the sake of the game but fcr the sake of robbing
"ther people of money without rendering a return. There
.5 no more real "sporf in this than there is in robbing a
cish register.
The stock markets and grain markets have often been
cited aa examples of "gambling" pure and simple. This is
sot so. The stock and grain exchanges perform a necessary
economic function and for the most part the trades are as
legitimate as those in any market or store. The fact that
gamblers often take advantage of the facilities these ex
changes offer it no more to the discredit of the exchanges
than is the fact that gamblers may make use of horses or
playing cards discreditable to the horses or the cards.
If men and women desire to gamble among themselves
-t their private games they may be criticised as foolish
but they may say that they are merely paying for the
fun they get and it might as wen be this way as another.
It is when people make a business of gambling and delib
erately entice into the gantst persons who cannot afford
to lose or who have so thought of playing a game in the
true sense but only of taking money out of somebody's
pocket, that public gambling becomes a serious menace to
the entire business community.
Some persons cannot distinguish between gambling and
a "busrfieu risk." As has been said, the gambler offers to
contribute nothing to the welfare of humanity, he develops
nothing, discovers nothing, makes nothing, improves noth
ing, grows nothing, increases nothing, brings nothing out
of nature into the service of mankind, transports nothing,
serves so htrroen necessity or legitimate desire. The mas
who takes a "business risk" on the contrary has the' pur
pose and intention, and the expectation, of doing one or
mere of these things for the direct or indirect benefit of
humanity. He may lose, but if he wins he will be taking
pay for service performed, and sot surely extracting
mosey as a pickpocket does. And his success or failure
depends far more on himself than it does on the element
of chance.
The "business risk" may he taken by as individual for
himself, or by a group of individuals who employ another
to act zor them ana apply tee necessary skill and energy
as their agent while they supply the material means, the
capital, supplies, tools, land, and so on. In either ease,
there is the definite purpose and expectation of supplying
a human want or serving human welfare. This distin
guishes the socalled "get rich quick" schemes frcm legiti
mate "business risks" or investments; the "get rich quick"
schemes violate well established laws of business and fi
nance, and are actually operated by paying "interest" to
"investors" out of their own or another's capital. There
is of course no purpose of benefiting humanity in any of the
ways suggested above. The test is whether an equivalent is
to be rendered, or likely to be rendered, for the price paid.
without robbing another to furnish the means to pay. If
real service is rendered, there is of course no robcery.
As to ou stocks and oil leases, these enterprises and
deals may be legitimate or they may sot. They may oe
investments, business risks, or gambhng ventures, accord
ing to circumstances. That depends on many different
factors, on the men back of a project, on the honesty and
energy with which they carry on their work, on the man
ner in which they make their investigations, on the motive
with which people put in their money. One man may be
taking a "business nikr while another may be "gambling"
on the same proposition. There are crooks is the oil game
as is other lines of business. If claims of certainty were
made, they were improper. If persoss were deceived by
false statements, the laws provide means of redress. But
if persons carefully considered all statements made and
tnes went is wnn eyes open, tney nave no more ngnt to
complain if they lose than they would have to complain if
they had won all they hoped to win.
Present quotations of Liberty bonds do not represent
thdr value, and present quotations of oil stocks do not
necessarily reflect the actual conditions. Some persons
failing to make as much as they had hoped have thrown
their stocks away on a glutted market. Many persoss
bought stock is companies far from home asd without is
vestigaticn hardly a wise thing to do under any circum
stances. But here and there in all the oil fields and pros
pective on fields are companies spending money heavily and
legitimately, drilling deep wells under expert guidance, and
hoping to make large profits. No mas cas tell what is
under the ground, but there are ways to tell good prospects
from poor ones. The effort of these companies is to find
ofl. oi which the entire world is greatly in need, and not
merely to take money out of the pockets of the many to
profit tie few this oistinguisnes tnem as -legiomaie es
rerarise" fis the words of the letter quoted) and removes
them from the category cf gambling in the sense in which
the word is used In these discussions.
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Sunday is a sort of buffer day between payday and
more work.
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About an the allies are willing to trade with Snssia is
bullets, it seems.
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The fact that they are in power gives the Democrats a
big advantage with everybody except the people.
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Pond's family is being protected from injury. Too tad
the families ot 13 victrms coma sot nave oeen prctenea,
too.
AlI-TTie-Year Teachers.
rl Bernalillo county, Hew Mexico, a sensible method of
emslovisz school teachers will be tried out this year. In
this county, of which Albuquerque is the county seat, teach-H
era will he employed hereafter on a year rouna Basra. Jfor
merly teachers have been employed for their seven, eight
or sine months, as the case may be, asd at the end cf the
term it was up to them to shift for themselves and get the
1ob next year if they could. For three or four months a
teacher must do something else for a livelihood or study
at a normal school at her own expense to De up to oate
next year.
Under the sew plan the teacher wfU have the interests
of her pupils at heart 12 months in the year, as a minister
has his flock's interest in mind on other days than Sunday.
Teachers win be on the school payroll, thinking and plan
ning fcr that school and sot for soma school she knows
not where. She eas visit her students during vacation, see
that their interest in study is sot allowed to lapse es-
tirely. She cas look after their general educational wel
fare and be ot assistance to parents, cine cas lean me
children occasionally os hikes into the fields or plan pic
nics for them. She cas teach them object lessons and when
school is ready to open again she will be ready.
The idea of allowing school houses to be idle several
months a year ia a waste of public money. Students should
have plenty of rest and recreation, but to let them go for
four or five months a year without any study is an in
justice to them, for many of them have to quit school
when they are old enough to work.
Bext year Btrnalfflo county wm pay its leacnera as
average wage of $101jD5 monthly. Xast year they were
paid only an average of ,$74.07.
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The trouble is that when a man gets so old you can't
fool "" any more, he is just about old enough to cash in.
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What is harmenine to Warsaw proves that while it Is
an right to look at the animals, one must not poke at
tfrTTT,
The Mallard duck ranges from Alaska to Panama, a
sews item says, and the sports are reminded that he wiU
soon begin to range.
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The noblezl mhd. the hut contentment has.
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Big Metal Bird Flies On True Scientific Principles;
Knockers Will Find Plenty Oi Trains Leaving El Paso
"THE all metal monoplane owned
1 by John Larses Is the very lat-
Eaton, tha Dllot who flew the mono
plane from New York to San Fran
cesco and from San Francisco as far
aa Tucson. "This monoplane flies on
a true scientific principle. The old
blolanes flv bv main stransrtri and
awkwardness. Everything: about this
new plane tends to make It a real
air eratt. Its getaway aad its landing-
are graceful just like those of a
bird. The minlmnm of energy is ex
pended ra flyise and carrying: the
weight, which gives It the largest
weight earrylneT capacity In propor
tion to its horsepower of any craft
known. As more efficiency la ac
quired la the engine and as the
weight of the metal Is reduced the
more passengers it win be able to
carry. I predict that before long
there will be planes flying: cross
country with every convenience of a
da luxe passenger train, only of
conrse on a. smaller scale. And tha
day of the transcontinental nonstop
xugni is near, wnat w neea is more
landing fields. With plenty ot good
landing fields there will be sraeti-
cally no danger, as now tha main
danger Is in landing. There is vir
tually no danger In the air with an
all metal monoplane It the pilot
Keeps nis neao.
"One doesn't often find knockers
in El Paso, but now and then yon
run on to one." said Willie Hansom.
"Personally I Hies El Paso very
much. Although it la Just about the
opposite of what I was used to in
Florida, my old home. I have learned
to like El Paso and would not want
to leave. Bet even It I did sot like
It I wonld not run It down as tour
aa I was getting my bread and but
ter here. There are lota of people
here who have to stay on account of
their health. Bat most of the knock
ers are well and could leave It they
wanted to. Tet the? seem to stay."
"Have your watch cleaned regularly
and you not only will lengthen the
life ot your timepiece, but win get
more satisfactory service from It at
ail times, said Adolph Scheln. local
Jeweler. "This statement is not
made for propaganda purposes, for
aa a matter ot fact, the watch which
Is not cleaned at regular Intervals
may cease to function entirely, and
entail a ranch greater repair bin than
wouia nave oeen ine case ouierwise.
The Jeweler who sells a watch Is
anything but desirous of having that
timepiece com back for repairs, for
the customer is too likely to attrib
ute to the mechanism that for which
he is to blame. The southwest, with
Its sand storms. Is unssually hard on
the delicate Inner workings of a
watch, making cleaning more essen
tial than in masy parte of the coun
try." "The SaJ Boss normal school tor
teachers at Alolne. thooe-h havtair
just completed its first eight weeks
course since Its estaonsameat last
June, bids fair to be one of toe
largest and most popular norma
schools In the state," said Miss Myra
Prater, principal of the Bean sahooL
who haa Just returned from. Alpine,
where she attended the course. Xhe
climate, neither too hot In summer
nor too cool Is winter, will undoubt
edly prove a great attraction and
there Is so normal school faculty ia
the state stronger than the one at
Sal Ross. SI Paso was represented
by many student teachers at the
school."
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THURSDAY, AUGUST IS, 19:0,
AGAIN kindly stars role, according
to astrology.
It Is a most auspicious rule un
der which to win the anarobation of
one's fellow men asd women.
During this rule oersons who hold
positrons In the Sun are likely to be
unusually responsive to appeals or re
quests for persons 1 favors. It should
be a lucky time for neeklna' cosltlons
or for obtaining appointments.
Mercury and the Sun are today In
aspects that err a the Dress great ad
vantage over persoss who hold am
bitions or who desire public favor.
Editors, publishers asd advertising
men have the foreoast of supreme
success that bring them not only
profit but honors
Saturn Is In a place read as indi
cating that old leaders will be well
disposed toward those who will take
their places. Aid and kindly thoughts
seem to be presaged.
While men are supposed to be
guided by the stars making for a
philosophical outlook women will be
more easily ruled by their emotions
and there mar be many dlsanrjomt-
ments accepted resentfully.
gdm is to be raucn oucussea. ow
ing to some unprecedented condition.
if the stars are read aright.
Race problems will be prominent at
this time and there may be troubles
that will not become serious.
Strikes of many sorts will be preva
lent, despite aU attempts at arbitration.
Secret reform movements that are
skilfully disguised seem to be Indi
cated by the stars. These are the
result of planetary aspects that en
coarage deceit and Intrigue.
Food will again cause anxiety, be
cause of a rise In prices of staples.
There win be a grave problem be
fore the new year. It is predicted.
Persons whose blrthaate It Is may
I39f33Ell
r-XL BrNKLEY started os his vaca
tion with one suit o "most miles''
underwear as' four extry tires. A feller
Ids git by with a toupee, but he's liable
f lose is a hair pallia' contest.
Coprrlgnt, National Newrpaper Service.
expect a year of great activity asd
unusual prosperity.
Children born on this day are likely
to be serious and Industrious. They
usuauy are oraeriy, laeaiistia ana
possessed ot persona charm Copy
right, ls:o, by the McClure News
paper Syndicate.
Questions and Answers.
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The Worst Is Yet To Come rByBemdt
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WHEN and how did the political
paras -looung alter ate fences"
orlsinateT A. St. P.
A. Ia 19H when Gen. Grant's
friends made him a candidate for a
third presidential nomination, Btlhu
B. Waahbume who had been one of
his supporters Is the past, was
brought forward as a candidate by
the opposition to Grant. On May tth
of that year a CTeat demonstratiAn
ror wast was staged at Springfield.
I1L Washburn, who was In Spring
field that day, escaped the em-
oarrassment or meeting Grant on
sucn an ocasion By suddenly taking
a train fcr Maine, with the explana
tion that he had to make the trip to
"look after the fence" on a farm he
owned there.
Q. What team Blared Tie 0 In.
ntnir tie game In ISIS with Brooklyn
A. On Asrll 20. 1919. Rraoklvn
and Philadelphia played 10 innings
to a nine run tie score on tne Phil
adelphia National league field. The
score stood 6 aad ( at the end of the
ninth Inning and so run after that
was scored by either team until the
Hth Inning. Is the 19th Inning both
teams made three runs.
Q. Is the breeding of reindeer ea.
tablieaed ea & ermmerciat basis 1st
the United Stalest O. I. T.
A. The North American Reindeer
company, capitalised at STftvMO. has
oeen granted a concession of 7S.8M
square miles of land north ot the
unurcnui river, upon wnieh to grass
caribou and reindeer. The govern
ment charges the nominal sum of 4
cents an acre per year for the use of
tsa tana.
CU Is there snch a thing n odor
less ceunioiar 22. 9. it,
A Commercial production of eel'
Iolold made without the use of
camphor on the synthetic component,
based on turpentine. Is claimed by an
Americas company. This celluloid la
not only odorless and tasteless, but
l slow burning, rather than qolckly
combustible,
CJ. Who xtrst used the expression
"the almighty dollar"! H. K. L
A. Washingotn Irving In his "The
Creole vTTtoge," used the phrase,
"the almighty Jollar. that object of
universal devotion throughout our
land," and Is generally credited with
having coined It Ben Joneon used
the exDresalon "almfrhtv e-Alrt"
did Wolcott.
U- Where are the headanariers af
the coast artillery corns In tha
Panama Canal zone, and nnn ts In
charger C G. N.
A. Tae war denartment states that
the headquarters of these troops are
located at Fort Amador. The com
mander In charge Is Col. Alston.
Q- Where ia the Flovrer observa
tory located? A. SL
A. tne Flower astronomical ot-
servatory Is In Philadelphia. Pa. os
the Westchester Pike at Highland
Park station.
Q. What constitute "public schools"!
A. H. T.
A. Teachers are licensed under
government control: schools are sop
ported by the state, no tuition being
ordinarily required from pupOs;
schools are open to all children of the
community, compulsory atteidance
oemg toe rule.
. What Is the laraest nugget of
gold ever found! E. A. D.
A. What Is believed to be the larg
est nugget of pure gold waa found
in one of the mines In Belgian Congo.
The lump weight was a little over
IX pounds.
l. Horr xnneh land did Great Bri
tain acquire In East Africa from Ger
mnnyf J. R. A.
A. Great Britain waa given the
mandate over scs.ooo square miles of
former German territory, or an area
great. r than the whole ot Germany
YOU'D say I'm in tie yellow leaf, if you should count my years; bat I dost
travel much with grief, or slosh around in tears, asd so I work a gorgeous
bluff thaf s based os seemly mirth, asd peepk say I'm ysssg enough for any
thing os earth. I have alTkmds of pea-green pains along my legs and back;
but when a let of Jakes and Janes are caHmg at my shack, os maladies I
waste so words, I dsn't diaceune of wees; I tty- f ytae and hemming bird
asd cheerful things Eke these. A man is old when he begin to taU: of afl
meati dire, to sigh aU day asd toast his shins before a fttfel fire. A mas
grows old when h Is prone to boost tie vanished time, to view the present
with a gross, and swear it is a crime. If I should Hre eight hundred years,
composing helpful rhymes, as Koah asd such prspheteers hung os is indent
times, I'd stfil be young as I am new, though outwardly defaeed, with heavy
furrows os my brow, and whiskers to my waist. Tor when I see what old
men do, I do the other thing; their vain repmisgs I eschew, and whoes around
and ting.
Copyright by George Matthew Adams. WALT K&SOX.
Bedtime Stories For The Little Ones
TJHCTE WIGGH.T AHD THE EED P10WEK.
By HOWARD R. GARIS. -
Asssassassesa
Wlggy. are you aU ready?"
asked Nurse Jane Fussy Wuz
rv one afternoon, as she came
out oa the stoop of the hollow stump
bungalow, where 0nole WlggUy was
giving his tan silk hat a sua bath.
"AU ready for what, nurse Jane?"
asked the bunny, twinkling hie pink
note extempraneoosly like and quisle.
"If you mean to eat some ioe cream
and drink lemonade, why I am always
ready far that ts the summer."
"WelL they may have lemonade and
Ice cream wherei we are going,"
laughed the muskrit lady housekeep
er of the hollow stump bungalow.
"At least I hope so, for your sake."
"Why, where In the world are we
gotagl" asked the bnnay gentleman,
making one ear look frontward and
the other backward.
"Dear me, WlggOy! Haw forgetful
yoa are!" laughed Nurse Jane. "Don't
you remember yea promised to go
eantng with me to see Mrs. Wlbble
wobble. the dock lady, today? Come
atone,"
"Oa, my goodness ra. sakes alive
and some red flannel underwear!"
cried the bunny gentleman. "Did I
promise that?
"Too certainly dW," sniffed Nurse
Jane, "and. Just so you wm look sice,
here Is a red flower for your button
hole," and going Into the gardes, ehe
peeked a big red geranium asd fas
tened tt on Uncle Wlgg!Iys coat.
"Oh! Oh! Do I have to wear that?"
asked the barmy, fussed us like.
"Of course!" answered Nurse Jane.
"AU gentlemen, when they ge calling,
wear a red flower Is their button
bole." "But not red!" cried Uncle WIggily.
"Rod Is most becoming to you." said
Nurse Jane. "Coma along, give me
your paw!" And, leaning os Uncle
WlgglVs paw, real stylish -like asd
proper. Nurse Jane set off to eaH on
bar friend Mrs. Wibfelewobble, the
duck lady, who was the mother of
Lulu. Alice asd Jimrale, the duck
children.
Uncle WIggily looked at the red
flower In his buttonhole asd he hoped
he wouldnt meet Grandpa Goosey
Gander or Mr. Whitewash, the polar
bear gentleman.
"They'd surely laugh at me for
weadBg a red flower." thought the
bunny. So. every now and then, he
took off his tall sine hat. aa though tt
was too hot for hfs head, aad he held
tt over the red poeie In bis buttonhole
he held his hat, I mean, not his
head.
"WlggUy. what are you doing?
asked Nurse Jane, when he had takes
off his hat about forty leven times.
"Are you bowing to animal ladies I
dent kAow?-
"Oh, no." answered Uncle WIggily,
and he didn't wast to ten her he was
feeling a bit silly about wearing her
flower.
At last Undo WiggHy and Nurse
Jane reached tha duck bouse ot Mrs.
Wibblewobble.
"Oh. come right In," she ejuacked.
"And how nice anB stylish Uncle Wlg
gUy looks with that red flower oa hie
black coat."
"Tea. but I guess be wouldnt have
worn It It I hadnt made him," aald
Nurse Jane, giving another sniff
through her whiskers. "He decent
know what style means."
"I should say not." quacked Mrs.
Wibblewobble. So while the musbrat
and duck ladles talked. Uncle WIggily
hopped around. When he was- out of
sight of Nurse Jane he took the red
flower out of his coat asd laid rt oa
the table. But when tt came time to
go the muskrat lady said:
"Oh, Uncle WlggMy! Too dropped
your red flower!" Then she picked It
up asd put it In the bunny's button
hole again, aad Uncle WlggUy
twinkled hie pink nose.
The bunny rabbit asd Nurse Jasa
were about half way hems when, all
of a sudden. It began to rain very
hard.
"Oh, ray new hat! My new dress"
cried Nurse Jan. "Wo havest an
umbrella, asd they'll bo spoiled."
"Wettr the rain will be good for th's
red flower, anyhow," said Uncle Wlg
gUy sarcastic like, which he hardly
ever was.
"Oh. get me a cab get me a street
ear get me a Jitney get me a tax!,
anything to keep me from getting
wet!" cried Nurse Jane.
Uncle WIggily looked down tre
path from where he asd Norse Jane
stood under a tree, and saw Mr
Mud Turtle drtvrrng his taxi along
Just ahead.
"HI there' Taxi!" cried the bunny.
"06, he's a slow poke, but his taxi
would be better than nothing' Stop
him!" cried Nurse jase.
"Im trying to!" said Ueele Wlg
gUy. "HI there! Taxi! Tax!"' he
called louder than before.
"Oh, I forgot Mr. Mud Turtle ts
deaf!" exied Nurse Jane. "He can
hear us! He test very far off. but If
-yVer(- Hti9l JID
(VX-ANT GT HI HlsaHsnssntV
JjVgjS
6-e
"Do I have to wear thatr asked
the bunny.
I come out from under this tree r& be
soaked with rats. Cast yon atop t.m
in some wayT
"Hollering wfU do so good." said
Undo WIggily. "If I only had a
Then he saw the red flower is his
buttonhole. Taking it out Uncle Wlg
gUy threw tt as far and aa hard aa
he eouM. The red flower landed on
the path, right in frost of Mr. Sf-J
Turtle. Though he waa deaf he cou'd
see very wen, and he saw the red
blossom.
"Ha! Red means danger! Who is
warning ra of danger?" thought
turtle taxi driver. He looked around
and then he saw Nurse Jane and
Uncle WlggUy under the tree. Mr
Turtle turned Us taxi around, and
went back aad get them, so Nurse
Jane dMnt get very wet after all
"I guess Ifs e good thing I wore
the red flower,"' said the hussy. And
If the pussy cat doeest rcU the
breakfast tez off the supper table
and make It break a here through the
floor, rn ten yoa aaxt about Cneia
WIggily and Jackie's Jttse.
1 ' ' ' ' "" ' ' ' 1
i bhort bnatches
I From Everywhere
Jaxx is the language of the sole.
Toieoo uaa.
"Swat the dry." Is another slogan,
voiumoia necoro.
The wagu of sin have kept pace
with the 'thaes Colorado Springs
xeiegraps. ,
The trouble with ultimatums la
that they are so seldom ultimate.
NasavBl Tsasessean.
A Goshen. lad, eave man wen his
true oy caving is rour or n sweet
heart's ribs, Harrtsbuxg Bvestag
Nawa.
Looks aa If tt might become cheap
er to stay at heme than to go vtstttasf
usaer me lncreasea cost or traveling.
Toledo Blade.
The rush of the league of nations
to the rescue of Poland reminds oa
of the Blow and stately tread ot a
BoWonJea going to pay his lest year's
poll tax, Boston Transcript.
The department of agriculture
Slaas to usee reindeer meat to eat
own the ECL, bat the profiteers
will slip in aad the reindeer will be
reindeer. Atlanta Journal.
Two hundred dollars was paid for
the burial ot a canary bird ia New
Jersey, or almost as much as tt casta
for the last sad rites ot a spring
ohtcksn. Detroit News.
before the war. It has bees named
tjhe Taagasyka territory.
Q. How old Is the hymn. "Rock of
Agea"f N. P. K.
A. This celebrated hymn was writ
ten by Augustus Toplady, an English
clergyman. In 1776.
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'TEE young lady aerou the way says
she supposes the eHmats of Akron,
0, is jest exactly right for raising
rubber.
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