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MONDAY, ttmtMBIft 17, 120. THE MEWS JSCIMJTAR Cfct Hefcas &'&e f mitar PUBLISHED BY THE MEMPHIS NEWS SCIMITAR COMPANY tntered Beeend-Clara Matter it ths roitofflce at Mcnvuhls. Tenn . Under ths Act of March 1. 1179. DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. The Associated Press In exclusively entitled to use for reproduction -f sll :w dispatches credited tn It or not '.herwise credited In The Ni flclml r, and also the local news published lerein. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Br carrier. ISo per week. Br mull, postage paid. 1 month. 0c: J months. SI IS: S months. 11.78; 8 months. $S.0O; 13 months. 00. NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. tf you have trouble about getting your Npt, call Main M and the matter 111 nV given immediate attention. Aftr I p.m. and Sundays, call Main S3. H-1S AUU BLOCK. INC.. Special Rprcn. tatlve, 55 Madison avenue, New York; tstorv Building. Chlcsgn; Uttle Build ing, Boston; Kresge Building. Detroit. i The Listening Post. The language of diplomacy Is a polits language. The Iron hand la neased In glove of velvet. The Iron hands are insulated with silken cords. Thus does article 10 of the league sf nations hide Its face In the elder lown covering, exposing only the fact that "the council shall advise upon (he means" by which the obligation to respect and preserve the territor ial Integrity and political Independ ence of all members of the lrngue shall be fulfilled. In the first place the members pledge themselves unequivoeably to respect and preserve the political Independence and territorial Integ rity. 'Respect" and "preserve" sound Inoffensive when separated from the context, but there Is no escape from the meaning In article 10. Gov. Cox says of this article: "Un der article 10 we commit ourselves only to listen to the unanimous ad vice of the council In an emergency, congress to be its own Judge as to what, if any, action we will take in the circumstances." This is the first suggestion that the league of nations is a listening post. If the report of the council Is unanimous, the members of the league are pledged not to go to war with the member that complies with the recommendation of the report. Gov. Cox might go farther with his explanation and stale what would be the result if the congress should refuse to abide by the unanimous de cision of the council. Article IS says that a disregard of the covenant Is equivalent to an act of war against alt members, "which hereby undertake immediately to subject It to a severance of all trade or financial relations," and the pro hibition of Intercourse with other nations whether members of the league or not. It will not do to minimise article 10 and the powerful strength it gives to the league. President Wilson say himself that article 10 Is "the heart of the covenant." It would be a very weak heart that would commit this country no farther than to "lis ten" and then act as it pleases re gardless of the unanimous verdict of the council. Taking Out the Wind. Kconor.iy is the most futile subject that can be discussed. Notwith standing Its uselessnesa it has been nuch discussed during the recent ; months. i It was directed to elements, neither s f which was affected by it. Those I who were living on as little as poa ilble. because they had to do so to t nake what they had go around. i needed no dissertation on how to J , nake hash from wjrmed over round j " ueak. Those who were making more i ihan they ever did before paid no at j .entlon to It because they hsd the j noney to spend. No amount of good r weu-inienminea a.ivue couii turn them from the enjoyment of their iew-found affluence. The trouble with most of the ndvU a 5n economy is that it has been pjr sonal. It has been directed at the Individual and In many Instances ha been for the purpose of prejudicing Dim against the merchant with winai he spent his money. . The effect v; i i to create an Impression that lh" j spender was not getting Ills money's I worth without actually curtailing ex- pendltures. i What thin country needs more than f tconomy on the part of the individual j Is economy on the nurt of the gov- j lfrnment. If the government will set j Ijie pace there can he retrenchment j (jot all sides without affecting busi- ness or trade. The high percentile of taxes re- 1 quired for maintaining the govern- j ment in extravagance has hsd the J effect of discouraging the Individual from saving. What If he saves? The government gets It. What If he spends? He gets otne plfasurr out of It. The government should cut down Its expenditures. The government should be required to operate on a basis Of actual snd necessary cent We have started on a bis naval pro gram. Other nations are doing the same thing. Japan says owing to her Isolation she ought not to he required to observe the suggestion of a reduction In armament. Further more she Isn't going to observe I, league or no league. We doubt If any of the other member nations do o. We have not heard of any. and there are 30 members. The equilibrium of stute hudsits hould be restored. The stute. omintv snd nation should get away from th employment of loans to meet otJi nary current requirements. There Is no excuse for an artifi cially low bank rate, out of confor mity with the real scarcity of capi tal and made possible only by the creation of new currency. The first thing to do to giutrantei the recovery of the world's economic life is to stop tho process of infla tion. As long as Infliition Is per mitted to go on deterioration In the monetary standard will go on and there can be no hope for reoonatrno tkn. At the lnternatlon.il financial con ference at Brussels l'rof. ilustav Csssel, of Stockholm, discussing the sublect. said: "Every country should decide nt the earliest possible date what amount of deflation It thinks proper and possible to attain, tr perhaps. In the worst cases, what limit It thinUs It can sot to further Inflation And the nollcv thus determined should be made public in order that the people should know what they have to i reckon with. . . . I "It Is often believed that the re j covery ot trade which Is now so ur 'n gently needed could best be furthered by the establishment of an internn 'i tlonal standard of money, This Is i obviously a mistake; for if every j country should' retain Its own cur t irency, the international money could only fill the function of an Inter I ttiediary link In international pay- ments. But there la no need what 1 sw of such a link. A long as the International value of a currency : 1 -ontinued to fluctuate, the exchange 1 between this currency and the Inter t i national standard would fluctuate '. ioo, and the Introduction of this i lUndard would not have brought us ' f bit nearer the stability of ex ; Jhanxei, but orly created a new and innecesajtry complication. . . . "If analyze the. different schemes put forward In farer of a new International standard, we shall almost invariably find that they in volve the creation of new masses of paper currency, and that they, In fact, derive a great part of their al leged usefulness from- the fresh pur chasing power which in this way Is put at disposal for purposes though! to be of primary Importance for the world. I'ltlmately, then, such schemes unveil themselves as a policy or con tinuing, on a world-wide scale, tlie process of Inflation (hitherto carried on as a national concern. Cut that this cinnot be the solution of the world's present monetary difficulties seems clear enough." Professor Cassel accepts the view that most countries look forward to the restoration of u goltl standard and the resumption of gold payments as the real rescue from the hopeless muddle of the present paper money svstem. He also considers that the value of gold, as against commodities, ha vine been teduced to sometmng like 40 per cent of the pre-war value, the resumption or goia pay ments at 'par will he within practical reach or those countries wnere ine depreciation of the monetary stand ard has not gone much farther. But such countries ss have seen meir monev Inflated to a much greater extent must relinquish such a hope, and must first attain a stabilization of the Internal value of their money, and subsequently consider the ques tion of giving a new gom parity u their monetary unit. It Is evident that the sounnesi thinkers of the world are turning to ward the dawn of the day of sober thmirht sound business and actual enterprise instead of speculation. We have approaonea tne pomi worm nv only must Inflation cease but defla tion must begin. Ghost Competition. T.lt.i-otnre. already hard hit by the war, Is facing another peril which threatens to end Its existence. no spirit of Patience Worth, a sharp-tempered maiden lady of the time of the giddy Charles, by means of a oulja board -a colicky contrivance wltn st. Vitus dance and a voodoo name has written an autobiography, a novel and a volume of verse. All of which in spite of the high price of paper-have been published. The ghost vote in polities we always have with us, but the ghost pen In literature Is a grave danger newly con fronting us. If Dickens, Balxac or Hawthorne, surslns' with the divine af flatus, are at liberty to selie their nium-heitea or nulla boards and dash on . .w masterpieces while the celestial copy boy waits, what la to become of present day greatness? If we are to h. inundated bv Homer. Milton, Dante and other pauper literary labor from the past, what Is to become of Robert Chambers,. Marie Corelli, Laura Jean I.ihhev nd other modern masters, who en m.ke a noose Den pay better Ihan a pig pen. even with pork at Its present price? And If they vanish, wnai win the kaiser of the kitchen do between boiling the tea and burning the (jhops? her that Shakespeare, Schiller nr nnetha will never need worry for fear the editor is bilious or needs a vu.-.iinn when he reads their output. Also they can go on producing ad In finitum, rraiidhi the nresent-aay writ- era off the market completely, giving them little chance In this worm ana nnn. .t all In the next. Horrible thought! What Is to prevent Cusspol- lutlng Magaslne or Worst s Monthly from cornering the output of Virgil, Mil ton, Sappho and the rest of the ghost market? We call upon the vigilantes and all other mibllc-snirlted and patriotic cm ten t to combat this awtul danger. ve aireudy have the united support of the sludeat body of the country, which shuddns w ith apprehension at the pros pect of Caesar giving forth a new vol ume of Commentaries, or extending the old one. We ran also confidently look for the alii of ihe literary bureaus, which, for the most part, are headed by men who have lalltd la trying to write and have K.own rich In, teaching others what they .iirmselvea do not know. They are alive hi ihe danger confronting them, for If the ghoul pen succeeds, like Othello of slmdy memory, the will rind their oc ci pat Ion and Ihtir li.comc gone. M J . 1 J'iVj jtf mm iSTO UNCLE WIG WILY AND THE UMBRELLA STAND (Copyright. 1920. by McClure News paper rJvnuicate.) BY HOWARD R. GARIS. Dear me. L'ncle Wigglly! Look what vou've done!" exclaimed Nurse Jane Fuxxy Wurxy one day when the rabbit gentleman came hurrying into the hollow stump bungalow from the rain which was pouring outside. 'What have I done, Nurse Jane?" asked Wlggily. wiping some drops of water off his pink, twinkling nose with his tall, silk hat. "1 didn't ror get to bring the Jug of molasaes you asked me to get at the eight and nine-cent store. "Yes, you brought the molasses nil right." said the muskrat lady house keeper, "but look where you left your umbrella! In the hall, on one of the best rugs, and your umbrella. Is drip ping wet!" Oh. how sassafras of me! cried l'ncle Wlggily. "I meant to put it In the sink. And that reminds me. Nurse Jane, wo need an umbrella stand. That's something like an earthen water pipe stood up on one end, and you stick umbrellas down In It, with the handles tip. and all the water from the umbrella, runs down in the stand, and you can empty It out Inter." Oh, yes. one of those would be fine." said Nurse Jane. "I'll get one rlgh way! ex claimed Cnclo Wlggily, with a Jolly lauch. hurrying out after his um brella, which Nurse Jane had taken to the sink, to let It swim around with the dish rage If It wished. "Oh, you're not going out again, in all the rain; are you?" asked the muskrat lady. "Why, not?" inquired Mr. Long- ears. "A rainy day Is Just the proper one on which to buy an umbrella stand. J'll be back Iti a little while." With his umbrella held over his tall silk hat to keep his pink, twink ling nose as dry as possible, Uncle Wigglly hopped over the fields and through the woods. splashing through the mud puddles until he came to the eleven and twelve-cent store. There he bought a nice umbrella stand, with flowers painted on it, and a sort of a tub in the bottom to catch the water that would drip off the umbrellas. "Nurse Jane will like this." thought l'ncle Wigglly. as he tucked the umbrella stand under his paw and started back for his hollow stump bungalow. The umbrella stand was rather large, and It was hard for l'ncle Wlggily to carry it, hut he managed to get it home at last. "Here you are. Nurse Jane!" he cried, as he went in the hall, "No more water on your rugs. See! I'll put my umbrella In the stand!" And with that Uncle Wigglly did. "You are very kind," said the muskrat lady. She was Just walking along the hall to look at the new umbrella stand, when, all of a sudden. In through the door, which Uncle Wig. glly had forgotten to close, came the bad old Skeexicks. "Ah, ha!" snickered the bad Skee. "Tou can't fool me this time, Uncle Wlggily. I followed you right in. Just us I followed behind you all the way from the 15 and 16-cent atore, where you bought that big flower pot." "This isn't a flower pot; it' an umbrella stand," said Nurse Jane, "No matter what it la; I'M have Uncle Wigglly's souse!" howled the had chap, sticking out his red, green and yellow tongue. "I'll get his souse If I have to stand him on his head! Souse I want and souse 1 must have and " Then the Skee suddenly stopped talking and looked all around. "What's the matter?" asked Nurse Jane. "I hope you don't want my souse, too." "No, only Uncle Wigglly's." an swered the Skee. "f like rahbit ear souse, not muskrat lady's. But where is Uncle Wlggily? He was here a moment ago, and here's his umbrella in the thing you call an umbrella stand, but where is he?" ' Surely enough, where was Uncle Wirgily? He had been standing in the hall a moment before, as the Skes cume in, but now the bunny was gone "I don't know where he Is," said Nurse Jane, as the Skfee looked at her very sharply. "Yes, you do!" gargled the bad creature. "You are hiding Uncle Wigglly under your apron! Let me look ! With that the Skee lifted up Nurse Jane's big kitchen apron, but Uncle Wlirellv was not there. "He must have slipped in and hidden behind the piano!" roared the Skeezicks, but when he rushed into the music room and peeked behind the piano, Uncle Wlggily was not there. "He's Inside the clock!" said the bad chap. "I know he's Inside the grandfathers clock!" But when the clock door was opened there was only the pendulum slowly ticking and tocking to and fro. "Oh, ho; He needn't think he can fool me!" warbled the Skee. "He slipped out on the front porch when I wasn't looking." With that the Skee opened the front door, which had blown shut, and he looked on the porch. Uncle Wigglly wasn't there, but some molasses had been spilled from the Jug, and the Skee stepped in this molasses and he slipped and went down the steps bumplty-bumn. "Oh, this is no place for me!" cried the Skee. "There is something wrong here. 1 guess Uncle Wigglly has gone far away with his souse!" Then the Skee ran orf to his den and Nurse Jane was wondering where Uncle Wigglly was, when, all of a sudden the bunny rabbit rose up from down Inside the umbrella stand! "Ha! Ha!" laughed the bunny. was hiding there all the while the Skee was looking for me! He didn see me get In with the umbrella! Ha! Ha! Ho! Ho!" Then Nurse Jane laughed, too, and she said It was wonderful to have an umbrella stand in the bungalow to fool Skees with. And If the cloud doesn't sprinkle a )ot of rain on the rubber plant, and get the gold fish all wet. I'll tell you next about Uncle Wiggily and the mullen stalks. Public Discussion REPUBLICAN PLATFORM FOR YOUR LIBRARY SHELF Printed under lh' shop cflver with it Is the keyno.e spcetli uni the speech of acceptance. Til three make out the case for ta Mepubllrans this year. (Jet the book let containing them from our Washington information buresu. IT IS FP.KK. Obviously the voter can not per form with Intelligence that first duly of the citizen unless he has Ihe facts (let this primary text book snd keep It at nur elbow Study It snd then do not fail to vote. (In filling nut the coupon, print natpe and address, or he sure to write plainly I Krederle J. Haskln. Director The Memphis News Scimitar Informa tion Mureau, Washington. D. C. : 1 Inclose herewith two cents In slumps for return postage on free copy of the Republican Doctrine N'.'t me State Reflections of a Bachelor Girl BV HELEN ROVLAND. , LUMBER PRICE8. To The News Scimitar: There have appeared In the different papers of our country, many articles from different mlllmen stsiirg many things to prove that thev are not re sponsible for the high price of lumber. Now they say lumber is so cheap less than the price of production that they will have to close down. These statements are positively false, ss Investigation will prove. The fact Is that there Is not a mill in this country that can not make a fur tune and sell lumber at half what they Want for It today. Kver since the government suits against the combination of sawmills, they have done everything to show that they are responsible for the exorbitant prices of lumber, refusing to do much sawi g to keep from paving the in come tax anil curtailing the munuf.ic turc to a minimum. I sell timber and timber lands and can offer some viigln tracts as cheao as ever, the saws can saw in much as ever, but labor and transporta ion are hlpher. hut It should not ne-essariiy add a big per cent to the whole cost. The lumber manufacturers are trying to force builders to pay from three io five tunes us much for lumber, when the production should not cost "wire as much as formerly. There are hundreds of people in this city ready to build homes, but can t af ford to pay such excessive prices. The fact is, they are waiting for lumber to ret cheaper so as to be abb- to build When you stop home building, you add to the discomfiture of our people and stifle the progress of our nation If the lumber corporal ion Is able to bluff the government and eititlnue this high-priced lumber. It will be the h's gest imposition anil baoksei that wax ever perpetrated uiHiti- nnr inopv. Why enrich a stnall class of our citi zens at the expense of the procri'sii of! the nation0 T I M H 1 : 1 1 1 . A 1 1 SALESMAN. Memphis. Telm. S r FORCING CROP ON THE MARKET. 4' -Sv M .. ... . . , . . . t . ...(....- - - To The rvs Scimitar It is repotted Ihtit the f-il.-r.il reserv batik ha" announced that it will not lend on Co i ii mod i I lc. lu in- held If tills i-. true, ue are fa, mi: a vtrv Krave Mt. nal'en Tin- pruiluclni; ,1.iks as a wh d--are iron of less Iv.rrowei-s, for the rea son that the result of their wlcde year s lat er d-es net furnish money Uh'il har- V s- Hoe QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS We bride and briii'-gn.iii -r -d im realise that they are married. i:n"l t'l'v f : n 1 theloseUes actu.-'ily enjn mi; hrir il'ti quarrels. When ft girl ens 'The Lord will pro vide," "lie nienns lhat Me will pinvulf her with a husband, and thus save r from i-tenography Kt cry man would "hit the tobocg.in" occasionally if he felt that lie could relv on some woman t -i drajr ihe Med UP Ihe hill Knln for him When a man has to stop ami think what to say in a tnve letter, tt is n sign tha' caution iias come into ae-tion-arxt Ins t,rt is having a reac tion There is as ecu. h ditfererre eetwen ii n "understsvTieg' ar.4 frnea fate "engniien ent," dear heart, ss ffcepe it between no I i. I' nnd a check Someone hns said that the trouble with married people Is that they (ret too eloie s v.ew or one another, and thus lose al1 the enchantment and per spective which distance lends: which is prsetically savins that the trouble with married people Is that they are mar ried' Simply b'cause a man asks you If you lou'rt love him Is noi necessarily a sign that he wants you to. It may he mere ly move for "preparedness" In case of s sudden attack. Those "spirit communications" would he a lot more convincing to some wom en If all the husbands who come back voulrf not be so absolutely positive that they are In heaven, I take ihe potato crop, til" Klein ernp, the cotton ir,i -these arc laiws',,1 m the fall Th.s harvest is i o i u h to I,im th, world I t the hal- . tl, e of the vear These crops ht-rrio- lor- have t.een lamely piatuc.d and marketed with I'.c i:sss:.tnee of the hanks, and indirectly through mer chants, wlio assisted the pro ucer to market the vars s.io, uradually as the ccsumer n quired il I W'th.eul this assistance llo-se eoui- Clr.ol'us would he t-'tced r 11 tile Itllin.i I in bull,, and regard ess ot pr ee it'll lleldless tO point Oil the 1'S'l! . bill II mht be wise to consider , arefAiliy the fit 111 res'lil. the wteel.ilti: of the 01' du er would extend all down 'he line. ie.i tn Ihe batiks The .-!. tent !"ltl I that I he pr.alu -el is entitled to a cos seratie loan, in order lhat he milit market his crops without sacrifice, and as 14 matter of fact the banks do not reallv lose any of their funds-this pro ducer pay los obligations and the money is deposited back In the hanks. Hut the result Is obons. fcf itislea I of a plate of business panic tbe :id:usi n.enf ft proper values would . or in e oM.r'v tv. A Hl KKKItKIt MtlM'lus, Tenn. KifM sWii'sl $T"e"'0 and th Trench gin ernmer.l jeflO'H for bUlld leg the Klffel tower Organs of bearing are found only In some butterflies and especi!l in those fl tug by day. The slate of Michigan ts to plant Its Victory. Highway tapm Tort Huron to Chicago with apple trees. Horace Dreeley reached New York with 11" snd four years later founded a weekly newspaper. Q. What president vetoed the great est number of bills during his term or oflicev I. M. I,. A. President Cleveland vetoed 498 bills during his terms ss president During his first term he vetoed 301 bills, nearly twice as many as had all his predecessors combined. The ma Jorlty of these were private pension Dins, ana only two ot tnem were passed over his veto. No president since Cleveland has vetoed any considerable number of bills. Q Whv should Ijimb have called sponsor ' tne poet s poet7 B. V. D. A. Charles Lamb was an enthusiastic admirer of Kdmund Spenser and re garded his flights of fancy and lmaeery as so far above other poet's efforts that it required the high artistic sense developed by studying the art of writ ing poetry to appreciate Spenser. Q. How large a population constl tutes a city? M. C. A. The bureau of census says that s town Is usually considered a city when it reaches a population or 10.000, O Where areathe points of the United States that are the farthest north, east, south and west? O. E. M, A The geological survey says that a small detached land area In Minne sota Is the farthest point north, ex tending to latitude 49 dejrrees 3 mln utes: the southermoet point of the mainland Is Cape Sable, lit., latitude L'a degrees 7 minutes: easternmost Is West (Juoddy Head. Maine, longitude B6 decrees 67 minutes, and westernmost Cape Alva Washington longitude 124 degrees la minutes. y - What books did Lincoln read when educating himself?!'. J. A. There is little niaterial to show exactly what Abraham Lincoln read but there Is evidence that the Blbl certain of Shakespeare's plays. Uohln son Crusoe, the Statutes of Indiana, the constitution of the United States, W'eem's "Life of Washington." the poems of Hobert Burns and "Pilgrim's Progress" were Included in the list. CJ Whnt is the meaning of "mav ourneen A. K. A. "Mamoumeen" Is derived from two Irish words, "mo" and "mhur nen." rneaninp "my darling.' - Is there any wav of driving hor nets awav when smoking them out has felled -V. .1 11. A Fumigating with carbon disul 1 hide should be efficacious. Q l!ow Is crepe effect In materials tealc C. C H. A--'rrpe effects In finished goods are produced he alternating a tight and left-hand highly twdsted thruad in the warp and fl.Htnr the fabric with a liejiry twisted tram. When the woven i;oo'l.s is boiled off and dyed, the ef fect of the alteinstetly twisted thread:! W'lM hr the puckering up of the fabric no; iee m crepe de chine. y Why Is milk so often referred to as a perfect food?"- It. P.. C. A Milk Is considered a perfect food because it gles proteins for tissue buildttiK. enetcy fuel for bodily func tions, minerals for bone ami gland formation, vitamlnes for body building. (J - Is anv ex-vlce-presldenl alive? W, 1! L A A: the present time, no former Vice, president in living. y How much is the public debt? C, 1 T. A The national debt on June 30, l!''.M, was BL4.:9P.321,4fi. 'j Is anv part of tho 1'nlted States free fund electrical storms"-II, L. W. Tin' weather bureau says that so far as known, no part of this country is entirely free from these phenomena. However, they i much more frequently- o,scied in tre e.steen and c -ntral eottioiis "f tie country than hi the Far sl in f.n-t. 1iirig the ImmcdioUe ':-, tic iiu the iccurri ic-e of these .. is rori.lintatttv y tare and It is .t.'tM t)t tv ie without many of ti . ,! da, .etistalcs observed In lh rr e,,-n districts. i ' leadei can get the answer' to al .. question bv writing The News scimitar information bureau. FVederic J llaskln, director, Washington. D. O. This offer applies strictly to Informa tion. The bureau can not give advice on lentil medical snd financial matters. It does not attempt to settle domestic troubles, nor to undertake exhaustive research on any subject. Writ your question plainly and briefly. Olve full nsme and address and Inclose two cents In stamps for return postage. All replies are sent direct ti inquirer.) And Then He Took Up Golf By Briggs Cocyrtsiht. ItM. bv tre Tribune Association (New Tor TrtbaiM. P- - a ' ' . r 11 1 " i- . a NEVER PUT OH ms He ReADTTVi&rPApeniS' Sdffiv X LOLL -ROUND- .. yJ . 1 " ,Sr9i--e-ri- le MV BATH lgE 1 Cosh Ths mmy thing4 H6 uskd xo J3o (8e.R he. took up.oouf) r If. rill , Ht Rise isiovs at Break o' Day lgr U s sr ss- siiw se- i u t-ta.t.1 rtTvri I NO TOtjtSMT OP NeJS-M6'S rW WSrwAe HE OMLY CONCERsJEP ftHCVTHiSWE it v. BECAUSE HE Took up golf , -t-- , f n i s0S - . 1.1 I of- vwrv- i e-,-, I v HOME.. FOS. XMMNBM - I'M ALL TlCD, .' OP eJ A faoRJtOMtB iWKT,,7v -I PIOM'T !MvtTH Th Be "To DlNNOJ 'W8U LI-STOeJ - TISCLUM Jr,, fou peeciMa - i,Ytx-sx nssor aois AU. SoeJC 0ES- fTMssaA.0002i . &USU. Jon MY i r Nurse Hampered By Her Attractiveness BY MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON. Dear Mrs. Thompson I am a young woman 22 years of age and am in one of the best hospitals in the city taking a course in nursing. I like the profession, but I am considered attractive and have to b'ear the embarrassment and annoyance of some of the hospital authorities and male patients constantly reminding me that "you are too pretty to be a nurse." I love my work ana Deiieve i coma metric a. ianu ouvv-v. ,.v nursintr if it wasn't for this. Do tell me what to do. Do you tii-nlr T miiM adnnt the role of Constance T almadge in Ihe v. ...... i ---r- . Perfect Woman?" Do not think of giving up the pro fession you love because a few peo ple tell you of your beauty. Don't let it turn your head, which it is apt to do if you pay much atten tion to these remarks. You may be pretty, but what is of greater im portance is i whether you are a faithful, conscientious nurse. Do not adopt the role of anyone, but be your original self, and when remarks are made concerning your looks show that you do not care for this sort of thing. In time, those guilty of trying to make you dissatisfied with nursing because you happen to be good looking will respect your feelings. Forget your looks, and do not worry. Dear Mr. Thompson I am a girl 15 years of age and have been g0 with a boy who was interested in another girl before he started going with me. The girl told me they were engaged, but he told me he thought as much of me as he did of her. My friends advised me to let him go, so we quit. Now he has gone back to the other girl. Do you think he cares for either of us and did I do right in letting him go with me? Now I have another boy friend who wanted to call on me while I was going with this other boy. How can i get him to corns? Will kissing the boys cause them to have less re spect for you? MORRISON. This boy is like the busy bee. He gathers honey all the day from all the lovelv flowers. He Is also what you would call a flirt. 'so you are better off without his attentions. There is nothing to do about getting the other boy to call. You are too young to be going with boys, so don't let it Vorry you if you don't have a beau for two whole years. Yes. Dear Mrs. Thmpson I am a girl, quite thin and would give anything to increase i" weight, especially in my limbs. How can I gain 20 pounds without having to drink milk and eat raw eggs, tor I can take neither of these. Please give directions for the "cat walk." S. 0. 8. Eat plenty of the starchy foods, such as potatoes, rice cooked with milk, cereals with cream and sugar la person can often take cream in this way where milk is; objectlon ahlel, sweets, Riich as syrups, honey, rakes, etc.; eggs, soft-boiled, coddled and scrambled, fruits, such ns ba nanas and apples raw or cooked, and get plenty of sleep. Take licht ex ercise, preferably out of doors, nnd keep cheerful. Worry Is one of the best flesh-reducers and wrinkle makers known. Lark of space in these columns will not allow direc tions for rat walk. Since it Is such a complicated waltz-fox-trot -one-step hand-spring, so I woulcL ndvlst you to get some friend who Vnnws it to show you the intricacies of this dance and then tell you not to do it. Dear Mrs. Thompson I am a girl 14 years old. Do- you think a girt . ,, no... ANNOYED NURSIE. them that they are being restrained, or let them feel cramped, but make each occasion a time of frolic. Bend me your name and stamped envel ope and I will gladly send you some instructions for games for young folks. Dear Mrs. Thompson Please tell me what will take bump off my face and what will whiten my complex ion. ROSEBUD. Your diet has much to do with bumps or pimples on your face. Leave off sweets, meats and cream for awhile, drink a great deal of water, at least three quarts a day. Take broken doses of epsom salt several times a1 week. For whiten ing the complexion use the follow ing lotions which are easily made at home: Cut a fresh lemon in halves, squeeze and strain. Add five drops of glycerin to one ounce of lemon Juice. Tse three times a day. Three ounces of rose water, one-half ounce of strained lemon juice, one-fourth teaspoonful of pulverized borax. This is stronger than the first lotion, but it has a tendency to dry the skin. I'se a little cold cream, if found too drying. Sweet milk, cream or but termilk have a whitening effect on the skin and will not remove the natural oil. These are harmless preparations. lirfore applying lo tions it is always necessary to wash the face. The best way Is to pour a little Into a saucer and use a wad of absorbent cotton. Take a fresh piece each time. If the face feels drawn or irritated stop using the lotion for a day, and apply some cold cream of good quality. Always put cold cream on the face before ap plying powder. Dear Mrs. Thompson Is it correct for a girl to hold a boy's arm when walking? What is vamping? THANKS. No. Ah, who can tell Just what and how and who in answer to this? Some sav its awful, some say its fun. Others say it can not be done and then some one saunters in and says it's Just as e-a-s-y. Some one rise says it's only a wink of the eye, and a shrug of the Hhoulder. r'ersonally, I don't know, and would advise you tn let it alone as it might complicate things for you. Detr Mrs. Thompson Will hats of duvetyn and velvet combined be worn this winter? Please tell me a way to get my hair thick. It is long enough, but very thin. BROWN EYES. These materlnls make an attractive combination In hats and will be quite popular this winter. You will find in this column a recipe or for mula for the hair. Have It filled by a druggist. and use according to directions;. Dear Mrs. Thompson I am a girl 18 years old and am considered good looking and popular with boys and girls. I have been cioing with a boy ks? What years old for several month and , - i..u ...... e - uju.i . years oia Tor several rovoioe no. wiirytX co0rUn'.d cVTthTf et.nd I h. has shown that he like, and ad J . ii SB, , u.i, ; mires me because ho has csked m what will make my hair grow? SWEETHEART . , ..ft .-A rnnl.,l 1lW IIIDWCa OIOI IO COOIC, UUt OH Yes. If you can not a ff ord reg Ur I er foo.h tg h nose nnn join ie..n ,.- ",,.k ...... - to come below the tops of the soclis. There are several good corn cures on tho market. It Is hotter, how ever, to go to a chiropodist. I sc the following recipe for mnkitu; the hull' grow thick and long: Tincture lantharicles, one ounce: spirits of ammonia aroniat, one ounce; gl -cerln, one dtahm. and spirits my elin' ,i h, six ounces. Apply with balls of fitiKcrit three times a week, nibbing the scalp until It tingles. Dear Mrs. Thompson I am a girl 11 years of age and have some cou II net stay at home at night. What can I do to keep them from running wild? ,.., UULLI uimrL.c.3. Form a little circle of entertain ment for these young cousins and have each one take a part In it. The wav to make up for attractions found away from home Is to pro vide a better form of entertainment. tSumetlmes this is pretty hard to do, and whatever you do, don't let them know you are trying to keep them tn. Ask them to help yoti to plan an e.ininit's fun, and make it a me es three times a week. I have allowed him to come, but hava im think I cared anything about him. Lately he has been showing signs of jcslcusy when a', danoes. and nt times when j would bo wit'i other boys, he would not auk me to dance until Ifte in the evening, Now a visiting girl is in town anj I understand he hes been rushing her, but I am not ths least bit jealous. ; I do not un derstand, however, what has caused him to neglect me and know if I do not let htm come to see me some one will say that since the visiting girl came he doesn't care for me any more. Should I let him come to see me again? A FRIEND. You seem a sensible girl nnd 1 be llevn pti are quite able to take cure of this situation. M advice is to keep g.n in the even tenor of your wiv and things will adjust themselves. DOROTHY DIX TALKS i DON'T HOLD POST-MORTEMS. By DOROTHY DIX. The World's Highest Paid Woman Writer. (Copyright, 1920, b The Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.) Do you ever play cards with peo ple who hold post mortems over every hand as soon as it is played? Who spread out their cards' on the table and bore you to extinction while they explain how the different re sults would have been if they had played this and that way and the cards had run differently?, A great many people play the game of life that way. They spend half of their time explaining that the rea son they are beaten is because luck was against them, or they made this or that wrong decision, or they failed to take advantage of some good op portunity, or something; that some body else did hoodooed them. Everybody knows some shiftless, lazy, no-account man, too trifling to keep his little store clean and too unenterprising to even notice the kind of goods that other merchants sell, who whines to you that the rea son that he is a failure is because he didn't study one of the profes sions. He puts in his time dreaming dope dreams about what a brilliant law yer he would have been, or what a successful doctor, or what a spell binder preacher, instead of getting busy and making a success of his own Job. ... And everybody knows the slat ternly, lackadaisical woman whose house looks like a pig sty; and who poisons her husband and children on bacj food, and who poses as a martyr because she made the fatal mistake of getting married instead of going on the stage, or writing books. She says sadly that her husband is a good man, and he is very kind to her, and of course she Is fond of her children, but she made a great mistake in marrying at all. She has no taste for domesticity, and she re alizes that she is a blighted genius, and she is so busy listening to the imaginary applause she would have got when she brought down the Met ropolitan with her singing, that she doesn't hear her baby howling with the colic, or perceive that instead of being a great literary success she's a dismal failure at composing a well balanced meal, and a rotten poor ac tor as a wife and a mother. And there are other people .who sit down supinely and let other peo ple support them while they waste their time and energy recounting how rich and great they used to be, and how much Btyle they lived lnu in stead of getting up and hustling, and trying to win back a little of their lost money. And there are still other people who spend their lives- in the ghoulish occupation of continually robbing their own graves and snatching their corpses out of them, and tearing open the wounds in their hearts every time they show a sign of healing. Now of all occupations in the world none is so foolish and so fruitless as holding post mortems on the past. Yesterday is yesterday, and no power on earth can bring it back. What has happened has happened, and all the talk In the world wont change. It. When the cards are dealt, we've got our hands, and if we've played them badly and lost. It is a waste ot breath to speculate about what: the result would have been if we had done differently. The only thing that we can get out ' of the past is experience. If we have the wit to profit by the lessons we have been taught, we can avoid re - peating the mistakes we have made. : The battles we have fought lnr the: past, the struggles we have gone through, can strengthen our muscles for the warfare of the future, but that is absolutely all that the past can do for us. The rest belongs to- to--morrow and is on the knees of the gods. But if we dwell on the past, it can weaken us, it can rob us of all initiative. It can sap. our courage and turn us into timorous cowards. And it can blot all of our happiness out of life. Suppose a man and woman have made a mistake In choosing their calling, and that they really are bet ter fitted for some other worK than the kind they are doing. They gain nothing by wasting their lives in fu tile lamentations over what they might have been. Let them either shut the door of the closet in which, hangs the skeleton of their ambitions, and make something of the task they have undertaken, or else have the nerve to cut away from their pres ent occupation, and do the thing they want to do, and which they believe they have a genius for doing. In these days of opportunity, no one need be a "mute, glorious Mil ton," or a "Cromwell guiltless of his country's Wood," unless her or she really hasn't a writing acquaintance with the muses, or lacks the grit to fight, after all. - Nor is there any merit in cherish ing a grief, although there are some people morbid enough to think that it makes 1 them interesting " to be known as one "who, has never got over the loss of parent, husband, or child." The brave action is that of the man or woman who buries his or her sorrow out of sight, and turns a smiling face upon a world that is al ready too sorrow laden. Even f one has committed some great sin, the wise thing is to bury it deep down in the bottom of one's soul and roll over it the stone of repentance, and forget It. ' I would especially recommend this course to women who have pasts. If they have turned from the wrong path. Into the right road, I urge them to quit thinking about their dark days and especially to quit talking about . them. Confession is weakness. Be; strong enough to hear your own bur dens in silence. The way to build up Is by atonement, not by weeping over what Is 'past and gone. Don't indulge in post mortems of anv kind. Old stories, old regrets, old mistakes, old tears are useless. And they are so rressv and boring; to the innocent bystanders. HOROSCOPE hapoy ume for U, Don't remind $150,000 HUE LOSS $150,000. nWNKSriORO. Ky.. Sept. 27. Klre of undetermined origin which started in Salinger's department store early this morning, spread to other busi ness houses and entailed a loss of TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1920. Copyrtrht, 1920. by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) IHirlng the early morning hours of this tiny Saturn Is in sinister aspect, according to astroloe'v. but later Neptune, Mars and Mercury are all in place that promise much to mor tals. Tho evil power of Saturn nt this time is said by occulists to be part of the great plan that Is to bring humanity Into a closer relation to spiritual things, for when material possessions and ambitions are elim inated men and women turn to the unseen world. Real estate will be subject to ex treme fluctuations in certain cities. Hooms will be followed by depres sion, which will not be lasting, how ever, for there will constantly grow a sentiment In favor of home own ership. Some sort of anxiety affecting farmern and agriculturists may be apparent this autumn but there is a good promise of large returns on produce. While prices of mane st '-s ""nv drop food will continue to be cost ly for some time mil rentnuraiits will never acain he abie to offer the old time schedule. This should be a fortunate time for startinr on ocean trips and an Important foreign mission seems to be foreshadowed. All that is constructive --bether It be in the line of mere organization gr whether It be matjerlai building Is now subject to the most stimu lating influences. Again colonization and co-operation will come much Into discussion and consideration. Mercury gives brilliant promise to writers, especially to dramatists who will find new r-mortunltleg for the presentation of their plays, since all the signs presage a remarkable growth of Interest in the theater and theatrical affairs. Messages of good luck may he ex pected while the stars are posited as they nre today. California is subjected to a sway of the stars making for sensational events. Not only in politics but in commercial matters developments of great moment ate prognosticated. While Mercury is read are mre castlng succeed and Initiative for writers, there Is a friendly star that is believed to encourage oratory. Many women will speak, but few will convince, however, according to the seers. Persons whose blrthdate It Is have the forecast of an active and suc cessful year In which new avenues for money-making will open. Children born on this day are like, ly to be endowed with alert minds and strong bodies. They may be en uowed with unusual beauty. TWO DIE AT CROSSING. ST. CLAIR. Mich.. Sept. 27. Mrs. Oeorge Egbert, of Marysville, and Beryl Gannon, aged s. or I'etrolL were killed last night, and three oth- era seriously hurt when an automo bile In which they were riding was struck by a car at grade crossing near here V