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Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-08
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX.


We all remember Benjamin Frank
Inns little tale which ended "for want
OF a nail the shoe was lost. for want
OF shoe the horse was lost, for want
OF a horse the rider was lost" and
the philosophy Of that applies all
through life TO every first little false
step, however trifling.
So it is with the subject | am con-
sidering today--a subject suggested
by very interesting letter given here
in part:
Il am an interested third party in
discussion on between two very
dear friends Of mine A, who Is
20, and p, who is Is, both went 10
a house party where they served wine
and cocktails. A refused absolutely
70 touch a drop, while y at first re-
fused, but after much persuasion
drank one glass Of wine and one
cocktail
When they met the next day A
upbraded B for drinking, while y de-
Tended herself by saying that she only
did il for fear 81 offending her host
css and OF making herself conspicu-
Gus as A did, for A was the only one
of all present who refused. y fur
ther went on to say that she would
never dream Of doing il at any public
place. but seeing that they were all
friends at q friends home she saw no
harm in IL A, however, insisted that
i had done an unwisc thing and
would not be convinced otherwise
THE next day y, who is a charm
ing girl and liked by everybody, came
70 me and asked my advice, She
has been invited 10 birthday party
by one Of the girls present that day
and as the party Is III two weeks she
Is al loss 10 know what to do. She
is afraid that should she refuse 10
touch anything they may serve her
future hostess may feel offended at
her refusal in her home, whereas she
accepted IN the other girls home
She conhded 10 me that that was
the FIRST time she had ever tasted
wine and that she hated the taste
of IT,"
eA' took the sane and dignihed
stand and applauded her bravery.
The girl who does not yield 10 per-
auasion" is splendid woman
There is nothing particularly de.
grading in drinking one glass OF wine
and one cocktail in private home,
but IT is the first step toward a very
dangerous situation. Since "B" drank
at the home OF friend she is likely
seriously 10 offend another hostess
by taking a temperance attitude at a
party in her home. But she had bet
ter risk that otfense--instead Of her
own taturc
Suppose she takes step number
two; here is little pieturc--not at
all exaggerated--of the other steps
that must follow:
In order 10 avoid hurting the feel
ings Of other good friends, she must
take a drink or two at their house
parties, and then one Of the group en-
tertains in a restaurant and she is
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-08

II has been noticed that bat can
not rise from perfectly level sur
face.
The sirocco, or sand storm, of the
Arabian desert is exceedingly treach-
erous. It often digs pits ZOO feet
deep, scattering the sand for miles
around.
A curious custom prevails on the
Gold Coast Every Tuesday is de-
voted TO the sea god No fishing takes
place, but the fishermen utilize the
time in mending their nets.
Dwellers near the sea coast do not
require better weather sign than
the gulls, which in the various winds
that will. bring the rain colleetNn big
flocks and gather in the fields or
circle high over the land, wheeling
and screaming uneasily They will
not come in on a false alarm, and none
need fear they will make a mistake
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-08
The Girl Who Drinks

told that she certainly is not "a good
fellow" unless she joins IN and has
a little glass there.
Then the men who are in the habit
Of seeing her drink when she is one
OF group, insist that It is personal
aifront II she refuses 10 trust them
enough TO take a drink when out
alone with them and pretty soon b"
finds herself expected TO do a little
drinking" whenever she goes out for
social evening. And each step is
such tiny one-and follows SO in
eyitably on the one beforel
The least that can happen Is that
she is judged by people who see her
taking liquor in public places TO be a
rather rowdy and ordinary young
woman
But far greater danger waits her
than unfayorable public opinion-she
is all too certain 10 learn 10 like IL
quor And although the word drunk
enness is hideously abhorrent and
seems very, very far away from the
girl who takes a drink or two in
friends home r. drunkenness lies
ahead.
Medical tests have proven that
drink lowers mental efficiency. Social
experience has shown that drink low
ers moral dignity The girl who gets
the drink habit hurts her brain cells
and puts herself into dangerously
mellow" frame Of mind in which she
will do things which would ordinarily
be abhorrcnt 10 her. Drink " an in
sdious foe, one no sensible girl
should come TO terms with.
II girl has made the blunder Of
taking a drink or two in the home Of
one friend she can easily rcctify H.
AT the next party 10 which she goes
she can quietly say II made a mis-
take by taking anything % drink the
other night Please don't urge me to
drink tonight. for | am. determined
not 10, and an argument won't make
any Of rs happier ! Just don't like
liquor--thats all
No preaching no "holier than thou"
attitude is necessaryjust a definite
stand on subject that It Is matter
Of personal taste.
No hostess insists on your eating
| lobster il il is repeilent 10 you. No
hostess has a right 10 force her guests
TO drink II they quietly remark that
they don't like liquor.
For any IL Or 20-year-old girl 10
form the drink habit Is hideously and
criminally dangerous
Feminine vanity ought to lend II.
self to the natural stand OF dignity.
The woman who drinks generally
looks frowsy and heayy-eyed, and her
mental state is reflected in her appear
ance.
beg Of all girls not 10 start the
drink habit, and il they have started
! appeal 10 them most earnestly TO
stop now.
Mental inefficieney, moral laxity on
the ethical side--and Oh the social side
bad reputation, loud-yoieed rowdiness,
and coarsened appearanecl What girl
wants 10 yield 10 the plea to BE a
good fellow and take a drink or two
when the price she will have 10 pay Is
SO clearly, inevitably indicatedf
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-08

other, A spring day when Grace had
made two mistakes because her head
was heavy and the tight metal on her
brow made matters worse. April was
outside, reckoning calling, and Grace
could not keep her eyes away from
the window and her thoughts away
from the woods that we're somewhere
spreading green pathways for the
more fortunate.
The superintendent had reproved
her for careless mistakes. and she
had made several more in conse-
quence. Grace did not stop TO think
that small errors we're OF almost
small Importance in the affairs Of
the day She liked to think OF her
work as free and untrammeled, real
job with a real purpose, not monot.
onous grind filled with mistakes that
might have been avoided. When she
finally reached home she was dead
tired, The cory little room with its
suggestion of supper cheered her, and
Ray met her at the door
Gee, there's a peach OF a picture
in the Evening Journal tonight, sis,
he remarked, holding the sheet out
20 her as she sank into chair
Mother says II looks like you"
Grace took the sheet and looked
al the picture languldly Ii showed
girl with all the threads OF the
world held fast in her little white
hands She wore a steel band around
her head and she was called The
Spinner
cts great 20 have a lob like that.
ISN'T it." said RAY, shvly edging up
90 her and looking over her shout
der Its big that's what it Is
Grace met heg mothers eyes over
ht heish thatCh III hair I think
sc, 700. Ray she said her eyes
hfimmuk aee iuddtnl I'm solns
% see Il / tar Dc more worthy oi
u after lb
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-08
BY JANE M'LEAN.

"Heliol Hellol Yes = number
pleasel ll70? Just a minute. The line
is busy. Yes, ri call you madam"
And so it ran from morning until
night. Grace liked the work, al
though it was conhning. She liked
the rush and hustle OF It. She liked
to SIX and dream and imagine what
the people who called up were like,
and II their looks matched their
voices.
Grace was a dreamer, anyway, She
wanted to be able to write some day.
There were days when the work was
slack and she could sit and dream
about the places she spoke OF so fa-
miliarly in connection with her
switchboard. Just the idea Of some
day actually visiting them in person
gave her food for meditation for days
and days.
But then there were the off days.
The DAYS when everything went wrong
from morning until night When
people were impatient and shouted Vt
the connection happened 10 be poor,
when a wrong number was INSIDE
meanor deserving unheard-oi abuse.
and when not one voice was kind or
thoughtful or held a smile Of any
kind,
These were the days when Grace
was almost in despair when her head
aehed violently, when matters went
from bad to worse, and when she
went home at night with a dim reso-
luton never to 20 back And then
her mother would be Kind aud low.
ing and battle her daughters aching
forehead. and tell the boys Ia study
quietly because sister had hAd a hard
day n meant something 90 have a
mother who understood even Il tho
whole world vent Wfuny
There came a Aay worse than avs
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-08

me s,otines Covering pro
tectM what fenAWN The last
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mh.navuFed - lhe hfW
mny ArnaAfa Scar hAeoa
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Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-08
To Rsmore Ne odor Of Oniors

The disagreeabie smell Of nrtons whi,h
olings TO pots and pans SO ttlhbornI; can
quickly be removed BY washing and DRYING
the pans. securing with eomnwn salt. ana.
plseins on the stove until the sAll is brown.
shake often, and then wosh tho pan a.
Usual
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-08

TN the Park them would oyed
emone and her little circle Of serious thinkers because Of
m their ideas Of harmony Not with the that stud the sky and
shake there the wind please but with the cloth OF their
and the cut them and the dogs their heels Slmsey
In Quakegray planned long high lines Long feet long face
hands, neck the dropped shoulders
from years Of trying down chumshp with the of hu-
manyi Beside her walked longness houndthe highest
longest dog.
And the strobe in lengthy dignity path
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-08
Advice to LoveLorn
By Beatrice Fairtar.

Dear Miss Fairfax, A young lady meets
. man and asks him TO call lilo promises
TO let her hear from him within a week,
but falls TO do 80. VIII you kindly tell me
what attitude young Indy should assume
IN the matter Should she he Just as cordial
ne before or should Aho pass him by with
out acknowledging his acquaintance
H. N. A.
Don't make the sadly popular fcmi-
nine mistake Of installing pettiness
for dignity, BE perfectly pleasant to
this young man when YOU meet him
Even il he is not particularly inter-
ested in you he will have TO admire
your poise and common sense. He
has made a little social blundcr, but
don't take il seriously Continue TO be
perfectly pleasant.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-08
It MlII SOD nn.

Dear Miss Fairfax I am pefpisxsd !
love young lady and she says she loves
me | asked her to travel with me and
help me sell sllverwafe from town 20 town.
She refused shall take Il for granted that
she cares more for what people say than
che does FOR msf
Take II for granted that the girl YOU
love has the proper respect for con
vention and her own reputation and
dignity She cannot afford to travel
with you as YOU suggest, and II you
really love her you ought not want
her TO put herself IN a position where
tho world Is sure 20 critioise her most
uniayorahlv
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-08

another picture all in lines harmonousnot this panel
circular AFFAIR." wide girl with ubby buro-k feet
hat that sat OF her short little face short jacket that
eekessy to the east and west and cared nothing the schemes of
shade from her short limbs Beside npped chovdog
looked like Alaskan bear tclescoped He nothing
for the cult OF length He goried chunness
monized with the lady who trotted behind him
My wordT breathed aghast Englishman
sight OF the foursome that's really amazn you know
NELL BRINKLEY.
The Harrison times., 1916-08-26
SECRETARY FRANKLIN X. LANE,
JUDGE GEORGE GRAY AND DR..
JOHN r. MOTT MEMBERS.
LANE WILL HEAD THE GROUP
Probably First Problem Taken Up BY
Joint Committee Will Be the Pro-
posed Withdrawal OF American
Troops From Mexico.

Washington. - Secretary Lansing
announced that the American mem
bers Of the joint commission to under
take settlements OF differences be-
tween the United States and Mexico
would be Franklin X. Lane, secretary
Of the interior; Judge George Gray or
Wilmington, Del, and DR.. John X.
Mott of New York City.
All of the commissioners have ac-
cepted their appointments, the Mex
lean members were named some
time ago and arrangements for their
meeting will be made Immediately by
Secretary Lansing and Eliseo Are
london, Gen. Carranzas ambassador
designate.
Secretary Lane, who will head the
American group, was the first mem
ber selected. Associate Justice Bran
deis was President Wilson's second
choice, and after a conference with
Chief Justice White he decided his du-
ties would not permit him to serve.
Judge Gray, who is judge Of the Third
Federal Judicial Circuit and a former
United States senator, has had much
experience on international bodies and
skce 100 has been a member Of the
international permanent court of arbi-
tration under The Hague convention.
DR.. Mott is general secretary of the
international committee Of the Young
Mems Christian Association and au-
thor OF numerous religious works He
was offered the post Of minister to
China by President Wilson, but de
clined it.
The Mexico commissioners are Luis
Cabrera, minister Of finance; Ygnacio
Bonilas and Alberto Pani. Both OF
the latters are engineer sand Benilas-
las is graduate of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
Probably the first problem taken
up by the joint committee will be the
proposed withdrawal or American
troops from Mexico. AS Gen. Fun
ston has recommended the recall of
Gen Pershings expedition this is eX-
pected to be agreed to by the Ameri-
can members. Gen. CarranZa APP
pointed his commissioners "prefera-
bly," to discuss this question, the ne
gotiation Of a protocol covering the
crossing of the international border
in pursuit of bandits and investiga-
tion Of the interests which might be
behind the raids into American terri
tory. The United States refused 10
limit the discussion to the subjects
and undoubtedly others will be gone
into.
The Harrison times., 1916-08-26
EATING PAPER IS NOT HARD
How Fanny Murray Outdid Feat of
Won Der Goltz, the Ger
man Spy.

II IS with a mitigated cOmmiseratiOn
that one reads the story of how Won
red Goltz, the German spy, finding him
self recognized in PerOgrad, spent
some hours eating two parcels of in
eliminating papers which he dare not
burn in the CRATE"
As a feat of mastication, says the
London Observer, Won der GOltz by 10
means holds the record. Paper is cas-
lily reduced to a pulp and swallowed
(the ink acting as an appetizer), and
the only difficulty in this case was the
quantity. Leather is another matter,
but apart from meals of hard-preSsed
explorers there are authenticated in
stances of meals of the kind.
What may be described as a paper
meal de luxe was that of the famous
Fanny Murray mentioned by Horace
Walpole: 81 liked her spirit In an in
stance | heard of t'Other night. She
was complaining Of want of money.
Sir Richard Atkins Immediately gave
her f20 note. She said: % your
f2O! What does it signify, clapped II
between two pieces of bread and but
ter and ate It,"
The Harrison times., 1916-08-26
HAVE YOU ASTHMA?

If you have this will interest you Mr..
and Mrs. H. Brown wrote US as followsi
1--WE have a son who had asthma for nine
years, and we spent night after night try
ing to enable him to breathe. We con-
suited physicians and used their prescrip-
tions. We also used other famous asthma
remedies, from which he got only tempo
rary relief. We saw an advertisement OF
Lung-Vita and have used several bottles.
If he has asthma now we can't tell it. We
are no longer disturbed and distressed
about his condition He enjoys life, and
so do We" Mr. Brown is a member OF
the II. Brown Furniture Co. of Nashville,
and lives at 1920 10th avenue, N. Lung
Vita is for consumption, asthma, whodp-
ing cough, colds, grippe and bronchial trou-
bles. Get bottle from your dealer today.
or, IL he does not have it send us $l.75
for thirty day treatment Nashville Medi-
cine Co., Dept j, Nashville, Tenn. Adv.
The Harrison times., 1916-08-26
Awards Scholarships.

George B. Cook, state superintend-
ent of public instruction, recommend
ed for scholarships in the George Pea,
body College for Teachers in Nash
Vile, Miss Ruby Tennyson, district
agent for home demonstration work,
with headquarters in Little Rock; c.
c. Denny of the Conway State Nor
nal School and A. e. Phillips of Ark
adelphia, formerly superintendent of
schools there. The school awards the
scholarships each year to those recon.
mended by the state superintendent
of public instruction. Miss TennysOn
will receive the $3.50 scholarship pro.
vided by Montgomery Ward & Co., OF
Chicago, while DR.. Denny and Mr..
Phillips will receive the two 500
scholarships offered by the Memphis
Commercial-Appeal
The Harrison times., 1916-08-26
CAL0MEL WHEN BILIOUS? MOI! STOP!
ACTS LIKE DYNAMITE ON LIVER
Guarantee "DodsonS Liver Tone win Give You the Best Liver
and Bowel Cleansing You Ever Had-DOesn Make You Sckl

spoonful and IL It doesn't straighten
you right up and make you feel fine
and vigorous want you to go back to
the store and get your money. Dod-
sons Liver Tone is destroying the
sale OF calomel because II is real liver
medicine; entirely vegetable, therefore
II cannot saliyate or make you sick.
| guarantee that one spoonful OF
Dodson's Liver Tone will put your
sluggish liver to work and clean your
bowels OF that sour bile and const.
pated waste which is clogging your
system and making you feel miserable.
| guarantee that bottle OF Dodson's
Liver Tone will keep your entire fam
fly feeling fine for months. Give 1t to
your children. II is harmless; doesn't
grippe and they like its pleasant tasta
-AGy
The Harrison times., 1916-08-26

Stop using calomel! u makes you
sick. Don't lose a days work. II you
feel lazy. sluggish. bilious or consti.
pated. listen to me!
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver
which causes necrosis Of the bones
Calomel, when It comes into contact
with sour bile. crashes into 1t, breaking
1t up. This is when you feel that aw-
full nausea and cramping. II you feel
"all knocked out" II your liver is tor.
pid and bowels constipated or you
have headache, dizziness, coated
tongue, II breath is bad or stomach
sour Just try a spoonful Of harmless
Dodson's Liver Tone.
Here's my guarantee-Go TO any
drug store or dealer and get a 5O-cent
bottle Of Dodson's Liver Tone Take
The Harrison times., 1916-08-26
May Change Referendum Law.

The proposed constitutional amend
ment seeking TO define and enlarge
the powers OF the initiative and refer
endum now being submitted to the
voters Of the state for ratification at
the coming November election, makes
a number OF important changes IN
the present law on that subject. II
provdel that the number OF legal Vo-
ters required to initiate any petitions
seeking to invoke the initiative shall
be 10000 and no more, but no petition
shall be held invalid which shall con-
tain a greater number than required
The second power reserved to the peo-
pie in the referendum requires the
signature OF 1000 legal voters to make
valid the referendum petition. The
filing OF a referendum petition against
one or more items, sections or parts
OF any measure shall not delay the
remainder from becoming effective;
but it is not to be understood that
all of any act may be referred. Re
feredum petitions against measures
passed by the Legislature shall be
filed with the secretary Of state not
earlier than 80 days after the final
adjournment OF the session Of the
Legislature at which such measures
were passed, except when adjourn
ment shall be taken for longer pc
riod than 80 days, in which case
such petitions snail be filed not la
tor than 80 days after such temporary
adjournment.
The Harrison times., 1916-08-26
Men and Women

Women as well 20 men are made miser-
able by kidney and bladder trouble. DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney
remedy. is highly recommended by thou
sands.
Swamp-Root stands the highest for the
reason that so many people say IL has
proved TO be just the remedy needed in
thousands of even the most distressing
cases
At druggists in SOC. and 800 sizes. You
may receive a sample size bottle Of
Swamp-Root by Parcel Post, also a
pamphlet telling you about Il. Address
DR.. Kilmer g. Co., Binghamton NJ Y,
and enclose ten cents. also mention this
paper.
The Harrison times., 1916-08-26
lO74l NAMES ON STATE ROLL OF
WHICH 10.345 HAD CLAIMS Al.
LOWED FOR 500 A YEAR.
PULASKI LEADS ALL OTHERS
Warrants Will Be Mailed Between
September / and 15-Eighty Cents
On the Dollar Is Value of the
Warrants For Pensions.
Little Rock

Little Rock
The state pension board apportion-
ed SS5S,17S.73, ess $500 held as a
reserve, among 1874 Confederate sol.
diers of widows Of Confederate sol
diers residing in Arkansas. The ap-
pOrtiOnment was on a basis OF so
cents on the dollar on amounts set
forth in applications granted by coun-
ty pension boards. Warrants will be
mailed from the auditors office be-
tween September l and September 10
The total number Of pensioners in the
various counties follows:
Arkansas, "A; Ashley, 179; Baxter,
gS; Benton, 266; Boone, 156; Bradley,
149; Calhoun, 9S; Carroll 145; Chi
cot %; Clark, 254; Clay, 1O6; Gle
burne, 1870; Cleveland, 14O; Columbia,
257; Conway, 113; Craighead, 1852;
Crawford, 2O4; Crittenden, 8; Cross,
49; Dallas, 1856; Desha, 8; Drew 145;
Faulkner 211; Franklin, 1872; Fulton,
1870; Garland, 1859; Grant, III; Greene,
1873; Hampstead, 220; Hot Spring,
1870; Howard, 1873; independence, 2O7;
lizard, 173; Jackson, 50; Jefferson,
l15: Johnson, 147; Lafayette, 124;
Lawrence, Ill; Lee, 35; Lincoln, 95;
Little River, SO; Logan, 1873; LOnoke,
172; Madison, 1873; Marion, 12O; Mil
Ter, 1907 Mississippi, 27; Monroe, SO;
Montgomery, 1856; Nevada, 225; New
ton, As; Ouachita, 163; Perry, 81;
Phillips, SO; Pike, 1873; Poinsett, As;
Polk, 1888; Pope, 2O4; Prairie, Ill;
PULASKI, BAT; Randolph, 139; Saline,
1856; Scott, 11S; Searcy, 81; Sebastian,
1923; Sewer, 1871; Sharp, 165; st. Fran
els, 81; Stone, 81; Union, PSI; Van
Buren,, 115; Washington, 249; White,
319; Woodruff, 81; Yell, 2O4, Total,
1874.
The state board consists of M. r.
Dickinson, state auditor; Earle w.
Hodges, secretary of state, and Jona-
than Kellogg, commander of the Ar
kansas Division Of Confederate Vet
Grams.
The Harrison times., 1916-08-26
Suit Filed BY Nashville.

Nashville, Tenn-Suit was filed by
the city Of Nashville against the
Southwestern Surety Insurance Com
pany, the Southern Surety Company
and R. Miles Burns, former city comp
troller, seeking to recover $4,000, the
amount Of municipal funds alleged to
have been embezzled recently as the
result Of Burns negligence. The
surety companies furnished Burns
bond as comptroller.
The Harrison times., 1916-08-26
Governor Pardons.

Ben Harris, negro from Ashley
county, sentenced to q years in the
penitentiary for second degree muir
der on February 6, 1911. He also par
doned Floyd Martin of Hampstead
county, given four years for burglary
and grand larceny in April, 1916.
Governor Hays, by proclamation, re-
lieved w. F. Gire, sexton of Mount
Holly cemetery, Of the payment of a
fine of $50 and Jail sentence of three
minutes, imposed upon him in March,
1916, in the Pulaski County Circuit
Court on conviction of three charges
of false pretenses.
The Harrison times., 1916-08-26
American CARGO Seized,

Washington-Possibility that seiz.
ure at Hong Kong Of American goods
on the British steamer Kafue from
New York to Manila, following a sim
liar seizure on the steamer Chinese
Prince and two Spanish vessels, may
foreshadow a general interference
with American trade with the Philip
pines and led the State Department
to ask for full details from the Amer
ican consul at Hong Kong with the
view Of making a strong protest.