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I'M "a S a
Intimate Talks


again. not once. but several times.
even submitting samples of what she
could do. only to DO refused In like
manner. The owner would have
none OF her. He didn't want a petit.
coat In his editorial office, and said
so In a way which could not be mis-
taken. .
Gertrude set her brain to work. and
found the solution OF her problem. In
quiet but systematic ways she beSan
a v OF all OF her friends In
town, and In turn was given by them
notes to all their friends. to oil OF
whom h went with a very urgent
and very insistent request. That re-
The News for one yea-that was
the name OF the ~paper--but only on
condition that she be given the
position OF society editor. Ger
trude spent three weeks on her
errand. and as IA result gathered
more than 400 yearly subscriptions
to the paper. all carrying with them
the condition that she be made soci-
ETY. editor. Armed with these. she
went back to the owner and depos-
tied them on his desk
"See what l have done." h said
calmly.
II don't want any OF your news"
the owner snapped at her.
II am not bringing you news. 1 am
bringing you money said Gertrude.
The editor glanced at the stack OF
subscriptions and gasped. His entire
circulation was only a little more
than 5000. for this was "a small West
ern city: and then no chuckled.
Young woman" no answered,
take OFF your hat and go TO work.
And, at the rate OF 10 per cen COM
mission, figure up what l I'VE you on
these subscriptions. I'll give % a
check"
my commission is my Job" pro-
tested Gertrude.
well, then, put this in the form OF
a bonus" said the publisher genially
Gertrude had gone over the top
and had made good,
downright. 1918. Bell Syndicate, lno,)
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= ~ NAAo tNNN WIN b'NulAh NVlAuJs
met my wife, Lena. and she told my
wife. Lena, that Mr.. Slavinsky was
learning TO knit, rs he wanted to knit
n sweater for his son Sidney, what is
in the army. And Slavinsky wasn't
watching what he was doing, and he
knitted his whiskers into the sweater,
So he's staying home trying to un-
ravel his whiskers and the knitting
without spelling tho yarn or his
beard, and. as he won't let anybody
help him because II hurts, It will take
him until midnight to get everything
unmixed. So Slavinsky won't be
around"
Where's RANGER" asked Mr.. Jarr.
WELL" said Gus. "since Rangle
| stopped smoking New Years he
don't seem to care TO play pinochle.
Says It makes him nervous"
Rafferty,. the builder. where's he?"
Mr.. Jarr inquired.
Rafferty, telephoned me he
wouldn't be around" Gus explained.
Rafferty, says he has gone into
training. now that the women will
get the vote, to get used TO doing
without pinochle DR. my place.
Rafferty, says his wife knows he
likes auction pinochle and my place:
and he knows the first thing she will
do when she gets elected TO anything
will be 10 vote TO put both my place
and auction plnochle off the map. Sc
he says he might as well start in now
getting used to being without them"
where's Bepler2" asked Mr.. Jarr.
'Bepler was in here the other day
and heard that educated hummer,
Omission, say that this jet jewelry
that used TO be fashionable in the old
times was made OF Goa from France
real coal that would burn. Bepler
remembered his wife's mother had q
whole lot of that jet jewelry from the
old times, and she lives away down
south in Michigan some place. So
Bepler has gone in his oivcrmobile 70
get thai Jet jewelry TO boln II. II that
educated hummer, Omission, was
kidding about 1t. Bepler will associate
him when he gets back. Assassinate?
Well, nln't 1t the Same thing?"
So Mr.. Jarr drifted back and. find
ing his wife still knitting. told her
that he inc Gus and the others had
given up ~pinochle and all It's pleasures
as a wartime ~self-sacrihce. Then he
surprised his good lady further by
asking her II she knew where any
old-fashioned Jet Jewelry could be
obtained for the next cold snap.
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A LMOST everybody wears gloves
~ nowadays. but perhaps few of
us have considered the long
evolution necessary TO produce the
modern glove OF snug-htting kid.
Gloves were known among the Per-
SLAMS and In Biblical times OF a type
like u W. wool mitten. And,
strangely enough, they were called
"shoes." IL would seem that i'm the
dark ages following the fan OF Rome
only the Germans wore gloves to
any extent, These were mostly OF
skins, and II is doubtful II they had
progressed TO the stage OF having
''hngers."
The SaIons no doubt brought gloves
TO England, and II IL from their word
''gtoc' that ve get our glove" With
tho coming Of the Normans the gpunt-
let appeared In England. From these
hardy warriors we have derived the
term iron hand" for their gloves
we're made OF iron plates. and they
were able 10 deal fearful blows by a
more stroke OF the hand.
To the fourteenth century Il began
70 be a custom for dignitaries to wear
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her teeth II the widow should take a
fancy to them.
II is time somebody should explode
the myth of the Widows superior at
tractiveness. Very rarely indeed II a
woman who has weathered years OF
marriage ard maternity the equal in
charm and freshness OF the unmar-
ried girl. but the widow knows the
game OF ~man-snaring and plays It,
while tho glrl at least has TO pretend
she does not Any girl who under
took TO win n man by a widows
methods would scare him away and
incidentally convince him that she
was an INSCRIPTIONS vampire. There
Is no mystery about the widows
power. She knows all men, having
experienced one, and Is not afraid to
use her knowledge. She Knows
enough not &c talk about herself when
he wants N talk about himself. She
knows enough always 10 answer mo
when he avs, "Have 1 told you that
story l heard last week3" But these
are minor natters-even a girl may
know them and practise them. The
widow triunphs N carefully arranged
accidental contacts, Is always Jolted
toward the driver when motoring,
knows how TO take a man from an
other woman's company against his
will, as, fol- instance, Don't you
want n highball? Then come and
helm me make III" or "Can you listen
TO this heavenly music without want
ing to dancer I've saved this one
for you'll"
II you have ever fished for founders
and know with what disappointing
ease they can be pulled out OF the
water, putting up no more fight than
II o were drawing up the old oaken
bucket, then you know how a widow
feels who has baited her hook TOR a
new mate.
Every widow should be empowered
to write NJ. A. after her name. How
much more honest It would be II a
widows card should read: Mrs.
Eugenia Smith Jones. Master OF the
Art Of Matrtmony."
A rare and dimcuit art and one In
which no woman takes her degree
until she has crossed the meridian OF
thirty.
Perhaps tho commonest fault OF
women before they reach Loves Age
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The Seven Ages of Love
By Nixola Greeley-Smith
No. VH.-THE AGE OF WLSDOM
iSlS BY the Press Publishing Co. THE New York Evening Wudn WYNN,

or Wisdom is destroying wonder. They
nave such a passion to reveal them
serves to the men they love that thew
urn out every corner OF their minda
Tor daily inspection. They comp.l
their husbands to go over thar
thoughts with the relentless tiorl
ousnhess OF a vacuum cleaner, and <
man soon learns to predict what thew
"ln think n say and do with tbs
inIaIlibility OF ar adding machine
VI course. a great Zeal OF nonsens.1
mas been talked to women about mr..
serving their mystery. In tho AZ,
pace they have none to Intelligent
nieh' ahd' In addition, It could not
sTrvlVe matrimony II they hs6
,nhoahen nave sometimes told me hov
uon. ~ a foolish, fats
SUus nIe involving Invisible teeth
nrushlngs, separate cakes NJ so.sH
ana nave felt as II the we'll &c.,
ostrlch we're explaining 10 ~ 80,
ne LooIed everybody by buryine NJ
head In the sand. hf
Inc wisdom OF love doe, NOT "A.
IA such puerile ar futile performy
sha we are tt,1I sometimes that
man. way a ' oman can Keen n
mans interest Is not to permit h,,S
TO be sure OF her. Rnt tbait INA
VINO can do this ~successfuliv v,oo.In
woman who Is not sure ~ hsrs'"y
90 not think men should ta, az
SoIy as tney do the frantic efSo.t..
81 women TO hold their anectIon 80
yer u mas ceased to exist. TIn.e1
uunateiy, In most cases to-dav
os ma rove Is her job, her ms.n.
cionsI viihoou; We know how tena-
haitn,ty me tlInid soul clings TO a toh
SorIS ~ ~ 10 be the only job in tba
mot'u, swallowing insults ana endns
ing oppression to keep II dreaSdnI-
the uncertainty which would soIIa5
losing II. 80 long as woman,s NV
remains a job she will retain 4, osHH
costs 10 her self 10 az
rage did not carry with II the Ill
satlon or support by the man ~
many women would cling To- NV
nanas who had ceased to care for
II is part Of the wisdom =, ,o,,. D.
know that love can never he ove 70
rected and to realize also that
nance is n Of the temporsrv ~
ues or marriage-that frIendsbHn 'al-
soclation, partnership are its nsas
ncnt gifts. These are won ana la
by simplicity. honesty, the deIsEnSPt
nation TO keep perfect step win ~.
chosen for the long march
the wisdom OF love has left dream.
anu Romance far behind; II has come
70 hnoW tnal cynicism and dIsiliu-
slonment are no more real than ~,
warm fancies they displaced r. snl
cepts life for what ii is. men al
women for what thew are ana iaaa
itself as the fixed and gentle &C.
light OF their souls. wi
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"" -o~~~p MIGHTY, ven the Clothing Designers. have decreed
that 1 shall be shorn of my last Divine Right =
Behold, they would rob me Of MY PoCKETSl ~
Yea, my little vest pockets, and my big patch pockets, and my CONT
forting overcoat pockets-al the pockets wherewith have been blessed
and cursed, and distinguished for my whole lfel ~T
Vernyl verify, Samson shorn Of his locks a. not or piuful nor
more impotent than II M
What now shall 1 do with all the TINE I whned way looking for
thingsi e
What now shall l do with all my sacred collection of JUNK2
10, where shall I carry my fountain pen that never worketh, and
my eighteen small stubs OF pencils. and my Mothers picture, and my
Beloved's picture and the snapshots of ALL my favorte girIs7 ~
Where shall I carry my Gift Cigars, and my emergency collar" and
my pocket comb. and my collection OF harmless, necessary CLOVES. and
the clippings OF all my favorie jokes7 q
Where shall 1 carry Muriels scented and sentimental letters, M nv
favorie cocktail recipe. and my pet copy OF swinburne. and my beloved
old brar pipe and my lucky penny. and the prescription for my cough
medhine3
Where shall I carry my trophies Of the love chase-the stolen slipper;
The purloined glove. the many locks OF vsricolored hair, and the addresses
OF III the girls I ever loved " expected to lover x
verify, verify my pockets were an infinite source Of 10y and surprise
to mel For I could always ind in them something I had long forgotten
or never suspected But now I shall be as incomplete Il. a woman without
a knitting bag!
No longer may a damsel slip her hand tenderly into a mans overcoat
pocket where he may HOLD It, ito keep 1t warml" =
No longer may a husband camouhage the deadly dun O the mini
note beneath a pOcketful of innocent looking receipts and his wites1
photograph.
No longer can he say OF the letter she hath hidden him TO mail; ~
oh 1 put 1t in my POCKET. and forgot III"
For he must carry II about in his two hands until, in sheer desn.rs'
ton. he shoveth It into a letter box. -
No longer may he say of the thing which he hath lost:
"h. I guess it's somewhere in my pocketsi" s.
For his pockets shall be numbered; and his wife shall know 60 49,.
last jt and little all that is therein.
verify verify thou mayest rob a man OF his reputation, his honor
his WIFE, n his top hair, and he may still survive! =
But when thou takest away his POCKETS tbu robhes, hr -, a.
last Symbol of Masculine Supremacy
And such are the horrors Of war! q
Sehh.
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NO NoN.ESsENTIAL INDUSTRIES.

Y nth coal piIng up at the tidewater terminals just over in
w Jersey four times as fast rs it Is moved, the best comfort the
Fuel Administration can find for New York is its latest
lugubrious scheme to suspend all industries every Monday.
Is the last remedy for a coal famine, then-coalp
What the country badly needs at this moment ii, fewer blue spec
tscles on administrative noses suspended over It's traffic, fuel and food
problems.
There never was a time when greater responsibility rested upon
executive leadership to show the nation what CAN rather than what
CAN'T be done to keep industry and business running at a full head
of cheerfulness and confidence.
Too many persons entrusted with administrative tasks III allow
ing difficulties to discourage instead Of stimulate them.
Too many find IL easier to warn industry Of worse conditions
ahead than to resolve that It shall find better.
II this goes on much further. serious depression will settle upon
the country. Courage will falter, energy flag.
Hasty and ruthless generaizution-now heard In so many quar-
ters-as to the fate Of nOn-essential industries can do incalculabe
harm.
A far safer attitude for Americans to adopt at this moment Is one
that cheerfuny proclsims:
There are no non-essential industries.
Any industry that supplies q want and pays workers the wages
they must have to buy food and live the lives Of decent, self-respect.
ing Americans, is an essential. industry-to be maintained to the last
with all the Encouragement and protection the nation can give it.
All random talk Of shutting up this or that group Of industries
forthwith because they are non-essential ia reckless and dangerous
folly.
What good can come Of filling the country with fears Of arbitrary
and violent arrangements that will throw thousands out of work and
spread doubt and misgvng where confidence and courage should be
carefully conservedp
The hope and happiness of the American people extend beyond
the winning Of this war.
The foundations of their prosperity, present and to come, rest
upon those habits of productive industry which add in a thousand
ways to their permanent wealth and well being.
To discourage or disturb such habits more than proves absolutely
necessary for the efficient prosecution Of the war, would be a wrong
committed against their progress and their future.
To render them in any way doubtful of that future by showing
Overreadiness to disrupt industry now, would be to destroy part of the
very certainty and courage upon which the nation relies for its present
tremendous task.
That is why every administrator appointed for the special pur-
poses Of war should show toward the countrys industry and business
only the most reassuring determination to help, not to hinder-to
encourage,n not to depress.
That m where the Fuel Administration has been
II has preached privstion-when il should have preached ..
hence, perseverance and production.
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SST THOUGHT women were The
Restless Sex" remarked Mrs.
Jarr. But you seem as ner-
be more v than women these
days"
Mr.. Jarr could have remarked that
80 many men had taken vows OF
abstinence In drinking and smoking
on the irst OF the erstwhile glad New
Year that It was small wonder they
were nervous along in the second
week Of their deprivation from their
wonted addictions. But he thought It
best not to say anything along those
lines and contented himself with re-
marking that he didn't see what
women had to be restless about.
They don't have TO do the tight
ing. they've got the vote and they are
getting all the Jobs. Why should
they be restless7 2" he added.
We'll. you make me restless the
way you hdget about" said Mrs.
Jarr. III you want to 90 out and
play ~pinochle with your cronies at
that Gus's place on the corne rather
than stay at home with your wife and
family. do sol"
Mrs. Jarr was silent a moment and
then again took UP the thread OF her
discourse and the stitches OF the
sweater she was fabricating for some
sailor boy,
YES" she said placidly. 90 on
out TO the corner saloon and play
cards II you wish. There are not
many corner saloons left in the land,
and they will be fewer still before
long. so gather ye rosebuds while
ye may, old time Is fieeting.' as the
poet says"
II want TO gather a hundred and
afty trumps and a hundred aces and
hundred and nifty. which take the
kitty. Rosebuds arc nix in auction
%pinochle." said Mr.. Jarr. And II II
be true. as you wot, that before long
we will foregather in the cory oorners
OF Ice cream parlors and indulge in
the brutal game of chess OF strident
parchesie, with its wild excitement
and breathless struggles. why so be
II. Me for the last auction plnochle
game in a neighboring cafe. before
said neighborhood cafe becomes ex-
tlnct as the dodo!"
Arriving at Gus's. Mr.. Jarr found
the sometime genial proprietor alone
and melancholic.
where's the bunehf" asked Mr.
JakS.
There amt ne suoh animal a. q
bunch any moro" replied Qua. 81
think they must drop around at som,
hardware store that keeps open late
and open a key OF nails. l don't sc,
the gang any more at all. / think
Slayinsky. the glaEier. intended &c
come over this evening, but his wifi,
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NAMING OF PIcApILIy

DISABILITY made familiar to
i most Americans by 'Tipperary,"
Is believed to have got It's name
from piekAdeiles or picadiilies, a va
riety OF turnover collar. A tailor
Ia med Higgins. who had made a for.
tune selling these articles OF apparel;
built a home in that particular part
Of London In 1850 and called it Plea
dilla Hall, hence the name Picadiiy.
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friend. Gertrude
Randall. She was
little o than "a
girl. and found her
self a widow at the
age OF twenty. and
after only a year OF
married life. with a
two = months = old
baby. Her o W n
parents were dead.
and her husband
had no near rela-
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Oh, Tailor, be mercIfuI unto me, a martyrT
For 10, the hour OF my destruction is at handi -
Behold, the wild, wild women have already bereft me
Of all my glory, and all my honors. and all my special
privileges-save onei
Already have they wheedled from me my exclusive
right to the ballot. and the right to carry a latch key.
and to smoke a cigarette. and to cut off their locks. aud
to part their hair upon the side. 3
And now, alas. those who sit in the seats of he Y
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p. h. Noyes, Chief OF the Conservation Division OF the Fuel
Administration, who was sent to New York by DIR. Garfield IN
study the coal situation, is no doubt doing the best he can. II
should be remembered, however. that he labors under a disad-
vantage when 1t comes to handling coal. Mr.. Noyes ia a
silversmlth.
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attained II. And why
an unmarried girl
who finds that a
d has cast
a 6 e r. prospecting
eyes on the man she
eve had better sur
render him without
a struggle. and add
the family silver and
the gold crowns OF
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II We had only acquired the saving
habit years ago we would be indepen-
dent men and ome to-day,-Mem-
phis Commercial Appeal.
The evening world., 1918-01-16

Lots OF girls who don't care espe-
cially for singing 20 TO church be-
cause Of the hims.-Phlladelphia Rec
ord,
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JAM serves FoR UoAR.

THE Russians. who ara particu-
Iarly partial 10 fruit--especially
In the form OF fruit pastes or
preseryes-often use jam in their tea
instead OF sugar.
The evening world., 1918-01-16

BOUT a year ago l received tho
\ sad announcement OF the death
OF the young husband OF my
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Owe has its age OF wisdom. That
Is why so many men marry
middle-aged widows who have
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wedn esday, January 16, ID
Sayings Of Mrs. Solomon
ID d ~
By Helen Rowland

Copyright 1918. By the PV Publishing 20. tbeN New York Evening World. @
l 7 EWS Item: During war time all superhuous pockets will be omitted
~ from mems clothing, for the sake OF wool conservation.
Hear now, my Daughter. the plti'ul wall Of a Mere Man:
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I h e Jarr Family
Bv Row l.. McCardell
90. The Nov York Erening World

coprEAt l9ls. b. The Pres Publahiso :. The Nv York Evening wonD.
Get THOUGHT women were The met my wife, Lena, and she TO
Restless Sex" remarked Mrs. wife. Lena. that Mr. Slavlnsk
The Meeker herald., 1918-06-15
PULLED THEIR COLLARS OFF
n Paris Women Wore Too Large 4
Neck Piece Other Women ForeibIy
Removed Them.

In Paris. Mt one time, the people
dropped their extravaganza, and III
woman ventured to wear too large
collar, the other women would pull
1t on" Henry Villas he did with
everything he set his mind to-intcr-
fered with the dress Of his subjects to
some purpose and brought forward an
act against wearing costly apparel.
A few years later the law becnlne
more stringent still. Philip and Mary
compelled attention not only by fines.
but went so far az to send Offenders To
prison. Elizabeth saw that the pcO-
pie were reckless with their money,
and caused an net to be passed which
declared TINT anyone who sold foreign
apparel to persons having less thTn
$4,000 year In land or fees. except
for ready money. should forfeit every
penny of the price.
Ladies' wore hoods. hats and caps of
every conceivable shape. They were
careful ns to their hnir, and they had IL
fine assortment OF wigs mt hand. Eliz-
nbeth herself sometimes wore red hair.
and then reverted to black for n
change. II. so happened that trade in
the cap line fell of considerably be-
cause caps went out Of fashion.
The Meeker herald., 1918-06-15
United State. Presidential Elections.

The following Is n brief description
Of the composition and functions Of
the electoral college OF the United
States: On presidential election day.
which occurs on the Tuesday after the
first Monday In November. instead Of
voting directly for the president and
vice president. the qualified voters Of
zach state vote for as many electors
as the state has senators and repre-
sentntivcs In congress. The electors
thus chosen constitute the electoral col
leEe. These electors meet In their re-
spcctive states on the second Monday
In January following, and vote by bnl-
lot for the two offices. Three lists Of
the persons voted for, and the number
OF votes received by each nre certified
ana signed by nil the electors md then
sealed. On the second Wednesday, of
February the lists nre opened by the
president Of the senate In the pres
ence Of the two houses OF congress.
The votes nre then counted. and the
winning candidates declared duly elect
ed. The names Of the presidential
candidates do not appear on the ballot
used Mt the election of the members OF
the electoral college.
The Meeker herald., 1918-06-15

We, the undersigned. l.. u. wnibridg".
President. and \. e. Moulton. Secretary Of
The MEfKEH TRANSFORMATIONS COMPANY.
corporation formed under the laws of the
State Of Colorado. do hereby give notice
that AT n meeting Of the stockholders OF
said corporation, duly called for the pur-
pose Of considering the proprieiy OF dissolv-
Ing snid corporation. md held at M.ckcr.
In The city Of Mecker. state of Colorado. on
the first day of June. a. D.. lgls. pursuant to
notice given to the stockhold"rs thereof. In
the manner provided by law for the calling
OF stockholders' meeting for the purpose Of
amending articles Of incorporation, the
Stockholders. by vote Of more thnn two
thirds Of the entire capital stock OF said cor
porHtton. ordered said corporation to be
dissolved.
We further certify that nil debts owing by
said corporation hive been fully paid.
In witness whereof. we have nndc md
signed this Notice of dissolution, md Rf-
fixed hereto the senl OF said corporation this
seventh day Of June. a. D.. laIs
isEAL) tSigned) l.. II. WALnHIDGE.
Attest: (Signed) President.
a. e.. MOrLToS, Secretary. Jl5-jy.D