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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-08
Taxing THE PUBLIC

Gen. FoCh IS supposed to be somewhat OF a strateglst, but
ne had one put over on him III Memphis Thursday when an
alleged newspaper announced that he had met the German pleni-
ootentiaries; that he had handed them the terms Of armisuce
that they had accepted them; that fighting had ceased at 8
o'clock Memphis time, and that the war was over. Peace
screamed the pink extra. at 5 cents a scream, while Mayor
Monteverde dipped his pen into the fountain Of oratory, issued
forth a proclamation calling upon all the people to celebrate
and handed it to his organ for exclusive publication.
And maybe the people didn't celebrate! There were indca-
tons that the lid was tilted in honor of the occasion, and there
was a great day and a greater night. Lansing said there was
no armistIce. Baker said there was no armistce. London
hadn't heard of it, nor had Paris, but it was good news, and
nothing is too good for the people of Memphis, not even a good
lake, so they were treated to the monumental hoax OF the age.
The Kings Daughters were in session when the pink extra
flashed across the horizon. When the glad and welcome news
came the good women got down Jon their knees and thanked
God that it was all over, and that their boys soon would be
coming home. 1t was one huge Joke the pink extra pulled on
God and those dear women, and, besides that, the nickel was no
inconsiderable matter.
Meanwhile the mayors appeal was working like magic, and
the crowd proceeded good naturally with the kaisers funeral
under the mayors direction. Thousands were detected and
dspirtcd when The News Scimitar printed an official statement
made by Secretary Lansing in Washington at s o'clock that
the arristice had not been signed. They were further detected
when at 10 o'clock Thursday night the Commercial Appeal had
no further news than that printed in the 6 o'clock edition Of
The News Scimitar.
But the celebrating spirit continued. Everyone knew or
lelt that the granting of the armistice was a matter OF only a
lew hours at most, so why should they not accept as accom-
Plished that which was sure to be realized within a few hours?
The physician had declared that the patient had but a few hours
to live, so why not bury him now? 1t was bound to come, so
why not tell the people before it happened?
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-08
What Of Those Who
Are Left Behind?

Some will come back!
From the wide fields where human
grain
Has all been harvested at last-at
last:
Come back from the days and nights
of wantOn pain,
From shrapnels stab and lannon's
blast,
Come back to look in eyes by glad tears
But what Of those still forms left far
In deaths broad track?
Some will come home,
TO hungry arms, and lips that kiss and
cling,
To aching hearts. and home doors
aopened wide.
Back from the trenches where the
bullets sing
And life n death sleep closely, side
But what of those who watch and wait
in vain
For those who count no more life's loss
or gain
And won't come home?
God give them peace,
wherever they may chance to fan.
wherever they may chance to sleep;
No more they'll hear the eager bugle
call,
No more through filthy trenches will
they creep;
No more they'll answer to the touch Of
hand,
Or swap a smile with those who under
stand.
God give them peace,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-08

ways a vote for Wilson. and the people
knew IT,. h Democrats themselves
had not followed their leader when Mr..
wilson earnestly begged the members
OF ms own party to ass the suffrage
amendment, he did not change a vote.
The South stood solidly against him.
western Democrats in suffrage states
were hurt by it. The women helped
10 beat Senator Shafroth In Colorado
and nearly caused the downfall OF Sen.
ator walsh in Montana. Senator SauIs-
bury, OF Delaware, Democrat. was
beaten partly because he did not fol-
low the president on suffrage.
This Reputation of Mr.. Wilson's
leadership in the matter of suffrage
showed the country that the Democrat
ic party was not a unit behind Mr..
Wilson, n that helped to weaken'the
effect of the presidents generous plea
in behalf of the men who had not
supported him.
There is gloom of course at the White
House. The president never had been
impressed with the criticism that it
was improper for him as the leader of
the party or even as president to go
before the people for support. The only
criticism which his friends have to
make is that he made but one appeal,
and did not make a few speeches to
explain just what he meant. Whether
the promise OF reconstruction legisla-
llOu IuiSHl nave DeeH sufficient 10 over
come the widespread dissatisfaction
against Kitchinism for instance, is hard
to say. The Democrats failed because
Of the seniority rule and poor leader
ship in congress. The Republicans will
fail for the same reason unless they
elect chairmen OF committees and make
those Chairmen responsible to the mem
bership OF the party for their continu-
nee in power.
Copyright by New York Evening Post,)
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-08
DOROTHY DIX'S TALK
BY DOROTHY DIX,
The Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
CHEER-O.

The war has taught women no great
er lesson thar this-that C~heerfulness
is a duty-n debt of honor that we owe
to our fellow creatures.
Women have been 'adjured to send
their sons away with a smile, and they
ave done SO although their hearts
were breaking. They have been tsld to
write only bright, hopeful letters to
their men at the front, and they have
put the soft pedal on the sob stuff.
They have been entreated not to wear
black for the heroes who have persisted
for their country in order hat they
may not depress other mothers whose
sons are on the firing line, and for the
most part they have forborne to swathe
themselves in funereal garments. They
have been taught that optimism is
sometimes the highest form of patriot
ism, and 1t is only now and then you
meet a woman who weep n whineS
over the sacrifice she has been called
upon to make.
This is a marvellous change to have
heen wrought in the feminine outlook
on life, for women are not by nature a
cheerful lot. On the contrary they are
given to fears and forebodings as the
sparks are to fly upward, and they have
an inherent talent for borrowing trou-
takes to water, and as a general thing
they are never so happy as when they
are perfectly miserable,
Why women should be more melan-
choly than men nobody knows. Proba-
bly, they have no more suffering,
anxiety and griefs to bear than men,
but somehow they manage to extract
more anguish out of them, doubtless
because they enjoy being martyrized,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-08

At any rate. it is observable that wo-
men make a cult Of tears.
Men laugh, while women merely
smile. You hardly ever hear a woman
give a big. hearty laugh that shows
she really is tickled. When men 60 to
the theater they pick out a jolly COM
edy or a rip-roaring farce. A woman's
idea of a perfectly delightful play is a
three-handkerchief tragedy where she
can sit up for two hours and sob in
sympathy with the heroine, and go
home with her head bowed down with
the woe of one of the insoluble problems
Of life.
When men have one they love torn
from them by death they try to forget
1t by diverting their minds in every
possible way from the thought OF their
loss; They go out and hunt light and
bright things and cheerful people; but
women sit in darkened rooms and nurse
their sor. ows, and haunt the cemeteries
where their hearts are buried. Men
seldom speak of their sorrows. A wo-
a with a sorrow seldom speaks OF
anything else.
Women have not only been the
they have taken a pride in being mel
ancholy. A woman who has had any
sort OF disappointment, or any kind OF
trouble takes pride in never getting
over, it." A broken heart that one
could exhibit to her friends is treas
ured as If 1t was a Mayflower clock,
and a real free weeper takes as much
selt-satisfaction in the possession of
her tear ducts as she would in having
a CALI Curci voice.
Nor is this all. Women generally
nave regarded a cheerful with
suspicion. Size didn't seem just mice"
to them. At any rate they were sure
she was light minded and didn't take
a properly serious view Of life, and they
felt that a woman who actually laughed
out loud was no better than she should
be. 1t is significant that the word
gay" ia a term Of opprobrium that
blasts her moral character when ap.
piled to a woman.
But among the many changes that
the wal has brought about Is this al
tered point of view of women concern
ing 'cheertu!ness. For the first time
In their lives they have perceived that
cheerfulness is the unflinching courage
that refuses to surrender to misfortune.
and that faces the bursting bombs OF
fate with a smile.
This is way, at a time when women
have more real griefs than they ever
had before, you see fewer melancholy
faces, and when many Of them have
more to weep over than they ever had
before. they are shedding no tears,
They are making a business of cheer
fulneSs, because they have realized that
each one of us helps make or break the
morale of our country.
The women, who used to spend hours
telling you about their poor health, and
all the details Of the majcr operations
they had undergone, never mention dis
ease now. They smile and say they
are quite well when you ask them how
they are.
The women whose visits you dreaded
because they would spend hours soak
ing you in their tears while they re-
counted to you the stories OF their
quarrels with their husbands, have
ceased their lamentations now. II thew
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-08
By DAVID LAWRENCE,
The News scImitar's Special WASHING
ton Correspondent.

WASHINGTON. Nov. ST am your
servant and will accept your judgment
without cavil, were the words Of
President Wilson. when he appealed to
the country to return a Democratic
congress, They were uttered with the
consciousness that the country might
not agree with him. And the country
has not. Defeat is a bitter pill in
politics, but II has its com"pensations.
principal among which is that the Dem
ocratic party has been taught a les
son. Were the lesson of interest only
10 tho party that has lost, 1t would be
academic, but II concerns the party
that has won.
Election day being over, opportunity
IS given for searching self inspection
The Democratic leaders themselves, for
example, perhaps know better why they
lost than their opponents can be sure
why they were victorious. And the
Democrats were swept from power be-
cause they did not abolish the odious
system OF seniority in the senate and
house, whereby length Of Service, and
not ability, determines the chairman
ship Of committees that frame legisla-
ton. President Wilson asked the
try to support the Democratic party.
when tho chairmen OF some OF its most
important committees had not followed
him. He attempted to translate his
strength to the membership OF hts
party, without regard TO the many
cases Of individual weakness in that
membership
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-08
News Of Memphis
as Years Ago.
NOVEMBER 8, 1898.

Capt. Joseph Jackson MureIl. aged
56. Confederate veteran and Memphis
business man, died at his home yes
terday afternoon at 5 o'clock.
Work was started on the Bingham
ton car works yesterday, which will
be operated by the Litchfield Car
Works company, OF Litchfield, Ky.
Mckinley is being boosted all over
the United States as a candidate for
the presidency In the next election,
The work OF clearing away the
Worlds fair grounds In Chicago is
consuming the time of 10000 laborers
and will take more than Il year.
The r. l.. Harris company, clothiers,
were burned down last night, with a
total loss of ST., 900.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. d. Sauls are en- route
to Memphis on their return from n
year spent in Berlin, Paris and Vienna.
Miss Lucille Ransomc and Claude W.
Franklin were united in holy matri-
mony last night at the First Baptist
church and left on an extended bridal
tour.
Joseph #, Kenton and daughter. Miss
Roberta, will leave tomorrow for Yell
lowstone park to spend the winter.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-08
Just a Moment
DAILY STRENGTH AND CHEER.
Compiled by John G. ouInIus, the
Sunshine Man.

Prayer is the deepest impulse Of the
soul of man. 1t is the turning of the
soul re~verently and worshipfully toward
the best and highest known to the soul.
For the heather, because of his limited
knowledge. the best may be a stone or
a piece OF wood. while for the Chris
tian the highest is God. Nearly the
whole world prays but the force Of
those prayers depend upon knowledge
and faith.
The poor, heavy-laden soul aspires
toward its Heavenly Father with prayer
as its means. 1t desires holiness ar |
purity, which experience has proven
cannot be gained by its own efforts;
so 1t reaches out to the giver of every
good n perfect gift and receives
strength and grace. Prayer has exist
ed since creation, but Christ gave it a
new meaning by showing how each soul
may make its desires known to God,
and that God will listen to the humblest
n most unworthy.-Rev. S. Edwin
Rupp, A. M.
Look UP and catch the sunbeams!
See how the day doth dawn!
Gather the scented roses
That grow beside the throne!
Gods plying love doth seek us,
He leads us to His rest;
And from a thousand pathways
He chooses what is best.
In Revelations we read of how the
children Of God shall finally come, not
from the captivity Of Babylon to the
comforts Of Jerusalem, but from sins
and sorrows Of earth to the JOY and
| peace and perfection OF heaven, with
| songs and everlasting joy upon their
heads; when they shall stand upon the
sea of glass with harps of God in their
hands. and pitch their notes Of praise
high in the vaulted sky Of Gods ilnme-
date presence. John describes the
scene and associations thus: And they
sung a new song, saying, Thou art
worthy to take the book and open the
seals thereof; for Thou vast slain,
and hast redeemed us to God by Thy
blood. out Of every kindred, and tongue
and people, and nation; worthy is the
Lamb that was slain to receive power,
and riches, n wisdom and strength,
| From Watchword.
Dayton, Ohio.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-08
Ill., T TN News OF Menphi.
l. WIN OAA A1NO 10 Years 400.
NOVEMBER 8, 1908.


Unknown miscreants, believed to be
nightriders, are causing forest fires in
the Reelfoot lake district, doing much
damage.
Vanderbilt walloped the University OF
Tennessee yesterday at football, score
1919; Memphis High school tied Ogilvie
Training school. 90.
Miss Allen Sargent was the guest Of
honor at a pretty entertainment last
night when the home of Mr., and Mrs.
Robert Parker was thrown open for the
occasion.
r, V. Ham and Miss Lena WEIGH
were married yesterday afternoon at 1
o'clock at the South Memphis Metho-
dist church by Rev. j. T. Myers.
Miss Elizabeth Porter will entertain
with "a tea Friday. Nov. 10, in compli-
ment TO Miss Mary Alma VanTrees
and Miss Fairfax Cary, season debu-
tantes.
Miss Margaret lecil Bobo, daughter
Of Mrs, Ella N, Bobo. was married to
DR.. NJ. l.. Bridges, of New Albany,
Miss. last Tuesday evening.
Florence Gear will appear in Marry
ing Mary at the Lyceum this week;
kidnapped in New York" at the Bijou;
and 'lioity-Toity" at the Casino.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-08

have got any troubles they keep them
to themselves, instead of passing them
round amongst their friends.
The woman who has lost her money,
the woman who has to work, the wife
whose husband doesn't understand her,
the mother who s wasted 80 years of
~unavailing sorrow weeping over her
baby's little shoe, have all dried their
bles in their old Kit bags, and are
smiling. smiling, smiling.
Perhaps in their hearts they still
shed tears of blood, but they have found
out how cowardly a thing it is to ad<
ones own personal woes to the great
sorrow Of the world, and they are try
ing to help others forget their grief by
turning a bright face upon them.
Strange that tho war has taught
women the duty Of cheerfulness. Bue
1t has.
Copyright, 1918, by the Wheeler Syn
dictate. Inc.)
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-08
POOR BOOB

shortage of manageable men on ac-
count of the war" Senator Smith. OF
Georgia, is credited with saving, and
I guess IL must be true, judging from
a proposal I just heard OF from my
state. Here was how the girl worked
ii on her bashful sutton: There goes
our minister she said. Hes very poor.
| wish | could hand him a five Let
me do IT, exclaimed the youth, unsus-
pectingly. in a fervor of benevolence.
'Oh, Archie, this is so sudden dubbed
the sweet young thing, and what chance
did .hAs hayeSf "
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-08
TELLING HIM.

The man who had made his pile was
at last happy. He had managed to
squeeze himself into a very exclusive
golf club. On his first visit he looked
around for a possible partner at a
game, and approached a stout gentle
cial standing.
Certainly, sir" replied the latter, in
answer to the newcomers invitation
Then, as they approached the first tee,
he went on:
by the way, I'm a four nan What
are you?"
The novice was startled, but after a
minutes consideration he said, Fore
nan are We? Well, I'm a straw hat
manufacturer"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-08

l WANTED some shirts.
AND A sad gentleman.
IN A cgtaway coat.
SHOWED ME to the counter.
AND CALLED a clerk.
AND I told the clerk.
EXACTLY. WHAT wanted,
AND HE opened some drawers.
AND TOO. out some shirts.
AND PUT them on the counter,
AND THEY were exactly.
WHAT didn't want.
AND told him again.
AND HE started in.
AND TOLD ne a story,
ABOUT THE styles.
AND WHAT they were. making.
AND WHAT he liked.
AND WHAT everybody bought.
AND HE picked up the shirts.
ONE At a time.
AND SAID they were smart.
AND ALMOST threw a fit.
ABOUT A yellow shirt.
WITH GREAT big stripes.
AND RUBBED his hand over it.
AND HAD me feel it.
AND I wouldn't have bought it.
IF EVERY inch of it.
HAD BEEN pIastered all over,
WITH VAR Savings Stamps.
AND WHEN told him.
THAT ! wouldn't wear it, -
IF l had to 60 shirtless.
I THOUGHT for a minute.
HE WAS going to cry.
AND THEN I told him.
IF HE liked it so much.
AND WOULD promise to wear it.
.
I'D BUY it for him.
BUT WHAT I wanted.
WERE SOME shirts for myself.
AND NOT for him.
AND ! told him again.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-08
Will Hold Over.

The senators and representatives, for
example, who were elected on Tues
day will not take office until Decem-
her, 1919, unless there is an extra ses-
sion next spring. But the delicate mat
terS OF peace negotiation which Mr..
Wilson had in mind when he asked
for a united support OF the dominant
party will have passed off the stage
IN a few months or possibly weeks. Ks
the newspapers brought word of the
collapse of Bulgaria, Turkey and Aus
trta and the conditions in Germany,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-08
THEN HE EXPLAINED,

In Boston a man was showing a Brit
ish visitor the sights OF the Hub, They
we're driving past Bunker Hill monu-
ed reference to the fact that AZ one
time we had been fighting with our
cousins, the Boston gentleman merely
indicated the monument with his thumb
and said: Bunker Hill"
The Englishman looked at the hill
intehtly and asked: who was Mr..
Bunker, and what did he do to the
hill?"
you don't understand" said the
Bostonian. This is where Warren
FELL"
The Englishman screwed his monocle
into his eye, leaned back. and looking
at the top OF the towering shaft, re-
marked inquiringly: Killed him, Of
c%ourse?"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-08
For War to Victory
BY k.C.p.

THE KIND I wanted.
AND HE went through a case,
AND STARTED picking out shirts.
THAT HE liked himself.
AND THAT I didn't like.
AND KEPT talking about them.
AND CALLED them creations.
AND VERY smart,
AND ALL the style.
AND EVERY little while.
HE'D FIND another.
LIKE THE yellow shirt.
AND GO crazy about it,
AND AFTER a while.
I GOT so sore.
THAT I started to go.
AMI IaEN notlced
THAT THE shirt he wore.
WAS THE sort Of shirt.
THAT l wanted to buy.
AND I told him that.
AND HE showed me soms.
AND picked out three.
AND TOOK them away.
AND I'D like to know.
IF SOME one a tell.
JUST WHY it is.
THAT so many clerks.
ALWAYS TRY so hard.
TO SELL a man.
WHAT HE doesn't want.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-08
Need Progress.

The Republican party has some weak
leaders-weak in the sense that pub
lie confidence in some Of them IS no
better thar 1t was when the Repub-
lican party was swept out OF control
Of the house in 1910, and both branches
Of congress in 1912. Some Of these
~repudiated leaders would, by the rule
Of seniority. occupy important chair
manships Of committees, II the Re-
publicans are faithful to the rule OF
seniority, these men will come back,
II matters not that men OF progress
sive tendencies have been elected oy
the Republican voters. II matters not
that the leaders are all from a few
Eastern states, while the West has
little voice in the leadership. Just as
the South has dominated most OF the
committee c~haimanships Under Demo-
cratic rule, 80 did Republicans from
tho state of Maine, for instance, CON
troll at one time the speakership Of
the house and the craftsmanship Of
many of the important committees in
the senate.
The Republicans have been out Of
power six years, and they now have
the chance to capture the presidency
IN 1890 II they play their cards right
and analyze the reasons why the Dem
oCratiC party failed. For whatever may
be said about the foreign questions
which seemed to Mr.. Wilson paramount
in his appeal for support, it Is the
consensus OF opinion in Democratic
quarters that domestic and not for
eign issues decided the election. Per-
sonal and local questions lost many
congressman. Republicans, OF course,
are saying the presidents partisan APP
peal lost votes for the Democrats.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-08
Already Lost.

The fact of the matter is that even
before the president made his statement
Il was confidentially whispered by
those in, touch with the outlook for
the Democrats that they had no
chance to hold congress. These men
confidently believe that the presidents
appeal saved the situation from being
a landslide,
Resentment against Representative
Claude Kitchin, the Democratic chair
man Of the ways and means commit
tee, was strong in Northern states.
Mr.. Kitchin himself disagreed often
with the president. Yet Mr.. Kitchin's
leadership swung many Democratic
votes in the house, and the country
Judged the individual congressman not
by what they might do in the future,
but by what they did in the past. Mr..
Wilson's name was not on the ballot.
The names OF the individual senator's
and representatives known intimately
to each community were before the
voters. They were unable to recog-
nize Mr., Wilson's appeal for an indi-
II had ever been presented, European
d~eynccracies, with the executive power
responsible to the people through the
majority parties of the parliaments or
legisla tures, as In England or France,
have had the vote OF confidence meth
dds az the spinal cord OF the free GOV.
ernments, and French and English
statesmen often point to the ~infiexi-
bility Of American institutions because
neither the president nor his cabinet
Is associated directly with the vote for
a majority party in the National legis-
laturc.