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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-24
LOOSE TALK

There is complaint-and it seems to be well founded-that
some of our soldier boys, when they reached Germany, began
fraternizing with the boches, and making invidious comparisons
between Germany and France. Some are reported to have said
that they were sorry that they had not been sent to fight for
Germany instead of against it. More than 100000 young Amer
leans were sent overseas, and in that number there was sure
to be found bad plumbing now and then. Some would leak
language at inopportune times and in a loose manner, without
considering the import and effect of their words. But it must
be remembered that making ones self popular with young ladies
in a conquered enemy country is no easy task, and almost any
American soldier between the ages OF p and 30 would talk
imprudently; and if she happened to be very pretty a little treas
enable talk would probably prove current coin, and, il so, a hot
blooded young American would not hesitate to take the risk
All this, however, is on the surface and superficial, Dow
deeper it will be found that the American soldier knew wei
why he crossed the seas, and he fought according to his convic
tons, and these have not changed. A little loose talk with thu
fair ones in Germany should not be taken seriously. 1t i
wrong, but i it is one of the many ways Of a man with a maid
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-24
CITY MANAGER BILL.

BEGINNING with this issue, the Labor
Review will publish the draft OF the
new charter, commonly known as the
"city manager plan" We are doing
this, believing that nobody, wants 10
accept 1t or condemn 1t without first
reading 1t and knowing what 1t is.
We have read the proposed charter,
and, while we would make a rev cor1
rections, yet we are compelled 10 say
that 1t Is a decided improvement over
our present charter.
1t gives governing power to a larger
gives a workable initiative n refer
endum on all city ordinances or reso-
lutions passed by the council.
Organized labor has been fighting for
those things for years. We have been
wanting the legal power to Initiate
laws that we think would benefit the
community.
Because since its infancy 1t has been
It's policy, organized labor demanded
a referendum on the proposed charter.
And, while the charter is an improve
ment over the present charter. we hin
the committee of business men made a
mistake in not insisting upon a ref
erendum on the charter itself.
One reason for not doing so is said
to be that the people, by a very large
vote at the last election, ordered the
city commission and the legislators to
! secure for Memphis a new charter
which provides the city manager form
OF government. 1t is argued that since
| the people rave already said they want
ed what the committee of business men
| suggested, 1t Is not necessary to have
the people vote on that things again.
But, bear ip mind that when organ
lied labor demands a referendum it is
sincere, for that has always been or
ganized labor's principle. But there are
men and interests in Memphis shout
| ing for a referendum now who here
tofore have been bitter opponents Of
the initiative and referendum, and are
only in favor Of 1t at the present time
hoping that the referendum will serve
their purposes to defeat" the charter
Yes, because the proposed charter looks
as though it will make the people Of
Memphis s~elf-governed n give then
a permanent initiative, referendum anc
recall.
The Labor Review, therefore, want.
to give its readers an opportunity o.
reading the proposed charter, so tina
they will be able to judge Tor them
selves. We would hate to see the PEG.
Pile Of Memphis deprive themselves O
the opportunity OF getting control o
their own city,
the people Of Memphis the power t
rule their own city as the majorit.
want It ruled, and not as three mel
want it ruled. which is the case a
the present time,
Think the thing over carefully. l
you find that 1t offers you the rea
referendum, with the power to Initial
laws that will benefit the community
don't let the professional politician de
prive you Of getting the referendum b,
throwing dust in your eyes on thi
subject,-Labor Review.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-24
THE GONG BEATERS

The gong heaters are at work in congress. noisily assahing
the work of the peace conference. 1t gives them a great oppor-
tunity. The bigger the work the greater the opportunity it
offers for attack and criticism, and the more conspicuous do the
assanants become.
The peace conference was the most imposing and important
convocation Of human beings that has ever assembled since the
foundations of the world were laid, and our president was easily
first in the august assemblage. This alone is enough to arouse
and call forth partisan rancor. A meaner and more contemplate
emotion moves some men, who are jealous of our presidents
exalted position.
These feel that as the president grows, the senator or con-
gresham, as the case may be, dwindles and dimin,shes. They
would rather destroy him than suffer by comparison.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-24
NEW o BEANS.

The increasing utilization of the soy
bean as food and in numerous manu-
featured products has resulted in an
increased public interest in this crop
and a consequent larger acreage. The
United States department Of agricul-
ture has extended its field work with
SOY beans during the past year. espe-
cially in connection with the testing Of
improved varieties selected from numer
Gus introduction from Asia, Much by
bridizatjon involving the crossing of the
nonshattering. smooth sort with stand
ard commercial sorts has been done.
Many of the most important varieties
now grown are the result of the de-
partment's work, Several recently dis
tributed are the Haberlandt. Virginia,
Wilson Five. Hahto. Biloxi, Black Eve
brow, Manchu and Picking. The testing
of varieties for food purposes has given
a soft-boiling bean, Easy Cook, superior
to any other tested, and the Hahto, a
variety especially valuable for use as a
green vegetable, Breeding work is be-
ing continued with varieties Of high oil
and protein content and high forage
and seed Weld.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-24
DOROTHY DIX'S TALK
BY DOROTHY DIX,
The Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
WHEN WOMAN GOES A-WOOING.
BY DOROTHY DIX,
Highest Paid WOma

breach Of promise suits. But a note, or
q jolly little card on his birthday. or a
holiday, simply shows that a woman Is
thinking about a man and sets him to
guessing what she is thinking about
him, and that rouses his curiosity and
curiosity in man leads to the altar.
Perhaps a woman's best bait when
she becomes a fisher of men Is always
food. She can always ask a man TO
dinner, and no woman ever shows to
UGH an advantage as against the back
ground of her own home and at the
head Of her own table. Any mar whose
thoughts are not turned to matrimony
by a comfy room, with pink shaded
a woman knitting in a low chair, is
hopelssly addicted to celibacy,
If the man Is question happens 70 DO
n widower the dinner play almost In
variably wins out. No matter how re-
cent his bereavement he can be enticed
to a quiet dinner where his homesick
soul will be directed toward eventual
consolation.
The second point that the woman
who goes a-wooing should bear in mind
Is that while she should let the man
know, in some subtle way, that she re-
CARDS him as fascinating and danger
Gus, she must be careful not to let him
find out that she Is in love with him
and intends to marry him, One of the
most precious Illustrations that men
cherish is that they rave a right to the
initiative in courtship, and they never
knowingly surrender this, Likewise
men are sportsmen, and the harder 1t
Is to get a thing, the more they de-
sire it,
Hence it is fatal for a woman to let a
maR discover that she Is more in love
with him than he Is with her. II con-
v~ention gave women the right to pro-
pose 1t would do them no good. Every
man would say No. thank you,
must draw her quarry into her traps by
pretending to be always running away
from him.
The third and last point, that the
woman she goes a-wooing must bear in
mind Is that every woman has to be
her own press agent and convince the
man she wants that he wants her, ana
she must do this with such finesse that
he never discovers heV fine Italian hand
in 1t. 4.
Just as few men really know what
they want in a wife as they know what
they want for dinner. They eat what
is set before them and they marry the
kind OF woman they happen to be
thrown with. That Is where propinqulty
gets in its deadly matrimonial work.
And II is where a woman has heI
innings IL she has the sense to take 1t
Let a woman make a dreamer believe
that she understands him, or a lonely
man that she Is his soul mate. or 6
business man that she is thrifty, or &
!, hypochondriac that she will nurse hin
( and take care of him. and he is hers
| for the taking, though he might neveI
have found 1t out alone and unaided,
( It's all right for a woman to e.
~a-wooing, and 1t makes for universe
happiness, for a happy and satisfied
wife. makes a happy and satisfied hus
0 Copyright, 1919, by the Wheeler syn
n dictate, lns,)
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-24

A woman Is In love with a certain
man and desires him for her mate, She
knows that she is fit to make just the
sort Of n wife he needs, and that they
would be happy together II they mar
ried. But the man is not In love with
her and has never considered her from
a sentimental point of view, and she
desires TO know how she can turn his
thoughts in her direction and win his
affections.
In spite Of Bernard Shaw's contention
that man Is the pursued and woman the
pursuer and that women always do the
counting, and Thackeray's assertion
that any woman, without an actual
hump on her back, can marry any man
she chooses, the task Of the woman
who starts forth on a husband hunt is
not an easy one,
In courtship men have all the ad-
vantage because a man can use direct
methods of attack In his wooing,
whereas a woman has to do hers under
cover, and camouflage every move.
Also the holder, the more energetic
and the more persistent a man Is in his
courtship, the better pleased the woman
Ia. while a nan must be courted so
adroitly, so s%tleathily, and so subtly
that he never knows that he Is being
wooed at all.
In spite of all of these drawbacks,
however, the trick is done every day,
n a woman does well and wisely, II
she has. set her affections on some par
ticular he, not to let him escape with
Ouf having madn Mt 1pagt "a fight for
her happiness,
For II Is Just as true that faint heart
ne'er won a good man as 1t Is that faint
heart ne'er won a fair lady, More
over the majority Of men are purblind
In love, and all that many a one needs
oial woman is his predestinated and
f~oreordained mate Ii Just TO have heI
call his attention to herself,
Therefore the oma who, goes
a%-wooing should bear In mind. three
things. The first is, she should heeC
bold, be not too bold Which means II
prose that she should go after him, bu
she should put on her gum shoes whel
she does t. She must take steps I,
keep him reminded that she is still
alive, or else he win forget her, but sh
must not throw herself at his head. 70
II she does he will dodge her, She mus
continually cross his pathway, yet sh
must never let him suspect that she
camping on his trail,
. Clever women keep their memor
green In a mans mind by means
cards and little notes which pique
mans interest without rousing his sus
picions, but no woman with a grain {
sense in her head ever inVeigles a ma
into a correspondence until she hs
safely hooked and landed him, Me
: hate to write letters and they al
afraid Of them, They have seen &c
many casual letters turn into bombs
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-24
IT UP,

Theodore Thespian leaned on the rail
of his sea-going yacht s%oliloouizing
abput love, while the blue waves rolled
and heaved splendidly, each blue wave
being a super canvas.
Blu the wave were here and there
threadbare, and suddenly a wave rip
ped and a head bobbed up in the midst
of the heaving sea and stared around
in hewildered fashion.
Theodore Thespian ~silenced the au-
dience's filters with one stern glance.
Man overheard" he yelled in stem
torian tones.
Then the "surer," managing to dra W
back his head through the hole in the
wave disappeared. Theodore heaved a
stormy sigh.
Another victim seized by the relent-
less sea, alas" he said.
And down ZANE the house With roars
of applause.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-24
On, I'd Thy wisdom be nav guido.
APT ON REPLY.

Mike, a New Yorker who v lost
his brogue, was "over there with the
A. E. F., and his two companions hap
pened to be an Englishman and a
Scotsman. These two gave their
Yankee friend a lively time with their
jokes and teasing.
One day Mike was called away. and
left his coat on a nail. The English
mar and Scotsman, seeing some white
paint near. seized the opportunity Of
painting a donkey's head on the back
of Mikes coat.
The latter soon returned, and look
ing first at his coat, and then fixing
his eye On his fellow fighters, said
slowly: "Begorra! and which Of you
has wiped your face on my coat?"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-24
WILFRID LAURIER

Canada's grand old man" has been called hence, and the
death of Sir Wilfrid Laurier will be felt as a distinct loss on
both sides of the Atlantic. He was a remarkable man in many
ways. The product of a little Canadian college town, he chose
the law as a profession, and soon won fame as an orator. He
drnted into politics, where he soon became an irresistible force,
and while he was loyal to and in sympathy with the French
Canadians-des habtats-he was also loyal to England and when
he became premier Of Canada he was frequently honored by the
each occasion, once in English and repeating the same thing 1T
French, or vice versa. In both languages Laurier was charming
His life was a continuous political battle, but he never gave nor
asked for quarter.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-24

BALANCE VI FOWEh'
4eF We hear q whole lot
OF the "balance of power
4 Discussed by the statesmen
b. OF rank.
But In your own life
RS D ,.r.aLp The balance of power
& Is the balance you have
In tho bank.
Is that the best we get7
Uruguay Is mobrizing her army. The allies may have to send a
regiment over there to keep the peace.
mo cold weather yet" says the weather bureau. What dye mean,
yete
Now that everybody has reconCiled himself to the fact that he did
not receive the increase in wages to which he was entitled and which
he confidently expected, let is settle back in the old rut and grumbe
about the cost OF living.
JOHN is RIGHT.
The darkest hour is when you find that all your coin is spent
And nothing but your timepiece stands between you and the rent.
You never know its value till you paw the old thing DER,
As you stand beneath the shadow Of the goory paWnshop door.
Luke McLuke.
When nothing seems to make a joke, in spite OF all your schemes;
You take your shears and pen and add unto some others stock
John D. Wells.
Man in New York says he can tell a woman's disposition without
marrying her. That may be true, but the hard part is to tell her dis
position after marrying her.
An Ashtabula man was asked by his wife to get her some yarn
He took o story book home with him.wAdele,
You'll hear this gag in IL vaudeville shows before the week is out
Adele, even though it isn't very good.
=. Vaudeville artists are ths most constant readers of newspapers in
Berlin is getting what was coming to it.
A walters strike is on.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-24

A good many people are like a man in a rowboat, They
travel backward all right, but they never see anything until they
are past it.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-24

With seed corn selling at from So to $40 the bushel, the
farmers should see to it that their lands are we'll prepared before
planting.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-24
Just a Moment
DAILY sTRENoTH AND CHEER
Compiled BY John @. ouinlus, the
Sunshine Man,

How layishly God bestows His gifts!
An artist spends half a year in paint
ing a single picture Of the snow, three
feet wide, and then II is often a poor.
unreal imperfect thing; God every
morning covers all Scandinavia with a
new snow picture, and on this gigantic
anv every minutest detail Of leaf
and twig m tender tree stem is as
perfect as If it was the only one He
had ever painted. During the day per
but the next morning He paints 1t all
over again and repeats the picture per.
haps a hundred times during the win
tern Snowland.
All honor TO the men who struggle
on, and drag their obstacles with them.
not whining or croaking or demanding
sympathy. but just struggling on and
up in spite OF everything. Verify thew
will have their reward.-The Rhine Of
Life.
Better let the mind be empty than
fill 1t with seeds which will inevitably
produce an abundant crop of disease
and death.-Danger Signals.
oh. let Thy wisdom be my guide.
Nor take Thy light from me away;
Thy grace be ever at my side, T.,
That from Thy path / may not stray,
But, feeling that Thy hand is Ger me,
In steadfast faith my course fulfill.
And keep Thy word, and do Thy will,
Thy love within. Thy heaven before mel
-Wolfgang c. Dessler.
Look backward just long enough
to get the courage and inspiration that
comes from the thought of Gods bless
ing upon the past, just long enough
to see the advancing column and hear
their steady tread; and then forward
to new victories.-A Familiar Letter.
DAYTON. Ohio.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-24

Chicago must have lost the key to her cold storage plant.
Eggs have jumped from AZ to % cents the dozen.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-24
IOK7f5PaT
N Qbx k:Noak@:

BALANCE OF POWER.
We hear q whole lot
OF the "balance of power"
Discussed by the statesmen
OF rank.
But In your own life
The balance of power
Is the balance you have
In the bank.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-24

The wireless enables us to make a whispering gallery of the
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-24

Better let the mind b. empty than .
fill it with seeds which will inevitably
produce an abundant crop of disease
and death.-Danger Signals.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-24
INDOOR SpoaTl

LisrellMs 70 me coo UnHo HAS
MIR gerI MvseReo oor OF NE
NAA4 As He RtG 70 DOLL w
IN 74E pAAaNG pUMPS re
LEFT BElHNO
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-12-03
"A co to zde? To take mic

"A co to zde? To take mic
nedokazuje?"
A Gu6rin zamaval balikem
" dutem strome nalezenym.
Ma okamzik Sc pytlak cara
zil, ale hned ma to Sc Ease vzpa
matoval.
"To je mosazny drat'', pra-
vii.
Ale, ~ ale Wy pouzivate
zplsobem zakonem ledovole-
Inym. V;te, odkud u at mann?
'Bezpochyby od nejakeno
Glalelika".
Ale tent,Erate Sc dopalil liaJ
ny a vypravoval sam Thienna
tovi. kdy a kde drat paleZl.
Pytlak yjdel, re 0yl prisri-
zen.
Skripaie zuby, yztyGil sc ma
SVEN iuzkU.
"Tak tedy veci stoji! Nu5
dobra - muzete panu Fernie.
row rici, re iej ocekavam -
jej jeho hajne. - Wy jste
nalezl Okla, to ale nedokazuje
ze by jich uzival muj syn ane.
DO ia. A co Sc tyce ninule no.
| ci, jsem hotov pTi vyslechu We
mi obsirne vypovidati - a cC
Iyypovim, to zpusobi zvlastnI
DOZEN; arcit', at mne nedraz'
di, - sice bude miti q toho We.
like neprijemnosti!"
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-12-03
VI.

<huoit CIH uuSDE CIV DC Il
Darku do sve kancelare ma hu-
Itch, precetl dopisy q vyslechl
ud dilovedouciho Manduita
Genni zpravu, niz take byla
zminka Thiennetove propu-
steni.
To vSe emil Sc zdanlivou u
tasti, ale V duchu byl ku We
Gem te mlhostejnym a iak od-
byl nejnutn&jSi zalezitosti, vra
| Ill Sc zpet ma zamek.
Poprve srdci tohoto muze
Czvala Sc zarlivost.
Nebyla to jeSte ona straSna
vasen, ktera We sve slepot6 ne
Setrl vlastni ami cizi bytosti a
ponenahlu szira srdce desnym
svym plamenem - ale zarli-
vost vZbuzena uvedomenim to
no. re Helena jej nihdy nemi-
iovala tou bezmeznou a vrouci
laskou, jakou on il v ustrety
prinaSel.
KraCeje S hlavou sklopenou,
sam sebe V duchu Sc tazal:
Ida bylo mono od osudu ce-
kati n6co jineho?
VHdyt' kdyz il nabidnuti k
snatku byl ucinil a ona ie
vzdor rScm obavam, ktere po-
cit'oyai, priiala, bylo jemu cty
ricet pct, il teprve pet a diva.
Get let.
! a prece nepostaSi! Sc mu &C
~ ten iozdil pred duSevni zrah
5 takOvou neuprosnOH hrozivO-
sti, prece nedalo mu dosud mic
ipoznati tuto nerovnost Veku
tax Dl'ikre a bezohledne, jako
Itato upiynula noe.
TcSel do pokoie Hclenina \
halc2i il spoGivaiici : lenoSee.
. bIedol dosud, malanou a ) o.
Gina iako by zapadlyma.
"Jak ie ii, ma draha?"
"Dosud isem slaba", odpo-
vidala, "ale to nevada, my
slim, re sc zahy opGt vzpama
tuji".
Chvili bylo ticho.
a konccm mlada PAM,
vnltrnim nepokoiem svirana,
saH'a Sc odhodlala X otazce
"NeslySel isl dnes niCeho -
. tom muzi, Ia nejz jsi sire
il?"
"Nikoliv - - poranil isem
no die ySeho lehce, nebot' IL
nikl beze stopy".
| Helena V duchu hloubi ga
lasala: Diky tobe, VSemohouci
| boze, Rene byl tedy zachra-
nGn.
"Nalezeny byly pouze stopy
| noblize balkonu", pokracoval
pan Vernier. "N6kdo byl tomu
nocnimu vyjevu pfitomen. Kdo
to nevlme, bezpochyby vSak
Eeiaky pytlak. Lee necht' tc
hyl kdokoli, neprijemne ihst,
re muze ten clovek zpuSobiti
heslychany skandai."
''Proto name vSechnu pri
1lnu klnouti te. iez nam vse-
cky tyto nepfijemnosti zpuso.
bila. A neien my. AZ to sd6
! lin Pierrovi -"
| (Pokracnvanl.,
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-12-03

Tonik ubiral Sc lesni stez-
lou dale, nemaje tuseni, ze ie
krok ia krokem haJnym sledo
van.
Poiednou Sc zastavil pred
rozsahIym vykotlanym pare
zem, zakrytym jeSt3 k tomu
Nelikym balvanem.
Zde Sc je$t6 jednou ostra-
zit6 rozhledl, pax vystoupil na
balvan. pfichylil Sc K DarezU q
opatrn6 spustil balik do jeho
lutiny.
"Aj, tedy skryS," zabrucel