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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-31

low. and the rabbit gentleman was do
ina. his best to please his muskrat lady
housekeeper.
However much as Uncle wiEriy
He was thinking he would have to go
back 10 the eleven and twelve cent
store n buy a dinner ben. which
might do. when, all OF a sudden, aB the
bunny was hopping assong some trees
he heard q voice calLsz;.
"0h. please help me outi Please help
me oati I'm caught fast and can't get
Uncle wiegily looked around and saw
q clump OF large, nodding blue flowers.
They swayed to and fro In the wind.
and the voice seemed to come from
fare any OF YOU in troubls3" asked
the rabbit gentleman. as he gently
twinkled his pink nose.
NO" answered one OF the blue flow
ers. but a Bundle Bee friend OF ours
n He has crawlsd t9S far down II;
esme honey, and his legs are so tangled
That's very tfueI" busaed the bee
In a down cellar sort Of voice. "Can
you help me, Uncle ,WigEily2'
IN try" answered the bunny. we
said the flowers. but We can't"
"oh, 1 can get him out" said Uncle
Wigglly. Then, very gently, 80 as not
10 hurt the bee or tear the blue flow
or, the rabbit gentleman untangled Mr..
BUNDLES legs from deep down in the
blossom, and set him free.
"0h, thank you'll" bussod the bee. II
wish could do you a favor now. Uncle
Wei. you might, II you could tell
me where. TO get a bell fol-. my bupga-
lows said the rabbit. Nurse Jane
wanAa q door bell, but l cannot find
Hoh, that IA easyl" buzsed the bee.
These very flowers, In n Of which
I va caught, are bells"
dhells9" cried the bunny.
said FL S sas' "aaSn9f I GSs an = no dSoub se thst
they would be EISd e ring for you"
Bella Take soTne. Of us home, hang
Us In your front hall. and whenever
company comes va viii ring and lot you
know 50 you may open the door," sang
the noddlnE blue flowers.
ooh, how nice that will bei' cried the
bunny. So he took n bunch OF the
Canterbury Bells home to Nurse Jane,
and n most beautiful door tinker they
made. After that. v o when they
were out In the yard, the bunny and
Nurse Jane knew when some one was
calling. And II the teaspoon doesn't
hide In the coffee pot when the choc-
olate pitcher Is playing tag with the
milk jug, I'll tell you next about Uncle
Wiggily and Susie's hammock.
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hers, her dissatisfaction with present
conditions, indicates energy; and II Is
the energetic who accomplish, But 30
long as energy expresses itself merely
In dissatisfaction, Il Ia wasted. You've
got to make 1t turn the wheels of your
various mental mills.
over plumbers and mistakes. Never,
never knock yourself either to the world
at large or TO yourself In particular.
In mentally bewailing your faults and
failings you inevitably begin to ro.
gard Yourself % q worm OF the dust,
And TIA very hard for a worm OF tho
dust to rise to the heights OF a super
a
Another thing4-tho world takes us al
Our own valuation, Don't permit It to
make that valuation o cheap one.
This particular girl may or may not
make n success ~ a business woman.
How can l or any one say?
ButNthis can be very positively pre-.
dicted. As long as she sees the land
of successful enterprise before her, and
continually occupies h a land IN
thought until she feels herself n part OF
1t and knows that II Is her rightfu'
habltation-the only air that she car
breathe--then she Is going to reach 1t
That is the Law and the Prophets.
The very best that she can see with
her inner eye IL none too good for her
Her vision cannot be too wide and
sweeping. But she has got to possess
the land OF successful enterprise in the
u~nseen-the mental-hefore II will eveI
become an actually.
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"Tm afraid TO open IT, she said.
''rhen let me open It," said Mr., Ma
son, but his voice was so. low she
scarcely could bear him.
No" she. said, :! want--I will open
II. Fred. II lis bad news. 1t win kill
you"
She tore the envelope and read It. II
was bad enough. but not too bad. II
that Freddie'B left hand had been badly
wounded.
After a long while Mrs. Mason real
ICED that she was curled IN on her hus-
bands lap quite as she used TO hold
him close to her when first they were
married, There Hweatheart--there,
he was saying, 'It's nothing much
| probably no more than the boy has had
10 his college athletics many's the time,
there, little mother, there!"
"Bat--but, Fred" said she, my boy
"Now, neither" he said chidingly,
don't you care anything about meg'
Don't be silly, Fred" abe answered.
'of course, but It hurts sol I just can't
be bracy for a few minutes. Fred, do
you ever think, when you know nil that
having q son can mean to you~-do you
ever think. Ffed, sometimes that-that
II 10 not worth it--that the pain Is too
muehf"
II do not" said Mr.. Mason. "l GER
tainly do not. Are you out of your
mindf | am so darn proud OF that
young animal, ] wouldn't swap places
with any man walking around on two
legs today"
Mrs. Mason looked UP at him through
her tears.
II guess 1 am, too" she said.
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MazMEZEz79N9l THE NEWS SCIMITAR 1457 c246 PACE
MAGAZINE FEATURES !
A8VNC6N IGGILY6 81
sBEDIINE' STOHY j
UNCLE WTGaILY AND THE BELL.

copyright. 1919, by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
BY HOWARD r. oARtS.
One day, as Nurse Jane Fuzzy WuZzy
and Uncle Wiggily Longears were sit
ting. out under the grapevine, back OF
tho hollow stump bungalow, around the
path came Mr.. andN Mrs. Stubtail, the
s~6ntlemant bear, and his wife.
we came to pay YOU a call" said
Mira Stubtail, as she famed herself
with a grapevine leaf, for the day was
Yes" went on Mr.. stubtail. we
didn't know YOU were out here. Uncle
Wiggily, and we knocked and knocked
on the front door. l guess you didn't
Indeed. we didn't" said unOle wig
we were just going away" said
haps we'd better look out back here"
I'm glad you did" spoke Nurse Jane.
Dear mel You knocked and we didn't
hear you. Wiggy!" she went on 10 the
rabbit gentleman, Il told you we had
Knocking is so old fashioned II there
had been a bell, nov, we could have
heard Mr.. n Mrs, Stubtail even out
here in the yard"
That's So" agreed Mr.. Longears.
Then please sec about having a
IOnl dOOT pcu put On our puIEhIOMg
Uncle Wiggily," begged the muskrat
lady. We don't want our friends
knocking. and, If we don't happen to
hear them, have them go away again."
mo, indeed" said the rabbit gentle-
man IN sec about a door bell to-
Uncle wiggiiy and Nurse Jane quite
enjoyed the visit Of Mr., and Mrs. Stub
tail, and, true 10 his promise, next day
Uncle Wigg1ly started out to fiRd q
''Do you want a dinner bell or q
breakfast bell or n supper bellH" asked
the little girl mousse clerk In the eight
and nine cent store, when Uncle Wig
gily had told her he wanted TO look
At some tinklers.
Neither ono, my dear" answered the
bunny. We. don't want a dinner, Cup
per or breakfast bell, but a door bell. /"
I'm sorry, but we're out Of them
clerk. Try the three and four cent
Uncle wlgg4ly aid, but there were no
door bells there, nor at any OF the
other stores In animal land, Fer you
see not very many animals need door
bells on their homes in the woods and
fields.
The Birds can whistle and sing to one
another when they 60 calling. The
frogs n croAk, the dogs can bark, ana
the pussy cats G while the rooster
gentleman can crow every time he
calls. But Nurse Jane thought II would
be nice and stylish to have q door bell
on Uncle Wiggily's hollow stump bunEa-
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Just a Moment
DAILY STRENGTH AND CHEER.
Compiled by John g. oulnius, the
Sunehlne Man.

Cast thy burden ~uponNthe Lord, and
He shall sustain thee; He shall
suffer the righteous TO be moved.-Ps.
w, %.
To Thee I bring my care,
The care | cannot flee;
Thou wilt not only share,
But bear it all for me.
O loving Savior, now to Thee,
l bring the load that wearies me.
Frances r. Havergal.
He lays his affairs n himself on
God, and so hath no pressing care; no
care hut the care of love, how to please,
how to honor the Lord. And in this,
too, he depends on Him, both for Skill
and strength; and, touching the sue
cess Of things he leaves that as none
of his to be burdened with care, casts
it on God, and since He careth for It,
they need not both care, His care Is
sufficient. Hence springs peace incon-
ceivable peace.--Robert Leighton In
10Y and Strength"
Dayton, Ohio.
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Copyright, 1918, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
During the busiest hours OF this day
adverse stars rule, according to astrol-
ogy. Although the sun and Neptune
are In benefic aspect early in the morn
ing, Mercury, Saturn, Uranus and Mars
are all edverse later in the day.
Under this sway contracts, especially
those that have to do with coal or 9TH
err minerals, are subject to the most
~unfavorable direction.
While the sun is in a place held to
be most encouraging to all who seek po-
sitions It Is we'll not to enter into any
figuration prevails.
There is q sign believed to forecast
the. continued prevalence Of gossip and
evil report concerning both men and
women In public positions.
Mars Is In a place read as p~resaginr
Investigations and criticisms concerning
matters connected with the army.
Uranus is in an aspect said to an.
courage curiosity and prying into per-
sonal as well as national affairs, Many
scandals Will disturb society. which wifi
t~alities.
european celebrities famous in letters
and art as well as exalted In rank. will
mark the next few weeks and q sinis-
ter sign seems to indicate some serious
breach Of etiquette.
saturn Is In an aspect menacing to
the aged, The prevalence Of rheuma-
4 Gated, ~
Persons whose birthdate II is have
the augury. Of a fairly successful year.
They should guard against accidents,
Those who are employed win benefit.
children born on this day may be
rash and impulsive. These subjects
OF Leo are usually great favorites. They
csssful Their principal ruler = a.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-31

SAAfAi IfAN iiAH
Bad News.
About four months after Freddie Ma
son went overseas his mother n IA
ther were sitting In their library read
ing--or pretending to road. Mrs. Ma
son grew tired Of her pretending first.
She frankly put down the magazine
that she had been holding upside down.
Fred she said TO her husband, y
suppose you know It's owe two weeks
since we have heard from Freddie
Fifteen days. to be exact" grumbled
Mr.. Mason from behind his book. Il
suppose the young rascal has not writ
anybodys feelings blu their own
Mrs. Mason paid no attention To this.
She knew her husband didn't mean a
word he was saying. She knew he was
worried over Freddie or he would not
have growled so long and so loud. &c.
Fred she stammered. "lf--if some
little things happen to them. l suppose
doesn't IT."
"oh-don't ask me-" said Mr.. Mason,
flinging down his book. What do you
want 70 harp on such things for, sweet
hearth
Il didn't know I was harping," said
Mrs. Mason. But I shouldn't be at all
surprised IL I war. / don't mean to,
and ! do try to be brave, Fred" Her
voice broke Just for an instant. But ]
do think of that boy every minute
she added.
II was just then the doorbell rang
Probably that curious intuition thai
parents have who love their children
warned them what this was. At ans
rate, five minutes later the maid hand.
ed Mrs, Mason a telegram.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-31
LEGION FOR JACKSON.

Alvin y. Baumgarten, director OF the
mems division Of the Memphis war
camp community service, has returned
from Jackson. Tenn, where he com.
pleted arrangements for tho organiza-
tion OF a new post Of the American le.
gion at that city.
Thomas J. Murray, a prominent at
torney of jackson who has only recent
ly returned from overseas, n taking n
leading part In organizing the jackson
post. A meeting IL TO be held Thursday
night TO perfect the organisation, Abe
Waldauer win go to jackson Thursday
to assist In starting off the new post.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-31
Mrs. Wilson WOOdrow's Article
BY MRS. WILSON WOODROW,
The world famous writer on vital sabjseta.

1t is a big world and every human be-
ing in II is dreaming his or her own
particular net-dream, Rut the strange
part 81 II is that everyone sees 1t In
4 different way, for each is building
his own world. =
others II is temporary hell, for It never
stays either, continuously. One person
nnds the country a haven of rest and
peace. 10 another IL Is a dreary waste,
separating him from the world Of ac-
ton for which no longs, One finds the
city. 4 Relentless prison, and another
stretches out his arms 10 IL and cries.
"oh, beautiful city of opportunity"
And this proves that It is all mental,
itself. ~
A girl who has confided~ lin me by
letter begins by saying she Is 20 years
Oh, and ends by signing herself De
s~pondent.' And between these two
Statements are sandwiched the reason
for her dependency.
These in her wi words have been
SO iar, "A failure to convert natures
crude product-a wilderness-into the
hnd or successful enterprise"
She says: AT present l call myself
q s~tenographer, and as far as the me-
chanical end Is concerned / can truly
say ! am competent, | can turn out
business letters that elicit praise from
my employers n others, but unfor-
tunately writing letters is not the only
requirement to filling a business posi-.
ton satisfactorily. At least, every DO
sltion that l have had so far was q
combination OF clerical work and ste.
biography, and usually more OF the cleri.
cal work.
II would call myself a secretary but
Tor the fact that l cannot handle any
important question that presents itself
nm YNAfNAS hANN Aa.I Y a. -
eentrated, thought and dreamed ovel
these important questions, but only witt
the result that I have had to turn tn,
matter over to my employer unfinished
or perhaps II l did handle 1t in a pre-,
sumably satisfactory way, somethinl
would come up to show that the actor
l had taken was unwise,
$50 / have come 10 the conclusion
That am no business woma and neve
shall be, and that the only qualification
| have for holding down a st~enographI
position Is the ability 10 compose let
There Is certainly no especial reaso,
for dependency in this. Ii is hardly /
be supposed that a girl OF 20 would b
able TO conduct satisfactorily all tn
Important matters in her employers af
fairs.
1t 10 never worth while In taking stoc,
% ourselves TO waste much time on on
liabilities. The principal thing to do |
TO make the most OF our assets.
To be 20 years old is IN in~calculabl
asset, and to be able TO write straight
clear business letters is a~nother-a yer
valuable one--and third, to have 18th
and Of successful enterprise as q goa
is a glorious third 1t Ia q stunnin
phrase. The girl who coined 1t is yer
clever In expressing herself, even !
she cannot put through a business dea
successfully.
That impatient, ambitious spirit 0
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-31

ONCE UPON a time.
/ WROTE something,
ABOUT THE weather.
THAT ! thought was funny,
AND BY the time 1T was printed.
THE WEATHER had changed.
AND IT vas cold,
INSTEAD or hot,
AND WHAT wrote
SOUNDED VERY silly,
AND FOR five days,
I'VE BEEN sitting around,
JUST LETTING it rain,
AND rye or three times,
I'VE SAID to myself,
TIL WRITE about IT."
THEN ] wouldn't.
BECAUSE now did ! know.
THAT THE very next day.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-31
TUwNE:
GOSSIP
~(Nae:hARxr.e SsO

THE SUN would be out.
AND FOR two or three days.
1T WOULD Keep on shining.
AND ALONG about then,
WHAT ! wrote of the rain.
WOULD GET In print,
AND PEOPLE would say.
GAN yog beat it,
"HE THINKS 1t is stu raining"
BUT I want to ask you,
JUST 70 suppose.
THAT rou'p written away,
TO A very dear friend,
AND YOU'D told the friend.
OF THE wonderful charm.
OF THE birds.
AND THE woods.
AND THE lake.
,
AND TILE house you ha1.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-31
.F0CH OBJECTS TO BIG
"H0RRORS" or PEACE

LONDON, July 3L-Marshai Foch,
submitting to photographers at his ho-
tel In London yesterday, said to a re-
porter OF the Mirror:
For me the terror Of peace are worse
than those Of war. ] hate all this pos
ing"
Maj.-Gen, Maxine Weygand, who is
accompanying Marshal Foch. said II
was for England TO decide what should
be done with the former German en-
peror.
He Is covered with shame and is-
nomlny and branded as a coward" the
general declared. THE French people
think that that Is enough punishment"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-31

AND PERHAPS the moon
OF THERE was . moon,
AND You'p written to him.
WE WANT you to come.
AND TO spend a week.
I'm THIS paradise.
WE'VE FOUND out here"
AND HE had come.
IN A pouring rain,
AND You,D met his train,
AND YOU'D taken him home.
AND APoLoGIzEDs
FOR THE Summer shower"
AND THE evening came"'
AND A storm came up.
AND THE thunder roared,
AND THE lightning flashed
AND YOUR lights went out
AND you dug up a lamp.
AND FOUND some oil.
AND TOOK turns with the lamp.
WHILE YOU vent to bed.
AND 1T rained next day,
AND ANOTHER storm came.
AND FOR five fun days.
IT KEPT It up.
so THAT when you went out,
you WERE driven back in,
AND HE'S sitting here now,
AsLEEp IN . chair.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-31

the admiral was
leaving his flagship,
the U. 8. s. Colum.
bia, Seaman William
J. Buckley, who was
barge bowsman,
fell overheard when
the tide caused the
barge to swArye
away from the ship.
stopping only to
pull off his coat, the
admiral leaped into
the water and swan
toward Buckley, be-
Ing carried upstream
by theIide. The ad-
miral erasped the
Gaa ma M lrapt HTS
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-31

from the Columbia could reach them.
After the rescue Admiral Huse and
his wife continued on their way to New
York.
Admiral Huse assumed OF
the train force late in June, after serv-
ing as president OF the naval examining
board In Washington from Sept, 80. 1916,
BE is a graduate OF the naval academy,
IN the class OF 1878.
In the Spanish American war he was
advanced five files for eminent and
conspicuous conduct in BATTLE and he
was awarded the medal Of honor fof
distinguished conduct during the Ameris
car occupation of Vera Cruz In 1914.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-31
PRIMROSE LEAVES $4,000

PORTLAND, Ore, July Sian estate
valued at S25, 900 was left by George
Primrose, the comedian, who died last
week at San Diego, Cal. Viola Prim-
rose, his widow. and Albert, q brother,
were named a. b~eneflciaries.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-31
OFF FOR ROCKIES.

NEwBERN, Tenn, July 81, (Spl.)-
John c. Rogers, editor OF the State Ca
zette, and Mrs. Rogers, are In winni-
reg, Canada, Were Mr.. Rogers win Join
the National Editorial association party
on q trip through the Canadian Rockies.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-31
A Line On Men
You Read About

Rear Admiral Harry Mel. P. Huse,
commander of the train force of the At
lantic fleet, recently rescued a seaman
from drowning in the Hudson river. As
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-31
WHO'S TO BLAME

CHAPTER III.
Bad News,

All valuable things are expensive That's why children cestm srst than snyhins
else In the world. |
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-31

AND IT'S raining outside.
AND I'm growing to hate him,
AND HE hates me.
AND WHY l ever asked him.
I'M HANGED IL l know.
THANK you.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-07-31
HOROSCOPE
FRIDAY, AUGUST I. 1918.

Copyright, 1919, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-05-16
SaN1RTEVRE
Z vSak jeSts xiv. s
IS d
Roman "A

lprchl a klarak? ia dosud nice
no nezpozoroval."
"Ja vam nerozumim, pane
Roberts," pravil policejnt
straznik.
"Tazi sc vas kdy Lomax u
prchl a kdy jste jej Ease chy.
TIL" pravil zalarnik.
cat n4ne cert, rozumim-li
van, clovece," zarikal Sc stra
znik.
Zalarnik podival Sc ostra
ma privedeneho vezne a obri-
tiv Sc zas k zalarnikovi, pravil
"Vy jste zatlSnul Lomaxe, ne
niliz pravda?"
"Jdete mi k sipku vasim
LomaXem," osopil Sc nan straz
mix, " ia zatknul Henry Crest
lima, usvedceneho Cd skvajra
Foggertyho z loupeze.'
''Jenkinsi!" volal ma cloveka
Sc svazkem klicu kolem chva-
tajiciho.
"Kde je Ondrej Lomax?"
"Kdez by byi nez We sve ce-
le,' odv6tN klicnik. "Videl
jsem no tam pred peti minuta-
nj"
"Pohlad' ma tohoto cloveka".
pravil zalarnik.
81 ieminacku!' zvolal klicnik
vyvaluje oci ma Henry Crestli-
ma; "Jaka6ziv jsem nevidel ia
kovou podobnostr'
Celia, do niz Crestline odve--
den byl, zarizena byla velmi
iednoduSe. Zelezna a k podta
ze prisroubovana postel, pro-
sty stul rovn6z prisroubovany a
jedna zidlice, to bylo vSe.
(Pokracovani.)
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1919-05-16
PTehzH H. KS

| "Tatinku," zvolala Luciena,
'muj drahy tatinku! A ucinenS
! j bezpravl bylo rychle zapo-
menuto.
Kdyz Sc mu vyvinula naru-
cl, napadlo il, re bude nutno
matku ma priced otcuv pripra-
viii a prosila svoji pritelkyni:
"Jdi ohlaS to me matce.'
Simona odpustila mu prav6
tax rychle jako jeho dcera. Sc
zardelimi tvarmi objevila Sc na
prahu domu a objala sveho che
te jako drive. Vinnfk vessel "a
Sc jako velitel do sveho dome
va. |
Byla to vazna rozmluva KITE
rou Robert z Bois-Helieru mel
nasledujiciho rama V Chenerdil
Sc svym synem. Predmetem roz
hovoru byl zoufaly financni
stav markyze d'Aygues-Vives.
'Markyz lie tedy opravdu ma
miZin6." zvolal Jiri.
'Kdyby jen jeden z jeho We
ritelu cht6l mohl by ho znicit.'
"Neni nasi povinosti, aby-
chom mu svymi penezmi pomo
hli?'
"Byla by to kapka V mori.'
Piece vSak musime mu po-
moci, otce.'
"Jak pak?'
Jiri chvili premyslel.
"Znal isl bratra markyzova,
taZal Sc pax.
"Zajiste, byl to znamenity
clovek.
"Povazoval jsi jej take "a
blazna?"
Too slovo bylo by prehna-
no. odpovedel Robert Ale
byl to snilek, ktery svemu fam
tonu prinesl V obet' nekolik Ii
sic franku.'
"Fantonu?" opakova | Jiri.
"Kdoz vi zda-li to byl fanton,
kdyz Sc "a MIN hnaly prave
tax vlady, jako dobrodinci V
ccekavani,. re Sc zmocni obro-
pokladu. Jen mala cast
jeho byla by mohla rodinu day
gues-Vives zachraniti.'
PRO Boha, Jiri, snad jsi ne
pripadl take Ma tn ubohou my
slenku?"
(Pokracovani.)
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PRODAM diva move domy
cihlove, kazdy pro dve rodiny
a jeden pro ctyri rodiny a je-
den pro tri rodiny. Blizsi sdeli
Josef FLIP, 1923 Dolfoff Rd.
IV zadu. 5--16