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Evening star., 1919-08-30
Fortune's Fayorites.

Ben Franklin flew a kite and wrote
His name in blazing fame.
By hours I have kept kites afloat,
But no discoveries came.
An apple bumped Ike Newton's head
On gravity he thought.
Ny numerous bumps have never led
To things worth being taught.
So when you tell of how folks miss
Success, through lack of pluck,
All that I'll say is simply this:
Game men. haHeu al tha1mk1 -.
Evening star., 1919-08-30

The mention of Haimhausen for the
post of German ambassador to this
country brought forward immediate
protest. Haimhausen and Bernstorff
were close associates in diplomacy and
neither appears to be much of a rec
ommendation for the other.
Evening star., 1919-08-30
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.


Where the Grade Crossing Grows.
$50 you prefer the city to the coun-
try"
"Yes," replied Mr.. Chuggins. 'Tn
the city you're liable to run over
something, but in the country you're
liable to strike a grade crossing and
get run over"
Evening star., 1919-08-30

1t would be a remarkable state of
affairs if the distinguished speakers
now preparing to 60 on tour were to
find themselves suddenly tied up at
crossroads towns by railroad strike.
Evening star., 1919-08-30

Regard for Mr.. Ford's business abil-
ity makes it seem possible that the 6
cents awarded him in his libel suit
has by this time worked itself up by
intelligent investment to three or four
dollars.
Evening star., 1919-08-30

Col. Bryan has a suggestion for own
ership of railroads by each state. He
does not propose a ratio Of sixteen
railroads to one state or anything like
that
Evening star., 1919-08-30

It is possible that the American
theater is rather indiscreetly indul-
gent in giving the public a look be-
hind the scenes. Some very delicate
illusions are threatened with destruc-
ton.
Evening star., 1919-08-30

Being dark as to theaters and dry
as to cabarets, New York can no longer
expect the out town buyer to go
home and boast about what wonder
full time he had.
Evening star., 1919-08-30

Scarcity of rice threatens to make
trouble in Japan. Possibly the En-
peror of Japan has been paying too
much attention to arsenals and not
enough to grain elevators.
Evening star., 1919-08-30

For the protection of its
readers, The Star carefully
oensors all advertising sub
mitted for publication, and, so
far as is possible, bars all false
and fraudulent statements.
Readers are requested to as
sist The Star in protecting the
public and all legitimate adver-
tisers by bringing to the at
tention of the paper any state
ment that they might hud to bG
untrue
Evening star., 1919-08-30

The government statesmen may de-
wise means of eliminating a pound of
bone from two-pound steak before
it is weighed out to a customer.
Evening star., 1919-08-30
Restfulness.

Vacation comes. We heed the call.
We leave the waves light swishing,
And find the old task, after all,
Less wearisome than fishing.
Evening star., 1919-08-30

A great many people believe in the
workability of the Plumb plan, but .
great many people have believed in
perpetual motion.
Evening star., 1919-08-30
Getting Together.

"How do you meet the high cost of
livingW
"You are not supposed to meet it.
It overtakes you"
Evening star., 1919-08-30

So many new matters of world i'm
portance have arisen that a trial of
the ex-kaiser would seem a compare
lively tame affair.
Evening star., 1919-08-30

easy money" cannot always be re-
lied on as the solution of hard eco
nomic problems.
Evening star., 1919-08-30

President Wilson shows an indus
trious willingness to travel by rail as
well as by boat.
Evening star., 1919-08-30
The Element of the Practical.

"Is Bliggins student of political
economy"
"No. He says that he's a practical
man, and practical politics and prac-
tical economy don't mix"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12

was in danger. 1t was not our task
as soldiers to investigate. If we had
been told the truth our duty was
merely to obey. If the German people
were misled when they were told that
they were assailed by a superior num-
Der OF enemies, then may a curse be
on those who, by false dealings, made
three quarters OF mankind the enemies
of a great peace loving people, II there
are wretches who deceived us when
they said we were attacked, then they
deserve the %severest punishmnt, no
ever they may be.
But to destroy a great nation be-
cause it is misled by a few people Is
to sin against the spirit of human JUS
tice."
The field marshal, who Is one Of the
founders of the society called the Ger
Society for Civic Education, de-
clared that Germany was now IN the
throes Of a moral revolution, the ma,
terialistic philosophy, he said, would
give way to a new one, which would
be crowned by the victory OF the social
idea,
for Civic Education he said, rs TO
bring the German people back to the
religion of human love. We ask all the
intellectual and moral leaders OF the
world TO ioin us in forming an inter-
national community, 1t was the ma.
terlalistic and mechanical conception OF
the world which ruined Germany. 1t
will also destroy our enemies II they
do not see that 1t is the spirit or the
citizens which constructs a state
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
FAMOUS SALOONS
TO CLOSE JULY |

CHICAGO. March 12.-More than
5000 licensed drinking places in the
six wet states Of the Central West
Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Mis-
souri,. Kentucky and Ohio-are to go out
of existence in -four months II Ameri-
ca abolishes liquor traffic, for the first
time in history, under the presidents
wartime prohibition order,
Millions Of dollars worth Of property
used as distilleries. breweries, saloons,
wine rooms and roadhouses already has
changed hands and is being converted
into new lines Of industry, according
to reports received here.
Many small breweries, and a few
large ones, have arranged to become
manufactures, cold storage plants or
artificial ice factories, In Wisconsin,
which produces a sixth Of all beer
brewed in America, one big brewery
has disposed Of It's fixtures and sold
its kegs as Liberty Cabbage contain
ers.
Wisconsin has 9,6G5 licensed drinking
places, Illinois, S,ilS; Ohio, $500; Mis-
souri,, 5000; Minnesota, $500, and Ken
lucky. 1900.
Hundreds Of saloons in the six states
will he converted into soda shops, cafe
terias, cafes, motion picture theaters.
drug stores, haberdasheries and coy
soft drink-dancing e%mporiums. There
Will be a large increase in the number
of drug stores, according to liquor deal
ers.
In Bridgeport. o, is what Is reputed
to be the largest harroom in the world,
with 263 feet Of bar space, in Chicago
Is the smallest, The Midget" with a
space of but five feet; up in parts OF
Minnesota are resorts that almost form
q part Of the states early history,
places whore the polyglot floaters from
woods and tlpl1G nn1gI the IhnInWN
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
New Alcoholic Elixir, Called
Aspirona|, MediCated With
Latest Scientific Remedies
Used and Endorsed by Euro
pean and American Army
Surgeons to Cut Short a
Cold and Prevent Complica-
ti0nS.
Every Druggist in U. S. In
structed to Refund Price
While You Wait at Counter
If Relief Does Not Come
Within Two Minutes.
Delightful Taste, Immediate
Relief, Quick Warm-Up.

The sensation OF the year. in the
drug trade In Aspironal, the Two
Minute cold and cough reliever, author
itatiyely guaranteed by the laborato-
ries, tested, approved and most enthu-
siastically Endorsed by the. highest au-
thoritics, and proclaimed by the com
mon people as ten times as quick and
effective as whiskey, rock n rye, or
any other cold and cough cure they
All drug stores are now supplied with
the wonderful new elixir, so all you
have to do to get rid OF that cold, Is
10 step into the nearest drug store,
hand the clerk half a dollar for a bot
lie Of Aspironal. and tell him to serve
YOU A teaspoonful with four teaspoon
fnts Of water In a glass. With your
watch In your hand, take the drink al
one swallow and call for your money
| hack in two minutes II you cannot fee
your cold fading away like q dream,
| within the time limit. Don't be bash
| mi for All druggists invite you and ex-
pect you TO try II. Everybody's do
When your cold or cough Is relieved
take the remainder of the bottle home
10 YOUR wife and babies, for A%spirona
il by far the safest and most effective
the easiest to take and most agreeable
| cold and cough remedy for infants AND
children. DO not be afraid of Its alco.
| holic contents, for II contains no mor'
| than any good doctor would prescribs
! for o cold. cough or the flu. adv
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
MILLIONS ARE SAVED
IN EDUCATING SOLDIERS

WASHINGTON, March, IL. (Spl.)-By
placing disabled soldiers, sailors and
marines for retraining in the existing
institutions Of the country, it is figured
that the government has been saved
over S2b, 600, 900. which is a reasonable
cost, had all the men in training and
TO he trained been assembled in one
or two institutions provided n con-
trolled by the federal government. BY
use of existing educational institutions,
representing an Investment of over
$500, 600. 600. there is available for the
disabled mar an infinitely greater OPP
portunity than could possibly be given
through any institution inaugurated
especially for this work.
The training is now given in the
hest institutions OF the United States,
ranging from Harvard and Yale, Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology. Case
| School of Applied Science, Columbia
university and the various land grant
colleges Of the states to agricultural
schools, scientific schools and in some
Instances direct in the industries, There
are altogether some 500 trades, profess
sions. occupations, callings and the in.
dustries from which a choice may bC
made by the disabled man, The domi,
mating thought and object Of the gov
eminent is to do that thing for thu
disabled man which will insure to hin
the greatest possibility for future use,
f~ulness. happiness and contentment ac'
eording to his capabilities.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
BUELOW SAYS TO
PUNISH GUILTY
In 1914 He Told Berlin Man
1t Was Right of Enemies
to Punish Guilty.

AMSTERDAM, March IL. (Corre-
spondenee of the Associated Press, -
ut Is the right of our enemies to pun
ish those responsible II there are men
on the German side who are to blame
for this war" declared Field Marshal
Won Buelow, retired. in an interview
with the Berlin correspondent Of the
Handelsblad. Won Buelow commanded
the Second German army in 1914, was
engaged in the fighting near Maubeuge
and was retired in 1915, owing to a
paralytic stroke from which he has not
yet quite recovered.
AS an old soldier l have not learned
to ask for mercy continued the field
marshal. Il only ask for justice for
the German people, We soldiers went
out to fight by the kaiser's orders be-
cause the government said the country
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
.BOLSHEV|K STORM
NEAR IN HUNGARY

VIENNA, March IL. Correspondence
Of the Associated Press 1.-THE menace
Of Bolshevism has created a critical sit
uation in Hungary. whose general out
look is considered infinitely worse than
in German Austria. Under the present
government the condition of the coun-
try is described as chaotic and a seri-
Gus Bolshevik outbreak Is expected.
With it's army disbanded the govern
ment is unable to offer resistance even
If 1t had the courage and energy to
do so.
Public moneys, it is asserted, are be-
ing ''squandered" at al appalling
rate" and leading financiers express
fear of bankruptcy of the state. The
whole situation of the country is re-
ported to be "inconceiyably worse than
at any time during the four years OF
war"
The government is preparing to hold
general elections, but under the pres
ent conditions this appears to be a phys
ical impossibility. There are nc lists OF
voters, and the franchise has been eX-
tended from 1900, 900 to 1000, 900, in
GLIDING women who have been granted
suffrage. With part of the country oc-
cupled by enemies, elections in these
districts will be impossible, 1t is de-
clared.
The fear of Bolshevism is. growing
daily and everywhere the people are
urging that the allies intervene. They
express the fear that the conditions nov
existing in Russia will be repeated ir
| Hungary. Hungarian prisoners of wal
! have returned from Russia imbued witt
Bolshevik ideas and are spreading the
propaganda. 1t is the general opinion
OF the people thai the Karolyi cabinet
made a mistake in disbanding the army
leaving the country at the mercy Of
| the invaders, .
While the greatest dissatisfaction IL
expressed in political circles and among
the people generally, n ministerial
| crises are daily occurrences. no polit'
| ical party seems willing to assume thu
| reins of government. Count karoly
appears to be the only leader available
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
TO BED GROUCHY
WAKE Up FEELING
GLOR|OUSLY
Wonderful How CaIotabS, the
Perfected NauSeaIeSS Gallo
mel, Makes You Feel So
Good the Next Morning.

Doctors say that the old -style calomel
was the best medicine in the world and
the only thing that would s%traighten out
a dlsordered liver, but 1t had some Sc
rl0us drawbacks. The s~alivating and
the sickening after-effects made many
people dread to take il. The new Gallo
mel called Calotabs, have all the liver
benefits left in and the sting taken out.
Now you can take calomel without the
slightest objection. one Calotab on the
tongue at bedtime with a swallow Of
water, that's all No taste. no danger,
no gripping, no nausea, no salts, Next
morning your liver Ia clean, your sys-
tenn purified and you are feeling like
q two-year-old-with a hearty appe-
tite for breakfast. Eat what you please
mo danger.
Calotabs are so delightful that YOU
druggist win refund the price II you are
not delighted with thesl. Sold only in
original sealed packages, price thirty
five cents. All druggists now have CAL
0tabs4 adv,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
IT'S NOT YOUR HEART;
IT'S YOUR KIDNEYS

Kidney disease Is no respecter Of per
sons, A majority Of the ills affecting
people today can be traced back to the
kidney trouble.
The kidneys are the most important
organs Of the body. They are the fl.
terers Of your blood. II the poisons
which are swept from the tissues by the
blood are not eliminated through the
kidneys. disease oil one form or another
will claim you as a victim.
Kidney disease is usually indicated by
WEAKNESS, sleeplessness, nervousness,
de%spondency, bscksche, stomach trou.
Bile, pain in loins and lower abdomen,
gall stones, gravel, rheumatism, %sciatica
and lumbago.
All these arrangements are nature,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12

signals that the kidneys need help.
You should use GOLD MEDAL Hasr.
lem Oil Capsules immediately, The
soothing, healing oil stimulates the
kidneys, relieves Inflammation and de-
stroys the germs which have caused it.
Go to your druggist today and get u
box Of GOLD MEDAL Harlem Oil
Capsules, In twcnty.four hours you
should feel health and vigor returning
After you feel somewhat improved
continue to take one or two capsules
each day, so as to keep the frst-class
condition and ward of the danger of
other attacks.
Ask for the original imported GOLD
MEDAL brand. Three sizes. Money re.
funded if they do not help yvu.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
The Japanese Way to Remove Corns
Doesn't Hurt a Bit-Easy and Simple
The Magic Touch of Ice-Mint Does 1t. lust a Touch stops
Soreness, Then the Corn or Callous Shrivels and Lifts
Off. Try 1t. Your Feet Will Feel Cool and Fine.

Just a touch of Ice-Mint and 'Oh!'
what relief. Corns and %callouses van
ish, orenes disappears and you can
dance all night or walk all day and
your corns won't hurt a bit. No mat
ter what you have tried or how many
times you have been disappointed here
is a real help for you at last. From
the very second that Ice-Mint touches
that sore, tender corn your poor tired,
aching feet will feel so cool, easy and
comfortable that you will Just sigh
with relief. Think OF It; Just a little
touch Of that delightful, cooling Ice
Mint and real foot Joy is yours. No
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12

matter how old or tough your pet corn
Is he. will shrivel right Up and you
can pick him out after a touch Of Ice
MINT. No pain, not a bit OF
either when applying it or afterward,
and it doesn't even i~rritate the skin,
Ice"Mint is the real Japanese secret
or fine, healthy, little feet. Prevents
loot odors and keeps them cool,
sweet and comfortable, 1t Is now
selling like wiidfire here.
. Just ask in any drug store for a
lttle lce-Mfnt and give your poor
lives, There is nothing better, nor
nothing Just as good
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
Individualize Your Personality

Nothing offers a greater opportunity
for distinction than does your suit. IT
ms always beer our aim to provide
the right suit for the right man J "A.
MoriaTty & Son, Tailors, 81 south
Main street. auN'
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12

A translator of the Bible into the New
Guinea tongue wanted "A proper idiom
for the phrase, Far be II from me TO
do this thing" He consulted a learned
native, who replied, ~ understand We
have the precise idiom; we say
May ! speak to my mother-in-law be-
fore l will do this thing"
That sounded rather like a joke TO
the translator, but II wasn't, for In the
land OF strange taboos one OF the UNI
p~ardonable sins is for a man to open
his lips TO his wife's mother
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12

Magic! Just drop a little Freezone
on that touchy corn. instantly II stops
aching, then you lift the corn off with
the fingers. Truly. No humbug!
Try Freezone! Your druggist sells O
tiny bottle for a few cents, sufficient 70
rid your feet of every hard corn. soft
corn. or corr between the toes, and
calluses, without one particle Of pain
soreness or irritation. Freezone is the
discovery OF a noted Cincinnati genius
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
HOW 1T STARTED.

One OF the most common supersti-
tions ts the belief in a horseshoe as a
talisman against evil
1t WAS st. punstan, tho blacksmith.
and the patron Of all smiths and saints.
who made the horseshoe lucky.
st. nunstan was an Anglo Saxon &c
clesiAsttc who lived In the tenth CEN
fury. He entered the Bcuedictiue or
der at an early age, and when not en-
gagged in religious duties he was m
ploNed as "A blacksmith.
One day he was toiling away at the
forge, when a shadow fen across the
doorway The saint looked up and
whom did he see but the dewitt
The prince OF evil said that he had
been travelling so long and so far that
his hoors had become sore and tender
and he desired to have h]orscshoes nut
on them. punstan agreed tu do IN,
job and he made II as painful as nos.
slhle. The devil beloved and roared
In rage, hut Dunstan was very strong
and refused TO let 20 his hoofs unit
the evil one had promised that he woult
never enter any house where a horse,
shoe was nailed above the door. MOI
modest any person who carried a horse.
shoe charm,
II is now nearly a thousand years
since this promise vas made, Rnt
whether the horseshoe has lost It.
charm or not, the legend is still with us
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
Select Your New
CAPE OR
At An Economy Price
$14.85 $685.
$24.85

Dame Fashion says for style and COM
fort, "Capes and Dolmans," and we are
meeting the demand with a wide assort-
ment in every wanted fabric and color.
Capes and Dolmans are offered at value
giving prices for Thursday shoppers, and
the woman DESTROYS of one of these popu-
lar garments should be sure to inspect
this offering for Thursday. You will find
Capes and Dolmans executed along the
newest style dictates in a great variety of
shades for spring wear.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-12
SherrOn interpretations
of Spring Fashions
Now on Display

Earlier than usual we present a very
complete collection of Springs most
distinguished modes in Women's
Footwear!
The loneliness and charm of these
new and original creations will
wildly impress the most critical of
fashions followers.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-31
Builders Buy Sixty
Lots in Brooklyn
Property Disposed Of Part of
the Tubman Farm. in Fif.
teenth Avenue

Horace S. Ely & Co., with John
r. Ryan. have sold to Frederick Con-
struction Company sixty lots on Fiji
teenth Avenue, seventy-eighth and
Seventy-ninth streets, being part of
the Tubman farm.
Samuel Galitzka and j. Lacov have
sold for the Poretz Construction Com
pany to a client Tor occupancy the
two-story dwelling with garage, on
plot 30x1o0, on the west side Of East
Twelfth Street. $50 feet south of Ave-
nue. I. This house was sold from plans
and will be ready for occupancy in
November.
Bulkley & Horton Company has
sold 2S5 Seventy-second Street, a two
story dwelling, on lot 17x1o0, for Gus
tav Friborg.
The Mester Builders have sold to n
client for occupany 144S Thirty-eighth
Street, a two-story. two-family brick
house. on lot 2Ox95, through Gilbert
& Thierman.
Charles Partridge has sold the three
story brownstone residence at 712 Put
nam Avenue for the estate Of Rebecca
Webster to John J. Carolan.
New-York tribune., 1919-07-31
Owners of Lofts =
Accused of Joining
X mt Profteers
Agent Reported Evicting
Tenants as SLOW Bunch:
Orr Says League Will
Open City-Wide Drive

Owners Of many loft buildings have
joined the rent profiteers, according to
letters received by the Mayors Com
mittee on Rent Profteering. 1t .was
said at the Offices Of the committee
yesterday that this phase will be thor
oughly investigated.
The Roth Embroidery Company, of
51O-5l2 Sixth Avenue, complained yes-
terday of rent increase of 100 per
cent in five, years. The Roth com
pany forwarded letter received from
the landlord demanding $4,000 a year
with a three-year lease.
The lott was rented in 1914 for
three-year period at $1,000 annually,
aecording to the complainants. In
l9lI the lease was renewed at a rental
OF $500. The notice of the last raise
was received on Saturday last. it was
said. and the firm was requested to
move.
- lieutenant Arthur A. Varnedos ap-
peared before Assistant Corporation
Edward F. Bennett for the Mayor's
committee yesterday and said the
rent for his apartment was raised
$So month while he was in the ser
wee. lieutenant Varnedos lives at
ID.
hrm of Sharp & Co., managers Of the
property, was present. The ieuten-
ant charged that Sharp violated the
IA" when he raised the rent of
tenant whose bread winner was in
the military service of the nation.
". j. Bradley, Democratic district
leader, appeared for his mother and
alleged that the agent had remarked
that he Vanted 10 get 'i3 o. - ~
ants because they we're "a slow bunch
-xsharD SAD he was pa.yAe.. TO
charge any tent he cared to and to
get rid of tenants he didn't want. He
SAID his firm did not own the property.
put ne would bring a representative
OF the owners at another session of
the committee, and the case was ad-
journed
Former Asscmblyman Samuel A. Orr.
speaking last night at London Casino.
1919 Third Avenue, The Bronx, at a
meeting arranged by the Greater New
YORK Tenants League. attacked the
Mayors Committee OF Rent Protiteer-
ing as ineffective and "camouHapinc
not alleviating." He also criticised the
state Reconstruction Commission an.
the joint Legislative committee as "of
no assistance to the suffering tenants -
ne described the survey OF two city
blocks by members Of the Reconstruc-
Won commission yesterday as a slum-
ming expedition
tie announced that the Greater New
YORK tenants League is about to en-.
park on campaign to obtain a 10 per
cent reduction IN rents. Publicity and
mass meetings viii be cmployed in ths
drive, he said.