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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-20
FROM WALL STREET
Several Factors Contribute to
Firmer Tone in Stocks Dur
ina Short Session.

NEW YORK, Dec 20 -rrice tenden-
cies were uncertoE at the opcning ot
today's short stock market session, but
soon became firm on belief that the
senate would take speedy action regard
ing railroad legislation Further recov-
cry Of the British exchange rates was
another constructive factor. Trading
was dun, however, consisting mainly Of
the customary week END settlement,
Rails, oils and stecls were the prominent
features, advancing | to 3 points but
realizing sales Cancelled or materially
reduced many gains later. The closing
was irregular Sales Appropriated
81,
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ToMoRRoW's ESTIMATED

1919, Last VIZ 1879.
New Orleans ,6,5OOdS 900 1854 61O1
Galveston ..... S0O049, goo 1884 7,7ti
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COTTONSEED MEAL.
MEMPHIS, Dec. 29-Closing prices
Xmas Coming Fast.

Better give Samelson list for your
Xmas cigars now, while stock Is large
and fresh. adv.
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yellow tingod. 200 10 80 points lower,
blue stained 700 to 900 points lower
yellow stained ZOO to 775 points lower.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-20
MEMPHIS COTTON.

Memphis cotton closed steady and I'M
changed Middling 1000. Sales, $50
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-20

No. . mixed, S3@S4c; No. . red, Soc
Rive $40
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-20

FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec 20.-Cal-
tlc-Receipts, 1000; unchanged; beeves,
$7506612.00.
Hogs Receipts. 100; steady; heavy
$40 S5m1410
sheep Receipts 22O; steady; lambs,
S13 OO6nl6 80
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ST. LOUIS, Dec. 2o-Hogs. receipts,
5000, strong Bulk. $l400@l4.20; me
dun weight, Sl3.9OMlA25 pigs, $500
0l3b0
Cattle receipts 500; no sales. For
week, steers I5c to 81 so lower; butchers
soc to 81 lower, veals. 81 lower
sheep, receipts, 900; no sales For
week. lambs SOC lower; sheep, steady
to lower
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CROP IN SIGHT.

Increase compared to 1918 ,.517,352
Decrease compared to 1917 .577,0
Decrease compared to 1916. 2,037,6l2
Decrease compared to 1916. 5l1,045
The Washington times., 1919-12-05
The TlUO Voices


was right and that he would do as
/ wished. OF course 1 cannot have
my diamond until the engagement
is announced. But SEQ what Hugh
brought me tonight"
She held her left hand out to her
sister. On the third finger was a
simple gold band with a single
pearl in 1t.
Pretty. isn't it." Doris COM
mented
VERY pretty her sister said,
looking at 1t carefully. DO you.
know. it is very much like that
little old ring that belonged to
fathers mother. You remember
he said it must be mine because /
have her name. Wait-I have it
right here"
An Economical Ring.
Going to her jewelry-case, she
found the ring and brought it to
her sister.
"Yes. they are alike" Doris I'D
mitted. "Only my pearl Is a lovely
white-and grandmamma's is very
yellow"
"And very DID," Ruth amended,
"and the setting is old-fashioned.
or course.
Hugh said he could not afford a
very handsome ring just yet, but
later ! am TO have a platinum one
with cluster diamonds in IL. / like
those best"
That will be nice" her sister
commented, turning her heirloom
around on her finger. "I love this
bit of jewelry." she said dreamily.
/ like to think of the dear dead
woman who used to wear it,"
Ugh. You give me the creepsr'
Doris shuddcTcd. We'll. l must hc
going down to bed. Good night"
In her mothers room she dis
played the ring to her admiring
parent.
IT'S lovely-a perfect pearl
though smalI"' Mrs. Courtney ap-
proved. Pure and unsullied like
your love and Hugh's."
Il knew you would say some
thing nice about it," Doris smiled
II showed il to Ruth. and she just
made some commonplace remark
and compared II with that old pearl
ring of grandmother's-you remem-
bcr?"
That is like Ruth" Mrs. Court
new observed. THE dear child
means well and loves you. natur-
in the kind of romance that you
and have, my darling. And
romance is so essential to my hap
piness!"
To he Continued.
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BY Deputy.

John" said country clergyman
TO his new man, do you-er-ever
employ strong language The new
man blushed sclf-cousCious. We'll.
sir" he faltered, Il may be a
little careless like in my speech at
times" "Ah,' murmured the cler-
gyman, I'm sorry, John-rm sorry.
But we will converse on that at
some more fitting time. Just now
/ want you to go to Jenkinson
Blen<fnson and settle this bill for
repairing my summer house. And
you might talk to them, John, as (
it were your own bill, in a care
lesslike sort of way. Will you
John?'
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problem which II stable prices or
fixing a standard OF prices. Reck-
lessness is in the air. and I think
we shall have little improvement in
the wearisome matter until some
thing has been done to bring the
dollar back to its relatively fixed
place as a standard Of value.
But my concern is with the grow
ing generation with old-time money
values and old-ttme money morals
swept away, the youthful eoncep-
tions Of honesty, truth-telling, and
moral reliance in general have suf-
fered an almost equal amount Of
violence. Indeed. the living adult
generation has never before seen
anything like this confusion in
moral values and this almost COM
plete destruction Of the children's
sense of moral worth
Let us have q more aggressive
national and State movement for
the stabilizing OF prices and wages
SO that common honesty, in terms Of
money at least. may continue to be
thinkable. And let us parents all
seriously attempt to re-establish in
the minds OF our young a scale of
values and a knowledge of fair and
honest money relations.
without money honesty the entire
fabric OF human integrity seems
dreadfully disarranged.
The Washington times., 1919-12-05
The Rush for M0neu

'tGet all you can" PAY the price
and beat some one else out of the
money" Everybody Is grating
now" These are some Of the start
ling. yet common remarks which
now roll glibly off the tongue of
youth and which have displaced
those steadying old notices, "a
fair price and q fair profit" "An
honest wage for an honest days
work." and the like.
The complete breaking up Of old
standard price lists thus appears to
be matter Of deep concern for
those who are interested in public
and Juvenile welfare. Many Of our
old traditional ideals OF honesty
are based on money values, and
many OF the standard crimes and
misdemeanors are defied in terms
Of such values. But now, with
money cheaper than dirt and
everybody grabbing it wherever he
can" a section of the moral judg-
ment Of young humanity is distress
ingly perverted.
1t has seemed strange to mo that
the economic thinkers have said and
written so much about high prices
and almost nothing about the real
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frequest Scaldlng For
IN ater Vessels in Home.

q The greatest care is required to
Keep household water vessels clean
band in good condition. Water
keoolers should be of some material,
f~such as porcelain or enameled ware,
spsvhich is easily kept clean They
& should be scalded at frequent in
Iztervals- The ice, il il comes in
: contact with the water should be OF
known quality. Doubtful ice should
be kept from contact with the
4 water. Many families cool drink
ing water by putting IL in the ice
box In glass fruit jars or bottles.
where IL is believed or known
k-that the water supply is not pure,
"a filter should be used. II filter
rs used every precaution should be
Etaken to keep IL clean and in good
Feoudition. An earthenware filter
may be cleaned by thoroush scrub
hing with a brush. Then IL should
Ne placed in a pan or kettle of
{ water and boiled. A small piece
nf wood should be placed under the
,sfsr to prevent direct contact with
,2she heated bottom of the pan.
The Washington times., 1919-12-05
By DR.. VIM. A. McKeever.
NEWSBOY selling 2-cent D;

A NEWSBOY selling 2-cent pa
~ pers at cents whenever hs
can exact as much
A fifteen-year-old girl working
after school at a home doubles her
wages because Everybody is charg-
ing all he cam
A big sixteen-year-old schoolboy
who Will not work Saturdays for
less than 81, because a fellow
doesn't have to work for less than
that"
A good looking youth as cashier
In a cafe short-changing people
all day and making good wages
at it," with the excuse that every
body's getting all he can"
For year past the people have
been slowly losing all sense of pro-
portion in terms Of money, STAN
dard prices, relatively fixed in the
public mind, have been swept away;
and with this change has come a
most significant weakening Of our
economic morality. Now this strange
disease of the public morals is
markedly affecting the children and
youths.
The Washington times., 1919-12-05
Money in the Home
Little Tricks For Women
! In Household Economics
By ELIZABETH LATTIMER.

FEW women with babies and
> nttle girls realize the use to
4 which discarded lingerie and
linen waists can be put IN making
little white dresses for babies and
two-year-olds- There Is scarcely
4 family but can find one or two
dainty white waists laid away in
hope that they would once more
: be in style. Alas, the new styles
are usually just different enough so
: that IN spite of carefully planned
remodeling these waists almost al
{ ways betray themselves in some
s.wsy. On the other hand, as basis
FLOR childrsn's frocks they present
: almost INFINITE possibilities.
An exquisite dress can be made
4 from an old handkerchief linen
waist and an 1s-inch flounce from
IN otherwise worn-out dress One
= yard Of new material would be an
= abundance for the skirt II you
: have no old flounce. The original
!. waist was a button-in-the-front
fair, with full. puffed sleeves As
z signs of wear had begun TO show
around the neck il was cut OF az
4the top and a shallow yoke cut
efrom one of the very full sleeves
= the two new onesl added. The
joininx insertion was obtained from
Sxhe old high collar. So cleverly
was the pattern matched that
fspiercing in the center of the lace
only be seen upon careful
Z scrutiny In making a similar
frock, IL one has no extra lace and
( cannot approximately match the
pattern, q tucked, hemstitched, or
= ~featherstitched band may be used
= TO join the yoke to the waist. and
? the skirt may have the same finish
For tiny tots, tucked blouses
F.make cunning dresses. Sometimes
: oil that Is required is 8 ruffle of
Embroidery to lengthen the skirt
fThis design would also be effective
! with false hem joined to the lower
edge of the skirt with insertion to
! smatch that on the front OF the
= waist For an older child. such
Dress would of course have to be
s>made with a longer. skirt, one OF
= plain material finished with group
5sof tucks above a 3-inch hem being
:. desirable. II there is a. plated
Txide frin. perhaps il will be large
kenouxh to finish the neck, and a
double fril will supply cuff plait-
lnzs too.
IN you LUCKY EhOG5h "
possess a linen waist with en-
:. broidered collar and cuffs, you
can match the linen or COM
.hine 1T with voile or cotton crepe
crepe and make a pretty dress A
z sauare or deep shawl collar can be
xcut to make a BIB or panel section
lin the front of an empire waist.
FIf there are long narrow ends they
rwin do for belt sections or cuffs,
Fapd the old cuffs will make cum
rninC pockets. There should be
|. enough linen to make a good deep
kAem or band around the bottom OF
Ethe skirt too.
An exceedingly effective dress for
"a little girl of seven was made from
an old batiste waist and q discarded
pale blue batiste skirt of the scant
txtraight type The Empire waist,
Faith short kimono sleeves cut in
rene. was made from the two full
Esleeves in such a way that front
Fpiecing was hidden under box
k,plait OF the blue. The turn-back
k7cuffs, collar. pocket and band around
Sthe skirt were also blue.
The Washington times., 1919-12-05
Old Cretonne Porderes
Made to Serve in Many Ways.

Today's Economy Prize goes to
the following letter which in addi-
ton to the idea of using cretonne to
save laundry bills, for which yes
terday's prize was given, shows un-
usual economy in utilizing every
thing on hand:
DEAR ELIZABETH LArrIxER.
From two pair of cretonne portfers-
lined with cream sateen, and having
an inter-iining of brown felt / made
from the cretonne two single bed
spreads. and bolster covers also
cushions for four chairs After boil
Ing and bleaching the sate,n lining
made four single bed sheets, and
with the aid of SIX balls of red
crochet cotton, / button -holed and
crocheted an edge on three of the inter
Innings. making three very pretty
and serviceable slumbsr robes From
the remaining felt, which I bleached
as near white as possible, / made a
silence cloth for the dining room table
with the expenditure of so cent?
and q little time, I saved several doll
lars MRS. GRACE CHAMPNEY.
sos r st. N W.
The Washington times., 1919-12-05
The Singing Pigeon.
An extremely strange bird Is

u An extremely strange bird is the
singing pigeon. or Arabian laugh
sing dove. They must not be con-
: FOUNDED with the German laugh
Ing pigeon or dove. which is mere
fIy the common cage dove or COL
dared turtle.
The singing pigeons originally
: were found in Palestine. and they
-~ere Iatterly bred in India the ma
4 tive rajahs being enthusiastic
pigeon breeders. expending for
tunes on their dovecots- The sing
1lng pegeon weighs about the same
as an African owl. and is similar
! In build. except that II may be a
.<trifYie fuller at the throat. In color
these pigeons are usually red. mot
-tled or checkered. though they are
I sometimes found of a blush color.
] Their voice battles all description.
: Being tremulous and broken. with
( guYgfing notes. like the noise of
water poured from a bottle. The
.Dtter1ace IL varied. and, though
there 10 . resemblance at times to
/. .ths drumming of a true trumpeter.
" 10 not SO sonorous. II is fire.
4usntfy interrupted by one or more
/, OF the inspiratory "ahs," which no
<douot gives them the name of
: <laughers. Their cooling is soft and
: suelodious and both sexes take part
bin the song. To hear them at their
best absolute silence must be OBJ
~uerved. fer they ipmendiately stop
6eulA any one speak or make a
U1A.
The Washington times., 1919-12-05
81 PAID FOR EACH
DOLLAR SAVED
How I Saved a Dollar

Here Is a chance for every one
to earn a dollar by telling how
she has saved a dollar. 1t may bA
q dollar or more. 1t may have
been saved in a day or week.
However. all that matters is HOW
1t was saved.
81 saved and 81 earned by the
telling of the saving makes 81.
How about 1t? Be brief and write
only on one side of paper.
1 will award a prize of 81 each
day for one of the suggestions
which / print.
ELIZABETH LATTIMER
p. S.-If you want a prize, you
must be willing to have your name
ana address used. because that Is
only fair to other contestants, who
nave a right to know that each
Gays prize winner is an actual per-
son. However, 7 am delighted to
nave all sorts of ideas sent in,
which, II not given a prize. will
be printed with initial. only and
help the other readers.
III your first letter doesn't get
q prize, try again. Even il II does.
tnat is no bar to your getting an
otner II your idea is worth 1T.
f. l.
The Washington times., 1919-12-05
Indicating Temperatures.

II has been found that tempera
lures can be Indicated by means OF
certain metallic salts the melting
temperatures of which are known
Such salts have been prepared 20
indicate range of Temperatures
between AIS and 2.425 degrees
Fahrenheit. The temperature of a
bar of iron in a furnace can be as
certained by placing on IL some %
the different mixtures OF salts and
noting which one meltS In the
same way a bar OF steel may y"
heated TO required temperature
with practical certainty by placing
some of the salt that nelts at the
required temperature on the bar
when IL IL put into the furnace AND
heated until Sh1 salt fuscs
The Washington times., 1919-12-05
Sasdwich q standby
in I.unebes for School.

When the child reaches the age
cf six or seven years. the time TO
/. begin school new problems present
rshemselves In child feeding. be-
scause the school lunch must be
Carefully considered and planned.
IT MS lunch should be planned with
sreference TO breakfast and supper.
As milk r. the main diet for the
younger child, so is the sandwich
-sfor the lunch Of the child OF school
-sze. Yeast bread is more easily
= iGeSted than most OF the quick
Breads. White. whole wheat, gra-
, hsn. raisin. nut. and brown bread
may be used. The bread should be
cne day old. The butter should be
The Washington times., 1919-12-05
It ALI Depends.

Mrs. Ambleton had gone to live in
little place in the country, and
Mrs. Brownsby went to spend the
weekend there. It's pretty
place" said Mrs. Brownsty, as she
was going, but it looks a little
bare yet" 'Oh. that's because the
trees are so young" said Mrs. Rm
bleton. II hope they'll have grown
TO good size before you come
again And they parted the dear
est friends, but since then Mrs.
1rswnsby- has been vsnd erinG.
The Washington times., 1919-12-05

good deal of human nature
when she made her celebrated
remark:
Everybody is queer, Joshua. ex-
cept me and thee, and sometimes
1 think thee is little queer thy
self"
To each of us all the rest of the
world seems just a little bit askew.
afflicted with crotchets and preju-
dices which strike our superior in
telligence as silly and unreason-
able: and when these are con-
tinually forced upon our notice,
we are very apt to become impa-
tent and irritataed, quite forgetting
that our own little peculiarities may
be equally maddening to others.
Many a fine old family row has
arisen from a very slight differ
ence in viewpoint.
Il have had several disputes with
my mother on the subject of whis-
Ting" a girl writes me, and. for
all she says, 1 cannot be convinced
that whistling is vulgar habit
Very often after have finished
playing a record on the Victrola,
| will start to whistle the air; but
my mother always insists that !
Immediately stop. Now, in order to
keep her pleased. I have to control
my impulse to whistle.
II very well understand that
whistling in the street would be
considered improper, just as would
be the case if / were to go along
the street singing. But il singing
or humming at home is not OBJ
jected to. why should whistling be :?
Il would greatly appreciate it. IL
YOU would advise me whether whis-
tling for a girl is regarded as vul-
gar, and why7'
Silly Prejudice
Of Mother.
1t is an old tradition never
could understand just why-that
feminine lips must not pucker to q
whistle. Perhaps the reason may
be that most women do il rather
badly. although Mrs. Shaw, in her
day, became such an adept at the
art that she was invited to whistle
before royalty. Certainly, too, Mrs
Shaw was not a person that anyone
would ever describe as vulgar"
Or, again, the reason may be
drawn by analogy from nature
Comparatively few OF the female
blioo ~ uAlti
tive chirp. The males hold a mo-
nopoly on whistling, as they DO on
gorgeous plumage.
But whatever the cause, the in
terdiction has existed almost from
the time that the memory OF man
runneth not to the contrary. The
little boy is encouraged to whistle;
it is recognized as a part OF his
masculine equipment: he is eter-
nally being recorded in poetry and
fiction as sounding his merry note"
But let the little girl so much as
purse her lips and she is at once
sternly admonished that "A whis-
tling woman and a Growing hen
will surely come to some bad end
The mother OF the girl who has
written me is evidently deeply
STEPPED in the prejudice which puts
such a definite taboo upon feminine
whistling.
Whether or not she is justified
in this attitude is what the daugh-
ter asks me; yet after all that is
not the question that the girl is
called upon TO decide.
Life Is a Give
And Take Policy.
Man is a gregarious animal: ne
Graves companionship, associations.
He likes 10 live in fA0ilieA- groups.
The Washington times., 1919-12-05

tribes. notions; and in order to ae--
complish this harmoniously, ne has
learned that he must surrender
some of his own ideas and notions
and yield in a degree to the opin-
ions OF others. He must in short
follow a policy OF give-and TAX =
The opinions we are asked to rss
spect may seem to us absurd ano
irrational; yet, unless some cefi
mite sacrifice of principle be in
volved. IL is generally wise to COL
cede.
For instance, I have a friend who
is victim of one of those peculiar
"Phebias" TO which so many people
are subject. Hers takes the form OF
an aversion to cut flowers. Tho
sight of a single rose in q Vase l.
enough to render her i'll for hours
Ridiculous, of course And why
should ], who likes flowers, put
myself out on account of such an
eNtravagant notion? Yet because
she is otherwise a delightfully."- nor
NAL person and because / greatly
like her society always take
especial care. whenever she comes
to visit me, TO remove anything
that might even suggest the pres
ence OF flowers.
mere are otner people i know
to whom the sharpening of a pencil
or the scraping of any hard sub
stance upon metal causes an acufs
discomfort. Both are perfectly
proper and at times necessary acts.
but why perpetrate them needIessly
when the people who object are In
hearing.
Easy TO Break
Habit.
So IL, is With the girl and her
mother. The elder lady is set AND
settled in her antipathy to whist
ling With the younger. il is mere
ly careless habit easy to break
So why argue and dispute about
itE II the girl must whistle, IL that
is her natural gift and method OF
expression. IL she expects to make a
career as a whistler. let her either
go some place where whistling is
approved, or else take a stand AND
insist upon practicing as she wishes.
Rut IL, as she indicates, IL is
very immaterial thing with her.
mere idle pastime, let her for tho
sake OF peace and tranquility in the
household, accede 10 her mothers
wishes and cut IL out. Between
two habits OF thought, that OF tn
older person is always more deeply
rooted and harder to abandon.
To paraphrase the old slogan OF
the Bad Lands, 'If whiskey inter
feres with your business. give up
your business" il whistling pro
notes dissension and argument be-
tween you and your mother. qutt
your whistling.