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The Washington times., 1919-06-23

scientific point of view OF it, and
also the religious.-W. T. p, Rock
Island, Ill"
NPrRTTUALIS8f, in the sense
in which you use the word
- in your letter, has been de-
fned by Mrs. Henry Ssdgwick as
"the belief that the spiritual world
mantfests itself by effects mex
plicable by the known laws OF
nature" Accepting this definition
science, by which I mean physical
science, cannot regard spiritualism
as being within its field.
1t is better for all sides to avoid
mingling or confusing physical
science with metaphysics. When
religion is treated as something
whose beliefs are to be proved by
logical reasoning IT loses its true
value. together with its authority.
So, IL science were treated as some
thing whose tenets could be based
on super-physieal, and conse-
quently unveriaable, phenomena, it
would be rendered worthless.
There is a fundamental difference
between the kind Of evidence de-
manded by science in order to estab-
lish the truth OF alleged phenomena
and the kind Of evidence that salts
hes the spiritualist- The latter is
content with testimony: the former
requires not testimony, but expert
mental verification.
The spiritualist who Is convinced
that he has talked with a disem-
bodied soul has no means OF con-
vincing another person except by
his assertion, or testimony.
The scientist who AYERS that by
passing an electric current through
a certain solution he can make a
plate of gold dissolve and cause
particles OF the gold to be trans
ferred to the surface OF a plate OF
silver, forming there a firm poll
ished coating, can prove the truth
Of his statement by showing the
actual process, and enabling an in
quirer to try the experiment for
himself.
1t is true that spirItualists often
undertake to demonstrate the real
ity OF spiritual phenomena" by
means OF alleged messages, con-
veyed by rappings, mysterious
writings, voices. touches. materiali-
cations (ghosts). etc, but there is
50 much mystification connected
with these things. and so much es-
tablished and confessed fraud. that
such exhibitions have no claim to
be regarded as in the nature OF
scientific verification or even
scientific experimentation. At the
same time there are persons OF
high character, like Sir oliver
Lodge, who have convinced them
selves that souls, or spirits, no
longer confined in human bodies,
can and do communicate with liv-
ing persons and understand and
reply to questions that are asked
them.
But such conviction is not scien-
tiic knowledge, because it can only
be communicated to others by testi-
mony, and not by experimental
veritication, and 1t must always
The Washington times., 1919-06-23
BY David Cory.
@Tell-tale tit!
Your tongue shall be slit
And all the dogs in the town
Shall have a little bit"


~H, dear me! This Is what was
going to happen to the little
girl who had told on her
brothers And all the little dogs
were standing around wagging
their tails as Puss Junior passed by.
It was a wonder that the dogs
didn't rush out and bark at him,
but they were so anxious to get a
piece OF the little girls tongue that
they didn't notice him at all. Per-
haps a cat with boots and spurs, a
hat and plume and a trusty sword
didn't look like an ordinary cat to
them. And neither was our little
traveller.
You see, these little boys had
gone into an alley to play marbles
on their way to school, and then
the little girl had told her father
how they had missed their lessons.
"And Jimmy Jones won all the
marbles, and there was a hghti
And the teacher kept them in after
SCHOOL,"
"oh me, oh nyT cried Puss
Junior, please don't slit her
tonguer'
but why did you tell tales on
your brother?" asked her father.
"Oh, please don't slit her tongue"
cried Puss Junior, again.
The Washington times., 1919-06-23
If Only

Somehow the new foreman was
not popular in the mill. and it wor-
ried him very much. One day he
spoke to an old hand about it.
william. do Wou know why the
men don't like me? At the last mill
1 was very popular, so much so that
when l left they gave me a silver
teapot"
only a silver teapot" asked
William in surprise. by gum! If
thalI nubbut leave here l bet tha'd
get a gowden kettlew
The Washington times., 1919-06-23
HEARTS OF THREE
Francis Takes LeOncia and Henry
Aboard His Vessel and Skipper
Objects to Latter's Presence
By JACK LONDON.

who was more Spanish and Indian
than negro, as his light yellow
skin attested, and whose fingers.
Stacking the foresheet, were as
slim and delicate as q girls.
knock the Niger on the head
II he keeps up this freshness"
Henry growled in an undertone to
Francis. For 2 cents I'll do Il
right now"
But Francis shook his head
Hes all right. but he's q ia
maica niger, and you know what
they are. And he's Indian as we'll
We might as we'll humor him, since
it's the nature of the beast He
means all right, but he wants the
money, he's risking his schooner
against confiscatiop, and he's afhiet-
ed with vocabularitis. He just
must get these long words out Of
his system or bust"
Here Enrico Solano, with quiVeF-
ing nostrils and fingers restless on
his rife as with half an eye he kept
track OF the wild shots being fred
from the beach. approached Henry
and held cut his hand
Il have been guilty OF . gFgEa
mistake, Senior Morgan" he said.
In the first hurt OF my Affections
at the death OF my beloved brother,
Alfaro, was guilty Of thinking you
guilty Of murder" Here old EnPico's
eyes flashed with anger consuming
but unconsumable. For murder il
was, dastardly and cowardly, a
thrust in the dark In the back.
should have known better. But I
was overwhelmed, and the evidence
Ill a - Nanrs
pause of thought to consider that
my dearly beloved and only daugh-
ter was betrothed to you, to re-
member that all had OF you was
straightness and man-Iikeness and
courage such as never stabs from
behind the shield Of the dark.
regret. I am sorry. And I am proud
once again to welcome you into my
family as the husband-to-be Of my
Leoncia-"
Rack In FGVOe.
And while this whole-heartsd res
toration OF Henry Morgan into the
SoIano family went on. LsoneIS was
irritated because her father, In
Latin-American fashion, must use
so many dne words and phrases,
when a single phrase, q hand-grip,
and a square look in the eyes, were
all that was called fer and was
certainly all that either Henry or
Francis would have Youchsafed had
the situation been reversed Why,
why, she asked Of herself, must her
Spanish stock, in such extraVa-
gance Of diction. seem to emulate
the similar extravaganza OF the ia
maica negro?
While this reiteration OF the be-
trothal OF Henry and Leoncia was
taking place, Francis, striving 10
appear Uninterested, could not help
taking note OF the pale yellow
sailor called Juan, comforting for
ard with others Of the crew, shrug
ging his shoulders significantly,
gesticulating passionately with his
hands.
The Washington times., 1919-06-23
This Day in History.

THIS is the anniversary of the battle of Pessy in 1857
in which Give laid the foundation of British suprem
acy in India. The victory greatly superior
forces The Site which is about seventy-ve miles north
of Calcutta has been washed away by the Bhagah River
The Washington times., 1919-06-23
A Household Hint.

WHEN It necessary to cut large beetroot in order TO
get it into the saucepan, place the cut sides to the
fire to dry until skin is formed Care should be taken
that much earth possible be removed before cooking
otherwise slightly earthly taste be detected when
it is used for salads, etc.
The Washington times., 1919-06-23

Would you explain what spirit
ualism really is? What is a spirit?
Can a spirit converse with us on
earth? Can we see spirits? Can
they see US? Please give me the
scientific point of view OF it, and
also the religious.-W. T. p. Rock
Island, Ill"
The Washington times., 1919-06-23

10 the Isfs 70 Q erOek O
simple lines for sumsr wear equal
~ suitable for maroon or linen.
The h0lf.tunic Is smart To the
right Is Q foulGrd, the chisp or
CANDY bands Of which bespeak
GOODNESS. The new Skirt dr1pOTy
10 described above.
The Washington times., 1919-06-23

ETpOyriEht I'Is BY the wheeler synd, cate. InaI
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-08-11
UNJUST PROFITS

Aroused by charges of shameless
profiteering in many lines of trade
the Department of Justice, with the
agency of a thousand men, is comb
ing the country for evidence to gain
wholesale convictions against food
profiteers and price boosters. Attor-
ney-General Palmer is personally di-
recting the roundup through 200 fed
eral attorneys.
The big packers are alleged to have
violated the antitrust laws, to be
holding food in storage for higher
prices and, through control of the
hide market, to be the cause of the
exorbitant prices of shoes. With great
ly increased importation of sugar, the
Central Sugar Company has been
charged with selling sugar at IA cents
pound wholesale. Hundreds of 9TH
er wholesalers and retailers are sus-
pected of boosting prices to a point
where they are making unjust profits
on the sale of their goods.
The American consumer bled in
every transaction, is eager to know
the who and why in regard to the
fabulous prices he must pay for the
necessities of life. Charges of price
imitation have been made which, if
found true, should send an army of
crooked profiteers to Jail.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-08-11
SWAT THE MILLIONAIRE!

Millionaires are growing as fast if
not faster than poor folk. Daniel
c. Roper, internal revenue commits
sioner, at Washington, has made pub
lie the following data: In 1914 there
were 1854 millionaires in the United
States, in 1915 this number had in
creased to 14,771, in 1915 the nunber
had risen to 22,696 and in 1917 there
were 26,190. In three years the in
crease had amounted to 250 per cent.
New York state headed the list with
the most millionaires; Missouri
ranked eleventh, while Nevada has
the fewest.
The majority of persons consider
the pauper as an abnormality of So
ciety, nuisance and a thing to be
got rid of. Paupers are segregated;
they are not permitted to run loose
wherever they please.
MlllionaireS, too, are abnormalities.
They are further above the normal
than paupers are beneath it. They are
a greater menace to society than are
paupers because it takes more pau
pers to make a millionaire than it
does millionaires to make a pauper.
More folk are submerged beneath the
normal to make one millionaire than
are raised aloft to make one pauper.
The pauper is segregated because
he begs. The millionaire is not re-
strained because he only takes. The
acts of violence of the poor are
termed bolshevism and are punished.
The demonstrations of spirit and the
orgies of the rich are termed life"
and wild oats" and are winked at.
One is as bad as the other; both
are crude and vulgar in their ways.
THE poor we have with us al
ways" the Bible says. But the Bible
gives no alibi for the rich They are
removable-they are not preordained.
One fact is certain and that is that
the poor will be with us as long as
the millionaire and his garage full of
seven-passenger automobiles sticks
around.
Swat the millionaire!
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-08-11
HEOPEN COLUMN
Missouri-1919.19aO.

Editor the Missourian With the
coming of September the University
Of Missouri enters upon new era
of its existence. The troubles and
difficulties of the last months will
have been forgotten: the S.A.T.C. re-
mains only ludicrous memory, the
trials of war organization have de-
parted, courses are no longer cur
tailed, and students are not longer to
be vexed with the problems which in
adequate facilities and unsettled
schemes forced upon them.
Gone, too, is the first hysteria of
reorganization and reunion. The last
two quarters of the year were gay
with festivities, bustling with the well
comes of those who stayed to those
who were returning. The warmth
and friendliness of the campus was as
delightful as it was engaging; but
the note was a trif1e hurried, the
laughter a little hectic, the efforts of
those who tried to keep the Missouri
traditions, which they had never had
a chance to learn fully, sometimes a
good deal more uncertain than we
even yet admit.
But the new year will change all
that. The period of transition and re-
adjustment is over. The thousands of
loyal Missourians who have focked
back are ready, not only to carry on,
but profiting by their several expert
ences, to carry through measures that
cannot but establish Missouri as one
of the leading universities. Already
the honor system is fact-an ap-
proved, tested effort, secure achieve
ment. And it is but an earnest of
what the newer, greater Missouri spir-
it is, and what it purposes to accom-
plish. The rehabilitation of an ac-
tive policy Of the Student Union, the
fine spirit of Missouri teams, the con-
tinued standard of Missouri publica-
tions-all speak of a greater glory to
come, than of heights attained.
The registrar is counting on a pro-
digiously large enrolment. Already
the larger estimates are becoming
but conservative guesses. Many will
be returning after release from serv-
ice. purged in the fire of war from all
that was unworthy. Missouri offers
them the old traditions, the same op-
portunities for the keen enjoyment
of University society and activities,
all on the sound basis of experience.
But the greater part of the expect
ed increase will come in the fresh
man class. We welcome the many
men and women who are coming to
add their strength to ours in the
achievements Of the University. We
know that they will work and play
harmoniously with us, that they will
merge with us into the great unity
which is Missouri's glory. We are
sure that they will be worthy of the
school, as it is worthy of the best
they have. We are so sure, that we
will not long be patient with those
who refuse to share the burden, to
stand firmly for ideals; but who wish,
and are content to shine only with
reflected light. We expect the best;
and we shall be satisfied with moth
ing less. B. H. s.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-08-11
At the Theaters.

HALL-Monday and Tuesday: Mar
guerite Clark, as LoTey Mary, plays
the leading role in Mrs. Wiggs Of
the Cabbage Patch" the immortal
story by Alice Hogan Rice. A picture
that the whole family will enjoy. In
addition will be shown Sunshine
comedy.
ODEON-Monday and Tuesday:
1.-The End of the Road" picture
authorized by the United States Pub
lie Health Service as part Of the
campaign against social diseases. Mat
inee daily.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-08-11
FuR.TR1MMED BATHING SUITS
Yes, at Atlantic City, of Course
They're Newest Craze.


By United Press
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Aug. IL
Fur trimmed bathing suits are the
latest craze in this city of fashion and
startling innovations.
The newest innovation was worn by
the summer girl here today. Rabbit
skins are used as collars and fur gar
ters also are seen The fur is so
treated that it revives Immediately in
the gay sunshine after being immersed
in old Neptune's domain.
Fishy bathing suits are swimming
right into favor Denizens of the
deep, in brilliant coloring character
istic of fish caught in the tropics, are
used effectively on black silk suits.
Sometimes the surf rig is perfectly
plain with the fish motif introduced on
the rubber caps and stockings.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-08-11
SETS FORTH POSTAL RULING
Postmaster Designates Packages That
Cannot Be Put in Boxes.

MANY Columbians have recently
asked why packages may not be
mailed in boxes on the Streets" said
L. ]. Hall, postmaster, this morning.
"The reason is set down in this rul-
ing from the United States Postal
Guide, which I quote:
Parcels of books, seeds and
plants. weighing more than eight
ounces, and parcels of other fourth
class matter weighing more than four
ounces, must be mailed at a postof-
flee, branch postoffice, or a named,
numbered or lettered station, or de-
livered to rural or other carrier
duly authorized to receive such mat
ter. Smaller parcels may be deposit
ed in letter or package boxes'"
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-08-11
THE CALENDAR

August 14-Summer term of the University
ends
August q 21-26-Columbia chautauqua on
Stephens College campus.
August 26-Registration for the fall term
of the University starts.
Aug. &C. p, 2S-University entrance exam
nations.
Aug. 29-30-Universty registration.
Aug. 3O-Opening convocation, 7:3O D. m
in University Auditorium.
Sept. Glass work begin a. m
Oct. 2I-Opening of first term of Short
Course in Agriculture.
Nov. 2I-Thanksgiving Day.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-08-11
Marvin Marr Home Oh Vacation.

Marvin Marr arrived yesterday aft
ernoon from Washington, D. c., to
spend his months vacation at the
home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. o.
A Marr on North Eighth street. He
is chief filing clerk in the appoint
ment division in the office of the
Secretary of War. Mr.. Marr formerly
lived here with his parents, and was
student in the University.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-08-11

A priceless boar in Iowa has royal
pen and hog wallow, perhaps with
a rich mixture of gold dust, and re-
tinue of attendants. The hog weighs
LOO pounds.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-08-11

There isn't much kick in ice cream,
but it has displaced beer in the New
Orleans branch of the Anheuser-
Busch Brewing Association.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-08-11
ROY t. DAVIS TO HANNIBAL
Secretary of Stephens College VIII
Organize Alumnae Club.

Roy T. Davis, secretary of Stephens
College, left this morning for Hanni-
bal where he will organize a Stephens
College Club of the girls in that city
who have been students in the col
lege.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-08-11

The old woman who lived in shoe
could surely live cheaper in a hotel
these days.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-08-11

Miss Frances Wayne Allen gave a
line party Saturday afternoon at the
Hall Theater for thirty of her friends.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-08-11

1t is debatable question which
makes the most noise, the night fall
ing or the day breaking?
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-08-11
MB1 MISSOURI MONDAY AUeUsT

of the Confederacy will be held at
2::3O o'clock Thursday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. L. D. Shobe, 1903 Hink-
son avenue.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-08-11

We have been told that the proper
place to hold board meeting is in
a lumber yard.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-08-11
SOCIETY


Frances Gray, I'LL University ave.
nue.. The guests included Misses
Mary Clerk, Helen Mitchell, Elizabeth
Spencer, Jean Frances Bassett, Thel
ma Thomas, Dorothy Clark, Winifre6
Dysart, Elizabeth Estes, Frances
Mitchell, Rebecca Evans, Queen Smith
Mary Banks, Katherine Bedford, Kath.
crime Conley, Elizabeth Harris, Exile
Gray and Lucille Evans, and San
Canterbury, Clayton Gordon, Edwin
Mayes. James Thelan, Coy Bour
James Taylor, Fred Edwards, John
Dalton, Sam Broadbent, Gilbert Moore
Adra Armstrong, Philip Stephens
Charles Nicholson, Doyle Cotton
Raymond Clouse, Thomas Taylor and
William Gentry.
Garth Clihkscales, who has beer
visiting his father and mother. Mr.
and Mrs. E. C. Clinkscales of Stewar,
road, will leave tomorrow for Joplin
Mo.
Misses Jessie and Esther Hill have
returned from Halifax, Nova Scotia
where they have heen visiting theil
| grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Robar;
Baxter
Hamilton Rollins of Los Angeles
Cal, is the guest of his cousins, Frank
and Sidney Rollins of Providence
road.
Mrs. B. ]. Carl and two children
have returned from Memphis, Mo-,
where they have been visiting Mrs.
Carl's parents for the last two weeks
DR. and Mrs. Dan G. Stine enter
tanned at tea last night at their home,
2l4 Thilley avenue. The following
persons were present: Mrs. John
Sykes, Misses Elizabeth Spencer,
Frances Mitchell, Exile Gray, Lucille
and Rebacca Evans and Fred Edwards,
James Taylor, John Dalton and NJ. J..
Thelan.
Miss Hertha Steiner of st. Louis is
the guest of her sisters, Misses Meta
and Hilda Steiner, at 7OS Missouri
avenue for a few days.
R. B. Price, Jr., left yesterday for
Wisconsin to spend two weeks va
cation
Mrs. Nellie Allen and her son, Pey-
ton, returned to Columbia Saturday
after spending the week visiting Mr..
and Mrs. ]. E. Schwabe and Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. A. Cottle at Browns.
The members of Read Hall enter
tained with an informal dance Frida,
evening. Eleven couples were pres
ent
Miss Pauline Albright of Portland,
Ore, who has been the guest for
the last week of Miss Margaret Hawk
ins of Read Hall, a student in the
University, left Columbia this morn
ing for Hannibal, Mo-, where she will
remain for the remainder of this sum
mer.
Miss Ladine Ketchum returned
home last night from Mexico, Mo-.
where she spent week visiting rela-
tives and friends.
Miss Frances Wayne Allen of 12
Allen place gave five hundred lunch
con Saturday morning at her home
in honor of Miss Mary Anna Hubbell.
who will go to Kansas City this week
to make her home The guests were
Misses Anna Katherine Sykes, Mary
Gentry, Grace Tandy, Carolyn Cotton,
Sara Ann Wheeler, Gladys Tandy,
Mary Fern Kampschmidt, Joy Johan-
mes, Rose Banks, Virginia Reed, Mary
Evans, Marian and Margaret Williams.
A meeting of the United Daughters
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-08-11

Most of the weeds have been cut;
now let's vote the sewer bonds.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-08-11

Garth Clihkscales, who has been
visiting his father and mother. Mr.
and Mrs. E. C. Clinkscales of Stewart
road, will leave tomorrow for Joplin,
Mo
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-08-11

Misses Jessie and Esther Hill have
returned from Halifax. Nova Scotia,
where they have heen visiting their
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Baxter.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-08-11

Mrs. B. j. Carl and two children
have returned from Memphis, Mo-,
where they have been visiting Mrs.
Carl's parents for the last two weeks
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1919-08-11

Hamilton Rollins of Los Angeles,
Cal, is the guest of his cousins, Frank
and Sidney Rollins of Providence
road.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-10-11
NOTICE OF PROPOSED SPECIAL
ASSESSMENT

Pursuant to the provisions of Sec
ton 81 of the Act under which the
City of Winnemucca was incorporated
tie State Of Nevada) notice is hereby
given to all persons concerned in the
proposed improvements and expense
thereof, hereinafter described and
specified, that the City Council of the
City of Winnemucca has caused maps,
plats and diagrams of the proposed
work and improvements and of the
locality to be improved and estimates
of the expense thereof to be made,
and has filed such maps. plats. dia-
grams and estimates with the City
Clerk for public examination. to which
maps, diagrams, plats and estimates
you are hereby referred for further
particulars.
The proposed work and improve
ments are as follows: Laying cement
sidewalks, curbs and cutters on the
southerly side of East Fourth street
from Bridge or Main street to the
easterly line OF the County High
School grounds. being 712 linear feet
In length or whereabouts laying ce-
ment sidewalks. cutters and curbs on
each side of Bridge or Main street
from the northerly line of Fifth street
to the s~outheasteriy terminus of the
Driveway OF the Humboldt County
Bridge across the Humboldt River.
being 2947 linear feet, or thereabouts:
said sidewalks to be laid according
70 the provisions OF City Ordinance