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The Washington times., 1919-04-10
FOE AEROS TO
FLY HEREFOR
VICTORY LOAN
German FOkkers To Take Part
In Great Aerial Circus Over
City Next Sunday Afternoon.

washington people win see Ger
man battle planes In flight over this
city for the first time next Sunday
afternoon when a flying circus goes
upstairs" TO inaugurate the Victory
liberty loan. Star American, French.
British, and Italian aces will stage q
tWo-hour, seVen-ring circus IN the
air above Potomac Park.
Spectators will be- bombed with
loan literature OF all descriptions.
The squadron. made up OF about
twenty planes. 10 one OF three similar
outfits which will visit every large
city in the country in the interesb
OF the Victory loan.
To Arrive Early sunday.
The circus Is scheduled to arrive
in Washington Sunday morning az
2:30 o'clock. II will perform in New
York tomorrow and at Philadelphia
on Saturday. Upon their arrival In
this city the flyers will proceed TO
Boiling Field, where the public viii
be given the opportunity to see the
Ayers and the planes at close range.
The planes will be assembled at Boil
ing Field 30 that visitors can see the
operation.
In the squadron are several Ger
man Folxker planes, the first to fly
in this country. The German planes
were captured by the h z. F.. taken
down, shipped across the Atlantic,
and were reassembled here for flight
In the circus Sunday afternoon the
Fokkers win constitute a hostile air
force. Two American scout planes
will 90 up to scatter loan literature.
While engaged in this inoffensiVe
operation they viii be attacked BY
the Fokkers.
GoOd-by. Fokkers.
Not to be intimidated BY German
bluster, the scouts will attack the
Fokkers, holding them on until the
arrival OF French and American
battleplanes, when the enemy viii bs
routed and destroyed"
The flying circus personnel is made
up OF seEenty-three men-twenty-on
officers and hfty-two enlisted men
tonians: Lieut.. John o. Donaldson,
ace: and Lieut.. Ellis s. Middleton.
John Poole, chairman OF the Dis
trict Liberty loan COMMITTEES: Mrs.
Wesley N. Stoner. chairman OF the
women's Liberty loan committee OF
the District; Charles W. Semmes. Of
the Liberty loan organisation, and
Mrs. E. B. Enyon, jr.. wife Of the
executive secretary OF the Liberty
loan committee OF the District, are
expected to go aloft as guests Of the
flyers. This will be the hrst time
that a Washington woman has gone
up from Boiling Field.
The performance starts promptly at,
1 80 Sunday afternoon and will conf
tinue until $3.50.
The Washington times., 1919-04-10
HIRE A HOME COMING
FIGHTERI

Put released soldiers and sailors to
work by consulting the Situations
Wanted" columns of this paper.
Every day there are scores of
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
ADS PRINTED FREE
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-18
GOOD SEATS BUT

Pretty good seats, don't you thinkY'
said Biffkins os he slipped his hat into
the rack under his cal at the theater
and waited for a word Of approval from
his wife,
They are fairly good seats" she
said, but i ! had bought seats so
far over that you can't see the whole
stake. and there is a post down there
that obstructs the view a little, and I
never Ike sitting so near the orchestra
End there seems to be a kind Of glare
light here. Seems to me feel a
draught and being so far In we will
have a lot Of people rise or climb over
them 7 We want TO 60 out into the
foyer during the intermission, Still. ("
with = sigh, II am a person easily
YOU have a great deal TO put up with
In this life and might as well learn to
make the best Of things--dear mel"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-18

A young girl Of Is writes me that she
is homely, that she has no accomplish
ments, that she cannot talk interesting
ly, and 10 bashfuL and self conscious,
and she wants TO knowtwhat she can do
to make herself attractive and popular,
My advice to such a girl is first TO
cheer up, and 10 remember that she Is
at this. ugly duckling age, and that many
an ugly duekling. develops into a swan.
Also ] would remind her that good looks
are largely 3. matter Of vanity, and that
the reason that ugly ome are so ugly
is mainly because they do not think
that it Is worth while to try to beautify
themselves,
If you viii observe you will see that
q beauty takes ten times the trouble
with her appearance that the plain
woman does, vet heaven knows the
plain woman needs the assistance Of all
of the arts OF the toilet more than does
her pulchritudinous sister. The beauty
will take hours In combing her hair and
see that every lock is just in place, The
ugly will give her hair a lick and
an u~nbecoming knot at any sort Of an
angle, and let 1t 60 at that.
The beauty will take infinite pains
in picking out just the shade and style
Of clothes that emphasize her every good
point. The honnely woman viii buy
kdIHltUtSI SO uTtSuttnbiC, dtQ NAV tNAA
such d s~earchlight on her defects. that
they look as II her worst enemy had
picked them out.
? Good looks are mostly good clothes.
When we speak OF a pretty woman we
have not SO much reference to her
classical features, or pink n white
complexion as to the generally pleasing
effect to the eye that she presents,
and SO l would urge any girl who real
szes that nature did not enter her into
the living picture class TO make a
profound study OF the art Of dress,
Also ! would call the attention of a
young girl to the fact that she can prac-
tically make her figure what she wants
1t by taking the proper exercises, and
eating the right food, and that no girl
who is healthy. and strong, and vital Is
ave really unattraetive in appearance.
The homely girl who wants to be pop
ular does well to learn how to do things.
III she has any musical talent whatever
let her learn how to play the piano so
that she "a play good dance music, or
popular songs. such a girl Is always the
center Of the crowd In any gathering OF
y5ung people. And she should be gener-
Gus with her accomplishments, not one
Of the kind whe have to be begged and
persuaded, and coaxed, and bribed be-
fore she will touch the plane.
Let her then qualify In outdoor sports,
and learn to play a good game Of
bridge. The girls who can fiji In and
take a hand at anything that comes
along, and who are good sports are
always in demand,
Ii a girl hasn't beauty she needs
brains. The homely girl should remem-
her that she must make herself at
tractive by some other means than her
looks, so she should read and study, and
improve her MIND, but by the same
token, she should avoid becoming q
much she knows. The cleverest thing q
clever woman ever does Ia to conceal
from men Just how clever she is,
In this connection, the ugly girl who
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-18

MAGAZINE FEATURES
8LNCEMGGLX
BEDTINE STORN
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE NUTMEG GRATER.

looked an around and, nce more, the
voice called:
Help me out of the trapi oh, please
help me out Of the trap
Who are you? Where are you, And
what is the trap7" asked Uncle Wiggily,
his pink nose tvinkling twice as fast
as an ice cream cone.
u am Jennie Chipmunk, was the
answer. And ] am under the sassa-
7 a tree. caught In a wooden box trap
that the Pipsisewah set here. / didn't
zee it until | stumbled in II, and now
the door has sprung shut and can't
"oh, well, III help you QUIT" cried
Uncle Wiggily. in his jolly voice, as he
hoped over to where he saw a sassa-
fras bush growing, Have no fear, Jen-
ME. III help you out"
The bunny rabbit gentleman saw
where the trap had been set. As Jen,
ME had said, 1t was made Of wood and
as soon as Uncle Wiggily saw that he
said:
"oh, no! with my sharp, gnawing
teeth, I can soon bite through the sides
OF that trap and set you free, Have
no fear. Jenniei'
SO Jennie had no fear, and Uncle
Wiggily began to gnaw. But he found
that the bad Pipsisewah had made the
trap OF hardwood almost like iron. and
the rabbit gentleman couldn't gnaw It
at all.
"oh, can't you get me outy' cried
Jennie.
"of course | cam exclaimed Uncle
Wiggily. If | can't gnaw that wood
with my teeth / can file II away with
the sharp, sand-papery side Of the nut
meg Crater. That will open the trap,
Jennie"
Uncle WISELY rubbed ana seraped
and pushed and showed the rough nut
meg crater over the wooden trap, un-
til, hard as 1t was, he had scraped a
way out for Jennie,
"Oh, thank you, so much!" Chartered
Jennie Chipmunk, as she scrambled out
u thank you. Uncle wiggilyl'
But I DON'T" cried a harsh voice.
II don't thank you at all! Now, Mr.,
Longears, since you let Jennie out Of
the trap in which I caught her, TIL
take some Of your souse in place Of
hers," and out jumped the Pipsisewah.
'oh, will you? Well, have a little
nutmeg first" bravely cried the bunny.
Then he reached out the nutmeg gra-
ter and rubbed it on the nose Of the
Koh, WOW! Double WOW and some
more!' howied the bad chap. I'm glad
I'm not q nutmeg Then away he ran,
not hurting Jennie nor the bunny. And
when the rice pudding was baked the
Pipsisewah didn't have a bit,
Thus everything came out all right,
and II the goldfish doesn't take all the
molasses off the popcorn ball and use
I 70 fasten a postage stamp on the
letter box, I'll tell you next about Uncle
Wiggily and Mrs, Spin-Spin,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-18
HOROSCOPE
TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1919.
Copyright. 1919, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)

b'IN' ~ A'NiNfhNNtf
According to astrology Saturn ant
Uranus are In Il malefic aspect earl,
today, but later Jupiter and Neptune
rule with kindly sway,
II Is a rule under which to combat
all pessimistic or destructive Ideas, ful
these will multiply to the grave peri
Of the nations.
The signs give warning of continued
unrest and discomfort. In places where
there Is little recognition OF actual con
ditions revolutions, now brewing, will
break out,
There is a menacing forecast for
France and Italy, but IN France eon-
ditions win change more rapidly than
In Italy, the seers declare,
Toward midday the planetary gov
ernment Ia fortunate for commercial
enterprises and constructive efforts Of
every sort.
Neptune is in a place read as en-
couraging to those who depend on pub
lie favor, but they must face harsh
criticism.
Deception now much to the
public consciousness " the stars are
read Alright, There viii be much UNI
covering OF secrets and national con-
fidence viii be assailed.
Congress continues subject to infIu-
ences foreeasting strain and stress
Blunders seem TO be indicated.
In all the allied countries unpopular
ity appears 10 be presaged for govern
Hent officials OF high rank, There will
be political u~phcavals in Great Britain.
Race riots SO long predicted may be
encouraged next month BY an uniortu-
nate incident.
Cabinet complications and embar-
easements appear to be forecast for the
president
Persons whose hirthdate 1t In may
meet with changes in the coming year
matters.
Children born on this day are likely
70 be generous and popular. but In
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-18
NEW YORK INDIANS.

Mr.. P~ackington. Of Chicago, visiting
in New York. was introduced to a lady
as from that growing town.
"Ah,' she smiled with the keen syn
icism of the effete East. From Chi
csgo. I suppose you have Indians out
there"
Eyes, madam, some" he replied
humbly.
"Ah. Aren't you afraid Of being
scalped?'
Not now, madam; now now he re-
sponded, with profound sincerity. ~
a before eama to New York, but
having been skinned as | have BY these
New York Indians, ] consider scalping
by our Chicago breed as a mere haga-
tslie."
Then there was q lull in the CONVEX
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-18

Brother Y kinder fed up with Arsonnes.
Big Brother kinder likes it--here."
Mr., Mason cleared his throat.
"Let's-let's sing Satisfactory
Girl, suggested Freddie.
"Who?" asked Mrs. Deane. She had
not heard Freddie's name for her
daughter.
"Tdiory Girl explained Mrs. Mason.
ITS Freddie's new name for Elizabeth,
Isn't it-Asweet ~ W. iES
Mrs. Deane gave Mrs. Mason q look
Elizabeth arose from her place and
went to the plane.
There are smiles that make us happy,
There are smiles that make us blue,
There are smiles that steal away the
tear drops
As,the sun beams steal away the dew"
sang Elizabeth In her clear, young
soprano. Presently Freddie's nice
voice mingled with hers. Irene was
silent. Mr.. Mason had put down his
paper and was nodding his head rhy-
thmically In time to the music. Again
there was a look between Mrs. Deane
and Mrs. Mason a look that was swift
and bright as the passage Of the blue
bird.
Some day they seemed to be say
ing to each other. Thank God--some
day.
THE END.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-18
copyright. 1919, by Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate.)
aY HOWARD 3. oARls.

Something in your kitchen smells
very good. Nurse Jane said Uncle
WISELY to his muskrat lady house
keeper one morning. as he stood on line
stoop OF the hollow stump bungalow. 7.
wen, l am trying to make a rice
pudding, spoke Miss Fuzzy wuzzy.
ARE you only Just trying tor Uncle
WISELY, wanted to know, anticipating
like and casual.
7 could make It all right If I had
nutmeg CRATER" went on the muskrat
iadys but mine Is broken, and until
get a new one I'm afraid there will
be no rice pudding.
must sprinkle nutmeg on the rice
pudding TO give it the proper flavor
n ADDED "of course l could get NUT
me already powdered at the store, but
| like to take one of the whole nut
megs myself, rub 1t up and down on
the round Crater, like a file, and make
my rice pudding that way"
Is the best" said Uncle wiggily.
III hop right over to the six and
sevenrcent store and bring you back a
And bring some fresh nutmegs, too"
spoke Nurse Jane. So Uncle Wiggily
said he would.
On he hoped, over the fields and
through the woods, and soon he was at
the grocery store, kept BY the nice
monkey doodle gentleman.
Here o arel Nice, fresh nutmeGs!"
said the monkey doodle, and he gave
Uncle Wiggily some Of the round, brown
nuts that have such a nice, spicy smell
n which make rice buildings taste so
delieiously,
Now for the nutmeg srater!" said
Uncle WiEglly TO himself as he hoped
along a little farther. ''And then, no!
for a rice pudding"
The bunny rabbit soon found a six
and seven cent store where nutmeg
Eraters were sold. A little pussy cat
girl waited on him. Soon with the rough
crater, which was like a file, wrapped
IN paper 50 that 1t would not scratch
him. Uncle Wlggily was on his way
back to his hollow stump bungalow.
But the rabbit gentleman had not
hoped very far through the woods be-
ing:
"oh, 1 can't get out! | can't get OUT
I'M caught in a trap and I can't get
Uncle .Wiggily looked all around, but
he could see no one.
Il must be careful whispered the
bunny rabbit gentleman to himself.
Perhaps this is a trick OF the Skee-
zicks or the Skuddlemagoon. They may
be pretending to be in a trap, 50 that
VIII hop close enough SO they a
grab ne and get my souse. must be
And Uncle wigglly was careful. He
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-18
DOROTHY DIX'S TALK
H SECRET OF CHARM.
BY DOROTHY DIX,
Tho Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.

is bright and humorous should especial
~. guard herself against exercising her
wits at the expense OF others. and gain
ing a reputation OF being sharp and sar-
castle. Nothing Is more fatal than that.
People may forgive cutting speeches
from Cupid bow lips, but they never
90 when they issue from a mouth that
looks Ike . slit In a letter box, Beauty
Is a cloak that covers a multitude Of
faults, but homeliness has no camou-
flage.
Unfortunately, there Is no recipe one
may give for becoming an entertain
ing conversationalist. The talent of the
~spellbinder Is a gift from heaven itself,
and no amount of thought or study,
stories, and brilliant repartee will serve
as substitute.
But while no girl can learn TO be a
fascinating talker she can acquire the
art Of being a thrilling listener, and
that Is ?. far more potent charm to on-
jure with. She can learn to look the
person who is speaking to her in the
face, to follow the thread Of his or her
talk. to ask a question that shows how
absorbed she is. She can even acquire
heroiSm enough to urge the narrator to
GO on, and on, with his or her mono-
logue, and the young woman who can
do that has got the best talker in the
with pdthou oll tHc DOdTuS III the ppp-
ularity contest.
As for self-ecnsciousness, the one and
only way to get rid Of that Is to quit
thinking of yourself, and devote every
particle of your attention to others.
Self-conseiousness Is only an excess OF
egotism, Get busy turning the spot
light on those about you, and you will
cease to think Of how you look your
self. Think OF other people and you
will not remember Yourself,
Finally, | would remind the homely
girl that there are charms of the spirit
more compelling than any charms of the
body, and that sven in this sordid world
the girl who has a sweet disposition and
a sunny temper, who Is unselfish, and
has a. heart full of sympathy and un-
Outstanding, need waste 10 tears on be-
moaning her hack Of a peaches and
cream complexion. and golden locks,
For the charms of the soul are the
charms that win and hold us.
copyright, 1919, BY the Wheeler SYN
dictate, Inc.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-18

YOU BUY their wares.
AND READ Of riots.
Ann $500
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9h. oa "'"
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WIFI 9i!s's" "o"'
VINO nos me cars
AD 20 : age
AND HERE else.
p.Ne '"' news
THAT THEArhRs'
HAVE cLosEp ther doors
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-18
Just a Moment
DAILY STRENGTH AND CHEER.
Compiled by John G, oulnius, the
Sunshine Man.

If my soul has turned perversely to
the dark; II ! have left some brother
wounded by the way; IL | have prS-
ferred my aims. to Thine. II | have
been impatient, and would not walt,
II | marred the pattern drawn out for
my life; II have cost tears to those
| loved; II my heart has murmured
against Thy will, O Lord. forgivel -
r.. B.. Meyer
We are saved by hope. Rom.
viii, "a.
TO desire. TO pray, and 10 long for
the great object OF our hope, the
mighty prize Of our high calling; and
as they are promised that Is, so far
as they are made necessary and useful
to us, In order to Gods glory and the
great end OF souls. Hope and fasting
are said TO be the two wings of prayer.
Fasting Is but as the wing of a bird
but hope Is like the wing of an angel.
soaring up to heaven, and hears our
prayers to the throne of grace. With
out hope, Il Is impossible TO pray, but
hope makes our prayers reasonable,
passionate and religious for II relies
upon Gods promise, or experience, or
providence, and story, Prayer Is always
IN proportion to our hope. jealous and
affectionate,
Perseverance, is tho perfection OF the
duty Of hope, and it's last act; and 80
long as our hope continues, SO long
we go on IN duty and diligence, but
he that Is to raise a castle in an hour.
sits down and does nothing toward it--
Jeremy Taylor
Dayton, Ohio, ~ 1924
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-18

JUST KIDS itself.
WHEN 1T assumes.
IT HAS more sense.
THAN BIRDS.
AND SQUIRRELS.
AND COWS.
AND ALL those things,
THAT HAVE remained
JUST WHERE God put them,
WHEN lie gave them life.
H
] THANK you.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-18
WHO'S TO BLAME

ETHEL LLOYD PATTERSON.

WHUn poNpiU aFU Hdppyl LHrfH oGdscH 70
CHAPTER NO 1ss,
Some Day,
So Freddie Mason began to forget his
wounds; forget his shattered arm and
the wound TO his pride and his heart
that Estrelda had dealt him. His moth
er's care nearly had healed the arm;
some day after another operation the
doctors held II hope that only a.
slight stiffness would remain to re-
mind. Freddie OF those pitiless weeks
In a hospital In France. And the nor
NAL happy girlhood Of Elizabeth Deane
fast wac healing poor Freddie's bruised
spirits, At last ne began to look like
tho Freddie Mason OF the two long
years ago. He was to be well again
bu~t--never quite the same.
He had been promoted now, from
couch TO a great chair, After dinner,
one evening he sat among his cushions
,ear the pretty lamp in the Mason sit
ing room, irene, his little sister, was
urled o a low chair near him. Eliza
seth and her mother had been there
for dinner.
Tell US about the Areonne again,
brother begged Irene, II love to hear
about 1t. IT makes me feel pickle up
and down my back / get 80 'cited!"
Freddie touched Irene caressingly
with his we'll hand,
mo more Argonne, for a while. lit"
tie SINISTER, = he told her gently. Big
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-18
BREAKFAST SCENERY.

What part OF the scenery around
here seems to attract the most at
tention?".
Well : said Farmer c~orntossal. I've
studied the eoarders pretty close !
should say it's the ham and eggs on
the breakfast tabia-"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-18

WITH WINTER food.
AND THEN.
| DON my city clothes.
AND ON the highway,
JOIN THE rush,
OF HUMAN things.
IN LITTLE cars.
AND GREAT big cars.
AND CITY streets.
COME RUSHING out.
AND PICK US up.
AND LEAD US in.
AND DUMP US out.
AND LEAVE US there,
WITH MILLIONS more.
WHO Run about
LIKE ANTS al work,
AND NEwsBors come.
AND If you've time.
Jackson County journal., 1919-07-18
CHAPTER III.
Covering the Tracks.

There was a fire escape rurnino .
up to the floor of that room on tba
outside of the house. / saw that .
would be possible by standing on q
chalr TO swing myself up to the hole
IN the wall and reach down to the iron
stairs up which. | assumed the deod
man had crept after I had given him
the hint of Jacqueine's abode hv
emerging from the front door.
| raised the dead man in nv arm.
looking apprehensively toward tha
ped. l was afraid Jacqueline would
AWAKEN, but she slept in heavy peace
undisturbed by the harsh creakino ~
the sagging floor beneath it's donhlo
burden. | put the fur cap on the gro
tesque, nodding dead head, and nnsb.
ing chair toward the wall with nv
loot, mounted it and managed with .
great effort to squeeze through +ba
mole, pulling up the body with mo &c
did so.
Then I felt with my foot for the
little platform at the top Of the iron
stairs outside, found it, and dronnad
AfterWard [ dragged the dreadful h,r
den down from the hole.
L carried the dead man all tho
down the fire escape, clinging and
straining against the rotting rnstino
bars.
At the back of the house was ,,t+,.
vacant space, filled with heaps of do.
brls from the demolished portions ~
the building and with refuse which
mao been dumped there by tenant.
VINO had left, and had never been ro
moved. This yard was separated on1v
oy rottlng fence with a single wood.
en- rail from small blind alley.
took UP my burden and placed -
at the end of the alley, covering II
roughly with some old burlap bags
"hlch lay there. I thought it safe to
assume that the police would look
upon the dead man as the victim Of
some footpad.
Jackson County journal., 1919-07-18
CHAPTER i-Contlnued.

When the taxicab deposited us in
front Of the house I glanced hastily
I'D and down the road. There was
another cab at the east end OK the
street, but l could not discern If It
were approaching me or stationary. /
opened the front door quickly and ad-
mitted my companion, then preceded
her up the uncarpeted stairs to nv
little apartment on the top floor.
As I opened the door of nv apart-
ment the dog pushed past me. Again
1 had forgotten it; but 1t had not for
gotten its mistress.
It'll tomorrow, mademoiselle." I
said ~And won't you tell me YOUR
nameT
"Jacqueline." she answered. "And
yourE?'
"Paul," I said.
"Au revoir Monsieur Paul, then, and
take my gratitude with you for your
goodness"
let her hand fall and hurried down
the stairs, confused and choking. for
there was a wedding ring upon her
finger
Jackson County journal., 1919-07-18
OF Good Quality

More clothing retailers than ever be-
lore, it was stated by the representa-.
tive OF a leading clothing house, have
decided not to wait for statesmen to
get to them but have put in their
initial orders for fall merchandise,
says the New York Times. The result
OF this desire to get their orders in
early has SO far made the volume of
1all business done better than in any
previous season. Prices have had no
erect in curtailing orders, and the one
idea of the retail trade seems to be to
get quality. Many of them have men
toned that the wholesale trade has
shown good judgment in making high
standards of goods and workmanship
of first consideration this season, and
they say that this policy is in line
With conditions that they have found.