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d uOll dllU dn hlIluo Ol II ulCSo, nuts and candy and don't for get Miss Della bring her some thing nice. That is all for this Christmas.
 From your loving friend
 Liberty Campbell Dear Santa Clause, Please, Pease bring me a dimes worth of oceans
 And bring my teacher a silk handkerchief.
 From your friend Archie Gaddis Dearest old sanity
 I am a good little boy mind my aunty Kitty and my Grand Pa and please Santy don't forget me and the others little boys please bring me a car. a bear a rubber ball a lit tie pop gun and some little boots just like those you brought last year to me some fire crackers and roman candles and that is all except candy oTnges apples bannas. good-by dear sanity, from
 Zeblon HarTell. Dear Santa Claus.
 I wish to tell you what want. Please bring me a dol with nice dress cap shoes and stockings on a little trunk to keep it's clothes in a little cook stove and a cook apron and a story book. Bring my baby brother a rookie horse and anything else you think will please him. Don't forget the poor children and my teacher Mrs. Strong.
 Your little friend
 Nina Farrell Grandma wrote this. Dear santa claus
 I want a blouse and a skirt I want a table and chair and 3 set of dishes, little dresser with mirror for Margaret little rolk- horse for baby.
 Mary Weller Dear Santa.
 I have been very good and would like for you to bring me a big doll with long curls and sleeping eyes remember the poor and sick. l want some fruit and nuts. And remember my brothers, mother, Father Grandfather and Grandma. wish everybody a merry christ mas
 Your Friend
 Ethlyn Fern Howard Dear sant claus
 I am a good girl this year want a trunk and some cloth ing for my doll a hat shoe stocking and a dress an table a chair and bed and some bed ing. this is all 1 want rembe1 mother and all the rest rembe1 Miss anie my teach
 Anna Hansman Dear Santa Claus
 Santa l am going to tell you what 1 want for christmas for I want a Wach Brachlet and a Diamond ring and some candy and fruit and some nuts and writing Desk and a set of Dishes and some christmas Bells and lots of things to eat so I will close for this time
 From your Friend
 Lorena Younger Dear Santa Claus
 Please bring me a big pretty doll without any hair and bring me, some dishes, DOCK, games and please bring me some clothes for my doll.I hope I am not wanting too much. l will be in Union City Christ mas.
 Frances Sharp Bogle. Dear Santa Claus Please bring a bicycle and a foot ball. Please not forget Miss Della Baggott. Fill my stocking full of candy and nuts and apples.
 yoru loving friend,
 Henry Marion Hurst Dear Santa Claus: Please
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Fell '.m you .aw it in the AR6uA
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-13
BUCK IN HUN BOMB
AREA MANY NIGHTS

Treating women and children wound
ed and mangled by German alrplane
bombs was one Of the duties Of Lieut.,
Kinsey M. Buck, Memphis surgeon,
with unit p, base hospital. No. Is, who
has returned to the city after IL months
active service with his unit. The Of
ficer landed in New York two weeks
ago, and arrived in Memphis Wednes-
day,
When Lieut.. Buck was teamed with
Mai. Battle Malone at Crevecoeur, and
other French villages, he witnessed the
de~predations Of the German airmen,
who bombed his team, which was sent
from the. base to the front as a first
aid unit, 10 out of Il nights at the
front.
The Huns were evidently looking for
Lieut., Buck. They would release star
shells, from the planes, which would
light up the entire community, reveal
ing railroads, headquarters, dumps, etc.
| Then would follow his bombs, One fell
100 feet from Lieut.. Buck at Creve-
occur, killifg several persons In a
| house across the street.
Lieut.. Buck and Mai, Malone were
/ present at the battle of CantiGy, the
first American battle. They worked
| for two days straight OF the wounded
Yanks. The German prisoners taken
IN the battle refused to believe the sol
diers were Americans who captured
them, and called them English in
| American khaki.
Lieut., Buck will resume his practice
in Memphis Immediately.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-13
L0WENSTEIN WILL HAS
CHARITABLE REQUESTS

The bulk of the estate of Elias Low
e%nstein, one of the oldest and most
respected citizens of Memphis, is to be
divided into equal shares, five shares
in trust for executor for equal benefit
of five daughters for sole and separate
use, according to the will probated late
Wednesday. Each of the five daugh-
ters Is to receive semiannual income
OF One-siXth of the residue of estate
during life and at their death the estate
to revert to their children.
The remaining one-sixth of the estate
Is left to executors to control and man
age and produce an income from which
they shall pay to the son. Walter b.
Lowenstein, $1,000 for life, payable
quarterly.
A codicil to the will leaves to Regina
lodge the Lowenstein nome on Jeffer-
son avenue and Manassas street to be
converted into a home for the aged
and infirm of the Jewish race, the
lodge being required to create an en-
dowment Of $50, 900.
Most of the furniture, cars, etc, are
divided between the five daughters,
Mrs, Ike Samelson, Mrs. Sol Cans, Mrs,
5. Simon, Mrs, Rebecca Ullman and
Mrs. Hattie Bloomstein.
Jewish societies and organizations
are remembered in the VIII,
The wiz was offered for probate by
Leo Goodman, attorney.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-13

had entered her fathers office breath
lesSly. He looked up aL her from his
desk. For a second his neaTt stood stilL
He thought she was IN another OF her
tempers. Then he saw her excitement
was pleasureahle and drew a long
breath. And-"Papa." she said; she had
caught at his shoulder with her large
strong hands. Papa, the young man
from New York. who was here the other
night, has come back to town on pur-
pose TO see me. I've asked him to
supper and"
well, that's real nice, honey he
told her, and further TO propitiate her
My little girl certainly gets the
beaux, doesn't she?"
Estrelda dismissed the compliment
with a gesture.
Il haven't got him-yet," she said,
in her excitement, speaking with UNI
accustomed f~rankness. Butt will get
him-tonight, II you'll do as ] tell youi'
He looked at her a little fearfully.
"Now-honey-' he began timidly.
As soon as supper's over make some
excuse and go out" she told him abb
ruptly. Leave US alone
Their two looks clashed; the request
was sufficiently extraordinary, and yet
by its very daring it disarmed' Mr..
Smithers. He knew his daughter for
lawless-up to a point. Beyond that
point he always had believed she would
iOL kbs his utN1uoN ne btliib NA
father, necessarily idealized her, How
ever, he was right, but because Estrelda
was too shrewd to risk a bargain where
the stakes were not all certainly hers.
HoweVer-this question:
"Honey-'s began Mr.. smithers,
weakly.
Don't answer back" snapped Estrel-
da, and don't be a fool" Just for an
instant there came a very faint CLEAN
of tenderness for him in her eyes. You
don't need to worry about me, papa"
she told him. Il wasn't born yesterday!
VIII you do It? Pm serious-give me
your word"
IAN right" said Mr.. Smithers-
"Tll-7r1l go..right after supper, IN
"say-Anything you darn please"
said Estreida. Thanks
She leaned and kissed him on the
bald spot that, thanks to her, was
growing so fast atop his head.
80 long" she called as she slammed
the office door behind her.
did your father mind?" Freddie
asked her when she rejoined him.
Estrelda laughed to herself wickedly.
NO. she said-"he didn't mind"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-13
MAGAZINE FEATURES
G8VNCLBWIGGITYSS
BEDTINE STORY
UNCLE WIGGnY AND THE BUTTON TREE,

than / could the time he made believe
he was a lump Of snow | tried to shovel
up and Uncle Wiggily laughed as he
thought Of that.
But he looked carefully through his
glasses, and he poked here and there
with his red, white and blue striped
rheumatism crutch, and no Mr.. White
wash could MIR. Longears see.
II wonder who called NEE thought
Uncle Wiggily, speaking out loud, as
he often did,
81 called you,' shouted a cold and
shiyery voice, and, out from behind a
pile Of snow hoped the unpleasant old
Boodledab. Now the Boodledab is a
very queer chap, He has long, slim
paws, with soft fur on the ends instead
Of finger nails, and they are just made
for tickling, And that's what the Boo
dledab does-he tickles,
Now I've caught you!" cried the
Roodledah to Uncle Wiggily. Now I've
caught you and I'm going to tickle
you'll"
what good will that do?" asked
JINGLE Wiggily, thinking that II he
talked TO the Boodledab long enough
a policemen dog might come along and
arrest him. What good will II do to
tickle me?' asked the bunny.
When tickle you Why YOU win
out his long, soft furry paws. And
you'll laugh 80 hard that you'll burst
all the buttons off your coat. Then
your oat will come open, you'll catch
cold and you will sneeze like the cpl
z%ootlc, Then, when you are sneezing,
III catch you, Dc you seer,
Yes, see sadly said Uncle Wig
gily. but | had rather not. Please
don't tickle met
yes, I shalt" cried the Boodledab,
perversely like. I'm tickle you until
you laugh, and all the buttons will
will come open and you will catch cold,
sneeZe and have the epizootie and then
! a catch you. Get ready for tho
ticklingl"
The Boodledab reached out his soft,
furry paws, and gently tickled Uncle
didn't hurt the bunny q bit, but he
laughed and laughed and laughed you
know. just Ike a dishpan; and, all Of a
sudden, surely enough, he laughed so
hard that all the buttons burst off his
coat. Open II flew and Uncle Wiggily
was just going 10 catch cold and sneeze
epizootically when suddenly, over his
head a new voice cried:
Here you are, Uncle Wiggily. Here
are some new buttons for your coat.
Fasten them on quickly button your
coat up and you won't sneeze, and the
Boodledab can't catch you.
who are your asked the bunny. -
Il am the sycamore, or button-ball
tree" was the answer. ION my tree
grow round, brown buttons and there
are always some on IN the winter time.
Here you are! Catch"
Then the button tree ratified down
some round, brown buttons; just tho
kind that 20 on %overcoats, Uncle Wig
| glly caught them, quickly fastened
them on his coat with thorns from the
thorn tree, which grew near by, and
there he was! All right! Quickly he
buttoned his coat. and he didn't sneeSe
and he didn't get the epizootic and the
Boodledab didn't get him, Wasn't that
good?
Uncle Wiggily hoped home, after
thanking the button and thorn trees,
| the Bodledab ran away, and II the salt
doesn't hide In the sugar bowl when the
lemon squeeaer is trying TO pinch, the
nutmeg crater, I'll tell you next abouf
| Uncle Wlgglly's lemonade. q
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-13
New Alcoholic Elixir, Called
ASpironaI, MediCated With
Latest Scientific Remedies
Used and Endorsed by Euro
pean and American Army
Surgeons to Cut Short a
Cold and Prevent COmpIiCa-
tionS.
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 Is Aspironal, the Two
Minute cold and cough reliever, author
itatively guaranteed by the laborato-
rles; tested, approved and most enthu-
siastically Endorsed by the highest au-
thorities, and proclaimed by the com
mon people as ten times as quick and
effective as whiskeS, rock and rye, or
any other cold and cough cure they
have ever tried,
All drug stores are now supplied with
the wonderful new elixir, 40 all you
have to do to get rid OF that cold, is
to step into the nearest drug store,
hand the clerk half a dollar for a bot
tie Of Aspironal, and tell him to serve
you q te~aspoonful with four teaspoon
fuls of water In a glass, With your
watch In your hand, take the drink at
one swallow and call for your money
back in two minutes II you cannot feel
your cold fading away like a dream,
within the time limit. Don't be bash
full, for all druggists invite you and ex-
pect you 10 try 1t, Everybody's do
ing II.
When your cold or cough Is relieved,
take the remainder OF the bottle home
to your wife and babies, for Aspironal
Is by far the safest and most effective,
the easiest to take and most agreeable
cold and cough remedy for Infants and
children, DO not he afraid Of It's alco-
holic contents, for II contains no more
than any good doctor would prescribe
for a cold, cough or the flu. adv.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-13
JUDGE MALONE WILL
TALK OF CENTENARY

Memphis and Shelby county CEN
tenRry celebration on May 21-22, will
fore the Wholesale division of the Mem
phis association of credit men at the
organizations semimonthly luncheon
Friday. The address VIII be given by
Judge ], II, Malone at the Hotel Gayoso
at 1915 o'clock.
According to announcements the talk
affords IN opportunity for learning some
thing about the early history OF the
city and the plans to celebrate Mem
pitts ~one-hundredth anniversary.
Permanent headquarters for the as
s~ociation have been opened on the sec
ond floor of the Chamber of Commerce
with Miss Mary Newman, assistant sec
rotary, in charge,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-13
A Sure Way to
End Dandruff

There is one sure way that has never
failed to remove dandruff at once, and
that is to dissolve it. then you destroy
II entirely. To do this, just get about
four nee of plain, common LIQUID
arvon from any drug store (this is all
you will need), apply it at night when
retiring; use enough to moisten the
scalp and rub it in gently with the
finger tips.
BY morning, most II not all. of your
dandruff win be gone, and three or four
more applications will completely dis
solve and entirely destroy every single
sign and trace of it, no matter how
much dandruff you may have.
You will find all itching and digging
Of the scalp will stop Instantly, and
your hair will be fluffy, lustrous. glossy,
silky and soft, n look and feel a hun
dred times better. adv.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-13
copyright, 1919, by Mcclure Newspa
ner SNndicatel
BY HOWARD R. aARls.

You had better put on your hg, long
fur coat and button 1t well around you.
u you go out today said Nurse Jane
Fuzzy WuzZy, the muskrat lady house
Keeper, to Uncle Wiggily Longears, he
bunny rabbit gentleman, one morning
Il will, said Uncle Wiggily, "Ill
button up good and warm, for II is cold
and showing
And so il was. The big white flakes
were sitting down out OF the sky, as
Mother Goose Sits the feathers when
abe shakes up the pillows of a bed OF
clouds. For II was winter IN Wood
land, nea the Orange Ice Mountains,
where Uncle Wiggily lived.
Still that did not stop the bunny zen
tleman from going out to look for an
adventure, as he did nearly every day,
So, ~huttonging his long fur Goa about
him, as Nurse Jane had told him to do,
out from his hollow stump bungalow
started Uncle WiRgily,
Through the snow he hoped. max
ing funny little tracks In the white
drifts, and he was wondering what sort
Of an adventure he would have, when,
all OF a sudden, he heard a voice call
ing;
There, That's far enough! Stop
where you are!"
Uncle Wiggily stopped, and then he
looked around to see who had called
him, but nc one was in sight,
That's funny, said the bunny,
Maybe it's Mr.. Whitewash, the polar
bear gentleman, trying TO nave some
fun with me. He's white, Just like a
snowdrift, and l can't see him any more
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-13
LITTLE ROCK LEADS
MEMPHIS IN ~" DRIVE

N~inety-one members have been OBJ
tanned by workers in the Y. M. c. A.
membership drive, stated Or. T.. E.
George, general secretary of the asso-
citation, Thursday.
Memphis Is five points behind the
Little Rock Y. M, C. A. in the contest
between the two organizations. Three
gymnasium classes of the local assoc
citation are competing with a like num-
Der of classes Of the Arkansas Y. M.
{, A. in attendance and new mem
bers. The Memphis association sub
mitted to a two to one handicap. The
standing Is: Little Rock, 307 points;
Memphis, S02. The points actually OBJ
tanned by the Arkansas classes have
been doubled.
r, W. Tapp, physical director of tho
local Y declared yesterday that a de
termined effort would be made to forge
ahead of The rival unit this afternoon
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-13
HIGH WIND WHIPS
SIGNS AND FLAGS

A storm center which Thursday Is
centered around Little Rock, Ark, and
apparently moving toward Memphis,
whipped its advance guard into this city
Wednesday night, the wind blowing as
high as 30 miles an hour,
At s pm. the rate was 30 miles; at
Q pm It was "a miles, and at 1880,
when IL was at it's height, the rate was
40 per hour. In Whisky chute, the alley
leading from Front to Main streets OPP
posite South Court avenue, the rate is
estimated to have been 80 miles an
hour at midnight.
Signs Of all descriptions on Main and
Second streets were damaged and de-
stroyed. Several American flags were
whipped to shreds n The top of a
small tree In Court square was broken
off,
The storm center may be headed for
Memphis, The Little Rock barometrtc
pressure Thursday was 29.12 inches,
and At Memphis 1t was 29,SO inches and
falling.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-13
CHAPTER no. SO.
The Plot.

1iiAi En- NJ 90.
The Plot.
But In spite Of having said she was
most anxious to have Freddie meet her
father, Estrelda did not introduce him
TO that gentleman at the first oppor-
tunity.
Il want to stop at the store and tell
father you're going to have supper with
us she said, as she and Freddie re-
turned from their walk in the woods
In the late afternoon.
III it's going to be any trouble" pro-
tested Freddie, wondering a little what
father might have to do with it.
"Oh, no.; it's not that declared Es-
trelda hastily. I'D make some nice
things for supper, anyway. It's just
that" she paused and then stopped, As
a matter Of fact 1t was impossible for
her to tell Freddie exactly why she did
want to see her father. But a con-
ference with that gentleman was i'm
portant TO his daughter at this juno
ton.
Accordingly she halted before smith
er's Hardware Store" when they came
to II on Main street.
I'm just run in for > minute" she
said.
DON'T you want me TO go in with
your asked Freddie. us this your faith
er's Officer"
"Yes-this is dads store Estrelda
told him. lt's-its-' she had to i'm
provise quickly-'it's his pay day" she
told him. Hell Just be paying off the
help. He gets cranky If he's inter-
rupted, You walk on down a block OF
so, slowly. I'll be with you before you
can say Jack Robinson
Freddie walked. Just for a moment
he had had r queer little twinge. He
had not even known Mr.. Smithers
business! He had not known the Chris
tian name of the man who was father
to this girl who was SO absorbing his
every thought. How different 1t all
was to the tradition with which he
had lived and grown to manhood. II
had flashed into his mind that among
tho girls he had known, young men were
not permitted to call until they were
seen and approved by the parents. He
had dismissed the thought at once, in
annoyance, He did not know 1t, but
already Estrelda had aroused in him a
kind OF loyalty, Gee whiz"--he said to
himself-"of course IT'S different In a
small town. People have TO be more
careful in New York"
Back in 'Smither's Hardware Store
the heiress to the SmIthers fortunes
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-13
MEMPHIS CASUALS
HAVE RECOVERED

Army casualty lists being made pub
lie by the war department are stu in,
Guiding minor casuals who suffered
their wounds as late as September and.
october, Lieut., Guy II. Davant, son OF
Mr. and Mrs. James s. Davant, was
slightly gassed on Oct, IA, and has re-
joined hts regiment, the 18th infantry,
patton. His name is in Thursdays cas-
ualty list.
other Memphians mentioned are Pri-
vate Legrand Wilson Brady and Private
Henry L. Williams, both Of Buntyn.
Brady, who was slightly wounded in
September, has already recovered. Will
liams was severely wounded, the as
ualty list states.
Corporal Eular r., Ferguson, residing
on Poplar boulevard. one block east Of
T~reEevant venue, was wounded slight
ly, according to the casualty list,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-13
ADJUSTMENTS
New Lyric.

Happy-Go-Lucky Jiggs of the cartoons
viii return in a new environment, new
fun, new songs, pretty girls and all
other accoutrement of the popular mu-
steal comedy when he is seen Satur-
ter with a daily matinee. OF course,
as in the past, Jiggs' ambitions run
10 exalted and prodigious heights. How
they are thwarted, subjugated and
finally achieved, forms the basis Of de-
lightful entertainment arranged by the
most successful and withal capable Of
u~p-to-date producers of modern thea
tiers. In this particular enterprise, Gus
Hil has struck a new note in providing
fun Of a sort calculated to meet with the
approval of the most eXacting seeker
after wholesome amusement. At least
a dozen song hits and specially com
posed musical numbers will be intro
duced along with the many special
ties
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-13
FOUR AUTOS FOUND;
ONE OF THEM WRECKED

Automobiles reported stolen Thursday
to the Memphis police and detective de-
partment were: Ben Spears Shoe COM
pany, Main street,
Automobiles recovered Wednesday
night and Thursday by the police and
detectives We're as follows:
Touring car c. O, Beeson, 62S Keel
avenue, found wrecked on Concord I'VE
nue., between Main and Second streets,
by Emergency Policemen Robinson and
Gar belonging to Mrs, j. j, Woods,
Tutwiler venue, found by Emergency
Policemen Taylor and Ham,
Car OF N. B, Partin, Galloway. found
by patrolmen wellington and Lucy.
Car Of Mrs, Margaret Cause, Beale
avenue.
Burke Revel. North Parkway, seven
passenger car. from in front OF his
| home,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-13
Loews Lyceum.

Popularity will be the keynote of
the new bill which comes to Loew's
Lyceum Thursday afternoon for the
last three days of the week. An all
star aggregation of vaudeville acts is
offered, but two numbers promise to
meet with. instant approval from the
audiences. Van and Carrie Avery, in
a blackface comic oddity, Madame Sir
loin Medium" will be one of the in
known as the originator of the Rastus
character. Another number of pleas
ing note is that of Dave Harris and
Charles Morey, two ragtime experts
whose songs go equally well. Other
numbers on the new bill include Cliff
Clark in varied bits of vaudeville, and
the Sterling Rose trio in aerial feats,
Pauline Frederick in out of the Shad-
OM," is the photoplaY star.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-02-13
Orpheum.

Three years ago Julius Tanner,
dubbed Chatter Box" was considered
one of the best monolgists in vaude-
vile. For years Tanner cherished the
ambition to become a character actor.
When the opportunity arrived, he
bowed himself gracefully out of vaude-
vile and rapidly became a star on the
dramatic stage. He rs now bowling
himself back into vaudeville again and
is chattering more glibly and hunor-
ously than before. Potash and Perl
mutter"s was responsible for Tannen's
temporary withdrawal from the two
a-day. In both plays made from the
Montague Glass story, Tanner played
Mawruss Perlmutter, and he played
him so well that he became one of the
stars OF the company. He was in re-
atty the INSTALLATION of the Glass
brain-child. Tannen's gift of CAB Is
known and appreciated wherever there
Is an English-speaking theater.