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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-05
DOROTHY DIX'S TALK
THE GOOD FELLOW GIRL.
BY DOROTHY DIX,
The Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.

\ young woman wants to know what
Is meant by the term "a good fellow
when it is applied to a girl.
Originally the epithet was, at best, a
lei t-handed compliment. A good fellow
girl was supposed to be a girl who snaps
her fingers in Mrs, Grundy's face, and
who let's down the bars between the
sexes, She was the sort Of girl who
permitted f%amillarities from men, who
smoked oigarets and drank cocktails
with them, and who laughed in the right
place at off-colored stories.
The good fellow girl Of the past was
the kind Of girl that made good women
want to weep over her folly. and whom
men prayed that their own daughters
and sisters might never resemble.
In these changing modern times, how
ever, when ONE shift their viewpoint
and evolve new characteristics almost
as often AZ they do their styles OF skirt,
the term a good fellow girl" has come
to have an entirely different meaning.
II IL now used only in a complimentary
sense, and to indicate that a certain
type OF girl possesses virtues and
charms that lean more toward masCu-
line than feminine standards.
To begin with, the good fellow girl
runs TO tailor mades instead Of fluffy
ruffles In her clothes. No RICH heels and
sltmpsey tea gowns, and dangling ban
giles and chains for her. She wants
sensible clothes that there is some wear
to and that one can get about In; plain
shirt waists that can go to the laun-
dry and be kept Immediately clean.
She combs her hair simply, instead OF
torturing Il into ContortioHS that look
like q BARRIERS nightmare, Her cosmet
les are soap and water, and she would
no more powder her lose or paint her
lips on the street car than she would
make her toilet in public, She Is no
fashion plate or living picture, but she's
terribly easy on the eyes-the kind OF
girl you never get tired Of seeing
around and who always seems to have
OF Just the right costume for that par
ticular time and place.
The good fellow girl Is an outdoor
girl, She isn't afraid OF her complexion
getting freckled or sunhurned and sc
she doesn't 60 about swathed in pro
tecting wells. Neither does she start o.
hikes In thin -soled, white kid boot.
with spool heels under the middle Of hel
foot, Nor Ia she subject to ladylikt
tremors, that make her oh and An
with fright II a car skids n bit, or "A biz
wave hits a boat, or she catches a big
Gravity crab on her line when she goei
a%-ftshing.
The good fellow girl can drive a ca
and knows what TO do to an engine
when II gets balky, She asks no odd
al tennis, or golf, and she doesn't hay,
anybody explain to her why they cal
that funny green spot the diamond at
baseball park, Moreover, when sh,
plays a game she is sporting. She play
II honestly, and she doesn't cry whei
she loses, and no man would dare no
to let her pay her bet when he beat
her.
Tho good fellow girl Is efficient. She's
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-05

an admirable Crichton in p%etticoats
She Knows how TO take care OF her
own money and drive q good bargain
She doesn't cry or faint or have hys-
tertcs when the cook leaves or some
body gets hurt or a baby swallows a
injured, rolls up her sleeves and goes
into the kitchen and unhoOks and paci-
flies the infant and soothes his per-
turbed feelings, She Is the kind Of a
girl that the family call sensible, and
that they turn to In every time Of
need.
In business the good fellow girl is the
she tackles her job as a man does hts
she depends on good work TO get her a
raise instead Of making eyes at her
boss. She isn't locking out for adven-
ture, nor yearning for flirtations, nor
practtcing coquetries en- every man,
from the office boy up, nor Toes she ex-
pect TO stop a. busy mar TO fix her hor-
rid typewriter when ii gets wrong, nor
to hunt up things in the files for her,
nor sharpen her lead pencils. Neither
does she expect her lovely complexion
to atone for her spelling, nor her pout-
ing lips to be an excuse Tor her ledger
not balancing.
The good fellow girl realizes that
there II no sex In work, and that man
49, NNN fNNf A'A'N AthP III bhnliRADS ihufH ~
and so she minds her W business,
buys her own lunches, doesn't consider
herself a martyr because she has to
earn her. own living, but works shoulder
TO shoulder with men so simply, so
helpfully, 50 competently, and frankly
another good fellow who Is very much
on the job,
Perhaps it Is in her mental attitude
that the good fellow girl differs most
from the baby doll girl, The baby doll
girl is a mass of c~aInouflage from her
drug store complexion to her two sizes
too small shoes, and her pretense that
she is a fool herself and believes every
man to be a cooling, The good fellow
girl IN all frankness and honesty.
Her looks are ner own, and 30 are her
opinions. h expects a man to expect
her to have brains and to use them,
and she would no more wheedle and
flatter attentions out OF him than she
would pick hts pocket, The good fellow
girl Is not so generally attractive TO
men as her more feminine sister, Men
like her as a friend as a comrade and
a pal because she does not expect tc
made love to and have sentiment
talked to her continually. For that rea-
son they are not on their guard against
her, and do not consider her dangerous
They regard her with the sort Of az.
ieutIun lhey Woulu u most attractive
little brother, and then, some day
something happens that lifts the vel
and shows that the little brother is 4
woman, after an, and before they know
1t the good fellow Is sobbing on the
second button Of their vests aud it Il
all over except sending out &c wed
ding cards,
And no man who marries u good fellow
girl ever regrets, t.,
Copyright, 1919, by the Wheeler Syn,
dictate, Ine,)
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-05
The Public Be SerUed

AND EVEN my wife.
WHO Is a kindly soul,
DEVELOPED WITHIN her.
AN laugh.
WHICH ! could hear,
AT FREQUENT intervals
WHILE I lay there,
EVOLVING 4 plan.
TO INVITE the ranchman.
TO COME to New York.
WHERE l would take him.
TO THE subway station.
AT THE Grand Central.
AND DESERT him.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-05
MARCH 5. 1909.

MARCH 5, 1909.
Presley Barrett, who had shot and
killed Frank Smith, manager Of the
Windsor hotel, a few nights before,
gave himself up to Jack, Rocco, deputy
Mayor Malone instructed j. II,
Weatherford, city engineer, not to al
low the town of Binghamton to con
meet with the city sewers on account
OF the town violating its agreement to
come into the city.
Miss Willie L. Cooper, of Nashville
was the guest Of DIR. and Mrs, j. M
Walton, Of North Third street,
The enforcement OF the Law" wal
the subject of the talk that Mayor
Malone announced that he would give
the police department the next day a
assembly,
The, river rose nearly a foot the nigh
before and the crest of the big rise II
sight was alarming the people owning
property in the lowlands ear Mem,
phis.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-05

How bounded every life seems, Judged
as we judge; yet the results are for
ever,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-05
USEFUL NOW.

John" said the clergyman 10 his
new man, do you-er-ever employ
strong language?"
The new man blushed self-con-
soiously,
We'll, sir, he faltered, Il may
be a little careless-like in my speech
at times"
All murmured the clergyman,
I'm sorry, John-l'm sorryl But we
will converse on that at some more
fitting time. Just now I want you to
get TO Jenkinson a B~lenkinson and
settle this bill for repairing my sum :
mer house. And YOU might ak to
them, John. as u IL were your own
hill, in a careless like sort Of way,
Win you, John3'
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-05
Twice Told Tales New, :" x 81 Mem m,
News Of Memphis
as Years Ago.

MARCH 5, 1894.
Plans were launched for a competitive
drill among the members Of the Old
Chickasaw Guards,
The steamer John X. Speed was due
from Cincinnati, bound for Memphis
and New Orleans, with n OF the
largest cargoes ever carried on inland
waters.
Horsemen at the Montgomery park
track were congratulating E. F. Nc
Lean on procuring the services OF Will
liam Blackburn as trainer.
The only municipal work under way
was the cleaning Of streets by the
street department.
Many visitors called at the Shelby
county prison to see Mrs. Bettit
Wrench, who shot and killed j, W
Denning. She also suffered sever
wounds in the pistol fight,
A musical was given at the home OF
John Harris, Is Walnut street, by Miss
Lille Harris and Charles Harris.
The attraction at the Grand theatel
was "A Breezy Time"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-05
WRONG VIEWPOINT

Senator Knox is credited by the opponents OF the league Of
nations with having delivered the strongest address made So far
against the plan. Anyone who will take the trouble and waste
the time to read his speech will find that it might easilv he
mistaken Tor an attack upon its consttutionaEty before the
supreme court lie discussed the league as counsel for a
defendant with a very bad case would appeal to some tcchni.
salty IN the law to save his client from a merited penalty, The
beauty about the plan for the league of nations is that once if is
ADOPTED y IS oinalng and legal, and not subject to reversal, and
no miscreant can escape its application by employing a dsnn.
guished lawyer, wise enough not to argue the case upon its
merits, to attack the law, Senator Knox loses sight OF the fact
that the world is interested in the crime and the administration
OF the penalty, and not with the hypercritcal views Of the law
that brings the culprit to justice.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-05
[OK1N5PaT
II Qu K,NoQNoH.

THE APPRECIATION OF ROOSEVELT.
flushed is that voice of honest tone
AT rest, that valiant, gentle heart,
Who dared to take the aliens part
And claimed all brothers as his own.
No narrow bounds OF creed or race
No trhler he, with Time or Fate;
He thought and fought where others wait
To see what side should Victory grace.
o statesman, patriot, hero, thou!
With immortelles we crown thy brow.
William X. Palmer.
Ont important question is, What is going to become of all the little
grocery stores with the little saloons in the rear with the little swing
ing doors between?
An anonymous contributor takes exception to the grammar we used
n a recent item about a lady, One thing we do is never to worry about
grammar. A good many writer's have died of that. We Just pound
along and let the grammar take care Of itself What's grammar be-
tween friends, anyhow?
1t costs $40 a year to be a bachelor in Canada, but it costs q heap
more than that to be a married man.
1t may mean nothing in particular, but, Just to keep the record
Cincinnati, o.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-05
PUBLIC DISCUSSION
MAY GET US YET.

To The News Scimitar:
| note YOU stand in referenc to the
city manager Bill now Pending with
mulch Enlist. Just why some good
Democrat or Republican don't shoot
you for a Bolshevik Is the woundef
Of this most wonderful age. or corse
and would like to have you tell me
and Others why this principle will not
apply to State and Nation,
s, A. MITCHELL.
Casscot, Ark.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-05

THE OTHER morning.
WHEN THEY told me.
THEY WERE going out.
TO RIDE a fence.
AND WANTED to know,
IF I'D go with them.
I ASKED THEM first.
WHAT KIND of a fence,
AND HOW one rode it.
AND THEN they told me.
THAT RIDING a fence"
a's
WAS JUST riding around.
S
TO SEE that the fence.
WAS IN repair
AND I recalled.
THAT YEARS ago.
WHEN was a boy.
AWAY OUT in the West.
THERE WAS no pony.
IN ALL our town.
THAT l couldn't ride. @FA
AND I sal! I'd 60
AND THE horse they brought.
WAS A large bay horse.
WITH A kindly eye.
AND LARGE flat feet.
AND I got on.
AND WE started away.
q
WITH THE " ranch dogs,
AND A lot Of noise.
AND WHERE we went.
WAS A grazing tract.
ON A mountain side.
AND A lot of brush.
AND DEEP ravines.
so VERY deep,
THAT TWO or three times.
THE HORSE l was on,
PUT HIS feet together.
AND SKIDDED down.
49,
WHILE ] closed my eyes.
AND SAID to myself.
WHEN l get back.
IF I ever get back.
"THERE'LL BE a lot of laughs wait
Ing for me-
BECAUSE BY that time.
KNEW.
THAT ] was the victim.
OF THE cheap humor.
OF 4HE s!lly rahcnmeh'
WHO ARE very rough men.
AND BESIDES.
WHERE WE were,
THERE WAS no more need.
OF BUILDING a fence.
| =
THAN THERE would be.
AROUND 4 graveyard,
AND FOR the same reason.
AND ANYWAY.
IT WAS dark;
WHEN WE got home.
AND THE next morning.
WAS stiff in the bed.
AS THOUGH dead.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-05
Just a Moment
DAILY STRENGTHS AND CHEER.
Complied by John g, QuInlus, the
Sunshine Man,

How bounded every life seems, Judged
as we judge; yet the results are for
ever,
A man can not be the best kind of
Christian without being a patriot. II
you never to yourself have said, This
is my own, my native land" especially
on the great national anniversaries, you
should suspect the g~enuineness Of your
religion, as well as your love of oun
try.
In prayer we come nearest God. We
realize His presence. Our wills come
| into harmony with His will. We almost
see His fuce and hear His voice. And
we carry away this consciousness of
God to go with us through the day.
Prayer Is the school in which we
learn the mind of God, We not only
speak to Him, but He speaks to us.
Prayer should be ~ much listening as
talking. What a privilege thus to enroll
ourselves as pupils In the school OF
the greatest Teacheri
Prayer gives us confidence and our
| age, 1t places at our side the ~all-power-
ful One. 1t takes burdens from our
| shoulders and places them upon Him
II puts Weapons in our hands. II clothes
us with armor which can not be pierced.
Amos r, Wells, in Christian Endeavor
World,
DAYTON, Ohio,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-05

5TANOlkJG ~ TAG DOORWAY
OF me biNino oAR ANo
wAtrNcs 70 POT on NG
pazO BA0 as NC HG
rnr a-oBs SIR 40 CHEW
Az gao AgoUT Go PAY
Evening star., 1919-12-26
"Shrugging Shoulders"
Is Only Greeting in Berlin
to Approaching New Year
BY GEORGE WITTE


Special Cablegram to The Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright. 1919
BERLIN, December 26.-Germany is
| completely Indifferent to her future
From the highest government off1cia
down to the taxicab driver who charges
| five instead of three times the lega
| fare nobody seems to care what the
| next year will bring to their once be-
loved fatherland. In the two weeks
have been here have tried to inter-
view officials in every government de-
partment, but all the satisfaction got
was an Indifferent struggling of the
shoulders.
I'VE don't care what America thinks
OF u.s." was the general reply. what
good would it do us, anyhow! III we
start producing the allies will collect
our profits as payments on the war in
IDENTITIES, and If We go on as now we
will make living at any rate"
wealthy Mans Views.
When l related my experience today
lest men in Germany. formerly aid-de-
camp to the crown prince and very in
fiuential politician, he nodded his head.
ut is true he said. Nobody seems
to give a rap what becomes Of our coun-
try. The present government Is weak.
Ii is cropping around for a way out Of
what seems a hopeless mess.
1.-The present situation is like a
labyrinth in which the whole nation
has lost it's way. Wherever we tarn
we find ourselves confronted by war
ndemnities. a shortage of raw ma
terials and an unbelievable drop in
the value of our money. No wonder
the people have lost the ambition to
accomplish anything. What's the user
they say. If we earn money we must
pay it out in heavy taxes; if We do not
earn money then-well the govern
ment must see where it can get it to
pay the indemnities" There is no tell
ing where this will end-whether the
Evening star., 1919-12-26

last spring that she did not want boil
shevism, but the Russian propaganda
here is constantly at work and is
gradually taking root among the
poorer people. who. N the result Of
higher prices and unemployment, are
disgruntled with the present govern
ment. Bolshevism Is gaining ground
every day. The recent victories of tho
reds on the Petrograd, Moscow and
Siberian fronts plainly show that the
soviet government Is rapidly becom-
ing military power Of no mean con-
sequence.
ut is an open secret that red agents
are hiring away many former German
general stan officers. I know of one
case where the Russians agreed to pay
a high officer 10000 marks NORMALLY
$5,00O) month and a bonus Of 10000
marks (normally $75. 5.000) after q eer-
tain length Of service If he would join
the red army. He could not resist the
tempting offer, and now he is in Rus
sia lighting at the head of the bolshe-
visit troops.
Too Weak to Fight Bolsheviki.
There are indications that Poland
will soon make peace with Russia
and then Germany will find herself a
neighbor of the bolsheviki. We are
too weak to fight the bolsheviki alone
and we would have to tolerate them
and their deadly propaganda Unless
Evening star., 1919-12-26

come to the knowledge Of the German
government before the morning of
December 25.
Havas Agency Makes Statement.
The Havas Agency issues the fol-
lowing official note:
The German press of Wednesday
pretends that Baron Won Lersner
never intended quitting Paris and that
the statement he made to NJ. Dutasta
that he meant to leave with Herr Won
Simson was erroneous. The German
press insinuated that this was un-
founded and that the news sent out by
Havas and the story of Won Lersner's s
second visit to NJ. Dutasta was an in
vention to cover up the Havas with
drawal.
These allegations are contrary to
the truth Won Lersner's declarations
at IL O'Clock Tuesday morning cannot
be denied. They were Immediately
written and communicated to all the
allies. Baron Won Lersner later-at
3:45 pm-informed NJ. Dutasta that
he and Won Simson were remaining in
Paris"
Evening star., 1919-12-26

the allies forget their hatred for Ger
many and turn to a danger that is
greater than they ever believed Ger
many to be, they will find Germany
and Austria under soviet influence or
even worse-governed by bolsheviki.
On the other hand. I am certain that
the German people would support
with a great number Of troops any
campaign against bolshevist Russia
the allies may undertake.
Unless the allies change their pol
icy or some really great German arises
in this our greatest emergency 1920 will
be the saddest year in our country since
the thirty years war"
Evening star., 1919-12-26

The Reichsanzieger Of Berlin says
that an order of export trade control
will be issued shortly empowering the
national economic minister to forbid
the export of goods of every kind. so
sion of the national commissary, who
can transfer his authority to other
bureaus.
Evening star., 1919-12-26

is inscribed with the name of "A Sell
kirk Largo. 1771." 1t was purchased
by Randolph Berens for $6.25. but the
owner has insured it for $4,000.
Selkirk owned a tavern. near Clap
ham, but died in 1928 at sea as lieu
tenant aboard a naval vessel.
Evening star., 1919-12-26

nation will go into bankruptcy or
whether foreign nations will get en-
tire control of German industry. The
latter is more likely than bankruptcy
In Presence of Great Danger.
I'm addition 20 these problems we
are daily in the presence of that great
danger-a new outbreak of bolShe-
vism in Germany. Germany showed
Evening star., 1919-12-26

Piles Cured In to IA Days.
refund money il PAZO OINTMENT
fails to cure Itching. Blind. Bleeding Pro
truding Piles. Stops Irritat ton; SoOthes and
Heals. You can get restful sleep after the first
pplfca tion. Price, 60c.-Advertisement.
Evening star., 1919-12-26
|SELKIRK'S OLD MUSKET
BRITISH MUSEUM EXHIBIT
Gun Said to Have Taken Part in
De Foes Famous Robinson
Crusoe Adventures.

LONDON. December Correspond
ence of the Associated Press).-The
musket said to have been given to
Alexander Selkirk when he was put
dez, 400 miles off the Chilean coast.
has been going the rounds of British
museums. 1t was Se1kirk's adventures
upon which was based DeFoe's famous
story, Robinson Crusoe. The musket
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1919-11-27
CITY HAS LONG BEEN DEAD
fIahuanace, In Bolivia. Collection ~
Ruins Of Which Even the Ineas
Knew NofhIn0-

One Of the numerous cities claiming
he title soIdest city In the world
a Tiahuanaco. near Lake Tfticaca In
Bolivia. A thousand years ago. say
the scientists. Tiahuanaco was as dead
- Il fs today. and that Is practically
an that anybody knows Of Its history.
Even the Incas, who hold q record for
antiquity In South America, admitted
to their FIRST Spanish visitors that they
knew nothing about Tiahuanaco. ex-
cept that 1t was very probable that
the stone images scattered over the
ruins were the people Of the city turned
into stone by some angry god.
There would be nearly as much OF
ths old city visible today. as there was
IN the time Of the Incas, had not the
stones been so attractive to the In
dams Of nearby villages. As 1t is.
Beautifully carved idols have gone to
decorate the door fronts of humble cot
tagss, and polished stones to prop up
chimneys and pave floors. The little
modern village of Tiahuapaco. near the
ruins. L. full of stolen souvenirs. Whole
houses and churches are built of them.
After several centuries Of this plum
dsr the government Of Bolivia put 9
ban on removing stones from the ruins,
but there was then little left Of old
Tiahuanaco. A few stone gods as
huge and angular as any deities Of
Egypt. the sites Of a fortress. a palace
and many tombs. all vaguely marked
By worn carved stones are scattered
cver q great desolate plain. Yet from
these battered relics with their cryptic
carvings the Psychologists hope some
day to reconstruct the story Of mys
FERROUS people.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1919-11-27

1t was about the middle of the sew
enteenth century that the supesstitious
use Of horseshoes as emblems Of good
luck originated In England. They were
at first deemed protection against
witches and evil spirits, and were
nailed on doors Of houses, with the
curve uppermost. 1t was the belief
that no witch or evil spirit could en-
ter a house thus guarded. The Gus
tom Of mailing horseshoes to ships ana
other sailing craft Is still in vogue in
all Engllsh-speaking countries. To find
a horseshoe with an odd number Of
nails attached to 1t is considered the
forerunner Of good luck. and the more
nails the greater the good fortune that.
Is likely to attend the finder A per-
son about to be married who finds a
horseshoe believes that happy mat
rimonial career awaits him.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1919-11-27
SURELY HAD GREAT FAITH
or Else Il Was First Time This Man
Had Ever Gone After For
gotten Umbrella.

Oh. We of little faith, listen, for I
would a tale unfold A man came fly
ing down the street the other day. He
looked like Atlas with the world on his
shoulders. He seemed bent on go
ing somewhere and getting there
quickly. A friend met him and said:
why this haste? There must have
been still alarm, as l didn't hear any
whistle. Where goest thouY
The Marathon pedestrian said: Yes.
am in a little hurry. was down
street shopping couple of days ago
and went into a department. store, and
when got home found / had left
my umbrella. ! know Just where
left 1t, On the south side of the store,
standing up against the counter. I
thought would run down and get 1t
before another shower came up"
Just think Of 1t. Why, IL hau that
mans faith could not only turn q
mole hill into mountain and sell
the gravel to the government to make
concrete ships. but could move the
mountain with broom handle
After parting with that old rain she'd
der he had blind faith that he would
feast his eyes on 1t again. Forty-eight
hours of golden moments had fitted
by, and he had the idea that all he bad
to do was to stand In front OF the
store and whistle. and that umbrella
would come to meet him, bringing q
flock Of little umbrellas with It, don't
wonder the gold-brick factories are
running overtime. Why that innocent
mortal must have at this writing
enough nice, shiny bricks on hand to
top out chimney. Kennebec Journal.