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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-26

While / stood patiently before the
inter- in one of the big department
res l could not help overhearing a
l~versation between two ome shop
s. One of them said;
II never saw anything like Sadie;
she gives away everything. You know
those good ostrich feathers OF hers. She
gave them to Carrie. And that blue
dress, she could have worn It another
year, but she gave It away, too"
she didn't?" exclaimed the other
woman in q shocked tone.
Eyes, she did. I'll bet II you went
through her closets you'd find them
almost bare"
Il think she's foolish" said the
second woman.
"Of course she's foolish. You never
know when you can use things over
again, Now ] keep everything, even TO
scraps. And every once In a while they
come in handy in making things over.
Sadie viii suffer for her extravaganza
some day"
Perhaps Sadie" will; but !. for one;
don't believe II. / got an immediate and
pleasant impression of that woman who
ave so much away. She couldn't have
lone II If she had not entertained an
agreeable belief that the gaps she mad
by giving things would all be filled
up with better and fresher and different
ones, Ny
/ pictured her as living in come
suburban town, where she had a garden.
/ could not imagine Sadie without
flowers about her, and i dropped n
- see her unlimited and unexpected l
a sure she would go out and pick me
generous bunch of them, serenely
e that plenty more would bloom in
Dir places. And she would, ! know.
ffer me a cup Of tea and perhaps cake.
md that with such a good will that /
would enjoy them all the more.
And she would be delightful 70 taik
to. She would have chucked all sorts
of old dusty rubbish out of her mental
s%torehouse and would be anxious to fill
It up with fresh, new ideas and inter
ests. She would not be one to shake
hands with the devil before she met
him, and neither would she be n of
the mournful sisterhood who like to sit
and sigh beneath the rain OF their own
tears,
II the tears were coming down very
heavily Sadie would put up an umbrella
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-26

I'D GO over to the barrel,
AND GET a cake of maple sugar.
AND SIT there and eat It,
AND THE grocer would charge it.
AND FATHER would say,
WHAT'S ALL this maple sugar.
ION THE grocery bill?"
AND I'D speak up and say.
THE GROCER kept me waiting"
AND I'M telling all this.
JUST 50 you will know.
THAT SINCE the world began.
ALL SMALL boys.
HAVE HAD the very same trouble.
you COMPLAIN about.
AND THE only way to fix 1t.
IS FOR all the small boys.
WHO ARE growing up now,
TO MAKE up their minds.
THAT WHEN they grow up.
THEY'LL CHANGE the world around
AND PUT the small boy first.
AND THE grownups last.
AND THAT will be bad,
BECAUSE THE small boys now.
WILL BIZ grownups then.
AND THERE you are.
AND IT'S a terrible mess.
AND THERE'S nothing to do.
EXCEPT TO grow up.
AND BE waited on first.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-26
HAVING TIME

IT was haying time, and Gabe Hotch-
kiss gave me to understand that all
the affairs connected with mans des-
tiny were suspended until the hay was
In. He had no time to go to the village,
and my letters had to walt. When he
explained to me that he had 20 acres
OF timothy standing and couldn't get
any help to throw II down. asked
him In a moment Of reckless bravado
why he did not hire me to help him.
What do you pay anyway
"pollern half a day. DID you ever
cut grass2"
| thought q moment. ] could not re-
member that | ever did. In fact, | could
not remember that ] had ever cut any
thing but a few coupons and some dis
agreeable friends, neither OF which
operations requires a machine. | told
him | thought that any smart man
could manage TO get through a day OF
II on a pinch, now that 1t had been re-
duced to mechanism.
You might work the rake" he said
doubtfully, That would save Griselle.
She wants to do up her cherries
I can safely and gr~aciously write
about haying time now from my far
outlook.
At all events, I learned some things
which possibly gave my after thoughts
a gentler and less selfish color when
| got back among my fellows. First, |
found out that there isn't any delicious
odor OF new-mown hay in the haying
operation, or at least, IL there is, you
do not notice II. There are too mapy
other things TO attend to. In the
second place, the Arcadian delights Of
1t are only apparent TO the ~onlookers,
and. II there is any satisfaction to the
workers themselves, II depends a great
deal on whether hay is worth Sl2 a
ton, and who owns 1t, There are no
iced drinks between swathes, Such
ideas az | may have possessed prior to
this experience were vaguely ideal and
Watteauish. Having time. to me, was
a sort of rural festival. with village
maidens in short dresses and ribbons
and high-heel shoes. the heels gener-
ally painted red, clustered in pretty
tableaux, like Dryads on the top OF
a heavily loaded vain, with their rakes
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-26

Dear X. G. B,--I am a boy, 10 years
old, and whenever my mother sends me
the grocer's or butchers on an errand
for her, they wait IN every grown per-
son that was there before me and all
the grownups who come In after me,
and wait until | get so tired ! go home
without the meat or groceries and then
get'a scolding for not bringing them.
What must ] do? You advise other
boys, perhaps you will help me.
BILLY BAUER,
Dunsmuir, Cal,
MY DEAR Billy,
IT MUST be;
THAT ALL small boys.
HAVE THE very same trouble.
FOR ! a remember.
WHEN I was a boy.
AND THEY'D send me to the store.
AND THERED be q crowd.
AND NoBODY'D wait on me.
AND I'D stand there.
AND ALL the time.
I'd KEEP getting madden.
AND I'd clean forget.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-26
Mrs. Wilson WOodroW'S Article
BY MRS. WILSON WOODROW,
The world -famoue WRITER on vital subIsots.

and would be peering out from under 1t
to catch a glimpse Of a rainbow.
But | could not consider with joy the
imaginary prospect of spending an
afternoon with the woman who boarded
things. She would not pick her flowers
for me; 1t would make the garden iook
too bare. And II she gave me tea II
would probably be too weak to taste;
for she would feel that it was waste
full to give good measure. And she
would be sure also TO entertain me with
an account of her grandfather's funeral
or Of her sister-in-law's last illness.
Her husband is no doubt well off. She
circumstances. But | don't think l
would stop at her gate, no matter how
thirsty / might be nor how much l
admired her flowers. She was too pow
try-stricken to be companionable. |
prefer to associate with the rich, even
II they have not an extra dollar to
bless themselves with.
Sadie, whoever she was, was rich,
because she realized that to be happy
ourselves 1t Is incumbent on US to give
something to the general fund of hap
piness, / do not believe that her giving
stopped with some old feathers and
frocks out of her wardrobe. She would
also give kindness and smiles and sym
patty and understanding.
Some one has said that all we take
with US when we die is what we have
given away.
Wild extravaganza is foolish, but SO
is wild miserliness. There is q via
media, the golden morn.
1t Is the part Of justice and common
| sense to be good to yourself; but why
shouldn't you be just as good to other
people? The saying, "If you don't look
out for yourself no one will look out for
you Is true, but 1t Is equally true
that II you are not considerate Of
Others, others will not be considerate
of you,
Our virtues so easily degenerate into
our vices. It's of course decent and
orderly to be thrifty to a certain extent.
But to be thrifty to the point where you
go through life with your eyes always
on that proverblal rainy day is tempting
Providence.
never saw any one who was always
preparing for the rainy dav and talking
about 1t that missed it. 1t came, and
then when it came 1t rained cats and
! dogs.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-26
MAGAZINE FEATURES
G9MCiEN GGIX q
BEDTINE
UNCLE WIGGHY AND THE ICE CREAM.

Billie. TITS a hot day and the cold
cream win melt fast. And / hope II
doesn't freeze your paws"
Il hope so, too" spoke Uncle Wig
gily. But / don't mind II my paws are
a little frozen. as long a. Nurse James
So Uncle Wiggily started to hop back
to his hollow stump bungalow with the
paper box of ice cream, now and then
changing it from one paw to the other,
as fast as he felt chilly.
All OF a sudden, when the bunny rab-
bit gentleman was hopping past 9
pruns tree, out from behind 1t jumped
the unpleasant old Skuddlemagoon.
zone momentl" cried the Skuddlema
good. Il want you. Uncle Wiggly, l
haven't had any souse today and ! need
some. Wait q minute" 4
"oh, | can't stop, II you please" said
the bunny, Il. must hurry home to
aYou must stopg' howled the skud-
dlemagoon, and he caught the bunny
by the a And Of course, Uncle
Wiggily had to stop. And there he
stood, while the Skuddlemagoon held
him by the ear. And the bog Of Ice
made him feel 50 cold that the bunny
changed it to his right paw. And then.
pretty soon his right paw became cold
and he changed the box OF ice cream
back TO his left paw. And then, pretty
soon his left paw was getting colder,
and he changed the box of ice cream
back to his right paw, and then, pretty
soon, his right paw got cold and he
changed the ice cream back to-
Hold on therel' suddenly cried the
Skuddlemagoon. whats all this fuss
ing about, first holding that box in one
paw and then the other? Here, give
it to mel You make me nervous to
look at you!''
Then, very impolitely, the Skuddle-
magoon grabbed the box Of ice cream
from Uncle Wiggily. And by this time
well soaked through, and the box was
freezing on the outside.
And as o as the Skuddlemagoon
had It In his paw and he felt the freez-
ing cold, he let go OF Uncle Wiggily's
ear and howled:
aYow! Wow. Show! Bowl On, this is
no place for mel / didn't know freezing
cold winter was coming so o !
must run home and get out my fur
coat" And away he ran, dropping the
"Well, I'm glad he's gone" said
Uncle Wiggily, as he picked up the
box, II was afraid for a moment that
he might bite my souse." Then, as
Uncle Wiggily had fur on his paws
which were like mittens, he didn't mind
the cold ice cream very much and he
soon hoped on with 1t to Nurse Jane.
And before noon 1t had cooled her
nose and made her all better,
SO this teaches US that ice cream has
its uses, and II the automobile doesn't
run over the lollypop stick and make
it look fiat, like q fried egg, III tell
you next about Uncle Wfggily and
Dimples.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-26

on their shoulders, | think II you had
asked me at any time In Wall street
what was the special feature Of hay
ing, | would have answered, why, the
incoming, OF course, under the hedge
tree"
That such a picture Is not in strict
o%ccardance with the facts, l have now
to state very solemnly, Beside a 20
acre hay field OF ripe timothy, the
Staked Plains have many advantages
to the luxuriant observer,
One other thing | learned. and II was
that in a hay field all conformltles
and considerations OF rules OF life
vanish, The one thing to do Is to get
the hay in before 1t gets wet. Dinner
time, breathing time. and all the ameni-
ties Of life are suspended till the job Is
done. No one is thinking OF how he
looks, or what the criticism will be, or
what impression he is making IN the
observers. He Is simply taking the
straight line between two points. and
the points are the field and the barn.
From "A Journey to Nature" by ]. p.
MoWbray,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-26
Copyright, 1919, by Mcclure NeWa-
paper syndicate).
BY HOWARD r, GARIs.


Dear me! There must be somethlng
ears. the bunny rabbit gentleman, as
he came downstairs in his hollow
stump bungalow n morning. Nurse
Jane isn't here to get breakfast
That was very much like a surprise
party, Tor you see Nurse Jane, the
always up early. And when Uncle Wig
gily came ~kipity-hop downstairs on
his red, white and blue striped rheu-
matism crutch, this time, there was no
Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy broiling the turnip
pancakes, and sprinkling rose leaf
sauce over them, or baking some car
rot shorteake with sassafras trimming
for the bunny's breakfast.
wonder why Nurse Jane isn't up
gstf' thought Uncle Wiggily. 81 think
III call her downstairs. So he gave
a Jolly shout and asked:
is anything the matter, Nurse
Yes" answered the muskrat lady
housekeeper, Il think / have the
%epizootic. I can't get up, l can't cook
your breakfast, and you'd better go
II wili," said Uncle wiggily, and
away he. hoped over the fields and
through the woods to where the animal
doctor had his office.
"TH be right over to see Nurse Jane"
said DIT. PoRsum to Mi, Longears. You
go back and get yourself some break
fast, You may have to go to the five
and six cent store for. medicine"
So Uncle Wiggily hoped back to his
hollow stump bungalow, and, after tell
ing Nurse Jane that DR.. Postum would
soon come and make her better, the
a'lnny rabbit gentleman got his own
eakfast.
He fried himself a piece Of lemon pie
18th cherry pudding hemmed on
round the edges and by that time Dr..
2ossum had come.
"Ho! Hum! Let me see,'' said the
animal doctor, as he felt of Nurse
James nose. TITS quite hot" he went
on. TT needs cooling. Ice cream is
what she must have" You know when
a dog or other animal Is Ill, their nose
gets hot, which shows they have a
fever.
"Ice cream for Nurse janet" ex-
claimed Uncle Wiggily. "Tl hop right
over to the eight and nine cent store
and get her a big dish Of It,"
Correct" said DR.. Possum. The
sooner she has ice cream the better
she'll be-"
So over the fields and through the
woods hoped Uncle Wiggily Longears,
and soon he was at the ice cream store,
Billie Wagtail, the goat boy, was work
ing there, for the summer vacation,
and he put up a nice chunk Of ice
cream for Nurse Jane. He put it in one
OF those pasteboard boxes with a pink
h string for a handle,
'You had better hop along fast with
that Ice cream, Uncle Wiggly," said
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-26
SECOND HAND GOODS.

Johnny was at the grovery store. II
hear YOU have a little sister at your
house." said the grocer.
Yes, sir" said Johnny,
do YOU like that?" was qleried,
II wish It was a boy" said Johnny,
80 | could play marbles with him, and
baseball"
We'll" said the storekeeper. why
don't you exchange your little sister
tor a boy?"
Johnny reflected for a minute, then
he said, rather sorrowfully;
1--WE can't now; it's too late. We've
used her four weeks
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-26
HOROSCOPE
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1919.
Copyright, 1919, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)

NAOpyTi6Hl, t5lp, ny tne MC1IuTC TNbWS-
paper Syndicate.)
Venus dominates this day. according
to astroloey, Jupiter and Neptune are
slightly adverse.
1t Is a rule under which romance
fiourishes and many engagements and
marriages will mark this planetary gov
ernment.
Weddings subject to the sway that
prevails today are held to be exceed
ingly. lucky, making for long years Of
happiness.
One OF the signs Of changed times
part OF women to take the initiative
in love affairs, astrologers assert.
Theaters continue to be fortunately
directed by the stars which seem to
forecast many large productions In
which the ~pageantry of courts will be
presented. This Is part Of the scheme
of things In which the passing of roy
atty Increases interest in what belongs
to the old order Of life,
Actresses should find this a lucky
day for engagements, although 1t Will
be better for artistic placement than
for money.
Neptune today is in an aspect that
inclines persons to discomfort. Little
things will be more likely to irritate
of0 hoh 10 usually tAt NhnNs
Railways again are placed under a
sway that makes for troubles of vari-
Gus sorts. Strikes and accidents seem
to be foreshadowed.
They who read the stars place stress
on the need of mental discipline and
training after the ~dlsorganizing influ-
ences Of war. Teachers will rise to
guide those who will listen but there
may be serious disturbances among the
people.
Politics will be foremost in interest
during the next few months when many
clashes Of opinion will take place among
Legislators and party leaders.
The results of wars influence on the
mind are to be more and more APP
parent In the spread Of discomfort, un-
rest and impatience.
Persons whose birthdate 1t is have
the forecast of much pleasure for the
coming year. Business and financial
affairs should be satisfactory. The
young will court and marry.
Children born on this day r likely
to be exceedingly ambitious and artis-
tic. These subjects Of Virgo often have
a certain hauteur and aioofness that
wells an affectionate nature.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-26

ABOUT THE Band OF Hope.
AND THE Sunday school.
AND SAYING a at dinner.
AND EVERYTHING.
AND ONE time.
WHEN | was doing this.
MY FATHER came in.
AND | told him.
ABOUT HOW I was treated.
AND HE smoke to the grocer.
AND THEY both laughed.
AND | was that mad.
| COULD have bit a cat.
AND THE grocer handed me.
A CAKE Of maple sugar.
AND A few minutes later,
HE GOT me what | wanted.
AND ] vent home,
AND AFTER that,
WHENEVER HE'D keep me waiting
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-26

Gen. Harbord. May, Iglo, "II0u y
was made commander of the marihe
brigade of the Second division.
When the division was Withdrawn
from Chateau-Thierry Gen. Harporu
succeeded Gen. Bundy as division COM
mander and led the division at Sois-
soins, where 1t made its famous attack
In conjunction with the First American
division and Gen. Mangin's French di-
visions. After S%oissons Gen. Harbord
left the division to take over the com
mand Of the service of supplies, the ex-
ent and Importance OF whose work de-
anded that 1t have as its head one of
best officers in the American expe-
ionary forces. In this position Gen.
trbord remained until May, 1919, when
again became chief of staff of the
nerican expeditionary forces.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-26
ON FEE.

THE German people were promised
a lot of things by the kaiser and his
militaristic coterie II thev won the war,
but now they'll get nothing"
The speaker was senator Lewis.
1.-THE German people, he continued,
have been fighting this war on a con
tirgent fee. you know, of course, what
a contingent fee Is? No? Wen, In q
contingent fee case, II YOU lose. your
lawyer gets nothing, and II o win
you get nothing.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-26
AN EVEN EXCHANGE

The "pass-it-along' method OF mill
tary communication frequently led to
amusing results, An officer at the end
Of the British line told the NEAREST pri-
vate to pass the word along 10 another
officer at a distance: We are going
to advance. Can you send US reinforce-
ments2'
And this Is the message the other Of
ficer received: I'VE are going to q
dance, Can you send US three and
fourpenceG"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-26
MARRIED D~REssMAKERs.

The recent Turkish armistice led
George Cohan to say:
"The Turk has well been called UNI
kpeakable. / met one once at Pera. I
have seven wives he told me calmly,
blowing perfumed clouds from his
hooka.
'Merciful powers.' exclaimed, how
do you manage to pay their dressmak-
ers' bills?'
81 married dressmakers. son OF an
infidel,' he said"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-26

as a private In Com
pany A of the
Fourth infantry
January, 1889, and
won a commission
as second lieutenant
of cavalry in 1891.
He served in the
Spanish -Ameri C a n
was as a major and
after the end OF that
war saw many
years of service in
the Philippines.
When Gen. Per-
shi n w e t to
France In May, 1917,
he took Gen. Har-
bord with him as
chief of staff. Gem
served in
this capacity until
May, 1913. Nhen ne
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-26
A Line On Men
You Read About

Maj. Gen. James G. Harbord was in
command of the Second division, United
States army, from the end of the Cha
teau-Thierry offensive to the end of
the attack at scissors.
Gercrni uarbord enlisted in the army
The Washington times., 1919-12-13

and P. W. Litchneld, factory manager,
at a banquet given the Detroit and
Cleveland sections of the Society OF
Automotive Engineers in Akron re-
Gently.
More than 200 of the foremost de-
signers heard Mr.. Seiberling's proph-
ecy that within the lifetime of those
present the United States would be
criss-crossed by great highways of
solid foundation to withstand any
wear and that highways OF less than
16 feet width would be unknown. He
asserted that the ultimate tire would
be cord-that there would be no fab
ric or solid tires.
China as the future big market for
tires was advocated by the speaker.
who declared that the. numerous post
roads of stone would be excellent
foundations for modern highways
through that part of the Orient. He
quoted statistics to show that so per
cent of China's four million people
are employed in transportation
against 10 per cent in the United
States, and predicted Celestial
kingdom OF motor transportation.
The Washington times., 1919-12-13
DOOM Of Sol III TIRES TC F0RECA ACTFn MOTIVE


Railroads cannot be built because Of
ing burial places with the right of
way.
Mr.. Litchfeld declared that the
trolley must 50, stating that 1t has
reached ponit where it cannot COM
pete with the motor bus. For finan-
cial reasons extensions are impossi-
BILE, so the street car must give way
t. the gas-driven vehicle that can
aid development OF suburbs without
heavy investment in franchises and
equipment.
Increase in traffic has sounded the
deathknell of the trolley, according
to Mr.. Litchfield. Streets cannot easily
be widened to give more track room
continuous traffic movement is i'm
perative. Therefore the whole street
service must be utilized by carrier
that can go to the curb to take on or
discharge passengers - the trolley
must go underground as in London
if it remains in existence.
The Goodyear factory manager
pointed out the immobility of freight
cars and delays necessitated in wait
ing to make up trains for given des-
ttnations. In contradistinction he in
dicated the mobility of the motor
truck and predicted that with perma-
nent highways and cord tire equip
ment, the motor truck will replace
the freight car on long hauls.
Mr.. Litchield asserted that the
world war had put Europe fifty years
ahead in transportation, and with
this future for the industry in mind
asked the visiting engineers to de-
sign large capacity carriers to re-
place the street car.
The Washington times., 1919-12-13
SHOW film OF TRUCK
TRIP ACROSS COUNTRY

The Autocar Sales and Service Com
pany, pennsylvania avenue and
Thirteenth street, entertained about
seventy-f1ve of their friends Tuesday
evening, December 8, with views on
the screen showing numerous points
of interest touched on the trans
continental tour made by one two-ton
and one three standardization Auto
car truck, leaving Washington June
16 of this year, to establish the endur-
ance- ability of their now three-and-
one-half-ton model
The filming of this tour was q
unique undertaking and the pictures
will serve as a guide to any who may
attempt similar feat in the future.
The possibilities in long distance
hauling by truck and the ability of
trucks to sustain themselves en- route
were clearly demonstrated in this
series of, pictures.
An interesting feature was the COM
parative merits of pneumatic and
solid tires in truck service brought
out in the pictures, and by the oral
comments ofyMr. Gunner. president
of the Washington branch and host
of the evening. Inasmuch as the use
of pneumatic tires on trucks is COM
paratively in Its infancy, it will be Of
interest to note that the tire expert
ence of this trip proved conclusively
the advantages of pneumatics.
The trip from Washington to San
Francisco was made in twenty-nine
and one-half days, which includes
nine days consumed in side trips and
detours. and only once on the entire
trip was it necessary to have outside
assistance for repairs. This is a re-
markable record, and the Autocar
Company is to be congratulated on
both the success of the project from
an endurance standpoint and the
preservation in pictures of their
trucks performance.