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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-21

Copyright, 1919, by the Mcclure News
paper S~yndicate.)
CHAPTER 1873.
The Cat Woman.
OF course the usual thing began to
happen between Estrelda and Freddie.
The colder he grew toward her the
more interested she became in him.
This would have been true for her with
any man. But her husband was really
attractive to Estrelda. His very fine
ness; the qualities that made 1t hardest
for her TO understand him, intrigued
her. She secretly admired the slender,
strong modelling of his hand; the high
firm arch of his foot; his pleasant voice,
the way he wore his clothes. She might
make fun of him and call him a
mothers boy or a Miss Nancy"
She actually was whistling in the dark.
She jeered at the very spiritual quality
in Freddie that she feared In him and
that bowed her to him.
But she, herself, was all cat woman.
No man, as long as she lived, would
she Gallingly allow to escape her charms
were there any way to hold him. Fred
die she had grown used to consider
seriously bound. Apparently he had
given evidences enough of his infatua-
ton, when he had flown in the face of
his W code, and eloped with her. She
had thought she would not have to eX-
ercise her wiles To keep him all hers,
But now, although there was nothing
she could put into words, she felt a
withdrawal of his interest. 1t piqued
her and she insensibly changed from
pursued to pursuer.
my, you're a lot of fun at the din
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-21

ner table," she said TO Freddie one
night. He did not realize that dinner
was almost over and he had not spoken
since he sat down It the table.
sorry" he said with an effert.
What have you been doing all day."
"Oh, sorry 'sorry!'" She snapped
out. You're always saying you're
sorry, but you never look as though
you cared one btu
I'll am always sorry If | annoy
yeu!' said Freddie.
II don't believe you are" she cried
IL believe you like to be meant
Suddenly she arose and came around
the table to him. She flung herself
down on the arm of his chair and drew
him toward her violently.
,"You're-a lemon" she said, "but-l
like you"
Poor Freddie. The word tore at his
exasperated nerves. Lemon" II she
could only, even in her love moments,
whisper some sentence to him untainted
by vulgarity!
"Thanks-dear," he said "blushingly.
"You-you know I care for you"
But-he had gently disengaged him
self from her embrace. And--the pupils
of her eyes grew big. She was on her
feet in a moment, all cat again.
Say" she screamed at him. what's
the matter with o these days? You
act mighty funny to me. You act as
though you were stuck on some other
girl, my fine young gentleman! Just
let me tell you"
1t was the world-old cry of the
too vain to admit that she in
herself had-failed.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-21

FOR THE
COMING DAY
MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1919.
Copyright, 1919, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate)

lNOUNIlRnl, 1919, DN lIl6 NCIIuI NEW .
paper S~yndicate.)
Good and evil contend in the govern
ment of the stars today, according TO
astrology. The sur and Uranus are in
benefic aspect, while Mars is strongly
adverse. Saturn changes from kindly
to unfriendly sway.
During this ~Configuration 1t is wise
to MAINTAIN a firmness Of opinion and
a positiveness Of motive that Will pre-
vent all uncertain action.
1t is a fairly fortunate day for seek
ing positions or appointments, for
Uranus imparts sympathy and under
standing to persons in the sun, to whom
applications are made.
There is promise of benefits to heads
of big business and to bankers, whose
foresight will bring great gain.
The stars promise success for avi-
ators. Journeys today should be lucky.
Inventors are subject TO the best pos
sible direction during his configura-
ton.
Saturn, helpful in the early part Of
this day turns to sinister sway later.
Farmers may lose good crops, owing
to disaster or storm.
The planets ~foreshadow many deaths
of prominent men and Celeb
rifles of various callings viii end their
careers before the next frosts, the seefs
declare.
Labor continues under a planetary
| guidance making for discomfort. Trou-
bic among leaders is foreseen. Radicals
will gain in power II old counselors
will be set at naught.
Mars on the meridian at Lisbon Is
OF sinister portent for the president of
Portugal.
Jupiter just above the Ascendant at
the time of entrance OF the Sun into
the sign of Cancer augurs well for the
prosperity of the United States.
Persons whose birthdate it is are
| likely to- travel and to make changes in
the coming year. They have the fore
EAST of success.
Children born on this day are sub
jects of Cancer with the moon az their
principal ruler. They should be stead
fast, popular and exceedingly individ-
ual,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-21
STARS INCLINE
DON'T COMPEL
SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 1918.
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Astrologers see this as an uncertain
day. While Venus and Mars. rule
strongly for good. Mercury, Uranus
and Jupiter are In malefic aspect.
The sun enters the sign OF Cancer a
few moments before noon, thus begin
ming the summer quarter, The lngress
in the twelfth house in trine to Uranus
10 read as foreshadowing increase of
popularity for the president and others
in authority.
to be presaged. The government should
benefit, although the square of the
moon indicates diplomatic plumbers and
scandals over. extravaganza In the use
of public funds.
The stars promise benefits to work.
ers and reforms In industrial matters.
Women and children should profit espe-
cially through safeguards provided for
tAA home.
Great increase in commerce appears
to be fo~reshadowed and extraordinary
business activity is prophesied.
Men who sit in legislative assemblies
come under a sway making for troubles.
Scandals appear to menace them.
In the general frenzy tor lnvestiga-
ton, which will mark the next Jew
months. Great Britain will suffer from
sensational reports.
Danger from enemy propaganda Will
continue through the next few months,
Movements such as Americanizatlon
and colonization may be used subtly'
astrologers %foretell.
A London astrologer predicts for the
United States danger OF revenue 1rauus
and recommends to bankers special WIS
dom in certain financial policies, Some
sort of furry regarding securities is
prognasticated.
The moon gives warning that the ad-
ministration may be criticised, but uitl-
mate recognition of supreme achleVe-
ments is assured.
Persons whose birthdate it is prob
ably will have a very busy year, but
they must safeguard their business In
terests in every possible way.
Children born or this day may pc
high strung and energetic. These sub
iects OF Cancer are often a and nasty
in disposition.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-21
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BY HOWARD r.. GARlS.
Uncle Wiggily, l wish you would go
TO the store dor me, and bring back a
Jug OF vinegar" said Nurse Jane Fuzzy
Wuzzy n morning.
Il shall be very glad to-" answered
the rabbit gentleman, as hi gave his
automobile a drink or gasoline. But.
speaking OF vinegar, | hope you are not
going to make picked onions. l can
stand almost anything except onions"
Il know it," laughed Nurse Jane.
But don't worry! l am not going to
pickle any onions. l want to make
some picked beets."
Then it's all right" spoke Uncle
Wiggily, with a sigh of relief. "Ill
hurry right down to the three and seven
cent store and get the vinegar for you,
Nurse Jane"
In a little while Uncle Wiggily was
ready, and away he started in his au-
tomobile, which had a turnip for a
steering wheel, and big bologna sau-
sages for tires.
AS he rode through the woods Uncle
Wlggtly saw a hoptoad lady trying to
jump over a fence that was quite too
high for her. Every time she jumped
she would drop her toadstool umbrella.
oh, allow me to help you, Mrs. Hip
pity spoke Uncle Wiggily to the hop
"'J, ooh I ny W jump tHS lShCe.
Why don't you go around by the gate?'
IT'S so far" answered Mrs. Hippity,
And l am in a hurry"
Then hop in my auto, Mrs. Hippity,'
invited Uncle Wiggily, and I'll ride
you around to the gate"
So the hoptoad lady did this and she
had no more trouble, and she was very
thankful to Uncle Wiggily, and said
so, as he stopped at the fence gate to
let her out.
oh, l am always glad when I can dc
any one a favor" spoke Uncle Wig
gily. Then he rode away in his auto
once more, and soon he was at the
vinegar store.
1t was while he was on his way home
to his hollow stump bungalow, with
the vinegar for Nurse Jane to use on
the picked beets, that the rabbit gen.
tleman had an adventure.
All of a sudden, as he was riding
along, he heard from behind a doodle
berry bush the voice Of some one sadly
saying: '
ooh. dear! I can not carry it a ster
farther! My feet are so tired and my
feathers are all ruffled up. If l could
only swim the rest of the way it would
be all right; but l have to walk! Oh.
dear"
That's trouble, all right" said Uncle
Wiggily, as he stopped his auto and lis
tened. Yes, it's trouble; but who is
in it | don't know. l don't believe II
can be the Bazooks, for he hasn't any
feathers, even II his white nose is SC
fluffy. I'll take a peep, and be ready
to hurry away If it's the Pipsisewah
or any one like that"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-21

suggestions OF His spirit in thy soul.
And day by day thou wilt find Him
bringing thee more and more into con-
formity with His will In all things;
molding thee and fashioning thee, as
thou art able to bear it, into a vessel
unto His honor, sanctified and meet
for His use and fitted to every good
work.-Hannah Whitall Smith.
-
Divine tranquility grows from the
life Of God in the soul, which is the
same as the life of pure love. Why
should a soul be otherwise thar tran
uuil, which seeks for nothing but what
comes in the providence Of God and
which, forgetful Of self, has nothing TO
do but love? 1t has an innate con-
foundations, that, II there is a God
above US, all is wen. all must be well.
Thomas c. URham-
Dayton, Oh1 M
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-21

ties. To repudiate all war loans, with
compensation, however. to the small in
weston.
To Immediately begin the soclaliza-
tion of the capitalistic establishments.
To have all judges and officials
elected by the people.
To extend social legislation. To sepa-
rate church from state and church from
school. To establish free public schools,
where teaching Is to be taught accord
ing to the fundamentals of socialist
pedagogy.
To establish friendly relations with
all nations and immediate taking up OF
diplomatic relations with the Russian
soviet republic and with the Poles. To
rebuild the working class interna-
tionale on the principles of revolu-
tionary socialistic politics.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-21

AND SHE climbed in.
AND SAT herself down.
AND ! said to her.
IT'S CERTAINLY warm"
AND SHE said to me.
TIL SAY it is"
AND FOR half a mile,
NOT A word was said.
AND ALL the time.
l HAD a desire.
TO LOOK at her closely.
BUT / couldn't do that.
WITHOUT BEING rude,
AND ONE can't be rude,
TO A perfect stranger,
BUT SHE was my guest.
AND so ] said.
YOU'RE NOT SO warm?"
AND SHE answered me.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-21
Just a Moment
DAILY STRENGTH AND CHEER.
Compiled by john G. Quinius. tbs
Sunshine Man.

His part is to work; and never, never
will He give thee any command which
Is not accompanied by ample power TO
obey 1t. Take no thought for the NOR
row in this matter; but abandon thy
self with q generous trust TO thy low
ing Lord, who has promised never to
call His own sheep out into any path
without Himself going before. them to
make the way easy and safe, AXE
each little step as He makes II plain
to thee, Bring all thy life in each OF
its details to Him to regulate and guide.
Follow gladly and quickly the sweet
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-21
A Z DIFFERENCE.

A noted physician, particularly expe-
ditious In examining and prescribing for
his patients, was sought by an army
mar whom he polished OFF, In almost
less than no time. As the patient was
leaving he shook hands heartily with
the doctor and said:
Il am especially glad TO have met
YOU. as | have often neard my father.
Col Blank, speak of you"
What" exclaimed the physician,
ARE you old Toms SOM"
Certainly"
MY dear fellow" cried the doctor,
fling that Internal prescription In the
fire and sit down and tell me what ~
the matter with yeu.'-Harper's,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-21

berg. He practiCed law In the latter
city from 1890 until 1910, and repre-
sonted Ko%nigsberg as one Of its alder
men for Is years. In 1897 he was
elected to the reichstag, where he
served until 1906, and in 1912 was re-
elected. In 1911 he was elected as one
Of the presidents Of the Social-pemo-
cratic party.
Haase and his radical followers broke
away from the Social Democratic party
ana formed the Independent Socialist
party in 1916. Their program of action,
as %sketched by Haase, follows,
To place the power of the govern
ment, with some reservations, in the
hands OF the workmen's and soldiers
councils,
To dismiss the old army, disarm the
bourgeoise and organize a peoples army
to be composed from among the class
conscious workers,
To divert all war profits to the state,
as wei as a part Of the larger proper
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TIL SAY I'm not"
AND WE rode along
FOR ALL OF a mile.
AND CAME to a hill.
WHERE THE breeze blew cool.
AND SIZE said to me.
IT'S CERTAINLY fine
TO RIDE IN a ear
"oN A DAY Ike this
AND l glanced at her.
AND SAID right out
I'LL SAY 1t Is
AND SHE glanced right back
IN A startled way.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-21

SHE WAS tall.
AND ANGULAR.
AND WALKING.
AND WARM.
AND HAD a basket,
AND IT sagged.
AND DREW her down.
ON THE right-hand side.
AND WE stopped the car.
AND I said to her.
WOULD YOU like to rider"
AND SHE smiled.
AND SAID to ms,
TIL SAY | would"
AND JUST for a moment.
| HALF believed.
SHE WAS a soldier.
DONE UP In a dress,
BUT. OF course. she wasn't
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-21
A%RIsToCRATIc CoNvICTS

Virginia was the only American col
ony which ever received British con-
victs, and very few were ever sent
there, Most OF those sent We're po-
lltical prisoners, and the aristocratic
element predominated. In 1875 parlia-
ment forbade the transportation OF con-
victs to English colonies in America.
Kimberley, South Africa, is raising a
$2.75O, 900 loan. of which S15o,000 will be
expended on abattoir and cold storage
plant, arg he balance OF ether public
aerYiceS
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-21

AND STARTED back.
AND / said to her.
AS SHE said goodbye.
HE'S A fine loking boy"
y
AND SHE looked at me.
WITH A smile in her eyes.
AND SAID right out.
I'LL SAY he is"
| THANK you.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-21

y lFNs''N hwy oihNa
then use this docu-
ment to foment a
world wide revolu-
ton. He processes
to believe that the
working people Of
the world will reject
I h g peace treaty
when they come to
understand II. b e =
cause, he Says, the
treaty II carried out
Will mean nothing
less than slavery for
the working people
of Germany, W h o
did not win the war.
Hugo llaase was
born In Allenstein,
Germany, on Sept.
90, 1853. and re-
Ceived his higher
in Konigs-
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-21
WHO'S TO BLAME
BY
ETHEL LLOYD PATTERSON.

admit the fault within herself,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-08
AMERICAN ARMY WAS
 LARGER THAN BRITAIN'S

Washington, May At the sign ing of the armistice, the American army on the western front was sec ond in size only to that of France, and occupied the second largest extent of the fighting front. No Nov. II, the American troops held 134.25 kilo- meters of the total front of SAP kilo- meters, compared with 40 kilometers held by the Belgians, 113 by the British and 354 by the French. In January of that year, the Americans held only 10 kilometers of the fight ing line, the British 1S7, the French 52O and the Belgians 40.
 The American army was being rap- idly increased and the extent of the front they held so extended that in a few more months, had the war gone on, they doubtless would have had more fighting men at the front and would have held more of the line than the French. And this was ac- complished by a War Department whose critics declared had "ceased to tnnnt1an-"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-08
Was Brought Up On Father Johns Medicine, So His
 Parents Declare

Here is a picture of Thomas Rowan, Jr, with the cup that he won as the healthiest baby in the Yonkers Baby Parade. There were over sev- enty-five entries. His father says. q have been giving him Father Johns Medicine ever since he was one year old and it has kept him in good health and made him look like the picture. Whenever he has a cold Father Johns Medicine makes him well again and l can't recommend it toe highly for children if they are not strong I would not be without it in my house. I have a little girl baby one and one-haIf years old and I have started her on the medicine. ' CSigned) Thos. Rowan, 26 Riverview PL, Y Yonkers, N. Y.
 Thousands of families find that they can rely on Father Johns Bfedi- cine as the best spring body-builder for all the family. They have proven by more than, sixty years of success tbat the pure food elements of Father John's Medicine actually do make new flesh and strength and build up tbe little ones who have become weakened and rundown during the winter. It is a safe food tonic for all the family because it does no contain alcohol or dangerous drugs aJ,ua.sataad-.AdI.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-08
WOUNDED A. E.F.
 WET" RE-ENLISTS

Waldo Pocopay of 235 East Main street, Bridgeport, Ct, and who was badly wounded while serving with the A. E. F. on the British front of the Hindenburg line, volunteered at the U. s. Army Recruiting Station, 925 Main street, this city, for the maxi mum enlistment period of three years, chose the Coast Artillery as the branch and the Philippine Islands as the place he desired to serve in, and was forwarded to Fort Slocum. yes terday.
 This veteran of the World War served in Co. D, 10Sth [. s. Infantry, 27th Division. A. E. F., from June 26, 1917 to March 31, 1919. He has an ugly shrapnel wound on the right leg above the knee, and a less severe bull let wound In the left knee. He re Ceived these wounds in the bloody fight for Nierstart Ridge, Hindenburg line, Sept. 29. 1918; became uncon- sciOus from loss of blood. and remem- bers no more until he regained con- sciousness some time later in the English War Hospital at Bath; he was well treated in this hospital for two months and was then removed to the American hospital at Winches- ter, England, from which. after if teen days IuGInSG treatment h6 WIS discharged as cured and returned to his organization at the front. He re- mained with the 27th Division, until the Division was relieved and return ed home to New York with them on March 16, 1919, was sent to Camp Upton, N. Y, from which place he was discharged on March 31, 1919- His discharge bears the following notations: Served on Hindenburg line; Vierstart Ridge; Dickenbrush Sector, and East Poperinghe line. Character excellent"
 This veteran stated that civil life and civil occupation no longer ap- peaIs to him, and that he had quit a position as inspector in the Bridge port Bridge Works, where he had been employed for the past three weeks, so as to enable him to rejoin the Army and get back to the ideal, healthy, outdoor, exciting life of a soldier, of the U. s. Army.
 The following named men of Bridgeport were also accepted and forwarded to Fort SIocum, this date: Frank J. Geegehan, S04 Dover street Bridgeport, Ct. for infantry, A E. F.; Morris NJ. Horowitz, 1890 Barnum avenue, Bridgeport, Ct. for Medical Dept, A E. F.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-08
OLE HANSON BORN
 IN LOG CABIN

The mayor that called the bluff of the American Bolsheviki in Seattle last February is described by Agnes Loczhart Hughes. in Everybody's. for May. "AlI the Mayors sympathies are with the working class from which he himself is proud to have sprung He was born in log cabin in Ra- cine, Wisconsin, and grew up in what he calls the most souI-crushing poY- erty.'
 He once said: The people I come from are cheap, so cheap that in an account of a fire or wreck the death of a thousand of them occupies less space in the printed account than the injury of one great financier or pub lie character. know what hunger and cold do to men. I know the eff fleets of involuntary ignorance. shall work to make conditions for all such people better
 Many a self-made man has risen over the dead bodies of his former associates. Hanson's heaviest mayor alty vote was polIed in the two dis tricts where he had lived and was personally known. One was Beacon Hill, where he had conducted his first modest grocery, and the other in fashionable North Broadway, where he now makes his home
 Mayor Hanson says he still be- Geves in union labor. He believes 90
 per cent. of the union men are loyal and true. But he maintains that to do business in his city they must drive from their ranks the other 1C per cent. who were responsible for Seattles one red week.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-08
TODAYS ANNIVERSARY.

The first application for a patent for an automobile was filed in the United States patent office by George B. SeIden on May s, 1879, forty years ago today. SeIden was patent law yer in Rochester, \. Y, when he first began experimenting with the idea of a vehicle propelled by a gasoline ,en- zine Considering that his road engine" was not yet perfected and that the times were not ripe for it, he secured delay after delay, and the patent was not definitely issued until 1895. From the first doubts were cast on the validity of the Sel- den patent, but it earned a fortune for the astute inventor-attorney and for a long time dominated the motor car industry of the United States.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-08
On the Kings Errand
'(Continued from Page seven)

(ConInued from Page Seven) they, it appears, understood him, and in ten minutes we were safely aboard.
 So, after all, my precious papers got to their destination, and I re- turned at my leisure to LonGon. The Island, I may tell you, was raided next day, and the German agent was discovered among the monks, a rope about his waist, but his unshaven chin betraying him. The man was shot, and he well deserved his fate. The island, it seems had already be come a submarine base, though there was no evidence that the monks l1new anything about it.
 CTomorrow The Kings Messenger will tell of his flight through Spanish Mountains pursued by a blood hound,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-05-08
MOTOR TRUCKS FOR
 AGRICULTURE.

Washington, May 8 - More than $45,OOO,OOO worth of motor trucks have been turned over to the Depart ment of Agriculture by the War De- partment and are ready to be dis tributed to the various state highway departments through the bureau of public roads, it was announced here yesterday The trucks, numbering about 10000 and a majority of which are new, are a part of the surplus left on the hands of the War Department when the war ended. They are to be distributed to the states under a pro vision of the postoffice appropriation bill and must be used on road con- struction work.