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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-22
Copyright. 1919. by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
BY HOWARD r, GARlS.

Dear me! 1t is all worn outr' said
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, the musk
rat lady housekeeper, one day. Uncle
Wiggly Longears, the bunny rabbit
gentleman, who had just finished his
breakfast in the hollow stump bunga-
low, heard Nurse Jane sag this
wonder what it is that's worn
out?' said the bunny to himself. Il
hope 1t isn't the strawberry shOrtcake,
or the cherry pie. Perhaps Ia better
take look out in the Kitchen
UNCLE Wiggily opened the door, and
he saw standing near the broom and
steve brushes his muskrat lady house
kSeper. Nurse Jane was holding a
Feather buster in her paws.
Yes, it is all worn out" said Nurse
Jane again, as she looked at the feather
buster. II must ask Uncle Wiggily to
get me another"
If that's all it is l certainly shall
get you one, Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy," spoke
the bunny as he hoped out into the
Kitchen, II was afraid you were talk
ing about something to eat, So you
really need new feather duster?' he
asked,
Il do, if I am to keep your hollow
stump bungalow neat and clean" she
answered.
Then I'll hop right down to the
eleven and twelve cent store and get
you new duster." spoke the bunny
rabbit gentleman
1t did not take him long to put on
his tall, silk hat, wrap himself in his
fur overcoat and then, with his pink,
twlnkling nose sparkling like a June
H6qg going to a Christmas party, Uncle
Wiggily started off
Over the fields and through the woods
went the bunny rabbit gentleman, and
pn the way he saw where the green
hnd red holly was hanging in among
the trees, waiting for Santa Claus, who
would be along in a few days now.
Dear me! | mustn't forget about
Christmas!" said Uncle Wiggily to him
Saelf as he hoped along.
1t did not take him long, once he
eeached the thirteen and fourteen cent
ore, to buy the new feather buster
for Nurse Jane
Here is a very nice and soft onep
said the little mousie girl clerk who
waited on the rabbit gentleman. Feel
#aow soft 1t isl and she brushed the
pster for the END Of his pink, twink
thg nose.
f'oh, my dear! Ouch! Stop, if you
aeaee" said Uncle Wiggily with a
8ngh. you tickle"
Il Yes our feather busters are of the
&Nery best kind" said the little mousie
IN clerk with smile. They always
exile"
INgE Well wrap this one cup 50 it won t
ii k1e me as l carry it home" said
ncle Wiggily, and the little clerk in
He seven and eight cent store prom
% to do so.
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married man. whose very touch thrills
her from head to foot, is telling her
that he mismated and that she Is the
only woman he ever loved, and that
we have a right to live our lives ac-
Cording to our own lights instead nf
those Of narrow and hide bound Mrs,
Grundy?
She can't She is so sure that moth
er's pulses never heat except to stan :
dard time, and yet mother might saw
her II only she had been honest enouRn
to tell her daughter that she had been
Just as silly as any other l6-year- old
girl and knew from experience every
temptation that assais maidenno0d.
Very few parents are honest with
their children about money Unless
they are very poor or very rich, they
conceal the state Of the family ex-
chequer from their boys and girls, Es
pecially Is this the case in households
that are sailing very close to the wind
The parents excuse is that they don't
want to lay their burdens on the young
shoulders, and that they don't want
their sons and daughters childhood
saddened by the worries over money
and the anxieties for the future which
darken their elders days,
SO, In many families, style Of liv-
ing Is kept up which can not be af-
forded The girls have pretty clothes,
| and parties, and the boys go to col
lege. and have liberal spending al
lowance, and then suddenly there Is a
| crash. The overstrained credit breaks
or father dies. and the children find
| themselves plunged in want.
They have supposed themselves com
fortably well off, II not actually rich,
and have been permitted to form the
| habits, and cultivate the taste OF
wealthy people, and when they find
| out that their parents have tacitly de-
ceived them into this false security
| they have right to feel that they have
| been given a most unfair deal
Parents should be honest In this mat
| ter with their children Children should
| he brought up In strict accordance with
| their means, and when father and
| mother have no fortune to hestow uper
| their boys and girls they should teach
| them from their earliest infancy les
sons OF thrift and industry, and make
. them understand that when they are
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-22
TwiceToldT ales
Ten Years Ago Today In memphla
DECEMBER q, 1909.

The jury in the case of Garrett john
son and Arthur Cloar, alleged night
riders, who were indicted for the as
sassination of Capt. quentin Rankin,
at Walnut Log, Reelfoot, on Oct, 10,
1898 reported 1t was hopelessly tied
up, and the judge accordingly dismissed
it, declaring Il mistrial a message
from Union City Tenn, relates,
w, $. w, Montgomery, prominent cot
ton man and old citizen of Memphis,
Is dead at his home on Suzette street
United States Senator A. ]. McLaurtn.
Of Mississippi, ded suddenly at his
home In Brandon.
An army of men are at work demol-
ishing the old Cotton Exchange build
ing to make room for the new Exchange
skyscraper office building.
cotton roso % points, May options
selling at Is Csc. Spot middling In
"a uunis is quoted at 15A cents.
Two well-known Memphis attorneys,
Caruthers Ewing and A. w. Biggs, are
guests Of the Hon, J, NJ Dickinson on
board the steamer Mayflower, now on
cruise to Porto Rico.
George Kitson, OF Brooklyn. n. r.,
and Joe Mandot OF Memphis and New
Orleans, fought fast ten-round draw
at Atlanta.
Deputy Sheriff Billy Barrow was
found dead on Rayburn boulevard, HIS
death was caused by a stroke OF apo
plexy.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-22
Gaze. AAT. oEY.)
By K.c.D

AND SAY it's all right.
AND MY wife does that
AND DOESN'T mean it,
AND 1T spells her evening.
BECAUSE ALL the time.
SHE'S FEELING her hair.
AND is worried about it,
AND have to look.
AND SAY it's all right.
WHETHER IT is or not.
AND THE chances are.
THAT THE man who grabbed it.
is WORRYING about it.
AND IT'S a bad night.
FOR THREE or four people,
BECAUSE ONE man.
DIDN'T FOLD his coat.
WITH THE buttons inside.
AND wHILl! I'm writing.
on THE subject Of hair.
WANT to say.
THAT T4II, atI,ar ,,i~tE
A VERY tall dame.
SAT IN front of me.
AND OF course I can't prove it.
BUT l feel quite sure.
SHE HAD an inner tube.
INSIDE OF her hair.
AND RIGHT in the middle.
WHERE THE hub would come.
SHE'D BUILT it all up.
IN A sort of a dome.
AND | think her neck.
WAS SET on a swivel.
AND IN some strange way.
ALWAYS WORKED VITA mine,
AND IF it should happen.
THAT COMEnN.Ir PniIr
TO FOLD the buttons inside.
1 HOPE they get her.
AND TEAR the dome thing Off.
I THANK YOU.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-22

ST. LOUIS, Mo.
Dear X. C. B.-Will you please ask
DE men to be kind enough when
nAssing through an aisle to reach their
oats in a theater to fold their over
oats so that the buttons viii be on
|Ne ms de, as the ladies seated along
HE aisle through which they are pas
Dig are in great danger of losing their
Browning glory"
HTwice now | have almost had my
|Ralp removed mot to mention the pain
Rlffered) by my hair being caught by
he buttons of an oyercoat on the arm
u a man in the act of passing behind
he, and | look to you to make third
inc impossible.
And K. c. B., just supposing that
Eore a wig and had the above mis-
brtune, G. G. Y.
MY DEAR Gee Gee.
YOU HAVE my sympathy.
AND I'll ask the men.
IF THEY won't be careful.
AND FOLD their coats,
50 THAT the buttons,
WILL BE inside.
AND MY wife Win thank me. +.
rs WELL as you.
Bee AUSE TWO or three times.
SHE'S BEEN nearly dragged.
RIGHT OUT Of her seat,
| AND YOU know how it is.
WHEN YOU'RE sitting there.
4 AND READING the jokes,
IN THE theatet program.
AND ALL at once
YOU FEEL something grab you.
4 AND YOU have to smile.
y l-
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-22
HOLIDAYS AT COLUMBUS.

col UMBr9S, Miss Dec. 22-Begin-
ming Saturday afternoon and confirm
ing through to Jan. 5, the Christmas
hol day season will be enjoyed by the
students and faculties OF the local pub
lc schools
Industrial institute and college began
Yesterday, and nearly all of the 1000
students at the institution went 10
their homes over the state today to
SPEND the Christmas holidays, which
will last until Jan. 5.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-22

he late war he was a captain in the
anne organization.
In 1904 he married Lady Beatrice
Killers, daughter of the seventh earl
I'M Jersey, They have one son, the
Ion. Randall Arthur Henry Plunkett.
|sady Dunsany's father was wealthy
tanker.
Lord Dunsany's first literary work
.as THE Gods OF Pegana." published
M 1906. This was followed at inter-
~ais BY '"Time and the Gods, The,
sword of veteran" and "A Dreamer's
Iales." 1t was not until The Gods Of
he Mountain" was produced as a cur
ain raiser at the Haymarket theater
n London, however, that his fame as
/. artist was generally recognized. He
cS9ntly published in the Atlantic
n tonthly short piece. Fame and the
4 pct" which is generally considered to
Il ave an photographed reflection, In
a poet aspires to fame, and when
ime comes she is coarse jade, graft
n ving the public curiosity about his in
mate private affairs. the food he eats.
4 hat color he prefers. and such like ir-
n aievancies.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-22
YAZ00 GIN RECORD
FALLS BELOW PAR

HAzOO CITY, Miss. Dec. 90 (Spl)-
fazoo county's ginning record for the
present year to Dec. is 16,9Sj bales,
as compared to record of 2O,479 in
1918. Whether or not the month of De-
cember will show a gain over December
of last year remains to be seen, but It
is probable that even If a gain Is
shown 1t will not be material one.
Yet the cotton production in Yazoo
county Is very satisfactory one in
comparison with that Of other coun-
ties in this section OF the state and in
comparison with the production in other
sections Of the South
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-22

grown they viii have to depend abso-
lutely upon their own efforts
Nothing could be more dishonest to
u Chid than to let II grow up, idle and
wasteful. and purposelese, and then
turn 1t out upon the world with empty
pockets.
Nor need any parents fear the effect
it will have upon a child to tell 1t
honestly OF the family needs, ard anXie.
ties about money Nothing will do more
to strengthen and develop a boy and
girls characters than TO max" them
feel that they are "A responsible part
Of the family unit and an active fac
tor in its success
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-22

they foresee difficult success for n
presidential candidate whose name Is
often mentioned.
Persons whose brthdate It Is have a
rather unsettled year before them.
They should be careful of their money
and safeguard their health
Children born on this day will be
clever, affeCtionate and trustworthy.
These subjects OF Capricorn are gener-
ally successful.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-22

states, was born in
Dunsany caste.
county Meath, Ire
land, on July "a,
1873. The Dunsa ny
peerage was ere
ated by Henry VI.
in 1889. Lord Dun
sany is the present
head of the house
of Piunkett, which
settled in Ireland
prior to the Nor
man conquest. He
is a nephew of Sir
Horace Plunkett.
He was educat-
ed at Elton and
trained for army
service. During
the South African
war he served as a
lieutenant in the
famous Coldstream
guards and during
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-22
DEPUTY SELECTED
FOR CHANCERY COURT

SENATOBIA. Miss, Dec 60. (spl)-
sDecial meeting OF the beard OF gu
pervisors was held here today for the
purpose OF providing for the vacancy
In the chancery clerks office caused
by the death OF J. A. Wooten. A. A.
Royal was selected to act as deputy
until the first Monday OF January.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-22
A Line On Men
You Read About

\ Edward John Moreton DraX Plunkett,
Eighteenth Baron Dunsany Irish poet,
Who is now on tour OF the United
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-22

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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-04-11
BERLAMONT

Mrs. Burkholder and sister Mrs.
Mocklincate of Bloomingdale are
visiting Mrs. Burkholder's daughter in
Flint.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Reiser have re-
turned from Wisconsin and expect to
make Michigan their home.
Miss Etha Frye has gone to Fair
mont hospital for treatment. She has
been in poor health for the past year.
The men all went to the polls to
vote on Monday. There was no way
provided for the ladies, so consequent
ly they stayed at home. The men
were afraid of the ladies' dry vote.
Mrs. A. T. Anderson of Kalamazoo
spent Friday with Mrs. Carrier.
Mrs. Marie. Reeves and son Billie
were over Sunday visitors at the home
of her father, VIM. Lake.
Richard Schuyler died at the home
of his brother George Schuyler on
Saturday afternoon. The funeral was
held on Tuesday at the church. He
was laid to rest in Pecktown cemetery.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1919-04-11
Uhr Trur Nnrthrrmrr
PAW PAW, MICHIGAN
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Editors and Publishers.
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the Act of Congress of August oath,
1912 of The True Northerner, pub
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October 1st, 1918.
That the names and addresses Of
the publisher, editor, managing
editor and business managers are:
Publishers, The True Northerner
Publishing Co., Paw Paw, Michigan
Editor, Frank N. Wakeman, Paw
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Michigan.
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Sworn and subscribed before me
this 1st day of April, 1919.
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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-02

strong hand to suppress the instinct
for war in the heart of Europe,
Europe which is ranking under So
cial and economic injustice, war is
bound to come. And moreover, war
is bound to spread For war is a
social disease.
We couldn't keep out of the last
war, and it may be possible that in
nine or ten months we shall either
have to get into the next war or
see American rights abridged, Red
Cross women insulted and assaulted,
and our own few troops remaining
in Europe in danger of attack.
Also remember this: We can no
more draw out of Europe with Eu-
rope owing us SS,000,000,000 or
$40, 900, 100000 than we can get Off
the earth, Our isolation is gone.
If we throw away the 100000
900 which we have lent to Euro
pean countries, the loss will throw
our Liberty Bonds below par and
will create a financial panic in
America, that will bring about in
dustrial paralysis, unemployment
and may even threaten revolution.
We are in the world game to
stay-we cannot keep out.
Secretary of State John Hay,
struggling to get the peace treaty
with Spain ratified, wrote to a
friend: Life is so gay and hor-
rid" abiding to senatorial obstruc-
ton.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-02

point with pride" rather than view
with alarm. The Republican en-
blem is slow-moving but always
steadily on-coming element.
1t is curious, therefore, to OBJ
serve that Republican leaders, men
from the holy of holies, who keep
the ark of the Republican covenant
have been turning the Republican
party into a party of criticism. And
their chief criticism has been direct
led toward the League of Nations.
But aside from the League of
Nations, the Republicans have been
engaged for eight or ten months in
carping at the obvious failures of
the Democrats during the war. And
nine months after the Republican
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-02

You will find The S. F. Baker &
Co., Soaps, Toilet Articles, Spices
and Medicines, sold in Liberal and
surrounding territory by W. NJ.
Dillinger to be the best on the
market at reasonable prices and
the best of quality. Those desir-
ing a trial of this universally used
goods will please call at my home,
one block east and one block
north of the Court House, or leave
your name and | will call and see
you. W. M. DILLINGER. 1872
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-02
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
tBy William Allen White, Republi
can and editor of the Emporia
Gazette.)

Y For two generations the Republi-
can party has attracted to its ranks
men who are pleased and proud to
be known as men of an instructive
mind. "The Republican tempera-
ment is the constructive tempera-
ment. The Republicans are born,
not made. They have been men
who do things as politicians and
statesmen, who achieve rather than
criticize. Republicans have boast
ed since Lincoln's day that they
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-02

victory at the polls in November,
1918, the Republican party has not
put forth one constructive measure
upon which Republicans are united.
We who are glad to call ourselves
Republicans forget that.
How many times during the last
fifty years, the Democrats have
writhed under the lash as their Re-
publican friends have called the
Democratic party the party of ne
cation, of obstruction, of criticism,
of complaint. And yet today there
could be no question but that the
Republican party is the national
calamity bowler. 1t makes very lit
tie difference what the calamity is,
nor does it make much difference
how much justification there is in
bowling, the Republican party can
not function as a party which mere
ly rises to object.
The constructive minds of Ameri-
ca, little and big, who heretofore
have found the Republican party
the only party which offers for
ward moving program want progress
really more than they want a party
home. And some party will come
along offering men and women of
this temperament a place to vote
and they will go there.
The Republican attitude toward
the League of Nations is curiously
unrepublican, in that it destroys
without building up, and this at
titude is obviously not confined to
standpatters.
We find Knox and johnson, the
arch standpatter and the progress
sive of progressives; we find Borah
and Sherman, men of middle way;
we find every kind and class and
kindred of Republicans, tho, of
course, not all Republicans, by any
means, united in this attitude of
protest against the League of Ma
tions.
Men like Root and Taft and
Hughes are conspicuous exceptions.
They would take the League and
improve it. They are functioning
after the Republican traditions.
They are constructive rather than
obstructive, and would be anything
rather than destructive.
Let us assume that the Republi-
cans defeat the treaty, or that they
put in such amendments as are I'M
acceptable to the president. 1t is
quite likely that the president would
accept, and the league ratify, any
merely interpretative, alteration, or
addition to the league covenant
which the Senate might choose to
add. We may state explicitly on
what terms we shall go to war and
when, and how, and where, and we
may say what is our understanding
of the meaning of this clause and
that, and still accept the principle
of league, and the league will ac-
cept our Endorsement and go on liv-
ing happily ever after. But if we
suggest radical changes in the
league, if we insist upon amend
ments which change its fundamental
construction, of course the presi-
dent cannot present them.
And after all, the president will
have the last word in this league
controversy.
So let us assume. than that the
Republicans do defeat the league,
defeat it without offering any ac-
ceptable amendments; defeat it by
wantonly offering unacceptable
amendments. What is the situation?
Europe is full of unrest. In the
Balkans war is threatened even
now. In Russia war is waging even
now. Germany still remains a prob
lem. She is war weary today, but
she may find encouragement to go
to war in Russia as temptation to
join the Balkan row. Without some
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1919-10-02

Donald Thompson left Monday
for Kansas City where he will en-
roll in a dental college. Donald is
a graduate of the Liberal High
School and his friends wish him sue
cess.
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We expecting large shipment of dishes any time
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BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS.

The first purchaser of the 1919 issue of
Red Cross Christmas seals is the Prince
of Wales. He bought the seals while in
Washington from five year old Adrienne
Mayer, "the littlest modern health cru
sader," recently decorated by General
Pershing for attaining perfect score in
the children's health crusade against dis
ease.
The royal visitor was not too busy in
his crowded schedule of entertainment
and sightseeing to endorse the fight
ag ainst tuberculosis which the Red Cross
Christmas seal represents.
Startling facts on public health con-
ditions were shown by the medical ex-
animation of millions of men during the
war;" the Prince said 'These facts
have demonstrated clearly the necessity
of attacking harder than ever such
menaces as tuberculosis. | am sure this
worldwide work has the approval of
every thoughtful person. The seals real
ly represent the ounce of prevention. l
wish the campaign all success"
The Prince promised to use the seals on
his personal letters. The Association for
the Prevention of tuberculosis of the Dis
trict of Columbia Is one of the 1000 State
and local organizations affiliated with the
National tuberculosis Association. In
common with the allied bodies it has its
own individual educational and prevent
i've program which coordinates with the
national preventive campaign for 1920.
More than $50, 900, 900 seals must be sold
to defray the expense of this natio n-wide
movement The ten day sale will begin
on December 1st