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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-16

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AND NO appetite,
AND THE other girl.
WAS THE homellest girl,
IN THE whole town,
AND If 1t hadn't have been.
THAT SHE had a brother,
THERE WOULD have been no N
TO TAKE her to parties, \
AND IT happened one night,
THAT BOTH of the girls.
WERE AT . party,
AND l was there,
AND ONE Q! the boys,
ruLLEp AWAY a chair,
l WAS. going to sit on
AND hi, my head.
ON A window frame,
AND 1T stunned me so.
THAT JUST for u minute,
l DIDN'T know anything
AND WHEN came to.
THE HoMELY girl.
WAS DOWN on her knees,
AND WAS holding my head.
IN TWO soft hands.
AND THERE was Il bruisc.
ON THE back of my head.
AND IT stained her white dress,
AND SHE didn't care,
AND THE pretty girl
JUST STOPPED for "a moment.
AND WENT away.
AZ = hNAih hNl lhukls
IN THE game they played.
AND STRANGELY It seemed,
THAT THE homely girl,
JUST FADED out.
AND CAME back again.
AS A beautiful girl.
AND so she remained.
THROUGH MY boyhood days.
AND SO she is yet.
IL Ny memories.
es
l THANH YOU.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-16

Boston, Mass,
4ear h. G. b wish very much to
YOU q question, | am a girl, %
3rs OF age, and can not find words
He'll you how terribly homely | am,
n OF face and figure. | have quite
homeliest face that has yet been
~, YOU may be sure of that,
have a very good position and am
posed 10 have brains, but how glad
would exchange them for n small
tion Of the beauty OF the countless
heads who daily cross my path,
letlmes, when | catch my reflection
the mirror, the horror of 1t almost
&rwhelms me and | feel that | a
20 on. ] know 1t hurts the other
) In the office TO look at me,
0w, the question Is this; Do you
any reason why ! should go on
ng In a world where / meet only
ing glances? | have no n depend
upon me, and so would not be
sed. And TO add insult to injury
Fas christened Chestina. Even my
ployer never looks at me except when
essary, / wonder " you can possibly
anything to say TO me that could
ke me desire to VEL
~ DEAR Chestina.
EHEN ! was a kid,
OUR town.
HERE WERE two girls.
FHo LIVED near US.
IND ONE Of the girls.
Vas THE prettiest girl,
IN THE whole town.
md WHENEVER Id see her,
N
WITH ANOTHER boy.
ID GO nearly mad.
ND l loved her so much.
MAT FOR days at a time,
ID GO around,
WITH A high fever
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-16
wright, 1919, by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate)
an HOWARD r. GARIs.

paper Syndicate)
RY HOWARD r. GARIs.
What are you going to make now
IA Uncle Wiggily Of Nurse Jane
M Wuzzy, as the rabbit gentleman
bed into the kitchen OF his hollow
np bungalow M morning.
~ cake is what I'm going to make,
1rered the ~muskrat lady house
4 But this time I'm not going
and leave It half finished, II ! do
might put in a red pepper instead Of
hQamon, Just as you put stickery
Astnuts In the cake left unfinished
fferday."
,Pu bake no more cakes" laughed
Ne WiEgily. IN leave them Tor
III But what kind are yoa going to
axe now
Z socoanut cake" answered Nurse
"And / wish you'd go TO the
HE and get me a fresh cocoanut. ~
"a VIM" promised Uncle Wiggily, for
liked ~cocoanut cake very much in
land On your way" added the musk
niiady, Il wish you'd stop at the five
~ six cent store and get me a thin
"a ] want to sew some buttons on
r shirts, but l have lost my Thin
An bring you one" said the bunny
nhit gentleman. ~ cocoanut and Il
bhble, a cocoanut and a thlmble,' he
IA over and owe again, so he
thldn't forget, IA Cocoanut and a
4Nable-a thimhlenut and a CoCoabul
10, | meal a bimblenut and noCoco-
hf-no-oh dear-I guess ia better
Ute It down. he said, and this he did,
ting the words "cocoanut' and
imhle" on a piece Of white birch
way Uncle Wiggily hoped to the
hsoanut store, and soon he was on his
girney again, with n large. brown nut
FER his paw. The cocoanut was al
s,st as big as two croquet balls made
III one, and the rabbit gentleman was
Paking how nice the cake would taste
AR Nurse Jane had baked 1t,
BNnally Uncle Wiggily reached the
IN and eight cent store. and there
M bought Nurse James inherent Thin
encle wiggily put the thlmble up
-fede his tall silk hat, and, giving
a pink nose an extra twinkle or two,
y he hoped toward his hollow stump
iMgalow.
lie had not gone very far through the
Apds before, all Of n sudden, as he
psed a place where a deep, clear. COO
ring bubbled up under a clump OF
rAs, there the bunny rabbit gentle
hi met Mrs. Kinkytail, the monkey
hR. And with her were Jacko and
Lhbo, the two monkey boys.
How do you do, Mrs. Kinkytail?''
ed Uncle Wiggily, as he most
tely took off his tall, silk hat and
he a bow.
am very well. thank you" an
red the monkey lady. And just ther
Rething went "~Ker-splashl' into the
ng Of water.
NV goodness what's that?" asked
Kinkytail.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-16
TO HELP FRANCE.

To help it in the work OF reforesta
ing the devastated areas of France and
Belgium, the American Forestry ASSOC
citation announces new nominations I'd
membership as follows, /. NJ Hav an
nawan; H., c, Wheeler, dillingham;
stuart y Shepard. Mrs. Bryan Lathi
rheims, Mis-. +. w. Apleano. Mrs p
7. Ainson. all of Chicago, and Mrs
Stanley Field, Lake Forest: Hermsn
nracker. Erie; Mrs. Hathaway watson
Nlnnetkas Mrs. NJ, r. Ericsson, Evans
on. n Rev, j. J.. Simpson, Of Crows
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-16
WHO PAYS FOR ITO

Since Jan. l strikes and lockouts have
cost workers s25, 600, 900 in wages ard
employers Sio0, 600. 900 in production
lossesN Guess who Is going TO pay for 1t,
-NeW\york Tribune.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-03-26
AMERICAN TOWN ON
BANKS OF THAMES
Occupied by zoo Whites and
1850 Negroes

London, Feb. IS Correspondence
of the Associated Press. On the
banks of the Thames. less than 20
miles from London, there IS an Am
eIlcan town of the mushroom kind
such as You might find in 2, new Cali
fornia oil field. It's population con
slsts of more than 200 white men and
about $50 negroes. 1t covers 35 acres
which nine months ago were fa1low
grass land. The business of the town
Is to receive sort and store war ma
terlal. 1t is the great American sup
ply depot in England.
There is a street of wooden nuts,
another of corrugated iron huts, huge
iron store sheds a quarter of a mile
long, office buildings. water supply
and electric lights, the whole sur
rounded by a hedge, a few armed
sentries and much mud. All day long
the khaki-clad negroes push and haul
railway trucks full of war material.
Englishmen peer over the hedge
and ask satircaly if the United
States doesn't know that the war is
over. If they ask an officer for en-
lightenment about this strange camp,
his explanation is som ething like
this:
! America came into the war with
&c
Years of it, which was the safe thing
to do. Our governm ent made con-
tracts with British manufacturers to
supply our army with tons of war
material, from a tin tack to a steam
roller. The British factories built
new plants and took on new hands to
meet our needs and deliveries were
going smoothly when the arnistice
was signed.
IF we had scrapped our contracts
then, some British firms might have
been driven into bankruptcy, putting
thousands of men out of work and
leaving the factories with tons of USE
less material on their hands. SO the
United States government merely
cancelled orders for material that
had not been actually started on, and
told the factories to so ahead with
what they had in hand.
This place is the collecting sta
tion for that material. We are re-
ceiving tractors for guns, ching
tools, thousands of yards of camou-
1age wire netting, stacks of asbestos,
roofing for hospitals, timber fran es
for huts. wheelbarrows, shovels, pick
axes, bolts, screws and a. lot of 9th err
stuff, We are going to store it all
here and sell it later on. It will all
be useful, and We can wait for the
market. The manufacturer couldn' t
have waited"
War material coming back from Rus
STA is being stored at this camp, also
the fittings of the disnantled hospi-
tails which the Am erican army estab-
lished in England
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-03-26
The Jubilee Suffrage Convention.
(Springfield Republican,

(Springtield Republican,
The 5Cth annual convention OF the
national woman suffrage ASSOCIATION,
now meeting at St. Louis, is real
iul,ilee GATHERINGS Not only is 1t half
q century since the ASSOCIATION was
born and since votes for women we're
first secured, with the territorial Or
,ganization of Wyoming, but the Tune
has come when throughout the Union
the problem of using the ballot shares
with the problem of obtaining 1T the
interest and responsibility Oh IRE
women of the nation.
That 1919 is the year of jubilee in
q still more complete sense is more
than likely to be established when the
coming special session OF congress
hos disposed of the constitutional
suffrage amendment; though ratltl-
cation by three fourths of the states
will still be required to complete the
act Of national acknowledgements.
Meanwhile the work for which the
association was established Will De d
first call upon it's menbers but so
MANY women are now voting that the
new problem already presses In 1859
NOT a woman in the United States
co11ld vote on a question of political
Importance In 1919 women in "a
states have the right TO vote TOT " eo
| ident the total number OF Votlne age
| being about 12,5oo,oOO.
The st. Louis convention is expect
! cd to broaden the scope of the asso-
ciation's efficient and experienced or
| SANITATION. so that it shall meet the
needs of an enfranchised SEX No
| m ore delicate task probably has ever
| faced a suffrage conventions The
| rroh1er, is to harmonic the interests
| ~ uroynen as voters and Of voters as
! women: to direct organized activity
toward the full enrichment of Ameri-
| can citizenship by the addition ct q
/ new voting element, and toward the
! assurance of rights which particular
" concern women. Both purposes
are legitimate, but wise mot'o car
| i. found in the campaign slogan
"wonen are people, TO avoid unde-
sirable sex rivalry is a main consld-
! era tiOn
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-03-26
ASSASSIN'S BULLET
STOPPED TRUCE PLEA
NJ. RenaudeI Jaures, Murdered i'm
1914 Was Intent ON Asking Pr"Si-
dent Wilson to Arbitrate.

Paris, March 25.-During today's
session of the trial Of Raoul Villain,
charged with the murder in 1914, of
Jean l.. Jaures, the French socialist
leader. Pierre Ranaudel who sue
ceeded NJ, Jaures in the socialist
leadership quoted some of the words
Jaures used in making known his de-
cision to appeal personally to Presi-
dent Wilson on August 2, 1914 in an
endeavor to have the president in
tervene and avert the war.
There is only one man who can
stop the conflict. and that is Pres-
den Wilson," NJ. Renaudel quoted
Jaures as saying.
THE ASA ssin's bullet stopped
Jaures' appeal to President Wilson's
arbtration,2 M. Renaudel continued.
II will not say war would have been
avoided, but if arbitration had been
accepted time would have been
gained. IF arbitration had been re-
fused, Germany would have appeared
as a criminal in the eyes of the world
and America would have entered the
war two years sooner.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-03-26
TURKS DON'T KNOW.
THEY ARE Defeated
British and French Have Not
Acted as Severe COnquerOrs

London, March IA, Correspondence
OF the Associated Press. )--The Turks
are ny no means convinced that they,
are Vanquished. and show few signs
or regret that they were ever the
Allies of the Central Powers. accord
ing to a French correspondent who
has returned from COnstantinople.
The' correspondent attributes this
failure on the part of the Turks TO
realize their actual situation to the
fact that the British and French COM
manders in the Turkish capital have
not acted like conquerors and imposed
their authority on the Turks.
The correspondent declares that he
was unable TO convince the leading
Turks of the complete victory of the
Allies and of the definitive crushing of
the German military power, and adds
that this is due ito the fact that the
Allied trops did not enter Smboul
with flags flying, because the Allied
officers did not install themselves as
masters in the different ministries, and
because the military authorities did
not take over all the administrative
Offices and police the city.
The Committee of Union and Pro
sress no longer exists, legally, says
the Frenchman, but it's creatures still
occupy their posts in the ministries
and in the police service. They are
very active and offer us a very bitter
and systematic opposition" he con-
tinued. This frequently takes the
form of spreading rumors of disagree
ment between France and En- gland on
the subject of the future of Turkey.
They assert that 1T would be to the ad-
vantage of England and France to
placate Turkey and to Leave Constan-
tinople as the Turkish capital
ION one of the Princes Islands
Prinkipo-the German Marshal, Won
Sanders Liman Pascha. is comfortably
lodged and receives the adherents Of
the old regime and. between dessert
and cheese they openly plot against
US withous fear of disturbance.
THE Germans who knew the Turks
treated them as they should be treat
cd with brutal force, and that il the
only attitude which can be adopted
towards them. We should bring homo
to them the realization that the Allies
are in reality the conquerors. We
must act with energy and frn1ness,
if we desire to retain our predominant
influence in Turkey" n .
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-03-26
$4,000 FIRE IN SUFFTEID.
Three Tobacco Barns OF CRANKY Conn
pany's Plantation DESTROYED.

West Suffield, March 26.-Three
five-acre tobacco barns. 5 tons of to-
bacco fertilizer, enough 1aths for Is
acres of tobacco and a large number
Of farming and tobacco tools were
destroyed by fire here yesterday aft
ernoon on the CRANKY tobacco COM
pany's plantation known as the r.
M. Cotton place. The loss is over
$4,000, and is partly covered by in
surance. The origin of the fire is
supposed to have been from sparks
from a passing engine on the North
a.mpton division of the New York
New Haven and Hartford railroad
known as the Canal road, which first
set the grass on fire and after spread
ing about 1900 feet ate its way to
a tobacco barn.
The flames rapidly spread to two
new five-acre toba barns about six
rods away, and by the time help ar
rived the three tobacco barns were
ali on fire and neighbors who arrived
were helpless and could only stop the
flames from spreading to two nearby
sheds The buildings destroyed are
worth $500, the tobacco fertilizer
$1,000. the tools $1,000, and the to-
bacco lat11 $500. which brings the
total loss up to 10000
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-03-26
BRITAIN'S MILITARY, PROBLEM.

From a military standpoint, Eng
land is in a desperate situation and to
paraphrase a familiar quotation it
may be said that the sun never sets
on British forces active1y engaged in
battle
The most recent demand on Eng
lands military machine is from Egypt,
which Winston Spencer Churchill,
Secretary for War, reports is "in a
virtual state of Instruction" The
need for troops in that area is SO
compelling that officers have asked
melt who were on the point of demo-
Utilization to return to duty to pre-
vent the slaughter of their country
men.
British troops are also reported in
the vicinity of the Black sea, stretch
ing a Gordon across vast space to
prevent emissaries of the Bolshevik
breaking through and sowing seeds Of
dissension in lands lying to the south
The uniform of the British is also
| a common sight in the disturbed Sec
| tons north of the Adriatic sea where
! the ownership Of the territory is dis
! puted by Italy and Jugoslayia, with
! the possibility that the Bolsheviki
| may descend on it always looming in
| the background.
| Although India contributed gener-
| uuslv to the Allied armies in France,
| it is necessary to maintain a portion
| of the British forces in that country.
| Vladivostok boasts Of the pres
| ence Of British soldiers, who are col
! laborating with the French, Ameri-
| cans and Japanese in protecting sup
! plies and standing against the east
ward spread of Bolshevism.
Britain must share the RESPONSE
bility for patrolling a large part
of occupied Germany and at the
same time maintain an army at home
A far-fung empire may be a bless.
ing in times of peace but under pres.
ent day conditions il becomes wearl
some encumbrance.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-03-26
SHORT OUTS TO DEATH.

II Recent accidents on railroad lines
II New Britain for which the rail-
bad was rot responsible serve to
Emphasize the. risks people will take
nth the only possible reward of saw
he a few moments of time. The SIT
|ation in New Britain is probably
horse than in most Connecticut cities
because OF the large number Of grade
|rossings here ard the consequent
enptation to use the tracks As high
avs. 1t would not be an exaggera-
ion to say that thousands on their
ua.y to or from work fird it more
to walk alorg side and on
he tracks daily in preference to
using the public streets. The risk is
with the gain.
Within the past month New Brit
ain has had at least five railroad &C
,fdents. all of which were avoida,ble
and must be blamed entirely on the
victims. One was caused when pas
senger alighted from train from
Bristol, struck against an iron pillar
and was hurled TO death under the
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-03-26
ONLY ONE GHOST SHIP.
Twelve Boats Start Out But Thirteen
Are Discovered.

London, March 26.-Among the
war stories that British naval men
feel free to tell now is one about a
ghost ship" whose mystery has never
been solved.
In 1917, a convoy Of twelve ships
left a British port. At dawn on the
day after sailing the escort ! COM
mander discovered thirteen ships
under his charge. While the identity
of the extra ship was being dis
cussed, the convoy was suddenly at
tackled by German light cruisers and
most of the escort and nine of the
merchantmen were sunk The Ger
mans then made off.
Survivors positively assert that
there were thirteen ships and that
the mysterious vessel disappeared as
strangely as she had appeared. They
are certain that the ship was not
sunk. Official inquiries failed to
throw any light on the nature of the
craft. IT was ascertained that she
could not have been a disguised Ger
man raider, and her presence was
logged" by the escort commander.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-03-26

THE MARCH WIND.

From high, wide spaces in the air
Beyond our sight or knowing;
Through orchard trees, that once were
fair
The old March wind comes blow
ing.
1t roars about the town for hours,
With whirling snow and Singing
showers,
And rings the bells in all the towers,
And then AWAY goes blowing!
The mad, wild hares that run with
March,
So brown, soft, and furry.
The breeze that bends the birch and
Sets them all ir d furry.
When signs of storm are in the sky
And last years leaves go rustlng bN
BEFORE the wind the March harcs fly
A scampering hl2ry scurry.
Wild March. I love to hear you blow
And shake the roof and ratter,
And toss the tree tops to and fro
Your voice is only lat ghter.
When out of clouds peep BITS OF plue
T long to run as March hares do,
And tell the world that winter
through
And shifting spring comes after.
CECIL. CAVENDISH,
in st. Nicholas.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-03-26
\ FOOL DECISION.

Nothing so quickly brings the
|rts into derision as decisions en-
Ely contrary to common sense.
example of such a, ruling may be
lowered in the finding by a judge in
Federal court that the war has been
bcluded. The prisoner was charged
kulations. His counsel argued that
war was over and the law COW
Il shot was fired. Strange to say,
!. Judge conceded il: this view and
) armistice was signed TT is even
ported that he insisted that Presi-
Mt Wilson 'in an official speech"
d made such an announcement.
Before the court rendered its deci-
N Attorney General Palmer tele-
aphed that the war was not over.
) reminded the judge that Congre ss
clared war and it will require a
tie by Congress TO discontinue the
ate of war. Secretary Baker also
legraphed that an armisticc was
lily a cessation of hostIlities. Despite
lis overwhelming evidence, the judge
lease1 the prisoner Contempt OF
lurt is occasionally excusable.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-03-26
WILL RAISE SHEEP.
West Virginia Decid"> 10 Take Gp
New State Business.

Charleston, w. Va, March 2s.--Tn@
state of West Virginia has decided ia
engage in the raising Of sheep. IN
conjunction. with A. L. Aegen and S.
M Croft of Grove City, Pa, ana
Charleston. and other business men Of
this state.
James II. Stewart, state commits
sioner of agriculture, is authority foEA
this announcement, claiming that his
department is lending encouragement
and financial assistance TO establish
ment of the greatest, gricultural pro-
iect ever attempted by a state. The
ranch is TO be located in Greenbriet
county tand will take in S1,12I acres.
F. NJ. Glenn, sheep expert of the de.
partment, is enthusiastic over the
plan and says the ranch will be estab-
lished in narrow belt of West Vir-
gina which produces the. finest
feeces in the world.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1919-03-26
WHAT HUNS HAVE
DONE AND MUST DO
Debt Side of Franco German ledger
Far OutbaIT"ccs That on

Paris, Feb. )rrespondence or
The Associate ass.)-A- balance
sheet drawn up from official data by
the Paris Information shows the state
of account on Feb. as between
France and Germany for destruction
and damage to railway plant.
On the debit side, destroyed by the
Germans:
French northern railway system, D.
o6S miles of track.
French eastern railway system L.,
43T miles of track. s, -
Bridges, aqueducts AID culverts de-
stroyed, 1.510. s-s..s.
Tunnels destroyed. IL.
Telegraph and telephone lines de-
stroyed. 1887 miles. a.. a-.. .at
Railway buildings destroyed, $40
Food depots destroyed, 165. ~
Metal tubing and ripe lines ae
stroyed, 10000 tons.
twenty-five great machinery re
pairing centers have been entirely
wrecked or seriously damaged, in
Guiding those Of Lille. Douei. A1ras,
Ealenciennes, Camhrai, Rheims and
Nerdun. "
On the credit side:
1885 engines and 34.97I cars sur
rendered by Germany to France out
Of the 2,600 engines and TO, 900 cars
stipulated by the terms of the armis
tice. s-#.