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Arizona republican., 1919-11-17
PETER kIDNAPS A BABY
BY the Story Lady

Peter tried to decide on the way to
Mrs. Martins whether to tell her of
his strange adventures or not. At last
he decided to say nothing about It.
So when she asked him about the
pail that he took the flour in, he said,
"They didn't say nuthin' about givin'
it back to me-"
Mrs. Martin was frying doughnuts
when he came back and she gave him
a. saucer of the little round ones. Iney
were hot and crisp and covered with
sugar, and Peter went out on the
south porch to enjoy them and to
share them with Pan. When the plate
was empty he took it back to Mrs
Martin and found her at the tele-
phone. She hung up the receiver just
as he came in and though she gave
him a queer look she said nothing.
When they were all at supper how
ever, a girl of about Is knocked at the
door and handed Mrs. Martin the tloui
pail.
Mas awful sorry" she said. GU
you know how Mandy is"
Mrs. Martin closed the door ant
turned to Peter with a comical ex,
preston.
Please tell me-" she begged. "wha
happened to you this afternoon"
So Peter told his story and Mr.
Martin and Mrs. Martin laughed ant
J laughed.
Mrs. Brown left her baby with Mrs
| Mathews while she went to town
When she saw you with the baby sh,
thought you were kidnapping it. Sh,
phoned me that she saw the kidnape,
come to my house. Mandy is Mrs
Mathews daughter and very hothead
| ed. That's what Ruth meant b.
YOU know how Mandy is" ex
planned Mrs. Martin.
Il know alright" said Peter.
| Helen Carpenter Moore.
Arizona republican., 1919-11-17
First Aid
For Plants
In Winter

Most house plants have hard time
of it, particularly in the early winter
when the tonic of summer sunshine,
shade and showers, still contrasts
wildly with the hot, dry STIFFNESS Of
an average living room. Ventilation
sufficient for plant health is infre-
quent; and even the common needs for
water and foliage sprinkling are often
neglected, IL that of sunshine is re-
membered. AS a result, edges of the
plant leaves become dried and brown
and the housewife resigns herself
to the condition, with only a passing
lament that flowers just won't grow
for me-"
Plants are individual, each with its
peculiar needs. The common rubber
plant, for instance, which so often
loses leaves and begins to turn down
in midwinter, is indicating by this
that ii Is discarding the old and pre-
pairing for a new period of growth. It
should be repotted. and kept in a very
warm place.
One Of the hardest palms used ms
house plants Is the Kentia. But even
1t Ii liable to attack by scale durina
the winter months. The only way 10
rid the palm of this enemy is to scrub
each leaf thoroughly with a small
brush. After this has been done. the
entire foliage should be washed every
| other day. This is valuable advice in
the care Of all hardwooded plants. IN
less the pores are kept open the plants
can not be healthy.
Usually acceded place as the easies,
| OF all decorative plants to grow suc.
cessfully, the aspidastra is attractive
winter or summer, indoors or out. Il
requires only a daily bath for n,
foliage, and constantly damp soil.
Ferns Of all kinds droop in the ms.
ual living room atmosphere. They be.
come rusty, and may be covered with
scale. They should be watered ant
given foliage sprinkling as regular.
ly as each morning comes; and man.
ure should be incorporated with IN,
soil. This latter may be done easil,
with knife, without taking the plan
from the pot.
Reporting, by the way, is anothe,
way in which house plants are abused
A popular idea appears to be tina
November Is the proper time to repo
all plants. This is wrong; a hard
wooded plant should be repotted onl,
when its growth is causing the mai
stems Of the plant to be forced abov,
the soil by the roots. Then it shoul,
be moved into larger pot. But a
long as the stems are not disturbed
the plant should be left in a SINAI
pot. in order that development ma,
be encouraged.
Arizona republican., 1919-11-17

design with a narrow cord of the 69Sp
blue, each block accented with a tiny
blue bow. The round neck is untrim-
med and sleeves are loose, ending in
flowing cuffs of plain georgette below
an inch Of the pleated material.
The line Of the hips is bound with
rows of pleating in the plain georgette.
A crush girdle of deep blue satin IS
crossed about the waist, ending in a
Topped sash at the side of the front,
finished with silk cord tassels of the
same shade.
Arizona republican., 1919-11-17
ROYALTY TO WED
IN NOVEMBER

Grand Duchess Charlotte of Lux
emburg and Prince Felix of Burton
Parma, are to be wed November 6
The fact that Prince Felix served in
the Austrian army, In opposition to
his brothers. Sixtus and Xavier, who
fought with the Belgians, brought
considerable opposition to the mar
rage.
tinguished herself at the close of the
war by giving a real welcome to the
Americans when they marched into
Germany as a part Of the armies OF
occupation
Arizona republican., 1919-11-17
For the Week, From 2 to A P.
M. Beginning on Monday

Monday, Nov. 18th
Monday and Tuesday-Pre-
paratory Work.
Arizona republican., 1919-11-17

(To Be Continued)
Arizona republican., 1919-11-17
Friday, Nov. 21st
From 2 to a P. M.

Demonstrating the making
Of choice Bread in A hours from
the time the sponge is set.
Cake made from the Wine
Cake mix will be served at the
close of the lecture.
Arizona republican., 1919-11-17
Blue Remains
In Favor for
Simple Gowns
BY Betty Brown

NEW YORK-Dull blue georgette
crepe as background for a trimming
Of deep, vibrant blue, makes one of
the loveliest afternoon frocks of SIM
pie lines. In the sketch today a deep
blue satin skirt is used as founda-
ton, over which the lighter piue
georgette falls in an overskirt to with
in few inches of the hem.
The georgette is stitched in a block
Arizona republican., 1919-11-17

Arizona Star" and white
Loaf" Flour Used
We expect to see you here.
Arizona republican., 1919-11-17

Three-fourths of the diamonds
placed on the market are purchased
/ nthe United States.
All Delaware's daily newspapers are
published in one city-Wilmingto
Arizona republican., 1919-11-17

Peat is coming into greater usage
due to the shortage and high prices
OF nitrates and coal.
Arizona republican., 1919-11-17

Carp are fattened for the table in
flooded clover fields In Germany.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31
Copyright, 1919, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)

Copyright, 1919, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
by HOWARD r. GARlS.
Are you very busy, Uncle Wiggily?'
asked Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy one
morning, as she finished busting the
sitting room OF the hollow stump bun
galow where Uncle Wiggily, standing
up near the mantel, was writing some
thing with a quill pen.
well I have been rather busy" an
swered the bunny rabbit gentleman,
but ! have nearly finished, now. ]
have been getting some New Years
cards ready to send to my friends"
That's just what l have been doing"
said Nurse Jane. And l was going
to ask you. when you went out, to
take my cards with you and drop them
In the mail box"
II shall be most happy to do that"
sroke Uncle Wiggily with a low and
polite bow Of his tall, silk hat, and
a twinkle of his pink nose. II am
going to mail the New Years cards
have written, and / win mail yours,
also
Uncle Wiggily finished writing the
addresses on the envelopes, with a
quill pen Grandfather Goosey Gander
had given him. Then. putting on his
fur overcoat, and taking his read, white
and flue tripod rheumatism crutch out
from under the pancake turner, the
bunny gentleman started off with the
New Years cards.
over the fields and through the woods
went Uncle Wiggily, hopping, skipping
and jumping as he thought over all
that had happened to him during the
past year,
To-day is the last of 1919" thought
Uncle Wiggily. Well. 1t hasn't been
such a bad year. True the Pipsisewah
and Skeezicks have given me a good
bit Of trouble, but l have also fooled
them more than once. | wonder what
will happen in 1920? Well, Wen soon
see, for 1t will be the New Year after
IL o'clock tonight, when the bells blow
and the whistles ring,
Yes. on the whole, 1918 wasn't 50
bad" thought on Mr.. Longears. mo
matter what the Pip and Skee did to
me / still have my souse!'
And, as he said that to himself, Uncle
Wiggily felt of his ears, holding his
own and Nurse James New Year cards
in his other paw.
But no sooner had the bunny rabbit
gentleman made sure that during the
old year, just ending, he had not lost
his ear Souse, no sooner had Uncle Wig
gily proved this to his satisfaction, as
they say in books, than. all Of a sud
den, a rough and most unpleasant voice
cried:
"oh, you have your souse with you,
have your
Indeed, | have" answered the bun
ny without thinking who had asked tina.
queer question. II have my sousc
and"
"And l guess I'll take some!" inter
rupted a harsh gargling voice, and out
from under a h~orsechestnut bush
Jumped the bad old Pipsisewah.
'Ill take some If your sousel' howled
the Pip, and he mace such "A rough graf
Tor the bunny gentleman that he
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31
THE HASKINL
HEALTH A HABIT
BY FREDERIC J. HAsKIN.

at all, had received no physical in.
jury. He died because his mind be-
lieyed he was going to die,
This experiment has been told in
textbooks for generations, but 1t re-
mained for the twentieth century TO
draw the conclusion from II that in the
mental attitude of the individual lay a
constructive health possibility,
In one Of the offices in one of the
departments OF the government there
was a certain man whose physical vlgor
was so great. and whose boastfulness
Of II was 80 constant, that, his asso-
ciates were annoyed and determines to
avenge themselves on him, They ar
ranged that first n and then another
should comment on the mans appear
anoe OF Illness, For a week they kept
at him, one asking II he had not slept,
another II his stomach was wrong, an
other II he hadn't fever. BY. the end of
the week the man was at homo in bed
with d physician for the first time in
his life.
IT is this power of suggesting health
and not illness that the bureau Of edu-
cation wants introduced throughout the
school system. II sets forth the psy-
Geological possibilities OF the situation.
II calls attention to the unquestioned
fact that every girl wants to be beauti-
ful. II the girls car be shown that
health Is indispensable to'beauty, they
VIII listen more attentiNely TO the health
talks. II the idea that the male creature
admires physical fitness in a woman
mora than any other quality can be
planted in the feminine mind, a great
advance toward a healthful womanhood
will have been made.
On the other hand the boy wants to
be strong. Health Is a requisite to
strength, Cleanliness is necessary to
health, So are fresh air, exercise, proper
food, regular hours. Cigarets sap the
vitality and keep boys off the football
eleven, the track team. The boy can
be reached through his desire for
physical prowess.
The important thing. says the bureau.
is to get the hygienic point of view.
: That this point OF view may be given
the children IL Is necessary that the
teachers should be imbued with II. The
possession of the h~ygienic point Of view
Is recommended as a necessity to the
issuance OF a diploma TO teach. The
anemic, sickly teacher whose view.
point Is that OF weakness and depres.
sion, Is coming to be recognized In the
sehoolroom as something little less oh
n%oSious than the plague.
The psychology Of eXuberant spirits
and Astounding good health should be
taught In the schools. The old Greek
Idea OF a sound body and u sound mimi
should become an American ideal o
the twentieth century. The drive Is or
through the public schools that a gen,
Grafton OF men and women may b.
reared that will drive the old dragon o.
fear and pessimism from the homes o
the nation.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31
A4VNCDW GGnXsXS
|SBEDIIME' STORYl
UNCLE WIGGILY'S NEW YEARS.

knocked the New Years cards out OF
Uncle Wiggily's paw, the Pip did.
"Hellol What have we here?" asked
the bad chap, as he picked up some OF
the cards, still keeping hold Of Uncle
Wiggily's ear with the other paw,
those are New Years greetings to
my friends said the bunny rabbit gem
tleman. looking at some of the cards
which had fallen out of the envelopes
he had forgotten to seal.
New Years cards-greetings," MUIR
INJURED the Pip. "Ho hum" he gurgled,
surprised like, as he read one which
said:
Happy New Year / wish you,
To last the whole, long 10 months
through
That one is for Grandpa Goosey
Camden" spoke Uncle Wiggily, as the
Pip read the little verse out loud.
Hum. Very pretty, I'm sure! Ahem!
IL! Dear me! ! hope I'm not catching
cold" whispered the Pip, and he seemed
to act rather strangely. Let me read
another. card" he went on. The second
one said:
May all your days be filled with joy.
And may you keep young as a boy"
That's for Uncle Butter, the goat
gentleman" sadly said Uncle Wiggily.
Deal me" murmured the Pip. I'm
afraid I'm getting quite poetical and
sentimental, not to say unnerved for
the work | have IN paw" and he let
60, Just a little, his hold Of Uncle
Wiggily's ear.
Then the Pip took another card that
was intended for Mr.. Whitewash, the
Polar bear, and read:
New Years day is not for sadness,
Forget all trouble and all badness"
ooh, here! Take your cards and hop
along!' fairly shouted the Pip. ~ can't
bite souse off YOU ears after reading
these cards. I'd feel too badly! IL am
afraid I've got to turn over a new leaf
and be good! IL guess ri have to
make some New Years resolutions.
Goodbye" and with that, tossing back
the cards to the bunny, and letting 60
Of his ear, the Pip, who was going TO
try to be good, raced away through
the woods.
"Well, this is a SURPRISE" said Uncle
Wiggily as he picked up the cards.
scaled them in the envelopes and
office box. New Years Is OF some use,
after all, than just eating cakes"
And then the bunny hoped on his
way, and next morning all his friends
wished him Happy New Year"
And when the bells. ring and the
whistles blow tonight that Is what
wish you all, each and every one-ten
thousand million Happy New Year
greetings, and Uncle Wiggily says the
same thing. And II the cork doesn't
drop down into the molasses jug and
try to swim out without waiting TO,
the gold fish to help 1t, I'll tell you
next about Uncle Wiggily n the cab
bage cake
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31
HOROSCOPE
THURSDAY, JAN. 1, 1870.

Copyright, 1920, by the Mcclure News
paper Sy~ndicate.)
The new year opens with a quiet day
In which there is foreshadowing of
grave happenings, according TO astrol-
ogy. Jupiter is in a threatening place,
but Mercury Is in benefic aspect,
Signs that portend even greater
changes in 1890 than in 1919 are recog-
nixed by the seers who declare hat
social and economic ~upheavals will con-
tinue, touching the uttermost parts OF
the earth.
While the representations include
terrible industrial conditions in certain
riots, famine and plaques, they who
read the stars assert that these seem
ingly evil indications are harbingers OF
progress to humanity.
The leveling Of classes and the raising
Of the plane OF workers will be especial
ly apparent in Great Britain, but NJ
will have It's counterpart in this u
try In the division Of wealth through
taxes and profit sharing.
Jupiter gives warning today that
business may present new problems,
falling off of trade being indicated.
Danger Of a period OF hard times, so
long forecast, Is near at this time and
again the public is admonished to prac-
tice thrift,
Better conditions for publishers are
prognosticated and changes in their
system Of carrying on their business
enterprises again are foretold.
The year win reveal many scandals
just as the year gone by uncovered
cases Of greed, s~elfishness and dishon-
esty, but they will affect men more
often than women.
The stars are read as ~presagtng a
year of the most extraordinary activity
for women In which they will come into
sharp competition with men and will
cause prejudice against themselves,
Many eases OF sex war In business
and politics are foretold.
While the drama Is subject TO the
best possible direction Of the planets
theatrical affairs will undergo many
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31
NEGRO is. FOUND IN
UNCONSCIOUS CONDITION

HUMBOLDT, Tenn, Dec. 81. (Spl.J-.
An unconscious negro mar WAS found
near the l.. g. N. railroad tracks here
at an early hour Tuesday. The mans
skull had been crushed by some blunt
instrument n his brains were oozing
from one ~ his woundo, Physicians de-
clared there vas no hope OF the mans
recovery or return TO consciousness.
Robbery Is thought to have been the
object Of the assailants. Three hundred
and eighty-five dollars in bills were
found hidden in one Of the socks Of the
unconscious man, Evidently the rob.
bers failed to find the cash after they
had feIled their victim. The man is
copper colored, about 40 years Of age
and an entire stranger here.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31
PERSoNETTE.
BY Nlksah.

Claire Graecen-law clerk, comp
troller OF currency, Is one of the many
brilliant and efficient women who are
tucked away In various obscure offices
in Washington helping to carry on the
complicated work OF the government.
She was the first woman law clerk In
the treasury, having been appointed In
1898, and has proved herself a lawyer OF
exceptional ability, She is a quiet, un-
and an abrupt, boyish way Of speaking
which Is most attractive.
During the war she spent Is months
abroad doing legal work In connection
with lost, forged or destroyed checks.
OF which there were plenty, she says.
IT is her grievance against the war that
she didn't get to wear q uniform, such
garb not being prescribed by the treas
ury department, And she does not
mourn her lack OF military dress whilc
at the wal for any such feminine reason
as the loss OF an opportunity to dress
up. Only II was enoarrassing-for an
unexplained woman In civilian clothes to
80 around alone In forbidden districts
over there. Every sentry In her path
stopped her at the point OF a bayonet,
and demanded an explanation or refused
TO listen to an explanation, whichever
might make It harder for her, As she
was always getting lost from her party
and trying TO make her way about alone
this constant pointing OF guns In her
direction was uncomfortable, TO say
nothing Of delaying,
But the worst thing happened when
she was In Germany during the armi-
stice, She had to change trains In
Mayence, and cross through the station
to another track, When she got into the
station the German ticket agent refused
TO sell her q ticket or to let her through.
and the French sentry refused to let
her go back the other way, Finally a
large, ~corpulent. German took her under
his protection. She watched her chance
and at the first opportunity scurrled
across the tracks under the bar which
had been let down. and into the A. Il.
+. train, while the German did what
he could TO distract attention from her
proceedings. She was so relieved al
her escape from the station where Il
had seemed for a while she must spend
the rest of her life that she almost
forgave the German Conductor fov
entitled 70 ride frNa
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31
BLUE MOUNTAIN SENDS
GARM TO { CROSS

BLUE MOUNTAIN, Miss. Dec. 81.
Blue Mountain auxiliary of the Tippah
county Red Cross, under the direction
or Mrs, Samuel A.. Goodwin, OF this place.
has just shipped TO general h~eadquar-
ters a consignment Of clothing for
refugees. The garments were chiefly
gowns for women, big wooden shawls
and sweaters for children.
The officials OF the Blue Mountain
Red Cross for the coming year are as
follows:
Or. r. A. Kimhroush. chairman; Mrs.
S. A. Goodwin, chairman of woman's
work; Mrs Lucy Hutchtas. secretary;
Miss Sallie Lou Rogers. treasurer.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31
Twic o
Ten Years Ago Today In Memphis.
DECEMBER Al. 1909.

Robert NJ. WilliSms was dismissed as
secretary and general manager of the
Tri-State Fair association at a meeting
of the board of directors Mr.. Williams
has retained G. 7. Fitzhugh as counsel
and will resist being ousted from the
association.
Mrs. Russell Sage said Happy New
Year to Yale college to the tune Of
$3.50, 900, This pays for property which
Yale still owes for.
The Tri-State Swine Dealers assocl-
alton will be organized at an early date,
according to the secretary Of the Busi-
ness Mems club. An effort is being
made by the club to make Memphis a
hog and live stock market.
Miss Florence Kirk, of Colliervile, was
married to Eugene Ropert, the Rev. H,
r.. Cooke officiating.
The members of the Rex club enter
tanned with their annual New Years
ball at the clubrooms in the jefferson
Theater building,
Mrs. w. P, Chapman entertained In
honor of members of the faculty Of the
Boiling -Musser studio, who began and
completed their education in that insti-
tution.>
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31
GOOD WORK

The Chamber OF Commerce showed good judgment in select
ing Thomas B. King to take charge of the work OF promoting
good roads. Mr.. King has been a good roads enthusiast for many
years. He has accomplished splendid results, not only in Shelby
county, but in the adjoining territory, and the way is clear for de-
yelopnent on a more extensive scale and much more rapidly. In
inducing Mr., King to give this work his full time, the Chamber Of
Commerce is doing a generous thing, which indirectly will serve a
tory for its prosperity. As the country is developed Memphis will
grow. No other single factor will do as much as good roads toward
bringing the surrounding territory to a high state of cultivation
and bringing the country and city into intimate contact, resulting
in Mutual benefit.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31
The Public Be SerUed
CITIZENS LEAGUE MEET
DEVELOPED SURPRISES

Nothing in political circles since the municipal election in Novem-
Der has caused so much comment as the meeting of the Citizens COM
mittee in the Blue room Of the Hotel Gayoso Monday night, at which
time Bolton Smith, chairman of the committee, announced the strange
doctrine Of capturing political enemies with love.
The meeting was called with the apparent purpose to give Mr..
Smith and one or two others an opportunity to felcitate themselves
upon their personal victory in electng Rowlett Paine, candidate for
mayor, and his associates on the Citizens ticket. The announced pur-
pose was to determine II the committee should be perpetuated.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31

distinct changes. A noted manager will
die suddenly.
Persons whose birthdate II is have
the augury of a year in which they
should conserve their financial re-
sources. They should not lend money
or speculate.
Children born this day may be ex-
travagant and fond OF luxury. These
subjects Of Capricon are usually ex-
ceedingly gifted and wideawake.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31
FIVE MORE MINE OWNERS
FINED AT HARTFORD

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Dec. 81. tSpl,)-
Four additional officer OF mining COM
panies were fined in a justice court at
Hartford TODAY for refusal to permit
their mines to be inspected by Thomas
Shaw, whom Gov. Brough has declared
has been removed as state mine in
spector. The cases were appealed.
Concerning Shaw's action in announc-
ing the closing of five mines near Hunt
ington and the refusal of 700 min
ers to work in the mines, Sow. Brough
last night said that he will take no &C
ton until after he has conferred with
the encouragement He said that he
believes the difficulty win be ended
within a few days.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-31

What was he pinched for?'
His father let him use the auto for
an hour"
"Well?"
He tried to ride an hour in 10 min
utes."