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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-26
A CHANCE TO GROW

The progress Of the medical department of the University Of
Tennessee will be watched with unusual interest due to he
concession made by the city practically giving complete control
of the General hospital the faculty of the medical school,
The concession made at excessive price far as
the great majority of the medical of the city concerned
The doctors connected with the medical school will have de-
cded advantage Others private practitioners we'll as in
their official capacity. H
We take it that the doctors who feel that they have
been deprived of some Of their rights public institution will
the sacrifice made in vain il the medical school makes
good and the profession large benefits from what has been done
The OF the university eIus that it is to be great
institution and be made il they have the ability to
properly interpret and supply public need The responsibility
theirs and everyone will lend whatever assistance and sympathy
they may desire toward making credit to the city and to the
profession @
Under the agreement with the city the medical school will
with the best in the country the measure OF requirements
That being true there why under proper direction
should rank with the best in other respects We have been
assured that it will -,
Attendance is the that the school must stand II it is
as good as anv other those who wish medical education will
patronze quite literally they patronize the other schools
No doubt the young of this territory would prefer to attend
school Memphis it offers advantages equal to those to be
found elsewhere
The school has received what it asked for without stint
reservation student body Of from 800 to 500 to begin with is
little enough ask in return.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-26
IEAR9 3 E.s ~ T p4RElOt,ylBg1LEMS

Dear Mrs. Thompson: l paint in
watercolors, landscapes mostly, and
would like to dispose of few of my
paintings AS Iywork in an office and
have little time to. devote to outside
business, will YOU suggest a few of
81 tGe pao s,prqs ay "'l' NJ %A is some
Would Visit all Eof the art shops in
the city. Begin with rather low rate,
so as to tempt the purchaser Locate
one or two il. possible and then 1t Will
be easy to place future paintings. II,
though, you find no sale for the pic
lures ask permission to place few
of your samples in the shop, and say
that In case, they are sold you will
be glad to pay the shop commits
sion. You might also attempt to Sc
cure some night work at retouching
photographs, This might grow into
something larger. "a beginning at paint
ing tor-.Soay areally,
!, Dear Mrs, Thompson: Two years ago
became, or thought | was becoming,
the wife of man l had known put
Tour months. After three weeks of
dreamy happiness, he was arrested up
on the charge of higamy and placed in
the penitentiary. Now, after two years
he has returned and daily | see him
walking the streets. Since my so-called
marriage | have worked and have had
little time for amusement and parties.
Notwithstanding this l have been as
ISOLATED with young man who has
become attached to me. | don't love
him, not that | wouldn't like to, but |
can't somehow and at times | am dis
couraged and fearfuny blue. What
would you do?" c.
Probably you'n think my advice queer,
but I'm Old as a thousand years, If
not in body in mind and I'd mary
the man who loved me. II will give
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-26

as eggs The driver was just about
to turn his horses and stage a hurried
retreat when policeman arrived to
handle the situation, With dramatic
flourishes of his club he managed to
subdue the crowds feminine enthusi-
asm, made it form an orderly line, and
permitted only one customer to APP
proaeh the wagon at a time. By the
time the end of the line reached the
wagon the eggs were all gone, and
so was the policeman. AS the driver
'intimated, there are times when even
a policeman must exercise discretion,
The busiest hour of the rolling stores
are at 10 in the morning and at
In the afternoon Prior to 4 O'Clock,
sometimes. the stores will make COM
paratively few sales, then the rush
occurs all at once. The statesmen fig
ure that this is because the women
wait for their children to come home
from school so that they may have some
one to leave with the smaller young
sters or to accompany them and help
carry home the food. Also. especially
on the East Side, the children learn
the art of battle early in life, and prove
valuable aid whenever there Is a bar
gain rush.
The demand from other districts,
while not as forcible, is nevertheless
equally compelling. 1t has kept up just
as insistently during the recent cold
weather The rolling store has now
added a large ash can, with kindling
wood and matches to its equipment
with which it provides a CHEEKY warm
fire. It Us cold work, popularity of the
rolling store is proved,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-26
THE
ROLLING STORES
BY FREDERIC ]. HAsKIN.

week and four warehouse terminals to
supply the stores were opened in New
York While the stores have not been
able to bring back those marvellous
days before the war when the nickel
still had separate and distinct eX-
lstence, they have brought about sur
prising reduction in prices
Our object" says Mr.. Salmon, lis
not to compete with merchants who
are selling groceries at reasonable
prices. II Is merely to drive out prof
iteers We go into a neighhorhood
where we feel foodstuffs are costing
too much, and we stay until we have
driven the profiteers to reducing their
prices, Then we move on to another
neighborhood.
For instance when we first started
operating most store keepers were
selling peas and corn az from Is to %
cents b can. We started selling the
same Kind Of peas and corn at 10 cents
n can, and the result was that the
storekeepers then reduced their prod
| ucts to IL cents a can, We knew that
| they were losing money at that price
that the move was directed against US.
But, as a matter of fact, 1t did not hurt
us the least bit. For we simply ceased
selling peas and corn for the time be-
| ing and replaced them with other
| chenDer products
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-26
Moving Pictures
Strand.

Belief that the war is again in fun
blast was broadly intimated in the
Kentucky mountains when Mary Pick
ford as Mavis Hawn sent fusiliade
of shots at a tree in Heart O. the
Hills, adapted from the story by Jonn
Fox, cdr, her latest picture which viii
be seen at the Strand theater today
and Saturday.
1t is for the purpose of perfectfrg
her aim that will enable her to send
four out of five bullets into the heart
of the man who killed her father that
Mavis is applying herself diligently to
the art of the bullet and forsaking the
art of books.
Replete with comedy incidents and
rare pathos most capably handled by
the greatest of screen stars, Heart o
the Hills" bids fair to be one of the
most popular attractions seen at tho
Strand theater in many days.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-26
Eliminate Overhead Expenses.

The rolling stores are able to sell
goods at reduced prices for various rea-
sons In the first place they do not
have the large overhead expense which
must be met by the ordinary grocery
store, Their selling force is confined
TO two young men, one of whom Is also
the truck driver and neither OF whom
wastes any time In persuading GUS
toners to buy goods, At rolling
store. you can either take IL or leave
1t. No one cares whether you buy
food or not, because there are too many
anxious housewives waiting TO grab
whatever is left over,
In the second place, the North Amer
lean Export company has purchas-
ing power of half a million dollars be-
hind II, which enables to take ad-
vantage of all cash discounts and to
buy in large quantities direct from the
producers According to Mr.. Salmon,
this factor alone permits them to make
a saving of So cents on the dollar--a
saving which usually is absorbed by
middlemen and clumsy methods of dis
tribution,
The chief purpose Of the rolling
store" he says. is to reduce the cost
of living and to provide employment
for returned soldiers and sailors. All
OF our employees are men who have just
come out of uniform"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-26
CHINESE SOCIETY PLEADS
AGAINST FOOT BINDING

KAIFENG. China. Dec 26-An or
ganization has been launched here by
leading Chinese of the city to aid in
putting a stop to the ancient Chinese
custom of binding the feet of female
children Songs have been composed by
members decrying the practice of foot
binding, and students of boys schools
are being asked to take the hedge:
II will not marry IA woman with I'M
natural feet"
The name of the new organization,
literally translated, is THE Heavenly
Feet associat ion"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-26
Reduce H. G. L. Is Message.

We are here to reduce the high cost
OF living is the red -lettered message
which the rolling store bears on its
gray .awninged side and beneath that
there Is list OF the supplies II carries,
with their prices The other day this
list included bacon at "A cents; best
Candled eggs IS cents can Of pork and
beans Weighing nearly three pounds,
l2k cents best coffee, SO cents; can
OF tomatoes, II cents peas tNo. % 10
cents. can OF corn 70 cents, and rice
fancy Blue Rose) Is cents
Buying from a rolling store is much
like buying from cafeteria, First you
look at the price list, then YOU help
your self to what you want, with the
assistance Of an extremely busy sales
man. knowing perfectly we'll before
hand what the total cost Of the pur'
chases is going 20 be, In most station
airy groceries In New York you can not
do this, The prices are not listed on
the wall, and when the clerk finally
adds the total up on paper bag. show
| ing that butter or eggs OF coffee have
| taken Il sudden leap In price, you have
no evidence upon which to contradict
| him. A customer usually leaves q roll
| ing store not only with the pleasant
sense OF having secured n bargain, but
with the virtuous conviction that he has
| aided In a great civic movement He
has helped. as the rolling store points
out, Mayor Hylan TO knock the II,
out of the III, q. of l..
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-26
GENEROSITY

In the opinion Of leading nancicrs and students economies
the only thing that stands in the way decrease in the cost
Of living this country is for the United States to furnish an
extensive line OF credits to European nations
We have into the business OF being the big brother
to the rest of the little world pretty big scale and
enounce obligation have assumed At the time we
should not become obsessed with arus the exclusion of the
needs of our people
The people OF this country suffering quite as much from
the excessive cost OF living the other peoples of the earth
few days ago the great transatlantic liner Imperato which
was thought to be OF the merchant marine OF this country
was turned over to Great Britain left New York loaded with
thousands OF tons Of coal That when this country
was suffering from shortage coal Our industries were
ming on short time utilities economizing and homes were
having coal doed to them in exceedingly sparing quantity
Naturally the price OF coal will remain high the exports con-
tnue large
Somewhat the same situation involved in the manipua-
ton OF the sugar market in order maintain high price in
this country the spectators abroad large quantities of sugar
to compete with the other markets oil the world in quality and
price Then when the supply reduced the minimum re
qurement the word that there shortage and the
price went up to correspond with the supply.
The question to be considered whether we owe an
obligation to other people and other natonor asSurcdv we do
and would not avoid responsibility in the mnuest
whether that obligation them first to the people
of the United States first Liberaty does not consist in i'm
poverishng ones self for the benefit of another but in os
generosity
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-26
MUST REVISE FINANCES.

BERLIN. Dec. 26.-Herr Husar, the
Hungarian premier, stated in Budapest
to a deputation reporting those crippled
during the war, that communism had
cost Hungary eighteen billion kronen
(nominally about So 500, 900, 000l accord
ing to a report received here. The pre-
mier said that the Rumanian invasion
had taken thirty-six billion kronen
more The national assembly now had
to restore Hungary's finance from a
desperate condition.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-26
BRITISH UNIONS FOR
STRIKE PREVENTION

LONDON. Dec. 26.1-Seven Of the
have inaugurated movement aiming
at the prevention of unauthorized
strikes, 1t is declared the movement is
sponsored by the National Union of
General Workers, representing an enor-
nous membership.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-26
Operating for Profits Also.

On the other hand, one gathers that
the corporation is by no means running
an .eleemosynary institution, 1t does not
seek to conceal the fact that it is oper-
atug for a profit,
"uf course declares Mr.. Salmon,
"tbe company does not yet know what
the profits will be In this proposition.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-26
Princess.

Herbert Rawlinson, Stuart Holmes
and Florence Billings are the co-stars
in "A Dangerous Affair which will be
shown today and Saturday at the
Princess theater This is an absorbing
story of thrilling fight over a large
fortune which brings into play many
thrilling situations, chase and a pleas
ing romance. Splendid roles have been
given the three stars who are seen at
their best in this siX-reel feature An
I.-Kn comedy also is shown.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-26

NEW YORK. Dec, ga new and
picturesque weapon for defeating the
high cost OF living has been developed
In New York. 1t is known as the roll
ing store,
A rolling store Is a large truck, drawn
by two giant horses, and filled with
huge stacks of dry groceries, which
rolls into Il neighborhood at the early
hour of 5 in the morning and there
after does n rapid business until G
O'Clock ut night. II sells its products at
prices ranging from % to 80 per cent
lower than those being charged by the
stationary grocery stores, thereby earn
ing unfriendly criticism from those
sources, blessings from the housewives,
and the hearty commentator OF the
New York commissioner Of markets.
Ninety-slx of these rolling stores are
now operating throughout New York
and Brooklyn, and George II. Salmon,
vice president of the North American
Export company, who Is doing the
operating, says that in another month
there will be 200 OF them The demand
for them from neighborhoods in which
they have not yet appeared Is so great
that one person Is kept busy simply an
swering the telephone calls Of house
wives. who are indignant because their
districts have been sighted,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-26

1t will not pay, certainly, until we have
200 stores operating. We are convinced
however, that such a plan can be made
to pay in dollars and cents, and yet
the customer will not be obliged to pay
the high prices which he must submit
to in the regular stores"
As "a money saving proposition the
rolling store has everything in its IA
vor 1t is estimated that it sells in
one day just three times as much as
the ordinary grocery, and when the
company has had a chance to perfect
its distribution system 1t will be able
to sell even more, At present its sales
are handicapped only by the store $
carrying capacity, which is from 5000
to 10000 pounds, Each store starts out
laden to the brim in the morning, but
is completely sold out by II O'Clock,
so that it is then obliged to return TO
the warehouse for the afternoons sup
plies, The company is now working
on plan whereby trucks can be sent
to follow up the various stores dis
tributing foodstuffs and eliminating This
trtY n urarahnnGn
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-26
First Store an Experiment.

The first rolling store was started
about the first OF October. merely as
an experiment No one was certain
as to how 1t would he ~received, but
the results were 80 satisfactory that
more stores were added every
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-26
It's Popularity on the East Side

The most popular reception yet ac-
corded the rolling store occurred the
other day on the East Side when the
supply of eggs carried by one wagon
sold out in one-half hour. A crowd of
women was waiting on the curb as
the truck made its appearance, and they
proceeded to surround it, pushing, ges-
ticulating and talking in various Ian
guages so that it became manifestly
impossible to sell anything so fragile
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-26

,oftkMohf}oNt
FL Cog xNoaEoS. .
PARTY

"A -
We had fire n the furnace rAs the steak broiled
And we let it get down And we turned it..
Until of live Goals The and fell
The neighbors had invited Into the Goals and the odor
The party numbered twenty-five The steak was as tender
And we gathered round And the steak sandwiches
The furnace Disappeared as if by magic
Then we took slabs of Then doughnuts
porterhouse steak And cider and three salads
And broled them And nnmpRin ME ~ "A
W h itsdf thirty T bought Oond pleasant time was had
So that everybody could have Let's That Just
Enough to eat Fifteen years
HOW SPENT OUR LIFE. .......
We are SO of times
One year butoning our collar. - III.
Seven years waiting in barber shops -. .. a
-Four years looking at punk musical comedies 80.
Nine years lodging bill collectors i
Three years waiting for wife to get dressed .ss.5
Four years looking for jobs 4
Six months working.
Birthday anniversary Sunday celebration private Knd,
BACK HOME. Il
the Sqn 2o you aa taken note the fact that no matter how small
ing Original Cast to be found there: .-.... ,.-
4 E fnoeRer. >@.. >.5~. -><&>@.4as~
A tough boy .5 ... .....-
A beautiful girl. ~@.'.
A leading citizen.
More widows than wdowers. .. ,-
A % leaat VINO f gave gave generously; ;d t 81
equal city kind-in conversation Il
girl who did such good job canning that she frequently
who good right kind
of,man. w. Oh T. Heatley u
House of Commons Will Tackle the Irish Question Headline
Goodnight house of commons g.. s.-~
Not much left of the Russian Bolshevi but the whiskers
49,. AN EPITAPH '-
Here lies the body of William Mack, ~ "''
He wounded while fighting in
His girl tried to teach him the shimmy dance
though they glands grated
them for years and years
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-26

you something to live for, someone to
strive for and an interest in life. Be-
sides you can cheerfully strive to make
someone who loves you entirely happy
and that in itself will be a satisfaction,
Then, too, the marriage will take the
bitterness out of your heart-the mem
DRY of the mockery of that former cere-
mony and the pitiful weeks during
which you thought you were happy,
Dear Mrs. Thompson. Will you please
give me little information about the
West Tennessee Normal school'in Mem
phis? | am planning TO attend this in
stitution next year and | wish to take
a special course In music VIII ! be
allowed to study this subject alone, or
will i be compelled to take with it
the regular school course? If possible
would rather study only music, Eng
fish and domestic science. Any infor-
nation about the school will be greatly
appreciated Thanks SLIM.
The West Tennessee State Normal
makes it q point to educate pupils es-
pecially with a view to making them
teachers For this reason the institu-
ton requires each pupil to take at
least two particular courses, You can
arrange to study music, English and
domestic science, but I'm afraid you
would not be permitted to study music
alone. BY sending your name to Or.
A. A. Kincannon, president, you can
secure full information,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-26

Dear Mrs. Thompson; Please sug-
gest a nice Christmas present for a
young lady who lives out Of town.
have known her about three months.
GEORGE.
Flowers ordered from here and sent
out or books, gloves. handkerchiefs; a
cameo pin, not too valuable, or pretty
box of stationery,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-12-26

Roger Babson says budget system would the govern
$2O00o0O00 year This may be argument for it. but
it explains the opposition to il.
Jerome County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1919-1920, 1919-05-08

PROSPECTING FOR LOCATION

Monday two gentlemen by name
OF Cobern and one by name of Hill.
OF Greeley. Colorado. were in Ie-
rome prospecting for location :or
an alfalfa mill while here tho,
We're ia conference with County Ag-
ent Avery an several others. and
eeiued 10 be rather favorably inn
pressed with this tract as whole
They gave the Information that
they are not promoting the sale of
any Kind OF stock. but Oh the con
trary intend TO furnish all the fund
then selves should they launch their
enterprise here. They have Kimber
ly Filler. Burley and Rupert o..
their list. as prospective locations
for their mill as we'll as Jerome
An alfalfa mill at jerome Woul
mean great deal to the town. aud
ir would mean wonders to the t-l.-
7 hese men should not be allowed Co.
select any other site than Jerome
Jerome County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1919-1920, 1919-05-08
WOULD BUILD MIGHTY
BRIDGE AT SHOSHONE FALLS

mighty structure to span the
Snake river canyon at Shoshone falls
az memorial to the war heroes is
the projec. now being Investigated
by the Twin Falls county commits
sioners and may be offered as a sub
stitute for the Falls Park plan. ac-
"ording TO the Twin Falls Daily
Times
Tentative plans of the commission
ers call for IL =morial bridge n
even more heroic lines than the
great Hansen bridge now under con-
struction 1t would be about twice
as high and nearly twice as long.
banning the canyon from rim u
rim abou' 1000 feet below the falls
The estimated cost is S350.OOO.
The scenic advantages OF such
structure would probably defy COM
parisou with any similar project q
'merica II would rank with the
great Niagara suspension bridge as
: notable engineering feat In ad-
dition it would have the powerful
ranment OF utility as an excuse fol
Us construction
The county commissioners OF Twin
ais county visited the proposed
.te and sketched roughly the plans
and statistics of dimensions Locat-
-d at the site described, the bridge
sould measure 1850 feet from end
TO end, and would stretch $50 feet
above the river. The Hansen bridge
will only be 6ss feet long and 2i6
feet high The falls bridge propos-
J Includes an arch at the end OF
'lD bridge. inbedded in which would
b. tablets with the names Of those
" no sacrificed their lives and also
he names OF every person from Twin
Falls county who entered war ser.
vice. Elsewhere would be found me
names of subscribers to the briig..
fund
Jerome County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1919-1920, 1919-05-08
CAMP FIRE NEWS

The Camp Fire meeting IVES held
at the home of Mrs Edgar Prentiss
May 6 1919 The following officers
were ele-ted Tor the next six months
President. Nioolt Noble; vice presi-
dent. Alice Him. secretary. Hazel
Vol ,re-elected) treasurer Irene
Bower; news reporter Esther At
wood sgt at arms. Ruth Narrrm
The Camp Fire is planning ou
many enjoyable things for the sum.
mer and of course are trying to get
funds Watch for them. rs YOU can
All be benehtted AZ well as helping
us out.
\ few weeks ago our former guard
ian. Mrs James Grenzeback resign
ed Mrs Prontiss is taking her
place
Ida Allen. who wcs our president
leaves for her home in Iowa in q
few weeks We are very sorry to
lose her for the present but we eV-
pect her back in time to 20 camping
with us
Tho Camp Fire has organized ;
Blue Bird. There are ten members
Miss Ida Allen has acted rs guard
ian. but rs she is leaving Ieta G2us'
and Esther Atwood will resume hel
work
We had a little ball game In The
country gt the home of Esther Al
wood last week. The C. +. was di
vided into two groups. the Rcd So
and the White SoN. our guardian
acted as umpire. The Red SoN woi
with a score of 10 to g.
Several new girls werc voted int'
mo Ermp Fire