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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-18

WHEN l wrote a column,
AND I read it over. l.,
AND IT seemed so bad,
THAT put it away.
IN A drawer of my desk.
AND IT stayed there.
UNTIL ONE day.
COULDN'T work.
AND MY space was there,
AND HAD to be filled.
AND WHAT I had written.
AND HAD rejected.
so LONG before.
WAS TAKEN out,
FROM WHERE it had lain,
AND SENT to the office.
AND IT appeared.
AND PROVED to be.
THE MOST popular thing.
THAT l had written.
IN WEEKS and weeks.
AND THAT'S how it is.
AND ALL I a do.
is THE best I can.
AND GO laundering on.
AND, OF course, I'm sorry.
YOU FEEL, as / do.
BUT. ANYWAY. Lii,
YOU'VE GOT to admit,
THAT IT doesn't take long.
TO READ this stuff.
AND Able the Agent.
1T DON'T take no longer.
THAN HALE a minute.
l THANK you.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-18

Dear Mrs. Thompson: / am a school
girl, l6 years old, and somehow the
girls at school do not like me, Can
you tell me why? | dress as nicely as
any Of them, and n little nicer than
some. Could you tell me a way to
win a tlmid boys friendship? or at
least the good will Of some OF the boys
at my school. Also | have brown hair
and eyes. What colors should wear
best and could | have a Copenhagen
blue frock, SMILES.
After studying long and hard over
problems OF the world, ! have found
that the best way to please Is to not
give a penny what other people think
that Is let ones own way please II 1t
will, but in case it won't, don't worry.
In your case | would skip In and out
of school apparently well ~contented
with life. A little bit Of criticism gets
under folks skin. Study well at home
and play the part OF a well. contented
young woman, having everything Ia
life worth while. Don't hesitate to be
even a wee bit snObbish-it will be
good for your schoolmates, viii some
day cause them to fear your Struggling
shoulders or criticism, As for the boys,
speak pleasantly to them about the
lessons, teachers, weather. their ties
anything, In fact, that is natural to
mention. just say, and always be pleas
to them-that Ia az long as they
are TO you. For colors for you | would
brown II your cheeks are
rosy, II not, dark blue or the shade you
mentioned.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-18

X. C. B., Dear Sir-Just a line to
let you know, If you do not know il
already, that your Towne Gossip is
about the most foolish and babyish
lot of trash | ever read, l can't imag-
inc how anybody can become interested
in your line of chatter. It's awful pc
lieve me. It's about as funny as Hersh-
deld, the guy that draws Abe the
Agent. You two ought to double up
and travel. Honest, you're so awful
you're funny. Hoping to see this in
your column, | am yours as B-4
LILLIAN CLAYTON.
New Bedford, Mass.
NY DEAR Lillian.
IF YOU had been satisfied,
WITH JUST panning me,
AND HAD made no mention.
OF HARRY Hershficld.
l WOULD have believed you.
BUT ! like Harry
AND / like his work.
AND I think Abe's funny.
r-.S
AND HE makes me, laugh. >
AND4TM quite willing.
t~
TO BE coupled with him.
AND no ride along with him,
BUT EVEN at that.
I'M GOING TO confess.
9s .
THAT WHILE I refuse.
TO AGREE with you. ~,
THAT MY columns as bad.
AS YOU say i is,
I'M FREE to admit.
THAT LOTS of times,
IT'S FAR from good.
AND THE trouble is.
THAT cant tell.
WHEN J write the stuff.
IF IT'S good OF bad.
AND IN going to tell.
ABOUT ONE time.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-18

Copyright, 1919. bv tie 'rcClure News
paper Syrdicate.)
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-18

she Is absent minded and does not de-
liberatly cut you. | would continue
to speak, II | were you, and give her
the benefit of the doubt.
Dear Mrs. Thompson; Please give
me n remedy for tanned skin and also
one for freckles. STEVENS.
Lemon juice rubbed on the skin at
night, or buttermilk so applied are the
only two remedies | can really recon-
mend. These new-fangled creams are
sometimes harmful II used. think
city girls spend half Of their summer
trying to acquire one or both.
To Ollie-The address OF the Louisiana
state militia is. Adjutant-G General, Ma
tional Guard, Baton Rouge, La.
Dear Mrs. Thompson-Please tell me
what can be dom with a person who
opens another's mail, reads II and then
burns IL? What is the penalty? l.. S.
II such a case a be proved, II should
be reported to the postal authorities:
The punishment varies and is settled
by fine. or imprisonment, or both.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Please tell me
which would be proper to give a girl
for an engagement ring, a band or a
ruby. UNCLE d.
Neither is considered correct. A
diamond is always thought proper, still
a ruby could be used. However, l
would not get a band as one will be
needed for the wedding ring.
To the girl whose beau has become
mixed up with bad company. Talk to
your friend and tell him Just what
YOU have written me, explain the harm,
too, that can result from the company
he keeps and see II that won't help
matters. II it does not, l believe !
would refuse to allow him to CALI
anyway for the present,
Dear Mrs. Thompson-Wil you please
tell me the requisites in fashion now
for well bred girls? TOM.
Same old things, Tom. Modesty.
good manners, plain clothes n plenty
OF them II mean Of sufficient thickness
and length and common sense.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-18

Dear Mrs. Thompson: There Is a
girl who livess close to me. She Is Of
a very funny disposition. Sometimes
she win speak and the next time |
meet her she will turn her head,
Should I speak to her the next time
We meet or would II be better II |
would treat her the same way she
treats me? SUSAN.
The fact that the girl speaks to you
sometimes would make 1t appear that
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-18

Dear Mrs. |Thomrson-l have known
aKirl In Memrhis for two years and She
has seem"d 70 care for me, We were
engaged at one time. but n long spell Of
sickness on my part caused II to be
broken, Since then the matter has
never been mentioned. although | see
the girl two nights each week. Re-
Gently another girl has interested me
some-a girl that lives In the same
apartment building In which my x
fianceo resides. Lately ! called on this
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-10-16
A Feeling of Security

You naturally feel secure when you
know that the medicine you are about to
take is absolutely pure and contains no
harmful or habit producing drugs.
Such a medicine is DR., Kilmers Swamp
Root, kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
The same standard of purity, strength
and excellence is maintained in every
bottle of Swamp Root.
1t is scientifically compounded from
vegetable herbs.
1t is not stimulant and is taken in
teaspoonful doses.
1t is not recommended for everything.
1t is natures great helper in relieving
and overcoming kidney, liver and blad-
der troubles.
A sworn statement of purity is with
every bottle of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root.
If you need a medicine, you should
have the best. On sale at all drug storci
in bottles of two sizes, medium and farg
However if you wish first to try this
great preparation send ten cents to Dl.
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for
sample bottle. When writing be sure aLt
mention this paper.-Adv.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-10-16
Meanlnn Of isaiah .

The word Seluh. which occurs so
frequently IN the Psalms, Is usually
believed e be direction 10 the mu.
slcians who chanted the Psalms In the
temple. Mattheson. the great musical
critic, wrote book on the subject
IN which, after rejecting number Of
theories, he came 70 the conclusion
that It Is equivalent TO the modern
ida capo,' and Is a direction that the
cir or song ~ to be repeated from the
commencement TO the part where the
word " placed.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-10-16
RHEUMATIS
Mustsrine Subdues the lnHamma,
ton and Eases the Soreness
Quicker Than Anything
Else on Earth.

Pay only 30 cents and get big box oi
Begy's Mustarine which Is the original
mustard plaster and IS made OF strong,
real yellow nustard-no substitutes are
used
It's known as the quickest pain killer
on earth, for in hundreds Of instancei
e. stops headache. neuralgia. toOthache
earache and backache IN minutes
IT'S a sure speedy remedy--none bet.
ter for bronchitis pleurisy, lumbago.
and 10 draw the Inflammation from
your sore feet there is nothing so good
You get real action With Muatarine-lt
goes after the pain and Kills II right off
the reel Yes, u burns, but Il won't bliss
ter-it doesn't give agOnizing pain slap
on the wrist il does give ID a good healthy
punch IN the jaW--it Kills pain Ask fer
aud get Mustarine always IN the yellow
fmw
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-10-16
S. O. S.
If Constipated. Bilious
or Headachy, take
"Cascarets"

Sick headache, biliousness, coated
tongue or sour, gaSsy stomach-always
trace this to torpid liver; delayed, fer
menting food in the bowels.
Poisonous matter clogged in the in
testlnes, instead of being cast out of the
system is re-absorbed into the blood.
When this poison reaches the delicate
brain tissues 1t causes congestion and
that dull, throbblng, sickenlng head
ache.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse the
stomach, remove the sour, undigested
food and foul gases, take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out all
the constipated waste matter and poi
sons in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep.-Adv.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-10-16

compass needle to follow. This is the
fifth and probably the last trip Of the
Carnegie on that Grand which has al
ready taken her through 2000o0 miles
OF ocean during the last ten years, and
has resulted In much Information that
is incorporated in the magnetic charts
which sailors use. She was built In
1908 by the Carnegie institute espe
cially for the work, and has neither
steel nor iron In her hull or fittings.
Capt. james + Anlt commands
crew of IT men who sail her on the
present voyage. II. +. Johnson mag
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-10-16
Nasty
Get instant relief with
"Pape's Cold Compound"

Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit blowing
and snuffling! A dose of "Pape's Cold
Compound" taken every two hours I'M
til three doses are taken usually breaks
mp a cold and ends all grippe misery.
rhC 7ery first dose opens your
elogged-up nostrils and the air pass
ages o. he head; stops nose running;
relieves the headache, dullness, fever
ishness, sneezing. soreness and stiffness.
"Pape's Cold Compound" is the
quickest, surest relief known and costs
only few cents at drug stores. 1t acts
without assistance. Tastes nice. Con-
tains no duinine. Insist on Pape's AID.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-10-16
Regeneration a Natural proees,

One thing which mitlgates the an.
parent destructlveness of war Is the
rapldty with which, even tn normal
times, everything IN the organic world
Is being necessarily destroyed and r..
newed. For example, science tells Il,
that practically every cell In our own
bodies II thus replaced within d period
OF seven years. And what is true ~
The human individual IL equally true Of
those larger entities known as nations
Lathrop Stoddard In the .gorla.s
Work.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-10-16
500 Reward. 500

Catarrh is a local disease greatly influ.
enced by constitutional conditions. II
therefore requires constitutional treat.
ment, HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
Is taken internally and acts through the
Blood on the Mucous Surfaces OF the Sys-
tenn. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
destroys the foundation OF the disease,
gives the patient strength by improving
the general health and assists nature In
doing its work. 10000 for any case OF
Catarrh that HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE fails to cure
Druggists 75c. Testimonials free
#. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo. Ohio.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-10-16
WILL TRAVERSE TWO OCEANS
Nonmaunetic Ship Carnegie Leaves
American Port on Miss, on OF
Scientific Importance.

Washington. With enough nroV'-
slons aboard 10 Inst two years and out
fitted for 4 voyage Of $500 miles, me
noted uonmagnotic ship Carnegie left
on task of tracing through The lone
spnces IL the south Atlantic and Ia
rihc oceans the devious curves which
the magnetic pole lays out for tne
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-10-16

netician on the scientific staff, is his
second IN command, while Dr Russell
P.-Pemberton, ships doctor and obser-
vation officer, with III. II. Grummann,
A. Thompson and II. Mills, observers,
complete IL. The first stop planned for
the little ship Is DaSar. West Africa,
and thereafter her course will take her
TO Buenos Aires, st. Helena, Aden.
Perth. Australia, New Zealand. Poly
nesia. Honolulu and Panama
The Carnegie II equipped with a
variety OF Instruments to be used in
gathering data on many problems.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-10-16
"DANDERINE" PUTS
BEAUTY IN HAIR
Girls! A mass of long,
thick, gleamy tresseS

Let "Danderine' save your hair and
double its beauty. You can have lots
of long, thick, strong, lustrous hair.
Don't let it stay lifeless, thin, scraggly
or fading. Bring back its color, vigor
and vitality.
Get 35-cent bottle of delightful
"nanderine" at any drug or toilet coun-
Ger TO freshen your scalp; check dan.
drun and falling hair Your hair needs
this stimulating tonic; then its life.
color, brightness and abundance will
return-Hurry ADV.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-10-16
Overtdxed.

Everything in the dear old village
seemed the same TO Jones after his
absence for four years. The old
church, the village pump the ducks
on the green, the old men smoking,
while their wives gossip--it was so
restful after the rush and hustle of
the city. Suddenly he missed some
thing.
where's Hodges windmill?" he
asked in surprise 81 can see only
one mill and there used to be two"
The native gaZed thoughtfully
around, as if TO verify the statement,
Then he said slowly:
''They pulled one down; there
weren't wind enough for two OF EN-"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-10-16
Lime Made a Difference.

The grocer Saw his best customer
was hit ruflled over something, so
strcye to be extra obIiging and pleas
ant.
Il think" he said blandly, "llving
is getting cheaper. For instance. a
year ago them eggs would have cost
YOU 8 cents more
"A year ago" said the customer,
''when these eggs were frseh they
would have been worth MORE"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-10-16
Rather Skepticai.

Desc yero avlatahs clans dey kin
do bout everything a bird kim" OBJ
served Shinbone; but when yo' sees
one fas asleep holdin' onto a branch
with his feet, Alb sho wishes you'd
call me to hab look"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-10-16
Undcrrated.

SIN afraid I'll never be able to
teach you anything, Maggie vas the
deNpalring utterance Of Trenton
woman to new Irish domestic. Don't
you know that you should always hand
me notes and cards on II salver2"
sure, mum, | knew" answered
Maggie "but | didn't know you did
--Harper's Weekly
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-10-16
Unexpected Help.

The landlord had just dropped In
on Mrs. Flanagan and informed her
gently, but firmly, that he had decided
TO raise her rent.
"It's darlint We are sir" replied
Mrs. Flanagan. enthusiastically. II
wor wondern how l cu'd rase it me-
silf."-Harper's Magazine.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-10-16
cutlcura comforts Haoys skin

When red, rough and itching with hot
baths of Cuticura Soap and touches of
Cuticura Ointment. Also make use
now and then of chat exquisltely scent
ed busting powder, Cuticura Talcum.
one of the indispensable Cuticura
Toilet Trio.-Adv.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-10-16

Accept california" Syrup of Figs
only-look for the name California on
the package, then you are sure your
child Is having the best and most harm.
less laxative or physic for the little
stomach, liver and bowels. Children
love its delicious fruity taste. Full
directions for child's dose on each bot
tie. Give it without fear.
Mother! You must say California"
ADV.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-10-16
Unuuenchahle.

Englishman Tin the bay of Naples.
watching Vesuvius)-You've nothing
like that In America
Yank--No, but we've got Niagara
Falls, and they'd put the darned thing
out in five minutes
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-10-16

II Samuel Gompers and the other
conservatives who have dominated,
and presumably stlll dominate the
American Federation of Labor, are
wholly sincere, they must be secretly
pleased with the developments In the
steel strike 1t is becoming more and
more apparent that the strike was
forced and Is being managed by the
radicals who have been trying to gain
control OF union labor In America, ana
there is increasing evidence that those
radicals are going to fail in both their
immediate and their ultimate aims
LAuce Sam is taking n hand In the sit
uation and the "reds,' most OF whom
are foreigners in sympathy with If not
in actual communication with the Dol
sheyki Of Europe, are finding that he
IS not to be trined with. When the
radicals at Gary dehed the local ana
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-10-16

Senator Cummins says his commit
tee on interstate commerce is going to
force Il vote in congress on two great
labor questions-compulso arbitra-
ton and the right of organized labor
to strike regardless of the public vel
fare. This is to be done by q favorable
report on the Cummins railroad bill.
The measure has provisions prohibit
ing strikes and lockouts on the trans
portation systems and creating board
before which disputes between the
workers and the corporations must be
taken for settlement. This board
would have four members from each
side, and in case of deadlock the
question at issue would be referred to
board of five named by the president
Mr. Cummins predicted the senate
would approve of the anti-strike fea'
lures Of the bill, despite the opposition
of the American. Federation of Labor
and the railway brotherhoods.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-10-16

The predicted deadlock in the SEN
ate seemed last week in IA fair way to
become reality. Little progress to-
ward vote was made and Senator
Hitchcock told Secretary Tumulty to
let the president know there would be
nothing concerning the treaty requr-
ing his attention for some time. The
probable date of final action on the
pact has been advanced TO November
10 and there is a chance that the dead
lock will not be broken until much lat
er. The Democratic senators who fa-
yor the treaty as it stands, being nu-
merous enough to defeat ratification,
seem determined to compel nj least the
adoption OF the very mildest Of reser-
yations instead of the Lodge program.
Mr. Hitchcock has admitted the neees-
slty OF some sort of . compromise, but
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-10-16
Industrial Conference Begins Its
Efforts to Accomplish a
Tremendous Task.
MANY PLANS ARE SUGGESTED
Radical Elements in the Steel Strike
Getting the Worst of lt-British
Railway Strike Ended-Senate
Deadlock on Peace Treaty
Possible.
BY EDWARD w. PIcKARD.

Alarm over the condition OF GreSl-
dent Wilson was considerably allayed
by the favorable reports issued last
week by his physicians. He was kept
quiet, in spite of his protests. and was
not permitted to pay any attention to
the mass of public business awaiting
him. The result of this treatment was
his steady improvement, though he
may not ne able 20 resume his official
duties for some time. The inactivity
irked him greatly and Mrs. Wilson and
The doctors had To exercise their in
genuity to Keep him from getting in
communication with public men.
OF course the president could not
attend the opening of the industrial
conference which he had summoned,
hut it began its sessions, in the Pan
American building, with 60 delegates
present, equally divided among the
public the employers and labor. Sec
rotary of the Interior Lane was made
permanent chairman and then the del
egates. split into groups, got busy on
the program that should be followed.
Naturally, they were swamped with
suggestions of all sorts and from all
parts of the country, and the job Of
Sitting out the reasonable plans was Il
big one. The rules adopted were de-
signed TO prevent the wasting of time
by extremists and cranks who might
wish to talk at length on their theories,
whether radical or reactionary.
The somewhat hazy but mighty task
set for this conference Is the discovery
Of some method of accomplishing in
dustrial peace, Of bringing about an
understanding between employers and
workers, of ending or lesSening strikes
and lockouts SO that production may be
increased and high costs lowered
Every group, and probably every indi-
yidual delegate, has more or less def
hite ideas as TO how all this may be ac-
complished and it is to be hoped the
conference can hit on the right ones
and bring about their adoption.
The first plan presented to the con
ference was for an immediate indus
trial truce to continue three months,
which would stop all strikes at once.
This was proposed by Chairman Ba-
ruch Of the public group, and follows
the scheme adopted in France. The
second proposition, msde by Chairman
Gompers of the labor group, was for
immediate arbitration of the steel
strike by board of six, two to be APP
pointed by each group in the confer
ence; this contemplated the immediate
return Of the strikers to work pending
the results OF the arbitration. A third
resolution, offered by Gavin McNab
of San Francisco of the public group,
was for a permanent arbitration board
OF which all living ex-presidents shall
be members.
II Samuel Gompers and the other
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-10-16

Another complication in the affairs
of southern Russia is announced.
Gen. Simon Petlura, the Ukrainian
leader has declared war on General
Denikine, the commander OF the anti
bolshevik army that is steadily fight.
ing its way up to Moscow. And at the
same time comes word that the Rus
sian volunteer army has surprised and
attacked the Ukrainians, a violent bat
tie resulting. Further north the
troops of the north Russian government
had some successes against the reds
and Admiral Kolchak reported that his
Siberian troops had recovered Tobolsk
from them. An interesting story from
Helsingfors, Finland, is to the effect
that Trotzky tried to bring about the
arrest of Lenine, but failed and in
stead was himself placed under arrest
in Moscow on orders of the bolshevik
premier.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-10-16

The. American troops that have been
serving in Siberia are beginning to
come home, and the public should be
prepared TO hear all kinds of stories of
the shocking hardships these lads
think they have undergone. Further
more, il is said to be certain that in
vestigation into the actions of certain
of their officers will be demanded. The
morale officer who was sent to Siberia
by the war department says there is
little foundation for the complaints
that are sure to be made as soon as
the men are discharged, but that will
not stop the impending clamor.