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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-28
THIS GAIT is TOO SWIFT

Masked bandits, armed to the limit, displaying their pistols
and having the manner of those who are prepared to use force
if necessary, in one night robbed the crew of a street car, a
gasoline filling station and a Mr.. Bowers store, while culprits
of lesser courage at the same time were smashing half a dozen
windows on Main street and helping themselves to the mer-
candse thus exposed,
The bandits all operated openly and in two instances the
scenes of their crimes were public places, while in each case
there was brilliant light. The street car robbery was witnessed
by passengers. OF course, Main street was lighted amply
enough for the lower grade Of thieves to discern what were the
choicest wares to be had.
Some of the bandits were white and some were black. Some
operated in groups, while one played a lone hand. All were
successful in making good hauls Of money, and, of course
escaped easily, These were only the major crimes of one night
There is no mention of the small affairs of the providers and
sneak thieves, nor of the pickpockets.
This IS a swift gait of crime. The present police organize.
ton should stop it, and if they fail to do so their successor.
should have an opportunity.
Memphis has been accustomed for very many years to police
laxty as to the liquor laws. In the old days of lawful sale under
legal restrictions the restrictions were obeyed only bv two OF
three saloonists who wanted to do so, and the remainder did as
they pleased, simply furnishing free drinks and cigars 10 the
patronnen and a moderate campaign fund to the head men al
election times. But now that all liquor traffic is illegal liouo,
Is 70 De had by anyone who wants it badly enough, but at enor
nous prices and with the dealers paying enormous sums for pro.
lection While the people have about concluded that the noGce
are not gong to try to stop the big syndicate shipments of iouo,
INTO Memphis, they have a right to demand that the police stor
such carniVals OF crime as are indicated by the armed bandnt
who rob at will. ~ ""Nu Il
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-28

Have you stored away your summers supply of cheap
pasohne1
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-28
DOROTHY DIX'S TALK
L I V FOR NEW.
BY DOROTHY DIX,
The Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.

A man, who is 60 years old, writes
ne that he has fallen in love with a
beautiful young girl. and he wishes to
marry her, but there Is a difficulty in
the way. He Ia already married, and
he has no legal excuse for divorcing
his faithful and devoted old wife.
MY wife Is a good woman" he says
and she has been a great help to me
In making my fortune as we were poor
when we started out, II was to
her thrift, industry and good business
judgment that | owe much OF my sue
cess. | do not forget this, and am
willing to make a good settlement on
her she will only get out OF the way
and let ME marry this young girl She
refuses to do this, and | thinkAtt very
selfish of her as she Is old and rheu-
matio and no longer attracts or In
terests me-
No, gentle reader, ] am not making
up the letter l have just quoted. 1t is
a real, genuine, bona fide communica-
ton | have received from a man who
wants to know how to go about swap
ping old wives for new.
He thinks his wife Is selfish because
she refuses to go out n commit sui
eide In some nice, quiet place In order
to give him a little pleasure. He thinks
his wife is selfish, because In order
W kIdlllN tllHlt Blu oil "AAANAAb
to step down and out, and turn over
to another all that she has
spent her life toiling for, and hoping
for and planning for.
As the husband says, they were a
poor young couple when they were mar
ried. There were years and years in
which the woman got up in the cold
grey dawn to cook her husbands break
fast, and sat up after he had gone to
bed mending, patching, washing and
pressing hts clothes so that he might
PRESENT a good appearance at bust
ness, There were years and years In
which she toiled, scrimped and saved,
and In that bitter. labor and economy
she laid the foundation stones OF the
fine house that she is now asked to
relinquish to a young girl,
ut was her energy upon which. her
husband drew when his own failed, 1t
a her ambition that pushed him for
ward when his own faltered, II VAS
on her shoulders he climbed to sue
cess. and now that she Is no longer
necessary he thinks her selfish because
she wants to be the mistress OF the
big house she has helped build with
her very life blood, and because she
wants TO share in the rewards of the
battle she has helped to win.
There isn't any use in telling a man
who Is tired OF his old wife, and who
wants to exchange her for a new one,
what an migrate he Is, or how bastard
ly It Is to reward a lifetime OF faith
full devotion and loyal service by break
ing a woman's heart and shaming her
! before the world,
The only thing that appeals to such
a mar Ia something that touches his
own welfare, and one can say truly
to him when he trades of his old wife
for a young wife, Life takes its own
| revenges, and In every such case the
time comes when the old husband suf-
fers every pang OF jealousy, and knows
every anguish OF neglect, and shame
that he has made his old wife suffer
Look at the old husbands, gray
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-28
Twice

10 Years Ago Today In Memphis.

MARCH %, 1903.
Claiming that he acted in self-defense,
Martin +. Sullivan shot and killed his
brother, Pat Sullivan, in the formers
grocery store at Maple street n Park
avenue.
Officials of the Southern railway an
nounced that they had selected land
near Montgomery park for the location
of mammoth railroad freight yards.
An invitation was sent by the Bust
ness Mems club, through Secretary
John NJ, luther to Jacob NJ. Dickinson,
secretary of war, asking him to be the
guest Of Memphis on his return from
his trip to Panama.
John T. Harahan, president of the
Illinois Central railroad, spent several
hours in Memphis and gave out an opti-
mistic interview in regards to business
conditions.
Local dentists arranged for the state
convention of the Tennessee State
Dental association, that was to meet in
Memphis May 1925.
The second annual banquet of the
students and faculty of the College of
Physicians and Surgeons was held at
the Hotel Gayoso. DR.. Heber Jones
Counts showed that Memphis had
2,430 members belonging to the Protest
ant Episcopal churches to Nashville's
1881 in churches of the same denomina-
ton.
Providing the cold weather did not in
~terfere, the Memphis Turtles and the
Chicago Cubs were slated to play a
practice game at Red Elm park.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-28

naired, pauchy, heavy eyes, tired and
worn, that YOU see forlornly gathered
together in the corners of ball rooms,
watching their beautiful young wives
dancing away the hours in the arms Of
sum young chaps! Look at the forlorn
old husbands stumbling along on their
equity feet in the wake of radiant young
wives, knowing that they are nothing
on earth but carriers Of the check
book, and lord high executioners Of
millinery bills!
Recall the old man that you have
seen about fine country homes, less
regarded than the butler, whose sole
function 1t was to furnish food, drink,
cigars and motors for the horde Of
Young men with whom tho beautiful
young mistress of the establishment
otherwise diverted herself.
There was no happiness there, no
nothing but the buyer and his bargain,
with the bargain trying to collect the
last penny Of the price for which she
a sold herself.
The man Of 65 may fool himself into
thinking he Is still young. He may even
keep up the fiction Of his youth until
he gets rid of his old wife and married
the young one, but when his camou-
flage Is brought into contact with ac-
tual youth he finds out quickly enough
NAt IVA ~ hNt. We ~ ulus
He finds that he cannot go the pace
OF youth that he has no longer the
tastes of youth. His old bones cry
aloud for rest when the days work is
over. They want to be cosseted with
red flannel, rheumatism liniments and
the heat OF the radiator, instead OF
being dragged around to places Of
amusement, Yet he must keep up with
the young wife, or let her go alone.
and whether 1t is better to endure the
pangs of govt, or the suspicion OF what
she is doing when he is not there to
watch her, Heaven alone knows.
And he also finds that there is no
real companionship between 20 and 65.
He Is no little Tin god as he was to
his old wife, lie Is a fossil They
have nothing to talk about, and so he
comes to curse the day when he traded
off for a baby doll the woman with
whom he had every memory in com
mon, and whose love and devotion was
as faithful as that of a dog.
It's a bad business trading off old
wives for new, and the man Invariably
gets the worst OF the bargain.
Copyright, 1919, by the Wheeler Syn
dictate. Inr
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-28

d. t Il N9gH}Q
II Coy K.NoaNoH:

SATISFIED.
Whenever / read about the folks
Who submerged in wealth,
always notice that they are
Not in the best of health.
The people who acquire much fame
In following politics
Seem to be spending all their time
In lodging mud and bricks.
Trouble comes along with fame;
IT'S perilous to be great,
While others ride on the express
I'll travel on by freight.
Lives of great men don't appeal
To me, l will confess;
I'd rather be a common boob
And have some happiness.
We have not yet reached the point where one feels like falling IN a
fat German neck and weeping.
Some people have queer ambitions. Now, there is Joe Tumulty, for
instance, u perfectly level-headed man. He wants to be governor of New
Jersey.
THE MANHATTAN PRODIGAID y
~ BACK TO BROADWAY
IN TWO PARTS.
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Movie Sign.
A staff officer of the American army is quoted as having said, in a
speech in Boston, that all the United States got out of the war was pro-
hibiton and influenza. There is, however, the consolation that influenza
Sometimes we sort of allow ourself a respectful wish that Wood
row would sit down and smoke a corncob pipe o r a good 6-cent cigar
once in a while.
ELBERT is STILL WITH US.
bert Severance to the Emporia Gazette, New York faces the neces-
cafe, the Marine cafe and the verdun bar. Every time the allies won
victory during the war someone celebrated by opening a new saloon
Apropos the Denver physicians statement that a sip of lemon be
fore kissing will render the germs harmless, Miss Anna Carlson has al
idea that If lemons OF vinegar will steriize a kiss there are lots Of
kisses that are already gcrm-proof.
Statistics show there are 900 900 iluterates in this country. They
are probably the unfortunate few who do not read this column.
A Topeka woman is giving this weekend to what she calls a Gar
den of Eden party, as every woman she invited called up and said She
come, although she hadn't a thing to wear"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-28
SHE KNEW.

Princess Patricia recently related
with much gusto the story of an anus
ing incident which occurred at a GER
tain society function she attended.
1t was what Is called a Book Tea
at which each lady guest Is required
to wear pinned on her dress something
to represent the title Of some fairly
well-known book.
One lady tsaid Princess Patricia)
puzzled everybody, She wore, pinned
on her bodice. Il photograph OF her
husband,
No one could guess the name of the
book she intended the portrait to repre-
sent, but after they had all given Il
up, she told them: "Life's handicap
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-28

And the greens are really green for the golfers these Gays
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-28

FOR A couple Of nights
WAS ervou
AND DIDN'T sleep we'll
AND MY wife said.
SHOULD ask the house doctor.
WHAT WAS the matter.
AND IF I'd telephone.
AND HE'D come to Our room.
I'D HAVE to pay him. y
so INSTEAD of that.
I SAT- in the lobby.
TILL HE came In.
AND WE shook hands.
AND HAD a visit.
AND WHILE we visited,
I REMARKED casually.
THAT l wasn't sleeping.
AND HE asked me questions.
ABOUT WHAT I ate,
AND WHAT I smoked.
AND WHAT I drank.
AND THEN I told him.
I SMOKED all the time.
AND DRANK coffee,
AT NOON and night.
AND HE suggested.
THAT FOR a little while.
I CUT out coffee,
AND QUIT smoking.
AND Y said l would.
AND I did.
AND HAD an awful time,
FOR A couple OF, days.
AMI HE lnlfQ Jay.
ON MY way to lunch.
DOWN IN the grill.
I NET the doctor.
ON HIS way to lunch,
AND HE asked me with him.
AND I went. ~
AND WHEN I ordered.
I ORDERED tea.
AMP THE doctor said,
TO MAKE it weak.
AND THEN he ordered,
AND HE ordered coffee.
AND I didn't say anything.
I JUST sat there.
AND WATCHED the doctor.
wALLoW IN coffee.
HE DRANK three cups.
AND THE way l felt.
o . .
l COULD have damned his face.
RIGHT INTO the cup.
AND AFTER lunch.
WE SAT- in the lobby.
AND | couldn't smoke.
AND THE doctor did.
HE HAD a big cigar.
AND HE loved it.
AND NEARLY gassed me.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-28

Poor Kansas! What an affction it has in such small
calber men as Allen. The broad, fertile acres of the kaw, the
Blue and the Marie de Cygne ought to develop broader visions.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-28

Beautiful sunshine and just the right temperature for man
and mule to start hardening from a winters ease to a spring,
and fall of cultivation and gathering of bumper crops,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-28

Gen. A. Fl. Garland was much of a sage and sounded years
ago the keynote for Southern agriculture when he named his
home Hominy Hill, and always had the hog as an accompani-
ment.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-28

Thanks to the bandits for transferring the scene Of their
activities, even for a night, to the west side of the river.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-28
The Public Be SerUed
BY e. q.

BLOWING THE smoke.
ALL AROUND the place.
AND IT'S all right.
A DOCTORS a doctor.
AND A patients a patient.
AND If they like suicide.
IT'S THEIR business.
BUT THEY ought to let US do It.
IF WE want to.
IF IT was a lawyer
HE'D FIX it up.
so / could break the rules.
AND STILL live.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-05-21
Of DEFENSE
VOTES COUNTY $500
Appropriation Of so Per Thous-
and Population For Mary
Land Counties
FOR SOLDIERS RECEPTION


Maryland Council of Defense ap
proprlateB s50.0oO 10 carry ont on
big scale the celebration Of the home
coming welcome and reception to be
given the soldiers Of Maryland
An appropriation of $50 per thou
sand population To the counties Of
Maryland for the same purpose was
also made by the committee This
means some $500 for Anne Arundel
county with its 10000 population.
Governor Harrington appointed d
reception committee. composed or rep
resentatiyes 81 ali the different auxii-
iaries, To go to Newport News and
New york to meet the troops. a deli
egation left Tuesday night. Mrs
Washington Bowie and Mrs III c.
Mansfield and others representing
the 10th Field Artillery, and Mrs
e Baker CIothworthy. with 9 nnm-
Der Of young women as volunteer
canteen workers. to serve the men at
Camp Merritt, which through the
courtesy Of Colonel Alfred Aloe has
been practically turned over I'd the
4GObnAt4AkcSss NA1fSAA Aak
viii probably leave this evening.
Ii was stated by the Navy ofslcial
that the Matsonia. running two days
ahead or the schedule time. would
dock at about $50 Monday morn
Ing. on board the big transport were
several units Of the 29th Division,
among them the 114th Infantry, Of
which two officers and 10 men are
Marylanders slated 20 go to Camp
Meade for rehabilitation The other
transport to dock will be the Powha
tan. bringing the headquarters detach-
ment and the military police company
Of the Blue and Gray, as we'll as
Major General Charles ] Morton and
his stan.
Two other ships are in the race
across the seas and will arrive we'll
up with the LEADERS, They are the
battieship Virginia and the mine
sweeper Roanoke Closely following
these ii the transport Orizba, which
Ii expected to arrive today With
the one Hundred and Fourth Ammu-
milton Train and the One Hundred
and Tenth Field Artillery Two days
later the DeKalb, former pride Of
the German passenger fleet, will de-
bark 4 few men for the home states.
The ships due On the twent fourth
are the Artemis, with the One Hun-
bred and Fifteenth Infantry and the
one Hundred and Twelfth Machine
Gun Battalion, and the Zeelandis,
with few Maryland casnals. The
ylrginian which sailed from France
few days later. will arrive on the
twenty NTH.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-05-21

The readers Of this paper win Be
pleased n learn that there is at least
Innc dreaded disease that science hiss
been able u cure Ii aii lis stages ami
that 8 atarrh. t'atarrh being greatty
influenced BY constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment.
Halls caiarrh Medicine Ii taken 81.
scraily aud acts thru the Blood I'D
the Mucous Surfaces ol the System
thereby destroying the foundation og
the disease giving The patient strength
by hnilling IN The constitution and
assisting nature m doing its work.
The nroprielors have sa much faith III
the cllratise powers og Halls CO
tarrh Medicine that they ofrpr Cine
hundred Dollars for my cnse that Il
fails d eueo Send fer list IT lostl-
monials
Address iii j CHENEY Il co.
Toledo, ohio soli IL Ill Druggist.
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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-05-21
pAyIDsONYILLE 4I.OINls.

Bishop Murray visited All Hallows'
parish last Thursday and had quite a
large Confirmation class
On Friday night, May GARD, at the
Parish Hall will be presented SPLEEN
did minstrel show, given by members
of the Annapolis High school for the
benefit iii All Hall0ws' Parish. Ice
cream and cake will be on sale.
Saturday, May Gath, Miss Elsie W.
Meade, OF the Taylorsville or River
view school will give an ice cream
social to help purchase an organ and
other school improvements. Lemon
ade. candy ana peanuts Will also be on
sale.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ballard. of New York
city. sister and brother in-law of Mrs.
ST. George barber, spent the past
weekend at Howard Grove farm.
Miss Katherine watkins, who has
been visiting Miss knight In Wash
ington, ID. G, has returned home.
Mrs. G. Addison Hedges will enter
tain few friends Saturday afternoon
to meet a school friend Of her from
Newark. NJ i !. Miss Mary Hay. who
will spend the weekend At Mt Elm.
MRS. Robert Kent, Is quite sick at
her sisters home. Mrs Vim. Boswell,
Mrs Kent recently spent pleasant
week IN Annapolis with her daughter,
Miss Clara Bell Kent.
Miss Mamie Hardesty, Of Tudor
Hall returned home Sunday after
spending several weeks with her
niece. Mrs. Purnell. of Elkton
The farmers and poultry raisers are
having tough progress with 50 many
rains and cool weather and some Of
the roads are nearly washed away
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Williams yls-
tied Prince George county on Sunday.
The seventeen locust put in
their appearance week ago and are
now coming out of the ground BY
wagon loads
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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-05-21
VARIABLE Ilsar kfIls.a

a valuable setter dog advertised in.
these columns MS lost q day or two
ago. and owned IS the family IL Prof
m / Fenton, Oh tho Naval Academy.
who live Ill Murray Hill, was dIscoy
cred dead last night.
The dog was lying d the foot OF
fancy Avenue, Murray HUI. where 4
had been shot by some one unknown
to the owners. Tie dog was i fine
animal and never bothered any of the
neighhors II had not been bitten by
the mad dog, and WAS moi sick The
killing Of the doE has hrenht distress
8to the sons 81 Prof and Mrs Fentof,
with whom bic WAS 4 great pet
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-05-21
aoon ADVICE

AnmApaRls Citlxen Gives Information
Of Priceless Value
when you suffer from backache,
Headaches, dixxiness, nervousness,
Feel weak, Iangnid, depressed.
Have annoying urinary disorders;
DO you know what 10 do?
some Annapolis people do.
Read the statement that follows.
Is's from an Annapolis Citizen
Testimony thet can be investigated.
Mrs. Mary /. Nelson 80 Holland
street says: while moving some
years ago had severe attack Of
kidney trouble and think II was
brought Sd hy walking up and down
stairs 30 often I, had terrible Palms
across the small of my back and my
sight blurred MY Kidneys gave me
~ end al trouble and my feet swellet.
AgornIngs / felt more tired than when
4 vent ID bed tried different naed-
scInes bur with little benefit until
friends told me about Deans kidney
pills. | used some. getting them ~
the II. Il. Saith Pharmacy and nov
/ have very little kidney trouble.
when i ID aael iii need If kidney
medicine / aaka p0an'e tor I tEank
there is nothing like them
price zee. sc alb Dealers Don'E
ssmply ask cor kidney remedy at
Doan's Klaney pllla BE aauae that
MRS. Nelson had Foster-Aa llburn &C.,
Assgrs., BuRalO, M. y.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-05-21
tsniernNr Leaves
For Old Paint

Governor and Mrs. Harrington left
Annapolis this afternoon for Old Point
mfnrt They will leave Baltimore
tonight by hay Line steamer and viii
tap at the Chamberlain Governor
$3.50 Mrs Harrington will meet the
9Th infantry MaryIand's own, OF the
Division upon thar arrival. Rt
AeNpart News on Saturday,
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-05-21
Miss Bcasea q less
al Pretty LuneaseaM

Miss Scales Mosaeas
AZ Pretty Lunehe0n
Miss ArOostine Scales. daughter Of
Admiral Al. III Scales. superintendent
OF the Naval Academy and Hrs Scales
is swing luncheon today al the
superintendent Quarters ID honor Or
Miss May Curtin, whose engagement
hag been recently announced The
color carried out Id flowers and table
decorations was white and green. and
souvenir bouquets of roses and mock
orange blossoms were presented each
guest During the lunche0n beautiful
musical selections were played BY an
orchestra of the Naval Academy band.
Guests AT table besides the hostess
and honor guest. Miss Curtin. were
Misses Jean Andrews. Cora McCor-
mick. Cordella PrIngle. Ann Guest.
Isabelle Bruce, Vivian STANDBY, Jessie
Garrison, Jacquelin Hero. Mary vir-
glnia Ramsay, Meta BuFrage Marjorie
Chrlsty and Miss FIilman
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-05-21
Notice Of Return

Returning from about two years
service iii the U. s. Army, ! have de-
eided to again take up the agency for
the Studebaker Cars. with temporary
once at So Maryland avenue will
be glad to talk with anyone consider-
ing the purchase Of an automobile and
viii make demonstration at any time
without the slightest obligation on
their part
w. HENRY FRENCH.
Telephone 24i 6S Maryland Ave.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-05-21

fh.barah danced when she was two,
bauercupa and dafIodiis do;
triteil, trail nasyely bold.
l3er liair ruffled crest 81 gold.
al whenever she spoke her voice
went singing.
10 water up from fountain
springing
jsilt iiatw iler step u quiet and slow
III walks tho way prImToses 20.
In hair Ii yellow Instead 81 gilt.
ftl voice Ii losing It's lovely lilt
ar ii place Of her wild, delightful
Ways
auaint precision rules her days.
ar Deborah now IS three, and. oh.
II. KNOWS 30 much that she did not
know
From Candles That Burn
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-05-21
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