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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-05
SAY P. 0. CLERKS MEDOLED
-Four Thousand May Resign Following
Political Charges Against Them

Chicago. Aug. s--The situation in
vofving possible resignation" Of 4.oQe
postal clerks here was partially re-
lieved today when word was received
that the postoffice department at
Washington had extended from five to
fifteen days the time allowed eleven
clerks TO answer charges of ''meddling
in politics."
The men, who face the dismissal.
are specifically charged with being re-
sponsible for newspaper advertise
ments limiting at political reprisaI IN
less wages were increased
Members of the clerks union. who
are prevented by the law from
striking, will meet Sunday afternoon
to discuss the situation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-05

present generation of debutantes is noL
at ease with a fan The coquetry and
charm of this most deadly of feminine
weapons is bred in the bone of the
women of Spain and France. and in
deed of all sunny tropical countries
Since the large fan is again to take its
place in society and again become
much in vogue. with other frivolities
It would be a good idea for the Ameri-
can girl to learn TO carry and use a
fan"
= = =
The English Lutheran Brotherhood
/ will give a wiene roast at Gage park
/ Friday evening All members and
friends Of the church have been in
! vited 10 meet at the church, Fifth and
Harrison at 6:3e, where cars viii be
provided to take the picnickers out TO
the park In case Of rain the supper
will be served in the church parlors-
= >
Mrs Fred Munson gave an informal
I thimble party Wednesday afternoon
/ Clayton Kline. June bride The
guests were limited 70 members Of a
concert party which toured California
several years ago
/ The Senior Christian Endeavor So
| ciety of the First Presbyterian church
/ will give an ice cream social on the
! church lawn this evening
THERE'S 4 WOMAN IN OUR TOWN
Who has a 9-year-oId daughter
4 The little girl does not like to practice
! her music and very often is forced to
| listen to a lecture delivered by her
mother One morning after particH-
larry trying session with the small
daughter, and after the scolding had
been given, the little person spoke up,
I'm willing TO practice some. but I
can't see why you expect me to spend
the best years Of my life AT this old
piano"
Notes and Personal Mention.
/ Mr. and Mrs. Tinkham veale have
given the name Katharine Genevieve
+ to their little daughter. born Monday
/ evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. W. Meredith will
| arrive from Waco. Tex Monday to be
! guests OF Mrs Meredith's parents. Col.
and Mrs J W F. Hughes
Mrs. J. S Ensminger left wednesday
i to spend several weeks visiting in
Wichita
! Mrs Ray YarneH. Mrs J. Glenn Lo-
gan and Mrs Harry Logan will leave
next week for Colorado on a vacation.
I They will be Joined later by Mr.. Var
nell who is in Wyoming. and by Mr.
I Harry Logan and brother, Mr.. Glenn
Logan.
/ MI CuaEAeS LOaNESEtCu u EsAClHtr
! Wis. spent a short while in the city
/ Wednesday. Mr.. and Mrs young
green expect TO leave in two weeks fer
[ a vacation trip to California
Mr. and Mrs R. w MedlicOtt and
children will leave soon on a trip Ito
[ California.
/ Nj and Mrs. william CoIvin. who
have been making their home in May
eta are changing their residence to
/ 1910 West Tenth avenue
to- 90 no
/ Beach. Calf. will aI1-ive home about
the first Of next month
/ Mr.. e W. Bauer has returned to
sRaymondyi1Ie. Tex, from q visit here
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-05
GRAY HAIR TELLS :
TALES. TINT TT!
TRIAL PACKAGE SENT FREE.

Gray hair is Il tattie-tale Don't endure
it until you are rally old II al forty you
still feel young then take the trouble to
look young. For to look and feel young
Is to be Young 1t is Just as easy to keep
your hair young and beautiful as to retain
your youthful interest IN life and people
Tint the gray. faded. strea ked strands with
-Brownafone,' as thousands Of women
have done.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-05
FACE COVERED
WITH PIMPLES
ltChed and Burned Dread
fully. Cuticura Heals.

Ny face was covered with pirnpIes
and they itched and burned drezdfuIIy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-05

painful 70 touch.
used CuticuTa Soap and Oint-
ment and was relieved, and when ] had
used one cake Of Cusicura Soap and
one box Of Ointment was healed "
Signed Mrs. James 3. Russell, 80
Maple ST., Stosrs City, No
Give CudeuTa Soap, Ointment and
Talcum the daily care Of your skin
sazpls EssA Frss y Nd. 6sar-ss- -cztisz1a Lss-
srzszEisa. Dsp8 z, EaIsas as Essa-~ Soi6 every
where- Sozp &c 0istnentZs and BE Tals1n Zsc-
- Cu4i<zra SsAS shAves without mag
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-05
THEY FEAR FRIDAY START
Illinois Mines All in Operation Satur-
day, Union Chiefs Say.

Springfield, ILL.,, Aug. 51PracticalIy
all mines in the state, excepting only
those in Franklin county and several
in other sections of the state, are
working today. operators and union
officials here agreed today
President Frank harrington of the
Illinois miners union, while admitting
the Franklin mines are idle. refused
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-08-05

when I scratched them.
Sometimes ! squeezed
them and the pain was
very severe, and I could
not sleep much At night
Ny arms wezealso affected
and the skin was red and
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-29
The Screen.
Al TTENDANCE swelled congIdera-

A TENDANCE swelled considera-
~ bly, at the Hipp yesterday, and
the bill proved very entertain
ing. The blackface was much better
liked, and the new treatment Of the
statue bit got 1t over very nicely much
to the amusement of the audience.
There are some pretty good lines com.
Ing to the surface all through the bill.
The finale was ruined by the rabble
who usually make break for the side
door, the minute there is suspicion
OF a closer. With the added attrac-
tion of vaudeville from the Keith the
ttre, Orpheum circuit the balance OF
the week the Hip ought to be packed
every night. The Rinardi trio are
clever entertainers, having given ex-
cellent entertainment on a former oc,
casion here. The Mundee Bros. and
Junes d sensational novelty act is new
10 this Time.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-29
Diphtheria Cases
.In City Number Eight

Only eight cases of tiiphtheria are
in the city at the present time, ac.
cording to DR.. H. Il. Crisis, city health
OFFICER. In some OF these cases the
quarantine will be lifted some time
this week. Last week there were but
two cases OF diphtheria reported.
Several cases OF diphtheria existed
at the nurses home of the Cook hos
Dital last week. but all of these pa
tients are we'll, the shall have fully
recovered in day or two. Ali pre-
cautions were used to prevent the
sprea dof the disease, which was ac-
compiished.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-29
Artistic Attraction at Nelson.

II artistic photography, beauty OF
setting, nice attention to detail in
production and fine cast are enough.
The Market of Souls" will get over
in good shape. 1t Is a superior pic
ttre in all those particulars, and the
story is not without interesting
phases.
Its greatest lack is that fine under
standing of human nature which
makes screen story convincing to
the spectator. The male lead is sup
posed to be man of high intelli.
gence, yet he is portrayed as an
american who takes the view OF con-
unental Europe, that woman is un-
pardonably compromised, il not ire
trteyably ruined, II she happens to be
alone with man for few minutes
in his apartment, view as repug.
nant to our good common sense as to
our enduring faith in womanhood.
Then, again, that this American in
teligence should accept wholly ir-
responsible statement about a wom-
an, from a source he has every rea.
son to discredit, is SO stupid as to
place a ban on interest in his charac-
ter. When this same man receives
months Of unselfish and pure minded
devotion from the same woman, pro-
fesses love for her, and then rejects
her because of a scandal without
foundation, revealing that he cannot
distinguish the substance from the
appearance, he is up against the con.
tempt of American men and the sharp
and accurate perception of reality
among our women, fourth rater, the
last one to enlist a woman's love, to
say nothing of common sympathy.
This old Continental idea is not ac-
reputable to Americans, at least to that
great majority whose souls are not
shoddy and preposterous. This loss to
the male lead, who is far from being
: vigorous, masculine and conpassion-
ate American, lesens interest in the
woman who would place her soul in
/. such keeping.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-29

frances Marion and has been produce
ed by Paul Powell.
Poilyanna Is the little girl who a.
ways found so much to be glad about.
She Is glad because an aunt With a
hatefu' exposition didn't happen to
be twins, and glad when her little
legs are paralyzed that she had SO
much fun on her feet while they last
ed.
1t took Pollyanna long time to dis.
cover that she had something to be
glad about when she saw her little
playmates playing ring around rosy
anu. realized that she was powerless
to Join them. For Pollyanna is a very
human little person-not the priSglsh
sort. ShI - her little pranks, her
little outbursLS OF temper, her quarrels
with her young playmates and she
makes you laugh and chuckle-some
times she makes you little sad.
sometimes she makes You weep. but
you are never sorry that you have
made her acquaintance. In fact, there
Is nothing that you could say that
would please Pollyanna more than to
hear you say that you are glad" that
you have known her.
Many people know her already,
some through Eleanor Porters play,
others through the novel, but those
who have never met her before or
those who are anxlons to make her
acquaintance once again and be re-
freshed by her cheerful outlook and
the bravery with which she meets her
own little struggles, can do nothinS
better than to see her in her latest
setting.
Mary Pickford gives a remarkable
Characterization of the glad" child
All the humor is there. all the pathos
all the childishness. She is winsote
and appealing and wistful. Polly
anna" g:VcS her an opportunity to
make one of her best contributions
to the screen, which is something
more TO DE sad about. The scene in
which Pollyanna first realizes that she
can walk again. and gradually gather.
enough strength and confidence 10
fling away one crutch and then the
other, is. one that can never be for
gotten. 1t is probably Miss Pickford's
finest. bit OF acting with the possible
exception of her portrayal of the dual
roles in stella Marls."
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-29
IN THE
FRONT ROW
AEAoLINERs foMleHT.
0NH'SI'
The stage.

Aipp6drome--Rube Fulkerson's Part
sian Revue,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-29

BY law 10 make a report OF births and
ieaths within thirty days Death re-
ports are just as important as those
OF births, he says, not only on account
OF CONTAGIOUS diseases. but because
in many instances the collection or
life insurance depends largely on such
reports.
Dr.. C. o. Henry, president OF the
Marion County Medical society. also
spoke on this subject Tuesday night
at the meeting of the society, and
asked for the cooperation OF all ply
sicians in making these reports as
complete as possible.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-29
BIRTHS SHOWED
INCREASE IN 1919
But Lot of Those in Marion
County Were Not Re-
ported.

Ten hundred and eighty-one births
in Marion county last year as against
nine hundred and forty-three deaths
is the encouraging report made by
County Clerk A. G. Martin on the
subject of vital statistics today. Al
though incomplete, on account of the
failure of physicians TO report always
on births especially, the report shows
a majority of one hundred and thirty
eight births.
In commenting on the Importance
of making these returns, Mr.. Martin
told Of case where, during the war,
young man was arrsted in Column
bus, Ohio, charged with an evasion
of the registration law and was held
in Jail for some time until his rnottAr
coild be located. there having been
no record made in the county clerks
Office of the young mans birth. This
is one OF many such cases, Mr.. Mar
tin says, which could be obviated by
very little trouble to the physician in
making the return. A penalty OF u
fine of ten dollars Is imposed for each
failure to make proper return, but
the difficulty of securing the informa-
ton in any other way than through
the medium of the physician makes
the law difficult to enforce.
DR.. L. N. Yost, health officer, also
emphasizes the Importance of making
the proper returns, but says that the
work of physicians in general along
those lines has been better during
the past few years since the war
showed the vast Importance Of the
correctness of these records. All ply
sicians, says DR.. Yost, are required
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-29

leased with instructions 10 walk 10
the heart and cut Il down
'.NaientineF Contest.
When suprertime comes the chill
dren may be allowed 10 find their
partners by matching pieces of card
board hearts. The hearts are cut first
into irregular sections and dfstribut-
ed. one piece TO each guest.
A quiet game after supper Is the
old fashioned "Valentine." A piece OF
paper with the word valentine" writ
ten at the top is given to each guest.
Fifteen minutes are allowed for them
to make as many words as possible
out OF the one word. The cards are
then collected and an award given to
the child who has formed the great
est number OF words.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-29

Dixie today. It is the first appear
ance OF Harlan since he returned rom
foreign battlef.eids. The sfdy has
TO do with a man who, having been to
the front, returns suffering from shell
shock His nervous condition leads
to his being suspected OF murder, and
the plot of the play deals largely with
his experiences in proving his inno-
cence.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-29
inf U { n "a
MANY CASES AGGRAVATED BY
coNSTlPATED CONDITION.

~ - 49,
The easiest point OF attack FOR the
Influenza germs is through the In
testines: The Germ enters the body
through tine nose or mouth and is car
ried to the bowels where 1t enters the
system in the poisonous matter that
Is constantly fed into the blood when
constipation exists.
Get box OF BLACKo TABLETS
from your druggist, take a whole one
yourself (one-half OF one for children)
before retiring. BLACKo TABLETS
thoroughly cleanse the entire purga-
tive system Of all poisonous matter.
Even in the most chronic cases OF
constipation two If.ACKo TABLETS
will provide a ger.le, sure acting lax
alive.
BLACKo TABLETS are sold by all
druggists in. one size package only,
price Twenty Five Cents. ADV.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-29

UNION DIST. TEACHERS TO MEET.
The Members of the Board of Edu-
cation and teachers of Union district
will meet at the Central school build
ing on the East Side Saturday morn
ing at 10 o'clock. Matters of interest
and concern to teachers and the
board OF education will be discussed
at this meeting.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-29
srina Down a Reart.

Another blindfold stunt is that OF
hanging heart onla string from door
way or ceiling. with the string long
enough to put the heart within reach
of the guests. The heart must be
weighted to make Il heavy enough to
hang down properly. A blindfolded
guest Is then given a pair of scissors,
led once around the room, and re-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-29
Valentines Day Contests
For Children

A merry blindfold game is a sim
pie way to start a children's yalen-
and shoulders OF man should be
drawn on a large sheet OF white paper,
which Is then pinned on the wall. TAX
ing the small guests in turn, each one
is blindfolded, turned around in the
center OF the room three times, and
told to walk to the paper on the wall,
and pin a red cardboard heart in the
proper place on the figure. The con-
fusion resultant from the turning and
the blindfoid makes a merry game
with ridiculously located hearts.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-29
Nary Piekford,s ees,

Mary Piclford is at her best in
sPollyanna," at the Princess this
week. Her first release through the
United Artists Corporation was adapt.
Cd nom Eleanor Porter's novel by
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-29
Capacity for "Lost sattaIIon.r

The wonderful attendance at the
American Legion feature at the Grand
Is st!ll the comment OF all who have
tried to get in at any of the various
performances, and has led those in
charge OF the affair to appeal to the
public to attend matlnees IL possible,
and relieve the crush at night per-
fornances.
pnp
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-29

Returned Soldier a Star.
Helen Eddy and Kenneth Harlan
are co-stars in a. mystery play {: 4he
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-29

On January 10, there were 24O,776
men in the U. S. army.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-07-26
THEIR FUNERALS
ARE ELABORATE
Make Much Over Them
and Observe Peculiar Rites at
Services-Lament ations
are Loud and Long.

An Abyssinian funeral is very
singular affair, according to the De-
troit News. When a newborn infant
dies 1t is almost Immediately buried
under the floor. After the demise Of
an adult the body is washed in water,
sweetened with honey, wrapped in n
shroud, sewed up in mat Of braided
straw, and laid upon a litter made of
boughs cut from trees.
The lamentations of the relatives
resound among the cliffs, and the
news is rapidly communicated to all
the people of the neighborhood, who
at once set out to condole with the
mourners.
AS soon as they catch sight Of the
funeral procession, they begin to
weep and cry aloud. When they join
1t, the men range themselves on one
side of the bier, the women on the
other, and chant. When the religious
ceremony is over, the corpse is buried
in the churchyard.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-07-26
GAINS CO POUNDS IN
WEIGHT At ACE Of 4

hardly stand 1t, and had feeling
like there was lump in the pit OF
my stomach and pains that made me
miserable all the time. My nerves
were all unstrung, and at times nfN
head hurt so bad 1t nearly set me-
Wild was so restless that my sleep
was all broken up, and as I was well
up in years / realized ~ age was
against me, and had given up all
hope, thinking my time was about up.
"'rhat was the shape ! was in when
I decided to see what Tanlac would
do in my case. but I'll admit 7 had
no faith in it Well. sir, some strange
and marvellous things happen in this
world. and want to tell you that the
way Tanlac went after my troubles
is one Of them, II hardly seems posr.
sible what it has done for me- Why,
here am today well man, feeling
like I'm starting life all over again.
All signs OF stomach trouble have left
me, and it makes no difference what
or Flow much ! eat, it all agrees with
me- The nervousness and headaches
have all gone, and 7 put in good,
sound sleep every night feel years
younger weigh one hundred thirty
five pounds and can do a big days
work for q man OF my age. This is
what Tanlac has done for me- and
without question consider 1t nIedi- s
cine that has no equal"
Tanlac is sold in Keokuk by Will
kinson & Co. and the leading druggist
in every town.--Advertisement.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-07-26

The robbery of graves is the only
crime for which, under Chinese law,
the thief may be killed on the spot
by anyone discovering him in the act.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-07-26
''The Phonograbh 10jth a Soul

nose The near beer which was SO
common in America during the doubt
full or almost arid era was powerful
and potent compared with he present
day German and Austrian beer. 1t
looks like beer and it smells like
beer. 1t is beautiful golden yellow
in color, or rich brown, and it is
crowned with creamy collar that
makes the air whistle shrilly through
the parched throat. 1t looks, as
say. like the real thing, but it tastes
like some sort of ditch water that
would be nasty if it had enough
strength, but that hasn't even enough
strength to quench the thirst.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-07-26

According to one European scientist,
animals have been distributed over
the world by the oscillation of its
axis, which has altered the climate
of its zones.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-07-26

Ritz hotel, surrounded by New
Workers who came over with me in
the boat l knew most OF them in
the United States, and 1 want to get
away from the American atmosphe e
as much as possible while in Eng
land. l want a change"
Many members Of the house Of
lords have undertaken to entertain
Americans and overseas Britishers
from now till the end of October, Civ.
ing them just the kind OF holiday
they would choose. Enthusiastic pro-
pagandists, bent on showing the Eng
lshman at his best, are inviting
Americans to country house-partias
where they can indulge to their
hearts content in solfing, boating,
hunting and all the other delights OF
English country life.
In London there is certainly no
need for an American to be stranded
without anywhere to sleep. Private
homes have thrown open their doots
and every kind of hospitality is shown
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-07-26
Pletz Says Tanlac Has Entire
ly Relieved Him of Troubles
From Which He Had Suffer
cd for 20 Years.

Eyes, sir, I'm Just now getting rid
OF case Of stomach trouble that
had pulled me down for twenty years,
and ] feel almost like boy again.
was the remarkable statement made
recently by l.. d. Pletz, 1411 North
Clinton street, Decatur, H.. in an in
terview with Tanlac representa-
tive.
Il am seventy-one years old, and
you may believe me or not, but this
Tanlac has put me into shape where
/ have actually gained thirty-five
pounds in weight. and I'm the hap
piest man in Illinois today. My trou-
bles had been pulling me down hill
so long that didn't weigh more than
a hundred pounds. and I concluded
nothing would ever reach my case
My stomach was in about as bad a
fix as it could be and | had forgot
what it was to eat meal without
suffering from it afterwards. In fact,
had reached the point where didn't
eat anything worth mentioning. |
would bloat up with gas until I could
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-07-26
What Makes Work Count.

Forbes Magazine: 1t is impossible
to achieve by doing less than ones
best. 1t matters not whether ones
job be to stoke a furnace. pound a
typewriter, handle tools, tend looms
dig coal, run an engine, answer cor
respondence, teach children. sweep
the street, preach, plow, sell goods
or edit publication, the work can
be done in a way that ennobles
character or in way that degrades
it. Not the nature of the work, but
the nature of the spirit in which the
work is done, counts. No man or
woman who is doing superior work
ever feels superior to that work 1t
is he who is doing work in a way
that is not worth doing who feels that
the work is not worth doing Were
Carlyle alive today he could not
write a truer or more timely word
than this: Work is the grand cure
for all the maladies and miseries that
ever beset mankind-honest work
which you intend getting done"