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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-16
Official Election Returns
MONTANA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
To all to whom these presents shall come
Greeting: T..
In accordance with the provisions q the Act
Of Congress approved February 5, 1881. GER
tify that the following 10 true copy On LIE -
tisc,te az the anal aseertafuneut Of the election
for President and vice-President. appointed ~
the State Of Montana. at the election neio
therein on the I'd day Of November: wv -
In Testimony whereof. I. BAINsRipS,E
csrs~d the seaI Of the Department Of State
to be afixed and my name subscribed y tne
Chief Clerk Of the said Department ne "
City Of Washington. this 14th Gay OF Oecen''
isea1J CAMBRIDGE COLBY.
Secretary Of State.
By BEN G. DAVIS,
Chief Clerk.
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PERsIsTENT CAR sHoRTAGE.

1t is reported that coal miners in
sections of Ohio are suffering from
hunger owing to lack of work. Wages
are higher than ever before and the
demand for coal never was greater
day a week. The situation is charged
to a lack of cars.
1t is the same old story The same
trouble existed in the coal business
before the government took over the
railroads. thru all the period of its
control and now, altho the roads were
returned to the owners more than three
months ago the condition remains I'M
changed.
When congresse passed the railroad
bill the people were led to expect that
the railroads would be granted rates OF
loans or both which would enable the
roads to obtain a sufficient number of
cars to handle the business of the
country. but almost nothing has been
done.
1t is not unreasonable to argue that
some plan might be devised by which
coal mining could proceed, even in the
absence of cars. but so far as known it
has not been attempted.
1t is generally understood that the
railroads are to be granted an advance
in freight rates yet the I. c. c. contin-
ues to delay action. The delay is
bringing the business of the country
to the verge of disaster. Wrong action
might be better than no action, be-
cause mistakes could be remedied
later. but losses from inaction cannot
be restored. The water that passes
| over the dam is gone forever.
We are in danger of short food pro-
duction, and even of the delivery of
the food that is produced; in danger
OF sdiseouTaging farmers, so that they
will not go on growing the very crops
which they might do even under short
age of labor, because they cannot get
their products to the market We
are in danger of a fuel supply this
winter so short as to threaten a fuel
famine in the home and in the manu-
| featuring industry. The utmost mower
Of the nation needs to be thrown into
increasing our railroad facilities. ard
yet we are doing comparatively little
to that end. II something be not done
soon there may be others hungry be-
sides the Ohio coal miners. There is
need of Napoleon in the transporta-
ton situation
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cop. Don't tell me you let him put -
over after my tipping you off," Hal
Carter flung himself down on the
bench, rather too close to the girl.
diligently No" she answered. Neg
didn't put it over Hal. Ned hasn't
your self-assurance, you know"
If there was any subtle intent in the
remark it was lost upon the man;
There was a hint of the bully in Hal
siye, his forehead just a trifle too
broad for it's height ''Oh, l counted
on that" he laughed, when ] bet him
the fifty he hadn't the nerve to pro-
pose to you this afternoon But those
shy men are stubborn, sometimes.
You're a clever girl to have held him
off all the same, Nan
do you think so?" murmured
Nan.
sure dol" Hal Carter fervently in
dorsed his own words Some game
we put up between us this afternoon,
that antique silver tea pot you've
wanted so much. Shall I-have it
marked with a &C or do you prefer
your maiden initial?" The question
was asked insinuatingly, and Garter
arm slid proprietarily around the girls
shoulder.
with an elusive change of position
that left the arm resting upon space
Nan sat upright and looked straight
at the very confident young man.
Thank you, Hal" she said 'rn
! have it marked with a b. please"
| e"tB,' Mani Where's the jokef"
Halls heavy brow puckered in per-
plexity.
'sOn you, Hal. You forgot about it's
being leap year. b stands for Bar
ton-and for boomerang"
The song sparrow up in the maple
trilled and trilled. the brown waters
. gurgled. the maple leaves rustled;
for it was the kind of joke TO laugh at.
| Copyright 1920. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.l
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ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY E. HOUSE
(From Philadelphia Public Ledgsro

We note the disclosure locally of a
humorous "fillum'' called Down on
the Farm" The motion pictuer the
aters are the place for 1t. The fun
on the farm is all vicarious.
While we are about it. we wish TO
protest one phase of the realism eX-
pressed by the bgosh drama and the
b'gosh 'fillum." 1t pertains to the
milkmaid. The rule is, II the farmers
daughter qualities as scenic inyesu-
ture, she doesn't milk cows.
We do not hold with the w. c. T.
U. much as we should like to do so.
that women are becoming immodest
in their dress. We prefer to believe
that they have lost consciousness on
the subject.
At any rate. the phrase "are becom-
ing" fails to express the situation. The
women either have or they never Will.
Having identified the gentleman
who made it. the column attaches lit
tie Importance to the charge that
bernard Baruch made $4,000, GOO
thru the theft of copper. 1t is easy
enough to say the man who has 1t
stole it, but nobody can prevent us
from yawning when they say it.
We hold no brief for the. more or
less, idle rich. But our observation is
that the gentleman who is down 20
his last $40 note is just as likely to
have picked 1t up when the owner
wasn't looking.
We set out for Chicago in the hope
that the dismal and distressing incl
dent of the 1915 convention will not
repeat itself. We refer to the we'll
known fact that for period of about
two hours one afternoon every bar in
town was out of Johnny Walker"
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George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
IF IF CAN'T BE HELPED.

In the first place. if it can't be
helped-that ends it.
All the worrying and fretting and
figuring won't help where there is an
end to a thing. That is the time to
start something new.
yourself as an exclusive possession,
and be glad that it doesn't have to be
handed TO anyone else.
Then, if it can't be helped don't take
the time to explain or expound-pass
on.
One of the most valuable-if not the
most valua ble-of all the gifts of Ma
ture, is sleep. It comes so kindly and
quietly to one. 1t sort of leans over
and puts its wrap about US and tells us
to have the kind of dreams that make
us happy.
And it is sleep that gets robbed
when you hover around things that
can't be helped.
If it can't be helped-never mind!
Take up your life as it comes to you,
and not as it leaves you.
In a way. we all eat from the same
bowl. Life fixes mixture that it
knows will meet the demands of ALL
But 1t expects no man or woman to
profit to the disadvantage of another
To be happy in your job is much.
To master it under all moods and
hours, is more.
And that is what comes about when
you start to trot past things that can't
be helped. If the dish is broken, moth
ing can alter this circumstance. 1t can
be mended? oh yes, but it is better
to throw it away and forget it or get
another dish than keep thinking about
the crack that the fall gave it.
If it can't be helped-forget It'll
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Dorothy Dix Talks
BY DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Hlgheat Paid Woman Wriser.
Making the Best of Things

Making the Best of Things
All OF US recognize, in theory at
least the wisdom of making the best
OF a bad bargain. Unfortunately.
however, not many people are phiIo-
sophieal enough to apply this COM
mon sense remedy to their problems
when they find themselves in an I'M
pleasant situation.
Yet there is no other magic more
potent to turn defeat into victory. and
change the cup of norwood and gall
INTO one flowing with milk and honey.
For when We cease to rebel at our
lot. and set about extracting all the
JOY possible out of it, we have con-
quered fate.
Old Man Trouble packs up his wares
IN MS little kit-bag and flees from the
face of the Individual who can like
what he has got if he can't get what
he likes.
1t may be conceded that not many
OF US get particularly alluring bar
gain in life. Heredity, environment,
CHANGE, wish on us many things we
would not have chosen for ourselves
if We could have dickered with destiny
for our place in the sun. But the
vital matter to US is that the trade,
such as it is. is made, signed. sealed.
and delivered.
We are bound by it. and It rests
with US whether we go bankrupt over
it by grouchirg over its unfairness
and our general lack of luck, or
whether we make the best of it, and
wiring happiness and success out of it.
The gentle act of making the best
of bad bargain is one that women.
in particular, should devote themselves
TO acquiring. 1t is not a spontaneous
talent with the fair sex. On the con-
trary woman's natural bent is to cher
ish her sorrows, and coddle her griev-
unces, and to generally extract every
drop of misery that is possible out of
every situation.
That is what gives us so many dis
gruntled and peevish and discontinued
women. Their trades in life have not
turned out to be all that they fondly
anticipated, and they have not the
wisdom or the courage to make the
best of their bad bargains.
Yet in that lies their only salvation.
woman. for instance. will go about
with the air of martyr complaining
that she is unhappily married because
her husband does not understand her
higher nature, and sympathize with
her soul flights. She despises him for
grounding because his chief interest
in life is the grocery business, and his
most thrilling topic of conversation
the price of sugar.
From her point of view she has
made a disastrous matrimonial bar
gain. but will she find any profit in
welching on it? Will she make a bet
ter trade next time if she returns her
commonplace business man to the di-
VERGE bargain table and picks out lit
erary or artistic mate?
Observation answers emphatically
no" She will find that no man is
flawless or meets all the requirements
of any woman. One is quite as likely
to be dissa tisfied with No. husband
as No. 1. and as one can't go on
swapping spouses indefinitely. it is just
a well to make up ones mind to make
the best of marriage. early as late.
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LITTLE BENHY'S NOTE BOOK
BY LEE PAPE-

My cuzZin Artie was GROUND yestid-
day and l wunted to swap him IS
commons for his glass agate and
kepp asking him all afternoon R.l he
kepp saying he wouldent, wich the
more he sed he wouldent the more
L felt like swapping. and he stayed all
mite and slepp with me and 1 weak
up in the middle of the mite with a
good ideer. thinking. G.. if I wake him
up and ask him before he's all the
way awake maybe he'll swap.
And I shook him till he opened one
eye and then L sed. Ill swap you 10
commons for your glass agate. Artie.
wat do you say?
Heb? sed Artie without waking all
the way up. and ne went TO sleep agen
and l shook him till he opened one
eye agen, saying, Come on, Artie. wat
do you say, swap me your glass agate
for IS commons and 1 won't wake you
up eny more
WITCH he went to sleep more times
without saying enything but Heh2 and
the 4th time he sed. o all rite. G wiz,
tomoTro.
Being a bargain. and 1 went to sleep
and after a vile l weak up on account
of sumbody shaking me. being Artie.
saying. Hay. 1 don't want to swap. 1
wunt to swap back agen.
Heh2 / sed. Being sleep as eny-
thing, and 1 went rite back to sleep
and Artie kepp rite on shaking me,
saying. Come on, Benny. swap back,
swap back and Ill leeve you go to
sleep.
me up | sed, o all rite, all rite, good
mite. all rite.
And We both went to sleep agen.
Proving a lot of things would werk
better If you was the ony one knew
how to werk them.
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JUST FOLKS

BY EDGAR A. GUEST.

BE YOURSELF.
Be yourself! Don't initiate man you
fancy may be greater.
Follow him when he is leading In the con-
duct of good breeding,
Learn from him the things Of splendor,
CHEEKY smiles and actions tender,
Take the open way he chooses,
But don't ape the tricks he uses.
Be yourself! Don't ever smother what you
are because another
Does things In a certain fashion choke tie
initiative passion,
Let the spirit in you guide you;
Power and will have been supplied you.
Use them, What becomes your neighbor
May not suit you as you labor.
Be yourselfl There lies no glory in the
imitator's story.
Sink or swim or rise or tumble-be your
self. however humble:
Copy good mems traits. but never
Steal their methods of endeavor.
Fame shall surely find your doorway
IL you strive to earn IL your way.
Copyright. 1920. by Edgar A. Guestl
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green pastures beside the still waters
TO the east of Jordan. where Turk and
German could not reach them. After
Allenby had driven out the enemy, the
people and their floeks and herds re-
turned, to till the land once.
Still, in the DAYS of the son of Jesse,
eastern shepherds led their flocks, in
stead of driving them. and the shep
herd carries heavy. knobbed rod for
protection-and there is a deal of
comfort in it. The reason the Arab
wears a heavy head-roll is to protect
his head against the rod" of an
enemy. The gentle shepherd. piping
haunting melodies on his self-made
double-reed flute. or carrying the
lambs. as I have so often seen, around
his neck. must also be a warrior and a
guide. He defends as well as leads his
flock.
Like sheep, all of us need leading
and feeding and protection. Our
heart hunger is for shepherdine. All
we like sheep have gone astray." We
need the tender. compassionate care OF
the Good Shepherd. The strongest
spirit knows, when best it knows its
best self. that it longs for the comfort
of the Helper of the helpless The
hunger for God, which the PsaIrnist
portrays, is the deepest instinct of the
human soul. 1t is the proof that we
are above all other creation; that
our home is in God, and that we are
homesick apart from Him.
But it is better to memorize and
mediate upon the Twenty-third Psalm
than to comment upon it. In the sim
pllcity of our childhood faith, which.
after all. is highest wisdom. we return
to the plain teaching and testimony
OF The Lord Is my shepherd" Tint
is truth enough for life's uttermos,
hours.
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HOW PRICES FALL.

Despite irregularities and uncer-
tainty it appears to be the opinion of
financial authorities. that definite
progress is being made toward a lower
level of prices for commodities. The
decline at the start, it is pointed out,
is not likely to be general or entirely
consistent.
Broadly speaking, says the Woll-
mans Review, the liquidating process
will be just about the reverse of the
upward movement that has been going
on for the last few years. We have
seen how the vicious spiral operated
while prices were climbing. Demand
became pressing and prices rose;
wages were raised partly because of
the scramble for the services of labor
and partly because employees insisted
on higher wages to meet increased
costs of living. Higher wages led to
higher production costs and prices
were raised in order to maintain the
scale of profits. So it went on-higher
prices to meet higher costs, and
higher wages to meet increased living
expenses. Credit was expanded by
higher inventories and the larger ac-
Communications needed for carrying
and financing materials.
We have just begun to unwind this
spiral, says the same authority. The
extent of the decline and it's effect on
business are the only unknown fea-
lures. That the movement is under
way will be more clearly established
from week to week and from month to
month. We are merely retracing the
steps by which prices have climbed to
the highest levels in history. We
probably shall not reach pre-war
levels for a long time, and the decline
in prices is likely to be temporarily
checked at some intermediate point
that will be dictated by credit and pro-
duction influences. There will be
more or less backing and filling, but
once the turning point has been
passed, and there seems no doubt
about this. the tidal swing will be
toward a lower level
First is noted a slackening in de-
public toward the prevailing high
prices. This causes selling by mer-
chants and other holders in an effort
to reduce inventories and obtain cash
to meet obligations. AS prices show
signs of receding. buyers become less
eager and trade is less brisk. Manu-
facturers reduce their activity, but
their production costs fall rapidly be-
cause they retain theiI best employees
and their labor efficiency generally
shows a marked gain. With the slow
ing up in certain industries other en-
terprises are able to get labor and pro-
duction becomes more evenly distrib-
uted. Here and there prices slip off
with resultant reduction in living costs
and operating expense. Sooner or
later wages will show a declining ten
dency. not perhaps in purchasing
power so much as in terms of cur
rency. An honest days work proba-
bly, will buy as much as. If not more. of
the necessities and comforts of life
than it does today.
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pudding" he returned.
would you?" she asked, delighted.
Yes; 1 can taste the plaster and
the wall paper"
Oliver Herford sat next to a soulful
poetess at dinner one night, and that
dreamy one turned her sad eyes upon
him. Have you no other ambition,
Herford," she demanded, than to
force people to degrade themselves by
laughter"
Yes. HEREFORD had an ambition
whale of an ambition. Some day he
hoped to crafty it.
The woman rested her elbows on
the table and propped her face in her
long. sad hands and glowed into Mr..
Herfords eyes. "Oh, Mr.. Herford'
she said. "Oliver! Tell me about it,
II want to throw an egg into an
electric fam" said Herford.
Alice is an S-year-old youngster
from the southern part of the state
and her uncle recently brought her to
the capital to see the monument and
other places of interest The morning
after his arrival he took her down to
the office of a friend and introduced
her around"
$50 you came to see indianapolis, -
remarked one of the men. II sup
pose you're anxious to begin. Which
do you want most to see-the state
house or the monument"
Alice looked at him and then spoke
truthfully. "Oh, l want to see both of
them" she told him. but most of all
want to go to one of those stores
where you get an ice cream sandwich
for a nickel
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Since its inauguration on September
OF. 1919. saws IN American consular
report, the express airpIane service be-
tween Paris and London has been in
creasing In popularity. The demand
for air travel has been constantly
growing. and on May 10. new sched-
uie went into effect, whereby regu-
lar afternoon trip is made in each d.
reetion. experimenting the former
one-trip-a- day program. The time
element is regarded as the most i'm
portant factor in the rapid expansion
OF this mode of travel between these
two great European capitals. Instead
OF the water-and- rail route. requiring
a minimum OF nine or ten hours of
travel, the air route accomplishes the
trip in from one and one-half to three
hours. according to the type of plane
and weather conditions. Thus man
can do business in person in both Paris
and London the same day, and pack
age or letters can be delivered on the
day 1t is dispatched. In addition to
this saving of time, safety is a factor
which the companies operating this air
express service feel justified in en-
phasizing. During over seven months
of continual service. it is reported, only
one serious accident has occurred, and
this was due to an erroneous report
on weather conditions at the place of
landing.
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The dispatches report an attack on
British troops by Turks. Under ordt-
nary circumstances. an attack on Brit
ish troops by anybody means serious
trouble for the attackers. But Turkey
has held a club over the head of Eng
land for many years. Britain is try
ing to hold in subsection huge Mos
lem population in India. An attempt
to deal with Turkey in accordance
with British custom in relation to
other countries might bring on a holy
war and for this the empire is not
prepared. Were 1t not for England's
fear of her Indian population Turkey
probably would have been wiped off
the map years ago.
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II has been widely charged and
never disputed successfully il at ALL
that the excess profit tax, more than
any other one cause. is responsible for
the high cost of living. 1t may be,
then, a matter for wonder why con-
gress did not repeal it. The Manu-
faeturers' Record offers the following
explanation: The reason the Repub-
lican leaders did not revise the revenue
law was not because they were lncom-
petent. not because they lacked time.
not because they we're unaware of the
gravity of the situation, but solely and
simply because they had been advised
to let the country sweat under Demo-
cratic taxation and more votes could
be got by doing nothing than could be
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Official reports reveal the informa-
tion that there are 1880 persons
employed in the federal service. more
than three times as many as were in
the service when Wilson entered the
presidential office. From these figures
It will be seen that the Republicans
Will enter the campaign with a heavy
handicap.
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The American Federation of Labor
in convention has severely denounced
the strike OF railroad yardmen, not,
however. on the ground that it seri-
ously damaged the industries of the
country and worked hardship on the
public but because it was breach OF
union labor discipline.
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got By doing something. Unfortunate
ly in politics the sins of commission
are visited with punishment by the
voters. but it is. an old principle that
anybody can get by with sins of omis-
sion. on that theory the Republican
leaders acted"