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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-17

Automobile racing is poisonous
The fatigue Of q sueilins. nerve
wracsing race is 50 overwhelming
that It causes po!son;-fatisue poi
son, physicians call it.
Castor Chevrolet, who won the
recent 5O0-nile international
sweepstakes at indianapolis, was
so far gone by the action Of this
poison, that he could not get ou'
Of his car at the finish of the race
He had to be helped to his garage.
From a fresh, alert, energetlc.
chap before the race, Chevrolet
finished a guant, haggard-lookinG
individual, his eyes almost lie
less and the muscles OF his LEGS
and lorearms cranped and knot
ted. The strain Of clutchirg tne
wheel for nearly SIX hours, never
reIax!ns, his hold. and keeping
his eyes glued to the white road
ahead Of him had caused intense
physical fatigue. This, physicians
saw, was as disastrous TO him as
though he had taken q dose Of
arsenic or carbolic acid. An over
dose would have been fatal.
"The extreme exhaustion sui
rcred by Chevrolet" declares Dr.
Clyde Leeper, Of Akron. O.,
caused certain chemical changes
20 create poisonous decomposition
in the muscles Of his body-the
production and accumulation oil
wiste substances such as carbon
dioyide and Tactic acid. In Large
quantities these are typical Ia
tigue poisons.
Chevrolet after the race had
The dead eye which we found so
often among wounded men over
seas, among men who had en-
dured long suffering from wounds
and exhaustion and men who had
become shellshock victims. Chew
rolet's extreme fatigue was equiv
a!ent to a severe shock to the
complete nervous system-as Il
he had been hurled forty or fifty
feet in an explosion and severely
stunned. Bicycle riders, marathon
runners and long distance swim.
mers suffer similar fatigue. They
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-17
Detour Reopens
Road to CjlarksbQrg

1t is possible to traYel from
Fa!rmont TO Clarksburg or Grafton
via Pleasant Valley and Benton
Ferry with the opening Of a sly
hundred feet long road across Q
field connecting at a place In GRAM
district WHERE there has been OBJ
stacles to travel. This announce
ment is made by the Fairmont Au
tomobile club which Is active II
spite Of the fact that the members
do not manifest enough Interest
to attend meetings. q
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-17
TO CLEAN cELLULoID.

A thin coat Of ether applied to
the surface Of your celluloid WIN,
dows, and allowed to dry In the
air. will clean them and take out
the finer hair scratches. The best
that can be done with heavier
scratches is to fill them with white
shellac or yarnish.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-17
zee Charge MODERATE

oyertharging your battery Is. as
bad as letting It run 700 low. II
oyerheats, and thus shortens It's
| ma. i on a long run and there
lis DANCER Of oyefchargiag the bat
| terry. bum your light, thus taking
| the load of the battery.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-17
"a DETECT NOISE

When ron hear a noise like a
rattling dip pan or loose running
boards and It's hard 70 tell each
apart set someone 70 bear heay.
BY on Tie fender you suspect. II
He noise doesn't stop, look fof
lcose bolts IN the drip pan.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-17

Trucks up to two tons capacity;
in Norway, must be equipped
with pneumatic tires. so as to
prevent damage to roads and to
cut down cost Of highway repairs
due to wear bv solid tires: This
Is the first country 10 pass such
Legislation.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-17

SOAP FOR GAS SYSTEM
ordipsyy soap can be used et-
ectivety IN stopping leaks in the
gasoline system. With the price
d gasoline stiil soaring, none Of II
can lot
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-17

vas.e a stranger may lose his way,
help the tourist through without
delsy. The Cleveland Automobile
club has put them up in this city
-and they are big and clear enough
to be seen easily from a distance.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-17

Automobile body designers have
found their run Of new ideas
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-17

waitman Hartley, OF Moran.
town, Is visiting his brother, Guy
B. Hartley, on Quincy street.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-17

A simple system Of signaIlins
he fellow In the other machine
has been devised by Dr.. Theron
". Kilmer Of New York City. i
Is by the use Of the fingers Of one
hand. Put up one finger and II
VIII tell the other fellow he has .
Nat shoe. Two fingers. some
thing wrong with bis car. Three
fingers, is this the right road g
next town. -Four, dtnger ahead
Five, help needed. The standard
ization and adoption Of such 9
system Of signalling would be Of
considerable help to motorists.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-17
/. TALK ABOUT FIGURES!

The amount Of air necessary TO
initiate one tire company's month
| IL production Of 100000 tubes
would keep one man alive for Il
wears and nine months. Goodyear
ira experts figure. Further. they
ilr1re that the. two million cubic
| feet Of air necessary to initiate
SOD 600 tubes at a pressure Of IS
pounds, would keep ALL men
alive for one day, with enough
surplus to keep the 4l12th man
alive for Is hours, q minutes and
! Il seconds.
The estimates were based on
the statement Of British medical
authorities that the average man
consumes 1875 cubic feet OF air
every "a hours.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-17

Miss Bess Mason has gone to
Vaudeville. Nonongalia county to
visit relatives.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-29
Drive the Gamblers Out,

4 few weeks ago the baseball
gamblers who were betting against
the white Sox. the fayorites in the
contest declared that the Chicago
American league team would not
dare win the pennant. at the risk Of
having the gamblers tell what they
knew about the loss Of the world
series BY the Sox In 1919. Follow
Ing this threat there was a rumor
that some of the Chicago players put-
poseiy lost game In order to nut
themselves out OF the contest
The Cook county grand Jury IN
Chicago started an Investigation of
the lost game. and incidentally some
details Of the 1919 world series i'll
tered through. The revelation vas
anna zing. 1t resulted In the indlct
ment Of eight Of The greatest play
ers the game has ever known It
has practically destroyed Charley
Comiskey's ball club, For forty
years this grand old man has labored
to build the greatest ball playing ma
chine lit the world. He had 1t in
1919. but lost the worlds champion
ship through the influence Of the
gamblers over the players
The gambling ring. headed by At
tell. Maharg and Rothstein. is said
TO have fixed Cicotte premier pitch
er; Joe Jackson. the greatest natural
hitter in the game; Buck Weaver
Risberg and other players. The same
character Of men who destroyed horse
racing and every other American
sport, at last have made inroads on
baseball. These gamblers are not
good sports. They bet on sure things.
They corrupt players or influence
them in any way they can. just as
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-29
QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS

Q.--was there ever a time in Ameri-
can baseball when II was a rule to
have. to pitch more than four balls"
to give n man a basel NJ c.
A.-The number Of balls" to give
man base has differed. In 1880
eight called balls entitled a batter to
take first base, One year six balls
was the rule. and at another time
seven were allowed.
Q.-What Is the difference between
climate and weather?-A. f. r.
A.-Clmate Is the sum and average
OF weather, which includes the daily
. change in temperature wind, rain, etc.
The climate shows the general condi-
tion, while weather deals with special
instances of changes In atmospheric
conditions.
o.-What is meant by the term
wheel base?"-A. G.. V. y,
A,-The wheel base is the distance
from the center Of the front axle to
the center Of the rear axle.
Q.-Can you tell me who wrote but
the man worth while Is the man who
can snile when everything goes dead
wrong?"-G f. V.
A.--The lines are from the poem
Worth White" by Ella Wheeler VIII
cox 1T is easy enough to be pleasant
when life flows by like a song. but the
man worth while. Is the one who will
smile when everything goes dead
wrong"
GLOW many horse power can a
propeller stand without flying to pieces
+. r. II.
A--The air service says that en-
gines are now built FOR all craft up To
600 horse power, and that these drive
screws, tractor or propeller direct or
indirect, as the case may be. Screws
1y to pieces only when hit or when
they are defective or become defective.
Q.-Is much OF the silk goods manu-
featured in America made from pure
SIKH. NJ. S.
A great part Of the silk goods
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-29
.sIVNCLE WIGGTY1IE3S lX|
6BEDTlNE STORY


| He never had onel" laughed
| Squcakie TO Mr.. Whitewash.
Well wen soon show him what
| they're like" said the polar bear gen
tleman, With his big paws. like
shovels, he scooped away some ice
! from a can in the corner Of his cave.
! Then he brought out some humps of
! ice cream fastened in between two
| sweet crackers. Five OF them there
were-five delicious vanilla, lemon,
strawberry pineapple, orange hockey
! pokeys.
Eat 'em. Uncle Wiggily," said
| Squesk!e, as the polar bear gentle
man handed the bokey pokeys to the
bunny. Eat en- fore they melt"
oh, I'm not going to eat all five
Of them" said Uncle Wiggily. Three
Of them are for you, SQueakie, Two
are enough for me"
"Oh. joy" cried Squeakie- Eekie,
and soon she was eating her ice cream
hockey pokey@ and Uncle Wiggily
uibbled his.
Aren't they nifty like and scrump-
tious?" asked the little mousie girl.
They aye most pippinful and ge-
ranium." said Uncle Wiggily.
Here are some to take to Nurse
| Jane" spoke the polar bear gentle
| man, digging out more hockey pokeys.
You can pay me next time you pass,
Uncle Wiggily."
Mr.. Whitcwash wrapped upa half
! dozen hockey pokeys In some sheets
of ice for Uncle Wiggly to carry to
his lady muskrat hOusekeeper. and,
after Squeakie- Eekie had eaten the
! last OF her ice cream sandwiches, she
and the bunny started home on the
| hop skip and the jump, so Nurse
| James hockey pokeys wouldn't melt.
! Uncle Wiggliy and Squeakie were
| almost To the hollow stump bungalow
when, all at once out from under a
sassafras bush jumped the bad Skud-
| dlemagOon.
| Il want sousr! want souse!"
howled the bad Skuddlemagoon.
grabbing Uncle Wiggily by the coat
tails. The bad chap was just 60
| ing to nibble souse off the bunny'S
ears when, all at once, Squeakie
cried:
Don't take Uncle Wiggily's souse,
! Mr. SkuddlemaEoon. He has some
thing much better than that"
What is it he has," asked the bad
TChap.
Hockey pokeys," answered the cou-
sin mouse. Give him one, Uncle
Wiggily."
Hickey pokeys can't be better
than souse," said the Skuddle crea =
turc, But when he began eating one
of Nurse James that the bunny
handed out, the unpleasant creature
smacked his lips and said:
Yum. yum! At last | have found
something better than souse, After
this all l am going to eat are hockey
pokeys Hurrah! I'm going to Mr.,
Whitewash and buy ten thousan
hockey pokeys."
Buy as many as you like, as long
as you leave my souse alone"
laughed Uncle Wiggily, as the bad
chap hoped away. still smaCking his
lips on the ice cream that stuck to
them. Thus it was that the hockey
pokey saved the bunny's ears and if
the red-haired doll doesn't turn Il
somersault in the hammock and spill
all her sawdust, I'll tell you next
about Uncle Wiggily and Nurse
James candy.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-29

hey formerly doped race horses and
bribed jockeys, 1t remains TO be
seen whether the gamblers will be
broken up or whether they will break
up baseball as the favorite American
game.
Too much can not be said for
Comiskey who wrecked his machine
and saw his life work crumble into
dust to save the good name or the
sport he has been identified with 50
long. We believe baseball will stand
the test. The sentiment created by
the exposure Of the Chicago grand
jury ought 10 clear the name of the
game and drive every gambler to
picking pockets, second story work or
some other occupa ton more respect
able than the one they have been
engaged in
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-29
GOLF MORE PRESSING.

How did YOU feel during the prog
r'ss ot The convention 90 asked Gov
Cox
IF fci, !, vaaH u, Cax or dark
AZ. bet tho boys 10 this effect
through thu week and was right
It was
Did you manage your own forces
in the convention 800
NO, ! had nothing to do with 1t,
not after the convention opened"
Were YOU not consulted by your
managers"
NO. ! was Informed, not consulted
One afternoon, when Il was about
half over. ! WAS on the golf links as
a messenger came from the club
house saying San Francisco wtnteG
me on the long distance. We were
just about To tee-off "a a matched
contest FOR "A set Of c0f balls
wanted to win those balls, and fig
ured that II talked to san Fran
cisco ! might learn something that
would take my mind from the game.
At the same time | knew there was
neither advice nor Information that
| could impart that would lie OF any
assistance. ] told the me5EenEci to
tell San Francisco to call me At my
home about dinner time. Thcn ]
went in and won those Goif balls, '--
Richard Barry In Lealts'A
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-29
HOROSCOPE
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1920.
Copyright, 1920, by the Mcclure News
Manor Syndicate

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1920.
Copyright, 1920, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate,)
Astrologers read this as an unimpor-
tant day in planetary direction. While
Uranus and Jupiter are in benefic as
poet, Saturn is adverse.
There is again the best sort of fore
cast for business and commerce. even
though sinister forces seem to be at
work in causing financial depression
and fluCtuating markets.
The United States is now said to be
subject to a rule that will hasten the
most tremendous and far-reaching en-
terprises,
There is for the national capital the
forecast OF great artistic development
and rapid growth. Much building OF the
most costly type seems to be indicated
by the stars.
Uranus Is in n place that should en-
courage clear vision concerning the
country's needs, SO hat movements to-
ward the bettorment OF social conditions
will probably multiply,
Although there may be a deeper in
terest in the finer ambitions OF hui
manity, the Hcers declare that all the
real progress must come from within
and not from without This means that
the time when the wealthy can accom-
pltsh real good by endowments and by
old-tme methods of phllanthropic ef-
fort is long past.
Saturn frownS again. and is read as
hoding III for rulers q: the ancient forms
Of government. Kings may lose their
thrones Norway is one OF the coun-
tries that may now be seriously dis
turhad
Thrones are supposed to be in danger
because the eliminating position OF
Neptune In seXtile to Mercury and in
trine to Mars denoted democratic pop
ular movements
Race questions will he prominent from
this time on, but only good can come
10 the oppressed or the less fortunate
peoples as the new era advances.
The seers prophesy that there will be
an extraordinary type OF beauty notice
able IN the rising generation American
women who are to reach a standard
that win make them famous as their
Greek sisters OF ancient times, If the
stars are read Alright
Persons whose hirthdate it is have
tn" augUry OF a happy. successful year
in which they come into a sense of har-
mony with all their lifeS demands
children horn on this day are likely
to he exceedingly gifted. They may be
yjvacious and apparently careless. but
they will have the GREATEST pOssibii-
itipS. "
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-29
TwiceTOld ales
Ten Years Ago Today In Memphis


Mrs Mary Greenwood Worden re
turned homo today after two months
vacation with her mother in Los An
Ec,rs, cal
Mrs. g r. Kelly and daughter, Miss
ll"lcn. have returned TO their home IN
Memphis. after sutudiug several weeks
in the mountains of North Carolina
NJ aud Mrs William II Feltus g6g
jefferson avruu". nave as their guest
Mrs John W McClclmnd, If jackson.
T'Gn. .
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-29

comes her keeper and is responsible
Tor her moral well-being as well as
her physical.
lie recognizes that it is his duty to
ieed and clothe her but only too often
ne rails to perceive that he is lust as
much bound to provide for her spirit
ual needs as he is for her bodily ones,
and that it is just as important TO
protect her against the temptations
that beset her as it is to protect her
against the danger of cold and star
walton and homelessness.
| This duty OF keeping the woman he
mas married safe from harm lies all
the more heavily on a man because
the husband is usually older than the
wife. and h. has necessarily seen
much more of the world than she has
by observation, or experience, he
knows to what bitter ends so many
pleasant looking paths lead
| Inc man. for instance, who is mar
rled TO a woman who must have some
man to lean upon, some man upon
whom to lavish her affections, some
man to pet and flatter her, is a fool
not to realize that if she can not
have love honestly she will take it
dishonesty.
Nor is she any more to be blamed
than the starving wretch who steals
a loaf of bread. If her husband would
keep her safe, he must give her the
| tenderness that she is bound to have.
and that she will instinctively ask OF
some other men if she is denied it at
| home.
| Every day We meet gay and pleas
ure-seeking young wives going their
giddy was alone They are dane
ing and dining. and flirting with
| other men, while their husbands are
at their offices or their clubs.
| One wonders if these absent hus-
bands are voluntarily qualifying as
first aids to a divorce, or whether
they are so besotted with vanity that
they think that no woman could ever
possibly cease to love them, and pre-
fer them above all other men, Also
one wonders how they can be so little
mindful of their duties toward the
women they have sworn to love,
honor and protect.
The husbands excuse is that his
wife loves society and he hates u,
that she likes to go around at night
and he is tired and wants to be left
! in peace. So he delegates his duty as
escort to some other man. Now no
man has a right to marry a human
| butterfly without having made up his
mind to fit about with her from
| flower to flower to at least reason
able extent. After that he might re-
| strain her, but he has no right to
turn her into a grub entirely and
still less right to let her SINCE her
| beautiful wings against the bright
| lights, as she is sure to do if he is not
there to protect her.
For husband is his wife's keeper,
and so many tragedies could he
averted if only he was faithful to his
trust.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-29
BY HOWARD r. eARIs.
Copyright 1920 by Mcclure News
paper Sundicate)


once upon time, when Uncle
Wiggiiy Longears, the bunny rabbit
gentleman, was sitting In his hollow
stump bungalow. wondering where
to go to have an adventure. he heard
some one. fumbling at the latch of the
front door.
That can not be Nurse Jane" said
the bunny to himself, she is out. |
know, but II she came she would let
herself in with her key. wonder
If II can be the bad Pip or Skee COM
ing after my suuse?'
Uncle WiggrIy was Just going to
sneak up easy to the attic. so he could
look down out of the top story win
dow and see who was at the front
door, when little voice said;
PLEASE let me in! can not reach
up TO the door bell"
"Ha! Neither the Pip nor Skee has
gentle little voice like that" thought
Uncle WigGily. This must be some
friend of mine
So he went to the door and there
stood Squeakie -Eekie, the little Cou-
sin mouse.
"Oh. hello, Uncle Wiggily!" cried
Squeakie, in her jolly voice. Have
you seen my penny"
'Ht b'HliS' my utdl NIutdhie
laughed Uncle Wiggily. why, no. |
haven't seen any penny of yours.
What made you think [ had? Did you
nave penny and lose it,
ON, no. answered the little cou-
sin mouse, laughing so that her whis-
kers tickled the back of her neck. Il
didn' thave penny, so | didn't lose
any But | wish | had one, and |
thought maybe you had one you
uldnt want and II you'd give 1t to
me then ia have a penny and it
would be mine. But | wouldn't lose
1t. "a spend 1t for a hockey pokey."
whats hockey pokey?' asked
Uncle Wlggily. is 1t anything like a
red white and blue striped rheuma
tlsm crutch?'
on no, answered the cousin
mouse. Have you penny. Uncle
WlggilyH If you have IN take you
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-29
DOROTHY, DIX TALKS
HIS WIFE'S KEEPER.
e~~~~~0
BY DOROTHY DIX
The Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer
Copyright, 1920, by The Wheeler Syndicate Inc,

The other day was told ptitful
and tragic little story. A man mar
| ried a beautiful young girl who was
hardly more than a child. clinging,
trustful innocent little creature with
no knowledge of the world to guide
her, or protect her.
More than that, she was one of
the Clinging vine women who reach
out instructive tendrils toward any
masculine support near them, and
she was bound to have love, and ten
derness, ana caresses, as a flower is
bound to, have sunshine and water
in order to live.
The husband was stern. cold, hard
man. obsessed in his occupations,
which took him from home to far
parts of the earth He was away
often for months upon months at a
time. Even when he was at home
he repulsed his wife's endearments
and scolded her for her babyish de-
sire to be petted.
OF course the inevitable happened
The pretty little wife, who must
have love or die, found a man who
wasn't too busy. or too preocCupied
with his own affairs to feed her hun
cry heart on the food that her hus-
band denied her. He paid her all the
delicate little attentions that she
craved. He told her how beautiful,
and how lovely she was. He kissed
the lips the husband had been too
Indifferent to kiss. and, at last, when
the husband came back he found his
home empty, and he killed the man
who had taken his wife away from
him.
I do not for a moment justify the
conduct of either the wife or the
lover, but it seems to me that the
greatest of the three sinners in this
tragedy, and the one who is most to
blame. is the husband.
A woman should be strong enough
to stand alone and resist temptation.
She should have honor enough not to
betray the man to whom she has
sworn to be loyal, but when God does
not give a human being backbone.
we can not expect it to vertebrate.
The husband knew his wifes weak
ness. He knew just how avid she
was for love, Just how SHE reached
out unconscious pleading hands to
every man, just how she purred like
kitten under a caressing touch. He
knew how Credulous and unsuspicious
she was.
And. knowing this, it was his duty
to protect her even more against
herself than against the men with
whom she came in contact, and when
he failed to do it her sin was upon
his head.
For a man who marries weak
woman and does not safeguard her
weakness. is just as much to be
blamed as If he failed to hold lit
tie child's hand over a rough road
and let it stumble into a pit
When a man marries, he takes his
wife's life into his keeping far more
than he realizes. He literally be-
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-09-29


manufactured in the United States is
made from pure silk. The manufac-
ture OF artificial silk is increasing
steadily. This silk ia produced from
cellulose or cotton or pulp Of soft woods.
The consumption Of artificial silk in
this country in 1918 amounted to nearly
were used during similar period,
n W., ,,,,
no olScoNereu Arrays Ii H. T.
A.-X-ravs were discovered and ga
called nv Prof Ronotrrn of the i7niS
versitv Of Wurzburg GERMANY in Isq5
Q.-Please tell me what effect coffee
grounds have on garden soil.--H. II. r.
rho ,o,,o,,,,u. ., .,-..,...
CA, Inc, II" uep St t''enI OF agflcuturS
10y iiat CO.. ter EiounuS uaNS SONS
i'i''''eu value DIS ''''''"er D" s"rue" soh