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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-07-23
News of Memphis
rs Years Ago.
JULY 20, 1895.

SSF 'SSS'
A committee of members of the coun-
~ court composed of j. NJ. Coleman,
George b. Fleece, n. c. Perkins, Jr., and
J. p. Young, reported to the court that
there was no legal way in which an ap-
preparation of $500 could be given to
the women Of Shelby county for use in
establishing an exhibit at the Atlanta
exposition This amount had been pre-
vtously voted at the request of Mrs. ].
Harvey Mathes, The county attorney
agreed with the committee that the
, county could not legally give the money
for this purpose.
The Memphis Wholesale Grocers as
sociation, acting on orders from the
Southern Wholesale GrOCerS association,
has issued a boycott against the Louis
Vile q Nashville railroad because of
that road refusal to grant differ
entails in freight tariffs The order was
issued by President Charles n.
Churchill,
Miss Eugenia Norfleet has gone to
Nebo, Ark, for a short visit and will
later 60 to Lookout Mountain for the
remainder of the summer.
Miss Lucille Langstaff is attending
the Mississippi State enCampment at
Columbus, as the guest of the ladies'
Of Clarksdale and the military company
of that city,
Misses Jennie and Tinie McDonough
iett on the steamer Belle Of Memphis
for st. Louis where they will spend the
summer.
Misses Ida Thompson Ada Ellis and
Matte Cole have gone TO Denver to-
visit friends and relatives.
Miss Katherine Canty and Miss Ada
Waller have gone to Lookout Mountain
for the summer.
Capt. James Lee, Jr., has returned
from Louisville, Ky, where he pur-
chased the steamer City of greensboro
to replace the Lady Lee, which was
sunk near Memphis some time ago The
new steamer is one of the fastest boats
below the fails. is 1873 feet long and has
3S-foot wheel The vessel will ply
between Memphis and Ashport.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-07-23
The Mills Shut Down.

No sooner does the price OF clothing
begin to make downward motions than
the American WOODEN company shuts
down its plants. Many thousands Of
workmen are thrown out Of Job, and
the supply OF articles OF clothing is
incidentally insured against catching
up with the demand
The American Wooden company is
one whose officials narrowly escaped
a severe federal sentence as proftcers
OF the most aggravated character. 1t
was clearly established that they made
a profit OF 100 TO lj0 per cent on their
products. They got Off on the techni-
cal consideration that the Lever act,
under which they were being PROSE
cuted, applied specifically only to fin
ished clothing whereas they mauutaC-
tured the whole cloth
The psychology Of the shutdown is
hard 10 understand. There was big
business waiting for the mill owners
Experts have declared there is no truth
in their claim that they closed down
because so many contracts had been
Cancelled owing to the falling of in the
demand for clothing
The biggest sort of trade is waiting
for articles OF clothing that can be- sold
for reasonable prices. Such prices were
expected to arrive soon, now that the
price Of raw wool has hit the bottom.
The company officials may have quit
in III Of temper. Textbooks on polit-
ical economy make too little Of this pos
slbility in giving the factors that deter
mine economic conditions. II Is well
known that trades unions have acted on
this motive sometimes Some think
that the American Wooden company ts
undertaking to pay labor back in its
own coin for the hardshtps It has caused
in the strikes in the past
Others, like the New York World.
think the company is waiting TIL high
prices return, az they certainly must II
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-07-23
Average Americans.

a good picture OF the way the most
Of US live is that in the department of
labor's report on the minimum standard
of living. as detailed in the Monthly
Labor Review.
II the average laborer gets all that
is recommended for him in this report,
he ought TO congratulate himself; he is
as well off as most OF us at least.
The workingman's family for whose
benefit the report Is written consists
OF one father one mother, one boy Of
twelve, one girl of six, and one boy Of
two That ought to be a happy family
with half chance.
They must have lis pounds OF food a
week TO live on. These pounds repre-
| sent n lot OF Galleries OF proteins, fats,
carbohydrates. and such things whose
bearing is not altogether clear to us.
What is clear is that 100 pounds are
to consist in all-the-year staples, while
Is pounds are eatabies OF the particu-
lar season, like fresh vegetables.
The enumeration OF the good things
that this model family must have to
Wv NpNNAH NNNA ANtfN Nah w
thought OF by a housskeeper setting
forth to market. Naturally, they are
not to be bought all at once. Ard at
the top OF this household there must
be a good cook. or all this marketing
goes for naught.
The house has five rooms. and each
room has two windows.
ThaTp ha
unnecessary apparel The man Is al
lowed In this budget two new suits
every three years. He Ia assumed to
tie one Of those lucky men who do their
| work In overalls and don't wear cut
| hundred dollar suits In the course OF
their business. The mother must not
wear silk. and now and then she must
make over things for the children to
save the cost Of buying new ones.
The labor expert has not forgotten
that man shah not live by bread alone
He figures in small sum for the lux
uries OF life. There must be tobacco
for the father. and he must have the
habit OF taking his family out to see
the movies. And there must be on file
one daily newspaper In order to keep
the two voters OF the family posted
On the virtues of the Democratic plat
form.
There Is a small reserve fund for the
doctor and the dentist in case their
services are called for. This happy
couple take no chances on the health
OF their young hopefuls.
Finally the man must carry a lie
insurance policy for as much as $4,000
Carrying less than that, he might feel
uncomfortable.
What more could anybody ask than
all that' Ths cost Of living comes high
but 1t is worth IT,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-07-23
Toga Clubs.

In Italy. too, they have their wooden
trust and their profiteers. wholesale and
retail in ready to wears. Indeed there
is no place where they don't except the
South Sea islands and regions where n
tropical climate and sophisticated
population make clothing unnecessary.
AS In this country there were overall
clubs last spring. so now in Rome there
are toga clubs to offset the high cost
Of living II is doubtful II toga is a
handsomer envelope for the human
form than pair of blue overalls, but
II has superior traditions back OF IT,
The scions of wealth and aristocraCy
presumably will not hesitate so long to
wrap their spindling shanks In the toga
vrills as they would be loath TO Invoke
the caressng folds OF the poor mans
friend
Others in Rome do as the Romans
do, but the Romans themselves must do
as Romans used to do
toga is somewhat Anticipated in this
day OF street cars and motor cars II
must seem about as incongruous as II
some gallery OF ancient statuary had
come 10 life and gone to walk among
the moderns. 1t Is not possible to
strut like an ancient Roman senator
and dodge excited taxicabs at the same
time II toga clubs are going to be
successful. the -oga will have to be
adapted til 1t stays on one better than
II looks as II II might do from the
pictures; 1t will have to be shaped and
fastened for the benefit OF the people
who want to go somewhere fast. and
when the toga is thus made safe for
democracy It may be found TO be
pair OF oVeralls after all
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-07-23
kEA'lE!VNCLE WIGGTY1Ey2 s
aBEDTlYE STOR(YllS
UNCLE WIGGILY'S SPOOL GUN.

plant, and with a needle and thread
he began 10 sew it on Baby Bunty's
hat so it wouldn't blow off when she
ran, or played tag.
There, l have just thread enough"
said Uncle Wiggily, as he took the
last piece off the spool. Your hat
The little rabbit girl was quite glad,
for she wanted to go out and play
around, when. all of sudden, there
came knock on the door and voice
cried:
Let me in! Let me in"
Who are you and what do you
want?I asked Uncle Wiggly, while
Baby Bunty crep close to him.
Il am the Pipsisewah and l want
souse," was the answer. open the
door and let me int"
"Oh, no!' answered the bunny.
Then I'll stay here until you come
out howled the bad chap.
"Oh, s'pose he does?" whispered
Baby Bunty. Isn't there any way of
driving him off, Uncle Wiggily? If
y You had at bio, IPJ'opgun you could shoot a
''Ha! have something better than
that" said the bunny gentleman.
"What?" asked Baby .Bunty.
IN make spool gun" answered
the rabbit uncle. Then I'll shoot the
Pr, with match" Uncle Wiggily
tOoh tIlC empty SpOOl, anu ONtI TIE
hole in one end he put piece of the
elastic he had cut from the rubber
plant
Let me in! Give me some souse!'
howled the Pip.
= wait a mnuten' said Uncle Wig
gily. He went on making the spool
gun.
The bunny tied the ends of the
elastic around one end of the spool
with some bits of thread. Then he
got a long hatpin of Nurse James with
a knob on one end and he put this
knob and pin down through the hole
in the spool gun. Taking hold Of the
glass knob on the hatpin, Uncle Wig
giy pulled it back with the elastic.
Then he aimed the spool gun through
an upstairs window at the Pip on the
steps below.
Look out" cried the bunny. He
let go of the elastic which snapped
back and shot the hatpin, sharp end
first, right at the Pip. The pin
stuck him on the nose!
"Oh, VOW howled the Pip. do
you call this souse? l don't! Wow!
Wouch!" and away he ran, driven off
by the bunny's hatpin spool gun. Then
Mr.. Longears finished sewing the rub
Der on Baby Bunty's hat, and he let
her shoot small, blunt sticks from the
spool gun, and she didn't chase him
any more that day. And If the tin
the house to see the door mat tickle the
front porch, I'll tell you next about
Uncle Wiggily and the soup
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-07-23
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
HONOR WHERE HONOR IS DUE
BY DOROTHY DIX.
The Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
Copyright 1920, by The Wheeler Syndicate Inc0

, them, they cast about her a halo that
can only be compared to the transform
ing effect of pink mosquito netting over
basket of green peaches. There is
no other such allurlng background for
a woman as her own home. The dull
est woman is interesting at the head
OF Widespread dinner table The
homeliest woman becomes a Madonna
when surrounded by her children. In
significant women become personages
when they are at the head of house
hold.
To the married woman, her tools are
Ter salvation, for with them she keeps
her husband and her home safe. Age
comes to her. Her beauty fades Her
figure loses its lightness and grace
Perhaps her mind does not keep step
with her husbands for walking the
collie and rearing babies is no developer
Of wit and persiflage. 1t does not mat
ter, If she is past mistress in running
house and good free hand cook
After man is middleaged he is
shy on romance, but ''"png on COM
fort. He is fussy about his eating.
He wants his familiar chair, and the
light just so on his paper and a home
that runs on ball bearings without fric-
ton, or blow-outs or skidding, and II
woman will provide him with that
he will never find out that she has
gotten fat or has false teeth, or that
she misses all the points in his best
stories.
It's the women who live in hotels,
and boarding houses, or who feed their
husbands out of paper bags who lose
out and ge. divorced. You never hear
of a man getting up and leaving we'll
kept home, and a wife who is good
cook and manager going to Reno.
No A gas range in woman's hands
Is thing to Coniure with, and the
spell it lays upon a man Is one he rare,
~ attempts to break. A broom is. a
fairy wand that she has only to Use
properly to turn the most wandering
old bachelor into a John sit by the fire
who can not be tolled away from his
own clean hearthstone. Comfort and
order, these be white magic by which
a wife holds the heart of her husband
secure against the arts and wiles of
vamps and sirens.
Well may women worship their cook
ing stoves, and mops, and pals, and
brooms on the festiVal of the household
gods, for there is power in them.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-07-23
HOROSCOPE
SATURDAY, JULY "a, 1920.

| Copyright, 1920. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate
Jupiter is in evil place today, accord
ing TO astroloEy. Neptune is threaten
| ing
Il is read that unscttlnE rumors
about certain phases Of business Will
| cause financial troubles.
The West comes under a rule Of the
stars that is held to he depressing
TO business hut the shrukaEe in vol
umo VIII be followed by quick revivals
| Astrulokcrs declare.
THIS planetary government appears to
| indicate loss OF confidence among
workers who viii find a class OF hig
| plans
Intrigue is SO strongly indicated by
| Neptune that the sccrs declare COnSpir-
aCtCS affecting the welfare Of great
| numbers of persons appear TO be fore
| Swallowed
while occutists lay stress on the
| fact that in making prophecies they
necessarily must draw conclusions from
| certain planetary governments. Ecner-
| al,Zlug on what may come to pass they
| now declare that surprising and sensa-
| uonal events are at hand
Observation-Disclosures and even grave
| complications with foreign power are
| forecast
During this direction OF the stars
| men and women are Inclined to be sus-
| plCious Of one anothcrs motives. qutS-
| tioniRG acts and challenging statements
piscredt for a public man who has
been much In the public eve is iud-
Gated He will be the victim Of envy
and jealousy
Women may be exceedingly suscepu-
BILE to this days influences Of the stars
which are supposed to be depressing
and to encourage rash acts
on again is to I've much in the public
mind. and Neptune bodies I'M for per
| sons who are inclined to speculate IN
stocks
Revelations concerning resources that
assure large supplies are indicated The
seers declare that the raw product viii
come from strange places
Persons whose hirthdate IL is may
he highly sensitive at this time and they
may quarrel easily, owing to the dircc-
ton OF the stars The year should be
pleasant one. II self-control is main
tanned
Children born on this day may be
exceedingly keen witted and active but
these subjects of Leo may he liable to
accidents, especially TO scalds or burns.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-07-23
Twice Told ales
News Of Memphis
10 Years Ago.

JULY Is, 1871. =.
DaVie kaplan, Swear old son OF A. II.
Kaplan 1876 Exchange avenue, almost
startled his grief-stricken parents out
Of their wits this morning, when he
suddenly came to life after being pro
nounced dead for several hours. me
Kaplan boy was struck in the stomach
yesterday by a playmate and knocked
unconscious. He was later taken to ms
home, and all efforts to revive him were
futile. Early this morning all hope that
he might recover was discarded and he
was given up for dead, but shortly after
daylight today he opened his eyes, and
when he saw his parents weeping
seemed greatly surprised.
Mayor Crump today declared war on
the "shacks' Of Memphis and ordered
Building Inspector Newton to make an
inspection of all old and dipidated build
ings and condemn them.
Five hundred poor children Of Mem
phis were given free ride on the river
today aboard the steamer r Nj. owens;
The body Of Howard Wyckoff, %
years old. a carpenter, who drowned IN
the Mississippi river yesterday, was
found beneath the hun of the United
states dredgeboat Henry Flad, this
morning by workmen.
Mrs, Josephine Hazelhurst and son,
Alex. left today for Mississippi, where
they viii attend house party at the
home Of Miss Mary Ware.
Miss Minnie Anderson, ot Madison.
Ala, returned hon" Today, after visit
with Miss Marie SC'ith on Carr avenue,
The highest tpTNpera tire reached here
today was SIS, with the low mark being
"A degrees The river stage today was
234, indicating a rise Of one foot dur
ing the last "a hours.
Market quotations on the Memphis
market today were: Peaches 20 and 65
cents per crate Of four baskets chick
ems IL and II cents per Pound. Toma-
matoes sold for - cons per huShel
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Copyright, 1920. by Mcclure Newspape
Syndicate.)

NSOPg lbll, lJsU, ny Mcclure Ne" Spdp6I
Syndicate.)
BY HOWARD r. GARls.
One day when Uncle Wiggly was
hopping through the woods looking to
see If any adventures were growing
on lollypop bushes, he happened to hear
some one call:
Wait a minute, Uncle wiggily! Wait
for me-"
The bunny rabbit twinkled his pink
ears and was looking for place to hide
his long nose, when he happened to
think like this
Now that cant be the Pipsisewah or
the Skeezicks, or they would have said
right off, that they were coming for
souse. This must be a friend Of mine. y
So Uncle Wiggily looked through the
trees and there he saw Baby Bunty,
the little rabbit girl, who had once
wait for me, Uncle Wiggily!
want you to chase me and tag me!
You haven't been very lively of late,
and I'm afraid your rheumatism is
worse again. said Baby Bunty, skip
pin" "gWe H.. my rheumatism isn't very
we'll" the bunny said. But as for
being lively, you should have seen me
yesterday climb tree to cut branch
off for Nurse Jane.
Il heard about that. and also how
the Skee cut the branch off the wrong
way and fell down ker- bunko!" laughed
Baby Bunty. But now, come on chase
me, Uncle Wiggily! Tag! You're it,
and she tapped the bunny, and then
ran away, and she was so lively that
Uncle Wiggiy hoped after her, fear
ing she might stub her paw.
But Baby Bunty didn't fall, only her
hat kept coming off more than once
as Uncle Wiggily chased her; and, as
he had to stop to pick it up, he couldn't
take the little bunny sister.
What makes your hat come off SO
much, Baby Bunty?" asked the rabbit
gentleman, when, all tired out, he had
to stop for rest.
"Oh, there isn't any rubber elastic
to hold it on my head" she answered.
Il wish l had a rubber sewed on my
hat"
Come right along to my bungalow, -
invited Uncle Wiggily. Nurse Jane
will sew an elastic rubber on your hat
in no time. Then it won't blow off 50
easily and make me chase it,"
"All rghtie" laughed the little rab-
bit girl. so she Topped along with
Uncle Wiggiy. But when they reached
the hollow stump bungalow Nurse Jane
had gone out to the moving pictures,
and the bunny gentleman said:
"Tll sew that elastic on for you my
self, Baby Bunty."
But where will you get piece of
elastic?" inquired the little rabbit girl.
"Off the rubber plant" was the quick
answer OF Mr.. Longears.
Soon Uncle Wiggily had cut nice
strip of hat elastic off the rubber
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-07-23

At the time of the new moon in Sep
TENDER the Hindus hold a solemn feast
at which they pay honor to the tools
with which they have supported them
selves during the past year.
The farmer gathers together all of
his plows, and spades, and scythes,
and after having placed them upon a
spot that has been previously purified,
he prostrates himself before them, and
offers them sacrifice, The mason pays
the same homage TO his trowel and
square; the carpenter to his hammer
and ak; the butcher to his cleayer;
the fisherman to his nets; the writer
to his pen,
The women, likewise, assemble their
domestic utensils. their jugs, and pots.
and brooms, and embroidery frames.
and rice mills and worship them in a
similar fashion, for during this period
the instruments with which one has
earned ones livelihood are considered
to be household gods, worthy of the
deepest reverence.
| think that there is something very
beautiful and touching in this custom,
for surely there is some virtue in the
tool that shapes itself to our hand so
that with it we can create beauty and
work, that we can cause to bring forth
fruits from the earth, rear habitations
for man, and add to the JOY and COM
fort Of life. Surely we owe some graft
tude to the instrument, unconscious
though it be, that stands between US,
and our loved ones, and want and pow
erty.
Personally, ! know that never pass
a certain battered old typewriter with
out giving its dingy cover a loving little
pat. For my particular household god
has showered untold blessings upon me,
and deserves at least a ton of incense
burnt hefort it as a slight token of my
gratitude.
And | often wonder that a man can
sell the store or office in which he has
made a fortune ! should think that to
him it would be a holy spot, the place
where dreams come true, and that he
would fall down and kiss its very TIRES
hold Perhaps the reason that so many
men who have made money in a bust
ness, lose II as soon as they leave 1t.
is because the household gods are jeal-
Gus gods and punish those who are
faithless to them.
Certainly the household gods reward
true worshippers. Every time 1t is the
man who loves the tools with which he
works who makes the big success 1t is
the man who lays all that he has of
mind and heart and Dody upon the altar
Of his profession who is given the great
reward He who sacrifices most to his
calling, roaps most
This idea Of worshipping the tools
with which YOU work win not appeal to
many women. They can see how a
,rcat artist might worship her brushes,
n n great actress her grease paints, or
I great writer her pen, but when II
ONES to rowtOwtnG to a cooking stove,
0r a sewing machine, or a perambua-
'or-why that's another story,
They can not see themselves knock
~ their foreheads in the dust before
he gas range or the light-running do
nestle.
WI ~ oil ,,.or,or IN tbo ,,,orl1 ,,o
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-07-23
QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS

q What relation is Franklin Roose
Iii the Democratic nominee for vice
president. to Teddy Roosevelt -. n. N
A.-Frankiin Roosevelt, assistant sec
rotary of the navy, Is MIN cous' NJ %
former President Roosevelt, MI
Eranlltr Roosevelt was Miss Anna
eleanor Roosevelt, niece of Theodore
Roosevelt.
o--Is Egyptian cotton raised in the
United States?-J. Y. .,.. x,,ort,
A-Department of agriculture experts
| developed from Egyptian seeds a va,
riety Of cotton known as fima; W.,
| Is now grown extensively in Arizona
which is long staple cotton selIhs
for ton prices and extensively used III
tho manufacture Of cord tires
o.--Is the density and specific gray
ity of metals the same?-H. L. w.
A.--The specific gravity and density
OF metals are identical.
O. why do men in the navy have to
buy their uniforms while enlisted men
in the army do not?-l. M. C.,
A. The army and the navy are sepa
rate and distinct departments. The
war department does furnish all enlist :
ed men with uniforms, equipment, 1000,
and quarters during their term OF en-
listmert. Commissioned officers have TO
buy their own uniforms In the navy
a man is given only $50 for his unit
qulred to purchase what else he may
need during his enlistment. This does
not mean, however, that he receives
less from the government, because he
is paid more than n man Of the same
comparative rank in the army and,
really is the gamer rather than the
loser In the end.
@ What is the nationality Of Victor
Herbert the music composer IS, V. b.
A. Victor Herbert Ia an Irish Amer
lean, having been born in Dublin, Ire
land
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