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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-02
Twice Told Tales
News of Memphis
IS Wars Ago.
DECEMBER 2, 1895.

DECEMBER z, 1885,
The board of control of the United
Charities met this afternoon at 3
O'Clock at Floyd's parlors to elect a
superintendent to succeed Mr.. Cald-
well, who recently resigned.
NJ. j. Fenton, of the Western Union,
has been seriously i'll for the past sew
eral days.
J. c. Barnycastla. manager OF the
Louisville branch of the Standard Oil
company, is in the city looking after
the Company's interests.
The boys branch of the Young Mems
meeting at the Y. NJ. C. A. pariors to-
day and hear the various speakers and
leaders in the work.
The Rev, Father Horrigan. who
comes from Denver. Col, here, arrived
yesterday to take charge of the parish
of st. Peters church.
Miss Mary A. Mccarthy ana J. -,
Sehaffner, popular young couple OF
the city, were quietly married yester-
day at st. Patrick's church, the Rev,
Father Veale officiating.
Miss Lucille Langstaff entertained at
dinner Monday in honor of Mrs. David
Poston
The Higbee Alumnae association win
meet tomorrow afternoon at the Higbee
school.
Mr.. and Mrs A. w. Newsum will
open their house tomorrow in an I'M
usual manner to the ladies of Central
Methodist church. who will transfer the
elegant home into a series of booths
representing the different nations. The
affair is social one, and no admission
will be charged.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-02

to take whatever ADVICE you give me.
II you say beat her, III beat her. II
you say leave her, III leave her. "
you say live with her, III do that. let
sUNcoEp.
Your wife is decidedly in the wrong.
She had nolrght to marry if she did not
expect to play her game on the $3.50
basis. I do not advise YOU to beat her
tbut you might let her believe you
would do it If she did not get up and
fix the breakfast and the dinner pail.
l do not advise you to leave her. But
do advise you to live with her and to
take things in your hands until she
shows willingness to, do her part,
Yes, 7 think she is flirting, but don't
get excited and do something rash. Do
not accuse her-yet. Tell her that the
wrinkles will come like an express
train was bringing them if she stays up
late at night and then sleeps in the
morning: The time to get wrinkles out
of the face and heart is early in the
morning while cooking breakfast and
singing while the biscuit are rising in
the stove and the coffee pot is hum
ming There's no place like home"
Give your wife only part OF your
ford for her to spend. Try making love
to your wife, but do not let her feel
that you are soft and do not expect her
not to do her part in the home. You
and your wife should try and attend to-
gether the lectures by Harriet Luella
McColum on applied psychology for
health, happiness and success. These
lectures will be given in the auditorium
of the Goodwin institute at Madison
and Third beginning Dec. 2 and con-
tinuing through Dec. u, and are free
to the public.
Worried Brunette-You and the girl
are much too young to be contemplat-
ing marriage at an early date. Ii she
is corresponding with another boy you
should write to her and remind her that
she is engaged to you. If she persists
in writing to others beside you, it is
time for you to realize that her affec-
tions have undergone a change which
is natural in a girl just Is Years old.
] can not advise you further than this;
and that is to write her as suggested,
and tell her that you love her. I would
not be surprised to know that your
feelings for her have also undergone
an eclipse, and you will have solved
your own problem If so, you will find
another girl just as cute and sweet as
inconstant. but know boys and girls
your age seldom stay in love with the
same person very long at time.
Insane-The boy has grown tired and
is trying to quit. His starting an ar
gument over nothing and his subse-
quent conduct indicate that he is
through loving you. By all means let
you other boy friends come to see
you and do not talk about this boy to
anyone Try and not grieve over losing
this boy. If you do grieve try and not
let anyone see it, He has proven him
self unworthy and my advice is that
YOU forget him as soon as possible and
! am sure you will be able to do this.
You are now free to find someone who
is more worthy.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-02

100000 or any considerable part of
it is necessary for the conduct Of
the schools. Is the money the board
receives being spent wisely and well?
We do not know, 1t is a big sum.
1t is enough to make five persons of
the finest financial ability realize
that they have a tremendous respon-
sibility in handling so great an
amount.
We are told that there are cities
Of the size of Memphis that have
good schools, better equipped and
perhaps giving better results, and
they spend nothing like $500, 900 a
year
The first thing to be considered in
connection with the proposal to in
crease the tax rate is to ascertain
how wisely and how well the present
appropriation is expended. We are
confident the board is doing the best
it can. Is the best the board can
do the best thing for the schools?
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-02
CAN YOU MAKE
CRACKING BREAD?

Do YOU know the secrets of
corn pone, corn dodger, hoecake,
ash cake, spoon bread?
The wisdom of the old darby
nanny in making such cornmeal
dishes has been put into a free
booklet by the department OF ag-
riculture.
To what she has contributed to
corn meal lore has been added
recipes for corn meal fish balls,
corn meal scrapple, apple corn
bread, Boston browne bread, the
Italian dish polenta, Mexican ia
males, savory sauce, batter pud-
ding, dumplings, and many
others.
Besides this, the government
shows how corn meal scratches
the intestines and invigorates
them; it points the way to econ
omy through use of this, the ma
TONS biggest crop.
1t is household help booklet.
1t is free, and our Washington in
formation bureau will secure a
copy for anyone who sends in
his name, and two cents in
stamps for return postage,
Frederic J. Haskin director The
Memphis News Scimitar Infor-
nation Bureau, Washington,
d. G.:
| inclose herewith two cents in
stamps for return postage on a
free copy of the Corn Meal Bull
letin.
Name ...........''.''..
Street '.....'..''''.'''..''.''''''
City ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
state Observation-Disclosures.
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HOROSCOPE
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8. 1920.
Copyright, 1920, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate

Copyright, 1920. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate,)
Venus and Mercury rule strongly for
good this day according to astrology.
Mars and Saturn are adverse
1t is a sway most fortunate to wom-
en-, especially to those who earn their
living by writing or in clerical work.
Theaters should benefit from this
rule. which makes for appreciation and
enthusiasm.
Merchants should profit from the
sway of stars that inClines women to
buy generously and even extravagantIy.
jewelers. come under direction OF
the stars making for great profits,
All the arts should benefit from this
planetary government, which is believed
to increase the interest in music and
painting.
Entertainments that appeal to the
young should be most happily carried
out under this rule, for the stars en-
courage the lighter side of human ma
ture to assert itself.
Again the seers declare that women
have the forecast Of achievements
through organization They Will gain
great power In city and state.
There Is for actresses who have at
tanned high place the prophesy that
at least two great plays will be pro-
duced.
Needlework is to be popular among
women again, and 1t will engage the
attention of all classes.
The opposition of Uranus will cause
stirring scenes in congress, it is prophe-
sled, and there will be bitter partisan
attacks on public policies.
The death OF member of the senate
whose place Is very prominent is prog
EostCated.
Cleanliness is urged for cities, for
there seems to be a foreshadowing
OF illness.
Persons whose birthdate it is may
have a year of ups and downs that
will lead to good results. Speculation
should be avoided. The young VIII
IN love.
Children born on this day will be
generally successful in whatever they
undertake. Those born in the morning
will be luckier than those born later.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-02
4 UNCLE WIGGICYtE& 81
ElBEDIuYE STORY


! the next best thing-apple pie" said
the bunny. IN give you this apple
pie, and I'll hop back and get another
from Nurse Jane to give Grandpa
Goosey. | want to sing her that
wood chucking song before | forget
it,"
So Uncle Wiggily gave Glitter
Chatter the pie, and the bunny was
about to hop away when. all of a
sudden, a paw, with sharp claws on
it, reached around the corner of the
stone and grabbed the rabbit gen
tleman.
'Ah, ha. Now have YOU" growled
the Black Bushy Bear. And he was
going to nibble Uncle Wiggily when,
all of sudden, from the other side
of the stone came a sound like the
beak of big owl clashing.
What's that?" whispered the
Bear, and he loosened his hold of
Uncle Wiggily IF that's an owl it
will pick at my eyes!" said the Bear,
scared like.
Then came a shrill whistle.
"Oh that's hunter man and his
dog" howled the bear. I'D better run
before he gets me. I'll see you again,
Uncle Wiggily!"
Glitter Chatter the woodchuck.
came out from behind the stone,
laughing so hard he had to hold his
sides
"Oh, no! I fooled the bear, just as
l fooled you, Uncle Wiggily!" laughed
the woodChurck, as he nibbled an
other bite of pie, before taking his
long, winter sleep.
I'm glad you did" said the bunny.
you saved me from the Bushy
Bear" Then Mr.. Longears, after
thanking Glitter Chatter hoped
bac4. to get more pie for Grandpa
Goosey. who like it very much.
And if the fire doesn't go out and
play in the snow so long that the
legs of the stove get cold, I'll tell
you next about Uncle Wiggily and
the wood rat
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-02
Copyright, 1920, by Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
By HOWARD r. GARIs.

,,.-, "
There exclaimed Nurse Jane
fuZzy Wuzzy one morning as sne
set something down on a taple IN
me holioW stump bungalow l nope
lie VIII IKE IL!
Who, asked Uncle WigglIy; sud
denly looking up from the Cappage
Leaf Gazette newspaper ne VS. read
ing 10 you mean am"to IKE
something? AND what Is II Smells
mighty nice anyhow and the bunny
shlifea the ar uhtll ms PINK nose
I"lnkled IKE suhlio"er swinging
on the grapevine
ms IS an apple PIE spoke inc
,huskrat lauy nousekeeper ana :,
nope Grandpa Loosely Nahuer WIN
IKE II, because want you 10 take
II 70 MN"
WI nat ABOUT me asked Uncle
Wlgglly, trying TO look SAD ana I'M
happy, Don't | get any PIE
"Oh, OF course laughed Nurse
Jane; ! pakea two' one LOT you dLo
one LOT Grandpa C'oosey' thousht'
II you went TO look Tor an adVen-
tufe, you could take TINS PIE with
you.
DO you thlnk the PIE wants an al
venture also asked the bunny gen.
tleman'
Now you're teasing me! SAD
Nurse Jane, looking at the end OF
her tai to see II any halrplns were
railing out, and none were, I'm glad
to say.
All right SAID Cncle Wlggily
with a Jolly laugh. I'm going Tor a
walk and III take the pie to Grand
pa Goosey
woods hoped the bunny RABBIT gen..
tleman, with the pie under ms paw.
His red, white and blue-strlped
rheumatism crutch made little holes
in the snow on the ground. And II
there had been any teasing little
boys in woodland, near the Orange
Ice Mountains, where Uncle Wlgglly
lived, some of them might have
thrown snowballs at the bunny gen
tlemans tall SILK nat. Mind you, I'm
not saying for sure. but maybe,
Anyhow, Uncle Wiggily hoped on
with the apple pie, and pretty soon
all of sudden, as he was passing a
big stone near a hole in the ground,
the bunny heard Clitterlng CHATTER
ing noise, such as the tailor makes
when he slashes his shears through
piece of cloth.
"Oh, my goodness! thought Uncle
Wiggily, sort of trying to hide behind
his own shadow, That sounds like
big owl, clashing his beak, hungry
like"
Uncle WlggilN crouched down and
tried to hide, for well he knew that
big owls, with their round, staring
eyes, could soon nibble up even a
large rabbit gentleman. But as he
looked around he saw no owl.
Then, as Mr.. Longears, holding the
apple pie in his paws, was about to
hop along to Grandpa Goosey's house,
he heard shril whistle.
Dear me! worse ana worse
thought the bunny gentleman, and
once more he sCrouChed down. This
must be a hunter man. whisting to
his dog. He's after me-"
But as no dog barked, even though
the whistlinE kept up, Uncle Wiggily
peered around the corner Of the big
stone. Then he saw, sitting on the
edge of the hole, a large brown ami
NAL. covered with thick fur, At first
Uncle Wiggiiy thought it might be
Grandpa Whackum, the old gentle
man beaver But look at this ami
mails tail showed that he was not
beaver.
Was that you differing and Clat-
tering and whistling ?" asked Uncle
Wiggily, for he did not feel afraid
of this kind looking creature.
1T was" came the answer. Il clat-
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-02

Box plaits that extend from neck
to hem carry out the one piece effect
of this appropriate school frock. No.
943l A scalloped edge finishes the
neck, cuffs. pockets and collar. A
wide leather belt is worn
The girls one-peCe dress, No
9431, is cut in sizes 6 to IA years,
Size requires 21-4 yards 36-inch
material with yard S6-inch con-
trasting. Price, 10 cents.
Limited space prevents showing all
the styles. We will send our 81
page fashion magazine containing
all the good. new styles, dressmak-
ing helps, serial story, etc, for &C.
postage prepaid. or Sc il ordered
with a pattern. Send 15c for maya
zine and pattern to Fashion Depart
ment, The News Scimitar % East
Eighteenth street. New York city.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-02

The man who wants to throw him
self into his first wife's grave is the
soonest ready to throw himself at
another woman's feet. Oh, well, of
course A born husband is born
husband; and the more completely he
has loved his first wife the more
perfectly will he love the second.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-02

A wall covered with pictures, a wo-
man covered with jewels, love-af-
fair crowded with kisses, life filled
with flirtations-all are equally tir-
ing. 1t takes little space between
such things. n little perspective, to
give them their proper value
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-02

The thing that first shocks and
then wearies "a man about marriage
is the discovery that a woman eX.
poets him to win" her all oyer again
nNnrN daN ~
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-02

more corn. He chuckled to himself
when he heard some men planning to
follow hib advice. He would plant
all cotton and get a better price when
the others planted corn.
The South will be richer in every
respect if there is crop diversified
ton. Already steps are being taken
for a larger acreage of corn and
other products. Should this become
general all over our section the pres
ent low price will not he an unmixed
blessing. However, all we can do for
the present is 70 emulate the faith Of
Tilden Hodges and wait,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-02
Mother of Too Has
Perbleximg Problem,
BY MRS ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson young woman and have
been married wealthy Kentucky miner who has his
home automobile and everything wife could want need
We have lived together for long time He has little
boy and girl and refuses give them up Now he wants me
to come back and marry him again. s1& ~
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-02

The final report of campaign eX-
pendtures shows that the Democrats
in the national campaign had a
deficit of s241, 900 and 100000 votes.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-02

Some men are born for marriage,
some achieve marriage; but all of
them live in the deadly. fear that
marriage is going to be thrust upon
them.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-02

The god of the savage is his idol;
the god of the civilized man is fast
becoming his idleness.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-02


TIME W 40
JUST A little while ago.
WHEN AN auto.
co,1n START ont.
',,' -
Wv
N'>
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-02

AS an evidence of what a farmer
can do, one went broke in Mississippi
this week owing 100000
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-02

A local manufacturer says there is
no need to reduce the price of bread
in Memphis. Due notice will be
given the public when the manufac-
turer deems it necessary for the pub
lie welfare.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-02

do not want to have trouble over
getting through the courts, and do
not want to remarry him as | once
married him for his money and Just
had to leave him. | do love my chill.
dren, who are small, and want to be
young man who wishes to marry me,
and It seems impossible to 90 back with
this other man as ! am divorced from
him. And then again mothers love
Is needed for her children the most OF
all. Should remarry him and be with
and probably never see the children
again? | Just don't know what to do.
q. E. D.
am wondering why il was not ar
ranged in court that you could have
your children part of the time. If
you could so arrange this you would
be happier I am sure. Have you dis
cussed the matter with the man to
whom you are now engaged to marry,
and does he seem to want to have your
children? II he is willing for you to
have the children, then he will try to
make you happy by helping you to get
them. But on the other hand, Is not
your former husband better able finan
cially to educate and care for the chill
dren? He should realize, however that
you have a right to them and is not
treating them fairly when he does not
allow you to see them. can not ad-
wise you to give up your children even
though you are in love and probably
deserve to be happy Unless you can
have the children with you at least a
part of the time during the year, my
advice is to write to your former nus
band and ask for an interview. Dis
cuss with him the whole plan OF the
children's lives; their environment,
their education and health. 1t might
be that he has changed and that you
will find you can care enough for him
to live with him again and have your
children. They have a right to their
mother: / can see no plan for any
mother ideal without cher children,
Should you go and leave them, there
will ever hang upon your heart the
cutting thought that you failed in your
ifes work because you did not throw
your whole life into theirs. | can not
see happiness for you, even with the
children that God gave to you You
must let your heart guide you in this.
Dear Mrs. Thompson-I am a married
man and work as day laborer and
only make about 500 month. 1t Is
mighty hard to make ends meet. MY
wife wears fine clothes and takes all
the money that want TO lay up and
goes to town and buys silk dresses and
things. | have to 90 TO work very early
In the morning and she stays In bed
and will not get up and get my break
fast, or fix my dinner pail. She says 1t
viii hinder her good looks and brings
wrinkles In her face to Get up SO early.
Therefore am compelled to get my
own breakfast and fix my dinner, When
come home nv wife Is often gone to
show or something, and when we sit
TALKING she tells me what Mr., So and
So was TELLING her. Do you think she
Is flirting? Would you advise me TO
leave her, or to beat her, or to put up
with the way she Is doing? am going
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Trains. Union Sation. Alexandria. VA.
The following schedule figures pub
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Casters Standard Timcj
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Special Prices !

We are displaying beautiful silk
Poplin Dresses all shades. Sizes "a
to 46 at the low figure Of $3.50.
These are made up in splendid styles.
Our line is now complete in Laces
and Embroidery, 10 to Is cents and
higher prices, as to value. We desire
especially to call your attention to
what we are showing in plain figured
Georgetts, Silk dress goods, lovely
patterns $3.50 per yard, also Silk
Crepe at $500, Cotton Crepe Use.
Yard wide China Silk S1.25, yard
wide Susene Silk s1.00. Special atten-
ton to what We have in lovely pat
terms in woven figured flaXon, checks
and plaids.
We are also prepared to show our
splendid line of shoes, all styles IN
low cuts for Men, Women, Misses and
Children. We have styles and prices
that will suit and please our custom
ers.
Special mention yard wide Brown
Sea Island Homespun for limited
time at 25 cents.
w. E. JENKINSON.