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The courier-index., 1920-12-10
OLD cAMPAICN METHODS

Looking over it's files of 40 years ago the Kansas City Star discovers that political campaigns were de- cidedly more noticeable, especially as pertains to noise, than they are in the year 1920. There were, ot course, the usual torch-light pro sessions, but bands of music, the citizenry and often the infantry on foot, and some bizarre form ot campaign uniform, but what the Star particularly notes IS the 1act that a Democratic candidate was m the habit of firing off cannon at frequent intervals during his speech es to stimulate interest and keep ms audience awake and alert. The Star suggests that methods of campaign ing have greatly deteriorated as to noise since the old days, and It may yet be necessary for the Democrats to get back to the use of artillery to attract attention and interest Tn their present enterprise.
 Whatever phase political prog ress" may have taken in the last 40 years certainly the changes in cam paigning methods have been all to the good. The practice of ballot box stuffing, so common in the old days, is now made practically im- possible by the secret ballot and by voting machines. In the old days, too, political campaign was design ed for its stage effect rather than for it's intellectual appeal to think ing men and women, and the more noise and excitement it created the more effective it was thought to be- The party that had the largest torch light procession, the most bizarre features, the largest number of brass bands, and made the loudest noise, was supposed to appeal to the cleo torate as the party that should be supported.
 | Whatever changes may have come about in campaign methods, the l fact that noise is no longer prom inent feature is clear gain. Men
 no longer are inclined to cast theil
 votes under the influence of tenn porary enthusiasm or excitement
 They are inclined to look for gooe
 reasons when they cast their bal lots and to view the questions o1
 the day in the same light that { juryman should view the evidence
 that is laid before him. It is an en
 couraging feature of our nationa
 life that voters are studying th'
 platforms of political parties, seek ] ing to understand complicated is
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CARDUI HELPED
 REGAIN STRENGTH
Alabama Lady Was Sick For Three Years, Suffering Pain, Nervous and Depressed-Read Her
 Own Story of Recovery.

Paint Rock, Ala.-Mrs. c. M. Stegall, of near here, recently related the fol. lowing interesting account of her re covery: "I was in a weakened con. dition. I was sick three years in bed. suffering g great deal of pain, weak. nervous, depressed. was so weak, I couldn't walk across the floor; just had to lay and my little ones do the work. I was almost dead. I tried every thing heard of. and number of doctors. Still didn't get any relief l couldn't eat, and slept poorly. believe if I hadn't heard of and taken Cardui I would have died. I bought six bottles, after a neighbor told me what it did for her.
 "I began to eat and sleep, began tc gain my strength and am now well and strong. I haven't had any trou ble since sure can testify to the good that Cardui did me. l don't think there is a better tonic made and I believe it saved my life."
 For over 40 years, thousands of wo men have used Cardui successfully in the treatment of many womanly ailments.
 If you suffer as these women did take Cardui. It may help you. too.
 At all druggists. p S5
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NOMINATED POSTMASTER
H. C. Mckelar, Brother of United States Senator May Get
 Memphis Job.

Memphis, Dec. S.-Hugh Clint McKelar, brother of United States Senator w. D. McKelar of Mem phis, was nominated today by Presi- dent Wilson for postmaster at Mem phis, succeeding C. w. Wolfe, Jr., who rendered his resignation sev- eral months ago. Mir. McKelar has been assistant postmaster for more than four years. He is a native of Alabama but has lived her for 20 years. There were numerous other candidates, among them Col. w. J. Bacon, who was credited with SCOT ing only four points below Mir. Me Kelar in remarkably close service examination.
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MILE OF RAT TAILS, AIM
School Board of Phillips County Co-
 ing After Rodents.

Helena, Dec. 8.-As a feature of the health crusade work in Phillips county the children are busy de- stroying such pests and health de- stroying agents as rate, mice, fleas and mosquitoes. To this end the children of the county schools have set as their goal one mile of rat tails by the time the crusade is end ed. The rat tails so far secured have been measured and have been found to average four inches. This has been taken as a standard meas urement. There will be needed 15,- $40 rat tails and the school child ren have been asked to go and get tEem.
 One mile of rat tails may be a gruesome sight to see or even con template, but the damage these TO- dents are doing is even more appall- ing to consider. The children have been taught the danger to health and property which rats may bring about and are urged to bend every energy toward getting the desired mile of tails. The rules of the con- test are as follows:
 The rat tail must be severed from the rat and brought to the school to be counted. The rat may be killed by poison, trap, or cat or dog. The main thing in the contest being proof that the pests have been de- stroyed. The number of rats de- stroyed and the tails counted are reported by each school every week to the office of the Phillips County health crusade, from which office the health work in the county is be- ing directed Already one small rural school has reported 113 rat tails after two weeks work in the health crusade and in another school every boy and girl has bought rat traps to be used in homes and barns. In such ways Phillips coun- ty is striving to put forward the educational part of the antituber- culosis programme and the while is proving most enthusiastic.
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WARNING ORDER

Tn the Lee Chancery Court. Lyda May Williams, Plaintiff, vs. No. 3784. Johnnie Williams, Defendant. The defendant, Johnnie Williams, is warned to appear in this court within thirty days and answer the of the plaintiff filed herein.
 Marianna, Ark, Dec. 8, 1920.
 T. F. CLAYWELL,
 Clerk. BEN B. BONNER,
 Deputy Clerk. Atty, w. l.. Ward.
 (472)
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Every day is Fire-Prevention Day ,,;tb the fellows who are holding coa for higher prices.-Brooklyn Eagle.
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If the Shipping Board revelations are anywhere near true, some dol lar-a-year men didn't earn their pay. Cleveland Press.
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sues and vote intelligently upon them, rather than be stampeded by mere noise. = Seattle Post-lntelli- gencer.
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If France keeps on backing fail ures in Russia, the cost of collec' tion will exceed the amount of the bill.-Buffalo News.
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The yield of the plum-trees is ex- pected to be heavier in the northern latitude of this country the next season.-Savanah News.
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While there is some dispute as to when the first snow fell, it is gen orally agreed that the first frost was on November 2.-Baltimore American.
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Yeast is now recommended as a daily food Followed by chaser of grape juice there may be possibili- ties in it.-Columbia (S. O. Record.
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If Uncle Sam doesn't wish to play the game, perhaps he could en- ter the League as an umpire.-San Diego Union.
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Time was when a woman's face was her fortune-now it is the pain1 manufacturers fortune - Detroit Journal.
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It used to be the rule to 'cut down dresses for little sister," but that was long, long time ago. Marion Star. ..------..-
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Refrigerating plants for reindeer meat to be built in Alaska. Ice should be cheap there even if the meat is deer.-Boston Transcript.
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Brother Bryan was always cheerful loser, but this time he seems positively enthusiastic.-Tole- do News-Bee.
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In retreating from Russia Napo- leon seems to have set an irresistible example.-New York Evening Post.
The Washington times., 1920-04-05
The Vanilla Benn.
Held Up by Bandits

n ECENTLY as we were about to
X leave one of the great cities
L y for an overnight ride to
another, four young hold-ups en-
tered and occupied tho drawing
room near my berth. These hilari-
ous travellers had evidently been
drinking some kind of hair tonic,
for they, were very loud and bois-
ferrous. They persisted in their
noisy revelry until about a. M.
They cursed and swore and yelled
and smoked and kept the passen-
gers awake.
who were the four you ask?
They were highly financed. easy
spenders, who toiled not neither
did they spin, who made merry all
the night long and slept in their
commodi ious apartments during the
day. One of them boasted that he
smoked an average of eighteen 70
cent cigars per day tS4.50), another
that he was drinking more'straight
whiskey than ever
But the real holdup of which
wish to make mention, and the ono
of greatest disgrace to our boasted
civilization, was not merely that OF
robbing society of the time, service,
the honest endeavor and the good
will OF the four spoiled, young
spendthrifts. The actual knowl-
edge that others must struggle and
suffer in the production of the val
ues consumed by these young bloods
that Is what really hurts.
And Just here is where our mod
ern social order and our very Gov
ornment itself is all the while tend
ing to lose its deserved hold on the
affections and loyalty of the honest
welI-meaning youths of the country.
Indeed, here are some of the very
roots of anarchy. AS one earnest
young plodder asked: why should
I be asked to love my country when
Il permits these hilarious million
aire bloodsuckers to consume in
idleness the best OF the substance
which the like of me must produce
by the labor of our hands? 1t was
n difficult question to answer
But some one is to blame for the
idle young banditti, who through
dissipation consume the fat of the
land, while others toll to produce
Il. What a fine thing 1t would be
IL some just tribunal should be
authorized to call before II all idlors
under given age without regard to
the amount of money they might
be squandering--mere all idlers
The Washington times., 1920-04-05
Winitred Black Writes of
|, Hatred Turning Home Into
Worse Than PuygdtOry
By WINIFRED BLACK.

know a woman whose husband
Is in love with another woman.
She would not rest until she had
wrung the confession from him,
and now that he has confessed TO
her he hates her, and tells her or
II, and says he wishes she would
die or run away or do anything on
earth TO get out OF his life ana
leave him free to marry the woman
with whom he Is infatuated.
PIaying n Losing Game.
And do you know what that poor
broken hearted wife is doing? She
is staying with her husband, fore
ing herself upon him, making him
take her places, pretending to laugh
at him, trying to cover her cruelty
ing agony with pretense OF
satirical amusement. / nevsr take
up the paper in the morning these
days without hoping that Will not
read there the story or another
tragedy.
What would do II / were a wife
like that?
would leave that husband. II !
had children and were unable TO
take care of them, would do what
l could to make him provide for me
and for my children.
If I were Young and strong and
intelligent / would pack my things
and go away without one word, and
when the time came l would set
him free. and would never see him
again. not as long as lived.
would take care OF myself and
would be too busy to grieve. And
after a while / would find peace.
contentment and even happiness,
and / would look back again some
times and wonder at the insanity
which had tempted me to tie the
chains of my misery tighter and
tighter around my neck by remain
ing with a man who wanted to get
rid of me.
The man? oh. let the other
woman worry about him! He'll give
her plenty to do-never fear.
Copyright. 1920, Newspaper Feature Serv-
ice, Inc. Great Britain Rights Re-
served.
The Washington times., 1920-04-05
The TiUO Voices
Bv VIRGINIA TERHUNE VAN DE WATER.

"All right" he said meekly. go
ahead"
seating herself by the table, on
which stood the lamp, she began to
read.
Ruth Gets Interested.
At first she was conscious of her.
self and of the part she was try
ing to play. Then, as the exquisite
poem cast its spell over her, she
read on for mere delight in the
music of the words.
Her voice vibrated with feeling.
The clock on the mantel-piece
ticked away the hour. but the
couple were oblivious of the flight
of time.
When the last page was reached
the girl repeated the closing line
slowly, softly. her voice breaking
on the final word. Her eyes were
full of tears. She was thankful
that her companion could not see
them. But. as IL conscious of her
thought, he held out his hand to
her.
"After all, darling" he said, at
is not a sad poem. For they were
together-even in death. To have
lived apart would have been the
tragedy-not dying together"
Then, as she did not speak, he
continued:
"It Is beautiful-that poem-be-
cause 1t is true. 1t could end in no
other way. Why, darling, his voice
vibrating with tenderness, Il would
rather die, here and now, than live
without you. That would be a liv-
ing death to me, sweetheart. Per-
haps I ought not to say this, but
at. this moment cannot help telling
you that"
Still she was silent. This was
agony to listen to the tenderness in
his voice and not crafty the long
ing of her heart to respond to 1t.
EVERY day." he went on, you
are dearer and more necessary"
"Hark" = she interrupted him,
starting up from her chair, II hear
your father coming
AS she spoke the portieres across
the door were pushed aside and
Daniel Rodney came into the room.
(To be continued.)
The Washington times., 1920-04-05

points. The Mexican vanilla is the
best in the world. costing the
wholesaler as much as $3.50
pound, while vanilla beans from
other tropical countries may be
purchased for as low as Sl.I5
pound.
1 saw a special arrangement OF
two casks being reyolved by cleo
tricity, whirled round and round,
macerating the vanilla bean with
the necessary amount of water and
alcohol. First, of course, the bean
is chopped and ground, then into
this specially invented machine II
Is pounded 47,000 times a day with
the LIQUID to extract the precious
flavor.
And ii goes through the finest
copper screen ] ever saw to extract
those tiny seeds. Copper wire so
finely woven and so flexible that 1t
is iike a piece of wonderful silk.
So YOU see IL takes much patience.
much skill and a complete knowl-
edge OF chemistry to manufaci;To .
pure fruit flavorings.
/ saw some of these in the pro-
cess of being manufactured, j talk
ed with the chemist who is respon-
sible for their purity, and with tho
men who conceived the idea OF gy-
ing the very best for the least
money.
Words are futile things. some-
times, and ] cannot string them to-
gether to do justice to some of the
things ! would like to tell you. This
Is one OF them. But I will say this.
one can get pure fruit extracts and
pure harmless coloring pastes, II
one will insist on having them.
Summer is coming and we can
use the fruit and vegetable color
ing for so many cool and delicious
desserts. as creams, custards, and
gelatines.
The Washington times., 1920-04-05
Cocoa as "a
Food
BY Loretto G. Lynch.

"HE other day L called on one
of those old ladies-dear old
soul--who for years has
been tea topper. The teapot was
never Off her stove. IL you came
early enough you got fresh tea.
But as the first tea was made for
breakfast, one would have to be
a mighty early caller to ever get
first-run tea in that home. But
can you imagine my surprise after
! had politely steeled myself for
the cup of health-destroying tea
when the dear old hostess served
me a cup OF delicious cocoa?
But she explained. Seems that
since both tea and coffee have be-
come so very expensive she decided
to try cocoa. with the result that
she is having better health than in
some years, and also finds herself
eating less of the more expensive
foods.
Except for the drop OF milk or
cream and sugar, there is no food
value In tea or coffee. Cocoa or
chocolate is not only nourishing Of
itself, but being made with large
proportion of milk, it is food
quite as much as 1t Is a drink. Yet
there is cocoa and cocoa. And
whenever / hear a person declare
that she does not like cocoa j have
a suspicion that said person has
not had the pleasure of drinking
well-made cocoa.
For each cup of the beverage, two
level teaspoons of sugar and one
level teaspoon of cocoa. Mix to-
gether in a saucepan and add one
fourth cup water. Bring to the
boiling point and add one-half
measuring cup OF scalded milk. If
an albuminous skin forms. beat the
mixture with a Dover egg beater.
There are two faults common TO
the beverage cocoa. Many OF the
cheaper confectionery shops that
sell "hot chocolate" put the raw
cocoa or chocolate powder In the
cup, add some boiling water and
teaspoon of whipped cream and the
sweetening. Folks often complain
that this concoction gives them In
digestion. And it is not to be won
dered at, for the raw starch OF the
cocoa powder needs more OF cook
ing than a mere scalding with boil
ing water. Moreover, since very
little and sometimes no milk at all
is used, the oncoction is not
nourishing to any marked degree,
and sometimes not even palatable.
Some drug stores having soda
fountains make the cocoa with
fair proportion of milk, but then
they keep the mixture boiling all
day long. Milk that Is boiled even
a few moments is difficult Of diges-
tion. Naturally, milk that is boiled
all day Is most difficult to digest.
Chocolate pudding is always well
coined by the young folks IL 1t Is
we'll made. To make good pud-
ding. mix one-half OF a measuring
cup each OF cocoa. sugar and cocoa
in a saucepan. Slowly stir in one
quart of milk. Cook, stirring con-
stantly. until the mixture" boils.
Boil one minute longer and turn
into molds previously dipped into
cold water. Serve with milk or
plain or whipped cream or marsh
mallow or a simple custard sauce.
There are some very effective
ways of using unsweetened choco-
late on cake. Recently / saw
cake covered with whipped cream
and then the cake OF chocolate had
been passed over the crater so that
hundreds of tiny. shreds of choco-
late fell upon this snowy white
surface.
The Washington times., 1920-04-05
B OOKS

TWO BUBBLES. BY John Temple
Graves. jr. Boston: The stratford Co.
A neat little volume, and a pleas
ing little story. Nothing extraordi-
nary, to be sure, but one OF those
mystifying works that accomplishes
more than the mere telling of a
story. 1t makes one think.
John Granville, bubble blower. is
handicapped by an over-rich imagi-
patton, which makes him regard
the mild, unpleasant events in his
life as objects of nameless horrors.
1t further drives him into imprac-
ticable love affairs in which he
overidealizes his ipamorata.
Then come two things from over
the seas--the War and the Lady Of
Stars and Snow and Steel.
He tried to blow the usual bub-
blcs, but these two things were
even more powerful than John
Granville's Imagination. His bub-
bles burst again, 1t Is true, but
they were the last he ever blew.
He emerged from the war a man,
and the pinnacle of impossibility
upon which he had perched his
Lady OF Stars and Snow and Steel
became all at once plain to him as
a mirage. He saw her as a human.
woman. lovable and loving, and
not as an ideal.
Running through the whole story
of Two Bubbles" is a political
idealism, a special viewpoint with
which some. perhaps. will disagree,
but which II of universal interest,
the individual psychology being
subtly portrayed. But the Spirit of
Romance is not lost sight OF. 1.-TWO
Bubbles" has all the bloom of a
first love, a FIRST adventure.
The Washington times., 1920-04-05
This Letter Wins
Today's Economy Prize.

DEAR ELIZABEEH LATIMER:
When ] took out my suit last winter
I was shocked to find all around tho
slit pockets in the skirt moths had eaten
several large holes. l suppose l did not
j packed IL away. After trying all over
town to match the goods without sue.
cess I thought Of the four-inch hem. ana
cut that of and made two odd patch
pockets. / sewed up the slit pockets
and darned the holes. After putting on
the pockets l had the suit pressed and II
looked q 5 good new. Even the tailor
compl ime nted me on the neat job.
faced the skirt with some old goods
had consider I not only saved many
dollars but had a new suit.
Hoping this will furnish some Of your
readers with new idea, .
ANNIE Z. BOARMAN.
1905 u street N w
The Washington times., 1920-04-05

as such and make them show cause
why they should not either work or
go to Jail
do not hesitate to say that
would favor fines and Imprisonment
for all young men in sound state
of health who refused to buckle
down and render back to society Il
full, just measure of service
through some kind of productive in
dustry. Thus we might destroy in
the beginning the very thought OF
anarchy and thus also redeem the
youthful rioters before their hearts
begin to suffer from the dry rot OF
idle dissipation.
The Washington times., 1920-04-05
Lost In a Maze.

4 prosy lawyer was arguing a
complicated case and looked up au-
thorities back to julius Caesar. At
the end of an hour and half, in the
most intricate part of his plea, he
was panied to see what looked like
inattention on tho part OF the Judge.
Your lordship," he said. 4 beg
your pardon. hut do you follow
mc?'"
Il have 50 far" answered the
judsc. shifting wcarily about in his
chair. "but I'll say frankly that "
thought could hnd my way out
I'd leave the court"
The Washington times., 1920-04-05
Waking the
,ChiLd'S Soul
BY DR.. VIM. A. McKeever,
Professor In the University Of Kan
sns and n weIl-known Educator.

JOUR child may grow from in
fancy to full adulthood in
u the physical presence of a
great masterpiece OF art, and never
consciously discover it's presence.
He may play daily about the room
wherein IL hangs, may glance
hundred times at what to him IL
meaningless wall decoration, and
may pass on into the worlds more
obvious affairs, without once becom-
ing conscious OF the wealth OF
beauty and Significance in the pic
ture so near him.
Take as illustration. Millet's WON
derful work of art, "The Cleaners"
an inexpensive print of which may
be obtained in any art shop. Be
fore beginning to show the picture
to your child read to him Leviticus
1919. 10.
And when ye reap the harvest
of your land thou shalt not wholly
reap the corners of the field, neither
shalt thou gather the -sleanings of
thy harvest. Thou shalt leave them
for the poor and stranger"
Now point to the landlord in the
background, mounted, to the heavy
laden wagon and the evidence of an
production is concerned.
At length, the inquiring eye OF
the child learner will come to the
real picture in the foreground, the
three peasant women--a girl, a
mother and grandmother-stoo
Enthusiastically for their age and
picking up the scattered grain
heads dropped by the harvesters.
Study for a moment each CLEANER,
the quick moving girl at the left,
the slower woman between and the
stiff.baCked grandmother TO the
q right. Note the almost feverish
diligence, the apparent oblivious-
ness TO surroundings.
Now, take your Child's imagina-
tion back to the thought of the
ages--of how 5000 years ago this
awful struggle with hunger was
going on. of how it is here today
just as fierce as an enemy. Show
your little companion how these
three patient women arc not work.
ing for pleasure. or from desire, but
arc driven on to a fight with the
gaunt enemy of starvation for
themselves and their loved ones.
Finally. picture the vast millions
OF peasants throughout Europe and
tho old world today. bending low
before the goad of hunger, scrap
ing together wherever they can a
thin morscl of food for their fam
ishing households.
Resolve that from this day for
ward the great Frenchman's mas
terpiece will talk to your child
wherever he chances as it, will re-
mind him of the little favored spot
in which God saw fit to have him
born. while millions upon millions
of other little ones came into the
other place OF wretcherness, want
and hunger.
merged in sympathy with all the
hungry of the world.