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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-12
Smart Britishers.

NO captain Of industry can receive in
the mails missivo dyucatcly scented
and delicately tinted, wherein his name
is dencatcly traced in a feminine hand.
without some emotional reaction some
times it Is fear and sometimes 1t is
pleasure. But such letter is always
opened.
Acting on this psychological truth,
some cunning persons in London have
started the pra,,lce OF dong up their
circular literature in this form in order
to reach the eyes Of the great with
the story OF their wares. And 1t works.
one financter said that one such let
ter got through all the official stters
Of his correspondence. aud lay upper.
most on his desk when he sat himself
down for his o-hour day IN the office
His underlngs had not presumed to
tamper with document SO intimate as
this one looked The great man read
the circular with a feeling OF vast ad-
miration for the Circularizcr and went
right out and bought a dozen sticks OF
shaving soap, or whatever it was he
was advised 10 use,
Clearly not all the aces in adver-
Using are sojourners in our midst
though We are still OF the opinion that
we suffer from an undue proportion OF
them.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-12
The Seven Cent Fare.

Memphians will not waste time KICK
ing against the pricks, they may ms
wen get out their seven cents for car
fare with the feeling that they are
contributing to the bare necessities OF
the street car company.
The last judicial order Of Judge NC
Call on earth put this city In the same
class with Nashville in allowing the
long requested raise in carfare. But II
was the only action the Judge could
take under the circumstances. Pre-
sumably the best receiver talent avail
able had tried to operate the lines on
the six-cent fare and had failed. the
three months legal trial period was up
and still the finances OF the company
were hopelessly behind, and there was
nothing to do but comply with the
order OF the state public utilities com
mission and allow the increase
Possibly there is business genius IN
the world somewhere that could run
the Memphis lines at reasonable
profit with five-cent fares. But the
emergency did not call forth the man.
and the best the public can do Is to
consider that the books have been kept
straight under the management that
Is. and that these books show that more
revenues must come into the till II
the company islto continue to operate
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-12
Who Owns the United States?

Under the above tttlp Samuel Crow
ther presents an interesting study Of
the reconstruction Of American busi-
ness under the federal rese-ya banking
act in the current issue Of World
Work, laying special attention as 1t
happens on the improvement Of business
and agricultural conditions IN The
South.
Previous TO the advent 81 a Demo-
cratic administration into Washington
IN 1918, and tho subsequent passage
Of the reserve act, It might have been
said that we were owned by \ w York
bankers. There were innumerable small
business men and farmers in the South
and elsewhere who held the titles and
thought they were the owners but ta,
first financial crisis that came along
showed them they were NJ the mercy
Of monied men elsewhere, and hat
their rights to property existed on sut-
ferance II they continued to exist At all
For lack Of credit in the South bust
ness was cabinnod cribbed and con-
fined The cotton farmer could not 20
into the banks and borrow on his crop
The banks did not have much credit
TO give under the old law, and there
was little certainty about the price the
fzrmer could get for his staple after
the spectators on the New York Cot
ton exchange got through with it. So
he had to carry a continuous account
with the local stoI ekeePsr, who man
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-12
What's In a Name?
eY MILDRED MARSHALL

Copyright, 1920, by The Wheeler syn
dictate. Inc.l
VERONICA.
veronica has fun rights TO her claims
as a holy name, It signifies true pic
ture and comes from the Latin ''ver-
sus, meaning true, and the Greek word
Tor image. The two terms were
strangely jumbled together By the
popular tongue in the name OF the
crucifix at Lucca. which was called the
VERONICA and was that Holy Face of
Lucca' by which oaths were taken.
Another Veronica is the same coun-
tcnance upon a piece OF linen at St
Peters. The origin being forgotten,
this is called St. Veronica's handker-
chief and the popular legend is that
chief to our Blessed Savior to wipe
His face during the passage OF the
Via Dolorosa" had found the likeness
imprinted on II. In poem on the life
OF PLATE, we are told that the sur
fering emperor of Rome, learning that
woman at Jerusalem named Yer
onike" possessed this handkerchief
which had the power to heal the sick,
sent for her and was cured.
In this way, Veronica became n saint.
though there was a real Saint Veronica
who lived near Milan in the fifteenth
century. The French love the name and
call it Veronique. The Scotch, who
have an exquisite blue flower known as
Veonica, have given the name national
popularity.
Jade Is Veronicas talismanic gem,
II will bring her good health and long
life. Thursday is her lucky day and 4
her lucky number.
Note to readers; Is there fact con-.
corning your name In which you are
Interested Do you know its history
its meaning; its derIvatIVe and slgnfl.
canoe? Do you know your lucky day
and your lucky jewel? II not, Mildred
Marshall will tell you.
Send self addressed and stamped en-.
velope with your queries, to Mildred
Marshall. The News Sclmltar.
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aged to keep him thoroughly in his
debt.
II was a hand-to-mouth existence
for business generally. And when the
credit system. always inadequate, was
strained a little more than usual the
New York bankers. in whom the money
power was centralized, grew tlmid and
withdrew what credit they already had
out, with the result that their state OF
mind was echoed in ruinous nation
wide panic"
The banks OF the South today would
hardly claim kin with the banks OF ~
years ago. they are 80 much bigger
brighter. better" At that time the
total banking resources In the South
we're $3.50 600. 900: but now these have
increased tenfold TO a total greater
than $500 900, 600.
New England and the solid South
have exactly changed places in their
comparative financial Importance under
the new freedom which the South en-
lows New England, which used to con-
troll IS per cent Of the total banking re
sources Of the country has now sub
sided to less than seven per cent; while
the South which used TO figure seven
and one half per cent. now controls 10
per cent
Prosperity has como to all the sec
tIons since the reserve act took them
ont from under the thumb OF the New
York manipulators. but none other is
like the golden prosperity that has
come to the South. We are America
proudest exhibit when she would point
out her Industrial achievements,
Mr.. Crowther gives space to the per-
sonal history Of a Southern business
man before and after the South tried
the tonic properties OF the federal re-
serve act. We quote part Of this gen
| tleman's remarks:
The old type OF Southern banker
| was a banker in name only. Really
he was a note-shaver and pawnbroker
and the borrower usually got wha'
stuck to the rungs Of the ladder as
the loan was poured through 1t. II yol
| had asked MN LOT lodl va a. P'N'''''
sorry note he would have thought yo'
we're crazy He had more belief II
fairies than he had in character. Hl'
middle name was collateral. To-day
there is a new type Of banker who II
not lending on cotton or on chatte
mortgages but on character The cot
ton crop is no longer held In pawn
hroking shops at wicked interest rates
IT is held by the planters. and although
the New York Cotton exchange ma!
break the price of cotton, they ge
precious little cotton at the broker
| price, for the Southern banks are usinI
their own money, and they are no
lending on cotton but on character
Hence they care comparatively littl
about the market price The planter
not being concerned, will not sell ia
below what he thinks is the true worth
In the last year there have been a
least three attempts to smash the pric
OF cotton, but cotton is not down"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-12
HOROSCOPE
FRIDAY, AUG. 10, 1920.

Copyright, 1920, by the Mcclure News
paper SyndicateD
During hours of business this day the
most unfavorable planetary conditions
viii prevail according to astrology
Uranus, Mercury, Mars and Saturn are
all in maletiC aspect
This is one of the times when chao-
tic and destructive thoughts are most
likely to take possession of the mind
and for this reason a positive attitude
Of optimism should be maintained.
Suspicious concerning human mo-
tives may be engendered by the evil
rule OF Uranus, the planet that rules
the subconsCous mind
Owing to the posting of the stars
strange messages may seem to be re-
ceived by telcpathy and superstition
will be encouraged.
There is sign that seems to pre-
sage warlike preparation by Great
Britain early in the autumn, and ma
val operations are strongly indicated.
This may be but a demonstration Of
power, but it will arouse anxiety in
many parts of the world, the seers
declare.
Diplomatic plumbers and midunder-
standings are fOreshadowed for Great
Britain, but John Bull will not have
a monopoly Of mistakes and the
United States may participate in more
! than one complication.
There is likely to be a hot spell of
| unusual severity anu II may hhlNNA
the health of persons much in the pub
| lie eye.
Dress again will be much discussed
at this time, owing to some eXtraordi-
nary fashion that is a sign of changing
| times.
Differences of opinion between par
ents and children may be very pre-
valent during this configuration, for
there will be a growing divergence Of
standards and a more distinct line of
| cleavage as the years advance.
Turkish affairs will probably reach
a serious condition 'late in November
when there will be fresh outbreaks.
College women will gain great dis
tinction in a new movement that vii.
engage the attention of all classes ano
viii bring about widespread benefits.
Nerve exhaustion will be on the in
creace wi lie this planetary govern
ment prevails. ..,.
Persons whose birthdate 1t is should
not quarrel or go to law. Letters OF
newspaper articles may cause annoy
ance. hut libel suits will end uma;ora
bly,. ,,,..,,
Children born on this day are likel!
to be rash and headstrong. These sub
iocts should be well endowed viii
talents and should gain distinction.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-12
Handicapped.

The Susan b, Anthony amendment Is
not proceeding as merrily and triums
phantly through an obstreperous Ten
nessee legislature as its merits would
give ground to hope and we suspect that
II was handicapped in the beginning by
the very natural zeal Of its advocates.
This state has been circularized, bull
Ietlned. press ACCENTED, canvassed, in
structed, but not at the same time al
ways entertained by the proponents and
opponents OF woman suffrage altern-
ately ever since the governor announc-
ed that he would call a special session
to consider the question.
Our legislators are probably about
the same as other legislators, no more
gallant, and no less. But since this
is the 36th and the critical state, they
have been bombarded with question
naires and publicity far more violently
than the legislators of other states, and
the process has been painful to Their
remarkable modesty.- Many of them
have evidently considered that home
was the safest place for them, and have
not presented themselves at the capitol
at all.
With both the presidential candi-
dates recommending ratification, II Is
a pity that the question could not have
remained out OF politics. II has on
the other hand become a political foot
ball. or powder puff, banded about
between personalities and between par
Nv Oh and
suffering from the wear as It goes.
II would hardly do any good to give
some evidence OF the overwhelming
sentiment manifested by the press OF
this country in favor OF Tennessee S
ratification, Our legislators have al
ready had so much outside advice that
they are frustrated,
There is one small item that the out.
side press almost never considers in IL
analysis OF the situation. That Is tn,
question Of the Tennessee constitution
Woman suffrage In Tennessee is no
getting out the full support ii coulC
count on under happier auspices be
cause the issue Is complicated by tn
fact OF the constitutional ban upon IL
consideration by the present Legislature
1t is perfectly reasonable that neithe
the constitution OF the United States
nor the supreme court which inter
prets It, nor the presidential candi
dates from the United States at large
nor the newspapers thinking about SUI
frage in purely national terms, tina
none OF these should take much inter
est in small provincial question sue
as a conflicting provision Of the Ten
nessee constitution They do not Wis
ualige the state OF mind 81 some per
haps literal minded legislators who ar
having difficulty in accommodation
their desire TO vote for woman sutfrag
with their oath OF office TO supper
the state constitution.
This last element bulks so large wit
some OF the cid -fashioned legislator
from the rural districts that We ar
very sorry that Tennessoe's true stan
on woman suffrage will be estimate
abroad from the vote that they hoN
10 take part IN.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-12

After going with him several times
he asked me to marry him secretly,
saying that no one need know II until
had finished school and until he had
secured a better and more lucrative
position. | loved him and married him.
We were married during the Easter va
cation while was spending the holidays
In nearby city. stayed with him
the remainder of my vacation, and ne
was wonderful to me. We stopped at
one of the best hotels. After returning
to school he wrote to me every day for
a while and told me that he would
never be happy until was living with
him forever etc. Then suddenly ne
stopped writing and have neither seen
nor heard from him since. NY FANNY
would dIsoWn me II they knew OF my
marriage, and especially to man whom
| hardly knew. | do not even know
where he lives or, thing about MS
family and | am almost crazy. A try
ing ordeal is facing me and ! must 90
something. can not tell my iamliy
and | can not locate my husband. re
thinking that something has happened
to him or he would have kept his love-
ly promises to me. am almost insane
and | can not stand 1t much longer.
Please advise me at once. CUIEx;
1t Is too late to reprove you Tor the
dreadful mistake you have made put
am not at all surprised that things
happened just as they have. 1t may
hurt YOU for me to say it, but l do not
think anything has happened to the
boy. He is hiding from you and your
family. A man who would trap girl as
he did you had no honorable intentions
| whatever. You must tell your parents
| and let them find this man for your
| childs sake if not yours. You surely
must have been with very careless peo-
ple to allow a young girl to spend her
nights from home and not SNOW where
she was. Secret marriages, nine times
| out of ten, bring unhappiness. The
woman Is always the one who pays
| the penalty. Find this man at any cost
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-12
'!lIklEVNCLE WlGGICNtIk22 Is
IBEDTlYE STONY
UNCLE WIGGILY AND SUSIE'S HOOP.

where are you going?" asked Nurse
Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy, his muskrat lady
housekeeper
"Oh, 1 just thought I'd hop over to
Susie Littletairs house, and see how
she likes the hoop | made for her to-
day" answered the bunny. do you
want to come, Nurse Jane?" a
"No, thank JNu," answered the musk
take Susie a piece of the strawberry
shortcake l made this afternoon"
THANK YOU" spoke Uncle Wiggly.
SO he hoped off, with the piece of
orange longcake tied on top of his tall,
silk hat but he had not gone very far
before he met Susie Littletail, coming
through the woods.
"Oh, Uncle Wiggly!" cried the little
bunny girl. What do you think? My
nice hoop that you made for me out of
7Gone? Gone where?" asked Mr..
| Longears. Did one of the animal boys
take it?"
NO" answered Susie. But I was
rolling it just a little while ago, and
| it went in the bushes, and in a dark
place, and I can't find it. I've looked
all over everywhere for it but 1 can't
| find my nice hoop"
I'm help you look" said Uncle Wig
So he helped the little rabbit girl look
| LOT neF NOOp, Dut IL WAS HOI " NC
found and Susie was feeling quite sad.
Never mind" said the bunny gen.
tleman. "I'll make you another hoop,
| Susie"
But I'd rather have that one!" Susie
exclaimed I'm used to that one and
like it best"
Then Wen try to find it," said nU-
Gle Wiggly. So he and Susie looked
some more but for some time they saw
nothing. Then, all at once, the little
rabbit girl cried;
ooh, look, Uncle Wiggly, l see a
hoop of fire over in the grass" and
she pointed to where, under tree,
there shimmered and shone a round
ring as though lot of sparkers were
going off at once,
"Ha, l see what it Isl" cried Uncle
Wiggly. THAT is your grape vine
hoop, Susie 1t rolled in the grass and
a lot of lightning bugs are sitting or
5 it, playing ring around the rosie! We
have found your hoop"
And so they had. Over in the grass
: 1t was, and the lightning bugs were
seated on it, playing ring around the
rosie on it. But they flew off wher
they heard it was Susie's hoop, anC
) Uncle Wlggly made the fireflies an
2 other, and then he took Susie home
: and gave her the orange pie SO, il thu
, coal bin doesn't try to come up from
down cellar to find out why the ga
$ e'oVo is dancing around the kitchen
l I'll tell you next about Uncle Wiggl!
and odm.nlu banjo.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-12

Dear Mrs. Thompson--Why do Wild
overs of 70 years propose to young
girls of 3o7 Do you not think It would
wreck her young life to accept such a
man nearer her age than this one,
who is waiting for the summons to
"come up higher"
A woman 80 years of age Is by no
means a young girl, although she Is too
young to marry a man 10. Yes, II she
is fortunate enough to have another
handy she had better let the old grand
pa alone. Certainly woman of that
age has no business marrying a man
of his age, not even to control his bank
account
Dear Mrs. Thompson--i am 10 years
of age and ! do not use rouge or dress
VampIsh, neither do ! let boys kiss me.
Do you think that Is the reason boys
do not go with me very long? ! can
dance and know all the sports. ! dress
styllshIy, but not to say overdone.
What can be the reason that ! can
not hold the boys. Are there no civil
BROWNIE.
You evidently are not going with an
appreciative set of young men. The
right kind of boys or men do not care
for girls who are free with their kisses
and they usually tire of such liberties.
Possibly you need a little more pep,
Just keep your tongue going and pre-
tend that you are very much inter
ested in all of them using a little flat
terry now and then. Boys like girls
who talk; some of them are not par
ticular about the subject, just so you
are talking Yes, indeed, there are
thousands of civilized men in this city.
Dear Mrs. Thompson-WlII you please
tell me what will remove Ink from a
pine floor? M F, P
If the floor is implanted or polished
hot I've water poured on 1t and then
scrubbed with gold dust or bon ami
powder will remove the stain.
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Copyright, 1920, by Mcclure Newspaper
SyndiCate.)
nv HOWARD r GARIS


One day when Uncle Wiggly was
hopping along the path through the
woods. having been to the store 10 get
some molasses for Nurse Jane, the
bunny rabbit gentleman saw Susie Lit
tletail, his little rabbit niece, walking
slowly along. And Susie looked very,
very sad
Uncle Wiggly, as he hoped along be
side her. Did you have to stay in
after SCHOOL,
, %6S sri GaS's w sssIy 7 H9T know yS%
there isn't any school now! It's vaca--
ton time! But oh dear I do wish |
had one All the other girls and boys
have them, but l haven't any
ANY what?" asked the bunny gen
tleman. DO you mean lollypops,
Susie? II you do I can put some OF
Nurse James molasses on the end of a
stick, and that will be almost as good
NO, thank you, it isn't a lollypor
I'm wanting" answered Susie, though
| would like some molasses on a stick
But l wish l had a wooden hoop. tc
roll around as Billie and Johnnie Bushy-
tail, the squirrel boys, have
ooh. don't let little thing like that
fuss you" laughed Uncle Wiggly. -
can easily make you a rolling hoop
Susie, and also take this molasscs tc
an apple pie"
But where in the woods will yol
fin barrel to get a hoop off for me?
asked Susie.
Il don't need a barrel" answered tn,
bunny gentleman. IN make you
hop out Of a piece of wild grape vine
| So with his sharp teeth the bum!
gentleman gnawed II long round piec
of wild grape vine off some that wa
| climbing a tree not far away. Wlt
| strings of grass Uncle Wiggly fastene'
| the two ends of the vine together, max
| ing a round hoop Of it, just like III
| letter O.
There you are, Susie" laughed tn
bunny, and then Susie took stick, an
began rolling her hoop along the wood
land path. Around and around an
along and along rolled the hoop.
Murray" cried Susie, This IS lot
of fun! Thank you, Uncle Wiggly'
| PRAY do not mention it, answere
the bunny with a low and polite boy
of his pink, twinkling nose as he pickle
up the molasses jug.
ICncle Wiggly went back to his hol
low stump bungalow, and soon he wa
sitting on the side porch shifting tn
air which was filled with dehclou
lovely smells, as Nurse Jane baked tn
apple dumplings.
Along toward evening, when it wa
getting dark, Uncle Wiggly hoppe
down off the porch.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-12
Uncle Sam and His Athletes,

The picked athletes who are TO rep
resent us at Antwerp in the Olympic
games are wroth over the accommo-
dations they were accorded on the
steamship Princess Matoikan which took
them over They held an indignation
meeting before they left shipboard and
drew up resolutions in which they ex-
pressed their opinion of the Olympic
committee that made the arrangements,
and demanded that for the remainder OF
their trip they be allowed to depend
on committee of their own number,
Any doughboy who went over to
France with an outfit knows about what
was the portion OF the athletes on board
the Princess Matoikan. quite a num-
Der of the officers know. We recall
that when the officers were being
brought home again, they were not in
many cases accorded the same condi-
tions de luxe under which they went
over. The Leviathan and the Zeppelin
were notable cases. Here some thous-
ands of the younger officers donned
blue denims, wallowed about the decks
instead OF the smoking saloons they
would have preferred, stood in line an
hour or so for chow. washed their own
| messkits, and slept three deep far down
in the bowels of the ship. They, too,
| held indignations meetings, started
young mutlnies. and voiced thunderous
complaints to the war department which
| perpetrated such an outrage.
this lot as their due expectancy They
were glad to get TO France. and still
gadder TO get home, and not too par
ticular about the manner OF the getting
The theory Of the present complaint Is
that the worlds best athletes are en-
titled to something a little better They
Travelled storage. or its equivalent
when they felt equal to first-class pas.
sage.
II one is 10 Judge from the rufflement
OF spirits that has evidently takei
place the voyage on the Princess Ma
toikan was not good for athletes on tn,
eve Of their performance. Athletes ar,
always more or less Compartments
creatures. II they arc successful anl
they must not he allowed to g"t rtlol
up. They must be in the pink or con
dluon physically, and they must no
have any worries on their minds. Meth
er condition was likely under the ar
ranEements that were made for gettin
them to Antwerp.
The Olympic committee practiced it
economies in the wrong place, It woul
have been better to have secured tw
or three ships instead OF one from IN
war department, and assigned all thcs
distinguished passengers to first an
, second class cabins.