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Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1920-01-01

Charles Hoffman, of Auxvasse, was
in Mexico Tuesday.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1920-01-01

Mrs, j. r. Llcwellyn is home from
visit in Fulton.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1920-01-01

Lester Miller, who has ben i'll, is
able to be out.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1920-01-01

The many friends Of James Sallee
will regret to learn he is i'll.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1920-01-01

W. W. Fry, Jr., leaves for Wash
ington, D. c. Saturday on business.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1920-01-01

suBscRIRE FOE THE LEpeER
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1920-01-01

Mrs. Joseph Barth and daughter are
visiting relatives in Columbia.
The Washington times., 1920-08-30
Rigid Inspection of Fire-Escapes
Should Be Made
By BILL PRICE .

rotten rope cable holding the lower flight of Wash
ngon fire escape broke and painter thereon fell to his
death This a large building in the center Of the
city which hundreds of Government workers and others
employed If they had been compelled to that fire
escape in emergency the outcome might have been
catastrophe of horrifyng proportions.
Washington is no longer little city. Its large build
ngs filled to floor capacities both for office and resi-
dental purposes. Human life should be made safe at all
times If old buildings not properly equipped
with fire escapes if there the least doubt to the
usefulness and safety of those installed municipal
horties should lose time in compelling rigid adherence
the laws and regulations. The only way to determine
this absolute safety is by close Inspection which should
not be delayed.
fre-escape inspector in the office of the building
inspector of the District Building charged with the duty
of seeing that buildings of certain size and equipped
with these esavng Devices but the inspection OF safety
equipment in buildings under the Fire Marshal whose
inspector is presumed to report to the building Inspector
regarding repairs alterations Wherever the duty be-
longs safeguard Washington lives should be performed
and the law applied to denquents.
Culpabiy of property owners not be overlooked
bv municipal officials The law should be enforced and
the responsibilities of city officials lived up to-.
The Washington times., 1920-08-30

the male creature who ia contented
TO be called a Married Woman's Pet.
We know he doesn't amount to
much. We know he wouldn't make
any kind Of "A husband. He wants
waiting on and babying. He likes
being catered to and nattered
But worse than this--he doesn't
want to pay his way. He likes be
ing supported--by a woman.
The man who philanders with
married woman isn't letting himself
in for much responsibility. He isn't
going to find himself welded and
the head of a house before he knows
IL. He IL going to be used by
woman who will stop inside the
fence Of discretion. She won't en-
tanglc him. She isn't going to be a
responsibility to him. In his heart
or hearts the pet" knows hc is GO
ing to get rid OF his lady somc day
She's glad TO have a cavalier
anything to stir her cmotionaily
and beau her about. She'll cater TO
his weaknesses and laugh at his
faults, knowing that they won't
The Washington times., 1920-08-30
WHY BOYS LIKE EN-.

In the big mail of today were two
letters. One was signed by 'B. G. and
A. S." and was very earnest in ask
ing the ''fellers" to give US girls .
decision" on these things:
DO you go with girls for their
good looks or their dress? Do
you like them a bit younger than
you are? Do you prefer them
bit taller or a bit shorter than
you?" questions it would take
volumes to answer.
The other letter was from a young
man. 1t was:
My best girl, when was
boy in country school, had warts
all over her hands and freckles
on her face. Her memory haunts
me still. So I'm hunting a girl
in town who looks that way.
wouldn't care if she had a wart
on her nose, too, but warts there
must be.
The Washington times., 1920-08-30
CLEVER AUTO JAZZ.

After our stern Knight" Sir Allen
Lafayette" regained CONSCIOUSNESS,
he felt slightly Loco" in his "Regaf-
head. But he stopped at a Baker"
shop and purchased some Rolls from
a "Studebaker" named "Franklyn' who
lived on the banks OF the Jordan
While he was there he Metz some
colds" sailors from Lexington who
had been "Crow"-nies of his in "Col
umbia." They inquired about Peer
less" auburn" haired American"
girl named Doris" "Stevcns' whom
he had met in Oakland At mem
ton Of her name he tg) Mashed hts
teeth and swore by the sun and
moon" to cut out their "Harts."
Finally he admitted that being such
n "Roamcr" and having "NationsT'
reputation as a Marathon" Ram
bier" she had refused TO Grant his
request on the grounds that he was
not the Marion" kind as he loved
Liberty" too we'll and would not be
"Holmes" sufficiently TO suit her
They reminded him that "Appcrson
could hardly be a Jack Rabbit ans
the "prcmler" "t'i.ic Flycr" without
making some sacrifice In return.
KENNETH n. READ
The Washington times., 1920-08-30
The Ballot Begins
Patriotic Duty of Every Resident of District to Vote
for Commissioner.

Every good American u.s. or should be- interested in the
officials who control the destnies Of nation state and mu
ricipality.
The Washington Times realizing that people OF the
District of Columbia desire to place themselves on record
for choice of Commissioner today presents the opportunity
to vote for one of the nominees for this office.
The Times places this referendum before the people
merely matter of public service All expenses Will be
betrayed by this paper No candidates friends Of can
didates will be permitted to have any official part in the
referendum lin this connection members OF The Times
staff who have been nominated wish to thank their friends
for the compliment but cannot permit their names to ap
pear in the list)
The Times has no choice for the Commissionership.
No candidate will receive avors accorded other cand
dates under like circumstances Every precaton taken
to insure against prejudice of any kind
The Vote Editor and his immediate assistants have
been preserve nvioate the OF voters The
privacy of the ballot American institution, will be
maintained far as it is possible
The ballot slip appears each day in The Times until
Thursday Votes must reach the Vote Editor by Friday
at o'clock p. The final count will then be made, and
the results made known in The Times Sunday September
Balloting yesterday was expected to be very light.
However the first mail this morning brought deluge Of
letters and the Vote Editor had Immediately in
aid in establishing the order of nominees today
The leaders in the list today are men and women OF
proved integrity and public sprtedness. Let us hope
the leaders the end of the ballong will be of high
character and reputation.
The list will be certified the President of the United
States for consideration Immediately after
of the results The Times assured that he will give ser
Gus consideration the list in choosing the next Comms
soner of the District
The leader in the list today may not be the leader to-
morrow. you have nominated friend, it your duty
to see that he makes good showing Get and hustle
for your man. Do it today.
Vote early. Don't wait until Thursday. Hustle now
and rest later
The Washington times., 1920-08-30

is one OF tho ugly mushroom
growths of our feverish today. We
don't like her. We don't respect
her. We can't feel that she has
any real Importance in the world.
she's a highly colored, over-drcssed
weed-poison weed at that.
Then how about the young weak
ling who lives off her and fattenS
emotionally as well as in terms OF
accepting the advantages OF the
wealth and position she gets from
another man?
Our reactions in regard TO him are
likely to take the form OF wanting
~ kick him around the block "
he's twenty. We say "pCo or young
fool" and want "a rescue him from
the poison ivy that's starting to
cling to him. II he's twenty-five We
feel that he ought to know better
and that he's as much TO blame as
tho spineless but gaycty-mad crca-
turc who's using him for her own
selfish and worthless pleasures. But
when he's thirty--a man grown
we get a new set OF Impressions OF
The Washington times., 1920-08-30
Beatrice Fairfax
ON
Love.
ATELY have come to know
OAN
Love.

k<Y ATELY I have come to know
man of forty-fve who
- complains of how lonely the
past few years have been for him.
/ find that when he was young he
always went about with married
women. Now. won't you write an
article about how foolish this Is and
please add a word to the women
who take a young fellows time in
this way. claiming they are not
harming anyone. But ! notice they
tell fellows how foolish they would
be to get married and face the prob
lens of the high cost of living"
This suggestion came to me from
a girl who signs herself Alice
and it was followed n few letters
further along in the same mail by
one from "B. r. c." who registers
a similar plea.
Won't you try to do something
for me? I'm very unhappy because
I've lost the affections of the man !
really care for deeply. 7 might be
unselfsh enough TO let him so
cheerfully if | thought he had gone
TO someone who was making his
life better than / could. But when |
realize that he is now what they
call an M. w. P.'-which means
Married Women's Pet'-and that he
has been taken from me by wom-
an who isn't going to marry him and
make home for him, ] get bitter.
The woman in the case has an auto
mobile and a nice home. She can
call for my friend and drive him
home to fine supper, with all MS
favorite dishes. She is bold enough
to make a fuss over him In many
ways So perhaps you can't blame
him for turning to her from girl
he'd have to spend money on IN
stead OF getting attentions from
Not blame him2 Perhaps not
Neither do ! blame a lap dog Tor
Csstidiously consuming the dainties
which are offered him, and Tor loI-
ling back superciliously againTt
tho cushions OF the car in which
his mistress takes him to ride on
sunny afternoons But | don't a1-
mire lap-dogs and ! have an ir-
tcnse respect for-rat- terriers.
OF course. the modern married
woman. with her rcstlessness, her
unrulflled dreams, her empty hours
and her empty cradles, has way of
6ndins plenty OF mischief for her
very idle hands to do. I condemn
hcr-but pity her, too. She's miss
ing the real meaning OF her wom-
anhood She's missing the chance
to make home and to make her
man happy. She's falling to know
the ioys Of service. She's a para
sitc---non contributor to the world
off which she lives. She consumes
and doesn't produce. She's dead
waste. But all that is rather pa
thctiC.
There's no happiness in rushing
around feverishly in search rf
amusement. There's no peace OF
mind gained by killing time.
There's no deep and lasting salts
faction in utterly selfish gayeties
which don't do anything more pur-
poserul than get rid OF few
hours
The woman who Is driven to the
druggine erect Of mere substitutes
for living is a pathetic hgure. She
The Washington times., 1920-08-30

now being drafted by the National Press Committee
D. c. suffrage. have doubt these bills have good
chance passage the December session. because under
stand majority of House and Senate have expressed
themselves as favorable form of local
for the District.
"A constitutional amendment is too cumbersome and
too difficult to obtain at this time If local suffrage is
granted the District the representation in Congress
be obtained later The first thing to do my opinion is
to give Washingtonians voice in their local affairs"
The Washington times., 1920-08-30

cost her anything. She doesn't have
to live with them. She has only to
keep her Pet so interested and
amused and we'll fed and keyed up
emotionally. that he feels no need
for the roots and substance OF mar
riage and home.
The married woman who philan-
ders with young men is a thief OF
some other woman's happiness.
she's canker at the roots OF So
cicty and it's foundation--homc.
What worse is there to be said Of
tho man with whom she amuses
herself?
why. that he's willing to be Thu
pet" OF creature like that. That
he Is man In theory--and . wom-
ans toy in reality. That he hasn't
the stamina and strength and cour-
age to build him house Of dreams,
but that he has to sneak like a
thief into another mans homo.
The Married Woman's Pet strikes
me as being blood brother to tho
horned toad and the bat. Beyond
this one doesn't go-in print
The Washington times., 1920-08-30
HIS PRAYERS.

Last night went to sec MIN
about a girl who was shanghaIeo ps
wicked men. but came man VIZ VIZ
rescued her, then married ner WIZ"
her consent, and all was "en. -,.
In front of me there sat IVY az,
"a ono of them had seen the MIN
ga told her friend just how 1t all
vas going to lie. And NEXT to me
tbere was a chap who knew part oil
every piece the band would play.
He whistled false or hummed along
o-baIf n note off of the key.
And then prayed that this chap
yould shanghai the dame, who'd
marry him gainst his consent. And
oil would end unhappily. A
The Washington times., 1920-08-30

What must be the sensations
~ Terrible Terry, the Cheese
Mite. upon being transferred
from his spacious ancestral
halls in swiss cheese to his
nau ousrtcrs in an Old Linn
burger? j. D. f.
The Washington times., 1920-08-30
MILO'.S ANSWER.

EDNA and LILLIAN seem to think
H and philosophers can answer
anything. They are right. Some OF
the most brilliant young men and
women in America contribute to II and
s. no one knows why Well then. dear
children, a soap bubble is the same
thickness as the camoufage on some
girls faces, and lasts just about as
long in a rainstorm. A real soapy bub-
Bile is thicker at the bottom because
it runs down like wet paint. Adios.
MILO H.
The Washington times., 1920-08-30
FOR WHOM 1T FITS.
Ike a world OF pains

Cops take a world OF pains
To prove that bodies can exist sans brains;
The former 80 fsntssticslly dressd,
The latter's absence may be safely guessed.
PARK BENJAMIN.
Nay the ladies. | vow
| cannot tell how.
Were now white curd and now red.
Law how would you stare
At their huge crop of hair.
Tis haycock o. top of their head!
DAVID GARRICK.
The Washington times., 1920-08-30
Once-Overs
LOSE YOUR PEP AND YOU LOSE YOUR PUNCH

right Feature service,
Don't let enthusiasm die
enthuse Of well
the
friends sliding the
looking the enthusiastic
fenced, andso become cynical and hardened.
recognized the fact yourself
getting slower to stir action slower anything like
work
It experience which should show pass
around pep. 49,
Il past experience which should you appreciate its
full good things which you find in others
Don't let achievement belong
takes enthusiasm anything worth while
20 be diched.
gaining
help be
you-aggcrng tighten brighten up
it.
The Washington times., 1920-08-30

ION general principles,
men and women, should have
a voice in the Government. It
is not right that nearly half
q million people in the Dis
trict of Columbia have no
voice in their National or
local government.
People generally through
out the United States do not
know that the National Capt.
tai is totally disfranchised.
This is not right and must
be corrected by Congress.
II favor local self govern
ment in it's fullest meaning
for the disfranchised people
Of the District. The Decem-
Der session should pass the
local suffrage bills that are
The Washington times., 1920-08-30

Always Thought that the
movies were a little extravagant
when they depicted soda -jerkers
combing their hair at the fount.
ain mirror until | saw the same
stunt pulled at a drugstore on
n prominent downtown corner
II. NJ. II.
The Washington times., 1920-08-30
MIR. B. BAER
WHERE THEY STAND.

Now that they've got it, Mr.
Harding is for lady suffrage.
Now that it's here, Mr.. Cox is
for moderate drinking in habit
forming quantities.
Harding is for the people. of the
people and buy the people.
In order to get votes, Mr.. Cox
will not spend a nickel-of his own.
Harding chirps he will go through
this election like a clown through
a paper hoop.
Cox buzzes that he thinks the
best man will win, but hasn't given
up hope.
Harding is a friend Of the work
ingman when he works.
Cox is also a friend of the work
ingman when he works.
That's two friends the working
man thinks he's got.
When. the workingman pulls a
strike, he can count all his friends
up on the hairs on wooden leg.
Harding isn't sure whether he
is for or agin the League of Ma
tions. He thinks it's both.
Cox is for the league, lock, stock
and barrel The Democrats want
the mandate over Cuba. The
League of Nations idea is a whale.
A whale is something that Simon
went fishing fot in a bucket.
Neither candidate would say any
thing on the question of marriage
being a success. They say that's
for the married folks to fight out.
Harding says the American
reople are being coddled too much.
Childs' restaurants won't even let
EN- butter their own bread.
Cox is also for the people. OF the
people and buy the people.
Both boys records are as clean
as a cannibals tooth. Their coun-
try is paging them. Each man is
credit to his country.
Each man is credit TO his
state. That's what we need now.
Credit.
The Washington times., 1920-08-30
Votes For Washington

Congressman Harold Knutson of Minnesota, heartily
favors the enfranchsemen of the District of Columbia
ION general principles" he SAYS "every American,
The Washington times., 1920-08-30
INDIAN NAMES.

NJ c, r., a Census clerk. has found
these names in county hst mes
working upon: a.,
rides Pretty Horse: Thomas Long
Tail. Emma Two Belly; sampson
pird Ground; Jack He Can DO u;
shot in the Nose: Does Everything
Emma Runs Between; Bear Ground;
ruii Tongue: Good Bread; Henry
pretty on Top: John Left Hand ;
shows AZ She Goes.
Everybody is going to vote in No
vember except the citizens Of the
District. We are like plucked geese
in January. PHILIP EBERT.
The Washington times., 1920-08-30

A Young woman in the Munsey
building has been serving sand
wiches to her associates. One man
ouivered thusly after titillating his
oesophagus with the dainty:
Miss =, I'd like to tell you
How well liked your sansuich,
But when l try to do II
| haven't got the languich.
The Washington times., 1920-08-30

There was a girl by the name OF Rose
who wore the darndest roll top hose,
She sat just opposite poor old Nose,
who went stone blind, while watching those
MOY.
The Washington times., 1920-08-30
We TOW NE GOSSIP
II Registered u 6. Patent Office
BY K. G. B.
cred u. 9. Patent OfncA

THEY ASKED OF me.
If l wouldn't write.
AND PUT it here.
THAT TOMMY was wed.
AND WHAT could | do?
AND l said | would.
AND HARRY suggested.
MAKE it read.
AS THOUGH Tommy bad died.
AND ASHLEY suggested.
KID him bit.
But ! haven't the heart
TO DO these things.
so rLL put it down.
THAT WE all are glad.
MY CHAUFFEUR friends.
AND MY humble self.
THAT TOMMY has wed.
AND WE all of us hope.
THAT THE road he's on.
WILL BE always good.
WITH NO detours;
AND WHATEVER the hills.
HE'LL TAKE them on high.
AND WHEN he's through.
AND HIS tour is done.
HE NAY look back.
AND SAY to himself;
"THAr WAS some trip
I THANK you.
The Washington times., 1920-08-30
NE s,rs ON HIS FOOT.

Searching for new types smong
the so-called male vamps OF
washington, ] ran across one who
ats on his foot like a girl. IL
was on a street car, and ] was
about ready to croak after seeing
IL You know how girl sits
down and pulls one leg up under
her w. L. II.
The Washington times., 1920-08-30
WE WILL ALL FEEL SORRY
roR THIS POOR CONRADE.

Dear Old Bill: Troubles m hsHins
nIenty First a vscationist came W
,u,rs;ncton from another city, ana
now he has my girl writing to him.
Next, | was out with tame ahI
modest girl who wouldn't thlnk o.
Eearinr hosettes. she fell ana toIo
~. Lneea Of her good silk stockings
being forced to roll EN- down, sou %
Thirdly, l went to my girls house TO
take her out had to hold her oaoy
SIS. "a had been eating jelly cake
md smeared her Jelly hands Al over
~ front OF my best white shlrt
was lar from home | bought sn
in sins' '''' SPORT.
The Washington times., 1920-08-30

OVER AT the garage.
WHERE I keep my car.
THERE ARE other cars.
OF LUCKY folk.
WHO HAVE money enough
TO KEEP chauffeurs.
AND THERE'S eight of them.
OR MAYBE ten.
AND I will say.
THEY'RE A kindly lot.
FOR MANY a time.
THEY HAVE rescued me.
WHEN rvE been lost.
IN THE maze Of things.
BENEATH THE hood.
OF MY willys Six.
AND / like them all.
AND WE are friends.
AND IN the months.
THAT I'VE been there.
THEY'VE ASKED nothing.
THAT I do for them.
UNTIL YESTERDAY.
WHEN THEY came to me,
TO LET me know.
THAT ONE of them.
WHO IS Tommy by name.
HAD JUST been married.
on THE day before.
AND ALL in a crowd.
The Washington times., 1920-08-30

In order to get votes. Mr.. Cox
will not spend a nickel-of his own.
The Washington times., 1920-08-30

SAM ALLEN says the Department
Of Justice can not begin an lnVestl-
cation of restaurant and some other
nrices in Washington any too soon
to suit him.
The Washington times., 1920-08-30

this election like a clown through
a paper hoop.
The Washington times., 1920-08-30
as1n1EAR1,nS5EE1fI1a g.
SHE WAS ONCE SO SHY

SHE WAS ONCE 50 SHN.
She was so young and shy!
And for naughty look
She would weep.
She would cover UP the
Bird cage at night for fear
The bird would peep.
When she was invited
Out as a dinner
Guest.
She would blush If the
Waiter brought the salad In
Undressed.
Now she spends evenings on
= street, and to the cake caters
She will cling.
She wears furs in August
Roll top stockings.
N'everything. u fiD'
JOHN B. MCCARTHY, recently
retired from the Government serv'
ice, writes from Davenport, Iowa
that he's on his way to California
and may decide to "grow up in the
West" Then he adds: Il greatly
miss H and S, its entertainment ano
philosophy"
The Washington times., 1920-08-30

Harding is for the people, of the
people and buy the people.
The Washington times., 1920-08-30

Cox buzzes that he thinks the
best man will win, but hasn't given
up hope.
The Washington times., 1920-08-30

Harding is a friend OF the work
ingman when he works.
The Washington times., 1920-08-30

Now that they've got it, Mr..
Harding is for lady suffrage.
Now that it's here, Mr.. Cox is
for moderate drinking in habit
forming quantities.
The Washington times., 1920-08-30

Cox is also friend of the work
ingman when he works.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-08
u " "a ~ Ios
DIAMONDS
BOUGHT
PRIVATE
DIAMONDS BOUGHT

Positively highest cash prices for yorrr ga,
r.onds: any size from J.; 4" 10 csrats. none
bought. Estates bnurht tp"iv.l Est 10 var,
The Diamond Shnn IOM h M.rArt
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-08
Hauling
anted

ANTED-Iight weight. 5-pass "d-hand
,nr with self-start"r. demOunta bic rims and
All nrr-HSary tQuipment. give price. terms
mn urrticulars. 1874. Ledger Ofrcr.
" AETED-The best automobile $500 viii
buy. late Dodge preferred. Address 9lOu
: st. Phone Woodland 33bO
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-08
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
CITY
SO North Second Street

Mod rn 3-story brick building: lot - 3Nll2
II 3-stOry brick building In rear: lot 20 3N
-. =. extending to Filb"rt St, containing ar
proN,mately .1G.OO0 ~. Il. Of unObNruClrd
floor space selling pric, reasonable. mmc-
,iiatr possession. For inspection and further
Ia rlCulars apply 10
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-08
WEST PHILADELPHIA

Your Real Estate Sold No %Ss%. m asssG ,Se,soG
FITZPATRICK. 1541 N. GOTH ST.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-08
APARTMENTS

APARTMENTS
APARTMENT ITADQCARTERs
Central apartments n speciality. Sherwood
AIT. AgenC". 225 :. ItroPd st. Some very
ttlraCllNc furn. hpts. some housekeeping.
BROAD ST, \, l5sI-Elcgantiy furnished
second floor, $50 per month; yearly lease,
Earring, 4Oal and iaO s 4Oth st.--Apt.
and rooms and bath also with kitchen;
Will furnish. Phone Preston 2279 w.
SINGLE room and bath, IVanhoc. 47th and
SAMSON sts,, rooms and bath, 80th and
Locust SITS. Inquire of janitor.
1907 CHESTNUT ST.---Two large rooms and
bath second floor front: sublet balance OF
ease LONGER term II desired, PHI Pres. 24t3
rFNNSYLNANL-SI BURBAN
THREE AND ROOM APARTMENTS
oppost OUth - Terminal: opcn Sunday
P. J. Lawler ....
ATLANTIC CITY
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