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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-10-02

Robert from the doorway, and then
he disappeared.
Father and mother and Elnear
went out on the sidewalk, where
Kenneth and James were.
After the parade was over, FL
near said. Didn't you think that
was 4 nice parade? I'm glad we're
going to the circus because l think
it's going to be good. too"
Then Elnear went home with her
father and mother and the boys
went back to school. She went to
school in the afternoon, but she
was SC excited that she didn't work
very hard. She hurried home from
school so she could practice the
song which she was going to sing
at Sunday school the next Sunday.
But she might as well have not
practiced at all. Her practicing did
more harm than good, for she for
got the words to her song and she
had 70 learn them all over again
the next evening. 1t seemed to her
like years until it was time to go.
The boys came home and got their
lessons as if nothing was going on.
Then Kenneth asked:
Mother, should we practice
that song with Elnear?"
81 don't think it will do much
good. She has forgotten the words
already. Now. she'll have to
learn them all over again tomor-
row evening"" said mother.
Soon father came home from the
office and they had dinner. After
dinner, mother went upstairs to
change her clothes. When she
came down, she found Elnear try
ing to get their hats and coats out
for them. She was having pretty
hard time, because she was so
small.
Soon they were on the street car,
on their way to the circus grounds.
Elnear was very excited. She
could hardly wait to get there. At
the entrance they met some of
their friends, Mr. and Mrs. Murphy
and their children, David and
Norma. They went around to-
gether and when the performance
began, they got seats together.
Norma and Elnear sat together.
What do you know" said Ell
near, 81 was so excited tonight
when I got home from school that
| couldn't remember the words to
my song. l was singing
4 will sing the wondrous story
OF. I'm going to the circus.
but mother made me stop and
wouldn't let me practice any more.
She said l had better wait until l
had my mind on what | was prac-
ticing, and I though so, too. Don't
you"
eyes," agreed Norma. q"
Just then the performance be-
gan.
"Ill tell you on the way home
Norma said.
"All right" said Elnear.
There were dogs in the ring
which Elnear and Norma watched
most. They were having kind of
concert. First a little white dog
played a piano solo on a toy piano
such as little girls have in their
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Elnear Wanted A
Pink Spangled Gown

CulluTeu, w yOu WANT W 81 "
the circus?" asked father, coming
in from the office one evening.
when is it, father?" asked Ell
near.
DAY after tomorrow" said Ken
meth. 81 saw the advertisement
on the way home from school TO-
night"
Next evening while mother was
practicing new song which she
had bought that afternoon, Elnear
sat on her fathers knee and the
boys were getting their lessons for
the next day.
Father" Elnear whispered, "the
teacher said we would get out of
school to see the parade. Don't
you think that's nice Of her."
when | went to school, said
father, "the teacher didn't let us
out of school to see the parade,
So"
Didn't you get to see it," FL
near interrupted.
Eyes" said father. "the parade
was on Saturday"
What did the circus people do
the rest of the week." asked Ell
near.
"They stayed in the same city
all week"
81 wish they would do that now,
and have different things every
day"
Maybe they will. sometime"
Mother had finished practicing,
so Elnear kissed her father and
mother goodnight and went to bed.
Soon mother and father and the
boys went to bed. The house was
very still. Elnear lay very still in
her little white bed but she didn't
go to sleep for long time. She
was thinking about how nice 1t
would be If some time circus
would stay a whole week in their
town. Finally she began to dream.
She dreamed that she was bare
back rider A pretty bareback
rider with yellow curls and a pink
spangled dress.
Next morning she went to school
as did all of the other children.
But not much work was done in
school that morning. Everyone was
too excited to do anything but
think about the Circuit. Finally,
when it came time for them to be
excused, all of the boys and some
of the girls went whooping out of
the building, they were so happy.
But Elnear didn't. She was busy
What if this circus
would stay week." She went
home and then she went with her
to fathers office. The boys
were already there when they ar
rived. She watched father until
he was through with his work.
Then he sat down and she climbed
upon his knee.
What are you thinking about?"
he asked.
81 been thinking what if this cir
Gus should stay all week? Don't
you think it would be nice?"
Eyes. dear"
eff it did, we could go every
night"
Maybe, if you'd be real good"
"1'd be real good, father, and
you know that"
Eyes, l was just trying to tease
you"
We'll, you didn't do it, did your"
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been in his family for $50 years,
being brought to the United States
from England in ITO. The parrot
appears as spry as . youngster,
talks and sings and is strictly up-
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to-date when it comes to the latest
slang. Owen has the full life his
tory Of We bird, this being handed
down from father to son since tho
parrot reached the United States.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-18
important to Mothers
LEARNED LESSON OF THRIFT
Boys and Girls of New Jersey Town
Have Made Record of Which
They Are Proud.

If there has been less talk of the
servant problem in Bridgeton, New
Jersey, than elsewhere, 1t is quite ex-
plainable. Not to be outdone by their
European sisters and brothers in mat
tiers of thrift and industry, rs young
sterS in that town have investee$1 900
In United States thrift stamps this
year, thanks to their own hard work.
Boys and girls alike have welcomed
opportunities of doing remunerative
dishwashing, sweeping, busting, store
clerking, baby-minding, errand-run-
ming, etc, with the goal of economy
symbOlized by government stamps
ahead of them. The more ambitious
have undertaken cutting weeds, carry
ing coal, sitting ashes, selling papers,
raising chickens, cleaning pavements,
and some have even won prizes to add
to their savings. Having found that
time can be converted into money it is
doubtful whether these boy will again
find the street corner a worthwhile
place for spending idle hours, or the
girls be content to waste periods in
porch chatter.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-18
NOBLE RELICS OF THE PAST
TriumphaI Arch of Titus, at Rome,
and the Colosseum, Are Splendid
in Their Ruin.

The triumphal arch Of Titus in
Rome was built in 70 A. D., to COM
memOrate the defeat Of The Jews, and
was dedicate to the Empero4: Titus
after his death. 1t is adorned with fine
sculptures in relief. On the frieze out
side is a sacrificial procession and on
the inner side Titus is seen crowned
by Victory in a quadriga driven by
Roma. On mother part Of the arch is
a triumphaI procession of Jews, the
Table Of Shew Bread and the seven
branched candlestick. In the center
Of the vaulting the consecrated emper-
or is seen being carried to heaven by
an eagle.
In 1882 the arch was q set of ruins,
and some of the medieval additions
were removed and it was partly recon-
structed. The colosseum, with seats
for $4,000 spectators, originally called
the Flavian amphitheater, was COM
pleted by Titus in the year 80 A. D.,
and derives its later name, probably,
from a colossal statue of Nero. The
colosseum is now all in ruins.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-18
Fire Without Matches.

Fire without matches may be pro-
duced with handful of dry grass and
two pieces of wood, one called the tin
derwood, and the other piece of very
hard wood or very soft wood that Is
called the drill or spindle. A hand
full of dry grass is placed on solid
rock or board. and notch is cut in
the Underwood. The Underwood is
then placed on the dry grass and the
spindle is inserted in the notch in
the Underwood The spindle is made
to spin at a fast rate between the
palms Of the hands until coal is pro-
duced. Then the dry grass Is taken
up in the hands and blown on to make
blaze. 1t is then dropped on the
ground and dry twigs and other grass
piled on. much quicker method
than using the palms of the hands is
to have q bow with leather thong
stretched on 1t. The spindle is fixed
with one turn around 1t and made to
revolve very fast in the notch Of the
Underwood.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-18
Object Lessons In Fuel Saving.

The moving pictures are to be made
use of as a means of educating people
in the manner OF making the most
efficient use of fuel. Several 5O-mln-
ute films have been made, showing
good and bad operation in steam boil
er plants, methods Of testing boilers.
and the like. These pictures will be
available to each state in connection
with it's educational propaganda to
conserve the fuel supply. A series of
official bulletins on engineering phases
of steam and fuel economics also is
being prepared. They will include
boiler and furnace testing, fuel gas
analysis, saving steam in heating sys-
TENS, boiler-room accounting system,
saving steam and fuel in industrial
plants, burning fine sizes of anthra-
cite, boiler water treatment, oil burn
ing and stoker operation.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-18
Prayed for Cure
Finds it After 10 Years
Food Would Sour and Boil
Teeth Like Chalk

Mr.. Herbert M. Gessner writes from his
home in Berlin, N. H.:
had stomach trouble over ten years;
kept getting worse. tried everything for
relief but it came back worse than ever.
Last fall got awfully bad; could only eat
light loaf bread and tea. In January got
80 bad that what I would eat would sour
and boil; my teeth would be like chalk.
/ suffered terribly. prayed every day for
something to cure me. One day 1 read
about EATONIC and told my wife to get
me box at the drug store as was going
to work at p. m. took one-third of it
and began to feel relief; when it was
three-fourths gone, I felt fine and when it
was used up had no pains. Wife got me
another box but l have felt the pain but
twice. / used five tablets out of the new
box and have no more stomach trouble.
Now l write to tell you how thankful
am that heard of EATONIC. I feel like
q new man; eat what / like, drink plenty
Of water, and it never hurts me at all.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-18
LOVE AFFAIRS OF ROYALTY
Monarchs and Princes Of Britain
Figure Conspicuousiy in the
Annals of Gallantry.

There Is a great deal of talk to the
effect that the prince of Wales will be
allowed to follow the dictates of his
heart in the matter of marriage, even
If the lady he should choose be not of
royal blood, remarks the Montreal
Family Herald.
The rule requiring that royalty wed
with royalty is not as old as is some
times thought, for it was only in the
time of George III. that the Royal
Marriage act was passed. George III.
himself made the daughter of linen
draper his wife, though she never was
his queen.
In olden times, of course, the king
married to cement an alliance with
some foreign country, but happily
there Is no need for that form Of
diplomacy in these modern times.
Henry VIII.-"bluff King Hal''-once
declared, "Where my heart goeth. there
shall my hand be bestowed" and fol-
lowed this up by wooing and eventual
ly winning Anne Boleyn, the daughter
of knight and the descendant of a
London apprentice. Very passionate
was his wooing of his Town sweet
heart"
The day after poor Anne's head fell
under the executioner's axe on Tower
green, he was standing at the altar
with Jane Seymour, another knights
daughter, who became the mother of
our sixth Edward.
When he was prince of Wales,
George w. fell in love with Mrs. Fitz-
herbert, beautiful widow. He was
very ardent in his wooing and the lady
led him pretty dance before she
finally yielded and allowed him to
make her his wife.
There is charming frankness in her
letters to her royal lover, in one of
which she writes, in answer to n re-
quest to meet the prince after leaving
the ballroom: "'Meet you! What,
you?-the prince of Wales, whose
character in the annals of gallantry is
too we'll known for me to suppose that
after such meeting should have any
character at all l"-London Telegraph.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-18
The Green Heron.

This bird, which is sometimes called
the "fy-up-the-creek," is about one and
a half feet long and is common through
out the United States and Canada. 1t
feeds mostly on fish, frogs and other
aquatic animals, and may be seen, par
ticularly in the morning and in the eve
ming, standing patiently motionless in
some shallow water, waiting till prey
comes within reach.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-18

Costs few cents! Drop a little
Freezone on that touchy corn, instant
ly that corn stops hurting, then you
lift it right out with the fingers.
Why wait? Your druggist sells a
tiny bottle of Freezone for few cents,
sufficient to rid your feet of every hard
corn, soft corn, or corn between the
toes, and calluses, without soreness or
Irritation. Freezone is the much
talked of discovery Of the Cincinnati
genius.-Adv.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-18
The Absentee Landlord.

1--WE quit calling on. my tenants.
said the landlord.
"That so2"
"This fad of mobbing the landlord
has spread so rapidly I've decided u
isn't safe"
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-18
Contrary Advice.

"There are some women who al
ways keep a man in hot water"
"There's no pleasing you men. You
are liable to turn the next minute an.
blame wives for not giving their hus
bands q warm welcome"
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-18
IMPROVED UNlfoRM INTERNATIONAL
SUNAYSQlOOL
LESSON
CBy REV. F. B. FITZWATER. d. d..
Teacher of English Bible in the Moody
Bible Institute Of Chicago)
Copyright, 1920. Western Newspaper Unionl
LESSON FOR JUNE 20
THE LORD OUR SHEPHERD.
LESSON TEXT-Psalm %.

LESSON TEXT-Psalm %.
GOLDEN TEXT-The Lord Is my sl1ep-
herd, I shall not want-Ps. 23:1.
DEVOTIONAL READING - Eek. "a:
u-16.
. ADDITIONAL MATERIAL - John 10:
1-18
|, PRIMARY TOPIC-How God takes care
Of us.
JUNIOR TOPIC-The Shepherd Psalm.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
Trusting God for Everything.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Our Divine Shepherd.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-18
SHOES WEAR LONGER

When you walk in comfort; so do stockings
A package of Aliens Foot=Ease, the anti
septic powder to shake into the shoes and
sprinkle In the foot bath, gives you that
"old shoe" comfort and saves wear. Aliens
Foot=East makes tight new shoes fec
easy. Ladies can wear shoes one size
smaller by shaking some Aliens Foot
Ease in each shoe in tho morning. Sold
everywhere.-Adv.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-18
Each Has Special Gift,

Degrees infinite of luster there must
always be, but the weakest among us
has a gift, however seemingly trivial,
which Is peculiar to him, and which,
worthily used, will be gift, also. to
his race forever.-Johu Ruskin.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-18
No Buried Trouble.

''Did you see where man some
where used a cemetery for making
moonshine whisky and got raided"
'In going there he certainly made Q
grave mistake"
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-18

To be "impulsive" is to lack self
control; to lack self-cOntrOl is to be
the mercy of otherF
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-18

Culture is more a matter of absorp-
ton than of acquisition.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-18

Ability without stability is sure to
end in disappointment.
The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1920-06-18

Nashville.-The World Auxiliary In.
surance Corporation, limited, OF Lon.
don, England, with a capital stock of
100000 pounds sterling, filed copy of
its charter with the secretary of state
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1920-07-22

prizes In oratOrical contests and inter-
collegiate debates, he has been pop
ular speaker.
For several years he was engaged in
welfare work, studying social, eco
nOmic and industrial conditions.
Because of his interest in men he
went with our troops to France and
lived with them at the front.
As welfare worker he spoke to
several hundreds Of thousands Of our
soldiers, both in the fighting zones and
in our camps.
Not only is he eloquent in his deliv-
cry, but all of his lectures are full Of
the human things that people want to
hear, and his personality is such that
when he has finished his lecture, the
listeners are conscious that they have
been living with human conditions as
portrayed by an intensely human
speaker.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1920-07-22
LONG SERVICE RECORD

Washington, July 10. 1s2o-After
SIS years OF continuous Government
service, regarded by officials here as
a record never before equalled., Hen
ry J. Wylie, clerk in the Quarter
masters Department OF the U. S.
Marine Corps, will retire on August
20 with an .nnuiaty. Mr.. Wylie has
served the Marine Corps for As
years in the same department.
Mr.. Wylie enter.d the Government
service in the Post Office in Pitts
field, Mass, when II years old In
1851 he enlisted in the army and
saw service in three of the great
battles of the Civil War At the
close Of the war he was appointed
clerk in the Washington navy yard
He left the navy yard to join the
clerical force of the Marine Corps in
1875.
During his service In the Marine
Corps, Mr.. Wylie has administered
the oath of office to the following
commandments of the corps: Major
Generals Haywood, Elliot, Biddle.
Barnett and Lejeune
Mr.. Wylie was born in Pittsfield,
Mass, in 1888.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1920-07-22
BAXTER, ROUTE 2


Mrs. Bell Whitaker spent last week
with her father, A. p Robertson, who
is very i'll at this writing.
Miss Della Whiteaker spent Mon
day night with Sarah Grider.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hobart Patton spent
Sunday at Joe Whiteaker's.
Miriam Order and Jimmie and
Willie Whitaker spent Sunday at
Young Watts.
Mrs. Mary Luke visited Mrs. Alice
Dilldine recently.
There win be an all day singing at
Twin Oak the first Sunday in Aug
ust. Everybody come and bring
some one with you.
Dorman Order, Herbert and Bud
Ramsey went to the window cliffs,
Sunday.
Miss Roxie Edmons, Estle Steak
ley and Theo Julian visited at Joe
Whitteakers, Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Dilldine are all
smiles, and say it's girl,
Rettie and Dorothy Goolsby are
spending few days with their
grandpa, Johnnie Order.
TWO CHUMs.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1920-07-22
rs years older than Harvard.

Is years older than Harvard.
English is taught exclusively in
the Philippine public schools. Two
million natives now speak English
fiuently, and there are 100000 eng
disappearing children in the public
schools. 1t is destined to be the
national language.
Seventy per cent Of the inhabitants
of the Philippines over 10 years OF
age, according to census just com
pleted, are literate. This is higher
percentage of literacy than that OF
any South American country, high
er than that of Spain, aud higher
than that of any Of the new repub.
lies of Europe whose independence is
being guaranteed by the Allies.
The Filipino people are unanimous
in their desire, for independence
Whenever they are called upon to
deposit their ballots they have al
ways ratified this aspiration. AT
every session before adjournment
their representatives in the Legisla.
ture reiterated their faith in the
principles of liberty and the indie
pendence of the Filipino people.
There are only 1854 Japanese in
the Philippines. There are $4,000
Japanese in California alone, or 10
times as many as in the entire Phil
ippine archipelago.
A special delegation Of Filipinos,
officially representing the Filipino
people, are attending the two nation
al conventions. seeking the endorse
ment of the Filipino desire for in
dependence in the platforms Their
arguments, briefly stated. are as fol-
lows:
First. That the American Decla-
ration of Independence declares that
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1920-07-22
GREAT LECTURE
AT CHAUTAUQUA
EIWcoA 7. Bailey Wlll Discuss
Current Problems.
"Tko Call o. the Hour Topic e
Vital Address on Third
Night.

'sThe Call Of the Hour" will be the
subject Of the lecture to be given BY
Elw0od T. Bailey on the third night
Of the Redpath Chautauqua.
This lecture deals with the prcb-
lens which are confronting all Of us
today. It discusses the questions In
which everyone Is vitality interested
and will make for better citizenship
and truer loyalty to the nation, home.
soho0l, church and community.
Graphic truths are pictured In q
forceful manner, both dramatic and
humorous.
Since the days In high school and
university, when Elwood Bailey wen
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1920-07-22
CROP ESTIMATES

The general trend OF crop condit-
ions throughout Tennessee is nuch
better than thirty days ago, as re-
ported by G. l.. Morris, Agricultural
Statistician, Bureau OF Crop Esti-
mates, United States Department of
Agriculture.
Weather conditions have been
such that cultivation has progressed
rapidly since the first Of June, and
while many of the growing crops
were late in being planted, they are,
under the. influence of good growing
weather, fast approaching the mid
summer stage.
The corn crop, hardly so large as
last years acreage, shows a condit-
ion the same. The condition in the
western part of the state is better
than on . the same date last year,
while the eastern is not quite so good
There is a smaller acreage of both
kinds of potatoes than last season. A
late, wet spring, high priced seed
and shortage of slips are the princi-
pal factors in the reduction. The
condition, though, in some respects,
is better.
There is decided reduction in
the tobacco acreage. The heaviest
decline is in the western part of the
state. While there has been some
reduction in the middle division, In
the eastern part oft he state there is
slime increase in hurley.
: The condition OF barley. rye and
wfeatsis some tier thah a 1 month
ago, though aahe average yield OF
wheat will be low, there are many
excellent fields, and the quality is
generally reported good.
The acreage of timothy is the
same as last season. The condition
of alfalfa, clover, millet and all hay
is good Cowpeas, soylbeans, though
planted late, are showing up well.
Vegetables have taken on new life.
and there is fair prospects for most
all kinds of fruit. A good crop of
blackberrdes is now being picked,
though the crop has suffered to some
extent in some localities on account
of dry weather. Melons are in fair
condition
The peanut crop of the state is
very short. The condition is rather
low. The prospects for orghum for
syrup are better than last season.
The acreage is some larger and the
condition good.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1920-07-22

in existence in the Islands has been
officially confirmed by Americas
own representatives there, and
Third, That America went before
the world In the recent war as the
avowed champion of "self-determina-
tion," American soldiers having been
told it was one of the things they
were lighting and dying for.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1920-07-22

governments derive their Just pow.
ers from the consent Of the govern
ed;
Second. That the American Cong
ress in the Jones law, soiemnly prom
Used the FHipinos independence up
on the establishment OF a stable gov
eminent, and that their claim that
the said stable government is now