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The Washington times., 1920-05-29
The Rhyming
Optimist
By Aline Michaelis.

~ EE! But I do banker for
NJ car, but, no; am not
banker, SO I'll save my
dough. There's no use talking.
I'm a husky guy: legs were made
for walking, SO why should I sigh?
Also, I'll make mention I'll not buy a
suit, for it's my intention to hoard
up my loot. Though my hat Is
twisted, slightly warped and bent,
still, as I've insisted. I'll not spend
a cent. am tired of helping every
profitcef, and I'll have 'cm yelping
by another year. When the costs
now climbing drop with dull ker-
flop, folks will all be Ginning:
"This man made 'em stopr Yes,
it's out Of reason spending night
and day, so, for all this season, I'll
store jits away. / am wise and
brainy, that is why I save: then
when days are rainy other guys can
rave. What did you say, honey?
You must have hat? How can 1
save money IL you talk like that?
Well, If Mrs. Neighbor has one 1
suppose l can put my labor also
into clothes. And you say Miss
Spender has q new machine? Well,
my legal tender'll buy a limousine
Nobody can ever say that I am
cheap. Though they think they're
clever, / am just as deep. keep
up" is my motto. Match the other
guy. II he has au auto. I'll get
one or die. Still, in my position,
folks should save, I can't help
wishin' Joneses would 60 slow.
The Washington times., 1920-05-29
Leap Year Opportunities
In Congress
Copyright. 1920,
Rv Edith McDowell-Wise.


- ALIFORNIA furnishes one
handsome bachelor in Con-
~ grcss-Hugh Steel Herr
man, Democrat, of Gilroy. AL
though the Congressional Record
gives his birth date as July 8,
1872, he doesn't look it-and is so
enthusiastic and jolly that he will
never grow old.
The only son of fond mother,
It isn't strange that he hasn't
deserted her for wife, for she
is such a fine companion. Mary"
is his mothers name, and she is
his ideal, so girls you will have
to climb up on pedestal to reach
his expectations.
Hugh" was born in Maryland,
but received the greater part Of
his education in California--some
of 1t at Presbyterian College at
Clarksville, Tennessee - so ye
Presbyterian girls take note and
see that you know your catechism.
For fifteen years after finishing
his education he devoted himself
to mining. agricultural pursuits
and banking, and they do say that
he has amassed a fortune. II he
has, it hasn't spoiled him, for he
is q regular fellow.
He is a six-footer, athletic and
The Washington times., 1920-05-29

story OF how Lane and Jim had
called Vests BLUM" as my husband
put 1t. They had laughed at his
threats, had presented a solid and
completely united front and insisted
that nothing he could say or do
would stop them from sending ex-
perts to examine the properties
where West claimed to have started
drilling for oil and to have i>2ated
a "gusher" or two.
Ma Mercy for West.
"Oh, Jim-arent's you afraid?"
began.
"of what. little scare-cat?" he ban
tered.
why he kept threatening things
last night. Lane and Val. And he
was trying to kiss me when they
came. And he said he'd make ii so
hot for Lane he'd have to leave this
district, and then he'd ruin you
when your hacker was gone"
HE tried to kiss you! Threat
ened you. did he? The dirty rat.
Do you think I'll spare him nowg
What have / to fear? Lane isn't
taking water. so l certainly don't
have to. Well put West and his
phony stock out OF business. But
II we didn't. Anne-don't you see
what would happen? This fake
stun of his wells being located
right in the district where our wells
are drilling might discredit us.
We've got to drown this rat"
I'm kind of sorry for him" 1
found myself saying unexpectedly.
"Just like a woman" laughed Jim
"Quit worrying now and tend to
getting that ankle back in shape.
This is a great game we are playing
with West. As exciting as craps"
The old. dangerous glitter came
to Jim's eyes.
you like to gamble" breathed
with a terror-stricken fear.
you bet your sweet life I do!
cried Jim. This whole game I'm
in is a gamble. and the fellow who
has a good poker face and fine
sporting disposition wins-no mat
ter what cards the other fellow
holds. Vests beaten. And IL any
other fellow gets in my way, he'll
have to take a beating, too. Like
the gamble? It's the greatest game
in the world, little lady. And Jim
mie and Co. are in to stay"
(To BE Continued)
The Washington times., 1920-05-29
SaUingMOney
In the Home
by ELIZABETH LATTIMER.

~ ONT let the lack Of sugar
nor the high prices discour-
age you about this seasons
canning.
Fruits can be successfully canned
without sugar, and vegetables re-
quire none 50 the wise house,
keeper is planning to can as much
or more than usual this year.
Plenty OF canned vegetables reduce
grocery and doctors bills and add
pleasing variety to the diet in win
ter. Fruit canned without sweet
ening can be sweetened when it Is
used. Fruit juices, too. can be
canned without sugar. Indeed.
many people prefer to can them un-
sweetened. maintaining that the in
dividual fiavors are thereby best
preserved. Part Of the canned
juices can be made into jelly next
winter. Making jelly when the
weather is cool rather than when
the mercury fingers in the COS ap-
peaIs to many housewives as sane
and sensible procedure.
Getting Ready.
Half the battle in canning is to
have all equipment in readiness be-
fore the fruits and vegetables be-
gin to ripen.
II one waits until the fruit is half
ripe before making any preparation
to take care of it, there Is loss Of
time, and the season of that par
ticular product is likely to pass be-
fore all the equipment for canning
Is ready. Take an inventory now.
One OF the first steps is to order
a Gamer. if you are planning to
use one this summer. A wash boiler
or lard can with a false bottom will
hold the cans and process them ef-
fciently. The work. however. can
be done more easily with one OF
the commercial types Of Gamers.
AS the stock is usually low when
the canning season is under way, it
is well to select the kind you want
in advance when there is choice.
The steam pressure type is usually
preferred for general calming, but
the water seal and water bath are
both popular with those who want
a canner which costs less money.
II jar are needed. a supply should
be Md in early. The tops of both
the old and new jars should be gone
over carefully and all the rough
edges smoothed down with o knife.
There is no danger. then. that they
will cut the rubber. This is some
thing that can be gotten out of the
way before the season opens.
Test Rubbers Carefully.
One of the make OF rubbers which
Is to be used should be tested. A
good rubber-one that will stand up
under the heat which long cooking
In the can entsils-must possess
elasticity enough to allow it's being
folded and pinched without break
ing. Another test is it's ability 10
hold thirteen pou0ds weight with
out breaking when this weight is
suspended by hook from the rub
Der ring.
Whatever type of apparatus Is
used for processing or sterilizIng. A
number OF utensils are needed for
properly handling the products.
These include Ave or six good por-
celain saucepans or those of some
other material that is acid proof.
with covers for use in handling and
blanching acid fruits, two table,
spoons, one set of measuring
spoons, one wire bssket or several
yards of cheesecloth for use in
blanching, six wiping cloths, two
hand towels. one duplex fork for
lifting hot jars. and several sharp
pairing knives. Look over your sup
ply and sec II you have them in
The Washington times., 1920-05-29
When q Girl MarrieS
BY Anne Lisle.

Whose present newspaper serial has
Won . Great Popular Success.
Copyright, 1920, by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.
The Washington times., 1920-05-29
CHAPTER TX.
Allied MisaiOns.

In April of 1917 this was the situ-
alton in which the allies found
themselves: Great Britain. still
threatened with starvation by the
submarine menace, which she had
not been able to overcome; Russia,
in the throes of revolution; Italy.
corrupted by propaganda and lack
ing in essential materials. weak
ened to the point where she could
not withstand any great offensive
without help from outside; France,
at the end Of her reserves. And yet
the crisis had not been reached,
and the end was not in sight,
Nothing showed more plainly the
Importance which the allies at
tached to the entrance OF America
into the war than the personnel OF
the missions which they sent over
here as soon as we declared our
selves co-belligerents with them
against Germany. These missions
The Washington times., 1920-05-29
Hints For The
Household

The water in which potatoes are
boiled contains 10 per cent OF the
saline constituents of the potato,
and If the water is thrown away
valuable anti-scorbutic salts are
lost. This waste can be prevented
by utilizing the liquid as a basis
for soups, or in place of milk for
making scones.
II your cake pans are old, grease
them we'll and dust generously with
-four before putting the batter in;
when the cake is taken from the
oven place 1t on n cold wet cloth;
allow to cool before attempting to
remove the cake from the pan. and
1t will not stick, thus saving much
unnecessary annoyance.
To freshen UP a faded carpet, take
the carpet up, beat and brush
well. After this Ia done, drag II face
downward over the lawn. When
1t Is fastened down again put one
pint OF vinegar into water that is
hot enough for the hand to bear,
and rub this well into every part OF
the carpet with a clean floor cloth.
The result is surprising.
An excellent way to keep n
sponge In good condition IL to wash
IL thoroughly in cold water; then
squeeze the juice OF a lemon into
about a quart OF hot mot boilIng)
water and place the sponge In this
and knead well with the hands un.
tlll IT becomes light and springy.
Then rinse in cold water and hang
out to dry. This IL better and in
nn,te'y easier than the salt and soda
method.
The Washington times., 1920-05-29

Announce Daughters Marriage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Colwell an
nounce the marriage of their daugh-
ter, Miss LaVerne Colwell, to Walter
The Washington times., 1920-05-29
An Experiment.

"Do you think women are COM
petent to run sthe affairs of great
nations?"
IL don't see why not. II m,gnt
be a good idea to substitute pink
ribon for red taper
The Washington times., 1920-05-29

HUGH STEEL HERMAN.
a Westerncr. Says he is becom-
ing more particular and less at
tractive each year, girls, so hurry
up.
He is little partial to girls
from the region Of the Golden
Gate"
The Coconino sun., 1920-09-17

There is great deal of information of much value to the public gathered by experts paid for their services by the government, which newspa- pers are glad to help distribute to the general public. This is not construed as advertising, but as matter of fact, much of this which should go to the public is not sent out but notices to the public that "it may be secured for so many cents sent to this or that department" are given to the press free.
 The newspapers are no more "patrioticaly" required to carry all government stuff free than are the railroads-"they got theirs"
 And the country newspaper editor? He got his. They raised the postage rates on him. They permitted his papers to start out, if they never got to their destination, and let his sub scribers quit because they couldn't get the pa- per through the mails"
 Aside from this we believe the country news paper should never "fail to respond" when our departmental government demands their undi- vided support of the party.
The Coconino sun., 1920-09-17
FREE TO DECIDE

Discussing the Polish situation, candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt asserts that because the United States is not member of the league of nations all it can do is extend sympathy. Alb solutely wrong. The fact that the United States is not a member of the league does not preclude
 it from doing anything it sees fit for the aid of Poland. The United States freed Cuba without being member of league. It has rendered aid to many nation stricken by misfortune without being member of league of nations. The United States helped defeat Germany without beng member of league-this country did not even enter the alliance, but fought in co-opera- tion If the United States desires to send food or munitions or money or soldiers to Poland, it is absolutely free to do so On the other hand, since the United States is not member of the league, it is also absolutely free not to do any of these things unless it deems such action wise and prop CT. Under the terms of the league covenant, the United States, if member, would be under bind ing obligations to send money. or supplies or troops upon the order of the league even if against it's judgment. The democratic candi- date has in reality testified to the wisdom of those republicans in the senate who kept this na- tion free from the obligations of the league.
The Coconino sun., 1920-09-17
IDIOTICALLY PATRIOTIC NEWSPAPERS

Governor Cox says the newspapers are public servants and should not be paid for government advertising. Senator Harding ayers that news paper advertising is a commodity, and where the government requires it, as it often does it should be paid for as other commodities are." Gov. Cox believes in the methods employed by the present administration in securing their advertising and propaganda for nothing among the country newspapers and paying well for their advertising in the democratic metropolitan papers. For in- stance: advertising harnesses for sale in New York papers-every flat dweller undoubtedly needed harness or two; or, probably better, the proper sub-contractor would be able to get the harness from the war department cheap and ped dle them out to the farmers at high prices, thus preventing the market from being disturbed" The past system of our paternal government has been to issue propaganda freely and in great quantities, such as they would not care to sign if it was an advertisement and backed by the gov ernment, to all papers, but when it came to paid advertisements this patriotic pay" went only to democratic papers.
 Now, our friend Cox does not believe in pay ing the country papers for doing the things they could not hire done elsewhere, but undoubtedly feels that this money should be saved for salar- ies for the bright young men in the bureaus who have been selected because of their faith in dem ocracy as delineated by Burleson and other such big chiefs. Everyone else was entitled to make their millions from the government exchecquer, but the ldlOtlc country newspaper man. He was supposed to be "idiotically patriotic"
 The country papers were not patriotic unless they paid their men wages that went along with the h. c.l
 They were not patriotic unless they helped pull all the innumerable "drives" from Dan to Bershebe, free of cost.
 They were not patriotic if they complained that the highly paid publicity artists demanded more free space than their help could handle.
 They were not patriotic if they complained that the government was using up all the spare paper printing their dope sheets while they had to pay 100% more for paper-and were told they should be thankful to get any paper at all.
 They were not patriotic when they had to cut down on legitimate advertising to accommodate these government space pirates free.
 For the country newspaper, "war was hell" I literally and financially, but it was heaven for the preferred prospering profiteers. They got the "profit," the country newspaper got the "tears. :"
The Coconino sun., 1920-09-17
ABSURD ARGUMENT

Republicans furnished 29 of the first 35 states ratifying the equal Suffrage amendment, yet some people argue that because a democratic state furnished the last ratification, it is en- titled to credit for the adoption of the amend ment If they deem that line of argument sound, we assume that they would also assert that if one crew of workmen laid the foundation of a build ing and put in all the bricks and stones and tim bers up to the very top, but some other crew that had shirked on the job all the time came in and put the last shingle on the roof, the slackers would be entitled to all the credit. On the same
 line of argument, if one regiment of soldiers bore the brunt of the battle while another regiment kept safely in the rear but after the fighting reg iment had almost vanquished the enemy the slackers came to the front and participated in the last charge against weakened foe, the slack CTS would get credit for the victory On the same line of argument, no credit goes to the men who built the bulk of the railroads across the con- tinent-the credit belongs to the crew that built the last mile of connecting link. On that line of argument no credit would be due the train crews who take train safely across dozen railroad divisions-all the credit would be accorded the crew that happened to be in charge when the train entered the city of its destination. On that line of argument the men who blow ninety-nine hundredths of field would be entitled to no turned the last furrow On that line of argu- ment, no credit is due the men who write articles for newspaper, who set the type, read proof or do any of the intermediate tasks-all credit must be accorded the man who finally runs the paper off the press. On that line of argument, no cred it was due the men who adopted and signed the Declaration of Independence, who fought at Bunker Hill or Germantown or Brandywine- -all credit was due to those who were present at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown.
 The fact is that the line of argument men, toned is utterly absurd
The Coconino sun., 1920-09-17
IT'S A GAMBLE

A mail sack containing $1O0,00O in bills of small denominations was recently stolen from a suburban station in the vicinity of Chicago It was thrown from the train down chute to the posed to be waiting. Instead the sack was placed in charge of thirteen-year-old boy, who was readily persuaded by an elderly man in dark glasses to surrender it to him. The man and the sack then disappeared in waiting automobile. The episodes of this sort are occurring every day in the Burlesonized postal service. The losses n- volved are not always so great, but the careless ness with which parcels and letters are handled, regardless of their value, makes their safe de- livery mere matter of chance.
The Coconino sun., 1920-09-17
ARTICLE X.

Like all other ardent pro-leaguers Governor Cox lays emphasis on the fact that our entrance into the league would not impair the constitu- tional right of congress to declare war. Nobody ever said it would and to stress that point is to divert attention from the real issue But con- gress is asked to declare through the covenant that when certain conditions shall arise it will make war; The chief and most ominous of those conditions is found in Article X, under which con- gress would agree to declare war the moment the boundaries of another member nation were men, aced from without. Other articles prescribe war when certain other situations present them selves. It is true that in each instance congress would declare war, but it would be done in ac- cordance with an agreement previously entered into, and not in the light of all the circumstances of each case, which is manifestly intended by the constitution.
The Coconino sun., 1920-09-17
LORD, DELIVER US!

The irony of it! The democratic slogan is "Peace, Progress and Prosperity" Yet the dem- ocrats defeated the declaration of peace demo- cratic legislation and administration has forced this country from progressive government back to the evils of autocracy; democratic legislation brought chaos to American business in 1913-14 and would have resulted in the worst financial disaster in American history had not the war cut off imports and furnished war markets for Amer ican goods. The democratic party has stood in the way of peace, progress and prosperity so far as it could, and now makes that its slogan.
The Coconino sun., 1920-09-17
RIGHT UNDER THEIR NOSE

The federal trade commission says profits of 250 per cent are being made on coal landed at Hampton Roads, West Virginia operators bring coal to that point at $5.4O ton, much of which is resOld at $14.50 ton and small users have to pay as high as $21. Here is pretty clear case for the department of justice prosecutors if they could abstain long enough from their nvestiga- tion of corner grocery propretors
The Coconino sun., 1920-09-17

T have often thought that fish hatchery would be good thing for Arizona but since the primaries, am constrained to rather doubt the necessity of it. it."-(Defeated candidates so- liloquoy)
The Coconino sun., 1920-09-17

Widowed Mildred says she thinks it is in very poor taste to joke with the United States in- come tax men about your income, since they take things so seriously
The Coconino sun., 1920-09-17

It's the bone-dry democratic party that is of fering us the chance to vote for Cox, Mark Smith and Wiley Jones all at the same time.-Jerome News
The Coconino sun., 1920-09-17

El Paso is not much of movie city; about all the police report down that way is stills"
The Coconino sun., 1920-09-17

Well, now that's off'n our chest" says the people of the late primaries
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-11-17

TN late. and shcn feel asleep. How
long slept I didn't know. but !
was suddenly awakened by something
trying deaperataly to crawl under
me aud under everything In the bed.
yelled for Mack. but no nnHwer.
Finally / succeeded In lighting the
lamp with trembling hands and
looked around. Macirs bed was
empty and tho door WINS njar.
Mack's bed had been showed toward
the center OF the room. But the OBJ
ject which was under tho mattress
in my bed by this time Was aack--
pale aa a ghost
AZ FIRST he could not talk. but
finally got his story. lie said.
AFTER you fell asleep. l heard some
one walking upstairs and come down
into tho warehouse. ! wanted To
wake you. but was too srared 10
move or make any noisa Then this
walks into tho storc and slams the
trap door and comes directly 10 this
door. opens II and In comes tho face
of old man oDoa. and he has been
dead three years.
Evidently that was avrfts sufiefent
for poor Mack. and then he Jumped
into my bed
Tho nrxt day harmed tssf shs
iats osDea answered the description
gave OF tho face I saw. O'Dea had
been a drunkard and bully and was
drowned some three years previous.
His body wna recovered while ssiIl
warm and was taken into the store.
where reconciliation was attempted
That failed. however. and since his
death n was claimed thai he bad been
srcn frcqaontiy IN thai housn. and
even around II after dark. and I win
he the last person ON earth To doubt
H. n goes without saying that
newer slept thsc since. and never
will u. II. c
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-11-17

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