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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-19
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
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MEMS IDEAS ABOUT WOMEN.
BY DOROTHY DIX.
The Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer
Copyright. 1890 by The Wheeler Syndicate tInc1

Isn't it funny what queer ideas
men have about women?
| For instance, it never occurs 20 a
man that it makes any difference
| how he looks. He is strong for the
| beauty stuff himself, and he passes
| up with sCorn every woman who
can't qualify in the living picture
| class, When he takes a girl out, she
has to be a good locker, and dolled
| up in the latest fashion, and at II
| party nothing short of Calling
| gun could induce him to ask cat,
bald headed, freCkled-fac lady,
verging on old maideuhood, to dance
with him.
But the first fact that he possesses
a figure built along the architectural
| lines Of a bay window, and face
| homely enough to stop clock, does
not prevent a man from picking the
peaChiest peach in the basket and
blithely making her his own if he
can. And after the couple are mar
ried it is the husband who demands
| that his wife shall always be spiCk
and span. while he arrogates to him
self the right to "lump into sloven-
| ness if he is more comfortable in
old clothes than new.
Curious, isn't it. that men think
that women have less keen aesthe-
| tic sense than they have, and that
women care less for appearances,
and are less easily disillusioned?
Queer too, isn't il, the masculine
theory that a woman never wants
to talk about herself, and the things
she is interested in. or to tell her
hopes, and plans, and ambitions, and
disappointmcnts to sympathetic
male ear?
All sensible women read up on
subjects in which their husbands,
and brothers and sweethearts are
interested so that they may be able
TO talk intelligenty to them. but
did you ever hear Of man reading
Iup on the fashions, or baby culture,
or studying the cookbook SO that he
could have a heart to heart talk with
the women Of his family on the prop
er lengths of skirts and the best
way to sterilize milk and how to
make Hollandaise without its curd-
ling?
Every man has some woman to
whom he talks endlessly about what
he is going to do, and what he said
to the boss, and what the boss said
to him, but the minute a woman be
gins to tell a man of what she is
planning to do. and the little run-in
she had with the cook, or the fore
lady at the store. he suddenly re-
members a pressing engagement that
calls him hence,
And a man expects a woman to
consider it a privilege to listen to-
his tale of woe. and to bind up with
her sympathy the wounds the world
has dealt him. but let a woman try
to tell a man OF her troubles, and
he fees from her as though she was
leper.
odd too. isn't It, that a man never
realizes that a woman finds 1t Just
as heart -wrenChing a thing to give
IN a career in which she is making
a success, as he would? 1t doesn't
occur to him that the sound of ap-
plause is sweet to n wOman's ears,
that she gets an insufferable thrill
Of enjoyment out of the exercise of
her talents. that she likes the money
that she earns.
No woman would dream of asking
man to make the sacrifice OF all
these things, for the sake of living in
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-19
EVNCLE WIGGICNltE5 s.
6BEDTLNE STORY


"Now, Uncle Wiggily, and boys
| and girls, we'll have some fun! My
| mother has gone out and left the
| whole. house to us. We can do as
| we please, she said. And she has
| left us lot of nut cake and other
good things to eat. So we'll first
play some games and then We'll have
a little party"
ITS lots of fun here, like it,"
said Teddy Scooter to Uncle Wig
gily. Il live in another part of the
woods, and 1 don't get here but once
| in two years."
| Uncle Wiggily, and he wondered why
Teddy Scooter looked different from
the Bushytail squirrel brothers. Mr..
! Longears was once more going to
| ask why Teddy was called "Scoot-
err" when Johnnie shouted:
"All ready for a game of tag!"
OF course, Uncle Wiggily Joined in
this, and he and the animal boys and
girls were having lots of fun, when,
all of sudden, Lulu Wibblewobble,
the duck girl, looking from a win
dow, called:
"Oh, here's the. Fuzzy Fox and the
Woozie Wolf outside. They're trying
! to get in!'
| At the same time there was a
banging and pounding on the front
door, and Johnnie, the squirrel, cried:
Come on. Uncle Wiggily and ev-
erybody! Well go up to the top
floor-up in the attic-and lock all
the doors after us! That's what
mother told me to do if anyone tried
to, get in Come on, we'll go up to
the attic!"
Up the stairs rushed al the ami
NAL children, Uncle Wiggily going
| last to protect them in case the Fox
and Wolf should break in the front
doors. But the bad animals could
not do this, and soon the bunny rab-
bit gentleman and all the others
were safe in the top story. But the
Fox and Wolf sat down outside and
| howled:
wen wait here until you get so
hungry you'll have to come out, and
then wen get you!"
"Oh, if somebody could only get
out of the back attic window and go
come and arrest the Fox and Wolf"
cried Susie Littletail.
mo one can get down from here
out of the window" said her brother,
Sammie.
Yes, cant" chartered Teddy
Scooter, the cousin of Johnnie and
| Billie. I'm flying squirrel. That's
why I'm called Scooter. 1 scoot very
fast
Il can not exactly fly, as the birds
do, it is true. But l have wide pieces
of fur between my paws, and l can
, glide down from a high point, much
better than anyone can jump. l can
safely glide out of the back attic
window and get help" spoke Teddy
Scooter
"Then do it,! begged Uncle Wig
gily. So, while the Fox and Wolf
waited outside, keeping the animal
boys and girls and Uncle Wiggily
prisoners in the attic, Teddy Scooter
| flew down out of the back window
as easily as pie. Away he ran to
get Policeman Dog Perciyal, who
soon drove away the bad Fox and
Wolf
Murray for Teddy Scooter the
Flying Squirrel" cried the boys and
girls, and Uncle Wiggily led the
cheering, for Teddy had saved them
all. Then the party went merrily on.
and if the ice cream doesn't boil over
when it is trying to jump across the
gas stove with the bean bag, I'll tell
you next about Uncle Wiggily and
Henry Pop.
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little house. and ministering to her
comfort and pleasure. But q man
| mas no hesitation in demanding it of
IN woman, Nand he thinks she should
be jolly glad to do it,
1t a woman made her husband
give up his business when he mar
FRIED her so that he would have more
time to spend with her or if she
made him leave the stage because
! she didn't like to see him in love
scenes with other women. or If she
forced nm TO give up writing or
painting so that he could wheel the
perambulator, he would hate Her for
the way she had blighted his life. but
when he hands out this kind of treat
ment to his wife he thinks she
should be doing flip flops of graft
tude before him.
Queer how men think that women
enjoy being dependent! A male worm
wouldf resent not having a leaf of
its own to gnaw on. No matter
how good and kind and generous a
father, or a wife a man had, he
would loathe having to go to him or
her and ask for clothes money and
street car fare. And if he had a
backbone the size and strength of
silk thread he would despise him
self for being such a parasite.
But men think that women have
no shame in being dependent, and
that they enjoy the process of
wheedling and cajoling a few nick
els out of the pockets of their lords
and masters
| odd too, isn't 1t, that a man never
speaks of his employer having Civ
en- him" the money for which he has
toiled eight hours a day! Nor is
/ he filled with any sense of graft
tude toward his boss as he receives
his pay envelope, But he speaks of
supporting" the wife who works IA
hours a day. washing. and cooking.
and sewing for him and his children.
and he feels that she should be
sloshing over with thanks to him.
and appreciation of his goodness in
! giving her her board and clothes in
return for her labor
Strange also. most strange, mems
Child-like faith in the 4damantine
| quality of woman's love and con-
stanCy There Is no idea that men
are committed to moro firmly than
| that once a woman loves a man she
will love him on tll the end of time,
no matter how he may treat her.
Likewise. he is convinced that a
woman's one wild desire is for do
mestiCity, and that she can not pos
sibly get enough Of it,
! He knows that there are times
when a man yearns to slip the yoke
and jump the fence into green fields
and new pastures hut it never
crosses his mind that his wife has
the same mad magenta moments, as
the futurists would say
| He knows that II is the easiest
thing on earth for a wife 10 kin her
husbands love, and the hardest lob
for her to keep herself through the
years a steady flame Of enchant.
ment to him, but it does not even
cross his mind that a woman's love
Is even a more fragile thing than a
mans, and that he can only keep il
alive by Cherishing it, and .coddling
1t with never ending skill and ten
derness.
Queerest Of all, isn't it. that mer
have never found out that human ma.
ture is all of the same piece, and
| that as they think and feel. women
also think and feel! Only more SO,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-19
Cordell Hull.

There seems to be more general re-
greet throughout the country over the
defeat of Representative Cordell Hun,
of the Fourth congressional district,
than over anything else that hap
pened to the Democrats of Tennessee
in the recent election.
The consensus of opinion is that
the defeat of Representative Hull is
a national calamity. During his long
years Of service in the house he has
devoted himself almost exclusively
to the study Of tax matters. Almost
everyone in congress, regardless or
politics, agrees that Judge Hull is the
best informed member in either
house on taxation. He is the au-
thor of the income tax law. and had
part in drafting every tax measure
of consequence that has been passed
in recent years. without exception
when tax matters of importance are
pending before committees, he is in
vited to appear and explain the diff
ferent provisions and demonstrate
the application of the proposed meas
ures.
His familiarity with tax matters is
not limited to the United States. He
is familiar with the taxing systems
OF all the European countries, He is
regarded as an authority on systems
of taxation employed in England,
France, Germany and other coun-
tries.
1t was perhaps natural that Judge
Hull should have fallen victim to
the Republican landslide. The fact
that he has devoted practically all of
his time to subject so little UNDER
stood by the average person. may be
regarded as one Of the contributing
factors in his defeat. Had he been
more of an orator than a student,
more of an actor than a statesman.
perhaps he would have retained his
seat. in which event it would not
have made so much difference IL he
had been defeated.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-19

Is unknown, though 1t is surmised
that an excessive fish diet had much
to do with it. In England it was
once as common as it is in Egypt to
this day. Variety in diet has caused
it to practically disappear in Europe,
with the exception Of Sweden and
parts of Russia Formerly the cry
OF "Unclean! Unclean!" was echoed
over the length and breadth of that
continent Now it is unheard.
At last it is believed that a cure
has been found for this universal
scourge. It is stated that DIR. A. l..
Dean. professor of chemistry and
president of the University of Ha-
wall, and DR.. J. T. Mcdonald, in
Charge of the Kalihi leper hospital,
by the use of chaulmoogra oil. have
worked apparent miracles. So far rs
patients have been paroled since 1918
as cured, and there has been no re-
Currence of the dread disease, Chaul-
mOOgra oil. 1t appears. will not only
check leprosy but will completely de-
stroy the lepra bacilli. If so medi-
cine has scored one of the most COM
plete triumphs Of its long and Won
derful career.
Many publications are deservedly
rejoicing over this conquest OF one of
the worst scourges that has ever
cursed mankind They err, however,
in assigning the discovery to these
noted Americans. Chaumoogra oil
was discovered and first used in the
leper hospitals in India by British
physicians. It was through their in
strumentality that Messrs. Dean and
Mcdonald took 1t Up and brought
hope and life to the hopeless and all
but lfeless
1t is n remedy that takes patience
and perseverance in administering.
As the disease may exist for years
without suspicion of anyone but the
afflicted, so time is n great factor in
its cure 1t is advisable to speak
of cure, for though the American
specialists do not use the word in
Hawaii. or the British in Bengal
where 1t is at its worst, yet so far
there has never been relapse. An
other great step has been taken in
the upward march of the race. I
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-19

a proposal of marriage follows closely
upon his declaration of love. That is
usually the certain and final test of
his affection. You are very young to
be so concerned about the state of your
feelings. Evidently you do not care
enough for either of these men just
now to justify an engagement. Wait
while. You may find later that nei-
Their of them is the man you can care
for deeply enough to marry.
Dear Mrs. Thompson am young
woman 20 years of age, feet inches
tall, and weigh 1o4 pounds. How much
should weigh eat plenty y,o OF meat at
me some way in which ! can gain rap
Idly. Also suggest some way to
straighten my. legs. ! have been bow
legged ever since | was small. Can
braces be used yet or am | too old?
You should weigh 119 pounds. To
gain flesh take plenty Of olive oil, eat
eggs, butter, cereals and fatty broths,
potatoes, peas, beans, corn, carrots. un-
derdone beef roast and steak, and drink
plenty of mink cream and cocoa Avoid
food that will not digest easily and be
careful to masticate Thoroughly every
thing you eat Give up pickles, vine
gar and all acids. Exercise freely in
the open air and take plenty of sleep
Don't fret or worry, as this will keep
one thin more than anything else. Gull
tivate an sygoing disposition If you
possibly can. You had better consult
specialist in regard to having your
legs Strengthened.
Dear Mrs. Thompson-I am a wild
over, SO years old. lost my wife three
months ago. | have five children and
among them is dear baby is months
old. | have broken up housekeeping
scattered my children around with my
sisters and brothers. get so lone
some at times to see my sweet baby |
can hardly live. would like every
better contented. An my children are
have him with me. 90 to see my
baby every two weeks and when I
start to leave it almost kills me. |
know that all my children have good
homes, but | am not satisfied. have
tried to be contented as hard as any
man ever did, but | just can't. Please
advice me what Is best for me to do.
A WEARlED FATHER.
1t takes time to adjust oneself to a
change like yours Time will work out
your problem and show you a way. 1t
is too soon now to think of marrying
again, and1it would be unwise for you
tient and trust that when the right
time comes and your family will be
reunited. Perhaps you will meet an
other woman you can love who will be
a good mother to your children I'm
less you choose wisely, however, trou-
Bile could very easily result A step
mother should be a person with an I'M
derstanding heart who loves children
and would be kind.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-19
Canal Tolls.

The rumor persists that Senator
Harding is going to visit the Panama
canal for the purpose of justifying
the preconceived opinion that the
commerce of the United States shall
not suffer much longer from what he
regards as an unfair exaction."
The deduction gathered from what
Senator Harding said is that he will
propose to free American ships from
Panama canal tolls.
The country will not approves this
movement on his part The Hay
Pauncefote treaty with reference to
the Nicaraguan canal made the ships
Of all nations subject to the same
tolls. The selection of the Panama
rather than the NiCaraguan route left
room for debate on this provision,
but If this country desires to carry
out the sense OF treaty made in
good faith regarding the Nicaraguan
route. it will not take advantage Of
the language of the treaty which in
no way affects the spirit of the un
Outstanding.
The Democratic platform in 1912
making a bid for votes carried n
plank pledging the Democratic party
to permit the passage of American
ships through the canal without pay
ment of tolls. The Democratic party
had a majority in both branches Of
congress at that time, but the prop
osition was so obviously unfair, not
only to England. with whom We had
a treaty on the subject, but to the
American people who were being
taxed for the cost of the canal, that
the platform declaration was never
carried out.
The cost Of construction of the
] canal to the United States. exclusive
. Of the Notifications costing 100000
600. was approximately $500 100000.
\ The receipts from the tolls have av-
I eraged approximately S6.SOO,OO0 a
year. The greater part of this rev
! enue comes from American ships.
There is no reason why they should
not pay their way. Already there is
! much complaint on account OF the IN
! come. corporation and other federal
taxes extracted from the pockets OF
I the American people. If the greater
4 part of this So, 100000 Of revenue de-
: rived from the shipping that passes
through the canal IS to be abolished.
it means that additional burden vii!
be placed upon an already overonr-
dened public.
i Not only is it wrong in pr'ncip"
for the government to maintain the
( canal at an enormous exps0s' for
< the benefit Of and without cNprrev
/ TO the shipping interests, but 1t Is a
clear violation of a treaty. and ineV-
+ itably would lead to international
7 complications.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-19
Jews of Memphis
IS Years Ago.
NOVEMBER 10, 1895.

II. T. Garner and r. A. Pulley, prom
inent merchants of Pittsboro, Miss. are
in the city stopping at Castor hotel.
Sam Eubank has sufficiently recov-
cred from severe illness to be at his
work again behind the desk at the
Gayoso.
William NJ. Kennedy. a large stave
manufacturer of Wynne, Ark, is in the
city today, stopping at Gaston's.
Rev j. D. Fleming has been installed
as pastor of Westminster church. The
installation sermon was preached by
DIR. Neander Woods.
Justice Guthrie yesterday heard the
replevin case OF Il. j. Stewart for n
bale of cotton against j. NJ. Hallum.
and returned the cotton to Hallum.
Samuel and Charles New left last
night to attend the wedding Of their
sister, Miss Lizzie New, to /Nathan
Block, which will take place at Phila-
delphla.
A quiet wedding was solemnized at 81
Marshall avenue yesterday, when Mrs.
NJ X. Hill, of this city, was married to
Paul G. Npack, of Navasto, Tex. The
Rev. N. n. Long officiated Only
few of the brides intimate friends were
present.
A. Steinberger, of Brownsville, Tenn;
Walter Berryhill, of Grenada, Miss; r.
l.. Mitchell, OF Helena, Ark, and T. NJ.
McDonald.' OF Collierville, were visitors
at the Cotton exchange today.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-11-19
NEW MOVE BY
THE CHURCH
BY DR.. WIN. A. M'kEEVER.
Professor in the University of Kan
sas and an Authority on
Child Train;no

Child Training. .
The church leaders of many cities
in the state of Oklahoma are unit
ing upon a new plan of standardized
ton of their effort to safeguard
their peculiar interests in the well
fare of children. The general idea
is this: To act with other existent
agencies and in accordance with a
| concrete program. And in order to
make the work elastic l have made
out for general distribution among
the church and Sunday school lead
ers there the following list of speci-
fiCations:
Plan for an increased attendance
and enrolment at the Sunday schools
| and young peoples societies.
| Provide ways whereby the Sunday
school may be extended to meet the
children's interests in play, games
and athletics.
Seek to aco- ordinate the work of
the young peoples societies in all
| local churches and to organize them
| into a social union.
Arrange for social affairs within
the Notwithstanding clubs, gym
| nasiums and motion pictures-such
as shall tend to lure adolescents
| away from the coarser amusements.
Attempt TO centraliZe under one
general superintendent or manage
ment the work of all the local Sun
day schools, especially as to course
, of study and supply of teachers.
Work out a uniform and definite
| program to be used by all the minis
tiers and church leaders in combat
| ing local agencies which tend to de-
moralize the young.
Provide for an annual union teach
er-training institute and for child
study classes in the separate church
bodies, together with service pro-
jects for the individual classes.
Organize d vacation Bible school
for all children and undertake me-
thodical advertising and propaganda
in behalf of that and all the other
larger and similar projects.
| Make out general course of study
| for Sunday schools, to cover ade-
quately the necessary instruction in
relation to alcohol, narcotics and eX-
cessive use of sweetmeats.
Carry on incidentally researches
and Investigations as to new meas
ures which might be incorporated
within the unified program as out
lined above.
| III tne foregoing we nave d Drlel
step toward a genuine league Of Sun
day SCHOOLS. If such procedure
can be carried to its proper conclu-
sion there should result marked
reduction in the waste effort and the
chaotic spirit under which the child
fostering agencies Of the church are
today everywhere working. 1 hope
that the leaders throughout the coun-
try will at least watch Oklahoma ir
his significant attempt and try ia
gain some benefit from every pro-
gressive step there taken.