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The Nevada County picayune., 1920-06-17
Important Leaque.

First Suburbante-We are getting up league of nations ill our suburb. Have you heard of it:
 Second Suburbante-No, what k It.. q straw Yote2
 First Suburbanite-No, it's an agree ment between those who are planning a garden this year and those who are planning to keep chickens.
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-06-17
OLD SORES, PILES
 AND ECZEMA VANISH Good, Old, Reliable Peterson's Ointment a Favorite Remedy.

Had 51 ulcers on my legs Doctors wanted to cut of 'eg. Peterson's Oint- ment cured me. "-Wm. J. Nichos. 70 Will der Street. Rochester, N. I.
 Get large box for 60 cents at any druggist. says Peterson, of Buffalo. N. Y, and money back if 1t isn't the best you ever used. Always keep Peterson's Oint- ment in the house. Fine for burns, sealds, bruises, sunburn, and the surest remedy Tor itching eczema and piles the world has ever known.
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-06-17
Acid-Stonaach

EATONIC is the best remedy, it takes the harmful acids and gases right out of the body and, of course, you get well. Tens of thousands wonderfully benefited Guaranteed to satisfy or money refunded by your own drug gist Cost trifle. Please try it!
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-06-17
Keen Boot Buttons On.

Take d common shoe lace, make a hole in the kid of the boot large enough to take the eye of each but tpn. Then pass the shoe lace, which should be new and strong. through the eyes of the buttons, fastening it al each end with as flat a knot as pos Sjble
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-06-17
GET READY
 FOR FLU
Keep Your Liver Active, Your System Purified and Free From Colds by Taking Calotabs, the Nausealess Calomel Tablets, that are De-
 lightful, Safe and
 Sure.

Physicians and Druggists are advis- ing their friends to keep their systems purified and their organs in perfect working order as a protection against the return of influenza. They know that clogged up system and lazy liver favor colds, influenza and serious complications.
 To cut short cold overnight and to prevent serious complications take one Calotab at bedtime with swallow of water-that s all. No salts, no nausea, no griping, no sickening after effects. Next morning yonr cold has vanished, your liver is active, your system is PIri- fed and refreshed and you are feeling fine with hearty appetite for break fast. Eat what you please-no danger.
 Calotabs are sold only in original sealed packages, price thirty-fve cents. Every druggist is authorized to refund your money if you are not perfectly delighted with Calotabs.-(Adv.)
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-06-17
e9 OUT or 1O0

Of the little ills such as Nasal Ca turrh, SunbHn, Itching, CT Soreness anywhere. may be quickly relieved by applying Nacher-Balm which is harm less, and cooling Keep it handy, and avoid limitations.
 If you cannot buy Nacfer Balm Ia cally, send 36c in stamps for q tube to F. ". Naeher. Inc, New Orleans La.-Asents wanted.-Adv.
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-06-17
Friend ather.

Friend ather.
 What do you think about my en- sasement to Haroldf9 asked GHendo- lyn.
 T think" replied her father, that am getting to he the senatorial branch of thiS fanily NJ advice and consent are considered oniS when it'> loo late for them to make any differ ence."
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-06-17
Cause and Effect.

M0raiiSt-"A man may be down without being out Pen0logist- That's why we have jailS."
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-06-17
4 Gentle Hint.

He-Are you fond of birds
 She-Well, do like jolly lark now md then, but hate q jay.
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-06-17
Dressing Up.

The Groom-Your horSe'H have to have new shoes all round. miss.
 Miss Newgilt-Nery well. Order some stylish suede pumps for him and see that they match my riding togS
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-06-17

A smudgy poodle is crying evidence that its owner has wearied in we'll ioing.
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-06-17

\ Wom8n's idea of q hideous gown is ore that iS out of style.
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-06-17

Little iS more gratifying than being blunt with blunt people.
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-06-17

The strength that flowers ia beauty x twice strong Richard Barton
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-06-17

\ ui,luW who marrles a bachelor b, comes teacher Ia the school of ex perieace.
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-06-17

Many men who can bottle their wrath are not eorkers.
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-06-17

Instead ei marrying man to re. form him, the average woman marries d man to inform him.
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-06-17

Accept california" Syrup of Figs only-lock for the name California on the package, then you are sure your child is having the best and most harm less physic for the little stomach, liver and bowels. Children love its fruity taste. Full directions on each bottle You must say California. Adv.
 The summer girl cant appear on the stage of action any too soon.
The Nevada County picayune., 1920-06-17

". N. U., LITTLE ROCK. NO. as-1s2o.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
rSoMSTHNG
~ he Nve1"@teD Departmental

I am about to have an acute case of
the willies."
The little groups still followed him
and he observed other little groups
preceding him, ducking behind
hedges, after the custom Of private
detectives trained by the correspond
ence schools.
Something tells me that I am be-
ing watched" mused Young Rip Van
Winkle. 'For some reason or other
the Department Of Justice, William
J. Burns, Richard Enright and the
local town constables are shadowing
me-"
Young Rip saw man observing
him through the window Of a cot
tage. and the man was wearing
something that looked like the ghost
Of long departed smile.
"At last" said Young Rip, "here
Is something that looks like hu-
man being" He pushed open a gate
and knocked at the door Of the cot
tage. He had hardly knocked when
the door opened quickly and he was
pulled in and the door quickly closed
after him by the man, who had
watched him from the window.
"1'll take chance" said the man
with the ghost Of a smile. "They
are after you, all right"
II don't know what for" said
Young Rip a little peevishly. 81
will admit that was a trihe soused
last night, but l don't recall that /
rolled any rocks down on the village.
l usually am full Of good nature
when 1 am soused."
His host looked at him pityingly.
"Poor fellow" he unused. "Evi-
IDENTIFY he is recalling the old days
In his delirium."
"What's the matter?" demanded
Young Rip. "Speak out. Have l
really got the jimmies?"
"Hush!" admonished his host.
Remember the law. Remember the
Eighteenth Amendment. It is un-
lawful even to recall those days"
PLAINLY, I don't get you," de-
clared Young Rip, somewhat peev-
ishly. II was soused and I admit it,
but you needn't rub it in."
His host looked at him suspicious
ly, then pityingly.
III see," he said. "a case Of aspha-
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08

His departure caused much grief,
for he was good, gentle and patient.
Virginie, especially, was in despair.
At bottom she really loved her hus-
band. Besides, it was the end of
everything for her. She would never
find anybody else to persecute and
tyrannize over.
Nine. Bouvresse belonged to an
old and prominent family in the
town-the Galonards. This family
owned in the cemetery a magnificent
vault, surmounted by an angel Of
life size-if one may say such q
thing about an angel. 1t dropped
a tear in an hour-glass in the hope,
no doubt, Of coagulating the sand
and preventing it from slipping
away. Nine. Bouvresse was very
proud Of this monument, which she
often talked about. Probably she re-
joiced, when her conscience pricked
her, that her family could offer her
husband SO luxurious a hospitality
after death.
But M. Bouvresse had scarcely
drawn his last breath when his
notary, NJ. Belapanage, appeared and
showed the widow a will, in due and
correct form, in which the tastator
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08

nodded his head gently and admired
them unquestioningly. If he didn't
grasp the meaning Of the pieces he
at least recognized certain words:
Crepstscule, aatrore, axtomsne, sn6lGoa-
colo. He had used them himself in
his time, and was glad to hear them
again.
Sixte Bouvresse might have been
perfectly happy except for the fact
that he was married. And I am not
sure that he was altogether unhappy
with his wife. She had crossed him,
plagued him and tyrannized over
him for sixty-fve years. l suppose
that he must have been very weary
of her. But he never said word
about it. She was a tall, thin, over
talkative person, with q mass Of
gray hair. She hadn't positively
bad disposition and wasn't alto
gether lacking In heart. But she
was very much occupied with house.
hold affairs-too much 80, In fact
and couldn't imagine that any one
could be interested In other things.
Above all, she hated books and
poetry.
sixte Bouvresse loved them to
such ! degrees &hat one Of his pas
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08

Leave me in peace for once-and my
poor books! Last night l put that
volume of Horace on the corner of
the mantelpiece."
You are killing US with your
versemaking. To think that at
your age you are still absorbed with
such nonsense! You would. better
think Of saving your soul!"
Then poor Sixte Bouvresse would
sink into the depths of his chair,
and whether Virginie brought him
the book which she had maliciously
hidden away or whether she re-
manned obstinate and swore that
she had never seen it, he would lift
his trembling finger and say:
"Virginie! Virginie! You take
advantage of ME now. But I shall
get even with you.'
AS he had said that for sixty
years, l supposed that he would
never get even. But in that I was
mistaken.
Sixte Bouvresse died. Or rather,
no, he didn't die; for dying is
tragic and violent act, which pre-
supposes a serious struggle, fierce
and cruel combat. One night he
stopped breathing. That was all.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08

OF course, that was an extra child,
and 1t was taken away Immediately
by the Department of Eugenics."
"What?" demanded Rip.
Il forgot" said the man. "You
do not recall that the Thirty-frst
Amendment prohibits any couple
from having more than three chill
dren. Perhaps it is wise, but when
ones children are SO likely to be
sent to jail it looks as though a man
ought to have little leeway."
Instantly he lowered his voice and
trembled.
Il must control myself" he ex-
planned in whisper. 'If any mem
Der Of the Patriotic Prosecutors Of
Persons heard what I said he
would report it and I might be sent
to the chair. You're not q detect
i've. are you?" he asked. "Most
everybody seems to be these days"
Young Rip now assumed the role
Of consoler.
Kisses Forbidden
Turn around for a minute.
please" pleaded the man. "My wife
has to report to the probation off,
GERS"
Young Rip turned, and there was
noise suspiciously like kiss.
"You can say that you heard me
break the law" said the man, "but
it wouldn't go for evidence, even if
you are a detective."
The woman slipped out of the
cottage.
you'd better lie down for a
while," said the man. you can slip
away tonight"
For some reason or other Rip felt
sleepy again, and he had hardly
thrown himself upon a couch when
he fell into another deep slumber.
He awoke in his own room in New
York. He felt his face, and the
beard was gone. The morning paper
lay near his bed. He picked it up
and glanced at the date line. Then
he burst into half hysterical
laughter. When he recovered he
suddenly became very serious. He
picked up the telephone and fretted
until he got his number.
Zone passage to Cuba" he shout
ed. "And only one way"
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08

sions was to acquire model library
and then present it to the munich
pality of some town or borough in
Provence. Since he was native of
Peynier, his first gift was to that
village, gilded by the sun and lying
amid pine woods and vineyards, and
possessing both a pointed church
tower and a ruined castle. This
mania took hold Of him and he pur-
sued it. 1t made his wife furious
and she avenged herself as she could
on the unfortunate old man.
Each day the same scene was re-
peated.
"Virginie, where did you put my
Horace?"
"You know that I never touch
your famous books"
"Virginie, ! demand Of you in the
name Of all that is sacred, give me
my Horace"
"The maid must have put it some
where! One never knows how to
keep things Strengthened out here:
there are so many books and papers.
If we listened to you we would never
even dust than. You want US to be
eaten up by the cockroachesl"
s'Why do you torment me 80?
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declared that he wished to be buried
at Peynier, his birthplace.
"At Peynier7 But we have q
superb vault here"
"It is the wish Of our dear do.
parted"
"Sixte didn't own a burial lot at
Peynier."
ooh, yes, madame! Twenty years
ago your husband bought there a
perpetual burial right for one per-
son and had single little grave lot
prepared for him."
"He never told me anything about
it," the widow murmured, very much
upset.
"He didn't like to talk about such
things; he was very reserved" said
M. Belapanage, with a somewhat
1ronical smile.
Unfolding the testament he
pointed to the following lines, writ
ten in Sixte Bouvresse's own hand: !:
II intend to be buried alone at
Peynier, and I expressly stipulate
that no member Of my family shall
join me there"
M. Belapanage bowed and smiled
again. Nine. Bouvresse turned her
back on him in fury.
AS for me, I heard again the
cracked and far-of voice Of the aged
poet saying tremulously:
"Be sure Of that, Virginie; / shall
get even"
Poor dear man! He got even.
But he took his time doing it-sixty-
five years.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
The Feminine Boss
Wins a Place in
Business
REPRESENTATIVE New
York business woman has
: been quoted as believing

A REPRESENTATIVE New
~ York business woman has
4 n been quoted as believing
that if the doors Of execu-
tive jobs are closed to women they
should kick them open.
That may be true and may have
been done.
On the other hand, there are in
New York and in all parts Of the
country, in fact, many women hold
ing executive jobs which they slipped
into quietly without the melodrama
that the kicking" must produce.
Although women now hold many
executive jobs in all kinds of busi-
ness, their stats are usually women.
Occasionally man holds a place in
the department. But the woman
"boss" Of men is an unusual figure
that is, in business.
Camoufaged under names that do
not indicate sex, there are a number
of women holding jobs of great i'm
portance in the business world. They
started at a time when Mrs" or
"Miss" would have been liability
to their progress. And the names
are still camoudaged, although the
women themselves no longer show
difhdence toward admitting they are
women.
Ray Wilmer Sundelson is the name
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
Amendments Take
All the Joy Out
of Life
By w. o. Mcclellan

~v TITHOUT going into any
M discussion on heredity, we
W will start by admitting
that the descendant has
not as strong a stomach or as hard
head as the ancestor. Whether
this Is scientifically correct or not,
we will assume that 1t Is and go
m with the story. Rip Van Winkle
ir., being a mere descendant, slept
only for period Of two years after
Hendrix Hudson had watered his
schnapps out of consideration for
the youth of his guest and, perhaps,
out Of contempt for the drinking
ability of the descendants Of the New
Amsterdam Dutch.
It remains only to be said that
when Young Rip went to sleep in
practically the same spot where his
somnolent ancestor took the cele-
brated snooze the Constitutional
amendments had stopped at the sew
entesnth and the eighteenth was
merely In process Of conten-
pladon. Otherwise, he would not
have parked his runabout in the
Catshlls and chosen a resting place
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08

villagers followed him, whispering
and pointing.
He walked through the entire VII
lage, and his worst forebodings were
justified. There was no bar.
"It must be my Imagination and
the bad liquor" he mused; "but it
seems to me that the world has be-
come exceedingly melancholy over
night. The mornings frequently
have been drab, but never as drab as
this. Il is my Imagination, Of course.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
sia, and a remarkable case.

sla, and a remarkable case. He
even cannot recall the passage Of
the Eighteenth Amendment. He
still lives in the dim past.
sit down." said the man sooth-
ingly. "In this the year 1922 the
Eighteenth Amendment has been in
effect two years.
Young Rip felt his heavy growth
Of whisllers and nauttered something
about "Atavism."
The man nodded understandingly.
"You begin to get me-" he said.
"Then they actually passed it and
put it into effect?" asked Young Rip.
Policemen Everywhere
His host nodded sorrowfully.
mot only that one, but thew fol-
lowed it with whole flock of them.
and they are enforcing them all. It
is lucky that you stumbled into this
house. Every other person in the
village is connected with the Depart
ment of Justice, either as a paid
preventer or volunteer. Even the
children"
A sad-faced young woman came
into the living room. "My wife"
said Rips host. ''It is her week to
be home"
Rip raised his eyebrows.
ooh, 1 forgot said the man.
"You know that the Twenty-seventh
Amendment permits the wife to re-
main in the home of her husband
only one week out of the month. Oh,
we'll, it is lonely without the chill
dren, so it does not matter so much"
care they dead or sent away7"
RIP could not refrain from asking.
The woman burst into tears.
"That is little Jimmie" said the
man sadly as he pointed to the
photograph of seren-ye&r- boy.
Across the breast of the child was
stamped a number, such as they use
to mark the pictures in rogues gal
leries.
Jimmie" continued the man,
"was caught playing marbles for
keeps. He got ten years in the
Juvenile Penitentiary, but he may be
home sooner with good behavior;
and l always felt, that, in spite of
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08

so far removed from the center of
the universe, as he knew it-Forty-
second Street and Broadway.
One Good Time
Young Rip rose, uttered q low
moan and shimmied slightly from
the cold. When he felt the two
years growth Of whiskers on his
chin, Young Rip was far too blase
to be overcome.
He merely observed, II have the
willies. always knew that / would
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
MRS. RAY WILMER SUNDELSON and her childrer As
A head of department. Mrs. Sundeson is boss of

woman. Naturally. they thought l
was secretary or stenographer.
Even after / explained to them
that ] was the manager, many of
them were rude in their attitude
toward a prospective job under n
woman. Of course. l never employed
any Of this kind of men
Managing men," she smiled
well, that isn't difficult il you
choose the right men to work for
you. / have had very little un-
pleasantness with my staff, probably
even less than most men managers
have. l have always chosen my ow7s
personnel. Each man who works
for me must respect me, not only
as woman, that is understood, of
course, but as an insurance manager
who understands her work and
knows as much or more about it
than he does.
when the war took many Of my
staff / employed women as solicitors
for the first time. had had women
as stenographers, but never in any
other capacity. / have only few
women as solicitors now. But,
frankly, I prefer to staff my agency
with men,"
Her work in Insurance has not
shut Mrs. Sundelson off from home
life.
"Woman's work in the Office need
not stand in the way Of her having
true home life," she says. In fact,
it makes her broader, more capable
in handling her home duties and
more business-like in dealing with
all problems. And / doubt whether
my success would have been as sus-
tained and complete had / for
sworn home life, marriage and
motherhood. My husband and chill
dren have added to my ambition to
continue building in my work. Youth
has its own inspiration, and if / had
not had my family believe much of
my inspiration would have died after
the first success Of youth"
The increasing number Of SELF
supporting women in the business
world has opened a new field in the
insurance business. 1t is naturs.
that the company should turn over
to Mrs. Sundelson much Of its work
to insure the business and profes-
sional women of to-day.
Practically all business and pro-
fessional women are insured" says
Mrs. Sundelson. "But II Is harder
to got them to realize the value Of
insurance than the business and pro-
fessional man. When women do take
policies they average better record
N keeping them up than men. Thew
stick better once they ara on tha
books" q
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
Rip Van Wrinkle Jr.
Finds Altered World

get them sooner or later" Then he
proceeded to step into his car. It
was bit rusty and stiff, but It
worked and Young Rip descended
through the morning mists of the
Catskills, observing to himself that
he certainly had one good time with
those old birds on the evening pre-
vious.
Arriving at the first village Young
Rip could not recall ever having seen
it before, but he did not consider this
fact at all curious.
A Fatal Blowout
The people who were awake stared
at him somewhat curiously, and this.
naturally, annoyed him. He was
about to speed away in defiance of
the road laws when he had a blow
out He might have tried to proceed
on one flat tire, when the second
rear went out with loud report.
Two years in the Catskills had rotted
the rubber.
That left Young Rip stranded in
strange village, being stared out of
countenance by some detected look
ing villagers. He abandoned the car
and walked into the town to try to
find bar and telephone. With a |
gin fizz or two under his belt he felt |
that he would be able to face the sit
uation and might even get q few
laughs out Of it. Little groups Of |
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
ONCE mew an old poet.
His name was Sixte Bouv-

resse. He was eighty-two
years old; and when
climbed to the fourth floor of his
house in the Provencal city in which
l then lived I found there a little
man, all dried up and shriveled, his
hesh stretched like a drumhead
over his meager bones, his skin yel-
iow and covered with chestnut-col-
ofed blotches. His black and still
hashing eyes looked like two drops
VI coffee under his scrawny brow.
he wore an old cloth cap. He held
OUT to me cold and unsteady hand
and greeted me In q far-off voice,
shr1ll and cracked, like that OF a
music box Of century ago.
MY friend Sixte Bouvresse had
never achieved fame. His numerous
ooems hadn't found readers beyond
-'e circle Of his personal friends. It.
sssnt that he lacked talent. But
10 hadn't any originality. Like so
many others, he initiated Victor
hugo or Victor de Laprade. But the
ooscurity in which he lived and
wrote was a matter Of Indifference
70 him. He sang for the pleasure
u singing. In that respect he was
true poet, or rather cigale, one
of those cigales Of the Midi, intoxi-
Gated with It's warmth and sunshine.
! used to read to Sixte Bouvresse
tne poets whom ( loved. He didn't
undsrutand them vsry we'll. But he
New-York tribune., 1920-02-08
"A Woman Executive
Who Manages Men

consisting Of one poorly lighted
room. Moreover, her plan hadn's
sounded particularly imposing. Tns
insurance business mad been confined
to big business almost entirely up to
that time. Miss Wilmer had seer
what she believed would be an I'm
mense and growing business In the
small business men of the city. Her
first policies were written for small
amounts, but she wrote 50 many Of
them that the company soon recog-
nized that she was bringing In bust
ness worth while.
In the twenty-five years that Mrs.
Sundelson has been In insurance
her agency has grown from "staf''
Of two until it now numbers more
than one hundred.
Mrs. Sundelson ascribes her sue
cess to her love of work and her
belief in herself. Never did she
waver in her faith to make her
agency "big" thing. After the first
few years she found the company
shared that faith in her ability to
make good. Only persons coming in
contact with the woman manager for
the first time were skeptical, and
this shepticism comes down to the
rrespnt time