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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-03
colorade Impreved Roads.

Colorado has spent on an average of
S2a.OOU to $4,000 per mile on concrete
roads
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-03
DADDJ EVENING
,KIN AEksl
| w Wf1AN 0AHAMN !
NJ ~ b0NIR~ NV
Is ez5kos AS4
Mr.. AND MRS. MALLARD.

You're a handsome fellow" said
Mrs. Mallard Duck. with your green
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-03

The Cause Of such Symptoms
and Remedy Told In This
Letter.

Syracuse, N. Y" When I com
menced the Change Of Life I was poorly.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-03
Cause Unthrifsy PIpa

Intestinal worms cause unthrtfty
plez
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1920-06-03
No Meditation There.

$50 Wobbler is dead?"
Eyes, and it's the first time he ever
arrived ar a definite conclusion"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17
Household Hints

Colonial Cream-Soak two table
spoons of gelatin in one-half cup OF
milk for 20 minutes While gelatin
is soaking place in a saucepan: one
and onc-haf cups Of milk, five level
tablespoons Of cornstarCh, tWo-thirds
cup Of sugar
Stir to thoroughly dissolve and bring
to a boil and cook slowly for ten min
utes, Add the prepared gelatin. Cook
five minutes longer and remove and
set in pan OF cold water to chill. While
cream is chilling, place white OF one
egg, four tablespoons Of apple jelly in
a bowl and beat until mixture will hold
its shape.
Now just as the cream begins to set
beat in the fruit whip, adding two tea
spoons of vanilla extract, one quarter
teaspoon Of salt, one-Quarter teaspoon
OF mace.
Beat until mixture begins to get
thick. Then rinse the mold with cold
water and turn in the cream. When
cold set on the ice to thoroughly chill.
Turn from mold and serve with thin
Custard sauce, or with crushed canned
fruit
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17
satVNCLE WlGGINijE2a 81
1BEDTnYE STORY


more the bad animal reached for some
souse when there sounded:
''Squee kee keek- wee e-e-cI"
oh, that must by my little baby
foxes in their den, crying for me to
come back to them" said the bad
fox. "Oh | must hurry home to my
CRYING baby foxes, Wait here until
| come back, he said, and away he
ran.
"Ha! Ha" laughed Jackie. 81 fooled
the fox with my balloon squeaker.
made him think his baby foxes were
crying, and he ran away, Now he cant
get your sOuse, Uncle Wiggly."
No" said the bunny, "he cart and
I'm very glad" Then. not waiting for
the fox to come back. Uncle Wiggily
took the two doggie boys to the store
and bought them new squeakng bal
looms and everybody was happy And
if the milk pitcher doesn't bump its
nose on the molasses jug when they're
both helping the potatoes bake a cake,
I'll tell you next about Uncle Wiggily
and Buddys buster.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17

A Missouri doctor and his wife re-
Gently went out for "A pleasant spin IN
their car. Presently something went
wrong with the spark plug. or the
armature or the feed pipe, or the cleo
tric what you may-Call it, or some OF
the other million thtngamaJiEs with
which the little insidcs Of automobiles
are so literally supplied.
Anyway. the doctor got out and put
up the hood and poked and prted
around. and jammcd this and jammed
that, without results His wife made
fun Of him. and he dragged her out Of
the machine and beat and kicked her
vhereupon the lady had him arrested
when the aforementioned facts were
elucidated. But instead of sending The
husband to jail the Judge dismissed the
case and handed down this momentous
decision.
AS a rule" said he, Il do not in any
sense condone wife beating, but II APP
pears that in this case the asSalIant
suffered great provoCatiOn'
This ruling Of the court calls attCn-
tion to a strange phenomenon Of mas
cuiine psychology which every obSerF
ant woman must already have noticed
and that is the strange effect that driN-
ing an automobile has on a mans dis
position No one has ever attempted
TO explain 1t, so far as | know, hut the
effect Of sitting behind the steering
wheel Of car appears TO be precisely
amiable and kindly Or, Jekyl into the
cruel and brutal Mr.. Hyde.
When automobiles were first invent
ed they were called devil wagons Per
haps this was because We had an in
tultive knowledge of the malign influ-
ence they were destined to have upon
the tempers Of men. and that, like some
tabled genii of old they Were 10 have
the power Of changing lamb like gen
tlemen into roaring lions going about
seeking whom they would deVour.
He who was a loving husband and IA
ther snaps and snarls at his woman
kind II they so much as venture an
opinion about the rate of speed they
are going. He who never makes
move in business without getting his
wife's good, hard. horse sense on the
trade, looks bloody murder nj her II she
reminds him that certain road Is shut
off for repairs, or that the Blue Book
SAYS that YOU turn to the left instead
OF 10 the right and go TO Squeedunk,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17

Narrow insertion, stitched row upon
row. makes a dainty yoke for this
corset cover or camisole style.
The lady's and miss combination No.
9617 is cut in sizes Is years and SO,
40 and "A inches bust measure. Size
&c requires "a yards 36-inch material,
424 yards insertion and ! u yards rib
bon
Limited space prevents showing all
the styles here. We will send you our
32-page fashion magazine, containing
all the good, new styles hints on dress
making, etc, for sc. or &c, If ordered
with pattern. Send Is cents for mag
azine and pattern.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17
As a Woman Thinks
MORE BLUE LAWS TO co.
BY EDITH E. MoRIARTY,

According to statement made re
Gently by the Rev. llr. Edmund VI. Minis
acting secretary Of the genera confer
CnCc Of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
there probably will be a revision OF the
ban on amuscmcuts which have long
been subject for discussion. Now that
the clergy themselves are considering
lifting or at least modifying his ban
some laymcn will have to pass through
IA period Of strenuous re Adjustment
1t surely viii be hard Tor people to
change their ideas concerning dancing,
playing at games Of chance. attending
theaterS. horse races circuseS, dancing
parties. pHtrOniZinE dancing schools or
taking part in such other amusements
as are obviously Of misleading and
QueStionuhly moral tendency as the
book Of discipline puts It. Those who
have always considered these things
morally wrong will not be able to
change their standards with the strik-
ing out of that clause.
Even though they have hard time
embracing such pleasures as dancing
and cirCuses the effort will he worth
while, for the next generation viii not
be cheated out Of the enjoyment OF
those great national Institutions, the
theater and the circus That is not the
only advantage Of this proposed reform
in the blue laws of the church. Sur
VcyR in many Of the largest cities have
shown that amusement and recreation
OF all kinds are sadly lacking in most
communities, even in the largest cities,
which are supposed to furnish amuse-
mcnt and reCTegtioual facilities without
end and are not equipped to take care
Of the large populations. Most OF these
surveys recommend more dance halls
OF the proper kind, community theaters
and picture shows, dancing entertain
mcnts which may he held in the parks
or in the open, and field meets and
home talent cirCuSes. Dancing, cspc-
Cialy folk dancing and dancing games,
are strongly advocated as the best kind
OF recreation for they promote grace,
poisc, muscular development and the
spirit of play
with communities in need of more
recreation and amusement the church
could not pick u better time to abolish
it's prohibitions than today Here is
chance for the church Ia take a place
in modern life which no other institu-
ton can in Those churches which are
recognizing this fact are already great
forces to be rcCkoned with in their
communities They have become com
munity centcrs and are filling a big
place.
copyright 1920
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17
Mrs. Solomon Says:
BY HELEN ROWLAND.

Copyright, 1920, by the Wheeler Syn
dictate, Inc.)
A perfect lady, how shalt thou know
one?
For 10, no longer do a fur coat and
motor cars a gentleman"
Verify, verify thou shalt know lady
by her gingham frock1 ar by the 1aet
Thou shalt. know her by her over
alls," wherein she cleaneth her house
and planteth her garden with her own
hands.
on her shoes, by her mended gloves,
and by the scars of the cook stove upon
her fingers
place, where, she seeketh for the 'cheaP-
tabernacle by her last years hat; thou
shalt detect her in the tearoom by her
home made manicure and her modest
But. most of all, shalt thou know
her by her Civilizations and her boast
ings, when she praiseth her own fru-
galty, and braggeth of her thrift, say
ing; shall mt
Behold have aye, parted 9IiHs oM from cod my
ing, and it is exceeding good!
"Of an Irish stew l have become a
chops | have learned to make pate de
fois gras, and from leftover veal to
fashion chicken a la king!
II have pressed mine husbands coat
with mine own hands, and have mend
ed the pockets thereof, that his small
change may not fall out.
"rThree times have | made over thls
| frock; and this hat which thou admirest
hath seen as many seasons as passee
belle. ,.,
Surely, surely, I am modish!
For economy is the height or FASH
| ion. and frugality is refined
And only the vulgar are eXtraVa-
CANT"
How shalt thou distinguish a lady
| from her cook?
Even by the all-silk rustic Of the
cook-and by the cotton hose OF the
Bv the haughtiness of the handmade
en-and by the industry of the mis-
For the honest laborer and his spouse
NAV ride in limousnes and laugh at
The high cost OF "flivVerng,
But the wife of poor but worthy
college professor must walk-and save
San" And lady is known by the scraps
| she saves
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17
Copyright. 1870, by Mcclure Newspa
per SyndicateD
BY HOWARD r. oARis.

Jackie Bow Wow, the little puppy
uog boy, was blowing up nice, big
red rubber balloon. which he had
bought at the three AMI four recent store
Jackie would puff out his cheeks, take
a long breath and then put his breath
inside the balloon until it swelled up
like Thanksgiving pumpkin.
"Oh, what dandy Balloon parked
his brother, Peetie. coming along just
as Jackie had blown the balloon up al
most as large as his head. Can you
blow it any larger, Jackie" And as
Peetie asked this he put his paw on the
balloon.
"a Al l Of a sudden there was loud
There now you've busted my bal
loon, barkcd Jackie. You touched it
with your sharp claw nail and made
hole IN it, and now | can't make IT
squawk any more"
"Oh. I'm so sorry" cried Peetie. II
didn't mean to do it,
Yes, you did" barked Jackie You
did it on purpose, and I'm going to tell
Uncle Wiggly,"
asked Uncle Wiggiy Longears. the
bunny rabbit gentleman, coming along
just then. what has happened?'
Jackie showed the burst toy balloon.
Isn't there any Of 1t Left asked
the bunny uncle as he leaned on his
Illlh tiultl anu tNlHkItu ms leu, Nllllt
and blue striped nose like a water
melon at a picnic.
Nothing left but this" sadly an
swered Jackie, as he held out little
red piece of wood. ITS just the
squeaker part of my balloon. An the
you back, Peetie Bow Wow, for break
ing my balloon" he growled
wiFgiy, gently, you must not be
angry, Jackie. 1t might be whole
lot worse You might not have even
mean to do it, Come, We'll take
walk along to the SIX and seven cent
store and I'll see if l can buy you each
new balloon"
on, thank YOU. barked Jackie. AZ.
And IN be very careful, after this.
about putting my paw on blown-up
balloon" barked Peetie,
So the two little puppy dog boys
took hold Of legs and went along with
Uncle Wiggiy. Jackie carrying his
from his balloon, He could still make
squawking noise on it by blowing
through it, but, of course. it was more
fun to have the blown-up balloon toot
the wooden squeaker
All Of sudden, as Uncle Wiggily
was walking along with Jackie and
Poetic. out from behind a hot cross
bun bush jumped the bad old fox He
gave his teeth serb with his red
tongue and then he said:
on now for some souse'"
Whose souse?" asked Uncle Wiggiy,
timid like.
Yours. of course" answered the fox,
and he looked hungriy at the bunny's
ears. "Tll take first a little nbble
and then a larger one" He leaned
over to get hold of Uncle Wiggilv's
ears, when, all at once, there sounded
a noise like:
"Squec- keek!"
"Hark! What's that" asked the fox,
surprised,
Il didn't do it," said Uncle Wiggly,
The fox was just leaning over again
to take a nibble when there sounded:
"Squaw- kawk!'
who's doing that asked the fox.
suspicious like.
Not l." said Uncle Wiggly. Once
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17

WY s"'' 49,, q S,,p ~ ,1C
This is read as an unfaVorable day.
for while Jupiter is in benefic aspect
early in the day. Saturn. Uranus and
Mars all are strongly adverse
rho Neu, Noou Of tbie date is a mar
oi ne INV mo1 ~ " SIM INNS f G'T on tha
,'s,, ~ r. t,ye e %mi,sn attenJnd hv
49,, ~ ',te V-on,,s II l. ,ost fa,,o,,
iSI outS anu - iorna in
aTtC ion anu tbon, finSanniaI
Sc,ouS'ois' Vi ms '''''" >-'''
oele'''
The opposition OF Uranus and saturn
from the 1ourth mousse is reau ALSO 10
foreshadow mining strikes and other
labor complications.
Mars is in an aspect read as giving
warning of cruelty to children, Cases
will be uncovered that will start sweep
ing reforms in asvlums and bring about
mich agitation Regarding the penalty
the innocent nav for i1egitimacy.
- - ,,,ro,.ia,,,, ,,,idor,,io that
atEtr OF az llect.ods [b,Hei ;s f &c
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17

As for making suggestions TO q man
who Is trying to diagnose the case or
a trmpcramental machine that has sud
denly stuck or entering into please Mt
and cheerful conversation with one who
is changing tie tire Of a wheel-well
that is something that no sane woman
ever does a second time. II makes her
shuldcr to her diving day to recall! the
short sharp ugly word that her erst
while ChiNalrous and devoted husband
flung ut her. and the baleful look that
accompanied It.
That Is why. when YOU see ear in
trouble by the roadside and grim.
perSpirug man with damn written all
over him tinkering with it: you VIII
also observe that the ladies Of his party
are gathering wild flowers, or are gag
ing raptly at the view. or otherwise
communing in silence with nature IN
stead Of helping the totlcr with his
task or sustaining him with their pres
cnCc Safety first
But just as the automobile has a de-
teriOratinE Influence on the character
Of men II has an uplifting one on that
of women In few brief years the
motor car has done more to teach wom-
en- aclf-control and patience and hui
mllity. and especially to hold their
tongues, than all the moraNsts and
preachers have effected in all the cen
turtles. Indeed, II is not too much TO
claim that the auto is raising up gen
GRAFTON Ot women VINO are as meek as
patient Grisplda, who have learned not
TO speak until they are spoken 10 when
they are out riding with their husbands,
and who have achieved the supreme
grace Of hcing able to refrain from crit
icism when hubby finds out that the
reason the machine won't 60 Is because
1t Is out OF gas instead Of having bro
ken some vital part.
The attitude Of man driving a car.
and also the sane and safe attitude OF
the woman toward the man undcr the
existing circumstances, being matters
Of common knowledge it Is hard to
feel any sympathy for the wife whose
husband beat her up for laughing at
him because he couldn't make a balky
automobile go. Courage is one thing
FoolhardineSs is another Any woman
who gets funny with man who is
monkeying with an automobile does so
at her peril and deserves the conse-
ouenCPs.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17
TOO BAD.

An elderly woman was questioning
the ex-artileryman. "And what was
the most terrible sight you witnessed
in the war;" she asked.
well, it was like this replied the
soldier. I'VE had just spotted a Ger
man machine gun nest with about II
enemy gunners that were holding up
our advance We located the nest and
put the first shot right in the middle
of the ferries
How dreadful interrupted the
old lady. did it kill them all?'
Nom" replied the soldier, sadly;
"it was a dud"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17
NIGHTIE NIGHT.

A Stun child was enjoying his first
glimpse of pastoral life, ON a little
Stool he sat beside the farmers wife,
who was plucking a chicken.
lie watched the operation gravely for
some time. Then he spoke:
40 Yer take off their clothes every
night, LADY,"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17

Copyright, 1920, by the Wheeler Syn
dictate, lnc)
The fortunate possessor of the name
of Alma may practically choose her own
derivation, unlike her sisters who have
the source of their appellatives thrust
upon them. For Alma has three dls-
tinct meanings and her origins are IKE
wise threefold. The first significance,
which etymology gives her is talr,
from the Latin alma employed In the
term alma mater
Alma's second source of existence IS
in old Erse poetry where the name
meant AL good" and was bestowed
by those fond parents who favored
fanciful appellatiyes. But that was be-
fore September, 1854, when the Crimean
river named the Russian babes ThuS
Alma came to signify from the river
and has since been attributed TO Rus
STA, though much used in England anu
finding even greater vogue IN GeTrlahy.
Indeed, it is generally regarded as a
purely Teutonic name, so common in
it's usage in that country.
The topaz or "chrysolite of sunrise
as Shelley called it, is Alma tams-
manic stone. Because it shines IN tne
mines at night, lighting the, miners, II
is said to dispel gloom, foreboding ana
pessimism and to drive away all evii
If set in gold and worn on the LETT arm;
Tuesday is Alma's lucky day ana +
her lucky number.
Note to readers Is there a fact con-
corning your name in which you are
Interested? Do you know its history
its meaning; it's derivation and slgnln-
cance? Do you know YOUR lucky udy
and your lucky jewel? If not, Mildred
Marshall will tell you.
Send self addressed and stamped en-
yelope with your queries, to Mlidreo
MO rshau The News Scimtar.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17

Our fashions and patterns are fur
nished by the leading fashion artists
Of New York city. Send orders Tor
patterns to Fashion Department, The
News Scimitar, % East Eighteenth
street, New York city.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17

Alcohol was, at once, the friend and
rival Of a woman, in every bachelors
heart. In inspired him to slop over
with sentiment-but, it made nm SO
hanpv and contented, that it took all
the the edge off his desire for. a sweet
home life.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17
STRANGE.

my wife made an awful fuss last
night because | was out late"
why, it wasn't unusual, was it?"
"Oh. no. But she happened to be
in when | got home"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17
CORRECT.

"These reformers are knocking the
bottom out of everything"
Eyes, | suppose they will soon be
trying to shut up the theaters for main
tanning Hobbies on the ground floor"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17

MISS FANNY Hurst
SOMEWHERE IN New York,
MY DEAR Fanny.
IT'S SOME day now.
SINCE YoU threw your bomb,
ABOUT MARRIED life
AND THE columnists.
AND THE photographers,
HAVE TURNED their attention,
TO OTHER things,
KS THEY properly should.
AND SO far as l know
IN THE only one.
WHO HAS said no word.
OF WHAT you wrote.
AND wouldn't now
If 1T hadn't been.
THAT was impressed.
WITH WHAT you said.
AND l said to myself
FOR TwENTY-THREE years,
YOU'VE BEEN sitting down
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17

Now that there is no stigma attached
to spinisterhood and no especial pre-
MUM on a wedding ring, marriage has
become a sweet luxury instead of a
bitter necessity.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17
Stranger Pays For
Lunch and Pays Call
BY MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Mrs Thompon-I girl Is years old and circunl
have forced the business world strang
err the city and employed by men.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17
WidOw-CiSnnS

Downright, 1920, by the Wheeler Syn
dictate, lnc)
Woman is taking up so, much OF the
newsprint, these days, that the only
Mace where man has any showing at all
appears to be this little column
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17
Don't Bother Hubby as
He Thinkers With Auto
BY DOROTHY DIX.
The Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer,

Listen sisters all whose husbands drive Their auto
mobiles The court has ruled that is crime for to
beat his wife when laughs him because he stalls his
pine and can't make the peskY Old thing
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17

When man tries to be as good
half the time as a woman has to be all
of the time, he is either hailed as a
saint or scorned as a "mollyCoddle."
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17
pear Mrs. rhompson-PIease eive me

Dear Mrs. Thompson-PIease give me
a French name for baby girl and a
name for a baby boy. -. A MOTHER.
Paula Babbette, Cyrille, Cecile, Jean
cite Hermoise and Helene are pretty
names for a girl, and Rene, Regnauld;
Jules, Henri Rodrigue, Jeremie and
Edouard would make appropriate names
for a boy. | am very partial to Bah
bette for the girl, even though she is
nicknamed Bah that is pretty.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-17

Dear Mrs. Thompson-I am a little
girl Of IA and am letting my hair grow
out, How shall fix III MARY.
Why are you not bobbing your hair?
All girls of your age are wearing their
hair bobbed. If, however, you do not
care to cut it again you will have to
braid it and wear a ribbon.