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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05
As a Woman Thinks
BY EDITH &. MoRrARrY.
MODERN MATRIMoNY

1t surely is pleasant sensation 10 be
agreeably surprised. And what could
afford pleasanter sensations than an
tll-omened marriage which Progresses
happily and contentedly W the face OF
doubling relatives and nessimisttc
friends. When pretty. YiVaytOus, har-
um scarum Nellie married q mere boy
before she had completed her junior
year at college everybody predicted
trouble ahead, How would he ever sup
port herr How would she ever manage
Il house Sic who craved a good time
and pretty clothes?
The first year the couple We're happy.
but their friends sull looked ON with
suspicion and mIsgtvngs Nellie con-
unucd with her college course but her
hoy husband stopped his studies to 60
to work. Then few Of the hasty out
sders wanted 10 whisper Il told you
SO When Nellie had to stay homo from
the commencement exercises to take
care Of tAc baby the pessimists all nod
d"d their heads sadly and wondered
nov what would become Of the poor
things.
The next year the boy-father returned
to his studies He went TO classes in
the daytime and worked nights. Nellie
looked as though she enjoyed all the
Eousework she did and she never com
planned because business and A,Udv
kept her Young husband from taking
her to dances ana parties To-day there
isn't happier trio than this girl and
boy and their little baby. The boy Is
working having completed his college
course, aud Nellie Ia teaching school
now She is striving so hard 10 he 4
good teacher that she often Studio uu-
til late into the night and her promo
tons have been rapid. Friends who
once pltied her hccaus" Of what they
termed her, rash ana foolish marriage
Many Of them would like to manage
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05
copyright, 1920, by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicatel


BY HOWARD r, cARIs.
Out in the ward behind The wihblo-
wobble duck house, Uncle WirTilv
Longears, the bunny rabbit eentieSsn
heard great noise Of nounding and
hammering and saving ane da't "''"
My! Nv! | must see what nat ig q"
spoke the bunny as he gave his ninL
nose an extra twinkle Ike a straw l',y'N
Uncle Wiggily saw Jimmie the how
duck, working away at a soan hox
some wheels. pieces Of tin Kits 81
string and other things
What are you making. Jimmie ."
asked Uncle WigriIv ''i''iii'e'
Il am making a iitnev" answered
Jimmie. First / was going to make an
express wagon, but Thought II ~onid
be more fun to have a iitnev and I
can let the other animal boys and Girls
have a ride in it, '''N 81 10
That is very kind Of vou Tinr,io -.
said Uncle Wfggilv. when viii your
jitney be finished So a person can rido
in it,"
"Oh. In little while" the duck hoy
replied ~ Just have to nut on one
more wheel"
The rabbit gentleman IooLad NJ lin,
and the back end of the SOAP box looked
as if it would break Off at anv moment
Besides this the bottom looked as
though it might fall out and as for the
handle by which it was to be jiggled
along, that was as loose as your f6oth
sometimes gets before il is nuIled
We'll Jimmie Your iitneY uI looks nc
If 1t might break down on the road :"
said Uncle Wiggily
"Oh, even real iitncys do thatr'
quacked Jimmie as he hammered away
and almost pounded his foot with the
stone he was using to drive nails in
THAT makes it ali The more finn 49,
PERTAINS it does said Itnrie Wiz
gily. and then for a time he thought
no more about the matter
Uncle Wiggily was on his way home
after a cali on Mr. Whitcwash Ills nolar
sudden. the bunny gentleman felt a
very bad rheumatism main
Il fear shall never be able tn get tn
Mrs Wibblewobble's sadly said ITncle
Wiggilv Inst then there Vas - r,,mbie
and a rattle in the woods a iojIv shout shout
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05

they say that it is a fixed law of ma
ture, and the mothers can not help it,
poor things. since loving is not a mat
ter Of volition, but Of some mysterious
attraction that We can neither under
stand nor explain
Did you ever know of a widow with
money whose boys did not get the bulk
of the fortune? Isn't 1t the boys who
go off to college and buy racing cars,
while the girls stay at home and econo-
miZe because mother can not deny her
darling sons anything but she can say
mo" fast enough to the daughters?
The mothers of working girls, one
would think, would be peculiarly ten
der to them, for the girl who tolls all
day long and then lays every cent of
her earnings in her mothers lap, is
making the most marvellous and beau
tiful offering ever laid on the altar of
filial devotion. She is giving her life,
her youth, her beauty, all the playtime
and joytime of existence to keeping
soft, warm and comfortable the mother
who bore her.
1t is pity that mothers can not real
ize- that when they let their sons graft
on their sisters they are doing the boys
a far greater wrong than they are do
ing the girls. There is one thing that
no manhood survives, and that is para
sitism on n woman. A man may climb
up from any other pit, but whenever
he sits down idly and let's some woman
work to feed and Clothe him he has
descended to the last depth Of degrade
ton, and there is no hope of his ever
being rescued.
It is for a mother who has a son,
to see that he is saved from being this
contemplate weakling by raising him
up to feel that he must take care of
his sisters, not that they must support
him.
As for a mother taking her daugh-
ters' money to give to a parasitic son,
it is a dishonest thing to do. The thin
pay envelope Of the working girl is a
trust of honor that mothers should use
wisely and well for the girls individual
behoof and benefit.
Copyright 1920, by the Wheeler Syn
dictate, Inc.)
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05
For the Table

Stuffed Peppers-Onc and one-half
tablespoons butter, one and one-h half
tablespoons flour, one cup milk, one
half cup walnut meats. one half cup
bread crumbs, one-half cup chicken.
veal or ham, one quarter cup green
pepper, Onc-quarter cup celery two
teaspoons onion. one teaspoon salt, one
eighth teaspoon pepper, four large or
six small green peppers, one half cup
buttered crumbs
Make a sauce of the butter, flour and
milk Add walnut meats cut in pieces
soft bread crumbs, meat. green pepper,
celery and onion finely chopped, and
salt and pepper.
Remove stem end and seeds from pep
pers. fill with mixture, cover with but
tered crumbs and bake in "A moderate
oven until peppers are soft.
Apple and Walnut Ple--rhree- fourths
cup water, one-half cup sugar, four
apples dates. one-half cup walnut
meats, two tablespoons lemon juice, one
teaspoon butter.
Boil water and sugar three minutes.
Wipe, pare and cut apples in eighths,
remove core and cook a few at a time
in the syrup until clear. Wash. remove
stones and cut dates in strips. there
should be twO-thirds cupful Line pie
plate with plain paste, cover with half
the apples, sprinkle with half the nut
meats cut In pieces and half the dates.
Cover with remaining apples, nuts and
dates, pour on the lemon juice and dot
on the butter and any of the remain
ing syrup. Cover with parsley and bake
N moderate oven IS minutes.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05
AFRICA IS DRYING UP.

Africa is drying up. The governor
general of French Equatorial Africa,
which includes from Senegal to Congo,
made his territory arid by "A decree
which was effective Jan. 1. Importation
of liquor was prohibited, and the lid
put on native "barrooms."
On the gold coast a number of Ac-
era chiefs were asked their opinion of
the liquor traffic THE white man has
always brough it in for trade" they
said, "If he now wishes to stop it be-
cause he's found it's not good, we are
ter substitute World Outlook
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05

Inv ooii' a plBp nushy young 1ellOW
with plenty Of intelligence, who is ten
times as able to work as his sisters
and who could earn twice or three
times what either one of them does,
WORKS only when the spirit moves him.
Which is seldom.
lie doesn't have to work He doesn't
really need to because whether he works
or not, he is sure of three good meals
day better than his sisters get for
mother saves up the tidbits for him; a
good place to sleep and little pocket
money for which he can always stand
mother up.
The sisters are naturally very much
outraged at this state of affairs, but
when they protest against it, and tell
their mother that they do not feel called
upon to support lazy loafer, even If
he Is their brother, the mother turns
upon them in fury and demands to
know what sort of stony hearts they
have that they begrudge their poor
brother a bite of food and place to
lay his head. Then she weeps and says
that she will never turn her own son
out OF her house and shut her door in
his face: that as long as she has q
crust she will divide with him, and
give him her last penny.
So the scene ends, and when the para
site son comes in. mother cooks him
UP something extra to make up for
the way his mean sisters treat him in
not being willing to support him. Then
she gives him the last of the house
keeping money, and runs an account
with the grocer which the girls have to
pay in the end.
OF course it is neither just nor right
either to the girls, or to the boy for
that matter for their mother to take
their money to keep him in idleness,
but how anybody is going to get JUS
tice out of a woman where idolized son
is concerned is a problem far beyond
my poor ability to solve
Biologists ten us that mothers can
not help loving their sons better than
their daughters and having different
feeling toward them. 1t has something
to do with a boy inheriting more from
his mother than his father. Anyway,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05
What's In a Name?
BY MILDRED MARSHALL
MIRIAM.

The exquisite name of Miriam seems
TO be predecessor of Mary. II too
signifies "bitter" and comes from the
Hebrew word marah which has that
translation. But Miriam, according to
the Scriptures, antedates Mary.
Miriam first named the sister of
Moses and Aaron, who led the songs
of the Israelites when they saw their
enemies dead upon the seashore, 1t
was not repeated until after the cap
tivity, when it took the Greek forms
of Marian and Marianne, and became
much used by Jewish women. The
Asmonean princess in whom the brave
Maccabean line was eXtingushed by
Herod the Great, was called Marian.
Later it is found designating the poor
soul who is cited as having fulfilled
the most terrible of all the woes de
nounced by Moses upon the daughters
of Jerusalem.
Miriam was at one time the name
by which the Blessed Virgin herself
was called and also it named two popu
lar saints, the Magdalen and the Peni-
tent of Egypt. Marianne, the deriva-
tive, is sufficiently important to be dis
cussed separately at a later date,
The pearl is Miriam's talismanic gem.
It's legacy of tears will be set aside
for Miriam, to whom 1t will bring sweet
ness, charm and true friendships. Mon
day is her lucky day and her lucky
Copyright. 1920 by the Wheeler Syn
dictate. InC)
Note TO readers: Is there a fact con-
corning your name in which you are
interested? Do you know its history;
its meaning; its derivation and signifi-
canoe? Do you know your lucky day
and your lucky jewel? II not, Mildred
Marshall will tell you.
Send self addressed and stamped en-
velope with your queries, to Mildred
Marshall, The News SCmitar.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05
H. G. L. REACHES INDIA.

The high cost of living has reached
even India, and native teacher who
was getting only five rupees q month
felt it necessary to ask for raise
phrasing of his request, and finally
after much rehearsng, he went TO the
head Of his district bowed low and
said:
lis it possible that | may have an
increased compendium, as | find it
difficult to glide my days peacefully on
the hereby mentioned amount?"-
World Outlnnk
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05
SH0EING THE WHOLE
OF UNITED STATES

Massachusetts, makes pair Of shoes
for everybody in the United states ev-
cry year, Spins a million bales of cot
ton every year, Grinds out cioth--ali
wool and yard wlde-enough to wind
around the equator six times and some
over
The statistics OF New F.nxland's
manufactures remind me Of the boast
full swimmer, Of whom il was said that
he could dive deeper, and swim far
else In the world.--World outtook.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05

AND THEN l got off.
BECAUSE l hadn't the heart.
TO TELL her the truth.
AND BESIDES that.
THERE WERE couple of theater
tickets.
IN THE same pocket.
! THANK you.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05
MIGHT AS WELL.

Man-What are you fishing for boy?
Boy SCout-Whales,
Same Man-But there are now whales
in that small pond
| might just as well fish for whales
Boys Life for April.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05
In MOvieland
MISS DESMOND ARRIVES

da1gb e rrived IN Np H., ham," ~ Wy HyT
liam Desmond Mrs Desmond Is known
professionally as Mary MaCIvor. It is
said that both mother and Mary Joanna
are doing well
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05

A year or Sc later the man obtained
divorce, the girl having left him. We
met and he and I dearly loved each
other, but I Will not marry him because
car not bring myself to believe In d..
vorees. During the war my friend en-.
listed. Leaving, he asked me to try
and make up my mind to marry him
when he returned. He Is back and
am stu as much undecided. | want to
do right even II that means TO give him
up. BLUE EYES.
While ! agree with you In your atti-
tud0 toward divorces, | can not see
why mistake once made and admitted
by both parties to the mistake should
forever spoil the happiness of two more
lives ! ran see no valid reason why
YOU should not marry this man, If, as
you say, YOU both love each other
dearly.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05

Alas. When you meet an old flame.
after a few years of separation, YOU
cant help wondering whether he is
thinking of what he has missed-or of
what he has escaped
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05

RodinEoj" lines are stressed in this
altogethcr charming affair Of linen and
checked Bingham, NO Q, COS It hangs
straight from the Shoulders and Is not
confined In any way at the waist line
The girls dress, No, 9.6O6, is cut in
sizes to - years. Size requires two
yards 36-inch material, seven eighths
yard checked and one eighth yard 36-
inch dark material for trimming pieces.
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 Sc, IL ordered
with a pattern. Send Is cents for mag
aZiuc and pattern
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05
Foolish Mother; Lazy
Son Use Girls Money!
BY DOROTHY DIX,
The Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.

Among my acquaintance is family which consists of a
mother and her three daughters and The girls all
in business and every Saturday night their unopened
pay envelopes to their mother That supports the family There
is no other income.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05

Marriage liz not a failure. Some hus-
bands and wives may be failures-but
So are lot OF sculptors and artists
and writer's and others requiring a
highly specialized genius.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05

To the average mother, leisure Is
that sweet interval in which all the
rest Of the family are busy trying TO
find something else for her to d.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05

Once upon q time you could be n
teetotaler II you wanted to; but now,
II YOU decline a mans offer to lead you
TO his wine cellar he acts as hurt as
though you had beaten his only child.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05

why should any man have an aver
sion 10 marrying "A flirt? A girl who has
been kissed before Is much less likely
to wonder. after marriage. how other
men make love
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05

ON MY way uptown.
I TOOK a bus,
AND WAS sitting inside.
AND LOOKING out.
AT THE human throng.
AND IT must have been.
THAT THE big bus stopped.
AND OTHERS got on.
BUT WHATEVER it did.
1 PAID no heed.
UNTIL | discovered,
THAT AT my side.
SAT A fair young girl.
AND THE bus was full.
AND | crowded over.
TO GIVE her room.
AND SHE dropped a package.
AND I picked it up,
AND HANDED it to her.
AND RECEIVED her thanks,
AND SHE hadn't been told.
TO BEWARE of strange men.
FOR SHE talked to me.
ABOUT THE crowded BUSES,
AND THE crowded stores.
AND THE prices of things,
AS EVERYONE does.
AND WHILE she talked.
SHE PUT her left hand.
IN HER outside coat pocket.
THE FARTHEST from me.
AND WHATEVER she sought
IT WASN'T there.
AND THEN her right hand.
TOOK UP the search.
AND DUG it's way.
TO WHERE her pocket.
AND MY coat pocket
WERE KEEPING company.
ON THE narrow seat.
AND I felt her hand.
AGAINST MY side.
AND SAW it come forth.
WITH A handkerchief
AND SHE looked at 1t.
AND SO did I,
AND IT was mine
4 NICE new one.
OF HALF dozen.
THAT HAD come to me.
FOR A Christmas gift.
AND WAS quite brand new.
AND SHE was embarrassed,
AND SAID to me-
TT MUST Sc my brothers"
AND PUT it away.
IN THE outside pocket
THE FARTHEsT from me,
AND AGAIN she dug down.
AND I felt her hand.
AND SHE brought 1t forth.
WITH A list had made.
FROM THE want ad. page,
OF APARTMENTS to let.
AND THEN she said:
WHEREVER DID get this?"
AND SQUEEZED 1t all up.
AND THREW it
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05

Marriage is like a nreiess cooker
The toughest, II they remain in IL long
enough, sometimes come out sweet and
tender.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05

Our fashions and patterns are fur.
nished by the leading fashion artists
OF New York city. Send orders for
patterns 70 Fashion Department, The
News seimtar, % east Eighteenth
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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05
Reflections of a
Bachelor Girl
BY HELEN ROWLAND.

Copyright. 1920. by the Wheeler Syn
dictate, Incl
Every friend is a looking glass--and
VIC love the fiattering ones best.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05

Dear Mrs. Thompson--I have LONG
brown curly hair, and have been tang
ling II TO fix Il In pufts and II Is being
ruined, Tell me a way that Will be
becoming. A girl friend wants me TO
90 home with her after school 20 visit
her aunt, and they are strangers to me.
viii II be all right TO 90?
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05

Next to canned herring, the most
earth Is a husband
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05

Baby-You did exactly right In refus
ing TO allow this boy to kiss you. No
girl unless she is engaged 10 a man
and Is pretty sure that she will marry
him. should allow him to kiss her. A
girl allowing such liberties only lessons
the boys respect for her. Continue to
assume you do not notice his attentions
10 the other girls In the office, and I
believe that after a little while longer
you will find he will change his attt-
tudn
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05

Dear Mrs. thompson am a Girl Of
II and mother does not want me to
talk to the boys at all. Does she know
best7 e, G,
Yes. your mother knows exactly what
is right for you. Forget boys; you are
far TOO young to let them bother your
head / can not advise the best coiors
for you to wear, from your height and
weight and age Complexion, color OF
hair and ewes Is needed for this
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05

Judge from your letter that you do
not want to bob your hair Quit tang
can still wear your hair puffed over the
ears without tangling II II you will
try soft instead OF firm puff II you
know the girl who has invited you real
we'll there could be nothing wrong in
going with her TO visit her aunt. 9th
erwise | would advise against it.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05

Consult your husband about his
tastes in food and his meal hours. but
never about your own clothes. II YOU
must consult somebody about your own
personal ltfairs-oh well consult an
ahenist
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05

Dear Mrs. Thompson-The only boy
ever loved has misunderstood me and
refuses 10 listen to my reasoning. My
ehur goes with a boy and my boy
friend does not like her friend. ( went
out car riding with them and all rode
on the front seat Ny friend became
very angry. The only thing my friend
has against this boy is that he is a
widower What shall do7
ICCntIRAGEn
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05

| hardly know how to advise you II
the boy will not listen to you. II you
love him deeply enough why not try
giving up this friendship with the man
your friend objects? Perhaps he will
forget about il.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05

Dear Mrs. Thompson---I am a girl OF
IS and am crazy to 90 with the boys.
Ny parents object Am | TOO young 10
talk to them and have parties? know
II can never win a certain boys love
I can never love another. He loves me.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05

Dear Mrs. Thompson-WlIl you tell
me where I can place my baby TO board.
am a working woman and can not
stay al home, as my husband Is dead.
do not want 10 board him In Leath
orphanage. Is there a church home In
the city? WORRIED.
There IL a church home on Jackson
avenue, conducted by the Episcopal
church. whore the sister In charge can
give you full particulars.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05

Dear Mrs. Thompson--I became en-
gagged TO a girl loved dearly and
bought her an engagement ring. She
visited In another city and we had
ndersta ndlnu regarding correspond
ence. III ally wrote her, telling her to
return my ring n she stu rnssunder.
stood me. She Is a and | am %, since
then have met another girl eight years
my junior and love her better than the
first airi, Would be doing the first
girl an injustice II | should marry the
second2-H. A. l..
You would certainly he doing the
first girl an Injustice to marry her II
YOU love apother better. Why not be
frank with her and write her plainly
that since your misunderstanding YOU
have met another girl you love better.
This Is the falrest way for you to act.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-05

You should he spanked You are too
young to know what love means. Lis
ten to your parents They know best.
Forget boys for time You will find
In few years this boy you pine for
now will be not even a memory.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-12-28
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER 1.-The crown prince OF Ii
Yonia, Ferdinand William Otto, ten years
old, taken by his aunt to the opera, tires
of the singing and slips away to the park
and there makes the acquaintance OF
Bobby Thorpe, little American boy. -
CHAPTER 1T-Returning to the palace
at night the crown prince finds everything
in an uproar as result Of the search for
him. The chancellor impresses on the old
ill, the need for better protection of the
crown prince and suggests that the friend
ship OF the neighboring king of Karnia
he cemented by giving the Princess He'd
wig in marriage to him. The old king
finally agrees.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-12-28

king, who had at least taken 1t under
advisement. The archduchess list.
ened, rather pale.
Madame, after centuries OF indie
pendence we now face a crisis which
we cannot meet alone. Believe me, !
know Of what I speak. United, we
could stand against the world. But a
divided kingdom, disloyal and dis
contented people, spells the end"
And at last he convinced her. But,
because she was built of contrary
mold, she voiced an objection, not to
the scheme, but to Karl himself. 81
dislike him. he is arrogant and
stupid"