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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-07-27
Gomners on the Railroads

The railroad employees viii most like
IL accept the wage award the commits
sion board offered them, aggrcgatlng
60 per cent or a passing percentage OF
their demands. The issue will be pu,
IN TO them by the unions in the form
of a referendum, with the recommends
ton that they accept the award,
The union leaders, each and all are
making public statements showing their
dissatisfaction with the terms which
there Is no cumpulsiou whatever in law
for them 10 accept, but willing for the
time being to let wei enough alone.
Mr.. Gompers points out that wages
under the new scale viii come to fig
ure belw, en- So and so a week, depend
ing on the character Of the labor What
strikes him as a mean pitlance strikes
NEST peorle AZ a fair award when ey-
erythinR is considered.
But Mr.. Gumpers docs nor so much
blame the board for not putting tho
figure higher as hc hlamcs the railroad
managcmcnts for their sorry financial
showing. He realizes that the money
which Is 10 Re paid mas TO come from
somewhere. but he will not admit that
II must either be made UP In increased
transportation rates or by government
subsidy. This is the interesting part
OF Mr. Gunpers remarks, which we
quote as showing point Of view quite
different from the sympathetic aud sor.
rowtul one Usually held on behalf Of the
downtrodden railroads;
l ventur, TO say, that it is posi-
bic to so increase the operating
efficiency Of the railroads as to
not only afford a proper WACO to
the workers. but to allow a proper
return TO railroad investors.
Hrs, and foremost, the business
of the railroads is 10 carry com
nnerce and the people Of this coun-
try, and 10 provide for those en-
gagged in ra!lroading an adequate
living according to American stand
ards. American ability and ingenuity
has come to q sorry pass II 1t must
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-07-27
QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS

GLOW can / tell without plugging
whether watermelon is ripe w.
O. H.
A.-One way to tell ripe melon is
by the condition of the tendrl or
curl at the end not attached to the
vine. 1t usually dries up and dies Just
about the time the fruit is ripe. The
under side of the ripe melon will be
cream color rather than greenish white.
Snap the fruit with the finger. II il
gives a dull thud, it is ripe The skin of
a ripe melon is dull and firm.
Q.-What statue of Lincoln was II.
nally decided upon for erection in Lon
dor? "A. A.
A-The British government set apart
as a location for a statue OF Lincoln a
site related to the houses Of parlia
ment and Westminster abbey. A con-
trOversy arose as to whether a statue
by George Gray Barnard or one by
the late Augustus saint Gaudens should
be erected. The British government re-
ferred the matter to our department OF
state which asked the advice of the fine
arts commission. Upon their recon-
mendation copy of the Saint Gaudens'
statue, which is erected in Lincoln
park, Chicago was accepted.
Q.-What states have year-round reg
istration reciprocity for automobiles
Anew York. Massachusetts,. Ala
bama, Arkansas, Delaware, District OF
Columbia, Florida, Idaho, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Ohio, Orcgan, Pennsylvania,
South Dakota. Wisconsin and West Vir-
ginia compose the full-reciprocity list
Q-what was the greatest volcanic
eruption in the world?-H. d.
A--The greatest volcanic disturbance
within the period of human history was
an eruption in one OF the interior val
leys OF Savii Samoan Islands With
brief resting period, this activity,
which began in August, 1905. lasted for
four years, and the discharge OF lava
has been estimated at more than five
cubic miles.
Q.-Please give me the names OF the
various wedding anniversaries. IT. b. S.
A.-First year paper, second, cotton
third, leather; fifth, wooden; seventh,
woolen; tenth, tin; twelfth. silk and
linen: fifteenth. crystal; twentieth,
china. twenty fifth. silver thlrticth,
pearl. thirty-nfth, ivory; fortieth. ruby;
Nftieth, golden, seventy-fifth, dia-
mond.
Odd American crews man the Brit
ish boats that carried a good part OF
our army overseas?-F, r.
A.-The British ships which carried
almost half Of our soldiers abroad dur
ing the world war, were manned by
British crews.
Q.-Does the president Of the United
States choose his own private secro-
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-07-27
IVNCLE WiGGIY92X
|I1BEDTIN1E STOR9aI
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE BARBER

white and blue striped pole?" asked the
pig gentleman. Would you lend me
your crutch?"
oh, couldn't do that" said Uncle
Wiggily. Il need the crutch for my
rheumatism. But I'll paint you a bar
Der pole just like it, and that win
bring you so many customers that
Please do" begged Mr. wuff Wutf,
and Uncle Wiggily did. With some
red. white and blue paint he went to
the barber shop one day and began, to
W ySriFpe W an Sld a.. clothes post which Mr.
front of his shop, Uncle Wiggiy put
pretty red white and blue stripes on
the pole. and It was set UP in front Of
the barber shop.
Kinkytail, the monkey gentleman. to
get his whiskers trimmed,
II was looking for a barber shop
when happened TO see your red,
white and blue striped pole, said the
a0ns came Mr. Lons Aad f she mouse s
gentleman, and Mr.. Littletail, the rab
bit, and Mr. Bushytail, the squirrel, so
that Mr.. Wuff Wuff was so busy shay
ing them that he had no time to go to
sleep.
Now, while the barber shop was filled
with animal gentlemen, waiting to be
shaved, and while the red. white and
blue stiped pole was shining in the
sun, along sneaked the PlpSlseWah ana
the Skeezicks. The Pip nudged the
Skee and said:
There's Uncle wiggily"
"Where?" asked the Skee.
We'll, II he isn't exactly in sight, /
see his red, white and blue striped
rheumatism crutch," went on the Pip,
pointing to the barber pole.
"Oh, so 1t isl" grunted the Skee,
But his crutch seems to have grown
bigger. guess his rheumatism is
worse, so he needs a stronger crutch
TO lean on. Well, so much the better,
Wen catch him all the more easily.
Wen wait here until he comes OUT"
So the bad chaps, thinking the bar
Der pole was the bunny's crutch, and
that Uncle Wiggily was inside, hid
around the corner to wait for Mr. Long
ears to come out.
But just them Mr.. Wuff Wuff, the
pig gentleman, came out to look at the
sky to see II 1t might be going to rain.
And in his paw the pig barber had
long, sharp razor.
ooh, come on, Come on! This Is no
place for us! He's coming to snibble
our tails with that sharp knife! howled
the Skee, and he and the Pip ran away
and didn't get the bunny at all. And
the funny part of ii was that Uncle
Wiggily wasn't even in the barber
shop, So his souse was saved again.
And II the egg beaten doesn't try to
give the pancake turner ride on the
rolling pin, and make it fall into the
sink, I'll tell you next about Uncle
Wiggily and the electric bell.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-07-27
BY HOWARD q. aARls.
Copyright, 1920, by Mcclure Newspa
per Syndicate)

bT 1O"NHD NJ SNNlS.
Once upon time, not so very many
years ago, there lived in Woodland
near the Orange Ice mountains. a nice
old pig gentleman, who kept a barber
shop. He was very fat, sleepy SORT
Of pig, and sometimes when he was
lathering the whiskers of Mr.. Stubtail
the bear gentleman, or trimming the
beard OF Uncle Butter, the goat gentle
man, this pig barber would fall asleep
And sometimes when he did this, soapy
lather from the brush would get in
Mr.. Stubtnils or Uncle Buffers mouth
Il declare" said Mr.. Stuhtail &c
Uncle Wiggily one day, after the pie
barber had gotten soap in the bear
gentleman's mouth twice; II declare Il
there was another barber in town I'D
go to him TO get shaved"
Yes, Mr.. Wuff Wuff Is not very
lively barber" agreed Uncle Wiggiiy
The. pig .gentleman's name was Mr..
Wuff Wuff, as might have told you
before II l had thought Of II.
one day when Grandpa GOosey Can
der went in the pig barber shop to have
some OF his tail feathers trimmed Mr.
Wuff .Wuff did half of them and then
he fell fast asleep, knocking over
bottle Of bay rum, so that few. drops
Of Il splashed in Grandpa Goosey's eye.
This Is too muchl' quacked Grandpa
Goosey. Wake up, Mr., Wun Wuh!
Why do you sleep so much?'
Ollt no UNI 1 hills blli. AH''NNN'
the pig barber. ~ guess it's because
don't have customers enough TO keep
me busy" he went on. III had some.
thing to do every minute of the day
could keep awake. But you animal
gentlemen only come in once in while
TO have shampoo, hair cut or shave
and / get in the habit Of falling asleep
between times"
"rl tell Uncle Wiggily about it,
said Grandpa Goosey. Maybe he can
think up a way to make you Keep
busy so you won't slumber SO much; ,
And when Uncle WigEily was told
what the pig barber had said the bunny
gentleman knew at once what to DO. q,
THAT pig barber should advertise
said the bunny uncle. He wants 70
have his shop better known, why, az
the stylish shops have a red, white ana
blue striped pole out in front, so IT
can be seen far up and down the street
Then when anybody wants q hair cut
or n shave, they can look for red
white and blue pole, like my rheuma-
tism Crutch, and they know where TO
go II you had something like that
Mr. Wuff Wuff. you would be so busy
you'd have no time to go to sleep
do you think so?" asked the pig
gentleman barber, holding the lather
brush up In front of his face so the
bunny would not see him yawn:
Urn sure OF it," said Uncle wig
gily. ,,o. -oa
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WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA.

edited by Albert Nelson Marquis.)
who's Who in America for 1920-1921
has just come from the press, a bet
ter volume, II possible. than any of its
predecessors. This is the eleventh BIZ
ennial issue Of a publication which long
since became the recognized standard
biographical reference book of the coun-
try--a book that is as Indispensable
to the up-to-date man or woman as
the telephone or the dictionary of the
English language.
1t contains 1904 pages, presenting as
only Who's Who in America can pre-
sent them, nearly $4,000 crisp, per-
sonal sketches, and $500 of these
sketches are entirely new, having APP
peared in no previous edition. As usual,
the latest address is appended to each
sketch, and the index by state and post
office address is retained as a neCes-
sary corollary to volume that has
become n welcome biennial visitor to
all well-equipped homes OF the country
Turn to the index and see how many
notable names belong to your state.
Become familiar with the life records Of
the people who. are doing things. It
will be an inspiration to you. 1t will
help you to know the people you hear
much about and read about in the news
papers and magazines, II win help you
to know and understand them as school
children are coming to understand them
by the constantly growing use OF Who's
Who In America In the schoolroom.
The price Of this new edition is ST. so.
II is published by A. N. Marquis g. Co,
$40 South Dearborn street. Chicago. Ill
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-07-27
Twice Told Tales
News Of Memphis
y
26 Years Ago.

JULY IT, 1895.
Prof. and Mrs. c. P. Winkler have
returned from visit to their son, Dr.
NJ. p. Winkler, at Tchula, Miss.
Organization of the court was COM
pleted and the first session of the
court-martial of Capt. f. X. Deffrey
of the Nicely Zouaves was held in the
Cotton exchange today. Clashes be-
tween counsel for the state and G. r
Fitzhugh. representing Capt. Deffrey
were frequent.
Walter Malone and party of friends
were dinner guests at the Raleigh inn
today.
Miss Rosa and Blanche Goldsmith
spent the day at Raleigh inn with their
sister, Mrs. Henry Loeb.
issued an order forbidding the hold
ing of the Corbett- Fitzsimmons prize
fight in the state of Texas The fight
is scheduled for Oct. 81.
Frederick Seidle, a baker, committed
suicide today by hanging himself in the
nue.. The body was discovered by Louis
T. Seidle, son of the dead man. Nc
reason was known for his act
Tom Lilly is seriously III at his home
on orleans street.
Col and Mrs. II. NJ. Nicely and Miss
Daisy Nicely have gone to Denver
where they will remain until autumn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anthony Walsh have
returned to Memphis after a month
visit to Hot Springs. They were ac-
companied by their nephews, Masters
Anthony and ]. T. Walsh.
John Turley and Miss Isabella Rob
inson secured a marriage license to-
day.
G. Benham, of the Benham Furniture
company, has gone to Chicago, Grand
Rapids and Cincinnati on business for
his firm.
Mrs ]. NJ Brinkley and daughter,
c. c. Currier and wife and Henry Craft
are registered at the Cataract house,
Niagara Falls, ~ Y.
Miss Mabel Malone has returned after
a visit Of two months in the country.
Capt. James Lee and daughters have
gone to Lookout mountain for the sum-
mer.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-07-27
News Of Memphis
10 Years Ago.


JULY 27, 1910.
At a conference called TINS morning
by Mayor Crump, assurance was re-
ceived from President Tutwller OF the
Memphis street Railway company, t ditv
the work Of constructing crosse city
street car line would begin immedi-
ately. 49,. A..
AZ the second annual dinner OF the
Municipal Government league al the
Business Mems club today the follow
ing officers were elected; X, .. Jonn l
ston. president; d. W. DeHaVen, wee
president. o. c. Ogilvie, secretary
The highest temperature reached in
Memphis today was So degrees. The
lowest was 76 degrees. .,.,.
only % bales of cotton SOLO today
al the local market. The market was
steady with middnng at Is cents:
A Decent drop was registeded IN
local flour today with the price per
barrel quoted at $3.50 to $50:
The river stage today was Il rect,
indicating a fall Of % feet during the
last "a hours The river forecast si is
from cairo to Helena within the next
The Weather forecast is fair and sta
tionary temperature tonight ana To-
morrow for Memphis. ...
Mrs. jamie Davis Bellows ANNOUNCES
the approaching marriage Of her daugh-
me tne inpnyc Wren. To Allen Holmes
P va, The ceremony will take place
at the Bellows home, 542 LaClede ave-
NM Mrs Pauline smith left this morn
ing for a visit with friends In Macon
Tenn. ,,.r,,,i, hoe heer
Amounted medical examiner. OF the en-
p nI%pyment department OF the Panama
canal commission here, $500.
Mrs. W Ii. Rainey has as her guest cues.
Mrs f. b. Barclay Of McComo CltY'
Miss +or+atrinp
Miss Virginia Proctor Is cnteripa a,,aa
MISS Louise Swart, OF Baton house'
NM Mrs @' NJ. II. Left left this morning Ing
Cor Now orleans where she Will be the
en,st OF relatives for a few days
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| to believe that the writer of this letter
| Is good looking man. however, Will
| not risk advising you not to encour-
| age the man you have spotted for a
| wait of four more years would be too
| much. Here is wishing you success,
peace. harmony and happiness.
Dear Mrs. Thompson-on a short
visit to Memphis In the latter part of
| August what will be suitable for baby
two years old to wear on her head?
viii 1t be necessary for her to have
coat2 If so, what kind?
ANXIOUS TO KNOW.
Little girls of that age are. wearing
lutely necessary for her to have a coat,
unless it is much cooler, however, it
| is convenient for a child of that age
to have a light wrap for summer. A
| light or dark silk coat or a blue serge
coat would be practicable.
Dear Mrs. Thompson-i have little
girl nine years Of age whose ears are
large and stand out from her head.
Can you tell me II there Is anything
too long? She would be pretty II her
ears would lie close to her head. She
| Is ashamed of them as they are.
AN ARKANSAS WIDOW.
There is no way to reduce the size
of the little girls ears, but | have
tape is placed at the tip of the ear
| and fastened to the head in the course
| of time the ears will grow back. OF
course, this will have to be kept up
! for some time. Try to keep her from
| being sensitive about it, for as she
| grows older 1t will not be so perceptible.
| She can dress her hair in a way that
it will not be noticed. Her ears may
now be as large as they ever will and
no doubt she will make a pretty woman
Dear Mrs. Thompson-I am a girl Of
q summers and long to be the wife
of country boy. Do you think a girl
Of that age could love a man as, or Is
he too old for her? do not intend
Am | right? Do you think girls should
use paint on their faces? Do you think
It Is bad to be an old maid? How old
Is woman when she Is first called
an old maid? Do you not think II Is
much better to be young mans slave
than an old mans darling7 Do you
think working girls are we'll thought Of?
hope | have not asked too many CUES
lions. TENNESSEE GIRL.
A girl of only % summers (and the
same number of wintersl is too young
to marry man As. You are right
when you say you do not expect to
marry until you and the man love each
other. Stick TO it. 7 think that is the
most becoming place they could use
It. Bachelor maindenhood from
choice" begins at 80 and there are lots
and lots of worse things than an old
maid (several old maids) ] have never
had the sensation of being either SO
am not capable Of judging. It all de-
ponds upon the girl and not the work.
am having a half holiday so why
should l worry about the questions?
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tary, or does the senate have to con-
firm the appointment?-A. H. P.
A.-The president Of the United
States appoints his own secretary and
does not submit the nomination to
the senate as 1t is purely a personal
appointment
Q-How fast does the new warship
Massachusetts travel?-W. L. w.
A--The bureau Of operations of the
navy department states that it is esti-
mated that the Massachusetts can
make % knots per hour.
Q.-What is Samvat?-Q. E. D.
A.-This is an abbreviated form of
the Sanskrit word, Samvatsara, which
means year Samvat is the method
of reckoning time used generally in
India except in Bengal Christian dates
are reduced to Samvat by adding 81
to the Christian year.
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]. Haskin director. Washington. d. e.
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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-07-27
MARKED TREE, ARK, TO
PICNIC AND BARBECUE

MARKED TREE, Ark, July 81. (Spl.)
On Aug. Marked Tree will have a
big picnic and barbecue and Citi-
zens' league rally. Some of the promi-
nent speakers will be r. II. Caraway,
candidate for United States senate
Smead Powell, candidate for governor.
The Citizens league has full ticket
in the field for all offices of the county.
The most interesting of the county
races are those between T. T. Mards
Citizens league candidate, attorney of
Harrisburg and ex-soldier, and Ed Ian
ders, who has been deputy circuit clerk
for several years for the office Of cir
cult clerk; and w. w. Warren, a bust
ness man of Tyronba Citizens league
candidate. and Dr. Harrison, prominent
physician, Of Truman, for the office Of
county judge,
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confess failure to do that work in

confess failure to do that work in
that manner.
The present condition and the
present state of fright over the
outlook is terrific indictment Of
railroad executive brains. The au-
dacity seems TO have gone out OF
railroadlng. The fertility OF mag
ination which made the American
railroads the greatest In the world
has been Slapped in the money mar
kets. The ideals for achievement
have been buried under the asplra-
tons for stock jobbing.
Let operating brains be put TO
work, and the solution Of the rail-
road problem viii be found. The
answer is not In levying taxes. Il
is in real railroading.
Several interesting points are sug
gested by these remarks Of labor's high
priest One Is that labor leaders see
clearly that they do not gain much
by higher wages II the money has 70
be made up out OF the public purse
Mr.. GOmpers Is economist enough to
know that higher railroad tariffs will
raise the price on every single COM
modify that laborers have 10 buy.
In looking for way out, Mr.. Comp
ers has probably found very Just
grievance. He would like to have the
money for the wage increase made w
in the savings and profits accomplished
by the operators under their present
tariffs by a system OF good business
He thinks that for many
years the stockholders have employed
their best brains at manipulating the
stock markets rather than in running
the roads
It has been much easier for the roads
in the past to make money on wall
street than to make 1t out Of business
and that is partly why the state OF
the roads is what II Is today.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-07-27
What's In a Name?
BY MILDRED MARSHALL
Copyright, 1920, by the Wheeler Syn
dictate, Inc)
CONSUELLA

dictate, Inc.)
coNsUELLA.
A name that belongs almost outright
to literature. is Consuella. 1t is gem
orally regarded as French, though in
popular usage it has distinctive Eng
fish flavor, Very few etymooglsts list
it among feminine names, and it is not
possible to trace it's evolution.
Consuella first gained fame in the
time of George Sands (Madame Bude-
vanD. In her novels "Consuela" and
la Comptesse de Rudolstadt," the
heroine was a Spanish singer whose no.
Bile purity was sustained amidst temp
tations and disillusions. Consuella was
which accompanied literary names in
England.
In this country 1t achieved no great
vogue until the time of the lovely Con-
suella Vanderbilt, who married the
duke Of Marlborough and became chate-
laine of one of the noblest houses Of
Great Britain The widespread use of
Consuella was apparent Immediately
throughout the country.
The pearl is Consuella's talismanic
gem, and is said to preserve her charm
and bring her friends and admirers.
Monday is her lucky day and 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; Its derIvatlVe and sIanlf-
canoe? Do you know your lucky day
Marshall will tell you.
Send self addressed and stamped en-.
velope with your queries, to Mildred
Marshall, The News Scnltar.