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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-08-03

In spite OF some 100000 building
inspections made By its fire depart
ment. New York City continues to
have about $4,000 fires year.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-08-03

AS result Of inquiries 1t is stated
that motion pictures OF domestic in
terest are most popular. with Western
t.thrllersn and comedies tying for
Second place.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-08-03

A silent. keyless cloc6. which con =
tains only four wheels aud no springs
is a late invention.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-08-03

TO RENEW THE APPETITE
Take Horsfords Acid Phosphate
Reuews healthy activity of the stomach,
promotes digestion and gives appetite.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-11
Mrs. Solomon Says
Being Confessions of Wife 7O0th

My Daughter, consider the Wives
of Babylon, how they dress.
For all the houris of Solomon S
harem were not arrayed like one Of
these. And every one of them
thinketh herself a sirenl
Go TO, We Simple ones How long
will We continue 10 pin your faith
upon chiffon frill. and TO waste your
substance upon near-pearls and
clOth-of-gold and foolish l"heart
bait ,"
For 10, il is never the little brown
wren in all-wool. but the Bird of
Para disc in allsilks. that figureth as
leading leady in the divorce court.
And. no husbands heart hath ever
yet been held by a silken corset
string
Behold. tho sex-appeaI bccometh
louder and louder, every day.
And the masculine response be-
cometh feebIer and feeblcr.
IT hath come TO pass that mo-
and more silk hosiery is displayed
81 ason by seasOn-yet the number
of divorces keepeth pace Herewith.
10. d man who once would walk
a mile 20 look upon a pair OF pretty
ankles. will not so much as glance
up from his paper, 10 gaze upon so
silken ankles displayed halfway 10
the knee
For these are his portion, today.
yesterday. and forever.
And all silk stockings look alike
70 him.
Yea. the women of Babylon have
forgotten that II is not through his
eyes. but through his magma tion,
that a man falleth in love!
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-11
Oil rauds Are Being
Caught Up for Misuse
Of Uncle Sans Mails
BY j. X. PRICE.

The federal department OF justice
has started roundup OF fraudu-
lent oil companies. Fourteen no
dictments were brought the other
day in New York. and the alIega-
tions contained an them are illumin-
ating
The oil companies themselves.
their officers and statesmen AMI the
l. ~kers handling their certihi 1T
N @ charged with having made 1Uusa
misrepresentation and using the
mails TO defraud. In all Of the
cases, IL is alleged, there was very
Title OF substantial property n p 80
slide production OF oil 10 back tlr.r
promises. In some. the stock seems
10 have been issued on a basis OF
pure imagination.
Purchasers Of that sort OF stock
may be interested in Learnt - thai
the shares in one company. old
Investors as great bargain AZ s2.25
a share in Chicago and So a shlr,
in New York, cost the brokers -
cents a share. one brokerage firm
is charged with selling 100000
shares at more than 81 a share. AFTER
paying 20 cents a share for a..
Such enterprises have cost the
American people enormous sums
during the last couple OF years. The
money thrown away in fraudulent
stock investments last year alone
has been estimated as high as half
a billion dollars. Fortunately the
public OF late is becoming a little
more wary.
The patronizing OF wildcat
schemes like these not only results
in loss 10 the duped investors. 1t
deprives legitimate enterprise OF the
money 1t needs, and il throws sus~
piciOn on stock investment in gen
eral. II is particularly unfortunate
that so many OF the frauds have
been perpetrated in the oil industry
for the result is 20 discredit all oil
promotion at "A time when the cOun-
try sorely needs new oil develop
mcnt anC increased production.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-11

How then shall a wife hold her
husbands devotion. in a world full
OF LOreleis and temptations
Verify, verify, there is but ono
way in all the world TO hold any
man to thee, for life,t my Daughter
even to make myself a necessity
unto him.
For, whe Their a mans wife be his
backbone or only his rib: whether
she be his spur or only his hitching-
post, his Inspiration or only his Sc
dative, his foot-sto6 or his head
rest, he Will cling unto her, so lonS
as she is the one woman in all the
earth whom he needeth!
But she that ceaseth to make her
self "a necessity" and entcreth into
competition with the luxuries, shall
soon ind the world filled with
younger and mere fascinating lux
Urics"
Verify. verify, every woman may
peradventure be n siren-but not
unto her own husband
Go TO, yc Matrons Of Babylon.
Let squads and fappers and debu-
tantes follow after beauty cures. and
emulate show-girls and m.lliners'
mannikins.
But as for you. it signiieth not,
whether ye are clad in allsilk. or in
all-wool, or in calico, or in cloth-of-
gold.
For, have ] not said unto you that
Il man looketh upon his wife for the
last time upon the day of his we'd
ding?
And forever thereafter he only
listeneth unto her!
SeIah
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-11
MENTALIsM VERSUS MILITARIsM.

~ HERE is good doctrine in the Greek ideal OF
/ sound mind in sound body. Those who op-
pose military training for tho youth OF America.
fearing it would make US militaristc, not have
the same objection physical education Draft
aminations which showed deficiencies in physical
development emphasized the necessity for health
supervision and instruction we'll development
of the mental rowers youth somebody
wants TO know:
when an epidemic is threatened disease gets
a foOthold all preventative measures and precau-
tons invoked suppress it. Might it not be
far cheaper TO the nation TO develop sound bodies
take steps TO eradicate it
after long neglect has invited its entrance?"
Certainly. Certainly! But TO do that you need
mould millions OF young into many
bricks the models-of sub
servency TO a few men clothed in little brief
authority" military scoundrels perhaps. more
intent upon maintaining their positions and train
ng kill rather than keep well. Military training.
in the mas destroys originality in the individual,
makes OF him a dependent authority, and
less he raises TO a military leader, he is untitled for
Leadership n ans
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-11
Changing Course
OfRiUerS often
Leads to Trouble
BY LYIE y. ERINfnNr-

The Rio Grande. changing its
course and leaving on the American
eide OF the river land that was for
merry on the Mexican side. calls
attention to tho unsatisfactory
character OF shifting streams as
boundaries The Red river recently
did something OF che same sort. d.
verting 10 Texas valuable oil land
that before the change was part ~
oklahoma. IL would appear 90 -
the part OF wisdom 20 determine ~
limits OF political divisions by lau-
tude and longitude rather than by
changeable rivers.
This performance or the Rio
Grande suggests some interesting
possi bilitics- The Mexican farmers
who have been placed I'm the United
States by the rivers trickery object.
strange 10 say. 10 being under Amer
lean Jurisdiction. They prefer 90
remain Mexicans. Some persons
cannot be fathomed Why after
nature. without move on their
part. has transferred them o. the
United States. they should scorn the
boon conferred upon them passes
all understanding But the ques-
tions arise: Are they now Amer
leans? or should they be exam
ined by immigration inspectors and.
If found undesirable. deported And
II they should be deported. whittier.
since their homes. perhaps the very
houses in which some of them were
born. are in tho United States7
And. supposing for a moment that
the river should make another shift
and put a generous slice Of Texas
in Mexico. then what?
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-11
College Students Help
Out in Harvest Fields
BY +. I. MEREDITH,
lSccrctnrv III Agricnltnrc. }


College students are filling a big
national need in peace as they did
IN war. With agriculture clam0r-
ing for volunteer help. they have
responded 20 the call this year as
never before Many thousands Of
them have gone straight from the
class room, at the end Of the
academic term. 20 the harvest
fields. Some have almost crossed
the continent in this quest. seeking
adventure and change along with
their summers work. Others have
taken the farm Jobs nearest them
They find the work so profitable
that many a self-suppOrting student
can almost 90 through the next COLI
lege year on what he earns during
the summer They ind IL SO health
ful that u viii put them in C0udi-
ton for college athletics as nothing
else could. They obtain "A kind ~
education that Is no less valuable
than what they gain from books
and lectures, and they acquire
a broader sympathy.
The farms gain, too Farmers are
said 70 be finding their hired help
OF far better quality than usual this
year. They are learning respect for
students. as students are learning
respect for them. And quite pos
sibly those students. with their acc
tive brains and their odds and ends
OF scientific knowledge. may teach
their employers few things worth
while
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-11
Principles and Personalities as Features in
Presidential Campaigns and PecuIiarities of
Voters to Whom Such Things Specially AbbeaI

paper. Those headlines touch only the high-spots
frequently much qualified down in the story You
can't tell whole column story IN a half-dozen.
dozen or two dozen words as a rule. You get only
the index in the newspaper heads and unless you
60 deeper than that for your knowledge II leaves
you but superficial knowledge that is oftimes akin
to downright ignorance.
Yes let US have a campaign the principles for
once. rather than personalities; least even II
up ttle-better for the citizenship better for the
country, better for the mind better for the soul
assuming that their still exists in man so i'm
assuming that there still exists man so i'm
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-11
2O10Land-ThrOngh a WidO10,s LOrgnette

are a lot happier than they think
they are"
Every woman is happier than
she thinks she is" declared the
Bachelor, emphatically. If she
knew how happy and lucky she is,
it would make her utterly wretch
ed"
And the women who pity Other
women because of their husbands, %
added the Widow, ARE wasting their
time and deluding themselves quite
as much as those who envy them.
Yet every woman is always at
tempting to nix up some other WON
mans life for her-either trying 20
hclp her get a husband, or 10 help
her get rid of one"
Yes" grOaned the Bachelor. with
feeling. If all the women who have
tried 10 marry me off TO their sweet
girl friends had succeeded, I should
have been in the Rcgues' Gallery
long ago. People who try to make
or break matches are playing with
fre-the divine fire-and deserves
10 get their fingers burned"
"But. unfortunately it's their vic
TINS who get burned" sighed the
Widow. Most people would be per-
feCtly contented with their own
liVeS-and with their own life
matcs-if oth,r peOrle would only
let them alone. Most women would
never see any flaws IN their hus-
bands and most men would never
discover any defects in their wives,
III other people would refrain from
calling their attention 20 them"
Half the world simply can't I'M
derstand how the other half en-
durcs its better half" scOned the
bachelor.
Wen. I, for one. am positively
through" declared the Widow. IL
shall never try TO marry you off 10
anybody, again. It's too danger
GUS"
Thanks awfully," murmured the
Bachelor but there really isn't
the slightest danger"
what ,"
That / shall ever marry anybody
except yo-eXcept the enc I
want" announced the Bachelor with
, fnality
Nevertheless" insisted tho Wild
ow. "a little matchmaker is a dan
erous thing"
Copyright, 1920
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-11
Seen Through a Bridal Veil
AsAWoman Thinketh

prompt her 10 concentrate on econ
ony and cooking. and on all the
dear delightful, tiresome details Of
making a man comfortable
VIII 1t gOad her into foolish jeal-
Ousy. and into asking suspicious and
searching questions, every time he
is late for dinner
Or will il fill her with such CON-
plete and satisfying confidence, such
sublime faith, that though he never
came at all, there would be no ques-
ton IN her mind, whatever?
Will ii make her exacting, critl-
cal, capricious, arbitrary, dc mand-
ing-a pretty and expensive parasite.
Or will II make her kind and
thoughtful. generous. and forbear-
ing2
What does she seek
Thrills, alteration, and the blind
ing mist Of loves rapture.
Or heartease, and the quiet, gen
tic hand-clasp OF perfect under
standing?
Wild uncertainty-or sweet Sc
curity?
Eternal courtshlp-or lifelong
companionsh
Worship-Or comradeship
An. Little Bride. so gaily setting
sail upon your Ship or Fate
Unless love is both OF these.
II Is not Perfect Lovel
Yet. they are as far apart, and as
different.
As purgatory and Paradise
And you. alone, must md your
own Paradise.
You, alone. must seek the pot-of-
gold.
At the end OF your rainbow OF
dreams,
You alone, know what love means
to youl
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-11

The Bride has gone.
The Little Bride. light-hearted.
radiant, debonair.
Has gailv stepped upon her Ship
Of Fate, today.
And set sail for the Port Of
Hearts Delight. and the Harbor Of
Eternal Love.
What does she see, wonder, as
she looks out at Life. with those
young eyes OF hers2
What does she hope 70 find, at the
end OF her Rainbow OF dreams
What does IL mean the transient
elamor OF the wedding day the per-
fumed RAPTURE OF the betrOthal kiss
a nomentary flash OF Slory-liks
the rose tinted sunset.
or does il mean the quiet, steady
radiance Of an altar-iire-thc peace
ful glow Of corsecrated candles.
Does it mean the thrill OF achieve
ment. OF conquest, the glitter OF a
wodding-rins
or the perfect fulhllment Of a d.
vine destiny
Is il a rosy dream Of an eternal
honeymoon. in starliJ gardens sweet
with Eeady incense
Or Is IL a quiet pleasant VISION OF
a lamplit ROOM an open-tire, mono
e,rannled silver, bright new dishes.
ard piles NJ snowy hCmSutched
linen. proudly displaying his ini-
tials in every corner.
Will Il inspire her 10 sit and
dream OF Him, all day. 70 spend
long hours az her lOoking-g glass
making herself more radiant,y
beautiful for his eyes; 10 live only
for his compliments and kisseS-
or will il bring her down 10 sane
reality. make her fCrgetful OF self
and OF her petty yaniues, and
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-11

I'd had EN-" said Steve Meadows,
o. tn Poplar Price Shoe Store.
These business men were all
talkin in tn Little Gem Cafe an
eXChangin' experiences.
well. do you know we got in
five bales o. silk shirts Monday an
Their all gone. but we haint sold
hardly any underwear. People seem
Z hate [ spend money where II
won't show" said Nate Meadows,
O. tn Bargain Store.
Il haint never seen nothin' like
IT," said Lafe Bud, who's helpin' out
durin' tn rush at tn Bear Wallow
Auto Company's show rooms.
I'VE sold a s3,OO0-car L a Teller
Yesterday on condition that we'd
store il fer him till he wuz able Z
build a garage. He said he'd only
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-11

been able L work part time since
November an that he'd have [
economic L pull his family thro'
tn summer. Besides he's gittin'
platinum dinner ring made fer his
wife an thatn run him pretty
close"
Some poor lookin'. under-nour-
ished woman with a shawl over her
head faltered int tn store this
morning an 1 wuz about [ say,
Madam. we kin do nothin' fer you
when she asked If we had any high
grade grand planners left 1 got
her some dry shoes { put on while
she looked through tn stock an she
finally found one she wanted an
had it sent { her home" said Elmer
Moots, tn Midwest Piano Com
pany
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-11
Getting Schools Ready
For Next Year S Grind
By p. p. CLAXTON.

Between the Fourth ~ July aud
the opening OF school in the fall -
but q short time and all that is 90
be accomplished IN the way ~
school Improvements must he
sDeeded II the schools are 90 he
ready and the teaching personnel
definitely secured
II there Is any question Of priority
in materials or labor. the schools
should have the preference II
there is any trouble about obtain.
49, teachers. II is the duty OF the
public 10 give such aid and coopera-
non as will enable the authorities 20
secure a. sufficient and corupetent
teaching force. The first week Ok
September Will ind everybody COM
planting as usual about the over
crowded. under-teachercd. insan.-
tarv conditions Of the schools unless
preparations are pushed IN every
possible way.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-11

It's jest perfectly ridiculous tn
way folks are spendin' money these
days" said Ike MOots. o. tn Ford
Parts an Phonergraph Company.
I've sold 81 monographs an 81
ring gears this week. I never
knowed Their wuz SO much poverty
till l got L deliverin' monographs.
It's almost unbelievable. In one
home yesterday l had { build a
floor L set tn phOnergraph on"
II had L mark all my wrist
watches up { git rid O. them" de-
clared Jeweler Finley Akers Il
reckon tn scarcity o platinum
knocked me out o thousands o.
dollars this week Folks seem [
be off o. gold"
Il could have made THOUSANDS o.
dollars on suede shoes Yesterday If
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-11

"Th' durndest lookin' shabby
couple come walkin' in our store yis-
terday an I thought O. course they
wanted A jumpin' jack or a top when
tn woman said, What sort O.
pianner lamps are you shown p I
took 'em in tn lamp room an you
should have seen Their faces drop.
Here's d dandy madame. but tn
price is $50. Ever thing is shame
lessly high. you know says I. Well.
says she. Wen look around a little
more. 1 rather like tn lamp. but
We want L pay more.' That goes
{ show that no matter how often
you mark a thing UP it won't please
some folks"
Copyright, 1920
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-11

flawlessly superior that ne makes
you feel like u worm in the dust
most OF the time"
And perhaps" continued the
Widow, IF the average disappoint-
ed wife would only glance around
appraisingly at the husbands her
friends have drawn, she would dis
cover that, after ALL she had gotten
the one she wanted, and would stop
envying other women their 'luckl' II
several women could exchange hus-
bands for a day. no doubt they would
all be around before shutdown, try
ing to get back their nice comfort
able old shoes again. Most wives
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-11

they would submit to it. Lots Of
people would be perfectly satisfied
with what they have married, If the
rest of the world would only let
tkcm!"
And maybe" exclaimed the
Widow, with sudden inSpira ton,
the women who have married the
most desirable and successful
husbands and the men who have
married the most perfect wives,
aren't the happiest in the world,
after all,'
You said it," muttered the Bach
elor fervently. It's no sinecure
living with somebody who is so
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-11
MIDOM-CISNIS.

When a man makes up his mind
10 marry. he ought TO be Just as
careful about choosing Il wife ~ he
is about picking out an automobile,
a cravat-or something really i'm
pOrtant. But alas, he seldom is,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-11

Modest is probably redundant in the expression
OF the meaning OF the Ohio judge who declares
women applying him for divorce
modest clothing
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-11

There may be cures for the crav-
ing for strong drink-but there IS
no cure for a wOman's craving for
admiration nor for a mans thirst
for strong fattery.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-11

proposal 10 Introduce dimes and nickeIs into
circulation in Yukon territory has been rejected
because such coins too small 10 buy anything.
That handicap is overcome here by using lot Of
them
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-11

or a little while before her mar
death, every woman is an "angel" -
most Of the rest Of the time. she is
Just "a funny little freak OF nature.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-11

Clothes do not make the woman
but they make all the other Wom-
en- sit up and take notice OF her
And isn't that enough?
Snob 4 woman with Limousine
aspirations and a fivver soul
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-11

morning evening dauye1
lions, weekly s. delivered
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-11
BACHELOR GIRL REFLECTIONS

Ewes first complaint. when she
tasted the apple: Great heavens.
I've nothing TO wear"
A1am's FIRST grOwl, when he had
finished the apple: Great scott Is
that all you've got 20 eat?"
Thus descendeth the honeymoon,
today, yesterday. and forever,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-11

Somehow, it's awfully hard for a
girl 20 fall Economically IN love
with a man while he is carrying an
umbrella and wearing oyershOeS
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-11

The woman who marries n lazy
man may be pitied; the woman wnO
marries a faithleSs man may And
s1Ircease from sorrow in divorce.
bUt the woman who marTies z man
With "A teasing sense OF humor has
nothing 10 look forward To FOR tho
rest o. her life but the laughter OF
the gods.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-07-11

A woman's love is never quite
dead until the day on which she can
sit down and reason logically with
a man about IT,
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-11-30
SCHOOLING FOR THE RICH
Panpcrcd SinplctOn Ifhs Advan'
vantage Over Intellectual
lsNulNr,

MADRID. Nov 30.-Eduoatton" IN
Spain continues to be "A privilege or
The people OF fortune. declares the
newspaper, La I.ibertad. This was
evoked by the announcement that
the present cabinet had stopped the
first effort TO open universities 10
the poorer people by annullinS an
appropriation OF 100000 pesetas by
previous Liberal cabinet to FUR
nish scholarships for needy students
In the higher schools
The writer cndeavors to show In
the newspaper that universities are
occupied largely by students who
have NJ desire for knowledge or
who are Incapable OF acquiring !,
while pupils Of exceptional talent
IN the lower schools are unable to
gain admission to the universities
because OF the cost OF education and
are compelled TO work in the fac
tories. The paper points out that in
ties way the intellect Of these bright
students Is being lost TO the Spanish
nation.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-11-30
Fourteen Grid Men
of Sand Springs to
Receive MOnOOrGn,s

SAND SPRINGS, Nov. 29.A-The
list of men receiving letters In
football this year has boen an
nounced by Coach Batenlan and
the letters will he awarded imme-
diately. The players to be includ-
ed are Jack Lincoln, Harvey Six
killer, Harrison Holiingsworth.
Gale Brock. Harold Knowles. Ted
Harmon, Preston Roberts Elmer
Chiffon. Russell Gordon. William
Willoughby. Buddie Rose, Loo
Whisenhunt. Brownie kimmler,
Jesse Cahill. Batoman announces
that practice will start Tuesday on
bnskctbalk for both boys and girls.
The floor III now ready and intense
practice for the team will begin
Immediately. The schedule for
the coming season has not been
completed but will be given out
later.