Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1920-09-07

ing Overalls and now the demand for
overalls has caused the price Of these
TO increase. So very soon we will come
down 10 pajnnias and bathing suits. 1t
Is about time for some entcrprising.
far seeing financier 10 corner the fig
leaf market.
"I'I buy Gaby Deslys bed il II takes
my last SOU said Mr.. Harry Pilcer as
he left Paris by Aeroplane TO 20 TO
London. The bed is valued AZ $4,000
even when Gaby Is not in It, Surely
there is something wrong with civil
ization which makes 1t possible for
one sap-head to pay $4,000 for an ac-
tresses' fancy bunk whiel millions Of
other human beings have to struggle
hard to buy even the necessities Of life.
The Coz paper suit has appeared in
New York City. They are made In Ger
many from English styles. 1t is said
that Germany intends to send large |
number of them to this country. Gen |
tlemen wearing these suits while smok- |
ing should he careful not to drop light |
ed matches or else the suit will vanish !
in a jiffy and you will have to go home
wrapped In thought.
The Doctors at Fort Bayard are
good at diagnosis, but when II comes
To making arrested cases, the Sheriff
! has got them skun mile. lie can ar
! rest case any old time and II the ease
is a little too active he doesn't put him
! to bed ana give him an eggnog, Oh no.
lie pulls out copy of Colts famous
treatise ON How to yentilate the hui
man form" Then II the case continues
to be too active, the Sheriff lets enough
Icnyities into his lObes and other
places, to insure total permanent dis
ability without any further need for
compensation or treatment.
have just returned from Washing
ton, where | have been at the archives,
making researches inc the original
documentary sources of American His
tory. find that the famous story of
George Washington and his refusal To
tell lie Is not historically accurate
and that the genuine facts uf the Incl
dent have been Obscured and perverted
by legend The real facts are as fol-
lows:
George Washington's father had II
barrel Of tar in the woOdshed. with
when he had been painting the fowl
house to keep out the damp. He told
little George distinctly not to 90 near
the tar barrel one Sunday when lit
tie George get tired Of reading the BIZ
, ible and looking over she family album
he went out into the garden to stretch
his legs. Presently he found himself
lnear the wood shed and through the
half open door he could see the tar
barrel. Stolen fruits taste sweetest
land that tar barrel had fascination
for little George tn 1t would not have
had II his fther had not forbidden him
TO 20 ner It, surely" thought George
lit viii do no harm to 90 aud look ut
lie. | won't have to touch it, So he
went over and looked at the tar. And
then he felt an overpOwering curiosity
TO know whether that tar was solid
or LIQUID. He could see no ripples ON
, Its shiny black surfece. surely he
thought again, ut won't hurt nobody
or nothing II just touch il with my
cane" SO he touched Il with his cane
and found that 81 interesting that he
got enthusiastic and started stirring
, tar around. Then the cane Slipped
from his grasp and fell into the tar,
and began slowly sinking. George was
| frantic to see his brand new cane
I which his uncle gave him, gradually
= disappearing from sight without
>. stopping to think Of anything else, he
dragged over box. stood on top Of 1t
and renched down to get the cane. Bur
alas, he had to reach 80 far that he lost
his balance and fell in. When he
finally climbed out Of that barrel he
looked like one Of the three little inky
men I'm the nursery ryme. He started
J TO 20 toward the house. accompanied