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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-06
ny pAT-rY sMrru u,I,L.

All tho world loves toy shop. At
Christmas time in New York grown
people as we'll as children Eazed
through The windows OF the little
men from across the sea worked on
the quaint hand rnade toys of their
native villages. This interest in toys
on the part of grown people often
what appeals to tia father or 'y.Ve ne +
who is buying the toy, rather than
child
Toys should he simple and suggcs-
tive. Many toys XIII the iinagina
child's own Imagination should sup
ply. Tho true little girl loves the
rag doll which she can dress and un-
baby. much better than the stiff, un-
wieldy creature with a. mechanism
that enables ii to walk and talk,
these few, toys should be well made
and durable. Little Dutch girls are
playing with doll furniture that be-
lonSed to their Observation-Disclosures
There is too little that is pcrmanent
IN our modern American life. Senti-
mcnt cannot grow rapidly: IL centers
around things. with time. and many
hroken and discarded tomorrow. pre-
vent wholesome sentiment growing
up around the Lchild's playthings,
:" 'AN4i AZ SNS!A iitESt OF child
hood. There is a familiar couplet
that runs something like this:
The children in Europe take pleas
IRE In makinE.
Wha, our lizzie children take pleas
are in breaking"
Wc want 20 encourage our little
american children 20 love and care
FOR their toys. and We want TO in
;creSt them in making their own
toys.
r, produce good workmanship a
child mus, have good tools. so when
we buy paints and brushes, saws.
hammers, and scissors, we must not
buy the cheap variety which en-
courage dcs;ructiveness rather than
Skill
\ toy is q, tool OF play Toys that
help N;tlc children to play with joy
and activity OF mind and body are
good toys. The first question for the
parent to ask is: What can the child
do with III Docs the toy stimulate
creaiivity. sei:-cmploymen industry.
invention. ingenuity. originality, inn
az native Skill: or does the toy dis
the use OF these divine pow
ers In the children by doing for them
what they ought to do themselves?
Does the toy require the child to APP
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-06
r BIG STONE GAP

BIG STONE GAP. VA. June g.
Mrs. X. Il. Irvine and chaildcrn are
visiting Mrs. Irvinc's sisters. the
Misses Noting. in Richmond.
Professor and Mrs. l. H. Graham.
of Decatur. Ga. are visiting Mrs.
GrahamS parents, Mr.. and Mrs. q.
y. Knight for several days before
going 10 Emory. where Professor
Graham will teach mathematics in
Emory and Henry summer school.
Mrs. w. II. Wren and children re-
Miss Alice I.ittlcwood. OF Toms
Creek. and Miss Helen Grayson. OF
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-06

mcnccrncnt exercises OF Accomac
High school Ills daughter. Miss
Lucille, was one of the graduates
this session.
Mrs. Berton Powell. OF Onancock,
was the guest OF Mrs. Charles ".
Ayres last week
Misses Katherine Nelson and Eliza
beth Hack Ayrcs have arrived home
from the PcnbodN CONSERVATORY.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-06-06
Church Campaign In Success.

tHurVh CNmDnIEn IL SuCccsN.
virginia churches have reported
contributions totalinE si53.65S in tho
Disciples of Christ Statewide cam
paign. Many of the figures arc for
the first day only and some are
amounts pledged In preliminary can
mond, leads the list with contribu-
lions amounting to sG2.40O. Hanover
Avenue and Third. Church have given,
respectively, $4,000 and $4,000.
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WINCHESTER

Especial 10 The Times Dispatch.)
WINCHESTER, VA. June 5.-Rcv
and Mrs j. w. II. Bcalc. who have
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way. They may be at heart really good
| kind men and women, but their brusk
and brutal manners make them-enemies
| instead of friends.
| They are the sort of people who, while
| they are relieving your needs, deliver you
a lecture on your lack of thrift; who feel 1t
| their sacred duty to tell you OF your
/ weaknesses and shortcomings, and who
| take credit TO themselves because with
| all your faults they love you still.
The gracious man or woman may not
give YOU half so much, but they do it
with a sympathy that warns the very
cookies of your heart; they make you
feel that they consider it n privilege to
know you instead of impressing on you
that it is an honor for you to know them,
and you never go from their presence
! without in some subtle way having your
opinion of yourself somehow inflated.
The brusk people have to fight tooth
and nail, for everything they get. We
hand the gracious all they desire on a silver
salver. We go out of our way to help
them, for we all do favors for the people
we like that we wouldn't do for those we
don't like.
How important, then, to teach children
graciousness, which in its last ANALYSIS is
simply the art of getting along with our
fellow creatures wtout friction.
To do this begin by teaching children to
always speak in pleasant tone of voice.
Never let them acquire the bad habit OF
swapping or snarling or replying in q surly
manner when spoken to. 1t is Just as easy
TO acquire an agreeable voice as it is a
disagrecable one, and the one wins, at
least, q hearing while to the other every
listener turns deaf ear.
Teach children how TO get along to-
gether without quarreling. Teach them
how to lose, how to be good sports, how
to play the game Teach children how to
give and take, and not to whine and fight
when another wins.
Teach children to be apprcciative OF
what is done for them. Teach them TO
thank every one who docs "a kindness to
them, and to show a proper gratitude for
every courtesy. Take the trouble to make
them write letters of thanks to people
who send them presents, and notes OF
congratulations and coincidence To their
acuuaintanceS who have joys come TO
them, or sorrows befall them.
Teach them to consider the feelings of
other people, and to avoid saying the
things that hurt and stab just as they
would refrain from physically woundlng
other people. Go even farther than this,
and teach them TO say pleasant and kindly
things TO people. There are Just as many
men and women starving for a few kind
words as there arc hungry for bread.
''It isn't what he said, it was the narsty
way he said it." complained the hero
of the song, of his enemy. Teach children
the pleasant way instead of the ''narsty'
way if you want them TO succeed in life.
dorothy Dix articles appear in this
paper every Monday, Wednesday and
Friday)
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go, but you have next Saturday after
noon and perhaps you can earn enough for
your ticket.
Dan hired out to a neighbor and made
enough to pay for a ticket and a bag of
popcorn.
Circus day dawned clear and bright.
Uncle Tom, his wife and Dorothy drove
away early in the carriage. But Dan was
left behind.
That cow in the meadow is sick,
Dam" said Uncle Tom. "You look after
her. Maybe she will get better and you
can get off later in the day"
Dan was too astonished 10 say word,
he simply sank down spcechless on the
stump at the gate and burst into hot,
binding tears. A sound of chewing came
from behind him, and there was Bess,
standing up by the fence looking as well
and comfortable as ever. The COW had
recovered rs suddenly as she had gotten
ill.,
In ten seconds Dan was flying DOWN
the dusty road. Inside the tent Dan took
seat on the lowest bench. Further
along sat Uncle Tom, his wife and Doro-
thy. Presently the chariot race began
Dan sat absorbed in the excitement
Once around the horses tore with the
| numbering chariots at their hecls-twice
around and the crowd rose toits feet in the
| excitement
BLACK horses winp' shouted some
one in the audience, as the front team
came leaping down the sawdust path
Women waved their handkerchiefs,
men shouted till red in the face. The last
| time around the red and gold chariot
came neck and neck around the bend.
Dan glanced around. He saw tiny
handkerchief blown into the path, then
foolish Dorothy ran to pick it up. With
one bound he was at her side. She stood
to much astonished by the thunder of the
chariots, which were almost upon her, to
move. In vain the drivers tugged at the
reins; the onward sweep could not be
stopped. The golden car hit the red one,
the driver lost his control Of the horses.
Dorothy stood somewhat ON the inside
of the path, and as the blacks in the gold
en- car reared, Dan leaped to their brides.
The red car flashed by on the other side
and the blacks, hit by the force OF the boy S
body, stumbled and came to their knees
IN the center of the path.
In a moment men were AT the horses
heads and they were led trembling to
their tent, while Uncle Tom picked up
Dorothy, then came rushing 10 where
Dams head now lay in kind womans S
lap.
Only broken leg, said doctor who
had joined the group about the boy.
In few moments Dan lay in the doc
tors lap as the horses raced for home.
There he was put to bed, his leg set and
Dorothy renamed perched on the bed
holding his hand It wa IS very pleasant,
thought Dan. 70 be made something over,
to have folks acting as if they loved you
Dan" said Uncle ] ON that night,
as he grasped the boys cool hand, for
give me for my neglect. You saved
Dorothy, and you have given me son.
In future hope by my kindness.to you, as
my adopted son, to atone for my neglect
in the past" And happy Dan fell into a
happy sleep.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-16
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTEBOOK
By Lee Pape.

Pop was wawking up and down and
thinking in the parler before suppir.
and | went in, saying, G, pop. you awt
to see Gladdis coming up the street
wy, is she wawking on her hands?
sed pop.
No sir, I sed she's got on a new dress
and the skert Is so short G gosh, you awt
to zee It, pop.
Do you meen to tell me a dawter of
mine is axuilly wearing one of those high
tide dresses, wee gods, and for this we
have children, sed pop. Wich Jest then
Gladdis came in the frunt door and started
to 90 past the parler, pop saying, Gladdis
can bleeve NH eyes. is that RELY you?
Who elts would it be, Kristofer Klum
bus? sed Gladdis.
Wattir, wattir, sed pop. And he sat
down and leened back as if he thawt
he was going to faint, and | quick fell,
down on the floor as if / thawt | was,
saying, Wattir. wattir, is that you
Gladdis, l thawt it was Charlie Chaplin
o, you a'e 50 funny it's a wonder
you don't die laffing at yourselves, there's
nuthing the matter with this skert. nuth-
ing at all, sed Gladdis
Who sed enything about your skert?
sed pop, you must have gilty conshents,
wattir, wattir. Me keeping on rolling er-
round on the floor like persin trying
not to faint, saying, Wattir, wattir. is
that you, Gladdis, thawr it was Robin
son Crusoe.
The ideer, / never saw sutch a buntch
of old maids, there's absilootly nuthing
rong with this skert, sed Gladdis And
she kepp on going up stairs, pop calling
after her, Who sed there was? Wattir,
wattir, and me calling after her, is that
you Gladdis, wattir, wattir, ! thawt it
was Billy Sundey.
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and Importance attached to them, that
grows with each operation. In such sec
tlons OF the city, the more operations
woman has had, the greater her social
Importance.
YES M, my last. had ligamcnt took
out. And ever since | cant bend over
much. Without falling and getting weak.
Before that | had an operation right after
my last baby was born She gave us
some intimate details of this, to which
listened. Violet turned her back, and calm
ly read her letter.
and after that | couldn't stand up on
ladders without getting dizzy. So some
times there ain I so much cleaning on the
walls as Id like TO see. / keep a very
clean house. But of course / have to de
pend on help to scrub surbases. Seem s
as | cant stoop over
How old are you?" / asked.
She had been so frank dared ask her
this.
Not so old, not like / look. | was 81
last birthday. That was month ago. |
used to look real young But kept having
operations. I've had my appendix OUT
that's real fashionable to have done
And my tonSils. And adenoids But they
ain t much of an operation. They don t
give ether. And the ligament Then the
kidney-that was after the baby come
And I've had siy teeth out In one year"
Was there much of her left, / won
dered? ] looked at her curiously If look
ed so, she looked CO. Thirty-sevcni
But ] turned to my letter, anxious to
know what made Esther WRIT SO soon.
1t could not be anything pleasant.
Tomorrow Begin to Awake.
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Sure Way to Get
Rid of Dandruff

There is one sure way that never fails
to remove dandruff completely and that
is to dissolve it This destroys it entirely
To do this, just get about four ounces of
plain. ordinary liquid arvon; apply it at
night when retiring; use enough to moisten
the scalp and rub it in gently with the
finger tips.
BY morning most, if not all, of your
dandruf will be gone, and three or four
more applications will completely dissolve
and entirely destroy every single sign and
trace of It, no matter how much dandruff
you may have.
You will find, too, that all itching and
digging of the scalp will stop instantly,
and your hair will be fluffy, hlstrots,
glossy, silky and soft, and look and feel
a hundred times better.
You can get liquid arvon at any drug
store. 1t is inexpensive, and four ounces is
all you will need. This simple remedy
has never been known to fail.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-16
call TO the passcrby.

call 10 the passcrby.
She must have scnsc Of beauty, must
understand the value Of color. She ought
To know something Of interior decorating,
and have studied draping and drapcry.
Tho successful window trimmer must
also roahzc the value Of variety. Even n
store that handles few things can by proper
management be made TO show great varicy
in it's windows.
Light is another important item. Clever
lighting will transiiglire what elsc might
be commonplace. And light we'll managed
will direct the eye 10 just those points
the window dresser wants To make. Won
derful color effects can be got through
light, and the store can be made To add
to the attraction Of the night life Of the
city or town by beautiful lighting. In
fact, the woman who is really an srtist in
her work can give pleasure TO oil her
townsfolk as well as adding to the pros
pcrity of her employers.
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No man is likely to go far IN the world
unless he is popular with his fellow men
and women, and knows how to get on
with them. Tactful coaching in youth
makes all the difference in this respect,
and although | do not want the boys TO
make a too conscious effort to be popular
| do want those concerned with their
training To keep an eve on this part oil
their education, and to see to 1t that they
acquire that suavity of demeanor that
will make them pleasing TO those with
whom they come IN contact.
| do not know how much money tins
father left his boys, but ! am sure that
the most valuable beQuest he made them
was this advice about acquiring the fine
art of graclousneSs.
For graciousness is a letter of credit
that the whole world honors at sight: 1T
Is the magic that opens every door; 1T is
charm that makes friends, and dlsarms
enemies, and that causes every one TO
lend helping hand up the ladder to ITS
fortunate posScssor.
What we vaguely describe as personal
magnetism or winning personality Is
nothing more. nor less, than graciousness,
the ability Ia do the nice thing in the nice
way. and to say the pleasing thing IN the
pleasing way.
Without graciousness even the virtues
become as dust and ashes in our teeth, and
klndnesses to us are an oifense against us.
Haven't YOU had people do YOU good
turn in such an insulting way that you
hated them for il? Haven YOU had people
give YOU things with such an ungraclous
manner that YOU longed to throw their
gifts back IN their faces?
And haven't you had people refuse
YOU things with so charming manner
tha. YOU went away sorrier for them be-
cause they couldn't obllge you, than you
were for yourself because you didn't get
what YOU had asked for? That's the
difference between graciousness and un-
graciousness.
There are people who cannot give you
pocket-handkerchief without making
YOU feel that YOU ale pauper; who never
do YOU a kindness without making you
realize that it is great sacrifice Tor them;
who cannot associate with you without
patronizing you; whom you never spend
an hour with without woundlng your
feelings or hurting your self-love IN some
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Az s4.4s. 81 & SIS Values. Our
Special Price This Season was
S5.S5 & s6.s5 stamped on every
box. Three choice models,
white buck oxford with mila-
tion wing tip and novelty fox
ing, a canvas sport oxford
trimmed with white BUCK, aaG
a white kid one-eyelet tie.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-16
Girl Accused Of ehopiIf,ing.

Hester Corney, who says she u lourios'l
years old, sns arrested Ycstfr1ay by
Detectives Mahopsy, kempski and isiicy
on charge ~ shopllfting from Nafksi
street stores. AocordinH ~ tho polio.
she admits taking the articles. She ls 1'fu
alleged 10 have ,akep sbemt 200 Ia morfg
some months ago from a home who're a.
was working She vas turned over ~ ttr
Juvenile Court.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-16
TIE GIRL ON THE JOB.
by Jessie Roberts.
Copyvi9ht 1920. by Whenier nyndtnea, In
WOMEN AS WINDOW TRsMMERs

Window trimming hns rison to The
dignity of profession, and many women
arc finding congcnial and woll-paid work
in that line.
A good window trimmer il An asset To
any store. The appeal Of the window to
the customer ia now recognized as ono OF
the greatest that can be made, beating
any other advertising. SO the window
trimmer should understand advertising
A girl who wants TO got high in the pro-
fcssion will do we'll to take course in the
psychology of that art. She must know
how to get the passcrby into tho store to
window display. IL need not be direct
suggestion, but the window should be n
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SANDMAN STORY.
By Mrs. r. A. Walked.
CopyriRhA 1919. by the Mcclure Nows-
paper Syndicate. Now York City.
DAMS ADVENTURE.

DAMS ADVENTURE.
Posters filed tho town fences. Colorcd
paper pictures frlm every fence told the
circus WAS coming to town.
Dan was filled with delight as was every
small boy in the town. The only trouble
was that Dan had no money with which to
buy tho priced ticket, for Danny WAS
an orphan and lived with his Uncle Tom
and Uncle Tom had no thought Of any
thing beyond plow and his little daugh-
ter Dorothy. Dan cut wood, fed the cattle,
worked in the garden: although he got a
clean bed and enough to cat, his shabby
clothing often made him ashamed, and as
for money, that was something his uncle
never gave him. :.
"The circus comes to town on April
49," said Uncle Tom one morning mt
breakfast. 81 can't spare you the money to
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-16

The best way Tn prepare for such Job
is TO study under Some good teacher who
is n window dresser. Get an assIstant
position, and have behind you some know
ledge of the principles of the profession, as
well as an understanding Of the particular
store for which you are 10 work. Rencp'-
bcr that in sense you are painting n
picture each time you dress q window.
The artist who paints on canyas wants 10
sell that particular canvas. You who paint
your picture in the window, want TO sell
the things Of which the picture is iscreatcd,
or others which they will suggest An artist
expects 10 study hard and work hard be
fore selling. You must expect the same.
There are excellent books on the sub
ject whose titles can be got from the
library or bookseller, and which viii give
clear idea Of tho professional require
rncnts.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-16
CULTIVATE GRACIOUSNESS.

Not long ago, a man
who was the father OF
five sons died and IN
his will he gave many
instructions as TO how
his boys should be
brought up. Among
other things he said;
II wish to lay par
ticular stress upon my
sons being taught
gracious IN a n n c + $.
Boys are not lible to
realize how far social
qualities count in life,
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1920-07-08
CARGO Of Hobbed- Hair Girls.

Bobbed-hair girls on the liner ven-
tura on the trip up from Sydney gave
the appearance of steamer manned"
by AmazOns, or a troop OF women
who had just been demobilized from
the death battalion" but they were
nearly all real girls and without a
speck OF "votes for women" element
In them. so most OF the men pas
sengers said when the Ventura reached
Eonolulu. according to the Pacific
Commercial Advertiser.
Most Of the bobbed-hair girls were
young and most Of them slender. Some
had their hair cut Dutch fashion, some
had It shingled far up toward the
crown, being left to frizzle out girl
fashion, but all had enough hair left so
that there were captivating ringlets to
allure the opposite sex-as usual.
The pioneer-review. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1920-current, 1920-07-08
MARKS END OF TWO TOWNS
Abandonment Of lll-starred Western
Enterprises Has Now Been Def
niteiy Established.

|. The final chapter Of the tragedy OF
two abandoned cities in the Antelope
valley was written by the board of
supervisors when the names OF the
towns of Little Rock and TERRA Bonita
were erased from the records.
says recent issue of the Los Angeles
Express
BY formal resolution the streets and
avenues Of the dead cities were aban-
doned and the sites returned to the
status of agricultural land.
w. G. Petchner. representing agri-
culturists Of the Antelope valley, who
now seeks to plant pear orchards on
the sites of the two boom cities" or
30 years ago. told the story of their
ill-starred existence.
Little Rock and TERRA Bonita were
laid out about 80 years ago by
Chicago syndicate, following the
chimerical colonization Of the district
by Englishmen who came over the
sea, sponsored by the London Daily
Telegraph, to manufacture newspa4
per print paper pulp out of the fiber
of the yucca palms that covered the
desert at that time." said Petchner.
1.-THE scheme sounded great and
looked fine on paper, but II lasted only
about one year The towns, which
had been formally laid out, still per-
sisted on the records, and the streets,
avenues and squares could not be
abandoned until a law had been
passed making 1t possible to do so.
"The English colonists long since
have scattered to the four corners or
the earth and but few remember the
boom that was created over the yucca
pulp mill and the shipping of fiber.
Now the forbidding desert Of those
years has been changed into the abun-
dant pear orchards Of today. The re-
mains OF the houses are being
cleared away, and where the coyote
and jacl1-rabbit roamed among the
stark remnants Of the collapsed boom
the pear trees are blossoming forth
promise OF bumper crop"