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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-04
Fairfax Harrison Gives Good
Advice.

We do not believe that any rational
person can escape the conclusions
reached by Fairfax Harrison, president
OF the Southern railroad. who on Tues
day, confessed alarm over the conse-
quences that must inevitably follow
the tremendous increase in rates au-
thoriZed by the interstate commerce
commission.
AS Mr.. Harrison says. this increase
completes the cycle OF government
management of the railroad industry, q"
and proves either one Of two things, If
not both. which are that government
ownership or control Of railroads can
not be INDUCED without national dis
aster or II government operation is
possible the roads were operated in
this country by the most inefficient ad-
minlstration ever vested with RESPONSE
bility.
The unrest in this country is at
tributable to nothing except the high
cost Of living. Instead Of looking under
the surface to find the source OF the
trouble, MIR McAdoo and those asso-
ciated with him took the quick route
that so readily Identifies the politician
looking for immediate and selfish ad-
vantage, by granting increases in wages
TO millions OF employees to the general
dissatisfaction OF all other classes OF
workmen, instead Of protecting all from
the ravages OF the pronteer
For a time that made Mir McAdoo
and the administration quite heroic in
the estimation Of the railroad men.
but the day following they were amazed
to find the cost OF the necessities Of
life had advanced 10 meet the Increase
and that they were no better OF with
the increase than they were without
Il, while those who were outside the
ranks OF government patcrnaliSm were
infinitely worse of as result Of It.
The government set an example or
extravaganza that has been emuatnd
by every public service corporation in
the country Whenever there is a de-
mand for more wages to meet tho liy-
ing requirements the government has
made the concession. and regarded 10
as settled when It adds the increase TO
the freight bill. which must be paid by
the consumer.
We are confronted with government
imttators in street railway operation
gas and electric hight corporations, and
others that derive their revenue from
the public purse. There seems to be
no limit to the concessions these con-
Germs require and no consideration for
the public in passing the additional cos,
of operation on TO the consumer.
Mr.. Harrison sees the danger that
must naturally follow in me wake Of
high rates lie sounds note OF warn
ing that should not be ignored
w are amazed that candidates for
the high office OF president should ig-
more questions th..t strike At the foun-
dalton Of this government and give so
much OF their attention TO the question
Of being the big brother TO humanity
the world over
There are domestic issues In the
United States that demand the best
thought and talent Of the nation with
out iamentlng the fact that we are not
In the league Of nations so the United
States could send million or more sol
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-04
az HOWARD R. CARTS.

BY HOWNHD NJ SHI'Os
Once upon a time, as Uncle Wlggiy
was hopping through the woods, look-
ing for an adventure, he heard IN thee
top of tall tree a robin redbreast
bird giving long. long, sad calls.
"Yippi-yip Zip! ZIP! Yippity! Zip
yip!" cried the robin.
why, my dear friend, what Is the
natter" asked the bunny rabbit. That
is not at all the happy, joyful cheer
up song you nearly always sing. What
is the natter
"a great deal is the matter, an,
swered Mr.. Robin Il guess you'd yelI
yippity-yip-y too, II your wife had
gone away, leaving a nest full of eggs
that needed Matching, and you didn |
know where to find her, like o-Peep' $
sheep" -,
rs that what's the matter with youF'
asked Uncle Wiggily, ~, 90. +,
Yes" answered Mr.. Robin, lit Is;
What would you do if your wife had
gone away and you had lot of eggs
still to hatch and"
"There is no use saying If to any
thing OF the kind" answered Uncle
wggily, with pinkle of his twink twink
| have no wife Nurse Jane keeps
house for me. And, in the second place
have no eggs to hatch. The only time
| bother with eggs is around Easter,
when ! color them for Sammle' ana
Susie Littletail."
YOU are very lucky" went on the
robin. Dear me! What can have be
come of my wife, Mrs Robin?" he went
on THE eggs need keeping warm, or
the little birds will not come out OF the
shells And | can't hatch them all by
myself for | have to fly away, now
and then, to get something to eat. MY
wife ought to be here to do halt the
work" ..-.,..
where is she?" asked Uncle Wlggily.
That's what don't know" answered
the father robin she tlew away
when it was my turn to sit on the
eggs, and she said she was going to get
something to eat She may have gone
shopping to the three and four cent
store or something worse may have
happened.
what" asked the bunny
"She may have hurt her wing, ana
rot be able to fly back 20 our nest,
went on the robin "Or some boys may
have caught her. Oh, dear | don't
know what l am going to do. | am so
hungry, and yet the eggs need TO be
kept warm and"
"Say. Look here" suddenly said
Uncle wigglly with a laugh. MY fur
Is nice and warm. II is as warm as
your feathers. Now II could hover
over your eggs while you go and get
something to eat, until your wife gets
back"
"The very thing" joyfully cried the
robin DADDY. Il never thought Of that.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-04
\ 81 4(IVNCLE WIGGITXtlE2i
BEDTINlE STORYN
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE ROBIN.

, But how can you get up in tn
our nest?" he asked.
Here is wild grape vine
up" said Uncle Wiggily. l c.
age to climb that, | guess, an'
will keep the eggs warm.
You'll be careful not to brea%,
won't you, my kind friend?
Daddy Robin.
"Oh. OF course!" answered t
ny. "You forget that | am
handling Easter eggs"
So while Mr.. Robin flew aw3
something to eat, Uncle WigRf
ed up the grape vine laddert
tied down with his warm fu.
eggs. in the nest. His RI
crutch was a little in the wa
managed to hang that on a big
then he Just cuddled down, We
as much of him as could g.
nest, and he--went to sleep. (
did my wife come back yel
Mr.. Robin, as he flew to the n
ing up the bunny after a Will
mo, / haven't seen anythinH
answered Uncle Wiggily, ruiz
eyes.
haDpened?" said the father rN
don't see what | am to do, anu
Ing himself in the top of a I
he sent forth his "yippity-yip-N
loudly and quickly, calling for
to come back. .,
But Mrs. Robin did not rett
IFp,la IgriruiNu Gaid
Never mind. I'll come ev
and keep your eggs warm, as y
would have done, while you sc
thing to eat"
So the bunny did this, and h
said a word to Nurse Jane
while, about what he was dol
wanted to surprise her. For
week Uncle Wiggily went evi
and helped the father robin j
eggs warm and then, one after
Of a sudden, there came a little
in the nest. something stirre'
Uncle Wiggily's fur, and out c
baby robins! Yes. really.
"Oh. you're not our mother
chirped when. little later, tn
opened and they looked at the.
NO your molHeI - IoSI,
sadly said Daddy Robin, who
the nest just then.
NO, she isn't, Hero I am
sang the mother robin. II h
wing, and could not fly back u
now, and have been worri
much about my family. But /
glad Uncle Wiggily hatched out
tie birds"
80 am l." laughed the bum
climbed down out Of the nest. s.
thing came out all right, and
hammer doesn't pull all the teet
the saw, so it can't chew som
ings off the lollypop stick I'll
next about Uncle Wiggily and
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-04

There arc prohibitonists in cuba
They must not think that they can
depend on Key West when the great
drought comes in the way the Yankees
now depend on Havana
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-04

Warren Harding made a friend among
the Capulets when he rescued the wife
of the Dark Man and saved her from
an unmerciful wetting and possible
strong arms! q think that eXclama-
ton point, or note of admiration, be-
longs there,)
It came to pass that W. G. was
at Daytona, Fla, at the tail end of
one winter, leaving the small Star
we knew. Mrs Amos H. King was
at the winter resort at the time.
Perhaps | should not tell this, story,
because of a shortage of details, but
what I know of it seems to fit in here.
Anyway, something happened to the
boat in which Mrs. Amos King. was
passenger. She simply had to be res
cued, and it was providential that w..
G. was there to carry the estimaole
lady ashore. Calamity toward
gracious woman is never lost, and from
that time on Mrs. Amos King was
friend of Warren Harding.
All the World Loves a Lover.
Early in the year 1890 Warren Hard
ing's lovemakng had advanced so far
that the subject of matrimony was OBJ
Messing his mind. Don't misunder-
stand me. He didn't tell me his
thoughts, on, the subject, but ! knew
ton. How did | know? Simple enough;
He advised me to get married, and
it would not have been like him to
advise me to take the prectpitous
plunge had he not been expecting to
follow. That would have been con-
trary to the old swimmin hole. rules,
The Dark Man no longer worried. W.
G. In fact, the young editor SAID 10
me something like this, in substance;
Il have about decided that | would
1. f,fr'- on
his friendship. AS it is, he now let's
me alone. If he were friendly, he
would want to tell me how to run my
business"
Verify, I believe the Dark Mans
campaign against w. c., was an asset;
THEY say IAN the world loves a lover.
However true that may be, an over
whelmng majority of the people OF
Marion were in favor of the young
editor of the Star as against his pros
peCtive father-in-law.
Success Not Problematical.
Six years of struggle, of good humor
and the best sort of patient human
nature has brought us Of the star to
pleasant days No more fun perhaps
but greater assurance. There was no
longer any question OF ultimate sue
cess Marion people were more con-
WINGED than ever that the paper had
come to stay. We could go them one
DttIeI. We UOl Only itlN tlltAt ~ i'f''
come to stay, but that it HAD come
TO grow. If we did not improve it
from week to week we felt that we
had failed Then there was hitch
ing up Of suspeuders," and intensified
effort
i gratifying thing was that We were
gaining recognition among OUTSIDE
PAPERS We were being quoted, and !
think we had been called sprightiy
While w. G. was writing long edi-
torials, without apparent effort, | was
working 10 boil down whatever | might
nave 10 say TO the public. We repre-
scented the long and short Of it in cdi-
torial writing, but neither Of US eyer eyer
thing was good simply because we
wrote it. If I happened to. produce
something that pleased w. G. particu-
larry he had a way Of saying
Jack, that IS almost as good as
could have done
We understood each other in these
matters always. There came a time
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-04

Note 70 readers; Is there a tact con-.
cernInu your name in which you are
lnterested1 Do you know its history;
lis meaning; It's deriVatve and stgnif.
eanee7 % you know your lucky day
and your lucky jewell II not. Mildred
Marshall viii tell you.
send self addressed and stamped en-.
velope with your queries 10 Mildred
Marshall, The News seimtar
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-04

Somehow, when you see a great big.
apparently Intelligent man trying 10
ba bible baby talk 70 little fuffy flap
per, IL reminds you Of poor old cir
Gus elephant begging for peanuts.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-04

As srmistico makers the rods Of Mos
COW have taken leaf out Of the allies
book.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-04
Girl Diamond and
VidOzv In This To
BY MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson--I am young man, Is years
For three wears have been going with girl whoscares
although have only feeling OF friendship for her Stl
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-04

age is not too old to wear /
bobbed. It depends upon Will
is the most becoming to you
being worn both ways. { Your
is pretty fair-nothing extra,
Dear Mrs. Thompson am
years old and want your advice
friend lost my ring and want
place It; must let him do sc
must | tell my friend when he
a kiss? | have never allowed hin
me but he keeps asking an
fuse. a re-
| would not allow him to rel
ring. When a girl allows a boy
any of her things she should sN
loss lust as a boy does his pI
that girls lose. Keep on tell
Just what you have. Boys dc, MOI
ask girls to kiss them and 81
one has he has made it pos
you to refuse, do not weaken.
Dear Mrs. Thompson-l am
qlrI and want to adopt a Fren
Can you tell me how | can adj
A LONELY
Write to the Stars and
Washington, D. c., for this
ton.
Dear Mrs. Thompson ha'
qoinq with my friend short "
he disappointed me one even
did not come to see me-. sc
tells me he has a friends he u
ter than he does me, but he tel
hasn't. Is It right to take HI
is il all right to take a walk '
when | have only been going
a short while? He has asked
or three times to 90, but soli
at him. 2il
The young man should not@I
appointed you without letting y
beforehand that he could not &C
| it pass this time, but do no.
him if he does such a ming q
course it is all right II he
know and has a reasonable eN,
not question him about anot
! Take it for granted that he i
! or he would not be coming TO
It would be all right to take
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
Opposes Utilitarians

Barnard scouts the idea that the
war memorial Of America should
take some utilitarian form, and says
that the things OF pure beauty which
the artistically blind are wont to
regard as superfuous luxury are
really more useful than contrivances
Of more immediate practical appli-
cation.
Europe, the entire world is look
ing toward America, wondering how
the nation whose material and moral
power decided the greatest struggle
in history viii define for posterity
the vision for which it fought Bar
nard says. We don't want, we car
not afford TO have this great age
pass without evidence that we can
leave q record Of It's greatness.
Five million men died on the field
Of battle. Eleven million children
we're left fatherless. Shall we now
turn the suffering and sacrifice and
enthusiasm OF q generation into a
steel bridge-one of the hundreds
and thousands Of steel bridges that
have been and viii be built every
where? Wouldn't that be an avowal
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10

with small entrance door. The
old areaway is filed in and the
sidewalk brought up flush with the
building, or the building comes out
to meet the sidewalk. The brown
stone disappears behind thin coat
ing OF white cement or stucco.
In the residential districts where
commercial interests have pene-
trated the transformation are con-
stantly going on.
On the ground floor Of what was a
residence you peek through a large
plate glass window Of the establish
ment Of Madame Neebe Inc" She
does gowns. Above, behind another
plate glass window, an interior deco
rator announces that she is in the
market for business. Still further
above, the busy routine Of offi.e life
huns ceaselessly. Not a vestige Of
the sacred family hearth remains.
Probably there will be few tears
shed in the wake of the disappear
ing brownstone front. We are not
an emotional people. Besides, the
younger generation has frequently
seen fit to jeer at the long, ram
bling flight Of steps before one
L. l
at the high ceilings, to condemn
utterly the dirty brownish exterior
as being unfit for the eye to look
upon. And history down through
.he ages has taught US that those
things WHICH displease the younger
generation are sooner or later
doomed to extinction. The brown
stone front can min no exenption.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
The Thought of Home

There is one thought that would
join the two halves Of the wall, the
tier Of Labor and the tier Of War.
into unity-the thfught Of home.
This Is the rockbostom foundation
and the supreme erd Of our life, our
civilization. I want to glorify the
home, mans love for the home as
the greatest sentiment on earth, the
most tremendous driving force be-
hind the struggle OF humanity"
At the northern and southern ends
Of the wall are TO be inches with
overlapping arches. The northern
niche will be called the Arch Of In
mortality, the southern the Arch Of
Nations United by Peace.
The northern niche would be
spanned By rainbow laid out in
mosaic stone. From the niche would
rise q great white cloud Of marble
and out Of this cloud huge winged
figure Of Immortality. It's wings on
both sides would lean against the
cloud, and on each wing would De
wrought allegories Of human figures.
On the right, rising halfway from
the cloud. would be white marble
group Of the Allied nations going
forth to battle for liberty, led by =
helmeted, sword-wielding figure of
France. On the left. a group snow
ing Life Fettered by War" one
winged figure representing Labor
body and wings tightly wound
around by rope; another figure
similarly tied, synbolizing the Press
then the Builders, the Poet anc
others, all shackled. The first figure
Of the group would be the only one
not manacled, as it would represen.
the effort which. while Immediately :
serving wars purpose-destructior
-fertilizes the soil Of e better fu-
ture. This idea would be symbol
lied by the figure Of worker releas
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10

before all the world Of artistic I'M
potence, Of visionless materialism.
Of an obsession with the mere palpa-
bilities OF life, of that dollar-and-
cent standard with which Euro
peans sometimes reproach u.s."
As an alternative Barnard pro-
POSES q monument which. he hopes,
would be fitting sculptural concep-
ton Of modern America. But he
wishes it understood that he does
not regard the idea as his copyright
property.
"1f anybody submits better plan
let him do the work" Barnard says.
"An / am concerned about is that
the work should be done and that the
monument stand where it rightfully
belongs, on Fort Washington Point. ="
Moreover. the memorial as planned
by Barnard IS not 4 one mans lob
Its execution, lie explains, would er
gage the efforts Of a whole group O.
sculptors, for the principal feature
OF the monument is what Barnard
calls the epic Of American life, as
rendered in bronze and marbl@a
cross section OF contemporary Amer
ica as reflected by the artistic genius
Of our generation.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10

back to the hotel for your rod, you
will be going on a FOOLS errand.
have fshed him dry and fshed him
wet, fsned him up and ished him
down; and give it as my considered
opinion that to cast a fly on these
waters is to cast pearls before swine.
The local prescription of float and
bit Of cheese | refused to stoop to.
But there are compensations. The
""ods are purple with the autumn
cyclamen, drowsy with its rich per-
ne. The open spaces are gay with
II pinks, sweet williams, crimson
gladioli and a host Of commoner
eauties IN white, yellow ard blue.
Iere and there an early colchicum
already showing, and on the
eights, with luck. you may still find
late spiraa, pouring its foam
lowers down over the surrounding
ndergrowth. Everywhere, from the
water-level to the upper limit of the
.rees, hang great clusters of Cen
iopa asclepiadea, burdened to the
round with excess of bloom AS
brilliant as the flowers, and almost
5 plentiful, are the butterflies and
moths Far up the mountainside,
N the still unknown meadows, on the
edges Of the woods, in the sun-beaten
clearings, you can catch by the score
such rarities as the Camberwell
Beauty and the Duke Of Bur
gundy fritillary. The hawk moths,
hunlming bird, convolvulus and
pine are as common as dirt. And as
for swallowtails. / will not mention
-henl-they fly into your net un-
asked.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
Where the Save River Is Born;
Springs Full Grown From a Cliff

has disastrous results for the visi-
tor, for in this fat valley, where
every peasant owns a score Of COWS,
milk and butter are hardly to be
had, and only at ransom.
A deserted road leads TO the place
where, mile or so beyond the head
Of the lake, the sea green Save has
his mysterious rise. Here the great
rock walls that surround the lake
meet in g.gantic sem.cuc.e-
SORT Of magnihed DEVILS Punch
Bowl-whose unscalable sides g
towering up for some two thousand
feet 1t is wild and lonely place,
the end Of their little world for the
people Of the valley. And here, from
cavern half way up the rock face,
the young Save suddenly breaks
full grown, or nearly so, ike Athene
from the head of Zeus. Where he
comes from no man knows-straight
by Some secret channel from the
SHOWS of Triglav, probably, if one is
70 judge by the icy wind ceaselessiy
thrown off by the tumbing waters
the limestone Of these region
plays queer tricks with its streams.
In one wild leap he reaches the
bottom Of the precipice, and forth
with, amid much brawling and self
advertisement, starts business as an
adult river And here I would utter
word Of caution. In one of the
prime functions Of riverhood he is,
between ourselves, something Of
fraud; and if, having considered his
bubbling pools and oily eddies fit
horna Of monstrous trout, you rush
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
Passing of the Brownstone Front:
Trade lnvades Early Homes of Wealth

finish and furnishings varied. but
the arrangement Of rooms was gen
orally similar. In the basement
would be the kitchen, the laundry
and sometimes the dining room,
though more often the dining room
would be on the first floor with slid
ing doors opening on the front par
lor. Upstairs the living room and
the masters bedroom with sisters
suite and the guest chamber on the
third floor, and, on the top floor.
sonny's bachelor apartment and the
servants quarters.
Then came increased population.
the rise of taxes, the advent Of the
apartment house, and the brown
stone front gradually went into a
decline.
First, the second floor was rented
to refined business man willing to
make his own bed. Then the hall
bedroom on the top floor went to a
youth who had come to town in quest
Of a fortune. Years passed and q
tailor crowded into the basement
The front parlor became a dentists
office The last Shred Of dignity
vanished, the supremacy of the
brownstone front shuf11ed into the
discard.
Turn down any block Of old
brownstone fronts today and see
what is happening. You have got
to be quick or the transformation
will be over before you know it.
Workingmen are tearing out the
brownstone steps Next the old
basement becomes the ground door
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
TWENTY-FIvE years ago there

TWENTI-FIVE years ago there
were some families IN New
York City who did not live in
brownstcne front houses. But they
didn't boast about it. Five years
from now, if things go on as they
are, there may be few brownstone
fronts left in dingy side streets, but
this time il will be those who live in
them who will do no boasting.
What's happening to them? The
answer is evolution"
More than three generations ago
successful New York merchant,
whose income was SO big it couldn't
be dented, even by the high cost Of
tall hats, evolved the rather stu
pendous idea of building himself a
brownstone front house. Material
had to De mined on the western
plains Of New Jersey, teamed to the
Jersey shore Of the Hudson, light
cred across and teamed again, but
the wealthy merchant laughed at the
cost. Others followed his example
and in q few months the first block
of brownstone fronts became a real-
ity. Each house had four floors and
a basement, with an areaway for the
ashcan, the baby carriage and the
service entrance, and long flight of
brownstone steps leading to a vesti-
bule with a double set of heavy
doors. People dubbed the houses
'millionaires' row." and from that
moment the brownstone front had
standing in the community.
Other blocks sprang up, each look
ing much like the other. Inside the
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10

wall would represent, in the lower
tier. scenes Of Americas sons going
forth to war: here a young man
bidding farewell to his mother;
there a husband kissing his wife and
children goodby; group Of SOL
diers waving their handkerchiefs
from the windows Of troop train
just starting on the great pilgrimage
Of war; a long line Of transports
carrying Americas manhood across