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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-11-19

Mr.. Omar Lyons died at his home In
the Forman's Chapel neighborhood
shortly after noon today after short
illness. Funeral arrangements are not
yet made.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-11-19

Big bargains in suits. coats. under
wear, shoes. comforts and blankets at
the New York Store. 18Noy2t
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-11-19

Greatly reduced prices on my entire
line of millinery.
19Nov2t MISS ANNA B. KING.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-11-19

Mrs. sallie Milton Carr and son,
Andrew. together with Mrs. r. A Carr
are visiting In Lexington.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-11-19

Mrs. Tubbs has an artistocratic lady
boarder. You want to get acquainted
with her.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-11-19
NASHVILLE BOY is
REPORTED SHOT,

Relatives here have been advised
that Mr.. Orville Earls of this city, who
has been connected with a carnival
company all season, was seriously
wounded by ? pistol shot in Ashland
yesterday. Relatives have wired to
have the young man brought to his
home here. Particulars Of the shoot
ing are at this time unobtainable.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-11-19

lief, he showed similar indication of
persons poisoned by alcohol\ he had
seen in a factory where he was en-
Moved.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-11-19

Merz Bros. are giving the public the
benefit of the lower prices made by
many manufacturers.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-11-19

Look Us over boysl Rabbit pot pie
at The Model Rssisunnt
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-11-19

Hunters report. rabbits scarce in
this section this season.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-11-19

Ladies' Hats s100 on up; children's
under wear, 2 to 12, 50 cents at New
York Store. 1SNoy2t
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-11-19

Look us over boys! Rabbit pot pie
at the Model Restaurant.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-11-19

Look us over boys! Rabbit pot pie
at the Model Restaurant
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-11-19

More new tricotine dresses in navy
and brown at Merz Bros.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-11-19

Another big bargain day Saturday
at Merz Bros. Read their ad today.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-11-19

Three pound quilted Snowy OWL
bats s100 at Merz Bros.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-11-19

Look us over boys! Rabbit pot pie
Mt the Model Restaurant.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-11-19

Ne warrivais in coats at Merz Bros
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1920-11-19

ployed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-07
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Dorothy Dix Talks
The wife and the Business.-1.
BY DOROTHY DIX
worid's Highest Paid woman VIII

The Wife and the Business.
The question of how much a man
should tell his wife about his business
affairs is one that must be settled IN
dividually. 1t depends upon the hus-
band, the wife, and the business. IL
is one of the things for which there is
no RUE. and forty exceptions.
or course. off hand. it would seem
that the logical and proper thing for
the husband to do would be to make
his wife his business confidante, and
talk over with her all of he details
Of his affairs. To begin with she IS
his partner, SO much interested in Inc
prosperity of his store or ofnce as
In the second place If she knows
Just how her husbands business is
growing she has definite standard
by which to gauge her own expenoi-
jority of women who ruin their hus-
bands by their extravaganza sin thru
ignorance and not intent. They know
nothing of his business, and have no
idea as to his income.
Still another reason for man tell
ling his wife all about his business at
fairs is that it gives them an unend-
ing topic for real heart to heart>talks.
The main trouble with ydomesucity IS
that after couple have got done Dill
say to each other. But any man can
talk shop till the cows come home,
and n he finds in his wife Sympa-
thetic and interested listener who -
Just as much thrilled over good pur-
chase of salt Goldfish or a real estate
deal as he is, why, they have got that
which makes them fascinatingly inter-
esting to each ether to the END OF
| time,
Moreover, in such conversations
success is often born. In thrashing
out a problem with his wife In the
quiet hours at home a man often gets
his big idea that leads him on TO for
tune and fame. or. it may be, az IL
often is. that some intuition OF his
wife clears an obscure point to MIN,
and 1t is certain that her interest her
belief in him. her enthusiasm fan the
fires OF his own ambition, and keep
him tuned up to fighting pitch.
And, at the last, If the man dies,
| It is indisputable that the wife who
has known all about her husbands
business affairs is in better position
| to look after her own and her chill
dren's interests than is the woman
who has never been told thing about
her husbands affairs. and to whom
all business is a mystery as insoluble
as the riddle of the sphynx. The one
| can go on IL necessary with the bust
ness, the other is at the mercy of ev-
| thing she has.
The logic of the situation seems to
| Indicate that a husband should freely
| discuss all of his business affairs with
his wife, but in deciding matrimonial
problems you have to take this per-
sonaI equation into consideration, and
as Mr.. Perlmutter would wisely OBJ
serve, That's another thing alto
gether yet, Mawruss."
Copyright. 1919, by the Wheeler Syndicate
| Ine)
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The Woman Who Loved and.
Earned A Modern sto.y Of Home and Business
BIZ JANE PHELPS

Geraldine, this is my aunt, you re-
member she wrote she was coming.
Aunt Felicia, my wife"
As shook hands with the tall.
eagle eyed woman whom Bob had Just
introduced I did not wonder he had
not called me Gerry" Pet names
would not appeal to a woman of her
type. I felt sort of dazed and helpless
face, and noticed the erect, uneompro-
missing way she sat in the straight
backed chair.
"I'll be ready for dinner in a mo-
ment.'' said as took off my hat.
DO hurry" Robert said in an anx-
time for you"
ut is something to which never
have been accustomed. A man wait
ing his wife's pleasure as to when he
1.-The wives have known have usual
ly been the ones to wait-if waiting
were necessary. But young women
are not like they used to be-"
waited until she had finished then
hurried to tidy myself I felt like
should I do II she decided TO remain
some time with us? 1 felt it would
be nothing less than terrible caiam-
ity. ! was sure of it when. as Joined
her and Robert, she said:
Tn my day young married folks
didn't live in boarding houses. Young
women nowadays think of nothing but
gadding and clothes" she looked at
my stylish serge dress with scorn.
s'Geraldine. is business woman, you
know, Aunt Felicia" Robert said, land
they have to look pretty nifty"
II do not approve of married bust
ness woman. A woman's place Is at
home If she has a husband. There are
single women enough in the world to
take care of all the business women
should do. A man needs lot OF
steadying. And no woman can look
after man and a business too. Don't
you earn enough to support your wife,
| nephew"
sIndeed he does!" I broke in. but
worked when 1 married him. l love
my work, and there is no earthly rea-
| son I should not continue it. Robert
and 1 think alike about this"
'sThen I have nothing more to say.
She looked keenly at Robert. He
flushed and seemed about to speak,
then changed his mind.
(To be continued.)
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very elements that make life the
glorying thing that it is.
Only the idle, unthinking, and crit
zeal are useless in this world They
find no part in the scheme of creative
growth.
But look at the creator-the inven-
tor! No wonder that he has no time
for complaint-exceptin to take a
minute now and then to regret that
the days are too short and hours too
Iieeting. For he is always looking
forward to the-unexpected.
1t has always been the spell of the
unexpected-about things expected
that has driven men across frozen
seas. thru the upper air, over grounds
untouched by humans, and for things
only dreamed about.
Never mind the seeming drabness of
many Of the days that come. or of
much that makes, up life. Behind
the siIences and hidden in undiscov-
cred ideas and places. are the rich
fruits of the unexpected-that which
is able to make you what you deter
mine to bel
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man in the house. It's mighty good
arrangement all around"
Without a word Harmonic walked
out of the house and around behind
the woodpile. There, in the shade and
out of sight she began to reconstruct
her world. Mr.. Dunston was just a.
just flirt. then; for certainly he had
given her to understand that newell,
that he liked her. Hannah was a de-
signing female. As for her, Harmonic,
nobody loved her; nobody cared any,
thing about her. OF course she must
into the house this minute and pack
up. And because she was mentally
composing a letter to be left behind
for Hannah. she failed to hear ap-
preaching footsteps; and all at once
there was Mr.. Dunston standing be-
fore her.
Harmonic" he said, "I have just
received your sisters permission to
say something to you. Will you be my
wife,? 1 know I'm much older than
you. my dear. but I love -you-and
love needs no apologist."
In the sudden reaction from woe to
joy Harmonic began to cry. Phillip
Dunston's athletic arm drew her to
him and the girls face was hidden on
his shoulder.
AS they walked back to the house
some moments later, hand in hand, a
thought came suddenly to Harmonic.
It was of Hannah. Wait" she COM
manded, and hurried into the house.
Hannah was setting forth spice cakes
and tea.
Gently, lovingly, Harmonic laid her
hand on her sisters arm. I'm sorry,
Hannah" she said. 'it has happened
this way"
you needn't be-" replied Hannah
briskly; cit mas come out just as I
planned. Sometimes a little opposi-
ton helps things along a whole lot"
Copyright, 1890, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate)
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"a AND THE BILLS.


When Ma gets out the monthly bills and
sets them all in front of Dad.
She makes US children run away becOz she
knows he may get mad;
An then she smiles q bit and saysi 81
hope you will not fuss and fret
There's nothing here except the things I
absolutely had to GET
An Pa he looks 'em over first. 1.-The things
you had to hayer' says he;
II spose that we'd have died without that
twenty dollar longeree."
Then he starts in to write the checks for
laundry an for light an gas,
An never says word 1bout them-Vbecoz
they're small he let's em pass.
But when he starts to grunt an groan, an
stops the while his pipe he fills,
We know that he is gettin' down to where
Mas hid the bigger bills.
r6ust what We had to have" says he, "an'
u. I'm supposed to pay the tolls;
Nine dollars an a half for-say, what the
deuce are camisoies?"
IF ybu should break Leg says Pa,
AN couldn't get down town to shop,
III bet the dry goods men would see their
business take an awful drop,
An If they missed you for a week, they'd
have to fire a dozen clerks,
Say, couldn't We have got along without
this bunch of Billie Burke's?"
But Ma just sits an grins at him, an
never has word to say,
Becoz she says Pa likes to talk about the
bills he has to pay.
Copyright 1920 by Edgar A. Guest.
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HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
BIZ MRS. ELIzABErH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am. 20
years old and have Just finished
school am the son of highly hon
ored citizen and am in love with a mill
girl and my parents object. Will you
please advise me what to do?
IGNORANT.
You are too young to act contrary
to the wishes OF your parents in this
matter. For five years at least you
should be fancy free so that you can
enjoy different girls and form more
definite tastes. The girl may be all
that is desirable, and If so there is a
chance that you will want her just
as much five years from now. At that
time I would advise you to choose
your wife, regardless of the opinion
of your parents --~-
Your parents probably feel that
your environment has been so differ
emit that you and the girl would not
be congenial. There Is great posi-
bility of this. She may find your So
ciety artificial and worthless. while
you may find her lack of knowledge
along social lines humiliating. Mar
riage is a most serious matter and
should not be entered into hastily.
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tial and What are not essential. Con-
gress needs the budget system more
than it needs anything else, and We
will never have intelligent treatment
of government expenditures until we
get it. The head of a department, a
bureau chief. or any other official d.
rectly concerned with the expenditure
of money, should not be relied upon
to pass final judgment upon the
amount his department needs. The
system is a system of guesses, the de-
partment head guesses how much the
appropriations committee will cut off
and pads accordingly, and the appro-
priations committee guesses how much
the department head puts on, and cuts
off accordingly. sometimes possibly to
the detriment of the public service.
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Earned
CHAPTER "a.

=
Roberts people lived in the west
He had left home when quite young
and had drifted away from them SO
that he had not even heard from them
for years. His father and mother
were dead, and his only sister, much
older than he. had married and left
the place her parents lived when he
was a small boy.
look at that, Gerry" he said hand
ing me letter. II had forgotten
there was such q person"
over. 1t was signed: Your aunt,
Felicia" Then commenced to read:
My dear nephew Robert, l expect
you will be very much surprised to
hear from me, your mothers younger
sister. l shall be in your town in q
few days, almost as soon as this letter
can reach you, and shall look you up.
Naturally, you will not remember me,
as you were a babe in arms when 1
last, and first, saw you. l hope you
will be glad to see one of your moth
er's kin, and that you have grown up
to be the sort of man she would want
you to be If she had lived. Your aunt
Felicia"
"Well?" I said.
st suppose We will have to make
the best of it, but I could have sur
vived If she had not renewed her ac-
Will DduS III a.
she calls me. remember mother did
have a sister of that name. I wonder
if she is Miss or Mrs, 1 can't remem-
Der. and nothing she says in that note
tells u.s.
do you suppose she intends to stay
long?" I was rather terrified at the
idea of this visit,
Goodness, no. How can she? If
we were keeping house she might, but
not here"
I felt like saying I was thankful
we were here If 1t would prevent his
aunt making a long visit, but caught
myself in time. After all she was
Roberts aunt; almost the only reia-
tive he had in the world. II he
wanted her to remain, 1t was my busi-
ness to be nice to her. So I replied:
''She may like 1t here. How old is
she?"
"Oh, about fifty, anyway"
Two days afterward when / reached
home Robert was there and so was
Aunt Felicia.
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fiery only in an outer rim. Within
this, the story ran, was a world pro-
tected by heavy clouds and therefore
cool enough to support q human or
der. Science has since decided that
the sun is gaseous turnout. The heat
also has been calculated, and is GER
tainly sufficiently intense to wither
the NEUROLOGICAL salamander even if
he were screened by clouds.
The moon. as well as the sun, was
once pronounced populated ball. The
moon jewellers were supposed to live
inside the crust. but this attractive
theory died an early death from lack
of any proofs. and the moon is now
regarded as a dry and desolate globe.
AS for the other worlds, Mercury
like the sun is too hot for life to exist
there. and Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
and Jupiter are far from the sun and
get too little heat and light to be con-
venient dwelling places
The belief that all of these worlds
are uninhabited is of course based on
the assumption that all forms of life
are dependent on air, water, and a GER
tain range of temperature. We have
never in this world met a salamander
nor any other ailimal that could live
in fire and therefore we do not be-
1ieve that such creatures exist in other
planets. Scientists say that the same
materials occur in all the planets of
our solar system, and that life, if it
existed. would be governed by the laws
with which we are familiar.
Still. it is not SO many years since
science agreed that no creatures could
possibly live at the bottom of the
ocean because of the great pressure.
We have since found that certain fish
are peculiarly adapted to just such
conditions. Some fish. for instance, in
Lake Baikal will explode the instant
they are brought up from the depths.
The chances are all against it. but
our learned men may yet find these
other worlds peopled with beings even
more protesque than Mr.. H. G. Weiss
fanciful Martians, or the. jewellers re-
puted to live inside the moon.
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This AFTERNOON me and Pubs Simkins
was wondering how to find out the
name of the pFitty new gerl that jest
moved in next door to Mary Watkinses
house, me saying, G, II We wait for,
Mary Watkins to interdoose US. we'll
wait till the werld comes TO a end.
she wouldent ever interdoose us, jest
out of jellisy.
I tell you let's wat. got a good
ideer, sed Pubs. lets ring the door bell
and ask if some persin lives there, Jest
making up eny old name. and then
whoever ansers the door will tell US
the rite name.
i @, all rite, ony lets wait till she goes
out ferst, SO she wont open the door
herself and sispeck we're doing it on
at the corner stamping our feet and
watching the frozen Precipitation come
out of our mouths. and after a vile
the pritty new geri came out and
started to come down the street with a
baskit-
Cheese It, sed Pubs And we quick
ran GROUND the block and went down
the other way and rang her door bell
and a middle size lady with busting
thing on her he'd opened the door. say
ing, Yes. well, boys, well?
Meening wat did we wunt. and me
and Pubs jest stood there looking at
each other on account of having for
got to make up 3 name to ask about,
ana after a vile the fady SEQ, heeiy.
I'm bizzy, you'll haff to Excuse me. And
she started to shut the door. and I
quick sed. Does Mrs. Elefant live
heer?
Being the best name I could think
of in a hurry. and the lady sed, Mrs.
Who?
Mrs Eiefant, I sed. and the lady
sed, Serteny not and watts more I
don't bleeye she lives enyware eIts.
either. Proberly meening there
wasent eny sutch persin. Witch there
wasent, and she closed the door with
a fearse bang, without saying who
lived there. and Jest then Pubs sed,
Cheese it. cheese it. Meaning the
pritty new gerf was coming back up
the street. and me and Pubs jumped
off the steps quick as Nenything and
ran up the street as fast as everything.
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Dinner Stories

Jack told me he loved me, but
don't know whether to marry him or
not"
Don't you think he tells the truth 20
1--WE no doubt the dear boy tries to,
but you see he works in the weather
bureau
$50 you really think your memory
is improving under treatment. You
remember things now, then?'
'Well, not exactly, but I have pro-
greEsed SO far that 1 can frequently
remember that I have forgotten
something, if I could only remember
what 1t is"
'Do you think eggs will be worth
ten cents a piece this winter"
ST haven't taken up that side of the
question" replied Farmer Corntossel.
1--WE been studyin' a ten-cent piece
an wonderin' whether it's worth an
egg"
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If it be established, as charged by
the government, that Newberry's SEN
atorial campaign in Michigan cost
$4,000, it will go to show that the
modern method of selecting United
States senators is no great improve
ment over the old plan of going into
the legislature and buying a senator
ship outright. The-only advantage in
the later plan appears to be that the
money IS more widely distributed. On
the other hand it costs more. The
highest recorded price ever paid in
Kansas for a United States senatorship
was 100000. These figures were fur
nished by the man who bought it.
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sSlslslSlslsSlslSslslHSlslsl ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
IE SPELL OF THE UNEXPECTED

THE SPELL OF THE UNEXPECTED
If we all knew what was going to
happen in advance, there would be
fewer things that would happen.
The thing that makes the world
beautiful is its mysteries. And the
thing that lends fascination and
warns enthusiasm is the spell cast
over one by the unexpected
If a general knew exactly what the
enemy was going to do,-~he would
probably get careless and make q
fatal bIunder, but IL is the not know
ing that keeps him keen and watchfuL
Knowing what the morrow was GO
ing to bring forth would deaden to-
day.
The weather, events. and people, all
keep us guessing" Therefore wealth
err. events. and people, are interesting
things to talk about and to contem-
plate. But IL there was about these
things no spell of mystery, what would
they be to us?
1t is quite natural that those whom
we love the most, we know the least
for they do have about them the
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Opponents of universal military
training persistently ignore the nom
militaristic quality OF that important
element of national defense. It af-
fords the one rational method of pro-
tectIng the country from war without
saddling upon the country large and
costly army of professional soldiers.
1t is essentially a peace measure. 1t
would build Individual character and
promote efficient citizenship. 1t is the
best and cheapest insurance against
war. The provision for universal
training is so drawn in the senate bill
that boys on reaching the age of IS
would have the option OF choosing any
one of six periods of four months
within the succeeding three years in
which to learn the duties of the SOL
der. Thus is the training made SO
little buFdensome that its benefits to
the individual as well as to the nation
immeasurably surpass any conceivable
hardships attending it.