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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-04

protected from every rough wind that
blows, doomed to perpetual babyhood
by the Overlove of foolish parents. 1t
is lucl1ier and a happier fate to be
ragged newsboy, running the streets
and living by his wits, than to be a
rich boy, led by the hand by adorng
parents and never permitted to cross
the avenue alone for fear of getting run
over by milk cart. And the poor boy
has a better chance in life of success.
Think of how few of the rich men s
sons YOU have known who have been
equal to carrying on their fathers bust
ness. They had been the prisoners of
love so long, that when their jailer died
they were like those captives in the
bastile who sat still in their cells after
the doors were flung open, knowing
not what, move to make, bewildered
with a liberty they did not know how to
use.
Mary had a most desirable offer OF
marriage, but mother wept and begged
her not to leave her and father. and
Mary was too devoted a daughter to
buy her own happiness by making her
parents unhappy, so she said good bye
to love, and doomed herself to a lonely
and purposeless old maidenhood.
Tom had a splendid opportunity to
go into business but father couldn' t
run the farm or the village store with
out him so he stayed on, and is drudg
ing out his life for a pittance, and no
body even pins q good conduct medal
on Toms breast for father is so happy
to have Tom always bound to him, that
he doesn't realize Tom isn't equally
hilarious about being bound.
Perhaps we are all prisoners of love,
for the silken cords of affection bind
us more securely than could iron bands.
But, oh, dear and beloved jailers, be
merciful to us, and some time set the
prison door ajar little so that we can
see out to freedom!
Let us sometimes walk around the
block without holding our hands,
Copyright, 1920, by the Wheeler Syn
dictate, InC.)
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-04
For the Table

Rhubarb Betty-Grease a baking dish
and then dust with fine bread crumbs
Now place in a mixing bowl two cups
of unsweetened stewed rhubarb, one
and one-half cups of fine bread crumbs
sugar, one-half teaspoon of nutmeg
Two tablespoons of melted butter, one
tablespoon of baking powder, Beat to
mix thoroughly and then turn into the
prepared dish and bake in a moderate
oven for 80 minutes. Serve with but
terscotch sauce.
Butterscotch Sauce-PlaCe in a sauce
pan one and one-half cups of brown
sugar, three quarters cup OF milk. Bring
to boil and then cook slowly until
it forms a soft ball in cold butter.
Now add three tablespoons of flour,
three quarters cup of water. Dissolve
the flour before adding to the mix
ture. Stir to blend thoroughly and then
bring the mixture to a boil and cook
slowly for three minutes Now add two
tablespoons of butter one half teaspoon
of vanilla extract, Beat to blend and
then serve.
Corn Starch Puddina-Place one pint
OF milk in sauce pan and add one halt
cup corn starch. Stir to dissolve. bring
to boil, cook slowly for 10 minutes
Now add one-half cup sugar. one well l.
beaten egg and one teaspoon vanilla.
Beat to mix; rinse custard cups with
cold water and pour in the, custard
Set aside to mold .~a
Trlfie Puddine--Put cake slices and
jam in layers in glass dish Bits of cake
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-04

There spoke the poor little prisoner
OF love. Not a moment of her life but
some watchful eye had been spying upon
her. Not a movement had she made
that had not been directed. Never once
had she been permitted to stand alone,
or go out alone, and, baby as she was,
she resented 1t.
The mistake that these parents made
is very common one among fathers
and mothers. They make prisoners of
love Of their children. They bind and
fetter their children hand and feet with
their affection until the children either
sink into hopeless and supine life-term-
ers, or else they break brutally away
from their jailers and their Jail and flee
from them to the uttermost parts of
the earth.
And in either case, they break their
parents hearts, and they wonder why
It is that Johnny and Mary have never
had any more ambition and initiative
and have never amounted to much, or
how Johnny and Mary could have been
cruel enough to go away and leave
them, even II they have made a sue
cess In South Africa and New York.
And they never dream that their over
love, which kept them from giving their
children particle Of liberty, furnishes
the answer to both questions.
That is why sons are not willing to
go into business with their fathers.
Father willsnever grant them any au-
thority, or have any respect for their
judgment, or think that they have a
right to anything but a little pocket
money as their part of the profits of an
undertaking. AS long as Mary stays
at home, mother tells her how to make
cake every time she attempts one,
though Mary may be the queen cake
maker of the village, and mother Sc
lects her clothes and tells her when to
go to bed and what is good for her
digestion and, generally, when to get
off and on.
Better a thousand times to take the
knocks and bruises of life, to be
SCARED with them from head to foot,
than to have been kept in cotton wool,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-04

or dry cakes may be used Two table
spoons lemon juice and two table
spoons OF water. cooked with one table
spoon sugar and poured over is the
secret Of the flavor obtained.
one egg beaten and one cup of milk
cooked together until "A thin Custard
is made. but do not boil, pour over the
cake lemon juice in dish and set aside
to cool Serve cold and decorate with
cherries or strawberries from the jam
pot. Put about ono tablespoon Of sugar
in the Custard to avoid a flat taste.
EGG Sandwich--Slice hard boiled eggs
or chop fine, season with a peanut
butter salad dressing; spread on let
tuce leaves and lay between slices Of
buttered bread
Club Sandwlch--Butter hot toast we'll
arrange half the slices on n large plat
ter; put a lettuce leaf on each slice
and brush lightly with a French dress
ing covered with mustard. then cover
with pieces Of two or three kinds of
meat-cold breast OF chicken, sliced
and a piece of freshly fried bacon, or
cold sliced tongue and fresh fried ham
Add a slice of cucumber or green to-
mato pickle; cover with the remaining
slices Of toast and garnish with let
tuce and olives.
Keep as warm az possible Fine for
lunCheous.
MacaronI ItaIienne-Cook one pack
age of maCaroni in usual manner
BlanCh, drain, season with salt and
pepper and two tablespoons Of grated
cheese.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-04
Mrs. Solomon Says:

lCopyright 1920, by the Wheeler Syn
diCate, IncD
Consider the Empress Of the Beauty
parlor how she flourisheth
She dissemheth not. neither doth she
flatter, yet the Queen Of Sheba In all
her glory was not more powerful than
one OF these,
She greeteth the flapper and the
dowager, alike, with sisterly condo
sccnsiou, for she knoweth all their
secrets, even the hairs Of their heads,
and all their heartaches and domeStiG
troubles, and nothing is hid from her.
For that which woman would not
confess unto the spouse OF her bosom
she viii confide to her hairdresser,
without shame)
Her hair is brighter than a May sun
rise, and her fingertips are a shining
light in dreary world She weareth
seventeen curls and is naughty.
with her hands she worketh wonders
and miracles, turning the blonde from
ash to roam. and the brunette from
chestnut to henna.
The dowagcr entereth her door a
gray moth, and emergeth a pink and
yellow butterfly, the shopgirl goeth
in a wage slave, and cometh out look
ing like n beauty chorus,
The matron goeth in bag, and
cometh out a flapper, the flapper APP
proacheth a babe and departeth YAM
pire.
She rcmoveth the obstinate freckle
and causeth the wild eyebrow to lie
down and he good She beateth Ma
ture at her own game and giVeth Time
the merry ha-ha!
Others may sing thy praises and eX
told thy charms, but she telleth thee
the truth
She saith
ooh, my deah, What doest thou with
all those eyebrows? For knowest thou
not, that eyebrows are passee, this sea-
son?
Alas. alas thy cheek is rougher than
a cave-man's manners, and thy brow Is
like a Turkish towel Yet. II would
not have happened If thou hadst used
our cream.
Go to, Thy chin saggeth and thine
hair Is as lusterless as a last years
Joke, And who hath done thy finger
nails? For they are simply terrible!
Verify. verify. thou art a sight"
And 10, all thy vanity talleth from
thee and thou are nightly humbied in
thine own eyes,
Yet. Processes accept her judgments
with humility and are not offended!
For, in the Beauty ParlOr, every wo-
man cometh face -to-face with her own
soul.
And the secrets Of a Masonic order
are not more sacred than the secrets Of
charm -dspensary. where the women
are gathered together in an inviolable
pact, for the confusion Of men,
Then give the hairdresser the fruit Of
her labors, and lot her works praise
her. For her price is above rubes!
Scah.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-04
What's In a Name?
BY MILDRED MARSHALL
sIDoNIE

one Of the most charming and inter-
estng little names In the feminine
category is Sidonie heroine of novels
beyond number, and yet quite COM
monty in everyday usage. Sidoni is
another OF the names which are deriv-
ed from places and means of the city
OF Sidon."
Curiously, sidonia Is the feminine
Of one OF the most famous masculine
names OF Roman history. Her prede-
Cessor was Caius Sollius Apollinaris--
yes, actually--Sidonius, He was said
| tn be the most curious character Of the
dark ages, literary and married
bishop Of Cermont in the fifth CEN
tury, who. though possessing a repu-
tatlon for extreme piety. was vastly
different from the customary concep-
ton Of ecclesiastical sanctity.
This good man has been canonized by
the church and the twenty-third of
August has been set aside as his feast
day. His only namesakes have been
women. France first evolved ST.
DOME, which is still extremely popular
there Then came Sidonia as a Span
ish product The daughter Of George
Podiebraud of Silesia, was Sidonis, also
called Hedena. As early as 1888, ST.
dona was in vogue in Germany
George cable, whose military ro-
menaces are still widely read even by
the growing generation. did much to
establish the popularity Of Sidonla here
when he so named the heroine of one
Of his most popular books.
The turquoise is Sdonie's tailsmanic
stone. II set in gold, II will protect
her from all danger Monday is her
lucky day and one her lucky number.
Copyright. 1920, by the Wheeler Syn
dictate, lnc.)
Note to readers: Is there a fact con-
corning your name In which you are
interested? Do YOU know its history;
its meaning; It's derivation and slgnifi.
canoe? Do you know your lucky day
and your lucky Jewel? II not Mildred
Marshall viii tell you
send self addressed and stamped en-
velope with your queries, to Mildred
Marshall The News SclmltAr.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-04
In MOvieland
MILDRED DOES IT AGAIN.

1t just seems that Mildred Harris
Chaplin can not help hobnobbing with
royalty. She met the king and queen
of Belgium when they visited the coast
studios and her picture taken with
them and corsage just like the queen s
'neVerything. Now Mildred has danced
with the prince of Wales. Think of it,
when that young man visited the west
coast on his way to Australia he at
tended ball held in his honor and he
danced only six dances, and one of that
precious half dozen was with Mildred
Harris Chaplin, Mildred is British
subject now. doncherno, since she mar
ried Mr.. Chaplin, the acknowledged
king of Comedyland, but that had
nothing to do with the princes choice
Of partners, they say. Anyhow "he
picks the good ones"
Matt Moore will appear in the film
Don't Ever Marry"
Matt is -brother-in-law to Mary
Pickford.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-04
WE
@17TOWNE
GH@9 GOSSIP
49, (REo U. S.PA OFF,
:. T 49, BY k.C.B. ::
REG. Y. S. PAT. OFF.
BY k.C.B.

MIGHT BE with me.
so THEY might know.
WHAT NATURE gives.
IS BETTER far.
THAN WHAT man builds.
I THANK you.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-04
MAGAZINE FEATURES
CHILDRENS STORY
Let Children Walk
around Block Alone
BY DOROTHY DIX,
The Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer

Once upon time invited help celebrate the fourth
birthday of idozed only child Said dong the
gittle ,.
My darling this your birthday and you be per-
ecty happy you may have anything do anything you
wish, matter what it is. What do you most?"
The little girl thought long time then she replied:
I'D rather walk around the block without anybody holding
my hand than ANYTHING else in the whole world"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-04
IT'S JUST one.

IT'S JUST one.
OF SCORES Of letters.
THAT HAVE come to me.
SINCE JOHN VIM wrote.
AND SAID to me.
THAT WHAT I wrote.
WAS "sICKENING" stuff.
AND IF John VIM,
WILL SEND his name.
HIS REAL name.
AND WHERE he lives.
I'LL SEND them all.
so HE may know.
I SPEAK the truth.
AMI mo Ill +t,,uo
AM ~ al Illooe'
ut5o,1,E wp1TrE>r $40
" nv VIZ w III L ELN me
AMI cOrrnrcI,r mn
AMI W. 40 FILED HlC'
NO >r7vEp Wind
~ ~ LII liliAAu'
WHAT rOuN uinr vroto
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-04

Dear Mrs. Thompson--i am q eIri o.
| IL, tall and slender. Am old enough
| to wear camlsoles7 How long should !
wear my dresses7 Am old enough to
90 with the boys7 Is there any harm
In kissing a boy or In daneina7 Are
summer, and how should ! arrange my
halr7 An, ! old enough to wear siik
stocklngsl M. /. @.
No, | should say you are not old
enough for camisoles. Your dress should
be not over Il inches from the floor.
and maybe only IL inches, II you are
very tail for your age. You are TAR
too young to go with boys. There ts
decided harm in kissing boys, but l
can see no harm In dancing, after you
have reached the proper age and pro-
vided your parents do not object. White
shoes and pumps will be most popular.
Let your hair hang down the back.
using a ribbon. Age has nothing to 90
with silk stockings, as this Is a ques-
ton OF the pocketbook.
Dear Mrs. Thompson-Reeently a Girl
had been going with got mad with
me for something I never have been
able to learn. I asked her why she
was mad and she would not tell me.
As turned to 90 she made SIGN 10:
ward me that no decent person likes.
asked her what she meant BY Y. Sne
WOuiu oNly NSH WC SbV
meant. Now the girls seems to be In
a good humor, although last week was
the first time she had spoken 10 me ~
four weeks. Should ! have anything
further to do with herr 7. o; W;
/ would advise dropping the girl. Her
action indicates that she Is not the
right sort of a girl to have as a friend.
Dear Mrs. Thompson - What will
make hair arrow. have tried everything
and nothing does II any good. u 10
thin. short and Is ~ oily and looks
like II is dead. r n can fix u, V
is so short don't w what to DO with
10 ~ ELSIE.
would advise bobbing your hair and
tben rub vaselne into the scalp regu-
larry each night msssaging the scalp
we'll 4 daily course of brushing the
hair will also help wonderfully.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-04
Girl II LOUeS Man
A.; Parents Object
BY MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs thompson girl Of Z and desperately
in love with Of - My parents do marry
because they think he old My greatest consolation is the
saying a." had rather be old mans dearng than young
mans slave in the ninth grade What would you adviser
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-04

A sensible skirt that one may don for
business or general wear and yet feel
assured that 1t is smart and in good
taste is No, 9,62l. Both the back and
front cores are gathered.
The lady's twO-piece skirt, No. 1921,
is cut In sizes 20 to 30 inches waist
measure. Size 26 requires ~ yards 80
inch, 40 or 54-nch material
Limited space prevents showing all
the styles here. We will send you our
32-page fashion magazine, containing
all the good new STYLES, hints on dress
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with a pattern Send Is cents for mag
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Our fashions and patterns are fur.
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street. New York city.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-04

1t doesn't take so very much love
to make the world go round, when
you have plenty Of money to oil the
axis.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-04

a good, sound spanking Youth and
age have mated in the past, | know, but.
the successful marriages Of this sort
are few indeed compared TO the misery
Occasioned by such. II you would pay
more attention TO your education and
not be in the ninth CRATE at your age.
Your parents are right. You have no
! right whatever to think of marriage
until your education Is completed. BY
that time you will thank me for this
advice and find that when the right
young man comes along there will be no
thoughts of slavery in your heart.
Dear Mrs. Thompson-l am TO be
married In June. Would a flesh colored
seorsette dress be suitable instead Of
wedding. On short trip II ! didn't
wear a SUIT, would need a spring coat
with dress7 Not caring to have bic
dinner, would II be correct TO serve an
Ice course and what would be nice 70
serve before the Ice eoursep Would "
be proper to have only maid OF honor
and best man, or have the natron Of
honor also and not have brtdeemalds3
You could wear the flesh colored dress
II the marriage Is before 6 o'clock In
the evening, but for a wedding after
this hour, white is the only correct
style Yes. you would have TO have the
coat II you did not have the suit. The
ice course would be nice and why not
precede IL with a salad course? The
number OF attendants Is left entirely to
the bride. One maid of honor and q
best man Is proper. II that is all that
is desired You can have as many or
few as you desire.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-04

Dear X. c. B.-I have had the pleas
ure of reading your column every day
to poor fellow who some years ago
suffered terrible accident, which left
him blind and paralyzed, and sometimes
the only smile that appears on his
tired face during the long day is brought
there by what you have to say about
cats and horses and kids, and it has
always been my experience that any
one who writes with the deliberate in
tention of hurting the feelings of some
one else has a very sour, mean streak
in his or her makeup.
And so, K. c. B., 7 hope that the
enjoyment that all your friends get
from your remarks each morning and
your original way of making them is
not going to be soiled by the opinion
of some disgruntled person.
And whether your humor be Scotch
or Irish or Canadian, as I know it to
be, may it long continue to give joy to
all who have insight to read not only
the lines, but the spaces between; and
whatever you write, dear sir, your kind
heart shows through it, which is more
than can be said Of the communication
of John VIM. So be Of good cheer and
continue, and when you reach where
the Great Judge sits, as you say, it
will not be hard to guess whether X.
G. B. or j. VIM receives the honOred
place. Gratefully yours, NJ. NJ
p. S.-May l hope you will publish
this.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-04

Dear Mrs. Thompson--l am a nIrl Of
IS In the ninth grade. 10 my writing
bad7 A boy Of II or 10, lives about
a quarter Of a mile from nv home and
comes up and talks to me after church
breaks up. | know ! am too young 20
receive company, and my parents OBJ
lect also, but is It all right for me to
talk to this boy after church, Does
boy that asks you TO let him klss
you care anything about your ! had
boy ask me and ! have had nothing TO
do with him. Am I rIuht7 l.. M. @.
Your writing Is fair for your age,
but the spelling could be improved.
can see nothing harmful or objections
BILE in talking TO the boy after church.
You are too young to let such matters
Of love worry your head. You are doing
exactly right In refusing to allow
boy to kiss you, and as your parents
object to your having company can
see no reason why he should have
gotten the opportunity to have asked
| you.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-05-04

Dear Mrs. Thompson-l am 10, and
received a Valentine from a boy about
my age. Would II be all right to write
him a short note some time? Would
silk socks be nice for me this summer
have my hair bobbed, how wide should
my ribbon be7 E, N. Q.
There should be no objection to your
writing A little note to the boy pro-
vided you let mother see II first. SILK
socks are all right for you. Ribbon
four inches wide should be best.
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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-05
PLAN UNIFORM
RULESFORF FLYING
Some of Precautions Pre-
scribed Now Probably Will
Seem Humorous.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 5-The air
service of the United, States army has
formulated uniform rules of flying for
the guidance of its pilots, which no
doubt will be the basis Of all regula-
ttons adopted in the future when flying
becomes as common as automobiing.
Some of the precautions prescribed
now probably will seem as humorous in
that time to come as the speculatiOn
and fears concerning motor cars 20
years ago seem to the present genera
ton.
The uniform rules which supersede
varying rules made by different COM
manders during the war are one step
toward Standardization Of all flying
fields. They are divided into four parts
applicable to hangers, machines, the
ground and the air Some of the more
interesting rules follew:
INSTRUCTORS ana students in flying
Will not wear a long coat, or loose
clothing that might become entangled
in the controls, nor will loose arucle6
such as waste or rags that might jam
the controls be left in the machine
"Ambulances to be on the flying field
during all flying hours with a sur
geon and necessary medical detail in
"Do not taXy closer than 100 feet to
another ship unless mechanic has hold
of wings.
ut is advisable to carry a good pair
Of cutting pliers in a position where
beth passengers and pilots can reach
them in case of an accident.
"A fire extinguisher will be carried
on each machine
Riding on. steps, wings or tails of a
machine is forbidden.
In case engines fail to take-orf
land straight ahead regardless of OBJ
staCles
"Rules about right of way are for
guidance emily. Collisions are always
avoidable. There is no right of way
Every pilot must be awake at all times
and prevent his machine from getting
dangerously near another machine.
Machines approaching head on pass
to the right at an interval of at least
200 yards.
IF you see another machine. get out
Of its way Do not depend upon the
other pilot having seen you
mo vertical banks, steep climbing OF
looming will be done under 800 feet
"Ail acrObacy, such as loops. wing
overs, Fights, rolls, half rolls and spins
must be completed at not less than /, 500
feet
mo pilot will fly over a town without
sufficient altitude to reach a landing
place"