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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-03-30
NEW BOOKS AT PUBLIC LIBRARY

The following new books have been
received at the public library re-
Gently:
Young Visitors ( Ashford).
Spy. in Black (Clouston).
Rosy DODGE.
| Swallow Dunbar.
Little Red House in the Hollow
(Hall).
Judith Of Blue Lake Ranch (Greg-
Iory).
Apartment Next Door Johnston !.
h Private Wires to Washington (Mac
Grath).
Exploits of Bilge and Ma (MacFar-
lane).
| Dwellers in Already (Paine).
Fobdden Trail (Willsie).
Non-fiction:
Wireless Telegraphy (Bucher).
Power Of Will (Haddock).
Architectural Drawing (Edminis-
teri.
Machine Shop Practice (Hartman).
Methods of Machine Shop Work
(Halsey).
Gas Engines for the Farm (Hirsh-
felf).
Thomas Edison (Jones).
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-03-30
BUSH PRAIRIE

A number attended the funeral OF
little Levi Bowers. who was drowned
in the river Friday. 81.
Mrs. George Smith returned to- Ia
coma Thursday, after visiting heI
mother, Mrs. e. j. Hodge.
Misses Louise Bush and Bernice
Hodge were Olympia visitors Thurs
day. ~
Miss Ruth Drewry is spending hel
weeks vacation at home.
Mrs. e. v. Drewry has been en- the
sick list.
Mr.. and Mrs. Devine were visitor.
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Johr
Graf Sunday.
Mr.. Robinson of Chambers Prairie
and father, who is visiting here from
New Brunswick, were pleasant call
,ers at the home of E. j. Hodge Sun
day.
The road is closed and grading hal
commenced.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-03-30

organized by the election OF Director
Bremen chairman and Director Cook
CLERK. Retiring Director Galligan
turned over the books TO the new
clerk. thus endingf a term of over 10
years of faithful service TO district
No. 20. Plainview school.
Grange meeting last Thursday
evening was we'll attended and
thoughtful discussion of the issues
of the day furnished amusement and
entertainment.
The April Fool dance. to be given
by the Grange Saturday evening, will
present special features.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Starr and
daughter Geraldine of Seattle drove
down Saturday for visit with rela-
tives. At the home of Charles Starr
there was a family reunion of the
brother and sister, who had not met
fon Is years. They were Frank
Starr of Portland, Louis Starr of
Seattle and Charles Starr and Mrs.
Galligan. After one of Mrs. Starts
famous dinners Louis Starr and fam
lily returned home, accompanied by
Frank Starr.
DR.. and Mrs Ernest Beckett. of Sc
attic stopped over on a trip from
Portland for a visit at c. c. Aspin-
wallis Sunday.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-03-30
Badly of Nome (Darling)

Badly of Nome Darling.
Adventures of Beaver Creek Cam
(Dugmore).
Boys Book of Chemistry (Clarkel.
Indian Heroes and Great Chief.
tains (Eastman).
Cinderella's Granddaughter (Gu.
christi.
Overall Boys in Switzerland Zero.
ver).
Mexico from Cortes to Carranxa
(Hasbrouck).
Story of the World War (Nida).
Book of Elves and Fairies (Ol.
cott).
Boy Scouts in the Wilderneaa
(Scouville).
My Country (Tarkington).
Tales Of Laughter (Wiggin).
Blue Aunt (White). s.
Trail Of the Cloven Foot (VerrillA,
Theodore Roosevelt's Letters a.
His Children (Rooseveltl.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-03-30
PICTI RESCUE PLACIDITY
CHiRtCTERIZES OLD ENGLISH
BRICK AND STONE HOUSES
Continued from Page One.

continued from rage OUe-
three floors. and there is no running
water except on the first, and no hot
water anywhere. The landlady car
ries our jug of hot water (none too
much) up to the third floor every
morning.
! Even in much more modern houses
central heating plants are rare.
Every house is constructed as mat
ter of course with a fireplace in
every room. and it is the custom to
have as eparate fue in a house by
counting the chimney pots. In a
Ischoolroom or. a grocery store the
only heat will be supplied by fire.
place, which looks strangely out OF
place in such surroundings. Obvious
| ly, such a system is wasteful of fuel,
even though most people keep only
one room warm. Moreover, fire.
plices cannot produce the uniform,
sustained heat of furnaces. We do
notice, however, that we have been
more free from colds this winter
than ever before in our lives, perhaps
because there is no marked differ
ence between the temperatur indoors
and out. Hire, at least, there seems
Ito b some advantage on the side OF
the old methods. Besides, a good
collection of chimney pots gives an
air Of picturesque placidity to a
house which is hard to achieve in
Amy other way.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-23
UNCLE WlGGICN1 q; Isl
BEDTlllE STORH


| almost at Mrs Stubtairs house, when,
all Of sudden, the bunny rabbit gen.
| tleman and the muskrat lady house
keeper heard the sound of animal chill
Look out!R cried some one.
Hit him with a stick" begged an
other.
Hold your paws over your ears or
| That sounds like trouble" cried
Uncle Wiggtly, jamming his hat tightly
| down on his ears so he could run if
there was need of it. Then he looked
and saw Sammie and Susie Littletail,
the rabbits, and Beckie Stubtal. the
bear girl, striking at something with
sticks.
"A dragon .fly!' answered Susie.
"A devils darning needle!' answered
Sammie.
And he'll sew our ears up!' grunted
Beckie, holding her paws over her head,
while Sammie kept on trying to strike
pig four winged bug that was fitting
NONSENSE" cried Uncle Wiggily.
| The dragon fly never sewed any ears
up All he does is to eat mosquitoes
ana other bad bugs. You should be
kind to him, instead of trying to whack
| him."
"Oh, we're sorry! We didn't know
| said Sammie and Susie and Beckie.
| Then they begged the pardon of the
dragon fly which is a bug with long,
! slender body, almost like darnihg
needle. And he has four thin gauze
wings like an airplane.
Thank you for saving my life" said
| the dragon fly to Uncle Wiggily. as
| the bunny rabbit hoped on with Nurse
Jane. leaving the animal children to
| play in the field.
Just outside of Mrs Stubtails house
Uncle Wiggtly stopped and pulled his
handkerchief from his pocket
| What's the matter?' asked Nurse
Jane. Are you getting nervous?"
No. but just want to smell the
| perfume spoke the bunny. at smells
SO good, and oh---Nurse Jane! Look!
| kerchief in mistake suddenly cried
Uncle Wiggily as he looked at the
linen square
"Oh, so | did,. exclaimed Nurse
Jane. 81 meant to lay that handker-
chief aside for rag, to tie up cut paws
Uncle Wiggiy turned around and be-
san to hop away
Where are you going?" asked the
muskrat lady.
Back to my hollow stump bungalow
to get clean handkerchief that isn't
I'D never let Mrs Stubtail see me
with a torn handkerchief, Never"
"Oh, dear" sighed Nurse Jane. Then
you'll be late for the O'Clock teal"
'Ha! perhaps | may be of help to
you, suddenly said voice
'Who are you?' asked Uncle Wig
gilyaa,
"The dragon fly darning needle" was
the answer 'If you let me take your
torn handkerchief III sew UP the holes
with cobwcb thread Mrs. Spin Spidc"
will give me, Then you won't have to
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-23
TwiceToldT ales
Ten Years Ago Today In Memphis.

AUGUST 20, 1910.
The stage of the river this morning
was Go feet. Indicating fall Of 8 OF
a foot during the last "a hours.
Dr. Ray D. Porter PCS North Wat
kns place, is visiting his aunt, Mrs.
+. A. McKeen, in Fulton, Ky.
Miss Sallie Griffin Herring returned
to Memphis today after a visit of sew
eral weeks duration with friends ana
Miss Dorothy Nolan Miss Fslicia
Bailey and Mr.. Malcom Bailey left, to-
, day for Lucy and Glenn SPRING. wheTa
| they will visit friends.
Mrs. W. II. Porter, 2Se North Wat
morning for Coldwater. Miss, where
they will visit for several dayS with
relatives and friends.
Mrs. Eliza Firth, OF Nashville, 10 the
guest of Mrs. c. N. stephens 2Ao
Mrs. r. l.. Gaul and children ere
visiting relatives and friends in Ores
Mrs Victor e, CASTOR and son.. Of
sister, Mrs. Chris Hachey. 5o4 North
Manassas street, for several days.
Mrs Herbert Morris and Miss Hazel
Greif are visiting their sister, Mr. lza~
dore Grooms, in St. Louis,
Temple, Texas, left this morning for
their home. after spending a pleasaAt
visit with Mrs zenas Lanler,
Miss Rubie Talbert left today for
st. Louis whena she will visit with
friends and relatives for a few days.
Miss Victoria Gum, Of Okolona, Miss.
is the guest of Miss Bernice LlSes, on
Monroe avenue.
Mrs. Annie Bracken today returned
from an extended visit with friends. in
Denver. Col, and other Western cities,
Mir. and Mrs w, T. Reed and broth
err o. 0, Reed, left this morning for
Benton Harbor, Mich, where they Will
visit relatives for several days.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-23
From Missouri.

The Illinois Agricultural association
might as we'll have been from Missouri
It exhibited all the earmarks In re-
fuslng TO accept the customary state
merit Of the railroads. who told them
whenever they asitated for more ears
that the cars were short
The Illinois Agricultural association
It's own and turned up some startling
facts,
At a total of 49t stations in IS diff
ferent Illinois counties, the association
people went over all the cars standing
on the tracks and took down their
Identification numbers Seven days later
they went back to the same stations and
checked up
out Of total Of 9,29t cars originally
observed. they found that cas- or more
than 10 per cent, were stii taking sun
shine In their Identical resting places
There Ia no telling how many cars
stood sim for three, four. five and
six days
Nv hTNtNlH Nl'll mas TWO EldEbllH W
suggest for the fact that freight cars
stand out doing nothing when the bust
ness Of the country is fairly pershing
for the lack OF them, They suggest
that II may be due 10 the inertia Of
railroad officials, who know their roads
are guaranteed their profit anyway, or
else to the indolenro Of the workers,
who are assured their wage raise under
the recent decision Of the labor board
and are Furthermore confined to an
eight hour day with time and half
for overtime
Al any rate. says the association.
"the excuse ~ car shortage is largely
camouflaee
the Interstate commerce commission.
Their books we're audited and approved
whereby they established the fact that
the, needed more money for equipment
They were reinforced In their claims
By the cla,nor Of muutudnous business
interests. who said IN effect, Give them
their raise by all that's holy, and let
them buy cars to carry the trade.
The ear shortage was the best arEu.
ment the roads had before the inter,
state commerce commission. II th'
roads were not quite SO short Ms they
seemed To be, that may be put down
to good management and good book
Keeping from the railroad point Of view
But now that the raise Is actually {
fact, We are hopeful that the roads
will let bygones be bygonos, and brlnf
all their cars out OF hiding and LEI
hem serve the public where they car
do tho most good
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-23
Reapportionment.


ih4S'iueh as SIN OF 'he nine congress
men serving OH the committee on re-
apporuohmeht are Northern kepuoll-
cans, the question OF reducing the
eouu'eFn representation III congress ana
IN the eleotoral college Is again I" the
Tore IL Is agltated at period" inter
Nais.
unfortunately the law OF tho land Is
uhiaVoraoIe 10 the southern contention
inc Four'eehth or reeohs'ru't'on
H"e"ui'ieI' 10 tne CONSTITUTIONS hl'ter-
~ resisted oy the SCUM declared mat
representation shoula ne reduced IN pro-
portion 10 the extent 10 "hlch ''e vote
was oehleu oY any state 10 's maze
cltisehs over t"eh'N-oh" years ~ age
IL an eau'a''oha' test was imposed as
quai'''oSuoh LOT Io''"E, lot example
ana w per cent Oh INC Young pop"'"'ion
Oh state was '"''to9 Gu. OIL 'nen TIE
st@te r'p' ''sn'"''o" S"ou'u oe re-
Nvr"N ~. ~ ~
NV s.',.' ",,,.''4'''','' ,',,.'' ",o'h
''.'1 maze ~ una" VI W. N'"' ''e ''e"'
OF suffrage on account ol race, co'"r, or
previous condition az servItude. That
settled the race question so far as 1t
was In the power OF the federal govern
'neht 10 se'ue H. mat was surer
way 70 lu''''l 'he Iuhc''oh intended by
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-23
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
ARE YOU ONE OF THESE?
BY DOROTHY
GRID Highest Paid Writer
The Wheeler
ARE YOU ONE OF THESE?

she always says. Il barely can re-
member IL, for ! was such q tiny girl
at the time II happened" And she
invariably informs you that she was
simply nothing but child when she
married. and leads you to infer that
she and her oldest child are practically
twins
There's only one thing on earth more
affecting than the silly, hrainless chat
ter of l6-year -old girl. and that is
the initiation line OF t6-year.old chatter
handed out by the woman OF 60 who
Is understanding 10.
The fourth among bores is the wom-
an who hrags
She is one OF the pests OF pleasure
resorts, and travel, for she gets in her
fatal work best on people who do not
know her rating in Bradstreet. and
her home address, She talks grandly
about her social position, and says that
OF course II Is foolish for people TO
speak of her ~ the queen OF society in
Speedunk, where she lives, but there
does have to be some arbiter. doesn't
there, or else all sorts OF new rich PEG
pie would be getting in. and of course
as she belongs to one of the old fsmi-
lies. and has had such social adyan-
taRes, etc, etc, etc.
And then she refers casually to her
gold ballroom, and her butler. and SEQ
ond man. and says such and such n
her Packard-no, was It her Imported
French car--no. not that either. IT
must have been the Rolls Royce
Or perhaps she has written a story
that got In a magazine, or picture
that somebody bought, or she got a
bit of ribbon for Red Cross work, and.
alas. you never hear the end OF her
achievement And the worst of the
Dragging bore is that you not only
have to listen. you have to give her
the glad hand, and thus encore her.
which is like making "A martyr fetch
the faggots for the fire on which he
is to be roasted.
The most common bore and the easiest
I forgive because she is so human. Is
the woman who talks about her chill
dren
She is continuous performer. and
there Is no stopping her and we do get
frightfully weary Of hearing all about
the smart things little Mary said, and
Johnny's whooping cough. and Saddles
beaux, and how Tom Ia getting on at
college. but the mother love that mar
rows the whole world down into just
her own nestlngs, and that has no in
terest outside Of its own, is so touching
in its self abnegation, that we may
well grit our teeth and endure 1t in
pa tience.
Chief among the things that reconcile
us to the shortness of life, are the fe-
male bores who infest society. I won
der II | am one. Are you? And to
which type do we belong?
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-23
Public DiScuSSiOn
5 A CARD FROM AN
: oLD.TlME DEMOCRAT
Observation-Disclosures

To The News Scimitar:
| am an old man, a native Tennss-
sean. and have voted the Democratic
ticket for 10 years but | have never
asked any man to violate his oath and
commit perjury for party success AMI
how some OF our party leaders, men In
whom we have confidence, can do this
by pressing members of the legislature
to vote for woman suffrage Is beyond
me. Certainly these gentlemen have
never read the constitution uf our
state. Conceding the United States SUI
preme court might say the amendment,
IL ratified, would stand, nevertheless a
member who votes for it violates the
express terms of the constl ution we
took an oath TO support and dofoHl
Why cant our eminent leaders wait
until the next regular session OF the leg
islature and give the people, AS the
constitution intended, an opportunity 10
be heard2
/ am a Jeffersonian Democrat and
stand with The News Scimitar and
Finis Garrett for woman suffrage and
for conscience and principle. Yours truly,
T. j. WEEMS.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-23
Another Acceptance Speech.

The Rev. Aaron &. watkins. who is
also OF Ohio, stood up the other day
and delivered his speech OF acceptance
to the committee OF the Prohibition
party. who came TO inform him that
he had been nominated by that party
for the presidency,
The Prohibition party is not serious
contender for political honors, but 1t has
Just as much fun out OF the campaign
as the other parties. That Is 10 say,
It holds a convention. makes a platform,
and delivers more than its per capita
share of speeches before the country
Its platform we have not examined but
II would seem from the speech of ac-
eeptance that 1t is comprehensive. and
not a matter of a single issue.
Much OF the candidates speech might
have been delivered by speaker
stumping for the Democratic ticket; II
Is liberal and enlightened" though
comfortably vague In spots.
The candidates pronouncement on the
league OF nations Is extensive people
may accuse him OF finding his para
mountcy In that issue rather than In the
one implied by his party's name; but
one part of IT at least which we quote
is good enough for anybody's party pro-
gram. and we could wish that parties
older and more experienced had AL
WAYS such a firm grasp Of realities
The treaty OF peace ought never
10 have included the covenant OF
the league OF nations. But the treaty
In its combined form Is before u.s.
and 1t is already signed by large
group of nations, II is fact not
vision. What shall we do with
It? The answer is, secure whatever
reservations and amendments are
possible and absolutely essential.
and then sign"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-23

Now there be five varieties of the fe-
male bore, each more deadly than the
other
The first is tho woman who has seen
better days You meet her everywhere,
but she chiefly abounds In business Of
fees and boarding houses. Within five
minutes OF your first meeting with her,
she has told you that she never ex-
pected to come to this, and after you
have known her IS years, she still IL
telling YOU the same thing
She is photograph with one rec
ord and It never occurs TO her that no
human being except herself cares a
tinker's dam about her pedigree, or
the riches her family used to have or
is Interested in any has been stuff
All we care for Is the nov present.
The woman who has seen better days
never learns to do her WORK properly
because she thinks that would put her
on a level with the plebean woman
who II having her best days in earning
good salary And If she keeps board
ers. she feels that YOU should not OBJ
ject to the coffee being as weak as
dishwater, because 1t is poured out Of
great grandmother silver coffee pot,
about which. and the spendor in which
she was reared, she crates endlessly,
The second among bores is the wom
an who tells you her troubles. She
keeps her tears on tap, and turns them
on at Aevery opportunity. She comes
TO see you and weeps on your breast
until you are sodden with salt water.
She is like some uncanny bird that lives
by feastinE on its own heart, and shy
forces you TO partake Of her hdeous
meal.
She tells you tales OF the horrible
brutality with which her husband treats
her, but she goes on living with him.
She relates ptteous stories of her chill,
drcns' lngratitude. hut she continues
TO cherish them. She bewails her pow
erty, She laments her bad luck. She
temoans her Ill health, She is on
perpetual orgy of melancholy, and she
drink OF her cup of sorrow, and she
Is never so happy as when she has cast
wet blanket over any festive occasion,
and made everybody present long for
dose Of cyanide OF potassium.
The third greatest among bores is
the woman who pretend to be young
She's a kittenish little thing OF som
fifty odd summers and heaven knows
how many winters, but she sets the
clock back every year lays a heavier
fand on the rouge pot ana II hair dye
bottle, She giggles and shippers, and
shimmies, though you can hear her poor
old bones creaking as she dances. and
hhe says we girls, and leases her
self about men young enough to be her
grandsons.
when she refers to anything that hap
pened farther in the past than 10 years,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-23
HOROSCOPE
TUESDAY, AUGUST "a, 1920.
Copyright. 1920, by the Mcclure News

Copyright. 1920, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate)
Astrologers read this as an unimpor-
tant day in the government of the stars.
This should be n fairly favorable rule
under which to look for new openings
in business
They who seek employment may be
this configuration prevails
There is an unpropitIous rule for all
who would seek foreknoWledge of
events.
To sensitive mortals the contrary in
fluences of the stars may be subtIY felt
in an unusual constituencies to criticism
or sudden depression OF spirits.
While II may be reasonably lucky for
MI who go in quest Of positions they
who invest money will do well to delay
initiative until more promising sway
Of the stars
Women viii now come under a sway
Of the stars that will affect the emo
tons and caLsr them to be uncertain as
political factors, the seers declare
A novel pastime will be introduced At
plotted to the benefit Of all who adopt
There ls a sign that seems to Indicate
khat evil stars incline men ana women.
20. toward eN"vgcrntton and r,isreprs-
seRtRtion, lie who is exact in his
/ statements win benefit
Persons whose birthdate II In will
| speculate.
Children bern on this day may bp
! highly organized and sensitive. They
| should be carefully managed, for they
are likely TO be exceedingly talented.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-23

Western and the near Northern. which
include the most states of the union.
are not at all particular as 10 what
1t takes to be a qualified voter. Any
body can be It.
Illinois is wroth, according TO Editor
Lockwood. because In 1915 she cast
vote greater than that of all the solid
South combined, with Oklahoma thrown
In for good measure; and yet Illinois
under the apportionment cast only one
fifth as many votes in the electoral
college for president,
II apportionment in 1916 had been on
the basis of the actual votes cast, Will
son would not be president today.
Nevertheless. the failure OF the South
to get out her votes is not due entire
" to her educational requirements. Ten
nessee, for example. does not have
such requirement. nor does the one
requirement she does have, the pay
ment OF a pon tax. entail an absolute
prohibition on her patriots who want
to exercise the prerogative OF their
citizenship: but the facts are that In
the last presidential election Tennessee
got to the polls only SO per cent OF
her voting population, while Illinois was
getting out something over 100 per
cent of hers.
Ever since the South has been solid,
her political frenzies have been some
what less acute than those of other
states that hang in the balance. The
result Of national elections for the par
ticuIar state is known Is advance all
over the South, and by a labor saving
system Of cooperation the citizens do
not find 1t necessary that each and
every one OF them should WELD the
ballot on every occasion. There are
always neighbors enough to swing the
election right in the precinct,
With apportionment committees on
the trail Of the easy going South, how
ever, her showing looks bad. Such com
mttees cannot take 1t for granted that
the size Of the Southern popular vote
Is the same as the size of the eligible
voting population, but that will be their
first impulse. They will have to in
vestigate, rather than obey that i'm.
pulse