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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-18

lean physician and man OF letters, pub
iisheS this poem in Willis New York
Mirror in 1913. AS set to music by
Nelson Kneass II became widely known
both in England and America.
O-what verse in the Bible contains
all the letters IN the alphabet?-G. L.
A.-Ezra vu:2l contains all the let
tiers of the English alphabet except
as s a."
o-Is tn. number Of silos in use in
A,-Basing an estimate on a report
from Indiana, the number has nearly
trebled IN five years. In 1919 there
was one sIlo to every % farms. In
1918 there was one silo for every nine
farms.
Q.-what are the dimensions of the
Liberty Bell2-J. r, d.
A.--The measurements Of the LIB
erty Bell in Independence hail are:
Length around the HIP. ~ feet; length
| around the crown, seven feet, six
| inches; from lip to crown around the
| ln-curve, three feet; over the crown,
two feet, three inches; length of the
clapper. three feet two inches; weight
1855 pounds,
O.-Do army Officers have to pay
elO for passport when going abroad? ?
H. Il. F.
A-The Fee FOR executing an APP
plication for a passpqe1 Is always one
dollar. II the offlc& Is proceeding
abroad in discharge OF his official duty
there is no further charge. Otherwise,
| the additional nine dollars will be
| charged for issuance OF the passport
(Any reader can get the answer to
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DOROTHY DIX TALKS

THE ECONOMY SHOP.
by DOROTHY DIX.
The Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer
Copyright, 1920. by The Wheeler Syndicate Inc>

know what to do with the Junk that
mad accumulated. Their consciencas
would not allow them to throw good
furniture into the fire, nor cast
Wearable garments into the garbage
can, and yet they knew personally
no one to whom they could give
these things.
Now they send them to the econ
omy shop. where they are sold for
mere pittance, and where tneN
meet a long-felt want, because they
go TO that middle class of people. the
small salaried people, who are being
ground to powder between the profit
teers above them and below them.
These people, the genteel poor,
would starve and freeze rather than
take charity, but they can supply
their needs at the economySchop, and
save their money and their pride.
AT the economy chop one may buy
hat for a dollar, that with a little
furnishing is as, good as it was when
1T cost S25 or $50. Every kind OF
dress, from a bungalow apron TO
an imported ball dress, at prices that
are fraction of what was originally
paid for them; three new novels for
dollar, magazines for cents
piece, and shoes that perhaps need
little cobbling to make them as
good as new. for rs cents to a dollar.
and SO on.
And there's. every conceivable thing
in the bhop, from quilt pieces up
and down, for 1t is a clearing house
for domestic undesirables on
hand, as 1t. is a source of supply for
the millions OF things that other peo-
pie need and want on the other
hand. Moreover. 1t has fostered a
beautiful spirit in those who give.
1t has made the woman who has
much realize her sisterhood with the
woman who has little, and SO the
women who give do not just Jump
down their things in the store any
old way.
They have got so that they take
the trouble to freshen up dress by
putting on new collars and cuffs. Dr.
cleaning or pressing it, and making
1t look better, because they realize
how much more value 1t will have in
the eyes of the woman who buys it.
The economy shop has been a par
ticular blessing to poor mothers with
many children, because it has fur
Ilished them at the least possible
cost with quantities of. ready made
clothes for. their young ones, and
with shoes of a quality that they
could never hope to buy in an open
shop.
All of the women connected with
the economy shop give their services,
and it is so successful financially
that for the past two years it has
cleared more than thousand dol
lars a month! This money is divided
between three different charities
which it virtually supports, thus re-
lieving the people of the town from
any further calls upon their charity
The sconomy shop is a great idea.
Try 1t in your own community.
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seeking . remedy. The facilities Of
Georgia, the products Of Georgia,
and Ihe colossal opportunities OF that
fine old state viii be placed before
the people OF the oountrY in such
a thought compelling manner that
they will be forced TO hsten and
nothing but great good can accrue
therefrom.
Kansas occupies the proud position
she holds today in reputation wealth
and products from the fact that the
Atchison, Topeka a Santa Fe rail-
Wav started an advertising campaign
giving the widest publicity to the
state ana les marveICusly rich solA
only waiting for the hand OF man 60
re ward hlm with riches. No state
was ever advertised IS Kansas was
for period Of years. No CountTS
bat that heard OF Kansas and che
marvellous opportunities that Kansas
afforded. EoP yeaFs there Nas "a
exodus and Kansas vas Its destina-
ton. From all the four corne6s q
the globe they came. and. once set
tied upon it's soil. they became and
remained Kansas boosters. 1t was
the making of the state. Today the
descendants of that sturdy band Of
modern pilgrims are the best citizens
OF the state. They have carried the
name Of Kansas into the fields OF
art. science, literature and industry,
and have glorified whatever they
have touched,
California 10 another state that
persistent advertising has put upon
the map. Every day In advertising
day with them and they are Mt the
business every month Of the year,
When they did not have much Of
anything else they capitalized their
climate. and II has brought rich re-
turns to them. You can't make n
silk purse out OF sow's ear" but
California has made rich bank &C
count out Of a blue sky. They never
let their advertising campaign die.
A campaign for Tennessee would
work similar miracles. We have all
that Kansas and Georgia possess and
much more, We have enough unoc-
cupied land in this state to support
an empire 10 outrank the golden
dreams of Patroclus. A month de-
voted to making our state and its
enormous resources known among
the peoples OF the world would re-
turn to us many times over all the
labor and money expended upon It.
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Advertising a State.

Gov. Dorsey of Georgia has issued
q proclamation making October
advertising Georgia" month, and
enterprising Georgians are raising
100000 to spend in state publicity.
This is an example that migat well
be followed to advantage by other
states, not forgetting Tennessee.
The late census OF that state
shows a lack Of normal increase,
and. in some Of the rural districts
an actual decrease ir population;
this. too. with millions Of acres Of
lands suitable for agriculture lying
untitled IN the sun. Much Of this
land, too, is among the most fertile
in the state. and only needs the
hand of man to blossom like the
rose.
Georgia knows tho ia and In wisely
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-18
HOROSCOPE
FOR THE
COMING DAY
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1890.


Copyright, 1920, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.)
Kindly stars rule today, according
to astrology. Mercury Saturn and We
nus are all in benefic aspect.
1t is time most suspicious for any
sort of advertising or publicity. The
stars are supposed TO impart originality
and cleverness to all who exploit either
personalities or commodities.
Newspapers are to profit greatly
from some return Of old time methods
governing editorial policies. Saturn
seems to forecast conservative ideas
and reduced quantities Of printed mat
ter.
This is lucky wedding day since 1t
seems to foreshadow long years OF COM
Lovers Of every age should benefit
while this configuration prevails and
letters will avail much under this gov
ernment Of the stars
There Is a sign especially promising
to all who deal in women's clothing.
Great profit will accrue through the
growth Of artistic ideals.
Theaters should make good use OF
opportunities that develop today. It
Is a favorable sway for actors first
nights.
The seers advise early Christmas
shopping, since there may be an I'M
necessary but depressing money strin-
gency toward the close Of the year.
While the stars seem to foresadow
good fortune to the oppressed Of all
races, there Is also indication of Sc
rious difficulties affecting the darker
peoples who are closely associated with
the dominant white race.
Persons whose birthdate It is have
the forecast of happy year. The
young win court and marry
Children born on this day will be
energetic and industrious They are
likely to be exceedingly punctillious in
all their duties and to be especially
successful In whatever. they undertakes.
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When many a woman dies and
goes up before the judgment bar, she
is going to be condemned because
she has sinned the sin of the attic
and in the particular hell to which
she Is assigned she will be tormented
by the fmps of the things that she
has selfishly and senselessly boarded
She will be stamped upon, and
walked upon, and kicked about by
the shoes that. she has let moulder
and rot while the feet of her neigh
bors were bare upon the ground.
She is going to be smothered I'M
der the mattresses that she let decay
while the old women turned their
WEARY old bodies at night on hard
beds.
She is going to be pinched by the
bedsprings that she let rust out while
her laundress had nothing but a
hard board to lie on.
She is going to go naked and shiv-
ering in the bitter cold while the
stacks Of warm dresses and over
coats, and cloaks that she let go to
decay grin at her and mock her with
their warmth.
In her ears she will hear ceaselessly
the wall of newborn babes without
rag to cover them, while trunks
full OF the little clothes of her own
children slowly fall into dust be-
fore her eyes.
She will be haunted by the visit
full faces of little children who reach
out eager hands for the toys that
only the rats played with in her gar.
ret
And after aeons of years Of this
torture perhaps the woman who has
sinned the sin of the attic will have
expiated her crime, and get another
chance at life. Perhaps 1t was a
woman who sinned the sin of the
attic in some previous incarnation
who devised the scheme that she
calls the economy shop, which Is
sort of double barreled philanthropy
that hits both the attic and the high
cost of living.
That do not know, but do know
that the economy shop is one of the
cleverest, most practical and eff
ficient ways Of solving a number Of
problems that has ever been de-
vised.
The woman with the economy shop
idea lives in a little Midwestern
town of about 10000 inhabitants. She
is rich and socially important. and
possessed of great executive ability,
and she put her big scheme into OPP
Grafton by taking a small storehouse,
and inviting a certain number of girls
to come and be clerks for her. and
asking all Of her friends to send into
the storehouse anything that they
had that they didn't want, from a
white elephant to peck of potatoes.
Nothing is too big or too little to
find a place in the economy store.
It would take, with equal gratitude,
grand piano or a single cup and
saucer. 1t has proved a boon to
housewives who for ethe first time in
years have been able to clean their
attics, because before they did not
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-18
Every One Should Help.

The Federation of Jewish Charities
has started a drive 20 add 5000 mem
hers to the organization. A. present
the organization has only small
membership Of 800, who support the
organization in all it's work m vaH-
Gus activities by voluntary contrihu-
tipna, ana perform all charity work
among the Jews.
We believe that large number OF
the Jewish population win respond to
the opportunity offered TO enlist IN
this work of charity, The door Is
BY no means closed TO others who
wish TO enlist for the cause 10 worthy
and the organization needs assist
ance.
No set amount is required. The
organization viii be glad 70 receive
amounts from IS up. Tho officers OF
the organization are: Elias Gates.
president; Saul Isenberg, first vice.
president: Jacob Marks, second vice.
president: Henry Loeb, third vice.
president: Gilbert Schloss. secretary:
Herman Bluthenthal. treasurer; NJ. II.
Rosenthal. chairman OF social SER
vice. and. Lula D. KrAkauer. superin-
tendent-secretary Of social service.
These names are familiar to every
ono in Memphis because Of their
generosity and interest in drives and
solicitations for worthy enterprises.
While the appeal Is made directly
to the Jewish people 1t would be a
handsome thing for all ttSe people to
Join in making tho membership drive
q success. The organization Is doing
q splendid work and deserves the
support Of q generous public,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-18

He said he would try and quit mo,
but he would never cease to love me,
because he loves me better any anyone
else and also love him. He knew
that ! was only doing this because my
parents 'made me, although Il seemed
awfully hard. Recently ! had a let.
love and Il has almost broken my
heart TO think va. love each other 50
much and can not be together. He told
me he had not been able TO spend
one happy moment since he parted from
me and for HE sake 70 write him a
again. but B know will later. MY
brother tells mo to write TO thIs boy
as he thinks Il best. Old I do right
In writing to him and should I continue
to write him? Is u right for . mother
TO open BIer daughters letter before
the daughter sees h7 BANDA.
7 do not think you did wrong in writ
ing this boy. You seem a sensible girl
and one to be trusted. Sometimes,
however. parents do not realize children
have grown UP and seem to think by
denying them privileges usually given
them from getting away from parental
control, but 1t is generally a rule that
children held too closely under hard or
arbitrary control lose respect and love
for such parents and sooner than other
wise take things In hand for them
selves. OF course, such situation Is
greatly to be depiored for 1t only makes
for unhappiness and causes grief for
both. Opening letters belonging to
someone else Is a practice to be I'M
hesitatingly condemned, A mother may
ask and insist upon leading all letters.
received by her daughter, but she has
no moral right to open them first. At
lapSt fhaf'a NV OOiniOn.
Dear Mrs. Thompson--i am a girl Of
16 but have had the experience Of a
girl 10. Not long age ! met one Of
the football players on one Of the local
teams. He 10 In one Of my classes IN
gotten dut over the school that am
to be{ HIS sponsor, but | know nothing
about II at an, How can find out II
he Intends asking met Is there any
harm In kissing boys you never expect
to see aealn7 ls II considered com
.o Sn e put paint On sfRo 5sSi e TO
PERHAPS this is false report, so the
only thing to do in any case Is to walt
until he asks you to be his sponsor.
In comparison. kissing boys you never
expect to see again is much more com
mon than painting the face to, go to
il lust so common" that 1t is dis
gushing II you have. no color in your
cheeks and wish to look well, put on
as little rouge as is consistent with
dignity and good taste. Too much Is
apt to attract unfavorable remarks.
Dear Mrs. Thontpson--i am a man
as wears old and had sweetheart
whom dearly loved, but she told me
ahe did not think any more Of me than
any OF her other friends. ! pleaded
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a FoRcEFuL SPEAKER.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS sessee.
To The News scimltar.

To The News Scimitar
The political campaign opened here
Saturday evening by an address by the
Hon. Weber Wilson, Of Mississippi.
The courthouse was nearly full and the
speaker was listened to with rapt at
tention, and his remarks were literally
applauded.
Mr., Wilson came to us as an I'M
known speaker but left us we'll pleased
with the mastery, forcefui and convinc-
ing manner he handled his subject. We
have not heard any speaker talk upon
this great question in so eloquent a
manner, and at the same time present
his arguments so simplifled that all
could understand. He comes to Ten
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the Democratic committee has made no
mistake No place where he is sent
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commend him to those places where he
has been sent and guarantee they will
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Respectfully, J. a. ALBRIGHT.
Somerville, Tenn.
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with her with NV tenderest thouol1ts
and words az q lover, but che ohly
looked az me WITH a emile and said
we hsd better be !rIsnd:, ard gave m. me
me this for several months 1 beeane
discouraoed and uut her, as she
seemed Ia think MAS onjv In her wav,
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her one dav with another man, one
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carding her Tor the iirst girI ioa soSS
might nave 70 ASK ner 70 iorsNe III"
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OPPOSED TO LEAGUE.
To The News ScImitar:

To The News Sclmitar: Il
We wish to compliment you on the
firm stand your paper is taking on the
league Of nations. We know that you
naye an uphill work to perform in trying
to convince a great portion of the read
ers In this section that anything pro-
posed by the Democratic administration
can not be anything but good. How
ever. from the writer's opinion, do not
.hink you have hit 1t hard enough.
However l hope you will keep the good
work up. and believe Nov. will wind
up that proposed Wilson league of no.
lions. Very truly yours,
JAKE H. MEYER.
Memphis, Tenn.
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oh, N.Y. Here's Pair
r. Terribly In L0ve
BY MRS. ELIZABETH THoMpsoN.

Dear Mrs ThompsonI girl 1o years Of age and have
been corresponding with boy years DID, but my parents
object my either going with writing to this boy although
they give definite for objectng -Four weeks ago
told this boy that would have quit and both agreed
that it positively necessary and have to insist him
stoDpinp
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-10-18

Dear Mrs. Thonnpson--WlIi you please
awe the name Of a good antlsuftrage
magazine? A HEApEN:
The Woman's Protest, published by
Woman Suffrage, 81 West Thirty-ninth
street, New York.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-10-21
The Entire crop.

A federal official at Washington has
discovered that he has still something
to learn touching agriculture.
He has purchased a farm as q sum.
mer home for his family. and finds
special delight in walking about the
place. commenting on the condition of
the crops and In many ways showing
his interest in his possessions.
One evening during the summer he
was strolling over the farm. The hired
man had cut the grass during the day
"a very thin crop-and left It on the
ground to dry. The Official saw 1t, and,
calling his man, said:
1T appears to me that you are very
careless. Why haven't you been more
particular in raking up this hay? Don't
you see that you have left dribblings
all around?"
For a moment the hired man stared,
wondering whether his boss was quiz
zfng him. Then he replied:
"Dribblings? Why, sir. that's the
entire crop!"
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-10-21
COUNTRY ! ! ] TURNS | : | ! !.
TO DEMOCRATS
Evidence Shows People Are Not
Being Misled BY Repub-
ncan arguments. !"
GOOD REASON FOR OPTIMISM
With the Proper Amount Of Energy
Put Into the Campaign From Now
On, Leadera Can See Nothing
but Victory.

4 The political tide has turned, in tn
opinion of Democratic leaders In tn
eastern headquarters. This optimistic
view is based upon recent importan
developments In the campaign and ,
flood of encouraging reports from al
sections Of the country.
There Is evidence in abundance tt
support the belief that the people are
turning to the Democratic party, the
! leaders say. This includes letters, tele.
grams and personal reports from well.
posted leaders throughout the country.
While the Democrats make no at
tempt to conceal their pleasure over
these reports, they assert that the sit
| uatlon is not surprising to them. Their
campaign policy, they say, is running
true to form. Aware that the Repub-
licans were making tremendous early
efforts In the campaign. they say that
they relied upon the natural progress
sive tendency of the country and
adopted waiting policy.
With a progressive platform and
progressive candidate. the Democrats
felt sure that the tide would turn In
time to win the election. The present
situation is said to justify that con-
clusion. The mass Of Republican prop
uganda that has flooded the country
for months, in the opinion of the DEM
0crats, represents wasted energy and
money. Now the people are beginning
to tear off the Republican mask, they
say.
With downhill going ahead Of them.
the Democrats are prepared to throw
every available ounce Of energy into
the campaign. That sort of going will
allow the organization to gather speed
and power every day to the election.
The Democrats find additional en-
couragement in the fact that the Re
publican campaign managers are los
ing their tone of confidence as they
view the situation from a practical
angle, and cease to make unfounded
claims. The Republicans, they say,
are beginning to realize their mistake
in trying to force politics upon the
people too early.
The fact that the League Of Nations
is functioning is given as the cause Of
chief. worry Of the Republicans. Re
ports from the West indicate that the
people there are as much interested
In the details Of the league as they are
In its effectiveness in preventing fu-
lure wars. Since this has been con-
,lusively demonstrated, In the opinion
If the Democrats. the West will follow
Cox, as it did Wilson In 1915.