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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-05

Our friends all know that we go to.
pether and | do not believe he would
want to wait II he cared for me. He
makes $135 month and we could live
happily on that. am making $3.50
month but ! would be willing to give
II up any day he wants me to. Ny
friends all advise me to be indifferent
to him, but when he Is near | Just can
not Please tell me really and truly
what you think of my case. Do not
think that he comes and sits In the
parIor every night, for he never comes
unless he can get his fathers car that
night. PAT.
I think you are judging him correct
~. 1t looks to me very much like he
is putting you off. l do not censure
having something put aside before h'
marries; all men should try to do that,
for one never knows when misfortune
Is coming. ] can not understand why
he does not take you out II he has asked
you to marry him. Possibly if you
also will change. l would not sacrifice
my position unless you have everything
settled and he desires it.
Dear Mrs. Thompson-I am a girl is
years old. have brown curly hair
and regular features, but my greatest
worry is that my eyes are not the same
color, one being blue and the other
gray. is there anything can do to
alter this defect7 | would rather they
were both blue. have the greatest
admiration for dImpies. What can | do
to acquire them? | am considered very
attractive, and really have more mas.
culine attention than | desire. What
can do to be less popular? There Is
one boy In whom | am especially in
teresteds and | wish to know how | can
help him improve his conversations
abilities. Is It proper for two girls and
a boy to ride on the front seat of a
car? II so, where should the boy sit
II not driving? II a boy puts his arm on
the back Of the seat behind the sirI
what should she say to him? What do
you think Of my wrlrtne2 Do you think
| am old enough to go with boys7
DYNA MITE.
There is nothing that know of that
would change the color Of your eyes and
would not risk losing my sight by
experimenting. | do not suppose one
person out OF so notices it, Dimples
are said to be left by the kisses of
angels, so the only way | see that you
could possibly acquire them is to find
your angel and submit gracefully to the
treatment You are the first girl have
ever heard of that was more popular
with the men than she wished to be,
consequently have no remedy prepared
| for It, This time next year. if you still
| feel as you do, you may not be so an
noyed. Let him get in a word oc-
| casionally and pretend to be interested,
even though you may not. There is no
| improperly in two girls and a boy sit
| ting on the front seat OF a car. The
| boy usually sits on the outside If he
| keeps his arm on the seat there is no
| harm in it, although it does not look
very nice. Ask him in a nice way to
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-05
What's In a Name?
BY MILDRED MARSHALL
NELLIE.

NELLIE.
There is considerable room for doubt
in assuming that Nellie is a derivatiWe
or contraction of stately Eleanor
Though some etymologists claim that
the former name is evolved in the
lengthy process between the original
Helen and the final Lima, there are two
other sources from which Nellie might
well be sprung without such formula
BILE history Of derivation.
The Dutch have name which they
call nellie, meaning horn" which is
pronounced the same as our Nellie, and
might easily be the direct prognitor OF
who reject this derivation, therein the
German Nellie, which has wide vogue
in all countries under Teutonic influ-
ence. II was evolved thu ough the quaint
English Petronella. a feminine name
given in honor of Saint Peter,
The first Petronella was said to have
been his daughter. For that reason, the
name was exceedingly popular in Spain
as Petronilla. In Norway 1t made its
appC arance as Petronillc, and was
shortened to Mile, name when cor
responds very closely to our Nellie.
The bloodstone is Nellies talismanic
gem. II will preserve her health and
protect her from diseases, especially
from those which affect the blood. Tues
day is her lucky day and 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
lntere stsd7 Do you know Its history;
It's meaning; its deriVatIVe and slgnlfi.
cancer Do you know your lucky day
and your lucky jewell II not, Mildred
Marshall will tell you.
Send self. addressed and stamped en-.
velope with your queries, TO Mlldred
Marshall, The News Scimltar
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-05

remove his arm. A man sometimes
places his arm on the back of the seat
without any motive except that 1t is
more comfortable there. Your writing
is unusually good and so was your let
ter. Yes if you conduct yourself prop
erly. ...
Dear Mrs. Thompson-l am 10 years
old and a high school graduate. 1t
will be impossible for me to 90 to col
Ieae this year so have decided to stay
at home until next year. | have never
cared for boys, but ! do not mind
speaking when It Is absolutely neces-
sary. | am very timId around boys.
This shyness toward them and my ad-
vice to my girl friends has caused me
to be called "Modesty." Lately mother
has decided that | should have boy ac-
qualntances. What must do? My
mother will worry me II do not have
some. have brother who does not
enjoy girls society so we are the clos
est companions. He will 90 to college
again this month and mother says Will
be dreadfuUy lonesome without him. My
girl friends will also be away at COL
lege or somewhere else. Must treat
the boys nice or must | always be the
companion of my brother and the girl
at home? ...,. ........s, PEGGY.
A girl 10 years OF age should have
friends among boys and girls and
predict that when you do begin to like
the men you w ~ teaup for lost time.
Girls of your - = on usually do.
When the right q neg along you
will not find your% NJ, with him.
think j would culS Re acquaint
ance Of boys, they% Fine to have
around when you neeS ssjaem; and be-
sides, brother is not Always going to
care for only your society. He will
surprise you when he COMES home from
college, so be prepared.
the right to open ones mail? Ny faith
err recently opened a letter OF mine.
did not mind him reading It, but I
did not consider It right for him to
open It. Half Of a girls life is the
pleasure of having little secrets. Do
you think he did right? He could have
read the letter with my permission?
SINCERELY.
No one has the right to open an
others mail without permission and
your father did not show you the re-
spect that he should. If he were sus-
picious that you were receiving let
ters that you should not he should have
talked to you and explained matters so
that you would have discontinued the
correspondence Never put anything in
| letter. or allow one to write you any
| thing that would injure you should
| someone else read it. I know that
girls and boys do write each other
| foolish little things that they under
stand but older ones would not and
| can see why you do not approve of
| your father opening your mail. Parents
often try to impress their children with
i the idea that they were perfect in their
| young days-but they have just for
gotten.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-05
HOROSCOPE
FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1920.
Copyright, 1890, by The Mcclure News
paper Syndicate)


Copyright, 1890, by The Mcclure News
paper Syndicate)
Menacing stars rule this day. accord
ing to astrology The sun, Jupiter and
Uranus are all in eXil place.
1t is sway under which to take
account of ones affairs, weighing
carefully business and financial prob
! lens
The Sun is especlall,- menacing to
those who have high ambitions and
pursue them. Political candidates
should avoid any initiative at this time.
Jupiter gives warning to those who
exercise power of any sort that they
win focus enmity and even hatred
when the stars are posted as they are
today.
Increase Of crimes that have the ac-
arouse government agencies to the
scientific study of causes and radical
| social reforms will be advocated, the
seers declare.
believed to increase facility in utter
ing falsehoods and misrepresentation
Truth should be cultivated by all who
hope to attain success, for all the
signs seem to forecast the uncover
| ing Of deceit and treachery
Uranus Is in a place said to make
human judgment especially untrust-
worthy and wise men and women will
| avoid criticism of their neighbors
False friends may multiply during
the next few weeks, but the configu-
| ration seems to foreshadow unusual
protection for all who pursue paths
| of righteousness.
Railway problems again will con-
front the nation, but they will en-
| body new phases of discomfort.
Color will be unusually potent dur
| ing the remainder of the month, the
| eye being peculiarly responsive to 1t.
| This should encourage increased use of
flags and banners in political cam
Ractionary forces now will be
strongly felt by all classes Of men and
women. The radical viewpoint may
cat use many women and men to be
misjudged.
Owing to the sway of unfriendly stars
diseases of the nervous system may be
prevalent at this time.
| Persons whose birthdate it is should
not sneculate or risk any money. They
| should avoid changes and should watch
| business affairs.
Children horn on this day probably
will have many good friends and
| should beware Of wasting time. Girls
| have the augury OF happy marriage.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-05
QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS


Ats weight may be ascertained
from its measurements, assuming that
so cubic feet equal one ton.
Q.-what fish or animal stlngs or
sprays a liquid on bathers causing the
flesh to burn and smart? +. f. NJ
A.-JellVfish, also known as sea net
ties, frequently annoy ocean bathers by
singing them. The lrritated areas
should be bathed with diluted household
ammonia or bicarbonate of soda.
the ground first? l.. H.
;A.--The tail stick lifts just before the
wheels. The machine rights itself on
level and the nose then starts upward.
GLOW nearly is the government
forecast on crops borne out by the ac-
tual yield? W. u. L.
Within the past 90 years the es
Inmates Of the department of agricul-
ture have averaged one and a half per
cent OF The crop.
Q,-How many impeachment cases
have been tried before the senate?
A.--The United states senate has sat
as a court of Impeachment nine times
Q.-what does the word "mereerize"
mean? c. +. 5.
A,-Mercerizing is A treatment for
cotton goods or fiber that gives it
silky lustor. 1t was named for John
Mercer, an English calico printer who
introduced the process.
Q.-What is the other half Of the
quotation, Put beggar on horse
A'-rhe phrase. set b @ Z; /, on
was first used by Robert Burton.
There is a translation from the Ger
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-05
=
Amos King Meets His Match.

Recently | read the romance in the
| life of Mrs. Warren G. Harding, which,
| of course, has everything to do with
the story, of lovemaking am trying
to tell about. There were several
thousand words of it, one hundred OF
which were distantly related to facts.
The rest fiction. ] marveled at the
fancy OF the writer. who was a woman.
If w G. read it l am sure his face
took on that inscrutable expression
an ingrOwng desire to twist some
body's neck TO Lord forgive them"
The dark man who entered the life
of Warren Harding was Amos H..
King father of Florence King. Amos
King was reputed to be the wealthiest
toned to having pretty much his own
way, because most people let him have
it.
But Amos King did not have his
own way with his daughter, his only
daughter, by the way. Nor did he
have his own way with Warren Hard =
ing The wealthy mans will was in
conflict with two wills equally as
strong as his. and these two wills were
aided and abetted by two hearts that
beat in harmony,
Now I am not going to imagine a
long string of incidents in Warren
Harding'S lovemakng. 1t has al
ways been my conservative opinion
that lovemaking is nothing to look at
that a fellow has to be in it himself,
up to his chin TO get the throbs of
emotion that beat in the soul. 1t may
be different with feminine souls, They
may thrill by proxy don't know.
| know this. however. the town Of
Marion was deeply interested in this
affair between Warren Harding and
Amos Kings daughter. Many Of the
things ] passed in my masculine way
u.prp VitaliZpI in thp minds Of tho
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-05
FOUND AFTER TEN YEARS

SILVERTON, Col, Aug. 8 by Inter-
national News Service THE body of
an unidentified man. believed to have
been hurled in a snowslide ten years
ago, was recently found here by sheep
herdcrs The body had practically with
cred away
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-05
MAN KILLED BY AUTO
ON WAY TO SYNAGOGUE

Long BRANCH. n J.. Aug 3 (By
international News ServiCc) Benja-
min Kaabe, IS years old, died in a hos
pital from injuries received in an au-
tom0hilc accident near his home lie
was on his way to a synagogue when
struck.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-05
A Period of Excitement.

There came a period of excitement.
The Dark Man and some of his sat
elites had circulated a damnable and
impossible lie about W. G. That is
the one time in his life that he came
70 me in a two-fisted state of anger
He told me about it all as near as
can recall, and then said:
Il am going to this man with fair
warning and | shall tell him that he
must go no further with this lie-that
If he does I win clean up the street
with him the next time | meet inn
The Dark Man was pretty nervous
about it, but managed to say:
II shall be prepared for you, sir"
But the damnabe lie went out of
circulation so far as the Dark Man was
concerned. And the lovemaking swent
forward to what Daisy Ashford. 12-
year-old writer of THE Visitors"
would call the bitter end"
'Copyright' 1920, by New York Evening
Post, lnC)
tomorrow Jack Warwick will continue
the story of Hardings courtship.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-05
Doubts Sincerity
Of Admirers L0ue
BY MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson glr1 70 years age and am
lin love with man g. He says he loves and
marry when he has saved enough buy home and have
la few thousand dollars beside but doubt his sincerity for the
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-05

Just as you are about ready to con-
cede that the average intelligence of
the human race Is improving, along
comes a ouija board or a political con-
vention and upsets all your theories.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-05
AMT IT AWFUL?

LEMON. Mass, Aug 5. (By Interna-
tional News Service, )--l.o, the poor
farm hand He gets only $40 day for
eight hours work in Tinmouth, VT,
with board, lodging and laundry, and
the use Of the farmhouse victrola
thrown in. Such is the statement OF
William O'Nel, of Brooklyn, n Y, a
summer resident here, who has just
completed hike over the Green noun
tain trail to the Canadian line. In
other parts Of Vermont he found mex
perienced farm hands getting Sc a day
during the haying season
Charity balls and garden fetes are
the canned-mil of human kindness.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-05
Growing Up With Warren Harding
THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE-"
JACK WARWICK
5oyhood Playmate School chum First
Republican Presidential

Back in the days when the Marion
Star was passing through the agonies
OF being born again any one with a
gift Of clairvoyance, or even a gypsy
fortune teller, might have looked into
the palm of Warren Hardings hand
and read something like this:
"a dark man will enter your life
and seek to overthrow you, Fbut he
will avail him nothing, and you Will
triumph in the end"
l am not saying that anything of
this kind did happen; that a seeresss
did hold Warren Harding's hand and
read his palm and reveal the prophetic
words quoted above But | do say
they must have been written there,
waiting to be translated.
Anyway. a dark compleXioned man
entered the life of the young editor
and sought to circumvent him, He
failed utterly, and the editor triumphed
after the manner of the hero in the
melodrama. He carried away the lady
and married her in the last chapter;
or as the affair would have been pre-
scented on the stage, just before the
final curtain, with all hands happy eX-
cept the beetle -browed villain"
Heaven help the misguided man
who tries to write the romance In the
life of another man, He lacks the
verve, the vivacity of imagination that
is necessary to coloration; and II he
seeks to record the truth, and nothing
but the truth. he becomes dull and
proliX Feminine minds are best
a In n this work
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-08-05

to tell anything l don't know. like a
romancer. My sympathies were with
me lovers and the time came when
the sympathies of most of the town
could be traced to persons who feared
Man. ~
The boys in the office were with W.
q. in this affair of his heart as they
We're with him in his newspaper en-
the one they could dig into their work
and assist him in making a success
Of the paper. They liked Florence
King, as they liked her after she be-
came the wife Of their employer.
A Feat in Horsemanship.
Florence Kings girlhood was that
of a favorite child. She had two broth
ers,, but she more than they, seemed
70 have inherited the strong will and
the restless energies of the father. She
was a social leader, popular. and pos
sessed musical accomplishments, but
above all else she was a daring horse
woman. She probably knew more ABOUT
horses than four-fifths of the men in
the town. The high spirited animals
. An old-t timer told me the story of a
horse was trying to show shows his rider
that he was little the best circus
performer IN town and capable of do
ing about as he pleased In his wild
caperings, with the girl in the saddle,
he attracted a crowd of business men
who stood around in helpless fear
that the girl would be killed But it
didn't happen, The horse overdid the
performance, the climax coming when
he reared too straight, overbalanced
and fell. As he went over backward
the rider slipped to the ground and,
when the animal was PROSTATE,
caught him by the bride, pinned his
head to the ground and sat on it until
the fiery steed had time to give his
better instincts a chance to work.
The days lesson in the life of that
horse was on the subject of subjuga-
ton, as a result of which he was
prepared to make better use of his
horse sense for the rest of his life
This was the kind of dependabl re-
sourceful woman with whom Warren
Harding fell in love and finally mar
ried, without asking my consent
II makes me. feel mighty awkward
and clumsy, trying to tell of friends
affair of the heart. Every minute |
am afraid that / will fal. over my own
feet But may say that Warren Hard
ing lovemaking was normal; that his
methods We're painstaking, thorough
and practical. This means that he was
sane.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-02-25
Two..rIRE ALARMS IN ONE DAY
Department Called Out TO Quell Small
Blazes in Residences

Saturday was a busy day for the
local fire fighters, if, indeed, it did
not establish a record Two alarms
were turned in, and answered in most
snappy style by everyone, in whose
minds the distressing memory Of the
Masonic Temple fire was still most
vivid.
The first alarm came a few minutes
after one. The wall paper near the
chimney in the old Arnold house two
blocks west of the grist mill caught
fire and filed with binding smoke the
room in which Mrs Liilis' household
effects were stored There was praC-
tically no fire damage, but her goods
were badly smoked
Shortly after seven O'Clock The sec
ond alarm summoned the department
to the old Stevlingson place owned and
occupied By Albert Anderson, in the
south part of town An ovesheaGed
stovepipe, placed too near the ceiling,
had ignited the woodwork and burned
through the roof. It was eXtin"uish-
cd with q loss Of about $50.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-02-25
MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD
NATIVE VERNON BOY SLAIN IN
MISSOURI CITY
Thomas Dyson Shot and Killed in His
HOme-The Crook Apprehended

Last Friday Mr.. W. D. Dyson re-
eeived a dispatch from st. 10, Missou-
ri, which contained the startling and
depressing news of the murder of a
younger brother. Thomas Dyson, at
his home in that town. Mr.. Dyson de-
parted for the Missouri city by the
first train, and having not yet re-
turned details of the tragic affair are
meagre. The indefinite information
at hand is that crook entered the
home of Mr. Dyson and deliberately
shot him twice, killing him instantly.
The man was later apprehended, MAX
ing full confession of his guilt. We
should judge that it was an act of re-
venge, MIR. Dyson long being a de-
tective for the Burlington railway sys-
tenn, had incurred the i'll will of the
crook.
The murdered man was a native of
Vernon county, having been born at
BloOmingdale, forty-four years ago,
where the family long resided. His
aged parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas w.
Dyson. live at St,Jo. He leaves a wife
and son and two brothers.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-02-25
Masonic Bodies Have Good Housings

Through courtesy Of their sister
fraternities Vn0qua Masonic bodice
made hrmeless by destruction Of their
temple, win have good housings till
permanent home il provided. Through
The consideration Of Odd Fellows, their
commodious and complete lodge quar-
tors viii be- shared. Club room IA
cilities Of the Knights Pythias have
been rendered and accepted by Ma
sons for afternoons. So altogether,
the homeless frateTs could not hope
to be better cared for.
Worshipful Master Brown hopes al
viii be in readiness for first meeting
Of the Blue lodge on Friday evening
Of this week.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-02-25
hold AN ANNIVERSARY PARTY
Knights of Pythias Celebrate That
Orders 55th Year Of Life

Knights of Pythias and their ladies
to the number Of over ninety gathered
at the hall Thursday evening and cell
ebrated in fitting manner the 55th an
niyersary Of that popular orders
founding. Dancing, $500. and re-
freshments were the order of the
evening, and a most pleasant time
was enjoyed.
Recognizing the dire need of some
institution by which the broken nation
could be reunited, the X. p. lodge was
founded at the close of the Civil war,
and has grown so rapidly that it now
stands third in point of membership
among American fraternal societies,
surpassed only by the Masons and Odd
Fellows.
Members Of the local lodge now
have in progress a tournament Of bill
lard and pool contests, to close with
a big comparative $500 party on
Thursday night of next week.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-02-25
PURE BRED STOCK COMING IN
Vernon County Breeders Arc Getting
The Right Quality

We notice at the depots pure bred
gifts for John Bobst q Son, A.E.Gron-
ming, Michael Stoehr, and others,
coming from well-known breeders at
Hazel Green, Cassville, Madison, Liv-
ingston and other points Could we
but publish complete list of the pure
bred animals shipped into our county
since the first of the year, it would
be list to be proud of Certain it is
that che splendid hog exhibit of last
year ut Vernon's fair is going to show
a marked improvement in quality at
next fails meet. Get the pure bred
habit!
j. A. Doerr and c. V. German were
in Minnesota last week, attending
three hog sales, Mr. Doerr returning
with fine gilt bought at Wycof, and
Mr. German purchasing two nice ones
at Mankato, the former Chester
White, the latter a Poland China. The
animals sold for S135, $160 and $lS5,
and were worth much more, they say.