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The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-02
Luke McLuke Says

This would be a quiet world if some men were as close with their talk as they are with their money.
 Every man you talk to has so many rich relatives that you wonder where all the poor people in the world come from.
 One nice thing about the girl who has freckles is that you know that she did not paint them on. s.
 Another reason for the H. C. of L. is that the o. f. man who used to burn oil in a 25-cent lamp now has a son who burns oil in a $2,500 speed wagon.
 And what has become of the old fashioned Chinaman who used to wear a pigtail?
 Daughter may suffer from Ennui. But she never gets pains in her back from helping Mother around the kitchen.
 Another of the horrors of prohibi- tion is the fact that a man used to be able to get headache for $2, but now it costs him S20.
 When a man has lost everything else in poker game he proceeds to lose his temper. It is fashionable to have long gloves wrinkle half way down. But you can bet they are not wearing their stockings that way. So much cheap talcum powder i' used in hot weather that you cant blame a man for smoking stogies all summer
 When girl has her own hair and plenty of it. it is as hard to get her to wear hat as it is to gel her to have a tooth pulled Once in a while you will meet { human jackass who wears a rim or | his hat so his ears won't get l chance to grow to their proper | length.
 The styles are bad enough bu | things could be worse. Just suppos; that women actually looked like the 1 break danes in the fashion maga | zines.
 Why is it that a girl who appears at a function. dressed in a pair o shoulder straps and a sash curtail
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-02
COL. JONES PRACTICES AS HE BREACHES

The announcement of Col F. Lester Jones that a ship of the Coast and Geodetic Survey service is be permanently located in Alaska is welcomed That there should be such vessel here is obvious familiar with the situation. and Col Jones has a very satisfactory habit of doing the things that needed. There is man in the public service at Washington more keenly alive to the greatness of Alaska, and the need to foster her growth and development than the Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. He has wide acquain- influence in Washington, and they are always available for Alaska when there is oppor- tory.
 This action of Col Jones in assigning a vessel of the fleet under his control to be permanently in Alaska is a practical demonstration of his ex- pressed idea that it is time things were brought to Alaska rather than to force Alaska always to go to Washington for every little thing that she might need. Col. Jones practices he breaches
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-02
The Horrors of Prohibition

In the office of the Gramm Bern stein Company, in Lima, Ohio. there is an old-time beer mug attached to the water cooler, and the office force drink out of the mug. Or the front of the mug. designed for a nobler beverage than ice water, is the old-time toast that you read as you quaff Bryanale: When your heels hit hard. ard your
 head feels queer, And your thoughts rise up Ike the
 froth on beer; And your knees grow weak ard your
 voice grows strong, And you laugh like h-l at some darn
 fool song You're drunk. old man, you're
 drunk"
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-02
Ouch!

Government figures show that the average American family consists of three and one half persons, said the Old Fogy as he looked up from the newspaper he was reading.
 Well" replied the Crouch, "that accounts for Nav, two kids and the Old Man, doesn't it?"
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-02
BERLIN SHOULD GET HER HISTORY
 STRAIGHT

Berlin correspondents say the sentiment of the German capital is still very bitter toward the Unit States and particularly hostile against Presi- dent Wilson. The feeling there is that President Wilson permitted the Allies make unduly harsh peace terms. of the Germans go so far as say that the President, in enunciating his four points offered Germany peace without cost be- yond the payment cf her debt Now and again it is eontended at Berlin that Germany asked for peace with the fourteen points and no indem- mites" in mind. Occasionally have echoes of this Berlin sentiment this side Of the Atlantic.
 In the first place. the Presidents fourteen Joints" contained such promise is often
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is too modest to let a man see her when she is modestly attired in a nightgown?
 Adam blamed it on the Woman. And ever since, every time man gets caught up, he follows Adams cue.
 A longing to pay board for the female half of the world is what keeps the male half in hot water.
 A man who wouldn't work for yOl for $10 a day will attend to your business for nothing.
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-02
BOTH ROUTES GOOD

The best winter route Fairbanks is via
 the Copper River & Northwestern Railroad
 to Chtina and then the trail dls-
 tance of BIO miles by auto stage. There
 is also a foot trail and roadhouses aoout
 every twenty miles on an average By
 dog team is about two weeks journey
 from Chitina Fairbanks.
 The summer route leads from Skag-
 way to Whitehcrse, then by steamer to
 the mouth the Tanana River and up
 the Panama to Fairbanks.-(S Seattle Times)
 The above was printed in a news story Ill ,he Seattle Times in a recent issue and is a fairly apt illustration of vagueness connected with Inter- for Alaska which is all too common even in circles that should be better informed It is somewhat surprising find such statements in the Times as it is generally fairly accurate in most of it's art- cles dealing with matters pertaining to the Ter ritory.
 In the matter of comparison of the river route to Fairbanks with that leading into the same town from Cordova by the way of the Copper River x Northwestern Railroad and the Richardson Highway the latter preferred by to the Skagway Wbtehorse- Yukon river route. Both, however, are good. The latter is a matter Of weeks where the consumes days. On the one are reasohdpiy comfortable river steamers and on the other are Dodge and Ford touring The bills Of rare on the steamers while good be obtained, lack the variety and the fresh vegetables and native fruits that gets at the roadhouses along the Richardson Highway Both routes noted for beatuy of scenery For the tourist the best trip IS to take the river route going into Fairbanks and out the Richardson highway by automo- bile This can be arranged easily as the White Pass officials have but recently entered into an agree with regular stage lines to handle all pas sengers desiring to such route.
 As for the winter route, the Richardson Highway is admittedly the best, the Times states. The foot trail however, is the that is used by the stages The of dog teams on this road in a commercial ceased several years ago. A few privately owned dog sleds may make the trip each winter and consume less than a week rom Chitna Fairbanks. During large part of the winter season, autos able to operate the entire distance, but in of extra heavy snowfall there is short section crossing the summit of the Alaska range where horse drawn seds are used autos being used both sides of this The average time con- stunned during winter months is probably about four days and many trips have been made In three days. The average summer trip takes two and one half to three days, while numerous 40-hour drives from Fairbanks Chitina matters of record.
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CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE MokL IiAr @ DOUBLE THAT .F ANY OTHER ALASKA NEWsPAPEfe
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StlInq!

'Yes, num-" sniveled the Pan handler, there was a time when rode in my own carriage"
 My, what a come-down!" sympa- thized the Kind Hearted Woman
 And how long has it been since you rode in your own carriage?'
 Just A years. num-" replied the Panhandler as he pocketed the prof fered dime 'I was a baby then
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Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-02
TIPS FROM TEXAS
(Dallas News)

(Dallas News)
 Our idea of good chauffeur is who doesn't anything but the road
 Our observation is that the man who can speak half dozen languages hasn't that many ideas Furthermore, any barber in this country could get rich by using whiskey for a hair tonic And if it is true that the skirts to be knee high this summer the bowegged girls may go to Bolsheyik ssf ~aR,
The Alaska daily empire., 1920-08-02
BITS OF BY PLAY By Luke KcLuks Copyright y CiroinnatH
 Enquirer

Reasons Divorce Courts are crowded, the cases they shove; The reason for all this old Harry it, love, And then love man she can'tmarry
 Luke McLuke. The reason for it is as plain as can bc A woman will wed and she'll rue it She married a man to reform him you see, And then she finds out she can't do it.
 Hastings (Neb.) Tribune
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-08-19
lLGIERs RICH IN SUNDAYS
Holy Day Observed Three Times a
Week by Followers of Different
Religions.

Although no fewer than three Sun
days are observed each week in Al
giers, writes a correspondent, only
one could In any sense be called a
day Of rest" For while the prophet
enjoined his followers to attend wor-
ship on Sunday, he warned them
against allowing 1t to become a day
Of idleness. An Arab or Moor, there
tore. will frequently leave his wares
unattended In his shop while he goes
off to the mosque to pray, and he sell
Tom has occasion to regret this course,
cases Of robbery being extremely rare.
The French Sunday is typically
French. The Jew alone makes his
Sunday a day Of rest, his religion for
bidding anything save talking on that
day. A walk through the Jewish
quarter on the Sabbath will carry
ones thoughts back many years. The
picturesque groups at the street cor
oers, in their rich, flowing robes, will
recall many an Old Testament story
learned In childhood, for the Jew in
his oriental garb has a very different
appearance from the Jew as we know
him In the West.
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CHAPTER XIV.
Heads" he said.

Daniels career in La Sale street
closed with his corner in wheat. Ter
minating the ocean of details, he
sailed forthwith for Paris.
"For a long holiday" he told his
friends. But it was really for quite
another purpose.
Hunt, who swore by the man and
potently believed him the greatest he
had ever known, settled his specula-
tive deals and went with him.
One evening in the Cafe Martin they
met Artie Sparkle. Artie had long
since become an expatriate, due, ac-
cordin to gossip. to unrequited affec.
ton and hope too often deferred. He
was with brilliantly gowned woman OF
the French boulevard type, who wore
lust a little too much rouge, just few
too many diamonds, and gaiety OF
manner Just a trifie too effervescent
Artie's animosity toward his former
rival had very obviously been buried,
or forgotten. for he pounced joyfuily
upon the two Americans, and with
| gusto and eclat presented them to hei
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the bread and butter dresses that we
never tire Of. Two out of many sane
and attractive models are pictured
here.
Ginghams in the smaller plaids and
In checks suited the mood of the seas
on better than any others, perhaps
because they look so well with or
CANDY in accessories and decorations.
One of these is shown with square
neck finished with white organdy
frills having picot edges in a color.
The skirt is shirred in four rows and
where it joins the bodice a little or
namental stitching makes girdle I'M
necessary.
The other dress might be the effort
of an expert designer trying to DEM
onstrate just how plain a cotton frock
can be, and still be unusual and in
teresting. This one might be made
of unbleached domestic or of cham
bray. Occasional splashes Of vivid
color appear in scattered leaf motif,
cut from heavy cotton and outlined
with stitches in black. A girdle OF
narrow black ribbon makes just the
right finish.
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I won The toss of gold Coin will
add an artistic climax. Wait" as
Otis made an attempt to interrupt.
I'm not through. If you will do as I
ask, you will not lose cent. You will
get your wheat"
81 will not do it,"
"Once and for all. will you save
yourself?"
"In the way you ask-never!"
"Then, you will take the conse-
quences !" Daniel seized the gold
piece. .'Wc,l toss for it; and if 1 win
you will go bankrupt"
Otis, who had remained standing
| throughout the conversation. CROPPED
behind him for chair staring aghast
at his opponent.
There could be no doubling his seri-
BUSINESS. There was not a trace of
merriment in his hard face. Nor a
vestige of compassion.
'Then you do mean it?"
Every word of it !"
The cropping hand struck chair.
Otis sat down, clutching tremblingly
at the arm, moistening his lips.
Tails" he whispered, but so indis-
| tinctly he was asked to repeat the
word
Heads" he said, more firmly.
Fitzhugh spun the coin into the air.
1t fell upon the polished table with a
little ring. The older mans face grew
suddenly CHASTITY, and the two heavy
| burrows extending from his nose to
| the corners of his mouth deepened.
He was on the verge of collapse.
"What is it? Quick!' T
Fitzhugh bent and looked at the gold
eagle.
Heads" he said.
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TT HERE are some very good stories
i that never grow old. We listen
to them, with variations, from year to
year and from generation to genera
ton. And so 1t is with the story of
cotton frocks. Sometimes they are
simple, oftentimes they are not, espec-
tally i'm this season of much-trimmed
dresses Take organizes for example.
Some of them are stitched In colors
that make q color contrast some Of
them are covered with lace frills dyed
to match, numbers are befrilled with
little flounces of the same material.
others are decorated with satin cut
into geometrical figures and If yarn
embroidery and stitching hasn't at
tackled them as yet, it is sure to do
so, for nothing is immune. But, of all
the lovely trimmings that have been
inspired by organdy nothing quite
equals the blossoms that are. made
of it.
Writing of sucn an airy and ire
sponsible fabric is likely to make one
q bit flighty but there are other cotton
frocks, the ginghams and dimities and
chambrays, whose role is not frivO-
Ious but always interesting. They are
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DEALING IN DAYLIGHT STOCK
Beginners in Grand Old Game of Spec
uiation Made Somewhat HUI
morous Selection.

Two young pretenders Of high school
age have been noticeable in local
brokers' office recently, taking an in
terest in everything financial.
1t had been explained that X on the
ticker tape was the abbreviation for
United States steel. GO stood for
Great Northern ore, and the, figure fol-
lowing was the price at which the
stock was selling at the moment.
They had been watching the ticker
for some time when PM was flashed
on the tape, along with several hun
dred other quotations, and they imme-
diately began to hunt through the
guide card for the meaning of PM.
"Going to buy somethipgT In
uuired the board marker.
'Yep," five shares Of this PM stock.
l see It's quoted at 81 share"
"Oh," said the board marker glanc-
Ing at the clock, which was then point
ing to one o'clock. II see you are TAX
ing stock in the afternoon. Indian
apolis News.
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TIME light that lies in wOman's eyes
i is airily yelled these summer
days, CHANGING with heightened charm
through nearly invisible screens OF
silk. OF a spider web fineness. and,
considering it, unbelievable strength,
our wells support patterns of braiding,
embroidery Or dots that center atten-
ton on them and give them distinc-
ton. Behind such interesting barriers
faces are more interesting. Wells have
much to give to their wearers, but
they have to be selected with discre-
ton, for they can be either kind or
unkind, both revealing and conceal
ing; that's why they are made in so
many and so varied patterns.
Four chic wells, as shown above,
give one only an inkling of the endless
variety in the Ornamentation of fine
meshes that are at the service of veil
devotees for this summer.
Paris sponsors headwear in which
the veil is more important than the
hat over which it falls. An example
appears in the square mesh net with
braided pattern in the border. that
Grapes narrow brimmed hat of ma
lines without trimming, except for a
band and bow of ribbon. The wells
the thing in this millinery, lending
graceful flowing lines to 1t.
Another creation on the same order
appears in the fascinating curtain veil.
1t has fine hexagonal mesh with
braided design in a flower motif,
forming deep border around it, fin
ished by fancy edge. 1t wells the
face to the tip of the nose at the
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cTo BE coNTINUED.)
Despised Wares.

Seing that cannot choose any sub
iect of great utility or pleasure, be-
cause my predecessors have already
taken as their own all useful and
necessary themes, I will do like one
who, because of his poverty. is the
last to arrive at the fair, and not be-
ing able otherwise to provide himself,
chooses ail the things which others
have already looked over and not
taken, but refused as being of little
value. With these despised and re-
iected wares-the leavings of many
buyers-I viii load my course. dis
tributing, not, indeed, amid the great
cities, but among the mean hamlets.
and taking such rewards as BELTS
the things / offcr.-Leonardo da Vinc!.
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front and trails away, lengthen.ng to
the shoulders at the back.
At the right Of the picture q
sprightly hat, with faring brim, adds
to it's trim smartness by means of q
face veil having large mesh of very
fine thread and leaf motif in two
places. The mesh is next to invisible
Wells of this kind, drawn over hat
face and hair make finishing touch
that is irreproachably neat.
Large dots arranged in battlement
border on an open mesh veil, adorn the
last of the patterns pictured. 1t II
placed over the top of a hat will
upturned brim, and covers the face
and neck, hanging to the same Length
all round. The group reveals that
wells are draped in various ways anC
tells but little of their story, but
enough to prove it Interesting.
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that some sinister torture was impend
ing.
you are short to us" said Daniel
after locking the door upon his EN-
ployee, "seven million bushels of wheat
ranging in price from ninety-six cents
to 4 dollar and ten. | am going to
settle our transaction in less than one
second"
He crossed TO the table, picked UP
the little box, pressed a spring in the
side; the lid flew open, and he extract
eel a new gold eagle, which he held w
between thumb and forefinger. "This
will settle it. A fitting emblem, Mr.
Otis. Gold! What a sermon you and
| might preach upon it!'
Tried beyond all patience, Otis cried
out: "Come TO the point! What's
your object?"
Fitzhugh laughed 1t was the same
mirthless laugh that had once remind
ed Hunt of wolf barring its fangs.
He poised the coin. "Heads or tails.
which do you want? If win, your
wheat will cost you two and quarter
a buShel-"
"Two--merciful God man, that
price will ruin mel"
"Of course it will" Fitzhugh re-
placed the eagle in the box, breathing
audibly a sigh of relief. 'Now then, [
think we understand each other. If
you Will only go to her"
Il won't consider that T.
"You know the alternative"
at makes no difference. I will not
consider it!
''Very well"-poising the coin as be-
fore. Heads or tails?"
"Stop this asinine playingl"
SHOULD you win you will have just
enough to live on modestly."
"The idiocy of such a thing!"
Fitzhugh again gave his discomfit-
ing laugh. 81 don't agree with you.
All our mighty warning, proclaimed
broadcast in every country of the
world, has been nothing more than a
game of heads-and-tails. You bet
wheat would fall. bet it would rise.
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A Bead Bad Craze.

The bead bag is on the very crest
of the wave Of summer fashion.
Their design is elegant and their work
manship fine and they form the very
latest thing in exclusive dress Access
series. The prices range from SIS to SOC
and even little higher. Such rage
there is for these bags in New York
that one young society girl had 81 diff
ferent styles of bags, and ten of them
were bead bags.
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Dance IFrocks of .oroandie.

The betwixt and between girls look
very charming in party or dlnce frocks
of crisp organdie in white or colors
when these are ribbon, flower and ruff
fled trimmed, as is the case with many
of the newest and smartest models.
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Erocks Button in Back.

An interesting point in connection
with the first showing of all frocks is
the tendency to button many of them
In the back, the buttons showing and
giving real trimming touch. The
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-08-19
The Morning After.

Wifey--It's your own fault. You
ought to know better than to stay out
till 2 o'clock with your good for moth
ing friends drinking Ice cream soda
Judge.
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Take Time for Play.

Do not grow so keen on money
making and business generally as to
forget that "a little nonsense, now
and then is relished by the wlsest
men,"
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attempt to fasten a frock invisibly in
the back is always rather unsuccessful,
because rarely is the fastening actually
concealed, and, unless a woman has a
maid or someone else upon whom she
can depend to help her get into her
clothes the back fastening that is Sin
visible" is terribly trying to the nerves.
When buttons are used in the conven-
tional way dress can be fastened in
the back without much trouble.
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tu. /
results did, an experience like
sick and suffering
have catarrh whether be OF the throat stomach
bowels other is the remedy 1t is not
is been tried PERUNA has
sick and we'll To
and to hasten
there is nothing better.
PERUNA will improve appetite Digestion purify the blood
soo the raed Innings eradicate the waste material and
the
Mary
PERUNA You will be
glad, happy, thankful.
TahIot mr. Tsnntd Said Evorvwbera
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'Twere better to strive and fail,
than never to strive at all.
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VIII Not be One Day Without
. E-RU-NA
This Lady TELLS Her FRIENDS

Mrs. Mary Fricke, 5O7 Bornman ST., Belleville,
I'LL. is just one of the many thousands Of ladies
throughout the country who after an agony Of
years, have at last found health, strength and
yigor in PE-RU-NA.
Her own words tell of her suffering and recovery
better than we can do it: IL suffered with my
stomach, had awful cramps and headaches SO l
often could not lay pillow. Saw your book
tried PE-RU-NA and got good results from the
first bottle To be Of cure | took twelve
bottles. have recommended PE-RU-NA to my
friends and all are well pleased with results.
will not be day without PE-RU-NA. Have not
had doctor since started with PE-RU-NA, which
was about fifteen years ago. / am now sixty-three
years old, hale hearty and WE'LL Can do as much
work my daughters I feel strong and healthy
and weigh near two hundred pounds Before,
weighed as littla as one hundred T hone lots Of
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If man is both bad and worthless.
there isn't much hope for him.