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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-01
DOROTHY DIX TALKS
CHILDREN'S BOOK WEEK,
BY DOROTHY DIX.
The Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer
copyright, 1920. by The Wheeler Syndicate IncA

OF all the different weeks we
are called upon to celebrate, none Is
more worthy Of observance than
Children's Book Week, for there is
no other talisman that we can put
into the hand OF the young that
will so surely protect them against
the sings and arrows OF outrageous
fortune, as a book will.
1t is something that adds to the
Joys of life at its most glorious mo-
mcnt. 1t is comfort that soothes
in the blacklist hour of despair. II is
friend that never fails, and the
one sure refuge from boredom
No ono who has a good book can
ever lack Of brilliant society, or OF
ente rtainment Or amusement lie has
always a COnGenial companion TO
whom he can turn, secure of finding
the same warm welcome, smiling up
to him from the printed page; GER
tain always of getting the old thru!
Of adventure, or tho brave words ot
cheer that put fresh courage into the
faint heart. or tho message OF Wis
dom that directs Alright his faltering
footsteps.
Books arc tho real fairy tales come
true. for they have but to wave their
magic wand. and presto, all our
dreams come true Are you born to
dire poverty, one OF those unfortu-
mates who must ever listen to the
wolf bowling at the door? open a
book, and all tho wealth Of the
world is yours. You may feast on
niChtineale's tongues. on plates of
gold in haronial hall You may roll
around in a $4,000 car and swathc
81 p,lIyp, r,lNng q - Etpn
from your pcrfumed bath. while your
vale. decides which ono Of your A
different varieties OF suits he viii
put on Won
Are YOU a homely, dricdup, shabby
little cld r'aid. who earns her living
by her needle, and to whom no breath
Of romance has ever come? open
book. and You become young and
beautiful. Helen whose face launch
es a thousand ships. Suitors sigh at
your feet The very air hreathes
love and passion, and YOU glow, and
thrill. and trembe at the coming OF
your lover, and half swoon with JOY
as his strong arms close about you
ard your heart finds It's home on his
hreas
DO YOU long &c travel, and are
YOU held fast to some particular spot
which you can never hope to leave"
Open a hook and the whole wide
world is yours You NAV sail through
troplc seas, and sniff the cherry
blossoms Of Japan. and watch the
never-e ending procession through the
streets Of Picking, and the faithful
come down to pray at the Ganges'
and roam the houlcvards of Paris.
and listen to the bells Of st. Paul.
in London.
Books give us all we ask Of life,
and he who has them is rich though
he has nothing else, and he who mas
them not is poor indeed, no matter
what else he possesses,
1t Is, therefore, Of the utmost i'm
portance that children should have
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the man to whom YOU are engaged -
only a small chance to win. IF at On
end Of your meditations Of a WEE
you still feel that you do not love tN&
man to whom you are engaged We
enough to marry him, my advice 10 thu
you write him to come to see yo11
Perhaps the comparison which you ca
not help making will assist you in al
Gliding. 1t will be fairer and SQUARE
to your fiance il you give him d chan1.
to plead, even unconsciouSly, his eau
before discarding him. think you on
it to this man to allow him anotht1
chance. Think this over again ar
have you marry any one for whom yQI
did not have indomitable love.
-
Dear Mrs. Thompson--i am q widow
"a years Of age. When ! was 10 veal
old married a boy 10 and we live
together three months. We have bee
divorced over year. ! have a COO
many men friends, but only one thu
| really love and sometimes he tdoesn
seem to care for me and then again 81
does. only met him last year an
he claims he loved me at first slohk
He does not live In my home town, al
is travelling man, working In dlffe
ent towns. He says he can not get Of
to come to see me, but he Is nice to n
and will pay my expenses to any plao&
for me to meet him. He is very MD
to me and shows me good time and
like him better than anyone. But Whet
! am with him pretend that am Nd
so much In love with him. My moths
Is dead, and want you to tell me
you think II Is all right for me to 90 q
see him at his expense, as my salarx
Is small. viii you please advise mn
how to win him and get him for M
next husband7 Also tell me what
good for dandruff? U. S. A.
You are inviting disaster when you
go at the mans expense and reques|
to meet him. You should not do this
and my advice Is that you stop it al
once. You will never be able to win
him by such conduct, and doubt that
he has the least idea of marrying you
A girl should never, meet man unles
she is properly chaperoned and en-.
gagged to be married at an early date
Unless he can come TO see you, II
best that you give up all idea of hi
thinking enough of you to marry yoV
There are several mango cures on tn
market that will in all likelihood I'd
move dandruff. Use once a week an
shampoo the scalp within a few houf
after applying the mango cure. Mas
sage the scalp and brush the hair cV
cry night before retiring.
Dear Mrs. Thompson-Please tell nj
what to do for my hands. The palna
feed dry and break out In blIsters ans
peel off leaving the skin very rough
They also have enlarged pores.
ROSE BUD.
From your description | would sal
that you have dry eczema and would
advise you to see a doctor. This dis
ease can be cured by proper treatmen
and dieting.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-01
DECEMBER 1. 1910.

Delegates to the child welfare confer
ence, which began today at the Bust
ness Mems club, were taken in auto
mobiles over the city this morning.
Members Of the Lumbermen's club
are warming up for a strenuous cam
paign that will last two weeks, begin
ming tomorrow afternoon. Nominating
committees will announce tomorrow
two tickets which will be voted on at
the annual election the night OF Dec. II.
Miss June Hirsch entertained with
a box party at the Orpheum theater
this afternoon complimentary to Miss
Mildred Landman and her guest. Miss
Blanche Wolff, OF Montgomery, Ala.
Mrs. II. Hainsfurther has as her
guest Miss Alene Archer, or Jackson
Miss.
Miss Josephine Loeb has returned
to her home at Jackson, Tenn. after a
delightful visit with Miss Regina Leh-
man.
n. +. Barrett, a young business man
of Pittsburgh, Pa, has been in the
city several days visiting his nephew,
r. n Barrett He is stopping at the
Peabody
A card party and bazaar for the i'm
provement OF the church fund Is being
held by the ladies' of st. Peters church
at the Fransoli hotel, with Mrs. Fran
sioli as chairman.
Mesdames c. Thomas and Wessen-
dotf will entertain with room show
err tomorrow morning at the Wessen-
dorf home in honor of Miss Maude
Limberg, a December bride.
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THE MYSTERY
BENEATH THE HOOD

What is the matter with the
gas engine when 1t refuses to
work?
This problem has come to wor-
ry so many OF the citizens of the
United States that the govern
ment has prepared and printed a
bulletin of practical hints on the
care OF this steed of the 10th
century.
1t is a primer to him who OPP
crates a machine, told in the sim
pie language of the uninitiated.
1t may. however. contain n hint
here and there to the man who
Is motor wise.
1t Is free at our Washington
information bureau, and its dis
tribution is a part OF the service
we render to our readers.
In filling out the coupon print
name and address or be sure to
write plainly
Frederic J. Haskini Director The
News Scimitar Information Blu
reau, Washington, d. c.:
| inclose herewith two cents in
stamps for return postage on a
free copy Of the Motor Book.
Name ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-01
Living an Ideal.

The world has been stirred TO tho
depths of its being by the refusal of
Charles Garland -year-old son of
James X. Garland. multimillionaire
to accept his rightful share of his
fathers millions. In this stand he
is upheld by his wife, who left a
life Of luxury to dwell in obscure
quarters with her husband who is
earning his bread as farm hand
at Buzzard's Bay, Mass. They have
one child.
81 am not a Socialist said Mr..
Garland hut Christian. believe
in every man according to his need
| think each Of us should have feel
ing Of hclpfulncss toward every hui
man being; not only toward our blood
kin, And each should trust the
other do not believe in equal
distribution Of property or state
ownership. a mans giving up should
be purely voluntary"
Tho ordinary individual can not
understand such splendid act Of
remuneration. STEPPED in self, they
IAN not climb to the heights and
plan for the general good. Their
vision never rises beyond the midi
vidual In an earlier day and age
they could not understand IA" superb
remuneration Of Euddha Gautama,
who laid aside riches and prnccly
rank to follow the inner hight and
aid his fellow ncu. Nor, later, could
they understand The Nazarcnc when
he said. Give all thou hast To the
poor and follow Me" SO they cruel
fled Him.
In Russia they could no, under
stand Tolstoi who merely wanted to
follow in the footsteps Of his Master,
so they expelled him from the cstab-
lished church. They did not under
stand Brother Dutton, who has given
his life for lepers at Molokal, nor
did they understand Sister Dora who
sacrificed everything for the miners
OF England. How, then, could they
be expected to understand Charles
Garland, who puts aside money for
a principle?
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The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-01

NAiO" IiAShN SilN NoiiAC AIN "AANA
In the past six months have
changed my location several times and
each time she will find me some way
or another She has threatened to
bring me into a triangular affair Of
which | am innocent. She wrote and
told me that she Is going to get me or
the undertaken would. | fear her In a
way, so am asking you to please help
me. will olive you her address and
let you write to her concerning this
matter. Please try and see II you can
not change her opinion Of things as she
sees them now. ANXIOUS.
IT'S too bad that you are SO relent
lessly pursued. Either be man and
quit playing with fire or go ahead and
furnish some good material for q front
page scandal yarn. Your asking advice
on this displays your caliber and there
If more extended directions were given.
You have my sympathies, and also my
contempt.
Dear Mrs. Thompson-l am a mar
ried man and the father Of three boys,
all born on the twenty second day In
the Roman calendar. My first boy was
born Jan. n, 1917, In Roman calendar
18th month I'D day. Second boy was
born Dec. %, 1918, In Roman calendar
1920, in Roman calendar I'D day. am
not superstltIous at all, but It seems
queer to me. viii you express your
opinion and tell me how and when the
Roman calendar originated?
The Romans are said to have hal
originally a year of ten months; but
in the time of their kings they adopted
a lunar year of 355 days, divided into 1G
months, with an occasional GALAXY
month Through the ignorance. of the
priests, who had charge Of this mat
ter the utmost confusion gradually
arose. which Julius Caesar remedied
45 B. O. by the Introduction of the
year has ordinarily 365 days. and every
fourth year is leap year OF 366 days
the length of the year being assumed
as 1851 days, etc. Your case is indeed
a coincident. Ny opinion is that there
will be a strong union or bond between
these three brothers, and my advice is
that you bring them up with the idea
that they stand by each other through
everything that comes.
Uncertain--I do not think you know
your own mind. Propinquity is playing
havoc with your good sense. or course
you may be deeply in love with the
boy, but the fact that you switched
from him to another and then again to
him seems to indicate that you have
a tickle nature. Please think this mat
ter over very seriously. Place before
you the idea of both men in their diff
ferent characters. look them over with
a cold, calculating eye, so to speak. Go
into the silence and think this over for
week. | admit that the chances are
in favor of the boy who is living near
you now and that you are doubtless I'M
der the spell of his personality, while
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-01
PETLURA DEFEATED.
Nan InternationaL News Sarvica.l

(By international News Servee.)
COPENHAGEN, Dec. Gen.
Petlura's anti Bolshevik army in
Ukrainia has been shattered after
battle lasting 10 days, according to
a telegram from Petrograd today,
quoting a Petrograd newspaper. The
Russian reds were reported to have
"""'"red 1900 prisoners and much
hnoty
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-01
Young Man Haunted
By Married Woman
BY MRS ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

Dear Mrs. Thompson-I am single man, "a years old
young married and since that time she has CONTINUED
to haunt She solemny that she loves me- ans
to get have attempted to explain things to he
from my angle but to all my explanations she turns deg
She is of very prominent family and quite weltoda
But she insists that her marriage mistake and that she h
affection for her husband and that after meeting s
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-01
RAIL WORKERS QUIT.

CHRlSTIANA, Dec. ten thou
sand railway employees were ordered
on strike at midnight, which will
stop the entire Norwegian railway
service. The strike is due to the
roads having refused to consider de-
mands for increased wages unless the
strike notices first were withdrawn.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-01

Not even a co. horse power car can
drag man to church on Sunday
morning, II a little one-arm power
golf ball is tantalizing him to take
the broad and wicked path to the
golf links,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-01

THE mind has a thousand eyes
the heart but one!"--and that some
times goes fast asleep, after mar
riage.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-01

1t takes one woman 20 years
bring up her son--and another won
an all the rest of his life to brin
him down q little.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-12-01

The only Rhing we gather from the
determination OF the young Massa-
chusetts man not to accept his share
Of the fortune left by his father is
that he prefers to be supported by
his mother.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-12-04
BOOZE SMUGGLERs
ARE ARRESTED
THEFT OF CARGO AT MITCHELL
RESULTS IN ARREST OF AL
LEGGED THIEVES.

Mitchell, Dec. frank Ashland.
catcher on the Mitchell Kernels,
champions of the South Dakota State
Baseball league is under arrest.
charged with transporting intoxicat-
ing liquor. Associated with Ashland
in the deal is said to have been Ho-
mer Patterson. who was also arrest
ed on similar charge. Both men
waived examination and were bound
over to the next term of municipal
court under $500 bail.
Homer Merritt, who was also said
to have been connected with the
same transaction waived examina-
tion. He was charged furthed with
aiding in the importation and in the
sale of intoxicating liquor His bond
was fixed at $1,000. He will be Civ
en- hearing at the next term of mu-
nicipal court
All three cases, the police assert.
are the outgrowth of the theft of a
new roadster, especially constructed
for the whisky running game, and
$1,000 worth of Iid4or. The whis-
ky is alleged to have been run into
Mitchell from Canada by Jack Bur-
beck, of Avon. The night of his ar
rival he put the car and whisky in
Meritt's garage. The following
morning both were gone. Later the
police found Burbeck's car, filled
only with empty whisky bottles.
Merritt, angered because it was the
second liquor consignment and sec
ond car he had lost in exactly the
same way and from the same place.
appealed to the police. The, arrest of
the three defendants followed. Bur-
beck walked examination and was
bound over to the circuit court, on
the charge of importing whisky and
selling it.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-12-04
STATE MAY GET
WEALTHY ESTATE
TRIAL IN MOODY COURT MAY
RESULT IN SOUTH DAKOTA
SECURING $3.50, 900 PROP
ERTY.

Flandreau, Dec. At is expected
that as the result of case to be
tried in the Moody county circuit
court during term which will con-
vene next Monday, the state of South
Dakota will be richer by $3.50, 900.
1t is believed this will be the out
come of the trial of suit involving
son. an aged and wealthy recluse.
died a year or two ago there were
no known heirs to his estate, which
consisted of $50 acres of valuable
land and considerable other proper
ty valued at $250,000. The story of
his death and the fact that there
were no known heirs of his estate
was given wide publicity at the time.
This publicity resulted in claim
ants appearing in a dozen different
from Denmark.
The Danish government assisted in
the search for heirs of the estate. In
the meantime the state of South Da-
kota instituted escheat proceedings,
in accordance with a state law which
provides that estates for which there
are no claimants or legal heirs shall
become the property of the state.
Trial of the states case has been
postponed at each term of court
pending the result of investigations
of the claims made for the estate by
the small army of applicants who al
legged they are lawful heirs. 1t is
said Judge Fleeger has a desire TO
have the estate settled, so the trial
is expected to be ordered at th com
lng term of court.
Just what part the claimants Will
take at the impending trial is not yet
known.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-12-04
WOMEN Of CHICAGO
HIT OLD HIGH COST
CUT OUT BRIDGE AND ENGAGE
IN MAKING OWN HATS AND
DRESSES UNDER SKILLED
INSTRUCTORS.

Chicago, Dec. 4.--Women of Chi
cago especially in the Humboldt
Park district, have dealt old H. c. l..
another stiff wallop by making their
own hats and dresses. They have
found they can fabricate hat that
sells for $50, for less than SIS. The
saving is almost as great on dress.
Skillful instructors have been con.
Quoting evening courses at the pub
lie schools in the district and these
have been largely attended. The
women buy their material at whole
sale, manufacture their hats and
garments under the eye OF the in
structor and the results have been
most gratifying to all except the
shopkeepers.
Old silk dresses have been dragged
out, dyed and revamped and, with
the addition of a little trimming
blossom forth as a new and stylish
garment. Girls of 16 and women o.
so have crowded the schools. Eek
hibitions are held at the end OF thu
week, resulting in more students ap
plying on Monday. The net resul
has been falling off In bridge, whis
and other parties. but the womeI
and their children thereabouts ar
all wearing new dresses. Three hat
where they formerly had one and al
OF them are saving money at that
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-12-04
Takes Boys To
The wrong" Game

AIgona, Ia, Dec. 4.-If what q
couple of Algona boys recite Is true.
there is quite crap game going on
in the north end Of Mason City. Two
of the boys who wished to see the
recent game of football between Ma
son City and Algona, hailed a taxi
cab driven by a Greek and said.
Take us out to the game"
The taxi man looked them over
and said, Sure" in his best HELEN
ic, and the boys at the end of the
journey found themselves out near
the Lehigh Cement plants.
Not seeing the new stadium, they
asked, Where Is the game?' The
driver pointed to house and ans
wered, Go upstairs"
But we want to go to the sta
dunn, where's the stadium"
"By Pallas," the puzzled Greek
answered. Il know not. I thought
you were looking for crap game. "
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-12-04
Nebraska Women
To Be Electors

Lincoln. Neb., Dec. 4.-Nebraska
will be the only state to furnish
women electors when the time COM
es to cast the electoral vote for pre-
sident, according to Col. J. H. Pres
son, recording clerk in the office of
Governor McKelvie.
Colonel Presson sent out certifi-
Gates today to all of the electors ser
lected by the republican state con-
vention. The two women are: Mrs.
H. H. Wheeler, of Lincoln, and Mrs.
Draper Smith. of Omaha, who are
the electors-at-large.
The question now is who will car
ry the returns to Washington. Will
the governor elect one of the women
or man? If it is a woman the gov
ernor will have to show the wisdom
Of solomon In making the selection
for two have been called and only
one can be chosen. The governor
with his usual diplomacy, may pass
the thing along to the delegation and
ask them to make the selection.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-12-04
J0HVsT0N'S TO
PAY OUT FULLY
FURNITURE COMPANY ASSIGNS
To- CREDITORS BUT HAS AM
PIE TO COVER oBLuGA-
TIONS.

Sioux Falls, Dec. 4.--oJhnston's
Inc, corporation of this city, deal
ing in furniture, has made a trust
deed for the benefit of its creditors
TO Edward G. Kennedy, formerly
president of the Sioux Falls Savings
bank, as trustee. The company has
been operating furniture stores at
Sioux Falls, Parker and Madison.
The assets are listed at $236, 600,
with liabilities of $153,000. Most
of the company's obligations are
either past due or about to mature,
stringency and inability to make col
lections this company has found it,
self in financial difficulties and un-
able to meet its obligations. The
Company has surplus of some $780,
900 over and above its liabilities.
but like many other institutions in
this country, 1t has not been able
to obtain sufficient ready cash to
to continue the business and meet
it's debts as they mature.
1t is the plan to operate all three
stores at retail under the manage
ment of the trustee. Mr.. Kennedy,
the trustee. states that the company
in its three stores had on hand big
stock of furniture, rugs, draperies
and stoves which would be sold at
considerable reductions as soon as
possible and converted into cash.
He said that the company was not
insolvent and had considerable sur
plus OF assets over liabilities, that
the assignment would prevent any
creditor from taking an unfair ad-
vantage of the present situation, that
all creditors would receive their pro
rata share of the money as II was
taken in, and that in his opinion
there would be sufficient assets to
pay every one In full and leave a
liberal balance for the corporation.
He further stated that in ordinary
times this company in its present
condition would have no difficulty
whatever in continuing its business,
but that the present financial string
ency has made it very difficult for
large concerns to properly finance
themselves.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1920-12-04
BRYAN JOINS
SUNDAY CRUSADE
NEBRASkAN ALSO REITERATES
STANDARD OF MORALITY.

Washington, ID. c., Dec 4-Wil-
liam Jennings Bryan has joined the
reform forces engaged in preparing
a legislative drive for Sunday observ-
ance, and in doing SO has reiterated
his cry for single standard of NOR
ality.
Commenting on the moral crusade
being conducted in several states and
TO be urged upon congress with a
Sunday observance bill for the Dis
trict of Columbia, Mr.. Bryan has
written to the all-American confer
ence on social diseases. asserting
that he proposes TO press his fight
for a single morality standard.
II urge" said Mr.. Bryan, 1.-THE in
dorsement of the single standard
no segregation of sin, no licensing
of vice, the penalties of immortality
enforced impartially against the two
sexes. That is, in my judgment, TO
be the next great moral issue, and
I hope TO see Nebraska lead the
fight
This was followed by an appeal TO
to the women to rally to the sup
port Of Mr.. Bryan and others who
stand with him. He would have
Nebraska write into its new constitu-
tion provision for the single
standard"
1.-The women are here; their con-
sciences are with us; their Influence
will help u.s." said he. How dare
we longer discriminate against wo-
man and give to the immoral man
rvspectability that we deny herr
I beg you to consider whether this
Is r5t the time to indorse the single
standard of morality Man and wo-
man will stand side by side before
the judgment bar of God; II they
must stanld on equality there. we
should not give one OF them an adj
vantage over the other In the trib-
unal which man creates"