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The Washington times., 1921-01-05
Beatrice Fairfax
Advice.
WOULDN'T THINK OF 1T.
Advice.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
I was born and reared In Scotland. and came
to Washington about eight months ago. |
have been Interested in your correspondence
| am twenty -four years " age, with thlr
amount of good looks, clear CompleNlon nat
ural rosy checks, which have never known
paint or powder and about five feet tire"
inches in height. / am also thoroughly do
mesticatcd and make my own dresses
but as Scotch girls are trained to wait for a
man to ask them anywhere. they never would
think of suggesting to man that We might
go some place on a certain date. consequently.
passes
The girls who get the beaus. are the ones
who dance nightly. powder and paint their
faces and who have the courage to invite III"
to join them on various entertainments
so wish to pass on my experience to the girls
of this fair city.
If you have the courage. girls, to win man
do il. or else some else Will--thc men like
"A powdered nose and may ask if they do not
like the girls who make the engagement ts.
Why do they agree to go? Is it old time cour-
who are too sincere and straig htfOrward to
run around with girls they don't respect
This is not n sour old maids letter It -
few simple facts from the diary l am keeping
for my return to the country ] came from.
with every good wish for a health /" con-
tinue your interesting correspondence, am,
dear Miss Fairfax,
A SINCERE SCOTCH I.ASSlE.
The Washington times., 1921-01-05

~. WO significant feats were ac-
complished recently. They are
4 typical, symbolcal of this age
and of this country.
They show mankind steadily
pushing forward in the conquest OF
time and distance.
Nature is at once our chiefest
friend and enemy. By adjusting
ourselves to Natures ways we gain
great ends. Yet all the while Ma
ture battles and opposes, as for in
stance by obstacles, mysteries, un-
tanned forces and diseases.
Two striking events:
Hugh Robinson and his sixteen
year-old son, Harold, of Keyport,
N. j., sent a wireless telephone mes
sage which was heard by wireless
operator in Scotland, distance OF
$500 miles.
The sounds, as carried this dis
lance across the Atlantic, consisted
of an ordinary conversation and a
selection performed on talking
machine.
This is surely the Thousand and
Second Tale and tops anything in
vented by the resourceful Schehera-
zade.
That the time will come, and
seems at hand, when man can
speak in usual tones in a room in
New York and be heard in a room
in London, is as much bosh, pish
The Washington times., 1921-01-05
LET IIIN 60.

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am in love with "A hoy, who was once my
fellow. I don't know whatsc got mad about,
so am asking your advice how to win him
back? / don't think no loves me. | know
he loves my cousin. | am not Jealous Of her
but ! guess you know how Il is, don't YOU?
EVELYN.
Yes, know how II Is. Nnd n were In your
place, would cease thinking about him because
n he is in love with some ono else il won't do
"A bit of good to even trN to got him. Nuull only
cause discomfort to show your face. and
spoil your attractivcnCss for some ono clso.
The Washington times., 1921-01-05
Sin, S0rr0W,
Bad Luck
\. WO significant feats were ac-
complished recently. They are
} tynical sYmholical of this age
AFR LOVEJOY, of Chicago, Sec
NJ rotary of stewardship work in

rotary of stewardship work in
AVA the Methodist Episcopal
Church, says that generosity to the
church is not keeping pace with the
prosperity of the times. "The
PENNY is still the basic standard
Of giving to the church and the
Sunday school," says he. The aver
age Methodist is certainly worth a
thousand dollars a year more than
| he used to be, and he is only giving
50 cents a year more to the church
than he did.
The Rev. Mr.. Lovejoy says that
this is not "sharing wealth with
God" on an honest basis. He thinks
the world can never be saved from
sorrow or sin on that basis of giving,
and it can't if money is to do the
work.
To the average man, Methodist or
Pagan, sorrow and sin are abstract
and unreal-he does not see exactly
how his money could be used to
fight them. What is needed, per-
haps, is clergymen who can make
sorrow seem as real as a Prussian
helmet, sin as active and dangerous
as dumdum bullet. Beecher, who
sold slave girl in his church;
Spurgeon, who climbed down the
outside of his pulpit to initiate the
devil going below, were such clergy
men. They made sin and sorrow
REAL, regardless Of the size of
their collection.
One hundred times you have heard
somebody say: 81 am the I'M
luckiest man in the world" They
are all wrong, in the opinion of
William Redkc, now in Jail in Wash
intton. Redko, forty years old, de-
cided to be burglar. With much
trouble he succeeded in breaking
open a safe in the Pennsylvania Rail
road station. After he broke it
open he found 16 cents; no more.
That, he thought, was too unlucky
to be borne, so he decided to commit
suicide.
He turned on all the gas in the
railroad station and lay down to
die. Hc thought they would come
and find n dead, disappointed bur
glar. Instead Of that they found
Rcdke still alive, quito sick with
gas, and they put him in Jail. Redke
now announces his plan to reform.
Quarrclsome and disordcrly was
Hillary Smith when the police
The Washington times., 1921-01-05
QUESTION::
"What Has BurlesOn DOne?"
MANY GOOD THINGS
For Instance, Some Samples
BY ARTHUR BRISBANE.

In the To-day" Column the other day, it was said
that if Congress would consent Mr. Burleson would do
things to strengthen the Postal Savings Bank system
increasing deposits encouraging thrift and keeping in this
country hundreds of millions sent abroad by workers
from foreign countries whose ignorance conditions
them distrust private banks.
1t pointed out that Mr. Bureson's work as Post
master deserves the thanks and appreciation of the public
reader asks: Just exactly what has Bureson done?
For thing, Mr.. Burleson has run the Postofice
uninfuenced by any interest except of the public
he understood the public interest.
He has not, for instance, been controlled by the ex-
press companies that would like get the cream of the
parcel business leaving the Improbable stuff
eminent BY increasing the weight allowed in parcel post
and reducing charges, Mr.. Bureson rendered great
service to business to farmers and to the public gen.
orally.
He annoyed the express companies, privately owned.
If he had had his way he would have done more making
the Government carry all express matter, natural
Government monopoly and eliminating private express
companies instead of allowing them to combine in trust
as was illegally done
Mr. Burleson in the face of labor shortage, that
crippled private enterprises carried the work of the
Postofice uninterrupted throughout the He
mended and obtained reduction of letter postage the
the ended and other reductions
in his important service
Mr. Bureson's department is one in which profteers
and grafters found cold comfort Mr. Burleson and Sec
rotary Daniels stand that protected the
Government from the attacks of the predatory patriots
that surged into Washington from Wall when the
war began
Mr. Bureson's methods illustrated in the short
work he made of New York's pneumatic tube crowd in
spite of their careful distribution of stock they sup
posed lin the right places.
In the opinion of this writer Mr. Burleson was mis-
taken his reasoning when he increased second mail
charges increase that the public must pay eventually
and that Immediately interfere with the distribution
of and knowledge.
Mr. Bureson's character however mistaken his opin-
on clearly shown than in the secondcass
RIAL rate increase.
In making that increase the Postmaster knew that he
would antagonze every important publisher in the United
States and call down ceaseless criticism upon himself
He had nothing to gain personally in his plan for
increasing the postal and great deal to ose but
lie put the plan through without the slightest hesitation
Not every public would deliberately and without
by tapping the pockets and arousing the bitter
United States.
That is partial answer to the question What has
Burleson done?"
The question will be answered fully by himself,
doubtedy, before he leaves Office in March.
Of course MIR. Bureson has made many enemies every
does that in public fe if he amounts to anything
e.. IT,
The Washington times., 1921-01-05
Distance Destroyed by
TUO Feats of Science

tush and pooh pooh as any cock and
bull story of Baron Munchausen.
Only it is coming true.
A photograph was sent from an
Office in st. Louis and received and
reproduced in eight minutes in an
Office in New York City.
1t is easy to say, "What Of it!
Are people any better or happier
because express trains rush them
from New York to Chicago now in
the same space of time 1T took our
great grandfathers to go from Chi
cago to South Bend, or because air
planes have flown across the ocean,
or because an elevator pops you up
in a minute to the top story of the
Woolworth building, the height of
a young mountain it used to take
a day to climb, or because the voice
is carried from New Jersey to Scot
land, or a photograph is telegraphed
from the Mississippi river to the
Eastern seacoastf"
But the answer is-Yes.
Transportation is civilization.
Progress is a matter Of increased
circulation.
The more easily, quickly and con-
stantly men, ideas and goods are
moved the healthier and more rapid
the growth of the body polite.
Because what's wrong with the
world is provinciaism.
The Washington times., 1921-01-05
or COURSE. NOT.

In answer to zone who Knows" Yes. little
girl. | think thCr" must be "A few real mon in
d. G., tho same in any other city. Rut as
| am "A stranger in -. G. myself, am going to
mako ono suggestion. suppose you should
buy one bushcl or potatoes at 50 a bushcI and
find few rotten ones top, would YOU
throw away the whole bushCl on account OF
the few rotten ones? W. H. W.
Here n something encouraging.
The Washington times., 1921-01-05

Tho mighty have Topped.
D'Anuussio, after puttCring
around in the garbage Of
the world war. has retired
with another broken heart
and is thinking Of commit
ting suicide through tn,
haSty process or scuilc de-
cay.
The Washington times., 1921-01-05

The man who conquered n
spadcful Of the greatest re-
public north OF the Rio and
flung 1t dcnantly into tho
faces of the Texas Jack rab-
bits; tho man who rode like
the wind and struck with
out warning. will now have
TO SynChroniZC his continent
pirdlluE anger with tho
doodlinG jerks OF the McXi-
can J;lj.
The Washington times., 1921-01-05

Two great warriors have
disappeared from tn" Du-
puut old Home Weeks.
The Washington times., 1921-01-05

Gabrielle could not bear
the thought " all the
worlds beautiful women
wearing black and has de-
cidCd to live for the bcncnt
Of art, science aud tho
chance Of another Initiation.
lie fought LONG and valiant
~, and among his captured
battle standards nIc many
pcrfumcd lace haudkcr-
chiefs.
The Washington times., 1921-01-05

the growth of the body polite.
Because what's wrong with the
world is provinciaism.
caught him i'll Washington, d. c.
A search of his person revealed
three big revolvers, three razors,
two dirk knives, 200 rounds Of am
munition, a marked deck of cards,
a pair of loaded dice and two half
pints of whiskey.
He said to the judge, 81 am a
harmless man." Nevertheless, he
is in Jail. What a pity there was
nobody around to arrest and search
a few of the European nations in
1913. They would all have been
found armed like Hillary Smith,
and they would all have declared
themselves "harmless nations" but
locking them up would have saved
much trouble.
Animals act perfectly natural in
the slaughterhouse. AS you see
them moving slowly toward the
man with the sledge hammer, wait
ing to knock them on the head, you
are amazed at their insensibility,
their lack of apprehension and
imagination.
How do you feel when YOU read
about the Christmas night moving
picture show ''in the Sing Sing
death house, There. in that house
Of death, each in separate cage
and moving slowly toward the blow
of the electric chair, were twelve
men. (Observe how rarely, in COM
parison with men, women end in
the death house,
Pictures censored by the warden
were shown in two places in the
death house corridor, that every
man might be able to see clearly
through his bars. AT the end of
each picture the men stamped,
clappcd and cheered. How far was
the electric chair from their minds
then.
One of the twelve men had helped
his wife to tic another man to tree
and then they killed him by torture
with a file. Two others combined
to kill the defenselcss keeper Of a
little store. One man murdered a
man and his wife for the sake of a
little money, and so it went.
The LACK OF IMAGINATION
that made it possible for them to
commit hideous crimes also made
it possible for them to stamp and
roar approval, as the moving pic
lures hickered between them and
the electric chair.
Education develops imagination
which is the light of the mind.
Therefore, education diminishcs
crime. Whoever denies this lacks
education or is Interested, as
some ARE, in keeping the people
| irnorant
The Washington times., 1921-01-05

Both tIcac men 'r'nd ~
die for their country. And
failed.
The Washington times., 1921-01-05

The warrior is back from
the conflict. Mother, hang
out the Self-sacrlnCc flag,
for the home guards are
back in the automat. Peace
hangs SOggily over thu"
border and Texas goes back
TO its old mouotOnuus rou
tine of friendly homicide.
community race riots and
justinablc bigamN. The
sword has been beaten into
"A Ford tractor. And the
dogs OF war into sausage.
The Washington times., 1921-01-05

Justice demands that They
be- given another chance.
The Red Cloud chief., 1921-10-06
Hereford Breeders Tour

At the annual meeting OF the Here
ford Breeders held at the Farm Bureau
Office, 10 was decided TO hold a Boosters
Tour visiting the Hereford Breeders in
the County and inspecting their herds.
Tuesday, october 18th is the day set
and all those wishing to make the tour
should meet at the Robert Kinley farm
&c miles north of Red Cloud OF I miles
east Of Bladen on the south road at o
II. m. Leaving the Kinley farm the
following Hereford Herds will be in
spected: Geo Bodley, NJ. r. Lewis,
Mattock Brothers. A. &, Homer, Clar,
ence May, Frank Gather, p. II. Lar
rick, Frank Bean, Vance Sorgenson,
Ed, Brethauer, Jules Lambrecht,
Henry MERCER, Carl Rudd, Gilbert
Reed and All. Nolan, Everybody in-
vited to attend.
The Red Cloud chief., 1921-10-06

The Baptist people desire to intro.
duce to the good people Of Red Cloud
their new pastor, Rev. Ffed ] New.
land. who comes TO the church from
Grspeland, Texas. His homo however
being Houston, Texas.
Rev. Newland iss graduate Of Col.
umbis College New York City and OF
the Southwestern Theological Semi.
nary at Fort Worth, Texas, in which
state he spent the last six years. Born
at Roanoke, Virginia Rev. Newlsnd Is
really q southern man with about ten
years northern experience.
The Seminary he attended requires
each Theological student to hold at
least two ~evangelistical meetings a
year SO Bro. Newland has had consid.
cradle evangelistic experience. He has
travelled extensively, spending some
time in Europe In 1912 with his father
who was in his lifetime a practicing
physician. The boys in school have al
ready a line on/Bro. Newlaud as an
athlete and predict a very interesting
time with him on the field. Altogeth-
or the church hopes that their Pastor
will be "A very helpful addition to the
city, and he will take his place here
with other good pastors and work
with excellent success.
The Red Cloud chief., 1921-10-06
English Opera Coming

The announcement that vocal eX.
perts with the Ralph Dunbar English
Opera Company, will hear promising
voices of local singers, when the opera
Bohemian Girl is produced at the
Besse Auditorium Thursday, Oct. 18th
will create a lot Of favorable comment
In Red Cloud. Mr.. Dunbar Is not only
searching for new voices for his many
operate attractions but Is following
out a cherished plan to ISlp all worthy
American singers.
II want my casts and choruses made
up OF Americans" the producer says.
"All Of the singers In Carmen, The
Chocolate Soldier. The Miksdo and
Robin Hood write u. g.. A. after their
names. There are just - good artists
10 America ~ In the foreign countries
and I plan to seek them out aud assist
IN their development.
"Dsily, with all my operas, my con.
duotors and lieutsnants are giving
trials to the home folks who have voio.
90. When . particularly promising
n Ia discovered We show the owner
how 1t can be developed. We will give
training In our Chicago studios and
then give the singer a place In the
chorus Of one Of our operas. Promo
ton to the cast of principals will be
rapid If the personality aud the voice
Of the singer warrants il.
ut does not make a bit Of difference
to me that the singer has had no stage
training Give me the voice and l will
instruct the possessor in all the arts
OF stage craft, would rather have an
amateur than n professional, IL the
voice is right"
The Red Cloud chief., 1921-10-06
Ordinance No. 46
Me-o-my,

An Ordinance to prohibit driving or
riding over the hose of the tire depart.
ment and fixing penalties for the vio-
lation thereof.
Be it Ordained by the Mayor and
Council of the City Of Red Cloud, Ne.
braska.
Section |. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person or persons to drive IA We
hicle Of any description over the hose
of the fire department of the City Of
Red Cloud, Nebraska, or to ride in any
vehicle over said hose.
Section >. II any person shall vio-
late the provisions of this set, he or
she shall, upon conviction, be fined in
any sum over s25.OO and less than
10000.
Section 3. IL shall be no defense to
an action brought under this ordinance
that the accused person was passeng
err in such vehicle.
This ordinance shall take effect and
be in force from, and after it's adopt
ion, approval and publication as pro.
vided by law.
Adopted OCT. 4, 1921.
Approved Oct. A. 1921.
Attest: MARY PETERSON,
o. G. Tel, City Clerk. Mayor.
(Seal.)
The Red Cloud chief., 1921-10-06
Farm Bureau Notes

Can you understand the advertising
posted up promiscuously around every
barnyard and every front yard you
pass by? / do not mean printed
posters or sign boards. refer to the
signs scattered all around which in
dictate q great many things about the
owner or occupant Of the farm.
Advertising, as we all know, is a
rather broad. term and refers to most
any method Of giving out information
about MGR and products. Some men
are much better self-advcrtisers than
others. Sclf-advertising is not al
together n habit to be condemned,
but we all admire silent sclf-advertis-
ing more tina nwe admire verbal self
advertising.
The barnyard is a pretty good adj
vertisement of the efficiency, manage
ing, ability and prosperity of the man
who is responsible for it. 1t is often
more eloquent than words. A barn
yard full of weeds, with neglected
fences, sagging gates and machinery
scattered around in disorder, is an
advertisement to everyone who passes
by.
A barnyard well arranged for con-
venience with fences and gates in
good order, with buildings protected
by paint, with weeds kept moved
and with no neglected machinery
standing around, nor junk piles of
machinery scraps is a very eloquent
advertisement to everyone who passes
by.
The same thing is true Of a front
yard. A front dooryard full of holes
scratched by the chickens or dug by
the dogs, either without shrubberry
or with ragged shrubs, neglected
porches, unkept fences, means one
thing ia regard to the owner or oc-
cupant. A neat d%ooryard with fences
and gates in good order and protected
by paint, with house and porches and
foundations presenting a neat and
well preserved appearance and with a
reasonable supply Of attractive shrub
berry located around the outer bor-
ders, mean an entirely different thing
to every passer by.
These conditions are all advertise
ments with work 500 days a year,
They have q financial influence. il
The Red Cloud chief., 1921-10-06
COUNTY SCHOOL NOTES

(By County superintendent
The Nebraska Farmer is planning
to put on a campaign to vitalize the
work ir the elementary school. The
work will be along the line of geogra-
ply, hygiene, domestic science and
nature study. Il will be furnished in
a form that will be practical and use
full in rural communities. The ques-
tions and outlines will correlate with
the course of study given to the
teachers to follow. This should be a
great help to the teachers.
The Junior Red Cross News is
fifty cents a year. It should give
ideas Of foreign countries. 1t Is not
very expensive. They will send you
sample copies if you ask them. Ad-
dress Made L. Curtis 308 North
Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
Any one wishing to do Red Gross
work can get IN touch with the society
by letting me know.
Tho Nebraska Teachers Associa-
ton Is asking me to enroll teachers.
The enrolment fee is $500. Any one
wishing to join may send the money
to me or to H. o. Sutton Of KSarney
Nebraska.
Mr.. P. H. Boren will take hold of
the attendance proposition from this
date or.
The Red Cloud chief., 1921-10-06
September Weather Report

Temperature; Mean II deg maxi.
mum lO2 deg, on Sd, minimum 30 deg.
on 3Oth.
Precipitation: Total 3.l3 inches.
Number of d~ays-clear 20, partly
cloudy 8, cloudy 3.
Dates of FROST Light Both. hail 18th,
thunderstorms 7, IL, Il, l6, II, 10, pre-,
vailing wind direction S Ell days
Rainfall since Jan. /, 1894 inches.
Chas. s. Ludlow, Observer,
The Red Cloud chief., 1921-10-06
Children's School Wear Week

While lots of mothers have
little ones. many have
II another in making their
ores of other needs will be-
children for school.
The Red Cloud chief., 1921-10-06
Lutheran Church Notes
o. Il. HEINITZ, Pastor

Regular services are held every first
and third Sunday in the month In the
Adventist church, Corner of 3rd Ave.
and Walnut st @ 4MAL
The Red Cloud chief., 1921-10-06
Farm Loans

Loans made at reasonable interest
rates. Loans closed as soon a. title 10
approved. b. w. STEWART,
bond cd Abstfgcf0F.
The Red Cloud chief., 1921-10-06
Annual Meeting

The annual meeting Of the Webster
County branch'of the Farmsfs' Uhf6a'
8II1 r A6|e u IiS . S'Ssf, 1s;is;y'
Evening star., 1921-03-30
Rate BY Mail-Payable in Advance.
Maryland and Virginia.
The japanese Mission.

The retirement of Ambassador
Morris, just announced. calls imme-
date attention to the Importance of
our mission to Japan. 1t has ranked
high for some years, but it ranks now
among the highest of our missions.
The present relations between Japan
and America are unpleasant and un-
desirable. Using the conventional
term, they are strained. But by no
means so much so as to threaten war.
1t indicts good sense and feeling, and
the contrivance that goes with pro-
gressive nations, to assume war as
necessary to settle the differences now
existing between one Of the leading
nations of the eastern and the lead
ing nation of the western hemisphere.
The man for this mission is not one
for averting war, but one to assist in
removing misunderstanding and re-
storing full fellowship. There is room
in the world for the desired develop
ment of both Japan and America.
They need not clash. They can, and
should, be friends. Until recently,
there was no cloud on the horizon.
The one that has appeared should be
dissipated while it is no larger than
q mans hand.
Moreover, the American ambassador
at Toxic will have opportunity to
study and report on the whole situa-
ton in that part Of the globe: on what
changes the world war has made, and
what they foreshadow; on how Amer
lean opportunities in the east should
be improved.
Presumably, the President will make
his selection with care, and from the
best men available; and the man select
ed will have it in his power to write
his name among the leading diplomats
Of his time.