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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-02-17

in drink.
The production of Kismet had bee
given in certain city. Said an Iris
maid to her mistress, "What doe
Kismet meant" "Kismet," said tn
woman who could afford a maid
means fate" That night Nora toll,
| the policeman who helps her eat he
employers food, @Pat, my Kismets il
certainly hurting me sore this night.
A little one going past her father.
room in the morning heard him use
the expletive he generally employed
when he missed his collar button. A
few moments later when her mother
asked her what delayed her papa
coming down to breakfast she replied
innocently: II fink daddy has lost
his dammit"
The teacher was conducting les
son in natural history. "Now, pu-
pills." she said ,"there is one creature
none of you have mentioned. 1t
doesn't stand Up on its hind feet all
the time, and it doesn't walk like
other creatures, but makes funny lit
tie skips. What is it?" With one
delighted voice the class answered.:
"Charlie Chaplin"
Little Kate sat in her corner play
ing with her dolls, but she listened
often to her fathers talking when he
perhaps never thought Of it. She
constantly heard about his business
affairs, as he was one of the men of
blessed memory who thought his wife
had brains enough to understand his
business. Katie was learning all
about the three Rs in one of the pub
lie schools and was called "bright"
scholar. One day the teachers asked
her how many seasons there were.
Remembering her fathers talks about
business, she answered: 1.-TWO; slack
and busy"
Mabel was telling Isabel of the shy
young man that had for some months
been gone" on her, but whose suit
had lanquished because he simply
hadn't the courage to speak out. FL
nally, Mabel said, she decided it was
up to her. to take decisive measures
Accordingly the next time he called |
,he pointed to the carnation in his |
outtonhole and said: "Pll give you
! kiss for that carnation." Where
ipon the bashful suitor's color outdid i
he carnation in brilliancy but the ex-
.hange was effected. Then the young
nan grabbed his hat and started to
cave the room. where are you go
ng?" demanded Mabel surprised.
To the florists for more carnations"
lie called out as he shot through the
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-02-17
no remarkable things hare a habi

no remarkable things hare q habit
Of happening to some men and We
men while the lives Of others eo along
day after day with no unusual adj
ventura We suppose this must be
true, for we have heard men and wo-
mon tell by the hour Of wonderful adj
ventures. We've heard preachers tell
Of marvellous happenings and soul
stirring events they witnessed and
yet we've been going up and down
this old world for many years and
nothing remarkable ever happens to
us. We never we're the hero Of some
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-02-17

uttermost good faith but the strong
est love spurned or dedled turns to
the hercest hate. Idaho two years
from now is depending on the present
Legislature.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-02-17

N exchange relates Of the time lr-
Cobb, the popular writer, stop
ped over night in a middle sized Ohio
town, and wrote such story about
the towns hotel facilities tina. 400
business men Immediately got togeth-
err and built million dollar hotel.
The moral Is obvious: Lets send for
Cobb by telegraph.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-02-17

CANADA has adopted regulations
TO restrict immigration and has
turned thousands OF vould-bo imrpi-
grants back In their trAeks. One Of
the things Canada learned from the
war is that it il important TO her tu-
ture to stand for 100 per cent Cana
dnfzafion
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But the Bingham dog and the calico
cat
Wallowed this way and tumbled that
Employed every tooth and claw
In the awfulest way you ever saw
And, OH how the gingham and calico
| flew!
Don't fancy exaggerate-
| got my news from the Chinese
platel)
Next morning where the two had sat,
They found no trace Of dog or cat;
And some folks thing unto this day
That burglars stole the pair away!
But the truth about the cat and pup
Is this: They ate each other upl !.
Now, what do you really think OF
tina t!
(The old Dutch clock told me so,
And that is how come to know
Eugene Field.
The faster you live the quicker you
die.
After all, isn't sausage the only
real ground hog?
Q q .
An ex-soidier in a dentist chair:
"The Yanks are coming"
Q q q
Sometimes we wonder, il tobacco
is prohibited next, WHIST near tobacco
will taste like.
Speaking Of losing Ford parts, Ed
sci Ford underwent an operation for
appendicitis a few days ago.
Don't be too hard ON your legisla-
tors and congressmen. Just remem-
Der how hard it is for you to be SEN
sible.
The next total eclipse win an eclipse
Of the moon April 81. it is announced.
This is the first eclipse since Novem-
Der 2.
This is a prodignl world after all.
Men pay so cents for haircut and
then go right out and let it grow
again.
There is a report current that Hen
Y Ford is broke. That's what he gets
or engaging in the newspaper bust
less.
The person who is continually re-
marking that it is nice overhead
hould remember that few people
ravel that way.
"Finnegan, yez owe me s2." "Oi
nows it, but Oi'm goin' to kape it ns
ecurity for the so cints yez borrow ,
d from me a year ago"
Now there il another bother suff-
age brings to the front in political
smpaigns There is no feminine
laivalent for dark horse"
= q
About the only conceivable temp :
ltion toward bigamy these days
ould be the hope Of getting ones in
,me tar exemption raised to $4,000.
. 4 4
How would you like to pay Henry
ord's taxes' The tax bill for the
ord Motor Co., Henry's main bnsi-
'ss, will amount to 40 million dollars
10 year.
Congressmaid Robertson of Okla
ma is against the blue laws, and
II support anything the American
'gion wants. They never get too
! to love . soldier.
Q Q
Little Bill was playing with his
TIERS field glasses. and happening
look ut him through the big |
he exclaimed: "oh, papa, you +
} so far away you look like a dis
1t relative" {
The Massachusetts, professor who E
IS the Garden of Eden was in Ohio E
800 years ago mas created some E
,itement. And the Lord saw that q
am and Eve would be ruined if Il
y remained there and ordered them H
come to the Payette valley, in Ida II
| number Of town women are TAX H
compressed yeast. 1t is supposed
improve the complexion and erase r
mikes. II you are fat it will re- :
e flesh. and If you are lean it will d
ke you tat. 1t is spread like but
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-02-17

Index for butter wrappers.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-02-17

ter on bread or crackers, or dissolved
in a drink.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1921-02-17

A number Of town women are tax
ing compressed yeast. 1t is supposed
to improve the complexion and erase
wrinkles. II you are fat it will re-
duce flesh. and if you are lean it will
make you fat. 1t is spread like but
The Keota news., 1921-08-05
IN EVENING TOES.
Flaring Skirts Prove Only Weak
Whlm Of Faslsion.
oGsalOht.Llns 0rsss oslM rrismphant-
Greek orapssy Prevldss Noete
- 0eovty.

The Greek idea u firmly established
b summer evening dresses. There has
beeo considerable talk Of 0arinS
skirts. and Q number Of them have
made their appearance In the shops.
but, % pvsdicted. cites Q fashion crit
lc. they have proven to b only Q Whlm
Of fashion. and the stralght.line dress
sttll 10 triumphant Il would b im-
possible IN the entire annals q fash.
lon to 6nd anything more beautiful
than tie clothes built o. The natural
lines Of The body.
While dresses foe daytime wear nay
b o. perfectly straight lines. some
draping usually u required for models
designed tor The evening. and In thoeo
~ are becoming more familiar With
ths beauty q Greek drapssy at IT.
bsse-that q. when The cloth was laid
ln natural folds.
evening froek. any more than one IN.
tended for The morning. should b
eussy. Happily. ths days when this
was considered necessary ars passed.
Nothing could b loveliee than the
white and silver evening dresses CO
atsd for this summer. Thay sro
voey straigAt q line and high q
neck IN Tie fso0t, bat With The dec.
oljstago cut extEemely low II tho
hack and Standing away from The
BODY h some myseeeseas Way. - that
while the ffoot q The neck appeaFs -
ot rather souSly the hack u loooo.
TAe dresses Themselves are much
IKE The eontinuously popular ehemise.
except that thsy ass 4taped slightly
to The Asure at ths d4sa 4 vide
easA q tho white fahe3a, which usuAl.
y 70 . soft sllk. aay girdle saeh Q
The Keota news., 1921-08-05
LACE m BLACK AND WHITE
alaeoesal Lends Conveniently -
Leepea Unsatisfactory -
Reset Feem DYED laeoa

Panels. loops Or draperiss that hang
below the skirt give an effect Of full.
ness without actually widening the
SKIRT, ~ they also give the appear
anee Of greater length. although In
many instances the length Of the SKIRT
has not been Increased. For fashion
has quite definitely decided that skirts
must b lsnsthened, and has also made
an unsuccessful struggle to widen
them. -r 1t-,,
Laces lend themselves we'll to iooped
s@ects. although they bring 10 to .
slightly different sort Of evening
dress from The simple crepe Do chine
thingA While the lines may b sim.
ilar and the drapins done in much the
sa0e way. the effect cannot fail to b
6i9slmilar. becauss the ,fabrics are %
Thsr, IL ! tsadsncy to react from
the dyed iacsi, although this does not
mean that they. are ,nw pss6 ouan.
titles o. them stin III sESns sg6t they
appear : BIZ Safis6 6xet3 f6A black.
and-white combinations or the 2rocks
10 all white or entirely q Jet black
lace.
spanish blend Iaces. seeat NJ ln frs-
au1ot demand. xhey make p1>esins
seui-eveninS lressls slof fnidsaumsr.
to b worn with transpafeseil1 town
h0to. =, ~. sstS.
Butter made from pssteurissd cream
o. milk sheuid be savs9g ea(s9rso
In thsfr sixth ySas. ,;B>(Stt th& age
is,liss and ffu,t bptterp. ate. much
'oessef 1os tne". -aisi
4 fruit salad may. b, oeIye6 with
cheese balls In place Of the cualosary
dessert. The bread stick, may b split
epen, buttsrsd and laid On the edge
e Tie salad plate.
The Keota news., 1921-08-05
Hot Summer Nights Start Something New

three modern pirates. useir faces
covered by handkerchief, their right
hands gripping rsvolvers. came up
from the sea" and approached one Of
the automobiles parked at the curblns.
"Stick them up" commanded the
pirates.
From one machine to another went
the pirate crew. None Of the autoists
offered resistance. They appeared ~
iieved that the visitors were pirates
rather than inQuisitive police.
The pirates were tall. slender. blond
and young. Two Of them removed
the handkerchief from their faces to
get q better glimpse at the girls.
Perhaps the police never would have
heard Of the AFFAIR had the pirates not
held up the car Of Jack Wolf. head Of
an automobile storage battery concern
at s87 e. rorty.seventh st. Wolf
lost 80 and his desire to cool OF. He
reported the affair to the police. With
Wolf. according to the police were
Mrs. Hazel Van Psener. tS60 Maryland
avenue and Miss Lottie Harvey. who
rooms with her. Mira Van Pssoes.
robbed Of $50. =
The Keota news., 1921-08-05
ST0Q[ES. S.%sz zssT|s;s her:
The Lame Girl and the Faith Healer

been Que Of the vast crowd that dllsl
the municipal auditorium.
Its awful to think" she said. "Yos
see. It's this way: Ars. AcPhsrsos
says that the persons who come to hen
to be cured BY faith must tear up tha
jax1 music. must give themselves ~
to life with Christ. must study thu
Bible. must do anything but 90 on tht
stage. But you SO Why ] want to. b
cured. ! want to 90 on the stage
But what II ] were to be cured b.
the prayers Of Mrs. McPhersoai
Wouldn't my conscience harass ne e
eternity because I had been cured By
. faith healer and had gous on the
stsger'
In speaking Of Mary Kinny's case
Ars. AcPhessoo said.
"After the Lord healed, He said: O<
thou In peace and sin no more less
. worse thing come upon thee Mary
- ! understand Il. has not sinned. pst
she wants to ba cured In order that
she might tread Q path that 70 beess
with temptation. Il may b that shl
was born lame because the Lord d
sired to hold her back. Surely. ] eoule
not consistently pray for her cure Il
she wants to bs made whole In ordes
to 60 on the stage and dance"
The Keota news., 1921-08-05
Texas Bilr and His Way of Co,uting

ID misunderstanding new In the
ID line Of courting has been intro
duced hy william ('Texas Rill') Gun.
aingham, famous Dartmouth football
star. Who proposed over long distance
telephone 10 . girj be had seen only
once in his life. aud then for less than
one nsinuts. The story Aates back to
'ase Novemher.
Texas Bar" Was playing center
for Dartmouth In the Dartmouth
Cornell football game at the Polo
grounds. Miss Doris wilde Of Attle-
boro. .llasa.. was In the Erandstand
accompanied By Q Cornell student. She
noticed the hang.up game her future
husband played.
After the game. In the lobby Of
the Pennsylvania Hotel. Q mutual
friend introduced them. Their inter.
View lasted Just l5 seconds.
After graduating and Joining the
staR Of the Dallas News. Mr.. Gun.
ningham began q correspondence
which at arst reached the mark Of
only fortniGhtly letter. The cor.
reHpondence was gradually Increased
until some days I'VE letters were re.
ceived BY each. Many kilograms and
special deliveries came ID between.
The Keota news., 1921-08-05

10 Il was that one night NJ. Gun
ningham grew lonesome. He called
up on tl,e long distance telephone. The
call awoke her at 3 80 .. %. Ar. Gun
niugham talked to Miss Wilde fos
more than . half hour. Al the ead
Of that time hs had achieved two
things-a tremendous phone bin and
Miss Wilae's consent to marry him.
Mr. Cunningham shortly afterward
was assigned BY bis paper to cover
the Dempsey. .Carpeatief fight In Jss'
sey City. He tslegraphed to Aiss
wilde and the wedding Invitations
were printed.
Luckily the lovers were able 20
recognize each other at the Dostoo
depot.
The Keota news., 1921-08-05

@HICAOO.-This town has been In.
~ vaded by pirates. Three exl'on.
ents Of the persuasion Of "1.ong John"
Silver came out Of the darkness at the
jackson Park lake front, held up the
occupants Of q half dozen dimly
lighted automobiles parked on the
boulevard edes and disappeared to-
ward the lake % silently and myster.
iously ~ they came.
Many automobile parties have IN
vaded this section Of the beach, near
ths German building, Of late. with
cars marked At Intervals Of 100 feet.
tAey have spent many hot night hooss.
seeolins o6." thsy ~. At .. =
The Keota news., 1921-08-05

frock as q low lius. From this sash
fall loops Of the silk the same width
% The sash and lined with silver
eloeh, % 70 The girdls. which ties u the
hack and hangs - many inches below
ths SKIRT - dsaised Il the dress b
intended for formal wear The ends oe
TIE sash may form square o. pointed
trains Both sossald green crepe d
chine and silver and bright cesise eoa.
oeod Gllk and silver have been attrac.
lively worked out In these simpler
models.
The Keota news., 1921-08-05

DENvER.-Mary Kinny. beautiful.
u lame. wants to be healed. but the
miracle woman" Mrs. Aimee Sempls
AcPherson. cannot prsy for her be.
rauss Mary 10 ambitious to dance.
horn lame. Mary. who 10 . cashier
In . downtown drug store. WAS left
an orphan three years ago aud now
lives al0oe 10 . Denver hotel. Her
two sisters are busy In otl,er cities.
winning fortunes on the stage. Mary
would Siye worlds to Join them: she
10 fond oe music. and just crazy to
dance.
since the arxt Denver case Of
cripple who claimed to have been
cured By the prayers of Mrs. Nc
Phersau became known. Mary has
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-08

The average audience, especially so long
after an election, takes it for granted
that we have president and the fact
that Warren G. Harding happens to be
the man ism t OF as much up-to-the-
minute interest "a Is a contestant for
world championship honors in some
sport. There is no lack of respect to
the flag or to-the president meant we
believe, but to the crowd the greater IN
terest is in the sporting event and its
headliner.
And while we are on the subject of
applause in the movies isn't it, on the
whole, rather inane to clap for or at a
picture? 1t represents, of course, but an
out burst of feeling, sentimental or 9th
erwise but why do it? The pictures are
inanimate and can appreciate the out
burst of feeling although the motion
picture house manager may. In spite
of the fact that thousands do clap at
the movies il seems an absurdity, new
ertheless. Az well roundly applaud a
picture hanging i'll an art gallery.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-08
WEDNESDAY. JUNE s. 1921.
Personal COST OF GOVERN.
NIENT

The total cost of conducting the gov
eminent is so huge that it cannot be
grasped, and so is likely to be thought
of as a vague. impersOnal thing having
little connection with the individual cit
izen. That cost becomes more realizable
when it is reduced to a personal equiva-
lent. Chairman Good of the house apro-
priations committee finds that the aver
age cost of government to every person
in the United States last year was
$61.SS. This is about $500 per family
Some families pay more, in the form
of income tax or otherwise. Some pay
less. The chances are that the head of
the family who reads this comment is
paying rather more than less, because he
is likely to be above the national aver
age in income and consuming power.
Nobody wholly escapes. The tax must
be paid, and such part of it as is not
handed over to Uncle Sam directly is
paid, in measure heaped up and running
over, in the form of higher prices for
commodities and services which them
selves are subject to direct federal taxes
How does this compare with past gov
ernmental expenses? Chairman Good re-
ports that when Thomas Jefferson was
president, the cost was S152 per capita.
BY 1880 it had risen to S2.5S, and peo-
pie had begun to complain of heavy tax
alton. In 1882 it was $3.50, and in
1916, it had-grown to S1011. As for
war years, the average cost per capita
during the Civil war was $50 and during
the World war $115.07.
All sorts of instructive comparisons
can be made, and conclusions drawn.
from these figures. For instance, if this
last war cost us nearly five times as
much apiece per year as the great Civil
war did, it is not impossible that the next
war-if there is one-will cost us pro-
portiOnately as much more-say $500
apiece per year, or $500 per family
Or, seeing tlat We have. come ont of this
war with steady governmental cost of
six times as much as we had when we
went in, the new level of governmental
expense at the close of the next war
may be something like $500 a year per
capita, or $500 a year per family.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-08
Building Activity Ahead.
(St. Adams Messenger

NSI. AlUdHS AteSScllSSI.t
That building costs have been holding
UP much work in Vermont was made
plain by the recent statement made by
Bishop Rice in the columns of the Bur
lington News. Bishop Rice declared
that work on the proposed Catholic hos
pital in Burlington and on the cOnstruc-
ton of churches and schools III the do
cese had been held off until prices return
to a much more normal basis than at
ITescnt.
Costs have been practically prohibit
tive in recent years. This applies not
only to new buildings but To maintenance
of those already standing. Many a fam
lily has put off painting the house, build
ing an outdoor sleeping porch and the
like until materials and labor should get
down within the range of the ordinary
pocketbook Materials have been quite
markedly reduced, labor is coming down
slowly. Take it all in all, there will be
considerable building activity in Vermont
when people are convinced that a genuine
price readjustment has been effected.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-08
KEEPING THE GIRLS SAFE.

Mrs Edward $. Bailey of Chicago,
who has recently been appointed presi-
dent of the federated woomen's clubs of
Illinois, is a great believer in preventive
work among girls. Il wish,' she says,
that every district in the state had a
real home for girls who need it. / do
not mean a reform school" 1t is wish
which might we'll be brought to fulfil
ment in every state.
There are many pitfalls for girlish feet
these days, and they are by no means
confined to the big cities. What is
needed to, counteract them is just whole
some home surroundings, with their
blending of freedom and restraint and a
motherly understanding heart to direct
them. In these days when so many girls
work away from home, the need of home
centers everywhere which will supply
these influences increases greatly. To
supply them would be a work worthy of
any organization of high-minded women.
Work to prevent delinquency among
boys is vital but it means even more
where girls are concerned, for greater
problems are, by nature, involved in the
ruin of a girls life.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-08
SITTING THE IMMIGRANTS.

\ committee of six has been appointed
to fix the number of immigrants to be
permitted to land here from each coun-
try under the new percentage bill. The
committee was chosen by Secretaries
Hughes, Hoover and Davis, each pick
ing two men to represent his department,
thus assuring equal voice for the state,
labor and commerce departments.
The plan is that the state department
viii be concerned with boundaries under
the new political divisions in Europe !;
the labor representatives viii deal di-
rectly with the matter of immigration,
and the commerce group will have charge
of census figures and the allotment of i'm
migration This apportionment of re-
sponsibility should result in practical
and efficient handling of the immigration
question at the sources and do away with
some of the absurd jealousies and eompe-
tition which have hitherto served only
to confuse matters.
With the plans of selection and ap-
portionment duly safeguarded, the rest
of the responsibility lies with the Ameri-
can public, and especially such parts of
it as shall come directly in contact with
the new groups of immigrants For no
efforts at restriction or selection will be
alien problem if the American home COM
munity still fails to do its share toward
welcome and assimilation
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-08
Today S Events

Centenary of the birth of Sir Samuel
White Baker, famous African explorer
The annual Rose Festival at Portland,
Ore, will open today ana continue until
the end of the week
Monsignor August j. Schwertner is to
be conseerated today III rhe cathedral
in Toledo. O., as bishop OF the Roman
Catholic diocese of Wichita, kas.
Frank W. MondeH of Wyoming, Re
publican leader in the house of represent
tatives, is to deliver the commencement
GRAFTON at George Washington UNIVERSE
ty today.
The United States senate subcommit-
tee on elections as fixed today for be
ginning hearings in the Ford-Newberry
election contest.
Dir Ernest Fox Nichols, former pres
ident OF Dartmouth college, is TO be in
augurated today in the presidency of
the Massachusetts Institute of Technol-
ogy.
Secretary Hoover of the department
Of commerce has called u conference at
the fisheries biological station, at Fair
port, Iowa, today to consider the con
servation of resources OF interior wa
tiers.
The Republican National committee
has been called to meet IN Washington
today to select a new chairman. he
question of the South 5 representation
IN Republican national conventions also
may be taken up.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-08

Sparklers, so-called, have always been
sold in large quantities, especially on the
Fourth of July and have been considered
fairly safe and sane. Even the littlest
ones have been allowed to celebrate with
sparkler But twice within a month
the fire department of Rutland has re
spOnded to calls from buildings ignited
through the careless use of these fire
works and because of this the authorities
have announced that no more viii be
sold for the present. 1t is said that the
stem of the sparkler gets so very hot that
it will ignite dry shingles and paper.