The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-06-16
CLIPPINGS


Next in the list of celebrations is
the Fourth of July. The Fourth of
July is a homegrown American pro-
duct. In spite of all efforts to replace
1t with something alleged to be equal
~ as good, if not better, it still stands
as the nations swift specific for i'm
ported rashes, skin disease and
pimpled souls.
A favorite delicacy of the Eskimo
is dish of good or bad eggs, mixed
with angelica and crokeberries and
thrown unto a sealskin bag filled with
whale oil.
A New Yrok paper is responsible
for the interesting estimate that the
average Bostonian eats two and five
seventh times his height in baked
beans every year.
10000
There are about $4,000 Indians
in this country, exclusive of Alaska,
distributed among $50 reservations, of
which 10000 are full-hedged cit
liens of the United States.
10000
Japanese women can tell their hus-
bands approach by the sound his clogs
make on the sidewalk, for each piece
of wood in the heel of his shoe has
its peculiar timbre and pitch.
10000
Detachable eyebrows for women
are now sold. Hope they take better
care of them than hairpins.
10000
Our notion of a sensible prayer
would be: Lord, grant US only that
which is good for US, no matter what
the neighbors have.
10000
Mr.. Bryan is trying to inspire his
party to live in hopes and if he sue
ceeds the country will live in fear.
Not happy outlook.
10000
Washington V. Vanderlip sends
news from Russia that the soviet
government is the strongest in Eu-
rope" 1t is. They can smell it in
Washington, D. C.
10000
All history, fiction and even the
newspapers, would make strange
reading if human nature were to
change radically over night. Man
alive wouldn't be able to recognize
himself.
No man in congress can represent
all his constituents faithfully Some
of them want him to be wise and
others expect him to make a fool of
himself.
10000
American boys didn't win the
World war single-handed. But after
they got into the conflict the Hinden-
burg line was soon succeeded by the
dotted line.
10000
Allied powers are dissatisfied with
the lightness of the sentences which
are being imposed upon German offic-
ers in the war criminal trials at
Leipzig, Germany. Conversations are
being exchanged with the view to the
possible reopening of the whole ques-
tion of war criminals.
10000
A terrible massacre of Christians,
mostly Greeks, recently took place at
Samsun and Trebizond, in Turkey.
The streets of the two towns were
said TO be strewn with Greek corpses.
10000
Increase in the capitalization OF
farm loan banks from $6,000,000 to
S5O,OOO,OOO has been voted by the
senate The amendment was an
emergency measure requested by the
secretary of the treasury to relieve
financial distress in the agricultural
industry.
10000
William Jennings Bryan has de-
cided to transfer his home permanent
ly to Miami, Fla, he announced in
New York, last week. He said that
the decision was prompted by consid-
Grafton for Mrs. Bryan's health.
10000
Question as to whether the United
States ought to pay the reparation
commission for the 100000 tons of
German shipping seized at the out
break of the war, is likely to come up
in the near future in connection with
the settlement with Germany for all
payments in kind she has made to
the allies.
10000
Little American flags and poppy
dotted wreaths on Memorial day
marked the grave of every one of the