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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-03-10
KANSAS NOTES.

tBy democrats TOpeka CorrespOndent
Lawrence, Kas. March 10.-The
"ideal" family budget, for clothing a
family of five is approximately 10
per cent of the yearly income, pro-
viding the housewife makes her own
dresses, the children's clothing and
the husbands shirts and pajamas, de-
clare students of the home economies
department of the University of Kan
sas.
This amount provides for every
bit of clothing for all members Of
the family and the economics" stu
dents assert that it should be suffi-
cient if the housewifeedoes her own
sewing, makes the younger children's
clothes from the discarded apparel
of the older ones, and makes her
purchases at end-of-season sales.
Here are some figures submitted
by the Economics" students for the
budget. A family of five with an
income of 50 400, should not spend
more than 1884 year for clothes,
dividing the amount in this manner,
man, $116.40; woman, $102.3O ;>boy
of 9 years, $41.06; girl of years,
$38.7S; girl of three years, $33.72.
This leaves balance of $41.74
for incidentals such as collar buttons,
hair pins and thread.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-03-10

Kansas City, Kas., March TO-
Three "baby" burglars are today un-
der parole to their parents.
Three boys, two ~ years old and
the other Is broke into a pool hall
and robbed the proprietor Of 275 PEN
mics and quantity Of cigars, cigar
cts and tobacco.
The jingle Of the pennies in enc Of
the boys pockets proved his "Water-
loo" When the boy reached home his
father became suspicious. Later the
boy confessed, duplicating the two
other boys
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straight and tall, his face glowing
with health, his eyes so clear, so keen
and so devoted It made even the
cold. crisp air seem warm and soft
and affectionate.
They had delivered the presents
and were now passing the small
church. Inside someone was practic'
ing on the organ. That was doubt,
less the organist practicing for the
music for the service in the morning
There was much beautiful music al.
ways for Christmas So many Won
ferful hymns, and such an atmosphere
about 1t all.
~ wish" Howard said. shat he'd
stop practicing the Christmas music
and play us wedding march"
"Perhaps he would" said Elizabeth
"Do you mean it," Howard shouted
"Oh yes, my dear, of course / mean
II You've not said word about
marrying the last four times I've seen
vou and I've been about TO do 1t my
self. The peopIe-they tried to keep
me from seeing how wonderful you
were by talking about you. making
YOU what they saw in you-not giving
me chance to see for myself"
The organist played the wedding
march. The clergyman came over
hurriedly to marry them, bringing two
witnesses with him. .
'sThe Christmas bells and the wed
ding bells are joining together for
MS" Howard said little later.
They took the basket which had
had the presents in 1t hack home.
Then they announced to ell the PEG
nile what they had done.
aMerrie Christmas !" everyone
wished them. But Elizabeth answered,
9We don't need to be wished 'Merrie
Christmas but we thank you all JUST
the same r.
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an alarm clock. Its bell was ringing
like everything. This was to wake the
Old Folks up.
First, he called the roll, to see If
they we're all up and awake. Then,
be began to pick the presents off the
tree.
Soon the room was gay with dolls,
horns and jumping jacks.
A doll wa4 riding in her carriage,
squeaking ana rising up every few feet
as she rode along. .-
There was a talking doll, too. She
sang and talked when they pushed the
buttons on her dress.
There were hot dolls for cold nights
and cups and balls for the Old Folks
to play with when they could not
sleep.
The Old Folks all played with their
presents. They blew on their horns,
/ and amused themselves with the jump
ing-jacks, and sent the moving toys
running about the room all at once.
But, after all, the Old Folks thought
It wasn't so very much fun because
there were no real children there. So
they sent out to see if they could find
some.
They found Lucy, Peter, Billy, Mary,
Sally, Hilda, Ruth, and some other
children, who all came to see the
Old Folks Christmas tree.
Lucy told the Old Folks the story
about her dog Trump.
Trump was tramp dog, but he
could do some tricks. He loved to be
dressed up in blanket, with belt
Then with beribboned straw hat
On his head, he would walk across
the room upon his hind legs.
After Lucy came Peter.
Peter said that he did not know any
Stories but once he carried the flag
for the big boys baseball team, and
they let him go in to see the base,
ball game free.
Then Billy told story.
He said that once he sat up all
night, waiting for Santa Claus to come
and fill his stocking. That is, he
tried to sit up all night; but Santa
Claus didn't come and so he fell asieeT
IN the dark. The next day the doctor
came to see him. The doctor told him
he had had "stockingitis."
Billy said, too, that when he woke
up in the early morning and found
mat Santa Claus had forgotten to iii
Ills stocking, he was going to throw
himself on the floor and pound his
aeeis on it and hoiIer. But then he
happened to remember how ugly his
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FESTIVITIES or OLD TIMES
Lord of MisruIe Was Important Func-
tionary at YuIetide Celebrations
Of the Long Ago.

S~ HE Lord of Misrule was an impor-
W tant functionary at the Christmas
festivities of those long-ago
times. An account of this important
parsonage has been preserved by the
historian and antiquary, John Stow,
who lived during the reign Of queen
Elizabeth and during the first year or
the reign of King Charles l, and was,
therefore, a contemporary of Shake
speare.
4sIn the feast of Christmas" writes
Stow, there was in the kings house,
wherever he lodged, a Lord OF M1srule
or Master of Merry Depnrts, and the
like had We in the house OF every no.
hleman Of honor or good worship,
were he spiritual or temporal. Inc
mayor of London, and either of the
sheriffs, had their several Lords OF
Misrule."
At Cambridge university the Lord OF
Afisrtlle was a master of art, electeo
to superintend the representation
of Latin plays by the students, besides
taking charge of their games and OIL
versions during the Christmas season.
A similar Master of ReTels was chosen
at Oxford.
In the Inns of Courts in London,
where the harristers had their onnces
and belongings, Lord of Misrule
reigned with great splendor, "Delns
surrounded with all the parade and
ceremony OF royalty, his guard OF nom
or. and even his two chaplins VINO
preached before him 10 the Temple
church"
On the Twelfth day he abdicated his
sovereignty. and we are informed that
in the year 1885, this mock-representa-
tive of royalty expended in the exer.
else of his office about two Thousand
mounds from his own purse, and az
the conclusion of his reign was
knighted by King Charles at "hte'
hail.
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MOTHER! OPEN
cHILD's BOWELS WITH
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP

Your little one win love the "fruity"
taste of california Fig Syrup even if
constipated, bilious, irritable, feyerIsh,
Or full of cold. A teaspoonfuI never
fails to cleanse the liver and bowels.
In few hours you can see for your
self how thoroughly 1t works all the
sour bile, and undigested food out of
the bowels and you have a well, play
full child again.
Millions of mothers keep california
Fig Syrup" handy. They know tea
spoonful today saves sick child to-
morrow. Ask your druggist for genu-
Inc California Fig Syrup" which has
directions for babies and children of
all ages printed on bottle. Mother
You must say California" or you may
get an imitation fig syrup.-Adyertise-
ment.
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BattIe-Battered Monster.

The Curators of the Launceston
and Tasmanian museums have pre-.
sented the Royal Society of Tasmania q
preliminary account of a nearly com.
plete skeleton of a gigantic extinct
monster, recently discovered in the
pIeistocene beds of Tasmania. The
animal was as large as the largest
existing rhinoceros. The new dis.
covery shows clearly that it was a
rhinoceros-like animal, with a skull
built for aggressive warfare, and at
least one powerful horn on the snout
Evidence of the gigantic battles In
which this animal engaged is to be
found in the complete smashing and
partial mending of the collar-bone,
and in the crushing and subsequent
repair of the bones of the nose and
Sn0ut.
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brother Harry looked when he did
mat 10 Billy thought he wouldn't
and he didn't.
Mary told about the songs she sang
to her doll.
she said that the song that her doll
liked the best was:
me little dog went to the market town.
pith one foot up, and one foot down;
mnen ne came to a muddy place
He jumped cle-e-e-an overt
Mary said that she always jumped
uer doll at the Jump" part.
sally thought that it was long
uihe since she had known a story,
most as long es the night before
christmas" but she did remember
rlde she once had on little donkey.
she said they had to send the old
donkey on ahead to make the little
donkey hurry.
linen she remembered about the cats
=. her grandma's house. There was a
pig cat for the big mice, and little
cat for the little mice.
hiida told story about little blind
coy she once saw.
When she said hsr evening prayer
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lhat might, h@r n0lter SAID 10 ,,ar
what are you going to saw In
your prayer tonight, about that poor
little blind boy you saw to-dayf"
SO Hilda asked God about him
Inc very next day she took the LII.
Tie blind boy big orange.
1t was now Ruth's turn.
once l asked little girl If that
was her sister," said Ruth. 1.-THE lit.
tie girl said: 1T aln't sister. It's a
baby"
One of the other boys now had
story to tell.
once | saw a cyclone come around
the corner Of street." he said. "a
man had tent there with a lot of
dolls In 1t. The man wanted to sell
the dolls, but the cyclone took the tent
right up into the sky, with all the dolls
In it.
Another man asked him: What are
you making such fuss about?
Weren't your dolls for sail? and
everybody laughed except the doll
| man."
The Old Folks were having such a
good time listening to the stories that
they thought the children ought to
have a good time, too. So they took
all their presents that had come of
the tree and gave them to the little
folks who had come in.
Every boy and every girl had toy
and a box of candy-Lucy, Peter
Billy. Mary, Sally, Hlda, and the
others.
Then, all the young Old Folks and
all the children marched around the
dining room singing.
They sang Merry, Merry Christ
mas" and so the fun ended.
But l guess it didn't quite end then
either. For, as the young Young
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-16
WOMEN NEED SWAMP ROOT

Thousands of women have kidney and
bladder trouble and never suspect it.
Women's complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
Ii the kidneys are not in a healthy
condition, they may cause the other or
gans to become diseased.
Pain in the back, headache, loss of am
bition, nervousness, are often times symp.
toms of kidney trouble
Don't delay starting treatment. DR..
kilmer's Swamp Root, a physicians pre-,
pcription, obtained at any drug store, may
be just the remedy needed to overcome
such conditions.
Get a medium or large size bottle i'm
mediately from any drug store,
However, if you wish first to test thii
great preparation send ten cents to DIR
kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for /
sample bottle. When writing be sure anG
mention this advertisement.
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before a maid.

he looked rather worried and trou-
bled. F.. --
whats the matter?' A sharp thrill
of pleasure went through her. Per-
haps he had speculated, lost his money
in Wall street, or on the curb. So
many people did, she had been told.
Louis would be poor and she would
tiarn his socks and get his meals, and
they'd live in the old fat and keep
the cozy red plush furniture. Louis
had been talking lately of moving to
better quarters.
He took her hands in his. Its 60
ing to be hard on you," he said.
"0h, no." she answered, trying to
repress the exultant note In her voice,
an be glad" -.......
She was about to tell him how OPP
pressive the riches had been, how
they had almost suffocated her. How
much happier she would be to have
TO save money. rather than try to
spend it for Louis sake, to make him
feel she enjoyed 1t.
"Wifey." he said finally, 'they want
me to tour Europe. It's great chance.
There's big money In it, and the boys
all want to go with me. Do you sup
pose, WHEY, know you're awful sea
sick, and poor traveller" His
face looked worried. but do you
suppose you could stand the seasick-
ness and all, for I'd be so lone
some leaving you homes They want
me SO much-and they know ]
wouldn't want to go without you
that they're going to pay your ex-
penses and make that little Christ
mas present for your
She gave a look at the beloved red
plush furniture. Would there never
be any rest from prosperity Her fate
was sealed.
81 guess I could stand 1t, Louis"
she said bravely. But in her heart
there was hopelessness. Money. Eu-
rope, riches and more riches, a limou-
sine future and street car soul And
q Christmas present of such trip!
And she, alas, would have so much
preferred street car ride and a
sewing basket from the hogs such as
they had given her that first Christmas
after she had married Louis. wher
they hadn't been richl
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Vim, Vigor, Vitality
and r ed Bio o d
FOLLOW THIS ADVICE.

Los Angeles, CALI will gladly tell
of the relief DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery gave me. was sick with
troubles of stomach, liver, etc, and La
Grippe with all its attending ailments.
When all else failed DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery did the good work. /
also took DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for
biliousness, with grand success. / write
with gratitude to tell others of the relief
that IS in store for them. Do not delay
Z but hasten to get the above mentioned
remedies If suffering from similar indis-
position" Sarnl Kalisky, 978 Euclid Ave.
Obtain this Discovery" of DR..
Pierce's in tablets or liquid at your
nearest drug store and you'll quickly
find that it builds you up, beside cor
recting your distress.
Write DR.. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel,
Buffalo, N. Y, for free medical advice.
Send l0c for trial pkg. tablets.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-16
SAVING the Leftovers.

Instead of always frying up any lett
over potatoes, why not use them lor
hot tea soonest They only take a
faw minutes to make. To half a
nound of cold potatoes add Swo ounces
If fiour and a teaspoonful each OF
salt and baking powder. Knead them
ali together, then add just enough
milk-sour milk if you like-to make o
stiff dough. Roll out and CUT INTO
either squares or rounds with pastry
c,,tte, or tumbler and bake ON lib
In quick oven.
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would be good to wife, and they all
knew, too, that he wanted Elizabeth
for his wife.
You're foolish not to take him."
they said. 1--WE all know you have
the opportunity to do so every time
he goes to see you. We would wager
he'd proposed any number of times"
Il don't know about that" Eliza
beth would laugh. They could get
nothing out Of her.
Once some of them spoke to How:
ard.
1--WE wish you two would get mar
ried. We're tired of seeing you court
Ing all the time"
Howard smiled.
ITS up to Elizabeth" he said.
One woman spoke to Elizabeth one
day in a very serious fashion.
1.-THE trouble with you,' the woman
said, SIS that you've always had 50
much attention. Not only Howard
but everyone has been charmed By
you, and you think that will go on tc
the end Of time. You'll find 1t won't
They'll stop, and then, where will
you be?'
Il don't want to be married so al
to escape being an old maid" Eliz
abeth laughed. "I'ye seen too man.
happy ones to be afraid. What
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pressed her. She had tried having
one once, but she not only felt like q
fool when she .'dolled up" as she ex-
pressed 1T, but she was frightened
when she saw the chauffeur's look Of
disgust when she told him she had no
calls TO make and no shopping to do
except to the corner store.
She didn't care about going to a
smart hotel for tea In the afternoon.
Now and again she liked to have a
''bite" in a pastry shop.
Louis was musician. He was one
Of the most popular of dance conduc-
tors. He made money from royalties
on his popular sOngs-a great deal OF
money. She had been often told that
| musicians were temperamental fiirts
But the ones she had seen. were not
They liked cigars and pinochle and
fat checks. That wasn't so tempera
mental. Neither was there anything
temperamental about the music pub
fishers and the friends of Louis WHIT
| came In of an evening for cheese ant
| crackers.
She was nervous when the mait
broke dishes, though she knew Their
was lots Of money to buy more. Sh'
was naturally careful housekeeper
| and the money had come little to-
| late or else she was one of the rar
/ kind who couldn't spend It'll Yer
rare, but not at all pleasant.
/ When she went to shows she fel
asleep. She longed to dust benin
corners and under the rungs of chair!
She loved to bake a good cake.
i But prosperity was hers, and sh
didn't want to let Louis know hoN
hard 1t was for her to be prosperous
i He came In this time when Mr.
Louis was sitting stringing corn fo
the little tree she had bought. 1t wa
Christmas eve.
| Louis was very evidently exeitet
He asked his wife to come into ii
little bedroom so no one would hea
Louis hadn't become used to tslkin
before a maid. His wife noticed thu
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more-I think lot more of a person
who is faithful to someone they've
loved than to marry for the sake of
marrying. Lots of the "old maids"
are that Some Of the married ones
nave been so afraid they'd be thought
unpopular and unwanted that they've
married out of sheer cowardice."
This was very puzzling. Had E!iz-
abeth loved someone in her earlier
lays-perhaps when she had gone
away on a visit? No one knew. But
everyone was puzzled. So much puz.
zled that they asked no more ques-
lions. They stopped telling her she
should marry Howard, They stopped
telling her what a wonderful husband
he would make, and how much he
| loved her.
They were specializing on which Wis.
1t 1t could have been when the trag'
| edy occurred. And had the mysteri
Gus man married or had he been al
ready married and so Elizabeth, as
a nice. quiet girl had quickly taken
herself home and out Of the way?
1t was showing hard. ElizabeS
was getting together her Christmas
presents when the door bell rang
Outside stood Howard.
81 thought perhaps you'd not mint
If / went with you when you tool
around the presents" he said. %
knew 1t was Just about your time.
How lovely 1t was outside. The
snow was falling, the air was so cleal
and cool. and here was Howard, 81
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Surrender! Never!

"why don't you get rid of that
horse, If he's so vicious?" asked onS
farmer of another.
swell, you see, JIM" replied the
other. 81 hate to give in. If was ts
sell that horse, he'd regard 1t as per
sonal victory. He's been tryin'r for the
last six years to get rid of me-"
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Safety First.

ave pedestrians should stand uI
for orr rights" said the choleric old
gentleman.
81 quite agree with you" said Z
meek little man, but if we are go
ing to do anything of that sort l sug
rest that we make our demonstration
Fan--- --JSassrsIk
/ a IIlE 4s.tsG $780,.
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Decorated Sufficiently.

'Say, pa, this magazine says Nine.
Curie got another medal for discov-
ering radium. Why didn't my ma ever
get a medalT'
"Why should she? She NEEDLES
enough as it is,"-Science and Inven-
ton.
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/. LOUIS ROTH
had become a
money : maker.
Mrs. Lo nj $
missed do n g
her own work.
She liked to dc
the d arm n 6.
She was nerv-
GUS In q motor
car, and O
chauffeur de.
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In His Glory,

1.-The Pecktons had a burglar scare
IN their house last night"
II noticed 'Peckton walking about
town with his chest stuck out. Did he
catch the burglar?"
mo, but for the first time In twenty
years he got chance to issue some
sharp commands to Mrs. Peckton that
were meekly obeyed"
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LIZABETH had
always, 1t is
true, admired
Howard. He
was so faith
full and good
a n d reliable
He had beer
good to his
mother and his
sister. Every.
one knew he
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Exactly.

"She talks intelligently on all sub
jects."
"Conversatie, so to speak. "-Bos-
ton Transcript.
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- HE old Folk

HE Old folks de-
cided that 1t was
time for them to
be young again. SO,
! they set up a
Christmas tree in
a corner of the big
dining room.
Santa Claus came
bustling In and be-
gan to make things
pleasant. Tied to
his belt there was
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loo BRIGHT.

She-Once you called me the light
of your life.
He-You 20 out too much.
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r. swesten Musty Teapot.

To sweeten a metal or enamei Yea.
not which has become nusty' iilt u
with boiling water and drop 10 rea'
hot cinder, close the lid and leave TOT
short time. Then rinss QUE VIE
caean water
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-16

Stage Managerial ready, run up
the curtain" Stage Hand-"Say,
what do you think l am. squirrel?"
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Survived the Shock.

He-"Did you love me when you
first saw met" She-"Oh, no; l had to
get used to you first" ...-
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Evidently.

"And so they married and lived
happily ever after" Yes" Evidently
very old-fashioned couple"
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Fresh.

'tAre these cakes fresh, cutler"
"Well, sir, ! think you have them a
rifle Outclassed."
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Folks went out of the door and down
the street, the young Old Folks could
hear them laughing, long after they
turned the corner.
Besides. the young Old Folks have
been talking about their "Old Folks
Christmas" ever since.
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Just So.

Son-Papa, what are cosmetics?
Father-Cosmetics, my son, are
peach preseryes.-Exchange
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When a Federal Bureau reminds
you that children should not
drink coffee or tea-sghy not think
of your oagn health?

The Federal Bureau of Education includes
in its rules to promote health among the Nations
school children, the warning that children should
not drink coffee tea.
The reason is well known. Coffee and tea
contain drugs which stimulate and often over
excite the nerves, and so upset health.
The harm is by no means confined to chill
dren, as any doctor can tell you.
IF health is valuable to childhood it is valu-
able ALWAYS. IF harm to health should be avoided
until bodies grow up is it worth taking chance
with health when bodies have grown up2
You can have that delicious and satisfying
cereal beverage, Postum, with any meal, and be
safe-you and the children, too. There's charm
without harm in Postum.
Postum in w forms: Instant Tin tins)
made instantly in the by the addition of boiling
Postum Cereal Tin packages of larger bulk,
made by boiling for 20 minutes Sold by all gTocers.
The road to health is good road
for anybody to follow
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An IJnasked-for.
Gift
BY MARY GRAHAM BONNER

100000 cSScSSSCS
Copyright. 1921. Western Newspaper Union.