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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-16

! of steel 20 as fine as thousandth o.
an inch.
! That is. he can take a stee! rod and
! remove an outer layer so thin that l009
| Of them would be required to measure
an inch thick.
Any machinist who can do that is
! Justly proud Of his skin.
| IF vol, know such fellow and want
to make his eyes bulge, tell him that
4 Prof. Richard Whiddington. OF Leecs
University, England, has perfected a
method of measuring a 100000. 000th
mart of an inch. He measures b,'
sound waves and electricity instead o.
] a yardstick;
"That man wRiddington has mar
velous SKILL" you say. Man certain
| ly becoming a wonder"
| Yet, 200 years ago Cicero wrote
that he had seen the entire Had e.
poem as long as the New Testament)
written on thin piece Of leather in
letters SO small that It could be folded
into a nutshell.
II you are interested in that and
other narvels Of the ancients, read
Wendell Phillips lecture. The Lost
Arts"
Microscopic writing, by means of the
paragraph machine, has been carried
to unbelievable perfection.
An Englishman named Peters, using
fine diamond point, wrote the Lord s
Prayer on glass in characters so mi
mute that the whole Rible could he
written % times on a square inch. IN
credible. you say? 1t Is vouched for
by the Royal Microscopic Society Of
London.
The cases OF Widdington and Peters
are merely super illustrations of the
marvellous skill which is Characters
tic Of human beings.
This skill crops out In strangely va
ried ways in different individuals.
You'll find a genious with wonderful
skill at handling a violin-and awk-
ward at everything else.
Some women are so skillful atsnee-
dlework that their fingers seem al
most uncanny.
You'll recall Johnny Baker, the crack
shot with the old Buffalo Bill show
whose skill centered in his eye
focusing.
Leigh Mitchell Hodges, of Philadel-
phia, skilled as writer, is most ia
nous among his friends for his phe-
nomenally even touch on the type
writer.
Every individual has something at
which he or she is skillful.
What are YOU most skillful at?
Probably 1t is signboard pointing
the way to success and prosperity.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-16
sNEEzIN0 Is EXPENSIVE

A Michigan doctor called on an in
flueiiza patient The patient sneezed
and the doctor contracted tn. d'~""~o
and died. He carried an accident in.
surance policy and his widow WEI.
court to collect the value Of the policy
on the ground that the doctor had con
tracted the diesase through accident
namely. the sneezing Of the patient.
A jury rendered verdict in favor of
the widow.
Old legends credit the sneeze. wi.
being direct. cause o. aeatn, but this
Is the first time 1t has been given legal
recognition as such.
1t used to be, and still is, in some
countries, the custom to wish a man
good luck when he sneezes. This
custom grew out of an ancient super
stition that 1t was bad luck to sneeze.
The basis OF the superstition was a
pestilence in which sneezing was a
prominent symptom.
While the ancients believed sneez-
ing was bad luck for the sneezer, mod
ern science tells us the victim OF the
bad luck Is more likely to bcsthe Nov
son who stands too close to the sneeze
and fnhales the germs thus iss
II YOU NUT sneeze, smother the sneeze
with your handkerchief. smothered
sneeze is not as enjoyable to the
sneexer as a wide open one, but is
much safer for everyone else in the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-16
DENYING THE TIDE

Return to normal business condi-
tions is being blocked by high cost
of living. And the average landlord Is
the chief blocker.
This Is the conclusion reached by J.
Fl. Tregoe, of the National Association
Of Credit Men, during which he inter-
viewed credit men all over the cum
try.
Tregoe says:
THE landlord has an important part
to play In the readjustment. Shelter
Is one of the largest elements in the
family budget. At a time when other
commodities are rapidly approaching
a new level, high and immoderate rem
tai charges are seriously retarding re-
duction Of living costs. II any one ele-
ment in the situation refuses to take a
little OF the loss In this readjustment
period, 1t Is blocking progress toward
the new price level upon which healthy
prosperous business can go forward
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-16
relief. He put out his hand and
clasped mine, and said softly.

CldSpeu Inlue, anu Sdiu SoltiS.
'Try to sleep a little. can you not ."
Not yet, Dicky'," I returned. II am
feeling much better however. OF
course, the shock was terrible at first,
for as you know Jack was the only
brother I ever knew. But 1 am all
right nows and I want you to tell me
how you learned the news
Mrs. Stewart telephoned me-" he
said. 1T seems your cousin gave her
as his next of kim to be notified in
case Of death, and she received the
notice this morning. There was moth
ing but the usual official notifica-
ton
/ caught my breath, Sitting the
moan that rose to my lips. Some
where in France" lay buried the ten
derest heart. the manifest man God
ever put into the world. And I had
sent him to his death! Despite the
comforting assurance Jack had writ
France that his discovery of my mar
riage, with the consequent blasting of
the hope he had cherished for years
had not been the cause of his sailing,
1 knew he would never have left me
IL 1 1ldd liOt DSeii
"Cry It All Out"
think Dicky must have read my
thoughts in my face, for after a nlo-
ment ne said gently, yet with tense
ness which told me he was putting
RIGID control over his voice.
You must not blame yourself sc
hd' cl1ly. Your cousin would pro,a )ly
have gone to war even if--circum-
stances had been di .ferent."
There was that IL Dicky's voice anc
eyes which told me that he. tuo, was
suffering. I gathered my streng.1 to-
gather, made a supreme effort to put
the sorrow and remorse l felt behind
me until could be alone. 1 knew that
must strive at once to eradicate tho
false impression my husband had
gained as result of my reception Of
the news of by brother cousins Death.
So 1 forced my lips to words which,
while not utterly false yet did not at
all reveal the truth of what I was
feeling.
Il know that, Dicky," I returned, and
tried to hold my voice to a. converse
tional tone. HE went with his dear
est friend, Frenchman, you know.
had othing to do with his going. It
isn't that which makes me feel as ]
do. It is because his death brings
back my mother so plainly. He was
always so good to her and she loved
him so much.
Dicky bent his face so quickly to
mine that could not catch his ex-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-16
YOU'LL HELP GERMANY PAY

Congresmen who are skilled in slip
ping jokers into legislation will grin at
the deft manner in which the German
reichstag accepts the allies indemnity
ultimatum
Germany promises to pay as de-
manded and will carry out the terms
Of the peace treaty ito the capacity Of
! the nation to do so"
You'll hear more about that ito the
capacity" later on when the bill COL
lectors knock at Germany's door. yes
but" and "provided-if" are all any
lawyer needs to stall a case. Q
Germany's acceptance of the indem-
nifty concerns the United States direct
ly in two ways.
First-It may help the allies to pay
at least the interest on what they owe
Uncle Sam.
Second-The 26 per cent export tax
on German goods will operate as a
protective tariff in favor of American
Manufacturers against American
consumers.
1t will increase by 26 per cent the
low price at which German goods are
being brought in American markets,
underselling American made goods.
1t will also increase by 26 per cent
the selling price of German made
goods in all world markets. This will
help American exporters. In many
lines, notably finished steel. Germany
is now underselling American exports
60 per cent in foreign markets.
The export tax. Of course, is added
to the selling price of goods. A ma
jority Of these goods will be bought
by Americans and other allied peoples
In other words, the American or other
consumers of German wares will help
pay the indemnity for Germany.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-16
REVELATIONS
OF A WIFE
~ ADELE GARRISON.

Madse and Dicky Face 1t Together
When / married Dicky I did not
think the time would ever come when
would look him in the face and tell
him a deliberate falsehood. But at
his question, DO you wish me to re-
main with you, or would you rather he
alone for awhile?" / answered quick
ly. ooh, could not let you go, Dicky!"
when all the time it seemed to me
could not bear any human presence
near me until had time to realize the
awful tidings of Jack Bickett's death.
But the look on my husbands face,
when / had awakened from the swoon
which the news that my brother
cousin was reported killed had caused,
had warned me that on my own ac-
tions at this crisis might depend the
future happiness of Dicky and me.
Always insanely jealous of Jack Bick-
EFT living 1 was afraid that he be-
lieved me to ba in love with my
brother cousin. belief that would, Of
course, be fostered by my fainting at
the news of his death. must do moth
Ing which would in any way strength
en- tina. belief. So / uttered the un-
truth bravely and piausibly.
Across Dicky's face shot look Of
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-16
A DAILY MESSAGE
eY Or. WILLIAM e. BARTON
w. C. CURRIE.

Where was old Tag Tiger?
Flipperty-Flap shaded his eyes and
looked that way, and Nick looked the
other.
Dear knows, they needn't have shaded
their eyes, for the jungle in which they
were searching was as sunless as a
cellar. the great trees, and small ones
too, making a roof as perfect as tar
paper.
But it was this way. Tag, as you
know. wears stripes, yellow and black
ones, all over him, and If there is any
thing in the world Cor in the jungle)
that is hard to see, it's stripes. They
fool one completely, especially in
darkish place. Take zippy Zebra, for
instance! It's as certain as next
Christmas that our little friends would
never have seen him at all if he had
not been right out in the bright SUM-
light. and Zippy would at this very
minute, most likely, be fooling away
his time with lazy old Mr.. land Mrs.
Ostrich, instead Of giving pleasure to
so many children in the circus. Yes,
stripes are queer things. making you
dizzy or half blind or something so you
can't see them. That's why Flippety-
lap and Nancy and Nick were shad-
ing their eyes now. They knew what
I have just told you
The jungle was very quiet! Most
unusually so, and everytime the fairy
man stepped on snappy branch with
his big shoes, or one of the twins kick
ed a little stone, everybody kicked as
though a cannon cracker had exploded.
whats the matter, do you s'pose?"
wondered the fairyman at last. There
doesn't seem to be so much as a beetle
around these woods. Where's everyone
gone? Do you suppose that that old
rascal. Tag Tiger, has had them all for
his meals?"
Just then Nick's quick eye spied
something through the trees.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-16

gard to the mo fence law" that is be-
ing agitated in this state. There is
nothing to it. The time has not come
for such a law in Florida. There are
thousands Of acres of land in the state
that are fit for nothing but grazing
and many thousands of cattle get their
living therefrom. If the no fence law
were put in effect it would very seri-
ously damage the live stock industry
and would not help the majority of
the farmers as they. would require
more fence to enclose their stock than
they do at present to enclose their
fields.
w. cURRIE.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-16
DAlRYING AS A SOURCE OF FARM
INCOME

Editor Pensacola Journal:
The following clipping from the
Grafton News and Times of Grafton,
n. d. contains a message Of such vital
Importance to Escambia County citi-
zens that I think it should be publish
ed in the Journal:
Dairy cows have not failed to re-
turn profit in eight years.
They have paid the loss sustained
in wheat farming more than once in
these years.
The last five years, generally con-
sidered crop failure years in Ward
county, We're crop failure years only to
the man who put all his eggs into one
basket" and figured that he was going
to make killing" in wheat alone.
These are experiences and observa-
tons recorded by o. K. Spires, a
Ward county farmer. in the current
issue Of the Ward County Farm Blu
reau News, edited by n. D. German,
county agricultural agent. Mr.. Spires
describes his experience with dairy
cows:
Eight years ago I bought nine cows
and started in the dairy business with
a firm conviction that with little
work and careful management 1 could
come out on top and make a farm in
Ward county pay good dividends. My
farm is IA miles from Minot, not the
best location for dairy farm. Never
theless, the cows have made the farm
pay we'll and I know that when the
majority of farmers keep cows, Ward
county will be prosperous.
In 1920 l had 440 aeres in grain,
bringing SLABS, which did not pay the
cost of production.
1.-THE same year 1 MIXED 10 cows
and sold s4,477.51 worth of milk.
I'm addition to the milk, I sold
S6,375 worth of livestock which had
accumulated in my herd in the last
three years.
II am firmly convinced that any
farmer living in a radius Of Is miles
of any town in Ward county can make
a farm pay if he will buy a few dairy
cows and give them the proper care.
"A few weeks ago the Third Ma
tional bank Of Mt. Vernon, Ill, paid
s552.5s0.67 in cream checks. This is
one Of three banks in a city no larger
than Minot. The farmers in that coun-
try are becoming prosperous, because
IL years ago when their land did not
produce wheat any longer they were
forced to turn to the dairy cow, and
she has made them rich. There is no
reason why the majority Of dairy
farmers in Ward county canot do the
same thing"
If the above results are obtained in
North Dakota where dairy cows have
to be stabbed in warm quarters most
of the time for seven months in the
year and everything they eat during
that time fed by hand why can't equal
ly as good or even better results be
obtained here where the climate Is
so favorable for dairying?
With proper rotation of pastures,
cows in the gulf coast region can 'go
get the bluk Of their feed during the
entire year on ensilage and hay which
is more easily grown here than in
North Dakota.
As our markets are largely supplied
with dairy products from northern
states we can add the freight they
have to pay our profits.
Our lands need building up and
COWS will do 1t and IL there is any
reason why they will not return q
profit while doing so, If properly
handled, would like to know what it
Is. Let's have some discussion on the
subject.
Would also like few words in re-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-16
EATS.
by BERToN BRALEY.

I'm told 1; 10 bourgeois and crude
And oftentimes fearfully rudo
TO mention nutrition
= Or talk OF deglutition
or hold conversation on food!
And yet, II Is pleasant to hear
Description OF things that appear
On ep!curos' tables;
Or read merry fables
OF boards that are grooming with cheer
How can II be wholly ill-bred
TO carol OF steaks that are red.
Or glorious salads
Quite worthy of ballads
Or chickens extremely well fed?
TO talk about chops. II you please,
or rave over coffee and cheese,
May fracture convention
But oh, my attention
Is captured by dishes like these!
Historical study reveals
A fact which distinctly appeals:
IT seems that for ages
The warriors and sages
Have been pretty strong for their
meals
And so, though II seems to be true
That talking OF food is taboo.
I'm willingsto err
For I'll plainly aver
! err in good company. too.
So let's discuss sauces and meat
And viands most savory sweet.
Forget your good breeding
Wen talk about feeding
Or better--lct's sit down and eat!
Copyright. 1921, by n. Z. AZ
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-16
Swat the fly!

Swat the fly!
Wonder what became of all the emp
ty liquor bottles.
An optimistic is a business man who
expects prices to recover.
o
Speaking of profiteering birds; the
robbin' season Is about over ....,.,
Business always seems to be pick
ing up fastest in the next town.
Is there anything as monotonous as
waiting in a Doctors office?
Be tolerant Of the cranky man. May
be he's the fellow that planted his<o
ions upside down.
Do you remember when the barkeep-
err apologized IL whisky were less than
seven years old? .'
Kentucky Is said TO have 1000 super
stitions. Probably that's where the
moonshine started.
A steepleJacK SllulnR n cnurcn SplTe
can get a crowds attention away from
an airplane anytime.
What's the use losing sleep over
how to sell goods to foreign customers
that can't pay their old bills.
Maybe those pre- Columbus men
were looking ahead to 1921 when they
claimed that THE world is flat"
Credit conditions show that the
champion spendthrift during wartime
prosperity vas the average corpora
tion.
After looking over the entrants in
a beauty contest 1t appears that the
Theory Of Relatively applies to femi-
nine charms.
Russian artists tell Chicago that
paintings would cure criminals. A
realistic picture Of the electric chair
might help.
Another thing to which we point
with pride at this season is our abil-
ity to distinguish between "toadstool
and mushroom.
Shape of the Teuton head caused
the World War, says Professor Joseph
Jastrow, of University of Wisconsin.
Joe missed his calling. He'd have made
q fine criminal lawyer.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-16
WHAT ARE you MOST sKILLFUI
Af7

In any first-chass machine shop in
Pensacola your find tool-maker so
skillful that he can tool down" a piece
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-16

mental city whose location has been
far from economical or convenient:
now that conditions favor radical
change the feeling is strong among the
common people that there should be
taken every advantage Of the situation
and the capital placed where it will be
tho most convenient for the most peo-
pie.
# Alabama is sincere in her desire to
! annex a portion CT Florida in order to
secure nsore riparian rights, and will
pay the five million dollars as 1T is
asserted, no delay should be taken in
adopting the necessary steps to bring
about the closing Of the transaction.
The five million dollars would come
in mighty good play-and every cent
of it could be expended for the good
Of the pubiic--Kissimmee Valley Ga
zette.
The Outlaw Reds.
Some Of the Easter cities have re-
Gently been flooded with circulars ad-
dressed to comrades" who are sup
posed TO exist among the working
classes. There "flisrs" purport to rep
resent the view OF the communist par
ty In America. They Begin with a
savage assault uron al kinds Of or
ganiza tons, including manufacturers,
chambers of commerce. the A: f. OF
L., and kindred labor unions" whom
they denounce as ".abor fak.rs." The
communist party in these circulars fig
ures 1t out that our present form of
government is capitalist state" and
that the only solution they can find
Is In the overthrow CT 1t all and the
substitution Of ''the soviet govern
ment." or course, there is not the
alarm felt over this agitation that ex-
listed during the critical days following
the war with it's discomfort among SOL
diers and civilians because Of the dis
arrangement of their usual course Of
living. The activity Of the Reds Is.
nevertheless, not to be ignored, and it
is therefore felt to be a matter of
interest to be referred to in public
print at this time when there Is talk
about swatting to remind good citi-
zens that the method should not be
confined to flies.-Tarpon Springs
Leader.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-16

LARK" change
series OF words The definition OF each made
given blank for Fill
in and guess all the words.
4ns1ey Saturdays passie: Edoyado Go) ~
Topeka toe peak ~.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-16

Business always seems to be pick
ing up fastest in the next town.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-16

Speaking of profiteering birds; the
Robin season is about over. ...,,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-16

Is there anything as monotonous as
waiting in a doctors office?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-16

An optimistic is business man who
expects prices to recover.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-16

Wonder what became of all the emp
ty liquor bottles.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-16

Shape of the Teuton head caused
the World War, says Professor Joseph
Jastrow. of University of Wisconsin.
Joe missed his calling. He'd have made
q fine criminal lawyer.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-16

Another thing to which we poin
with pride at this season Is our abil
ity to distinguish between Ntoadstol
and mushroom.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-09-09
TAKING TOO LOUD" PATTERNS
Pittsburgh interior Decorator Says
Women Will Soon Resemble Ami
mated Parlor Chairs.

Have you seen what appears to be
corner of a boudoir walking down
the street? Well, you soon will. They
are already appearing In tennis courts
hereabOuts. Girls In chintzes and ere
tonnes. with large splashy patterns all
over them, exactly like the velour par
lor chairs in their summer wrappings.
they are. Bright carmine drapery lin
ems with blue stripes and yellow
dots. scenic chintzes Of huge patterns
and vivid hues in futuristic designs
showing languorous figures In eccen-
trie poses are among the favorites not
only for sport skirts. but for entire
costumes, hats and rags. Il never
thought of going into the dressmaking
business" said an interior decorator,
but women seem to be buying more
large figured drapery fabrics for
clothes than for houses this season.
There are some designs will not let
them have. though. for such purposes" :"
He showed chintz enormously pat
termed with red and yellow farm
scenes. "That, for instance" he add
ed. zone Of them was determined to
dress herself in. but said positively
that she ouldn't."-Pittsburgh Leader.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-09-09
So Confederate.

Two golfers sliced their drives into
the rough and went In search Of the
balls. They searched for long time
without success, dear old lady watch
eyes.
At last. after the search had pro-
ceeded for half an hour, she spoke to
them.
II hope I'm not interrupting You.
gentlemen" she said sweetly. "but
would 1t be cheating II I told you
where they are3"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-09-09
interrupted Profit.

II understand there is oil In the
neighborhoOd Of Crimson Gulch."
There is." replied Cactus Joe. But
1t was mismanaged. They insisted on
tryin' to get 1t out in paying quanti-
ties instead Of goin' on forever sellin'
stock"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-09-09
The Comma Contest.

II see your town is going to vote
on the question Of issuing bonds for
a water works system" said guest.
"what do you anticipate will be the
outc0meY"
lizard to tell" replied the landlord
of the tavern at Tumlinville, Ark.
The young people are mostly for It.
and the folks that have Travelled and
like to show OF. and the newcomers
from the North, and SO on. But the
old-timers are unanimously agin it.
They say they've never gone swimmin'
in a house yet and it's too late now
to learn old dogs new tricks, and. any
how, they're opposed to paying for the
privilege Of going into Godalmighty's
free water. So 1t looks like stand
off."-Kansas City Star.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-09-09
Vanity os tho Sex.

Vanity o. the Sex.
Hubby-We've certainly got house
full Of flies.
wifey-Yes. and think they're all
females, too.
Hubby = What makes you think
thatf
wifey-why. they all settle on the
mirrors.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-09-09
settino.up Drill.

He-'Don't you think ought to ex-
ercise my mind more7" She-"Yesi
Why not take It outside 7"-Cartoons
Magazine.