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Okolona messenger., 1921-11-03
ROMANCE NOT QUITE GONE
o. All Places. the Assertion ls Made
That II Is 70 Be Found in
New York;

Anyone who thinks that romance
and romantic atmosphere rs lost In
this great cold city Is all wrongl
While there may not be the general
picturesQueness OF the smaller towns
romantic episodes and spots, we still
have q sufficient amount of romantic
color to keep the hearts and pulses Of
the most sentimental beating happily.
A bit Of Spanish suggestion can be
seen on Morningslde heights. and
around Columbia university There
are at least q dozen places within
block Of the college, where youths
serenade fair maidens from balconies,
armed with guitars ukeleles and even
viOlins.
Vocal efforts are also apparent dur
ing the earlier hours Of the summer
and fall evenings when the boys of
the summer school sessions and the
returning regulars" Of the college
year serenade their fair friends across
the street.
On one Of the streets leading from
the university grounds to the Drive
are several fraternity houses. On the
same street are two girls clubs. and
at one end, Of the street the girls
dOrmitOry, connected with the uni
versity. There is hardly an evening
which passes when this particular
street doesn't resound to the strains of
popular song or to some Of the older
college favOrites. Sometimes a piano
In the girls club will reply in subtle 4
manner. 1t isn't exactly case of fiirta-
ton, for most of the boys are in classes
with some OF the girls and sort OF
camaraderie has sprung up between
the members of fraternity row" and
the maids across the way.
Yet to see three or four youths with
banjos and guitars sitting Oh win
dow sill or the balcony of fraternity
house, and the heads OF three or four
girls poked from the windows across
the street, carries with it the feeling
that romantic settings are not thing
Of the past in New York.-New York
Sun.
Okolona messenger., 1921-11-03
Butterflies.

Why don't we call them "Flutter-
fiesT That would mean something.
At any rate, they are thick right now.
perhaps because they haven't had as
many enemies this year as usual. The
enemies Of the butterfly are little
wasplike stinging things that lay their
eggs within the body of the cater
pillar. Then when these eggs hatch
sometimes it is after the caterpillar
has rolled himself up for his devel-
opment into buttertly-these eggs
hatch and eat everything within reach,
So of course, there is no butterfly.
1t isn't as hard to study the butter
flies as 1t is to know the birds or even
the wild flowers. Some species are
common and have very distinct mark
ings. There is the monarch butterfly
with it's brick-red color veined and
margined with black, and with hind
wings lined with yellow. There is q
copy of the monarch, too, flying about
with rounded wings, almost like the
monarch, except that it is smaller and
has half-circle line across the mid
die of its hind wings. This is the
disippus.
Look, too, for the mourning cloak,
rich purple brown above, with q
wide margin Of pale buff and row
of small blue spots. This is the COM
monest alternating butterfly and is
known all over the world. 1t Is the
last to. be seen in the fall.
Okolona messenger., 1921-11-03
SPEECH MUST FIT FIGURE
~Flapper TaItg From Matrons only
Aecentuates Age, Is ccntentIon
sternIy Set Forth.

A w0lnan's speech should be In keep.
ing with her appearance.
II she Is the kind OF woman who
looks well In ''fiy-awayn garments,
slang will probably suit her; but II her
clothes are severely smart, and II she
sits upright in her chair, she will be
seen to better advantage II. she speaks
more sober English.
Women do not always realize the ef.
feet their speech makes upon their
hearers. There are even occasions
when one silly word may be as damag-
ing as a tail Of hair that breaks loose
from careful eOiffure.
once heard a tall. graceful woman
spoil her exit from room by saying
In fiippant voice, .'Well, now l must
trOt home" II she had said, 'sWell,
now, ! must sail home," all would
have been WE'LL but the word "trot"
had the effect Of shortening her legs
and giving her an awkward walk In
the imagination Of her hearers.
There are women who hope to seem
young by using 'fiapper" slang,
whether it suits their figures or not.
Yet woman's speech alters naturally
as she gets older; and the less flighty
expression Of her maturer self may
add deeper interest and a subtler
humOr to her talk.
1t is true some women keep really
youthful spirits, and II they bubble
over In natural flow Of giddy Ian
guage, well and good but If giddy
words are deliberately borrowed from
a younger generation, they will accen-
tuate age as much as the false bloom
Of rouge accentuates wrinkles.
If you watch attractive women
takers, you will tind they talk from
sheer enjoyment, unconsciously attun-
ing themselves to their hearers, but
with no idea Of impressing them.
We may all develop some charm Of
speech peculiar to Ourselves--it may
be wit, or galety, or an infectious en-
thusiasm, or just soothing voice. But
the charm must be our own, and can
never consist Of borrowed tricks.
Yet If you should mistrust the effect
of your voice upon your appearance, a
golden way Of escape lies ever before
you-that Of silence. Become SYM
pathetic listener. You may then out
distance In popularity the finest talker
ever born.-Mary Blaiklock in the
Continental Edition Of the London
Mail.
Okolona messenger., 1921-11-03

decks. Mr.. Tubbs danced attendance
on Aunt Jane and Miss Brown, so as
sldHously that l already began to see
some OF my worst fears realized.
There was nothing for me to do but
to retire to my berth and peruse a
tattered copy Of Hucklebery Finn
which | found In the cabin.
At dinner, having the Honorable
Cuthbert at my elbow, 1t was easier
than not to ignore everyone else. Di-
rectly dinner was at an end, remorse-
lessly Captain Magnus led the Honor
able Cuthbert away, retired to
Huckleberry Finn. But face with
scar running to the eyebrow looked
up at me from the pages, and held
colloqules with 1t In which / said all
the brilliant and cutting things Which
had occurred to me too lAie.
l was thus engaged when cry rang
through the ships 'Land ho!"
Okolona messenger., 1921-11-03
sounded pubIous.

"Was her father encouraging when
you went to ask him for his daugh-
ter's hand?" the friend asked
"W-e-e-ll, that depends" replied the
suitor gloomily.
"How's that?"
"He told me to put my proposition
in writing so that couldn't back out
as all the other fellows had done."-
American Legion Weekly
Okolona messenger., 1921-11-03
LAND Hol

Synopsis.-Jane Harding, respect
able and conservative old spinster
but never too old to think Of
marriage-with more money than
brains. Is inveigled by strong
minded spinster. Miss Higglesby-
Browne into financing an expedition
to hunt for buried treasure on Lee
ward island. Her niece, Virginia
Harding. undertaking to stop her.
gets on the vessel engaged for the
hunt, and in the confusion is un-
willingly carried along. BY no
means concealing her distaste for
the expedition and her contempt
for its members, Virginia makes
the acquaintance of the Honorable
Cuthbert Vane, and is somewhat
impressed by his explanation OF the
presence OF himself and Shaw.
Okolona messenger., 1921-11-03
Money Talks.

millions are involved in this III
vorce suit" "Well what about itT
"Oh. nothing, except that when money
gets mixed up in scandal It's more
garruIous than ver."-Birmingham
Age-Herald.
, 1921-09-08

ship-loads of .%conferees to Europe. All
the talk of secret diplomacy has
fallen flat. fer the treaty is a plain.
straightforward agreement in no
way in conflict with the Versailles
treaty. and is just an agreement as
the Senate would have ratified
promptly il negotiated WI years ago.
No fault has been found, no fault
can be found. with this treaty. 1t
to the United States all the
rights it ought to enjoy under the
Versailles treaty and avoids the
burdens and responsibilities and
dangers which that treaty created
but which the United States ought
not to assume.
Though he has not been accorded
that credit. President Harding has
achieved a real diplomatic triumph.
the Importance Of which will be fully
realized as time shall demonstrate
the wisdom Of his curse. Moreover,
the result fully justifes the attitude
of those Republican Senators who
refused to approve the Versailles
treaty with its extraneous provi-
sions."
, 1921-09-08

He landed right whore he bean NJ
the bottom of TIC hisl.
IL" had burned ont his mouse
energy. exhausted his mouse condition
and he result was NOTHING.
wondered rs I stood there how
many Of the men and women who hah
stopped to watch him had learned any
lessen from that Gagged mouse and hi.
fruitless endeavors.
wondered how many OF them were
running around on n disk, striving.
struggling. exhaustinC themselves with
efforts which would end by leavin.
them right where they started.
The mouse demonstrated a good les
son. He taught those who watched
him-if they thought at all about the
thing they were looking at-that every
man and woman ought every little
while taxi a look nround and see il
they are going ahead. II they are ad-
vancing. II they nre adding something.
however little, to what life and It's eff
forts should accumulate In wealth. ex-
perience and wisdom.
The merchant who never takes nc.
count Of stock. who keeps no books
who has no way Of checking his bust
ness. Is pretty much at sea as to
whether he Is a success or a failure,
whether he is making money or losing.
The man who goes through life
without checking up his efficiency.
taking account of his accomplishments
or balancing his efforts against his ac-
cumulatiOn cannot have any very de-
pendable idea of what his Efforts ARE
amounting to.
There are too many of us who, like
the mouse, let our lives consist OF
working. eating and sleeping. without
knowing definitely what we nre &C.
complishing.
If the mouse had the Intelligence to
know that his great effort In running
on the tin disk really amounted to
nothing in results he would devote
himself to something more worthwhile.
Perhaps II We made an honest esti-
mate Of what we are doing and what
the results are we would stop being
foolish and turn to something more
rrodgc!llkyss apd Poze 70 our Credit.
The thing for hs to do Is to make an
honest estimate Of what we are doing
and what 1t truly amounts to and
guide our future endeavors accord
ingly. -,,t
fCN~e
, 1921-09-08
WOMAN BEGAN LONG DISPUTE
shakespeare-sacon Controversy Had
Its Origin in Book Published by
American Author,

The lOng-drawn-Out controversy over
the authorship of the Shakespearean
plays had its origin in q remarkable
book written by an American woman,
Della Bacon. a native of Tallmadge,
o.. with a preface written by her
friend. Nathaniel Hawthorne. She was
q M Of Intense application and
capacity for esOteric study and her
book was the product Of a lifetime
spent In the feverish pursuit Of her
hobby. Her book was entitled 1.-THE
Philosophy Of the Plays Of Shake
speare Unfolded," copies Of which are
now rare. as 1t has long been out Of
print.
The book Is written in q very labori-
Gus style, difficult to read. Some Of
the sentences are three to four hun
Tree words long. but the entire work
shows evidences Of intense study Of
the works Of the poet and a mastery
knowledge Of the history Of Shake
speare's period.
The intense obsession with which
she pursued her theories brought her
life TO a tragic end. Becoming con-
WINGED that S~hakespeare's secret was
hidden In his tomb at Stratford, she
went to reside there to confirm her re-
searches. She was found one mid
night Mt the tomb, muttering lncoher-
emily. and evidently making prepara-
ions to open the tomb in search Of
concealed manuscripts which she be-
lievrd had been inferred with the body
OF the poet. beneath the cryptic in
scription. Good friend. for Jesus
sake forbear to dig the bones inclosed
here" She was removed to N asylum.
, 1921-09-08
Something TO
Think
MOUSE
By +. H.. WALKER

N A SOMEWHAT aimless after-din-
L ner walk the other evening l was
attracted to a crowd which had gath
cred In front Of the window of IL deal
or In house pets.
AS the crowd next to the window
satisfied its curiosity and moved on
| gradually came to see that fifteen or
twenty human beings Of which | was
about to become one, had beef watch
mouse which was the temporary resi-
len: of a e and shiny cage.
At the top OF the cage was a sort OF
nest attached to the wires and filled
with bits Of cotton. Below In the floor
Of the cage was a feeding box and in
front of that a fiat tin disk, some six
inches In diameter. so tilted upon a
pivot axle that II you placed any
weight upon any part OF it that pnrt
which bore the weight would immedi-
ately turn so that it would be the low
est part of the disk. In other words,
II a living object attempted to climb
up the disk 1t would turf as fast as
tC ODyNNI dSNCiluNu III tLC obJNSt IL
self would always be travelling uphill
and getting nowhere.
The white mouse pursued a program
about after this plan: He would rest
for a few minutes in his nest. Then
he would climb down the side of the
cage to the food box, nibble for a min
ute and then running around to the
front Of the floor of the cage he would
jump down upon the disk and as he
did so the disk would begin to revolve.
The faster he ran. In his attempt to
climb, the faster the disk would re-
volve. with the mouse always at the
bottom.
For three or four minutes at a time
the mouse would run as fast as he
could. A human being running as
fast as that mouse, In proportion to
hts size and weight. would have gone
ten or twelve miles at a marvellous
rate Of speed.
After his period Of running the
mouse would suddenly stop, the disk
would cease to ~revolve. he would 20 to
he feed box. nibble for n minute and
then climb to his nest for n short rest,
only to repeat the whole performance
over again.
The house during the time that he
was running appeared to be putting
forth every physical effort of which
he was possessed. He was doing
everything that he could 30 far a.
running was concerned. BUT HK
WAS GETTING NQHHNRH.
, 1921-09-08
WITH SILENT EFFICIENCY

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6. De.
caring that the Republican admins
tration has scored a real diplomatic
triumph in negotiating the treaty
with Germany, the Republican Pub
icity Association, through its Pres
ident, Hon. Jonathan Bourne. Jr
says: -
Reviewing the terms OF the
treaty OF peace that has been nego-
tiated with Germany. we find that 1t
secures to the United States all the
rights and benefits OF the Versailles
treaty without involving this coun-
try IN any way with the league of
nations covenant and the entanxle-
ments and disagreements which
would be certain to result therefrom
II this nation wer a member.
This is as 1t should be. The
league covenant was no proper part
of the treaty of peace. It was ex-
traneous matter inserted to please
the vanity Of an executive who,
through impractical idealism or I'M
bition, sought to force the league
into the treaty in defiance Of the
United States Senate. The only
proper purpose Of a peace treaty. is
to settle the differences incident to
the a This could have been done
and was done In that part Of the
treaty Of Versailles which did not re.
late to the league.
There Is every eason why the
United States should be and at the
time of the negotiation of the treaty
should have been a party to all the
agreements relating to peace between
Germany and the Allied and Asso-
, 1921-09-08

ciated nations. The United States
Senate was ready to ratify a treaty
dealing with those problems, and so
informed h President in the famous
round robin The league covenant.
h settlement OF boundaries other
than those between Germany and
other nations, the adjudication OF
China's interest in Shantung-were
all matters not properly a part of a
treaty Of peace with Germany.
Those extraneous matters are left
out Of the treaty President Harding
has negotiated with Germany. He
confined his attention to the one
definite task Of agreeing upon terms
OF peace, and this he has done in an
admirable manner. In the treaty the
United States does not evade any re-
sponsibility which. from either moral
or legal considerations, 1t ought to
ssum 1t does not undertake to
set aside any provision of the YER
sailles treaty. II other nations wish
to go into a league, we do not oppose.
II other nations wish to settle
European boundaries, we do not OBJ
ject. II China shall be willing to
accept the Shantung arrangement.
there will be no protest from us. The
whole substance of Dur position in
those matters is that they are no
concern Of ours and we will neither
approve nor disapprove. We leave
them out~pf the treaty we have ne
gotiated.
president Harding and his Sec
rotary Of State, Mr.. Hughes, have
negotiated the treaty without any
fuss or flourish. There has been no
footing Of horns, no parading of
diplomatic triumphs' no sending of
, 1921-09-08
At the old price
owners said:
"The Best Car Ever Owncd"

"Have had wonderful service
from my Essex, purchased from
you in January. Haven't spent
one cent for repairs. Have
owned several other cars but
none to equal the Essex.
w. C. BEST,
John Finnigan Co.
Shreveport, La.
Il have owned a number of
higher priced cars, but have
gotten more satisfactory serv-
ice out of my Essex Sedan than
any other car I ever used. Have
driven it 22,900 miles, and
, 1921-09-08
TRUTH TRIUNfPHS
Rawlins Citizens Testify for the
Public BENEFIT.

A truthful statement OF a Ra Wins
citizen, given in his words.
should convince the most skeptical
about the merits Of Doan's Kidney
Pills. II you suffer from backache.
nervousness. sleeplessness, urinary
disorders or n form OF kidney Ills,
use q tested kidney medicine.
A Rawlins citizen tells Of DoaR's
Kidney Pills. ..
Could you demand more con-
vincing proof OF merit?
w. M. Cranor. 922 N. Seventh ST.,
says: "A few years ago I had consid-
cradle trouble with my kidneys. My
back was the worst source of COM
plant. The kidney ~secretions were
too free in passage and 1 was gen.
orally run down. I bought Doan's
Kidney Pills from the Red Cross
Drug Store Co., and a few boxes
strengthened my kidneys and cured
the other ailments in a short time"
Price soc at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. CranOr had. Foster-Milburn
Co.. Mfrs. Buffalo, N. Y.
, 1921-09-08

haven't been without the use of
it an entire day since l bought
it,"
w. P. HAYS, President,
Eagle Saw Works,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Have previously owned
three other cars of very popular
make, but my Essex showed me
what a properly and we'll de-
signed car is"
OTTO w. NELSON,
Nelson Tool & Machine
Co., Inc.
Newark, N. J..
, 1921-09-08

"The Essex is the seventh
automobile I have owned, and
by far the best. 1t is cleverly
designed, s~plendidly built, eco
nomical of oil, fuel and tires. l
am very largely interested in
teaching the theory and con-
struction of motor car engines
in my work"
EDWARD H. GOODRICH.
Director of Science and Auto
mobile Dept.
Technical High School,
Springfield, Mass.
, 1921-09-08
No Substitute offered.

Say what you will about druggists
Offering something "just as good
because 1t pays a better profit, the
fact still stands that ninety-nine out
Of a hundred druggists recommend
Chamberlain's Collie and Diarrhoea
Remedy. when the best medicine for
diarrhoea Is asked for, and do so be-
cause they know from what their
customers say OF 1t, that 1t can be
depended upon.
, 1921-09-08
---they valued it far
cost them.

II have previously owned IA
different makes Of cars ranging
up to $500. Have found the
weak spot in all of them but
Essex. My total mileage is
1888 miles at a total repair
cost Of $91.52."
A C. ALEXANDER, M. D,
Penacook, N. H.
, 1921-09-08

copyright.)
, 1921-09-08
The Key that UnIocks the Door to
Long Living

The men Of eighty-five and ninety
years OF age are not the rotund.
well-fed, but thin, spare men, who
live on a slender diet. Be as careful
as he will, however "a man past
middle age will occasionally eat too
much or some article OF food not
suited to his constitution, causing in
digestion or constipation and will
need a dose OF Chamberlain's Tab
lets to move his bowels and invig-
crate his stomach. When this Is
done, there Is no reason why the
average man should not live to a ripe
old age. Il
, 1921-09-08

The Essex has always been an outstanding
value by every standard of price and quality
comparison.
Since Its reduction of price this advantage
Ii even more evident. Especially interesting
now Is i price to price measurement of the
Essex against cars you have regarded as
comparable TO It ID. quality.
, 1921-09-08

&c.. To sum up l am so
pleased with by car in every
particular that l do not know of
any make within $1,000 of it's
price class that I would have in
preference to the Essex"
H. R.
Jones & cCanahan,
Shreveport, La.
, 1921-09-08
and now you save $4<
Where Can you get such a value?

Will you today find any car that even ap-
proaches Essex in quality and ability, within
hundreds of dollars of its cost? And doesn't
its low cost with such quality appeal to
judicious buyers, whether they are consider
ing a car slightly less in cost or have been
seeking Essex quality in some much ~costlier
car?
, 1921-09-08
above its


I do not believe there
is car on the market today that
will give the service the Essex
car will give for $1,000 more"
N. D. NAMAN,
Naman's Inc,
Waco, Tex.
The Washington times., 1921-05-01
WEST md. SHOWS
EARNINGS gain
Despite Rise In Operating Ex-
penses, Road Makes Good
Record for 3-Month Period.

Western Maryland, among the flrst
two or three railroads to report
March earnings. shows an operating
ratio Of 84.26 ~ compared with 1894
for the preceding month and 1854 In
January.
In the nrst three months of the
year the road has continued to earn
. small Increasing surplus after pay
Ing nxed charges.
Operating expenses decreased slight
ly In March from the totals. OF the
same month OF 1920 and also Of
February. 1921, and gross revenue
gained 1.03 per cent over March. 1920.
But while operating income showed
an Increase of 74.42 per cent net In
come after charges decreased 94.6s
per cent. which was attributable
mainly to smaller revenue from rent
ed equipment. Western Maryland has
been accustomed to substantial
revenue from use OF it's cars on other
roads.
Surplus after charges In the first
quarter Of 1921; has been scant.
amounting to only $7,S11, which Is
equivalent to II cents a share an
nually on the first preferred stock.
March earnings compare with
figures for the same month 1920 as
follows:
The Washington times., 1921-05-01
FEDERAL FUNDS HELP
FARMERS BUY SEEDS

Ten thousand farmers In the
drought stricken areas Of North Da-
kota and Montana have received
money loans from the Department of
Agriculture with which to buy seed
grain to plant this years crop. North
Dakota farmers received s883,0o0 and
Montana farmers s679,000.
Secretary Wallace. OF the Agricul-
ture Department. yesterday today sent
Congressman Young, North Dakota, q
detailed report on these loans to
Northwest farmers Supervision of
the loans 10 being made from Fargo,
North Dakota, Additional loans
amounting to $4,000 are being ar
ranged. Congress appropriated s2,-
5000 to aid those farmers
The Washington times., 1921-05-01
SENATE COMMITTEE TO
REPORT TARIFF BILL

The Senate Committee on Finance
will report the emergency tariff bill
to the Senate on Monday and expects
to take 1t up. for consideration on
Tuesday next
The committee in executive session
adopted the amendment offered by
Senator Knox for the exclusion of
inportations of dyes and certain
chemicals entering into dye manu-
facture for a period OF six months
and transferring the duties Of the
War Trade Board to the Sccre-
tsry OF the Treasury.
In accordance with the agreement
reached Wednesday. the committee
adopted the sections relating to anti
dumping and foreign exchange az
rewritten.