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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-06
FRECkLEE- FACE
San and Wind Bring Out Ugly

E1II tIS S1lAN
Spots. How to Remove Easily
Heres a chance, Miss Freckle-
face, to try a remedy Tor freckles
with the guarantee of a reliable
concern that it will not cost you a
penny unless it removes the
freckles: while if it does give you
a clear complexion the expense IS
trifling.
Simply get an ounce of othine
double strength = from any
druggist and a few applications
should show you how easy it is to
rid yourself of the homely freck-
les and get a beautiful complex
ion. Rarely is more than one
ounce needed for the worst case.
Be sure to ask the druggist for
the double strength Othine as this
strength is sold under guarantee
of money back if it fails to re-
move freckles.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-06

sisE a. Observation-Disclosures about
weTEnow nj isgoing abotIt the
house.
Miss FloraandSJenn
al Arnstts Rnnsare their
Eaunts at Watson.
William Skinner Fafr
mont on businesslasts
T.. J. Barrie OF Grant Townis
running on the Democratic stfckaf
for the board of educatton
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-06
.other-To-Be
Read This

Here is a wonderful message to
all expectant mothers. From this
moment on, cast from your mind all
dread and fear, and feel every day
as the months roll by that great
freedom from much Of the suffer-
ing which thousands Of expectant
mothers undergo, unnecessarily
And when the Little One arrives.
you can have that moment more
free from suffering than you have
perhaps imagined. An eminent
physician, expert In this science,
has shown the way. It was he who
first produced the great rem edy,
s'Mother'S Friend" Mrs. c. J.
Hartman, Scranton, Pa, says.
with my first two children Ihed
q doctor and q nurse and then ID
they had to usc Instruments, but
with my last two children 7 used
Mothers Friend and had only u
nurse; we had no time to get u
doctor because I wasn't very sick-
only about ten or fifteen minutes"
Mothers Friend" is applied ex-
ternal1y to the abdomen, back and
hips. It aids the muscles and It's
sues to expand easily. It peue-
trates quickly. 1t contains no mar
cotics or harmful drugs. It is safe.
There is no substitute. Avoid use
le5s sreases sometimes recommend.
cd by the uakrowips. "Mothcr'a
TrtendH IS sold By all druggists
SoTp-wr'te for v,;rahle frsc. Enusre:cd
i nsssi 1AFo sn:Ra2!:s,l 4"a sn ;5s EisS.. ss] S'sIs'' s !
s32cc:sns lnotaSs .saoul /. t E9ssd snd a. sSons
p1ay, 9A-s6, Atlanta. Ga.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-06

Barry Pharmacy, $40 Locust Avenue. =
Crane Drug Co., 332 Adams ST.
,Fortney Drug Co, q stores) BOG Jefferson
Service Medicine Co.. 210 Jackson st.
H. H. Drug Co., 800 Main st.
Martin Bros. Drug Co., 135 Adams st.
Mountain City Drug Co., 236 Adams ST.
Hall Drug Co, 80 Merchant ST.
South Side Pharmacy, 81 Fairnlont Ave.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-06
TIE DAILY
sHOR
~Fliminating Susan
ossoRN.


illuminating Susan
ByBdANE oseoRn.
sH0UI5DSf Judge thatayou5a are
aboiIt the aupsand-coming-est
l~os1np real eStater in%town,
5NTr1Thad Upton as he strobe
s511nItantly into the office OF
Tss@a4f &.8Howe. He was address
Howe. who sat al roll
4 desk inside the 1ittleSgate anu
ence that divided the inner from
he outer office.
sIs there something I can do tor
gorta asked John Howe, rising am
Stepping toward the stranger
sAngwer&Smy question ITsI.
B the sniaTtestsreaIestate man -
TOWN. Don't lie TO me. az Sou
S7ttink you are, saysso: Ia
FRANKLY, I believe am" SAID
Hbohn%Howe.
11ien@Mr. Thad Upton stTetcnsu
out hisshand and shook that OF si.
S#JohngHowe, who Sushered tne =
manSto2the chair beside MS desk.
That was the beginning otLhe JUS Esa
sgness8relatiohs of Messrs. lhau "
ton and John Howe:
Iwant$you% to sell the OLD IruaS
@property,s MI. Upton e2plalleu'
tsMYsmother was Truax. = pdch.
.4eIor brother of hers came % ehe
$homesteadsand wilted 1t tome: 5ut
there is one specif,catlon ~ zig
EwFn1s It's mine to do, VIZ.
evil Ii il proyiding If LIDO sell must
fla sIIsan@Truax, hisS$ grandniece,
have first chance to buy It, and !
mis- let3hers have it at Maximum
SS30,O0o.
Now, here's what I want you to
That property IS worth cons1d-
-ssraably more than sthat--forty at
q i want you to eliminate his
Susan Truax as possible pur-
ehager. never clapped& eyes on
her All II know is b a q -
daughter OF J. cousin, lives5in FAIR
field. and is, or ought to be, twenty.
five years old this coming June"
Buth how shalt go about it,
asked Mr.. Howe Il she gets any
idea that the property is worth
more than the thirty thousand
dollars She Will buy it whether
she wants to keep ft@or not or
lscourse, I cant approach her dir
AActly. sShe'll&see at once there is
gbme%motiye---
81 don.fcare how you go about
said Old Thad Upton. II you
as smart. as the folks nSthls
towna5thinISEyou ire then you'll
eliminate Susan as a4posslDle puF-
chaser. may as well tell you the
truth-ImSnot counting on max
ing any profit on the transaction
sYoufcan keep the profit as your
III commlss1ohsfs4A OF. ndnn, nv
to TX of mina
mothe and LIS Used 10
Kle8 sisiy 80, : a. R11t.ha nut
her as2sher Ep3relon ~ of sheer
r Ids Ibis i,alltsss ~ ~ ! han t,,rned
SIS oi1ls SIS, 49, II, \ -
n ounu - a.tv With
~ e getting
AlIS apouS uoi = eTh,t,s
y 49, Il -, ~ ua1i ia eliminate
Why l& W ant u - tha-h1o,1
V Susasas!s somehow olaIot Ne 80
musfSNaK hef nu+tina II
&peFSy 9a41Ssn 80 -tanr tbst
sonethins
ut oan 49,
isomehoW, and the proLt y -
Tdsfyours = ,de
Atthe outset ON = ~
gsures4after an eSanlna.ton roaI1y
y oadSTruaX properly tnaI.' 80
MasSWorth S4o,ouo: tish too1S
about hnd1ns susan. a. -
$sstime - e. .
#pTetext5ot doing business, - :
field and secured ~ q
Boarding house not raj
susan ruaN's home: u was ~
@easS. 90 ;nfo.
ing John Howe to gam entree lnLo
SusanaTruaN's social set. 20"
ever, atthe expiration oL.lnree
weeks he$found h1mse d pei
ted caller at the TruaX home N
Fairfield.
He talked OF many things, an.
managed to discover ousIa
Truax liked old houses anu ora
Sr,amEaTS of her family SIZE "d9
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-02-23
OUR COSTLY NEGLIGENCE

Denomination" is a tired, haggard,
nervous wreck of a word that was
nearly worked to death at Washington
during the early days Of the war. 1t
was the first of the dollar-a-year words
to come forward to do war work, and
it was worn to a fragile. | hate to
drag the poor wan thing out FROM the
quiet retreat in my dictionary where
1t has been resting and recuperating,
but L must say that this lack CT Co
ordination, lack Of organization, ,du-'
plication, inefficiency, waste, and hap
hazard hOdge-pOdge structure az the
national governmental machine Ii no
secret to those at Washington. who
run and manage it for US, and WHO are
even more directly responsible than
we are for Ehe condition into which
it has fallen.
I submit pleas of avoidance and
confession from both Democrats and
Republicans. II is not a matter of
politics. 1t ~ matter of proved and
confessed negligence on the part Of
the men we Lave hired to run the ma
chine, and have kept year after year
In places of .rust and power and re-
sponsibility. They haven't kerI up
the plant The form of organization
is grotesquely inadequate. The NOR
ale of the working force is badly il2-
paired, as l nave set forth at length
in previous articles. We have paid
the price for this, grossly and hugely,
in money ana in poor service. This
has been costly negligence on our part.
| said l har: confessions. Here they
are, Reed Shoot Republican and a
senator from Utah, speaking:
The administrative branches of the
government have undergone no funda-
mental change since the organization was
| devised by Alexander Hamilton.
No other government in the world
| could have gone on as ours has done and
paid the bills involved in our Wastefm
methods of administration. We have been
able to do it because this country ht1
| had resources and wealth unparalelG4,
But the war las brought us at last 70
realize that these will not last always.
We need a complete survey of the WhQ.G
situation de noSo by committee of mLn
willing to recognize that it is a task VI
day and night for year, and very llses'.
two years.
There is endless duplication of wo *
among different departments, and evan
in the same department. 1t !,
the same through all the governmeATI
functions and now, when the burden d
carrying our enormous debt is weight. E
on the people, we can no longer negleas
to give it consideration.
When he said these things, No.
Smoot was urging a concrete proposal
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-02-23

neither sufficiently compact nor suffi-
.iently branched to make a really good
hedge.
Native species, and those least modi-
led by mans crossing and selection
ire most suitable for lawn and border
planting. Border roses should have
little pruning the removal of the dead
wood and the cutting of the whole
bush to the ground every five to eight
Years being the best way of handling
most varieties.
Climbing roses used for arbOrs and
trellises may be managed either to
give an abundance Of bloom or to pro
suce shade, but they cannot do both
satisfactorily, and they are not we'll
adapted to the production of shade as
many other plants. Climbing roses
should be pruned just after blooming
sy having the wood of the previous
Vears growth removed.
Cut-fower roses need clean culture.
Ievere pruning and special care; there
'Ore they should be planted by them
selves in secluded beds and should
not be used to beautify the grounds
n place of the roses appropriate for
awns and borders. Cut-fower roses
should be cut each spring to within
Xix inches or one foot Of the ground
'or finest blooms, or one-third to one
lalf the wood should be left If the
object is large quantity of blooms.
The essentials for satisfactory rose
growing are well-drained retentive
soil, thoroughly enriched, preferably
With ,rotted manure::"nGut7fower roses
particularly need heavy annual ma
nuring. Special care must be- exer-
>iSed to prevent.tBe roots from. drying
when out of,the ground for transplant
Ing. DofYnant roses. should have from
.one-half to tWQ;,thirds-sof The woOd re-
moved at the time of trsnsplanting.
Watchfplhess, Is the price" of success
with roses ia ~ i%t~s ..'
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-02-23

If any of them have forgotten it. The
pretty dress at the left is shown in black
tatfeta, and has a draped bodice fas-
tening at one side with a large jet
buckle over a long bead fringe. The
bodice is unusually graceful. The
neck opening allows a dainty chemi-
settle of net and lace to show, and the
kimono sleeves will recommend it to
slender women. Rutlles of the taffeta
finish the collar, sleeves and loose side
panels and make a pretty adornment
for the skirt.
Taffeta is sufficient unto itself in
the gay party frCck in which two
cOlors are combined in a changeable
weave. The wide skirt is scallOped
at the bottom and bound with a fold
of the silk. The new neck line is
finished in the same way and empha-
sized by two full ruffies which serve
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-02-23
PARAGUS MUST
HAVE RICH SOIL
DeIicacy Will Grow in Drained
Ground If Plant Food Is
Properly Applied.
ROOTS BETTER: THAN SEED
Spring Is Good Time to Transplant
Shoots May Be Banched by Ridg-
ing Up over Rows With
Loose Sandy Soil.

Asparagus should have a place in
every home vegetable garden where it
will thrive. This crop can be grown
on almost any well-drained sOA, but
will DO best on a deep, mellow sandy
loan, says the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. There is little
possibility of having the land too rich,
and liberal applications of partly rot
ted barnyard manure should be made
before the plants are set. The seeds
of asparagus may be sOWn during the
early spring in the rows where the
plants are to remain and the seedlings
thiDned to stand IA inches apart in the
row at the end of the first season. 1t
is usually most satisfactory to pur-
chase tWO-year-old roots from some
scotsman or dealer. The roots should
be transplanted during the late au-
tumn or early spring.
Before setting out the plants, the
land should be loosened very deeply,
either by subsoil blowing or deep spad-
ing. 1t is a good plan to remove the
topsoil and spade manure into the sub
soil to depth of ii or 16 inches then
replace the tOpsOil and add more
manure. There are two methods of
setting an asparagus bed, depending
entirely upon the kind of cultivation to
be employed in the garden. If the
garden space is limited, the plants
should be set in a solid bed, one foot
apart each way. In setting asparagus
the crowns should be covered to q
depth of four or five inches.
The part Of the asparagus used as a
vegetable is the young shoot that is
thrown up during the early spring.
The shoots are removed when about
four or five inches in length by cutting
slightly below the surface of the
ground, but care should be taken that
the knife is not thrust at an angle or
the crowns will be injured. If so de-
sired, the shoots may be bIanChed by
ridging up over the rows with loose
sandy soil or by allowing the mulch to
remain and the shoots to make their
way through it; but unblanched as
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-02-23
Copyright, Western Newspaper Union

to bring about the reformation so bad
ly needed.
And now Franklin D. Roosevelt, for
seven years assistant secretary Of the
navy and recently the Democratic can
didate for vice president:
The entire system of relationship which
exists between congress and the eXecu-
tive departments is fundamentally wrong.
Let me illustrate: I made an offer one
spring to the appropriations committees
of both house and senate, telling them
that 1 would tomorrow discharge Is per
cent of the employees of the Navy de-
partment If they, the committees. would
give me complete authority to take one
half of the salaries of the employees SO
discharged and add it to the salaries of
the other s. per cent of the employees
still left in the department. g.. OF
course, however, under the present sys-
tenn congress would not think of giving
executive discretion Of this kind.
Congress, for various reasons, has so
tied the hands of the executive officers
of the government that they have no dis
erection in the fundamental questions of
employment My own wonder Is
that, considering the existing circum-
stances, the employees of the govern
ment are as efficient as they actually are.
Congress legislates for every minute item
of employment. There Is lot
of work being done in other departments
which ought properly to be under the
Navy department., and in the same way
there is a lot Of work done by the Navy
department which could perfectly prop
erly be transferred to other departments.
After seven years down here in an ex-
I ha1r fIoa
conclusion that our governmental meth
DDS are cumbersome and wasteful. The
first Improvement must come in what is,
after all, the source of governmental ac-
tivities--that is, the Legislative branch.
This must come from congress. We need
also a reclassiication and redistribution
of the work of the executive depart
ments. This can only come if congress,
working in accord with itself and with
the executives, will discuss the whole
question simultaneously and not merely
piecemeal
Well, there you are! A Republican
who has been in the legislative branch
of the government for seventeen years,
and a Democrat who has been in the
executive branch for seven years, both
telling the same story of how badly
the national business is managed.
The odd thing about it is that our
agents and representatives at Wash
ington who let this waste and inef-
ficiency run on, year after year, pay
no penalty We pay the piper to the
tune of millions and Enthusiastically
that much. And the condition will en-
dure until we make real roar about
it. Congress increasingly shakes it's
head over the situation and brings in
various proposals of reform, and says
how wrong it all is; but lacking
lively, infamed public pressure, moth
ing gets done.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-02-23
ROSES SUITABLE
FOR HOME LAWNS
Native Species Are Most Suitable
for the Yard and for Bor-
der Planting.
The PRUNING IS IMPORTANT
Different Treatments Required Where
Blossoms Are to Be Produced for
Different Purposes-Heavy
Manuring Essential.

Advice as to the varieties of roses
Test suited to a particular region is
Test obtained from the nearest grower
r nurseryman. A different type of
'ose is needed for each of the various
purposes for which roses are used.
Those which are suitable for lawns
'r borders will not give satisfactory
tut flowers; special kinds are best for
arbors or trellises and other orna-
mental purposes. In the opinion of
he United States Department of Agri-
culture, roses are not very satisfac-
'ory for hedges, as most types are
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-02-23

We have not had in our time Prest-
had close acquaintance with business
methods. The Chief Executives havH,
for the most part, not been executives
as that term is now understood. Any
thing but. They regarded the govern
mental machine as one regards hired
motor cara piece of mechanism in
which to get somewhere, and with no
thought of its pOwer-transmissiOn
system or economy of operation.
Mr.. Taft did sense the fact that he
was at the head of an organization
whose activities are almost as varied
as those of the entire business world.
Mr.. Harding, ]. believe, shares this
feeling. "'t
AS Mr.. Taft pointed out, this great
organization has never been studied
In detail as one piece of administra-
tive mechanism: No comprehensive
effort has been made. until very re-
Gently, to list its many activities 'or to
group them in such a wayfas to- pre-
, sent a clear picture of what the gov
eminent is doing; Ne. satisfactory
statement has ever been published of
the financial transactions, of the gov
eminent as whole. with large in
terests at stake congress and the eX-
ecutive have never had all the 'infQr,
nation which should be currently
available if the most intelligent direc-
ton is to be given to the daily national
business.
Congress, the President and the ad-
ministrative officers have been at
tempting to discharge their duties
without full information as to the
agencies through which the work of
| the government is being performed.
In the past, services, agencies bureaus,
what not, have been created one by
one as exigencies have seemed to de-
mand, with little or no reference to
any scheme of organization of the gov
ernment as a whole.
Mr.. Taft pointed out all this and
made an earnest effort to change it.
With what result? Why, just exactly
none. Congress was cold The pub
lic-meaning you and me-was colder.
We didn't take any interest in the
project, and therefore congress po-
litely yawned 1t away into the tall
grass and out of sight. Mr.. Taft was
given enough money to employ an elf
cheney and economy commission and
to make inquiry into the methods of
transacting the public business of the
executive departments and other gov
eminent establishments"
The inquiry was made and the
changes recommended, but nothing
has ever been done about it, 1hE
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-02-23
WE'RE COLD TO REFORMS

economy and efficiency commission was
very conservative and cautious. 1t
took Mr.. Taft's view that the prob
lem of good administration is not one
that can be solved at one time. 1t is
continuously present one. This
commission, made up of excellent men,
suggested that the revenue-cutter serv-
ice be abolished and it's activities be
taken over by other services. 1t was
estimated that by so doing a saving
of not less than $1,000,000 could be
made.
Another report recommended that
the lighthouse and life-saving services
be administered by single bureau in
stead of as at that time, by two bu-
reaus located in different departments
1t was estimated that this consolida-
ton would result in a saving of not
less than 100000 yeaily. >. 49,.
:. The abolition Of the returns. office of
the Interior department. was. recon-
mended, at an estimated direct saving
Of about $4,000 a. year, in addition
to large indirect economy IN the
reduction .of work to be performed in
the several offices. 49, E.,.....
The consolidation Of tie sl& auditing
Offices of the treasufyiand, tho tnclu:
sion ip the auditing system of the
seven naval officers who. audited GUS
toms accounts at the principal ports
was urged. The change was expected
to produce an immediate saving of at
least $135,000 yearly, 49, -...'.
From this modest start other changes
and reforms and savings were to be
made
But we weren't interested in the
high cost of government or the high
cost of living eleven years ago. Mr.
Taft didn't get rise out of us. He
didn't have much of pull with con-
gress, either, poor man, and all his In.
quiry went for nothing as far as any
action was concerned
He and his commission did bring out
and establish, however, certain facts
and conditions. 1t was a Trustworthy
and competent investigation as far as
1t went. That is something to the
good.
There Is patent disposition in con.
gress now to take the whole problem
of the routine administrative processes
of the government under consideration
and see how best to improve them.
Whether anything really worth while
will come out of 1t will depend en-.
tirely on the degree Of interest you
display. If you will take the trouble
to show that you know that the ma.
tlonal business is mismanaged and
costs too much, and that you are tired
Of 1t, there will be action.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-02-23
MAKE. GARDEN PERMANENT
With Little Attention Hsrdy Plants
Will Produce Crops, That May
Be Depended upon.

A bed of asparagus is, known to have
given continuous service for more than
30 years, and asparagus is one of the
first of the spring vegetables. A row
Of blackberries along a garden fence
has produced abundant crops for ~
successive years. A few hills of rhu-
barb have provided a delicious sauce
md helped with the making of pies
Ieason after season, with very little
cOst or attention. Strawberries re-
,uire more care, but they furnish the
arst ripe fruit in the spring, and a
Fery small plot of ground in one cor
per of the garden will supply the fam
Ily, says the United States Depart
nent of Agriculture.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-02-23
EHIlIILIs IIIIIES ri
@ Tafeta Triumphs Anew; Z
IL Enhancing Millinery
EllII TI

THERE is something so unpreten-
l. tious and appealing about taffeta
silk that it comes gently rustling in
each season to triumph anew among
afternoon and evening frocks. 1t has
a certain dignity that belongs to silk
and a certain degree of youthfulness
that belongs to itself, but can be ac-
commodated to women of any age. In
the frocks pictured here the styles
.bespeak in the wearer something
of youthfulness. Thi; is a quality
that some women preserve fer many
years, and it is worth recalling that
taffeta helps them to look Young
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-02-23

paragus always has better flavor
than blanched, is more easily produced,
and Is more satisfactory for home use.
Too heavy mulching has tendency to
retard the growth of the shoots by
keeping the ground cold until late in
the spring.
No shoots should be removed the
first year the plants are set in the
permanent bed and the period Of cut.
ting should be short the second year.
After the second year the plants be.
come well established, and with proper
fertilizing and care the bed will last
indefinitely. During the cutting sea.
son all the shoots should be removed
as the roots will cease to throw up
shoots us soon as one is allowed to ma
tura.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1922-02-23
Where Your Taxes Go
How Uncle Sam Spends Your Money
in Conducting Your Business
By EDWARD G. LOWRY

Author Contributor
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