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The Washington herald., 1922-12-27

A BEE goes about searching for
~ the sweetness in every flower.
IA 1t flies in the sunshine.
A bat flies by night and lives by
devOuring insects which are smaller
and feebler creatures than itself.
Intellectually speaking, which are
you?
For there are minds, like that Of
Edwin Arnold, whose quest is for
sweetness and light, and there are
others who thrill only with the
tragic.
There are those TO whom pain is
positive and happiness merely mega
tive. With them happiness simply
means the absence of pain, as cold
is the absence of heat.
Sorrow undoubtedly has a keener
edge than joy, and the more child
ish our minds the more quickly we
respond to the unpleasant and the
more slowly we react to the de-
lightful.
1t is curious how we only apply
the term "a great play" to a
tragedy and how we seem to re-
gard those things that merely make
us happy rather apologetically.
There is good deal of bat in us.
1t might be noted also that bees,
who collect sweetness, store up
honey, while about all that bats do
is keep themselves alive and propa-
gate more bats.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-27
WAYSIDE WISDOM
Copyright. 1927
BY S. E. kiser-

I WONDER If, when Antony
Went down to Egyptville week-ending.
He had to wait impatiently,
His spirits constantly descending,
While Cleopatra fixed her hair,
Unmindful of the passing hour.
And got herself dolled up for fair.
Without suspecting Marc might care!
A long wait always makes men sour.
7 WONDER if sweet Heloise.
= Through her neglect to make it snsppy,
Caused Abelard by slow degrees
To grow impatient and unhappy?
Iwonder if he had to wait
While she before her mirror tarried!
She never was his welded mate;
All. many 4 girl through being late,
Has missed q fine chance to get married
WONDER If fair Josephine,
Untroubled by Napoleon's cussing,
Made certain that her nails were clean
And otherwise continued fussing
While precious moments slipped away
And he paced to and fro and worried?
Well. as you know, there came a day
When he could wait and still be gay,
The more. in fact, the less she hurried
WONDER why they will not learn
1 To cease to keep men always waiting?
The love that waits too long may turn
To something that resembles hating.
Why is it those whom adore
Come always tardily to greet me?-
She comes! The long delay Is o'eri
I've written this while waiting for
The lovely one who was to meet me.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-27

To the Editor:
A BOUT a week ago one Of the
"A prisoners at Sing Sing
escaped during an entertain
ment that was given in the
prison. It is Of course quite
natural that among a large
number Of prisoners one or a
few Of the long term men
would try to escape. whether
during an entertainment or
otherwise. but we have a very
good warden, Major Lawes, at
Sing Sing. who watches the
matter very carefully and has
been able to prevent escapes.
or in the few escapes that have
taken place, he has recap
tured the prisoners.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-27
EPIGRAMS
BY Livy S. Richard

nNE grievance against life is
" that by the time We learn
discretion most of us are too
old to use il.
I IFT an eye to the stars, but
Il keep the other on the
sidewalk il you'd avoid seeing
stars that aren't.
THE advice you follow makes
! the most convincing pre-
cept.
HUNNERY isn't the only place
" where 1t sometimes pays to
choke the smooth bore.
WHAT we win by bluff we're
w likely to lose to a buffer.
A DOORMAT can't help IT,
~ self, but the meekest
human can.
EASY come. easy 90 doesn't
Il apply to colds.
THE best cure for cold feet is
1 a warm heart, chilled nerve
and a cool, clear conscience.
THE child, as father of the
l man, must often be ashamed
of his offspring.
CELF-HELP is the best help
- because nobody else can
withdraw 1t.
CECOND- HAND knowledge,
- like secondhand clothing,
is generally safer after fumiga-
tion.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-27
Something to Think About
By Bruno Lessing,
CHEERFULNESS

|HERE'S a new doctor among
us who claims that IL we
keep on. telling ourselves that
We are constantly getting better.
We really get better. It's the
old influence-of-mind mas
ter stuff. And / am with him
exactly 100 per cent. The fact
that there is nothing new in his
theory ought not to prejudice a
soul against it. We have not
yet absorbed one-fiftieth Of the
great truths that were known
twenty centuries ago.
l strongly recommend to all
who are ailing to cultivate a
cheerful disposition. no matter
how desperately hard they must
try. 1t will pay them in the end.
A cheerful trend OF mind will
not cure a severe local inflam-
nation. There are only two
things that cure a condition.
First is the removal OF the
cause. Second is the healing
power OF the human body. And
the healing power OF the body is
always hampered IL the mind is
depressed.
So, what's the use OF handi-
Gaping the thing which can
cure you?
The Washington herald., 1922-12-27
Taxes on
the Brain
and more the world is
MI beginning to think and talk
lv8 taxes.

O1sC anu LuOTC tuc WOTlu Is
" beginning to think and talk
IVA taxes.
"Britain to Cut Taxes, Says New
Treasury Director"
Future Taxation Is Big Prob
lem, Says Banker Mitchell, of
Chicago"
Headlines like these appear daily
In the papers. And in the State
papers the governors of nations
and of States are featuring the saw
ings they have made or earnestly
promising to make more.
Farmers, too, have taxes on the
brain. Many are wondering how
they can possibly pay them. Some
are talking of a taxpayers strike.
Once tax figures were deemed
dull and only a few pedants could
be got to study them. Not so now.
They beat scandal in interest.
1t is well. For the worlds sake
they have got to come down-here,
everywhere. There is simply no
alternative if the business of toler-
able living is to be kept going.
That means some pinching and
good bit of postponinS-purposes
worthy but not compelling deferred
until better days.
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Quinine ald-Whut? =

COUGHS and colds picnic Is here
~ Folks must 60 through three months
Of snow shovelling appropriations be-
fore Spring comes round with its new
hopes and taxes.
nURING those three zero packed
- months our entire census will prob.
ably grab wet feet and cough In har.
mony. Great indoors will be jammed
with stove-hugging enthusiasts who like
to take their WinterS by radio.
N old days there was but one remedy
for those syncopated chills. But what
will Old Doc recommend this season?
0UININB and-what?
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A WatchML Warden

During the entire administra-
ton Of Major Dawes. who has
been warden Of Sing Sing for
three years. not a single pris.
oner has been lost with the
exception OF the one above
referred to. and he may yet be
recovered.
There have been five or six
other escapes OF prisoners dur
ing Warden Lawes' admins
tration, but all were recap
tured. This certainly n a
splendid record. Major Lawes
was appointed warden during
Governor Smiths administrs.
ton.
ADoLPH LEwIsoHN.
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Stars and Stripes
FINANCIAL NOTE.

FINANCIAL NOTE.
Henry Ford has so much money that
he could give IS to every person in the
United States II he wanted to- The
thing that spoils this is the fact that
he doesn't want to.
The kleagle must be the bird who
sings the Klan's song Of hate.
WHERE CHANCES BEGIN.
The man who complains that he never
had a chance probably forgets how he
put in his time in school,
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YeTOWNE GOSSIP
u Copyright. 1879. by Star cenpsny
%. by Star Company.
BY X. c. B.

Dear X. C. B.-So that We may have peace
in our home. and because my husband and
have agreed to abide by your decision. will you
please say through your column IL you believe
1t necessary for the future happiness Of q toy
that he should be compelled at the age OF ten
to observe all of the formalities customary
among polite men in their speech and man
ners? Also, would you insist that your boy
the words sir" or madam" always In
addressing his elders? Never mind how you
think feel about it-just tell US.
MADALYN r.
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DEARLY beloved friend

A DEARLY beloved friend,
"A living in an old quarter OF
New York. was looking out Of
a top story window into the
little open space which serves
as the shabby survival OF a
metropolitan park.
The bright day had brought
out the sordid population Of
human relics and wrecks which
usually litter the benches when
the weather permits. =,
The beloved loving one, look.
ing down with pity upon the
hulks summing themselves there,
experienced a vision.
She saw. from out the be-
sotted hulk Of a man. a beauti-
full figure emerge. glorious and
resplendent. There he stood,
conquering and to conquer.
On the next bench sat what
to outward seeming was a rag.
ged hag. a prostitute grown
too horribly unattractive for
her calling.
IN the sunshine OF love and
L seeing from a height, our
spiritual artist summoned from
the body Of that fallen one q
spirit Of loveliness-a rare and
The Washington herald., 1922-12-27

THAT idea OF deep-seeing
L faith is immortaIly express
ed in Emerson's poem. The
Sphinx. Learn the lines and
their lesson 'by heart:
The Lethe of Nature can't
trance him again.
Whose Soul sees the perfect.
which his eyes seek in
vain"
What matter IL your friends
think you foolish because YOU
would rather find beauty in
others than the ugliness which
they see 50 easily.
Believe one who has tried
both ways, there is utmost fun
and profit and joy in looking
out upon life with good viii
and in the quest of beauty.
Besides. you become by that
process a creator who can
look upon his work and say:
Behold, II is good"
Ccopyright. Isa2. by King Feature
Syndicate. Incl
The Washington herald., 1922-12-27
A YEAR FROM NOW,

There will be indications Of another disas-
trous outbreak in Europe.
This years toys will bs worth about as
much as political candidates promises
A number OF people will continue to worry
about the theory of evolution.
Congress will continue successfully to side
step all propositions to relieve the pressure
upon the great middle class
The Washington herald., 1922-12-27

I'LL tell you why I'm SO sure
L Of this. / thought one day
I had heart disease. I had
constant pain which turned out
afterward to have been caused
by eating too many crullers. q
love crullersJ So asked a doc
tor to examine my heart. While
he was pressing his stethoscope
against my undershirt and
listening to the hearts thump-
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To the Editor: :
II HAVE been requested to
i state my preference for Sun
day and daily Newspaper. ] have
replied as follows:
Preference for The Times
The Washington herald., 1922-12-27
, THIS GAME OF LIFE,

At times a young man will
think the philosophy of con-
tentment and patience is all
part Of a big game to keep him
down in his place.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-27

TIP to date there has been no healthy
- substitute found for that what Boot.
leggers have donated our lives to sci.
ence and research. And nearest that
Old Doc can snuggle to answer is as
pirin and-which?
nUININE was popular because folks
~ liked the sauce It was served with.
But since laws Of supply and demand
refuse to answer their echoes there are
no pills and-syrup.
IT used to be Quinine with. Now It's
quinine without
INVALIDS like their Tom and-whof
Convalescents were awarded rock
and-amendmentA But there ID no
The Washington herald., 1922-12-27
Surely We DO

Herald because OF the prepon-
derance Of high-grade writers
IN practically all phases OF hfe."
I'm sure you appreciate sppre-
oiation,
JULIA A. M'swEENEY.
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ing. noticed that his face
looked serious A frightened
thought shot through my mind.
i must be in a bad way. At that
very instant the doctor looked
up and smiled.
What were you thinking
about just Them he asked me.
/ told him I was thinking Of the
undertaken.
Il thought it was something
like that" said he. Your heart
jumped a dozen beats"
Your face looked so serious. q"
said I. II thought you had dis.
covered something"
oh" said he. Il lust re.
membered chat I had forgotten
yesterday was my wife's birth
iay."
The Washington herald., 1922-12-27
IMMoDEsT MopEs1Y.

An annoying form of modesty
is the conscious unconscious
ness of the man who is good
and knows It
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lgments: which do he shall ipe them am the
by A. Miller Nnhs Street Christi
The Eye of the Artist
by DR.. Charles FIeischer.

MICHAEL ANGELO. could
NA see the completed statue
In q block Of marble.
In q sense that 10 true of
every artist. And Of the inven-
tor. the architect and Of every
one who undertakes to trans
late the invisible idea into
symbolic. visible performance.
The work Of art lives In the
eye Of the artist before he
creates II in terms Of beauty
for our vision. The completed
mechanism In in the mind of
the inventor, the standing
structure in the brain Of the
architect.
In the finest sense, you too,
can cultivate and achieve the
eye Of the artist.
You can see the image of
the perfect in the rudest, crud.
est. coarsest personality. You
can-if you can. You can, II
you choosei
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DON'T TRUST HIM,

The man who tells you that his word Is as
good as his bond is entitled to just about as
much respect as you have for the fellow who
boasts about his good breeding
The Washington herald., 1922-12-27

10 to it, DIR. Coue. I'm get
" ting better all the time.
Some Of my organs tell me that
I'm a liar. but don't care. The
heart-the greatest organ OF
them all-believes me and gets
fresh courage.
Copyright. ie12. by King Feature,
Syndicate, Incl
The Washington herald., 1922-12-27

ND that cured me. II a
"A thought can make the heart
beat faster. I'm going to avoid
Marathon thoughts. We oan
only live as long as our heart
beats. And as the action of the
heart is necessary to cure us of
all the ills that come down the
turnpike. I'm not going to inter
fere with said action aforesaid
any more than / can help. n
I get the grippe. I'm not going
TO let my heart tell me that I
was holding her back. I'm 60
ing to be cheerful il II kills me.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-27
ANOTHER VERSION.

ANUTHEK NERSIUN,
'Twixt pessimist and optimist
The difference is droll;
The pessimist is waiting and wondering.
The optimist has his coal.
New York State hasn't got her coal in,
but she has got her Woodin.
The expression. poor fish," was first
applied to the finny fool who got hooked;
which would never have happened had
he only known enough to keep his mouth
shut.
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A STARTLING FACT

a STARTCING FACT.
1t is rather a shock to be con-
fronted suddenly with the fact
that the laws demand obedi-
ence from you as we'll as from
anyone else.
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radiant maiden, all ioveiiness
and hope.
Then the creative eye ranged
the benches and everywhere
achieved its vonder-work Of re-
creation and rebuilding.
In each case she was able 10
see the Image OF the Perfect.
which the folly and weakness
Of the person had succeeded In
obscurtng to less sympathetic
eyes and in hiding even from
his or her own inner sight.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-27
BY "Bugs ''Baer
balm nor equivalent in Gilead.

balm nor equivalent in Gilead.
DARE herbs and bitters were always
~ formal In suburban cases. But now
that bttters have turned to sweet, life
holds nothing but powders and-that
soft drink answer that turneth not
away wrath.
0LD DOC refuses to give you gambling
" chance of pulling your prescription
out OF hat. His wrists are In minority
manacles. But salty tears Of fractional
solution drop from his astigmatic spec
tacles and smear your prescription as he
vetoes his diagnosis for
nUININE and-whatf
The Washington herald., 1922-12-27

0F COURSE. only Love and
" its cousin. Pit:-. and its
close kin. Sympathy. can look
on hman life with such ere
ative vision.
1t must have been with such
eyes that the spirit Of Jesus
looked out upon the MsgdaIene
and saw only that she had
loved much and therefore was
to be forgiven much.
Such loving eyes can afford
to refuse the evidence Of the
senses, because the object of
their sight is Illuminated by
the glory Of inner vision.
The creative eye of the
Spiritual Artist.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-27

0UININE and-whatf
The Washington herald., 1922-12-27

II has been declared that there
is a use for everything, even
i dog fennel.
The Washington herald., 1922-12-27
Bat or Bee?

4 BEE goes about searching for
~ the sweetness in every flower.
y 1t flies in the sunshine.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-02-21
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rubbers is also an advantage Wise
parents would see to it that such an
attic contained an old mattress for
jumping on" a ladder, a clothes
line, some odds and ends Of dis
earded furniture, wooden boxes, a
trestle or two, boards, hammers and
mails, an old tarpaulin or other cloth
for tent-making purposes, together
with such toys as the children may
choose to take with them
l have seen many pOrches which
would make fine play places on wet
days and wondered why some of
them was in use. suppose the mo-
theirs consider the weather 'too
damp" But when l remember a
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-02-21
narcnEsy sUys KENTUCKY
E6e3 ~ PREMIUM pHjCE4

Eenfueky farmers Who arr co-ep-
eratinr pifh he extessi.n dIrisicn
II tie Collerr II Arricuiture IN
standnrininx their farm focks 81
the county plan tkroagh the use Of a
single breed for q <ivsn euunry are
beginnine 10 prudt frpm their work-
aecordfn~ 20 an announeen1ent fruu
the culIere stating that a Iar-r com
nercid hatchery N Massaehnsetts
- eo1traefing for hatehiur egg
frDrn Kenfneky farmers On a six
months basis and oFsrfnr q prsmium
priee- The eggs are 10 he furnished
arr7 August
In making the contraets- the
hateheries stated that it preferred
Eentueky eggs because Of Their
fertility made possible By the open
winter. the more vigUrozs chicks
which resulted from farm aoeks
having open ranzs. ard the fact that
enough ervs Of one breed could BE-
obtained IN a county TO make ease
Iot shipping pr0atahle-
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PLAY PLACES IN the HOUSE

During the many days and hours
when children cannot be told to
run out and play" they must play
in the house, as a matter of neees-
sity. Where the abode is a spacious
one there is of course no problem,
but the majority of families live in
small houses and, alas, apartments
Time and again it has been my
lot to spend visiting sessions in the
houses where to all intents and pur-
poses the other play places were
under the visitors feet, on the arms
and rockers of chairs and entirely
in the vicinity Of the grown people
who were going through the vacu-
Gus form of conference or CONVEX
sation. The usual apologies we're al
ways forthcoming, "The weather is
so badw "The house is so small y
'The children are so full of lfev'
"They love so much TO be with their
motherr and so on.
Now an A B C application if orl
binary sense would make it plain TO
that mother that consideration for
her guest, for her own comfort, for
her children's good, demands some
other play place, and little inge-
nuity would make one possible. Play
is 50 vital a part of a child's life
that a place for it, both indoors and
out, is a necessity, not a luxury.
One mother whom it is my privi-
lege to know, following the modern
custom of opening windows at night,
has several little beds in a row in
one room-the smaller one, a larger
one being reserved for the necessary
bureaus, play space and playthings.
In another home the dining room
IS the play place, and the very fact
that it must be put in order before
meal times is giving one group Of lit
tie folks Invaluable lessons in neat
ness, order, consideration and help
fulness.
But the ideal play place is the at
tie, and there often is one of some
sort. Such a space kept reasonably
clean, and having its windows pro-
tected, would solve many a house
hold problem The fact that the
attic is cold is in its favor than
otherwise. Indeed while the children
are playing there the upper sash Of
the windows should be open. There is
no reason why with coats, sweaters,
caps and even mittens on, the chill
dren should not be told to "run up
and play" at such times as rain or
cold makes outdoor sport impossi-
BILE. There being no occasion for
putting on the despised and clumsy
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-02-21
SEED TREATMENT CHECKS
SERIOUS LOSSES IN OATS

It Is probabls that Kentucky lost
from 146,g1s to 930.452 bushels Of
her annual oats crop IN 1910 from
the ravagss Of loose and covered
smuts which could have been pre-
vented easily BY means Of seed
treatment. according to erOp dis
ease specialists at the Kentucky
Agricultural Experiment Station,
who are urging farmers to treat the
seed this spring as insurance from
further losses. In spite Ok the ease
with which losses may be prevented,
the loose and covered snuts Of oats
probably have ben responsible for
greater losses year after year, than
any other preventable crop disease
IN the United States, according to
thes peciaIists- Spraying tbe seed
with = formaIdehyde solution has
been recommended a. a eeOntrol.
As the seed II beng shOveled
from ore pile 10 another, each show
eIfEl - sprayed with a solution con
sisting q one part Of 40 per cent
forrazlGshyde and one part Of wa
ter. This solution y used at the
rate u one QHart to 30 bushels Of
seed A small quart sprsyer IL a
Convenient one 70 use for the pur-
pose- After the oats are all treat
ed IN this way they are piled and
covered with blankets, canvas or
saeks 70 eonHne the gapOr. At the
end Of FIVE hours, they are uncover
ed and planted. Since the formal
dehyde vspor irrItatss the eyes, nose
and throat, thes prayer should be
and throat, these prayers should be
circulation 81 air provided
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neighbours healthy brood of children
who, equipped with rubber boots,
coats and caps, played out of doors
every day in the year, except when
the thermometer was twenty below
and a wind blowing, l am of the
opinion that a few hours in damp
fresh air would be much less fraught
with dangerous possibilities than
whole days in heated rooms.
Katherine Beebe.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-02-21

Now i the time for the hizh
school giri who smokes a few chap
ters Of a love story besween lessons
to dispose Of the notion that she IS
g0inz to hook some miIIiOnnzirs BY
the giIIs some day.
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stepstsne
Willie Reagan, Correspondent

sssss 80
john Stun has moved to the Bari
StaH house, vacated by Stanley
Goodpsster.
Clifton johnson and wife gave
dance Friday night. An report .
good time.
Lloyd AIexandsr visited hissistsr,
Mrs. Virgil Montioy, at Mt Sterling
the past week
Mrs. Wills and daughter, Of Mt
Sterling, are visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Robert Garrett.
Burr StuH bought q horse from
Stanley GOOdpaster for SIS.
Willie ConIey and wife gave q
dance Tuesday night A large crowd
attended and all report fine time
George Kineaid and wife have
moved to the home bought some time
ago from l. B. Wilson.
Stanley Go0dpaster has moved to
the James Shroat house, vacated by
l. B. wilson
During the storm Saturday night,
February II, ball Of fire which
was thought to be lightning got in
the home Of John StuIl. 1t ran over
Gladys Miller, from her to Mr.. Stull,
from him to Richard Carpenter and
Z from him rolled on the floor and hit
Mrs. Carpenter On the foot The
bah Il said to have been large, and
while going from one to the other
was popping and cracking rapidly.
Z No one was hurt.
Lewis Williams Is seriously Ill with
Z influenza.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-02-21

Why drag sround feeling half sick
and - account an the time when
you can get TanIae Land &
Priest.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1922-02-21

AT meeting of the Curbstone
Gang it was decided that a certain
knocker laid his work out before he
came down town, instead of trust
ing to luck.