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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-09-15

Cleveland Rees, superintendent of
schools of Webster county, was in
Americas Saturday. Mr.. Rees has
been at the head of the Webster
schools fer several years.
Miss Josephine Bridges leaves
Monday for Milledgeville, where
she will study at G. S. C. W. this
year.
Mrs. J. w. Weaver, of EllavilIe,
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. R.
I. Matthews, at her home on West
Furlow street.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Hughes have
returned to their home in Fitzger-
aid after spending some time with
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. w.
Hughes.
Miss Harriet Hill, of Smithville,
was among the out-of-town shop
pers in Americas today.
Mrs. Buford Blalock, of Albany,
is the guest of her mother, Mrs.
Walter Cranberry, at her home on
Lee street.
Mrs. Walter Cranberry and little
daughter, Ruth, have returned from
a six weeks visit to hen. daughter,
Mrs, T. II. Hill, in Clearwater, Fla.
Mrs. Dudley Gatewood and Mr..
R. j. Perry have returned from a
stay of several weeks in Atlanta.
Miss Sarah King, of Columbus,
who has been the guest of Miss
Ruth McMath for several days, re-
turned home today.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bryan, of
Atlanta, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe Bryan at their home on Fur
low street.
James Crew ara Frank Wright
will leave Sur day for Atlanta to
resume their stuoies at Georgia
Tech.
Mrs. J. P. Chapman and John
Ed Chapm an spent Friday in Ma
con, where Mrs. Chapman went
for treatment, returning on an aft
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-09-15

Mrs. J. p. Chapman and John
Ed Chapman spent Friday in Ma
con, where Mrs. Chapman went
for treatment, returning on an aft
ernoon train.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-09-15
TAKES AWAY TIRED
FEELING

Mrs. Molly Suggs, of Bushnell,
Florida, states that she has been
a nervous wreck and that Benedict9
has done her so much good that sh9
would not care to be without it
now. We could show you hundreds
of testimonials like that. Many
women. who have been restored in
health, and beauty simply will not
be without it. Get a bottle of
Benedicta from your druggist to-
day.
Benedkzu
HEALTH RUIEDER
TOT Women
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-09-15

james Crew Il Frank Wright
vii. leave sur day for Atlanta to
resume their stuoics at Georgia
Tech.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-09-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Bryan, of
Atlanta, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe Bryan at their home on Fur
low street.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-09-15
oil

Cleveland Rees, superintendent of
schools Of Webster county, was in
Americas Saturday. Mr.. Rees has
been at the head of the Webster
schools fer several years.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-09-15

Miss Josephine Bridges leaves
Monday for Milledgeville, where
she will study at G. S. C. w. this
year.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-23
IS IT PAINT

ssDont know what's the matter with my wife. She is so
depressed and irritable all the time. You know, Jack, that's
not a bit like Edith"
Are you worrying her, old chap. What's up? There
must be something definite, for Edith would never get in that
state of mind without a cause"
That is just the trouble. There isn't any cause. Edith
admits that herself"
Maybe it's paint This tale sounds improbable but it was
told me as an absolute fact by a husband whose wife had,
without an apparent cause, become depressed and irritable
just as Edith has.
Some months previous his wife had been away on an
extended trip. He thought as a surprise for her return ne
would have her room redecorated. Not being artistic, and
like most business men, he knew little Of colors. He i'm
pressed it on the interior decorator that he wanted some
thing unusual as the color scheme in his wife's room. The
decorator decided on violet, thinking that 1t would I'LL the
demand. It may have done that, but it did infinitely worse.
After a few weeks in this violet room he noticed that
hts wife began to lose her usual optimistic spirit. She became
depressed, almost morbid. He sent her off on short trips
which seemed to benefit her, but only while she was away.
Calling in a specialist on nervous trouble the, problem
was solved And how do you think! After talking with the
natient the physician tactfully commented ON the artistic
quality of the decoration of the room, but suggested that II
be redecorated in rose or yellow, for violet IS a depressing
color.
fee. but it was well worth it. In a room decorated IN slt
tones of yellow Mrs. Black soon recovered her normal state
of health. mn pouhan. +hov
Look over your home decorations, Bill. Ferhaps ~es
are depressing your wife"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-23

SIT is to my mother that a great
deal OF my success is due.
MANY writers of autobiography
have made this statement n ne"
with more justice than 3. ). McClure'
the great publisher and author' VINO
although born in Ireland, is an Am
erican by choice n ~
was his mother, Elizabeth CASTOR
Mcclure. who literally started MN
on the way to success. She loved
him so deeply, and wanted ms sue
cess so much that 1t made no dlIler-
ence to her how hard h had 10
work for him.
Left a widow at the age of twenty
nine, with three little children, n
a fourth still unborn, Mrs. Mcclure
was courageous and determined. For
a year she tried to go on with the
farm her husband had run, as she
was a woman of unusual physical
vigor and great energy and had al
ways done farm work. But the task
was too much, especially after the
birth of the fourth child, three
months after her husbands death.
A short time later the widow and
her four children, the Oldest then
only nine years old, embarked for
America. On this venture. perilous
though it was. she retained her
bravery and fearlessness. Once here.
she labored for the children, work
ing at first as a servant on a farm
and later going out to families to do
washing. She was determined to give
her children an education, at no
matter what cost to her, After a
time, a neighboring farmer named
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-23
YOUR BABY AND MINE
By MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED
PrenatnI Examination


When young prospective mothers
write and ask me a number OF ques-
lions about when to expect their
babies, etc, 1 feel sure that they
have not talked to a physician. This
is a vitality necessary thing. The
pregnant woman may feel herself in
the pest possible health, she may be
suffering none Of the ailments that
seem to belong to the condition and
yet she has no right TO avoid a ply
stefan. She is doing herself an in
jury as well as the doctor whom she
calls in at the last moment TO take
care of her.
There r many things which may
arise during pregnancy that the
skilled eye will detect and overcome
which If allowed to run on would
and might cause a miscarriage, a
stillborn child. or some Of the mis-
happenings which follow a birth IN
which the mothers condition has not
been looked after during pregnancy.
There is no attempt in this article
to scare a woman into hurrying to
a doctor. but a certain amount of
good looking after is as necessary to
a healthy baby as any of the other
things which a woman must do dur
ing this period.
The urine tests are too well known
and their value toe important to be
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-23
A WOMAN LOOK SMALL
BY MARIAN HALE
e Service Writer

NEW York; am just recover
ing from a series of shocks which
knocked me almost breathless from
a conversation with Mrs. G.. We're
Tyler, novelist and short story writer.
Just because | started the CONVERSE
ton along the feministic route.
1 knew Mrs. Tyler had opposed
woman suffrage, but I was scarcely
prepared for this first bomb:
Man has never taken woman's
efforts in the intellectual OF indus
trial world seriously because. analy-
tically considered, her efforts have
never amounted to anything"
Before l could ecoyer from that
she continued: MAN regards wo-
mans efforts outside the home with
no more perturbation than the ocean
would regard the tempests of a
swollen river--the ocean will roll on,
the river will subside."
Well, / have recovered sufficiently
to go on with the battery of remarks
Mrs. Tyler shot at me in my helpless
state as an interviewer. When she
finished she left me with the follow
ing summary of her opinions. of the
places in which she believes Man and
Woman belong.
Where You Belong
Get your smelling salts handy,
dear sisters, take a deep breath and
read:
God created man nine-tenths
flesh to work. He created woman
nine-tenths spirit to rule the work.
man.
1.-THE home based upon the old
marriage VOW of love, honor and
obey was a lie-but the most beaut-
eous lie and the best thing civiliza-
ton has ever known.
Man is woman's natural victim,
then her slave. Her whole life should
be spent in making him work.
Man likes to be loved by woman,
fooled by her, bled by her, and even
ruined by her; but he doesn't want
her posing as man.
81 know of no really great book
written by a woman.
There is no female Epictetus or
Bernard Shaw, no female Shake
speare or Kipling.
Here's a Sept
THE only great thing woman has
given the world is a great man.
woman is greater than man, but
she is not mans equal when 1t comes
to moving the world.
Man is great intellectually and
materially, woman spiritually and
subconsciously.
Man is the sun, bringing things
out. Woman is the moon, lighting
them UP in the dark hours
Whew! I'm out of breath again.
The smelling salts.
Now l car go on and add a few
explanatory remarks of Mrs. Tyler's.
And Even Morei
There isn't an edifiee standing.
or a real business going on that was
not built by man, entirely indepen-
dent of m
Man doesn't discredit woman on
account of this. because he knows
she was not intended for this kind
of work."
Somehow or other I was able to
summon enough strength to ask Mrs.
Tyler why, since she had so little
faith in womap's efforts, she herself
is q worker.
81 work no more seriously than
the woman who sews and sells her
wares" she replied. Some women
have a passion for embroidery in silk
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-23
For baby's or hubby's
WondeJEL new soap preparation does both
the heavy wash and the dainty Laundering

appear as long as you wash with DUE
DUE is a pure CASTLE soap prepare
ton, containing none of the resin or
waterglass found in nearly every kind
of laundry soap. DUE goes into the
clothes, removes the dirt, and then
rinses off completely, leaving no
deposit of resin or waterglass on the
clothes to yellow them and destroy
their original whiteness after a few
washings.
Clothes washed in DUE can't turn
yellow. Clothes already yellow and
stained become spotlessly white after
n or two DUE washings. No rub
bing, less rinsing. no blueing-and the
clothes are snow-white, sweet-smel-
ing-reaIy clean. DUE does It'll
One 1oc package will convince you.
Ask your grocer.
THE DUZ COMPANY, Inc, New York
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-23
Sister Mary Gives
Many Tasty Uses
For Sour Cream

During dog days every housekeep-
er is sure to wake up some morning
10 find the cream sour. In and of
itself this is at best inopportune and
at worst a tragedy, but after the
immediate need for a sweet cream
Is supplied this sour cream will make
some sort Of a special deiicacy.
OF all frostings sour cream is one
of the best. 1t never gets dry and
suggary and has a taste all its
own.
Sour Cream Frosting
One cup our cream, 1 cup granu-
lated sugar, 1 cup nuts, u teaspoon
salt, II teaspoon vanilla.
Cook cream, sugar, nuts and salt
in double boiler till a soft ball is
formed when a drop is tried in cold
water. 1t will take a long time to
cook. Beat till cold, add vanilla and
spread on cake.
Salad Dressing
One cup sour cream, l tablespoon
lemon juice, 3 tablespoons sugar. 4
teaspoon salt.
Have cream very cold and whip
until stiff. Add lemon juice, sugar
and salt and beat slightly. This
dressing is very nice with fruit
salads.
This is an old-time cookie rule
used by my grandmother. who be-
lieved in a full cookie crock.
Cookies
Three-fourths cup butter, 2 cups
sugar, 2 eggs. 1 cup o u oream. 4
cups flour, l teaspoon soda, few graf
ings nutmeg.
Cream butter and slowly add sug-
ar. Beat whites and yolks of eggs
separately. Add well-beaten yolks to
butter and sugar. Mix well-beaten
| yolks to butter and sugar. Mix thor
| oughly and add sour cream Sift soda
with flour and add to mixture. Fold
in whites Of eggs beaten stiff and
dry.
Roll this dough as soft as pos
| sible. Certain kinds of flour Will
use more than four cups, but add the
last amount after adding whites. Roll
dough on a w~ell-floured board, about
one-fourth inch thick. Bake in a
quick oven.
Johnny Cake
One cup sour cream, l teaspoon
| soda, / teaspoon salt, Ia cup sugaci
1 egg, "a cup flour, S-4 cup corn
meal.
Beat egg well. Add salt, sugar and
flour and mix till perfectly smooth,
Add cream and corn meal. Dissolve
| soda in a little boiling water and
stir in the last thing before baking.
Bake in a moderate over for twenty
minutes.
This Johnny cake is delicious with
a cold luncheon of salad and cold
meat. tea and Johnny cake being the
only hot dishes.
Scotch Scenes
Four cups flour. III teaspoons
soda, IL teaspoons cream OF tar
tar, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoons
| sugar, / tablespoon butter, III to :
cups sour cream.
Mix and sift dry ingredients. Rub
in butter with tips of fingers. Cut in
sour cream with a silver knife. The
dough should be as soft as possible
to roll. Roll about one-half inch
| thick and cut with a cookie cutter
Bake on top Of the stove oil on a vel
| creased griddle. Split and spread
with butter TO serve. ;.
| Copyright. 1928, NEA Service, Inc
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-23

overlooked. Though the blood pres
sure can be foretold certain kidney
troubles which may arise and which
cause untold mischief If not attended
to. This is n very necessary rea-
son why the doctor should be visited
often Then the routine examina-
tions which the doctor will make
when the condition is first discovered
will give him an inkling. as to kind
OF patient he will have to take care
OF and he can make the best possible
plans for taking care of her.
This is not coddling oneself, not
being silly, 1t is just plain common
sense and much more economical "A
the end than 10 call in a doctor at
the last moment to deliver the baby
and then blame him IL everything
does not go right.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-23
BROADCASTS
By LoRA KELLY

The Sheik business appears to be
suffering from a slump.
The coming of summer may have
something to do with 1t, for burning
sand accessories sound uncomfor-
table, translated into atmosphere al
ready 90 In the shade.
The sheik was a coy sort of hero
in the winter time. After we had
parked our galoshes in front of the
seat beside us, and had shaken the
snow of the great outdoors over the
occupant of C-5 next to US, 1t was
pleasant to settle back and contem-
plate the caravans blowing through
the hot sands.
1t was a trifling puzzling to figure
out how and where the Sheik obtain
ed the freshly cut American Beauty
roses for the heroine when they en-
camped in a tent fourteen hundred
is a minor detail. We liked him
slicked-back hair and everything.
But he is old stuff now.
Why doesn't somebody give us an
Eskimo hero for the summer season ?
With ~, ~ntains of ice for a back
ground he ought to make as great a
hit in his way as the Sheik did.
Dress him to look like an animat-
ed parlor rug, endow him with an
Ice palace (note to director: Intro
duce big skating carnival). and let
him stage a realistic fight with a
polar bear to save the life of his
own Precious Gumdrop. The north
ern lights ought to furnish some
great scenic effects at little expense.
II the movie magnates would only
pay some attention to these little de-
tails they might clear enough money
Ito pay the stars a decent living wage.
We shall write to Mr.. Hays about
it.
Copyright, 1923. by Public Ledger
Company.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-23
BY NEA SERVICE

VERNON, Texas.-Artists take
years and years of study, pass
through stages of Encouragement
and failure, and are almost ready
to take up carpentry or some such
trade, before they begin to enjoy
the fruits of their endeavors.
"Hah," laughs Lois McGaughyi
19-year-old high school graduate
and art student here. She didn't
go to Paris or Rome for her train
ing. She didn't experience the
panss of poverty every artist is sup
posed to feel before he reaches the
realm of recognition and of fame,
No. Lois McGaughy has the laugh
on 'em all. For her very first at
tempt at art Is a success. And to
prove it, Miss McGaughy might fash
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-23

I before you the SITS check she got
| for it, from a wealthy New York
collector.
In her senior year at high school
Miss McGaughy did some work in
crayons and a few pieces in water
color. But she did not dare attempt
oils.
Last season she entered the Col
lege of Industrial Arts at Denton,
Tex, and her instructor Immediately
started her on oils. When the young
artist had finished her first work
Interior" and then another in still
life, her teacher considered them so
good that she insisted on the pupil
submitting them for exhibit. The
paintings went to the Salons OF
America in New York for display
during the semi-annual art exhibit
ton.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-23
Mrs. NeiLes Comes Out
With Facts In The Case

tress after eating. and this caused
me much worry, too.
"I found out about Tanlac from
a friend of mine and started taking
1t, with the result that now I enjoy
my meals better, sleep soundly and
never have that rundown. tired cut
feeling. 1 cannot say too much for
Tanlac."
TanIac is for sale by all good
druggists. Accept no substitute.
Over 81 million bottles sold.
Tanlac Vegetable Pills are Ma
lures own remedy for constipation.
For aaIa aEegxMheras~AdK
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-23

II have had such gratifying re-
suits from the Tanlac treatment /
am more than glad to join all the
others who are praising it," declared
Mrs. M. A. Neiles, 200 Saratoga St.,
Cohoes, N. Y.
IL had been in a badly rundown
worn-out condition for several
months, and so weak my homework
was becoming a burden to me. My
nerves We're in a ~dreadfully excited
state. / couldn't get a good nights
sleep, and morning found me so
tired out it was all 1 could do to
make myself get up and go through
the day. My appetite was all right,
~ ! eyfEsEsa 4 kEsat go g alaa
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-23

We arc able to offer our
readers now a new leafict On
feeding. How the baby should
be fed from the time he Is :
months TO 3 years is lnrIuded IN
this slip. Any Of the readers OF
this department may have IL By
sending a seif-addressed. stamp
ed envelope tao loose stampsl
and asking for IL.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-23
MOTHERS OF FAMOUS MEN
THE MOTHER OF s. s. MCCLURE
81 T .horad al a Servant So That She Gould Give Her Son the
~ ""s Education She Knew He Craved For
By MARY ADRIAN

Simpson, quite well off. who admir-
ed her courage and s~teadfastness,
fell in love with her. and asked her
to be his wife. Again thinking most
ly of the children, she married him,
wishing to give them the comforts
and the opportunities he could at
ford.
In his book Mr.. Mcclure says he
could never repay his mother for all
she did for him.
Next. The Mother of James Mon
roc.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-23
GANG Chairs

Your cane chairs will look like
new If you wash the cane with hot
soda water-about two ounces of
soda to two quarts of water. Be
careful not to get this solution on
the woodwork of the chair - it will
| make a spot.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-23

I have a passion for embroidery in
words.
Besides" she concluded, writing
is really a household occupation. 1t
requires no more outside work than
making baby clothes. I happen to
make money from my pastime, but
If 1 didn't I would continue it just
the same"
Mrs. Tyler is a Virginian. with the
characteristic charm and ease of
manner Of the typical southorne.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-23
Hair Mattress

A hair mattress filled with black
hair is said TO be more satisfactory
than one filled with white, as the
latter has been bleached and ST it
mats more easily than the unbleach-
ed kind.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-23
Tiniest Watck

An ornament that may rival the
jeweled wrist watch is the small
watch set in a dinner ring. 1t is
worn on the fourth finger and is a
case of reducing the watch TO its
very lowest terms.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-23
Fnulard Tics

Very smart ties of blue foulard
with dots are worn with tailored
blouses of dimity and batiste. Free
quentiy the hat band is of the same
material.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-23
Cotton Gloves

Large cotton gloves slipped over
your hands while doing very dirty
homework will not make your fin
gers clumsy and will save your hands
from scratches and evidences Of hard
work.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-23

Polka dots. or shower dots, are
coming into their own! Instead of
having the polka dots one color
you can have them varicolored-
pink, blue, yellow and lavender
mixed.
Polka dots take to pleats we'll
and that is why they should be used
on styles like the dress sketched
above.
1t has a pleated iounce, a pleated
ruffle around the neck and a pleat-
ed insert around the waist.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-23

NOTHING too difficult for DUzl
IN And nothing too delicate for
DUZl DUE does the whole wash.
DUz is as safe for the tiny baby
things and the handle-with-care fem
mine things as it is for the general
family wash.
DUE is gentle and effective at the
same time. With no injury to the
finest fabrics, DUE washes out all
yeLIowness and stains along with
the dirt.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-23
Carpet Beating

Spread your carpets and rugs on
an old set of bed springs to beat the
dust from them if you van them to
look as if they had been done by a
professional.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-23
Chiffon Wrap

A white wrap of chiffon cut on
the cape line is trimmed with bands
of willo wostrich. 1t is unlined.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-23
Tea Towels

Cotton crepe makes inexpensive
tea towels and does not need to be
ironed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-23
Clothes never need look
dingy and yellow

DUE whitens the clothes the same
way the sun does. It's the suns bleach
in DUE that does 1.-THE one white
bleach known, natural and harmless.
All stains except rust, all accumu-
lated yellowness, vanish, never to re-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-23
Glove Fashions

White gloves are see less fire.
quently this season than before,
those of cream, gray. beige and
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-23
Grease Stains

One Of che everyday stains on uen's
and children's clothes Is the greaee
stain, made BY machine oils, uxie
grease, luhricating oils Each Of these
Is . stubborn stain which ordinary
washing won't remove. But q DuE
washing removes any type Of crease
stain. Duz removes aI stains except
rust, with no injury 70 tho fabric q
the hanta.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-07-23
Wet Umbrella

When an umbrella is wet do not
open it to dry it; wipe it down with
an old silk handkerchief and leave
it to drain shut up, with the handle
downward.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-10-19
KIDNAPPING CHARGED
BY MOTHER OF GIRL
Description of MOtor1st Is Given to
Police Authorities.

A warrant charging assault and bat
terry by kidnapping was filed against
an unknown man today by Mrs.
Sarah James, 1904 Shelby ST., who
called the police Thursday night after
her daughter, Is, returned home.
An unknown man invited the girl
into his car while she was standing
in front Of the st. Catherine School,
Kelly and Shelby Sts., and drove her
to a point south OF the city on the
Madison Rd.. where he put her out,
poIce said they were told. An inbound
machine, driven by Harry Haley, 925
Woodlawn Ave-, picked her up and
brought her to her home.
The girl was not harmed and the
mystery OF the affair puzzled the po-
Hce until Mrs. James compared de-
script1ons and told the police she be,
neves she knows the alleged ddnaper.