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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-13
|Flips From q
Flapper

Flapper
BY FlOssie Flapper.
r THINK Dame Rumor had one
son-and his name is solid
Ivory.
Oscar was q chronic pacifist--
until he got married.
When II comes to wearing lemon
coIored shoes, get cold feet.
Chickens don't have much Of 6
chance when there's a divorce
around.
Professional uplifters fatigue me.
I'd like to take q peek into their
homes and hear what they say ana
how they say 1t when the kids are
on a rampage.
Many girl who displays her
architecture on the beach ought to
know better.
/ must remark that these girls
with fringe dangling an over them
look to me like something that has
just come out Of the jungle,
! An old maid who tries to give an
imitation of f1apper in the office
should get the hook. like any other
bad actor.
Jimmy thinks Dora Is an angel.
III say he's poor judge OF birds.
1 like parties when they're not
political.
Ferdie is very militant young
man. with fierce mustaohe about
as big as half a little finger.
When he becomes real angry he
threatens to knock his adversary
for row of cream puffs.
Amy is terribly reeved with
Tommy. He gave her q straight
tip on 4 horse and she put S. on
it, and she didn't get anything back
at all. Well. I'd warned her never
to bet on bulls or bears or Ilags.
Every once in a while notice
that one of those invincible. invt1l-
nerabIe. imperturbable. incorrupt-
ible. unimpeachable. superlative.
unexceIIed masters Of finance has
II put all over his massive brain by
some little woman with smile.
Honestly. some birds seem to
have such small dones that they
could put their hats on with Z
sI1oeI1orn.
see that British doctor says
IT'S easy to live $50 years. But
who'd want TO pay the prices they
ask ali that time?
/ think that If they'd quarantine
these loving couples It would be
safer for a lot Of rs.
The chickens that cross the road
nowadays better look out for the
Slaughter Skies.
The boss spends two days .
week knocking the little white pin
over hin and dale. And yet he
holds the opinion that the ancients
who played croquet a few years ago
had domes that were solid from
ear TO ear.
/ think that the one-piece bath
ing suit is simply q matter Of good
form.
Maize May has very sweet
tooth. The gink who says it with
ice cream sodas makes a. hit with
her.
BELIEVE TT?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-13

I see that British doctor says
its easy to live $50 years. But
who'd want to pay the prices they
ask ali that time?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-13

/ think that If they'd quarantine
these loving couples 1t would be
safer for a lot Of as.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-13

think that the one-piece bath
ing suit is simply q matter Of good
form.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-13

On May IA. 1850. Congress
passed law saying that women
would not be allowed to wear hat
pins in crowded street cars.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-13

wONEY talks, but not In
fiV German,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-13

The chickens that cross the road
nowadays better look out for the
Slaughter Skies.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-13

Maize May has a very sweet
tooth. The gink who says it with
ice cream sodas makes a. hit with
her.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-13

The boss spends two days
week knocking the little white pin
over hin and dale. Ana yet ne
holds the opinion that the ancients
who played croouet few years ago
had domes that were solid from
ear to ear.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-13

On February 80. 1928. a SYRIA
cuse milk driver made his de-
Mveries with such speed that all
the cream turned to butter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-13

On April 81; 1923. a Baltimore
street car conductor gave up his
job because he couldn't stand
looking at girls ankles all day.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-13

Jackie Coogan twenty years
from now may be able to keep
his job by wearing a golf suit.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-27
Wins $2OO0.00 i
The FleiSher Yal.
Knitting Conte

national prize-winning ga| with
full directions for makingb that
you can knit these exqui4nents
for yourself.
The Fleisher Yarns Knib bntcst
aroused tremendous intered owed
notable development dstinc-
tively American art IN k1From
the 700 colors and kinds of Usher
YARNS, American women ed an
infinite variety of garmenrt 3 and
color combinations that fratcd
the wide range of useful The
FLEIsHER YARNS.
The FLEIsHER YARNS Z the
highest achievement IN liking.
A garment well made OF l,sHER
iARNo Is the hnese Piee' ,wcar
you can possess. l
Always look for the Fkrade-
mark on every ball Of var luy. Il
is a pledge of quality pig he for
your protection.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-27

Press Want Aus oC the work.
Try them.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-27
Renew Campaign
To Clear Valley
OF Puncture Vine

Complaint that "puncture
vines" exist in any great number
within the city limits are exagger
ated according to Y. G. Dyer, city
engineer, who said today a few of
the vines have been found in FL
Centre but steps have been taken
to have them .revomed.
The city conducted campaign
against the vine several months
ago, and removed all that could be
found. Dyer ssaid his department
keeps a close watch for any pest
developments and removes the vines
as soon as their presence is report
ed.
IT is known that the vine has
appeared along some of the country
roads, and it was said at the office
of the horticultural commissionar
that steps TO eradicate the noxious
weed will be taken as soon as Com
missioner Harrigan returns from
his vacation.
The puncture vine" is recogniz-
ed as pest to automobiles and
cattle, and there is no intention on
the part of the horticultural com
missioner to allow it to spread, q
representative of his office said.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-27
FARMER PAYS HIGH FOR LNDIVIDUALLSM

Alexander Legge, president OF the International
Harvester company in an address anayZng the econ
oc crisis confronting agriculture, before the naon
al wheat conference in Chicago said:
ssTo nv mind the most constructive movement
under way at the present time for the reiiet OF the
farmer is the development Of cooperative marKetng
President Legge declared that the compensation
of the farmer is hopelessly out of line with the conn
nensaton received by in virtually every other occu
nation He explored the costs of railroad transports
on and said the discrepancy between the return TO the
farmer and the wages of labor cannot contlnue that
either the compensation of the farmer must go up or
the comnensation to the industries must come down
However he took the farmers to task Tor sipshou
business bethods contrasting the farmer 10 an Hdus-
trial plant ho.to, rooord Of oner-
ation for two purposes he said. First SO that they
NAV have more accurate information as TO Wnich
commodity raised on the farm produces the best re-
turns and second, so that they may present more
definite and conclusive information to others
Speaking of cooperative marketing, whlch ne oe-
clared was the most constructive movement uhder way
al the present time for the relief OF the farmer Pres
ident Legge said: m,
'Co-operative marketing may not cure all the liis
Of the present situation but it will afford substan-
,fal measure of relief One great trouble with our
agriculture is the intense and often aggressive ndlVd
nasm of the American farmer. This spirit OF lndlVld
ualism is fine thing in itself but it has always STOOD
IN the farmers way when he has tried to do anything
for his own industry along the lines of cooperative ef
fort 1t stands in the way OF anybody VINO tries 10
help agriculture
Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-27
that answered. the Bee.

that answered. the Bee.
So Uncle Wiggily made a little
basket of birch bark, and in it he
put the Humble Bee to carry to the
hollow stump bungalow, as the
Shady chap didn't know the way.
When Uncle Wiggily was almost
home, out of the bushes jumped the
WoOzie Wolf.
81 want ears to nibblc!' howlcd
the Wolf.
"Let me get at him! Let me
sting him!' cried the Humble Bee.
And though he couldn't sting at
all the Shady Bee buzzed so an
grily around the VOLTS head, max
ing believe he was going to sting,
that the Wolf howled:
"Oh, I'll be good! I'll be good
Don't sting me on my nose, Mr.
Bumble Bee!' Then the Wolf ran
away and the Bee, laughing flew
back into the bunny's birch bark
basket.
The rabbit took the Shady Hum
BILE Bee to the bungalow and there
it buzzed and hummed, sweet an(
low, sending Nurse Jane to sleep
: And when she awakened she was
| all better.
And if the butter doesn't fall of
Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-27
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
August 27, 1908

September % is announced as
the date of opening of FL Centre s
new union high school, combining
the districts of I'll Centre, Eucalyp-
tus, Adair, Deal, Silsbee, Heber and
Elder. Principal is B. c. Nichol
and assisting teachers will be Miss
Meredith, daughter of former
state superintendent Of education,
and Miss Mary Sands of Redondo
beach.
The Oregon hotel is nearing com
pletion and the formal opening will
take place early in the fall.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-27
TEN YEARS AGO
August 27. 1923

George McKillian and Miss Wi
none Lee, both of Brawley, were
married in this city by Rev. A. J..
Kinter.
Architect G. w. Grigg has in
hand plans for fine two story
brick house TO be built for ex-su-
pervisor Ray IL. Clark on his place
south on town.
Three carloads of grading outfit,
belonging to Robert Sherer and
company, TO be used in building the
San Diego and Arizona railroad
from the present terminus west OF
Dixieland to point four miles
Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-27
TOM SIMS SAYS

Recent talk in the L. S. of adopt
ing the Constitution of the Urlted
States has quieted down.
: - a.. -.tssss {.
Lightning stunned four Chicago
golfers. Let this be Il warning to
fishermen who lie, also.
Took an American 27 hours to
swim the English Channel. He
ought to buy motor boat.
Boston man broke robber S nose.
Never stick your nose into other
people S business.
Two New York crooks who had
no etiquet books slapped girl
face and took $4264.
The world gets better French
haven't enough oil for war.
Autos are so scarce in parts OF
Mexico, Jose Silva, of Mazamitla
has lived 122 years.
The watermelon crop is short
This is verified by statistics ant
by dry cleaners.
France thinks it is her treaty AM
Germany's treat.
Would you believe the oldes
typewriter is only Sc?
Press want ads bring results.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-27
Bedtime Stories
Copyright, 1923, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
BY HOWARD r. GARIS
UNCLE WIGGILY. AND THE
BUMBLE BEE

DIR. Possum had been called to
| the hollow stump bungalow to. see
Nurse Jane Fuzzy Wuzzy.
81 IN not exactly ILL., said I'm
Gle IWiggily's muskrat lady house
| keeper, "but / can It, seem to get
to sleep. All night long I lie awake.
1t is very tiresome.'
| eff you can't sleep nights
sleep day times,' said Uncle Wig
gily.
"I've tried, but 1 can't sleep i'll
the day time, either,' complained
Miss Fuzzy Wuzzy.
| DR.. Possum shook his head.
i"Then the only thing left for
you to do is to get a Bee, he
said.
"a Bee!' cried Uncle Wiggily.
"Do you mean a honey Bee to sting
Nurse Jane to sleep? i think that
would make her more wide awake. y
GA stinging Bee would laugh
ed DR.. Possum. "But l don't mean
that kind. Did you ever feel drowsy
and sleepy in the woods, Uncle
/ Wiggily, listening to the hum of
the bees?'
"Many times and often" said
Uncle Wiggily. "Why, the hum of
Bees almost sends me to sleep
thinking of it,
81 feel sure 1 could sleep if |
heard the hum of Bees" said
Nurse Jane.
cone large Bee will be enough
to hum you to sleep, if YOU get the
right kind said DR.. Possum.
GLOW about Bumble Bee?''
asked Mr.. Longears. "Thev are
the largest Bees l know of. l II get
Nurse Jane Bundle Bee.'
"Better get her a Shady one
then,'' suggested DR.. Possum.
"What s Shady Bundle Bee?'s
= Uncle Wiggily wanted to know.
'The kind that doesn't sting
= answered DR.. Possum. "Some cal
: them Humble Bees, instead of Bum
/ BILE Bees. They are the drones anC
have no stingers. But the hum o,
+ their wings will. send Nurse Jane t.
! sleep. Get her Shady Bundle o
a Humble Bee, Uncle Wiggily. Th
| k1Hu lUdl can l. suing.
"All right promised the bun
o ny rabbit gentleman. So away h
o hoped over the river and through
the woods.
In little while, not so very long
o Uncle Wiggily came to a flowe
g BUSH Buzzing about it were man,
small bees, and a large yellow AM
black fellow, J making "a booming
2. sound with his big wings.
II "Do you sting, Mr.. Bundle Bee
asked the bunny gentleman.
"Why, yes, | can sting" buzze
ID the Bee. "But why do you want t
IS be stung?'
"Oh, I don It! I don II" quickl
cried Mr.. Longears. 81 am lookin
ii for a Bundle Bee that dOesn t stin
so he can sing Nurse Jane to sleeI
"Then you must be~looking fc
If my cousin, Mr.. Shady Humbl
a, Bee,' buzzed the other insec
"Here he comes now. | II introduc
you!"
t. So the singing chap politely bu
I'd zed:
"Mr. Shady Humble Bee, meet VI
Gle Wiggily! Uncle Wiggily, me'
id | Mr.. Shady Humble Bee.
"Glad to meet you!" said tt
rabbit.
st "The pleasure is all mine" mu
INJURED the Bee.
"And will you come and hu
Nurse Jane to- sleep'" asked U
Gle Wiggily.
"I shall be most happy to
Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-27

west of Coyote Wells, has arrived
on the ground.
Architect +. r.. Harris has COM
pleted plans for a 100000 building
which c. A. Shafer is TO erect to
house his undertaking business.
Judge Franklin j. Cole has sus-
tanned the delinquent assessment
sale of the Imperial irrigation dis
trict against the petition of the
Paulin and Oakley interests.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-27
Looking Backward
What the Press Files Tell of
Imperial Valley for This Date
In Past Years
NINETEEN YEARS AGO
August 27, 1904

At public mass meeting of wa
ter users of the valley it was an
nounced that the property of the
C. d. Co., of which A. II. Heber,
was president, was to be sold to the
Waters Users Association for
$3,000,000.
Nearly half an inch of rain fell
Monday in general downpour.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Cook were
stunned by lighting during the
storm.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-27

Recent talk in the L. S. of adopt
ing the Constitution of the urited
States has quieted down.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-27
Relative S, $
Sick Man I'm
Patton lum
S7EY

Joe Noonus. VINO IS 6 from
melancholia and who o time
was an inmate Oh th.1asylum
at ration was PERM Judge
Cole to make his no b his
brother i'll law, follow inves.
tigation into his cor Satur.
day.
Brooding over fina1 roubles
has reduced Noonus tol where
he is unable to helHlf and
it is, believed that sdnonths
rest VIII restore M health.
Noonus was removed county
hospltal from MS rahc bl days
ago, pending an inq4o his
condition.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-27

the slice of bread {; rollor
skating with the susy vi, I'll
tell you next about Igiooilv
and the peach.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-08-27

Mrs, E. c. Wyman, Jamestown, R. L.,
won the first national prize of $1,000 in
The Fleishcr Yarns Knitting Contest.
Her sweaser-and-scarf set NOT only has
exquisite beauty, but is marked by in
genuity of stitch and originality of de-
sign.
The second national Prize Of $500 was
won by Miss Elizabeth Potts, Santa
Cruz, Cal, with a knitted dress of cap
tivating charm.
The third national prize of sloo was
won by Mrs. @. F. Greenwood, phila-
delphia, Pa, with robe deftly
erochcted in beautiful combination OF
shades and stitches.
Go TO your Fleisher Yarn dealers TO
sec the full list of r47 State prize win
ners. Ask to be shown the Contest Bull
letin, which gives the complete illus
tratcd story of the Contest
Also ask your Fleisher Yarn dealer
for the free folder, which illustrates the
New Britain herald., 1923-11-30
JEWELL PORTRAIT
 OF PRES. HARDING
English Speaking Union Pays Tribute to Deceased Executive

London. Nov. 3o--Lord CharBwood recently at the London headquarters of the Enuglish- Speaking Union, un- yelled a portrait in oils of the late President Harding by Miss Margaret Lindsay Williams. During the sittings President Harding used to talk 10 the artist Of the mutual bonds between Great Britain and inc United States, and when the portrait was finished he said it was the best that had ever been made Of him.
 Lord Charnwood said the whole British Empire would readily join in the tribute they were paying to the memory or an illustrious American. The whole world, he said. grioved whcn President Harding was sudden ly taken. but not before he had been Instrumental in making at the Wash inEton conference what might well prove hereafter one of the greatest strides yet taken towards the lasting pacification of the world. His high office had passed into the hands of very able and distinguished successor, and although the time had not arriv- cd when they could see the results of the action taken by President Cool idge's administration in the last few days, nevertheless that action was of the keenest interest to all and full of hope for the future,
 The picture is the gift to the Union of an anonymous friend.
New Britain herald., 1923-11-30
TULSA HIGH SCHOOL SYSTEM
 AIDS BOYS IN ATHLETICS
Team Competition is Provided for Every Boy and Less Emphasis on
 Winning squads for Games.

Tulsa. Okla, Nov. 3O.--A new order Of athletics, providing team compe- tition for every boy, and with less emphasis on winning squads for in terscholastic games. is the rule in Central High school here, one of the largest high schools in the world, un- der Athletic Director F. w. Rau.
 Rau's method, and his system of student classification, have attracted wide attention.
 formula for grouping boys ac- cording to their physical prowess, re- gardless Of class room standing, as- sures capitalized competition with a chance for every participant.
 The students are classified by this mathematical equation-four times the age. plus half the weight, plus the height, expressed in inches, which gives the index number.
 New students are classified and as signed 10 their proper group. usually eight in number. Each group is in charge of 8 trained professional coach. In addition to the sports us ualy found in high schools, Rau has regular teams in boxing, wrestling, tennis, swimming and volleyball. The school has eight regular football teams; 16 basketball squads; Is track teams; six baseball teams, and several tennis groups. More than 1.500 boys already are on teams, against less than 100 prior to the inauguration of the present plan. Interclass football this year brought out 245 players.
New Britain herald., 1923-11-30
SCORES C0UNTRYMEN WHO
 AID U. s. RUM RUNNERS
Earl of CastlcstewaIt Condemns Those Who Trespass on Generosity
 of This Nation.

Belfast, Nov. 30.-Discussing the prohibition question upon his return from the United States, the Earl of Castlestewart, who married Eleanor May Guggenheim, expressed the opinion that Americans are a very high minded and just people and also very forbearing.
 T think that some of the citizens of Great Britain are trespa ssing upon the generosity and friendliness of a great nation in a manner which will eventually bring with its own pun ishment," he said. ''I allude to those British people who are enga ged in the disgusting and abonnable trade of shipping liquor by various methods into America.
 American may be wise or unwise to have prohibition and British sub jects are at perfect liberty to consider them so, but British subjects have no
New Britain herald., 1923-11-30
COOPERATION STRONG.

Petrograd, Nov 3o.-The cooper ative unions of Russia totaIing some SO,000 societies, whose purposes are to supply the population with its needs in the most economical man. ner. did 40 per cent of the merchan- disc business Of Russia in 1921. In 1914 they did seven per cent. These unions are purely economic and have no interest in politics.
New Britain herald., 1923-11-30
And Heavy One, Too,

His wife had a cold, and could not go to church, But she insisted that he should go in her place. Well" she inquired on his return. 'and what was the burden of the vicar's sermon7" He sat down with weary sigh. Al Of it. my dear" he said. London Daily Express.
New Britain herald., 1923-11-30

justification whatever for aiding and abetting the breaking of American laws. It is well that all should know that, while many Americans dislike prohibition. there are very few Amer jeans who enjoy the spectacle of Brit ish ships approaching their coasts to aid other Americans in violating the laws of their country"
New Britain herald., 1923-11-30
LACK SCHOOL SUPPLIES
Primary and Secondary school Sys- tens Of Germany Suffer as Result of Financial Situation.

Berlin, Nov. 3o.-The primary and secondary school systems of Germany face collapse if the present financial situation is not relieved. The pay of teachers is inadequate: the schools lack supplies, and the children have not the money to buy copy books and paper.
 Many schools today are doing their writing and drawing lessons on bits of wrapping paper and the white sides of wall paper.
 Dubuque was the first permanent settlement in Iowa.
New Britain herald., 1923-11-30
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