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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-25
BOBBIE AND
HIS PA
BY VIM. F.. Kirk.

r WAS Getting sum Water Mel
len last mite on our porch
- wen Pa CAIN hoam & thare
was or IL kids standing out in
front OF our gate looking at me
eet that Water Mellen.
Bobbie; sed Pa wen he calm in.
Bobbie, you shud at all times
avoid a display Of vulligar weIth,
sed Pa. It Ii this witch sets th9
Masses aggenst the Glasses. sed
Pa, vulligar display.
I dident ask them kids to stand
out thare, I sed. II ! had lot
Of this here Water Meilen wud
whack up with them. sed, but
thare is jest enuff to go around
me, sed.
I see. sed Pa. Well, sed Pa,
now that you have made the
flash & got all them poor Iittel
kids envy-ing you, sed Pa, will
treet them all to Water MeIlen,
sed Pa, 50 Pa, walked down tho
st. & buyed four Water Mellens
& gived them to the kids out
neer our gate.
You see, Bobbie. sed Pa, the
buty Of welth il In sharing It
with others, sed Pa.
Since wen did you git 50 welthy
that you can keap the naborhood
in Water Mellens? sed Ma.
Thay dident set me back vary
much, sed Pa, only a case note,
sed Pa, & I was a little hungry
boy myself onst, sed Pa.
You are Hble to be a hungry
old man II you throw away yure
money on the publick's children,
seds Ma.
You see, Bobbie, sed Pa, no
matter what thay say, wimmen is
moar stingier than what men is,
sed Pa. Yure mother B-grudges
them little shavers thare Water
Mellen, sed Pa.
Not at all, sed Ma, only am
sure sum OF those children has
rich parents. Thes is a excloo.
sive naborhood. sed Ma, & only
peepul with meens lives around
here. sed Ma.
Even so, sed Pa, I am glad to
be abel to treet them yungsters to
Water Mellen. Thay will honnor
me & Reveer me for this gen
nerus deed which I have did this
day, sed Pa.
am not so sure of 1t, sed Ma
but newer mind, the mummy is
spent & gone now, sed M, I sup
pose now that the harm has been
done, sed Ma. we can do nothing
to un-did it, sed Ma. =
One wud think had done sum-
thing terribully sinful, sed Pa. I
jest wanted to give those nttel
boys a treet
Vary we'll. sed Ma, vary well.
We will let it go this time. After
all, sed Ma. I guess thare is no
CRATE harm done, sed Ma.
You bet thare is no harm done,
sed Pa. The reeson 1 buyed them
littel shavers sum Water Mellen.
sed Pa, is beekaus / made Five
VHunnerd Beens today. quite I'm.
expected. sed Pa. Here is Four
Hunnerd for you, sed Pa to Ma.
You darling, sed Ma, & all the
Skowls flied off of Mas man.
You preshus, sed Ma. How thot.
full OF you to treet them deer
httel boys, sed Ma, but 1t is Jest
like you, deerest. sed Ma.
Thare amt no use talking,
mummy Is crate stuff to maik pee.
pull BEEN on thare relashuns &
trends. Watch me git it wen
git older.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-25
BY Ann Isle.
Whose Serials Of Married Life
Have Won Big Popular !.
Succees.l

Have Won . Big Popular
Success.)
tcopyrisht. 1895. King Features
n I'M got slowly down from
the desk and stood so
erect that he seemed to
tower above me. His eyes took
on their dreaded look of re-
moteness as he asked, suddenly:
A Wrong Note.
ibid you. set me here to start
q TRADE? Can't you learn that
men like preaching. about as well
as they do nagging? Anne?"-he
held out his. arms with a sudden
gesture that was sweet and plead
ing-"we were so happy last night.
50 close. We didn't analyze Why
we love each other. We just ac-
cepted the fact that We do. why
can't you let well enough alone7"
I'm your wife," I said. 1.-THE
partner of your home. Yet there
are things In your life-of which
I have to hear through accident
or through other people. Don't
you think that's all wrong?"
What do you Hnean?" asked
Jim, and detected a shade of un-
easinAss In his tone. even while
hated myself for the critical fac
ulty which sensed the change In
him.
ooh, don't you know" I cried.
hoping against hope that even in
this late moment Jim would speak
without the final compulsion OF a
direct question.
81 know I'd like to cut the ar
gument and get home to dinner"
said Jim with a touch Of surliness.
You're doing things Of which I
know nothing said breathlessly.
''I don't mind anything about it
all so much as I hate the humilia-
ton Of being told by folks who
take It for granted I'm in your
confidence and then discover I'm
not.''
Jim stared at me with alien eyes
that dared me to go on. And in a
final squirt Of courage / spoke
what was in my heart: "Jim-I'm
not 'cross-questioning or. nagging.
I'm Just putting a simple question
to you. Why did you let me find
out from some one else that you're
posing for Miss Gregory's new
painting-'The Young Aviator'?'
$50 Betty has been tattlinSi
Great business!t And you listened
to her, Anne. TIM surprised
AS Jim flung out his answer to
my question about his posing for
Ruth Gregory's Young Aviator"
I had a sense Of being the one at
fault. In the minute that passed
before could part my lips and
reply, great change came over
Jim's face. The fury faded. A
look Of inscrutability came over
his features. He was more than
remote" He was suddenly en-
tirely apart from me. The walls
Of my office seemed to press in
and stifle me. But in the midst
Of my misery I was glad we were
going to have the truth now.
'Well-why don't you say some
thing?" demanded Jim. "Or are
you too darn ashamed Of listen
ing to tale-bearers?"
Betty isn't a tale-bearer!' I
protested.
"She isnt?" sneered Jim. "I'd
like to know what you call this?
Suppose was planning q sur
prise for you? Granted I was
sitting for the picture a great
artist is painting and thought I'd
take you to see It when the work
Is finished? Surprising I had a
certain pride in being selected to
help in such a big piece of work
and wanted to spring it on you
when 1t is an accomplished fact?
Then where does Betty come in
IN <.ot xyo,1 oil xuro,1CIf I'm wifh
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-25
SIS = Novel of Marriage = By Charles G. Norris
WAYS OF A HUSBAND
A SEQUEL TO WHEN A GIRL MARRIES"

tion?"
ooh, Jinnm / said weakly.
My protest was against his
evading the truth with a series Of
suggestions. Jim accepted it as
a token of my subscribing to his
explanation.
81 can remember when you
didn't, think 50 much Of my
friendship with Betty" he said.
almost good-naturedly. You were
jealous Of her In her time. And
now you let her gossip get you
going, BY jove, you're so infer
nally jealous, Anne, that man
isn't to be blamed for wanting to
svoid mentioning any other won.
an to your NJ
"JealousF' I repeated bitterly.
That's not it. You don't under.
stand"
Now don't pull any Of that
'nnisunderstood wife stuffy'
sneered Jim. II understand too
darn well"
you don't!' I cried. II haven.
wanted to go stumbling across
information about your actiong
But that time you went to Spring
dale. was tricked into telephon-
ing you by a message Rosa ma
liciously sent. You know how
the knowledge that you'd gone
off to spend q weekend in the
neighborhood where Miss Greg.
DRY was staying was forced on
me-
Going to indulge in more post.
mortems?" asked Jim. We've
gone all over that two or thrse
times"
II know" I agreed. ''But I was
just reminding you that I hadn't
let gossip get me going I had
to face q painful fact at the time
Of the SpringdaIe incident. It
was more than your starting off
about your own interests after
you'd refused to 80 away with
me-
That's rightT' snapped Jim.
start nagging again. Dig up all
the complaints you can think OF.
I suppose you inveigled me here
to put me through the third de-
gree. Well, let's have It."
81 was just trying to say"
went on with pounding heart,
'.just trying to say that when I
came to think It over I didn't
mind your going to SpringdGle
half as much as I minded your
not telling me about IT.
don't see that
''It's what you must see." l.
broke in doggedly. 1T wasn't.
your not telling me that hurt,
either. It was your not realizing
you could. You kept silent be-
cause. you didn't think me q big
enough woman to understand.
Oh, Jim, don't you see what I
mean?"-
Eyes, I guess I do" answered
Jim grouchily. II see what you
enjoy splitting hairs. I know
you're jealous as all outdoors
and so to avoid hurting you I
don't go into matters that are all
o. K. as long as some fool woman
doesn't make 'em look like choice
bits Of scandal. And you 80 up
In the air and make q grand ges-
ture about having q big enough
soul to permit a man any amount
Of freedom If he'll only come like
a good boy and ask for 1t 1neekiy.
It's darn funny II you ask me.
Nothing has ever been more
serious between u.s." I protested.
What's the use Of love and mar.
riage If they don't rest on faith
and confidence and understand
ing? Oh, Jim-whY can't we be
friends as we'll as lovers? Why
can't we stand by each otherF''
To Be Continued Monday.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-25
Not His Feet.

Mrs.-G heavens, George!
Why did you buy such a hat as
that?
Mr.-Oh! just for the weekend
my dear.
A glass screw-top fruit preserv.
ing bottle Is excellent for keeping
coffee in; none OF the flavor of
the coffee can escape.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-25
Somewhat Sticky.

Mrs Mr.. Blank seems greatly
attached to his new country
home.
Mr.. Quite natural! They STUCK
him good when he bought 1t.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-25

Roses last longest when they
are cut with the dew on them,
after the buds have begun to ex-
pand. Try to get as much stem
as possible with roses, as these
flowers do not keep we'll It the
stalk 10 short.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-25

"Oh-Tve had my share Of
trouble" she told him with a
smiling sigh. ut isn't easy for
a woman to get along, you know.
I've always had my living to make,
and-and I've been sick. I had
fine position for a while in a
Doctors office end then l tried
ne renting business. There was
physicians building 'tust put
up and ! rented the offices to
doctors and dentists. That was
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-25
A Curious Lar.

VARIOUS laws against extravaganza were on the statute
books of England prior to 1903. In that year one
regulating dress repealed But one passed in 1886
limiting the courses of meals remained in force until 1856
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-08-25
The Fastest Animal.

THE speediest animal is probably the whippet which
can travel at more than forty miles hour. The
fastest human does little than twenty and the
racehorse can manage between thirty and forty.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-12-29

Why kick about the amount Of
booze that is floating around the
country in these days of pro,ubi-
ton?
What have you done to eliminate
it?
What have you done to aid the
officers in enforcing the law?
Kick when you have a right to
kick. but don't kick until YOU have.
If you see a hat in the street kick
It, II it has brick under it. kick it
again. Then YOU will know that the
kicker Injuries himself most of an.
In Europe the dove Of peace mas
derenerated into buzzard
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-12-29

AN those who have personal
grievance against the habltual book
borrower" says Nov and Then,
British Journal "ard who realize TO
what extent the practice of constantly
reading books without ever paying for
them robs the author, will rejoice at
the recent action Of a Swiss magls-
trate. A book-borrower of Babikon,
a suburb OF Zurich, was charged with
falling to return borrowed book.
and was sentenced 90 two days' Inn
prisonment and fine Of forty francs
In addition to tAe value OF the book.
The magistrate, in passing sentence,
said "A book Is family utensil, like
furniture. and is necessary TO the well
fare OF the family The defendant
has lodged an appeal, but. whatever
the result of II may be, we believe
that the practice of book borrowing
VIII deciine-at any rate in Zurich"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-12-29
NEW DANCES

Complicated dances are proposed
which the public can learn only
through serious study; and one effect
Of them, 1t is said, will be to reduce
the popularity Of present Inane and
inartisuc steps of the "Jazz" variety.
II may be So Dancers, Ike mankind
in general, abandon the customary
and reach out after the new. But the
critics OF modern dancing are not
likely to believe that increased COM
plexity will be Of benefit. A real OBJ
lection to modern steps has been, In
fact, that they are so numerous and
so exotic as 10 require special study,
with the result that dancing has be-
come a profession rather than pas
time. The proficient dancer has to
devote real attention not only to the
elements Of the art, but TO all aston
ishing variations In the steps that the
imaginations Of deyotees can devise.
People nowadays are sorry for the be-
nighted peasants Of Europe who dance
the same dances that their great great
grandparents enjoyed. The life Of a
modern dance step Is measured in
months instead of centuries-perhaps
because It is overworked.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-12-29

The old year fades away, and the
god of time ushers in the infant of
1924.
The years come, and they go, and
are seen no more, but they leave a
heritage that even time itself can
not efface.
In 1923 we have had our ups and
our downs, but they have been
principally ups. Business has been
reasonably good, employment has
been plentiful, and contentment has
been close to general in its scope.
In past years the approach of
presidential election has meant un-
certainty, unrest, and a considerable
degree of commercial and financial
apprehension, if not staghation.
The coming election has produced
no jolt or jar 1t seems to have had
no appreciate effect, except to
convince the public that our system
of government is so sound it APP
praoches the unshakable--a Rock of
Gibraltar among the nations of the
earth.
Legislation is required to relieve
certain classes of our citizens from
apparent injustice, but that is a
matter that will undoubtedly be
regulated by the new congress.
Everything considered, the out
look is bright-very bright.
Be an optimist, and its brightness
will not be dimmed.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-12-29
LITTLE TALK ON THRIFT
By S. W. STRAUS
President Of American Society for Thrift

Secretary Of Labor Davis re-
Gently stated that 80 per cent of the
youth turned out by the educational
system of the country are equipped
only for the socalled t'white-collar"
occupations, which can provide Jobs
for only about 10 per cent of them.
Here, apparently, is a prodigious
waste of human energy and OPP
portuntity. If anything like 80 per
cent Of the girls and boys who come
from our educational institutions are
equipped only for the professions,
clerkships and other work of that
sort, it means that they are going
into the practical walks Of life most
improperly fitted for their duties. 1t
means that their individual useful
ness and earning power are restrict
ed and that an unnecessary burden
Of inefficient labor is being placed
on industry.
According to the census of 1920
there are 38,000,000 persons engag-
ed in productive pursuits in the
United States. Who can calculate
the sum total of waste among this
army Of workers as the result of
incorrect or inadequate educational
background?
Fortunately, steps are being taken
to correct this displacement Of labor
through the establishment Of voca-
tional schools under the Federal and
State Vocational Education acts, and
we are told by Secretary Davis that
some 100000 potential or actual
workers are thus being reached.
But this is not enough.
The root of the trouble lies in
popular misconceptions regarding
the dignity and honor of labor. There
is too much false pride in the
matter; too many people who seem
to feel that they are above working
in field or factory; too many who
fail to appreciate the nobility of
work well done no matter in what
realm of life it is performed
In the home, in the school, in the
church or wherever else influences
are brought to bear which affect the
mental attitude of youth, deep
thought should be given to these
problems of practical education.
No graver injustice could be done
a young man than to send him forth
into a field of endeavor for which
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-12-29
Tine For Taxpayers.

January l, 1924, marks the Begin
ming of the period for filing income
tax returns for the year 1923. The
period ends at midnight of March
Is, 1924. Heavy penalties are pro-
vided by the revenue act for failure
or willful refusal to make a return
and pay The tax on time.
Form 1040A, heretofore used for
reporting net income Of $4,000 and
less, from whatever source derived,
has been revised in the interest of
the interests Of the largest class of
taxpayers-Wage earners and
salaried persons. Reduced from
six pages to a single sheet, Form
1040A is to be used for reporting
net income of $4,000 and less
derived chiefly from salaries and
wages. Persons any part of whose
income is derived from a business or
profession, farming, sale Of property
or rent, though the amount is
$4,000 or less, will be required to
use the larger form, 1040. The
use of Form 1910 is required also in
all cases where the net income was
in excess Of $4,000, regardless Of
whether from salary, business, pro-
fession, or other taxable sources.
1t being impossible to determine
at this time which form is desired,
copies of both forms will be sent
taxpayers who filed individual re-
turns for the year 1922, and may be
obtained also at the offices of
collectors Of internal revenue and
branch offices upon written request.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-12-29

For ten years there has been a
steady increase In the proportion of
women to men among immigrants
from all parts Of Europe. Last year,
for the first time since immigration
statistics have been kept, there were
more women than meh admitted to
tine country. The proportion was 51.6
per cent. This situation Is partially
explained by the fact that immigrants
OF former years have prospered and
are now sending for their mothers.
wives and daughters TO Join them.
Despite the increasing number Of
women coming in there is no apparent
relief for the household help prob
lem. A tritiing proportion of these
women take up domestic work. Many
of them enter factories. Statistics
show that of the women immigrants
comparatively few are trained for any
kind Of employment. The same condi-
ton Is found among the men. A
large proportion OF the immigrants are
classified under mo occupation" There
are fewer laborers coming In than at
any time in twenty years.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-12-29

Chimpanzee is the native Guinea
name for large ape of equatorial
Africa, belonging 10 the anthropoId or
man-like monkeys, and TO the same
family as the gorilla. II is sometimes
FIVE feet tall when fully grown, with
black hair. but Is not so large and
powerful as the gorilla Like the
orang utan. 1t has the hair on its
forearm turned backward but differs
from 1t In having an additional dorsal
vertebra and thirteenth pair OF ribs.
II walks erect better than most Of the
apes. The chlmpanzee feeds on fruits,
often robs the gardens Of the natives.
and constructs sort OF nest among
the branches. In menageries, where Il
is common II shows much intelligence
and docility.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-12-29

If you like your home town, tell
everybody about it. 1t must be
worth liking or you wouldn't like it.
And if it is worth liking it is worth
talking about.
But if you don't like it don't let it
stop at that Go to work and do
something to convert it into town
that you can like.
Perhaps the one thing the town
most needs may take root in your
own brains.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-12-29

Good times are prophesied for
1924, and if every person in this
community begins now to lay up a
store in anticipation Of the next
period Of business stagnation we will
live ir plenty while others do the
yelp'ag.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-12-29

Say it with a News ad
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-12-29

Since Police Commissioner Enright
of New York has given watch to
William Patrick F1aherty who has a
record of thirty years Of cab-drivlng
without an accident. II must be Be.
cause he believes that accidents are
not necessary. He is not rewardlng
Mr. Flaherty for his good luck. but
for his careful driving; and II a New
York taxicab driver can keep out OF
trouble, the average driver has no *.
cuse for the damage he sometimes
causes Why. Flaherty not only sue
ceeded in avoiding ordinary vehicles.
but he lodged the reckless drivers as
welll
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-12-29

No man as ever without an adj
mirer. He always has his own
opinion
After tfnnking twice the wise man
takes third think and comes fairly
close TO being right.
Ambition leads many q man to
great heights only to let him drop
with a thud.
Some peoples consciences never
bother them until after they get
caught
Your hat may cover a lot Of brains,
bus 1t is too small to top them all.
There are Others scattered around
this town.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-12-29
May 1924

Be as good to you as 1923 has
been to us.
The splendid measure of pros
perity we have enjoyed during
the past year is due entirely
to the citizens of this community.
Without their loyal support
we could have accomplished
nothing. We realize this fact
to the fullest extent, and gladly
avail ourselves of the opportunity
to express publicly the gratitude
we feel.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-12-29

Begin right, stay right, and you
will end ght. OF course the other
fellow doesn't do it, but why
shouldn't you?
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-12-29

Our tears for the departed year.
Our smiles for the one that has come.
But remember the poor and needy at
this holiday time, as God in His
mercy has remembered you.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-12-29

he is unsuited both by nature and ~
educational equipment.
As you begin the new year speak
a good word for our schools, and
our churches, and our business aud
professional men, and our neighbors
and friends, and for humanity in
general.
Speak a good word for the com
munity, and keep on speaking, until
others get the habit and begin speak
ing with you
1t is a good thing for the town,
and in time others will begin to speak
well of you.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1923-12-29

The presidential campaign is in
full swing, with politicians scurry-
ing in every direction in the interest
of their respective favorites.
In the republican camp the open
arena fight seems to be between
President Coolidge and Senator
Hiram Johnson of California
In the mists of the background
stands a towering sphinx in the per-
son Of Former Governor Lowden Of
Illinois, silent as the grave, but with
millions watching intently his every
move.
In Pennsylvania Governor Pinchot
is openly waging war on the pre-
sident. He, too. is a potent
possibility
Others have ambitions, some are
possible, but few have achieved any
degree of prominence in the present
race.
1t is a merry fight in the re-
publican camp, with the victor yet to
be named.
Economically speaking, the two
outstanding personages are Former
Secretary of the Treasury William
Gibbs McAdoo ard Senator Oscar w.
Underwood
Both are so strong in their party
it is difficult to predict who will he
the democratic standard bearer
One thing, however, seems morally
certain in this presidential cam
paign, The mantle Of leadership in
both parties will fall upon political
giants who are known by their deeds.
and not merely through the praise of
campaign orators and spellbinders.
We have nothing to fear, which
ever way it goes.