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Washington telegraph., 1923-09-07
YOUR RELEIE

You are constantly confronted
with the question, What is the mat
ter with political parties, churches
and Individuals
1t matters little how many an
swers you give to the question, you
will be compelled to recognize this
fundamental answer, namely: The
serious defect today is the lack Of
n deep, abiding, controlling, dyna-
mic belief, "as a man thinks, as n
man believes. so is he"
You haven't any political parties
today, because the only politics we
have in America is the politics of
the ''ins' and the politics of the
outs"
Where is the man. who believes
more in the constitution than he be-
heves in anything else? Where Is
the man who will fight and die to
establish the principle of representa-
tive government?
The same is true with the average
church Men ought to be willing
to fight for their creed, fight for
their belief, teach and practice their
doctrines of orthodoxy and Of per-
sonal righteousness.
The same defect Is manifested In
the individual.
Why are so many young men drift
ing? Because they are not anchored
TO a belief. No man has ever risen
to power and position who hated
dogma, who spurned doctrine, or
who disbelieved. There is no per-
manency nor power in unbelief /;
there is no greatness. or prestige,
or influence in disbelief.
America needs men who believe
in something, who will never yield
to expediency, who will never sur
render to compromise, and who will
never fall a victim to the blandish-
ing smiles of Mr.. Adjustment.
Things are right or wrong. They
cannot be both. No one will ever
amount to the snap Of finger until
their life is controlled by a great
belief The greatest Of an is be-
lief in God, belief In Christ, belief
In the Holy Ghost, belief In the
infallible Bible. Let these four
great beliefs constitute your creed.
IOu viii become impregnable. .
Washington telegraph., 1923-09-07

Report at the Washington High
school campus Monday afternoon
and come prepared to do your
bit. The cooperating community
IS the one that is worth while.
Washington telegraph., 1923-09-07

A cross, sickly baby suffering
from digestive troubles and
looseness of the bowels needs
McGee's Baby Elixir. 1t
Washington telegraph., 1923-09-07

this column II addressed to
AlcdG, care Of this sset0S-
pGpeT
Some readers from Genevievc,
Mont, have written me 4 letter
asking for the answers to certain
questions. Therefore | shall devote
this article to their interests, and
It may interest others also.
Dear A. Leda -
what is the proper way to re-
fuse a man a dance when you have
not yet the next taken and do not
wish to be rudeT' Simply say this.
Thank you, but l do not think I'll
dance this number. l feel n bit
tired" That is all that is neces-
sary."
Dear A. Leda: -
what is the correct way to en-
terrain a young man when he makes
an afternoon call?" This all depends
on the ability OF the hostess. You.
have often heard the phrase, "over
the tea-cups." Well that means five
o'clock tea. When that hour arrives,
serve your friend with some light
drink such as tea or lemonade. A
few small cakes or crackers should
20 with the drink. This gives
delightful chance to talk and get
acquainted, but IL this becomes tire
some, try a little card game that
both know. If your caller prefers
to 60 cut, have croquet game ten
mis-, or take long country walk.
Afterwards bring him In to have
"llttle tea" A very pleasant af-
ternoon may be passed this way.
Washington telegraph., 1923-09-07
Announcing Our Initial Showing Of
he Very Latest In New Fall
Merchandise
Merchandise
OUR STOCK is RESPLEN
DENT WITH ALL THAT IS
NEW AND UP-rO-DATE.

Anticipating Big Demand in all lines have purchased
WISELY and as to how WELL, invite your INSPEC
TION There is a wide range of NOVELTY and ASSORT
MENT so VAST that all tastes be SATISFIED. Our
PRICE-QUALITY COMBINATION makes your buying both
a PLEASURE and a MONEY-SAVING TRANSACTION.
HIGH UP IN VALUES, PRICES WAY DOWN Come to
ou- store and enjoy the SENSATION of getting UP-To
DATE VALUES at DOWN-TODATE PRICES.
Washington telegraph., 1923-09-07
Eti(1g1ette
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AHp questions on etiquette
tCiH be gladly dnsiOered IN
this column II addressed TO
Alcdd, care Of this setcs-
pGpeT.
Washington telegraph., 1923-09-07
A u II y NJ ~

Fall months, With Their brisk
brcc=os and golden brOpR touch
of nature, echoes the call of
ihe seasons. The needs of our
customers hare been aRticipd-
ted and our ReU fall stocks are
complete in eUery line.
Washington telegraph., 1923-09-07

The UOrId Of Fashion is stiR.
MlGtcd TO ReU GctiUity and eUi-
dencc of reUiUifyiHg Influences
are to be seen eUeryUhere in
our store. Let us ShOU you our
Fall offerings.
Washington telegraph., 1923-09-07

DRESS GOODS AND DRESS
TRIMMINGS. Everything that
is new in Fall Dress Goods now
awaits your inspection. Fall
Trimmings just unpacked.
, 1923-01-03
Coz berdtion a Necessity.

THERE Is a great deal of talk about success
L and its so-called secret. When any business
man has achieved what we are wont to call sue.
cess, he is Immediately asked how he accomplished
it. The newspapers will print interviews with him
in which he unfolds that part of his life history
which may illustrate how he reached his place.
These views are usually differing. widely so, and
furnish valuable incentives to others who are
struggling upward to do as we'll as the man they
read about. Successful men will talk about devo.
ton to duty as a foundation for success or about
the way in which they made decisions carefully
and played the game Square"
These reasons are all very good in themselves.
But there is another factor that must be kept In
mind. 1t is the fact that to be successful a man
must depend to some extent on others. No matter
how much his individual actions may count, there
are always others who contribute no mean share
in carrying out his plans. And so it is. No matter
whether the business concern is large or small; no
matter what it's purpose is-there must be a com
pact and homogeneous organization to it which
makes it's operation successful. Welfare activities
Of large business concerns have played an import
ant part and so have every other means of caring
for the employe individually. Entire cooperation
among those high and low must be there before any
one can attain success.
, 1923-01-03
Our Failure in Aestheticisn.

THE DEGREE to which the artistic sense of
L this nation has been developed may be judged
from the expression which is given to the various
ramifications of art. Painting of the mastery
style is virtually unknown. There are a lot of
"daubers" who rave about their "futuristic' mas
~terpieces without a thought as to what they may
be intended to signify. Why? Because the popu-
lar demand is for this kind of work and the "ar-
lists know it will be the first to bring them the
coveted lucre.
Music, such as we may claim to be distinctly
American, is also a reflection of the spirit of the
times in this country. We arc not producing any
thing, lasting; nothing which may even lay claim
to the artistic. Our stuff is all of the "pot-boiler"
type, something that will satisfy the public palate
of the moment and will die with it. 1t brings sus-
tenance and shelter to it's creator, to be sure, but
there is nothing about it to label the composer as
great when the petty. group which has lionized his
work is gone.
All this is to be lamented. It is known that only
an old civilization appreciates and develops this
side of life. Our expression Of it would indicate
that we are still in the formative stage, as far as
the cultural aspects of a nation are concerned. it
would also show that our wealth, which is the
first requisite of art, is being turned to producing
more wealth and not to assisting In a line of en-.
deavor which is clearly one of its by-products. We
can not long hope to endure as an advanced leader
in thought or as n high type of civilization unless
we turn more of our attention and funds to this
very important work-the development of the es.
thetic sense of our people.
, 1923-01-03

the form of wages and salaries was
jumping from $173. 2 1000 to 1921.
200. Ooo.' declares the National Bu-
reau of Economic Research, a disin-
terested scientific collector Of econ
omic statistics. This IL good evidence
that labor profits by an American
merchant marine. whatever for
eign born labor leaders may say
about it. According to the bureau the
number Of men actually at work on
the vessels Of the American merchant
marine increased from 14e 200 in 1909
to 222, 200 in 1919. while the estimated
average annual earnings of all en-
ployes on vessels of the merchant ma
rine rose from 1901 in 1909 to t2.1Ss
in 1919. or $50 per sent. That Is the
answer to the statement Of the dry
landers that we do not pay our sea.
men n more than the British pay
theirs. The 1919 average for all our
marine employees is almost equal to
that of the chief officers of foreign
lines.
, 1923-01-03

them said a word. no more than If
the both of them were gagged.
Isn't he cutter" suggested the
lady, anxiously, for It was really the
ordinariest looking baby in the Dis.
trict OF Columbia, and she was just
beginning to have a faint inkling of
the fact, and feared that the Con.
q essman's silence had been brought
about by a shock.
"Ah. thereg" said the Congressman.
nodding his head and rackIpg his
brain.
Whom do you think he looks like7
asked the lady.
"Ah. there!" answered the Con.
gresham.
81 beg your pardon7 Whom
"Ah-h-h. therer'
looks like?-which one Of us do you
think he resembles?"
~'Ah-h-h-h.h. thereT' cried the
wretched man. and turned round and
went away from there, sweating like
a water pitcher.
And the LADY went home and re
marked to her husband that Con
gresham So-and-So had beef trying
to flirt with her.
And the next morning her husband
went over to Congressman So-and'
Sos apartments, and hit him on the
nose with his fist, and n lot Of
strange and interesting things began
ia hammer.
, 1923-01-03
agriculture and Freight Rates.

some radical politician wishes to
w draw national attention and try and curry
public favor, he directs his stream of oral abuse at
the railroads or any other industrial group that
best suits his purpose.
At the present time the farmers are told that
freight rates are the cause of depression prices for
crops. and that the railroads are to blame for the
general agricultural depression,
As a matter of fact, James r.. Howard. president
of the American Farm Bureau Federation, shows
that the farmers bill for freight and passenger
out of annual total farm expenditures of 50, 7S4.
taxes.
If Mr.. Towards estimate Is correct. the farmers
expenditure for railroad transportation is only
II per cent of his total outgo and his expenditure
for freight alone is not mora than 100000 or
only s per cent of his outgo is for freight transprr
tation.
This is not an argument against reducing trans.
portation costs to the farmers or any other indus.
try as soon as the railroads can do so, but is an
argument to show that there must be many things
besides freight expenditures which have caused
depression in the market for farm products.
Instead of trying to further wreck the American
transportation system through political regulation
why do not our lawmakers give n few Of these plain
everyday facts to the public for consumption?
The radicals through distortion and m~is.state-
ments in regard to the American railway system
are trying to force government ownership and oper.
alton. If they should be successful in such a pro-
gram, the farmers can easily anticipate the in
crea sed costs that would Immediately result in
freight rates and tax bills II they care to check up
the record Of expense that this nation paid as a
result of political operation during the days Of
the railroad administration and public control.
, 1923-01-03
The People Should Know.

MOSCOW is directing a widespread campaign in
Ill the United States for the overthrow of the
American government. This is the alarming state
ment of William j. Burns, head of the federal
bureau of investigation to a congressional commit
tee.
He declares documents obtained during the past
year clearly Indicate the Communist ~Anterna-
tionale is behind a strong movement among ne
groes, labor unions, and various social organiza-
tions and womens clubs it's ultimate purpose be-
ing to undermine these organizations with the view
of overthrowing the United States government and
establishing dictatorship of the proletariat.
Reds have established Schools" where radical
ism Is taught without interference by the govern
ment. Such schools have been found in Seattle and
near Boston and are %springing up in other sec
lions.
I'VE have no authority to stop it," Burns de-
clared.
Burns testified 1858 new radical publications had
Sprung up in the United States the last year and
there are now GIL in circulation throughout the
country.
Mere suppression, arrests and deportations will
not defeat this evil in the United States. We must
beat the agitator at his own game. His radical pro-
paganda must be countcracted just as steadily as
he spreads it. Enlightenment of the masses and
not force alone will hold this nation safe against
the inroads of the Russian Reds.
Our people must be shown the fallacy Of these
arguments and the condition of Russia today is the
strongest object lesson that can be advanced to
show why sound thinking Americans should steer
clear of any program that has landed the people of
q nation in the plight that Russians find them
selves In today.
, 1923-01-03
4 Rising Demand.

MODERN PROGRESS is becoming so rapid in
III every line of industry, there is bound to be an
increasing need for swift methods in transporta-
ton.
The ~airplane represents that progress and be
fore a very grcaG while it will be permanently cs
.~tablished as a mode of travel which has the conf.
dence of everyone.
The ~airplane industry is still a young one, and
as every youth develops slowly into fullygrown
manhood, the industry is developing slowly. Is
development is also a certain one, for the last few
years have shown that it holds great promise.
Every concern which is manufacturing %airplanes
or equipment maintains constant experimental
work. 1t is only through experimentation work
that the industry can be developed satisfactorily.
OF course, this is the unremunerative side, but it
is of vital Importance if the ~airplane is to continue
to get nearer to full development.
Some persons have the idea that experimentation
work which is carried on by the government or by
private concerns is unnecessary and wasteful to a
certain extent. A little thought will show the folly
of such a belief. The war supplied a great deal
of practical experimentation with the ~airplane
which resulted in its advancement as a means of
transportation. With peace this experimentation
must not cease if progress is to continue.
, 1923-01-03

round stone morn Coz aaent by Civ.
ing 1t q handle.
About 400 years later the French
began to use metal irons shaped like
a tAiIor's goose. though they were
smaller and they wore hollow SO
as to hold burning charcoal or a red
hot iron bar.
MANY OF these early irons were
elaborate, the artistic Frenchmen or.
namenting them with scrolls and ara.
besques Of silver. Can you imagine
them today In the hands Of an ironer?
Following these fancy irons came
the flat iron Of a generation ago.
heated on a stove, and today we have
the electric and gas heated kinds.
The modern waxttnE machine
also developed In the same way from
the washing methods Of the ancient
Romans who would put a soiled toga
in q vat and stamp on it. barefooted.
until It was clean. The washers usetl
alkAlia instead Of soap for cleansing
purposes, mad then blSached the
clothing in sulphur.
Sometimes this method was varied
by tapping the linen with sticks or
wdhack1ng Il on stones. The wash.
board. Of course. was invented 20
take the place Of the rough river
stones"
, 1923-01-03
PLdinest of Radicals.

TUE RECENT convention Of so-called ~Progres-
II sive National Party" at Cleveland, came out
for government operation of railroads, public con-
troll Of waterpower, naturalization of coal mines,
direct election of the president and vice president,
protection of civil libert. s and rights of organized
labor and the enactme. = of a soldiers bonus law
through funds secured by the reenactment of ex-
cess profits taxes. Numerous other planks were
discussed.
The aim of the new party Is similar to that Of all
previous radical or semi-radical political move
ments in that it is attempting to combine the sup
port of labor organizations, farmers organizations.
cooperative societies, liberal political parties and
other organizations and groups who are in accord
with radical and socialistic policies.
Resolutions were passed requesting ~Progres.
BfTe" United States senator's and representatives
to organize a "Peoplc's bloc" in the new congress.
By sailing under the title Of Progressive" in
stead of Radical the new party hopes to gain
votes which it could not otherwise secure.
, 1923-01-03
Ancient Myths.

The hamadryad in her oak
All summer listened to the pair
Who came to spoon beneath the cloak
or silence N the forest there.
I'll love you till the sun is oead"-
h heard the words. yet held her
peace,
Nor broke It even when he said:
Until the sands of time aha,I
ceaSe."
They cut her tree and prisoned stiIl &
In firewood she was shipped to
town.
Where by the Fates' mysterious will
Upon a hearth they cast her down.
IN love you tfl"-she saw twas he,
Another maid though heard the
BLUR;
The hamadryad murmured "Geer'
And. wrapped in flames she cried,
Hot Stuffr'
w. W. whitelock.
, 1923-01-03
Business Not Politics.
IN THE experimental DAYS Of road hu

IN THE experimental days of road building and
L hard surface highway construction it has been
a common practice to let contracts involving mil
lions of dollars to the Lowest bidder" Immedi-
ately the job was done it was accepted as a mat
ter Of course and the contract price paid.
No private business of any consequence would
be conducted on such a basis. In the majority of
private contracts for the manufacture. of various
products the articles delivered to the purchaser
carry a guarantee against imperfection and poor
workmanship.
If We get a poor pair Of shoes, a defective auto.
mobile tire, n rotten piece of cloth in a suit, n
typewriter that does not do It's work properly or a
dozen bad eggs, We can go back TO the man who
sold us the articles and get requirements or re
pairs that make our purchase worth the 100 cents
on the dollar that We paid.
Not so, however, when it comes to contracting for
public work. Why should an irresponsible con.
tractor who refuses to give any sort Of a guarantee
on his job, be allowed to experiment in road build.
ing with the taxpayers money?
OF course, a policy requiring such safeguards Of
the taxpayers money Immediately brings down on
a highway commission an avalanche of abuse from
irresponsible individuals who claim that they are
thereby deprived of an opportunity of bidding on
public work. If a ma ncannot show a satisfactory
record and refuses 10 guarantee work which he
does for the public, why should the taxpayer b
, 1923-01-03
Ancestor of Flatiron.

Yes" a hte laundryman, you
never would think It, but the electric
and Gas irons you see US using today
are tho legitimate offspring OF a
round. water worn stone. You've sean
pictures of women washing clothes on
the river stones. and in the Orkney
Islands they stll employ them. but as
far back as the tenth century the
Scotch women began to use a musk
room shaped object Of black glass as
a linen smoother.
The appliance was operated In an
Inverted position, OF course. the stem
representing an sttempt to make rhe
, 1923-01-03
Talking to Babies.

1t seems as IL the hardest thing
a man car lave to do is to admire
somebody else's baby, especially when
that baby is colicky and mad and as
homely as a young baboon.
A womn can do 1t as easily as Won
please. On a moments notice she
can lean over a baby carriage and
look Gown into a face that's a. cartoon
or a Outstanding parent, and talk for
hours on the beauty of what she Is
looking at, spinning lies as fast as
she can think.
But when It comes the turn Of a
man to do a thing like tina he isn't
there; he can no more tell a great.
big caricature of a baby that he is
a lovely little snookums than he can
pick that baby up in his arms with
out spraining he baby's neck, which
no man a possibly do.
1t can even be said that should a
baby actually be a lovely little shook.
m a man could not even toll Il SO
then. For there is something in the
nature OF u man which makes him
dumb in the presence of infants; by
giving him a baby to talk to. you can
even shut up a Congressman.
The other day n Congressman
from Illinois encountered in Wash.
ington the wife of another Congress.
a She was airing her four.month
baby. this lady, and there was moth
ing for the Congressman to do but
pay his respects to h youngster. So
he leaned over the carriage.and said,
"Ah,' there!' and then, what never
before had happene6 In his life. he
found himself emptier of ideas than
a statue standing in a park.
He peered at tho baby and the
baby peered at him. but neither of
, 1923-01-03
The Casper Tnbune's Program

Irrigation project west of Casper to be author.
lied and completed at once.
a complete and scientific coming system for the
city Of Casper.
4 comprehensive municipal and school recreation
park system, including swimming pools for the
children Of Casper
ward as planned by the county commissioners to
Garden Greek Falls and return.
Better roads for Natrona county and more high
ways for wyoming. .
More equitable freight raise for shippers of tho
Rocky Mountain region, and more frequent train
service for Casper.
, 1923-01-03

subjected to loss through his experiments? No
private industry would for a minute consider such
bids.
If ten western states during the next ten years
road construction, We will have contracted a pub
lie debt for roads alone aggregating 81, 10000 DOC.
We need these roads as developers of the country
but can we afford to experiment and turn over this
amount of money for the construction of pavements
which stand without any form of guarantee to the
public?
, 1923-01-03
Labor's Profits Up

while the total share of the value
product of the industry received by
and Investors was increas-
ing from $34 .S05, 900 in 1903 to $685.
$50. 900 in 1918, the total share of the
value product paid to employees in
, 1923-01-03

Every family In Buenos Aires IL 10
have tho privilege of hearing at least
one opera each eason free Of charge
at the municipal operat house to be
erected under the supervision of the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-06-29
GOVERNMENT
BY GUN

tfrom the Australian Worker)
How the Tory loves the constitution
when the public is listening! How
dearly he reverences the principles of
democracy-when there is an audi
ence to be deluded!
But get him by himself, and fiatter
nm INTO a sense of security, so that
ne yields to the temptation of sneak
ing the truth, and how differently he
talks then!
Inc Tory babbling his true thoughts
soon lets you know that what he really
beileves in is government by the gun.
IL ne could safely do it he would
wipe out parliamentary institutions
tomorrow, and smash all the ballot
boxes IN the country.
The rule of the majority is an idea
detestful to him, for the Tory be-
longs to a class numerically few, and
he IS firmly convinced that it is The
traditional right of that few to hold
the many in subjection.
And what is there so reliable for
represslng purposes as the gun?
He comedies the vote because he is
compelled to do SO. The pressure of
the ages has forced it from him. But
all the time he is longing for an ex
cuse to abolish the franchise and. lev
elllng lethal weapon at your head,
cry out: Hands up"
Let US be under no misapprehension
in Australia. There are Mussolinis in
our midst. This country contains men
who would break the power of labor
with the gun if they dared.