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Imperial Valley press., 1923-02-20
[ASY TO REPLENISH
UPPLY OF SILVER

Housewives in FL Centre may re-
Fhish their supply of table silver
re easily and quickly, according
M. Marcot, proprietor OF the
my and Navy Department Store
489 Main street. Mr.. Marcot has
II completed arrangements where
cards will be given with every
cent purchase that will apply to-
I'd choice Of knives, forks, spoons,
The silverware is Rogers fam
make, guaranteed for Is years,
b by saving the cards, it is sur
sing how quickly one can accu-
late enough to get something
lily worth while.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-02-20
ELKs LODGE MEETING

Initiation Thursday night, Febru-
airy 22nd. Supper in Club Rooms at
p. m. Official visit of District
Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler. Adv.
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New York Day by Day
BY O. o. AI'INTYRE.

paid tribute Sob
of Officially
VIII Rogers the suspected because they
the about Them The
might fill Foadora chorus of today from
Nearly chosen
of the city has departed The
the thrill
Among New Yorks easy
Bean. Baird Beatrice Fairfax and Caroline Harding
The experienced writer the highest salard
them write fiction and Barely do they get than assign
ment day which gives them much time.
from 500 5000 week and three several who
They of life behind the
the dinner to them received telegram from
her sail at 10 o'clock the
eight months duration.
herans Marion Davies phoopay
the biggest along the street Now has been
of the grand old
$ diminishing
Hppodrome
manpulans from the inatigabe publicity
Hips
follows the that the New York Hppome
close 1t was given out several months ago that the famous old inst
bit tragic
that resound TOto laugh and julio the elephants being
down.
Along Fifth Avenues Mnonarcs gloomy
blaze with light Vigan watchmen putting
Somehow the idea then
tired of the matter
not occupied than months the
There of building
charity he
he them time
Copyright, 1923, by The Mcknight Syndicate Inc)
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prevailed to an appreciablc degree among
country foil; as well.
Now consider the other picture. A
New England city man comes South.
He may be on business trip, or just
seeking pleasure or recreation. In either
case he usually comes laden with his
toys" His most common facilities tor
playing" arc golf clubs. And where arc
the angular features of Yesterday:
Where is the nervous-looking face. with
skin drawn tight over nose bridge and
check, bones? Where are the bony fing-
crS. the sharp shinS, the bayonct elbows:
The Yankee of today. with his golf
clubs, tennis racquet. fishing tackle or
guns and dogs. might be mistaken for
Nestcrner by a Rip Van Wrinkle
awakening after a quarter centurys dozc.
Prescnt-day Americaus-thc typical
ones-havc Vulnerable ways OF "play-
ing between busy seasons OF hard work
and after office hours. This change is
due in part to wartime revelation:
America awoke to the fact that her sons.
were not exactly top-notch
as judged by traditional American stand
ards. And not the least gratifying fea-
turc OF this change is that the man who
plays is no longer looked down upon.
On the contrary, he is regarded as a
"simp' ii he docs not take enough rec
reation-and physical exercise, however
practiced. is literally recreation to keep
himself fit for the work to which he
formerly had to devote his energies cx-
to gain the reputation of being
i stable citizen"
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AMERICA RE-CREATED

In one respect the character OF the
American people has undergone an I'M
portant change in a short time. Or per-
haps it would be more nearly accurate
to say that the actual change has been
one of attitude, and that this change is
resulting in wholesome development Of
American citizens.
To realize that the change alluded to
has taken place one has only to ,1raw
two mental pictures: Either a typical
Northerner or Southerner of, say,
twenty-five years ago. and the same type
today. A quarter century ago, in both
the North and the South, the man who
took time to play was popularity regarded
as person with little purpose in life
4 sort OF triflcr. waster. nc'cr-do- dwell.
his idea prevailed particularly among
New Englanders. In their section of the
country the stable citizen stuck closely
to his business. Merchant or profcs-
sional man, he took little recreation OF
the kind that builds muscle and improves
ones general physical appearance. As a
result, he was lean-faced and angular.
w hNiSNSl hC WSnl Hc was recognized dS
Yankee"
But now the typical New Englandel
has to be distinguished from other Amer.
lean citizens in some other way-by hi;
speech or manner, and possibly man
ners. Some of the finest physiques tina
the country produces arc now to b.
found among men whose fathers anC
grandfathcrs looked like excessive tea
drinkers.
| While earlier Northerners resemble'
neither Hercules nor Hermes, Southern
crs of the same period were inclined t.
be somewhat soft" in the physica
sense. The former worked too hare
without playing at all, and the latter
living in climate where unrcmittin,
physical cxertion is encrvating. tendc'
toward Acknowledgment of bone an
sinew. and a supcrfluity of flesh.
In both cases. of course, the condition
mere briefly described existed mes
largely among city jewellers, albeit the
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Try to Understand
By ii. Arlington Bruce.

Anne Sturges Duryea's book,
American Nerves and the Secret
of Suggestion" the latest addition to
the now voluminous literature of
nervousness. may not be SO directly
helpful to nervous sufferers as some
other books, but it possesses one fea-
turc that makes it uncommonly val
liable. 1t is addressed not only to
the nervous but to their relatives and
friends. with view to obtaining from
the latter their intelligent co-Opera-
ton in the cure of the nervous.
And ccretainly it cannot be denied
that relatives and friends often-nay.
usually-nced enlightenment with
regard to the trr, nature Of nervous
ness and their proper attitude to the
nervous. Again and again. from
sheer lack Of understanding. they do
much 70 keep nervousness alive even
when they are most eager TO help
in its conquest.
II is sad but by no means exag
geratcd picture that Mrs. Duryea
draws:
AIN intercourse with the family
which results from the more or less
intimate relation of a psychologist to
the nervous member. one observes
how almost inevitably they either un-
dercstimntc the nervous condition or
else rush to an extreme scare in
depreciation Of it. especially II the
existence of mental symptoms is
suggested by the physician.
"Thcy arc inclined either to ignore
or to assume something like sus-
piciOus attitude. There is a tendency
to misinterpret even simple remarks.
They observe every movement of the
patient. though no one has suggested
any necessity for close watching.
In the kindcst spirit in the world
they patronizc and they sweep aside.
The unconscious assumption
seems to be that when q mind is in
any way even slightly and temporarily
disordercd it becomes inferior. and
therefore it doesn't make much diff
ference how you treat it,
Hence the method of disregard"
practiccd by many relatives and
friends in dealing with nervous per-
sons. and the method of ovcr-atten-
ton" practiced by many others.
In the former case the relatives
and friends assume that the nervous
invalid has only an imaginary ILL
ness" and that the less heed they
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pay to his or her complaints the
sooner nervous balance will be
regained. They forget that even il the
illness be "imaginary" the fact re-
mains that, in Pierre Janet's neat
phrase:
"When a person is so i'll that he
says he is i'll when he is not i'll at
all. then he must be very i'll in
deed"
The "method of over-attention. ="
for its part, is faulty in that it pre-
supposes that sympathetic fussing. the
cumulative effect Of never-ceasing.
watchful devotion, will exercise a
curative influence soon or late. The
actual influence is in the direction of
increasing the nervousness.
Sneers and impatience help them
not n whit. Neither does a merely
emotional sympathy. Though. nc
Mrs. Duryea says, what they do need
most of all, so far as the attitude of
relatives md friends is concerned. is
constructive, energy, creating sym
pathy:
This sympathy is made possible
and IN sense easy by at least
partial understanding of the simple
natural principles OF psychology
activity through which the disordered
nerves may be brought again to self
possession and sclf-control."
To aid relatives and friends Of the
nervous in gaining that sympathy is
one OF the purposes of .1rs. DURYEA'S
book. I commend it TO them.
Copyright. 1923. by Tho Associated
NcwspapersD
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Watching the Parade
BY John Pilgrim.

I'm not so sure that we're fit to
govern ourselves, we Americans. |
hate TO say it. I've always boosted
about our innate and acquired super
iority to other peoples. ever to the
point Of making myself detested by
sturdy Britons and refined Frenchmen,
who think We are nationally nix. But
now I'm not so sure.
After all, the sort of government
furnished itself by nation of nitwits
could not be so much. Could it?
The reason for this momentary and
probably passing rejection is that l
was compelled 10 post myself on a
corner of a busy street for half an
hour. Automobiles. trucks and fliv-
yers hurried to and fro. y Pedestrians
crossed the street slantwise. 1t oc-
CURED to me that most of the pillars
of our nation did not walk at right
angles. but joy-walked. Also ot many
OF them looked before they leaped.
They just booted ahead into the
stream OF traffic. depending upOn
kind Providence and rubber heels to
save them from harm.
III tab en-" / said to myself.
"Those ] know. This is my part of
town and I'll know n good many"
l did not coun, the strangers at all.
But two bank presidents came mighty
near getting kicked into hospitals by
yammering Fords driven By little color
cd boys. A physician. waving his arm
in dignified way. talking to a dig
nificd stranger, was almost damned b.
an undignified sedan in which several
little flappers were giggling. Half
dozen ladies put down their heads
in former days they would. have also
picked M their skirts-and scuttled
for the other side without bothering TO
look out for the cars. Clerks, cake
eaters. buyers, merchants did the same
trick. Not more than four in seven
took the ordinary precaution Of look
ing I'M. The automobilists were bet
ter. but not so good. I'm going, per
sonally. 10 have one young man fired
for the way he drove his employers
car into the thronged street.
If only four persons in seven have
sense enough to watch their step.
what have we' for first-ratc govern
ment in country We govern our
selves?
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country, geographically but not in terms
of population, suddenly realized that il
had become dependent upon slavery,
The South lost the Civil War, but re-
trieved its economic independence.
Now another reality has burst upon
the consciousness of Americans. The
conception of the South as All agricul-
tural region has long been proverbial.
The industrial states have been north of
the Mason and Dixon line; the textile
industries distinguished New England.
The past tense is used because New Eng
land, as a result of information gathered
and made public by the United States
Census Bureau, must now lose its repu-
tation in this respcct-thc reputation OF
being the" home of the country's tex
tile industry Moreover, it must lose
that reputation to that section of the
country which has been regarded as al
most exclusively agricultural.
For many years the press OF the South
has been advocating the industrial de-
of this section. Motive power
and raw materials were to be had in
abundance, but apparently there were
few takers. The South seemed doomed
to an eternity OF sowing and reaping
and-according to some peoples ideas
of exploitation at the hands OF sharp
mllers and merchants OF the North and
East
Now comes the Census Bureau with
the bolt-from-thc-bluc announcement
that the South leads the entire country
in the textile industry. Cnconsciously
the South has come to be what it has
long ago told itself, and been told ty
It's well-wishers, it must become If it was
ever to realize the opportunities with
which Nature had endowed it.
Cotton mills have been moving into
this section. and new textile factories
lave been built here, with remarkable
-apidity during the last few years. as is
shown by survey recently made By the
census authorities. At last reports there
we're 1929 cotton mills in the entire coun-
ry. Of this number, the survey shows,
80, or 81 per cent, are not only in the
south. but-morc remarkable still-in
he nine cotton-growing states. The re-
naming number, 574, are distributed
lmong 9 states, from Maine to Califor-
Tia, only few of which produce any
otton at all.
However, this does not mean that the |
south leads in the production of cotton
abrics. The larger mills are still in New
England. Yet leadership from the pro-
luction standpoint may logically be ex-
'ected. The shifting process has been
90 rapid to warrant any other forecast |
f the South, in addition to producing
he raw material, has the requisite manu-
acturing facilities which may be de-
'elofed to point of equality with those
If New England, the saving in trans
'ortation charges alone should be de-
inducement to millers who arc
eeking favorable location or trying to
educe the cost of production
Even though the newly discovered
movement should be regarded as having
llready reached the highest mark attain
!ble, natives of this section would be
alse to their instincts if they undertook
o repress the feeling OF qualification
'ver the partial fulfillment, already ac-
of a vision held before the
yes of the South many years ago by
men who were then called dreamers.
-----OO-----
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WHEN EVEN FRIENDS DISAGREE

Many of the worlds troubles result
from misunderstanding. One man makes
an assertion which is Inexperienced or
misinterpreted by his neighbor, and thus
may be laid the basis of feud extend
ing through many tragic years. A ma
ton adopts certain policy or pursues
a given course, and other nations, be-
lieving that they have been affronted.
fix their bayonets and march forth to
defend themselves. Not all earthly
troubles originate in such a way. Some
times a person or a nation just natur-
ally runs amuck, the only plausible cause
being unalloyed cussedness. But mis-
understandings do produce so many I'M
wholesome and tragic situations that
the wise person or nation will think
twice or more before acting.
When genuine misunderstanding oc-
cur between nations they may generally
be 'ascribed to differences in customs,
language and racial characteristics. Bio
logically, the trend of persons thought
processes depends no little upon the ma
tionality and character of his antece-
dents.
So, it would not be strange if a mis-
understanding should arise between an
American and, say, a Spaniard; or be-
tween the United States and any of the
countries of continental Europe. Al
though nearly every European country
has contributed to the racial melting pot
here, many Americans being descend
ants of Europeans who were in no way
related to the people who founded this
republic, the United States is more close
ly akin to England than to any other
country. Even if this kinship was lin
tied to their use OF common language.
the two nations, one might think, should
have the minimum. Of difficulty in under
standing each other.
But apparently the government Off
Gals of these two countries cannot see
at least one important matter through
the same eyes. They have interpreted
differently that part Of the Washing
ton naval pact pertaining to alterations
in fighting ships.
If any Englishman or American had
been asked to construe that section of
the treaty before the controversy arose,
doubtless he would have said that its
meaning was perfectly plain. But in
the light OF that controversy, one might
now think that there would have been
wide difference between what would
have been plain to the hypothetical Eng
iishman and what would have been un-
mistakably clear to his American coun-
terpart.
The international incident alluded to
cannot but forcefully cxemplify the fact
that it is extremely difficult, if not quite
impossible, for human beings to write a
treaty that will be proof against misun-
dcrstandings. Ii Englishmen and Amer
leans, speaking the same language since
time immemorial and springing from the
same racial stocks, cannot understand
each other the hope of a universal
brotherhood of nations would seem to
have little chance of early fulfillment.
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Pointed Paragraphs

The man who wants the earth is
invariably the first to growl about
his taxes.
1t is hard to follow the bent of n
mans mind when he is in financial
straits.
An old bachelor says that firmness
in man is synonymous with stub
bornness in a woman.
1t is often good thing for mans
peace of mind that he doesn't know
what other peoule know about him.
Don't think for a minute that your
neighbOrs will ever think you are bet
ter than you think you are.
An old bachelor says that there is a
period in every woman's life when she
scratches out the number in her
shoes.
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A DREAM COMING TRUE

Important developments sometimes
come upon country unawarcs. For
example, the United States awokc many
years ago to the fact that the center OF
population was no longer east of the Al
leghanics. Since then our knowledge Of
our country and its affairs has under
gone readjustment every ten years.
Once upon time, too, about half of the
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cliff over there into the river?"
Don't get excited, Tom" an
swered his companion soothingly. III
may be movie actor doing one o
his stunts. They often make film
in these parts"
But" said the other. "supposin.
it isn't, and that the man is really
in dangerT'
"Well,' replied the other philoso'
phically, ''if he browns he isn't!"
At the club Brown made the start.
ling assertion that in being shown
the head side al
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from her mouth and said calmly |
"ThGt WIZ the only fight / ever seen
whar l didn't l;eer a cuss who won.'
Dubbs, late sergeant, A. f. f., had
gone TO South American country
where q revolution was on searching
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he said, =" that
love dies. / once
heard a noun
taincer's wife de-
scribe a thrilling
h a n d = to : hand
struggle between
her husband and
a bear. At the
end of her de-
scription she took
tho nnrp-onb nina
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1 o L c..cltcmcDt.
The presi dent.
who had just
arisen to power,
promptly appoint
cd him quarter
M n ster general
and then produced
sketches made by
himself rs de-
signs for uni
forms for his
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Where to Go
NautleyilIe.

Vaudeville.
Majestic: Vaudeville and pictures
Stock.
Royal: Elna Park and players ia
The Misleading Lady"
Motion Pictures.
Empire: when Knighthood w
in Flower"
Riatol: Drawn Of the North
Palace: white Shoulders"
Princess: The White Flower
Rivoli: The Young Rajah."
Musical Comedy.
Grand: The Golden West
Luncheon Clubs.
Wednesday.
Lions Club 1T the Gunter.
Craftsmanship Club at the Gun;cr.
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sAiN % iONt ICt-
ters,' said tine
f a ir visitor.
IT h cy' re the
scorching kind.
too"
I'm n breach
of promise suit?"
asked the young
lawyer.
Certainly. Did
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forces. - So. 81
81 get most of this, president, " re-
marked Dubbs, after studying them
for a while. "This here seems to
be for the army and this for the
navy. But what's this thing with the
green plume on n three-cornered hat.
yellow swallow-tailed coat, trimmed
with purple. and"
"-ah. Eat" exclaimed the president
triumphantly. "Zat is my master
piece. Eat is for &c secret service"
"Ic can get a hat just like your
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any coin he could
tell the date.
We'll, SIR" sale
Green, sliding /
y e n n y, at b I
date ~"
&C r t a inly,T
said Brown, tht
oath Of March.
There is &e--ss'
dar. 4"
Whof H. Al
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their lines. Sud-
denly one of
them uttered an
excited exclama-
ton and dropped
his rod into the
river.
Heavens !" he
calculated. "Did
you see that fell
low fall off that
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A politician of the old school has a
slim chance in Washington these days
They've changed classes.
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II "Us Black Boys" run again, will
VIC point with pride to the deficit piled
TIP during our administration?
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A Puzzle a Day

No one can find the subject of this
riddle:
All their search for it will be in
vain.
Yet break il. just before the middle:
And in our very midst it will be plain.
What word is represented above?
Yesterdays answer.
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A Laugh or Two

Two men were fishing in the riveI
For some time they sat in silend
smoking their pipes and watchinI
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New and Work arc the names OF the
two latest additions TO cabinet jobs
both innovations in Washington offices.
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mISsuS velvet wan
for swim dollars
at Browns Bar.
gain Store" said
Bridget.
Yis,'. replied
NOrah. "and L
IAN get wan for
nothin' by tellin'
M missus about
{ ID @ W an at
awa y
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That's An Iden.

Efficiency Expert Caficr tour OF Of
fice) well. sir, I find an awful lot
of pins on the floor. II YOU will give
orders to the help to pick them up they
will receive bending exercises and you
will save lot OF money on pins.
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crS said is beside the point.
II want to get some money foI
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Browns Bargain Store"
Tho Bnotlcgrcr (after n hard days
vorl)-If I could only get a decent
drink.-Pearson's Magazine.
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Ex-Governor Miller at an Albany
reception was discussing the divorce
evil. at isn't only in the effete east.-I
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FFBRUARY CIRCULATION

February 1b-2S,2Sz Daily Average. 2e1S6
The above totals and averages are for paid cir
euisticn exclusive Of all spoiled copies and free
copies OF any nature.
we hereby swear that the foregoing statement OF
esid circulation is correct.
II. @. BROWN
90 Circulation Manager.
* c. L. BUCHANAN.
Business MANAGER.
evorn 70 and subscribed before this 5rd day
% March. A D. 1891.
(eeaD F. v. WHITE,
Notary Public
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you think j mistook you for a pub
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Musical Comedy.
Grand: The Golden West"