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STRAIGHT TALKS
WITH AUNT EMMY
ON INVESTING THE LEGACY

"I really wish I could understand
Investments. Aunt Emmy" said Jane.
'Since we received that legacy / have
tried to get some money into
my head. The financial pages in the
papers are just a tumble of words to
ne. 1 can't make out the difference
between stocks and bonds nor for the
life of me see what makes one thing
an investment and another q specu-
lation-"
Aunt Emmy laughed. Lots Of PEG
pie puzzle W those things, my dear.
But your first problem is simple
enough she said. Suppose you buy
. bond. . 500 Liberty Bond. What
you really do II to lend Uncle Sam
SEQ on his promise to pay that money
hseA on q given date and TO pay you
. specified sum each year-that IL,
1n4srest-for the use Of your money.
y ysuF 800 bond pays fosr and .
S1AyteT per n you get four dollar
- . quarter every year you hold It
0M Il reaches maturity-that 10, the
aAte when the time of your loan IL Up
and Uncle Sam returns your money.
when . bond reaches maturity II
sAeald be turned owe to ysur hank
sos collection, because after maturity
- viii get no more interest on the
0seey invested. Therefore when .
tond natures take It to your bank.
have the money placed 70 your &C
ssant and consult yoar banker about
UoAnveeting It
, 1924-08-06
BY }. II. PUELIcHER. Chairman
ltion Commission. American Bankerx AssoeIstiog

"Of purse all bonds are not good
securities. II buy the bonds Of a
sound government or Of a sound cor
poration you are safe. Bonds vary in
price, even good ones, according to
conditions. Unless you really know
about the condition OF the concern or
government offering bonds do not buy
them without consulting your bank
ers.
When you buy stocks you buy q
share Of a business. Corporations
issue stocks as well as notes and
bonds, but governments only issue
bonds or notes. You do not get any
promise that your money will be paid
back when you buy stock. To get
your money back you have to ind a
buyer for your stock. II the business
prospers you participate in the prof
its according to the amount Of stock
you hold. II the business suRers
losses you share the loss With the rest
Of the stockholders. So again It 10
not wise to buy stock In . company
you do not know all about unless you
irst get your bankers advice"
"Thanks. Aunt Emmy. / think I
know the diRerence between stocks
and bonds now" Jane said. III you
buy stock You buy . share Of . hnsi-
ness and take your chances with tAaa
business for success or loss. II you
buy . boad you really don't buy NJ
all. only get . sort Of receipt for your
money and promise that you VII get
1t back At . given time and receive IN
terest meanwhile" b..
"Yes-but remember the premise
behind . bond II good oaly II the gov
srnment or the corporation issuing
the bond 10 good" said Aunt Emmy.
NEXT time you come IN ten yon mere
about money and hnanea"-ANNs r
AYMEA
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llege education.
chances of no schooling
alton. Parents who give their
I've them four times the chance
notion that the child with no
hildren . high school education
! parents who sacrifice and give
them more than 800 times the
g.-E. J. Bodman in Bank~-
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Something About Everything and Everybody

Six of the fourteen provinces of
Argentina have already adopted eight
hour day legislation.
"
Forest in Colorado started from q
camp fire left smouldering by carless
motorists and burned $500 acres of
excellent pine timber in a little more
than three hours. This rapid de-
struction took place despite the fact
that officers of the Forest Service,
with a force of $50 men, began fight
ing the fire almost as soon as it start
ed.
A remarkable flight of the paint
ed butterfly in California has been
followed by a serious outbreak of
caterpillars, which are attacking gar
dens plants of all kinds.
The United States could support
a population of nearly 100000
with no greater relative dependence
on other countries for food and raw
material than We have today. A pop
ulation of that size would, however,
have to go on a very different stand
ard of living than we now hold and
the productive Of farm and forest
land would have to be held at a much
higher level than ut present.
Withdrawal of the water supply
from the wild lands OF. South America
by agriculturists has caused the death
of many elephants. The animals raid
the ranches and are shot by the settl-
ers.
More than 100000 ~illiterates will
be entitled to vote in November for
President Of the United States.
In unveiling n war memorial re-
Gently General Sir Ian Hamilton said:
There is no getting over the fact that
tragedies make good copy and that
goodness makes bad copies. There
fore a telling Of hopelessness comes
over the man who wishes to point out
to his fellows the wonders and beauty
of peace"
In the year of 1907 China enacted
the most spectular moral reform in
history. To free themselves of the
opium slavery they plowed up the
poppy on a million acres Of land,
closed up 100000 opium dens, and old
smokers stacked up their pipes in the
market places and burned them.
At the recent sale of the Britwell
Library, DIR. a. s. W. Rosenbach, of
New York and Philadelphia, paid &c.
800 for onc Of the five copies known
Of the seventh edition, 1852, OF Shake
speare's "Rape Of Laureee."
Il is claimed by scientist that the
results Of taking from the earth such
vast quantities Of OIL. relieving as Il
must certain pressure from within the
earth may prove serious. The oxact
nature of such results is, OF course,
merely n matter for speculation.
, 1924-08-06

A committee from the American
Bar association, after examining the
law courses Of twenty-five of the lead
ing schools of the country, reports
that in only nine of them is a study of
the Constitution compulsory, and in
two Of these attention is given only
to the purely commercial or legal
value Of it.
The old lighthouse of st. Agnes on
the Sicily Islands has been converted
into a holiday home.
Pneumonia promises to be deprived
of its annual toll of $500 lives by the
serum developed by DR.. Lloyd B. Eel
don, of the Harvard Medical School.
The substance is a white powder or
anti-body against pneumonia. 1t was
discovered after five years of work
following the influenza epedemic of
1913.
Ordinary glass windows keep out
the healing and stimulating ultra-viol-
ct rays of sunshine, but panes made
of quartz would let them through.
DR.. Edward r. Berry, a director in the
Thompson Laboratory of the General
Electric Company, has perfected a
method for making fused quartz
which promises to be an incalculable
boon to the medical profession.
News that a new automobile high
way more tan six hundred miles long,
joining the Congo with the Nile, af-
fords ample proof that complete Sc
clusion from civilization becomes ever
more difficult to find, even in darkest
Afica.
Jugo-Slavia has the smallest navy in
the world. 1t only posses a few
monitors for service on the Danube.
King Alfonso Of Spain, who is corp
oral in theltalian Fascist, is the only
reigning sovereign who holds such
rank in the irregular forces of n
mother country.
Broad arrows are no longer used to
mark the clothing of the British con-
victs, and the authorities are consid-
ering u scheme for giving the prison
ers lounge suits to wear.
That Economy in Tax Ependit-
ures" Should Become n National Slog-
an is Evidenced by Recent Report Of
the Department of Agriculture Show
ing that in Many States Taxation,
Largely Local, is Absorbing all the
Possible Rental Value of Farm Prop
erty is Virtually Brought About by
Taxation.
When asked by a fellow passenger
why, after spending millions of dollars
in advertising he did not stop and add
the money thus saved to his profit,
Mr.. Wrigley, Of the chewing gum
fame, said, "We are travelling west ut
sixty miles an hour. Where would we
be tomorrow nj this time II we took
the engine off the train?"
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sion reserves the right to reject any
and all bids
Bids to be opened at 400 p. M,
August 18th, 1924.
FRANK S. SMITH,
State Game and Fist Commissioner
, 1924-08-06

1t is said that bears are taking from
two to a half dozen of Nh. Har-
greaves' sheep every night.
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The new rectory for the Episcopal
church is now assured.
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The second hotel on the "Cody
route through Wonderland" will be
commenced in a few days near Wapiti
by Col. Cody. 1t is the intention of
Col. Cody to secure the cooperation
of an English syndicate to construct
an electric line from the depot in this
city to the park line and establish
hotels at the most scenic points there
on.
The water tank on the bench was
thoroughly cleansed a few days ago.
A party including Mr.. and Mrs.
Sapp, DR.. Howe and family and Mr..
and Mrs. Mclaughlin spent Sunday
in the canyon.
The effort to organize a lodge of
Eagles in Cody is meeting with un-
qualified success. T.
F. w. Chase was owe from Bow
Ter last week and returned Friday.
He reported the derrick up, at the
site of the first Corey well, and that
drilling would commence on Monday.
There is every indication that a good
flow of oil will be obtained.
The new rectory for the Episcopal
church is now assured.
1t is said that bears are taking from
two to a half dozen of Mr.. Har-
greaves' sheep every night.
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Bobbed hair has ruined the hair-net
in China. With the cutting
the queues after the revolution Of
! there was placed on the market
enormous quantities of hum
hair which led to the development
the hair-net industry.
, 1924-08-06
BIDS ON CONSTRUCTION OF
DWELLING AT PARK COUN-
TY HATCHERY

Sealed bids will be received at the
office of the State Game and Fish
Commissioner, Cheyenne, Wyoming
for the construction Of one Frame
Dwelling at the Park County Fish
Hatchery, Cody, Wyoming. All bids
are TO be accompanied by certified
check in the amount Of 5eo Give
per cent? Of bid submitted. Plans
and specifications may be examined
at the Office Of the Cody Enterprise.
The State Game and Fish Commits
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Il is claimed by scientist that the
results Of taking from the earth such
vast quantities Of OIL, relieving as IL
must certain pressure from within the
earth may prove serious. The exact
nature OF such results is, Of course,
merely n matter for speculation.
, 1924-08-06

ZEN the receipts of the reports and
dates of their release at Washing
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Robert Quest, of Lincoln has ac-
copied a position as stenographer
with the Cody Trading Co.
w. A. Kepford started with a party
of six for the park last Sunday over
the scenic Cody route.
Farmer Scott T. Lyall was in town
with a load of alfalfa last Friday.
He is making a success of his ranch
work.
Harry Wizard, with his sister and
family and another young lady, start
ed for the park last Wednesday, with
Percy Calkins. as horse wrangler and
chief packer.
Paul Richter, the multi-mutton mil
lionaire of Pat O'Hara Basin, VISITED
Cody a couple of days last week. His
flocks r doing well, and he will soon
have a comfortable log house COM
pleted on his homestead in the basin.
John T. Bixby, eldest son of Maj.
Bixby, passed through Cody on his
way to Meeteetse where he will be-
come a member of the Standard pub
fishing firm. Andrew is assisting to
grind out facts at this factory.
Howard Fritzler, the hustling Sage
creek farmer, says his second cutting
of alfalfa is nearly ready for the ma
chine, and that he expects three cut
tings from land seeded last year.
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prison and he falls in love with her,
Circumstances throw the girl in the
same current of underworld life in
which Blackie lives. These circum-
stances were the discovery by the stu
dents and authorities at the boarding
school that the girls father had n
prison record and had, in fact, died
in prison.
The picture is repleate with thrills,
surprises and unusual turns and III
this way varies from the usual run
of underworld pictures that have de-
veloped distinct n movie type of crook.
There is something as distinct and
different in Boston Blackie" and
Mother McGinn in this picture as
there is in Jack Boyle's story.
In addition the action of the picture
is fast and it holds the audience all
the way through without any tagging
in interest.
The Rialto is showing Il Fox Sun.
shine Comedy, Etiquette. by way OF
Il variation. Scores for the feature
picture were prepared by the leader,
Pete Ayelar.
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Majestic Has a Variety Of
Entertainment alace
Has a Double Bill-Rialto
Shows Boston Blackie
Story-Princess and Roy
al Plays Good.

Fine moving pictures. rs every one
knows. are such q rarity that one
can look back and count them on one
hand. Griffith contributed most Of
them too. Because of his Birth OF
a Nation and orphans of the
Storm" and several others, the pro
ducers put their heads together and
decided that to give the public big
ger and better things" they must have
mob scenes. They then filmed The
Queen of Sheba" and several Biblical
plays and number of French cos
tune plays in the time of Louis the
something or other. and the public
rarely caught glimpses of the leading
characters.
There were dozens OF mob scenes :;
mobs running with lances. mobs in
white robes on the desert all praying
at the same time, mobs on horseback.
mobs at night with burning torches,
mobs storming the palace gates. rag
ged mobs, armorcd mobs, mobS at
home and abroad, informal moments
with mobs, and SO on. OF course the
producers didn't stop 10 think about
Broken Blossoms that had no
mob scene and yet was a splendid
picture. They thought only that a
million dollar production wasn't worth
the million dollars unless there were
a million extras in it. Then Charlie
Chaplin produced very fine picture,
subtle and clever, and entirely differ
ent from any movie filmed. tie
brought TO light the most charming
villain thoroughly likable and thor
oughly villainous at the same time;
1t is true Adolphe Menjou has played
in pictures many times before. but
never did he have the opportunity 10
display his talents with such ability.
Another great producer is Ernest
Lubitsch. He discovered an actress.
also foreigner, who when she got
from under his spell. was not an
unusual actress at all. At least she
has never been as superb as she was
In the Iubitsch production Passion
and Gypsy Blood His "Roslta
was one of the best pictures of this
year. And his Marriage Circle y
should be one of the best pictures OF
this year. 1t has some of the clever
ness of Chaplin's woman Of Paris, y
and is thoroughly delightful from be-
ginning to end. Florence Nidor, as
Charlotte. always good. is up TO her
usual acting. And nice hOmely old
Monte Blue as Charlotte's husband.
really fine actor. has n part en-
tirely different from his usual one. and
does splendidly with it. Marie Pre-
vost. as the flirt. Mizzi. is good and
much better than she has ever been
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THE PRINCESS FILM.
Many Stars Appear in Story OF Mar
riage Experience.

"Thc Next Corner" the Princess OF
fering for the week has one Of the
largest all-star casts of any picture
to come TO San Antonio this season.
Lon CLANCY. Conway Tcarlc. D0ro-
thy Mackaill. Ricardo Cortez. and
Louise Dresser take the major parts.
The story shows how little flat
terry will make some people do any
thing you want them TO.
Elsie Maury, acted by Dorothy
Mackaill. is the wife of Maury, played
by Conway Tearlc. Ricardo Cortez,
a handsome Spaniard, who takes the
part of Don Arturo, takes advantage
of Maury's absence and spares moth
ing to make Elsie Muary love him.
He gets her into his large home
in Spain bv trickcry. Here she falls
in love with him and writes letter
20 her husband and says that she will
never see him again.
Arturo is killed by a Spanish peas
ant who tells Elsie Of the many dis
graceful things that he has done. She
realizes what happens and returns
home to pack and leave where she
will never BE- heard Of. Her husband
who is preparing To make return
trip to South America comes in at
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AT THE MAJESTIC.
Harry Holman and Mae West Share
Vaudeville HOnOrs.

Theater-goers of every type this
week will find in the Majestic bill
one of entertainment throughout.
Harry Holman and his company in
his comedy classic. Hard Boiled
Hampton" give Miss Mae West.
billed rs the headline attraction. keen
competition for first honors. Harry
Holman. an overly healthy individual.
is one of those characters who is able
to keep the audience hysterical with
his dry remarks and yet never crack
a smile. Assisting him in his shit
are Violet Holiday and Florence
Crowley.
Mae West, fresh from Broadway.
where she has been a success since
her first appearance. denies that she
is like the characters she pOrtrays off
the stage. Miss West is ably assisted
by Jack Belmont in her presentation
entitled Bits of Musical Comedy. !"
Jack only recently has been acquired
by Miss West. having been with
California orchestra until a week or
SO ago. Besides exhibiting several
strikingly beautiful gowns. a striking
" beautiful figure and the greater
part of the back, Miss West gives
representations of the erratic French
Prima Donna, the drama actress, the
chorus girl and others.
Willie Schenll Company, featuring
Miss Marguerite, in An European
| Surprise" Miss Margarcte enters the
stage via a phonograph horn. Deli
| cate balancing on top of her partner =
head and all other forms of athletic
entertainment ordinarily demonstrate
ed by the masculine stage folk, arc
included in the act.
Aspiring artists with the clarinet.
or with any wind instrument as far
as that is concepcd, might do well
to take advantage of the short stay of
Borrah Minevitch. billed as the world s
greatest harmonica sOloist. and per-
suade him to give out a few pointers.
Minevitch makes his harmonica do
everything but talk and at times it
seems that it says few words.
Elsie White, one of those blue-eyed
blondes. presents Her Own Charac-
terization." n series of songs with
Just little bit of a walking dance
mixed in.
Frank Dixon in Lonesome Manor"
is n sketch built around the story OF
fellow from a small town who goes
to New York. His hardships and
trials are all outlined in the few
minutes of the act. The act takes
place in front Of an out-of.town news
stand where Dixon, looking for a
Kokomo. Ind. paper, meets certain
girl also looking for her home town
paper. Hard to describe, the act is
indeed clever.
Joseph X. Watson, self-styled Our
| Nonolorist g" is a scream in his q" 4
DiSarrangement of Facts ,
Miss Lea, who will be remembered
for her appearances here before. is
beautiful dancer, and although
handicapped by the illness OF her
piano player, she ably performed her
act with the assistance of Jack Bel
mont. Miss Vests accompanist. With
Miss Lea in her act are Sam kauf-
man and Clarence Rock.
An orchestra selection by the Ma
icstic orchestra. directed by Sam
Ezell. AcsOp's Fables and Topics Of
the Day complete the program.
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Dandrufe Soon
Destroys the Hair

If you want plenty Of thick. beauti-
full. glossy, silky hair. do by all means
get rid of dandruff, for it will starve
your hair and ruin it if you don't.
1t doesn't do much good to try to
brush or wash it out. The only sure
way to get rid of dandruff is to dis
solve it. then you destroy it entirely:
To do this. get about four ounces of
ordinary liquid aryon; apply 1t at
night when retiring: use enough to
moisten the scalp and rub it in gently
with the finger tips.
My morning, most il not all of your
dandruff will be gone, and two Or
three more applications will complete
ly dissolve and entirely destroy every
single sign and trace of it.
You will find. too, that all itching
and digging of the scalp will stop, and
your hair will look and feel hundred
times better. You can get liquid ar
Won at any drug store. Four ounces
is all you will need, no matter how
much dandruff you have. This simple
remedy never fails.
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this time. stopping her from complet-
ing her plans. They both go 10 South
America together.
She is always fearing that he will
receive the letter. Don Arturo's SER
want falls in. love with her and brings
the letter to South America. He
threatens her with it, but she finally
persuadcs him TO give il to her. She
tells her husband of the threat and
of the story of the night in Arturo's
castle. When he leaves to go aud
kill the servant, she plans TO leave the
house. They meet on the road and
Elsie finds that the letter had been
burned and the only thing that was
in the envelope was blank sheet OF
paper. She is forgiven and the picture
comes to an end the same old way.
Horse Shoes" is the comedy for
the week, featuring Larry Semon. The
Princess News describes the Around
the World Trip. The organ music
makes the program complete.
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DOUBLE BILL AT PALACE.
Lilies of the Field" and Joske Style
Show Vie For First Hon0rs.

The crowds that have thrOnged the
Palace Theater since the first show
ing Saturday of "Iillics of the Field
and the Palace-JOske style review arc
evidence sufficient that this popular
theater is offering something unusual
this week.
Unusual is a rood word in that tue
picture program feature is a photoplay
that has few peers and the style
show displays twenty beautiful living
models. all employees of the JOske
establishment. exhibiting in the Gal
lery OF Fashion" the latest modes and
styles as decreed by Paris and Dame
Fashion.
Pretty Corinne Griffith is co-star-
red with Conway Tearle in "Lillies
of the Field" and this able pair is
given splendid help by a supporting
cast made up Of Sylvia Dreamer,
Myrtle Stedman. Charlie Murray,
Crawford Kent. Phyllis Haver, Charles
Gerard and Alma Bennett.
The picture is adapted from the
successful stage play by William
Hurlburt. The theme is one that
appeals to everyone, being a story OF
mother love and fidelity to an ideal
tnEOugH lHt LuoSt Try ing anu tAd'link
circumstances and temptations. The
photography is excellent and gorgeous
gowns are worn throughout the pro-
duction.
The overture for the week by the
Palace Orchestra, Don Felice conduct
ing. is from the opera, mariana,
and a novel arrangement of the popu-
lar fox trot. "Sittin' in the Corner. -
is played during the screening of the
short portions of the film program.
Don Felice has prepared a special
score for the feature picture and
fashion promenade.
The weekly Sunday afternoon con-
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Call "He Marriage Circle" at
the Empire One of Years. Best

before. Her methods in subjecting
Franz. Charlotte'S husband, are 80
obvious. that il she has employed q
blunt instrument TO knock him on
the head, it would have been more
subtle. But of course Charlotte is the
last person to see Minis efforts.
Adolphe Meniou is as good as he was
in The Woman of Paris" He is
Mizzi's husband and is doing all that
is possible to get rid of her. lie was
very pleasing after he had told Char
lotte's husband that he was going TO
name him as correspondent in his di-
vOrce proceedings and Franz had de-
clared himself innocent of any affair.
when he nodded Understandings and
said. IL believe YOU my dear chap. but
no one else will" Charlotte was
quite subtle too, with her remarks.
Whoever wrote the Sub-tltles was at
his best. Harr.- Myers. another fay-
oritc. was the detective on Mizzi s
trail. Creighton Hale as the part
ner of Franz in business, and in love
with Charlotte. acts well, and is most
pathetic even in his most comic mo-
mcnts. The Marriage Circle" is
good entertainment. and for movie.
comparing il with the average, 1t Is
perfectly splendid.
The Pathe wasn't as good as usual.
Tanks ploughing through forests have
ceased TO arouse the audiences TO
wild applause. The SMOKE screens
though were very nice. the public
hasn't had SO much of them, and one
doesn't tire of seeing the Atlantic
fleet. as rule.
why Elephants Leave Home.
wasn't particularly good, probably be-
cause elephant domestic life does not
interest the average person. If one
may quote from Kipling with apollo
gies. Il am the cat that walks by
itself, and all elephants are alike TO
me-" The monkey comedies are al
most preferable and that is a very
drastic speech.