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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-01
THE USUAL KIND.

From the Columbus EnquirersSun.
We don't know what kind of bait" Editor
Rainey, of The Dawson News, uses when he
goes fishing, but the following story appear
ed in the columns of his paper the other day
From the ocean depths there has re-
Gently been hshed remarkable eel
which carries two searchlights on the
end OF long, wavering arms
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-01

SOILS that have been improved by the use
OF 1egumes have stood the dry weather this
year much better than other lands Crops on
such lands are perceptibly better" says the
Madisonian. There is no work on the farm
that will pay as big dividend as soil inn
provement. Profitable farming is impossible
without it, and it is gratifying that the num-
Der in this county and section who realize
il is increasing.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-01

Dawson merchants say they are enjoying
the best business they have had at this sea-
son OF the year in years. The public of a
large territory have learned that they can
sell their produce and supply their wants to
the best advantage in Dawson
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-01

Some one has said that the greatest danger
confronting the younger generation is their
unwillngness to start at the bottom and
work up but desire to start at the top and
work down
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-01

One of the greatest difficulties an organ
lied movement against crime will have 10
overcome is just plain silliness-the seeming
ly irresistible desire TO weep over violator
of the law who has the misfortune to get
caught. The way to overcome that gigantic
obstacle has not yet been shown.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-01

1t is promised that congress will reduce
taxes before the date of the next collection,
but it might be wise to delay enjoyment OF
reductions until they actually are written in
to the law
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-01

The value OF a credit man to a mercantile
establishment is heightened by the disclosure
that in one year crooks frauduenty obtain
ed money and merchandise totalng approx
mately two billion dollars.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-01

The Atlanta newspapers have had great
deal to say about the probability of an extra
session OF the legislature This, therefore,
from the Atlanta correspondence Of the Ma
con Telegraph is reassuring: AT this time
am nor entertaining any serious idea OF
calling an extra session. was the casual com
mcnt of Governor Walker today" If there is
anything the people OF the state do not want
it is an extra session OF the legislature Less
than year ago they voted by an overwhelm-
ing majority for legislative rest OF two
years.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-01

The legislature has received some boquets
and some rocks. 1t passed a number OF good
measures, but its greatest praise is deserved
for what it did not do.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-01

Getting arrested these days and being
charged with crime is just an incident IN the
lives Of most criminals.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-01

1t is announced that the utmost care is
being taken to appoint dry agents who will
be satisfactory to the senators OF the vari-
Gus states-but, OF course, there is no politics
in if
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-01

Governor Walker has made numerous good
appointments, but not one has met with more
general approval than that Of the Hon James
H. Dozier to be state tax commissioner Mr..
Dozier is a successful business man Of Ath-
ems, and enjoys wide acquaintance and popu-
larity Hon. Henry J. Fullbright, the retiring
commissioner has made an able and con-
scientious official, and rendered the state
splendid service.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-01

Friends at Dawson and throughout the
state OF Thomas w Loyless who recently
underwent an operation and was in a criti-
cal condition in Atlanta, is reported much
improved, afd physicians hold out hopes OF
his recovery. Mr.. Loyless is a native OF
Dawson and began his newspaper career in
the office OF The News in his early years,
and steadily advanced in the profession until
he won for himself the reputation as one Of
the ablest and most fluent writer's i'll the
field Of journalism. The News joins with
many others in the wish that his recovery
will be speedy and complete.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-01

The News joins in sympathy to Editor
Charles f. Benns OF the Butler Herald, in
his recent bereavement-the death OF his
aged and sainted mother. Mrs. Benns was
the widow of the late W. n. Benns, who
was for many years one OF the editors and pro-
pretors OF The Herald and is remembered
by the older newspaper men Of the state.
For fifty years she taught the small children
in the Sunday school at Butler and her long
life was benediction to the town and COM
munty in which she lived.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-01

One cannot help wondering, after reading
of the splendor of attire seen at Frances ia
nous resort, Deauville, whether the women
who wore jewels worth 1,000000,00O francs
know anything about getting breakfast or
washing Dishes Or whether they have both
cred about having children and their care.
Chances are they don't and haven't and won't.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-01

There seems to be a feeling all over the
country that the humanitarian idea has gone
too far in dealing with those who commit
crimes. There is a general demand voiced by
the press that sterner measures be adopted
if our laws are not to be broken
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-01

Bathing suits have ceased to be exciting
after what we are permitted to see. on the
streets hourly.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-01

That Mexican girl who insists upon nude
existence would be right at home if she went
to Greenwich village or some other artists
colony in America.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1925-09-01

Day by day in every way women are wear
ing fewer clothes, SO they say. But the
dressmaking bills seem to be just as high,
more so than the skirts.
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Second Installment of Modern Novel,
Conferred On Heart and Mind
of the Flapper.

the sea-jelIyfish and weeds! l
fear iti''
Max answered whimsica1ly; Dane
Knocked. Natalie was lost in her
own reveries. She stood there
murmuring, her voice taking on
a note OF eternal WEAKNESS. like
the distant boom of waves. These
waves seemed to Nora Lee tan.
gibIe things and they rose and
were filled with hidden amber
lights. They lured and engulfed
them-aiI four together.
She was drawn and held by
that er<figure; by that face
of haunting sadness. She felt
Natalie's charm exciting and then
subduing her. .
NO., the dreamy voice intoned.
tell them I'm right, Mrs. Her
rick. We women know because
they have robbed us Of the need
to work. And in doing this, they
have poisoned the soul in us. We
need the scourge Of tyranny or
persecution to make US grow
Where do you find the dreamers
of the world and the revolution
lists? The great poets and phi
losophers? In America?
CTo be continued MOnday.)
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WORK ON YOU.
A Recognized Authority on All
Matters Pertaining to House.
hold Management. !
BY Hannah Wing
-yYr,nynYe,r,e, 49,.

~ CHEMISTS have now gone
- further than a study Of
~ foods to discover the causes
Of malnourishmeTit and misform-
ed bodies in children and adults.
As a result of their studies they
are urging home makers to let a
little sunshine in and fortu-
nateIy this prodigal gift of ma
ture is free to all. Since science
has now proved that the use Of
bone building substances in the
body depends upon the body leav-
ing some source of radiantenergy
either directly by the sun or
by foods irradiated by the sun, it
behooves every one to take adj
vantage of all the direct sunshine
possible.
In other words 1t now appears
that no matter how much lime,
phosphorus or other bone build.
ing foods are supplied in the diet,
k11O DOOy SebAA1lOL AlAcbhS QEOpCE uS0
of them without the energy
which comes from the sun.
Houses should be so arranged
that it is possible to let in as
much directs sunshine or sun
warmed air as possible. Winter
or summer, open all the doors
and windows as wide as possible
whenever the sun shines, and fill
the house with "sun-kissed' air.
Never mind the fading effect Of
sun on best rugs and draperies.
Strong vigorous bodies, I straight
bones and clear minds count more
than household possessions.
Pillows and bedding hung to
air in the sun give an added
source of sunshine which may
contribute to the family health.
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of tin, and bestirreth him to don
his dinner-coat when his. heart
yearneth for his fishing clothes
and a gray flannel shirt.
Yea, verify, was it not through
his vanity that did lead him
into matrimony? For am well
aware that he married me, not
in order to get me, but to prevent
another from getting me, and
thereby to prove his prowess.
Moreover, nay batteries were
sweeter than Honey, and my
praises louder than the sound of
wedding bells. And he said in
his heart:
10. here is tFe one woman
that Appreciated me and under
standeth me! Here is the mirror
in which shall see myself re-
Elected and glorified! Here is she
that will help me to admire my
self! For she seeth me as ] ami
Go to! What would my Be-
loved BE without his vanity?
Even as kitten without a purr,
a shirt-bosom without starch, q
doggie's tail without its wag!
Therefore, all the days OF my
life shall cherish and coddle my
beloved's vanity and burn In.
cense before it!
For, 10, all those things which
his conscience could not goad him
to do, nor love inspire him to
attempt, nor necessity drive him
to accomplish, he doeth for sweet
VANITY'S sake!
Yea, blessed be my .Beloved's
vanity! Let no hand destroy it!
SELAH.
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Law OF HEREDITY
Much .Unhappiness Caused by Unwar-
ranted Conclusion Based Upon Law
of Heredity, Says DR.. Reed.

was under the average, has beenN
utilized to explain so-called cpl
lepsy as a form of degeneracy !,
under the law of heredity.
AS q result the epileptic is too
generally looked upon as a hope
less degenerate, he or she is :
denied the right of marriage UNI :
der the laws OF many States,
while in some the unfortunate /,
victim Is subject to the liability
of sterilization.
II epilepsy, so called, is heredi-
taryB it would seem that, in the
majority of instances, the child .
rem Of epileptics would be cpl
leptic.
In the careful examination of
hundreds Of cases, I have failed
to find more than / per cent in
which both parent and offspring
had the so-calIed disease, or in
which it had occurred In some
remoter ancestor Of the patient.
In every one of the few in
stances in which there was such
q coincidence, the first. could be
explained more nationally on
some theory other than that OF
heredity.
If the disease, so called-.the
commissions of epilepsy are really
symptoms of stomach and bowel
conditions-were really a condi- i
ton of hereditary degeneracy Of
the brain, as generally supposed
there would be- no recoveries,
whereas it is known there are .
many former epileptics who are
now entirely well.
These facts Indicate that the
whole epileptic question must be
gone into anew by scientific COM
missions that are not controlled
by old and mistaken notions.
In the meantime, don't make
yourself unhappy about the he-.y
reditary feature OF the disease
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classified as hereditary.
One of the most fragrant in
stances coming within this cate
CORY is that aggregation Of symp-
toms spoken Of as epilepsy.
The zealots Of heredity, appar.
emily but of desire to make
their case unanimous have shown
a disposition to- construe every
possible defect in an ancestor as
an hereditary cause OF some
totally different defect in some one
Of the progeny.
In this way a grandfather who
drank, or a great-grandmother
who had fits, or a cousin, four.
times removed, whose mentality
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respondent.
PARIS.
r Fan PATOU, the prince of
Paris dressmakers, is show
ing the influence Of his re-
cent journey to America in many
of his spring models just apear-
ing.
Sports costumes comprise a
great part of ! the collection, for
Patou finds the need of pretty
play clothes growing more inn
Z portant every day. In fact, he
has opened a separate depart
ment where the utmost will be
done to create for each sport APP
propriate gowns and costumes.
Scotch cottagers have been en-
gagged to make wonderful home.
spuns, which Is the ideal ma.
terial for sports wear, and cham
pions Of every department of
sport have been consulted in re-
gard to the best designs and lines.
There is the "Lenglen" tennis
frock in fine white silk crepe with
the 1925 silhouette. a normal
waistline and a fun skirt made
without binding the body in any
place.
The return to the normal waist
line-or almost seems to be
Patou's slogan for this years.
frocks. The hip-line has been
termed the waist for so many sea
sons that 1t Is getting difficult to
say just where the real waist
line should be, but certainly the
Patou waist-1ine is very much
higher than it has been for sew
eraI years past, and in a few
sport models a leather belt goes
about the waist.
On the American mannequins
that have just arrived from the
other side Of the water this plac-
ing Of the girdle is eminently at
tractive for their long, slender fig
ures.
Afternoon dresses are very at
tractive, often in putty beige
crepes and georgettes, with fitted
bodices and softly-flaring skirts,
and often fuil-Iength jabots from
neck to hem or wing drapery from
neck to shoulder.
Names are also English. or at
least many of them. BIuebells"
Is a charming crepe in q new
nauve blue which is being used
this season and has handkerchief
panels falling over palest pink.
Florida" is a delightful riding cos
tune in brown tweed and "Coun-
try Club a golf suit with sweater
and cape.
kiss Me- is one of the charm
long afternoon frocks in figured
chiffon, and "Flappers" is light
beige georgette in youthful bolero
form. Merry Widow refers to a
black and white figured chiffon
and is worn on an older mannequin
with silver.gray hair-bobbed. of
course-and on figure OF sweet
sixteen.
A grass-widowish sort of dress in
beige chiffon and lace carries the
name Of Ritz" and is worn by the
American mannequin who has
acquired the nickname of "Ritzie-
Carlton"
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:" OBEY knelt down to drink
from rather a muddy stream
- which we were crossing. !
stopped him and said:
"Don't drink that water. Bobby.
It Doesn't look very clear to me.
Wait until we come to a spring.
It's risky to drink any water that
hasn't been boiled unless you
know all about it. Remember
that -.
Eyes, sir" said Bobby promptly.
"one of the first rules in the
army is not to drink water until
it has been tested. This prevents
much illness
What was that story about
some beautiful lady giving people
something bad to drink in a cup"
asked Bobby.
>HOh, Circe,'' laughed.
please tell me about her again,
Foxy Grandpa" said Bobby.
"Circe was very beautiful but
just as cruel and bad as she was
beautiful" 1 started.
"Her husband was king Of the
Sarmatians and very good man.
But Gree killed him, which does
not seem very lady-like to my
mind"
Those gods and goddesses did
not seem to mind who they killed"
murmured Bobby.
"They certainly did not" l
agreed.
Now when the wicked Gree
had murdered her good husband,
naturally she had to flee. So she
sought refuge in Italy and lived
on the proinontory, Circaeum.
"There she dwelt for while,
but the fiendish spirit which was
within her prompted her to more
wickedness.
"Circe had supernatural powers.
That is, she could do things that
other people couldn't. She was
like a magician"
IT wonder If she could get rab-
bits out of a silk hat" said Bun
ny who was listening intently.
"That I don't know" laughed.
but I do know she could do some
thing else
What, Foxy Grandpa?" asked
Bobby. 'What trickz did she do?"
"She performed a very bad
trick" I answered. "She concoct-
ed a drink which she gave to peo-
pie in an enchanted cup. And as
soon as they had drunk that
draught of Circe's they were i'm
mediately transformed into wolves
and swine and other animals"
'Ugh!' said Bobby, making a
wry face.
but Gree met her match
once. 1t was when the hero
Ulysses was making one Of his
famous expeditions, that he met
Gree. OF course, she offered
this great man her enchanted
cup. But Ulysses was a clever
fellow and what did he do but
slip an herb into a poisonous cup
which rendered the charmed
phiItre powerless.
"Goodw said Bobby.
Then" continued, Ulysses
rushed upon the sorceress with
his sword and she was terrified.
"She had never had such an
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THE SORCEREsS CIRCE.

; experience as this ana leu On
her knees and begged Ulysses for
mercy.
Ulysses said that he would
grant her wish. If she would
restore his companions. who were
wandering around in the shape
of pigs and wolves to their
original forms.
''This she did gladly and from
that time entertained the hero
Ulysses as If he had been Jupiter
himself"
Wonder il that drink Circe
gave them would have been all
right IL 1t had been boiled?"
unused Bobby, looking at the
muddy stream.
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limitations Of
tn at same
truth and that
a truth, any
truth. extend
ed beyond its
Ii mi alton $
ceases to be
truth.
The truth OF
this observa-
ton is strik-
ingly apparent
In MANY caaas
of disease now
~ fa$o nHu
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Sayings of Mrs. Solomon
Mans Ruling Passion.
TODAYS PHILOSOPHY IN YESTERDAYS. WORDS
BY. Helen Rowland.

II THANK Thee. Oh Lord, for
= my Beloved's vanity.
Which inspireth him to the
doing of all those things in which
delight.
Which goadeth him to the
shaving of his chin, and thereby
maketh him kissable.
with the lark, and driveth him to
labor at the office all day, that
he may shine in. the eyes Of men,
and be written down in the lists
OF the successful.
Which maketh him to bedeck
Me. his Wife, in jewels and sables,
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HavelOck,
the Dane

HAVELOCK, the Dane, was an
II early Anglo-Danish hero. The
son of the Danish king, he was
set adrift in a boat. but was
saved by Grim, a fisherman, wno
returned him to his father.
Black lead gives better polish
If mixed with cold tea instead of
water,
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WHEN DID IT
HAPPEN?

wv HEN was the New York
" Infirmary for Women
w and Children, first won.
ems hospital in America founded?
2. When was Ponte Vecchio,
In Florence, Rally, rebuilt?
3. When was st. German i 'Au-
xerrois, parish church OF tho
kings Of France, in Paris, begun?
4. When was the first English
Reform Bill passed?
s. When did Sassoferrato, the
great italian painter live?
ANSWERS to these queries will be
printed Monday
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WHOSAID IT
AND WHERE

HE that would lose his friend
for jest. deserves to die beggar
by the bargain
No one will disagree with this
remark by Fuller in "Holy and
4 rofane States"
Better to reign in Hell than
serve in Heaven"
Lucifer voiced this philosophy,
according to Milton, IN "Psradise
Lost"
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TIL at OF h 9 r
m e n s wives
may not out
shine me. and
to scatter his
shekels upon
me. that the
W orld m az
s ay. !" H "
generous!''
Which cauSs
eth him to
resist the I'M
sidious potato
and avoid the
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gourmet, that he may preserve the
pristine beauty Of his waist-line.
Which prompteth him to the
practising Of the new dance steps,
that none may say of him, He
is an old dear and a 'has-was!"
Which inspireth him to, drive
me about in a chariot of twelve
cylinders. rather than in a flivverJ
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ANSWERS
To yesterdays questions.

Francis Blake, American
physicist, invented an early form
of telephone transmitter in 1873.
2-The Bishops Bible was pub
lished in October, 1868.
&c. B. Shaw wrote major
Barbara" in 1905.
Union College, Schenectady,
N. Y, was chartered in 1875.
5-Mendelssohn's Reformation
Symphony was first performed in
1882.
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RECIPES OF
CONTESTANTS
Orange Sherbet. /.

One scant pint of cold water
one tablespoon of gelatine, one
cup sugar, six oranges or one pint
Of orange juice, half cup boiling
water. Soak gelatine for ten
minutes in half cup cold water.
Put sugar and remainder of cold
water into pitcher, also the orange
juice. Dissolve the gelatine in
the boiling water and add to the
mixture. Strain into can and
freeze. MRS. H. M. SMYTH,
4104 Ellicott street northwest.
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BY DR.. Chas. A. L. Reed,

A LOT of unhappiness has
"A been and is being caused
IA by unwarranted conclu-
sions based upon the law Of
heredity.
It is unfortunately true that
many who. come to appreciate
great truth fail to recognize the
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when Eating Salad.

nEAR MRS. BEECKMAN:
~ When one orders a salad
and no salad fork is served, is
it proper to use a knife? ~
2. When one orders spaghetti
and is unable to>eat it the Italian
way, is it proper to cut it?
AN INTERESTED READER.
you had better make known
l. your wish for salad fork
whether you are in restaurant
or in private home. l hate to
picture your progress with a
knife.
2. Yes, indeed. 1t is better to
eat spaghetti in a most unscien.
tific way than in an unneat sci
entific way. The cross word
puzzlers know this when they
guess spaghetti" as the answer
for "a nine-letter word beginning
with and ending in /. meaning
an international ENHANCEMENT!
Mrs. Beeckman will be glad to
answer questions on etiquette
submitted by readers).
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|PATOU'S PLAY.
CLOTHES
BY Alice Langelier-

international News Service Staff Cor
respondent.
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w HEN IN
DOU B T
-Mrs. Cornelius BeeckInan-
How to Eat Celery.

nEAR MRS. BEEChMAN:
~ A friend and / had an.
argument about the correct way
to eat celery. She says it Is
not correct to put salt on the
table cover when plates are not
provided for that purpose, and I
say it is. / wish you would settle
this for us.
2. Is it proper for girl to
show her hopechest and its con-
tents to the young man to whom
she is engaged? F. c. B.
UoU lose! 1t is not correct 20
put salt on the table cloth.
To begin with, it doesn't look
neat, and then, too. the salt is
difficult to remove when the
table cloth is crumbed. The salt
should be put on the bread and
butter plates. If they are on the
table. II bread and butter plates
are not served, the salt should
be put on the edge OF whatever
plate is in front OF you at the
time.
2. It is quite proper for a girl
to show the contents of her hope.
chest to her fiance. 1t Is not,
however. good taste for her 70
show him her trousseau.