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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-06-04
Ereshen a Heavy skin

With the antiseptic, fascinating Cuti-
cura Talcum Powder an exquisitely
scented, economical face, skin, baby
and busting powder and perfume.
Renders other perfumes superduous.
One Of the Cuticura Toilet Trio (Soap,
Ointment, Talcum) Advertisement.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-06-04
CITY Freedom, Is Easy

Anybody who is British born can
buy the freedom of the city of Lon
don for fees totaling less than $25.
He must have some one to propose
his name for this honor and chen have
some one second the noE4inat; Rl.r
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-06-04

demanded the return of the slave and
ended with what do you say?" The
governor of North Carolina replied,
It's long time between drinks"
The phrase is also attributed to Judge
Aedanus Burke
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-06-04
Suviss Leaving Home

Emigration to America is emptying
many an Alpine village and district
in the canton of Tienio, Switzerland
In some places only the young and
the aged are left, all the work peo-
pie having gone to the United States,
especially to California. Out of GO
young men called to the colors to per
form theii military service in this cam
ton, only Eve could be found, all tho
others having emigrated.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-06-04
SIS. OOO. 900 Motor Road

A proposed $25,OOO,OO0 motor road
from London to Brighton would take
five lines of traffic without speed
limit and there would be no crossings,
as the road would pass above or below
existing thoroughfares.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-06-04
Modern Carnoufage

Alec-"Your new flat is larger, isn't
itY" George-"In one way it is. There
are three rooms made into six
London Answers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-06-04
Finrerprint Mcxe

More than 100000 fngerprints are
recorded at Scotland yard. Since this
system was adopted In 1901, more than
100000 criminals have been identified
by this method.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-06-04

human suffering, and it has been
grimly but truthfully described as the
longest cemetery on earth
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-06-04

The instability of our tastes Is the
occasion of the irregularity
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-06-04

Scientists say we don't use all the
brains we have. Well, we all know
that.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-06-04

HE best thing about the nationai
parks Of the United States Is tnat
they are yours set apart forever by
congress as natural history muse
ums, scientific and educational exhiD-
it's and public recreation places for
the American people. The outstand-
ing feature Of today is the promise
of the future. The ever-increasing
National Park Army of enehusi-
asts-now an organized force Of ap-
p1ux1mat4sly 100000 members of
about 125 affiliated organizations
The Washington times., 1925-08-26
The Unfairness of Ridicule;
The Term "JayWalker"
By BILL PRICE

courteous dignfed citizen of Washington nine years ago
began to lay before the District Commissioners quite sound OBJ
ections to of the aywake which traffic Of
fcas are now seeking eliminate because conveys rdcule
of pedestrians who entitled to safe passage over street
crossings and on roadways.
The intelligent Washngoan referred to has in his various
communications to Commissioners to the expense OF
printing his views in the hope this may help Danish rid
cule in all form from the nation and bring about in its stead
employment Of refined language conveying the same
meaning devoid of hutfuness thought of contempt
One dictionary gives as definition Of jay "A general
word of contempt applied to STUPID person The man.
child or woman who is run and killed injured by
machine CONTEMPORARY spoken Of jaywaker while
the driver of the machine quite often exceeding speed limits
about the rights of all pedestrians Is subjected
to no term Of ridicule.
Aside from the fact that the Director Of Traffic must do all
pedestrians awabdng drivers holding reckless unfair
drivers strictly accountable for their disregard Of the rights
Of pedestrians the idea of less rdcule worth thoughtful con-
sideration.
Rdicue described mixed emotion of mrth and
tempt and is in world wide Many old writer's refer to
gross pleasure and too rough for the polished and
refined Yet il is often looked upon as an indication Of
brightness smartness though not among those who hold
that and reasoning should prevail in all matters
In many walks of life rdicue is victorious sound
and appauded by those who do not reflect do not
have the intelligence to answer sound argument based on
facts with sound argument.
The substitution of kindly rdicue would improve
the relations of mankind and happiness HumOr
quite often intended degrade the object which it
aimed but when used in benevolent spirit pleasing
to those against whom it is directed.
Abraham Lincoln example of great who did not
employ dicue in his political fights and in his service the
nation he did believe in kindly humor and often illustrated
argument with timely story with humorous OBJ
servon that not any malevolent He favored
logical direct statement being convinced that truth told in
fair way would be telling than ricule Yet
he the constant victim of the meanest sort Of rdcue In
his it failed accomplish purposes though exceed
ingly hurtful to him.
The Washington times., 1925-08-26
DR.. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
By DOCTOR FRANK CRANE
Be d Student
1T IS ! man Who Iikea to study.

4 STUDENT Is 4 man who likes to study.
A An appetite grows on what it feeds On.
IL IN order to like study well ron must have studied
great deal No man be student ont Of hand 4 Il
not something that we have gift for but II talent that
we acquire.
10 he student implies that Il eager for knowledge
He is anxous-to learn and enjoys exercising his brain
The athlete who exercises his body day ges = fhs
point where he do without this exercise hs system
Graves it and if he is denied It he is unhappy
The mental athlete is of the same type. He a one VIC
works hard with his brain every day until he has come e
like it. Il he cannot get work to do he i unhappy.
student is one who likes work with his brain This
kind Of work pays best Of all Tor man Teal yaue TOT
the most part his brain value
IN order to Be student must develop the habit Of
clear logical thinking We mustgo to the bottom q tne
question, or near to the bottom e We can st.
We must challenge every alleged TACT
We must not only believe things but we must know Why
we believe them. g,
II necessary to have daily plan for study Study that
is not systematic is Of value
The mind 4 PECULIARLY susceptible 10 habit W. learn
things better by geing them often than ~ severe
mental effort Indeed It Is said that repetition fhe
mother Of studies.
cordng purpose better than great ability applied once
in while.
student il not 30 much known By the contents Of his
memory IS by the number OF things he remembers
q he il bv his ability to place things know where
find things His mind IS severely classified indeed al
instruction may be called the art Of classfca
ton.
Most information comes from books and among these il
necessary the greatest Emerson said that
book is worth while that twenty old We al
know that time the best critic and other things being
equal it is better. to take the seasoned volumes.
There is enough good literature ii the world that has
stood Of time without dilung minds with much
modern stuff
The value Of what we read il determined By how well We
out and thoroughly incorporate i with what We already
know
The Washington times., 1925-08-26
By Ell Sic ROBINSON

fact, when she tried to explain hef-
self, they sneered at her with that
savage brutality familiar to any
one who has sisters or brothers.
When she went to school, 1t was
the same thing. Her teacher
didn't understand her. Neither
did her playmAtes. Nor did grad
uation and entrance into the bust,
ness world bring relief. Her boss
didn't understand her. And the
girls in the office went out or
their way to be catty.
When she met Fred, she thought
that at least she had found some
one who would plumb the depths
of her lonely, suffering soul. And
for a little while, Frederick seemed
to be crazy over the job. Then hs
too became indifferent-hideolsly,
wickedly Indifferent. Now che
has been married seventeen years
and it is tlairty-eight years or age
And in all that time Not One
Single Person Has Ever Under
stood Her!
Sounds familiar, doesn't it, Pal?
You've met humans like that.
Probably you've been one yourself.
Most Of us have, at some time IN
our lives. Fact is, there's nothing
we'd like better right now than TO
have someone devoting about TWEEN
ty-three hours out of the twenty
four to understanding and sympa-
thizing with US.
I've often wondered about that
trait in humans. We speak OF
it SO glibly, as though 1t were a
reasonable, even n beautlful re-
quest to make of our fellow man.
And vet there could hardly be
ANYTHING more unreasonable or
silly than to expect that other
The Washington times., 1925-08-26
SAYINGS OF
MRS. SOLOMON
by Helen Rowland
Know the Man

AAAAOW SAAU As1e9AA
r CHARGE thee, my daughter,
i KNOW THY NAN!
For, the world IL full OF woman
charmers-and the flatterers are
full of beautiful stunts"
Lo, Of men there are three va
rieties:
Those who may be driven with
a whip and spur.
Those who must be coaxed with
sugar and apples.
And those who must be
BACKED into The Garden of Love
like unto mule!
Behold a man came unto me
saying, Let me but adore thee!
For, alas, / am weaker than
soft drink and more pliabln than a
sofa-cushion in the hands OF a
woman"
And my heart was troubled.
For / knew that he was woman
tanner and invulnerable! And all
my weapons were broken against
me.
But another came unto me say
ing. Let us be good pals-but
take me not SERIOUSLY, For /
am wise to all women and their
wiles are lost upon me. Lo,
have their NUMBER
And my heart was gladdened.
For, by that sign, l knew that
he was EASY. And my way was
clear before me.
Go to. A woman-tamer is like
unto the park squirrel, which
eateth out of every woman's
hand, but can never be caught;
but a woman scorner is like unto
the simple ostrich that hideth it's
head in the sand and thinketh
itself SAFE.
He calleth himself discreet; he
writeth warily; he talketh in hints
and maketh love by insinuation.
He Is so careful!
Yea, he Is one that trembleth
to eat his dinner for fear Of indi-
gestion and passeth up the wine
for fear of the headache.
Yet, neither Is he to be trusted
that "rusheth" damsel at sight
and calleth thee Sweet Thing"
and Cutie" within an hour of
the first meeting. For, he is
filled with impertinence and self.
conceit. And seriousness is not
IN him.
He Is so sure of himself!
Go to. Between a lump of pro-
toplasm and a monument Of
nerve" between a hanger-back
and a rusher-in, between a cold
fish and a sentimental dynamo,
surely, surely. there is a happily
medium.
And she that knoweth her man,
shall in time, find such one.
Let her lead him by subtitle
means to do her will. Let her
grapple him to her with hooks of
matrimony.
For verify, a perfect lover is ,
rarer than radium and more prec-
ious than a good tooth.
SEIaAH.
Copyright, 1925. by King Features
Syndicate xncsA
The Washington times., 1925-08-26

; II the truth were known. It
really isn't understanding we
want at all. It's the exquisite
FLATTERY Of constant atten.
ton that we crave. We want
to hog the limelight. Only As
usual we try to cover that crave
with q ritzy alibi.
Not only ID this desire coneeitAd,
but it shows amazing stupidity on
THE LAST THING ON EARTH
WE SHOULD DESIRE IS 70 lie
UNDERSTOOD
IF OUR FRIENDS REALLY
UNDERSTOOD US FOR EVEN
ONE SECOND, THEY'D AVOID
US r H 3 r e A r T Err. AS
T no Y G. WE HAD A
PLAGUE.
Our personalities are not a
pleasing scramble inside. We are
built upon layers and layers of
instincts and desires which have
come down to US In the process OF
our spiritual and physical evoIu.
ton, the existence Of which would
amaze and terrify us, IL they we're
once revealed. Our most casual
acts spring from motives we our
selves can't analyze. There Ia
beauty in US. But there In also
enough cowardice, fear and brutal
ity to stock zoo.
So take 1t from me, Pal, il
you're not understood, YOU'D
BETTER OFFER UP A HYMN
OF THANK GIVING. The
binder my friends are about my
real nature the better I'll be
pleased.
The Washington times., 1925-08-26
SAP AND
SALT
By BERT MOSES

By BERT MOSES
Hez Heck says: THE exercise
you git In revolvin' office chair
don't do much In developin' the
chest muscles"
Golf reduces your finances far
more than your waistline.
II YOU don't believe talk is
cheap. look at preachers sal
aries.
One of the surest ways for a
candidate to be defeated is to
tell the truth.
Fools are occasionally very
smart. while the wise now and
then are very foolish.
1t IL no trouble at all to In
vent excuses for doing things
you know you shouldn't.
BY setting a limit to your
wants and keeping them there,
you get more out Of life. ..
The beautiful thing about a
bulldog IL his uglinees.
Shooting craps Is a poor way
for q boy to learn mathematics.
When the nurse is good look
ing the patient is In no hurry
to get well.
Men always in a hurry can
seldom be depended upon.
All that comes from one war
Is an excuse for another one.
A pretty girl can be silly and
get away with 1t, but a homely
girl can't.
A loafer always knows better
how a thing should be done than
the man doing it.
The first marriage lis due to in
experience. but subsequent mar
riages are your own fault.
If there was some way to make
work stylish, most OF our prob
lens would automatically disap'
pear.
Hez Heck says: "Gittin' chewip'
gum off the soles o. your shoe re-
minds you o. tryin' to open a
bureau drawer in damp weather"
Getting into society isn't so
costly as staying in.
In defining war, Sherman
might have included peace ne
gotiations.
Men believe little that they
read, while women believe nearly
everything.
A swift kick coming rapidly
from the rear often teaches more
than a textbook.
Too many men seem to have
cash enough to pay for every.
thing except what they owe.
When you take. roomers, mali
cious folks declare 1t is because
you need the money ---.
The Washington times., 1925-08-26
One Decent Welcome
There Ought To Be Million Yearly.

Thanks to the Department the encouragement
Of President Coolidge the United States has managed bring
in ONE immigrant THE FIRST in the right way allowing
him land directly the pier from the ship without the
humiliation of being herded cattle fashion, at Ellis Island
This immigrant, Alexander Norman Mckay, Welsh coal
miner tentyne years DID, was examined the other side
his fitness for admission to the United States passed the
examination and ashore he SHOULD treated
with respect and made welcome.
BAD enough STUPID enough to keep Of this
country millions Of ambitious and women that would
come here men and women just like those built up
the nation in the past.
It is little TOO stupid and brutal to maintain, at great
expense immigrant pen in which crowded
and Inundated and often back mothers being
rated from children in the style Of the old slave days
The Washington times., 1925-08-26
GARRETT P. SERVISS TRACES
ORIGIN OF BANANA
Discovery of Fossil Seeds by Johns Hopkins
Scientist Vindicates American Banana

ments to this effect made by Gar
cilaSo de la Vega and Montesinos
in the early part Of the sixteenth
century"
This is directly contrary to the
belief, which had come to prevail
among the majority of botanists.
that the genus Musa was not i'm
digenous in the Western Henri
sphere, and was not cultivated
here prior to the Introduction to
Hispaninla from the Canary
Islands In 1915.
Alexander Won Humboldt, whose
extensive travels in America,
together with his vivid scientific
descriptions of American scenery
and natural history, had an
enormous influence upon Euro
pean ideas of the world beyond
the Atlantic, was, as Mr.. Berry
points out, "the first to question
the generally accepted belief, and
to maintain that the banana was
probably a native of America in
pre- Spanish times"
In recent years o. F. Cook has
advocated the view that the ba-
mana was an aboriginal American
crop-plant, "originally cultivated
as q root crop, the valuable PUPPY
fruits, normally seedless, being
result of liberalization. since the
so-calIed wild seed-bearing spe-
cies have, non-edible fruits, more
or less similar to the capsular
fruits OF all the other genera of
the family"
Positive Testimony
The southeastern region Of
Asia had long been regarded as
the only original home of the
banana (Musa), "since there are
so many cultivated varieties as
we'll as wild forms in that region
at the present. time, and since
the equivalent word occurs in the
Sanscrit, Arabic, etc"
But inferential evidence Of that
kind cannot stand against the
positive testimony of fossil seeds
found in ancient strata of the
earth's crust on the American
continent. And it is just because
of the striking example of the
conclusive nature of geological
evidence which this prehistoric
banana history presents that
have dwelt upon it here. Recent
events have shown the need OF
much wider popular appreciation
not only OF the facts and reason
ing on which are based certain
conclusions of science averse to
general accepted beliefs, founded
on tradition and literary evidence
but also of the spirit and inten-
ton that are behind the investi-
cations of science.
Science does not set out to up
set beliefs of any kind; it goes In
search only of facts. Often the
facts that it uncovers are of
great practical importance. and
often they are only interesting
to the curious. In either case,
however, the SCIENTIFIC method
: Is the same -. -
The Washington times., 1925-08-26
Why the BObbed Hair?
" airy Answer.

The Reverend Richard Free Of London writes series Of
letters denouncng womens fashions their semnakedness
their general folly HE it. He asks why this bobbed
hair this realistic imitation Of natures body tnts this brief
ness, this bareness?'
You can't defend the naked body the painted face
there is something to be said for bobbed hair.
In ancient days mans neck protected by his beard
Primitive had beard but could her long, thick
greasy matted hair protect her. fastening around her neck
in cold weather using to protect and keep
the nursing baby
Now has her feather boa around her neck the bby
has wooden and there why she sHOULDN
bob her hair if she wants
hundred years hence with long hair will seem
as strange patriarch with long beard.
The Washington times., 1925-08-26
SAYINGS OF WISE MEN

rVO be fossilized Is to be stag
nant, lnprogressive, dead.
frozen into a solid. 1t is
only liquid currents of thought
that move men and the world.
Wendell Phillips.
Faith is not a belief that we
are saved. but that we are loved.
kirk.
Don't build the top story first.
Emerson.
A little neglect may breed
great misunderstanding.
The best.laid schemes o. mice
and men
Gang ait A-gley.--Burnae 80
The Washington times., 1925-08-26
ONCE-OVERS


TSere persons who argue that it is all very we'll
to be particular but little less way another
doesn't make any difference.
Does to these just good" advocates that
the certain have greater heights be-
they not satisfied to be in the 'just good'
class?
There thousand near-rghts
Each has slight deviation which he she permits
in personal work because easier for that
that way.
No matter what made you for this deviation
remember it easier would be put forward
by the easy-going
1t matters not how slight the bend from the straight
the father 60 the dangerous it becomes.
- Why not aim at the one right wayf
The Washington times., 1925-08-26

I'VE just mop
ped up after
Enid - tears.
out once a
month she comes
In and starts all
the varnlsh on my
desk with the
briny dampness
OF her grief. It's
always the same
old yelp. h e
ISN'T UNDER
STOOD"
Enid has never
been understood.
Her father and
mother understood
all the other five
children but they
left her out. Dit
to her sisters and
her brothers. They
n e " Q r e v e n
TRIED to under
The Washington times., 1925-08-26

people sIaOuId " un-
derstand !" l1s.
In the first
place, It's such d
CONCERTED de-
mand. why on
earth should We
expect other peo-
pie to make us
the focus OF their
attAnti0n7 It's ii
man sized Job t.
understand an
other person and
It Il the groasAsk
selflshn0Sg 60 de-
mand that others
should give IN
much Of their At
lection ana their
thought. There
are times when
we have the right
to expect that de-
gree Of devotion.
but such times
ara Na pa
The Washington times., 1925-08-26

If thou be wise thou shalt be
wise for eh.-Solomon.
Be something; anything bat
mean.-Byron.
Everyone ought to measure
Himself by his own proper foot
end standard.-Horace.
Measure your cloth twice stree
you can cut but once.-Schlav.
God sendeth and giveth both
mouth and the meat.-Tuser,
k----~-
No good ever comes OF mindinx
other mems matters.--Fielding
Method will teach you to win
times
The Washington times., 1925-08-26

TVTIE American banana appears
4 to have been vindicated by
unassailable geological evidence
derived from the coal measures
OF tertiary time found In the
Sabado de Bogota, in Colombia.
The evidence consists of fossil
seeds which Edward w. Berry,
OF Johns Hopkins University iden-
titles as belonging to a species OF
Musa (bananal, closely resembling
several existing African species.
The geological horizon of the
strata in which the seeds were
found, at a height of 5000 feet,
is probably Oligocene.
This may be taken as settling
a long controversy, which though
never hot enough to threaten
war-there was never any money
behind it--has at times led to
warm words among botanists.
Banana-like leaves have before
been found in tertiary strata OF
the United States as we'll as OF
Central and South America, but
they could not be positively iden-
titled with the leaves of Musa,
the true banana. In the case
of the seeds, however, no con-
fusion can exist.
COntradicts BOtanists
So Mr., Berry unhesitatingly
affirms that "the present dis
covery shows that Musa was a
member of American tertiary
floras, and although 1t does not
necessarily prove that the banana
was brought into cultivation by
the aborigines of the Western
Hemisphere. it lends probability
to such a belief, and in a meas
ure serves to substantiate state
A great mans hardest task is
to keep on being great.
After fifty nothing much can
happen to a man that hasn't
happened to him before.
Life has just so much in 1t, and
none but the foolish try to get
a bit more out Of 1t.
The scarcity of gentlemen Is
due to the fact that women seem
to prefer boobs and loafers. e
When a shopper asks to see
something more expensive, 1t is
sure sign she does not intend to
buy.
Hez Fl c k says: Casters on
bedsteads and suspender buttons
allus come off"
M one dra we mora 1pon oIIr
sympathies than a fat girl try
ing to be a flapper.
Folks who can't cure their own
rheumatism are always telling
you how to cure yours.
Hez Heck says: There's more
differences o. opinion about who's
the best doctor in town than any
other think, kin think of right
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