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Arizona state miner., 1926-07-03
Humorous

Funny thing happened out my way
luther day." related Lum DUNN OF
Slippery Slap, who was in the county
seat on a shopping expedition. "a
bunch of fellers went hunting and got
on the trail of a passel of wild turkeys.
One of the gents was a town man and
not s'posed to know much, and in
crawling through the brush he drug
his gun behind him muzzle foremost"
"And it shot him?" asked a listener.
'"That's the funny part. 1t didn't
shoot nobody. AS 1 said, he was a
town man, and didn't know enough to
have his gun loaded. kansas City
Times.
Arizona state miner., 1926-07-03
CuIticura for Pimnlv Faces.

To remove pimples and blackheads
smear them with Cuticura Ointment.
Wash off in five minutes with Cuti-
cura Soap and hot water. Once clear
keep your skin clear by using them for
daily toilet purposes. Don't fail to in
clude Cuticura Talcum. Advertisement.
Arizona state miner., 1926-07-03
Sounds Bad

Glove you an account here, mad
am?''
Certainly. We have accounts all
over town.
Arizona state miner., 1926-07-03
Information

Man Fishing-YOu better run along
to school now, sonny.
BOy-No; 1 have to write a compo.
sitiOn today on the fish, and I want
to see how one looks.
Arizona state miner., 1926-07-03

If man is managing the works, his
trusting in Providence is not sufficient
Arizona state miner., 1926-07-03

The condition of health is observing
the laws of health.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-06

William Hawkins. 10 !. W. Stewart.
No. -57 Kenyon street northwest, six
rooms and bath, brick. garage, for c.
II. Williams, to Robert Johnson. No.
1861 Florida avenue northeast. six
rooms and bath, colonial brick mod
ern. for NJ. White, to LaFonde Irvine.
Seven houses at corner New Jersey
avenue and y street southeast, for
Joseph Simi ct al. TO Frank l.. ST
mon. through the office of Herbert
Co. No. l107 Maryland avenue north
east. three-family fiat. modern, for
Leah Hollis. to NJ. s. Ryon. No. 1905
Park road. six rooms and bath, brick.
for Roy Cox, TO II. A. Simon. No.
1906 New Hampshire avenue. attrac-
tive, new seveu-room and bath, brick,
for Harris Shapero. TO J. +. Daily.
No. 1905 Monroe street northeast, de-
tached, seven-room Semi-bungalow, for
J. f. Ludwig, to y. +. Thompson. No.
80 New York avenue northeast, for
n. f. Thompson, TO Mollie Boccucci-
No. 1911 4 street southeast, tWo-story
colonial brick, for L. z. Snoddy, to
Biaggio Pollillo. No. 1913 4 street
southeast, two-story colonial brick. for
J. Royal Tyler. to Salvatore FalenZa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-06
S216,0OO IN SALES
Of REALTY FIRM
Practically All Transfers Re-
ported Are of Residential
Properties.

Real estate transfers agGreEatiug in
Saluo $2l5,u0o in the past few weeks
Hr" reported by the Office Of y. L.
Etou * 90. Practically all of the trans
1erS arc in residential properties, indi-
eating unusual activity this Winter In
homo buying
Tho transfers are: For Curue}ia i.
lows. heated 10y hut-wa ter ana lighted
by electricity, pm lots 40N15o. 2215
Perry street northeast, To Olga Y.
iiuuI"T. 2"l9 Perry northeast. to !.
IL. Lawson, @22S Perry northeast, TO
Shell e. Davis; 2221 Perry northeast.
% W. J. Brewer. and PSI Perry north
east. TO Joseph I. Snow.
40. III W street northwest, modern,
eight rooms and bath. brick. garage,
for John l.. Daily, TO Iladdassah l.
Ease: 193 W street northwest,
brick garage, for Andrew ID. Brown.
10 Fannie w lila wllinS.
No. 1926 Kenyon street northwest,
seven rooms and bath. colonial brick,
huilt-in garage, for l.. II. Merchant,
70 the Misses Chaplin and coStou; t12G
Fourth street northeast, colonial six
room and bath. new brick, for NJ. :.
Ryou, To Ralph l.. Price; 2o2 New
York avenue northwest, eight rooms
l. Bucchler. 10 j.. NJ. Aiken. These
3hree properties were sold In conjunC-
tion with the office of Boss X Phelps.
No. 213 X street northeast, SIX rooms
and bath brick, second commercial
zone. for Emma Nogci, 10 W. a.
Whaley.
No. 1919 Church street northwest,
snyou-room Semi-detaChed brick, for
". \. Thompson. to J. l.. Ruechler. No.
1921 Church street northwest, three
story brick. for Frank Goldstein, TO
=. l.. Wheeler, Mr.. Wheeler remodel
tuE same into flats. No. 1908 Thirtieth
street northwest. seven rooms and
bath. brick, for Samuel Rod. to NJ. K.
Clark. No. 11i2 I. street northeast,
>emi-dctached, eight rooms and bath,
brick, for VI. L. Clark. TO ]. Y. Ma
riuo. No. Is Myrtle street northeast,
six rooms and bath. brick. for J. p. Ma
rino, to Thomas NcDermott. No. 25o3
street northwest. Semi-detaChed. six
rooms and bath, brick. for y. T.. Ryon,
10 Robert Johnson.
No. l145 Twenty-third street north
west, tWo-Story. colonial brick, for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-06

q room. Besides being dark this room
was high and barnlike.
To break up the large wall spaces.
the decorator had them paneled and
covered with the sunniest, cheeriest
wallpaper you can imagine. 1t was a
sprawly floral design in nile green,
blue and apricot on a. warm corn-yel-
low ground. The small border used to
outline the panels was a little brighter
and richer, but in the same combina
ton OF ColorS. Each panel was planned
to fit q piece of furniture, SO there
were no ugly conflicting lines. but at
the same time they were arranged to
balance one another so the room was
restful and satisfying.
The dainty, ruffled wolfe curtains
were apricot trimmed with bands Of
soft green muslin, and the green bed
spread and soft green rug made a
charming setting for ivory painted
furniture. The parchment shade was
painted with It gay little design remi
niscent of the wallpaper border. and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-06

strengthens those which have 10 vel
low III them. Therefore in a north
room We have to use artificial sun
shine that is. yellow-in our furnish
ings; or combinations of yellow with
another color such as rose OF red max
ing apricot and orange.
II this is done carefully the room
will give q Semhlance Of warmth, es-
pecialy If the warm colorS are used in
the draperies and lamp shades, the
source of light, and reflected by the
walls.
In the illustration we have suE-
Eested delightful furnishings for such
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-06
Italy @. KS British Debt Pact.

ROME, February Pp.-By a vote
Of 224 to /, the Chamber of Deputies
Yesterday approved the settlement Of
Italy's war debt to Great Britain nego-
tiated by Count Nolpi, the finance min
lister. in London. The finance minis
ter. in "a lengthy speech, described the
settlement as IAN equitable and non
est transaction between nations allied
ira war and intimate collaborators III
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-06

lined with a deeper yellow, so that the
light at night was warm and glowing.
The use of the warm colors made
every bit of light reflect yellow or
some form of it, and instead of being
dreary this bedroom was the most
charming one in tho house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-06

Chimneys We're unknown to the an
clients, and are not mentioned by any
Greek or Roman architect. a hole
in the roof let out the smoke.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-06

Every house has a north side, and
the unfortunate poSSeSSOr of the north
bedroom does not realize its poSSibil-
tiles and suffers quite unnecessarily.
Cheer Is Il matter of color. and a warm
sunny room is delightful because the
sunshine brings out all the yellow
quality in the colorS used, and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-30
The French Scheme

Premier BRAND got his vote of
confidence yesterday by virtue of
the fact that whole raft of deputies
remained silent.
The effect of the vote, moreover.
was to postpone discussion of the
debt pact.
Premier BRAND wants time to
think out a policy that will appeal
to enough factions to give him a
majority and the promise of loan
by British and American bankers
forms no small part Of the program.
What France wants is not an OPP
portunity to arrange for the pay
ment of her bills. but an oppor-
tunity to arrange for cash and lots
of 1t.
So we find M. Joseph Caillaux.
minister of finance, already in com
munication with the governor of the
bank of England, and the governor
Of the Federal Reserve Bank. trying
to negotiate credit of 5000, 900, 900,
as 1t is said.
In order to understand the
scheme, just suppose you owed a
banker $500 and made him proPo-
sition to sign a sixty-two year note
II he would loan YOU 5000 more.
You wouldn't get it Of course, but
France probably viii and that only
prove her cleverness.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-30
CONCERNING OUR
PATRIOTISM
by Mrs. walter Ferguson

An editor finds fault with our patriotism be-
cause so few Of us hung out flags the fourteenth
OF June. AS If ones love of country depended upon
things like that
Are we 30 patriotic after all? Do we actually
love our country and its IDEALS is this feryor
which we call by that name only sort OF bragga>
docto which we swagger about within
What did you think OF the story of the A1neri
and women who stormed the office Of the
American ambassador in London, seeking to be pre-
sented at the English court? That somehow makes
you think that we may not be so thoroughly dem
ocratic think. but Inherently worship the pomp
of royal splendor.
There is something pathetic in the number Of
American citizens who kneei'a the shrine of for,
eign convention, We feel that have accomplished
wonders if by reason of our wealth worldly sta
ton we have been graciously permitted to bow to
England's queen. The advent of titled foreigner
will put all society in futter regardless of whether
or not the person who carries it is worthy of hon
age, We dress UP our high priced hotel menus with
a lot of mongrel French, under the impression
that are exhibiting vast learning and that some
how we are better citizens than those simple folk
who sit down at hamburger joints, We run abroad
for our fashions, our music our literature, and our
art.
In spite of the fact that all of great men have
been simple and unassuming and that we admire
simplicity and modesty, we still cherish the delu
sion that the thing for us to do Is to impress other
people.
What do you suppose the King of England
thinks of independent Americans who still fight and,
fume and sweat and toll to catch feeting nod from
himself? Perhaps they right when they claim in
England that we only affect pose of being demo
cratic, and that we are mad for the chance to VOL
ship kings. We have secured liberty Of body, but
have We yet acquired liberty of soul and independ-
ence Of thought?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-30
KEEPING COOL

The United States Senate, after ono day of
earnest discussion. yesterday afternoon very calmly
nd thoughtfully killed the Coolidge farm relief bill
commonly called the Fess bill. The vote was 81 to
o. The majority large enough to register about
tha most positive rebuke Congress has thus far Of,
fered the President,
While 1t was the vote of the Senate that did It,
tba action actually that Of the corn belt AL,
+bough the Tess offering slipped into the Senate
only few days ago, the farm organizations of the
n,dwest had sufficient time to telegraph their OBJ,
sections This they did in large numbers Having
asked the Government for bread they said, they
ryould not accept stone. They analysed the Fess
hill for just what 1t was, plan lend the farmers
lot more money when it isn't more loans that they
want: they now staggering under the burden of
more debt than they can carry,
Very early last winter the corn belt economists
worked out a plan for their own relief II jnyolyed
government aid in marketing their crops abroad, JIM
rder to keep their surplus crops out Of the Ameri
can market Economically unsound, said Coolidge
md Mellon and although one Senator after another
drew the parallel between the farmers plan and the
nrotectve tariff system the Administration pressure
Vas sufHcient to prevent the enactment Of the de-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-30
SUf A HAPPY COMPARISON

William B. Wright unofficial head of Governor
Pinchot's unofficial dry enforcement bureau in
Pennsylvania unofacially paid out of furds of the
W.. c. T. u, lkened his services and those Of
F. c. Baird prohibition administrator for Pennsyl
yania to those of George Washington, when he left
his farm and led the revolutionary army without
pay Wright testifying before the Senate, pri
mary probe committee
Baird, it will be remembered was accused by
one of his former agents, in testimony which has
not vet been controverted, of ordering the dates
changed on af1davits Of dry detectives
And his pay continued the manager Of
one of Judge Garys railroads while he drawing
$4,000 year from the Government for his enforce
ment work
Most citizens think Senator Reed let Wright
down lightly when he said, There is wide and deep
gulf between George Washington's service and
yours"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-30
RomanCe'S Franks

What pranks chance plays with
life, sometimes for good. sometim es
for evil and sometimes just in
teresting.
Take this case Of the Brewsters.
for instance, a rich, brilliant and
seemingly happy young couple, but
obliterated by murder and suicide.
because her husband found a note
from another man to his wife.
He assumed It proved a
clandestine love affair, Of course. one
Of those deep, dark secrets which
are more common to fiction than
reality.
He was mad. pulled a gun and
ended IT all in a minute by first
shooting his wife and then himself.
1t turns out that the note was
from a chance acquaintance. whom
Mrs. Brewster never met but once,
but who was of a romantic turn.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-30
JONES RINGS THE BELL

1t is to be doubted whether there is a more four
square and doughty little sportsman in the world
than Bobby Jones of Atlanta, and the golfng world
is happy over Bobbys victory in the British open
championship, regarded the most important golf
ing tourney in the world.
1t is the first time American amateur ever
has the tle the first time in twentynine years
that any amateur has won it. Jones is pretty gen.
orally regarded the most nearly perfect golfer
in the world There are many who maintain that
Walter Hagen the professional is better man to
bet on. in match. but that is because Hagens ma
ture always has been better adapted to mees the
gruelling test of competition. Hagen always was at
his best when things were going against him.
But it must be remembered that Jones had a
great handicap to overcome 1t Is not so many
years ago that Bobby, then kid, made good
newspaper copy" by his loud and frequent explo-
sions on the links. When something went wrong
with his game, he was likely to break his club in
half and hurl 1t away
This sort Of temperament is not exactly desira-
BILE in golf, and Bobby had quite task in learning
to curb his emotions and accept the breaks in the
game with something approaching equanimity He
has done so, and though Hagen did beat him pretty
badly IL Florida last winter, glance at the mpor-
tant championship records during the last three
years shows that Jones has been carrying on at a
faster clip than any of his rivals.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-30
Abolish Babel

The League of Nations proposes to
revise the calendar by establishing
year of thirteen months, the extra
month to be sandwiched in between
June and July.
1t Sounds like a very simple e1n-
dertaking, yet it is out Of such de.
tails that big results really come.
Personally. think the League of
Nations could accomplish far more
by dealing with some of these sim
pier problems, such as the calendar,
weights, measures and money, than
with the loftier schemes that have
challenged its attention thus far,
Uniform thought is the frs essen
tia1 of an international perspective,
and uniform method is the first es-
sential of uniform thought,
OF little use to try to make people
understand each other so long as
they talk different languages, sell
their goods in different units and
count their change in different coins.
: Language may be too difficult a
problem to tackle as yet, but a uni
versal calendar, operated more in
accord with astronomical law, and
the metric system are possible,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-30
Scattered Shot

Having polished Off the Penn.
sylvania slush fund, not to mention
the anti-Saloon League and w. G.
T. u, Senator Reed. win now turn
his attention to Illinois. North
Dakota and a dozen or so other
States.
Lots Of letters are pouring in. they
say. lots Of scandal In the offing
and lots Of opportunity to get wit
nesses on the stand and make them
wiggle.
BY and by. so many folks viii
have been put to the torture. so
much testimony will have been ac-
cumulated and so many subjects will
have been covered that people will
forget why the probe started, or
what II is all about
1t doesn't pay to scatter your shot
too much If you want to hit any
thing
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-30

sired legislation Under the Of the Haugen
bill it died last week.
Every politician realized that Coolidge's success
in his efforts to kill the Haugen bill had hurt him
seriously in the farming sections. What would he
do? The answer was in the Fess bill, appro-
priating s15000o000 to lend to farm cooperative
ganizations And now the answer to that is seen.
The farm organizations have declared the Fess
bill worse than no bill They have refused to be
fooled. They have kept cool, abiding their time
until election day.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-30
Faith Justified

When ] left Boston last Monday
they were laughing at my old friend,
Sheriff Binford Of Houston. Texas.
because he let Ponz1 get away from
him.
/ tried to tell them not to be IN
too much Of a hurry with their hui
NOR; that / knew Binford. while they
did not. but IL is often hard to ten
Boston folks anything,
/ hope they read the item OF
Ponzi's capture and ] hope they give
It as generous space as they did
their own opinions.
When it comes 90 catching eastern
criminals. Texas officers can usually
be depended on, particularly Bin
ford
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-30

to develop the superman. -. We do
not know to what heights the mind
Of the superman win rise But It is
our business to breed toward that
mind. ="
The big thing behind it-oe-
hind all the ethics of love- Is the
real emancipation Of woman. When
she shall have as much to say about
her own love-life as the man has
to say about his, then the whole
code now governing her will be
changed. -"
Why should we mako a noise
about the beauties of life? 1t Is In
the heart that they are celebrated.
It is about evil that one should make
a noise. -"
These are only a few Of Max Ehr.
mann's thought germs. Let him do
the talking.
So I suggest that you get a copy
of "Be Quiet, I'm Talking" pub.
lished by the Indiana Publishing
Company of Terre Haute.
Really, very much worth while.
All of food for thought as well as
for talking.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-30
BY Walter ID. Hickman

Sometimes, not often. title OF a
book hits me right in the nose.
And such a thing happened when
opened my mail recently and dis
covered this: BE Quiet. I'm Talk
ing"
When I discovered that 1t was
Max Ehrmann Of Terre Haute, CIV
ing the command" 1 did not hest
tate but obeyed the command.
And / permitted Ehrmann to do
the talking Years ago when l was
in Terre Haute doing newspaper
work. It was my happy and all too
infrequent pleasure to go to
strange little place to talk to Max
Ehrmann.
On my first visit. knew only two
things about Ehrmann-that he had
written "A Prayer" which had been
read all over the world many times
and that he always walked with
cane.
Those two facts did not prevent
me from taking mental Journeys
with this very big man. 1t seems
to me that Mr.. Ehrmann always
looks. out Of the window. His vision
is even above the clouds. He DIRE ans
wears ahead of most Of Us and being
a dreamer he cares no; what the
world thinks.
Max Ehrmann knows the beauty
just outside the windows OF life.
He dreamed a great living thought
which is today a reality when he
wrote 1.-THE Prayer" 1t is a great
something which every man, woman
and child regardless Of creed may
carry daily in every walk Of life.
And so when his new little. tract
reached me / was sure that another
interesting mental experience was
before me.
A Thought Journey
I discovered that BE Quiet, I'm
Talking" is the conversation Of Max
Ehrmann with various people.
The following foreword explains
it completely as stated in his little
book:
From December TO March, last
I was stenographer at Mr.. Ehr-
mann's study. where those beautiful
and terrible books are written
Different sorts OF people came In.
and I heard a lot Of talk. Some Of
II / secretly % took down in short
hand. Parts Of IT I afterwards type
wrote. sent the manuscript to Mr..
Ehrmann. and asked his pardon for
having clandestinely made a book
let OF his ideas. ] also asked per-
mission to publish ii, received the
following answer. which ] am sure
places a lower estimate ON the con-
versatfons than the reader inter
ested in ideas win place on Them
Dear Miss Smith,
Il knew you were taking down
some Of my conversation. 1t made
no difference to me. The matter is
Of no consequence. do noA object
to its publication. No one win read
1t: and If anybody did. to what end?
have Strengthened up your pune
tuation In places where thought
it awry. Didn't you doctor many
OF the longer sentences? 1t seems
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-30

Kennett Rawson is the
youngest boy to go to the Arc
tic and the youngest author
on the Macmillan list. Just
after his fourteenth birthday,
he spent vacation from the
Hill School as q Woodworking
member Of the crew Of Mac
nlillaI's ship, the Bowdoin.
His story of their trip will be
published this fall, called "A
Boy s-Eye View OF the Arcttc.s
He is finishing his manuscript
in Maine, and Is soon TO depart
on Macmillan's 1925 adventure.
Margaret Ashmun is cofnplet-
ing q new book for older girls,
to be published this fall, called
Brenda Stays at Home.n Her
recent book for younger girls
have been extremely popular,
Rachel Field returns from
Europe in time to spend the
summer at that island of the
Maine coast to which ELIZA
and the Elvesp is dedicated,
Helen Forbes may return
from Italy in time to watch
over the publication of her
first book, Mary and Marcia,
Partners, story Of the New
England countrywide.