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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-03-26

Dent miss getting O1e Of The |OB-
deTfnI reversible fOaSfers. $40, sat
uFday. 25.h only. Arizona Edison 20.
--Adgf.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-03-26
ODD BITS OF NEWS

| AIANILA.-Declared "fnaDprOpriate
and unauthorized" the inscription
Erected by Filipino people as mon
ument Of rights won and dedicated
by them to the cause Of freedom, .
will be removed from a stone tablet
at the main entrance Of the new
Legislative building. The removal
order came from Governor General
Woods office.
TAMPA, Fla.-Riding in regulation
Jockey attire, seven society misses
had a "1eg up" today in the fourth
race. at four furlongs, on the regular
card of eight races. 1t wasn't much
of a race, but the successful jockey,
Miss Virginia Buford, got big hand
when she nosed past the finish in
one minute flat. The race was staged
as a charity benefit.
DENVER.-Bobbed hair got into
the state supreme court today. Mrs.
Walter True, Of Craig, Colo, took an
appeal from a s25 fine imposed for
pulling a neighbor wOman's hair.
Mrs. True contends she couldn't have
done #, citing the complainant
shorn locks.
KANSAS CITY.-"Bfg Tim" Muir
ply, labor leader, who will be re1eas-
ed tomorrow from the Leavenworth
prison after serving four-year SEN
tence for completely in the Dearborn
station mail robbery in Chicago five
years ago, will get a big reception
when he gets to the Windy City.
That's what Mrs. pig Tim" who is
waiting for him here, says, anyway.
BOULDER, colo.-Silyer Lake, %
miles west of here, has the doubt
full honor of receiving the most
snowfall of any point in Colorado
this year. storm that dropDed
scape Wednesday night brought the
seasons total to p feet.
GENEVA--Prohibitfo in the United
States was attacked by women dele
gates to the league Of nations COM
mission for the protection of women
and children. Mime. st. Crofx de-
clared it had resulted in increased
drinking among women and said she
proposed to fight the undesirable
effects Of bone dry laws.
CHIcAGO-Earl L. DuttOn, first
sued for a divorce from his wife
charging cruelty. She countered with
a suit for alfmony and then learned
today that Dutton was I'll with
tuberculosis. She dropped the suit,
discharged her attorney and rushed
to her husbands side.
OKLAHOMA CITY-A mans home
is his castle and he can take a bath
without pulling down the window
shade as long as he has no in
decent motive, the state supreme
court held today, in reversing the
case Of Il. w. Mckinley of Table
quah, Oklahoma, who was fined S25
in lower courts on charges Of In
decent exposure. The cOmplainants
also charged he rose in the morning
and prepared .breazfash without
botherlng about putting on his
clothes, or drawing the curtains.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-03-26

The ladies ~ 81 cecilia Csifd viii
give u COOked P00a sale saturday,
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-03-26


Train No. 2, 'sThe Californian"
Through train to Kansas City and
connections there for Chicago and
eastern points,.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-03-26

DENVER,-Bobbed hair got into
the state supreme court today. Mrs.
Walter True, Of Craig, Colo, took an
appeal from s25 fine imposed for
pulling neighbor wOman's hair.
Mrs. True contends she couldn't have
done It, citing the compliments
shOrn locks.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-03-26

cHIcAGO-Earl L. Dutton, first
sued for divorce from his wife
charging cruelty. She countered with
a suit for alfmony and then learned
today that Dutton was i'll with
tuberculosis. She dropped the suit,
discharged her attorney and rushed
to her husbands side.
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BY Fay King


she had heard them first after
all. IL 1t really was the men. ne
cursed under his breath. II they
had not returned he'd get her
and get her right.
Sims eyes scanned the bushes
and nearby trees south OF the
cabin AZ well, but the Noise had
been from the north. and that
you'd be the direction from
which they would return unless
her scream had made them circle
the camp.
IT was a nervous situation even
for q man accustomed TO danger,
but he always bagged his game,
90 they said at the center. He
kept his back tight against the
cabin and his finger on the trig.
ger Of Betty's gun. 1t was grim
business but II he had to shoot
his way clear he meant to do It.
Uncle Billy had heard Betty
ncrean and had sworn the cry
came from the cabin. Jared had
paiad st the implication Of the
cry. They had been talking
freely and were caught entirely
off guard. Warned 81 the pres.
ence Of an enemy they separated
and, keeping under cover Of the
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DETTE'S captork stood up again
- and laughed his crooked laugh
ct the expression Of her face. It
was funny and she knew Il, so she
Joined III as heartily as her trem.
bling heart would allow.
Slim wicked to the door Of the
living room. Come on In and
nit down, he invited She came
toward him with the little mine.
Ing steps her hobhIe allowed,
while he watched with an amused
nnaile on his face. When she was
comfortably seated he drew q
chair close beside her.
TO the strangers surprise Betty
did not draw away when he slid
his arm about her waist. She
looked Ct him frankly, and ii his
face recognized with intense dis
gust the same simpering. gush.
Ing expressions that were SO
familiar among the crowd back
home That was the sort Of
thing she had excused. and her
disgust turned toward herself.
She wondered II her face had
ever looked that way to other
people and logic told her It had.
Suddenly Slim leaned forward
and drew her close to him. She
did not even try to resist, then.
He kissed her roughly and drew
back He had expected her to
fight.
4 don't see any reason why
you shouldn't act like q gentle
man. she told him coldly
So that's It, and he crushed
her to him and kissed her again
and again until she could con-
tain herself no longer and
struggled to get away.
His face darkened then and he
held her tight, but at that mo.
rnent she caught the sound OF
voices He apparently had not
noticed. Fixing her eyes on d
cot IN the far corner she scream
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PROTECT ELECTRIC CORDS
BY Hannah Wing

LIVERY one grants that cleo
trio appliances are con-
veniences which yield large re.
turns In enjoyment as well as
in labor and trouble saved. No
one Will dispute the agreeable.
ness OF having as many floor
lamps and small table lamps as
possible. The one complaint
heard is that Of cord trouble.
Since the plugs on cords have
been standardized. given cutoff
switches and come.apart connec-
tons cord trouble Is largely due
to carelessness and can be quite
overcome like most other forms
OF carelessness by watchfulness.
These are the things which you
yourself are likely to do which
cause the major part Of the
trouble.
To give the kind OF service you
expect from It the cord must be
flexible. It must bend ana twist
easily to give you ease in han
ding the device. and this very
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Does Back Seat Driving Aid DiDOrce?

rnenting 4 down-trodden hug
band. But II Is more often the
scary. nervous kind who tor.
lures her liege lord thusly.
Just whether Mrs. Claude Is
an aggressive. bossy lady who
drives her household as she
does her car or the irritating
clinging kind Is not shown by
the printed evidence. But. any
way, Claude got his divorce.
There is no more unpopular per-
son in the world than the man or
woman who interferes with an
others driving. In a critical mo-
ment when the driver Is concen-
trating his mind and will power
upon getting out OF a tight place,
he wants no suggestions from any.
body. Strange to say, 1t is always
the inexperienced driver, or one
who cannot drive at all, who Is 50
free with advice and admonitions.
Those who can manage car them.
selves know the necessity Of being
left alone.
When this constant irritation
spoils the pleasure Of an automo-
bile ride, 1t is too much to expect
the driver to return home In an
amiab1e frame of mind. The
chances are that before next morn
ing the man and his wife have
dragged out all the old arguments
and grievances and rehashed them
thoroughly.
That is doubtless what happened
time after time. when Claude and
his wife returned from an automO.
bile ride. Now they are separated.
SO, let other wives beware.
Either drive from the drivers ceat
or not at al.
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man back the "vital mode Of
force which it has impaired.
McCrudden presents the an
alysis Of his last 500 cases. More.
than half were Of the wealthy,
intelligent, careful type who take
frequent health examinations and
are rather proud Of their physical
fitness, or members OF professions
chosen for their physique, such as
traffic policemen, young college
athletes and Canadian nurses.
His results show how bad Is the
physical condition even Of the
best specimen Of civilized hui
mainly.
OF the seven most nearly per.
feet specimens In the whole 500
one woman who had a health ex.
animation twice d year had arter.
iosclerosis. gulped down her
meals rapidly and had her ears
full Of wax.
Another had migraine and Inn,
perfect vision; still another was
highly strung and nervous, with
a distinct tremor OF the fingers.
she had q coated tongue and
tcorns. A husky traffic policeman
was per cent overweight. gulp-
ed down his meals hastily and sui.
fered from wind In the stomach
and bellyache. Not q single one
of the seven was anything like
perfect. The average specimens
were deplorable and the bad
specimens were appalling.
A healthy examination aims al
estimating and improving the
functional effio'nrnv OF the indi.
vidual In order to adapt him to
his environment and his environ
ment to him.
IL It became labitual there
would be much less chronic dis,
ease and people would live much
longer.
Bad health Of any individual IL
q liahilitv to the whole comnAun.
ity and against which the com
munity as q whole has the dis
tinct right Of protection.
Why. therefore. should not the
community provide tree health
examinations for everybody? The
idea u capable Of being worked
out consistently with personal
. public and professional Interests.
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By Lucy Lowell

nUT in the great wide West
" where men are men, there
is a big hefty engineer who
imagines that because he can
run a railroad train success
fully he also can drive auto
mobiles without assistance. But
his wife didn't think so-she
didn't think so at all.
When he took her out tor
a spin she sat there with her
nerves drawn into knots and
her eyes feverishly scanning the
road ahead. She told Claude
when to put on the brakes.
when to blow the horn, and
how to make the curves. She
not only did that once, but
she kept on and on. II here
was anything that Mrs. Claude
adofed doing 1t was "back.geat
driving" In her own car. The
that she grabbed her husbands
nients, but the chances are that
she did.
Claude stood it for some time
and finally he decided that a
man whose wife Insisted upon
doing the driving had Just cause
to leave home. So he applied Tor
o divorce.
The lower courts refused the
decree. But by that time Claude
was set upon being free 10
drive his ear to suit himself.
So he appealed the case, and
on the eighth day Of June the
news was flashed over the
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ed loud enough for the men to
hear. He relaxed HIS hold ! BIT
70 listen and Betty. with her
eyes fixed on the cot. Kissed:
A RATHER"
It was clever move. The man
drew his gun and backed to
ward It. He was suspicious
enough to keep his eyes fired
on the door. but the men had
taken warning and were silent.
Betty did not move from where
she stood when he had lifted her
from the chair.
Slim drew the blanket quickly
from the bunk. There was no
snake there, and putting his re-
volver back Ia the holster iaA
came back with anger flashing
In his eyes and hands stretching
like claws as II 70 choke her.
Halfway across the floor he
caught some foreign sound cut
side and stopped IN his tracks.
Then picking up Betty's gun he
sided cut the door ana moved
to to right aleng the cabin
wall. Betty moved over to the
bunk and threw herself across Il
face down, sobbiug softly.
Slim heard q noise north Of
the cabin 80 he had naturally
sided along the wall toward the
southern end to get away from
direct contact and TO get
chance TO look Tor the cause
under cover Of the structure. He
did not hear another sound, and
this led him to believe that
danger was close. That alone
would explain why the animals
had not made any disturbance.
What q fool he had been TO let
pretty girl dazzle him and
blind him to danger!
Clever Scream
He dared not even keep watch
TO make sure she stayed in the
cabin. Her scream was clever.
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Her arms went about his neck
III : frantic grip that asenied sa
though It would never lessen. he
kissed her tears away as best be
could and tried to comfort her.
She told him she had not been
harmed.
..But, OIL / WAS afraid you
wouldn't come In time. she
added. Then, Tor the second time
sirlcs he had known her, she faint.
"a; Just slunnped down III his arms
like 4 tired child that had fallen
asleep.
Jared felt q sense Of RESPONSE
billy then that he had never felt
before. IT was rs though q
flower was dropping because ne
had not nourished 1t. He laid her
gently on the couch while he
brought water from the waterhole
and bati1ed her head and chest.
After q blt her eyeS opened vide.
She looked up at him q minute
and then smiled. Jared thought
it was the sweetest smile he had
ever seen. He leaned forward
and kissed her lips, then helped
her to her feet.
i've got To see how our pris-I
onkr Is behaving, he said. NOV
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flexibility results in kinks and
snarls and twists which II al.
lowed to remain in the cord
eventually break the fine wires.
Even before the wires break
these kinks win cause the insula
ton to wear through and this
leads to trouble, especially at the
point where the cord joins the
appliance.
In electric irons this point has
been protected by q coil of
wire, which helps to keep the
cord from tangling. Neyerthe-
less. more cord trouble Ia ex.
perienced with electric irons than
with almost any other device
because OF the constant twist
ing and turning which the iron
must stand. The prevention
az the difficulty lies In straight
ening out the kinks and twists
each time the device Ii used
Keep the cords straight and
nat on all electric, devices, tele-
nhones and lamps, ana you win
keep out Of most cord difficulty.
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BY Maria Jeritza
Prima Donna Of the Metropolitan
Opera Company and One Of the
Most Beautiful Women Of

Opera Company and One Of the
Most Beautiful Women Of
the Day.
niHAT the world needs dane
4 ing-old-fashioned dancing
today to help it recuperate from
the bad mental effect Of the war,
4 the opinion Of no less q per.
sonage than Henry Ford.
It Is true that rhythmic dane
ing Is al once a delightful rec
reation and a fine form of phys
icai exercise. lending grace and
euppleness. poise and alertness to
mind and body.
The right kind OF dancing Is
needed by old and young. What
better way Is there Of absolutely
forgetting cares and grave studies
and so resting mind and body?
BY the right kind Of dancing I
mean dancing under healthful,
helpful conditions, where there Is
plenty of fresh air. Old-fashioned
dances teach department. con-
duct and poise.
Folk dancing, esthetic dancing.
classic dancing, all have their
value in fitting harmony OF mo-
ton to harmony OF music. and
afford q rhythmic means Of ex-
pressing pleasant emotion.
It is interesting to note that
the word dance comes from the
old high German. meaning Ito
stretch" Dancing Is, indeed, II
regarded merely as physical cul.
ture. an Invaluable form Of
stretching exercise.
II you wish TO develop your
body to, its utmost beauty, grace
health and poise. you cannot dc
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trees and brush. Jared worked
his way down from the northern
end OF the valley while his com.
panicn circIed toward the south
and crept up through the scrub
oak that dotted the hillside.
He saw and recognized Slim
when that worthy emerged from
the cabin and sided toward the
south, gun In hand. It was evi.
dent that the slightest sound
would bring a shot, 80 Uncle Billy
lay perfectly still and waited.
The tan man seemed more anxious
about the northern end Of the
cabin. for some reason. and that
added to sense Of safety that
the old man felt In his position
behind bush.
Al tense five minutes followed.
BY that time Jared should be
near enough to help; and soon
near enough to be III danger.
Pointlng his revolver Just above
the cabin. Uncle Billy fired q shot.
Slim turned like flash and his
gun swept the brush, but seeing
nothing he hesitated and Uncle.
Billy spoke:
Drop, the gun. Eddie. and stick
sem up.
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ing slowly toward the door. Do
you mind IL + bring him Inn.
Betty shook her head and
smiled again.
So Slim was brought Ii to stand
before her a. though she had the.
power of 4 judge.
What shall we do to him, Bet
typ Jared asked.
Il i don't know she answered.
slim and i were just getting
acquainted when You came.
think though that ne ought to.
tie his hands up 10 he can't get
into mischief. and hobble him
so IN can't run.
fobbla, hell was Uncle
Biliyss reioinder. Wen hog tie
him and drop him ia the water.
hoier'
What would We do Tor drink.
Ing water2" Betty asked him. and
Slim had the grace to laugh.
So they tied him UP ana barred
him III one Of the closetS The
trip north had been useless II
seemed, but Slim was = prize
they had long sought whether
be was detective she could NOT
make out. They talked more
freely before her now, but the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-07-30

The study OF preventive medi.
cine has produced marvellous re-
suits in overcoming acute disease,
but 1t has been little applied to
chronic. disease! and this is one
Of the most important and imrne.
date fields Of work which lie be.
fore medical men today.
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By Chas. A. L. Reed, MD.
Former President Of the American
Medical Association

Former President Of the American
Medical Association
You. indeed every person, has
i an inherent capacity-what
Horace Dobell described In 1851
as a vital mode of force''-suFfi-
Client to repair the human ma
chine, to reproduce it and to bring
it to ripe old age.
There are several factors, how
ever, which can interfere with
this vital mode Of force. Princi.
pally, says McCrudden, they are
the vestiges Of disease, existing
disease processes and bad cOndi-
tons Of life.
These factors, working sin1ly
or in combination, will render the
vital mode Of force" insufficient
to guard you against death by dis
ease or by premature degenera-
ton.
Most deaths from disease are
due only In q small part to the
cause which appears on the death
certificate. This, In fact, IL often
only a description OF the mans
condition when he died. The real
reason is generally to be found in
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Explains Hon. to Cultivate Grace and Poise Through Dancing

try Go touch e with yolr IslL
hand. Return to first position.
Alternate the movement BY kick
ing with your left leg as high as
you can, then bending back and
trying to touch your right leg.
Repeat this exercise. kicking
first with the right then with the
left leg. ten times or more. Prac-
tice Il to the music Of d record
or the radio.
III you can afford to do 30, BY
ali mears take dancing lessons
az q means of agreeable enter
tainment and an invaluable aid
to your beauty.
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periodical health examination.
The large majority Of people
decline to see doctor until they
are seriously III: in other words
until most Of the harm has been
done. He can patch them up
but he cannot eradicate the
traces OF that Illness nor give the
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cation Of every girl and boy.
It's q far cry from classical
Greek dancing to the Charleston,
yet the latter also has Its place
Ia the san. The quick alertness
and suppleness required to cor
rectiy execute this typical jazz
dance frees the body from aWk-
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tented husbands have been con.
verted into red-faced dunno brutcs
because !. q shrieking helpniate
persisted In helping hi:n drive
Most men have an idea that
It is because such women are
dornineering and interfering and
seize upon that method OF tor
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wires that the California State
Supreme Court had granted the
divorce.
That seems rather absurd TO
most women, but they can let
1t be a lesson to them. anyway.
Many a days outing hrs been
spoiled; many useless tears have
been shed and many placid, con.
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The study Of acute disease does
not deal with the biology OF the
disease but with It's ancient his.
tory. 1t Is safe, therefore, to say
that disease viii never be effec-
lively treated, much less pre-.
vented, until all persons have &C
uuired the habit OF submitting
themselves and their children to
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Avoid
? oorly
Balanced
Breakfasts
Start the day with Quaker Oats
food that stands by you.

Start the day with Quaker Cats
food that stands BY you.
TT Won teel tired. hungry 4fidaety, :
hours before lunch, don't jump
to the conclusion Of poor health.
Thousands have unenergetic morn
ings because they start the day with
wrong breakfasts.
To feel right, you must have 4
weil-balauced, complete breakfast
ration. At most other meals lunch
ana dinner you get II Bot break
fast IS i hurried meal often badly
chosen.
Thus Quaker Oats, containing
l6ao protein, foods great tissue
builder, $3.50 cafbohyd its great
energy element. plus al.-important
vitarniFes and the 'ball that makes
laxatives seldom needed. Is the die
tetic urge Of the world today.
Don't deny yourself the natural
stimulation this rich food offers you.
Get Quaker Oats today. Grocers
have two kinds: Quick Quaker,
which cooks u 5 to 5 minutes, and
Quaker Oats,
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better than study dancing under
an excellent teacher.
The ancient Greeks attained q
standard Of physical beauty and
perfection that has never since
been eQualed, and dancing waa
an element OF the everyday life
OF the Greeks, part Of the edu.
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the vestigss Of former disease and
in the many and often obscure
and unnoticed functional disor-
ders. Hardly anyone is free from
these functional disorders as a re-
suit Of bad environment, bad hab
its or the traces Of former disor-
derN
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over the balls Of your feet. Now
kick az high as you can with
your right Leg with your toes
pointed out, your knees straight.
Return to position and bend back,
taking care not to strain your
back. As you bend back, bend
your LETT leg backward also. and.
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. late all It's organs to normal
activity.
Kicking exercises are especially
valuable In bringing about sym
metry Of the hips and legs, in.
Guiding ankles and thighs, and
giving healthful exercise to the
muscles Of the abdomen and
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wardness strengthens muscles.
improves circulation and brings
about physical symmetry and an
enlivening mental alertness.
There are innumerable dane,
ing steps that you can practice
alone at home. which will supple
and timber your body and stiInu.