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Quotations

Il see nothing in the present situa.
ton that threatens the future u
premacy OF the railroads In the trans.
portation field."-Frank McManamv.
chairman of the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
"A girl told me all you have to do
Is asked for a divorce in Paris and
smile at the judge and he gives it to
you. Paris must be q wonderful
place to live."-Peggy Hopkins joyce.
Il believe the time will come. and
perhaps, not so far distant when
rocket flights will be made between
Europe and America in three hours"
Prince Alfonso of Spain.
Movies, cards, gossip and golf are
popular diversions, but when carried
to an extreme they have a very decid.
edly narrowing influence on the indi-
vldual."- Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller.
well get back our friends now.
-. All u friends drank, and we
knew 1t, and so not to embarass them
we had to stay at home."-Mrs. Mau.
rice Campbell, wife Of the former
prohibition administrator in New
York.
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Times Change. Humans Don't

Every so often we find a news story IN which a Wonl-
ans revenge is given as the reason for a mans death.
In a certain midwestern state, so the newest story OF love
and conflict goes, a girls wish for revenge is now being
blamed for the death of two men.
The natural reaction to true murder yarns Is a re-
Election as to how much worse Ewes daughters are today
than they used to be.
If we would reflect carefully we would realize that
they aren't the least bit more responsible for death and
tragedy than their predecessors. There was Helen Of
Troy. for instance. Her elopement with Paris. the son of
King Priam, sent the whole of the Spartan navy over to
Troy to get her back. Before the war ended several 9TH
er countries brought their boats close to the shore and
joined in the battle. Before Helen finally was recovered
q good many thousands of men were killed.
Not only mythology. but history as well, is filled with
cases in which a womans wiles upset nations and brought
death to many.
The world is very much better today than it used to be.
This is seen in the very action of the public conscience
which condemns a woman today for the same deeds for
which 1t lauded her in song and story when she commit
ted them a thousand, or even one or two hundred years
ago.
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generation is that in spite of the
prevalence of soap box orators dirty
politics still persists.
X * *
"A famous munitions factory in
Europe has gone into the production
OF steel false teeth. 1t is understood
they are going great gums.
\
Haywood Broun, columnist, who
originated the give a job" slogan, is
now running for congress. If he's
elected he'll have occasion to practice
what he has preached.
* * X
No sooner is it announced that the
Chinese have increased their pearu.
acreage this year than along comes
the report that they have shelled an
American gunboat.
Now that the Navy has ordered
talking picture equipment installed
on 200 ships, perhaps the famous
slogan will be changed to read: Join
the Navy-Admission Fifty Cents"
Copyright, 1880, NEA Service. Inc.)
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DISEASES

Catarrh, while often considered a
local disease, is really of constitu-
tional origin, and is caused by an
acid formed from the waste products
of fatty and carbohydrate foods. This
acid is partly discharged through the
mucous membranes and causes irri-
tation of them so that they excrete a
large amount of mUcus.
Mucus is a normal ~lubricating dis
charge of the mucous membranes, and
it is only the unusual quantity that is
pathological, as any opening from
within the body to the outside is lined
with mucus membranes, and they are
all liable to this mucus Inflammation.
When the body suffers a condition
of acidosis, the membranes become
chronically engorged, and it only re-
quires some acute irritation like an
invasion of bacteria, dust, OF. cold air
to bring on an attack.
It is not of very much Importance
where the catarrh is located. since the
treatment is to alkalinize the blood.
II the trouble is located in the colon,
bladder, nose , SinuSeS, or inner ear,
the ure occurs just as soon as one
has rid himself of surplus waste and
supplied the needed alkaline food ele-
mentS.
There are a number of diseases
having a catarrhal foundation, such
a. hay fever, asthma, tuberculosis,
mucous COLTS, and sinusitis. In any
Of these it is important to avoid those
food combinations which are most apt
to result in a fermentation of food
in the digestive tract, as this fermen-
tation will produce some of the irri-
tating acids that inflame the mucous
membranes.
I have prepared special articles on
these diseases, and I will be glad to
mail them to any who send their re-
quest with a large self-addressed
stamped envelope for a reply.
The best way to rid the system of
toxic material is to use a fruit fast
for a few days. There is a method OF
alkalinizing the blood that has come
into vogue recently which uses large
quantities of bicarbonate of soda. AS
this is an alkaline, it makes the blood
temporarily alkaline and will usually
abort a cold. I never prescribe this
method unless the patient has some
important engagement, as on the
stage, where a cold would be an inn
pediment. While it alkalinizes the
blood temporarily, it does not free the
blood of the toxins which cause the
catarrh in the first place, and 1t is
possible that such a large amount of
inorganic mineral may be harmful to
the body.
In all cases of catarrhal trouble or
colds one will notice digestive dis
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afford another Ferguson administration? Can we afford
two years of strife that 1t is sure to bring? = : 1t is
not just something that we might as well try. There
is no experiment about it. We have tried it three times.
We know what it is. In all kindness to everybody, can
Texas afford to go back to it,"
Texas cannot afford to, it must not, again take on
Fergusonism in its state government" declares the San
Antonio Express. THE cost is too heavy. too stiff; every
thinking citizen should count 1t prohibitively high. =
The primary fact to be considered and acted upon is
that Texas interests-the ommon interest-must be
served. The state must be saved from further discredit
and sharp reproach-saved by Mr.. sterlings nomination
on August 3d."
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Today Is the
Anniversary of
E NAVIGATION

On August II, 1907. Robert Fulton
won recognition as the first man to
make steam navigation commercially
successful when he sailed his steam
boat. The Clermont, up the Hudson
river from New York to Albany, a
journey of $50 miles.
In the presence of thousands of
astonished spectators, The Clermcnt
started on it's epochial trip, making an
average speed Of five miles an hour,
which was considered a great
achievement. It took 80 hours to
reach Albany.
When Fulton first proposed the
idea of steam navigation he met with
rebuke on all sides. AS he himself
said: when I was building my first
steamer in New York the world was
viewed by the public either with care
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Editorial Comment
The Reduction in Freight Rates
MINNEAPOLIS Trihunel

W."
Court action instituted by the railroads halts, for the
time being, the operation of the order OF the Interstate
rates estimated at SIS 100000 annually and heralded as
highly beneficial to Northwest farming interests.
Because there is a community Of interest between the
transportation systems and its chief pro-
ducing group the outcome of the pending litigation will
be awaited with interest, since 1t goes to the question of
whether the commission has authority to regulate and
distribute the tountry's prosperity and economic welfare
through the medium of freight rates.
The argument begins with the commission in a some
fixed for its own purposes, a rate of 5A per
cent as a fair return for the Investment in railroads. In
return Of the carriers upon the basis set down by the
was 495 per cent. Its current order proposes
q further reduction in the face Of this fact. However
that may be accounted for. the fact is outstanding that
in this situation there is the material for litigation that
will be protracted to the point where the commissions
order will be OF little benefit. whether wisely or unwisely
in the present year.
In this connection it Is also interesting to know that
the bureau of railway economics has just announced the
carriers to relieve the wheat situation by cutting the
freight rates to the seaboaTd voluntarily.
Its action was taken at the request of the federal gov
eminent. The results shown by the study are generally
It shows that lower rates did not increase ex-
port trade, increase foreign buying, nor avert a decline in
wheat prices. It did result in corresponding rate reduc-
lions in Canada, increased import duties in France, Ger
many, Italy and Rumania and in counteracting meas
ureS in other countries.
The courts have an involved problem in technical rate
making before them, opening up a wide field for argu-
ment and the introduction of supporting facts. That
means ueiay. IL means also some nlgnly Illuminating
revelations regarding transportation costs. No interest
affected will suffer by that.
With the wheat situation as it is, no one wants to see
the farmer or grain shipper pay more than a just and
charge for transportation. Court determine
ton of the issue of whether industry and agriculture shall
be subsidized at the expense of the railroads will also
be interesting.
Here. to all purposes. is a friendly" lawsuit with vast
possibilities for increasing that better understanding
which for some time has been growing up between the
railroads and their farmer patrons. based upon the dis
position OF each to be fair to the other in determining
an important question from the point of view Of mutual
interest.
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Hard to Get Excited

Somehow 1t is a bit hard TO get excited about this
156-year-old Turk who is now visiting this country.
In the first place, one may be ~pardoned for being a
trifle ~skeptical about those l56 years of his. A doctor
recently pointed out that extreme old-age records are
generally claimed by i~literate peasants-by people, that
is, who would not have any written records to substan-
tiate their claims.
In the second place. one is inclined to ask, well, what
of it?" The gentleman may have lived every minute of
his l56 years; but why get excited about it? 1t is safe
to assume that in all his century and a half of life he
has not done a tenth as much genuine living as an in
tense. active young American like-for e~xample-Charles
A. Lndbergh.
During his campaign, a candidate in Arkansas gave out
sandwiches which poisoned go persons. The guess is they
were filled with boloney.
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takably Judy, wearing her little
gray coat with the black collar,
and a little fur cap on her head,
with a bunch of violets on one
side-violets not so dark a purple
as her eyes.
Dumont could not move. He had
not really expected her to come out
Of this house-this shameful house.
He was paralyzed. He saw her hail
a passing taxicab and jump in.
He rode back to his studio and
dressed himself with great care.
This was a gala night at the Lemon
Grove.
Judy was ready for Bastien pune.
y tually at nine o'clock.
She teased Bastien about being
so quiet as they walked to- the
Lemon Grove. Judy was snug in
her fur coat. A rather crude and
yet elusive perfume reached the
young artists nostrils as she
tripped close by his side and
linked her arm in his.
"Chummy has promised to. come,
Bastien. Clara will be there, and
all the boys. It will be like the
dear cid times!"
"The dear old times!" repeated
Dumont mechanically.
"Bastien. your voice sounds like
a funeral! Aren't>you we'll? Buck
up. old boy! You wanted me to
come"
They reached the dancing hall.
1t was, indeed a gala night. From
the roof the lights hung in lemon.
colored Chinese lanterns that cast
a glow like moonlight on the
dancers. The stiff lemon trees.
painted on the walls had been
touched up and their tubs made
scarlet. The woodwork around the
doors was scarlet, and all the
beams were bright royal blue. In
the supper room an even more
dazzling color scheme had been de.
vised. as the members said. ito
make your forget what you're eat.
ing and drinking"
The place was crowded. They
saw everybody they knew. Chummy
was with Michael Stone, Clara
jerks with Tony Leigh. Clara was
very smartly dressed and prosper.
GUS at the moment: but her snub
face lit up with the old alteration at
the sight Of Bastien, and Judy
made him 60 and dance with her at
once.
1t was not until half an hour
later that he found Judy again.
Without a word he put his arm
around her waist as the orchestra
struck up, and they danced the
whole OF a fox trot through without
speaking. Judy and Bastien could
make a fox trot into a thing Of,
beauty.
When it was over. she drew 4
deep breath.
You do dance better than any
man in the world, Bastien!"
They danced several more dances.
always in silence. At last Judy ex.
claimed:
Il say. Bastien, I'm fond of dane.
ling. but l did want a little chat"
so Go l." he said. Come into
the other ROOM"
- Ito Be Continued)
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lessness or contempt. as a useless
scheme, but they were shy. AS I had
occasion to pass daily to and from
the building yard while my boat was
in progress, I often loitered unknown
nea idle groups of strangers, and
heard them scott and sneer ana ridi-
Guile. . My work was always spoken
of as Fulton's Folly"
Though he had great success in the
construction Of steamboats,, various
lawsuits in which he was engaged in
reference to the use of some of his
patents, prevented him from ever be-
coming wealthy.
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Drouth Largely Livestock Calamity j.,
sctsnca can do nothing about the present international
drouth. but as far as it concerns this country ana ltS
prosperity, President Hoover has shown a wise ana COM
mendable readiness to deal with it as a calamity Gaining
for government relief In some form.
The president is in the midst OF 1t. The droutn Is ho1
confined to the Northwest this time, as that OF 1919 was'
hut It extends all over the East as well, Florida alone ex-
cented from its fell effect on crops. A dawning con-
scio,,sness of its unprecedented extent has caused the
white house to speed up the initial steps taken TO oeal
with the situation. From a study OF 1t through county
AGENT renorts from all over the country, the president
has decided to enlist the cooperation OF the states ana 1or
that reason the chief executives of IL commemorative
will meet.with hin Thursday to consider what relief steps
are hest suited to deal with the combination OF heat ana
dryness which have shrunk crops and reduced 1eeo III
the livestock country to calamity.
r. Is the livestock situation that is the worst feature
of the drouth. There will be enough human 1000 10 90
around, but not enough to enable the cattle ana sneep
men to keep their herds together. That threatens a vast
turn-off of stock this fall, which in turn Will demorallze
prices and, then, when another year may bring adequate
pasturage and hay and corn, the whole industry Will DC
demoralzed by shattered herds. That was what nap
pened in Montana in 1919. The livestock men there were
wears in rebuilding their reduced herds. Likewise IN the
Southwest. The whole industry was disorganized.
This Us the feature to which the president expects 10
give chief attention. The situation calls Tor TWO forms
of relief, one assistance in enabling the livestock men 10
carry over the stock, another in the form of reduced
emergency freight rates for such stock as has to be rushed
to market.
The situation affects the Eastern feeders OF cattle, VINO
buy in the primary markets Of the midwest and west,
then fatten the stock on Eastern pasturage, hay and corn.
Thus it is that, in the governors conference which has
Been called, the chief executives Of such states as Ohio,
west Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana and Arkansas
will sit with those of Missouri. Montana, Nebraska, ILL
uois, Kansas and Iowa.
The gravity of the situation may be gathered from the
preliminary report to the president by Secretary Hyde, OF
the Agricultural department., showing that In the area al
fected there reside 100000 farm families possessing ap-
proximately 2,25oo 900 horses and mules, 6yOOo,0 900 cattle
and $4,000, 900 hogs and sheep, Or about II per cent OF the
nations farm animals. Individual farmers were said
to be affected differently and the actual number in dis
tress, therefore, would be much less than these gross
figures.
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What do you mean?" asked Du
mont in a very quiet voice. "Wyon
brought. Miss Grant out. 1t was
purely a business proposition"
Towers winked at him.
TELL that to the marines, my
boy! That's the story for the pa
pers. Dicky Wyon is simply there
to run anybody Gideon chooses
Don't suppose he's got a penny te
bless himself with. He was a law
yer's clerk not many years ago
Every living soul In the theatrical
world knows that. The little CIR
has evidently taken the great mans
fancy"
He stopped suddenly. qualing be
fore the look in Dumont's eyes
Towers was an ~inoffensive person
retailing what was to him harmless
gossip.
whats the matter?" he asked.
miss Grant is a very old frien(
OF mine." said Dumont.
"Oh! Sorry l spoke! No harm In
tended" Towers felt rather bount
to justify himself. Zone only know,
what one hears, and everybody say
that's the way the wind lies
They're always together"
Dumont gave unmistakable evi
dence that he did not wish the sub
ject pursued.
GUY TOWERS. the easy.going
~ good-natured gossip. the FIRE
Quenter Of club and restaurant, lit
tie knew what a storm he ha,
aroused in his companions breast
He had said what others said-tha
was all. 1t was common knowledg,
that Judy Grant was being run" b.
Bruce Gideon-that she was Glide
on's property. as some rathe
crudely put it.
When the two men had finished
lunch and parted. Towers strolle'
down the Avenue. eminent,
pleased with himself and with tn
world in general, and quite uncon
scious Of the fact that he had dis
turbed the course OF several lives.
Dumont. meanwhile. went int
three theatrical clubs one after tn
other. At each one he drank wit
several men. At one of them b
came across Richard Wyon's bus
ness manager. who, as it happened
had also lunched we'll, and was no
~averse to further indulgence.
Such things are managed by fate
and man cannot control them.
Dumont talked to Wyon's bus
ness manager for half an houl
When he went out into the calm 9
the late afternoon lit by a pal
winter sun low in the western SIX,
his head was on fire. The SIX
seemed. plastered with the name {
Judy Grant. She seemed to dane
in front Of him like a red fam
Everything was red.
Dumont walked for about q
hour. At the end Of it he foun
himself on Park Avenue. He ha
come there against his will. n
knew where Gideon's apartmer
was. He had walked past it man
a time with despair in his hear
He did not know what he was d,
ing there now. except that he ha
come to spy.
Then suddenly he grew stiff, as
little form came out of the door {
'Gideon's building. It was unmi
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Texas Has to Meet a Threat

The onainous specter which the recent primary cast
over Texas. when Fergusonism rolled up the largest vote
among the gubernatorial candidates., may just be a polit-
ical miasna.
AS the situation is analysed, political opinion lays to
the proposal Of a $500 900 bond issue for good roads
the lead obtained by that masquerade for Jim Ferguson
Ma" Ferguson-over Ross Sterling, who seemed to be
the strong aspirant of the pre-primary campaign. Sterl-
ing, highway commissioner under Governor Dan Moody,
was the father of the highway proposal It scared the
voters, apparently; anyhow Sterling ran behind the form
er woman governor who administered Texas as catspaw
for a husband who had been impeached, disfranchised
by the legislature, and thus barred from seeking return
to the office personally.
The primary having been inconclusive, there will be a
run-off August %. Texas then will have a chance to re-
deem itself. The threat of the Ferguson family again in
power at Austin has evoked a lot of admonishing editor
ial and public comment. and this time the issue Will not
be the bond question SO much as Fergusonism.
A good deal depends on what cause Governor Moody
will espouse-that of Sterling or Clint G. Small, the 9TH
or run-off candidates to be voted on along with Ma"
Ferguson. The newspapers are divided in their support
OF the two men candidates. The San Antonio Express
favors the nomination of Sterling, the Fort Worth Rec
ord-Telegram supports Small.
The run-off will be "a contest in which good govern
ment will be pitted against Fergusonism, and Texas UNI
derstands Fergusonism too well to be in doubt as to the
outcome" in the judgment of the Texarkana Gazette.
A succession Of queries from the Houston Chronicle
voices its sentiments as to the final contest: Can Texas
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} H CHELSEA II

like old times. Do come. won't you.
Chummy dear?"
Her pleading face was irresist.
ible. Chummy's beautiful low voice
broke. as she answered:
"Of course I'll come. Judy dear"
n N the day before the dance Bias.
- tien called at Judy's lodgings
to ask her to dine with him.
1t was about five O'Clock in the
afternoon when he called. A young
girl. the landlady's daughter,
opened the door. and told him that
Miss Grant was out. He left a note
that he had written in view Of this
e~vertuality.
He had occasion to 60 round the
corner to a tobacconist's shop. and
then to q tailor's. where he was
having some clothes repaired. It
was about eight minutes later, or
thereabouts. when he passed Judy's
house again on his way back home.
Just then the door opened and
Gideon's bulky form came out He
was smiling to himself in . way
that made Bastien see red.
Judy had been at home. then, all
the time!
|. He followed the financier. and
saw him enter his big car. which
was waiting in a side street parallel
with Judy's lodgings.
The next morning Bastien re-
ceived a nice little note in Judy's
sprawling hand. She could not
dine with him, she said. as she had
had another engagement, which she
could not put OF, but she would be
waiting for him at her lodgings at
nine o'clock.
That day he happened to meet an
old acQuaintance-Guy Towers, a
theatrical critic. who had lately
made rather q hit with a first play.
a clever social satire. On the
strength Of it Towers had q little
spare cash. Dumont. too. was not
SO impecunious as OF old; so the
two Of them decided to lunch at
Romano's.
At a table in the far corner sat
Bruce Gideon with four other men.
one Of whom was Richard Wyon.
Dumont sent many seowls in their
direction. but did not say anything.
It was his companion who men.
toned the financier's name.
ssTHERE'S Bruce Gideon-do
you know him? Enormously
rich chap. He's just brought out
this wonderful new dancer. Judy
Grant Marvellous little person.
must say-and lucky!"
why lucky?" asked Dumont,
controlling his voice as best he
could:
Judy Grant was lucky. con,
tinued Towers. because she's got
iGideon to take her up. That's his
man Of business. Dicky Wyon-the
funny little fellow with q face like
an old woman"
do you mean the man who owns
the Monopole?" asked Dumont care
lessly.
"Well. he's supposed to own It
but it's q well-known fact thai
Gideon has more to do with it. HI
uses 1t as a jumping.off place FOL
his pet girls. OF course. all Of 'en
aren't SO clever as little Mis-!
lGrant."