RURAL ENTERPRISE
R'anting the Tree of Pan-American Journalism
^ c T A L E of
KIDDIE
KATYDID
& Arthur 5cotf Bailey,
TEE TWO GRASSHOPPERS
IE KA TY DID had a neighbor
who w as a good deal like him.
K IDD
Indeed, a c are le ss person had to look
sharply to discover m uch difference
betw •'•II them . Hut th e re w as a differ­
ence T h ere was, especially, a c e rta in
way In which one could alw ays tell
them a p art. One had only to ta k e the
trouble to look a t th e ir ho rn s—o r
feelers. F o r Kiddle K atydid hud horns
as long—o r longer—th a n he w as. But
his neighbor, who w as known us Leap-
W aiter W illiam s, p resid en t of th e F irst l ‘an A m erican C ongress o f Jo u rn a lis ts , p u ts the first sp ad efu l of dlr:
about the tre e w hich w as p lan ted in the gro u n d s of th e P au A m ericun union to com m em orate th e m eeting held
In W ashington.
Uncle Sam as
W o m an ’s Boss
Not R ecognized B efore Civil
W ar as G overnm ent
E m ployees.
W ashington.—A wom an w as re c e n t­
ly elected m ayor o f Beattie. A nother
announced her Intention of accepting
th e candidacy to succeed her husband
a s governor. T he m an d a te com m ittee
o f the L eague of N ations Included n
w om an delegate. In W ashington. D.
a wom an Is In general churge of up-
plying th e law to bootleggers.
Yet only little m ore than 50 y ears
ago a womun. to p ro c u re em ploym ent
from th e governm ent, had to conceal
h e r «ex. She had to upply for her
w ork, th e copying of land w a rra n ts
fo r th e general land office, In th e
n am e of a m ale relativ e. It w as done
a t hom e and she received $1,200 a
year, th e sa lary received by men for
th a t aervlce.
In INti'J a wom an w as allow ed a
c le rk ’s desk In th e T re a su ry d e p a rt­
m en t—to su b s titu te for a man. She
w as accorded the privilege of re p la c ­
ing h e r husband, who h a d fallen 111, In
o rd e r th u t the fam ily m ight he su p ­
ported. She did h e r husb an d 's work
and received Ids s a la ry —not because
ahe w as as com petent a s he, but be­
cau se she reg istered as a m an.
To th e T rea su ry d e p artm e n t also
belongs Hie distin ctio n of first em
ploying women In th e ir own right.
Gen. F ra n c is E llas S pinner, appointed
U nited S ta te s tre a s u re r by P resid en t
Lincoln, conceived the Idea as a m eans
of saving th e governm ent money In
th o se expensive w ar tim es.
"A wom an can use scissors b e tte r
th an a m an,” he told Salm on P. Chase,
se c re ta ry o f th e tre a su ry , “and she
will do It cheaper. I w an t to employ
wom en to cut th e tre a s u ry notes.”
W omen Flocked In.
F ollow ing the consent o f the tr e a s ­
u ry chief, ecores of needy women,
whom the w ar had left b e reft of sup­
p orters, flocked to G eneral S pinner's
little room In the n a tio n 's bstik. H ere
he slept, to be w ithin call In cnee of
tronhle. H ere every w om an was su re
of a hearing.
She dhl not receive an official a p ­
p o in tm en t nor had she any official
existence. She w as m erely handed a
p a ir of scissors and paid $tio<) a y e ar
out of the fund provided by congress
fo r tem p o rary clerks. C u t'lu g tr e a s ­
u ry notes Into q u a rte rs w as considered
‘"light w ork." hut, as each note trim ­
m er discovered, a few h o u rs of It
w earied th e sh o u ld ers and bliste re d
th e fingers.
A ppreciating th is o p p o rtu n ity to
su p p o rt them selves, how ever, m ore
and m ore women beset th e general for
Jobs. Believing th a t th e nlm lileness of
th e ir fingers anil th e ir p atie n ce would j
be a sse ts In th e m anipulation of f r a c ­
tio n a l currency, he opened lids field
to them and also th e detection of
c o u n te rfe its
T he re su lts pleased him. Speaking
o f wom en as c o u n te rfe it detecto rs, he
s a i d ' “A man will exam ine a note
sy ste m atica lly and deduce logically
from th e Im perfect engraving, blurred
vig n ette o r In d istin ct sig n a tu re th at
It Is c o u n te rfe it—and be w rong four
cases out of ten. A wom an picks up
a note, looks a t it In a d e su lto ry fa sh ­
ion of her own and says, "T hat's coun
te rfe lt.' ‘W hy?’ ‘Because It Is,' she
an sw e rs prom ptly— and Is rig h t eleven
cases out o f tw elve."
M any C riticism s H eard.
N o tw ith stan d in g th e sa tisfa c tio n of
the em ployer, criticism s w ere received
from Indignant persons all o ver the
country, In dividuals shocked by the
rad ical action of the tre a su re r. Even
at hom e be encountered opposition.
H ugh McCulloch, successor to S e c re ­
ta ry C hase, scorned tile p resence of
a tea pot on eHch w indow ledge.
“T h ere a re too m any tea po ts in th e
tre a su ry of the n a tio n ,” he com ­
plained a f te r which re m a rk the Inno­
cen t k e ttle becam e Ihe un iv ersal em ­
blem of w om an's u nfitness for govern­
m ent service.
"N obody e v er heard th a t th e costly
cig a rs and tobacco w hich filled the
m an c le rk 's ‘nooning,’ to th e e x h ila ra ­
tion of body and soul, w as a like sign
of bis Inability to porform prolonged
serv ice w ithout the aid of stim u la n ts ,”
said M ary C lem m er Ames In her book,
“T en Y ears In W ashington," "h u t the
tea pots w ere ridiculed out and ceased
to distill the gentle b ev erag e fo r the
wom an w o rk er nt h e r noonday lunch.”
C ongressm en, necessarily concerned
w ith Increasing th e ir c onstituency,
vented th e ir eloquence In th e d e p re c a ­
tion of wom en w orkers, so th a t the
m ales m ight he favored. A rguing th a t
a w om an w as not ■ clerk lint an em ­
ployee, th ey decreed she could never,
re g ard less of h e r services, e a rn m ore
th an $!HH) n year, (in Ihe id h e r hand,
no man, w ere be only a m essenger e x ­
ecuting th e In stru c tio n s of a woman,
could receive less th an $l,2ik».
D efenseless, women (lured not com ­
plain. As one w orthy official told
them , th ey "w ere only hero by suffer
Hnce and could al, be tu rn e d out to ­
m orrow ."
A few appealed to th e se c re ta ry of
th e tre a su ry , but his re to rt th a t "$400
Is enough for any w om an to receive
for h e r w ork" soon silenced them .
In th e D ep artm en t of th e In te rio r the
se c re ta ry c o n stan tly dem oted women
w o rk ers to m ake place fo r th e men.
B a ll
C o n tin u e d
to
K n n ra s C ity. Mo. H eroism m edals
fo r sa v in s lives have been aw arded to
th r e e m em bers o f the O rd er o f De
M olav by the grand council of th at
o rg a n isatio n . T h o s e honored a re W il­
lia m II E lkins of B altim ore. Md : A r
th u r F W I Its■?...(.I Norfolk I
M n s s ., and Sam uel I'le e. A la m e d a
Cal.
A nnouncem ent w as m ade hy
F ra n k S L and of th ia city, founder
and g ra n d scribe
F lk ln a saved th e life of Mrs B ar
b a ra W agoner B altim ore when th e
e x cu rsio n
ste a m e r
T h ree
B ite rs
b u rn e d In C hesapeake hay, J u ly 4
1924. W ith th e fire rag in g on sll sides
be low ered him self from th e fo p (Jerk
o f th e ste a m e r to th e low er deck
h a n d over h an d down a rope, w ith
M rs W agoner clinging to his w aist
MEMORIAL OF A THEFT
Even th e w om en’s frien d In c o n ­
gress, R e p resen tativ e II. L. D aw ea of
M assachusetts, opposed all p ro je c ts to
ra ise th e ir pay because, by m aking
th e ir hum ble p ositions d e sirab le to
men. they would be com pelled to leave
Ihe governm ent service a lto g e th e r
D espite
antagonism ,
th e ir
first
friend. G eneral S pinner, rem ained
th e ir ally
“T h e cx|<crlm ent of em ploying fe
m ales as clerk s," lie w ro te in Ills re
po rt of 1MW, “h a s been, so f a r a s this
office Is concerned. a com plete success
The tru th Is th a t m any of th e fem ale
clerks now do a s m uch w ork. If not
m ore, and do It as well. If not h otter,
On the low er deck life p re se rv e rs
w ere secured and they Jum ped Into
the w ater, w here he su p p o rte d h e r
until (licked up by b o a ts from the
Allegheny.
W hitehead and a com panion, Joe
Dodge. rescued Max E n g le h ard t, keep­
e r of T ip T op H ouse Mount W ashing
ton. In New- H am pshire, w hen he w as
overcom e In a h l ln a r d . O ctober 13.
j 1925
E n g leh ard t. fe a rin g th e house
would be blown down, w ro te a short
i note saying he w as s ta r tin g for the
j lx»ttom o f th e m ountain am t left In
i the raging storm .
S everal hours
: late r W hitehead and Dodge a rriv e d at
j T ip Top House, found th e note and,
fearing for th e k e e |ie r's life, s ta rte d
! out to find him. A fte r a se arch of
several hours they found him In a
snow bank w ith Just his bend and one
hand p ro tru d in g Dodge w ent for aid.
j w hile W hitehead, h a lf c a rry in g and
h alf dragging th e old man. s ta r te d ¡
<THE WHY o/
SUPERSTITIO N S
By H.. IRVINQ KINQ
m ark alw ay s m ade L ea p e r th e L ocust
terrib ly angry. And It e n rag e d K iddie
K atydid a s did n o th in g else.
T h e difficulty w as th a t th e field peo­
ple—a s well a s F a rm e r G re en 's w hole
fam ily— had fallen Into th e lazy h ab it
of callin g th o se tw o by th e sam e
nam e. T hey spoke o f K iddie K a ty d id
a s "th e L ong-H orned G ra ssh o p p er,"
w hile Ihey term ed his n eig h b o r " th e
S hort-H orned G ra ssh o p p er."
" I t ’s bad enough to look so m ew h at
like L eaper th e L ocust, w ith o u t being
tagged w ith th e nam e of G ra ssh o p ­
per. along w ith him ," K iddle K aty d id
sp lu tte re d .
"H onestly, I'm tem p ted to m ove
aw ay from th is n e ig hborhood," L eap er
th e Locust began to tell every one he
met, " If th a t ch ap w ould only trim
his h o rn s to th e p ro p e r length I
w ouldn't m ind It so m uch. B ut h e’s
a ctu ally proud of them . H e's a lw ay s
w aving them o ver Ids head, so people
will notice them ."
T hey both d e c la re d — K iddle K atydid
and L eap er th e L o cu st—th a t th ey
c o u ld n 't ab id e th e nam e "G ra ssh o p ­
p e r.” And th ey took p a in s to w arn
people In th e neighborhood th a t they
w ouldn't a n sw e r to th a t nam e, no m a t­
te r how loudly a n y one m ig h t sh o u t
It a t them .
A fte r th a t a few o f th e ir n e ig h b o rs
took g re a t d e lig h t In c ry in g “G ra s s ­
h opper! G ra ssh o p p er I" w h e n ev e r one
of th e tw o happened to be w ith in
h earing. B ut no m a tte r w hich o f
them It m ight be— w h e th e r L ea p e r th e
Locust o r K iddle K a ty d id — he p re te n d ­
ed not to h ear, uud w ent rig h t on
eating.
But a t Inst so m e th in g happened th a t
m ade both th o se Jum py g entlem en
change th e ir m inds. Front nbt w a n t­
ing to be called G ra ssh o p p ers, they
decided suddenly th a t th ey liked th e
nam e. And each claim ed th a t th e
o th e r had no rig h t to It.
T h is odd s ta te o f a ffa irs a ro se w hen
Ihey le a rn e d th a t a s tra n g e r had conic
Into th e valley b e arin g a m essnge
m ark ed “ F o r Mr. G ra ssh o p p er."
" T h u t's fo r n te!" K iddle K aty d id
cried, a s soon as he h e a rd th e new s.
“Y ou're
m ista k e n I”
L e a p e r th e
L ocust snapped. "T he m essage Is
c le arly Intended fo r me. And I s h a n 't
let anybody e lse open It."
i© by Grosa«t A D u n la p .)
How It Started
By J ean N ewton
3 v - O C K K X K K v C> u u <XXX>(><><><><><><(<><)
THE HAIR AND THE MOON
R o ll.
THREE ARE GIVEN MEDALS
FOR DEEDS OF HEROISM
Rescues From Fire. Snow snd W ater
Basis for Ps Molay Life-
Saving Awards
for $!H*> p e r unnutn, th a n som e o f the
uale cle rk s a re able to do w ho re
elve a y early s a la ry of tw ice that
i m ount.
“T he fem ale clerks, w ith b u t few ex
'eptlons. a re su b je c t to g r e a te r risks
if loss by reason o f m isco u n ts o r by
passing c o u n te rfeits, for w hich each
>ne Is pecuniarily liable and respon
slble, th an n in e-ten th s of th e m ale
clerks, w hose p rin cip al o ccu p atio n s a re
books and accounts. Hight a n d fa ir i
dealing, therefo re, dem and th a t th e ir
pay should be a ssim ila te d m ore nearly
th an It now Is to th a t of th e o th e r
sex for like se rv ice s a n d responsl- |
bllltles.’’
A g eneration la te r, w hen th e worn I
a n 's m ovem ent w as p rogressing. G en ­ “ I'm T em pted to Move A w ay,” L eap er
e ral S pinner w ro te : “T h e fa ct th a t 1
Began to Tell E very One.
w as In stru m en tal In In tro d u cin g w om ­
en to em ploym ent In th e offices o f th e e r th e L ocust, w ore h is h o rn s q u ite
governm ent gives me m ore real s a tis ­ short.
faction th an all th e o th e r d eed s of
A lthough they saw each o th e r often.
my life."
Kiddle and th is neighbor o f Ids w ere
G eneral S p in n er had s ta rte d a fe rtile not on th e best o f term s. T h e tro u b le
m ovem ent Indeed.
T oday th e re a re w as sim ply th is : they could n 't agree
7.903 women in th e sto re h o u se o f th e on th e question o f horns. W henever
n a tio n 's billions. 500 m ore th a n th e they m et they w ere su re to h a v e a
m ule num ber. From th e h a rsh em ­ most u n p leu san t d isp u te before they
ployer of a handful o f u nrecognised parted .
women, I'n c le Sam h a s developed. In
Iteally , th e ir q u a rre ls w ere a s had
little m ore thun h a lf a cen tu ry , Into , as th o se th a t Jim m y R ab b it and
th e bountiful boss of 79.575 wom en, F risk y S q u irrel once had o ver th e
and th e chief of a w om an's public serv- 1 m a tte r o f tails. And m any o f th e
Ice th a t Includes tw o governors, th re e field folk sa id it w as a sh am e th a t
congressw om en, an a ssista n t a tto rn e y the G ra ssh o p p ers' tro u b le c o u ld n 't be
general, a s ta te Suprem e court judge. se ttle d som ehow.
niHii.v m inor Jinleos, th ro e s ta te sec­
S tra n g e us It m ay seem , th n t re ­
re ta rie s, about 150 s ta te leg islato rs,
tw o diplom ats and tw o stn te su p e rin ­
te n d e n ts of public In stru c tio n .—-New
York Tim es.
T h is sign has been e rec te d to the
m em ory of th e th ie f th a t sto le a tree
from one of th e p o ts th a t o rn a m e n t
th e w alk In fro n t o f u d a iry In Los
Angeles.
Laundries Boom
F resno, C a l —T h e la u n d rie s are
busy a s th e re su lt of black rain. Soot
from the Sail Lula Ghla(«i oil fire, 90
m iles aw ay, fell w ith th e ra in , soiling
light clothing
down th e m ountain. H e kept E ngel
h a rd t from freezin g to d e a th through
ph y sical e x ertio n until m et by the
re scu e p a rty led hy Dodge.
P ie rc e saved th e lives of Mrs. Anna
G ushing and six y e a r old E ra n c e s Ha
w orth of A lam eda, E eb ru a ry 2d, 192rt
T he girl had fallen from a sea wall
into San F ra n c isc o bay a n d Mrs
C ushing w ent to h e r aid. B oth w ere
stru g g lin g In th e w a te r w hen Pierce,
a ttr a c te d hy the screnina o f F ra n c e s
play m ates, p lunged In, bro u g h t the
child to sa fety and th en Mrs. C ushing
T h e I s Molay heroism a w a rd w«<
re c e n tly c re a te d hy th e g ra n d council
U T y o u r h a ir “In th e new m oon,”
If you w ish It to grow well. T h is
su p e rstitio n Is g e n era l all o ver th e
U nited S ta te s a n d C anada, and Is but
a n o th e r ex am p le of th e su rv iv a l of
th e m ost a n c ie n t c u lt of tu n a w o r­
ship.
I t Is th e sam e su rv iv a l o f a p rim i­
tiv e Idea w hich m akes som e fa rm e rs
of to d ay , w ho w ould sco u t th e Idea
th a t th ey w ere su p e rstitio u s, p la n t ev­
e ry th in g except tu b ers, on th e In c re a se
o f th e moon. All fo lk lo re a n d all
m ythology te s tify to th e v ita l re la tio n
w hich a p e rso n 's h a ir bore In th e e s­
tim a tio n of o u r a n c e sto rs to th e p e r­
son him self, a s well as to th e s p ir it­
ual re la tio n w hich su b sisted th ro u g h It
betw een th e hum an being a n d th e
gods.
S e v e ral o f th e d istin g u ish e d sc ien ­
tis ts of a n cien t Rom e w ro te o f th e
m a tte r a s of som ething n o t . to he
doubted. Now, If, w hen th e h a ir Is
c u t, th e moon, sym bol of th e g re a t
m oon goddess Isis, p ro to ty p e o f all
th e tnoon goddesses, is w axing a s th e
o p e ra tio n ta k e s place, by th e d o c trin e
o f luna sy m pathy, th e h a ir, also will
w ax a n d grow again, th ic k and lu x ­
u ria n t. W hereas, If you c u t y our h a ir
on a w an in g moon, you sta n d a risk
of becom ing bald-headed, th ro u g h th is
sam e lu n a symputh.v— th e h a ir being
e sp e cially su scep tib le to th e Influ­
ence o f th e gods.
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GIDUGAG/’
“LIKE PHAETON”
I c speech o f a rh e to ric a l n a tu r e we
cotne a c ro ss an e x p ressio n like th is :
"H e Is a n o th e r P h a e to n a n d will c e r­
ta in ly be s tru c k dow n," o r “ H e Is
overconfident. H e will o v e rre a ch h im ­
self, it Is a P h a e to u llk e a m h 'tlo n w hich
he c an n o t fulfill." T h e re fe re n c e Is
alw ay s to an u n d e rta k in g th a t Is fa r
beyond th e p o w e rs o f a person who
in sists upon a tte m p tin g It.
T h e ex p ressio n com es to us from
th e p ag es of G reek m ythology w here
P h aeto n w as a m o rtal w hose m other
told him th a t hls f a th e r w as P hoebus,
th e Sun god. P iqued by doubt, he
asked p ro o f o f h is heavenly b irth and
his m o th e r se n t him to th e E a st to th e
palace of th e Sun to m ake Inquiries.
T here, on hls th ro n e, P hoebus acknow l­
edged P h a e to n w as hls son, and to
prove his p a re n ta g e offered to fulfill
any w ish th a t he m ight express.
On le a rn in g th a t P h a e to n 's desire
w as to driv e th e c h a rio t of th e Snn
w hich gave light a n d h e at to the
w orld, P h o eb u s e x h o rte d
him to
change h ls w ish. None but he, the
Sun god. he told him, could ta k e the
perilo u s driv e w ith o u t m ishap. P h a e ­
ton, how ever, Insisted, hut h ardly tmd
tn e fiery ste ed s dash ed w ith th e c h a ri­
ot th ro u g h hls fa th e r 's ga te s th an they
took him headlong over th e courgp,
scorching th e h eavens and th e e a rth .
T lie w orld, th e legend tells us, would
have been set on fire nnd e n tirely de­
stro y ed had not J u p ite r stru c k the
churlot w ith a th u n d erb o lt w hich de
stroyed It nnd then h u rled the gallan t
hut o v eram b ltlo u s P hueton out of e x ­
iste n c e !
I®. by B e ll Syndicate)
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T h e last J a n u a ry eclip se o f th e sun
n t s th e first to ta l eclip se to be acen
In th e B ritish isles aiuve 1734.
Voted by artists as the most beau­
tifu l American girl, handsome Madge
Bellamy, the “ movie” star, has browr»
eyes and brown hair. She la a native
of Texas.
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"1 see w here som ebody sa y s th e in ­
com e ta x Is not aa p o p u lar a t It used
to be." say» c o n tem p lativ e C onstance.
"It seem s to he possible to ta k e so m e­
thing from aeth io g . a f te r slL"
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'T 'H E Y ear-In club w as m ade u p o f
A a dozen m en who h a d know n eaclb
o th e r fo r a lifetim e. E v ery th irty -first
o f D ecem ber, th ey g u th ere d a t din­
ner, to w ait u n til tw elv e o’clock s tr u c k
a n d a n o th e r J a n u a ry first began.
Am ong them w ere th e m ost su c c essfu l
m e rc h a n t In th e city, a d o c to r w ith a n
in te rn a tio n a l re p u ta tio n , a fa m o u s
w rite r, a p o liticia n w ho w as sp o k e n
of am ong th e know ing a s “p re sid e n ­
tia l tim b e r,” and a b a n k e r.
(In one occasion over th e ir c ig a r«
w hen, as wus th e ir custom , th ey tu rn e d
to rem iniscence, th e q u e stio n cam e up-
o f w h at eac h co n sid ered th e tu r n in g
point In h ls c are er.
T h e m illio n a ire m e rc h a n t beg an i
“T h e tu rn in g p o in t in my c a re e r," h a
said, “ I could n am e fo r you to t h a
y e a r and th e day a n d th e hour. It w a s
th e m om ent w hen I took fo r m.v tr a d e ­
m ark the w ord “Q u a lity ."
A fte r a
w hile, no fa c to ry e v er trie d to offer
m e In ferio r goods a t a red u ced c o st,
no sa lesm a n of m ine e v e r w as fo o led
w ith seconds a t half-price. It m eu n t
th e h a b it o f a tte n d in g to d e ta ils."
"In fa ct," th e p o liticia n a c ro ss t h a
ta b le took up th e d iscussion “g e n era li­
zatio n s— to m ake a g e n e ra liz a tio n m y­
se lf—a r e really w o rth less. I t's only
d e ta ils th a t count a t all In la s t a n ­
alysis. T h a t's tru e in politics. W a
get to th in k th a t th e big men. so-
called, th e peo p le's re p re s e n ta tiv e s ,
a re u ll th a t c o u n t; but let th e se rep re­
se n ta tiv e s fo rg et for a m om ent th n t
they only re p re se n t and go c o u n te r to
th e people, and see w hat happens. T h a
first tl.e e I w as asked to ru n for gov­
ernor, I said I’d accept If I could h a v a
a voice In my own p latfo rm . So I w e n t
through th e s ta te and talk e d w ith t h a
ra n k a n d file, th e b u tch e r, th e b a k e r,
the g arag e m an and h is w ife ; u n til r
found out w hat he and sh e w anted. I t
took pains, hut I had g ained g u ld a n c a
for tw o te rm s of office."
H e paused, and then, as tw-elve be­
gan to strike, they all got to th e ir fe e t
and ra ised th e ir glasses. "T o th e N ew
? e a r and th e men who h av e th e h a h lt
of a tte n tio n to d e ta ils !" he ended.
HA VE YOU T H IS H A B IT ?
t® by M .iro p o u ta n K e w .p a p .y S erv ice.)
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As Told by
Irvin S. Cobb
FROM THE BOOK OF MOSES
> /r< » S E M O RRIS us M to live n e a r
■‘•»A F ra n k fo rt, Ky. H e w as a sm a ll,
meek person of color w ho c u ltiv a te d a
tru ck patch for a living, a n d w as g e n ­
e rally liked by the w h ite p opulation.
He rem ained a b achelor u n til he w a»
n e nrlng m iddle age.
T hen. In an u n th o n g h te d hour, he
suffered him self to be shackled in th e
holy bonds of wedlock w ith a larg e ,
tru cu len t, o v erh earin g black w om an
n c n r'y tw ice hls size. He led hls b rid e
aw ay to hls little house seven m ile»
from town.
But w ithin tw o w eeks' tim e he cam e
driving in to F ra n k fo rt, w hich Is th e
’e a t of the county as well a s th e cap-
ital o f th e sta te . In a tw o-m ule w agon,
"duch Was piled high w ith h o u seh o ld
effects. As he crossed th e b rid g e o v e r
'h e K entucky riv e r a w h ite g e n tle ­
m a n hailed h im :
''•by. helio. Move I W h ere a re you
going w ith all th a t p lu n d er? "
"T se m ovin’. M ist' Bob," a n sw e re d
Mose.
Tip to Flappers
F.gham, E ngland.— M iss Selina Fur-
niv al. who Is one h u n d re d y e a rs old,
a ttr ib u te s the lack o f w rin k les In her
face to a b ste n tio n from cosm etics.
She looks like h e r m other, “th e belle
of B a th ," one of th e fam ous b e au iV s
of h e r tim e
M a d g e B e lla m y
♦++***♦+*♦♦+*♦♦♦♦♦♦+*****♦
“M ovin' w h ere?"
"M ovin’ Into to w n —done rented «
III' house dow n back behind de I , St
N, depot."
“W hy. I th o u g h t you liked th e coun­
try ." said th e w hite man
" I used to lak It," said Mose
"I
used to Isk It pow erful. But mv w i f .
she d o n 't lak the c o untry
An- v e re
lately I ve tuck notice. Mint’ Bob d a t
w en my wife don t lak a th in g I je s t
□ a u h e lly h a te s I t ”
' • by ( b . c « ( ,fc
a o s M i a iu « .,