MEDFOlffl MATL TRTBUNE, BEDFORD, OttEOOX, WERDAY, DECEMBER- 23, ;M - -.
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. BOBKRT W. RUHI, Editor
I. SUMFTEI B111III, llanaftr
Ad Independent Newspaper
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Bandar, one year 2.00
' Hy Carrier, In AdTance Mrdfurd,- A.liland.
lacieonrllle, Central I'olnt, rboenii, Talent, Gold
Bill and on Ullia)i.
ItiiJr. vlth Hunriar. month..,-.-......! .73
liallr, without Bundar, month 85
' l-allr, without Bundar. one year T.OQ
' liallr, with Bundar, one year i.00
.! All terns, easu la adtance.
. Vtflrlal paper ot the City of Mrdfoid.
Offlrlal paper of Jackson County.
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(he iu for publlcitlon of all newa dlipiteliea
credited to it or ottierwka credited In this piper,
lud llio to the Ifical neve publlslted herein.
All rlihta for publication of special dlspaldita
herein are alio reamed.
UESIIIKR OP AUDIT BDItKAO
OP CltlCUUTIONB
MKMBKB Of TRK UNITED FBE8S
ArtTerttslnt. Itrnrnenfallrei
It C. MOGKNHKN COMl'ANT
Offlcra In New York, tlilnto. Detroit, San
, tralirlw), hot Aieles, Beattle, I'ortland.
Ye Smudge Pot
(iy Arthur Perry)
if..- It l chporin to - not, In the
preHH, that-"duo to tho . bounty of
' the nation, all . tho poor will par-
talco of i Christmas illnnor." A
' ChrlHtmnH d In nor Is never vory
? ttytlBfylntf after the middle of the
following May, und, with tho pcr-
ivpi'HHy- thut alwuyH walks ' with
poverty, the poor Ret just an hun
gry on AuBUBt 7. us thoy do. and
I ore. on December 25. However,
' the Chrhrtmas dinner, "duo to the
t bounty of the nutlon," leaves only
I 1UD4 meals for the poor to hustle
j during the fiscal year.
A' wayfarer from Portland was
!in our midst yesterday, cunning
"capitalistic creed" Instead of tho
"Orrgonlan," und many wero mi-
j ablo to believe their earn.
f . "Tho boy-friend has Invited mo
I 12 or 13 times to bo with him to
. dinner, theater, dances, etc., and
j tl always refused his Invitations.
1 Although ho scorns frlomiiy, the
j punt week he has not asked me to
. Kbi, places with him, -which per-
I , 'turbfl .; mo great lyM (Nancy Lee
column.) It's a good thing you
. found out ho was a quitter, before
j it was too lute.
Another young lady has encoun
tered tragedy at a lonely spot aftor
midnight. The papers describe her
as "a modern girl," but the lonely
Kpots are all old-fashioned, and
stay out all night.
3,Tho Christmas cheer has started
to cheer over the arrival of vodku,
-'lu dimpled containers.
This army major who. waxed ro-
" mantle wjth a Texus blonde, and
us n result Is alleged to have put
' poison in his wife's food and drink,
(faces tho cheerless, proa poet of a
llfo In tho "big house." Tho
btnndo, '.'busy nt a typewriter," re
ports to tho reporters that her
; ''llfo has been ruined." Kvcn so,
and considering tho devastated
state of' tho major's curuer, it Is
fitting to remark In passing, that
shu Is still loose,- and tho legal
owner of tho 4d tho dashing offi
cer, who will dash no more, left
In front of her house whllo in a
royal mood.
.A letter has been received re
questing the writer to "help out
I the farmer and oat u pound of
i ; boiled wheat for breakfast," Any
reluetance was routed with tho In-
formation, "tho boiled wheat Is
'butler than tho average cereal.''
We agree, Willi the understanding
filial nobody will Insist and beseech
that the hay surplus ot V. Hybee.
tlM .l'vllle serf, be oradleted by
eating fried alfalfa for sauerkraut.
"TKAVKLMNU DOLUH IHIiL
SI. NT ON WAV HV MKU
t 'HANTS' (lldllno Del Norte
Triplicate.) 1'enple who for years
have been whistling posts for dol
titr bills, fall to understand why it
was necessary for tho merchants
lo send the "travelling dollar bill"
on Its way. Kvory dollar bill Is by
nature a traveller, u tramp, and a
tiiuiist.
lien Sheldon Is up front Imh
Angeles to observe Christmas In
the burg where, as a potential can
didate for the legislature, he acted
as Hanta Cuius and Ignited his
cotton-batten whiHkers on a pink
candle.
A' Nipponese Infimt was down
town yesterday and bawled In. his
native tom,Jue and broken Kngllnh.
He hnd a-whotehenrted squall, and
tie also used all his lungs.
"DON'T NICK TflH UUUHLA
rVHH IN THN PACK" -(Carle-tori
Hentlnol.) There's a, miidi
Uelter place.'-
The Older Cilrls have started
flitting about in bob-tailed fur
oats, ' gat ok ties and short skirts.
If there Is anything that sets off a
pair of canary-legs. It is the afore
paid combination ensemble.
The Ford ambushes on the Main
Stem prove Hint eternul vtglliince
is the price of on unertmped fen
der. .. Thet-o Is still considerable talk
about the depression, with Its
tfinpty Juniors und unpressed
punts.
1 1 "A scientist has discovered n
i new type of mnnoulto. Tho truth
ij of the matter is the mosquito dis
covered the scientist. Iet's give
II crndlt where credit Is due."
I (Town Topics.)
Thft thinking Mown nro telling
their progeny to eat their spinach
for Hanta Claus.
KtAtnath Kails. Itoberu A
ll.'irvey hardware st"ro opened Hi
ev ("catiop nl'iu)7 1'ihj streetf
QUILL
Anyway lftiNsiu lius mi ideal Hyslcm. WIumi tho ovorinninl
needs an alibi it gots koiiic c..gim.Tia to coiiIVsh ami take all tho
blame.
An Albany, X. V., man got 15 years for Mealing a dime. Mr.
Uoekc feller errtainly has made those things naered.
Of 'jinii'sc piiiiH can be eansed by a distant eenter of Irifco
lion, Heud Kwelling often resnltH from a pat on the back.
, Yon see, by saving the wine
saves tlie growers and thus saves
Note to the Kami !!oard : Why favor California? Other far
mers could get rich, too, if given authority to compete vith Ca
pone. .
Audubon soeieties say birds will take naturally to golf-course
sauetuaries, but we've never been able to get a birdie on one.
Itussia's system might work
those "ag'in the government,
Correct this sentence: "This time' said the Kirls, "there
will be no Christmas for any of us until old Dad has all that he
needs." . .
Americanism : burnishing Russia talent and machinery to
modernize herself; living in dread of the competition thus made
possible,
M, Einstein's triumphal tour in this country demonstrates
that if you eaii evolve a theory no one understands, the world
will beat a path to your door.
They say there is just as much money in this country as ever
before, but if so it seems to be wearing a false beard and travel
big incognito. ' ' '
EUGENE GARBAGE
WAR IS SETTLED
SALKM, Ore, Vac. 28. (P) II.
AI. Klllott find J. II. JohutiHcn are
tit preHcnt Huhjoot to urroHt by
rJUKftio nuthoiitloR If thoy uttomiit
t hnttl Kr!i.'ijro rrnm the city to
their llvextoek utitnltlc tho city, but
uftcr next April 1, it will ho h
different Htory, nccordlnir to an
opinion of the Htato Hiipremo oourt
tnduy In which nn opinion written
by Jtitttico Itonnnian nfflrmii a -de-creo
by Judge G. l' ykipworth in
KtiRone'ii gurbtiKO war. ,
riecitUKU of diKHittlHfactlon ' itriK
Iiik over a prontlHcuotiH hnulinir of
KarbiiKo by vtiriotm pci-HonH, tho
KtiRvno city council Ity ordinance
Ki'imted to Uray llrothcr tho exclu
Hivo rlRht to hiiul Alio clty'H Karb
nKO for a period of throo yoarH,
(liitlnit from April 1, llil.
Imtcr, at a municipal election
May 37, .19:19, a .charter .amend
ment wtiB adopted by the pooilc
m-ovidinir that tho city ahould not
jrrant a monopoly for garbage
hauling.
Brisbane's Today
(Continued from Paga One)'
Ioiil', will hnvc six fut roust t'rs
on t'liristiims tiny. Wo oats only
fint'p 11 nltmtli mill swiillnws Ills
riioNfi'fs FcntlioPN mill till. .
Tlin f.liliniiimuiinM nii.uni..iiiltii llirw
and other hlg monkeys will euoh
imvo iwo oxtia urungeH. 1 iirinou
and elk will Itavo tho food they
like host. 1
And any criminals locked up
wallliiK to bo cxoi'tiletl will ho ask-
oft 1111 lIHtml In ' write llieli' own
niotni for tho Heath morning. Thoy
may Imvo anything thoy llko, hut
iiNiially ortlor hum ami orkh. Mur
derer havn lllllo Imnitlnatlon.
KoiuelliliiK iU'W'tu prnlillitliim en-
fniMintiiftut . 1,'nilei.iil niieillu ni'ii4leil
a colored mail headed away from
Rhoro in a rowbnnt. Mo cnnfwsnotl
that ho waa ronltiK out to the 12
inllo limit "to get soma gin that Is
gin." Ho could not trust the gin
of Now York. I
Hocoht ulcoholic tloatliH testify
I1H to tlin nnnildiii!4H nf hlu Imllr.
moat. Hut ho was locked up In
spito of his ploa that ir merely
"wanting" tmotl efn uhh miide a
01 Into, tho urtaou wonltl t)u crowd
ed.
f'nlvln rnnlldlle rpcilllhiff thn
Inndlng of Hllgrlm lathers on thn
MUTT AND JEFF
looks UKd fA-r GIFTS I iFJcrF 6ives Mt carpct supPeRs I x think i'h.- sar ii 5itNey tkt. , NVifc. PvjT-VooR RCTORM J
wilt Be Alt PAPCfe A-3AMH BTTa BUY M S6fT rVA I A NCWJ RirA Foft H MNU J .. v v ' i - ABS UN, A tJtfTa X . ' jj,:
AMD STN6- t'M. uioRt 1 ' '.-- riwrflf- Foft H"S eowwA &9Vr X'lt 6( 6u& GCtVtMr- v MAlS THAT MISTAK 5
Of F THAN A KANGAROO ) -' LCK6 WITH 'titl , A 'HuNrt OF SMtKtP, 0NC - AM -oOT" T J ..-T-
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POINTS
grape crop tho administration
a batch of electoral votes.
in .tniei'iea; but if you shoot all
who would be left to bury them?
shoro of his beloved New Kngland
310 yoars ago, proudly reminds you
that "the weakest of us have the
protection of an Irresistible gov
ernment." He isnys that "our cir
cumstances compel us to have faith.
Our humility now requires cultiva
tion." .
Americans have never been con
spicuous by being Ttiimhle. Jtut
they may acquire humility with
cotton and copper at 10 cents or
lower, wheat receiving artificial
oxygen treatment from tho govern
ment, oil and cnnl drugs on the
markot, and stocks so low there
Isn't much loft lor tho boars lo sell
short.
The pope, In addition to all his
other work. Is demonstrating tho
possibility of muklng a small ter
ritory Independent of nationalities
around It. .
Itecently ho began construction
of a minlaturo air field for the use
of hollcnptor planes, going per
pendicularly up and down.
A tolcgi'iim from Vatican City
yeotorday itnnouncctl work untlor
way to provide tho pope's domin
ion with an Independent witter sup
ply from deep wells.
Popo Pins is reported to be much
Interested In Ibis work, n welcome
relief from the heavy mental bur
don Unit Is always upon him.
l'ltlucntlon by mail Is old. Edu
cation through tho other or tho
"continuum," us Klluslein urofurs
to null U, Is now.
Hobby joutiB, (leorgla wonder
who gathered all tour of tho world's
champion golf games in 1110, has
signed a contract to touch golf "on
tho air."
. Millions of old and young Amer
icans will listen to this broadcast
ing moro closely than thoy would
to any thing I'rol'ossor Ulnsteln
inlgllt sny. A limited universe with
tltno- for Its fourth tllmbnslou is
dull.' compared with a good tlrlvo,
or approach shot. 1 .
AUTHOR OF PETER PAN
SUFFERS SEVERE CHILL
LO'fON Deo. :3. (A1) - ,Hlr
JftmeM Itarrie, romouM author ond
plitywtiKht, Is confined to IiIm ImmI
with it ttevero chill. Ho Is 70 yearn
old.
It was tmtd at his hmiiM tuduy
he had pawed a fairly good nlnhl.
Sir Jam oh In known most wiuVly
perhapn for hln "Peter f'an" und
"Sentimental Tommy."
WHITE CHRISTMAS IS
PENDLETON PROSPECT
.HNDl.KTON. Oee., 33.
Snow started fallltiK here thin
mornhm iH'rnmpiinted by a wind
from tho northeast.
Beware of Greeks Dodging Gifts
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Personal Health Service
; By William Brady, M. D.
flltnail Irtteft peUalntna tv fMnonkl healLa and hrffonr-, not to dhraM, dlatnosls or trratment
ill b amvered by pr. Rrady If a itamped If add rued mrelope b eoeloied. Utters should be brief
and vriltm In ink. Owing to the lartw number nf Utters recelied only a fen can be answered bere. No
reply ran be made to queries not eonfonnlnc to Instructions. Address Dr. William Brady to art of
lbs Mall Tribune. '
WHAT TO DO WITIIOI'T TO - 1M)
4. GIVK THlV VICTIM A DRINK
In mmantlo fiction the one who
ffotn h6aned or btherwiso momen
tarily sulitluod Is peiieralty rentered
at the uuthor'a eonveiileiice py
m'ans of a drink of t-omothlns
from a' flak. . In
deed, if Ih only In
imaginary ' Morion
that a 1 c o h o 1
iservdi as a Htliu
ulant ot restora
tive. .'.
When nnyhoy
faints or collapses
from heart fall
u re. or shoe k
from an injury
or n pieat fright.
or fallH unconscious from flomo
unknown cause, or im overcome hy
rh9 or nmoKe ov heat or HheeV
physical exhaustion (as in a mam-1
thon race), one f the first menn!
ui-es of reliof tho bystander ln
Htlnctlvely thlnkH of is to give the!
victim a drink. . j
This is all very well If it Is a
drink of water. It U a mistake to
offer the victim uny nlcuholic
liquor.. In almo.ft uny instance of
lotw of cotiHciouMieHs or wreat de
prcHHion It is all rllit to Kivo ituch
real .ittmulaiHif ns coffee, tea, or
aromatic spirits of aninioiila, ex
cept in apoplexy (.itrofco of paral
ysis) or .mm uti'oko In botU of
which vnndltlnns the victim is l
ready obviously flushed, brcothfntr
heavily, overKtlmulated. .No spec
ial knowledKC Is necessary to tell
the casual observer when a film
ulant is advisable it is advit-ahle
only when, the victim Is pale, pros
t r.lted or evidently wenk, relaxed,
flabby, with surface cold or ytiur
touch. That Is the condition in
ordinary faintliiK spells, shock from
accident or fiiKht, collapse from
heart failure, or tho effect of hem
orrhoKC, Heforo you attempt to kIvc tlie
victim anythiiiK to drink, make
sure he can drink. To do thk, take
the receptacle holdinij the drink
in one baud, tfll place your -other
hand under the pillow or under
the head .and lift the" head Just
enounh to bring the partly filled
It. Tlrtlaa
II. Att of aalllia
It. fareeWe
ta. Hora .ol a
certain eokir
ft. I'arenl .
ai. Aiirnaaai'a ;
blrlliplare
tL IJarSra tool -ft.
Vaao
97 Merlplentl 01
leaaclee 1
fa. mirewiloefS
to. Plere out
an. Front of ma (
loot .
Klniaa
18 Mraname of a
lanioea .ball
layer
St. Aiteraattr .
17. Klelniualloa
If. Ilrnilllna .
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41. Mmnll aorl.
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HivmiUary
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4t. Ilemolllih
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47. Aaarmolage of
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4t. Uraerlrr '
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3. Aritanl affec'
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I. orcrl
By -f- :
a. Muitieyt
& l.uok' for
7. r-'imianatl rrltb,
IhonKa
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9, Hel (re ' ;
cup or glass lo the llpi. 'odr a
spoonful or two, - just a swallow
into the mouth and ape whether'
it i8 swallowed. If not, then it. is
unwise to try to give the drink.
You may choke the victim If you'
persist. - ;
Hot tea or coffee, when procur-'
able, makes the very, best ,of i:ul
ntlmuluiits to give a victim of faint
ing, collap3 or shock, if tho vie
tini can swallow.. A cupful . of
st;ro.rig hot' toa or. aoffoe, prefer
ably with tsomci sugar added. Is.. ox-'
(client emergency treatment. Be
sure It la, not hot enough; to burn
try a alp yourself to see - . .
Plain cold water is 'always a
good emergency stimulant in such
cases, when the. victim can swal
low. Aromatic spirits of ammonia, a
half teaspoonful in an Inch or two
of cold waiter In cup or gt'ous. is
a quick general stimulant to give
If the victim of fainting.-shock or
sudden proHtratlon cap swallow.
When tile victim Is quite conscious
and unable to swallow, th? effect
of the nmnioma may be obtained
through Inhalation, If ' the victim
is breathing. Tour a few spoon
fuls of the uromallc, spirit? of am
monia, or even a few drops of or
dinary household ununonla, on
your palm or on a' handkerchief
and pass this repeatedly to nml
fro near (he iin.se. Hotter take a
whiff br two yourself to gauge the
effect.
lu any ease of fainting, severe
pros) ration or shock It is essen
tial, except when giving a drink,
to keep the victim's head .is tow'
or rather lower than the rest of
the body, and to keep tho body
as warm as possible.
QI'KKTIONS AND AXKWKUS
The Mercenary Specialists.
I myself formerly condemned
diathermy of thj tonsil-a. I con
fused It with the old time elec
trical cautery. Later I grew inter
ested In your able articles and
looked Into It more carefully. Now
I am giving .ay patleuU, the' treat
ment and finding it entirely tsat-
lsfactory. Nose and throat mn :
whh whom I have discussed It
argue that it is a nuisance to give.
a wiles of treatmcntH wh?n on
short operation wllldo the rjob,
and some of them even argue that
(hey are able to collect, a better
fee for tho operation. . . . G. A
E,( M. D.
Amtwer; Yes, Doctor, you afe
one of a large elas of physicians
who have condemned, or accepted
tho adverse opinion f sum pied
icul -tyro, without really .under
standing what diatherpay i.s. The
.marling and -gnashing - of teeth
over n( method. of treatment Is
nearly , over .nov, ood doctors
and throat; speciallstn everywhere-
now provide diathermy exHrpatlon
as an altornatlve tor sui-gical ton
sillectomy for, handicapped, .pati
ents. -.;..;.:.," : ','',
. U'drkfujf Girl n Ihn.BCer.- ''.
I won't wAMtc our'tlmc telling
you I'm. n poor working" girl, but
I do tejj you I have fvery painful
periods, and ;lt 1b only by 'taklhg
pills that I am able til m-,
main at' my depk . . A.'.L. J3..
Answer; Tho pills you mention
depend for their pain klllihg ac
tion on a coaltar derivative, sim
ilar to acrtahiUde, which is the
Ingredient .in so . many pain - kill
ers" artd 'alleged "cold", remedies
and headaclre dopes and th;e -like.
There Is only one reasonably safe
way to kil pain or fatigue or
otho JwhRjitions with such doDO
JlOrdow.n for in-hour or two.wliilfc
tho dope Is working t Perhaps Bf.
Mother's, breathing. texerciKc wptild
help to correot the trouble, . U has
corrected R' In thousands of. eases,
where the woTtiari's fthsfeal edu
cation has been' sadly riegctv
Old Metlrmls and Xcw. ' .
The specialists I have talked with
say -that the diathermy method of
tonsil -removal, Is unsatisfactory ob
it leaveB.. considerable .tonsil' and
fhfectlve, material , (n thd throat1.;
They urge mo lo. have , my .tonsils
removed by "opbratlon .. ... Hev.:
J. . F, F. - .. . " j .;
Answer. If the Hpeciallsljs arh
fair and honest they will tell you
that surgical tonsilectomy too often
prove Unsatisfactory for precisely
the same reason. They're your
tonsils, and your health . or lhe l
is at Btake. I can only tell you
that If I wero the patient I'd travef
t jf the ends of the uuntny, to havo
'era "removed VUy diathermy, rather
Chan aiibmU to t the old ,Bpan,ti,h
custom. ; ; .
JCopyf leht John F. pille Co.) .
parents
CHILDREN'S GlfWi' '..?.'
. By Alice Judaen Peale '
Monoy for ' children' Chrialmas
Rifts too often Ja spent lavishly but
thoughtlessly. .. ;
Parents as well as children are
nnt rn l.n flnzzlpfl hv the matrnifi-
cent display of toys In tho modern
tlopartment Btore.
' iTHoy lose their heads and buy.
Iniiiiilslvely elabornto and cxiwu-'
siye plnythings which m'ake a ino
mehtary aiipeal, but which do' hot
necessarily satisfy the real play
Impulses of childhood..;-: ;.
Often, too, they hny-toys' which
later prove unsatisfactory because
they are hot suited to the play
needs of the age level of the recipi
ent. . : . ..! ,i, !1'- '.
Christmas, gives pat'ehts an ex-,
cellent opportunity. Ur profit by'the
(indings of those who have studied
children' play interests. It also
gives them a chance to spend their
money fop playthings which will
give their ehlldren pleasure ; not
only on Christmas and the day alt
er, bttfc tor weeks and months. '
Oood playthings aro those which
stimulate ehlldren to physical, ini-
gulnnllvn rnn ntrnrt Iva .nH- unplnl
nativities'. ; They are simply" but
strongly maue.
Mothers' may find help in a pain-phlut-
called "Play and the- Play
things" which may he obtained hy
writing lo tiro Child Study Associa
tion o( America, itil West rifty
seventh street; New York City.
. Tho mother of a child with a hob
by can make no mistake in buying
.equipments .uud - materials' With
which he may further pursue It.
Money spent In the development
of any nno. teal Interest which Hie
child has consistently shown over
n Ipdt'lod or tlpia.lt.ily he regarded
ns a gonulno Investment in his education.-
. -!
SPURNED SUITOR SHOOTS
DETROIT SCHOOL MA'AM
DirrnolT, Deo. 23. Mrs...
Tannic Urown, 44. a teacher In the
Hutchins intermediate school was
.shot and fioriously wounded, today
by a man who fled- before other
teaohors. could reach the class
room. At receiving hospital the
teacher accused Charles Chris
topher. BR, automobile "company
kemploye. Site" Wfid she had refused
to accept i nrisiopner s auenunns.
Quill Points
Cold " and dlsnpiirovliiB stares
aren't u new experience for air.
Hoover. Ho didn't inuke a fra
ternity at college.
.' The nroljlem of milking children
7ierfect Isn't difficult. Just have
Chrli'tnms every 8U days.
Another ' blow lit thrift la tho
engraved Christmas curd. ou
can't eraso cngrnvlng.
''.Interest 'in business Is still keen,
tiowever. It It's the other fellow's
business. ' ;
' .V -
True, travel .tins a broadening
"effoct.yut so docs silling around
home-. ;.,
I .'-
The niotw frleiKls you Hnvc
Hie niorc yon wish books wero
, inaild In the slinH or a booiu
. ernng. ' ' . .
'The . government could create
Jobs enough. ; as it always has.
but there idle fellows want work.
" !' - . ' , . .
"Otii' booths failed despite gen
erous .lidvcrtlslng." says a church
bazaar, write-up. Vulo has a Booth
like that. too. . .
Will. Rogers . scolds Inventors:
but.. if. good grammar hadn't been
invented,, -where would America
get. its humor?
- Aniorliunlsm: Appropriating' 4
'billion ins a,-gift ta foreign fight
ers; -howling about an appropria
tion -of 100 mll)lbn. to help dcstl--tufe'
Americans-' ' ' .
,-r.The':comrfon. people aro good
art'eritka. Kusslun peiuimts. you
remember., destroyed the ijaintings
in-public buildings. '
What career shall you follow,
son? -Well, you'll notico there ure
no jobless reformers!.
. Of course, the sex appeal In
13obby Jones' golf picture will bo!
furnished by Calamity June.
Imagination Is what you
"mx-d when; ft Ptcmh king fn n
tnlkle snenkx Knasus llrilish.
' XihoHcd' has blundered lit many
a crisis, but let It be said, to hel
etedft that In this Instance her
great minds didn't ask the Jobless
to- Veil, spinach'. '
Then', too, think how much rev
enue the government loses by
forcing liquor sellers to deal with
mere agentsi when they want
cense 'to do business. 1
" Dry agents are working to dry
Up Maryland, home of Mencken,
but' they havo llttlo hopo that
Mencken will dry up.
Nobody knew why the Caldwell
banking Interests had failed until
the receiver began to sell off the
old niun'a horses und farm imple
ments. ..-'
VCoTro.ct this selitcnco! VI-find,"
said Mho" dean of women,' "that
sweetness and gontlohess are suf
ficient to keep the girls under
control.", :k i ' j ' ; C?;? v
SISTER
ABKttDKKN, Vah., Dec- 23.
(VP) Mrs: -Jamrs M. Hackett. 01.
wife of a Vhdikah valley rancher,
dropped dead in superior court to
day shortly after opening of trial
In an-notion brought against her
by her brother, William A. (iawley
of Uugcue, Ore. The action was
In connection with the settlement
of tho mttiticof their niotlrer. Mrs.
.Mary Haw ley, who died last year.
.Mrs. Hackett, way dead when a
physician arrived. ' 1 .'' " ,
ST.L
F
BY
...ST. I.OCIS. Wee. 23. (JP) The
south portion of St. Louis experi
enced an earthquake Hhoek today
which lasted one minute, shaking
houses and frightening, residents.
The seismograph rtt St. Louis uni
versity showed the quake -very
near St. LoUis and reeofdoll It at
Jf:44 a. Hi.
By BUD FISHER
mm.
Da Yon Remember?
TKN YK.Vns AOO TODAY
(From flics of the Mull Tribune.)
Derl'lllbor !!3. I Oil).
Series of stock lectures -started
In the valley. ; .
Telephone girls to have a Clirlst
mas tree.
Police find' unknown sleep
.....n... urnnrlnir nothlnu but hia
undershirt and n pah of socks,
wandering on-North Central. They
i.. um m tho Rex - Cafo :and
Kive him hot sou). nnd send him
homo in a taxi.
vi.,.ii,!,a uhiiiiiiini.- at Its height.
Uical folks hope for a whlto
Christmas, as storm rages along
Faclfic Coast.
Venice, Calif., ewept by flames.
Frank l. Farrcll, a lawyer. Is
electod eommaiidor of tho Amerl-
can Legion.
Ixical Interest reaches fever
point In the annual Ashpolo and
Nichols hog heft guessing con
test.
TAVKNTY Visits ACO TODAY
(From flies or the Mall Tribune)
. Dwemlier 8.1, 1010.
ii-nn.i..n.u wMKnn eovernor of
vnr. inisev. cliarccs tlio "Repub
licans with bad faith."
Christmas business at poatofflco
exceeds all records. -r :
State tax levy will, be two mills,
nr. nvo.leriek K. Cbok iirrivcs
from Europe nnd announces; "I
will convince tho world J . dis
covered the North I'ole.'.' v '
The Barnyard Club is meeting to
- elect ita own Saint Nick,
Who muat be wide aa he is tall, and
likewise just as thick,
'there'a only one," the Rooster
t saya, -ftwhoirv these-dimensions
'fit". ' "'- - ' V
At that the members rise and shout
to Puffy: "Hey, you're; .It,"
CANDY AXIMAI::
lly Mury tirahaiiv Bonnci tiv
Xow. the Little Black Clock'-h&d
magic with which he poultt' iuj;n
the time backward of forward s
wished, so he
could take John I
and PeffKy on alii
sorts of adven
tures, if..
He a 1 so , had I
tuajiic enough t.
take them to far-l
away platen In nol
time at all, and 1
even take them I
hack cvenhiK arterl
ovcnlni! Just
thuiiKh tliey hail I
never kouc lumiv
at all hi . hetwecn adventures.
"We're Koinn to have sumo fine,
advciitureH In the New Ycar.M tho
laitdo Liluek Clock said, "hut I
know you holh want . to kco as
much nf Santa: Chuts itH-you can
thefc days. ... -.
"I dun't suppose you're tlilnk
J life if much else l.cide CHrlst
miw, are you?" , . - ., .
"Oh. lot'H no hack and see .gfunt'n
Clans," VcKvy- uracil.1 -
'He lets me try the traina . and
ovcrythlnK.J' wild John. , (
M'unt what i thought!" the Lit
tle ltlai-k Clock wniled. ' ''j , Wll
use my music for a little while
lonpvr so we can have these visits
with Santa Ola us. ' He's a 'r'
Rood ; friend of mine. too." -and ho
ay we can cniue up to .sec him
until It'H tinu for him to bo off.'.'
"floodio!" said IVui:y. ' ' '.
"Three cheers!" shouted ''.lohn.
Sn the. Ultle , lilack Clock wenl.-n
macie mownrjc'lo S(mta- and1 mu'c
apaln the reindeer nnd tho.flletKil
came, for, them 'and .hi ,a very
short time they had arrived,' and
.Santa was prectinte them.
Ho pave each of them a. Candy
animal, for ho vai husy packtnp
up hundreds and hundreds of
candy lions and sheep and roosters
and don and rati-, as well as
many candy canes.
"I was just (hlnkinc and re
membering the very olden times
In KnKlnnd." Santn said, "whert
they used to dress up In till noflfi
of inleroftinR costutnen for Chrtrt
nmn. Homo f them would dress
as. Mince Pie and oome as Plum
Podding.
"Vq you think you could fix
yourselves up to look like plum
puddlnps? it's very hard to tfo
this when you're really a perton
and not a puddinr or a mince
pie!" '
John and PeRKy laughed.-
"Hy the way! You mum see the
pantry."
Tomorrow- -a Snnio pantry."
fcaker. Western Electric com
pany t. Install o. S typ tit
lard in-hhgfxehfliirre.
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