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ADDBI NE morning Mr. Fox happened to stop In the woods near some ferns O where Mr. Turtle was resting. “Good morning. Grandpa," said Mr. Fox. “I expect you must be pretty tired, you travel so fast.” Mr. Turtle was alow to wrath, In tbe first place he did not mind being called grandpa, for be was very old, and In the next place be was so wise that he was sorry for Mr. Fox, be was so young and flippant. "Good morning, Mr. Fox," replied Mr. Turtle In a dignified manner. “I atn not really in need of rest, but I like to take time to enjoy tbe things I see. “Did you know, my good friend, thst those who travel through the world swiftly miss a great deal that Is going on?" “I think I see about all that hap pens around these par<s,” answered FORD COLLEGE 4300 St. Ferdinand Avenue ST. LOUIS, MO, U. S. A. D«PT. V I Should Like to Know What I Miss.** NEW WONDERFUL PREPARATION FOR NAPPY, WIRY HAIR! 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Mr. Fox, under a bush or a leaf where the sun ‘What’s in a Name?” By MILDRED MARSHALL aclea. Old women are being made aeroplanes Men fly _ In ____ young.____ .____ and talk by radio. Not the least uf mod ern discoveries Is this new, simple preparation for taking the kinks out of unruly hair. It's tine fur straight hair. too. making It lay down nice with a line polish. MONG the flower names which bare been under dlscuaelon ap A peal« one name which Is not generally “KINKOUT lx a wonder. I would not be without It now." W. H. J.. Tarboro. N. C. "Thia Is the third tube I have used and It does my hair more good than anything I have «ver used.” P. J., Calera, Ala. “I was overjoyed with KINKOUT." R. J., Washington. D. C. “I received my KINKOUT n few days ugo und It la a wonder. I am telling my friends of your wonder ful hair preiiaratlon.” J. E. II., Athena, Go. “KINKOUT makes a wonderful difference In my appearance.” C. 11.. Philadelphia, Pa. "KINKOUT made me very happy." 1'3. Y., St. Louis, Mo. KINKOUT la based upon the cubnlistlo medical learning of the an cient Moore and the modern scien tists who diecovered It are now giv ing (J to the grateful public under the name of Zura. Inc. They are lo cated at 508 8. Dearborn BL ONE BAR OF SOAP FREE! In order to Introduce this wonder ful preparation ZURA. Inc., will send a large 8-Inch tube, enough to last an averago family months for only $1.00. This Is equivalent to many ordinary tubes. Zl'HA will also give free with each order for a limited period of time one 25c bar of peroxide bath soap With each order of KINKOUT. Write today before It Is too late. We guarantee that If KINKOUT la not fully aa wonderful as described your money will be im mediately returned. Send in today. Now, before this great offer la with drawn. Send cash, money-orders or stamps for one dollar and you will extra receive by . return mall ____ the __ _____ large tube of wonderful KINKOUT together with one bar of peroxide Whitener soap free. Send all money iixl letters to Dr. Ibon Benali, ZURA, Inc., 608 S. Dearborn St., Chicago. Agents can make a fortune In every city, county and state in the United States. An eastern minister makes $40 a week in a amall town today be- In his aiatre time. Write ___ — -__ fore someone else beats you to it. Ask for liberal confidential proposi tion to agents. KINKOUT Is for sale at all good druggists. Tour druggist can get It if he ... wants _____ __ to. _ Insist on the genuine KINKOUT In creen «nd yellow tubes. Substitutes may be dangerous. INQAQEMKNT ANO WIDDINQ RING« SILVERWARE ANO WATCHES Staples,—The Jeweler—Optician Have Tour Eyes Tested—No Charge for Consultation BETWEEN THIRD AND rwoogntzed aS belonging to the ltst. It la Rhoda, the graceful Greek name. wkMt has completely lost its Identity under Importation and la now regard ed aa purely English and American. The Bataa signifies “Rose." It la taken from tbe Greek word for the flower. It was apparently transplanted in tact to Bngllsh shores, as there is no record of Its evolution from a Groek root. The Rohals which appeared In France and named the wife of Gilbert de Gaunt Is thought by etymologlats to have arisen from the Latin “hroo," meaning fame, rather than to have been taken from the flower. Indeed, must of tlie derivatives of the femi nine name. Rose, are believed to have come from thia source. Thus Rhoda Is almost unique In her place and significance; likewise It has never suffered contraction. The ruby Is Rhoda's tallsmanlc gem. It possesses the deep red color which Is likewise her talisman, and prom ises her the fulfillment of her ambi tions, bodily and mental health, and poise of bearing. Tuesday Is ber lucky day and 5 her lucky number. TMITATING Is poor policy. Yet on A every hand we And people living, dressing and amusing themselves the way others do for no particular reason other than, perhaps, to satisfy their desire not to permit anyone to get ahead of them. Probably nothing proves a greater obstruction to 11^ progress of the world than the folly of imitating. Cer tainly the desire so to do results In a great amount of unhappiness to men and women everywhere. The cnly real advancement In any community or for the public at large must come through people doing new things or old things In different ways. Every Important advance, with prob ably a few exceptions, has come to in dividuals and nations as a result of men or women taking new paths In order to accomplish something worth while for themselves and their fellows. Because they cannot live in houses as fine as others, cannot wear as fine Edward Hoot Gibson, born in Te kamah, Neb., twenty-six years ago, stands five feet six In his socks and weighs 160 pounds. He has blue eyes brown hair, and a most captivating smile. With the exception of a short time spent In vaudeville and with a Bear a Swimmer. big show In Australia, he has seen Nansen claims for the polar bear a seven fears* service before the cam farthest north of 84 degrees, says Na era. He Is married. ture Magazine. It seldom goes more than a day's Journey inland, but it is later, when he was safe In his den, an expert swimmer, and will go 40 thinking of Mr. Turtle. “Living down miles from shore in the ice-packed there on tbe ground as he does Is dan- gerous. Someone might step on him. seas with ease. No, sir. I choose to have my swift feet to use even if I do miss a few Noah Webster Wrote of Epidemics. cobwebs.” Noah Webster, the great lexicogra But, after all, Mr. Turtle was right pher who wrote “Webster’s Diction In a way, for those who travel swiftly through life often miss the little things ary,” also wrote the first general his that go to make up the beautiful big tory ot epidemic diseases published in this country. things in life. lilt. by MeClur. Newspaper Syndlcat«.) Right Time Nothing New. An auto has been invented that runs on legs, but this is nothing new, as many a poor victim in the hospital can testify.—Boston Evening Transcript. MAIfl MARSHALL DUFFEB Reported by Miss N. School Dentist—“Now, children, you must take care ot your teeth. I can't □ ï5Z5Z5ZS2SZS2SZSZSaS25ZS2SZS2S2SZ52S2SZ5a lS2SH52525aS2SZS252S2S2SaS2tì do it all for you. Remember your mal in your speech rather than use mouths are in your own hands.”—Bos WATCII YOUR WORDS the slang that will brand you as a lit ton Evening Transcript. Words are but ths shadows of ac tle second rate by the persons with tions.—Plutarch. . whom you wish to succeed. The Sea. Here are some of those little second- The view of it inspires a delight ERE Is a -bit of worldly wisdom rate words and expressions: “Swell" and ecstacy which is not only hard to for the young man or woman who and “tony,” which may have been well describe, but which has something Is striving to appear to best advan enough once but are now decidedly tage in a circle slightly higher up on out of good usage. To say that you secret in It that a man should not ut the social scale than the one to which went to a swell dancer and met soma ter loudly.—Thackeray. he or she Is accustomed. Nothing per tony people would suggest that you Surroundings Affect Color. haps counts so much for or against were unaccustomed to either. you as the words you use. Your dress Birds, which habitually lay their , "Classy," though not so out of date, may be Irreproachable and your table eggs in the dark, produce eggs which has a second-rate sound, especially manners perfect but If you don*t use discrimination In the words you use when used by more mature persons. show an absence of pigment, while you may be dropped like the proverbial We can excuse a boy of eighteen for those that lay their eggs in exposed hot cake. So go slowly. If you are saying that he had a "classy time" at places usually produce eggs which In doubt as to the usage of any word his high school dance but when a wo harmonize in some measure with or expression don't use It at all. Run man of forty describes a man acquaint their surroundings. the risk of being thought a little for- ance as “a classy gentleman" we are less lenient Stray Bit of Wisdom. “My friend.” “my gentleman friend," Envy lurks at the bottom of the hu “my young man." are used not tnfr^- man heart, like a viper in its hole.— quently by girls to indicate their Balzaf> * rwe They ■ fiances gY or «• admirers. are all H taboo in good usage. Fiance Is the Miners to End Strike only way to express the man you are Sydney, N. S. — Coal miners of engaged to in ordinary conversation Cape Breton decided at a mass and unless you are engaged you _______ should South i refer to your admirer merely memiv as “ a „ ! meeting at Glace Bay Saturday night I to return to work Tuesday. man friend" or "an acquaintance." Bu WALTER L J ROBINSON “COPY-CAT” Home of the Patriarch Abraham. The Temple of the Moon, the home of the patriarch Abraham, recently un covered in the Chaldees, may be be tween 6,000 and 7,000 years old. It la probably the oldest known edifice. The British museum and the museum ot the University ot Pennsylvania have charge of the research work in thia section. Qt tAe—araaaw— <The Friendly Path BE she makes free with her mother's toilet articles whenever she gets a chance. One evening there were sev eral guests to dinnr, and conscious that there was a strong odor ot per fume in the air, Betty remarked, “It you smell anything, that's me."—Bos ton Evening Transcript. Right Thing «5 by WbMler Syndloet«. U m .) DON’T Explaining the Smell. Betty likes to doll herself up and iZS2SaS252Sa5Z52SZS2SZ5ZS2SES252SaS2S2S2SB5g5ZS2S2SZS2S?S25ZS25a L52S^ 1 J 1 RHODA KINKOUT la simple to apply. Just rub a little on according to simple directions printed on each packuae. <oml> the hair a few minutes and the job la done. No fuss, no bother. Ho easy and simple and your hair will look >11 tin» loll won't know your- self. Don't have to use hot Irons nr sleeping caps. KINKOUT will not turn the hair red under uny circumstances and In fact some of Its Ingredients were especially Incorporated to act us a scalp Invlgorator and hair grower. Just see what grateful people nil over the land are saying about thia new miracle discovery: "Forward more KINKOUT by re turn malL It has proven Its true value." c. P. T.. Buffalo, N. Y. "Your wonderful hair preparation. I am proud to say. Is worthy of Its name. You apeak Just what is true about KINKOUT.” L. E. D., Orient«, Cuba. "I have used your KINKOUT and it has proved so wonderful that I am out telling all my friends about It." T. M. IL, Hudson, N. Y. can Just touch it In tbe early morn ing t* “Can't say that I did,” replied Mr. Fox. “You have missed a beautiful sight,” answered Mr. Turtle. “Have you ever stopped to notice tbe ants at work, Mr. Foxr "Can't say that I have," said Mr. Fox. "You have missed a wonderful sight,” answered Mr. Turtle. “Have you ever watched tbe birds that nest near tbe ground feed their young, Mr. FoxT “No, I never have," replied Mr. fox. beginning to feel uneasy. “I travel fast and I have no time for trifles, Mr. Turtle.” “You have missed a great deal. Mr. Fox. I may travel slowly but I have time to see what is going on around me, and that Is more than you can say. Tbe trifles, as you call them, are the tilings that count In life; remem ber that, my young friend. “Just because you have that carry you swiftly ground, do not think you have all there Is In the world, Many of I tbe most wonderful and beautiful things tn the world are missed by those who run." "Well, Grandpa, that sort of reason- , Ing may be all weii enough for you. but If I went nosing about the ground Instead of keeping my head up where it belongs. I should miss being alive very soon and Mr. Dog—" Off dashed Mr. Fox, for at that mo ment Mr. Dog came bounding through tbe bustier with a bark that made Mr. Turtle draw bls head Inside his shell and Mr. Dog ran over him without knowing he was there. “Foolish young fellow," thonght Mr. Turtle. “If he kept close to the ground as I do, be would keep out of trouble." “Foolish old fellow,” said Mr. Fox clothes and jewels and cannot dupli cate their neighbors* motors, a large, unfortunate class And little Joy In living. Others work and growl all along their pathways because they spend too much In order to Imitate their fellow men. No Individual ever stands out from his fellows unless he decs something valuable which others cannot or are too lazy to do. It, therefore. Is not difficult to understand why the few who occupy places of real honor are so few. Nor Is It beyond understand ing that so many seek high places and success In vain, because they either do not try to distinguish themselves by doing one important act which others fall to accomplish, or else aim no higher than others. When one tries to Imitate he Is more likely to make a miserable fail ure than to succeed. Muskrats Imitate the beavers In housebuilding In the wilds along Lake Superior, but they remain muskrats just the same. (9 by ths Wheeler Syndicate, I m .) Unless you are quite sure of your I The North Cape Breton men are audience don’t use slang at all. ToelPecte<l to follow suit. Their ac he sure, slang passes current among tion would end the strike of miners men and women of the most desirable of district No. 29, United Mine Work- nodal circles, but the slang that you'era against tbe presence of troops in use may be discordant to the ears of the district. your new acquaintances and they may misjudge you because of It Salem.—The 1923 crop of pears In In ordinary conversation be careful the Willamette vailley will be the of using too frequently such expres sions as “said I” or “he said.” “I largest for several years, according to says” or “he says” as applied to the Earl Pearcy of the Oregon drawers past time is positively ungrammatical Co-Operative association. Although no but even the correct grammatical form. definite offers have yet been made If repeated often, mars the best-told growers anticipate that they will re tale or the finest repartee. ceive not less than $35 a ton for Be careful about using the adjective their products. form “awful." “dreadful" or “terrible." Now, to say that a friend Is wearing Bend.—A budget for the Bend an “awfully pretty hat” or that you school district of $223,271.39, of which are “terribly sorry" that she has such the district must raise by taxation a "dreadfully bad cold" may indicate only $76,059.81, will be submitted to . 'ax use of words, but we all do use th. at a diatrtct meet. word« more nmr« or less . these Intensifying words Ing to be called soon by the budget and we say th'ngs are terrible, awful and dreadful that are not so at all. committee, which Saturday night completed compilation cf the amount <© by McClure Newspaper Syn*4cate > necessary to run the schools the coming year. 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