Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 4, 1921, Page 4

- &onwich Uilletiu & and fi?"'"fi“ . 125 YEARS OLD | Subseription peies 13t & week: Me & moath: #.00 + year, Entered at the Postoffies at Norwi-n, Cosa.. 28 3 Telephone Calls, Bullettn Basiams Offies. 430, Bulletin Editorisl Rooms, 35-3. Balletin Job OZies, 35-3. Wilimsntie Office, 33 Church St. Telephons 105. Norwich, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 192L " CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING JAN. ist, 1921 11,047 DESIRABLES AND UNDESIRABLES, When Chairman DuPont of the board of-directors of the ' inter-racial council maintains that we should “see to it that those actually arriving are desirable and whether we are getting the kind of im- migrants who will contribute to the up- building of the country,” there can be no question but what he sets forth a policy that should be followed at all times. But it was for that purpose that the literacy test was urged and adopted and yet it does not serve to stop those who are un- desirable from getting in and it doesn't stop them because it dorsm’t spply to . them. The undesirable isn't always the fellow who cannot read. Hé certainly is unfortunate and could hardly be consid- ered as a similar individual whe could read, but the serious menace has come from those who are undesirable and who are well educated. The danger from im- migrants isn’'t eliminated by education. Chairman DuPont déclared that the bill now before the senate restricting im- migration for a year failed to apply scientific principles to immigration. This legislation can be regarded only as emergency legislation. It is ifitended to serve as a check upon the flood of aliens, desirable and undesifable, that there may be prevented’from coming to this country those who are not wanted but who are likely to get through the immizraticn stations under present con- ditions, and while it is in effect for a Jimited time to take up the question of immigration and deal with it as it should be. The idea is to protect the country while a hetter method of dealing with immigration is worked out. It may be that the shutting off of all immigration will work an injusticg to the country as well as to those who tur- nish high recommendations, but’ it is to be Yealized that the resirictions would be for a comparatively short period dur- ing which conditions both here and abroad can be®expected to undergo a considerable change. Whether the lim- ited restriction is adopted or mot there can be no question but what ‘eareful tention can be profitably given to immi- gration in the future. DEALING WITH CRIME, That the courts must take their share of the responsibilities in dealing with crime is being evidenced by the sen‘ences which are being handed out to those who! are convicted of erimes Which are all too frequently committed during the period of lawleseness through which we are passing. Some judges are giving those convict- ed the limit f sentence possiple. Others are ‘doing the same thing and expressing regret that they cannot commit those in- volved in holdups to prison for life, while others are showing the need of overcoming the opinion that there is lit- Ue to fear from penaities during these days of probation and suspended sen- tences, Crime has become more or less con- tagious in the past year or So. There has been the employment of the auto- mobile to the limit in the get away after the commission of crime and there has been a desperate attitude manifested ‘which balked at nething. That respensibility for this can be placed upon the lax.methods existing in the police forces of the large cities and a failure to see that law and order are enforced has been indicated in several instances. It has also shown that the crime wave can be | counteracted when those cHarged with the administra- tion of the law do their duty. There are those who are steadily at work in behalf of the criminal.class. That some good comes of it is probable, but there cannot be a letup in the en- forcement of the law to such an extent|- that the law abiding public is endan- gered. When it is recognized that the Jaw means what it is intended to, that it will be enforced and the penalty applied then there will be the respect for it that thege should be. The discouragement rather than the encouragement of erime is what should be aimred at. b MEXICAN RECOGNITION. Why T Or not it is because there ia o be a ¢hange of administration in this sountry within a few weeks, the proposi- tion which has been made by this gov-| srament to the Mexican government as a basis for recognition remains unan- rwered. By it Mexico is shown' what will_be required of it for an immédiate recognition. At the same time Mexico reilizes that it is with a new administra- tion that it will be required to deal and It is reasonable for it to feel that it should be with that that any under- standing should be reached. Conditions in Mexico under Obregon as well as those under the direction of de la Huerta have béen such as to give rause for much encouragement that the neighbor to the south has seen the folly of the long period of domestic trouble and headed in the other direction. There certainly have been fdwnished much more convincing reasons of the recognition of the present government :than there ever was for the gxtension of recognition to _fLarranza. - Since the ead of Carranza there has been a better feeling manifest- +d toward this country, border troubles havé ceased and evidence of a disposi- tion to play the part that it should play among nations has been discernible. Mexico isn't going te recover from ita years of turmoil in a minute. But it is important that it is” headed in the right direction, that it is ectnated by differ- ent motives and that it is inelined to bear the respomsibilities of a nvernynt that can be recognized. That this will be one of the early mat- :g?l‘lflpni between the governments.that this country has always desired should ist. ¢ what the Harding ad-| ‘ministration will( requirs of Mexico thers is no reason to believe but what, it witl " | basten to make good. It certainly nzeds such help as we can give in the carrying out of its new policy of peace and in- — e . | A FORWARD STEP, ‘Whett the wice president of the Penn- sylvania road "admits that -if ‘the agree- ment entered into between the Tailroad and its employes will eliminate any qud ‘ot strikes on that road, if lived up to by both sides it cannot fail te be recognized that a most commendable step, forward has been taken, 4 Nothing has become more apparent te the country than the importance of check- ing the possibility of tying up the trans- portation eystems of the eountry, Obvi- ously when such a thing occurs it means hardShips to far greater numbers than those actually involved, and it is gratify- ing that recognition is apparently given to such a fact by the arrangement which has been concluded. By this step it does net appear that there cannot be strikes. The idea is to prevent strikes by resorging to an ad- Justment of the differences in & manner that indicates desire to have disputes adjusted in rd ~ with facts - rather than by for g The agreement calls for a number of committees commencing with the local committes and going up through the va- rious units of the system until there is a eommittes for the whole system. The road and its employes have the same representation on each committee and it is required that there be a two-thirds vote in securing a decision, and the de- cision of the joint reviewing committee stands as the law for future disputes. Thus it becomes evident that even the right to striRe is still Possessed by the men they are required by .the terms of the agreement to. exhaust all the other established means of adjusting their trou- bles before any such step is taken. It indieates a .desire to better industrigl relations. ere is common sense ba of such an Arrangement and it is to be recent. del 1#" 1 p during that debate that Seantor Calder | of New York that Col. Wents testified president of the National Coal Operators association “purchased less than 275,000 tons of coal for the war department and “for thém as their | while coal at the Wentz mine for $3.75 a ton, Senator Mel forcefy of ‘the lack of power or lack of | enforcement of power, which the federal trade commission“seems. to possess and referred tosthe situation in Copnecticut. “If the trade commission has gums with-' out teeth” said he ‘“then we better put some teeth inte the gums.” Referring to the prices Mr, McLean said “In my see- tion_of the country in the early autumn of this year, operators had sold large quantities 6f- coal at contract price, say. of $10 or $11 a ton delivered there, ard {he purchasers could mnot get the cea They were told by the operators that the] Ead not got it, that they could go {o what they eall the independents and buy all the coal ‘wey want ut from $18 to $20 a tun “Mr. McLean said he hag been in corre- spendemnce with the trade e idsicn in ropard to the situation but 0o safls- faction from them. “I believe” saii “the law ougiit to be so amended that the federal trade commission ln esonem. tion w th the department of justice can get at a siiugtion like*that ang punien them. If ihe trade commes' ' n has not ine power w- had better gve i1em addi- tiszal paver If they have out teeth we had better put some teeth It is apparently comeeded that Mr. Harding will put bofore the senate a peace plan that will meet the approval of the several factions which split wide apart on the Wilson league. Mr. Hard- ing is deliberate and careful in all his methods. He is a man of his word, so Rever saw a ohild with a cdmplexion Iike Lionel's.. It isn’t just t it is red and Wwhite like so many children’s—there is a ?u-llly about it that Is fascinating. It sn’t red und it isn't pink. = Peop'y al- ways have said it is a crime a me .to waste a complexion 1 that on & nothing on earth but her own child is a Arightful nuisance and uses no common sense. Just as soon af Lionel began to show evidence of his extraordinary brain power I made up my mind to one thing, that I should let people observe it for themselves and not force them to listen to me on the subject. Of course when people ask me about Lionel I tell them whateyer bright thing he may have done or said recently and you can't imagine how interested are, George. e ‘Except Mosgrain, of course. To- day 1 attemptefl to tell. her what he sai yesterday dog next' door she acted as though\she never even heard me and went right on relating some stupid performance of Elmer's. 1 think a per- ‘son like that shows so little tact—I am sure I always try to be interested im what Iuterests other people—don’t -you think so George?’ “Sure,” agréed her husband™in haste. “Lionel being suck an unusual child, proceeded Lionel's mother, “makes it terribly difficult” not to mention him when I am with any one but thank goodness, T am-able to stick tb a re- solve! Of course when any one ltke am boy. And fen't it funny how he acis about girls? Only .5 and- simply scorns them already. (I e that is because Ne s _such a thoPough boy. There is nothing of the sissy aboit Lionel and 1 re he will develop into something wonderful — bulld bridges adross the Andes or whutcver it is that obody has ‘been able to d@o up to now. *“Mrs. Mosgrain is so silly about El- mer. ‘Shé' said today, that they were positive he was going th be a great law- yer because he does e0.love to argue about everything—as though the fact that he jabbers all the while and makes it impossible/ to carry on a quiet conver- sation, meant anyihing except that he is being brought up very badl That is one thing sbout Lionel—for such a young child I think he has exceptional ma: ners. He sé¢ms to be naturally polite, Most-boys of his age and older are such rude young ruffians but “he is really Chesterdieldian! He always says, ‘Scuse me’ whem;he walks in front of you and it is too - cunning! * He was singing the other day, all by himself! I am certain he is going to develop a fin voice, t00. € “Did T tell you about the other day when I had hinf out walking and we met that huge ‘dog of the Sfnith’s? Of course, it is harmless, but ‘it looks fierce enougd to frighten a grown person, and I am sure most children would have run shriekjpg to their mothers. “But mot Lionel—he just walked right up to the animal and said “Nice doggle! T 218,80 proud of hfn, George. It shows what ‘& nawfrally brave character he is. Mrs. Mosgrain tried to malke out that Eimer was fearless, too, but it was just funny to hear her. I couldn't do anything but hear her because she wouldn't listen to me at all, and, anyhow, I never talk when he talks with men of many minds and they alt come away having foupd favor M his tentative plans, it foretells; harmony of action, for no one—not evén his bittecest political enemies, has ever aceursed Mr. Harding of intention to de- ceive. ~Ome of the strongest points 6f his candidacy was the perfect confidence the country felt in his wholesome, person- al integrity. And that some honesty of. purpose has led him to confer with lead- hoped that it will be the guide which will lead others to similar action. It is a move in behalf of prevention that is highly desirable and one where there should be a living up td the agreement on the part of those directly concerned. . VON BETHMANN-HOLLWEG." \Not- the great war leader that some of his predecessors had been, Theobalf Von Bethmann-Hollweg, the German chancel- lor during the early days of the war became known around the world for break which he madeé zbout the “scrap of paper,” and it was the cause of no small amount of ®mbarrassment through- out the war for there is little doubt if he had realized what an effect such a statément was going to have it would never have beén uttersd, ‘While not made in a public speech but in an interview with the British am- bassador just after Great Britain had de- clared war on Geérmany, when it was de< plored by the chancellor that Great Brit- ain «was going to make war “just for & scrap of paper” it made a deep impres- sion throughout the world, the effects of which Germany will have to live down. There was so much in the whole attis tude and action of Germany that sup- ported the expression that it stuck like a burdock to the spesker and country. Try as he would it was impossible for the chancellor tof explain away his words. There were other occasions when he was equally unfoftunate in his Temarks. He apparently acted unde® the impression that it wasn't necessary to be guarded in his remarks and whatéver mistakes he made could be cleared up later on. I that he must have been aware of his mistake, From developments since the war there is reason for believing that he was not arm in arm with the war lords until he found that he could not be otherwise. - It appears to be hat he was among those who opposed the war in the beginning, but #le was under the thumb, of the kai- ser and his influence wag n& enough to win over those who were .mirging war. With the majority against him he was drawn into the struggle, though credited reports show that he was against and did his utmost to prevent the TU-boat campaign. The revelations regarding him gince the war must have their effects up- on opirtions eoncemi!:; him but he never theless leaves behind a phrase which will .be long remembered and which' Germany cannot fail to deplore. EDITORIAL NOTES, Probably you have already noticed how much longer the days are getting. When a fraternity holds its convention, mn Cuba it ism't hard to guess the rea- son. % Those Who drive their autos without the new markers are taking their chances. — Perhaps those who are most interested in weather reports and the thermometér these days are the jcemen. A few weeks of this mild weather and the responsibility for providing winter weather will fall on little February. If the shipping board is made to pro- vide its own funds that list of ships un- der its control will probably dwindle. T Mr. Harding can testify that cabinet- making isn't the easy job it is eracked up to be, especially when a good job is aimed at. The state legislature is Being urged to spend monéy in much the same sort of way that some of the writers to Santa Claus advocate. \ The Poles are not going to have the wool pulled over their eyes by any claims to the effect that the bolshevik army 1s partially demobilized. As long as economy is considered ‘ad- visable for the business of the nation there is no reason why it shouldn’t be similarly applied to the inauguration. With £,000 actors tdle in New York it doesn’t promise to relieve the labor, shortage on the farm very much unless they hage all been trained in Way Down East. Some MilWwaukes physicians, have said they would rather prescribé beer than whiskey. Probably a good many pa- tients would rather drink it for a change. 5 \ From the prices being offered for the ‘property of the housing corporation, those houses are either as undesirable as the wooden' ships the government built or eise someone is figuring on making a barrel of money om the result. €| rejection to acceptance. No ers of both parties and will surely resuit. #o it is helieved bere, in the placing be- fore the senate plans of an intsrnaticnal policy which will result in a ouick and honorasle peace with Germany and some sort of an association tending to pre- vent future wars. And it is to be an sl- Mance stricily non-political and nonsra.'t- tary, d wanich leaves the United States Indepeddent, according to the statements of men who have been to Marion and conferred with Mr. Harding. They all seem pleaséd, though their views on the Wilson leazue ran zll the way from utter two men wer> fargher apart in their leagus visws than Bo of Idaho, Brandegée of Con- necticut, “bitter enders and McCumber of Dakota, who would have swallowed ths: whole league without a qualm.- Yet they all report themselves to be in acesrd with the tentative plans Mr. Harding is likely zg adopt. “It does beat the Dutch, how Harding can influence men to-act in & get-together mpirit and satisfy them all™ said a prominent man here today. Ia the unsuthoritative lists of the Harding cabinet which Marion correspond- ents send out daily, the name of former Sknator John W. Weeks continually ap- pears. That New England will have a representative in the cabinet and ihat Senator Weeks will be the man selected is not much doubted. Probably he will ac- cept such a position although he has not yet made no comments. There is a strong sentiment in Washington that Mr. Weeis should be given the treasury portiolio, for his record in the senate and house dus his long term of service, won for him {he confidénce of official Washing- ton and brought to the front his especial fitness for -that position. Opinions hers indicate he will soon be named for either the treasury, navy of war portfolios, ic the order named. ; Perhaps no » act of Mr. Harding’ shows ‘his really . unspoiled human side better than the Christmas dinner he and Mrs. Harding shared with the corps of newspaper -Correspondents who Wwere stranded in the little city of Marion over Christmas. ‘There were about a dozeén of them, and one of the New York men had with his his two little children, two and five years old. And what did the Hard- ings do? Why, they asked - all those nomeside men to “come to dinner and bring the children” and instead of'a forr- al dinner with the frills and furbalows that mark state occasions, it was an ol fashioned welcome home affair, with two little girls in high chairs a8 the guests of honor. The president elect carved a 14- pound turkey, and under the shaded crimgon lights of the Harding table was as merry a dinner party as could be found in the country. Somebody went out ind cut a little Christmas tree which the president and his “men folks guests” dec- orated” witq festoons of corn they popped oyer the ofien fire, “It didn't cost more than dollar” said the president-eleet “but those little girls were happier than I can describe.” And so were the grown- ups’. < . The present week will be well filled with hearings of great interest to Conm- necticut people. The so-called patent of- fice bill comes up befure the senate com- mittee f which Senator Brandegee is ranking member and-the hearings were callei: at his’request in order that per- scns holding different vigws on the mat- ter might have. opportunity to express them; the ways and means commitiee of which Congressman Tilson is 2 member will degin regular hearings preparatory to framing a new tariff bill; the census committce of whish Mr. Glynn of the 5th district is a member will consider the proposed redpportionment of representa- tion measures; Mr. Merritt of the 4th dis- triet is ou the interstate commerce corh- miitee which has already held daily hearings for most of the month congress has been in session and will continue them on various interstate matiers. I have never yeot-heard a member complain of jhis hard work as a committeeman but they condemn’ the wholesale plan of lob- bying through bills. Unless the condi- tions improve -and there is less olfenllvll lobbying it is a pretty safe prediction ¢ongress will take some action to stop the present méthods and make it only' possible to present legitimate and honest opinions as to the meérits and demerits of pending bills—if such a thing can be ac- complished. At this moment there are! highly paid lobbyists and large gather- ings of lobby organizations trying to press | through congress certain measures. i “Male.and female creatéd he them" sigh- ed one of the active membeérs of a great committee as u group of professional lobbyists halted before his docr and pre- ared to enter. It is a fact that there | arc scores of big lobbies' in exfinenen‘l 1 here today while Jittle lobbies no bigzer than 2 man’s hand can’be seen on the hot fzon. Conscientious spends hours warding them off in order to get time to attend to legitimate work ! agtend_hearings antd even the dally ses- on_of congress 86 many and persistent are the lobbyists of today. The Regers bill to establlsh a burean of veteran reestablishment which shall have control of the war risk insurance the federal board for vocational education and certain functions of the public health service will be up for hearings this week. beginning January 7th. Mrfl Rogers a member from usetts, will action on the bill, and will present evi- dence from various veteran organizations urging its pasage. Before framing the bill he was in cegsulatiom with P CONETesSMeN | apout fatherhood, so | discourage the Mrs. agks how he is and if he keeps weil I know she really is inter- ested in the child—I don't see how & person could help being that when he] is 8o bright and cute—and I take palns to tell her just how successful the new diet is that I put him on this year. “You know yourself, George, that you about Lionel I think it far the best way to remain perfecte. t about him and « reople see for thei —don’t yoB, George?” - ‘It is a wonderful idea,” €aid Ner hus- band promptly. “Pass the Dbiscuits, melfa, Yes, it's a perfectly good idee must say.”—Exchange. . bers of the national legislative commit- tee of the American Legion and repre- senatives of other large service men or- gahizations. —— ODD INCIDENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY y THE WIDE AWAKES OF 1 One of the pecul introductions into the first Lincoln political campaign was the Wide Awake marching clubs which, it has Dbeen claimed, weni very far tos wards_winning for him the election. Thebe political marching bodies met with 0 much suceess that the custom was continued for more than a score of yerrs thereafter. The uniform of the Wide Awakes eon- sisted of a cap and a large cape of env ameled cloth, and aach one o#rried o torch. The capes were of a variety of eolors and naturally a procéssion of ‘Wide Adakes was picturesque and strik- ing. /Many of the clubs had “Widé Awsakes” stamped upon thée capés as well as other insignia. The torch was & small tin fount with burneér and wick for kerosene fastened to & stick about the Peize and 1éngth of a broomhendle. To- wards the end of this campaign a few companies came out With a swing torch. The Wide Awakes were carefully dril ed by their capiains and many of them on parade would go through - intricate evolutions. These clubs were orghnized all over the country, and if an outlying town or village had a procession or flag- raising the clubs of the vicinity were supposed to turn out, and frequently marched several miles in doing so. It has been estimated that there were more than two million voters in duly organ- ized Wide Awake Clubs. Some historians have made the asser- tion that it was the Wide Awakes that elected Lincoin, and this is probably got very far from the truth. The movement seemed to bé & spontaneous outburst of the people from oné énd of the northeto the other. Every town, village and city had its compan; of Wide Awakes— marching, drilling and manoeuvering. The “Wide Awakes” organization grew out of the first campaign meeting in Hartford, Conn., on February 25, 1860— the state election campaign. Hon. Cas- sfus M. Clay was the spéaker, and after the\ meeting was escorted to the Allyn House. by a torchlight parade. Two of the young men who were to carry torch- es, D. G. Francis and H. P. Blair, being dry goods clerks, in order to protect their clothiag from dust and oil liable to fall ot the torches, had prepared capes of lack cambric, which théy wore in con- nection with ,the glazed caps commonly worn at the time. Col. George P. Bissell, who was mar- shal, noticed the uniform, put the wear- ers in front, where the noveity of the rig and its double advantage of utility and show, attracted. It was proposed at once to form a campaign club of fifty torch-bearers, with glazed caps and oil- cloth cape, instead, &f cambric. A meet- ing to organize fo ly was appointed March 6, but before the new uniforms were ready, Abraham Lincoln addressed a meeting in Hartford on the evening of | March 5. After his speech the cap- wearers of the previous meeting with a number of others, who had secured their uniforms, _escorted Mr. Lincoln to the hotel. The club was definitely organized on the following night. . Just one year thereafter this club attended thé inaugu- ratibn .of Lincoln in a body.. The Wide Awakes were organized by both political parties in later campaigns. (Tomorrow—Our Governmemt Library:) T S St S = | l CHILD TRAINING AT HOME I * FATHERS AND SONS B B Charles F. Powlison, General Seere- tary of the National Child Wel- fare Association The. four-year-old son of a friend of mine was once asked what ne intended 17 be when he grew up. 11s was silent for a moment. Then 10oking wp with great earnestness, he said, “Well, ¢ fink, when i'm growed wp, I'll iun around amd pick up lot of thticks anl build a house wiv 'ém, and be a ftarver. Of course the little wonld-be “father” was greeted with peals of adult jaughter, Yet what_ finer or more natural ambftion could he have voiced? We do not Jaugh when our little daughter talks of the day when she will have a home and chil- dren. Why does it sthice us as comic that our small boy should also long for fatherhood? One would almost suppdse that was something shameful there and unmanly thorouskiy do we therly spirit in our boys. ~ The tiny lad who loves to_‘eke hig battered old doll to Lel with him 8 teased and shamed out of Lis alleglance. The youn eight or ten’ who likes to play is frowncd upon—he ought to prefer building a fort and v'ay- ing at soldiers. We ire far mora afraid of making our boy a “sissy” than of rer- mitting him to be a bully. Yet, if we study the grown men about us, we find that the “sissy” is a pretty rare speci- men, while the eodrse-grained, esifish, callous bully is all fi)’ frequeént. Thare is no great danger of our boys dévelop- ing into cowards. There is the greatest| danger of their growing inte business thers and home-thaker: Perhaps the words “greatest danger” may seem exaggerated, but let sider what the right ao-t of faty means to men, to boys and to the na- tion. - Toa man himself, being a good father —a Wi father and an understanding one—means the greatest possiule happi- ness”and satisfaction. It means that he can watch the miracle of an unfolding personality, that he can renew his_own youth in his children, and that he can be a co-worker with God in alding, gulding and inspiring thém. T6 a child, a good father is, ne 0 a good mother, the best of all heritage: His father is his playmate, his chum, k ideal. His father's political business principles, and olhx% stand- ards are accepted unquestioningly b)" his admiring gon. Someone has Wisely eaid that through loving and admiring the fa- ther whom he has seen, the child takes Ris first step toward worship of the Fa- ther whom he has not seen. To- the ration and the good fatherhood means means’ that mes shall not merely in terms of of better human lives, strive not only to bequeath wr%“\'; to future world, everything. }n nceforth think ig%usiness™ but their children afer death, but shal de- vote their lives to giving their children a treasure of sympathy, love and guid- ance: It means that through mutual un derstanding, fathers shall be more pro- gressive and sons less anarchistic—that the two generations shall work hang in hand for a finer’ future world. Therefore I would say to every father, Know “your boy. Begin today to play with him, camp out with him if you pos- sibiy can. He needs you and you certain- Iy need him. Don't let his mother have all the responsibility and all the joy of | parenthood—get some of that joy your- seif. For your boy's sake, for your own sake, for your country’s sake, jdin the Ancient and Honorable Order of Father- hood.” l_ Btories That Recall Others [: \ Taking Her Order His parents were what known as “high brow,” but they also were good sports, despite their air of. culture and breeding. So when he sug- gested taking them to a restaurant out ©of the high priced district they agree. The mother's exquisite clothes ped her ag a society woman, but democracy reigns supreme at this particular rcstau- rant. They sat down at a table. waiter handed mother a menu and then leaned confidentially forward over the back of the chair antl said, Al, sister, Wwhat's the good news?” __ Pleking Professions An edueator in talking to teachers told them that many teachers did not wish to be recognized as such, and re- lated Kis experiénce as follows: “1 was traveling west last summer and met on a train an attractive young wo- mon. In a casual way I asked her where she taught school. She hastily replied, ‘Why how do you know that I teach school.” ” Presently I said, “What do you teach?” I had simply guessed that she was a teacher and later found out that she was a teacher of romance languages m the east. 1In, an efort to get even with me, I presume, she said: z “And .what do you suppose T took you for?” she said. ~"Well,” I said, What was it?" “Ap undertaker,” she retorted.” The Meanest Joke. A party of men was gathered at a friend’s home Wwhen ghe father of the host eased into the room aad very care- lessly passed his hands under the nose of one of the number. The odor was un- mistakable for one’s “nose knows.” Nat- urally he followed the father to the kitchen, where a bottle duly scented graced the tabie. Houe ran high This was surely an pasi the desert. He tooK a whift of the cork—the real thing, and no mistake! Asked whether he cared for water with his, he said “No, I'll take that afterward.” He took the proffered class, alse prop- erly scented, and taking ope glorious mouthful discovered, not pure bottled in bond, but—eold tea. He still thinks it was the meanest triok\since prohibition hit the country. - “I really don't know. An old bachéler says that if a man does not know of any reason why he shouldn't marry All he has to do is at- tend his own wedding and find one. A WOMAN'S RE; Mrs. D. T. Tryor, g0, O., writes: “N very much affiicted with Kidney trouble. I bought differcnt kinds of medicine. but L to no effect, until one day I bought a box of Foley Kidney Pills. T realized so great a benefit from the use of that box that I feel safe in recommendinz Foley Kidney Pills_ to any kidney sufferes They relieve backache, sore muscles, rh matic pains and bladdeér ailments. Lee Osgoed Co. % NOTICE TO MILK PEALERS. MILK LICENSES FOR 1921 MUST BE RENXEWED BY JAN. 13TH. P. P. GADLE, M. D., . @YY MILK INSPECTOR. < men and mon-)}:mkers rather than fa that they shall | is pqpularly | The | At Prices Familiar a Few Years go' BUY NOW AND SAVE MONEY : January Sale Prices 3 January Sale Frices * OnW ’s Wi i n amen-o C«Tdn,s'-\eu‘br“ January Sale Prices " ¢ On ’ Wear — Ow. i SBbyn ‘ear efi:h,&uhhmth. January Sale Prices Women, Misses January Sale Prices v On Gloves, iefs, Ribbons, Laces, Em- br:ideriu. Wares, Leather Goods, Etc. EXTRAORDINARY SALE ITEMS Here are a few Extraordinary Sale ltems. Study them carefully—note the remarkable reductions—then come ed to supply ail your future needs— At Practiull! Pre-War Prices One case of Staple Apron Ginghams, assorted blue and white checks, formerly as -high as 30¢ = One case of Dress Ginghams, assorted slrims I.I‘I.d hecks, formerly as high as 25¢ 1,000 yards standard grade Percales, in-an excellent assortment, former value 45¢c PRICE 500 yards of excellent quality Outing Flannel, good assortment of colors and - patterns, former value 45¢c—SALE PRICE ...oiviiviiniiinain 500 yards of best quality Outing Flannel, former value 59¢c—SALE cieigefticmsiiiane 36-inch Bleached Domet Flannel, in 5 to 10-yard lengths, former value 59c—SALE PRICE z 12%e 12Y4¢ 17¢ [o} of Women’s Burson Black ue::;::ulity of former 75¢ mm 39¢ a pair. 36-inch Brown Sheeting, excellent qualit , former value 25¢c—SALE PR%’E A YARDq. 52 ?’. cot. 36-inch “Lockwood B” Unbleached Sheeting, for- mer value 35¢—SALEPRICE ... c0iveevivenan 36-inch Bleached Sheeting, “Fruit-of the Loom,” “Hill;” etc., former value 39¢—SALE PRICE. . . ., 9-4 Bleached.and Brown “Pequot” Sheetingfor- mer value 95c—SALEPRICE . ... .qiv0ivinen, One case of size 81x90 Bleached Seamless Sheets, former value $2.25~—SALE PRICE 12Y¢ 16¢ 18¢ EEEEEERER T One case of Women's Heavy-Weight Ribbed Wool Sport Hosiery, in heather mixtures; in every way,former value $3.00—SALE 100 dozen Wash Clothi assorted styles, former value $12)4¢ 100 dozen Bleached Turkish Towels, former value 25-dozen Bleached Turkish Towels, former value 08co-SALE PRICE . [\ coucls . o8co's o0 o's'sis dtts 25 dozen Hemmed Huck Towels, former value 98¢ All our Faricy Jacquard :Eu rkish éiowels. former prices $1.75 to $3.98—A All our Novelty White Goods, former nrices 98¢ to $2.50 a yard—AT l-éu-‘-nucm. One case of Women's Fleecy-lined Ribbed Uni Snite(,longuleflaufl i Sen Sy oy ug Py P 8l ‘ormer SALE PRICE $148 A SUIT. 3 in Peréales, Towel