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THEDA BARA
Be
Ree
hee
Theda Bara, known all
“movie” world as the sensational vam.
pire woman, owns a fullblooded Rus-
sian wolf hound, a present from Coun.
tess Schwaynzi. The dog is called
uable of ifs kind. Unable to stand the
summer Heat of this country, Gal.
loper spends his midyear vacation in
Russia.
ES’ HOLI
nto
|THE FAIRI
{ i
hard and that of course put an end to
all that Elsie had planned for the day.
She was to take ber lunch with
some other girls and thelr mothers
and go to the park for a picnic,
Elsie did not want any breakfast,
NE morning when Elsle got up
even. She was cross at everybody be-
cause it rained.
“IL just think it is tao mean for any-
thing, this old rain to come and spoil
our fun,” she sald,
“But, my dear,
the park will be
| much sweeter and cleaner ‘after the
rain,” said her mother. “Be a good,
cheerful little daughter and smile.”
But Elsie would not smile.
pouted and even eried,
breakfast was over she
upstairs to the playroom
out of the window,
“Horrid ol
I “I just hate raindrops.”
|. “on 1 sorry,” said a
side her; “for
went
und looked
d raindrops!” Elsie said.
am voice be
there on the window pane”
On the arm of the big chalr in which
she was sitting, Elsie saw a pretty lit
tle all which
dismond, and she knew
creature in iver,
sparkled like no
that her visitor
she carried a wand.
“I am sorry you hate the ralndr 7
was a fairy, because
i
said the fairy again. “I am sure
THE TEETH.
. ——
NCE every six mont}
who
to a
values her
dentist }
During this t
an
gO
looked
little
tiny
with
longer
greater
the pa
At this half-yearly
should be cleaned by the
the tiny lime
and yellow the
a knife
ine,
decay take place, and
as
appear oar
small expense and trouble
the time between v
th the ¢
ihe io
fixing
visit
more
the teeth
All
sil loner t
cOiieet
dentist,
deposits that
teeth
like inst
are removed by
p-
rument, the
small
Bad Teeth Spoil the Prettiest Smile
Good Teeth Enhance It.
teeth are then cleaned with powdered
pumice on a small whirling brush,
and then cleaned again with chalk.
They look beautifully’ white,
To keep them white—though milk
white teeth are no logger considered
80 beautiful--a little peroxide may be
a p————— asians
CROSBY'S KIDS
ro
This foams in-
outh snd is one of the hent
could be used.
iy use
PREY { the
The women
would inure
find
subieet
gums,
should out from her
dentist whether
to acid
or not, and which
{ mouth
| would anit
The
la da
i recon
her best,
Id be
and
three
shou
mi
times
this needless
The brush
down, 1
ean penetrate
This RAVER auch
figurement,
ost
used
the
the
and
should be
ar
Crossivise,
bet
bristies
teeth,
dis-
sO
een
decny
(Ce pyright)
ay
THE MORNING HOURS.
”
“You t}
Boome
The hours
rest
feeble,
oreep
ng-time :
Are tott'ring hours and Yhes
f fiy
lagging some
wenry foot
hours are the
can't be beat!
instead
The noontime
and
mo
simg
aw
on
“
i
goes
The
oties
that
The morning-—when you're full of pep
the wt big day
terrors of the night are
couragements are fled
It's youth again and truth again come
back with hope renewed
yester's wisdom standing by
check éach impulse erude.
The early. pearly hours are the
that can't be beat
ahead!
gone
ile
The
With
ones
is young and sweet!
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NO INNOVATION!
“This ‘digging themselves in’
is a new stunt in warfare, isn't
have
The chiggers
Dear Offagin—Deo you sign your
stuff because you think It is good 7—J.
i F., La Crosse, Wis.
No, no, Jayeff, far from it. We. are
past forty, and ¥id of all jilusions,
But we are deeply impressed with the
advice that all writers should sign
thelr stuff, and are doing this in a
spirit of self-sacrifice, and to show
our nerve,
» * »
O VERY WELL.
‘Why, | thought you told me
your oar was a self-starter!”
“It is. Didn't you just see
me start it myself?”
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These Things Annoy One So.
Dear Offagin—You think you're
mighty smart, so 18t's see if you
can answer a real conundrum, one
I made up my own self. This Is
it: What is the difference between
a tallor and a freshly tarred auto-
| mobile road ?-L. B., Rolla, Mo,
We suppose, smarty. that It Is
because one makes men's wear
and the other makes men swear
eh, what?
i
1
!
)
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THE MIRACLE.
EE.
Yeaterday, he was a common mut,
But things have slipped & cog,
| Who calls him common now, 's a nut
| We bought Mm—he's Our Dog!
know who they are”
"They have spoiled my plende in the
park." said Elsie, “and | sure |
shall never like ralodrops sgain”
“But wait until I tell you about
them!” said the fairy. “Those are my
fuiries, and the only time
have holiday *is when we can
disguise ourselves as raindrops and
have a day off.”
“A day off!” questioned. Elsle,
“What do you mean by that 2" -
"Oh, dear! Didn't you know that a
fairy busy oun run-
v
itn
Wwe
ever i
Is Just as as be,
i
i
— lid |
ning about nnd whispering good things
the of think
wrong things?” |
“No; I didn't,” sald Elsie
heard you
Yes,
into enrs children who
whispe
“Oh, you hay
replied the course,
you did not
was a fairy who
You do rig
tnade
“Bn having a holl.
Hl not
such things
change
who
hard
vi
hate you
ev ¥es id
sing
“and I'H
you
Uiil
ARTA week I go veesit town where
flu bug still worka steady. Mosta
we
but deesa piace leetle behifida
Poleeeman say before I stay here
gotta and weara
mask I no lka
pass examinash
fin Ilka dog muzzle
ting but examinash,
too moocha start, I dunno, Cop catcha
me, Judge fina me tree bucks, geeva
me flu mask and say I am isolate for
two days. By time I gotta all feéx up
for stay out of jail I so late heesa no
use for show up at frien's house,
But I ne lika deesa dog muzzle any-
way. Maka look too moocha lika
One ting you can looka
everybody you owe straighta een one
eye and he no ean tella you for dees.
guise,
While I am} waita for flu to leava
town 1 getta acquaint weeth one swell
cheecken. 1 begin tink mebbe fla no
#0 bad till 1 go veesit her house one
night. When sheesa taka dat dog muz-
zle off, sacere Lulu, shees gotta face
Just lika “No Man's Land.”
Nexa day I telegraph letter to Pres
dent Weelson for aska heem please
eef he make feefteen points for stead
of fourteen. 1 goota great admire for
one hees point on freedom of da seas.
But I geeva suggest he maka one for
freedom of da sneese.
No goodh firsta class sneeze gotta
chance behinda flu mask. Wot you
tink? '
mss Psissnicsns
Mebbe hees gotta |
What the Sphinx Says.
By Newton | Newkirk.
“To use any
means to an
end’ means a
to for no
body but a
MEAN man"
HALL. PA.
PROBLEMS FACING.
STRICKEN WORLD
Shall Thaos or Resonstruction.in
Europe Follow the Great
/ World War? .
HOPE FOR PERMANENT PEACE
Those Who Fought, ind Those Who
Suffered at Home, Alike ‘Favor
Some Form of a League
of Nations.
Article X.
By FRANK COMERFORD.
Europe was succumbing to exhaus- |
tion when the war came to an
The terrible waste was telling. En- |
durance had reached the breaking
point, With peace thought ran |
around the There must no
more war. The men who did the fight- |
ing said it loudest,
“I'm glad 1 bad a chance to do my |
part—I wouldn't have the
‘show' for million dollars, b
wouldn't take a million dollars go
thre it again” the way they |
put Everywhere in Europe 1 heard,
“It 1s over, it is finished, thank God.”
The first
plan
end, |
one
world : be
missed
fl and
10
ugh is
is
iL.
thought 6f reconstruction
to make peace permanent,
The laboratory and the
shop gave to this war a terrible mean-
ing, had Heen
duced to kill and maim men, liquid
fire, mustard gas, high explosives,
bombs from the clouds, torpedoes from
the depths, The world was hor-
rifled, The length the war, the
number of dead and crippled, the raid-
ing and of defenseless ol
taught
be put to
live,
So the
machine
new agencies intro
sen
of
bombing
i! world
if civilizati
1 that
war
ing peo
of Nations
¢
f enfe
vie, took heart when
ke 8 rr
WAS SugResieq
reing peace
hopes in
from
from Is snl
the
ranks
All
hetween na
the
tration
fCoOniroversies or
War,
uncommon for Indiv
Came
casunities from
of
as large.
know
tions inevitable
of of
there is bit one way that these
be It is
men that
are
Sone schon arbi |
ahsenice 2
in settled
im differences of opinlo
if, and there are thousan
ry city of every country,
difere
did not ha courts
‘
id
getermination
“ve
represents a sof opinion,
we
peaceful
the
11
pelied t
Dnt litlennts
paies sLIEANnt
oO
:
Assault
orderly
settle their iferences hy
would
Nations
foree
gt eceed
have
proce
been
sting
consequencyd
without a peaceful
difficulties
they
means
and as
their
af bave been
pedled to
oom
resort to force. itil some
arbitration to
talk peace Is to waste words, to hope
for it
Peace Conference Fell
The
scheme of is created,
is idle dreaming
Short.
in Paris
At an early stage
intrigue was dis
Wrangling., bieker
conference met
it,
proceedings
at work.
pe ace
in its
covered
mercial advantage occupied the time
a league that would at least decrease
the chances of future wars. States |
in their blind devotion to ex. |
son for the conference, * They talked |
of boundary lines, discussed frontiers, i
and always from the point of view of |
financial and military advantage to
their respective countries. It was no-
ticed that the territories over which
they quarreled were rich in minerals
or some other thing of great commer
cial advantage, They squabbled over
spoils, Then, too, these men who
were supposed to be concerned in the
future peace of the world, in arguing
over frontiers urged their respective
claims on the grounds that their pe
spective countries needed these fron.
tiers to make them secure in future
wars, What future wars and why the
discussion of future ware at a eonfer
ence, the object of which was future
peace?
Working men watched, Hetened and
thought. They construed these bick.
erings and wranglings as evidence of
the fact that there is an interest in
the world which does not believe in
giving up force. I am only reporting
the truth when | add they suspect this
interest ts Capital
If the League of Natfons falls his
suspicion will be confirmed. The
movement toward an internationalism
of the workers will be given great
impetus. The League of Natiohs fall
ing, they argue there Is only one other
means of preventing war, It Is for
the men who make up the rank and
file of the armies in time of war, the
millions recruited from shops, fac
tories and fields, to get together and
organize an international labor au
thority to save the working men from
war. Such a movement would take
away from governments an important
one class In the world a power so
great that political governments would
be puppets in thelr bands, and vet in
thé light of the happenings of the last
five years labor could not be blamed,
The world entitled to
against such slaughter as we have just
gone through, and if the political gov-
ernments fail to
In
take the, necessary
World Now Closely Knit,
Internationulism coming —in
it is already here. Inventfons
brought the people of the world close
together. The
is fact
wireless and the cable
of the world in a few hours, Distance
has been destroyed, We are
lng npeighbors in knowledge
other, whether we live the same
continent or not. Modern transporia-
tion Is shortening the time between
places. An service in prospect
which promises London as
near New York as Chicago
is today.
WE already inter-
nationalism in finance and credits, Big
business long ago obliterated nations
lines, The commerce of the
already organfzed Internationally
The bmportant question at 1
is what form will the pew Inter
alism take? WII it be an Internati
If so
finan
inter
It
at
becom
of each
on
air is
minke
fomorrgw
to
bave a successful
world is
i
the
is In serious danger of a
Wil it be an
organized labor?
world
cial sutocracy.
nationalism of
clators Pp
i i
Both
of the
enforce
He egunRiis
pe ople
their
kind of slav
of the proletariat
undesirable, No part
should permitted
will the
ery, is bad
he to
rest, One
as another. The
kEuman race
not advantage. It
to
tated to.
A League of Nations Is the
is a the nati
upon
ns
majority of the
freedom
bitious
is Do
dictate—it will not be
It
world
represent all
stiles ’
uion of
and as the nations
people
the |
kintes com
i
Peace Table Proves Worth,
A League of Nations is
+ of the table
sia
ind
Peas
ng the wranglings
€ 1 #3
ent pence (able there would
before’ this
war in
arta. Two cases
Jrves
The
each !
fact tha
not
Eives
piace as
in the
we
Europe
United States
$
do not trust
fed
Eu-
the
digin-
respedis the
States does seek
This
commanding
Dower
rope, ous
the one
world With
to
terested
this moral
maintain the peace of the wor
The propaganda of revolution com-
out of bolshevik Russia, urging the
workers organize an international
dictatorship of the proletariat
and
gelze the world
much
4
a.
forve can do
ing
i
-~
to
is not nearly as dane
gerous to the peace of the world as the
political heckling against the League
of Nations,
(Copyright, 1520, Western Newspaper Union)
TAXES
individuals Are Beginning to Feel That
Country Really Suffered Defeat
in the War,
The individual German has not be
gun to feel the peace terms,
cially.
During the
IN GERMANY HEAVY
fo give It,
ative
A peculiar feature of this law, {lus
trating its severity, is a provision that
in no case may the tax exceed the
which would compel the recipient to
pay more than he got, anyhow,
Anh income tax ranges to about 70
per cehit 48 the Income grows,
There is a profits tax and a heavy
tax on wealth Increases during the
war-<to get the profiteers—the usual
taxes for revenue, heavier than ever,
apd a capital levy is being considered,
With food, coal and clothing short,
they are bound to add to the discon
tent, Agitators will make the most of
the crisis, i
But Germany has weathered two
crises as serfous : In the most difficult
months just after the surrender a year
ago: and the peace conference period.
tnd necessary function and pive to
when she woke up, as loser, to the
terms, fn
yl .
’
4 You Need a Medicing
| You Should Have fie Bes).
Have you ever stopped to remson why
| it is that so many products that are ex-
| tensively advertised, all at once drop out
{of sight and are soon forgotten?! The
| reason is plain—the article did not fulfil
the promises of the manufacturer. This
applies more particularly to a medicine,
{| A medicinal preparation that has real
curative value almost sells itself, as like
an endless chain system the remedy is
recommended by those who have been
benefited, to those who are in need of it.
A prominent druggist says “Take for
{ example Dr. Kilmer's SwampRoot, a
| pregaration I have sold for many years
and never hesitate 40 recommend, for in
almost every case .it showy excellent re
tults, as many of my customers testify.
No other kidney remedy has so large a
sale”
According to sworn statements and
| verified testimony of thousands who have
| used the preparation, the success of Dr,
Kilmer's Swamp -Root is due to the fact,
80 many people claim, that it fulfills al
most every wish in overcoming kidney,
liver and bladder ailments: corrects uri.
nary troubles and neutralizes the urie
acid which causes rheumatism.
You may receive a sample bottle of
Bwamp-Root by Parcels Post. Address
Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
and enclose ten cents; also-mention this
paper. Large and size bottles
for sale at irug stores.—Adv,
medium
Reasonable Deduction,
“I didn’t s'pose anybody actually be
the end of the world was eom-
rier Horn
of
Heved
ing right
beak, in
the )
“Why, thes n't, do they?”
is wife.
perusal
county
asked
TAKE ASPIRIN “RIGHT
Bayer Company, who introduced As
pirin in 1900, give proper
directions.
To get quick
the safe
unbroken po-ka
of Aspirin.
stamped
Cross.
The
relief follow care
and proper directions
ge of “Ba
uine, }
by physician
“Bayer Ta
taken safels
Toothache
bago, Rheumat
ritis, and Pain
Handy
but a few ‘cents.
larger “Bayer” 1
thi
generally.
tin boxes 12 ¢
da
ablets Most
ruggists y well
Mi ¢ pirin is
f Bayer Ma
gs 0% Lp
ticacidester of
trade mark «
ture
of Mononcs ie
acid. Ady,
— —_— iE
Not His Job.
“Is this all you have got to eat?
asked dejects
egunter displa
cliroom
“Uh i aven g . te
oo
3 dy
EB 184
oodnose ™ fie
earnestly *1 only
I'he Home Sector.
ANY WOMAN CAN DYE
AND KEEP IN STYLE
“Diamond Dyes” Turn Faded, Shabby
Apparel into New.
Don't worry shont
Use “Diamond
give a new, rich. fs
Dyes ™ gunrar
ideless coldy to any
gilk. linen,
- dresses,
fabric, whether it
cotton
blouses
be wool
or
gto
coats, feathers
Direction Book in packege tells how
to diamond dye any To
match any miterial, have dealer show
you “Diamond Dye” Color Card —Ady.
over color,
Cemparisons.
“l am glad to give this opportunity
to learn a good business to a returned
soldier, fut you have to begin
at the bottom.”
“That i= a lot better than
the top.”
FRECKLES
Time to Get Rid of
Ugly Spots
| There's no longer the silghtest need of
foell ashamed of your freckles, as Othine
~double strength guaranteed to remove
these homely spots
i Simply get an ounces of Othine—double
| strengib-from your druggist, and apply @
little of It night and morning and you
should soon see that even the worst freckles
have begun to disappear, while the lighter
| ohes have vanished entirely. It is seldom
that more than one ounce is needed to com.
pletely clear the skin and gain a beautife)
Clear complexion
Bs sure to ask for the double st
| Othine, as this is sold under guaranties
| money back if it falls to remove freckles
et
will
going over
An inference.
“What's Flubdub prating about?”
“The fulrness of these magazine
contests”
“1 sce. He won a prize”
RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR,
To half pint of water add 1 oz. R
a small box of Barbo a I"
oz. of glyveri to the hair twice
a desired ehadh,
ist can put this up or you can
at very little cost. It will’
darken streaked, faded i
L The Reason,
Friend—"V7hy do you prefer comedy
roles? © Movie Actress—"T've got
pretty teeth, you know.”"—Film Fun,
Garfield Tea, by purifying the
blood, eradicates rheumatism, dyspep
sla and many chronic allments.—Ady,
SEN. A SAS
No great man ever minds stooplag.
w=Ruskip.
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