By Charles Sughroe
WHY, | WAS READING
OF A MAN WHO L\VED
SHOULD
State Laws Restrict Flow
in Half of Them.
Washington, — Repeal of national
prohibition on December 8 Is now a
foregone conclusion, but a review of
the situation indicates that only about
half the states will have liquor this
year and In some the wet flood may be
sharply restricted by local option,
There are 19 states which either
pever had prohibition by Constitution
or statute or which have cleared their
books of such prohibition. These will
bave liquor as soon as federal prohibi-
tion Is repealed and although only 10
of them have so far passed control
laws it Is assumed the others will
quickly do so in order to start the flow
pf license fees Into the state coffers,
Bix of these ten states specifically pro-
wide for local prohibition where de-
pired.
Nineteen “Wet” States.
If the 20 other states, 27 still have
statutory prohibition and of these 27
there are 11 which also have constitu
tional prohibition. Two of the 29 have
eonstitutional prohibition only, In only
& few of these 20 states have arrange.
ments been made which might clear
the way for liquor by the date of fed:
eral repeal,
The 19 states where repeal is ef-
fective at once are Arizona, California,
Beautiful Fall Gown
Fan pleats lend interest to the pep
lum and to the square train of Patou's
slender gown in blackberry crepe
roma.
Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Ili.
nols, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland,
Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New
Mexico, New York, Oregon, Pennsyl
vania, Rhode Island, Washington and
Wisconsin, Wet organizations here
include Indiana In the above list with
the notation that although it repealed
its prohibition enforcement act, some
doubt exists as to whether a prohibl-
tion statute Is still in effect.
States which have statutory prohl-
bition are Alabama, Arkansas, Georgla,
Idaho, Towa, Kansas, Kentucky, Malne,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
Mississippl, Missourl, Nebraska, New
Hampshire, North Carolina, North Da.
kota, Ohio, Olkahoma, South Carolina,
South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas,
Utah, Vermont, Virginia and West
Virginia,
Of these the followlag also have
constitutional prohibition: Idaho, Kan-
sas, Kentucky, Maine, Nebraska, Ohlo,
Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah,
and West Virginia.
Florida and Wyoming have constitu.
tional prohibition alone.
Among the states which have statu-
tory prohibition alone no plans for
special sessions to act on the statutes
have been reported from Alabama, Ar-
kansas, Georgia, Mississippl, North
Carolina, Tennessee or Vermont,
Three More May Get In,
The legislatures will meet this fall,
however, In lowa, Michigan and Min-
nesota, which leaves the way open to
adding these states to the list which
might have liquor coincident with fed-
eral repeal.
Also, a special legislative committee
is considering a control law In Massa-
chusetts, a commission is studying a
control plan In Missouri, and a liquor
control commission has been named in
Virginia, which recently voted both
for repeal of the Eighteenth amend
ment and of the state prohibition law,
The states most likely to trail the
repeal parade onto actually wet
grounds are the 11 which have both
statutory and constitutional prohibl.
tion and the two which have only
constitutional prohibition.
The latter, Florida and Wyoming,
are definitely out of the liquor group
for more than a year.
Duck Turns Placer Miner
Chicago.—~A duck at Cold Spring-on-
Hudson turned placer miner recently,
and as a result the Frederick J. V.
Skiff Hall of the Field museum here
is richer by one placer gold exhibit,
The gold was found in the craw of the
duck by Frederick Blaschke.
Kitchen Door Is
Winner in Lottery
Istanbul. —Ahmed Besit won $10,
000 with his kitchen door In the
recent State lottery, It was dis
closed,
Resit, fearing that he might lose
his ticket, pasted it on the door.
It was a prize winner, but was
stuck to the door so firmly it could
not be removed, Resit unhinged
the door, took it to the lottery of.
fice, and got his prize,
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PILE 4.
DRIVER -
The crass,
WITHOUT CLAWS OR
SHARP TEETH, USES
HIS LONG POWERFUL
NECK TO FALL UPON
HIS FOE LIKE A
SLEDGE HAMMER
TEST-
BoTTiEs CAST in LAKE
MICHIGAN TO STUDY CURRENTS,
RESULTED IN ONE TRAVELING
TEN MILES A DAY
MOTIVES
By
LEONARD A. BARRETT
Only in criminal law does motive de-
termine the punishment for crime. If
a murder Is pre.
meditated, the pen
alty is death,
Should it have been
committed by ac-
cident or without
malice afore
thought, the pen.
alty may be life
imprisonment
When Justice de-
mands a penalty
for other violations
of law the element
of motive is not
considered. It has
been a long time
since Jean Valjean, in Les Miserables,
served 19 years as a galley slave in a
French prison for stealing a loaf of
brown bread. True, he stole the
bread, but the motive which impelled
the act was the hunger of the seven
little children of his widowed sister,
That the penalty was unjust goes with-
out question, but how far have we ad-
vanced In this respect from the days
when Victor Hugo wrote?
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In the reconstruction of our social
order—and who doubts it is under-
going a very significant change?—the
element of motive is bound to receive
more serious consideration. The most
dangerous condition in our social or-
der today Is the problem of unemploy-
ment. This Is due to two factors, the
impossibility of procuring work by
men who honestly seek for it, and the
mental attitude of those men who do
not care to work even when they have
the opportunity. The latter believe
that the government's duty is to pro-
vide shelter, food and heat for all per-
sons deprived of these necessities
Buckeye Quarter
Carl Cramer, quarterback on the
Ohio State university team, is consid.
ered one of the most brilliant of the
Buckeye players. He halls from Dayton,
Ohlo,
The element of motive always asks
the question, Why? When welfare
workers disregard the element of mo
tive and give necessities Indiserim-
Inately to whomever applies, it only
encourages that dangerous attitude
which not only accepts but demands
these necessities as the rights of eit).
zenship. If a man's motive In accept
ing help is to escape work, there Is no
moral law which demands that he be
assisted,
to our national recovery, Why do we
want recovery? The universal afiswer
seems to be, recovery Is essential to
prosperity. But why prosperity? If
our motive In seeking prosperity 1s
that we may again become extrav-
agant and indulgent and repeat the
same mistake whick brought about the
depression, then the return to pros.
perity might be open to serious ques.
tion. Whenever we have a recovery
of our moral and spiritual resources
along with the recovery of our mate
rial values, our prosperity will remain
stable and secure and its recovery
fully Justified,
©. 1913, Western Newspaper Unloa.,
Frogs Alive in Clay
of 34-Year-Old Wall
Schenectady, N. Y.—Examination of
a bullfrog to determine whether it may
have lived In hard elay beneath the
foundation of a Schenectady building
for 34 years, was under way today.
The frog is one of five unearthed by
workmen while laying a pipe line
dliong 146 foundation. The frogs were
in the clay 10 feet below the
surface.
The workmen tossed the frogs on
the ground, beileving them dead. Aft.
er a few hours In the sun they started
hopping about, Four
The foundation was constructed 34
years ago. : —
Le Baron Walker
There are some chambers in which
it seems almost impossible to arrange
the furniture because of the interfer
ence of windows, Since it Is through
these openings that sun and lght and
alr with their purifying elements can
get into the inclosed walléd area, the
homemaker who finds this difficulty
should realize that It Is an error in
the right direction. It is far better
to have too many windows In a room
than too few.
Now that the summer is spent. and
draughts of alr are undesirable across
beds, seek to find some position for
the bed which will give the sleeper
protection when windows are open.
To sleep In a room without windows
open is to hamper good health, the
air should fill the room without blow.
ing on the sleeper.
An excellent position for the dress
ing table, whether it is necessary or
whether It is by preference, is before
a window. The dresser should be low
so that the standard does not come
too high above the sill. The mirror
should be silhouelted against the
light. The person using the dresser
will find the light Is good. It comes
evenly from both sides and also from
the top and it is thrown on the per
son who Is reflected In the looking
glass,
A Homemade Dresser.
An unsightly table can be convert.
od into a beautiful window dresser.
Cover the top with wadding first, then
with glazed chintz and net. Gather
the portion tacked to top edge for
side and front ruffles The dresser
will be inexpensive and in the vogue.
Of course silk can be used for the
textile and it can be left without net
over it. Or it can have mercerized
sateen or percale under the net as
best suits the purse. A triple mirror,
stood on the top is sufficient, but one
with side supports from an old bu.
reau can be screwed to the top, or at
the back of the table.
are good looking, they require no
decorative tredtment,
be covered to match the dresser,
tioned before windows, and prove
successful features in the room dee
oration. In one instance the bureau
was drawn out from the window
enough for easy access to it to be per.
mitted so that the sash could be
raised or lowered readily to alr the
room, which was small and had but
the one large window.
©. 1923, Bell Syndicate ~— WNT Service
Busy Navy Builder
struction corps, U, 8. MN thief of the
buresn of construction and repair of
the Navy department, is a busy man
these days as the new huliding pro
gram of the navy gets under way, He
has been chief of the bureau for about
one year,
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NEED NEW CODE
FOR THIS AGE
Injustice Under Old System
Pointed Out.
The age of chivalry was responsi-
ble for inany of the conventions of
modern life
When we consider that it ended
more than B00 years ago, we may
well come to the conclusion that
some of Its heritage must be out of
date,
In the last thirty years we have
finally changed, for or for
worse, to a very different form of ely-
lization, and a new code of man-
ners must accompany the change,
Especially is this true in regard to
women,
They have always been brought up
with the expectation of care and pro-
tection, whether they actually got It
or not,
From the cradle up little boys were
taught to be strong and resourceful
and to guard and protect all little
girls. And the girls were permitted,
if not encouraged, to take advantage
of their weakness and dependence,
Even under the old rules the ByS-
tem worked countless Injustices. A
boy could not strike a girl, but a girl
could fease and annoy a boy until
she drove him to desperation, rely-
ing on her sex for immunity,
A boy could not ery, because it
was unmanly ; a girl could shed buck-
‘Ss of tears to gain her end and it
was considered natural.
Today, with women demanding and
receiving equal rights with men,
many of them also expec: special
privileges, and are taught from the
cradle to use every means, fair or
foul, to attain them.
It seems essential for the preser-
vation of our tradition, If we wish
to preserve it that a new nursery
code should be evolved, where boys
and girls are taught fair play and
mutual respect.
In this way can be as-
sured that the western world will
not become a matriarchy In which
the men are reduced to a hiologieal
necessity by a race of gold-digging
amazons~Brooks Peters Church, in
Indianapolis News.
better
only we
Why
Liquid Laxatives
Do You No Harm
TT —
The dose of a liquid laxative can be
measured. The action can be con-
trolled. It forms no habit; you need
not take a “double dose” a day or
two later. Nor will a mild liguid
laxative irritate the kidneys.
The right liquid laxative will bring
a perfect movement, and with no
discomfort at the time, or afterward,
The wrong cathartic may keep
you constipated as long as you keep
on using itl
An approved liquid laxative (one
which is most widely used for both
adults and children) is syrup pepsin.
Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is a
preseriplion, and is perfectly safe. Its
laxative action is based on senng—
& nafural laxative. The bowels will
not become dependent on this form
of help, as they do in the case of
cathartics containing mineral drugs.
Ask your druggist for Dr. Caldwell’s
Syrup Pepsin. Member N. R. A.