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We have about decided to post
pone our trip to France. During the
last week or no, we have ueen read
ing thrilling headlines about the
"orgies" at d'Eauville, and they
sounded so thrilling and exciting
that we have been counting our
small change and wondering about
steamship fares. D'EauvIlle would
appear to be a rather lively place,
udglng from this sort of a headline:
'French City Degenerates Into Ex
position of Male Pocketbook ami
Feminine Form." Why, they even
went so far as to call that town a
'modern Babylon."
and head was bare. But the skirt
whit long almost to the ankles
Maybe the French girls don't freckle,
But the Illusion has been dlspen-
ed. We read the articles with the
urld headline, and they don't mens
ure up. We learn, for instance, that
Ghl Kahn, a Syrian who several
months ago was a humble carpet
maker in the Paris streets, won
three million dollars In one night.
Later, it mentions that the place
where this took place "has been
closed by a scandalized Parliament. '
Almost every' Instance recorded Is
followed by some 6uch remark. The
scandal sheets are wrong, d'EauvPIc
was a wicked place, but It ain't that
way no more now. That's the way
with most wild tales of this k'nd.
The newspapers told cniuld.Mablo
about the "exposition of the feminine
figure." A close reading of the Jc-
tails of the costumes which have ex
cited comment show that sl'nost any
burlesque show has them faded to
death. The Maharanee Kapurthula,
it seems, arrived dressed In oriental
silks and vell3, riding on an enorm
ous white elephant. Inasmuch as
she is the wife of a Hindu rajah, this
isn't at all out of the way. Probably
she dresses that way at home, and
rides the same elephant. Misting-
uette, the French musical comedy
star, wore an outlandish costume,
violently colored, and the design of
which was continued from the cloth
onto her bare skin by hand painting.
nut shucks, any American bathing
beach has more real sights tl'.on
these.
About the worst thing they tell us
about the place is that some of the
men, fellows who made their for
tunes in munitions, are ostentatious-
ly displaying their wealth by wearing
four tie pins at once. Any man who
wants that Bort of glorv may have
it. But we don't have to go to
France to get that style -of displays.
In this country, every Greek., boot
black wears two or threi; silk shiits,
as well as $25 shoe.
As for us. we confess that we Ilk"
the styles of bathing suits as we find
them here. Even at Broncho Lake
they're not so tame. If this Illustra
tion Rhowed the latest efforts of the
best French stylemakers, we sympa
thize with our late ally. The war
must have hit France harder than
we Imagined.
A lot of people are getting columns
of good publicity by offering to sell
themselves. or the'r children. It's
getting to bo a regular mania. First
we had the Chicago artist, who of
fered his little daughter, aged four
ars, with fi'ue eys, auburn halt,
xeellmt health, charming tM.-posl-tion
and legitimate parentage, to the
highest bidder for cash. Her name
was Sylvia, and the father gave the
high cost of living as the reason for
selling. The little girl's mother had
died, and the father was willing to
part with her for a consideration of
$1,000, which would pay the family
debts and leave him free to go on
with his art, which up to that time
hadn't led him into green pastures.
We might be tempted to work up
righteous Indignation against ii to
called artist, but what's the use.
Here's another ease. V bo mtlf i:l
girl, whose sweetheart is In the peni
tentiary, needed money to carry on
the lefeal battle. She offered to sell
her;ir "body and soul,' tor lor y
eight lours. Th eartist go' I'l re
plies, urd heaven only knows how
manv the girl got.
Still another case is seen in yes
terday's dispatches. A New York
woman offers to sell her husband,
and has an idea that he can be dis
posed of by lottery. The plan is
ingenious. They will sell twenty
thousand chances at $5 apiece, and
this would bring In $100,000. The
family and there are a wife and
seven children will get $76,000 of
this amount, and, strange as it may
seem, the father Is to get the re
maining $25,000 and will go into
business with It. In this as the
husband and -father isn't to bt sold
at all, it seem. Oh, well, we know
of at leat half a do sen loiteri's
where tickets have b?e:i sold Mid 'ho
drawlnp, hasn't taken place. And
what would one do wltli tlw father tt
seven children if ne won IiIm"
France, style leader as- she was,
fi'ii i show us America!1 . thing. All
t stuff is tame. hen ve saw a
IK-.uie of one of thi bathing suite
a' t Eauvllle that scandal'Zt d th1
good American mammas there, we
had to smile. It was built like a
Mother Hubbard gown, with a ttnug
F1NI
Not even loss of sight can destroy
the Yank's unfailing sense of humor.
A blind soldier was alighting from a
trolley near the Red Cross School for
the blind at Evergreen, on the out
skirts of Baltimore, when a sympa
thetic old lady rushed up.
"My poor man." she cried, "may I
help you to alight?"
"No, thanks, ma'am," returned the
soldier. "You see," he added conti
detially, "I Just swore off smoking
for teu days."
ItFXil LAH FANATICS
'I don't believe those M. P.'s had
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You should be laying in your winter's supply of coal right
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Mormons. Don't you kuow
motto: 'Brig 'em young!'?".
their
KTAItTIXd ItKJHT
'And what Is the lad of yours go
ing to be when he grows up?"
"I rather fancy he'll be a golf cad
dy.
"Really!"
"Yes the last tanning I gave him,
hetumed round and told mn I was'nt
holding the stick the right way."
AND WHAT MIMIT THAT 11H
"It's always been my motto," de-
"that a man gets til he can in this
world."
"Very likely," agreed the clergy
man mildly, "but remember, that In
the next he gets all that's coming to
him."
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He Feat
Reo Speedwagon Averages Nearly 30 Miles Per Hour for Six
Hundred Miles With Load of 2,535 Pounds.
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The Speedwagon
Did you ever make a long cross-country drive with your touring car and find that
although you had driven like blazes a good part of the time that you only averaged a little
better than 20 miles per hour or possibly around 25 for the entire trip? Most of you have
done this at some time or other we are sure, and when you consider the fact of this Reo Speed
wagon in the light of your own experience on long drives, it will prove the more, the re
markable feat of a Reo truck on its recent drive from Omaha to Denver in just 20 hrs and
30 min., a distance of 606 miles. The ordinary stops were made for gas and oil and two
punctures were encountered on the way. The gasoline consumption was 11 1-4 miles per
gallon and 100 miles per quart of oil. No other truck of any size or capacity has ever made
a record that will equal this one. A wonderful run made by a wonderful truck!
To really show the speed that was made it should be remembered that the run was
started six hours and seventeen minutes ahead of the C. B. & Q. Railway Company's No. 9
Denver Limited, which by the way is the fastest train between Omaha and penver, and the
truck arrived in Denver one hour and fifty-six minutes ahead of train, and was driven
sixty-eight miles, further. Putting it another way, had both the train and truck left
Omaha at the same time, and had the train continued its rate of speed for the entire dis
tance of 606 miles, there would have been only a gain of one hour and forty minutes for this
through passenger train over the truck, for the railroad mileage between Omaha and Denver
is only 538 miles.
. The truck used was strictly a stoCll job taken from the Omaha distributing warehouse,
What this Speedwagon did, thousands of other Kcos all over the country can d. Thousands
of other lieos are doing equally as remarkable work every day hauling goods and grains of
every description. Time is money these days, and if you can deliver three loads of poods
with the Reo where other trucks would deliver but two, you are finding the Reo more
economical to your needs if the other truck cost you but half the money to buy. On the
other hand' if you can deliver as much if not more goods in a day with a Reo than can be
done with the highest priced truck made, you are making as much money with the Speed
wagon with less than half the initial investment. ,
Think these points over they are worthy of your most careful consideration. Your
wife or daughter can drive the Reo with as equal ease as your touring ear, -as this truck
has electric lights and starter. Many of the other trucks do not have these conveniences.
You wouldn't buy a passenger car today without lights and starter, so why consider a truck
without them!
Then too, the nation-wide parts and service pun inaugurated by the Reo Motor Car
Co., makes it possible to get Reo parts and service everywhere with the least possible delay.
Order your Speedwagon today as the demand is always ahead of the supply.
A. H. Jones Company
"IF IT ISN'T A REO, IT ISN'T A SPEEDWAGON"
JAS. BURNS
ART. A. DALY
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