TI1K ALLIANCE lltiRALt), FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1 3 1 920,
Comment-and
Discomment
Man's Inhumanity to man may
hate made rountWa tbousanr's
tnourn, but the thin?: b alde which
It pales Into Innlgniflcr nrr- la woman'
rarity to woman. We are not aeek
ng to reYlre that ancient mother-ln-JUw
Joke, understand ua. There are
number of mothera-ln-law who are
lnder to the poof husband than the
daughter who gets the weekly pay
cheek. We are referring to anotjer
ort 6f woman, the one who hankers
After the old days when every woman
at at a loom and weaved garments
lor every one of the family, Includ
ing the wifeless hired man.
This Is a free country, and one of
the penalties that sometimes makes
. lis regret freedom of speech is the
would-be reformer, either sex, who
eta out to make mankind do some
thing, or womankind do something
die, and, falling. Immediately seta
ap a howl. They may howl about
omethlng entire disassociated from
their favorite reform, but they take
ut their spite In some way.
The latest American reformer be
wails the dearth of suitable mothers
VfeU 'Armed"!
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When company comes
there is no time to
waste no chances to
be taken so mother
sees that there is al
ways a can of
CALUMET
BAKING POWDER
on hand. Cakes, pies,
doughnuts, muffins and
all good things to eat
must be dressed up in
their best taste and
looks.
Then, too, her reputa
tion as a cook must
be upheld and she
"stakes" it on Calumet
every time. She knows it
will not disappoint her.
Order a can and have the
"company" kind of bakings
tvery clay.
Calumet contains only such
ingredients as have been
approved officially by the
if. S. Food Authorities.
Yoa Mt mhtm ytn bay it.
Ysa m whea yoa use it.
tor the future. A few years ago, It
was the society women that were the
victims of the velvet hammer. You've
read of the monkey dinners, the
t'hainimlgn bouts, (be orgies at Ne
,1011. and all the rent of that kind of
iot, ana probably shuddered at the
depths to which humanity could
sink. Now high society is no long r
the target It la the middle clans.
hi n reformers b.-Ktn hitting at
i he middle cUo.,, they are getting
irelty cloae to ho..ie for all of ua.
Of course, In every city, or village,
for that matter, there are a number
ot families who fondly Imagine thui
they've outgrown the middle-class
atigma. Kach pluce has its artlHtoc
racy, whether it In an aristocracy of
wiulih, of morals, 'or intellect, or
anything else. The aristocracy of
intellect looks down on the aristoc
racy of wealth as cheap and vulgar;
the arlhiotracy of morals looks down
on both the others; and sooner or
later there'll be an aristocracy of
souls that will elevate their noutrils
at everything else.
Here's the Indictment, and it's a
fearful one fearful enough to cause
us to again give thanks that we are
nothing but a tobacco smoking male.
They may succeed in making joy
Juice a memory; they may banish
Lady Nicotine; they may make the
sport shirt the only legal garment for
males to wear; they may (and ought
to) make gum chewing a felony; and
they may force honest men to wear
ruffles on their pajamas, but thank
heaven, there's no danger of any man
being criticised as this woman writer
does the younger members of her
own sex. Just read this, and If your
ears burn and your conscience hurts
you, remember that you have our
sympathy:
but on the average you won't find .
this far wrong. I
"The yong married woman of
today," writes our reformer, "ap
pears to think she Is the only woman
who has ever had any domestic dif
ficulties, or had to do any work. The
Met K of course, that she has a far
easier time than women had In my
dav. In those days we didn't
grumble, or look upon ourselves as
victims. We didn't talk about any:
rrvolt of housewives, or worry our
hiiHbands to death with demands for
" better time. We worked hard and .
cheerfully, did without luxuries and
expensive holidays, and brought up '
large families without considering
ourselves martyrs.'
"The present day middle-class girl
has been spoiled; she la lazy, rest
less, pleasure-seeking and egotistical,
has a better time than any other
woman In the world, but she is never
satisfied. The trouble Is that the
present-day middle-class gtrl has
been spoiled. Usually, she dislikes
children, and resents having to give
up any time to look after them. She
would rather play bridge than hear
a child's prayer."
Now, we don't believe this can all
be true. There are literally dozens
of young ladles In Alliance who can
not play bridge, and lots of others
who only believe they know the
game. As a matter of face, the aver
age girl, lower, middle or upper class,
Is much more Interested in other
things than in card games. Ask the
average young man who trots after
the average girl, and he'll tell you
that there are very few card games
that he bas to drag her away from.
Bridge comes later, as a rule, and in
a city the size of Alliance, we'll
gamble that you can count the real
ly good bridge players on the fingers
of your two lily-white hands.
Sometimes we think it would be a
good thing for these people who rail
about the sin of card playing, or the
evils of the dance, to first do the
thing they condemn. The woman
who objects to other women playing
bridge would find that In order to
become even a decent partner, she'd
have to exercise considerably more
intelligence than It takes to condemn
the game. The man who shouts about
the evils of dancing will find that
these new Bteps are by no means an
easy road to perdition. Dancing
seems easy, but feet don't track
through the mazes of a fox trot with
out an active intelligence guiding
them. Feet are seldom any better
than the mind that leads them.. Of
course, now and then an active man
or woman suffers from rheumatism,
We have given the rest of the com
plaint so that the middle-class mar
ried woman will find how she has
failed. There are a lot of her, and
If these things are true and she de
cides to reform suddenly after read
ing these burning remarks, we might
hint to happy husbands of regener
ated wives that we have a large and
commodious aafe that will hold box
after box of perfectos. We have a
fondness for stogies, too, but the
boys begin coughing whenever we
light one up, so In the interest of
harmony we'll have to rule them out.
T1IKY GROW VP TOUUII.
OVER AT BAY AH
'Tut up yer hands, 0 D
1" were the words which greet
ed Marshal Burnett Wednesday night
at about 1 o'clock when going over
near the pump house. "What do you
want?" Inquired the marshal aa he
looked down the barrel of the stead
ily held rifle, and as he started to
hold up his hands covered his would
be assassin .with his own revolver.
"I want to see Charley." "You did
n't need to make the gun play,, to do
that," stated the marshal, as he
grabbed the rifle; "you can go right
In and keep him company," and he
unlocked the "cooler" and pushed
the boy In, who happened to bs
Hagen. "I won't stay long," as
serted the boy. "Guess you will re
main at least until tomorrow morn
ing," dryly stated the marshal. The
forerunner of this little event was
the arrest of Charley Hagen, a boy
of about thirteen years of age, who
we understand, forged a check on
John King for $40 and one on his
father for $25. He was placed In
Jail here pending his hearing. It
seems that his brother had hoped
to hold up Marshal Burnett, get the
keys and turn his brother loose. He
admitted that he lost his nerve, and
It is quite probable that if It had
not failed him he would have
plugged Mr. Burnett, for although
he is only about fifteen years of age,
he Is certainly "hard boiled." Bay
ard Transcript.
RIKER'S
American Petrofol 1
75c Full Pint
Petrofol (pure paraffin oil),
highly refined, has been adopt
ed In thousands of households
because It gets results without
stimulation. It lubricates the
Intestines, relieving constipa
tion In a logical way. It Is col
orless, odorless and tasteless.
F. E. Holsten
Announcement
By February 15 the F. J. Brcnnan Drug Store, -which has been located on the
corner of Third street and Box Butte avenue, will move to the building for
merly occupied by the City Mission, at 203 Box Butte avenue.
Same Lines Will be Carried
As in our former location we will carry a complete line of Drugs, Fancy Sta
tionery, Box Candy, Phonographs, Etc., in addition to our Fountain Drinks
and Lunches. '
You may expect to receive the same courteous and appreciative service In our
New Location as we endeavored to give in the Old.
F. J. BRENNAN
DRUGGISJ
BETTER THAN
TWO-TQNN
ERS
Jpll
Reo Speed Wagon
That truck users are more and more coming to select a truck to carry their aver
age load rather than one big enough for their maximum load, is a settled conclusion.
There was a time not so long ago when the average buyer figured up the biggest
load that he would ever want to haul, and then tried to buy a truck big enough to
carry it. But the experienced user has come to realize that there is nothing so
EXPENSIVE as a truck carrying half a load, unless it is the truck which is so slow it
wastes the time of an expensive driver. Stop and think of a two-tonner being run
with but half a ljad ! The fact that more trucks of a one-ton capacity were sold dur
ing the third quarter of 1919 than any other type, and that REO made and sold almost
as many of thoRe as all others put together, shows, we, think, THE TREND OF POP
ULAR FAVOR.
Why waste money, machine and men on a big heavy truok that will handle your
hauling no better than the medium-sized REOT
The REO has SPEED plus STURD1NESS, plus RELIABILITY.
Repairs and service at all times right here in Alliance.
The most economical truck on the market for the average buyer.
A.
H
Jones Co,
CALVIN D. WALKER, Manager
REO CARS
REO TRUCKS
More power per plow
More power per dollar
More power per pound of weight
In the big Ohio test the average drawbar horsepower developed by all other tractors
was 13.9. Hart-Parr 30 developed 26.5.
The next nearest competitor in price per drawbar horsepower figures $70 per horse
power. Hart-Parr 30 figures $53 per horsepower.
The Hart-Parr 30 developed one horsepower to every 196 pounds of weight Compare
this with the others.
Prepare Now For The
Rush Of Spring Work
You should place your order now to
protect yourself against disappointment in
the spring. Getting your crop in late may
mean losing the price of a tractor.
There are many odd jobs that you can
do with the tractor before spring that will
get you familiar with it and get it well
worked in for the heavy work.
Call and see us or write for literature.
Farmers' Union
Alliance, Nebraska
Greatest Tractor Test of All Time
Held by Ohio State University, July-Aug. 1919
TRACTOR
HART-PARR...
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Moli'ie Universal,
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Case
B if Steel Male
Frick
Emerson
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Cleti4c
fsrrett ,
Wellington
man
Lacrosse 4
Avery
KoHbon
HeMer
Whitney
Case
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Reliable
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15-251.1-14 in
9-18 2-14 in
18-36 4-11 in
15-30 4-14 in
18-30.1.14 in
12-2513-14 in
15-27 3-14 in
U-T' -i.lt in
15-28:3-14 in
12-2013-14 In
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12-:?( 2-14 in
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J-T H-'l':i-14 in
LaCroue 3 i ?H3-11 in
1 20i2 14 ir.
10- A),3-H in
11- 21'1.14 in
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Fssl Jala trass stfldal csris.
Blany of the old
Ilart-Pam that
plowed tba Ttrgin
pralrlaa of tba
northwest are a till
In nae today.
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