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ready to mix with cold water and apply with a editable twosh.
Each package has the cross and chale pjkated in red. By irvtej
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PE-RU-KA Tablets RETURN lievo I a;n cun . ■
three years ago for OF there has bee- . :
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B and nose. AVas un- DISEASE ease in two yea,.--.’ |
5 Mr. Frail Pirlij able to do anything. IH Fifty years of me
5 Omit III It, I oaw a decided T'kQ fulness is the luv-t
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by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of V
Catarrhal Deafness requires <
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Catarrhal Deafness'is caused by
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the Eustachian Tube. When this
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Imperfect hearing, and when ft Is
ly closed, • Deafness Is the result
the inflammation can be reduce
hearing may be destroyed
HALL'S CATARRH MEDffiDJE acts
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Praise Where Due.
The good old minister naturally
wished to speak well of all who had
participated In the benefit concert, and,
happily, could praise the efforts of
most of the volunteer performers with
sincerity and truth.
“And Miss Hlghtry?” some one
asked, “Did she sing well?”
The old gentleman hesitated, then
smiled beamingly.
“Miss Hightry’s intentions were ex
cellent—splendid—most to be ad
mired I” he declared enthusiastically.
Rents for $10,000,000,
Ten million dollars In rent from one
building will be received by Capt.
John Jacob Astor during the next 20
years, under the terms of a lease
signed up last week in New York city.
The property is the Hotel Astor and ,
site, Broadway between Forty-fourth
and Forty-fifth streets. The block Is
part of the old Eden estate, which
originally sold for $34,000.
An Insinuation.
"I would have you know, sir, that
my family came of a very long line.”
“Oh, I have no doubt its members
had plenty of rope in their time.”
A London parrot recently laid Its
first egg at the age of 30.
—I-1
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j is Fragrant and
Very Healthful
Soap 25c, Ointmept 25 50fc Talcum 25c.
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SCENERY BIG PART OF PLAY
Modern Theatrical Productions Evl
dently Depend a Great Deal on
the Stage Settings.
"The Beggar’s Opera” is now being
presented in New York with the com
pany that was gathered for the Lon
don revival, and settiifjjs which also
crossed the ocean. It was not that it
was cheaper to bring the scenery
over, but simply because it would
have been impossible to duplicate the
original sets without doing a great
deal of Eighteenth century research
work that would mean going over the
same ground that had been carefully
covered by tho London designer.
The situation Is hardly a parallel
to that of “Her Own Way,” the Clyde
Fitch comedy which could not be
played for several days after the date
set for the London opening because
the scenery had been put on a steamer
other than that taken by the company.
Fitch had written this play with Intri
cate, though unobtrusive, scenic effects,
constantly In thought. The result was
that, broadly speaking, the special
scenery for this play actually did some
of the acting.
End of a Perfect Day!
One tot at kindergarten had a habit
of ending her stories with the re
mark, “And they lived happily ever
after.”
One day all were surprised to hoar
her conclude: “And tho tiger ate her
up, and she lived happily ever after.”
People are not patient with a man
who loses his temper; they’re afraid
of him.
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sleepless nights follow* I
i ed by drowsy days—
change to I
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I ) and wholesome,has a flavor I
| that pleases, and is made I
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_ Y)u can make Instant I
Postum strong ormild to I
suit individual taste, there I
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i you s«a one cup or ten- I
its always ready. I
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Miss Ethel Ruth Coolidge.
Miss Ethel Ruth Coolidge of Andover, Mass., is about to ma'Ke ter
bow to the public just as Calvin Coolidge, vice president-elect, is about
to make his bow to the public on March 4. Miss Coolidge is related to
Vice President-elect Coolidge and is vary proud of her kinsman. She
hopes to be equally well known, but her field will a t be politics but
motion pictures. She will be under the direction of Stuart Blackton.
Miss Coolioge is a descendant of John and Priscilla Aiden.
j_America s Position j
From the Springfield Republican.
The United States occupies an anomalous, if not an absurd, position. It
Is the greatest creditor nation in the world to begin with. The allies owe it
about $10,000,000,000 in war debts. Some three or four billions more are due
on foreign trade balance. Besides, there are a million dollars worth of claims
of American citizens on file with the state department for property confiscat
ed by the German government. True, the treaty of Versailles provides that
our government may pay these claims of our own citizens against Germany
out of the property of German subjects seized in the United States by the
alien property custodian, while Germany must pay her own subjects for their
property seized by America. But the United States is not now a party to the
Versailles treaty and the indications are that the next administration will
negotiate a separate peace.
Under these conditions, a fact develops that would seem amazing if we
were not used to the situation that makes it possible. The allies are pro
ceeding to fix the amount of reparations Germany shall pay and the way they
shall be paid, and to whom they shall be paid, without the slightest official
reference to this country. No doubt they are closely observing us and the
reactions of American opinion. No doubt their final settlement with Ger
many will be affected by their need of gold relations with and financial as
sistance from the American people. Yet this country, for all that, is very
much in the position of one of the chief creditors of a bankrupt estate who
finds himself excluded from the creditors’ conferences and from all the set
tlements in liquidation of the bankrupt concern. When he comes to effect
his separate settlemfht, there will be nothing left for him. The other credi
tors will have all the priorities.
If the United States had not participated in the war and made possible
Germany’s defeat, it would have had a vital economic interest in the settle
ment. Germany could not pay a war indemnity of some $20,000,000,000 with
interest over a period of 40 years more or less, and pay in exports of goods,
without affecting the export and import trade of this country. Germany
could not pay to the allies an export tax of 12 per cent, for 40 years more or
less without influencing the United States fiscal policy for a generation.
Germany could not be prohibited for all that long period from negotiating
ivivitjo luuiio ii iiuvut ouiicom tri. tuw utuuu, uuu tvui v “‘v «v "r
market unaffected. But'the United States did participate in the war. The
United States turned the scale of victory. But for the United States, Ger
many would have won the war and have collected indemnities instead of paid
them.
We cannot blame the allies for the present situation preposterous as U
seems. There has not been a moment whn they have not desired this coun
try to ratify the Versailles treaty, which our president signed; nor has there
been a moment when they would not have welcomed a representative of the
United States as a member of the reparations commission which was created
by the treaty to effect the financial settlement of the war. They must regret
to see America negotiate a separate peace because it will surely furnish the
groundwork for sharp differences and dangerous conflicts in the future be
tween the United States and the allies.
if our attitude is to be that of national isolation, the less we say in criti
cism of the Paris agreement on roparwtlmn, the better perhaps. We are not
in France’s position, or in England's. If we refuse to help solve their prob
lems, or to help bear thsir burdens, after having been chiefly instrumental in
giving these problems and burdens their present shape, we might at least con
cede that they could settle their difficulties as they might please, in their
own way. If “Europe is none of our business,’’ what business of ours is it
how the allies treat Germany, or Austria, er Turkey?
We are finding in practical experience, of eourse, that Europe ia our
business. We admit it indignantly In a lewd voice the moment a 12 per cent,
export tax on German foreign trade for 4J years is proposed. We admit it in
manifesting such a lively interest In the how of the reparations. The Ger
mans bank on Europe being our bn id ns wi in plan sing to take diplomatic ad
vantage of American discontent with the reperatinns settlement and in play
ing America against England and Vrweee when the Harding administraUen,
rejecting the Versailles treaty, approaches Germany for a separate peace.
Eurupe is like a Quicksand. No outside notion ever got into it and came out
to rescue the moral aloofness of its earlier Isolation. If we try to withdraw
from Europe, we shall stay in, whatever course Mr. Harding may pursue.
He cannot override the logic of events.
WHY POLICEMEN GO
UNARMED IN LONDON
From the New York Sun.
Almost every one knows that in
normal times the London constables
do not carry firearms, but have only
email clubs. Few persona in this
country know why it is that the bob
bles do not include a revolver in their
equipment, as our pellceman do. The
matter was explained by kopec tor A.
J. Spripge, ef Scotland Yard, who is
at present a guest of the Ponce stub.
“It we awmed the poke*,” he said,
"the croaks weuid arm. There is a
sort of paotlansen's ngrisassut In force
between the poilae and the oassfce on
that point. We play fair with them
and aa a sale they play fair with us.
Rarely do we pick up a footpad or
burglar or a towtii —»• pf any type
carrying a revolver. When we do we
generally And he Is not an English
man but a Coadimsutkl crook.
"Because of recent distuobances in
cidental to Sinn Felnism and one thing
and another in London, we have
armed our men. Thia is but an emer
gency measure, and aa soon as pres
ent conditions are remedied we shall
take the guns from the policemen.''
ANOTHER HUNGER STRIKE.
From the New York Sun.
London has just had another hunger
strike. This "striker” came from
Amartca and was a big king snake
freaa Florida, offjupant of the reptile
heawe at the Regent's Park Zoo. Hie
aaahra was brought to England dur
ing the autumn of 1919, and for II
raeatWi refused to eat In the end
the awake gave In.
Ktag snakes aha of the constrictor
type Md live od small rodents. Thejr
awe ' ae from the poteen of rat
aad other American poison -
and attack the rattler
ar *hay meet. They have been
to live U*r longer periods with
out nmarlehment
It Worked.
_Frem the Heeaton Post
"rtow ceaaa yqu to get that gang of
chg Whars to coane out and spade up
ymm farm 7*’ inquired Clem Joter of
the pdhaled old farmer. "When I
dhewe by they was a-spadin' all over
the phaoe.’’
•Wall, I wasn’t feelln’ like workln'
mjhhit,” replied the g. o. f., "so I aorta
Insinuated down at the postoffice
t'other day that I had seen a feller
burying something that looked like a
gallon of Ukker tuther night-”
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A player piano will piny with feel
ing If one has feeling enough to tnke
proper care of It.
Cuticura for Sore Hands.
Soak hands on retiring In the hot suds
of Cuticura Soap, dry and rub In Cu
ticura Ointment. Remove surplus
Ointment with tissue paper. This Is
only one of (he things Cuticura will do
If Soap, Ointment and Talcum are used
for all toilet purposes.—Adv.
The viper, England’s only poisonous
snake, Is found In all regions, from
Persia to the aretic circle.
WOMEN! USE “DIAMOND DYES”
Oye Old Skirts, Dresses, Waists,
Coats, Stockings, Draperies—
Everything.
Each package of "Diamond Dyes”
contains easy directions for dyeing any
article of wool, silk, cotton, linen, or
mixed goods. Beware I Poor dye
streaks, spots, fades, and ruins mate
rial by giving It a "dyed-look." Buy
“Diamond Dyes” only. Druggist has
Color Card.—Adv.
Would lessons In good manners
printed In big red letters on the bill
boards go a grout way?
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uniiimmiKUHUWtmnmmtwr’iti;
Evidently Was Indiipsscd.
Alfred was n boxer and h:>- bet'
was very anxious to learn the it
of Ills son’s first fight. lie m i l.' die
hoy promise lluii a wire should n .1. n
lilnt ns soon ns the contest wits <... r.
“You won’t disappoint me, Aif.il?'’
he said.
“No. I promise,” replied A ■ . I,
and sallied forth to (he fray.
The father waited impatiently mill
the telegraph boy appeared at lost.
Eagerly he seized the enveio;*- ami
tore it open.
It was signed “Bill Bruiser.” and
ran:
"Alfred would wire If Ire could. But
he can’t.”—London Ideas.
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTOKIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see Unit it
Bears the
Signature of
In Use for Over
Children Cry for Fletcher’s Casteria
Airplanely Evident.
“We should keep up our airship de
partment,’! thinks a punning forte
spoi*lent, "because our masculine n|
atlon stars will prove men aces to f
friendy governments."—Boston Tt
script.
WARNING
Unless you see the name "Bayer” on tablets, you &-s
not getting genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians for
21 years, and proved safe by millions.—Say "Bayer"!
SAFETY FIRST! Accept only an “unbroken package” of
genuine “Bayer Tablets of Aspirin,” which contains proper
lions for Headache, Earkche, Toothache, Neuralgia, Colds, i
matism, Neuritis, Lumbago, and pain generally. Strictly Arne. . <
Handy tin boxes of 12 tablets coat but a few cents—Larger packap
Aspirin I* the trade mark at Barer manufacture at monaaeeUoacldeater at Bailer j
Early Observation.
The Teacher—Whnt bird has been
thought by some to bring sorrow and
trouble to houses over which It hov
ered ?
Bobbie Multlklds—The stork.
Once two bits would buy a meal;
now six bits provides scarcely six
bites.
Co-education existed to some extent
among the ancient Greeks.
Fire escapes were used In Faria as
long ago as 1701.
Hollow Eyes
and dark circles under the eyes
are a common symptom of wo
manly disorders. No uao trying
to cover •them up with lotions
and powders. Qo to the root of
the trouble in the system itself.
Take Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Pro
scription, the wosjan’s tonic and
strengthened. This medicine is a
real beautifier. for it helps to
establish soupd, vigorous health,
and a healths woman is the most
attractive tnieg in the world. If
your beauty is Tart, Favorite Pro
scription wijl i*Jp restore it.
Send 10c to Dr. rlorce, Invalids’
Hotel, Buffalo, If. Y., for trial
package of Tablets.
HAD STRANGE NEWS TC .. ,.L
Boy's Information Might Hnv. -:en
Conveyed in More Intellig. ..t
Manner, However.
A boy, apparently very much (
tated, rushed into a house ami sa/
the lady: ,
"I don’t want to alarm you, hut
got big news to tell you. The |
sent me up from the livery stable
tell you.”
!‘les, yes! What Is It?”
“Why, you know, your little hoy,
Aleck, what the man can’t keep out
of the livery stables round the cor
ner?”
“Yes, yes 1 Well 7”
"I told Aleck Just now not to go
Into the stables among the harscs, but
he wouldn’t mind me.”
“Oh, dear I What 1 t happened?”
“He said he wanted to see what *
mule would do when you tickled 1<
heels with a straw.”
“Oh, dear, dear!”’ gasped the lad*
and clung to the chair for support.
“So Aleck got a straw," continued
her Informant “crept up behind the
mule, tickled him on the heels, and—*
The woman started for the door.
“And the sleepy old mule never lift
_ed a hoof,” called the visitor. “Nev
er as much as switched Its tall.”—
Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
Soot Is doing serious damage to Loiv
don’s big buildings by eating away the
stone.
Kill That Cold With
CASCARA0 QUININE
POR AMD
C*Ht, Ctyki L* Grin*
Wagfacyd Cdda art Daogjtroon
T«k» no chaacoa Xim *4o otaaftori nufektalrfor tk* flnt bnm
IMalrp ft cold In 24 ttan-SoBotw
Spltol (hy»~g»ciBmfarH«iflrt»
Qntnln* la UsU M 4oto not O0»ct tbo lull roorow It boot Tonio
to»ih»-Mo Cplo la JHBll’o.
ALL DRUGGISTS SELL IT
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