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Make the Canal Secure

"While the map is being remade, largely to

the likinj? of the nations which

from defeat and assisted to victory, the Ameri-. can people and their government need to do a little thinking on behalf of America and her future," says the Chicago Tribune. "We especially invite attention to the Panama canal. The canal is osie of the great strategic points on the earth's surface, both for war and peace. Considering the rise of the Pacific and the far east in world affairs, it is probably the most important. "The American people foresaw its importance Their enterprise, skill, and money built the canal. It is, in faQt, a part of our coast line, and a most vital link in our national defense and our commercial system. "It is now in our possession. There are few more important duties than to see that it remains there. But that -duty has not yet been accomplished. Examine the map, and you will see that the canal is faced on the Atlantic side by a cordon of islands in the possession of foreign powers. Many, if not all, of these islands are possible bases for attack upon the canal. Some have harbors and defensible places large enough to constitute bases of the first rank,

large enough to shelter a fleet of

and a large land force. These bases are especi

Answers to Questions fAnv reader can sret the- answer to nnv question bv writing The Palladium Information Bureau. Frederick J. Haskln, director, Washington. D. C. This offer applies strictly to information. The bureau does not give advice on legal, medical and financial matters. It does riot attempt to settle domestic troubles, nor to undertake exhaustive research en any subiect Writ your question plainly and briefly. Give full name an.1 sddress and enclose two cents In stamps fir return postage. All replies are sent direct to the Inquirer. Q. Is there life on Venus? B. C. T. A. The question cannot be answered definitely. Dr. C. G. Abbot of the Smithsonian Institution says that it 8eem3 moce probable that life corresponding to ! life on the Earth exists on Venus thaoon Mars. The conditions on Venus are similar to those on Earth, while '.Mara probably differs in many ways. Q. Has New York or New Orleans the smaller percentage of Roman Catholics? P. B. C. A. While New Yorlr City contains about four times as many Catholics 33 New Orleans, the percentage is much smaller. Out of New Orleans' population of SST,219, the Roman Catholic estimate- of their members is S27.144. Q. Why did the miners say that they had won the strike when they declined President Harding's arbitration plan? G. D. M. A. The miners had not won in -the sense that they had been conceded ali for which they went on strike. However, they regarded it as a successful demonsfxation of what labor terms the assertion of economic force in that they had made impossible the production of coal in the union fields for a period of over 16 week3. Q. Does-an eel have scales? S. L. A. The eel does have scales embedded in its slimy skin. They are arranged jn little groups set obliquely and at right angles to each other. Q. Is a. debt really a debt before it is due? J. F. J. A. A debt exists when a certain sum of money is owing from one person to another, and a debt is not the less owing because it is not yet due. Q. What was the first agricultural school? T. M. C. A. The two earliest agricultural colleges to be established were at Hofwyl in Switzerland and Krumau in, Bohemia in 1797. The first professorship of agriculture in a collegiate institution in this country was held by Samuel L. Mitchill of Columbia College and was established in 1792. Musings for the Lvening Yes, Ham. we will publish it once more and then rtuit Stickwell and company manufacture mucilage in New York. Fir Thomas Lipton is going to make a iifth challenge for the American cup The motto of the Irishman seems to e "Erin Go Broke." IT'S THE HEAT. When this torrid heat terrific Brings the moisture sudorific Pouring down in; dripping droplets from my corrugated brow, What a comfort beatific Soothes my anger calorific When I think how soon 111 holler for the heat I'm cussing now. Swiftly the accumulation Of excessive perspiration Trickles down my facial contours as in vain I try to eat: Oh. how sad the contemplation Of th furnace conflagaration I'll be stoking all next winter to secure a little heat. Cheerfully enduring, sweating. Hat and shirt and colar wetting, I can grin and bear affliction Just aa well as any one; For I know there's no use fretting. Think of all the heat I'm getting! Heat for which the coal man soaks me more than fifteen bucks per ; ton! Try and get it! Lobrau. Scientist announces that, theworld w ill be ruled by women in 1977. He probably means that it. will etill bo ruled by women In 1977. Soviet government has been-trarel-ing on the verge of dostructioii for three years. It must b quite a verge. Dorothy Canfieia Fisher, Vermont, author, is the first woman to receive an honorary degree from Dartmouth 'coifege- ,

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ally menacing now that the airplane and submarine have become leading and perhaps decisive weapons in warfare. They are spear points at our breast; let us not shut our eyes to that truth. "It is true war with Great Britain and France, so far as we can read the future, is as improbable as it seems to us unnecessary-and

undesirable. But while we cannot read the; future, we can read the past, and one of the most prominent of its lessons is that the relations of nations change, sometimes suddenly and unexpectedly. Hardly more than a decade before the

America saved

war France and England were on the brink of war with each other, and we have fought with both in past times, and at other times of trial have found one or the other unfriendly. "In short, it is our duty to make sure of the canal as we would make sure of Washington. Strategically the canal would be the greater loss.

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fore of its approaches, which means Hawaii in the Pacific and the whole cordon of the Antilles in the Atlantic. "This, of course, in our present fortunate relations, is not such an issue as to justify drastic measures. , But we missed an opportunity in 1917 to settle this problem amicably, preferring to throw our sword into the scale without conditions. Now that our moderation and self-abne

gation are being

former comrades in arms but even contemptu ously denied, we should be inexcusably sentimen

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future we should face the facts and use our wits and our position to put our house in order. "The Antilles should be ours, or at the least under our strategic control. Only when we dominate the Caribbean will the canal be secure to us in peace and war."-

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TODAY'S TALK By George Matthew Adams, Author of "You Can," "Take

SO MUCH TO DOSO FEW TO DO How big a world, how many things to do how few there are who take to task the heavy, hard things. Ease, "how little can I do for what I get" this spirit is so general, no matter where you go- or work. ' ' "When do I get a raise?" and "How much will I get if I do do the thing?" these are sample questions that run the minds of millions. No wonder there are such clouds hovering about the national life of every country in the world. A golden reward for the man who doesn't have to be watched, who takes his trust into his heart and couples it to a song getting the thing done RIGHT! There is so much to do everywhere, all the time. There are so few to do it well. I read in the little "Want-Ads" this phrase so often: "Wanted a place where conscientious effort will be appreciated." By the immortal gods, there aren't enough people of this sort to fill one-thousandth part of the places that call for such men and women! The market places are overcrowded with those who want "soft" places. No sooner does such a place become vacant than a hundred apply and wait in line. But oh, the vacant desks, the huge jobs, ready to render any reward to the man or woman big enough to fill them! All through the fabric of this life does this condition exist. My friend, if you want to be somebody DO something, and think about the compensation afterwards. It always takes care of -itself in adequate measure. I am thinking of the poor immigrant boy who came to New York City and took the first job offered him, which was shoveling snow. It was a cold, severe winter and he froze his feet. But it wasn't many years before he became the trusted attorney for James J. Hill, the "Empire Builder." There is so much to do. Won't you be one who will help to do it to the full of your ability?

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CHARLES CADWELL MOORE California is aroused just now at the possibility of Hiram Johnson being displaced as United States senator by Charles C. Moore, Republican or Sen Francisco. It is expected that the race will be closely contested Moore is one of California's best known men. Moore distinguished hims.elf as chairman of the financial committee and later as president of the Panama Pacific International Exposition and is credited with much of its success. Moore was born CMS. C. In Alpine, Schuy ler county. New York, in 1868. Tie re ceived his early education and college training in California. He was in the employ of the San Francisco Tool company for some time and succeeded to the business as the Charles C. Moore and company, engineers, specializing in moiive power and hydraulic work, of which he is president. He is director in various financial enterprises in California. He was appointed commander to Europe to secure foreign warships for the Portola celebration in San Francisco. He has been active on various civic campaign committees and on liberty loan committors and the State Council of Defense. He holds orders or decorations from China, Japan, Italy. Norway, and Greece. He is also president of the San Francisco Council ( Boy Scouts of America. After Dinner Stories Aunt Candace was in a retrospective mood. "Yassam, there wouldn't be so much of these comic ailments de white folks is laborin under if they'd jess try some of our ole subscriptions. "Yo never hear of de Bessy Bug treatment for yearache? Yassam, sure cure. It's a long, shiny bug with a little naik an' jus' one drap of blood in his haid. Yo' hold him to de year of what chile's got de yearache an' he'll w-h-i-n-e! Den yo twis' off his haid end let dat one drap go in dat year an' dat chile soon be well! "Now my Harry, ain't a thing de matter wid dat chile, but he will gorge till he mayn't bend. I Jes' takes one of dem indelicate pencils dat marks like ink an marks off a place on his littlo 8tummick, an claps on a piaster of iran rust from an ole tin pail mixed.wif lard but .don't let it get outside de mark an' make information. Yassam, it cures!"

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sure of the canal, and there not only discounted by our oversight, and in duty to our It" "I In" Facts About Indiana 'By Associated Press) It is not known how the Mound Builders lived in Indiana, although enough proof has been found to indicate that they lived in caves in Kentucky and Tennessee. Most caves in Indiana would be uninhabitable because of inundation in this state. Up to the time of the Civil war little or no progress had been made in public sanitation in Indiana. In the early days, saloons were called groceries or tippling houses. There are more than 247 manufacturing plants in Fort Wayne. There were 7,918 manufacturing concerns in Indiana according to the last census. There are more than 300 manufacturing establishments in Evansville. Early setlers in Indiana were of great physical strength. Such men, it is said, could help at 20 log rollings on as many successive days. There were 43 delegates at the first constitutional convention in 181, theyi Deing elected from 13 counties of the state. Memories of Old Days In This Paper Ten Years Ago Today At the conference of the Democratic township chairmen nad precinct committeemen, in the Jefferson club rooms, it was decided to perfect plans for the campaign in Wayne county on AUJT. 26. Charles Tlnnev man, ot LamftTidge City, would be on hand to assist with the organization of the party. Rippling Rhymes Ey Walt Mason BE PATIENT Last evening, as I drove my car along the thoroughfare, a tire blew out with frightful jar, at which I tore my hair. To me it is a punishmenv to change a rubber tire, for I'm a wide and portly gent, I fluently perspire. And so when I had stopped the bus, and it had ceased to choo, I roundly started in to cuss as Flanders troopers do. "Be patient," said my stately aunt, who on the back seat ?at; "it makes me tired to hear you rant ana ! FOOTWEAR ! I "Better for Less" Iftveus shoe store I I . 633 Main itwnnmmnmnmiuijnmuuiimiirmiiimiimn

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A 3ooD gee After Dinner Trick No. 38 Lifting Coin With Straws Five straws and a quarter are laid on the table. The problem is to arrange the straws and the quarter so that by raising one of the tttrawa you can lift the other four and the coin. The straws are a little longer than four inches each. The diagram shows how the problem can be accomplished. The straws are Interlaced. Two of them are first laid on the table, parallel to each other, and the two crossed straws are laid upon them. The quarter is laid on the cross point, and the final etraw, which does the heavy work, is wedged under the para'lel straws and over the coin, as Bhown in the figure. CosurioM. lSt. v .Public Ledoer Comtany see you smash your hat. Just wait till someone comes along and sees your damaged cart, some youngster who is hale and strong, with kindness in his heart. He'll note that you are too obese to ply an iron tool, that when you toil the melted grease forms round you in a pool. And he'll observe your martyr looks as you survey the wreck, and he will say to you, 'Gadzooks! I'll change your tire, by heck!' For human kindness is a star that glows with changeless fire, and when men see how fat you are, ihey'U gladly change your tire." My aunt, she wears Elijah's robe, her visions all come true; and soon arrived a youth named Job, who made things good as new. And when I paid him half a buck, and gave him blessings nine, I said, while cranking up my truck, "This patience graft is fine!" Lessons in Correct English Don't Say: I KNEW him since we were boys. If you are serious you WOULD BE regarded. I shall thank him if he WOULD pay me. I should thank him if he WILL pay me. The chairman called FOR him for a speech. Say: I HAVE KNOWN him since we were boys. If you are serious you WILL be regarded. I shall thank him if he WILL pay me. 1 should thank him if he WOULD pay me. The chairman called ON him for a speech. An average increase of 75 per cent ; in the minimum wage of women emj ployed in laundry establishments in juassacnusetts na3 Deen announced by the minimum wage commission of that state. m W . H M K J Vt I FOR CONSTIPATION BILIOUSNESS Headache INDIGESTION Stomach Trouble -SOLD EVERYWHERE. BUY COAL NOW We have the right coal at the right price. Jellico & Pocahontas Lump. ANDERSON & SONS N. W. 3rd & Chestnut Phone 3121 M!U!i!n)mnunttnninimmnrnmtmiBmniuiutimiiiiiuiTiiaMinutnwi 1 All Summer Clothing at I GREATLY REDUCED PRICES 1 (UNION STORE, 830 Main uurairaiiniwimmiuwruimmmKnnnmnm

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OurFlappers andTheirMetaphors Give New Meanings to Old World, And Develop a Specialized Vocabulary of English

By FREDERICK J. HASKI.V ' WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 9.Just' when Henry Mencken almost mad3 slang look respectable along comes the flapper to inject a complex into the American language. If you walk aloof from the flapper tribe you may be peacefully unaware that there is an elaborate flapper patois, as much a part of the outfit of the snappy young thing as her roll tops, eport hat, ana sweater. Like th uniform, the language of the flapper is peculiar to her type The only exception is that the flapper language is also spoken by the cake eater and other male contemporaries of the modern girl. To the rest of the population, including almost everyone over 25 years, flapper talk comes close to being incomprehensible. Not many of the terms are in general use. Few full fledged adults, for instance, j would be able to use correctly in their: flapper meaning tomato, egg, potato, I mustard plaster, lemon squeezer, squirrel, berries, alarm clock, and flat tire. These are perfectly respectable English words in their established sense. In flapper language they are used as metaphors. Some are apt, while others seem forced. Flat tire is certainly an expressive term for a' maidenly flapper over 30. Alarm clock, for chaperon, is not far fetched, either. Chaperons nowadays are about as popular and as little heeded as the family sleep cha?er. A mustard plaster is listed in one flap per vocabulary as "an unwelcome guy who hangs around." Lemon squeezer is flapper for elevator, though the term might be applied equally w.tll to -a street car or crowded automobile. Truck Patch Terminology Hard to Unravel The agricultural terms are th-3 hardest to unravel. Why a brainless gin who is pretty and dances well should be a tomato is not explained. Nor is it perfectly clear why a youth who lets his girl pay her own way should be an egg, unless perhaps such a person is considered hardboiled. It ir? true that to call a person an egg has a faintly insulting sound, even if the meaning is unknown. But the same might be said of most agricultural terms. Yet the meaning that we associate with them may make them seem complimentary- Peach and pippin have long been used to express praise. On the other hand, lemon, fish, and purple cow carry a meaning of disparagement. A potato in its latest sense Is the male prototype of the tomato a brainless boy. To add to the confusion, squirrel becomes a verb in the new usage and means to hide. Flapper jargon seems to be some what different from the slang that ordinarily enlivens everyday speech. The ordinary slang phrase is the hap py or unhappy, thought of some wit. If it fills a need, replaces some dull SPECIAL to WOMEN The most Economical, Cleansing, Healing Antiseptic is A pure white, harmless powder to be dissolved in water as needed. There ia nothing like it for treating inflammation, ulceration, pelvic or nasal catarrh, sore throat, inflamed eyes o to whiten the teeth. Men sav "it is worth its watch t k' j in gold to purify the breath after smoking." At Druggists or postpaid.large box,70cents. The Comfort Powder Co., Boston. Mass. Order From Your Grocer Today Creamery Butter Richmond Produce Co., Dlst LUMBER POSTS ROOFING BUILDING MATERIALS of Alt Kinds Right Prices Prompt Delivery MATHER BROS. Company

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The Food Problem YOU CAM' T CVDC-T M4C?-2U what 8ECOME There's LO I or- wno CI" tHCCC-A JALMOW - -OH Vci 3T A Mice FOR .SOW DA iNEED SOAP AvD IF YOO 5tG ANY NICE FBESW FRUIT OR. UeGTA0Lt5 GET SOM6 -- OH YES i jjeeo a mew aaopIF THEY HAV ArY I cove. Mice BACoWjJ awO abstraction by a vivid mental picture, then it becomes popular. In time it is either worn out by too much use and discarded, or it becomes respectable English, recognized by the solemn makers of dictionaries. The flapper talk appears to be an attempt to do a wholesale job, to turn the entire English vocabulary of youth into picturesque and sporty patois. Lec no noun or verb remain undisguisec seems to be the slogan of flapper, organized or unorganized. New term's are being added every day by earnest gum-chewing young philologists. An interesting tendency in the new jargon is the use of proper names in the way that Hooverize was used during the war. To be put through a questionnaire is to be Edisoned. To be on time for a date is to Houdint. The analogy of this last is apparently that punctuality is considered a striking achievement. By the same sort of association a girl's new dress is called her Urban set. Trotzky comes in for a touch of this sort of fame, but he is not taken seriously by the language makers. A Trotzky i3 an old lady with mustache and chin whiskers. One reason that flapper talk re mains so peculiarly the property of the flapper i3 that the vocabulary is restricted to the social interests of extreme youth. It is as specialized as the argot of the stage, sport, or ni;;o !i iv ' i $1?.? ailt!le flaPI,eT wcmH are descriptive of beaux, dancing, parties, clothes, marriage, money, automobiles, and petting. Petting, which was itself slang, is now too tame and too much of a glittering generality for the flapper language. Puppy cuddling has partly replaced the word petting, and a whole assortment of terms refer to this activity in its various aspects. Thus, a moving picture auditorium becomes a petting pantry; the affectionate type of flapper is biscuit or a cuddler; a petter who likes to hang on a boy's j neck is a necker; and a necker of the male species i3 a snugglepup. HOW FLAPPER TALK SPREADS OVER COUNTRY The non-flapper element of the population has small place in its vocabulary for such terms and so they do not become general property. All over the country, however, the lan guage of the flapper is similar. Tho newest phrase travel by letters, by word of mouth, and in lists occas-DUES-STINGS Apply wet baking soda or household ammonia, followed by Vapo Rub Osr 17 Million Jar Ucd Ytarlj NiumiuuiuititiiifttmiiMiiimiiiufmHiMrrHimniiHiiLJunMnitRTitiTiiEnimutfTii. FOR WORK OR DRESS f SS S3 S4 S5 I No More No Less j King's Odd Trousers iiiiiuiiHifiminnitiHtntintiiimiuimiiiiitnitunmiuMiuiiMiiiitiimmiinnmuii TAYLOR & THOMPSON COAL CO. KLEAN COAL Phone 1042 fliiiMinuniHiviiHUfirvfHHMummuuiniiaiiuiMJitniiniiTriiiiiRimiufiiituitiui BOYS' BROWNIE SUITS I 59v j WHEN STORE, 712 Main iiHutramniHtiunHtminiuiuiHHimiiiHtftwuiiiiiiinau?mmwmiiuHmii

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a Ybo Talking about; Fot. T-r Love or MlKefi CfA COIKIG TO HAM E. f E5. I AM wot ionally printed in magazines and newspapers. One magazine devotes its pages entirely to the intere3t3 of the tribe. A few phrases that have possibilities for use in the conversation of tha general public have become popular American slang. There always seemJ to be a demand for slang tags to express greeting, approval, disapproval, and to Te place a simple yes or no. Just now the flapper, and slangtalking America as well, refers to anything pleasing as" the berries. The weird natural history allusions that's the frog's eyebrow s, or the bee's whiskers, or the duck's quack, or thj snake s hips, and the rest used to express approval, are also epidemic. Anything unpleasant is appropriately blaah being one of those senseless words that express an idea clearly by sound. A weli established substitute for yes is "I hope to tell you." These tags are amusing for only a short time. They are soon stale and must be replaced. How a phrase has a meteoric career and sputters out is seen by recalling the same type of slang expression, such as the now histeric "I should worry," and "I'll tell the world." Occasionally one of these shelved sayings stages a comeback. We note in the latest flapper vocabulary printed in The Flapper magazine the ancient word whangdoodle. Our grandmothers used this word humorously to describe mournful, whining music, or a ranting speaker. Mcdern youth has adopted the term and made it a synonym for a jazz band. It is rare, however, that the slang of a generation ago can be dusted off and appuru iu cunciii copies, utueiauj there is nothing more conspicuously 1 : ,3 . - -i 11.. lifeless than a defunct slang phrase. Shave, Bathe and Shampoo with one Soap. Cuticura Cotiecr Saapitthe?aToriteformfetjrrmMrah!iifi. We Loan You Money Ask About Our Plan PRUDENTIAL LOAN AND INVESTMENT CO. 20 S. 8th St. Phone 1727 Truly a Most Wonderful Loaf You'll Like BETSY ROSS BREAD Sold at ATI Groceries ZVVISSLER'S Bakery Phone 1654 Restaurant Phone 1653 1000.000 ROVLS MARTIN OSEMBERGEa mm"'' ' ' V 401-3 Main, St. RICHMOND, INDIANA-, FREE book ,f: lies

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