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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM ANT) SUN-TELEGRAM Published Every Evening Except "Sunday by Palladium Printing Co. PaUadltun Building, North Ninth and Sailor Streets, entered at the Post Office at Richmond, Indiana, aa . Second-Class Mail Matter. - . MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tn Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use I "Publication of -an news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper, and also the local n?w" published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved.

The Meal -Tub is Emptying "If one seeks an argument to use with his

congressman to be extremely careful in the matters of creating public expense, the very best possible is to be found in the report of United States Internal Revenue Commissioner David H Blair, ' showing that collections in that depart'ment have decreased in the fiscal year of

1922 by the stupendous sum of $1,398,000,000," says the Cincinnati Enquirer. "As a lash for this whip comes the statement of the Commissioner that it cost $1.30 $o collect each $100 of this income, as against 87 cents for the same sura in 1921, an increase of almost exactly 50 per cent. This i3 a most astonishing revelation, indicating poor business administration. Reduced to a term, the income in the

Answers to Questions (Anv reader can get the answer to nv question by writing The Palladium Information Bureau, Frederick J. HaskIn, director, Washington, D. C. This offer applies strictly to information. The bureau does not grive advice on legal, Medical and financial matters. It does not attempt to settle domestic troubles, nor to undertake exhaustive research on any subject. Write your question plainly and briefly. G'.ve full name and address and enclose two cents in stamps for return postage. All replies are sent direct to tUe inquirer. . Q. Is an. oil well big enough for a man-to go down Inside it? H. R. A. An oil -well that Is being dug to any considerable depth usually has a 20-inch casing In the tipper part and a small, slender man could get down in one of that size. In fact, such a feat was recently performed near Los Angeles by Walter McCay, of Taf t, Calif., , who is known as the "human gopher." A master rotary bushing had been lost in the well and the only way in which it could be got out -without destroying the well was to send a man down after it. The tool was lodged at the 110foot level. McCay was lowered into the well with a one-inch rope and wore a gas mask attached to an oxygen tank from which air was rumped to him constantly. It was necessary for him to make six descents before he succeeded in grappling the lost tool and he spent almost an hour in one of the smallest holes in the ground in which a man ever found himself. Q. Does the temperature make any difference when fumigating with formaldehyde gas? "W. E. W. A. The efficacy of this disinfectant depends greatly upon temperature and hilmidity. In ordinary summer weather, it is an excellent surface, disinfectant. When the thermometer orhygrometer is below 65 the power of formaldehyde is reduced. In the winter time, the room should be warmed artificially and the humidity raised by opening a steam radiator or by boiling a kettle of water in it. Q. What does Casilla de Correos mean? V. M. A. The postoffice department says that these words mean postoffice box. Many people make the mistake of thinking they are a person's nam because they appear at the bottom of many letters from Cuba. Q. Are more or fewer children employed now than there were before there was a crusade against child labor "W. C. C. A. The census bureau says that both the percent and number of children engaged in gainful occupations had decreased in 1920. In' 18901900 and 1910 the percent was about IS while in 1920 it dropped to 8.5. Out of 12,502,582 children between the ages of 10 and 15 years, only 1,060,858 were then at wg.rk. This number was smaller than any reported in 50 years. Since the suprerAe court has held the child labor law unconstitutional, It is probable Jthat the percentage of children in industry Is increasing. Musings ; for - the Evening IT' SORT OF INTRIGUES US The foDowing notice is taken, from a Chicago paper: '"To All Young and Not So Young, tiaciie'.ors: I am not blonde, slim or eighteen, but I have blue eyes, chestnut bfl ,r (with a God-given wave in it), bobbed,- am-, twenty, and just plump enough to be delicious. I wear flat heel3 for hiking, campirrg, horseback riding, tennis and golf. High heels for dancing, bridge and canoeing. No heels for swimming. I dance divinely, make my own clothes and hats, and then Poiret copies them. On flO a week I can cook meals for a king twenty-one of them. Can play piano, sing, play cards, and converse fluently on baseball, football, business, and any subject under the sun. Have $20,000 in the bank and expect tc double it. My recipe for home brew in unexcelled. I love- rr.pn, and especially my husband. Would someone like to be my uncle?" We have fondly browsed through the latest edition of "Who's Wr-o in America," but have failed to find our biography recorded. We look upon this as a distinct calamity. Glancing through the book we found the man who invented the circular wooden hair comb for barber shops and the gent who wrote "Little Gertie and the Woodchuck" back in 1889 and has written nothing since. Likewise we found the man who, after twelvo years as exchange editor of the Wimpton (Okla.) "Bee," came to New York nineteen years ago and accented a lucrative position on a New York paper as reporter, which he still holds. Nor did the biographers miss the bird who invented the screen wit3 fly swatter. , we often wonder how a man goes to work to get into ''Who's Who" without sending in his own biography voluntarily, and there are times when we don't believe it can be done.

Lessons in Correct English DONT SAY: I like her better than HE. Eill is larger and fully . a3 strong j AS John. '' He was treated ELEGANTLY. - SAY: I like her better than HIM. Bill is larger THAN John, and fully as strong. , He was treated WELL.

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period reported on fell off about $3,500,000 a"day for an entire year. 'The preceding was a poor year for business, as shown by the joint falling off in income taxes and excess profits of $1,140,000,000. Certainly this harassed and jaded twelvemonth will not recoup any of the losses, and besides some of the so-called nuisance taxes have been repealed, so that nothing whatever may be expected from them. The new tariff, if enacted as now drafted, will greatly reduce the customs revenue, so that, on the whole, a further reduction in income may be" expected. "It seems incredible that congress, fronting these inescapable facts and being advised of an inevitable deficit, the minimum of which is calculated as being $500,000,000 will vote for political effect a change of between $4,000,000,000 and $5,000,000,000 without providing for fresh taxation to meet the drafts upon the treasury. In extenuation it is pleaded that the president will veto the measure. If this be true then they are unworthy public officials, because they lead the chief executive into temptation, and then, with unfathomable hardihood, pray that he will deliver us from evil. In addition, the gesture is a dishonest one because it is founded upon deceit." .

TODAY'S TALK By George Matthew Adams, Author of "You Can," "Take It," "Up" . SHAMS In nature there are no shams. The dead and rotted tree falls at the side of its strong and vigorous brother. The wilted flower leans In its decay upon the breast of its budding companion. Every genuine and deserving character despises shams. And yet our every days are woven with them like a spider's net. And we arei all caught in their webs. Sometimes I even think that many enjoy being hoodwinked. Nevertheless these same shams despoil our personalities and lead us. astray from our best ideals. Whether because of force of circumstance, or a literal starving of our free will to choose or decide, I am not quite sure, but it is certain, that we accept too much, weigh too little, and take too much for granted. We smile in the face of these ehams, court them, and then support them as .though they were to us our own children born. How many friendships there are which are nothing more nor less than shams. The dbg doesn't put up with any sham friendship either he is for you or against you. And yet we human beings will smile a soft smile to one of our kind and then say mean things behind his back. The great evil of much money is that it feeds on shams, boasts and insincerities. ' - I saw a piece of rare looking furniture the other day. -It was sold for a genuine old piece but my friend, who is an expert, showed me the sham of it all. You, as an employe, either are practicing shamery or else you are a loyal, happy worker. You can't be a half-way and succeed long at it. , What you are speaks louder than anything you may be able to say. Genuineness is a silent proposition. Its only advertisement is itself. The God in whom I believe is full of mercy and His love is as wide and deep as space, but He has no patience with shams. He will forgive seventy times seventy but a sham He will pass by. Sincerity is always the best policy.

Who's Who in the Day's News JUDGE JOHN EDWIN REYNOLDS "What good is a college degree?" is a question often asked. It means enough to Judge John Edwin Reynolds of Arcadia, La., that at 62, he has en tered the law school of the University of Michigan as a freshman. The course the judge has chosen ordinarily consumes nine years. Judge Reynolds started on his legal career by studying law In the offices of one of the leading lawyers of Louisiana. He passed the bar examination in that state and at 21 began the practice of law. Seven years ago he became judge of three districts in Louisiana. His ability as a lawyer is recognized in the state. The supreme court of the "state recently sustained the decision Judge Reynolds rendered regard-1 ing certain oil litigation involving $5,000,000. It is said of the judge that the higher court has never reversed a decision of his. While the judge is attending school he plrms to study the Detroit system of caring for probationers and juvenile delinquents. Rippling Rhymes By Walt Mason LOCKED UP LADIES Through the prison, with the jailer, I went snooping t'other day, and my face and soul were paler when at last I came away. Fof 'twas full of females queenly who took murder as a sport, waiting grimly or serenely for their hearing in the court. "Here is Madge," remarked the warden; "she grew weary of her man. and she poisoned him, accordin' to the Mary Blandy plan. Here is Clara; people damn her as a savage, without end, for she bought a 10-cent hammer and with that she slew her friend. With her face against the casement there is Laura, gentle dame; and she buried in a basement one who tried to queer her game. In this dungeon let us pass in Hannah sits, in discontent; she engaged a cheap assassin to remove a tiresome gent. Over yonder we discover Jane, who once got down to tacks; she grew weary of her lover and suppressed him with an ax. I believe with Poet Ruddy," said the keeper of the jail, "that the dame, in doings bloody, is more deadly than the male " So I viewed the Sues and Sadies, pacing up and down their cells; what's the matter with the ladies, that they are not wearing bells? Every morning comes the paper, with a story drear and dun, how some lady cut a caper with a cleaver or a gun. Facts About Indiana (By Associated Press) A department of geology and natural science in connection with the state board of agriculture was provided for by the legislature in 1S69. William Hendricks was the third governor of Indiana, serving from 1822 to 1825. James A. Wright served as governor of Indiana for seven years. He was the tenth governor of the state. "When the state bank of Indiana got

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Three Richmond Persons On Conference Committees Officers and members of . committees appointed by the state conference of Charities and Correction, to serve during the thirty-first annual session at South Bend, Oct. 7 to 10, were announced today. According to persons in charge of the event, there is every indication that the coming meeting will be the largest ever hell. On the executive committee are Dr. S. E. Smith and Timothy Nicholson of Richmond. Miss Ethel Clark of-Riehmond is on the family welfare committee. culation was $4,208,725, with a debt to the institution of $6,095,368. Mrs. Zerelda G. - Wallace was the first president of the Women's Christian Temperance union in Indiana. She was the mother of Lew Wallace. The eleventh governor of Indiana was Ashbel Parsons Willard. He was elected in 1S56. ' The section of the Wabash and Erie canal from St Joseph dam to the forks of the Wabash, about 32 miles, was completed in 1S35 at a cost of approximately $232,000. Abraham Adams Hammond was the first lieutenant governor of Indiana to take the chief executive's chair as a result of the death of the governor. He succeeded A. P. Willard, who died wnile in office, and served from I860 to 1861. After Dinner Stones An insurance man had just bought his first car and was having all the delightful experiences of a new driver. Practicing his precepts of his business, he had taken out all manner of insurance on it, but nevertheless he was more than usually impressed with the necessity for slow and careful driving especially slow which was not at all to the liking of the younger members of the family. On one of these carefully driven trips one of the youngsters piped up: "Papa, if you don't drive faster we will be arrested for vagrancy." "Are those eggs fresh?" "Fresh, mum?" replied the veracious dealer, in confidential tones. "I'll tell you how fresh they are, mum Suppose a friend of mine was to come and say, 'Henry Tripe, I've got a quart of the finest liquor that was ever tasted by mortal man. I'm going to make a little eggnog and I want you to be at the party.' Well, :num." continued the dealer, after a dramatic pause, "them's the eggs I'd give him." Birmingham Age-Herald. An international commercial exposition in Mexico City, Aug 15 to Sept. 15, is being held under the auspices of the National Confederation of Chambers of Commerce of Mexico. JOHN MARCUM GOT RID OF HAY FEVER 17 YRS. STANDING "I had hay fever for 17 years. I was almost down in bed with it In September, 1920, when I started taking Kerker's Asthma and Hay Fever Remedy. I took two bottles and it put me right on my feet. When, I heard of the Kerker Remedy I laughed at it had no faith in it but it certainly did the work. It is really wonderful. (Signed) "JOHM MARCUM, "Rt. 3, Box 158, Frankfort, Ky." Kerker s Asthma and Hay Fever

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The Lady of the Lilies Woman at Kenilworth, D. C, Specializes on Raising Water Lilies of Many Varieties for Big Cities of United States.

By FREDERICK J. HASKIV KENILWORTH, D. C, Sept. 1. This quiet little town boasts the biggest water lily farm in the United States. , Of course it is run by a woman, and of course the woman is known as "The Lady of the Lilies." Although she is a practical and successful business woman, it seems appropriate to call Mrs. Helen Fowler by this poetic name. Romance clings naturally to water lilies and to the people associated with them. - Even the business of growing lilies by the acre and shipping them by the thousand is tinged with the picturesque. Imagine the sturdy little woman guiding her boat about the water fields and directing her assistants as they pick several thousand lily 'bud3 on a summer morning. Imngine her again, standing rifle in hand tensely waiting for the snapping turtle, that deadly enemy of the water lily. When he hears no one about, up comes his head and crack goes the shot of the expert. That turtle eats no more lilies. Imagine her surrounded by 3,000 to 4,000 rainbow colored water lilies one day's picking in, the height of the season busily packing them to bo shipped to points as far as Chicago; Portland, Me.; and Macon, Ga. With this sort of thing described as routine there is no need to hunt for the picturesque side of lily farming. There is little use asking anyone to visualize the farm itself. It is a sort of water lily heaven. There are broad pools filled with nothing but delicate pink water lilies, surrounded by their odd round leaves and mirror ed in the still water. Other pool? are given over to different varieties. In a collection of this sort, almost every corner of the world is represented by some distinctive water lily. France has sent some of our most beautiful specimens. Sweden supplied crimson varieties. Zanzibar, in far-off Africa, sent deep blue and purple ones; Mexico and Florida, some of the best yellow kinds; South America, th(j royal Victoria water lily; while lotuses of various kinds came from Egypt and different parts of the Orient. All these types are raised in this country now, and occasionally new varieties are evolved. There are 75 different kinds of water lilies on Mr3. Fowler's farm. Her father originated about a dozen lilies, and she has produced six or more. The Lotus Of Egypt's Queen. Some of the lily ponds are lined at the swampy banks with the famous lotuses of history and song. The same Egyptian lotus that Cleopatra wove in her auburn hair to captivate her lovers is growing in one of these lily ponds. So huge is the blossom that the visitor can only wonder how the queen managed to tuck it behind her ear, and whether after all the effect could have been really coquettish. There is no question, however, of the Egyptian lotus' being enchanting in Its water home. The stalk rises 6 or 7 feet above the water and ends in an upturned blossom shading from creamy white to carmine red. The pink Japanese and Indian lotuses, which bloom on shorter stalks, are planted m front of these tall Egyptian lilies. To see the lotuses Too Much of a Good Thing "It is six years since I had my first stomach trouble. It rapidly grew worse. My food would not digest and I was reduced to skin and bone. My doctor put me on a starvation diet, and when my pains grew worse I concluded it was too much of a good thing. On the advice of my druggist I tried Mayr's Wonderful Remedy, and am now entirely well," It Is a simple, harmless preparation that removes the catarrhal mucus from the intes tinal tract and allays the inflamma tion which causes practically all stomach, liver and intestinal ailments, including appendicitis. One dose will convince or money refunded. Clem Thistlethwaite's 7 drug stores, A. G. Luken Drug company and druggists everywhere. Advertisement. The Bank for ALL the People Second National Bank

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DOESN'T FLAP HIS WIMGS OrCE IN A WHILE THE.;P3a FISHlOQK Out! ForThf. Love.- of- Aitfeyue's FLYING UPSIDE DouttJ. He'll . falv. "Sure asblooming In profusion is to understand why almost every oriental country has succumbed to the spell. of the water lily. For centuries the Buddhist ha3 repeated in his prayers, "O, the jewel in the lotus flower." The Egyptian sculptor used the lotus as a favorite design in his temple carvings. The Greek poets knew it as a symbol of the alluring indolence of tropic islands. WTe have an American lotu., a beautiful pale yellow variety, that grows wild in the country, and that only waits for some poet or philosopher to immortalize its charm. Further along the way are the Victoria lilies, the royalty of the water lily family. The leaves of the Victorias are sometimes seven feet across. They are like round boats, with turned up edges to keep out the water. A child can sit safely on one of the largest of these floating trays. The flower is a giant, too, a great blushtinted blossom that scents the air with a heavy fragrance suggestive of pineapple. Mrs. Fowler leads the way rast all these water wonders. Twenty-five years ago her father, W. B. Shaw, started by making one lily pond in his swamp land. Seven acres are now under water. There are 24 ponds in all, constructed from marsh land. They are fed by springs, and the water can be raised or drained off at will. All except the tenderest plants stay in the water during the winter, and when ice forms the ponds afford fine skating. Mrs. Fowler and her assistants are kept busiest between May and October. June is the height of the season At that time three or four thousand blooms a day are picked and sold, but all through the warm months a thousand or more blossoms are harvested each morning. Flowers Harvested Early in Morning. The lily farmer must be an early riser. Four o'clock is none too soon to start work. Later in the morning the lilies are full blown and then they can not be shipped successfully. The closed buds are gathered and packed in boxes 'with damp moss. As soon as the boxes are unpacked, in Boston or St. Louis, the blooms open quickly. Mrs. Fowler ships more lilies to Boston than to any other city. .For some reason the florists .there seem best to understand handling them profitably. There are only a few simple precautionsto be taken in keeping water lilies so that they will last a week. They should not be -displayed in .a vase with the heads hanging over the edge, because the stem of the lily does not bring enough water to the petals and they soon wilt. The blooms are properly arranged in a low bowl, so that they float on the water as they would on a pond. It is also important to avoid placing the lilies where a strong wind or the breeze from an electric fan can blow directly on the fragile petals. Aside from these restrictions, handling cut lilies is not difficult. The grower, however, has numerous problems. Like other farmers, the lily raiser has to wage constant warWoman's Ills Make Unhappy Home There is no question but what the ills of women conspire ag-ainst domestic harmony. The husband cannot understand these troubles and the phvsician finds it hard to curP them; therefore the overworked wife and mother continues to dra around day in and day out with headaches and backache, fretful and nervous. Such women should b g-uided by the experience or women wnose letters we are continually publishing in this paper. Many of them declare that they have been restored to health, strength, and conseauent happiness hv T.vrHs. v Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after doctors and all other medicines had failed to help them. It will surelv pay women who suffer from such ailments to try it. Cement Lime BUILDERS' SUPPLIES Plaster Sewer Pipe Klehfoth-Niewoehner Co. Phone 2194 North 2nd and A Mf Service and Quality Count, Try Us."

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Gee., he' Does act CLUMSY t He WOBBLES SO ? JOST LOOK AT " HlrVvAHeN He TAKES 4 Those air Pockets . . WeLL - I'LL -- BE HE'S RIGHT ,S IDE UP. AGAJNl AND FLYiiskjV I'LL HAVE To ADMIT That's a TRiof I After Dinner Tricks So, 263 To Remove One by Adding One Lay four matches as shown in Fig. 1. Ask some one to add a match, and yet take one away. Your request will cause much bewilderment, and no one will understand how it can be done until you explain the trick. The four matches form the Roman numeral XX, which stunds for twenty. Ky adding another match in the middle. a shown in Fig. 2, the Koiuan numeral XIX is formed, which stands for nineteen. Thus by " adding one you have taken one away. Copyright, lilt, ky Publio Ledger Company fare on enemies of his crop. The tur tle is the most ferocious of the creat ures that prey on the water lily, as has been stated, and the one that gives the most trouble. Mrs. Fowler says that she has tried poison and traps in vain. ine lurues eat i'ans green and; enjoy it. They avoid the traps in derision. Shooting is slow, but ef fective. The musk rat, another enemy of the water lily, is trapped, and the skins are sold by a trapper who works on me irm. iurs. f owter Deiieves in turning pests into profit She regularly sells hundreds of bunches of water weeds that threaten to choke her lilies. Aquariums buy these weeds and other water plants in large quantities. Fish need more oxygen than Careless Shampooing Spoils the Hair Soap should be used very carefully, if you want to keep your hair looking its best. Most soaps and prepared shampoos contain too much alkilL This dries the scalp, makes the hair brittle, and ruins it. The best thing for steady use is MnlsiSed cocoanut oil shampoo (which is pure and greaseless), and is better than anything else you can use. Two or three teaspoonsful of Mulsified will cleanse the hair and scalp thoroughly. Simply moisten the hair with water and rub it in. It make3 an abundance of rich creamy lather, which rinses out easily, removing every particle of dust, dirt, dandruff and excessive oil. The hair dries quickly and evenly, and it leaves the scalp soft and the hair fine and silky, bright lustrous, fluffy and easy to manage. You can get Mulsified cocoanut oil shampoo at any pharmacy, it's very cheap, and a few ounces will supply every member of the family for months. Be sure your druggist gives you Mulsified. Advertisement lliiuiiinuiiiuiuiiinnminuuiiHiiuiuiiiiiiuuiiiuiiuiiiiiiiiiiitiiiuiuMiiHiinmK 1 Arrow lirand Collars i! I 15 cents Rapp's Cut-Price Co. I 529 Main St. luiiiiiiuiuiinniiniiiiuirtiiimi(iinMiiininiiintiiiHauiniiiminninmimnii Always fresh, a wonderful loaf. Betsy Ross Bread Made by ZWISSLER'S Bakery Restaurant Phone 1654 Phone 1658

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But- here's CAM IT , i Memories of Old Days in This Paper TeivYear Ago Today Co-operation of local business concerns in overcoming the car shortage through quick unloading of consignments to this city, was asked in a letter received from the Interstate Commerce commission. Cars for hauling grain and foodstuffs were most needed it was stated. Dr. J. N. Hurty, secretary of the. state board of health, addressed members of the Wayne county Medical association at the regular monthly meeting. OHIO RIVER IMPROVEMENTS CINCINNATI, O., Sept. 1. Under the recent appropriation rivers and harbors bill passed by congress, th3 Cincinnati district will receive aoproximately $2,000,000 of the $5,000,00 " appropriated, according to Col E. M. Johnston, in charge of engineering in this district. the water in a small tank provider., and the plants aerate he water. Frogs, water moccasins, and fish in the lily ponds are let strictly alone-. They are unofficial workers for tti crop. They catch mosquito larvr. ;- and insects that harm the lilies. Raising water lilies has been reduced to a science by Mrs. Fowler., It is fascinating work if you lov 1 water plants as much as she do?3. And the interest to the public ii shown in the throngs of people who flock to Kenilworth to see the marsher, ablaze with acres of vari-colored flowers thriving under the skillful guidance and protection of The L3dy of the Lilies. GIRLS! LEMONS BLEACH SKIN WHITE Squeeze the juice of two lemons into a bottle containing three ounces j of Orchard White, which any drug store will supply for a few cents, shake well, and you have a quarter pint of harmless and delightful lemon bleach. Massage this sweetly fragrant lotion into, the face, neck, arms and hands each day, then shortly note the beauty and whiteness of your skin. Famous stage beauties use this lemon lotion to bleach and bring that soft, clear, rosy-white complexion, also as a freckle, sunburn and tan bleach because it doesn't irritate. Advertisement LUMBER POSTS ROOFING BUILDING MATERIALS of All Kinds Right Prices' Prompt Delivery . MATHER BROS. Company

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