The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, September 27, 1918 Page: 6 of 8
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en '-'California Syrup of
Oroughiy cleanses the teildei:
e^Wtig'
4wltable} feverish,- or -
ith: is: bad, stomach sour, look at
" iue, Mother I If coated, give
tonful of this harmless "fruit
tive," -and in a few hours all the
fool, constipated waste, sour bile and
; undigested i food passes out of the bow-
els, and you have a well, playful child
-"Mil. Whin the little system is full of
throat sore, has stomach-ache, di-
indigestlon, icolic—reuiember,
ffiffrgiria'' ^arising" sfaonld.afe
iweys, be the first treatinftht given.
—- -Miffion^ of iwther^4ieep—CUilifornia-
JByrup of\Figs" handy; they know a
.'te^spoonfui today saves a sick child
iSo-morrow. Ask your druggist foj: a
" bottle of "California Syrup of Figs,"
which has directions for babies, chil-
dren "all iges, and grown-ups printed
Bewnre of counterfeits
vao(a ti&ei
genuine, wade b'y,<. "California Fig
. tjyrup Company."—A(3v. j,
MOT TOO GOOD FOR 'ENERy
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GOES!
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- /Spent for :Need eM T«lfcphone
Calls and Tetegrams.
By EDWARD MOTT WOOLLETT "
It seems incongruous that in this
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gjtotllic*- feg fn fftndiipf'mlghfv
selling and advertising campaigns in
, -usta our ( (■-
mles—cruel and dangerous enemies
who are-bent oa throttling, the very lib-
erty on .which our .country, has been
, ■ i <t -
.we coutd:taise..slx„.or ei^ht.Wifion dol:;_
blare of salesmanship and publicity;
and we would do it so easfly'-that Ger-
many and ' her allies would stand
ai hftijt it our o\\ < < l ' iourc
and pu jose.
The !•'- uu'i .-■■/pu yet we do
r.->t • ■ is= over_
us. ■ 1 'he war has not sunk into the
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iion or more oi'.o? r !>o„" ' - ''•v.noe, and
. j ■■ „ nna i, L, \ lej'v
u 1' - t l"5i . >i "iiun "eiyor
of ihtrepur cetnuge^-ffie- cbiirSge that
wells within one and stirs the soul.
VI ' , ' .'fded.
The one u>\; i- iiah:- idonco of
t il is i ■> nc. io uivrUce.
rjoaajvpffo sees ins cluld in deadly"
peril is Instantly ready to sacrifice
everything, even his life. It takes no
argument to "sCIJ" to him. the need of
courage. He get's it from with)iv.The
fighting impulse dominates his every
,1,1, /h <l ; ;e most need in
' ,r-w vwl.'iv is Impulse.
Once- we get it the doom of Germany,-
as a menace to ourselves and to the
world, will be sealed,. If we,had this
valorous, undaunted det ermination we
ly V > i billion, but as man; l)il-
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Something of a Novelty in the Way of
—— . Funerals, but It Satisfied
the Widow^
US: search our hearts, therefore, and
discover why it is that brass-band
methods are needed to sell us Liberty
--•>< ii-4v- « .i all th ■- moreiincredif:
"ble that such should be the case when
the money we. are asked to contribute
"'Off are ver terdav. Mrs. Jones?"
aaW- Mrs. Muggins from the corner
. - -bouse. "I'm very sorry to 'ear of the
■ 4eath of "your 'usi>aHd.'?
"Yes, dead and buried, 'e is, too,"
eald the .widow, drying her eyes with
Jhe-coirner-- olL Iiet,,ap^n^.,,''43h-Lhle8a4
1m Ivgey 'Im a good funeral'; 'e 'ad
sixty followers." ;.
" *Ow did yer manage to feed all
them?" gasped Mrs, Muggins.
"Well, 'tfer teiV yer tiie 'onest truth,
Mrs. Muggins, I couldn't get food no
"®w, sin' I (iidn'-t like to seem mean,
'<xfs:'Enery, biess 'im, was well lh-
eured. V?'Sen we; come back from the
' cemetery11 up^t an' tells; 'em' to go
for their .tea,, land Jthen come back
So to show 'em it wasn't inean-
-: « > I took 'em all to the 'Ippodrome
i- aiad paid for 'iem. I^oor 'Enery. it was
MmWfr
'ere.
nd f-uneval, hut ndn'ei too good for:
!''^ijond<hirTit-Bits.: ;•;
W>Clever Mr. Smith,
: The Smiths \vere at dinher:. "I told
ilps'
ly tha t we m i gh t d ron i n on tliem
this evening," remarked Mr. Smith.
"Oh, pshiiw!" exclaimed Mrs. Smith,
"Tou know I don't want
to'^ visit those Murray!?, and I can't un-
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derstand .why you do."
; "I don'i." replied the husband.
m |bat s6 "fSM we mlght stay at
home, without ;fear of hjaving: ttxem
ittfl
m m
ri Hereafter if it's made in Germany.
It will he something we can get along
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tioally worthless. He found it easy to
appeal to the spending Instincts of ills
customers:; : ■ • • .: - ''
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- -Wot many of us ever stop to think
of the immense amount of money that
's spent for unnecessary r telephone
calls. Wherever yon go the telephone
booths are occupied, and when you
h i i i oi < ou < at o i
raii i it ih •< i1 tHMKU "i
Iteginaid calls tin his best girl to tell
her he still loves her, Maude calls Al-
gernon to thank him for the chocolates.
No matter how trivial the occasion,
our first impulse is to step into a tele-
phone-booth. ' " . '
. If five million people would save one
five-cent call a day it would mean- a
total of over ninety million dollars
:year,©ouBtless;seveniltiiiiestlits-sum:
could bjs saved very easily by the gen-
eral public ou 'local and long-distance
calls:.- are lavishly-'extravagant in.
Hie use. of the telephone. I know of
business houses-that talk several times,
a day-between New York and Chicago,
'ncurrin'g tolls on each occasion that
run from five to forty, dollars or more.
If there is one thing that 'the Ameri-
cans haven't learned it is economy of
tnlk-wwhich in these days of war need
might well mean- millions of~ddI13ffis~in""
Liberty Bonds The telephone wires
are heavily overtaxed, anyhow.
Then -there the -telegraph. • We .
have this habit, too. With a little
olannffif""we could commonly use a
three-cent stamp instead of a ten-word
message. One large wholesale house
requires all -its.. traveling - men .to., r -.
port daily by telegram, an expend!j
_ hire -that might be eliminated. The
telegraph tolls of some of the large in-
lustrial and Commercial establish-
ments are so big that they seem in-
credible..- _
The night letter is, in a ■ measure, a
nywy, at 1 ftiist- JKe ..could—do—
^;me^jv^on^yssi^e^^^pirseives;:
Indeed, we could put through this
fourth ii'u . . i.aiiJHt even feel-
ing it directly." I am not talking here
nbout great sacrifices. With merely triv-
ial and passing inhibition we cair make
this fourth loan a glorious manifesta-
tion ofi Americanism. v. .
iri ihove- Kuril ~r nrJion- of
•spenders—we literally throw money to
: the winds. . Cash runs out of our pock-
ets into, a hundred channels of extrav-
agance. Tempted at ev.ery turn by,
something that appeals to our pleasure-
saturated "instincts; we hand out tiie
dimes, quarters and dollars. We work
hard, most of us, and we play hard.
Many of us play with, an amazing
abandon that scarcely reckons the cost.
An' vo ai H} ourselves not only tit
plays, but ;we satisfy our luxury-loving
tendencies and our vanity in many of
the things that enter into our daily
lives. - ' " ■
Let us consider here merely the mil-
lion i o ior trivial ibin that do
not count as permanent investments
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For instance, lake our post card
mania.. This'habit, which perhaps we
would not criticize in times of peace,
is almost universal. A dealer estl-'
mates, that 50,000,000 people spend an,
.average of a dollar a year on the
cheaper kinds of cards, and'an adfli-
lipnnl sum of ,a luindral .million dol-
lars on postage. But on the fancy cards
and more expensive sets, sold largely
totouri t timafe is :..::{;;\000,000,
In nddnio
cards that ape kept by the purchasers,
half a
billion doilars. JT;my men have made
/o.tu'i. . ' now oj
' one ' formerl^fiWntine manufacturer
Who retired wltli a lot of money.'
:,n ;h:>; ih-s
great sum should go, for . sttch. a
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trivial purpose \yhpn t,h;er,nation."is.- in-
yolved In this mighty war. that calls'
;t<>r.. c^sbj;e^fl.astlngtv. • •'"H'cre. l -: dfa"e:
expenditure that, could ,be/,eliminated
aiteos't wholly urilll tlic war Is over.,
Besides this amount put Into Liberty
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I there ts another cjass of^sou-
iv'tn^ masajter&ae as'^iercnflh-
se a:hd ab'sipi<b ,fth aStbidsiiing ainWiint'
ini&iisstfs
to tiii peopfe • everyv?herei The
'of this,- stu^ is; useless i«nll-~at
-In. \yar tlme.- Vfhfn ^seiw,
£ -diy^fbK lah^PebasS,racard
-u alleles
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bogus. Strings of- beads are naanuffi<£
tured by the mlle andrsoi<i, to the pub",
life as the work of IniJIdhs1." ' ThVi'&feie
is true of moccasins, .toy canoes and
•tllft Hike. (v, . j n] - . >y ' A| J
Ai <-est the bulk of these goods'Is
Tubbifshr anil our ""outjp-for this pur-
:;ro ; , -ui: .-juuv-
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„ ^ed4n this' business will simply have
to dw-what so many of us have already
e.i i> <u u.u.
Aside ]from souvenirs, we are wan-
: I-V iiaCH'Chia-ldt::!.:
that is inferior or worthless. There Is
a great class of people to whom cheap-
ness- or flashiness appeals, rather than
utility and ecouomy. A d'eait>v in cheap.
goods told me that he netted $25,000 a
__
t'ronrtlte~sUoe-shining Imsiriess. Among
them are some large tenement owners
—one reputed to be worth millions.
There are more "than fifty thousand
bootblack places In the United States,
some of them employing a dozen or
more men. The maiorlty of these
booiblaci-f) £tiv within •>. 1 <hi; " ,
at least they ought to be doing some
sort of war .service, instead of shining
shoes-—while American blood runs so
freely on the other side. ■ '/>
Women Big Wasters.
But when it comes to this kind of
Sttlfcpnmpi'rtiijT lvnmpn spend fur mny
money than men. Figures secured from
onelargede-Dartftten't'store^glvesome
interesting sidelights on possible eco-
nomies. Its sales of toilet goods last
yea rati bout' L3:pey cent or iis total
Sales. Thus for every million dollars'
in sales . its customers buy $13,000
worth .of toilet articles. Apply this
rate to all the. stores in the United
States and you have a total of unnum-
bered millions. The term toilet goods
is very elastlc. including both neces-
sary and unnecessary articles, but the
conscientiou3:wttr-i-savep--no',-doubt--
would class one-third of- these Items as
partly dispensable, such as perfumery,
certain soaps, powders, rouge, toilet
waters, so-called beauty compounds,
and the like. - . '
America's women are highly scent-
ed. We live In an atmosphere redol-
ent with ambrosia. From almost everx
woman one passes on. the . "parade" r
streets of the cities there comes an
aura of roses, , or perhaps violets. Our
;Irls demand scents, in Infinite variety,
not only In perfumery itself, but in
hundreds of products. Merely to- grati-
fy our sense of olfactory luxury we
with the—social • phase-
much of the domestic.- I hap-
pen ;to.know.one .business, man, who
on his, frequent and long absences
rom home, gets a night letter from his
wife,every morning and sends one each
night. "Nor are these; messages con-
(inedito fifty words, but often run sev-
eral times that length. Baby, had the
colic;; Freddy fell downstairs arid
skinned his knee, Jeannette " had her
hair washed,. .
I happen to be acquainted also with
with a young man who revels in night--
letters to his fiancee....Tliey are real let- .
ters, too,.'beginning like 'tills; "Darl-
ing Sue—I love you more than ,eyej\
I couldn't sleep last night thinking of
you,'. Do you love me still ? . . .
(C?iitatn ftnsirress*Tnanv; the head of
a large concern,"goes away at intervals,
to rest for a week or two, but insists
on having a night letter, every morn-,
ihg, .'.narrating the siibstancc ot the,
previous /lay's business. These mes-
sages run into hundreds of words every-
day. i '4i-
I -would not-belittle the night .letter
but In -tjie pyesenjt -'stress we need to
curtail whatever part of. this expense
may 1 be unnecessary.- and Ip^n- the.
money t.o the, government,. r v.. >
The Tcxioab Mania. ^ -
We Americans also have .the taxi-
cab mania. There is a very, large class
of men - and women who ride in cabs
habitually, and let go immense,sums in
th« aggregate. They , take taxieabs. to
go a few blocks. In a group of twenty
leading' cities ithere are absutt: four him-;
dred thousand of these vehicles, and K
< >di ii t i ib vi'_( , nt ( II jrs c
oi'v diiv ill ^ i't-
gr -gate would be over fourteen million
,doll:iif- a year. What WfiyAd be the
to^l for the whale United States? It
Is a luxury to .lump into a cab when-
«ve? ones wrnfs t«> move -about,' but
these are stern times and we 'need to
be. more, (ron-minded. The boys lu
France dp. not, ride,,in cabs,-,.and . the .
money avq waste on this "form of 1 t^ury
Vin'ight better go jlnto gas masks for
them. 1
We Amerlcnn men saturate ourselves
,-H..-r-■; - J§>im mapy-kluds of soft Indulgence^.
while ;to the7 pe^pl^fli^sclves;:;^^7^:f ^!w;tlir.bai^er^horwv^^
,in;the high. ^ass hotels., as .well as, thp-
better "shops "outside","'take, from,;ui;Tnf-:
^c;;,^famjt,.,-5pc;;
shampoo, 35c ; bay rum, ipc; face mas-
sage,' 35c.; manicure,, 50cshine, lOt,;
tips, 20c;., total $2/10. It Is hot ut^
common fpr , m?9: go .through _the{
^halellst, I
0Rl£Jten? ".really .pcessaryv b
rcut"—
en can shave themselves at a cost of
^nptjndulgG^ln jhcS6
Kfeiuiuitfile^.
, | —r-
cents a dey unnecessarily in barber
shops we have , - ■
Under the actual figures, taking into
consideration' all classes of people. In
tha less Exclusive'-barber shopfe one1
finds a continual stream of man. of the
moderate, salary class, who Indulge In
the -Items I huvo eumnerai"; , -
linens: -.-ch.v. m;- ■ iciA :iu;.;lvii u oc; :-Vf
least-half billion dollar?.y
'" To have our shoes shiried; we spend
;!f* H , V if i i)
lion mojre than the market pi'ice for
shoe Jaees becausc we".-wish-to avoid
the trouble of putting them in our-
selves, Some of this expense undoubt-
edly is nece't ary, but while the war
lasts we need Hdt' be ashamed of any
form of Spartan economy.- We can be
tight handed and rigorous with. our.
nickels and dimes witiioui being open
to the ciiarge of stinginess—provided
wis use th;? money for government
, ij_ J_>x t
for a 1 , ii >u i ■ . nillion dol-
lars. There are in 'New York a number
of men who have grown very wealthy
spend tens of millions of dollars an-
hrothers and sweethearts 'of our worn-
'•en and girls are sweating and fighting
In noisome places amid: the^steneirbf
disease and death. The pdors they get
are of gunpowder and blood. Surely
we* can spare some of our perfumery
money in the cause for .which we sen'
them abroad.
"Tf"Tt'''were_posSit)Ie'tb''egCTthflte;theu|
money spent by women In New York
alone for hairdressing and beauty cul-
ture it would ^undoubtedly run Into the
ten's of millions., One' hairdresser in
the metropolitan district • states that
within eighteen months, or since Amer-
ica entered the war, he has built UP a
business that nets him seven" hundred
dollars a month. • . ; ; 1 .?
A woman proprietor of a so-called
beauty .establishment says that fifty
ustomers bring her a revenue of $30,-
000 a year, that-she realized a-clear
profit of $20,000 on powders, creams
arid perfumes, that she sold sets of
cosmetics, at seven' hundred dollars-
each. Thousands of women pay fancy
fees for hair waving, tinting and
bleaching. One concern announces
twelve colors, ranging from: bla<?k to':
golden blonde.. Much money also goes
For removal of" freckles, wrinkles treat-
ment, face bleaching and so on. ' The
manicure, bill, in New. Y.q^
nious, and/ the! chiropody Outgo lairge?
The^ places are furnished in the ut-
most' 1 uXiiry/^jJf. ;<jnly:. we could i Jm«;
press on women of this class the dreads
Tut hardships our American ypul;hSiare
tnidergoing in the great causel
Tiie lesson ought to sink home to all
worn en in America^ .who in greater or
lesser degree. .let their good rnoBey goT '
,ira^tcH.''ftttile'':yanltle8.'' '•
L '^.I t... is estlma-teLJhat,. ..a.„ml,Ulon....men.
4pd women throughout the country are
giving to the Turkish baths an" ayer-
age'nf a-rio'lc r .1 rr-^,x- ^ n
a total of $365,00ft.000 a -year. ' To this'
rdd :. '' ;"i-mueh-foi=-
we ^an ... ... . ,
niiissage, attendant fee.s, r.occial ;roat
inent .ii ii itu.idenia! .
IJathing is- commended; but most of
us, at least, those who have the Turk-
ish Twifhlial)Tf.,~<\-m - • - '<r ablutions
it . fh old!'- . hi 1 in on < ' t
havt " "n-iMi bam, me \>e
need ih . big dinners
■ nd id
p..sits. .poison ourselves 'by":gormandiz-
i r , ^ont --act- colds (lei'puso our
systems,are too iiadlj- cloggeil io'throw
ofi" the ., . . m Is when wc are stu'f-
■ - '"in rlcn viands and nil sorts-of
luxuries that ,v Hi<> Turkish
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¥N| THESE trying tim«&aiKr! nlmnst dSort of k . .
|j every woman is :necessary. But the man or woman wnp
l handicapped " kidneys finds a good day's work
impossible, and any work a burden. -Lame, achy back; daily
headaches^ dizzy. speHs, urinary irregularities and that "all-
worn-out" feeling are constant sources of distress and shot'
.. o prompt attention
Don°f delay! Neelected kidney weakness toooftenleada.,
to gravel,, dropsy: or Bright's disease. Begin using Doan'a
Kidney Pills today. They have brought thousands of kidnv-
sufferers back to health. They should help you.
. 'Personal Reports of Real Cases
A TEXAS CASE. 1 ' '
R. B. ,Mitchel_I,„ .Celeste, Texas,
.BajfBi.-'Exposure brought on kid-
ney trouble before I realized It.
TteVe were severe paina in my
baclc and my hands and feet
swelled and puffy sacs came un-
der my eyes. I wasted away un-
til was a mere skelefotf of my
former self. It was thought X
was dying. Hearing about Doan's
Kidney Pills I began taking them
and they saved my life. -The
pjlns disappeared and I was
:e«r«d of all-my- trouble? I bave-
been free. from' the complaint for
years." ' ; 7."
A LOUISIANA CASE.
Mrs. ^ P. Vincent.. 601. Napoleon '
'Ave^ flew Orleans; La., says:
"My 5S3c7.'causes .me.:'.a. iot..oi-.
misery. Every time .I was On my
feet for a few hours sharp paina
went- through -me. I had sick-
headaches and.I was in a pretty
bad shape. I began to use Doan's
Kidney Pills and was much
.pleased with the quick relief_they
brought. When I had taken them
for about a week or so as .directed
they caused this particular attack
to disappear. I have had very
little of such ailments since and ■
when I do hav;e tnem a fcw.rdOsea-
of Doan's- Kjdney_Pills bring. t%
same fine results." ' :,f '
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KIDNEY
PILLS
60c a Box at All Stores. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.Y. Mfg. Chem.
T&©■ WWM
When your blood is Hot in' good condltion, the
Summer heat weakens all the muscles of the body.
To avoid sp^lls of weakness and sickness during the
hot weather, yon must have pure, rich, red blood;
Tasteless chill Tonic
destroys-malariil parasites in the blood and removes
other poisons by Purifyjiig and Enriching; the Blood.
You can feel its Strengthening, Invigorating
Effect and when you feel strong, the Summer heat
will not depress youu - - - :-
Grove's ^Tasteless chiifl Tonic is an
exceptionally good general strengthening tonic for
the Child, the Mother and all the Family. It is-
pleasant^o Pij% QOc,—j~ ■ -
JPerfeotfy Harmless. Contains fio>
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'# chii! Tonic FaMef®_
You can now get Grove's Tasteless.chill Tonic in Tablet
form as well as in Syrup, the kind you have always bought. The
Tablets are intended for those who prefer to swallow a tablet
rather than a syrap, and as a convenience for those who travel
The tablets are called "GROVE'S; chill TONIC TABLETS" and
contain exactly
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Buck, James T. The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, September 27, 1918, newspaper, September 27, 1918; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth242459/m1/6/: accessed May 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Crosby County Public Library.