Red River County Review (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 77, Ed. 1 Friday, February 20, 1925 Page: 2 of 4
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THE RED RIVER COUNTY REV HEW
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20
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A. T. BRYOI« Editor and Managsr
DYING CULT
fashions In dress and decorations
have long been subject to waves of
foreign Influences. Students of mun-
ners profess to give reasons for the
abb and flow. They will truce French
Influence to Henrietta Maria and be-
yond her; they will see It weakened by
the frown of Cromwell und revived by
the secret trenty of Dover. They will
tell you, too, why at one time no Eng-
lish purty was entertaining without a
Mack page boy to grin ut the guests,
and no English lawn decorative with-
out a peacock to strut upon It, says the
London Times. Nearer to our own day,
they will explain how Japan flourished.
In fans and porcelain, on the mantel-
pieces. Of the '00s, and how, ten
years ago, nothing from a dancer to a
dinner could be perfect that was not
Busslan. Now, It appears, they must
write an epitaph upon that cult of all
things Chinese which began, perhaps,
In the theater and spread to every
Ibop, every drawing room and every
dressing table In the land. For the
cult is dying. A woman has recently
given notice of her willingness to "ex-
change a handsome Pekingese for a
diamond ring." This, If the camel will
pardon us, Is the last straw that showB
which way the wind blows.
I States In the first quarter of the*pres-
ent century. The speed of the apread
of the chain store Idea may be Judged
from the statement made by a good
authority that one-half of the notion
business of the United States Is now
handled by chain stores. One-flftb of
the drug business has gone under th^
chain management and about one-sixth
of the grocery business. All of the
chain stores of the United States put
together now do a total annual busi-
ness of nearly $3,000,000,000, or 8 per
cent of the retail trade of the coun-
try.
Woman's chief place In the world
still Is to act the necessary role of
mother and housewife. She Is, after
all. the greatjiomemaker of the world
and of all time, and though many
women may take men's places nnd may
find pleasure and profit in business,
In trades or In the professions, the
greater number may he expected to
stay In the homes and be the best-be-
loved members of the family around
whom all home activities cling, says the
Annlston (Ala.) Star. Even in tills
woman is showing her capacity for do-
ing many things well and the one chief
work of women better than any mun
could ever hope to do it.
The Lawyers' club recently held a
dinner in memory of John Marshall,
once chief justice of the United States.
Marshall, doubtless, was one of our
greatest men. His Influence on our
government was probably greater than
Jefferson's, and left Its mark more per-
manently. He It was who protected
the American Judiciary from legislative
and executive interference—to the ire
of Jefferson, who wanted a judiciary
fee conld control. Yet ten know much
about Jefferson for one who knows
anything about Marshall, says the New
York World. So with others on our
vaater. We know about Benjamin
Franklin, but we don't know about
Benjamin Harris. jVe know about
Waahlngton, but we don't know about
▼on Steuben. Wa know about Lincoln,
frnt we don't know about William Lloyd j
Garrison. We know about Grant, but '
wo don't know about Upton. There
ahoald be more of these dinners to re-*
Store long-missing portraits to our gal
tery of fame.
According to figures compiled by the
American banks division of the Ameri-
can Bankers association, the 1024 sav-
ings bank deposits are In excess of
$20,700,000,000, a gain over 1923 of
$2,300,000,000. Only us far hack as 1912
our savings bank deposits were $8,-
425,000,000. The per capita of savings
was then $89. Today it Is in excess
of $166.
"Jack be nimble, Jack be quick;
Jack Jumped over the candlestick,"
was written before present traffic con-
ditions, when pedestrians knew com-
paratively little about the art of Jump-
ing.
Bven good English scholars some-
. tinea fall Into error. Hence, the writer
'who recently told of an "impasse" be-
lag "ended," need not necessarily
thereby suffer wholesale condemna-
tion. According to Webster, how-
over, an Impasse represents "a posi-
tion or predicament affording no es-
f<ape." It Is technically possible,
therefore, to reach an Impasse or to
•void one, but not to get out frotn one
already reached. It Is altogether an-
other question whether any position or
predicament exists from which there
la no escape. Some may remember
In this connection that, during the
World war, Mr, Lloyd George once
gave utterance to the remarkable as-
anrance that he had never known a
aingle human problem that was not
•olnble.
Jane 7,nne Gordon, among her own
people Princess Wlio-Shon-No, is devot-
ing attention to the making of appeals
for the saving of the forests. In the
name of the Indlons, of whom she is
a fine example of what education will
accomplish, Mrs. Gordon set's forth that
a century ago there were 800.000,000
acres of a virgin forest but, since that
time, the encroachments of agricul-
ture, the consumption of lumber and
the ravages of flre have reduced this
area to, approximately, 137.000,000
acres of tlmberland. She declares that
a natural and willing agent In the task
of preserving the forests may be found
In the Indian, who might be employed
by the nation, the state and the pri-
vate owner of land In the great work
of reforestation. There are at pres-
ent in the United States 400,000 In-
d! .ns.
The two great changes made In bust-
seas In modern times are the develop-
• flwnt of co-operation In Great Britain
•Btf the creation of the chain store
system. In England and In the United
i In an ag« of marvels it Is perhaps
Invidious to pick out some particular
Invention for special comment, but the
recent demonstration In London of the
capabilities of a new type of torch for
cutting stee1 under water does seem
worthy of mention. During the dem-
onstration. it Is recorded, a diver de-
scended to the bottom of a wuter-
tank and in about eighteen feet of wa-
ter cut through a foot of Inch-thick
steel plating in three minutes. The
flame is said to have eaten Into the
metal as though it were so much but-
ter. If Jules Verne had dared to
equip Captain Nemo with such a ma-
chine, what treusures he would have
discovered at the bottom of the ocean I
A wife testified ln her divorce suit
against a Junk dealer that It was her
efforts that enabled him to accumulate
$68,000 ln seven years. And all the
time the Junk dealer probably thought
he was blowing his own horn.
GOOD
That is what you will say after you have
ridden on GOODYEAR TIRES and put
them through the rough wear and tear of
eight or ten thousand miles. Let us equip
your rear wheels with a pair for a test.
About time for a new battery? Try an
EX1DE.
Caton-Goodman Auto Supply Co.
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fyahel/Urden.
seeking throughout France (or
perfumes worthy of a place
among her exclusive Venetian
Toilet Preparations, has chosen
Ihe chic fragrances of BABAN1
OF PARIS!
AMBRE PE DELHI:
i^lcr^, (nchinlmcnt*
MING; {l(in, playful tucclneii^
LIGEIA: romantic, luxurious
AFGHANI:
colorful, riotous, untamed,
JASMIN DE C0REE:
profocahvc, a challenge;
—aiul other fragrance*,
In drcoraliw bottles,
jrox Zi-7) u?
Butcher Drug Co.
BEAUTIFUL BRIDGES
"When architects are engineers and
engineers architects, steel bridges may
be designed for strength without ugli-
ness." We've been waiting for that
explanation. Now for a get-together
session. A steel bridge In a landscape
has not been regarded as a beauty
spot, says the Boston Herald. It may
be possible to make a steel bridge
beautiful, but It costs a lot more
money, and In Ainericu our Ingrained
thrift is still dominant. We pretend
that nobody sees the bnck of a sky-
scraper, although It may be as com-
pletely visible as the .front, so we leave
It in a state that pains the esthetic
eye. When It conies to bridges, there
Is a go-as-you-pleus/ spirit that has so
far considered nothing* but the best
way to get across. In Europe there
are some architectural bridges. Paris
builds them; but the Seine Isn't much
ot a stream to span. Crossing the Mis-
sissippi or the Ohio, fabulous sums
would be required to make a bridge
laok pretty. But at this stage of the
national wealth we have fabulous
sum's.
production on lund are rendered more j
apparent, the attention of thinking
people Is being directed more and more j
to the sea. What possibilities of food '
lie ln Its undeveloped fisheries and to
what extent may we look to Its vast
and little known vegetable life for :
clothing, food, chemicals or other help-
ful products? !
For Outside
or Inside Work
Upon the conditions and the service re-
quired, depends the kind and grade of
Paint you should use. Tell us your needs
and we will recommend the correct paint.
J. W. ALLEN & BRO.
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There Is at least one profession ln
which woman is on a par with man—
and that Is ln writing. For every well-
known male writer there Is an equally
brilliant writer of the opposite sex,
whether the Held be tiction, nonaction
or Journalism.
A prognostlcntor tells us that, If the
use of typewriters spreads at the pres- 1
ent rate, the noble art of penmanship
will disappear In some fifty years. ;
Many of us won't grieve over the lost 1
art If the cult of spelling comes Into
Its own once again.
A leading woman's college, Mount
Helyoke, adds cross-word puzzles to Its
English curriculum as a ready means
of enlarging the vocabulary. At the
same time, a firm that publishes books
of these braln-teas/rs reports ssles of
nearly half a million and the inability
of the presses to Veep abreast of the
demand. Rarely has so wholesome a
fad swept the country In this fashion.
A silly popular song may be dinned
Into the ears of multitudes and leave
an impress that, if not debusing, is at
least not elevating. But with the cur-
rent diversion it is easy to discern a
positive and permanent benefit, says
the Philadelphia Ledger. Some time
ago the Russell Sage foundation re-
ported that 500 words would serve the
purpose of the average business man
for the letters he dictates. Today,
with dictionaries aboard Intercity and
transcontinental trains, he Is ashamed
not to have more synonyms at his
beck and call for the purposes of the
literary chessboard that he finds in
his newspaper. If he does not want
the words himself, his deciphering
neighbor can use them.
Rather startling It Is, to the indi-
vidual who has been ln the habit of
thinking of the term "Puritan" as rep-
resenting almost everything that was
good and the terra "flapper" as repre-
senting almost everything that Is bad.
to learn from President Mary E. Wool-
ley of Mount Holyoke college, South
Hadley, Mass., that the two have some-
thing In common, says the Christian
Science Monitor. The Puritan maid-
ens, like the "flappers" of today, rel-
ished short petticoats and dresses se
that they could better show off their
shoes and red stockings, President
Woolley la quoted as having stated at
"Forefathers Night," observed by the
Boston Congregational clnb at Ford
hall, In Boston, not long since. The
colonists even as early aa 1628, said
the speaker, were sending large orders
to England for fancy dresses, shoes,
stockings, silks and buckles. Thus
truly doth history repeat ltaelf.
Delving Into the classics, the De-
partment of Agriculture comes across
with "Ops" as the name of the god-
dess of agriculture. This dictum may
satisfy the cross-word puzzle enthusi-
asts, but the department still has to
explain why the mythological lady In
question ever became so neglectful of
the welfare of her charges as to per-
mit her name to be used ln a word
that seldom applies to them. "Opu-
lent" la Just exuetly what most farmers
are not
A prize steer was sold to the highest
bidder and brought $1.40 a pound.
That sounds more in proportion to
what the customer Is paying these
days for the piece of suet.
A man hunting In the woods In a
fur overcoat was shot by mistake. The
man who shot him got away before
he had told the world what a man
In a fur overcoat looks like.
GOOD-BY, BARBER
On Ward and upward. The barber
who had a son who was a totisorlal art.
1st now has a grandson who Is a chlro-
tonsor! In other words, the honest
mechanic who humbly removed excess
whiskers from the chin of man, ab-
breviated Ails scalp lock, and leeched
him if occasion demanded, has evolved
Into a pu'rse-proud Intellectual with a
four-syllable swank. Barbering has. by
official act of the Chicago guild, passed
from the category of first-class trades
to that of doubtful professions, says the
; Baltimore Sun. The chlrotonsors Join
that glittering company of realtors,
resiaurateurs and four hundred and
sixty-three varieties of engineers who
have applied the balm of polysyllabic
obscurities to inferiority complexes.
No word of ours could so beautifully
describe the transmogrification of the
barber's esthetic soul or the ennobling
of his service to humanity as do those
of the president of the Chicago asso-
ciation. With that awe one feels in
the presence of true greatness ,we
quote: "Our function is to beautify
and mobilize the human countenance,
to make It truly the window of the
human soul." Humbled, we tiptoe out
of that tubllme presence. But as we go
we cannot help but mourn the passing
of that humble citizen who Interpreted
for us the news of tke day, kept us
posted on neighborhood gossip, told us
the latest and sometimes the oldest
Joke, and removed our hirsute scenery
with a deftness no such animal as a
chlrotonsor could ever achieve.
JUST
RECEIVED
Car Minnesota Triumph Seed Potatoes; an-
other car rolling. Also have car Red Rust
Proof Oats and two cars Feed Oats rolling.
Book your Cane Seed now—Red Top Am-
bers and Orange priced low.
Black Brothers
. Company
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Trading at Home.
As the problem of human existenco
grows greater by reason of Increase In
population and the limitations of food
A manufacturer of Ice creams and
beverages In Green Bay, Wis., supplies
many dealers ln neighboring towns.
As consumption varies with the
weather he keeps close watch on the
forecasts of the weather bureau of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture ln summer In order to furnish to
the dealers such quantities as will be
needed. In this way he minimizes re-
peat and last-minute orders, which fre-
quently used to come In too late to he
filled, and prevents waste by reducing
orders when forecasts Indicate thut
dealers will be unable to sell the quan-
I titles ordered. In the winter, in the
I same city, the coal dealers follow the
forecasts, watching particularly for
cold waves, so that arrangements can
be made to handle' the rush of orders
at stidi times. When cold waves come
| on Sundays such preparations ofter
prevent suffering, as otherwise the coal
yards would be closed.
Every once in a while some out-
sider from the cities eqmes along
and wants to put on some "trade at
home" campaign. The newspaper is
usually asked to take a part in it.
We see suc.h campaigns In other coun-
try papers received on our exchange
table. Of course, wo believe nothing
wold he better for this town than
that every man, woman and child In
this trade territory trade here. Thou-
sands of dollars are going to the mail
order houses and to the city me.rclv
ants. But such campaigns often do
no more than put money into the
stranger's pocket.
From our experience we have come
to the conclusion that a great many
people, fanners especially, don't en-
joy being told to "trade at home."
Many even resent It. Op«n criticism
of mail order houses simply boost* W
such concerns. If we can show tlis
buying public that it pays to trade
at home the public will trade here.
Prices talk. Money talks. Quality
of goods talks. Friendly co-operation
talks. And advertising of the right
kind will do natch to overcome the
natural inclination of many peopln
to "send off" for their merchandise.—
Springfield (Minn.) Advance-Press.
"No non-Ohristinn nation hn.< ev^r
preserved its llberltlei."— -Williaai
Matthew Holderby.
FLOUR-
A large number of our customers have pro-
tected themselves against the advance in
ilour, but for those who have not, we still
have a few thousand pounds of
SMITH'S BEST FLOUR at $2.35 per sack
You will realize what a saving this means
when we tell you that this flour is today
worth $2.60 in car lots.
Red Oats for seed are cheaper, and we have
the decline.
SEED POTATOES
We have a car of Genuine Minnesota Tri-
umph Seed Potatoes at a very low price for
this grade of potatoes—they are so cheap
that lots of folks are buying them for eating.
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Bear in mind that WE
YOUR POULTRY.
WANT TO BUY
HcCulloch Grocery Co.
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Bryce, A. T. Red River County Review (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 77, Ed. 1 Friday, February 20, 1925, newspaper, February 20, 1925; Clarksville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth292749/m1/2/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.