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THE TEXAS CITY TIMES, TEXAS CITY. TEXAS
MRS. KIESO SICK TRAINING TODAY'S
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coffee to
The Cause of Dry, Thin and Falling
Hair and Does It Quickly—Trial Free.
TONGUE IF SICK,
CROSS, FEVERISH
Restored to Health by Lydia E.
Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound.
An lnglish scientist has discovered
that Eskimos have two more ribs thau
any other human race.
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alone.”
The finest harbor in the world is
said to be that of Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil.
blades as it is drawn over a man’s
face.
Jill—Fine! And if it fails to remove
the hair a fellow’ can use a plow.
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allowing a large part of the brain tc
remain unused, and thus a possible
source of ill health.
Boys and girls who are encouraged
to look upon as legitimate all appeals
to curiosity, to inventiveness, to the
impulse to do and to make, will not be
likely to fall into old Mr. Stewart’s
plight when they are some day kindly
relieved of their regular occupations.
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Both Hard to Manage.
Redd—So they are divorced?
Greene—Yes, she’s taken the chil-
dren and he’s taken the automobile.
“Suppose she thought the children
would be easier to manage.”
Every Child Should Be Encour-
aged to Pursue a Hobby.
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Something Involving Application and
Effort and Sacrifice Is Better Than
One Calling for His Entertain-
ment and Amusement.
Behind the Scenes.
Full many a man’s a pacifist.
Philanthropist and all that.
Yet scolds a wife who can’t resist
And slams the door -and kicks the cat.
INDIGESTION, GAS
OR SICK STOMACH
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How to Judge.
Mrs. Flatbush—Do you believe in
that saying that a woman, is as old as
she looks?
Mr. Flatbush—Sure, if she takes off
her hat and hair.
Hurry, Mother! Remove poisons
from little stomach,
liver, bowels.
Time it! Pape’s Diapepsin ends
all Stomach misery in five
minutes.
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Removing the Features.
Bill—This paper says like a diminu-
tive lawn mower is a new device for
shaving, in which a spring motor re-
Happy Ending.
Patience—Has your brother finished
that story he was writing?
Patrice—Oh, yes.
“Did it have a happy ending?”
“Oh, yes; he’s sold it.”
Hard Work.
“Does nobody smoke in this family?
Can’t you give me a light?”
“Yes, but keep it dark.”
Sad Case.
“I certainly do feel sorry for Mrs.
Doppel."
“Why so?”
“She patronizes Mrs. Dubson when-
ever she gets a chance, but Mrs. Dub-
son is blissfully unconscious of it, so
it’s no satisfaction to her at all.”
Matters to Keep Dark.
“Henry, what is meant by mending
political fences?” asked Mrs. Twobble.
“That means a variety of activities,”
replied Mr. Twobble, “but seldom any-
thing a candidate desires to have pub-
lished in the newspapers.”
Will Not Be Likely to Fall into Old Mr.
Stewart's Plight.
Another Little Dig.
Some women carry their ages quite well,
But it is a dollar to a dime
The reason is—it’s a shame to tell—
They carry but half at a time.
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Editor’s Trials.
Penman-—An editor must have many
trials, doesn’t he?
Wright—Well, ours has. He’s been
hauled up three times for libel and six
times for speeding.
The Open Book.
“A man’s life should be like an open
book.”
“Yes,” observed Miss Cayenne; “but
so few people care to interest them-
selves in a book that isn’t a thriller.”
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Give "California Syrup of Figs**
at once if bilious or
constipated.
Educator’s Opinion.
I believe that organized emotion can
never take the place of brains; that
Yale’s first duty in preparing American
citizens, whether for peace or war, is
to adhere to rigid standards of disci-
pline and scholarship and well-devel-
oped sense of proportionate values.
If our students have these things as
a basis, the more they prepare them-
selves for the possible requirement of
military service the better. Without
them the spirit of preparedness may
become a danger; with them it is a
safeguard and' a blessing.—President
Hadley of Yale University. .
. I became so weak I
could hardly walk
from chair to chair,
and got so nervous
I would jump at the
slightest noise. I
was entirely unfit
to do my house-
work, I was giving
up hope of ever be-
ing well, when my
sister asked me to
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Sometimes a woman is almost as
sorry that she married a certain man
as she is glad she kept some other
woman from getting him.
Husbands Disposed Of..
They Were ‘ seatmates in a traction
car headed for the port of Terre
Haute. The seats are rather narrow,
and of course there had to be apolo-
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Manager Went About the Business iv
a Different Way Than the
Solicitor Did.
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High Cost of Living.
Flatbush—Do you know anything
which comes into your house which
has not advanced in value?
Bensonhurst—I do. My wife’s moth-
er.
Look at the tongue, mother I If coat-
ed, it is a sure sign that your little-
one’s stomach, liver and bowels need a
gentle, thorough cleansing at once.
When peevish, cross, listless, pale,,
doesn’t sleep, doesn’t eat or act natu-
rally, or is feverish, stomach sour,
breath bad; has stomach-ache, sore
throat, diarrhoea, full of cold, give ft
teaspoonful of “California Syrup of
Figs,” and in a few hours all the foul,
constipated waste, undigested food and'
sour bile gently moves out of the little
bowels without griping, and you have-
a "well, playful child again.
You needn’t coax sick children to-
take this harmless “fruit laxative
they love its delicious taste, and it al-
ways makes them feel splendid.
Ask your druggist for a 50-cent bottle
of “California Syrup of Figs,” which
has directions for babies, children of
all ages and for grown-ups plainly on.
the bottle. Beware of counterfeits sold
here. To be sure you get the genuine,
ask to see that it is made by “Califor-
nia Fig Syrup Company.” Refuse any
other kind with contempt.—Adv.
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Aurora, III.—‘'For seven long months
I suffered from a female trouble, with
severe pains in my
back and sides until
Electric street car service was begun
in Matanzas and ( ardenzas on De-
cember 17.
satility and the aggressiveness of
youth as long as possible.
In practice we shall be annoyed fre-
quently by the intensity with which
the girl or boy will pursue a hobby.
We realize only too well the folly of
setting the heart too firmly upon this
or that. But the child in these things
often is wiser than his elders. For
Bored-
Patience—How did you like it in
the country where you were last sum-
mer?
Patrice—Well, the people in the ;
rockers on the porch almost bored me
to death, and when I went to bed the
mosquitoes completed the boring oper-
ation.
try Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com-
pound. I took six bottles and today I
em a healthy woman able to do my own
housework. I wish every suffering
woman would try Lydia E. Pinkham’s
Vegetable Compound, and find out for
themselves how good it is.”—Mrs. Carl
A. KIESO, 596 North Ave., Aurora, Ill.
The great number of unsolicited tes-
tmoonials on file at the Pinkham Lab-
oratory, many of which are from time
to time published by permission, are
proof of the value of Lydia E. Pink-
ham's Vegetable Compound, in the
treatment of female ills.
Every ailing woman in the United
States is cordially invited to write to
the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.
(confidential), Lynn, Mass., for special
advice. It is free, will bring you health
and may save your life.
Tutt’s Pills
"The dyspeptic, the debilitated, whether from
excess of work of mind or body, drink or ex-
posure
MALARIAL REGIONS,
wik find Tutt’s PMs the most genial restore*
tive ever offered the suffering invalid.
South African Asbestos.
Asbestos has been worked in South
Africa for 20 years, and, according to
the annual reports of the government
engineers, there are in the three dis-
tricts of uruman. Hay and Preiska,
what some claim to be by far the larg-
est asbestos bearing areas in the world.
Looking alike at the properties already
worked profitably by underground
methods, those on,which surface work
has shown- that the seams are likely
to continue -payable underground and
those on which further supplies are
still available by cheap surface min-
ing, there is a supply of asbestos as-
sured that is more than adequate to
meet any expansion of the market that
can reasonably be anticipated for many
years to come. In the meantime, fresh
I discoveries and developments may he
relied upon to insure continuity of sup-
ply for a further indefinite period.
A Sad Blow.
“When do you expect a report from
the vice commission?”
“That’s hard to say?”
“Didn’t they make a success of their
investigations?”
"No. They were all woefully dis-
appointed. They didn't find any vice
worth mentioning.”
By SIDONIE M. GRUENBERG.
KXTHEN a person has completed his
if share of the world’s work it is con-
sidered proper for him to “retire.” And
in accordance with this tradition old
Mr. Stewart withdrew from active par-
ticipation in his business when he knew '
that he had enough money and when
his family thought that he "needed a
rest.” After a few weeks of "resting”
the old gentleman became very uneasy
and unhappy. He wanted to visit the
office, but this was strictly forbidden,
and as he could not think of anything
else to do he moped around, extending
his own misery to those about him.
Cases of this kind are common enough,
and in a large proportion of them the
man does return to his old affairs, there
to remain to the end. But in other
cases there is too much opposition from
those who look upon work as a hard- ;
ship, and the old man withers away.
Many a business man before reach-
ing this stage is merely tired. But why
should the business man be more tired
than other people? He does not work
any harder than the professional man
or the artisan. And the others prob-
ably are doing their share of the wor-
rying. It is very likely that the person
who is always represented to us in the
comic papers and in the theater as be-
ing in need of entertainment that calls
for no exertion whatever on his part
is tired because he does not do enough.
That is to say he does not do enough
different kinds of things. The tired
business man suffers from all the evil
consequences of early specialization.
We may be sorry for him, but it is dif-
ficult to remedy his condition. What
we can do is to prevent our children
from acquiring this same malady.
We may find the preventive in the
lives of men and women who never
grow old. The essential difference be-
tween one of these people or a healthy
child and a “tired business man” lies
in the wide range of problems and ac-
tivities that can interest the former as
against the narrow interests and sym-
pathies of the latter. It should be part
of our aim in the training of children
to keep open for them all the lines of
communication with ideas and feelings
that may come to them.
This is not a passive affair. Ideas
and feelings do not come to us because
we sit still. The child must learn to
go forth and meet the new experience
a little more than half way. We must
cultivate the attitude which seeks sat-
isfaction in doing, in overcoming diffi-
culties, in solving problems. We must
discourage contentment with passive
comfort, always receiving and never
with “letting well enough
This means retaining the ver-
“There’s a Reason”
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The Reformer—Eternal vigilance is
the price of liberty.
The Joker—Yes; many a man would
be in jail if he didn’t watch out.
Talks Through it.
Yeast—Don’t you think your wife
has a nose for news?
Crimsonbeak—Sure thing. Why, I
get all the news from her that way.
Do some foods you eat hit back—
taste good, but work badly; ferment
into stubborn lumps and cause a sick,
sour, gassy stomach? Now, Mr. or
Mrs. Dyspeptic, jot this down: Papes
Diapepsin digests everything, leaving
nothing to sour and upset you. There
never was anything so safely quick, so
certainly effective. No difference how
badly your stomach is disordered you
will get happy relief in five minutes,
but what pleases you most is that it
strengthens and regulates your stom-
ach so you can eat your favorite foods
without fear.
You feel different as soon as “Pape’s
Diapepsin" comes in contact with the
stomach—distress just vanishes—your
stomach gets sweet, no gases, no belch-
ing, no eructations of undigested food.
Go now, make the best investment
you ever made, by getting a large fifty-
cent case of Pape’s Diapepsin from any
store. You realize in five minutes how-
needless it is to suffer from indiges-
tion, dyspepsia or bad stomach. Adv.
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daisical. Instead of. talking insurance
whatever is worth doing at all is worth right away he picked up a flaxen-haired
HOW HE SOLD INSURANCE
Trying to Dodge Him.
Redd—Whenever I see Black com-
ing down the street in his car I have
to dodge him.
Greene—I see. You’ve one. of his
creditors, I suppose.
A DELICIOUS DINNER
Break a quarter package of Skin-
ner’s Macaroni into boiling water, boil,
ten or twelve minutes, drain and
blanch. Take equal parts of cold
chicken, boiled Macaroni and tomato
sauce; put in layers in a shallow
dish and cover with buttered crumbs.
Bake until brown; Just' try this once.
Skinners Macaroni can be secured at
any good grocery store.—Adv.
Anoint spots of dandruff, itching and
irritation with Cuticura Ointment. Fol-
low at once by a hot shampoo with
Cuticura Soap, if a man, and next
morning if a woman. When Dandruff
goes the hair comes. Use Cuticura
Soap daily for the toilet.
Free sample each by mail with Book,.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv.
The first day I started out to call in
every place of business and try to in-
terest people in life insurance. No
one seemed to want it. I found that
most folks were too busy to listen to
my tables—or even my arguments.
Finally, I finished canvassing the mer-
chants on one side of the main street:
that is. I thought I had finished, and
kept right on out into the residential
section, stopping to talk to a few peo-
ple cutting grass in their front yards.
No one showed particular interest;
some wouldn’t even talk to me. At
last I saw a fellow painting a house.
I jumped over the fence and was
amazed when he came down off the
ladder to talk to me. I reckon his
arm must have been tired and he was
glad-for an excuse to rest. But, at
any rate, I succeeded in interesting
him, and I telephoned to my mana-
ger to come out and help close the
prospect.
We went to the painter’s house that
night. I was eager for quick action,
but the manager seemed quite lacka-
“Narrow seats," he said.
“I’ll say they are,” she said.
That started them toward more in-
timate conversation. And before the
car reached Coatesville she had con-
fessed that she was a widow—twice.
"Had two husbands?” he queried..
“Yep. two of’em," she confessed.
“Sodded one of ’em, and the court took
the other one,”
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Not a Manufacturing Plant.
Redd—Where does he live?
Greene—in Brooklyn.’
“What’s his business?"
“I guess he’s interested in the manu-
facture of, automobile tires.”
“What makes you think that?"
“Because he told me he owned a
rubber plant.”
When Hostilities Start.
Bill—What are these war brides
they’re talking about?
Jill—I don’t know. I always sup-
posed it was after a woman had ceased
to be a bride that the fighting began.
"Sisterly” Kiss.
"No,” said she, "I—I can only be a
sister to you.”
“Very well,” said he. "I must be go-
ing. I had expected a different an-
swer from you, but—well, good-night!”
"George,” she faltered, as he start-
ed out into the night, “George!”
“What is it?” he asked, very crossly.
“Aren’t you going to kiss your sister
good-night?" He did not go then.
“Talk about your frenzied finan-
ciers.” remarked the cashier, as he
came in and hung up his hat, “my
wife’s got them all beaten to a
fricasseed frazzle.”
“Well, come on with the answer,”
said the bookkeeper.
"She had made up her mind to pur-
chase a skirt she saw in a store just
around the corner from where we live.”
explained the cashier; “but yester-
day she learned that she could buy one
exactly like it downtown for fifty cents
less—”
"And of course she went downtown
and bought it,” interrupted the book-
keeper.
“You have said it,” rejoined the
cashier, "and incidentally she spent a
dollar and a half .taxicab hire, while
looking for the place.”
Not a Square Deal.
She—But it is a woman’s privilege
to change her mind, you know.
He—Yes, I suppose so. But it isn’t
a square deal, just the same.
She—Why not?
He—Because when a man changes
his mind the woman in the case gets
busy and sues him for breach of
promise.
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War of Words.
Redd—What are those two men
quarreling about so?
Greene—A game of golf.
“But neither of them plays golf.”
“I know it; but Bill said if he could
play golf he could beat Jim, and Jim
said if he could play golf Bill couldn’t
beat him.” ,
courage others. But these influences
should not rest on our own tastes;
there are more fundamental considera-
tions. Thus you and I are fond of go-
ing to the theater, but it is better for
Louise to cultivate amateur theatricals
than a fascination for a popular act-
ress. It is better for Harold to play
baseball until sunset than for him to
become a baseball fan. Again, it is for
the child to determine whether he will
make a study of medieval armor or of
orchids, whether she will conduct pro-
paganda for the protection of the na-
tive birds or for clean streets.
Parents should realize the advantage
of a hobby that calls for some kind of
activity over one that involves being
entertained or amused. In the same
way a hobby that means doing some-
thing is more valuable than a collect-
ing hobby, which means having some-
thing, although this is better than no
hobby at all.
On the physiological side, entertain-
ing a wide range of interests means
keeping a large part of the brain sur-
face in action. Or specialization of in-
terests in the narrowing sense means
youngster-toddling about the floor and
began trotting him on his knee, at the
same time assuring the mother that
the child’s eyes were exactly the same
shade as those, of a nephew of his out
in Des Moines.- After the boy’had
gone to sleep in his arms, the mana-
ger began talking insurance, and I
was amazed at the ease with which he
signed up the painter. I had expect-
ed to get some selling arguments from
his talk and was disappointed in not
doing so. It struck me that probably
I had “sold” the painter that after-
noon. As I look back tonight, I don’t
■ understand how I could have been so
। blind.— American Magazine.
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The Hitch.
“Are you liivng within your in-
come?”
“I am, all right, but the trouble is
my wife isn’t.”
Had Clothes Enough.
Patience—That girl Bob’s engaged
to is a great dresser.
Patrice—Is that a fact?
“Oh, yes; she has a most extensive
wardrobe.
“And was it love at first sight with
Bob?”
“Oh, no; he didn't, fall in love with
her until he’d seen her eighteenth
gown.” . .
doing with all the energy and enthusi-
asm that can be mustered. Nor must
we determine for the child what is
worth doing. We have learned the fol-
ly of air rifles or of reading all the
writings of a favorite author, not by
suffering any injury from these inter-
ests, but by finding things that were
better worth while. And the children
need not take our preference for etch-
ings or first editions as indicating ab-
solute yalues. At every stage the child
should be encouraged to pursue his
hobby as intensively as time and chance
permit Some hobbies will last but a
shout time; others may last into the
riper years. But in any case these
represent interests that carry with
them motives for application and effort
and sacrifice, and they carry.with them
stimulation and recreation that are no-
where else to be found.
The selection of a hobby, like the se-
lection of an occupation or a spouse,
must always be left to the person most
concerned. You may give your chil-
dren a certain bias, however, that will
have a value proportioned to your judg-
ment and insight. As it is legitimate
to have a prejudice against your son
becoming a bartender or your daughter
marrying a gambler, so you may toler-
ate certain types of hobbies and dis-
Would Like an Easy One.
Dad—Jimmy, which instrument
would you like to study, the violin or
the piano?
Jimmy—Father, if I must study mu-
sic please let me choose the phono-
graph.
ACTRESS TELLS SECRET.
A well known actress gives the follow-
ing recipe for gray hair: To half pint of
water add 1 oz. Bay Rum, a small box of
Barbo Compound, and % oz. of glycerine.
Any druggist can put this up or you can
mix it at home at very little cost. Full
directions for making and use come in
each box of Barbo Compound. It will
gradually darken streaked, faded gray
hair, and make it soft and glossy. It will
not color the scalp, is not sticky or
greasy, and does not rub off. Adv.
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a steel roller with cutting
Maisie—I zi‛t goin’ to take any
more music lessons.
Her Mother—Why not?
Maisie—I don't see any use in pay-
ing that professor one dollar twice a
week just to come here and make love
to sister.
The Warring Singers.
Church—I see that Pittsburgh
churches insure lives of preachers and
choir singers.
Gotham—Why preachers? They
don’t fight, too, do they?
SEVEN MONTHS
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Base Betrayal.
“Why is Maude crying so?”
"Because her father can't bear
James Jones, and he came into the
room just when the parrot was say-
ing to itself, ’Well, just one more,
Jimmy I’ ”
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She— utiuge is a lottery.
He—And most men draw a blank.
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