Red River County Review (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 81, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 6, 1926 Page: 2 of 12
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The Redf River County Review, Thursday, May 6, 1926
SHORT FURROWS
By Kin Hubbard
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I'm glad t' see th' custom o' hand
shakin' on th' wane. It doesn't mean
anything anymore, unless It in a pre-
monition, a sort o' warnin'. that
some one 1b goin' t' try t' trim you.
Graspin' hands is a gesture which
made ltB appearance In antiquity «.s
a legal act symbolic o' th' parties
jolnin' n compart, peace, or trfomj
ship. We all recall th' picture U(
Home one of our earlier school books
showin' William Penn shakin' hands
with an Indian. Penn an' his party;
greatly outnumbered th' Indians. «■>
this particular Indian couldn' do any«
thing eise but put out his hauu t'
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I'enn after Penn had put out his
hand t' him. Indians have been
known t" shake hands with our early
pioneers, who hewed their homes out
o' our virgin forests, an' then drop
around after nightfall an' kill ever-
buddy in th' settlement an' burn tlier
homes. As a matter o' fact, we'll
say, as a matter o' history, handshak-
in' didn't mean anything as fer back
as th' burning o' Deerfield, Cohn.
We have th' handshake in the m-r.-
riage compact, where it was "dex-
trarum Juncit" in th' earliest Chris-
tian rite. I'm not sure, but I think
th' handclasp in marriage Is still run-
nin". But does it mean anymore in
marriage than it does durin' a hotly
contested p'lltical campaign? Th'
Ladies' and
Children's
Hair Bobbing
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Facials
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Willard Batteries, both phrases which are
synonymous. That there is no delay and
no break in the perfect service of your
storage battery is proven every day in the
year by satisfied owners of cars equipped
with Willard Batteries.
And we say "satisfied" because the own-
ership of Willard means satisfaction. See
for Yourself.
CHAS. L GOODMAN
Seiberling Tires Superior Service
Willard Batteries
handclasp in marriage haint siowin'
down our divorce mills. Durih' th'
classic area it passed ilit' a mere salu-
tatlon. I don't know what Horace
wuz sellin' or runnin' fer, but we
read that while he wuz strollin' a-
long th' Via Sacra he seized th'
hand of an acquaintance. However,
in most ever' age folks have been
given t' extending ther right mil «*s
a salutation, or as a guarantee o'
good faith. Often in bein' introdu^d
t total strangers I've been maimed
fer weeks by ther hearty handshake.
People put everthing they've got in a
hearty handshake, an' if you happen
t' be wearin' a ring, or have neuritis,
th' sufferin's intense. A slippery
handshake, shakin' a fat thick hand,
very often throws one out fer a
whole day. An' what does It mean?
"Meet my friend from Zanesvillo,
Ohio," is enough, or "Hello, Charley,
I' glad t' see you," is plenty. Let's
koep our hands out o' it. I've often
heard o' "good mixers" who mix all
th' bones, an' muscles, an' finger
nails, an' cords, int' an unrecogniza-
ble mass. Jest git an x-ray o' your
hand some day after meetin' a good
mixer. Th' mackerel hand seems t'
thrive durin' spring primaries, but
rarely ever survives till a fall lection.
It's career Is brief in politics, an' it.
only gits by among distant relatives.
I'm not talking about th' three or
four people we're liable t' meet in a
year who are genuinely glad t' see
us, an' whose hands are liable t' be
in purty fair shape, but I'm talkin' a-
bout th' year-around handshaker—
th' feller we scarcely know. Even
if a handshaker's heart is in th' right
place, even if he don't want some-
thin' fer nothin', I'm afraid he does.
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^hero is only one token for • mim
or woman no longer Interested In
low; a headstone I
Lore is the expression of human
ideals in concrete form. If it were
true that there is anything more vi-
tally important—life would not be
life. It would be chaos. Who would
care jf the sun rose tomorrow morn-
ing If one were sure that a beloved
image now enshrined in one's heart
would be dissipated into dust with
no memories, no traces, no faint per-
fume? Who would care whether
tomorrow came or not, if one were
to be robbed of every happy recollec-
tion of some sweetly secret hour,
maybe only yesterday, or maybe a
thousand yesterdays away? How
vain to deny it all? How absurd
the man who frowns down upon the
meaner world and roars out his con-
tempt of a fine sentiment? How
banal and how pitiful the self-deceiv-
ed woman who impudently thrusts
out her sharp tongue at a world
crowded with io vinghearts and dare
deny them? Sometimes, it seems to
me that those who deny love aren't
really quite all right In the mental
chamber. I sit here and see the busy
wheels dl the world go round. Funny
that they don't creak, the millions
and millions of them, each one cog-
ged within the other, isn't it? Do
you know why, my children, they
run so silently, sweetly, smoothly?
Of course, you do. You don't need
me to tell you.
—Copyrighted
Mongolian tribesmen bob their
hair In a atria very similar to that
of American flappers.
STYLISH SPORTS
By Voorhees
BUT LET
OF COURSt I'M
JUST SAVING JUST
WHAT I SAW• OF
COURSE; AND THAIS
ALL I COULD SAY-
0UT WUSAY SHE
HAD BUT TWO
I NOW LET HE SEE-IT
WftS TUESDAY OR
THURSDAYS* IT MUST
MAvE BEEN THU8S0AY
BECAUSE I 60 TO MX
WHEN YOU STOP
TO THINK OF IT
THERE AIN'T
MUCH MATERIAL
TO A WOMAN'S
TONGUE•
BUT THINK
OF THE
turnover
THEY SAY THAT S_
WHENADO&eiTESl
A MAN IT ISNT
NEWS BUT ILL
0ET THEM THREE
COUIP fl* IT
UP FOR FRONT
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dining room \
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SOME NEW
NEIGHBOR IS
GETTING A
terrible
PANNING
I DiDNT GET
HER NAME
Put it'll BE
'MUD' WHEN
THEY GET
THROUGH
HER
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LENDING A CWPlt OF EARS
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KNOCKING NEIGHBORS FRY THE
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I A million gallons of sea water will
| be transported from the Atlantic
I coast to the new Shedd Aquarium m
Chicago, to provide ;t home for nu
salt-water fisli which will be on ex-
! hibiiion there.
An abandoned, circular, earthen
water reservoir at Jacksonville,
Illinois, has been converted into an
open-air theatre, said to have won-
derful acoustic qualities.
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Cut out the picture on all four
sides. Then carefully fold dotted
line 1 its entire length. Then fold
dotted line 2, and so on. Fold each
section underneath accurately. When
completed turn over and you'll find
a surprising result. Save the pic-
tures. —Copyrighted
POLITENESS FOR BEGINNERS!
fiy Dick Calkins
is a prescription for
Colds, Grippe, Flue, Dengue,
Bilious Fever and Malaria.
It Kills the Germs.
A genuine Chinchilla coal now
costs $SS.rtOO because i eru lias ban-
ii.d tin killing of the animals to
prevent their extinction. Chinchillas
have been crossed with American
rabbits in an effort to obtain a subs-
tituta fur.
finlf courses for their own use are
being laid out by farmers in the Ca-
nadian Northwest.
STOP THAT ITCHING
Sufferers from skin diseases such a*
Itch, Eczema, Tetter, Poison Oak, Ring-
worm, Old Soree or Sores on Children may
find relief from the use of a jar of BLUE
STAR REMEDY or their money will be
refunded. The first application relieves
that terrible itching. Will not stain
Nothing and has a pleasant odor.
Sold By J. C. Barton
WHAT'S WRONG HERK
ANSWER—Whispering In public
is frowned upon in the best circles.
If the gentleman has something IM
PORTANT to communicate to his
horse he Bhonld -write it upon a sheet
of foolscap and have It delivered by
a WAITER. A nominal tip would
Insure special delivery.
—Copyrighted
STORK BRAND
FERTILIZER
Of All Kinds. Also
CORN, MAIZE AND
KAFFIR
at
Clarksville Gin and Seed
Company
PHONB 80S
tip*
For Mothers' "Sweet Tooth"
A BOX OF SWEETS
'Tisn't often that Mother gets a box of candy—and Mo-
ther s Day (Sunday, May 9) is certainly the auspicious
occasion for such a gift. Especially for "her" day we of-
fer a "Mother s Day" box of most delectable chocolates.
Athas Confectionery
Autbtrmd A)>tnrt for
JOHNSTON'S CHOCOLATE!
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