Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 19, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 5, 1921 Page: 4 of 6
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BaUetia Bnild-
i iw mmlJMmiMmi Ia4 Streets.
Aar Miaaajiaa rafleetoa apoa the
etauxcaar iataaaaac'er raaatattom of
any person fine dr eoraarattoa which
wr asarfar b tWllaBna .of Tke
DaDy Bvlletta wfll be f laity correct-
4 n&m Ha Mnf broufBt to tke aV
taajtsoo of the jwoiistera.'
it esxlaalrely
to ts vo tor raattfeUeatiot
00jmkm ersiite to K
to tUa pa-
aaf Baas' aliai Qm taaal
XijnftXlL AUXWCAX SPEECH
1 ' WEE a".
improvement
In Maiden MuMchttfott a.
(LUcrflT est)
"Iavast is sbod aposca: it pays daily
diriao" is typical of the slogans
that "will be need during tbe "Better.
Mptaeai Week" of Xoveaafcer tb to
ao taw atioa to. the arils of slov-
eattacto un-
Hcoastructkms mis pro -
tike iftaeoC slang and poor
of wars- 'X
A ret imr of laWpawinted mea
aari-woaaea cut testify tat inability
to talk clesrly aad forcefully aa.been
to iwaa a severe soda! and busies
aautaleap. Mr. 1L Aasttagton Bruce
tbe JW-kow asribaiY observes that
nfeorw ae hi today ia iaferior posi-
iVWwd tfons'taive -ana t -
financed oy the four cities ini the&orth
of Boston.
Valuable as 'BttcV SpoecVWeek' is
as a general community inlluaucc its
greatest develoeat has been and
will doubtless continue to be in the
school. Teachers report that asa re-
sult of the "Better Speech "Week" cele-;
b rations their students have been stim
ulated as never before to work for a
correct distinct and pleasant speech.
Hiss Ciaadia Crumpton- 'Chairman of
tbe. America Speech Committee of the
lyatio&al Council of Teachers oc Eng-
lish -writes that the interest already:
shown would indicate that nearly ev-
ery school in .America vili formally
observe "BettefSpeech Week"
"The Guide to Better American!
Speech Week" from hich the facts
in this article have Jargely been tak-
en states: "Better Speech "Week as
It is now observed serves one of two
purposes. It may he an intensive
campaign for calling the attention of
the community to the need of speech
improvement or it may have a deln-
ite place in a year's program for de
veloping power in speaking." In any
case it becomes a time for self-exami
nation in speech ami for pledges simi-
lar to the following written by Grace
Williamson WiUet of the Chicago j
women's Club:
Tlove the United States of Ameri-
ca I love my country's flag I love my
country's language. I promise:.
1. That I -tv-Ml not dishonor my
cbuniry's speech by leaving off the
last yllables ef words;
2. "That 1 will say a good American
yes and 'no Instead of an Indian
grunt 'urahum' and 'nup urn' or a for-
eign 'ya or yek' and 'nope';
3. That I wil improve American
speech by enunciating distinctly and
by speaking pleasantly and4siTerely;
4. That I will; try to make 'my cbun
try's language beautiful' far the many
boys and girls of foreign nations who
cerae here to live;
3. That T will learn to articulate
correctly one word a day for one
would bare com- year.
led froa aJfttee if tbey had only
ttkm. the trotibla to overcome tremedl-
al)! .jiniri . dofoots Straage how
rsrwfnl iieople are about drees how
surf' that dignity an good taste in
itftftft help to make oee success in
Setttnc on m the world "smi at- the
Vaw tiaie how careleac these same
pobfiie are About speech which is tbe
fres of the saind."
" pMteatioai toapaecii is worthy. of our
rcafceet set saerely. because it it snm-
dear of ability It is aT eans of
?TwtlL Piihof Treach said; "Lap-
jnaae s oa the oaie aaie the lhnit and
refWaiat of thought as ok the other
s4e Umt whkk leads and unfolds
ihew&U" Bat pore forceful Ar-
team eecfe is more than a personal
ntaller: it is a patriotic duty.
lasses 0. Feraald mmjn "Etassje
Aftish": 'Languj?rs f
mosi oar natmoai me anraraing
wtth the achiaaMneBts of all its past
asaf reahir. ait with- shaping and
a4ias -power ie the'fjeneratioes yet
to be. Language moMs'the thought of
those who apeak it exalting or de-
grlia. This naokiiag power of oar
: jE IEAL" TEST OF WALNUT-GATrtEJMNG SKILL; j' av v' f-mmm
. I JgS LOOK HOW BLACK. "
LiijiiMjiBnawiwaMsa r n i "
Hssiaaisl
BUlWisesez
5T
"OIHCIEXCE .Is tho Xother 'of J"' -Good
'iuck 7and tho Father of a T -V
Good: Bank Accoant.
4 man merely fools
: himself iiih e n he
fails to maintain a
.savings account.
. y ...
' Think tills over carefully I .
SaTisfS Accouat Coua&a
"Cut this advertisement out and
bring it to our bank. It will' be
accepted the same as cash en a-
tew savings account. Ten cou
ld on each
-Better Sposch Week" can accom-
plish permanent results only if it in-
spires its observers' to all-year care in
the master of pure English; only if it
causes' every one to keep "the powers
ot the mind invariably in tone and
'training hy heing ever -vigilant' against
uie enemies of American speech. And
this means mere than to talk gram-
matically and en enunciate clearly. It
requias the more discriminating use
of overworked words such as "nice"
-spiBdid'""awfai;' "elegant" "fierce."
etc; the elimination of worn-out ex-
pressions like "bold as a lion" "the
acid teat" "the staff of life" "the arms
of Morpheus." j"Siaag saves the trou-
bleand the glory of thinking.'
Since Armistice Day comes on Pri-H
day of this year's "Better American
bSTa oV w3ftanl itthlXl.
uiiutxi. juu pi eaui v
ing her language as an emblem of na-
tional unitj in "its native freshness
and vigor" a language "Inherited by
us from our grandfathers and bv us
to be handed down to our grandchil-
may be sare they will push" every ad-
vantage of the sort to tho utmost
It is clearly the part of patriotism
therefore to pt our fate in the hands
of cur spokesmen with the under-
standing that we want peace but not
peace mt anw price. Was it not Mar-
shal $eh w'hp said: "Remqmber al-
ways the enemy is more exhausted
than yourself?" Wo have no enemie.
but in this friendly game of disar-
mament we must still watch the
other fellow's bluff.
ONA-JOB
OFF-A-JOB
4 Story of Why Jinr Got OnnJob.
1 and Got Off Again..
lani?sge Is a. mighty force in shapiagdren unimpaired in vigor and variety
tie miagled people into one on Amer
ican soil.
1 e -Better 'Speech Week" of 1921
v?r l the third national observance
oT Ihls raorecbeaL Directed by sach
pov-jrrful acgaadzations as the Nation-
in freshness and nobility."
editorial in
COXFEMEXCK POKEK.
a3i1bcacU.efcaohersof Esglish andj a 1 1Ci "CK1-
the -ederatis of WneJs aSZ tt
tpawoi by the American Academy fL r re"
a ArXM aad Uierature and the Sie-lf' l aarMats. therefore reduced
I M Pure Eaglish k 3e sow unques-
My cae of the nost hopeful in-aacee-of
or natkiaal-life. -
Otir satioaal leaders' believe that "a
tix. pleasant forceful speech" Is so
eential to the high ideals of our
Aaeerican character that they are giv-
Iraz this splendid effort their active
Ktzppert. Governor Henry J. Allen in
h praclaaaation for the observance
of -Better Jpeeck Week" of 182a aid:
Khh man has tools peculiar to his
voeatfoa the carpenter his plane the
Juhaer his pkk the tradeeman his
jfifce-lkt the student his text-book-
taxes as a speedy result of the Inter
national Conference at aWshington.
Nearly every senator and congressman
v.-ho has- returned from a vacation
"back home" reports the cry for
economy and peace.
But here's the rtib. The rules of In-
ternational conference ore those of a
poker -game. The spokesman of each
nation "sit in"1 with certain cards in
their hands which in the final show-
down determine the price that nation
pays for the advantages it gains.
We may all ifervently wish it were
otherwise but tit is not and we must
Imt every true citizen whatever his face the facts
occapatkm shoaid uee-his American j Our strongest card in the present
iaaaage. 'Better Speech Week' calls Instance is pur. undoubted ability to
atteattioe to the importance of our stand a programme of competitive ar-
laagaage . . I .commend every ef- mament better ihan anv other nrttton
by the schools of the State
.to train oar eitixeas in the cultivation
of JkmI. forceful and uncorrupted dic-
tSoat" A the direct outcome of the .two
piyfimt drives real speech improve-
at is eviieat in hundreds of towns
aaalf citisa throaghout the United
Saatec. The hmt - results have been
ofcaahwd where- every poeslbje agency
htnahe oommaaity has. given its co-
enerafioa. As a rale the several aeen-
jaaa aawje he. encouraged aad co-fDOING55 OF THR T WFS -
ny some public-spirited club l
Failure to reacli an agreement for tlu
curtailment of military expenditun-
will mean a more acute calamity to
the people of Great Britain and Japan
than to our own. Their concessions
therc-'ore 3lmuW be In proportion.
Bat if public glamor in this couhtryi
is too insistent their spokesmen can!
use it as a club to strike a more ad
vantageous bargain with us and
Oi-H-ndidn-'t attempt to call himself
tlijr purser although the captain j;av
ers vho
had been called honie to a sick moth-
er had previously undertaken. Nor
would Jim have been given such a re
sponsible position if .old Mr.. Draper
the largest stock nolder had not said
"Trust him entirely. Give him -any
job he'll care to accept."
So Jim started on his duties of
checking tickets "receiving packages
of value instrustetl In his care nnd
being a sort or chief clerk on board
the steamer "John Baitman". Posi-
tions of sucli responsibility bothered
Jim and he was unusually nervous
on the. first night out when he had
taken over the purser's duties: the
first time. '
Soon after dark "a heavy fogcamc in
and most of the passengers there-was
not'Jlarc number on board retired
either to their staterooms or to the
cabin for the evening. Jim wafe pac-
ing the second deck when he brushed
past a little old lady who was seated
in a-steamer chair and knocked ;a bag
off her knee.
The start of surprise betrayed- the
fqct that she bad been napping and as
Jim stooped to pick up the bag hi
seemed nervous and conscious-strie'.:-en.
4I shuldn't have been so care-
less as to have closed my eyes" she
murmured. "Some one might haq
stolen-jny. pocket book. Father warn-
ed me" she caught her breath jn
alarm. "Someone has stolen my Twckl
et-bopk' she screamed feejingexcit-
edly in her bag "Every centT pos-
sessed in the world and it's gone!"
Jim quieted her hysteria and called
cried over and over wringing he! thin:
veined hands despairingly.
"It stands to reason that the money
is here on the boat now" reasoned
Jim. "It will bo here till tiw boat
docks. Couldn't we search?"
. "Like finding a needle in a hay-
stack" groaned the captain
v "But we've got to do something for"
the poor old lady." -
"We will. -We'll do all wc can .to
uncover the money" And. to the wo-
man "If we can keep the Ios.T of your
money from being nosed around we'll
have better luck finding it."
"I'll go to my stateroom at once and
leave all arrangements in your care"
agreed the woman growing calmer.
"Pm sure I'm grateful."
Jim led her to bedroom passing r.n
the deck a younjr woman who wks
"leaning over thefrail. ' "Sick?" he
queried sympathetically..
"As a dog" sho gasped gagging as
The search wagrtmuccessful: Noi Abilene
Dullas. .
Southern Hotel.
E. G. Deeley Dallas; W. H. Stevens
Waco; C. E. Kee Waco; H. J. Etlin-
ger Austin; Branwcll Stevens Dallas;
W. T Craddock Dallas; L. a Proctor
Temple; S. C. Yeugleng Winfield Kas.
E. "V. Yengleng Winfield Kans.; W
K. Murphey Abilene; W. R. Bralton
Brady; O. T. Rust Brady; F. W. Kirk
Fort Worth; J. W. Boyer Hamilton;
G. C. Ferguson city;. L. Teats worth
and wife Eastland; Ben J. Broock
Chicago; C. -h. Lindsey Dallas; h. H
Davis Houston; S. W. Smith Saint
Louis; J. B. Goloia Xew York; W. R
Iiardwege New York; C. L. Broad-
wood. New York; J. S. Ferns. New
York; D. IL Wallston Little Rock:
J. M. Tyler Dallas; R. A. France
Rochester. N Y.; W- D. Fletcher Chi-
fcagot 0. L. Thomas Fort Worth: J.
M. Cdckrell Fort Worth; E. H. Cooper
Kansas City; R. R. Bentlnck Fort
Worth; W. Ragsdale Lampasas; D. E
!J3asoa Xew Orleans; "L. B. Creath
pocket-book was found sinnlar to :he
womans description. "Gee I'm or-
llarker Hotel.
E. Teague El Paso; M. C. Jackson
ry"said Jim who'bad been delegated 'San Angelb; W. C. Lumley Winters
to break the news:- "I'd rather take a C. E. Combs cityr Lottie: -Rldinger
horse-whipping than tell her the. Pear Valley; C. A Armstrong and
money cah?t be found." ife. Breckenridge; H. F. Green Me-
He strode.; reluctantly along the nard; R. Craft; Menard; S. Gully Me-
deck 'pasrVthe phice where he had nard; Charles Manley Brady; R. M
st en the sick woajtaaf glanced over tho anwnoii urauy.
rail and was struck with a sudden
thought. Directly below was a life
boat . The woman couldn't have bctn
thro wing-up into the sea. If she had
overheard their conversation and had
been the guilty thief:
Jim slid down the post and reached
the deck below in a twinkling. There
on the canvass cover of the .life boat
hidden in tho shadow of stack la;
tho black ve;vet pockctbook with the
money still inside "She is probably
waiting for a 'safe moment to get it.
but this is where She loses cut!"
Hotel Arrivals
Graham HcteL
J H. Gordon Dublin; J. W. Enni-
son Dallas; 0. L. Demidrs. San An-
tonio; B. J. Howard Canyon City; H.
Wiseman Dallas; Misses E. and L.
Burleson city; W E Garretson Wax-
ahacliie; Mrs. M. D. Simpson Lub-
bock; J. B. LaskiFort Worth: Wr. G.
Smith Temple; J. G Volmcr. Fort
Worth; H. R. Miller Cisco; S. C. Find-
ley Comanche; Wl fT-trt'eawafd. cRj
E. E. Dulaney Waco; B. R. Stark6y
Swcqtwater; F. B. Crockett 3vlenrd;
T. R. McDowell Menard; J. R;lun-
ley Fort Worth; Theo Loncity;
.7 ; ;;q u7rl a r-' Lambert Dalian; EL C. Troxel Maxla;
out much success. She had. had over Prefl M. Barker Dtl. H. w. Anl
one hundred dollars in the bag There thony city; V. C. Thull St. Louis; W.
was np jmcketbook inside the bag nowQ. ShultspPnint Rock; F. G. Morrow
Pierce Dallas:
orth
w(ilnnd'sh3 was desperately excitcl about Kansas City; H. H
it. "What am I going to do?" she c B. King' Fort Wor
Oscao IVlize
MEDICAL MEN
ENDORSE FERRASAL
DOCTORS AND DRUGGISTS
EVERYWHERE KNOW
VALUE OF MINERALS
1
I nans will be accenu
f ' ' - j acgau
Citizensi1!
V
ational Bank
BROWNWOOD
St'
always pay market price for Liberty Loan and Vic-
Bonds. Victory Bonds are worth $ 10 f. 10 today. .
We will buy yours at that price.
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'.'THE JP ARSON9 S COLUMN'9
ul Tkhtg ot Sbreds aai Patches"
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Billie Smith
oft the San Sa-
ba News was
.alarmed by the
r e port that
there is a great
iMi m b e r of
counterfeit
Fifty Dollar
Bills of an
especially ar
tistic character "number of books confounds the mind.
amined his pile and
had not one of them.
in circulation.
He hastily ex-
found that he
Fcrrasal contains the same elements
as the most famous European mineral
waters. It contains nothing harmful
or painful in hsNaction. Its elements
include Calcium (Lime) and Iron Acid
Citrates xcid Tartrates and the Sod-
iums. All of these clcments-re vital
to the human system andarc particu-
larly needed to relmvcdnd tond up the
digestive organs.
DR. CVFl DYSON
of Minncaornis Minn. sayi: "The
majority ofcascs ot weakened phys-
ical coiidjoon whiclAulttmately leads
to' tuberculosis arc caused by a defic-
iencyof lime in thcNsystem." (Sec
JoyhaI of American Mcwcal Associa-
timi issue 7-27-12 page o08.
Druccists everywhere recommend
Fcwasal because they knov it benefits
the system. If one package docs not
convince- you the trial will cost you
nothing.
Sold By
CAMP-BELL DRUG CO.
He was more
fortunate than the Parson who found
that all his Were Counterfeit. Billy
ought to help the Parson out the next
time the 'laf for "vlsltS' 3'an Saba.
o
It will not make atfy difference in"
the next war who wins or who iQseg.
The" next war means death to civili-
zation. Make thenroice "of the people
heard in favor of disarmament.
v Rooting for the team is not- a very
violent form of athletics.
. " . 0 !
It seems that the championship of
the. College FboU Rail-Associations is
come to JSrownwood. . W11 a Rhodes
scholarship or something ofthat sort
cqiug this way?
Going to church will not save a
man. But the Parson sometimes
doubts whether 'any man was ever
saved who habitually neglected church
going. Neglect of public" worship is
not the disease but is 'symptomatic of
the disease. ' .
" o
Manners are almost gone out. Are
morals following them?-
: ' :q
If .onii's aim is "to get by" it is
doubtful whether one will accomplish
one is. pretty sure of "getting by."
ships. The same must ne'e4s iappe-
to such as do not attach themselves-
familiarly to some talented aataor;
but skim all sorts of subjects hastily.
The food that is voided as; sooar as it
is taken does not build up or prot
the' body. The shoot that is- oftoa
transplanted does not thrive. Tha
wound to which drugs are applied iaar"
not heal over. Nothing is so useful
that it does good in passing. A groat .
So -since you cannot raad as many aa
you might have it is enough to hafe . .
as many as you read. "But" you sayf'
"I wish to open now this book; now"
that." It is a siga of a sueaniisk T
stomach to taste" many meats. wKicS'"
when they are strange and various; " "
defile but do not nourish So fmy
always approved" authors and if 'yasr
have turned aside sometimes to otaarr-
for pleasure' return to the first. '
We-wonder how it comes about fhat
we have a crime wave. Because we
have Hallowe'en orgies and the like.
Teach youngs people . that tlierc arc
times when they may set at naught all
law and in due time all law will be
set at naught at all times.
o
The following is taken from an old
heathen;" "Take heed first your read-
ing of many authors and of all kiuds
of books does not become somewhat
purposeless and Inconstant. You must
stay long with and be nourished by
some works of genius. What is every-
where Is nowhere. Those who spend
life im wandering about come to have
many- lodging-places .but no friend-
"Poverfy is an honorable and joyaaaV
thing. But it is not poverty if it Ja
joyous. He who desire morejbaa a .
has is poor; not he who has tu'liHie.
What does it matter how atacfeta ntaat?
has in his safe how. muck Jias m aiBfx
store-house how much land he araaa ?
how much money he ha striata rtst'..-
it he is eager for more an tkMM ;
more of what he can gain taaa aC
what he has gained? What la it ta.
be rich?" you ask First to ha-aa what
is necessary; then to have enough." .
-a- J. y:
"Time with insatiate tooth devous aM. :
All overwhelms and short the litem -he
gives. ' s
The rivers fail the ebaisgtsaa reura
And leaves the baach all dry; . the
mountains siak" .
And their high ridges crash in ruia
.j ...
uunu.
Why do I speak ot trifles
uiese; i
The great fair sky shall burst all aae
denly "
Self-kindled Into flame. Death calls
(or all. .
It Is the law not punishment to -Xq
trace of this world shall soma tiaaa
remain." x-"t'---
Make arrangement to be at canrek V
tomorrow. It is worth while. -:it
saca as
Marl has been used as a: fertiliag
from very early times.
Henry Mouitt
Ardiitvct
Bailed Baittta PhOM t
la
ae1
r.apcaoty. The Chicago Women's Club
bap aotoaly aided the "Better Speech
craapaaaa ia its own city but has fos-
trd taw movement throughout the
i try.
cftiea Uae various interests
foe this splendid pur-
tike followiag plan: l
tbe lamieter preached a
a Ta SaacUty of Words" ia
the church bulletin contaln-
wraUea aaaoanceme&t
to -The Value of Careful
m Jhe Majw isaaadaa oal-
ciSmmjm calHac'dH all iHmu
u aM la e itriotks esTort to W
pravwwu ibwcb. xneneWH
oa ayeratod with aew stories
la;; Deamrtmeat storec
atoamaa in their
tta-flia'wtastoira.-0c
aa attractive
JipH C. Jfcaokf jajaf L forsaascb
aalttaafa
Tom Is the Thoughtful Husband
BY ALLMAsH
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w;hen did von
BOV T1E TICKETS
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J BOUGHT THM' L
THREE OR FOUR
PAYS AGO AMD
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