St. Louis Post-Dispatch
September 3, 1916

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‘ST. LOUIS, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1916. ED RS em, rowded Public Schools Sie : ~ _ for Dean Post Dispatch ii TOLD. IN AS ei N SG © N : be? WHY Not START OR HEAR THE | TEACH BY PHONOGRAPH, \ ‘ \ ata ! A CORRESPOXKDENCE iT HAS BEEN DONE : > LESSONS OVER, i, Sa : = COURSE 7 THE PHONE WASHINGTON, Sept. 2. {on the repairs. “It is just wild | . mHE instinct of the careful moth-) enough to be attractive.” | SPACE. : hore ae ‘ _er is strong in a home where( “yes” was the reply. “It might y % AMERICA ImMPREVIEG pimreek E.. Roosevelt, Assistant} be a whole lot worse.” raveieae: 7 @) of the Navy, is a welcome) “] gon't suppose you have any ECONOMY itor, he relates, and there he) wolves around here?” a ame this story first hand: “No, not exactly,” chuckled the _ When the mother saw her young | farmer, “but if you want to see the ppeful playing with a boy whom she) next best thing jes’ stay here till I hi nd ‘not seen before and who Wa8{onen the dinin’ room doors.” ne e tor | g, she called her dit " n to make inquiries. SHE HELPED HIM. y : . | Caaat llie,’’? she asked, ‘‘how long A N Oklahoma young man de- a : , 1A a 7 a been playing with that lit- voted to the material affairs). inf A OrePnites , Gis icant : , Way Nor Hod ? QAASSES ON THE of life, Senator Robert L. | A STAFF OF “TEACHERS ) : ,? mi ; 9 re don’t know,’’ was the re-)}Owen of that State relates, separat A GRADUATING : . ) COURT: HOUSE STEPS f. > or three days, I guess.’’ ed himself from business to attend CLASS AT “THE @ good little boy?’’ ~ ‘Sa reception one evening, in the a heim, HALF 2ADAY RATE v sie mamma, he ain’t much {course of which he was introduced iL STNG f : 90 7? the youngster replied, ‘‘but {to a pretty girl, felt the sting of oh is the rgd boy in the street that /admiration and set out to do his best ‘ean lic for a favorable impression. — “I scarcely have a moment to play 0 | LINE FOR ENTIRE LOT. or read,” said he, “nor to apply my- | FRIEND of Congressman) self to the study of certain interest- . William Howell of Utah, as/ing problems. For instance, I am i ects ie "™® the latter tells it, found him- {utterly ignorant as to how the in-} | : : cua Rn » : sl) PGA, if in a town where a fair was in (candescent light is produced.” Se ee rece ay (EE EINGYS >, | avs) eo ‘ “swing, and there was a vocally{ “Why, that is very simple,“ the Satis i ee Ap Rr . | vw 4 pax Le young man on the job (girl replied with a radiant smile { {7 7 ys iSeries te EA ee bi meyers. ae THE FOOTBALL “SEASON ale : > eS pan ha PuPLS, "Ro: cof AY RELIEVE. “TE. : 33 By at Paar My AES Bay some for your best girl” he! rp HAD REFORMED HIM. as ar a ad : sea a 4 A (pe A WHY Not ? to the visitor. S ENATOR CHARLES A. GUL- 3 on the a essen BERTSON of Texds, tells a aes ,” aml story of how Mrs. Smith. and} ® best girl. Mrs. Jones, who were schoolday wo bad,” readily rejoined the)chums, met again after a lapse of “Buy a bouquet for your) severa) years. < “I saw in the papers about your — | again,” was the response.) marriage, Mary,” remarked Mrs. a x not ‘married. Jones. “It was about five years ago, “being the case, pard,” re-) ont ito” the irrepressible salesman, ( “Yes,” Mrs. Smith replied, “it was och to buy oe whole lot and ) just five years ago on June 20.” a luck. “And I have been married six Re GENERC years. I understand your husband; [ Heueiia 1 eRe eat ee pae ea an Eas a Raa REDS (i cEaHE AD Tare 3 cca ewe renllieg h _ is, quite a bibliomaniac.” | WHY Nor OR TRY TO FIND ‘EH are times when one can ‘Oh, no, not any more,” hastily | : C HOPE “THIS HIRE AN | TRE FOURTH IF THERE 1S ROOM ABouT 56 \ FACETS Guy KNowS DIMENSION , - comrected Mrs. Smith. “He has been FoR. 12 PuPILS IN iF ITS IN itapaawort WHAT HE'S rece f EMSIOM <= TF ONE ROOM AND 10 St L0VU1S, in iB” DOING the water wagon for nearly three 1M Tite Orem WOW OES Te "CRIB years; now.” MANY CAN THE WHOLE from. a story told by n.Charles F. Caldwell of aio yah friend of his went Srvc. ACCOMODATE, er shop operated by a "MATTER EASILY FIXED. - wae. £ eae for a certain curr CHARLES R. : _ a DAVIS of Minnesota, relates 8 7 s haf § gone oop in der that one afternoon a train “th the » proprietor told him. “I{on a Western railroad stopped at a = te charge 25 cents der), small station when one of the pas- . sengers in looking over the place t. fi + too. much,” the customer )found his gaze fixed upon an inter- ested ey can get them at Stein-/esting sign. Hurrying to the side der’ 3 for 20 cents.” of the conductor, he eagerly in- iil Den vy vas it dot/quired: ‘Do you think that I will 3 have time to get a drink before the! [ —~— A test oF @ happens to be out of (train starts?” ‘THE Boys’ GAUANTRY 7 “Oh, yes,” answered the conduc- ; goot!” laughed Hans. ; tor. 5s all oudt of dem sausages| “But suppose,” . suggested the 1 them for 20 cents, too!” \ thirsty passenger, “that the train} a should go on without me.” “A. GOOD SUBSTITUTE. “We can easily fix that,” prompt-{ {| # fortune of an un-/ly replied the conductor, “I will go) | GE arcpegerrer eae WE WITHDRAW t , auto tourist to have {along and have one with you.” : ee IN FAVOR OF THE im jaéhitie break down in front ) = i \ GiR_s pee , the owner of which aug: INTRICATE PATHS OF LAW. is s fortune by serving good YOUNG lawyer with more of to pe sersons who fied the city in XN ambition and hope than of - 80 0 the story by Congress-\~ “Ymmediate business found erick C. Hicks of New himself in court as active counsel {in “ @8 Mpimportant case, but deter- SHER: a : : i” a lot of nice scenery) mined #6 try and make it a stepping r é | 1 aa ” remarked the scenery | one’ ‘to “success, Congressman’ Wil-)made a supreme effort in the argu- — lung power for nearly ame the Judge nor the jury dis- ing the Judge, he. ricagete ot Piya a og Ainge Sad sm oar ny beige: ny a eg back | g obligingly helped him liam R. Green of Iowa, relates. He(ment. After talking with consider-(hours, he noted with dismay that{played a symptom of interest. Fac-( “Your Honor, do you follow me: 0 ve you a : ING DELIA, THE FEARLESS FILM FIEND: The Hero Gets Her Goat 3K Se ; aa } CING DARING | DESPERATE DAN, THE JRUPERT THE ROLLER {DARING DELIA,IS ONA |, DELIA THROWS HER LAS4 ON THE ROPESHECROS=/ |. BETWEEN DELIA FEARLESS MOVIE oo’ SKATE SALESMAN. IVACATION INTHE ROCKY | BS gg Bas FASTENS [SES THE YAWNING CHASM.) E ange “ogy / FIEND 3 a E MOUNTAINS SHE LOOKS 1T TO THE PEAK. fim NEXT WEEN” NE ras pt THROUGH HER FIELD GLAS "4 3 ‘<fi SSIf © Bale e ACROSS, THE. GOAT ALSO GOING DAN IS GOING OVER SO | aoe & Yara FREEING. IS SC MOUNTAINSIDE. [DOWN, BUTTS DAN cee DELIA CATCHES ou cannor PRECIPICE 6438 FEET ) ESCAPE MUH, . NOW AT] =~ DELIA & THE AN D RUPERT ON SKATES: CABIN AND A S T HITCHED WITH WOre 1S PULLING THEM UPA PEAR