The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 23, 1917 Page: 2 of 10
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The general outlook is not bright to say the least. We are perfectly
willing to be as accomodating as conditions will permit. Our obliga-
tions are such, that we can not continue to charge merchandise
unless our customers are sure of their ability to protect their ac-
counts with reasonable promptness. All bills.not provided for, will
be due, and we shall expect prompt settlement on the first of the
month. We feel sure that you fully appreciate the conditions ob
tainin-g, and understand the reasonableness,of our position.
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YOURS TRULY,
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Aspermont,
Texas.
"The Progressive Merchant"
Aspermont,
Texas.
The Aspermont Star
Entered at Aspermont, Texas,
?ostoffice as second class matter
mder Act of Congress, March
i, 1879.
A sensible, man doesn't ("are
1 for his wife having the last word.
What gets his goat is for her to
claim the first, too. and then all
in between-
•111 A. Dnnvodf JMItor * Publisher
In, Will A. Uunwotly A *w. Kdl tor
Thus far we have noticed no
amendment in the food bill mak-
ing it unlawful for a person to
sell "liquor" to a congressman.
Troy, N. Y., ha* more women
wage earners than men. Must
be a case of "Everybody Works
but Father."
Among the major ills of war
we might cite the quality ot war
poetry we are compelled to en-
dure.
Vice President Marshal wants
to "send the wind squad in Con-
gress to France with the aviat-
ors." Wouldn't do. Aviators
can't fly in a gale.
Yes, we are going to buy a
liberty bond when the next call
-«*de. Our subscribers have
' to pay up then. Now
von!
*it is elaftned that ultra-violet
restore hair on bald
Better locate the "ray"
HH hair in the
sand swat H.
The fellow who had a vacant
lot and didn't cultivate it is now
kicking himself every time he
has to buy a few wilted veget-
ables.
A bell boy in a New York hotel
had his automobile stolen recent-
ly It's time those idle rich quit
leaving their baubles around
loose to tempt the cupidity of
less fortunate folks.
It's worrying us to determine
how Europe, when this war is
over, is going to play euchre
with a deck from which the
kings and queens have been eli-
minated.
mm who was
pfco ing his girl too
. now wants to know
:'t to be credited with
through fire" for her.
To the mind of the American
girl, a grave source of danger
lies in the kisses of those French
girls. Better get up well in
hand before he leaves, Jennie;
then you can make him "Pay
the Piper" when he returns.
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Kaf!r
Nationals And Husbands
A lady whose letter discloses
an admirable literacy, but who
tactfully fails to sign her name,
writes in to discuss the character
of the men of a certain Europe-
an nation. She speaks as one
having authority, being married,
she declare*, to a man of the
nationality in question. "They
(men of her husband's nativity),
can take an American woman's
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heart and wring it by slow pro-
cess of cruelty, as you would
wring a sponge—wring from it
every joy, every hope, every am-
bition, until there remains but
the dry husk withered to a dull
insensibility." That is what
the d : i anonymous lady says.
And Ii i judges all the men of
thai nation by the sample she's
got. That is not quite fair—hon-
est to goodness, it isn't. There
are -9brutes in breeches under
every flag in the Christen; and
then some. But one sorry hus-
band doesn't make a whole nat-
ion full of sorry husbands. Be-
sides, American women who
marry European men take
&rave chances with happiness.
European standards are not
American standards. Civilized
as Eureope is in most respects,
male opinion in Europe—all
Europe—inclines to the inbred
conviction that the wife is ser-
vant to the husband. There is
scarcely a single European nat-
ion whose men folk (in the mass)
do not regard the womenfolk
with tolerant contempt. It is.
confessedly, not a little so in this
country, although Europeans
habitually charge the American
woman with being spoiled by too
much petting. The fact is that
the American woman, from, in-
fancy, up, expects to be petted
and is often disapointed, where-
as the European woman does not
expect it and is rarely disapoint-
ed. This is one reason why
American girls so often rue the
day they became wived to Euro-
pean haHMnds "The church,
the cmdleand the kitchen" were
prescribed by the Kaiser as
about the limit of a German wo-
man's proper ambition, and in
giving voice to his favored trinity
Wilhelm II. re-echoed masculine
presumption through-out all
Europe. It may be said in.-fair-
ness to each that the British hus-
band wants a wife who will save
his money by demanding none of
it; the German husband chooses
that his wife shall save and
work, and the Frenchman re
quires his spouse work, save and
invest. The American husbaud,
being himself a prodigal spender,
is usually willing to pay his
wife's bills(wben he can), but
he makes the first of the month
tolerably unpleasent. As a rule
the British husband may be set
down as a petty tyrant, the
French husband as a watchman
and auditor, the German husband
as an overseer and the American
husband as a paymaster who
roars at the expense half the
time and riots in extravagance
the other half. No husband, dear
lady, is perfect.—State Press.
A little mother said to us one
day, "I am glad T raised my boy
to be a man, worthy to be called
a United States soldier, I am
glad he possesses all the attri-
butes that flit bim for the defense
of the most glorions flag that
was ever unfurled in the de-
fense of liberty and justice bat
when I think of him so far away
and see the hundreds "exempt-
ed" parading our streets and
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Push the Fairs
Our people should not permit
themselves to become so en-
grossed in the war and kindred
subjects as to neglect ample pre-
parations for the county and
neighborhood fairs this fall.
We may be tempted to think we
are too busy to attend them,
but in this we will commit a
grave error-
A county or neighborhood fair
is not a luxury, not an indulg-
ance, but one of the most im-
portant institutions of any com-
munity. It is essential to the
best interests of the industral
life of the community as is the
school is to the intellectual-, or
the church to the spiritual life.
Its educational influence is only
limited by the energy with which
it is pushed.
In these days, when the need
is urgent that production be stim-
ulated to the maximum, every
agency that tends to arouse en-
thusiasm and desire to excel
should be carefully fostered.
This community fair does as ilo
other institution does or can.
We should bend every energy
to getting together this fall the
most complete exhibit of the
country that it is possible to as-
semble. VV'e will need the stim-
ulus of the inspiration in the
years to come. The need for
record production will not end
with this season. Unless all
signs fail, die productive agen-
cies of this country have a stren-
ous time before them for many
years to come.
Let us center every
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Dunwody, Will A. The Aspermont Star (Aspermont, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 23, 1917, newspaper, August 23, 1917; Aspermont, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth126095/m1/2/?rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stonewall County Library.