Lipscomb Lime Light and Follett Times (Follett, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 9, 1928 Page: 5 of 8
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ANNIVERSARY
Special On Living Room Suites
Come in and See for Yourself.
MASON and WILSON
Furniture and [Undertaking
Foliett, Texas
Everyday
' —is Review Day!
(^F)c\HERE'S no certain
time to look your best,
—everyday you are seen
-and judged by your appear
ante.
Look at your Hat,—every-
one else does
BEAVER HATS
will assure you of correct-
ness, stylishness, and com-
fort.
o. a. crump
PHONE 7
FOLLETT, TEXAS
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How It Started
By Jean Newton
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"ON THE SHELF"
OWE ABOUT
?
V\7E ARE all familiar with the ex-
* * pression "on the shelf used
figuratively to describe some one whose
usefulness has come to an end. Par-
ticularly do we hear the slangy phrase
used with reference to spinsters who
a re supposed to h a ve lost all hope of
finding a spouse.
The natural inference would be that
this is just an unkind vulgarism. As
a matter of fact, however, it has a
most dignified origin coming from the
realm of literature. We have it di-
rectly from the lexicon of the book
publisher, who since the-earliest days
of his industry has referred to books
that have run the gamut of their pop-
ularity and for which there is no
longer an active sale, as being "on
the shelf." Of those for which there
was great demand it used to be said
that they were '"on the table."
The expression '•on the shelf" went
from the publishing house to the
library and then cast off its limitation
tu the world of hooks to take on the
figurative significance in Which it is
used today. Its literal application is
by no means obsolete, however. For
only the other day we heard a dissat-
bued author who was complaining
about his dwindling royalties express
the suspicion that bis publisher had
put his ^ ook "on the shelf," to pro
mote a similar work by another ao
thor. The implication was that he
had ceased to promot* Its sale, rele
gating it to the "back number*,"
(Copyright.)
Ability's High Point
The height of ability consists in a
thorough .nowledge of the real value
of things,, and of the genius of the age
In which we live.—Rochefoucauld.
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Only $1185
.but The Dictator
has Studebaker's exclusive
ball bearing spring shackles
—sensational new
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riding ease and quiet—
20,000-mile lubrication
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+Speed and Stamina
proved under A* A, A, auspices-
5,000 miles in 4751 minutes
new as tomorrow!
Night and Day Garage
Roy Chaney, Dealer
Phone 36
Foliett, Texas
STUDEBAKER
By ED. W. HOWE 0
©, Bell Ss titli-.aij. : WNU Service
You clamor.'for equality. Your nat-
ural chances, in life ar'e-fi'ffy-fifty. *Hy
behaving v\ell. you can "increase your
chances to six:v. .seventy, while the
ill ben ived mail's chances • will be re-
duced to forty, ur thirty.
Information. temperance, fairnes.s,
politeness. good work, good health,
give you hi) itdvan! ;r_re. ■ -. *
Everyone has a Siuie disposition to
rob the other fellow.
Beh him by behaving better than he
behaves. ,* •
* * *
Ah editor in the East refer? to me
as an nptirni-i pessimist. it is a good
line. If yo'ir behave, .well, .and., work
hard, lie opt i f.nNt if about results ; you
will seldom be disy'prrointed. But if
a town bum wants to borrow money
-of you. be .irt-.-timjs;ie If a man of
Do ability promises -great results for
his community; and offers stock for
sale. l e pessimistic.-. Pessimism wins
oftener tb^u /optimism. I am ashamed
to say so, hut it is true.
% * *
Oaft, men keep up the old pace of
gallantry toward th■> women? ileal
Women are worthy of it, and properly
appreciative, but a lot of lough ones
have growu. up who deserve the police
court rather than gallantry. Will it.
finally become necessary to revise gal-
lantry, and cut out the unworthy?
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A mail who is making- money never
r-jn-s away. It seems to he the rule that
no ma t ter how nmch: a man thinks of a
woman, he will not run away with her
li h- has to give up a job or-business
•teat is very profitable and in good
condition.
* * *
I am often astonished at. the num-
ber of clever people now living. Prob
ably we have twenty to one, as. com-
pared, to a hundred years ago. And
a.i we know better, we should do bet-'
ter, Our trouble is not Ignorance; It
Is carelessness, silliness, meanness,
unfairness, all qualities that punish.
* * *
When a boy is sixteen and hasn't
anything else, lie is, pretty apt to have
girl.
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Men have no opportunity to. Judge
t!^e wisdom of women.; women are
wisest when no men are around.
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Sin is beitte poor, and a trouble to
others: riJiteovwiess is takinj- care
of yourselt". and iVlpin:* others a little.
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Everything worth sayine has been
-aid; the only' hope of literalure is
saying otd worthwhile things in a
different wav.
Thousands Cannot
" Take Aspirin
The discovery a few years ago
of a pain relief which exhaustive
tests by thousands of physicins,
dentists and nurses proved it to
be truly wonderful, was indeed a
great biessing to sufferers of
headaches, neuralgia* rheuma-
tism, neuritis, period pains. Dur-
ing the great flu epidemic it was-
conclusively found thousands
could not take aspirin, ace tan ii id
or compounds containing these
The remarkable new dujegsvery
called A-vol does not
aspirin, acetanilid or ao;
depressants. It is abidfottiy
harmless^ to young or (jld. It
stops pain in five minutes and'in-
stead of leaving you feeling; i<3fcfy,
it actually peps you up. :
If jou have severs headact§
pains of any kind, you ^$|£3| to
yourself to try this remarkable
new scientific discovery. A *ubs
ofjtwelve tablets at yourdfiiggista
costs, but a few cents. Jtyst ask
for A-Vol—you will be delighted -
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(^Dtain
Future Seaplanes to
Be Less Cumbersome
Langiey Field, Va.—Seaplanes ot
the future need not he so cumbersome
a? those of the past. '
This Las been established by ex*
perts of the national advisory com.
mitfee for aeronauties in a minute ex-
amination of the work actually done
by a seaplane's pontoons, which en-
able It to iliglit on water, but cut
down its speed in the air.
Present specifications for navy sea-
planes call for pontoons having a
structure sufficiently strong to with-
stand a shock on landing of 15 pounds
to the square inch. Measurements
made here with delicate Instruments
attached to various points on the float*
ing surface of pontoons in operation,
bowever1>show that only seven pounds
of pressure is exerted to the square
inch, suggesting that their strength
can easily be reduced with a material
saving in weight and a corresponding
improvement in performance and eu-
durance in the air. • -
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The Place to Go
Fine Photos,
«Kod ]^ Work wait
^Enlarging
ROTHENBERGER NEW"
.i- STUDIO
iSHATTIICK, OKU.
Cleaning
Pressing
Altering
Tailoring and Dressmaking
CITY TAILOR SHOP
Foliett, Texas
The Great Independent
Wants Typist Job, But
Has Only One Hand
Detroit, Mich.—Mrs. Flora Parker is
looking for n job as typist or stenog
rap her and she has only one arm.
When she w.i- two and one-hall
years old In I.ondon she was the vic-
tim of an accident. After she grew
up"she taught school in London and
then there was a yo.iing chap who had
"gone out," as they say ove there, to
Canada. lie sent for her. They were
married. Two years later there was
a baby and then, suddenly, Mrs. I'ar*
ker was the Widow Parker. Littl«
I lora Is three.
"1 intend to make my own living,"
she said. "It is <;oing to be difficult
i i) make any pro-pect ive employer he-
lieve that I can Ik> efficient. I can be.
1 am fast on the ).vpewriter and my
missing arm has never been h missing
one to me. You *;«\ I lost it ,st) voting
that I never knew its use, and what
we never have we do not miss."
Egyptian Mummy Caset
Cedar or the li^'ht. durable wood of
the fl* tree was usually used for F(l| I FTT
mummy cases in Egypt, ! I vLIL I I
JEWELRY
Come In and look 'our new line
over, save money on Watebss,
Clocks,Silverware, Fountain Plus
and Jewelry. Watch repairing a
specialty. Twent-five years ex-
perience.
D.O. WILLIAMS, Prep.
Watchmaker and Jewelry,
IFollett, Texas.
Col. C. H. Sperry
Auctioneer
Foliett,
Texas
IW. F. MARKLEY M.D.
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Phytiiei u tnd Surgeon
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Skaggs, Ethel. Lipscomb Lime Light and Follett Times (Follett, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 9, 1928, newspaper, August 9, 1928; Follett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth389805/m1/5/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Higgins Public Library.