The Syracuse Journal, Volume 17, Number 1, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 1 May 1924 — Page 3

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THE YOUNG ROBINS MRS. ROBIN was raising her first family, and she was so worried for fear they would not all be plump and well that she worked her poor Little self ail. but to death. -Better take It easy.” warned Grandma Robin from a twig above. “You will have plenty more to care for, you know, so why work so hard over this family, when there is no need for it?" “But don’t you see how dependent they are?” asked Mrs. Robin, with a worried look as she fluttered end bobbed about the nest full of wideopen moot ha. “They have never eaten anything but the nicest worms and if “Oh, Look at Brothor Robin." I do not hiint and get the very best they won't eat them. These children are different from most blrdllngs, you must see that." • “No, I do not.” replied Grandma Robin, “They are like all others. They will let you take care of them and demand the very best of everything as long as you are silly enough to do It. It Is time they were leaving the nest and hunting worms and bugs for themselvea. Take my advice and push them out.” and off flew Grandma Robin over the road to the woods “Oh. how can she be so heartless," chirped ,P°" r tired Mrs. Robin. “Push my darlmgs out of the nestl Indeed I shall do no such thing. These children are so different from most birds! They must be given e»i>eclal care, but I must admit I am so tired I cannot look for another worm" Mrs. Robin tucked her sleepy little head under her wing and went to I A LINE a CHEER <\ By John Kendrick Bangs. . > T THE SEARCH I r HEN things are dark, and o VV skies ars gray. Y I dem »< mana nrst duty Y To hie him forth upon the way , , And look about tor beauty. <> Lest mid the yellow and the - > sere. ; L And trials that pursue ua. , , Wr overlook lhe Rifts of cheer , , t This life has given to ua < ► O MeCtere Newspaper Syndicate.)

I CThe IDhij of Superstitions | Bm a IRUINQ KINQ * | 1 . *

SIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIWIIIMIIIIIIIttIIIIIIIHMIUttMi A VISITOR’S FIRST CALL I— N SOME parts of th* country It la a superstition that if you do not offer a visitor when he first calls upon you some refreshment, even If It Is only a drink of water, you will *oon be enemies; whereas If you do you and your visitor will. thereafter, be friemla. This is an Inheritance from our ancestor* of the long-vanished ages with whom—as with the nomadic Arabs of today—lt was the custom to give refreshment to the wandering stranger who came in peace to the tent If the ■ . / / X -» SyauMMrte >

sleep and her wide-mouthed children looked at her in astonishment. “We are hungry,” they piped. "We want more fat worms.” But their mother was too soundly sleeping to hear them. One bold blrdling stretched hts neck and squirmed himself to the top of the nest. Then he stood on the side of It and lifted his wings a little “Oh, look at Brother Robin!" . chirped one. “He Is going to fly.” All the little ones began to stretch ' and squirm now and the next thing ' Robin knew he was sitting on a lower , limb of the tree, feeling a bit shaky, j He had been pushed off the nest. Pretty soon the others tried their i wings and when Mrs. Robin opened . her eyes a little later there was not • a blrdling In the nest. “Oh, my babies!” she began to cry. “Something has carried them off.” “Hush!” chirped Grandma Robin, who hnd returned and was watching the blrdllngs. “Don't you see them j down on the ground? They are find- j Ing worms for themselves. They have i just been fooling you, my dear." “Oh. you clever little things," chirped Mrs. Robin, flying down to her children. “You are the smartest birdlings In the world. How did you learn to Ayr “We were hungry," piped the children. “Besides, we want to see the world." And up they flew and Into the woods. Mrs. Roplp began to cry and down flew grandma t<» console her. “Go back to your nest and lay some more eggs,” she said. “Didn’t you fly away from your mother and her nest and _ —

.m —7 “ Whats in a Name? ■■■■■■aMraw Facts about 3?our noma; it’s bister?; MILDRED tnaarung; whence it v?as darrQad; signifr MARSHALL canew, your luckp chr? and luck?? jewel

ALMA THE fortunate possessor of the name of Alma may practically choose lsr own derivation, unlike her slaters who have the source of their appellatives thrust upon them. For Alma has three distinct meanings, and her origins are likewise threefold. The first significance which etymology gives her Is ’Yair," from the Latin alm employed In the term “alma mater." Alma's second source of existence Is in old Erse poetry, where the name meant "all good” and waa bestowed by those fond parents who favored fancl*nl appdlativfs. But that was before September, 1854, when the Crimean river named the Russian babes. Thus Alma came to signify “from the river." and has since been attributed to Russia. though much used in England, and finding even greater vogue in Germany. Indeed. It is generally regard ed as a purely Teutonic name, so common is Its usage tn that country. The topaz, or “chrysolite of sun-

iiiitiiiHiitiiiHiiiiiniiiiiimuiftiiiiiitniiHir. tent-dweller was disposed to be friendly. And the breaking of bread together was the sign of a bond of friendship. But if the refreshment was refused, the traveler naturally became the enemy of the churlish tent-dweller, and the tent-dweller was his. And so. down through the centuries there grew up in different phases of civilisation the custom of eating bread and salt together as a bond of amity. “I have eaten your bread and your salt; I have drunk of your water and wine.* sings Kipling. Afternoon tea-tables are not, as a rule Tfcaunted by this superstition—but you will find it in existence In many rural district* I ® by MeClare Nawsnapar Syndtcata.) O Has Anyone Laughed At You = Because— BT E Peyser J? You like to read the best * ’ | Mllarsf *; Let them laugh with mirth I * ’ < • You are having a pleasant time. <> ;; yon are getting fodder for con- ; ’ « • versa t ion. you are paying the ad- ■ > I J vertlser back, you are pleasing ‘ ’ < ► the publisher yon are making ' - ;! the author fkmousl You are < ! * * doing aH this for the frequent * » I ► outlay of $2 to $2.50 and every < I ; ; one la happy I The readers of ’ ’ < ■ heavy tome* are troubled with < > ’ J many of life’s problems—Let J J I! there be no mirth control here—J «. ' ‘ Let them laugh. ' ' K *BO K Yen Oet Hwmr Hem !•: ’ " TH® wwicMßß bwta are rarely ♦ beet eel lera ' ; It la • tonic you need. ’ J <© w M*Ow» N«*a**B«e By«4>a*t*.) ‘

!: MEN YOU MAY MARRY ’’ o By E. R. PEYSER < > I) thia proposed ’ ► wks well fed. ’’ and deliberate ’ > ; puffs a little *’ i stogie. He’s <■ t diet—but you ’ J He says: “Os • • ft in company; * * .” He likes bls < • It and food—it X when the food y probably when J, lie’ll diet y ICT X iia king of In- £ bride: Y rj cooking. X >r food is his Y even to you. v THIS: X > Make a Quar- £ ■paper Syndicate.) W build one for yourself and Mr. Robin T’ "Yes, of course," replied Mrs. Robin through her tears. "But my children ! were so different from other blrdllngs | I didn’t think they would leave me.” “Net mother does,” said Grandma Robin. “This was your first family. ; After you have raised a few more yon i will get used to it and find out. too. | that all children are just as you were. , You let your mother feed you and the first chance you had to try your n wings away you flew." “I never thought of that before," replied Mrs. Robin. “No one ever does until the’r first brood leaves the nest." answered wise grandma. “That Is the way we understand some things: Experience Is a hard teacher, but a clever one." (© by McClure Nawapapar Syndicate.)

rise.” as Shelley called it. is Alma's talismauic stone. Because it shines in the mines at night, lighting the miners, it is said to dispel gloom, foreboding and pessimism, and to drive away all evil if set in gold and worn on the left. arm. Tuesday is Alma's lucky day and 4 her lucky number. i© by Wb»el«r Syndicate. lac.) o David Butler a i > hb / I J MEL Starting as many othar •'movie" stars have made their entry into pictures. David Wyngate Butler devoted three years of his experience to stock work, later becoming a stage manager. He was snapped up by a prominent producer and given leads. He has been seen In a number of the most prominent productions. Butler is tali and dark, weighs 185 pounds and has blade hair and blue eyes. O An Author, Too Adoring Woman (to great author) —I. too. have a contribution in the same magazine In which your great story appears. Famous Author (politely)—lndeed.. A story? Adoring Woman—No. A recipe for a cake in the helps to housewives column.—New York Sun and Globe. O

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THE SYRACUSE JOURNAL

WARM-WEATHER DAY-FROCKS; SIMPLE STYLES IN GIRLS’ COATS

T*HE warm-weather frock, for any * time of day, has chosen to restrict itself, in the matter of design, to simple and straight lines —thus It makes a good beginning. . Having practiced so much restraint in this direction It finds compensation in an almost unlimited choice of fabrics and casts about for clever devices for varying its simplicity. To this end It adopts cape and scarf attachments, tunics, flat draperies, godets and combinations of two materials. It divides allegiance between the long and the short sleeve.

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tvlth long ones In the majority and made in several styles. Wool, silk and cotton fabrics all contribute their utmost in beautiful weaving, toward the success of the unassuming but distinctive dress for summer days. Silk crepes. In unending variety, plain and printed, appear to lead in point of popularity. There are lovely new weaves In fiber silk, also to be reckoned with, and all the lightweight wools In wool crepes, flannel, challles and the like. Then comes an army of cottons, ranging from ratine to voile, so that there Is no lack of diversity in smart day frocks. It would be hard to find a better exponent of the mode in day dresses than that which appears In the accompanying picture. This design Is adapted to any of the supple silks and

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- crepes Mild to those handsome new j knitted weaves of silk fiber. T*e scarf i attached, starting with a little pocket and ending with one. is a telling touch of smart up-to-dateness In which the fnjali pockets are pructlcal aad utilise a plain dark satin or corded ribbon, with a buttoned-down flap made of the dress material This combination of materials reappears In the cuffs. Two colors In plain flannel have been used In this way and in other clever developments of the attached scarf Idea. Plaited georgette finds frequent use In combination wMh heavier crepe*, for making the summer day frock. It appears in godets, node sleeves, cuffs and cape attachments. This combination of georgette with other materials and- the use of two colors in one materia!, or of plain and printed patterns together, affords a means of converting old frocks Into new ones. In a season when diversity seems to be the main concern of the mode it is refreshing to find designers singleminded about anything—and more particularly about little girls* belonging*. Spring Topcoats > Many of the smartest spring topcoats have no pockets or belts on the outside. There are ribbons inside to hold the eoat from too much flapping when unbuttoned and there is a dinky little pocket, generally trilled, in the lining. For Night Light If night lights are burned in your house try this: Take a wax candle, cover the top, which has been burned

Except in the case of suits, “no, two alike” appears to be fashion’s slogan for women’s outer appareL but for children this does not apply—there the main ambition seems to be to make little girls* clothes “little girlish." There are many pretty frocks and coats, as like as peas in a pod—individualism is not something to be sought after for children. In fabrics and colors the bulk of coats for children look much the same as those for their elders, but in coats a greater proportion of lively colors is

noted. Among the tans, light browns, grays and beige shades there is a generous sprinkling of rose and of green in the lighter tones. Nearly all the models are very simple, straight-line and without decorations other than groups of tucks, or a little narrow braid put on in the simplest ways. More than the average of adornment appears in the model shown here for a child of eight years and upward. It is made of a plain twill cloth In a tan shade and has groups of tucks on the front and sleeves. Scarf ends attached to the collar is a concession the designer has made to the furore for scarfs in grown-up’s togs and there are silt pockets at each side finished with bands of the twill. Only two buttons are used, but again the designer is governed by the mode and hai

i I ~ COAT MADE OF PLAIN TWILL chosen large and handsome specimen, of the button maker’s art. Buttons are few but vastly important. Little Curly Locks looks well in this cleverly designed coat and a soft, plain bat with a wayward brim and irresponsible crown which might be of silk, light felt or fine straw braid. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. (©, 1» 14. W«st«rn Newspaper Ualoa.) level, with a thin layer of salt, and leave only the black end of the wick exposed. Light the candle and it win give a faint but steady light all night A Bag of Ribbon A three-cornered ba* is made of row* of narrow dark-blue ribbon put together without any fullness. Around the top is a row of flat roses made of pink and silver edged ribbon and this pink is repeated in the lining. A loo* blue tassel finishes the h*g

IHi » The Word With the Bark on It By MARTHA WILLIAMS «. IS3*. McClurv N««»p*p«r Syndicate.) Myra, drowsing in the hammock like a sleepy kitten, was tensely alert underneath the drowse. Witness—a pink ear, not buried In down pillows, and faintly rippling fingers in the hand flung above her head. She was listening desperately—as though for a death sentence, yet her mouth was infantile, her figure flaccid throughout Tremors ran through it as she heard a tenor voice chanting lustily: “Sir J«rry-Go-Nlmble was lame of a log! Sing Hey dlddlel Ho diddle! Dee! And my Lady Go-NLmble had hardly a For a very old lady was she! Sir Jerry, when married was just twenty-two. My lady four-score when Sir Jerry camo to woo. As ugly as sin. but as rich as Jew— You may guess why he married with she!" “Shut up, Tony Lumpkin I I’m ashamed of you—knowing you ain’t a bit asliamed for yourself,” a gay treble half-chanted from the shade of the biggest maple bard by the drive. Louisa, sprawled on the turf there, sat suddenly upright, frowning prodigiously and shaking tiny fists at the singer, who mounted upon a high-stepping chestnut had stopped dead at sight of her. "Shut up. Lou,” the horseman, Cary of Carisland, flung back. “You can’t play knight errant —not built for it —besides petticoats hamper when it comes to fighting—” “Do they? We’ll see, Tony of mine,” Louisa cried gaily, scrambling up and making to drag him from saddle. He half-yielded to her tugglngs, then suddenly sat tight, reached, caught her beneath arms, lifted her to his saddle-bow, and with a low word to Iderlm set off back to the highway, captor and captive both laughing so hard neither could speak until the road ran before them. Then Louisa demanded, pinching his ear hard: “Where away, ruffian? Not that it mattera—much—as daddy used to say: 'You’ll be mighty sorry for this—when you get sober.’” “I will not!" from Cary—otherwise Tony Lumpkin in his cousin’s mouth. “You see, it’s a sort of rite-before-sac-rlfice—you’ll be drowned for your sins when I get to Round pond—l’m giving you time to repent.” "Wasted effort! I don’t in the least need it,” from Louisa impudently. “What you call my sins are good deeds —slightly disguised as flirtations. I've been a liberal education' to at least half your young barbarians of Caney Fork—girls who come later will find them ware and wakln’—it’s been rather amusing, but 0! And O! it has taken a lot out of me! Think of having to laugh at the very same jokes, and blush at the same proposals from—let me see I—seven —no nine—as good fellows as ever made believe their hearts were breakable by one little No.” “If you put It that way—why. Til jrant a reprieve,” Carey said, turning Ms horse about, adding hesitantly after a minute: “Say, Lou, do you reckon friend Myra is wise? Or is she playing the strength of the game!” “What d’ye mean?” asked Louisa. “But let me get behind, before you tell me. Next time you alm to tote me in front of you, fetch along a pillow—when babies rode In front they always had pillows. Granny says.” “Shan't do It—you’ll get your frock ill sweaty,” Cary protested. “If you hate my pillowing arms, why lets get down and walk home properly, arm-in-arm—like true bride and groom, instead of a noble Roman and Sabine captive—” “O me! How awful to have a classical education!” Louisa apostrophized space. In revenge Cary flung her across bis shoulder, and held her there, as he slid to earth. “I’ve behaved beautifully—all things considered,” he said. “Unles? I get a right reward—why. I’ll help myself,” kissing her at the last word. Louisa scoffed. “Like you, Tony! You know kissing me is as fiat as drinking stale toddy. Ain’t I your cousin? Also, your conscience, and your guardian angel ? But for me you'd be either engaged seven deep—or married and the father of twins. Jessie May’s twins —you know you were wild about her in your freshman year. I saved you—telling, her artlessly you had to marry me when you grew up—a family arrangement—so she took Paul Trotter at his very next asking—” “Mightn’t that work with friend I Myra?” Cary interrupted. “I ought i to be thrashed for hinting it but somehow I can’t help being a bit uneasy there—” “What makes you?” asked Louisa. • “Tacts please, sir!” “Haven’t any—except that she seems jso indifferent to—all the rest. Fel- j lows that are worth ten of me—in ev-1 prything from marbles to money-—” -

Typhoid Carrier Was Man Employed in Dairy

Interesting data has been obtained in connection with three fatal cases of typhoid fever which recently occurred in one family. Two weeks prior to the date of onset of illness two of the victims had been visiting a dairy farm in a distant municipality on which a typhoid carrier subsequently was discovered. With the onset of the first ease the attending physician urged the three nonlmmune members of the family to have typhoid vaccine administered. Os the two who accepted his offer one did not come down with the disease. The other one of those who had been exposed at the farm received one inoculation, which, however, failed to protect her because, as later events proved, she was already coming down with typhoid fever. The third nonlmmune member of the family, vis., the one wha had refused to be Inoculated with the antityphoid vaccine, continued caring for the two already HL She later died. Investigation by the department di>_

“Or even chalk,” Louisa supplemented. laughing. “Tony, you're a babe, a suckling. I doubt if ever you’ll get eye-teeth through. Myra is here tu make her market —she’ll take her pick of my discards, all in good time. But if you want the frosen truth—the real rock-bottom fact—l’m your root of at. traction for ber —she hates me for having things she feels better entitled to. To come bettveen us, upset a family arrangement —she believes there Is one —would be triumph Indeed. To be brutal—she’d love to marry you and spite me. Divorces are easy, also cheap, these days —with alimony and experience she feels she could fly at millionaire game." Cary fell back a pace, staring and breathing hard. “Good Lord, Lou ! Do all women hate each other naturally—or is this just an acquired taste. Maybe you’re right—but—but 1 can’t think so. Reason? Damn It! I can’t tell you. But —but there is a reason —” “You think she covets your six-foot length, and the Cary name." Louisa broke in mercilessly. “I think she does—after her sorts. But she sha’n’t have either —that's the word with the bark on it." “Bark peels easy when the sap’s up." Cary flung back. “I wonder, will it ever fit you? Over and over, you’ve said you wouldn’t marry me. I know you meant it, too. Therefore, I sha’n’t ever ask you again. But promise me this —if ever you do change—you’ll at least give me a sign.” "Fair enough! I will,” Louisa said, looking down, and suddenly feeling less brightness in the summer afternoon. - Myra, seated in a garden chair beyond the big maple, smiled at them as they came in view, but went back to her book, a volume of free verse keyed to the nth power. Yet when Cary flung himself at her feet, and Louisa had vanished, she bent burning eyes upon him, asking in a tense whisper: “Will you banish me from Paradise?” “How could I do it?" asked Cary, meeting her eyes steadily. Myra lifted her bead. “If you do not know, I cannot tell you.” she said. “But something must be settled within the week. I shall go away, into the working world, unless my future is made secure.” “You’re one fine little joker!" Cary said, sitting up, laughing awkwardly. “Wouldn’t it be a shame if Caney Forb, just crying for beautiful ladles, let you escape? That mustn’t happen—not by a long chalk—it can’t and won’t —not after I send out the S O S Myra sprang up as though galvanized. Cary also rose. She caught his hands, shrilling in a half-whisper: “Was there meaning in your singing? Are you selling yourself to Louisa ? Don’t do it! Don’t, I implore yon! She is made of Ice —cares for nothing but herself, and her land and her pets!" “Especially this one," Louisa said; coming upon them. She laid her finger upon Cary’s lip, smiling oddly the while. “The dehrest pet of all,” she ran on, facing Myra. "Thank you for making me see it! I didn't know how much I cared—until I found he was in danger of getting away.” Only Small Amount, of Heat Comes From Stars It is a little-known fact that the earth receives heat from the stars. So small, however, is the amount of warmth imparted to our world from the nearest star that It would taka 1,000.000,000,000 years for it to boil i pint of water. J , ‘ The heat felt is about equal to that of a candle burning 53 miles away, says London Answers. The heat of the stars is measured with an instrument called a thermocouple, which consists of two pieces of wire soldered together to make a circle. These plecea of wire are of different metals, onq piece being of bismuth and the other a mixture of bismuth and another metal. The light coming from the star Is allowed to fall, through the lens of a large telescope, onto one of the joints of the thermocouple, and the heat is just sufficient to set up a current which can be detected by a very delicate galvanometer. Electrification Pays Powerful electric locomotives operating in the Rocky and Cascade mountains pull the trains up the grades of the Continental divide. In their descent these same locomotives electrically brake the descent, and in so doing generate additional power which Is returned to the line, making up in part that which is lost in ascending. Electrification does away with dirt, smoke and noise, doubles the capacity of. a line, speeds up service, saves hauling Immense quantities of coal, and is advantageous in every respect. In Memory of Sailor* The black scarf worn by sailors tn the United States navy is in memory of the seamen who died in previous wars. four stripes woven in the . edge of the scarf represent four great ; wars in which the American navy has participated.

closed a typhoid carrier on the dairy farm which members of the family had visited. This carrier gave a history of having had typhoid fever forty-six years ago. About fifteen years ago one of the children in the carrier’s home had the disease; about two years ago two people came down with It a few weeks after attending a social function at the home of the carrier; while last summer a roan working on the farm was stricken. A case of typhoid fever also occurred in each of two neighboring families who used water from a creek into which the effluent flowed from the septic tank on the farm of the carrier. In one bouse the disease appeared witbin a month after the family had moved into the house* in the other house a relative of the carrier came down with typhoid fever. An epidemic of typhoid fever in a neighboring city occurred six years ago. It appears that at the time milk from the carrier’s farm w»s being sold in that city.—New York Health News *