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Why African Natives Slay Twins at Birth The othwr day a paragraph appeared In th« Mall describing the murder at Bathe twins la South Africa. The astraveled man must read thia with horror. and rightly too. though I doubt If ho ever thinks of the tribal laws and customs underlying such a seemingly horrible practice—customs which tbe natlvehad observed for thousands of years before the coming of the white inr with ids naw Ideas. ueHuwbWi* W eS-AS we

Unfortunately Europeans eu often j try to teach the native mind too quickly. They expect him to break suddenly from his time-old traditions and embrace Immediately altogether different morals and ideas. They are supriaed when be occasionally returns to bis barbaric creed, instead of marveling that such lapses are so rare. That they are so rare is a big tribute to the trust and understanding existing between black and white. For all them, to our mind, terrible customs were developed and originally intended only

, to promote the best Interests of the race. From time immemorial, twins have been regarded with horror by most—if not all—savage tribes I have fried to trace the basis of this belief m many parts of Africa, and the nearest 1 could come to It was thia: When a woman gives birth she la be lieved to produce one soul. If, by some terrible misfortune, that soul should be divided, what chance can it have in this world or the next?—Molly Torin In the Continental edition of the London Wan

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SOCIABLE SOLITARY WASP “Os course,’* said a little wasp, known as Mr. Solitary Wasp, “L do

not know the habits of all Solitary Wasps. “There are many in the family. There are cousins and aunts and uncles and grandfathers and grandmothers and second cousins and third cousins and first cousins once removed — though 1 don’t knofar where they removed the mselves to, or why. “I don’t under- * stand all about

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Mar “«ing. coUs i ns and relatives. I can't be supposed to know all their ways. There are too many. “Js'o one can keep track of every one in some way distantly connected with you. “You don’t know if they will all like school or if some do and some don’t. “You don’t know if some like honey and if some do not You can’t tell about them all. “But I know that we aren't solitary. Solitary means to be alone. “We nest near together. We nest along the ground and we feed our little larvae children each day* “Most solitary wasps, 1 have been told, don’t do that “But here we're called solitary and we’re all together. Foolish, I say, to be told, don’t do that “Then there is a cousin of mine—l know about him. He guards the nest while his wife goes a-marketing. “She thinks she can pick out the best things to eat for the children, and so she does this. “But he is always on hand to guard the nest and look after the young. “If he were really solitary he would be roaming off by himself. “We may have our own home nests, but we so often £roup our nests together that really I don't think we should have this name. |J “What I will do much later in life. I cannot tell. But I can’t help thinking my name is a little curious. “Why. only the other day I helped some friends of mine over a meadow beyond. I helped them witli their marketing. “That wasn’t so solitary of me. “I would call myself solitary if I went way off into the world all by myself and never bothered to speak to anyone. “I would like to know why we can’t have some other name. too. But I will not worry too much about It. “Life Is sweet with insects to crush and eat and flowers to sip. “Flowers have such sweet honey. Oh no. I shall not worry. “Only here I am with my neighbors. Perhaps great and wise people may tell me more than I know about myself. They will study me. “But here I am and neighbors around me and there are people who have

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watched me and who have seen that this Is so. “Perhaps the social wasps are more social. But still that doesn’t help me with my name. “Oh well, as I said before, I will not let It worry me. X will enjoy the good things of the world without fretting and fussing. “Ah, there goes Mrs, Wasp a-mar-ketlng and her uusband 1 know

b watching over the home nest. “They’re a nice couple, well matched, and they get along so well and seem to be so happy. “But I must be having a meal myself. I really feel the pangs of hunger getting at my little wasp stomach, If that is what you would call it. “You can’t expect me to know the important names for everything. “That would be too mucli to .expect of me. buzz. buzz. Isn’t that so?” One More Bag to Bust A public school teacher once put this question to her pupils: “Which would you rather have —three bags with two apples In each bag. or two bags with three apples.in each bag?” “Three bags with two apples in each bag.” was the surprising answer given by one lad. while the rest of the class was struggling with the problem. “Why, Harry?” “Because there’d be one more bag to Bust!" Good Grades Jimmie (whose school records were usually discouraging)—Mother, I got a hundred at school today. Mother—Oh, Jimmie, I am so pleased. You must have studied hard. In which subject? Jimmie —I got SQ in reading and 30 tn arithmetic. Very Polite Tommy’s mother had been teaching him table courtesy. She reminded him that when he wished to leave the table before the finish of the meal for the rest of the family or guests, he must say: “Please excuse me." To which she would always answer: “Certainly." One day he was a guest with his mother at another home, and wishing to leave the table with the other children confusedly quavered: “Pieaae excertalnly ma."

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Urges Smaller Cities to Widen Through Streets •Widen and open up necessary arterial streets and > avenues to handle present and future motor vehicle traffic now," is the recommendation of Thomas P. Henry, president of the American Automobile association. Mr. Henry feels that one of the most important fields of club activities Is to co-operate in every way possible with the traffic authorities of the various cities in the solution of problems relative to handling the constantly increasing traffic. The question, he points out, not only involves expediting traffic but also the saving of lives. "Practically all of our cities and larger towns were planned before the days of the motor vehicle,” he said in a recent bulletin. “Many cities and towns were developed to their present proportions without any plan. With narrow streets or without an adequate number of connected thoroughfares from the suburbs to the heart of the city, traffic authorities in the majority of our cities are staying awake nights wondering how they are going to handle the present day motor traffic. Temporary expediencies such as more traffic officers and one-way streets are adopted with the realization that these measures are not going to meet the situation a year or two from now with the corresponding Increase of traffic which has been noted during the last few years. “The question of solving local traffic problems can be answered by a scientific study of the needs of a city and how they may be met “The lesson which the larger cities are learning from experience, should prompt smaller cities and towns to begin their city planning to take care of future motor vehicle traffic now and not wait until it becomes imperative and the cost of widening and connecting streets becomes almost prohibitive.’’ \ Clean Up Back Yards A national movement for cleaning up the unsightly “back yards’’ of cities, which they exhibit to travelers along railroad rights of way, has been inaugurated by the industrial division of the National Association of Real Estate Boards. Industrial commissioners of all railroads in the United States will cooperate with the industrial realtors in the clean-up campaign. Commercial associations and civic organizations in the cities will be asked to take an active part in making the right of way outlook represent their cities fairly to the traveling public. Appalling neglect that industries throughout the country, especially In the smaller communities, give to that part of their properties visible from the right of way, is emphasized by the division in outlining its program. The exposure of piles of ashes, rubbish and junk Is no way to build up interest in the community on the part of passers through the town who might become permanent the division contends. Together with the clean-up campaign. the division calls attention to the desirability of enabling the traveler to identify easily the town through which he Is passing. Intercity exchange of business in Industrial real estate Is another matter which the division is studying. Joseph Kramer, Dayton, Ohio, is chairman of the committee which is developing the possibilities in such an interchange. The division is also studying the best ways of developing the industrial districts of cities. Trees to Displace Signs Trees to beautify the scenery along motor routes in place of billboards Is the goal of the Colorado Springs Automobile club, writes a correspondent to the Christian Science Monitor. Threats of the club to tear down all signs persisting In violation of law resulted in removal of many unsightly signs by owners, and the club members themselves removed many from Ute pass, one of the most famed spots In the Rockies, whose disfigurement has been much criticized by citizens and visitors. The Pikes Peak Ocean-to-Ocean highway and the new motor highway to the summit of Pikes peak both lead to the region beyond the Rockies. The Ute Indian came from the other side of the range through this pass to the famous mineral springs of Manitou, in the olden days. An order has been placed by the club for 10.000 trees, now seedlings, to be planted In its nurseries and later transplanted along the =main roads leading into Colorado Springs. Thl* act alone has won many friends for the club and much cooperation in its activities. Loss in Home Ownership Only twenty out of the forty-eight states of the Union showed an increase in home ownership during the years from 1900 to 1920. the leading states being, in order. North Dakota. Wisconsin. South Dakota. Idaho, Minnesota, Montana. Utah. Maine, New Mexico and Michigan. It Is interesting to note that out of the ten leading states, only one, Maine, is located in the extreme eastern part of the country. and Wisconsin and Michigan are the only representatives of the middle western states. Streep Improvement MalnXgtreet. Clarksburg. W. Va.. through a movement inaugurated by. the chamber of commerce, has been transformed by the removal of wooden polesk awnings and other sidewalk obstructions, and the installation of a modern lighting systeiiL Old Idea of the Earth Long before the time of Columbus the majority of Arabic scholars of the Middle ages held that thf enrth Is a sphere flaring in space.

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There are many delicious dishes that one may prepare from the common, everyday apple. When kept toward spring and lacking in flavor there may be added pineapple, quinces, dates, raisins, figs as well as various fruit juices to supply any lack, with excellent results and giving much variety. SUNDAY—Breakfast: Fried mush, baked apples with cream. Dinner: Roast duck, orange salad. Supper: Creamed celery with cheese. MONDAY — Breakfast: Oatmeal, cream. Dinner: Beefsteak, mashed potatoes. Supper: Sliced cold roast duck. TUESDAY— Breakfast: Stewed prunes, whole wheat, top milk. Dinner: Pork chops, apple rings, cabbage salad. Supper: Milk toast WEDNESDAY — Breakfast: Oranges. Dinner: Fricassee of veal. Supper: Apple souffle. THURSDAY—Breakfast: Buttered toast, bacon, eggs. Dinner: Roast of beef. Supper: Tea cake. FRlDAY—Breakfast: Omelet, muffins, coffee. Dinner: Salmon loaf. Supper: Waffles, cocoa. SATURDAY — Breakfast: Corn flakes, cream, French toast Dinner: Baked spare ribs, sauer kraut. Supper: Bean soup. Creamed Celery With Cheese. Cook a pint of celery cut In halfInch pieces until tender. Prepare a white sauce, season well. Put a layer of white sauce in a buttered baking dish, add a layer of the cooked celeiy and a layer of grated cheese. Repeat until the dish is full. Cover with buttered crumbs and bake until browu. Fricassee of Veal. Take a slice of veal cut from the leg, cut into serving-sized pieces. Pound them to reduce the thickness one-half. Roll in flour and saute in salt pork fat until brown on both sides. When browned remove to a casserole, pour broth or hot water into the frying pan and boil up to remove all the flavor, then pour this Into the casserole. Carrots and other vegetables may be added if desired. Apple Souffle. Take two cupfuls of hot apple sauce, sweetened and seasoned with butter and nutmeg with half a teaspoonful of rose extract. When cold add four egg yolks, then tha stiffly beaten whites, folding them in lightly. l*ut Into a buttered baking dish and bake until a delicate brown. Serve at once Flower in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies; I hold you here, root and all, in my hand. Little flower—but If I could understand What you are. root and all. and all In all, I should know what God and man Is. —Tennyson. SUMMER FOOD SUGGESTIONS For a picnic or a summer luncheon dish a most satisfying meat may be

prepared using veal and chicken as follows: Jellied Chicken.—Wipe a knuckle of veal and put it into a large kettle with enough cold water to cover. Bring slowly to the simmering point. Add a six-pound fowl and cook gently until the

meat is tender, adding, when half done, a teaspoonful of salt. Remove the fowl and set aside to cool, when it should be cut Into slices. Put the lean meat from the veal knuckle through a meat grinder, using one and one-half cupfuls. Let the stock simmer until reduced to a pint, add pepper and salt to season, with a little onion juice; cool and strain through a cloth. To the chopped veal add one cupful of stock and season to taste with salt, paprika and lemon and onion juice. When well-mixed add one cupful of chopped celery. Place a bread pan In Ice water and pour in the stock about one-eighth o.* an inch deep. When firm decorate with sliced, hard cooked eggs or canned pimentoes cut into strips. Add the remaining stock very slowly, not to disturb the decoration. When firm add alternate layers of sliced chicken and veal, until all is used. Cover the top with buttered paper and place over It a weight. Let stand over night on Ice. Remove from the pan and serve garnished with water cress. Cucumber and Plneappie Salad.— Soak two tablespoonfuis of gelatin in one-fourth of a cup of salt and three tablespoonfuls of sugar. Add one-half cupful of vinegar and the juice of half a lemon. Set aside to cool. Just as the mixture begins to congeal stir In one cupful of crushed and a cupful of grated cucumber. Pour into small molds which have been dipped In cold water. Chill and serve on crisp lettuce leaves. Serve with a mayonnaise dressing, using three-fourths of a cupful and adding one-half cupful of whipped cream. Dinner Cheese.—Put through a meat chopper one-half cupful of stuffed olives, two cupfuls of grated cheese and one cream cheese. Season well with salt, red pepper, and roll into a long roll. Place on a paper dolly and decorate with sliced stuffed olives. Serve from the plate with a cheese knife. Long at the Game With the death of Dr. William Curtis, eighty-seven, there has come to an end a 200 years’ family medical association with the town of Alton. England. Both the father and grandfather of Doctor Curtis practiced there. Doctor Curtis treated the descendants of his grandfather’s patients. Be had practiced 55 years. Life of Steel Rail A steel rail lasts, with average wear, about eighteen years.

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SOMETHING JUST AS GOOE Katherine’s father is not a demonstrative man, and one day the child, after a visit to a little friend, complained to her mother that “papa never calls us children ’dearies,’ like Mary Parker’s father calls her.” He’r younger sister was standing by, and, quick to defend her daddy, she said: “Well, I don’t care If he doesn’t call us ’dearies’; just plenty of times he calls us ‘dummies.’" —Boston Transcript. Oh, Dear! Mrs. Silo—l’m surprised to find you have charged me much more than w« agreed upon. Carpenter—Yes, but the work was more than I expected. Mrs. Silo —Then you are dearer to me now than when you were first engaged. Out-Bunking J. B. Londoner—What do you think ol that tower for height? New Yorker (abroad) —Do you call that tower high? Say, In our ninetyfirst floor bedrooms we have to close all the windows at night to keep the clouds from rolling in.—London Opinion. A MAN’S ASHES

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“A man makes two pounds of asbet when he’s cremated.” “But when you get him to build a simple little tire he makes a bushel 01 more.” That's the Question Here is de message ter you— Hard on de head it may hit you; Es you will give de devil his due. Ain't vou afraid he will git yout Alternative Customer—l want two pounds of four-penny nails. t New Clerk —We’re out of four-pen-ny nails, but 1 can let you have four pounds of twopenny nails.— Good Hardware. A Backward Student Mr. L.—How is your boy getting tlong in high school? Mr. S. —Ach! He’s halfback on the football team and all the way back in als studies. Quality Alice —I had ten proposals thl» week. * Virginia—Gracious! From whom? Alice —Dick. Forgot His Troubles “Did you enjoy youreslf at your wedding, Sam?” “Yals, suh. Ah had sech a good tlmt Ah forgot dat Ah wuz de groom.” Fly Stuff Mrs. Benham —You stick to that paper as if it were fly paper. _ Benham—lt Is; it is an avlatior journal. IN CONFIDENCE

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"Was there anything in that story about you and Mr. Fritters?” “Nothing to speak of." “Fine ! Tell me all about It and I’ll not speak of It to a soul." Rare Birds Some folks we know have taking ways But, oh! alas! alack! There are but few we know of whe Have ways of bringing back. Something to Worry About “You look blue, old man." “I am blue. I’ve been rejected." “Oh, cheer up! There are plenty of other girls, you know." “Girls be banged! It’s an Insur ance company that has done it" His Aim Was Deadly Prison Visitor—And I dare say yot miss your wife most of all? Culprit—ls I ’ad missed ’er, mum. 1 shouldn’t never ’avo bin ’ere!—London Passing Show. Something Wrong "There’s a He out somewhere F growled the Imprisoned thug. “What do you mean?” asked the keeper, who was something of a student of human nature. “Why, I’ve been reading in £ paper a visitor gimme that the law is a laughin’ stock." Chance to Enter Family He —Can you give me a little hope?” She —Why—er—yes. I have a maiden aunt who is dying to get married.