The Syracuse Journal, Volume 22, Number 35, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 26 December 1929 — Page 3

<: THE OLD | :• BLUE-WILLOW j I PLATTER | (© by D. J. Walsh. > NORMA wouldn't hav* minded the yellow slip of paper in her purse half so much if it hadn’t been such a bleak, dreary day. And like a ray of sunshine out of all the darkness she saw the window with the lovely old blue-willow platter. Ever since she had found her first job, Norma had been hunting up old pieces of blue-willow ware toward the delightful end of one day owning a complete set of the lustrous, shining blue stuff. And there, resting on edge between two tall, dignified candlesticks was the very platter Norma had been wishing for, and wanting so long. Forgotten was the hateful little slip of yellow paper; forgotten the serious fact that she was again jobless and from the only job, too, that she had ever truly loved! Nothing mattered, now, but that gorgeous bit of blue-willow ware, and with Spartan courage. Norma Underwood grasped her purse with its last pay envelope and the hateful little yellow discharge slip as well, and marching into the softly-lit shop, asked the price of the dainty, quaintly shaped, square oblong platter. That it cost the savings of a whole mGith of stinting and penny-pinching didJKut endear it the more to Norma’s heart and she hugged the precious purchase tightly to her breast and hurried homeward through the fast-fall-ing, drear November dusk. And so enthralled was she with her newly acquired treasure that for once in her life Norma Underwood failed to look through the plate glass corner windows of a Broadway department store to see if anyone was coming around the corner from the other street —and thereby met her downfall! For Brice Atterbury was hurrying home through the dim, chilly dusk, too. and was conscious of the weariness, defeat and despair that comes to young men who are battling terrific odds —and losing daily.' And he was hurrying with down-bent head, unconscious of anything hut the cold, his weariness end despair. A gasp, a startled exclamation, and then the soft tears of a young girl crying bitterly, as Brice stared stupidly from Norma to the shattered platter lying in bits of brilliant colored ruin on the cement pavement between them ! ‘•Please . . . I’m so terribly sorry! If you’ll just stop crying, we’ll go at once and find another just like it,” begged the sincerely sorry young man. and Norma raised tear-drenched eyes jto him, surprised that anyone else should have such weariness and dejection stamped upon his face. “This Is the shop,” offered Norma faintly, “but you mustn’t think of buying another. You’ve really no idea how costly it was!” “Just as if mere money mattered now,” remarked the young man bitterly, and Norma raised swiftly appraising eyes to his face t<- wonder at the bitterness and defeat she saw etched there. “Surely there are things besides money,” she said, trying to comfort him, for somehow there is a. vast fraVrnity Tn true misery of spirit. “Not now; tot any afore !” he said, sharply, his voice almost a gasp of pain as he started into the softly lit shop. “You see, after this week there won’t be any Atterbury & Co., importers. They’ve got me against the wall, and I’m darned if I stand and let them tack my nride and hide as well to the door !” “Why, why, that was what I was crying about! I was fired this afternoon—discharged from Atterbury & Co.—and I wasn’t told why or anything!" “You? Why, you never worked for me. I never saw you before in my life!” exclaimed the amazed Mr. Atterbury, staring at her as though in truth he had never seen her before. “Oh, yes; 1 was in the packing room. I packed all the lovely china for shipping. But, of course, you never saw me. Why should the great Mr. Atterbury see one of his humble clerks?” and it was Brice’s turn to think up something comforting to say now. “So sorry,” said the suave clerk, “that blue-willow platter was the last we had on hand,” and, defeated they turned regretfully and plunged into the chill, drear dusk again. Norma protested against the taxi; scolded Brice for being extravagant when he should be marshaling his every force to fight till the last gun was fired. Laughing, he discharged the man with a quarter tip for his trouble, and together they caught a subway train to Brooklyn, the girl stealing shy glances at the lean, stern profile so near her that she could smell the pungent aroma of fine cigars from his coat; the man covertly watching the play of expressions on the soft, mobile

Fulton Not Inventor of “River Steamboat”

In connection with newspaper accounts of the recent celebration of Ohio river navigation improvements, James Howard of Jeffersonville, Ind., rises to correct an eironeous impression that Robert Fulton was the “father” of the American steamboat. Fulton built the first practical steam vessel in America. Mr. Howard admits, but it was a steamship, a deep water craft carrying its machinery In its hold. “The steamboat was something else altogether.” It was—and is—“nothing in the world but a steampropelled keel boat, designed to sail on the water instead of in the water.” After their achievement with the famous Clermont on the Hudson river, Fulton and his backers built several vessels of the same type for river navigation. All of them were failures. Some succeeded in going down the Ohio and Mississippi from Pittsburgh to New Orleans, but could not make the return trip. After spending nearly a nftillon dollars on his experiments, Fulton cave them up. It was Henry Shr»' ' built the fi practical

face so close to his own as tie held to a strap above her seat. “I know of a place where we can find a platter like the one you want, I think!” came a cheery masculine voice over the wire half an hour later, and delighted. Norma agreed to be ready in twenty minutes and hung up, not nearly so discouraged as a jobless, nearly broke girl should be. “Hop in and I’ll tuck this fur robe about you,” commanded Brice a while later as he stood by the open door of his smart roadster in front of Norma’s rooming house. “It seems shameful to let you trouble yourself so much,” faintly protested the girl as Brice got in and shifted gears, pointing the car upstate. “‘Well you should be storing up a whole lot of unpleasantries about me, I think," he retorted, “being the indirect cause of you losing vo-ir job and certainly the busticator of that lovely platter!” “I haven’t heard that word since I went to Erasmus!” laughed Norma, aware of a new humanness in the stern young man who could use a childhood slang term with so much ease. “Aunt Libby, this is Norma Underwood, my private secretary. We’ve come to see those blue-willow dishes you wrote me about placing for you,” and astonished, Norma watched the young man select almost a whole set of dishes from the displayed set. and together they laughingly packed them, Norma observing that at least there was one thing she could do better than he! “Why,” asked the girl as they stood on the steps of her home bidding each other good-by, “did you tell your aunt that I was your private secretary?” “Because, from that moment on you are!” he retorted, though his smile and eloquent eyes said far more than the lightly spoken words. “What about Miss Kennedy?” doubted Norma. “She was responsible for the loss of your job!” he said sternly. “Oh! Well, do you know why I wanted the blue-willow?” teased the girl. “No, but you’re going to invite me to a chicken dinner, aren’t you, soon?” begged the serious Mr. Atterbury. “Tomorrow night?” she challenged and he picked up the dare by assuring her that he’d be there in time to mix the salad! Atterbury & Co., did not fall; that is. not if one can believe the new Mrs. Atterbury! Just * Beginner The engine was not behaving as a true locomotive should. First it would move forward a hundred yards or so, and then, with a good deal of puffing, it would shift back to its original position. For ten minutes this had been going on, while the passengers raved all along the train. At last one of them, unable to contain himself any longer, put his head out of the window and hailed the guard. “What on earth is the matter?” he demanded. Leaning out of his own compartment. the guard turned a rueful smile on him. “Well, sir,” he said, “I’m not sure, but I think the engine-driver must be teaching his wife to drive.” —London Answers. The Modern Maid The very modern girl had met one of her friends in a case and they were discussing male acquaintances. “I think I shall settle down with young Gumleigh!” said the first. “He’s frightfully rich!” “Yes," said the other. “I hear he owns several country residences. But won’t people say you’ve married him for his money? I can just hear them!” “Oh.” replied the first. “I can truthfully say I love him because of his charming manors!” Oil Tree Not American The tung oil tree did not originate in the United States. Those that we have in this country were brought here from China. The soil and climate in the southern part of the, United States has been found suitable. for the cultivation of this, tree. The nuts are crushed and the oil extracted commercially at this time in a recently erected factory near Gainesville, Fla. The Florida agricultural extension station has done considerable work with this tree. Color Need* Light If the generally accepted theory of color is correct, there can be no color without reflected light. The color of an object, according to the modern theory, is produced by the reflection of all those rays of light which are not absorbed by the object. A green object is green merely because it reflects t«e green rays of light and absorbs all the others.—Pathfinder Magazine. Futile Flight A man who has been eight times round the world has just been married. which, the Regina Leader points out, just shows how impossible it is to escape.—Toronto Globe.

steamboat, using engines of a new type and putting them on the deck instead of in the hold. He scored his first success at Wheeling in 1817. And, says Mr. Howard, every steamboat built since -hat time has been constructed along the same general lines. “There have been many improvements, but the general type has remained, for the simple reason that It has proved better than any other.” How many Americans of this generation ever heard of Henry Shreve? Not many, it is to be feared. Yet his name still lives in that of one ct our flourishing southern cities which grew to importance as a result of his invention. Shreveport should give Mr. Howard a vote of thanks.—Houston Post-Dis-patch. First Offender* According to a clergyman, much trouble would be avoided if married people exercised more common sense. /.Il matrimonial trouble would be avoided I* only single people exercised more common sense.—Detroh News.

[mdioprocrams (Time given is Eastern Standard: subtract one hour for Central and two hours for Mountain time.) N. B. C. RED NETWORK —December 8». 1:00 p. m. Chicago Symphony. 7:00 p. m. Heroes of the World. 7:30 p. m. Maj. Bowes. 8:30 p. m. Chase & Sanborn. 9:00 p. m. David Lawrence. 9:15 p. m. Atwater Kent. 10:15 p. tn. Studebaker Champions. N. B. C. BLUE NETWORK 1:00 p. m. The Pilgrims. 8:00 p. m. Roxy Stroll. 5:00 p. m. Duo Disc Duo. 7:30 p. m. At the Baldwin. 8:00 p. m. Enna Jettick Melodies. 8:15 p. m. Collier’s. 9:45 p. m. Fuller Man. COLUMBIA SYSTEM 9:00 a. m. Morning Musicale. 10:00 a. m. Children’s Hour. 1:30 p m. The Aztecs. 3:00 p. m. Symphonic Hour. 5:00 p. m. McKesson News Reel of Air. 5:30 p. m.- Sermon by Rev. Baxnhouse 7:00 p. m. Our Romantic Ancestors. 8:30 p. m. Sonatron Program. 9:00 p. m. Majestic Theater of the Air. 10:00 p. m. Jesse Crawford. 11:00 p. m. Back Home Hour. 12:01 a. in. Coral Islanders. 12:30 a. tn. Midnight Melodies. Y. B. C. RED NETWORK —December 30. 10:30 a. m. Doctor Goudiss. 11:15 a. m. Radio Household Institute. 8:00 p. m. Voice of Firestone. 8:30 p. m. A. & P. Gypsies. 9:30 p. m. General Motors. 10:00 p. m. Whittali Anglo Persians. N. B. C. BLUE NETWORK 9:00 a. m. Aunt Jemima. 1:00 p. m. National Farm. Home Hour. 7:00 p. m. Pepsodent—Amos ’n’ Andy 7:30 p. m. Roxy and His Gang. 8:30 p. m. Ingram Shavers. 9 00 p. m. Edison Recorders. 9:30 p. m. Real Folks. 10:00 p. m. Stromberg Carlson. 10:30 p. n. Empire Builders. COLUMBIA SYSTEM 8:30 a. m. Morning Devotions. l0:0d a. m. Ida Bailey Allen. 11:30 a. m. The Children s Corner. 12:00 Noon Columbia Revue. 1:30 p. m. Harold Stern and Orch. 2:00 p in. Patterns in Prints. 8:00 p. m. Columbia Ensemble. 5:30 p. m. Closing Market Prices. 5:45 p. m. Browsing Among Books. 7:3o'p. m. Purities Bakeries Program, 8 30 p. m. (Jeco Couriers. 9:00 p. m. Physical Culture Magazine 9:30 p. m. “An Evening in 10:30 p. m. Voice of Columbia. li:30 p. m. Paul Specht’s Orchestra. jl£x>l a. m. Abe Lyman’s Orchestra. 12:30 a. m. Midnight Melodies. N. B. C. RED NETWORK —December 31. 10:45 a. m. NationaliHome Hour. 11:15 a. m. Radio Household Instituta. 4:30 p. tn. Auction Bridge Game. 7:15 p. m. Universal Safety Series. 7:30 p. m. Soconyland Sketches. 10:00 p. m. Clicquot Club. 11:00 p. m. Radio Keith Qrpheum. N. B. C. BLUE NETWORK 9:00 a. m. Aunt Jemima. 11:00 a. m. Forecast School of Cookery. 1:00 p. m. National Farm. Home Hour, 7:00 p. m. Pepsodent—Amos ’n’ Andy. 8:00 p. m. Pure Oil Band. .... 8:30 p. m. Around World with Libby. 9:00 p. m. College Drug Store. 9:30 p. m. Dutch Masters Minstrels. 10:00 p. m. Williams Oil-O-Matics. COLUMBIA SYSTEM 8:30 a. m. Morning Devotions. 10:00 a. m. Ida Bailey Allen. 12:00 Noon Columbia Revue. 3:00 p. m. Columbia Ensemble. 4:00 p. m. Columbia Symphony Orch. 5:00 p. m. Rhythm Kings. 5:30 p. m. Ambassador Tea Dance. 6:30 p. in. Alice Foote MacDougall. 7:00 p. m. Carborundum Hour. 8:30 p. m. True Romances. 9:00 p. m. Old Gold-Paul Whiteman. 10:30 p. Club Romances. 11:30 p. m. Hotel Paramount Orch. 12:01 a. m. Lombardo. Royal Canadians. 12:-J0 a. m. Midnight Melodies. N. B. C. RED NETWORK—January 1. 10:15 a. m. National Home Hour. 11:15 a. m. Radio Household Instituta. 8.00 p. m. Mobiloil. 9:00 p. m. Halsey Stuart. 9:30 p. m. Palmolive Hour. 10:30 p. in. Headline Huntin’. N. B. C. BLUE NETWORK 9:00 a. m. Aunt Jemima. 10:30 a. m. Mary Hale Martin. 11:00 a. m. Forecast School of Cookery. 1:00 p. m. National Farm. Home Hour. 7:00 p. m. Pepsodent—Amos ’n’ Andy. 7:30 p. m. Westinghouse Salute. 8:00 p. m. Yeast Foamers. 8:30 p. m. Sylvania Foresters. 9:00 p. m. Real Folks. COLUMBIA SYSTEM 8:30 a. m. Morning Devotions. 10:00 a. m. Ida Bailey Allen. 12:00 Noon Columbia Revue. 3:00 p. m. Columbia Ensemble. 4:00 p. m. Musical Album. 5:15 p. m. Twilight Troubadors. 6:00 p. m. Closing Market Prices. 6:30 p. m. Lombardo, Royal Canadians. 8:00 p. m. Grand Opera Concert. 10:00 p. m. Kolster Radio Hour. 10:30 p. m. In a Russian Village. 11:00 p. m. Hank Simmon’s Show Boat. 12:30 a. m. Midnight Melodies. N. B. C. RED NETWORK—January 3. 10:30 a. m. National Home Hour. 11:15 a. m. Radio Household Institute. 5:00 p. m. Radio Keith Orpheum. 7:30 p. m. Coward Comfort Hour. 8:00 p.‘tn. Fleischman Sunshine Hour. 9:00 p. m. Seiberling Singers. 9:30 p. m. National Sugar Refining Co. 10:00 p. m. Radio Victor Program. N. B. C. BLUE NETWORK 9:00 a. m. Aunt Jemima. <• 10:45 a. m. Barbara Gould. 11:00 a. m. Forecast School of Cookery. 1:00 p. m. National Farm, Home Hour. : 7:00 p. m. Pepsodent—Amos ’n’ Andy. 8:30 p. m. Champion Sparkers. 9:00 p. m. Smith Brothers. 10:00 p. m. Atwater Kent. COLUMBIA SYSTEM 8:30 a. m. Morning Devotions. 10:00 a. m. Ida Bailey Allen. 11:30 a. m. Du Barry Beauty Talk. 11:45 a. m. Columbia Noon Day Club. 1:30 p. m. Harold Stern and Orch. 3:00 p. m. Columbia Ensemble. 5:00 p. m. Dr. Hodgson’s Health Talk. 6:00 p. m. Columbia Symphony Orch. 8:15 p. m. Politics in Washington. 9:00 p. m. True Detective Mysteries. 10:30 pi m. National Forum from Wash. 11:00 p. m. Dream Boat. 12:01 a. m. Lombardo, Royal Canadians. 12:30 a. m. Midnight Melodies. N. B. C. RED NETWORK—January 3. 10:45 a. m. National Home Hour. 9:00 p. m. An Evening in Paris. 9:30 p. m. Schradertown Band. 10:00 p. m. Planters Peanuts. N. B. C. BLUE NETWORK 1:00 p. m. National Farm, Home Hour. 7:00 p. m. Pepsodent—Amos ’n’ Andy. 7:90 p. m. Dixie Circus. 8:45 p. m. Craddock Terry. 9:00 p. m. Interwoven Pair. 10:30 p. m. Armour Hour. COLUMBIA SYSTEM 8:30 a. m. Morning Devotions. 9:30 a. m. Morning on Broadway. 10:00 a. tn. Ida Bailey Allen. 11:00 a. m. Nell Vlnlck. 11:30 a. m. The Week-Enders. 12:15 p. m. Columbia Salon Orchestra. 1:30 p. m. Savoy Plaza Orchestra. 3:00 p. m. Columbia Ensemble. 5:00 p. m. Dr. Clark—French Lessons. 5:15 p. m. Ambassador Tea Dance. 8:15 p. m. Closing Market Prices. 8:30 p. m. Paul Specht’s Orchestra. 9:00 p. m. True Story Hour. tl:00 p. m. Jan Garber’s Orchestra. 12:30 a. m. Midnight Melodies. N. B. C. RED NETWORK—January 4. '.1:15 a. m. Radio Household Institute. 7:00 p. m. New Business World. 7:80 p. m. Skellodians. 8:30 p. m. Launderland Lyrics. 9:00 p. m. General Electric. ,0:00 p. m. Lucky Strike. N. B. C. BLUE NETWORK 9:00 a. m. Aunt Jemima. 1:00 p. m. National Farm. Home Hour. 6:30 p. m. Gold Spot Pals. 7:00 p. m. Pepsodent—Amos ’n’ Andy. COLUMBIA SYSTEM 8:30 a. m. Morning Devotions. '.1:00 a. m. Adventures of Helen, Mary. t2:00 Noon Columbia Noon Day Club. 1:30 p. m. Tucker. Barclay Orchestra. 3:00 p. m. Columbia Ensemble. 5:00 p. m. Club Plaza Orchestra. 6:00 p. m. Abe Lyman’s Orchestra. 6:30 p. m. Nit Wit Hour. 7:00 p. m. Levitow and Ensemble. 8:00 p. m. Lombardo, Royal Canadians. 8:15 p. nt. Babson Finance Period. 10:00 p. m. Paramount-Publix Hour. 11:00 p. m. Lombardo. Royal Canadians. 12:30 a. m. Midnight Melodies. Call on Amos ’n’ Andy. “Amos ’n’ Andy,” popular negro Impersonators heard every night but Sunday over the NBC system on the Pepsodent program, probably have more strange requests than any other radio stars in the country. A letter was recently received from a schoolboy, who stated that his school was planning to stage a minstrel show to help in the purchasing of a bookcase, and he was appealing in desperation to Amos ’n’ Andy, his favorite radio performers, to help him out of this dtte—

THE SYRAC’I NE JOI UNAk

’why we behave LIKE HUMAN BEINGS By GEORGE DORSEY. Ph D, LL D. u: Why Adrenin Bucks U» Up IN crises our body goes on a “war footing”—as our country did a few years ago. Piano manufacturers began to make airplanes. Artists turned from painting corset advertisements to camouflaging battleships. Our sugar rations were cut that the fighters might have enough. The entire plant of the nation turned from peaceful pursuits to speed up the fuel for the engines of war. Life had become a dog fight Ever try to take a bone from a dog? Or observe a eat when a dog suddenly appears? Or a mother when some one injures her child? How do you feel when you are “horror-stricken.” “sick with disgust.” “paralyzed with fear.” “crazy with pain.” or so mad you “choke?” Tongue cleaving to the roof of the mouth, “cold-sweat,” pupils of the eyes dilated, pounding heart, hurried breathing, hair on end. muscles of face and especially of the lips trembling and twitching: such are among the obvious symptoms of pain, of horror, of fear, etc. We recognize many emotional states and are subject to them in varying intensity: pain, anger, fear, rage, horror. sorrow, anxiety, grief, terror, disgust. An insulting word may literally alter our entire nature. We feel these states; we observe the results in others. What is not so obvious is that the body itself often undergoes profound physiological change. The mechanism by which our natures can be suddenly altered is to he found in the middle or sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system and—according to the theory—the secretion of the medulla of the adrenal gland. The way these two work together and the striking, sudden, and far-reaching consequences of their actions. form the basis for Cannon’s claim in 1914 that adrenin is nature’s reply to the crises, the unexpected do-or-die emergencies of living animals. Emotional behavior gets its kick from adrenin. With adrenin. cowards may fight for their lives, brave men may surpass themselves, and all of us can run as we never ran before; or shed tears of sorrow over the loss of friends. There are three divisions of the autonomic nervous system. The upper, or cranial, is concerned with the joys and sorrows of life. Its nerves conserve the body, building up reserves and fortifying the body for times of crises. By narrowing the pupils they, shield the eye from too much light. By slowing the heart-beat they give the heart muscles longer periods for rest. By causing the mouth to water they set the juice flowing and supply muscular tone for the alimentary canal’s ceaseless movements. The lower, or sacral, division covers the emptying mechanisms of large intestine and urogenital system; relief and comfort acts. /Between cranial and sacral is the sympathetic division->-enormously important. It dilates the pupils of the eyes, hurries up heart-beat, stands hairs on end by causing each smooth hair-muscle to contract, opens sweat glands (pouring out excess heat), stops movements in stomach and Intestine, releases sugar (the best fighting fuel) from the liver, and releases adrenin. The medulla of the adrenal, alone of all of the endocrine glands, is connected with the autonomic nervous system. Here is the point: Adrenin itself, injected into the blood, will dilate pupils, stand hairs on end, constrict blood vessels, stop the vegetative activities in alimentary canal, and release sugar from the liver. Remove the liver from the body, keep it alive artificially: adrenin will cause it to release sugar. The real business of the adrenal glands, according to Cannon’s theory, is emergency function. When we must fight or run for our lives, our. body has no time to fool with a mouth watering for its appetite or several yards of alimentary canal activity. When a joy is so strong or a sorrow or a disgust so deep that it breaks over the threshold of the cranial division and enters the sympathetic, we lose our appetite: no saliva, no gastric or pancreatic juice, no movement in the intestine. Even an empty stomach stops growling and holds its peace when war is on. And war is on when any of life’s Instinctive acts with emotional trimmings are thwarted. Anger. The body is prepared to fight. All its life long it has had to know how to kill, how to avoid death. It has had to learn to count on its muscles and its nerves when the test comes. Adrenin is supposed to be the answer. According to Cannon’s theory, adrenin bucks us up. It speeds up the heart-beat. Draws blood from spleen, kidneys, intestines, and other Inhibited organs of the abdomen—thus also reducing their size. Drives blood to the skeletal muscles, brain, and lungs. Relaxes the smooth muscles of the tiny air sacs in the lungs, thus facilitating the exchange of carbon dioxide waste for the greater oxygen required in great effort. Orders the liver to give the blood more sugar, the optimum source of muscle energy. Drives fatigue from the muscles. Contracts the blood vessels of the skin and makes the blood coagulate more quickly, so lessening our liability of bleeding to death in case of wound. Adrenin wins, battlqft and makes men brave; lack of it may make them cowards. (© by George A. Dorsey.» Earthworm Specie* Dew worm is the name given In England to the most common species of earthworm. The name arises from i the fact that these worms come to the 1 surface when the earth is damp, as in the morning by dew. ( .. ; f Governmental Flags The government uses three sizes of l flags for its poles and calls them as' follows: The storm size, which Is 5 by• 9% feet; the post size, which Is 10 by 19 feet, nnd the garrison size, which la 20 by 3* * "*

11 Fj I IflA LJ MARY GRAHAM. BONNER. ■ i com»GMi n Mvy*nt umqk THE NAUGHTY GNOME “The gnome.” said Witty Witch, “was very naughty. Oh, this was ages and ages ago. “He teased creatures smaller than himself, and of course that is one of the meanest things in the world. “Anyone is a big coward who does that? “Then he would say things that hurt people’s feelings and he would get angry over nothing at all. “He got so mean that no one ever know when he was going to suddenly I get ‘mad’ at them for something or i other. “In school he would love his slate i because he could keep rubbing it off. “One day he said, “1 think slates are the nicest things in the world. ; Anything we write or draw on them • we can rub right out again. “ ‘I guess I’ll be like a slate myself, i I’ll do what 1 please and then I’ll ' rub it out.’ “Os course he didn’t quite know I how he was to do that. Rubbing out chalk marks on his slate he found to be quite a different matter from rubbing out mean actions. I “Still he said to himself that he would never do the same naughty thing again, and that was just about j the same as rubbing them out. “He always pretended in school that he knew the answer to every question. “Then, when Professor Gnome would ask what he had written, he would say: “ ‘Oh, I’m sorry. Professor, but I didn’t know you wanted me to keep the answer on my slate. I rubbed It out.’ “Then, he thought, he had shown he knew something by writing on his I’tOUMI ■ iUgOjK T'.' Slates Are the Nicest Things. slate—even though he did not write the answer at all, but simply something quite absurd. I “One night he was very tired. He had been playing hard and he had knocked down a creature smaller than himself, but he didn’t think that really mattered. “Suddenly before bls eyes he saw , Professor Gnome, only he looked much larger than he had in school. “He was carrying a big slate. “‘This is the slate which cannot be rubbed off by your sponge, little gnome,’ he said. ‘I have the magic rubber for it, but you will not be able to rub anything off. “ ‘Every time you are mean and tease and get ’mad’ and ‘offended’ and hurt your friends and pretend to know what you don’t it will go down on this slate and you.will not be able to rub it off.’ , “This and much else Professor Gnome said to him, and then he left - the slate by his side. “The little gnome awoke and found it had been a dream but it seemed so terrible to him that every mean thing would be written down on the slate that he wasn’t mean as he had been. “It took time for him to change, but gradually he did change, and how much more fun it was when he wasn’t doing mean things and getting ‘mad’ and getting ‘offended’ and hurting people’s feelings. “He was much, much more popular than ever before —oh now, he was really and truly liked.” | PUZZLES What letter stretches farthest? The C (sea). • • • Which Is the best butter in the world? The goat. • • • What are the oldest tops In the world? Mountain tops. • • • When is a man thinner than a shin- ! gle? When he is shaving. • • • What made the chicken run? Because it saw the garden walk. • * * Which vowel has the Jolliest time? U, because It is always tn the midst of fun. • • • Why do white sheep eat more than black ones? Because there are more of them. *. • « If a burglar entered the cellar would the coal shoot? No, but the fire wood (would). * * • What Is it that belongs to yourself. but every one uses more than you do? Your name. • • • Which weighs mqst, the full moon \or the new moon? The new moon for the full moon is much lighter. ~ A Set That Squeal* A squealing set may be caused by poor ground or aerial connections over-regeneration or excessive voltagf on tubes. It may be one or more bad tubes, a bad neutralizing condenser or one out of adjustment. Be very sure to have a good ground. Long Air Lino One of the longest air lines tn the world Is being contemplated between London and Cape Town. The route, more than 8,000 miles long, will branch off at Cairo, crossing over into India

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Odd Harvest Festival Held in London Church Ont of the most curious harvest festivals in existence is tlqit held every year in the old city church of St. Dun stan In the East, near Bishopsgate. London. England. At this thanksgiving service 39 kinds of fish, equal to the number of the 39 articles of the Church of England, are displayed. A brotherhood of fish, extending from the lordly salmon to the hum ble periwinkle, and including sole. eel. habihut. herring, cod, lobster, crab and oyster, are used to decorate the church, and fruits, tea. coffee, cocoa and wine also have an honored place. This year d gigantic wheaten loaf more than four feet high, and a great emden goose were also of the com pany. All these are offerings from city merchants, and when the service is over they.are sent to Guy's hospital, according to ancient custom. —Detroit News. Too Many New Cure* Prof. Irving Fisher; the famous econ omist of Yale, said in New Haven the other da.y There are too many new cures—the liver cure for anemia, the gland cures for old age, the ultra-violet ray cure for everything under the sun. “A man said in a restaurant: “ ‘Waiter, there’s a fly in my soup. “But the waiter peered in my soup and answered: “ ’Oh. no. sir. you’re barking up the wrong tree, sir. That ain’t no fly. It’s one o’ them vitamine bees. sir. wot we supply with each and every order.” Real Fighting Bull A fighting bull in Spain recently broke loose from the box in which it was being transported from the Saltillo farm to Valladolid when the train was stopped at the station of Los Parrales, in the province of Ciudad Real. The civil guards were called to take the situation .n hand, and when they drove up in their truck, the bull “tore into it.” damaging the truck considerably. The guards began shooting, and with each shot the bull became wilder and wilder, and died only •’fter the forty sixth shot had been firedi The war has made table linen very valuable. The use of Russ Bleaching Blue will add to its wearing qualities. Use it and see. All grocers.—Adv. More Useful Customer —Have you a copy of “Who’s Who” and “What’s What,” by Jerome K. Jerome? Clerk—No, hut we have “Who’s He” and “What’s He Got.” by R. G. Dun. —Fort William Times-Journa).

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