The Syracuse Journal, Volume 28, Number 30, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 21 November 1935 — Page 3

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21. 1935.

Keeping Up WtßScienCe oy '© Seleno* Swvlc.—WNU Scrvlco. Industrial Smoke Seen Menace to Popular Aviation Wireless of L&tle Use to Owner of Private Ship PITTSBURGH. — Industrial smoke is a major obstacle blocking the real popularization of aviation : day when the “little fellow" in his own private plane will take trips by air as he does today in his motor car. This In 'summary is the verdict of 11. B. Mellor and L. B. Sisson. smoke experts of the Mellon Institute for Industrial Research here. "A wider use of private planes for ordinary transportation purposes In Industrial regions appears more dependent upon securing air freer of smoke and smoke-prolonging fogs than it is upon the nse of devices for blind flying and constant radio communication between ship and port.” the smoke authorities report. Calls Wlraisss Impractical. The present bllnd-flylng apparatus with which the fast commercial transport planes are now equipped would bring the "little fellow" through smoke-obscured areas if he had them, but, adds the report: "The prospects for giving wireless service to small planes appear to be slim; the little fellow Is not being encouraged to Install wireless equipment because of the limited number of wavelengths alloted on the band for aviation. Addition of private flyers to the radio service maintained between ships and landing fleldSvjrould cause congestion and hamper service to the growing number of large passenger, mail and express airliners, authorities say." As matters now stand, the pilot of a private plane may have a receiving set and can listen in on weather reports and the two-way communication between transport planes and airports, but he is unable to ask the Held for directions that might keep him out of the path of commercial planes, which are flying blind. Must Depend on Eyesight A private pilot therefore must still depend on his own eyesight If he cannot see a mile or more In every direction, he Is in danger every time he gets within range of a well-traveled j airlane or busy landing field. With radio wavelengths unavailable for the private flyer, the solution of the problem, state Mellor and Sisson. Involves the more careful location of future airports principally on the windward side of Industrial areas. Hand in hand with 'such a makeshift solution. Is the more fundamental problem of reducing smoke in the industrial center, increased electrification of ground transport, the use of inherently smokeless fuels tn domestic and commercial heating plants and the Installation of Improved equipment now available for the combustion of potentially smoky fuels are the ways smoke reduction can be brought about. Man, Boy, Dog Live in Different Climates VIENNA.—You, your small boy and your dog live in different climates at you walk down a hot city street together—especially if your d<>« Is a dachshund. The closer ; to the pavement you are, the more uncomfortable the world is. This fact, recognized in a general sort of way for a long time, has been reduced to a measured basis by tern perature readings taken by Vienna weather men during the recent warm weather. Their observations would be closely paralleled by similar readings taken In any large city. With air temperature* In the 80s and upper 80s. pavement temperatures mounted well above the century mark. In a courtyard that was partly paved, partly sodded. . the temperature at ground level on the grass was 103 degrees Fahrenheit. The corresponding temperature on a granite block pavement under full sunshine was 124 degrees. while a dark wood-block pavement fairly simmered at 153 degree*. A few yard* away was a shaded alley; Into this the observer carried hi* tortured thermometer and set It oh tbe stone pavement. The meroury ran rapidly down again to 81 degree*. Fish May Be Used to Detect Fluorine PASADENA, CALIF.—SmaII fish may in future be used to detect the presence of fluorine in drinking water instead of the tedious chemical tests now necessarv. it appears from a report of Dr. Andrew Neff of the Callt.-rnia Institute of Technology her*. Small amount* of fluorine tn drinking water cause a condition known as mottled enamel in the teeth of children who drink such water. Doctor " Neff now finds that the teeth of fish living tn fluorine-containing water also ar* affected. If the degree to which the teeth are affected can be accurately correlated with the amount of fluorine In the water, the fish test may replace ot fiuoriM which cause the condition. in uu mtiuics i Zills IM*In 10 per cent formalin, from

Says Door Handles on Streamlined Autos Are Menace Like Knives on Sides of Egyptian Chariots BALTIMORE.—When the ancient Egyptians drove their chariots into battle, they mounted sharp-pointed knives in the wheel hubs to sideswipe the enemy if they couldn’t run him down. When modern men ride forth for a j>vHceful Sunday drive, they unknowingly carry similar deadly weapons mounted in the doors of their streamlined motor cars. Dr. Samuel -McLanahan of this city calls attention to this in a report to the American Medical association. The automobile door handle Is a “menacing and dangerous projection,” the cause of disfiguring Injuries and occasional deaths. Doctor McLanahan charges. He describes six , striking cases of accident resulting from persons being struck by the door handles of motor cars and mentions six other , recent accidents of a similar nature, two of which were fatal puncture wounds of the skull. Cases in Point. One case described In his report was that of a motorcyclist who collided with an automobile. The car door handle was driven through his skull. The handle of a taxicab tore a deep gash In the chest of a little girl running tn the street. A negro crossing the highway had a long gash torn in his abdomen when struck by a passing car. A young man of twenty-two has lost all Sensation in his right arm and use of that member since an automobile struck him and the door handle tore a hole in his forearm. While crossing a bridge recently, a boy of sixteen was sideswiped and his right hand permanently disfigured by the door handle of a car. "A casual glance at a row of passing cars cannot but convince one of the potential danger of this projecting piece of metal." Doctor McLanahan declares. "In the recent streamlined models Is to be seen a door handle that Is little short of a spear—truly a vicious weapon—directed toward any victim who may chance to be in its path. The possibilities of mutilation are easily imagined.” Some Les* Menacing. Cara with handles that are directed toward the rear, because ~.e hinges of the door lie in that direction, are less menacing, the doctor states, although they are still dangerous projections that may cause accident. Improvements must finally eome from automobile engineers, the physician declare*. He has approached one large manufacturing company and earnest consideration of the question has been promised. Doctor McLanahan suggests two requisites for safety. The first is a handle (If there mtist be a handle) without sharp projections, as Instanced in the oval ones on certain obsolete models. The second is a handle that Ilea either close against or is countersunk within the side of the door. Ethiopia Only Nation in World That Uses 13-Month Calendar OF ALL the countries in the world, Ethiopia is the only one which uses a calendar of 13 months. The Ethiopian year commences on September .11' except In years preceding leap year, when It begins on September 12, as was the case In IftW. The year is divided not as ours, but Into twelve months of thirty days each and one of five days, or In leap year* six day* Consequently the subjects of the King of Kings are always'mit of step, a* far a* the calendar Is concerned, with the rest of the world. This type of calendar, however. 1* of extremely ancient origin. Long before any other nation had devised an accurate calendar, the Egyptians had contrived one which took account of the true length of the year, basing It upon the sun Instead of the moon, a* ail other peoples had done. Twelve month*, of thirty days, were set up, and the additional five day* were distributed as extra holidays la convenient place* throughout the year. A* a mult of this accurate and dependable calendar by which the priest* could definitely foretell the seasons, Egypt grew to be the richest nation in the world. The survival of this type of calendar In Ethiopia was brought about by the adoption of the Egyptian or Coptic variety of Christianity more than lJs#n» year* ago. The Ethiopian calendar, though It consist* of thirteen month*, should not be confused with the Thirteen Equal Month* Calendar whose adoption I* being advocated both her* and abroad. Thia latter proposal suggests that the year be re-arranged so that there will be thirteen months, all equal tn length to contain exactly four complete weeks, with every year starting on Sunday, January 1. That It I* practical la shown by tbe fact that It Is already being used to advantage by more than 1,000 business firms. Grave of Rich Viking Uncovered in Sweden UPPSALA, SWEDEN.—The grave of a Fifth century Viking chief, buried with his horse, armor, and more gold ornaments than any burial mound in Sweden nas ever revealed, ha* been unearthed at Fuller©, in Upland province. The Viking wa* buried in full panoply, 1* the verdict of archeologists who have examined the remnant* of doth, shield buritle, filter spur. and gold rings, from the grave. Parts of the Above tbe grave was a fire pit of ha*d day lumps -for tbe funeral pyre. Tbe MtiMitisß ml br law tn Hlttaeical museum at St

The Rogues’ Gallery - W? 3: < / \j i Naturally, Back in the Early Nineties Every Young Man Presently "Got Crazy* Over a Girl and Then He Got Engaged to Her and He Went Out With Her All the Time—Floating Round in a Canoe Under a Shadowed Riverbank, and Picking Flowers, and Crooning—in Short, Quite Crazy.

SEX, SEX, SEX—I’M SICK < OF IT By STEPHEN LEACOCK IMAGINE that If all the world went craxy—Just a little bit crazy, all In the same way—nobody would know IL 1 think that is what is happening now. All the generations of today are going-—no, they've gone—"sex crazy.” In the old Victorian days, now passing out of memory women had quite a different place from what they have now. The men did everything and ran everything, and women represented Just the ornamental side of life and the household side. They were given a sort of general commission as angels, fairies, grandmothers and such, and with that the men kept them pretty well secluded. They never got out without a chaperon and a book of rules. It wasn’t quite as complete as the Turkish system but It was nearly as good. Tbe only serious Job given over to women was that of the care of sick. They didn’t really know anything about It—bad never seen a clinical thermometer; but they filled the sickroom with flowers (carbonic acid gas) and sat and did needle work beside the bed. It wasn't bad. People often got welL Then things began to change. Women began to get educated, to break Into the colleges; to vote, to carry on professions Everybody knows al! that. It wouldn’t have mattered so much If the ornamental stuff bad dropped dff with It: women dressed like ash barrels would have sat on committees with men in overalls. But instead of that there arose all the new "sex-stuff” that has transformed the world since the days of the early nineties that some of us still remember as the days of our youth. It Is hard to say how It began—probably with little things. Somebody, let us say. put a girl's face on the oub side of a magazine instead of the good old l.atin mottoes and pictures of the Capitol at Washington. In any magazine stand you will see a whole display of them—huge, pink faces with beaming eyes, and blubbering lips, or long close furtive eyes that are meant to stand for mystery. From the magazines the girl’s face, as the emblem of the present sex enslavement. spread everywhere. A grocery firm wants to order a Christmas calendar for their customers:—What design do they put on It? —a hamT a cheese? a Bologna sausage? That’s what they used to do. In the early nineties, and a skilled artist of those days could combine those three things with • charm that mad© your mouth water. But now, oh no!—Just a great, girls face—or at most a girl’s face eating a Bologna sausage and saying. "Ho* do you like my Bologna?” They put girls’ faces no* on calendars, ©n book jacket*, on posters and placards; next year they are going on blllla, Invoices and government blue books The girl and the glrl’a face have passed Into a national emblem—Miss America. Mis* California, Miss Pata gonla. Think of It? What has become of all the old national type* of John Bull—turned into Mis* Brighton— Uncle Sam—he's now 48 misses—where are the Russian Bear, and the British Bull-Dog and tbe American Eagles—the symbols of our former manliness? All turned into girls and flopping little flag*. The worst of It Is that presently people began Inventing a oe* set of word* to go along with the new wx staff. Tbe biggest and most snccesaful was "sex-appeaL” No one beard of anything of that sort la the early ninetie*. But all the Miss America* are supposed to have It: and the men and all the women go round looking for it This "sex appeal,"—whatever the thing is,—4* no* supposed to be quite * qualification. Men who naw It would feel flattered to be told about IL In my time back to the early nineties It would sound like telling a man that be had a stank tie! to him. Now it ia quite dlfferenL 1 imagine that people now-a-days would get a .ob on tbe strength of it w would lose a Job for want of it ii wliixik one (Ilax fe€ along all this "sex-appeal" stuff was

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Lawn tennis carre first They were in that from the start Back in the nineties we didn’t look on lawn tennis as a game In the real sense. It was just a sissy business on a lawn. —played with girls as part of an afternoon party. We could all play it of course but the real games were football and baseball and cricket Nobodv played tennis well, or wanted to. Those of us who were six and a half feet high could beat the rest of us. —by hitting the ball down at us: little short fellers the height of the net got no show. Then came golf. In the early nineties nobody played golf but a few fluffy old Scotchmen In plaids and tartans, pink-faced and wholesome like an advertisement for whisky. We used to notice them knocking a little ball round the landscape, with a flask in their pockets. They used to play in odd corners of the parks and on sheep pastures near the city. We didn't understand that It was a game. We thought it was just their way of drinking whisky. We respected them for it At their age, we couldn’t expect them to stand up at the bar and drink as we did. They needed air with IL They could hold more. Then the women butted in and the transformation of golf begun. It moved out of the parks and the pastures; laid out vast links and built palaces and let In women. Now it is all women. Look at any golf course today, the bright autumn landscape and the pleasant greens all spoiled by a bunch of tubby-looking women all over the place. Can they play? Os course not They Just clutter up the course and spoil the whole thing: a few of them seem able to hit the bail, but not really Any of us in the early nineties who played the real game could have gone out and pasted thef all over the lot But they got into tbe clubs and started the “sexappeal” stuff and the men went all to pieces and began to deck themselves out In silk golf shirts and Imported neckties, and silly “plus-fours.” Look at s couple of these men walking out on the links, with their expensive ties and their soft new clothes, and their beads prematurely bald as egg-shells. All men are bald now. It's tbe price they pay for being so much with women. Back in the early nineties we considered that a bald man was either a professor or that he hadn’t lived right. We expected a bald man to be a Uttle silly over women. Now they are all bald and all silly. So out they go to the links. Look at them! What the h—l do they think they are? Flay? Oh. yes, of course the poor nuts can play That’s just tbe trouble. Now-a-days they go at these “half-games” like tennis and golf so desperately that they play too welL There 1* no fun left to It: only effort and “sex-appeal.” Back in the nineties we looked on women as a dangerous drug. Yon had to be mighty careful: keep away from them all you equid. Os course there were odd time* of exception—evening parties an J dances, once in each blue moon—but to go round with them every night! Good lx>rd! The kind of feller who did that was the kind who got bald. Naturally, back in the early nineties every young man presently “got crazy" over a girl (we called It that—we knew the right name for it), and then he got engaged to her and he went out with her all the time—floating round in a canoe under a shadowed river bank, and picking flower*, and crooning—in short quite crazy But we understood it: tbe man was Just knocked out for the time being. Presently he’d either marry the girl or else she’d thro* him over. Anyway he’d be all right later on—back In the bar again practically the same a* ever, but anyway quit* cured. The bar, of course, we had to ourselves. There were no women there. We could stand at tbe rail and talk for three hours on three beer* and a bam sandwich (fifteen cents the lot) and never hava to think of our "sex-ap-peal" at aIL No* If they start tbe bar again, tbe women will be right to it: they re-name everything: they’ll call it a sedarium. or a herbarium or a plscatorian, or something of that sort And the men will have to wear ilUe bar-room shorts and drying jumper*. But still what's the g<Wj of talking: you cant alteg may a* well stop writing: and anyway I have to go out with some women.

uw W ur*en** (MpßOyED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY I chool Lesson By REV. P. B. FITZWATER. O. D, Member of Faculty. Moody Blbl* Institute at Chicago. © Western Newspaper Union. Lesson for November 24 THE MESSSAGE OF HAGGAI AND ZECHARIAH LESSON TEXT—Haggai !:*-«; 1:*, »; Zechariah GOLDEN TEXT—I wa* glad when they said unto me. Let us go into th* house of the Lord. Psalm 122:1. PRIMARY TOPIC—A New House for God. JUNIOR TOPlC—Building a House of Worship. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC—Why We Build Churches. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPlC—Building Adequate Churches. After the returned captives had settled down In the towns surrounding Jerusalem, the people were called together for the purpose of establishing the worship' of the Lord God. This movement was led by Joshua the priest and Zerubbabel the governor. In view of the fact that the clearing away of the debris of the old city .and temple and the erection of the new temple would take a long time, an altar was erected where sacrifices might be offered at once to God. t. The Laying of the Foundation of th* New Tempi* (Ezra 3:8-13). This was an auspicious occasion and was celebrated with impressive ceremonies. 1. The priests in their official apparel (v. 10). These garments symbolized their consecration to the Lord’* service. 2. The priests with trumpets (v. 10) Trumpets were used in calling the people together. 3. The Levltes with cymbals (v. 10). This was according to the arrangements made by David (I Chron. 15: 10-21). 4. They sang together by course (v. 11). This means that they sang to one another responsively. The one company sang, “The Lord is good.” The other “For his mercy endureth 5. Mingled weeping and singing (w. 12, 13). Some of the older men who had seen the magnificent temple of Solomon wept when they saw how far short the present foundation came of the former temple. Others were glad because of the favor of God which had brought them back and that an encouraging beginning had been made In the new Mouse of worship. 11. Th* Building of the Temple Hindered (Ezra 4). The leading adversaries were the Samaritans, a mongrel people, the offspring of the poor Jews who were left In Palestine and the foreign people who were sent into Palestine after the Jews were taken captive. The three perils which delayed the building of the temple for about fourteen years reveal the persistent methods which the enemies of God use to hinder the building program of God's people In every age. 1. An unintelligent pessimism (3? 12). Because things were not as promising as they should be. some were not disposed to go forward with a constructive program and even hindered those who possessed a hopeful outlook. Under the circumstances, a glorious beginning had been made which had promise of great things in the future. 2. Worldly compromise (4:2, 8). The adversaries said. “Let us build with you: for we seek your God. ’ This is Satan’s most common and effective method. The help of the unregenerate In forwarding the Lord’s work should not be accepted by the Lord’s people. 3. Open opposition by the world (4:4-24). When refused a part in the work, open and violent opposition was resorted to. Intimidation, and political scheming were used to divert the building plan of God's people. HI. Assurance of the Completion of the Second Temple (Zech. 4:6 10). By means of the golden candlestick is represented the restoration of the Jewish nation and tbe fulfillment n f It* divine purpose. It was to M * light In the world. There were Insuperable difficulties In the way of accomplishing their restoration, represented by the great mountain, but assurance was given that God by bis Holy Spirit could easily accomplish their restoration. The mountain would be displaced by a plain. The two olive trees represent Zerubbabel and Joshua. The Holy Spirit was to accomplish this work through them. IV. Th* T*mpl* Finished (Ezra 6: 13-15). Through the ministry of the propbets, Haggal. and Zechariah (Kxra 5:1; Hag. 1,2), the people were eneour aged to resume tbe work of the building of the temple. When the temple was finished, they solemnly dedicated It to God (Ezra 0:1ff22). V. Th* Blessedness of Dwelling I© God’s Hous* (I**. 84:1-4). L The longing of tbe soul for God's house (vv. 1.2). It is most refreshing when people have a longing desire to meet God in bis house. 2. The sparrow and swallow find protection tn the sacred precinct* of God’* house (v. 3). 8, At home in God’s house (v. 4). Those who have a heart for God find their chief delight to dwelling to hl* bouse. Modesty Modesty is seldom the attribute of the untried. Modesty is a thing we learn generally by shame and failure. A young Christian I* ambitious to distinguish himself as a saint at'once. It Is the aged saint who counts If an honor if he be "permitted" with shame to take tbe lowest place.—F. W. Rob ertson. Desiring Good By desiring what is perfectly good, even when we do not quite know what It Is, and cannot do what we would, we are part of tbe power of evil, widening the skirta of light, and making the struggle with darkness nar ' ■ • " ' ' ■ > . ...r- - ■

/yjKIADVENTURERS’ ‘TZ4 CLOB z/ Un j /MF'.- 7 **l Am a Dead Man!” By FLOYD GIBBONS Famous Headline Hunter. /k ND shake hands with former Corpse Leo Brown. Leo says he had * >-the rars privilege of committing suicide and living to tell about it. He heads his story—as we do the column—with “I Am a Dead Man,” and, if you believe everything you see in the newspapers, he’s right. It happened in the summer of *33. The morning of July 17 found him suffering from a strange premonition. He says he had had a bad dream in the night. He dreamed that he was pulling his own hair and, anyone knows, a dream like that might mean anything. Leo says he was too busy during the day to look up the significance of the dre'am, but the foreboding that something was wrong persisted all through the day. It was a hot, sultry day and he was glad to get through work and start for home. Z He watched his step very carefully on the way home. There’s no use taking unnecessary chances when you've had a warning dream so Leo stepped carefully out of the way of speeding cars and made up his mind that he would fool Fate. How It Feels to Discover You’re Dead. He bought an evening paper at the corner and after waiting for the street car to fully stop got on and opened his paper. He felt pretty safe on the car and breathed a sigh of relief. But that sigh of relief, boys and girls, was premature, instead of being •afe and sound Leo soon found that he was dead! Yes, sir, dead as a door nail! There it was right on the front page of the paper 1 Leo spread tbe paper out with his cold hands and read it again with his sightless eyes. Here are the headlines. ROXBURY MAN COMMITS SUICIDE Leo Brown Cuts Throat and Dies in City tfospital. There it was tn black and white! I , » Leo looked around him curiously and wondered if anybody could see his The Dead Man’* Description Fitted Leo. ' " : form—sitting there as though it were alive. There was no mistaking the Leo Brown mentioned in the news Item either. ’ It told a lot of nice things about Leo that he had never known but It also quoted his own landlady at the place where he lived. She •aid Leo had gone to work as usual in the morning but had seemed strangely preoccupied. He remembered tbe dream and began to wonder if the article were really true. If It were true the thing to do, obviously, was to find his own body. So Leo says he set out to do Just that.' It Looked Like Leo—Maybe It Was! He went righ? on out to the City He thought there might be a possibility that the dead man was his brother whom he had not seen in a couple of weeks so he inquired anxiously. No, it wasn't his brother, he learned from an attendant. "But,” the attendant added significantly. “He looks just like you." Leo pinched himself—his worst fear* were realized, he says. He himself was the dead man! Now Leo does not mention whether or not he took a couple of prinks to quiet his pounding nerves and maybe he didn’t but he did go looking for his body. • • That body, he found out. had been removed to an undertaker's establishment. so Leo went there next and asked to see his remains. Tough luck again. The undertaker was out of town. So Leo rushed over to the police station and excitedly explained matters. Two plain clothes men accompanied him back to the hospital. They were sympathetic and tried to convince Leo that he was the suicide! And they did “convince" him. Leo for the life of .him couldn't remember cutting his throat but, according to the information at ’the hospital, that Is just what he had done. The dead man’s description fitted Leo like a glove and bis landlady had verified his address. He Begins to Think About Burying Himself. There was nothing left, Leo says, but to bury himself—but he couldn’t find* his body I . s When be finally did locate his body he found that his relatives had already claimed it and were going ahead with the funeral arrangements. It pleased him to see that they had chosen a pretty swell coffin, but still, he siays. he figured that something was wrong somewhere. He examined the dead man closely and breathed another sigh/of relief. The dead man wasn’t Leo at all! Leo says it was Just a case of mistaken Identity. The man’s name was Leo Brown and he lived at Leo’s boarding house but that was many year* ago. \ When Leo was sure it was a mistake he bad a lot of fun out of the whole thing. First he walked In on his landlady and frightened that worthy person so much that she almost forgot to ask for her His family next got the shock of their lives when Leo appeared in person to collect for the swell coffin. But the happiest person of them all was I.eo and no wonder, he bad found his own body and found it wasn't his! ©— WNC Sarvlca

Ancient Prize Fighter* Had to Battle to Death In ancient Rome the gladiators who corresponded to our pugilists were paid nothing. They were usually war captives whom no one would ransom and whom the possessor had no other convenient means of disposing of. He fed them, put them through a course of training, and then armed them and sent them Into the arena. They ha J to fight, willing or not; and. moreover. b*d to fight hard, for only death ended a match, and unless a man killed his opponent be would be killed by him. It whs understood also, comments a writer in the Detroit News, that if a fighter showed cowardice his owner would extinguish him by slow torture. These regulations lent to the combat an element of sincerity which modern ones sometimes lack, it was very seldom that a gladiator did a rubber leg act, took a dive, or grinned at the audience until he had the point of his sword on bls prostrate antagonist’s throat Frequently a whole troop of gladiators would be engaged at once. Julius Caesar, who had uncommonly large

Lif* in Bolivia The Aymaras of Bolivia live on the roof of the Andes. They feast on bar ley. potatoes, quinoa and.corn, and use llamas and sheep for meat Potatoes are made Into “chqpo” by soaking and freezing; quinoa provide* leaves for flavoring the soup and seeds from which they shape their bread. Th* Evil Ey* The evil eye superstition has been IlTracw.* 11 Pai ' U world and In

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supplies of captives, once put on a show involving 320 pairs. All this was without any recompense to tbe fighters, except that it they won in the first contest they could live until they lost in the next. And the promoter, who staged the shows at his own expense to entertain the populace, got no financial profit either, except that when his captives had killed each other he no longer had to feed them. —' ’ Th* Term "Hon*ytnoon” Harold Malcolm Krebs, supervising etymologist of the California stute department of agriculture, traces the term "honeymoon” to ancient Babylon. "It was the custom of Babylonians to smear honey on the bricks over the door of the house of newlyweds," he says. “For 28 days after the marriage the aroma of the honey clung to tbe house, and the newlyweds were supposed thereby to acquire a sweetness which tempered the remainder of their lives. With the 28 days constituting the length of the four phases of the moon, the period was called ’honeymoon.’” •'

What Dream* Ar* Dreams are the bright creatures of poem and legend, who sport on earth to the night season, and melt away in the first beam of the sun. which lights grim care and stern reality on their daily pilgrimage through the world. "Matecwmbe,” Indian Nam* Tbe name Matecumbe with reference to the Matecumbe Keys tn Florida is derived from the language of the aboriginal Indian inhabitants and mean* place of sorrows.