He Knows Old Man River's Every T ivist and Turn
j
IT TAKKS a veteran river man
to pilot his craft up or anwn
the Mississippi river at any
time, and th:s is especially true
when the river is at as a low
a stage as it is this autumn.
Our illustration shows one of
the best of *he veterans, Capt.
George O. Rogers. in the pilot
house of the towhoat Herbert
Homer, approaching the great
Kaos bridge. His craft
Is the largest towhoat
in the wnrld. is pow
ered with I >iesel en
gines and makes regu
lar trips* between St.
Louis and New Orleans.
Captain Rogers, who
Is sixty-seven years ??f
ape. knows "Oh. Man
River" like a book and "T|
can point ?>ut every one
of its crannies and ~
noooks. some of them
d.'inprerous and others
safe. He has spent a
lifetime learning the
Mississippi. but he
cause of its frequent
changes of channel his
"studies" are never
completed. livery trip
there may be something
new to learn in the
way of twists anil turns
of the mighty stream.
R e a d e r s of M a r k
Twain's tales of Mis
sissippi river pilotage
will appreciate this.
BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN
By THORNTON W. BURGESS
OLD MAN COYOTE WARNS
PETER
PERHAPS you think that when Old
Man Coyote Just missed catching
Peter Itnhhit because Peter managed
to reach the old bramble-tangle first
he lost his temper. That shows tlmt
you don't know Old Man Coyote. If
Reddy Fox had been in his place very
likely Reddy would have lost his tem
per and finally gone off in a great
rage. Old Man Coyote did nothing of
the kind. No sir. ho did nothing of the
kind. He Just spat out the little tuft
"Do You Know, Peter, That It's Bad
Business to Meddle in the Affairs of
Other Folks?" Continued Old Man
Coyote.
of while hair which he had pulled out ^
of the middle of Peter's tail, so near to |
cat chins Peter had he been, and then
peered in through the bramble and
grinned at Peter. If he was disap
pointed, and ??f course he was. he
didn't show it. And as for hcin? an
gry. why. there wasn't the least trace
of a temper.
"Almost g?>t you. Peter, that time."
said he breathing very hard, for h??
had had a long run. "It's lucky for
you you've kept your legs oiled up and
haven't let them pet rusty."
He grinned again, anil Peter, pant
ing for breath there in the bramble
tangle, felt almost like grinning back I
in spite of the fact that he had been
so terribly frightened and that he had
lost that little bunch of hair right out
of the middle of his none too big tail.
*'L)o you know, Peter, that it's bad
business to meddle in the afTuirs of
other folks?" continued Old Man
Coyote. "Now toniph! you meddled.
You warned Honker the (loose through
Paddy the Beaver and so cheated me
out of a good dinner. People who med
dle generally get into trouble. You
came pretty near furnishing me with
that dinner you cheated me out of,
Peter; pretty near. One jump more
ami I'd have had you. You wouldn't
have made me as pood a dinner as one
of those geese but you would have
done very well."
Old Man Coyote licked his chops
and I'eter had a little shivery, crawly
feeling all over.
"And now I ani going to give you
fair warning, Peter." went on Old Man
Coyote, still grinning, "that unless you
get me a goose, a fat one, mind you.
to make up for the one you cheated
me out of you'll never get back to the
denr Old Brier Patch. You see I'm
giving you fair warning I must have a
goose or I will have you. Now don't
you wish you hadn't meddled?"
"No." replied Peter bravely enough,
though inside his heart sank as he
thought of how far away the dear,
safe Old Brier Patch was. "I'm glad
I did it. If that was meddling it was
n good kind of meddling and I'm glad
I had the chance and wasn't afraid to.
Of course I am sorry if you are hun
gry but if you would learn to eat grass
and clover and hark and berries as I j
do you never would need to po hun
gry. Rut I'm glad, ever so glad, thai j
I saved those geese and I'd do it again I
if I had the chance. Perhaps it was !
bad business for me. but it was good )
The Voice of Labor
business for them and I'm glad I med
dled."
I "All right. Peter." replied Old Man
' Coyote as he turned to trot away.
"Remember what I said and get me a
fat goose if you want t?? ge? back to
! the dear Old Hrier Patch." and with a
parting grin he disappeared
"It's a <pn*er world." sighed Peter,
i "It's eertainiy a queer world when
helping others g?'ts you Into trouble
yourself. Hut I'm glad I did it. I
am so.M
(? by J. G. Lloyd.) ? WNU S?-ivlc?.
Woe to hiiri . . . who has no court
of appeal against the world's Judg
ment. ? Curlyle.
I EQUALITY
* *
* By DOUGLAS MALLOCH J
* ?
As TKM?EK1.Y t In* starlight falls
<)ii (fill use nnifs ns castle wails.
And wp. with all of our contending,
our much "I making. mueh ?f spending.
Our holding high, and walking proud.
A little better than the crowd.
rind nothing in God's scheme, my
brothers.
That makes us hotter than the others.
The workman passing hy jour door
May ho a laborer, no more.
Hut who have so much wealth or
beauty
They have no destiny or duty?
Yon are a laborer, 1 guess.
? ?r. if not that, then tomething less,
A weed beside the road of living.
Taking and taking, nothing giving.
There is bur one nobility:
You may be be?! or. friend, than me.
Hut only if you better labor
; For Cod and world and land and
neighbor.
. If 1 were idle. 1 would asfc,
I Or find myself, some sort of task.
Tor men are only equal, brothers.
Who labor somehow with the others.
? 'c 19-1. Pciitrlar Molloch ) ? WN'U Service.
"No girl should attempt a heavy
! date." says practical Polly, "unless she
is strong for a guy."
I (0 1831 Rell Syndicate.*? WNU ServlM.
PfclXCK NICHOLAS <?f Rumania, general Inspector of his country's armies,
is here seen. at the left, netting pointers on military affairs from Marshal
IMlsudski. che veteran boss of Poland, during a visit to Warsaw. The prince
is a brother of King Carol. ^
Getting Advice From a Veteran
Moih^riCooK Book
' i
All the world repose? in beauty to
bini who preserves equipoise in his life,
nr.d moves serenely on his path with
out secret violence; as he who sails
down a stream, he has only to steer,
keeping his baik in the middle, and
carry it round the falls.
ERE Is a d eel icons salad for a
bridge luncheon or for a hut Sun
day evening supper. Heat two cup
fuls of crushed pineapple, add the
Juice of ?? lemon and one cupful of
sugar. Stir until dissolved. Soak
two tablespoonfuls ef gelatin in one
half cupful of cold water f??r ton min
utes. Add to the hot mixture and cool
When cool and beginning to sot. add
one cupful of crated American cheese,
and one-half point of cream beaten
stiff. Mix thoroughly, put int< a mold
and leave in a cold place to mold.
Serve with a mayonnaise dressing to
which two tablespoonfuls each of
chopped green pepper and celery have
been added to a cupful of the dressing
This is a peerless salad when pre
pared from a freshly boiled lobster.
The lobster should be boiled with a
tablespoonful of salt and a few pep
per corns In rapidly boiling water
for forty minutes, remove and cool.
If cooked this length of time the ment
Is easily removed from the shell and
is more tender. Cut the meat Into
FAVORITE RECIPES
Fresh Lobster Salad.
fair-sized pieces, add half as much
diced celery and enough french dress
ing to moisten. Let stand an hour or
more, drain and serve in nests of let
tuce with mayonnaise dressing. All
ingredients should he well chilled and
served at once. Dust with paprika.
Make nests of three curled leaves with
a spoonful of the salad in each.
Butterscotch Pie.
Take two eupfuls of brown sugar,
the yolks of three eggs lightly beaten,
four tablespoon fuls of flour, one table
spoonful of butter and cook until
thick with two eupfuls of milk, n pinch
of salt. Pour .into a baked crust and
cover with a meringue, using the egg
whites and two tablespoonfois of
<ugar. Rrown in a moderate oven.
This makes enough Ailing for two pies.
Almond Cheese Cakes.
"Briskly beat to lightness due
Eggs a few:
With the eggs so beaten, beat ?
Nicely strained, foi thi^ same use ?
l.emon juice.
Adding milk of almonds, sweet.
With tine pastry dough, rolled flat.
After that.
l.ine each little scalloped mold;
Bound the sides, ligh I -fingered, spread
Marmalade :
Tour the liquid eggy gold
Into each delicious pit :
Prison it
In the oven ? and. by and t>y.
Almond cheese cakes will in gay
Blond array
Bless your nostril and your eye."
? Kngueneau in "Cyrano.**
<<ts. 1931. Western NevryoaDcr Colon.)
Los Angeles Boy
Needed Help
I Leroy Yonnc, Ills
Georula St.. Us An
Kfles, is a "regimr
f e 1 1 o w. active lo
slK,rts. jin.j at [tl?
'"P iii his classes at
school. To look at
Mm now. you d think
he never had a day's
mother says: "W'hea
!1 little fellow, we
found his stomach and N.wels were
weak, lie kept sulTeriuj; from
BtipatioD. NoThlnp ho ate agreed
with ?im. He was fretful, feverish
and puny.
"When we started giving him Call
fornia Fig Syrup his condition Jm.
proved quickly. His constipation and
biliousness stopped and he has had
no more trouble of that kind. I hare
since used California Fig Syrup with
him for colds and upset spells. He
likes it because it tastes ?0nd and
I l?ke it because it helps- him so
wonderfully !"
California Fig Syrup has been the
trusted standby of mothers f..r over
50 years. Lending physicians recom
mend it. It is purely vegetable and
works with Nature to regulate, tone
and strengthen the stomach and
bowels of children so they get full
nourishment from the'r food and
waste is eliminated in a normal way.
Four million bottles used a year
shows how mothers depend on it. Al
ways look for the word "California"
on the carton to be sure of netting
the genuine.
Caring for the Aged
Approximately Stt.oiHMMUt is ei
pected to be distributed annually
cmong some persons under
Massachusetts' old-age assistance
act. which went into effect in July.
All needy citizens sevoniv years or
over, who have been in the state at
least 20 years, are eligible for as
sistance, which ranges between $2
ami $3 weekly.
You Can Stop that
Rheumatic Pais
The constant nerve- wracking paia
that spells rheumatism or neuritis can
be relieved, often stopped entirely.
The new treatment which gives quick
results where old methods have failed
calls for two or three daily applica
tions of B. & M? The I'enet rating
Germicide. Used externally, this prep
aration seldom fails to stop the it
tense pain in a few hours. Also,
where the trouble is caused by germ
infection, the B. & M. treatment will
destroy the germs, making it possi
ble for Nature to restore normal
conditions. Your druggist should be
able to supply B. & M. It not, send
us his name and for a full-size
bottle. Or ask for free booklet. F.
E. Rollins Co., 53 Beverly St., Bos
ton, Mass. (Adv.)
sickness but bis
Leroy was just
Secrets
"And why did you leave your last
mistress?"
?Til tell you when you n il me why
your Inst maid left."
Next to putting money in the hank
Is the satisfaction of putting coal in
the cellar.
For Trouej* |
du. to*" I
SS^T
When
BAIN
Comes
WHAT many people call indigtf
lion very often means exce?
acid in the stomach. The st<MMCj>
nerves have been over-stimulate**
and food sours. The corrective is an
alkali, which neutralizes the aciaj
instantly. And the best alkali known
to medical science is Phillips Mu?
of Magnesia. , , _
One spoonful of this harmless,
tasteless alkali in water neutrallJ?
instantly maify times that muc
acid, and the symptoms ?,saPP^:
at once. You will never use cru?
methods when once you learn
efficiency of this. Go get a smau
bottle to try. . n^nin*
Be sure to get the genuine : PhiMJ
Milk of Magnesia prescribed 17
physicians for 50 years in correct"*
mcm* acids. 25c and 50c a botu?^
any drugstore.