SUCH IS LIFE ? Quick Thinking!
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By CHARLES SUGHROE
Tree Cradles Menacing Nest
These Austrian machine gunners routed birds out of their nests and
turned this tree into a machine-gun post during recent army maneuvers
near Vienna. The added effectiveness of machine-gun fire from an ele
vated position was studied during the war games.
Days of "Flatfoot" Cops
. Believed to Be Limited
a
Training Schools to Produce
More Efficient Men.
Columbus. Ohio. ? The days of the
"flatfoot" ? the arrogant, unthinking
police officer who regards himself
as "the law"'? are limited, believes
Harvey Walker. Ohio State univer
sity political science professor and
director of Ohio's pioneer police
school.
It will take at least another gen
eration of policemen ? thirty or forty
years ? before he can be displaced
by the intelligent, well-trained of
ficer, but the change is bound to
come. Walker said.
The youthful professor recently
completed a three-months' survey
of the Toledo police department and
recommended sweeping changes in
administration. Despite resentment
of many of the members of the
force against the idea of a college
professor "coming in and trying to
show us how to run the depart
ment," three-fourths of Walker's
recommendations have been adopt
ed.
The change from the old to the
new type officer must be accom
plished first, by re-educating, as far
as possible, the older men, and sec
ond, by putting recruits through a
vigorous training, Walker asserted.
Process to Be Slow.
The first step is designed to make
the best of existing conditions and
can be abandoned as soon as the
infiltration of new blood is com
plete. Walker pointed out that it
would be impracticable as well as
unjust to fire the "old school" of
ficers wholesale.
"It can't be done in a rush,"
TRACK STAR AT 75
Like Tennyson's brook, Hugh Kent i
of Carpentersville, 111., apparently
intends to roll on forever. With 54
years of competitive track events
behind him, the seventy-five-year
old athlete can still show a clean
pair of heels to many of the young
sters. He is shown demonstrating
the crouch start now in general use
by runners In the beginning of
Kent's career the standing start was
ir 'avor
Walker said. "We have to grow out
of the present conditions."
To accomplish the change. Walker
recommends the establishment of a
network of police schools in the va
rious states where recruits would
undergo intensive training for a
minimum of ten weeks, as in Eng
land.
For at least a year following
"graduation,", the rookies would be
placed under the supervision of ex
perienced men and would return to
the school at some time for a post
graduate course.
Walker recommends the mini
mum age for recruits be fixed at
twenty-one years, and the maximum
thirty years. They would have to
score at least 105 on the army alpha
test, which is slightly higher than
the average score for the population
as a whole.
Urges Higher Pay.
Walker thinks police work even
tually can be brought to such a
level that young men will regard it
as a life profession. He believes,
however, that salaries will have to
be brought up to an average of
about $2,400 a year to attract good
men.
Along with the "new" policemen
will come several other important
changes. Walker believes, including
a lowering of the present standard
of one police officer for each 1,000
population, universal use of two-way
radio, and almost complete motori
zation of the force.
In regard to the latter. Walker
contends that foot patrol is prac
tically obsolete.
"The only reason we have foot
policemen now is that people expect
it," he said. "Criminals no longer
move about on foot and there's no
reason why the police should."
zMy ^Neighbor
* ^ Says: ? *
A teaspoon of vinegar added to
the (at in which doughnuts are fried
prevents their absorbing too much
fat.
? ? ?
To clean satin slippers rub them
well with gasoline and a clean, soft
cloth. If not very much soiled, rub
with art gum.
? ? ?
Overstirring and mixing is the
quickest way to ruin muffins. Just
a few minutes overheating will
make muffins rise to peaks.
? ? ?
To soften shoes that have become
stiff when dried after having been
water soaked wash them first with
warm water and rub petroleum oint
ment into them.
? ? ? 1
To tell when a plant needs water
take a pinch of dirt from the top
of the flower pot. If the earth is
moist, the plant does not need wa
ter. If dry and crumbly, water thor
oughly.
? ? ?
Change the stove covers on the
front of the stove to the back when
they turn a reddish-brown and re
peat this from time to time as they
get red. A good stove polish will
keep covers well blackened.
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THE PORTRAIT
OF A SPIRIT
By
LEONARD A. BARRETT
Robert Louis Stevenson expressed
an impelling thought when he wrote,
"A man would
rather leave be
hind him a por
trait of his spirit
than a portrait of
his face." Por
traits remind us
of those who
have revealed to
us the beauty of
friendship. Por
traits remind us
of the bonds of
family affections.
But are portraits
necessary to keep
ever-verdant the
inspiration and memory of a dear
one? Portraits at their best are
only mechanical equivalents of the
reality. We do not love or admire
a picture per se. The picture but
helps us to visualize the one we love.
When we look at a statue of Lin
coln, we are not greatly interested
in the marble; we may be ignorant
of the name of the sculptor, but .we
are devoutly interested in finding
whether the spirit of Lincoln speaks
through the marble. To what ex
tent does the portrait of a spirit
speak through the photographic
lens?
A camera film is very sensitive.
It instantly catches not only the con
tour of a face but also records the
moods and emotional vibration at
the second of exposure. Character,
disposition, yes, the very soul of a
person can be read by the linea
POISON GAS USED
Here a Japanese army officer of
the chemical warfare department is
holding what the official army
spokesman alleges is a gas shell,
seized during a raid on Chinese
trench mortar positions near Shang
hai. In his lap is an ordinary ex
plosive trench mortar shell of the
same size said to have been seized
in the same raid.
ments of the face or form of the
body. Features are the only visible
expressions of the soul. Thoughts
and emotions not only leave an
indelible impress upon the brain,
upon the human countenance. Cole
ridge writes: "There is in every hu
man countenance, either a history
or a prophecy which must sadden,
or at least soften every reflecting
observer." Every person carries his
life in his face. We are all sculp
tors, carving out of our own flesh,
bone and blood the material which
in an instant exposure is permanent
ly recorded upon "the sands of
time."
Spiritual resources upon which we
draw for courage, faith and hope
give an eternal value to personality.
What we are in the organic unity
of our secret thoughts and life pur
poses, speaks louder than the words
we utter. Goethe said: "If you
would create something, you must
be something." We shall be remem
bered for what we do and not for
what we have: for the portrait of
our spirits and not for the amount of
our possessions.
That within as which thinks, feels,
sad aspires is imperishable: and
what we bdid with these becomes
oar abiding citadel: with thaagtts
that ealor the spirit, as the spee
tram colors the sky, we make the
pmtiait of a spirit hi the warfc-thap
a I the mind.
When the archeolofist who ex
cavates amid the ruins of ancient
civilizations discovers a library, ha
ceases all other work and ghraa the
rJ~/QVLSQfiofd r7~/ints
J ' By BETTY WELLS J '
IT'S a pert little room up in the
*? attic with sloping ceilings and
low, wide, sunny windows that are
a problem to curtain. The lady
who's making it over (or her high
school daughter asks what we would
do with the windows and how we
would fix over some old furniture
she's got to use. She's buying a
new rug? what should it be ? it can't
cost much.
We love to get our fingers on
rooms like that! In the first place
we'd have lacey white net curtains,
very filmy in effect and tied back
with bows made of lavender and
pale pink chintz. The walls we'd
paper in white with a lavender flow
er design and the furniture could
be painted in the palest of pink.
The window curtain lace net would
be our choice for the bedspread, also
made very filmy looking. Add pil
low covers and cushions of the
chintz used for the tie-backs. A
A Room for a High School Daughter.
chair cover or dressing table skirt
of this same chintz. Then a rug in
light gray hooked or braided maybe,
or one of those shaggy cotton rugs.
Or here would be another idea ?
have white dotted swiss curtains,
powder-blue walls, white enamel
furniture, red and white checked
spread and an oval blue braided
rug.
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Sincere and Unpretentious.
We have a qualm or two about
suggesting the new adaptations of
Shaker furniture for use in a worldly
modern setting. Because we're quite
sure that those sincere and unpre
tentious Shakers who evolved it
wouldn't like the idea a bit. But
we're equally sure that modern
home owners will take to Shaker
furniture.
So we're torn between duty and
conscience. But not torn apart, you
might say, because here today we're
suggesting it for the consideration of
those who're just now settling down
to the question of what new furni
ture to buy for additions and re
placements.
For it is paradoxical that Shaker
furniture should be such a natural
in the contemporary scene. But the
fact is that the Shakers had the idea
of functionalism in furniture long
before the moderns ever thought of
it. The Shaker furniture developed
as an expression of their religion,
which taught them that ornament
was sin but that every piece of
work should be as perfect as they
were capable of making it and
precious parchments his first atten
tion. For in these parchments he
learns how the people lived. Life
is the substance we use in making
the portrait of a spirit. Future gen
erations will be less interested in
our sky-scrapers and more interest
ed in the character of our western
civilization. What is true of historic
civilizations is true of individual ex
perience. The greatest heritage we
leave to those who shall call us
blessed, is the memory of a spirit
rather than the memory of a face.
C Western Newspaper Union.
should be devoted to a practical
purpose.
The results were pieces of furni
ture consummate in their simplici
ty, but of exceptional workmanship
and finish. Never adorned by so
much as a scroll or a flourish and
always adhering strictly to the pur
pose for which it was made, this
New AJipUH? of Shaker Furniture
lor Cm by Worldly Moderns.
furniture achieved in its very plain
ness a beauty of line and an honesty
of purpose that modern furniture
often loses by its over-efTort to
achieve those very qualities.
You'll be delighted with its blonde
finish, its functional qualities, its se
vere, yet intrinsically fine lines.
Used against settings as modern as
you like ? you'll find it exciting, na
ively sophisticates. Or else use it
with provincial decorations and see
what a lilt it has, how different from
the peasant and colonial things
you've been seeing all your life.
Many of the Shaker pieces have
innumerable little drawers and
compartments, and the pulls on
these, though simple, acquire a de
lightful pattern by their repetition."
? By Betty Well*.? WNU Service.
NEW BUSTLE DRESS
Soft changeable taffeta in blue and
bronze appears in this new veriion
of the Alix bustle dress. It is simply
fitted in front and gracefully draped
in back. The drawstring decolette
with its two self flowers adds a
youthful note to a gown of great
sophistication.
Buckeyes in Spaaisb-Anerieaa War
Ohio was the first state in the
Union to muster in a complete vol
unteer regiment for tha Spanish
American war.
Somebody Give This a Name
This contraption, owned by Ed Hall of Phoenix, Ariz., has the angina
and wheel of a motorcycle in the rear, the frame at a light automobile,
the cockpit of an airplane, and is steered with the stick at an airplane. It
can move along the (round at the rate at ? miles an boor.
Niftiness for New Year's
I IKE to give yourself ?
^ lilt for the New Year,
Milady? Then spruce up
with Sew-Your-Own ? the
easy way to chic. Here, for
instance, are three swell
swing models mat will mate you
modern as tomorrow and put you
in the running for the title, "best
dressed woman." Right now it's
parties you're thinking of. so pick
a pair of eligibles from this trio.
Will Ton Dance?
The New Year's Party will be
festive and so will you in the
model at the left in black moire.
This is a very young frock and
not a little flattering to the debu
tante figure. It has a skirt that's
built for dancing, and the oh, so
slender waist is no drawback.
Spie 'n' Classic.
There's always a "morning aft
er," and that's when you'll be
glad to have a spic and classic
frock like the one above, center.
It is suitable to take back to
school to rouse the roommate's
envy and, pleasantly enough, it's
so easy to cut and stitch, a fresh
man can't go wrong. Make one
version in flat crepe and a carbon
copy in sheer wool ? it is superb
both ways.
Ah, My Friends.
How about a two-piecer of lame
and velvet for that rousing family
reunion over the holidays? The
model above, right, is two pieces,
but it's one with chic and figure
flattery. You'll have your aunt
ies making ohs and ahs and the
bright young cousins calling you
"the duchess"! What's more
you'll look the part.
The Patterns.
Pattern 1330 is designed for
sizes 12 to 20 (30 to 40 bust). Size
14 requires 4% yards of 39-inch
material plus o yaras 01 giw
grain ribbon to trim as pictarad.
Pattern 1397 is designed (or
sizes 12 to 20 (3d" to 10 bust). Six*
14 requires 3'-i yards of Itlach
material.
Pattern 1396 is designed for
sizes 32 to 44. Size 34 require*
1% yards of 39- inch materia] f or
the blouse; VM yards of 54- inch
material for the skirt.
Send your order to THe Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept., 247 W.
Forty-third street, New York,
N. Y. Price of patterns, 15 cento
(in coins) each.
New Pattern Bsok.
Send 15 cents for the Barbara
Bell Fall and Winter Patteni
Book. Make yourself attractive
practical and becoming clothes,
selecting designs from the Bar
bara Bell well-planned, easy-to
make patterns.
? BeU Syndicate.? WNU Service.
Rising Tide
A new magazine has made its
appearance on the newsstands of
the country. It is pictorial in char
acter under the name of the "Ris
ing Tide," originally issued in Eng
land and now being prepared for
distribution in eleven countries lad
der nine different languages. Th?
magazine is reported to be a non
profit publication carrying no ad
vertising but such matter that is of
interest U> the people of the world *
who are seeking answers to their
own problems. It is said that these
problems are covered without re
gard to race, class or creed.