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Eeasley’g Farm and Home Weekl5% Charlotte, N. C., August 7,1941-
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‘Reveille!’
By GRAHAM SAUNDERS
(Released by Associated Newspapers
WNU Service.)
TIJ E WAS just a private, Drusilla
noticed, as he lounged easily
into the drug store and draped his
tall form against a pillar, waiting
attention; but she had to admit re
luctantly that he was thp handsom
est man she had ever seen in all
her 26 years. And the daughter of
>a small-town druggist is likely to
see quite a few men in ten years of
; clerk subbing.
With infinite patience Drusilla
helped old Mrs. Gordon select a new
'face powder, some new rouge# and
several other articles of makeup
suitable for a 16-year-old flapper,
and when the 60-year-old devotee of
the modernists had departed she
came quietly up to the tall soldier
and asked him what he wanted.
“Gosh, sister,” he confided in a
tone that would have been fresh in
another, “all I want just this minute
is to feast my eyes on you. I guess
I know, now, why I stayed single
so long!” Drusilla laughed merrily
and then said: “Our ice-cream
sodas are refreshing, uh, to the
memory as well as otherwise!” and
he lounged over to the fountain.
Later he discovered that he need
ed a toothbrush, some shaving
cream, shampoo, a special face
soap and a box of chocolates. The
latter was the cause of their better
acquaintance, as he selected a rath
er inferior brand in a very plain
wrapper and after a swift glance
I she said: “These are very fine. I
I buy them myself, and the box is
jsure to please even the most fas
tidious girl! You know,” she add-
'ed naively, “so many of us like to
keep the ribbons as reminders!”
“Uh—thanks for the tip. I’m a
stick in the mud. Have you a
large collection of ribbons?”
“Not too many; none that has any
1 especial sentimental attraction, if
■that’s what you mean,” she retort-
led.
Later—it must have been six in
!the evening—she looked up as the
last oustomar of a rush crowd
cleared from the store, and Drusilla
was startled to note the large
white-wrapped box on the soda
fountain table. With a strange thrill
she picked it up and saw lettered
neatly in one corner her name, and
the strange premonition that it was
from the tall soldier proved correct,
and she paused an instant to ponder
how he could have discovered her
name.
I Opening the package, Drusilla
jknew a strange thrill as she read
[the scrawled note within. If she
could overcome her scruples
against a common soldier on a com
mon private’s pay, would she meet
‘ him outside the shop at closing time
:and go canoeing with him? If she
■would! And Drusilla’s eyes shone
and her face glowed all the evening
until her father finished putting up
'prescriptions and came out to re-
llieve her. She walked on air as she
ran to powder her nose and she
laughed shakily as she removed the
ribbon from the chocolate box and
pinned it with the tiny crescent
‘diamond pin to the front of her
dress at the collar. And tucking the
box of chocolates under her arm,
she went out to the street.
He stood in the shadows, close to
her father’s shop, and his curly
black head was bare as he came
eagerly forward to greet her. Ar
dent admiration shone in his blue
leyes as he took her box and touched
'her elbow lightly, piloted her across
I town by the big, dimly lit library
and down to the river where the
boathouses and canoes were.
1 Later, as they drifted along under
jthe sweeping willow branches, he
I hummed, and then at her urging
I sang in a fine baritone the exquisite
1 words and music to “Girl of My
[Dreams,” and then fell strangely
isilent. “Why so silent?” she teased,
iand he answered honestly, “Afraid
'your boss wouldn’t let you off. Miss
I Dexter!” and she knew a guilty,
glad thrill; he^didn't know she was
^the only daughter and heiress to
.the Dexteif drug stores—didn’t guess
she would one day inherit the for
tune made by the famous “Bix-
drugs! And then they talked
i and talked and talked,
I “Do you truly have to wait for
I some one to die for promotion,
[Terry?” for they had become Terry
and Drusilla in four hours of magic
'moonlight and canoeing!
“Uh, regular soldiers have to wait
in line, advancement—but I’ll never
jhate reveille any more!” he ended
eloquently as he beached the craft
skillfully.
“Why?” she asked softly as he
helped her ashore.
“Because I’ve heard it for the
last time, the real reveille, the
awakening to life and love and am-
ibitioA! From now on I’m a civie,
hustling for regular promotion!”
“You mean you’ll quit the army
iand go. into business?” she asked.
“Yup,” he answered joyously,
“got to hustle now if I’m going to
ivin the one girl!”
“What will you do?” she asked
faintly.
“Sell bonds and make love to
you,” he said exultantly.
. “Do you have to?” she asked
softly against the rough tan of his
coat as she burrowed her nose
deeper into the cigarry-scented
wool.
“You don’t answer reveille but
once, darling,” he said, tipping her
face up to kiss her tenderly. “Once
you’re awake you stay awaks.”
Since the first automobile show, the
automobile industry has paid wages
totaling more than $85,000,000,000.
■‘■first-aid*
fo the
AILING HOUSE
^ By ROGER B. WHITMAN
Labor difficulties account for no
more than 1 per cent in the delay on
cantonment construction.—War Sec-
letary Stimson.
(© Roger B. Whitman—WNU Service.)
Canvas Decking.
QUESTION: How can I cover a
porch floor with steamboat deck
ing? Twelve-ounce canvas costs
cenj,s a yard, and 24-ouKce canvas
costs 75 cents'. Will the difference in
cost be justified? How should the
canvas be laid?
Answer; Get heavy canvas, and
buy a kind that is intended for the
purpose. The best qualities will not
shrink, and they have a water-proof-
ing treatment. You should start with
a flat deck of closely fitted boards,
with no uneven places. On this put
a fairly thick bed of white lead made
into a soft paste by adding linseed
oil. Stretch the first strip of can
vas at the edge of the roof, rolling
it into the paste and securing it
with long copper ta6ks put in an inch
apart all around. Lay the second
strip with its edge overlapping the
edge of the first one by two inches.
Put paste under the overlap and se
cure by tacks. Continue in this way.
When the roof is covered, put on a
priming coat of deck paint, and
when it is dry, two more coats of
the same, used as it comes in the
can.
Silverfish and Crickets.
Question: How can I get rid of
silverfish and crickets?
Answer: For both of these insects
use pyrethrum powder, which is the
common yellow insect powder. Put
it in a powder puffer and for the
silverfish blow it into cracks in the
woodwork, such as the crack be
tween flooring and baseboard; blow
it on shelves, behind books, and in
similar places. For crickets blow it
into the air behind pieces of furni
ture, boxes and radiators, and other
places where crickets conceal them
selves. Pyrethrum powder loses its
strength on exposure to the air. It
should be bought in sealed pack
ages, and blowing should be repeat
ed every three days.
Building a Cottage.
Question: Being handy with tools,
I am undertaking to build a sum
mer cottage. What book that is fairly
up-to-date will give me details and
explanations of small house con
struction?
Answer: The National Lumber
Manufacturers association, Wash
ington, D. C., issues pamphlets on
construction details, which would be
well worth sending for. You will
also find several pamphlets in Price
List 72, “Publications of Interest to
Suburbanites and Home Owners,”
to be had for the asking from tha
Superintendent of Documents, Wash'*
ington.
Problem of Dampness.
Question: We live on the street
level in an apartment house built on
a slight rise, and 100 yards or so
from tidewater. Parquet floors show
no sign of warping or unevenness,
except in one spot where boards
creak and sink a little. Do you
think the apartment may be too
damp in spring and summer?
Answer: With the ventilation that
you describe, I see no reason why
the apartment should be especially
damp. The creaking boards should
be investigated, however, to learn
if the supports underneath have rot
ted or otherwise given way.
Plywood Walls.
Question: 'The kitchen walls of my
new country cottage are finished
with plywood. Can I use a spar
varnish finish on the walls? Is it
advisable to first coat the walls with
linseed oil?
Answer: Spar varnish will be all
right. I would advise two coats.
DuU the gloss of the first coat of
varnish by rubbing down with fine
sandpaper, then wipe off the dust
before applying the second coat. Lin
seed oil is not necessary.
Refinishing Station Wagon.
Question: The woodwork of my
station wagon has weathered dull.
Would like your advice on refinish
ing.
Answer: If the varnished finish is
not peeling, wash the surface with
soap and warm water, rinse with
clear water; then wipe dry. Allow
the moisture to dry out for a few
hours. Refinish with one or two
coats of a top quality spar varnish.
Be sure the surface is dull before
applying the .varnish.
White Paint on Screens.
Question: My house is somewhat
shaded by trees, but when I put
on the screens the house is notice
ably darker. Would white paint on
the screen wire help? Would it make
the house look crazy? It is now
painted cream.
Answer: It would not be objec
tionable, and would help brighten
the interior. Make sure the paint
is thin enough so it will not clog
the openings in the screen.
Cleaning Reed Chairs.
Question: Is there a good way to
clean chairs made of bamboo peel
cane? They are decorated with a
small black design.
.^swer: Those chairs can be
scrubbed. Use any cleaning pow
der in a weak solution, applied with
a scrubbing brush and cloth. Follow
by rinsing with clear water and wip
ing dry. If refinishing is needed^
use quick-drying varnish.
Bright Electric Light.
Question: Is a 200-watt electric
bulb O. K. for reading when used in
an inverted lamp?
Answer: It is perfectly safe pro
vided the eyes are protected from
the direct glare of the light. Ths
light from a lamp of such size is
usually thrown against the ceiling
for indirect lighting.
The United States has approximate
ly 21,000 printing and publishing es
tablishments.
Put half a cup. of raisins, chopped
dried prunes, or figs, into the apple
mixture the next time you make apple
cobbler.
Oahu, Tiny Pacific Isle,
Has U. S. Military Value
Modern military history has a
strange chapter for the quiet, al
most primitive, northwestern shore
line of Oahu, now considered the
United States’ outflung barrier
against any attack upon the main
land.
Almost untouched by the moder
nity of Honolulu, 30 miles distant,
the people of this strategic military
tangent are peaceful fishermen and
small farmers. They include vir
tually all of Hawaii’s varied races.
Thfe military important “north
shore” lies on the windward side of
the island, a low coral-sand shore
line, sometimes bitterly lashed by
heavy seas. To the westward, the
extreme tip of the island, Kaena
Point, is a blunt green cliff. Scho
field barracks, the country’s large.st
military post, is located a few miles
inland.
Military officials decline to specify
the sections of the island considered
most vulnerable to invasion, but the
proximity of Schofield barracks and
the location of tactical exercises in
dicate the importance of the “north
shore.”
Other low sections of the island,
some virtually uninhabited, were
similarly “protected” by mobilized
;roops during war games.
The “north shore” fronts steamer
and airship lanes to the Orient, Its
residents, including many of Orient
al descent, long have been accus
tomed to military activity. Maneu
vers send troops near their houses,
and field pieces are planted near by.
Hawaiian fishermen, some using
hand nets and spears, fish inside the
reef, which parallels the shoreline a
few miles seaward,. Japanese sam
pans are anchored in a sea-water
inlet, which resembles a rustic
stream.
Many residents of this area are
employed by one of the islands’
largest sugar plantations, living in
their own community and visiting
Honolulu only infrequently. School
children go barefooted the year
around.
Despite the importance placed
upon it by modern military observ
ers, the “north shore” traditionally
has been oae of the most peaceful
sections' of the islands. It seldom
knew the bloody intertribal warfare
of Hawaii’s early history.
Louis XIV Possessed ''
Famous Hope Diamond
This famous diamond, named for
a former owner, H. T. Hope, is be
lieved to be part of a gem pur
chased by Louis XIV in 1668. It
was discovered in the KoUur mines
of southern India and bought by
Tavernier in 1642; at that time, it
was more than 112 carats. It is
described as steely or greenish blue,
weighing 44V4 carats. It was in the
possession of the French royal fam
ily until 1830, when Mr. Hope bought
it for about $90,000. His grandson
sold it in 1901, and it passed through
the hands of a number of dealers, a
Russian prince, the Sultan of Tur
key, etc., before it was purchased
by the McLeans in 1911 for $260,000.
Superstitious persons who associate
the stone with misfortunes that have
attended its various ovmers have
called it the “Blue Terror.” Taver
nier, the first European owner, was
devoured by wild dogs, Marie An
toinette and Louis XVI were be
headed. Sultan Abdul Hamid was
dethroned.
Record Auto Use
The department of commerce re
cently reported that world registra
tions of passenger cars, trucks and
busses last year advanced the total
to the record high of 43,819,929 ve
hicles in operation as of January 1,
1939. This represents an increase of
741,299 vehicles, or 1.7 per cent, as
compared with the previous year.
Achievement of this record is at
tributed by the department to an
advance of 7.1 per cent in the motor
ization of countries outside the Unit
ed States, since registrations here
at the end of last year declined
slightly from the January 1, 1938,
figure.
Registrations in the United States
included 25,264,260 passenger cars,
4,427,413 trucks, 156,237 busses and
an estimated 5,000 Diesel units.
Turpentine Cup Rust
One of the principal problems of
the naval stores industry is the fail
ure of the turpentine cups to last
more than one year without rusting
and the presence of rust brings
about a discoloration of the rosin,
which is highly detrimental to the
product. To overcome this trouble
the bureau of chemistry of the de
partment of agriculture has been ex
perimenting for sotne time in an
endeavor to find a suitable coating
to guard the cups against rusting
for longer periods. A number of ma
terials have been worked out, but all
have proven too expensive for prac
tical purposes.
Italy Educates Nomads
.The efforts made by the Italian
government to abolish nomad life in
the Libyan colony and to transform
the wandering tribes into agricultur
alists is beginning to bear fruit. Evi
dence of this is afforded by the in
creasing number of children belong
ing to tribes who attend the Italian
schools at thr oasis of Hamada e]
Hombra. The nomad children will
remain at the oasis during the
school term and will be housed
clothed and fed by the Italian go\
ernment.
Workers in Steel Mills
Speak Own ‘Language*
“The keeper says to turn the wa
ter off at the jumbo and open up
that bleeder,” suggests the kind of
order that might be heard around
the elephant run of a zoo, but actual
ly it is the language of a steel mill.
Translated into everyday English
by the American Iron and Steel in
stitute, the order means “The man
in charge of this blast furnace says
to shut off the cooling system at the
spout through which the molten slag
runs, and open up that valve to
relieve the pressure within the fur
nace.”
The colorful lingo of steel workers
assigns special meanings to many
common words, producing phrases
unintelligible to most visitors to
steel mills. Many of the devices
and products of the industry are
named a*fter animals.
“Pig” iron, so called ’because at
one time iroil was cast ifito individ
ual blocks by running the molten
metal from the blast furnace into
large trenches from which extended,
like a litter of suckling pigs, dozens
of smaller trenches, has become a
generally used term for blast fur
nace iron, A “sow” is the main
trench from the furnace, while
“motherless pigs” are blocks of iron
cast into individual molds.
“Bears” are sometimes “horses”
in the steel industry, both terms be
ing applied to the infusible mass of
cinder which forms on the blast
furnace hearth. The “bug” or “fly”
is the small ball of steel which usu
ally forms on the nozzle of a ladle,
interfering 'With the potiring of a
stream of iiiolten steel.
“Goose eggs,” sometimes called
“snow flakes,” are small silvery
spots visible when bars of alloy steel
are broken. They iritlicate internal
strains and tears. A “cat’s eye” is
a bubble of gas in molten crucible
steel.
“Monkeys,” both long-tailed and
short-tailed, “snakes” and “rat
rails” are other queer names for
various devices used in steelmak-
ing.
As we all know, the United States
recently occupied Iceland, and most
of us thought Iceland to be what its
name indicates, but in that country,
and in the case of England, the Gulf
Stream so affects the climate it is
inhabitable.
Tree Plantings Provide
Low-Cost Windbreaks
The entire ®Dst to the federal gov
ernment field windbreaks in the
Prairie States Forestry project is
being kept to about 5% cents a tree
or shrub, the forest service re
ports. More than 42,000,000 trees in
4,500 miles of windbreaks have been
planted at an average of a tree a
minute in the planting season. This
cost includes investments in and de
preciation of equipment, seed col
lection, rodent control, and planting
and care of about 70,000,000 seed
lings and transplants now growing
in nursery beiB.
The government supplies the
trees, labor, and supervision, and
farmers invest an equal amount by
furnishing the land, fencing mate
rial, and laborJ^jreparing the land
and cultivatingjjll^ young trees dur
ing the first fex^'^ears of growth.
Cost of the piairie tree planting
work is carried by WPA funds and
all labor is furnished from WPA
relief rolls. Technical and admin
istrative supervision is by the for
est service.
The trees protect crops and soils
for 20 times their height and modify
the wind to some extent for a dis
tance of 50 times the height of the
trees.
The 1939 plantings brought the
total since 1935 to more than
127,000,000 trees in over 11,000 miles
of field windbreaks on 20,000 farms
in eastern counties of the Dakotas,
central and western Nebraska, cen
tral Kansas and Oklahoma and the
Texas panhandle.
Buenos Aires Racket
With the arrest of four men in
Buenos Aires, a racket that had for
its object a Itirge-scale fleecing of
taxpayers has been broken up. The
racketeers after establishing offices
hired a staff of agents and equipped
them with fake official notebooks
bearing the national arms of Argen
tina, Persons behind in their pay
ments of inland revenues were in
terviewed. Aftfei^ inquiring the
amount of capital each business
worked with and how much the
average monthly receipts amount
ed to, thfe agenl^ offered to inter
vene in the settlement of the obliga
tions, charging fees that ranged
from $5 to $50, About $3,000 had
been collected before the racket
was discovered and stopped.
Chalk Loses Screech
Remember when the bad boys in
school used to give the teacher a
nervous shock by producing a spine-
shriveling screech with fingernail or
chalk on the blackboard? That
noise is going the way of the hick
ory switch as a forgotten horror, A
new type of blackboard known as
optex, made of glass reinforced with
wire, has a velvet-like writing sur
face wh^ch eliminates wear and
tear on nerves in adHition to reduc
ing gye-strain through the elimina
tion of mirror-like refiectioris.
Cowboy’s ‘Dogie' '
Dogie is the name given by'cow-
boys to a motherless calf or to any
ill-nourished, scrubby calf, and, as
a term of conterhpt, to all cattle.
The weak calves naturally lag be
hind th^ rest of tho herd on a drive
and must continually be urged for
ward, Hence in cowboy songs the
chorus frequently has a repetition of
“Get along, little dogie,” or “HoJ!
along, little dogie.”
The negroes are being educated be-
yound the expectation of the most
sanguine and are developing into te-
totalists also, while many of us know
Well what ruin has be.en done the
negro i-ace since freedom. Many of
them learned in the school of exper
ience. _ V
Unwelcome
Guests
By MARCIA DINSMORE
I McClure Newspaper Syndicate,
WNU Service.
M'
RS. MORSE wearily leaned to
the open window. There was
little enough coolness anywhere this
midsummer weather.
“Thank goodness,
the work’s done!
Two more weeks of
CLI/\DT before the
drf^/KI peaches wiU be
ripe.” She peered
5 1 R ■ down the road.
“ ’Bout time for Ho
mer—” The words died in her
throat, as a rickety little car came
into view around the bend. “Peo
ple! Homer’s brought visitors
again!”
She watched as the five came to
ward the house. Four extra people
to cook for in this weather. And
strangers, too!
Homer’s hearty voice boomed in
the hall. “Come in folks! Mrs.
Morse’ll be glad to see you. Kinda
lonesome for her out here in the
country.'’ Lonesome, with 12 work
ing hours to the day!
He spoke to his wife hurriedly,
“Met these folks in town, Hilda.
Never been here before. Seemed a
shame to send ’em to a hotel, so I
brought ’em right along.”
With angry, hostile eyes, Hilda
surveyed the newcomers. A young
man and his wife, quite evidently
honeymooning. Her eyes softened
as she looked at them, but her lip,s
set grimly at the appearance of
the other two. Men, probably on
the sunny side of 40, who just es
caped being shabby.
Homer’s eye kindled. “And a
bride and groom, mother! We
haven’t had a bride and ^oom here
since Dick was married.”
Mrs. Morse spoke reluctantly.
“They’re all right, poor dears. But
the other two! They might rob and
murder us, for all yoii know.”
Homer shook his head comfort
ably. “Oh, no, they’re nice people.
I know they’re nice people.”
Supper was not a success. Hilda
roused herself to be cheerful, in
deference to the bride and groom,
but her mind was always on the
other two guests.
The men had deposited their bags
In the front chamber and Mrs.
Morse went up in the evening to be
sure that everything was in order.
Attracted by a glitter of something
®n the floor, she picked it up curi
ously and hei* eyes widened.
“Now I don’t know what that is,”
she told herself, honestly, “but it
certainly might pass for a burglar’s
tool.” And in that moment her eyes
were alight with sudden inspira
tions. She slipped the metal object
into her pocket for future reference.
Homer deserved to be taught a les
son.
In pursuance of the idea which
had been slowly growing within her
since Homer first appeared, she tip
toed into the front parlor, to the old-
fashioned safe. With fingers that
trembled, she fumbled the knob
and found the combination finally.
Into an improvised bag made of
her looped up skirt she swept all
the safe’s contents, money and se
curities, and, with little furtive
glances behind her, stole upstairs
and hid the lot at the very bottom
of her trunk.
Secure in the assurance th^t thesi#
visitors would be the last, Mrs.
Morse slept soundly and rose at
her usual early hour. But, early
as she was. Homer, gray-faced,
was up before her.
“They’re—they’re gone, Hilda,”
he said, avoiding her eye.
Mrs. Morse tied on her apron.
“Who are gone?”
“The two men you didn’t like* 1
heard a noise and came down. And
—Hilda, they’ve robbed the safe!”
The deep hurt in his tone made
Hilda wince.
“Gone!” she repeated.
“Oh, you needn’t say anything.
I’ve learned my lesson, I guess.
I’ll never bring anyone here again
to pester you.”
Puzzled Mrs. Morse followed him
into the front parlor and stopped
short. The safe was standing open,
fairly taken apart by expert fin
gers. In sudden relief she remem
bered the little packet safe in her
trunk upstairs.
“They were thieves, Hilda,” said
Homer dully, “and I trusted them.”
She looked at him. She realized
all a.t once how much this meant to
him, this betrayal of trust. His
face looked gray and old in the half
light. She laid a gentle hand on
his arm.
“I played a trick on you, Ho
mer,” she whispered, “and I’m sor
ry. Everything is safe upstairs in
my trunk.” She choked suddenly.
“And you know, Homer, I like to
have people come. It kinda keeps
me from getting lonesome.”
Growing Tea in the U. S.
About 1880 the United States De
partment of Agriculture established
a small tea-growing plantation near
Summerville, S. C., and various va
rieties were raised in an experimen
tal way. Later the plan was ex
tended and the Pinehurst Tea Gar
dens were opened and further ex
periments were in Colleton county,
South Carolina, and at Pierce, Tex
as. While it was found possible to
grow and cure good teas, it was im
possible to produce them in compe
tition with the teas of China and
Japan, cured by cheap Oriental la
bor.
To relieve Misery of COLDS
Oriental ‘Archer^ Fish
Is Skilled Marksman
In the waters somewhere east of
Suez lives a “shooting fish” that can
give naval gunners a lesson or two
when it comes to marksmanship.
This strange creattrre known as the
“archer fish,” lives largely on in
sects which it shoots from overhang
ing branches with bullets of water.
Even cigarettes have been extin
guished by these marine sharpshoot
ers, according to Hugh M. Smith,
former Fisheries adviser to the
Kingdom of Siam. During his stay
in the East Mr. Smith studied these
fish in the Philippines, French Indo-
China, Siam, Malaya, Burma and
India.
“Wild fish planted in a large pond
in the compound of my residence
in Bangkok were under close ob
servation for a number of years,”
writes Mr. Smith in Natural His
tory. “Of the oriental fresh-water
fishes with which I am acquainted in
the wild state, none gives such an
impression of intelligence and ef
ficiency as does Toxotes (the archer
fish). This impression grows on an
observer as he notes the purposeful
way in which a fish moves about in
a stream, canal or pond; the zeal
and thoroughness with which it ex
plores aquatic and overhanging land
plants for insects, the high develop
ment of its sense of sight in both
air and water, the skill displayed
in dislodging insects and seizing
them as they fall into the water,
the alertness in avoiding danger and
the readiness in adapting itself to
life in small ponds and responding
to the attentions of persons who pro
vide food.
“A friend of mine, a distinguished
scion of the royal family of Siam
aiid an ardent student of fishes, had
a residence on the broad Menam
Chao Phya above Bangkok and used
to entertain American and Euro
pean guests with shooting-fish per
formances. A veranda on which he
took many of his meals was directly
over the water, and under it Toxotes
could be found almost daily, attract
ed by scraps of fish, meat, chicken
and prawn which were regulax’ly
thrown from the table.
Yale University Started
I By Harvard Graduates
The first movement leading to the
establishment of what is now Yale
university was a meeting of 10 min
isters at Branford, Conn. Nine of
these ministers were graduates of
Harvard and therefore it may be
;said with some truth that Yale was
founded by Harvard men. They
contributed 4Q volumes for the li
brary of the proposed college. An
act of incorporation creating a body
of trustees was passed by the Con
necticut legislature in 1701. The
college was originally at Saybrook
and removed to New Haven later.
It was not at first called Yale, that
name being given to it in recogni
tion of a donation made by Elihu
Yale, a childless London merchant,
whose father had been one of the
original settlers at New Haven,
Cotton Mather, a Harvard man,
and one of the most famous of all
the Puritans, may be said to have
named Yale. A letter'which he
wrote to Elihu Yale says in part:
“If what is forming at New Haven
might bear the name of Yale col
lege it would be better than a name
of sons and daughters. And your
munificence might easily obtain for
you such commemoration,”
California Man Claims
^Bubble’ Championship
With a seven-foot soap bubble to
his credit, Robert F, Warham of
Oakland, Calif., who has specialized
in soap bubbles for more than 20
years, believes he now holds tha
world championship for tk,e biggest
bubble.
Only one other man in the world,
he declared, might possibly have
blown a bigger bubble and that was
an Australian who became rich at
one time in his life by putting on
soap bubble entertainments at a Vi
enna music hall.
The seven-foot bubble, lately
blown by Warham, was big enough
to have enabled Sally Rand to stage
her own bubble dance inside, if it
had had the necessary resisting
qualities.
Bubble blowing is Warham’s hob
by and he has developed it to a
point where he has perfected a ma
chine, the only one of its kind which
has 12 mechanically operated pup
pets, each dipping its pipe periodi
cally into the suds and blowing bub
bles.
“The resulting symphony of bub
bles,” he said, “is fascinating to the
eye as they dance and reflect with
out coherence the images about
them.”
Warham first became interested
in bubbles when he started blowing
small ones for his amusement as
well as for his neighbors’ children.
His interest grew, especially' along
|the lines of blowing bigger and more
bubbles at a time until he developed
his bubble-blowing machine.
According to varying conditions,
he can blow a myriad of small bub
bles or those of the seven-foot type.
“Air conditions for making the big
ones have to be right,” he said,
“If the air is dry, dust particle*
are quick to penetrate the micro
scopically thin walls and the bubble
will burst.”
On dry days, in an attempt to
prevent this, Warham puts a pan
of steaming water under the grow
ing bubble,
Warham hopes eventually to get
on the stage with his bubble-blow«
ing puppets. j
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Coyote Eating Habits
The coyote, usually considered an
«nemy of farmers and wildlife, is
really not as villainous an animal
«is most people think, according to
a report from the National Wildlife
federation. In a recent investiga
tion on the coyote’s diet, mice,
grasshoppers, beetles, grubs, angle
worms, blueberries, apples, roots
and herbs were found to be the '
chief items on his menu. Occasion
ally the coyote may dine off the
carcass of animals killed by some
other agency. Although many
sheep and deer kills are attributed
to coyotes, these deaths are just as
likely to be due to stray dogs, says
Herbert Lenon, a trapper instruc
tor, with years of experience with
these animals,
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Quakeproof City
Quetta, India, which was almost
leveled by an earthquake in 1935,
when more than 40,000 people were
killed, is now virtually quakeproof,
Quetta’s new buildings are com
posed of a series of boxlike struc
tures, separated by expansion joints
as a protection against weather
changes. Even in the worst earth
quake these joints might crack, but
they can not break.
Swedish Hospitals
Socialized medicine is an old in
stitution in Sweden and one may
there have the best medical care
for very little money. There is a
special government hospital appro
priation for those who have no mon
ey, In the capital, Stockholm, there
are 18 government-supported large
hospitals, 12 smaller ones besides
clinics and only eight private simi
lar institutions.
No Honking, Please
Horn ho(ikers are on the spot in
Spokane, Police Judge Frank Yuse
has a distinct aversion to such prac
tice. He fined C, L, Atkinson $1 for
each of three toots on his car horn
and said Atkinson’s desire to at
tract a friend’s attention was no
excuse
‘Rub-^-Tisia.’* « wonderful linimenf
A hardware merchant of Maxton in
vented this valve, which kept a pump
primed. Then ^le invented the seive
point to keep back mud, so the two
things, which he had patented, which
he had a big pump manufacturing
company, make and sell, paying him
a royalty on each pump, so he soon
accumulated , wealth—about $5,000
from that a year, ,
Astronomer Describes
Movement of Tiny Stars
J. J. Nassau, director of a Cleve
land observatory, is able to describ#
how two stars whirl around each
other 6,000,000,000,000,000 miles
away.
Professor Nassau and his assist
ants, diligent skies scanners, have
kept watch over 100,000 stars for the
last six years recording their ob
servations with a little three-inch
photographic telescope.
The stars, discernible only as a
single black pin point on a photo
graphic plate, have been measured
and gauged by the astronomers.
They have determined their dis
tances from the earth, the circum
ference of each star, the color of
each, the intensity of light and their
respective masses.
The stars are in the region of the
Northern Cross. This is one of two
sections of the sky the Case astron
omers have been watching for the
six years.
SometimeiS they are rewarded for
their vigilance by the appearance of
a new star or the explosion of a
known one. They have discovered
an unusual pair of stars called an
eclipsing binary.
Each photographic negative is
scanned with a microscope to deter
mine whether any of the speckS'
have changed size or whether a new
dot has appeared.
‘The Sailor’s Friend’
Samuel Plimsoll was known as
“the sailors’ friend.” Through his
occupation as a coal dealer he be
came interested in the condition of
sailors, and the dangers to which
they were exposed by unscrupulous
overloading of heavily insured ves
sels. This induced him to enter
parliament in 1868 as member from
Derby. Jn 1873 he published “Our
Seamen,” which succeeded in its
purpose of arousing public attention,
and in 1876 the Merchant Shipping
act, embodying many of his de
mands, was passed. Among its pro
visions was the load line laiown as
“Plimsoll’s line,” which has since
been marked on all ships.
Tests for Diamonds
The common test for diamonds is
the file, which will cut imitations but
not a real diamond, A drop of wa
ter on the face of a diamond, moved
about with the point of a pin, will
retain its globular form; immersed
in water the diamond will shine and
be distinctly visible. An aluminum
pencil makes a mark on a real dia
mond that is easily removed by rub
bing; on an imitation the mark re
mains after rubbing. These are a
few specific tests; others are based
on specific gravity, hardness, refrac-
tio and dispersion of light. "
Fastest Growing City ’
Los Angeles, Calif., is usually con
sidered the fastest growing large
city in the United States, as the fol
lowing figures indicate: Population,
census of 1920, 576,673; census of
1930, 1,233,561. This means that Los
Angeles practically doubled her pop
ulation in the decade from 1920 to
1930, a phenomenon which had hap
pened in that city for the last three
censuses. Los Angeles, by 1960, will
have a population of 9,000,000, and
will be the largest city in the world,
if she continues to increase at this
rate in the next three censuses.
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