North Carolina Newspapers

1 t Pn'Hoat, Real n- -4 .ace' to "Win" r bucke j t 3lr own h nary housewo . Mrs., 'fake It victim and ' cu passedupon the and thoughtless I) Bat Is It ftlf a when he turned s .1 quick anger bub- : I 's back against! a t in bands behind - over ber, braced with tit the post,- was Sid t fianiln face white t t" 8 lisH v r i the first to notice fed ' : .roach. She ducked .4 braced arm. - "Hello, Ud doubtfully. -, a came around more slow- ' i' ....... ,i .;.:'.,.. .. i..:. .i.- , ". 7,he offered. ' jt 1 1 " . v :nt op to' him. His finger I beneath the collar bone.' rord came out harshly and i t J ack on bis heels a trine i . a i-roddlng. "What's a mat ! o asked. j know d- well what's the V -Eddie told him. . "Now ." ' l 'u J ?, Eddie.' . . said Betty. - , .... J Wiae shrugged as a man does i faced with complete unreason. . ihed a smile at Betty and J abruptly away. 1 " , Eddie," said Betty. ' "We a only talkin'. What's wronj ' that? I was waltln for you, !, and Sid Just happened along.? "Come on," said Eddie Toughly. '1 don't know 'what's the mat r with yon," she said.- "Tm old nonch to take care of myself. What -m can Sid WJse do talking to me public etreetr ' . dont want that weasel near . on," snappea icaaie. ""J. ve ssia u 1 fore and TO say It now." "I get kind of sick Of this, Ed f -3," she said slowly. "It's no fun ,,,r me to work all day and then i-wuU till ten o'clock before you're rough school I don't .mind wait : ; ghe went on hurriedly ''but you ought to let me talk to some- luidv." "Ion can talk to people,' he said in exasperation. "But why does it have to be Sid Wiser She shrueeed. You acted the jie way about Tony"Herro and ... k Civak." ' ! He stopped, took her arm. "Is r. n, Betty. Ton know what I want, I want to tret us both out of this ':;hborhood, rm graduating this r and can . get a decent Job. ; Vll ' get " married and move up rth. Until then -you can at least tt Individuals considering a crim inal vAntura could wa'k trot'h the ,blg new Depart wnt of Ju.ke build ing in wasmngiou, mm selves whpt cr 's d 'tectlve science has stackd p - i'"'t them, they might be warned o.. . e of them. '. Over ,5-d;j fingerprints are on file there, so arranged that expert clerks can match a set of prints sent In for inquiry If. they are among the 1,000,000. i The office of information exchanges prints with 9 countries In keeping its flies. , ' , ' Nine thousand of the most notori ous criminals In this country bank robbers, kidnapers and others are further catalogued in a single finger Drlnt file, where each of their ten fingers is separately Indexed ..for ready reference. ., Dllllnger. thought be changed his prints, but. the ex perts Identified them ' on . 800 un chanced nolnts. , , ." ', -, In another fije are cards showing over 0.000,000 names, nicknames and aliases; Nicknames have a way or sticking. In the underworld. Govern ment detectives nave w.w and nicknames at their 1 fingertips. Brass Monkey. Boxcar Casey, Eoops- hound, 1 Bowlegged Joe may be traced, tboucb they change tneir real names a dozen times. Another . file, shows typewriter standards, "enabling. Investigators to find out What make of machine was used In a typed note. ,' A Joy type writer figured in one recent case, but the office, had not overlooked toys when It made up Its typewriter file. Handwriting and typewriting ot criminals are also on file In those ranks of green steel filing cabinets. Each Individual ' typewriter reveals its identity . bv Its mannerisms, no less than the human hand does when It signs a name. ' ', A file vf stationery, showing zo,uuu water marks, is. another- ready refer ence aid that has trapped more than one criminal - at .. government bead Quarters. ' ,- ' The government's - crime labor tort has equipment for reading In. visible writing between the lines of innocent botes. It can even read writing on a "second sheet," where a pencil ban pressed bard enough to leave Invisible tracing. ' A machine projecting parallel beams of light re flects the shadows of this "invisible" writing. '--,',"'' ' There Is a trophy hall in the' new offices, of the government sleuth. DUUneer's straw- bat and the1 can that held the Drschel ransom mono are there visible reminders that the Department ot Justice is getting Its men. Science Service, Kansas tj Star. - " , . i . ; y ' ijdngxistof; , HOME HAZARDS Crocheted Rug; in ; '.'Cubes and .Stars' Danger Spots Are Common in ; , ' Every . IIouBehold. ;Tr No, the' most dangerous place is not some sinister, far away island. braved only by the Intrepid explorer nor Is -It some traffic death-trap guarded over x by Bellsha beacons. It's where you'd least expect to find It, and one to -which we all have ac cess the borne. , - - .- Here are Beme:' startling ngures which go to broe It..- . ' ' ' . There are more than 7.800 fatal accidents yearly, in the home.. i r That Is a greater toll than on the road, which is constantly the subject of legislation, and three, times as many as in the Industrial records. , Every year more than 800 women are killed by falling down the stairs, and a further J.000 killed by falling .niidndles In , g their ordi- ae , is usually the ic comments aro ignorant,' careless iisewlfe, i I to stigmatize , as. "Mrs. Take-lt-easy.". ignorant, care less, thoughtless, or lackadaisical the over-burdened woman who is run ning hornet' : Sue has a thousand and one things to remember. "I can never cross the room with out barking my shins on one of those confounded chairs," grumDies hubby. But his wife has to bustle about the house ha which knobbly chairs are a mere detail, - , ' Stairs without a bandraii or ban isters: missing, open nres, nigh win dows, and cupboards oi shelves, lack Of space fpr work,-, awkward steps and dark cellars, are hazards faced by the housewife" every day of her life, '.,-,, Take, for example, tne matter or window cleaning. The utmost care is taken in so far as window clean ing of 'Shops, factories and otuces is concerned, lest an; accident lands the employer in a costly workmen's compensation case.,. . But within the home, the housewife mounts an upturned box, a pair of rickety steps, or sits out on the win dowslll entirely at her own rlskl i Although there Is no, record of them' In the presB, . for they nre so numerous. thousands ' of legs and arms are broken every day through mats slipping from under the feet. .The long list of nnpleasant contin gencies' Is' continued In the bath room ; beautiful porcelain baths have been responsible for many casual ties. ' ' -x ' ' Actual' statistics'" of "bathing the children'' tell us that placing feet on the soap in the .act of getting into A in dislocated b.uken 'Umbs " and i bi.j cracked- beads ; ; -, - i -i 'It la dangerous to use this in the bafhroom," says the warning on certain pieces of electrical appara tus much in .favor, on account of be--tag portable. . Eeputable electricians look . askance ; at ."unearthed" ap paratus in the bathroom, and tbe gas companies are most rigorous la their .examination; of the appliances they Install. ' Second only to the bathroom as danger spot Is .the kitchen. Insur ance . companies know this to their cost Boilers can burst, cooking stoves can set clothes alight, eye-glasses can, be smashed against swing doors, And upturned knives bite viciously into ' the flesh tot women preparing hurried meals for homecoming; hus bands,; , '. ' , These- may be employed In '"black list" Industries, but -the worker who tolls; under- a constantly boveringj hazard of death or aisaoiement nas his trade-union, his "safety first" or ganlzatlotl,' and his, factory Inspec tors to safeguard him. V ' - Hence, the toll of accident and death in the workshop and factory is being appreciably lowered, while cas nalty figures from within' the four walls of home are rising. 1 Obviously, what is needed is s vigorous ca'mnalgn advocating "Safe ty' First In the Home." Pearson's Weekly (London) lericant to Restore.,. ' I " Mayan City of Copaa The ancient Mayan city of Copan, in western Honduras near tbe Oaute mala border, will be restored to its former splendor, as far as architec ture goes, In the near future. Work will begin at once, , It was announced by Julius G. Lay, 'retiring United States' minister to uonauras. The restoration will be made by the Car negie institution of Washington, co operaOng with the government of Honduras.- . ' CoDan was one of the largest and most ancient cities of the Mayas, whose civilization" "was- among the flnest.'developed;: on ''the merlcan continent1 before the coming of Co lumbus.! It was a great center of American culture in .the early years of the ChrlsUan era in he Old world. In it was found the famous astro nomical stone which revealed that the Mayas had as great a' knowledge of astronomy as any people in existence at that time. - The. city was abandoned 'to the Jungle about 1,000 years ago. and lies well off the beaten track.' Until abouf year ago to reach it required a Journey of two weeks by mule over the mountains. Now' It Is" two hours byv plane from Tegucigalpa Liter ary Pigest. ' Freiicli Women Wield Power Witliout Yotes DOROTHY DUNBAR BROMLEY, . Not York WarU-Tkf. at the By GRANDMOTHER CLARK i'i - This Is another rug- design that our readers will-recognize as-taken from the "Cubes .and Stars" quilt design that is possibly - hundred years old. This rug measures thirty inches knd ' - requires about 'two pounds of material to crochet." It Is clear of Sid and Buck-and the ,.t of those, hoods.- That's all -I V ' . ' ' -"'-J ' A flared back at him. "What do ,jo want me to dot - Talk to a i nnph of nannies? . The girls all ro with those fellows, , They're ifcne sIia worse for It They're" - i Eddie released her arm as though Jmrnedi "If that's what you tmna, you'd better stick down here.. It's where yon belong. Tm "olng to make something pf myself, not be a cheap hood all my life. Ion can do what yon d n please." ' ' She sighed and continued on her way. She and Eddie bad been fight ing a lot lately. Of course It wasn't easy for Eddie, handling freight att day and going to school at night But Is wasn't any fun for her either. , . .;, ,r V , . I "Hello, beautiful," said Sid Wise. ' She stopped and' he stepped from the car at the curb, , Buck Clvak . vu at the whee. -J ' "Where's Eddie?" asked Sid. - ' I MtTa'a inA hnme." 1 "Well, well: vTbflse-studentsl Bnck and me ' are going to the vamland: want to come alongT VArn. I'm tired" said Betty. , "Come on, if you're golnV iCalied Sid was lighting another cigar- tt. "Well?" he said. '-X. Bettv stmigged.'- "All right I'm lonvtnir early, though."' : Hha nt between Buck and Sid "to the front seat and Sid's arm "was stitched together to form -a star or :.rakif mmked over her slioul- blocks, depending on the way the uvamm hvn anme fun. :' eh. color scheme Is. worked out.- It Is s ht hit naid. - 1 always an. Interesting r8 to "study Betty didn't answer. She; was (count the cubes) and well adapted -.ibinr of Eddie hunched at bis for a child's room. ah conld almost picture his This Is one of the twenty beauti- nt. earnest face. He had told her Hful crocheted rugs shown In colors f hA slent fitfully. Betty sudden- with directions In rug book No. 24. f -it very small and a little mean. tf this ng interests you send 15c to C .me on, baby," said Sid. "Look our Bug Department and get the to- We're out for some tun." structlons for making tnis rug ana nineteen others. " - s Address HOME CRAFT CO., Dept C. Nineteenth-& St. Louis Avenue, St Louis, Mo. , "When writing for any information Inclose a stamped addressed envelope for reply. BE i"... made up of 12 diamonds and slip ' .ow about stopping kr asked Buck, . ' i "ood Idea. That'll wake Betty. for ".o, wait a minute," said Betty, v i got a better Idea. There's a plrl working, at the store. She's . Let's ge her for Buck." unds good to me" said Buck, a always nse a new filly." -v : " - here does she live?" asked Sid. y gave the address.! Sid is ' , siie told herself, I should wake n the car pulled to the curb. r t out; "Be with you In, a ," she told them. ) was on bis third cigarette i l a Bald: "Gripes 1 what's keep e dolls. Honk the horn, n hand hesitated' over 'the T'a peered with sudden In - nt the house. "Say , v ," :!.iwly. "AInt this the place lives?" il in tnrn. He threw away . "Start the motor," "And tf there's one French women are still fighting for the vote today because Napoleon be lieved our sex should be treated as Sdnorst Ion can read that .set mind f his between the lines ot his gal lant letters to Empress Marie Louise. He talks to ber as If she were even younger, .than her j ears. l" -' ' She is to be generous in her gifts to the people he designates, -she Is not to give gold snuff boxes, she Is to be pleasant to her family and she Is "never to allow, anything ambiguous to be said in her presence . about France and politics.? -t, , v rJ Obviously Napoleon gave bis "bon ne - Louise"? very little creait tor Judgment of her own or ior any com mon sense.' . - - '. Napoleon had one willful wife, and that was enough for him. Josephine bad carried on her Intrigues under his nose. But when he- paid her In the' same com she bad raised. the roof, i " .. - ' - So it came about that- Napoleon wrote Into his famous "Code Civil," 'the wife must learn that she owes obedience to her husband." And, "the wife shall follow her husband wher ever he goe&" This was a dig-at Josephine. , . The- "Code Napoleon? has been modified In the course of years. Bnt even now a French wife ..can't leave the country without her (husband s permission. She can't open a bank account without his 0. unless she: has a business or profession of her own.-. She can't visit friends or places of which he disapproves. And he has absolute, authority over their children and property, unless the marriage contract calls for A separa tion of their estates. 1 l ' ' - ' American women In some of our states are no better off than French Women, except for the fact that they have the vote. ' As for that,, the French women- would have had the ballot some time ago If the senators kof the" radical party had not feared that tbe female vote mignt strengthen the clerical nartv. Since the married' French' woman Is' a chattel and since no French woman can go to . the polls, Ameri can, womenjiave been .In the habit of condescending to her.' But, we needn't waste our pity. Ask a French man to make an important business decision and he 4s us likely as not to put you-'off until- tomorrow.' He wouldn't admit it, but he will wait to find out what bis wife thinks about It . . - . - . .. During the war -any number of French - women ran their' husbands' businesses and ' factories without hitch. A Parisian woman of my ac- Driven by Drouth? A wholesale southward movement of prehistoric peoples of the AmerlM can Southwest which occurred about 1300 A. D., and often has puzzled archeologlsts, probably was caused by drouth. The movement is shown clearly by the dates of abandoned ruins In the North, and the appear ance of new ones at about tbe same time several hundred miles farther south. The possibility that drouth was tbe cause recently was Investi gated by Emll -W. Haury, Arizona archeologlBt He found corrobora tive evidence In ancient tree-rings, which show-that the drouth lasted about a quarter of a century, from A, D. 12T6 to 1300. Literary Digest qualntance managed her husband's tin factory. .When she beard that bis outfit at , the front -?onid not com municate with headquarters for lack of telegraph wire she got hold of tbe proper machinery and turned to mak ing telegraph wlre.; Napoleon left a lasting Imprint on the -laws and customs of France. But It would have taken- a greater force than the, Little Corporal to stay tbe course of' the French, woman. xna rrencn, woman snows now vain men are. So she never makes a snow of power. . WhUe she pretends to defer to her husband,, she will let tall a suggestion wDicb be will adopt as his own And if she deceives him she la usually more subtle in her technic than was tbe willful Jo sephine. With all her legal disabili ties She Is happier than tbe Ameri can woman.- For she Is Important In her husband's scheme ' of things twenty-four hours of the day. In tbe final analysis the French woman makes a business of under standing men. Man is ber metier. fKfif i ii i ' ' '-: .- l' j:f.u Protecting Cables .; ' ., j" . Damage to cables laid on tbe sea bottom by' the trawls of; deep-sea fishermen has long been a serious and costly , problem to cable com panies.'; One such company has been spending an average of $250,000 a year la repairing its cables.. Now a ' "sea-plow" has been perfected which, towed 'along behind 'a cable laying steamer, will bury a 'cable 18 Inches below - tbe ocean bed out of rea'cn "of all grappling devices and other Ashing -equipment In a recent test 100 miles off the southwest coast of Ireland, the cable steamer. Lord Kelvin, plowed under 20 miles of cable In this way and, scores of attempts with grappling . hooks dragged over the sea floor, failed to reach thecable, - - Dogs in Yokes lokes similar to those farmers use to prevent cows from Jumping fences are now being attached -to dogs to keep them from running away. The yoke is, fastened about the neck and can be adjusted so it does not Interfere with the animal when It walks or trots, but begins bumping his legs when he starts to run. It Is useful In training dogs to obey commands, and the animal soon learns to stop when ordered, after which the yoke can be discard ed. Popular Mechanics Magazine. City Still Spaniih Most travelers who have visited botb Spain and South America as sert that Cartagena. In Colombia, b) more Spanish in atmosphere than the cities of old paln. The oldest living city of South America Is as medieval as ever In tts narrow cob bled streets winding about between old Moorish-Spanish . bouses. In Irs Sixteenth century monasteries, old dungeons and moats, and the same grim fortresses which were attacked by Drake and Morgan and the buc caneers of the Spanish main. ' Gays CarJul C2cv "For several years, wr- I suffered severe I " r.rH.ii than with fc -': writes Mrs. Blanche lf W Va.-' "Wter m i ! anil anmetimes w go to bed. 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This fact la evinced not only by numerous captures and disclosures, but by Import and ex port 'records that do not balance. In cidentally the dividends of one lead- Insr European, armament corporation Increased' 670 per cent between 1920 and 1830. Collier's Weekly,. ; " V ' " ' 'V ' ' Deed 'l . -This world Is long on excuses and short on deeds. This is tbe reason It can always find a place for the man who can do tilings. ' There are usually a hundred reasons' why thing can't be done, but only one way to do It Find that way. Grit, Rats Stop Automobiles On their way to a rubbish heap hundreds of rats crossed the high way at Loversall, near Doncaster, England, and caused a tie-up of traf fic. Many of the rodents were killed before motorists conld stop. Other drivers narrowly i missed accidents on the slippery pavement mm. aMPl 1 nds mer than cosmetics Besnty of skin comet from wiihieuWhencon tipadonclogstheporej with intestinal wanes, CLEANSB INTER. ' NALLY with Garfield Tea. 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