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By R. H. WILKINSON
?. Bell Syndicate.?WNU Service.
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man 1 marry," said Sa*
I blna Van Nuy, "Is going to
_| be different"
She flung her arms In a
gesture that Included the whole of the
western horizon, as if she half-expected
the person, to whom she referred,
to come galloping out of the sunset
on n fiery steed.
"lie's going to be different," she
went on, "from any one I've ever
known. Strange, mysterious, romantic."
"That," said young Gilbert Butler,
looking at her whimsically, "Is somewhat
of a surprise."
"Surprise, Gil? Why?"
Gilbert scratched his chin.
"Well, for one thing, I've considered
myself sort of engaged to you for about
twenty years. I?1 rather took it for
granted. And I'm inclined 1?? think
that most of the people In our crowd
will be a little alarmed when they
learn we haven't been engaged at all,
that you're planning on marrying some
one else. Still," he paused, squinting at
he lowering sun, "I suppose you know
what you're up to."
Snbina laughed, squeezing his arm.
"Dear old Gil. If I didn't know you
so well I'd think you were serious.
Isn't It funny, though, to think of you
nnd me getting married? Why, we've
known each other for years and years.
There's absolutely nothing about eithei
of us that the other doesn't know. It
would be silly to think of us marrying,
wouldn't It?"
"I'm afraid our folks won't think so."
Gilbert said doubtfully.
"They'll get used to It. After all,
we have our own lives to live. We
can't be prejudiced by our folks. It
wouldn't be fair." She stopped suddenly
and turned to face him. "But !
whatever happens, Gil, you'll always
be the same to me. Always the best
friend I've ever had."
"Thanks," said Gil.
It was two weeks later at a ball
which the elder Van Nays were holding
in honor of a visiting guest that
Sahinn met the man who was "different."
lie was no less a person than Ivan
Krenmvltch. retired oflleer of the Russian
Cossacks, week-end guest at the
Van Nuy country estate.
Ivan was tall and dark and mysterious.
He talked broken English and looked
at her with smouldering fires In his
eyes.
He danced divinely and held her In
his arms with a strength that thrilled
ner.
Yes, after a half-hour with Ivan. Sabina
was sure he was the man.
It was exactly as If he had steppe.1
out of a story book, as If he had come
riding to claim her out of the sunset,
astride a flery charger.
They were dancing a dreamy waltz.
The lights were dimmed.
The music was soft and far-away
sounding.
All about them were moving, gliding
bodies; the dim shuffle of feet.
Her head rested on Ivan's shoulder.
It was as If they were in another
world, floating through space.
They danced on, Ivan guiding her
Into a little cleared space in an alcove.
There was only one other couple
there. Sablna looked at them in faint
annoyance.
The other couple was Gilbert and
Floy Young.
Sabina frowned.
She knew Floy, mostly by reputation.
A silvery blond, beautiful, exotic, a
trifle mysterious.
No one knew a great deal about her
past
She was rather a strange creature.
It had been rumored that she had
risen from the ranks, so to speak.
That she had no background.
Ivan kept circling In the alcove,
plainly Indicating that he expected the
other couple to leave.
But Gilbert and Floy apparently bad
no Intention of doing so.
Tbeir attitude was that of being intruded
upon.
It annoyed Sablna to see bow closely
Gilbert beld bla blond partner.
She hoped be wouldn't get mixed up
in any sort of mess with the girL
She hated to think of Gil becoming
involved in a scandal.
Sablna looked up and saw a flash of
anger In Ivan's eyes.
The presence of the other couple an
gered him.
She knew he wanted to be alone with
her. And she wondered how she'd act
If be attempted to kiss ber.
A moment ago she would have been
thrilled. . . .
She stared at him.
He was breathing beavtly; his eyes
smoldering now with something more
than mere mystery and romance In
them.
She saw for the first time that his
skin was swarthy, that the little beads
?f perspiration which had appeared on
his forehead produced a greasy look.
At their elbow danced Gil and Floy.
The Cherokee Scout, N
Gil, cool as always, seeming not to
labor at all despite the closeness of tbe
alcove.
And In his arms?Floy, beautiful and 1
alluring, looking up at him, smiling.
Gilbert hudn't even seen her and
Ivan. Ue was aware only of the fresh I
young beauty In his arms.
Their feet scarcely moved.
Gil was bending over, bringing his ;
face close to the full red lips that wait- '
ed to receive his kiss . . .
Sahina suddenly screamed.
Gilbert whirled around, saw her, saw
Ivan looking at her in astonishment, i
strode across to where she stood on 1
one foot, gripping her ankle with a
hand. j
" 'Blna! What's happened? . . . j
Didn't know you were here . .
Sablna groaned. I
"It's my ankle. I?1 must have |
twisted It. Oh!" She reached cut. I
grasped Gilbert's arm. swayed against |
liiin.
Ivan looked on dumbly, an expression
of mingled anger and bewilderment
on his swarthy visage. Floy had
not moved from her position in the
corner.
There was a slightly contemptuous
smile about her Hps.
"Gil?help me?to a chair. The
pain is awful!"
Gilbert slipped an arm about her
waist, half led, half carried her through
the French doors on to the raoon-tlooded
vopnniln
They passed one vacant settee after
another, at length found one secluded
by deep shadows. Sabina sat down,
emitting a faint groan.
"Hurt badly, 'Bina? Shall I get a
doctor?"
"Xo!" Sabina laid a restraining hand
upon his arm. "No, Just stay here with
me."
For a moment she was silent, watching
his face in the dim light Then:
"Oil?I?I'm rather glad it happened.
.My ankle, I mean. I?hated to see
you carrying on with?Floy."
"'Bina! In heaven's name, why?
Floy's a good kid. What difference
does it make to you, anyhow?"
Sabina bit her lip and Hushed in the
darkness, glad that Gil couldn't see.
"After all, it does make a difference.
I I?that is, you're my best friend."
Gilbert was silent and after a moment
Sabina said:
"I wanted to tell you I was sorry
about what I said that day we watched
the sunset."
"You mean about marrying a 'dif
lerent' man?"
"Xo. About us knowing everything
about each other."
Gilbert laughed.
"That doesn't mean much now." Lie
paused. "I see you've found your romantic
lover."
"Yes, Gil."
He stood up.
"Well, I must go back and apologize
to Floy. Is there anything else I can
do for you?"
Ills tone was cold.
"Yes."
"What Is it?"
"After you apologize to Floy, find
Ivan and tell him I won't be back tonight.
Then come back here and ask
me again to marry you."
Gilbert muttered something under his
! breath and sat down.
"Suppose," he said, drawing her close
to him, "we let Floy and Ivan figure it
out for themselves."
Sabina nodded.
"And you and I can practice finding
out thiners about each other we don't ,
already know."
Texas Mac Makes Violin
Smaller Than Smallest
A concert for humming birds could
be played on the tiny violin made by
E. C. Gibson of Sablnal, Texas. It is
one and three-fourths inches long and
weighs eight grains.
1 Gibson carved the miniature from
scraps of hard maple, pecan wood and
ebony. The ebony, used In the fingerboard.
keys, nuts and button, was secured
from a violin made In 1633 which
he once repaired.
Everything about the small instrument
is in proportion. The strings
were made from a regular violin string
which was softened, picked apart and
spun Into the threadlike strands.
Gibson has two other eight-inch miniature
violins. He carved and assembled
a small wagon truck inside a bottle.
An ornamental fan and a wood
chain carved from a single piece of 1
wood are other articles of bis handicraft
The Refractive Index
All transparent objects bend light
In greater degree and this amount of
bending Is called the refractive index.
The more light is bent, the greater the
sparkle. The index of a diamond is
2.42, quite high, while the best lead
glass has an index of 2.00. So we can
not manufacture the diamond, although
we Imitate it closely.
Salt in Daad Sea
Dead sea water contains five times
as much salt as the waters of the
ocean. Because of this and because
this strange sea has no outlet, no living
thing can exist In It Those who try
to swim in Its waters rise to the surface
like corks. At the bottom of the
Dead sea, it Is said, the ancient cities
of Sodom and Gomorrah lie.
lurphy, N. C., Thursday, 1
Macedonians in Praha 1
Prepared by National Oeocraphlc Society. ]
Washington. D. C.?WNU Service.
E1VEKY six years Czechoslovakia
stages its own "Olympic."
Praha (Prague) the capital
city, dons party dress, nuts out '
Its welcome mat and moves to a
heightened tempo. Hotel rooms arereserved
weeks ahead; a chair in a
restaurant puts n visitor in a privileged
class. Special trains, trailing one another
Into Wilson station, disgorge colorful
crowds from rural districts. Air
planes drop off visitors from the four
winds of heaven.
The enormous stadium on Straliov
hill, bleakly barren between meetings,
bustles with barelegged athletes of
both sexes with the lire of enthusiasm
in their eyes, and eager youngsters
imitating their elders in athletic
prowess.
Outside the distant gateways long
lines of performers await the signal to
Invade the 507-acre field in which the
largest "big top" would be but a side
show.
Czechoslovakia's own Olympics refur
n to the old stamping ground, and
the greatest group drills on earth are
fitted together out of liiimlroilc <?f units
each a mosaic of all classes This national
concourse of gymnasts Is not a
mere physical culture exhibit. It Is
the mobilization of a nation's sinew,
spirit, ami dreams.
When the Czech Yankee Doodle
sticks a feather in his cap, that feather
marks the wearer as a faicon?a Sokol.
In Slavic lands, from the Baltic to Turkey,
the word evokes familiar heroes
of age-old legends.
The Sokol movement affects all
classes ami all ages. Children of si*
move in uniformed companies. Mature
citizens lift their centers of gravity
to military contours. Country women
arrive wearing so many bright petticoats
that they seem to be smuggling
woolen goods Into a besieged city.
Scenes of Gaiety and Splendor.
Native arts, handicrafts, and songs
take on new leases of life. The factory
girl whose usual "best dress" is plain
cotton brings forth old aprons strident
with color and balloon sleeves bulging
with embroidery. The society lady
lays aside her clinging gown for such
homespun finery as her mother habitually
wore on festival occasions when costume
was local rather than International
In pattern.
Long before the main performance
starts, the Charles bridge resembles
an endless belt of ethnographic exhibits
Issuing fr%m the archway of a fine
Gothic tower and losing themselves In
the long arcades beyond the Vltava.
Costumes from Cechy (Bohemia), Morava
(Moravia). Slezsko (Silesia),
Slovensko (Slovakia), and Fodkarpatska
Bus (Ruthenla) make the closepacked
streets of the Mala Strnna, or
"Little Town,** look like nisles In a
dahlia show.
Czech theaters put on their best
artists to supplement the mighty drama
of the Pan-Sokol Festival. Art Galleries
vie with the living picture of a
nation's strength. Concert halls furnish
a musical relaxation after hours
of suspense and emotional excitement.
Dvorak's "New World Symphony" Is
seldom better played than In the Old
Town at Praha.
Czech genius Is many-sided and
there Is a strong currenr of Individualism,
but there are no star performers
In the mass drills. In which (50.000
arms and legs compose quick-flashing
scales of eye music for 155.000 spectators.
The home-run. the Inst-minute
touchdown, the final lunge to personal
victory, are lacking In the group displays.
Much of the drama is psychological,
for the precision, the verve,
and the magnitude of the spectacle are
bat visual evidences of a mighty spirit
underlying all.
High on the roof of the tribune, hld|
den from the most-favored spectators,
j are the group leaders; but the Invis|
ible director is the man whose centenary
was celebrated In 1032, at the
' Ninth Pan Sokol Festival, Dr. Mlroslav
Tyrs.
Started In 1862.
Doctor Tyrs built his dream on a
drill squad of 75 Sokol members, who
Initiated his system of gymnastics on
March 5, 18(52. The First Pan-Sokol
Festival In 1881. Including 606 Sokols
December 27, 1934
'or Czechoslovakian Olympic.
gathered from 7G different units, was
considered a great success.
The Seventh Sokol Festival in I'raha
I in 31)20, involving the mobilization of
70,000 trained athletes and countless
spectators, was a major factor In the
consolidation of a new nation in the
heart of Europe. Czech consciousness
and patriotism, fostered by the Sokol
organization for nearly GO years, had
proved Its worth.
From the air the great stadium on
I Strahov hill seems more like a village
than an arena.
There were 140.000 participants in
the meeting of 1032. From June 5 to
July 0 the athletic colony was busy.
Preceding the main adult festival, from
July - to July (?, first the children,
then the adolescents, displayed their
ikill and training. From June 20 to
July 0 the streets were n riot of color
In Informal or formal parades of
marchers 'n local or national dress.
Delegates from neighboring lands
added even greater variety to the display,
which took on characteristics of
a fashion show of peasant handicrafts
and needlework. Although membership
Is limited to Slavs and a few nationals
from countries which fought
on the side of the Fntente during the
World war, tferhs. fronts, Slovenes,
and Hulgars have been allied with the
Czechs In the Sokol movement and recent
festivals have had an international
aspect.
The Stars and Stripes wave over
many n colorful procession and July
4 Is celebrated as the **Fourth of July."
It Is hard to understand how drill
teams from 3,144 widely distributed
units arrive at such perfection; but the
Sokol organization lias its own publishing
plant and the music to which the
movements are set Is distributed long
before tlie show.
Special gramophone records are
made nnd sent to all parts of tlie country,
and on Sunday mornings the Praha
broadcasting station Is used by Sokol
Instructors, who give directions and
the words of commnnd which are eraployed
In the final exhibitions. Nothing
Is left to chance. That Is contrary
to the entire Sokol spirit.
Great Allegorical Pageant.
The festivals are distinguished not
only by mass drills and colorful parades,
but also by an allegorical
pageant. In 1032 this allegory related
this radio-directed spectacle with the
original Olympic festivals which Inspired
Doctor Tyrs.
From the central stage a figure im
persouatlng the Sokol founder expressed
his aspirations for a healthy
state composed of healthy beings. Time
turned back to Olympia, where such
ideals were so notably exemplified.
Greek champions, warriors, priests, and
poets engaged in spirited contests, and
ancient Greece lived again.
These representatives of antique
glories then turned Into lifeless statues.
Tha.a ii-nc a nansa ?1iirln<* tvhlph nnp
could sense the loss the world suffered
1 when the glory that was Greece became
a memory. Then the statues
came to life, cast aside the drapings
of an outworn past, and appeared in
the Sokol uniforms which had won new
glory during the mass drills of the
earlier days of the festival. The Olympic
ideal, resurrected, took a place in
practical, modern living.
All classes unite In this great exhibition
of Individual health and group
efficiency. Visitors here see a unified
nation in concerted action.
Many a Czechoslovak is getting an
even greater thrill. Splendid as Is the
spectacle from the side lines, a part in
the big game is even more moving.
Every six years a hundred thousand
players, trained away from awkwardness
aDd self-consciousness to grace
and group-ccnsciousness during months
or years of practice, win a rich reward
for their efforts. Small teams of athletes
cannot attain this nation-wide
spirit of co-ordination. The Sokol festival
is the flower of an entire nation's
growth.
During these golden days in Praha a
highly industrialized and modern nation
lives In the fairyland of beauty
and dreams. Where has a dream
proved more practical than that of
Tyrs, who, behind trained muscles,
glimpsed clear, clean, thinking minds
and the free state they were to belld
Pace Three
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they could see just how cunning It
looks when finished. One of the six
poses of the ha by >h??wn here. The
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Dead branches both In insect-killed
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or tlanie. Furthermore, defoliated
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and the Utter on the forest floor Is
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outbreak, such as those of the
mountain-pine beetle In lngdepole
pine, kill from fio to bo per cenr of
the timber In the stand where they
occur. Even a M per cent kill opens
the forest canopy enough to keep the
material on the ground highly Inflammable,
and. In addition, supplies
numerous dead stems which aid In
starting lightning tires, In supplying
fuel for the flames, and In throwing
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across tire lines.
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counter he found several newly born
rats In a nest lined with the dollar
. bills.
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