VOL. L
JUNIOR AMERICAN RED
CROSS ARMY 5,596>663
Children of 29.942 Schools Now
Enrolled in Movement of
,* Service to Humanity.
The American Junior Red, Cross,
which was organized as a children's
auxiliary during war-times especially
to help the young refugeeß In Europe,
and to exemplify In peace-time the
Red Cross ideal of service, has now a
membership of 5,596,663 in the schools
of the United States and the insular
possessions.
This Junior movement Rives oppor
tunity for the children to share in
Red Cross effort parallel tto that of
the parent organization. Juniors are
therefore identified in varying degree
with the health services, disaster re
lief work, salvage and other suit&bla
activities of value to the operations
of the Red Cross.
It is a valiant host marching on
under its "I Serve" banner in the
c#use of happier childhood every
where afid particularly wherever the
American flag flies. The enrollment
embraces 29,942 schools and 147,486
school rooms' a gttfn over 1923 of
6,655 schools and school rooms.
The year's gain In membership was
769,402 children, or nearly 80,000 for
each month of the school year.
The educational and social values
of the Junior Red Cross movement Is
thus evidencing the firm and cordial
endorsement of school authorities. The
government has added the weight of
recognition by extending the Junior
Red Cross In the schools for American
Indian children. The American Red
Cross is also planning to develop the
Junior program in 600 ratal schools
in isolated sections.
There Is no abatement of the ex
change of correspondence between
schools in the United States and
schools in the insular possessions
and foreign lands. During the year
the Junior Red Cross In pr.rt support
ed operations in twelve European
countries. It is a potent influence for
the cultivation of international good
will and Its example has been the
means of stimulating the formation
of Junior Red Cross societies in more
than thirty countries.
RED CROSS RAISES $10,000,000
IN 21 DAYS FOR RELIEF
Terrible catastrophes, such as the
' Japanese earthquake, prove the wis
dom of the people in maintaining the
American Red Cross as their national
and International relief agency. The
readiness of the Red Cross for duty In
the greatest of emergencies was also
pro red by test
The record shows: Sept. S, Presi
dent Cooling* assigns the duty of rals
ing $5,000,000 to the American Red
Cross; Sept. 4, Red Cross Chapters in
over 3,500 communities given fugd al
lotments; Sept. 12, fund totals $5,563,-
000; Sept 17, fund nearly $8,000,000
and President announces formal clos
ing of campaign; Sept. 27, fnnd passes
$10,000,000 mark.
In 21 business days the Red Cross
doubly performed the duty entrusted
to it—all the while keeping a steady
flow of relief supplies going out from
many Pacific ports to the stricken
area» in Japan. Thus was the confi
dence of the American people in their
Red Cross justified and the wisdom of
Red Cross preparedness to cope with
an unprecedented relief emergency
confirmed.
Modern Noah's Ark
Barro Colorado island was formed
when the valleys about it were flooded
by the Impounding of the waters of the
Chagres river to form Gatun lake, say?
the Detroit News. It resembles Noali's
ark In that there gathered as the
waters rose nearly every form of an
imal life In the vicinity, seeking es
cape from the rising flood.
Despite that It is only two miles
from the Panama river, It has been
found to harbor amphibians of new
. g„d as yet unstudied
ana umaumai/itt species ot
never described, as well as many
strange and exotic plants, numbering
2,000 or more. It abounds with ant
eaters, sloths, armadillos, peccaries,
tapir, agoutis, coatls, the ocelot, tlie
Jaguar, many species of bat, monkeys
of varioas kinds sad the famous black
"Talkies* Phone"'for Deaf
One of the most recent devices for
on In communication between deaf
SMtes is a "talkies* phone** that con
veys messages by means of an alpha
Bet printed on electric light bnlba. Ac
iMsi operator presses the keys of s
apodal tjpew*ltei wired electrically,
the corresponding letters are lighted,
spelling ant the message. The'lnven
tus is the work of William E. Bhaw
of Cambridge. Mass.. who was stricken
deaf and dnmb by sickness at an early
««e.—Psvnlar Bdsmm Monthly.
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER.
Superstition Persists
in Spite of Culture
Tlie Ignorant und the neurotic are
hot nlone in their observance of super
stitious practices; as many Instances
may be founcT-atnongst the educated
classes, Elton Mayo, in Hnrner'n At im
agine, declares. The problem tias notli
ing ( t0 do with enlightened religion;
we are facing a question as to why nn
essentially primitive attitude of mind
should persist in the most advanced
societies.
Recently a leading business hiaff of
Philadelphia refused to leave a fac
tory he was visiting by the most ol>
vious exit. He had come in by an
other door and must therefore leave
tlife building by the same door; other
wise he suffered premonitions of "bad
luck."
This same belief Is found widely
spread through the country and min
ing districts of Pennsylvania and Vir
ginia. If a visitor enters a house by
#>ne door and leaves by another, the
death of some resident in the house
may be expected. It Is somewhat as
tonishing to discover in the United
States and among native born Ameri
cans (the educated not exempt) a su
perstitious belief with respect to visit
ing strangers which Is held by the
savage Islanders of Java, New Guinea,
Borneo, and the South Pacific generally.
The elaborate ceremonies of purifica
tion after a visit from a stranger have
been abandoned, but the fear itself
persists.
The apparent Identity of superstV
tlous beliefs is not confined to this sin
gle Instance. Over a wide field there
Is a most striking resemblance that
calls for further Investigation. A bird
flying Into a house or against a win
dow means a death; this again is an
omen that would be similarly inter
preted in the Pacific. y
CivHJzatlon has apparently de
veloped tlie outward and visible signs
of intellectual freedom, but not the
Inward reality. Many new supersti
tions have been added to the original
and primitive list —superstitions with
respect to the significance of a fallen
picture, shoes left on a table, the new
mpon seen In a mirror, and so on in
definitely.
Animals That Hunters
Are Slow to Provoke
J. C. Faunthrone, who with Arthur
S. Vern made the valuable collection
of Indian fauna presented to the
American Museum of Natural His
tory, New York, writing in Asia
Magazine, says that in India, as in
Africa, are nnlmals that have obtained
an undeserved reputation for ferocity.
Elephants survive in several parts
of India In considerable lyimbers nnd
only those that are proclaimed rogues
are allowed to be shot, except under
unusual circumstances. The writer
say% that those Inclined to attack hu
man beings unprovoked are invariably
solitary males, which have morose
dispositions and dislike being dis
turbed.
Many persons are under the Impres
sion that the Indian tiger is a fero
cious beast. They will be very sur
prised to hear that jungle men are
very much more afraid of the sloth
bear and the wild boar than of the
tiger or the leopard. If a man meets
a sloth bear or a wild boar, particu
larly the former, It Is about an even
chance whether the animal will go
straight for him or go away. Ele
phants are very much afraid of the
sloth bear.
The Indinn wild boar Is a formidable
animal, although he Is less liable than
the sloth bear to attack unprovoked.
A full-grown boar is a formidable op
ponent even for a tiger and a tiger
will hesitate to attack a boar unless
driven to do so by hunger.
Cameo Cutting Hard Work
Much skill Is exercised by,the expert
cameo cutter. He can only work at
his task for a few hours at a time,
because of nerve strain. A quavering
hnnd may be responsible for the single
stroke which will spoil a week's work.
He must have an eye like a micro
scope. and .a very delicate toueh; he
must be an artist in soul, and as skill
ful a craftsman ns Is a watchmaker;
b" mnst tnow how to model and draw,
and ne must have a knowledge m
chemistry, so as to remove offending
spots. The work is executed In relief
on many kinds of hard or precious
stones, but especially the chalnedonlc
variety of quartz and on shells.
Worse Than DeviFs Island
Easter Island in the South Pacific
is about the most undesirable place on
earth for human habitation. No trees
grow on the Island because it lacks
water and no birds will live there on
account of their being no worms. The
island is irregular in shape, being
twelve miles by nine, by seven, and Is
very seldom visited by ships. Two
hundred Polynesians Inhabit It and
tliey suiter continually from hunger.
It was first sighted in IGBC. It was
explored in and the Island then
bud 2.000 Inhabitants. Scientific
American.
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 6, 1924
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Old Settlements in
This "Young CountryP
The United States Is still character
ized as a "young country." Yet It#
oldest city, St. Augustine, has cele
brated its 359 th birthday, a writer In
the Montreal Herald notes. Many
Important European centers of popu
lation had not been planned or even
conceived when this little Florida city
was planted among the pines by Don
Pedro Adelentado In 1505. The kind
of civilization which was then brought
to this continent has very consider
ably Influenced the natlonul American
Institutions, especially In several of
the Southern states.
The next oldest European settle
ment in North America still In exist
ence Is Annapolis Royal, formerly
Port Royal. This was the early cap
ital of Nova Scotia at a time when
that cotony Included not only the
present province by that name, bat
New Brunswick, Prince Edward Is
land, Newfoundland and part of the
present province of Quebec and the
Labrador coast as far north as Un
frava bay. The first wheat was sown
by the hand of a white man In North
America at Port Royal In 1005, and
the first wheat mill was constructed
In the same place In 1000. ft was
probably a tidal mill.
Fate of Indiana Rioer
The Mlssisslnnwa river runs through
fhe counties of Grant and Delaware
In Indiana. The river wus reserved
by the government ns n fishing stream
for the Indlnns on the reservation. As
late ns ISBO the strenm was liberally
stocked with fish by the government.
Tills was probnbly the best stocked
stream In Indiana.
Then the great natural gas boom
st nick that region. Factories nnd
towns grew like mushrooms. Owing
to the pollution of the strenm from
factory wnste nnd refuse from gas
Avells, not a fish remains, snys the
Detroit News. The once beautiful Mls
sissinawa river of the red mnn Is an
open sewer.
Fixing Her Class
♦Jim," said the kindly old boss to
one of the Junior clerks, "I hear yonr
I Wt,you." J, v \ "\
"She did." %
"Too bad."
"But she came back."
"Well, well. Why did she leave JOB,
JlmT*
"She thought she was too good fel
ine."
"Then why did she come back?"
"She found she wasn't good enough
for the raorles.**— LoAvllle Courier-
Journal.
Talkers? Word Records
, A rapid and experienced talker mak
ing a speech on a subject whiob he
'fully understands will apeak at * rate
of about 8,000 words an hour.
Country Uses Much Chromite
l T se of chromite by American leath
er and steel Industries has mad* the
United States the world's Isrgsst COB
/miner of the mineral.
Bathing by No tyleana
a Universal Custom
In- Japan we would learn what the
[Japanese idea of cleanliness Is. In
i this quaint country of beautiful sun
sets and colorful costumes people
bathe twice dally. And there Is no
question that many of them have no
convenient bathroom as we do. In
China the family has a large stove
which Is used for a bed at night so
they can keep warm.
1 Between this picturesque empire
and India, separated by miles and
miles of lonely country and ocean, a
great change of custom* would be
seen, in theaa out-of-the-way places
we find people 11 vine In mere hovels.
Tbey enjoy no running water systems
and other conveniences as the most
segregated parts of our country enjoy.
In India, where plagues continually
cause the death of thousands of fam
ilies, yon will find towns that have no
water and sewerage systems. Ton
can see the Indian women balancing
on their heads huge Jars which they
have filled with water drawn from the
town well or the sluggish and muddy
river.
From Calcutta to Bagdad, thence to
Constantinople, you will see that bath
ing Is considered only for the white
man. and the native aristocracy. On
the deserts of Arabia, where water
Is necessarily used only for drinking,
the desire to keep clean Is accom
plished In a rather "rough" manner.
Instead of using water for the bath
the Arab vigorously rubs himself wlth
the sand of the desert
Hi* Little Joke
Theodore Hook once went Into a
book shop and told the clerk he wait
ed some lamb, about two pounds.
"Bur thl* Is a book shop," said the
clerk.
•It must be fresh," continued the
Joker, pretending to lie deaf.
"Rut. Air, tbl* I* a hook shop, not ■
mont abop."
Attracted by the hubbub. the proprie
tor en me up and broahed a«!le tbe
clerk.
"Now. air." bawled the proprietor,
"we aell hooka and nothing but book*.
What la It" yon want?"
"If you iiefl Imoks you mnat iu.veuhe
ttxmi.ra of Charles Lamb."—Loularlila
Courier Journal.
New Pedindrom* Found
New |iullnilrouie» are rare. but a
western newapaper writer lias re
vealed several especially g«*>d one*. A
palindrome l« merely a phrase llint
•pell* backward and forward. A
classic example of the palindrome la
the «|>eech put Into the month of Na
poleon: "Able, was I ere I saw Elba."
Anions the new onea sent was the fi|.
lowing-purporting to be a sign which
a atore manager placed over a xnt
cntrhing preparation con-posed of
Dutch cheeae and tar: "Kat trap
made a la Kdain, part tar." Years ago
when "red root" was popular as a
cure-all, a druggist's sign ran: "Bed
root put up to order."
Earliest Accounts of
Trade Among Nations
From the time that men began to
live In cities, trade, In some shape,
must have been carried on to supply
the town-dwellers with necessaries,;
but It Is also clear that International
trade must have existed, and affect
ed to some extent even the pastoral
nomadic races, for we find that Abra
ham was rich, not only in cattle, but
la silver, gold, and gold and silver
plate and ornaments (Gen. 13:2;
24:22, 53). Among trading nations
mentioned In Scripture, Egypt holds
in very early times a prominent posi
tion, though her external trade was
carried on, not by her own citizens,
but by foreigners—chiefly of the no
madic races. The Internal trade of
the Jews, as well as the external, was
much promoted, as was the case also
In Egypt, by the festivals, which
brought large numbers *{ persons to
Jerusalem, and caused great outlay In
victims for sacrifice and In incense
(I Kings 8:63). The places of public
market were, then as now, chiefly the
open spaces near the gates, to which
goods were brought for sale by
who came from the outside (Neh.
18:15, 16; Zech. 1:10). Tlie traders
In later "times were allowed to Intrude
Into the temple, In the outer courts of
which victims were publicly sold for
the sacrifices. (Zech. 14:21; Matt
21:12; John 2:14).
Loaded Shells Spelled
Doom of Shot Towers
Until the loaded shotgun shell war
developed shot was sold to tlie Jobbing
trade throughout the entire country
packed In bags, which in turn were
purchased by the man having a muz
sle-loadlng shotgun, who was obliged
to reload his gun with powder and shot
whenever the gun was flred at game or
target, says the Detroit News. The
loaded shot shell and the breech-load
ing shotgun sounded the death knell'
of the old type of shot tower.
The business of the ammunition con
cerns manufacturing shot shells grew
by leaps and bounds so ttiat the shot
consumption of-the country, centered
at the points where these shot shells
were manufactured, notably In New
England, and In the course of events
these ammunition concerns began to
manufacture their own shot, thus com
pletely destroying the business of the
many shot towers located throughout
th« country.
Picturetque Whitby Abbey
Other of the ruined churches of
England have a more picturesque
magnificence, but none a more ancient
fame than Whitby abbey, Henri Plck
ard writes In the Cincinnati Enquirer.
There the first rude poetry of Eng
land was written more than twelve
centuries ago. There, earlier still,
was held the synod which decided that
the British chnrch should keep Easter
at the same time as the rest of Chris
tendom, a cholc# which meant the*
Christendom should he united, and
Britain remain within the Influence of
the civilization of Italy and Oaul. But
the modern traveler who climbs the
many steps which lead from the river
to what was "high Whitby's cloistered
pile" has seen nothing of the Alt
bey of St Hilda. In the ruins on the
hill there was no fragment older than
Plantagenet times. But discoveries of
great interest have nodr been made.
Only an Antique
—T/eonln, a colored maid, had a tnste
for lofty ideas and high-sounding
words. One of the members of the
family In which she served was a tall
elderly lady of Imposing figure and
fine carriage.
One day after Leonla had for per
haps the hundredth time expressed to
the lady her great admiration for lier
handsome figure the object of her
praises exclaimed, "Why do you say
so ninth about my appearance, Leonla?
I am only an antique."
"What In thatf naked Leoniu In aa
tanlalinwnt.
The lady explained to her.
"Well," Leonla liurat forth, "If that
la what you are now, you alivrely la a
powerful Indication of wlmt you baa
been."—Toath's Companion.
. .
Tree"a Unkind Comment
Stories of lieerbohm Tree flourish
like the icreen bay of the same family
name. Tree la In fact and for many
year* has been the legitimate game of
all atorytellera, a part he undoubtedly
enjoyed. The famous scene painted,
Harker, la responsible for thin one:
Mr. Murker, who (minted the scenery
for aurli famoua spectacular allow* in
"Kismet," ~Chu Cbln Chow." "Cairo
and Decameron Nlgbts," waa a friend
of Tree. -
Tree and he had had one of their oc
caalonal tiff a. and the actor was feel
ing vindictive. He and Alfred Wan
ing; of the Hoddersflefd Itepertory
theater, were motoring one day In the
country. Warelng called Tree's atten
tion the glorlnua sunset.
Tree waa allent for a moment, then
he snapped: "Ah, In Barker's moat
violent manner!"
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Dogs Need Frequent.
Release From Chain
The Hollowing humane appeal made
by a coi respondent in the Dog World
shows pointedly how dogs are the vic
tims of a cruel practice; how their
dispositions may be spoiled, and their
lives rendered unnatural and un
happy :
"May 1 plead through your columns
for the better treatment of dogs who
are continually chained, sometimes
for weeks and months, without being
liberated from their Imprisonment?
The other day a man stated In a
police court that his dog had not been
oft the chain for twelve months; from
its puppyliood, it had been fustened
up without un hour of liberty.
"As n lover of dogs I hold that ev
ery dog is entitled to regular exercise,
and that it is unjustifiable cruelty to
imprison a dog for life. Such treat
ment makes a dog hopeless and mis
erable; lie becomes dejected and oft
en savage, and his health suiters se
riously.
"A young dog can be trained to be
a guard without chaining, and the best
watchdogs are those which nre not
chained. Chains are a heritage of by
gone days and should be abolished."
The best way to keep a dog that
needs restraint Is to put him in a yard
with a high fence. If this Is not prac
ticable, fasten a wire across any yard;
on this put nn iron ring which, when
attached by a cord to the dog's collar,
will allow him to rwn backward and
forward the full length of the wire.
The yard should have shade as 'wvll
as sunshine, to protect the dog from
too great heat of the sun.
Make your dog your companion and
friend. Treat him kindly und he will
respond.
It Is cruel to tie a dog under a wag
on or allow him to follow an automo
bile or bicycle. Let him ride with you.
Explorer's Ruling Paaaion
I When Columbus landed for the first
time In the New world he found the
Indlanß, who greeted him "a very poor
people." Ills friend, Las Casus, who
wrote the abstract of the Journal of
the First Voyage to America, gives
the admiral's own account of his In
terview with the natives as follows:
' "I was very attentive to them and
stt-ove to learn If they Aad any gold.
Seeing some of them with little bits
of this metal hanging at their noses, I
gathered from them by signs that by
going southward or steering around
the Island In that direction there
would be found a king wht> possessed
large vessels of gold and in great
quantities." The first thought, even ot
the man who had Just discovered a
new world, was of gold!— Youth's
Companion.
, The Unity of Nature
Nature can only be conceived as
' existing to a universal and not a par
ticular end; to a universe of ends, and
not to one—a work of ecstasy to be
reprelfented Jyjr n c*. Jilnr movement,
as Intention might be Dignified by a
| straight line of definite length. Each
effect strengthens every otljer. There
la no revolt In till the kingdoms from
the common weal; no drtucliment of
nn Individual. Hence the catholic
character which makes every lenf an
exponent of the world. When we be
hold the landscape In a poetic spirit,
we do not reckon Individuals. Kuture
know* neither palm nor oak, but only
vegetable life, which B|>rouU Into for
ests and t" toons the globe with a
gorlauU of grasses and vines.—
Emerson.
Unique British Island
Most of Britain's Islands have their
story, which Is sometimes unique.
The most striking Instance, perhaps,
Is Hunk Island, in the Iliiinl»er—a lit
tle world that lias the peculiar distinc
tion of being the youngest bit of
llritaln.
It In. In point of nge, n mere bnnt-,
line. ■in vine bt-en form PI J In compara
tively recent times land carried
Hwny by (he sea from the northeast
count. 'J hi* lnnd wm swept down to
Spurn hold find then up the I lumber,
where it lodged nnd in time formed
an Islnnd. The process In xtlll going
on, nnd una result the Inland continue*
Tlie public 4s enriched
out knot«»v« f
matioKj ">e property of the Crown.
Rawlinson Was Peeved
A number of good stories center
around General Lord Rawllnson, who
frtr 40 yenrs was connected with the
British anny in India. The general
was brought prominently before the
British public eye by being home on
furlough. While he was In command
of a column during the South African
war, Lord Rawllnson was constantly
sending In demands for heliograph*,
with no result. At last when drawing
near Kroonstadt, In what was then
j the Orange Ulver colony, he signaled
•again to ask whether his heliographs
I had arrived. Officialdom, however, was
-1 rampant, nnd wanted to know "What
do you want them for?" Hack went
the reply w'ith caustic brevity. "To fry
kidneys on, of course
NO. fO
Lev? of "Bu*h" Strong
in Average Austfalian
All true Australians refer to the ;
country districts of their land as the |
bush. They prefer it to the more l
sophisticated expression "the country." i
The dictionary definition Is "a thick I
shrub," and that is all the word con
veys to most people. To an Anstra- I
Ufin it means more than almost any
word in his vocabulary, a writer in the
Youth's Companion asserts.
It will conjure up for him a vision
of a wide tract of land covered with *
brushwood —sandalwood, star bush
gleaming with white blossoms, saf
fron wattle and feathery may—stretch-
Ins away unevenly till it meets the
edge of the dome of the sky. The sky
alwiftrs seems so much more vast in
Australia than In other lands, and Jhe
stars so much bigger)
If he comes from the scrub country,
the bush will mean to him forests of
thin brittle-branched mulga or tangled 3
iltree, the whole trunk of a giant
eucalyptus standing 'strongly among
It here and there and the gay colored
cockatoos calling shrilly overhead. If
the plains of New South Wales are his
home, he will recall a day when he
rode alone for many hours across the
red plain, only checking his horse
while he opened the gates In the
barbed-wire fences with his boot, till
the low roofs of the homestead came
Into sight and he saw the green fringe
of the willows by the deep-banked
"river. / .
The Queenslander will think of a
night thnt he spent camping nmong.
colossal red gum trees, when he slept
on a bed of sweet-smelling branches -1
nnd heard the howl of the dingo, his
horse hobbled near by, and the last
flames of the fire lighting up the tree
trunks nnd making the leaves far over
head quiver.
To each one it will stand for some
thing different, for the area of Aus
tralia Is nearly 3,000,000 miles, and the
bush stretches from the orchard and
dairy lands around the ceast to the
unsearched deserts of the center.—
Christian ScUyice Monitor.
City to Honor Jenny Lifld
A full-length statne of Jenny Llnd is
soon to be erected by the Jenny Llnd
association In Battery park, near the
Aquarium, formerly Castle Garden,
scene of the first American appearance
of the fnmous Swedish singer. The
monument, according to present plans
of the nssoclatlon, will be dedicated
on October B. 1925, which date will be
the one hundred nnd fifth birthday at
the singer, and will fall less than a
month nfter the seventy-fifth anniver
sary of her first appearance in Amer
ica, on September 11, 1850.
Jenny T/Ind Is the second woman t®
be honored by a public statne In the
city of New York, and the sixth musi
cian to be thns commemorated In the
American metropolis. The only other
public monument to a woman, except
ing the busts in the Hall of Fame, la
the equestrian statne of Joan of Af* . 1
on Riverside drive. The other musr
clnns to whom statues have been erect
ed In the city are Beethoven, who I*
honored by two pedestifled busts—one
on the Mali In Central park and the
other In Prospect park In Urooklyn;
Mozart, von Weber nnd Grieg, each
with a bust In the flower garden of
Prospect park, and Verdi, with a heroic
monument In n square of upper Broad
way.
Artificial Butterfly Wings
Prof. Hans Zozlier, addressing the
German Chemical society at Hamburg, *
declared that he has succeeded by ar
tificial means in reproducing the color
ing of butterfly wings with much more
effect itnd richness than tlie originals
themselves. Frequently, said the Ger
man scientist, he has- made artificial
wines which would make "any butter
fly In the world turn green or black
with envy." The beautiful color ef
fects In butterfly wings nre produced
by light reflections on the same prin
ciple which causes the glistening
colors In soap bubbles. —Pathfinder
Mngazliye.
Few Titled Japanese
The number of titled persons to
Jupnn Is now 953, according to figures
Just published by the Imperial house
hold department. The lowest rank of ■>
the peerage, that of baron, leads with
411; then come viscounts with 382;
counts, 10TJ; marquises. 38: princes,
10. This li,st does not include princes
of the Imperial blood.
Line of Least Resistance
Janet's husband was a simple old
fellow. ' -■
One day the good laundress wanted
her husband to paint the mangle.
Huving told him what to do, she went
out to buy fhe dinner.
On her return she could see no sign
I her husband In the cellar.
"Joe! Joe I" she called. "Where are
von?"
"Upstairs'" replied Joe from above.
"What are you doing up there?"
"Painting the mangle."
"What are you painting up there
*or?"
"Well, the paint was np here!" r*t
piled Joe.