THE ALAMANCE ULEANER
VOL. LII
TREASURES OF ART
BEYOND ALL PRICE
: [j n rivaled Collection in Met
[ ropolitan Museum.
\ The world's greatest treasure —esti-
\ ted to be worth between $4,000,000
gad ss,ooo,ooo—is declared to be the
i collections housed in the Metropolitan
' Unseam of Art A bronze horse about.
i foot high. dating from 470 B. C., an?-
considered the mo3t perfect specimen
'of equine sculpture in the world, Is
one of the articles beyond price and
■ for which an offer of $1,000,000, or
even $2,00(1,000, would only provoke a
| gmile. ,
No Insurance Is carried on the Met
ropolitan—against either theft or fire.'
Its treasures are frankly nonlnsur
able, because if policies .could be writ
ten nt even the approximate valua
. (ion, the premiums would be prohibi- ,
tlve.
There is probably no building In the
( world that is, however, so profusely
and carefully guarded. Two hundred
I watchmen patrol the edifice during
: day, and every visitor Is covertly
bnt minutely scrutinized. An Intri
cate burglar-alarm system with a hun
: dred alarm boxes and an alert central
; * office adds further protection, which
; functions so efficiently that no article
>has ever been stolen.
The repositories—for the exhibits 1
' and the picture frames are so wired
' thaf'an alarm Is set off the moment
f they are touched.
J At night iron doors are swung on
pie room that contains the smaller
golden objects. Three valuable pieces
[only are religiously removed to a safe.
>They are the Cellini cup, a gem of
; gold and precious Jewels called the
pospigMosl coupe; a Jeweled IQpren
|tine pendant of the Sixteenth century, !
rand a small triptych (or triple picture,
iwhich folds together something like
» book) from the Baron Selyslong-
Ichamps collection. These thrte are
t considered the most valuable of the
[smaller things in the museum,
s The cost of maintaining and admin
istering the Metropolitan Is, roughly,
. $4,000,000 a year. New York contrib
utes about $300,000, and the remainder
i tomes through gifts and endowments
and from- the five hundred perpetual
■ members, the eleven thousand an
nual members and a thousand sustain
ing members of the museum associa
tion.
To add to Its collection the museum •
spends about $4,000,000 a year. Many
of its endowments are for defined pur
poses or to buy special objects. Many
opportunities to secure rich examples
of art are lost through lack of funds.
—Liberty Magazine.
Servian Village Tragedy
Superstition and tragedy ran hand
to hand in a village near Belgrade,
1 J*"*- A dog went mad and was
Mled by a peasant. He threw the
tody in a ditch outside the village.
Another peasant next day passing the
ditch saw the body and thought It was
a wolf. He took It home for its skin,
nt seeing the fat he rubbed himself
fe llo Plng, according to the su
perstition, to be as strong as the wolf.
er peasants, hearing about it, came
0 7 y k the wolf fat and the man did
«"°d business. Suddenly it was dts
vered that the fat came from a mad
The whole village will have to
t0 a Pasteur Institute for treat
ment.
Ja P Girl Athlete
in* ikuye Hitoml, famous Japa
f af hlete, has now two world
, words to her credit, the hop-step
f Stnn,llne Wgh Jump. At the
«t n*. i- aran o,ym P lc carnival held
record p « e esta bU s hed a new rec
gwort of 11.025 meterß In the hop _
JSJP event ' taking the previ
by jji ,vn COrd of 1,0,7 met ers held
had ,' amS ° f Amerlc »- She
ref ord of dr*)- a world
sten-inm ' rnetors ln the bop
,)reaking the world
'"SfWdto Mi. Stein or
! next gnrir T com,n S to America
K^.' meac
the eLer.tr- „ y is now modernizing
Ffciooa buSdhf * equlpment of its
■ the re ( .i f . l(l gS - 8t summer while
Koratories Tn/S? lectu re rooms,
a r , dormitories were va
ftfeta hi g ex Pert investigated
LShlcb luade recommendations
Whii e it „• n ° w I>ein * curried out
N » aS founi that the newer
! t n nl 6 a,rea Jy illuminated ac
} «her bni'rti best modern methods,
t*%atei d wer * ">urid to have
Ijhtinp ' electric
+ *** tv'cly ?**~or
Krtod and 111 ÜBe at a vei 7 ®®rty
Ijjrpt th own to the people of
fttor, | n '' Py use d a primitive form of
•Hd'flint a -n' C t ßeS merely » "harP-
Wet» Ahe flr «t instance of the
tanter 0 f hi V « t . bat made by
r - "• • *
- Every Town Has Its
Own "Odd" Character
There were always "types" in town
and country. Every village had Its ec
centrlcs and has now. You can find
odd characters all around-odd In
manner, in dress, In physical appear
ance. They are a source of Innocent
| amusement to young and old, and, usu
| a ly they know It, and seem to enjoy
; Take the old fellow who goes
around winter and summer in felts,
4-rubber boots, long hair and white
beard, fur cap, and a smile which
j softens the expression of his rough
hewn and bearded face. Now that
very chap used to laugh at his own
prototype 40 years ago; and 50 years
ago, perhaps, he used to throw stones
at him. loday there are bright, snappy
young fellows going to school who will
develop into "types" as they grow old.
There is an up-to-date boy at this
very day in every community who is
destined to become a type by-and-by,
and iill the place of some good-natured
old eccentric at whom he Is laughing
just now.
If the reader of this should happen
to be sixty or more years of age, let
him go back 40 years in memory and
recall some of the "types" he knew
then. They are all gone, but Is there
any scarcity of such types? Have not
their places been filled? Don't you
meet the same kind of "odd charac
ters" today that you did then? Don't I
they look like as if they had simply I
been resurrected? Now, try to imagine '
what these "types" looked like 40 '
years ago. They were bright, alert,
up-to-date lads, as sure as you live.
There was nothing particularly odd
about them. They changed, with time,
and perhaps you did, but don't know
it any more than they do. And just as
every generation in the past produced ;
its "queer cases," so does the present.
The "types" of 197G are ordinary nor
mal schoolboys today, ajid when 50
more years roll by you will have
about the same number of "odd
sticks" in every little village.—Fall
River Glohe.
Farm Animalu in a Show
A man with a great idea walked
Into a theater manager's oftice in New
York. "Just what Is the act you put
on?" asked the manager. "Well, It's
made up of a cow, a pig and a sheep,
a calf, a coupla geese and a horse."
The manager was puzzled. "What
would animals do?" "Do—why, noth
ing. Just stand there and let the
people look at them," said the
stranger. "Say," he added, warming
to his suftject, "you don't know how
many thousand people there are In
New York who never saw a cow, a pig
and a calf together In their lives.
Some of them, have never seen a calf
except In a picture." No question but
that, so far as New York Is concerned,
these animals have become extinct—
Capper's Weekly.
Lifelike Tailors' Dummies
Tailors' dummies which move their
Hps, eyes and heads by means of elec
tric motors hidden in their chests ar«
the Paris tailor's latest step to make
his models lifelike. The first radical
movement to make shop-window dum
mies resemble human beings was the
abolition of the "Adonis" type of male
beauty. Everywhere In Paris now
Adonis Is outnumbered by the corpu
lent, the undersized, the plain-fea
tured, the cross-eyed and the broken
nosed dummy. The faces of these
dummies are composed of a new ma
terial called "staff," a mixture of fiber
and plaster, which Is far less brittle
than wax and permits of more natural
coloring.
Ireland's Golf History
Golf was played In Ireland 300 years
ago, according to a discovery made
by Joseph R. Fisher, member of the
boundary commission, of Ireland, lie
has unearthed records which show
that Lord Montgomery, or plain Mr.
Halgh as he was then, received a
grant of land from King Jam« 3 near
where the famous Newcastle links
now aft. Montgomery gave a site for
a school on this land and records
show that he allotted sufficient space
for schools to ."play at golf." The
school and links disappeared in the
troubled years of the Civil war nnd
rebellion. In the latter half of. the
Seventeenth century.
Not for Himself Alone
Man was not made for himself alone
No, he was made for bis country, hy
the obligations of the soclai compact;
he was made for his species, by ihe
Christian duties of universal charity;
he was made for all ages post, by th#
sentiment of rsvereneo for hla forefa
thers; nnd he was made for all future
times, by the impulse of affection for
bis progeny. The voice of history ha«
not. in all its compass, a note that
dois not answer In unison with thesi
sentlinenis —lobn Quinry Adama.
Proverbially Speaking.
"The Chinese are proverbially. ho»
"People of all races," observed Mist
Cayenne, "are consistently honest io
tbelr proverb*"
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 25,1926
Of Coarse Pop Knew
All About Philistines
Pop, my Sunday school book says
to write a short story about David
and the Philistines. How shall I be
gin it?"
I "Hm, Yes—David. David and the
Philistines. The Philistines and
David. Well, let me see: "Once upon
a time there was some- I —there were
some—people with a king named
David.'"
j "The Philistines, pop?"
"Now don't interrupt Just listen
; carefully. . , . 'with a king named
Philistine.'"
I "Aw, pop, you mean David I"
j "1/ said David. Why aren't you
listening? Anyhow. . . . 'This king
of the Dav—of the Philistines wanted '
to conquer some people called the—a j
-.-called—a . .
"The Philistines, pop?"
"No, of course not! Why should a' i
king want to conquer his own people?
Will you listen or shall I stop?"
"But, pop, David did beat Gol—
Golly—or something. I—"
"That's It. That's it. David and •
the Philistines beat the Gauls by
building a wooden bridge. I remem
ber it all now. . . . 'Well, soon
after—'"
"Say, pop, I guess I remember now, |
too."
"Good! Well, run along then and
I'll finish my paper."
Arrive as Strangers
in National Capital
One of the outstanding features of ,
Washington's difference from other j
capitals of great countries is that it is
not —as are London, Paris and Berlin
—the most important of our cities, nor
Indeed a city at all In that sense,
writes Maude Parker Child in the Sat
urday Evening Post.
Therefore most of the appointees
who come to our capital come as strain
gers. In other countries the chances >
are that a man chosen as a cabinet j
member will be known in own cap- I
ital and will have u wide acquaint- i
ance there. His social status will have
been established long before lie be
comes part of the government.
In the United States, however, a
new official may come from a town as
remote geographically from Washing- j
ton as Constantinople is from Dublin.
His wife and children may have never
even seen the city of their new rest- j
dence until they go there to live. It is '
possible that they may not have one j
friend who is a resident.
This applies equally to the under
secretaries and to the innumerable
men of the State department, but it Is
usually more acute in the cases of sen
ators and congressmen.
Sumthin' Miasm'
Aw, shucks, I ain't so crazy "bout
my father's new machine. There's '
such a thing as bavin' things too fine. :
Ho went and bought the bunch of us '
a classy limousine. The best that he 1
could buy—but not for mine.
Ya know how people feel about a |
thing that's spankin' new. They're ;
alius 'fraid of mars and scars and
such. And every time I'm in it pop'll .
watch each thing I do. That's why j
I can't enthuse about it much.
The seats 'er all upholstered with a
cloth of silver gray, an' all the wood 1
and metal's shiny bright. But that 1
don't mean a thing ta me. I Just
found out today they wouldn't let my (
dog In. That ain't right.
Aw, what's the fun of rldln', when
I leave my purp behind? I hate to i
see him whine an' fume an' fuss. I i
don't see why my father didn't wait ;
and try to find a plain old common
second-hand bus. —Detroit News.
An Ancient Chinese Code
In China, where a vast system of
waterways serve to connect different
sections of the country, in ancient
times it was the custom to send sig
nals along the water by holding a
huge metal gong close to the surface
and pounding oot code messages.
These gongs were known by different
names and were used in war to sum
mon troops or tell of enemy move
ments. There are but four or five of
those ancient primitive telegraph In
struments now in existence, according
to the information I have. One such
gtfng was sold some Tew years ago by
a collector of Chinese antiques living
in Chicago to a wealthy collector In
London.—Sir. Woodward In Adventure
Magazine.
More Fish in the Sea
"The apostolic occupation of traf
ficking In fish," as Sidney Smith once
termed our maritime industry, baa cer
tainly grown larger since that wit
amused London In the 'forties. The
plaint. In a review Just published of
Aberdeen's fishing trade, is that po
tential supplies Indeed are being men
aced by large trawls of Immature fish. j
But the sea contains a quantity unim- .
agined by the layman, as is proved by |
the total catch of 2,340,100 tons land
ed at the northern port last year. This j
represents, on a rough approximation,
7,020,000,000 single fish! i
HOW
DISTANCES MAY BE TOLD
BY THE ORDINARY MAN.—
If you devote your Saturdays to
golfing, shooting, or taking photo
graphs, you have, in all proba
bility, met the problem of Judg
ing distances.
Bear In mind these few simple
rules, and your difficulty wIH Be
lessened. With the naked eyes,
If you have average sight you
can see the whites of people's
eyes at 30 yards; at 80 yards
you can just see their eyes.
When all parts of their body
are distinguishable, they are 100
yards away; when the outlines
of their faces are just visible,
the distance is 200 yards; and
when a face appears as a sep
arate dot you should be 400
yards away, saya London Tlt-
Blts. ,
Six hundred yards away a
group of people can be distin
guished singly; but at a farther
distance than this no detail of
the human form can be deter
mined. Yet at 1,200 yards you
should be able to tell a man on
horseback from a man on foot;
at 2,000 yards he Is simply a dot
on the landscape.
The majority of people, too,
are unable to determine the
wind's velocity. When the smoke
from a chimney moves In a
straight, vertical column, It
means that a one or two-milea
an-hour breeze Is blowing. ▲
three-mlles-an-hour wind will
lust stir the leaves on the trees.
Twenty-five miles an hour will
sway the trunks; at 40 the small
branches will break and It takes
a mile-a-mlnute gale to snap the
trunks of big trees.
How Butterscotch Got
Its Distinctive Name
Butterscotch seems to have grown
In public favor recently, for now, In
addition to the old-fashioned butter
scotch candy, there are pies, soft
drinks, ice cream and many other
things made with this flavor.
It seems that butterscotch was not
of Scotch origin, as the word is a col
loquialism meaning "to scorch." And
that Is Just what butterscotch candy
is—candy that has been scorched. In
the commercial manufacture of butter
scotch a great deal of care must be
taken to see that the burning process
does not leave the candy with any
taste except that which one expects
to characterize the flavor. The cook
ing is done by gas, and each pot con
tains a thermometer and stirring rod.
The batch of candy must be stirred
properly and the correct temperature
maintained at all times. In order to
do this, gas Is nsed, as with this fud
delicate temperature control Is se
cured.
How Pearls Are Tested
A new process for distinguishing
between natural and cultured pesrls
was described before the French
academy recently.
The method, very simple snd Inex
pensive, requires the inserting of s
miniature tube in the hole bored In
the pearl for beading purposes. With
in the tube are two little mirrors very
close togther, at right angles to esch
other and at an angle of 45 degrees
with the sides of the tube.
When a light is thrown into the tube
on the first mirror it Is reflected on
the second mirror if the pearl is com
posed of concentric layers, ss Is the
case with all natural pearls. If the
core of the pearl Is not composed of
concentric spheres the ray of light In
stead of striking the second mirror
shines through the substance of which
the cultivated peart Is made and ap
pears as a tiny spot of light on yie
surface.
' How Whales Are Warned!
The simplest and most constant
sound in Nature, the washing of the
sea, serves as a radio beacon to wan
whales, porpoises, and many flsbes to
keep away from the shore and bdow
the surface in rough weather.
" According to Dr. Austin Clark, for
merly naturalist on the scientific ship
Albatross, "The simple breaking of the
waves Is of Immense Importance to
sea creatures as an index of the dan
gers they are running. In times el
storm the repellent sound lncresses,
and by this they are warned to keep
farther from the shore and farther
down beneath the surface."
Far-Fetched Deduction
A Chicago optician deduces from
spectacles that the wearer "Is of ner
vous, perhaps neurotic tendency,
rather intellectual and temperamental,
and of sedentary life." This bests
Bberlock Holmes.
Best Kind of Experience
After a woman bas taught the third
grade for five years she ought to know
bow to handle a husband.—Dulutb
Herald.
A FIRST LADY
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Mr*. W. Freeland Kendrick, wife of the Mayor of Philadelphia, who also
Is president of the Sesqui-Centennlal International Exposition Association,
irganised to stage a great celebration to commemorate the 150 th anniversary
if the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Mrs. Kendrick is shown
beside th# historic Liberty Bell, which she tapped at a recent broadcasting
ivent when the world was told of completion of plans for the big exposition.
Sacred Canon of Egyptians
The Hermetic books was the name
given to the sacred canon of the an
cient Egyptians, consisting of 42
books, divided into six sections. They
derive their name from their reputed
author. Homes Trismegisttus, aid are
an encyclopedia of theology, religion,
arts and sciences.
Their authorship and time of pro
duction are alike unknown, but they
are aupposed to have been written by
Egyptian Neo-Platonlsts in the Fourth
century after Christ.
Jamblichus gives their number as
20,000 and Manetho as 88,525. Accord
lng to some of the ancients, Pythago
ras and Plato derived all their knowl
edge from these "Hermetic books,"
the Detroit News states.
Elephants Increasing
Laws to protect siephanta in Africa
have apparently begun to accomplish
their purpose, tor the animals are
again increasing In numbers. Only
s few years ago more than 50,000 ele
phants a year were alauglitered for
their tusks and It waa feared that
they would become as nearly extinct
la other parts of Africa as they are
In the region south of the Zambesi.
There Is no longer any Cape market
for Ivory; most of the Ivory trade
now centers in Moaambique.—Youth's
Companion.
Heifers Had to Swim
Four heifer calves belonging to Sam
Carson of Hermlston, Ore., Involun
tarily made a record long-distance
swim. The heifers strayed away from
the herd and fell Into a concrete-lined
canal. The water waa too deep for
them to wade and the aides were too
steep for them to scale, so the animals
bad to swim or perish. They were
noticed by a farmer nine miles below
the Carson place and removed by use
Mt ropes.
Aoqualntancea.
"Jonesby, who Is that maj| who p*isd
to speak to yon; the one y9a cutf'
"He? Why, he's a bootlegger. He
should be locked opt."
"1 agree with yon. And the one yon
■poke to so cordially, who Is her'
"That's Morton, the steward of our
Gentlemen's dob. He hy tfes keys of
the dob's locker. Splendid fellow Mor
ton; Invaluable I" —Richmond Times-
Dispatch.
A Double Killing
Hlggs—Now Dora is wh|« 1
can an efficient girt. Wn tip got
married die killed t#o birds with on*
i((mf ~
nine np everybody was satisfied,
ski
Hlggs—Not exactly, «MLOW ftp
JDtsd shot himself ont of WwftOU \
nfcnt and the man ihS com
mitted suicide when hs MKSItM thb
first month's bill*.
Medal tar Dogs
Rambler snd Joe, two bloodhounds
that trailed a murderer to his death
near Tacoma recently, have been
awarded a cold medal tor tbelr ef
forts. The medal, bearing the nsmes
of the two dogs snd the Inscription.
"For Faithful Service/* was given to
Sheriff Matt Starwlch, their swnsr,
by Tacoma authorities.
Mystery of Swastika Sign
The Swastika symbol which figures
so largely in Japanese decorations is
so ancient, that its origin is lost in
the mists of obscurity. According to a
writer who has made a special study
of the subject the device was found
on a "spindle whorl from the third dty
of Troy (about 1800 B. C.), and it is
frequent in Greek vases about 000 B.
O." The symbol appears again on
Hindu relics that date back three cen
turies before Christ on Mexican and
Peruvian relics, and even on relics
found In prehistoric mounds in Great
Britain. The latest guess as to the
origin of the strange device comes
from one Harit Krlshma Deb, who
aays he believes It to be "a modifica
tion of the mode of expressing the an
cient syllable Om, used In religious
rites. This— a pothook with square
ends—was duplicated, one across the
other, to form the Swastika, meaning
•brlnger of blessings'." However that
may be Seventh century India marked
her cattle with it
Over-Long Sentence
Edgar A. Bancroft, the famous Chi
cago lawyer who has been appointed
ambassador to Japan, said at a Black
stone luncheon:
"▲ good diplomat can couch the
truth, even the most unpleasant truth.
In diplomatic language. He is like the
young beauty.
"T told Gobsa Golde,' said the
young beauty, that despite his great
wealth, he was too old for me, and so
I wouldn't marry him.'
" 'What I' said her mother. *You
told him to his face he waa too oldT
My, bnt be muat have been mad*
" *Ob, no,' said the young beauty, :
'he wasn'4 mad. You see, I used diplo
matic language. He said he'd lore and
cherish me till death, and I told him
be was too young.'"
Women and Courtship
Man views it as a great testimony
to bis prowess at amour to yield up
his liberty, bis property nnd his soul
to the first woman wlio, in despair of
finding better game, turns her apprais
ing eye upon him. But If you want to
hear a mirthless laugh, just present
this masculine theory to a bridesmaid
at a wedding, particularly after alco
hol and crocodile tears have doue tliolr
disarming work upon her. That Is to
Just bint to Iter thai the bride
harbored no notion of marriage until
stormed into acquiescence by the
moonstruck and Impetuous brid»
groom.—ll. L. Mencken, In "In De
tease of Women."
Bachelor's Joy
"This may seem peculiar,'* said a
bachelor, "but I haven't a dngle key
among my possession*. I live In s
hotel, I have no car, the lock on mj
suitcase is broken, the Janitor open*
the office where I work, and, in fact,
I have no occasion, during an entire
day, to use a key of any description.
And when 1 see some married man
who Is In business struggling to pick
ent the right key to fit some of his
many holdings, I feci lucky. I really
believe my bachelority Is compensated
In the fact that I don't have to go
about carrying rieverai pounds of
keys."
NO. 3
BUREAU >F HEALTH EDUCATION.
N. C. STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
SCARLET FEVER
It is only quite recently that the
specific organism causing scarlet
(ever has been isolated. It is now
clear that, like diphtheria, scarlet
fever is a local infection which
chooses for its habitat the mucous
membranes of the upper respiratory
tract. The Invading streptococci elab
orate a toxin and the constitutional
symptoms are the result of the charac
teristic action of toxin in t* l *
system. The peculiar rash of scarlet
fever is the result of the action of
this toxin on the walls of the super
ficial skin blood vessels. The toxin
of measles and of smallpox are dif
ferent and hence each of these dis
eases produce its own characteristic
eruption.
The organism causing scarlet fever
does not live long outside the human
body and reports of the persistence of
scarlet fever virus for years in houses,
letters, books and clothing should be
accepted with much hesitancy. So far
as is now known these particular or
ganisms capable of producing scarlet
are found only in human beings.
No animal has yet been found to be
definitely susceptible to tbem.
Transmission is therefore by direct
contact by means of droplet spray
from coughing or sneezing or by con
tact with freshly contaminated ob
jects such as toys, pencils, door knots
or clothing.
Milk is an excellent vehicle tar
these germs snd in milk they live
longest outside the human body. Epi
demics of scarlet fever have bees
traced to a contaminated milk supply*
Like typhoid fever, persons recov
ering from scarlet fever often cany
living germs in their systems for
months after all symptoms have Us
appeared. Indeed persona may be so
nearly immune to the disease that ths
symptoms are not noticed and yet
such persons may carry the infection
and spread the disease to others with
out knowing it. Such carriers am
the ones most dangerous in ipirned'
ing the disease, especially if they work
in dairies or handle food.
A method has now been perfected
whereby ft is possible to test indivi
duals and find out if they are sws
ceptible to the diseaae. This to
called the Dick test. (The
test is for diphtheria). A serum in
the form of aa antitoxin haa also been
perfected which is very valuable in the
treatment of the disease.
How Conditiona Change
Natives living in northern MiiH
beyond the Arctic clrde are turning
from the snow igloos aad dugouts ts
homes built of lumber and brielC ~T3apt.
John Worth, master of the Carolyn
Frances, first visited the Bethel and
Kuskokwlm river districts In 1904, Is
quest of furs, gold and Ivory. Then
the Eskimos and Indians lived in ab
most primitive style. Last year M
again went north on a trading mission
snd found all changed. The natives
have become interested in rein dee*
herding, fur terming and gold mining;
and, following the white man's way%
are content In modern houses, as far
ss possible in that Isolated country.
Tough on Daddy.
Daddy was confined to the house
with Spanish influenza, and uiothet
was busy sterilising the dishes which
had com from the sick-room.
"Why do you do thatT" asked four
year-old Donald.
"Because, dear, poor daddy haa
gerius. and the germs get on the
dishes. I boll them, and that kills all
the horrid genus."
Donald turned this over tu his mind
for several minutes. Then: "llothsr,
why don't you boll daddy?"
Improved Feeding Spoon
Adolph W. Buchblnder, an executive
of Wright, Kay & Coihpany. and for
more than 40 years a Jeweler In De
troit, is the Inventor of a "non-spill
able" baby spoon designed to facilitate
the feeding of Infants. The device la
a silver shell attachment for an ordi
nary teaspoon, but is unique in that it
prevents any liquid from spilling. The
attachment is removable for sterilisa
tion.—Detroit Free Press.
Made Freak Journey
For reasons known to himself a
German named Emlllo Schierss
traveled from Manchester, England, to
London mounted on a wooden globe.
The globe was a little less than three
feet in diameter and weighed but 87
pounds. Schierss successfully ac
complished his task, covering the ins
tance between the two cities at an