HOW GODDESS OF
LUCK SMILED ON
HARRY JOHNSON
Ocean Island is well named. It la
a speck of land about four miles
round in the Pacific ocehn. Yet it
might have been named Eldorado or
Bonanza or Golconda, or any other
name associated with fabulous
riches, because it is probably the
richest piece of land In the world.
At one time It was a calling-place
for South sea whalers, and one of
these casual visitors took away with
him a piece of the rock of which the
island mainly consists and submit
ted it to the manager of a New
Zealand guano firm which had an
office In Sydney. The manager
thought little of it. and used It to
prop open his office door.
Presently a man named Harry
Johnson, an expert in phosphates
and other fertilizers, called, and, be
ing attracted by the appearance of
the manager's door-stopper, obtained
leave to take it away and subject it
to tests. These proved that the
stone was almost pure phosphate of
lime.
Johnson kept his own council, but,
having learned from the manager
that the stone had come from Ocean
island, he went there. He found the
island composed of it! Here was
incalculable wealth if only it could
be exploited, yet Johnson had great
difficulty in financing his project.
But the reward was only delayed.
There is an almost boundless sup
ply of phosphate of lime, and It Is
the most powerful fertilizer known.
It is used also for match-making and
other manufacturing processes.
Today about 2,000 colored labor
ers, under about .00 white overseers,
work the phosphate and ship It to
all parts of the world. The total
value of the product In sight or
eventually available Is estimated at
$400,000,000.
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DORIS HAS ERRED
"Darling, let us keep our engage
ment a secret."
"Yes, dear; but I must tell Doris.
The horrid creature said 1 should
never find a man foolish enough to
marry me."?London Tlt-Blts.
Historic Aspirations
"What Is your great aim In life?"
asked the friend.
"To live In history," answered Sen
ator Sorghum.
"Don't you care for political
power?"
"Certainly I do. Political power Is
largely what Influences historians as
to who gets the favorable notices."?
Washington Star.
Could It Be?
"D'you know, Mrs. 'Arris, I some
times wonder If me husband's grown
tired of me."
"Whatever makes you say that,
Mrs. Tggs?"
"Well, 'e ain't been 'ome for seven
years."?London Advertiser.
A Duplicate
"And so," said the magistrate, se
verely, "this Is the fifth person you
have knocked down this year?"
"Pardon me," said the girl motor
ist, with dignity, "the fourth. One
of them was the same person twice."
?London Tatler.
VOICE OF EXPERIENCE
Literary One?The race Is not to
the swift, nor the battle to the
strong.
Oldsport?You said It; them sports
Is generally framed.
Safety First
Ambulance Doctor?What hap
pened to this fellow?
Policemnn?He climbed up this
"Safety First" sign to see what It
said and the blooming thing fell on
him.?Brooklyn Dally Engle.
Poor Social Quality
Edith?Is Mrs. von Good an enter
tabling conversationalist?
Louise?Perfect dummy 1 If she
can't speak well of a person, she says
nothing.
Precise
Two friends met; one was garbed
* i widow's weeds.
The Other?My dear friend 1 How
I pity you?a widow at twenty-live!
The Widow?Pardon me, twenty
four!?Cleveland Record.
Live Ad Man
Guide?That volcano Is always
smoking like that
Ad Man (to helper)?Take a pho
tograph of It, Bill; we'll say It
smokes our "Pipe Dream" brand and
finds It delightful.?Brooklyn Eagle.
Pose
Artless?What Is behind that Mona
Msa smile?
Knowall?Nothing unusual, 1 claim.
She was merely sitting for her por
trait nnd trying to look pleasant?
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Going Down I
"What's the cause of falling hair?"
Barber?Gravity, sir.?London An
swers.
YEAR AFTER
(v YEAR
OF DUAUTY
Merry Time at Popcorn Ball
Entertainment That Can Be Made Thoroughly Enjoy
able at Trifling Financial Cost and Little
Labor in Its Preparation.
In these days, when financial prob
lems are so generally harassing,
there Is a tendency to curtail In en
tertaining. While this seems a nat
ural result. It Is, nevertheless, to be
deplored. It Is when spirits are low
that the heartening of congenial com
panionship Is most needed. These
social events that do not drain, or
even strain, the purse, are actual In
vestments In good health for host
and hostess as well as guests. It has
been demonstrated that good cheer
promotes well-being, and when a per
son Is well he or she can best com
pete with problems. So let us not
cut down too decidedly on the pleas
ant means of promoting health and
success.
In order to do this with no reac
tion In the thought of too much
money spent which would come on
the persons entertaining If It was
done too lavishly, let me suggest a
new party, the Popcorn Ball, which
can be given at trifling cost.
The word ball suggests evening
dress, or at least dainty frocks.
These add glamor to an occasion,
yet no one need get anything new.
Before the event, the hostess pops
corn, dips some kernels In vegetable
dyes of different colors, wires a few
kernels with one color, edging them
with green," and makes two nosegays
of similar colors, and as many nose
gays as there are guests. These she
arranges In two little baskets. From
these she presents boquets to the
men and the women. Matching
boquets secures partners for the first
dance. The music can be on the
radio, a vlctrola, or by different per
sons whom the hostess asks before
hand to play for one dance. The cost |
of musicians should be eliminated.
Ths hostess supplies needles and
strong thread, and great bowls of
popcorn, which can be ready or be ?
popped as part of the entertainment, s
The players gather around the tables
having these bowls on them, and at
the sound of a signal they start
stringing popcorn chains. At another
signal, each player passes his or her
chain to the person next on the right,
who proceeds to string on this chain.
When the final signal Is sounded,
the man and woman whose chains
measure most nearly the same length
become partners for the next dance.
Of course, players do not know of
this beforehand.
The hostess scatters the remaining
popcorn over a cleared space in the
center of the room, and at a signal
?ach person picks up one kernel at s
ime In the effort to gather the targ
et quantity. The man and woman
Those popcorn kernels count up most <;
learly alike are supper partners. 1
Popcorn Is the chief edible for the 1
?efreshments. Popcorn balls and i
sweet cider or a fruit punch may be i
:he whole menu. Or make an orange 1
gelatine. Top each portion with ]
whipped cream, sprinkle lavishly with <
popcorn first put through the food 1
grinder, using smallest blade. Serve (
with rolled oats wafers. Have salted
popcorn instead of salted nuts, and
large kernels of popcorn dipped In
chocolate coating for bonbons. Sprin
kle around popcorn Instead of minced
Kp tinea ts over chocolate frosted
cakes.
?. Bell Syndicate.?WS'U Service.
Recalling Time When
All Turkeyi Were Wild
Entrancing are the accounts of the
turkey farmers' modern methods.
The "production in line" of more and
better turkeys is astounding. It ap
pears the Incubators are set at work
at the precise moment to bring tbem
to maturity at Thanksgiving, and
later ones for Christmas and New
Tear's.
From pen to pen the gawky bird
makes his progress until he Is ready
for shipment. No doubt, along with
the methods of standardization, in
cluding branding the turkey with In
delible ink, or trademarked like the
citrus fruits, they now load him with
an endless conveyor belt and whisk
him through the dressing processes
with elaborate heed to scientific man
agement
Now let the Idaho turkey farmers
read of what our ancestors saw when
the world was young. Felix Walker,
coming into Kentucky, narrates:
"So rich a soil we had never seen
before. Covered with clover In full
brown, the woods were alive, abound
ing in wild game. Turkeys so numer
ous that It might be said there ap
peared but one flock universally scat
tered In the woods."
Let the mass production experts
beat that if they can 1
Those who bandy the name of Bril
lat-Savarin, connoisseur of the pleas
ures of the table, to shame our Amer
ican bill of fare would do well to
quote his chapter on the American
turkey and how he Is hunted and
cooked.?Cincinnati Enquirer.
Handling "Dead" Letters
The man who mails a letter inad
vertently leaving both the address of
the person to whom it Is sdbt and bis
own address from the envelope no
longer will have to wait six months
for the letter's return. A new system
of handling dead letters and pack
ages, of course, provides that all
first-class post offices will handle
their own dead letters immediately,
opening them to find the name of
the sender if possible. Second, third
and fourth-class offices will forward
such undeliverable matter to some
fifty odd dead letter offices provided
for in new instructions. A delay of
only 48 hours will be required under
the new management.?Washington
Star.
MANY AND VARIED
ARE THE BELIEFS
COMMON TO MAN
The total number of superstitions
Is large and they vary with locality.
But some of them are almost univer
sal. Everybody knows It Is bad luck,
while walking tinder a ladder, to
step Into a coal hole in the sidewalk.
Everybody knows bad luck may be
averted If you knock on wood after
making a rash statement. Every
body knows that It is unfortunate to
see the new moon over the left shoul
der?and lucky to catch its first
beam over the right shoulder.
Terhaps not so many, even of the
cautious ones, know that an umbrella
should never be raised in the house,
nor should one rock an unoccupied
rocking chair. Entering a room by
one door and leaving by another is
unfortunate. Something is almost
sure to happen.
Since the horse has almost retired
from the scene, the good luck found
in picking up a horse shoe has
doubled. One should never pass up
a shoe on the pavement now. Few
experiences are more valuable.
And speaking of umbrellas, it Is
exceptionally bad luck to leave one
In a church vestibule during the
services. Probably such an act
would be equally unfortunate If com
mitted In the vestibule of a movie
theater.
Recently a magazine published a
score card by means of which you
might learn Just how superstitious
you were. You put a cross in one of
the squares when you recognized
your own superstition. Some of the
readers ran up as high as fifty.
It is often an omen of bad luck
when some one leaves a cake of
soap on the stairs, or when you miss
the nail that is to be pounded and
connect with the thumb, or when the
children leave their little go-cart In
the passage way you start through
wrapped in thought. But apparently
the worst of all luck is to be born
under the wrong star. What is the
use of struggling, when the stars in
their courses fight against you? And
yet, by the way, did you ever hear
of a person with a decidedly bad
horoscope? As a rule the stars do
very well by us.?A. J. R. in the
Minneapolis Journal.
Wise Welsh Pony
Believed to be the oldest equine
worker In the world, Sergeant, a thir
ty-four-year-old Welsh pony, has com
pleted 29 busy years In a coal mine
at Mountain Ash, Wales. He knows
his Job so well that he does not need
directing in any part of it.
i graham!
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FAMOUS RADIO ANNOUNCER
says:
''I'll announce to the
world that THE EDISON
is a great Hotel"
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PRINCIPLE VS. INTEREST
A man In the "Near" East who had
luite a reputation as a skinflint lost
lis pocketbook a while ago, with $200
n cash in It. He put an advertlse
nent In the "Lost" column in the
iaper but a month elapsed and he
lad heard nothing on the subject.
He had about given up all hope of
iver seeing his $200 again when a
farmer came in and returned the
locketbook. The skinflint looked In
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the pocketbook and found the money
was all safe. The farmer thought
perhaps the capitalist might give him
a slight reward. On the contrary the
skinflint gave him a sour look and
said: "The money's all here, but
Where's the Interest?"
Reminder
Note to parents: You were that
same kind of Idiot at sixteen and
look how well you turned out?Los
Angeles Times.
If you want to GET RID of Constipation worries
Science says Today
use a LIQUID Laxative
1. Control intestinal action exactly?no "purging"
2. Measure to suit your individual needs to the drop
3. Banish Bowel Fatigue and the laxative habit
Here's Whys
Any hospital oflers evidence of the
harm done by harsh laxatives that
drain the system, weaken the bowel
muscles, and in some cases even
affect the liver and kidneys.
A doctor will tell you that the
unwise choice of laxatives is a com
mon cause of chronic constipation.
Fortunately, the public is fast
returning to the use of laxatives
in liquiaform.
A properly prepared liquid laxa
tive brings a perfect movement.
There is no discomfort at the time
and no weakness after. You don't
have to take "a double dose" a day
or two later.
In buying any laxative, always
read the label. Not the claims, but
the contents. If it contains one
doubtful drug, don't take it.
Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is a
prescriptional preparation in which
there are no mineral drugs. Its in
gredients are on the label. By using
it, you avoid danger of bowel strain.
You can keep the bowels regular,
and comfortable; you can make
constipated spells as rare as colds.
The liquid test:
This test has proved to many men
and women that their trouble was
not "weak bowels", but strong
cathartics:
First. Select a good liquid laxa
tive. 2. Take the dose you find is
suited to your system. 3. Gradually
reduce the dose until bowels are
moving regularly without any need
of stimulation.
Syrup pepsin has the highest
standing among liquid laxatives,
and is the one generally used. It
contains senna, a natural laxative
which is perfectly safe for the
youngest child. Your druggist has
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The simple method pictured above
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