Playful Pet or
Killer? Experts
Study Zoo Bear
i
Summer Appear* to Change
Nature of the Beast Into
Dangerous Animal.
CHICAGO.?What is it about sum
mertime that turns the friendly bear
into a growling killer is perplexing
the minds of zoo officials here, says
the Herald American.
They were trying to probe into the
"personality" of the beast to see
whether it was fundamentally a fun
loving pet or a dangerous animal.
A big, lumbering clown of the ani
mal kingdom, a Tibetan bear, has
proved that In the hot weather it
is more treacherous than a snake,
more ferocious than a tiger, and not
to be trusted even by the keeper
who has fed and kept it for many
years.
In its cage at Lincoln Park zoo
It went berserk, maneltne and chew
ing the arms of a veteran attendant,
Anton Rauch, 59, who had entered
the cage to clean it. Rauch later died
in the hospital.
Rauch'a screams attracted Park
Policeman John Lanning, who en
tered the barred enclosure armed
* with a sawed-olT shotgun. The big
bear dropped the limp form of
Rauch and lunged for the policeman
only to be felled by three shots. Both
Rauch's arms had been chewed
and the right one had been torn Into
shreds.
No DlfBenlty Before.
In 30 years at the zoo, Rauch had
never had the slightest difficulty
with the animals, and had coma to
trust many of the inmates of the
bear cages, which Rauch had helped
build himself.
Rauch's experience emphasizes
that the bear Is even more of a
potential killer than the tiger or lion.
It also serves as a warning that the
summer season, which means in
creased attendance at zoos and cir
cuses, is always a bad time to let
doom the bars of safety when it
comes to dealing with them.
In a search through newspaper
flies of several years, it was found
that the increased excitement of
crowds seems to irritate the big ani
mals and change their norma] de
sire for fun into a mad fury of
murder.
It was on July IT, 1944, when
Catherine Searles, 25, a New York
socialite and daughter of a wealthy
zinc manufacturer, went to see the
bears at Central Park zoo following
a night club party.
According to the police, Miss
Searles climbed over a three-foot
guard rail and waved a handker
chief through the steel bars of a
cage. The beast grabbed her arm
and gnawed it from finger tips to
elbow.
Bear Breaks Loose.
It was on August S, some years
ago, when a ferocious grizzly broke
from a steel-barred cage In High
land Park zoo in Pittsburgh and
spread terror through the adjoining
residential district, before being shot
and killed.
She attacked Zoo Superintendent
Arnold Schaummann on sight.
Schaummann, armed with a shot
gun, shot the beast as it roared at
him, dropping the animal eight feet
away.
In almost exactly similar circum
stances as the Lincoln Park maul
ing, Thomas Earl, M, keeper at
Cleveland's Brookside zoo, was
ripped to death on July ?, 1932.
Earl, unarmed, went into the
bearpen with a breakfast of raw
meat, bread and carrots for "Sun
shine," a 900-pound beast named for
his usually even temper.
The animal rose up suddenly, en
circled Earl's shoulders with one
paw and began clawing at him with
the other.
Other workers failed to drive the
beast off by poking at him with
rakes, and It Anally took 10 riAe
-k. _A_ i_ U? ?- J ? ? ? ?
?uuw hi &ui mm. c#?n wu acaa.
Turtle Has Neck Trouble;
Operation Yields Cyst
SAN FRANCISCO. - Napoleon,
,tb? turtle, stuck his neck out hers
'lor s tonsillectomy.
There was danger that the big
green reptile at San Francisco's
Steinhart aquarium would become
but e hollow shell, (or every time
he stuck his neck out he got a lump
in it and couldn't eat
He shriveled up between decks to
a scant 6S pounds, so Dr. Wilbert
Chapman, curator of fishes (or the
California Academy of Sciences, or
dered an operation.
A tew swift incisions, a tied ar
tery and the whole thing was over
tn IS minutes. Napoleon showed
signs of immediate recovery.
The tonsillectomy, not the turtle,
wss mock. The "surgeons" got cred
it for e cyst
Prirate Soldier Wine
Pass and a Promotion
SHEPPARD FIELD, TEXAS. ?
Tic. Robert I* Hall, Memphis, Tenn ,
was booked for a three-day peas
?and wound 9 with a promotion.
It ail happened because the pri
vate was tempted by the suggestion
cf a three-day pass tor ideas in a
conservation program white sta
tioned at Craig field, ftelma. Ale.
Hell submitted a device tor pre van
tton at battery acid metItow.
New a tetter has arrived from
Washington headquarters granting
authority^ to^promoia the aviation
$1,920 Is Found in
Home Laundry Chute
KANSAS CITY. ? A laundry
chute loosed a shower of $20, $30
and $100 bills along with the
soiled clothes when Mrs. Cleota
Atwood pulled open the chute out
let in her basement. The money
?$1,920 of it?had disappeared
from a strongbox belonging to a
guest of the Atwooda. Now ev
eryone is a lot happier.
Society Wakes Up;
Wrong Is Righted
Debt to Cripple to Be Paid;
Build* Him Home.
ST. LOUIS.-Theodore Harris, 43
year-old cripple who has been living
in an abandoned double-decker bus,
soon will move Into a dream house
of his own?complete with shrub
bery and a vine-covered fence.
Harris pngm came 10 me puuuw
attention recently when he was
charged with violating the zoning
ordinance. ? Alderman Vernon G.
Riehl, who served as provisional
city Judge in the cripple's case, dis
missed the charge and said:
"Society owes you an apology for
singling you out and bringing you
into court on a charge when there
is so much wrong in the world."
Society is going to add action to
kind words.
Twenty sympathetic St. Louisans
are banding together to help in the
house-raising. They have bought a
lot on which the home is to be built.
It will be held in trust tor Harris,
and later it will be turned over to
a charitable institution.
Doors, windows, roofing material
and paint will be donated by firms
dealing in such commodities.
The cripple, who makes a meager
living repairing clocks and old-fash
ioned music boxes, said he had ac
quired a gift of 340 feet of wooden
handrails from the old excursion
steamer Capital, now being scrapped.
i m going 10 mane a icncc uui
of that," he said, "with vines."
There wil) be a special ramp into
the house to facilitate Harris' en
trance on his motor-propelled three
wheeled car.
The move in his behalf, be said,
was started by three persons who
appeared as character witnesses in
his case.
"I've already got a name for my
home," Harris said. "I'm going to
call it "The Little Ranch House on
the Hill.' "
Physician's Trust Fund
Helps 12,519 Students
MARSHALL, MO. ? The quinine
pills of Dr. John Sappington, pioneer
Missouri physician, have helped
12,519 Saline county boys and girls
get an education at a total cost of
$211,803, the annual report of the
Sappington school fund discloses.
The fund dates back to 1857 when
Dr. Sappington, one of the state's
first physicians, set up a $20,000
trust, the income from which was to
be used in giving common school
education to deserving, needy chil
dren. This was before public schools
had been established.
The proud and whimsical "Old
Doc" was the first to use quinine ex
tensively for malaria and made a
fortune selling the drug to malaria
sufferers of the Missouri and Mis
sissippi valleys.
With the advent of public school
systems, proceeds of the fund were
directed toward aiding boys and
girls of high school and college ages,
with a big share of the money going
to the latter group. Beneficiaries of
the fund are required to maintain
good scholastic standing.
The original $20,000 has earned
nearly $300,000. The-fund has a cur
rent balance of *82,500.
The colorful Sappington family
figured prominently in early Mis
souri history. '
Selling Restrictions
On Domestic Wool Relax
WASHINGTON. D. C. - The gov
ernment recently lifted restrictions
on the sals of domestic wool which
made the Commodity Credit corpora
tion the sole legal buyer.
Growers may sail to any ooe, but
under present market conditions lit
tle wool Is expected to go to any one
except the CCC. The agency is com
mitted to buy all wool offered it at
ceiling prices until June SO, 1M6. The
ceiling is sbout S per cent above the
price of foreign wools readily avail
able to manufacturers.
The department of agriculture Is
considering a proposal to cut the
price of government-owned domestic
wool to levels competitive with for
eign wools.
Hear Better in Noisy
Spot With Plugged Ears
SCHENECTADY, N. Y. - If you
have difficulty bearing an ordinary
conversation above the din of a
machine shop or a busy street cor
ner, try putting your fingers in your
ears.
Dr. Edwin G. Boring, Harvard
university psychologist, said that
when noise is extremely loud, the
ear loaes its ability to discrim
inate differences in sound such ss
the tone of a voice.
When the maae of the eound la
: blocked out, the ear can distinguish
I votes tanas end other sounds above
the lend Dotse, he said.
Softly Draped Handbags Tuned to
Stunning Fall and Winter Costumes
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
D ESIGNERS are on the qui vive
^ this season to create handsome
handbags that will measure up to
the fashion glory and the new ele
gance of the stunning costumes
which go to make up the fall and
winter style picture.
In assembling your fall-winter
wardrobe, keep in mind that this
year your costume will be only as
smart as the handbag you carry
with it. That's how important hand
bags really are. You will have no
trouble in finding as handsome hand
bags and as versatile as ever fancy
might picture. Be sure to make
your selection with meticulous care,
for this year's handbags make a de
cided departure from the stereo
typed styles of yore.
The three voguish Jenny handbags
shown hi the illustration are typical
of the new movement toward the
feminine look, achieved through soft
draping. These bags are styled as
American women prefer them, with
elegance and stark clean lines, and
hr fabrics that mean fashion and
wearability.
With your perfect dawn-to-dusk
trotteur, the bag to the left will be
Ideal. It is spiced with the new soft
look via uniquely quilted and gath
ered supple goatskin. You'll take
real pleasure in this bag because it
is so roomily built to take care of
your feminine possessions, and it
sure is a winner in "looks."
Simple enough for tailored cas
uals, feminine enough for all your
frills is the handbag centered
sttfiva T ? falls unn fhof fVia imils* I
arm bag hat lost its strictly tailored
look, has been lifted out of it this
season with soft pleats and deft
draping, aa you see. The supple
goatskin that fashions this bag is
most attractive not only to the eye
but to the touch. The mock tor
toise that makes such a good-look
ing trim is outstanding in the news
when it comes to adding the touch
that tells to this season's smartest
handbags.
Sleek, smooth, quality-kind broad
cloth, the fabric that fraternizes
with most every costume, makes the
good-looking bag to the right. In
this instance, the designer takes the
ever-popular underarm handle bag
and artfully drapes a pleated flange
through a graceful span of mock tor
toise.
Speaking in general of what's
what in new handbag fashions, the
most exciting innovation in many a
season is the advent of little bulb
ous pouch bags done in eye-catch
ing silhouettes. These pouch bags
certainly have cunning ways and
they are staging a display of breath
taking novelty. Made of-practical
broadcloth, faille and various wear
able media, they carry on in a
modest way by day. When it comes
to the dressy cocktail party and gala
after-flve occasion, however, the lit
tle pouch bag puts on a spectacu
lar display that fairly bubbles over
with all the glitter and intriguing
fussiness imagination can devise.
Just now it's the whimsical pouch
bag of black satin that holds forth
in the fashion spotlight. Women are
buying these bags to go with the
satin hat and with the all-satin gown
that is so style-important this fall.
These black satin bags are perfect
with afternoon and evening clothes.
The party bags fairly scintillate
with the glitter of sequins or tiny
steel or jet beads. Most of the box
bags have straps to sling over the
arm. The newsiest news of all is
me nttie snouiaer strap Dags that
become a decorative part of the
frock when dancing.
Released by Western Newspaper Union.
Blouse Favorites
Sheer lingerie blouses of loveliest
texture, and exquisitely detailed
with lace register as topflight fash
ion with the young set this fall to
wear with the dress-up suit. Shown
at the top is a charming "come hith
er" blouse in batiste by Judy Bond,
a young college girl and stylist who
is combining a career and school
ing with high success The other
blouse in Judiana rayon crepe is the
wanted kind tor college wear. Its
highspot style details are the triple
stitched convertible V-neck, close ty
Furred Cloth Coats
Make Fashion News
The short cloth coat with in
triguing fur trim is taking over in a
tremendous way for fall The top
news is luxurious wool coats with
gorgeous borders that either trim
the flare hemline or are applied in a
tuxedo manner down the front. Im
portant is the style message of fur
sleeves in cloth coats, such as the
belted wool shorties in neutral
shades that are fashioned with waist
deep sleeves of black Persian. In
teresting also is the cloth coat with
a fur yoke. Contrasting the voluptu
ous fur trims is the use of fur in
discreet ways, as for instance, the
cloth coat that is bound all around
the edges with Persian or beaver or
other smooth peltry. There is also
indication that one type fur will trim
another. Designers are doing won
derful things with fur, not only in
trimming but in accessories, and
fur hats are being turned out in end
less versions.
Color Contrast Extended
To New Evening Dresses
The idea of color contrast is
associated in our minds for the most
part in connection with sports
clothes and daytime dresses. It's in
teresting to note that this color
technique is carrying on in the
realm of formal evening gowns. In
one instance a noted designer intro
duces a panel that extends from the
right shoulder to the floor hemline
of the dress. The panel is made up
of lime and red, flashed against a
black background.
Sequin Ornament* on Comb*
Sequin flower motifs on combs
are among the hair ornaments that
are best sellers. Some are designed
especially for top hairdress and oth
ers tor top knot hair-do.
Evening Sweater Has
New Style Features
Shorter Lengths and Molded
? Lines Are Bewitching.
By C11ERIE NICHOLAS
Cheerio! Evening sweaters have
returned to the fashion picture in
all their glory and then some. And
you'will yield to temptation and buy
one at first sight. Just can't resist
their charm and their fashion ap
peal.
When you buy one of these bewitch
ing butted fantasies, the style de
tails to keep in mind are shorter
lengths (that is if you are looking
for "last minute" chic), molded
lines, mandarin or off - shoulder
necklines and ladylike glitter rath
er than a flamboyant display of
dazzle-dazzle. Remember too the
style-importance of black. Howev
er, later on the supremacy of black
will be challeneed bv many a be
guiling sweater in white or a delec
table color.
The new arrivals in black are
very exciting, some of them looking
more like dressmaker bodice tops,
they fit so snugly, and those that
stop at the waist are ever so smart.
One peiky little black chenille-knit
model with glitter accent is a slen
der fitted type that has a portrait
look with its voguish boat neckline
that is so low cut it looks like a pic
turesque drop-shoulder decolletage.
The drooping shoulders achieve a
cap sleeve effect. Glitter is seen in
the tiny jeweled-button fastening,
together with delicate sprays em
broidered from shoulder across the
front neckline, the design punctuat
ed with dainty sequin accents.
Close-fitting necklines of Chinese
Inspiration are also high style. The
front of this type evening sweater is
emblazoned with a gorgeous emblem
or a heraldic design that looks very
distinguished.
Decidedly new and good looking is
the black cocktail sweater with a
glittering necklace treatment. This
charming sweater which already
has become a success fashion has a '
peplum flare and is dressy enough
for evening wear as well as after
noon. It is available in dark and
light colors as well as white. Gilt or
jet sequins and beads form the em
broidered necklace.
College girls who are growing
more and more fashion-conscious
regarding clothes for date wear
have discovered that a modish black
sweater can be accessorized with
, sequin-type necklaces, glitter pins,
jeweled clips, up to any degree of
formality wanted. In this way they
can have all the glamour of the eve
ning sweater which is back again
in a big way. Then too, the girl
who can sew is doing a lot of glitter
embroidering of her own to give the
evening look to her favorite sweater.
we 1 oi * nil 1
tiigh-btyle blacks
Thii distinctive-looking slacs suit
measures up a thoroughbred on ev
ery count. The materials are su
perfine wool, there is an air of aris
tocracy in its impeccable tailoring,
the use of check with plain tunes
definitely to last-minute styling and
its color theme, chocolate brown with
brown and white check, gives it ul
tra-modish accent. It's smart in'
black with black and white check,
too. It is one of those goodlooking
wearable types that can go places
with perfect propriety because of its
conservative styling.
Style Notes
American claret Is a smart new
accessory color.
Jacket tops of rich brocade are on
the dress-up list.
Evening sweaters have returned
in all their glory.
Doll waistlines and wider skirts
is latest silhouette trend.
The new trend is toward longer
skirts for daytime dresses.
There's style distinction In the
haadMme tweeds best dressed worn
In 1231, the flrst rear In which this
country Imported rotenone roots In
commercial quantities our Imports
were only 8,400 pounds. By 1241 they
had expanded to (.900,000 pounds.
Rotenone Is used In Insecticides.'
Versatile Fruit
Pt-chea adapt themselves read
ily to Innumerable types of desserts
and salads. In addition to delicious
flavor, they offer fair amounts of
vitamins A and C.
Illinois Cropland
Corn, soybeans, oats and hay com
prise 90 per cent of the total crop
land in Illinois.
BBB
w Energy tonic
If you catch cold easily?because
you fatck all the natural A4D
Vitamins and energy-building,
natural oils you need?you may
be amaxed how Scott's Emulsion
can help build energy, stamina
and resistance. Try It I See why
many doctors recommend this
rood-tasting, high energy, food
tonic. Buy at your druggist's.
Have You Tried
PINEHURST
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Made with Gin-Seng Extract?
Treat yourself to the pleasure of this
fine smoke?a smooth, mellow, mild
cigarette?made of selected tobaccos,
especially blended to the popular Ameri
can taste. Plnehurst Is truly one of
America's standard cigarettes?not a
shortage substitute?enjoyed for years
by smokers who demand satisfaction
from their cigarettes. Plnehurst's ex
clusive Patented Panax Process employs
extract of Gin-Seng root for modern
moisture conditioning?the only cig
arette permitted to do eo.
The use of Oln-Seng Extract aa a
hygroscopic agent la an exclusive, pat
ented process of this Company. The
mollifying features of Oln-Seng Extract
may help to relieve dry throat, cigarette
cough, and other irritations duo to
smoking. These cigarettes may be found
much more pleasant and safe for those
with ordinary cclds and other respira
tory difficulties such as hay fever,
etc.
GET A CARTON DIRECT
If your dealer eannot supply. Send $1.80
East of the Mississippi ($1.65 West) for
postpaid carton of 10 packs to:
a l Mm tobacco Company, Inc.
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From Bladder Irritations!
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kidneys to increase urine and relieve
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There la no need now to suffer unnecessary
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due to excesa acidity in your urine ? take
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the flow of urine and relieve excess acidity.
Originally discovered by a Well-known
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vegetables, balsams and other natural In
gredients. It's not harsh or habit-forming
in any way ? just good ingredients that
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It took clothes-ration points Imaa
Australian girl to buy a hat. bam
lag thla. United States aHas
often brought to their dates ^eetat
ly made headpieces of fresh lean,
This custom, started by oar traps,
became the rage tat hat-scarce Aaa
tralia.
Progressive Century
The barometer arid the thermom
eter were developed in the lTth cen
tury.
Heating Safety
One of the most notable innova
tions in safe heating is the wet beer
boiler in which water circulates aw
der the ash pit. The fact that the
boiler can be placed on a combusti
ble floor is of interest in coniuctiaa
with the trend toward the basement
less house In such houses it is )<!?
acsiraoie 10 install tne Doner on a
wooden floor in a utility room or
kitchen. Other safety features of
modern boilers are foot-treadle dear
openers, ball-shaped, air-cooled toa
dies" and side shakers, making ft
easier to open and close dooik.
Lucky Stones
Emeralds were once believed la
be beneficial to the eyes and eras
thysts were thought to imiefe .
drunkenness, according to Encyclo
paedia Britannica. The belief |g
lucky stones still exists.
Bath Banishes Blues
According to etymologists, the
English word "bath" comes indi
rectly from a Greek word meanfeg
"to driva sadness from the maud."
Which goes to prove again that fee
classic Greeks were a modern peo
ple and that they knew the full salne
of bodily cleansing... Bathe frequent
ly and thoroughly, and thua "diiee
sadness from the mind."
Plan Baths
If the man of the house has been
accustomed to taking his daily allow
er in the morning, reserve this Man
for hi>?. The "Children might bofee
in the evening, alloting the time ac
cording to their ages and when feqy
go to bed.' The younger children
might be bathed before dinner, alt
er children later. Plan your own
bath for whichever hour win gion
you the most relaxation.
Ergs Nutritions
Eggi help keep the body haanpt.
Ibey make strong muscles anft
red blood. A child needs four to fen
eggs a week. An older person ante
three to five eggs a week. Eggs an*
be eaten plain, or mixed la eftaar
foods.
Whip Soap Flakes
Whip your soap flakes in a Hfte
hot water with an egg beater and
you will need fewer flakes and pit
better results.
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