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If X A DCC, COULAR AH A dead JSO MUCH. |'UJIETCHA HAVE HER
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SWING HER BY -ALL FER. I—/ WHATCHA JT£S!_' ERDAYVOn"rt
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Cotton Joins the Animal Fair
' •- • nuuiiij '
gUOPPING for Christinas toys or
making them at homo is lik*"*
visiting the ' "animal fair." 'J'l 1• •
birds ami the boasts a>*£ there. But
t hcyTre.all dressed up in gay new
costinnes; this year.
Oii« ; ,bT the into resting n" v. ideas
that jfc being emphasized nowadays
is the washable toy. Many moth
ers know from e xperh nee how
difticult.it is to keep Junior's play
things -or Betty's doll family :*s
I Cottons Old and New At Home
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J?OR generations cottons have *
been relied upon for creating
attractive interiors in town and
country homes.
In these days when so many are
delving into early it is
quite refreshing: to see what a,
large place cottons still hold.
Their great versatility is clearlv
demonstrated by their fitness for so
many requirements whore servic.'
and artistic appearance count
most. They are essential for pro
viding the right decorative note
■with antiques or reproductions an i
at the same time they are the es
sence of the latest mode in home -
fl"an as they would 1 ik- • them. And
so they have welcomed the bright
suggestion that anima.ls and dolls
ran be- mafl«» most att raet ively of
fabric. Oilcloth or chambray,
ginghams and calico ore fabrics
lavor' d for this purpose. Some of
ihese can be obtained in special
finishes .so that tle-y can be • asily
washed. Pattern companies now
have patterns so that the mother
who likes to make toys for a
special purpose can do so readily.
furnishings and decoration.
In the accompanying illustration
one of th" outstanding decorative
touches is provided by the glared
denim bedspread-—-a new idea, in
cidentally in this modestly appoint
ed but up-to-date bedroom equip
ped with reproductions of early
American furniture.
Another feature is the calico
chintz which has been used to
cover the large chair. The window
curtains are - of organdie .jnd a
handicraft cotton rug is wholly in
harmony with the atmosphere of
: restful comfort suggested by this
/model room.
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THE FOREST CITY POIJRIER, FOREST CITY, N. C.
RAISE WAR VESSEL
OF MEDIEVAL TIMES
The hull >l a five-hundrcd-year-ohl
Swedish warship, armed wilh ht*av.\
tpon guns, recently discovered on the
bottom of the lliddarholins canal, in
the heart of Stockholm, lias been
pumped dry and raiser! to the sur
face. Archeologists who have exam
ined the relic believe it. to he tie*
oldest war vessel from the medieval
period so far discovered, says the San
Francisco 'hronicle.
It is built of oak, low and slender
in type, and seems to he a direct de
scendant of the Viking ships, vhich
were among the swiftest and most
seaworthy boats ever constructed.
Close by the ancient guns have been*
found round cannon balls of stone;
lead and iron and some iron powder
chambers for the breech-loading guns
of that period. Several cone-shaped
pieces of hollow wood also have been
brought to light, partly loaded with
small pieces of Mini and stone, which
may have been primitive case-shot
projectiles for close-range firing.
P.elow the deck, which is partly
broken down, other interesting objects
belonging to the equipment of the ship
have been found. The work of recov
ering the vessel is dillicult. hut the
hull itself is so well preserved that it
may he possible to reconstruct the
ship with its armament and rigging
fairly complete.
PATHETIC PLEA WON
EVEN NEW YORKERS
A girl from the South, who had
been in Now York two days, was ex
periencing her first encounter with
the late afternoon jam on the l.ronx
subway express. AH or trying vainly to
battle iier wa\ into one of the trains,
she weni to ;i guar.l and said: "Listen
here, mister. I've been trying for fif
teen minutes to get on one of these
trains, ami it's almost six o'clock . . .
and we've got company coming for
dinner, so of course I've got to cook
biscuils and the company will he there
at six-thirl \ : so, holiest, you've got
to do soiuel hiiii; about it." The as
tonished guard turned and addressed
the packed mob waiting for the next
train to pull in.' "Now, listen hero,
folks." lie said, "this little lady's goi
company coming at six-thirty, and
she's gotta cook biscuits, and here it
is almost six o'clock, so she's gotta
get on thfs next train, see?" The
equally aston shed mob opened up an
aisle in open-mouthed amazement and
the little gal from the South paraded
into the car without brushing a shoul
der. —Life.
Lonely Life Savers
A lonely vigil is kept by coast guard
and lighthouse crews at I»ig Sable
point north of Ludington, Mich. They
live in complete isolation the year
round. Finding of coins and other
antiques by different members of the
crew indicates that the point was vis
ited by early explorers. Three years
ago a large canoe was unearthed but
was washed away before crews colihl
rescue it. Recently Albert Howard,
in charge of the coast guard station,
found an ancient Spanish coin in the
sands near the beach. It bore the
date of 1731, and was picked up only
ten miles south of the point where
Pere Marquette died on May 18, 1075.
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Interesting Indian Relic
While digging in a sand pit at ITor-
111011 I'onr. Maine, Orrin lof ]
Uanit'or discovered an Indian ytu;'rr. , 1
The implement about ,a foot long j'
and is two inches across at its wides' •
part. Its blunt end is approximately:,
three-n'iarters of an inch wide while j'
its sharp end is ail inch and a half ,
wide and of graduated thickness
l-rom tho blunt to the sharp end is a
wide groove which turned tlie ennic j ■
pil l into a handy thins wit); which j
Indians could gouge "Ut trees for the 1
purpose ol" boat making.
Petrified Tree Stump
While blasting out a lodge at Moose j I
River, Maine, a road commissioner j j
blew out a large fragment of rock!l
which had in the center the well-de- j
fined remains of an ancient stump that
had become almost wholly petrified,
small pieces of the wood being easily
picked out of the stone. The wood
appeared to be a knot, which in some
remote age had solidified as the sand
stone formation in which it was found
gradually hardened into a concrete
mass.
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Old Story Bettered i
At Brooklyn a man who gave his j
name as Dan Bennett bettered Mark j
Twain's famous remark about the re-1
port of his death being greatly ex
aggerated. Bennett called 011 a
Brooklyn undertaker to thank him for ;
his funeral. His sister had claimed
the body of a man who had d'red on
the street and ordered the funeral 1
from tlie undertaker.
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Heavily Insured j
An insurance journal publishes a |
list of persons in the United j
States and Canada who own life in- j
surance amounting to $1,000,000 or j
more on each life. Last year only •JJ-* j
were insured to this extent. More,
than 10.000 persens own a minimum J
of S.">O,(MH > life insurance each. \
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Special Attention ,
Station Master—The pig cannot go
!u the -arriage with you. It must »
have a special compartment.
Rustic —Thank you. kindly,- sir; but \
there is no need for all that ceremony
about my old pig.—Porfbarbler (Ber
lin).
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New Reason '
Blinks—Why is your wife on such >
a strenuous diet? i
.links —We have bought one of those ;
infant-size cars and she is trying ?•> |
get thin enough to ride in it. —Cincin- j
nati Enquirer.
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Needed
"G>od-by. darling. Look after the 1
home well and if you need any money j
while I am away just go to the bank." j
"Yes, dear. What time does the ;
bank close today?"— Berlin Wahre i
Jakob.
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