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the help of old Clemenceau, not sympathetic with France this time, says England Is dangerously In volved and “we shall send our young men to die, this time on German soli, to punish those ar rogant and ag gressive Teutons for daring to make prepara tions for the de ft,-rense or their own soil against a foreign Invader." ' • Lloyd George Is bitter In his de 11 nnndatlon of the suggestion that England be dragged Into anotherj war. “France,” says he, "can spend $000,000,000 on the erection of huge fortifications. We can vote plans ,wMch involve expenditure of an extra fifteen hundred million dol lars for protection. But If the Ger mans propose to throw up even a pillbox to guard their famous cit ies and their greatest Industrial area . . . then ‘measures must be •’ concerted’ between the general i. army staffs of Britain and France.? ! The “fastest” double star ts found, and that Is the big news. !■ "Twin suns” close together, In the ; constellation of Ophluchus, revolve completely around each other In ' twenty months. The shortest, period • of revolution for any other “binary” •tar Is fire years. Some revolve ‘ only once In a hundred years. \i Nature Is both fast and slow; the electron in the atom revolves | around the proton thousands of I mllione of times in a second. The lens-shaped Milky Way above your head, In which our sun Is one of 1 thirty thousand million specks of light, revolves once In 225,000,000 years. No limit to bigness, no ’ limit to smallness, apparently. 8J- That naval conference In London ; ends, quite to the satisfaction of England, with the situation about as it was when Hiram Johnson of i California put the situation In these few words: “Great Britain builds as she pre- •’ fers; the United States 'builds asr* | Great Britain permits.” 5 England actually says to the ' United States, “You must build no "fmore cruisers with eight-inch guns; ' we do not like them.” And the r United States humbly says, “All right, then we shall not build any.” I! It Is the old story: England has ] statesmen, we hare politicians—and , rantne of them are Anglomaniac , bs. | ►* Big business, like little business, , has bad Its trouble, but here and , ' there It is still big business. In | Us annual report for General Mo-1 | tors, Alfred I*. Sloan, Jr., reports | • net sales last year amounting to , $1,155,641,511, against $862,672,670 \ the year before; a gain of more , Mian two hundred and ninety-two , ■•wllllon dollars. That means many , new cars, and families made hap- | Epler. The company paid out In | Swages more than three hundred ] ; and twenty-three million dollars, not ( Including wages paid indirectly to j [ thousands of workers producing ma- • terlals of which automobiles are Sixty of Mussolini's planes have larar, Ethiopia’s second , one of 40,000 inhabit llzed” Europe, England moans the fact that a in mosque, the Coptic ind a Catholic church 1 et what happened In the : It helms, Louvain and ind the German cannon a” throwing at Paris night well have wrecked >, the Madeleine or the ►elle. is ruthless as was na artbquake that destroyed ithedral of Lisbon. tsburgh is through with 1 that has almost over be city, a monument rected in a park, or on Inside, In honor of the I recuperative energy of Industrial city. With 1 off, water flooding the y men and women calm d their work, wearing light-bearing caps, like gigantic glow worms, itill possess resourceful a do what they must do. bat hath shall be given,” II street speculation. May 1, If you buy $100 ocks. you muft put $55 s denL ,Tills .will to operate oh a t rich slowly,% SUCH IS LIFE—Birth of Ambition By Charles Sughroe | Got jrrw -- Babylonians First to Try “Inflation’1 Ancient Tablets Give Line on Business Methods. Chicago.—Texts from thousand: of ancient Assyrian and Babylonlar clay tablets, the longest series ol business records available, are be tng pieced together Into a remark able picture of business and bank tng la the .Tlgrls-Euphrates vallej 2,600 years ago by Dr. Waldo H, Dubberstein of the Oriental Insti tute of the University of Chicago. Forerunners of such modern practices as old-age annuities, long and short-term credit, price-fixing attempts, and government hoarding of precious metals, with resulting “Inflation,” are clearly evident from Doctor Dubbersteln’s work. He has compiled price-charts for standard commodities, In terms of shekels, for a period of more than 200 years, 625-425 B. C. Fall to Fix Prices. “Various kings from the great administrator Hammurabi; about 2000 B. C., to the scholarly Ash nrbanipal, 668-626 B. C„ attempted to fix prices at low levels,” Doctor THREE CENT MARRIER A. C. Hess, a justice of the peace n Reno, Kan., reports a tremen lous Increase In marriage cere nonles since he established a low ate for his services. For 18 years le had been justice, and during hat time had performed but four narriage ceremonies, which is not extraordinary when one 'considers hat the village’s population is less ban 25. The idea occurred to him hat if a lo.w charge were made he vould perform more ceremonies, so te announced that beginning Jan lary 1, 1936, couples would be mar led at his residence at the rate it only 3 cents per marriage. Since hen he has done twice -Ms much iusiness as be did In the 18 years leretofore. HiS home has been lubbed “Cupid’s parlor,'! and Mr. less revels in the reputation of be ng “Cupid’s right hand man,” w ■ . . Dubbersteln said. “Their decrees and their lists of prices show them attempting to create prosperity for the people and a feeling of good will by announcing low official prices for staple commodities and at times setting wages for skilled and unskilled labor. Hammurabi even decreed the fee for surgical operations on man or beast “But the truthful commercial doc uments of thope remote centuries make It apparent that royal ef forts In behalf of fixed prices were not successful. The economic life of the nation could not be bound by artificial price levels, and the period of the late Babylonian his tory which Is most flourishing shows no record of royal Interfer ence in price setting. “Copper, lead, silver and gold all served as money at various times during the long centuries of mone tary development In the Tigrls-Eu phrates valley. "Wealth had become concentrat ed In the larger cities, where tbe banking business was chiefly In the hands of a few Important families. These firms were not mere ‘money lenders’ but bankers In every sense of the word. They commonly lent money at 20 per cent per year. Old Age Annuity. "An Interest-bearing note or n share in the Income of,a popular temple could be a valuable legacy left to a dutiful son or daughter. An annuity arrangement for old age comparable to those offered today was known. The recipient of the annuity turned over bis properties or the income of specific properties, in return for which he was guaran teed a certain minimum Income in food and clothing for the duration of his life. “Centuries of experience in legal matters had developed a standard, Incontestable form of document for every possible form of government. “Land renting and leasing was a profitable and extensive business. “The legal aptitude and general shrewdness of the Babylonian busi ness man Is attested to by thou sands of carefully, often cleverly worded tablets. “As. the three thousand years of ancient Babylonian economic his tory are pierced together, there is discernible throughout the ages a gradual Increase in prices of near ly all staple products as well as in real estate and rents. Fluctuations appear, yet the general trend is up ward.” Razed Too Soon Barnard, Mo. — Barnard school patrons celebrated prematurely, causing their children to have to attend classes in churches and store buildings for three months. Pa trons gave vent to their happiness over passage of bonds for a new school by razing the old building. The election was held Illegal. !________ The Sahara's SURPRISING POPULATION r. Almost half-a-miuion people live in the Sahara i Desert. • OUMMtK NAIL I „ growth/ p Fingernails grovW MORE RAPIOLY IN Summer than in i WwTSR-i2ti A SLEEPING SQUIRRELS Yellowstone Blrkgrouni S9UIRREIS SPEND OVER HALF I HE TEAK IN A CONTINUOUS^ WINTER'S ll Sleep. JJ Choosing the Best LEONARD A. BARRETT Henry Churchill King, the lab president of Oberlin college, wrote Jiue great oe cret of all llvlnt Is the persistent staying In th< presence of the best—the great facte—the great troths — the great personali ties.” Life is a straggle to at tain a certain Ideal. 'We may be forced to fight our way through many trying sit uations, but the joy or victory is rar greater ana more permanent than that content ment which comes from being satis fied'with anything less than the highest and the best Contentment is thus frequently expressed—“To live In a house by the side of the road and be a friend to man.” True, but abstract friendship is Impossi ble. Unless lome one frequently comes to that house by the side of the road &nd receives the best water from Its cooling spring, or the best help the owner of the house can give, little contentment can abide within Its walls. Only as we give to others the best water from Its cooling spring, or the best help the owner of the house can give, little contentment can abide within its walls. Only as we give to others the best that is In us do we attain the goal of high and Joyous living. In order to give the “best" we first must attain It for ourselves. Why discount our own efficiency and minimize the possibilities of our own happiness by being content ONE-PIECE FROCK The same diagonally ribbed black silk Is used for the skirt and blouse In this one-piece frock. The top has an embroidered fleur-de-lis pattern In white silk. The collar and cuffs are white chiffon pique. . with the "second best?” When we seek to satisfy our desire for music, let us endeavor to hear the best. It Is far more profitable to hear one great symphony than a number of second rate concerts. It is far more profitable to read one good book, the very best that la possible, than a score of books that contain no great message or commanding pur pose. Environment is an important fac tor in developing character and de termining life’s compensations.. Why not choose the best possible environ ment and refuse to sacrifice its value for die gaudy gewgaws of evanescent pleasure. Living in “best” is by expensive as living on Idwei Most Of the money spent tdtlay is for worthless trivial things which contribute ab solutely nothing to the art of plain living and high thinking. Environ ment depends not as much upon money as upon our choice of »•>“ way we spend our money. ' "The great secret of all the persistent staying in the ence of the best” Bead the oeff. books, see the heat pictures, hear the beet music, choose the best friends. StfdjjBiS the best is I ' ■ 'HE habit of making clippings ■l from newspapers Is an excel lent one to cultivate, provided you cut out the wanted article or para graph as you read the paper, or so mark the page on which It Is, that It can be known at a glance. Just to mentally note the wanted Items, and then lay the paper down. Is to Invite trouble. This may come back uu jruu, nr i[ may cause fer ment in the household. / When the an noyance of searching / for the item, or re linquishing 11 because of the time required to find it again, falls solely on you, it Is dis turbing enough. But when some one else in the family Is i n - volved because o f losing the paper, or of thro wing it away, then the whole household may suffer. This may be because the? reeret your failure to find what you may need, and certainly what you de alre, or It may. be because you cast the blame of your misfortune on the family or some member of It. There are families who dread such experiences so much that a mass of unwanted newspapers are stacked away, or remain cluttering a room to the disadvantage of the looks of the place, or to take up needed space. Distinguishing Marks . All .these ^bothers can be elim inated anththe humor of the house hold remain tranquil, If the person making the clippings will mark the paper In a way known to the family, who may want to read the paper without Its being mutilated. A pencil mark above the column in which the Item appears and a notch cut or torn away from the upper margin of the page, or pages are distinguishing signs used to ad vantage In some households. Only those pages are kept, If the clip ping Is not cut out on the day of date. The simplest way, however, and ono which can be followed should the reader find no reason for keep ing the paper Intact, is to cut out the item Immediately, and put It1 In Its correct envelope or folder without delay. A man whose ple thora of pockets Is the envy of women, usually slips the clippings In one of these pockets until Its UBe Is over. Rett for Busy Folks The word rest can be quieting or disquieting. It all depmids upon whether you can lake advantage of It or not If you are weary and can relax with a peaceful mind the word has an alluring sound. Just the thought of resting Is beneficent It Is when persons are so actively occupied that any leisure In which to take advantage of resting seems utterly Impossible that the very word Ik disquieting and actually ii ritatlng. The kindly advice to tee Is frequently received with resent ment, which, by. the way, Is no really toward the person* maklni the suggestion, but toward the bat riers preventing following the ad vie* It Is these very persons wh must have rest or finally succuml to broken down health. How cat they do otherwise than continue Ii the grinding round of work untt nature snaps their strength, am takes her toll from the offenders How can they get rest ln^the mlds of thgr activities? One Way Worth Trying Without attempting to solve an; Individual problem* I can sugges' some ways of providing means foi rest, all of which have been -foi lowed advantageously. One womat whose work Is arduous finds keep lng a correct posture a decided aid She Is on her feet a great deal ant standing properly keeps the mech anlam of her body functioning as 11 should. It Is a preventive mean ure—and aid to rest Taking advantage of opportuni ties to rest Is one thing ordlharilj overlooked. Journeys to and from work frequently provide such chances, although they may odd tc the weariness If cars are crowded. Commuters, however, ean use their train rides as times for rest Learn to relax mind and body. Many per sons get rested In the twenty, thir ty or more minutes’ ride. One young woman who had a long trol ley ride dally to the conservatory of music, discovered it could be a pleasure when she learned to rest In the period. Before that she was exasperated because the time seemed wasted. A busy homemaker can snatch five minutes out of every sixty In which to -throw herself down on a couch or relax la a chair, especially If she realises her tasks will get done faster by taking advantage of this rest e B*H Syndicate.—WNU Serrlc*. SMy jF\etghbor ▼ ^ Says: * ▼ Stale cake crumbs sprinkled over tbe top of a custard before putting it Into tbe oven to bake gives the top a delicate brown and tbe cus tard a different flavor. Flour should be kept in a dry place and never near fish or vege tables. It absorbs odors quickly and will be spoiled if allowed to come in contact with strong-smell ing foods .C„. • • • A delicious dessert may be quick ly prepared for the unexpected guest by adding any preserved fruit to sponge cake, which has been cut In serving slices and topping It with whipped cream. • • • When ironing a garment on which there are buttons, place the but tons on a folded turklsh towel. The buttons will sink Into the towel and the space between will be ironed more smoothly. C AjaoofeUd NtnptMn.-W.1D SarvlM. Japanese Girl Slays Giant “Snake” . ■ ■ .- *.-- - : ' | j f iLtl I■, --- ! i if m i « “ ' 4* ^1 S | p p g SCALPS' Cuticura brings soothing, wel come relief. The Ointment aids in removing dandruff — the Soap keeps the scalp clean—» l and promotes hair beauty. 1 “Cuticura,** Dept. 8, Malden, Mae*. .. . ■■■ I ■■ I ' MMmCQB “ h OTO* 4M6D0flft^ *1» M ■ 4-—.. ‘-v.-1. .." —m** :
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