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OUR COMIC SECTION ■£ •' - - Bgp$£>' ' ,' '• . ; __ ; . Events in the Lives of Little Men IF WE QouU? ONIM HANE THE WORRIES NOW WB MAO wiEN we wefie Kips | MIGHT HAVE Tt> DO ^ ^ HOME WORK And not ^ $ BB A Bit TO &BT Z V AWAN*TO SMTf ^ ^ 1WATS WHAT5 WORRm' ' ME- l HAVEN'T HOME WORhJ To PD - I DIP Mine-but mom Has some Chores fee mb- eosH IF I COOL0 ONlM SET OUT OF IT' -—TT—1 $ -ftflS WEVU TBACUEI2. IS ; *' soar oftou6M- ; ^ S+4B WOftK US UkE ; ^ A TEAM OF MOBS ^ NW) WWW "THE OTHee. ONEr WAFTA GET MABClE© fiDfi AKNW/NS? -ir ! ' THE FEATHERHEADS _'Sno Sleep (u/hat the—2 That is fakin'/ shovelling um~zy HERE./ Give me 1Fgo a HEAD-" AT , THAT SHOVEL |ILAST A spARK, YOU SO'M An1d“Vf m7nhood/ SET BREAKFAST rDoMY //ASiT READY me to WORKv. — Aw—-T SO HARD) K* IT I SN’f TDST ^ THAT—TOU WOKE / ME JP—NEXT Li TIMS wait 'Till y _ I'VE LEFT for f I WORK _/ FINNEY OF THE FORCE .■sai.’ggSS. Takes the Cake rss&jrrsfe^r® ^?.«ssd UP HEPE- KlM 1 ' ^ Vr I TAKE lT^lt> JT - —Art' AS Vez. DOSI’T BOPDER AiMT 'LOWED ) doubt EFF'rt -f'HArtB A VA K'rt—ME KKlOlFE— Ol'LL WIFE KJBVEPi _ CUT IT FER WAS A GOOD f SET.— COO< j ' T-fi? ■ ■ rrr. jw MinID, SiBRREAK IT? LEAvJE *1HE LT oi KlNJ DO HERE- \ THAT BREAK pieces ) MO DOUBT^ AMD EAT )* ~ 1 THAT \A/AV y I W/OMD&R. ohi I \NHUT TH*—2 HOW -THEM THAT nWUZ A tJ^re? TouSH 0RREAK r there / Fep VBZ/ The Cure for Rickets IN THE romantic days of Queen Elizabeth, courtiers and wealthy citizens went to church wearing boots and long coats because they were ashamed to show their crooked bow legs. Their crooked legs and de formed bodies were caused by rick ets. We know now that' rickets come from lack of sunlight and good food, but up until about 1800 its cause was unknown. .Most people thought it was a visitation from the devil, and doctors gaVe hot mud baths to children to avoid it. Another stand ard remedy was to wrap babies in swaddling clothes. Although over half the children treated in this way died in the first year of infancy, it was supposed to be a good remedy. Women were especially hard hit by rickets. It malformed and contrac ted their pelvic bones in a way which made it almost impossible for them to have children. Dr. Ed wards, an Englishman, was one of the first to show the connection be tween lack of sunlight and rickets. He noticed its absence among even the poorest Mexicans who lived re gularly out in the sun. Later, scientists showed that the actinic rays of the sun, the same rays which cause sunburn, can pre vent rickets. This is one of the rea sons why children and adults alike should keep out of doors as much as possible. In the wintertime when we can’t get out, good substantial food, especially when supplemented by animal products like cod-liver oil, serves much the same purpose. Where the Whangdoodles Grow A WHANGDOODLE is an animal that habitually associates with pink elephants and orange-eyed al ligators. It is most frequently seen late at night seated complacently at the foot of beds where bibulous gentlemen are trying vainly to get to sleep. As a matter of fact, no sober per son has ever seen a whangdoodle. So the descriptions of it naturally vary according to what one has had to drink and how much. In a general way it can be described as a tremendous animal weighing at least fifteen tons and having thir teen eyes, eleven ears and seven noses. It has the head of a unicorn, the shoulders of a rhinoceros, the hips of a lion, and the whiskers of a cat. Only male whangdoodles ever grow to maturity because the fe males are unable to stand the stren uous night life. In the daytime, whangdoodles live on steep moun tainsides, and since their legs on the right side are longer than those on the left, they always climb and descend mountains in a clockwise direction. Full - grown whangdoodles come equipped with slender, hairless tails and a cast • iron ball on the end. The iron ball can be used either to swat flies or to crack ice. The origin of the whangdoodle is lost in the smoky mists of genera tions of morning-after hangovers. Elevators ELEVATORS are so common place to most of us that we sel dom stop to realize what a tremen dously important part they play in our modem life. Without elevators, no skyscraper, no tall office build ing or hotel could exist. Even ordi nary apartment houses over four stories in height would be imprac tical. As a matter of fact, no tall build ings did exist in America until about 1870, when the Singer building was erected in New York. The inven tion of the elevator itself dates from 1850, when Henry Waterman built a crude platform hoist operating be tween two floors to move goods in his warehouse. Soon after that Eli sha Graves Otis began manufactur ing lifts in Yonkers, N. Y. Largely through his improvements, the first passenger elevator was constructed in 1857 and the first passenger ele vator in an office building in 1869. Many important improvements have been made since that time, such as the electric elevator in 1889 and the automatic elevator in 1924. These have all stepped up speed and efficiency until today, modem types can make 1,000 feet per minute and could go even faster if necessary. Engineers say that when speeds go above 1,000 feet a minute, passen gers complain too much about “that sinking feeling” in the pits of their stomachs. Eye Greatest Marvel Of all the human organs with which nature equipped man, the eye, perhaps, is the greatest mar vel of all. None of man’s other senses is so keenly developed or so necessary to him. A man can be deaf, lose his sense of taste and smell and even his sense of touch, and still lead an active life. But when his eyes go bad he is practi cally helpless. Scientists tell us that we get about 87 per cent of our impressions of the outside world through our eye. Our ears oring us only 7 per cent, our noses 1.5 per cent, our sense of touch 1.5 oer cent and our sense of taste a nere 1 per cent OriginaV Data as to How Yellow Hand “Bit the Dust.” SINCE the passing of the dime novel with which in the dear, dead juvenile days I was wont to while the time away, it has been my habit to poke around in search of historical works steeped in frontier lore, Injun fighting, bad man biographies, red handed gun players born to trouble and prepared to die with their boots on. Any literature perfumed by black powder, punctuated with the clash of bowie knives and the rattle of musketry popping in the cottonwood was water on my wheel. Bom in Nebraska, a crossroad for Sioux, Commanche, Cheyenne, Black Foot and Apache, soldiers, cattlemen and frontiersmen, I inhaled an at mosphere filtered and refiltered through the nostrils of men who wore cow-hide breeches and who took their sleep standing. I was seven years old when George Custer and his regiment were wiped out at the Little Big Horn massacre; heard white and red men pile up the terrible de tails, listened to but did not fully comprehend the preparations for revenge. Via the grapevine tele graph of the prairies I heard more than I should, more than my fa ther, a missionary among the Sioux and Cheyenne, knew had reached my ears. Chief Gall, Rain-in-the Face, Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Red Cloud passed in the flesh and in confusing rumors along the Mis souri, leaving me dumb with won derment. meets uia Indian r ignter. I remember with crystal clarity the day Capt. Jack Crawford rode into the mission on a spent horse with the news that Buffalq Bill had met the Cheyenne chieftain, Yellow Hand, in mortal combat and killed and scalped him. The memory of that thrilling declaration remained with me for many a year, definite, reiterating, audible, like something alive. It became the outstanding memory of my boyhood. From Ne braska, from which section I de parted for the Far West with my folks in ’77, I brought the vision of Bill Cody's victory over the red In dian. It marched with me like a living dream. In later life I heard repeatedly that the story of Cody’s meeting with Yellow Hand was mere myth, a wild tale of the frontier, unsup ported. The reiterated denial from sources that seemed unimpeachable depressed me. All attempts at verification failed. Many versions, none of them in accord, appeared in books dealing with the Indian wars. Obsessed with the desire to find an eyewitness, I sought substantiation from any and all living soldiers and civilians as sociated with that era who crossed my trail. Success crowned my per severance. In the city of Boston, August, 1929, at the invitation of a friend, I called upon Samuel Storrow Sumner, ma jor-general of the United States army, retired, totally blind, in his seventy-eighth year and residing on Beacon street. We talked of the early days, the Indian uprisings and the opening of the vast and fertile country west of the Missouri. In the course of our conversation the gen eral mentioned Colonel Cody, the Buffalo Bill of my boyhood. uets "Low Down" on Here perhaps was my long sought eyewitness. “Is the story of his lulling Yellow Hand true?” I asked. The aged and blind soldier came suddenly to life, slapping his thighs with both hands. “Absolutely,” he exclaimed, “I saw the fight. After the Custer massacre at Little Big Horn, Yel low Hand, now chief of the Chey ennes, came down to War Bonnet Creek to raid the wagons. Cody, who was there with a band of scouts, asked to go into action. Gen. Wesley Merritt, who was in com mand, said he had no objection to Cody, who was not officially of the regular army, doing as he damned well pleased. Bill wheeled his horse and rode straight for Yellow Hand at a gallop. They came for each other head on, both opening with rifle fire at close range. “When almost knee to knee Bill shot Yellow Hand from his horse. The Indian was dead when he hit the ground. Bill dismounted, placed his foot on Yellow Hand’s body and waved a signal that he was the vic tor. Gen. Charles King was also present We were less than a hun dred yards from the scene, of the battle. The dime novel writers lost no time making it appear that Bill scalped the Cheyenne and waved the bloody trophy aloft That is not true. But that Cody killed Yellow Hand in hand-to-hand conflict you need have no doubts whatever. Gen eral Merritti General King and my self witnessed the fight from start to finish.” e Western Newspaper Union. Pronunciation of Word "Zoe” The name “Zoe” is from the Greek word meaning life and is pronounced in two syllables, Zo-ee. ■ HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONS Items of Interest to the Housewife P* A simple way to freshen white washing silk which has become yellow through constant washing is to add milk to the rinsing water and allow it to soak for a few minutes before squeezing out. * • After putting water and soap in to washing machine let it run for a minute or two to dissolve soap before putting in clothes, if you wish the best results. • • • Chilled, diced oranges mixed with pineapple and sprinkled with coconut make a delicious dessert. • • • Never put soda and water into an enameled saucepan that has been burned. Although it will re move the burned particles of food it will make the pan more likely to burn again the next time it is used. Use salt instead of soda. Fill the pan with cold water, leave until the next day and then slow ly bring to a boil. • * • Chairs and sofas upholstered in leather will last and retain their appearance much longer if you f apply regularly a mixture of one part vinegar and two parts boiled linseed oil, well shaken together. It not only cleans the leather, but softens it and at the same time prevents its cracking. Apply h little on a soft rag and polish with a silk'duster or piece of chamois. -- i Calotabs Help Nature To Throw Off a Cold * Millions have found in Calotabs a most valuable aid in the treatment of colds. They take one or two tab lets the first night and repeat the third or fourth night if needed. How do Calotabs help Nature throw off a cold? First, Calotabs are one of the most thorough and dependable of all intestinal elimi nants, thus cleansing the intestinal tract of the germ-laden mucus and toxines. Second, Calotabs are diu retic to the kidneys, promoting the elimination of cold poisons from the blood. Thus Calotabs serve the double purpose of a purgative and diuretic, both of which are needed in the treatment of colds. Calotabs are quite economical; only twenty-five cents for the fam ily package, ten cents for the trial package. (Adv.) Considering Our Duty That which is called considering what is our duty in a particular case is very often nothing but en deavoring to explain it away.— Bishop Joseph Butler. Diversity of Interests No one who is deeply interested in a large variety of subjects can remain unhappy. The real pessi mist is the person who has lost interest.—W. Lyon Phelps. Sore Throat Pains DUE TO COLDS Eased Instantly .. H 1# Crush and stir 3 Bayar Asplito tablats In glass of water. J 2* GARGLE thoroughly — throw your hood way back, allowing a llttlo to trlcklo down your throat. 3* Repeat gargle and do not rliue mouth, allow gargle to remain on membrane* of the throat for pro* longed effect. Just Gargle This Way with Bayer Aspirin Here is the most amazing way to ease the pains of rawness of sore throat result ing from a cold we know-you have ever tried. Crush and dissolve three genuine BAYER ASPIRIN tablets in one-third glass of water. Then gargle with this mixture twice, holding your head well back. This medicinal gargle will act almost like a local anes thetic on the sore, irritated membrane of your throat. Pain eases almost instantly; rawness is relieved. Countless thousands now use this way to ease sore throat. Your doctor, we are sure, will approve it. And you will say it is marvelous. Get the real BA'STSR ASPI RIN at your druggist’s by ask ing for it by its full name — not by the name “aspirin’* alone. FOR A DOZEN 2 FULL DOZEN FOR 25< Virtually le a tablet JMEFICULT DECISIONS ** **"**• WItUAM* WONDERING, WHEN yoUR FATHER,WHO HAS WARNED VOO WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF HE En/ER CATCHES SOU COAST1N6 ON BREAKNECK HILL, UNEUPBCTEPW APPEARS AT THE CORNER, WHETHER TO UPSET IN A SNOW BANK OR WHETHER VOl) CAN 60 By HIM FAsT ENOUGH SO HB WONT RECOGNIZE VOO
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