The HOME CIRCLE
INSTRUCTIVE, ENTERTAINING AND AMUSING READING
FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
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PETER IIAS HARD WORK TO
RELIEVE II1S EYES
I^HE very morning that Jimmy
Skunk had decided to go see for
himself the stranger of whom Sam
my Jay and Blacky the Crow and
Unc’ Billy Possum told such strange
stories Peter Rabbit had made up
his mind that he just had to see for
himself what was going on. He had
not been into the deepest part of
the Green Forest since the time
when he had found the strange
tracks in the snow. The truth is Pe
ter had been afraid to go But now
his curiosity had been aroused so
by what Sammy Jay and Blacky
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So Peter Had Started Off by Himself
tiie Crow hod said that he couldn’t
keep away any longer. First he
looked for his cousin. Jumper the
Hare. Jumper had not been afraid
w'hen Peter had told him about
those strange tracks, and he felt
sure that Jumper would not be
afraid now. But Jumper was no
where to be found. In fact, Peter
had not seen him for some time,
not since Sammy Jay had first come
screaming out of the Green Forest
with his story of the big stranger
with the terrible claws.
So Peter started off by himself.
His heart went pit-a-pat, pit-a-pat,
and he sat up to look and listen so
often that it took him longer than
ever to reach the pond of Paddy the
Beaver deep in the Green Forest.
Not once had Peter seen or heard
anything to make him afraid, and
by the time he reached Paddy’s
pond he had begun to feel very
brave and bold. In fact he had
almost begun to doubt if there was
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“Spirit of Radio”
In a costume that well befits her
title, Miss Elmina Humphreys of
Southampton, England, posed after
being chosen as "The Spirit of Ra
dio" in a contest that had many
entries. Elmina is nineteen years
old.
any such stranger as Sammy had
described.
Then all of a sudden, right on the
shore of Paddy's pond. Peter saw a
sight that made him quite gasp for
breath. Yes, sir, it quite took Pe
ter's breath away. What was it?
Why, it was the meeting between
Jimmy Skunk and the big stranger
Sammy Jay had told about. He
was very big, quite as big as Farm
er Brown's boy. was the stranger
and he wore a black fur coat just
as Sammy had said. And there were
the great big claws, the terrible
claws, the most awful claws that
Peter had ever dreamed of. As
soon as he saw them Peter knew
for sure that this stranger was the
one who had made the big. strange
tracks he had found in the snow in
the deepest part of the Green For
est at the very last of winter. And
now here was the great stranger
with the terrible claws walking
straight toward Jimmy Skunk and
Jimmy didn't seem to know it. In
fact Jimmy wns resting and he
looked very much as if he were go
ing to take a nap. Peter wanted
to shout and warn Jimmy. Then
he thought of thumping. But he
didn't do either. The fact is Peter
didn't quite dare to.
But there was no need, for just
then the stranger stepped on a stick
and it broke with a snap. Jimmy
Skunk turned about. Of course Pe
ter expected to see Jimmy run as
fast as ever he could. “Jimmy sel
dom hurries, but he will this time,”
thought Peter.
But Peter was wrong. Jimmy did
nothing ot the kind. For a minute
he just stared and stared. The big
black stranger kept right on com
ing. Then, instead of running, Jim
my went forward to meet him. Yes,
sir. Jimmy Skunk just marched
straight toward the stranger with
his head and tail held high. The
big black stranger stopped and eyed
Jimmy a bit doubtfully. Then he
stood up on his hind legs and he was
as tall as Farmer Brown’s boy. This
made Jimmy stop for a minute.
Never had he seen any one but
Farmer Brown’s boy himself who
could stand like that. But it wouldn't
do to let this stranger think that
just because he was big and had
cruel looking claws he could scare
everybody, and so Jimmy once more
marched forward. You know he
really has a great deal of confidence
in that little bag of scent he always
carries with him. The stranger
growled. Jimmy kept right on.
Then what do you think happened?
Why that great, big stranger began
to back away! Peter Rabbit could
hardly believe his own eyes.
©T. W. Burgess.—WNU Service.
Seattle s Russian Orthodox Church
Towering over several buildings and housetops are the awe-inspir
ing seven spirals of the new Russian Orthodox church which is being
built in Seattle. It is said to be the only one of its architectural design on
the Coast. When the church is completed there is expected to be a con
tinuous flow of visiting artists to paint and draw the artistic building.
This church is being erected by the pastor himself along with several
other members of the church. The pastor is the Rev. M. Danilchik, who
came from southern Russia.
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CRACKERS
By WARREN GOODRICH
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WNU Service.
FIRST AID
TO THE
AILING HOUSE
By Roger B. Whitman
RELATIVE HUMIDITY
WITH the coming in of air con
ditioning, and the use of hu
midifiers, the term “relative humid
ity" is used to indicate the percent
age of moisture in the air. This
term is explained as showing the
quantity of moisture in the air com
pared to the limit that the air can
hold. For a comparison, a sponge
picks up moisture and continues to
pick it up until it is saturated; be
yond that, any more water causes
a drip.
The amount of water vapor that
air can take up depends on tem
perature. The warmer the air, the
more vapor it can hold; the greater
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will be the quantity of water vapor
needed to saturate it.
Relative humidity is the amount
of water vapor actually in the air,
compared to the amount of water
vapor that would be needed for sat
uration. Air that is fully saturated,
and that can take up no more vapor
without forming a drip or a mist, is
said to be 100 per cent humidified.
The relative humidity of a body
of air depends on the temperature
of the air. Consider a room in which
the air at a temperature of 40 de
grees contains a certain quantity of
water vapor. If the temperature of
the air is then raised to, say, 00
or 70 degrees, with no more water
vapor added, the relative humidity
will be less, for at the higher tem
perature, the air has a greater
capacity for absorbing water.
Now suppose that the air in a
room is at 70 degrees, and contains
a quantity of water vapor, but not
enough for saturation. Coming into
contact with cold window glass, the
air will be chilled and will lose its
capacity to hold water vapor. The
excess above the relative humidity
of 100 per cent, which is saturation,
will be squeezed out, so to speak,
and will appear as drops on the
glass. The effect is condensation.
© By Roger B. Whitman
WNU Service.
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MANNERS OF
THE MOMENT
By JEAN
_O Hy The Aworlttod Nrwupepen
WE HAVE a dreadful time, ev
ery once in a while, trying
to remember all the first names of
all the children in families where
we visit only about once a year. It
infuriates the parents when we call
little Dicky, Bill or little Marjorie,
Helen. They seem to think we aren’t
impressed with the offspring, which
is far from the case. We are usual
ly terribly impressed and somewhat
terrified.
For a while we wrote down all
the names of these children-once-re
moved in a note book. But then
we lost the note book. So now we
have discovered a new system.
When confronted with the child we
smile pleasantly and start right in
You Are Supposed to Remember All
the Names of All Your Friends'
and Cousins’ Children.
with our conversation. “So you’re
in school now. aren’t you?" we say.
And then, "I bet you haven’t
learned to spell your own name,
have you?” And nine times out of
ten we get the answer that saves
us.
The only trouble is that it doesn’t
work with children that are too old
or too young. With them we just
have to stay mum until we hear
their mother ordering them about.
WNU Service.
Snakes in South Africa
South Africa is a snaky place.
Outside the mamba the most feared
reptile of the region is the ringhals,
so named by early Dutch settlers
because of black rings around its
neck. "Hals" means neck. Upon
sighting an enemy the ringhals rolls
on its back, feigns death. As the
victim nears, the snake suddenly
rises, squirts venom into his eyes,
blinding him. Within fifteen feet
the snake is deadly accurate. An
other terror is the puff adder. Short
and stocky, its powerful jaws sink
tano! Heen into the victim.
Way Back When
By JEANNE
FORMER MAYOR WAS A SONG
WRITER
THERE were twelve children in
our family and it was necessary
to have a pretty strict rule about
being reasonably quiet in the house
and at the dinner table. My father
repeated so often. “Children are to
be seen and not heard” or "Silence
is golden" that just to think of those
old adages brings back the echo of
his voice. I can’t agree with the
principle of those sayings. Child
(fren who are encouraged to join in
the conversation are likely to have
more self-confidence and to be more
social minded. In some cases, their
very talkativeness may be golden.
Take Jimmy Walker for instance:
James John Walker, who later be
came mayor of New York City and
was one of the most popular men
ever to hold that office, was born
in New York's Greenwich Village
in 1881. When still a very small
boy, he was nick-named “Jimmy
Talker” because hp could not be
kept quiet. His father was run
ning for alderman at one time,
and Jimmy was sent to explain that
he could not be present at a polit
ical rally because of illness. The
crowd called for a speech from
the young boy, and he did so well
that his father was elected.
Jimmy Walker went to school in
New York City, and studied law;
but for a while it looked as though
he might be a professional song
writer instead of a lawyer or a
politician. He wrote several songs
which were published and made a
national hit by composing “Will
You Love Me in December As You
Did in May?” None of his other
songs enjoyed the popularity of this
one, however, and Jimmy decided
upon a more conventional career.
He went to work as a clerk for
the Union Surety Guarantee com
pany and with his earnings re
turned to law school. He estab
lished a fine law practice, and be
came more and more prominent
in politics. In 1925, he was elected
mayor of New York City and en
joyed more mass popularity than
any mayor of recent times has
known there.
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INVENTOR RAN BICYCLE
REPAIR SHJF
THE seed of success is ambition,
and Orville Wright was ambi
tious from early boyhood. He was
born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1971, the
youngest of five children, and as
they grew up Orville and one of his
older brothers, Wilbur, became in
separable. A highly respectable
mid-western family, the father was
a bishop of the United Brethren
church and later publisher of a re
ligious newspaper; but the family
never had a lot of money. Or
ville Wright started to make money
early in life, going about the neigh
borhood and collecting old bones to
sell to a fertilizing plant. When he
was fourteen, he published a school
paper with a toy printing press. Lat
er he made a press of his own and
Wilbur improved it. Next he invent
ed a paper folding machine for his
father’s print shOD. He quit school
in the third year o! high school and,
with Wilbur, started a weekly news
paper which lasted only three
months. They then turned to job
printing and later started a bicycle
repair shop.
At about this time, they became
interested in aviation and proceeded
to construct the first heavier chan
air machine large enough to carry
a man. As in their previous activi
ties, Orville was the creative gen
ius, Wilbur the perfecter. Their
first successful flight was at Kitty
Hawk, N. C., in 1903, and the suc
cess of aviation was assured when
Orville made a flight lasting 62 min
utes and IS seconds, in 1908.
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AS LIFE’S PENDULUM SWINGS
If during life's exciting moments,
those of us who have been co
operating—
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may seem to feel that our time
has come to share in the driver’!
seat.
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We make strenuous efforts to at
tain that most coveted position—
which marks a man as being at
(he top of the ladder—
and we revel in the fact that we
will soon be seated by his side.
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But it is easy to slip from a seat
meant for a single soul, proving
that two bottoms can be pinched