House That Breathes to Keep Itself Cool
THIS model of a house that
breathes through Its walls to
keep cool won first prize In the bet
ter housing display at the San
Diego exposition. With It Is the In
ventor, R. J. Neutra, Los Angeles
architect. The house Is of steel with
exposed portions coated with alumi
num. Air channels run through
the walls, and when the heat of
the sun warms them It starts a
cooling draft
0EDTIME STORpIl
By,THORNTON W. BURGE
A QUEER GAME OF HIDE
AND SEEK
OVER Id the Green Forest
where the moonlight sifted
down through the tops of the sliver
trees, began a queer game of hide
and seek. Buster Bear was “It.”
Danny Meadow Mouse was hiding.
Buster Bear was “it,” for Ills stom
ach's snke. Danny wasn't enjoy
ing It at all.
By the time Buster Benr had
whirled around after Danny had
surprised nnd startled him by run
ning out from under his very paw
as he started to rake over a little
pile of leaves In senrch of beech
nuts, Danny had, as you know, dis
appeared. Re had darted behind
the trunk of a big tree. For a
couple of minutes Buster stood per
fectly still. Re was listening. He
was listening for the rustle of a
leaf to tell him In which direction
Danny had gone. But not a leaf
rustled. Buster couldn’t benr the
faintest sound to tell him that
there was another living thing any
where about.
“Now, where can that scamp
have gone to?" muttered Buster.
“He certainly hasn’t gone far. He
must be right around here some
where. Probably he Is hiding un
der some of these leaves. I’ll pull
over a few of them and find out."
So Buster began to rake over the
leaves all about with his great
claws Just as he had been doing
Danny Alwaya Managed to Keep
the Trunk of That Tree Between
Them.
when Danny Meadow Mouse first
saw him, only he did It Id a much
more hurried way. You see, he
was looking for a fat Meadow
Mouse now and not for sweet lit
tle beechnuts which would He per
fectly still when he had uncovered
them. Presently he came around
behind the tree where Danny was
hiding. Danny darted around the
tree trunk to the other side. Hus
ter saw him go. “Bat” exclaimed
Buster. "So there you are I" and
rushed around after Danny. Dan
ny darted around to the place be
bad Just left.
*
Now, Buster Bear, as I said be
fore, can move quickly, but he can
not run around a tree trunk ns fast
as a little Meadow Mouse can. He
soon found that out. Danny nl
ways managed to keep the trunk of
thnt tree between them. Finally
Buster Bear gave up running
around that tree and sat up to
think. On the other side of thnt
tree crouched the most frightened
Meadow Mouse In all the Great
World, wondering what would hap
pen next, and trembling so thnt he
shook all over. Danny had played
many games of hide and seek In
his life, but never one In which he
had felt so wholly helpless as he
did now.
C T. W. Burges*.—WNT Service.
“No matter how hot tempered
either proves to be after the wedding
march," says Reno Ritxl, “they will
find It takes just as much coal to
heat the house."
WNU Service.
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MAKE-UPS
=By V.V.
The backs of the new hats will
have a definite Influence on your
coiffure. Many of them have no
back and simply perch high on the
swirled curls of your head. Curls
are larger, more swirled, and All
that space between the collar of
the cont and the brim of the hat
Copyright by Public Ledger. Ino.
WNU Service.
We're Coming
WHV NOT STOP ATI
60 TO 1
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Question Box
By ED WYNN
Tha Parfact Fool
Dear Mr. Wynn:
In tills morning's mall I received
a circular from a plumber who
claims he Is selling a new kind of
stove which will save half the coal
I use In the stove I have now. Do
you advise me to buy one of his
new stoves.
Truly yours,
I. M. KURIOUS.
Answer: If your [dumber Is tell
ing the truth when he says the new
stove saves one-half of your coal,
why don’t you buy two of his stoves
and save all your coal?
Dear Mr. Wynn:
You are so smart and claim you
know so much. Here’s one for you.
Answer this: Did you ever see a
dog without eyes, without ears,
wlthour hair, without a nose, with
out a month and without feet?
Yours truly,
VETTEIt N. AlHAN.
Answer: Yes, I saw a dog like
that—a “hot dog.”
Dear Mr. Wynn:
I.ast night I had an argument
with my brother about different
kinds of weather. My brother said
that “cold” travels faster than
’’heat,’’ while I Insisted that “heat"
travels the fastest. Who Is right?
Truly yours,
I. SICKLE.
Answer: Yon are right. “Heat
travels faster because you can’t
catch It, while It Is very easy to
catch “cold.”
Dear Mr. Wynn:
1 have Just bought a little house
In the country. It is a new house,
but It Is terribly damp, due, 1 guess.
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A HUSBAND WHO BOUGHT
WIFE’S CLOTHES
THERE Ib fresh evidence to
prove that George Washington
was a brave man. It appears now
that he picked his wife’s dresses!
And that, says the history professor
who makes the revelation, Is proof
that he was the bravest man of his
day.
There Is more. Not only did the
first 1‘resident pick his wife’s
dresses, but Mnrtha liked them.
And that, many a wife would say.
showed Martha brave—to manage
to like dresses which a man picked
for her.
But that, we suggest, depends on
the man. There have been bus
bands, you know, who not only
would trouble to notice their wives’
clothes, but who actunlly under
stood women’s clothes. Oh, not
many, I know. But they have ex
isted. There have even been men
who could—and would—go shop
ping with their wives, with actual
benefit to the aforesaid women. Of
course, they have been few nml far
Because You Came to
Our Street
By ANNE CAMPBELL
BECAUSE you came to our street,
The trees wore greener dress,
And every yard In our street
Was drenched with loveliness.
The birds sang sweeter songs this
year.
And every child was gay.
There was a joyous atmosphere
Because you blessed our day.
But when you go from our street,
The leaves will flutter down.
The sun will set on our street;
The blossoms all turn brown,
The autumn rnlns will fall . . .
The storm
Will tear the nests apart.
And only memory will warm
Your seal upon each heart
For we have stored on our street
A thousand summer Joys
To comfort hearts on our street
When winter gloom annoys.
And always though the clouds are
black.
And bitter winds pursue,
We will be ever gazing back
With summer dreams of you I
Copyright—WNU Service.
to poor construction. What I want
to know Is, how can I keep water
from running Into my house?
Yours truly,
I. O. N. MYIIOWS.
Answer: Don't pay your water
: bill.
© Associated Newspaper*.
WNU Service.
* MOTHER'S *
COOK BOOK
PICNIC GOOD THINGS
.
THE following are a few sugges
tlons which may be helpful In
packing the picnic hamper, or, If
served In the garden or on the
porch, one may elaborate on the
menu:
Chicken Rouleaus.
These are a most tasty substitute
for the ordinary sandwich. Prepare
a light biscuit dough such as would
be used for hot biscuit or shortcake.
Itoll out the dough one-quarter-inch
thick in a sheet four Inches wide
and as long as convenient. Brush
over with melted butter and spread
with minced chicken which has
been well seasoned and lightly
moistened with cream. Itoll up and
cut Into finger lengths and pinch
the ends together. Place on a
greased baking sheet with the flap
down and bake ten to fifteen min
j loYou Know—
That the European cranberry,
found in Canada and north
ern United States was the sa
cred plant of the ancient
Druids? There is also a larger
berry which is native to
a I f _ _
utes In u hot oven. Minced hum
may be used if preferred.
Raisin Drop Cakes.
Cream together one-half cupful
of butter, one cupful of brown
sugar, add one cupful of molasses,
one-half cupful of milk, two eggs
well beaten, one cupful of chopped
raisins, one teaspoonful each of
soda and baking powder, mixed
spices to taste and four cupfuls of
flour. Mix thoroughly nnd drop by
spoonfuls on baking sheets or Into
small muflin pans. Add a few nuts
If desired. Bake twelve minutes In
a moderate oven.
C Western Newspaper Union.
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between. But when they exist, lliey
are the last word In business. They
are all that Is charming und de
lightful.
Imagine—to have a husband who
not only notices what you wear but
remarks Intelligently on it. Imag
ine his having not only clothes in
telligence, hut good taste. Imagine
his having sufiicient Interest to go
with you to buy your clothes, or—
miracle of miracles—to buy them
for you I
Such a man, such a husband, we
now for the first time find George
Washington to have been. It Is not
too much to say that In the light
of this new Information about the
great soldier and statesman, new
history books should he written.
For It is one tldng to he a great
general, a tine gentleman, nn engi
neer nnd a literary figure, even a
first President. But a husband who
could choose ills wife's clothes—anil
have her like them—well, now, in
deed, George Washington stands
alone in the hearts of his country
women.
0 Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service.
Duke Beach Guard
Here la Duke, full-blooded bull
dog, owned by Kenneth Grossmlller
of Dalles, Ore. Duke Is trained to
swim out to u drowning person, with
the end of a piece of rope In his
mouth and the other end attached
to the shore. He also Is able to
tow a person hanging to his harness.
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I IP A IP A IH l\OWS-1
I ns_»■»'
"Pop, what is matrimony?"
"Geometry."
© Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service.
Changing the Subject
“Sometimes,” said Uncle Eben.
"you kin set n crowd to cheer most
ly because It's tired o’ listenin’ an'
wants to start a chorus of Its own.”
It’s Muddy in Matanuska Valley, Too
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THE AZORES?
Modern Wheels Sing a uisc
Prepared by National Geographic Society.
Waahlngton, D. C.-WNU service.
ITTLB more than 1,000 stat
ute miles from Europeai
mainland anil about 1,30<
miles from Newfoundland, In latl
tude a little north of Lisbon, a lit
tie south of New York, lies th<
most westerly of the nine Azorlai
Islands.
East steamers from New Yorl
reach I’onta Delgada, metropolL
of the Azores, In live and a bal
days. Seaplanes have flown acros
from Newfoundland between dawi
and dusk. Three hospitable hai
hors In this friendly archipelago
await the coming of comtnercia
seaplanes, which will form anothe
link between the New world ant
the Old.
Closely allied as they are wltl
Portugal, of which they form ai
Integral part politically, these fet
tile green Islands, with their lasl
pastures and mist-wreathed inouu
tains, long ago turned their face
toward the West, sending thel
frugal, Industrial sons to the Unite
States, where, before 1929, ther
was probably one Azorian to ever;
two left at home. Most of then
are found In Massachusetts, Ithod
Island and California.
More than once on the streets o
Azorian towns, a traveler Is ap
proached by a stranger who dofTi
his hat and politely Inquires: “Yoi
are an American?”
When you assent, your new ac
quaintance Informs you he votec
In New England or California, bul
was born in the Azores; was “bacli
home to see the old folks,” or “heri
until times are better In the
States.”
i i <mu a riiuiiufii urn-in ui a
rainbow-tinted town, one looks put
oblong Holds bordered by high stone
walls of dark-gray lava to tile
roofed, many-windowed buildings
stretching between gardens and
parks along the curving coast. All
about Is the trilling, piping, and
fluting of birds. In the fields bare
foot men sing ns they toll.
Portugal’s “Islands Adjacent,"
In the Fifteenth century, the ral
hint ocean-mapping Portuguese col
onized these Islands and, save for
00 years of Spanish rule, have gov
erned them ever since.
The Islands, of volcanic origin,
stretch for about 375 miles from
northwest to southwest, In three
severed groups with clear charnels
between. Corvo, smallest and hy
far the most primitive, lies farthest
north; Flores, beautiful and veil
watered farthest west.
To the southeast, across a tem
pestuous stretch of sea, Is the cen
tral group: Fayal, seat of the ocean
conical mountain; Sao Jorge, with
Its rich pastures, exporting excel
lent cheesy; Graciosa, with “more
wine than water’’; Tercelra, most
Interesting historically, preserver
of old customs.
Another wide channel and the
traveler reaches Sao Miguel, which
the British and Americans call St
Michael's, largest and most Impor
tant of the group, with Ponta Del
gada, chief city of the archipelago;
and, again to the south, Santa
Marla, first to be discovered and
colonized.
"Islands adjacent” Is Portnjtl'*
official designation of Madeira and
the Azores, the last named, ns one
wit has remarked, being adjacent
only to one another. In Portugese
the name Is Acores, which signifies
“hawks.”
The wide expanse of ocenn on
every side and the force of the en
compassing winds tend to give the
newcomer a feeling of Isolation.
This lessens as the weeks guss, I"
spite of .the provoking sight of
many big ocean liners, which steam
past the Azorian capital with only
the blast of the siren as a nod of
recognition.
Portuguese mall boats, lemvlng
Lisbon twice each month, come by
way of Funchal, Madeira, and reach
Pnnta Delgada in four days. One
of these ships goes only ns farnorth
ns Fayal; the other goes beyond
Fayal to Flores, touching six time?
a year at lonely, storm-harassed lit
tie Corvo. The round trip from Pon
ta Delgada to the northern Islands
can be made In one week.
Motor boats and sailing vowels
also ply, when weather permits, be
tween Insular ports.
In dependant of tha World.
There la a fruit and p«weM«r
line of small ships, with n*B|
monthly service between Post* 0*1
>r<nni note in Kurai Azores.
tic liners stop nt the Azorian cap
Ital. I’onta Delgada and Horta
with their adequate artificial break
waters, are havens for ships In nee<
of fuel, provisions, or repairs
Cruising ships crossing the Nortl
Atlantic now and then Include thi
Azores on their Itinerary.
To the quarter of a million Azor
Ians their temperate, agriculturally
productive archipelago Is a com
plete little world In Itself. Foi
their food supply these Islanders
are practically Independent of lands
beyond. They produce their own
cereals, vegetables, fruits, meat,
I milk, butter, cheese, and eggs. They
P Disk* sugar from the beet, spirits
I from the sweet potato, press their
own grapes into wine, "roll their
own" tobacco, “curl their own” tea.
Their seas abound in fish.
Their buildings are constructed
from the volcanic basalt of the Is
lands. Furniture Is made from na
tive woods. They manufacture linen
from home-grown flax and woolen
garments from sheep’s wool. Lux
uries are Imported, chiefly from
the Portuguese mainland; but
should every ship sailing these seas
fall to call at the "Western is
lands," the Azorians could survive.
Pohta Delgada's religious festival
In honor of Santo Cristo dos Mil
agres (Our Lord of the Miracle),
Is one of the Azores' most striking
feasts to tourists. The devout wor
ship an Image called locally “Sant’
Crist'." This image, revered for
nearly 400 years, Is remarkable for
the number of precious stones with
which It Is adorned. When a na
tive of Sao Miguel prospers In the
New world, a portion of his first
savings Is usually sent to his be
'ovad- ''ant' Chris’.
The festival tfe«,n*1 -m a Thurs
day with th., arrWwjln town of
farmers bringing .it? IW?m nt.
tie to he slaughtered ns meat for
the poor. Banners wave; rockets
shout skyward In broad daylight; a
band plays.
Worship With Skyrockets.
On the following day the meat,
with bread, U blessed and distrib
uted. On Saturday the sacred Im
age is co.iveyed with ceremony from
its home In an old convent to the
Church of Esperanca (hope), next
door. That night thousands kneel
before it. Not only from the rural
Ulstriot of Sao Miguel, but from the
neighboring Island of Santa Marla,
worshipers dock to the capital.
The facade of the church glows
with electric lights, adjacent build
ings on the public square are Il
luminated, and a line of flaming
archest stretches across the streets.
There Is a band concert, with fire
works and rockets, the latter be
ing closely associated with religions
ceremonies In all Portuguese lands.
On Sunday afternoon comes the
procession, when the Image, accom
panied by the clergy and hundreds
of laymen, is conveyed through the
city and back to the convent. Men
and women of distinction, of the
middle class, of the peasantry, all
participate. Embroidered hangings
drape balconies. The streets are
strewn with Iticenso tnttosporiimj
leaves, aromatic fennel, and frpsh
blossoms. All kneel ns the Image,
under Its canopy of native-made
feather flowers, Is borne past.
One Is disappointed that so few
old native costumes are to be seen
on the streets during those festival
days, but glad that one, at least,
still survives. It Is the capote e
capello, distinctly Azorian, the worn
an's long, dark-blue cloth cape, cir
cular in shape, with a large hood
of the same material, resembling a
coni scuttle. It Is amusing to see
two capotes stopping for a friend
ly gossip. The scuttlcrs meet and
only gesticulating hands are visible.
The shrouding of the woman’s
head and shoulders Is n relic of cen
turies of Moorish rule on the Ibe
rian peninsula. This particular gar
ment may be of Flemish origin,
brought hv early colonists from
Flanders. Some Azorians believe It
owes Its being to the period when
these islands were ruled by Spain.
The hood is not always the same,
being larger on the Islands of Santa
Marla and Sno Jorge, more stiffen
ing with buckram and whalebone
In Faynl. The young moderns scorn
It: but, conservative, convenient,
protective, and long-lived. It Is stilt
worn by some of the older women,
especially for early mass. If the
-wearer happens to see somebody on
the street whom she wishes te
avoid, presto! the hood Is pulled
* enrward and she Is wlthia