A SPOT FOR
TWO
88
By M. B. TOMSON
€ McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
WNU Service.
HASTILY the girl attached her
self to his aria just as he was
sauntering through a door
way.
‘‘Darling, you've got to rescue me,”
she said gaily.
For n moment there was a trace of
amused surprise on her face as she
saw his puzzled glance.
“My error,” she laughed. "Sorry.
I thought you were some one else.
But you'll do. I've only got to be res
cued from some one who's had designs
on my toes most of the evening, and
I simply can’t afford to lose them this
early in the season."
There was about her the poised con
fidence of the attractive female whose
garb and face are impeccably right
and who knows it.
“Come and talk to me while 1 give
the outraged toes a rest," she invited,
leading him to an unoccupied corner.
She seated herself in a deeply up
holstered chair, tossed a ravishingly
bended hag on the tiny table in front
of her and glanced across to where he
had seated himself.
“Anyway," she Said, “1 ve seen you
before somewhere.”
“Somewhere, 1 know,” he prevaricat
ed charmingly.
“Let me see.” She was thoughtful.
“At the Brayton’s last week, per
haps?”
“I was there,” he acknowledged.
“I, too, but I loft before the excite
ment. Were you still there when
Dora’s Jewels were discovered miss
ing?”
“Unfortunately, no,” lie shook his
head ruefully.
“I always miss out on the excite
ment."
“So do I,” she sighed.
“Anyway, that's probably where 1
saw you. And now that we’re out of
that beastly jam, tell me nbout your
self.”
“Nothing much to tell.” he said
promptly.
”1 really don’t belong to all this.”
He glanced In the vicinity of palms,
orchids, gardenias, orchestras and gala
evening ensembles.
"I’m Harry Gordon, Just a chap from
the wide-open western plains. 1 came
Hast to take some post-graduate work
at Cornell and somehow or other %iy
name was placed on the list they use
for the stag lines at these brawls.
That’s how I blossomed Into higher
social circles where I dance to pay
for my supper."
She appraised him thoughtfully.
Darned good looking, he was. And
bis dress suit fitted him faultlessly.
“You might tell me who you are,”
he suggested.
“Cynthia Baden,” she smiled.
Baden, he thought quickly.
Yes, there was a Baden somewhere
In the back of his mind. Bather on
the fringe they were, If he remembered
rightly and he probably did.
Money? Yes, he was sure of that.
“It was my good fortune that It
turned out to be me to whom you rnn
for rescue Instead of the person you
thought 1 was," he sighed contentedly.
“The evening I rescued n very beau
tiful lady will he one of the memories
I'll cherish when I go out West again.”
“You’re not going West too soon, are
you?” she smiled at hint provocatively.
“Any time I'd go would ho too soon
, . . now," he assured her gallantly.
“There, I knew you were a kindred
spirit,” she said approvingly, placing
a white hand on her throat.
“It was just fate that . . .’’ she
paused suddenly and fingered her
throat.
Her eyes were suddenly apprehen
sive.
“My . . . my pearls," she gasped;
"they’re gone!”
Thank Cod his facial muscles never
betrayed him.
“Yoirr pearls?” he repeated with ex
actly the right Intonation to meet the
circumstance, while his face bore the
exactly required touch of surprise and
solicitude.
“Oh, I say, are you sure?”
But his brain worked nimbly and
coolly ns always.
Something queer about tills, he re
viewed swiftly.
Danny had placed the pearls in the
agreed Jardiniere, where he had recov
ered them deftly.
Then as he was about to make an
unobtrusive getaway, this girl, the evi
dent owner of the pearls, had tackled
hint.
Coincidence? Well, It was too pat
for comfort.
Too, she had mentioned the Kray
ton’s where he and Danny had pulled
that other stunt. No question about
It.
She knew or suspected something.
Either Danny or he had slipped up
somewhere.
Get the pearls back to her. Only
way.
It wns unthinkable to be caught red
handed.
Danny and he had too good a racket
to tness It up by a blunder like ttiis.
Cynthia stared helplessly at him.
“What shall I do?"
“Stand up,” he said gently, “and
shake your dress. Maybe they dropped
inside."
They hadn’t.
“Now look under the cushions nnd
back of the chair," he Instructed,
quickly dropping to his knees in order
to search under her chair.
As she turned, obedient to his bid
ding, his hand paused lightly on her
beaded bag. opened it. nnd with the
ease of long practice, deposited tlie
pearls in less time than it takes to
tell about it.
"They’re not here,” she turned to
him and he was sure there was sus
picion in her gaze.
"Certain you wore them tonight?”
lie asked solicitously.
“Yes," she hesitated; “Yes, I am."
“Suppose you call up home first and
check up," lie suggested briskly.
“Mistakes do happen. If they’re not
there, we’ll report it immediately."
He wns sparring for time.
When she reported her loss officially.
It would be a simple matter to suggest
almost into thin air that her bag be
inspected and the suggestion would
be carried along.
Nobody would remember where It
originated but under the circumstances,
everyone would take credit unto them
selves for their perspicacity.
“Tell you what," she said, collecting
herself; “here, give me a piece of pa
per and a pencil. You call up my
house for me, like a lamb,” she said,
writing busily. “Ask for Suzanne.
She's my maid. If slu* isn't there, ask
for Lumpkins, the butler. Ask him to
look around my dresser.
“There’s the number and nil the In
formation," she handed the paper to
him hurriedly,
"While you attend to that. I'll linve
somebody check up on anyone who may
have left suddenly. See you later.”
On his way towards the hall. Dandy
dim concentrated on what was the wis
est move for him now.
He had evidently allayed tier sus
picions.
The Dandy had nerve.
He’d telephone and then return and
make his report.
He would tie free from all suspicion
and because the pearls were in the pos
session of their owner and would be
found practically immediately, he
wouldn't have the police to cope with.
"Where's Hie telephone?" he usked
of a liveried attendant.
He walked into the telephone closet
and glanced at the piece of paper lie
had carried carefully crushed in Ills
hand.
Momentarily his control over his fa
cial muscles relaxed and lie cursed si
lently but fervently as lie absorbed
the message.
“Thanks for the pearls, Dandy. The
person they really belong to hasn’t dis
covered her loss yet. and 1'ui on my
way before she does!”
King of Beam
In accord with the popular Idea the
lion Is called the king of beasts. Yet,
King I-eo has a master among the ani
mals, says l’athfinder Magazine. Those
familiar with African big game say tije
buffalo has no quarrel with the smaller
and weaker animals hut he will at
tack the llesh-enters such as the lion,
leopard, hyena, etc., on sight. He also
regards the white man as an enemy but
pays little attention to the natives,
since they leave him strictly alone
most of ttie time. The lion appears to
realize that here is u greater power
and unless cornered gives the buffalo
a wide berth. Like most animals, how
ever, the buffalo lias one great fear,
lie is scared of fire.
Ohio's Miami Valley
ley Its beauty und fertility were
nient was made in the Ohio .Miami val
I.ong before any permanent settle
known to the inhabitants of Kentucky
and the people beyond the Allnghanies.
As u consequence, repeated elTorts
were made by the white man to get
possession of it. These efforts of
course led to retaliation on the part
of the Indians, who resented the at
tempts to dispossess them of their na
tlve lands, and the continuous raids
back ami forth across the Ohio river
to gain or keep control of this beautiful
valley caused it to be called, until the
close of the Eighteenth century, the
“Miami Slaughter house.”
“Yankee Doodle”
The words of the song “Yankee
Doodle” as we know them were writ
ten by an English army surgeon. Doc
tor Shuckburgh, in 17.r>r», In derision of
the untrained American troops during
the French war. It was set to an an
cleat tune which had been sung in the
Netherlands as early as IfitHt with the
meaningless words: “Yankee dttdel
doodle down." The name “Yankee"
became attached to the American Col
onlsts ns the result of the Indian's at
tempt to say “English" or “Anglols,"
according to the most widely accepted
theory of Its derivation
Let Our Motto Be
GOOD HEALTH
BY DR. LLOYD ARNOLD
Professor of BecterioloRy »nd Preventive
Medicine.University ol Illinois.
College of Medicine.
WHEN HOUSEHOLD PETS BE
COME PESTS
Man’s fondness for pets Is some
times detrimental to his health. Babies
or hydrophobia is
n disease commu
nicated to umn by
the tdte of a dog.
Itabies would be
rare If man did
not tame a mem
ber of the wolt
family and keep it
constantly at his
side. Psittacosis, or
parrot fever, trans
mitted from a sick
parrot to man, Is
another example of :
a pet's ailment that can he tatai to
Its master or mistress. But unlike
the mad dog, tlie sick parrot Is not :
aggressive and hence is not so dan- '
gerous.
A disease of parrots In which the
birds are in a stupor, are weak and
have diarrhea Is an old observation,
but tlie first recognized instance of
this disease being transmitted to man
was in Europe.
Professor Nocard of Paris about
1879 found that this di:ea: e in parrots
was caused by a germ ver. similar to
the germs whieh cause diarrhea in man.
This germ belongs to a family of bac
teria which is widespread i*. nature and
causes diarrhea in many animals.
Parrot fever was little known in
the United States until tlie fall o!
1929, when several cases appeared
along the Atlantic seaboard. The cases
grew Into a mild epidemic and up
peared in 45 different places throughout
the country. In all, there were Kit)
cases reported, of which 33 resulted
fatally. The Infections were definitely
associated with direct contact with
birds that had been Imported into
New York duriug November and De
cember of 1929, and then shipped to
other places.
The time elapsing between contact
witli tlie sick parrot and tlie onset
of the disease Is given as six to fifteen
days. The disease in man runs a
course similar to influenza or typhoid
fever. Sometimes the disease proc
esses are mainly In the chest ns In
influenza and sometimes they are In
the abdomen and resemble typhoid fe
ver. Of the 10!) cases reported 107
were females and 62 were males. This
was probably because more women
than men take care of birds. The
older the individual the more serlnu*
is parrot fever. Most of the deaths
occurred among persons over forty.
January 24, 1930, an embargo was
placed against the Importation of
parrots. October 21, 1930, this was
modified to allow the Importation of
parrots If they were quarantined for
15 days at the port of entry. In Feb
ruary, 1932, this quarantine period was
extended to all birds of the parrot
family.
During the year 1931, twelve cases
of parrot fever were reported from
New York and 43 cases from the Pa
cific coast states. There were 13
deaths among these 55 cases. Most of
these infections were contracted from
sick parokeets and love birds. Kalsing
parokeets Is an Industry In several
places along tlie Pacific coast. Investi
gations showed that many of these
parokeet aviaries were infected with
psittacosis. Another very important
discovery was made and that is that
healthy birds can carry with them the
causative agent of parrot fever.
We do not know of any specific vac
cine or antiserum with which to treat
successfully the human patient suffer
ing from parrot fever. Several bac
teriologists who have worked upon
parrot fever have become infected, and
there have been a few deaths. A very
good friend of mine, Doctor Stokes of
tlie Baltimore health department, died
of iIds disease while doing research
work during tlie 1929-1930 epidemic.
Since this disease cannot be con
trolled by tlie relatively simple meth
od of embargo and quarantine nt tlie
ports of entry, It becomes a menace
to persons tvho desire members of
the parrot family for pets.
The disea-e is more prevalent in
biids during cold weather, and recent
ly acquired birds are more dangerous
than birds that have been in the family
for some time. The practice of allow
ing birds to feed from the hands is ex
tremely dangerous.
Any sickness in birds of the parrot
family In the home should be regarded
with suspicion. The cages should be
kept clean and tlie cleaning done out
of-doors to prevent the dust Hying
about tlie room. Tlie cages should be
left in tlie sunlight until tlie moisture
lias dried. Until we know more about
parrot fever It Is best to Isolate tlie
human cases of fids disease and to
carry out tlie ordinary measures of
bed-side nursing that are pursued In
all Infectious diseases.
Q Western Newspaper Union.
Great Lakes "four
Power From Niagara Turn* the Wheels of Industry.
Prepared by National Geographic Society.
Washington. D. C.-WNU Service.
BY CAR or by steamer, n trip
around tbe Great Lakes Is a
tour of American commerce
and industry, if they only lay
there, basking in the sun or raging with
storms, our inland seas would be im
pressive. Rut they have served Amer
ica ns no inland sea has ser.ved anoth
er land. At every corner of the Great
Lakes, and becnuse of them, busy cities
linve risen. On the banks of a hun
dred tiny creeks commerce lias planted
its loading piers or elevators.
Our bridges crossed our lakes as ore
before they crossed a river. Scarcely
a skyscraper whose framework lias not
wallowed In the swell of our "Rig Sea
Water’’ before combing our urban
skies. Tlte story of our Great Lakes
is one of unbelievably cheap freight
rates, of mnrvelousl.v active freighters,
of fur and lumber, Iron and grain.
In the days when the principal crop
of America was cold-bred fur, the St.
Lawrence was the gateway to our Mid
west. Fur was the incentive of Nico
let, Joliet, Marquette and La Salle, to
whom the watershed between the Great
Lakes and the wide Mississippi basin
was familiar while the Rritish were
still settling the seacoast.
Around the hikes, fur ceded its pri
mary place to grain or lumber. Hi
awatha’s ‘‘forest primeval” crashed be
fore Paul Bunyan's saw afid ax.
Then came Iron!
At the northern end of the lakes
whole rust-red mountains of ore stood
ready for the steam shovels. Coal
moved north and Iron south, a combi
nation providing profitable return car
goes. Wherever a creek reached the
south shore of I.ake Erie, coal and ore
were tossed back and forth by cur tip
ple and "clamshell.”
Buffalo a Busy Port.
Buffalo Is a busy gateway to the
Great Lakes region. Protected from
early traflic competition by the Niagara
falls, which were later to furnish Its
light and power, this ricli Inland port
stands at the east end of the upper
lakes and the west end of the only
convenient break in the Appalachians.
Had an Indian Interpreter not made a
mistake, It would have been called
“Beaver,” a startling but suitable name
for this busy creek side port.
A dozen railways now obscure the
fact that Buffalo Is not a creature of
the plains hut an aquatic city, founded
on the creek that still sustains it. Its
real greatness began on October 20,
1825, when the Seneca Cldef started
down the 4-foot-deep Frie canal.
On June 22, 1at Chicago, salt
water from the Gulf of Mexico was
blended with Lake Michigan water
when a flotilla of Mississippi river
barges, bearing spices, coffee, and su
gar, arrived at Lake Michigan.
The 9-foot channel does today what
river and glacier did more than once
in the past—links the Great Lakes with
the Gulf. It took 200 years for J i
llet’s dream of a I.akos-to-Gulf water
way tojcome true.
Cleveland’s Cuyahoga Flats.
Like Buffalo, Cleveland owed its
early greatness to a creek. Chic sec
retaries, high up in the 700-foot tower
of Cleveland Union station, look down
in spirit ns in truth on Cuyahoga
"Flats.”
From a tower owned by railways
they can easily Identify the site of a
canal bed bulled under a railroad right
of way. In the most striking unit of
Cleveland’s ambitious “City Within a
City” they survey the ugly valley which
Interrupts the plateau along which the
spacious city sprawls.
The Cuyahoga is but one of many
crooked, slow, slimy, smelly little riv
ers, Iridescent with oil, edged with rust,
and crossed by dull black bridges,
which obsequiously enter the Great
Lnkes.
Theoretically, the best place to study
lake shipping would be from a viewing
stand off Alpena, with most of the 2,500
Great Lakes vessels, aggregating 3,000,
000 tons capacity, weaving a fabric of
traffic up and down the lakes.
What city has Influenced modern
mankind more than Detroit? Its busi
nesslike stoves and oil-burning fur
naces have supplanted the romantic
hearth. Its drugs have aided healing
around the globe. Its electric refrig
erators have helped banish the Iceman.
Most revolutionary of all, it put horse
power under the feet of man.
Where Automobiles Are Made.
Most of America’s automobile fac
tories are adjacent to the Great Dnkes.
With 50,000,000 tons a year of Iron ore
and coal being borne south and north
along the Detroit water front, and mil
lions of tons of limestone from Caldte
and Alpena passing its wharves, De
troit seems the natural center for au
tomobile production. But. the motor
magnates emphasize the human side.
In King, Olds, Deland and Ford, the
city had n group of Ingenious, restless
brains whose value was Immeasurable.
North of Detroit, there Is limestone
and salt, and enough fish to fill solid
cars, which are rushed through to Chi
cago and New York. There are even
at times special whlteflsh plnnes which
fly the food to distant cities. But with
such exceptions ns Port Huron, Bay
City, Alpena. Calcite, Muskegon, and
Gary, the lake shore In summer Is
largely a playground.
Upper Michigan pictures Hiawatha
ns a golfer laying a supercourse which
starts at Menominee, Kscanaba, and
Manistique; continues at delightful
Hlaney I'ark anil St. lgnace before cross
ing to Mackinac island and back to Ce
darvllle near I.es Chenenux Islands;
plays on both tbe Michigan and On
tario shores of tbe "Soo"; drives past
Newberry nnd Mitnislng to Marqijette
and Ishpemlng, in the Iron country;
detours into the copper territory nt Cal
umet and Houghton-Hancock: takes a
look at the "Big Sen Water" at On
tonagon before turning from woods to
irons at Ironwood and Iron river, and
then rounds homeward to Menominee
via Crystal Falls and Iron Mountain.
Lake Michigan's Influence on climate
may be measured by orchards. From
the cherries of Traverse City to the
peace orchards near South Haven, the
Michigan shore is one vast fruit belt.
Tbe cool lake breezes from the west
retard the blossoming and so prevent
damage by frost.
Cherryland of Wisconsin.
Thanks to the tempting intluence of
(ireen Bay, over whose portage Father
Marquette and Joliet first reached the
Mississippi. Door county Is Wisconsin's
cherryland.
In the canning factory at SturgeoD
Bay neatly aproned operatives wait for
the red cascade of cherries to come
pouring down into their machines.
Wlint between cherries and summei
resorts. Door county is a busy place,
and from the observation towers of I’en
Insula and Potowatomi State parks
one looks down on a wonderland ot
forest and water, tourists’ resorts, and
cherry orchards decorated with signs
rending. “Pick your own. one cent a
pound.”
It Is a long Jump westward from
Cherryland to Duluth-Superior, the
huskiest twins on the lakes. Their ri
valry keeps nlive local spirit, but tiieit
combined strength Is of world wide Ira
portnnee.
Two sand pits enclose the most pic
turesque and remarkable harbor of all
those around our Inland sens, with 46
miles of frontage and 17 miles ol
dredged channels. To the northwest a
bluff rises so steeply from the watei
that those who approach over the two
main highways suddenly look over the
edge of the plateau upon this expanst
of city and harbor.
as long as grain is grown and the
Mesa hi mines hold out, Duluth-Superloi
will rank high among the ports of the
world. As far as grain goes, they lai
far behind Fort William and Port Ar
tliur; but down from the plateau comes
a never ending procession of ore trains
and back g<> the coal trains that carry
heat to the homes and fuel to the fuc
tories of our great Northwest. Duluth
Superior, as far as tonnage gees, ranki
second only to New York.