Old Sol Can't Elude Patients of This Hospital
I_____
TIIE most up-to-date hospital in
France is this huge revolving
ward built by the Institute of Ac
tlnology at Vallnuris le-Cnnnet near
Cannes. It keeps pace with the
moving sun, thus enabling patients
to benefit by Sol's health-giving rays
as long as he stays in the sky.
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DANNY IS GLAD HIS TAIL IS
SHORT
" •
MANY, many times, Danny Mead
ow Mouse had envied his cous
ins, Whitefoot the Woodmouse, Nim
ble Heels the Jumping Mouse, and
Ntbbler the House Mouse, because
of their long tails. It used to seem
to him that Old Mother Nature had
been very unfair In giving him such
a homely, short, stubby tall. If there
was any one thing he would have
bad if he could, It would have been
a long tall. The truth Is, Danny
used to be ashamed of that short
tall.
But he Isn't any more. No, Blr,
Danny Meadow Mouse wouldn't
“Never, Never Again," Thought
Danny, “Will I Envy Anyone a
Long Tall.”
have that tall of his any different
now If he could. He had learned one
of life’s great lessons, which Is that
those tbings.which sometimes seem
the least to be desired are the great
est blessings. He learned It that
night when he played hide and seek
with Buster Bear, deep In the Green
Forest
Buster Bear Is n very clever fel
low. There are few who use their
wits as Buster uses his. It didn’t
take him long to realize that never
In the world would he be able to
catch Danny Meadow Mouse by
simply chasing him round and round
the trunk of that tree. As soon as
he realized It he stopped to think.
Now, while that tree was big, it
wasn't so big that Buster couldn't
reach quite half way round It, for
Buuster has a long reach. An Idea
came to him and his little eyes
snapped and he grinned wickedly.
"I'll give that Mouse a surprise,”
thought he.
So Buster stole softly close up
to the tree on the other side of
which poor little Danny Meadow
Mouse crouched wondering what
would happen next Very softly and
carefully Buster reached around
the tree with one big paw and
brought It down swiftly. And
it came down right on the very
tip end of Danny's little short tail.
Had that tall been an Inch longer,
Danny would have been caught. As
it was, Buster's paw ejme down on
the tip end only, and when Danny
jumped, as of course be did, bis
tail slipped right out from under.
With a pitiful little squeak of fear
Danny darted over to another tree
and whisked around behind that.
Even then. In the midst of his
fright, he was thankful to Old Moth
er Nature for having given him that
short tall. Its shortness was all that
had saved his life and he knew It.
“Never, never again,” thought
Danny, “will I envy anyone a long
tail. Cousin Whltefoot’s tail may
be handsomer than mine, but If
Cousin Whitefoot had been In my
place he would be right In Buster
Bear's stomach this very minute,
and It would have been all because
of his long tall.”
Then Danny began to look about
him hurriedly In the hope of flndlng
a hiding place, for Buster Bear had
seen where Danny had gone and
was coming to try that same trick
over again.
© T. W. Bunreee.—WNC Service.
Flying Mayor
. -• • . ./.
With but 7 hours and 16 min
utes Instruction, Mayor Charles L.
Smith of Seattle made his first
solo flight at the controls of an air
plane. He was In the air ten min
utes and then came down to a per
fect three-point landing. The In
spiration for the taking up of avia
tion began with the discovery In
the closet of his home of a flyer’s
helmet that he picked up In France
during the World war.
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Reddle Is a variety of ocherous
red Iron ore, used for marking, es
pecially sheep. To reddle Is to
mark or stain with red ocher or
reddle.
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BLUE-RIBBON
BABY
By ANNE CAMPBELL
Blue-ribbon baby, with stars
In your eyes,
You are reward enough! You are
Life’s prize!
Some hove a cat with a high pedi
gree;
Others have dogs that are noble to
see.
The loveliest flowers gained awnrds
at the fair,
And even a pumpkin wore blue
with an alrl
Blue-ribbon horses ran races and
won I
Cattle and hogs gained a place In
the sun.
All we are proud of In this gor
geous state,
\Ve saw as we entered the fair’s
swinging gate.
I, who enjoyed It, looked forward
to see
The baby who stayed home and
waited for me.
Blue-ribbon baby, I never could win
A greater reward than my days,
which begin
With a baby's blue gaze, and the
touch of small hands.
And the toousand sweet nothings
my heart understands.
Blue-ribbon Baby, with stars In
your eyes.
You are reward enough! You are
Life's prize!
Copyright—WNU Service.
Form Ocean Whirlpool
The general circulatory system
of the North Atlantic consists of a
great whirl or vortex turning clock
wise. The Gulf stream and the
North Atlantic drift form the north
western and northern portions of
this vortex.
"Piano” of 5,000 B. C.
Archeologists recently found near
Peiping, China, the remains of a
piano-like Instrument with 11 strings
and a sounding-board, possibly dat
ing from as early as 5000 B. C.
II
WE’VE GROWN TOO MODERN
FOR WIVES TO SELL
HUSBANDS
IF MY friends have any doubt that
a new day far women has not
only dawned but is in full swing, le*
them hark to this tale from Soviet
Russia, where a wife sold her bus
band for a hundred rubles!
The couple were textile workers.
In their thirties, and had three small
children. A friend of the wife In
the lower social position of a teach
er, asked her help In limling a hus
band. Site complained of not hav
ing the more fortunnte factory work
er's opportunities for meeting men.
and offered the other woman a hun
Question Box
By EO WYNN
The Perfect Fool
Dear Mr. Wynn:
1 am a boy twelve years old, and
ain In the ninth grade In school. In
my English lesson for next week I
must write an essay in which 1
have to use three words, meaning
the direct opposite to the following
three words: "Misery,” “Sorrow,”
and "Woe." I know the opposite to
"misery" Is "happiness,” and I
know the opposite to “sorrow” Is
"Joy," but the other word sticks me.
Will you please tell me the oppo
site to “woe”?
Yours truly,
DICK SIIONARY.
Answer: I am surprised a boy
of your age doesn't know that the
opposite to "woe" Is “gid-dap.”
Dear Mr. Wynn:
Would you be kind enough to tell
me the best way to remove paint?
Yours truly,
I. STAINEASY.
Answer: Sit on It.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
What Is meant by the expression,
"He came down with flying colors"?
Truly yours,
U. R. SOI1SMART.
Answer: That expression Is used
when a painter falls oft of a high
building with a pot of paint In bis
hand.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
Will you kindly settle a dispute
for us? In our town there is a
strike on the trolley car line and
the cars are being run by Incompe
tent men, with the result there
have several accidents. What we
want to know Is this: “In case of
an accident, what Is the first duty
of the conductor and the motor
man?”
Yours truly,
VIOLET RAYS.
Answer: In case of an accident
the first duty of the conductor and
the motorman is to blame It on
each other.
© Associated Newspaper*.
WNU Serv ice.
“An Ounce of Prevention,M Etc.
“An ounce of prevention Is worth
a pound of cure," Is an English
translation of an old Latin proverb,
the author of which Is unknown.
I I MOTHER’S *
COOK BOOK
PICNIC MEALS
OPEN-AIR meals are In order
now until the snow flies. These
picnic meals may be of the simplest,
but be sure that there Is plenty of
whatever It Is, for there Is nothing
that encourages appetite like a good
long walk and a ride in the fresh air.
The perfect picnic always sup
poses a fire, where things can be
heated or cooked, and there are few
Scouts or Campfire Girls who can
not prepare one In a short time.
The building of a fireplace to roast
the potatoes or corn and boil the
water for the frankfurters Is aD ac
complishment that most of the
youth of today take as a matter of
course.
If the fire Is to be made on the
beach, a trench Is dug to make a
fire-box. Then the true sportsman
will see that every bit of debris and
all embers are burned and burled
before leaving the campfire.
One may cook bacon on sticks,
threading the slices on green twigs,
or cook steak In a camp frying pan
or od a piece of sheet Iron. A few
trips will give one a good Idea of
the things needed and the collection
will last for a long time with care.
One may cat and digest very
hearty foods when out of doors,
fried potatoes, boiled welnerwurst
or frankfurters cooked In boiling wn
ter are so good in bread and but
ter sandwiches with a slice of mild
onion. Eggs scrambled mnke a
nice dish. To roast sweet potatoes
one must nse the following direc
tions carefully: Wash the potatoes
carefully and wrap them In green
leaves or wet brown paper, then
bury them In hot ashes and cover
with coals and burning wood. In
40 minutes try them with a sharp
stick. As soon as they are soft
remove from the wrapping and eat
with plenty of butter while piping
hot This same method Is used for
Irish potatoes.
© Western Newspaper Union.
...
dred rubles If she could get her a
"kind hearted man with domestic
tastes.”
The wife needed a hundred rubles
and her friend had never met her
husband; so quite ingenuously she
conceived the idea, not of selling
him. but of renting him temporarily,
so to speak. She arranged a satis
factory meeting between ttie two,
and divorced her husband to enable
him to marry the other woman.
Those are mere details in Russia
today, nnd tlie plan was to have
him return in a few weeks nnd re- 1
marry her. This is authentic, mind ,
you, the subject of n news dispatch
from Moscow; not a fairy tale.
The marriage went off smoothly I
and the money was paid. The only
hitch in the plan came a few weeks
later when the wife prepared to re
marry tier husband—and he would
not go home! And the courts upheld
him.
The moral—cheating cheaters? Oh,
no. Tlie story Is too luscious with
other Implications for one to be
too serious about It. It turns my
thoughts to past days when hus
bands could sell or give their wives.
If they wanted them back they had
only to settle that with the buyer—
the wife was never consulted. Now
comes a day when a wife sells or
rents her husband ! And yet it seems
not so easy. When she wants him
she can’t get him back. And what
defeats her utterly Is that the courts
support his claims of the right to
stay with his current spouse.
© Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service.
Right for Travel
Dark red and white polka dotted
tie silk Is combined with natural
linen crash In this smart ensemble
for travel. The tunic length coat
with intricately cut sleeves Is lined
with the same fabric that the dress
Is made of. From Jay-Thorpe.
Bathtubs Once Banned
About a century ago a nation
wide fight was raging In the United
States over bathtubs. Ohio, Penn
sylvania and some other states had
passed laws forbidding the Installa
tion of a bathtub In any home be
cause they were considered a men
ace to health. Physicians warned
the people against the Intemper
ate habit of bathing once a week
and exposing themselves to pneu
monia. In spite of all this opposi
tion. It was estimated l,.r>00 bath
tubs were In use In the United
States In 1830.—Capper's Weekly.
Familiar Sights for Old Timers
MEMBERS of the Battle Creek Three-Quarters of a Century club, each
of whom Is over seventy-tlve years of ago, revived familiar scenes of
their youth when they made a pilgrimage to Uenry Ford’s old-time Green
field village. Such things as a tin-type shop, hansom cabs and other his
toric Bights carried the old folks back BO years. These women were de
lighted to find a replica of the old-time general store, and enjoyed a shop
ping tour.
The Ideal Life in Halawa.
TKAVELER, novelist, natural
ist, poet and philosopher
have dreamed consistently
of a "lost land.”
They haven't wanted to find It
because it would then no longer be
“lost.” They merely wanted proof
of Its existence. There would tie
tlie setting for flight* of fiction and
fancy. There would he the locale
of romance supreme and undiluted
by fact. It would be peopled by the
fabled “lost tribe.”
It may he the valley of llalawa,
on the Island of Molokai, right
within the boundaries of t.ie United
States.
Few have ever seen it hut it Is
known to he there, a walled Par
adise, almost as virgin in primi
tive peace and plenty as if it were
the Garden of Eden rediscovered.
What Is known*as civilization has
not yet dawned there. Step* have
been taken to prevent it from
dawning.
Even the birds have not learned
the almost universal lesson of ani
mate life—that tlie struggle for ex
istence-leads to natural enmity, pit
ting one species and one tribe In
i contilct against another.
An Isolated Eden.
The people are In the same bliss
ful state of Isolation. They want
nothing from outside and no one
yet has shown a desire to get what
they have. Impassable walls of rock
shut them out from the land. A
rift gives them an outlook upon the
cnlm Pacific. Ships pass but do
not stop. Occasionally an airplane
blots the blue sky but never lands.
Buffalo am! deer are the only
strangers that have ever Invaded
tills ipilet valley since its known
history first began. The people,
so far ns they can tell, came with
N'uu, the Hawaiian Noah. Natl
brought very few animals except
song birds. The buffalo and deer
have been Introduced since Cap
tain Conk discovered tlie islands.
The hunter has not followed them
Into llalawa. It has been too difli
Spearing Fish.
cult and deer have been so atmn
dunt In the open parts of Molokai
that there has been no inducement.
Halawa wears the purple robes
of a royal domain. Sheer walls,
rich In varied tones, that extend
front blue to orange, rise abruptly
from the floor, festooned richly
with loops of swinging vine and
plumed with arboreal vinlure. Over
a vertical precipice at the head of
the vailed two streams pour their
crystal waters, the treble melody
of the singing birds supported by
the diapason harmony of thunder
ing falls.
Purchased for Preservation.
The few families of Polynesians
dwelling here have maintained the
simple customs and habits of their
ancestors. They are as uncon
cerned with the world outside as
nre the birds and animals. They
nre practically unaware that they
have been “discovered.”
The pineapple nml sugar planter
passed them by In the general In
vasion of the islands. Their own
little Eden supplies all their wants.
All that Is necessary to their hap
piness Is that they be left alone.
Civilization, however, like nature,
abhors n vacuum and even a lost
land had to have protection from
being found. Some weak spot In
the Halawa walls might have de
veloped but for their recent rein
forcement.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul I. Fagan, of
California and Hawaii, decided that
the valley of Halawa must be left,
If possible, as a legacy to the fu
ture. Thpy have purchased the 0,000
acres for the purpose of maintain
ing it In Its primitive state with
out exploitation. In tlie tablelands
above the territory tins erected an
other harrier against Invasion by
creating a forest reserve of thou
sands of acres.
No Money Used There.
One of the remarkable customs
that Is being preserved by the
tribe in the Halawa valley is to live
without money. There wns no cur
rency among the native Hawallans
before they were discovered. The
Cynic If not the economist may see
In this fact alone a sufficient rea
son for preserving even a small
part of the strange domain In Its
original state.
Peace, plenty and contentment
are the unique characteristics of
Halawa, almost mythical In Its con
trast to even the remotest parts of
the known world. There arc no pic
nic grounds In these Elyslan fields.
It is a place to tie spoken of with
awe and wonder, not to he visited.
The title may change hands but
possession has so far remained
with the little hand of aborigines
who still vaguely believe that the
heavens and the waters and the
earth were created for the sus
tenance of mankind, without bene
fit of deed nr abstract of title.
Italian City Designed
for Aviation “Center”
Italy Is building a new city—Gul
donia. Recently, I.lttorla, Snhnudi,
I’ontinla and Mussollnln, new towns
which were built as rural centers,
appeared In the news headlines.
Now Guidoala, named in honor of
Alessandro Guldont, one of Italy’s
most famous pilots, who was killed
in an airplane disaster In 1028.
basks In the spotlight of Italy’s
city-building program.
Guidonla is only 16 miles from
Rome, says a bulletin front tho
Washington headquarters of the
National Geographic society. Avi
ation caused Its construction, and
according to plan, aviation will
dominate its Industries. It will, In
fact, he a giant aviation laboratory
manned hy scientists and laymen
whose tirst Interest is research and
experimentation in aviation.
No airplanes or airplane motors
will he built there, but In Its
laboratories will be found the most
modern equipment for making all
sorts of experiments on model air
planes. One part of the "labora
tory" will lie devoted entirely to
research on (lying in the strato
sphere.
When the city Is completed, ofll
cials and employees will live in
comfortable homes and work in a
carefully planned building. There
will be churches, a city hall,
schools, nud construction and other
shops. Most Interesting, perhaps,
of the completed buildings are tho
mysterious looking towers in which
model airplanes already are being
tested.
In the Radio pavilion, scientists
now experiment with the use of
radio In aviation. In the three story
building of the Superior Board <
Studies and Experiments, Intensive
study Is being made of air photog
raphy and of the many instruments,
used In airplanes. In other build
ing tests are made on motors,
and the speed of hydroplanes.
The Aerodynamical galleries are
equipped with ventilators worked
by 450 horsepower motors that
cause winds of strong velocity to
test the strength of model air
planes.
Smuggler* at Heart
Most of us are potential snmf?
glers at heart. Smuggling is out
blood Inheritance. Our own ances
tors condoned It when resisting th«
right of the British parliament t«
tax the American colonies. Wont
en, they sny, Invariably have ths
smuggling Instinct. There ure prot»
ably few returning tourists, malt
or female, who do not at least fool
the Impulse to put something met
on the customs. This widespread
spirit, often shared even by judges
on the bench, adds to the dlfficul
ties of the customs bureau In scour
ing convictions nnd stiff penalties
—Forrest Wilson In Cosmopolitan
Work
Do your work—not just youi
work and no more, but a little mor*
for the lavlshing's sake! that lift I*
more which Is worth all the rest
And If you suffer ns you must, ant
If you doubt as you must, do youi
work. Put your heart into It ant
the sky will clear. Then out ot
your very doubt and suffering wil
be born the supreme Joy of life.—
Dean Briggs.