His Majesty's Seamen Must Have Their Grog
C'VKKY day the tars on British
ships receive a ration of grog
and drink a toast to the klug's
health. This photograph was made
aboard the II. M. S. Dundee of the
British West Indies fleet which was
paying New York a brief visit. The
officer at the right Is seeing the
men get what Is coming to them—
and no more.
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SEEDTIME STORr
3>By THORNTON W. BURGESS
LIGHTFOOT THE DEER BE
COMES UNEASY
THE Green Forest was very beau
tiful. It was no longer green
save where the pines and spruces
and hemlocks grew. Everywhere
else It was red and yellow and
brown, for It was October and the
leaves had turned. All day long
and all night, too, for that mat
ter, there was a gentle rustling all
through the Green Forest, for the
leates were falling.
Lightfoot the Deer was becom
ing uneasy. It was the rustling of
the falling leaves that made him
uneasy. You see those falling leaves
bad a message for Lightfoot, a mes
sage and a wnrnlng. It was that
All Through the Long Summer
Llghtfoot Had Lived In Peace
and Safety.
the season of terrible danger for
him, the hunting senson, was close
at hand.
All through the long summer
Llghtfoot had lived In peace and
j^o You Know—
That the poem "Mary Had
a Little Lamb" was com
posed from an actual event?
It all happened in the little
village of Sterling, Mass., in
the early dayB of the 19th
century. Mary E. Sawyer
was the heroine and John
Roulstone was the author.
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safety. In the early spring his won
derful antlers, which some folks
call horns, but which are not true
horns, had fallen. Very helpless
had I.lghtfoot been then, but des
pite his helplessness there had
been no fear In his heart. You sec,
he knew that there was no one In
all the Green Forest, save Buster
Bear, of whom he need be afraid.
It was an easy matter to keep out
of the way of Buster Bear. Besides,
there was little cause to fear Bus
ter, for Buster wns finding plenty to
eat and a full stomach makes for
good nature In man and beast.
So all the long summer Light
foot the Deer had lived quietly and
In peace while new antlers grew,
antlers larger and more beautiful
than those he had lost. While these
new antlers were growing he kept
very much by himself. Now, they
were fully grown and he wore them
like a crown. lie had polished and
repolished the points of them by
rubbing them against trees. You
know, while they had been growing
they had been covered by a sort
of burry-looking skin, called velvet.
They had been soft and tender then.
Now that they were hard there was
no further use for the velvet cover
ing, and this I.lghtfoot had rubbed
off as he polished his antlers.
As long ns the leaves had re
mained green everywhere through
the Green Forest, I.lghtfoot had
been happy ami carefree, but now
that the leaves had turned to beau
tiful colors and were dropping,
dropping day and night, he grew
more and more uneasy and fear
crept Into his heart.
Llghtfoot had a good memory nnd
he had not forgotten the dreadful
things which had happened at the
time of falling leaves the year be
fore. He knew that the season
when hunters with terrible guns
would come Into the Green For
est seeking to kill him was close
at hand. So his uneasiness grew
and grew, and In his beautiful
great, soft eyes the look of fear
grew stronger each day. Only at
night was Llghtfoot free of It.
©. T. w. Burgess.—WNU Service.
* MOTHER’S *
COOK BOOK 1
VACATION MEALS
DURING the summer weather Is
the time when everybody
should take a few hours away from
the grindstone. The house mother
needs a vacation ns much as any
worker, but usually, a picnic Is
but an added burden unless every
body takes a hand In planning and
preparing the food. Have every
thing simple, easy to prepare and
then let the young folks do the
work; It will be good experience
and give mother a rest, if It Is
possible for her to give up the Idea
that no one but she can pack a lunch.
With the frying pan, take along
some eggs and bacon. Scramble the
eggs, add the crisp bacon which has
been fried and kept hot, serve as a
sandwich filling, on well buttered
bread. Young, green onions or a
simple salad, or a cucumber and
radishes, go well with such sand
wlches. For the youngsters, take
milk, lemonade or cocoa, which may
be carried In a thermos bottle. Cof
fee, too, may be prepared at home,
but one of the pleasures of an outing
meal Is cooking it. Coffeenever tastes
better than when cooked In a tin
pot or pall on a campfire.
French fried toast goes very nice
ly for a camp hot dish. This Is
ensy to prepare by beating an egg,
adding a little milk and a pinch
of salt and sugar. Fry In a little
hot bacon fat or the slices mny be
fried on the sheet-iron stove, where
all may be cooked at once.
Tomato and Egg Sandwich.
Fry an egg on both sides, not too
hard. Put between slices of bread
with sliced tomato and onion. This
makes a good meal with a cupful
of hot coffee.
A piece of bread fried In a very
little bacon fat in a hot frying pnn
makes a tasty meal with any green
salad or green onions and radishes.
© Western Newspaper Union.
THROUGH A
Womans Eyes
By JEAN NEWTON
"WITHOUT IDEALS THE SOUL
DIES"
THAT sounds like the title of a
sermon and that Is what It was
The sermon dealt with the Impor
Summer Outings
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tance of Ideals from a religious
viewpoint. And It was from this
viewpoint that the minister said:
“The soul dies when Ideals vanish.”
And It occurred to me how true
this was from the most practical
viewpoint of everyday life.
Ideals nre regarded as matters al
most ephemeral. And yet they are
umoug the most solid, substantial
Influences In life. If you stop to
think about It, wealth may be very
transient. Success may be transient,
fame usually Is transient. But the
principles we set for ourselves, the
Ideals to which we adhere, if we ad
here to them strongly enough, are a
rock of refuge In a storm. And the
point Is that our principles and our
Ideals nre a possession for whose
permanence we are dependent on no
other person, on no quirks of cir
cumstance, but only upon ourselves.
The older we grow the more we
realize that the things which bring
us the most satisfaction In life, the
solid, substantial, dependable Joys,
those which stay and grow with the
years, are the fundamental Inter
ests and pleasures like love of fam
ily and old friends. These are really
the things that count. The most
exciting and glamorous life will
come to lean and drab days without
them. Havlog them, having love
and companionship, life may be
very full with little of the worldly
possessions.
And bo holding to our Ideals gives
a substance to life, a spiritual
strength which 1b really life. And
people who understand their Im
portance are very likely to And too
late that without them the soul Is
Indeed dead.
C Ball Sradlcau.—WNU sarvlo*.
ONE DAY IN
AUTUMN
By ANNE CAMPBELL
rCAN remember my old Granddad
sitting
Beside me on the wagon, flicking
flies
From tlie roan team, his pipe filled
with tobacco.
Surveying the shorn fields with wise
old eyes.
And ns I looked at him, I heard the
creaking
Of the off wagon wheels, and knew
right well
What lie would say. lie wasn't much
for speaking.
And lie sat silently now for quite a
spell.
But, when he spoke, though I was
very little,
I knew just what he meant. . . .
I'd heard loud speaking
And bragging folks, and laughing
when Grandpa muttered:
“The weakest wagon wheel does the
most squeaking I"
Copyright—WNU Servle®.
Three-Piece Suit
A heather mixture of navy blue
and tan alpaca tweed that looks
like a hand knit Is used for the skirt
and Jacket of this smart three-piece
suit. The ribbed blouse, belt and
pocket llnlnjrs are navy blue. A
cowhide buckle nlso features tills
ensemble.
Question box
b, ED WYNN, The Perfect Fool j
Dear Mr. Wynn:
I nin nn amateur actor, anil last
night our Dramatic club gave one
of Shakespeare’s plays, In which I
played llamlet. Every time I was
on the stage the audience laughed
out loud. How do you account for
that when you know ns well ns I
that Hauilet Is not a funny char
acter?
Truly yours,
MANNY JER.
Answer: I know It Isn’t, but 1
guess the way you played It It was.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
Why do some musicians close
their eyes when they play?
Yours truly,
L. TROVATORE.
Answer: That Is so they can't see
the audience suffer while they are
playing.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
I notice so many women keep
money in their stockings, and every
time they need It they lift their
skirt, put their hand In their stock
ing and pull it out. What I want
to know is: “How do these women
get at their money when gentlemen
are around them?”
Truly yours,
X. TREMITIES.
Answer: My dear friend, when
there are gentlemen around, women
don’t have to get at their money.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
I am In a peculiar predicament,
and hope you can help me. I have
a S10 hill which Is counterfeit. One
day I’ll think It is all right and
jllPAJP/t I^OWS-1
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“Pop, what is destiny?”
“St. Helena.”
© Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service.
feel on tlie verge of passing It, nnd
then on another day I’ll think It
Isn't any good nnd make up my
mind to tear it up. This has been
going on for weeks nnd It worries
me. What shall I do?
Yours truly,
1. M. A. FRADK.
Answer: The only thing for you
to do Is to wait until the day for
thinking the bill,Is all right to come
around, nnd pass it.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
Cun you please tell mo whether
or not there is anything good for a
snake bite besides whisky?
Yours truly,
I. M. STUNO.
Answer: Who cares if there Is?
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Minute make-ups
-By V.V.
I .
One of the new modes In nail poh
ish Is to use red liquid enamel only
on the tip of the nail, leaving thq
rest of the nail Its natural color.
The very deep shades of red, some
times gold or silver for evening,
even green In the new peacock tone
are used.
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Jerusalem's “Wailing Wall"
The “Walling Wall” In Jerusalem
Is uear the Moslem Mosque ol
Omar. A portion of It Is 59 feel
high, and It Is supposed to contain
some of the stones of Solomon’s
temple. It Is the gathering place
of Jews on Fridays to lament and
pray. It Is said to have been hullt
3,000 years ago by King Solomon
to protect bis temple. The Walling
Wall has been a shrine sacred to
the Jews since Titus destroyed the
temple In the year 03 A. D.
Waiting for Word From Houdini
NINE YEAUS ago Harry Houdlnl, master magician, died. Before be
passed away he made a compact with his wife that he would seek ta
communicate with her from beyond, giving her certain code signals
whereby she might know when he spoke. In her rustic Laurel Canyon
home, near Hollywood, Calif., Mrs. Beatrice Houdlnl waits for that
message. She has waited nine years at a shrine In which standi a
photograph of the magician.
IE NOMADIC CIRCUS
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Circus Clowns Cater to the Popular Fancy.
Prepared by Natlona! Geographic Society,
Washington. U. G.—WNU Service.
IN MIDSUMMKR the circus sea
son Is at Its height. Since early
spring troupers have been don
ning their costumes dally, and
trained animals from every corner
of tlie globe In colorful trappings
have delighted young and old.
Geographically, t fie circus has
been a great educator, hong before
automobiles, motion pictures, and
radio broke down the barriers be
tween isolated regions of the Unit
ed Stntes and the advancing world
outside, tlie circus was taking its
artists, Its comedy, its music and
its nomadic college of zoology into
almost every state and territory.
The world's largest circus might
even ndvertlse thnt It carries the
original New York cast, because it
takes on tour precisely the same
show that opens In Madison Square
Garden.
Whatever else tlie peripatetic
amusement venture is or is not. tlie
fact remains that It is real. There
lire no circus "doubles" to perform
the difficult feats, and there are no
substitutes for those who may not
feel "up" to tlie ordeal of two
shows a day, "rain or shine." Years
ugo leaders In tills field of enter
tainment learned that tlie formula
for permanent survival Included a
whole-hearted attempt to give the
public something it never had be
held before, surrounding it with a
dazzling array of sustaining attrac
tions. This hard ami-fast rule lias
persisted through the years, ami I
a procession of magic names: Jum
bo, Tom Thumb; Chang, the Chinese
Titan; Zaehlnnl, human cannon
ball; Tom Mix, whose Hough Rid
ers carry tlie spirit of tlie old West
to every state in tlie Union; Goliath,
monster sea-elephant; l.'btrngl sav
ages from Darkest Africa.
Because tlie circus Is nomadic In
Its quest for business, It always has
been of necessity a fighting institu
tion. Therein lies one of ils major
bids for fame. IJke a gay explorer
who finds each day's Journey a fresh
problem to tackle, tlie circus strug
gles against a perfect maze of dai
ly entanglements that threaten to
ensnare It like n colossal Gulliver.
The circus has battled the weather
and It has fought grafting ofiicinls
who threaten to dig up some ex
cuse for lining or tying up tlie show
unless complimentary tickets tiy
thick and fast.
Huge Daily Overhead.
The managements for years have
fought the argument that they take
too much money out of town. Peo
ple overlook the fact that every big
circus spends a large sum In every
city In which it plays. The daily
overhead of the largest circus is in
excess of $15,000, and a consider
able share of It Is spent locally fur
lot and license, straw, lumber. Ice
cream, soft drinks, hilling locations,
and food for 000 horses, 30 ele
phants, four herds of camels, hippo
potamuses, and other large nppe
tites In the menagerie, as well as
for the three meals a day of the
show personnel, whose gastronomic
requirements would stagger the
chefs of a huge hotel. The commis
sary uses daily 250 pounds of but
ter, 200 pounds of coffee, 25 bags
of table salt, almost a ton of fresh
meat, 200 gallons of milk, 1,500
loaves of bread, 200 dozen eggs,
half a ton of vegetables, a barrel
of sugar, 50 pounds of lard, etc.
Mud Is by all odds the outdoor
showman's worst enemy. It sucks
at the wheels of his wagons until
elephants must be pressed into
service to extricate them, and it
dampens the spirits of his prospec
tive customers. Wet weather Is bad
for monkeys, apes, giraffes, and cat
animals, which are subject to throat
and lung congestion. Add to this
the fact that canvas triples Its
weight when wot. Conquest of the
golden fleece could he little more
difficult than the task that con
fronts a circus manager who must
drag his nomadic city from the
clutches of the mire in time to play
a matinee performance In a town
a hundred miles away.
In the old days, before movement
by railroad was general, traveling
was much worse. Springtime found
country roads Impassable. Four
teen horses were needed to pull a
hippopotamus den when circuses
traveled overland In wagons. Cir
cus laborers still shout "China!”
occasionally when the train roars
Into the city of exhibition. This
Is a circus term of another genera
tion. When a driver, seated atop
the first wagon In the caravan,
sighted the show's destination, he
called “China” to Indicate that after
an all-night struggle they literally
had dug ttieir way through.
Rivalry Used to Be Fierce.
Previous to 1929 most of the big
circus units battled with one an
other up and down the country from
Maine to California and from Can
ada to tlie flulf. Sometimes they
employed the most vitriolic phrases
In characterising rival circuses as
worthless. When electricity first
was used to Illuminate a circus tent,
competitors solemnly warned the
public to stay away from that show
“because electric lights are known
to be extremely dangerous and
blinding to the eyes!”
Most Interesting were the “paper
wars” conducted by the big and
little shows prior to the late sum
mer of 1929. The big circuses often
bought advertising space on barns
and buildings In the dead of win
ter, so that the location would not
he snapped up by rival concerns.
Some of the shows had a playful
little habit of covering each other’s
posters when two shows saw fit to
play the same city on the same day
or a few days apart.
One of these paper wars became
so intense when two circuses chose
to book a California city within a
few days of each other that the
barns and billboards of the sur
rounding countryside were plastered
with a covering of circus pictures
28 sheets deep. The opposition bri
gade of circus number one went out
each morning to cover the adver
tisements of the rival show. The
brigade of circus number two went
out every evening to recover with
its own billing. They watched each
other so closely, these tlrelpss ad
vance men, that each knew when
the other’s crew left town to cover
paper In the country.
At last one of them played a
master stroke. Two nights before
the first show was due to arrive,
the brigade liirod a hearse, climbed
inside with posters, paste, and
brushes, and quietly left town to
do their work without attracting
the attention of their competitors.
The advance advertising cars of
the Idg shows carry large crews of
ambitious workers who often aver
age a posting of 10,900 to 12.090
sheets of circus lithographs a day.
A crew of .'ill men can bill a large
city in a single day. so well do they
understand their work.
The flaming circus lithographs
that herald the approach of the
spangled caravan must be printed
in several different languages in a
number of places: Posters with
Hebrew lettering In New York city's
Jewish districts, Italian In both
New York city and Chicago, French
In parts of Montreal and Quebec,
and Spanish in certain Southwest
ern cities.
White Elephant Competition.
Sometimes tlie tented enterprises
tried to duplicate their rival's ace
attractions. Rarnum once import
ed a sacred white elephant from
Siam. It wasn't pure white, but
rather a cream color, and It cost a
lot of money and trouble. Adam
Forepatigh, then Barnum's leading
competitor, copied tlie Siamese al
bino h.v applying a generous coating
of white paint to unclothed parts
of a gray pachyderm. His elephant
was so much whiter than Barnum’s
that the public decided Forepnugh
had the real nrticle—until one day
during a street parade In Philadel
phia, when a cloudburst exposed
the imposture.
Even then skeptical show-goers
refused to believe that Barnum's
white elephant was any more genu
ine than tlie one they had seen
exposed. Somebody asked Barnutn
what he was billing as his chief
attraction that season. He smiled
and replied. "I've got a white ele
phant.” Then and there he sup
plied a distinctly American angle
to the age-old white-elephant allu
sion that to this day is used to de
scribe something expensive which
cannot he disposed of to any ad
vantage.
The Idg shows fought each other
until the stmmier of 1929, when a
great consolidation was effected.
Now six of the largest tent shows,
all Rlngling owned, contend for pa
tronage In friendly rivalry and try
to keep out of one another’s way.
Most outsiders think that every
circus picks its complete route at
the beginning of each season. In
reality, they are routed only about
six weeks in advance. Agents must
study crop and factory conditions,
epidemics of disease, and proximity
of rival attractions, and must ar
range to send the circus where
there Is a probability of doing good
business. Routing ■ circus Is ■
business science.