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WAGON ANO CARRIAGE FARADSThe warmth of the afternoon did

not dim the enthusiasm of the chil-dren who cam* to the playgroundWednesday noon to watch or takepart in the wagon and carriage par-ade. Twenty, kiddles entered theirvehicles most of which -were prettilyand cleverly decorated. There weredoll carriages, kiddie cars, tricycles,wagons and an aeroplane. TheJudges, Mrs. Leon Smith, Mrs. Ed-ward Reilty, and Mrs. William Walk- T n e girig a r e DUSiiy and pleasant-

DEVOTED TO TEE WHOLE COMMUMITY-HOrMm ML8E OM LMBB

WATERTOWN, CONN, FRIOAY, JULY 18. 1tt7.

OIRL SCOUTS AT CAMP

The first week"* the season atthe Girl Scount camp, Cochipianee,at Black Rock, has passed very plea-santly for the eleven girl scouts whoare staying there. This week Cap-tain Olive Walton and councillor,Miss Barbara Ashenden, nave undertheir charge Marlon McCleary, Flor-ence Sexton, Avis White, Anne Cow-perthwait. Christine Chapin, EmilyCbapln, {Catherine Sorenson, NancyWell*, Allene Barlow, Ruth Skiltonand Bernadette Bnssemey.

er deliberated long before selectingthe prise winners. The prixe forprettiest went first to CharlotteHtckcox who was dressed as PeterPan and rode on a tricycle decorat-ed with green crepe paper and redroses and second to Phyllis Fordwhose tiny doll carriage was daintilydecorated with pink roses and greencrepe paper. The first prise for themost original was awarded Jean Ma-rie Flynn whose carriage was decor-ated in red, white and blue and in Itwas seated her doll dressed as BetsyRoss making the flag. The secondIn originality was the little coveredwagon drawn by Donald Bucking-ham. Mae Geoghegan's - carriagedecorated in strips of blue and whitecrepe paper was voted the most elab-orate and the airplane, made andshown by Kasmir Geveaux, the mostunusual.

Each child in the parade was giv-en a tootsle roll. They were JeanFord, PhylMs Ford, Jean MarieFlynn, Mae Geoghegan, Alice Hart,Eva Tomasky, Ruth Tomasky, Don-ald Buckingham, Billy1 Ford, BobbyFord, Kasmir Gereaux, Jean Hick-cox, Charlotte Hlckcox, Mary Hick-cox, Theresa Helie, Wilfred Belle-rive, Pauline Miller.

ly occupied with lessons in naturestudy by Mrs. Harry Skilton, instruc-tions in life saving by Ralph Pashoand the junior instructor, Berna-dette Bussemey.

WHO'S WHO THIS WEEK

MR8. GEORGE ENTERTAINS

A number of friends were enter-tained by Mrs. Kallel George at acard party at her home Monday aft-ernoon. Two tables of bridge werein play and prizes for high scorewere won by Mrs. James Hanningand .Mrs! Russell Hard. Followingthe card games a delicious lunch

TOWN CLERK'S RECORD8 OPENTO PUBLIC INSPECTION

Publication of marriage Intentionsof Watertown people will be allowedaccording to a statement made pub-lic by Town Clerk Robert W. Purviswho views the matter in a differentlight than some of the town clerksthroughout this section. Town ClerkPurvis stated that his records wereopen to public inspection and tbathe would not conceal the records ofmarriage intentions from the publicand neither would he go out of hisway to broadcast them. It a manentered bis office and requested toview these records he would be ac-corded tbe privilege to do so. Someof the town clerks in the nearbytowns have refused to give out thisinformation and before long a rulingis expected to be issued from theState's Attorney General regardingthe matter.

CAMP MOHAWK ROAD AGAIN

Users of tbe road to Camp Mo-hawk were disposed to criticize theunworked condition of the stretchof road through the limits of Gosh-en township up until last Friday.Then the large scraper and tractorappeared for the first time In his-tory. Two men with this outfit ap-pear, to have done more work than

Mr. and Mrs. David Woodward ofAtlanta. Ga.. are spending the sum-mer at their residence on De For-est street.

Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Randall navereturned to their home on De For-est street after visiting at LakeClear. N. Y.

Mrs. Thomas Kervin is entertain-ing her sister from New Rocbelle,N. Y.

Mr. and Mrs. Karl Winters ofMain street are spending two weeksat Bridgeton, Maine.

Miss Olive Walton has severedher connections with the WatertownTrust company and will enter theemploy of the Heminway and Bart-lett Silk company.

H. F. Mason of Rldgewood, N. J.,a former resident of Watertown, hasbeen visiting friends In town for thepast few days.

Harold McCleary. who has beenplaying baseball in Rochester, N. Y.,Is visiting at his home on Echo Lakeroad. ;

Mrs. R. J. Ashworth of Woodruffavenue has purchased1 a Buick se-dan.

was served by the hostessThe guests included Mrs. Mary!

Flynn, Mrs. Nellie St. George. Miss |Mrs. Russell ;'"'

pfour horses and a gang of men on

John McCleary of Echo Lake roadhas been appointed to the Connecti-cut State police force and will enterhis new duties on July 16, being sta-tioned at the state police headquar-ters at Ridgefield.

Thomas Kervin of French streethas. purchased a Buick coupe.

Mr. and Mrs. William Kervin havereturned to their home after visitingrelatives in Qneida, N. Y.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brandmeyerand family of Woodside, Long Is-land, have been visiting at the homeof Mr. and Mrs. Louis Brandmeyeron Woodruff avenue.

Mrs. John Shields and children ofWoodruff avenue are visiting rela-tives in New London.

A son was born recently at theWaterbury hospital to Mr. and Mrs.Gordon Hurlburt of Merrlman street.

Mr. and Mrs. E. H. English anddaughter Joan are spending themonth at Narragansett Pier.

Victor Fogelstrom of Echo Lakeroad has been entertaining his moth-er from New Rochelle, N. Y.

Mrs. H. B. McCrone and childrenof North street are visiting relativesin Andover, Mass.

Mrs. Herman Petrou of New Brit-ain Is visiting at the home of Mr.and Mrs. Alfred De Land of Wood-ruff avenue.

The Great Lakes Transit Corpora-tion reports that Dr. C. Jackson andC. Wells of Watertown were pas-sengers on a recent cruise of theGreat Lakes. The ship on whichthey toured the lakes was the "Junl-ata."

(THE PASSING OP JOHN OREW,| ACTOR

The death of John Drew at sev-enty-three will open the chapters ofreminiscence of the drama in Amer-ica for he was born of stage folkand Maurice Barrymore married bisgifted sister, their children being to-day much in evidence on the boards.Thus three generations are enlistedin tbe review, beginning in {Ireland,for Drew's father was a comedian ofthat race and bis mother a versatilewoman of tbe stage.

Drew excelled in parlor work and"gay cavalier" 'parts. He made ahandsome figure in groupings withwell dressed and chatty men andwomen and there was no draggingwhere bis bright and amusing per-sonality was injected in the scene.A long list of plays is associated

TWO OOLLARS PER V I A *

1 HIS MIND WORKS RIGHT TODATE

Judge Leonard J. Nlckersos re-tires soon from the superior courtthrough the operation of the 70-yearage limit, but those present at therecent Litchfleld county session ofthe Bald-head club, when this indi-vidualistic jurist and ex-legislatorpresided, offer some of his remarksas evidence that he is too young togo into eclipse:

"Another time-honored phrase hasundergone a transformation. 'Thecart before the horse' now reads,•The quart before the hearse.'

"While according to the law, thepedestrian on the road still hasrights, they are generally the lastsad rites."—New Haven Journal-Courier.

the same roadThe ditches

Cornwallwere cleared,

Henrietta St. George.Hard. Mrs. Walter McGowan,James Laughlin, Mrs. Jamesning and Miss Nahza George.

road widened and everything

THIS IS THE LIFE"

New YorkMore Than 250

Han-

City

Youngsters Having Gay Old Timeat Shepherd Knapp Farm

Despite the murky and threaten-ing weather of the past week thevarious outdoor activities at Shep-herd Knapp Camp have been far

j made ready for the rain which cameSaturday night and Sunday. Thencame some 200 big cars to visit

; Camp' Mohawk Sunday. Then alsowas It necessary to begin haulingthem out of the mud. It is said thatninety per cent of the cars took thelong way home down Great Hill rath-er than to again venture through

I the fresh Goshen road. Complaints| from visitors were loud and bitterbut local residents are somewhatamused because present conditionsare passable compared with regularMarch and April conditions

CLUB 18 ENTERTAINED

The members of the ISedu Delph-ian society were entertained by Mrs.Walter Berry at her home Tuesday^afternoon. Some of the more fa-mous operas were the subject of theafternoon's study. Gluck and hermethods were discussed by Mrs.John L. Beach; Mrs. Walter Berrytalked on the opera, "Orphans andEurldlce" and gave a vlctrolas se-lection, "The Dance of the Spirits"from this opera. Mrs. William Walk-er gave the story of Cherublni's Lifeand Work. Meyerbeer ami his op.-ra,vi.es Huguenots," were describe! byMrs. Harry H. Ashenden anil twovirtrolii selections from this ••;p»-mwere played, "Fairer Than a l.ily,"as sung by Caruso, and ."Nobli' .̂ ir.I Salute You," a=s sung by Mat/.' :i-auer. Refreshment!' were served !>ythe hostess.

PREMATURE FLAG DISPLAY INWASHINGTON

So much is heard of the lack ofpatriotism and of the failure eitherto display the Flag or to display itproperly that there is somethingamusing about the instance of "over-patriotism" at the National Capital.Washington merchants, in anticipa-tion of Independence Day, flew OldGlory to the breeze in front of theirplaces of business on Saturday, July2, planning to leave it there overthe Fourth. •

This e;irly display of the flag wasnot altogether due to excess patriot-ism. It was partly accounted for bythe desire totiose no part of tin-rare double holiday by putting up aflag when it could be done ahead oftime. That was tluv way ihe mer-chants looked at ii.

that they had

NOW FOR THE SOUTH POLE

Commander Byrd, receiving tin-homage of Paris, and hearing hisflight described by Marshal Fochand the Colonel of the 34th Regi-ment of French Aviation as a greatcontribution to the science of avia-

from backward. The numerous, on Monday Selectman S. Bartholo- tion, expressed his gratification atswings, parallel bars and seesawswhich are a part of the extensiveplayground apparatus continue toprove highly popular with the twohundred and forty guests of the NewYork Hearld-Tribune who are aboutto return to the metropolis that anearly similar group may arrive onFriday to reap the benefits of fresh,nourishing food as well as thehealthful invigorating climate.

The firat group has proved an en-ergetic and eager, one. Severalyoungsters believe they have all theattributes, of big league diamondstars and hope some day to emulatethe feats of their sworn idols, BabeBoth and Buster Oehrlg. Othersprove themselves soccer players ofno mean ability while not a few areadept at football, volley ball, hand-ball and boxing. Fear of Injury inany of these games is an unknownquality to these forceful little NewYorkers and every athletic contestis fought on a bard and even des-perately fought basis.

One of the most popular of allcamp activities has been that of div-ing and swimming In the new pool.This new pool Is. both spacious aswell as deep there being a dock andspring-board for the accomplishedswimmers and a small sand beachand shallow water for those whofear to wade out over their beads.The pool waB made possible throughthe generosity of tne Lttchfield.Aldwho rented the land and built a con-crete dam and therefore made a finelooking swimming bole of a hereto-fore small, meandering countrybrook.

mew, who has- the reputation of be-ing one of the best rural road work-ers in Litchfleld oounty If not inConnecticut, appeared on the road

equipped with dynamite. Now- theprogram of widening and improvingthe road i s progressing well. Theonly apprehension felt now is thatour short wet spots will not bereated with at least, a twelve-inch

layer of cobblestones covered with

IT PAYS TO JOIN

Somebody stole a bam and a kettleof soup from William Zlpse's placethe other night and a short timeago they got 150 chickens. Williamwas ill when the Anti-Chicken-ThiefAssociation waa organised, so bedidn't get In. All the thieving sincethat organisation has been from mm-mJemtoera!--Jewell, Kans., Republl-

;ood dirt or gravel.

having that aspect emphasized. Noone among the flyers who have dis-tinguished themselves is less inter-ested in the merely spectacular fea-ture of the adventure of flying toEurope; and no one is doing moreby his ventures to make the discov-eries on which a sound science ofaviation may be built.

The flight over the North Polegave us information we had not pos-

BEE8: AND PROHIBITION

Out at Gallipolis, O., one WilliamHarper, a farmer, has made com-plaint to the Prohibition authoritiesabout the crisis that confronts bisbees. It appears that the bees whoare on duty go out in the morning togather nectar. But instead of gath-ering nectar they stray off to somestill in the neighborhood, fill them-selves up on soar mash and comehome drunk. And then the beeswhich have stayed home promptlyattack them and kill them, so thatbis hives are being so reduced Innumbers that shortly he will haveno bees at all.

We are at a loss to make any sug-gestion to Mr. Harper, for things areobviously more serious than he re-alizes. The similarity between abeehive and human society has oftenbeen noted, and in this case it isquite clear'that these bees, living inthe United States of America,'havevoted "in favor of Prohibition. But,as is usually the case in a situationlike that, some of the bees are infavor of personal liberty and theyshow their contempt for the law bygoing out and getting drunk. Thenthe bees which are in favor of lawenforcement,-following the, policyadopted by our own government, killthe scoftlaws by stinging them todeath—1. e., by filling them with poi-son. How it is all going to end w<are sure we cannot say. ° If we couldpredict the outcome In this beehivewe might be able to predict the out-come in. the United States as a•hole.—New York World.

) sessed before. The flight itself, withall its dangers and hardships, wasinspiring enough, but it was not in-spiration or a thrill he sought, but

But they foundstarted something. -The flags wereordered down by tile police. Themerchants defied the police. Thepolice reported all who disobeyed/some sixty of them, to the DistrictCommissioners. No arrests were,made, however, because the commis-sioners discovered they had not thepower to penalize for this violationof a regulation. So Washington hasgone back to normalcy, or as nearnormalcy as can be expected whenCongress is not in session.—Hart-ford Courant.

with him, including some of thelighter Shakespearean roles andclassic texts; he was Petruchio inthe "Taming of the Shrew." Drewhad some serious things to do Inhis acting and this had character,but he was primarily for comedy ofthe light and graceful order, and de-lightfully did he do it. The criticsspeak of "apparent spontaneity" asone of his gifts and those who recallDrew in rapid dialogue, where per-haps the situation was one of amus-ing perplexity will remember howrealization and rapid change of emo-tion seemed to come upon him—andthe delicious recording on his coun-tenance. One knows individualsamong his friends who "can do it,"and indeed every community has aJohn Drew as he appeared on thestage—perhaps a lesser edition—;but the faultless dress, the alertness,the charm, the "acting" that is reali-ty in social exchanges is commonenough.

The difference is that in Drew itwas the perfection of art. PerhapsIt the others had done it for a lifetime, they too might be great

Drew was born and went to schoolas a boy in Philadelphia. Of coursehis background was the stage, hismother being manager of the ArchBtreet theatre. It was not long be-fore he was playing small parts.With the Barrymores for uncle andaunt, there was no lack of opportun-ity. He appeared as a youngster andlater In important' roles with manyof the leaders of the stage of histime. Fanny Davenport was a lead-ing lady of his; Clara Morris a colIt-ague, and the great Edwin Booth,no less. On his trip to the Pacificcoast, where .he died, he had a com-pany of fifteen, mainly stars, and but.one Was younger than himself.—NewHaven JournahCourler.

WHY BU8INE8S FAILURES IN-CREASE

The Increase of over 7 per cent

FLOOD AFTERMATH

Three problems emerge above thereceding waters in the Mississippivalley. Counting from the remoterto the more Immediate, these are theultimate problem of flood preven-tion, the problem of permanent re-construction in the devastated areas,and the immediate problem of repa-triation and preliminary rebuilding.At Little Rock a fortnight ago Sec-retary Hoover announced that as faras Arkansas is concerned plans havebeen completed for the work of im-mediate reconstruction. This in-volves bringing the people back totheir homes—in too many casesmerely the sites of their formerhomes—and enabling them to plantsome kind of emergency crop. Inmost places it is too.late for puttingIn cotton, and the Arkansas farmersare making a desperate stab at any-thing that promises to bring in ayield before cold weather comes.American farmers are experiment-ing with soy beans, something asstrange to them, says our correspon-dent in the flood area, as Broadwaywould be to an Eskimo. SecretaryHoover has called it a gamble with,nature.

Of pernv»'ien: reconstruction, ae-

:ording to Mr. Hoover, there can be.to real consideration nutll October—that is to say, until It has been•ascertained- jUft how tht; gamblewith nature will turn out. Cotton,si.s stat>-'l. is out of tile question. Acorn crop may be made, but onlywith "miraculous" weather fromnow to harvest time. In October an-other .-urvey of the situation mustbe. hiaile, buj that, under the best ofcircumstances, the need will begreat is obvious. Nature, repentingof her cruelty, may conceivablymake amends in the form, of smilingfields. But Nature will not rebuildruined homes and furnish them; pro-vide clothing against cold weather,or restore vanished bank credit; andin the number of business failureslj, l s t 0 b e feared that Nature will re-

during the first half of 1927, as com- | t u r n w l t h a s e c o n d w a v e of assaultpared with the corresponding period!^ t n e fOrm ^ plague and sickness.

knowledge.So it was, too, in his flight to

France. In many respects it did notequal in the dramatic the flight ofLindbergh, but, confronting condi-tions that tested him and U s mach-ine to the utmost, he is able to makegreater scientific contributions toair navigation than any others.

And now he is to hasten back toAmerica, not to receive the homageof the public but to prepare for an-other scientific adventure over theSouth Pole.

After all, dashing, dare-devilflightB, while thrilling, are of publicvalue only in so far as they contrib:ute to the solution of the problemsof aviation or add to the sum.totalof human knowledge of far places.In this aspect Commander Byrdstands foremost among all the flyersof the world.—New York EveningWorld.

Those who doubt the efficacy ofBlister Rust control should study thedifference on some of the areas onthe E. D. Ourtiss estate, near Ban-tam. Last year on some of theworst gooseberry areas' the eradica-tion crew pulled from 3,000 to 5.000bushes a day. • This year in check-ing over the worst areas which werecovered last year only about fiftybushes a day are being found. Thework is under the direction of. Mas-on Noble of Canaan, one of theyoungest state foremen. Mr. Noble,however, is serving'his fourth sea-son on Bibes eradication work.

WHAT HAPPENED AT SING 8INGCommissioner Kieb's report on the

Sing Sing drownings, written afterexhaustive inquiry wltn an eye sin-gle to the truth, shows the dangerof basing judgment upon early, hastyand incomplete reports. The ac-counts of the episode published July5 tended to place the convicts in aheroic and the guards in a discredit-able light. These accounts were de-rived In large part from WardenLawes and other officers, werechecked by different observer* andwere honestly written. Yet Mr.Kieb's Investigation shows them in-accurate on vital points.

The first reports said that the cap-siied canoe held three persons; act-ually there were only two. Theystated that the victims were boys;actually they were men. One storydescribed the canoe as 100 feet fromshore when it turned over and an-other 100 yards. The Times QuotedWarden Lawes as saying that onesurvivor went down only fifteen feetfrom the end of tbe prison pier. ButCommissioner Kieb's thorough can-vass of the evidence indicates thattbe canoe'was "fully 900 feet fromshore, rapidly drifting south," thatthe men drowned 1,000 feet south ofthe prison boundary, and that In thechoppy waters no swimmer couldhave reached them. The guardssized up the situation correctly.They stood watch over the prison-ers; a towerman telephoned forhelp; a Sergeant sent two men toattempt a rescue, and these twosearched unsuccessfully for a boat.

There was evidently nothingwrong with the discipline or Judg-ment of the prison personnel. Thereseems. to have been a good dealwrong with our agencies of informa-tion, and in this the Sing Sing offi-cials and the press appear, to share%e blame.—New York World.

of 1926, has naturally .raised thequestion whether the country ls asprosperous as It is supposed to be.The-mortality rate this year is high-er than in any similar period since1915 and 1922. Those were abnor:mal years. In 1$15 American busi-ness was undergoing the stress of re-adjustment incident to the outbreakof the war, and in 1922 the failures

Malaria' has already asserted itselfto an extent where for Arkansasalone a defense fund of $1,600,000has been provided.

The flood sufferers in the entireaffected area number 600,000. InArkansas alone they >re more than200,000. Secretary Hoover speaks ofmore than 1,500,000 acres of therichest land in that state as laid

represented the wreckage from thel w a 8 t e This Is very nearly one-collapse of the post-war boom. I fourth the total crop acreage of

the high rate this year is a resultof quite different conditions. Theprime cause Is the keen competitionnow prevailing. Contributing tothis competition is the abundance ofcheap money, which has stimulatednew undertakings and expansionswhich have not always realized theexpectations of their promoters. Athird influence is the steady declinein commodity prices. While pricesare steadily rising it requires some-thing like genius to lose money, butwhen the trend is reversed weak andInefficient concerns are promptlyweeded but. Such a selective pro-cess is now under way. Depressionin agricultural districts and the col-lapse of the Florida boom have alsohelped" to swell the number of in-solvencies.

The chief conclusion to be drawnfrom the data ls not that the coun-try Is undergoing a sharp businessrecession but that too many embarkin business who do not possess therequisite financial or Intellectual

Arkansas and more than one-fourthin producing value. Arkansas of re-cent years has raised crops to theamount of $820,000,000, and' the costof farm buildings in tbe state isestimated at $120,000,000. The floodcost may thus be estimated to rangefrom $100,000,000 to double thatamount. The loss may thus, amountto $100 per head of the populationof the state, a Tatio which for thewhole country would mean morethan $10,000,000,000, or about halfof the national debt after a WorldWar. Before the sorrowful accountsare closed it seems inevitable thatthe country as a whole must cometo the assistance of the flood victims.—New York Times.

equipment.—New York World.

HARD ON THE FARMER

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The state motor vehicle commis-sioner's office has issued a ukase tothe effect that motor vehicles here-after-^-except motorcycles with. orwithout sidecars—must be equippedwith windshield wipers to goodworking condition. - This ruling iMgoing hard on the fanner who cowout on the.road with a tractor.—New London, Day. ;

LITCHFIELD COUNTY GETTING

INTERSECTIONAL PUBLICITY

The July and August issue of abulletin issued by the White StarLine and distributed from all the Im-portant cities of the United Statesand Europe has a unique "Ask MeAnother" query sent In by the Blist-er Rust Control Agent of Litchfleldcounty. Tbe question follows: "Onwhat ocean liner could a WhitePine be safely grown in the boww-hile a hedge of currant and goose-berry bushes flourished In tbe stem?Answer—On the White Star Liner•Majestic* -which ls 951 feet long.Blister Bast spores do not blow fromribeB more than MO feet a* a n t oto destroy white pines." J * .

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By ELMO •COTT WATSONNE hundred and seventy-two years ago (July tt,1763), there occurred with-in the present city limit*of Pittsburgh a battlewhich was one of thegreatest defeats ever In-flicted upon an army of

white men by their red enemies. Anarmy of 1,000 British regulars andprovincials, commanded by Gen. Ed-ward Braddock, marching to the cap-ture of the French Fort DuQuesne,was met on the banks of the Monon-gabela river by a force of less than900 French and Indians and utterlyrouted with a loss of nearly 900 killedand wounded.- Thus Braddock's de-feat became a high spot in Americanschool history.

Eight years later another army ofBritish regulars and colonials, number-Ing 450 men and commanded by Col.Henry Bouquet, was marching throughthe forest only a few miles away fromthe spot where the unburled bones ofBraddock's men still littered . theground They, too, were on their wayto this same fort at the forks of theOhio, only it was now in the handsof the British and was called Fort PittInstead of Fort DuQuesne. But It wasclosely beleaguered by the enemy, thewarriors of the great chief Pontlac,and if Fort Pitt fell a veritable redwave, of destruction would sweep overthe border settlements of the Quakercolony. If it held out until "Bouquetarrived, that danger'would be greatlylessened.

Twenty-five miles from their goal,on the banks of a little creek calledBusby Run, the soldiers were attackedby Indians. There, on August 5 and 6,1763, occurred one of the most bril-liant victories ever registered by anarmy of white men over their Indianfoes and one of the most decisive de-feats that the red man ever suffered.It was due solely to the skill of Col.Henry Bouquet, a Swiss soldier of for-tune.

Braddock's defeat is a familiar wordto everyone. You will search the

— schoolbooks in vain for' mention ofBouquet's victory. Such Is the incon-sistency of history!

The story ..of Gen. Edward Braddockis also an example of the Injustice of

: history, especially the so-called "popu-lar history." For more than a hun-dred and fifty years "popular history''has done him a grave Injustice; haspainted him as a strong-willed profes-sional soldier, scorning advice, a stub-born fool rushing to a well-merited de-struction. Fortunately for his fame,modern historians have revised thatestimate and one of them, no less anauthority than Archer Butler Hulbert,has even declared that Braddock's de-feat should really be Braddock's vic-tory, because It was the ability of theBritish as demonstrated by this un-fortunate general, to make a roadacross the country from the Potomacto the Ohio and to make a secondthree years later that really won theOhio country. It has remained forother historians to correct many of theother utterly distorted ideas about this"bloody business" of Braddock.

By digging up contemporary docu-ments long hidden away in musty ar-chives, they have proved that, con-trary to all the statements of/'popularhistory," Bruddock did not fall Into annmbuscn'le. that he did not scorn theadvice of Washington and other colorDinls, that he did not throw away theonly chance to win a victory after hisarmy was attacked by driving his sol-diers back into line. Instead of lettingthem fight from behind trees as theytried to do. A study of the map ofthis engagement. which appears InPark-mnn's "Montcalm and Wolfe" willdispel at once, that ambush theory.

Recent biographies of Washingtonshow that Braddock did take thisyoung Virginia colonel's advice andthat he profited by i t As for thecharge that it would have been betterto have let men/lght from behindtrees, military experts have declaredthat Braddock did the only possiblething to do when he attempted to ac-cept his losses, form a column, andpush his way forward out of the viseIn which his army was caught

.Apparently the earlier generation ofhistorians thought it necessary tobuild up the reputation of Washingtonand his other colonials' by runningdown those of Braddock and his Brit-ish subordinates. Certainly this wasnot necessary in the case of Wash-ington, for a simple recital of the factIs enough to show the brilliance of hisachievement in this affair. It Is nowgenerally admitted that one of thecontributing factors to the disasterwas the jealousy and lack of co-opera-tion shown by the various colonialgovernments and that under the cir-cumstances his expedition was doomedfrom the start. If Americans cantake pride In the part played by anyof their fellow Americans, Washingtonand Franklin are about the only onesentitled to their admiration. Modernhistorical scholarship has revealed Ed-ward Braddock in the light of a manwho, for all of his faults, was a realmilitary leader, as the victim of qir-cumstances and as a man who de-serves better from history than theodium which so.long has been at-tached to. his name.

When we see how unjust history hasbeen to Braddock, the defeated, it Islittle to be wondered at that it hasnot done better by Bouquet, the victo-rious. In considering.liis achievementin.relation to the circumstances underwhich he fought, his gallant fight andthe forces which he had at hand towrest victory. from what seemed to becertain defeat, it is not saying toomuch to rank him among the greatcaptains of American history. Pictureif you can the situation in which thisleader found himself on that hot Au-gust night, away out on the westernfrontier of Pennsylvania. Encampedupon a low barren hill to which theyhad been driven after the attack thatmorning, his little force of 450 menwere posted on the slopes in a largecircle. In the center of the circle lay35 desperately wounded oHIcers andmen. In the blackness of the forestwhich surrounded Bouquet's army onevery side were hidden Lndlnns threeor four times as many as the whites.Flushed with their recent successes inthe capture of a number of Britisharmy posts and remembering the greatvictory which they hud won over Brad-dock, who had niore than three timesas many men ns did Bouquet, the sawages were confident of another victory.Outside of the circle lay the bodiesof some 2.1 soldiers, killed in the fight-Ing during the day. On the hill therewas suffering from heat and thirst andundressed wounds, for there was nota drop of water to he had.

This was the situation which Kou-

quet faced at the dawn of August 6.There was no hope for rescue eitherfrom the tiny force which garrisonedFort Pitt and which was praying forhis arrival, nor from any of the postswhich lay behind him. He must fightIt out by himself. Defeat meant theannihilation of every man in that littlearmy and a horde of blood-mad say-'ages sweeping eastward with toma-hawks and scalping knives against thewomen and children crowded Into theunprotected towns behind him. Withthe coming of daylight the Indians re-sumed their attack and slowly butsurely the plunging fire of the Indianscut down the number of defenders onthe hill. At last. Bouquet, seeing thatdestruction was Inevitable If this typeof fighting continued, resolved to at-tempt one risky maneuver and wagereverything on one desperate chance.

If he could get the enemy out intothe open long enough to give his High-landers an opportunity for a bayonetcharge, he believed that one such de-cisive stroke might end the affair. Ex-plaining clearly to his men what hewanted them to do, so there would beno mistake, the colonel ordered thetwo companies of Highlanders to with-draw suddenly from the line, retreatrapidly across the hill, until theyreached the little ravine which ranalong one side of It, advance downthis ravine and be ready to attackfrom it when necessary. As the High-landers did this, the Indians, seeingthe maneuver and believing it to bethebeginnlngof a retreat which wouldgive them a chance to fall upon therear of the retiring column, abandonedtheir cover and the whooping mob ofsavages came charging out Into theopen and like a thunderbolt struckthe weakened line which had been ex-tended across the hill to. replace theHighlanders. Under the. terrific onsetthis line gave way, but Just In thenick of time the Highlanders camecharging out of the ravine and fellupon the rear of the Indians. As theybore down upon the. howling red menwith their flashing steel the Indiansrealized that they had been trapped.Then Bouquet put the final touchupon his magnificent tactics.

Once more taking a desperatechance, he again. broke his line andthrew two companies of light infantryout of the circle on the other flank.The flying Indinns, retreating beforethe Highlanders, ran squarely intothe Infantry and withered away beforethe volleys whlcll swept their line.. Afew moments later the savages hadfled, leaving Bouquet in full possessionof the field. It had been a dearlybought victory for the gallant colonel.Nearly a fourth of his force had beenkilled and wounded, but he had savedhjs army and With It,he saved Penn-sylvania. As he advanced towardFort Pitt he met but little oppositionfrom the Indians and when he relieved

.that fort he sounded the knell to thehigh hopes of the great Pontiac. With-in a year Pontlnc's conspiracy hadcollapsed entirely, and the last threatto English occupation of the NorthAmerican' continent was ended. '

Potential of BabyhoodConsider the power of human per-

sonality. In a tiny bundle of fleshthat we call a baby there lies dor-mant power sufficient to lift the entirerace to loftier heights and turn thecourse of history Into fairer ways;The' hahj grown to mnn'uiod becomesn M>lilit>r leading his county's troopsto victory in the hour of apparentdefeat: an orator swaying a nationwith bis eloquence; a musician com-

posing strains destined to thrill un-born generations; an inventor whosecreative, genius will enrich the worldand make'life easier and more abun-dant for hundreds of millions.—Psychology Magazine.

Oldtime Gambling Came' Hiernnymus Is an old gamblinggame which uns often played at fairs.The layout usually consisted of apiece of oilcloth with figures on Itfrom 1 to a The players placed their

money on the numbers. The operatorshook three big dice in a dice cup.then turned the cup down on thehoard. When the cup was lifted thenumbers displayed on the dice werethe winning numbers.

YIELDS PER ACREGAIN FOR 40 YEARS

Pretence of MindA man Who found a button" In his

salad remarked with great presenceof mind: "I suppose It dropped offwhile the salad was dressing."—TIt>Bits.

Washington—Increased productionof the important food and feed cropsduring the last 40 yean to doe in aconsiderable measure to the IncreaseIn yield per acre, according to B. O.Welts, agricultural economist of theUnited States Department of Agri-culture.

This acre-yield Increase has beenmust notable In the long-settled north-western section of the United States,where some of the land has been sup-posed by many to be wearing out.

Since the population to growingsteadily and most of the good landsuitable for cultivation has alreadybeen taken up, the problem of soilproductivity and fertility in relationto the future food supply will becomea more and more important phase ofland utilization.

The future trend of acre yields canbest be estimated on the basis of pastperformances, says Mr. Welt*. Since1SS3 the average yield per acre ofcorn in the United States has. in-creased about 18 per cent, and pota-toes about 40 per cent

During this 40-year period the com-bined acreage of corn, wheat, oats andpotatoes has been expanded about 62per cent, whereas the total produc-tion of these'crops has increased 77per cent

It seems safe to assume that de-velopments In the coming years withregard to acre yields will depend asIn the past to a great extent on theprices of agricultural products.

Archeological FindsTend to Prove Bible

Berkeley, Calif. — In discoveringwhat Is believed to be ruins of thefamous old Blblcal city of Mlzpab Inl'alestlne, William Frederic Bade.Berkeley scientist and professor of re-ligion, has unearthed substantial veri-fication of the history of the Old Tes-tament, believes Dr. Herman FrankSwartx, president of the Pacific Schoolof Religion.

Professor Bade, who Is on leave ofabsence from the Berkeley religiousInstitution, has "uncovered things otmuch greater historical Interest thanthe skull of the 'bobbed-hair Venus,'"said Doctor Swarte, In disclosing thatnumerous boxes of prehistoric relicshave been received from the excava-tor.

"His findings at Tel-El-Nasbeb (TheHill, Nasbeth) served to confirm, ex-cept as to details, which, of course,would be perishable, the Biblical ac-counts of the history in the Old Tes-tament"

Ex-Rawer*. Chef WasWimelm H's Prisoner

Paris.—He cooked for the ex-kaiserafter having been a prisoner of Wil-helm II's grandfather—and the ex-kaiser liked i t That is the record otG. A. Escoffler, dean of French chefs,still spry at eighty-seven.

"I have sent at least 200 cooks toAmerica hi 20 years," be recalls."Most of them I trained outside ofFrance, at the Savoy and Carlton InLondon, or aboard the . Hamburg-American liners. But they' were allFrenchmen and trained In the Frenchtradition of cookery—naturally .thebest in the world.

"It was aboard the liner Berenga-rla, then the Imperator, that I firstmet the former emperor. They hesi-tated to hire me because I had beencaptured in the war of 1870 and hadbeen treated—well, as prisoners arelikely to be. However, I soon reas-sured his majesty that I had no in-tention of poisoning him."

British Workhouse WomenDemand Bobbing of Hair

London.—Shingled hair has becomeso prevalent In England that evenfeminine Inmates of workhouses de-mand It This was revealed when,after a heated discussion, the Blggles-wade (Bedfordshire) board of guard-ians voted to accept the offer of alocal barber to shingle all the womenIn the local workhouse.at the inclusivecharge of- $17.50 yearly.

Showing Up BlondesNew York.—A book by Detective

Francis Carlln cites statistics thatblondes constitute 76 per cent of per-sons convicted of crime.

27,650,267 Autos Nowin Operation in WorldWashington.—A world census

of automobiles made public bythe Commerce department re-cently Indicated that on. Janu-ary 1,1027, there were 27,050,267automobiles, trucks and bussesIn operation all over the globe.This was an increase of 3,176,-638 over January 1, 1020.

The United States had In op-eration 80 per cent, of the total,or 22,137,334 machines. TheUnited Kingdom' was secondwith 1,023.051, France thirdwith 801,000, and Canada fourthwith 820.018. Other countrieswith large quotas were In theorder named:. Australia, 305,-615; Germany, 310,000; Argen-tina, 222,010; Italy, 138.177;Spain, 135,000, and New Zea-land, 123,224.

RECOUNTS THRILLSIN NUNTHN, MROS

Hero of Native Police TeUsof Battle With Outlaws.Waahlngton.—For those who must

have thrills, the heart of Mindanao,a southern island of the Philippines,to recommended.

There, says Lieut Callzto Duque ofthe native constabulary, the buntingof Moro outlaws could provide enoughexcitement to satisfy almost anybody'scraving for adventure.

Duque himself faced the poisonedspears, the arrows, mantraps andrasor-edged knives of the outlawswith such* courage that be was re-warded with a year's visit In theUnited States to study military tac-tics at Fort Bennlng, Ga. He has Justcompleted the course and to on theway back to the Philippines.

Tells of Expedition. '•Telling of his experiences In Min-

danao, he recalled an expeditionagainst a band of 150 Moros accusedof killing a constabulary officer, asergeant, three privates and a civil-Ian, whom scouts had found fortifiedon a bill rising from a plain andbacked by a wall of mountains.

He set out with his company beforesunup, carrying a long staff withwhich he probed the ground beforehim to avoid stumbling Into a man-trap.* To fall Into such a trap wouldmean death on the poisoned beads ofimplanted spears.

When the party approached theMoro stronghold they saw an earthenwall on the hlllcrest and a wide, drymoat at its base. Volunteers to scalethe wall were called for and the offi-cers, exercising their privilege underthe constabulary code, crept towardthe wall.

The Moros opened fire, but the con-stabulary replied In kind, silencingthe outlaws' guns. When the latterceased firing the officers made a rushfor the wall and Duque leaped acrossthe moat and clambered up the tangleof bamboo and "creepers which formedits outer side.

Abandon Women and Children.Reaching the top of the wall, he

emptied the three cartridges of hissawed-off repeating shotgun Into theInclosure. Abandoning the womenand children they bad with them, theoutlaws • dashed Into a dugout fromwhich some escaped through an un-derground passage.

For a moment the twenty-four-year-old lieutenant seemed to be an undis-puted conqueror. But only for a mo-ment A half-naked Moro arose likea shadow near him, spear poised,Its deadly tip glistening In the hotsun. Duque's comrades opened fire(but the Moro appeared Immune totheir bullets and the conqueror raisedthe stock of his empty gun to parrythe spear thrust

It wasn't necessary to swing thegun, however, for a bullet which hadbeen sapping the life of the outlawsuddenly proved too much for himand he pitched headforemost intothe redoubt

Evelyn, 220 Years Ago,Had Recipe for .Salad

London-—Salad was "sallet" whenfirst It entered English homes morethan two centuries ago. But it reallywasn't much different from salads oftoday, although cooks of various landsprefer their own preparations.

John Evelyn laid down the law ofthe salad exactly 220 years ago. Anexcerpt from the records of this fa-mous diarist reads: '

"Sallett is a particular combinationof certain crude and fresh herbs, suchas usually are, or may be, safely eatenwith acetous Juice, oyl, salt etc., togive them a grateful gust and vehicle."

Before Evelyn's time British cooksgenerally boiled their salad herbs.Evelyn drew sharp distinction betweenherbs which should be cooked andthose which should be eaten raw. HeInsisted that "sallet" should be mixedwith all the skill that a composer ex-erts In writing a symphony.

Trout Lean Toward''Delicacies" for 'Table"

Washington.—"Feeding the fishes"Is not such a simple matter. Thedietetic requirements of a trout suit-able for the dinner table and to lurethe sportsman are decidedly special-ized. Experiments carried on by theUnited States bureau of fisheries showthat beef liver, beef heart and shi-i-pliver will do nicely for.spring plant-ing with steelhead, rainbow and brooktrout but when trout are to be rearedto a larger size beef liver is wbat willproduce the biggest and best trout

Something new on the menu mayresult from experiments with threenew, fish foods—soy-bean oil meal, adried shrimp product and a fresh-water mussel meal. In the future thefresh meat, diet may be expanded toInclude these foods as substitutes fora part of the meat.

Excitement Over NewPosition Fatal to Girl

St Paul, Minn.—An offer of a newposition is believed to have caused ex-citement resulting in the death ofMiss Bernice Rice, twenty-year-oldprimary teacher at a local school.Miss Rice had Just recently receivedan offer of a position as teacher atWlnbnn. State Teachers' college,where she graduated a year ago, andwas greatly excited over the prospect,according to friends. She returnedhome In apparently good health In theafternoon, but later fainted and died.

SHIP BELL TOLLSDf IDAHO

Vernal, Utah.—A bell of olden days,once part of the equipment of the Ar-gonaut, a ship that sailed the Severn8eaa and finally ended Its career u aPacific coast "boneyard," now sum-mons to worship the parishioners ofS t John's Lutheran church la Ameri-can Falls. Idaho. In the early seven-ties the Argonaut came to the Pacificocean, making the trip around theHorn, and engaging In freight andpassenger traffic In the water* of theNorth Pacific. More noouemlyequipped steamers appeared and the-'Argonaut was relegated to riMistwtoetrade

In 1880 Ludwtg Adolf, father ofChristian Adolf of American Falls,Idaho, settled In the newly foundedcommunity of Newberg, 25 milessouth of Portland, Ore. A Lutherancongregation was organised and Lud-wig Adolf was sent to Portland tosecure a bell for the church. He founda suitable one In a ship chandler'sshop on the waterfront on the Willa-mette river, and the chandler told hintthat this bell was once used on theold Argonaut and that It had tolledIn many parts of the world.

The Lutheran church of Newbergused the bell until the congregationwas disbanded; after existing 36 years.Mr. Adolf had some years before re-moved to American Falls. Idaho, andwhen he learned that the bell was nolonger used In Newberg he made aJourney to his former home andbrought the bell back to Idaho.

How Coeds Can Be Thin;Can Eat on $2.50 a Week

Ithaca, N. Y.—The high cost of liv-ing need hold no terror for the mod-ern college girl. A class studyingfoods at the New York State College:of Home Economics at Cornell uni-versity found that the. coed can feedherself on $2.50 a week.

This cost figure was declared thesmallest sum which would supply the2 3 0 calories required by a girl ofaverage size carrying on everydaycollege studies and activities. In or-der to do It, however, she must be herown cook and literally know her vege-tables. She must also know the cheap-est produce markets. . '

No mention is made of the freemeals she may have, so It is expectedthat the ultra-economical coed follow-ing this "food prescription" will have21 meals at her regular eating place.

Nobby, Footloose Monkey,Is Escorted to Prison

London.—Found wandering In theWest end without visible means ofsupport Nobby, a marmoset, was ar-rested and taken to the police station.Here he was virtually charged withbeing a "rogue and vagabond" andplaced in a little cell of his own. Nob-by made no reply to the charges,showing Indifference to the majesty ofthe law by picking up a penholder offthe Inspector's desk and recording hisvisit on the handle by the aid of histeeth.

The prisoner was bailed out by thekeeper of the zoo in response to amessage from the police and Is nowliving in happier quarters In a sana-torium recovering from a slight chill.How Nobby spent his liberty In theWest end Is as much of a mystery as;his ownership.' '

Find Human Bones Saidto Be 1,000 Years Old

Providence, R. L—Prof. Edmund B.de LaBarre of Brown university hasfound human bones he believes to be1,000 years old at Assonet Neck,Mass. The bones, which are bits ofhuman skull and leg bones, wereburled under a thick layer of peat ata spot covered by water at high tide,and were grouped In an area scarcelya foot In radius. The bones, Prof, deLa Barre believes, may have been pre-served from, some prehistoric crema-tion, or may have been In the stomachof some predatory animal when Itdied.

1,128,000 StutterersIndianapolis.—There are 1.125.W0

stutterers and stammerers in theUnited States, announces the NationalProtective League for Stammerers.Less than one-fourth of them are fe-males.

Pieces of NibelungenManuscript Are FoundBerlin.—Fragments of Nibe-

lungen manuscript which Is be-lieved to be one of. the oldestIn existence; were discovered byDr. Hermann Menhard, directorof the Klagenfurt library, atKlagenfurt, Austria, while he

was. cataloguing the ancienthandwritings of the Corinthianarchives.."The fragments are written In

the Bavarian-Austrian languageof the Middle ages and are sup-posed to have belonged to awandering minstrel of theTwelfth or Thirteenth century.They are closely written In col-

|, umns of 30 lines each on a pageand. are without the ornate ini-tials at the beginning of chap-ters, customary In manuscriptsof a" Inter period. >

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POT CHEESE

ROSESt« k» D. J. WataU

1-tUCOEMU HAT dropped ft lump ofH batter Into the bowl of enemy

JLLcurd, added iett end a daab ofpaprika, and laatl j poured In aU

tbe cream oft* tbe morning's milk. Shetasted critically. It waa good, very

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ood.Wlth-swtft movements she molded

the pot cheese Into two balls, wrapped«ne o« them in paraffin paper and laidIt noon an old-fashioned blue plateand threw a fringed doily over thewhole.

"I don't care If It U only pot cheese,i f s tbe best I can offer, and I'm go-ing to take it to her," the said to her-

Sbe took her shawl from the nailbehind tbe kitchen door and threw Itover ber Uttle gray head. Then quick-ly, lest her courage fall her, she wentout of tbe back door of her tiny, oldgray house and across the street totbe back door of tbe big, new, goldenbouse whose many windows caughttbe morning sunlight

She knocked timidly and an elderlywoman ID a large pinafore opened thedoor.

"Good morning!" said Mrs. Mac-Vane's housekeeper. "Come in."

"I—Tve brought Mrs. MacVane alittle something," Eugenia said. She•aw on tbe kitchen table s great heap•of rich pink roses which tbe house-keeper bad evidently been arrangingtot a beautiful cut-glass vase whenshe was Interrupted.

"Wouldn't you like to take It to heryourself?" asked the kindly house-keeper. "She Is sitting up this morn-ing. HI show you the way upstairs,and then all you have to do Is toknock at her door."

A sweet voice summoned Eugeniato enter and tbe opening of the doorplaced ber In the presence of herneighbor.

Mrs. MacVane sat upon a chaiseilongae with a bowl oil violets on tbetable beside her. A stack of books,smother stack of magazines, and aportfolio of engravlbgs showed whatbad been done for her entertainment.But she leaned back on her silk cush-ions, very pale and languid, without a.spark of animation In her blue eyes.

-Oh, it's Mrs. Hay!" she said faint*ly. "How do you d o r She seemedmystified by ber humble neighbor'sappearance.

"The housekeeper said I could bringyou what I'd brought for you," Eu-genia stammered.

All at once her offering seemed In-describably humble and trivial. Topresent pot cheese to. a woman whowas used to Parma violets and Amer-ican Beauty roses! She wished shehad not come. What a fool she was!Mrs. MacVane would think It strangethat she, an almost complete stranger,should dare offer her anything so ab-surd as pot cheese.

"What Is It?" the invalid asked.•"Set It down here on the table, please.And then take that chair. I am surejrou'll find it comfortable."

"I can't stay," Eugenia murmured.hastily. "iT-l've got to go right back."

The long, slim fingers lifted thedoily, the blue eyes studied the par-

affin-wrapped ball curiously.Eugenia shook with embarrassment."It's only pot cheese," she tried to

•explain. "I made It myself, It's warmyet—I wanted to bring you some-thing."

Mrs. MacVane smiled. ,"It looks very nice. Thank you very

much."She held' out her hand. Eugenia

-took It, looked Into the blue eyes andescaped. Yes! She felt that It wasescape. She did not breathe freelyuntil she was out of the house.

Back again in her own kitchen, shesat down and choked over her temer-ity. ' •••:•. . •

"Old women do such ridiculousthings," she scolded herself. "I'm get-ting to be on old woman."

She sat thinking drearily when Mrs.<Jrbffert, ber next-door neighbor, cameIn, Mrs. Crbffert was a thin, sallow-woman with sharp eyes.

"I saw you going over to MacVane'swith something In your hand," shesaid. "How is she? And what In theworld did jun take there in thatdish?" *

"I took her pot cheese," Eugenia an-swered.

"Pot cheese!" Mrs. Croffert laughed."Well, if you don't beat all! Potcheese to. that woman! And justabout two minutes before you gotthere I saw a florist's boy leave a bigbox which probably held roses. Itmust "have tickled her! But maybe alaugh did her good."

Eugenia bit her lip.vr wanted to give her something,"

she said. "She's been sick so longand she Is my neighbor. I showedmy good will, anywny. It wasn't as IfI had money for other things."

"Well, don't take on over It," Mrs,Croffert said. "As I say, a good laughmay do her good. And your pot cheeseIs splendid. Is this some of It?"

"Zes, you can~take it home with,you If'yori^like." Poor Eugenia feltas if she could never bear the sightor smell of the stuff again.

Mrs, Croffert carried the remainingball of pot cheese home with her andEugenia cried a little In the privacyof her loneliness. Life had been a dif-ficult, uphill business for her always;

. she bad; known bereavement, widow-hood, hard work and poverty, but shehad seldom been humiliated. And thiswas -humiliation. . I

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At fomr thatpiecing blocks with aabet* the month thefrom the Wethe door.

site said briefly. "Bight away,right over."

Eugenia went, wondering very muchand very doubtful. .

The beautiful woman of the goldenhouse again sat fas her chaise longas,but this time her face bad a fresherlook, and she wss smiling.

"Come right In r she said cordially."And alt down there, where I can talkto you." She had a pretty Impera-tiveness of manner.

Eugenia obeyed, noticing as she didso that the violets ot the morning hadbeen exchanged for tbe AmericanBeauty roses.

T v e got something to tell yon,"Mrs. MacVane said eagerly. "Nowthen, I ate every morsel of that potcheese—every morsel. It was tbe firstthing that has tasted good since Pvebeen sick. And do yon know, It musthave contained magic for I began tofeel better Immediately. And I wantsome more—U you will make It forme."

"More pot cheese 1" gasped Eugenia."More—lots more. The doctor says

I may have It You see, I've beenworse than a baby, nothing agreedwith my stomach, but that did, per-fectly. Tears ago my little old grand-mother used to make such pot cheesewhen I was a child and visited her onthe farm. I lived over all those oldmemories as I ate your pot cheese."

"Well, you poor, dear Uttle thing I"said Eugenia. '

From that day until Mrs. MacVanewas well Eugenia took her each day abig creamy ball of pot cheese.

One day Mrs. Groffert came In Justas Eugenia was admiring a wonderfulpiece of rich black satin.

"Where'd you get that?" asked Mrs.Croffert curiously.

Eugenia flung up her little, graybead.

"My friend, Mrs. MacVane, gave Itto me, trimmings and all. complete. Iguess when I go with them fan theirnew car to the city next week. 111have to scurry some to get this dressmade, but Angle Polk said she'd helpme."

Mrs. Croffert had to say something."How long do you expect to be

gone?" she mumbled.'' "Two weeks—at the best hotel!"cried Eugenia gayly.

Could See No Meritin Pof* 'Tamerlane"

A hundred years ago an obscureyoung printer.of Boston pulled fromhis presses the freshly Inked sheetsof a poor little pamphlet which was tomake' literary history, preserve hisand its author's name to eternity, andgive to America her first Indubitablework of genius.

Calvin Thomas could not foreseethis, and the few members of theNew England writing fraternity whomay bave found copies on their edi-torial desks were too indifferent toInquire. Idly they may have turnedback the unprepossessing paper wrap-per to the title page and read, In in-different type on worse paper, the leg-end: "Tamerlane and Other Poems,by a Bostonlnn."

But It so, they soon forgot it andneglected to say that It ever had beenso. And the book was quickly forgot-ten. And, but for one fact, it wouldhave remained so. It was the firstfruit of genius.' But, again, it Is not hard to under-stand why so few failed to appreciate"Tamerlane" or properly to estimatethe' genius of Its author. No nameappeared upon the title page. Thename of Edgar A. Poe was not yetknown, and had it appeared in itsrightful place could have aroused littleenthusiasm or commanded much re-spect. And. tbe character of thepoetry contained was such that itcould not hope for more than a disap-proving nod from the literary dictatorsof New England. It was highly ro-mantic, other-worldly, concerned morewith music than moralizing; there-tore, It could not be good poetry, bythe terms of the Boston recipe forverse making.

The 'long, Imaginative and -some-what overlush narrative of 'Tamer-lane" was bad enough, but what fol-lowed was even worse. Nine fugitivepieces, all the work of a boy of four-teen or fifteen years, all concernedwith the moments of passion and de-spair of a sensitive boy in uncon-genial surroundings; that was oil therewas to i t Forty pages of juvenilia.Forty pages of lament for the harddarts of fate and ill fortune and lovelost.

It wasn't Impressive, this swan songof a young poet. Yet now, volume andpoet have both taken their, place inthe ranks of the honored few.

"Tamerlane" has done more. It bosbecome the most desired and therarest of all American books. Possiblyforty complete copies ever got Intocirculation, and^of these but five orenow known to be in existence.'• Oneran imperfect copy, IsMn the Britishmuseum,. la London; • the remainingfour are owned by collectors. ThereIs no copy In the Library of Congressat Washington. ._;

In a hundred years a waif of theprtntshop, unacknowledged by Itsauthor, despised by its printer, un-published and unprolsed, has grownto the heights of a "collector's rarity,"bringing, when It appeared last, thehighest sum ever paid for on Ameri-can book, $15,000. Perhaps there'sjust a bit of Irony in tbe fact that thistransaction took 'place In the citywhich scorned Its first appearanceIn 1827!

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Am Among Features.

Among the highly significant fea-tures of tbe dsml-season openings,writes s Paris fashion correspondentto the Louisville Courier-Journal, Isthe prevalence of the up-ln-trontwaistline, a return to the mold-sad-flare contour, the leaning toward diag-onal sea minis and a certain if subtletransition In materials from the fiatcrepes to such fabrics as velvet, crepesatin, crepe roma and georgette. Evenmete noteworthy, and In a larger way,Is the entrance of pins-fours into thefeminine mode. This, of course, is notexactly new, jet the decided emphasisupon It during these summer openingsmakes It stand forth a little moresmartly than heretofore. Details ofsome of the summer showings are ap-pended.

Chanel.A smart theme of tbe Chanel sum-

mer collection Is the snugly fittingday-time frock which features ashaped flounce In the front thatwidens gradually until It forms thecomplete skirt at the back. Loose,U-shaped panels, matching scarfs,which are attached at the shoulder,and one-sided wing draperies all com-bine to produce a silhouette whichfully realises the kinetic ideal—anoutline whose effect Is straight whenthe wearer is In repose, but which Im-mediately becomes animated as soonaa she walks or dances. The shortsleeve also receives recognition in, thiscollection, but It Is not as abbrevi-ated as some of the exaggerated typesnow extant It hovers In the vicinityof the elbow, sometimes terminating alittle above, sometimes ending just aUttle below. In the mode da soir thereis also a novel sleeve feature—thethree-quarter length species, which Isprincipally offered in black lace din-ner gowns. Colors In general arevivid, nlle green, deep blue, red, mauveand yellow being the predominanthues.

Vlonnet.As unusual a collection as the haute

couture has shown this year Is thesummer exhibition of Madeleine Vlon-net For one thing she shows coatswhich so' closely approximate thetallleur that only a close inspectioncan make certain tbe distinction.Again, she Is sponsoring her romanticfull-flaring cape for evening wear,which" Is sectioned Into large points.New collar treatments are also In evi-dence. One collar continues Into twobands which are knotted at the waist;line. In another model Vlonnet offers'a Jabot revere sufficiently long toreach over the shoulders. The day-time silhouette Is generally straight,while the robes du solr adhere to noparticular contour. Velvet, crepe satinand other flat silks are the outstand-ing fabrics, while a pale green for

Tucked Frock of Crepe Georgette; Slipof Matching Crepe da Chine.

afternoons and a deep apricot for eve-nings are the .most significant colorthemes. Tassels, cords,, soutach andfringes are generously applied as.trimmings for the mode du solr.

Chantal.If you had any thought that the

mold-and-flare outline, so.prominent afew seasons ago and so utterly bnnnflsince, was forever consigned to tlielimbo of the demodee, banish It. ForChantal, of Paris, has revived the-theme -this .summer. Of course, thenew mold' does not begin as high asIt did previously. Where before "theentire bodice emphasised tbe conform-ing effect, now that theme Is confinedto the waistline. The molded effectcontinues from the waistline over thehips and begins to evidence its duringpropensities halfway, to the knee.Here the skirt attains fullness bymeans of the circular cut or severalvarieties of loose plaits, most note-worthy among which 'far the box .plait.

velvet, lac* and i

The bin-top waistline remains theguiding genius of the DrecoU collec-tion, which for t%e most part retainstbe straight silhouette of spring. Thiscontour, you will remember, sir—endbias treatments, the blowing backand a varied group of bolero manipu-lations. Tbe tallleur occupies an un-usually prominent place In this show-ing and in that connection a signifi-cant number of strictly tailored coat*are exhibited. Then Is one note-worthy characteristic of these tailoredcoats—they seldom employ fur as atrimming, yet invariably a fox scarfaccompanies tbe wrap. The composeensemble Is the outstanding type ofcostume In the DrecoU collection. ItconslMts of a woolen coat, usuallybroadcloth, underneath which is worn

Evening Gown Developed In Blaek811k; Long Sleeves; Molded Bodice.

a frock of silk, the latter often bor-dered with a lightweight fur. Velvet,sattn, crepe romaln and crepe maro-cain are the leading fabrics, while thebrown range stands first in the colorscheme.

Loulseboutanger.An unusual note in the Loulsebou-

langer collection, and one which liasalready attained a wide re-echoingamong the smart set In Paris, Is thecape costume. Tills consists of a silkfrock whose skirt flares in front, ac-companied by a silhouette conformingcape of the same material as thefrock. The cape adheres closely tothe figure and is caught about thehips. Another notable item in thiscollection Is the two-piece ensemble,consisting of a tiered skirt, which Isaccompanied by a fur-bordered three-quarter length paletot' Robes dusolr once more insist on the springsilhouette. The bodice is quite asloose as formerly, the hip line'Is con-forming, while the skirt branches outinto a. charmingly plaited 'bouffancy.A rather • striking feature which at-tracted wide comment was the appear-ance on crepe satin of huge appllqued-flowers In vivid effects.

Groult x ••Individual as most of the new sil-

houettes are, Nicole Groult offers per-haps the most notable outline of therammer season. The contour Is whatIs called the half cloche outline. Theskirt flares In a circular manner atthe front, while In back It Is quitestraight and very flat. Groult make*no change In the hemline, which iscurtailed as before In the vicinity ofthe knees. There is no evidence ofthe short sleeve at this salon, whichstill features the long, close-fit tinetype. There is an unusual dearth ofcolors, black and navy blue beingpractically the only shades. Velvet,crepe satin and lint crepes are used.

Lenlef.Lenlef Is decidedly partial to the

flared silhouette for this.summer; sopartial, Indeed, that he has beconjoone-sided in the matter. That is tosay, he emphasizes fullness at one sldorather tlian at the front which Is tb«'typical method of the new season.Quite the most prolific ensembl*which has been seen In Paris formany moons Is presented by the ver-satile Lenlef. It is a sports costume,and consists of a coat. Jacket andskirt, all niiule of a soft woolen fabric,a blouse which la silk anil white, ofcourse, and n Jumper of tricot. Wom-en of the old school who. are still wait-ing for a return to those days whenwomen were modestly women maytake heart via Lenlef through thelonger skirt, which Is a general char-acteristic of this collection;' Longer,of ^course, Is distinctly a comparativeterm; the hemline is still sufficientlycurtailed to meet the demands of themost modern debutante. Notable, too,In this collection- is a higher waistline,and *wre, of course, the term higherIs surely comparative; It still falls sev-eral Inches short:of what was onceknown as Its'normal sphere.

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by Hit HandwritingBy KDMA WJHOY WALSH

r C n t v w w w w w w w w i r w w s(C*pjrri«h£.)

Is Ho Speedy or Slow?

Unas to Right, Swift.

Vertical, Slower.Many aie quick to act and slow to

think, while those who think quicklyare sometimes s!ow to act Thequick actor and slower thinker penshis t ban to the right of the uprightand writes an uneven base line.

Those who naturally write a verticalwriting not made necessary by theirwork, will be slower to act than thosewho write with a slant The handwrit-ing flows freely with a normal slantand there Is more speed of action whenthe strokes at the ends of the wordsextend to the right than when theycome back to the left.

In order to judge speed, take a drypen and trace the writing. You willnotice that strokes penned to the leftat tbe end Uke time. Also, thatdisconnected letters within words taketime—that Mttle t bars crossed lowdown on the bar, or crossed to theleft of the bar show more slownessof action than If strokes are all freelyand rythmlcally connected flowing tothe right, with t bars crossed high orto the right

Those people who make too manyupstrokes to letters fuss too muchabout unnecessary details in their con-versation, hence are slower to get Intoreal action than those who eliminateupstrokes to most of their letters.

Is H« a Pay-Dreamer?

Day-dreaming Is mostly found In tbecharacter that lacks action.

Most back-hand writing is made bytbe dreamer type. The majority ofvertical writing is also made by thiskind of mind.

Perfectly round letters, with pres-sure Indicated on the bottom of theletter, speak of a writer who Is notparticularly active.. Pronounced loops that collide withwords on line above or below, show akeen imagination on the part of thewriter. If the writing Is not of apronounced slant to the right and Itthe t burs are made very light in pres-sure or to the left of the upright, thenone may be sure that the writer wasup in the clouds. :

Unusual styles of letter formationalso speak of the highly imaginativetypes. Writing unlike copybook style,showing orlginulity and imagination,hut without force of the writing por-traying action, shows the "day-dream-er", type. Fine scrolls and flowinglines, with f s ana d's ascending, helpto ascertain the Imaginative qualitiesof the writer, all of which classify himus a dreamer.

The Simple "C"

Here Is the tale of the c. It Isromantic Inasmuch, as It is appar-ently such a little much-overlookedthing hidden away between the manyletters- in a piece of handwriting.

Turn your- letter or sample of writ-Ing upside down and look at the capi-tal C's. If you find at the start of theletter a loop that makes the letteror the upper half of the letter appearidentically the same as a heart, youwill know that this person hus a bigheart and will : do anything withinreason for a friend.

Now for the little letter c. If thisappears within a line, large In pro-portion to the other letters—almostlike a capita!—"-then you may be surethat the writer has great moral cour-age. He fears nothing that has to dowith physical pnin. But he mightfear ridicule or something leas slgnitl-cant. If his t hars are made to theleft, then he Is not sure of littlethings, such as speaking in public,hut he-would be sure of raving someone from danger in public. He Isforced- Into action even against hisrenson.

Notc.-^Do not make final judgmentuntil other signs In writing ire studied.

Sphinx Ham Man** FaceThe supposition that the head of

the Sphinx was that of a female wasdispelled by the discovery of frag-ments of a beard.' Mr. Piazzl Smythsays: "it-" Is a man's face and hadonce a tinge stone beard." When,"through Count Cnvlglta and Mr. Con-sul Salt, in 1817, the sand was clearedqu-ny in fi*nt, a pnrt of' this heardwas found fallen between the paws of.he lion figure. j -5

LIFE'SLITTLEJESTS

PROOF

The boxer came to the doctor witbia black eye and a broken nose,

"Did this happen while you were>training?'* asked the doctor.

The boxer laughed: "No, they canttouch me,"1 "You were set on hi tbe street?"

"No."Tben I don't understand."The boxer breathed heavily: "My

wife proved to me that «he couldn'tpossibly go on wearing last year'sbat"—Vancouver Province.

THEY MADE HIM GIDDY

She—What makes that Mexicanfriend of yours such a giddy chap?

He—The revolutions he'sthrough, my dear.

Hymn of HateA suy I bate,

I'll tell you. abler, ./.la ha who calle ' • '

Himself "uptltter."

A Siniafr HeritageA certain woman who Is proud of

ber aristocratic ancestors happened toshow her maid the silhouette of anaunt of hers.

The girl had .never seen anything ofthe kind before, and she gated at tbeportrait long and earnestly.

"Lor1, mum," she said at length. "Ialways thought you had some relationslike that; you're that dark In the faceyourself."—London Tit-Bits.

The Main One"Yes," said the lawyer, "you go

through bankruptcy and it will relieveyou of all your financial burdens."

"That so?" said the man who wasIn trouble. "And what becomes otherr

"Her? What do you mean?**"My wife, of course."—Boston Train-

script

ContinuousOld Gentleman—So you are looking

for a square meal, eh?Tramp—No, I'm looking for a round

one. ' '.' .' •' .Old Gentleman—I never heard of

such a thing. Pray what is a roundmeal?

. Tramp—One that hasn't any end t»it, air.

First Peacock—What worries youfSecond Peacock—I hope we shall

never degenerate Into a race without

Fortune TellingThe fortune teller la a blulf.

He handeth a sockdolagerAa soon aa he hath nerve enough

To pose as an astrologer.

Mosteal MenuCook—What are we bavin' tonight;

ma'am?Mistress—Why, I Just told you;

dear soup, filet of sole, the roast andpudding.

Cook—I meant on the radio, ma'am.—Boston. Transcript.

No ParkingOswald—Whew! I'm tired of danc-

ing. I believe I'll stop and rest awhile.Clara—All right, but would you

please get off my feet before you stop?

Above Such Matter*"Did you ever use money In an elec-

tion?""No," replied Senator Sorghum. "I

have always had campaign managers'quite competent to handle the minor,considerations of pecuniary detail."—«,Washington Star. ,

IThe Heart of Nature

"How far up the Hudson didgo?"

"Oh, farther than the advertise*,nenta run."—Los Angeles Times, ' .

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CRASHES INTO BRIDGE

LltchfUld Man Has Narrow Escapefrom Death When Truck Crashes

Into Bridge on Torrington RoadGlralamo Battlstonl of the Tor-

ringion road had a miraculous es-i cape from death earljr Tuesday

morning when a White truck he wasdriving In an easterly direction onthe Torrington road crashed Into thebridge at the foot of "wateringtrough .hill." Battlstonl escaped

dtrough .hill. Battlswith a few cuts and bruises and asevere shaking, the front end of histruck was practically demolished andthe bridge was badly damaged, oneof the supports being- moved fromits'foundation. As a result of thecrash, traffic on the Torrlngton-Lltchfleld road was forced to detourby way of East Hill.

How Battlstonl emerged from -thewreck with his life Is a mystery. Ayoung man In a Ford touring car,following close behind BattUtonI,crashed into the flooring of thebridge which was protuillng abovethe roadway. He was severely cutand both front tires of his car wereblown out. After making the neces-sary repairs, he left the scene with-out giving his name. __

It was shortly after 2:30 a."m.when Battlstonl figured iu the crash.He. was abie to be about his worklater in the dav and told police au-thorities and friends that the acci-dent was due to the heavy fog. Hewas arrested by state police late Inthe afternoon and was slated to ap-pear for a hearing in the Lttchfieldtown court this afternoon, Wednes-day.

Bridge specialists In the employ~~6T the state highway department had

the damage repaired and the bridgepassable by 5:30 o'clock in the atteT-noon. Several hundred people visit-ed the scene to view the damagethroughout the day.

THE "8AFE" HIGHWAY

When the Mllford turnpike was' cemented It was made a third widerthan other state highways. Roadofficials and motorists undoubtedlyconsidered It one of the safest high-ways In the state—a road to be con-trasted to the narrow old road be-tween Meriden and New Haven,which offers so many dangers totraffic. It was all right to theorizebut in actual practice the wide"safe" road has piled up accidentsat an alarming rate. The automo-bile fatality record of the town ofOrange has mounted 600 per cent.

in a letter to the first selectmanof Orange, Commissioner Hurley ofthe state police remarks that "it appears that the better the state high-ways are built, the more hazardousthey become.' He seems to be right.It would appear that motorists feelso safe on the smooth wide roadthat they drive with a recklessnesswhich they would not risk on the oldhighways.

The only remedy is police actionand the state motorcycle policemenare going to give more attention tochecking unrestrained speeding <Jnthe pike. Ever-increasing traffic de-mands the wider road, and sensible

.drivers will try .-to help the goodwork alone.—Meriden Journal.

adventure or accounts of political in-trigue also enjoy a detective story.Thousands of them, the great major-ity being indiflereotly written, aresold every year to an Insatiable pub-lic But the reader who Is carelessof style and too lasy ever to do anyserious reading is not the only typefinding satisfaction in the revelationof the crook's villainy and the de-tective's astuteness.

Chief Justices. Presidents, beadsof huge corporations, bank directors,men of science, professors, and allthe great and learned sooner or laterconfess their liking for tales ofcrime and mystery. Then is a ru-mor that at one of the older Englishuniversities a club exists for theexchange of crook stories. Its mem-bership includes august dignitaries,learned scholars, advanced thinkers.In their hours of ease they read thelatest books of crime and its detec-tion. When they come across onewhich is well written, with somecharacterisation, motivation not toodim and a new twist to the plot theypass it along with a recommenda-tion. • • •

The plot is. of course, the mainthing. An intelligent reader isgrateful for the minor virtues ofgood style and characters who seemsomething more than puppets jump-ins when the author pulls thestrings, but, after all, he can forgivemuch if the author's inventionbrings out a new kind of knot to beuntied. In the enormous output inthe last few years there have notbeen many to come up even to thatstandard. A few combining all thepood points have had a warm wel-come. Harpers have Just publishedone by William Gillette, the famousactor of Sherlock Holmes, whichpromises to be a best seller with thelearued. It makes no experimentwith public psychology in a startlingdeparture from the accepted Jorm-ula, but does differ from the usualroutine sufficiently to be admired bymusicians, astronomers and literarycritics. In that kind of "new detect-ive story," which the book publisherslove to announce as a discovery,there is enough similarity to the oldones .to keep habit-bound readerssatisfied and enough difference toget even the more captious hot onthe trail for a happy evening.—NewYork Times.

A DUTY FOR CHINA CONSERVA-

TIVES

Editor of the Forum, .(New Haven Journal-Courier)

Sir:—An editorial on the Chinesesituation from your paper which Isent to a college classmate who wasIn Chinese government service forforty years draws from him the fol-lowing:

"Many thanks. The editorial froma New Haven paper is evidentlywritten by a man of clear vision.One can easily understand how thecommercial portion of the foreignpresidents in China must fretworry and become impatient

BEES ON A SPREE

It i= often'a-far cry from cause-toeffect. The'-trite1 example of a fam-ine in China causing a rise in theprice, of American pianos has founda long-ranm.- parallel n a story fromOhio. Because mineiis "litre are onstrike, bees oh a farm near Devil'sHole Creek have takm to strongdrink.

The explanation is simple. Themen out of a job put in their timeon the pleasant business of making"home brew." The fermented mash,when removed from the vats, isthrown out-and the convivial bees

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andand

want to do something desperate, asthey see trade and industry lan-guishing and dwindling away. Butif they grasp the indisputable truth'that the principal cause of the greatfalling off in trade is the dominationof the Chinese military autocrats,who are bleeding the people todeath, monopolizing, the transporta-tion facilities and cutting down pro-duction and purchasing power, theymust realize that there can be noconsiderable improvement In tradeuntil thi- war lords are destroyed

j ami a decent government set upI which- s-lmll have some regard for•the interests and well.being of thei>epple so Ions harassed and oppress-il. The success of the nationalistliirty. tin- conservative unbolshe-Ized naMoi.alisU. is the only thinghat si-t-n.s to offer any immediate

prospect of a pacified and unifiedChina. Bu: it is of the utmost im-portaucc- thai the Nationalistsshould rigorously suppress all hos-tile acts toward foreigners, whilethey bend all their energies to theone irreat purpose of setting up astable government and restoringpeace and unity in China.. When

war to Cuba. A certainknown to shatter a number of h>snrsmiis »*"* a °"»"i«K soldier eon'cetved the Idea of creeping up to ttat night armed with a tin of petroland a boz'of matches. Be was toset On to the petrol and throw theOn Into the house.

The chances that he bimsetfwould not be burned to death w e nsmall but to take advantage ot ev-ery loophole for escape It wee er»ranged that be should make his at-tempt with a long rope tied roundhim, the other end being held byhis comrades, so that If the ropewas not burned through, be might;dead or alive, be dragged back.

The attempt was successful, andhi due course a statue was erectedIn Madrid, showing. In addition tothe man, his npe and tin of petroL

Frmneh Rural LiimSee* little Chang*

In the France that I know theworkmanship of handicrafts andgardens and woodlands and Innkitchens and wine cellan and Tine'yards; the frugalities, the fetes.theausterities, the relaxing*, all thesethings overwhelmingly continue.

lime. Aubaln still sits beside thewhite wainscoting, looking throughthe windows at the life of thestreet; FeUdte Is still at work fromthe kitchen to grenler; notaln,small banker; peasant-proprietor,physicians, shepherd, housewife,market stall, town drummer; abbe,hotel keeper, marchand do Tin,blacksmith, haute bourgeolse, localmovenne and petltes bourgeoises,local watchmaker, chair caner, bel-lows mender, woodcutter, local bar*ons and marquises, even, a n stillall in the places when they havebeen for half a thousand years.—From "A Mirror to France," byFord Madox Ford.

Judgment of Writer*I wish to give you a hint about

reading. All the great wrltenshould be approached with a cer-tain reverence. That is. you shouldsay, "Then is something gnatabout them, whether I see It or not;I must try to see what It Is." Ifyou do not see It, try again. Tonmay ultimately fall. Few peoplea n so large-minded as to adminall that Is admirable, and sham ad-miration Is dishonest But In thatcase, blame yourself for the failure,and turn all the mon earnestly tostudy what you do admire—whatyou do see the beauty o t Whenyouread criticisms ask yourself, "Do Iagree with thisr and, If not, Hadout your reasons. I want yon somuch to think for yourself—to benot presumptuous but Independentin your Judgment And I shouldlike you to fall In love with somegreat writer. That Is the true lib-eral education.—Sir William Bob-ertson NlcolL

Cuckoo Kept BuayThen is a curious legend In

Dutch folklore: when the cuckoo'snote Is first heard In the woods thecountry girls kiss their hands, andask the bird, "Cuckoo, cuckoo, whenshall I be married?" And the oldfolk, crippled with age and Illness,Inquire, "Cuckoo, when shall I bereleased from this world's cares!"The bird a n s w e r s by colling"cuckoo" as many times as yeanwill pass before the object of theirwish Is attained. But as many girlsnever marry, and some old peoplelive to a great age, the poor birdIs so overworked answering the nu-merous questions put to her thatthe spring passes before she hastime to build, a nest, and so shelays her eggs In the nest of another

of the plant sgtftimtif coilortsrt bymany Arrttf expedttlona.

I-Xbe imnltTr of species of flow*ertag plants and fern-allies ta only980.- ho declared recently. "A notInconsiderable part of the m o nhardy sped** Is supposed to havo

gather around, buzzing and tippling.At the end of the day, with no lionest work to their credit, they returnto the hive sodden with drink. Thehome-kenpir.? workers, furious at?uch perfidious neclect of duty, falon their drunken comrades, Uil.them and cast tht-m out.

The Irate owner has appealed totin- prohibition officers for help. Hecomplains that unless these speakHasu-s lor HIP bi-f-s are padlocks:he will soon lose his once flourishine apiary. But prohibition enforcemini is already a biq job and beehave a p.isi, record lor sober Indus-1try. Perhaps readier n-dress couldbe found in an early settlement ofthe miut-rs'Times.' \J

pace and u i y .they have done this they will findlittle difficulty in bringing about the(!p.-:iml chants in the.treaties withforeign naiions."

In your e'litorial in. Saturday's is-sue—"Senator Hineham In China"—you s=i«!f with my trif-nd in ad.vlsingno new tn-aties be made until China

? lionc something, more towardspuitinc her own house in order.

Li:'hfi. Id. July 2.B.

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strike. — New York

u ..A RELIEF FROM LEARNING

.When Chief Justice Taft set outrecently for his summer home inCanada he was asked what reading•would be a part of his recreation.'After mentioning that he did notcarp particularly for novels, he said:"I do not mind detective stories, If I

greatest number in a .single day inthe known history 6f this ereat nat-ural wonder. We hope they wereattracted, thither by nothing morethan the splendor of the spectacle.However, the fact that the best viewof the falls is to be had from theCanadian side—from the no longedry Province of Ontario—may hava coincidental relationship to thivast numbers who assembled thenover the double holiday Ho drink ithe beauties- of the' cataract.—Ha'rford Courant.

survived the Ice age m Greenland,but a mon accurate determinationof this group Is not possible. Themain part of the flora, however, hatmigrated Into Greenland after thenuiTironm extent of the Ice cover-Ing, and, the Immigration has prob-ably been favored by the post-gla-cial warmer epoch which has boonfound to have existed also hi Green-land. Most of the species have comefrom Arctic North America, and aranch smaller k. number—about 19specimens—from E u r o p e ThisEuropean element consists of high-Arctic species, probably immigrat-ing through Spitsbergen; less Are-tic species arriving from Iceland;and species which w e n Introducedduring the time of the old Nonasettlements."

Portal Equality Sought' Without prejudice to their claim

to votes and general equality withmen befon the law, some marriedFrench women have decided to se-lect a few special. If apparentlyminor, points on which they Intend 1to secure equal treatment 'Among Ithe rights desired Immediately Is Ithe equality of postal privileges.

A French wife went to the postoffice and asked for a box as nearher husband's as possible.

"Are you in business on yourown account madamef asked thepostmaster. "No." "Then you needyour husband's authorization torent a box!"

The reply started the movementfor postal equality.

MUHon Star* in CkuterAstronomers count the- gnat dus-

ter of Hercules as one of the mostInteresting of globular systems. Itappears to the naked eye as a smallstar, but under the heavy glassesla found to contain now fewer than I85,000 stan and they can be photo-1graphed today with the Improved Iaids for star study, and astrono-mers claim that It Is entirely pos-sible that Hercules, to the nakedeye a star of the sixth magnitude,may have at least a million stan Inthe cluster, nil casting their raysforth together.

Venerable NewapaperThe oldest newspaper in the

world !H probnbly the Tsen-Fou-Koun-Pno, now the official govern-ment Journal published in Peking,China. This newspaper recently,celebrated Its one thousandth anni-versary and apparently has made agood start on Its second millenniumwithout showing any traces of age.Among the members of Its editorialstaff Is at least one Oxford alumnuswho speaks English quite as flu-ently, as he does Chinese.

We Know the Family WettThe devil is said tew be the fa-

ther of Use; If this Is so he has got• a numerous family and sum very"

promising children amongst them.—Joah Billings. •

Florida Island ThatHOB Tragic Hittory

Named for Ferdinand of Aragon,once king of Spain, and a leadingpirate rendezvous during Its earlydays, the city of Fernandlna, Fla*ta the only town of Importance onwhat Is now known as Amelia Is-land, 22 miles long and from one-half to one and one-half miles wide,says the Dearborn Independent ;

In the three centuries since thedays of the pirate Lafltte and Mscomrades, mysterious diggings havesprouted at various parts of AmeliaIsland.

During the War of 1812 the portof Fernandlna became one of greatImportance. At that time It waathe center of contraband cotton ex-port and smuggling to England.

A little later Capt Jose Lopes,who held the 8panlsh fort onAmelia Island, surrendered to theforces of General Mclntosh, loaderof the Florida filibusters and Ven-ezuelan patriots. Five years laterthe port was captured by 81rGngor MacGregor, who had alliedhis Interests with the Insurrection-ists of South America. MacGregorestablished himself as king of Fer-nandlna and for many months aregime of feasting, carousing andribaldry dominated the port

Great Animal PainterBom Bonheur was a dressmak-

er's apprentice. But her father, aFrench drawing master of Jewishorigin, noticing how promising hersketches wen, allowed her to giveup her trade and to devote herselfto the thing she loved. She discov-ered thnt painting animals was hergift When her famous picture,"The Horse Fair," was exhibitedshe should have ncelved the Le-gion of Honor, but It was withheldbecause she was a woman. Laterthe Empress Eugenie herself droveto the home of the artist to repairthe slight At the very momentwhen her pictures were bringingfabulous sums she disappearedfrom the artistic world. For twentyyears she spent moot of her timegiving free lessons to young peopleof talent She lived at her estatenear Fontnlnebleau, surrounded byfavorite animals.—Mentor Maga-zine.

.Like American Method*You can't get away from Ameri-

can Influence In Europe. It hasreached the home. Europe Is buy-ing as fast as she can all the labor-saving devices for her kitchens,and those she can't buy she lmi-

i tates. The newest apartments inLondon, Paris and Berlin go In forautomatic refrigeration, Incinera-tors, wall beds, dining alcoves andkitchenettes. The new Germanhausfrau Is proudest of her Ameri-can electric range, washing ma-chine and vacuum cleaner. For thewomen's magazines of Germanyhave just finished describing withphotographs how American wivescan do their own housework andstill have ample leisure. The Ger-man hausfrau wants leisure, too*—Collier's Magazine.

an the strings on _ -Fancy prices w e n demanded and

received for p a n Batten getstrings, particularly the •that was said to have amarked power over humanto* '

Hard amd Soft SolderoSoUerlBg operations a n — _ -

fled.' according to the compositionof the alloy used, as either softsoldering or hard soldering. Soldenof low melting potato, composedmainly of lead and tta ta varyingamounts, a n known at soft solden.while those of high melting points,composed of varying- amounto atcopper, brass, sine silver and gold,a n known as hard solden. Thesoft solder commonly need Is madeup of half lead and half tin, andmelts at a temperature ot m4melts at a temperature or w » »gross Fahrenheit The mon leadthen Is In this alloy, the higher Isits melting point and an alloy com-posed of one part tta and two partslead melts at 141 degress Fahren-heit

No AppealA Journalist bis wife and child,

little Alice, w e n having lunch to-gether. '

"Can I have some more pudding,mother?" Inquired the child.

"I think you have had enough,"said the journalist; "it will makeyou UL"

His wife, as Is the way of moth-en, said: "Let her have a littlemore."

"It will make her ill," insistedfather.

Little Alice looked from one tothe other. Finally she sighed andsaid: "The editor's decision la

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Connecticut's Rrtt One ManCommission Finishes ThrwDecades of Service—HasBuilt 2JXQ Miles of Road.

Thirty years ago this month, onJuly 1, 1897. to to exact, tha Con-osetleat hlghwsy system C U M Intoexistence with tha establishmentof the SUto Highway Departmentas the state's first single headedcommission. During Its thirty yearsof service to the state, the high*way department has completed anexpansive network of smooth high'ways, second to none In the coun-try.

The history of the ConnecticutHighway Department actually datesback two years previous to July1, 1897. tor the first road commis-sion was founded by a special actof the General Assembly of 1895which established a board of threemen to begin the work of highwayreconstruction in this state. Thefirst commission consisted of thefollowing three men: James H.

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Ids H j f s t to tt»e*pt Jfeat b* was edaeatett la tfce•Wkibc schools «* UsektsM, Ho**"*and Newton, and aftorwaris ent-ered Cornell university. H» was incharge of the laboratory of the uni-versity from 1874 to 1878 and it wasin this last year that he discovered

© Bachrach.

JOHN A. MACDONALD,Commissioner

MacDonald of New Haven, Wil-liam R. McDonald of Cromwell, andA. C. Sternberg of Hartford.

These men served the state from1895 to 1897. In the latter year,the General Assembly abolishedthe three man board and foundedthe present single headed commis-sion which has been In existencesince that time. The first Con-necticut Highway CommissionerwaB James H. MacDonald, one ofthe original three commissioners.It was under the guidance of Mr.MacDonald that the foundations ofthe present system were laid. Mr.MacDonald continued in office for

'sixteen, years, being succeeded onFebruary 26, 1913, by Charles J.Bennett of Hartford. Mr. Bennettheld office for ten years. He wassucceeded on July 1, 1923, by thepresent commissioner, John A.Macdonald, who was reappointedfor a term of four years by Gover-nor Trumbull during the 1927 ses-sion of the legislature.

When it first established thehighway commission, the GeneralAssembly of 1895 authorized an ap-propriation of $150,000 for the twoyear fiscal period*, a truly Insig-nificant amount in comparison withthe appropriation of 110,000,000necessary today.

During the two year period, 102towns made application for finan-cial assistance In the constructionof roads, Plainvllle being the firsttown in the state to build a roadunder the new statute provisions.The contract calling for the pavingof 2,650 feet on the NaugatuckRoad was awarded to J. H. Cookeon August 28, 1895, and the pave?ment was completed on September9, 1896, at a cost of $2,720.64, ofwhich the town, county, and stateeach paid one-third.

The opening of the highway de-partment's thirty-first year finds Itthe largest single branch of thestate government It has offices Inevery county and employes locatedin every township in the state. Itis looked upon nationally as one ofthe most efficient highway depart-ments in the country. No bettercriterion of departmental efficiencyis found than in the method ofawarding contracts in the Connecti-cut Highway Department Thiscontract system Is complete inevery detail, provides for all con-tingencies, and leaves no loopholes.

The ability of the ConnecticutDepartment to clear the entirehighway system within a few hoursafter a heavy snowfall has broughtforth much praise in recent years.Since Commissioner Macdonald hasbeen in office, one of the chief aimsof the department has been toeliminate bad curves and gradesfrom the highway system. Muchprogress has been made in this di-

• rectlon and every road that is un-der reconstruction today follows amuch stralghter path than ever be*tore. Another of CommissionerHacdonald's ideals is the wideningof highways to meet the needtf ofthe _ ever increasing number ofmotor vehicles.

necticut," Is noted tor bavin* pro-duced the first lav school In theUnited States, was for a One thehome of the famous Beeehers, in-cluding the great Henry WardBeecher himself. By these andmany other claims to tame Utah-field is known to the entire countrybut comparatively few people knowthat the town also produced Fred-eric E. Ives, the father of modernprinted illustration, the man whosemethod for making the half tone hasmade it possible to give the worldthe printed pictures by which allevents are now recorded in the pub-lic mind.

The debt owed t>y the world toFrederic E. Ives for giving It theprinted Illustration is InconceivablyImportant but, because of bis ownmodesty and the unfortunate ad-vice of business associates is scarce-ly known to the general public norto those who have profited most bythe use of the halftone. He has ofcourse been recognized-by scientificand trade bodies the world over andhas 22 medals of honor which havebeen awarded for his various inven-tions. The Association of National iAdvertisers has now taken a' furtherstep toward honoring this native ofLltchfleld by organizing a nationalcommittee of leaders in the graphicarts to establish a $50,000 trust fundthe Income of which will go to Mr.Ives during his lifetime and, at itsclose will be devoted to permanent-ly founding an Ives' chair In photo-engraving at the Massachusetts In-stitute of Technology.' Mr. Ives Is now past 70, living inPhiladelphia, spry and still working.He not only invented the half toneIn universal use; but color processprinting is also his invention andhis intaglio plates presaged the In-vention of the rotogravure process,used chiefly In Sunday newspapersupplements. He is also a.pioneerIn color photography and the Invent-or of the modern form of the bi-nocular miscroscope.

Although billions of half-toneprints are made every day Mr. Iveshas never profited financially bythese inventions which will immort-alize him in history although manyothers have. For this reason, it hasbeen decided to establish the founda-tion as a tribute to the man whoseIngenuity has made the half-tonemirror of the times. •

Mr. Ives was born in Lltchfleld,February 17, 1865, the son of Hu-bert Leverlt and Ellen A. BeachIves. There is meager information

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isIV4gBe places it at such a distance %e-tweea the photographic lens and tbesensitive plate that only the verycenter of each sensitive area '

leal reproduction and made theworld's first satisfactory half-tone.Also It was the first relief naif-toneplate for use on a type printingpress.

Previous to 1878 many inventorshad tried hut unsuccessfully, to dis-cover the principles that would makeaccurate reproduction possible.Among these were Fox Talbot, fath-er of modern photography, who ex-perimented with it in 1851, Baronvon Egqtfstein, a German map mak-er in Philadelphia, and William A.Leggo, an inventor in Montreal,Can., who before the coming of Ives,did more than anyone else to pro-duce a half-tone although bis pro-cesses were unsatisfactory.

Several of his attempts appearedin The New York Dally Graphic es-tablished In 1873 and after him cameStephen H. Morgan who further ex-perimented wtih the half-tone afterthe style of the earlier Leggo work.

"In the meantime," says a pamph-let issued from Philadelphia by theIves foundation, "young Ives at-Cor-nell university discovered a correctprinciple for photo-mechanical re-production and made the world'sfirst satisfactory half-tone. Also itwas the first relief half-tone platefor use on a type printing press.

"On the basis of this inventionand hie great Improvement in linereproduction, correspondence wasopened In 1S7S with Messrs. Crossupand West, wood engravers in Phila-delphia, with the Idea of opening aphoto-engraving department in thatbusiness. Arrangements were com-pleted in 1879. From 1881 onward,bait-tones were made regularly, andfor a period this was the world'sonly half-tone plant.

"In 18S2 Meisenbach In GermanyIntroduced a single-line screen half-tone process. Although this methodwas abandoned even by Meisenbachwhen Ives' 18S5-6 process becamepublic, Meisenbach should be credit-ed with being the 'first to producehalf-tone printing plates by etching,Ives' earlier: half-tone not havingbeen etched, but stereotyped fromrelief photographic plates. Tediousas this method was, it produced re-sults comparing favorably with ourplates of today.

"It was not until 1885-6 that Ivesworked out what Is known as the'seated crossllne screen' and the sclentiflc method for Its use. As thisInvention revolutionized printed il-lustration and actually placed thehalf-tone "on the map," a short ac-count of it might be in order, espe-cially as It Is understood by so few,even among photo-engravers.

"To. obtain the desired cross-lineeffect. Ives devised the simple ex-pedient of sealing together, face toface, two single-line screens, ruled

receives the light from the entireaperture of the lens. From the cen-ter to the outer edge of each open-ing the exposure is progressivelydiminished, less and less lens aper-

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ture betng visible. Thus it requiresa very light section of the picturesto blacken a dot all the way to theouter edge; a gray portion of thecopy will blacken it only part way.thereby « • » " § a smaller dot, whilethe deep shadows register only inthe very center of the dot or else notat all. These dots, photographicallyprinted on a sensitized resisting sub-stance on a metal plate (zinc orcopper) are then etched, reversingthe black dots of the negative intothe high lights of the picture. Eachof these tiny pencils of Ught coiningthrough the screen is what Ives callsan 'optical V,' and does for the half-tone negative what the engraver's Vtool did for the block of wood. Thedeeper the cut, the heavier the line.

"It Is the principle In universaluse for half-tones of all descriptions,coarse or fine, In- black or colors, ontypographic or lithographic presses.

"When Ives invented this processhe also introduced copper as the mait-rial for half-tone plates.

"Ives' business associates unfort-unately advised him to adopt a pol-'cy of secrecy instead of patentingi\s new discovery.

Through the treachery of .seven:employe's the process was divulgedto others, and soon there were com-petitors. In 1888 the Inventor, In aFranklin, Institute lecture, disclosed:he optical principles involved, andgave a very full and detailed dis-closure and demonstrations In a ser-ies of lectures at the London CountyCouncil School of Photo-Engravingat a later date.

'•Max Levy has often been credit-ed with the invention of the half-tone process, but he never claimedit. Ives made his own screens byruling with a sharpened watch-spring on a sheet of glass coatedwith black collodion. Levy felt thata more dependable means could bedevised, and applied to Samuel Sar-tain, a noted engraver, to make ascreen for him. Sartaln was toobusy to undertake the work but sug-gested that Levy coat glass wltif parafflne, scratch lines through the par-afflne. etch the glass with hydroflu-oric acid and fill In the lines withblack enamel. This was a success,and with Improved ruling machinery, on which he applied for a patent In 1*91. he became the world'smanufacturer of half-tone screensHe was a credit to the industry andit was largely through his enterprisethat the half-tone became unlversa"in such a short time after its perfeclion by Ives.—Waterbury Republican.

the work as* possible: This dis-charges into a sack on tbe fioor.

The simplicity of this arrang*-ment and tb* savings resultingfrom Its use recommend it highlywherever precious or semlpreclouametals art worked.

Most Jewelers do not need tbe ar-rangement because the savingwould to too small, but manufac-turers have found the Investmentpaid b e y o n d all expectations.—Washington Star.

Who'M CackooT"A schoolboy." said die natural*

1st, wrote this:•"The cuckoo ts a bird that lays

other birds' eggs in its own nestand viva voce.'

"Well, that Is all wrong, ofcourse; but naturalists are allwrong invariably when In talkingabout the cuckoo they give It a bad

"For a new truth has been dis-covered about the cuckoo. Whenthe cuckoo lays its eggs in the nestsof otter birds It isn't doing a mean,low trick; It is obeying nature'scommands; for the cuckoo is an-atomically constructed in such away that It can't 'set' Eggs undera cuckoo would never batch out"

Drains or" NatureA careful survey of the under-

ground water cour*en In the carbon-iferous district (limestone region)of Yorkshire, England, has' revealedthe fact that there exists in thatcountry an extensive system of sub-terranean streams, many of whichIssue miles from the points called'sinks," where the water which Isdrained from the surface enters tberocks. Similar phenomena in otherparts of the world, not yet so care-fully investigated, occur on a muchlarger scale, and recent studies ofthe ocean bottom near the bordersof continents have shown that riv*ers of considerable size somtttassenter the sea beneath, the surface.

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Occasionally you find it on a drug store. Some other busi-

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It is not displayed on any telephone building — b u t it

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For no telephone central office in this country ever shuts

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KEEPING TURKEYSIN PROPER HEALTH

Th# Colosseum at Roma.

(Prepared by the National aaocnSorlety. Washington. D. C.)

IN T H E CaloDKeum In Romewhere many hundreds ot earlyChristian* were crunched by wildbeasts under the sanction of an

ancient Roman government, Rome'spresent-day government recently re-placed a huge wooden cross commemo-rating the martyrs. The cross, orig-inally placed by Pope Benedict XIVIn 1740. had been absent since 1802.This great amphitheater, shown In In-numerable pictures. Is probably themo*t familiar ruin in the world.

The Colosseum la a monument to ahighly civilized people's brutality—ataepth of brutality that Is hardly con-ceivable from the point of view of tlieTwentieth century. The huge struc-ture was built deliberately to furnishthe best facilities for three classes ofspectacles: fights to the death be-tween armed nien, fights between wildbeasts, and fights between men andbeasts.

(iludlatorltl combats had developedfrom customs of primitive Roman dayswhen on the death of a man of note,all his slaves, were slaughtered as hu-man sacrifices during the funeral rites.It was really a step forward In away. though a feeble one, when It. wasdecided to have the slaves fight sothat only half would be killed. Thesesluve combats came to be staged Inthe forums and were viewed by thepopulace from temporary woodenseats. • • • : • .

As the lust for this sort of spec-tacle grew, the professional gludlatorscame Into being. Their combats weremoved to the circuses, the long,straight-sided courses, lined withRents, where chariot races were held.These had been In existence In Roniesince several centuries before Christ.With the spread of Roman arms Inthe East mine the Importation of wildbeasts, and the first fights In whichthese anlmalii were used were alsostaged In the circuses. But theselong, narrow enclosures were not wellfitted to such spectacles,' and so theamphitheater, an entirely closed circuitof seuts around a relatively smalllevel space, was Invented' expresslyfor them. Ranged on. their steep tiersof seuts, a great multitude of eagerspectators could watch these bloodycombats In nil their Intimate defulls.

Began by Vespasian.The first permanent amphitheater

* was'built In 20 B. C. In the reign ofAugustus, of stone and wood. In 57A; D., Xero built a wooden one whichburned a decade or so lnten In 712A. D.. Vespasian began the greatestof firnplthenters. which the world tinseotne. to cull "the Colosseum." NoHhp.rt cuts .were taken us in'the build-Ing of many, other.ampltheaters, wheremounds of earth are thrown up andfaced with stone or concrete. .Thevast Colosseum' was'built, from theground up. and far below ground, out.«if masonry. Few. single structures,until the day of the super-skyscraperof America, have contained us great-a cubic volume of stone and hrlrk .'midconcrete as this eliptlcul grtmdstnndof old Rome, Imllt for the spectacularslaughtering of man anil beast.

Begun by Vespasian, work on thestructure wns continued under hlsson,Titu*. It was tln> hitter who sackedJerusalem. Twelve thousand of themany Jews ruptured nt that time wereset to, work to complete the' greatbuilding. With Its dedication In SObegun one of the goriest chapters \nthe story ttf Roman amusements. Thecelebration of Its opening lasted 100riiiys. ThoUKunds-of wild animals andhundreds of men were'slaughtered tomake this gigantic "K'liimn holiday."

The Cok-ssenni Is not quite so largeIn nreu covered us the modern fnot-Imll amphitheater. The ptyptirukiirenn(named from the sand Jjjm wasspread on its surface to stl^orb theblood of Itt \-tcthus) Is in round nu'ii-ber* 280 feet long and 180 feetacross; while the rectangular phiyingnpajo of a football field Is :tOO by2W feet. To enclose such a-playingfleldmilo«'lnB a margin outside thegridiron, p. football amphitheater mustbe ttTib feet'or more Hong nud about290 feel viile. Inside dliii»iislons.

IU'Wills, Arches and Seats.In most modern athletic amphithea-

ters the seils rise on u relatively sen-

tie slope and the highest are seldomover CO feet above the field. In theColosseum the slope was steep—ap-proximately 45 degrees—and the out-side wall of the structure towers 100feet above the ground, or approxi-mately to the height of a 15 or 10-story office building. The onter wallwas built of great blocks of stone,while the Interior was mostly of brickand. concrete. The outer wall WHSmade up largely of arches In threetiers, one above the other, and extend-ing side by side entirely around thebuilding. The arches on the groundlevel were numbered, and throughthem the Roman populace poured onthe way to the spectacles.

The choice seats were those closestto the arena. From them one couldIran over to tease the tawny lionswho could leap almost, but neverquite, to the top of the protectingwall; and from them one could almostfeel the air of swishing swords hack-Ing at the heads of the gladiators. Inthese preferred positions sat the em-peror on a slightly raised dais, andbelow and to the sides, senators. lead-Ing patricians and the Vestal virgins,the young priestesses of the Templeof Vesta, who were so carefully nur-tured and guarded by Rome. Manya time the thumbs of these youngwomen gave the tlnul signal whichdetermined the death of a woundedgladiator.

Next above the senators sat patri-cians and other citizens In a dwindlingscale of Importance. All but the top-most seats were numbered and tick-ets were provided. For places in th4unnumbered section the less fortunatehad to wait In line, sometimes allnight, as Is the case of world-seriesfuns In America today.

Orlm and ghastly as the purpose ofthe Flavian amphitheater was, It wasIn no sense crude. It was a marvel ofsolid construction admirably fitted tothe uses to which It was to be put.Beneath the arena In chambers andpassages were concealed Ingeniousmechanisms by means of which sec-tions of the floor could be raised orlowered, popping animals or men un-expectedly Into view or removing themas quickly. Also the entire spaedcould be flooded for naval combats.

Fortress In the Middle Ages.

For nearly four and a half centuriesthe Flavian amphitheater played Itsbloody role In Romun affairs. It wasnot without mishaps that might havepnt It In ruins much sooner had notRome still been a going civilization.It wus twice struck by lightning Idtile Second century and twice injuredby earthquakes In the Third; but eachtime It was restored, and the long ser-ies of deaths In Its arena grew evengreater.

After Rome's fall. In the turbulentMiddle, ages, the old amphitheater, thenthe ..Colosseum, wus used as a fortressby one of the family factions of Home,the Franglpanls. In these times, too,It wits robbed of tlie Iron clamps of.the outer wall which held the stoneblocks together. The outer walls thatstand today are deeply pitted hpcau.seof these depredations. In 18-10 anearthquake shook down a large partof the weakened outer- structure.There was no power able or Interestedto' restore It. and the ruin of the-build-ing then drtlnilely set In.

For a lonp time after t.l.ils theColosseum was a quarry. Thousandsof tuns of .'travertine, marble, andother materials were dug out. of thefallen pile Hr stripped from the por-tion fit 111 standing, and carried off foruse in Imlldlnumany of.the palacesiind'.churclies of Renaissance Rome.'So active, were, the vunduls that the(•(ilOHsc'iiiii might, have, been entirelydestroyed but for Pope, llenedlct XIV,whu, - in 1741), protected It by conse-crating it to "the Passion of Christ"and raising In It u great . woodeni-nws in memory of the sufferings thereof the inartfyrs. From tlitie to timein modern days steps have been takento suve. the aniphltheuter from furtherInjury.

Only :i little more than half of theoriginal structure now stands, consid-ering thtf entire cubic contents of themusonry. Hut 'most of those whu huvflviewed U fi-H that the part Is muchmore majestic titan the whole, ,

Turkeys at* heir to all the poultryailments, and treatment U about thesame. But while the young are ten-der, the adults are able to withstandconsiderable hardship.

When allowed to range over fields,woods and highways they keep In thebest of condition and pick up a verylarge portion of their food, writesMichael K. Boyer in the Farm andRanch. As the nature of the turkeyIs to roam. It does not thrive In con-finement. •

Inbreeding Is one of the worst er-rors and the cause of much degen-eracy among stock. Indigestion Is thechief turkey trouble, and this is usual-ly brought on by Improper feeding.

Looseness of the bowels may comefrom bad feeding, dampness, filth, andInfestation with lice.

Young poults are sometimes lostthrough rheumatism, caused by expos-ure, damp roosting places, too littlegreen food, or poorly-constructedhouses.

There Is a difference between ordi-nary leg weakness and rheumatism.In the later the shanks remain con-tracted and stiff, while In leg weak-ness they are soft Leg weakness Isbrought on by a lack of muscle andbone-forming material. In rheuma-tism the trouble is aggravated by themeat food, which in teg weakness Isneeded. •

Voung turkeys most not be allowedto become wet The slightest damp-ness Is apt to be fatal. Filth will soonmake short work o.f the youngsters.

The delicacy of young turkeys Islargely due to the rapid growth offeathers. Unlike the chick, the youngturkey at once starts to put out largefeathers on its wings and tail, andthis heavy growth has a tendency tosap the vitality from the body, leavingIt an easy prey to weakness and dis-ease. A damp soil, such as heavy clayland, Is very unsuitable for rearingthe young. A very cold, exposed situ-ation Is likewise unfit

Market Broilers NeedTwo Weeks Fattening

It Is a good plan to give the broilersthat are to be marketed about twoweeks of fattening before' they aresold. This Is especially advisable Ifsomething has happened during thebrooding period to check the growthof these young birds. One way to fatten them Is to confine a group of themIn a small house—about 100 In a 10by 12 bouse—for a period of twoweeks just before selling them. Darkenthe bouse as much as possible, makingsure there Is plenty of ventilation. Re-move any roosts or dropping boardsthat may be In the house and haveplenty of clean Utter on the floor tostart with.

Feed them a wet mash of the con-sistency of pancake batter, composedof any of the good commercial fnt-teners moistened with milk. jFInecracked yellow corn or yellow commeal and milk are great fatteners forpoultry. Feed the birds three timesa day In troughs, what they will cleanup at each feeding. Keep water awayfrom them so they will eat lots ofmash. Watch sanitary conditionscarefully, to prevent any spoiling offeed and possible disease Infection.Keep everything dean.

Free Range With Grassand Shade Is Favored

As soon as the chicks are oldenough to leave the brooder—from sixto eight weeks—they should be placedon free range with grass and shadeIf possible. If white diarrhea, gapeworms or the little rOundworms af-fected the chicks last year, place thecoops on new range If possible, forthese diseases are not easily gottenrid of and will remain on the groundfrom one season to another. This Isespecially true of the worms. If thereIs tuberculosis In the old flock keepthe young chicks from going over thesame ground for they contract thedisease easily.

Grass will furnish all of. the greenfeed necessary during the summerIf chicks are on free range.

Examine the HensHandle the flock. There Is depend-

ability about touch which does notbelong to sight Feeling the breastbone of a fowl Is .an index to Hercondition. Looking at her tells littleof her body. A hen that. Is put: ofcondition may; fluff her feathers likea broody hen. • Wasting Is commonafter a hard winter. Of the wastingdiseases, tuberculosis comes firstWorms, lice and. mites follow. Thenormal fowl in good health is in goodflesh.

Good Chick WatererA good waterer -for chicks ban be

made with a tomato can and sauceror a sirup pall -'and pie tin. - Punchholes ajjout one Inch from the upperedge of the cnn or pail—from six toeight holes are plenty. When readyto use fill can or pall with water, turnthe saucer or pie tin over the top,hold tightly In place and Invert Thewater will come through the holes tillthe saucer or pan Is full and as thechicks drink the dish will automatical-ly be refilled.

Mind's Eye IsFactor in Golfing

T ^ mind's eyes Is aa tsapor-tant factor Gdam sufficiently cultivated.

It la in the mind's eye thaton* sees die tars* at whichone Is to shoot while lookingIntently at the balL

No one has to be told that—he cannot bit a golf ball trulyunless he Is looking at It andno one has to be told that hecan't send that golf ball directlyat a certain target unless heknows exactly where that targetis. Sometimes he can't any-way, but this business of usingthe mind's eye improves hischances st least

OLD MASTER ISMAN OF HABIT

Walter Johnson Uses SameStyle as of His Youth.

In his twentieth year as a Washing-ton moundsman, Walter Johnson stillpitches with little apparent effort andhi regarded by many fans as the mostgraceful hitrler In the big leagues.

The veteran's style of wlndup anddelivery has not changed since he be-gan his career. But passing- years havetaken their toll .from his great speedand endurance.

There was a time when his fast ballshot by the plate at such a clip catch-ers barely could hold It Old timerstell the story of how Johnson oncepitched three games In as many days,,winning each by a shutout.

Sport writers repeatedly have bur-led him, especially in 1020, 1921,1022,and 1028,'when he suffered a reversalIn form. But the "Old Master" cameback in 1924 to win 23 games to 7 de-feats, only again to read his retire-ment was near when he lost two outof his three games In.the world ser-ies.

Last year Johnson won 20 and lost 7games. This year finds him doingmound duty in good form.

In the box, there Is nothing fanci-ful about his delivery. His right armmakes a circle swing, the ball touch-Ing the glove high over his head, thenIt shoots downward and far to theback, coming around In a full, quicksweep at the waist as ihe wrist snapsout the ball.

As the swing Is starting backward,the "Big Train" lifts his left- footslightly and his body sways a little Inthe same direction and then comesforward with the sweep! One scarce-ly has time to realize the ball has lefthis hand before It reaches the plate.

Johnson always has been noted forhis coolness under fire and those whohave followed him say he is evenmore so now. He watches the fielderscarefully and when In a .particularlytight place sometimes stops to motiona player to another position. Hisonly indication of tension Is pattingand scraping the mound with his feet.

Tears ago he formed a habit ofmaking his lunch off Ice cream on hispitching days. He still does.

All-Round Gymnast

Olen Berry, twenty-two-year-old Unl-rerslty of California lad, holder of thePacific Coast Intercollegiate champion-ship as an all-round gymnast, placedfourth In the national gymnasticchampionship In New. York, thus be-coming eligible for the 3028 Olympicsat Antwerp. Berry stands 5 feet 5%Inches In height and weighs 145pounds.

Pennant Monopoly DoesNot Help International

During the past 12 years of Interna-tional league baseball, only three citieshave been able to win pennants. Per-haps that accounts for the. lack of en-thusiasm "In, Several other cities of theorganization' over that period.of time.

Baltimore won the pennant forseven successive seasons, beginningwith 1919 and ending with 1925. Lastseason Dan Howley of Toronto man-aged to break the Oriole monopoly bybeating Baltimore'to the wire.

Prior to the start of the Baltimorestreak,' Buffalo had won In 1015-10 andToronto In 1017-18. Thus In the lasti2 years.Baltimore, Toronto and Buf-falo have been the only cities to finish•on top of the hean.

Shimrone Taking a High Jump

The photograph shows Bayard Tucherman, Jr., on "Shlmrone" takingone of the many jumps at the fifth annual show of the Millwood Hunt clubat Framlngham, Mass. All Boston society people turned out for thisyear's event

WamondNotesClifford L. Gray of Fryeburg has

been elected captain of baseball atBowdoln college.

• • •Tom Sewell, youngest of the Seweli

boys of big league fame, has Joinedthe Chicago Cubs.

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William 0. Eisemann of Syracusehas been elected captain of the Syra-cuse baseball team.

• • •Rochester has released Himes and

Harrison, pitchers, to the Albany dubof the Eastern league.

• • •Back In 1906 Columbus finished this

season by whitewashing Louisvillefour times in three straight days.

The White Sox new outfielder,Alexander Metzler, former Athleticand Wichita Falls star, Is batting well.

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Fred Brlckell, young outfielder, hasbeen recalled from Indianapolis byPittsburgh. In his place the Piratessent Herman Layne.

• • •Ernie Vache and Paul Johnson, out-

fielders, have been given their re-leases by the Beaumont club of theTexas league.

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In order to cut down to the playerlimit, Ivy Wlngo has released Infield-er Hasselman, Akron (Ohio) semi-pro,outright. .

. .• • •Hartford has obtained Pitcher Jerry

Kahn from Waterbury on option,. InKahn's place Waterbury has taken onPitcher Wilson from the Boston RedSox.

Bob O'Farrell Is the third St. Louisplayer to be voted the most valuableplayer award. Rogers Hornsby washonored In 1925 and George Staler In1922.

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The Lynn baseball team of the NewEngland league, has signed FranklinShuman, former Tufts college pitcher.He has been starring In semi-pro cir-cles.

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Fred F.-Mitchell, coach of Harvarduniversity's very successful baseballteam, denies reports that he will beconnected with the Boston Braves asmanager.

• • ' • - . 'The Yankees have purchased Dusty

Cook, a youthful outfielder, from theDurham club of the Piedmont league.He will finish but the season withDurham.

• • •Frank Bushey, star pitcher of St

Mary's college, Kan., hns signed withthe Boston Red Sox. He won. everygame he pitched In his last two sea-sons of college ball.

• • •Mike and Ike Wantland, two broth-

ers who play for the Hanipden Oriolesof Baltimore, are the only Interchange-able buttery known. They take turnspitching and catching.

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Pittsburgh's1 change In the Infield,Harris to first and Gruntham to sec-ond, has given the club.' a. ..powerfuloffensive strength, as both these menare hitting consistently.

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Mickey Heath, flashy baseman ofthe Toronto Maple Leafs of the In-ternational league,' ..for two seasons,has been sent to the Hollywood clubof the Pacific Coast league.

• • -•Eddie Alnsmlth and George Du-

mont, who formed a battery for Wash-ington several. years ago,. later. beingmembers of the Minneapolis club, are.now, together again, playing for LittleRock. Ark.

.The St. Louis Cardinals have turnedEddie Dyer' and John Schellberg,pitchers, and Bobby Schang, catcher,over to the Syracuse club of the In-ternational league, In considerationof the acquisition of Catcher JohnScuulte.

Ancient Shell Still, Remains at Oxford

Despite the great popularityof the Oxford and Cambridgeboat race, there are few peoplewho know that the boat Inwhich Oxford won Its first vic-tory in the Initial Inter-varsitycontest of 1829 still exists.

In 1843, Fletcher Mensies.who had rowed In the DarkBlue crew, discovered It in aboathouse st Oxford. He gotpermission to take It to hisPerthshire home, where he at-tempted to navigate It In thetempestuous waters of LochBannoch.

After capsizing In a suddenstorm and nearly drowning allthe crew, It was drawn ashoreand slung from the roof ot aboatshed at Cralghnour. Thereit remained until 1913, when Itwas returned to the custody ofthe Oxford Rowing club.

Jackson Recovers

Travis Jackson, clever shortstop forthe New York Giants, who has beenout of the game most of the yearwith a bad knee, has entirely re-covered and Is back In the line-upagain. When right, there Is none bet-ter In baseball than this Arkansasboy. '

Sport NotesJoin the balloon racers, and see the

world.• • •

A "ping-pong" tournament is to be.held in Portugal.

• • •The Lawn Tennis association of

England does not permit profes-sionals in other sports to compete Inamateur tennis tournaments.

W. P. Mellen, the American whostroked the Oxford crew to victoryover Cambridge in 1023, Is to becomea citizen of Great Britain.

• • •"Bud" Boeflnger, All-Amerlcan cen-

ter of the 1920 Notre Dame footballteam, has been signed as assistantathletic director of the University ofDetroit

• • • . -Intercollegiate athletics cost Colum-

bia university $39,039.50 In the' fiscalyear ending August 31, the athletic as-sociation has announced. Footballmade a net profit of $34,000. but all!other sports losj money.-^ .__."'• - - A

A golfer would have to play acourse a day from April 1 to August30 to familiarize himself with Chi-cago's golf links. There are 102courses' In and around the city, used.It la estimated^ by_ 300,000 golfers.

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CRIPPLED BOY OF 17WIMSFAMEAS ARTIST

Anim«l SUbooette*.

Augusta, Ga.—Big sana bantersand photographers who b a n sconredthe Jangles of Asia and Africa, a nbestowing unlimited praise upon the.wild animal silhouettes of seventeen*year-old Joe Jonas of this dty. ahopeless cripple who has seen BOmore wild life than In a drens parade.

Jos has won numerous prises withbis pictures, some of which areshown la the American Uagaslne, andbis scissors have gained him theequivalent of a college education.

His pictures are marvelously real-istic reproductions of animals andoutdoor life generally. They are allcut free-hand, without any prelimi-nary sketching or drawing. Threeyears ago, Joe's silhouettes won aprlxe o( |00 In a nation-wide contestIn which more than 2,000 persons, in-cluding many recognized artists, tookpart. Be Is busy now Illustrating abook for children, which will appearsoon.

Delights in Wild West teenes.He especially delights in cutting

scenes In which cowboys or Junglecreatures figure. . Some of his mostadmired groups are "Wild Horses at.the Water Hole," "The Coon Hunt,""Jungle Night," "Cowboys WithBroncho." And yet Joe Jones neversaw d Jungle creature or a buckingbroncho in all his life I Indeed, hehas never seen anything that can't beseen from. hlaj bed, for Joe has notwalked in 12 years.

"The best place to see beautifulthings is, In your mind's eye, anyway,"Joe told a friend one day. "As long

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as pictures paint themselves there,and stories act themselves out, youdon't have to worry about being en-tertained. And if you encourage It alittle, your mind's ear will provideyou with almost as much fun."

When Joe was five years old, a se-rious illness left him without the useof bis legs. At first, the doctorsthought it would be a matter of alew months, or at most a year, beforethe boy would be able to walk and runagain. In order to amuse himself.while shut off from the active worldof play, he began to cut from paperlittle scenes that suggested them-selves to him from the stories hismother or some other member of thefamily read to him. From the start,these sclssor-plctures showed a finesense of drama and* form.

Then one beautiful red-letter day, acircus came to town. Joe's big broth'er held him up to the window towatch the parade go by. There werespangly ladles on prancing ponies, lionsand tigers In glided cages, and enor-mous elephants swinging their trunksIn the air.

When he was back in bed again, Joeasked for a pair of scissors and apiece of paper. Later, he called tohis mother to look, and there acrossbis bed marched a line of paper an-imals. They were In the same orderas those he bad seen in the procession,and like them In every detail. Fromnow on, he was chiefly interested incutting animals and outdoor scenes.

One year dragged Into three andfour years, but still Joe was unableto walk. Finally, when he was four-teen, the doctors decided that therewas a fragment of hope In an oper-ation, followed by treatment^-thatwould mean a solid year strapped toa hospital cot

Started in Hospital.* It was during the next long 12months while be lay on bis cot In theScottish Rite hospital In Atlanta thatJoe began to do really serious workwith his silhouettes. One of thenurses pinned some of his pictures tothe walls of the reception room down-stairs. There were many visitors tothe hospital. They saw the silhou-ettes and asked questions. Soon therejwere requests from people who want-ed to buy the charming scenes. WhenMrs. Pressley Walker, an Atlanta art-ist who had become Interested In hiswork, sent some of his groups to amagazine which promptly sent back afat check and a fine letter of praisefor bis work, Joe's story knew nobounds.

Why, If he couldn't ever go to col-lege and work his way through, as hehad dreamed of doing some day whenthe stiff plaster costs were a thing ofthe past, he could do something elsethat was almost as good. He couldmake enough money' to bring collegeto him I Now that he could earn hisown expenses, he could take all theextension courses he wanted to take.

It was about this time that he sawa notice which said that Lewis Myers& Co., manufacturers. of Valparaiso,Ind., were offering a prize of $60 forthe best picture of an outdoor scene:

Joe was afraid that only drawingsor paintings would be considered.

He spent hours making pictures inhis mind before he even touched bisscissors. Then one day he picked upa piece of paper and began to cut.The scissors flew. And presently un-der the deft fingers of the boy a gor-

- geous Jungle scene began to grow.There was a- thick undergrowth fairlybristling with the life of tiny crea-tures, and above a delicate tracery ofvines festooned from- tree to tree.There were monkeys swinging on agrapevine rope, and below on a fallentree trunk fr-buge panther lookedhungrily up. ' ^

Everybody In. the hospital celebrat-ed when the postman brought the let-ter which said that Joe had won thefirst prize In the contest

New York.—The land of opportu-nity has failed to pan out for MichaelGllhooley, world's chsmplon stowaway.And it wasn't all Mike's fault, either.Mike expected to be worth a fortuneby now, eight yean after his admit-tance to this country. Instead be ismilking cows and driving a tractor ona farm near Hobart, N. Y.

Only a few yean ago virtuallyeverybody In the East knew the storyof this Immigrant boy. October 17,1910, Mike—his mother Is said to havebeen killed before bis own eyes duringthe World war—was found hidingamong American sailors returningfrom overseas. This was • his fifthtrip from Belgium as a stowaway.He seemed determined to claim thiscountry as his own.

Becomes Society Hero.Each time the freckle-faced young-

ster arrived in New York dty hisfame Increased until he became themost widely heralded hobo of the highseas. People all over the countryclamored for the honor of adoptinghim. Mike said then that his fatherdied In 1910 and that bis mother waskilled by a shell from a German air-plane at the home In Belgium.

His fifth trip to America succeeded.Mike became a sort of'natlonal idol.Newspapers printed columns abouthim. He was feted by society and

.lodged In New York city's most aris-tocratic hotels. The city made himIts hero—then suddenly forgot him, asIt has so many other heroes of thepast.

At the height of his popularity Mrs.Curry, who later married WallaceThompson, a writer of New York city,was captivated by Mike's freckles, hissmile, his red hair, and his determina-tion. She decided to adopt the lad.But the woman ran into, financial diffi-culties, with the result that CharlesBolster, a banker, took Mike in tow.Immigration authorities were satisfiedwith Bolster's word that be wouldlook after Mike. Bolster is the hus-band of Madge Kennedy, actress.

For a time all went well, but Mikedeveloped expensive tastes. Mr. Bol-ster decided It best for the boy to getdown to brass tacks and work out hisown career. So Mike was sent to afarm near Hobart, and Mr. Bolstersent $25 a week, unknown to Mike, topay for his keeping. So Mike's dreamsof wealth and fame have dwindleddown, to the dally routine of steeringa backfiring tractor and "nursing"cows.

"I wish I had gone Into the•movies'," Mike says. "I think I mighteven be an engineer. But I get awful-ly homesick for the girls in New Yorkcity, and I would like to get back fora good time again. It's certainly quiethere."

M«fnitade of aOUR COMIC SECTION

Limburger Cheese Cast Outby the German People

Berlin.—Limburger cheese has fall-en from grace in democratic Germany,members of the Reichstag Agricul-tural committee have learned fromthe lips of prominent cheese manu-facturers.

Once the supreme delight of stanchbeer garden frequenters, limburgerhas completely lost caste and is nowa drug on the market, the committeewas told.

"The public's taste has changed,"said one expert "We are now tryingto meet the post-war taste by manu-facturing fat-contalnlng hard and softcheeses along French lines."

Minister of Agriculture Scbleleadded that economic conditions alsowere responsible for the change inthe public's taste. Following the.warthere was such a craving for fats thatthe fatter cheeses were preferred.

Bear Skin Hung on ShipTaken as Call for Aid

Seward, Alaska.—A bear skin hungto dry from the rigging of- the boatof a returning hunting party was mis-taken here for a distress signal.Scores of launches hastily got underway and scurried out to sea to aid inrescuing the shipwrecked mariners.Close scrutiny revealed the flappingflag to be a gigantic Kodiak bear pelt,the hunters utilizing the salt air andthree days trip from hunting groundsto cure the hide.

Throoffa Wild* Shown.Denver, Colo.—The courses traveled

by the pioneers of- the West are muchbetter known by students today thanby those hardy adventureren.

TWs Is the result of five yean spentby JProl Archer Butler Hulbert inmapping the trails. He Is with theStewart Commission on Western His-tory at Colorado college, ColoradoSprings. —

The Oregon, Santa Fe and Mormontrails, the route of the pony express,those lines of communication madefamous by Kit Carson, John G. Fre-mont, Buffalo Bill, Jim Brldger andothers, have been traced and mappedIn terms of section, township andrange.

Pony Express Is TractA.The trek of the overland wagon

trains, the westward push of the ponyexpress and Its allied caravans, theroutes they traversed, the places wherethey stopped, now are definitely knownfor the first time.

A general map of the roads of Fre-mont, Carson and the "Forty-niners"shows lines following the shadow casttoday by the air-mall planes as theywing their way across the continentThe landing places usually are nearpoints made famous a century ago byoverland caravans.

"If, in imagination," declares Pro-fessor Hulbert, "one swings the oldOregon trail or the Santa Fe traileastward from Independence, Mo., In-stead of westward, he will find aclearer Idea of the length of the jour-ney which the covered caravans madefrom the Missouri river to the Pacificcoast. Going east on the Oregon trail,one would cross South Pass In north-western Pennsylvania and find thatPortland, Ore., was In Nova Scotia.Going east on the Santa Fe trail, onewould find that Santa Fe was In theTennessee mountains and that LosAngeles was 400 miles beyond CapeHatterns in the Atlantic ocean.

8hows Magnitude of Trip."With this rearrangement of the

routes one can readily grasp the magni-tude of the trips undertaken by thoseintrepid pioneers who carried civiliza-tion Into the wilds beyond the Ohioriver."

The work of Professor Hulbert wasacomplished through the co-operationof the American Geographical society,the Library of Congress, Harvard, Yaleand other universities. The resultshave been compiled Into five volumes,containing some 270 maps showingabout 7,000 miles of trails In morethan 2^00 townships In twelve west-ern states.

The work Is to be followed by thecompiling and editing of Journals anddiaries of the pioneers, which willform a documentary history of theWest from the war of 1812 to thecompletion of the Union Pacific rail-road.

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Fashion TipParis.—Fur skirts are to be au

fait next winter, says Paul Polret

U. S. Uses 75,000 Cupsof Coffee Per Second

St Louis.—Americans gulpdown more than 121,000,000,000cups of coffee a year, 5,000,000every hour, or approximately75,000' every second. At, leastCyrus F, Blanke, S t Louis teaand coffee importer, has so con-cluded after studying beverage .consumption figures for the first. jfive months of 1927.

He estimates more than a bil-lion and a half pounds of vcoffeeand something like 106.000,000pounds of tea will be consumedIn appeasing America's 1027beverage appetite. America'scoffee bill to Brazil, which pro-duces about.70 per cent of allcoffee, lost year exceeded $231.-000,000.

Deaf Can Hear ThroughFinger Tips, Is Claim

Northampton, Mass.—The discoverythat the ability of the human skin todetect rapid vibrations is much great-er than has previously been supposedhas been made here by Dr. Robert H.Gault, director of the vlbro-tactlleresearch laboratory of Smith college.Doctor Gault has been engaged forseveral years In experiments to en-able the deaf to hear through theirfinger tips by touching a telephonereceiver.

Previously scientists have supposedthat a vibration faster than 1,600times a second was too fast to be de-tected by the skin. According to Doc-tor Gault however, these touch- or-gans can detect vibrations as fast as2.700 a second. Though many of thevibrations of the voice are more rapidthan this, "00," for Instance, as pro-nounced by the average male voicebeing about 3,700 a second, and "ah"3,682, Doctor Gault states that Ifthe skin can receive vibrations asrapid as 2,700, It Is amply sensitiveto understand speech.

Indian Boys and GirlsActive in Farm Clubs

Washington.—More than 5,500 In-dian boys and girls have been-enrolledduring the last year In Juvenile agri-cultural • clubs, statistics at the In-terior department show.

Last year Indian club members!raised products valued at $43,752, in-cluding corn, potatoes, other vege-tables, poultry and farm animalsCanning dubs and sewing circles arccredited with splendid work.

Among those winning high honorsIn the corn club was Hannah HighHawk, a twelve-year-old full-bloodSioux girl of the Cheyenne river reservatlon In South Dakota. She wn?awarded a free trip to the NationalCorn congress.

Use of American MatchesUnder Ban in Peru

New York.—Lighting an Americaimatch In Peru, mny be the cause ola $20 fine. Such Is the news' brouRlnback by some sadder but wiser Amorleans. Several passengers on theJltnriSEsscquibo said that not until the>were arrested ..did they learn that 11Swedish match company has a monopoly on the sale of matches in thntcountry and, that ail other, matchesare highly dutiable,, and. If broughtIn without duty, cost their owners '$20.

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WOODBURT NEWSMrs. De France Clarke was la Wa-

Harold Daniels has rented t i eHoward Hitchcock shop on lowerMain street. He

ITwith tfee Junior League

hospital library.lira. Jennie Thomas and Mrs. Jen-

ale Greeley of Guilford were recentgaests at the Curtis House. Mrs.Thomas is well known here, havingengaged as professional nurse inmany homes in town in years gone

Miss Helen Kearney of New Yorkto spending two weeks at the ClarkFarm. Miss Kearney, who is ISyears old, spent a vacation throughthe Fresh 'Air committee here, twoyears ago at the Clark Farm, so itwas Just a case of renewing acquain-tance.

Mrs. E. N. Bailey of HuntingdonIns been a recent visitor at thehome of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Ben-ham.

A meeting of the bridge club tookplace yesterday afternoon at thefarm home.of Mrs. M. L. Martus.

Mr«. Nattie Taylor of Hartford Ia. guest of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L.Qriswold

Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Dawson and•on, James Dawson, spent SundayIn South Glastonbury with MortonDawson.

Elliott Baikcom, who has a job onconstruction work at Danbury, spentSunday at his home in Woodbury.

Miss Ruth Podlescey and CharleiBuettner of New York city are enJoying a vacation of two weeks" atthe home of Miss Podlesney's sister,Mrs. L. S. Darrow. In addition ther work with the New York Title& Mortgage Co., Miss Podlesney isstudying voice culture. She willbroadcast from Station WWRL, L.I , soon after her return.

Mrs. William Cleveland has re-turned to Watertown after spendingtwo weeks at the home of Miss Ed-ith Underwood, during which timeshe was convalescing from an opera-

Mrs. O. S. Fltssimons.Miss Elisabeth Underwood la with

finishing work, for which there- isample room in the building.

Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Atwoodhave returned from a visit to theirson, Winifred Atwood, at Bryn MawrPark. Yonkers. N. Y. They madethe trip by motor with Rev. H. LeeRobison, Jr., who has been in NewYork city visiting a college room-mate.

Mrs. A. G. Ramseyer, Miss JanetWilley and Mr. and Mrs. ThomasWinans of Boston have been spend-ing a week at the Curtis House.

Mr. and Mrs. George Brown fromWhite Plains, N. Y., are guests atthe Stiles House fbr several weeks.Other guests are Mrs. John Spargoand daughter, Miss Wllhelmina M.Spargo of New Haven and Prof, and

T. D. Bacon, also of New

carry a line of! h e r s i , t er on Spring streetMftth- - j f a B u B r t t i t Ml*

left yesterday onClinton

their vacationwhich will be divided between visitsto their sons, Parker Wilson ofBrockton, Mass.. Don Wilson of

SOUTHBURYServices at the Federated ehareb.

tlon.Miss Lillian Carpenter of New

York is the guest of Miss ElsbethAllen.

Mrs. A. D. Noble and Miss EllaPartree of Waterbufy are spending.some little time at the Stiles House.

Robert I. Drakeley, manager forthe Connecticut Light and Powercompany in this section, attendedthe annual field day of the companyat Lake Quassapaug on. Tuesday."Bob". played center field (or themarried men versus single mengame in which there was a tie.Billy Sheehy umpired the game. Mrs.

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W. E. Britton, etymologist, andMrs, Britton, of New Haven, wererecent visitors at Mrs. W. M. Stiles'.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harvey arespending their vacation at IndianNeck.

Richard S. Burnap and family ar-rived home Tuesday from a littlemore than a week"s stay at a lakecottage near Great Barrington,Mass.

Miss Frances Hitchcock of Mil-ford, Conn., and Fort Myers, Fla.,is spending a few daya with heraunt, Miss Lottie Hitchcock.

Mr. and Mrs. Victor Blackmar andchildren of Danbury aTe spending apart of their vacation with Mrs.Blackmar's aunt, Miss Edith Mai-lory.

O. S. Fitzsimons, Woodbury Jus-tice of the peace, was called to hearthe evidence in a court case in Wa-tertown last week, later giving hisdecision to Judge Hungerford of thatplace.

Miss Vella Leslie will spend thetime until she leaves for the Dan-bury Normal school, with Mr. andMrs. Harmon S. Boyd.

Mrs. Effle B. Llnsley recently at-tended the funeral of her cousin,Miss Estelle Bartlett in Bridgeport.She later visited at the home of herbrother, W. C. Bartlett.

Miss Martha Harriet Abbott of

Ocean Park, Me., and Rev. ArthurWilson of Seal Harbor. Me. Theirhomes are all on beaches which willmake it delightful for the WoodburyMr. and Mrs. Wilson.

Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Heinxe leaveon Saturday for Torrington wherethey will Join Mr. and Mrs. CharlesBall in an auto trip to Rhode Island.

Leon Capewell and his ball playerswent to Roxbury on Sunday, andwhile everything looked encourag-ing several times, their loss figured6 to 2 in the final inning. Morrisand Crane made up the Woodburybattery. Other players were Tyler,Fleming, Herb Hirsch, C. Markham,Crownshaw, H. Karrmann and Man-ager Capewell. "

Miss Laura Remail is a patient atSt. Mary's hospital, Waterbury, fol-lowing an operation for tumor. Up-on her discharge from the hospitalshe will spend some little time atshe home of her aunt, Mrs. CharlesBooth of Sherman Hill.

The annual flower show of theRoxbury Garden club, held yesterdayafternoon at their quarters near thestation, interested quite a numberof Woodbury people so that theymade the trip over to be in attend-ance/

Jean Canfleld, daughter of H. H.Canfleld, passed successfully througha serious operation, performed byDr. Samuel Harvey, son of C. F. Har-

New oik ay* oecapplac tte Greencottage outswapped road.

Relatives from Canada v a n vtafeon with Mrs. Paul Miaeres at "Pine

which was devoted to sports, a gooddinner and a general good time. ,

Members of the Garden Club werein'Roxbury yesterday afternoon at-tending the annual flower show ofthe Roxbury Garden club.

A Frisidu.ire. has been installed atthe Garden Brook'Tea Room.

Miss Kmily Hurtland. Lltchfleldcounty v!c«-;'residfnt, attended ;iinei'ti:,-' of !h>- iv t ' i r iw board ufthe • ("iir.:'.'{•• icut. 1M deration of Wo-

Maiden, Mass., has been visitingwith her aunt, Mrs. D. I. Abbott.During her stay here a camp firesupper was. enjoyed by a party offriends made up from Waterbury andGarden Brook.

Miss Dora Eagan, town clerk ofWaterbury, entertained a party atdinner at Garden Brook Tea Roomon Saturday evening. The guestsincluded Grace M. Burnes and C. P.Koch of Boston. Mrs. Isabella Koch,son and dauchter. Lily Faxer. Herb-

vey of Woodbury, at the New Ha-ven hospital on Saturday. On Tues-day afternoon Miss Marjorie Can-field, her sister, visited the hospitaland with her were Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Mitchell and Miss Jessie Mitch-ell, who carried along a shower ofgifts suitable for a 10 year old miss.The gifts for this hospital showerwere from Jean's Sunday school andday school mates, neighbors andSunshine Circle members, and af-forded a lot of pleasure which willcontinue during the days of conva-lescence.

Merritt W. Barnes and helper, OleOleson, have, been doing cementwork at H. S. Boyd's new house thisweek.

Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Fray and chil-dren, Mr. and Mrs. William Morganand children and Mr. and Mrs. JohnFox made a trip to Kent Falls onSunday where they enjoyed a picnicdinner. Later they visited the Cath-edral Pines.

The state taned the road to WestSide on Tuesday.

1000 S T . . topic "Hold F a s t ; vday school. 11:00 8. T., topie "Davidand Goliath"; evening worship, 7:WS. T., topic "Five Points for Life."At the Federated church this Sun-day the picture will be that grippingstory of the sea, "Peter a Kyne's"Breed of the Sea," which la themost noted sea picture made thisyear, actually photographed on thePacific showing sea life in calm wa-ter and in the hurricane. With thegreen and white of tossing wavesfor a background, Peter B. Kynehas drawn from his imagination athrilling story of maratime adven-ture. The strong cast includes Mar-garet Livingston and Ralph Ince.The story tells of a pirate and aclergyman who love a maiden.

The Daily Vacation school Is hit-ting on all four, with the boys andgirls averaging 52 in attendancedally with a notable corps of teach-ers who have stood by the guns Infine spirit. The attendance Mondayof this week set the record of 58.This is the last week of the courseand will be followed by an exhibi-tion of arts, crafts and Bible drills.

The pictures on Fridays at theFedearted church for the next twomonths are as follows:

July 15—Tin Gods with ThomasMeighan.

July 22—Quarterback with Rich-ard Dix.

July 29—Three Bad Men withGeorge O'Brien.

August 5—It with Clara Bow.August 12—Kid Brother with Har-

Mrs. George Edmunds of Oakvinehas been passing a few day* Here.

Arthur France of Bridgeport wasa recent guest on "Splcer Hill."

Mr. Packard is staying at theKroubeck home since U s store andhome were destroyed by fire.

William Harrison entertained ftparty of nine small girls at LakeQuassapaug.

Vernon Lockwood is employed atthe A. * P. Store.

Miss Harriette Isham has a posi-tion at "The Candy Kitchen."

William Bunnell of Washingtonwas a recent visitor with WilliamForbes.

ROXBURYClarence Anthony and family, who

have been spending several days atBrook Farm, have returned to theirhome in West Barrington, R. I.

Mrs. Frederick Stow- and childrenare expected at Petershaven thisweek for the summer.

Charles T. Squire has returnedhome from New Milford where hehas been for a few weeks.

Miss Lois Hodge, daughter of W

WfUlaa Matthews ao« taaiDevon were In town on the Sd.

MlatJtwrteiLftiothIngton was a guest of Miss MakelBumhardt the first of the week.

Miss Barbara Squire of New Ha-ven was a week-end guest at herhome at Warners Mills.

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To the Editor of The Comrant:—WH1 you kindly giT« » •

Wheeler Wilcox"s address throagbthe columns of your paper?

ANXIOUS.Sooth Manchester, July 7, 3917.EUa Wheeler Wllcox died In l t t t ,

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ert I. Rowley and Miss Epan of Wan-rbury.

Ellsworth Abboit resumed work atthe French Mf.c. Co.. Waterbury. this•VV.M-U. aft-T a vacation of two weeks.

Mrs. C: T. Sharp anil son Charlesare spendini:-a. f.-w. weeks wlt-h rela-

M i v s in Niwbu.rt-'li. N. Y.. and other

Mrs. Wright and Mrs. Estick ofEridpeport have been boarding atthe home of Miss Edith Underwood.

Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Hill and daush-ter EuKeiila of Pittsburgh, 'aresp*»nilinc the summer at the Webb

old Lloyd.August 19—Hold That Lion with

Douglas MacLean.August 26—Great K and K Train

Robbery with Tom Mix.The extreme gloss of the churches

in Southbury reflect credit upon Ed-ward Thomson, painter. The Con-gregational steeple drank 22 gallonsof paint. The decoration of the in-terior will begin very soon, the com-mittee in charge being C. W. Tyler,Charles P. Perry, H. R. Stone andMrs. Clarence Stiles.

C. W. Tyler, David Roulston, BobBrlnley, Fred Perry and Chub Eyrevisited Briarcllff Seminary on theHudson Sunday with excellent Te-ports. From there they went to OB-sinlng and saw Sing Sing.

Miss Esther Stone, who is incharge of playground'work at Tor-rington, visited her parents here on 1Sunday.

The flowers at the Federatedchurch on Sunday were furnishedby Miss Cathryn Stone.

The tickets for the Follies ofSouthbury. 1927 Edition, are now on.-ale. This annual terpsicoreanevent which always takes the com-munity by storm "about this time inthe year, just as the hay is beingcut. will be presented in Ihe Y. P.C F. room of the Federated church

Is the ideal sterilizer for Milk/Bottles, Dairy Utensils,

and Milking Machines.

It not only disinfects, but it d

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Prevention is the greatest fa

odorizes, leaving all arti-

:or in keeping a flock of

poultry in healthy condition. ^

Drinking water which has been treated with K-S,houses and surroundings which are sterile and cleanedwith K-S, offer a solution to the poultryman's problem.

5-gallon bottles sell for $11.00 eachIon bottles sell for $2.75 each

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APOTHECARIES HALL COMPANYWaterbury, Oonn.

the summer home »$ o n Saturday .evening, July 30, at 7:3n

, , •-I,, 'iibv l i l acs . Mrs. Sharp's parents

The luiii-!i<-un w::s uivi-nPlumh-y. .-IU:I- ' pi-'-.-idt-nt. ami Mrs.Evan.-. F-f'.'-nitio:'. dii'-cior. at whichthe iiu-si HI" hqnor \v;u Miss JuliaJaffa yof N'.AV York.

Mrs. Allena Ch'adwirk. who has• been .-jvnilini: soni>- tinn- with, her

daughter. Mrs. .Charles F. Kenwor-thy, .lias con- to visit her son. FredChadwiek of Detroit, j Mr. and Mrs.Ken worthy took Mrs. Chadwiek as

Tuesday ! Ml' : i m l MrH

hv \iui X-wburjrh.. .Thomas W. .Wilson and Arthur

Harry/who. lias a lea<lins part inill.- \Wint.r (Jard»-n show. "CircusPrinces," are here from New Yorkcity t\>r a short visit with CharlesDante...

Miss\Grare Belts has returned toWasliinVton after a visit at her homehere. ' A .

Mrs. Si C. Tomlinson and daughK n yfar as • Plitsfleld,'Mass..., by automo-bile, to make the journey less tire-some. ' .

Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Konhne of NewYork have rented the home of Mr.and Mrs. Ellis F. Clark on Mainstreet for the remainder of the sum-mer.

Miss Jeanie Adams underwent an-operation at the Hartford hospitalon Monday. Miss Adams is a stu-dent nurse at the hospital. Hermother, Mrs. Albert Adams of Wood-bury, returned home from Hartfordyesterday afternoon andJeanie as comfortable.

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Mr. and Mrs. Abel Kenworthy re-turned to their home in Waterburyyesterday after a visit with their son,Charles F. Ken worthy, at Ken wick.

A. M. Veghte of Chicago came to-day to visit at the home of Mr. andMrs. De France Clarke.

Stanley,.son of Mr. and MTS. Al-fred Eyre ,is recovering from an ill-ness with scarlet fever. Mr. Eyrehas been quarantined for two weeksand unable to work at Canfleld'sstore.

The telephone number .at the C.B. Sammis. home is 28-11.

Thomas Hughes of West NewYork, N. J-, -was a Sunday visitorhere.

Mrs. F. R. Ellwell of the CurtisHouse is enjoying a visit from herniece, Mrs. Rutter and Mr. Rutter, ofPhiladelphia.

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Walker andchildren, Donald and Jack, have re-turned to Buffalo, N. Y., after a visitat the Walker home in East.Side.

> Mr. and Mrs. Harold Walker" anddaughter have returned-to Blairs-town, N. J., and accompanying themfor a visit was Mrs. Sarah Cunning-ham and son.. Miss Brenahan and Miss Cough-

Ian of Waterbury are guests .of MissDonahue at North' Woodbury.

Mr. and Mrs, William Coutts havebeen entertaining Mr, Coutts' moth-er, Mrs. Robert Coutts of Newport,

ter. Miss Emily Tomlinson, each un-derwent an operation for the remov-al of tonsiW at the Waterbury hos-pital, from\which they are recover-ing at their home.

Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Heinze motor-ed to Torrington on Sunday wherethey spent the day with Mr. andMrs. Charles-Ball;

Joseph Seidel, who received injur-ies in a fall from a load of hay threeweeks ago, is still confined at theWaterbury hospital, where the up-per, part of his body has been placedin a cast. Improvement has beennoted in bis condition since, this wasdone. Mrs. Seidel makes the tripto Waterbury by trolley each day tovisit her husband.

Mrs. Cornelius Tracy and son,Howard Tracy of Waterbury, wereweek-end guests at the Curtis House.

Miss Bessie Bennett and MissDorothy Richardson will have chargeof the Woodbury cottage at thePlainville camp grounds this yearand those wishing to occupy thehouse during the camp meetingdays, July 22 to August I, shouldnotify th*m.

Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Fitzsimonsspent Sunday with their son, TomFitzsimons of Tarrytown, N. Y., andreturning with,_them for a visit werethc-ir grandchildren, Gloria and Tom',

Mr. .and Mrs. George B. Curtisshad as their guests on Sunday, Mr.and Mrs. Edward Eytel and daugh-ter, Mrs. Va'ra'Atkins, and', daughter,Miss Doroihy Atkins, Mrs. Leeming,Mr .and Mrs. Herbert Atkins andMrs. Atkins' mother, all,01 Yonkers,

~N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. P 7 A . Gibson ofMt Vernon. N. Y., and Miss AnnaEytel ana Miss Lillian Hanke of NewYork city.

Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Huntington-Wilson spent the first two days ofthe week in New York.

Mrs. Grace Severson and MissKatherine Stair came from Chicagothe last of the week to spend anIndefinite time with their cousin,

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Mrs Hill's mother, Mrs. A. Straucii.Mrs. W. U. Stout of Brooklyn. N.

V.. is visiting with her daughter.Mrs. C. R. Sammis, who is also, en-i^nainine ' a nephew, .Willar.d T.Stout.

Mrs. Marion W. Lawson is enjoy-ing a visit from her grandson, Al-bert Krous of Long Island and froma friend. Mrs. Mary A. Smith ofRldgewood, N. J. ,

Among the guests recently at BonTon Farm were: Mrs. N. Schuster,Miss Jeanette and Miss Louise Sinis-ter, Otto W. Schuster, Peter W. Toz-zi, Mr. and Mrs. B. Straub, Mr. andMrs. G. Monz, Mr. and Mrs. A. L.Gruetzner, John H. O'Nell, Mr. andMrs. W. H. Lohser, Miss Mabel Loh-ser, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Hlckey, -Dor-is and Evelyn Hlckey, all of NewYork city; Mr. and Mrs. G. W.. Ful-ler, Mrs. F. M. Ensinger, Ferdinandand Louis Ensinger, Mr. and Mrs. J.Schumacher, Miss Helen M. Cocks,Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Cocks, Mr. andMrs. H. A. Roberts and J. F. Rich-ards, all of New Rochelle, N. Y.;Miss Geraldine Cole of New Haven;Carl Moser of Jersey City; MissPauline Coher and Miss S. Karpetof Waterbury, and Mr. and MrB. S.Joseloff of Hartford.

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The farmers are all busy makingbay while the sun shines, and patiently waiting when it doesn't.

The meeting on the lawn at C. G.Swanson's on Sunday was well at-tended despite the threateningweather. People came from; Water-bury, Ansonia, Watertown, Bridge-water and Roxbury. The pastor ofthe Swedish Congregational churchof Waterbury preached a sermon inSwedish and Rev. T. Fayle Butlerof Woodbury gave a sermon in Eng-lish. A cornet player from Brook-lyn, N. Y., favored with several se-lections. A lunch was served at theconclusion of the services for thosecoming from out of town.

Mr. Hungerford and family, alsoMr. Hilsinger of Bridgeport, wererecent visitors5at the Hallock home.Mr. Hallock, who has been seriouslyill for over a week, is slightly im-proved. Egbert Hallock, Jr., is quitesuccessfully carrying on the- millwork during his father's illness.Sunday callers, at C. A. Brandt'3were Mr. and MTS. Elmer Eaton ofNew Haven, Mrs. F. M. Booth andMrs. Frank Potter of Waterbury andDorothy and Mildred Hungerford ofStepney. - j)

iamlard lime. The bill of ten sump-tuous acts includes a Chinese danceact, Bit; Hoy Brooks in a pajamathriller, a Ilylnj; ballet and a scenein the turkish.buih. There will be adrama in which Dead Eye Dick willappear in person anil the skit en-titled the "Missing Rolled Stocking"will be appreciated by the ladies whorol Itheir own. There will be towntopics and a breezy ocean skit whichwill be cooling and refreshing. Spe-cial scenic settings are being pre-pared by Messrs. Hard and Work forthis gala event of the social swirl,Tickets may be had at Tyler's icecream palace or at Joe's refreshmentgarden or from the janitor or DavidRouston. .

The children's lawn picnic andfrolic will be held next week on thelawn of Mrs; William Fliess. Overeighty children will be present.,There will be the races for prizes,games, ice cream and novelty eventssuch as only Mrs. Fliess knows howto arrange. All of the children ofthe community are Invited to thisfamous party. This is an annualevent in the life of the children ofthe town when they get together fora good time on the spacious lawn ofthe Fliess home. The wish of everychild of the village is that he or shewill never get too old to be includedin the invitation. Assisting in en-tertaining the children will be Mrs.Fliess' two sons and daughter. Chil-dren who live far away will be calledfor by either Mrs. Fliess or Mr. Dor-chester.

Church of the Epiphany—Morningprayer and sermon by Rev. WilliamE. Hooker at 9 a. m.

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HOTCHKISSVILLEMr. and Mrs. Albert Krous and

three sons were recent guests ofMrs- Krous' mother, Mrs. M. :W.Lawson.

Miss Margaret Bryant has; return-ed from Chicago where she hasbeen studying the past year.

. J. B. Hall of Waterbury is a guestof his daughter, Mrs. Hobart Morris.

Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Dakin are attheir shore cottage for a stay of afew davs.

Mrs. James Murray has returnedto her home in Walden after a visitwith her. mother,' Mrs.. ThomasGreen.

Miss Helen Platt has returned/home. She recently visited with, hersister, Mrs. KeUey of Naugatuck.

Mrs. Hines and two daughters of

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