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Jumping Frog Contest at Angels Camp
Nancy Carroll
“ Baa, baa. baa-" said Mrs. White
Sheep.
“ Bow, wow, wow," said the dog.
“ Baa, baa," aald Billy Goat In a «lit
ferent tone o f voice from that of Mrs.
sheep.
“ Chirp, chirp," said little Mr. Robin
as he sat on the branch o f a tree.
"Squirm, squirm." said the little
worm, “ this is no place for me.”
And to prove that the worm was
right Mr. Rooster picked It up from
the ground and banded it most polite­
ly to Mrs. White Hen who swallowed
It and cackled her thanks.
The song sparrow sang his little
song and finally Porky Pig could stand
It no longer.
“ What are you all doing?” he asked.
"Just saying a friendly word to each
other.” they said
“ Who ha* got the food?- asked
Brother Bacon.
"N o one lias any food, now." said
Mr. Puck. “ The time for breakfast
ha* not a* yet arrived"
“ How gorgeously and grandly and
magnificently and beautifully you talk
quack, quack." «aid Mra. Puck.
"You flatter me, quack, quack." sail
Mr. Puck.
"Not at all. It t* the truth." aslJ
Mr*. Puck.
"But what does all this friendly
word business menu?" asked Sammy
Sausage.
"Here I was having a nice dream ot
a castle hullt of food and I awoke to
hear every one talking and chatting
and I thought to myself:
“ ’Ha, ha. grunt, grunt, the food has
come.- *
“ No food has come as yet." said
Red Top. "W e are alt hungry and
ready for a good breakfast tr Is true
But It will not be long now."
"Why are you all talking In such a
friendly fashion when there Isn't even
any food to talk about?" asked Pinky
Pig.
“Of course. Red Top." said Porky
Pig. “ you have always had the habit
o f getting up at crack o f dawu. as the
saying Is.
“ You take after your father an t his
father before him and tils father be­
fore him—and I don't know how far.
“ But they have all been early risers.
Mflch too early risers to suit lots of
folks."
“ Well, I won't change the custom of
the family, for it would he making out
the family to be of little Importance.”
said Red Top.
“ Still I don't understand why you
are all strutting about and talking,"
said Sammy Sausage.
"You woke up the whole pig pen."
said Mrs. Pink Pig.
“ You did. It's true," said Pereivai
Pork.
"Had we been awakened for food
we would uot have complained, but to
be awakened by a lot of idle chatter
gracious, mercy, grunt, grunt. It Is too
much,” said Grandfather Porky.
"The ways o f the barnyard crea
tures are funny,” said Sammy Sau
sage.
“ Of course they are to you." »aid
Mr. Rooster. "All you creatures think
o f is food. You th iTk that any other
conversations or talks are utterly fool
Ish."
“To be sure we do." said the pigs.
“ We're sensible, greedy pigs, and the
love and affection In our pig hearts 1.«
all turned I d the direction o f food—
and direction where there Is food!”
But at that moment appeared the
animals' breakfast and the whole barn
yard partook o f the meal I
iCooYrlwht.»
For Meditation
How It Started
By LEONARD A. BARRETT
By J e a n N e w t o n
BARNYARD CREATURES
cackle,
C ACKLE,
SII*» lien.
cackle,"
said
T w k i Uoodle-do, cock a -doodle-da
cock s-doodle-do," aald Mr. |{ix>»lcr
“ Cock a-doodle-da cock-a dood!e-do,
cock a-doodle-da I wlrb the eatne to
jo u ." aald Red Top. Ihe rooster
“ Cackle, cackle." aald Mr» Graj
Hen.
“ Cluck, du ck ." aald Mra White Hen
“Cackle, cackle." aald Mlaa Fidgety
Fashionable Hen.
“ Quack, quack." aald Mr. Pack.
“ Quack, quack." aald Sir
D add
Duck
“ Quack, quack, quack." aald the III
tie ducklings.
"Qunck. quack." aald their fond
mother.
"Quack, quack," aald Mra. Indian
Runner Duck.
"Gobble, gobble.' aald Mr. Turkey
“ Neigh, neigh,” said the horse.
“ Moo. moo." said Mrs Cow.
"Bov*. Wo»*, Wo»»," Said the Do*.
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o o o o o o o o c - o o c m x > o o o o o o g < x > o o o
OUTWITTING MIDDLE AGE
ORIGIN OF THE “ PRINT”
“ O ^ T W n r iN G Middle Age"—a*-
v - / reads the title o f a book re­
cently written by Dr. Carl Ramus.
The Century company in reviewing
the book says: “ Old age Is a prevent­
able disease.
Exuberance, vitality
and appearance o f youth may be re­
captured and preserved.”
Ua* the fountain of perpetual youth
at last been discovered? Does the
lust word of science Inform us that
old age Is a disease? If it Is It cer
tainly should be preventable. T ie
same component parts o f the human
body exist In all other forms of na­
ture and they have kept on dying for
centuries. Have we discovered that
the old philosophers were right? That
matter Is eternal? Even If it were
true—who wants to live forever?
Time does not measure the value of
life. Some persons live more In thir­
ty years than others do In seventy.
Existence is not life. The former Is
physical, the latter mental and spir­
itual. The real quality o f a person's
life Is not necessarily measured by his
achievements. Not what we accora
plished but what we tried earnestly
and sacrlflcingly to realize— are the
records which the angels keep.
Life Is a strange thing. It cannol
be defined, analyzed or even destroyed
Try and write a definition o f life and
see how difficult a task It 1 a N o one
has successfully defined It. Yet It Is
the most real thing with which we
have to deal. The thing for which we
will be remembered is tbe kind of a
life we lived. In terms o f the highest
moral values, and not the material
possessions we may have acquired.
Life Is saved by being lost In service.
' | i l E collecting of prints te b*»com
* ing one o f the most popular ot
hobbies. Certainly enjoyment o f them
Is no longer limited to the artistically
sophisticated, for today In quite mod
est homes, we see the product of tbe
etcher, the woodcutter and the engrav
er. And of all the known art a none
has woven about Its history a more
unique tale thuD the origin o f making
prlntA or taking Impressions from en
graved plateA
For Its beginning, we must go hack
to the workshop of one Tomaso Finl
guerra. a goldsmith of Florence, who
decorated gold and sliver plates by
filling tbelr engraved lines with black
enamel or “ niello." Before treating
his wares with this substance, which
hardened and became permanent after
It was applied, he would try out the
effect with a temporary medium. This
was accomplished by rubbing soot and
oil Into the crevices that were to bold
the Inlay.
One day, according to the story,
one of hit plates was laid face down
ward upon a sheet of paper, and when
the plate waa removed the first crude
“ print" appeared which Is supposed
to have furnished the Inspiration for
the subsequent Improved effort» In
this direction.
The earliest recorded engravings
are a series o f copper plate engrav­
ings dating about the middle of the
Fifteenth century, their subject being
the “ Passion."
The latter half of
the Fifteenth century saw the birth of
two of the world’s greatest engravers.
Durer. being born In 1471, and Michael,
angelo, tn 1474.
iCoDrrlrht.»
ng
taken the place of Bayer Aipirin a*
an antidote lor pain. Safr, or physi-
clans Wouldn't u«e it, and rndoi«# it*
use by other*. Sur» or «evrrwl mil­
lion uteri w ould liave turnrd to *»ne-
Oung else. But get real llayrr Austin
(at any drugitorc) with Bayer on th*
t»x, and the word yrsumr printed in
rad:
Nancy Carroll, as Rosemary Mur
phy In tba motion picturs “ Abls’a Irlah
Rota." haa scored bacausa of har splen
did portrays of bar part. Nancy s a i
born In New York city. She I* on*
of twelve children. She Is flva feet,
four Inch«« tall, waighs 118 pound«
and haa red hair and blua a y* A
Uncommon Sense
Here Is a portion of the large crowd that clustered about the frog leaping quarters nt Angels Camp, famous
old gold mining town In the California Sierra» From all parts of the »lute ilia leaping frogs were brought to com­
pote lu the most unusual event. “ Jumping Frog of Sau Joaquin" (Inset) defeated Ills fifty competitors by leaping
a distance o f 3 feet ft Inches.
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Beier M «»e r * ti«r e
By John Blake
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America-to-Rome Plane and Its Crew
y ue s e c « l l c , « l i l * » l , r e f » • l l « | l t * « e l4
LOCATION
Even a Light Snack
Would Satiety Tramp
vast majority of people prefer
T HE
to live ou hillsides, where they can
On th« doorstep stood ii very miser-
able looking trump, In Id* hand a tat­
tered hat.
"Madam," ha said, "ran I do any­
thing to help you? Is there uny wood
to Iw chopped?"
"No, I utu afraid not." aald 111*
housewife who had answered Ida
knock.
"Carpet* fo heal, p'r'np»?"
"No, thank»“
“ Any gardening or other rough Joba
to be don», then?"
"No, thunk», I don't lldnk there'»
auytblug you cau do today."
Th# wayfarer heaved a *lgh of re­
lief and Ida udorruhla ejprcssloti dis­
appeared.
"A ll right." h# «slid cheerfully,
“ then p'r'upa I cau liava «oim-tldn| to
eat?“ —louden Answer»
look out upon at least a little part of
the world.
Constantly you hear men talk about
the "view from my window."
Not long ago I overheard a little
working girt boasting to another that
from the fiat where she lived she could
"see right across the roofs of two
streets of tenement houses to more
tenement nouses on beyond."
“ 1 love to sit there, aud Just look
out,” she said.
Location la always an Important fat
tor tn Ufe.
Always the most expensive building
sites are those which command a view
The first thing a man newly conic
Into a fortune think* of la to buy a
home whk-b Is surrounded by exten
sive ground» ao that he need never
more know that shut-in feeling which
has been bis since birth.
Yet many o f the owners of beautiful
park-surrounded hom e» where they
may look through vistas of trees to
the sea or mountalnA are still abut In
as far as life Is concerned.
It Is educatloo and thought which
give people tha real vision which
cou n t» the ability to look back across
the years with the eyes of history, and
to look oo the activities of mankind
through the eyes of Intelligence and
understanding.
Only the people who have taken the
trouble to read and think are quite
free from mental bllndner»
To these the locations of their roofs
matter little.
The boy, Chatterton, could see more
in his attic than many a magnate can
fmm bis mansion.
Every attic Is filled with windows
It one knows bow to use them. Read
Ing makes a seeing man. as well as
a full man.
Reading plus reflections puts one
oo a mountain top. and enable» him
to see beyond ocean » and over moun
tain chain» and to understand and en
Joy tbe life of the whole world.
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But, unhappily, most of us still are
content to dwell within w all» to shut
out all tbe wonders and delights that
we might well be looking upon, simply
because it Is difficult to study, and dis­
tasteful to think. We are content. If
we look out at all, to look out on a
few street», or perhaps a lake or
across a river, while we might be
looking back od the struggles of hu­
manity from the time history began,
or even a little— as yet a very little—
forward Into the future.
Education means a favorable and
commanding location In the world,
and la worth more to ua than any
mountain top or seaside residence,
for by means of It we see al' human
Ity pass and repaes— and though we
fall on evil days and are plunged Into
poverty, no affliction—not even blind
ues»—shall ever take that ability
away from u a
Noi Hi» Time lo Die
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Long Inland*
The New V orker, a new Ilellunrn monoplane, utnIerKoliig load trial* nt Roosevelt
In preparation f* r the projected flight to Home along the fort)-fourth parallel; and the crew, left to right:
Capt. Peter P« o i h ill, iiun itfutor und rudlo expert; Cenare Snl»elU, pilot, and Roger \\ ill la mu, copilot*
Using a Church for a Mess Room
Noi avrrybody wlio start* lo fall
down au rlevntor sbafi fmiu thè oev-
culli atory la lucky ruotigli lo land
wlth only minor Injuriea on tlic fourth,
hut timi la wlial liuppened to Michael
; O ttura, Iwenty-four, o f New York. Ho
trai working on Ih« seveulh lloor of
a building under conatructlon whea
ha fell down tho ahnfL Ile alruck a
wlro calila In tho almfl and cammrd
uff on to Ilio fourth lamllng. earaplog
wltti only ahrnilona and laceralloo» ot
■ tho righi hnnd.
IN DAD'S FOOTSTEPS
New Wonder Wood
Thera It a new plastic wood that
! can he molded to any required form
and will adhere to tha
lean, dry
surface of wood, metal, or any otbar
material
It drlea rapidly and then
adhere, firmly, can tn» worked with
ordinary wood working tool*, will taka
natla and tcrewa, and paint, varnlah
and French pollah.
In fact. It be­
have* like ordinary wood, evrrpt that
It will not warp, crack, blister or
peel.
r
Jutt About
"Myrtle telle me she'* been offered
a name part In Shakespeare. |8> you
believe It?"
"Oh, I efpeot It'S '.Nothing' In
Much A d a '" —Tit lilla.
It’» Ju»t a Habit
Tramp — Mum. I'm d<-«pcraf»
I
haven't oaten Jor three day»
Lady (who has been on a diet) —
Nonsense ! I fell that way myself at
flrat.—Life.
True
Cnvalry officer» o f Mexican army eating their luncheon on the beautiful
altar of the San Joaquin church, the projwrt.v having been confiscated
by the gov. rnmenL The fenst w aa presided over by Gen. Joaquin Auuiro.
Special House for Television
Miss Megan Lloyd George, twenty-
five-year-old daughter o f the former
premier o f Great Britain, w ho h»|>es to
sit Iemide her father In the house of
commons as the 1.11•ertiI member from
the Angleshy (W ales) division. Misa
George was picked over two other
candidates.
“ One-half the world doesn't know
how the other half lives."
"W ell, we can't all figure In the so­
ciety
column."—Imulsvllle ( ’»urlar*
| Journal.
SEEKS SECOND PLACE
Hi» Little Joke
W ife (nt Wlllesden) —My husband *
never aaya how much he enrna; he I*
really n moat funny man.— London
Answers.
The Modern Art
(COBTrlakt.*
G irl—"Doe» the painting look Ilka
m e?" Pnluter— "Oh, I'iu way past that
at age.”
GBUGAG y /0
After eight yearn o f civil aviation
In Knglnnd, the British service cover#
2,.US) miles of nlr routes In Kurop*
and the Near East
Children may cry for the moon un­
til they get big enough to want th»
earth.
W*
11 v# tn deeds, not years; In
thoughts, not breaths;
In fe e l.o s *, not In figures on th * dial
W e ehould count tim e by heart throbs.
Don't think because It's ladter late
than never that It Isn't better never
to be late.
He most Uvea
W h o thluke moat, fe e l* the noblest act#
tbe beet.
It m atters not bow lon g w * liv e but
bow.
(IB m s . Western Newspaper Union.I
Copy book philosophy la so true
If aeems nonsense to retient tt.
thnt
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The Reason
Stranger— What's the bell ringing
for In ihe town hall?
Village Lad—’Cuuse somebody's pull
ing tbe bell rope.
DRY FOOD
( £ by McClur« «N«wsi;&t>er Syndicat« )
to have ftompthlng to tackle a little
Lvelier than that!
Tough Going at Firtt
N’ewedd—I really oughtn't speak of
It, but my wife's cooking is terrible.
Oldwedd—Cheer up, my boy I The
first hundred biscuits are the hardest
The Idea!
First rhauffeur—Do you always find
out who It Is you have run over?
Second Chauffeur—Sure! Don’t you
Bookworm— Well, I d certainly like I s'po*e i read the pa|>ers?
“ Indolence won't make the pof
boll," says Philosophizing Felice, “ and
yet It haa cooked many a man's goose."
Maybe
“ I see they have Just completed a
ateel bridge across the Danube.”
“ Well?"
“ Maybe some composer can give us
an opus on that.”
Terrible
Mr*. Biggs— Why are you divorcing
your husband?
Mrs. Bink*— When I got up In the
middle o f the night to go through hie
trouser* I caught him going through
Col. K II. R. Green Is erecting a special house for Ids television appa­
ratus at his home on Star Island In Hlscayne hay, Miami. The capitalist has
been a devotee o f radio for years and has Ids own broadcasting station on Ids
Khode Island estate.
LITTLE BITS O F INFORM ATION
About ft’ per cent o f the whale oil
used In this country goes Into soap.
As early as 1887, France required
pupils In all school» to undergo medi­
cal Inspection.
The alligator I» the only American
reptile that will light to defend lier
young from harm.
A campaign for child health In
Prussia lias resulted In cutting down
rickets cases one-half.
Moth* are as fond o f grense spots
on clothing as u mouse 1» fond of
cheese.
Over two-third* o f the fatal cases
o f measles occur In children under
three years o f age.
A bore nozzel Invented by n Teina
fireman can lie used to direct a solid
stream o f water or two parallel
streams o f less force where Ihe solid
stream would damage property.
Hamilton Fish, Jr., représentai I ve
from New York, la a candidate for the
Republican nomination for the vie»
presidency.
Splitting Second»
The Ingenully of man Is being used
to divide time Into constantly «mallei
unii» Slop watches capable of fflnrk
Ing off one hundredths of a recon-1
have been made. One for practical
use will register accurately to on*
twenty fifth of a second.
Cotton Production
India, where cotton
has been -
grown and Its filler manufactured for
nt least « ) centuries. Is the oldest cot- !
ton Drodurlng country known.
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Sting of Bee* and Venomous Insects
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AH d s ib n nr» anthonred In rsfnnd f N f mm— y Inr thn
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