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Unhappy Designer May Convert to Rat Traps
. . . TO DOOR OF THIS MOUSETRAP MAKER
By H I PHILLIPS
A BETTER MOUSETRAP
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slu m p ? ”
"H a s i t been he re ? ”
possibly some m e ch a n ica l de­
» 'T T Q W A R E T H IN G S as o f e a rly
*’I m ig h t th in k so, b u t H a rry T r u ­
"1 th in k so. T here has been a
vices th a t w ill m ake It possible
* * S eptem be r?” we asked the m an says no.”
gro up here w h ich acted lik e a fe d ­
to b a it a tra p by pressing a but­
m an who b u ilt a b e tte r m ousetrap,
“ Does he th in k
m uch
about e ra l co m m itte e . I t cam e up the
ton. T h is w ill cost a lo t of
th is be in g o u r re g u la r seasonal in ­ m ou setrap s?”
paths b a ckw a rd , asked w here it
m oney, but I can b o rro w it o r
q u iry in to business conditions.
som e th in g.”
“ You kno w W ashington. T here was, and im m e d ia te ly w a nted to
" I c a n 't q u ite m a ke o u t,” he re ­ are exp erts in e v e ry th in g ava ila ble. kn o w w here th e re was a good
"H
a v e you tho u g h t o f tu rn in g out
plied. w ith a glance at the paths The P re sid e n t has aides who c la im place to ea t.”
a
tra
p w ith fe w e r holes?”
we
m ade to his door.
"T h e paths to be sp e cia lists in mouse habits
• • •
asked. “ W ouldn’t h a lf as m an y
seem f a ir ly a ctive b u t the a c tiv ity and m o u setrap trend s in o u r eco­
"W h a t did it do a fte r eat­
holes m ean th a t people w ith m ice
could h a rd ly be called p a th-be atin g n o m ic system . T here is a fe d e ra l
in g ? ”
would need tw ic e as m a n y tra p s ? ”
at th is m o m e n t.”
m ou setrap co m m issio n a t w o rk
“ I t showed up e v e ry d a y at
" A h a !” e xcla im e d the M .W .B .A .
"W o u ld you say the re was a no w .”
11 and q u it at 3. announcing
B .M ., show ing us the door.
"1
a fte r a week th a t it had studied
knew it. You are one of those eco
m y business th o ro u g h ly and
nom ic exp erts d ire c t fro m the cap­
w ould have an e a rly re p o rt w ith
ita l. S c ra m !”
a com plete solutio n to a ll p ro b­
We scram m ed.
lem s in the m o u setrap fie ld .”
• • •
“ You th in k it w ill fin d th a t
• . m '” ' ______
VANISHING AMERICANISMS
you are p ro sp e rin g and th a t
th e re is no cause fo r c o n c e rn ? "
GRACE NOLL CROWELL
No, I ne ver go aw ay fo r the sum - f
we asked.
m er. N ot w ith a c lim a te lik e New
" I am sure of i t , ” said the
Y ork.
1
OD loved you much to trust so great a grief
m an who b u ilt a b e tte r m ouse­
• • •
tra p . “ The co m m issio n le ft in
To you.
You can have e ith e r the m ea t
a v e ry happy mood and an­
o r the fis h course— the p ric e is
He was quite certain of you. O my dear
nounced n o th in g was w o rry in g
about the sam e.
m e ."
He knew
Tried by f í re
Effect of Choke
To the beginner and co n firm e d
w ing-sh ot a like , the su b je ct o f shot­
gun b o rin g is alw ays a fa scin a tin g
one. U n en din g are the argum ents
co n ce rn in g the resp ective m e rits
and e ffe c t o f one bore ove r anoth­
er. E xce p t fo r p a tte rn in g his gun,
the average shotgunner is never
able to see w hat happens as a
re s u lt o f variou s bores; and, ex­
cept fo r photos such as those here,
he is n e ve r able to see ju s t w hat
happens when a shot charge leaves
the m uzzle o f various-bored b a r­
rels.
T hanks to the W inchester arm s
com pany, here is presented v is u a l­
ly
" w h a t happens”
when shot
And he who waited by the furnace saw
You rise
From agony to move about with still,
Calm eyes,
To go your tranquil way more beautiful,
More wise,
The silver of your spirit shining through.
God knew that he could trust this grief to you.
Fit:tion h MISUNDE ^STANDING..,
Richard H. Wilkinson
C o rn e r
W R N O LD MOSS has succeeded
* * in so m a n y fie ld s th a t It is
h a rd to know w here to begin de­
s c rib in g h im . He entered college at
15, has a m a s te r's degree. He has
been a success on the stage, ra d io
and screen, as acto r, w r ite r and
pro du cer. As n a rra to r fo r ’ ’D uel in
the Sun” he was so good th a t he
was engaged fo r the same s tin t
fo r " A r c h o f T riu m p h .” H is la te st
A R N O L D MOSS
p ic tu re is "R e ig n of T e r r o r ," fo r
E a g le -L io n . D u rin g the w a r he did
broadcasts In fo u r fo re ig n la n ­
guages. n a rra te d six p ictu re s fo r
the navy. The com ing season w ill
see h im on the stage in "T w e lfth
N ig h t," and on tele visio n as well,
lie is m a rrie d , has tw o young
c h ild re n and m akes in te rv ie w s a
pleasure.
D a y tim e se ria ls m ay be broad
cast in Korea, if M iss Ok Y u l K im .
an announcer, and M r Young Ho
Song, a d ire c to r, both w ith the
K ore an ra d io ne tw ork, have th e ir
w ay
Here to to u r New Y o rk ’s
ra d io studios and study A m e rica n
technique, they v is ite d "T h e Road
of L ife ” and “ Young D r. M atone”
broadcasts, said th e y'd recom m end
the m to th e ir governm ent-operated
ra d io system .
G eorge B urn s and G r a d , A l­
len cu t th e tr I u ro p ra n vini»
sh o rt by tw o weeks, cam e rush
lu g hom e to llo lh w o o d e a rly
th is m onth. Could he th a t they
had la s t-m in u te p re p a ra tio n s Io
m ake fo r th e ir new com edy
show, s ta rtin g Septem ber f t on
CBS.
Lon M c C a llis te r has m ade only
tw o p ic tu re s fo r W arne rs', but they
re p re se n t the hig h and low o f his
care er. In ItH l. in "G e n tle m a n
J im .” he d 'd a b it ro le ; in "T h e
S to ry of S e a b is e u it" he's co sta rre d
w ith S h irle y T e m p le and B a rry
F itz g e ra ld
| L L N E V E R F O R G E T the spec-
* tacle o f Joe A b b o tt and C ount
O beid fig h tin g . T h in k in g o f it, I
am m ore apt to shudder than sm ile .
Though it c e rta in ly had am using
aspects.
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You
see, Joe
Is an A m e ric a n .
•Minute
And he w a s n 't
3
Fiction
“ they
sed
theJ ' ay
d id things
in Luan dia .
A n yw a y, when Joe and I stopped
o ff at Cabindas on our w o rld cruise,
we were m uch pleased w ith the
place.
T h a t n ig h t we had d in n e r a t
the Plaza and it was the re tha t
we fir s t saw Kandaee. She was
s ittin g alone In a booth, and
when she caught Joe s ta rin g
a t her b o ld ly, she nodded and
sm ile d a t h im .
In s tin c tiv e ly I knew, when I saw !
the ta ll d a rk m an com e throu gh
the door, th a t Joe was in fo r tro u ­
ble. And I was rig h t. The ta ll d a rk
m an strode to w a rd the booth and
th e re was som e th in g about h im
th a t caused m y blood to creep. I
stood up, b u t was by no means
q u ic k enough. T he stra n g e r had
grasped Joe by the coat fro n t,
je rk e d h im to his feet and slapped
his face.
A fte r a w h ile a m essenger cam e
in and handed me a note. 1 read it
and looked so u rly at Joe. "N o w
yo u 've done it.
T h a t was Count
O beid and th a t was Ins g ir l you in ­
s u lte d ."
" In s u lte d ? " said Joe.
"A n d he w ants to fig h t a duel
w ith you. He realizes our boat
sails fir s t th in g In the m o rn in g ,
so in o rd e r to accom m odate us
h e 'll a w a it our pleasure at
daw n. He w ill do you the honor
of p e rm ittin g you Io choose
you r own weapons,”
Joe shook his head and trie d to
g ra sp it. "T h a t pu nk—the dope who
sm acked m y ja w - w ants to fig h t
a d u e l Y o u m ean lik e they do ui
S a b a tin i'a books?”
"A n d I can
choose m y own weapons.” Joe
w ent on lie stood up. ' Com e o n ."
I follow ed him , not qu ite d a rin g
to use force in stopping h im again,
y e t re a d y fo r any
crgvn cy. Wg
w ent back to the Plaza. The count
and his g ir l w e rt of course, gone,
Joe m ade in q u iri s, w rote do w i in
address and bee oned m e to fol-
low A ta x i depo ited us before a
p re te ntio us lo o k ir J house o f w h ite
adobe. A
va n t a d m itte d us and
P sently
m t Obeid appeared,
Y< u’ re g iv in g m e the honor of
choosing m y own weapon«,” said
Joe " I ' l l take these.” and he k n o t­
ted up his fists and held them
under the count's nose.
"T h o s e !” said the am azed count
“ Y ea h,” said Joe, "a n d on yo u r
honor as a ge ntle m an you can’ t re ­
fuse. Also, w hy w a it t i l l d a w n ? "
1 IF H A T fo llo w e d was p itifu l.
We
”
trooped in to the back y a rd .
Joe and the count took o ff th e ir
coats and squared off. G rin n in g ,
Joe stepped in and d e liv e re d a
qufck one-two on the no blem an's
chin. Blood appeared on his m outh.
He swung w ild ly . Joe set h im back
on his heels. The count cam e in
again and Joe knocked h im down.
He got up and cam e back fo r m ore.
“ L iste n , old h o rs e ." he said,
"y o u 're as du m b about the custom s
back in A m e ric a as I am about
them ove r here. O nly I d id n 't have
the guts to fig h t you y o u r own w ay
—and you, w e ll, by gosh, th e re are
danged few A m e rica n s can ta ke it
the w ay you have. A n d r ig h t here
and now I rise to re m a rk you have
m y apology, and I ’ll te ll th a t dam e
so, too, if yo u ’ll te ll m e w here she
liv e s ."
W ell, the count only cau gh t
on to about one-third o f w h at
Joe m eant and g rinn ed and o f­
fered his hand.
Ten m in utes la te r the three of
us were s ittin g around a fir e in
K andace's liv in g room , laughing
and ta lk in g and d rin k in g punch
and te llin g each o th e r th a t it was
too bad the re w a sn 't a p e rfe ct un­
d e rsta n d in g about custom s o f d if ­
fe re n t cou ntrie s, and agreed tha t
if such w ere the case e ve ry one
w ould be happier.
EBOSSWOflD PIHIIE
LAST
WEEKS
ANSWER
2. A b ryo ph y-
tic p la n t
5. C e le rity
4. K nave of
clubs
6 Shoahonean
In d ia n
6. S tandard
7. Selected
• Rings.
as bells
12. B uddy
13. Piece o f
needlew-ork
15. P erish
18. Decay
19. A llow ance
fo r w aste
22 P e rfo rm
A n s w e r to p u n ir N»
40. B u rro w in g
an im a l
41. P la y
boisterously
43. W ing
44 Squeeze
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charges leave the b a rre ls of the
three m ost po p u la r chokes in use
by A m e ric a n scatter-gun en thusi­
asts.
D espite the d iv e rs ity o f opinion,
it is ra th e r w e ll-e sta blishe d th a t
the id ea l b o rin g fo r the upland gun-
ner is im p ro v e d c y lin d e r, i f he is
$ a
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in just 7 days. . . In one short week . . .
a group of people who changed from their
old dentifrices to Calox Tooth Powder aver­
aged 38% brighter teeth by scientific test.
Why not change to Calox yourself? Buy
Calox today . . . so your
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teeth can start looking
brighter tomorrow!
using a sin gle -ba rrele d gun, and
im p ro v e d c y lin d e r and m o d ifie d
choke i f he is c a rry in g a double.
The h u n te r who goes fo r ducks, ,
geese and doves w ill be be tte r
a rm e d w ith the h e a vie r gauges and
closer-choked guns, although there
is a w e a lth o f c o n tra d ic to ry m a tte r
on th is subject.
McKesson & Robbins Inc., Bridgeport, Conn
CALOX
A A A
True . . , it's a small thing, sports­
manship, but any man uho isn't a
good sport m a competition involving
a fish t ersus a piece of bait surely is
a doubtful risk in the bigger gamble
of human relationships.
A
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I t you ow n a fa rm fish pond, you
; m a y have the idea th a t you should
ra ise va rio u s species o f fis h to-
j g e ther in the same pond. C onsider­
able s c ie n tific research shows th a t
I th is is not true.
I t is now know n th a t the greatest
p ro d u c tio n in any body o f w a te r, I
p rin c ip a lly s m a ll ponds o r lakes. |
can be a tta in e d only by h a vin g the
few est species o f fish present.
The la rg e m o u th bass and blue­
g ill m ake an id e a l co m b in a tio n fo r
such w aters. The necessity o f com-
) b in in g a fis h lik e the la rg e m o u th
w ith the b lu e g ill is th a t the la tte r
feeds on s m a ll m icro sco p ic org a n ­
ism s, w h ile the la rg e m o u th in its
' advanced fin g e rlin g sizes and ad ult
fo rm s feeds on the b lu e g ills. T his
cycle of feeding creates the best
fis h p ro du ction in a pond.
So—w hy m ix ’em up? F o r it
re a lly is not advisable to do so.
I actors o f food and space, plus the
' id io syn cra cie s o f each in d iv id u a l
species o f fis h as to how it re p ro ­
duces and live s is im p o rta n t to
consider when tr y in g to m ix species
Camouflaged Leaders
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T his series of photos (taken
nine feet fro m the m uzzle)
show how degrees of choke a f­
fe c t shotgun pa tte rns. In the
top photo, is shown the shot
charge fro m a cylin d e r-b o re
b a rre l. N ote how the shot
spreads. C enter, a m o d ifie d , o r
half-choke bore, reduces the
spread o f shot. In bottom photo,
a fu ll-ch o ke b a rre l re s tric ts the
shot in to s m a lle r, m ore concen­
tra te d colum n.
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23. Coarse,
m a tte d
w ool
25. Openings
(a n a t.)
27. Breeze
28. Peck
29. H a rd
black
wood
SI. Lu m ps
o f e a rth
32. S m all
hoy
35. A th in .
b r ittle
cookie
33. T h in g
aim ed at
hardens into wood.
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7 DAYS
W/jy A4zx 'Em Up?
ACROSS
1. Type
measures
4 P la y on
w o rds
7. W h ip
handle
8 On to p
10. S to ckin g
11. A bso lu ts
12. Armed
forces w ith
le ga l
a u th o rity
14 Insane
16 Rom an
pound
17. F lit
20. M easure
(C h in .)
21. Meadow s
24. G loom y
26 D iv is io n
o f a book
28. A sm all p a rt
30. D iplo m acy
33. Jew ish
m onth
34 F lourished
36 M usic note
37. M arsh
39 C leaning
rod fo r
sm all arm s
42 B u ild e r
o f the a rk
(B ib .)
45 N o u ris h ­
m ent
46 R ive r
(O rie n t)
47 Trees
48. L o ite r
49 T w ille d
required. Handles
like putty . . . *nd
it
SCREWS
A C IlU M OSI
• • •
“ I ’d lik e to see a re tu rn o f blood, I
sweat and tea rs to econom ics ” _ !
BER N AR D BARUCH.
Instead o f bunk, debt and leers?
EASY! No skill
9
F o rty
necklaces,
bracelets,
rin g s and brooches, one w o rth
$90,000, w ere in the loot taken
by the ba nd its who stuck up the
Aga Khan and the Begum . T his
leaves them down to th e ir la st
fiv e tons of ice.
• • •
The
By IN E Z G E R H A R D
RESET
A fte r re lie v in g the m o f th e ir d ia ­
monds, do you suppose the bandits
"Y e s, but don’ t le t the P reside nt
said, "N o w d riv e c a re fu lly , as you
h e ar it. He w o uld hold I am sab­
are o p e ra tin g w ith d im m e rs .”
o ta g in g p u b lic confidence. He m ay
• • •
even say I w a n t depression fo r m y
P reside nt T ru m a n re ce ive d 100
own selfish ends.”
boys at the W hite House re c e n tly
"S o w h a t? ”
and showed the m around. He ex-
"W e ll I guess I should do some plained to the m how i t feels to '
d e fic it-fin a n c in g and expand. A fte r grow up and have to liv e in hot [
a ll I don’ t w a nt fe d e ra l c o n tro l of w ater.
m o u se tra p s.”
• • •
The m an who b u ilt a b e tte r
Can you re m e m b e r—A w a y back I
m o u setrap paused a m om e nt
when they tu rn e d around to look a t
and re fle cte d .
a d a rin g b a th in g suit?
" I sh a ll have to s ty le m y
m o u se tra p s,” he resum ed. " I
m u st b rin g out s m a rte r m odels
w ith s ta rtlin g new in no vation s.
S tre a m lin in g m ig h t help and
STAGE SCREEN RADIO
FASHION FROCKS,
Dept. C 6391), C in cin n ati. Ohio
I g ive the k id a q u a rte r a llo w ­
ance—and he saves 15 cents a week
out of it.
. • •
" S tr ic tly on y o u r ow n,” we asked,
"w h a t is the re a l situ a tio n in the
m ou setrap in d u s try ? ”
“ I am o p to m istic. I t can’ t be tha t
the c o u n try has caught a ll the
m ice. Hence the d ro p in dem and fo r
tra p s m ust be due to som ething
else. People m a y be m a k in g old
tra p s last longer. I had a fe llo w
com e in w ith some holes and ask
th a t we b u ild a tra p around ’e m .”
" A r e you o p e ra tin g in the red at
the m o m e n t? ”
AMBITIOUS WOMEN
who w e a r clo th es w ell, to re p re s e n t
n a tio n ally know n F ash io n F ro c k s. Up
to $23 w eek ly ; g e t yo u r own d re ss e s
a s bonus. No c a n v a s sin g , in v estm en t
o r ex p erien ce n e c e ssa ry .
£
How silver-bright your fire-tried spirit would
Come through.
He stood above you, watching, waiting there
To shield you from a hurt too great to bear.
A subway conductor was w alk­
ing through the tra in beween ex­
press stops when he was sta rtle d
to see three pigeons roosting
' co m fo rtab ly on the b rim of a
m a n ’s black derby.
"H e y ,” shouted the conductor,
“ you can’t transport uncaged
anim als on the subw ay.”
" I n the fir s t place,” replied
the man w ith the derby, "th e y
are not anim als.
They
are
b ird s .”
" I don’t care about th a t,” in­
terrupted the conductor, “ they
are s till anim als so fa r as I ’m
concerned.”
" I n the second place,” con­
tinued the m an, "th e y don’t be­
long to me. They got on at 125th
Street.”
C am ouflaged nylon m o n o fila m e n t
leaders, tipp ets, coils and sp in n in g
lines are now a va ila b le They are
dyed the co lo r o f the ra in b o w by a
special process. The colors are ia
the ord er in w h ich they appear in
the spe ctru m , and this fe a tu re . ac-
co rd in g to the m a n u fa ctu re rs, aids
in m a k in g them v ir tu a lly in v u ible.
The leaders o ffe re d come in e ith e r
le v e l or tapered fo rm s in a wide
range o f test w eights. S pinning lines
are m ade in m u lti-te s t sizes.
How
You
SLEEP
May
_______
T o m o r r o w N ig h t
—without being awakened
I t you r® forced up nightly bccsuic ol urge®
th ‘*: S t» rt taking FOLEY PILLS for
sluggish Kidney«. They purge kidney« of
wastes; they soothe those irritation« causing
thow urge« Also allay backaches, leg pains,
painful passages from kidney inaction. Unless
i omorrow night DOUBLE
■ O . H MONE\ BACK. At your druggist
of UFE?^
Are you going through the func­
tional middle age' period peculiar
to women 138 to 52 yrs .)? Does th is
m ake you suffer from hot Bashes.
hl6hstrung. tire d ?
i 17 Lydla E Plnkham 's
‘j b * ComPound to relieve such
•vm ptom s Plnkham 's Compound
m a c h f c ^ 'e ^ r "
LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S c
T m ’S
W N U — 13
36 —49
Watch Your •
Kidneys/
H e lp T h e m Cleanse th e B lo n d
o f H a r m fu l Body U ante
Your kidney® are constantly altering
waste m atter from the blood stream But
k;dney® sometime® lag In their work— do
not act as N ature Intended—fail to r®-
ttov® impuritie® th a t, if retained, may
po aon the system and upa«t lb® whol®
body machinery.
Symptoms may ba nagging backache,
pars stent headache® attacks of diuineaa,
getting up nights. swelling, puffineea
under the eyes a feeling of nervous
anxiety and lose of pep and strength.
Other signs of kidney or bladder dis­
order are sometimes burning, scanty or
too frequent urination.
There should be no doubt th a t prom pt
treatm ent la wiser than neglect. Ute
Pone s PUU. Dean’« have been winning
friends for more than forty years.
They have a nation-wids reputation.
Are ceco mm ended by grateful people the
country over. A tk your aetfkhov/
D oans P ills