Ü U U li IV I II V lv g u il Old Age Need Hold No Terrors Finding Useful Work Is Formula for Happiness Yes, Sir Teucher—Whnt is raised In countries that have wet clirnutesT Student—Um brellas. ’’ 1 'IM E . supposed to he endless, * also cun w o rk in u h u rry . I t cun Ilo g g y m ake o r break you In u week o r a He— I always kiss the stamps on m onth. O r even In a day. In : the course o f a y e a r it can tu rn your letters hesause I kn ow your lips have touched them. e v e ry th in g upside down. E sp e cia lly j She— Oh, dear, and to think I dam p [ in baseball. en them on Vido's nose! T h is thought happened slung as we looked o ve r the record» ot Correction 1946 and 1947. as “ They tell me she makes people the ro u le tte wheel happy wherever she goes.“ of fa te kept spin- “ You mean 'whenever*!” nlng. F o r one exam ple, j Overheard—"M y dear, she’s the a ye a r ago M icke y sort of woman who always enters Vernon of the Sena a room voire first." tor» led both big league» w ith a .353 Synonymous? h a ttin g average. It Wifey- -How do you like my new wa» rep o rte d that gown ? I got it for n ridiculous Vernon L a rry M q e l’ hall had price. offered $150,000 fo r V e rn o n ’ » con Hubby—You mean you got it for tra c t. a» a t th a t tim e the Yankees an absurd figure. had no h a rd -h ittin g firs t baseman In sight. Vernon is now around 40th pluce am ong A m e ric a n league h itte rs , SMALL FRY fcy not in clu d in g o ver 50 h itte rs m the | N L ., w hich w ould leave M icke y in a spot close to the 90th m a rk. A j y e a r ago, there were w o rd y argu- ■ n ie n ts us to w hether Bob F e lle r o f , C leveland o r H al N ew houser of De tr o it was the g re a te r p itch e r. Bob F e lle r Is now in about 20th pluce j am ong the w in n e rs and H al New- houser’ s ra n k in g is in 42nd. A y e a r ago, Dave F e rris s was on his w ay to w in n in g 25 games. A t th is w ritin g , D ave occupies the 26th spot on the p itc h in g side. A year ago, Howie I ’ o lle t and M u r ry D ickson w ere the tw o C a rd in a l sta rs, close to the top. C ollet wa» a 20-game w in n e r. C u rre n tly , D ic k son has been in the 45th slot and Col le t down as low as 50th place, among READV TO SERVE. DELICIOUS' those who th ro w a baseball fo r a SET THE ORj&NAL KELLOGG'S liv in g . These are Just a few o f m a n y e x CORN FLAKES IN THE WHITE, am ples to show w hat the Old Doc REP, AND GREEN PACKAGE. w ith the sharp scythe cun slip you, I regular or family size when he feels in the mood. He can l if t you up— and he can also ya n k you down at even g re a te r speed. He doesn't seem to care. j By B A U K H A G E N ew s Analyst and Commen/ator. W A SH IN G T O N .—L a te s t fig u re s fro m th e c e n s u s b u r e a u h a v e re v e a le d th a t th e p o s tw a r p e rio d h a s p r o d u c e d a reco rc b a b y c ro p —3,260,000 e s tim a te d fo r 1946, a lm o s t a m i l l i o n m o r e th a n w e re b o rn in 1940. B ut it will ta k e m o re th a n th is b e la te d b u r s t of r e j u v e n a tion to k e e p th e U n ite d S ta te s fro m b e c o m in g a n “ o ld ” n a tio n . Old in th e s e n s e t h a t th e a v e r a g e a g e w ill b e h ig h , w ith a h e a v y p ro p o rtio n of o ld s te rs . T h e re a r e tw o r e a s o n s fo r th is : N o w a d a y s p eo p le live m u c h lo n g e r, th a n k s to m e d ic a l s c ie n c e . A nd th e size of th e A m e ric a n fa m ily h a s s h ru n k . In I860 when the p o p u la tio n was about 31.5 m illio n s , 860,000 persons were over 65. In 1945 when the po p u la tio n approached 140 m illio n s . 9.920.000 persons w ere o ver 65. By 1970 there w ill be 16 m illio n o v e r th a t age, out o f an estim a te d population o f m ore than 151 m illio n s ! T his situ a tio n poses a num ber of<$- problems fo r the nation, and also îm phasizes the personal p ro b le m : i A v o catio n s H e lp T o R e ta in Y o u th The problem o f g ro w in g old. ■ L ik e m any o f our troubles, re a l A n yb o d y can develop an avoca j r im agined, the best cure is to tio n o f some kin d . In m a n y cases □ring th is one out in to the lig h t, these avocations have tu rned into give it a good shaking. The r©eu!t p a y in g vocations a fte r re tire m e n t. in m any cases w ill be th a t it d isa p In any case they are lite r a lly life - pears o r that i t s h rin ks to u n im p o r savers when it com es to m a k in g tance ( if th a t w e re n ’ t so, p sych ia life liva b le . try w o u ld n 't be such a h ig h ly re V a rio u s s k ills p e rm it v a ry in g pe warded profession). rio d s o f a c tiv ity . Wise men have know n th is fo r a M any fa rm e rs a re self-sup long tim e and liv e d to a happy old p o rtin g a t 70 o r 75. Perhaps age. O thers (w ho th is is p a rtly because of th e ir d id n 't know it) e n v iro n m e n t— m e n ta l and phys have w o r r ie d ic a l. C ice ro says fa rm e rs “ are th e ir frie n d s and not hindered to any e xtent by them selves to old age. and seem to me to ap e a rly deaths, by proach the id e a l w ise m a n ’s s ittin g down and lif e .” w e e p in g o ver M ost jobs are of such a ch a ra c te r th e ir lost youth instead o f g e ttin g th a t a b ility to p e rfo rm them de up. l e a r n in g to clines w ith the years. "W hen You ta ke old age in G ro w O ld e r" cites as an exam ple th e ir s trid e and “ Speed w o rk ” —lik e the assem bly lin e . Y outh excels in th is type of lik in g it. R ecently 1 read w o rk. B u t age does a lm o st as w ell a v e ry up-to-date as youth in the typ e classified as lit tle pam phlet "p o w e r” w ork, the kin d o f jo b where Baukhage s k ill is im p o rta n t. c a lle d “ W h e n There is not space here to develop You G row O ld e r,” w ritte n in s tra ig h tfo rw a rd E n g lish , based on the them e o f "W hen You G row O ld m odern, sc ie n tific ideas. The p am e r " as its authors do so co m p a ctly phlet outlines m ethods w hich m ake in th e ir 30 pages. They discuss the th a t fam ous poem by B ro w n in g , so questions, personal and p o litic a l, of often regarded as w is h fu l th in k in g old age s e c u rity . They o ffe r a host by the ske p tica l, rin g tru e . "G ro w o f o ther specific exam ples to illu s old along w ith m e ,” said B ro w n tra te the statem ents, some of w hich ing's R abbi Ben E zra, "T h e best I have quoted here. 1 have a tte m p t ed to re v ie w ra th e r than a sum is yet to be.” m a ry . m oved to com m ent p a rtly be When I grasped the them e of cause o f the va lu a b le suggestions th is pam phlet, it s tirre d classic offered, and also, p a rtly because J l ST A F U N E -l I" C L IM B . . . M em bers of the H a rv a rd u n iv e rs ity St. E lia s e xp e d ito n are shown atop 12.000-fiiot lla v d o n peak In A la ska w h ic h they sealed Just as a p re lim in a ry m a n e u ve r before ta c k lin g lS.OOK-feot St. E lia s , g re a te st ice-covered m o u n ta in In N o rth A m e ric a . The H a rv a rd p a rty was the second e xp e d itio n to beat the m o u n ta in in 61 years. NEWS REVIEW auiaiesREAKMsr Farmers’ Income Zooms; New Crisis Hits Europe FARM INCOME: Great Gain BONDED L a te s t round in a heavy b a rra g e of s ta tis tic s a p p a re n tly destined to m ake the A m e ric a n fa rm e r feel D ra ft tim e had ro lle d around th a t he is an u n b e lie va b ly fo rtu n a te m an was an a g ric u ltu re d e p a rtm e n t again fo r m illio n s of e x-G .I.s. but re p o rt th a t the n a tio n ’ s fa rm ow n this tim e i t was m ore in the n a tu re ers are ta k in g in m ore m oney than of a bank d ra ft as veterans a ll o ver the nation fe ll h a p p ily in to lin e to e ver before. te rm in a l leave pay I t was e s tim a te d th a t to ta l fa rm cash th e ir cash re ce ip ts d u rin g the firs t e ig h t bonds. m onths of 1047 were 17.4 b illio n d o l V irtu a lly e ve ry c ity re p o rte d that la rs, a 21 p e r cent gam o v e r the hordes of ve te ra n s had descended same p e rio d o f 1946, its e lf a re cord on banks in an unprecedented rush ye a r. The re p o rt said th a t the average fa rm o p e ra to r realized a net incom e o f $2.541 fro m a g ric u ltu re and gov Old Doc T im e is a te m p e ra m e n ta l e rn m e n t pa ym e n ts in 1946, and th is y e a r fa rm incom e skyro cke te d s till m ug. He d oesn't b o th e r about names h ig h e r as a re s u lt o f co n tin u in g un o r reputations. He lets n a tu re take precedented dem ands fo r produce. its course. I In te rv ie w e d h im once, "A n in crease of 24 p e r cent in and th is is a ll he hud to say: p ric e s ,” was singled out by the re “ As th is old w o rld goe» ro u n ' p o rt as the c h ie f reason fo r the and ro u n ’ . boom ing incom e. Some go up — and »ome go B u t the p ic tu re has another side d o w n ." —th a t o f fa r m expenses. O p e ra tin g T h is can happen in baseball m ore costs con tin u e to increase and, al- I than any gam e I know. Up and down though no e stim a te was m ade fo r j —down and up. A ye a r ago Vernon 1947, the fa rm e r's expenses w ent up h it above .353 and George M cQ uinn 9 per cent in 1946. N evertheless, if was around .225. Now w ith Vernon the a g ric u ltu re d e p a rtm e n t's e sti to co n ve rt th e ir hard-w on bonds at .273, M cQ uinn has been close to m ates are accu ra te , the increase in in to coin o f the re a lm . M illio n s of .300 m ost o f the ye a r. A com bined fa r m incom e g re a tly outw eighs the fo rm e r Joes stuffed m illio n s of d o l s h ift o f some 150 points. Even m ore. sim u lta n e o u s rise in expenses. la rs in to th e ir pockets. But there are a lw a ys a few who W hat w ould they do w ith the hang on, lo oking the Old Doc In the n e w ly a cq u ire d money? A few put eye. it back in to savings accounts; o th One of these Is Ted W illia m s of ers bought clothes, fu rn itu re and the Red Sox. There seem« to be L ife these days, S e cre ta ry of s im ila r necessities; m uch o f it was a vague idea around th a t Ted has State G eorge M a rs h a ll has d iscov squandered im m e d ia te ly . B ut one taken a d ip th is Heaton. I'd like with Swedish Steel Blades ered, is bounded on a ll sides by one s u rp ris in g fa c t developed: A g reat to take the same brand of dip. c ris is a fte r another. m a n y e x-G .I.s— fa m ily m en now— Idosl lor Hom« and Farm! The They have b u ilt up a defense i No sooner had he re tu rn e d to the w ere using the store o f cash to get •11 purpose saw lor fir« wood against W illia m s th a t was sup- ■ U. S. fro m B ra z il w ith the m u tu a l out fro m under w o rriso m e debts. cutting, tree trimming, and gen posed to w re ck h im . He m a y n o t ' A m e ric a n defense tre a ty tucked F o r them i t was a case of " d ir e eral rough work. High Speed be the a n n ih ila to r o f o ther seasons, sa fe ly u n der his b e lt than he was need.” and Smooth Cutting. Stays sharp but he is s till up there ch a llenging beset w ith ca lls fo r succor fro m fo r the hom e-run title in the A. L ., longer. Available in 24, 30, 36, d e b ilita te d E u ro p e w h ich a p p a r the b u ttin g le a d ersh ip and the runs- e n tly , was s lid in g s w iftly down the 42, 48 inch length frames and batted-in-honors. w ays to w a rd u tte r ru in . replaceable Swedish blades. I w ould say th a t in an off ye a r In s id e rs said the European At leading Hardware Stores R a d io a c tiv e isotopes—products of fo r so m a n y stars, Ted W illia m s is s itu a tio n re a lly was desperate. doing a g re a t job. A m e ric a n a to m ic re se a rch —have U n d e rs e c re ta ry of State R obert G E N S C O TO O L D I V I S I O N been offered in lim ite d am ounts to L o v e tt had sounded the firs t Cena ral Steel Warshsvts Ce., I» « . a ll fo re ig n nations fo r use in m a n a la rm s h o rtly before M a rs h a ll's 1130 N. K eitner Ave. Chicago JS, III. k in d ’ s w o rld -w id e and unending So is Joe D iM a g g io , in spite of re tu rn when he said th a t E u fig h t a g a in st disease. num erous a ilm e n ts. Joe D iM a g g io ( ro p e ’s econom ic s tru c tu re was The gesture, m a rk in g the firs t is s till the top a rtis t in baseball. c ra c k in g up fa s te r than anyone A few o f those who sta rre d last sh a rin g o f the fr u its o f U. S. a to m ic ' had expected. ovens, loom ed m o re s ig n ific a n tly on j season are s till d e liv e rin g . The fe a r b lo w in g in on the w inds One o f these is K in e r of the PI- ' the u n c e rta in fr o n tie r o f global fro m E u rope intensified. P re c a ri rates, who led the N a tio n a l League , peace than any loan o r econom ic ously balanced B rita in re m a in e d at in the hom e-run roundup a ye a r J aid so fa r conceived. the h e a rt o f the trouble, but m ore ago, and is lik e ly to lead i t again, j D e scribed as the m ost im p o rta n t g rie f was added by the news th a t Johnny M ize, a lw a ys a pow er h it m e d ic a l research tool since the bad w e a th e r had s tru ck h ard at te r, is s till shooting his salvos. So crops in m a n y E uropean countries m icroscope, the isotopes— ra d io a c is H ank G reenberg. tiv e fo rm s o f basic ele m e n ts—are th is year. M ost nations had been B u t ho fa r, 1947 has been featured fo rce d to use th e ir m eager produce u tiliz e d in the sam e m a n n e r as m a fo r d o m e stic consum ption ra th e r chine gun tra c e r b ullets. In tro d u ce d by sta rs unknown a ye a r ago. One than fo r e xp o rt. There was no p ro fit in to the body o r blood stre a m , they is E w e ll R la e kw cll of the Reds, w ith i th > WAY can be used to tra ce life processes a 20-game season in his pocket. in that, th e y said. and p lo t the course o f va rio u s d is B la c k w e ll has been rated fa r above Made witli a fact cream base. Yodora In the U. it began Io appear eases. F e lle r and Newhouser w ith a w eak i t actually soothing to normal skins. more likely that a special session of T h e y are o f p a ra m o u n t im p o r e r b a ll clu b . The ta ll and la n ky congress w ou ld he called this jail to No harsh chemicals o r ir r ita tin g tance in c u rre n t cancer research one, the hum an No. 1 Iro n , hifs been study the situation and perhaps set up salts. Won’t harm skin or clothing. the p itc h e r o f the ye a r. and one day m a y p ro vid e the clue the apparatus for another economic A n o th e r le a d in g s ta r is H a rry | Stays soft and creamy, never gets transfusion to give strength to the le a d in g to co n tro l and c u r e 'o f thaï grainy, disease. weakening old world. W a lke r o f the P h illie s. E d d ie D yer, ¡TVy gentle Yodora — /eel the wonderful one o f b a se b a ll’ s sm a rte st, tra d e d h im to the P h illie s in exchange fo r Ron N o rth e y. A t w hich p o in t H a rry W a lke r, D ix ie W a lk e r’ s b ro th e r, p ro m p tly took charge o f the b a ttin g m a rk in both leagues. W o rkin g w ith a ta il-e n d b a ll club, W a lke r has been one o f the season’ s sta r p e rfo rm e rs. So has B la ckw e ll. rupted o u tp u t of the e n tire fa rm "W h e n one w heat fa rm e r, fo r You heard few ru m o rs about e q u ip m e n t in d u s try has fa ile d to s till e xa m p le , has his cro p ha rve st B la c k w e ll and H a rry W a lke r a M rK e e w rn « R v.M .lne , In a M ' the c la m o r o f the h u n g ry m a rk e t. ed, someone w ill d riv e up and y e a r ago. B u t they have d riv e n the I t has been com m on p ra c tic e th is ask h im how m uch he paid fo r stars o f 1946 in to the g ra ve l d itch. s u m m e r fo r fa rm e rs to pay huge his co m b in e . The fa rm e r m ig h t p re m iu m s on such pieces of eq u ip say $2,000. When the stra n g e r m e n t as tra c to rs , hay balers and asks how m uch he w ould sell it try this If you're corn p icke rs, a ll o f w hich have cus The team fe a tu re o f the ye a r has fo r, the fa rm e r, p ic k in g a num to m e rs on d e a le rs ’ w a itin g lists been the n u m b e r of w in n in g p e r ber out of the hat, m ig h t say T ra c to rs p ric e d at $1,000 have sold fo rm e rs George Weiss of the Yankee $3,000. Then, to the fa r m e r ’s fo r as high as $3,000 o r $3,500. H ay fa rm system has rushed to Yankee On 'CERTAIN DAYS' 01 Month- s u rp rise , the stra n g e r peels off balers, w h ich are used on hay three help. This lis t includes Yogi Her 30 $100 b ills and takes the com tim e s a season and have o ther fa rm Do female functional monthly disturb ra , F ra n k Shea, A llie C la rk, Vic ances make you feel nervous. Irritable, bine o ff his hands. uses, have been fin d in g buyers at Rash! and a few others who have so weak and tired out—at such times? “ The fa rm e r w ould have got double o r tr ip le the lis t p rice . Then do try Lydia B. Plnkham's Vege c a rrie d the Yankees along. table Compound to relieve such symp $3,500 If he had asked it, be P o in tin g up these m a lp ra c tic e s on W ith a lm o st no advance build-up, toms. It's famous tor this I Taken regu- cause the s tra n g e r took the the p a rt of in d iv id u a ls , one m a n u the Yankee fa rm system has been ' Jerly — Plnkham’s Compound helps co m b in e n o rth and sold It fo r fa c tu re r re fe rre d to the p a rtic u la rly I build up resistance against such dis fa r b e tte r than th a t of the Dodgers, tress Also a great stomachlo tonic I $1,000.“ bad b lack m a rk e t in com bines. rated, la s t sp rin g , as the best. I (’Is ('ash la . They Go (Jp anti Down CRISIS AGAIN: Transfusion? Just Hanging Around m em ories. 1 re m e m b e re d that a gentlem an who co n sid era b ly predated B ro w n in g had said the sam e th in g in his essay "O n Old A g e ,” w ritte n in the ye a r 44 B. C. I re fe r to M a rcu s T u lliu s C icero. He said (am ong other p e rtin e n t things) " q u i autem o m n ia a se ip s i petunt, eis n i h il potest v ld e ri, quod naturae nécessitas a d fe ra t.” W hich, if y o u 'll pardon m y freedom w ith the te xt, means th a t those who seek th e ir happiness fro m w ith in can never re g a rd n a tu re ’s in e v ita b ilitie s as bad. C icero w rote th a t essay when he was 63 ye a rs old and I have no doubt he w ould have liv e d what he preached fo r another decade o r tw o if his vigorous old age had not produced the resounding “ P h illip - p ics” against Anthony w hich re sulted in his being " p u rg e d " (R om an style ) w h ile s till hale and hearty at 84. L ik e C icero, Messrs. George Law - ton and M a x w e ll S te w a rt, authors of the p a m p h le t 1 m entioned, stress the p sychological problem s o f old age. (The p a m p h le t is issued by the P u b lic A ffa irs C o m m itte e Inc., a non-profit, educational o rg a n iza tion, 22 East 38th St., New Y ork C ity —20 cents. ) Old age comes w ith a shock because we ha ve n ’t prepared fo r it. M a yb e we a re ready fo r the “ la st day at the o ffice ” or at the w o rk bench or when we sell the fa im and m ove to the v il lage o r c ity , o r in o th e r ways break a life tim e ’ s ro u tin e . But we m a y have fa ile d to recog nise “ the need to fe e l Im p o r ta n t,” a need w h ich we m ust sa tisfy one w ay o r a n o th e r. Not " im p o r ta n t” in the sense th a t we have som ebody kow -tow to us, b u t necessary to som ebody or some th in g , some business, some u n d e rta k in g , m a yb e not a big cog, but s o m e th in g th a t helps the w heels of life go round. these p e rtin e n t p a ra g rap h s of “ When You G ro w O ld e r” o ffe r a p e r fe c t exam ple of how m o d e rn sci ence and experience c o n firm the v e ritie s expressed by poets and philosophers o f the past. I t is s till the h a b it of m any c ritic s to p ra ise the style of C ic e ro ’s "D e Senectute” but to toss its message aside as w ish fu l th in k in g . Even M ontaigne, who said fra n k ly th a t reading the essay "m a d e one long to g ro w o ld ,” p e s s im is tic a lly lim ite d w hat be considered a useful lifespan to a m ere 50 ye a rs and thought i t w rong to contem plate fu rth e r existence. C ic e ro ’ s p h y s ic a l w o rld was bounded by the fro n tie rs conquered by R om e’ s p lo d din g legions but his v ie w was long in tim e . T oday the m en of our s c ie n tific age echo the request in the la s t p a ra g ra p h o f the g re a t sta te sm a n 's im m o rta l essay when he p ra y e d : " . . . th a t you put m y w ords to p ra c tic a l te s t.” ISOTOPES: U. S. Offer Other Old Timers Yodora checks perspiration odor £007WM?£Sf $3,000 FOR TRACTORS Farmers Caught by Black Mart G ra d u a lly d e te rio ra tin g p re w a r m achines and im p le m e n ts, plus a shortage of ru r a l la b o r, are the tw o p rin c ip a l fa cto rs responsible fo r de v e lo p m e n t o f a flo u ris h in g b la ck m a rk e t in fa rm e q u ipm e n t, a cco rd ing to m a n u fa c tu re rs and dealers groups who have pronounced the s it u a tio n fa ir ly w idespread. Secondary c ircu m sta n ce s w hich su p p o rt the existence o f th is p a rtic u la r b la ck m a rk e t are the u n p a ra l leled h e ig h t o f fa rm incom e and the a p p a re n t d e te rm in a tio n o f the n a tio n ’ s fa rm p o p u la tio n to advance to new le ve ls o f m echanization. Thus, the dem and fo r fa rm eq u ip m e n t continues to be a lm o st in s a tia b le . E ven the heavy, u n in te r Young Yankee Stars GIRLS! WOMEN! NERVOUS inui.mfKKfuvs com V oum