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FICTION SLOW AND CAREFUL Du 1948, of O lio in lin n fir t m on’ I I “ H ello, B ill,’’ .s h e you to m eet F u ller bought the H all p la ce h o rses. W here’d you w inks on the sofa and push along about 11." “ Oh, B ilL" E m m y sa id a n xiou sly, “ do you h a v e to work so hard? You h a v en ’t an ou n ce of fle sh !" “ No m o n ey ’d k eep m e d rivin g this w a y ," 1 ad m itted . “ N ow that the w a r's o v er and w e g ot to help fe e d the w orld, w e need b ig g er fruit crops. w ea k chin w ould hurt m y sw o llen h an d s m u ch . I d ecid ed not to try IL “ L au son ," I sa id . " I’m p Utti,lg so m e h iv e s out under the trees here. If you ain t a fra id of b ees, I w ant yo u to g iv e m e a hand." W hen I c a m e in sid e la ter to w ash up. E m m y w a s ju st putting the last ste a m in g d ish e s on the table. said . “1 w ant Launson. H e’s and is ra isin g co m e fro m ? ” ‘ Sierra fo o th ills,’* I a n sw ered , • T m tak in g m y b e e s down to R ed la n d s to p ollin ate the F a rla n d or ch a rd .” “ B ill h as a p ollin atin g se rv ice," E m m y exp lain ed . “ A rsen ic sp ra v s k ill so m a n y b e e s th a t o rch ard ists pay him to bring h is h iv es, so the trees w ill b ear f r u i t ” I see, L aunson said, the w isp of a b lack m u sta ch e o v er h is thin lips b a rely m ovin g. W ell, s u p p e r d id n ’t g o a s w e ll th a t n ig h t. S - t T i f Ä S E m m y tr e a te d m e a ? ’u,kr" “ B ovine O bstK rlea cow s h ave »8 per 'em * M blT ’’ beef m ► of the B y JOHN 8COTT DOUGLAS Coenee y o u ca n ’t m a k e fa st m o v e s w hen h an d lin g b ees, so a b eem a n le a rn s to be slo w and carefu l no m at- ter w h at h ap p en s. I rem em b ered th at the d ay I stopped by Oakknoll ra n ch and found a stra n g er sittin g In the fa rm h o u se k itch en and w a tch in g E m m y p rep a re a fat fryer. N ow I’v e b een In lo v e w ith E m m y sin c e sh e w a s 16. T he 10 y e a r s that h a v e p a ssed sin ce then h a v e ch an ged h er so little th at if 1 w ere buzzing around looking for so m eth in g sw eet, I ’d still p ick E m m y . The w estern sun sla n tin g through the window m a d e a h alo of h er fair hair and her fa c e w a s flu sh ed from the hot stove. Sh e w a v ed a floury hand a s she p opped a d ru m stick into the put terin g g rea se. D slr y cent 88 9 re , t , r * T riplet births occu r at the rate of i h iiS ° o i i h d “‘ry cow a’ or abou‘ ° n* nurd of 1 per cent. [ P h illip s • M L ongest Tunnel . Th# D elaw are aqueduct is the lon gest tunnel in the world. Thé THE BLIZZARD OF 1888 colossal conduit is 85 m iles long E lm er T w ltch ell, ch a rter m em b er of the S o ciety for P erp etu a tin g the running from about five m iles north B lizzard of 1888, an old northern w est of E llen ville to Yonkers, just north of N ew York City. cu stom , w as at the annual m eetin g and In old tim e form . “ I w ill n ev er | forgot that sto rm ." he d eclared . “ 1 Joker Joe M iller Jo e M iller, of “Joke book" fam e, got cau gh t at one tim e b etw een tw o fla k es that w eigh ed m ore than I w as an actor w hose p resen t renow n In the Held of hum or cam e so m e did." w hat unjustly, accord in g to E n cy "How that sn ow piled up! My clop aed ia B ritannica. After M iller d ied in 1738, John M ottlcy brought m oth er called m e to the w indow and out a book called “Joe M iller's said ’Look, it’s b egin n in g to sn ow J e s t s ,” or "W it’s Vade M ecu m e." E lm er * Well, sir, before I could Of this collection of jok es, only three look out th ere w ere p eop le cau gh t w ere told by M iller. in d rifts a s far a s the e y e could see! I r em em b er w e sen t the hired He Started Industry m an to the w oodshed, only 50 y ard s The y e a r 1813 m ark s the begin- aw ay, for a sh q vel! And n ev er sa w nln g Of cranberry culture on C aps him a g a in until Ju ly. Cod. H enry H all. E a st D ennis, M uss., noticed that the la rg est and b est wild cran b erries on h is land "M y fath er, w ho w a s out in the b ack yard , sta rted to clim b a drift g ie w w here sand had blown o v er them . S electin g p rom isin g vin es on the front ste p s and w hen be from a m eadow . H all reset them got to the top he w a s on the roof n ear h is h om e and sanded them as of the h ou se y e llin g ’E xceM ter!* an exp erim en t. " R em em b er Tony P a s te r ’s th ea ter? W ell, sir, ev e r y a ct on the bill that n igh t w as blow n right out of the th ea ter . . . th ey found a dog and pony a ct frozen In the ic e 10 d ays la ter and a ven triloq u ist turned up In A ugust behind a b a m in N ew R och elle . . . My fath er told m e of a m an who d rove by sle ig h d i rectly into a room on the eigh th floor of the old Grand U nion H otel. PRFKEK YINO G R A PE FR U IT F re lRg is a good w ay for horn»- m al. io p reserve grapefruit for use in . ;.ids or for breakfast when it is out of season . F rozen grap e, fruit has ex cellen t flavor when prop, erly prepared and packaged. If ascorbic acid Is added, grapefruit w ill keep w ell for six to eight m onths when stored at zero tem perature. Without ascorbic acid, how ever, the grapefruit w ill d eteri orate after about tw o or three m onths. To each quart of Juice add a half tea spoonful ascorbic acid. A rchery B room es Popular S in ce 1879, when the first A m erl- cart archery tournam ent w as staged in C hicago, the sport h as b ecom e In- creasln gly popular. Men use a 6 fool bow and w om en a 5ti foot bow. The a iro w s are m ad e o f cedar, pine or yew wood. The arrow s for m en are 20 Inches long. The targets uro placed on on ea se l, Ute cen ter being 4 fe e l from the ground. D ogs on P ayroll T here are u num ber o f dogs on the federul payroll and they all eurn their k eep Muny fed eral prisons h ave trained G erm an shep h erd s or bloodhound» h i regu lar m em b ers of th eir stud». T h ese dog» are used in guurding tho prisoner» who work ou tiid o the prison w alls and in tracking down those who attem p t to escap e. PHES TROUBLE? Cuckee Quiz B ut the sp rin g p o llin atin g is a lm o st I couldn't m a k e up m y m ind “ W here’s Mr. L au n son ?" She W ho o v er and soon I can ta k e it e a sie r .” asked. w h eth er h e w a s one of those rob ¡ V w t s a lo t N ot here, I h o p e,” L aunson said B O N Y I l E l.A V A N Y IO N C E H I N ow . b er-b ees that s te a l h oney from an “ L ast I sa w of h im ," I said , tu ck d o c to r » fo rm u la you ra n u-io a t h om a to u n p lea sa n tly , w hen E m m y w en t into *.......... 4toe«mt5t , t other h iv e or w h eth er he w a s a »' of on « w ay ing in m y napkin, “h e w a s running the bedroom to g et h er hat. * 7 - 7 " j " ,lu’’ P " « l . n . t . to „ r- drone that lets the w ork ers su p correspondence ? tow ard h is house w ith a v e il of b ees • n.'1 «brink » w .llln » . I'M th is proiow I knew then how b ees feel w hen port him . He had black e y e s and a i^id»*a »’• • ' " — •I a t lt. trailin g behind h im . H e dropped a t/xlaw ^eT 4L*n *•**•£• your <1ru«irlet you sh ak e their h iv e on a cold day w asp ish fa ce. And th ere w as con h iv e h e w as ca rry in g and in stead of f r I h o r n i®° ♦ M inor’. R e c ta l «Mot- but I w as too tired to a rg u e. I w as tem p t in the w ay h e looked a t m y b ack in g a w a y slow and ca refu l lik e, a ll d ru » atorwk a sleep before they d rove aw ay and sw o llen hands that m ig h ty n ear put h e b egan sw a ttin g b ees. T h ey kind "And the w ind? W ell, sir. It w as the ala rm -clo ck aw ak en ed m e be m e in a stin g in g m ood. I c a n ’t o f resen ted it." w orse than In a m odern p resid en fore th ey returned. bother w ith g lo v e s w hen I ’m hand E m m y didn't sa y an yth in g for a tial c a m p a ig n . N obody had the It w a s n ea rly a m onth before I lin g b eeh iv es a ll the tim e. m in u te. “ I’m g la d h e's go n e," she •am e roof or ch im n ey a fter that I a sk ed about h is h o rses w h ile E m could g e t back. When I drove p ast said , and sm iled . "I’d h a v e told him storm . We got a roof from the the old H all p lace, it looked like m y cooked supper, but h e se e m e d to th in gs before, but I g e t so lon ely Eb A n d rew s barn 60 m ile s north resen t m y dropping in and w ouldn’t L aunson h ad n ’t g iv en h is h orses w hen y o u ’re aw ay. B ill. What m ad e and a ch im n ey from a facto ry up m uch care. H e step p ed out of the sa y m uch. H ow ever, h e ad m itted h im drop the h ive? around T roy. N. Y. T h ere w a sn ’t th at h is old m a n had p len ty o f m on ey h ou se a fter I’d stopped the truck, "I g u e ss so m eth in g I sa id sta rtled a pane of g la s s left In a h ou se In and thought th at sin c e F u ller Laun and spoke a s if he ow ned Oakknoll. h im . You se e , he'd ju st a d v ised m e N ew Y ork. B ut It d id n ’t m a tter “ You back?" son w a sn ’t m u ch good in h is b u si to m o v e on. sa y in g I’d n ev er g et any- a s th e Ice froze In the w indow ^ ep , I said. “ J u st in tim e for n ess, he m ig h t as w ell try to ra ise w h ere w ith you. E m m y ." fra m es and la sted all th at su m m er sup p er." A h o rses. B ill? “ * ldCa! W hat d you sa y to th aL and autum n. M il k m a f I d id n ’t know E m ily w as ex p e c t N ow E m m y h a s a h ea rt a s big a s a » ’ I six -su p er h iv e and s h e ’s a lw a y s fe e l in g y ou ," h e snapped. ''h y , I told h im h e w a s crazy __ I w ondered w h eth er L au n son ’» in g so rry fo r q u eer ch a ra cters. She T he ju ic e o f a lem on in n g la s s o f that w e ’d b een m a rried 10 y e a r s." " T h ese m en liv in g in the p ast n ev e r ta lk s m u ch about h erself, but I ni U in fir,t thinK on "r is- rem ind m e of a toy. I am su re ing is all that m ost people need to sh e 's a good listen er. S till I couldn't AN O PPO R TUN IST I . a p e o n you h a v e all seen It. It is point, insure prompt, normal elim ination. Only rarely is th ere total fig u re w h at sh e sa w in L aunson, e x who, finding h im self in hot w ater wooden bird called the F lo o g ie p e a ce. hor.h le a e t lv e i that irritate deride» ho need» a bath, any w ay. ’ cep t th at h e had a c o lle g e d eg ree Bird. Around its n eck is a lab th e d ig estiv e tract and impair nutri- When th is con flict b eco m es too and sh e resp e c ts ed u cation . I could tio n . Lemon in w ater is pood Tor y o u ! read in g 'I fly b ack w ard s, fo rm id a b le, too th rea ten in g , you do h a v e told L aunson oth er th in gs about «TNU 13 don’t ca re w here I’m goin g. I O . n a r o f i o n o 0« A m e r ic a n » h a v e taken the ob viou s t h in g - y o u try to run. her. S h e's b een lo n ely sin ce her t e ^ h ea ,lh - ond ju st w an t to se e w h ere I’v e T hat s e e m s to b e th e th in g to do, folk s died, h o w ev er, so if sh e found or doctors have recom m ended I them b**” . ” —P resid en t T rum an. but often the e sc a p e is w orse than h im good com p an y, th at w as all right L . e y ,a,re r,ch in v *ta ,oin C; s m e i n . the c o n f lic t - a n d m o re liv e s are w ith m e. A b eem a n lea rn s not to valuable am ounts o f B, and P YOU C A N T R U N AWAY Our reco llectio n — and w e aikalinize; aid digestion . d a m a g ed by th ese e sc a p e or figh t disturb the queen u n less he h a s to. One o f m y y o u n g er frien d s, a m an m e c h a n ism s than by an y on e thing. h ave to go aw ay back— is that A fter supper I had to le a v e to g et haJ r"rFi#r lenion in * « t* r in w hom I a lw a y s h a v e h ad con it w a s ca lled the F a ta ln v a nas a refresh in g t a n g - c l e a r s the ; < " « 4 ^ h iv e s se t up in the field s o f the Red- M aybe y o u ’d lik e to h a v e m e tell m o u th , w a k e s you up. I t 's n ot a bird and that It Is w as a g a g lan d s orchard before sun-up. Laun- sid erab le con fid en ce, did so m eth in g you v ery b riefly about the variou s p u rgative — sim p ly helps y o Ur s y s la st w eek th at ca u sed m y co n fid en ce first n sed by Bob B en ch ley . son show ed no sig n s o f sw arm in g, so tem repu/afe it » » # Try it 10 d a ^ . e sc a p e rou tes th at the m ind follow s to be shaken. I ’ll te ll yo u about it. I g u essed h e plan n ed to v is it a whil» when th in gs g e t too hot. c *tfJOKN»A S U N K lit l I M O N t When the p ressu re in a job h e has w * lon ger w ith E m m y . B ut a beem an T h ey a re 13. F ir st c o m es r e g r e s h eld for tw o or th ree y e a r s b eca m e SPECIAL DELIVERY LETTER d oesn t ju m p to conclusions. As 1 sion, w hich m ea n s to go backw ard, too g rea t, h e quit. “ I a m go in g to «ay, he lea rn s to be slow and ca re D ear U n cle S am : pull sta k es and go to a n oth er to w n ,’’ do ch ild ish th in gs. T h en c o m es e x ful. F or the first tim e in m y life I h e told m e. “ I ju st couldn’t ta k e it tro v ersio n —th at m e a n s to turn to It w as tw o w eeks before I got a m w orried about you. N ev er b e e x c e s s iv e a c tiv ity to co v e r up the an y m o re." b ack to Oakknoll again . L aunson sat c o n flic t T he op p osite of th at is in fore h a v e I w ondered If you could I sa y th at m y con fid en ce w as in the sa m e chair, a s if he had n ’t b e a dope or a H um pty D um pty. shaken. W hat I m ea n is this, th at t r o v e r s io n - to think e x c e s s iv e ly to m o v ed in a ll th at tim e. H e didn’t i N e v e r b efore h a v e you e v e r seem ed d odge rea l issu es. w h en ev er an yon e tries to run a w a y se e m rea l frien d ly, and a cted bored to h a v e p oin ts resem b lin g a com from a c risis, a situ ation , a condi Change to R a tio n a liza tio n is to Indulge in w hen I a sk ed about h is h orses p o site p ictu re o f L ittle Lord Faunt- tion or h im self, h e's d oom ed to faiL fa lse thinking, w h ile seg r e g a tio n is the Safer Cigarette with W ell, supper didn’t go so w ell that r u n oc lero y . the F a ir y G odm other, L ittle Y et ev e r y d a y you s e e som eon^ not to let you r righ t hand know w hat COZK tV nigh t. E m m y trea ted m e as she a l J e ff and D onald Duck. who is try in g to run a w a y from him - y o u r le ft h an d is doing. w a y s d oes, but L aunson su lk ed as self. P sy c h o lo g ists a re v ery m uch b ees do on a ra in y d ay w hen th ey W hen yo u p r a ctice rep ressio n , you in terested in th e road s w h ich th ese But now , w ith J o e S talin lau gh can t ga th er pollen. fo rg et u n p lea sa n t th in g s; and w hen ru n aw ays tak e, and one of their first you d is a sso c ia te , you p a ss the buck. in g up h is s le e v e a s he and h is c a r e supper- L a u n s o n said, con sid eration s in ev a lu a tin g a p er S o m e tim e s yo u reso rt to con version fu lly train ed sto o g es tak e ov er th ere s a good m o v e in town. L ike so n a lity w hich is broken or unhappy io go, E m ily ? " cou n try a fter country w ith the e a s e — that m e a n s to h a v e a breakdow n Nat a Sub tU lw -M m „woeemo She sta rted sh ak in g h er h ead but I is esca p e. or illn e ss in p la c e o f a con flict. D is o f th e m an on th e fly in g trap eze, Seno’s scientific p rocess cuts nico You p rob ab ly know th at y o u liv e sp ok e up. I a m d oin g m y w ondering In te c h p la cem en t is to w orry o v er one thing tine content to half that o f ordinary ev e r y d a y w ith a co n flict ra g in g in w hen a n oth er is to b la m e, and pro nicolor. “ You g o righ t alon g. I’ve been cigarettes. Y et skillful blending sid e y o u rself. S o m etim es the con- d rivin g n ig h ts and w orking d a y s until jectio n is to a ttrib u te you r ow n fau lts makes every puff a pleasure. h et is subdued by a q u iet so rt o f I m too w ore out to be fit com pany FI-EM INO-HAU, TOBACCO With C om m u n ists sw orn to yonr to others. IV B A L W U I O ., INC A-— -«— g u errilla w a rfa re o f the m ind At M j M on continuine in tt of popula r Orando for anyone. I ’ll ju st catch „ few d estru ction w orking around the A nother e sc a p e is ca lled id en tifica OUW oocrot AJVr/l* ttour .»/ua* uuo other tim e s it r e a ch es the b attle aw rout c tc A u rn t clock righ t under the beezer, tion; th at m e a n s to form p h an tasies. tak in g o rd ers from the K rem lin When you fo llo w co m p en sa tio n , you and le a v in g nothing undone to overd o so m e p a rticu la r th in g in order soften yon np In the e x a c t pat to o v e r c o m e you r in a d eq u a cies. tern em p lo y ed In C zech oslovak ia, T he fin a l e sc a p e route is the only GR0 PUP yon con ten t y o n rself w ith sh ad ow CONTAINS ABOUT one w hich is w h o leh ea rted ly reco m boxin g, rh u m b a d an cin g, thumb- AS M UCH FOOP m en d ed . It is ca lled su b lim ation __ tw id d lin g, g o o se-g rea sin g and dry AS FIVE that m ea n s to turn the e ffe c t o f the f-LB.CANS runs through a rev o lv in g door. co n flict in to so m e u sefu l channel _ • _ -E For Quick Relief JOLLY SHOULD A MAN OVER 40 STOP SMOKING? SANO-. Y FAITH I drink the water in my oipj 1 breathe the air and trust that it is pure j The bread 1 break at evening as 1 sup I take believing that the loaf it sure Te be quite dean. At night 1 go to sleep And journey through a strange and dark-ned land, With confidence that God has power to keep His never-failing hold upon my hand. B By faith I rise to meet my busy day. Sure of the sun, 1 plant and hoe my seed, Knowing that rain and light will take their way Across the earth, that my immediate need For food will be supplied. By faith I go Trusting in God and in my feiiow-men, And if at timea that silver fire bums low. It never fails to lift and bum again. .r * - t-'V . ¿ A l l S o y b e a n s P r o v id e P r o te in T o O f f s e t H i g h I* o o d C o s t You are in terp retin g the in itials U 8. A. a s m ea n in g U nited S ta tes of A m n esia. You a re sin g in g It “ M y Country, ’TIs o f T hee, Sleep- Ing Land o f S tu p id ity.” H igh food co sts m a k e it difficu lt M 4 __ for the h o m em a k er to know how Is th ere an y reason w hy yon sh e can g e t the m o st for h er food c a n ’t be a Good S am aritan w ith dollar. P ro tein is one of the m ost out sh ootin g th e donkey? C an’t e sse n tia l p ro tectiv e e le m e n ts in the you he a lifegu ard w lth oq t g iv in g h u m a n d iet, s a y ex ten sio n serv ice rope? n u trition ists. _ • _ F o o d s w hich contain protein — It is la ter than you think. It is m ea ts, eg g s, m ilk , c h e e se —a re high high tim e you got sm art, a le r t and in cost, but th ey m u st not be left on the ball. Are you U n cle Sam out o f the d iet. C heaper cu ts of or L ady B ountiful? Are you a m e a ts m e a t stretch ers, e g g d ish es tough, ru gged qu ick -w itted , high- and ch e e se d ish es w ill h elp supply le v e l n ation al w onder m an or Just the b od y’s n eed for protein. Other a y a w n in g d irecto r o f a “M y Ad so u rces o f protein a re soyb ean s, v ic e to You" p rogram ? Are 70U dried b ea n s and p ea s. T h ese v e g « ’ U n cle S am or U n cle Sap? I’m Just ta b les co m e n e a r e st to m ea t, eg»», 1 ask in g. m ilk and c h e e se a s body builders. ' Y onrs In c o m p lete b efu d d lem en t. T h ey a lso contain V itam in BI and ' E lm er. iron. • • F o r h o m em a k ers not fa m ilia r with ' “ It is q u ite w ell known th a t w e the soyb ean , th is in form ation is of fered : “ S o y b ea n s contain protein of c o m m u n ists a r e not b e liev ers In high q u ality, sim ila r to a n im al pro- o v e r th r o w in g th e U nited E tates. by fo rce" —F ro m a tein. T h ey can be used in p lace of g o v ern m en t sta te m e n t by a p rom in en t A m eri m ea t in the diet. S oyb ean s are good • ° u rce« o f u sab le iron and other , can com m u n ist. _ • __ m in eral, su ch a s ca lciu m , phos- pherus, a s w ell a s an ex c e lle n t ' J u st a teen y -w een y torpedoing, sou rce o f v ita m in s of the B -com - th at’s all. p lex. F resh , g reen so y b ea n s are ' • • * it and™ 8 "11" / - are high in G reat B ritain h a s sp en t the four fat and sprouted soyb ean s are a billion A m erican Ioan in a little ov er u sefu l so u rce o f V itam in C .” n in e m on th s. N obody can k eep a Dennv th ese da vs. Why pay for w a te r? food. Oro-Pnp has 2 3 w h o le s o m e in gredlents, 1» 92% /o o d by dry weight (many canned food, a re 70% water}? I ------ Pogg^RrgRO-pUP W K»Mo»t't •» Boni. CrMk •«d Onoha THINKING WHAT I SAW you DO tooav . y o u m a k e b is c u it s O H , So, t a s r y ( ' T f LL M f HOW TO BAKE that W Ay ? * Kn° Wt • ’ • C ,o b b e r G irl is the mg p o w d e r with the ........................................I-!-» b o balaneud w l, 1 1 . 1 d ou , ^ b l« . ° oc»’ g '°" pG»«f«nt..<i CLABBER GIRL