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PAGE FOtm MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE, MBDFORD, OREGON', SATURDAY, APRIL o, 1929. it ' MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE PuMUted W the nuroHo tutrntio co. H-IT-H W. tlr M. n f BOBEHT W, inRL, Editor . BUMI'TEg SMITH. ItoW An Independent Newpapef tntand at eeeond elate nutlet at Medford. area no, under Aet at tUict . W. BUBsritinioN aunt It Mail In Adianee: Oall, lta Sundae, year Dalle, with Sunday, nunth Dalle, vllhmil Sundae, rear .11.50 . .f . t.10 Dally, vllhout Sunday, nwaUl uailj. runout Bunuae, amain j p... , , K."--:".' I.Solfor life, hut it pays no attention By wrier, in jWTenee in neoiora, ainuim, 'j. Jeckaoarllle. Central Point. Pboenls, Talent. Gold J lie Bill and on Mitotan: Daily, with Sunday, asontb 9 Dally, vftbout Sunday, awnta 65 Dally, vluwut Sunday, ana year T.Oo Daly, ltb Sunday, one year 1.00 All terml, ea&b In adrance. , MEMBER OP Till ASSOCIATED PRIMS Heeeltlnf Pull Leased Wire Serrlee ' ' Tba Aavoelated Preu la excluthely entitled u the nee for publication of all newa dbpalelwa credited to It or otherwlte credited In thta paper, and alto to tne local news publlahed herein. All rlanu for publication of apedal dlipatehea Berlin are alao reeened. Sworn dally areata circulation for 111 Bontba tndlnf Oct. 1, 1028, 4438. Official paper of the City of Mediant. Official paper of Jacktoo County. 7 Adrertlilng nepeeienlatliea M. C. MOKN8KN A CIIMPANT Orfleea In Kern York. Clilcuo, Detroit, (an rraneiaco, Loa Antrlea. Seattle, Portland. Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry : Jacques Front and Helen Cold called Informally upon Mr. and Jlra. John J. Orchard th.H morning and were warmly received. It wrings the aoul to upend three - days thinking , up a nifty para graph, and on the fifth day find It nestling amid the locala and pcr isunuls of a northern California paper, as Inconsplcuoua na if a tsoribe had caaually thought of It while down at the depot waiting for the 9:62 to come in. A new Jazz composition is said h ur Hlffimilt fniv miiHlrliinM ' cun play It. The sad part Is It won't be so difficult that most of them can't try It. (Wichita, Kan., Beacon.) Wherein a great truth is presented, naked and unvarnished. Inasmuch n8 the high school Imiin lias turned out several times in storm and In sunshine,- to wel come home the football team, it might not be a bad idea for the football team to turn out to wel come home the bund, as they Can not get home in time to welcome themselves. A pair of crafty vampires are practicing their' wiles tn the sub urbs of the local social whirl, and mooting with more success ' than l'eggy Joyce does on Uroadwuy. "' One' of those days somebody Is gulng' to suy Frisco, when ho menus Bun Francisco, in the pres ence of a Copco worker late from' the Golden (late, and the victim has an even chance for recovery. ' TV.H KVKH TJIV8I " (Salem NUiU'hiiuiii) . Tho Htutesihan gels quite a vidu range of mull. Moat of It is legible, and most of It has pretty good' spelling. Home days ago wo received u letter from u boy who 1m attending a high eschool in Marlon county, lie Is a sei.tiii' ana expects to graduate this year. Here ure some of the words he ml ' spelled: Imposable; . entcrfer (interfere); caning (carry ing); eny ((any). He mtiKt have been a wonderful basket ball player. The old r.imllhn headline; 'OllTl,ANl lAMKH BY hOl'HID KU SCORK. Is beginning to show In the papers again. . Very 'ill l In sympathy iliotild bo vantert upon the vaudeville tenor, vho wrutn poeiiiH to a rich man's wife, and had his effusions ivad, In a divorce miiM. by a weak-voiced lawyer to a sleeping Jury. A LADY STAItTS ItKIH INO or A 1IOKSK OltOWti TIIIX Huddle Horse Wanted Must be sound, have style, well broke, fearless and safe for , lady to handle; large enough to curry 200 pounds at ease. (N. B. The horse better bo fearless.) The Prohibition situation has reached the' point whero the poli ticians and tho press, Htart discuss ing Hto effects of tile proposed tariff revision on tho Japanese rice crop. Many are still undecided whe ther to spend tho summer fishing, or motor to Nova Hi otlu. Mica.Womack sat down yestor day on Gold Mine No. 3.-4 5(3.780, Inflicting a jagged wound. ' Wlion they do get the vies pros! dent's sister - seated according to precedent at a diplomatic dinner, tho vice president will pick up tho wrong fork. - - , roilVALLIS, Ore., April 6 vlr) KlKlit stale hlh school banda will compete in the fifth annual la to band contest here tonight. The contest is sponsored by the Kappa Kappa I'sl fraternity, hon orary musical fratornlty for tho Ort-jyon Htate CoIIcko bandsmen. ' Hlfth school' bands which have Indicated they will compete are from Corvallls.QM e d f o r A , ta Orande, Ilooseveif, Grant and Jef ferson high choolfl of Portland With the Beosido and Marshflold bands enterlnc In another class, i The winner of tha first class will receive a tUver lovlnj cup. EIGHT BANDS TO CONTEST TONIGHT WHERE MODERN EDUCATION IS ALL WRONG THE honor hum) of the Clans ofi lt(23 tit u larri: Eastern imi vtMiiity dittd tlic other day lit tin; age of 28.. According 'to preKij rt'ioi'tH, a iii'Kli'eted tooth vnn the cuiinu of Iiih ili'iiiiKC. In other words, this young nuiii hud letinieil iihont every tiling in human life hut how to tnke eiire of his own heiilth. He know Greek, Latin, Chemistry, Ciileiilus, Literature, not only knew them, hut excelled in fiieni but he didn't even know the rudiments of Personal hygiene. A nlltxro ii.-iifiti f iiiti i Iwii n-nl which is health. Not only- should all colleges on "How to keep well, and how should be compulsory. No youjig man 6r young woman, for that matter should be given a degree of any sort unless he, or she, had qualified in this department of human knowledge. For health is the foundation of all' useful human service whether in the Arts, the Sciences, Husiness or the' Professions. .More than that, it is about nine-tenths of happiness individual or domestic. . , Compulsory health courses in our schools and colleges would no more turn out physically perfect graduates than compulsory courses in Knglish now turn out. perfect masters of English. . l?tit sucli courses Would at least make such tragedies as the one noted above less frequent, and also recognize the fact that in preparing a youth for a useful life, 'the first and most iny portant thing is to teach1 him how to preserve it. !T IN TOTAL INCOME ESPEE YEAR 1928 HAN FHAXCIHCO, Ailil 0. (JP) Oliorittlons of the .Southern Pacific , company in 1628 showed u decrease I'MWUKcr icvbiiuus, h nuuntuiiuui inci'QUjje 111 liuikiu revenucB anu iu tat railway operating revenues which were the largest In the com pany's history. This information la disclosed in the unnuul report pre sented to. Its f2,27H stockholders, by the directors und made public by I'aul Hhnup, president. Although a record wus establish ed In 1H27 In the volume of reve nue freight curried by the Southern Pucific, the J 028 report shows a further Increuso of 562,085,317 ton miles, or 8.71 per cent. This in creuso of $5,7-14,240.83 In freight revenues mukes I02K the most at lafuetury year in the company's his tory. Tho gain In freight revenue was pnrlly offaet by n decrease of 887,206.01. In passenger revenue, Jnd bM iC, net, decrea.no of 1-iiiS.t. 3211.35 In other operating revenues. The decline tn passenger revenues was due lurgely to nutomobile com petition. Planning to recapture passenger patronage flie company In 1027 or ganized the Koutherit Pacific Mo tor Transport com puny and extend ed Us operations during 1!2K. Construction of the new !-5-inHe line from Klumnth Falls, Ore., to A It m' ItuniH. Cab. which will provide Mithern Oregon and iiDi-thetn Call. f fir n In with a new and shorter mala linn outlet to the east, will be com plctcd curly this summer. INCREASE lu OiuuiA ill i uu'r " """ T"H"i,m ; f're anyone could slop hhii, tore! . . the bated thing in shreds. NKJV YORK, April C,-(l) Tim Rtenninhip Paris, outward Ijound, waiii ashnre on the mud flats off Smith llrunklyn early today In a heavy log. Sue Is believed In he In no dangor. Tlio llnor Bent u wireless ines sago asking for ItigH to pull her froo. Thn I'nrls carrlrd Imw pas sengers. 4K or them lu thn first cIhsb ccunimodatlons. Among the prominent passmmnrs were: Arthur Aosanlnl, Italian or chestra leader, guest conductor 'of tho New York Metropolitan Opera company, and his family. ). S. '. Dcbatern Win. COHVAI.LIS. ore.. April . M") Tho University of Montana de bating team was defeated hero last night. 3 to 0 by the Oregon Htate College debaters when they ai-Kiied ithe nKutive s do of the.D, and piers 5, 6, 6 A and 7 of the queNtton relativo to the Kimslan j proposed bridge across the rolmn proposal before tho (leneva con-jbi river hetwoon Longviow, Wash., ference on total dluimimmcnt, ami Ualnler. Ore. MUTT AND JEFF WHY i &V6R VUl rwon - f 4 lb CLrVi. Bg MuTT,TME BOSS X tt CARRVl N0.IM TJ GXPlAINI ?S3S3 SALGSMAM 1 A rAVSTGRV a lP ''r LUTCiV, J MGGT PlGRVONiT rAftRSAM, T6 CO UifTO YOU. T,K,rO VilHAT VOO'Re Jg Slaf igS!- Tb Mil r T.T THINk H f 7 iGFF V TTrr Si r.BAkGI.oRT L L,MG j TIIMG "TO I A :W&)Sm KMOvWi Sl P( Crv,T jCOfVAINfi, J , A AN6 6TH RlCH MGWI J rbw) 1 VT! tJ?A . . l" ' - ' "' r , li'iil I V iii'miu I'Au tlin !,I ! V 1,1 mil ......... , ., .... v., muu i to the most important thing in , and universities have courses to stay so,' 'but these courses WAR DOC RETAINS Y OF GAS WAI1B, Jluss P) Behind the i,ewhliored. ouizzlcal face of Cat: tl-n vet(,run war 0ui( lurk mem. orbs of ravaged battlefields that 10 years of peace have apparently left untouched. Cap,, us his owner, Dennis F. Nliea, 'state gamo warden, calls some nerve or other, for every time him. Is a wire-haired griffon and ' the Instrument touched a spot on u native of France. No amount 'the wall of tho ear canal Bill did of grooming can subdue his shag- , hia elephant act. It was what our gy brown coat, and he's spry, too, popular traveling salesman charac for an old fellow.' Cap Is more , terized as some cough, than 13 years old.- ( Just how many bottles of the He hus learned Knglish well. Ho latest and best recommended -cough gravely okcoi'Is members ( of his ' medicine Bill had consumed up. tp fnm ly to . store or church 'or tho-, the time of tho great discovery. (ls liter 'hut, does not enter.' ' AndMoo painful to remember now, but ho returns afterwards to see them no matter. The particular concocT home. All this Cap has learned, tlon he was1 "on" at the time of but ho has never learned to forget the diaeovery worked like a charm, the wur, oven thmigh 10 years is fur Bill's cough was never heard a long time In. a dog's Ufa. "The again after the ear canal had been horror of barbed wire and gas cleared out. musks Is still upon him.. A Ithough barbed wlro Is used hereabouts only to confine dairy cattle. Cup refuses to go near: a w.'re fence. No amount of coax, Ing will Induce him to approach j one, for ho still associates them with leaden hall and sudden death, j AH the bitter memories of thoso days when Cup served with tho French Ited (Voas, braving shell-l fire, machine gun bullets and g"a to bring aid to his human rom-',,, , the broneJiial passages. f railea seem to be roused ut such. Tnp et,0chul discovery to which ..1.1 tllU h a time. ' I Cap long since has grown a full crop of hair on the bald Pt:lnn n,mifPJ.ti(,nH Rllll rtiMtethminn ' at tho back of his head whero the ""i',"1 "m ""7" 1 1 I he will never forget the assocla- When one of .Mr. Jiheu's sons brought hifme a gas mak as a Cap has ono weakness and per haps It's due to one of the few pleasant memories of tho war time years. Ho fond of doughnuts, vurloote. uro his Is mordlnatelv IntrlKUtriK and methods for wheedling this delicacy from mem hers of the household. APPROVE PLANS FOR AT WA8IIINOTON. April 0. Pl Tho secretaries of war, agriculture and commerce have approved plans of cnntllover spaiiB, n 8S4-foot span, stoel towers, pedestals A, 11, C und The Office Boy Gets Promoted Personal Health Service By WILLIAM BRADY. M. D. Burned letter pertaining to paraonal health and byrtena, oot Co tunuum dlaarnoaui r .reatmenc will ba anawered Dy Dr. I)rady If aUmped, aelf-addreaaed antelope la ooclooad. lettera aliould ba brief and written to Ink. Owing to tba large number of lettere re cited, only few eon be anawered bar. No reply can be made to querleo not aonlora. ig tn trwrrwtlona Arldreo Or Wllllaea Bradt, Ib care of tble aewepapwr Today, friends, we're going to nuke an earnest effort to finish the tin y about Kill the Busy's Kle- lihant Cough. Here's a brief Hynon- mU of the storv thus far: HIM had Iu"y " wen., moi r.igni nunureu anu seveuiyiwo sis of t,ne stoiy inus nir. hmi naa I on,y ttUeI.nlll,V0 , , would Imlllion dollars is a large sum. Wily alpaw UU- OlOUimill., , I,,,M J A. olllll,.s....ul.i ....... tl..t'. enough." One of tho very beat doc torn' (that's the n tat tine. Arullrln't find A 'thlni.'TramS a'way oxcep.ted. wropg with Bill's! chest, though a lot of old ladlen men , ca 4 I a t ln.1 I that Bill's bron-'l (o. h all Hhot, If his lungs were not weak- ,cncd beyond hope of rebuilding. Then one Monday rriornfng Hill re ported ho had, gone deaf In the riht ear sfpee Saturday night bath, and the eminent physician and au thor found a plug of hardened wax Hn UIH'S ear, deducing from this evidence that a little water hall gotten into Bill's ear and swelled! !Y , ... j , M the plug, bringing on deafness. But I as announced In an earlier issue, that wasn't the remarkable part of It at ail, and ; . Usually it is possible to remove such accumulations of cerumen from tho ear canal by syringing with agreeably warm water ' con taining a flttle saleratus. f But Bill was -a tough customer and ! tht (now) well known doctor had to use the Instruments to deliver the mass. It was at this Juncture that wo made the discovery. ,-. I .'deem discovery but a mild term1" for it. indeed tne event was epochal, great moment In history, though tho papers said little or nothing about it at the time the papers are trying to malte amends for the oversight npw. ' ; ' r In nrvlnir nr.rl 'lii'iiflrllnir iirnimrl ln ,here wKn th0 enr spud urmyiT . Ingntbmc, and absent - mindedly wondering about how . thin Bill's lnner 8kuU might be and whether muro wtitj uiiy Biti niHiti'i iu NpcuK of on the other side Bill was only u grocer, it should be remembered the doctor evidently stirred up t., seems that tho Creator,: for some tiiHcrutablc reason, runs a lltr. tie branch of the great vagus nerve to the rear wall of" the outer ear canal. The vagus nerve Is the tmith crunial nerve And H tho main M,nit()rv norvei pf the lungs and ironehlal tree. Tri'ltutjon of the mtlc hrnneh-1n the ear canal pro. lur0i( t.oul;hhlK that is vehement um, aif mm.eSHive to the audience llu ,,. p.M.trhl.,,- ....Hm,.h i... i,.. . " ' . ' r lnUi ih.it Vn un I ullndn was Just that ,,. rtnnr .fi.i ig.,...,,,,,! Qn '.i.,... (lf thp Rt.ertt vaKU!J nPrvo as a med-i student, but if -any of his in HtruolorH ovpi. toI(1 xUc 8tlJ dent didn't believe that a trlMIng uecitmniulatlon of wux in u per son's ear woutd or cp4ild cause. such 1 n "' pvorri ihn . , 1 tMh ..dl.ii, nr li.m-. fnllhfully the patient follows directions. doctor can't do much for a had ear CITY. There were about SUUU Ha cough unless he looks his patient,! loons before prohibition. Ql'ttfeTIONN AM ANSWKItS Shave ami lit or 'icc A'crsa. I What aro the effects If a mail shaves Immediately after d I inter? Thlw tiiiestlon apfeared in youy col umn recently, but you did not ex plain If fully, merely said If ono i or the other must be put off. let) the dinner wait. Just why? Hope you will find time to answer this! soon. 1 K. Answer. It In a pretty serious! problem. 1 devoted considerable' study to tho question before I pub lifted tho answer, and I thought I had settled it conclusively. Theo-( ret leal ly. of course, a man might cut and then shave and live to tell of his exploit. 'Hut proctlcalty, and 1 try to bo practical. In answering these questions, whenever this- Is possible without clashing wth the scientific principles Involved, pruc- tlcally u man should have first. for one with a clean shave cun manatee such Iternn as watermelon, Hpaujhettt and the like, more grace fully and speedily as well. . The I be to Hhave and eat simultaneously, j hut thin nan obvious drawbacka, so I advised the correspondent to shave ; first and eat afterwards. Seruin Jlcuctkin. Would appreciate your .opinion j of having more than one horse j blood antitoxin given to a child. Vour leaa lo"S beken,Jaw flr)d .gospel in this . household. lr wu ' u t ' of a serum reaction, either from the firat dose or from a subsequent dose of any horse serum, the indi vidual's sensitivity may bo deter mined by first Injecting a fraction of a drop and waiting half an hour or longer. If there Is no unpleas ant reaction in that time, the In dividual can take any quantity of nm ., ly 01 i the serum with Impunity. ' - A .. v IHuv.li.no. l have been given a leucodescent therapeutic lamp by a doctor who left the city. . Would like advice to tha use' of this light for pul monary diseases ; . Mrs. C. C. 'Vi' ' Answer. It is Just a plaything, I think. , Ono Dbjcnw and a Symptom. Where people have TB of the lungs and anemia at the same time is it possible for them to be cured of both diseases? N. B. J. Answer. You mean tuberculosis, ' not tul)ercle Daclm of , ,unga' I Usually there is hiore or less an em la associated with tuberculosis, an effect of the disease. With the cure of the tuberculosis the an emia is usually remedied, but if not, what of it? Most of us have more or less anemia. (Copyright John F. Dllle Co.) Worryln. tvcr when the chlldreii 11 turn In lifts Jest about ihme uy with tU olo anxiety over liow t,M,'11 tuvn OTl- "Well, I must bent 11 tev bnmc nn' Kil m ll,,no1' opened,' snld Mm. Xnfe Bud, last evenlii', as she left a bridge iwirty. (Copyright John r . Dllle Co.)' Brisbane's Today (Continued from Page One.) Such Is progress. Tradinn In Wall Street Thursday was the smallest In several weeks, with call money down to ti per cnt, actually helow tho usury rato, ac cordiiiB to the laws of New York. .Hut that won't last. 4 Tho Federal Reserve was In ses sion and speculators felt as a little boy feels when mamma is talking to the doctor ln the next room. He wonders whether ho will got castor oil to cure hi.n or a penny for be- Iiik b good boy. Speculators wore expecting cas- tpr oj Vice-President Curtis, told that his sister must ko Into official dinners AFTKll the wives of fur eittn ambassadors and ministers, feels, quite naturally, that his sis- 'tor is as Important as the wives of foreign representatives. I' The people will auree that she Is ns imimrlant as the wife of any body. The interesting thing is that in a republic there should he any quarrel about "precedence." if there Is to he any precedenc it should give the place of honor to the old est - woman at the parly., Thai would be demorutic, and it woujd avoid quarrels. Many ladies would be willing to go in last. Since 116 the government has collected I8V2.00U.0UO in taxes on estates worth more than twenty-six billions. Right hundred and seventy-two hot, take money from men living Instead of taking it from; widows and children .' . -:. The government might object that the big men know how to avoid paying. The time to get them is when they are dead and can't hire lawyers or experts. " v P ... , , . r v-: v. r Quill Points:, If you try to seem what you aren't, it's because you're ashamed of what you are. Unrest: The unhuppy state of moderns who can't think of any thing else to want. There will .be no business .for a divorce lawyer if her wedding outfit includes six' kitchen aprons. Suggested song for that product of evolution known as a flapper:. "The Girl I Left Behind Me." Successful man: A second-rater who got by because his competi tors were third-raters. .v, A discreet man Is one who . sit. s ami thinks of all the cntthig things lie would have snld to the traffic cop If ho . hud thought or them at that time. Hyde for tho farmers is an encouraging sign. They've been skinned long enough. Let the retired great take-up literature. Anybody able to re tire is in tho right position to depend on his pen. . Every community has at least one rich handicap who growls be cause people spend their money for automobiles and such non sense. Americanism: . Hpcnding money for improvements to dodge the profits ' tax; wailing about the overhead when workers ask for increased pay. ' City noises might be worse. Sup pose tho combination has the sound of a giggle. . Jw v Philanthropist: . Ono who' has money to give away because those who helped 'him mako it didn't have enough to spend. 1 . , The "city man" who- sCorris hicks is one who still misses the privilege of asking cclltrul what time It Is. You can tell a pedestrian who has manhood enough to stand up for his rights, llu lllllS. , David thought all men liars. Ho the cigarette testimonial prob ably isn't pie first of its kind. Advice to a young niunf ! Itc fore you propose to her, serve us her partner at bridge und, trump her ace. . 7 , i'i...i,..a ,i,rt ,x, i',y f.ii- tiw;ivenuvpncHs, especially usruui in time spent in going back for tools film nf 'P"1 fenps' 1 uKh are less reprehensible than joke- n intricate method or mounting smiths who take money for that an' ul,'ni,nff the "wra actually old wheeze "participates Jn the action, mov- . Ing about among the players, dune Praise means little. Men bratr with them, dodging a hurried on tho hen because she raises noU'illow during a pillow fightind tn row when they stoul her eggs. Correct this sentence: "Ho has h. federal Job now," sold she, "but he still is humble and courteous ln his dealings with the public." I July Driver Accurate. RICHMOND, Cal.. April 6. (&) Street cars and telephones were out of commission for an hour j tion for his part In the exploit to when Mrs. W. Itnndolph lost con- i night. The Bronx chamber of com trol of her automobile and knock-f merce has had a silver cup In ed down a telephone pole. Tholscrihed with a tribute to Henann's pole carried street car power lines with It. I Patents on IW. M. VOLCK of Watsonville, Cal., Research Di rector of California Spray-Chemical Co. ; The California Spray-Chemicul company of "WutHOnvllle, Cal. noun'ce ' ipinortunt patentH , an have Screen JJfe Hollywood By ROBBIN COONS HOLLYWOOD. A large rustic home of logs, now fulfilling the i purpose for which it was created LJvT"n5 as a movie set, LfVSC ma" 06 ln Ior a long journey, and there need be no surprised timbers in its frame work if it finds itself some day in the Salt Fernando valley country, near here. Raymond Can- j non, young an-1 thor and dlrec-i tor of the fea ture for which the house wus buHt, is think ing more or less seriously of buy ing the big. "cabin" after the pic ture is finished and having it transported in sections -to his hill top ranch to be reassembled for duty as a lodge. If he should decide to undertake the purchase, he may have a senti mental' as well as practical motive. Kor tho house is modeled largely after the rustics home built; In 1840-11 by his grandfather in the Cumberland mountains of Tennes see, where the young writer-director was born. Its outer wails are of huge hand-hewn timbers, none less than 14 inches in thickness, chinked with mortar. , , e Inventive Director , , Cannon, by the way, in this1 day when the talkies and their prob lems Are the principal cause of pre liminary gray hair about the stu dios, has been pioneering in new purely photographic improvements I fur ,tlle wreen. As a result he h achieved, effects said to be as siu;- nificnntjOl' iiropress as were the fade-out and .soft focus which revo lutionized? cinema art years ago. The "jerky" effect often produc ed by a movie, due to abrupt cut ting of the film or in linnlng from one scene to another or to the use of numerous fade-outs and fade Ings, was a prime object of his dis like, and he deyised the "traveling shift" in which the cameria s spun through a ISO-desre turn at tho conclusion of a scene, the "spin" being carefully mutched into the next scene. The audience, as a re sult, gets the illusion of swift pas sage front one spot to another, and t h e "con limit I y " o f l h o sto iy is aided. "A Living Lens" What, he calls the "living lens" is another .product of Cannon's in other ways actually taking part in i the scone. I " ! Negro Hero JlccognlHMl. NIOW YORK, April 6. (P) j Matthew A. Henson, who as Com- ! mander Peary's negro nide saw the ' Stars and Stripes planted at tho North Pole 20 years ago today, will receive his first formal recogni- service, which will be presented to hlnl, i I OJ'A WW Oil Sprays DR. W. S. REGAN of Yakima, Wasn., Northwest Re search Director for Company. t been issued to them covering sum mer oil sprays being used through out tho county for control of in sect pests. New York lly Illc-lutrd G. Mnssovk. VEtf YORK. The first "medi- tation chapel' 'to be established' in a hotel has gratified tne expecia- Hons of Jonn atccntee ouwumn, proprietor of tne mia-iown tun umi houses iv. Since the chap el was opened more than two months ago, an average of 30 persons a day have visited it and letters on file in Bowman's office attest to the comfort It has given some of his guests. The chapel 'is not the first evl- RtCHAWp G. dence of Bo w- man's Interest In religion. It Is said that on his es tate at Porlchester, N. Y., he has' a number of cpttages to which each summer ho Invites ministers who otherwise could not find a va cation. Perhaps that is how he linntifncil t( cut thn lilcn of Hot ting aside a room whero strangers, between trips to Fifth avenue, or ltroHdway, could indulge In prayer and introspection. At any rate, ,a clergyman is supposed to have How many come to medltato, and how many are merely curious, tho hotel staff cannot say. Ttut the let ton? tell of somo who have knelt at tho altur, as well as others whoso Interest apparently was In tho $25,000 worth of stained glass win dows and churchly decorations that represent the Italian renaissance .ichoijl of ecclesiastical architec ture. Duchess Ixmk.H at ls The tSrand DucheHM Marie Puv lovna, former KiiSHian wife ot Prince William of Sweden, has de voted her first visit to Ameiieji largely to tho repaying of .social calls. It has been quite, different from the trips that Prince William made. Where he wus wined and dined and feted, she has gone . about almost unnoticed. The duchess met a groat many i Americans in Paris, where she has (lived for more than ten years, and. j where she has an embroidery fac j tory which employs refugee coun- trymen. Since coming to this country two months ngo. therefore, she has been busy renewing old ac quaintances. At the sunie time, however, she has been studying the United States and its people. She has traveled across the continent to ralifornla and back, ami It was in San l-'riinclsco that - she met tho most compatriots. These she found to bo "more expanded, mentally and morally," than In Paris, where they are much more numerous. olilics and the question whether there ever will bo another czar do not Interest her so much as modern literature. Mho hay honn 1n..L-lat.r into American literature and finds it. like the people, "strong and ex tremely human. "i When not other- wise engaged, she likes to stand at the window of her e'Rhteenth floor apartment here nnd gaze at the Manhattan, skyline which still causes her to marvel. Khe expects to return to Paris In nbout a month, hut she hopes to mako an other visit to California, which, tho natives will be glad to know, she "hl.qh v..,.w Bv BUD FISHF.P gfp
