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MEDFORD MATL TRIBUNE, MBDFORD, OREGON', SATURDAY, APRIL o, 1929.
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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
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area no, under Aet at tUict . W.
BUBsritinioN aunt
It Mail In Adianee:
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By wrier, in jWTenee in neoiora, ainuim, 'j.
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credited to It or otherwlte credited In thta paper,
and alto to tne local news publlahed herein.
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Berlin are alao reeened.
Sworn dally areata circulation for 111 Bontba
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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
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