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Luxuriousness Can Modest Modern Home Comfortable And Charming HOW TO be happy, though modern, is one of the prob lems of the present day home maker, limited as most families are where space is concerned unlimited as they are in their love of the luxurious! This combination of beauty, comfort and little space has been happily expressed in a Burlln gamo home built by J. B. Oswald. The architect, William I, Garron, of San Francisco has used prac tically every inch constructively, giving the vital needs preference, which has likewise resulted in a mimlmum cost. Not only in this home but in every home there are certain fundamentals that must be ob' served. For Instance, there should, first of all, be an entrance hall separate from the rooms, wkh a guest closet for wraps and stor age. The latter is a boon. to the harassed housewife who tries to maintain an hospitible establish ment on little space. Getting a group of friends in for informal parties lj one thing putting away their top coats, wraps and dripping umbrellas is another thing! There should be a connection from this entrance hall to the kitchen, dining room and living room. This is practically a neces sity for n one maid household or a no maid household ! Easy ac cess to all rooms being a major requirement. NJEXT to congeniality comes I another problem and that if, privacy for the family. Here in lies the importance of a rear hall connecting bedrooms, bath and living room, with suitable linen and storage closets and prl- RANCH MYSTERY A STORY FOR CHILDREN By Paula Both cama, all alano, from a Mu Eastern city to a little flag Btation in Nevada where aha was to be mat by her Uncle Walter and hia two boys. But, when she arrived it was dark, and still, and there was no one there to meet her. At dawn tha boy cousins, Ron and Tim, came ridintj up to take her back to the ranch. They explained their tardiness: cattle rustlers had robbed and wounded their lather the niyht beore. Their mother, Aunt Mary, was away, caring or a sick neighbor. Uncle Walter and Beth decided she had bettor do tha housework, as the boys spent all their time arguing about it. CHAPTER 4. BETH cooked dinner that night for the two boys and her uncle. Of course, the boys helped, bossed each other, and were really more entertaining than helpful. They placed a little table by tho couch In the big living room, so Undo Walter could ent with them. "You thought of Hint, Doth. These two Indians of mine would SPY III. iY ONLY regret Is, that 1 have but one life to lose for my country." Surely, every school child knows that well known sie-h. Nathan Hale wns a spy fur the American Army during the Revo lution. He snenked Into the Urlt t'th lines, disguised as a school master, wns captured and sen tenced to death. The above quo tation la what he nutd Just before be was put to death. A DOGGY'S FUNERAL . RKCKNTLY a beloved dog was kidnaped from his mistress. Before she could pay the ransom, the dog wns found, shot through the bark. He was honored with a hero's funeral. Four cars of mourners followed him to his grave. PAGE SIX g . 58S32sBHu. . " '' -r-r-s, vacy separating public living from bedroom and bath uses. What is actually required for the average standard of comfort ? v A living room, dining room, kit chen, breakfast or space room, two bedrooms and bath. Now, as to cost for such a home, (house and lot) various estimates have been made, but many authorities agree that it can be built for approximately $6,000. On this basis, it would be possible under the Federal Hous ing Administration to borrow as much as $4,800. This could be paid for in 20 years in monthly installments of $.15.65, which in 'eludes all coBts except taxes and Are Insurance. Even the family of very limited means can now afford to build a home under the plan offered by the Federal government, and with the small long-termed payments can do so cheaper than by paying ront. Norton never have an idea like that," ho said. It was a gay meal, and the sick man seemed cheered, and the boys acted as though they were star performers at a sum mer picnic. Beth felt helpful and filled with responsibility, as she wrapped her Aunt Mary's apron around her and served the beef stew, steaming and brown. She had cooked the meals for her own mother for tho last year, and had learned to ninke stew and baking powder biscuits and the simpler things. Tim and Ron would not let her clear away tho dishes. They in sisted that she stay and "talk to Dad." She got his pipo from the mantel and held the match for him. She liked this tired, kindly man. Ho was all she would hnve liked a father to be. Then she settled back In the big leather clinir and suddenly felt very sleepy. When the boys came In from their dish-washing, she was nod ding. Hut she sat up with a sleepy smile when her uncle ehlded the two of them. "Mi bet you two didn't wash the pans. Where did you hide 'em? Under the sink?" "No. lrtd," said Ron. "Tim washed 'em all but one. He left it to soak." Tim shoved Ron off the foot of the coueh. "Always have to say a little too much, huh? How nlxmt the dish-water you threw on the cat?" "Well. THAT was an accident. Hut the pan you soaked wasn't." was Ron's ready defense. "All illit, boys, that's enough of that. I guess Reth Is pretty well Impressed with the fact that you two don't do much else than argue." Then he looked beyond her slow smile to the weariness there. Why don t you go to bed. honey? You look plum wore out." Indeed she WAS tired. Th;;t Be Attained In Small Home mcxmxpq I POOCM KlTCMtN "J hJ f , ' . . V. v I f Bcd Boom j UklMMMwl j Pa t i o This home, designed by William I. Garren, architect, for J. B. Oswald, in Burllngame, California, combines beauty of structure and comfort for living. One of the Important features of the plans is an entrance hall separate from the rooms, but connecting kitchen, dining room and living room; also a rear hall connecting living room, bedrooms and bath. ARIZONA BEAUTIFIES Because of a home-building boom and extensive moderniza tion program under way in Flug staff, Ariz., an architect has been regularly employed to personally supervise community beauttflca tion, Inspired by adequate financ ing now available under the Na tional Housing Act. Response to tho campaign has been so groat to dato that a leading lumber concern of the community reports a 70 per cent increase In business, due to its active participation in tho program. PORTLAND STILL LUCKYI A recent historian "looking back" finds that Portland, Ore., Is not Boston, Ore., because an 1835 copper cent came up "heads" two out of three times. Lovejoy and Pcttygrovc, who built the first log cabin there, in 1814, each wanted to name the place after their native homes and the toss of the coin decided! night spent on tho station plat form had not been exnetly rest ful. She rose and folded the apron. Then she took her new found uncle's hand in her own. "Good night," she sold, "I'm glad I'm here, and I know I'm going to like it fine." Then she turned down the little hall to the room where tho boys had taken her luggage. Beth undressed wearily and slipped into the snug white bed with no thoughts of anything but sleep. She lay for a few moments, looking out at the great bright stars thut hung In a curtain of velvet down to the very horizon. Then, out of the distant nimble of voices in tho living room, she heard her own name. It was her uncle talking. Heth knew It was wrong to eavesdrop, but that Is a pretty hard thing to resist when one's own name is men tioned. She crawled out of the warm bed and stood at her door. "You needn't worry Hcth with this." she heard her ir'c'" say She- opened the door quietly and tip toed down lo the living loom door. It stood a little ajar: she looked In. She coul.l .v hor uncle's fare where the light of the oil lamp shone upon It. It wns a dltlei-ent face than she had seen before . . . older, tiled, and worried. "Hoys," he was savlru "'lo ain't Just my fight, it's your fight, too. This Isn't the first time they've taken horses from us. It wont be the last. They're gettln' bolder all the time." Heth saw him brush his heavy brown hand aorviss his worried eyes. She was sorry and wanted to go In and comfort him Hut she knew thut he was telling the boys something he had held bark until she whs out of the room She knew she must leave, but . . well, she wanted to help If they were In trouhte "1 Jest can't Agger out what they want to bust me for. hoys." he went on "There's more lo tins than we know. They am t another rancher within miles of here that's lost a single annual. I seem . v.- , i -Vi0re1 L.vinc; Boom Hew Flowers By Cecil Solly IN SEED stores and seed houses all over the world It Is recog nized that the Pacific Coast of America Is making greater strides In the production of Improved strains of all kinds of flowers (and vegetables). The work done might well be compared with that experimental work done In a lab oratory; for, in the seed produc tion fields, experts are working almost every day of every year to produce something better for your garden. Unless one has actually had an opportunity to study the work of these plant "doctors" or hybrid ists, one cannot realize the stu pendous amount of time and labor and consequent disappoint ment that must be encountered when work of this nature is being done. The work of hybridizing is done entirely scientifically not only to the "crossing" of the plants, but the elimination of the unfit and ordinary resultant types Insures that the new kinds being origin ated are a super breed. DISEASE-PROOF Do you remember a few years ago that Snapdragons, Asters and many other flower plants were attacked by disease after they were set out In your garden? You either pulled them up In despair, or had to keep on spraying to counteract the troub les. During these last few years, several important types of new flowers have been brought Into existence. The two most import ant arc the Rust-Proof Snap dragon and Wilt-Resistant As ters. Most of the labor In bring ing these out was carried out by the University of California Agri- to be the one they're bound to break." Ron and Tim looked solemn nnd truly concerned. "But, Dad. do YOU think It's Juan that's causln' It all?" asked Tim. "Well. son. he may be In with 'em, but he ain't got gumption enough to think up anything as big as this looks to be." Then he sat up. and puffed at his unltglited pipe. Reth could hear the gurgling sound of it. "Like 1 said. boys, you needn't bother Heth about this It s Just our fight. It's our ranch, yours as well as mine and your mother's. It's all we nave to leave you. and we can't lose it now. We'll have' to get to the bottom of this. I'll be up In a couple of ilavs . . then we'll start seeing what we can !earn." The boys ntnlded. with serious eyes on their father's face. Heth slipped Nick to her room She closed the dor softly, and looked out at the great western stars It was "their fight " Yes. idle was a pa-t of the ranrh now To the star-tilled night she whispered, "So Its MY light, too." (Continued nest wsek) J R - - - aofc Bed Boom T a. hr 1 1 i Are Better cultural Experiment Station and the planting - breeding depart ments of large California seed houses. NEW STYLES FOR OLD The Zinnia has always been one of the most popular of garden flowers. It is also one of the best flowers for cutting, because It lasts such a long time in water. The fact that it has been used, more or less, In nearly every one's garden, seemed to be lost sight of until the new type "Fan tasy" was brought Into the lime light by being named by the All America Selections Committee. This new Zinnia with its shaggy, ray-like petals seems to be des tined to bring its family to greater prominence. Until a couple of years ago, the only departure from the recognized Zinnia type of flower was the "scabious" flowered type. Now with this important break we can look for almost anything in the way of Zinnias from the ex pert growers. The colorings in the Fantasy Include all of the range of sunshine colors to be found in ordinary Zinnias. Because of the great range of colors,' provided by Fantasy it is undoubtedly going to prove most satisfactory as a cut flower. GOLD AND YELLOW SUNSHINE The Marigold family with its va rious types. In which are included the Calendula, seems to have come in for a great deal of im provement during these last few years. The Marigold vies with the Zinnia to take ranking plnce in the garden. It grows well, rapidly and with an abundance of flowers in almost any position. It is cov ered all season with a profusion of flowers. The more that are cut. the more seem to grow. One of the Llold Medal winners In the 19'M All-American trials was the Yellow Supreme Marl gold. This belongs to the African type. The standard African Mari gold has a flower that Is often compared to a rubber sporg be cause the petals are so regu'arly placed In its globe-shaped blos som. Yellow Supreme is double but Its petals a:e arranged like those of a Carnation, "he flower might easily be mistaken fur one. Its color Is a pale lemon yellow which can be combined beauti fully with some pinks and is a delightful element in other color combinations. The Yellow Supreme Marigold is certainly an argument In favor of not growing many of the less known, hard lo pronounce an nuals. WAR I I WK all know about the World War, but some of us may not remember how It came to be On June 2S. 1914. the Archduke of Austria was assassinated by two young students, who were hacked by a Serbian society. This deed threw the world Into war! Over the Captain's Coffee Cup travel Tales tram bveryuher- by Whil Wellman FEW things in this curious world remain hidden forever. Old secrets which men said would never be known are dug up ... a letter Is found, a parchment map. or some ancient mariner adds a word to an uncompleted yarn, and pieces of the puzzle begin to take on meaning. To let light into dark places, follow a tale from the first hint to the end . . . calls for pa tience before all else, and patience , is almost all. Think of one thing In life that you're sure you'll never know about ... no matter what, and you'll be wrong. One day you will know; to every ques tion there's an answer. Well, let's hedge a bit. If not you, then some one else . . . for truth comes out. A WEALTHY COLLECTOR has been on the trail of a small, fat and fabulous emerald Buddha. For three centuries the green image found sanctuary in the stone palace of Angkor Wat. guarded by yellow-robed priests and the Khmer army. War came with the Siamese, who surround ed the palace. Outnumbered, with little water and less food, the Khmers were doomed. They be came frightful ghosts of men, dropping one by one . . . issuing from the walls and attacking with insane fury, and crawling back when they lived. The Siamese conquerors swarmed in, and from that day the little green idol has been lost. Every year brings new whis perings of Its hiding place, and this hopeful collector Is following the latest rumor ... to a Cam bodian temple, probably, where he may find the emerald Buddha ... six inches tall, a carven gem worth a prince's ransom. A col- lector's life is spent delving into secrets. x WE TALK ABOUT SPEED of the streamlined trains as if it were brand new, and marvel at the Burlington's new Mark Twain Zephyr (stainless steel, articu lated, Diesel-powered) that rolled over new track at 122 miles per hour. They said it was a new world's record . . . until the Penn- sylvania dug up data on its ' "Special" which had lost time to make up in 1905. It did 127 miles an hour. Thirty years ago that should have been first-page news, a high point in railroad history. Old-timers say that publicity about such speed would have turned the customers pale with fright; trains were not supposed to travel that fast! Just one more secret that lay in the archives to be almost forgotten. OAKLAND'S ESTUARY is the home of the little bird-class boats, tiny yachts that race in the Nancy Hanks Boy Abe ON February 12, 1809, Nancy Hanks Lincoln named her new baby Abe, after his grand father, Abra ham, who had died at the hands of an In dian. While he was yet a little boy, Abe was Inter ested In every thing he heard or saw. At seven years of age he was a lank, black haired boy, who walked four miles to school, where Abe he learned to read and to write his name. This school was very different Indeed from your own orderly classroom. These pioneer children studied out loud, all shouting different lessons at the same time. It was called a "Blab school." The road that passed the Lin coln log house was one where a boy could meet and tnlk to many travelers . . . especially a curious little bov. But Abe did not have a great deal of time for this pleas ure, for he did fnrm chores, plenty of them chores that would make your bick ache to read about. Abe's father moved his family many times. tryiR to find a land that would profit him most In crops. Little Pigeon Creek. In Southern Indiana, is the place they lived for the longest period of time. Here the struggling fam ily lived for the first 12 months in a three-sided shelter, with the fourth side open to all the fiercest weather. Abe and his sister car ried water from a spring a mile away. When the cabin was finally I built on this new farm. Abe slept In the nttlc on a pallet of corn ! husks He walked nine miles to I and from school ihia father thought this a foolish idesi but j the boy wanted to LEARN. As! for the mother. Nancy Hanks, j she was glad that her boy could have "larnln' " Soon the pioneer hardships were too much for her though, and she fell ill and died The bay. 10 or 15 at a time. Sporting looking craft, that should tip over at a breath of wind . . . but their keels go deep. And all Identically fashioned, except as to color. . . . Along the estuary, too, you'll find Lester Stone of a Sunday morning. A fine appearing chap with twinkling light blue eyes, he's a yachtsman and shipwright like his father before him. Often he's trailed by an Inquisitive cocker spaniel, a furry youngster, and friendly to visitors who barge in on private property. "A man can get awfully foolish about an animal." Stone says, and you can't blame him. Hard by is tied The Wanderer II, with a girl in a blue cap aboard cooking breakfast. She (the boat) was built by Stone In '31, and has roamed the South Seas more than once. Anchored farther out lie a couple of sadly battered old tramps, but you don't row out to them without special permission . . . the care-takers are crotchety old fellows who like to be W alone. E. R. JOHANSON tells one of the best tales to come across the desk. He's Master of the Monterey, and says that a "miracle" called out the deck crew to wash down In mid-day. Red rain swept from the skies in a bloody mist to blanket Mel bourne's streets and color the trees, a few weeks ago. There'd been a wind, the skipper ex plained, which had picked up red dust from Australia's interior. The dust cloud met a rain cloud, and the result was a new kind of rain. He gives the scientific theory, not being a superstitious man. "GET THE BUSINESS" is the creed in China as in the West. Transportation is always a problem in reaching the potential customer, but Edward S. Wise, passenger agent extraordinary for a large steamship line, lets noth ing phase him. When boats break to pieces on a river full of rocks, he rides a bamboo raft. He steps . from 14 - passenger planes to a sedan chair carried on coolies backs! And customers live every where. He missed a plane serv ice between Chungking to Cheng tu (it was booked weeks in advance) and instead of 65 min utes, he spent ten days going overland. Wise is a young man, but an old-time "China-hand;" his parents were missionaries, and taught him many country dia lects. He operates out of Shang hai . . . thinks nothing of jaunt ing up to places like Kiating, Suifu, and Chengchow, and sign ing up passengers almost Into Tibet. father made a crude casket, and the unhappy boy whittled the wooden spikes that held the boards together. ' In a very little while the widower, Tom Lincoln, left his two children alone and went to seek a new mother for them. He returned with a step-mother for his children (she was a widow with three children of her own). This kindly woman was provoked to find the boy sleeping on a heap of corn husks, and at once she put him to bed on a feather pal let she had carried from her own home. Like his own mother, the new one encouraged Abe to learn. He worked hard at the farm, too. be fore and after school. He spent long hours clearing the land of timber. He was alwavs clever with an axe. Naturally, hard labor and simple food helped the boy to grow and develop. (When he was 17 he was six feet, four Inches tall.) He liked to wrestle, and was considered tremendously strong for his years With all his love of strength and physical fitness, and rough boy ways, he wns quick to defend a weaker person or an anlmnl. He once wrote an essay on the cruelty of teasing animals There is no doubt he was con sidered a "strange" boy. and all because he would lie on the floor for long hours "larnln-." It was said that he even read a book while he rested from his plowing, out in the fields. And once he walked 20 miles to borrow a book from a lawyer. Hew could a boy with such determinallon be slopped? How could he help but make a place for himself In the world of men? CLASSIFIED FILMS DEVELOPED rilir dlctrd I.-.e. coin Trt 5,7 r l'ni.. a II, ch III,,.. 'ri. rl'h RELIGION GOD IS ELECTRICITY. J- -,, ,.
