On the Side- v- Dw,'in9
(Distributed King Iwhirw Syndicate, ImJ
Recently I stated I would
make no more mention of Flor
ida weather. I intended to ad
here to that , resolution. How
ever, yesterday we ran into uch
"unusual weather" I feel com
pelled to mention it as an inter
esting curiosity. We were riding
long a highway by the sea. It
was a beautiful, clear, warm
day. 'Hundreds of people were
in swimming. Suddenly a storm
came up out of nowhere. And in
the course of that storm large
hailstones fell. You have to hand
this to Florida weather: There is
no monotony about it. You never
know when it will change with
out hardly a moment's notice.
Birds
There certainly is a wide va
riety of birds in this section of
Florida. Bird-checkers-up like
John Kieran must have a won
derful time when they come
down here. I saw a beautiful
bright red bird on the lawn this
morning. I am not much of a
bird enthusiast but this one real
ly attracted my attention. John
James Audubon spent consider
able time in Florida gatheiing
maleriul for his monumental
work, "Birds of America," which
sold for $1,000 a copy by sub
scription. Audubon discovered
and named that bird known as
the Key West pigeon. This bird
is included in the illustrations in
Birds of America.
Sidelights
The British have been experi
menting secretly with some
planes that are reported to do
1,200 miles an hour. . . . You
read "Gone With the Wind," of
course. How long did it take
you? C. S. Forester claims he
read it in a day and a half, with
time out for meals, sleeping,
dressing, etc.
The Royal Rosarians of Port
land, Ore., is an organization of
200 businessmen who are rose
growing enthusiasts. Incidental
ly, it has been claimed that Port
land, Ore., supplies most of the
roses for the Pasadena. Cal., an
nual Tournament of Roses pat
rade.
Please Note
Do you believe dogs are good
judges of the characters of peo
ple? Our dog has failed to warm
up to some people whom we
thought were all right and later
turned out to be the opposite. I
am inclined to believe some dogs
are psychic. If somebody is
thinking of doing a dog's master
wrong the dog is likely to re
alize it before the master. James
Gordon Bennett, the great news
paper publisher of yester-year,
went the limit in relying upon
his Pekingese dogs as character
readers. If one of the Pekinese
showed evidence of not liking
one of Bennett's employees he
was usually fired. If, on the
other hand, one of the dogs
warmed up to an employee Ben-:
nett either gave him a raise in 1
salary or a more important po
sition. Asking
Queries from clients. Q. You
recently mentioned Bessie Love,
a star of the silent film days. Do
you know where Bessie is now? j
A. Last I heard of Miss Love was
that she was starring in a stage
froduction of Tennessee Wil- j
jams' play, "The Glass Menag
erie," in Dublin, Ireland. Q.
Friend of mine says Geraldine (
Farrar was the first to play the
title role in "Madame Butterfly.''
I say it was Emmy Destin. Also
that Emmy weighed nearly 200
pounds at the time. A. "Madame ;
Butterfly" was first produced in
Italy. Don't know who played
title role there. But Emmy Des
tinn and Caruso were the stars
of the production of "Madame
Butterfly" that first attracted
world-wide attention to the op
era. This production was a Cov- j
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MEDFOHD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN
know how much she weighed tt
that time.
Horses fc Women
Joining in that never-ending
discussion as to whether women
dress to please themselves, or to
arouse the envy of other women,
or to attract men, James Laver
says "Women take pleasure in
dressing in competition with
other women to please men.
The basic impulse of feminine
fashion is to attract the opposite
sex. Female dress is governed
by the attraction principle modi
fied, ever so lightly, by the util
ity principle."
Introductions
No doubt you have at times
been in the embarrassing posi
tion of forgetting the name of
one of two fellows you wish to
introduce. Sir Herbert. Beer
bohm Tree alweys got around
this situation by saying to the
two men: "Consider yourselves
Introduced. I remember only one
of your names and that wouldn't
be fair to the other."
Quakers
Do you recall Ina Claire In the
musical comedy, "The Quaker
Girl?" It was Ina's first starring
role. "The Quaker Girl" was a
British musical comedy. Did you
know the Quakers built Britain's
first railroad, first mental asy
lum, first garden city and also
pioneered antiseptic surgery,
penal reform, popular education,
manufacture of Sheffield steel
and the use of coal instead of
wood to smelt iron? Some of
Britain's greatest business or
ganizations, including Lloyds,
were started by Quakers.
Boy Scout News
Troop 9 4
Monday evening Troop 0 had ',
a lecture on birds by Mrs. An
dors, the merit badge counsellor. :
Mr. Cook, the new scoutmaster
of Troop 49, attended to learn
a little more about how to han
dle a troop.
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A large area on Okinawa is
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trees, under supervision of occu
pation authorities, for protection !
against salt water thrown ashore j
by high winds. ' j
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