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k Florida, a Warning
Closing of eight banks in Florida in the past two
weeks should prove a powerful warning to the Valley.
The banks closed are in the heart of the citrus
growing section, where the dread Mediterranean fruit
fly infestation is at its worst.
The Merchants State Bank at Melbourne wired to
the state comptroller “on account of continuous with
drawals unable to open.” Everything was going out
and nothing coming in. No crops to market for the
past several weeks and nothing in sight which will
bring revenue to the farmers.
Florida had a boom to burst over night, spreading
financial destruction in every direction. Two terrific
storms caused huge losses of life and property. These
were calamitous.
The fly Infestation has struck down agriculture, a
basic industry. This likely will prove more disastrous
than any of the things which have happened before.
The fly may never be eradicated and if it is not it
will be a constant menace. Control of the pest will
not release the state from the quarantine.
Letters coming to Valley people from friends in
Florida tell of the pitiable plight of orchardists and
farmers there. The quarantine has been almost as
severe on truck growers as on owners of the citrus
groves.
The the Mediterranean fly ever be discovered
In the Valley the same condition would exist here. In
fact, an infestation might easily prove even more
disastrous to the Valley than it has to Florida.
Florida has developed the tourist traffic to a point
where it is a major industry and the fly infestation
will not seriously interfere with this.
Although It may not always be true, so far agricul
ture is the one principal source of revenue to the
Valley. To destroy agriculture in the Valley would
be to destroy the Valley—at present. Agriculture
Always will be the leading industry of the section.
There is no reason to be alarmed over these facts.
They are pointed out only to stress the importance
of taking every possible precaution to keep out the
Mediterranean fly. The federal government is doing
all in its power to prevent spread of the pest and the
Texas governor, legislature and department of agri
culture has mapped out a system of procedure which
it ie believed has closed every avenue of approach to
the fly. Valley citizens can assist by obeying the reg
ulations and by reporting any infraction observed.
TVloody and the Public Utilities
Governor Moody is for state control or supervision
©f public utilities. He is reminded that the press of
the country carried a story not long ago that the
House of Morgan had perfected a $650,000,000 merger
of New York state hydro-electric companies. He is
reminded that the New York Times carried a story of
the alinement of the public utilities of the United
States “into three major groups—a Morgan group in
the East, an Insull group in the Middle West, and a
group on the Pacific coast.”
He is reminded that the New York Journal of
Commerce commented as follows: “the reported pos
sibility of a tie-up between the Insull utilities and
)he North American company points to the develop
ment of two giant consolidations, beside which other
groups, though great in themselves, would sink into
the role of minor companies.”
This is the age of big business. This is the age
of mighty mergers. This is the billion dollar age.
Tom Connally of Texas is a United States senator.
Discussing mergers as well as bank consolidations,
the junior senator of the Lone Star commonwealth
said, “it looks as if the country will be controlled by
a few wealthy people.”
Regardless of this the sun is shining in grand old
Texas. Bumper crops are being harvested in grand
old Texas. Bumper crops remain to be harvested ip
grand old Texas. A farm relief board will be grind
ing shortly with a revolving fund of $500,000,000. Will
this board and revolving fund find a ready market in
foreign land for surplus cotton and surplus wheat
»nd surpluses of other kinds of basic staples piled
up by the American tillers of the soil?
Highest Dam in the World
It is announced that the cost of the Boulder Dam
project will touch the $165,000,000 mark “and the
amount above the government’s flat contribution of
$25 000,000 for flood control is to be recouped over a
period of 50 years from the sale of water and hydro
electric power.” J . _
Boulder Dam will be erected in Black Canyon of
the mighty Colorado river; it will be 667 feet from its
lowest foundation to its crest; it will be the highest
dam in the world; it will impound enough water to
cover 26,000,444 acres to a depth of one foot; it will
back the Colorado river up through its gorge for a
distance of 118 miles.
President Hoover has announced that the compact
which he has signed relates entirely to the distribu
tion of the water rights between the seven states in
the Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyo
ming have signed the compact. Arizona is holding
out. This will not delay the construction game.
There is a treasury surplus of $200,000,000. There
is a Boulder Dam to be constructed; there is a Mis
sissippi Valley flood project to be constructed; there
are other mighty projects as well as costly ones on
paper. This is a building age and Uncle Sam is the
biggest of the builders.
A Bowling Green girl is irate because a Louisville
newspaper published she was to be married, and she
says she doesn’t even know the groom. However, lots
of others find that out, too late.—Elizabethown (Ky.)
News.
We’re naming diets after cities now. Hollywood
has won the first recognition in the big national
Shrink and Shrivel Carnival. The latest fad among
the ladies whose 1928 summer gowns don’t fit them
this season is the Hollywood Diet. It is an 18-day
hunger strike dedicated to the proposition of making
the people thin and the citrus fruit-growers fat.
"Back to girlishness in 432 hours,”, is the slogan.
Why look fat and happy when you can become thin
and miserable in better than three weeks with a little
will power and a lot of grapefruit?
Grapefruit was formerly regarded as a rather cum
bersome fruit whose chief purpose was to test the
table manners of house guests, but today it has taken
its place in American life as a substitute for exercise.
An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but two
grapefruit a day will keep him from recognizing the
patient.
The Hollywood Diet runs something like this:
FIRST DAY . *
Breakfast: One-half grapefruit, toast, coffee.
Lunch: One-half grapefruit, one egg, six slices
cucumber, toast, tea or coffee.
SECOND DAY
Breakfast: One grapefruit, coffee.
Lunch: One-half grapefruit, one lamb chop, one
half grapefruit.
Dinner: Half grapefruit, half grapefruit, four
radishes, half grapefruit. (And if you’re really hun
gry try some grapefruit).
THIRD DAY
Breakfast: How about grapefruit?
Lunch: How about grapefruit?
Dinner: How about grapefruit?
Prominent among those losing weight through the
Hollywood Diet are the apple-growers of America.
They lose five pounds every time they realize that
they let the citrus fruit men steal a march on them.
There isn’t an apple, peach, pear or banana on the
Hollywood Diet.
The watermelon interests, it is understood, stand
ready to part with any amount of money to the per
son who suggests a plan for putting across water
melons as flesh-reducers.
Why not, for example, a Los Angeles, Chillicothe
or West Philadelphia Diet, with watermelons pre
dominating.
FIRST DAY
Breakfast: One-quarter watermelon, dry toast,
coffee.
Lunch: One watermelon, three olives, one egg.
Dinner: Two watermelons.
SECOND DAY.
Breakfast: Half watermelon, dry toast, coffee.
Lunch: Three artificial flies, half watermelon,'one
boiled pine cone.
Dinner: One bass plug, three wooden golf tees, one
straw hat brim, one watermelon.
• • • •
What has become of—
The Grap-Zepp gorilla?
The Peacox murder trial?
Johnny Farrell?
Bossy Gillies?
Mustapha Kernel?
"Red” Grange?
Monte Munn?
WASHINGTON, July 17.—Out Connecticut avenue,
just a few blocks removed from the heart of Wash
ington, is a small tract of land known as DuPont
circle.
On one side live the money and social leaders of
the national capital. Calvin Coolidge made his home
in the stone mansion on the right while the White
House was undergoing repairs. A half dozen or more
foreign embassies and legations are in the immediate
vicinity.
On the other side are garages, cafeterias, art gal
leries, banks and drug stores—a small unit of a large
city.
Connecticut avenue comes up from the south, veers
to the right, and then srtetches out until it is lost in
Maryland.
Perhaps nowhere else is the cosmopolitan charac
ter of Washington shown better than at tins spot.
DuPont circle is the gathering place for the chil
dren of the neighborhood.
Just as the day begins to warm up they com
mence their trek to the circle. Some come in baby
carriages. Frequently a big limousine with crest and
coat-of-arms on the doors will drive up and discharge
the nurse and child. Others trudge along, hand
clasped to hand cf nurse.
* * • *
COSMOPOLITAN
Some are English, some French and some German.
There are Chinese and Japanese.
They are the children from the embasssies and
legations, of the money and social baronies, of the
high officialdom of government, and of congress. Not
all of them, for there are also to be seen children of
the plain people from the other side of the circle.
The thing that impresses the observer is the cath
olicity of friendships among these children of varying
ranks. They meet over the sandpiles at the circle.
It is the starting point in the education of the many
children from foreign lands located temporarily in
Washington. Here they get acquainted with each
other and with the children who live in Washington.
* * * *
PLANNED AS MEMORIAL
When L’Enfant set aside this piece of ground in
his plans for the national capital it probably never
occurred to him that it would become a school of
diplomacy.
He intended it as a memorial to Admiral DuPont,
that famous old sea dog who trod the decks of a war
ship during the days of the revolution. Up until a
few years ago an iron statue of DuPont occupied the
center of the circle.
His descendants disliked it. They appealed to
congress for permission to remove it and put in its
place a fountain. Permission was granted, and now
it is one of the most beautiful little parks in the city.
The rim of the circle is dotted with flower ven
dors. Two or three old men with clusters of vari
colored toy balloons move over the circle selling them
to the children.
It is one of the most interesting and significant
spots in Washington.
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Congress has passed the farm board bill and
voted a half-billion dollars to make it work. The cost,
of course, will be added to the city board bill.—The
New Yorker.
Our ambassador at London announces that he will
not serve liquor at the embassy. The British ambas
sador at Washington has announced the same rule.
Hands across the tea!-—Dallas New*
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FROM LABOR SHALL COME FORTH REST
—Longfellow
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A DRAB LITTLE]
MOTH FLIES TO
HAPPINESS|
^ By Alma Sioux Scarberry, author of*make up#etc. twc* J
READ THIS FIRST
Vivian Matthews marries Kent
worth Hillman Johns III to help
him get his grandfather’s fortune
after he has been jilted by his
childhood sweetheart. She believes
herself a doorstep baby, and is shy
and unhappy—a “flat tire.” He is
to pay her $100,000, and give her a
Paris divorce at the end of a year,
but a cyclone wipes his business
and home off the earth, and Wall
street takes his fortune. He is
forced to live with Vivian in her
little cottage while they serve out
their contract. She learns from a
mysterious visitor, who turns out
to be her mother’s father, that Kent
is an orphanage baby, and that she
is the rightful heir of the Johns for
tune and worth a half million dol
lars. Her father was old Johns’
son, and when he was killed in an
automobile accident, with Vivian’s
mother, a dancer, Kent was estab
lished in the home, and Vivian
placed in the Matthew’s home be
cause the old man would have noth
ing off of the off-spring of a stage
woman. Vivian swears the two old
men to secrecy, and plans to help
Kent. She buys an automobile busi
ness and makes Kent sole manager
—secretly.
(NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY)
* * *
CHAPTER XLVTII
“I can’t give you anything but
love, baby,
“That’s the only thing I’ve plenty
of ba-a-bee—”
Kent w’as splashing in the chow
er, and Vivian, downstairs getting
breakfast, smiled to herself at his
noisy morning ablutions. How hap
py he seemed. And all because he
had a good chance to make a litttle
money in the new business that she
had made possible for him.
“I don’t believe he thinks very
much about the loss of all his money
and everything,” .she told herself,
happily, and mixed his favorite pan
cakes that had become ii:r favorites
too.
He came down the stairs ' ./o steps
at a time, still singing lustily:
; “But—I can’t give you anything
but love.”
“Ain’t it the truth, darling,” he
strode into the kitchen. I can’t
give you anything but love, and you
even spurn me when I try to do
right by you and love you a little.”
“Shut up!” She made a little
face at him and flipped a pancacke
quite professionally. I don’t crust you
city slickers that have been to col
lege. I’m but a country maiden,
and I’ll have none of your monkey
shines.”
Kent shrugged hopelessly at the
flushed girl bending over the pan
cakes. Her little h- ’e dress was
short, and he noticed, with tome
thing of a stait, how shapely her
legs were. How they tapered down
to small ankles and dainty little
feet for a girl of her height.
She turned and saw him looking
speculatively at her ankles. She
looked down quickly.
“What’s the r-atter?”
He grinned—whistled.
“Not a thing! Not a darn thing,
I should say! On the contrary, I'd
never noticed how perfect they were
were before.”
Her face fkmed. To hide her
self-consciousness she pretended an
ger, and set the pancakes on the
table with a thump. Kent roared
with amusement. She could blush
over a little thing like that!
“Viv,” he taunted impudently,
“you look just lil-3 you did that
night out a tthe gate when I kissed
your hand.”
That night! It was the night he
learned that Dovie had married an
other man—and he could speak of
it so lightly. She controlled her
embarrassment and looked at him.
He was still laughing—h. Ty enjoy
ing the position he had placed her
in. Then she rememlr ed how dif
ferently things had been a year be
fore, and her embarrassment left her
at once.
She turned her back and her
shoulders shook. Ke-t thought she
was crying. He was beside her in
a second.
“Ah, Viv—please—don’t, don’t do
that—can’t I tease you a little?”
He pulled her around and saw the
laughter in her eyes. It was funny.
Everything was funny.
“Well, the laugh is on me,” Kent
grinned. “I thought you w ere blush
ing, and It is the heat from the
stove. I thought you were crying
and you are laughing at me. What
were you doing that night at the
gate. Laughing at me for just kiss
ing your hand?”
“It was the first time I had ever
been kicred—even on the hand,” she
confessed. “And it bowled me over
a bit.”
He came up closer to her.
“Truly. Don’t tell me, Viv. I’m
the first man who ever kissed
you?’”
She dropped her eyes. She w’as
sorry she had told him.
“Yes—you were the first.”
“But not the last—not the only
man who has ever kissed you?”
“No, thank God,” she pushed him
away. ‘‘And I don’t suppose you’ll
be the last.”
When she saw the expression on
his face she was glad. Then she
was sorry. A minute laterf he look
ed up from his pancakes question
ingly.
“The other man—is Barkow, of
course.
“Naturally,” she told him, unper
turbed outwardly, but watching
closely to see how he felt about it.
“He is the only man who has ever
honored me with his attentions to
any great extent. I might have
tried the ice man but Celeste seems
to like him, and I wouldn’t w’ant to
poach in her love patch.”
They both laughed. But Kent was
not so jovial. He ate his break
fast after that i nsilence, and went
to work with a curt nod. For once
Vivian had a happy iittle triumph
ant feeling. She had made him
squirm and ask questions. Certain
ly she had the advantage now. She
went about her work singing.
Cuddles rushed across the lot at
noon—breathless, waving a wire. It
was from Bark. Vivian read it
with mixed feelings.
“If you can leave immediately,
have secured excellent part for you
in new Stanwix production, Shady
Dell. Opens in month. Wire f„t
once, if coming, and what train. Will
meet you. Mann Barkow.”
Pat was wild with joy.
“Oh, Vivian, it’s my chance! Isn’t
it wonderful? I didn’t dream he
liked my work so much. That he
thought I had real talent. He had
told me he would see w-hat he could
do—but I thought It was ju_t being
nice.”
Vivian km ; she should be happy
beyond words that little Pat, who
had tried for f ur long years to get
somwhere on Broadway and failed,
had her chance at last. But, again
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there was jealousy that she had
difficulty in controlling. However,
she was trying A be enthusiastic.
“It’s wonderful, Pat. I know you’ll
be happier than you are hc:e. But,
we'll hate to see you go.’
“Oh, I’ll miss you, too, Viv. But
this means my life. You t -nt’ know
how heartbroken I’d been because
I’ve tried so hard and f 'led. I
wonder what kind of i part it is.”
“A funny one, of course,” Vivian
assured her. “You are a born co
median. I know you’ll make a hit.”
The rest of the day Pat spent in
packing. Vivian wont over to help
her. Tried to be sweet anu helpful
and show that she was glad. But
Bark was the only* man who had
ever really wanted her. She wTas
engaged to marry him when she was
free. And he had sent for Cuddles
—secured a wonderful part .or her,
and said he W' ’d meet her at the
train.
She wondered again if Pat and
Bark had seta each other when she
knew nothin;; rbout it. Why am I
so jealous—r 'e asked herself—when
he wants to marry me? When the
last thing he did as leave a note
for me telling me he could not live
without ne. Then she would think
of Kent. W-ndcr ;f she loved him
as much as he did Ba k. Her
thoughts were so confused that she
was not at all n ;ura.I.
Pat the 0ht Vivian was a little
jealous, and it lade *'-r he “t sick.
She tried to fix things up.
“I don’t see why he was so nice
to me when it is you he cares so
mu.h for,” s..e r*M, and looked up
from her packing searchingly.
“Well, can’t a man be nice to
one woman and in ve with an
other?” Vivian replied. It wasn’t
the thing to , she knew—and was
sorry. But she couldn’t help it.
Pat bent r :r h:r, packing fever
ishly. At the t rin there was a
strained goodbye between Vivian
and Cuddles. Mrs. Sullivan thought
it was because they were so sorry
to part from each other.
“Sur , you’ll be missin’ her, too,”
she to^k VI Ian’s hand when they
were going back in the car. “What
with that nice Mr. Barkow gone,
too. I hope 1 1 take good care
of my little girl.”
She looked at Vivian and smiled
roguishly.
“Iit’s me t’ at’s thinkin’ hi"i and
Cuddles has quite a case on each
other. T1 it’d be nice—you with
with your Ke * and her with a
handsome risli man like hi*" ”
Viv’ sn wanted to cry out a pro
test. But the little Irish woman
babbled on happily, proud and glad
that Pat had her chance at last.
Bravely hiding her own lonliness
and fear.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
I Flashes of Life j
ELIZABETH CITY, N. C.—The
idea of W. O. Saunders of correct
hot day attire for men is pajamas
and he has strolled down Main
street wearing ’em. Mr. Saunders is
editor of the Elizabeth City Inde
pendent.
NEW YORK—Sir Sven Anders
Hedin. 64, Swedish explorer, is to
issue his owm postage stamps when
he rejoins his expedition in China.
It is a privilege never granted to
anyone else. He told about it while
eating Swiss cheese and drinking
coffee at an interview in a hotel.
BRIGANTINE, N. J.—Captain G.
P. Crowley is 70 years old. but can
swim four miles. His 35-foot sloop
began to sink. He took off his shoes
and dived overboard and swam
three hours to land.
LONDON—Prime Minister Mac
Donald was asked in commons if
he and the opposition leaders would
make a talkie. He doubted if any
large body of opinion in the coun
try desired it. The questioner asked
reconsideration. “No! No!” shouted
members of all parties. And there
the matter died.
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Health and Right Living
BY ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. O.
Former Commissioner of Health
Summer is a trying time for little
babies. No matter how watchful
the mother is all the rest of the
year, she must take special pains in
hot weather. No detail is too small
to be overlooked.
Even a husky grown-up suffers
the effects of intense heat. If this
is true, think of how trying the hot
days and nights are to the frail in
fant.
Another factor is the danger of
milk spoilage. That fine product of
the farm reaches your door in per
fect condition. It is delivered even
in large cities at a very low tem
perature. It must be kept so.
Exposed to room temperature,
even for a very few hours, it is sure
to be teeming with unfriendly germs.
There can be no haphazard care of
this precious food. The supply must
be kept cold until feeding time ar
rives.
One of the first effects of giving
contaminated milk, is an upset di
gestion. The stomach rebels. Next,
diarrhoea is noted. This can
be very weakening.
We look upon diarrhea as an ef
fort on the part of the system to rid
itself of the disturbing substances
in the blood. These serve to irritate
the intestine.
It makes no difference whether it
is the acidity set up by the bad milk,
or because the milk curdles and
produces irritating curds. Whatever
is the exact cause makes little dif
ference. The infant has diarrhea
and it must be checked.
The symptom may be the effect of
a wrong mixture for the feedings.
Too much cream—"top milk”—or
too much sugar. These are causes
for diarrhea.
Children differ a lot in their ten
dencies to intestinal troubles. Even
in the same family there is a lot of
difference. One of the twins may
have this tendency and the other
may appear to be safe from such
ailments.
If there is such a weakness great
care must be taken to guard the
child from exposure to great heat.
The coolest place in the house must
be given over to the baby.
Sudden changes in temperature
are disturbing. Fresh air is essen
tion, no matter what the weather is.
But on cool or cold days guard the
child against the other extreme of
weather.
Should a sudden attack of diar
rhea come on, stop the feedings.
Give only boiled and cooled water.
Plenty of this is recommended. Don’t
return to food until your doctor ad
vises you to do so.
Sometimes very weak tea or rice
water will be useful. I mention
these for the benefit of some mother
who is far distant from a doctor.
In all cases, where he is within
reach, the family physician should
be consulted.
ANSWERS TO HEALTH QUERIES
Mrs. W. J*. C. Q.—What will help
me to reduce? I have tried tablets,
but am afraid to take any more.
Would a glass of milk with the juice
of an orange taken after meals be
of benefit in reducing? It sours my
stomach.
* • • .
A.—Proper diet, avoiding too many
sweets and starches and some sys
tematic exercise daily should bring
about a reduction in weight safely
and sanely. No: milk and orange
should not be taken together.
Marie R. Q.—How can constipa
tion be overcome?
A.—The diet must be corrected.
Avoid foods unduly rich in starches
and fats. Add stewed fruits and
bran to your diet.
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M. M. J. O.—What can be done
for flabby legs?
A.—Exercise, such as running
walking, skating and dancing, will
help to make the flesh firm.
• * *
J. B. Q.—The large joint on my
foot becomes sore and red at times.
What causes this?
A.—May be due to arthritis. Send
self-addressed, stamped envelope for
further particulars and repeat your
question.
• • •
Joyce S. Q.—Can blackheads be
removed?
A.—Yes. For information send a
self-addressed, stamped envelope
and repeat your question.
* * *
J. L. Q.—What is the cause of
hives?
A.—A nervous condition, constipa
tion, food poisoning and. in some in
stances, a kidney condition may be
responsible for hives.
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Constant Reader, Q —Do you ad
1911 1929
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vise treatment for blackheads and
pimples?
A.—Yes. For full particulars send
a self-addressed, stamped envelope
and repeat your question.
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F. I. U. Q.—What will promote
the growth of eyelashes?
A.—Apply 1 per cent yellow oxide
of mercury ointment to the lashes
and brows every night before re
tiring.
* * *
MISS L. L. Q.—What should a
girl of 18 do to correct bow legs?
A.—I would suggest that she con
suit an orthopedist. f
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F. S. Q.—How much should a
woman aged 30, 5 feet 7 inches tall
weigh; also a man aged 34, 5 feet
9 inches tall? *
A.—They should weigh respect
ively about 141 and 161 pounds.
* m m
J. L. Q—Is it injurious to in
hale when smoking cigarettes?
A.—Yes; especially if you smoke
to any extent.
Who am I? What Is my work?
How old am I?
What famous Greek orator first
conquered a speech defect before
he succeeded?
What goddess in Roman mythol
ogy corresponds to the Greek Art
emis?
“For the Lord is good; his mercy
is everlasting; and his truth en
dureth to all generations.” Where
is this passage found in the Bible?
Today’s Horoscope
Persons born on this day are con
sidered cold and indifferent by
strangers, but their friends who un
derstand them know this is not
true. They like to have their own
way in doing things.
Star Lore]
DETERMING DISTANCE TO A
STAR (TRIGONOMETRIC
By Arthur Dev. Carpenter
A surveyor wishes to determine
the distance to the summit of a
mountain. Without the necessity of
climbing it, he lays out a base line
of prescribed length in the valley;
finds the angle from each end of
the base line to the summit. Then
having the base line and the di
mension of the angles, by trigno
metric method, he may determine
the summit’s distance. The astron
omer, in finding the distance to a
star, takes the diameter of the
earth’s, annual orbit—186,000,000
miles—as a base line; determines
the angles from the base line six
months apart; from this data he
computes the star’s distance. He
has determined the star’s parallax.
(More Tomorrow)
Answers to Foregoing Questions
1. David Belasco; playwright and
producer; 70.
2. Demosthenes.
3. Diana.
4. Psalm c, 5.
SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont.—Clar
ence Stewart realizes a mother bear
has a wallop. Fishing from a canoe
in Root river he came upon a cub
playing on a sandbar. The cub
squealed . Mother bear crashed
through the bush, stood on her hind
feet and cuffed Stewart like a boxer.
He drove her off with his fishing
rod. He has the broken pieces to
prove it.