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1 Two Cent Mail In Air
In this day and age speed is demanded in all
human activities and no one is satisfied with less than
* the maximum.
Assistant Postmaster General Irving Clover sees
the day approaching when *'2-cent mail will be dis
. patched via air.
The offcial who is in charge of air mail failed to
elaborate on his announcement made a few days ago
I that "the post-office department might soon have
to consider carrying two-cent or first class mail, in
the air, especially on long hops over passenger routes
that have no mail contracts but are now operating.
The assistant finds "increasing demand in prac
tically every community” for air mail service.
Two purposes of the postoffice department are re
vealed in this statement of Glover. One j
is the intention to extend benefits of air mail to
every part of the country as rapidly as possible.
The other purpose Is to assist aerial passenger lines
to become self-supporting as rapidly as possible.
Official Washington has adopted a policy of encourag
ing aviation development in every way, and giving
passenger ships contracts to carry mail over long
hops is planned to carry out this idea.
This will mean that practically all first class mall
will make at least a portion of Its Journey aboard a
, plane and will result In an enormous saving in time
f to business men of the nation while encouraging
• in a practical way aviation development.
Pres. Hoover Is a Busy Man
j President Hoover will be unable to pay Texas a
visit this year. He was Invited to attend the annual
convention of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce.
Speaking through Representative Claude Hudspeth,
the president deeply regretted his Inability to accept
the invitation for the reason that the senate tariff
makers are grinding and the congressional recess will
be over in September. In other words the president
will have cnogress on his hands and when a president
has congress on his hands, he Is a sorely perplexed
mortal.
The Places We Revere
Itie great Washington Cathedral slowly draws
rearer completion on its Imposing site overlooking
i the national capitol.
Designed as a “national shrine,” this cathedral:
will eventually be one of the most Impressive church
structures in the United States. Woodrow Wilson
lies buried in it; and its founders hope that the ca
thedral ultimately will be to the American people
something like what Westminster Abbey Is to the
English.
Building a national shrine, however, is a strange
sort of business. The places that a nation takes to
heart are not usually places that were planned in
advance as centers of patriotic devotion. They pop
up unexpectedly; and the affection that goes out to
them is generally due to the memories that center
around them rather than to the expensive and im
pressive buildings that adorn them.
Suppose that a committee of Americans a century
ago had undertaken to pick a few places that the
American of 1929 would hold in especial veneration.
I Would they, by any chance, have guessed right more
than once in ten times?
They would not, surely, have picked a dilapidated
log cabin in Hardin county, Ky.; a cabin which had
been the birthplace of a gawky young Illinois rail
4 splitter and country store keeper.
They would never have dreamed of crossing the
border of Mexico and putting a bronze tablet on the
Alamo in San Antonio. Texan independence, the
conquest of the southwest and the red battle of the
Alamo were matters undreamed of then.
They would have been extremely puzzled if anyone,
pointing to two young West Point cadets named Lee
and Jackson, had said that figures of these two men
would be carved in gigantic size on the bald brow of
Stone Mountain, in Georgia.
With very good reason they would have been flab
bergasted if it had been suggested that an attempt I
would be made to carry off the tiny home of a New
York farmer named Rockefeller so that it could be
exhibited to millions of Americans at a dime apiece.
1 The committee, to bo sure, would have picked Val
ley Forgo; but could it have guessed that the sleepy
iown of Gettysburg would eventually be made into a
rational military park and dotted with scores of
Efofties and markers?
Would the desolate sand dunes of Kitty Hawk. N.
C.. have looked like a probable spot for a memorial
I monument?
That's the way it goes. Washington Cathedral, of
course, will always be an important feature of our
national capital, and will probably draw eager vis
itors for generations to come. But. as a general thing,
national shrines cnanot be picked in advance. No
cme can say, today, what spots will seem especially
memorable to our grandchildren.
One wag remarks that some girls use dumb-bells
to their faces and some use color on their faces to
get dumb-bells.—Savannah News.
“Dawes Won’t Don Court Knee Pants.” Another
Of those breeches of etiquette.—New York Evening
. Poat.
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It has taken Niagara Falls 30,000 years to move
Seven miles. It's Just like Sunday traffic.—American
Lumberman.
I Crime would be less popular if a convicted rack
eteer could be kept in JaU for at least as great a
length of time as it took to get him there.—San Diego
Uniora
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The Omc® Uveir
By E L PHILLIPS
VACATION’S EFFECT ON A STENOGRAPHER’S
LETTERS
Messrs. Overholtz, Klauss, Wartman & Callahan,
Counsellors at Law,
567 Broadway, New York.
Darling: We have your letter of the 26th last, in
re the judgment handed down by Judge Rosenwitch
in the income tax suit and in reply beg to state that I
arrived here okay and like the place very much. Miss
you terribly and am very sad without you, dearie.
Don’t fall for any other girl now, and please try and
be a good boy. Expect to see you soon and would ad
vise that you appeal the ruling and carry the fight
to the highest court if necessary in accordance with
the decision reached at our last conference.
Thinking of you every hour and hoping the blisters
cm ycur shoulders are better, I am.
Your loving friend.
-SNOOKS.”
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Blumberg & Finklestein,
Superior Hardware Co.,
768 Kraut Street,
West Philadelphia, Pa.
Sweetheart: In reference to your telegram of the
18th saying that your order of July 25th for nine
dozen (9 doz.) No. 8-B radiator valves had not been
filled, we beg to state that our records show I love you
so much I am miserable here without you. Your face
is before me all the time and at night I lie awake
wondering what you are doing and whether you are
keeping your promise. The valves were crated by our
Mr. Schlemitz on the 23d and I will never forget what
you said to me that moonlight night in the canoe.
We are having the goods traced and hoping we
may merit your continue patronage we are, with all
the love in the world,
Your own little baby.
SCHERMERHORN & MURPHY.
Per "Bunny.”
* • • •
Mr. Eric. B. Plewtkomb.
President, The First National Bank.
Calabash. Iowa.
Big Boy: Well, after those wonderful days at the
beach I am back again in the city and we are de
sirous of obtaining a loan of $50,000 for 60 days, the
same to be secured by first mortgages on our prop
erties.
If you could see fit to let us have this money by
the 10th it would be a great favor and I feel awfully
embarrassed because there is still a red mark on my
neck where you kissed me that night. Oh. what a
lover you are. my wonder boy!
We will arrange the necessary security upon hear
ing from you and we are pleased to state that my
nose is still peeling and I am still sore from that
awful sunburn I got.
Trusting you will favor us with the loan and
thanking you for the fraternity pin, which you gave
us and which we wear all the time. we are.
You know who.
Per Schermerhorn & Murphy.
P. S.—Ooodles of kisses.
I ‘ ----s —*-- •. ......
By HERBERT C. PLUMMER
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.—In east Washington,
near the Anacostia river between Potomac and Penn
sylvania avenues, lies 314 acres of ground—the
gloomiest spot in the national capital, yet one of the
most historic.
It is off the beaten track of tourists. Unless the
visitor knows about the place and expresses a desire
to go there it more than likely will go unnoticed.
Since 1807 the place has been known as the Con
gressional cemetery. Within are buried some of the
most illustrious people in the history of this country.
It is hard to Imagine an enclosure more gloomy.
Located in the vicinity of an almshouse and a work
house. even the surrounding neighborhood is one that
definitely depresses.
The vestry of Christ church in Washington found
ed the Congressional cemetery in 1807. when it issued
an appeal for funds to provide a place for interment
of the bodies of the prominent men in national life
who attended services there.
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MARKERS FOR ALL
The original idea was to put up a stone for every
member of congress who died during his term of of
fice, whether he was to be burled there or not. Thir
teen United States senators, including William Pink
ney of Maryland, and approximately 60 representa
tives were buried there.
In 1876 congress took cognizance of the rapid rate
in which the cemetery was being filled up. Conse
quently, in that year a law was passed prohibiting the
erection of cenotaphs to members of congress unless
their bodies were actually interred there. Some 176
cenotaphs had been placed there. 100 of which were
for government officials and 76 for senators and rep
resentatives.
A stroll through these 314 acres and one will run
across the graves of men who have 1c ig since been
forgotten, but who during their life played an impor
tant part in the history of this country.
Tobias Lear, the long trusted private secretary
of George Washington, was buried there after he had
committed suicide.
• * • •
TWO IN SAME GRAVE
The bodies of Captain Beverley and Abel Upshur,
secretary of state, lie in the same grave, resting ex
actly as they died in the explosion of the U. 8. S.
Princeton.
Push Ma Ta Ha. the famous Choctaw Indian chief,
rests there. He was a member of the delegation of
his people who came to Washington in 1824. On
Christmas eve he died of croup in the capital. ” His
last words. “When I am gone, let the big guns be
fired over me.” are inscribed on his tomb.
William Wirt, who wrote “The Life of Patrick
Henrv” and was attorney general of the United States
from 1817 to 1820, is burled there.
George Clinton, an early governor of New York
and vice president of the United States, also rests
there.
One of the most Interesting graves is that of a
Count Gurowski. He was the husband of the Infanta
of Spain and was a figure in civil war days. Gurow
ski was intimately known to the diplomatic corps and
was generally deemed a spy. His body lies under a
crested stone.
There are many others. Frederick William III.
king of Prussia, ordered a monument erected over the
grave of his resident minister, the Chevalier Freder
ick Grehun, who died in 1823, which may still be seen.
Prime Minister MacDonald is in complete control
—as long as he can please his own party and the Lib
erals and Conservatives—Indianapolis News.
The president expects ten lawyers to tell him how
to make people live up to the law so they won't need
any lawyers.—Miami News*
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READ Tins FIRST:
Charlotte Chatterton, whose nick
name is Chatty, is a born gossip
and busybody. She loses her job
in Mrs. Mayberry's hat shop be
cause she talks too much.
Her widowed mother, Mrs. Har
riet Chatterton. a dressmaker, has
one wealthy customer. Mrs. Van
Nuys. an old friend. Through her
Chatty gets a position in the files
department of Mr. Van Nuys’ bond
house, down town. There she meets
and falls in love with David Jor
dan. a good looking bond salesman,
whom she once saw buying flowers
for a pretty girl in a shop near Mrs.
Mayberry's millinery.
Billie Langenau, head of the files
department, says that sometimes
Dave Jordan takes Agnes Herford,
Mr. Van Nuys' secretary, to lunch,
und Chatty sees them together and
is jealous of Agnes. Then Winnie
Talcott. a stenographer, tells Chatty
i that Agnes has an occasional lunch
| 'date'' with Mr. Van Nuys. too, and
Chatty plans to let Mrs. Van Nuys
know about it. But her mother for
bids her to speak of it, ever.
Chatty unearths another office
scandal. Billie Langenau and Sara,
her sister, come to live across the
hall from the Chatterton*. Sara
tells Chatty that Billie is separated,
but not divorced, from a man
named Brewster. Later Billie tells
Chatty that, although she goes
around with Oeorge Mayhew, an
other of Van Nuvs’ salesmen, lie
knows nothing of her marriage, and
that there is no reason for her
telling him. because he is not in
love with her. However, Dave Jor
dan, who has begun to make love
to Chatty, tells her that Mayhew
is very much in love with Billie.
Chatty discovers that Pud. her
young brother, is selling alcohol in
Ben Tomlinson’s drug store, where
he works afternoons and evenings,
and i ?gs him not to. He says that
Winnie Talcott has bought gin and
alcohol from Tomlinson for months.
One Sunday Chatty and Dave
drive out into the country to meet
Oeorge Mayhew and Billie for a
picnic. On the way out Chatty for
gets promise to Billie and tells
Dave that Billie is a married
woman.
(Now Go On With the Story)
• * •
Dave Jordan was one of those
wonderful people who know how to
mind their own business.
And so he said nothing at all
when Chatty stopped short In the
middle of what she waa telling him
about Billie Langenau's marriage.
She could not even be sure that
he had heard her.
For he was passing & gasoline
truck on the left side of the road
with great style and speed, and he
did not even turn to look at her
until they were head of it.
Then he gave her a quick smile.
“I oiled and greased "The Pride of
America’ last night,” he said, “so
you'd have a fast, smooth ride to
day. Pretty soon, after I sell a few
more bonds. I'm going to surprise
myself and buy a new car.”
Chatty nodded, smoothing dowm
the dark blue folds of her dress, as
they billowed in the wind. “Billie
told me that you boys who sell
bonds can't afford many cars and
such luxuries the first few years
you're in the business,” she said,
glad that they had changed the
subject so easily. "She says that
after five years or so you know a
lot of people who buy bonds from
you—and that then you make
plenty of money. It's just the be
ginning that’s so hard.”
Dave Jordan grinned. “All Jobs
are the same,” he answered. "If
you hustle, you’re bound to make
a lot of money—that is, if you have
any luck at all. Half of the time
we fellows down at the office don’t
half hustle . . . You see, most of
us aren’t married, and we can make
plenty of money for ourselves with
out breaking our necks—”
Chatty interrupted him. When
ever she had something important
to say she always started right in
to say It, no matter who was talk
ing.
“Billie says that if—well, if
George Mayhew wanted to get mar
ried, for instance, had have to
marry a girl with lots ol money or
else his wife wold have to work to
keep up their home,” she said
firmly.
But just as firmly Dave Jordan
said: “No, that's not true.”
“Billie’s mistaken about that,” he
went on, shaking his red head that
seemed redder than usual in the
brilliant sunshine. “George is mak
ing plenty of money right now to
keep up a home. It wouldn't be
exactly a palace, of course, any
more than any home I could sup
port just now would be a palace.”
For a minute or two Chatty’s
brain was filled with the vision of
the home Dave Jordan would have
She could see him, just as he w’ould
look, sitting in his shirt sleeves,
reading the evening newspaper un
der the warm, bright glow of a
lamp.
"Any girl would be glad to marry
YOU. I should think—even if she
had to live in one room in a base
ment!” Chatty could have bitten
off her tongue the instant the
words were out of her mouth.
She blushed deeply, and hurried
to say something more: “What I
mean is—that if a man is very
nice, and lots of fun to be with—
well, do you think all girls are
crazy about money? Do you think
girls ever really marry for money?”
He nodded. “Sure—I know the7
do,” htf said gravely. “I ve known
r a long time, and
other day that
she wouldn’t think of getting mar
ried unless the man in the case was
making ten thousand dollars a year.
And she meant it!”
• O—o—” Chatty’s voice was very
small and soft.
Something told her that the girl
who wouldn't think of marrying a
man unless he was making ten
thosand dollars a year was the girl
she had seen with Dave Jordan on
Easter Saturday morning, going
into Taliman’s flower shop . . . And
evidently Dave had asked her to
marry him, and she had turned him
down because he wasn’t making
enough money to suit her.
“And that’s why he’s free to
spend his Sundays with me,” she
told herself. ’’That’s probably why
he kissed me the other night—be
cause he can't kiss her any more.
I’m just filling in for her—” For
a second bitterness flooded her
heart. Then she forgot it in the
lock that Dave gave her suddenly,
with a quick turn of his handsome
head.
“You’re a sweet kid,” he said to
her in his brisk, slangy way. “I
hope you’re going to let me see a
lot of you this summer. Well
• gipsy’ together on Sundays in the
Pride of America, won’t we? I hate
to spend a Sunday in town in the
summer, don’t you?”
Chatty always had spent all of
hers there, without thinking much
about it. But now she nodded her
head vigorously. “I always like the
country,” she said, "even when it
rains—even when it’s full of spiders
and ants and ‘Please Keep Out’
j signs.”
1 They were in the country now.
“Agnes,” she said, “you know you’re in love with him!”
Health and Right Living
BY BOYAL S. COPELAND. M. D
Former Commissioner of Health -
It was atatad at a convention a
while ago that considerably more
than two billion dollars is spent an
nually for powder, cold cream, per
fumes, lipsticks and other aids to
beauty and personal attraction. It
it is true, it represents a sum of
money equal to that spent for auto
mobiles. It is more than a quarter
of the entire proceeds from the
farms of America. It would pay the
national debt in a few years.
Eighteen million boxes of rouge
and seven million dollars' worth of
hair dye were purchased by our
wives and sweethearts. All this ma
terial was used to camouflage youth
and health.
It is a perfectly laudable ambition
for a woman to look her best. She
isn't to be blamed for this. On the
contrary, she is to be commended
for her decent sense of self-respect.
I have no objections to cosmetcs
as such. Most of them are perfect
ly harmless things. Of course,
there are certain hair dyes which
are not safe to use. But most
creams, powders and rouges are
compounded of simple and harmless
Ingredients.
The objection I have to cosmetics
is that they are too commonly ap
plied as a substitute for the color
and clearness of the skin that
health guarantees. Too often they
are used to cover up defects which
the regular use of soap and water
would remove.
Every girl wants red lips, pink
cheeks, good teeth, firm muscles,
sparkling eyes, hair of lustre, and a
skin which is sweet to smell and
pleasant to touch. She wants them
as a girl and, as she grows older,
she never gets over wanting them
When she gets past middle life she
weeps if she doe not retain them.
The chemists and beauty experts
have done wonders. They have
| placed at the disposal of the fair
sex boxes and tubes. Jars and pen
cils, all the paraphernalia to Imitate
youth and vigor. So much for that!
Simple and well-chosen food,
plenty of wate to drink and for
bathing, sunlight and fresh air, ex
ercise and regular habits—these are
the things which will cut down the
cosmetic bill. There is no color like
the color of red bloow showing
I through the transparent skin of
perfect health. This color comes
from no pot or tube. It Is the re
sult of the chemistry of Nature
more perfect than the product of
any human chemist, no matter how
clever he may be.
But if I were a girl and didn’t
have what Nature is willing to give.
I should contribute my share to the
two billions for cosmetics. And the
ladies—bless their dear hearts—they
will buy them anyhow.
ANSWERS TO HEALTH QUERIES
A. B. Q—What treatment do
you advise for arthritis?
A —Massage, baking, mud baths.
X-ray, electricity and vaccines all
have their value. The teeth, tonsils,
slmuses, glands, intestines and kid
neys are all possible points of Infec
tion when looking for the source of
the trouble.
• • •
A. M. Q.—I become breathless
when I walk up a few flights of
stairs. Is this a sign of a weak
heart?
A.—Have your heart examined.
• • •
L. W. Q —Would an over-devel
oped brain in a child cause menin
gitis?
2—Are plants injurious to the
health if kept in the sleeping room?
A—No.
2—Not if the room is ventilated.
• • •
C. M Q —Is the climate in Ala
bama good for a patient troubled
The green rolling land spread out
on either side of the road like
yards and yards of green silk, and
above it the sky was as blue as
Chinese enamel.
At the comer of the turnpike
Billie and George were waiting for
them, their car drawn up beside a
field of timothy.
"There’s a swimming pool under
the trees on the other side of this
field," George called to them, as
(Continued on page 12.)
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with catarrh and sip us trouble? ^
A.—Yes.
• • •
M. 8. Q —What causes Itching o*
the body?
A.—This may be due to constipa
tion, intestinal disturb ces, auto
intoxication or a nervous condition. -
Send self-addressed, stamped enve
lope for further particulars and re
peat your question.
• • *
R. D. Q—What are the symp
toms of high blood pressure.
A.—Flushing of the face, nose
bleeds, dizziness and pains in the
head.
• • •
M. T. Q—What causes head
aches?
A —The common causes of head
ache are eye strain, infected teeth,
tonsils and slmuses, constipation,
Indigestion, auto-intoxication, high
blood pressure, kidney conditions or
catarrh.
• • •
E. W. Q.-What should a girl
weigh who is sixteen years old ana
five feet four inches tall?
2—How can I reduce?
A.—For her age and height she
should weigh about 120 pounds.
2—Weight reduction is merely a
matter of self-control as regards the
diet. For other information sena a
self-addressed, stamped envelope
and repeat your question.
Who am I? What office do I
hold? Whom did I succeed?
Who Is the emperor of Japanf
Around the walls of what city did
the children of Israel march seven
times blowing their trumpets, ac
cording to the Bible?
“Jesus said unto him. If thou
canst believe, all things arc possible
to him that believeth.” Where is
this passage found in the Bible?
Today’s Horoscope *
Persons born on this day are lov
ers of Justice. They have high aims
and aspirations.
STAR LORE
The Square of Pegasus
By Arthur DeV. Carpenter
Early In August the novitiate in
star lore should take his Barton's
Guide to the Constellations, or
some other convenient star map for
August, and locate the Square of
Pegasus, which is then above the
eastern horizon. The star in the
left-hand comer of the Square Is m
Alphcratz and really belongs to the y
constellation Andromeda. TMPOR- *
TANT—A line drawn from the
North Star through Alnheratz. and
continued to the star at the eastern
comer of the Souare. is nearly on
the first circle of rieht nvenslon of
the Pelestml sphere. It is v rv im
portant to get this circle located in
the sky. for all astronomers use It
for reference.
(More Tomorrow!
Answer* to Foregoing Questions
1. Aristide Briand; premier of
Prance: Ravmond Poincare.
2. Hirohito.
3. Jericho.
4. St. Mark. lx. 23.
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1911 1929
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