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Wizard Edison’s Choice
Thomas A. Edison, one of the foremost citizens of
the world, selected the winner of his scholarship con
test. Wilber B. Huston of Seattle. Wash., made the
high grade. Wilber is 16. He is the son of Bishop
and Mrs. S. A. Huston of the state of Washington.
Young Huston Is a product of the public and pri
vate schools. He is described as always being more
Interested in science than in the classics. His lack of
Interest in languages was a great disappointment to
his father.
It was not until the youngster got into physics,
chemistry and mathematics that he began to wake
• up. It was then that his bishop father, sorely dis
appointed, so the story goes, decided “to let the boy
find himself."
Well, the son found himself. He is the official
protege of Thomas A. Edison, who was a Detroit
newspaper boy at the early age of 11 and never saw
the inside of a college as a student.
Wilber B. Huston was the youngest of nine youths
In the state contest for the Edison contest. He was
graduated from high school In Seattle last June.
He Is deeply interested In marine biology. He Is
interested in submarine flora. He is a photography
enthusiast and has many of his pictures printed in
rotogravure sections.
Chosen out of the field of competitors from 48
states and out of the District of Columbia young Hus
ton will spend the next four years at the Massachu
setts Institute of Technology, the school of his choice,
with all expenses paid by the Wizard of Menlo Park.
He wrote an answer for every question submitted
which will be kept on file for future reference. This
was one of his answers: “I said I would sacrifice com
fort to achieve success."
This was the question: “Which would you sacrifice ,
to achieve success—honor, health, happiness, love,
comfort or reputation?"
Boys of today should read his reply. They should
take It home. He Is willing to sacrifice comfort to
achieve success, and why not?
There is no royal road to greatness and success is
the acme of greatness. It is the willing worker, an .
Intelligent thinker determined to win a place in the
sun, who makes the grade over all competitors.
Cost of Producing Wool and
Mohair
Texas sheep and goat raisers have real competitors
In their industry. At the Del Rio meeting Judge
Belcher stated that It cost less to produce wool in
Argentina, “our second most important comoetitor.
7 than it does in Australia and in South Africa the cost
is still less."
Mexico is a competitor: Indeed, the judge said that
the Aztec republic Is coming to the front as a dan
gerous rival. His words: “We all know that land can
| be bought In Mexico at 50 cents an acre is comparable
| to land on this side of the Rio Grande river that can
K not be bought at less than $8. while labor charge in
this country is more than double that of Mexico."
Almost to a man the wool and mohair producers
are protectionists: they are democrats, and Congress
man Claude B. Hudspeth, a democrat, is their politi
cal idol. Now if the republican tariff makers pinch
the sheep and goat man where will they go if they
desert the democratic reservation?
Tk® Oiac® Owr |
By a L PHILLIPS
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THE MAIL-ORDER AUTO
A mail order automobile is to be put on the mar
ket. It wiU cost only $200, l. o. b. your local post
office. It will have no springs, no axles or chassis,
thus eliminating 5,783 squeaks at the outset and sav
ing great wear and tear on postal employes' nerves.
But the millenium will not arrive until an owner can
get gas from penny-ln-the-slot machines.
The car, the smallest on the market, has been pro
duced and found successful You will soon find it in
the catalogue of a big mail order house between the
"Complete Fishing Kit (No. 36789)” and the •'Man’s
Cardigan Jacket (No. 45,692).” You order it by num
ber and await results. When you hear the door bell
ring you know you have become a car owner.
The inventor feels that he has brought the motor
car within the reach of all persons with postoffice
addresses.
This is the era of the demi-tasse automobile. Ev
erywhere you look you see the roads all cluttered up
with oversized motor cans engaged in the exasperating
pastime of getting in one another's way. When the
road is clogged with elephants, a mouse has all the
best of traffic.
The mail order boiler will weigh so little that when
a man tires of it he can throw it over the fence into
his neighbor's ash can. This saves him the trouble
of driving 40 miles and leaving his old car on the
lawn of some perfect stranger.
It is so small it will practically eliminate the park
ing problem. The owner driving to town for a shave
can pick his limousine up. carry it into the barber
shop and put it in the rack with the shaving mugs.
It will be mailed in a box. which can be used as a
garage. This gives the buyer practically everything
but running water. 25 feet of hose, a sponge and the
usual dirty rags. *
It will be a cash proposition, although a big fight
for a time payment plan is expected from the goober
who would like to pay 25 cents down and 25 cents a
week.
The big argument is expected when the time comes
for a trade-in. After a man has tooled a $200 bus
through modern traffic two or three years its second
hand value is going to be a matter for warm debate.
"What will you allow me on the old model?” the
owner will ask.
"What year is it?”
"Year before last, and in as poor shape as the day
I bought it.”
"I think we can safely allow you $1 39 if you order
a new car.”
"What? $1.39? Don't be silly. I can take it down
to the Ford agency and get $1.40 for it right now.”
"Why don't you?”
"Because all four tires are practically new and I
figure they make the car worth five cents more of
anybodys money.”
*;Are the tires all in good shape?”
"Look at 'em!”
"Well. then. Ill stretch a point and allow you $1 42
if you act at once.”
"Make it a dollar forty-three cents, and the deal
is closed."
"Nope, but I'll tell you what I’ll do. seeing it's you.
I'll give you $1.42 and a cigarette that’s been smoked
only half way down.”
"Fair enough.’
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ZEP CROSSING COMFORT
One of the charms of a Zep crossing must be that
there is no time for a ship's concert.
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Soon you will be hearing from the tourist who
loudly boasts that he has made 26 Zep crossings.
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The Standard Oil company is to sell hot dogs at
its filling stations. This will probably mean that the
frankfurter and roll will be subject to daily price
fluctuations.
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FILLING STATION DIALOGUE
Motorist (whose two children want hot dogs): All
hots, please.
Attendant: How many?
Motorist: Fill ’em up..
girls never win. If only he would apply that reason
ing to the Caesar complex.—Toronto Star.
A grouch suffers in some ways, but- he always i
knows where his lawn-mower is.—Illinois State-Rcg- ;
ister.
Mr. Hoover criticized A1 Smith so vigorously in the
course of the late unpleasanntess for believing in i
state socialism that we guess the $500,000,000 farm
relief plan must be some other kind.—Ohio State
Journal.
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READ THIS FIRST:
Charlotte Chatterton. nicknamed i
Chatty, is a born gossip. She loses 1
her job in Mrs. Mayberry's millinery
shop because she talks too much.
Her mother, a dressmaker, has
Nuys, an old Iriends. Through her
Chatty gets a Job In the files de
partment of Mr. Van Nuy's bond
house downtown. There she falls in
love with Dave Jordan, a young
bond salesman, and he begins to
pay her a great deal of attention.
Billie Langenau, in charge of the
files, tells Chatty that Dave never
pays any attention to any of the
girls in the office except Agnes Her
ford. Mr. Van's secretary. When
Chatty repeats what Billie said, she
adds a lie of her own to it—and
says that Billie told her that Dave
and Agnes were in love with each
other. Agnes threatens to tell Mr.
Van that Billie has been gossiping
about her. and Chatty determines
to stop her if she can.
Finally she steals Agnes’ de^k
keys and goes through her desk,
trying to find a note she has seen
Dave hand to her. The note is in
hocent enough, but Chatty finds
Agnes’ diary while she is hunting
for it—and in the diary is the
whole story of Agnes’ love for Mr.
Van. Chatty tears out the pages
at home that night and sends them
to Mrs .Van. Agnes does not dis
cover the theft at once.
Billie and her sister. Sara, come
to live across the hall from the
Chattertons, and Chatty learns that
she is separated, but still married
to a man named Brewster. How
ever. no one knows this, including
George Mayhew, a bond salesman,
who is in love with Billie. Billie
insists that she feels only friend
ship for George, but one night
when Chatty reports that she has
seen him out with another girl,
Billie bursts into tears.
Chatty has a 4 date” for that same
evening with Dave Jordan, and Bil
lie. who is kindness itself, always
helps her dress fur it Chatty is
ashamed of the little flat where she
lives with her mother and young
brother. Pud. She is particularly
ashamed of Pud. who works after
noons and evenings in Tomlinson's
drug store, helpmg the owner sell
alcohol and gin. Chatty has begged
him not to do this, especially since
she knows that he sells his goods
to Winnie Talcott. a stenographer
at the office. So far she has kept
Pud out of the room when Dave is
at toe flat.
tNcw Go On With the Story)
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CHAPTER XVI
Once again the front room was in
apple pie order for the coming «:f
•‘Chatty’s young man.” as Mrs.
Chatterton had begun to call David
Jordan already.
Swelling with the pride that ev
ery mother feels when her daughter
is having her first love affair, she
had gone to work that day to make
the little place look its very best—
and it did look it now, as Chatty
stood in the doorway, taking it in
with pleased and happy eyes.
The curtains had been “done up"
and they were white as snowdrifts
in the windows. The sewing ma
chine was hidden'away in the
closet off the hall. There was a
strip of flowery new silk under the
lamp that glowed on the table m
the middle of the room. A wood
fire sang and crackled in the brass
rodried grate.
“And that’s the very place to put
Agnes’ diary!” The thought struck
Chatty suddenly, as she stood there
looking at it. “In two minutes it'll
be nothing but smoke going up the
chimney—and there won't be a sin
gle thing anywhere to prove that I
took that diary!”
All day long the diary—or what
was left of it—had lain under a
pile of neatly-folded undergar
ments in the bottom drawer of the
dresser in the bedroom.
And all day long Chatty had wor
“My d iary—somebody's torn out part of it!"
ried about it. wondering if her
mother would go into that drawer
and find it before she got home.
“I never should have put it there
last night—and then forgotten it
this morning.” Chatty told herself,
as she opened the door of the bed
room.
Mrs. Chatterton stood before the
dresser, brushing her hair and
twisting it up in the old-fashioned
pempador that she always wore.
“I’m afraid I can't stay to say
‘Good evening’ to your young man.
Chatty,” she said, turning away
from the glass for a moment. ‘ Kate
Van Nuys telephoned just a couple
of minutes ago and asked me to
come oveo to her house . . , She
sounded as if she were in trouble
of some sort, and she's sending her
car after me.”
Chatty's heart began to pound
like a little trip hammer in her
breast.
She knew, of course, what Mrs.
Van's trouble was. She knew thai
she had read the part of the diary
that she had sent her—and that
she was taking the news of Mr.
Van's friendship with Agnes hard.
Her eyes flew to the bottom draw
er of the old dresser. It was closed,
thank goodness. *Im safe.” she
thought, “but I'll have to burn that
thing the minute mother leaves the
house!”
8he remembered that it had Ag
nes' name written neatly upon the
flyleaf.
“And mother's so honest, that if
she kncvM'd taken that diary she'd
tell Mrs. Van that I had—as soon
as she found out that Mrs. Van had
the pages I tore out of it ” Chatty
went on thinking.
But her lace was as expression
less as a mask, as she helped her
mother with her dressing.
“Maybe Mrs. Van's sick. You'd
better hurry, mother!” she said.
“And as soon as you're ready, why
don’t you run downstairs and wait
for the automobile In the street?
It’ll save time.”
Anything to get her mother out
of the flat before Dave Jordan ar
rived! Anything to have the five
minutes alone she needed to get the
diary out of the drawer and into
the fireplace! Anything!
“Indeed, I'm not going down into
any street to wait for a chuuiiear
with a car!” Mrs. Chatterton toid
her. “I'll stay right here until, the
bell rings. It won’t take me thirty
seconds to get down those stairs!*’
She was putting on her hat when
the bell finally did ring at exactly
seven.
The instant she was out of the
room Chatty had the bottom draw
er open and the black covered book
in her hands. She was on her way
to the front room with it when she
heard Dave Jordan's voice:
"How do you do, Mrs. Chatter
I ton?"
With a groan Chatty backed into
the bedroom.
Her handbag lay open on the
bed beside the pair of clean, white
chamoisette gloves that her mother
h. d washed out for her. She had
just time to slip the diary into it
before Mrs. Chatterton came hur
rying back into the room to tell her
that her "young man" had come
for her.
As Chatty started down the nar
row hall to the front room, Pud
came to the door of his own room
He stood there, looking at her, and
as she passed him he spoke to her
in a hoarse whisper:
"Is that big Whozis of yours
here again?"
‘Sssli!" said Chatty, and she
nedded her head. "Be careful—
he’ll hear you!”
Pud cocked his eye at her. "I
thought he was here. That's why
I came in here instead of goin’ into
the front room—because you’re
ashamed of me."
In spite of his loud necktie, his
wide-striped sjiirt, and his long
pants. Pud was only fifteen—and
Chatty could see that he was hurt.
"I’m not ashamed of you—I'm
ashamed of what you’re doing down
at Ben Tomlinson’s store!" she
whispered to him, fiercely. “You
were out late again last night with
him—and if it doesn't stop I'm go
ing to report Ben to the ’dry
agent' down town.”
She went on down the hall, think
ing that Pud was the skeleton in
the closet of the Chatterton house
. . . just as there is a skeleton in
every house in the world. Someone
or something that every family is
ashamed of.
But by the time she reached the
door of the front room she was
smiling as if she hadn't a dark se
cret or a trouble in the whole
world.
She held out both of her hands
to him. "It's so wonderfully nice
to see you TWICE in one day!’’ she
told him, and she gave a little sigh
that was the softest, happiest sound
she had ever made in her life.
And she was happy that night!
For monfhs afterward she looked
bark on that night with Dave Jor
dan the way we look back at the
1
1 -w ^
Although the weather was cold
and somewhat backward this year,
there were many people brave
enough to venture into the water
even in the very early spring. Mast
of these venturesome ones know
how to swim, but even among good
swimmers accidents often occur.
One may have a severe cramp in
the leg, or other part of the body;
a sudden sinking spell, or perhaps
an acute heart attack as a result
of going into the water too soon
after eating. Any one of these ac
cidents may result in tragedy, or
near tragedy. Every summer has
its quota of accidents from drown
ing or some other water hazard.
At the first news of drowning,
send for a doctor and a pulmotor.
You must not trust to your own
efforts, but make use of them only
until a more experienced person ar
rives on the scene.
As soon as a person who has
been submerged for any period of
time is brought from the water, im
mediate steps should be taken to re
store him. Perhaps these sugges
tions will be helpful:
1. Do not waste time removing
clothing.
2. Place the victim face down
ward on the ground, with a folded
coat or any other garment under
his chest.
3. Kneel at one side of the pa
tient's body, facing his head.
4. Place the hands on the lower
ribs and bear the weight of your
body forward to produce pressure
on his chest.
5. Raise your body to relieve pres
sure and relief until natural res
piration has been resumed.
7. When normal breathing begins
again, turn the victim on his face,
rub briskly, always toward the
heart, give stimulants, and as soon
as possible get him to bed. Cover
with hot blankets and surround
him with hot water bottles. Be
careful not to burn the unconscious
person.
Harsh handling must be avoided
Rolling over a barrel is too crude
ana a rough thing to do. The gen
tle method here described is much
to be preferred.
Bear in mind that the purpose of
your treatment is to get air into
the lungs. You must be sure the
mouth is free from mud and weeds,
and that no false teeth are there [
to obstruct breathing. The tongue
should be well forward.
The pressure and relief should be
so timed as to give twelve or four- I
teen oreaths per minute. Don’t get
excited and overdo your move
ments.
Don’t give up. Keep at your
efforts for an hour or more. There
is no greater satisfaction than to
hear that first voluntary gasp for
air. You wfill be amazed at your
exultation.
There is no finer exercise than
swimming. For those who indulge,.
I doubt if there is a more enjoy- j
able one. But every swimmer'
should be well versed in resusciat-1
mg one less fortunate than him
self.
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ANSWERS TO HEALTH QUERIES
A. C. Q.—What foods should be
included in a growing girl’s diet?
A.—Milk, cream, fresh egg?,
plenty of green vegetables, fresh
and stewed fruit. Meat once a day
is essential. Drink two or three
glasrei of wa'.er between meals.
H. P. Q.—How can I gain in
weight?
2. —Is cod-liver oil fattening? How
much should be taken?
3. —What should a woman weigh
summer sunshine on some bleak,
gray day in winter.
"I’m going to take you out to that
funny little inn, where I took you
last night,” he said to her when
they were in the gray, snub-nosed
roadster and leaving the town be
hind them.
“To the Lollypop Inn?” asked
Chatty, cheerfully. “I don t think
it’s funny. I think it’s a sweet lit
tle darling place!”
Dave chuckled. "You wouldn't
think so if you could see it late on
Saturday night, some time.” he said
"It's about the wildest little luna
tic asylum then that you'd ever
wish to see—”
"Let’s go out and see it. then,
some Saturday night!” Chatty clap
ped her hands like an excited child
"I’ve never seen a really wild place
in my life—and I’m dying to!”
Dave Jordan shook his head.
“No—I'm not going to take you to
any wild scenes anywhere.” he said
soberly. "You see. Chatty, one rea
son I like you so much is that
you're not like some of these girls
who’ve painted and powdered and
smoked and run around since the
time they were fifteen. You're dif
ferent. You're decent and you’re
sweet . ,
"You sound like a reformer on
a lecture tour,” cried Chatty, and
6he began to giggle because the
didn't want Dave to set: how ser
iously she was taking ail this that
he told her ... how much his opin
ion of her mattered to her.
"Never mmd how I sound! You
listen to me!” Dave Jordan an
swered in his bluff, quick way.
“You're attractive because there's
nothing ‘wild,’ as you call it, about
you. Chatty.”
“Am I attractive to you?”
In the darkness Dave Jordan put
out his left arm and drew her close
against him. "I'm afraid you are,”
he said quietly, “I’m afraid I'm
falling in love with you. What am
I to do about it?"
Chatty sighed. "I thought you
were m love with the girl who
wouldn't marry anybody but a ten
thousand dollar a year man,” she
murmured, wistfully. "That girl i
saw you buying flowers for on Eas
ter Saturday. You go to see her
sometimes, don’t you?"
There was silence between them
for a minute or two. "I won't sec
her any more if you don’t want me
to,” Dave Jordan said, and Chatty
couldn't believe her cars.
She kept thinking it over, nestling
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who is 21 years old and 5 feet
inches tall?
A.—Proper dieting and deep
b:eathing is the secret. You should
eat nourishing foods and have
pic. ty of sleep and rest. For full
particulars send a self-addressed,
stamped envelope and repeat your
question.
2.—Yes. Try taking a tablespoon
after each meal.
3 —For her age and height she
should weigh about 124 pounds.
J. M. Q—How much should a
girl aged 14, 5 feet 8 inches tall
weigh.
A —-She should weigh about 13Q
pounds.
R. T. Q—Is it harmful for girlg
to smoke?
A.—Yes, certainly, if In excess.
C. R. Q.—What is the cause >f
my right shoulder being slightly
lower than the left.
2. —Do you think one dozen small
manges a day would be harmful?
3. —What should a girl weigh whd
is 22 years old and 5 feet 5 inches
tali?
A.—You probably have a loose
ligament. Try wearing a shoulder
brace for a short time.
2—No, not if you eat a well-bal
anced diet along with the oranges.
3.—For ht. age and height s..e
should weigh about 130 pounds.
S. D. Q.—Do you advise treat
ment lor perspiring feet?
A.—Yes. For full particulars send
a self-addressed, stamped envelope
and repeat your question.
Who am I? Of what state am I
governor? To what party do I
belong?
What is meant by ‘ halcyon days?"
The discoveries of what American
inventor made possible the cheap
commercial manufacture of alumi
num?
‘‘And before him shall be gathered
all nations: and he shall separate
them one from another, as a shep
herd divideth his sheep from the
goats.” Where is this passage found
in the Bible?
Today’s Horoscope
Persons born on this day are fiery
tempered, but they soon recapture
their good humor. They can be led,
but not driven.
Star LoreV
Job’s Coffin
By Arthur DeV. Carpenter
Do not allow the summer to pas*
without a good look at the con
stellation Delphlnus (Dolphin). It
begins to be in good position for
seeing in the eastern evening sky
in August. Someone long ago
named Delphlnus Jobs' Coffin, and
it continues to be an amusing little
group of stars to the south of Cyg
nus and northeast of Aquilla. It has
five stars in the diamond plainly
noticeable, and a sixth star outside.
Someone has facetiously said that
from the arrangement of the two
stars at the foot of the coffin. Job
must have had one leg shorter than
the other, so the coffin was built to
fit.
(More Tomorrow)
Answers to Foregoing Questions
1. John Hammill: Iowa: Republi
can.
2. Quiet, peaceful days.
3. Charles M. Hall.
4. St. Matthew, xxv, 32.
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