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n J si r nc at Eat nf Man Hit. CUM r3 misa co, Tiuuwri ran I JaweUlal Prats M Mdulvcly Mttkl te Wr(niUcatta af all aeae diepatehea eredtud te W M wlwiln arednad la late saner aaa alas She BMP aefcttafcas a ire la, . " Vatta rmi Leased Win Bepert. fnsber Aad Bcreaa of circvdations. ; W Terk Ote X. C Wataea. SM IUtB At AUea. 1836 Peoples Bids. 139RS9AX. SEPTEMBER 1, 130. ; tkt Anus ef . , !m mlt-'ti tVuan? 1lktl" " vV'. Bread. fc. Tha world need sot co hungry this winter. The world has plenty of wheat to feed itself. All that is needed is sufficient intelligence to gat the wheat to the places where it is needed t order that SMS may have bread enough and to spare. '' ' 5 'The International Institute of Agriculture it Rome reports from figures it has gathered feat there were on April 1, 1920, a total of &500.M0 metric tons of wheat and rye avail able for shipment from the grain exporting countries of the world (6,000,000 tons in North America, 3,200,000 in South America, and 1,300, tbO In Australia). This, be it noted, takes no amount of Russian wheat, which is not con sidered available. 1 1 The countries that have to import wheat and m to feed their neonle. will reauire be tween April 1 and the periods of their respec tive harvests 8,100,000 metric tons. ! Consequently, jt Is apparent that the stocks at thl beginning of April were sufficient not obly Ho supply all requirements up to harvest ,il I Jl ,l. ...w.t..... k.4..l...... I. . 1 , , ltove a surplus available in the coming season. Oa the basis of the figures presented, this sur plus was 2,400,000 metric tons on Aug. 1., ' Earth and rain and sun have done their duty. U is up to mankind to make sure the taanltft. ' a guard. We all toeaw (hat away t wanness at tf karate wit toed and doUbU sad information trickles Cat from tfcJs to time that spec- -'. alators hare overplayed their game; that ' - f they have overloaded; that many of that will be victims at their own greed end will Had themselves obliged to disgorge at a loss. Bat will they? Fire insur- , aace for a yen put ha been, written on . . inflated valuations and. the insurance companies are frankly disturbed. , We hsve some pity for a. man al-' though we cannot condone the act who, ( having Invested his all inan honest busi . . ness venture and tailed is driven to des-. perstion and the-corch. bnt we can have no consideration for the conscienceless scoundrel who withholds necessities from his fellow citizens and burns them when the market blasts his unholy venture. . Justice demands that all such find re pose in the penitentiaries for the maxi ; mum sentences. ' Let us therefore pre pare -now to meet this emergency,. Some lines are showing a tendency to drop. ' Every suspicious fire should he scrutin ised mora carefully than ever before. Every fire chief should work in closest cooperation with the fire marshal of this stale and the best efforts of both should be brought to bear to see that the prison doors await those deserving them. The foregoing is not printed for the pur pose of suggesting dishonest methods to some who might not otherwise have thought of them, but raiher to warn those who need no prompt ing in such matters that state and local author ities, as well as the insurance companies, are keeping an eye on their actions and liquida tion by the incendiary route may not be as easy or as safe as ii looks. , The Temptation to Incendiarism. Illinois fire chiefs have been warned to be on the lookout for evidences of incendiarism in cases where business stocks are - destroyed. 8tate Fire Marshal John G. Camber has suspi cions that dealers, caught overstocked when prices start to decline, may show a disposition to put themselves in the way of collecting fire Insurance, based on original costs, rather taa hold goods, while they depreciate in value. UBlainlng the situation the fire marshal said: I. Curing the last year or two incen-, -1 diary fires have been few. Business has , i been too good because of the high price , "l levels. There are hundreds, probably i thousands of firms and individuals who (Cannot stand a sharp break in prices. Their tmfltA ar htlilt nn Inflatlnn Th.. 1 include many factories, which were I equipped during the war or since, and ' thrived because commodities of every sort ' have brought unheard of prices. They i Include also the speculating profiteers, I who have hoarded the necessities of life on a rising market, greedily holding them for even higher prices. Many merchants are said to be over stocked, too. If the break in prices should come suddenly we will have to be Educating Women in Citizenship. The League of Women Voters, the successor of the former woman's suffrage association, announces it will devote its activities to the education of women as voters. --v In all the states, the league is preparing to put on citizenship schools in the various coun tries, to be followed by precinct and neighbor hood classes for instruction and discussion of government and political subjects. These schools will necessarily be non partisan, or rather allpartisan, since the letgue is built up on that basis. . Women of all groups, organized or unorganised, are urged to attend these citizenship schools and classes. They are not being held for members of the league alone. They are for women x)f every political faith. Strictly partisan subjects relating to candidates, etc., are to be elim inated. Legislation along welfare lines is receiving particular attention from special committee of the league. Those committees actively en gaged in making surveys are drawing plans are, child welfare, women in industry, sodial hygiene, American citizenship, food supply and demand and legal status of women. The Jeague's special slogans now are, "en roll in the political parties" and "every woman an intelligent voter in November.' HBftC LIES MANS ANCIENT CNCrtY. WHO DISINTERS THE UNLOVED CUSS , . v. BcwAset I WAHT TO GO WEST AGAEf.; 1 want to ko west again, west again. West where the prairie makes love to the moon; I lone for the west again, west again. West where the turtle dove sings her soft croon. I want to ao west again, west again. West where the corn whispers soft to the night; I lone for the west again, west again, West where the coyote keeps watch till the light Tour east has' a charm with its manner and ways. . Charm for the novice in Nature's fair art; But freed from its empty bewildering maze. Westward I'd fly where veneer hides no heart I'm sick of the way that you murder your r's, Innocent r's that would serve "you so well; And vour maiming- of a's my temper quite mars , Speech bears ill will toward the way which you spell. Tour ancestral worship puts China to shame; You bow the knee to cold slabs and mere dust, And mutter adoringly some empty name, Hoping thereby to be counted as Just. On pedigrees and on credentials you dote Character trapses behind after caste; You learn genealogies early by rote. Then on your tombstones you carve them at last. Snch pastime may satisfy Vanity's mind Souls of some depth -search for things that are real; V You'd spend your time better to paint, "I AM BLIND," Then seek the street with the beggar's appeal - V So. I want to go west again, west again, West to the wilderness scenes of my birth; r I fream of the west again, west again, ' West of my homeland, the Eden of earth! r u. A. u. Oasetef Laag Fever. ' The average layman imagines that ' pneumonia ' is an affliction which la likely to develop upon an alleged "cold" if be doesn't lake care not to take more "cold" or something like that . The idea is based upon supersti tions which swayed bur profession before the specific infectious char acter of pneumonia tuberculosis, diphtheria and. other respiratory infections was discovered. The idea paved the way for the intro duction of countless more or less harmful remedies which purported to cure "colds" or to ward off the imaginary results of a "cold." A lot of - good money, and a great many fortunes, are tied up with this superstition, and therefore it is difficult to enlighten the. aver age man, because for every word of truth on the subject that finds its way innto print and Into the conversation of the people a thou sand words of deception and mis representation are given utterance. The propaganda of charlatans are infinitely better financed than the oroDasanda of nubile and Drivate health agencies the country over. The plain truth concerning health and hygiene has prettv hard hoe ing, and little of it ever reaches the man la the street Lung fever, also known as lobar out tail choke down the Impulse to cough, a narcotic which lulls your nerves for the tinjn being so that yon do not, cough so much or so hard. Yon now lmagins yon are deriving some benefit from the nostrum. But wait a day or two. The bottle is empty, but the ctmgh comes back. Nature rebels against th narcotic which interferes with natural recovery. - The infection rain a better foothold. It travels downward. Now you have, actual bronchitis, thanks to Dr. Bun combe and the almanac gentry. QUESTIONS TkD ASSWEBS. i 'ansa and Remedy for Cancer, Please tell me the cause, and a R. JC Answer Cause of cancer is un known. Immediate radical surgery is the remedy. t'nto the Third Generation. ' A mother of a little girl 6 years old was one of three children of a man who died of paresis. Her own health has always been excellent The little girl seems well and bright. But the mother fears she will inherit the syphilis from the grandfather. Is there likelihood of that? . B. D. E. Answer No. I have never known of an instance of syphilis being handed down to the third genera tion, and it is doubtful that the pneumonia, pleuro-pneumonia, and disease is Inherited from a grand- Well done, noble knights. proud of you. Rock Island is The visiting Sir Knights are more than welcome. The town and all'that pertains thereto, is their's. Those anti-suffragists are much like the wets who stood around until it was too late to do anything, and then set up a great howl about how something had been put over on rthe country. The miners are reporting for work, but old man car shortage is still on the Job to obviate any alarming overproduction of coal i Along with other things, there. are 33 United States senators to be elected this fall. The responsibility of the people of the various commonwealths is not limited to the selection of a chief magistrate of the nation. ONE should always -expect the unexpected; theti the sensation known as surprise would be reduced to a minimum. Still, the author of the foregoing verses who was dubbed" by the late F. O. Van Galder "The Fightin' Parson" will probably be at least mildly astounded when he reads them here, since it has been, as we recall, something over a year since he mailed them to us. At that time we had no columnar vehicle; hence the delay. But Doosnt the Government Have a Monopoly ' on This Bnsinesi (From the Davenport Times). - NEW knitting machine to make mon ey at home; at a bargain. Mrs. Frank Roemer, 519 East Twelfth street. f "ODD pants," says an ad in the Detroit News, "always in a broad assortment of suit patterns to match your coat and vest." But suppose one is built, on narrow architectural lines and has an aversion for odd pants? The Transparent Handkerchief. ' t (From the Chicago Tribune). "He was about 25 years old, about. 5 feet 6 inches in height weighed about 130 pounds, was dark in complexion, had a long, skinny nose, wore a gray cap, and dark clothes, and had a white ' handkerchief over his face." ! "WHY," asks a chronic seeker of odd hits of information, "does a telegram sent from New York at noon to Chicago reach Chicago before noon?" It probably doesn't a(urally, DoeWould Be a Great Cut-up. (Seaton Corr., Aledo Times-Record). Dr. Van Sickle was a business caller in Monmouth Sunday evening. He is here when it comes to Jollie, I d say. "STORM CAUSES BIRTH OF CHILD IN CELLAR." Headline. A. E. F., who sent us the "storm birth" headline, neglected to designate what Journal thus recorded this miracle. ALONG with the glad hand we'd like to slip a tip to the visiting knights not to muss up our old picture gallery in their headquarters. ! ' ORANGEMEN AND CATHOLICS FIGHT HARD." Monmouth Atlaf . AS if irishmen ever fought any other way! - Ji M G. sometimes as pneumonitis, usually sets in abruptly with a chill.' So do erysipelas, acute blood poison ing, malaria but even the man on the street would laugh at you if you ascribed your erysipelas or acute septicemia or malaria to "taking cold." It seems that Dr. Buncombe and the old fossils of the regular , medical profession have not insisted upon "taking cold" as a factor of these other in fections. Pneumonia is not especially lia ble to develop in an individual who always has some mild ailment which he designates as a "cold." That is a bit of propaganda where with the charlatans and nostrum fakers frighten the victims of such ailments into using worthless or harmful remedies instead of seek ing intelligent medical advice. Suppose you have an annoying cough. Perhaps you buy a bottle of some alleged "cough remedy" and begin nibbling at it. Almost certainly the stuff contains some dope, something which will with- Frederic Haokin's Letter at TIM luti). Who Discovered America? parent. If it were, considering me one-tenth of the population bo in fected at present how long would it be before the civilised races would become extinc from syph ilis? Unmarried Folks, You seem to think married wom en the only folks worth while. Why discriminate against girls with better sense? Is obesity wholesome for an unmarried wom an and unwholesome for a .married one? G. P. C Answer No, indeed. I merely feel that girls under the age of 19 should not attempt reduction save by direction of their personal phy sicians. If a woman can write Mrs. before her name I assume she is over 19 and I may suggest a reduction regimen for her. . On the contrary, dear -child, I take more pains in answering the queries of young folks than those of older folks, on the principle that the younger I can catch 'em the more good I can do. Just try me on that and see. Chicago, Aug. 31. Dr. SofusLar-1 sen. librarian-of the University of Copenhagen and a great student of history, has made a remarkable discovery in his delvlngs among ancient Portuguese ana uanisn archives. He has discovered that John Scolvo, a Danish sea captain, landed upon the snores of America in 1476, 16 years before Columbus. J. Christian Bay, head of the med ical reference section of the Crerar library here, who has Just trans lated the results of Dr. Larsen's research work into English, states that the"- maps, documents and Journals which Dr. Larsen has un earthed are conclusive evidence that John Scolvo's voyage is the first recorded discovery of the western continent ' It is generally believed that var ious Scandinavian aavigators had seen North America or some of the islands near it long before the voyage of Columbus, but this has never been proved. Dr. Larsen claims to have proof positive of Scolvo's voyage, t And if this is so, and anyone who hears the story from the scholarly Mr. Bay finds it hard to doubt it it makes a pretty state of affairs over here. To be per fectly logical, we ought to change the District of Columbia to the District of Scolvia; we ought to have a Scolvus, Ohio, and as for asima nf th. natiAn.l ttflthcmfl ! However, people are never per- r" What's In A Name (CopjTicbl. 1S1. by lha Wheeler Syndicata, Inc.) 7J BY o S MILDRED liARSRALLJ DLiXA. One of the most beautiful names which came to us through Roman mythology is Diana. She was or iginally Divaja&a, goddess of the night, but, as she was pure as vista, she was identified with the Greek Artemis, and given possession of the temple of Ephesus and was thenceforth regarded as the god dess of the silver bow and daugh ter of Jupiter and Latona. In the 16th century, when ro mances of chivalry began to make their appearance, Jorge de Monte- mayor, the Spanish poet tamed his heroine Diana and her name was quickly taken up by the Sponsors of the lovely widow, Diane de Pit- iers, whose colors of black and white Henry II of France wore even to his last fatal tournament a- - . 1ME MEf STOjlT 1 TTiSTTi n rarTrasnrir-atTaniiiiii . THE PHILANDERER. t By Marie A. Diesler. -(Oopyright 1920, by Wheeler Sya dlcate. Inc.) Pauline Prentiss was a flirt, from ue crown or par nufry blond head to Ue tips of her dainty toes. Her big brown eyes were as clear and Innocent looking as a baby's, but w a am win gased too long or tea aftaa mo their limpid t depths. However, some poor fellow was always falling in love with her. : Tnare would be the usual stages of . flowers, bon-bons and dances, than suddenly a misunderstanding, fedousy and doubt hot words on either aide, and the idyl was over, nan for a few weeks she would be sensible, as she called it, until an other cood-lookina-" chan anneared oat the scene. ' It was a hot afternoon In mid- Aanat A ffrnnn nf vnnnr tiAnnTfe Ware lolling on the beach in front . Of; the Prentiss cottage, most of them in bathing togs. Some had already gone into the water, seek ing relief from the hot sun. There . vera gay shrieks and laughter from a .bevy of pretty girls standing . weint-deep in the water, when a fftmt wave came tumbling la and jwept them from their feet Gradually the crowd on the beach grew smaller until almost all ha Joined the bathers. Most o mem vera good swimmers, and each tried to outdo the other in diving stunts and swimming under water., - ; Alter a while some one suggest 1 a race to the yacht anchored t 9t s quarter of a mile out and I t-Jdea was bailed with eutbtiat f Xv They Enad themselves up ' I at a given signal there vaa a salsa tug end spluttering, t fMr dX- , . -. . : nut waa as food a been making eyes at a young man on the beach, a newcomer. He was much the finest looking chap she had seen for some time, she decided, and she wondered who he might be. And then the signal to start had come, and found her un prepared, s She was now slightly behind the others, but striking out with full deep strokes, she was gradually gaining on them. Then, suddenly, she found herself struggling in the water, her legs were rigid, and she felt herself going down down. She dog-paddled until she reached the surfaco again, and looking about saw that the others were al ready halt way to the yacht She decided to go back to shore, but she found with alarm that her limbs were still cramped and she could make no headway. With a little frightened- cry of "Help help!" she went down again. But the stranger oa the beach had been watching her, and when he heard the cry, he threw off his hat coat and shoes, and plunged Into the water! In another mo ment he had his arms about her, and she was clinging to him fran tically. "Let go of my arms," he order ed, but aha thoronchlT friarhtakad. "clung the tighter. Tnen I'u nave to make you let go," he said firmly, and as she afterwards told her best friend: He struck me, Ethel actually struck me on the. head and knock ed me unconscious.1' When sasMpneaed bar. area anam aha found 'herself lying oa the warm sands, with solicitous faces bending over her, among than the young nan who had coma to her rescue., still in his drlnnlna clotkaa, A great warn at flaaaktaV naee ewwft em bar aad to a weak ItsUa totoa aba trMd to ton hfv ho SMtatal ama mat hv r l r V..ft.sjnv: How dared he! The brute! With, angry tears in her eyes she vowed to be revenged. . Days passed, happy, languid summer days, and Pauline prac-j ticed on Neil Sumner all the wiles ' of her sex for the first time in her' life without success. He ab solutely refused to make love to her, to hold her hand, or to treat her in any way different than he did any other woman. At first his indifference made her angry, then it became a joke, and finally well, she found she had fallen in love with him. It was rather a humiliating fact to admit even to herself, that she had given her love to a man who did not care for her in return. " a It was the last dance of the sea son; trunks were being jfacked ready to go on the morrow, and good-byes were even now being said. Two young men sat talking on the veranda, watching the danc ers. Neither of them noticed the couple in the shadows behind them. "Nell's simply daffy over her." one was saying. " told me so said he'd been ready to pro pose 60 times a day then thought of what I said." "Bat I told him to Just keep her guessing for a while. All her life, everything aha was told she couldnt have she'd want, and she'd get It too, somehow." "Even If she Is our sister, she's the biggest flirt I ever saw, and aha ought to have one good les- "Ob, there's Alice eee yon later. Bob," aad they walked off In dif ferent directions. , The aflanea to the corner was pvuftml for a fewanontenta. Both faces burned to ton darkness. At rat Paattoawas inclined sobere st ta way bar brothers words. "Neil's simnlv her," and she smiled. i "Well?" she asked softly. U "It's true." he renlied. "Ever since that day In the wa ter I've loved you, but I wouldn't let you see it. You see. Tom told me what a flirt you were, so I tried his scheme of being indiffer ent I wanted you to reaiw .... for me. Tell me, did the scheme work?" She snuggled closer to him "It worked beautifully,"' w uiDjyeieii, "And are you sure you love me enough to marry me very sure" "Mm-hm." "And you won't flirt any more?" She shook her pretty head "No indeed. I've had my little lesson! I want Just you." He took her in his anna-aad kissed her. And the world seemed lnstJ.th? nicest Pl&ca' for two ab surdly happy young'people. The cavalier court during its resi dence in France adopted Diana and carried it back to England where there were as many Lady Dyes as Lady Bettys and Lady Fannys.. In some instances Diana is re garded as the name of the chari table lady referred to in the Scrip tures as "Dinah of the Ephesians." In the 18th century there was a Monna Diana in Florence whose chief .claim to fame was that she mistook a large stone that fell on her head off a building, for a small pebble, because she wore such an elaborate headdress. Crystal is Diana's talismanic gem. It guards her youth and pur ity, according to old superstition, and brings her many friends. Sun day is her lucky day and 7 her lucky number. I Argus Information Bureau (Any reader can get the anawer to any qaenioa by wriUnr The Arrae Infotiaa- tlon Bureau. Frederic 1. Haskin. Director. Washington. D. C. Glre full name and addreai and enclose two-cent atomp for return postage. Be brief. AU laquirkee are eonudrntial. the repliei baiiif tent direct to each indtoMaaL Ho attention arm u paid to aoonyuooi letter). head lice killed? she Today's Aimiyersaries 1557-Jaco.uesartler died at St Malo, France. 17W-Lydia Huntley Hgourney. famous poetess, born at Nor wich, Conn. Died at Hart ford, Conn., June 10, 1865. 1820 Alexander of Russia mnr land on the Sea of Asof to convened jews. 183 Emperor of Austria crowned Xing of Lombardr at ini.n 1845 Sarah Judson, one of the first American women to enter the . foreign missionary field, died at St Helena., Born at Al- steaa. n. h, Nov; 4. 1MJ. im atary Anderson made her ; XnglUh debut at tha Lyceum theatre in London. 117 Sarah Bernhardt retaraed to within 24 hours, bringing the tem- o iHow are My little daughter caught them at school, and she nas nne mice nair which I don't want to cut J. R. A. The public health service says that the head louse is destroy ed by washing the hair with a mix ture of equal parts of vinegar and kerosene (coal oil), care being taken that the face and neck are protected. The vinegar dissolves the substance which binds the nits to the hair, and the kerosene kills the lice. Several applications may be necessary at intervals of two or three days, as the nits, or eggs, are hard to kill. After each appli cation, the hair may be shampooed as usual. Q. Which city ward Is the larg est in the United States? A. P. O. A. The 27th ward in Chicago has this distinction, covering more than twenty square miles and having a larger population than either Wy oming or Nevada. Q. Do American passenger boats sail to German ports ? K. L.F. A. The steamship Susquehanna, which sailed recently for Bremen and the free city of Daniig, was the first passenger ship to sail un der the American flag for these ports. She is the forerunner of a fleet of liners that will fly the stars and stripes on the trans- Atdantic route. Q. Who holds the record of driv ing in harness races? N.M.B. A. Probably the record of Ed Geers, familiarly known as Pop Geers, who has been " driving for almost 43 years and is now past 6i years of age, has never been equaled. . , Q. How many states keep birth records? l VB. r. T. A. The department of labor says that only 23 states and the District of Columbia now keep birth rec ords with sufficient accuracy and completeness to admit them to the United States birth registration arev- In ltls I this group repre sented 68.4 per cent of the total population of the country. ' Q. Doss a "cold wave" mean any particular temperature? - -. 11K.U A. This expression ' Is commonly used In the United 8tates to desig nate a fall of at least 20 degrees The weather bureau first used the term In 1872. Q. Kindly let me know the mean ing of "Say it with flowers V L.T.G. A. This is merely a sloean start ed by someone to call attention to the fact that flowers are very ap propriate gifts Ion all occasions. Q. What Is the "King's Tobacco Pipe?" M. A. N. A. This Is a popular nickname for a peculiarly shaped kiln or fur nace In the northeast corner of the tobacco warehouses belonging to the London docks. Here, contra band goods such as tobacco, cigars and tea which had been smuggled in. were burned. Seized and un claimed goods are now sold at per iodical custom sales, or distributed among public institutions, but dam aged and worthless goods are still burned. Q. What animal was first to be domesticated? b. O p A. The dog was probably domes ticated first but the sheep, the ox, the camel and the horse were doubtless added in rapid succes sion when it was found that ani mals could be adapted to the needs of man. Q. How should hollyhocks be planted? i m c. A. Hollyhock seeds should be sown ouwoors in June or July, and the plants transplanted the follow. tag" spring. They will bloom the year following the seed-sowing. now puma enouiu oe set every two years, as the. old crowns may to or uio aner me nrst nowerlng. Hollyhocks should be planted In rich, well-drained soil. Q. What rugs are known as ori ental? JT JJ A. This Is a general term ap plied to rugs made In the orient Chinese, Bokhara, Caucaslon, Turk ish, Persian and Indian. Most of these rugs have a velvet pile, but Kelims are woven flat, nearly alike oa dou siaee, wnue fectly logical, so this momentous discovery, so exciting to the sav ants, will probably not make the slightest stir among us. we nave worked up a lot of quite justinea, sentimental fondness for Colum bus, and it would be hard for any one to eet our sympathy or even our neutral hearing for any Scolvo- Columbus controversy. We feel about Columbus as the man in the Shakespeare-Bacon controversy felt about the well-known play Wright when be said;' "Well, 1f Shakespeare didn't write his plays tney were written by another man named Shakespeare." Nevertheless, it is fascinating to muse upon old Scolvo's voyage suddenly coming to light after more than five hundred years. And it is especially fascinating to sit in Mr. Bay's small study among ancient tomes and exquisite bits of illuminated parchment and hear his mild-voiced, quaintly-worded story of the Danish pilot. How It Started. It would seem that it all began with Henry the Navigator, a Por tuguese prince, and a strange, monk-like figure in history. Thi3 Henry- was a man of visions and great organizing ability. He sur rounded himself with a group of adventurers, explorers and fanat ics, and spent his life trying to find the ends of the world. One of his greatest ambitions was to reach India by sailing around the Cape of Good Hope. After 19 at tempts he accomplished this. - Then, as he had a theory that he might reach another part of India by a northwestern passage, he wrote to his brother-in-law, Christian, the 1. , n r.f n.nm.,1r .rill mail tn ! i Til for bis help in starting an expedi- tion from Denmark. He sent two Portuguese noble men, Uamem and Cortereal, the Elder bySiame, to represent him on this voyage, and Christian se lected a promising young sea cap tain, John Scolf, or Scolvo, to pilot them on their way. it was a peril ous journey that tley undertook. but they seem to have been peril- loving men in those days. It would have been difficult enough to cross the Atlantic, says Mr. Bay, but to pilot a small caravel across the Arctic ocean required both couri age and great skill. Evidently John Scolvo had both these traits. He steered his little craft across the ocean to Iceland, passed the coast of Greenland which he saw but did not land upon, and then, through Ice-filled waters, rough and .unknown, he came to the coast of Labrador and the mouth of the St Lawrence river. Scolvo a Clam. John Scolvo's journal shows him to he very taciturn about his dis covery. He mentions that they have come to a land where there are many trees and where "the at! tlves hunt game by means of wmu falcons." After ascertaining thta. picturesque facts he turned around and came back to Denmark. jj no more is heard of him. Th t .uft.tno uvuiciueo, nOWeVet were more impressed with whai they had discovered. They h ' ried back to report to Henry th Navigator only to find that he kid died in their absence. One cut help being sorry for poor Henry He would have been so thrilled tt ' the new vistas for exploration which this discovery opened on to him. Also If he had lived the whole' early history of America migat'' have been different as he undoubt-' edly would not have let the aew ' continent rest in peace. For some reason this is whstths' two Portuguese did. They report-' ed the results ot their voyage to : Alfonso, Henry's successor, 'but I il . . ... . 1 iuvy beeui iu nave maae little of the new land and to have kept the discovery of it secret, either- for political reasons or because they hoped to use their knowledge for private gain and the times Were not propitious for them to exploit the new land. Whatever their reason, they aroppea oui oi sigm wun their se cret, Hamem never to appear again, and Cortereal not until Columbui had landed after his third mm '' - - - - J Then, however, old Cortereal be stirred himself. He wrote a letter to Alfonso which is one of the moit important documents in Dr. Lar sen's array of proofs. In it he asked for certain grants, rights and privileges in the new land, and says that he wants his two; sons to go over and rediscover the) continent which he had discovered! 20 years before. This letter, says; Mr. Bay, was probably the first attempt to form a universal Amer-J : ican trust Alfonso granted his re-1 quests, whereupon he promptly: died. ; His two sons wenfover in 1500 i, and reached the coast of Labrador, "the part of the country," com-i ment the Portuguese archives,; "where previously people came! from the northland, led by Captalni John Scolvo." One of the eonii died there, and the other, after re-! turning to Portugal, set out again' and was never heard from. It i this snuffing out of the family of. Cortereal which accounts for the fact that Scolvo's discovery of America dropped from Bight in the excitement of other and morei widely heralded voyages. It is not: believed, of course, that Columbus knew anything of the earlier trip to the western continent so he, Ettll may be regarded as a discov-. erer of America, although, accord ing to Mr. Bay and other students, he is not the discoverer. The Urge to Discover. Little is known of John Scolvo except that he was a brave sea-l faring man. His name, Scolvo or Scolf, an ancient Norwegian one meaning "man that lives in the' outer island," is appropriate in an other sense as well. He exists now, only on the outer border of man's consciousness. He has the shad-i owy, mythical existence which the distant, undiscovered lands he helped to find formerly had. In! fact, for hundreds of years he was! non-existent except in the old, bar-' ied archives which Dr. Larsen nasi just brought to light again. Nevertheless, he' stands for one of the most romantic qual.ties of the human race, that urge which drives men on through any hard--ship or danger, farther into the unknown- It is Mr. Bay's theory that man's discontent with life around him, his desire to find a happy island, or a virgin lanu, whore he can begin all over agsin unhampered by his own mistakes; and his ancestors', are the real driving forces which urge men over the earth's surface. If this; is so, it may be that America i not really discovered yet. We have made the land ours, but not until, we have made it the happy conn-; try which so ; far exists only in men'r hearts, will the true Amerl-t ca have been discovered. ; lUeartipioinc I J, MRf. ELIZABETH THOMPSON have a fiat surface peculiar to themselves. Q. What slse is the largest gun In the United States army? . . H. A. P. A. The war department says that the largest gun nsad ta the military service Is the 16-lneJt gun. Dear Mrs. Thompson: I am a senior boy in high school. I have never attended school social events and have never cared about or taken ' girls anywhere, but have given my time to work and study, in which I have always succeeded quite well. I have a few girl classmates living In my part of town. Would it now be correct to take my girl friends places? I am told I am too serious and solemn. How can I be more sociable and carry on con versation in real life? I do not like powder and paint girls, as that is not to be admired in a girl, but the simple, sensible girl. Probably if more girls re membered this they would not call men silly and selfish, as one "of your correspondents did. A man has the right to choose the kind of girl he wants toiwork for and spend his life with. BOOK WORM. It Is not too late now to take your girl friends places. Itvould be entirely correct to do so. I agree with you in your attitude to ward girls. If girls would only realise that the right kind of man does not admire powder and paint they, would not use tt' But they won't see,the truth nntll it is too late. They powder and paint and SCt CheSD until thav marrw anm .v man wnoUkes that sort of thing, with a weave I Then in a few months they find Which la the twaa aaaJ M t. . sr lahjaw Tsfc ei ? : that is all a search for pleasure.; Both work and play are necessary; to make a rich life. Don't worry ; about your conversations. Say ; whatever the occasion brings about naturally. Dear Mrs. Thompson: Is there a good method of gaining weigw and height? If there is, will yo tell me about it? I am a oy , 16. SHORTY. Get plenty of outdoor, exercii; Take long hikes and go swimmlni-.. You also, need eight or nine hoan a night sleep. It goes without W lng that you should not smoke, o To gain weight drink at least a nnar. nf vnlllr a rlav and fflOre u ; possible . Also eat plenty of egpA I Simply by drinking a quantity H milk you will adding pounds weight. eat pienij diking a quantity M notice that you s i to your pre' I Thompson: A W: I themselves deserted because the husband has -found a new pretty face which la powdered and paint ed and shows Dlainlv that the"riri Lfeas no objections to going with a Pntapriail naa If you are too serious yen must learn to play. A life at labor la t coaniato any mora than one fiAnt XT vet Thnmnsnn friend and I were taking Vief one Sunday and he took his hat as r and put it on my head. Of after the picture was taken I tow -the hat off,. and ever since be snaj Mthnv cwlwlai have VSoOTI VVUCl SjUia V " , fatal ' about it. Will you please tea say what it means? IN D0L- Place no importance on vnjf j lng. It means nothing. dllE YEAR IAgJ; General Pershing sailed Brest for the United States. . . . . . i flarf. ronce acsiroyea rou v; i emblems at Socialist convenuos Chicago frsa i