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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
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tlon Bureau. Frederic 1. Haskin. Director. Washington. D. C. Glre full name and
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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;
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Brest for the United States.
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