HAD THE RIGHT CIVIC SPIRIT
Also Indianapolis Man Knew His Duty
Toward the “Stranger Within
His Cates."
An incident happened the night
before the speedway raw which does
much to boost Indianapolis as “no
mean city,” and makes the stranger
fed that he is not a stranger.
A business man came downtown
to watch the crowds, lie stopped
at the News office, looked at the pic
tures in the windows and went in
side. Two men and their wives from
Detroit were in the lobby asking for
the room clerk. “We can’t get in at
the hotels and we can’t find a place
to sleep or to leave our ear,” one of
them said.
The good citizen didn’t wish to
take in roomers. But he had to up
hold his city aud do as he would be
done by. So he called his wife on
the phone, but could not get her.
“You folks come out with me,”
he said. “I’ll take a chance on my
wife.”
Needless to say the visitors were
welcomed and spent a pleasant
night instead of sleeping in their
car.,
And they naturally have a fine
opinion of Indianapolis citizens.—
Indianapolis News.
REALLY MEASURES BY LIGHT
Instrument of Marvelous Delicacy
That Does Its Work Along Ex
tremely Simple Rules.
The delicate measurements de
manded by modern processes and
machines have led to the invention
of many instruments of precision
that surprise the uninitiated by
their capabilities, which are often
based on extremely simple rule's.
Among these is a little apparatus
put upon the market for determin
ing the thickness, or, as one might
say, lack of thickness, of extremely
thin plates, wires and threads. The
inventor likens its action to that of
a lever in which a ray of light takes
the place of the beam. Essentially
the apparatus consists of two care
fully ground plates in contact with
one another, the upper one being at
tached to a movable arm. When an
object is placed between the edges
of the plates the upper plate is dis
placed a little in level, and the ef
fect of this displacement is magni
fied by a reflected ray of light which
falls upon a graduated scale. Thus
the most delicate measurements of
thickness are easily and quickly
made.
CHILDREN’S PLAY.
Summer weather, which permits
children to play freely out of doors,
has a distinct effect upon their play
habits and their overwhelming de
sire to get out into the fresh air
should be appreciated and met by
parents.
Get children together in outdoor
play groups. It is good for them
and easier for the mothers. Ix*t a
mother or several mothers or a pi ay
group teacher or a really intelligent
governess supervise their play fiV
suggestion in such a way that the
children feel that they are at most
merely taking a suggestion from
their elders and working it out their
own way.
HE WAS PRACTICING.
A lady on entering the kitchen
early one morning saw a plate and
knife and fork, the former of which
had evidently contained cold pie.
Idle lady strongly suspected a cer
tain policeman of having supped off
it, and the following conversation
took place between her and the
cook:
“Mary, what has become of the
cold pie that was left?”
“Oh, I didn’t think it was wanted,
mum, and so I gave it to the dog.”
“Does the dog use a knife and
fork, then?” the mistress sarcas
tically inquired.
“Not very well yet, mum, but I’m
teaching him to,” was the unabashed
reply.—Edinburgh Scotsman.
POWER OF CUSTOM.
“You gave up trying to regulate
bathing costumes?"
“Had to,” replied the seaside con
stable. “It isn’t reasonable to ex
pect a man to arrest his own wife
and daughters.”
BRIDESMAIDS ON FIRE ENGINES.
When the daughter of the fire
chief in a small western aity be
came a bride the other day the five
bridesmaids made the journey to the
church on the fire engine.
LITTLE IRONY OF HISTORY
Odd Fact That Enemies of Children
of Israel Should Have Given
Name to Palestine.
“By a strange turn of events the
Philistines, those ancient enemies
! of the Children of Israel, have suc
! needed in giving their name to the
whole of the country for 'Palestine/
as a historical geographer observes,
is directly derived from 'Philis
tine/ ” observes the Literary Di
gest. “ ‘The territory has never be- :
longed to one nation, and probably
never will/ this writer, G. A. ;
Smith, continues in his ‘Historical
Geography of the Holy Land' (Tjon
don), written shortly before the
war came to upset a number of pre
conceived notions along with terri
torial boundaries. Near the begin
ning of historic times it ‘lay at the
gate of Arabia and Egypt and at
the tail end of a number of small
states stretching up into Asia
Minor.’ A period of Greek influence
was followed by Roman conquest.
After the success of the First cru
sade it was ruled for almost 100
years by European princes. In spite
of these various waves of immi
grants and conquerors ‘the essen
tial characteristics of the Jewish
people persisted/ as a writer iu the
Encyclopedia Britanniea point? out,
together with the idealism and high
morality oi their religion.”
THE CRIME WAVE
“What awful things you read of
in the papers now, don’t you? I
simply daren’t go out without
Fido.”—London Opinion.
CANARIES AS WILD BIRDS.
The city of Norwich is famous
for its canaries’ song, beauty and
hardiness, says the London Morning
Poet. They came to Norwich with
the weavers of Flanders, banished
from home by the Spaniards and
ever since, the exiles’ descendants,
now mostly bootmakers, mustard
millers and steel workers, have been
canary lovers and fanciers, almost
to a man.
In the pre-war days there were
known to be 4,000 canary breeders
in the city, and the principal dealer
informed the writer that 30,000
birds passed through his hands in a
year. This high authority was firm
ly convinced that Norwich canaries
were quite hardy enough to live as
wild birds in this country, if they
ever succeeded in making a fair start
at looking after themselves. Wild
canaries certainly would be a wel
come addition to our diminishing
songsters.
NAPHTHA MADE TROUBLE.
A curious result of a railroad ac
cident in which 8,000 gallons of
naphtha were spilled, is reported
from lloelofs, I’a. The oil ran into
a pit and the odor was so penetrat
ing that cattle died and one man
succumbed. As time went on the
inhabitants of the town were at
tacked by a sleeping sickness and
everyone began to drowse. A num
ber of residents moved out of town
until the naphtha dried up.—Scien
tific American.
PATENT JEWELED SMILE.
The Pnited States patent oftiea
has issued a patent to Anderson
Copic Solomon Kobinson on a proc
ess of setting diamonds or other jew
els in the mouth. The gems are set
in metal which is shaped for being
clamped upon a tooth or attached to
a gold crown.
NICE BOY3.
“AVho says there are no altruistic
people left?”
“What now?”
“School boys in a California town
have chipped in to make good a de
ficit in their teacher’s salary, and
thus keep the school from closing.”
—Louisville Courier-Journal.
POINTER FOR MARRIED MEN
When You Don’t Want to Hear Too
Much From Wife, Put Blame on
Poor Phone Service.
Roberts stopped in Delhart’s of
fice and asked what about a little
round of golf.
“Just! strikes me,” Delhart as
sured him. “Wait until I phone
the wife and we'll be ofT.”
Delhart asked for his number and
then, placing the phone on the edge
of the desk, leaned back comfortably
in his desk chair, receiver at ear.
“Hello, Martha, dear. Hello—
Hello! This is Dick. Yes—Dick.
Did you hear that all right? You
did!”
Diihart moved around to a more
difficult angle from the phone.
“I called up to tell you I am go
ing out to play some golf with Rob
erts. What’s that? You can’t hear
a word I say? I’m going out
golling with Roberts. Hear? You
don’t? I never saw such rotten
service. Well, if you can’t hear me
I’ll explain when 1 get home.” And
Delhart hung up.
Roberts couldn’t keep from ask
ing questions.
“Why on earth didn’t you talk
into the phone, old man ? Then your
wife could have heard what you
said.”
“Say, you are ignorant!” laughed
Delhart. “I didn’t want her to un
derstand.”—Kansas City Star.
NO NEED TO ASK
✓
Mr. Holmes—Did you a.->^ the
new nurse if she had any experience
with children?
Mrs. Holmes—No, dear. I could
tell by the way she glared at them
that she had.
SOUP ONLY FOR WEALTHY.
The strike among the makers of
bird’s nest soup at Hongkong will
only affect the well-to-do classes, as
birds’ nests are their special pre
serve, remarks the London Morn
ing Post.
Few callings are more dangerous
than that of the men who collect
the nests on the steep cliffs of the
coast of Java. The nests are made
of a kind of seaweed, quite soft and
like pulp; its builder adds layers
until she has built her nest large
enough. The nests are tasteless, but
the cook puts in so many spices that
they are most palatable when they
are served up. In Japan mock birds’
nests are made of the same seaweed,
which is beaten soft and boiled into
a jelly.
IMPORTATIONS OF MEAT.
Practically all of the imported
dried beef comes from Uruguay..
This is a produce peculiar to that
country and Argentina, large quan
tities of which are consumed by
their own people.
All kinds of meat and meat food
products are imported from Canada.
Such products are shipped to this
country by rail in the same manner
as our own meats are shipped from
one state to another. The quality
of Canadian meats is good, and cer
tain products in which that country
specializes are in great demand.
LITERARY SUSPICION.
“I regret,” remarked Senator Sor
ghum, “that we should find our
selves living in so dense an atmos
phere of suspicion.”
“What has reminded you of the
fact?”
“The morning’s work. I chanced
to use some exceptionally long and
rather unusual words and the new
stenographer stopped abruptly and
exclaimed, 'What’s the idea? Are
you plugging for one of these dic
tionary publishing houses?’ ”
DISLIKES ALIKE, ANYWAY.
“So you insist upon your engage
ment despite my dislike for that
young man?” the mother asked
coldly.
“Now, dear,” the daughter
soothed, “you and Harold should
really be quite congenial, because
your dislikes are so similar.”
“Similar? Indeed!”
“Ye.s—you dislike him and he dis
likes you just as much, you know.”
—New York Sun.
THEIR BARK MEANS ENMITY
Mexican Frogs Quick to Recognize
Their Friends, According to Man
Who Owns One.
Barking frogs never bite. But do
they bark?
Behold J. M. Millert, presiding
genius of a florist’s shop at the Ho
tel Plaza, prepared to answer in the
affirmative.
In a cunningly contrived jar Mr.
Millert houses one elongated,
speckled, bead-eved, throat-qviver
ing Mexican frog, name unknown,
pedigree assured, bark guaranteed.
To Mr. Millert the other day
came a reporter for the World with
nothing much else on his mind save
a desire to hear a frog bark.
“Just like a dog,” said Mr. Mil
lert, tapping the glass case affection
ately. “But only at strangers he
doesn’t like.”
The reporter scowled. Mr. Mil
lert smiled. The frog wriggled. But
nary a bark. It was plain he had
taken an instant fancy to the re
porter, and had discerned immedi
ately the scowl was unreal.
“Great pal, my frog,” said Mr.
Millert. “He knows me. Always
turns his eves to me a.s I walk
around. Frogs are the best pals in
the world—and ho barks.”
Others stand ready to testify to
the bark, those with unfortunate
dispositions that jar a Mexican
frog’s sensibilities. Mr. Millert
doesn’t believe his frog is a watch
frog, capable of sniffing gentlemen
with Rertillon educations. His frog
is too superior for that. He simply
snubs ’em.—New York World.
VERY CLEVER
r
Kid—Father, you promised not
to punish me if I told the truth.
Father- -That’s right. T won’t.
Kid Then f must tell you I told
you a lie this morning.
Constance Talmadge Friday.
eat only one meal a oay
C*ngo Natives Know Nothing of
“Three Squares,” as in Other
Countries of the World.
In the Congo the natives eat only j
i one meal a day. In both tne I I’!1'r i
Congo and the Lower Congo the j
: natives usually rise with the dawn.
: and yet they do not sit down to a
1 meal until after sunset. Of course,
this meal is as nearly a banqut t a
they can contrive. Just what it
comprises depends upon the man
and the woman of the household,
each contributing his or her share
in different departments.
It is the household business of
the man to provide meat or fish. He
is not only supposed to he a might'
warrior in time of need, but lie b
also believed to be a clever hunter
or fisherman every day. Che "ife
not only does the work of the hut.
but she also takes care of the little
farm adjoining it. Her contribu
tion to the family larder is all the
vegetables they can eat.
When not engaged in the hunt or
on forced marches, the Congo na- j
I tives sometimes keep hunger at hay |
: with a few bananas, a handful of j
, peanuts, a hit of sugar cane, per
haps a roasted plantain or a snack
j of native bread.
When native carriers are on the
march they rarely eat a full inei:
from one end of the journey to the
other.
COKE DEODORIZES ICEBOX.
Shoul.1 you put milk and onions
in tin' .-arm* refrigerator, the milk
will soon absorb the onion taste and
become very disagreeable. Butter
is another substance that is quick
i to absorb smells and tastes. And
yet, one can’t have several refrigera
tors. What then?
Place a small box of coke or char
coal in the corner of the refrigera
tor. it will act as a deodorizer, ab- ,
sorbing all kinds of smells, and will ^
keep the food wholesome. Espemal
i ly in warm weather is this precau
tion necessary.
The coke or charcoal should be
changed every three weeks, for in
that time it will have become thor
oughly saturated.—Popular Science
Monthly.
HOPE FOR THE TUBERCULOUS.
Dr. I;. Negri of Xebvara, Italy,
has had such success in curing tu
] berculosis of the bone bv svsteinatic
j exposure to sunlight that he as-erts
! in Poliolinicu (Horne) that all such
| cases are curable by this method.
He is not so sun* about otiier forms
| of tuberculosis. Imt cite- many cases
I of tin ir cure.
Pains
Were
Terrific
Read how Mrs.
Gregory, of R. F. D^no.
1, Bluford, 111., got rid ol
her ills. ‘'During . , . |
wa9 awfully weak . . .
My pains were terrific. 1
thought I would die. The
bearing-down pains were
actually so severe I could
not stand the pressure of
my hands on the lower
Fart of my stomach . . .
simply felt as if life was
for but a short time. My
husband was worried . ,.
One evening, while read
ing the Birthday Alma
nac, he came across a
case similar to mine, and
went straight for some
Cardui for me to try.
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"I took it faithfully and
the results were immedi
ate,” adds Mrs. Gregory.
“I continued to get bet
ter. all my ills left me,
and 1 went through . . .
with no further trouble.
My baby was fat and
strong, and myself—thank
God—am once more hale
and hearty, can walk
miles, do my work,
though 44 years old, feel
like a new person. All I
owe to Cardui.” For
many years Cardui has
been found helpful in
building up the system
when run down by dis
orders peculiar to women.
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Cruelty in Training Bird?
Performing birds art* often 8
How many are*,
doves that ft\ j
l>y starvation,
that (lie pretty
released to the bespangled artl>j|
f"rm themselves Into geotnetrid
terns on her head and outst
•■rm are often the sole survt
h;i<i.J<i • \ tiieh have been stant
tin1! only fed when they perdu
an e> 11 s <it on the owner’s a
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