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Show "pppgg - EMERY COUNTY linn iiiiun minnin Executive Offices for the Summer IImssm V 4r by sleight-of-han- im4 o1 cab-are- 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 111 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 of the number in othei words, gave the number L. two sect Jens. Doctor McComas Is a native He attended a private school here, received his B. A. at the Johns Hopkins university In 1807, an M. A. at Columbia university and a Ph. D. at Harvard. He Is on an Indefinite leave of. absence from Prlncett having ton- t It necessary because of the illness of a relative t ) return to Baltimore last year to carry on the buslnes- - of a coal company. He will continue to devote time to that business, he says, In addition to lecturing at Hopkins. Baltl-roorea- n. Professor Still Is Seeking Ghost Doctor McCumas has sought diligently for such a phenomenon and He always has been . disappointed. has seen plenty of manifestations which were represented to be astral spirits, but none that was convincing to him. In fact, he has a pet ghost of his own that Is better than mott be has observed. It appears, seemingly In space a pale face and dim, Indefinite figure hovers hair raisingly a and vanishes. Its owner summons It from across the Styx largely by means of luminous paint and ultraviolet rays. Given Lesions In Magic Some of Doctor McComas' most Interesting work as a psychologist has been concerned witb the purported supernatural. As preparation for research In this field be had a magician teach him some tricks, so that be might have a better chance to avoid being deceived by charlatans. From the late Houdlnl he obtained much valuable Information. Thus armed, be visited spiritualists and attended seances, listened to the 'voice of little Laughing Water wa-- nIng against that contemplated investment and watched the specter of Uncle Jed appear before the staring eyes of Aunt Emma and the girls. He saw spiritualists who 'had been Indorsed by Sir A. Conan Doyle ex hiblt their power and bad no hesi mo-xce- nt tancy In pronouncing them rank fakes. Some of tho mediums he found exceedingly Jever too clever for hlra to discover how they produced their "spirit messages." But none could produce a ghost that he could consider scientifically genuine. And be rather fears none ever will, r .. , 8trangs Marks on Film. .He almost surprised himself once when he took a photograph of a medium at work. For the film, when developed, showed something about the medium that looked like flashes of spectral light Investigation revealed that the strange marks on the film had been caused by static electricity, generated by a slight friction when the paper was torn off the film pack. Ghost breaking, of course, has been only a part of Doctor McComas' scientific activity. Among the problems In psychology in which Doctor McComas has been Interested Is that of the numbering of automobile license plates. In these drivers and modays of torized banditry, It often Is Important to be able to take a license number quickly. So the question arose: What kind of figure combinations can be read quickest T Psychologists, after extensive tests, decided that numerals In an uninterrupted row were easiest to read; that a letter or a dash in the combination slowed perception. It also was determined, however, that If the numerals were divided by a dash they were remembered better. A somewhat similar conclusion was reached In regard to telephone numbers. It was found that operators remembered a number better If the subscriber paused an instant in the midst n,. i dlsap-pearan- ce 1 1 1 (Copyr'- - as LITE swung the bag carelessly ... beautiful a was it m thing, of oriental brocade t to Larry Deane had giver the r after shortly her on her birthday, she cherished It d. wherever be can find them. ts Numerous Jazs cafes and bave reported the of saxophones to the police who are diligently seeking the thief. J time to be having your NOW'S the taken or your portrait TILTON By CHARLES The unknown saxophone en tbuslast takes saxophones The high school building In Superior, Wis, 'where President Coolldge's executive offices are established for his summer vacation. The town Is about thirty-fiv- e miles from the summer White House on the Brule river. Baltimore, Aid. Ever on the lookout for an authentic ghost is Dr. Henry G. McComas, who will be a lecturer on psychology at the Johns Hopkins university during the next scho' lastic year. His Little Gray Roadster German Thief Preys on Saxophone Players ill Many Are Offered, but All of Them Turn Out to Be Fakes. ORGANDIE COMES INTO FAVOR RIBBON TRIMSTHE SHEER FRp1 i ' Berlin. Berlin Jan bands have been annoyed by a mysterious, unidentified intruder, whose aim appears to be to corner the saxaphoDe market fTl rARTLE DALE. UTAH - Dredge Fishes Walrus Skull Out of Ocean Boston. While today walruses are d practically confined to the Arctic teas, within historic times tbey have been common as far south as the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and the recent finding of a skull on Georges, bank, off the coast of Massachusetts, seems to indicate that these mammals did come down as far as northern United Slates waters perhaps no longer than two or three hundred years ago. This Interesting specimen, consisting of the fore part of a walrus skull with the tusks still In place, was recently dredged up by the eteam trawler Mariner at a depth, of 80 Col. J. M. Andrews has fathoms. turned the skull over to the Boston Society of Natural History. little-visite- Farmer Uses Plane Yankton, S. D. An airplane is being used by Albert Schram, farmer, to take his farm products to market Schram, who took a course In aviation and obtained a pilot's license, recently purchased a plane for use In hauling farm products and for business trips. Hits Late Comers England. Englishmen who desire to see Russian actors here must be on time. The actors have given notice they will walk off the stage If anybody Is shown to a seat during the performance. London, Heard Lincoln engagement and the beauabove all her treasures save her on finger. diamonds tiful cluster of witb Larwas quarreling she Because included the bag ry she had wilfully, v In' her wrath and twisted it merciless-lcords. its of golden end on the " will "The cord will break and you cautioned Larry. lose the bag," Olive pondered provokingly. "There In it are some really precious things the purse, my vanity case, my gold me, gave Watterson Joe philopena gift one of his letters, and" "Isn't that enough?" glared Larry, for they had been disagreeing about Joe's attentions to Olive. "Enough letters from Joe? Weil, he Is interesting, Larry so good temknow." pered. One enjoys him, you him doesn't enjoy who one "i know an although he's a cheerful sort of idiot." "The cheerful ones are the nicest, Just the same," tossed Olive over her shoulder as his little gray roadster turned Into the driveway of her father's house. "Ilmmmmm!" remarked Larry disagreeably. As he helped her out and she released her hand, he discovered that d she had left the white and He his in grew palm. ring stared at her. "You mean that Olive?" "Of course." The handsome by DickiuB or printed material 5 bordJrf!? 1 '"."d ' "ue -" irocs in q.. shows a fashionable ribbon j voile and It Is bordered wlthlfJ rose and ande-ereo- n i (OT 75 "Why?" "You do not trust me you are Jealous." "I am sorry you believe that I said nothing until you criticized my dancing with Ella well, what does It matter? If you really cared, you could not play with happiness in this way Good-by.- " he said and Jumping into the little gray car, which had been their companion on so many Joyful occasions, and which had been the scene of their betrothal, Larry drove madly down the drive. On the veranda Olive was crying. When her mother Inquired why she wept, Olive confessed that she had lost her beautiful brocade bag. "How careless," chided Mrs. Dare. "Perhaps it is in the car, dear. Shall I telephone to Larry?" "No no please do not! I have given Larry back his ring and I ne-vant any of them back again," announced Miss Dare in a wavering voice. "You have lost something very pre- cious," remarked her mother sadly. "The bag didn't have much in just a note from Joe Watterson and a few other things." "1 did not mean the bag I meant Larry," was Mrs. Dare's quiet reply. bread-and-butt- bird!" ejaculated Larry, as poked along through a pleasant byway on the road home. His gaze was fixed on a bit of brilliant perched In a shade bush beside the road. The sun caught the sheen of gold and tossed back the brilliance on a peacock's plumage. "Olive's bag!" he ejaculated, recognizing it with a pang, and the little gray car stopped abruptly. Larry took the bag from Its perch and stud-lethe gorgeous peacocks woven into the fabric. The golden cord that served as a handle was broken. Olive had unwittingly swung the ba;, once too often and lost It Perhaps she had done it intentionally, but he dashed suspicion aside. Jealousy came to take its place. She had said Joe Watterson's letter was there ruthlessly he pulled the bag open and looked; the golden purse, the foolish pencil Joe had given her it looked like a stick of peppermint candy some letters which he recognized as his own and one penciled scrawl which might be Joe's. Suddenly, he did not care about Joe. Hid own letters made the bag precious to her nau'htly little thing. He must hear with her! He had not touched the contents of the bag, nnd now he dropped the engagement ring Inside. Just then he heard footsteps, hurrying. Lnrry hung the bag on the shade bush and forced the little car to a bend in the road and peered through the underbrush. "Some These Babies Have Never Tasted Cooked Food -- T" .. even as man , are combined to form cluster-of-diamon- It-- Gettysburg, Pa. Mrs. M. O. Smith of Hanover, Pa., has heard both Lincoln and Coolidge speak at the cemetery here. done In pastels. Miss Sweet Sixteen and Miss Debutante, while the adorable organdie gowns witb their fall skirts and quaint berthas are In fashion. What a lovely time designers of the costume beautiful are having witb or1 gandie this summer of twiffant revival with the What sklrtd and cunning berthas and enchanting colors and a demand for crisp outstanding fabrics, also it being midsummer, why It stands to reason J mlng way Is featured season's smartest tnodei two or three colors U er2f, the little gray car blue-gree- n that the cum total of all this should Just naturally lead up to nothing less than that beloved of all beloved materials organdie. This very thing is happening organdie first and foremost in the minds of those who. are fashioning our prettiest summer frocks. One really does not have to serve as a bridesmaid for some one near and dear, in order to be eligible to wear organdie, although It must be acknowledged that brfdesmalds are pretty near cornering the organdie market They wear organdie en masse, consuming yards and yards In the prettiest, quaintest, most picturesque costumes as have graced the fashion scene for many a year. It seems that each organdie gown Is a more entrancing color study than the one before. The dainty gown to the left In the picture Is carried out In rose, pink and pale heliotrope organdie with trailing sprays of flowers and ribbons It is worn with a. heliotrope crinoline hat which Is Itself very transparent A shaded chiffon scarf blends into the picture,- Speaking of organdie frocks, have you seen the ones which are being shown in the most exclusive shops? Hedges of garden flowers accent hemlines and painting also adorns the cnpelet? or fichus all of organdie. The dress In the foreground of this pictur-esquene- hand-piiinte- d - For Mist Sweet Sixteen, chief about the neck, which Is of v crepe, enters Into the color enseml In that It Is finished with the si ribbon bordering as that of the fri UselL These days, a gay silken square triangle tied about the shoulders gii a nonchalant air to the majority costumes. The fad began with kerchief scarf as an accessory but popular has the Idea become, desil ers have taken, as Is instance? to model here shown, to incorporating! as an actual part of the dress rati than considering It as a separate It The kerchief square Is a very clei way of settling the neckline probli which so often confronts the hoi dressmaker. It can be made eitn of the very fabric of the dress or a different material related to ensemble by employing an identia embellishment of a ribbon border ! illustrated or of similar motifs and colorings. But to return to the subject of rS bon used as a trimming. Many of tl bouffant party frocks of organdi othi point d'esprit net or of some hand-work- d f , few J M Dr. St Louis A. Estes and Mrs. Estes of New York with their five children who are real babies and never have been permitted to eat cooked food or wear more clothing than is absolutely necessary. The father is a lecturer on health systems. back-to-natu- DIAMONDS THAT WEEP AND RUBIES THAT CURE FOUND Strange Legends and Traditions Surround Magic Gems Worthiped In India. Bombay. Diamonds that weep and rubles that cure polponing are only a few of the many wonderful gems with which India abounds. Because many of the Inhabitants of India worship Jewels as gods, they have gone to the ends of the earth and made use of any means to collect of precious the most remarkable stones. Connected with the gems are legends and traditions, many of which are hard to believe, though the people of India rwallow them whole and ask for more. There Is, for Instance, the cobra Jewel, several specimens of which may be seen In the Poona district 200 miles south of here. The jewel Is supposed to be carried about by a cobra, most deadly of snakes. It has the property of shining In the night The cobra coils Itself near the jewel and feeds on the toads, mice and Insects attracted by its light After dinner, the cobra swallows the Jewel again and goes back to his siesta. The cobra Jewel is supposed to be able to cure snake bites. It sticks to the wound only when the bite Is poisonous. It falls off when the poison hns been withdrawn from the wound. The jewel Is then washed In cow's milk. A ricb Zamindar of Poona has such a jewel, which he says bears out the traditions attached to It One of the strangest type of Jewels in India Is that which is credited with the ability to weep. Recently an old necklace belonging to the royal bouse of Tanjore, South India, was sold in Madras. The purchaser sent it to a Jeweler for resetting. The jeweler found that the pendant diamond, which was generally of a bluish tint, took on a rosy shade dur Ing the course of the day. But when It was put under the direct rays of the sun it turned a deep blue. The Jeweler put the gem In bis safe. Later, when he opened the safe, be found It flooded as with brilliant moonlight The cotton wool on which he bad placed the diamond was wet As he held the gem, his own hand became wet Water seemed to ooze out of the diamond. He has now found that the stone loses Its luster when the moon wanes, does not emit light during the day. and sheds tears only on full mann . nlKht... H. W. B. Moreno, member of the legislative council of Bengal, possesses a ruby which contains in Its center the Image of a dark man dressed In white robes and turban. No one Is able to explain how the Image got within the ruby. A chief in the Bombay presidency has a mortar and pestle carved out of whole sapphires. He gives the medicine made In, the mortar as a core for anemia. It was Olive. She was hatless and quite pink with running. There were traces of tears on her soft cheeks nnd her lips were very pathetic. When she saw the broende bag she uttered a soft cry of pleasure, and snatching it from the bush, hugged It to her lips. "You dear, dear thing !" she sobbed, "yon are nil that I have left" That Is what she really said, for Larry had stolen upon her and heard her just In time to hold her very tightly In his strong arms. "Is It too late for happiness, dear?" he asked the repentant girl. "Not if you can forgive my folly," she whispered. "Then-l- et us sny It will never happen again and the ring is In the bag" At last when they were seated In nnd Lorry had started it, Olive swiftly. "What was that sound?" the car turned - Larry said he didn't know, but I think he suspected it was a chuckle from the sympathetic quiet little fray car. ...,. ZL Ribbon-Trlmme- Frock. d happens to line rue lb e chiffon be made of inde--r voile, a material which shares honor with organdie this "''"son It would be very effective n orgnndle. The puritan col is of lace and moire ribbon, motcb-ing the insets.of the skirt are making sheer ma,er,(ll nn(J ar(? won5eerlln,( how best to finish the edges, border l, with iLev-eragro,grain ribbon l colors? RbboD used ,n a tr,m " briJJJJ equally as modish a sheernarrow their flounces edged with ful ribbons. rlbboa et. . i...,ino . . ... one or tue mosi cum ,e ot fects is that of the duotone . ' 00rs. girdle made of broaa ribbon, in (wo or three 1 These floppy bows with long lace or tulle s ends grace many w m n,Dg frock- - JULIA & 192S. Western BOTTOMUrr. NwpP Cnl'' |