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Show THE HELPER TIMES. HELPER. ITTAI? 0 View of the Pittsburgh Explosion Wreckage Slfli ! fell ' I 1 UJfc'kiJiSull ?r. von Vl' TrtiifTfcH H1)1I' lSi 'TTv I B II a I I I I 112 1 B One of the bis bulldlnps that was wrecked by the terrific gas tank explosion In Pittsburgh, Ikes were lost and hundreds of persons were injured, while the property losses were immense. Va. Scores of Fort Amador in the Canal Zone JKB -vV j- mif. 1 RE you And if you are, do your friends look upon you as left-hande- A being well, just a bit because "queer" you're different, even in this lit- frora the rest .:i 1 vou are" aDd they d0. Jon t let It bother you. Fn. Insfpntl nf ness being something to be concerned about, it's .Miietliing over wb'.rh you can be just ii bit proud. Here s one reason : away ,f 4.1 I ,tk feel t and - in times a considered "the darling of .jiick'iii ijn Was 'I'lf cods" d nml hp wns frenuentlv hon- v vtijvi mill uiu Huiin tliun ilin Iia tx'ac ma nf th&sa ii up of the gods." the evidence Inl,, ''''"''i1'1' being the fact that he was So, although you may ,1 ii:imled. believe in gods, as did the an- 1 faith in ''ady ",,s' if J"u haTft aD-orcs i"Lark. or any of the other members I rrh the modern pantheon which we nien. by a variety of names, all hav- to do with luck or chance, you I SMM well allow yourself to believe f these modern gods will smile I Voa Decause you're a "south-'- t tric ,iiw even as the ancient deities did "4iri;nss , i-- mhki: isf ii I ilk"! iDn' l na'f great cot of;. Is! er I J On Tab-- 1 rtify Grips ilD ,he ol(k'D da5's-ibnut- ! can te" ycor frienJs to0 1"" y" have Illustrious company in handedness. The Pharaohs ''ur as itrt Sili(1 ,0 nave neen iTere tlie Kreater Caesars and they iere rat,ler important people in their jtimes- - AIexander the Great, who con-i(- 1 wcred the world, did It with his if""d not r'Sht but left arm, for I'017 Wfrds that he grasped his I'niqy sword with his left hand. Then ltlpre was Charlemagne, the patron f sr,in'ars, who, when he did any luting t all, grasped his pen In s left hand. I Surely these are tables with whom you wouldn't be kln- pbamed to claim Ar"' T0U '' left-hande- his-cos- n-- left-hande- d fillt lenly :npus our find last set d hat's south-"Itube- ur,b f oat I Dr. I I i In ucti ook I and no led d "port-wheelers- spell lowu rit to pet down tn morp modern which would you rather be, the host of right-hanpitchers 'n the major leagues or one of that 1 fnore exclusive gruup of diamond ars, such " as Willie of the St. Louis Cardinals, p'enH I "r,e of the heroes of the lO'JO world's (;.:, r (.rb pennock, the hero of j UCT fhampionslilp battle, or Dahe I frith, bo was n nitcher Hire be deserted the slab to become Ili( "Sultan of Swat"? Of course, one "f the " earliest of the great Wuddell. is still as one of the "(pieprest" In hnsebnll history. Cut the 'ft remains that he was one of the try treat slab artists of all time. it doesn't matter whether he was because he was because he wa? "queer." A a matter of fact a lot of this '"t about the "qneerness" of people Is mere superstition. J limes I e of Ti'-fr- d left-knu- Why I Love America alL To get at the explanation of and some of the phenomena, such as the "mirror" or reversed handwriting, connected with It, It Is necessary to go back to the earliest day of the genus homo. In the day of the cave man neither right nor left hand had preferred usage and modern excavations have brought to' light just as d many implements fashioned for . right-handWhen for as use the cave man desired to set down in picture writing, it was done with either band. More than that, the writing was from right to left Quite as often as it was from left to right And this survived to a much later day for a form of writing, called "boustrophe indon," u?ed in early Greek and Latin other showed often every scriptions, line written right to left in mirror fashion, that is, it would resemble writing if reflected in a mirror. The increasing usage of the right hand in preference to the left came about as primitive methods of warThe left hand and fare developed. arm were used to hold the shield over the heart to guard It from a fatal thrust and the sword or spear was wielded in the right Since the nerve fibers which govern the right arm and right leg (you remember from the study of physiology In school, of course, about this "crossing over" in the nervous system) are located In the left side of the bebrain, that side of the brain, debecame highly more active, ing the of side veloped and the right brain, controlling the left side of the body, accordingly became less highly developed. So as time went on men and became not only but life. right-footeand According to Doctor Kingman, as well (that Is to say, the right-eyeare two different centers for there keener vision in the right eye became the act of writing as for all other than In the left). The skin also bemuscular movements. One Is partiside on the right came more sensitive by modern habit and and the senses of touch, taste and ally suppressed work at the same time to tries often sec on that acute more smell became other. When the child tries as the tlon. to learn a skilled movement with the Along with this greater developband he cannot prevent the ment on the right side there began right left hand from following with the to grow up a certain amount of superSo the left hand movement. same stition. It Included the old pasanlstic mirror writing uses it when produces Roman custom of putting the right are natural that movements muscle From foot forward at the beginning. for mirror centers brain the because this custom originated the saying, are formed unconsciously writing about "putthis to day. which persists with those for the right ting your best foot forward." the synnetrical!y our system of educaRecause hand. the of course, right. best font being, the mirror-writinIs tion also This supersstitlon Is responsible in the right brain are supcenters for the fenr which many people have are potentially but they font left pressed of entering a room with the .lust the same. They crop available forward. person but out in the Despite the fact that most people at of a not "qneerness" is sign approximately one that are Is simply the "throwback." It all. a "throw Is out of ever twenty-fivdon't If your child Is back" to the primitive days when all "to "break him of It." encourage four try these and were ambidextrous him to use his rldit hand more, to per cent persist In being science become ambidextrous, thus promotJust why they are that "symmetrical development to able explain ing Ins never yet been of"" body and mind" of which DoctT curious the of One satisfactorily. Is the Kingman speaks. evidences of this "throwback" left-han- ifk-i- l I ito iid cn, ntk nn ah 1 Live America! homes? as mine are to be found ''''i " the country over i.nd thoy are make it a great coi ntry. Kvery ''" scout bos tlicse lovtd ones that prizes above all others. For these would gladly give our lives, for all HT scfiuts ar brave and unselfish unselfish we are not only In 'ivted In the happiness of our loved but we are determined to see Niiw ''tt jr Jf"- O'hi. .'ort Amad r In the Panama Canal strengthening the rone's defenses. An aerial view of Zone, made by an army flyer. . - Is The government Marries Her Grandfather's Chum HEADS TRAFFIC COPS . left-hand- 1 7. be-ra- iy two-hand'- two-hand- ed right-hande- right-legge- d fx d v u 'WKa.-tj- ' , i- j . S ??:Sw 5c " vi 1! V II wealthy Colorado pioneer, and Martin L. Wheeler, his young wife, who was Madge Glenn, aged twenty. Miss Glenn was a lonesome farmer girl in Everton, Mo, and when she and Wheeler, her grandfather's chum, exchanged letters, she decided to go to Colorado and marry Wheeler. Miss Glenn Is now stepgrandmother to grandchildren older than herself. ?veuty-slx-year-ol- At the eighth annual convention of the California Association of Highway Patrolmen, held In Los Angeles, Capt Otto Langer, chief of the San Diego county traffic officers, was elected president for the coming year. CHAMPION STOWAWAY Relic of a Vanished Forest 3 g one-side- d 4 A f.'Vv-- d d hi d ' 7" - richt-hnnde- e as that everv other family Is just Kelvin Lieut own. our py as Ma vnn rd in ind s. "mirtendency toward the ror" or reversed writing, although not all persons have that tendency. A short time ago one of the news pictures which was widely published in thu connfrv was that of Willie Cozens of London, Eng., a boy who was described as "sunenng from a rare ailment lie is physically normal, but because of a peculiar development of the brain he writes hnrkwnrds. beginning at the right side of the paper and writing all the letters the wrong way round. as a matter of fact Willie's habit of writing his name "snezoC roailliW" (only the letters themselves are also re versed) is not a "rare ailment" at It is rather common, as the all. testimony of Dr. Robert Kingman of Brooklyn, N. T., a physician who has made a special study of "mirror writing, will show. He says: r In nearly every school iher first graders who several will annoy their teachers End alarm their parents by insisting on writing words backward, as "elppa" for "apple" They mav also copy " numbers backward, as "234" for "432 Unfortuand nately there are many teachers such a child parents who stigmatize as "feebleminded" or "queer." They ridicule im and force him to write with his right hand only. Many girls and boys are afflicted with stuttering just and other nervous disorders from such coercion. If allowed to use thef left hand they could learn to wrue the conventional way and later ambidextrous. imKMortoriii; in advisable as a means to promote symmetrical develop ment of body and mina. tsimanuai is of practical advantage to ball surgeons. The players, carpenters and movie thriller hero of the western alwavs saves his fair lady with seems gun play, and there sound reason for the belief that facility would serve equally well In real life. As a matter of fact, mirror writmost natural ing is the easiest and movement for any untrained person who holds a pen In the left hand This Is true because outward movements are easier than Inward moveI know personally of many ments cases where adults of high Intellimirror writing ungence reverted to some at period of their consciously left-hande- d after ELMO SCOTT WATSON By 4 tr kstf hap- W Roys Life. Don't Ask for Perfection Is Children who got the Idea that It failadmit any to f weakness u fig a Fathers cherish It has any defect. the reputation for the perfection to preserve It; mothers are snobbish and filled with false pride. It Is far better to face one's defects honestly. Tc. be a hypocrite Is to be a liar. P. Lane In Delineator Magazine. Troublesome Weed v , t it m. i i; a 4s Win-thro- 11 ure or fault are being prepared for can whole series of lies. No one us of none a standard; maintain such who Is perfect. Yet there are parents bold up before their children Impossible notions of bow exalted the position of the family Is; no member of - rnniiiMio lletty arrived In San of the world, as .. e. IrnnaI.....!.,,, r lilKlM o liner ibhiiis P'rrcd ut sea from the Dollar liner President I'olk on vvtiich she was discovered when il was only one day from Honolulu, her goal. Retty has five different bouts. iruvelin:: ol.l'UO miles. t I The hawkweed. Introduced from Into Canada ami the New Rtig-lnnstates, has become one of the troublesome weds In grass most land?. Ru-rop- e Here Is a which catches he 1,250 years rUht through on the Vancouver highway giant red cedar, or the stump of It, that way. It Is estimated to tourist a of passing many the rye the roadway is cot over and roofed old. The stump has been trunk. the of center huge the |