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Show THE WEEKLY NEWS EXPRESS. LAYTON. UTAH WORLDS; BEST.'COMICS t , Lighter Side of Life as Depicted by Famous Cartoonists and Humorists . 1 THE FEATHERHEADS I Keep Cool u, SMATTER PQP--r Anybody Ever Have a Hat Glued On? By CM PAYNE By Uncommon Sense There are few village smithy shops today under the chestnut trees. One reason A Village is that there aren Blacksmith any more chestnut trees. Another is that the motor car is rapidly driving horses and vehicles drawn by horses out of business. I used to think that in fifty years or more practically all tho village smithies would disappear But lately I have learned better Here in a little coast town in Maine is a village blacksmith who has more work than he can do though he has probably not shot a horse or repaired an agricul tural implement in twenty years or more. JOHN BLAKE 88 Bell Syndicate. WNU Service. same kind of work would be in evidence as soon as there was a demand for it. He is known today all over the state, and in many other states, whose residents have bought his work. And if he had the advertising gift that some people have he would have a wide reputation. But not, I am sorry to say, a great business. For his work is artistry, and cannot be done in quantity over a single anvil. It cannot be said of him that he is another Benvenuto Cellini. He works in iron, not in silver and gold. But he is a master craftsman, never might have become had he not been forced by changing conditions to become something besides the ; village blacksmith. I saw him at work the other morning on a pair of beautiful andirons. I asked him what they cost. A lot of time," he said.' Yes, but how much money?" Oh, not so much. But the fellow Im making them for isnt rich so I wouldnt like to charge him too much." And there was proof that he Today the children still love to see his flaming forge and heaf the really had the soul of an artist. bellows blow. Over the anvil on Which he used ' to fashion horse shoes he makes beautiful things of steel and iron. Visitors seeing him at work have come in to inquire if his handiwork was on sale. . He assured them that it certainly, was, and that more of the which he For a time after the devil wa Eons" began crowding horses anc horse drawn vehicles oil the road, he had little to do. Then one day he saw some of namental grill work that had been sent to his town to be used as an adornment on a new building. He examined it carefully, then went home and thought a little. There is fio reason in the world why I cannot do that kind of Work," he said to himself. I will do it, by Gosh." -- I Smart Household Linens in Color Uncle 'PfulC We've. Much te Watch When we . are alone we have our thought? to wtch; in families 'our temp.ers; in society our ' tongues. It is not sufficient to have qualities. We must make prpper use ' of them. Those who make threats dont fulfill- them any more reliably .than those who make promises, A pessimist doesnt tell a lie, he only sees one in everything. Is Easy . . g It requires keen vision to. detect a virtue, but 'most, of- us can find fault with our eyes shut. Give us a day once in a blue moon when we don't have to Pattern No. S34S .' , Let us, do a 'bit of garden--in- g. Its linens were going tp beautify, with cotton patch' flowers and flowerpots. This easy .applique is sure. to enhance a pair of pillow cases, scarf or dainty hand towels. . Take colorful scraps,1 cut them into these simple flower forms, and either turn, the edges under and sew them doVcn, of finish 'them in outline stitch. Its' celled Linen-clos- Fault-Findin- - make good. et .. In pattern 5348' you will find a ransfer pattern of twe motifs 5ft-j- Gardening! '. When, you forgive a friend,- do, it with. a hug or a handclasp. That seals it. , . i Earth to. '. They Come When-hero marries an angel, it is two very ordinary " people who set up housekeeping at the end of the honeymoon. Sometimes the only way; to combat. 'a gloom spreader is with ' . laughtqr.' Be fit for more than 'the thing you axe doing. - '4' 15 inches,- two motifs by inches 'and the patterns for ihc applique patches; material requirements; color suggestions; illustrations of all stitches needed.1.-- . To obtain' this pattern, send 15 cents in1 stamps or coins (coips referred) to The Sewing Circle Household Arts Dept., 259 WV fourteenth St., New York, N. ,Y. Write plainly pattern number, ' . your name and address. - 15 WONDERFUL FOR ADAMSONS ADVENTURES The Crack Shot : THESE By O. JACOBSSON SICIC1 BLEMISHES .Wonderful, thousands Bay, how the soothing penetration of CUTICURA Soap and Ointment helps banish ugly skin irritations due to external causes. Wonderful, how this mildly medicated Soap cleanses and soothes how the Ointment relieves and helps heal I Wonderful, youll agree, as even the first application aid3 and comforts. . Bold everywhere. Ointment 25c. Soap 2 fa. Write for FREE sample to Cnticnra, Dept, 11, Malden, Vf i ' The Archimedes Principle , The loss of weight of a body subWhat the often 'very merged in a liquid is the weight of mistake for conceit is a. the displaced liquid. It is .supposed sciousness', a recognition of In it that this .principle was discovered our common acceptation of the word a conceited man' is. an by the Greek philosopher Archime'empty fellow B. C.) who had been' who bases his opinion of himself des ordered by Hiero, king of Syracuse, upon no true grounds. Very often to find whether a goldsmith had great but untried men will take upon mixed silver with- the gold' used thehiselves the achievement of that dothis which the world deems an xm'possi-.- ., in making a' crpwn. To. ,wa$ without' destroying bility. But if the man hh sthat with- problem. But pne day in him which will carry him through, . while Archimedes, was "at the- public he is to be' .commended. It fs the ' that his body was ignorant fellow- and puffed-ubath, fool is which who in water it to the ' be . up . buoyed . by blamed. ' was submerged.. Seeing in this the solution of his problem, he is said . . Famous Belgian Cathedral to have .rushed home Malines has much to interest visi- tors but the Cathedral of Eureka! (J have found it. St Rom-bold is the outstanding attraction of' Wood Carving in Black Forest . the city, It was commenced in the For hundreds of years the Black early Twelfth century and took 2(50 Forest people of Germany have car- years to complete, and is one of the ried on their wood carving and finest Gothics in Belgium. It has a homecrafts. They make cuckoo solitary western tower, 324 feet in clocks,, some entirely of wood, furheight and out of proportion with niture, music boxes and toys. In the rest of the building. Its clock former days many gems were cut face is enormous more than forty there, and the region was famed feet across and nearly twice as for its glass. After the discovery of large as Big Ben on the houses of America, this last industry experiparliament in London. enced a great boom, for traders needed great quantities of beads to Prompt Action trade with the Indians. Napoleon used to say, If your adversary can bring n force to attack a certain powerful Corpus Delicti" post ten The phrase Corpus delicti" does minutes sooner than you can bring not refer to the body, but to the up a supporting force, beatare you . . . essence of the crira en, world-woul- self-con- (287-21- 2 Taking No Chances Farmer . Thomas gave a new hand ns plateful .of mushrooms- for - , Our Pet Peeve his.supier. iiri w ... - the-crow- - . Isn't anyone ' elje having mush-rooms for supper?" . asked the he' was' the hand, notincing . only one eating them. t We like them for breakfast a best, said the farmer. Next morning t Thomas w?n't to . his new handj-rdoand 'asked, him how he felt ' , Fine," said the hand. .". Returning to the .kitchen, and putting his head round the dxr, he shouted to his wife: all right' Jane, theyre not toadstools I - - that-- , '- . VrSH T - , , 6fC5 EPloHiK6 Ike Sixes !' DKiCPSIbl&OUEfHF PWBlEM fir ofHflt .Its A Homan Zero Hows that widower you mar, ried turning out as a husband?" the former widow was asked. A pain in the neck," she sighed, the poor fish was so cowed by his first wife there even isn't any pleasure fussing with him." Cincinnati Enquirer. p ti& fWMt, ty Tk, M VKt5 j Wimi hi) jaowsmi icnmw wttSfa sttestss R HflP - - . |