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Show f J ; " LEHl FREE PRE.SS. LEHL I.TAH Silver of jory cle 0ID J. I to tte ist t.e at tte i "SEVE-N- EVER A MYSTIC NUMBER Of Particular Significance in All History. irriliS on the P mm m Tte figure seven seems to stand ont prominently ,m0ce ;u monosyllabic companions. Is it because It Is the only numeral that has two syllables? Whatever the explanation, it Is certain that seven is regarded as a mystic number, and has always had a peculiar attraction for us. In the first place we have the "Seven Wonders of the World": The Egyptian Pyramids. The Mausoleum erected by Artemisia at Ilallcarnassus. The Temple of Artemis at Ephe-us- . , etiate to tie th to a, I I'articulari, I ' prir wiraeieg . re- - f 'n the hi g' ess of th D'lest super. rIence.-E- j. at ! SHED ' I " n X.i ''II''' "Mr1 r Iron win " thtni ave 'T your ironing 10 heatinj An Afghan Silversmith's Shop. '"ng. The asc from lrSe g!us "g time ia f...UK it cost! onl our Mtlonu ueosrapnic oocimy. D. C WNU Service. IpSE story of silver is a rery old me. For ages It has been pop. jlsr among coin and ornament L. bT fiisWiirton. hjrd-I- f bet Its name headlines to an extent than that of Its naiers: yet .a la the news "OVE CO. L pester today metal, gold. than gold or platinum, Jat plastic la the hands of clever uses smiths, silver's everyday precious ia ace by -- costly Won, U crery w ia Us bform, Is lit least, ura la- - swollen cratehed able to ? aggra-- h finger ;h Infec- ted that ing. fering I ;nt used cake of jiiticura :cordin? patment is DOT I. John-Xeb, example In the British ,un has a stem ending In a goat's m Pliny speaks of spoons whose were shaped like spikes to fi.es eggs. The famous Apostle usually In sets of 13 (the addi- al one with the figure of Christ), monce popular gifts to a new-borCI Made In 1040, its handle an aje of St Teter, one such spoon Is I net now at Wanamaker's in New Greek n iiires pally used till the early 16th cen-- h when Italian nobility started the 50c. pilon. e. One fte ''S and forks came much later. '1 the head of the family should fte at table may have come from ft fact that In old days men carried for defense. Forks were not nd llalden, as one witty Frenchman as old as soup. 4 certainly ! a so with a sliver the spoon, In almost as old as man, one Is born mouth ; yet practice, though some thought spread to other English novelist James iji wrote of "the culture of the sil- fok school without their affecta-The "Lytyl Reporte of How a? People Should Behave" gives a guides to correct table manners: knife Is to be kept clean and Eat your broth with a spoon, ifi'P It . . . You are not to leave spoon In your dish nor din your l in the salere (salt)." beliefs cilnsr to some stlvpr artl- Malaya make a betrothal cun. It "fifed With fiirth HiPtpl npnnorl loaf wit by a man to the arirl he wishes Hwife, If she is agreeable, she ac-J- ti the cup and eats some of the tfeminate, gradually atries. The Wd "t. 4 t n also use n silver hnr. rnnnd- Urmia fr,r raromnnlnc at tha ahavlnsr of little hnvs henrts and Malays the death of the Duke of Albuquerque, six weeks were needed to make inventory of his gold and silver services." Nearly a century before the Revolution, pioneer New England silversmiths were busy at their benches. Among this group was William Moulton, of Newburyport, Mass. Pieces designed by him are among silver treasures shown in the Metropolitan Museum of Art In New York. Once Newburyport rang with the sound of hammer and saw, and ships built there carried Colonial wares to the ends of the earth, bringing back coins which Its silversmiths melted for use ln their art This was known as "coin silver." Itinerant artisans worked even into our Far West until well past the 1800s making knives, forks and spoons from silver dollars. Colonial Silversmiths. Newburyport, however, Is unique for Its continuity in silverwork since 1690t One family, the Moultons, made sterling through six generations, the fourth being competitors of Paul Revere. When the last of the Moultons laid down his tools, nome years before our Civil war, an apprentice, Anthony Towle, was among those who carried on the ancient traditions of the craft, and today the pioneer factory bears his name. Colonial silversmiths flourished in spite of such Puritan sentiments as John Adams expressed in a letter to his wife : "If I had power I would forever banfsh from America all gold, silver, silk, velvet and lace." In Boston, before 1800, more than 150 names of silversmiths are recorded, and its rich merchants bought much costly silverware. British officers stationed In New York before the Revolution were astonished at the wealth of silver used In fashionable homes there. Our own Navajo Indians are good silversmiths. Using merely a forge and hand bellows, with a small anvil and other simple tools, they make buttons, beads, bracelets, rings, crosses, bridle mountings and buckles, as native works; as a concession to American demand, they add miniature canteens, knives, forks and stickpins, en-tin- e, LOCOMOTIVE Babylon. The Colossus of Rhodes. The Statue of Zeus, by Phidias, in the great temple of Olympia. And the Pharos, or Lighthouse, at Alexandria. Secondly, the Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages: The Coliseum at Rome. The Great Wall of China. The Catacombs of Alexandria. The Ruins of Stouehenge. The Porcelain Tower of Nanking. The Mosque of St. Sophia, at Constantinople. The seven wonders of the New world are: Yellowstone Park. The Garden of the Gods, Niagara Fails, Natural Bridge, Yosemite Valley, Mammoth Cave, and Giant Trees. The seven virtues are: Faith, Hope, Charity, Prudence, Temperance, Justice, and Fortitude; the seven deadly sins. Pride, Envy, Anger, Greed, Sloth, Gluttouy and Covetousness ; the seven champions of Christendom, St. George (England), St. Andrew (Scotland). St David (Wales), St Patrick (Ireland), St. Denis (France), St. James (Spain), and St Anthony (Italy) ; while the seven Sages of Greece (the - i i- ertllaijspimltfifeSkin GET RID OF OXIDE COATING . . . STOP WASTING GAS . . . HAVE YOUR SPARK PLUGS CLEANED BY THE Help nature clear up the blotches and make your skin lovelier the safe easy way use bland, enective WNU esinoi 2734 W Replaca badly worn plugs with nw AC AC METHOD ... PER PLUG 5 Oxide coating forms on all spark plugs wastes 1 gallon of gas in 10! Have it thoroughly and thickly removed At all Registered by the AC Spark Plug Cleaner. Dealers, Garages, and Service Stations. ... WW. LwfcfwrAa'Wto.fri-IuTh Quality Spark Plug Taiwlm RAYMOND Saturday!. IOiOO KNIGHT end i' H p.. 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In addition, Firestone gives the turns- - tires are braced against the scorching brfck track- -so lifetime d hot the tires fairly smoke at times they industry and warranty against stretch every conceivable force works to tear the tire to In pieces, yet Firestone High Speed Tires "come backw on the workmanship, and straightaways. Not once during the entire race did a tire fail. materials. Surely this is the most amazing proof ever known of Wktm fi naurclil tervttt thai torn en qmtef4 Extra Strength, SAFETY and Dependability. Call on the faroi Firestone Service Dealer or Service Store nearest you TODAY. Equip your car with new Firestone High Speed Tires for 1934. j d, 50 THAN MORE LONGER MILEAGE D Gum-Dippin- , Gum-Dippin- I IfnpaiatkM STAMINA V- HIGH SPEED FIRESTONE TiS Far fifteen coneeutlvyrtha, on the winning car, in the b mUe Indiana THIS MOTECTIOM WNS ItOWOUT give--yiel- lip meant dealt. THIJ MIANt AMP defects Y "ACTION For three ' STU ZtM d Hav co.rJ tireU 'm. b KUetrU Company Js',80 bue mile trithoa ana ona delay due to AND gs ' EVER BOYHOOD DREAMS spoons. Uver-plate- ing. As It speeds away the mighty Iron engine becomes a mythical messenger carrying bi thoughts. So the engine baa become symbolic of mighty deeds and great adventures in the heart of America a boyhood. From time lmmemorable American boys have been stirred by the heroism of railroad engineers, on the A train, tlldinz over the country who stopped their trains trackof and of disaster, verge dawn very or the side in the twilight early to their out of way went who men of day, has aboard all the boyhood bees has it but save always live, fancies. ocOn the side of the road, whether the engineer and the engine that with the boys. first on or field thoughts corn cupy a ln he be standing Always the engine will be beloved a sidewalk watching a train go by. In a country that the engine helped the average boy dreams of far-d-is tant place where the train is go cultivate. Washington Po6t. fondling the cord attached to the whistle, pulling down the throttle, A glamorous figure, the railroad engineer always has been end probably always will be a hero to the growing boy. There la a reason. The man wno controls a railroad engine has In bis hands the power to move worlds. THE CENTER OF hat-band- s, In such studios as that of Gorham's Providence, designers create an variety of silver prize cups amazing " ear nlerpinfs Simotlmoa thla hnr and trophies, often In the form of "OfOUght to fl vreAAlntr nrhon n !nob horses, sailing craft, or athletes in "toe bride 's hfllr lo hnrloil In It under action. Tiffany, Wallace, International Mnana tree for good luck. and others are also known for artistic Odd Uses of Silver Articles. , creations in this field. h tsarist Sirver In Olden Times, ""t StOOd in tha nanta tha Silver Jewelry was not new when ed his silver bratina, or drinking wives of the Pharaohs "dressed up." Helen of Troy used a burnished silver F11 It upside down over his head I mirror to admire the face that the romptuousness of the tsars' plate launched a thousand ships. When Cleotta proverbial. Tn this .filiation wna patra flirted with Mark Antony on the JjMious English wine cistern Nile, gleaming silver oars splashed ounces, with a bathtub ca- - softly in the moonlight "ty, HAW fVlla nnni.nl .offlnJ rff In Silver Jewelry is worn In the Orient when funds were sought for a to guard against evil. Charms made ever the Thames, finally came from coffin nails covered with silver " tne winter are common ln parts of China. palace at Petrograd "W Lenin trmA knn ,- . In India a peasant father may mortdeck a margage his whole future to with silver. Wealthy rcelona, Spain, used to present daughter riageable c Tlsltlng member of royalty with a Indian women carry many pounds of ""Mflcent Sllvpr aonrt0 romlndfnl this Jewelry at one time, and tinkle similar courtesy sometimes ex- - liked belled cows as they walk. uea Dy one of our own states when In Vislgothic Spain, gold and silver , Sh'P haS beeD named ln lts reserved for the ruling class, w.r koaor fabulous whose passion for show led to a dining tables of the rich from decoration. Then the Moors came with "Fifteenth to the Seventeenth cen- - greedy hands for the treasure. After silver ships, originally designed the battle of the Guadalete, 711, "old the knives and napkins, and "Muslim victors, stripping the Vislthe nobles by "owkaes the wine, made Btrlking gothic dead, identified pieces. In Toledo, Spain, is one golden rings upon their fingers and sll- those of less exalted rank by their "Snter of IsnhellA anil ITordlnnnd. ver rings." Koran's e shlps were calle4 As early Serenely indifferent to the sllver nef on ban on gold and silver ornamentation, thdi Ita1' recorda i. foreshadow of the popular the Moors embellished everything c nnan and Dutch models of later from dress to furniture, asd even trap-Dinfor horses and mules. Similarly, the South American cattle barons modern and Mexico pjkrsilver conquest of as flooded the markets of use bits and bridles of pure sliver, sharp-edge- d stirrups. well as cruel, pe; specially Spain. One visitor te him a l" Spanish "He bids his horse to dig for capital in the Sixteenth describing writer one ftoTLb9erved: "Utensils ef com- - crave," said d ar not em Ptoy nere' on" Turkish scenes. 'Vlth Irth of Her or of ware. . . . Upon hoofs." &n The Walls and Hanging Gardens Seven Wise Men) were Solos frf Athens, Thales of MJietoa, PerUcder of Corinth, Pittems of Mitylene, Oeobulus of Lldus, Bias of Prlene, and Chiloa of Sparta. The Seven Hills of Rome are the Palatine. Capitoilne, Quirinal. A v Caellaa, Esqnlline, and VlminsL The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus were eald to be Seven Christian youths who fell asleep ln a cave and did not awake till two or three hundred year later. The Seven Seas are North and South Atlantic, North and South Pacific, the Arctic, the Antarctic, and the Indian ocean; and the Seven Stars (or planets), the Sun. the iioon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter. There are also the Seven Ages, Seven Liberal Arts, the Seven Psalms and the Seven Great Hymns. Montreal Family Herald. I ICOHOHY I i ' . v Motor," on the fieiman Mil that made Sw 61 hour, of Zt.to.eoZt record minute.. SO running time. THIS MEANS -c- ond. actual IN0USAN" ZZJ MOST MILES PER DOLLAR : |