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Show I 1 Sight Dcpeads greyhound was originally tt bunt and kill and unhko , porting dog he uae bis sight Lier than his nose. A prod of nt origin, says a writer in the 7Z Angeles Times, may be seen in found in old tombs Mfl, carving and Egypt Thelr cIean to Per -- uUmc would please any artist, of the present or past periods. arched back The straight front legs, is a streamline narrow body ing And like model of canine beauty. to, "man on the flying trapeze for the bi, movements are graceful, of greyhound la as even as Cf(jbound l!:, el-gi- er gait toat of the trotting horse' Trained Feed Tasters Trained food tasters can detect 10 jtocngtb differences of less than the per tent In flavors, reports American Chemical aociety. Many professional tasters have no keener eemibilities than other people but bare developed the ability to analyze and interpret the received to a remarkable In degree. Sensitivity to differences garor is not increased through e, ten-atio- ns practice. On No matter which way tha wind blows, no matter how stormy the weather, a good sailor eventually reaches the port of his destination. This world needs more good tailors, willing to buck the winds and waves willing to fight the forces which tend to beat of adversity, economic back human endeavor. Pidgin English English means business English pidgin being the nearest the Oriental could come to pronEvolved by ouncing business. attempts of Chinese to make word for word translations from their speech, one word does the work of several Hence Can do, and "No Pidgin can do. Cellars Have Chapels Many large wine cellars in Europe have chapels and shrines installed m them. One vault in Vienna, writes a corresppondent In Colliers Weekly, even has an Apostles Corner where the Uvea of Christs disciples are beautifully carved on 12 enormous casks. Wine Reversing Falls The Reversing Falls at Saint John, on the bay of Fundy, are formed by the bay tides, which rise from 20 to 40 feet At the crest the ocean pours through a narrow channel into the Saint John river, only to reverse itself when Fundy recedes The Scythians in Russia The Scythians, ancient nomadic warlike people, ohee inhabited southwestern Russia. They were conquered by neighboring tribes, and disappeared from European history m the second century B. C. Germantown, United States Capita) Germantown, a Philadelphia suburb, was for a time the United States capital, when a yellow fever epidemic swept through Philadelphia in 1793. forcing congress and President Washington to flee. Lon Run The first achieve a Ward Harem Scenes and Persons in the Current News the Arabic haram and means that which Is unlawful, forbidden, or as opposed to halal, which means that which is lawful or free to a 11. The Turks softened the word haram into harem (pronounced bareem), added the sufllx lik, which means place, and applied it to the part of a Mohammedan house occupied by the 'women, because It wss their haram or sanctuary. Thus in Turkish, the harem lik la the worn ene quarter and the harem is the women themselves. for Shakespearean Play Shakespearean play to run of 100 consecutive performances was Charles Keans STAR DUST d. 1ptm Iiu iw.so ' - 'Ji j JI yet more distinctly resembling V 1. - . the Cossack of southern Russia during tha decades preceding tha World war. - ; ? Diet af Jl early Yi A - forthright manner of her great success, Morning and really Glory tugs gt your heart- i fLJl 'imam t Hawk Four-fifth- s of the diet of the American rough-legge- d hawk is composed h of small of mice, the other mammals, snakes and harmful Insects. The earn la true of the hawk whose food is composed principally of squirrels, mice and rats. Reagb-Legge- d ;; v one-fift- rough-legge- x d Coffee Tree Leaves Give Pep owners in various parts of the world report that squirrels and elephants become more spirited after feeding on the leaves of the coffee tree, and birds burst into song and monkeys become gayer after eating the berries. Collier's Weekly. strings. Ginger Rogers prove to be a fine dramatic actress. Andrea Lseds and Lucilla Ball maka dramatic bit ""V go effeo-(tand Kalherto tively that they have already been re Hepburn warded with leading roles. Constanca Collier, for many years a graat idol of tha London and Naw York stage, prove that aha can be equally effective In motion picture!. Jack Benny haa every reason to be proud of his wifa's motion-pictur- e debut In Paramounts This Mary Livingstone Way Please, tosses nonsensical lines about as deftly as aha does on tha nation's favorite air program. This picture alio serves as the film debut of Fibber McGee and Molly, those pleasant homey folks of the radio, and brings beck Buddy Rogers. He isnt ss young and exuberant as he used to be, but be can still lead a band. Crowded at the picture la with favorites, two youngsters manage to walk off with a large share of the honors. Betty Grable is a little bombshell of vivacious beauty and Rule Davis proves to be the most hilariously-entertaininof ail hillbillies with an imitation of a man sicking his hound dogs on a pig in a potato patch. big-tim- e g 7VJY-- : Coffee-grov- e t i -- - AaaAb The canine quints owned by Capt. C. 8. Beale of San Diego, Calif., are hung out to dry after a good shampoo in preparation for entry inte a Boston bulla seem to dischampionship kennel show. The methods used to prepare them for the event. approve of the high-hand- Mercer and Cotton Mercerized cotton was an accidental discovery, resulting when an English chemist named Mercer examined some cotton goods that had dropped into a vat of caustic soda, and found that the fiber had become stronger and silky. VIRGINIA VALE - f- Online Quints Enter Kennel Show K Oscar Vitt, former Detroit Tiger infielder, who piloted the Newark Bears of the International leagne to the minor league championship last season and who next year will manage the Cleveland Indiana. Decision an putting little Leatrlce Joy Gilbert, daughter af tha lata John Gilbert, in the leading rale af National Velvet is atlH la abeyance, but she is assured n future la films. She will maka her debut in Benefits Forgot, an ambitious production in which Walter Huston will play tha lead at With Ruth Mix, daughter of Tom Mix, starting on tha first of four cowgirl pictures she will maka for Grand National, this young com, pany is assured more Westerns for release during tha coming year than any other company. Tex Ritter ia making eight musical Westerns for them, and Ken Maynard Is coming back from his tour with tha Cola Brother circus to make eight dramatic Westerns for them. Days in the Tear There are 365.24219 days in a year. Even this figure is not quite exact, however, for the ratio never can be expressed absolutely, no matter how many figures it iacarriedbe-yon- d the decimal point. Myron C. Taylor, chairman of the beard af the United States Steel corporation, who announced that he would retire next April, to be succeeded by Edward R. Stettin! us, Jr. Mr. Taylor, who startled business last spring by signing up with the Committee fer Industrial Organisation when most other executives were trytng to avoid it, will remain as n director. France Dee retired from the screen long enough to have two babies and bring them up to the toddling ago sad whea aha returned to play in Souls at Sea sbo waa not at ail sure that aha wanted to go ou with her career. Now, however, she finds that working doesnt keep her away from her babies very mach and she enjoys being able to swap professional stadia talk with her husband, Jael McCrea. Paramount is equally enthnslaatlo ever her return and will put her la the lead of Dream af Lave. Q There May Ba Many Reasoni for Making Quilted Chair Fads. ALL the reasons for quilted IF 1 chair pads were lined up in order of their importance the most intangible reason of all might head tha list. Yes, it is quite likely the two layers of covering matethat any. decorator, amateur or rial as shown here at A. Either professional would place atmospin or baste in this position, and Is it But then the et top. phere quilt as shown hero at B. also possible that first rating then Maka tha ties stitching tha might be given to the reason that lengthwise edgesby bias tape of the the pressure of slats across the and then tack them to backs of chairs is softened by together, the comers of tha at at C beThen, though it fore It la bound. pad quilted pads. bind the Now, might not be mentioned, it is a edges, sewing the ties right in with known fact that worn out cane as shown here at D. seats are sometimes, replaced the binding should hava Homemaker Every with composition a inexpensive new book, of Mrs. copy Spears' seats which may be disguised by SEWING. Forty-eigpages of gay quilted pads. for making directions Chintz, calico or gingham chair .and dressing tables; pads are in fact one of the sim- slipcovers restoring and upholstering chairs, plest, and most inexpensive ways couches; making curtains for evof adding color and charm as well as comfort to a room. Such pads ery type of room and purpose. lampshades, rugs, ottoare often used on the backs of Making and mans useful articles for chairs and not on the seats, and the home. other Readers wishing a copy especially for aide chairs, the seat should send name and address, pads used without any back cov- enclosing 29 cents, to Mrs. Spears, ering. In making such small 210 South Dcsplalnes St., Chicago, things as these it is quite easy to Illinois. . do the quilting on the machine. Or, if you wish to take the other point of view about it, the work of quilting them, by hand would not YOU CAli THROW CARDS consume an unreasonable amount of time. There is no doubt that 111 HIS FACE handwork has a certain quaintness that machine work lacks. OIICE TOO OFTQI The pads 6hown here are made with one layer of sheet wadding ISN yoa hav thoa awful between the two layers of the whan Ready to Talk for China f 'O' Si J -- arm three-quart- hua-ban- month. For three fflncrstloawooa woman haa told another bow to go "emit-In- s throuch with Lydia JE. 7avoite Kecipa Dinner-in-a-Pi- the functional disorders which woman uniat andurt ta the three ordeal o life: 1. Turnina from girlhood to womanhood, a. pro-parifor motherhood. S. Ap-proariilna "mlddW ash Don't ba a thrss-quart- er wife, t e veil kidney cup pearl onions 4 small whit turnips 2,fc cup cooked meat, diced Pink-ha- Vagetahl Compound. It helpe Natura tone up tha ayatem, thuah mins tha dlacomltartatrotn of the IVeal' 1 1 p enunpa; your era all on wlso don't take Is out oa th man yon loro. Your husband can't poarfbly know how yon feel tar th mpJ raaaon that ha to a man. A wlf may be so wlta at all If tow haa bar d aovtn days out of owy chintz. The edge bindings and ties are made of bias tape. Cut the three layers of the pad material exactly the size and shape you want them to be when finished. Place the sheet wadding between small carrots 1 cup tomato aoup ifc cup liquid or (ravy It cup peas 8 taka LYDIA . Record Suit and ! r i : j Tiw r Martha (of tha docaon) lad thaw aobtowrothat cold naobfroa an ar coodinoo of th body. To ovarcoa this fc pracribvarioalkaUa.Thai'why,toUr , LDDEII'S JSZn NOW CONTAIN L. AN ALKALINE FACTO;: THAT to . JO:.'.L By Fred Neher ' "The charge J PINEHAM'S-VEOKTABL- R COMPOUND Go Smiling Through. waa shown, and as soon as they saw Gary Cooper David Niven they chorused That's our man." Luckily, he waa Just on his way back from England, and Sam Goldwyn to whom he is under contract had no immediate plans for him. ODDS AD ENDS The Warner Brother l are in a frenzy because the Meuch twtns ere growing to oil, they mre outgrowing tome tcenariot written for them . . . Lionel Barrymore hat gone off to England to work in Robert t nf. Taylor' t picture being filmed at Oxford -- ' , . . Norma Shearer expeclt to get J Started on filming "Van Antoinette any year now when the can get just the actor t the Hants in her supporUng rail . . . Rumor hat it that Cary Grant will be known et number of the tcreen uhen The Auful Truth " with Irene Dunne, end " Bringing I p Baby " with Katherine Hepburn are shown , . , Joan Crauford uishet that fans would write end tell her what tart of role to play next. She doet not want to ting or dance, though the duet both the of e American-mad"Tommy well, but will try anything else her guns duplicates Thompsrn Armed with the latest thing in of Chinese communist troops near Peiping Is drilling fant tuggetl. guna made famous by Americas gangsters this squad f We, tern Nawapaper Union. (or action against the Jap invaders. . Trim and dice kidney. Prepare The Unxttained onions, turnips, carrots. Cook kidSuccess is counted sweetest by ney and vegetables 10 minutes in who.ne'er succeed. Dickin- boiling saltedTvaterDrain, sav- those son. Vt to thin Fill soup. cup liquid ing baking dish (lVfc quart) with meat and vegetables. Add pepper and salt. Add tomato soup and V4 cup MEDICAL From liquid. Cover with your favorite crust. pie THIS: ABO'JT COLDS! LIFES ;;'v t ht step-by-ste- The record time for making a suit of clothes from sheep to man is held by a textile concern in Ernst Lubitach, Gary Cooper and Claudette Colbert hava all been Huddersfield, England. Not long ago it sheared twelve sheep, made The nave of the Cathedral of Reims, where Joan of Arc saw her marking time while the wool intb yarn, wove the yarn king. crowned, which has been completely restored from funds donated Paramount officials into cloth and cut and sewed the to France by John D. Rockefeller. Bombardment by German guns in searched for Just the cloth into a three-piec- e mans suit the World war and severe fires left the cathedral a mass of ruins after right actor to play in 130 minutes. Colliers Weekly. the armistice. a very important role in Bluebeard's Eighth Wife. They were getting disLIKE couraged, when they happened to go to a party where "The Prisoner of Zenda Tommy Guns c3p Katherine Hepburn, so long tottering on the brink of whimsy and oblivion, returns to the v' Reptile Has Third Eye 1 George Harr ban, left, chairman af the American Federation of Labor committee, Philip M array, center, The tuatera, found only In New and David Dublnaky, right, leaders of the C. L O, shown as they gathered far a conference In Washington, Zealand, is the only living represen- D. C., the object of which waa to reunite the groups, i Gen. Franc isce France, leader af Spains insurgent tative of a species of reptiles long forces, smiles as he learns af the fall af last of the Asturias strongholds. 8 Bing Crosby, radio a Gijon, vanished from the earth. It is about screea star, the honorary degree af Ph. D. In music at his alma mater, Gentsgs university, Spa given being 18 inches long, and la remarkabla kaae. Wash., by Mgr. John Condon. for a rudimentary third eye. It has been called a living fossil bees us the old reptiles like It are fossils. NEW INDIAN CHIEF The Gibraltar Babies British soldiers take great pride showing visitors two pets of the great rock fortress the "Gibraltar which is the name they babies. give to the large guns, and the Rock or apes whose ipes, screedhing years ago saved the citadel from a secret invasion. A A By Ruth Wyeth Spears months you will bo about tha great success of the film Stage Door, partly because it is such an entertaining picture, but more because it is proving a turning point in the careers of the many young actresses who appear in it. !' J 4 FOR .f Why Ship b Caned She A ship is called she - because of old eatabUshed custom arising out of the fact that the word for ship in Latin was feminine. One writer saya that things beautiful, amiable or prolific are spoken of as feminine, as ships, the moon, the earth, nature, knowledge, hope, spring and peace. iIa" iixoYie Radio . I The early occupation of catching and taming wild cattle and horses on the great pampas of Argentina produced type of frontiersman somewhat like the American cowboy of the years between 1800 and 1880, jrv i Argentinas Gaocbo The San The The word harem Is borrowed from taxidermy, yer honor boxes!! . ha was stuffin baU- -t i |