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Show V ' THE BULLETLY THE BULLETIN Published by Commercial Printing; Co. 2041 South 11th Cast Salt Lake City, Utah. Advertising Rates on Revest ATTENTION Post Office distribution in the Ru j1 routes make it absolutely neces- sary that the forma of "The Bulletin' Britain Held Colorful V'r1" bo closed not later than Thursday Ship Christening Rites a. in. Copy for news items, social and lport activities, must be in the office tot later than noon Wednesday, fo.1 jublication in the following issue of Tho Bulletin." "The Bulletin" circulation and dis .ribution in this district is approx mate three miles lung by two miles wide. COMMENTS Hope for the life of any planned society lies not only in continued In fact, there can be m progress but in justice to men and women. progress where justice is not an overwhelming urge of the planners. And yet change does net always mean progress, even if the objec' is to do greater justice to human beings. Unless sound principles un derlie new plans for building a better so cial or industrial order, chao Too many of us, however, fear to trea-oand even injustice may result. scarce. Customs and habits ol think are new ground. Lindberghs We shocked at the very mentioi become like climbing ivy. ing cling of a new order. - I - ' Duties of Toastmaster Include Witty Comment It may be an honor to lie invited m act si toast muster, an Indirect com- pliment from the host or linstraa hilt it Is nor an easy Job. asserts a writer In the Detroit Free Press. The person who performs It successfully anil the one who Is Invited to act In tlmt enpndty attain Is the one who possesses extreme tnct fulness, good taste and sharp, quick wit. Ths toastmaster Is seated at the renter of ths speakers table. At hla rlirtit la the guest of honor, the prln rln! siienker of the evening. The speaker or guest of next Importance Is St the left of the toastmaster. When the dinner In completed the toastmaster calls for attention. When he gets it he proceeds to mnke Ills own remarks about the Importance of the occasion and the purpose of the pnrty In as Interesting n manner an possible. Ilfs talk la short and specific. He Introduces the first speaker on Ills program hy telling a fear coin and Interesting pllmentary tilings shout him. As each one on the program finishes hln talk the master of ceremonies comments appreciatively and perhaps waggishly iimn wbnt he lina had to say. Iiefore he Introduce the next one. The guest of honor Is not presented to the nnd'cnce until lat. Since he la the one whom everybody la waiting to hear and has the most lniMirtant message to give, the preliminary speakers' lime shnulil he limited and each ienker should la forced to keep within bis time Pewter Utensils Graced Homes of Early England Pewter n mixture of One tin with copper or lead and antimony though Ita origin goes bark as far as the Twelfth century, did not come Into dally household use, even among the very rich, nntil after the Itratnrnllnn. Then It journeyed from the ewterer'a workshop through the cnstle gate, Into the ctate hnnipict hall of English castles, eventunlly Into the leaser dining rooms, from there tn the servants quarters. snd so on tn the kitchen and out by the hack door. Its nse was Introduced tn this country In the Eighteenth century, at a time when the average wealth of England first permitted Its siilmt Hutton for wood In liie houses of the moderately situated. After that lime, for the better part of a hundred years, all England inure or leas ate from pewter, drunk out of It and nsed It for half I he adjuncts and utenslla of ordinary living. Hie very early Americana used wooden wo re. Ilut thrifty liouaewives would ptnrh pennies so that eventually they might buy a pewter salt, possibly even s pewter Simon. Tn see the dresser shelves garnished with rows of glramlng pewter bowls and platters was the dream of every woman. Krai Iznthw of It established her social position securely. Hie collector of American pewter will make Ills must gratifying finds among pieces dating from the period between 17.Hi and 182.7. They may Include dinner plates, chargers, tankards, niogs. spoons, beakers and friendly, oddly shaped porringers. lamdon Mall. The launching of a giant liner at Glasgow recalls that ths christening of a ship did not always follow the simple modern ritual, in Tudor times, relates the Philadelphia Inquirer, the christening of a vessel of the royal navy was performed by an official known as the king's lieutenant, after the ahlp had tnken to the water. On the qnurterdiH-a pedestal was erected and on tills wns placed a sliver goblet full of wine. The lieutenant went on hoard to n accompaniment of drum and trumpet music, marched up to the goblet and took a deep draught of the wlue. Then be poured mime of It on the deck at the four points of the comiiasa, and, having again helped himself tn the contents of the goblet, he threw It and what wns left of the wine Into the water as an offering to Neptune. This practice wus discontinued when It wns discovered that certain f the king's lieutenants, with an eye to tliclr own enrichment, stretched a net under the water olnngslde the ship and salved the goblet, which they afterwards sold. k A Key to Heredity Mysteries of heredity may be solved by the discovery of a giant chromosome In the snllvnry gland of the yeast This chromosome, which Is 70 fly. times normal size, makes possible the Identification of gpnes. the units controlling heredity. The length of the ordinary chromosome Is estimated to of an Inch, which glvea he some Idea of the mlnntenesa of each gene. A complete set of genes Is contained In each cell and arranged In long strips on each chromosome, estimate that between 2.000 and 2.000 genes are contained In each cell of the yeast fly. Montreal Herald. get-entls-ta I I Sphinx, Says Greek Story, Was Monster That Killed The sphinx. In ancient Greek legend, was a monster which appeared in Roe-otland killed all the inhabitants who could not solve a riddle which she propounded to them. The riddle was: What animal la It that lias four feet, and two feet, and three feet, and only one voice; yet Ita feet vary, ami when It haa must It Is weakest I" Oedipus answered rightly. Man ; fur lie crawls on all fours as sn Infant, and In old age moves on his feet and a stuff." Upon this the sphinx slew herself. The Ides of ths sphinx cams to Greece, no dnultt from Egypt But In Egypt the sphinx Is represented as a lion without wing, with a human head; while ths Greek sphinx is a winged lion, with a woman's breast snd head. The most remarkable sphinx Is ths Great Sphinx at Glzeh, a colossal form, hewn ont of the natural rock. Immediately In front of the breast is a small nans, or chBpel, formed of three hieroglyphics! tablets. Votive Inscriptions of the Roman period, some as late ai the Third century, were discovered In the walla and constructions. On the second digit of the left claw of the Sphinx, sn inscription, In pentameter Crfek verie, by Arrian, was discovered. Another Inscription was also found. In Assyria snd Babylonia, representations of sphinxes hare been found, and they are not uncommon on Phoenician works of art Indianapolis News Full Make Laws heliwd to make history. The chalky, ahell-llk- e Internal framework has, for many yenrs, been put to a good purpose. As hone. It la n treasured sdditlon to the diet of aviary birds. Ground fine. It serves as pounce'' to powder the parchment on which lawyers write their deeds. So that to write the laws of England. It tma been necessary to grind the skeleton of a deep sea flail. Pearson's Weekly. Hie cuttlefish has English - the Yrao-hitc- Creating New leduitriei When a workman In a Welsh slate quarry fried hla dinner of ham and eggs on a piece of waste Kate, notes a writer In the Montreal Herald, the late expanded with the treatment and waa found ultimately to be excellent material for making a new, light concrete. Thus, a new Industry waa created. giving work to hundreds. Other mistakes In the past have led to new industries. Blotting paper waa Invented because a workman In a paper mill forgot tn put In the requisite amount of else. The turiientlne Industry has Iwnofited by more than 200.000 in a d few years because negro axe to make a used slash In a pine tree. The tree gave a greater yield. j j Ancient TortoUa specimen of a tortoise that lived milon this continent about thirty-fiv- e lion years ago Is on display In the collection of fossil animals In the Ernest R. Graham hall In ths Field museThe um, It was announced recently. shell snd skeleton of the animal, which Is 43 Inches long, were found In a sandy Muff along the North Platte river In western Nebraska and the specimen wss reconstructed in the museum lalmratortea y Scenes and Persons in the Current News Contest For Your Picnic Supplies TEST YOUR SKILL At The NO ENTRANCE FEE! UNITED Here Is Yonr Opportunity to Win A Beautiful 5-10-25c LIVING ROOM SUITE WORTH $129.00 STORE Or Any One of the Other Valuable Special Prize.! r7 1069 East 21st South Call Sugarhouse GRANITE FURNITURE Co. And Get a Puzzle Blank They Aro FREE. IIYLAND SENTINEL STOKERS 2191 Highland Drive Hyland 2520 - 2521 .252? Lobbs On The Job" home-tanne- - 1050 East 21st South Sugarhouse fcE3ES3SEB2E t ... . '.g I J.-- Now Is the Time to Store HAY and STRAW We Can Supply Any Quantity at Lowest Prices, Honest Weights and Good Quality 026 East 2 st South Tel. Hy. 47 Meet Us at Saltair Saturday SUGARHOUSE DAY 1 GRANITE GRAIN & SEED CO. 35C Sugarhouse Day at SALTAIR Sat. August 10th 4S Games Drawing Wrestling BLOW OUTS! Worn Tires are the Cause Yet . We Will Give You A REAL ALLOWANCE On Your OLD TIRES YOU SAVE $ $ $ When You Buy in SUGARHOUSE For New u. s. an- d How Rossis Got Alsiho Tho voyage of Vitus Bering, resulting in the discovery of northwestern-mos- t America, wss mads by order of Empress Elisabeth In 1740l snd was thus added to tho possessions of Rns-rin- . Thirteen years earlier Bering roasted northward far enough tn satisfy himself that Asia and America were not connected. 'A "Norik Americas Spectacle Columbia glacier In Alaska Is the largest and most spectacular glacier .In the world. Hie alow moving motion of the glacier creates a noise like the rumbling of distant thunder or heavy cnnonadlng. Tho roar of the sliding Combined track and field tram that defeated Oxford and Cambridge In London. 2 Communists Inj snd falling masses, reverberating New York mobbing the German llnpr Bremen In n demonstration against the Nazis. 3 Monument to the angel Moroni throughout the surrounding mounof the Mormon religion which was dedicated on tho IIII1 Cumorah near Palmyra, N. V. ; tain may be beard 12 miles out to T" 670 l;UHNltURElCp: cestors probably were not much to grow excited about, utility being the chief, if not sole, consideration. Two heavy planks nslled or fastened with wooden pins snd hung with strl of leather for hinges, probably constituted s door In those days. A wooden bar that slid Into sockets a fastener. served 1 At The SUGAR ROUSE COAL CO. "Right" to Marry Legitimate marriage has not always been the birthright of all peoples. For thousands of years, writes Henry Sales, Orange, N. J., In Collier's Weekclass prirllege of the few, ly. It wss being denied to all poor, plebeians snd slaves. Even In Athens late ns 300 B. CL, only 9,000 Individuals out of a population of 51M00 only one in 07 had the "right" to marry. Doors of Our Ancestors Hie first doors of onr emigrant Isle-Harvar- TO BUY! NOTHING d A command of Col. F. 5. Chalmers. PUZZLE 1 . d 1Q Headquarters h mountains, Jugoslavia. Only men are who specialise In cheese-makin- g allowed to climb them. On the peaks of these mountains grows a rare grass which produces the P milk from which, the famous cheese Is made. The men, who alone know the secret process of making thla cheese, go Into Clio mountains with the cattle In the spring and remain there until late In the autumn. They take with them supplies of fi Kid, tobacco, coffee, and wool, and spend all their leisure knitting stockings, states Reuter. When the winter comes they go down Into the villages and Join their families from which they are separated for eight or nine months every year. right-hande- This photograph shows a bit or exciting action In the mimic war staged at Fort McPherson on the outskirts or Atlanta. Gs. Two pursuit and observation planes may be seen as they dived at full speed to strike troops on ths Infantry, fought back with rifles and machine funt The ground. Ths latter, members of the regular Twenty-seconof Major Wiley K. Wright, and the infantry was under command under officers the reserve flown the were by planea 3 for Highest Quality Coal left-hande- Trying Out Real Warfare at Fort McPherson Water Glasses to Mountains to Feed on Rare Grass No women are allowed on The GRANITE Pair IGtf Move Cows Trav-nltcbk- Government of Curacao The government of Curacao consists of the Islands of Curacao, Aruba, and several lesser mcmliers of the West Indies lying off the coast of South America, opposite Venezuela. Curacao, notes a writer In the Chicago Tribune, the principal Island of the gronp, was discovered by the Spaniards In 1.737, but fell Into the possession of Netb-erlan- d In 1G34. Except for two brief periods, 1798. and 1800 to 1SI4, when It was In the possession of Great Britain, Curacao has been a colonial outpost of Nctherlnnd. ANKLETS a. FTIa Hires Play Safe AND SEE US BEFORE YOU BUY J. W. Brewer Tire Distributor 2 WASHING 1 Go. For U. S. Tires st South and 1 1 th East GREASING BATTERIES TIRE REPAIRING VwwiwwTm |