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Show TllE BULLETIN Finest OpaL Come From Cooler Pedy, S. Australia CUT FLOWERS From Coober Petty, in South Australia, come many of the world's finest opals. It is a queer community which sends these dazzling jewels to adorn the ladies who require added adornments to make them imposing or intriguing, states a writer in the Chicago Tribune. The several hundred inhabitants of Coober Pedy live in caves, because the settlement is 150 miles from a railroad. Even the branch of the Commonwealth bank and general stores have no buildings. All business is e caves. The transacted in excavations are ten to fifteen feet deep and are warm in winter and cool in summer, when the thermometer climbs to 110 degrees. They require no timbering. There are fireplaces, chimneys, ventilators, shelves, and bunks cut into the cave walls. Gasoline cans serve as tables and chairs. Water Is scarce, but government provided a dam and reservoir, from which it delivers water to the caves. There are no rents nor 'axes. The opal gougers and their families live under primitive conditions, but are reported to be a contented lot. The solid earth is veined with gypsum and is easy to work.' To find the cpals, the miners merely dig deep holes into the weathered crust of the ridge until the "band" a hard, thin stratum is reached. Under this is the opal dirt. The opals are found in pockets. With his small pick, the miner scratches around until he strikes something hard. Then he drops his pick to use his gouge, a pointed, short iron tool, with a hole for the insertion of a lighted candle. If there is opal there, the candle light will reflect its iridescent glint and gleam. If the "fossicker is lucky, he may strike it rich some day and find a gem worth a fortune. Funeral Designs Corsages KING'S Forget-Me-N- f . 1 ot a. .'f adM i v & FLORAL Flowers That Satisfy" 2137 Highland Drive Hyland 8199 By L. L. STEVENSON R amblings and ruminations: CLEAR OUT 1071 E. 21t South Hy. 8730 We make the World Brighter" .'- F. W. KIEPE THE TAILOR Suits made to order and t a Pressing and where is sold perfume the merest trace of which lasts for 24 A crowd assembling in hours front of a radio playhouse . . . Where admission is free . . . Provided a ticket is presented, of course . . . Gertrude Lawrence entering the stage door of the Plymouth . . . Ready for another portrayal of Susan and God . . . Thought Gilbert Miller was in Europe again . . . But Or posmaybe Im mistaken sibly he has a double . . . Charles C. Miller who is just about ready for another expedition to New Guinea . . . That middle initial is often changed to "Cannibal . . . Because hes eaten human flesh. Had to . . . Or be eaten himself . . . Why do leather goods stores always seem to be putting on sales? ... Just Bring In the Pieces Granite Welding & Wire Works South 11th East EXPERT Shoe Repairing ss Service PROGRESS SHOE A Broadway beauty queen who transforms old mugs into new . . . But on Madison avenue, it's the old In the mugs that are valuable REBUILDERS 1059 East 21st So. ... of course ... A Ily. 8775 medantique shops icine show operating in Times square . . . and attracting a lot of spectators at least . . . That vacant d lot on Eighth avenue, near street, where the medicine men used to hold forth, is now a parking lot . . . Possibly Im wrong, but it seems as if there are more n red neon signs on Eighth avenue than anywhere else in town . . . and most of them advertise bars and grills . . . That' sea food restaurant reminds me that I havent looked up my favorite oyster stew maker yet . . . Will have to attend to that immediately . . . The walk across town ought to be an appetite producer. Forty-secon- (Continued From Page 4) its membership. It was for Just such a service that the Commission was created by Congress in 1916 at the request of President Woodrow Wilson. The Commission has grown in influence and by its work has won the confidence of both political parties, the Congress, the President, and the general public. o - Engineers Float Pipe to Lake Erie Placement Ohio. Cleveland, Engineers, faced with the problem of laying more than 500 yards of heavy steel pipe in Lake Erie, accomplished their task by floating the pipe to its resting place. Sections of the pipe were coupled lengths. Watertogether in tight couplings were used and each end was sealed in an airtight cap. Then floating cranes dragged the pipe lengths over the water. The caps on the sections were removed and the pipe sank into the trench dug for it. Estimated cost of the job, handled by the municipal engineering department, was 120-fo- Old Testament Mentions ... 458 Quick Courteous ... ... ... Forty-fourt- WELDING? Hyland . . Newsboys playing cards for penh street hallway nies in a . . . That little restaurant where real East Indian food is served . . . 1060 East 21st South 2021 Into the basement of a . Much of it probably will be turned into $5 steaks . . . A big black cat scurrying up the steps of the John D. Rockefeller, Jr., residence . . . Which, despite announcements, will not be razed right away . . . The residence I mean . . . A watchman has chased the cat . . . The chauffeur of an imported limousine nodding in front of a Fifth avenue store . . . My lady is evidently taking her time about shopping . . . What do chauffeurs think about anyway during the many hours they Or taxi drivers spend waiting? while they are bucking . . . But most of the latter read newspapers . . . A window filled or dope sheets If I had with silver fox coats the value of that display . . . Well, what's the use of dreaming? . . . night-clu- b and be convinced. Cleaning man-mod- Fifty-secon- walk THE PAINT POT remodeled for Ladies and Gentlemen A quarter of beef being dragged street sided across a Sure thats just what we are doing and passing you some interesting savings. Call at ot $15,000. A chemical process which is retarded by increasing heat was described recently by the AmerNew York. ican Chemical society. Such a thing, the society declared, is as remarkable as "a fire which quenches itself as it grows hotter. The process was reported to the society by Prof. D. B. Keyes and II. D. Foster of the University of Illinois. It was described as a phenomenon which "is believed to mark the first time that anyone has been able to slow up burning of an organic material by raising the tem- perature. Old Woman Who Lives in Tree Really Does Rodez, France. The woman who lived in a tree is not just a fairy tale but a reality in the of Nigreserre, near here. Her home is built inside the trunk. Measuring almost 54 feet in circumference at its base, the tree has been rotted at its center. The space inside has permitted the old villager to install bed, stove and chairs, with her kitchen utensils nailed to the inside of the trunk. The tree is a European species called tilleul and its dried leaves and flowers, with a lemon flavor, are an ancient medicinal herb when dissolved into "tilleul The old woman has lert tea. the upper stories of her home lo the birds. vil-la- ge mid-tow- Andy Freeman, who has just completed his book on the life of Dr. Cook . . . Worked on it more than a year . . . And Earl Chapin May, whose book, The Canning Clan, interested me very much . . . Just think, 120 years ago, there were no American canners . . . Wonder what housewives did then? . . . But there wasnt any contract bridge in those Ed Bodin, my fadays either vorite literary agent . . . Leonard Lyons, who is one of the towns proudest fathers . . . and whose new boy furnished some column material at least . . . Lucius Beebe and a gang of fellow newspaper workers entering the Artists and Writers club . . . Perley Boone, who is handling the publicity for the World's An unsteady gentleman fair with two very black eyes trying vainly to insert a letter in the box d and Broadway. at ... ... Forty-secon- The clock in the tower of old Trin-- I A shawled ity chiming the hour woman pawing in a trash basket on A bus driva Wall street comer er stealing a quick smoke at the end of the line . . . Wonder what became of the proprietors of those little down town shops put out of business by the building of the Eighth avenue subway . . . Seems like Im doing a lot of wondering today . . . But maybe that's because 1937 is drawing so rapidly to a close. ... ... Usually, I dont care for drunk But this one gave me a chuckle: A souse threw his arms about a lamp post. Round and round he went, all the while feeling the iron. Finally he gave up and muttered, "No use. Walled In. stones. Ball Syndicate. WNU Service, Hard Winter Predicted After Study of Sun Spots Santa Clara University, Calif. Dr. Albert J. Newiin, head of the Richard Memorial observatory, predicted that the nation would have a wet and severe winter this year. Dr. Newiin based his predictions on four pronounced groups of spots on widely scattered portions of the sun. The sun spot theory with respect to weather conditions on Die earth was advanced originally by the late Father J. S. RJcard, S. J. Both Plough, Ploughing In the oldest writings with which we are all familiar, the books of the Old Testament, occasional references are found to the plough and. ploughing and these invariably of such wording as to prove the operation a matter of course. For instance, observes a writer in the Montreal Herald, Isaiah 23: 24 : : NEW YORK The largest portrait statue executed in modern times will honor George Washington at the New York Worlds Fair. It will be 65 feet tall and will depict Washington as he arrived for his inauguration exactly 150 years previous to the opening day of the Fair, April 30, 1939. Its mass will be 500 times that of a man. Buttermaking la Traced Centuries Bzfore Christ . Buttermaking dates back to many centuries before Christ. Wherever the word occurs In the Bible it is chemah, signifying curdled milk. Perhaps the first Biblical reference is in Genesis (8:13), 'Abraham took butter and milk. Again in Deuteronomy (32:14), among the blessings which Jeshurum had enjoyed, we find "butter of kine contraste ? Solomon is with "milk of sheep. reported to have said, Proverbs (31:33), Surely, the churning of milk bringeth forth butter. From these Biblical references and others, observes a writer in Hoards Dairyman, we learn that butter was in much use among the Hebrews and was prepared, as done today, by the Arabs and Syrians. The Arabs of Hejaz put milk in a large copper pan over a slow fire and a little sour milk or portion of the dried entrails of a lamb is thrown in. Milk then separates and is put in a goat skin bag, which is tied to one of the tent poles and constantly moved back and forth for two hours. The buttery substance then coagulates, the water is pressed out, and the butter put into another skin. In two days the butter is again placed over the fire with the addition of a portion of burgoul (wheat boiled with leaves and dried in the sun) and allowed to boil for some time, during which it is carefully skimmed. It is then found that the burgoul has precipitated all foreign substances and that the butter oil remains quite clear at the top. This is the process used by the Bedouins, and is also employed by the settled people of Syria and Arabia. The chief difference is that, in making butter and cheese, the townspeople employ the milk of cows and buffaloes whereas the Bedouins, who do not keep these animals, use that of sheep and goats. Worshiped, Feared Jaguar Mayans in Yucatan may have been alone in worshiping the jaguar, but they were not the only ones who feared it. A fierce, relentless killer, this American version of the leopard is hated by Central and South American natives. It will attack any animal and when cornered will even turn on its old nemesis, the dog. Many a dog has made the mistake of chasing a jaguar into brush, and only the jaguar has come out. Marriage of Two Kimqnos One of the most famous weddings in Japan in many years was the marriage of two kimonos, solemnized in a Shinto ceremony in Kyoto in 1934. The bride was a celebrated, hand-paintsilk garCollier's Weekly, while ment, says ed ld the groom was a renowned, cotton robe. This marriage was such an Important event, in fact, that those owning copies of the wedding invitation will not sell them at any price. ld hand-embroider- ed JANUARY FRIDAY, The Italian Language The Italian language is a development of the Latin which was spoken during the days of the Roman empire. As spoken by educated people it is derived from the Florentine dialect which was the language of Dante. This was the form taught in the schools and used in all Italian dictionaries. But the common pie do use dialect forms which vary slightly in the north and south of the country. Boiled Linseed Oil Boiled linseed oil is prepared by heating the raw oil, either alone or with driers; it is thicker and darker than raw oil. Raw oil is more suited for delicate work than boiled oil but it takes two or three times as long for it to dry as the latter; it is used mainly in paints for interior work, while the boiled oil is used - - jPlan Permanent Memorial for Late Joyce Kilmer Prairie du Chien, Wis. Black-robe- d Jesuits at Campion academy, the adopted alma mater of Joyce Kilmer, quietly pushed toward completion plans for a permanent memorial to the man who penned, Poems are made by fools like me, but only God can make a tree. Workers will soon begin remodeling a gymnasium into a library dedicated to the memory of Alfred Joyce Kilmer, whose short but remarkable literary career was stimulated by visits to Campion and Prairie du Chien. In 1922, the movement for the memorial was begun by the Rev. Claude Pemin, S. J., who died last year. He donated a $25,000 legacy he had received, and the fund later was increased by the Kilmer family. When completed, the library will be the largest of any private secondary school in the United States. The Kilmer, a member of the 165th infantry, was killed in action near Ourcq, France, on August 1, 1018, not long after he had written: "Lord, Thou didst suffer more for me. Than all the hosts of land and see. Bo let me render back again. This millionth of Thy gift. thirty-one-year-o- ld Amen. 13 Years of Overtime Put In by Postal Man Utica. Thirteen years of overtime for Uncle Sam is the record of Edward S. O'Connor, superintendent of mails at the Utica postoffice. Hard at work amid the Christmas rush, Mr. O'Connor said that he die not intend to try to collect pay for it, and that he was glad to put in the extra time to get the mail through. Mr. OConnor quit a law practice April 2, 1892, to enter the post-offic- e. "Since then I have worked 34,000 he said. "That hours overtime, makes 4,250 extra days or, with 306 days to the postal year, a total of more than 13 years. 7, 1933 Poor Eyes Never Earned Good Wages' 9 1st FIXATION makular There Image eye. 2nd FOCUS fairiy nel must Imr--- e defined. FUSION There should be i single mental impression. COMFORT The eonselous attention must be free to concern Its self with meaning and Interpretation. Dr. W. H. Landmesser OPTOMETRIST Member of (linc Foundation 1090 East 224 2 SUGAKHOUSE l!i GUATEMALA INDIANS JUST LEARN OF U. S. Primitive Tribe Adheres ta Customs. Pre-Conqu- New York.' The 1,000 Indians in the Guatcma'an village of Santiago Chimallenango, living by a calendar which dates from the ancient Mayan civilization, have just learned of the existence of the United States, according to a report of a field study sponsored by the department of anthropology of Columbia university. The report was submitted by Charles Wagley of Kansas City, Mo., graduate student in the depart ment, who returned rcrer.tly from five months spent in this village, situated high in the Andean Cordillera. There he studied the economic and social customs of one of Central Americas most primitive tribes. Santiago Chimaltenango, a section of the department of Huehuctcnango in northwestern Guatemala, is a three-datrip on horseback from the nearest town with passable roads. It is located on a shelf 8,000 feet high, cut into the side of a peak in the Cuchumatanes mountains, reads: "Doth the ploughman plough all highest range in Central America. ' Follow Old Customs. day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground? Touched very slightly by the inThe idea was evidently as general roads of "civilized" culture, the naas today and the purpose the Bame tives of this community lead a life but the implement, the plough, quite which the traditions of perpetuates or of iron different a sort pointed who lived before the Spanancestors fire hardened stick or crotched limb ish conquest of Guatemala 400 years as quite often a type of stone or Mr. Wagley reports. The 40 ago, metal hoe. That was about 800 villages which comprise separate years before Christ. Micah, 200 the department are autonomous or 300 years earier, said that peace although all come under the should come and men would "beat units, central government of the Guatetheir swords into ploughshares. With its own maymalan republic. 'Not much of a ploughshare as we or and each village obcouncil, know it but evidently such as used serves its customs and peculiar at that time. to its own centdresses according Writers of the long ago said little uries-old style. Until the arrival of of the plough or ploughing. They last summer, no one in Mr. Wagley recognized it as the basic opera- Santiago Chimaltenango had ever tion in agriculture, the great basic heard of the United States. industry, and that was enough, for The Mayan calendar by which who needed to say anything about these Guatemalan Indians figure the something everybody knew all about passage of time is based on a year and that was at the same time, par- of 18 months of 29 days each. Since ticularly in those days of crotched this system is shorter than the solar or pointed sticks anything but iny period in March year, a spirational of the muse. separates the end of one year from the beginning of the next. These five days, which are considered very Gaels and Gaelie unlucky, are spent by the entire vilWebsters dictionary lists the lage in fast, abstinence, and prayer. Gaels as the Celtic inhabitants of Com is the exclusive crop at SanScotland, Ireland and the Isle of tiago Chimaltenango, where the Man, especially a Scottish Highlandcornfields lie at angles er of Gaelic speech; also any mem- along the mountainside. With the g branch of crop surplus as barter, trading is ber of the the Celts. The Britannica states carried on with other groups in the that the term "Gaelic in its widest department. sense is used almost synonymously The men in the tribes travel exand one hears of tensively in the course of their marwith "Celtic, Irish Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic, etc. keting, Mr. Wagley says, but the The Scottish Gaelic is the form of women have never seen an autoGoidelic speech which was intro- mobile, a silk stocking, or a modern duced into Scotland by the Dalriadic building. They refuse to believe the Scots from Ireland. There are im- tales of the men who have seen portant divergencies in phonetics and heard radios in the departand inflections between Irish and ments capital, Huehuetenango. Scottish Gaelic. The Gaelic league Start Work Early. was founded in 1893 in Dublin, Irein Santiago ChimalleEducation land, to preserve and extend the use of the old Irish language, now nango is a family affair, with the the first official language of the Irish father responsible for the upbringing of the sons and the mother for' Free State. the instruction of the daughters. At the age of eight or nine, boys start' to work in the cornfields, learning to. The Rogue Himself ' are ini- -, Shakespeare certainly needed no sow and harvest. Later they of marketintricacies into the tiated in crimand crime foreign tutelage inals, for, ready to hand, he had ing. At the same age, the Indian firegood English matter in the beggar-book- s girls learn to weave, to carry and in the actual life of his wood, and perform all the household day, and his was the genius of all tasks. The ideal ages for marriage range others for transferring this matter to art. Small wonder, then, that from twelve to thirteen for girls his rascals remain vitally distinct and from thirteen to fourteen for and individual; for where the Span- boys. No romance is involved, Mr. ish novelists and their continental Wagley points out, since the entire followers are intent upon society affair Lar arranged by the parents of seen through the eyes of the rogue, the boy and girl. in Falstaff has ..The lifo of the entire population of Shakespeare anatomized the rogue himself. SantiagQ Chimaltenango is characterized by striking simplicity, Mr. Wagley says. Black Mexican beans, fruit, and an occasional hog or Irony, Sarcasm, Wit, Ilumor Irony is a figure of speech in chicken supplement the varieties of which the intended meaning is the corn which make up the chief food opposite to that expressed by the staple. words used. For instance, words of "Through the study of these modern be but the ironic Indians, archaeologists may used, may praise tone of voice implies blame. Sar- learn much about the mode of livtimes," the recasm is a bitter gibe or taunt spoken ing in with the intention of causing pain port concludes. "Ethnologically, the to the bearer. Wit is the apt asso- Guatemalan area is absolutely unciation of thoughts or words ex- touched and affords great opportupressed in a light and amusing way. nity in the social study of an anHumor, is the comical allusion to cient people who have survived and are gaining strength in the human beings or their foibles in Twentieth century. .. manner, y five-da- Gaelic-speakin- st good-nature- d |