Show i I MYTH AND M MAGIC GI j 0 4 n JOHN JOliN There may have bee been such a person person person per per- son as as s Prester Prest r J John JOhO hn a and ld there may not But iut wl whether r or not li he hits has s supplied the world with plenty of ot fable regarding his existence tho the wo woi wonderful kingdom he is cr credited d with creating reaf ng in Lila Ia and his prOwess prow prowess prOw prOw- ess in th the thC w wars wars rs he 1 waged In converting con con- th the he heath heathen n to Christianity About all aU that Is known of ot Ills his kingdom If if t there re was vas any is that it wae somewhere b beyond yond P Persia lI lie Is said to have lived In the twelfth century to have espoused the creed of th the h heretical r N Nesto- Nesto st and to have ruled over a vast empire of of converts A Ff cis ii ff t s sent SCot nt by br Louis XI to fa convert rt the Gr Great at Kahn got Into trouble with the Tartars and Prester John came to his assistance assist assist- ance The Tho friar credits Johns John's army with having figur S Ot Ut men IMn m made mace ae of br bronze nt which were t fastened to the thO saddles of oi their horses and pu putting ng fire i into t them a in than man ri behind w would wOul uld blow it with a bellows Tl This l mode of if warfare so frIghtened frightened fright frIght- ened tho the Tart Tartars Tartara s i-s that thy they y C collapsed d and aDd fell teU easy easy- victims to the swords of the t redoubtable ble n It ALb Lw The death rate from diabetes l increases In Increases in- in cr creases ses a t tenth Hh In on one year y r. r f A A. medical specialist at Johns Hopkins university blames prohibition which has greatly l Increased cre sed the tho average average- Am Americans American's ricans rican's consumption of sugar augar Diabetes is a Ii disease of ot the pancreatic gland and excessive use of sugar Is apt to 0 make this gland function abnormally Alcohol however 1 has i a j similar effect on n the tha pancreas In som somer some r respects sP cb sugar and alcohol are twins Drunkards sobering up usually eat Cat a lot Jot ot of candy To date Osto the most important result of pro prohibition prohibition hibl seems to fo be bo Its effect on on the pancreatic gland |