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Show Page Six THE PARK RECORD Friday, December 27, 1933 The word humor li taken directly xrom the Latin and meant fluid or mola lure. Old physiologists believed there were four fluids blood, phlegm, choler or yellow bile, and melancholy or black bile. The relative proportions Of each, they reasoned with seeming logic, determined a nerson's mood Hence came the expressions good humor hu-mor and 111 humor. But. under the wear and tear of usage, words shift their meanings. Gradually, perhaps because of man's natural optimism, the pleasant meaning triumphed over the onpleasant, and humor came to signify something wholesome, cheerful and, finally, downright funny and laughable Rotarlan Magazine. The "Tabby" Cat "Tabby, as applied to a cat, means one whose markings suggest watered Silk and so, as one of the lexlcograph ers puts It, "a brindled cat, gray, Streaked or otherwise marked with black or yellow." Going further Into the nses of the word, all the authorities authori-ties find that It Is sometimes used to describe a gossipy spinster; and some, though by no means all, concede that It may be used to describe a female cat, as distinguished from a tomcat, Without reference to markings. Ancient Fortification ' Cuba's Casctlllo de la Fuerza (the Castle of the Armed Forces) Is be-Eeved be-Eeved to be the oldest fortification on the western hemisphere. It stands at the foot of O'Reilly street In the oldest part of ITavana. It was be gun In 1538, thereby antedating Morro castle by about 50 years. The history Of La Fuerza goes back to the time of Gernando de Soto. Black Country In England The Black country Is the highly Industrialized In-dustrialized region mostly In Stafford-Shire Stafford-Shire and partly In Worcestershire and Warwickshire, England. The site of Innumerable coal mines, furnaces, Iron-Works Iron-Works and laborers' dwellings, It Is an unlovely and poverty-ridden region. It furnishes the background for a number of England's modern realistic novels. Life of Iiuects ' The life cycle of most Insects Is Tery brief. Many do not live longer than a single season. The longest period In the life history of any Insect Is undoubtedly the space of 17 years Which lapses between the burial of the larva and the emergence of the adult Insect In the case of the periodical cicada. Where Old Norte City Stood Tte Norumbega Tower on the banks tf the Charles river, In Massachusetts, Bnarkg the site where, It Is believed, an nclent Norse cltv called Nornmheza There may be some relation between the various senses, and In childhood such senses as touch and sight are usually developed together. They can be developed separately, as In the case of a blind person. The popular Idea that blind persons acquire an Increased acuteness In their other senses In com pensatlon for the loss of their sight. Is refuted In Ackermnnn's "Popular Fallacies.'' For a person who Is both blind and deaf to develop the other senses Is a most difficult task, as there Is no natural compensation of this kind. Books Are Chained Books were formerly held by chains In university and cathedral libraries because of their value. The earliest and latest examples in England were at Oxford in the Thirteenth and Eight eenth centuries, respectively. Cam bridge university also chained Its books, as did various English cathedrals and minsters. Chained books may be found In Holland at Enkhuizen and Zutphen; at Florence In the Lauren- tian library ; In Nurenberg and at the Sorbonne In Paris. Alaska's Largett River The Yukon river is the largest In Alaska. Its total length Is about 2,300 miles. It begins In the Yukon district of British Columbia, near the Pacific ocean, and ends at the Bering sea coast The river Is unique In that It rises within 15 miles of tidal waters, in the Dyea inlet on the Pacific coast, and reaches the ocean finally not far from where it rose. Indians Are Strong Tarahumara Indians in the southern part of Chihuahua, Mex., are so prodigiously prodi-giously strong that in hewing bridge timbers they will turn out twice as much labor dally as the average Mexican. The secret of the Tarahumara's speed Is that In wielding an adz, he cuts clean through and hits the wood again on the back-stroke. Scapegoat Pays The Idea of the scanesoat is nrae- tlced In some form or other In Tibet In some cases an actual goat Is sent Into the wilderness. In others, a man is chosen who has to leave his vlllase and live elsewhere for a whole year and when he returns someone else is chosen to bear the sin of the village. Cheese From Soy Beans Natto, commonly called cheese, is a Japanese fermented food product prepared pre-pared from soy beans. Although Its manufacture varies, probably with the locality, It Is a common practice to boll the soy beans until tender and then leave them In a warm place for 24 hours,, or until they have fermented. Booker T. Washington, educator, was born In Virginia in 1858. He began work after the Civil war In the salt furnaces and coal mines of West Vlr gmia. in ixtz he worked his way through Hampton Normal and Indus' trial institute where he paid his ex penses by acting as a Janitor. Follow ing this he taught In 1881 he ac cepted a call to organize and become principal of a normal school at Tuske-gee, Tuske-gee, Ala. This Is the outstanding schoool for the colored race. The de gree of A. M, was conferred upon him by Harvard university In 1800 and of LL. D. by Dartmouth In 1901. He died in 1915. Greatest Mass Fist Fight The greatest mass fist fight in his tory took place In Queretaro, Mexico, In 1531, when the Indians persuaded the Invading Spaniards to lay down their arms and fight like men. So the next day at dawn, writes Mrs. C. S. Aiken, New Orleans, Louisiana, In Collier's Col-lier's Weekly, thousands lined up on each side and the battle began and raged for 12 hours before a Spaniard knocked out the last Indian and took over the city in the name of Charles V of Spain. Historic Ski Trip The most important sport event of the year In Dalecarlla, Sweden, is a ski race from Mora to commemorate a ski trip made by the Dalecarllans In the Sixteenth century. Two men were sent to recall Gustavus Vasa, the national hero, and ask him to lead the country, but they did not overtake him until lie was near the Norwegian frontier. Stamp Collecting Stamp collecting is primarily a pleasure, pleas-ure, a diversion from the work of the day. To its magic carpet people of all classes have turned In increasing number during the last few years, find ing In their albums the open sesame to the distant lands beyond the seas, the passport to world travel while enjoying en-joying the comfort of a fireside chair. Ramie Long Used by Chinese Although used since nrehistorle times, ramie has not been nroduced on a commercial basis because meth ods of extracting the fiber have been crude and costly. Long recognized as one of the strongest of all vegetable fibers, ramie has been used by the Chinese for centuries. Many Do Not Use Beds Less than one-third of the entire population of the world today uses beds, although these articles of furniture have been In existence for several thousand years. Kaolin Is a variety of clay, formed by the weathering of granite and certain cer-tain other rocks. It burns to a pure white, and Is used for the manufacture of pottery, such as porcelain and white earthenware. It is also employed in making gome kinds of paper and In filling fill-ing fabrics. Kaolin Is found In a good many places in the United States, and though this country still Imports a good deal of It, the domestic production produc-tion Is steadily rising. Vermont Connecticut, Con-necticut, Pennsylvania, Delaware, North Carolina and Georgia all have productive produc-tive deposits. Slaves Freed Public Christian feeling, at a very early date, held that the freeing of one's slaves was a good method of expiating one's sins, and many so distinguished themselves, particularly in the Fourth and Fifth centuries. As late as the Thirteenth century, when slavery In France had practically ceased, on certain cer-tain festivals a number of pigeons would be solemnly freed from captivity In commemoration of this ancient religious re-ligious act of enfranchisement The Flying Squid The flying squid, a ten-armed marine ma-rine animal about a foot long long and closely related to the octopus and the cuttlefish, is the only known creature whose mode of travel, strictly speaking, speak-ing, Is a series of leaps on the surface of the sea. In fact, writes David M. Whipp, Glendale, Calif., in Collier's Weekly, these leaps are so long and high that the animals frequently land on the decks of ships. Arabs in Africa The first of the alien peoples to enter Africa and to leave a permanent mark on the continent were the Arabs. Next In order came the Portuguese and the Spaniards, followed by the Dutch and the English. The French were the next to establish themselves, and then came the Belgians, the Italians and the Germans. Bower Bird The bower bird of Africa hnllrts Itself a bower, or covered avenue, of twigs and leaves, which It mav use as a playground or a salon for court ship display. One sneeies even eoea so far as to lay down a "pavement" of bits of bone, shell and stone. Some of these bowers are over a yard in length. Coral in Salt Water Only Cora! grows only In salt water. The best island harbors were those formed where freshwater streams poured down to sea,' cutting a channel through the coral reefs as they flowed out on the ebb tide. Honolulu harbor, entrance to the great American playground of Hawaii, is an example of this. :.J0fr'.'.. i t r y-y o:v:'::::X:X:.-:-;-x- A? ' . Here's the Wilken Family getting set for when neighbors drop in I'm the one pouring in the real important impor-tant part of the nog, and that's Harry Jr. stirring it t'P and William grating the nutmeg. The boy leaning his head over my arm watching the doings is Tom. He's my son-in-law. When we're not taking time out for a holiday like this, the whole four of us are concerning ourselves our-selves with our Family's Whiskey over to the distillery right up till after dark. Harry E. Wilken, Sr. ) Si New Year's egg nog made of our own Family's Whiskey! And what a difference in the tastiness of it! Most likely it's got around to you by now how me and the boys are putting up our own Family's Whiskey in regular bottles for sale around in different neighborhoods neighbor-hoods and how quick it's took hold everywhere that folks can get it. Well I got something I want to tell you about that- I want you to know that this being The Wilken Family's own Family's Whiskey, being personally supervised by me and the boys, you can count on that mildness and smoothness and tastiness being in every bottle you ever get a hold of and that goes for as long as any of us Wilkens is alive. I've put all I ever got out of my 43 years of distilling experience into that whiskey, and you bet every bottle is going to be just like the other the smoothest, smooth-est, best tasting whiskey The Wilken Family knows how 07? 6 to turn out for you! Z&wJi&On fa - ! 3 jr-- -k if I 11. 'A. -.. fi Hi . J! -URv 1 -Lc3)u U A $ ELENDED AND EOTTLEO EY i3S. S. mtM z rn isr il) SCRENLEY, PA. DIVISION CF SCKLMEY PRODUCTS CO., IMa Women Have Lost Ground in Last Few Years, Claims Judg( Feminist From West Says a Change in Tactics Is Needed. Judge Georgia Bullock, of the Superior Su-perior court of Los Angeles, a recent re-cent visitor In Washington, D. C, be lleves that women haev "lost ground" In the last few years, says the New York Sun. Like all feminists, she advocates an equal chance for men and women wom-en In business and the profession But unlike the militant feminists, she does not insist "rights" can be won or retained by combative tactics. tac-tics. Time to Co-operative. "Women In the past have won some concessions suffrage, for example ex-ample by 'warfare,'" statea the judge. "But the time for contention la gone. Now our only hope for sur vlval in public life Is to co-operate with the men and to work toward proving our merits and establishing ourselves, not as trouble-makers, but as real contributors to public wel to the stand of most women In public life and in organ! zatlons, Judge Bullock Is convinced that in the last few years women In this country have their wings clipped, have lost caste to a certain cer-tain extent In business and the professions. pro-fessions. She attributes this to world changes, but feels "the only way we can retrieve our former position City Over 3,300 Years Old Bared by Archeologists An entire Egyptian city, built 1,390 years before the birth of Christ, for the first time in history has been laid bare In all the spleo dor of Its careful town planning. It was built between Cairo and Luxor Lux-or by the great Pharaoh Akhenaten, who here tried to rid the Egyptian religion of its abuses. But the city, with its processional way, coronation hall, and temple of the shining spirit, lasted no more than ten years, passing with its founder. The new pharaoh moved the capital of Egypt to another site, and now John Pendleton heads a party of British excavators who are completing the discovery of this an clent city. Pity His Return Mrs. MacTavish My little boy just swallowed a $10 gold piece. Neighbor Gracious, is the child in danger? Mrs. MacTavish No, thank goodness, good-ness, his father's out of town. Fifth Corps Area News. Enough Would-be Employer Have you any references? Would-be Employee Sure, here's the letter: "To whom it may concern con-cern : John Jones worked for us one week end we're satisfied." Annapolis An-napolis Log. Something Higher "Want to leave me. Mary? I thought you were quite comfortable. What is it for, something private?" "No, ma'am, It's a sergeant." Troy Times-Record. Will Be Useful "Whom is jour baby really 'Ike?" "lie has my wife's eyes, my nose, nut I think he got his voice from the motor horn." Lustige Koeluer Zei-tung, Zei-tung, Cologne. Too Busy Employer Can you come to work tomorrow? i Unemployed No, you see, I'm marching In a parade of the unem ployed. Wall Street Journal. All Husbands the Same Mistress (explaining routine to new cook) Now, my husband always al-ways goes to his club Wednesday evening. Cook I understand, ma'am. So he won't want no breakfast Thursday. Pearson's Weekly. p Good i y v n -n ir 't hi-J r j l AFTER j EVER.V Ul 5r)f), K M W m Ll- : la f riAiA - i - w we nave unique ahu. and can work with, not agaiL Her own successful mett-legal mett-legal profession has taught ll the odds are not all against ! that VVhile she admits conntleS?1, of discriminations against , she explains that this ls not d0, much to man's prejudice as tl u attitude of women them?eWes tht Too Dominant Developing this theory, she mu she had noticed how often 1m in high positions set out to" S heir Ideas, regardless of the S ions of men and women wUh they worked. Such action, Se ff was enough to prejudice men a-ntoJ all women who sought self-exS sion outside the home. "But I h yet to see the man who resented working with an intelligent woma who knew how to co-operate wit! her associates and who didn't try take over the reins completely The judge believes women' couia accomplish much more If they were strongly organized, "not as a third party but as a unit that could he counted on to help, rather than an tagonlze, men in public enterprises" And she thinks women have a unique contribution to make to human wel-fare wel-fare because no matter what their interests they can always be counted upon to defend the fireside, the fan, lly life of their country. Fatty Comes Into Own After studying 2,000 candidates for the British Royal Air Force, a med. leal officer states that overweight Is better than underweight because heavier men can stand prolonged, physical and mental stress and ar less liable to disease than slim ones. tnrry;j -4' : - -. '- ". But Gently Well, tell the truth invariably, then, if you want to hurt people's feelings. 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"He got the usual epitaph," said Mesa Bill, "which reads, 'Hewas good sheriff while he lasted.' " I. :. " 'tJ 1 PERFECT GUM Cwrrilht 16. Jo.. 8. Finch 4 ., |