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Show Thursday , March 19, 1931 • THE MIDVALE JOURNA L ..SCIENCE rescues the ·Intermountain News DEAFENED'~ -Briefly Told by Busy Readers by Floyd Gibbons Noted JournBIIst describes bls mit to a leading electro-acouatlc laboratory. Everyone wbo Is bard of hearing 8hould read it. Reprinted from the Revie"' of lleview•. Selld ~ etamp to Dept. D £1 ;:; .;~ Museular ·Rheumat lc · Aches and Pains them out with a "counter• D RAW irritant." Distressing muscular lumbago, soreness and stiffness-gener-ally respond pleasantly to good old Mus• terole. Doctors call It a "counter-irri· tant," because it gets action and is not just a salve. Musterole helps bring soreness and pain to the surface, and thus gives natural relief. You can feel how its warming action penetrates and stimulates blood circulation. But do not stop with one application. Apply this sooth· ing, cooling, healing ointment generously to the affected area once every hour for five hours. Used by millions for over 20 years. Recommended by many doctors and nurses. • KeepMusterolehandy; jars·and tubes. To Mothers-Muste role is also nuuk in milder form for babies ond small children. Ask for Children's Musterole. Keeping It Going "' want to l':ee the boss." "What do y<>u want to see him aboHt ?" • "About a job." "I'm sorry, but you ~an't see him; he's in an unemployment conference."-Judge. Garfie ld Tea Was Your Grandmoth er's Remedy For every stomach and intestinal ill This good oldfashioned herb bome remedy for c on s tip a tion, llls and o t h e r derangements of the system so preva1ent these· days is in even greater favor as a family medIcine than in your grandmother's day. Consolation "Would your father prevent our marriage, tlenr?'' "4 •ot if my mother's around." Completely Exhausted Excited Tourist-Inform ation given out heTe? '!'ired Attendant-It has. Amazes Mother "Bobble's stomach was often upset and he suffered a lot from colds," says Mrs. P. S. Fletcher, Jr., 4410 W. 30th St., Los Angeles, Cal. "We found he was constipated. "Mother used California Fig Syrup, eo we gave Bobbie some. He amazed me by the quick way he became - strong, energetic, well again. Ills bowels act freely now, and his digestion is splendid." Tlle quick, safe wuy to cleanse and regulate the bowels of bUious, headachy, constipated ch!ldt·en is with California Fig Syrup. Every child loves it. It has the full endorsement of ooctors. Appetite is increased by Its use ; digestion is assisted ; weak stomach and bowels are given tone' and strength. Look for the word aalifornia on the carton. That marks the genuine, famous for 50 years. CALIF ORNIA FIG SYRU P. I.AXATIYE•TON IC fo! CHILDREN ;•. =·~ ~!':: ~-- :-~ ---· ~~- "!:·' :/:~. :~: LIITLE BLUE FACES New York City Moderr;Jts • Her Dearest F'riend-:t thought you and Bill were going to get a divorce? Her-- '\'e are, but I want the custody or the car, and I'm waiting until the final paymPn.ts on it are made so I won't have t<> u~e any of my alimoney to finish payin~ for it. ..· X SONOTO NE 19 Weet f4th St. WATER SUPPLY SECURE TO DECREASE EXPE?IISES TEST WELL FOR WATER WffiE SERVICE AT OGDEN GOLD AREAS SURVEY . ' ;-· Flowers loYe the rain, as you know. It helps them to grow and lt keeps them in good, fresh, healthy condition. But the harebell, of which I am going to tell you, sees that none of its family will evf'r drown or have too much rain. , ·ow, the harebell family of flowers always wears the color of blue. 'l'he flow<-rs grow on · thin, rather tall stems, and when the flowers are in bud they grow very straight and stand right up. "\Ve stand so Stand Right Up. straight as creatm·es should stand," they always seem to say as the bulls stand so beauti· fully and look so lovely and attractive. Tb('y never mind or object to anything. They dan't mind the cold wind or the bad weather, except they do have to be careful about the rain. It is not becaul':e of cowardice that they are careful. Xo, It is because they have good sense, and know what they must do to take proper care of themselves. When the tiny buds burst into flowers, If they stayed right straight up, as they stand when they are buds, every time the rain came it would fill the little flowet·s and completely drown them, and make them droop forever. The l!ttle blue petals aren't strong enough to stand the rain, and the flowers are shaped so the rain would come right Into them and fill them upfor the harebells are like little bells. Yes, they're sensible. They know that the rain would hurt them if they stood up straight, and so they protect themselves. In this way they don't need urn. brellas, and It is just as fine as though they owned umbrellas, when their little heads hang down instead of up to receive the rain. "Mother," whispered one little bud to a much larger bud one day, "when do we open our eyes to see the world 1" "Soon, little harebell, soon;• said the mother. "I'm anxious to see the mountains and the plains, the hills nod the valleys," said another little bud. "And I want to see the sun," said a third. "I'm growing very restless,'' said a fourth. "Soon, soon, little ones, you'll come out and open your eyes to see the beautiful world," said Mother Harebell. "Will we be in the world quite a time, mother?" another asked. "Yes, dar! ing," the mother harebell said, "for we harebell flowers are strong. •·we stand the wind and the storms; but, little ones, listen, of one thing we must be careful." "Of what must we be careful?" whispered the little buds as they began to sli~htly open their eyes. "You can't hold y o"U r head s up straight as you do now while you are bud~. "You must drop your little heads just before you open your eyes, and not look right up at the sky. "For if you did look straight up at the sky, when old King of the Clouds came along he would fill your little bell-like faces with water, and you would drown. Don't Need Um"So this is a warnbreJias. ing. You will live to smile with your little blue faces at the great and lovely world if you are careful of this one thing." So that is why the harebells bend over after they are through being buds. Black and White In this game the players have to stand in a line or ring, black and white alternately. Each one to wear something black or white to show which side he is on. One of the play· ers Is the thrower and he stands to face the line. The thrower •;bouts "Black!" or "White!" Sending the ball he calls. If "white," is called, and "white" ratches it, "white" side scores 1. But if a "black" catches the ball, "black" scores 1. Then the same, of course; if "black" is called, and "black" or either "white" secures ball. No player must step for· ward to catch ball. tt he does that side loses a point. Six points to a game. Three points to a set. Uaeleaa Teacher--can you give me an examt•le of wasted energy? Bright Pupil-Yes, sir; telling a halr-raislng story to a bald-headed wan. .. .) . One of the Grotesque Carnival Figures. (Prepare•\ by the National Geographic Society, Wuhlngton. D. C.) E AI:LY spring means carni'"al in Nic:e, capital of the French Riviera. To this region crowd thousands of visitors to take part In the annual playtime. But to enjoy It one need not become a participant in this somewhat stren· uous though good-natured burly-burly. Even as a spectacle, the carnival Is amusing. What the French can't think of-ln the way of great cars topping the roofs; mounted groups impersonatIng anything from a knightly tourney to a set of chess men; ludicrous fig. ures of carrots. cocottes, Catherin· ettes, and monocled men about townthe Italians, to whom Nice belonged when the first carnivals were held, add In the way of human Interest. The carnival occupies scores of artists and hundreds of workmen for months. Miles of silks and satins are dyed in the official colors of the year. The business as well as the appearance of the center of the city Is transformed for weeks. Tourists accustomed to the best are forced to humble themselve,; before haughty concierges and rect:>ptlon clerks who but a month before were obsequious. Carnival spreads his fame up Fifth avenue. and along Cockspur street, so that winter sailings show a marked Increase and a place in the Train Bleu Is worth a fight. For It a big comitl' des fetes gambles peace of mind against unsettled and unsettling weather which mocks at prearran!!:ed scheduiPs. Far Into the nig·ht the committtee plans how to prevent two persons from occupying the same chair at the same time and st!Il keep from refunding money once lured into it coffers. All that is stagecraft and manage· ment, as lifeless and dull to the outsider as the back-stal):e gridiron or a rack of numbered and lettered tickets. What makes a car11ival is not the elaborate plans of professionals, but the touseled-haired amateurs. their arms around girl com anions, galvanIzed Into motion by the blare of thirdrate bands and adding to the formal skeleton of schedule pleasures the meat and substance o vulgar, but Inoffensive, fun. All Innocent Fun. Strange as it may seem, the frivolities at carnival time on the Riviera are as Innocuous as • eedle's Eye" and "Post Office" at a d nation party In the little white church. ll'or a vapid dummy, Old King Carnival is a merry old soul. But It is the free guests and spontaneous jollity that furnish a spectacle worth seeing and an experience thnt makes boisterous revelers of staid visitors. However unconventional it may be, the Riviera bas its hidebound, brass· tacked, three-ply conventions. At baccarat, win or lose, o e must look bored. "What does It matter?" Is the expression to wear bile sums for which men have murdered or married, stolen or slaved. re tossed negligently hack and fo King Carnival know no such restrictions. "Do as you please" Is hls motto. In the prorlam tion which he issues to his subjects, Including the poll('e forc:e, there is o mention of the fact that "liberty oes not mean license," or that "tr e freedom is frt:>edom to do right." Yet there are convent ns. even amid confetti showers. The masker must disguise voice as well as face, and preferably assume the ostume ot the opposite sex. '!'his leads to some coarseness. But when s me uninitiated town lad di~covers bls JunoesquP curves slipping, hls saf ty-pin, safety· first efforts are so sincere that one forgives embarrassment, of which he so evidPntly has the m jor portion. The home town of Massena, Garibaldi. and Catarina Segurnna ls a hullilng place, a combination of ugllr.t~ll •nd beauty, of industry and Idle· ness, a city whose native life moves along independent of the tourl~t horde, numbering a quarter million visitors a year, just as the Paillon flows unno· tlced under the Casino, the Place Mea· sena, and the perennially beautiful gardens. Why It Is Best in Nice. Its very size is what gives the Nice festival precede~<;e over the carnivals of Cannes, Mentone and Grasse. Car· nival here has a popularity and vivacity of Its own, largely because 175,000 Nlceans of French and Itallan descent simply can't resist the temptation to pay court to King Carnival, dance to his piping, flutter about bls bright lights in gay masquerade, and forget such drab realities as affect life in Nice as surely as they do In lllaple Valley or Kalamazoo. "Foreigners" come and go. "Winterers" count as little as they do in India. l>'lower battles are won or lost. Regattas fleck the blue bay with dancIng spots of white and night fetes burst Into polychrome brilliance above dark waters. Dog shows attract prize pups from a wide area. Yet Nice pur· sues Its wonted way In the crowded old town, In the Industrial districts of St. Roch and Riquier, or in the business centers. But let King Carnival issue his revolutionary manifesto, doff his trlcorne, and shoulder his Gargantuan way through the motley streets, and every one, from wrinkled granny to staring infant, rushes to the show. In their glad revolt against routine and boredom, these warm-blooded revelers keep their healls. Wine flows freely, but drunkenness Is not com· mon. Thugs, pickpockets and camp· follo"·ers are strangely absent. Seldom does anything happen to which serious exception can be taken. Confetti and Flowers. Carnival and paper confetti, even it some urchins l!:arner their ammunition from the ankle-deep streets, make a happy combination. Carnival and plaster confetti smack of the days of molten lead poured from the roof of Notre Dame or the walls of Carcassonne. Those who know wear wire masks and dress in cloaks with a ruffied hood to protect the ears; but the splendid white horse ridden by the marshal, In his red hunting jacket, has to stand the pelting without benefit of armor. Plaster confetti is the size of BB shot, but somewhat lighter, and frfable enough to become chalky dust beneath one's feet. In a flower battle, Nice puts the accent on the battle instead of on the ftowers. It makes the concession of forbidding the throwing of bouquets tied with baling wire, and of selling nosegays rescued from the mussy street, but the promenade Is as crowded nnd disordered us for a Corso Carna valesque. A· minimum decoration. consisting of sickly bouquets tied to the lanterns of an ordinary carriage, will enable Its driver to rent It to those who don't kno\V any better, and to occupy a place in the parade. Bowers of beauty are sandwiched In between rheumatic hacks, which. in obeying the letter of the law, have exhausted all spirit whatsoever. These obstructions are filled with deluded folk, who spend the morning picturing themselves In the heart of a flower battle and the rest of their lives wondering why they ever tried to compete in a beauty parade with those whose chariots are completely hidden by choice blooms. For tlower battles, one does better to go to Canne~. Cagnes, Urasse, Mentone or Beuulleu, where the event Is a sort of famlly affair, where the ammunition Is sweeter, the carriage!' and I cars more uniformly dainty, and the spirit more cognizant of the fa!'t that a flower should be a graceful tribute rather than a mbsile. MOUNTAIN nO::\IE, IDA.-Work· men arc installing a pump di'Signed tQ tap the unlimited water supply of the lower strata. Mountain Home will then have suffieient wat· er, John Goodall, chairman of the village board announ('e:<. The well is to Rupply from 200 to ~00 gallons per minute from a depth or from 200 to 300 feet. BOISE, IDA.-Idaho ha,; •lel'itled to do II s share toward put tin~ more gold in circulation by pointin~ out the best goltl ar('as and urging they be developed. The plan was announced by Stewart Campbell, state mine in.vector and mcm!Jer of the state bureau of minr>:<. The bnrt:>au will press to eomple· tion at an early date a geolo~ic survey which will include known gold areas ~ueh as the Thunder Mountain, Elk City, an•l Lemhi areas and from there will hrandt out Into other sections. POCATJ'JLI..O, IDA.-It is announced that the Eastern Idaho 'Yool Marketing association has ~<ignPd 4ii4,(i!>2 !keces for 1n:a. Directors sa,,· they ha' e ath·arlf'~d $1GO,OOO on the clip. BUJU,l•lY, IDA.- Frank Coh, 42, Boise, district manager of the American Automobile a s ~oeialion, was killed in an automohile accirtcnt at a sharp corner turn about two and a hnlf miles east of l>elco. TOOI<JLJ.<;, UT.-With Tooele county facing a ~hortage of $2,000,00(1 in assessed va lua tiou, awl an incidental decrease of 10 per c~nt in revenue, the 'l'ooele County Ta3"payers' association and the f1ounty Farm bureau have started a movement to ask the tax-spending bod· ies of the c:ounty to decrease their expen•litures for next year. OGDEN, UT.-A government lensed wire will be extendt>d to the Og· den Union stockyards soon after July 1, according to information re· ceived b.y Stephen Bray, local representative of the federal livestock market news service. Provisions for this wire were included in the agricultural appropriation bill re· cently passed. TWIN li'AtLS, IDA.-As several passers-by looked on, Harold li'. Hughes, 35, a farmer of Hansen, stepped from his automobile on a street here, rested a shotgun against the seat, pulled the trigger with an iron hook and shot himself thr9ugh the heart. He died almost instantly. Nl<1PHI, U'f.-A test well may be drilled soon in the fields west o:r Nephi. Should this prove succe~:>s· ful, water for Irrigation purposes will be plentiful in this section. For some years past, the projects of ir· riga tion water have been under dis· cussion in this area, and at present farmers are appearing enthused for the first time. PRICE, UT.-Below are entries in the invitational school band contests to be held April 10 and 11: Class A- Carbon, :llontrose; West high, Grand Junction, and Logan. Class B-Uintah. Class C--Hoose ..elt, Ferron, Duchesne, ]'ruitva 'e (Colorado), N.,, Summit, Castle Da!(', IIunt.ington and Bear Hi•er. Class D-l<'ountain Green and Mt. Ernmon~. Junior hi~h-Helpcr, Harding, Castlegate, ::l"pring Olen and Latuda. Other prohable competitors are Box l!}Jder, Central junior high of Ogden, Santaquin and Nephi. EPIIUAIM, UT.-Only .30 ot' an inch of moisture fell here during l!'ebruary, according to measurements made by F. Stevenson, local government weather observer. This brings the total for the first two months of the year to .44 ot an inch, as compared with 1.84 inche.s for the same period last year. The total precipitation for the pa..<;t four months has been only 1.44 inches for this locality. PRICE, UT.-Bids for another large road project in eastern Utah, the construction of a gravel surfaced road from Monticello to the Church Rock at Peter's hill, have been asked by the state road commission. The highway, which is in the neighborhood of five miles in length, is an imp.ortant link in a highway system which has its origin in Wheeling, W. Ya. The cost of the project is estimated at $100,000. Construction work should begin at an early date. IDAHO li'AI,LS, IDA.-The city has just held its annual flpring clean-up and removal of winrer debris bas been conducted. Lawns and buildings have been beautified and cleaned. IDAHO FALLS, ADA.-The local chamber of commerce has r&ceived a letter of acknowledgment from Red Cross officials of the arrival of potatoes from Idaho l!'ulls, in the drouth area. BURLEY, IDA..-Black and White day (ITolstein·l!'riesi~n cattle) , is to be held here in Mu y. It has been decided to advan~ and promote boys' and girls' calf clubs and to make et>pecial elforts to procure good stocl- for the members. To be a Heafthy Woman watch your Bowels! What should women do t<> keep their bowels moving freely? A doctor should know the answer. That is why pure Syrup l'epsin is so good for women. It just suits their delicate organism. It is the prescription of an old family doctor who has treated thousands at wom• en patients, and who made a special study of bowel troubles. Dr. Caldwell's S~· rup Pepsin is made from fresh, laxatiYe herbs, pure pepsin and other harmless ingredients. It doesn't sicken .or weaken you. No restrictions ot llabit or diet are necessary while taking it. But its action is thorough. It carries off the sour bile and poisonous woste. It does everything you want it to do. It ls fine for children, too. They love its taste. Let them have it every time their tongues are coated or their skin is sallow. 'Vhen you've a sick headache, can't eat, :ire bilious or sluggish; and at the times when you are most apt to be constipated, take a little of this famous pre~cription (all druggists keep it ready in big bottles), and you'll know why Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is the favorite lax· ative of over a mlllion women! Da. W. B. CALDWELL's SYRUP PEPSIN A Doctor'S Fami{p Laxative HANFORD 'S Balsam of Myrrh California Style Has Appeal for President While President Hoover isn't noted as a humorist, he sometimes does tell a good story, especially during hls brief fishing trips down in Virginia. It was on one gf these occasions that he remarked, after argument on prosperity, or rather the lack of it: "I don't want to appear biased because I myself am a Californian, but I really do belieYe the nation as a whole would be better off if it fol• lowed the California style a little. "You know, California simply won't be outdone. It must be first in everything. Why, not more than a month ago, after triplets had been born in F'lorida, a hospital in Los Angeles announced quadruplets and I undprstand that preparations for the 1940 census have already begun in earne!;t."-Los Angeles Times. FOR WOMEN OF MIDDLE LIFE Salt Lake Cityj -"I found Dr. Pierce's Favorite! Prescription a wonderful thing forwomenat,middle life. I was in very poor health at the time I was advised to try the 'Favorite Prescription,' but my health improved right away after I ' started on this remedy, and by the ' time I had taken four bottles I was well and stout, and I have had no more :rouble."-Mrs. M. A. Prado, 450 So.lst St., West. Druggists. Fluid or tablets. Free medical advice to usere of Dr. Pierce's medicines. Write, oendlntr medlci~~e wrapper to »r. .Pierce'• CUnlo. lD 'lulfa.Jo, N. Y. Tree Had Sealed Pipe When A. R. Sullivan, of Tacoma, picked up a piece of wood to throw into his stove, clos) examination disclosed that an old pipe had been sealed Ill the heart of a tree, and that 80 rings had ground around it. William Bonney, curator of the Washington State Historical society, declared that the pipe had probably been placed in a hole in a fir tree nearly 100 years ago by some trapper ~r hunter. Like the Rest of Ua Wifey-'l'here's an l!ld clothes man at the door. Hubby-•reu him I'v6 got all I need.-Judge. |