Show TIIE GARLAND WEST POINTERS TIMES GARLAND VISIT TANK CORPS SCHOOL UTAII HISTORY'S Why People Are Curious By M K THOMSON Ph MYSTERIES D Unsolved Pl'llIOSiTy is one of the few In stlncts Wherever Instincts are dis cussed and allowed curiosity Is always Included It Is on every list Curiosity is so fundamental to human beings that It Is also listed as an emotion The same name passes for both Sometimes the term wonder Is used to distinguish the emotion from the lahUtu:ulmt the tarns curiosity la used more frequently It Is no wonder that curiosity plays such au Important part In our dally lives Being one of the original drives to action and also one of the strong emotions we are constantly Impelled by this double barrelled Incentive to action Curiosity Is responsible for scientific pro gross and the advance of knowledge on the one hand and for gossip and slander on the other Curiosity lends a man to explore to find out what there is to know Historically this served the purpose of aecur-- '4 Members of the first class of the West Point Military academy visited the Tank Corps school Meade near Washington and got first hand close up knowledge of the huge rolling fortresses at Fort George G OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO The Busy Maid Discussing Money Matters Malloch By Douglas A JEAN NEWTON OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO THE women employments choose This the most honorable of all So many busy women lose Their womanhood beyond recall But hers Is still a house to keep To wash and bake to dust and sweep — While other women farther roam Hers are the duties of the home For her no noisy spindle whirs Hera still the needle still the thread hearth At night the Is hers At noon by her the table spread And they whose hopes are here discussed Dave trusted her as none they trust She knows their secrets knows them well And yet must neither talk nor tell Within the walls we hide behind She Is the Intimate and near She’ sees all things and yet is blind She hears all things yet does not hear Of all the callings hands pursue Of all the work that women do And If the house be great or small Hers the most honorable of all (© 1430 Douglas Malloch) I I atTITE NEVER speak of money VV with our boys We never talk finances before them nor discuss the cost of anything So many people in this country today are so that the children grow up actually about things In tennsof thinking We wish above money and their cost all to avoid that” The man who said that Is a fine gentleman and a devoted and thoughtful father Ilia Idea of avoiding for bis children the vulgarizing Influence of Is a good one —In moderation But carried to the extreme of bringing up children ento oblivious tirely money matters It seems to me misguided and oDe fraught with danger Not only Is the element of the dollife lar Inescapable In the for which we must equip our children but Inextricably Involved wdth money matters are matters of character building that vital and supreme Job of parenthood What we do with out money how we get It how we use it how we regard it Its place In oiir scheme of things are matters that must live In the same house with character If they are to be tolerable and unobtru It is because character give neighbors Mil M H- M- l l "I M M Eat Vegetables Twice a Day By H"1"M Ull MI NELLIE I I I A commonplace life we say and we sigh! But why should- we sigh at we Bay? The commonplace aun In the commonplace eky Makes up the commonplace day The moon and the atari are commonplace tilings The flower that blooma and the bird that alngs: But sad sere the world and dark our lot If the flowers failed and eun ehone not And God who sees each separte noul Uvea Out of commonplace makes his beautiful whole —Susan Coolldge WE DO not half appreciate our of good vegetables which are grown so lavishly in our gardens The good advice given us to eat vegetables twice a day with at least half of them uncooked the wise will heed Disorders of the digestive tract will disappear or be avoided by the use of with phosphorus vegetables teeming calcium magnesium and the Iron and vitamins found in the bulbs heads pods and green leaves of our vegetable garden Is found In potatoes Phosphorus Calcium is found la peas and beans cabbage cnrrots parsnips peas spinach and turnips Vitamin A In lettuce pens tomatoes and spinach vitamin B In cabbage carrots celery and other greens like splnnch vitamin C In cabbage carrots cauli MOTHER MAXWELL HI flower onions beans peas tomatoes and spinach Very few vegetables there are that contain less than three of the valuable food accessories In though many small quantities The roughage from vegetables Is needed to comb the Intestines and keep them active eliminating all waste freely Every child large enough to hold a hoe should be given a small plot of ground for his own to cultivate and Such a grow the simple vegetables child would appreciate such foods In a greater degree and may be taught early to taste and eat of all kinds Tomato Delight Four medium sized tomatoes peeled and a slice taken from the top and the pulp carefully removed and mired with the following: One and cupfuls of cabbage chopped one tablespoonful each of onion and green pepone teaspoonful of per both chopped each of salt teaspoonful Place the celery salt and pnprlka on lettuce and mix all the tomatoes with plenty of well seaingredients On top place a soned mayonnaise of mayonnaise and serve spoonful very cold 1930 Western Newspaper Colon CHILD PRIZE AND WINNERS f M I : - Martha Curran Gray of Minneapolis Minn was winner of the $lr00 International grand prize fof “Loveliest Mother In United States and Canada” In Uie f20000 contest of the Photographers’ Association of America Mrs Cray Is t years old the mother of six children twenty grandchildren and seven Beside her Is shown John Raymond Le Hu quet of Victoria B C winner qf the $1500 International grand prize for “Most Attractive Child In United States and Canada" In the same content f Is trained But to live with them foisted upon character unsuspecting unprepared they are almost certo canae trouble too much about money Thinking Is ugly But the child who Is brought up not to think about it at all Is very likely to be the man who Is forced to think about It too much The petty vice of stinginess comes and tain not usually of good husbandry more often It Is an offspring of extravagance On the surface this seems It Is true but paradoxical Quite conscious of course of exceptions and of the evils of extremes on either side I am still Impelled to the conclusion that the ugliness and the evil In the dollar sign all the way from “closeness" to debt and dishonesty can be traded to too little thought of money rather than too much that thfc way of being above thought of money which Is the only way of refined and tolerable living la to give It the necessary forethought And the achievement of graceful living unshadowed by the dollar Is not a matter of figures It is as possible to the person of small means ss and debt are cornmou extravagance with ninny of large Income It Is entirely a matter of thinking about money — thinking about It In time and In true perspective ® 130 Bell Syndicate) of Contrasts tins an area of 80 square sides City Budapest und Is situated on both of the Danube river Six bridges nect the two hunks It Is formed miles bank “A man has an exaggerated opinion of himself to ask for a girl’s hand” Mattie “She can aaya keep him under her thumb” © by the Ball Syndicate Inc) old and TTBfleCCEfiSDaSreim’s A NEW KIND OF PUZZLE There Is a two lino verse running around the Inside of this circle with many letters dropped from the words There are also six objects In the cen- - con- from towns— Buda on the right I’est on the left The atIs that of Old world mosphere of Buda quietude and that of Pest In contrast with this has the bustle of the New world Budapest Is considered one of the most beautiful capitals In Europe two food and getting away from the enemy It Is one of the most practical of all Impulses Curiosity also serves to balance off the Instinct of flight and the emotion of fear Fear and flight would make us too timid for our own good But If curiosity were to have full scope we would soon go too far and meet a tragic- - emlThe- - twoaotand react ui von each other to keep the Individual to the extent from being and from being timof foolhardiness id to the extent of cowardliness The balancing of curiosity and fear has given rise to the thrilling experience of romance and discovery (®) by McClure Newepeper Syndicate) t tar of ths circle Each of theee la spelled with four letters Write down the names of the objects and use their letters to complets ths wordu on the Inelds of the circle Be sure that not one letter la left over at the end —Harvey Peake THE PRINCE WHO WOULD NOT SMILE There was once upon a time a king whose son was called young the Prince Who Has Everything The king was rich the Prince had whole wardrobes full of rich raiment he had an entire wing of the Palace At ted np as a playroom full of games goats Of course be managed to do and toys Nevertheless the I’rlnre tnuny other things besides He whitnever could smile tled for children whom What was the trouble? he knew The king And when he heard of any asked the Wisest Man In the Kingdom lonely or shut-iran he their person “Tour Majesty" he replied “the errands to market and carried them Prince has too much wild flowers When he has Indeed he was always learned to make others busy— always And happy then there was no he will smile” more cheerful a lad anyw here than he So the Queen engaged an Instructor When his mother heard of the Procwho gave the Prlnc the words to lamation she said “Lad the Prince learn: Think of others and you will of the Land Is not Here In happy be happy you have learned the Alas! They did no good at all exsecret of happiness You must go and cept to make the Prince sulky The teach It to the Prince” Queen sent the Prince out Into the "Tes” said the Lad “I will gladly Royal Gardens to play There she go and help my Prince” And he set had set free thousands of birds to off with hla mother's blessing and a sing But though he heard tpelr songs few pence atlll the prince did not smile At last lie came to the Castle and At last the king was so worried was shown into the Great Hall where that he said “The Prince must the Lord Chancellor and the Wisest learn to amile a Man were listening to the Secrets of I will Proclamation and see what comes of happiness brought by others They It!” looked scornfully upon the lad whose So be consulted with the Lord High hoots were worn through and whose Chancellor and the Court And It was ioit was ragged decided to send Royal Heralds Into ev‘And why do you think you can make Each Ilenld ery town and hamlet the I’rlnce happy?" asked the should blow his trumjet in the Mar"rd Chancellor And and ketplace say: the Lad replied “There Is “Be It known that the King of the something that nobody seems to have Lard will give a thousand bags of told enen jhe Prince and I can show it to to the one who can give Liu a True him" FEW of these creatures dan be seen feeding on scrap Iron out- side locomotive works which gives them an iron constitution After they have fed several powks will perch in the girders above boiler worka and caterwaul until the boilermakers are and most of the nearly deafened rivets they have put In are loosened The powklsh sound of a boiler thrown by an enraged workman landing on the powk’s head gives name The powk shown the creature Its here about to dodge an oncoming boiler has a paper shell pecan body with a large filbert head attached on the front end The eyes one of w'hich can be seen are split navy beans with Ink spots Popcorn and split bean wings along with legs and spilt peanut feet toothpick make up the rest of the beast (® Metropolitan Newepeper Servloe) Humble end Proud Be humble for the worst thing In the world Is the name stuff as you he confident for the stars are of the aame stuff as yqu — Nlcholul Vellmlrovlc (Cairaaeir Secret of Ilapplnesa that will make the Prince smile Everybody tried to find the Secret of Happiness for the Prince who Could not Smile Some said “Be sure never to cross him in anything" But no one ever had Others said "Be careful never to anggest unhappy things to him I” But unhappy things never had been suggested So It went until one of the King’s Heralds fonnd the town of In there lived poor woman whose son tended Riddles That Stitt Pauls Abroad -j p- AwthentjesJUrtnd Ing A UUed DOROTUY A EDMONDS hy our Prince lias had everyexclaimed the Queen “Send him away !" cried the Wisest Man But Just then the Prince peeped Into the Great nail and saw the Lad and he ran to him as If he were an old friend “I will go with you" he aald “I am sure you could make me happy I" At that the King Jumped from his throne and the Queen fainted for very The Led took the Prince by the Joy hand and the two went through the great gates that guarded the Palace and out Into the World together In one place they met a boy on crutches and they aat with him and played a quiet game When the boy on cratches took the Prince's band and said “Thank you" the Prince found himself “I have many fine saying hooks I will bring you the ones I thing I" like best” Next they met a boy who had no and the Prince gave him his beautiful doublet Neit they errands for a busy mother And soon a warm feeling crept around the Prince’s heart and a smile came to stay He went back to the Palace a tune I am whistling I" he cried when ho saw tha King But when they asked him how the Lad had accomplished this marvelous deed the Prince was unable to say But Just this easily were the Lad his Mother the Prince and In consequence the whole kingdom made happy —Patten Beers coat warm ran MAKING DAFFODILS The Secret of the Misericordia BEYOND doubt the most mysterious lo the world Is that of the “Mlserlcordla" the strange fraternity which has Its headquarters In Florence Italy The origin of the Mlserleoruia dates back to the Thirteenth century ben one of the deadduring the time wus scourging ly plagues Europe Thousands died n every city and the bodies of the dead were left where they had fallen lest the living contract the drend dlsepse the sick were shunned left without the being slightest care or comfort and It win then that the workingmen of Florence prompted by a humane desire to be of ae much assistance as possible Into organized themselveg brotherhood of mercy to nurse the sick and to give Christian burial to the dead After the plague had run Its course the secret society was still bald gether but gradually dropped! some of Its tilgb Ideals until even today the mention of the name of the brotherhood Is likely to bring a shudder and a quick glance of apprehension lo most any city In Italy From the very conception of the a considerable amount of ganization secrecy was maintained In order that all classes might be brought Into a bond for the good of humanity and from the richest to the poorest a cop dial Invitation was extended to enter the members of tbs Mlserlcordla which wore the gown and mask which they still affect In addition not only wpre the “Brothers of Mercy” unknown to the public at large but they Vero Ignorant of the names of the other members of their organization for they never conversed when on duty or while wearing the Insignia of their order and the affairs of the body were ducted with such secrecy that even brothers might belong without one ever knowing that the other was a member A secret council governs the entire and this council alone membership knows the names which appear upon the roster of the order assigning the different members to their duties Ths Is headquarters of tho Mlserlcordla In the Huzza del Duomo at Florence and In this building each brother secret locker which contains keeps his gown and mnsked hood A signal Is used lo summon the members to duty and when this Is given they ne under oath to drop whatever they may be doing present themselves at a previously designated meeting place don their disguises and receive the commands of the council Rome may ho cnlled upon to carry the sick or wounded to the hospital others to sist In the nursing of a cose of contagious disease and still others may lie assigned to certain duties which the council may consider to be In the Interest of humanity at large though with the they are hardly connected safety of the Individual At the mysterious call the nobleman leaves his palace the artlsnn drops his tools the peasant quits Ills humble home and upon terms of perfect equality und In entire Ignorance of the Identity of those with whqm they are working they proceed to the meeting place there to receive (he orders of their leaders the supreme council It Is no unusual sight In Florence to see gowned and masked persons hurrying along the street In the performance of their duties and the In hnhltnnte of the city have grown so used to the sight that they make no effort to pierce the mystery which the Identity of the Indsurrounds ividual nor to discover the mission on which he has been dispatched When summoned at the denth of some distinguished brother the Mlserlcordla turn out In a body They may be seen not Infrequently carrying the remnlns of their dead comrade on a bier while other members of the secret organization proreed and follow with lighted torches while dirgelike music adds to the solemnity of the occasion The visitor to Florence may be curious ns to the Identity of the men whose Individuality Is concealed neath the flowing robes and masking hoods but the natives have learned to regnrd them without curiosity and have almost censed to speculate upon which lies behind the the mystery centuries old secret of the (© Copy the two patterne ehown abova and uea aa pattern! 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