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Show CALL RECRUITS IN SYPHILIS WAR Call for Gilbert Patten gy The Original Gilbert Patten IX CHAPTLR -- H I1" Sable 5 think a little about happenings which became panicky the opposite suddenly understood 'fifIForiute J completely fj how Bart went to he tthen felt was going ?eand told her he couldn't face the he because Si For Merry was no no- - ? Zi I bound-show-of- f. who reveled in though he was at even and d I not a shrinking easier always found it than criticism and blame fcce 5,..mouthed flattery, vho fcrefore anybody a little parade and do a bad guess, making was tjig to go go on himself merely forced as the usual moves if had happened. noth-unusu- al WNU Varsity, who had stopped near him: "Maybe Merry will pan out, after all. He sure can boot the old ball hard and pretty, and he seems able to place It on a dime. Bascomb grunted. "Huh! Wait till you see him try to make a quick kick with a charging line tearing through on him. That will be something else again. A short time before work was to end for the day Kane called the regular team together to make a few rushes against the scrub. He wanted, in particular, to oil up a play that had gone sour against Mayfield, for he still believed in it. Not a little to his surprise, Frank was sent in as right halfback for the scrub. That was more than he had expected, his first day on the field. Passing him before the line-up- , from the side of his No Hodge 'spoke mouth: "Well, theyve promptly buried you with the rest of us dead k, no posing. to his ones, Merriwell. You'll never get was disappointing so to Bascomb. out of this graveyard. e to In the backfield behind the varsity fellow simply refused dexpecteBascomb line, Bascomb, who wasnt yet way Very annoy- - aware of what was to be tried, said anted him to. to Springall: "Call a play thatU had let me get at him, Dick, and I'll noon on Monday somebody block the legs off Merriwell." ht in a newspaper containing resThat was the kind of a play count of the runaway and hand. Springall called when they were it passed from hand to Smith had done no kidding be-th- written a straight-ud- , honest story, giving Frank June. He had for nerve, i g his sty. Bascomb and I hke that much, either, and bunch crossing the campus and ,mned by some upperclassmen, to get smart and make fresh What they understood jers. less was the way he gave to Bart Hodge. That, as they He was it, was foxy stuff. ig a thin trick. ell, Hugh, anyhow, lhave the pleasure of not see-,try to become a football Wj said Bascomb galloped y dress for field afternoon, Merriwell there. Wearing a Bloomfield to cleated rig from sweater he was talking to Dick gall, the quarterback and cap- then, when he gym to was a ire prac-ruesda- Canyon. was the and then some. pi ell," he said, when he could 'is it possible youve got being afraid "I've Never Been Afraid to Play Football, Sir, Said Frank. to play football, ready to go. It was a faked right-en- d run with a spin and reverse te never been afraid to play around the left end. fli, sir, said Frank. Tackle and guard opened the hole yeah?" Hughs mouth that let Bascomb go through on the med to lop off all the upper jump, and he sheered to the left f his head with its expanding and Merry, who was Then how come you laid charging. on your team last year and Franks churning knees struck ed it from the stand while it after Bascombs ribs a licking by Torrence acade- - he realized what was going to happen. Over Bascombs body he spun, ld it ever occur to you," Mer hands outflung. His palms struck ked, "that that might be my the turf. Like tempered springs his less?" arms flung him upright on his feet so you've got a nasty come-hav- e again to complete the impromptu you?" said Bascomb, handspring. Inn changing to He wasnt confused. In his stride something and crueL "Well, that just again, he leaped at the interferer, the account heavier to set- - who was coming round the end ahead of the runner, and laid him Jigall interposed at this point. low. ll both of you," he said, The safety man, coming at full stuff is out, around here. The tackled the runner and speed, 'De to start it will be reported the play for a slight loss. smeared coach, and what hell do Everybody who had seen just it will be enough." what had happened was laughing. o sorry, Mr. Springall, apolo- Bascomb wasnt. He was getting "but Bascomb ,1kthrough ought up, his hand pressed to his side, his his head before face twisted with wrath and pain. at rm more lhan fed up Iunny business. But I'll Because of malicious eagerness to slate when hes ready to get at Merriwell and hurt him as Quitting time." much as possible Bascomb had Iat real mce of you, said made a cross-blocworthy of the b sourly. "And I'll tell you amateur. but rankest everything will be all The coach had warned him about UP then. stuff like that, more than once. Now, ftolsftMerriwelldid ot as Bascomb rose to his feet again, 6 appeared to Ignore Kane came swiftly toward him. an "emy Bascomb would be l0 "Thatll be enough for you toenacious and . vindictive said the coach. "Im tired of day, tab! telling you." Then he turned and beckoned a substitute. "Come in ss8i2,eVreSently and was Davis. See Frank there. here, 7d Bascomb walked away slowly and nothing. left the field, still holding his hand fTatiy hen he aPPeared, to his side. Practice went on withdid not out him. Pracucady every. When it was all over Kane asked that. ,flced What do you turncd the new the assistant coach: Merriwells kicking? of think uIl0Hanscmb. the assist- "Hes a natural, answered Hans fay s to "Struct in kick- - comb. d Passing. Two "Then dont try, to coach him. minutes later wag natputting Merriwell Coaching hurts a fellow with ha it than more L roPfacks, piaCe ural kicking ability every variety. ,th 5SJ helps." n "And he knows how to pass, as fleId !JSJlso Hes got an arm and hes fences a(b p nian-- of them well. accurate. rifle 'faanonn !ank uhenever to d so. "Sounds like something. That was here, DatS"11 very curious a stunt he did when Bascomb threw tfa. Spectcd that that low block at him. rURht t0 bear "Didnt I see it! Hes better walkUlerP 8nd 11 seemed ing on his hands than some of the But ct bother a would-bes- . fah f ,ould Kane almost smiled. "That sounds repUted quit.10W odd from an old pessimist hke you. inaluB Are you telling me he doesn t belong on the scrub? "What I dont understand," said iwell? cross-blocke- d split-secon- WAT S k 6 01 "-- i uaw part otW8 if neat 0 rfa E I lo7kdBk,y d Standish rrrvz&m of it Its a letter that Professor Scotch got Doctor Massey, of Bloomfield, to write me. Doctor Massey Is the physician for Mr. Asher Merriwell, Frank Mernwell's uncle and guardian, who is being treated by the doctor for heart trouble. Mr. Merriwell collapsed in the stand at Bloomfield last fall during a game in which his nephew was knocked out in a line smash." Sitting as still as stone and looking straight ahead, Frank heard the coach read a portion of the letter: 'Mr. Merriwell Is a sportsman who has always encouraged his nephew's love of athletics, but the shock of seeing Frank stretched on the ground and hearing a woman shriek that he had been killed caused him to collapse that day. Afterwards I found that Mr. Merri-well- s heart had been seriously affected by the shock, and it was I who pledged the boy to play no more football until I should say he might without apprehension that another, similar, accident might not have an even more serious repercussion on his uncle. And to make sure Asher Merriwell would not hear of what I had done, I asked Frank to tell nobody. Now, however, I feel confident that Mr. Merriwell has so far recovered that I am willing to release the boy from his promise, as long as he's so anxious to play football again. "Thats all, concluded the coach, "and it ought to be enough to end the guessing and loose talk that's been going on." The The whistle! The kick-off- ! plunk of the lusty foot of a State kicker boosting the ball high and far toward the east goal, which Fardale, having won the toss, had chosen to defend because of the favoring wind. Racing from the restraining line, the maroon clad State men blazed like a sheet of flame across the field. Under wraps, Merriwell sat with the squad and saw the game begin. Elmer Davis was in there at right half, where Bascomb would have been had he not been hurt. The kick, aimed for "coffin corner," was coming into his territory. He took the ball cleanly and was away, with two interferers sweeping in ahead to blaze a path for him. Twenty-twbeyards of green sod were left hind his flying feet before he was slammed down by a State tackier. That was good. Good enough to bring a great cheer from the Fardale crowd that packed the north o stand. But State wasnt disturbed. They were brimming over with confi- dence, those fellows. This was a m the bag game they had reckoned before it started. Any team May-fiel- d could trim, even by the closest score, just had to be an easy for them when they bounce-arounturned on the juice. Davis was on his feet again. If that hard tackle had jolted him much he didnt show it. A quick huddle was followed by a shifting switch behind the line and a center buck, Davis carrying the ball. But the State line was a stone wall through which no hole could be drilled, and Davis went down in Two yards lost. the pile-up- . BE COST1UID) (TO d Bass Small-Mout- h large-mout- h Kind Is Explained the rear. If to a soft fin tow-aithe spiny portion of the fin Is almost triangular m shape, and almost separated from the soft porbass. If tion, it is a the top of the spiny port' on of the fin looks almost square - cut. and if this there is no sharp d p dividingsmall-mouth it is a fin, soft the from part large-mout- Museum of Zoology. cr fishes, the read-i- s books In many bass. confused by being told er These two ruls w 1) enable you of rows number the count adds that to identify the two s r f ' ,s ot bass scales " savs Hubbs, who Should the a hard enough if the fish are aduh. "counting scales is t y be, ard dofish be immature, accustomed to t f 10 inches, job for a man size the legal below if alone let of thing, evident, ing that sort color markmgs w.U HLare of Michman l average small-mout- h rules f r separating mouth. bass fr m large through Draw a hr.c vertically If the fish s eye. the rf the back back of this line, upper 3aw extends bass If the up- nmjth a it is large only to a point per jaw goes it is a small mouth under the eye. Thats the first ruio. apply cor.tb.sion To check your of the the shape F.ule 2. Study is the fin dorsal fin carefully. (This v dJ notice (U p Vt up of two that this fin is made J n.ed spiny part furwarc., parts, 2$ Then he took a letter out of his pocket and went on. "Ive got something here that I want to read-p- art will have The average fisherman a no trouble at all distinguishing bass from a small-moutbass, if be will remember two simple differences between just Carl Hubbs, the two fish," says Dr. curator of fishes for the Hubbs Ruth Wyeth Spears push-ove- plays How to Distinguish From Large-Mout- h 4- them. "State Is counting on a r Saturday, said the coach in conclusion, and they have a right to after the showing we made against Mayfield. But what Im counting on is that youll get together and hand that bunch an upset thatll take the conceit out of them. You can if you want to. Then it seemed that everybody was staring at him. He was embarrassed, but his face was sober and honest. He was really concerned for the welfare of the team. Dick Springall said: We have to take practice injuries as they come at this stage of the season. We can stand them better now than later on. Somehow Springall did not appear as much worried over losing a big shot as Frank had expected. Mulloy was waiting for Frank and they walked back to Union hall together. The Irish boy was bubbling over with chuckles. "When they try to stop you they go to the hospital, me lad, said thatll ooze Barney. "Maybe through Bascombs thick head while his rib is mending. You busted it, all right Thats the latest intelligence. "And that makes Fardale that much weaker," said Merry. "Who says so? Let me tell you Its just been poured something. into my ear that the Grand Canyon was pushed on Fardale by some rich old grad with more influence than sense. Its done nowadays, you know. And he hasnt panned out. Its suspected that the coach was looking for a good excuse to bench him. Now he wont have to look any more, and he really ought to give you a loving cup. There was a long period of skull afternoon. practice the following team FarState Second, the strong dale would meet Saturday, had been scouted in its first game, and Kane an hour demspent the best part of onstrating States scoring SEW HOP?. - with blackboard diagrams and showing his plans of defense against Im sorry." team. in the "War Against Syphilis" by Gen. John J. Pershing and Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur will be heard throughout the country. General Pershing is chair- - Sen ice Hanscomb, avoiding a direct answer, "is how that lad can be a football quitter. A fellow who has got the nerve to face mad dogs and snatch a girl off a runaway horse two or three seconds before she'd have been killed hasnt any right to turn yellow just because he's been knocked cold m a lme buck. Theres something wrong about it! Now Kane did smile a little. "It does sound a bit balmy," he aland lowed, said no more. Outwardly calm, Frank was inwardly almost tumultuously happy that night. Maybe Hodge was right in thinking he, like Bart, had been buried in the Fardale graveyard of football hopes, but he had a feeling that the scrub could be used as a springboard from which to leap to a more lively field. He felt a thrill of pleasure when he sat down that night in the smaller dining room with the other football men. He hadnt got to training table, but maybe he was on his way. He thought of Barney, who never muffed a chance to cheer him on, and missed him for the time being. Barney was all wool and a yard wide. Some pal! Those fellows were agreeable fellows who were still a little curious about him, still a little doubtful and He could feel that unsuspicious. certainty behind their evident willingness to take him for what he might prove to be worth. Physically they were a healthy lot, packed to capacity with leashed vigor. He noticed, quickly, that Bascomb was not there. That was odd. He didnt understand it unt.l the reason came out in the remarks of two fellows on the opposite side of the table. Said one: Well, maybe were going to be a backfield man shy after today. Said the other: You mean Bascomb? What's the report? The first one answered: "The doctor says he may have a cracked rib. They're taking an That gave Merriwell a queer sensation. He said impulsively: "Oh, thatll be tough! Itll weaken the frightful convulsion depths of the Grand Bascomb told himself, i L. n it when Merry, did they like Burt "recruits bass Large-mout- e h a black a e of the band running 1( g" each side. ( m di!e the bodv. along tr ns verse bass r i f perch. bar--after the m but fainter. i Small-mout- h i Mi) Change Ndine obligation One is under n) he P 'rents, bui t f e nan the to bear f, r ore to do so ts a .body may " name at ll ' or cha'ge part prov.dtd he I faith a nd for an t.oi c.t urpuso. 1 ti fist Gen. John J. Pershing. man and Doctor Wilbur is vice chairman of the National Committee of the American Social Hygiene association. "Aided by state and city committees In many sectors, we expect to enlist Anti-Syphil- is Ray Lyman Wilbur. broader interest in the fight on syphilis and the conditions which favor its spread With a war fund of $500,000 contributed by volunteers, says Doctor Wilbur, who is also president of the association. Several Colleges Join War to Check Syphilis Stimulated by the national campaign to control venereal disease, a few colleges and universities are making syphilis tests a part of the routine examinations required of incoming students. Judging from a survey made by the Chicago Tribune, serological diagnosis for syphilis is not a common regulation among student health services, however. Instruction on the sexual and social hazards of the disease is far more common. Many universities, in fact, require their freshman men and women to take courses in health or hygiene revealing the character of the disease. Others confine this instruction to medical and sociological courses beyond the reach of most ctudents. University presidents, deans, and health directors questioned were unanimous in declaring that syphilis does not constitute a major health problem on American campuses. Most of them agreed that students found to have syphilis and gonorrhea should be kept in school where they could have adequate treatment. Frep school leaders, dealing with younger boys, were just as certain that all syphilitics should be barred. The University of Chicago, University of Iowa, and Dartmouth college are schools which have elected to give Wasserman or Kahn tests to all newcomers. New York university offers free tests to all students, but does not require them. Testing began on the Midway with the winter quarter this month, taking advantage of the Chicago board of healths program of free and secret examinations, since the university health service lacked funds for this purpose. Dartmouth college began routine Wassermans last fall and found one case of congenital syphilis among 650 incoming students. The University of Iowa started serological testing of freshmen in 1924 and continued until 1930, reported Dr. M. E. Barnes, head of of hygiene. It the department ceased, be said, because of many objections. The university then confined its testing to food handlers, employees and others. Sound Waves Find Fish Fishermen of Loch Fync, Scotland, are catching their herring by means of electric sound waves. The electric waves cannot be beard on land or sea, but are produced by quartz crystal in an echometer. The instrument has been fitted to a Scottish we"t coast trawler. 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The curtains may be made double with a different color on the inside if need be. Pale yellow is another color that is always safe to use as it gives the effect of light shining through the door. These curtains should be firmly anchored both top and bottom I&lcJm that they do not blow about and catch in the door when it is opened and closed. Both bottom and top rods may be fastened over hooks as shown here at A. Every homemaker should have a copy of Mrs. Spears new book, Forty-eigSEWING. pages of directions fir making slipcovers and dressing tables; curtains for every type of room; lampshades, rugs, ottomans and other useful articles for the home. 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