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Show FRIDAY, REPTEMIftSB THE SUGAR HOUSE BULLETIN U. S. WOULD RAISE Flash of Lightning Too Quick for Eyes to See The lightning flash is far too quick VALUES OF CROPS Open Farm Laboratory ta Research Work. Con-du- ct for the iMman eye to actually see-- but it is so bright that it burns a distorted image on the retina which is takn for the real flash. Probably, most flashes endure less than a thousandth of a second although multiple flashes, a series of flashes along the same general path taken by the rest, may continue for as long as a second. Really, lightning is never zigzagged as it is generally supposed to be. The bolt, as recorded by cameras, is usually a streak, Washington, C Ths rr.cst modern farm laboratory in the world has been opened by the Department of Agriculture in an effort to raise the standards of American farm products. In an expensive building are all the latest devices for testing, grading and classification of cotton, grains, wool, hay and other agri- sometimes straight but often curved, cultural products. Scientists of many and frequently branching out like years' experience are in charge. the roots of a tree. Agriculture department officials The commonly described "sheet described construction of the new lightning" is not a sheet or even a Standardization building as "anoth- broad band at all; it is just an orer step on the long road of standard- dinary flash which, hidden by the ization and research that seeks to density of the cloud in which it ocraise higher the quality of American curs, lights up a section of the cloud farm products." in a "sheet," states a writer in the In the building are located the bu- Boston Herald. reaus directing regulatory and marSince lightning takes the shortest keting agencies dealing with the path possible, it usually "strikes" principal farm products. Techno- the tallest object in the vicinity. logical and economic research scien- Church steeples are ideal targets tists also are housed in the for lightning but, lacking them, a building. big barn, a tall house or even a tree Cotton experts prepare standards will serve. The lightning crashes for use in domestic and foreign through them and the destruction it trade. The appeal board of review does depends upon the resistance examiners, the final authority in the the object offers to the passage of interpretation of standards, has its the energy. A metal object, such as a steel is not harmed classifying rooms, in the building. in the least, as it allows the lightAlong with cotton standardization and classification work, the physical ning free passage. But a wooden and chemical properties of cotton a building or even a tree fibers, lint and seed will be studied does try to stop the lightning and, as a part of the expanded federal-stat- e as a result, is blown to bits, liter cotton research programs. ally exploded. Often heat is gen' These studies and tests will be re- erated by the battle between wood lated to practical problems in the and lightning and the wood is set principal branches of the cotton en- afire. terprise from the' production of raw cotton through to the finished products of cotton manufacture. There Were No Glass Mirrors Before 1550 not was until It after the year 1550 Real Indian Wedding Is that glass was in use for mirrors. Performed in Oklahoma Before that date highly polished Watonga, Okla. Emma Standing metals were used, relates a writer d Montana in the Los Angeles Times. Elk, Until the time of Charles II, the . Cheyenne princess, became the squaw of Horace Howling Water of manufacture of mirrors was in the Hammon, Okla., in an Indian cere- hands of the Venetians, who guardmonial wedding that attracted hun- ed the secrets of their glass factories very jealously. dreds of Indians. ' White men's customs were tossed But about the middle of the Seven'aside. There was no license, ring, teenth century the English were minister, bridesmaids or best man. making marked improvement in g and set out to capThe Indian encampment was built on the farm of George Rearing Bull, ture from the Venetians some, of world trade they had enjoyed. Cheyenne leader, with a large tepee theThe first plates for mirrors were erected in the middle for the bride. to have been made at Lamsaid There were other tepees scattered and from this time on in 1673, bert about the premises. use in England. in were general The bridegroom's relatives, as is were listed as America in Mirrors the Indian custom, brought gifts to 1680 and were undoubtedly as early "bride's and land" the placed them on the ground. The Indians settled of English make as they followed of themselves around the bride's tepee the prevailing furniture fashions time. that and divided the gifts among themAs all glass was first blown as a selves. There were shawls, coffee it was impossible to make sphere pots, tea kettles, blankets, flour For this reason early sheets. big pans, dried beef, white men's cigar- mirrors were invariably rectanguother dresses and articles. ettes, lar. Large mirrors were made in The exchange of gifts, from all two pieces. The plates, were bent outward appearances, ended the after being blown. straight wedding.. There was no formal cer1750 the plate was molded, After emony. The bride hid in the house not blown. The glass was thin and of Rearing Bull to escape curious uneven and the bevels were pressed onlookers. instead of being ground, which gave not The bridegroom was. permit- a rounded edge and a flat angle. ted to be near the bride during or immediately after the ceremony. He had to wait until his tepee was torn Discovery of Coal down. There is strong reason to believe that the first discovery of coal on this continent was made in Illinois, Girls of Today Still by the' early French explorers, some Prefer Sewing as Hobby time between 1673 and 1689. "It is Detroit. The schoolgirl of today remarkable," states James in "Coal Regions of Amermay swim like a fish, play a fast game of tennis and go in for. rough ica," "that the first discovery of and tumble to extents undreamed of coal in America of which there is in Mother's day, but according to any account in a printed book was Dr. Harry J. Baker, director of a made so far in the interior as Illipsychological clinic in Detroit nois by Father Hennepin more than schools, the modern schoolgirl fa- 250 years ago." Hennepin's map, vors, of all things, sewing as her accompanying the edition of his journal published in 1693, locates a favorite hobby. "In several tests conducted in De- coal mine in the bluffs of the Illinois troit schools, we found that sewing river near Ottawa, where an inwas not a lost art, but ranked head ferior quality of bituminous coal and shoulders above other hobbies," comes to the surface. Referring to Dr. Baker told a conference on men- this record left by Hennepin, R. C. State Taylor, another authority in ecotal hygiene at the New, York -Buffalo in Teachers college ocently. nomic geology, states: "This is the The boys of today don't deviate earliest notice on record of the exmuch from the boys of another gen- istence of coal in America." eration, except that they are deeply interested in aircraft of all types, Paying Mining Royalties Dr. Baker said. In the long past, as their name suggests, mining royalties were Water Priced as to Use paid to the reigning monarch. This Little Rock, Ark. It is cheaper applied to mined products of all to water the lawn than to take a kinds, as well as coal, says London bath here. Mayor R. E.' Overman Answers Magazine. Then, the prie rate for wa- vate owners of land began to obinstituted a ter used to sprinkle lawns and gar- ject to this, as they claimed that dens during the rummer. Special royalties for coal produced from meters were installed at no extra their estates should belong to them. cost. About the middle of the sixteenth century a law case was brought to settle this, and the judges decreed that, while gold and silver mines Biggest Radio Hope belonged to the king, all other minincluding coal, were the propBig Flop at Mike erals, erty of the owner of the land. The Jumbina, potenWashington. rate of the royalty payable varies tially the biggest radio attraction in different districts. of the year, failed her "mike" test because she muted her trumpet. "Marshall" of French Origin eleJumbina is a of old French origin, "Marshall," phant at the National zoo, and is one of the occupation names. A d usually it takes a marshal was originally a groom, or maxim silencer to still her blasts manager of the horse. The king's of trumpeting. Recently, howmarshal rose gradually in imporever, Jumbina refused even to tance and dignity as the importance of cavalry increased, until he bewhisper when officials of a sound recording company tried to make came one of the judges in courts of a record of her elephantine calls. chivalry, and now the highest French military officer Is called a Instead, she stood sullenly and, marshal (or marechal, , in the glared, and then, irritated by French spelling), a title which the their insistence, she hurled a rock at her audience, which English and Germans adapted to "field marshaL" When used as a withdrew abruptly. name the word has two l's. D. air-cool- ed ; flag-pol- flag-pol- e, e, eighteen-year-ol- mirror-makin- Mac-Farla- half-pric- 0,000-poun- d good-size- fist-siz- ed -. LEGION WILL HOLD by L. L. STEVENSON New York Prepares to I louse 600,000 Veterans. New York. ror tha first time since the World war, Fifth avenue will resound to the beat cf mr. rolling f?ct of more than a half million war veterans, amid the blare cf martial music. The parade will mark the second day of the American Legion's 1937 national convention and this city's first conclave in Legion history. Legion caucus, During the four-da- y it its estimated, September conservatively, that 600,000 men plus their wives and children who are represented in auxiliary units such as the Women's Auxiliary and the Sons of the American Legion will attend the meeting. The high lights of the convention will include the opening session Monday, September 20, in Madison Square Garden ; the Drum and Bugle corps contest, in which 621 individual musical units will compete later at the Polo grounds, and the gigantic convention parade on Fifth avenue, Tuesday, September 21. Twentieth Anniversary. The forthcoming annual gathering is planned to eclipse by far all its previous efforts and officials of the American Legion describe the 1937 affair as "the largest ever held on earth by any organization." This year's great convention, marking the twentieth anniversary of America's entry into the World war, will have as its slogan, "Peace In a through preparedness." religious and patriotic service, a thanksgiving for peace since the World war will be offered. The press, radio and Legion periodicals are being used by the promoters to induce the members to defer their vacation to coincide with the Legionnaires' convention. From the convention offices here reports indicate more than 100 veterans' societies and associations plan to hold reunions at the same time. Major-GeJohn F. O'Ryan, commissionNew York's er, will head the reunions committee. 40 and 8 Reunion. One of the outstanding reunions, for color and interest, at the 1937 convention, will be that of the famous 40 and 8. Because this reunion plays an integral part in the convention proceedings, there is a 40 and 8 committee, of which the l, chairman is Pelham St. George president justice of the Municipal court. Justice Bissell is chief chemin de fer passe of the 40 and 8, and of a number of Legion offices. h He served with the division in France. Simultaneously with the convention is the annual assembly of the American Legion auxiliary, headed by Mrs. William N. Corwith, present national radio chairman of the organization and past president of the New York Department auxiliary. 20-2- n. ex-poli- ce Bis-sel- io Seventy-sevent- France Is Second Only to Russia in Air Power Paris. Air Minister Pierre Cot declares France today is second only to Russia in air powsr. "No air force in the world has ever made the progress in 12 months that we have made in the last year," seventy-year-ol- d When Minerva Pious is cast in a Chinese role, she merely makes frequent and long visits to her laundry-ma- n. When Agnes Moorehead is to enact a French ingenue part, she goes to a little French dressmaking shop and chats about various mat ters meanwhile keeping her eyes and ears wide open. Orson Wells, Charles Cantor, Anne Elstner and numerous others get their coaching from those unaware that they are giving it. New York, with its polygot population and many quaint neighborhoods, offers full opportunity for such study. Another advantage is that more often than not it is fun instead of work. That the public is becoming more conscious is and more string-musi-c the belief of Vincent Lopez. The g leader is a constant attendant of the opera and symphony concerts and thus gets his knowledge first hand. And so sure is he of it that he has adopted a new style for his band. "During the past season," said Lopez, "audiences seemed most enthusiastic when string music was being played. They just couldn't seem to get enough of it. To my mind this is a sure sign we are headed for a golden era of rich, tuneful and graceful music, music with a soul. "Returning prosperity is being reflected in musical demands. With people's pocketbooks no longer empty and life not so harsh, there's a definite trend toward more pleasant and more balanced music." piano-playin- Rambling right along from music to perambulators, it seems that baby carriages are now the only vehicles free to travel the streets of New York without coming into collision with the law, no matter how many shins they may bump. No horns, lights, brake tests or licenses are required for them. The ordinance says there must be lights on cart, tricycle, sled, kiddie car, or other vehicle of scooter, any size or sort, but it doesn't mention baby buggies. That information came out in Traffic court during a lad hearing of an eighteen-year-ol- d charged with riding a bicycle recklessly. He had collided with another bicycle on the Williamsburg bridge and that cost him $2. go-ca- rt, aunt-to-b- Indiana 85, Fears He Is Lazy Y. Because he Rochester, fears he is getting lazy and too "indolent" to work, Howard Smith, eighty-fiv- e years old, Honoye Falls, N. Y., wants to sell his farm that N. has been in the Smith family for 150 Fall Registration at Sugar House Studio 20401', SOUTH AT I. O. O. F. II ALL "t EAST Saturday, September 4th, 1937 to 12:80 F. M. From 9:00 A. ACROBATICS TAP TOE Don't miss this oppoitunity to enroll your children in Utah's Leading SCHOOL of the DANCE. Fredova W, Vernon, Principal MALLET well-rea- Baby buggies and babies there's continuity. It seems that the Graham family in Yorkville had fixed it up that when the stork was about Baid. he to arrive, the father-to-b- e or some He listed the accomplishments. other member of the family would "We have increased our modern rush out and pull the handle of the equipment in use by 110 per cent. police signal box. Then an ambuBy the end of 1937 the increase will lance would come. Instead of the be" 180 per cent. e the was on hand. "There has been an increase of 80 father, She rushed out and pulled a lever. per cent in the reserve. But she chose a red box instead of "Our bombing power has in- a green one and instead of an amcreased 400 per cent. there was a lot of fire ap"Our air force has become one of bulance, Only one policeman came. paratus. the most powerful in the world; sec- He took the expectant aunt to court ond only to that of Soviet Russia." on the of turning in a false charge Nationalization has strengthened fire alarm. She was in tears when the aircraft industry, he said. she appeared before the judge. But "Our industrial potential has been after to the evidence, he raised in the course of a year by 30 forgavelistening her and turned her loose. per cent," he said. "By the end of Meanwhile the baby had been born 1938 it will be 100 per cent greater in Metropolitan hospital. than it was in 1936. "We .have raised the officer True Story: Jascha Heifetz restrength by 25 per cent and in order cently took up a residence of the comto give our air force vigorous suburbs. Naturally many friends of manders have lowered the retiring the famous violinist make it a point age limit." to drop in for a chat. "Tell me, Jascha," asked one city World War Hand Grenade dweller, "what have you missed most since you moved to the counIs Unearthed in Pottsville, Ind. Citizens here still are puzzling over the mystery of how an unexploded World war hand grenade found its way into the ground of a Bethel township farm where it was turned up by a plow without exploding. Children found the grenade on the farm and sold it with some other scraps to G. C. Byrd, a junk dealer. He retrieved it as it was tying on the floor of his truck with heavy steel being loaded upon it. The popular supposition is that the grenade was brought back from the war by some Posey county veteran who either lost or threw it away.. Byrd destroyed it. announces Many dramatic schools in New York are not advertised as such. In tact, they may be in an entirely different hr.e of business. Yet they serve the same purpose. Edwin MaiDonald is an instance of how that comes about. He can imitate six distinct Italian types with proper nuances and accent for each. lie has accomplished that through frequent visits to Little Italy. There he gets pointers from an elderly d Neapolitan fruit peddler, a and polished art dealer from Yiareggio, and a wine taster from Genoa. Charles Martin, who often is on the same program with MarDonald, spends much of his spare time associating with gangsters of various types. As a result, he can vocally portray 14 different types. Fortunately, he holds, nune of those whom he simulates has yet recognized himself as a teacher. snapwMPsnnsjBfMifwiPfl "Freedom of City," Just an Expression of Esteem Cifts of Character Conferring the "freedom of the city," when a distinguished person is welcomed, notes a writer in the Indianapolis News, amounts to little more than expression of esteem, but during the Middle ages in Europe the ceremony had a greater significance. "Freedom" was the name given to the privileges of citizenship. A citizen was called a freeman. In those days the ordinary person could become a freeman or citizen only by a long apprenticeship to a recognized guild. Occasionally, however, the customary requirements were dispensed with and to a person of great wealth or renown was granted citizenship or the freedom of the city in recognition of his position or his services to the community. His name was placed on the list of burghers and freemen, and he was entitled to'all the privileges of municipal citizenship, including those of voting and hold- FOR EVERY OCCASION AT KEAUOXASLS PRICES BOOKS FOR SALE AND TO RENT 15a a Week Rental Rate and le a Day THE ARTCRAFT GIFT 8 BOOK SHOP. 1080 East 21st South In Sugar Howe COAT OF JERSEY ing office. In view of the difficulties involved in becoming a citizen it was a substantial favor as well as a great honor to receive the freedom of the city. Accordingly the phrase became associated in the popular mind with honor and esteem. Later honorary citizenship was sometimes conferred; that is, the freedom of the city, carrying only nominal privileges, was conferred on eminent purely as a mark of non-reside- honor. Many European cities welcome distinguished persons by granting to them the freedom of the city, and the documents presented are modeled after those employed on similar occasions during the Middle ages. In America "freedom of the city," like "keys of the city," is merely a figurative expression and is seldom employed in the language of the scroll presented to a visitor of distinction when he receives an official reception. 1 Woman Sold Fair Winds; Sailors Her Customers The gales which lash the north-coaof Scotland, causing wrecks and demolishing harbor defenses, particularly at Lossiemouth, roar over the grave of that old Orkney "wise woman," Betsy Miller, of Stornoway, who some two centuries ago claimed to have the power of controlling the winds, says the Manchester (Eng.) Guardian. With amazing assurance she set up as a saleswoman of fair winds, and with even more amazing credulity sailors are said to have been ready customers. It is true that her prices were not exorbitant. She would guarantee a fair breeze for sixpence a ship. What her charges were for a "capful" of whole gale, or wind, a half-galhurricane has not been recorded. She was perhaps a descendant of the women of Lapland, who about the same time used to do a good trade among sailors in selling to them arrows which when shot into the teeth of a storm were supposed effectively to disperse it. st This attractive sports ensemble designed by Mainbocher of Paris, was chosen by the duchess of Windsor and is included in her trousseau. The long coat is of fine jersey in slate blue, with a fine red, hairline stripe. The skirt has pockets in the same shade. A plain waist length hand knitted jumper is worn with the outfit. Greetings Among the Arabs Among the Arabs of northern Africa, the ritual of greeting demands that the man "looking down" should always speak first, irrespective of his birth, wealth, power or dignity. Thus, notes a writer in Collier's Weekly, the man on a camel greets first the man on a horiP, the horseback rider nods first to the mule rider, the mule rider bows first to the donkey rider, the donkey rider to the pedestrian and Hie pedestrian to the sitting man. e, AMAZE A MINUTE BY ARNOLD SCIENTIFACTS try?" "Trains," replied Heifetz. C Btll SyndicnU WNU Scrvlc. Fish React to Music Minnows can distinguish between musical notes, according to Prof. K. Von Frisch, of Munich university. He believes he has solved the problem, long debated between anglers and biologists, of whether fish can hear. London. Moon Over Honolulu Gives Cupid a Hand Honolulu. The Hawaiian moon over Waikiki beach is given 19S1 DANCING Fredbva Dance Studio Lights cf New York MEET IN FALL DIG S EPARING FOR V 1 Mx Everest - neiTISM AVIATORS HI nisi! r HAVE, FLOWN OVER Mount Rakaposhi in the Himalayas 29,550 FEET HIGH. lsiai High oltage- - part credit for the fact that Honolulu has a higher marriage rate per thousand of population than other parts of the United States. The latest statistics show Honolulu leading with an 11.80 rate, as compared with about 10 else where. A NEW ELECTRICAL GENERATOR OF VOLTAGE years. to ItoM . . .... MILLION. fcr visitor - The ground hog is GIVES A THREE No ALSO CALLED WOODCHUCK, ROCK CHUCK AND MARMOT. KU w urATUtB nwi ... . , IT. ntniiiiin DBADUCT DOES NT APPEAR UNTIL MATCH. |