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Show Cv I JUST HUMANS v j ' ' i nn 1 1 1 "i r r ' r r n r "- - -- " y frvv Mfc" ySs&nSiA WOTCHA MEAN, HO SCHOOL V'AIN'l GOIN T'SPEAK NO ENGLISH LIKE lIE. DEN!" f--J '1 -- ABOUT THE OTTERS iJOW, now." sntd Mother Otter, IX ..w- - H1U8t u (aj atteutlon." "Mother means," said one of the --little Otters, "that we children must pay attention to ber. 8he doesn't mean thai she must pay attention to What wa say." "Hint Is what mothers always mean, I think," said another wise --little Otter. Bui they could no, talk any more eow. Lessons had begun. First of all there was the lesson of diving without splashing. "Of course." suld Mother Otter, "when It Is playtime you niny dive in Otter school as reading or arith-metic Is In regular schools. "Children, Otter children," wild Mother Otter, "do this right Eat tit eels from the lull Just as the trout must always be eaten from the head." At first they found II as hurd to do as you might find It lo get an arith-metic sum right But the lesson had to be learned. Mother Otter was a strict teacher. She didn't allow any fooling. Then they bad a lesson In how to wander far from borne and couie back another way so as to deceive their enemies who might be trying to trace them home the way they bad gone out They had a busy time wltb lessons, and then they took trips and learned to explore, to find out where the best rivers aud banks were to be found, and bow they could travel and what tbey could eat along the way. They learned not to be too fussy about their food. "If you only eat a few things," said Mother Otter, "and those few things give out you will have trouble. So learn to eat many kinds of food and you will live long and get strength" They learned nil their lessons well these smart young Otters, but every evening when lesson time was over for Mother Otter was quite strong for night school they played. Such a scrambling and and a playing and ascamperlng and a frolic us there was, and Mother Otter Joined In their pluy. too. She didn't alt off and read and knit and say: "Children, don't mnke such a noise. You tire my poor head." No, she was just us fond of playing wltb them os she was of teaching them. And before they went to sleep Mother Otter snng them the Otters' Bedtime 8tory-8on- which goes like this to the accompaniment of a splash-ing sound: Oo to sleep, llttls Otters, my dears, Drive sway ll your tears, tears, fears. If you learn the Otters' wis. ways, Tou'll live for days and daya. And nlghta and nlshta and nlsbts, Bo drive away your frights. Oo to ileep. little Otters, my deara, Clay when you nan, slay drives away teara; And playing makee you cheery, Keepa you frcn being weary, And when all la aald and done. There's nothing Juat like funl to Bleep, little (mere, my deara. IOo to alerp, little (Coprrlahl.t Ottera, my dears. "Eat the Eels From the Tali," Mother OHer Said. and splash nil you like. But you must also know how to dive without apla.thlni so you can foul your enemy." Ss Mother Otter taught Iter chil-dren the les-son, which Is as Imiiortant a lesson In Otter school as spelling la la reg-ular schoots. After they knew their lesson pretty welj for the day Mother Otter taught them how to catch frogs and how to get off the frogs' skins after tbey were caught , In Otter school that was as lm-- I " 1 porlant as It Is for people to learn I bow to use a fork and bow bad It Is to eat with a knife I ' The next lesson was In eel eating ' That was Just as imiiortnnt a lesson If For Meditation I I By LEONARD A. BARRETT S THE GRAF ZEPPELIN THE successful flight of the Graf from the Statue of Lib-erty to Frledrlclishafcn, to Tokyo, to Los Angelea and back to New York records a new departure in air craft It la too earl; to Inquire about prac-tical results from experiment of this nature. S'ifflce that such accomplish-ments are possible. The knowl-edge essential to drivlns the hush ship Is all the more wonderful whtn we consider that air craft la a comparatively new venture. The globe circling tour undoubtedly ranks Orst among scien-tific achievements of our age. Experiments In the field of ab-stract science calls foi technical knowledge of the highest order, but the element of risk L. A. B.rrstt - alight, ' """"i3' derful enlevement of Commander Eckener something more than a selen- - title spirit was needed. He possessed Unit, but of equal Importance was his spirit of heroism which made him willing to risk even life Itself In his efforts to realize a burning purpose. The successful flight ot the Graf Zen-pell- n In her round the world cruise was due In no small part to that noble quality; the willingness to piny a rendezvous with death In the effort to realize an Ideal. Ijtck of safety was for muny years the chief hindrance to the develop-ment of air craft Commander Kcke-ne- r has demonstrated that hnznrds due to storms and air currents can be overcome. The only Impediment which at present needs to be overcome Is the very high expense of flying. The average plnne costs about seven thou-sand dollars. Before one can operate a plane he must become a licensed pilot. This requires a course of In-struction continuing uninterrupted for about eight months, it the conclusion or which a license Is granted which costs from four to five thousand dol-lars. When the cost of flying Is reduced so that a man of moderate means can own a plane. It will become more popular and mare extensively used for both business and pleasure. As the automobile succeeded the horse ii nd wagon, so airplanes are destined to succeed automobiles. (& into. Wpatera Newipaper Unloe.) f How It Started By Jean Newton , I J "POET LAUREATE" FROM our school days most of os sensed mmunce In tl title of "Poet Laureate." which Is con-ferred 0on only one poet In England to be held by him until his death, when the next Poet Laureate Is chosen. The term "Laureate" comes from "laurel" and the reference Is to the old custom at the English universities of presenting those receiving degrees In poetry and rhetoric with wreath of laurel. This was originally an an clent custom, the Greeks being known to have so crowned their popular poets. The title was first conferred In 1G7U The early t'oet Laureate was an offlcer In the greatly beloved king's house-hold, whose business It was to com. pose an ode for the king's birthday and other Important occasions. The modern title however Is purely boo orary. (Copyright! fHOWTOUVEf f LONGER I i. J I Br JOHN CLARENCE FUNK j A. M. Sc. D. itf - - - i J Dmctai el Pubfc Health Uocettoa. Z i St.U at PuuHylvwta. , X "Nothing but Cold." of a family of six, the AFATHEIt of whom was threa-- . years old, came home from work with a well developed cold Being an af-fectionate individual he kissed his wife and all the children,' making par-ticular fuss over the wee'one. That was on Friday. Ten days later the baby was dead. The rest of the faml-l- y, excepting one, bod colds. That one bad pneumonia. " It lakee experiences like this to -- make one realize that "nothing but cold" may Indeed be very much something. "I didn't think that any-thing so common as a cold could possi-bly- do any damage," lamented the fa-ther In the nlHive case. And In so saying, he voiced the opinion of count less thousauds who have little else than contempt for this ever present and universal affliction. Nevertheless, colds deserve more than contempt And not getting It, they frequently hit hack. Indeed It . has been conservatively estimated that millions of hours and millions of dollars In wuges are annually lost he-- cause of the public's lack of respect for a cold. And what Is worse, the pneumonia fatalities traeenble to un-- attended colds are almost staggering In number. Considered from all view-- , points, the common cold Is in reality e very formidable udversury. Unlike the many other maladies that lend themselves to official control, colds need to have little fear from that source. Not that health depart, meats are disinterested. On the con- - , trary. they are extremely concerned. Only they are helpless. Which meana that the Individual Is the only person who can effectively do anything about , .. this most lmirlnnl disease problem, Happily the i.bservnoce of a few slra- - j pie rules will materially diminish the cold's present power. It must Se understood thnt this upe of Infection Is contagious. Therefore, anyone who Is thus afflicted and falls to cough and sneeze into his handker-chief Is decidedly and most selfishly negligent. Then again. It - Is merely fundamental common sense to reduce Intimate personal contacts to a mini- - 4 mum, when In this condition. With eating utensils kepi to one's self and not used to help feed the baby, and with reasonable personal aloofness practiced In the home, mil-lions of secondary Infections that manifest themselves In families could be eliminated Take this for a cold fact. And art upon It the next time J you are suffering wltb "nothing but JnL a cold." , .JT""' The Sun Can Hurt IN Sl'ITK of repented wurnltigs mnny 1 thousands of foolish people still - conclude that one can suddenly ex-- , pose I he tender skin lo a summer's day dose of torrid sun and remain happy. Well, It simply cannot be done. One must admit that It la great sport to Jump out of a city office or home into I lie briny deep. But It must a be os rendll. conceded that to Insult . nature by exposing one's delicate epl- - , dermis to the sun's rays until pain-fully blistered, la carrying one's en-thusiasm beyond a reasonable length. With the presenl ami fad so ex-tremely and Justly popular. It Is prob-ably excusuble for many unthinking persons to Imagine thut one has but to. stand half naked in the sun's patb ' and derive untold benetlt But the sun does no) work thut way. While It I quite true that In tuber-culosis and rickets and some skin dis-eases the direct rays of the sun bave definite healing value, that fact does not Justify any normal person In ar-guing that he will be Immeasurably benefited by putting the sun violently and burnlngly to work on bis short fourteen-da- y sojourn. 8ucb sn atti-tude Is extremely silly. . A a matter of common sense the sun, even at Its best should occupy but a small part of the vacation pro-gram. New acquaintances, change of scene, outdoor air. reasonable eating and sufficlen' rest, are the main fae- - tors to be considered If a maximum ' ' of benefit Is to be derived from the snnual visit to mountain, lake or sea. Be a sun faddist. If you will. But don't be a burnt one. Remember, the aun can fiurt. ' (A. Ifll. Writers Newapeper Dolea.) aw SEE3E09 GABBY GERTIB "What one hears on the air may be hectic rather than static" J . Helen Chandler 1HHr w v.....'..v..v:':w;t:v':u.v.. WMdMnMnaov Blue ys, blonde hair, five feet three, and a bit of fragile beauty weighing 102 pounds that is Helen Chandler, new recruit to the "talkies" from stags fams. Miss Chandler was born in Charleston, S. C, and she was edu catcd at the Academy of Our Sacred Heart, and other educational Institu-tions. Her first stag appearance was at the age of nine, ana he was being featured before she was thirteen. She lives at Santa Monica. O MISSING THE MORNING I I By DOUGLAS MALLOCH -- - Wlll'.N you brojtfiial at six and lubor at seven. Then you know about eurtb and you learn about heaven. I nave uiel ev'ry star, and the sun Is my neighbor; One has silvered my path, one has glided my labor. For what know you of ulr, If you never have tukrn Just a breath of the dawn, when the . grasses awaken? Or 'wliut. know you ot skies. If you never have seen them With their blues and their reds, and j their purples between Ihein? Now we're staying up late, and we're I getting up later, And we're mlsglng the morn, and a thousand things greater Than your poor little toys and our cheap little pleasures, And' nre cheating the soul of the mnsn ! of lis treasures. 1 have walked to my work when the dew was I have heard a bird Ring, and have ; winched a world listen. And whatever his wealth, and what I titles adorning, llow I pity the man who Is missing ' the morning 1 l(cl. 13. DouglM Uallocll I Something to Whisper About Fable Once upon a time two cam olllded on a highway and the driven-otiferri- 'd thereiifier In whispers.- - ev I'll'-U- V"'l Young Woman Shipmaster Miss Gudrun Troggtad. twenty-on- e years old, has Just been awarded at Oslo her shipmasters' certificate, thus becoming the first glr In Norway to gain such a distinction. She Is now entitled to be captain of vessels up to 200 tons displacement. She took a course nt the Oalo Seamen s school, and has gained practical experience In a Norwegian lake "steamer. ( Trains la Close Catee i Application of the apparatus whlct recently stopped two speeding French railway trains within 20 feet of each oilier mny be applied to crossings. Tin trains automatically will, when a mil from a crossing, cause Inmps on tin grttes to llcht tip, then closing the gntes and start a loud bell ringing. The apparatus may be applied tc team or electric trains. Do Plant Cat Sunburned? I'luil plauts as well hh, people get tanned from exposure to ultra. violet rays Is the view of a committee ot Kngllsh hotnnlsts. When a plant was exposed to the glare of a quartz mer-cury vnpor arc the surface turned brown. Cannibal FUh Trapped 0. L. Hrkenhrack- of tteublk, Kan went fishing, caught a and staked it to the river hank during the night. Next morning, so lie says, he found an elght-pound- had swill-lowe- d the smaller Ash and was cnucht by the stick through the gills of the . - 1 .Keeping Iiie iome In Step; I - With The March of Progress It has been well said that a community may have high ideals, but real civilization is the release of woman from the drudgery which impairs her powers. ;: I The year 1929 has been an epoch-makin- g: As the New Year dawns, it gives assurance of even i: j period in bringing to the modern housewife greater achievements in making this, the most efficient x j : I the comforts to which she is entitled and of all servants, available for more extensive use in the j 3:1 Electricity lias been an outsta.ridinjsr factor irx modern household keeping the home, the greatest of H i;j accomplishing these results. all institutions, in step with the march of progress. i ELECTRIC Cooking -R- efrigeration-Water Heating j: have established new standards of home enjoyment. I j a j Fled FiW"High Life" ; fr '; to Congenial Company Joseph Addison, who wrote the fa-miliar hymn, "The Spacious Firma-ment On High," married the duchess 'Z of Warwick on August . 1718, and had a rather melancholy time ot It for the remainder of his life. ' "If you have any historical or biographical ImiiRlnntlon at all." an , ,t article In the Minneapolis Journal stipulates, "perhaps you can reproduce In your mind the picture of the neat and classical figure of the essayist and poet as he escaped, now" and then, ; from the uncomfortable glories of lot-- . land house and made his wny thank-fully to the more comfortable little coffee house In Kensington where he was accustomed to meet Doctor John- - son und other Klghteenth century wits and sports and where he put In a pleasant evening eating and drinking, ' accompanied by intelligent conrersu- - 4 tlon." . .. .. Key Cost With Hone. A key reMising In coat pocket 100 - miles away from a house is as much a part of the houat as iht roof in It and should be bunded ovtr to the new owner In the event sale. Says the. National Association of teal Estate hoards. ' Wild Camela In certain mrtn til both AslajwiAwJ1"''1-Afri-ca thi-r- e are still berjjiw' 'anifls in existence that g filil foi f vi-- 'he natives nme litem. f |