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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH THE CHEERFUL CHERU5 ASK ME ANOTHER Ive Tsever retJly been in love., A feet tVvtt mekei ADVENTURERS CLUB me n.tker 5ef; 5vt Ive pretended lot oF times HEADLINES FROM THE LIVES OF PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELF! I wisk I never Ived ! And now Death Spits Five Times By FLOYD GIBBONS Famous Headline Hunter Hello, everybody: boys and girls, is the doggondest story you ever read . in your life the story of a lad who was called yellow and didnt like it. The story of a lad who, to show that he wasnt yellow, sat unmoved while they put up a wreath of flowers in his lap a lily in his hand while death darted at him five times across a theater stage. His name is Philip Luongo this lad who faced his maker rather than be called a coward and he lives in New York city. And if you have ever got a job to do that calls for real courage, just get Phil to do it. After what he went through six years ago, in that crowded theater up in the Bronx, there isnt anything in the world that is going to scare him. Phil Didnt Like to Be Called Yellow. It was a dare that started Phil Luongo off ' on his big adventure. A famous French sharpshooter was appearing at a vaudeville theater on Tremont avenue, and every night he called for volunteers to be his human mark to wear a headgear with five small glass balls on it while the Frenchman shot them off one by one. Other lads who had seen the show dared Phil to go up there and be shot at. And when Phil said he didn!t like the idea they called him yellow. Phil didnt want to be shot at any more than you or I do. But they couldnt call him yellow and get away with it. With his friends he went to the theater, ready to make them eat those sneering words of theirs. They took seats in the first row of the orchestra and waited for the Frenchmans act to come on. The fourth act had just ended and the Frenchman was due next. He came out suave and smiling made a short talk about his war record and showed a short moving picture of himself flying a plane in action Phil Was Scared to Death. on the Western Front. Then he went into his shooting act, performing with every kind of gun imaginable, and never missing a shot. Volunteered to Be Human Target. As his act drew to a close, he warmed up to his big stunt of the evening. He stepped to the front of the platform, asked for a volunteer to put on the headgear. But at the same time, he warned the audience that anyone who did put on the headgear would be doing it at his own risk. It was Phils moment to speak up, and darned if Phil wanted to do it. He kept thinking of what would happen if the French-- man should miss. But suddenly out of a daze, he found himself holding up his hand crying to the man on the stage that he would volunteer to be his human target. The Frenchman seemed to look surprised then he smiled. Phil was ushered to the stage by the Frenchmans assistant seated in a chair over by one of the wings. He was scared to death, but he tried not to look it. Only his heavy breathing betrayed the fact that the inside d and that his heart was pounding so hard that of him had gone ; he felt sure it must break through his chest. Nobody tried to make it any easier for Phil. In fact, it seemed as though they were deliberately trying to scare him out of it. They put a wreath of flowers in his lap a lily in his hand. The orchestra began they playing the Funeral March. The audience laughed. Apparently were getting a great kick out of it. But Phil wasnt. He hung onto the sides of his chair, fighting off the desire to get out of it. To rim off the stage and back to his seat in the orchestra. But always when he thought - of quitting, there came before his eyes the picture of those pals of his, sneering and calling him yellow. Suddenly the orchestra stopped playing. The Frenchman pushed a trunk to the middle of .the stage, lay down on his back and began sighting at Phils head along the barrel of his rifle. A new fear gripped at Phils heart. He hadnt known the Frenchman was going to shoot at him from any such crazy position. WNU Service. 1. How ? A Quiz With Answers Offering Information on Various Subjects many fundamental odors The Answers There are four fundamental 2. What famous actress was odors fragrant, burnt, acid and born a Jewess, baptized a Catholic, caprylic. French by birth, and Greek by 2. Sarah Bernhardt. 3. It is a solid compressed carmarriage? 3. What is dry ice? bon dioxide snow, the tempera4. What was the length of the ture of which is 114 degrees bePresidents term as given in Alex- low zero F. ander Hamiltons plan for govern4. For life. ment of the United States present5. The mean level of the Dead ed at the Constitutional conven- sea is 1,292 feet below sea level. tion? Its greatest depth is 1,310 feet. 5. What is the mean level of the While it is fed by many streams, Dead sea? it has no apparent outlet. are there? 1. Sponge Nursery Items of Interest to the Housewife AROUND the HOUSE! der for spring planting. Remember, there are many new varieties in both flowers and vegetables this year which you might not be in April. Sprinkle Dahlia Tubers. Look able to procure basein the over tubers storage Bement and if they are shriveling Boiling Preserved Eggs. fore boiling an egg that has been sprinkle lightly. preserved in water glass, prick a To Clean Leather. To soften small hole through the large end and clean leather use a mixture of of the shell. This prevents a burstone part vinegar to two parts lin- ing of the shell from the expandseed oil applied with a cloth. ing air inside. To Whiten Skin of Chicken. Rub the skin of chicken with lemon juice to whiten it. To Keep Doughnuts Fresh. If Removing Iodine Stains. If linen is soaked in a doughnuts are put into a covered dish while still warm, they will solution of ammonia and water, a teaspoon of ammonia to a pint keep fresh for some time. of water, stain will quickly disTo Bleach White Goods. When appear. white goods become yellow, dip them in strong blue water after Round World Auto Race iodi- ne-stained washing, let them become very blue, and then hang out to dry. ' The first automobile race They will be thoroughly bleached. around the world started from New York city, February 12, 1908. Time to Plan Your Garden. There were six starters, three The best new garden is the one French cars, one Italian, one Gerplanned first on paper, and set out man, and one American car. The according to plan. Use ruled pa- American car was driven by per in making the plan. George Schuster, and carried two mechanics. The route was via Treating Cane Seats. Sponge Seattle, Yokohama and Paris. The race was won by the United off cane seats occasionally with salt water. It will tighten them States car, which covered a distance of 12,116 miles in 112 days. up and prevent sagging. The German car was second, runThis Seed Peruse the ning 10,887 miles in 130 days. The Catalog. is a good time to check over the New York Times and Le Matin seed catalog and send in your or-- of Paris sponsored the event. At Turneffe, a group of coral islands off the coast of British Honduras, a sponge nursery has been established. Strains of wild sponges, most suited to modern tastes were first selected, and now in a shallow, blue lagoon thousands of pedigree sponge fragments are steadily growing. Each is weighted down. As these animal cuttings attain maturity, a matter of four years growth, they will again be drastically dismembered and planted in adjacent lagoons. Sponges die quickly when exposed to light. They are black skinned and thickly gelatinous when brought up by g divers. A bath in chemicals adds to their luster and purity. . shark-defyin- X. Boy is ballyhooing his wares while show is on. 2. Exit and No Smoking signs are placed wrong. 3. Men are smoking. 4. Automobile is parked in audience. 5. Cow is seated in audience. 6. Radio announcer is asking radio au- dience to note the color of flower. 7. A phone receiver is attached to radio mike. 8. A snore sound is mixed in with taps from the dancer. 9. A candle is placed on the stage among electric light bulbs. 10. Quart measures are not used in timing music. 11. Music rack is not fastened onto stand. 12. Fleas are not being used in this show. 13. Man is playing cornet with violin bow. 14. Drum is not 15. An oversized dience. resting on stand. man is seated in the au- Copyright WNU Service. mss IMUWKfoff . ice-col- Irium contained in BOTH Pepsodent Tooth Powder and Pepsodent Tooth Paste What a kick!', . . When your mirror shows you teeth that sparkle and shine with all their glorious natural radiance! How thankful youll be that you decided to try Pepsodent containing Irium i See how wonderful Irium helps Pepsodent gently brush away dulling, clinging surface-stains from tooth enameL See your teeth glisten and gleam as they naturally should! .. .And Pepsodent containing Irium WORKS SAFELY! Contains NO BLEACH. NO GRIT, NO PUMICE. Try it today! Mistake-O-Grap- h Found Himself a Hero. The Frenchmans smile disappeared. His brow knit, and little fl v veins stood out like ropes in his forehead. There came a sharp crack, and the first little glass ball on Phils headgear feU to came pieces. Another crack and another. Then Phils courage back to him. He sat calm and unafraid while the Frenchman shot off the other two balls and came toward him smiling, with outstretched hand. The theater roared in thunderous applause. Phil suddenly found the spotlight focused on him. He tried to go back to his seat, but again and again he was brought back to take bows. It might have been the big moment of Phils life, but it wasnt: The real thrill came when the Frenchman stepped forward to make a little speech. He congratulated Phil on his courage in facing his gun said it was the bravest thing he had ever seen done. And then he made a confession that surprised Phil himself. In all his years on the stage, the Frenchman said, this was the first time anyone Usually he admit. had had courage enough to take such a chance. ted, nobody volunteered, and he had to use his assistant for his final feat. And what a look Phil gave his friends down in the front row when the Frenchman said those words. Copyright. Poets Corner Memorial Poets corner in Westminster y became a memorial to men etters because its first tomb that of Chaucer. He was buried e not because he was a poet because he was clerk of the ks at Westminster. His tomb win-o-f ds beneath a stained-glas- s scenes from the Canterbury A small Genius holds the is. iallion honoring the poet John , and on it is the following is by Gay himself: Life its I show fill find things istj it. ight so once, but now I know ie in-pti- WNU Service. Barnums Will In his will Barnum disposed of an estate of four million dollars and made a careful provision for the perpetuation of his name. Since he had no sons, he provided that his grandson, C. H. Seeley, should receive $25,000 besides his share in the estate, if he would change his name to C. Barnum Seeley, so that fiie name of Barnum shall always Provision be known as his name. had already been made for the continuation of the name of Barnum & Bailey as circus proprietors for fifty years from October 26, 1887. While at the theater the other night our aspiring young artist made this picture of what he saw around him. There are, however, fifteen mistakes in the drawing. Can you find them? 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