Drawing by Ray Walters.
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON
HAT Is fame? The diction-
ary,
|
“that
name
And in that
“celebrity,”
causes one's
remembered.”
does a silhouette how they looked.
But do we ever think of M. Daguerre,
the Frenchman, who In 1830 gave to
the world this first form of modern
photography as we now kbow it? Not
much !
When It rains we slip on a mackin-
goddess who often loves
to trick
. elevates
listiuction. Often
t¢rously with one
the other suddenly takes
away. She promises that
acames will not be forgotten.
poor fools, burn out thelr lives to win
“renown.” And then they learn that
the Joke's on them.
cemembered but
forgotten!
Scientists, Inventors and
seem to be her favorite dupes.
to
she
hand
a position
gives
and with
her gift
men's
they themselves are
the like
In this
days of almost universal
“volt,” “ohm” and “ampere,” but how
many of us know anything about
James Watt of Scotland, Count Alas
sandro Volta of Italy, George Simon
Ohm of Germany or Andre Marie Am-
pere of France? At least, thelr names
survive in these common words even
{ they themselves are forgotten, but
how about that modern Prometheus
who made It possible for us to do
away with the clumsy, old-fashioned
method of starting a fire with flint and
steel? How many persons can name
the man who invented the modern
watch? Very few, probably.
Yet it was only ninety years ago
that Janos Irinyi, a Hungarian an-
anlytical chemist, was successful where
his professor had falled and by using
phosphorus Instead of sulphur, pro-
duced a match that flared satisfac
torily. He sold his invention for about
£30. In 1846 he founded a match fac
tory and seemed to be on the road to
great wealth. Then the Hungarian
revolution two years later stopped his
work. He died In poverty in 1895.
We cherish the silhouettes of our
ancestors as precious heirlooms be
cause, unless our forefathers were
weunlthy enough to have their portraits
painted, these silhouettes are the only
things which give us any idea of how
they looked. Bat we know nothing at
nll about Etlennne de Silhouette, a
French minister of finance, except that
somewhere we may have heard that
fie had a reputation for stinginess. We
cherish also those old daguerreotypes
of our grandparents or great-grand-
parents, which tell us even better than
Deaf Operator
It Is well known that what are
ealled “first-class” operators In teleg.
raphy read messages not by means of
punctures in strips of paper, which
are only meant for beginners, but by
sound--that 1s, by the clicks of the In-
gtrument. Of course, by practice, un
operator's “énr 1s rendered sensitive
until at last he ean catch the faintest
whisperings of his Instrument, It
wouldn't be supposed, however, that
El .
Mackintosh of Manchester,
invention
makes It possible for us to keep dry
We motor smoothly over macadam
roads with never a thought for John
Macadam, who won fame (7%)
Along
the sandwich at
some roadside stand, because like the
Earl of Sandwich we want a
which can be eaten with com-
fort as well as speed. If something
goes wrong with the car, we open the
tool box and perhaps take out a stiil-
wrench to fix it. (Yes, a man
named Stillson invented this handy
tool, But who was he, anyway?)
And so It goes. Ou long raliroad
journeys we ride In comfort in pull
man cars and it's doubtful if we ever
give a thought to George Mortimer
Pullman, the New York cablinetmaker
who first transformed an old day
coach Into the first sleeping car. We
may have a mansard roof on our house
England,
we stop for a
way,
|0n
because a French architect named
Mansard helped circumvent an old
Paris Inw that tried to mit the height
of houses by specifying the distance
from the ground at which all roofs
should begin,
Nor is the caprice of Fame confined
to those to whom we should be most
grateful because they have given us
useful or Indispensable articles of
every-day use. Did you ever say “I
certainly am golng to hand him a wal-
lop!” “Wallop” Ist a perfectly good
word in the English language and fa-
miliar to everyone. But who remem-
hers now a certain Sir John Wallop, a
British general who inflicted so many
defeats upon the French that “Let's
Wallop them!” became a by-word In
England?
It you ever have to “take a ride in
the Black Maria” it may be some com-
fort to you to meditate upon the
thought that you know why it's so-
called and that the policeman who ar-
rested you doesn't. So on the way to
the station you might entertain him
with the following historical facts:
In the old colonial days, Marla Lee, a
negress, kept a sailor's boarding house
in Boston. A woman of great stature
and strength, she not only had the
whole lawless element of her part of
town in awe of her, but she also helped
this method of reading messages
would sult a deaf man, And yet a
deaf man has accustomed himself to
these circumstances, A certain opera.
tor In Washington Is deaf, but he
sends and recelves messages by the
sense of feeling. He places his leg
against the Instrument table and reads
by the swift jarring thus communi-
cated; at the game tine he watches
the motions of the instrument,
Sain,
An alarm clock attachment for
wrist watches is a fecent novelty.
{ the authorities keep the peace, It is
sald that at one time she, unassisted,
| took three riotous sallors to the lock
{up and whenever a particularly
| everybody Immediately sald “send for
Black Maria.” So it appears that she
| was not one to “let George do it.” In
that respect she was different from
Louis XII of France. Although him-
self a strong ruler he was fortunate
| in having a prime mifiister who was a
| clever executive and an able manager.
| Georges d’Ambolse was his name and
as Louls more and more to
depend upon him to perform disagree-
able and more was the
of France given to saying
“Que Georges (Let George
do It!)
Try this sentence on your neighbor:
“When a man In defiance of the bone
dry laws gets filled up with gin
rickeys he's likely to get reckless and
| let ‘er go gallagher” He probably
| will onderstand what you mean, all
right. But ask him who was Bone
i and Rickey and Gallagher! If he
| can’t answer, tell him this:
Bone was formerly sheriff of Chippe
wa county, Mich, and through rigid
enforcement of the early liquor laws
learned
tasks, more
gOvereign
le fasse”
ily arid. So when the
named the Bone Dry bill.
drink called a gin rickey. Gallagher
(first name unknown) was city marshal
of Harrodsburg, Ky.
county, wif *h was looked upon as a
certain wiser.
ing fraternity,
Judge
fast trotter and entered the horse in
the race. At the end of the first half
hoping to catch
dozen lengths,
What is fame?
ie
goddess of caprice. She promises men
that their names will not be forgotten
and they think she is promising them
that THEY will not be forgotten.
Or she may be the goddess of
jokes. Our children's children and
¢heir children after them may be rid-
fng around in a ford and to them
Henry will be Just a common man's
name, For Fame loves her little joke
~aven a Ford joke.
Statue of Liberty
The dimensions of the head of the
Statue of Liberty from chin to crani-
um are 17 feet 8 Inches and the
length of the nose is 4 feet 8 Inches.
It is sald that 40 persons can stand
in the head of this statue,
Unsinkable Rope
A fiber rope that is unsinkable has
been produced in Holland, The rope
includes a core of “fonm rubber” that
lias 8 specific gravity only one-fourth
as great as that of cork.
mcrae
APPLE PIE
TE
aA ote
(Prepared by the United States Depart.
ment of Agriculture.)
“Can she bake an apple ple, Billy
| boy, Billy boy?" So runs the song the
| lady In the picture is doubtless Lhum-
| ming as she rolls out her dough. If
| she knows what a good ple ought to
be like, she will probably make a good
i ple. It doesn't particularly matter
| whether or not she puts in cinnamon
| or nutmeg, And while most
prefer, as this homemaker seems to,
the “covered” type of apple ple, a
| good apple ple can also be made “un.
| covered” with pastry strips across the
{| top. Apple ple Is a wholesome des
| sert because It preserves a satisfac.
tory balance between the frult and
the pastry.
Main Ple-Making Points.
The malin points are to make good
| ple paste, to use a suitable kind of
i apple, and to manage the oven proper
i ly. The crust should be tender, thin,
flaky, not rich, and
brown. The apples should be of the
fairly tart, juicy, quick-cooking varle-
people
too
Soft wheat flour Is the best kind for
pastry. The gluten that makes a good
bread flour Is a disadvantage in mak-
ing ple crust,
Pie Crust Recipe.
doubtless pre
ple crust The bureau
of home economics gives the following
ingredients and directions for one
two-crust ple:
You
ferred
have your own
recipe.
About 2% tablespoonfuls water
1% cupfuls sifted soft-wheat flour
8% to 7 tablespoonfuls fat
1 teaspoonful salt
Combine the fat and the flour. Some
cooks recommend cutting the fat into
the flour with knives, a pastry fork
or a biseult cutter, so the Ingredients
won't be warmed or handled too much,
the tips of the fingers may be
with butter, sugar and a
erate amonnt of splice, usually
mon.
very mod
There should be plenty of ap-
water slowly and
than is absolutely necessary.
use no more
Roll out
The tempera-
of should high to
with, and then be lowered rap
the oven be
start
full that the julce runs The un
dercrust in a leaky ple is apt to be
tough and soggy.
be done In a quick oven.
serve ple a little warm
The kind of fat used
a matter of personal taste,
aut,
others use part butter and part lard
or other fat. Any fat used should be
sweet flavored and combine properly
SAVE FOR VACATION
IS EXCELLENT PLAN
Holiday Should Be Planned
and Saved For.
the United Stales
of Agriculture.)
Are you going to have n vacation of
this You
fun, rest,
think
(Prepared by
ment
Depart
gone sort year? need a
change, Some
to
Some some
thing new about, whether
a family. Every one needs a
occasionally. letter work as
better health is a result of
brief change,
Don’t say you haven't time,
you can't be spared. That
superstition has been long since ex-
ploded by that busiest of Indispensa-
ble persons, the farmer's wife. Every
holiday
even a
or that
mind and spirit, full of new ideas and
Don't say you can't afford a vaca-
tion. There are all sorts of vacations
| to be chosen-—short ones, long ones,
inexpensive ones, elaborate ones. If
you can't take a train trip, how about
the family car? If you can’t go to a
hotel, try camping. Decide about
what vou could afford-—if you could
put aside a little bit every week from
now until midsummer. A
doesn’t usually just happen. It has to
be planned for and saved for.
sooner you begin to get ready for It,
the more you have in reserve to spend
on pleasant things.
early summer left to devote to saving
for this year's vacation. Next year's
one Is over. That's the better plan,
but If you haven't given the matter
much thought before, do the best you
| ean from now on.
Suppose, for example, you have
sour eye on a two weeks’ vacation In
late August, to cost about $40-nl-
though lots of people would manage
to have a fine time for a good deal
less money, We'll suppose you need
raliroad fare as well as board money.
Count’ up the intervening time by
weeks, Three dollars a week set
aside regularly for these 14 or 15
weeks will assure you the amount nee-
essary. It sounds easy, doesn't It?
The next point Is, of course, can
you save that much? A few cents
here and there—a little self-denial in
small ways—perhaps going without
somethidg you would otherwise like
to have—and the sum begins to grow.
You have to make a chplce almost
daily. “Shall 1 have a , or put
that much aside toward my weekly
shall 1 wear the old ones a little longer
and be sure of my holiday?” If you
sre a homemaker you may be asking
filling may cook through without over
cooking the crust.
For the filling you will
to 8x
of
need from
apples, three-fourths cup
sugar, one-fourth teaspoonful
one-eighth teaspoonful cinnamon’
the apples into the crust care
#0 that the cover will fit evenly
They should be in thin slices after be.
ing pared and quartered.
salt
Pac
1.
H
¥,
Sometimes
Sprinkle them with
salt and spice mixed together
sugar
Place
Bake for
|
yourself: “Could 1 make some of the
children's clothes and save a few dol
lars? Or, “Are there ways in which
I can buy the necessary supplies any
cheaper? Perhaps you could find
ways to earn a bit here and there, too
to add to your funds, if you see no
to subtract anything from what
If you are the head of the family
you will to the ire
in your plans, fix on a larger
have include ent
individual If have never lived
by a budget, don’t walt until the first
you
You can be
gin any time, The United States De-
partment of Agriculture has a publi
that will tell you how to go
you spread your Income over § vaca
tion and other needed items.
Different Methods of
The temperature of cooking affects
markedly the consistency of egge
Lower temperatures coagulate
white into a tender, felly-like mass and
easily digested than those toughened
and hardened at higher temperatures
of cooking eggs for children and per
sons of delicate digestion. Different
methods of handling can also greatly
ance of egg dishes, Stirring
cooking, for example, makes scram:
bled eggs, and beating alr in before
cooking, the fluffy omelet. In souflles
of incorporating air for leavening.
sauce, cream fillings, custards,
mon emulsifying agent,
ability to a wide variety of uses
therefore, as well as their high nn
tritive value, make eggs one of the
most popular foods the world over,
Pan Broiling a Steak
In pan broiling a steak, the pan is
heated very hot and is greased over
lightly by wiping with a plece of suet
80 that the meat will not stick. Using
a large amount of grease toughens the
crease the Jjulciness of the Inside,
says the United States Department of
Agriculture. The steak is placed in
the hot pan and seared first on one
side, and then on the other quickly.
After the steak Is seared, the heat Is
reduced and the broiling proceeds
more slowly. The meat must be turned
frequently to prevent burning, Care
should be taken not to plerce the crust
which has formed lest the juice leak
out. This method of cooking is used
with juicy, tender, cholee cuta
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| ‘Bay “Bayer” when you buy Aspirin
| Imitations may prove dangerous.— Adv
Even the devil never puts off till to
{ morrow what he can do today.
Grandmother Knew
there was nothing so good for conges-
tion and colds as mustard. But the old-
fashioned mustard plaster burned and
blistered.
Musterole gives the relief and help
that mustard plasters gave, without the
plaster and without the blister,
It is a clean, white oifitment, made
with oil of mustard, Gently rub it in.
See how quickly the pain disappears.
Try Musterole for sore throat, bron-
chitis, tonsillitis, croup, Stiff neck,
asthma, neuralgia, headache, congestion,
pleurisy, rheumatism, lumbago, pains
and aches of the back or Joins, sprains,
sore muscles, bruises, chilblains, frosted
feet, colds of the Chest (it may prevent
pneurnonia).
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bies
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is Mrs. Winslow's Syrup. This
safe, pleasant, effective reme-
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quickly overcomes diarrhoea,
colic, flatulency, constipation,
and teething troubles.
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SYRUP
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child has worms.
destroy his health,
his teeth, picks his
beware! ese are worm
ed stome