Clothes “Wrong
Side Out”
By H. IRVING KING
Li YOU accidentally put on any un-
dergarment—one worn next the
skin—"“wrong side out,” it Is an omen
of good luck. Do not change it back
upon discovering the mistake, for that
would bring bad luck, A publication
of the American Folk-lore society
gays: “This direction is Intuitively
followed by many people who are en-
tirely free from consclous supersti-
tions.” Very old people will tell you
that when they were children old
people used to say that undergarments
worn wrong side out “kept the witches
away.”
This “wrong side out” superstition
is a survival of the practice by which
our barbarian ancestors sought to
“fool” the evil spirit. Joined to that
was the idea of the evil eye. By
wearing his garments Inside out a
man distinguished himself, as it were,
and the evil spirit particularly bent
upon doing him harm failed to recog-
nize him and passed him by. Also
the evil eye would be attracted by the
singularity of a garment worn wrong
side out and let its baleful glance rest
upon that instead of upon its wearer,
In the far-off times when the super-
stitution had its birth man, as a rule,
wore only one garment, that next to
his skin. The progress of civiliza-
tion has Increased the layers of cloth-
i
These two locomotives will be ex.
the Baltimore
Halethrope, Md.
is one of the
gines with
and weighing 314 tons.
is the first locomotive to
northwestern states, in
preserved as a relic by
Northern rallroad.
A. T. Anderson and sister, Miss Sarah
T. Anderson, of Spokane, who are de-
scendents of Capt. Meriweather Lewis,
the great American explorer,
in October,
1862,
the
ing upen a man, but the primal super-
stition still clings to the primal gar-
ment to which it first attached itself
and which has now evolved into un-
derclothing.
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ews, Gre,
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“HOWDY, OL’ TIMER?"
“K. 0, OL' MAN!"
“Mother’s Kisses
Make It Better”
By JANE NEWTON
she'll kis
better,” Isn't
when a child
real or imagined?
grownup child, married
grownup child, turns
face with a half-pained,
half-playful indication of a squeezed
thumb or a stubbed toe! And
kisses It and makes it better,
Little do they
gent mothers and husbands, that in
this mock ministration they are but
imitating the practice of old-time sor.
cerers who pretended to cure diseases
by suckipg the affected part, In their
superstitious, myth-tenanted age they
found the people easy prey to their
fmpositions, but today even the baby
is skeptical of the curative powers of
a kiss on a bruised knee! And why
shouldn't he be?
They burned witches
England: what shall
“pretenders” today?
and make it
this the regular thing
sustains an injury,
And many a
to another
him a wry
realize, those indul-
New
the
in old
we do with
(Copyright)
By MARTHA MARTIN
HE keeper says we're very
quick,” said Bobby Blacksnuke,
“The keeper says we're very quick,
too,” sald Roland Rattlesnake,
“The keeper says that all snakes are
quick,” said Clement Copperhead. “He
says that, hiss, hiss, he says that.”
“Well, if we were free and not In
the I suppose we would be think-
ing about going to sleep said
Bobby.
“yog *
visitors here
200,
soon”
sald Roland,
the xd
er
“I've
wy tell
heard the
of the
is coming
at
sharp cold weatl
that on
apace.”
“What do you
that the sharp,
on apace?”
mean
cold weather
asked Bobby.
“You know what sharp, cold weath-
don't you? asked Roland.
“Yes, hiss, said Bobby,
course I know what it
“Then it is the word
bothers you, is It?” asked
“That is the bothersome
Bobby.
“When I said that
weather was coming
rather, when I said th:
coming to
have sald so, 1 meant and they
or they meant and I meant
ever way you want to put it!)
was coming on qu
“When the sharp,
comes on apace it
goodly rush and big col
enormous cold steps.”
“Ah,
when you say
is com-
ing
er is,
hiss”
“ot
is."
apace. that
loland.
Roan sald
the
on apace
it the people who
the iately,
sharp, cold
or
have been 200
meant
{which-
that It
ickly.
cold
COMmes
wenther
with a
les and
on
d stric
hiss,” sald Bobby.
They never find snakes wandering
away from their dens when it is au-
tumn time. When the spring has
come and we're just awaking, we're
thinking about leaving-—but we're still
ghbout the dens,” said Rols
“True, tri sald
I see, hiss,
ge” Clement
By LEONARD A. BARRETT
HE asbestos curtain was unknown
or at least unused until after a
disastrous fire In a Chicago theater,
Jt cost the price of many lives before
gtage managers were compelled by
law to protect the public. An old man
with a red lantern is charged with
the responsibility of signaling auto-
mobiles of the approach of a fast
train. The lantern may go out or the
light not be distinguished from other red
lights on moving automobiles, with the
result that lives are sacrificed at rall-
road crossings. After the price of the
loss of life shall have been paid, a
superstructure is erected and the
train passes over on elevated tracks.
An engineer falls asleep at the throt-
tle. The train Is wrecked, lives are
lost. After the catastrophe a law Is
enacted which forbids an engineer to
work more than eight successive
hours without sleep.
The Shenondoah was sent to her
doom ut a tremendous cost of human
life, The commanding officer feared
the danger and, according to reports,
argued against the trip. He was under
orders from his superior officers who
were not conversant with the details
of piloting a dirigible. When the Los
Angeles was sent out on her initial
voyage, the instructions given to those
in charge of the ship read as follows:
“The choice of routes and decisions as
to start, continuation and termination
of the flight rests with the command-
ing officer.” The los Angeles came
back safely, But, the freedom granted
to the commanding officer was made
possible only threugh the sacrifice of
fourteen lives, sent to their doom
through the wreck of the Shenandoah,
There iz nothing so precious in the
world as a human life. The safe.
guarding of life should be the first
consideration on the part of any cor-
poration or institution, The sacrifice
of human life is too costly a price to
pay for knowledge and experience.”
(6. 1927, Western Newspaper Union)
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REL ERRERRER FER F RAT RRERETR
Early Vocations
of Noted Men
By JOSEPH KAYE
FRRREE LEER RARER AR RRRRRRRRR
XH HN RH®
AT 21:—Lee Shubert Did Not Own
One Theater,
T THIS time my brother, Sam, and
1 were managing road companies,
It was almost impossible then for In-
dependent managers to get a house In
which to play for even one night, the
theaters being controlled by a syndi-
cate, and we soon ran up against this
snag. All the best theaters were
closed to us, so we got hold of old,
run-down places and fixed them up
as well as we could. We rented halls,
anything we could find, so we could
play our various companies.—Lee
Shubert
TODAY :—As if destiny had played
a designing hand In the case, the Shu-
berts own and direct more theaters
fn this country than anyone else In
the theatrical profession, and have
the greatest theatrical organization In
the world, thelr productions being
well known to the public.
The Shuberts are also the producers
of numerous plays and musical pleces
every year, among them such almost
fnstitutional productions as the Win-
ter Garden shows,
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‘
Relft Wall of New York city, as they
Lome of Mrs, Wall,
appeared after thelr marriage at the
|
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word you hiss is quite, quite true.
“I am as quick as a snake could be,”
sald Roland,
“Well, not quite ag quick as a snake
could be,” sald Bobby, “for, after all,
£3?
“We Don’t Sing and We Don't Dance,”
Said Roland.
you were caught and brought to the
“So were
“So were
said Cl
“It is
Joke,
loland.
¢
for that m
you,” sald
all of us,
ement,
really funny,
hiss, hiss"
he squirmed about,
talked sbout
atter.”
it
laughed
ig really a
loland as
“how we have all
our quickness.”
|
that none of
“Why 7 asked Bobhy.
“Well, it is quite true
were q kK that
caught and brought here
Roland hi and wrige
amusement
“le
us we
to the
werent
200) .
ged,
COUrse,
but
onl
who eaugh
then we fre
the k
true,
quick, (THE
us for »
We led them
», though.'
quicker,
and dane
this 200 %
Bobby
Lives were
“They
parts where
would see ma
Coane!
went war
they
ny ped nie,
ton
“Pre 01
Y¢ 8.
Very
and
oeen
been free
‘Oh,
is nice fo
ink Sou?
“And,” said R
ful
snakes
It
Ki pers tl
io hear the |
praised
keepe r.
pres intes
by
Ah, ti
Rattle
ROrgecous color
Habit of Watching
the Clock
By F. A. WALKER
HY far back the measurement of
times goes ig Jost In the unrecord.
ed events of prehistoric times. It is
altogether probable that early man
reckoned the passage of by the
length of shadows cast on the ground
and later perhaps an instrument sim-
ilar to the hour glass served to meas-
ure the divisions of the day.
Certain it is that clocks as we
know them were not invented until
the Ninth century and the credit for
Like all things mortal the clock
had faults as well as virtues, Be
fore the hours were automatically
measured for him man worked until
he was tired and then “called it a
day.” With the coming of the clock
he began measuring his efforts by
time and acquired the habit of
“watching the clock.”
ime
There
creat not endows
watch hi
ire ad with
two eves can
at the same time
When a man is looking at
sole interest is the a
“Wha is it¥
efficient office
SWer
question,
The
ington od
ticular
ment,
f time
most
Wash-
par-
sey rd
part-
in
the war was one
division of the Navy
In that room
either a calendar nor a clock,
The head of that bureau
the writer: “I not want any
here who cares what day it
what time it is. The measure of a
day here is the finishing of the work
in hand, then we can all go home.”
No truly inearnest worker was ever
able to quite finish his task.
There always remains some portion
upon which he would like to spend a
little longer time.
The reason the not-iln-earnest work
er watches the clock
heart not in his labors
pride is not in their results
(Copyright)
iting
big
said to
do one
i%
or
day's
his
his
i= because
is and
“The character of all work depends
upon the intelligence of the person
who performs iL”
People who are most busy are most
happy and contented In life. Labor
in itself is the greatest blessing to
mankind,
E ARE growing te appreciate
more and more the value of veg.
etables of all kinds in our diet. We
learn that we should serve at least
one green vegetable dally to our fami.
lies, and more is better.
Apple Custard Pie.
Add a cupful of sugar to a cupful
of fresh grated apple, two beaten eggs,
one cupful of sweet cream and the
grated rind of a lemon, Pour Into a
pastry-lined tin and bake. Cover with
a meringue and brown.
Add a cupful of cooked green peas
to a mayonnaise dressing; It will give
color, flavor and food value to the
dressing to be used with a vegetable
salad,
a
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Take one and one-half cupfuls of
orange juice, two tablespoonfuls of
lemon juice, one and one-half cupfuls
of sugar, and four cupfuls of rich
milk, freeze,
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