ABOUT MISS SHOEBILL
‘ Wi ELL, my name Is Miss Shoe
itl, It doesn't mean that |
that I'm tell-
ne named Bill to 'stoo’ away.
mean that my bill
though
like a shoe,
rather strange, I will
send bills for
Ing anyo
“Nor
looks
it does
admit,
“Yes, I'm curious
gray feathers
be in Egypt.
“I'm a
own opinion
with me.
“They think I'm about as much of
a sight as a creature can be and they
don't mean a handsome sight.
“I'm a large bird—a member
gtork family—and I find the
people as strange as
mine.
“But tell us about yourself
home andl all”
“1.” said tl
a bird fr
“1 belonz to
and I can sit
shoes or
does it
exactly
look
just
coking. 1 have
and my home used to
looking thing in
but few
lovely my
others agree
of the
looks of
they find
and your
Tawny Frogmouth, “am
australia.
the goat-sucker family
upon a tree and can
om
noticed
the
for my
lichen or moss of an
coloring
tree.
“1 have nice whiskers but
very inent as my
said to me:
yung Tawny, be modest
your appearance,
style that way.
you
they're
not so
always
“ay
ple in
prom mother
and sim
You will
have more
“i event
0 any will be safer.’
“So 1 have folld
“But you
Black Neck Swan. Both si
Swan had long, beautiful blac
and wl hodies.
wed her advice,
must see
were aiway |Spo ken
‘
ndsome couple,” or
t
M |
{|
In
i
{)
5
iovely
tures”
For there
white fluffy,
used to sit between their
wings when she and their daddy
go off for a waterstroll,
“We are from South America,
Mr. Black Neck Swan, “but this Is
pleasant too, isn't it, my
dear?”
“Delightful,”
Swan
And the children didn’t say anything
for they ing about to
gee everything, or at they Just
rested and enjoyed their
beautiful wings.
“Well,” sald
down
little family. otty crea-
wo darling little
ind they
mother's
would
were
soft swans, too,
swimming,
Neck
said Mrs. Black
1
were busy lock
times
as she
family
good deal
but you
Miss Shoebill,
upon the Swan
swimming along, *
more graceful than
haven't funny faces.
“Now I've a funny fac Of
1 sald I thought I
ing but, between
only a Joke,
“1 know I'm funny
“But It cheers
“Now | am a
zoo nnd they
and how they do laugh.
is not every who
willing to cause amusement by
ine lust the kind of face
would
looked
you're n
1 am
course
look.
wus
was lovely
frien hat
looking.
people up.
new arrival at the
come here and see me
11d be
hav
one wot
well,
don’t
worry
me,
anything
rive
ones Wik
prize,”
“I'm woul ded.
know I wou 1 Miss
I'd hate to
ful repu
py would be suc nulsance and
such a bother,
“Ah, I can’t
“Well,
talk
for the
to say.
that, did
the 8S!
you?
woerhill surprise
ally
here is a
is re
one
can
Why We Do
What | We Do
by M. K. THOMSON, Ph. D.
eeoPONOBOLSY
RCH OND, IND, looks like a town
ge out to be beautiful, and
i
I've seen irs do the
They tak wit nature
od
achieve unusual
today. “Hot fish sand
ithout my doctor's per
Autom obile wrecking ear
rown's Mule,” Hotel sign:
0 baths” That's all
providing they wash the right
50
Every car has its radiator plastered
ith butterflies. And every small town
has its violet ray though not
nll look prosperous,
—FRED BARTON,
(Copyright)
if P
studio,
GABBY GERTIE
“The modern girl spins yarns, too,
but they loom up as jest comic
strips.”
Ee
Cost of College Education
The bureau of education says that
the minimum spent per year by col
tege studer.ts is $700, There Is no way
of striking an average, since wealthy
students with large allowances from
home spend their money In numerous
wuys outside of cowpus activities,
WHY WE INHERIT OUR
POLITICS
A GOOD deal of the ammunition In
presidentia campaigns
fire because 1 mo!
are not convietio
ey vole party ticket.
inhe srited their party and
their fathers voted bef
We inherit
our religion,
as the
misses
open {
They
vole as
hem,
slong with
eyes or brown,
ore |i
our politics
and bine
may be.
Before are old enough to
much about politics we cast
lot. And in lien of knowles
low example, the
case
we know
our bal-
ge we fol
example of those
who have the greatest prestige with
us, those we know and trust. These
are our elders in the same household,
Thus before we realize it we have
completely identified ourselves with a
certain party and stick to it from a
sense Of loyalty If nothing more,
Political prejudice is no different
from any other Kind, [It can be brok-
en down or annulled only by a strong.
er prejudice of opposite nature,
A man's political views are not al-
together a matter of family training,
pride and prejudice. The
parties encourage this sort of blind
loyalty by giving the preference to
those who are “dyed in the wool” In
the national conventions certain men
boast that they never voted any other
ticket for generations and sought spe
cial favors on the grounds of party
loyalty, Candidates are accepted or
rejected on the strength of their al
legiance;
Party success depends
loyalty, and if a man is
any recognition from his party he
must stick to the ship, sink or swim.
We Inherit our politics through the
natural process of family traditions as
part of the furniture of the old home-
stead and the family coat of arms.
In addition to the party, system de-
mands the type of loyalty that is eal-
culated to perpetuate the party, of
passing it on from father to son.
(® by MeClure Newwoupe Syndicate.)
well)
Orchestra Defined
An orchestra is described as a band
of performers or various instruments,
including especially those of the vio!
class, adapted for rendering the larger
kinds of concerted music ns sym.
phonies, overtures, etc, and common.
ly distinguished fn the military or
street band of players on wind instru.
ments,
political
upon party
going to get
Warner Baxter
Ba a -_ a el
Handsome Warner Baxter of the
“galkies” is ons of the actors who has
improvement on the movies. At one
time he was an insurance agent, which
some say made a “good talker of him.™
He has been given the star role in
the Movietone “Such Men Are Danger.
cus.” Baxter has had an interesting
career on stage and screen. He pre.
fers to do romantic character parts,
pensammnn {Jonson .
grossesseasseonss 00COOOETS
For Meditation|
By LEONARD A. BARRETT o
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A THUNDERSTORM
a spirit,
thunder
the volce
likewise
in the skies throu
glory of heaven
shone,
alr rushes
by the
ns spent ts strength there
a silence, which no words
through
lows a calm,
The sun shines
a sliver lining
can describe.
the
be seen.
he storms which erash |
lives are much like the thunderstorms
of summer, and
soem
clouds, even
They come suddenly
disastrous, but are
together destructive. Some
valuable is accomplished by a
As the beauty of a picture depends
upon a proper proportion of shadows,
80 the into our ex-
perience develop polse and
trol. He is a wise
learned how to remain «
possessed In
Self-mastery reonality Is not a
gift. It must be toiled for in dally
contact with life's battles,
velop ing We
prepared to meet the storms
pssall us tomorrow because
not been mastered by the fa
disappointments of today.
After the storm is over go out of
doors and listen, A silence speaks a
language all {ts own, and seems to
say:
“Trace the ralnbow through
And know the promise is not
That morn shall tearless be”
(©. 1929, Wentern Newspaper Union.)
to be
storm.
storms which com
alm and self:
the midst of nan
of pe
Storms des
are better
which
resist power,
we
res and
the rain
vain
(® by McClure Newspaper Syndicate)
om unity
“Building
Right Kind of Building
Affects Value of Land
The wrong kind of
sometimes found on city
that the
found on women's hes
the National Associate
Estate Boards, When a
an unbecoming hat, It m
not
buildings are
land In much
wrong
ils,
hats
HAY. |
are
i of teal
womnn wears
eans thy
looked around sufficiently
ght hat and her appearance cone
suffers, When
erected on a
its owner hi
suffice fently for the Hight huild
the value of the
land «
has
the 1
sequently
building is
the wrong
innd,
ple ce of
Owners of annot
an apartment house or an office build
ing on n given site, becat
says the association,
There is a certain
able for every piece of
and property owners
seek advice on this !
ground, beca the hi
vd st use of the land is a
t
ter and Involves a
type af structure
urban real
breaki
use
mat look lute
It is
the ads
not enough to ohserve
rules in selecting
nfter
te veloped fo
anced
i fits selection,
land is
be brought about
for
National Campaign for
Mra, John D
a threeday
proms
The therefore, sh
as to the trend
andincent
to his propose ane, for although
tions
e can be
in these mats
the $
ters,
the
ging of
possible change of
foretold with reasonable ac
curacy
Get Reliable Contractor
house building at a price that is too
on good
the tendency is to cheapen or
work in such a way that no
sustained. This is
true where there
ans and specific:
Furthermore, there are
work,
par.
are nad
tions,
in the ranks
are unskilled, Just as there
Their ea
grade work Is distinctls
They deliver the kind of work.
manship that they know
are in
pacity to
do high
lim.
abou! «the
harge less becnuee
less, but what they
eliver Is often not worth its price,
They
d
City Planning in California
A city-planning enabling act Is a
matter of current interest in California
at the present time, the Nailonnl As
sociation »f Real Estate Boards points
out. The state legislature has passcd
a bill repealing the existing planning
enabling act and substituting a new
law and the legislation hns just bacon
signed by the governor, Enaciment
of the bill was favored by the Call
fornia Renal Estate association,
Home Modernizing
When modernizing your house you
take advantage of the sturdy construe.
tion which exists in the structure it.
self and add to that more features
which are substantial, modern, vselul,
and decorative,
Esthetics and Business
ft ls not incompatible to combine
estheticism with sound business prin.
ciples, Those communities that sme.
ceed In doing so are always In the van
of progress,
WHY WE BEHAVE |
LIKE HUMAN BEINGS
By GEORGE DORSEY, Ph. D., LL. D
n b=
Some People Are Born With
Gills
WE NO longer tell
wemies by smell;
friends from
but
pe of thelr nose.
striking as the
long nosed
tures his face and
human and super-
As it is a new acqul-
began with mammals, it
inte in fetal life
only after birth.
are hereditary
we often
the sha
Mun's nose Is not so
even the
but it fe
most
ements
his
fluous el
up
and develops
Its shape and
and are distin
race. But it has
to do with brain power than
wipes It
alone
ctedd with the hemispheres of
inferred that
nection with
brain
pears
fully
Ag the olfactory nerves are
itself
nse of smell ;
prose in cor
the original
ing organ.
als generally,
» most highly
In monkeys, it has already
yish, Some mammals
supporting
hoofed an
pes usually have
rom two to five
the smell
developed of
1zes
of ri
JANIS some
The nose In the human embryo Is at
in the
pound
ne three
CVOs,
dig In to
ever this
and forms
growth from the
structure ;
ir eyes
1 § COR COTO
in the upper
ne have
the sides of
the files,
eVeR, AS reg
skin ig a double structure.
toderm ;
from
first
ide, or epidermis, is oc
or dermis, is derived
slerm The fetal skin at
cont and not unlike that of
During the third month, the
beging to become horny, as
adnlt life It is significant
if we lose a third of our skin by
id, boiling liquid, or flaying,
our life.
Color of skin is an inherited trait
Entire
in skin, hair, and
developmental defect and
albinos. Albinisgm is an in-
and is found in many
blackbirds are as
black men, Pig
due to secretion of
ahsence of pigment
results In
trait
common as white
ment is probably
surface,
and many
and feet Is
ridges, especially
These
To form a better grasping
monkeys’,
ammals’ hands
into minute
two Individuals on earth do
make exactly the same pattern.
Hence their unique importance as
marks of identification,
At the fourth month, the embryo be-
gins to show a fine silky hair coat or
lanugo (down). This begins to be re.
placed, even before birth, by a second
cont of different character. The
lanugoe may persist as “down” on the
face of girls and women, or even all
over the body, as on the so-called dog-
faced people of the menageries. The
Innugo probably represents our adult
ancestral condition. Dut no satisfac
tory theory has yet been advanced to
nccoun: for the fact that man is the
lenst hairy of the primates,
Hair does not grow on our bodies In
haphazard fashion, but in lines and
sets of three, four, or five, each set
being the hairs that grew beneath one
geale of our reptilian ancestors.
(® by George A. Dorsey.)
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Seaweed Made Useful
Nova Scotian eel grass, a stringy sen
weed said to be vermin proof and fire.
proof, is woven into mats for use in
London office buildings and andi
torlums because of its soundabsorb.
ing qualities,
they
When Fcod
Sours
Lots of folks
“Indigestion”
tion w
or ten minutes,
like Phillips
resiores
Phillips does away
BOUrness gas right
prevents the distress
two hours
unt prep
good It Is
burning d
who think
have only an
be corre
An effectiy
Milk of Magnes:
tion to normal,
they have
could
hich
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