ABOUT CIRCUS ANIMALS
ic HERE is going to be a week set
aside of every year,” said one
of the horses in the circus, *when peo-
ple will go about with their pockets
full of lumps of sugar and horses will
all be given a special treat,
“It will be called something like be-
ing-kind-to-animals week. And it will
show people how nice it is to be kind
to animals and how much better they
will feel for being kind,
“Then it is hoped people will con-
tinue being kind all the time, of course,
But this week will show people the
nice things there are to be done,
“And anyone seeing people unkind
or cruel to animals will stop them
and make them feel ashamed of them-
selves for bullying and ill-treating and
being thoughtless and unfair.”
“It sounds like a wonderful idea,”
sald another circus horse. And the
“Just as Absurd,” Said the Circus Hip-
popotamus.
other circus horses said, “neigh,
neigh,” which was their way of say-
ing, “Yes, yes!"
“It began a year ago, I belleve,” sald
the first circus horse, “and this year
will be the second year of It."
“Neigh, neigh, good, good,” sald the
other circus horses,
“Some can't me from Neighbor
Rhinoceros,” said the circus Hippo-
potamus., “People come and stand be-
fore me and they say, ‘Is that a rhi-
noceros or is that a hippopotamus? It's
one of big animals, anyway.
Now, did you ever hear of anything
80 unintelligent?”
“Never,” said the circus rhinoceros,
“Of course, it is true we're big ani-
mals, but such ignorance is absurd.
It is as though we saw a boy and a
girl coming along and we said, "Which
tal
tell
those
is the boy and which is the girl? One
or the other is the boy and the other
one is the girl"
“Just as absurd”
hippopotamus,
“They say that the people in charge
of us answer questions about us all
the time and that the ignorance shown
toward us is very great,” the hippopot-
amus continued. “And It is also sald
by those in charge of us that grown-
ups know far less than children, yet
they're supposed to be bigger and
wiser,
“Of course grownups,
more about other things;
they don't know as much
should about the hippopotamus
the rhinoceros."
“People don't know the difference
between us half the time,” said the
leopard and the tiger together,
“Sometimes, all the time,” said the
leopard,
“Sometimes, three-quarters of
time,” sald the tiger.
“It is sald,” the leopard continued,
“that that is one of the reasons the
hyena laughs so much. Yes, a
man known as Dexter Fellowes,
has much to do wiih the circus,
that was the reason, And I'm sure
he must be right. For Dexter Fel-
lowes is very wise, very wise, indeed.”
“So they all say,” the tiger re-
marked. “lI must say I have never
talked to him long enough to tell for
myself, but I'm sure every one must
be right,
“So many couldn't be wrong, espe-
cially when it {8s about one of their own
kind.”
“People abaut people
than they do animals, Well, 1
would like it if Dexter Fellowes would
and have a chat with me some
time. But I don’t believe he will, He
said to me once, “Tiger, you're a hand-
some fellow, but 1 wouldn't choose you
for my pal’
“So I think he prefers to keep a re
spectful distance from me, But cer-
tainly everyone thinks the ‘world and
all,” as they say, of him, And I'll tell
you one thing, leopard.”
“Yes” sald the leopard, “pray tell It
to me.”
“And
“that he
marvelous and the most patient dispo-
sition I've ever seen In all
HCH he can tell most beautiful
they
magnificent,
He's
and he
my,
sald the clreus
may know
but, alas!
as they
and
the
wise
who
sald
know more
ahout
come
that is,” the
most certainly has
tiger went
on,
the most
And
stories of the circus,
so grand and so
tell them
story-teller,
Oh,
Oh,
and
can just a
born
truth, too.
truth I"
80 easily.
tells
he tells
yes, the
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“The girl who puts on airs general.
ly has a music machine”
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How It Started
By JEAN NEWTON
COVO0VO0000000000000000000L
“A BEAU BRUMMEL”
“H* IS a regular Bean Brummel”
It is so that sometimes a
word or two will completely sum up
a person's personality.
For when we say of anyone that he
is a Beau Brummel, we immediately
appraise him as one who Is good-look-
ing and conscious of it, who is par-
ticular about his clothes to a painful
degree, who is meticulous to the point
of embarrassment about his manners,
and who is altogether a dandy,
The term has come down to us from
the early Eighteenth century when it
was first applied to George Bryan,
who enjoyed the reputation of being
the greatest of the English dandies
and the leader of London's fashions,
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smi
Ignores Possibilities
Life holds more for the average man
than he gets out of it. He fails be-
cnuse he is prone to follow others in-
stead of breaking new paths for him-
sel f.—Grit,
CTHE WHY of
SUPERSTITIONS
By H. IRVING KING
APRIL FOOL
M UCH erudition and research have
i been expended by various per.
sons interested in such matters in try-
ing to ascertain the why and where
fore of “All Fool's Day" and
“why” of the custom of people “fool
Ing” each other on April 1. There Ys
no doubt but that “All Fool's
is a survival from
the
or words to that effect—to
friends in dim and unrecorded
of the past. The best evidence ap-
pears to be to the effect that April 1
was originally celebrated as a feast
of the vernal equinox. In Maurice's
“Indian Antiquities” ft is stated that
“All Fool's Day" Is “equally celebrat.
ed in India and Britain”
cites as an evidence of the great an
tiquity of the “feast” that India still
patently celebrates the vernal equi.
nox and it must, therefore, have been
instituted at the time when the equi
nox occurred on April 1 instead of on
March 21 as it does now. Colonel
Pearce says that the celebration takes
place in India on the “Last day of
March” and that people “fool each
other” then In the same manner as
we do on April 1. Others say that
the observance of the day is a rem
nant of a Persian festival celebrat.
ing the vernal equinox and was orig.
inally set for April 1 because on that
day the Persian year bégan. There
appears to be little doubt but that
“April Fool's Day” was an Asiatic
feast and there is also strong tradition
that it was a feast observed by the
Druids of Britain and France. Some
have even seen In the name “All Fool's
Day,” a corruption of “Auld"—that Is
old-—"Fool's Day" and surmised that
the Druids were the “Old Fools."
This, however, 1s more Ingenius than
convincing. As to why on the day
of this feast people celebrate by
“fooling” their neighbors no explana
tion has been advanced which fa
more than a far-fetched surmise un-
worthy of serious consideration. All
that we can say definitely Is that
April Fool's day Is a survival, an
extremely ancient feast of the vernal
equinox, a remnant of nature worship,
(© by MeClure Newspaper Byndicate.)
Paper Dollar's Short Life
So often does the average dollar bill
change hands that it Is rarely In cir.
culation more than a year, and often
less than six months,
thelr
nges
Maurice
Billie Dove
PHIL SHAFER T0
RACE THIS YEAR
Freckle - Faced Roly Poly
Finishing Two Cars for
Indianapolis Race.
————
Chuckling Phil Shafer, red halred,
freckle-faced heavywelght champion of
nutomoblle racing, Is bullding two cars
for the internation!” 500-mile contest
to be held at the Indianapolis motor
gpeedway In May.
Shafer, a jolly, roly-poly food con-
tainer who holds his welght constant
with three really important trips to
the grocery store each day, still laughs
at the fates which prompted him to
sell two race cars—one in 1927, the
other in 1028 despite the fact that
these self-same cars were driven to
victory in those years,
In 1027 Shafer sold a car out of his
Popular Billie Dove made her debut
as a talking film star in the Vitaphone
picture “Careers,” coming through
with flying colors. Previous to this |
“talkie” she figured prominently in
“The Man and the Moment”—the man
in the case being Rod La Rocque.
TR -
CHOHHOOHO
For Meditation
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By LEONARD A. BARRETT
THE CURSE OF THE
PHARAOHS
UPERSTITION which
\J the emotional life of a large num
ber of persons plays strange freaks.
When the emotional element controls
one’s judgment, most absurd things
seem to occur. An Hiustration of this
is the recent death of Lord Westbury,
who committed suicide in London. In
explanation of this act the press reports
state that he was driven to it by be-
ing with
the that
he, like others be
fore
ler a
cause of their part
dominates
haunted
thought
him, was
in the axcavation of
Tut - Ankh - Amen’
Lord West
was the
person, of
tomb,
bury
cal work
tomb, to
tragic death
The first die
the secretary
of Mr, Carter, who
discov
wns
L. A. Barrett,
ered the
tomb and who had the chief responsi-
for the He
Wo dis
excavation work
ypt with fl
Se in a year of his
P was caused by pul
‘ 3:10, His
llowed by eleven others,
had some part in the
by Mr. C The
Lord Westbury who
had already reached the age of nearly
eigl ty
Rost}
at Gealh
wns f
all of whom
work lirected rier,
last to die was
Years,
idea shared by m persons
nounced a
who
Is that the pharaohs |
curse upon any molested
The
something
person
their tombs, curse translated
this: “To
who even touches the tomb of
pharaoh, let him die a death which
shall come upon him ns swift wings.”
The twelve persons who have died are
reads like any
pers 1]
thought to have come under the spell
of this ancient
To less publie,
question seems to be, would not these
same persons have met their
tragic deaths had they never
heard of the Egyptian tomb? Are not
their experiences easily explained by
perfectly natural causes, any one of |
which oceur almost every day? Re. |
move the thought of the curse and no
mystery is Introduce the |
thought of the curse, and the twelve |
deaths seem‘to take on an aspect of |
the supernatural, On the contrary |
each death ean be explained by nat.
ural causes from the first caused by
poison from a mosquito bite to the
Inst who committed suicide. Besides,
the twelve deaths occurred in about
ten years, Had they all happened at
the same time one might conclude
that some poison had been concealed
within the tomb; even then the ex.
planation would have been a natural
one, Problems are more readily solved
by an appeal to common sense than to
superstitious fear.
(5, 1930, Wamu Newspaper Union.)
Curse,
the credujous the
twelve
even
involved.
winssismin § Pusssicsmavonnis is
Life's Highest Pleasure
No pleasure is comparable to ths
standing upon the vantage ground of
truth.—Francls Bacon.
the
driver's seat,
league
and he
big
eircult, In the
Shafer just chuckled as Souders
nodded an assent to the checkered flag
of victory which released approximate-
iy £38,000 to Bill White's eloquent
ability to spend. “Okeh with me”
lnughed Shafer, “the car probably
would have stumbled and fallen dead
match his halr
and freckles and demeanor.
The following year Shafer had two
more in. his stable, Louis Meyer, a
mechanic with
driving asperations, asked Shafer If
he would sell one of the mounts.
“Kure,” beamed Shafer, “but what are
you going to use for mohey?' The
quiet, shy Meyers asked the price,
obtained it, and took an option on the
car. This was than two weeks
before the day of the race.
Meyer persuaded Alden Sampson,
fa boyhood friend who was running a
garage in a small Ohlo town, to be-
come a racing magnate, Sampson
liked the idea, hocked his business
and purchased the car from Shafer,
Meyer drove it to Shafer's
car didn't Meyer.
Sampson combination collected approx.
less
victory,
even finish, The
imately $40,000 for the victory.
to be
was iH Si
» serious
’
afer
niet
The
“This is getting
than a
gald. But he kept on chuckling
best he had to do at
Indianapolis was
Last May Shafer hac
It finished twelfth
“But this yea m going to race
both of mj “and
maybe I'll have the thrill of watching
400
h one
be a
some
coincid
ever been able
third.
car in the
race.
cars,” says Shafer,
my two drivers fighting It out at
the right to
Woudn't
he «
whic
that
miles for see
comes in first,
laugh? And then huckled
more,
Gasoline Taxes Paid in
Many States Last Year
(Prepar®d by the United States Department
of Agriculture)
Not connting refunds made, the total
amount of the tax collected
by 47 of the states and the District
of Columbia In the first six months
of 1920 amounted to $175,140,140, says
the bureau of public roads, United
States Department of Agriculture, on
the basis of figures reported to the bu-
rean. In New York the tax became ef-
fective May 1, and the Illinois law
did not become effective until August
1. A total of 5.008.872.6602 gallons was
taxed In the 47 states and the Dis.
trict of Columbia. The tax
paid per gallon was 3.07 cents
In 1028, gasoline tax paid in the
first six months of the year in 45
gtates, the District of Columbia, and In
Illinois for one month of the period,
was £140635308, The tax In Iilinols
was collected for January and discon-
gasoline
average
New York had no gasoline tax in 1028
The tétal number of gallons taxed In
the first six months of 1028 was 4.-
052,303,530, and the average tax paid
was 3.02 cents per gallon. All the
states now collect a gasoline tax,
THE MOTOR QUIZ
(How Many Can You Answer?)
Q. In preparing a car for
spring and summer driving what
are the three important things
to do?
Ans, Perhaps the three most
important items sare good de-
celeration, acceleration and good
Jubrication, Get the brakes In
A-1 shape, especially balance the
front ones, Good acceleration
requires gpark plugs and break.
er points being in good working
order. Good lubrication requires
use of proper oll and inspection
of the oll filter,
Q. How many motor trucks
were manufactured in 19207
Ans, 805,000, a gain of 40 per
cent over 1928, the previous high
year,
Q.
smoother
Does the engine operate
and with more power
when the air I8 moist, or when
it is dry, and is there any dif-
ference in fuel consumption?
Ans. The engine runs smooth-
er in moist weather because the
moisture in the alr acts like an
antl knock: power output is
lowered and economy reduced,
I TT I IIIT TiTITITTTiTTTTYSY™|
Protection for Woman's
Sunday Dress and Coat
This woman driver has found that
the need no longer spill her Sunday
dress or coat while changing a tire,
Efficient Worker.
the motor of her car
fn with long
above her
ently and
THINS
No matter how severe,
you can always have
immediate reliefs
; harmless to any ly.
it always brings relief. Why suffer?
WORMS RUIN
A CHILD'S HEALTH
Drive every worm out of
your child's system without a
moment's delay. Use the safe,
vegetable worm medicine that
has been so successful for 75
years— Frey's Vermifuge.
Perhaps you don't know your child
has worms. Gritting the teeth, pick.
ing the nostrils, disordered stomach
are symptoms. Buy Frey's Vermifuge
at your druggist’s today.
Frey’s Vermifuge
Expels Worms
ILIOUS ?
Take NATURE'S REMEDY .
—NR—tonight, You'll be “fit
and fine” by morning
tongue clear, headache gone,
appetite back, bowels acting
pleasantly, bilious attack forgotten.
For constipation, too, Better than
any mere laxative,
At druggists—only 25¢c. Make the
FEEL LIKE A MILLION, T.
TO-NIGHT
TOMORROW ALRIGHT
tomight
Scot Accent Contagious
English purists are aroused over a
curious situation which has arisen in
Essex,
get.
but
Scots’ accent is
lace of native Englisl
» market towns of
Scottish farmers have
district that siowly
Ready With an Explanation
“Husband, what are these
pins
AUTOMOBILE HINTS
The pedestrian has the right of way
after the amb nee picks him
Ag soOn ns
autoists will have the cho
or
ers,
signery.
»* * *
scenery
can be re.
by a claw
with an “8”
Ohstinate cotter pins
moved without difficulty
hammer or a steel rod
shaped point,
* + *
Charley, the family has an
imitation of a stammerer saying
* It is similar to his imitation
tire leak.
* * +
Cold weather itself often helps to
check front wheel shimmy by stiffen-
ing up the springs and controls, espe-
cially if the latter are the hydraulic
type.
cut-up,
“nit.
tacosis.’
of a slow
Heaven 1s a place where it Is unnec-
essary to watch for automobiles that
sneak up from behind without sound-
ing a horn and {ry to jump on you
like a cat.
. ®
Hard steering is generally the result
of one of two causes—perhaps both.
The first and easiest to remedy is un-
der-inflation of tires.
lack of lubrication,
ee
ni 5
ren
The device revolves at a high rate
~or too much smoking. Lots of
things cause sour stomach, but one
thing can correct it quickly. Phil-
lips Milk of Magnesia will alkalinize
the acid. Take a spoonful of this
pleasant preparation, and the sys-
tem is soon sweetened
Phillips is always ready to relieve
distress from overeating: to check
all acidity; or neutralize nicotine,
Remember this for your own com-
fort; for the sdke of those around
you. indorsed by physicians, but
they always say Phillips. Don't
buy something else and expect the
same results!
Kidnevs
bother vou:
If troubled with backache,
bladder irritations, and getting
Sa night, don't take chances!
p your