PoP, How SOON WiLL | BE OLD Newest United Washington.—The last of the ten eight-inch gun 10,000 ton Washington treaty cruisers to be built), by the United States under the London treaty will have the most formidable armor deck protection ever built into a ves. sel of this type. These vessels will have an armor deck skin thick enough to stop the eight-inch gun projectile up to rang 25,000 yards, The sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth eight-inch gun cruisers of this class may have even greater deck protection than the seven building. One element in the navy now favors giving the vessel an extra deck armor thickness at the The navy high command, however, {8 un- derstood to favor retention of the present speed of better than 37 knots an hour, Every new batch of cruisers built of the eight-inch gun treaty type have been given greater deck and side ar- mor protection than their predeces- BOTH, Each batch also been equipped with a greater number of anti-aircraft weapons, The first ves- sels were gned for four five-inch gun anti-aircraft weapons. The next group had eight, Now the last ones es of cost of speed, has desig | | ih i Playing the Game Through By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK Dean of Men, University of Hlincis. 0 000000000000000 3 0000000000000 00 O00 0000000000000 00000000 D. Rock newspaper SAYHE one hun- - » “The water hole on J vite course.’ and twenty also ince to ething John 1 sed to that part and he he the iLis hard until h shoots that | Men o given them the h 1ld not be sat hiro thro fton One shot I Inve occasionally from fell never ridden a who would probably fall off | tempted It, rather caustic the norsemanship of the prince Wales, They cite as proof of their statements the many accidents he has had and the narrow escapes from seri- ous injury. The real how- ever, that he is an unusually fearless and daring rider, Hazards which less courageous and skillful equesiri would avoid he takes a chance on. He never rides around a ditch or a fence becuse it presents difficulties. He plays the game through straight ahiend to the finish and takes the con- even if that be a tu It is this sportsmanlike quality which the game even facts are, ans FO uUences mble, Lovely Dinner Pajamas vt } There Is beauty and grace in every line of there lovely dinner pajatuis, They are fushioned of french bine silk crepe, combined with flesh tone crepe. ‘The bodice Is uniquely cut in front and back with an mi to be built are to be armed increased number of chine guns, The first eight-inch had so little armor protection were referred to by high ranking officlrs as “tin clads.” anti-aircraft cruisers they flag gun, much as they do today, the first eight eight-inch gun cruisers could have been as well protected as the last ten are going to Investigations shown that first eight about 1,000 under he the fons each are welght, is 7,100 tons. This unused tonnage could have been used up in armor pro- had not designers made weight safety factor too high. In designing the new ships bonuses were offered those builders who saved tonnage, Eleetrie welding was em- ployed to a hitherto unknown degree, Lightweight metals and aluminum were used where possible. A high factor was used because of fear that the finished might be over the 10,000 ton displacement per- mitted by the London naval treaty Figures today place the tonnage of these 10000-ton class ves tection vessels discovered § | > teiinefodladlodled drip nl rp eid POTPOURRI Selpdiadiodediodisdiadtodiodadiodediedtodndiod 3 >d 3 ow or Grd Halley’s Comet The world's most famous trav- eler, Halley's comet, covered” in 1682, for & month, had been noted In 1450, 1607. Halley would return years, That correct Is visitor's appearance 1885 and 1910, (0) 1531, Western N “redis- visible Wis being Previous visits 1531 and predicted that it every 76 Qe, once his attested in ve! calculations by the 1750. were dhe Od] "’ Newnpaper Unlon. or Oh a ae XX irs slightly sels at more than 8.000 tons, Chess. Northamp- Salt Lake Louisville, All of these JOM) tons Thelr displacement is ax follows: ter, Houston, 2,050 ton, Pensacola, City, 0.05) 9,200 ; 0.05) - £106 ; 0.100: Chicago, 9.300 « and Augusta, 9.050. vessels could have been displacement, The into be ax built the Wheth to six-inch is a moot lost tonnage eight-inch gun United States is limit er it can be gun Cruiser cannot Cruisers, ed to 18 transferred tonnage tion, rar——— & Miss Marie Morley, thirty-one gained her sight after being blind si of t rose in the fan garden, Moore gave her the power of sight. § ¥ ie of Wales the He de hoeut ayy’ $ Wes makes the man prince in England hesitate hazards Walsh was far bunch in the mile run inthe As was Harding. saw that he had no chance of wit and dropped and down on the grass w the last lap. “What's the some one inquired why at that point in the race, “1 distanced and I saw no good reason for wearing myself out Not so Walsh, He pushed on until the end, took the ridicule of the crowd stoically, He believes in playing the game out even if his score Is not a good one, Bome dpy hell do better: gome day if he persists he will come in with the bunch or ahead of it, (1921. W ny Giant Mooring Mast Now loved at behind fall handi- Harding ining himself predty the Cap also out threw ithout finishing when ked wis out. use? he asked he sidetrac estern Newspaper Unio Akron, Ohia~—A giant movable mooring mast to drag the mammoth dirigible Akron in and out of the Goodyear Zeppelin corporation airdock has been tested and pronounced fit, Powered with a 240-horse power gasoline engine, the mast is 76 feet high, welghs 200 tons, and attains full speed In locomotion at two miles per hour. Although originally designed by sritish engineers, the “iron was made mobile by United naval experts, horse” States Wants Brother Missing 33 Years Declared Dead Utica, N. Y~1f a man has not been heard from for 23 years, he should be legally dead, Mrs, Elizabeth Casey believes, Her brother, Henry Cregg, left home in 1808 to get work on the Great Lakes, Mrs, Casey wants him declared legally dead so she ean eol lect a legacy of $600.91 which is now held by the county treasurer, of Merchantville, She Is shown seeing £m New York-~The real "big noise” behind the talking pictures has come to light at last, He int Cutelld, an Italian nobleman, can bark like a cry like a baby, roar like a lion, crow like a rooster. whistle like a steamboat-—in fact, there's hardly a noise that he cannot imitate, is on who dog Southpaw Marksman Taig is Motoreycle Policeman Galrie Upshaw of Pasadena, Calif, southpaw marksman who has again been chosen a member of the United States rifle team for the international small bore championships to be held at Bisley, England, in July, Upshaw has been a member of the Dewar team for the past four years of international com petition, and chalked up a 508 out of a possible 400 in the 1020 shooting to equal the records, He has won 65 medals and many other trophies in various rifle matches, 6 GERMAM STUNT FLIER, FLEw UPSIDE DOWN FOR A PARROT, OWNED BY MRS J. Ww. NORRIS, COMBERLAND, MD, LIVED TO &¢ x7 YEARS OLD. HE COULD CALL EAH MEMBER OF THE FAMILY BY NAME Grandmother at 30 May | Be ‘Greatgrandma at 50 | Mr AM Long Walk Unbalanced Mind, Says Stabber His walk ~ OOOO OODOOOOOOBOODOODODOOOOOO OOOO AMMY BoHNE, MINNEAPOLIS THIRD SEMAN, PLAYED TAROUGA 34 CONSECUTIVE Shey wit Aout AN SRROR yy ~~ A. tl oH ————— OOO Baby | Bora “Dead” Brought to Life OOVDOOOOL ¢. Q 0000000000000 OVODVOOODOOOVOVOVOO0 Q Oo O fury on it ean, #4 5 sistan officer o th mpire Trust from hicago in on stabbing Kalesen hoy He is a¢ told had walked the we of sgOme oli Dean wh LS en was worthie “Big ‘Noise’ ) no hix own human mechanism nosy and does it by He means than throat, other mechanical mouth, tongue teeth, When, in filming a picture, there's pressing need for a realistic snore. or perhaps the howl hurricane at sea, or the croak of a frog, likely as not the director will rend a8 hurry call for the count. In his repertoire claims to 90 different any one of which he will make to or der. He can imitate any insect and reproduce the sounds of wild beasts | and birds. He can imitate motorboat, steamboat, siren, and an airplane in the distance, close to, and stunting. He imitates fireworks, telegraph, wire. less, a automobile, motor cycle, submarine engines, horses going into & trot, then galloping off into the distance, of a he have founds, speeding “I began to imitate sounds when 1 was a small in Sicily,” in the American Magazine, became a sea captain and learned the sounds of the sea. Later I went to war and fought on the African desert, Then I went on the stage at Palermo, Just for the fun of it. 1 guve some of my sound imitations, and the audi ences seemed to like them, Finally 1 came to America. Gloria Swanson's manager called me. He had heard my imitations over the radio. He asked me to cry like a baby as I had over the radio. I did so for a screen test, It registered mo realistically that 1 was engaged. I had found an outlet for my childhood hobby.” boy he says “Then knowledge drawn from experi- ence is quite of ah. other kind from that which flows from speculation or that from discourse, Has “Three in One” Leg Bull on Ree So Marines Are Summoned Philadelphia, 'a The summoned recently wi bull threatened to South Broad Island navy lobert R. 1 shot marines were A runaway havo 1x inksoer, made a fiving and within the rope, i on on wu rock sireet vare. near the ague The Pvt ionpson at the animal neatiy on closed "ils neck Recognize Him? accustomed {oo (he sight of Will Rogers, actor and philosopher, in rather slouchy attire: indeed, Mrs, Rogers said recently Will never owned evening clothes, But here he is in formal dress and still looking happy. Never before has he been thus vhetographed, Americans are i v’ Bui Plan Roadside Gardens for American Highways An ambitious plan to plant roadside flower gardens along the entire lengt of all the American highways is being sponsored by womens’ or- ganizations in several ea slates, A considerable extension of the move. ment is expected to daring the coming year, with ment of sponsoring organizations in all the remaining stat of the Union. Backers of the movement that the are tell rey elutions of Epirit dominating AY ask Ia sua nin stern develop the enroll eR urge common roadsides ale the civie Four states chu and rec. a community, Pennsyly Virginia—ha ognized partments Betis, Jersey way de- antial ap- Compe the staffs nance and up- cape 3 f £3 rege of road archit ther states are moving to foin group, the Woman's reports or are concentrating this Hom ized many which will 2 « backward con progressive e Companion can in Work committees n oaGsige bit imonwenilns localities O eventua ng the more into ine Chance for Home Owner to Improve Property 7 t for al- more na sm ce the begin in 1014. Ne OWnDners 8 Ee remade ing will do home owner ths 8 Oppo: i nd fo: bu ashing hard to tree, \§ City-Planning Idea Grows More than S00 American hare of the ryt = ties DOW ons and The rapid growth which ! beginning of the present c ry. is due to the man an roOnDeriyY ovhners realizati of the fact into well-kept parks, p and utifal dings is not trav Arch Even gingle of an ference profitable rental business property upon the roundings the building Ho “~ 18K plant COMmIiss q ity eguiations, Ye r city-pls ment business on that ney put leagant stree!s an ex- the ne oheerves remodeling of a may ra yndard neighborhood. The dif between profitable and an of either home or is often dependent of ite sur res of ben ince but ar nyestment h itectural Maga the intell house se “he st entire gRliractivenoess ag well the feat ns itwelf. Informal Garden Best Yeras to most of his par will find 1 his outdoor living The attend hi plan Oo must i'n work t.a ne OWwWnHer Ww ied f POS room his gar den along informal lines. Such Infor mality will give garden a delig ful air of freedom and grace, and In asmuch as the plants are permitted to develop naturally they do not require the constant care to keep them look- ing well that the formal planting de mands, adayaniag his AAA HA OBEN PR Details Make Difference Details very often mark the differ ence between a charming garden and “Just another garden.” The proper placing of a bit of rock work, a flow. ering tree, a flagstone path, or an In viting lawn seat may be just what is necdod to make your garden individu? and appealing. Muted Music It's a moot question in social ethics whether the gentlemen who blows his own horn makes a desirable member of the community band.—Country Home,
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