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Make New Manchuria.
Washington.—*Jehol, of re
eently reported Japanese campaigns in
Manchuria (Manchukuo), is one of the
four provinces that since 1020, when
Jehol was clipped from Inner Mon-
golia, make up the new Manchuria”
says a bulletin from the National Geo-
graphic society,
“Jehol, perhaps, was unknown to the
average layman until it
the spotlight recently in
with the movement of Japanese troops.
If modern newspapers had been print
ed two centuries ago, its h
would have been frequently in
headlines, It was the
of Manchu emperors. In
magnificent palace buildings, some of
the great Manchurian
born, lived or died.
“The province Is about as long as
New York state New
York city northward to its northern
border, and about as wide. It
lies nearly In the same latitude as tl
Empire state,
“For the most part the province is
illy. The Great Khingan mountains
form Its western border. The southern
part of the province is almost devoid
of vegetation. Hungry ¢
scene
sprang into
connection
appening
the
sur place
rty
¢
leaders were
measured from
also
ook stoves and
fireplaces have even stripped
roots, and bushes from the soil. In
winter, It Is a common sight to
natives raking the ground
fire wood.
trees,
a h)
hits of
“Lack of transportation is,
one of the lea
No railroads
perhaps,
iwhacks of Jehol
the province: it
has no seashore: and it
rivers. Roads are
mere paths over which ar
crude carts pass. In some regions au
tomobile trucks link towns. Wooden
seats for passengers are placed around
the sides of the trucks. After the
traveler thinks the full to
capacity, more passengers
enter
has no large
hardly more
than
imals and
vehicle is
the
vehicle and occupy as small spaces as
possible on the floor. Ten miles an
hour is a high speed on Jehol roads.
An automobile ride reminds the expe
rienced traveler of a voyage on a
rough sea in a small boat, for the way
usually consists of a series of boulders
and holes, When Jehol awakens
about 80.000 (X%) tons of anthracite and
850,000.00 tons of bituminous eonl
will be ready for modern transporta-
tion facilities,
“Jehol
enter
is reached after
144 miles of rough traveling from
Peiping. On the route the traveler
frequently passes through typical vii-
Inges of southern Jehol with their na-
city about
brick bed and a smoky lamp are all
that the inn keeper provides, Millett
cooked as rice, and buckwheat flour
made into dough strings, bean eurd
and cabbage, are among the chief
foods served to guests,
“The Jehol district exports
sheep's wool for carpet
bristles, licorice root, and furs
hides,
making,
When
crops are good, some millet, sorghum,
beans, buckwheat, cotton, tobacco and
melons find
marxels
their way to outside
“Jehol city Is but a skeleton of the
city It once was. The six-mile wall
Plan Long Trip Through the
Jungles of Yucatan.
Los Angeles.—Lured by a hope of lo-
cating a mysterious city of the extinct
Mayan empire, a party of six scientists
soon will leave New York on a 1,200-
mile trek through the jungles of Yuca-
tan and Central America,
Lawrence T. K, Griswold, former
Harvard archeology student, who, at
thirty-one, already has spent 10 years
in research among the mountain fast
nesses of Peru and Bolivia, and the
massed terrain® of Central America,
heads the expedition.
In Walker's Place
Joseph V. McKee, president of the
board of aldermen of New York, who
suceeeded James J, Walker as mayor
of the metropolis when the latter re
signed rather than subject himself to
Governor Roosevelt's decision as to
his removal
The expedition also will seek to re
cord the life and dialects of five van-
Ishing tribes, the descendants of the
Maya's subjects thousands of yeurs
ago,
Griswold Is one of the few men who
can read the mystle picture writing of
the Mayas. He clings to a theory that
the Mayas were of Aryan, not Indian,
origin; that they were tall, blue-eyed
and perhaps bearded people, who
crossed the Atlantic centuries ago, He
believes that, with the labor supplied
by a million enslaved native subjects,
they erected the most elaborate civil
ization the new world had known until
the coming of the Europeans in the
Fifteenth century A. D.
Griswold sald on a previous expe
dition to this area he sighted the lost
city from an airplane, but the dense
folluge made It Impossible to land, It
wns distinguished by a huge palace,
which he believes contains valuable
records of the civilization he seeks to
reveal,
In addition to Griswold, the person.
nel of the expedition will include Rob.
ert Penrose Chapman, son of the late
Samuel Hudson Chapman, noted arche.
ologist, who will be photographic di-
rector, Glen R. Kershner, veteran
Hollywood cinematographer and mem.
ber of the Donald McMillan polar ex.
pedition last year, will accompany the
group to record the dances and lan-
gunges of the native clans In sound
films,
The California group will be joined
In New York by five additional mem
bers,
What constitutes
charm in a man you
have just met? His
ability to make
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with you In
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By Charles Susheoe
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that surrounded the imperial estate no
longer protects magnificent palaces,
but the ruins of them.
“The summer palaces were bullt In
the early part of the Eighteenth cen-
tury. The place was struck by light.
ning in 1820 and the emperor, believ-
ing the occurrence a bad omen, de
serted It. It was not occupled again
until 1860 when Emperor Hsien Feng
fled there from Peiping. He lived less
than a year after his arrival, complete
ly demonstrating to the satisfaction of
the imperial family that evil spirits
inhabited the place. On two later oc.
casiong when Manchu rulers fled from
Peiping they found other sanctuaries
than Jehol®
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THE
18 wes Scaeep
SPEAKING ONE’S
MIND
By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK
Late Dean of Men,
University of illinois.
his
up
Balcom
mind whenever a
believed in speaking
subject came
for
seemed to him not
quite honest or
truthful to do oth
erwise. He felt
that unless he told
the whole truth
about a proposition
as he saw it, he
was temporizing
S80 he never held
back, he never sub.
dued his feelings
or sald less or
expressed it less
heatedly than he
was feeling at the
time when he was expected to speak,
If he feit that he had been done an
injustice in any case he said so, if he
disliked anything or anybody he spoke
out. There was no uncertainty as to
how Balcom felt about anything or
anybody which or who might be ap
for discussion, So yon can see from
these statements that he was seldom,
if ever, a diplomat.
“l believe In saying just what 1
think,” he was wont to say, “and puts
ting things to ‘em straight.” It never
occurred to Balcom that one might
safely think on some subjects with-
out feeling called upon to express
everything he thought, that one might
have strong feeling without giving full
expression to it
Bacon and Kent had a difference of
opinion as to the proper procedure in
a matter in which they had a com
mon interest. They had been friends
for twenty years and had very close
co-operation in their work; but each
felt that the other had done him an
Injustice, had not been quite fair or
open in his conduct, and there was
irritation on the part of both. When
they met to talk over thelr differences
each spoke his mind, which meant
that each one sald all the sharp, cut
ting, nasty things which had been
ho
\
EADY +
ns ta
rankling within him for weeks, It did
no good, this frankness It did not
cure the difficulty or heal the wounds
which had been made by their mis
understanding. Could they, for a half
hour, have buried their animosities,
kept back the cutting, galling words,
they might have settled their difficul-
ties amicably and have strengthened
the friendship which had existed for
So many years; but as it was they
spoke their minds and said all the per.
sonal nasty things to each other that
anger stimulated, and their friendship
will never be the same again, for a
thing once said is beyond recall
©. 1932, Western Newspaper Union,
All Around
Ze House
When window shades are soiled you
can turn them upside down on the
roller and hem.
- - .
An excellent brown soup can be
made by adding burnt sugar or
browned flour to the stock.
. LJ *
When making baked custard pour
boiling milk onto the beaten eggs. It
will then bake beautifully firm.
». * .
A small dish of charcoal placed In
the corner in the refrigerator will ab.
sorb all odors. The charcoal should
be renewed every two or three weeks.
» » .
Don't pack jars too tight when pre
serving fruits and vegetables. Leave
Sm
POTPOURRI
Comets Go Tail-First
The gaseous matter of a comet's
tail Is of such composition that #t
is repelled rather than attracted
by the sun. Thus it is that al
comet tails point away from the
solar king. Consequently after a
comet passes the sun, it proceeds
tafl-first. Comets are composed
of three parts—the nucleus, the
coma, and the tail
©. 1912, Western Newspaper Union,
Has Interesting Details
the novel pockets are interesting de
tails of this palermo green diagonal
wool suit,
Unemployed Man Builds
Remarkable Telescope
Conneaut, Ohlo.~Unemployed dur-
ders has built a
in his back yard.
powerful
with discoveries of
or solar system phenomena.
the world
planets
wechanisms,
about valued,
£30, but it was
completion, at more than £1,000, Sfaun-
ders used odds and ends,
axle, In constructing the Instrument.
The 10-inch concave reflector
ut $400 at an optical
said, but hb 4 $7
would
glore,
for a
thick
SEE U8 Sat mew J
“Even jazz dancers like
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| space of
of each jar for water.
- - *
Clean sheet is an excellent substd
tute for a spread in a sickroom
lighter and easier to wash,
- * *
Melba toast is made by cutting white
bread as thin as possible, then placing
slices In a shallow pan so that they
will not touch and bake In slow oven
until well browned.
» - -
It is most Important when prepar-
ing that the lettuce be care
fully washed in very cold water and
thoroughly drained. Then place In
covered tin pail in your refrigerator
” * .
salads
Ham becomes very tough if fried in
a very hot pan; bacon burns
ham or bacon in a cold pan, then set
over a moderate heat and cook slowly
until ham is tender and bacon crisp.
Leads in Batting
Brooklyn Dodgers kept well to the
fore in the National league race partly
through the remarkably consistent
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led that league In hitting,
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you
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