HAVING NONE OF HER OWN & By RUTH H. MYERS © McClure Newspaper Syndicate. WNU Service. ANY a woman ls a mother though she has no child, Marbeth could have man- aged a dozen and loved It; it was an inefficient waste of good maternity that she was a seamstress and unmarried with only the children of her customers to contact, The last time she sewed for the young Pendells, the baby had come and was three weeks old. Marbeth and the mald, each prompt- ed by the urge of vicarious mother- hood, fought over him disgracefully. This time he was fourteen months old. He had developed clear blue eyes, yel- low curls on his head and a pleased, wondering acceptance of all that was done for him. They called him Georgle. Among his toys was a large old gray elephant that Mr. Pendell’s mother had just sent on, writing that when he was a baby Georgie's father had loved this king of beasts and that all baby boys generally seemed to enjoy him. Claire Pendell saw no reason to question either statement. “By the looks of it, Georgle's great- great-grandfather might have owned it.” she told Marbeth, regarding the aged king of beasts with scant hospi- tality. “But when Pen unwrapped It, it seemed to stir up something tribal in him. He war-whooped ‘Georgie, it's Jum-Jum!" And presented it to the gon as if it were an enemy scalp. And now just try to get it away from him.” Marbeth laughed but she could see why Georgie or any little boy hugged him that way. He was a benevolent threadbare. His ears were large, flat and floppy; his silly or tasseled or frayed: his trunk moved with the cor rect unjointedness of that always en- dearing appendage; his faded blanket was still pinkishly red and edged with tarnished gold braid. Marbeth's quick eyes, alize possibilities Jum-Jum. For the say nothing. It would be her surprise and her own gift to Georgie the adorable. She lived so far across the city that when sewed for her patrons on the North she brought her little suitcase and until she had them all sewed up. old fellow, If tail was trained to visu- garments for old, lit in a new she renovated saw present, however, she would she side, staved nights and a double fare of red and re nt of orange soutache ¢1 for 8 new » such useful hanging on that 16 miles away each flannel braid howdah lay awni service her bedr Claire beth had her home th However, promptly nothing about taken to save another carfare over to a certain the Bon Ton, open evenings, where she could get the exact weight and color of thick, ele phant-gray flannel she desired. Nor about he had planned to plece Jum-Jum under his front legs and save 17 cents on another half yard of goods. Mrs. Pendell was delighted with the jdea of having the elephant recovered. That was good. It paid these days to keep on the right side of even such old patrons as the Pendell family in all its branches, and even though primarily this gift of love was all for Georgie. “I'l work on him after hours, eve nings, so it won't be time out that you're paying for.” “Nonsense! When you Insist on paying for all the material?” Georgle's mother patted Marbeth’s shoulder. “We'll start him right now. Bring him to mother, Georgie” And before Marbeth could warn her, Mrs. Pendell had picked up one of the razor blades Marbeth used for ripping and slashed off Jum-Jum's left ear with it How a mother could be so stupid, thought Marbeth. Georgie screamed, A hideous, rasping scream. Of pro- test. Of astonishment. Of sheer hor- ror. “Georgie!” His mother could not understand what was wrong. He put one arm around Jum-Jum and held out the other piteously for the amputated ear, “No-no-no-ma- ma!” His screams increased In vol ume. Beads of perspiration appeared under his tawny curls, His mother pulled Jum-Jum as firm- iy from the other side. “Georgie! Georgie! No, no! Let mother have him. Why, what's the matter with you, Georgie?” “It's the ear,” sald Marbeth's volce above the tumult. “Jum-Jum's ear hurting Jum-Jum.” “How silly! I'm not hurting him, Georgie, Marbeth's going to make him a new coat, Stop crying! At once I” She shook Jum-Jum violently and that shook Georgie so that he toppled ‘over and sat down hard on the sewing room floor where he screamed louder than ever. Claire Pendell's one idea was to have peace from those screams. She jerked Georgie up sharply by one arm and spanked him as he stood eAtehing hig breath for a fresh start. way—the precise scrap hat Fit gerve in the plece bag doar yv that Mar- that ealled back at r and she sald she was in the n the lor store called yw she He thinks you're never saw him act so.” And over Marbeth's protests she snatched the baby up and carried him with finality. The screams and choking gasps did not diminish in the slightest, nor jeorgie's sobbing “No-no-no-no-ma- ma I" * » - LJ * . % It was 8 a. m, and Marbeth by the dressing table lamp was just finishing Jum-Jum's fringed tail, Distressed at the futile clash of wills across the hall she had at last basted Jum-Jum's ear back in place and at the risk of Mrs. Pendell’'s disapproval carried the elephant in to Georgle. As she expected, the baby stopped erying at once and received Jum-Jum with open arms. But Mrs. Pendell demurred. “I hate to let him get the hand—so young." Still, it was a relief to have him quiet. “He's just a baby,” Marbeth said. “It's really better to work around them when they're so little,” After his dinner Georgle had gone to sleep with Jum-Jum still in his arms. “But Marbeth’s going to make him that new coat tomorrow,” his mother warned him, “and you mustn't cry.” Marbeth had seen Georgle’s hold on the elephant tighten; but that was all right. She knew there would be no more scenes tomorrow, For at midnight when the house was quiet and Georgie In a sound sleep, Marbeth stole Into the nursery and cautiously drew the elephant out of the baby's relaxed arms. Back in her own room hurriedly and competently she laid the old pleces for a pattern on the new cloth, cut them out and, since she dared not use the sewing machine, set herself to the long, tedious task of back stitching and felling the seams by hand. The clock downstairs chimed three. jut Jum-Jum was done at last and a smart, swank beast he was! Still still benevolent, but with a well tailored elephant-gray hide, firm legs (Marbeth had reinforced them with skewers) aml a gorgeous, ornate, red and orange howdah blanket where ladies might ride She the his upper benign, crept down the back Jum-Jum into on of blanket with the tip of his new trunk touching hall n ind seated He ’ t fs aan atop a fold Georgle's outspread palm, - » - . His plea Marbeth heavy first She heard 11 ith & that was followed by s of rise wakened of her satisfaction a sharp twinge something like jealousy For it was his mother he Ing—"Ma-ma! was call Jum-Jum! Jum-Jom!™ London Smart Set Dances in “The “The Morzue™ | don's popu Morgue” Resort of Lon name Press In an stones, ed tomb- skul ngs that " the smart folk of the go 1 in ti dance until morning The co imp hours rrect y for visitors to do and compose a iph for one of the tomb. toast the skulls humorous epit stones, On the the club is a pleasantly lit room called “Seventh Heaven," with the usual tiny dance floor and bored jazz bands that can Be seen In any night club anywhere, In the dark corner is a dimly 1it staircase that leads down to “The Morgue” As the timid visitor descends he is greeted with a wall from some hidden siren that would put any self-respect- ing ghost to shame. On every wall of the long eerie room are painted graves and tombstones, each one headed “R. 1. P." Doggerel proclaims the merits or demerits of “the old toper” alleged to be buried beneath, Ruins of churches, with bats fiy- ing from the walls, and gruesome ple- tures of bodies torn from their graves and lying naked on stone slabs-—the work of one of the younger and mod- ern school of artists, it is sald—form the “mural” decoration, A score of black coffins with imita- tion brass handles and fittings painted on their sides are the tables at which the guests sit. A massive mausoleum hung with wreaths of evergreen is at the far end. It bears a plate to the effect that some aged Londoner “who had once refused a drink” lles buried below. And on a square of polished floor, beneath imitation cobwebs and grin. ground floor of to musle Heaven.” relayed from “Seventh Vitality of Plant Life The vitality of plant life Is shown by a fig tree standing in a Jungle grown over a military park near the anclent city of Murshidabed, India. A glant elreumference and eight tons in weight «ig horizontally imbedded In its trunk, several feet from the ground. Appar. ently, writes Grace Hatfield, Santa Barbara, Calif, In Collier's Weekly, the tree met the gun when growing up and decided to take it along. Young Quail Are Active The quail is one of the few birds that run as soon as hatched, He can make short flights when he Is a week old. The down on the chicks disappears when they are about twelve weeks old, and until then it Is almost Impossible to determine their sex. From the be ginning they demonstrate the ence which make them one of the most sought-after game birds In the coun- RAVELER, novelist, naturalist, poet and philosopher have dreamed consistently of a “lost land.” They haven't wanted to find It be- eause it would then no longer be “lost.” They merely wanted proof of its existence. There would be the set ting for flights of fiction and fancy. There would be the locale of romance supreme and undiluted by fact. It would be peopled by the fabled “lost tribe.” It may be the valley of Halawa, on the island of Molokal, right within the boundaries of the United States. Few have ever seen it but it Is known to be there, a walled Paradise, almost as virgin in primitive peace and plenty as if it were the Garden of Eden re discovered, What Is known as civilization has pot yet dawned there, Steps have heen taken to prevent it from dawning. Even the birds have not learned the almost universal of animate life—that the struggle for existence leads to natural pitting one species and one conflict against another, lesson enmity, tribe In 8 An isolated Eden, state of isolation, They from outside and no one yet has shown a desire to get what Im- passable walls of rock shut them out from the land. A rift gives them an outlook upon the calm Pacific. Ships pass but do not stop. Occasionally an airplane blots the bive sky but never iands Buffalo they have. and deer are the only quiet valley its first began. can tell, came wallan Noah. since inown history The people, so far as they with Nuu, the Ha. Nuun brought very few Spearing Fish, animals except the song birds The buffalo and deer have been introduced gince Captain Cook discovered the islands The hunter has not followed them into Halawa, It has been too difficult and deer have been so abundant In the open parts of Molokal that there has been no inducement, Halawa wears the purple robes of a royal domain, Sheer walls, rich In varied tones, that extend from blue to orange, rise abruptly from the floor, festooned richly with loops of swing- ing vine and plumed with arboreal | verdure. Over a vertical precipice at the head of the valley two streams . pour thelr crystal waters, the treble melody of the singing birds supported | by the diapason harmony of thunder. ing falls. Purchased for Preservation. The few families dwelling here have simple customs and habits of thelr ancestors. They are as unconcerned . with the world outside as are the birds and animals. They are practically un- aware that they have been “discov. ered.” The pineapple and sugar planter . passed them by In the general Invasion ' of the Islands. Their own little Eden | supplies all their wants. All that is | necessary to thelr happiness is that | they be left alone. Civilization, however, like nature, abhors a vacuum and even a lost land had to have protection from being found. Some weak spot in the Halawa walls might have developed but for thelr recgnt reinforcement. of Polynesians maintained the vasion by creating a forest reserve of thousands of acres. No Money Used There, is being preserved by the tribe in the Halawa valley Is to live without money. There was no currency among the native Hawiians before they were discovered. The cynic If not the econ. omist may see In this fact alone a suflicient reason for preserving even a small part of the strange domain In its original state. Peace, plenty and contentment are the unique characteristics of Halawa, almost mythical In its contrast to even the remotest parts of the known world, There are no picnle groun these Elysian It Is a to spoken of with awe and wonder, to be visited, The title may change session littie handful vaguely the waters and for the out benefit of deed or abst ds In fields, place has so far ren believe Italian City Designed for Aviation # i" * ~ ban’ wenier which were built b peared } { sandro Guidoni famous airp {| spotligh { gram, is Rome, says a bt ington Geographic soci Me construction aviation wil i, Guidonia headquart w fact in mar ment ments on of the “laboratory” tirely stratosphere When the colts and employees will live in comfortable homes and work in a carefully planned buildings. T! » will be churct city hall, schools, and cor other shops. Most haps, of the comp! the mysterious model alrplanes tested, In the Radio pavilion, scientists now experiment with the of radio in aviation. In three-story building of the Superior Board for Studies and Experiments, intensive study Is being made of air photography and of the many instruments used in airplanes In other buildings tests are made on motors, and the speed of hydro planes. The Aerodynamical galleries are equipped with ventilators worked by 450 horsepower motors that canse winds of strong velocity to test the strength of model airplanes, to researct “8 8 y and per. niidings are wol.ing {owerg In shich are being already use the Harvest All Year ‘Round While wheat harvest is this nation runs from Mas in Texas to August in the Dakotas, wheat is harvested In some part of the world every month of the yerr. In January, Australia, New Zealand and Chili harvest: In February and March, East India and Upper Egypt; in April, Lower Egypt. Syria, Cyprus, Persia, Asia Minor, India, Mexico and Cuba: in May, AL geria, Central Asia, China, Japan, Morocco. In fall months wheat is har vested In August in Belgium, Holland, Great Britain, Poland, Canada: In September and. October, In Scotland, Sweden, Norway and Russia; in No vember, In Peru, South Africa and Ar gentina; In December, Burma and Ar gentina, Daily Population Increase States amounts to one person every 30 i i 1 i Let Our Motto Be GOOD HEALTH BY DR. LLOYD ARNOLD Professor of Bacteriology and Preventive Medicine, University of Hlinois, College of Medicine, KEEPING WELL BETWEEN 45 AND 65 contagious diseases, if we except tuber- culosis. In Illinois fn 1930 there were 23.690 deaths in this age group from all causes, Of these more than half were caused by degen- erative diseases, which is another term for diseases that result from the wearing out of some vital organ, Chronle the list with 2684 chronic heart disease came 2.425 deaths: accidents, 2.332 deaths; cancer of the digestive tract, fourth, with 1010 deaths, Cerebral hemorrhage or apo- plexy ranged fifth with 1,600 fatalities; endocarditis, or inflammation of the lining came sixth with 1,131 deaths, and tuberculosis was sev enth with 1.052 much with kidney diseases headed deaths; next with third, with of the heart, deaths, Old age, you see, is operating within this forty-five to sixty-five age group, with diseases of the kidney and of the heart and blood wvess:ls causing most deaths, The kis 3 (WoO organs, each fnevs doubled-up fist, an age p PESPR nf Ba yin himaelf with for his tirther reserve secret. in him. he idenly finds a upt excreling system, kidneys | ing nalts dividual n has And finds is very kidneys, = they and night, every cumulations of draw an in nephritis, to rest the secrete day minute, fo prevent ac wate This ance pon. Sach chronie ince must products In the individual must under the caire blood stream. place himself at of a physician, Vaccinations against diphtheria, scar let fever, and measles were not avail years ago, and so heart and kidney in the forty age gronp can hardly blame ans one if the to their heart or Kidners occurred from an infection due to one of their childhood diseases. Bot the child today can spared this danger We have the vaccines pow: we know that these childhood disesses need not be “inevitable” accompani ments of young years: we cond stamp them ont If the community so willed, Certainly every older adult who is pay ing the penalty for childhood infec tions now with a heart or kidney ail ment, should see to it that every child under his guardianship is protected against these avoldable childhood dis. CAReR, able forty disease patients over damage be Science has not yet been able to vac: cinate against the kidney or heart wearing out! The chances are it nevet will, way to keep these organs functioning without impairment of re | Wiping Out of Beaver Deplored by Foresters It is now an accepted bellef of rangers and other forest authorities that beavers help to prevent forest fires, says John P. Dinney In Our Dumb Animals, Whenever logging companies move into a virgin forest they employ hunters to clear the streams of these busy animals, Their pumerous dams regulate the flow of waters In the region, with the result that the surrounding lands retain sufficient moisture to check the easy outbreak of fires. With the extine- tion of the beavers and thelr dams the waterways gr. dually dry up. 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