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ELLC EVERYBODY:
Arthur A. Guinan of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
guished Adventurer.
the World war and saw plenty of service in France, he had to
come back home to get in a mess of trouble.
And that, boys and girls,
start out.
describes in his own home on an evening early in November,
was a cold, rainy Friday night outside, but indoors, in the Guinan
dining room, it was cheerful and bright.
It was a little early to be lighting the furnace. That's why the
Guinans were all gathered in the dining room. They had a kero-
sene oil stove burning in there to—well—to sort of take the edge
off the dampness.
is today’s Distin-
BOOKS IN BRIEF—
Ulysses Made
Great Hero in
Homer’s Saga
By ELIZABETH C. JAMES
% FORGET 70 per cent of all
we have ever learned—so the
scientists say. But fortunately, we
The
though
No doubt
When Paris stole Helen of Troy
were held to their oaths to fight in
re-
His
life was happy with Penelope, his
so he feigned mad-
Ulysses, noted for his wisdom,
the countryside sow-
ing seeds that had
been cooked. The
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of their efforts,
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Art's mother and dad and brother were there. His dad, who had
recently been discharged from the hospital where he'd spent ten months
with a badly broken leg, was sitting in an easy chair with his bum leg
stretched out stiffly in front of him. He couldn't walk on that leg yet,
and was practically an invalid.
Their Oil Stove Exploded.
Art's brother had stirred up a mess
held that water
ith meals,
it dilutes
inter-
widely
‘ cereals
tng
age
councilmen of fancy.
Greece suspected u | . we | should not be
cunning so they } | . ‘ he argument bein
placed the young Fish ls Not a Brain Food istrie iu
son of Ulysses in the ; i One of the most persistent SW
gdh allacies is the notion that | logical :
taken w
ople
But the truth of the |
led
Mother was peeling potatoes.
to the kitchen to grab
noticed it too. It we
She looked up and saw Art,
Art had gone out
He was just finishing up when his
Mother said she'd
that time, anyway.
returned to
Art says he had a
“We
‘‘and then pick it
up by the handle and give
But nowadays,
On this particular night,
flame.”
stove.
He
to put out an oil
gave it a jerk.
harder, this time, than the first.
The next thing he knew, he was
a rampage.
burst of flame six feet Ik
sitting right in the path of it.
a HUMAN TORCH!
Art's mother was
Art dropped the stove
a dozen places. With his bare
“I was pulling that flame apart,”
time my mother and I
brother joined me there.
"”
were Taking headway. At length
burning cloth—beaten out the
of their dad!
Her clothes were blazir
he started tearing at her
“Lord oully knows how,
her ody . My
Wg in
dress.
but
brother
In the mean-
our way into the kitchen and my
ose flames now, and they
had torn away the la st b t of
Then, suddenly, they thought
their assistance most.
Art turned to run
was a raging furnace.
breadth.
right through the door,
The door leading to it
Then he plunged
flames had not yet spread.
plunged across that space
in his arms.
foot.
knocked the wind out of me.
again,
Art
“was almost burned from his
Dad fell on top of me and
When he
But there was no time
away.
to lose.
legs of his trousers were afire.
the other.
It was a hectic five minutes.
fire alarm.
I realized how badly I was burnt,
he says, “that
My hands looked like a couple of
Everybody Claims It
Members of the three religions
regard Adam's peak, near Colombo,
Ceylon, with reverence. It is fa-
mous for a footprint seven feet long.
According to Buddhists the print
was made by Buddha. Hindus, on
the other hand, maintain that it was
left by Siva, and Christians some-
times identify this region with the
Garden of Eden, therefore holding
that the footprint is that of none
other than Adam.
Three Instruments Aid Gypsies
The Gypsy violin, cymbal, and the
old Turkish pipe are the three in-
struments which have made the
Gypsies of Hungary the national
troubadours. The Tziganes were ad-
mitted to Hungary in 1418.
Cecil J. Born in England
Cecil John Rhodes, the South Af-
rican statesman, who amassed a
fortune in the diamond fields of
Kimberley, was born at Bishop
Stortford, Hertfordshire, England,
July 5, 1853.
Treasure House Among Marvels
At the Seraglio palace, Istanbul,
modern world.
first water, and the famed golden
divan throne of the Sixteenth cen-
tury sultan, Selim the Grim. The
throne is made of beaten gold, and
studded with rubies, turquoise and
emeralds.
The Southern Capes
Cape Horn extends farther south
than the Cape of Good Hope by
more than 1,500 miles. The city of
Cape Town, very near the southern
end of the African continent, is in
about the same latitude as Monte-
videc, Uruguay.
Word “Ritzy” Misleading
The commonly accepted Ameri-
can definition of the coined word
“ritzy,” as signifying something
aloof and “high hat” is all wrong,
according to an authority.
man'' reached the
child he turned the
plew aside, thus dis-
closing his
Elizabeth
James
sanity.
The ten _years
siege at the walled city of
were tedious to Ulysses,
longed for Penelope and wi
for her safety after his
sence, In olden days a
woman was none too safe
a husband to protect her.
was he Troy fell
the hands of the after
trick of
light heart he sailec
But ill winds |
ges wandered ove
suffering disag
of
Troy
who ever
10 feared
long ab-
beautiful
without
Glad
indeed, when into
Greeks the
the wooden horse
away.
“GREATEST UNKNOWN"
Seven cities claim to be the
birthplace of the Greek poet Ho-
mer. There is no accurate source
for any definite information about
the life of this man, vet he com-
posed two of the greatest epics
in all the centuries of mankind.
We do know that he lived some-
time between the Sixth and
Twelfth centuries before Christ
was born, and we know that in
old age Homer was blind. He
made his living wandering from
city to city entertaining the peo-
ple with the stories of the Trojan
war and of the wanderings of
Ulysses. His “Iliad” and “Odys-
sey’ are known round the world.
rowly escaping death on many
casions. I was even necessary for
him to ms: a trip into Hades, land
of departed souls
Once he and his men found them-
selves on
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They hid in a cave
covered to be the |
who gleefully shut in his cave
and killed two men each day for his
dinner. While he slept one after-
noon, Ulysses heated a staff and
put out the eye of the giant, hoping
then to escape. Jut the passage-
way was narrow and the giant care-
fully felt each animal as he let his
sheep out to pasture.
With cunning, the Greeks killed
all the sheep and skinned them. In
the morning they walked out, hold-
ing the skins over them.
Other adventures beset the men.
There was the island of the Sirens,
the lovely women who sang divine-
ly, luring men to their island where
the men were then powerless, By
stuffing cloth and wax into the ears
of his men and having himself
lashed securely to the mast, Ulysses
passed the Sirens, being the first
man to hear them and to escape
their charm. Another adventure was
the island where an enchantress
turned men into animals, but Ulys-
ses gained power over her and freed
all the men whom she held.
Penelope’s Troubles.
After wandering long and far,
Ulysses reached Greece. He had
heard of the suitors who had
fastened themselves to the house-
hold of Penelope on the assumption
They had stolen her sub-
her husband's home, To
soon as she completed the web which
she was weaving, she would choose
a husband. Each day she wove,
among them,
Disguised as a beggar, Ulysses
went to the back of his home. The
only living thing that recognized
him was his dog and it died of joy.
His old servant, now a swineherd,
recognized a scar on Ulysses, and
rejoicing and scrrowing together,
told his master of the situation in
his home. He praised Penelope's
skill in handling the lecherous
men. Ulysses sent for his son, now
2 man, and they two planned re-
venge.
As a beggar Ulysses went to the
banquet. While the revelry was
high, he removed the weapons from
the hall, leaving the suitors without
arms. The time came, and with his
food are es-
| for certain
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which was drunk in 10 seconds
had formed smaller curds than the
milk which was sipped in 10 min-
utes. And in both cases, the curds
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