SILVER SERVICE PRESENTED TO THE ARKANSAS
The battleship Arkansas was presented by various notables from Arkansas with a 70-piece silver set valued at
$lO,OOO. This photograph shows, left to right, Neeley Burn and Eula Spivey with the D. A. It. and the Arkansas
Traveler's trophy cups.
Spoofing Pop.
"Say, pop," began little Willie, edg
ing toward the door as if to get a good
lead off first base. "There's some
thing I can't understand."
"Name it. my boy," said pop, "and
your childish mind shall be flooded
with the light of knowledge."
"Well, it's this. I've been watching
grandpa sliding all over this room in
his rocking chair. He goes back and
forth and don't keep still a minute.
He just goes rock, rock, rock. How
can people say 'firm as a rock,' when
a rock wiggles around all over the
room, an' —"
And just then Willie had to exercise
the primal law of self-preservation.—
Indianapolis Star.
Manifold Uses for Cottcn.
In calling attention to the manifold
uses for cotton, cotton seed and cotton
seed oil, the Boston Herald mentions
the following products: Photographic
films, automobile windows, buttons,
"ivory," artificial silk, combs, knife
handles, trunks, book bindings, shoes,
furniture, headwear, handbags, lard,
Boap, butterine, paints, rubber, guncot
ton and smokeless powder used in ex
plosives.
Salute to the Flag.
The salute to the flag is given by
raising the right hand, palm outward,
until the index finger is even with the
lower edge of the forehead, and stand
ing at attention.
Not as Interesting.
To know thyself is better than try
iag to find out all about the neighbors
—Toledo Blade.
[ft? Ao \ter
To Avoid Counterfeiting.
In the production of their notes,
the Bank of England authorities'
chief aim is to issue a note which is
impossible for anybody to counter
feit. Toward this end, all the parts
of the note —the paper, the water
mark, the ink, the engraving, the
printing—are prepared and done in a
special, and, as far as possible, se
cret manner. At the mills where the
paper is manufactured the most strin
gent precautions are taken to pre
vent any of the paper being stolen.
Of course, there have been many at
tempted robberies, but only once, in
the ye*r 18S2, were thieves success
ful in staining any of the paper.
Very shortly afterward forged notes
were in circulation. The thieves did
not enjoy the triumph long, for with
in a short time they were captured.
Boing Neighborly.
After the workmen had cleared out
the landlord took especial pains to
show to each tenant the bill for doing
over his flat. The householders re
garded that attention in different
lights according to the improvements
they had fought for and secured.
"Some looked frightened, thinking it
portended a rise in rent, some apolo
getic, some defiant. The third floor
right man was non-committal. Three
days later he called at the landlord's
office and presented a slip of paper.
It was a bill for six shirts, summer
socks and ties, a straw hat, and a
blue serge suit. "What's that got to
do with me?" exclaimed the landlord.
"Oh, nothing," said the man airily.
"Just an interchange of courtesies.
Nothing like being neighborly, you
know."
The Old-Fashioned Folio.
The advantage of the old-fashioned
folio was that it was safe from bor
rowers.—Emerson.
JAPANESE FENCING COSTUME
ijijVeNter:i Newspaper I'ni. n 1
Costumes used, by the Japanese
army to teach the soldiers the art of
fencing and bayoneting. These cos
tumes permit them to use as much
force as they would in actual combat.
The photograph .was taken In Siberia.
FAST HAND GRENADE LOADER
Mrs. Annie Oienda was the maker of
a world's record in a new line of work,
that of loading hand grenades. She
loaded 10,000 in a day while employed
at the Gorham Ammunition plant at
East Providence, It. I.
Up and Out.
Life In Argentina will never again
be quite the same. The Latin-Ameri
can idea of woman as a secluded and
ornamental feature of human life has
at last been unsettled. The women
of Argentina, at least some of them,
have decided that women should vote
and hold public office, and that it is
quite unworthy of the present state of
civilization for anybody to think other
wise. No more languid waving of
fans in parlors, but up and out and
into the arena of political life. Some
thing of the sort was to have been
expected even with all Argentian
tradition against it. Circumstances
having included South America in the
world neighborhood, the women of the
Argentine family were bound to be
affected by the habits and opinions of
their new neighbors.
Fats in the Body.
Fats in the body occur under the
skin in the muscles and around certain
organs. They act as a protection for
the body nirainst 'njur.v and serve as a
stored supply of fuel, in case food can
not be taken. Fats are liquid in the
body - and are stored in albuminous
cells.
| COULDN'T FOOL HIM
Employer Had Read Detective
Stories to Advantage.
Why Mr. Petty, With Other Members
of the Office Force, Regretted
Their Choice of Birthday
Present for the Boss.
Mr. Petty hurried into the office an
hour later than usual and was relieved
to find that his employer was late also.
"Pretty good I" laughed Mr. Petty
to his assistant. "He will never know
that I was late."
When the head of the firm came in
he scrutinized Mr. Petty long and
closely, then leaned casually against
the desk.
"Your session at the bowling alley
was prolonged last night," he began.
"How do yon know?" asked Mr. Pet
ty, opening his eyes very wide.
"I infer it from your stiff manner of
bundling the ledger this morning," re
plied the head of the firm severely.
"You exerted yourself more than usual
on the alleys. At breakfast this morn«
ing you were so drowsy from want of
sleep that you dozed over your morn
ing paper."
"So I did," admitted Mr. Petty, un
comfortably.
"I know it was at breakfast, because
there is egg and coffee on the paper,"
frowned the head of the firm. "And
while you were asleep your little six
year-old son climb into your lap."
"Y-yes, he did," gasped Mr. Petty.
"But—"
"How do I know?" Interrupted the
head of the firm. I know because your
collar is written over in a child's
scrawl. It Is done in the peculiar shade
isf lead that you had in your gold lead
pencil, which is usually in your left
hand vest pocket. It is not there now.
I hope that the boy has not lost it."
Mr. Petty felt for his lead pencil.
"It is gone," gasped Mr. Petty.
"You were late to work this morn
ing," went on the head of the firm,
coldly. "I do not have to be told so,
because you bought an evening edition
of the paper at the subway station and
It is an edition that does not come out
until a late hour. lam very particular
about the hours of work observed
here."
As the head of the firm was finally
disappearing into his private office
Mr. Petty wiped the perspiration from
his brow and remarked to the assist
ant:
"We were all against giving him a
watch for his birthday because he la
always watching the time, but we
made a great mistake to give him the
detective stories instead."
Enlists at 53; Says He's 39.
American Magazine has an article
a"bout "Foghorn" Macdonald, who en*
listed as a private in the Canadian
forces at fifty-three and is now a ma
jor at fifty-seven. The author of the
article says:
"By canoe for 31 days through the
wilderness, by an old tub of a leaky
steamboat, by whatever means of
trnvel he could find, including his own
feet, he made his way back to Winni
peg, only to find that the troops had
left. All .right I . A machine jcnn com-.
pany was* Pelhg formed" tna Unapplied
for that.
"The recruiting officer was a friend
of his. had helped celebrate Foghorn's
fifty-third birthday the previous Jan
uary. But when in making out the pa
pers he came to the question. 'How
old are you?' and Foghorn whipped
out: 'Thirty-nine!' he never batted an
eyelash.
"Before his official cronies at Ot
tawa knew It, Macdonald was on his
way to England— a private at fifty
three! Two years later he was a ma
jor; the only man in the forces of the
allies who has ris*fl from the ranks
to that grade iu the present war."
Wartime Economy.
Mr. Bensou went to New York to
business, but lived In Brooklyn. Often
he was not able to get home in time
for dinner at night. He told his wife
that he would phone her every day as
to whether he could leave the office or
; not.
Mrs. Benson was of a very thrifty
disposition, and the following was her
solution of the problem: "Sam, if you
find that you cau't be home for dinner,
phone me exactly six o'clock. If the
telephone rings at that hour, I'll know
it is you and that you are not coming
for dinner. I won't answer it, and
you'll get your nickel back." —Ladles'
Home Journal.
Gloves From Whale Intestines.
The Norwegian state whaling sta
tions have caughtl2oo whales, but ex
pect to catch in all 500 during the
summer. The stations have orders to
take care of the intestines and salt
them down, as it is the intention to
make gloves of them. The material !s
fine in every respect, pliable, soft and
exceptionally strong. The manufac
ture of gloves will probably be com
menced at ouce.
Plenty of Color.
Several soldiers were standing on a
street corner talking when a "loudly"
dressed girl passed. One of them
turned to his comrades and said:
"Here, boys, salute the colors; there
goes plenty of 'em."
New Phone System.
Barranqullla, Colombia, Is to have a
municipally owned and operated tele
phone system to replace the antiquat
ed equipment now in use. There will
be a demand for American supplies.
Ordering One's Life.
Take time to scrutinize your life.
Try to define just why you are "run"
and decide for yourself that If you are
going to be ruled, as most of us are.
It must be by something or son#body
well worth the arduous sprinting we
are all indulging in. If the goal to
ward which we are being steered is
worth while, only then can we look
back and feel that the race has been
well run.
No Hasty Judgment.
What your mirror tells you you may
depend upon hs the result of reflec
tion. —Boston Transcript.
Sire of the Foot.
The foot should he as long as the
nlna, or chief hone of the forearm—
that is, from the small head of the bone
to be seen at the wrist to the point of
the elbow should be the length of the
foot.