Clothes “Wrong Side Out” By H. IRVING KING F YOU accidentally put on any un- dergarment—one ‘worn next the skin—"wrong side out,” it is an omen of good luck. Do not change it back aipon discovering the mistake, for that would bring bad luck. A publication of the American FKolk-lore society says: ‘This direction is intuitively followed by many people who are en- tirely free from conscious supersti- tions.” Very old people will tell you that when they were children old people used to say that undergarments worn wrong side out “kept the witches away.” This “wrong side out” superstition is a survival of the practice by which our barbarian ancestors sought to “fool” the evil spirit. Joined to that was the idea of the evil eye. By wearing his garments inside out a man distinguished himself, as it were, and the evil spirit particularly bent upon doing him harm failed to recog- nize him and passed him by. Also the evil eye would be attracted by the singularity of a garment worn wrong side out and let its baleful glance rest upon that instead of upon its wearer, In the far-off times when the super- stitution had its birth man, as a rule, wore only one garment, that next to his skin. The progress of civiliza- tion has increased the layers of cloth- These two locomotives will be ex- hibited at the centenary pageant of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad at Halethrope, Md., in October. Above is one of the latest designs in en- gines with water-tube boiler system and weighing 314 tons. At the right is the first locomotive to enter the northwestern states, in 1862, now preserved as a relic by the Great Northern railroad. Beside it are Dr. A. T. Anderson and sister. Miss Sarah T. Anderson, of Spokane, who are de- scendents of Capt. Meriweather Lewis, the great American explorer. TEE PATTON COURIER For Centenary Exhibit “Mother’s Kisses Make It Better” By JANE NEWTON we TIE KITCHEN § CABINET it and make it better,” Isn’t this the regular thing when a child sustains an injury, real or imagined? And many a grownup child, married to another grownup child, turns to him a wry face with a half-pained, half-playful indication of a squeezed thumb or a stubbed toe! And he kisses it and makes it better, ¢sgYOME to mother, dear; she'll kiss | | Little do they realize, those indul- gent mothers and husbands, that in this mock ministration, they are but imitating the practice of old-time sor- cerers who pretended to cure diseases by sucking the affected part. In their | superstitious, myth-tenanted age they found the people easy prey to their | impositions, but today even the baby | is skeptical of the curative powers of | a kiss on a bruised knee! And why | shouldn't he be? i They burned witches in old New | England; what shall we do with the “pretenders” today? | {(Copyright.) ing upon a man, but the primal super- stition still clings to the primal gar- ment to which it first attached itself and which has now evolved into un- derclothing. (© by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) KIDS OF THE STREET By GENE CARR ad denn Gre, © McClure Newspaper Syndicate “HOWDY, OL’ TIMER?" “K. 0.,, OL’ MAN!” BEDTIME STORY FOR YOUNGSTERS By MARTHA MARTIN HE keeper says we're very quick,” said Bobby Blacksnake, “The keeper says we're very quick, too,” said Roland Rattlesnake. “The keeper says that all snakes are quick,” said Clement Copperhead. “He says that, hiss, hiss, he says that.” “Well, if we were free and not in the zoo, I suppose we would be think- ing about going to sleep soon,” said Bobby. ) “Yes,” said Roland, “I've heard the visitors here at the zoo telling of the sharp cold weather that is coming on apace.” “What do you mean when you say that the sharp, cold weather is com- ing on apace?” asked Bobby. “You know what sharp, cold weath- er is, don’t you?’ asked Roland. “Yes, hiss, hiss,” said Bobby, “of course I know what it is.” “Then it is the word apace that bothers you, is it?” asked Roland. “That is the bothersome word,” Bobby. “When I said that the sharp, cold weather was coming on apace, or rather, when I said that the people who have been coming to the zoo lately, have said so, I meant and they meant or they meant and I meant (which- ever way you want to put it!) that it was coming on quickly. “When the sharp, cold weather comes on apace it comes on with a goodly rush and big cold strides and enormous cold steps.” said “Ah, I see, hiss, hiss,” said Bobby. “They never find snakes wandering away from their dens when it is au- tumn time, When the spring has come and we're just awaking, we're thinking about leaving—but we're still about the ‘dens,” said Roland. “True, true,” said Clement, “every word you hiss is quite, quite true.” “I am as quick as a snake could be,” said Roland. “Well, not quite as quick as a snake could be,” said Bobby, “for, after all, “We Don’t Sing and We Don't Dance,” Said Roland. you were caught and brought to the 200.” “So were you,” said Roland. “So were all of us, for that matter,” said Clement. “It is really funny, it is really a joke, hiss, hiss,” laughed Roland as he squirmed about, “how we have all talked about our quickness.” “Why ?" asked Bobby. “Well, it is quite true that none of us were So quick that we weren't ‘aught and brought here to the zoo,” Roland hissed, and wriggled with amusement. “Of course,” said Bobby, “that is true, but then we are naturally very quick, only the keeper and his friends who caught us for the zoo were even quicker, We led them a good song and dance, though.” “We don’t sing and we don’t dance,” said Roland. “But we hiss and we wriggle, and it’s about the same,” said Bobby. “Yes, we're quick but the keeper of this zoo was quicker than any of us,” ! Bobby laughed. “Some of our rela- tives were not caught. “They went wandering off in the | | { parts where they did not think they would see many people. too fond of people.” “People are none too fond of them,” said Clement. “I've heard our keeper | say that he has gone and taken all the snakes away from a certain den in the neighborhood because the people have written frightened letters to him. “People are none too fond of any of us. But every spring the keepers of the zoo come for members of our fam- ily. | “Yes, and I'm glad we're here; we've been very happy here. If we had been free we might have been killed. “Oh, snakes are not very popular. It is nice to be in a zoo where the keepers think you're nice.” “And,” said Roland, “it is wonder- ful to hear the beauty of the Rattlers praised by our special owner and keeper. Ah, there is a man who ap- preciates Rattlesnake beauty and the gorgeous colors we wear.” (Copyright.) They're none Sateguardin By LEONARD A. BARRETT Life HE asbestos curtain was unknown or at least unused until after a disastrous fire in a Chicago theater. It cost the price of many lives before stage managers were compelled by law to protect the public. An old man with a red lantern is charged with the responsibility of signaling auto- mobiles of the approach of a fast train. The lantern may go out or the light not be distinguished fromother red lights on moving automobiles, with the result that lives are sacrificed at rail- road crossings. After the price of the loss of life shall have been paid, a superstructure is erected” and the train passes over on elevated tracks. An engineer falls asleep at the throt- tle. The train is wrecked, lives are lost. After the catastrophe a law is enacted which forbids an engineer to work more than eight successive hours without sleep. The Shenondoah was sent to her doom at a tremendous cost of human life. The commanding officer feared the danger and, according to reports, argued against the trip. He was under orders from his superior officers who were not conversart with the details of piloting a dirigible. When the Los Angeles was sent out on her initial voyage, the instructions given to those in charge of the ship read as follows: “The choice of routes and decisions as to start, continuation and termination of the flight rests with the command- ing officer.” The Los Angeles came back safely. But, the freedom granted to the commanding ofiicer was made possible only through the sacrifice of fourteen lives, sent to their doom through the wreck of the Shenandoah, There is nothing so precious in the world as a human life. The safe- guarding of life should be the first consideration on the part of any cor- poration or institution, The sacrifige , of human life is too costly a price to pay for knowledge and experience.” (©, 1927, Western Newspaper Union.) XK KX XX* Co x Early Yocatlons * of Noted Men x By JOSEPH KAYE i RRR RII H RRR RHR RHRR HHH FEEXXEE 2 AT 21:—Lee Shubert Did Not Own One Theater. T THIS time my brother, Sam, and 1 were managing road compihies, | It was almost impossible then for in- dependent managers to get a house in which to play for even one night, the theaters being controlled by a syndi- cate, and we soon ran up against this snag. All the best theaters were closed to us, so we got hold of old, run-down places and fixed them up as well as we could. We rented halls, anything we could find, so we could play our various companies.—Lee Shubert. TODAY :—As if destiny had played a designing hand in the case, the Shu- berts own and direct more theaters in this country than anyone else in the theatrical profession, and have the greatest theatrical organization In the world, their productions being well known to the publie. The Shuberts are also the producers of numerous plays and musical pieces every year, among them such almost fnstitutional -productions as the Win- ter Garden shows. (® by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) Maj. Gen, Robert Lee Bullard, retired, and his bride, who wus Mrs. Reiff Wall of New York city, as they appeared after their marriage at the bome of Mrs. Wall, | Retired Army Man Takes Bride Ella FRRERREEERE ETRE EREXRXRRAKX &. # Habit of Watching x ¥ the Clock x * By F. A. WALKER % * TERKEXEXREREER HR FERXRXX HK OW far back the measurement of times goes is lost in the unrecord- ed events of prehistoric times. It is altogether probable that early man reckoned the passage of time by the length of shadows cast on the ground and later perhaps an instrument sim- ilar to the hour glass served to meas- ure the divisions of the day. Certain it is that clocks as we know them were not invented until the Ninth century and the credit for Like all ‘things mortal the clock had faults as well as virtues. Be- fore the hours were automatically measured for him man worked until he was tired and then “called it a day.” With the coming of the clock he began measuring his efforts by time and acquired the habit of “watching the clock.” There is one certain thing; no creature not endowed with more than two eyes can watch his job and the clock at the same time. When a man is looking at a clock his sole interest is the answer to the question, “What time is it?” The most efficient office in Wash- ington during the war was one par- ticular division of the Navy depart- ment, In that big room there was neither a calendar nor a clock. | The head of that bureau said to the writer: “I do not want any one here who cares what day it is or what time it is. The measure of a day here is the finishing of the work in hand, then we can all go home.” No truly in-earnest worker was ever able to quite finish his day's task. There always remains some portion upon which he would like to spend a little longer time, The reason the not-in-earnest work- er watches the clock is because his heart is not in his labors and his pride is not in their results (Copyright.) GOOD THINGS TO EAT By NELLIE MAXWELL “The character of all work depends upon the intelligence of the person who performs it.” People who are most busy are most happy and contented in life. Labor in itself is the greatest blessing to mankind. V E ARE growing to appreciate more and more the value of veg- etables of all kinds in our diet. We learn that we should serve at least one green vegetable daily to our fami- lies, and more is better. Apple Custard Pie. Add a cupful of sugar to a cupful of fresh grated apple, two beaten eggs, one cupful of sweet cream and the grated rind of a lemon, Pour into a pastry-lined tin and bake. Cover with a meringue and brown. Add a cupful of cooked green peas to a mayonnaise dressing; It will give color, flavor and food value to the dressing to be used with a vegetable salad, (© by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) Orange Milk Sherbet. Take one and one-half cupfuls of orange juice, two tablespuonfuls of lemon juice, one and one-half cupfuls of sugar, and four cupfuls of rich milk, freeze. | portions | sure that | the center | powder | make a depression in the center (©, 1927, Western Newspaper Union.) A home based on right principles will be simple. No ostentation of living beyond one's means: sim- plicity in entertainment in offer- ing freely of what one has to friends, without apology or expla=- nation. DAINTY DISHES Some time for Sunday night lunch put sweet corn or popped corn through the coffee mill and serve it with top milk or thin cream, Spiced Tomato Soup.—Take the juice from a quart can of to- matoes, one small ‘an of pimentoes, onion, three table- salt, pepper, cay- one potato, spoonfuls of butter, enne, a whole clove and a little minced one parsley. Cook the onion chopped with | the parsley five minutes in the butter. Pour over the tomato, add the potato chopped fine apd the seasonings. Cook for half an hour, adding water if needed. Olives Stuffed With Anchovies.— Peel large olives from the stone, leav- ing the meat in a spiral form. Wipe the oil from anchovy fillets and press one into each olive, Set on a bed of water cress in a glass dish. Serve with bread sticks, or before soup. Watermelon Cocktail.—Cut the ripe of a good watermelon into balls with a French potato cutter. Fill sherbet glasses and cover with an | orange sirup made from the juice, rind and sugar cooked together, De the pulp is strained from the juice or it may be bitter, When well chilled pour over the glasses of fruit and decorate with a sprig of mint in the center of each glass. Banana Fluff.—Peel three large ripe bananas, cover them with two table- spoonfuls of lemon juice and one ta- blespoonful of grape juice. Let stand on ice for an hour. Mash them and | beat well, adding one-half cupful of powdered sugar, and the unbeaten whites of three eggs, one at a time, beating until light. Add a teaspoonful of vanilla and serve in | fr uit juice and minced pistachio nuts, Cottage Cheese With Preserved Cur- rants.—DPrepare balls of cottage cheese well seasoned. Make a depression in of each and drop in a thick currant preserve. crackers and coffee as spoonful of Serve with dessert. Frozen Cheese with Figs.—Mash a good sized cream cheese or two with enough whipped cream to soften. | Sweeten to taste and pack in baking cans and salt. When and put into ice serving, cut into and drop In a preserved fig, Muskmelons are delightful served in the same way with lemon sauce or with candied or preserved ginger with some of the sirup. Seasonable Dishes. A good salad which may glasses with | | giving, The Doctor In fair weather or foul, zero nights or rainy days, I have always found that my car starts instantly and performs perfectly with Cham- pion Spark Plugs— they're dependable. Champion is the better Surkpiu because of its ble-ribbed silliman- ite core— its two-piece construction andits s pe cial analysis electr Champion X= for Fords Champion Cars other ? 57 CHAM PION Spark Plugs TOLEDO, OHIO For your protection be sure the Champions you buy are in the original Champion € cartons. Wen & Women Wanted To sell Woman’s, Flappers’, Misses’ and Children’s Dresses, Slickers, Coats and Boys’ Suits, over 225 styles. Write 206 Fitz- simons Bldg., Pittsburgh, Pa. FOOTBALL FANS—We want College Men to sell our 1927 Football Schedules, listing 151 colleges, individually, with scoring columns each game, vest pocket size. Send 25c¢ for samples and terms, Donnan Printing Co., New Castle, Pa. Benefit in Joy Giving When you once get started in joy it's easy to keep it up. The fact that you give joy, brings candi- dates for your magic touch constantly before you. The returning benefits of | having given joy keep you supplied slices, | | back be used | with a light main dish at luncheon is: | Green Peas and a cupful of cooked green peas and one-third cupful of with highly ses soned boiled dress- ing and serve on lettuce, Combination Salad.—Drain and chill after cooking a pint of lima beans. Dice two tart apples and a green pep- per, add a little onion juice or finely minced onion for flavor and mix with mayonnaise, Serve on crisp lettuce. Lettuce and Peanut Salad.—Take one-haif cupful of freshly roasted peanuts, crush after removing the brown skins, sprinkle over head let- tuce, adding a sprinkling of minced onion and French dressing, Celery Roots With Drawn Butter.— Wash, scrape and cut into dice cel- eriac, Cook in bolling salted water until tender. Drain, cover with drawn butter sauce, cover and stand over heat five minutes, then serve. Fruit and Nut Sandwiches.—Put through the meat chopper a quarter of a pound of blanched almonds with one-half pound of figs and ¢ cupful of pecan meats, mixing and grinding until all are well blended. Pack the mixture into baking powder cans, the small ones, packing it in well. When wanted, remove and cut into very thin slices, Lay on circles of buttered bread. Nuts Salad.—Take | walnut meats, Mix | Banana and Pineapple Salad.—Place | rings of pineapple on crisp lettuce and in the center place a small cone | the fruit into fit the hole in of banana by cutting half and trimming to the center of the pineapple. the top of the candle with paprika or place ulate the flame of the candle, Buttered Potatoes.—Peel one dozen small potatoes and put them to cook in a casserole with one-half dozen medium-sized onions, all whoke; add | four tablespoonfuls of butter, three teaspoonfuls of salt and pepper to taste, Cover and bake in a moderate oven an hour. Season with minced Parsley and serve. Chicken Sandwiches.—Prepare the ¢hicken as for salad, using twice as much chicken as celery, chopped very fine, Mix with any good salad dress- ing and spread on buttered bread. Rolls may be hollowed out, butter well on the inside and fill with salad, These are fine for outings. 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THHHHEHHEEERH, Pipe Organ Str Boxing Bot Archie Bell, the N weight, and his A were startled by the ous strains of a pip little party was us Albert hall for the 1 Teddy Baldock, Brit Bell lest on points. ers, especially Bell amazed, wondering about. The organ, often | and queen, is one of world, and is alwa; fistic contests. Its from the Americans t and white figures for the rounds, but som pipes reach nearly tc Bell says he does r music in the ring. V was awarded to Ba pealed out “For he’s low,” but Bell didn’t to the cheers of th spectators. “All-Americ Photo shows Alber blooded Indian of tribe, who will cap institute football tea: Haskell institute is t school in the Unite football team went season without a sin; Changes Hel, Louis Little, Georg director of athletic changes made in tl} will help the game. that the sport will bs offensive departmen changes are timely, ¢ an inclination for t seasons to pay most ¢ ing the sport from a point. Incidentally, Job in replacing forr team.
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