THE PATTON COURIER ONE THING AT A TIME By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK Dean of Men, University of Hlinois. A There is an old saying that a man with teo many irons in the tire is very likely to get some of them burned. One would understand the reference bet ter if he had ever watched a blacksmith heat- ing two pieces of iron so that they might be proper ly welded to gether. It was a careful process. The metal might not be taken out of the coals too soon or the welding process would be abor- tive or unsuccessful; it might not go too long or the iron would be burned and so rendered useless, It was enough to keep the eye on two irons at a time. So the man who attempts to manage too many jobs at once is sure to fall into difficulty. I have seen a man in Italy playing five alleged musical instruments at once—hands, feet, mouth, and head all engaged in musical activity at the same time, hut the harmony reduced by the endeavor was not perfect, He might bette. have given his attention to one instrument and so possibly have learned that more perfectly Jugglers can sometimes keep three balls and two pie tins ip the air with out dropping any one of them, but there is danger, and it is better for us ordinary and inadequately trained mortals to content ourselves with one at a time, I met a young fellow the other day as | was driving along the highway with one arm about his sweetheart and with the other he was guiding a mo tor car rather uncertainly though rap idly. Coming back the same road an hour or two later 1 saw the car in the ditch and | was told the lovers had been seriously injured. Love is an endeavor which demands all of the attention of any young fellow who Is possessed by it, and a motor car is not a machine carelessly to be guided with one hand. The man who attempts to guide a car with one hand while he makes love with the other is pretty likely to go into the ditch and wreck both his love affairs and the machine. One thing at a time is better and always likely to furnish more real en- Jjoyment, Graham was not getting on very sat- isfactorily with his studies, and | at- tempted to find the reason. He seems capable enough when you talk to him. and 1 was puzzled at his failure, “Well, you see,” he explains to me, “1 was trying to manage the political affairs of my class, and it took more time than | thought it would, and so | neglected my studies until they are Evers Back With Braves Johnny Kvers, former star second baseman of the Cubs and Braves, who has been signed by Judge Fuchs of the Boston Braves to assist him in the management of the Hub National league team, This means that Evers will run the team from the field, under Fuchs’ direction. in a pretty hopeless tangle, I am afraid.” He was quite right in his estimate ot the situation. He was headed for failure in his college work, and the political affairs of his class had been so carelessly managed that his friends had lost their election. One thing at a time is usually enough. (@. 1928, Western Newspaper (Tnion.» irl Marks Claim Toronto.—Women are “sitting on the top of the world” in many fields of activity, but to Miss Kathleen Rice, graduate of the University of Toronto, goes the unusual distinction of active operations as a mining prospector. Mining is one of the chief topics of conversation in Canada at present, but while the home woman, the business woman and the professional woman discuss how many shares of this or that they own, Miss Rice is working her claim. Her part in the romance of mining is a definite one. At pres ent her base camp is on an island in Herb lake, or to use the more melodi ous Indian name, Wekusko lake, northern Manitoba. From this base she has worked since 1921. Here she lives in a log cabin that harks back to the days of the pioneers, and here she pioneers on one of her most prom- ising claims, a copper and nickel vein on an island, within a stone's throw All-Gray Costume fashion has been taken advantage ot by Loretta Young, star of the filin “Scarlet Seas.’ to create a stunning appearance in an all-gray costume. She wears n smart dress of gray covered by a velvet coal of gray. gray shoes and hat. To in crease the importance of the color scheme a platinum fox scart is added It is in the popular two-fox effect The ensemble note in | land of her cabin. Hard work has been tangled up in the romance, and Miss Rice had considerable difficulty in proving the claim. Now, however, she is receiving encouragement, for engi- neers on the ground have pronounced the prospects good. Kathleen Rice is one of those “girls of the great open spaces who tote guns,” seen often on the screen as be- ing typical of Canada, but very rare, indeed, in the Canada of real life. ing with adventure; her richest gold quartz claim is on the shore of Herb lake, in the line of strike with the Bingo, Rex and Kinski mines. Be- ause Starr is a family name, she calls it the Starr claim. The name con- nects the Rice family with the earliest New England settlement. This claim shows not only gold but other high mineral values. She was one of the first prospectors in the North to find vanadium. Death Ship Adrift Port Townsend, Wash.—The water: logged hulks of four Japanese “death ships” now missing almost two years from home ports are drifting some where in the north Pacific and mar iners gaze daily across the gray wastes expecting the lost craft to turn up. According to hydrographic records, it is now time for them to escape the ocean eddies, Five fishing velles, each manned by about twelve men, weré blown ou! to sea in a typhoon which raged oft the Japanese islands in December 1926. Almost a year later in November 1927, one of these ships, with its tragic freight of bodies, came drift. ing up the Washington coast. It was the Ryoei Maru. The boat Puts Color in Leaves and Finds Trick P-~ys Jacksonville, Fla.—Green ouk leaves take an autumnal turn in about five minutes in the factory here of Dr Henry Dux, who rouges nature's cheeks so successfully that he finds a ready market for his goods. In Doctor Daux’s factory leaves and plants used by florists are so prepared as to make them last indefinitely with- out becoming brittle and without los- ing their patural beauty. The head of the factory, a licensed physician, says the process of treat- ment of the leaves, plants and ferns that come to his workshop for beau- tification is secret. Silver Fox Strays Into Montreal and Is Caught Montreal, Quebec.—A silver fox strayed into the streets of Ahuntsic, a suburb of Montreal, and was captured by a policeman, who led the animal to the station as one would lead a dog. The fox is valued at $500. Shortly afterward it was resting contentedly in a box at the police station. There are several fox ranches on Montreal island, not far from Ahuntsic. O&® = =] Su neat idea / AE Ba JUNIOR, IM 7 GLAD TO SEE “THAT YOU DID NOT IN THE STREET CAR oF wn A h © Western Newspaper Union was towed into Puget sound by the steamer Margaret Dollar, An exam: ination here by quarantine officers re vealed the fact that, in a desperate effort to live, some of the crew had turned cannibal, A few days later another of the wandering fishing craft was sighted off the coast. But the freighter that discovered the hulk let it drift. not knowing its tragic story. Four of the vessels, stoutly built to resist the Pacific storms, still drift somewhere between the Pacific coast and Japan, say shipping men. Charts of the United States hydro- graphic oftice here indicate that these ships may drift for years on one of two great 1,000-mile current circles. One flows southward from the west coast of North America, then swings out into midocean, then turns north toward the Orient. The other is di- rectly west of Hawaii. A vessel whirl. ing into either might drift there for years without being sighted. Hydrographers estimated the Ryoel | Maru drifted 20,000 miles in endless zigzags and circies to reach the Washington coast. To Hold Herb’s Hat John W. Reeder of Tipton, lowa. ninety-two years old, is eagerly await- ing March 4, when he will be in Wash- ington, D. C., to hold Herbert Hoover’s hat during the inauguration ceremony I'his privilege the President-Elect promised him if he were elected. Mr. Hoover since West Branch, Reeder has known Mr. the latter was a boy at lowa. Most women would be satisfied to gain distinction in man’s field by prospect- ing in the summer, but Miss Rice adds further iaurels to her outdoor reputa- the winter. In tion by trapping in this way she actually is successful enough to make her stake for summer operations. While she uses a gun like a veteran, she never shoots for sport. Once, when a moose fell to her rifle she preserved the meat for future use. Devotion to animals is one of Miss ice’s outstanding characteristics. Al- ways, in the North, she is seen with and known by her famous dogs. De- spite the unwritten law of the north country, she ignores and never uses the lash. In this matter she has the full approval of the dogs, .who not only shower her with devotion but re- pay her by being the best trained dogs within hundreds of miles. It is now 15 years since Miss Rice, daughter of Henry Lincoln Rice, B. A., of Toronto, went North on a lone ven ture. The spirit of adventure was financed by a college chum from Chi cago, who staked her when she home steaded in the name of her brother. Lincoln Rice, of St. Mary's, Ontario I'he young Canadian girl was tired of cities and classrooms. She longed for the North; felt “the call of wind-swept places,” so she left her position as a mathematics specizlist in an Ontario high school and hiked to an unknown The rest of the story is teem — This Time of Year fA —GIVE ME SOME STAMPS SO | KIN MAIL THESE LETTERS TO UNCLE TOM,AN’ GRANDMA, AN’ COUSIN BORRIE, AN" AUNT DORIS AN’ UNCLE DICK , AN’ AN’ —|F YOU HAVE ANY — | ERRANDS FER ME TO RUN ILL DO EM QUICK — Bm - | to mark 4 cl SO | PUT THE PEELS OF THE BANAUAS IN ind Penn’s Body Meuadeville, Pa.—Near a lonely by way in rural England, unmarked save for a small stone, !ies the body of Wil- liam Penn, founder of the state of Pennsylvania. The Quaker leader’s burial shadowed by mighty trees and rounded by an old fence, was discov: ered last summer by Arthur L. Bates, former representative from Pennsyl- plot, sur- vania, who toured Europe with his family. Jates has started a movement to have Penn’s bady removed to Pennsyl- vania and a suitable monument erected his grave. He says Penn's grave, pear an un- | improved dirt road 18 miles from Lon- | don. is in danger of being entirely for | gotten. The lettering on the tomb- | stone, he says, is almost illegible. { The burial plot, which, Bates re | ports, appears to be a private one, also bodies of Penn's two and Hannah, and | contains the | wives, Gulielma ! their children. | The foriner that the condition of der's resting place be called to the at tention of Governor Fisher of Pennsyl- vania in the hope that he may recom- mend to the legislature the appoint ment of a commission to pegotiate with British authorities concerning re: movai of the body. Should officials of Great Britain re fuse consent to removal of the body Mr. Bates suggests permission be ob: tained to erect a monument on the present grave, Penn acquired what is now Pennsy! vania—48,000 square miles fronting on the Delaware river—through a grant of King Charles Il, to square a debt owed by the monarch to Penn's fa ther. Accomparied by 109 English Quak- congressman suggests the state foun- ers, Penn arrived at his tract in 1682 and laid out what is now the city of Philadelphia, After watching his territory develop | i Penn returned to England, where he | Dog Has Money in Bank His title to the state was apparently good, for as late as 1790 the property rights of his de- scendants were acquired by the Amer- died in 1718. ican congress for § l'ommy man, New York actress, is said to be the most photographed world. he has a bank account. I'ucker, here seen in the arms of his mistress, Miss Erika Now dog in the The little wire-haired terrier also is distinguished by the tact that He buries his money in :he Bank of America, and though he is thrifty in financial aftairs he hus no respect for gach things us ludies' silk stockings. Advance Information Ca A CHRISTMAS CARGL By Josiah Sithest Holland HERE'S a song in the air! There’s a star in the sky! There’s a mother’s deep prayer And a baby’s low cry! And the star rains its fire while the Beau- tiful sing, For the manger of “Bethlehem cradles a king. There’s a tumult of joy O’er the wonderful birth, For the Virgin’s sweet boy Is the Lord of the earth. Ay! the star rains éts fire and the Beau- tiful sing, For the manger of Bethleiem cradles a Ring. In the light of that star Lie the ages impearled, And that song from afar Has swept over the world. Every hearth is aflame and the Beautiful sing, In the homes of the nations that Jesus is King. We rejoice in the light, And we echo the song That comes down through the night From the heavenly throng. Ay! we shout to the lovely evangel they bring, And we greet in His cradle our Saviour King. A AR {aS Car- ( VERYONE \BI" rie, they said. All four of the gil, others had come in the last two GE was happy but days before Christmas. A heavy snow had fallen and to remind them of old times Father Carson had met Harry and Esther at the station in the old bobsled. And Ilarry and Esther, in turn, had jingled merrily down after Frank and his wife and the new baby. Mr. and Mrs. C: beamed at the children, home again. A yule log crackled in the fireplace. The old fashioned pantry almost bulged. Harry and Frank had brought a Christmas tree from down by the creek and Isther and Marion, Frank's wife, trimmed it. Of course, poor Carrie had to be the last one home. She'd wired them that she had to teach up to the last "SOI minute and wouldn't arrive until Christmas eve. “poor Carrie,” they said again. For Frank and Marion were so proud of the new baby, and Harry'd had a promotion, Esther was romantic with a beautiful diamond and a young man’s very soulful picture. This was her senior year in college. She'd de- pended on Carrie for funds as each of the others had, but couldn't help patronizing Carrie a little in her mind, Poor drab Carrie with her eternally shabby clothes and her same old teaching job. “Did she ever have a fellow?” Marion asked Frank and Harry as they pulled on heavy overcoats before meeting the train. Everyone reflected. “Once,” Frank recalled, “the year she was in nor- mal school, but he married somebody else.” Esther gazed casually at her ring and shrugged. “Poor dear,” she mur- wmured, “She has no idea of how to she handle men. It requires much tact.” The boys roared with laughter. “You leave Carrie alone!” they shouted as they crunched out to the sleigh. Mrs. Carson came from the kitch- en, cheecks flushed. “Girls,” she said, “Carrie's always been the family back- bone. Let’s be specially nice to her this' Christmas. I don’t think we ought to brag to Ler about our own good fortunes, Don’t, above all things, let her see that we feel sorry for her.” The girls agreed. “Especially Esther's engagement. That'll make her more lonesome, poor thing,” said Marion, But Carrie was radiant when she came in, “Merry Christmas, folks!” she called, kissing each of them, “Why, Carrie!” they gasped. She had a new dress, too. “Am I not festive?” she said, but mysteriously she would not tell them until supper time, “I've had a talk with the principal. You're all through now, and I'm going to Europe Oh, I've always wanted school, next year! $a oc Cara, OTe 2 erga “Merry Christmas!” She Called, Kiss- ing Each of Them, to!” They'd never seen her so hap- py. Esther and Marion forced con- descension from their congratulations. “Poor dear,” whispered Esther. “She's having to let these things take the place of the love she’s starved for. I'm sure her gayety isn’t real.” But Carrie didn’t hear. John Grey called. He'd known the amily always but they were sur- prised that he should come on Christ- mas eve, It took Harry to detect the reason, “I believe he's here to see Carrie,” he whispered to the aston- ished family, Carefully, each slipped away. “Wouldn't it be wonderful if she could land him—with all his money and—but she can’t, She doesn’t know how, poor thing, and he's been a bachelor too long to fall for a little drab mouse,” they said. John left at eleven and the family rushed in. “You sly lady,” they all shouted, not believing themselves, “How does this happen?” Carrie smiled and then looked seri- ous. “Oh, John wants me to marry him, but I don’t want to marry. 1 want to go to Europe!” “What? You turned him down?” Iisther and Marion couldn't believe it. Carrie nodded. “I just happened onto him at a convention the first day I'd found for sure that I could go next year. I acted so ridiculously happy that I thought he'd be ashamed of me, Instead, he asked me to mar- ry him, and he's been at it ever since.” Their Carrie with a chance to mar- ry John Grey and turning it down! The family looked at each other in confusion, The phone rang, “Carrie!” said Father in bewilder- ment. Fifteen minutes later, Carrie turned from the phone, “I've just decided to let John go to Europe with me,” she said doubtfu!ly, then looking at the clock, “Merry Christmas every- body!” (@, 1928, Western Newspaper Union.) ° consultat 3 of them, i mother, ¢ « what sol an open fire, “The whole said Father B money to sper amount I saves for Danny’s he coal to buy shingles to put all want to « rain.” Mother Jig around the circ hard. “Oh, well,” 1 black, short cur all well now,” who smiled bi can rig up som Don’t let's lool g stones.” This made th And next d: valiantly to be were going to morning with knew what to d But Danny 1 bled. It was b that the rest o ing deprived o ents. He felt t to do somethin to get eight gi ‘summer if it got Danny promise it, Mrs. Biggs wer Jing society at t other Biggses dis errands. Danny fields to hunt hi stream which flo necticut river. It was a cold, fine rain drizz stubbed along ov still thinking, nc presents—and hoy As he neared row boat was tiec on a large woode ed up on end and It was filled wif objects seemed to the cracks. Danny hurried 1 over the box. He side a large crack. ly ripped apart. were missing, It Danny’s finger cai other pasteboard “I wonder what t came from?” he si There was an
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