PAGE EIGHT Grandma's Diary oN By SELMA A. CAREY C a Syndicate. cClure Newspaper Syndica IRGINIA DEXTER, from the depths of the pillowed hammock on her veranda, idly watched the ‘actions of David Hughes as he helped an urchin re- : load of wood SHORT Li tien tom hi t. SHORT Ea rv a good STORY Sats ot jokingly asked him, ‘as he came up and sat down beside her. . “I wish you would be one to me, Virginia,” he pleaded. “Please, David, don’t go all over that again,” she exclaimed, rather crossly; then, to divert his thoughts, she opened the paper on her lap. “They are having the Legion benefit dance tonight, I see.” “May I take you?” David asked quickly. “I'm sorry, but Mr. Allen asked me first.” “That cad!” “David!” indignantly, “I'm sorry,” humbly apologized David. “Here comes Mr. Allen now,” ex- claimed Virginia, as a bright red swung into view down the road. In reply to Mr. Allen's invitation "to go for a short spin, Virginia agreed enthusiastically, to David's intense chagrin. A kindly-looking white-haired la- ..dy, who came out in time to hear «her acceptance, said, ‘Dear, I wish “you wouldn’t—" Virginia interrupted by kissing ~her, as she said, “You silly little “Grandma, don’t worry about me. -~By-by, Grandma.” = Grandma sat watching David ashe ~went down the road with his familiar »jaunty step. ‘Just like Hiram used +10 be,” she soliloquized. Later, in her room, Grandma took a dusty little box from conceal- «ment. Tenderly she handled the “trinkets therein until she reached «the object of her search, a little «black book. + Surmising that Grandma was hav- «ing a nap, upon her arrival home "Virginia sat in a comfortable chair «to take a rest in the sitting-room. With a casual glance at the maga- “zines on the little table she noticed » the little black book, and, curiously, she picked it up, opened it and, . With deep interest, she commenced «+ reading. - - * * ww June 1, 1850—Mr. Hale called to- day. I was glad it wasn't Hiram “who called for he is getting to be such a bore of late, while Mr. Hale —ah—he is so romantic and deb- onair. “August 1, 1850—I am treading on today. Mr. Hale proposed to me. I must now call him Noah. "Hiram seemed displeased, but he is +80 queer. “September 15, 1850—Noah and I +were married today in the little church around the corner. He seems Ta trifle impatient this evening, but, ~0f. course, I should allow for all the ~excitement. I am actually nervous Jmyself. #January 1, 1851—Noah has been Jaway on business for the past few +months. I was so glad to hear “from his own lips that it was his he was seen with in town. + “July 15, 1851—Noah’s and my wson is three weeks old today. I named him Robert, after Hiram I am glad I did this be- swecause it pleased Hiram, and Noah “didn’t mind a bit. In fact, I do not «think he cared whether I named him Fat all. “Noah is working too hard lately. oI mentioned this to him today and «he became almost furious at me for ~+standing in the way of his ambition. “June 24, 1856—Little Robert is ~five years old today. I haven't re- .ceived a word from Noah in three -years. Hiram has been so kind to “baby and me. Robert calls him Dad- »dy. He doesn’t remember his own. » ‘June 24, 1876—This is Robert’s -wedding day. The only reminder I “have of his father is the words im- .. printed on my memory, taken from ~ a newspaper clipping dated 20) years ago: ‘ ‘Couple found dead in Hotel “~——— They were registered as Mr. and Mrs. Noah Hale."” * * = Virginia closed the book. ‘Poor, .dear old Grandma! What heart- - aches she had known.” © “Why, she left it purposely for me to take warning before it was »too late for me, also,” exclaimed _ Virginia, as she realized that her -love-affair had been the same as ~Grandma'’s. . Two hours later David's dejected «look turned to gladness as he espied _. Virginia when he entered the house. “Virginia!” he cried. “I thought = you were with Mr. Allen in the auto when I passed it down the road.” .- “I told Mr. Allen I was going with = you, David.” ‘+ “You've made me the happiest = man in the world,” David whispered “into a little pink ear that lay very ~near his coat-lapel. =~ “Not I, but Grandma's diary,” “contradicted a muffled voice. “a = Best Basis for Sound Judgment The best basis for sound judgment "is a knowledge of what has been «done in the past, and with what re- Sults, Build Marine Aquarium In “Florida aquaria ever The two largest | built and the world's only [ally designed under-water motion | picture studio will be opened to the public in February by Studios at Marineland, eighteen miles south of St. Augus- tine and thirty-five miles north of Daytona Beach on the new Ocean Shore Boulevard, where the two “Oceans in Miniature” are now being completed. In these huge aquaria, age visitor and the scientist be able to observe, photograph and study the various types of fish and aquatic mammals presented just as they are found in their natural surroundings under conditions du- plicated nowhere else in the world. Instead of the usual aquarium method of displaying each species of fish in its own small compart- ment, Marine Studios will present in each of its “Oceans in Miniature” a facsimile reproduction of sub- marine life in which each species will play the same part it does in the ocean. Marine Studios is a $500,000 en- terprise launched by a group of individuals including Messrs. Cor- nelius Vanderbilt Whitney, W. Douglas Burden, Nicholas S. Lud- ington, Sherman Pratt, Albert G. Redpath, Blake Lawrence, and Ward Cheney, all of New York, and Ralph H. Poole, Jr. of Chicago. “Our aim,” says W. Douglas Bur- den. President of Marine Studios and a trustee of the American Mu- seum of Natural History, “is to build something which is sound and of lasting value, of value to the public, of value to the commu- nity in which we are located, and of value to ourselves. “The dream that Marine Studios hopes to realize is to give the spectator a dramatic, vivid and fascinating cross-section of life in the sea where the struggle for existence takes place in even more violent form than on land. While it is impossible to foresee how many of the 85,000 different species of aquatic animals can be brought together in our tanks, we will in- clude as many as we can and we know that we shall have a number which will be the only members of their species in captivity.” The method affording a unique opportunity to study marine life centers around the construction of the tanks. One tank is rectangular, 100 feet long, 40 feet wide and 18 feet deep. The other is circular, 75 feet in diameter and 11 feet deep. Enclosed galleries, facing inward upon more than 200 glass portholes, run at different levels around the entire perimeters of the two tanks. Motion picture technicians, in the effort to facilitate taking under- water pictures, recommended the design of the tanks giving the various camera angles necessary to afford producers the greatest latitude in filming scenes. To capture alive and transport the larger fish and aquatic mamals, a special boat, recently christened the “Porpoise” by Mrs. Fred P. Cone, wife of Governor Cone, of Florida, was built at St. Augus- tine. In the stern of the “Porpoise” is a metal tank that can be lowered through a trap door into water. Large sharks, porpoises, sawfish, giant rays and other creatures of the sea, quieted by the injection off a drug through a hypodermic needle, are maneuvered into this tank, which is then pulled back into the hull and transported to Marineland. ; Facilities for accommadating visitors at Marineland will include modern cottages, bathing accommo- dations, a dock on the intracoastal waterway, a restaurant, a gasoline and auto repair station and ample parking space. rere Arn FLAG CODE Every pupil enrolled in the eighth grade of the schools of Pennsylvania is to receive a copy of the Flag Code this year. In order to fulfill the educational purposes of a new law, Dr. Lester K. Ade, Superintendent of Public Instruction, is communicating with every county and district super- intendent of the Commonwealth suggesting that these school offi- cials provide every eighth grade pupil with a Flag Code. spec- Marine Florida, the aver- will A GIFT SUGGESTION When you can’t think what to buy for Father or Mother, “THE MOUNT JOY BULLETIN for a year—$1.50. Seems A especies When you begin to recognize your own deficiencies you are tak- ing a real step forward. eet eee When in need of Printing. (any- thing) kindly remember the Bulletin THE MOUNT J JOY BULL ETIN, MOUNT JOY, LANCASTER CO. PA, | oe a ee Pe A TRCN Chromium Is a Silvery, Hard Crystalline Metal Chrome yellow, chrome steel, chrome leather, chrome green, and chrome alum are the names of a number of outwardly highly dissim- ilar materials, and the layman may wonder why a single adjective, chrome, is used to describe all of them. The word means that they all contain the element chromium, a substance whose unusual and varied properties give it an unusual posi. tion in the chemical industry, says Dr. Thomas M. Beck, in the Chi- cago Tribune. Chromium Is a silvery, hard, crys- talline metal. It is about as heavy as iron and melts at about the same temperature, It is obtained chiefly from the ore chromite, which is found in a few scattered deposits, chiefly in Rhodesia and New Cale- donia. The ore is a compound of chromium with oxygen and iron. It is worked up by roasting with soda at high temperatures in a current of air, The resulting mass is then washed with hot water, which dis- solves the chromium content as one of its compounds, sodium chromate, which may then be converted into the other desired compounds of the metal. The name chromium is derived from a Greek word meaning color. The compounds of many metals, such as aluminum, lead, or zinc, are colorless (unless, of course, they are combined with some color-pro- ducing element). Compounds of most other metals exhibit a single characteristic color, such as the blue of copper compounds or the green of nickel. But the many com- pounds of chromium present an ar- ray of color that can be matched only by Joseph's coat. Lots Drawn in 1789 for United States Senators When the nation’s first senate was organized on May 14, 1789, only ten states were represented, the others not having accepted the Constitu- tion, notes a writer in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The twenty senators were divided into three classes, one of six members and the other two of seven members. One member of each class then drew lots, the class drawing number one to serve two years; number two to serve four years, and number three, six years. The lots were so arranged that no two senators from a state fell into the same class. So the country had three sets of senators, one retiring in 1791, the next in 1793, and the third in 1795. The system so established has nev- er been changed. As the other states sent senators they were admitted and assigned by lot in the same way. As their terms expired, successors were elected for the full six-year term. Senators from new states, by the enabling acts admitting the states, were also assigned so as to keep the three classes even. Cacti Native of Americas With one exception, all of the cacti of the world are native to the Amer- icas. From here they have been transported to the far corners of the earth, and are every much at home in Africa, the island of Mauritius, and even in Ceylon, according to a writer in the Los Angeles Times. In Australia and other sections of the globe they grow in profusion, until many a traveler has been tricked into thinking of them as indigenous to those countries. Yet it is in the southwestern portion of the United States, Lower California and old Mexico and some sections of South America that they are found grow- ing in their native state most abun- dantly. Some species of cacti, like the tuna, are edible, while others are deadly poison; a few contain juices which are intoxicant and some bring on insanity. The Apuntias Nopaleas bear fruit which is commonly called prickly pear. The products of cer- tain species of Echinocereus are called alichoches by the Mexicans and strawberry cacti by Americans —due to the fine flavor of the juicy pulp. Food Plants Used by Indians A lichen growing on the bark of pine and fir trees in the Columbia river area which was sprinkled with water, allowed to ferment, then rolled in large balls and baked in an oven, was one of the favorite foods used by the Indians. The pal- atable roots of the arrowhead which were boiled or roasted by nearly all the Indian tribes. The annual wild rice, which grows in great fields along the Potomac and was one of the most important of all Indian cereals. It is not a true rice, but is almost indistinguishable from that grain. The corme of the jack-in-the-pulpit was known as Iro- quois bread root. The sumac, whose acid fruit was used to make cool- ing drinks resembling lemonade. The fruits of numerous wild roses were eaten both fresh and dried. Leaf Skeletons for Scrap Book To make leaf skeletons place the leaves in a little rain water to which a trace of yeast has been added. Allow the fermentation to proceed until the membranous portion be- comes soft and easily washed away in a stream of water. Bleach by dipping for a few minutes in a strong aqueous solution of sulphur- ous acid gas, or exposing them, while moist, in a box filled with the vapor of burning sulphur. Fifty Cents Worth $1.65 Photo from Penna, Publicity Commission Emblematic of the forthcom- ing observance of the 75th An- niversary of the Battle of Get- tysburg, to be celebrated next year, is the newly-minted half- dollar reproduced above. Iis face (top) depicts veterans of the Blue and Grey who will hold their last reunion as part of the anniversary. The re- verse side shows the great American Shield and the cross- bars of the Confederacy with an intertwining reed between and oak and olive branches on either side and below. The bass-relief was designed by Frank Vitter, Pittsburgh sculptor. Fifty thou- sand of the coins are being dis- tributed by the Gettysburg Memorial Commissien for $1.65 each. Nearly 200 of the coins have been sold through the office of Governor George H. Earle. I Japanese Larch, the far eastern representative in the Pennsylvania planting, will be collected in Japan. From Central Europe will come Norway spruce and black locust. Black locust, a native of the U.S, has Europe which now produces seed been extensively planted in more cheaply than it can be pro- duced in this country. Scotch pine seed comes from Neuhaldensleben, Germany, PAUL A. MARTIN Contractor Nr RAIN TING BODY, & FENDER WORK OF ALL" “KIND Ta, % HASSINGER & RISSER MOUNT JOY, PA. %, SEED PURCHASED FOR TREE SALES IN 1942 | The State Department of Forests and Waters is now engaged in pur- chasing sced for sowing in the Spring of 1938. day said almost the entire North- ern Hemisphere is included in the territory which will be tapped by the Department; to secure the seed. From this planting will come the tree crop that will be replanted in 1941 and 1942 by planters throughout the State. i er HAS COURAGE—AND FACTS Harrisburg — Californians will soon be told of Pennsylvania's beauty in a booklet being pre- pared by Miss Mary L. Collyer of Palo Alto, the Pennsylvania State Publicity Commission is in- formed. The commission is coonerating by sending Miss Collyer all avail- able literature, which she re- quested in a recent letter. The world’s largest zipper fac- tory is at Meadville, Crawford county. CHRISTMAS You COULD buy a more expensive gift . but you COU LDN'T give anything that is more ex- pressive. What other gift retains its be: agly SO long? i ® | Pointsettas 5 Begonias 50 Cyclamen 75t up Primroses 50c Cemetery and Holly WREATH 5} 2 Bouquets made to orgler from our general line; of Cut Flowers up up Order Early and Avoid Disappointment PHONE 81-M RUHL'S| FLOWERS MOUNT JOY, PENNA, 3 WHER TIRE CHAINS TRS ES RRR A RE RICHLUBE Main & Barbara Sts. BER EERE BRR ERE EERE WONDERING WHAT LISTED HERE ARE A FEW GIFTS YOU'D PROBABLY NEVER THINK OF, SO TAKE A TiP FROM SANTA CLAUS HIMSELF! FANS To clear the witidshield of Snow and Ice CAR HEATER De- lukury for winter driving WINTER FRONTS For the good of the car CAR RADIO All the comforts of home FOG LIGHTS Two éxtra eyes for fog NEW TIRES Always useful ANTI-FREEZE A welcome gift A 100% GIFT FOR YOUR CAR GET ALL THESE AT Newcomer's Service Statioy 1 | ee SS TO GIVE FOR CHRISTMAS? RE RARE TSR RAS ox Fa To gharantee safety RT RR A RA TS RE RARE ATR GASOLINE RNR, “ IW RHR BIRR IE IS RA IS RE R RETR RRR HH TE IE RTE TE TE TET TEE TE TE Th TERETE Te TE TE Ue TE TE The Th The Th Te BSE TEES Pe WEDNESDAY. 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You can do this if you join the Union National Mount Joy Bank’s 1938 Christmas Sav- ings Club now and put a away each week. GROUPS FOR: ALL AMOUNTS CLASS 10F Member paying 1 for fifty weeks will receive CLASS 25 Member paying 25 centy a week for $ 1 2. 50 fifty weeks will receive.............. CLASS 50 Members paying for fifty weeks will receive CLASS 100 Members paying $1.00 a week for $ 50. 00 fifty weeks. will receive.................... CLASS 200 Members paying $2.00 a week for $100. 00 fifty weeks will reeeive........................ CLASS 500 Members paying $5.00 a week for) $250. 00 fifty weeks will HERRERA IE UTE RISC TER TSC RUS HEHEHE ESE =z First payments were due Dec. 2nd. Enroll when the club starts, keep your payments up-to-date and avoid catching up later. Everyone in the family ‘should join. THE UNION NATIONAL MT. JOY BANK MOUNT JOY, PENNA. 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