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
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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
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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,
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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.
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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-
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retains its be: agly SO
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CAR RADIO All the comforts of home
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NEW TIRES Always useful
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in Christmas Boxes
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FOUNTAIN PENS
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and fully enjoy giving generously . . but without the slightest
thought to the ever-boresome financial end of it! 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....................
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fifty weeks will reeeive........................
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fifty weeks will
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catching up later. Everyone in the family ‘should join.
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