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THREE BILLION IN 1922 BUILDING ______________ * Americans Break All Records in Home Construction. SPEND BILLION ON HOUSES Exceeding Outlay for All Construc tion in Any Year Up to 1917, Survey Shows—Strikes, General Unrest and High Costs No Block to Building— New Business and Industrial Struc tures in Country Represent an Out lay of $650,000,000. Totul building construction in the United States during the first nine : months of this year reached the "un precedented sum of $3,000,000,000.” S. W. Straus of New York announced In making public a ffUtlon-wlde survey of the building situation, showing that a "wave of home building by -private owners has swept the entire country this year.” Mure Americans became home own ers during the present year than In any previous year in our history, de clared Sir. Straus, explaining that ex penditures for building up to October 1 exceeded the previous record year of 1920 by $1,000,000,000. He said that while tills was slgnltteant of prosper ity, “even more significant, however, is the fact that about $1,000,000 has been spent in homes in America since Jan uary 1.” Home ownership in the United States, Mr. Straus commented, was a "splendid stabilizer, because people who own their own homes are not sus ceptible to the teachings of dangerous j radicals." Referring to this year’s record con struction, Mr. Straus said: “The nearest approach to this was In 1920 when, during the correspond ing period (January 1 to Octorer 1), ' a little more than $2,000,000,000 was absorbed by the industry. For the same period in 1921 and 1919 the amount of money spent in new build ings was slightly in excess of $1,500, 000,000. Home Building Has Doubled. “Thus, it is shown that new build- j lngs in the United States so far this year represent the expenditure of about twice as much money as at any previous similar period in the history of the country, excepting 1920, and we have passed that record year by a bil lion dollars. Moreover, building ma teria! costs were at their peak in 1920, so the gain in actual new building space this year is even greater than the figures indicate. “Even more significant, however, is the fact that about $1,000,000,000 has been spent in homes in America since January 1. To appreciate this it must be borne in mind that our home build ing program for the first nine months this year represents a larger outlay than was made for buildings of all kinds during any previous year In the history of the nation prior to 1917, and the indications are that for the en tire year our home building program will represent a larger outlay of cash than was spent for all building pur poses during any year before 1919. “While statistics are not available ahowing what percentage of this bil lion dollars represents new Individual home ownership, the statement can be made with safety that nothing before has ever compared with the wave of home bnilding by private owners that has swept the entire country this year. In 1920 there were 25,000.000 families In the United States, 11,400,000 of whom owned their own homes. This amount has been enormously Increased, however, as there was a gain of 71 per cent in permits for one-family houses in 1921 and this year will show a greater gain, it is anticipated. Strikes No Block to Building. “It is important that in the face of various obstacles the building Indus try during the year of 1922 has been able to show such a marvelous growth. When we consider the many serious strikes and the general nnrest that ex ists abroad, it is truly remarkable that bo much new building has been done this year. It demonstrates the funda mental strength of American business as nothing else can do, and the figures which have Just been quoted should be a note of optimism to the entire busi ness world. "However, it Is even more impor tant that there has been such a large increase in home ownership in the United States. This is one of the best proofs that Americans are coming to understand the value of thrift, for no phase of thrift is as significant of right thinking and right living by the public as home ownership. “The total amount of money spent so far this year for buildings of busi ness and Industrial types has been $650,000,000.” SWALLOW TRAVELS FAR Birds Binged in England Are Found In South Africa. The sixth swallow ringed and re leased In England to be ultimately re captured In South Africa has been reported to Mr. H. F. Wltberby, orni thologist and student of bird migra tion. The swallow in question was ringed as a nestling near Windsor, Berkshire, on August 20, 192 On January 8, 1922, the bird was caught by Mr. Eg bert Greef in the kitchen window of his house at Bradnek, Jansenvllle, in I the Cape Province. The Journeys made by the five others | t^ilch have been recaptured were from ; Staffordshire to Natal, Ayrshire to the Orange Free State, Lancashire to j Cape Province, Yorkshire to East Gri qnaland and Stirlingshire to the Tran#- I vaaL Mr. Wltherby’s ringing scheme em braces also starlings and various other birds. Baby Drown* In Buekat of Sour Milk. Falling bead first Into a bucket of ! •our milk, Morris Bchwichtenberg, . eighteen months old, was drowned at I Monroe, Mich. a — ■ Uncommon Sense OHN BLAKE I ■ -=■ REAL COURAGE To be feared of a thing and yet do It. la what makes the prettiest kind of a man.—Robert Louis Stevenson. IF YOU have read "Kidnapped" you remember the quotation. It was spoken by Alan Breck after the boy, David, had stood for a minute terri fied on the brink of a roaring torrent, and then, still sick with the feur of It, leaped across. To Alan Breck, the leap meant lit tle. it required no courage for him to make it. for he knew very little of fear. But for the boy. who did the thing he feared as he feared death. It was a real act of heroism. The only real courage consists In doing the thing we are afraid to do. The hulking prizefighter of the John Sullivan type, who has as much Im agination as a grizzly bear, Is not brave. He Is sure he is going to win. It takes no courage to go into a win ning fight. The bully Is never brave. In fact he Is always a coward. Feeling sure thnt his superior size will carry him through, he picks quarrels as a pleas ant method of passing his time. But this same bully Into the ring with a large hungry tiger, face him with a man who look* as if he en joyed shooting bullies ns much ns the bully enjoys thrashing his physical Inferiors, and all tne courage oozes out of the bully. You will never know whether you are brave or not till you find yourself Iri n position where you are afraid to do something that ought to be done. If you do It, you have courage. If you shrink from It and quit, you have not. Never mistake a physical willing ness to take a chance, to attempt some dangerous thing for the kind of cour age that counts. It is not a brave hut a very foolish man who walks a tight rope over Niagara falls, it Is a brave man, who not wanting to die, and knowing thnt an operation may send him out or the world, cheertTilly goes to the table, to take the one chance that may mean his continued support of his wife or his dependents. Often the timid school boy, who fears to quarrel, and tries his best to keep his peace with his fellows, gets the name #f coward. But when this same boy has to fight for what he thinks is his honor, or to save a little boy from a bully, he becomes a very I dangerous fighter. Real courage Is not daunted by pain. The boy or the man who fights when j he Is afraid to, stops being afraid of anything, pain, or a black eye, or punishment. He fights because he has courage, and he usually wins. There is more real courage In this world than you fancy. It Is behind all great achievement. If you have It, you are fortunate. But don’t be sure, either that you have or that you haven't it till you have done or re fused to do something you were afraid to do. (Copyright.) -O THE CHEERFUL CHERUB I Hive i cirvier irs rrvy eye, A feeling tHlt I rr>vcH despise-. eyes. fiTC*'"1 MARJORIE : Tl/TARJORIB, sometimes spelled ^ Margery, Is one of the many ^popular derivatives of Margaret, which 'has gained a place of its own as a separate name. Since It was evolved from Margaret It necessarily signifies “pearl” and was taken from‘the Per sian term for the Jewel. When Margaret was subjected to the Influence of other countries and became Marguerite In France; Mar gherlta In Italy and Spain, the Scotch favorite was the lilting name of Mar jorie. Margaret Ethel took it to the land of the thistle and seems to have contrived to make It almost the na tional Scottish name. Margaret gained vogue In Englana through the famous Margaret of Anjou, Margaret Beau fort, mother of Henry VII, and her granddaughter Margaret Tudor. But the oldest of all derivatives Is Marjorie. Bruce's daughter Is perhaps the most famous of the Scottish wom en so called. It was readily contract ed to Maisle—who does not recull “proud Maisle” of the ballad? The surname Marjoribanks was derived from the barony of Raltio granted to Marjorie Bruce on her marriage with the high steward of Scotland. Mar gery also flourished in Scotland where the little poem originated: "My sister Margery, gentle May, Took all my little bones away.” May Is an endearment evolved from Marjorie and Margaret. Edward Sted man wrote a poem combining the two names which runs: “One can never quite forget Eye■ like yours, May Margaret, Eyes of dewy violet. Nothing like them, Margaret, ftive the blossoms nswly bon Of the May and of the morn." •*Our cares are the mothers, not only of our charities and virtues, but of our best Joys and most cheering and enduring pleasures." WHAT TO EAT TF ONE has an old fashioned Scotch kettle with an Iron cover there are so many toothsome dishes which may be prepared by cooking In It. Chicken, the ordinary fried chicken, never tastes half so appetizing us when It Is cooked In this little Iron kettle, covered so tightly that all the flavors and Juices are caught and stay In the delicious morsels of tender rns-at I'ut the chicken with a little butter and sweet lurd mixed Into the hot kettle and stir until each piece Is lightly browned, then add a table spoonful of water, cover tightly and cook slowly, adding a tablespoonful of water occasionally as It Is needed when the meat gets brown. The secret of this kind of cooking Is In keeping as little water as possible to steam and cook the meat. Each piece will be moist, brown, and well conked. The seasoning is added when the chicken has lieen first browned. Pot roast of beef, veal, pork or mut j ton are delicious cooked in this kettle In the same way. _ ~ Parsnips. Cook fresh hard parsnips In boiling salted water until tender. Peel and cut In halves, lengthwise. In a fry I Ing pan have u tablespoonful or two of bacon or other sweet fat, lay in the parsnips, sprinkle lightly with sugar, salt and a dash of cayenne and brown on both sides. Another way of serving parsnips Is to cook them until tender, mash and drop a spoonful Into a fritter hatter; when coated, fry In deep fat. Serve hot with roast. Broiled Finnan Haddle. Soak tlie fish twenty minutes In warm water, drain and dry thorough ly. Brush with melted butter and broil until browned on both sides. Transfer to a hot platter on which has been poured a cupful of cream or white sauce. Set into the oven a minute to heat the cream and serve hot with baked potatoes. Southern Crullers. Beat together one egg and one-half cupful of sugar, then add one-half cup ftil of sour cream, one-half teaspoonfol of soda and two to three cupfuls of flour, with a little salt. Flavor to taste; roll out as soft as possible. Chill before rolling and less flour will be needed to handle. Copyright, 1922, Western Newspaper Union. -() WHY O DO WE “SEE STARS’’ _ WHEN HIT ON HEAD^ U1 ACU of the Uve senses—sight, hearing, feeling, taste and touch— hus Its special set of nerves through which sensations are recorded In the brain. With the exception of the nerves of touch, which extend to all parts of the body, these perform spe cial functions for certain Individual organs—the nerves of sight being con nected with the eye, those of smell with the nose, those of taste with the mouth and those of hearing with the j ears. Whenever the brain receives a sud den shock, such us would follow a blow on the head, the vision-nerves are disturbed in such a way as to produce the effect of seeing flushes of light or “stars," as the resultant Im pression is usually called. The ex tremely sensitive eye-nerves cannot be Jarred without producing this effect of light—while a severe blow will often react In a similar manner upon the nerves of hearing, thus leading the person who Is struck to Imagine that he Is listening to odd unusual sounds. (Copyright) At the left Peter lJfuck, Jr., of Prince Itupert, B. C„ stands beside the ; base of his radiophone aerial tower— at the right, he poses at the top of the 120-foot wooden structure to show his nerve. The tower, which the fifteen-year-old boy built himself stands upon the roof of his father's hotel (n British Columbia. So powerful Is his set that he frequently hears Honolulu, while listening In to Seattle—500 miles away—or even to San Francisco, 1,300 miles away, Is his regular evening di version. The boy has been a radio fan since the age of six and the building of the tower as well as every detail of In stallation Is all his own. He also built an airplane recently —but his father will not let him fly It—yet. t k ! * ; Malcolm Work* * ; Hi* Way I — ii I By JANE OSBORN J h........_...-—a (© by McClurr Newspaper Syndicate.) “Oh, snakes!" said Tom Hlggens, J with resigned disgust, glancing at the leaves of a Uttle black notebook that ; he hud Just taken from his coat pocket. Malcolm Gimson, sprawled out on , a hummock on the wide veranda of the Alpha Beta house, looked up with some Interest. “What's biting you, Higg?" Is the way he showed his sympathy. “Two engagements for the same I time. Yffu Be- I’ve got to pay my i : own expenses this year. Dad’s sail- I Ing close to the wind. So I got next to the student help committee and, hang It all, I somehow promised to see two people at the same time this afternoon about some work. There’s a lady willing lo give me board and lodging and a little money for what I can do mornings and evenings. You see, I can’t board at the frat house here. I cun’t afford It. Then there's a Job with one of the sight-seeing bus companies. You know, to go along and spiel through the megaphone two or three times a week. Somehow I ar ranged to see them both ut four this afternoon. SnakeB!” Malcolm sat up, Btretched and yawned. “I’ll look Into one of the jobs. There’s no nourishment sitting around here, and 1 haven’t anything to do till after my first class tomorrow morning.” “Well, suppose you go see the lady. Just size up the job. If this sight seeing Job falls through I might be glad to take It." Again Tom consult ed his little n' teboook. “It’s a lady named Mrs. Gregory Glnner, 80 Park lane. I’ll do something decent for you Borne day, maybe.” At four promptly that September afternoon Malolm Gimson appeared at the front door of the house of Greg ory Glnner In I’ark lane. Emma Gin ner opened the door and smiled and blushed u little, showing that. In spite of herself, she was a good deal Inter ested in students, even when* they were, or were -opposed to be, of the : "self-help" variety. Emma ushered Malcolm Into the family living room, as being more appropriate than the front drawing mom, and went to “tell mamma.” Mali olm watched the slen der figure eagerly as It withdrew down the hall. Mentally lie made a note that here was the girl he wanted to take to his junior ball. He had always rather Inclined toward spirited bru nettes, but his preference suddenly swerved over to the rather shy blonde type. Mrs. Glnner soon appeared, an un affected, motherly sort of woman. She explained that since the hoys were away and Mr Ginner was so much taken up with business, they wunted to have a young man In the family to look after tl' furnace nights and morning, to trtie enre of the walks and lock up nights when Mr. Ginner was away. They kept one maid, und there were little things around the house that the hoys used to do before they went away. He could have a room on the third floor that one of the lihys had had. Mrs. Glnner was sure he’d he comfortable. He was Just the sort of boy she'd like, reminded her of one of her own sons— Malcolm was about to say that he was looking up the position for a friend, hut he was Interrupted by I Emma, “llut he doesn’t look a bit like Fred,” she said. "Fred has light hair and blue eyes and your eyes are brown, aren’t they?" she said, turning ! to Malcolm. Malcolm grinned and said they were. “Well, goodness, but your eyes are sharp,” said Mrs. Glnner, laughing, to her daughter. "I hadn’t had time to notice what < olor his eyes really were —all I mean Is that he Is the sort of \ hoy that our boys are—Mr.—’’ she looked up to Malcolm. “What did you say your name was?” “Malcolm Gimson,” he said, “but—” “Mr. Glim on,” she smiled, “hut I suppose well all he calling you Mal colm before long.” She quick'v said something about the rate of payment for extra work, but Malcolm did not heed this. He was so Intent on watching little Emma, who seemed lovelier every time he looked at her. “Now, I guess everything Is agreed on,” Mrs. Glnner was saying. “You can send your trunk and tilings tomor row morning. The room is ready. 1 am sure well get along well. Mr. Gin ner has no end of admiration for a boy that is plucky enough to work big own; way through college.” Mr. Glnner, thought M.lcolm Glmsoc —why, yes, that was the fat father of the incomparable Emma, his own fa tber-ln-law some day. And lie admired: boys who worked their way through I college; perlmpe he would be more In i dined to accept him us a son-in-law 11 lie did work for himself Instead of tak i ing the allowance that came so regu tally and freely from tils Uyclt I Roger. “All right,” said Malcolm, rising an< making for the door. “I’ll he hen i tomorrow,” Torn was waiting In the founge ot the fraternity house for his friend “No housework Jobs for me." he sail j Joyfully. “And I’ll make enough or j this sight-seeing Job to he able to llvtl at the frat house. It was fine of yoi , to look up that other Job. If I’d gont I would have missed out on this. s< I you see you sort of saved my life ■ ——— Twin* Look Alik* to Mother. Baltimore, Md.—Edwin and Milton Gosiorowski are twin sons of Mrs. : Pblllplna Gosiorowski. Edwin got lost. His mother left him on a street car. j Mrs. Gosiorowski rushed to the police j station, .but could not remember which of the twins was lost, so rfhe hurried home to ask the other which be waa. He said he was Milton, so an alarm was spread for Edwin. Two hours later he was found. I Wlint sort of time did you have? I suppose you can just phone the folks that something else has turned up." “No,” said Malcolm, ‘TIB going to ■take the Job myself, if you don't want It.” “You take a Job?” shouted Tom. “You, the richest fellow In the frat, with a trust fund of goodness knows how much and no folks at home to tell how to spend It—” “Oh, of course IJiave a little money. But still there are hitches sometimes. Well, the fact Is, 1 liuve my own par ticular reason for wanting to eurn my own way this winter." So In a day or two It was bruited about through the fraternity and final ly all about the campus that Malcolm I Glrason had lost his money but was taking It like a brick and not saying how It huppfnttl. Meantime lie moved away from fte^rat •house, went hack only for theV^gBfily meetings and was looked upon “darned good sport,” to he willing to take u housework Job rather than chuck college entirely. Meantime Malcolm Glfusou fell more deeply and deeply In love. Fie decided that the time to tell the charming Emma of his sentiment was at the Junior ball. By Christmas he had asked her If she would go to the ball with him and was Infinitely re lieved when she accepted, with the entire approval of her mother. Then came a telegyam from Mal colm's uncle and guardian, Huger Smith, who had apparently decided to travel five hundred miles to visit his nephew. It was disturbing and Mal colm did not conceal from the Glnner family that he was disturbed. “I'm asking an enormous favor," he said to Mrs. Glnner. “He’ll he here only a day—while be Is here would you mind letting me pretend that I am boarding here, not working? I'll ex plain It all sometime.” Mrs. Glnner agreed, but later was puzzled over the request. If the uncle believed that the boy were not working then It must he tlint he had enough money sent him to make it unnecessary; If he had the money, what did he do with it? Perhaps he had lost money gambling or something, and wus work ing to pay a debt of honor. It was too much for the easy-going Mrs. Oln ner. So she kindly asked Malcolm to Invite the uncle to a family dinner at which every one, Including Mr. Gln ner himself, would be primed to treat Malcolm like a paying boarder. But something very unexpected hap pened at dinner that night. Mr. Gin- i ner recognized In Roger Smith his very dear, old college friend. “If I’d known that my nephew was boarding with the family of my old friend, how happy I should have : | been.” “You certainly ought to have been j congratulated on having a nephew i willingly work his way through col- 1 lege even when he has no money," j 1 said Mr. Glnner. "Works his way!” exclaimed Mr. Smith, and then there had to be ex planations. Mr. Glnner had forgotten | i for a moment the instructions of his wife. Then nil eyes turned on poor, em barrassed Malcolm. “Well, now the cat’s out of the bag," laughed the uncle, “why don’t j you tell us why you did Itr’ Malcolm looked very Intently at Emma and Emma blushed. “Because,” said Malcolm, looking first straight Into the eyes of Mr. Gln ner and then at his uncle, “because the first time I came on an errand for 1 a friend of mine, I decided that I want ed to—to—take Emma Glnner to the Junior ball—” “Wanted to take her to the Junior ball!” mocked the uncle good na- ! turedly. “Why don’t you he frank j and say you decided you wunted to mnrry her?” There was a little startled cry from | Emma and a gasp from Mr. Glnner. ! “That Is what I might have said, sir,” said Malcolm very solemnly. Then there was an awkward silence and j then dinner progressed and every one was very merry. That evening a little later Malcolm went on his accustomed trip to the j cellar to tend fires and, Emma fol- ' lowing his whispered Injunctions, went with him. Standing In the coal bln together they plighted their troth, and five mlnuteR later back in the family living room craved their families' blessings. “The Death Wave.” That the ninth wave of the ocean Is more powerful and overwhelming than the preceding eight. Is a super stition which existed In Ovid’s time (before the birth of Jesus Christ). Today the fishermen of England speak of this wave as the "death wave.” Others claim that the tenth wave Is roost to he feared. In Scotland they believed a distempered cow could he cured by being washed In nine surfs, while the fishermen of Iceland say that there are three great waves which follow in succession, In which It is highly dangerous to launch boats. A legend of St. Patrick says the waves are caused by serpents which the saint Inclosed In a box when he cast them out of Ireland. The mystic numbers 3, 0 and JO seem to have been gener ally used In connection with the ex- j planatlon of things among the ancient* which were not easily understood. How the Aphis Breeds. The amazing fecundity of the hop aphis Is reported by the Smithsonian Institution. The mother aphis pro duces 18 generations In a year. As each generation contains on an average j of one hundred Individuals, It Is re-: vealed that her progeny—barring destruction from the nttncks of ene mies and other natural causes—will number well Into ten sextllllon aphids annually. Gladstone and Manning. Manning's conversion to Rome was the Everest blow that ever befell me. In a late letter the cardinal termed It a quarrel, but In my reply I told him It was not a quarrel but a death. Since then there have been vicissitudes. But I am quite certain that to the Inst his personal feelings never changed; and I believe also that he kept a promise made In 1851 to remember me before God at the most solemn moments; a promise which I greatly valued.—W. B. Gladstone to a friend after Cardi nal Manning's death. *:♦ ❖ |Otto J. Bauman! 4% 4% JL Is the laical Candidate t y y * County Treasurer ❖ - BECAUSE A X 1. He has been Chief %♦ Deputy County Treas- ♦♦♦ urer for the past six years and deserves ^ promotion. ^ 2. His yeasr of financial «,♦* and business training ^ especially qualify him J to conduct an econom- V ical and efficient ad- V ministration. A 3. He is thoroughly hon- ♦ est and faithful to V Public trust. ♦$» 4. 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