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Little Beauty
Among History’s
Great Charmers
Adela Rogers St. John in Smart Set
Magazine.
Of the 12 greatest women whose
Influence over men has won them
places in history, only three were
really beauties; four were so plain
that they verged on ugliness; the
other five were only so-so as to
looks. And Cleopatra, first charmer
of the lot, was probably the most
unattractive physically.
Beauty alone runs a poor race
against brains where woman’s con
quest of man is concerned. By brains
I mean a woman’s ability to keep
a man charmed by joyous compan
ionship, subtle flattery and interest
in his ambitions—not a display of
intellectual attainments.
Four “Ugly Ducklings”
Here are the four ugly ducklings
who won their niches in romantic
history despite their handicaps:
Cleopatra, who charmed Caesar
and Anthony to win a kingdom;
Catherine the Great, the obscure
German princess who gained the
Russian throne through h— love of
Orlolf and Potemkin; George Sand,
the mannish authoress who en
chanted half the artists of her time,
and Queen Elizabeth, whose influ
ence over men carried the British
flag to world-wide empire.
The three beauties on the list are
Emma Hamilton, who rose from ob
scurity to titles and the love of Lord
Nelson; Marry, queen of Scots, and
Isabella d'Este, the inspiration of
Raphael and Michelangelo.
Wouldn't Impress Ziegfield
These five would hardly get a sec
ond look from Florenz Ziegfield;
Mona Lisa, the flame of Leonardo
da Vinci’s life; Peggy O'Neal, who
influenced the White House both
during Andrew Jackson’s and Van
Buren’s administrations; Ninon de
l’Enclos, for 50 years the most influ
ential woman of France; Beatrice
d’Este, duchess of Milan, and per
haps the greatest feminine diplo
mats, and Mme. J5u Barry.
The advantage of beauty in all of
their cases was so slight as to be
practically negative. Cleopatra, ac
cording to the most eminent histori
ans and on the evidence of the
sculptors and painters of that day—
who would not be apt to paint her
less lovely than she was—could not
lay the slightest claim to beauty.
Her nose was too long, she •*ras
very small, and when Caesar first
met her in her 16th year, inclined
to be skinny, although she had a
lively, active grace.
BADGER FOLKS
AND FOIBLES
"It was back in the fall of 1840,
almost 90 years ago, that the first
public school of the state was built
at Mineral Point in response to the
clamor of citizens for something to
be done in the line of education,
according to the accounts in the his
tory of Iowa county,” writes J. H.
Lewis, of the Madison Journal.
“The building, 27 by 30 feet, with
a 12-foot ceiling, was built of red
brick and stone at a cost of about
$500, not counting the plastering,
which was done later.
“No slate for the blackboard was
available or, if available, was too
costly, so a substitute was provided.
Along two sides of the room were
placed troughs. 18 inches wide,
filled with sand. And on the
smooth surface of the sand the
youngsters of early Mineral Point
wrote their A. B, C's and their mul
tiplication tables.
"And over the sand trough black
board efforts of the first pupils
John Heaton presided.
“The school only lasted five years,
however, for enlargement and im
I.indberg National Park.
From Milwaukee Journal.
The spot where Lindbergh took
off for his Paris flight is made into
a national park by a grou of New
York business men who have ac
quired it. This means that a per
manent memorial will appear on
Roosevelt field to an American
youth who, by a single feat of in
comparable daring and skill, elec
trified America and the world.
But Lindbergh did more than
that. He really ushered in a new
age that had just been waiting for
someone to stand sponsor for it.
The beginning of popula» interest in
aviation dates from that morning
when our first American youth rose
Vacation
Everybody ought to have a vaca
tion.
Keeping everlastingly at it. brings
success. It also brings, stagnation.
It would be better to lay off once
in a while as ycu go along than to
lay off permanently pretty soon.
The most efficient people who can
hit the line the hardest are those
that can let go the most complete
ly.
The art of being at your best most
of the time is also the art of relax
ing seme of the lime.
Vacation ought to be arranged if
possible so that cur activities will
be entirely different from the usual
ones. President Coolidge set a good
example of this. He goes back to
the primitive art of fishing and
country life, the furthest possible
removed from his highly complicated
job as president.
If ycu are a city worker get some
old clothes and go to the country.
Lie on the ground, bask in the sun,
bathe in the water and give nature
a chance.
No matter how much we are high
ly developed souls we are basically
bodies. We may be thinking ani
mals. but we are animals. We are
not disembodied spirits.
The thing from which we need
most a vacation is worry or care.
The most highly productive land
needs an occasional spell of lying
fallow. Tiie colt reeds to run out
in the pasture and l;iek his heels
c-nce in awhile. All animal creation
ne'ds periods of repose.
The ability to do nothing effec
tively and perfectly Ls nor. a sign of
weakness, but an indication of
strength.
Good sleepers ere the healthy peo
ple. It is abnormal and diseased and
defective people that have insomnia.
It was said of Naocleon that he
cou’d lie down any time of the day
or night and go to sleep immediate
ly
All of us are the better off who
take w’fuge once in awhile in the
normal and healthv animalities.
Charles Spurceon safd that exces
sive spirituality is akin to sensuali
ty.
So we don't want to be excessive
ly good all Ihe ^mc. Not that our
recess should be sinful, but occasion
ally we should be non-moral, not
immoral. We shouldn’t string our
selves up to the highest pitch all the
time.
When Esop was found playing w'th
bevs. he was acl*"d w'-’ br n crown
man, did so. He replied by saving
that a bow shot botier if occasion
allv it were unstrung.
Grown people as well as youths
should learn how to play.
Delayed Cutting Found Aid to Alfalfa Crop
Manhattan. Kan.,—Delayed cut
ting of alfalfa is beneficial rather
than iniurious to the stand, the
Kansas State Agricultural college has
determined by an experiment that
lasted eight years.
Upsetting a notion generally h'dd
by farmers, the experiment also
shows that frequent cutting is det
rimental to the stand.
Too much delay in cutting, how
ever, reduces the quality of the hay.
Observations cf feeding results show
that the best alfalfa for beef steers
is cut in the bud stage, but t.he cut
ting tests proved the cutting of the
crop so early decreases th"' vi^or of
tho plants, reduces the stand and
permits the encroachment of v.-?ds.
"To keep a field cf alfalfa,” rays
S. C. Salmon, professor of farm
crops, “it is not advisable to cut con
tinuously or even generally earlier
than 10th bloom. On t.he other
hand, it is doubtful if the differ
ence in yield in favor cf full blocm
cutting is sufficien* to justify delav,
especially in view of the noorer qual
ity of the hay. Wh°re the cron ran
be harvested prrmntly a safe pirn is
to permit, the alfalfa to reach tlr*
one-fourth or ore-half bloom stage.”
provements made in 1844 so ex
hausted the exechequer of the dis
trict that it could not afford to
continue the enterprise.
"This first public school super
seded a ‘select’ school conducted by
Robert Boyer and supported by sub
scriptions. There were other pri
vate schools in and near Mineral
Point at the time also. The Boyer
school was a large log cabin.
"The first Wisconsin educational
convention was held on October 16.
1845, with an attendance of such
notables as George F. McGoun,
principal of the old Platteville acad
emy; Mortimer M. Jackson, young
Mineral Point lawyer, and the Rev.
Lewis Loss, of Beloit.
“The Mineral Point convention
initiated organization for keeping
the questions of common schools
before the people. It resulted in
county conventions being held to
appoint delegates to a territorial
convention at Madison. January 15,
1846, two years before the state was
admitted to the union.”
ANOTHER VANISHING AMERI
CAN.
FrQm the Christian Science Monitor.
Within another decade, perhaps
less, the covered wooden bridge, with
its atmosphere of charm and ro
mance, will probably be a thing of
the past. Like “Old Dobbin," it has
seen its best days, has done its work
faithfully in the service of mankind,
and is now prepared to give way
completely before the demands of
progress which necessitate more
durable and stronger materials in
bridge and highway construction.
Last November’s flood took heavy
toll of the wooden arches in Ver
mont. This has resulted in an ac
tive season of bridge building. Un
triumphant in the air. As time re
cedes from that flight we see this
more clearly. That is why the Lind
bergh vogue has not passed as many
predicted that it would. They said
his fame would be fleeting; instead
it has mounted. And men are ready,
even before he is out of his youth
fulness. to make permanent their
Honors to him.
Of course this opportunity in its
entirety could come but once. Oth
er fliers may sail the Atlantic, they
may hold steady to their course,
through storm and fog, the great
planes of the future that carry a
hundred passengers, but they can
not by doing that write their
names where Lindbergh wrote his. ,
der normal conditions the cld
bridges would probably have bren
displaced sooner or later by modern
structures. But the process would
have been a slow and ea v cne, for
the covered wooc'en bridges, al
though sending out more than the
usual number of creaks and rat
tles, were, for the most part, good
for many more years.
As the motorist speeds along tire
roads of the Green Mountain state
he notes reconstruction going on
everywhere. There is no need to
argue the advantages of steel and
concrete in the building of reads end
highways in that state. Everyone
will admit them, even those who
take the greatest delight in all
things pertaining to the cld fash
ioned. Bumping through or over the
old structures has a fascination, to
be sure, but the enjoyment of snecd
ing over smooth, safer, well surfaced
and more substantial crossing is
far more in keeping with an advanc
ing ace. This rapid and radical
changing from the old to the new
is bound to result in a greater, rn- re
progressive and more accessible Ver
mont.
However, the passing of so many
of the covered variety during the
last year is not without its reminis
cent side. These silent, wooden sen
tinels. standing at their posts m
somber vigil for many years, des'ive
at lea -t a word of farewell before
they finally take their nlaces in the
category of things which number
among them the one-horse shay and
the bicycle built for two.
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Q. Did anv negroes hold property
before the Civil war? M. G.
A. Many slaves had been freed
and had acquired property before
the Civil war.
This high place goes to the path
finder alone: it. has been so since
the days of Columbus. The name of
Lindbergh, it well may be, will out
live that of many great generals
and statesmen.
Q. What is a main-gauchc? F, E.
T.
A. The word is French and trans
lated literally means lelt hand. It
is the namp, however, given to a
dagger which was held in the left
hand while the right hand held a
rapier. In combats of the 15th and
16th century, this was used to parry
the thrust* of the adversary's ra
pier.
Eskimos “Mine” Ivory
Left by Ancestorr
Ancient fossil Ivory valued at
|50,000 came South on the first
boat from No; e this season. The
Ivory on board represented an unin
tentional bequest from the long de
ceased Eskimos to the present gen
eration. The natives from time Im
memorial feasted on walrus and the
tusks, having no value, were tossed
aside.
These piles accumulated, especially
on the St I/«vrrence and the Pribllcf
Islands, during the centuries.
Then white men come north with
trading schooners and bought freshly
killed walrus Ivory. The Eskimos,
remembering the wasteful habits af
their ancestors, promptly began sink
ing miner on the sites of ancient
camps. Each summer they dig out
thousands of dollars' worth of fossil
Ivory, valuable because of Its deep
coloring and extreme hardness.
Church’s Great Periods
With much diversity of opinion or
minor points, there Is a general agree
ment In dividing the history of the
church Into three great periods. The
first, from the birth of Christ to the
time of Constantine: the second, from
that epoch to the Reformation; and
third, from the Reformation to th?
present time.
WHAT DR. CALDWELL
LEARNED IN 47
YEARS PRACTICE
A physician watched the results of
eonstijwtion for 47 years, and believed
that no matter how careful people are of
their health, diet and exercise, constipa
tion will occur from time to time. Of
next importance, then, is how to treat
it when it comes. Dr. Caldwell always
was in favor of getting as close to nature
as possible, hence his remedy for consti
pation, known as Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup
Pepsin, is a mild vegetable compound.
It can not harm the systea. and is not
habit forming. Syrup Pepsin is pleasant
tasting, and youngsters love it.
Dr. Caldwell did not approve of
drastic physics and purges. He did not
believe they were good for anybody’s
system. In a practice of 47 years he
never saw any reason for their use when
Syrup Pepsin will empty the bowels just
as promptly.
Do not let a day go by without a
bowel movement. Do not sit and hope,
but go to the nearest druggist and get
one of the generous bottles of Dr. Cald
well's Syrup Pepsin, or write “Syrup
Pepsin,” Dept. BB, Monticello. Illinois,
for free trial bottle.
Ode to Bossie
"What rhymes with zephyr?”
•‘Heifer."
“Do you think I am writing a poem
to a •cow?”—Louisville Courier-Jour
nal.
People as well as animals have
“protective coloration,” but its not
bushing.
w Kill Rats
Without Danger
A New Exterminator that la
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lea* to human being*, live
gtorV. dog*, eats, poultry, yrt is guaranteed
to kill rats and mice every lime.
AtoM Dsafftroui Poisons
K-R-O does not contain arsenic, phosphor
ous, turiura carbonate cr any other dendly
poison. Its active ingredient is squill as rec
ommended by the U. S. Dept. of Agricul
turc in thdi latest bulletin on “ Rat Control.”
Many letter* testify to the great merit of
K-R-O. “One of toy curtemer* put out a
package of k-R-O and the neat morning ha
jacked up S2 full grown tsts. Hi* doe not a ki - > 1
portion oi to-' k-R-O bait but ir did not nur%
him.—The Out Pharmacy, Sparta. iuu. 1
SOLO ON MONET-BACK CUAEAN
TAB. 7.V at your druggist or direct from u*
at $1.00 delivered. Large size (four times aa
much! $2.00. K-R-0Co.,Span;; held, Ohkt.
KILLS-RATS-ONLY
Annual Fire Losses
It Is estimated by (.'Iicries H. Meigs
fire commissioner of New York, tlint
there are two human lives and $30,
000 worth of property destroyed by
tire In the United States every hour.
The total fire loss for the month of
January, 1928, was In excess of $t.’t,
000,000, or about $5,000,000 ahead of
January. 1027. Our lire losses in
192G were double what they were In
1910 and three times v.hnt they were
In 1915. Our annual tire losses total
nearly $500,000,000.
Basket as Elevator
High seas prevented the use of the
companion ladder when passengers
wished to hoard the liner “Llando
very” at Port Elizabeth, South Africa,
recently, so a large basket was low
ered from a derrick and the travelers
swung to the deck without difficulty.
The co .tniner was fashioned like m
elevator car.—Popular Mechanics Mag
azine.
Valuable Fi~d
A $200,000 sandalwood forest has
been found In the jungle region of
Knmknchally, India. The Musore
government has granted $3,600 for
collection and transportation of the
wood, which It It estimated will
amount to GOO tons, worth 000,000
rupes, or about $210,000.
Not a Medical Case
Crawford—My wife has hud a sink
ing spell.
Dobbs—Nonsense! You can’t be
lieve what these doctors tell you.
Crawford—But a doctor didn't tell
me. It was a lifeguard at the bathing
pooL.
That Settled It
Aviator—The engine’s stalled and a
wing’s off,
I’assenger (on first flight and nerv
ous)—Thank goodness! Now we can
go down.
Trees as History Books
The Tlingit Indians of the North
west, authentically the totem pole
tribe, carved their histories on poles
which required entire tree trunks.—
Woman's Home Companion.
You can be so polite to a man as
to make him dislike you.
A flonting debt isn’t necessarily a
light one.
Who's Mictakc?
Guest—Who is that awful-tookh
frump over there?
Host—Why1, that’s my wife.
Guest—Oh—cr—beg pardon. Mj
mistake.
Host—No; mine.—Yorkshire Post.
UMHMIlAV WmflWWiMSWWlI
T HERE Is nothing that has ever
taken the place of Bayer Aspirin as
an antidote for pain. Safe, or physi
cians wouldn't use it, and endorse its
use by others. Sure, or several mil
lion users would have turned to some
thing else. But get real Bayer As, .irin
(at any drugstore) with Bayer on the
box, and the word genuine printed in
red:
Aspirin la
the trade-park of
Barer Mlimfnctnre
of UoDoacetlcacldcater of Sallerlieactd
SIOUX CITY PTG. CO., NO. 37--192&
Censored
Mrs. Swift—This new bathing suit
of mine is a poem.
Husband—Well, It's unfit for pub
lication.—Sydney Bulletin.
Qualifying v
"Can I rent a flat? I have thn
fretful children."
"That pnrt will he all right. no
loud Is your IoHd speaker?”
Of course you’re
going to hear
Hoover and Smith
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