Man Holds Quilting Championship
aCGRES OF COVETED PRIZES TESTIFY lO PHILADELPHIAN’S
SKILL
Two of Charles Pratt’s prize quilts, shown with him in this picture,
• re the “Ninety and Nine,” consist ing of 19,868 small squares of silk
put tojether by his own hands, and (in his lap) the “American Legion
Quilt” of 15,873 pieces.
By NEA Service
Philadelphia, — The champion
quilter, not only of this country,
but of the whole world, is a man.
He has 393 prizes to his credit, as
well as 200 letters which testify
to his supremacy in his chosen
field. He goes from place to place,
from state to state, to exhibit his
prize quilts.
Charles Pratt is the name of this
quilt expert. He is 76, and dur
ing his entire life he has been in
terested in the printing and de
signing end of textile work. Prat
has never been a weaver, but he
has had all sorts of experience in
the field of design.
Coming oveT from Manchester,
England, where he was born of
Scotch-Irish parentage in 1853.
Mr. Pratt arrived in New York
in 1886. He lived there for sev
eral years and worked as a fore
man carpet printer in a textile fac
tory. He saw to the work of
choosing the color shadings, sizes
of designs, and arrangements for
patterns in rugs when designs for
them were made.
All the time he was superin
tending the making of carpet de
signs he was progressing in the
perfection of his hobby, quilting.
His wife co-operatea with him on
the first large quilt he ever com
pleted. It had for its subject the
Lamb of Peace, and the Pratts
Haste Made Waste After
Two-Way Auto Crash
San Francisco —(UP)— Rein
hold Lange, chef, decided he had
better get away from the scene of
an accident after his car had
struck that of Bert Illingworth,
injuring three occupants of the
later machine, as quickly as pos
sible.
He drove away as rapidly as he
could. Illingworth reported, but a
short distance away he crashed
into another automobile.
This time he started away on
foot He ran toward a high fence,
started to scale it, fell, and borke
his leg. Police found him there,
and booked him on hit run
charges after taking him ti emer
genck hospital.
Surgeon Completes
15,000 Operations
Shamokin. Pa., —(UP)— Dr.
George Reese, Sr., dhief surgeon
of Shamokin State hospital, com- !
pleted his 15,000 the tonsil and
adenoid operation here without a
fatality.
The record covered a period of
21 years and included patients
from an area 60 miles in radius.
Within three months last year
Dr. Reese operated on 1,400 pa
tients for removal of tonsil and
ademoid growth. In June this
year he performed 433 such oper- |
ations and in a single day oper- j
ated on 78.
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Sacramento River Frogs
May End His Depression
Arbuckie, Cal —(UP)— Frogs
may be the means of ending the
depression for Heine Roberts, he
hopes.
Roberts captured 50 frogs on
the Sacramento river, fenced in
part of his backyard with a high ;
fence and flooded it with water.
A bright electric burns over the
pond at night to attract insects
and thus provide food for the frogs.
Tile frogs are sold in San
Francisco markets.
Pressed Steel House
Sold on Installments
Birmingham, Aia. —(UP)—Pretty
soon now you may be 'buying your
house on the installment plan Just
as you would an outomobile—already
assembbled. And just like that same
automobile it Is likely to have a
trade-in value.
That’s what they’re talking here
In Birmingham. It seems that
someone has proposed making
one-story houses of pressed steel
that come equipped with electric
lights, refrigeration and what-not ,
exhibited it at the Montgomery
County Fair near Philadelphia in
1011.
Exhibit Won Fame for Him
Such acclaim met this exhibit
that Charles Pratt immediately set
to work on another one. This
time Mrs. Pratt refused to help
him because she found the tre
mendous amount of minute work
involved in quilting a large piece
too much of a strain on her eye
sight. In 1916 Mrs. Pratt died
and her husband continued work
ing on his hobby. He never ex
pects to give it up.
Sometimes Charles Pratt finds
it necessary to work as long as
three months on the task of find
ing just what shades should ze
used in a quilt before he sets to
work on putting together the small
perfect pieces of silk. When he
cannot find the right colors of
silk, he has them dyed to his or
der. After Mr. Pratt has com
pleted the design and has assem
bled the pieces of silk of the right
shades, he begins to put the thing
together. The difficult and deli
cp.te problems involved can be
judged from the fact that some of
the pieces of silk are less than one
Inch square.
In addition to his long list of
prizes at fairs and exhibits, this
champion quilter has won nine
diplomas and a gold medal.
[‘Rocketts Red Glare*
This unusual naming flower, shown
as it blossomed over the Washing
ton Monument was part of the
spectacular fireworks display held
recently in the Capital. Sight of
the blazing beauties against the
night sky recalled the heroic words
of the national anthem.
in three-four-five and six-room
sizes.
Steel producers fabricattors, ar
chitects, builders and sociologists
all say that houses built In this
method of steel wold De good
things to have.
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Miami, Fla.—A research profes
sor of the university of Miami n
designed the “vauplane" which
due to partirl vacuum created by
baffle fins, ts said to nave a very
low take-off and landing speeds,
The wing is hollow and open on
top. This opening creates the
racuiun.
MOROCCO WINS
SLUMP FIGHT
Casablanca, Morocco —(UPi —•
Morocco has put up a stubborn
battle against the depression wave
and Its agriculture and Industry
are less seriously affected by the
world's economic crisis than Euro
pean and American countries.
The ambitious building program
elaborated in the spring of 1929,
w'hen the world’s affairs flour
ished. has been cut down only 20
per cent. Casabblanca leads with
an outlay of $11,000,000 for 1932
Instead of $14,000,000, as originally
intended. All these new consruc
tions consist of improved harbor
facilities and skyscraper offices
buildings in the vicinity of the
docks.
Rabat comes next with 3,000,
000, mostly apartment houses;
Meknes, $2,500,000 Fez $1,750,
000, and Oudjda, $500,000.
Unfortunately, there has been
large decreases in the output of
Morocco itolh in the aricultural
and industrial fields.
The 1932 crop will fall about. 25
per cent below that of 1931, while
' sheep and cattle raising are simi
larly affected.
The phosphate production, how
ever, has been more severely hit.
From 1,800,000 tons in 1931, it has
decreased to 900.000 tons in 1932.
A result of the slowing up of
business here has been felt in the
automobile manufacturing trade
of the United States.
Glorifying
Yourself
By Alicia Hart
NEW WRINKLES ON BEAUTIFI
CATION
There are three places where
wrikles usually drop their lines
Around the eyes, between the nose
and the mouth, and straight down
the middle of the forehead! If you
don’t frown or squint, you can
avoid the last of these, but even a
smile that flashes in sudden merri
ment leaves a trace around your
lips.
If you squint, stop wearing an
audacious hat that tilts at the side
of your head, smart though it may
be. Buy one with a brim, and let
it droop protectingly. Brims are
flattering so you won’t be sacri
ficing too much. Rest often. Put
cool compacts on your eyes when
you lie down. You will be sur
prised at the resulting relaxation
which makes lines vanish.
Massage the skin around your
eyes. Use a delicate, light motion
that pats. Stroke the eyelids soft
ly with a gentle motion across from
the nose towards the temple, then
stroke the skin under the eyes.
Start with your nose and move
outward with the same motion.
Use your first two fingers.
Those lines that act as though
they were putting your mouth in
a pair of parenthesis must be
erased. Use an uplifung movement
to banish them. Let your finger
tips tap their way from your
mouthline to pour temple. Whis
tle. Blow bubbles. Puff out your
cheesks. These motions keep your
skin elastic at the same time that
they firm it.
If you haven’t a soap bubble pipe
and think it is a child’s game any
way, just pretend that you are
blowing rainbows into the air.
You needn’t worry for fear they
will break. Your purpose will be
accomplished.
Cultivate an even, happy dispo
sition. Smile instead of frown.
The traces are much more becom«
ing.
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“SPECK.”
'Tis sunset and the sky has donned
A golden evening frock;
It blends with yon bright stubble
field.
And wheat sheaves in the shock.
The dew drenched earth is breath
ing deep;
There comes a sharpened scent
Of summer dust and ripened grain,
And wayside flowers blent.
But something yet the picture lacks.
Where is the hunting dog
That ranged abroad at close of day.
For chase and game agog?
The setter with his feathered tall
All rigid in each joint?
The pointer with uplifted paw,
And freezing to a point?
All gone! Together with the game
That furnished sport and meat.
Yet still I see the ghost of “Speck,"
A-working through the wheat.
—Sam Page.
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WHERE, OH WHERE?
London—Rupert's keepers were a
little lax in watching the pet kan
garoo as he was taking part in a
jungle movie being filmed at
Bushey. The animal leaped out of
the picture, disappeared in the
woods nearby, and couldn’t be
found. Authorities are watching
that Rupert will pay a call to on®
of Uis kin there.
Two Too Late.
From Tit-Bits.
“Give up drink, my man, and
tou will live to over eighty."
“Too late, ma’am.”
“It’s never too late ”
“Yes It is—I'm eighty-two now*
Her Choice.
From Die Muskete.
“Broken off your engagement to
Mary?”
“She wouldn’t have me.”
“You told her about your rich
uncle?”
“Yes. She's my aunt now.” ,
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Forgot Her Wardrobe
Clarice—Can't you stay another
day, Ysobel?
Ysobel—No, Clarice, I didn't re
member to bring a change of gar
ters.
Cost Her $4.25 To
Reduce 65 Pounds
“Worth It,” Miss Bates Says
If you’re young and fat read what
Miss Bates of Beech, Iowa, has to
say about Kruschen Salts—if you
are middle age or old Kruschen
shows you the way to lose fat the
SAFE way.
‘T took one bottle of Kruschen
Salts a month for five months. It
amounted to $4.25 and I reduced 65
lbs. hut it was worth it. Imagine
just 22 years old and weighing what
I did. I could not enjoy myself as
other girls did. f could not get the
clothes I wanted. I think it is won
derful the results Kruschen Salts
give.”
To lose fat the safe, sane way—
take one-half teaspoonful cf Krusch
en In a glass of hot water before
breakfast every morning—eat less
fatty meats, potatoes and sweets—a
jar that coists but a small sum lasts
4 weeks. Get It at any drugstore in
the world—but be sure for your
health’s sake to ask for and get
, Kruschen Salts. It's the little daily
dose that does It.
Altogether Out of It
“Does his wife still play second
fiddle to that other woman?”
“She's not even in the orchestra.”
| Great Indian Dam
Serves Vast Area
The Lloyd barrage at Sukkur, In
dia, took eight years to complete.
The barrage commands an nrea of
8,000,000 acres In Sing, the land ac
tually irrigated by the canals being
0,000,000 acres—500,000 acres more
than the total area of cultivation in
the whole of Egypt. It has cost £3,
500,000 to build, £1,000,000 more than
the Assuan dam.
It carries two mighty bridges
across the Indus, each of them near
ly a mile long. The dam is pierced
by GO openings, each of GO feet span,
between which huge steel gates will
operate.
There are seven large canals, three
of them wider than the Suez canal.
The Itohrl canal, the biggest, is over
205 miles long, with 2,300 miles of
branches and distributaries.
The Centrnl Rice canal has a dis
charge equal to that of the Thames,
while the excavation work done on
the canals was equal to four Suez
canals or 100 Great pyramids. The
irrigated lands will produce an an
nual crop of 2,000,000 tons of grain
and cotton. The complete scheme
of barrage and canals was estimated
to cost £12,000.000.
Wind's Joke on Schoolboy
A whirlwind, sweeping across a Se
attle school playgrounds, scooped up
Jack Thomas from a group of young
sters, hurled him into the air and
dumped him on his face. He was cov
ered with dirt and debris and thor
oughly shaken, but not injured.
Happy Thought
Auto Driver—Have you some of
that gasoline that stops knocking?
Attendant—l'es, sir.
Auto Driver—Then give my wifd
a glass of it.
MercolizedWax
Keeps Skin Young
Get an ounce and use as directed. Fine particles of aaed
skin peel off until all defects such a* pimples, liver
| spots, tan and freckles disappear. Skin is then soft
and velvety. Your face looks years younger. Morcolised
Wa* brings out the hidden beauty of your skin. T§
remove wrinkles use one ounce Powdered Haiolit#
dissolved in ouo-hall pint witch hasel. At dru« storm.
Theory’s Importance
To despise theory is to have tha
excessively vain pretension to do
without knowing what one does, and
to speak without knowing what ona
says.—Fontenelle.
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WL’ILLEASH. Box 867, Sioux City, Iowa.
Sioux City Ptg. Co., No. 33-1932.
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A The University of Wisconsin conducted an extensive survey
A throughout the state to determine what departments of, and
“ /ky to what extent, country weekly newspapers were read. The
investigation disclosed by a house to-house canvass that advertising in these
papers was read by 78.4% of the people in the homes the papers entered. The
figures by classes of readers were: for men on the farm 83.3%; for women on
the farm 78.3%; for men in the towns (39.6%; for women in the towns 82.6%.
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