“Mechanical Brain * That Solves Problems
T*1 IS is the "mechanical Drain”
being completer' at the Moore
school of electrical engineering at
the University of Pennsylvania. The
machine weighs six tons, and was
designed by Oscar Schtick to facili
tate the solving of all problems In
higher mathematics In Jig time. It
Is technically known as a “differ
ential analyser” and Is able to com
plete In IS minutes the work that
would require live mathematical
technicians four months to do.
JIedtime storR^
Mp)Ry THORNTON W. BURGESS1^®
A LESSON IN POLITENESS
A FLOCK of modestly dressed yet
rather distinguished looking
feathered folks alighted In a cherry
tree and began helping themselves
to Farmer Brown’s cherries, 'they
were about the size of Winsome
Bluebird, hut did not look In the
least like him, for they were dressed
almost wholly In a beautiful rich,
soft, grayish-brown. Across the end
of each tall wns a bright yellow
band. On each, the forehead, chin,
and a line through each eye was
velvety black. Each wore a very
Btyllsh pointed cap, and on the
wings of most of them were little
spots of red which looked like seal
ing wax. From this they get the
name of Waxwlngs. They were
slim and trim and quite dandllied,
and In a quiet wny were really
beautiful.
"If they stay long, Farmer Brown
won't have any cherries left," re
marked Peter.
"Don’t worry,” replied Jenny
Wren. ”1 don't know nnybody
equal to them for roaming nhoub
Here are most of us with families,
while those gadabouts hnven’t even
begun thinking about housekeeping
yet. They certnlnly do like those
cherries, hut I guess Farmer Brown
can stand the loss of whnt they eat.
He may have fewer cherries, but
he’ll have more apples because of
them."
"How’s that?" demnnded Peter.
"Oh.’’ replied Jenny, “they were
over here n while ago when those
little green canker worms threat
ened to eat up the whole orchard,
and they stuffed themselves on
those worms Just the same ns they
are stuffing themselves on cherries
They Were About the Size of Win
some Bluebird, but Old Not Look
In the Least Like Him.
now. They are very fond of small
fruits, but most of those they eat
are the wild kind which are of no
use to Parmer llrown or to anybody
else. They eat so ninny cedar her
rles that some folks call them
Cedar Birds. Others call them
Cherry Birds. Now Just look at thnt
performance, will you I"
There were five of the Waxwtnga,
and they were seated side by side
on a branch of the cherry tree. One
of them had a plump cherry which
he passed to the next one. This
one passed It on to the next, and so
It went to the end of the row and
half way hack before It was finally
eaten. I'efer laughed right out.
"Never In m.v life have 1 seen such
politeness." said he.
“Huh!" exclaimed Jenny Wren,
•‘1 don't believe It was politeness
at nil. I guess If you got at the
truth of the matter you would find
each one was stuffed so full that
he thought he didn't have room for
that cherry, and so passed It along.'1
“Well. I think that was polite
ness Just the same," retorted Peter
"The first one might have dropped
the cherry Instead of passing It
along."
Just then the Wnxwings flew
away.
C. T. W Burge**.—WNU B*rvlc*.
Cause* of Bankruptcy
As analyzed In studies by Brad
street’s, business failures may be
assigned to the following causes In
order of ImiHirtnnce: Lack of cap
ital, Incompetence, specific condi
tions. fraud. Inexperience, competi
tion. neglect, unwise credits, fail
ure of others’ extravagance and
speculation.
You Know
That the first engagement
token was the Gimmal ring,
this name being derived
from the Latin Gemmellus.
which means joined. The
ring was made of two sep
arate bands, with little teeth
cut in their inner edge, and
were joined together by the
bride and groom when they
walked to the altar.
c. by McClure Newspaper Syndicate
WNtl Service
After the Storm
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Huckleberry Pie
By ANNE CAMPBELL
Il' S just u Huckleberry tile
Set on the window ledge to cool.
Outside the summer sun Is high.
The sky s blue Inverted pool.
And once ngnln n barefoot child
Sets out to lind, tin pall In hand.
The berries hiding In the wild
Far ofT upon that pleasant land.
It wus In huckleberry time
The farm was loveliest to see . . .
I saw the morning-glories climb
Upon my window happily;
And glancing backward, as I walked
With cheerful footsteps down the
lane,
It seemed to me the brown wrens
mocked
Thai little girl so tanned and plain.
Hut nothing cbnnged that sense of
peace
That was my heart’s blesi quality.
The woodland path was a release
From Irksome household tasks to
me.
Hut now upon small things Intent,
1 view with an approving eye
The sweetness of home’s sacrament,
Caught In a huckleberry pie.
<f) W«*tern Newspaper Union.
Question box
to ED WYNN, The Perfect Fool I
Dear Mr. Wynn:
J have been married little over a
year. My mother is coining to live
with us. My husband says the only
way he will let his mother-in-law
live with us is for us to buy a fold
Ing bed for her to sleep in. Can
you tell me why he Insists on a
folding bed? Yours truly.
1. M. FIIANTIC.
Answer: He figures if his moth
er-ln-law sleeps in a folding lied he
will be able to shut her up when
ever he wants to.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
Kindly advise In detail what is
meant by a diplomat.
Truly yours
CON. ORESSMAN.
Answer: A ‘diplomat" is a man
who always remembers his wife's
birthday and at the same time for
gets her age.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
I read In the paper that a man
fell from the roof of a ten-story
building, Into a wagon filled with
soda water bottles. The newspaper
claimed the man was not hurt. If
this Is true how do you account
for It? Truly yours,
I. DOUTIT.
Answer: That could happen, es
peclall.v so If the soda water bottles
were filled. In this particular case
the man wasn’t hurt because he
fell Into a wagon full of soft drinks.
Dear Mr. Wynn:
I am sure I met the meanest man
in the world. This man. as soon as
the cold weather comes around,
goes down to the railroad tracks
and calls out ail sorts of vile names
at the engineers as they pass Ih
their engines. It seems the engi
neers get angry, but they can’t stop
their engines, so they throw pieces
of coal at him. trying, of course, to
hit him. That’s just what this man
wants. He hns a hag with him and
as the engineers throw the coal at
hint he picks it up and takes It
home for his furnace. Hid you ever
hear of anyone meaner than that?
Truly yours,
I. GOSSIP.
Answer: That's pretty stingy;
but I knew a man once who was so
stingy It is unbelievable. H' want
ed to commit suicide and he went
next door to use his neighbor’s gas.
©. the Associated Newspaper*
WNIT Service
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The girl chum says it might help
considerably if something was done
about restricting the advice crop.
WNU Service.
THROUGH A
Womans Eyes
By JEAN NEWTON
DOING NOTHING USEFUL!
i(I HAD two hundred letters walt
■ Ing, a few days ago, and I de
liberately went out for the after
noon and spent two hours reading
poetry. This was entirely outside
my schedule, and you will probably
raise your hands In horror at the
thought of breaking up a well-budg
eted day, but 1 believe in the end
It makes for better quality of
work."
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt wrote
that not long ago In a message on
the necessity of every person oc
casionally to learn to loaf.
“Sometimes it is extremely good
for you to forget that there is any
thing in the world that needs to be
done, and to do some particular
thing that you want to do,” she re
marked. “Every human being needs
a certain amount of time in which
he can be peaceful. Peace may take
the form of exercise, or reading, or
any congenial occupation, but one
thing which must not be connect
ed with It Is a sense of obligation
to do some particular thing at
some particular time."
That is a message which should
be reprinted and sent to every wom
an, particularly every wife and
mother In the country. The man or
woman with a job nnd office hours
may work very hard, they may be
under great stress and strain, but
usually, when they shut the door
of the office behind them they
know that time of peace which is
indeed necessary to every human
being—that time when there Is
nothing in particular that they have
to do. When a man comes home,
his time of relaxation begins. And
so with the working girl who comes
home to her mother, or the bache
lor woman who returns to her fiat
Usually. the time there has “no
strings tied to it."
But the wife und mother I How
aptly some one said hers Is the
clock that hns no hands. Take a
rainy Sunday. There may be no
cards or games, the papers may be
read. Then the family will be Just
“sitting around.” But mother? Oh.
no; that's n chance to catch up on
the darning or to start that sweat
er she wants to knit for little Jane.
She doesn’t have to fold her hands
to rest 1
But, doesn't she! If it were not
for that darning or knitting on her
mind, would she not enjoy occasion
ally Just folding her hands nnd “sit
ing around"? 1 say she may not
even know it, but she would. I
say that every woman who keeps
house should keep some time free
for what Mrs. Itoosevelt calls a time
for being peaceful—a time when
she will do nothing that could pos
slbly he called useful!
(ft. Bell Syndicate —WNl) Service.
* MOTHER’S «■
COOK BOOK
WHEN ENTERTAINING
A TASTY fritter is always a most
dainty dish to set before a
guest. Fritters are usually served
hot with a hot sauce, although the
fruit fritter Is often served as a
dessert with a sauce appropriate.
Here are two fruity ones;
Fruity Fritters.
Bout one egg slightly, add one
tablespoon of oil and two-thirds of
a cup of milk. Sift one and one
fourth cups of pastry flour with one
half teaspoon of salt and one table
spoon of sugar and add to the egg
mixture. Add slices of pineapple,
bnnauu, pear or apple. Fry a gold
en brown and serve with butter
scotch sirup.
Melt butterscotch candy with a
little boiling water and serve hot.
One may prepare the sirup by using
sugar, a bit of molasses, a teaspoon
of vinegar and butter, cooked to
gether In any quantity.
Cherry Fritters.
Mix one-fourth of a cup each of
corn starch, flour, and one-half cup
of sugar with one-fourth teaspoon
of salt. Add gradually to two cups
of scalded milk with the yolks of
three eggs beaten and diluted with
one-fourth cup of cold milk. Cook
15 minutes In a double holler, stir
ring constantly until thickened.
Add one-half cup of maraschino
cherries cut Into halves, pour tnto
a buttered, shallow tin and cool.
Turn on a hoard, cut Into squares
or diamonds, dip tnto Hour, egg and
crumbs and fry In deep fut. Serve
with n sauce made from the cher
ry sirup.
Chocolate Nut Pudding.
Mix one cup of soft bread
crumbs with two cups of scalded
milk, one cup of chopped black
walnut meats, one-half teaspoon ot
salt, three-fourths of a cup of sugar
and the yolks of two eggs slightly
beaten. Cut and fold In the stiffly
beaten whites of two eggs and one
teaspoon of vanilla. Turn Into but
tered molds or gem pans and bake
In n moderate oven. Serve with a
hard sauce.
Copvriiht.—WNU Service.
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Making It Tough for the Fishes
f' K. M.ldN of .sunin Monica, Calif.. I* here shown with his recently
completed harpoon gun which will he used for shooting swordfish,
alligators, sharks, etc. The gun can also he used In emergencies by life
guard stations (or tiring life lines to distressed parsons and bouts. The
gun. constructed of steel and bronse. Is SO Inches In length and weighs
hut 20 (Miuuds. It has two hand pumps, one for low and the other for
high pressure The Ine cn- he shot ISO yards with Stst pounds pressure.
The sight on the gun la similar lo an airplane ring alght. The gun also
has a rail atlnchmeni thaf can he used Instead of a tripod. The tapered
cone la used with the lln* wqnfut on It. thla con* keeping the line from
tangling when |h* t»arp*e»n is tired. It la equipped with a pistol grip and
trigger for firing.
BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
Eckencr, a Real Man
Wasted MaiJ Advertising
One Happy iMan
How Many Would Die?
Dr. Hugo Eckener, who has flown
OX),000 miles In his Zeppelins and
about 400,000 more miles teaching
young pilots, Is in New York.
It is a pleasure to see such a pow
erful person, well past sixty, plan
ning a new line through the air be
tween the United States and Eu
rope, "coust-to-coast in 48 hours.”
He, of course, would run the ships
on the first few trips himself.
A government spokesman urges
advertisers to advertise by mail,
writing "Dear Mr. Jones" letters,
teling what the advertiser has for
sale.
Eugene Meyer, Jr., who owns the
Washington Post, says that is
wrong and means government com
peting with honest, long-suffering
newspapers and their advertising
profits.
He asks, by implication, how can
the press be free if you take away
its money?
Thnt worry is unnecessary. The
advertiser who tries to advertise by
mall throws money out of the win
dow and soon finds It out. And ad
vertisers are intelligent.
One happy mai\ exists in spite of
depression; his name, familiar to
you, Henry Ford. As far as he is
concerned, the depression is ended.
To prove it he will huild one mil
lion cars "or more” tills coming
year. That is a good sign, since
it proves that there must be peo
ple able to buy one million cars.
Henry Ford says truly that Amer
icans don’t "want a dole,” and
those that take the dole always
turn against those that give it.
There is, however, the fact that
America doesn’t want revolution, or
too many dangerous riots, and you
may take it from the British that
the dole is cheaper than revolution.
England was near enough to the
French revolution to realize that.
President Knubel of the United
Lutheran Church of America wor
ries about the future of religion.
Anti-religious forces, he says, are
growing constantly in this and oth
er countries; hundreds of millions
of people are "spiritually blind.”
Itev. Dr. Knubel asks, ‘‘How do you
know that in two years from now
you might not be asked to die for
jour faith?”
Let us hope it will not be as tiad
as that, while wondering respect
fully how many would be willing
to die, or, like the ancient mar
tyrs, court death for the sake of
martyrdom.
There are various ways of mak
ing a living in America, that finds
it so difficult to conquer lawless
ness. One way is to smuggle in
Chinese, inflicting fearful hardships
upon the unfortunate immigrant
Chinese and charging them from
$1,000 to $1,500 for bringing them
here. Smuggling Chinese is con
nected with the opium traffic. While
smuggling in Chinese you can also
smuggle with each one a consider
able amount of opium.
Federal agents looking for opium
found eighteen frightened Chinese
in an Isolated house in New Jersey,
guarded by a powerful negro from
Trinidad and live police dogs that
would have mangled the unfortu
nate creatures had they tried to
escape. Friends expected to bring
the fee for smuggling them in failed
to appear, hence their detention.
Doctor Lahy of the New England
hospital says the much discussed
experiment of transplanting in men
the glands of monkeys is a failure.
However, partial transplanting of
the parathyroid gland, from one
human being to another, has proved
successful, opening up new possi
bilities.
Failure of monkey gland trans
plantation is not had news. There
Is enough of the monkey in man
up to sixty years of age to make
any monkey gland transplanting at
that age seem unnecessary.
Japan is busy fortifying South
Sea islands that Bhe holds under
mandate of the League of Nations,
and complaint is made aimlessly.
Nothing, to surprise anybody in
that fortification news. Japan is
an intelligent country.
It takes a country with states
manship in the dodo class, like our
selves, to possess Guam and fail
to fortiry the place.
The achievements of the ndmlr
able flyers. Sir Charles Kingsford
Smlth and his aid. Capt. P, G.
Taylor, proves that the United
States knows how to build air
planes. The plane thnt came across
the Pacific from Honolulu, 2.408
miles, in fifteen hours, beating by
ten hours the best record, is an
American l^oekhead plnne built at
Glendale, Calif., and the engine was
built by ttie American Pratt «V
Whitney Aircraft company.
If the United States should ever
get really Interested in building the
world’s greatest air fleet, n* It will
do, or bitterly regret It, I he mate
rial Is at hand
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Housewife's Idea Box
Tired Feet
After your shopping trip, spend a
few minutes bathing your feet be
fore starting to prepare dinner. Make
a foot hath of warm water and bak
ing soda.
THE HOUSEWIFE.
Copyright by Public Ledger, Inc.
WNU Service
THE USEFUL ONION
Everybody knows that boiled
onions are splendid for breaking up
a heavy cold, and also act as u stim
ulating nerve tonic, but not every
body profits by this knowledge.
Water in which onions have been
boiled is a wonderful skin purifier,
and whitens hands that are washed
in it. In any case "onion water”
should never be thrown away, ns it
makes splendid stock for soups.
The onion has household uses as
well. If three or four bruised onions
are boiled in a little water, the
strained liquid is a cleaner of gilt
picture frames. Apply with a soft
brush, and polish with a clean duster.
Scorch marks caused by too hot an
Iron can be removed with a fairly wet
paste made from boiled onion juice
and fuller’s earth. Leave on the
scorch for an hour or two, and then
wash off—first in cold and then in
warm water.
Why
Liquid Laxatives
are Back in Favor
The public is fast returning to the use
of liquid laxatives. People have
learned that the right dose of a
Eroperly prepared liquid laxative will
ring a more natural movement with
out any discomfort at the time, or
after.
The dose of a liquid laxative can be
varied to suit the needs of the in
dividual. The action can thus be
regulated. A child is easily given the
right dose. And mild liquid laxatives
do not irritate the kidneys.
Doctors are generally agreed that
senna is a natural laxative. It does
not drain the system like the cathar
tics that leave you so thirsty. Dr. j
Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin is a liquid
laxative which relies on senna for its
laxative action. It gently helps the
average person’s constipated bowels
until nature restores their regularity.
You can always get Dr. Caldwell’s
Syrup Pepsin at any drug store, ready
for use.
The "Heavy Work”
An automobile tour can be rather
pleasant if somebody else drives.
^^^rour own druggist is author^^”
/ wired to cheerfully refund your Y
l money on the spot if you are )
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