BEDTIME STORY
By THORNTON TV. BURGESS
LIGHTFOOT’S LONG SWIM
TIIK nig Itiver was very wide, ll
would have been n long swim
for l.ightfoot had lie been fresh
and at his best. Strange as it may
seem, l.ightfoot Is a splendid swim
mer despite his small, delicate feel.
He enjoys swimming.
But now l.ightfoot was terribly
tired from his long run ahead of
the hounds. For a time he swam
rapidly, hut those weary muscles
grew still more wenrv. nnd by the
to for a Long Time He Remained
Right Where He Waa.
time he reached the middle of the
Big River It seemed to hlin that
he was not getting ahead nt nil
At first he had tried to swim to
ward a clump of trees he could see
on the opposite bank above the
point where be had entered the
water, but to do this he had to
swim against the current, nnd he
soon found that he hndn't the
strength to do this. Then he turned
and bended for a point down the
river. This made the swimming
easier, for the current helped him
Instead of hindered him.
Even then, he could feel his
strength leaving him. Had he es
caped those hounds and the terrl
ble hunters only to be drowned In
the Big River? This new fear gave
him more strength for a little while.
But It did not Inst long. He was
three-fourths of the way across the
Big River, but still that other shore
seemed a terrible dlstnnce away.
Little by little hope died In the
heart of Llghtfoot the Deer, lie
would keep on Just ns long as he
could, nnd then—well, It was better
to drown than to be torn to pieces
by dogs.
Just ns Llghtfoot felt that he
TAUGHT TO
READ
By DOUGLAS MALLOCH
THEY put It first of our three
it’s.
The fathers of our stripes and
stars.
Yes, when they gave the land a
tool
Of liberty, the public school.
They placed It In the teacher's
hand
With this requirement, this com
mund:
Whatever else the land may need.
The children must be taught to
read.
But there Is not a nation known
To earth but may be overthrown
And books, since books are made by
men.
May teach us error now and then.
For fools may write, or treason
print.
And one thing say, nnother hint.
And children must be taught. In
deed.
Much more than merely how to
read.
And so I say, to those who teach.
Who shape our morals and our
speech.
Who would not let the children
drink
■Polluted water, there is Ink
.Polluted also, there are those
Who would on Innocence Impose—
And we who would the children
lead
Must tench the children what to
read.
4D Dousla* Malloch—WNU Service
could not take another stroke and
that the end was at hand, a foot
touched something Then all four
feet touched A second later he
had found solid footing and was
standing with the water only up to
his knees He had found a little
sand bar out In the Big Itlver.
With a little gasp of returning
hop©. Llghtfoot waded along until
the water began to grow deeper
again, lie had hoped that he would
he nhle to wade ashore, hnt he
saw now that he would have to
swim ngaln. So for a long time
he remained right where he was.
He was so tired that he trembled
all over, and he was ns frightened
as he was tired. He knew that
standing out there In the water he
could he seen for a long dlstnnce.
and that mnde him nervous and
fearful. Supposing a hunter on the
shore he was trying to reach should
see him. Then he would have no
chance at all. for the hunter would
simply wait for him and shoot him
as he came out of the water.
But rest he must, and so he stood
for a long time on the little sand
bar In the Big Blver, And little by
little he felt his strength return
ing.
©T W Burs Mu.— WNIJ Service.
ANNABELLE’S
ANSWERS
nr iiay Thompson
DEAR Al.NABELLEs MY GIRL IS
LOOKING FOR A SOFT JOB CAN
YOU SUGGEST AN EASY LINE?
D
Dear "D”: CERTAINLY! A
LAUNDRESS FOR THE CHOR.
US OF A MODERN MUSICAL
COMEDY!
Annabella.
Her Fagot of Sticks
f
,
California School Is Streamlined
HA1LKD by educators and architects as the most radical departure in
school building, this one-storied, streamlined, glass enclosed, steel and
stucco earthquake-proof grade school building In Bell, Calif., may spell
the doom of massive brick school structures. Designed by Richard Neutra,
Internationally known architect, the experimental building houses nearly
200 children from kindergarten through third grade age. Movable tables
take the place of desks In the clnssrooms, and sliding gloss doors on one
side of the room make It possible for classes to move easily into the
sunshine.
♦ MOTHER’S *
COOK BOOK
H THINGS SO GOOD
E AI,L enjoy good noodles—
baked. In soup, with cheese,
and now they are being served In
place of pastry, a much more
wholesome pie than the usual rich
crust, much as we still enjoy
It. Spaghetti, macaroni and noodles
may be used In exchange In the
following dishes:
Egg Noodles Corona-Chef Maurice
Take a package of egg noodles or
a similar amount of the home pre
pared, cook them until tender nn I
drain. Hotter a ring mold and (111
with the noodles. Hake one hour
In a moderate oven.
Fry one small onion In a table
spoon of fat, add one pound of veal
ami brown well. Cover with one
and one-half cups of water, one-half
teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce
nml salt and pepper to taste. Cook
gently for 4o minutes. Thicken the
grnvy with two to three table
spoons of flour mixed with the
same amount of cold water. Add
one can of peas or small lima
beans. Unmold the ring on a hot
platter and fill the center with the
veal and pens. Garnish with a can
of mushrooms If desired.
Apricots in Nest.
Cook one-half pound of spaghetti
until tender, blanch and drain. Add
two slightly beaten eggs, the grat
ed rind of a lemon, one-half cup
of sugar, one tablespoon of lemon
juice, cook until the eggs are set,
stirring carefully. Place In a bak
ing dish or mold and All the cen
ter with a can of apricots, sprinkle
with finely shredded almonds nnd a
dash of cinnamon, bake until Just
lightly brown. Serve chilled with
whipped cream.
© WewtBrn Newspaper Union
THROUGH A
W>mans Eyes
By JEAN NEWTON
ONE YEAR TO LIVE—
OR TWENTY!
I
A WOMAN doomed by radium
** poisoning to Just “one year to
live" was awarded $10,000 In cash
and a monthly income for the rest
of her life. And the whole world
wondered ns to what she would do
with the money nnd the year of
life allotted to her. Just which of
the great variety of paths known
and Imagined would this woman
choose to try to And happiness for
that one year.
It Is a cpiestlon that many of ns
have at times toyed with, that
thought of what we should do with
our lives if we knew we had hut a
year to live. Here in her own words
Is part of the answer of n woman
to whom that problem Is only too
real:
“I could And, I knew, no greater
happiness," she says, “than that
which would he mine by making the
folks happy. Then Just ns quickly
as possible I would go away some
where nnd try to forget everything
unpleasant In the past years."
Actions speak loader than words
And the Arst act of this woman on
receiving her money grant was to
apply part of It to paying off the
mortgage on her parents' home,
also Interest nnd taxes that had
been overdue. “It made me so
CTry THIS TRICK
K By PONJAY HARRAH
mJKLm Copyright by Public Ledger, Inc.
MAGNETIC DICE
OOMI5 of the cleverest of Im
^ promptu tricks require a bit of
“bunkum" to make them mystify
This Is ttie case with the "Mag
netlc Dice." Most persons will
doubt you when you tell them tltat
dice ure magnetic. So you proceed
to prove It.
You set one of the dice with the
six side up. Taking the other, you
carefully place It on the tlrst. hold
Ing the six side down. The same
surfaces must contact, you tell
your friends. Sixes are the best
shies to use.
Whereupon, you lift the upper
most of the dice. Invariably, the
lower one comes along. There nre
the dice, magnetized us you prom
Ised.
Sides have nothing to do with It.
nor has magnetism That Is your
story to cover the real secret Sint
ply moisten the lower side of the
upper cube Press the dice together
and they will stick until you sepa
rate them.
WNtl Service.
Gl^A-l^aAGvT^
_ i i
“We are told that there are few
er jokes written about the good old
game of baseball than any of the
sports,” says fan Fern, “it may be
that the jokes are all hired to play
the game."
© Bell Syndicate.—WN'U Service.
happy.” she snys, “to see father re
lieved of those worries.” Next—
oh. yes, girls, this woman is one
of us—her thoughts turned to new
clothes. Site bought the things she
had always wanted, and then went
off to “forget everything unpleas
ant” and get as much joy and hap
piness as possible out of every day.
It is a great Joy to be able to add
to this true life story, that the
woman of whom we write has al
ready outlived by several years her
doom of “One year to live.” Prob
ably none better deserves the wish
in the heart of every person in the
world who knows her story that
many, many years more be added
to them. And let us hope that she
will live those additional years as
she has lived the past, trying to
make others happy, to forget every
thing unpleasant, and to get as
much Joy ns possible out of every
day. Doubtless she will—for she
has the insight and wisdom of
iliose who live with death.
Strange, is it not, that more of
us with unnumbered years ahead
of us do not live by the same sim
ple principle of making others
happy, forgetting everything un
pleasant, and getting ns much joy
as possible out of every day! It
works as well for a day, a year, or
twenty years.
© Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service.
Big Velvet Cape
This enormous cape of parma vi
olet silk velvet, trimmed with hands
of shirred ruffles. Is worn over a
pale violet glace satin gown. Cut
with low fullness In the back, the
I one-piece gown is made with a pep
j lum effect. The costume Is from
1 Bonwlt-Teller.
I BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
The Greatest Deed
The Richest Man
8.000 Planes for England
What! the Whole World?
Universal Service lists the ‘‘ten
greatest scientific achievements in
Arthur i'rl«h«nr
1 ” mul puts
first the artlfl
('inl heart “for
keeping organs
alive when sep
arated from the
body.”
This inven
tion, credited to
Colonel L i n d
bergh and the
learned Doctor
Carrel of Rock
efeller institute,
may be impor
tant, letting
scientists study
the progress and
nature of cancer and other dis
eases.
But that is not the year’s great
est scientific achievement, although
it is gratifying to know that Colo
nel Lindbergh, while so young, with
no more “air” to conquer, has
turned his concentrated mind to
ward science.
Vastly more important than any
invention for studying human dis
ease is the new 200-inch telescope
lens that will enable men to study
the universe more intelligently.
That universe is more important
than any cancer or gland.
The Nizam of Hyderabad, one of
the numerous rulers whom the Brit
ish keep on their thrones, in return
for a servility that delivers their
subjects to the British, is about to
celebrate his silver jubilee as ruler.
He interests Americans, because
he Is called absolutely the richest
man In the world, richer than
Rockefeller, Ford or Mellon.
His Income is put at $50,000,000 a
year, which might be possible, al
though his real fortune bears no in
terest.
He has 14,000,000 Hindu subjects
under his rule, thanks to the tolera
tion of Great Britain, and after
England has finished with the 14,
000,000, they might well yield un
average per year of $4 to the Nizam,
which would give him $50,000,000 a
year of new money.
The British who realize what air
planes mean, as they study Italy
and Ethiopia, have more than 2,000
planes ordered for immediate use,
with full equipment and men ready,
and, for every plane in the air, Eng
land will have three on the ground,
ready to replace losses.
Thus, Britain’s program is 8,000
planes, compared with our retail
buying.
Senator IMttman thinks Japan
plans to cdnquer the United States
and the rest of the world. He says
Japan will “seize the Philippines
as soon ns the opportunity offers.”
That is probable; the Philippines
are in Asia.
After the Philippines Japan will
take Mexico, then the west coast of
the United States, according to Sen
ator Pittman, who wants to know
whether this country will withdraw
within itself as Japan advances, or
make a definite stand somewhere.
The west coast would give him
a definite answer about that.
There is an aristocracy even in
crime. You read, “Hauptmann sings
carols in death house.”
Five other murderers in the same
house sang the carols with him,
“Jingle Bells,” and also "Heilige
Nacht" (“Holy Night”), which must
have had a strange sound coming
from the throats of murderers.
There are six murderers in the
death house, and all sang together,
but the other five are merely “also
present,” no names mentioned.
Their murders were not sutficient
ly interesting.
“Japanese airplanes bomb Kuy
uan in China; many killed”—includ
ing civilians and soldiers.
Japanese ordered China’s soldiers
to evacuate the city, dropped bombs
when they refused.
What will kind-hearted England
and the League of Nations do about
that? Not much. Premier Baldwin,
justifying the sudden decision to
carve up Ethiopia to satisfy Italy,
reveals the fact that British ships
fe>red to visit Italian ports during
the recent unpleasantness. That
brings danger too close.
The country has inflation now,
with Its 59-cent dollar and double
the amount of cash circulating com
pared with prosperous 1929.
Inflation is not realized, because
bankers, their vaults bulging, do not
dare lend.
Mussolini calls those trying to
starve his people with sanctions
“egotistical, hypocritical,” says Italy
cun go on in spite of them.
Tall Queen Elena, the king’s wife,
prays at the tomb of the Italian
Unknown Soldier "for the triumph
of Rortinn civilization in Africa.”
If it is possible to talk or think
in the tomb, that Unknown Soldier
may have murmured: "So. they are
still at it."
© Kin* Features Syndicate. Inc.
WNU Service.
Handsome Wraps of Rich Velvet
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
EVERY woman who knows her
fashions is seeing to It that vel
vet plays a leading role In her ward
robe. Perhaps the theme around
which clings most of romance and
exciting interest this season Is the
velvet wrap, to which designers are
imparting a new grandeur and dig
nity such as a queen and her royal
entournge might covet.
It is not only that the velvet
wrap reigns supreme by night but
it is equally as high fashion by day,
taking for granted of course that
type be tuned to occasion. In their
styling, their novelty and their de
parture from the ordinary into
realms of untold elegance, the vel
vet wraps as ladles of fashion are
wearing during the present social
season, are reaching dramatic cli
maxes which are simply breath-tak
ing to contemplate.
Some idea of the unusualness and
daring which characterizes the vel
vet wraps that go to operas and
theaters, to horseshows, to night
clubs and to like society doings is
given in the model centered in the
picture. Schiaparelli designed the
original of this very new and strik
ing wrap of American beauty crush
resistant velvet The big buttons
are gold simulated coins. The
sleeves are bulky at the shoulders
and slim at the wrists. The skirt
fullness is gathered in the front
only.
Equally as startling from stand
point of style Innovation is the fa
mous Doges’ cape and hood of vel
vet from Vlonnet, which chic Pari
siennes are wearing. This long
cape enwraps the figure from head
to foot and the pointed hood lifts
up over the head.
The importance of stately floor
length capes in the evening scene
is demonstrated in the magnificent
velvet ensemble to the right in the
group herewith. Its superb styling
is in keeping with the elegance of
the black velvet, gleaming white
satin and precious fur which com
bine In Its making. The lovely
white fox lei is part of the dress.
Rhinestone buttons and belt buckle,
together with a rhinestone bracelet,
add the glitter note which Is so
characteristic of this season’s
modes.
Speaking of velvet capes which
are outstanding for formal wear,
they may be most any length—as
long or as short as you please. And
they are not all of black velvet,
either, though, of course, black Is
first choice, especially when one’s
budget provides for a single eve
ning wrap instead of a wardrobe
of formal coats and jackets and
capes and boleros such as go to
make up a full quota for the wom
an who queens In society. For In- -J
stance, a cape of dark green velvet
lavished with silver fox, as de
scribed In a recent cable from
Paris, Is sure to contribute a dra
matically opulent note to an eve
ning costume. •
Here Is a surprise—that Is, If you
have jumped at the conclusion that
the stunning formal slim-fitting
daytime or evening coat (it serves
as either) shown to the left is the
usual “black velvet trimmed with
ermine." As a matter of fact the
velvet of which this coat is fash
ioned is brown, which, with white.
Is considered very smart. A very
unusual velvet it Is, being a re
versible weave, the under side of
which is like a long-pile duvetyne.
The ermine removable chemisette Is
a practical feature, providing as It
does added protection against win
ter winds.
© Western Newspaper Union.
VELVET IS NOTABLE
FOR THE AFTERNOON
Velvet IS notable for afternoon
and glamorous evening gowns and
wraps. Patou features erect pile
silk velvet, changeable silk velvet.
Iodell also endorses the changeable
velvet for formal wear. Maggy
Rouflf uses brocaded velvet for some
handsome evening dresses.
Worth launches wool hack velvet
in dinner tnilleurs with wrap
around skirts and bloused bodices.
Helm makes tailleurs de minuet of
velvet and favors velvet generally
in his collection. Schiaparelli pre
sents ribbed velvet in a number of
costumes.
Jewelry Is Now Designed
for Wear With Sweaters
As sweaters continue to loom as
top styles, jewelry has been espe
chilly designed to wear with them.
One idea in bracelets is a flexible
bangle of woven colored beads.
Brown koa seeds from Hawaii have
been made into bracelets. Even
pearls have been styled into tailored
bracelets to wear with woolly sports
clothes.
Gold and silver Jewelry Is espe
cially good. Colors smart in clothes
now, the deep cobalt blue, green,
ruby and wine are reflected in arti
ficial stones combined with gold,
silver, rhinestones and pearls.
Massive Jewelry
Bracelets and necklaces appar
ently have taken a tip from the bar
baric splendor of Byzantine jew
elry and appear in massive designs
sometimes set with large stones
as large as bird's eggs. So large
and blazing is the jewelry, which
a number of designers display for
wear with the frocks of Persian and
Egyptian Inspiration, that only one
or two pieces can be worn at a
time.
Gold and Jewels
Day dresse this full will be ac
cented by embroideries, gold braid
lng, velvet trimming and jeaeled
ornaments.
DINNER WEAR
By CHER1E NICHOLAS
Here It Is—the costume Ideal for
dinner wear. Ethel Shutta, popular
singer and known from coast to
coast as the smartest dresser of the
supper clubs, models this winsome
velvet costume. By adjusting its
trick neckline it can he made suit
able for either dinner or evening
wear. Other important puffed as
pects are the short slightly puffed
sleeves and* the slim pencil silhou'"'!
ette which this gown achieves. 1
Latest reports from I'aris favor the *
return of slender, svelt lines with
fullness often placed at .lie back as
the gown pictured suggest*.
