King Leopold Comes Calling on King George
King Leopold of Belgium, left, and King George of England shown as they drove from Victoria station to
Buckingham palace when the Belgian monarch arrived in London recently. The visit was significant in that
the Belgian king needs a lasting friendship with Great Britain, France and Germany to bolster the foreign
and military policy he pronounced a year ago. This policy he defined as "barring war from our territory."
LA GUARDIA DEPUTY
Most important man in the New
York city set-up (besides Mayor La
Guardia) is Magistrate Henry H.
Curran, pictured puffing a cigarette
after hearing that he had been ap
pointed to the office of deputy may
or. The duties of the office newly
created are largely administrative,
and according to the law, the mayor
is permitted to delegate almost full
powers to him.
Future Admirals Act as Firemen
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Middies of the fire brigade of the United States Naval academy at
Annapolis, Md., are shown in action as they helped battle flames which
gutted historic Carvel Hall, famed Annapolis hotel, recently.
Taking Count of Unemployed
As millions of questionnaire cards poured in on Washington, the
gigantic task of computing the number of unemployed men and women
in the United States in order to aid them more effectively was under
taken by government workers. Lester Polar is shown at the assorting
machine at the census bureau.
Songbird Has
Fine Feathers
“The Metropolitan was never like
this,” is evidently the thought of
Lily Pons, who, garbed in this featb
erweight costume of vulture feath
ers, faces the camera from a jungle
scene in her newest picture, “Hit
ting a New High.”
Guns Show Italy’s Growing Military Might
Guns are an essential part of any military parade, and here are some of the huge field artillery pieces
of the Italian army drawn up for a huge military spectacle in Rome, recently, at which Premier Mussolini
reviewed his troops.
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Scene;! and Persons in the Current News
1—Nathan Straus, administrator of the United States housing authority, shown conferring with Mayor Flo
rello LaGuardU about plans to spur home building. 2—Mahatma Gandhi, sixty-eight-year-old Indian nationalist
leader, is greeted by followers as he arrives in Calcutta. 3—Capt. George Eyston of London shown after he set
a new world’s speed record of 531.42 miles per hour in an automobile on the Bonneville Salt Flats near Salt
Lake City. Utah.
WINS RECOGNITION
John Holmes, who started with
Swift & Company as a messenger
boy 31 years ago and became presi
dent of the company recently. He
succeeded G. F. Swift, a son of the
founder of the business, as execu
tive head of an organization of 60,000
employees engaged in the dressing
of live stock and nationwide distri
bution of meat, poultry, eggs, but
ter, cheese and by-products. Mr.
Swift will continue active participa
tion in the business as vice chair
man of the board of directors.
His Honor Weighed in the Balance
While a (own crier stands by to announce the result, a police sergeant
is shown weighing the new mayor of High Wycombe, England, A. J.
Gibbs, in accordance with an ancient custom of the town.
Trams Carry Fish Cargo
An early morning scene at the Newhaven fish market in Edinburgh,
Scotland, showing fish wives with their baskets of fresh fish, boarding a
tram car to take them to the city. Meanwhile the passengers on the
car sit unconcerned while the motorman aids his fares in loading the car.
2-Week-Old Baby
Boasts 2 Teeth
Mercedes Angeli of San Francisco
had two teeth when she was born
and now that she’s two weeks old
they’ve grown to quite some husky
molars, as this picture shows. And
she takes the dentists’ suggestions,
too. with that big toothbrush.
Police Give John Barleycorn a Bad Bay
New Tori. police had a Roman holiday when they engaged in the wholesale destruction of bottles, jars,
kegs and cans of liquor at the police department warehouse recently. The liquor was seized in raids o\er a
'ong period. Here you see the fiesta at its height.
"Cleopatra's Fan"
Quilt Is the Choice
Cleopatra herself once used
palm-leaf fans as graceful as
these that adorn this striking
quilt. You need but three mate
rials to bring out the contrast of
this rich design—one that will
beautify any room. Know th«
Pattern 1579.
grand thrill of piecing these sim
ple 9% inch blocks for quilt or
pillow. Pattern 1579 contains com
plete, simple instructions for cut
\ing, sewing and finishing, togeth
er with yardage chart, diagram
of quilt to help arrange the blocks
for single and double bed siza,
and a diagram of block which
serves as a guide for placing
the patches and suggests contrast
ing materials.
Send 15 cents in stamps or coins
(coins preferred) for this pattern
to The Sewing Circle, Needlecraft
Dept., 82 Eighth Ave., New York,
N. Y.
Please write your name, ad
dress and pattern number plainly.*
Tairotite Recipe
ofi the WqqI
—!
Pumpkin Custard a Real Treat.
'T'REAT the family to a pump
* kin custard as a change from
the usual pie. Canned pumpkin
is suggested because it is already
cooked, mashed and ready to use,
which saves considerable time
and energy. Bake the custard in
a basin, not too large or too deep.
A good size would be one which
holds a quart.
Pumpkin Custard.
2 cups canned ><i teaspoon ginger
pumpkin V« teaspoon nutmeg
a,i cup sugar, part 1 teaspoon salt
brown 3 eggs
1 teagxxm cinnamon 2\\ cups milk
V« teaspoon cloves
Beat pumpkin thoroughly with
dry ingredients. Beat eggs slight
ly, add to milk and combine with
pumpkin mixture. Pour into bak
ing pan, set in a pan of water
(M> inch deep on pan), and bake
for about 45 minutes in a moderate
oven (375 degrees). Chill before
serving, unmold onto chop platter,
and garnish.
MARJORIE H. BLACK.
Increased Use of Soap
Between 1919 and 1929 advee.
tising increased the per capita
soap consumption in the United
States 50 per cent. The per capita
consumption in the United States
is 24 pounds a year, and in Europe
it is 4 pounds.
fWONIEN WHO HOLlT
THEIR MEN
NEVER IET THEM KNOW
NO matter how much your
back aches and your nerve*
■cream, your husband, because ha
Is only a man, can never under
stand why you are so hard to liv*
with one woek in every month.
Too often the honeymoon ex- j
press is wrecked by the nagging
tongue of a three-quarter wife. Ths
wise woman never lets her husband
know by outward sign that she la
a victim of periodic pain.
For three generations one woman
has told another how to go “smil
ing through” with Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound. It
helps Nature tone up the system,
thus lessening the discomforts from
the functional disorders which
women must endure in the three
ordeals of life 1. Turning from
girlhood to womanhood. 2. Pre- 1
paring for motherhood. 3. Ap- [
proaehing "middle age.”
Don't be a three-quarter wife,' j
take LYDIA E. PINKHAM’8
VEGETABLE COMPOUND and I
Go "Smiling Through.”
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Help Them Cleanse the Blood
of Harmful Body Waste
Your kidneys are constantly filtering
waste matter from the blood stream. But
kidneys sometimes lag in their work—dn
not act as Nature intended—fail ta re
move impurities that, if retained, may
poison the system and upaet the whole
body machinery.
Symptoms may be nagging backache
persistent headache, attacks of dizzineaa
getting up nights, swelling, putfineasi
under the eyes—a feeling of nervou*
anxiety and losa of pep and strength.
Other signs of kidney or bladder dia
order may be burning, scanty or tow
frequent urination.
There should be no doubt that prompt
treatment is wiser than neglect, llm
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new friends for more than forty yearn.
They have a nation-wide reputation.
Are recommended by grateful people tha
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