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Bobby Lewis of Minneapolis, six years old, attended the funeral of his four-year-old playmate, Floyd High
atrom, and talked with Reverend Emil Ileuhardt, who told him that Floydie had gone on a long trig to see
God. Returning home, Bobbie addressed a letter "To God. In Heaven, Up in the Sky," asking that he be
allowed to see Floydie when he went "upstairs.”
Negroes Loyal to Mardi Gras Monarch
The Zulu King—colored Monarch of Mardi Gras—arrives by barge
at the New Basin canal and boards his throne float for the colorful trip
through the main street of New Orleans Negro section. During the last
day of Mardi Gras festivities, February 21, Negroes meet the tug boat,
rechristened a Koyal Yacht, and demonstrate their loyalty to their
“monarch.”
PRE-CANNED FISH
All ready for canning is this
“drum fish” seined by four Seattle
men in the northern part of Puget
Sound. The finny adventurer had
apparently gotten into the milk bot
tle when small, and being of a re
tiring, thoughtful nature, remained
too long, growing too big to get out. j
Colleges Prepare to Train Civilian Aviators
The plan of the United States to train 20.000 civilians annually as reserve pilots will receive a practical
five-months test at 13 leading universities this year. One of the first to try out the plan Is Pamona Junior
college of Los Angeles, Calif., where 15 young men between the ages of 18 and 25 started the course in Feb
ruary. In June they will have qualified for private piloting certificates. Students rebuild smashed aircraft
‘from the ground up.” At the right students Jack Spansail (left) and Dean Newman are busy working on an
engine in the instruction hangar.
* Burns V olume Guarded in Transport
Poet Robert Burns received $80 for this edition of his work. When
the securely wrapped single volume was transferred from the Morgan
library in New York to Kearny, N. J., it was transported in an armored
truck and insured for $30,000. Reverend Richard D. Jones (third from
left) borrowed the book from J. P. Morgan for the celebration of the
Scottish bard’s 180th birthday. It is a first edition volume, published
la 1786 in Kilmarnock, Scotland.
FROM THE RANKS
Starting as a messenger boy at
the age of 13, John G. McCarthy,
50, who Berved seven consecutive
years as a director of the Chicago
Board of Trade, was recently elect
ed president of the organization. It
is an honorary post in that he serves
without pay.
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plays something in a new swimming
suit at Miami Beaeh. The suit is
white satin with brilliant flowers.
The Whole World Topsy-Turvy to Him
Frank Balek, 12, Chicago youth, gees everything upside-down. He
originated his own method of writing by beginning at the bottom, in the
lower right hand corner, and writing from left to right. Not only does
he read and write in this manner, but objects are also visually upside
down. He is in the fifth grade, and averages 85 in his studies, which indi
cates that his visual defection does not impede his educational progress.
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Socialite—Honeymooner—Baseball Magnate
Miss Valerie Cole (left) of London, England, will be presented at court by her aunt, Mrs. Neville Cham
berlain. She is making her home at No. 10 Downing street, the prime minister’s home. Center: The former
Gloria Baker, heiress to $11,000,000, whose marriage to Henry J. Topping, tinplate heir, took place In Decem
ber, left recently with her husband for Honolulu, where they will spend several months at the George Vander
bilt home. Right: Helen Winthrope Weyant, 37, former chorus girl, is the largest beneficiary under the will of
the late Col. Jacob Ruppert, brewery and baseball magnate. In addition to $300,000 in cash, she gets one-third
Df the income of the residuary and baseball trusts.
Old Pete’ Shares Billing at Flea Circus
Grover Cleveland Alexander, once the hero of Gotham baseball
crowds, recently spent a three-weeks’ engagement In a New York penny
museum whose chief attraction was a troupe of trained fleas. “Old Pete,’’
is he was affectionately known, lectured on baseball and answered ques
tions put to him by fans.
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Whenever “Dynamite,” a London,
England, bulldog, wants a spot of
fresh air he is loaded aboard a
wheelbarrow by his master, an east
coast resident, and is taken for his
constitutional. He is accustomed to
this means of transportation and
looks forward to his daily ride.
Too Often a Champion, Skye Terrier Retired
Little Miss Barbara Bowden of London. England, and Champion Prince of Quarrydale, a fine Sayc terrier,
pose obligingly for the cameraman at the National Terrier club show which was held in Olympia recently.
The Prince has been retired from championship classes because of bis consistent success, having won 110
prises in various shows.
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