MEMORIES•
Delirium of 1918’s Armistice
Remembered in Gloom of 1939
There’s irony in this year’s observance of Armistice day, the
zero hour in 1918 when World war No. 1 ended. For the world is
again at war, most of it hoping another armistice will come soon.
In 1918 the end of hostilities brought delirium everywhere. At New
York soldiers, sailors and their girls joined the celebration. Patriot
ism, at a Twentieth century peak, shouted from every rooftop.
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Above: Fifth avenue in New York was a sea of humanity as
Manhattan turned out to celebrate the news.
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Left: They danced in
New York's streets.
Above: A soldier read
the terms of armistice.
The word spread swiftly across a land which was ready, because
peace had been hinted several days. One correspondent actually
“jumped the gun” with the announcement.
Paris turned out to fete Americans and hang the effigy of ex
Kaiser Wilhelm. In 1939, America is resolved never to enter
Europe’s quarrels again. Yet, tvith Europe, it hopes and prays for
another Armistice day like 1918’s.
RENO
MONEY
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By PHYLLIS GALLAGHER
(McClur* Syndicate—WNU 8«rvic«.)
JEANNE pulled the dress over
her golden curls and began the
feminine ritual of primping,
not proudly, but from a habit
that had begun at sixteen, five years
ago, when she had discovered the
importance of makeup.
She wondered about that now. It
was important before marriage, but
what about afterwards?
Makeup or no makeup she was al
ways beautiful to Ned.
“Honey!” Ned would say. 'T’d
love you if you were bald!”
Ned always expected that to en
rapture her. But it didn’t. It hurt
her.
Why select clothes with discrimi
nation, work over lashes and com
plexion when Ned wouldn’t notice?
Jeanne rather slammed her face
together now, for Ned wouldn’t care
and she didn’t primp for other men.
Not yet!
Then she went over to the twin
beds and with a struggle—she was
only five feet and none too hefty—
brought forth an envelope marked
Reno Money which she had hidden
from Ned.
It bulged with frugal savings from
the housekeeping budget. She hated
cutting on Ned’s food.
Mrs. Worthington, next door, had
done that and for months afterwards
told how thin Mr. Worthington got
while she "was starving the Reno
money out of him!”
Monotonous? That was Itl Her
life was monotonous! Ned was
monotonous! He wasn’t like other
women’s husbands, smoking, burn
ing holes in the furniture, flashing
a promiscuous eye—things to inspire
arguments. Consequently, they had
no blissful nights of reconciliation.
Ned was handsome enough, at
least she had once thought so. But
was he? If he were handsome other
women would flirt with him at par
ties. True, Ned didn’t give them
much encouragement. He always
cornered some duffer, old as sin, for
an economic discussion.
Even if a dozen men rushed
Jeanne. Ned wouldn’t notice. Jeal
ousy was foreign to him.
After one party she had probed,
hopefully, "What do you really think
of so many men rushing me, Ned?”
“They've damn good taste!” he
answered, yawning. And then,
"Gosh! Two a. m.! My head’ll be
an army blimp at dawn!”
Jeanne thrust the Reno Money in
her purse, slammed a pillbox hat
over one determined blue eye and
banged the door behind her.
Walking rapidly in the clear gold
noon, her rebellion rose.
She didn’t know quite what she
wanted; not other men.
There were wives trying that pan
acea but Jeanne Evans would use
her Reno Money before she’d sink
to that!
She wanted only to feel on tip-toe
again . . . thrilled with today.. . .
uncertain of tomorrow!
Suddenly, she found herself in
Washington park near a bench that
she and Ned had sat on one spring
afternoon, two years ago.
She stopped and stared at it, an
aching lump in her throat.
She was remembering a party
where Ned had escorted ebony
haired Eunice Walters, a visitor
from Paris. Ned had acted with
Eunice that night very much as he
acted with the economic duffers.
Jeanne had left early, and for five
days she had nursed her wound and
refused to see him. They had met,
accidentally, at this very bench.
She could imagine Ned beside her
on it . . .
“Jeanne! Eunice Walters means
nothing to me!”
His eyes had implored her to un
derstand.
She hadn’t been sure of Ned then.
“I just wouldn’t marry a two
timer, Ned!”
It was silly remembering all that
now. Ned Evans, two-timing! . . .
Jeanne started off hurriedly. She
couldn’t bear to think of that van
ished Ned.
On State street Jeanne paused be
fore Marker cafeteria’s pastry dis
play. Ned loved French brioche and
when she started in to buy some,
she stopped suddenly, her eyes di
lated . . .
Ned was at a lacquered table with
the most ravishing brunette that
Jeanne had ever beheld! In the
brief second she stood doubting her
eyes, she saw the woman reach over
and touch Ned’s arm, possessively!
And Ned chuckled!
In a poignant revelation, Jeanne
realized that she hadn’t tried (or a
long while to make Ned chuckle!
Jeanne backed out and leaned in
ertly against the window-pane.
Emotions conflicted.
She wanted to rescue Ned (rom
that Insolently beautiful hussy; she
wanted to march off to Reno and
never, never see him again!
But she didn’t do either.
Instead, she spent her Reno Mon
ey, spent it all quickly for a finger
wave, dresses, a Bruges lace negli
gee that trailed over impudent satin
i mules.
When Ned came home that eve
ning he stared at Jeanne with such
dark eyes that her heart trembled
beneath the new magenta dress,
j He had stared like that once long
ago . . . Did he look like that be
cause he was remembering someone
dark and lovely? She had to know
about that woman . . . this minute!
They were In the living room and
Ned slouched to the divan.
Jeanne cuddled near, a nervoua
finger tucking in his breast pocket.
"Have a trying day, angel?”
"Sort of," Ned sighed. And then:
"I hope dinner’s on time. I’m
starved."
"Gracious! You sound as if you
hadn’t had lunch!" she said
promptly. That opening! From
heaven itself!
Ned looked up quickly. When he
kept staring, she wanted to cry out,
panic-stricken, "Ned! Tell me about
that woman!”
"I had a rotten lunch,” Ned said,
calmly. "Jim Walker and his wife
were in Marker’s and that darned
woman gabbed so much she forgot
her milk and butter and . . . well,
she kept Jim and me hopping back
to the counter every minute for
something. By the time she was all
set, T was late for a client. Ever
seen her, Jeanne?”
Jeanne’s lids drooped with relief’
She believed Ned.
No matter if she had heard that
chuckle, if she hadn’t seen Jim
Walker at all! She was thinking
fast now. Even if what Ned had ex
plained were true, and it probably
was—or was it?—there were stenog
raphers in Ned’s office just as lovely
as Mrs. Walker, and unattached.
Funny she hadn’t thought of that
part of Ned's life, his temptations.
Jeanne's jaw set.
From now on life was full.
Ned wouldn’t keep on loving her,
if she were bald. Not in a world
full of Mrs. WalkersI Why hadn't
she realized before that holding a
man was as thrilling as catching
him!
She sighed wanly.
"No-o-o-o. I’ve never seen her,
dearest. Is she pretty?"
“Pretty?” Ned chuckled. "Gosh,
no!”
Ned wasn’t chuckling over Mrs.
Walker not being pretty. He was
chuckling because he was having
one great time listening to Jeanne’s
"dearests” and "angels” .
names she hadn’t called him for one
heck of a long time. When he drew
her into his arm. her cheeks flushing
bright at the contact, he thought he
must be dreaming!
And he wondered and puzzled over
this change in Jeanne, he struck on
a happy, irrelevant thought: “Guess
It’ll be safe now to buy a new car
with that dough I’ve been saving up
to add to Jeanne’s Reno Money
that she’s been hiding for months
under the mattress.”
Rabbit Fur Is Popular
With American Women
In touch with the times, rabbits—
not the kind that run wild, but those
that provide half the fur coats,
neck-pieces and muffs for American
women—are becoming streamlined.
The American Rabbit and Cavy
Breeders’ association believes the
most attractive animal fur is the
long, sleek “Havana Satin,” which
featured a new and important de
velopment—a glossy coat.
Free of the rough guard hairs of
the common domestic strain, this
new type offered to furriers a pelt
short, soft, uniform in texture, pos
sessed of an unusual, natural sheen.
Rabbit breeders are considered
almost as important to furriers of
this country as those men who pro
vide sable, ermine and exotic
brands. Although foreign furs are
more expensive, the rabbit, simu
lating other animal pelts, is offered
to the fur-conscious public in great
quantities. Nubian seal is one type
rabbit fur. There are 21 other legal
trade names.
Annual shows are held to exhibit
improvements and developments of
old strains, and the origin of new
ones, to commercial breeders. The
fanciers, those who breed rabbits
as a hobby, are “laboratory tech
nicians” of the rabbit fur industry.
With time for experiment and with
out too many animals to occupy
their attention, they are constantly
introducing new fur or changing old
style pelts.
Regulations of the association re
quire a new breed to be exhibited
three successive years before gain
ing recognition as a genuine "new
model.” Then, the breeder must
show proof of some characteristic
to Justify this breeding innovation
independent of other types.
Most breeds can be traced to
Europe, and the bulk of the show
rabbits are descendants of rabbits
prevalent as far away as Patagonia
and India hundreds of years ago.
A new line starts when a breeder
sees a mutation, an unpredictable
freak, in a litter. Always weak, the
freak requires introduction of vital
ity, then over a six-year period the
strain is strengthened. A likely off
spring is mated back to the parent.
This is repeated for five generations,
when a cross is made with another
branch of the now very large fam
ily. The six years, 12 generations,
produces a true breed, a literal
thoroughbred.
Shocking Fish Story
Catching and weighing a 12-pound
carp was a shocking, to say noth
ing of electrifying experience for
Harold Alexander of Indiana. After
landing the fish, Alexander decided
to weigh it. He hung the scales on
electric line conduit. The scales,
fish and his hands were wet, and
what is likely to happen under those
ciroumstances is common knowl
edge. Alexander’s brother. Frank,
tore his brother loose from the
scales and the fish. In doing so, the
scale hook caught in Harold's finger,
inflicting a deep wound. The fish
appeared uninjured.
Tonsillitis May
I Have Harmful
Heart Effects
By DR. JAMES W. BARTON
IT IS often a number of
weeks after an attack of
tonsillitis that rheumatic
pains and perhaps heart
symptoms ap
pear so that the
tonsils are not
blamed for the
rheumatism
and heart dis
TODAY’S
HEALTH
COLUMN
ease. As so many attacks of
tonsillitis are not followed by
rheumatism, there may be
many, including physicians,
who doubt the statement that
tonsillitis can affect the heart.
It is interesting, therefore, to
get some reliable informa
tion from the medical clinic
of the University of Zurich,
Switzerland.
Dr. H. W. Hotz, Basel, in
the Swiss Medical Journal,
states that during the first
part of 1938 there was an epi
demic of tonsillitis and many
of the nursing staff contracted
it. There were many with symp
toms of rheumatism and disturbed
hearts. It was decided to make
electrocardiograph tests on all
patients who had inflammatory dis
orders of the tonsils, and abnor
malities were observed in a sur
prisingly large number. The sever
ity of the tonsil symptoms did not
always cause the same degree of
disturbance ox the
heart rate and
rhythm, as severe
tonsillitis sometimes
caused very little
heart disturbance
and slight tonsillitis
sometimes caused a
great amount of
heart disturbance.
It is not to be won
dered at, therefore,
that a slight sore
Dr. Barton throat is seldom sus
pected of being the
cause of heart trouble.
Effect of Tonsil Removal.
The investigations of Dr. Hotz and
others showed that these changes of
the rate and rhythm of the heart
disappeared after the tonsils were
removed. These disturbances of
the heart occurred in about half the
cases of tonsillitis due to poisoning
of the heart muscle and the nerves
controlling the heart action.
While it is not recommended that
every patient with tonsillitis should
undergo the electrocardiograph
tests, it is emphasized that physical
exertion should be avoided during
the first few days after the disap
pearance of tonsillitis.
Dr. Hotz recommends that cases
of chronic tonsillitis—persistent sore
throat—should, if possible, have
electrocardiograph tests and if the
tests show heart disturbances, the
tonsils should be removed.
• • •
Thyroid Gland
Affects Personality
A strong, middle-aged foreman in
a factory who had always'been alert
about his work, a good mixer, and
very exacting and particular about
the work done by the employees,
began to get a little heavy in body,
slower on his feet, and not quite so
careful or exacting about the work
done. Then he began to forget
things, miss appointments, and a
vacant expression of face became
noticeable. The superintendent final
ly found it necessary to acquaint
the general manager with the con
ditions in this particular shop.
After talking and reasoning with
this foreman, the general manager
came to the conclusion that perhaps
he was overworked and suggested
some holidays. The foreman sim
ply spent the holidays sitting around
home; he wasn’t interested in going
away or in doing anything different.
Up to this time the family physi
cian had not been called in because
there were no symptoms of illness
no pain, indigestion or other symp
tom. However, when he saw the
man, the great amount of weight
he had put on, and the slowness or
sluggishness of mind and body, he
suspected an inactive thyroid gland
as being the trouble and a metab
olism test showed that the thyroid
gland in the neck was not manu
facturing enough juice. It is this
juice that speeds up mental and
physical activity.
Thyroid Tablets Dsed.
By giving the man some thyroid
tablets to take every day, almost
immediately a great change oc
curred. He became interested in his
work, clear in his mind, mixed with
the other men as in the old days,
and began to lose the surplus fat.
This condition is called hypo-thy
roidism as "hypo” means "less,”
just as the overactive thyroid condi
tion is called hyperthyroidism, “hy
per” meaning more!
Just as the hypothyroid patient
with his sluggishness of mind and
body must be given some thyroid
extract to speed up his processes, so
must the hyperthyroid patient with
overactivity of mind and body have
part or all of his thyroid gland re
moved so that there will be little or
no thyroid juice manufactured.
(Released by Western Newspaper Union.)
N EXTREMELY new and very
** becoming dress fashion is
yours in pattern No. 1848. It has
the smart double swing skirt, is
cut on a true princess line that
whittles down your waist, and of
fers a choice of two necklines—
one with a tailored collar, the
other high and collarless. Also,
you can make it with long or short
sleeves. The row of buttons down
the front is very Victorian—there
fore much in fashion. Velveteen,
flat crepe, wool broadcloth and
faille are smart materials for this.
Sports Two-Piecer for Girls.
If there’s a lively school-girl in
your family, who loves to roller
skate, ice skate and generally
frolic around outdoors, you can
26,000-Year Clock
One of the most wonderful
clocks in the world is the work
of a Belgian maker, Lodewyk Zim
mer, of Lierre. The master move
ment controls no fewer than 98 di
als, which show the time in vari
ous parts of the world, the loca
tion and movement of the earth,
sun, moon, planets, and stars, high
and low tides at the principal
ports, and other important infor
mation.
The many hands move, of
course, at different speeds, the
fastest revolving 100 times in one
second, while the slowest will go
round only once in 26,000 years!
The clock has been on exhibition
in New York.
Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription Is a
tonic which has been helping women
of all ages for nearly 70 years. Adv.
Revealing Death
Men may live fools, but fools
they cannot die.—Young.
make her feel very happy and
look very cute, by means of No.
1825. It’s an excellent style for
the classroom, too. Has a very
full skirt, a nipped-in jacket
blouse, and it’s finished with cuffs
and becoming little collar. Vel
veteen, wool plaid, corduroy and
blanket wool are good fabrics for
this.
The Patterns.
No. 1848 is designed for sizes 12,
14, 16, 18, 20 and 40. Size 14
requires 4% yards of 36 or 39-inch
fabric, with long sleeves. With
short sleeves, 4% yards; % yard
contrasting for collar.
No. 1825 is designed for sizes 8,
10, 12, 14 and 16 years. Size 10
requires 1 yard of 54-inch mate
rial for jacket-blouse with long
sleeves; lMe yards for skirt;
yard for contrasting collar and
cuffs; 1 Vz yards 39-inch material
to line jacket-blouse; 2 yards to
line skirt.
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