No Dud Duds for Army
The best isn't good
enough for Uncle Sam's
army uhen it comes to
clothing. That is why
the army maintains a
"House of Magic” in
the quartermaster’s de
partment in Philadel
phia. It is the duty of
this "House of Magic"
to check on the quality
of all clothing equip
ment destined for the
army. Here are a few
of the steps taken in
the manufacture of j
uniforms for our ever
growing army.
Left: Testing the
strength of fabric. The
cloth must stand up
under a pull of 120
pounds.
Here on the roof of the quartermaster'a department you see fab
rics undergoing a weather test.
Trained eyes scan every inch
of this holt of cloth as it is un
wound from roller to roller. A
defect would cause rejection.
Thread count. Counting the
number of threads per square
inch in a fabric sample—one
method of ascertaining quality.
Picture above (left)
shows a sample being
treated to a rain test.
The cloth must be 100(/o
water repellent.
At the right (above)
is shown an ingenious
gadget which subjects a
sample of material to
tests that equal many
months of wear in rain
and shine.
Right: A completed
master uniform is fitted
on a dummy by a master
tailor. Once approved,
thousands of counter
parts are turned out.
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The Love of Two Men
By MEREDITH SCHOLL
(Associated Newspapers—WNU Service.)
ESTHER sometimes thought It
would be better, easier to
bear, if Ralph, her husband,
would give the thing a name
that was eating away at his vitals,
robbing him of everything she had
once loved and admired.
Jealousy! She knew that’s what
It was. She saw it gleaming in his
eyes whenever she mentioned the
name of Mel Raymond.
Mel had once been her lover. He
had made it possible for her to satis
fy a whim by giving her the oppor
tunity to go on the stage. She had
failed miserably, had been glad to
abandon thoughts of a career and
marry Ralph. But Mel had been
her lover, loved her now, Of the
latter she was sure, though since
her marriage to Ralph she saw him
only on rare occasions. Ralph knew
Mel still loved her. The knowledge
tormented him, because he was al
ways afraid she might return his
affection At first she let him think
so. It was curiously satisfying to
her vanity to see him made miser
able because of her.
But after a while it became annoy
ing to feel that she was under sur
veillance at all times. Unjustly she
“Darling!” He came toward her,
gripped her arms, hesitated, look
ing deep into her eyes.
laid the blame on Ralph. It didn’t
occur to her that the situation was
the result of her own selfish desire to
be amused.
And at last she had flared out at
him. "If I’m ever unfaithful to
you it will be your own faultl You
don’t trust me! You never have!
You've been suspicious of me since
the day we were married!"
"Only because you led me to be
lieve that your interest in Mel Ray
mond was not dead,” he told her
bitterly. “You gloated over the fact
that he still loves you!”
Esther's cheeks went white. “So!
You were jealous of Mel!” She
got slowly to her feet. "Very well,
Ralph, now I will give you real
cause to be jealous. I’m going back
to Mel.”
Ralph stood in the center of the
floor and watched her put on her
hat and coat. She didn’t trust her
self to look at him, but his eyes
were like two hot points of light
piercing her soul. She went out,
slamming the door. From the
veranda she glimpsed him still
standing there, and a little shudder
passed through her.
There was a light in Mel’s apart
ment. She paused for a moment in
the lower hall to regain her com
posure and dab at her nose with a
powder puff. She was glad now that
she had never permitted Mel's love
to die.
He was waiting for her in the hall
when she stepped from the elevator.
"Esther!" His eyes devoured her.
She gave him her hand and led him
back into the apartment.
“Mel, I’ve come to you. You've
always wanted me, and now I’ve
come!”
• Darling! He came toward ner,
gripped her arms, hesitated, looking
deep into her eyes.
“Ralph? You've—left him?”
"For good!"
"Why?”
Esther sat down on the arm of a
chair. She looked up at him, and
then away again. "I don’t love him.
He’s become overbearing."
"But—” Mel frowned, gnawing his
lip, studying her closely. “The man
loves you, Esther. My love for you
has tormented him ever since you
were married.”
“He deserved to be tormented. He
deserves—this.” She fell silent,
waiting. Mel lighted a cigarette.
"Esther, you didn’t come to me
because you loved me. You came
to avenge Ralph.”
“What difference does it make?
You’ve wanted me. You’ve always
wanted me. Now I’m here. What
else matters?”
He shook his head sadly. “A lot
else, Esther. It’s true that I’ve al
ways loved you. I still do. But I
don’t want you this way.”
She looked up, alarmed, fearful,
i “Mel! You don’t mean—”
"You don’t respect my love, Es
. ther. Y’ou endured it once for a
j career. You’re using it now to
avenge your husband.” He paused.
I “You couldn’t insult me any more
i completely, my dear. I’m sorry—
j my love isn’t your kind.”
j Esther stood up and faced him.
I There was contempt and scorn in
«
her eyes. “So! That's all your love
has meant! It wasn't me you want
ed, it was—’’
“Your love. But I can see that
you don’t understand, my dear, and
I'm afraid you never will. In fact,
you're rather a disappointment.”
Her eyes flamed. For a moment
indecision held her. But Mel was
calm and unwavering, a little smile
on his lips, pity in his eyes.
Pity! She shuddered, turned
abruptly and fled.
Outside she tried to marshal
her senses. Anger and humiliation
burned at her soul, yet gradually
these emotions were dimmed, forced
into the background by a more per
sistent something. Fear. Fear that
Ralph might not take her back,
might not want her. Fear because
of what she had done, because it
would justify whatever course of
action he might choose to take.
A taxi deposited her in front of
her own home. Relief surged
through her as she saw that a light
still burned in the library. He
was still there, then. Probably wait
ing, hoping, longing for her return.
Probably sunk into the depths of
despair and misery. A wave of sym
pathy possessed her. Perhaps she
had been a little hard. After all,
it wasn’t right to toy with a man’s
love. She’d have to change, make
Ralph happier. Redeem herself in
his eyes. Make amends. Repair
the damage. Atone for her sins.
The idea appealed to her. The
fear that she had known during the
taxi ride began to be replaced by
confidence, a certain pride and satis
faction because of her admission and
resolve. She would go to Ralph, tell
him that she had reconsidered,
realized now that her love for him
was greater than all else, that she
had resolved to prove it to him. He
would believe. He would be eager
to believe. She pictured the grate
ful, humble look of his face, and
smiled to herself. Her feelings were
similar to those of a benefactor, a
philanthropist.
She mounted the steps, let herself
into the hall, glimpsed the back of
Ralph’s head as he sat before the
library fire. She paused before the
mirror to add a touch of color to her
cheeks. Then she went to Ralph.
Ralph did not turn when she spoke
to him, and so she came up from be
hind, caressed his hair with her
hand, stooped to kiss him on the
cheek—stooped and suddenly felt
herself overcome by nausea, felt her
throat go dry, choking off the invol
untary scream of horror that strug
gled to be free.
Swaying uncertainly she stared,
fascinated, horrified by the wound,
at the blood that had streamed down
his face and had dried into a crust
on his shirt front. She saw the gun
lying on the floor near the chair.
She saw the stark, lifeless eyes of
Ralph staring at her. And at last
she screamed; a sound that bespoke
remorse and regret and wild hope
less longing; a sound that reverber
ated against the walls of the room
and was flung back mockingly
against her ears.
Husband and Wife Often
Have Same Life Span
Sentimentalists believe that hus
bands and wives get to look alike.
And some do. But only the most ro
mantic sentimentalists suspected
that man and wife tend to die of the
same non-infectious diseases. Nev
ertheless, this startling suggestion
was sprung recently in the formal
‘‘Proceedings of the National Acad
emy of Sciences,” by Statistician
Antonio Ciocco of the U. S. Public
Health Service.
Laboriously Dr. Ciocco examined
the death certificates of 2,571 couples
who died non-accidentally in Wash
ington county, Md„ during the years
1898 to 1938. His findings:
Husband and wife frequently have
the same life span. To explain this
fact, Dr. Ciocco was driven to
"vague but understandable terms.”
Marriage, said he, brings “pairings
... of individuals having a similar
degree of vitality or resistance to
fatal pathological processes.” And
they both live in the same environ
ment.
“There is a tendency for marital
partners to die from the same cause
when one of the mates dies from
either tuberculosis, influenza and
pneumonia, cancer or heart dis
eases.”
If one partner suffers from rheu
matic heart disease (which doctors
suspect is infectious), the other
might conceivably catch it. But most
other forms of heart trouble are or
ganic, non-infectious. As far as doc
tors know, so is cancer. Why hus
bands and wives should suffer these
diseases together is a great mystery.
Dr Ciocco. who as a statistician is
no sentimentalist, finds the mystery
“immediately discouraging.”
Saving Tires
Motorists need not curtail their
motoring to conserve rubber, if they
drive properly, according to Frank
E. Ballantyne, general manager of
the Automobile Club of Philadelphia.
Tires can be made to last longer,
he said, by keeping the proper
amount of air in the tires, proper
wheel alignment, driving at moder
ate speeds, avoiding quick decelera
tion and turns and shifting of tires
occasionally to get even wear.
rrm'MU:]—
PNEUMONIA ATTACKS
PEOPLE OF ALL AGES
The sudden chill, followed by fe
ver, rapid and painful breathing, a
distressing cough with the raising
Dr. Nathan S.
Davis III
or blooey sputum,
and blueness of the
lips, that mark the
onset of a pneumo
nia, strike terror to
the hearts of all. In
one or another of its
types, it attacks all
ages. Until very re
cently, one-fourth to
one-third of those
who had it died.
From 1921 to ’23, its
annual death rate among males was
81.9; among females, 63.9 per 100,000.
Beginning about five years ago,
the death rate from pneumonia has
fallen rapidly. As a result of the
use of improved sera and of the de
velopment of rather specific chemi
cal therapy for its treatment, its an
nual death rate had for 1938 to 1940
fallen to 38.8 per 100,000 for males
and to 23.9 for females.
The number of cases of pneumo
nia has, however, not been reduced
DEATH RATE PER 100,000
INFLUENZA and PNEUMONIA
appreciably, yet the sting has been
removed as the death rate has been
more than cut in half.
Some progress seems to have been
made in the prevention of pneumo
nia by the use of a vaccine but for
the conquest of the pneumonias, we
still depend on improvements in the
methods of treatment.
Developments have been so rapid
in this field during the last few years
that it is not possible to state defi
nitely what the most effective meth
od of treatment is. A few doctors
depend chiefly on the various types
of specific sera. Others use both
the sera and the sulpha drugs.
Oxygen therapy which was large
ly responsible for the improvement
in the mortality statistics prior to
1935, is also of great value.
Fortunately the new preparations
for the treatment of the pneumonias
seem to be equally effective in all
age groups. The sulpha remedies
are, however, sufficiently toxic to
make them unsafe for indiscrimi
nate use, are classed as dangerous
drugs and can be sold on prescrip
tion only. The sera must of course
be given only under the supervision
of a doctor.
As pneumonias are commonly
complications of influenza, colds, or
acute bronchitis or follow such upper
respiratory infections, anyone who
catches one of these relatively mi
nor respiratory tract infections must
watch his step. If he remains at
home and takes care of himself and
so avoids exposure to pneumococci
while his resistance is down, he will
be less apt to get pneumonia.
Be Careful of Colds.
Those who try to work, to go to
school and to keep all social and
business appointments when they
have colds or bronchitis, who fight
the infection instead of giving in to
it, are much more apt to develop a
complicating pneumonia. This is
especially true if there has been
some fever during the course of the
upper respiratory tract infection.
One should never go out after a cold
until the temperature has been nor
mal for from 24 to 48 hours.
The maintenance of good health
by avoiding undue fatigue, by eat
ing foods containing adequate
amounts of vitamins, minerals and
proteins and only enough calories
to keep the weight within normal
limits, makes one less likely to ac
quire the disease.
So while the rapid advances in
our knowledge of methods for its
successful treatment have greatly
reduced the death rate from pneu
monia, we must still depend on gen
eral principles for its prevention.
The groundwork of all happi
ness is health.—Leigh Hunt in
the Death of Little Children.
QUESTION BOX
Send questions to Dr. Nathan S. Davis III.
Wlnnetka. 111. (Enclose a self-addressed,
stamped envelope.!
Q.—Can you suggest a home treat
ment for corns, callouses and in
grown toenails? T. O. S.
Wear shoes and stockings that fit
and are large enough, and corns,
callouses and ingrown toenails will
disappear.
i Q.—What causes regurgitation aft
er meals? H. S. O.
A.—Too rapid eating, overeating,
some of the diseases of the diges
tive tract.
Farm
Topics
GOOD MILK CARE
PAYS DIVIDENDS
Specialist Outlines Rules
For ‘Creaming’ Profits.
By JOHN A. AREY
(Dairy Specialist. North Carolina
State College.)
The best way to "cream the prof
its" from a home milk business is
to skim off the lary practices of not
properly caring for your product—
the milk.
Farmers who keep a cow or sev
eral cows might tack on the wall of
the bam following list of rules to be
observed in managing cows and
milk:
Milk clean, healthy cows in a clean,
well-ventilated place. Use a partly
covered, small-top milk bucket. No
rough edges or rusty spots. Milk
with clean, dry hands.
Take the milk from the stable or
cow shed as soon as you’ve finished,
strain and cool the milk.
Set the fresh milk in a cool, airy
place. Set pans or cans of milk in
cold fresh water to cool it quickly
and thoroughly.
Stir water often—about every 10
minutes at first—less later on.
Keep milk and cream in a well
ventilated place free from insects,
rats, dirt, dust and odors.
Don’t add warm milk or cream to
cold milk or cream, unless you
want to speed up souring.
Rinse utensils, wash, scald with
boiling water, dry, sun and air them
promptly.
Scrub them in warm water with
a brush—not a dish rag. Don’t dry
them with a towel.
If you sell cream, deliver it twice
a week in winter.
AGRICULTURE
IN INDUSTRY
By Florence C. Weed
(This is one of a series of articles show
ing bow farm products are finding an im
portant market in industry.)
Tobacco—Many Uses
An additional income of $7.50 an
acre will be available to American
tobacco growers if tobacco seed can
be utilized in this country.
In India, Bulgaria and Jugoslavia,
an oil is extracted from tobacco
seed which resembles sesame seed
in taste and smell. Since it is not
thick and penetrates tissues easily,
it may prove useful in the manu
facture of hair oils, glycerine,
paints, varnishes and soap. In In
dia, the cake left after the oil is ex
tracted, is fed to sheep and goats.
Still another possible use of the cake
is in fertilizer. All of these new uses
of seed would not interfere with cul
tivation or harvest of the tobacco
leaf.
In the United States, the 1,848.652,
000-pound crop is grown primarily
for cigars, cigarettes, chewing and
smoking tobacco and snuff. About
10 per cent is cigar leaf and the rest
is "manufacturing tobacco.” North
Carolina produces the most, fol
lowed by Kentucky, South Carolina,
Georgia and Tennessee.
Some of the crop goes into insec
ticides in which the nicotine is ex
tracted, combined with oil and used
as a spray for moths and garden
pests. Other new applications to
farm pests are being sought by re
search workers. Experiments are
being made to produce a new non
smoking tobacco, specifically for in
dustrial uses. Recent discoveries
show that it will be used effectively
in the field of medicine.
The United States grows about one
fourth of the world’s tobacco crop,
uses more than any other country,
and imports more. The greatest
: area extends from Kentucky to
Maryland and from central Ohio
to North Carolina. Cigar tobacco is
produced in Connecticut, Wisconsin,
Pennsylvania, Indiana and Ohio.
Improve Manure Value
With Superphosphate
Farm manure’s value as a fall
and winter fertilizer is greatly in
creased by the addition of super
phosphate. The superphosphate not
only prevents nitrogen loss in the
manure, but adds another important
plant food element—phosphorus—an
element that is lacking in all ma
nures. “Methods of applying it may
vary according to farm conditions,”
says a statement of the Middle West
Soil Improvement Committee, "but
perhaps the simplest way is to
scatter one or two pounds of super
phosphate per animal per day in
the gutter or trough where manure
is collected. By this means the su
perphosphate is evenly distributed
through the mixture.”
Agricultural Notes
Grain for dairy cattle should be
ground, but fine grinding may be
harmful because such feed has too
little bulk to be used most efficiently
by cows. ,
• • •
Hogs to be butchered should not
1 be fed for 24 hours before nulling
( but should get all the water they
j want Fasted hogs bleed out better
I and dress more easily,
ASK ME
ANOTHER
A General Quiz
The Queationa
1. In what sport do three kinds
of animals take part?
2. What is the diameter of the
moon?
3. What was Ty Cobb’s lifetime
major league batting average?
4. The stamp act of 1765 im
posed a duty on what items used
in the American colonies?
5. What animal has a bull for
a father, a cow for a mother, and
is known as a pup?
6. What city is known as the
Pittsburgh of the South?
7. What is the record average
speed in the Indianapolis 500-mile
auto race?
8. When were pigs first brought
to America?
The Anawera
1. Fox hunting (the fox, horses
and hounds).
2. The diameter of the moon is
2,160 miles.
3. Ty Cobb’s average is .367.
4. Paper, vellum and parch
ment.
5. A fur seal.
6. Birmingham, Ala.
7. The record is 117.2 miles per
hour, set by Floyd Roberts in 1938.
8. Thirteen pigs Were brought
to Tampa by DeSoto 400 years
ago, when he with 600 soldiers
planned to establish a colony in
Florida.
Delicious Recipes Free
Would you like to try a brand
new delightful recipe for Apple
Cake, Coffee Cake, Herb Bread, Or
ange Bread and dozens of other
appetizing recipes? Just drop a
post card to Standard Brands, Inc.,
Dept. W, 691 Washington Street,
New York City, and you will re
ceive a grand cook-book absolutely
free.—Adv.
Relief At Last
For Your Cough
Creomulsion relieves promptly be
cause it goes right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel
germ laden phlegm, and aid nature
to soothe and heal raw, tender, in
flamed bronchial mucous mem
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
a bottle of Creomulsion with the un
derstanding you must like the way it
quickly allays the cough or you are
to have your money back.
CREOMULSION
for Coughs, Chest Colds, B ronchitis
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Egotism is an alphabet of one
letter.—English Proverb.
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