f War Charts Define Seven Seas
Each month more than two million charts roll off the
presses of the United States Hydrographic Office, giving de
tailed, vital data of the harbors and expanses of the seven
seas. As these charts go out to the fleet and to friendly
mariners of the United Nations, U. S. Navy ships are chart
ing new segments of the oceans, new ports of call, new reefs
and channels. Likewise, old and incomplete charts are con
stantly being brought up to date. The chart data obtained by
hydrographic engineers aboard ship are sent to the navy’s
Hydrographic Office
where, under the direc
tion of Rear Admiral G.
S. Bryan, USN, the Hydro
grapher of the Navy, they
are plotted, processed,
printed and distributed.
U. S. S. Boto
doin, one of the
most famous ex
ploration ships,
Iu'hieh is still in
service.
The rough sheets prepared by
the men aboard survey ships are
sent to Washington, where they
are transformed into detailed,
usable product.
Once the new chart is plotted,
it is taken to the survey room
where coastlines, reefs and simi
lar details are plotted in accord
ing to scale.
Once the chart is on zinc, technical workmen see that the design
is clear-cut and that the zinc plate receives proper chemical treat
ment. Before the zinc plate goes to press a proof copy is pulled.
Rear Admiral G. S. Bryan,
Navy Hydrographer, in his of
fice in Suitland, Md. The plant
he directs makes a vital contri
bution to the war effort.
On a stack of finished charts,
corrected and ready for folding,
filing ami mailing, sits Betty
Peterson, a stenographer in the
Hydrographic Office, Files in
background fill two large rooms.
Here the completed chart is engraved on a permanent copper
plate before being sent to the photographer and r- inter.
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{PATTERNS
SEWING CIRCLE
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1628
Fun Ahead
/^.RAND wardrobe for young- 1
sters who get into everything.
The smock for looks . . . the over
all and playsuit for fun.
• • •
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1628-B de
signed for sizes 1. 2, 3, 4 and 5 years.
Size 2 overall requires l>/» yards 35-lnch
material, smock life yards, playsuit K
yard.
^HOUSEHOLD
ininTsffi
To make sterilized bandages at
home, tear a clean old sheet into
strips, roll them and then place
in an airtight jar. Suspend the
jar in water and allow the water
to become boiling hot for several
minutes.
• • •
Use a potato ricer to squeeze out
that hot compress. With it you
can use water much hotter than
your bare hands can stand.
* • •
To save time and hosiery, just
rub paraffin on the inside of the
toes of your stockings. You will
have no darning to do for a long
time and one application lasts
through many launderings.
• • •
Here is a way to prevent loose
casters from dropping from the
furniture when it is moved about.
Put melted paraffin in the hole
and insert the caster before it is
set.
• • •
In grafting fruit trees in the
spring, keep the grafting wax from
sticking to your hands by keeping
a piece of pork rind handy and
rubbing your hands on it occasion
ally.
• • •
An old orange wood stick from
your manicure kit will be found
helpful to get at the dirt in the
corners when washing windows or
floors.
• • •
Strong soap suds and hot water
will remove stains from pewter
which has become discolored and
dark.
‘Once Bitten, Ttvice Shy*—
So Goes the Old Adage
Getting ready to perform his
final and greatest feat, the local
amateur magician stepped out to
the edge of the platform and said:
“For the purpose of my next
trick, which I assure you will be
a good one, will some gentleman
in the audience kindly lend me his
hat? Will you, sir?” he added per
suasively to a man in the front
row.
But the man in question clutched
his hat firmly with both hands and
shook his head.
“I will not,” he retorted indig
nantly, “not until you return the
lawnmower you borrowed last
summer.” |
/ / 1806
Junior Two-Piece
A REALLY luscious little two
** piece for the junior miss.
Hug-me-tight jacket with nicely
fulled skirt. Cute collar and cuffs.
• • •
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1806-B de
signed for sizes 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14 and IS.
Corresponding bust measurements 27, 28,
29, 30. 31. 32 and 33. Size 10 (28) requires,
with short sleeves, 3 yards 39-inch ma
terial; 3,k yard contrast.
Due to an unusually large demand and
current war conditions, slightly more time
is required in filling orders for a few of
the most popular pattern numbers.
Send your order to:
SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT.
530 South Wells St. Chicago.
Enclose 20 cents in coins for each
pattern desired.
Pattern No. Size.
Name .
Address .
Stages of Salmon
During the course of its life, the
Atlantic salmon passes through
eight stages, each of which has
its own name: Sac fry, advanced
fry, fingerling, parr, smolt, grilse,
adult salmon and kelt, the last
during the time after spawning.
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\ A General Quiz * ?
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The Questions
1. The right of the state to take
property for public use is called
what?
2. What is another name for the
gladiolus?
3. Whose motto was: “Better to
live a day as a lion than 100 years
as a sheep?
4. What was the first of Presi
dent Wilson’s 14 points?
5. For what country did John
Paul Jones serve as a rear ad
miral after the Revolutionary
war?
6. Where is bilge water found?
7. What name is given to a com
pany whose main business is the
owning of stocks or securities of
other companies?
8. Does England receive any
taxes or other kind of tribute from
her dominions?
The Answers
1. Eminent domain.
2. Sword lily.
3. Mussolini.
4. Open covenants openly ar
rived at.
5. Russia.
6. At the bottom of boats.
7. Holding company.
8. England does not receive any
taxes or any kind of tribute from
the 150-odd dominions, colonies,
protectorates, dependencies and
mandated territories that consti
tute the British Commonwealth of
Nations.
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/TO HAKE,
^OW, aren’t you glad you saved
^ those tiny scraps of muslin,
prints and plain colors? Just see
what an exciting array of gay pan
holders can be fashioned from
these bits of material. Whether
you prefer the vegetables, fruit
motifs, flower faces, sunbonnet ba
Home of Confucius
Kufow, China, where Confucius
was bom and died, has been dur
ing the past 2,500 years the home
of virtually all of his descendants,
says Collier’s. Not only are tens of
thousands of them buried around
his tomb in the Kung cemetery,
but more than 50,000 still live in
the city, constituting nearly the
entire population.
No Relief There
Mandy—Don’t you-all know it’s
wrong ter believe in ghosts?
Marcellus—Ah don’t believe in
’em. Ah wouldn’t trust a ghost as
fer as Ah could see him.
New Steno (following rapid dic
tation): “Now, Mr. Jones, what
did you say between ‘Dear Sir’
and ‘Sincerely yours’?”
Unselfish
Mrs. Tiltsnoot—Why are you
leaving us like this, Nora?
Nora—Indade, an’ me reasons
are philanthropic, mum. Oi want
to give some wan else a chancet
at th’ joys o’ livin’ wid yez!
These days you’ve got to dig
your garden. You can’t just turn
it over in your mind.
Little Left
An English lawyer was enter
taining a member of the New York
bar, now in the United States
army. The Englishman showed
his guest a picture of Gandhi in
an illustrated paper and said:
“You’d hardly believe it, but
Gandhi used to be a lawyer.”
“Is that so?” said the American.
“He looks to me more as if he
had been a lawyer’s client.”
That Old Settee of the Gay Nineties
Can Be Brought Right Up-to-Date
I
i— LOOSELY
J stuffed seat
I CUSHION SEWN
5 IN PLACF
^IGHT PADDING WOOD PADDED WITH
^ COTTON
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V/IANY a bride today is doing
her furniture shopping in sec
ond hand stores where she finds a
choice selection of the over-elab
orate discards. These are not an
tiques and it takes a discerning
eye to see any possibilities of
beauty in them.
Chintz covers will hide padding
over woodwork and carving. Legs
may be cut off to give a low seat
and if the back legs are cut a little
shorter than the front, the backs of
chairs and settees are given a
comfortable tilt. Here, a loosely
stuffed seat cushion fills in the
edges of the rounded spring seat.
Narrow cotton fringe trims the
flowered cover.
• • •
NOTE — Do furniture transformations
fascinate you? You will find some exciting
new ones in BOOKS 9 and 10 of the series
of booklets offered with these articles.
Each of these booklets contains direction*
for more than thirty smart up-to-the-min
ute things io make for your home from
odds and ends and Inexpensive new ma
terials. Booklets are 15 cents each. Send
requests direct to:
MRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS
Bedford Hills New York
Drawer 10
Enclose 15 cents for each book
desired.
Name .
Address .
Training War Dogs
This is the first war in which
our army has trained dogs for war
work. During World War I the
army borrowed war-trained dogs
from the Allies, but did not train
any of its own dogs.
More Alike
Visitor (to host’s chauffeur)—It
certainly took you a long time to
find me. Didn’t your master tell
you how to recognize me?
Chauffeur—Yes, sir, but there
were several men with large
stomachs and red noses.
Smart Boy
Teacher—Why, Bobby, do you
mean to say you wouldn’t like to
be President?
Bobby—Not just now. I’d rath
er wait until things cool down a
bit.
If you were to say the first bugle
call of the day in the Army is
“Reveille”—you’d be wrong. It’s
“First Call.” But you probably
know what cigarette gets first call
with Army men—it's Camel. And
Camel is the favorite with men in
all branches of the service—Navy,
Marines, Coast Guard, too. (Based
on actual sales records from serv
ice men’s stores.) And though
there are Post Office restrictions
on packages to overseas Army
men, you can still send Camels
to soldiers in the U. S., and to
men in the Navy, Marines, and
Coast Guard wherever they are.
—Adv.
bies or pieced designs, your scrap
bag can surely supply the ‘'mak
ings”—and those odds and ends of
floss will do the rest.
• • •
You may Indulge your preference t*
stitch, too, for embroidery, applique and
piecing are all employed here. Hot troB
transfer Z9542, 15 cents, brings motifs for
this entire group of panholders. Send yonr
order to:
AUNT MARTHA
Box 1S6-W Kansas City, Mo.
Enclose 15 cents for each pattern
desired. Pattern No..
Name....
Address ...
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Nicknames of Jeeps
Jeeps have been given charac
teristic nicknames by several of
our allies. The Russians call them
“kozils” or goats, the Mexicans
"cucarachas” or cockroaches, and
the Chinese symbol means “littla
tough guys.”
can’t BUY ASPIRIN
that can do more for you than St Joseph
Aspirin. Why pay more? World’s largest
seller at 10c. Demand St Joseph Aspirin.
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ABOUT
RUBBER
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Improper brake adjustment
Is a rubber-waster. Have year
brakes checked regularly. H
one wheel "takes hold" be
fore the others, its rubber
carries the full brunt of step
ping the car, with resultant
excessive rubber wear.
In their search for rubber substi
tutes, scientists are now probing
myrcene, a turpentine derivative
discovered about fifty years ago.
The list of rubber "sources" is grow
ing almost daily.
It is expected that the ItW
harvest of crude rubber la
the United States will total
600 tons, all guayule. Nor
mally this country consumed
about 600,000 tens of rubber
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with meat flavors.
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