Winning Essays in Home Lighting Contest Named 15.000 Children Enter Com petition; Inez McRoberts, 3713 North 24th St., Gets First Prize. Girls won the first five local major prizes offered by the Omaha Electrical league and lighting educational com mittee In the local Better Home light ing essay contest. The first boy to win a prize was seventh from the head of the list, Inez McRoberts, 3713 North Twen ty-fourth street, won the first prize, a 1300 scholarship. She is 11 years old and Is In the seventh grade. The other four leading prizes ranged from $100 to $20. The Judges In deciding the winners did not know the names of the writ ers. Each essay turned In was given a number and graded according to number. Tho first boy to win was Cecil Wlckstrum. 1007 Wirt street. He won the seventh prize of $5. The public Is Invited to attend the awarding of the prizes to the 226 winners at a mass meeting to be held at 10:30 a. m., Friday, January 2, at the Brandeis theater. At i^is time all of the Individual prizes and school prizes will be awarded. The prizes total $2,000 In value. Both tho local and the national es say contest opened on October 7 and closed November 14. More than 13.000 school children took part In the contest, that many primers hav ing been distributed. The children in Omaha finished and submitted 6.112 essays. The contest was open to all school children above 10 years of age. The Omaha committee has sent to New York 25 of the best essays in the Omaha contest. These are to be submitted in the national essay con test. The first prize of the national essay contest Is a $15,000 model elec tric home. Model Home Completed. A model of this home has been con structed by the Benson & Garrett company under the supervision of the Omaha Electrical league here. This home is located at 661 North Fifty sixth street. It will be thoroughly furnished and guides will explain all the new electrical equipment a^J lighting in the home. This home will be open January 3. The Omaha contest was under the direction of a sponsoring committee. This committee consisted of Mayor James C. Dahlman, C. G. Powell, .T. H. Beveridge, Rev. James Ahearn, W. R. Watson, Ballard Dunn, Neal Jones and A. D. Barber. The work of carrying on the essay contest was under the direction of I', the development committee of the Omaha Electrical league, with K. P. Goewey of the Nebraska Power com pany as chairman. Th# regional headquarters of the campaign was also located In Omaha, with Glen A. Walker as director for the states of Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas and Iowa. A. D. Barber of the Western Elec 1 trie company, George Johnston of the Midwest Electric company. City Elec-t trician Israel Lovett and all execu tives of the Omaha Electrical league worked closely with Mr. Goewey In making the campaign a success. Schools Get Flags. Silk flags will he awarded to 14 Omaha schools. When the contest opened a silk flag was offered to the school having the largest number of essays written In proportion to Its enrollment. Competition was so keen that 14 schools turned In 100 per cent. A *50 flag will be presented to each of ADVERTISEMENT. A Smooth. White Skin That Defies Weather During the coming months of biting winds and intense cold, you who would kc.*ep your skins smooth, white and vel vety. should turn your attention to irier colized wnx. Nothing else will so effective ly prevent or remove a chapped, rough ened or discolored surface. By gradually absorbing the weather-beaten cuticle, the complexion is kept in perfect condition, and even the beauty of expression appears more pronounced. If your skin be coarse, blotchy, pimply, freckled, sallow or over red, why not shed It? One ounce of or dinary mercolized wax, to he had at any druggist's, will completely transform the most unsightly complexion in a few days. Us« the wnx nightly, like cold cream, wash ing it off mornings. Lift Off-No Pain! i Doesn’t hurt one hit! Drop * little “Freezona” on an aching corn, In stantly that rorn atop* hurting, then Shortly you lift Jt right off with fin gcra. Your druggist sella a tiny bottle of “Freezona” for a few cents, sufficient to remove every hard corn, soft corn, •r corn between the toes, and the foot •alijjw. without soreness or^IM?" [ cJneZ *Mc%o6ert$ &ermce uVest/e6usk the following 14 schools: Webster, Kelloni. St. Wenselas, St. Patrick, Benson, t r.tral, Sacred Heart, As sumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Jungmunn, Benson Junior High, Cor rigan, Bancroft, Edward Rosewater, Casteiar and Lincoln. Omaha/ was the center of the na tional essay contest. Special atten tion was given to it here because the national campaign was the idea of J. E. Davidson, general manager and vice president of the Nebraska Power company. Mr. Davidson consulted with leading educators of the country and received their endorsement and then launched the national campaign during the early part of this year, lie was the directing force In the campaign from that time until it closed. Hotter Vision Is Aim. , Mr. Davidson is now first vice president of the National Electric Light association, and will he national president next year. This will he the first time this office has been held by an Omahan. “The purpose of this essay contest and the better home lighting cam paign was to interest the American people In proper and better home lighting In order to check the spread ing of poor vision among the youth of the country.” Mr. Davidson said. The Omaha committee feels that Inez McRoberts has an excellent op portunity of winning the first na tional prize. Her originality and liter ary effort shows in a clear manner the very interesting way In which she choose the various electric light fixtures. Pictures of these fixtures were carefully pasted by her in the primmer, and she told in her original way how she surveyed the lighting situation In the home of her parents and two neighbors. Following are the prize-winning ^Ftrat Prise—Insa McRoberts, t71S North Twenty-fourth etreet. Second Prize—Bernice Neetlebueh. Maple etreet. Third Prize—Mary Fogarty, 111* Wirt street. Fourth Prize—Joan Aurelia Pellegrln, 2120 Btnney atraet. Fifth Prize—-Judith Anne Iwersen. 121s E slxth'prtze to Twenty-fifth, Incluelve— Levine Louweree; 1404 South Tenth etreet: Cecil Wlcketrum. 1907 Win etreet; Virginia Linder, 1423 North ■ lath atreet; Cecilia Tercra Kelly, 3407 North Kighieenth etreet; Grace hi la ilacCue Hie North Twenty-fourth etreet; Jack Thompson Hall, 2435 Man onrson street; Dorothy Lunette Burner, 2621 North Fortieth street; Lawrence J. Abte, 4004 Mouth Twejvty-fourth etreet; Mildred Hrbek. 1820 O etreet; tfophia Hrugaeman. 4207 Mouth Eleventh etreet; Susan Hosier, 3723 North Eighteenth Ntreet- Alice Marcella Hackenberg. 1477 Emmet atreet; Mwrtln Wickett, -4 4* Browne street; Huchel Beatrice Brown, 1920 Blnney street, Bertha Strieker, 142K North Forty-first avenue; Helen Marie i. a Brie, mil Franklin street* Dorothy Marine Braun. 701 Dorms street- Bernice Velora Colton. 4725 Mouth Twentieth street; Ertna Nelson, 2510 Emmett ’street, John Jacob Weber, 8822 North Thirtieth street , . Twenty.sixth Prize to Fiftieth, lnclu «lve—Bernice Burwell, 6508 Wfttt street; Emily Kubtlius, 3216 North Mixty-ftrst. street: Eleanor Amelia Needham. 4162 Mason street; Clifford James Wilson, 2615 Binney stre^; Marguerite Couch, 4216 Ersklne street; Mary Lupton, 3142 South Sixteenth street; Margaret Foral, 1463 Mouth Fifteenth etreet; Agnes Reynek. 1312 Atlas street; Marjorie Sniffer, 3903 North Seventeenth* etreet; Catherine Mor rissey. 2106 Locust street; Irene Schneider, 3420 North Sixty-seventh avenue- William Waldo Scott, 2102 Spencer street; Alice lane Owen. 2027 Spencer etreet- Emily Hall, 2425 Manderson street; Christine M. Foral, 1726 Mouth Ninth street; Mary Eileen M< Kernan, 4320 South Eighteenth street; Margaret Mary Klausner, 2346 South Thirty-fifth street; Agnes Foral. 1 462 Mouth Fifteenth etreet; Mildred Anna VanHaven. 3701 South Thirteenth street; Audrey Jane Mtrayer 8811 North Fifty third street; Marie Falcone. 2617 North Twentieth street; Martha Cook, 6339’Mpcifc '•er atreet; Charles Laverlng. 2664 Man derson afreet; Eileen Merten. 1616 Wirt • treat; Clare Kinney, 2629 Cass street. Honorable Mention—Twenty-five med als (watch folia) for boys: Paul E. • histafson. 2624 North Nineteenth street; Howard Fetereon, 2715 North Sixty-third street; John Burke. 1811 Evans atreet; Psul Johnson. 1920 Emmet street: Eugene Chtdwelf. 624! Decatur ntreef, Fred Hamilton. Seventy-eighth street and Keystone drive; Marrhall Walter fltup. 2870 Evans strest; Charles Rpalek, 1706 South Elev enth street; Georg* Frederick Oeat, 6012 Izard street; Eddie Evans. 2919 Douglas street, Delmer Franklin Campbell. 1909 Mouth Second street; John lloenir 139 North Thirty-eighth street; William Macksnherr 1 477 Emmet atreat; Carl WLfisman, Keystona park; Robert Macfle .Sharp. 2601 Emmet street; Thomas W. Deakin, 4602 Fontenells boulevard; By ron Havsr, 2516 North Rlxty-flrst street; Stanley Prlndl*. 4928 ** Mouth Nine teenth street; Alfred D*nnell, 4616 South Twenty-sixth street; BUI ward O'Hearn. 2524 North Sixty-first street Robert Ras mussen. 2513 North Slxty-alxth ftvanut; Taylor Waldron. 120 North Forty-third strest; Edward flwotek. 1510 Willi* ave nue; Joe Aubrey Neal, 6338 Spencer styeat; Lester Ptacek. 3016 North Fifty fourth street. Honorable Mention—Twenty-five med als (ribbon pendants) for girls Agnes Wlnane, 2533 South Seventh atreet. Jean Murphy, 201 South Thirty-sixth street; Marie A. Pavlik. 6802 Mouth Nineteenth street; Mary Diatefano. 1413 Mouth Four teenth atreet, Marl# Bog aid, 624 North Thirty-third etreet; Florence Ague* Wra beta. 3931 North Twenty-first. street; Adeline Hnwlgy. 2227 Mouth Twenty third it reel, Cat I <11 manning, 2211 street; Kathleen Spencer. :.*011 Maple street; Eleanor Morkey, 5410 Mouth .Nine toenth street; Insrphln* Julia Larsen 1017 Arbor street. Alice H. Krecek. 1706 Mouth Twelfth street. G**na Marla Vann. 6014 South Twenty third street. Winifred lie tsv. It 16 Not! h Ts ants mmond 11 ■ el Ethel Alice Chnrrgn, 5103 North Thlrty hlxth street, Katharine Mary Kdghlll, 2812 North Nineteenth avenue; Anna Tlxa, 2612 Pinkney street. Mary Flor enee Mitchell. 112 North Fortieth street; Eunice Eleanor Gilbreath, 4215 Patrick avenue; Marjorie Graves 68 4 7 Bedford avenue: Cafhrrln Reilly, 2719 Roijfh Twentieth o‘reet. Bernice Keiaer, 2057 North FHxtlSth avenue, hnii't>« Vondrs, 6221 Mouth Twenty-second a1r«et; Helen Michelle. 1722 Mouth Seventeenth street; ^.'■Upza W, rjai»)»un, Oil Cmll* «u«rt ‘Bettor Home Lighting Essay,“ pencil awarded next 140 best essays: Jennetta McCaffrey', 4325 Binnev street; Lucile Kutidy. 4700*4 South Twentieth atreet: Marie Andra 2232 South Twelfth atreet; Mildred Vaska, 1707 South Eleventh street: Ruth Olsen. 2501 South Thirtieth street; Robert Southard 2301 T street: Gertrude E. Miller. 203 Haskell street; Marjorie L. Hecktnan. 1810 Manderson street; Sally Williams 212 South Thirty-fourth street; Stazie Chvtil. 5123 South Nineteenth street: Kathleen Elizabeth Eaton, 2018 Binnev street: Lucile Jensen. 3143 North Fifty-ninth street: Jane Harmon, 2411 Emmet street: Eileen O’Reilly, 2887 Crown Point avenue: Leo Brennan. 432j South Twenty-fifth street.; Josephine Ce ce.Ua Bubon. 2107 North Eighteenth street: Margaret Sobizyk 3002 Vinton street; Junior Johndrean. 3025 Webster street: Eileen Draney, 2919 Pacific street. Jack Watherston. 4312 Wakeley street; Niamoa Flesher. 3619 North Sixty-fourth street; Bertha Edith Nielson. 3211 N^yth Eleventh street; Ethel Ingram, 2161 South Thirtv-third street: Mary Norris, 1938 South Tenth street: Georgia Nelson. 233.3 South Twenty-fourth street; JuanJta Allen. 2621 South Twentv-first street; Josephine Helen Kelly, 2104 Davenport street: Edna See. 119 NorLh Fifteenth street; Wanda Julawlck. 4433 South Thirty-second street . Edwarda Seller, ;;2ll North Twenty-fifth avenue; Ida WJenzveg 2222 Miami street: Mary Jane Mercer. 4220 fuming street; Marion Wa cek. 2324 North Fiftieth street: Clare M Fitzgerald. .3806 North Eighteenth street: Sarah Goodbinder. 2445 Pinkney street. Marie Wlnans. 2533 804th Seventh street; Patricia Ellen Buckley. 2509 North Forty-ninth atreet: Helen Wear, 8424 Dodge street: Leona Charron. 51"2 North Thirty-sixth street: Ruth Krcal, 1701 South Ninth street: Lillian Lucile Cenk. 5128 Soutl Eighteenth street: Frances Humphrey. Fifty-second and Bedford avenue; Marlei Russell. 2562 Fowler ave nue: Elaine Halbe. 6101 North Thirtieth street: Mae AveriH Larson 2737 Mere dith avenu* Neva Pearl Harrow. 3124 North Fifty-fifth street: Georgia Kroupa, 4113 South Ninth street: Marguerite Price. 2232 Lake atreet; Katherine Bus nardo. 658.3 Evans street: Delma De Young. 4910 North Thirty-eighth street; Elma Margaret Hansen, 4602 Redman avenue: L**ona Beryls Upcbut'h. 4622 South Twent' -second street: Henrietta M Timmins. 2920 Fort stteet. Leola Parcell. 7065 Wirt street; Doris Monaghan. 2663 Manderson street: Elsie Foucek. 2861 Cass street; Marie J. 8a bata. 1960 South Eleventh street; Janice Miller. Sixtieth and W; Irene 8c heal 969 North Twenty-sixth street; Leer a Culver. (.140 Bedford avenue. Edith Epstein. 980 North Twenty-sixth street; Marvin Ren ford. 4832 Farnam street: Elizabeth Rose McNicJjolas. 1028 North Forty-first street. Maude Louise Fowler. 4002 Sew ard street; Catherine Walsh. 722 South Thirty-eighth avenue: Olga Byba. 2714 F street; Angela Jacoby. 2409 G street: Eleanor Lvnch. 2302 South Twelfth street: Carrie Belle Gossard. 6614 Emmet street; Marjorie Munroe. 2704 North Six tieth street. Bessie Baker. 3819 North Twenty-first street: Mary Loraine Laird 4916 North Twentv-aixth avenue; Beatrice .Martin. 208 North Thirty-fifth avenue. I’esrl Mtrcus. 2444 Pratt street. Hazel Molgard. Route 4 South Omaha: Ruthella Schorle. 4808 North Forty-sec ond ■ *«eer ; Theophllla Kubillua. 3218 North Sixty-first street: Josephine Ruf f.no. 1325 South Twenty-second street: Helen E Clarkson. 1$06 Emmet street* Ernest Stefan. 4319 Saratoga street: Kathryn Marsh. 1320 Monroe street; Hel en Clare Schneider. 2738 Redick avenue; Beatrice Silverman. 832 South Twenty first street: Edward Barakat. 214 8oUth Thirteenth street: Mary Eleanor McCall 4108 Farnam atreet; Irene Johnson. 28»’4 fast street: John Morgan Oepson. 4236 Grant street: Doris Mao Haney. 1823 Jef ferson street: Ifaz'dle Iverson. 6128 Pink ney street; Brownie Regleton 2516 Dodge «*reet. Nora Pat Dugdale. 4033 Seward street. Natalie E. White. 70J South Twenty seventh street. Albert K. Koch. Route 1. Prairie (tenter; Donald Nelson. 4316 Sew ard street. June Pennington. 4116 Charles street; Sophia Olem. 4503 South Thirty third street. Florence Casey. 3820 Daven port street; Norman Jvernv Derry 4524 fharle* street: Helen Henshaw. 1808 North Forty-second street; Mary Mai guerfte Phln*. .3208 oak street; Margaret Flannerv. 2491 North Forty-seventh «v« nue Mildred Guggenmo*. 3848 Cass street: Helen Calhoun. £590 Pratt street: Ruth Ver Mehren. 2420 Manderson atreet; Mary Louise Festner. 2691 Manderson street; Madeline Kdren. 3323 North Thir tieth street; Mildred Knurskow. 1622 North Fortieth street. Fern Linder. 4332 Seward street: War ren Stevens. 3911 North Eighteenth street; Virginia Allen, 2820 Bristol streat: Edward Rice. 1904 Lothrop street; Earl Nelsen 2610 Emmet atreet: Robert Pill ing. 2207 Pinkney street; Virginia Jones, Carter Lake club: Lep Joseph Semonee. 3401 North Sixteenth street; Rosenre Wicker. 400b South Twenty-fourth street: Helen Cecelia Doll. 3101 Miami street; Dorothy Loringer. 4110 North Twenty-fifth street: Ethel Kenny. 1826 Pinkney atreet; Marie Mollner, 2817 North Fifteenth atreet; KathertA" Cerev. 3224 North Nineteenth street: Jack Gra ham. 1825 Binnev street. Rose Rita ‘•Neill. 3323 Manderson street; Cbarlea William Merrlrnen. 1202 South Slgth street: Anna Cerveny. 6201 South Twen tieth etreet. Merle Simon 5622 South Forty-eeventh street: Peter Ifoldorf. 6646 Blnney street. Evelyn Cos. 1019 North Twenty-ninth street; Florence Dowd. 1013 Decatur street: Edward Wachtler. 2115 Webater street: Marie T. ftoeslng. 1618 Binnev street; tohn O’Donnell. 2119 Maple street: Mary Elisabeth Clevenger. 3016 Pinkney atreet; Genevieve Merle HchneeUenberger 2229 Locuat street; Alice Wear. 392.1 North Thirty-third street; Laura Barnes. 3631 North Twenty fourth atreet: Ronald Barton. 2227 Evana street: Howard Williams Smith, 2423 Mandtraon street; Pearl Danskv. 2l>0| Plnknev atreet: Gertrude Bradford 2817 Pratt atreet. Inez McRobertt' prize winning es say follows: THE FAJBY OF GOOD EYESIGHT. The wind shrieked and the rein beet wildly on the window pane as I aet be fore the cheerful fireplace 1n the living room, reading by 1ta ruddy glow. I think you are very cruel to abuse me an." cerae a cross little voice from the mantel I was so startled that T jumped to ay feet, dropping my book, only to see e fairy scarcely six inches high sitting sn the clock, looking very angry. 'Where did you com* from 7“’ T gasped. ''I didn't corns," she replied Indig nantly. "I’ve been with you all your life Who are you, then?" I asked In ahaer astonishment. "1 am the Fairy of Good Eyesight You have all but murdered me end I can stand It no longer ' *1—1-1 beg your pardon, but I do not understand " "You have abused me nearly el! your life by rending In poor light. You have both of my enemies In your home Mr. Gloom and Mr Glare the weakening cousins Moon vou ahull pay Hie penalty for we.ikening me by wearing glasses. In to ke< • mi wall and atroni I Ml mml hevn auffb lent light ami proper sit ad Ing "in Gils room your celling fixture baa thrc* f»o wxtt billon, but there," aald fha fairy, "la h light which l» not properly shaded because I ran mm* the bright fila ment You should hu\e a piano lamp beside Gi* piano, while bracket fkxturea with soft rose shade* would make th« room more beautiful Come, let us in through the reat *1 the house and I will show you some mors mistakes ’* A* 1 stood b/ the mantel the fairy ^yiang lightly in my ehouldsj- aeg wi Otis Skinner Tells Own Tale in His Own Way y j Adds Delightful Volume to the Annals of American Stage in Form of Au tobiography. • FOOTLIGHTS AND SPOTLIGHTS: RECOLLECTIONS OF MY LIFE ON THE STAGE,M by Otia Skinner: the Bobhs-Merrlll company, Indianapolis, publishers. This merriest of mummers, most wholesome of men, most dependable of friends, as well as most capable of actors, has added to the swelling tide of autobiography a delightful volume. He has extenuated nothing, nor set down aught In malice, but tells In the way his intimntes are familiar with, some outstanding Inci dents of a very busy life. Along with these go kindly commentary on peo ple of the stage and bits of anecdotes that make the whole seem like a chat, with the gifted author, rather than a more or less formal hook. As might have been expected, the work Is dedicated to "M. D. S,” which means Maude Durbin Skinner, the one-tirpe charming young actress. \vho gave up a career on the stage to be come the wife and mother, the com panion and homemaker for Otis Skin ner. And the jacket and the frontispiece bear the reproduction of George Luks’ painting of Mr, Skin ner in the character of Phlllippe Brideau, In "The Honor of the Fami ly," a role to which the star has given so much of his attention, and which he prizes as one of his most satisfactory creations. Skinner’s Lung and Busy Record, llow many play goers can remem ber the good old days of the theater days of Janauscherk, Ix)tta, John Mc Cullough, Lawrence Barrett, Fanny Davenport, Edwin Booth, Modjeska, Margaret Mather, Ada Rehan? Few of our present-day play goers realize that the career of Otis Skinner Is closely and affectionately Interwoven with the stage lives of these great players of snother day. Mr. Skinner made his professional debut at the Philadelphia museum. October, 1887. His first character was that of "Jim,’ 'an old ne#ro, in the play of "Woodlelgh." During his first year he had an unusually vigorous experience as a stock actor and when the season end e hs appeared as a leading member of the famous Daly company tn the United State* and Canada, and for three seasons tn ths capitals of Europe. • He then appeared sa the leading support of Edwin Booth and Helena Modjeska In their Joint tour, playing such parts at Laertes, MacDuff, Baa sanlo, DeM&uprat, etc. During ths seasons of 18M-1 and '92 he was the leading man for Mar garet Mather, and during the second season Mr. Skinner was manager and co-star. For the next two year* hs was as sctelated with Mm*. Modjeska in a repertory of Shakespearean and other classic plays and made his first ap pearance as Shylock in "The Mer chant of Venice." Concluding this engagement, his laet as a stock actor, he began hla stellar career. Whs* He Hss Bull(led. Here Is a chronological record of Mr. Skinner's activities ss a star, manager and producer- "His Grace de Grammont," "The King's Tester,’• "Hamlet,” "Richard ITT ." "Romeo and Juliet." 'Lady of Lyons." "Prince Otto." 'On a Balcony." "Lazarre," "Francesco da Rlmlnl," "School for Scandal." "Taming of ths Shew," 'The Harvester,’ "The Duel,” "The Honor of the Family," "Tour Humble Servant," "Rlre," "Klemet," "The Silent Voice," "A Celebrated Case," ’Cock o’ ths Walk," "Mister An tonio," "Humpty Dumpty," "Pietro," "At the Villa Rose.” "Blciod and Sand." and hla present play. "Sancho Panzo," In which he appears as the genial squire of that adventuresome knight-errant, Don Quixote, hero of Cervantes' Immortal work, "Don Quixote da la Mancha." procaadad. Aa wa antarad tha dltflng room aha amllad. •'It la my graataat pltaaura to coma hara for tha avanlng mill. Tha two 10<> watt hulha undar that old ahada flood tha tabla with a aoft glow whila tha golden randalthra and bra--k*» flttUTM with Sl-watf hulha maka tha room mora haautlful.’* Whan wa raathad tha kltrhan aha ■ Ighad aa though It w*r* a hop*l*aa taak to proeura propar lighting In our hojn* "To atart with, you ahould hava hrarkat fixturaa with lift-watt hulha an rloaad In danaa mllk whlta ahada# ovar tha ■Ink and atova *o that you won t ha In your own light. Th#n your railing fix tura ahould itavo a ion watt rlaar oulb." N**t waa tha vaatlbula *Tt la wall llghtad." aha aald. "barauta your railing flxtura haa thraa ftft-wgtt hulha and you hava hrarkat fixturaa on aarh atda of tha mirror " Aa wa alowlr wound our way up tha maaalva ataira. aha hagan to alng a lilt. Ing malady, hut aa wa antarad tha bad room bar aplrlta fall and aha hagan to grumbla * Thar* ahould ha a rtadlng lamp with a fcO watt bulb naar tha haad tit tha bad. randlaa on tha draaaar and hrarkat fix turaa with Si-watt hulha on aarh aid* of tha draaalng tabla baa'd** »ha eaniral flxtura with a 100-wait bulb" in th* bathroom tha fairy aald crlt Iralty. "Do you *xp#< t to aa# In that mirror with ona Si-watt bulb at tha aide? Why. only half of your fara will ha llghtad That* ahould ha a GO watt bulb on aarh aid* " Th*n w« loukad around lb# outalda of fh* hotiaa. "TOW hava fnnlrrn* vlth >l> wait bulb* at th* main rntram* but vmi ahould hav* a flxtura nt th* r#«r antranra " With tha*o word# ah# xanlahrd from my ahouldar Th* n*xi morning ^ hod an *1*'trtrlan from th* Naluitaku 7’owpi rumpanv put proper lighting in my horn# to protart my Talry of timid !• > might. It run be xlxte.l on tbi> highest suit absolutely unimpeachable authority that there will he no wxr between the notions of Kurope ex to which shell he the first to pay Its war debts ti* the United atetee.—Detroit Free ^l’i tea, Flagship Chicago Forced Down in Tropical Lagoon Amid Crocodiles; Gooseflesh on Hungry U. S. Fliers Told by LOWELL THOMAS. (Copyright, 1924.) Owing to the dead calm on the river at Haiphong It took the world fliers three hours to get off the water, and then they couldn't "get on their pontoon step" until they taxied for 10 miles out to where a few rip ples were caused by the river run ning Into the gulf of Tongklng. Once under way, they turned Inland and were off for Tourane, a. seaport of French Indo china half way down the coast to the capital city of Saigon. Miles and miles of flooded rice fields whirled by beneath them. In some were Anamese farmers in curious conical hats. They were plowing, and as the Douglas cruisers roared low over them the water buffalo would gallop across the fields, dragging plow and plowman right through the paddy. "The farther south we flew the denser became th$ jungle," says Low ell Smith. "After a time we rarely ever passed a village, merely a few huts now and tjien along the beach, where the natives exist on cocoanuts and fish. AA'e were flying Just off the water, so we got a fairly Intimate view of the scenery. One section of this flight was out over the Gulf of Tongklng for an hour. Thirty miles off the coast our motor started to overheat. I turned west toward the shore and at 2:28, according to the log, we landed In a lagoon called 'Kuavictor-palms,' filled the radiator with salt water while the Boston and New Orleans circled overhead, and then took off again. But we kept on losing water and couldn't make out just where It was coming from. Down In the Jungles. "For another 20 minutes we passed over wild Jungle where there wasn't a hope of getting dow’n without crash ing. Occasionally we would see a crocodile slide off Into a slimy pond of ooze. By now the motor was red, hot again and pounding badly, so we were obliged to turn out to see, all the while vainly scanning the coun try for a sheltered lagoon where we could make a safe landing. I spotted one three miles Inland, so we hopped arrow the jungle and came down. Nor were we a minute too soon. As we started to glide toward the lagoon everything In the motor seemed to he going to pieces. The original diffi culty was the breaking of a connect ing rod, which poked a hole'through the crank case. Although I knew what had happened, I couldn't tell it what moment the ship might catch fire.’* As they were landing Smith yelled to Arnold, but “Les" couldn't make out what he said. Realizing the danger of the plan# bursting into flames, he Jerked loose his safety belt, grabbed the fire extinguisher, and the moment they touched the water he bounded over the side and out on the wing. Fortunately they were not on fire. But they were stranded on a lagoon In a remote corner of tropical Indo-China, with a wrecked motor and without food or drinking water—a romantlo but none too pleasant situation. Off for New Motor. The Boston and New Orleans dove down past them several times. Smith and Arnold signaled that their motor had failed. So the other two cruisers landed alongside, gave therti the drink ing water they were carrying, prom ised to get a new motor for them as quickly as possible, and return over land from Tourane. the port SO miles farther on. Inspection proved that the lose of water had been due to a leaky valve In the pipe lines. But It was hidden under the cowling and this metal nose of the plane had to be taken off before the discovery was made. * The lagoon In w hich they had come down was full of native fishing nets attached to bamboo poles driven Into the muddy bottom. The landing was made alongside one of these. "AA'e al ways carried a rope." said "Les" Ar nold. when he and Flight Commander Smith were describing their adven tures to me "Lassoing one of the poles we hitched our bucking mus tang of the sklea to it and then took a 19ok around to see what the lagoon wsa like end where the natives were who owned all the nets For the first half an hour we never saw- a sign of a living thing excepting an occasional bird, or a crocodile slithering Into the water with an ominous slunk that brought the gooseflesh out on me In spite of the tropical heat. The lagoon was about half a mile wide and twice that long, formed by the backwater from a small river, Around the edge were long, leaning cocoanut palms, banyan and banana trees and arlca palms. Evidently the natives, seeing three huge birds drop down out of the skies, had heat It for the jungle. Natives Finally Come Out. "A half hour later a bamboo raft put out from ahore. One man's eurl oslly had overcome his fright. Ho was followed by another naked native In a dugout who paddled alongside. Although he hsd blsck kinky hair, his Ilpa were not thick like a negro's. A* he looked us over snd rested on his paddle h» apaf a atream of crim son Into the lagoon, and we saw that his teeth were all black and worn off almost down to the gums. Whether they get that way from chewing betel nut, or whether they file them off, we didn’t discover. At any rate he seemed worried shout our being tied to one of the bamboo stakes holding up hi* net and tried to take off the rope, Jabbering excitedly all the time "AV'hlle he was doing this Lowell and I had gotten out the anchor and ropes so that we could moor properly. To keep this native from untying us we coaxed him up on the pontoons Mo was frlettdlv and gullible, so we gave hint the 75 pound anchor to hold in his arms Just to Keep hint occupied so that he couldn't untie us. When we were all ready we cast off from the temporary mooting drifted a little farther out Into the lagoon and threw the anchor over h<»ard "Meanwhile the rest of the natives, reassured by the fart that this one man had neither been devoured nor even murdered, came out In more iugouts. Where they all came from was a'mystery, because w# could see no huts. But from our new location njar the middle of the lagoon In the palms that looked like a cross be tween an oriental temple and a church. Later we discovered that It was In fact a church. The natives proved to be very friendly when they found that no harm was likely • to befall them. In fact, they became altogether too chummy. Wanted to Buy Cigarets. "They wore no clothing except breech cloths, so we were not afraid to let them stand on the pontoons and Inspect the strange monster that had dlstrubetl the tranquility of their remote lagoon. But they swarmed out from shore In such numbers that parking spare for their dugout gondolas was soon at a premium. Nor was there even standing room on the pontoons anil they were rapid ly becoming sumerged. So we shooed them off and then Lowell policed one side of the ship while I guarded the other. "We hadn't a thing to eat since daybreak, and we only had three thermos bottles partially filled. There was no shade out Biere on the water, and the heat was intense. As the hours slipped by our thirst Increased and we soon used up what water we had. While debating whether it would he safe for one of us to get In a native dugout and do a bit of exploring ashore a boat came alongside paddled by a hollow-cheeked, melancholy look ing person who appeared to he neither native nor Kuropean. He had on a white robe and a soiled sun helmet, addressed us In French, and turned out to be a priest, a missionary who lived all alone out here in the Jungle. We Imagined that he was a native from some other section of Indo china. All he seemed Interested in was whether we would sell him some cigarets. He wanted them, but stlpu lated that he would pay 2 cents a package for them. Kvldently he thought we were aerial clgaret sales men. Or perhaps he was a bit cracked. Who wouldn't be If he had to spend his life In this tropical jungle? "When we explained In 'doughboy French' that we had no cigarets for sale he lost all Interest In us, re fused to get food and water for ns, and. mumbling to liimself. paddled back to the shore in his dugout. So I got Into the boat belonging to the first jungle dweller who had ventured jut to 'have a look see.’ Back of the little mission church I found a spring, and In spit* of the loud pro tests of the priest who had wanted to buy the cigarets, I filled our bottles. Our friend who had held the anchor for u» also brought out a bunch of bananas, and with a heavy knife split two cocoanuts In two so that we could drink the milk. “About sundown a sampan arrived with three more priests, who came from a neighboring village three and \ half miles away. They were more friendly than the first missionary, and when I explained In broken French that we w-ere hungry they said tf I would go with them they would give us a supply. Our conver sation with them was one of the best ! comedy touches of the whole trip Smith, whose outward evidence of mirth Is usually limited to a wry smile, laughed until I thought he would wake up all the crocodiles, tigers and rhinos In the Jungle. But with a few words of French and a lot of pantomime I got my Ideas across to them, and with a plea to Lowell that he abstain from drinking the dirty water which the natives had brought out In the bottoms of their dugouts I paddled off to the village. Finally Secure Food. "It was dark when we arrived, and there was something weird and eerie ibout the thatched huts, flickering lights and naked natives. The priests took me to a spring. But I didn't like the looks of It. We had been warned before leaving Washington about drinking water In the tropics or eating green foods. Finally my hoats brought out a glass of sarra mental wine. It tasted great and I begged them to let me have a supply to take hack to the lagoon. They protested and explained that it would be sacrilegious to allow any one to drink It excepting In their presence while they went through some sort of ritual. We debated this delicate point for nearly an hour without my win ning the argument. "But In glancing around the little chapel I noticed there wasn't a win YEAR END ClMranci Sal* of Entire Stock Jnlins Otkin 1512 DOUGLAS STREET Rrad Our Adv. on Png* 2A V j ADV ERTlSFJUrAT r PHILLIPS t j^jkOflUCA^ ANTACID CORRECTIVE LAXATIVE THE CHAS M PHILLIPS CHEMICAL CO N» W YORK T’nlena you ask fur Phillips/* you tn>»v not gi t the original Milk of M:vg nrsln prescribed by physician* for Ml years Protect your doctor and your self by Avoiding imitations of the] genuine "Phillips 3^ rent bottles, also *0.*ent bottles | con tai n di lectio dow In It. The smallest bill I hap pened to have was $30. No doubt a 'toner' would have accomplished the same purpose. But I put down the $30. told him to buy windows for Ins church and assured him that sure ly the Lord would now' approve of his letting me have the two bottles of wine. That settled the argument. Labor Is so cheap In that remote corner of the tropics that with $50 they could almost build another church. Crowded Oul by Natives. "Happy over my success and laden with the bottle? of sacramental wine, a hunk of stale bread, some boiled rice wrapped up in leaves, and several baked yams that turned out to lie Inedible, two natives paddled me hack to the plane in their dugnut. I had been gone three hours and a half! "Meanwhile Lowell had been hav keeplng the aborigines off the plane. In sheer desperation he unhooked the In sheer description he unhooked the Very pistol which each cruiser carried for signal purposes, and fired over the heads of the natives. After doing this a few times he got them trained so that whenever he turned his pocket flash on them they thought he was going to open fire again. "The evening had been sultry and nearly as hot as the afternoon. So thirsty had Lowell become that he had drunk a fewr swallows of the water front one of the native dug outs. And that was what brought him down with dysentery a few days later when we got to Rangoon. 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