The broad ax., 1920-06-19

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officially in due time"
The Modern Mrs. Malsprop.
A Washington newspaper CORE
gpondent tells Of a Mrs. MalaprOp who
once amused the capital with her mis-
takes. She went around asking peo-
pie to sign q red robin" (meanIng a
round robin); spoke Of her trip
through the "Valley Of Gethsemane"
when she meant the Yosemite; and
said, I've been In the mountains, and,
do you know. jumped from rock to
rock just like q shamrock From the
Outlook.
Hair For the Bald.
A French surgeon OF the Pasteur
Institute claims to have discovered a
process by which he cnn graft hair
to the scalp and so make the heads Of
the bald to blossom Ike the Seven
Sutherland Sisters. He declares that
he has already positively and perma-
nently cured six bachelors Of badness
through a slight surgical operation
which Is painless and leaves no III eff
fects.
Greenland soures Of Iesbsraa
The source Of practically all the
lcebergs Of the arctic and sub-arctie
regions is Greenland. Owing to the
northward set OF the West Greenland
current the bergs OF this side are car
ried first to the north and II Is only
at about the seventy-fourth or seventy
fifth parallel Of latitude that they be-
gin 10 make their way westward to
come down on the American side.
Had Many Sleeping Places
The average man probably sleeps In
100 beds or so during a long life
time. A veteran commercial traveller
whose home Is In New York, can az
ford to smile at this record. for, he
says. II calculate that I have slept In
at least 5000 beds during my forty
odd years on the road, and have
slept well in them all"
Human Stepping stoneG
There are said to he many fra
leighs" In China. When a Chinese
lady comes to a muddy place in the
road she usually gets over II by en-
ploying a human stepping stone. Beck
oning a boy she gives him a small coin,
IN return for which he drops on his
hands and knees in the mud for her
to step over.
Beetles Blood for Warts.
Or. z. Escomel describes In Anales
de Ia FacuItad de Medicina UIma,
PERU certain psuedo beetles the
blood Of which has from time immemo-
nal been used by the natives for
curing warts. Under Il these growths
turn white, as II cauterized By an
acid.
Daily Thought
Trust men and they win be trua
10 you; treat them greatly and they
win show themselves great.-EmersoA,
About Ideal Small Boy.
There Is something that always
makes me feel gOod-that Is q red
haired, freckle-faced little boy that can
whip all In his gang and at the sans
time 10 not q buIly-ExgAange.
HIah-soUndIna Titles-
Chinese emperors are never men
toned by name from the moment Of
their accession, and are generally al
Iuded to By some such title as Lord
Of a Myriad Years" or The Son Of
Heaven"
PIeturesqueIy Put
DIsgusted cop (at erossing)-Some
chauffeur, you areI Say, II you were
crossing the Sahara desert you'd run
into a hydrant.-BOston Transcript.
Queer old-TIms sIsnaIG
On the drst raflWays q candle Stuek
IN a station window meant stop In
absence was q signal to 50 On
signs Of Consumption.
what are the early symptomsf The
patient may have neither cough nor
expeetoratiOn. He feels tired IN the
afternoon, and wakes tired In the
morning. His appetite Il poor. and
he begins to lose weight or to stop
growing. he Il easily exhausted after
exercise. Anyone who notices these
symptoms IN himself should consult 4
doctor. In any family, Fieh or poor.
IN which che member Is known 70 have
consumption, al the others should BE-
examined b. specialists.