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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-16
FlNpINe lie MOUNTAINS

Two small heads were bent over the
open geography.
Looks like a long woody worm
chawling up the map" said Claude tc
Billie, just as Miss Swanson passed
down the aisle. oowing over their
shoulders, the teacher saw CIaude's
stubby finger tracing the course of the
Apalachians. and she smiled, as she
heard the matter-of- fact Billie say:
But Of course they are just rocks
and trees and hills"
Then as she moved away she
heard Claude say with a sigh:
wish l could see 'em real close"
Miss Swanson had taken It for
granted that all of her pupils had ram
bled over the beautiful White Noun
tains which were less than thirty miles
away almost in sight of that little
Vermont schoolhouse. When the class
in geography was called her questions
soon revealed that only one of her
pupils had ever been to the mountains.
That evening she talked with the
chairman Of the Junior American Red
Cross school committee and a plan of
action was speedily agreed upon. Miss
Swanson's pupils were to have an OUT
door geography lesson. They took the
editor Of the town paper into their
confidence, and next day he published
an appeal to owners of automobiles
to bring their cars to Miss Swanson's
school the next Friday and take the
pupils to the mountains which they
knew chiefly as "a woolly worm on
the map
On the appointed afternoon twenty
automobiles drove up to the school
house and IS excited and happy
youngsters piled in, many OF them for
their first ride in an auto Each car
was decked with a Red Cross flag and
when the toll bridge over the river was
reached the keeper waved his hand
and shouted: This bridge Is free to
the Red Cross. Go it, you kids!"
Soon Claude and Billie and the rest
of the pupils were gazing in delight
at the towering trees and splashing
brooks, as the cars wound up the
reached, they piled out and gathered
about Miss Swanson who told them
ever so many things that were not set
down in> their Biographies, about the
mountains. Then suddenly there APP
peared from somewhere a real picnic
lunch, and after that came the delight
full ride home through the evening
shadows. So successful was the ex-
cursion into the open that the Junior
Red Cross arranged for other lessons
with the sky. the trees, the hills and
the meadows for textbooks.
AS tired Claude crept into bed that
night he whispered to his mother that
he hadn't seen even one wooIly worm
on the whole mountain side. ).
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-16


were by force of circumstances all but
forbidden to them. The evolutionary
tendencies in play at the present mo-
ment are powerful and widespread,
and if the industry can be granted sur
-vlval for a space, they will almost
certainly result in the near future in
practical developments. besides which
the progress made during the war will
assume considerably less Importance
than we have been accustomed to ac-
cord to it in the past.
Let aerial transport whether by fly
ing machines or dirigible airships, at
tain an equal degree of safety. econ
omy and trustworthiness to that Of
the railroad and the steamship, and
it viii be impossible for the public to
avoid accepting it as a part of its daily
life.-The Engineer (Londonl.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-16

|nized him and It gave him quite a
start.
"oh. hoi" he sort Of chuckled to
himself. ''Here are the dinners I got
cheated out of a long time ago. may
have them yeti" But just them his
eye fell upon the badges that Cap'n
Pennywinkie had given them and his
face fell. That was different Any
one who wore 3 badge was as safe
from the sea-creatures as babies in
their beds at home.
Mr.. Cod smiles foolishly. ibid you
ever try to catch hold of jellyfish,
Miss?'' he repeated, as though nothing
had happened.
Nancy answered that she hadn't but
If it were anything like picking up
jelly she thought 1t must be difficult.
mo be continued).
Copyright, 1921, N. e. A. Service).
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-16
SMILE A WHILE
BY TOM SIMS

Cider must be hard to sell.
Congress says it Is crime to give
away home brew. Congress is most
" right.
Arbuckie would probably like to do
a fade-out.
Trouble is about as hard to find as
brass band.
All some people lay aside for rainy
days is work.
An ounce Of pluck is worth a pound
of luck.
Nights win soon be long. and so will
underwear.
To remove freckles: Use lemon juice
on knees.
You've got to keep your head up
to stay on your feet.
Lenine wants recognition. Don't
worry, we know him.
New dance steps will develop a great
race of wrestlers.
The fall styles in divorce suits are
more daring than ever.
Greeks have Turkey in hot water
and may soon pluck her.
We wonder if we'd know normalcy
when 1t does come back.
The school of experience charges
most for its night courses.
Women talk more than men because
there are more women.
Lone Bandit Escapes Headline.
Probably means loan" bandit.
European troubles indicate that the
king can do no right"
One sign boarders win have q hard
winter is the big prune crop.
Jazz music was discovered by a dog
with . can on its tail chasing 4 sec
ond-hand auto.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-16
Common Sense Ways to
Keep Well
WORRY AND NERVES.
BY pR. 3. Il. BISHOP

Not all worry Is preventable yet
much OF it. as we'll as its i'll effects,
can be avoided. Worry usually is
brought about by the fact that the
normal protective instinct Is stimu-
lated by a normal fear of events that
are reasonably sure to happen in the
future, unless means are adopted
against them.
Most of our fears, however, ara
never realized. II we meet our trou-
bles day by day as they come. with
out worrying about them beforehand,
we find that we have the strength to
overcome them.
Worrying weakens the mental
forces. The best antidote is a change
of mental occupation. Get away from
the scenes which provoke worry, ex-
ercise in the open air, read one or
several good books Of a lighter strain.
find pleasant recreation or an absorb
ing hobby" A temporary change Of
occupation where possible often brings
considerable relief from worry.
Worry and nerves and "the blues"
are all Of about the same type.
Nerves" and blues aften arise
HlIO1u SACGSSlV5 WOIIy ana great mem
tai strain. When a person worries the
while system is poisoned, with the
result that the person suffers physi-
cally.
Cheerful society the cultivation of
an optimistic attitude of mind, and
tonic baths are necessary aids to re-
eovery. A fit of the blues" is as much
an intoxication as a drunken spree.
A bad attack binders wise an deffi-
Client action as thoroughly as drunk
enness.
Excessive worry tires the nerves
just as excessive work tires the mus
cles. The poison that result is a nat
ural product that must be thrown off
to keep from getting nerve" and
blue"
AS in the case of bodily fatigue, the
best remedy Is complete relaxation and
rest. A sound body as a rule is ac-
companied by sound and healthy
mind.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-16
COMING AERoNAUTicAL DEvEL-
OPMENTS.

In spite OF the depressing conditions
under which the aeronautical indus
try is laboring. the technical develop
ment of the flying machine is not by
any means being neglected. On the
contrary, experimental and research
work Of a bold and ambitious nature
rs being actively prosecuted in many
quarters. Ideas are changing and adj
vancfng rapidly, almost if not actually
as rapidly as they did in war period.
During hostilities the progress made
was great outwardly but, in point Of
fact, 1t was very largely indeed COM
posed of a refinement OF detail,
growth in the absolute size of ma
chimes. and a development of the
country's capacity to build them, their
engines and accessories. OF genuine
technical evolution, the war period
showed much less than is ordinary sup
posed. The airplanes at the end of it,
with one or two exceptions, We're sub
stantially the machines Of 1914 with
Increased performance and added pow
eFs. None of the beIligerents could
afford to spend much time in develop
ing radically new and untried ideas.
The progress effected was truly re-
markable. but it was practically all
made within the lines of the earliest
machines TO take the field. Today.
with the leisure enforced by the dull
ness Of construction activity. the
country's aeronauticaI designers and
research workers are exploring fields
that although visible during the war.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-16
THAT'S HOW II Is
BY BERTON BRAEFY

started to sing on adventurous thing.
A song with a glorious beat and
swing,
But somebody said with a shake Of his
head,
II may be the fact win bore YOU.
But your song Is one--though the
truth may sting
That Kipling has done before you"
So 7 started to sing romanticaI thing
With note Of love and thrill Of
spring,
But somebody spoke with a racous
croak,
4 truly DON'T want to score YOU.
But Keats ana Shelly and clsite 4
string
or poet fellows have had fling.
Al that soft Of thing before you"
Then started to sing a didaeticai
thing
With philosophical. moral ring.
But somebody cried as / hft NV sfrsaa
Though doubtless the fact may
floor you.
| find % my mind I can easily bring
Inc names Of dozens Of bards who
sling
Or siung that stuff before youl"
20 there isn't a thing that a poet can
sing
king.
Ana though my STUFF seems old
enough
AND readers al times deplore me.
someaow or other seem to cling
fo singing my songs when / want "a
sing
Like ali Of the bards before me!
copyright. 1921. N. u. A. service)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-16
ADVENTURES OF
THE TWINS
aY OLIVE RoeERTs BARTON

When Cap'n Pennywinkle had given
the Twins their badges, so that they
could help him keep order in the Land
of the Wigglefins, he explained few
things to them. It's this way" said
he. Il can't be everywhere at once.
and If I went to all the places where
ought to be, would have to be null
tiplied by about so. / not only have
to keep the traffic from jamming un-
der the sea here. but / have to do all
sorts of things besides. Only this
morning the lobster and the jellyfish
got into a quarrel and we had to take
the jellyfish home to his family on a
stretcher."
Mr.. Cod, passing just then, heard
the remark and stopped. Yes, sir."
he declared, and such a time as we
had getting hold of himl Did you
ever try to get hold of a jeIlyfish,
Miss?p
Nancy looked up in alarm. for once
in Topsy Turvy Land Mr.. Goldfish al
most made q deal of the Twins. Had
it not been for their Green Shoes
which took them anywhere, or out OF
anywhere. I'm afraid they would have
been very badly off
mr. Goldfish recognized the Twins
at the same instant that they recog-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-16
ABOUT NAPIER GRASS

Editor PenSacoia journal.
Recently you printed an article
about Napier grass and as it was not
written by one who had practical ex-
perience with it, concluded would
give you my experience.
IN the spring OF 1920 March 23rd),
/ planted one hundred joints, but as
the seed was very poor only about
thirty of them grew. They were plant
single joint cuttings s feet by 5 feet.
It was only cultivated once (when
small) and was not fertili:Rd Before
going to the fair at Molino last fall
counted two elumps that had about
fifty stalks each, the tallest passing
Ia feet. took ten stalks to the fair
that were near IA feet. From two
clumps of last years planting I have
kept a record this year, as follows:
on May I cut 10 pounds 2 ounces
green; on June 10 I cut 20 pounds s
ounces green; July 90, 10 pounds;
Sept 8, pounds ounces.
This is total of 81 pounds 2 OF.
from two clumps or at the rate OF
29 tons 757 pounds per acre at 5x5 #.
This grass cured would have made
the rate OF ga tons per acre. For
general planting I would plant about
a foot apart in five foot rows for pas
ture and for hay four foot rows or
even closer. For seed canes 5 feet by
feet is probably best.
My cattle and horse think there is
nothing like it when tender. During
the dry spell this summer have
thrown into the pasture Napier grass
everyday and every blade was greed
lily eaten and stalks as large as
mans finger We're all eaten while crab
grass would be left. If allowed to
stand too long it gets tough and
woody and cattle do not care SO much
for it. II the growth is rapid it is
still tender at five feet or even more
in height, but ordinary at about four
feet in height is as large as It should
be allowed to get before feeding. It
stood our long drought very we'll.
do not know whether It win stand
our coolest winters, but if it will it
is. certainly great grass for soiling
and for pasture. start very early
and viii afford pasture month be-
fore some other plants such as Kudzu,
which, by the way. has not proved a
good pasture plant with me.
D. NJ. RUDD.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-16

To satisfy his appetite
He shifted a stick Of dynamite.
Doggone!
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-16

The young lady next door says that
those who talk to themselves carry on.
a one-sided and mighty embarrassing
conversation.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-16

They say lot Of horseshoes bring
good luck. But they can't be lucky
for every bird that enters hroseshoe
tournament.
The young lady next door says that
those who talk to themselves carry on
one-sided and mighty uninteresting
conversation.
with the exception Of Boston, every
city that has ball team in each Of
The major leagues, has the same rela-
tive position in the standing Of the
teams.
During the last school year there
were S1.7l0 Junior American Red
Cross auxinaries at work. with 5,113,
900 members enrolled. This number is
to be greatly exceeded this year.
o.
At Fort Dodge, Iowa, the postman
knocks al the door Of an humble cot
tage Mrs. Henry o. Hale wife Of a
poor miner, answers the knock and
gets a letter. The letter is from law
yers who inform her that she has
Inherited 100000. 1t seems that
windfalls aren't limited to story books
and movies What has luck in store for
you?
o.
One thousand gather to see Kath-
ryn Allison married at Bellamy, Ala.
Rev. Edmonds. who was going to tie
the knot was late. He hired an air.
plane. which fell into a tree. A Bir-
mingham reporter. who is also an or
dained minister stepped forward and
performed the ceremony. With re-
porters, ministers and clergymen CALI
ing on their flock in airpianes. this.
certainly - a changed world.
Jobless men, including war veterans,
are sold at auction in Boston for what
ever their services Will bring. One vet
eran goes under the hammer for So a
week and his board, but is glad to get
Il. Al shrewd man is Mr.. Zero" the
auctioneer. trying to shame Americans
tor their ingratitude to the returned
soldiers. Henry Ward Beecher slim
ulated the reaction against negro
slavery BY selling a slave girl from his
church pulpit in the days before the
Civil war. a few champions like Mr..
Zero might do as much for the jobless
81 1921.
To satisfy his appetite
He shifted q stick Of dynamite.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-16

They say lot Of horseshoes bring
good luck. But they can't be lucky
for every bird that enters a hroseshoe
tournament.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-16

with the exception OF Boston, every
city that has ball team in each Of
The major leagues, has the same rela-
tive position in the standing Of the
teams.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-16

During the last school year there
were 31,7iO Junior American Red
Cross auxinaries at work. with 5,11s,-
900 members enrolled. This number is
to be greatly exceeded this year.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-16

When on the greens. the golfing guy
Was always In a rut.
Because. just like an auto
He would always putt. putt, putt.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-08-18

angora cloth is used and the combina-
tionsof the two fabrics is wonderfully
effective.
The cape pictured is a handsome
wrap for present wear and for fall.
1t is shown in plain colors and in
stripes in considerable variety Of
colors. In white with a stripe Of or
ange and trimming Of light gray an
CORA it is beautiful wrap but not
without rivals, in vivid green with
white or gray angora. in blue and
white stripes, in tan and brown and
all the sweater tones"
Duvetyn will assume the responsible
ity of providing many wraps for au-
tumn. It is made in all colors and
it's texture softens and enriches even
the most vivid of them. Among the
smartest of the materials for fall and
winter appears the reliable and time
hopored cheyiot, showing .vagaries in
itsf weave as well as plain patterns.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-08-18

MYTH an assured confidence in
Wv its success, manufacturers of
blouses have presented again the
blouse of georgette crepe with en-
broidery Of beads, in both overblouse
and tuck-in models. Nearly all the
fancier blouses are made in the first
mentioned style and cut with either
kimono or set-in sleeves.
It Is natural that SO beautiful a
fabric as georgette crepe should have
an army of deyotees, but there are
other materials in the running which
will gain as the weather grows cold.
Crepe de chine and crepe satin are
also wonderfully beautiful in texture
and not so sheer as georgette. AS a
rule, they are selected for the less
fancy blouses. Georgette lends itself
so we'll to novel effects that designers
like to work with it,, and the demand
for fanciful and novel decorative fea-
lures keeps them busy. For trimming
beads, embroideries and soutache braid
predominant in present showings-
both bugle and seed beads, give a
good account Of themselves, and in
girdles there is a new departure to-
ward those not made of the material
In the blouse.
In this model an overblouse Is made
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-08-18
ALT nm nHILE:
81 els sir u

Sixty per cent Of the production OF
gasoline is used by motor vehicles.
At one time 1t was ,4dered up.
conventional for a woman to drive her
own car.
Twelve thousand motor vehicles are
operated by rural schools in the Uni
ted States.
Muffler cutouts are prohibited on
any public highway in the state of
Pennsylvania.
A motor trip from Paris to verdun,
through the devastated regions and
return costs 245 francs.
Street cars have the right Of way
between cross streets over all pri-
vately owned vehicles in Kansas City.
Mo.
Since 1899, the first year in which
statistics are available, there have
been built In the United States IL
839,4S3 motor vehicles.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-08-18

THE between-seasons' wrap, like the
i between-seasons' hat, Is anacquisi-
ton to the wardrobe that pre- -es to be
very accommodating thing 1t makes
Its appearance at any time of the year
In weather that demands it, and
passes under the scrutiny Of the crit
ical quite sure of their approval. 1t
Is made to suit weather conditions
rather than seasons.
Midsummer brought in and late sum-
mer is approving some very handsome
knitted garments, capes and coats,
along with tuxedos and sweater-coats,
that have promising future. They are
made in many colors and color COM
binations, and varied as knitted gar
ments can be, by the use of different
kinds Of stitches in the process OF
making them. Many Of the capes are
accordion plated and many both
striped and plated. For making col
lars, cuffs, borders and all trimmings
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-08-18
AUTO CARE DURING SUMMER
Radiator Should Always Be Kept
Filled and at Intervals Flushed
Out and Refilled.

During the summer season motorists
should give frequent attention to the
radiator, advises a motor car manu-
facturer. It should always be kept
filed, and at intervals 1t should be
flushed out and filled with clean water.
In connection with efficient operation
Of the cooling system, fan belt ADJUST
ment should be made, for the fan is
needed in summer. The position of the
spark lever should be watched to see
that it is kept in an advanced posi-
ton, thus assuring better cooling of
the motor.
Minor parts, such as spring shackles,
wheel bearings, steering connections
and universal joints, require oiling
more often In summer. 1t is wise to
use heavier grade Of lubricating oil
than in colder weather, and oil should
be drained from the motor at intervals
not to exceed every 1000 miles.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-08-18

One OF the most uncomfortable
things In the world Is suddenly to dis
cover, when one Is motoring far from
a supply station, that the gasoline
tank is empty or nearly so. Every au-
tomobile driver meets with an adj
venture Of this sort at one time or an
other.
There ought surely to be some con-
trivance that would give timely adj
vance warning to the motorist Of such
a happening.
A device newly patented by William
Crab Of Waterville, o., performs this
useful duty admirably. 1t Is very SIM
pie, consisting Of float that hangs on
the end Of vertical rod which passes
upward through the cap of the gasoline
tank and with its upper end holds sus-
pended ball Of metal.
AS the surface level Of the fluid In
the tank is lowered the float, of course,
descends CORRESPONDENCE. The rod at.
tached to the float descends with the
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-08-18

latter Through tube) until the metal
ball dangling from the upper end of
the rod is low enough to hang within
cup formed by an inverted bell which
surmounts the tank cap.
The upper end of the rod is bent in
curve, SO that the metal ball at
tached to its extremity by short
chain may bangle directly above the
middle Of the cup-shaped bell.
The movement Of the automobile
keeps the metal ball constantly swing
ing to and fro. But 1t cannot strike
the sides of the bell until the lower
ing of the float in the tank has caused
1t to descend to certain point, which
may be determined beforehand by adj
justment Of the float.
Therefore, when the driver hears
the bell ringing it warns him that he
has got only just SO much gasoline
left. And the bell, having started,
keeps on ringing and demanding at
tention to the emergency.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-08-18
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COURT SETS VALUE ON TREES
Decision That Will Be Of Interest to
Many Communities Throughout
the Country.

In Salem, Mass, resident sued the
town gas light company for damages
caused by the killing of five shade
trees through the escape of gas from a
leaky main. A verdict for $1,000
against the company was rendered.
5000 tree. The decision is said to
have been awaited with good deal
of interest by surrounding towns for
tree killing from this cause is COM
mon thing. 1t has happened many
times in Indianapolis, according to re.
port, though complaints have not been
heard lately Win the frequency that
characterized them rack in the days
when natural gas was piped through
the streets, hastily and no doubt often
scarelessly.
The killing of a thrifty, well-grown
shade tree is usually distinct loss to
any property, commonly lowering its
value. In view of the time required
for the growth Of such trees 5000 is
moderate sum in the way of damages,
and no amount of money, when it
comes to that, can really recompense
the owner of the trees. They have to
him, especially if he planted and cared
for them, sentimental value that dol
lars cannot measure. They have added
beauty to his home and he has counted
them among his treasures. To real
tree lover, beautiful tree, whether
his own or not, seems almost to pos
sess a personality of it's own and to
see it struggle for life and gradually
die, brings real sorrow. 1t is to view
a calamity. Indianapolis Star.