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The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-06-17
STRAIGHT SHIELD
is ALWAYS BEST
Allows Light to Travel in
Straight Line and Gives
True Vision.

The strictly vertical windshield Is
Best and safest.
That is the opinion expressed by
DR.. Edwin H. Silver, president Of
the Columbia Optical company, and
member of the motor vision commits
sion of the American Optometric as
ISOLATION.
The laws of refraction and the
laws of reflection should govern the
construction of windshield" Doctor
Silver says. "Good vision, the ability
to translate what is seen and the
ability to act quickly are the three
most vital factors in automobile driv-
ing.
Optics of Windshield.
"The optics of the windshield play
an important part in the vision of the
motorist The surfaces Of the glass
must be parallel to each other and
the thickness the same throughout,
MS otherwise you will get multiple
images of an approaching object,
especially light
For this reason the windshield
should be in strictly vertical posi-
ton, or at the utmost the slant should
not be greater than 10 degrees. A
greater slant than this causes the
driver to see through an increased
thickness of glass which, while small,
serves to increase the internal refiec-
lions and to emphasize every defect
or variation from parallelism of the
surfaces Of the glass.
"The prismatic effect binds the
light rays, making the gauging of
distance uncertain. Light travels in
straight line, which is broken by the
slanting windshield and causes an APP
preaching object to appear several
feet distant from its actual course.
The speed of the automobile makes
the split second necessary to correct
the effects Of the false message to the
eye of the most vital Importance
Ideal Windshield.
THE ideal windshield is vertical In
position, of the finest and most flaw
less plate glass and located so as to
be about 20 inches from the eyes of
the driver.
1.-THE adoption of the narrow post
on each side of the windshield is also
one of the most forward steps taken
by the manufacturers in recent years.
You can obscure the sun with pencil
and see a baseball game through a
knot hole. That explains, think, why
the wide post, with its greatly in
creased blind spot is so much more
Of menace than the narrower post"
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-06-17
q6zzoI TALE 7A@4z4.
KIDDIE MTYDD q
12Arthur Scott Bailey HN9p

met anybody so agreeable as you are"
The stranger drew nearer and low
cred his voice.
Don't you knoW meT' he asked.
Kiddie Katydid stared at him for
moment.
"Nols he said at length. ITO be
sure, you do have familiar look, in
a way. But must say don't recog-
nize you"
Then the stranger spoke IN whis-
per:
"They used to call me Leaper the
Locust. |"
60 'wayi" cried Kiddie Katydid.
"He was nothing but a Short-horned
Grasshopper. And anyone can see
with half an eye that your horns are
fully as long as my own"
They're not real horns" said the
other sadly. "That is, they're real
only part of the way"
And looking more closely, Riddle
Katydid saw that what he said was
true. It was, indeed, Leaper the Lo-
Gust. And he was greatly changed
in more ways than one.
He had lost his old, quarrelsome
air; and he had become very meek
and mild
Don't tell my cousins what I've
donep' he begged Kiddie Katydid. Il
don't want them to know who l am"
Kiddie assured the poor fellow that
he would not betray him. He was
sorry for Leaper the Locust.
you'll be glad when your relations
move on, won't your he said. "Then
you can take those bits of grass off
your horns and be yourself again"
Leaper's answer almost took Kiddie
Katydid's breath away, for 1t was a
most surprising statements
'sI'm never, going to be Short-horn
again I" he declared. 81 shall wear
my horns long to the end of my days"
He kept his word, too. And so ear
nestly did he try to be like Kiddie
Katydid in every way that he even
attempted Riddles weEl-known katy
did" melody. But he never really sue
ceeded at that. Anyone with an ear
for music could tell the difference at
once.
Luckily the grasshopper horde soon
swept on to new fields. And a few
warm rains, with sunshine sandwiched
In between showers, soon turned the
countryside green again It was really
Pleasant Valley once more. And on
fine autumn nights Kiddie Katydid's
shril music could be heard more
than ever near the farmhouse.
Leaper the Locust never could hear
enough OF it. He was always begging
Kiddie to repeat the odd ditty about
the mysterious Katy hoping, perhaps,
that sometime he might learn more
about her
But Kiddie Katydid guarded his
secret too well.
20 by Grosset & Dunlap.)
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-06-17

The question, "What shall we eat.
and what shall we wear, on our camp
ing trip?" is answered in bulletin
issued by the touring bureau of the
Chicago Motor club. "The motor
camper who subsists on a diet of
canned, powdered and dehydrated
foods, is not aware of the latest de-
veiopments in camping" says this
bulletin. ''The camper has cereal,
grape fruit toast and coffee for break
fast at home, why not have the same
breakfast while hitting the gypsy
trail? The cream for breakfast comes
out of the refrigerator basket, the
butter comes from this same basket.
or from the tonneau or runningboard
ice box. AS for toast, nothing is
easier to prepare when the camper Is
equipped with a collapsible camp
stove.
Campers now go equipped not only
with ice chests, but with kitchen
cabinets as we'll The portable kitchen
cabinets contain a score of compart-
ments where salt, pepper, mustard,
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-06-17

The first oratorio of George Fred
erick Handel, greatest of all compos-
ers Of that style Of music, was given
its initial performance 222 years ago,
when the youthful composer was In
his twentieth year. It was based on
the Passion, and was work Of con-
siderable merit. although not as great
as his subsequent oratorios.
At seven years Of age Handel began
studying under zachu. organist of the
Halle cathedral, and he wrote SAL
MIRA" his first opera. when still in
his teens. Although his operas were
a success, it was from his oratorios
that he secured enduring fame. He
lied In London 1877 years ago.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-06-17
THE BEST OF FRIENDS

IN SPITE of his heightened horns,
= Leaper the Locust hardly dared
show himself while his cousins re-
manned in the neighborhood.
Bnt when he did venture out, not
one of the hungry horde paid the
slightest heed to him. They just ate
and ate and ate. And Pleasant Val
ley soon began to take on a brown,
withered look, as If fall had already
come.
Kiddie Katydid soon saw that he
would have to move, if Leaper's cous-
ms fingered there much longer. And
he didn't like the thought of quitting
his home.
q wouldn't mind going, If I could
take Farmer Green's dooryard with
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-06-17

me- he remarked to a long-horned
gentleman who stopped to talk with
him one evening. But Of course, 2
Kiddie added with smile, "thats~out
of the question"
II quite agree with you" said the
other. TN fact, I'm ready to agree
to almost anything you say"
l "These Short-horns are a terrible
lot /" Kiddie Katydid ose,ved.
"They are, indeedl1 exclaimed the
kslite stranger. Il wish they'd finish
n s. visit here and leave us in peace"
1pever want to see another Short
as long as I live" Kiddie Katy
ttiared.
N III echoed the strange gentle
Z And Kiddie Katydid couldn't help
thinking what pleasant person the
ilong-horned stranger was and how
gentle were his manners.
I'D like to know your name p he
acrIed. tits a long time since have
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-06-17
CHE WHY of
SUPERSTITIONS
THE CHICKENS HEART
By H. IRvINq KINq

MTHEN a lover swallows a chick
ems heart whole he-or she-as-
sures by that means continuance and
constancy in affection on the part of
the "adored one" This superstition is
especially prevalent in the South
where the operation specified is also
supposed to produce reciprocity of af
fections even in one who has, hereto
fore, been Indifferent 1t works the
same as ''love philtre." The reason is
apparent. BY swallowing the heart of
chicken the lover places another
heart near his-the two hearts that
beat as one" idea. The heart, of
course, being supposed to be the seat
Of the affections even as we use the
word "heart" symbolically today.
Now the heart the lover swallows
places en- rapport with his OWN rep
resents the heart Of the party Of the
second part and thus acts upon it on
the same principle as the wax image
of a man slowly melted before a fire
win cause the man himself to pine
away, 1t being a standing, ancient rule
in magic that what is done to the rep
resentation of a person, or thing, re-
acts upon the person or thing repre-
scented.
Among savage tribes the hearts Of
fowls and other animals are often
used for magical purposes analogous
to the one under consideration. Thus
a savage In some tribes will drive n
piece OF wood, or spear, through the
heart of a beeve, believing that by so
doing he vitality injuries his enemy.
"a bv Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.)
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-06-17

Deep-sea fish have luminous spot
on their bodies which enables them to
SWIM at depths where IT Is pitch dark
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-06-17
Avoid Left Side Of Car
When Stopping On Road

When stopping along the road don't
sit on the left side of-the car to rest.
One is likely to lean out of the car
to stretch and get struck by objects
protruding from trucks and other
cars. Most drivers will pass closer to
car that is stopped.
If camping and using the battery
for lighting, park the car on slight
downgrade and block the wheels.
When you are ready to go crank by
allowing the car to coast in gear, thus
saving the battery and starter.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-06-17
WHEN Il WAS
TWENTY-ONE
At Twenty-one: Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle Was Surgeon on a Whaler.
By JOSEPH KAYE

Doyle Was Surgeon on Whaler.
6 It THIS time paid a seven
"A months visit to the Arctic seas.
went in the capacity of surgeon on
the ship Hope, under the command
of the well-known whaler, John Gray.
But as.I was only twenty when start
ed, and my knowledge of medicine was
that of an ordinary third-year student,
l often thought that it was as well
that there was no serious call upon
my services.
II went on board the whaler a big,
struggling youth; came off it pow
erful. well-grown man. have no
doubt that my physical health during
my whole life has been affected by
that splendid air, and the inexhaust-
ible store of energy which l have en-
joyed is to some extent drawn from
the same source Arthur Conan
Doyle
TODAY-Conan Doyle, if not the in
ventor of the detective story, is the
author who brought it to the highest
peak of popularity and scientific inter-
est. His character, Sherlock Holmes,
is now household name.
The famous author practiced medi-
cine for eight years, and it is to his
scientific training that a great meas
ure of the realism of his stories is
due.
90 by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.)
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1926-06-17
Tempered Motor Numbers
Detected by New Device

The police of Philadelphia the other
day tested a device which makes it
possible to detect whether the manu-
facturer's number OF motor has been
, 1926-08-16

ONE EATS A CAT AND SCARES
A MONASTERY.

The whole9city of Cremona was thrown
into a state of panic by the escape from
a travelling circus of two lions and three
liOnesses.
The beasts appeared in the market
place at its most crowdedho and caused
scenes of terror, men, women, children
horses and oxen fleeing in confusion.
One of the lionesses entered a house
penetrating to a terrace where chickens
were kept. The %Iioness spent so much
time chasing and eating the chickens
that it was surrounded and reduced to
impotence.
The last lioness entered the porter's
lodge atD the local gasWork, where,
before the eyes of the frightened porter
she ate a cat which was sleeping on a
chair.
The animal then jumped over a wall
into a monastery, soaring the monks out
of their wits. 1t was eventually run to
ground in the cloisters. The lions to-
gether were loose for three hours The
attendant responsible for their escape
has been arrested Ibid.
, 1926-08-16
FASTEST CABLE IN WORLD TO
LINK u. S.-LONDON.

The Western Union Telegraph Compa-
nv will begin Immediately to lay the
fastest Trans. Atlantic cable in exist
ence. between New York and London,
via Bay Roberts, N. F., and Penzance.
England. 1t will have a capacity of 500
average words a minute, about eight
times as fast as any other cable.
The increased speed of transmission as
possible through use of metal permal-
low, and alloy of approximately 80 per
cent. nickel and 20 per cent iron, which
in thin strips, is wrapped around the
copper core.
The cable will be $500 miles long.
It will be the twentieth cable ACROSS the
Atlantic. Ibid.
, 1926-08-16

A solitary middle aged man, almost
mentally deficient, lived in a single room
by the sea, which be would have to
leave as soon as the season started. He
would be most unlikely, ever to disinfect
his sputum or to clean his flask
Two sisters, both tuberculous, lived
together in a poor cottage. They left
without informing the committee and
sold their beIongings-dirty and dusty
furniture, carpets and hangings-to a
second hand dealer. Much disease must
he carried into the houses of the poor in
articles of this kind.
1t is examples such as these that make
US aware of frequently un-thought of
dangers and points to the fact that
strictel measures are necessary to con-
troll the spread of infection from this
source. Disinfection of the sputum is
nerhaps. the most important of the ends
to be aimed at and the most effective
means of ensuring it has yet to be settled
and enacted. The tuberculous patient
must be under supervision as long as he
or she is at large, especially those who
are deficient in education and in a sense
IF responsibility.
An irresponsible tuberculosis patient is
more dangerous than a lunatlc.
Health authorities should keep one
another posted about the movements of
tuberculous pa tents.
The onus Of notification should rest
mr. the patient, whose legal duty it should
ho To report himself. 1T is one of the
oldest principles of social life that the
calamity of an Infectious illness imposes
on the victims the duty of taking such
measures as may be within their pow
or to protect others from danger.
Il should be compulsory to strip and
ronaner a room that has been tenanted
by a consumptive.
Finally. segregation to special hotels
or boarding houses would be to the adj
Vantage of the patient as we'll as to the
public. Ibid.
, 1926-08-16
FIRST WOMAN TO RUN FOR MEXI.
CAN CONGRESS.

The first political manifest ever issued
by a woman in a Mexican congressional
campaign is being circulated by Sonora
Eluia Carello Puerto, candidate for the
Federal congress from San Luis Potost.
If she is elected she will be Mexico's
first congressWOman.
The manifesto appeals to Mexico to
follow the example of England and the
United States, which have given women
suffrage and which permit the election of
women to high public offices. Boston.
American.
, 1926-08-16
CHAPTER OF

While Mr.. Alfred Haynes, of Burton
on-Trent, was taking his wife and fami-
ly for a drive in a hired wagonette the
horse took fright and the vehicle was
wrecked in consequence.
Mr.. Haynes obtained another horse
and trap, but a few minutes later a
, 1926-08-16

motor. cyclist dashed into the party. The
motorist was rendered unconscious.
The family was proceeding hOmeWards
on foot when Mr.. Haynes VAS run down
by another motorist. London Daily Mail
New Britain herald., 1926-01-25
GOVERNOR SMITH GOING
 INTO BANKING BUSINESS
Win Become Chairman Of Newly Organized County Trust Com
 pany, New York World Says.

NewYork. Jan, 25 Rl-zGov AL. fred l., Smith. who recently an nounced that he will retire 10 pri- vate life. is 10 be chairman of a
 bank when his term ends next Jan uary ], tho New York World says today.
 The newly organized County Trust company, of which James J. Riordan. former associate of Gov ernor Smith in the trucking bus mess, is president. will hold the post of chairman of tho board open for him, tho World asserts.
 Vincent Astor, William II. Wood in. president of the American Car and Foundry company, and former fuel administrator. and other prom incnt men are listed among the di-
 rectors.
 Democratic leaders who have been
 hoping that Governor Smith would
 continue in politics despite his aa- nouncement he would retire, have
 been urging him 10 run for re- election, for the United States sen ate, or for the presidency. The World says the organizers of the bank are convinced however, he i meant what he said.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-25
CHANGES IN PROOFS
 COST GOVT. GREATLY
Public Printer Says That This Alone Totals s22O,327 During
 the Past Year.

Washington, Jan. 35 PN - Off- clal writers Of the government, In. cluding members of congress, cost the treasury $220,327 during the last fiscal year by changing their minds after their writings had been set in type,
 The expense of revising proofs of typed articles and speeches Is disclosed in the annual report Of George H. Carter, the public print CT. with the added information that the figure this year Is a54,610 more than last year.
 Mir, Carter offers the information that he has facilities for increasing the size of the congressional record from an average of so pages daily 10 256 pages, but he adds this ad- vice:
 "An individual who aspires 10 read all the literature of the gov ernment would have 10 outlive Methusaleh and even then he would tn few years be hopelessly behind the current publications of the vast army of government writer's" Nightly dispatch of the congressional record alone. he said, requires 200 mail sacks. The post office department led the others in amount of printing. while the White House economized on that score. It's bill totalling s3,2sSSl, a saving of t77l.0s,
 Postal card output for the year set a new record - 349,503,71o.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-25
BANDIT DEAD, PAL
 SHOT IN H0LDUP
Intervention of Victims Friend
 Puts Gunmen in Plight

Philadelphia, Jan. 26 LP -- One gurman was killed and another seri- ously wounded in 6 pistol battle yes terday in a darkened room during a hoidup Tn which they had lined up their would be victims against the wall. Joseph Corradio, known to the police as "Two-Gun Joe," met death and his companion. Claire McCabo was 50 badly hurt he is not expected to live.
 The shooting occurred in the home of Anthony Marella. Marella vas playing cards with two other men when Corradio and McCabe. both masked. broke open the door and with pointed pistols, commanded them to stand against the wall.
 This command was overheard by Christopher Leonetti. a roomer in the house, as he started for the sec ond floor. Taking his pistol from a drawer, Leonetti removed his shoes and crept down the stairway. As he appeared at the door of the room where the masked men were search ing their victims pockets one of the bandits shot out the light and both were alleged to have opened fire on Leonetti. The latter also brought his pistol into play when the smoke cleared away Corradio was dead and his companion unconscious.
 Leonetu was unhurt.
 Leonttti was later arrested and re- leased in ss,500 bail after magis- trates hearing.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-25
ELDEST SON OF HAYES,
 FORMER PRESIDENT, DIES
Toledo Attorney Began Legal Career The same Year His Father
 Became President.

Toledo. O., Jan. @5 Rt-B!rchard Austin Hayes, 72, eldest son .oi President Rutherford E. Hayes and prominent Toledo attorney, died her yesterday: Death was due t. chronic stomach trouble. He was born fin Cincinnati, No vember i, 1858, spending his earll childhood there. He moved to Ere mont, Ohio, in 1868. He was grad uated from Cornell university iu 1870 and the Harvard law school il, 1877. the year his father vas in , augurated president.
 After graduation he served wit, thesNew York firm of Evarts. South made and Choate, coming to Toledo in 1S7a, He is survived by four sons, Sherman of San Francisco: Lieutenant Commander Webb (, Hayes. of Washington; Walter, ol Toledo. and Scott Of Tampa, Fls, Two brothers also survive, Colone' Webb C. Hayes. Fremont, Ohio. and Rutherford B., of Clearwater. Fla, Funeral services will be hell Tuesday.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-25
TO RESUME FLIGHT TO
 AMERICAS TOMORROW
Spanish Aviators Proceed to Gando Bay Whence They Start
 Tuesday.

Las Pa!mas, Canary Islands, aJn 25 P - Commander Fanco and his fellow Spanish aviators hoped off in their seaplane, the 'Ne Plus Ultra" today for Gando bay, whence they will start for the Cape Verde islands tomorrow morning, weather permitting.
 The plane arrived safely at Gan do bay after a ftteen- minute flight.
 Gando bay is on the east coast of Grand Canary island, the prin- clpal member of the Canary group, Las Palmas is near the northern tip Of thei sland. Commander Franco and his companions are fy- ing from Palos, Spain. to Buenos Aires, tentatively planning 10 fly from Buenos Aires to New York. fl all goes well on the transatlantic voyage. The next leg Of their flight from Gando bay 10 Porto Praya, ir the Cape Verde islands, measures i,056 miles.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-25
Moving of Museum is
 Jolt For Dan Cupid

London. Jan. 25 R--Because a museum of geology is being moved, several writers of English love stories will have to change the venue of their happy endings" and many lovers will be driven to another trysting place.
 For many years, the Museum of Practical Geology has been housed in Jerymyn street, just back of Pic cadilly. Few people ever crossed It's portals to gaze on cold monolths and ammonities Of prehistoric ages, and for this reason self-absorhed young couples found 1t an ideal spot.
 So famous did the museum be- come in this respect that it achieved additional fame as the scene of love episodes in many a story,
 Whether the romance of the old building will endure in the severely practical museum atmosphere of South Kensington. its new home, re- mains to be seen.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-25
MURDER MYSTERY CLEARED
 AS SUSPECTS CONFESS
Hackcnsark Burglars Admit Part in Express Onicc Hold-up
 and Shooting

New York, Jan. 25 iPt--A com plete confession of the Hackensack express messenger murder of last Thursday was obtained by detectives last night from one of two men ar rested as suspects earlier in the day. After the confession both men were charged with homicide. The rob- bers escaped with s8,000 after kill ling the messenger in the robbery.
 The prisoner said they were James Lynch, %, and Charles Strand. 36, both of Manhattan. Their arrest fol- lowed the finding of letter alleged 10 have been lost by Lynch during the flight of the holdup men from the American Railway Express com pany offices at lIackcnsack. after the staying of Frank Brannon, 22- year -old messenger.
 Strand, according to the police, said he was intimated by Lynch and forced to accompany him. His share of the money obtained, he told the police, was $500. He paid debts with some and lost all but s154 in gambling.
New Britain herald., 1926-01-25
Methodist Minister Owns
 Bible 400 Years Old

Centralia,. Wash, Jan. 25 tT--A bible, printed in Germany in l52l, is owned by the Rev. J. NJ. .Canse, pastor of the First Methodist church here.
 The text is entirely in Latin and on the title page is the inscription "L. Coelii Lactanli." Beneath 1t, is 8 list of chapters. At the end of the volume is q notation, "Basislea, Apvd Andrean Cratandrvm, Mense Febryario, Anno MDXXI."
 The volume. still ill good state of preservation. was in q consignment of books brought from two old Catholic monasteries in Europe and was purehased by Rev. Mir canse in Fort Wayne, Ind. twenty years ago.