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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1927-08-16
DIES ON WAY TO WORK

Torrington. Conn, Aug. Is. -
George F. Thorpe, ss, was fatally
stricken with a heart attack on the
street while on the way to work this
morning. He died within Ave min
utes. He leaves wife and six chill
dren.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
Story of Sextant.

THE element Of chance plays an i'm
portant part in invention. and in
no case in this more strikingly illus
trated than in that of Thomas God
Trey. the American who improved
upon the quadrant, or rather. devised
the sextant, the basic notion for
which he got by noting the refiec-
ton of the sun from a pail of water
Godfrey was a RlaZier by trade.
but he had q taste for mathematics
and was a man of some culture.
John Headley had also invented
a seXtant. apparently a development
of suggestion of Newton's. found
among his papers at his death. God
frey anticipated Hadley by about one
year. but for a long time his claims
were not recognized, Hadley receiving
the entire credit.
The glazier thus received his in
spiration for the instrument that was
% prove OF such value to mariners.
One day while replacing a pane of
glass In window of house in
Philadelphia opposite a pump. he saw
a girl after filing her paid put it on n
sidewalk. The observant glazier saw
the sun reflected from the window on
which he had been at work into
the bucket of water. His mind
quickly perceived the significance of
the situation and he was thus led to
the design of an instrument "for
drawing the sun down to the hori-
zon," a device incomparably superior
to any that had hitherto been used
for the ascertainment of angular
measurements.
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shaky platform and looked down at
the great fallen statue of Rameses II,
and finally started on our camels.
along the high and marrow dixie be-
side the canal, toward market day at
Bedraschefn.
About feet wide was that foot
path, and Dahabeah hated the very
sight of water Even then she SHE'D
and ffdgeted. And ahead of us a
most prodigious racket commenced in
the market place. Dahabeah showed
every inclination to cut and run. And
then. suddenly, things began to hap
pen.
A man shot across the footpath
ahead of us and leaped into the canal.
A dozen others followed him, swim
ming across nladIy. while out Of the
narketpIace and on to our footpath
there began to swarm the accumu-
lated and hysterical people and live
stock Of half dozen villages: old men
on donkeys. frantically beating their
beasts, screaming and pallid women,
camels. cows. sheen. children. goats
and dogs
Bedfaschein was erupting like a vol
cano. Terror was in every face, and in
the midst of this lava stream of fright
edge OF the ditch, we were caught and
held Impossible to go on, impossible
to turn back.
The situation was growing worse.
The sounds of battle had left the mar
ket place and were approaching us.
Terrific roars and yells and the smash
ing of stick on stick grew nearer.
More and more cloaked and turbaned
figures dived into the canal. And
finally the battle itself emerged onto
the footpath few feet ahead Of us
and resolved itself into full sized riot.
What would have happened had 1t
come in our direction / do not know.
Personally, / think our entire outfit
would have gone into the canal, and
from later experience with Dahabeah
and ditch, that she could quite re-
signedly have died there. But by some
chance of battle the retiring party
here gained an advantage and drove
the other side back. And an Arab po-
liceman came a-running and firing his
revolver, and the rioters were com
PEELED to dispense.
For some time we remained where
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last we reached the far end OF the
Fayoum and peace and recovery.
The F'ayoum is the first of the cases
in the Libyan Desert. At the west
ern end, where we were encamped.
these was little or no indication of the
fertility for which the oasis Is famous
Here the soft rolling dunes OF deep
desert sand descend to Lake Karun,
that strange body of water which lies
$50 feet below sea level, around its
edge marsh grasses, reeds and prfckiy
desert plants, ON it's surface wild
ducks in numbers. And in it's waters
| fish.
Now, / am so constituted that the
sight of any body of water fnfiames
me. It's beauty is secondary. Such
water means to me one of two Things
either it has fish in it or it has not.
| But consider our situation. We had
| no rods, no reels, no lines ana no
! hooks. No worms, either. And my
| attempt to describe the trout fly to
| Assour met with no particular sue
cess.
| Then how can I go f1shing?" i
asked him plaintively.
Tomorrow madams go fishing" he
said smiling. Have l not said that
! what rnadams wishes she shall have!
| I have done some queer fishing In
| strange places, but that next day
| fishing and hunting were the strang-
| est yet. -
| NV fishing equipment consisted OIL
| a branch of some sort of oasis SHRUB.
| about four feet long. To the end OF
| This was tied about six feet Of ordinary
white string, and on the end OF that
hook.
| Not since | fished for minnows In
! the creek on my great-aunts farm.
| and then rushed madly to the rain
| barrel with them, have / carried such
| an outfit. But Assour'S pride was so
| great that I could express only al
| miration and surprise.
| After three miles or so. we saw q
| fisherman on the bank, and felucca
| in the water.
| It was made of rough planks, huge
| and heavy, and sat high out OF the
! water. No paint, no sail, no canopy.
| The fishermen sat on high boards,
| with their feet on branches thrust
| across below, for the boat was not
| floored. And their oars, twelve to
| fourteen feet long, were nothing but
| clumsily cut pieces OF wood. without
| blades, but square and heavy at the
| rower's end to counter-balance their
| extreme length.
| Scanty and incredible rags covered
| the two ppor wretches who took me
| out, a father and a son. Their ex-
posed torsos were thin and under
| nourished, their faces drawn.
| Under their feet, in the bottom of
| the boat, were their fish creels. bags
made of the reeds that grow along the
| lake marshes, strongly plated. And
| in one Of them lay a few very small
| fish, the mornings catch. The larg-
| est I saw was not more than seven
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we were. I cannot speak for the Head
and Missouri, but Dahabeah and /
were trembling violently.
And all because two small boys Of
rival villages had got into fight and
their elders had interfered,
One loses count of the days in the
desert In the camps. pitched some
times high on a dune and sometimes
low in a hollow OF the sand there was
not much variety.
Tn the main. all was we'll with us.
T had mastered the combination OF
hiss, kick and prod from behind which
would send Dahabeah into neck
breaking trot, and not to allow my
tongue between my teeth at such mo-
ments.
I had also succeeded at least once
in turning her by her single rein, and
had leaped ditch on her. But this
asst was without intention, and claim
no merit for 1t.
We had found small oasis, watered
by desert wells and, unfortunately, un-
der process of irrigation. Before we
knew it, we were in field surrounded
by running bitches and so far as the
carnels were concerned, there we were
going to remain.
Again and again, Abdul Baggi be-
hind and l above, we put Dahabeah'
to that ditch. And she yelled and
scolded, turned and backed, but into
It should would not go. Then suddenly
her hind legs sank beneath me, and
called for help.
She's lying down.
But she was not. She was preparing
to jump. And jump she did, far ane
wide. think she probably holds the
record for standing broad jump, and
was on her.
II was on the fourth or maybe the
sixth day that we encountered our
Arab wedding.
X X x X
WE had ridden for several hours
w when, topping rise III the sand.
we saw the black tents and the cam
els of a Bedouin encampment and OBJ
served general air of excitement and
movement about. A half hour later
we rode into the camp.
Imagine. then, group of low, black
camers or goats hair tents, open to
the front and all facing in one direc
ton. away from the wind. Imagine no
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which had been prescribed. Since the
examina ton indicated that 1t was all
right for her to go ahead. she did so,
and carried out directions faithfully.
Frequently people who wish to re-
dtce are anxious to do it all in
hurry and are disappointed If they are
not told to take some violent form
of exercise, to- make radical changes
in their menu. or given some KIND OF
medicine They forget that too rapid
reducing is as bad for the looks as
for the health, since the skin looks
wrinkIed and old IL the padding is
taken too suddenly from under 1t.
This patient understood that weight
reduction would involve a very grad
ual burning UP Of the excess tissue
in her body.
She reported to the physician regu
larry, first every week, then every
two weeks and after n time at inter
walls of three weeks The simple med
ical and health tests were repeated
once month.
Results showed Immediately. Miss
Leasing began to lose at the rate of
about two pounds week. During
the Christmas holidays she fell tenn
porarily from grace and gained two
and a half pounds instead of losing.
She had to make up for this back
sliding, not by more rapid reducing
afterward, but by a longer period of
dieting.
While she was going through this
program I made an estimate of the
| number Of caiories Of food she was
taking in each day. Before she began
to reduce she had been taking in from
1900 to 2.700 calories daily. While
she was dieting she averaged from
200 to 1900 calories.
Miss Leasing said she felt hungry at
| times, particularly at the beginning,
| but never weak. Also, she felt better
| and better rs her weight was gradu-
| ally reduced. She began her program
about the middle of October and seven
| months afterward, the middle of the
| following May, she had lost forty
pounds. Although she had given no
| special attention to the care of her
| skin and the surface. of her body, at
the end of that interval. when her
weight had been reduced from 1873
pounds to 14s pounds, she was de
| lighted to find that neither the skin
of the body nor Of the face had
wrinkled This, ! believe. was due
to the fact that she was content to
lose flesh gradually and also to the
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must reduce If possible to the boy
ish'' form, whether Nature meant
them to have boyish form or not.
OF course, and very properly, Miss
Leasing did not keep up this strict
diet when she reduced to the desired
weight She did not go back to her
full high calory meals, but she did In
crease to about 1000 calories day.
Otherwise she would have continued
to lose more than was good for her.
Doctors realize now that weight can
be controlled by very natural. simple
means, and that most important Is
the amount and the kind of food you
eat Overweight usually is due to
overeating and the breaking of other
health laws. Normal weight may be
regained by dieting and the keeping
of health laws.
Here are the facts to remember in
one woman's safe weight reduction:
|. Reducing was done under medi
cal advice and supervision.
2. A careful health examination pre-
coded the reducing process.
8. The diet was kept carefully bal
anced during the process.
f. No weakness or other health dis
turbance was experienced during the
reduction.
5. No medicine was given and no
artificial methods were adopted except
the lessening in amounts of certain
foods previously eaten to excess.
s. Forty pounds of excess baggage
were gradually thrown overheard and
In It's place came marked improve
ment i'll health. comfort, ease of mo-
ton and walking. not to mention i'm
provement in looks and self-esteem.
X X
-FOUR days menus from Miss Les
sings diary give an example Of
what can be included in diet while
you are reducing. These meals show
that essential food elements are re-
tained-no drastic elimination of but
ter, milk and other foods necessary
to health need be practiced. Miss Les
sings diet rules are not blanket rules
to be followed by any one, but should
be adjusted by your physician to fit
individual cases. They will. however.
serve as helpful suggestions:
BREAKFAST.
One-half grape fruit.
one teaspoon sugar.
One piece os tOooe.
One half pst % butter.
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women at all, as they have gone on
foot to meet the bridal procession and
escort the bride into camp. Imagine,
too, all the men newly shaved and in
white, with white camel's hair blan-
kets draped about them and snowy,
close wrapped turbans.
And then imagine a procession ap-
preaching. First. a man on fiery
| horse, the man in brilliant dress, wear
| ing an old inlaid sword and flourfshing
a rife, and the horse in a purple velvet
and gold saddle cloth and heavy silver
inlaid briGle and saddle. The horse,
| spurred to fury. curvets, rears, dashes
/ nladly ahead and back again, while its
rider recklessly fires the gun.
| Second, a camel, richly decorated.
carrying three black clad and yelled
women, one behind the other. the
woman relatives Of the bride.
Third, a white camel, equally gayly
caparisoned,. driven by young boy,
who sits well forward, and behind HIM
a small and certainly suffocating fig.
ure, completely covered. head and all,
by q white blanket, which Is the bride.
Fourth, a long procession Of women
on foot, all in black and with covered
| faces, singing or lamenting, / haven't
an idea which.
The entire parade encircles the
camp three times.
The bride and her procession move
ON. Her camel kneels. She is taken
/ into the bridegroom tent. where later
| on they will feast on a camel he has
| killed.
1t was about this time, think, that
we took the flu. For several days
oninous sneezes and chills had warned
| us. but we kept on.
We took to tying handkerchiefs over
| our noses in the daytime and wearing
/ thermometers In our mouths In the
evenings. And still we had to go on.
There came a day when camp had
to be made early, and l fell off Daha-
| bean and crawled into bed, hat and
| ALL Assour took to praying behind
| the tent for the success of the trip
and our recovery especially, think,
| for the Heads disposition. And the
little circle of men whispered together
about the evil eye.
| So still We went on. taking our chflls
and fevers as they came, cOnsoIing
| Assour, and eating more and more for
| fear OF offending Mohammed. And at
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Adventure Found Tour by Camel Through Oriental Deserts

do some firstgrade bucking and pitch
ing in the midst OF 1000 clay water
jars, ready to be loaded. The Head.
however. was saved.
But there was no baking the fact
We were I'm civilization again, and
evidences Of 1t began the moment tire
tents were up in our grove of palm
trees.
First came Il variety Of dogs. ard
then or children. After the dogs ami
the children came the visiting barber
He brought a set of strange and
archaic tools. and having shaken
hands all round and taken up a sitting
position in a bowl-shaped depression i'm
the sand, proceeded to walt for Gus
toners.
AS fast as our men finished their
work they went tn him, squatting on
the ground before him and facing him.
The ancient razor tortured their sun
burned faces. The same antique brass
bowl of water did for all
When each customer had finished
he paid what he considered the job
to be worth--onc piaster or two, hve
or ten cents. Whatever he received.
the barber took 1t courteously and
without comment. When he had I'm
ished he packed up his belongings and
politely departed. Joining that throng
of now returning laborers who were
on their way back from the days work
along the main road before us.
Dinner and coffee in the moonlight
under the palm trees. And then the
paying OFF. the bakshish. AS each
man received his percentage he shook
hands and said:
May Allah give you long life and
make you happy"
The next morning, before we left.
went to visit Dahabeah. After all. she
had done fairly we'll by me. BY trips
and so on she had carried me a hun
dred miles. and now that / was
through with her I liked her.
Goodbye. old GIRL / said. Let =
forget It and part friends
I made a last and cautious effort 10
pat her on her moth-eaten head, bui
she only snarled at me and showed
her teeth. And so l left her under
Bella Donna's palm trees, and got
into a small carl
Cartwright 1897
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Youthful and Ma Ae Health and With
DnerB eAoihd
Supervision other EpHrGv@
LUNCH.

LUNCH.
One muffin.
One-ha1f pat butter.
Small portion of meat. with maca-
ROM and tomatoes.
One lettuce salad.
DINNER.
One portion vegetable soup.
One tillet of sole.
One portion creamed celery.
One apple.
BREAKFAST.
One orange.
One whole wheat roll.
One pat butter.
One small glass of whole milk.
LUNCH.
One portion creamed fish.
one lettuce, tomatoes and asparagus
salad, with little French dressing.
One slice graham bread.
one small pat butter.
DINNER.
One carrot and onion soup
One veal outlet
One portion string beans
One slice whole wheat bread.
Half pat butter.
One orange.
BREAKFAST.
One dish prunes
One small glass milk.
One slice toast.
One small pat butter
LUNCH.
One meat croquette, with tomato
sauce.
One slice whole wheat bread.
One small pat butter.
One green leaf salad.
One fresh pear.
DINNER.
One portion vegetable soup.
One portion turnips.
One slice graham bread
Half pat Butter.
Half portion vanilla ice cream.
BREAKFAST.
One orange.
One graham roll.
One small pat butter
One small glass milk
LUNCH.
One creamed fish.
One slice toast.
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BREAKFAST.
medium serving whole wheat. "A cup
milk, little sugar.
1 slice graham toast, "a tablespoonful
butter
Coffee. IA cup hot milk. little sugar
LUNCH OR SUPPER.
Omelet or scrambled egg.
/ trusty roll ~ tablespoonful butter.
Large lettuce and tomato salad. salt ana
vinegar.
2 bran cookies. glass milk.
DINNER.
Any vegetable stock soup. large servlng.
{" so1all lamb chops with no fat on them.
Stuffed baked potato Ia medium serving
with a little milk. butter and salt.
Carrots. large serving. -. -,
IL cantaloupe should I've Of medium size.
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Our fisherman tucked up his white
cotton rags and let himself over the
side. There were ducks "a hundred
yards away. lie waded toward them.
and they flew away. He came back to
the boat. and we rowed after them. He
got over the side once more. and the
same performance was repeated.
After we had done this five or six
times. I suggested to Assour that he
fire at them while they were in the
air, but the fisherman objected that
they flew too fast His idea was APP
parently to get close enough to brain
them with the butt of the gun. And
knowing that gun. l hardly blamed
him. But at last / persuaded him to
make the attempt. And after using
TO shells. he got two.
It was our tenth and last evening
In the desert. We sat long outside the
tent that night over our coffee and
Turkish delight. while the little jack
ais barked, and the moon rose and
shone on those waters where once
the sacred crocodiles had lain. be-
dizened. In the mud.
We rode to SEIZURES the next morn
ing. Once again fertile land. with the
Spring blowing going on. and every
variety of animal hitched to the
plows; once again the long professions
going out to the fields from the little
mud villages; once again children of
eight and ten leading enormous pack
camels, called hubble-hubbles from the
resemblance of the gurgling noise they
make to that of the water pipe SO
named: once more the greeting
"Saida," and its CHEEKY return.
r X y
TT was at Seizures that Dahabeah
saw her first railway train. and
gave every evidence Of hysteria. A
narrow-gauge line runs into the town,
and along II screaming and humping
came the train. With low moan of
terror. Dahabeah prepared to seek the
desert again. but Abdul Baggi grabbed
her tail and, so to speak, there she
was. She .trembled violently. how
ever, for some time.
It was the next day that Missouri
sadly behaved on a similar occasion.
The Head was halfway on her when
she heard train. and proceeded to
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TIVE Meals Which Could Be Prepared
No More Food Than Above Amounts Should Be Included

BREAKFAST.
/ medium serving oatmeal. 4 cup whole
milk. little sugar.
/ egg.
1 slice toast. a tablespoonful butter
Coffee "a cup hot milk. little sugar
LUNCH OR SUPPER.
Large vegetable salad. salt and vinegar
Cottage cheese IA cup, or American cheese.
u ounces. or glass of milk, ..
Bread / slicea IA tablespoonful butter.
Tea with lemon. little sugar.
1 bran wafer.
DINNER.
Vegetable or meat stock soup. large sery-
ing. a.. -
Swiss steak or other meat. medium serv-
Mashed potato medium serving, seasoned
with little milk and butter.
Green peas little milk and salt.
Orange sherbet 1 bran or oatmeal wafer
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Radio Ears.

THE world is developing finer
sense of hearing as the result of
listening on the radio, according TO
Charles NJ. Adams. in Radio News.
Not only is addition more sensitive
In the majority of mankind sinca the
popularity of the receiving set hut
Mr.. Adams considers 1t probable thai
human imagination is growing more
facile, being able to conceive the nj.
mosphere Of a church on hearing .
service broadcast, or picturins a ma,
on reception Of it's lines. f'