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on, due to the packed parachute's get
ting caught In some part Of the plane
or to the pilots being struck by a
broken wing.
In a few instances the initiating bag
has been fouled by the rudder or other
part Of the plane. One Army jumper
who cleared his plane was killed be-
cause he wasn't high enough in the air
when he jumped to permit the para
chute's expanding fully before he hit
| the earth.
| The moral seems to be, don't jump
| unless it's long way down.
| According TO Clark, parachutes are
packed In twos so that II the first one
fails a reserve may be brought into use.
At least one army pilot has been saved
| by a reserve parachute after the main
one failed to operate. It Is estimated
that, in this country, between 80 and
so men, mostly airplane pilots, have
been saved from death by jumping with
parachutes. They have organized them
selves into a club, known as the Cater
pillars.
Other pilots could save themselves,
according to Clark, II 1t were not for
the tradition that no plane should be
abandoned except as last resort. It
is similar to the sea captains desire to
stay with his ship.
In the majority Of instances, those
aboard have time to leap or drop out
after something boding a crash happens
When the plane Is upside down all flyers
have to do Is unfasten the belt that
holds them in.
Army and Navy flyers are required to
carry parachutes ready for use. The
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man. In fact, It is about the only
animal that seems to understand man
by the expression in his eyes. But I
have my doubts whether the dog would
be smarter than other small animals
If he were put out in the world and
were dependent upon his own wits.
Now, there are wolves. They be-
long to the canine family and are not
generally supposed to have very high
Intelligence, yet have known smart
wolves as well as stupid ones.
1.-TWO of the smartest wolves I ever
knew came to us from the West.
them, but at first glance saw they
hadn't been handled right. They were
suspicious of every one, although they
had been in captivity for years.
Every day would go into their cages
and sit while with them, talking In
quiet voice. They got so they made
fewer and fewer flying leaps past me.
and soon began to edge near and touch
INV hand with their noses.
zone day something happened to one
of the bolts on the cage and out shot
the wolves, headed for the woods
around the Zoo. The keepers stood
around and wondered what was to be
done.
WdlkCO 0OWA W t4AC CACCh WAACAC
they were standing, afraid to turn back
and afraid to go on, and began talking
softly to them as had done In their
cares, Pretty soon they began to inch
nearer and nearer, touching my hand
with their noses and playing around me
in circles.
.When the chance presented itself,
grabbed each one by the of ear and
managed to hold on to the squirming
nair until help came. hated to trick
them that way, and they felt 1t. For
a long time afterward they would not
come near me when entered the cage.
But finally won them back again.
"They were smart wolves We've had
others YOU couldn't do thing with. In
every family there are smart and stupid
members, you know.
n \ X
ssXoU hear people so often remark
that the female animal Is smarter
than the male. The reason for this.
think. is that so many examples OF un-
usual animal intelligence have cc.lle TO
rs about mother animals. The mother
instinct. when she is nursing and guard
ing her young, is, Of course, at its Keen
esf, but whether she naturally has
higher intelligence hasn't been proved.
SElepfants have about the best mem
ory there Is. They take stronger likes
and dislilkes, too. And they are good
Ireasoners.
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By ANTHONY WAYNE.

~ ERHAPS on one of your cross
country flying trips by air express
YOU may look across the checker
board cultivation of Mother
Earth to wonder just what you
would do II your air liner should hest
tate 1t may be that you may read tne
notice which says: "ParachuteS are
found beneath the seats. Strap them
on when ordered to do SO by the pilot.
Not SO fantastic as 1t sounds.
While It seems to suggest the posi-
bility of rapid descent to talk OF
parachute for an air liner, it is not any
different In principle. say aviation ex-
perts. than to mention the need OF llfe-
preseryers for the Leviathan or other
ocean greyhounds. Hence, jumping with
one Of these contrivanceS securely
strapped on your back may possibly be
advised In an emergency, the experience
to be no more terrifying than leaplng
into the water!
Accept expert opinion from James *.
Clark, the United States Navy AR
Services star parachute jumper. Ask
him-he knowsl
y y X,
CLARK has made many hundreds Of
~ Jumps. He said recently: I'D
rather get out of an airplane in midair
with a parachute dashed to me than
leap into the ocean from a ship with a
life-preserver around my waist.
"All things considered, believe the
parachute IS probably the safer Of the
two devices. Folks have been taught Tor
centuries to look on the life-preserver
with assurance, but they still associate
parachutes with the occasional country
fair performer who is killed because
something goes wrong"
And he added in reminiscent way:
"ThiS may account for one OF the
amusing things having to do with Jump
ing as we see it. It's the disappointed
look on the faces of the observers when
we come down safely! Do you know,
only specialists of one sort or another
take the trouble to come out to see
one of us tumble high In the air and
then lust glide uneventfully down to
earth. What people expect to see Is the
jumpers finish. I guess 1t Isn't the
working of the parachute that they are
interested in, but in the possibility OF
its not working"
Such a possibility, these experts say,
has been reduced to minimum. It's
ill just as easy as falling of log! SO
it sounds.
Clark. who AYERS that the life-pre-
server IS all wet as compared to the
parachute, recently startled the world
by taking a motion picture while. de-
scending several thousand feet from
a plane flying over Anacostia. near
Washington. He challenges the ocean
rider to match that The film was
made with an automatic camera lash
ed to his body. The picture OF the
earth as 1t looks to man dropping
from the clouds may some day prove
- iVa difyiYer f9ilnfC and nQSSen.
gers a visual demonstration of reach.
ing the ground safely from a great
height.
X 4 \ X
CLARK Is medium sized, stockily
~ built, ruddy-faced, and has reduced
parachute jumping to science, which
may be the reason that he speaks Of II
so slightingly. 1t is fact, however
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It seems that the pulloff is more UNI
pleasant than the jumpoff, though pos
sibly not so dangerous According to
Clerk: 1.-The jerk you get when your
body is suddenly dragged OF the wing
Of a plane going at O speed OF 100
miles an hour or more Is bit severe,
though 1t doesn't hurt you. In the
jumping-of you merely do few SOM
ersauits and then are brought up sud-
denly, but not harshly, by the unfolding
bag
before letting the parachute go. One
man fell 2,700 feet before releasing the
bag. .s.
YOU might fall five or ten thousand
L feet with the parachute folded on
your back. provided the start was high
enough from the ground, without being
hurt.
my experience disproves the old be-
lief that a person falling from great
height is suffocated or killed by the
shock before landing. About the only
Sensation YOU have when falling as fast
as gravity will pull you-which at the
start is about 80 feet second and gets
up to hundreds of feet second before
you have fallen a thousand feet--is OF
air rushing by you like a tornado. But
it doesn't take your breath or irritate
exposed parts Of the body"
Some of which Is assuring and the
rest bit nerve wracking.
He continued his expert description
of how 1t is done in the best OF well
regulated air circles: Usually when Just
falling I tumble over and over. This
can be avoided by dropping OF in a
crouching position with your arms
clasped about your knees. The tum-
bling, however, is not unpleasant, nor
is the jerk that breaks the fall when
the parachute initiates and takes hold.
OF course, the farther you fall before
the parachute initiates and takes hold,
the more severe Is the jerk, but, even
at that, it Is something like falling into
a huge feather bed"
And listen to further reinsurance:
UNLESS conditions are unusual, you
might read O book while coming down
after the parachute Is put to work.
Really. the only thing to worry about Is
the landing. 1t is necessary to prevent
ENHANCEMENT in the branches Of some
trees or bumpy pull along a cement
highway. That might mean a broken
bone or two" Clark makes many OF his
Jumps without getting SO much as a
souvenir scratch.
There is a lot Of difference between
the present parachutes and the old bal
loon type that used to be found around
country fairs. Clark explained that
the early ones had to be attached with
cord to the top Of the balloon bag.
This pulled open the parachute, the at
| taching cord being then torn loose or
cut. But airplanes move too rapidly
for such q method moreover, there is
the danger that the cord might get tan
| gled with. some part Of the machine.
| X + X X
MO parachute jumps were made from
| heavier-than-air craft until 1912
| of which there are any record. Air
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ness. why can't we just let him be
gorilla-smart. That's plenty smart,
anyhow. He's mighty smart animal
but he would make poor man
It always amuses "Blackie" when an
animal gets the best Of some one who
misunderstands it. Provided, Of course,
no injury is done the person. One OF
his favorite tales Is q story about Gen.
Lord, director Of the budget.
Things were needed at the Zoo. With
the third largest collection Of animals
in the United States, Uncle Sam finds
his Zoo eighth in point of accomnlo-
dations. So an appropriation for the
Zoo was under discussion between
members of the Smithsonian board OF
regents and the director of the budget.
In some unaccountable way, the my
nah bird had picked up the question,
what about the appropriation" and
when the director strolled past mis-
cage on q certain fl1omentous visit
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mot all animals you capture ac-
custom themselves to conditions as the
elephant does. He sort Of seems to rea-
son it out. Bears. too, are pretty good
at that. One figures out how ne VIII
make the best of things, and II you
give him good quarters, he viii likely
as not settle down and be contented.
.But the lions--they are my favorites.
/ was a sort OF rough-and-tumble kid
myself, Just growing up knocking
around. The lions are the grandest
well. too, and they have awful good
judgment. OF course, you will find
mean lions, and they are all natural
fighters, but there are lot OF nice
lions" 80,
"And what about little NGI. the little
gorilla. He's the smartest Of all, isn't
hep" came the question:
Eyes. G Is smart, hutswe oughtnt 70
try and measure him Thy r,aia-srnart-
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Nature Lines Fields.

FARMERS owning some 5000 acres
of meadow land In New York,
Pennsylvania and Ohio know, at least,
that there is a Santa Claus. They live
in regions where lime carbonated water
flows in little streams.
One such farmer who owned a held
in Erie County N. Y, along Cattaraugus
Greek, decided to utilize the creek for
irrigation purposes and flooded his 20
acre field by means of dams. The
water stayed on the field for seven days.
The crop production showed an In
crease at once, and after a few sea-
sons he noted that alfalfa and clover
were springing up.
Investigation revealed that the water
was lime water and had corrected the
acidity in. his soil. He now grows his
alfalfa and clover, adding greatly to
the profit, and he doesn't have to pay
a cent to lime his fields.
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lever Capves in Zoo Suggest Need of Kindness Animals

ally and temperamentally, as well as
anatomically, these animals stand very
near to man himself. The famous
chimpanzee, Peter. who held the center
of a stage in 1910, was undoubtedly
one of the finest opponents of just
what can be done with the chimpanzee
when he is rightly trained.
While Kind to Animal week" and
Humane Sunday are Of comparative
recent origin, having been celebrated
only about six or seven years, the Ma
tional Humane Society Is more than
half a century old. The first humane
society in the United States was that
in New York city in 1866 founded by
Henry Bergh. The organization in the
District was chartered by a special act
of Congress in 1870 under the name.
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals"
by which these societies were then
known. For 20 years John p. Heap.
the present secretary, has been in
charge.
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ton. Furthermore, "Blackie" says there
aren't many real dumb" animals,
either. He speaks of animals intimate
ly--as individuals, with individual
characteristics and varying mental
qualifications, and he always has inter-
esting examples to back up his state
ments.
This business of smartness in wild
animals" he says, lis hard to put your
finger on, because folks are always try
ing to make man-smartness the stand
ard to measure animals by. We say
the dog is smarter than any other
animal, but we forget that the dog has
been domesticated for centuries and has
learned to catch on to the ways OF
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS"
~ "Yas, Molly, dollinkI"
"Wherr de hack Is mine podder-poff?
Dom it, you couldn't find a ting In
dees blooming houze!!"
why. Moffy drill"
"Moffy dir, mine grenmodder!i It's
feeftin rooms in de gosh-don houze wot
itch one in Dolby like q peeg pan, so
dey got to bordering arond In mine
room. Look, mine wenity!l I soppose
mine oimine wrep I'll finding In de
bondle wat-wash yat!! Chrees Colombos
heemsalf couldn't discover his tings
in dees joint efter dey eating troo
here!! Goot nite-I'm late!"
Later? To wherr do you gung,
Moffy dollink?"
MOL" why dun't you are awerr??
I'm gung hout should seeting on mine
toffet, of cuSs!!
Batter be kerrful, dirrie, it's redder
cheely deese winnings way opp dere on
toffetl Wait, I'll wrepping you opp
some colds in conjonction witt whey
you should heving q leetle snag!!"
"Oh, SoppoSe-how lung 1t takes
you to feexing it opp? You'd lest
abbot fife meenits in de Hautomat,
kirro! S'long, momnsy. Halp! /!
Coy, I'll pess hout!! Vii. VI! vi!
Look! NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
me Queeck you seek stockings! got
a ron in mine! Denks, hold potato!
Dun't seeting for me opp! S1onk!!
"Moffy-you forgot de coids!"
"Wal-for crying out Todd! So
deed. Goot pyel"
"Brr-Pstl-say goily, could you
doong something for q poor guy wot he
was behind bars for feeftin yirrs?"
"Oh! Und deed you was a conweect
maybe, mine goot mem"
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Two New Pests Arrive

They spread rather slowly. fortunately
ana do not cover nearly as much terri
tory as the green beetle and it is be-
lieved they will not become common
throughout the United States for many
years. Their potential threat to pasture
land is so great that it has been found
necessary to quarantine the sections in
which they have been found, and def
mite campaign of eradication will be
undertaken. The best time to fight
them, of course, is when they are in the
grub stage during the Fall, Winter and
Spring.
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was finally prevailed upon to wear one
and use it from q motored craft above
Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Berry climbed
onto the planes Seat-an affair much
like the seat Of a present-day dining
chair, with fragile footrest and slen-
der safety belt-and went up.
The ship scared higher and higher,
and the farther Berry got from the
ground the more its green contours APP
pealed to him-not that he was afraid,
but it would make any one nervous to
attempt something no other human i had
ever tried, especially since the venture
was to take place several hundreds Of
| feet above the earth.
He could look past his feet and see
down into blue nothing. 1t was lar
step to the good Missouri soil.
Finally his pilot signaled above the
roar of the engine that 1t was time to
60 of. He carefully made last exam
ination of the straps about his body,
looked down at the metal cone faSten-
cd to the foot-rest which incased the
chute, unbuckled his safety belt-and
fell.
There was a little slither as the
chute pulled free from the cone,
snap like the crack Of a bull whip
as 1t opened with rush, and Berry
found himself going down and very
much alive He landed without even
cracking a bone. That night the man
who made the first parachute drop
| from q plane was feted and lauded
and great quantities of re-prohibition
brew were guzzled ins his honor.
When the excitement subsequent to
Berrry's accomplishment died down
somewhat, A. Leo Stevens, another
| pioneer Of the air, completed work on
| his "life-pack" The demonstration.
made by Bert Law, was successful and
the Stevens hfe-pack became widely
| used.
IT was during the latter part of the
World War that experts gave special
attention to the development of free
release type Of parachute. Old-school
| jumpers gave much assistance to the
| Army Air Service, which developed the
first good free-acting type at McCook
Field, Ohio. In 1919.
This parachute Is controlled by a
| miniature bag which energies on the
| pulling of a rip-cord to which a ring
is attached. The pilot parachute opens
automatically, through the force Of rub
| Der springs. It drags the main bag into
position and causes it to spread out and
initiate. It is asserted that one has
never failed to work because Of any
inherent shortconing, which naturally
is encouraging. However, several pilots
have been killed while In the act Of
l getting out to Jump with parachutes
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by dSamsN tond -H

To the beaver he attributes more
intelligence, mechanical skill and rea-
soning power than to any other wild
animal, and he calls the Pack Rat the
Intellectual phenomenon" of the great
group of gnawing animals. OF all bears,
the grizzly is believed to be the wisest,
and the Indian elephant surpasses all
other members Of his family in
braininess.
AS every one knows the great apes,
particularly the chimpanzees and
orang- utans are the most interesting
subjects for psychologist study of all the
wild animal species, because intellectu-
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it was argued, to fly in the frail and
half-perfected ships without taking the
added possibility Of death by means Of
an equally half-perfected parachute.
But q daredevil named Bert Berry
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planning had been going on for several
years up to that time, but no one ap-
parently had thought Of using the para
chute In conjunction with flying ma
chine. It was a sufficient risk of necks.
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Gross Exaggerations
BY MILT GROSS.

BY MILT GROSS.
Leedle Mees Moffet
Set on top from toffet
lifting some colds in conjonction witt
whey
1t arrived a bleck spiter
In a seeting poseetion besite her
Wot he skerred her utmost hout from
&c "ee"' Ola .,,,a,, nro..o,L
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i for Animal week? Will the
animals have q banquet,
and will the tigers be allowed to play
with the children"
To this query came the answer: ASK
the animals. Every week is BE kind to
animals week out here!"
Headkeeper Blackburn was speaking,
and "Blackie" knows his animals If any
one does. For nearly so years "Blackie"
has handled wild animals, serving his
novitiate in Barnum's circus and COM
ing to Uncle Sans Zoo when 1t VS.
founded in 1890. Here he has been
since, trying to interpret wild animals
to the public and the public to the
animals.
"Blackie" will tell you there aren't
many real mean" animals in the world.
and no matter how much "whoopee"
the lions are making in their cages
below his Office. he holds to that asser-
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BY KATHLEEN REED CooNTz.

ri ELLO, hello, is this the Zoo?
- What particular celebration
are you putting on out there
i for Animal week? viii the
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Seconds Between Life and Death-Parachute Jumper

Parachute
the tn PraoI
the Parachute
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~ ERHAPS on one of your cross
country flying trips by air express
you may look across the checker
Il board cultivation Of Mother
Tortl, ~ vtonSar. inst what VOu
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Hayes show the form that made him
an outstanding star in his brief sojourn
away from washington last Summer
and will Sam West come into his owr
not only as clever outfielder, but as q
fine batter?
Many questions and doubtless many
different answers suggest themselves
but all food for base ball fan consump-
ton. With the regular team, composed
of Goslin, West and Rice in the out
field; Myer, Bluege, Hayes and Judge
in the infield, and Muddy Ruel behind
the bat, pretty well settled even at this
early date, what the pitchers will do
stands out as of surprising Importance
Jones had one Of his best years in 1928
Is he good for another one? Hadley,
after slow recovery from his operation,
hurled fine ball. Will he realize on the
promise he has shown? Marberry
gained his hearts desire, that of being
made a starter. Will he continue the
good work?
And so forth and so on ad inf1nitum.
It is a good team, no doubt about IL
Potentially 1t Is great team, provided
the players deliver as they are capable
of doing and the will to win" is part
of the makeup of each one. johnson
has plenty of responsibility ahead of
him, but there Is no reason to doubt
that he will meet 1t in the way that
he has met other situations in his long
career on the pitching mound.
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Rescue League Seeks
Owners of Lost Dogs
TO the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Lost dogs are advertised every eve
ming in The star. I wish every dog
owner in Washington knew that dozens
of dogs are picked up and sent to the
Animal Rescue League daily. Some
are returned to their owners, but many
remain there for weeks and new homes
have to be found for them. If all
owners of dogs would keep their dogs
properly collared and tagged at all times
it would be easier to locate the owners.
Those who want dogs as pets also
should know that there are always
many good dogs at the league waiting
for homes At present there are among
others several collies, and a sheep
dog. very friendly and playful who
would be splendid companion for
children. These dogs were advertised in
The Star as found dogs. but have never
been claimed. There are also always
there number of small dogs, who
would make good pets.
MARION STUART CAKE.