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Daily Health
Talk

Sixly-tive per cent {. the human
body is composed or water. Sug-
gestions as 10 the proper amounts
necessary for internal use to keep
the body well supplied vary from
six TO 10 glasses a day. Humorists
insist that Americans have all been
thirsty for the last 10 years.
The necessity for water in the
body is far more pressing than the
necessity for food. A healthy hui
man beisg can live without food
and with decreasing physical eff
cheney for some 40 TO 60 days. He
can do without water for a much
shorter time. without this cooling
and comforting fluid he gets I'm
comfortable after two or three DAYS.
feverish u from four TO seven days.
and he usually dies in from eight
10 IL days. That Is what happens
to a man lost az sea or IN a desert
without fresh water.
So necessary Is water % the
continuing or the chemistry nf the
tissues that the blood begins TO take
IL from the tissues of less impor-
taAANC 1A4Q l4aAA1R0A4 ~ ~ tAl1cI VA
more importance very promptly
when the supply fro l without be-
gins to fail. When a human being
becomes unconscious. a physician
or those in attendance must make
certain that water Is put into his
body n he Is 10 live. IL NAV be
injected BY a stomach tube into the
stomach or II may be injected with
a needle under the skin or directly
into the blood.
When a person becomes exceed
inRly thirsty. his tongue, throat
and mouth get dry and burn. Be-
cause OF the anxiety. he becomes
restless: because Of the lack or
evaporation OF water from the sur
face or the body. he becomes fever
ish. The sensation OF thirst can be
lessened somewhat merely BY wet
ting the lips and tongue. but this
Is a satisfaction only 10 the sensa-
ton and cannot satisfy long.
There is one portion or the brain
which is particularly interested IN
seeing that the needs Of the body
for water are satisfied. Obviously
this is important since the water Is
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Women's Competition

There is something tremendously significant in the
manner in which men and women have raced across the
skv together in the Santa Notwithstanding derby
Women have not asked for a handicap. They are pilots,
taking the storms Of the sky with the men. Their dangers
are equal. When the ships left the western airport they
were ready.
Only a few years ago woman's ability to soar to the
same heights that her brothers did would have been ques'
toned. Now that is over. Patient Elaines no longer wait
in dim gardens for dashing Launcelots to come back.
They get their own steeds and ride along.
Now and then someone deplores the fact that women
are no longer as demure and beguling as they used TO be-
Perhaps not. But they are exceedingly more interesting
and considerable, since they are playing in the show, in
stead of watching from the wings.
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Churches in Business

Religion has grown very practical in the last few
years. 1t is adjusting itself to the economic pressure of
a hurrying age. The 500 members of the congregation of
the South Bellaire Methodist church at Bellaire, Ohio,
have agreed to patronize a gasoline station. owned by the
church, and operated by their pastor, Rev. Joseph b.
Edie. An elder assists him.
1t is too bad that it is necessary for a minister to
have to devote such a large percentage of his time to what
might be called extra-curricular work. But when it be-
comes necessary to choose besveen such a mission or let
ting the church suffer financially, it is much the wiser
choice. After all, Jesus Christ was a carpenter.
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TODAY IS THE
Annluersuru

GERMANS RAP WILSON
On Sept a. 1917, the Hamburg
Chamber OF Commerce passed
resolution aSsailing President VII
SON and declaring that Germany
was not responsible for the N
The resolution said:
With indignation we protest
against the hypOcritical criticisms
hy President Wilson. who at pres
ent governs the United States with
we strongly reject the repeat
ed attempts To hold Germany Tf.
sponsible for the war. which MuL1
gross contradiction TO inco1Fro-
vertible facts. and we shall most
decidedly oppose efforts by tho
enemy To create dissension be-
tween the Gernin people and the
German government.
The whole German people r
firmly determined 20 fight 10 n
victorious end for the preserva-
ton Of the German Empire. en-
bodied In KaiserdOm. and for the
removal az the arbitrary despot-
ism exerted by England over the
free seaS......."
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Mew York
Letter

NEW YORK.-On the very eve
OF my vacation, all the contem-
plated joys OF a fishing trip into
Canada have been shattered.
I have just learned. to my end
less humiliation, that I am q
.bourgeoise fisherman" I'm quite
sure that isn't flattering.
II came about accidentally while
I was admiring some e~xcellently
reproduced flies IN a current Issue
Of the magazine, Fortune. l
stumbled over this paragraph.
"Canada-In slightly de luxe edi-
ton. the bourgeoise fisherman Is TO
be found in eastern Canada and
Nova Scotia where he fishes streams
too easy for his more puritanical
brothers"
OF ourse I WOULD have picked
out Nova Social
And see what that makes me, !
might as well bend a pin, dig up
an angleworm. cut off a willow
branch and join the bare-legged
kids down bv the old mill.
TO think that I once fished the
Hell Roarin IN Yellowstone. and
the Gardner and the Bechler. and
the rapids OF the Feather River In
California. and the his ORIG Gold
Lake belt Id the Sierrasl
That's what you get by coming 10
New York. You get "citified,' soft
and almost sissyl They told me IL
would happen to me And here II
Is. I'm a -bourgeoise' fisherman
or I'm likely to be any day now.
What will ! tell the old folks
back in the herman west? How can
I face my friends?
I can say, of course. that I meant
well.
But now that 7 come 10 think OF
il, I didn't receive much encourage
ment from those I consulted.
! wrote a note to Ben Deacon. Of
the Canadian National Railroads.
who doesn't pretend to be any kind
o. a fisherman. And he said some
thing about the Laurentians or
~Laurentides Park. AT his recon-
mendation, ! went to call on his
New York assistant. George Lash,
and he got out a vast number OF
maps. I like looking al maps when
lin not going anywhere. But wnen
I actually threaten TO start, they
befuddle me. Lash had a swell
idea that had to do with meeting a
guide somewhere. packing a lot OF
provisions, and going by canoe ior
IL days.
IT being the fifth day Of the great
heat wave. I went dizzily out into
the ~street-Still uncertaln-when I
met Harry Keller. who Is connected
with william Morris show boat"
cruises Of the Belganland.
Why don't you ride up 70 Hall
fax with me next trip" he most
Hospitality inquired. "Fishing-say
all you've got TO do Is get off the
boat and go in any direction and
the trout send out a reception COM
mittee.. Nova Scotia |. the fisher
mans paradise"
SO I called up Lash. He said he
had never fished in Nova Scotia
and small wonderl He probably
has a fisherman's reputation TO
maintain. But he would give me
some letters TO fellows who knew
all about the streams.
That. nv friends. Is the sad story
az how I became a "bourE Use
fisherman. And now that | am. I
can't say that I give a continental
hang-so long as | catch some fish.
Considering how simple the
magazine writer said IL was. I al
most fear TO start. Suppose I don't
catch any fish2 Then what?
"Ah. WE'LL nv friends will say
with a sigh, hes become a New
Yorker
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Pretty NORMA KENT. 20-year-
old secretary In = law Office. mar
ries MARK TRANERS. son of n.
NJ TRAsERS. millionaire real 60
tate dealer. after the father has
sworn a. cut Mark on without "a
penny IN the marriage takes place.
Norma has known MARK only "a
few weeks. did NOT know during
the eourtship that he was "A mill
~onnfrc son.
The story opens Urn Marlboro,
middle western metropolis.
CHRISTINE SAUNDERS. with
whom Norma shared an apart
nrnt. and BRADLEY HART.
Chris employer. nre Witnesses M
the wedding. Before this Normn
has repeatedly refused 90 marry
BOB FARRELL. young lawyer of
whom she T. fond n a friend.
Mark sells hts expensive road
rter an net money fnr the honey
moon trip. He and Norma depart
for Blue Springs. fashionable re-
sort. A. the train speeds south
Mark tells her there l. something
ne a forgotten to mention.
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NOW GO on WITH THE STORY
XIV


MARK dug n hand down into
his waistcoat pocket before nc
spoke again. lie drew out a box.
A very tiny box OF dazzling white.
ness. lie snapped the lid back and
a cleaning circlet OF diamonds an.
peared. They we're set in a band
OF platinum.
Almost forgot about this" be
said. Lets see II ii fits"
lie slipped the jewcled band
over the third finger OF Norma's
left hand. The ring twinkled ur
AZ her like star-dust. The tiny dia-
monds became a disc of fire. They
flashed white heat into the dusky
train compartment. Or were they
tear drops frozen and strung like
beads?
"How-how beautiful"
Words were such useless things
They failed Norma completely.
Something hot and choking gath.
cred In her throat. She could not
speak Almost she could moi
breathe. Never had she dreamed
anyone could be SO frighteningly.
ecstatically happy.
And 80 because she could not fnd
the words 20 answer the girl raised
her two hands. one to either Of
Marks cheeks. held his face closely
for a long instant. and then
pressed her lips 10 bis.
Oh. these two we're SO young. so
very much in love.
But the ring does ftf See-it's
Just right" she vas insisting d
little later.
Mark disagreed. He held M the
encircled finger to prove the band
slipped about too loosely. There
was the possibility OF losing the
ring. lie had not realized what
slender. delicate fingers his bride
had.
we can have II made smaller AZ
Blue Springs" be suggested.
Fear that she might lose the wed.
ding ring made Norma agree at
once. Words came easily now. Over
and over she told Mark how beau
tiful the diamonds we're. She
meant this. yet II was not the
beauty Of the stones and their set
ting which awed her. III was tile
significance OF the ring. This band
on her finger was the symbol Of
marriage. II told the world she
was Mark Travers' wife.
Good Lord-it rs late, Youth
be starved." Mark made a Iunge 4
the electric button which sum
moned the porter. Within Is min.
utes they were being served din.
her..
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products or disease. Sometimes the

products OF disease. Sometimes the
occupation OF the person or the
character Of his sweat glands Is
such that he loses a great deal OF
water by way OF the skin. In some
instances, much water Is lost from
the body By the intestinal tract.
Following hemorrhage with a
considerable loss OF blood. "a person
is usually intensely thirsty because
OF the amount Of fluid that has
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necessary to the conditions OF life.
Some people drink a great deal
more water than do others. Ex-
cc5sive thirst is brought about bv
excessive loss OF water from the
body.
Sometimes this loss OF water Is
due 70 disease which puts a great
deal O water through the kid
news in order TO relieve the body Or
concentrated salts that are the
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LAURA LOU
BROOKMAN
Author or
MAD MARRIAGE"

slickers we're produced. They were
yellow. voluminous. exactly alike
except that Norma's was a trfne
smaller. She pulled her old brown
beret over ner head.
Mark laughed az her. You look
like a brown-eyed susani" he de-
clared. lyon know-those big yel-,
low wild flowers with brown ccnrl
ters?"
"And you look like a sun
lowerl- she rallied.
They went out On the portIro
and down the steps. The breeze
was cool and sharp. invig0ratlng.
The trees we're dripping from the
rain and pools or water stood IN
low places on the walk. A strong
gust Of wind sent N shower from
the leaves across their path
Mark took great. strIdIng steps
and Norma danced 70 keep up with
him They were heading directly
into the wind
Great. isn't IT." he asked. grin
ming.
"Oh. ycs. 7 lore itt-
Color shone In the girls face.
Her blood was racing now. The
fresh odor N the outdoors after its
%drcnching was like N bracing draft
This storms not over" Mark
warned. inspecting the gray. cloud.
burg sky Were liable 10 get
soakedl"
who cares?"
well. II YOU feel that way about
~. young woman. let's go"
lie caught her arm and they
raced like children Pell-melI,
laughing. they ran until the EIrA
was helpless from lack or breat
and from laughter. Then Tx.
went on more saberly. Though the
wind was cold they were warmed
by exercise. They reached N part
OF Blue Springs neither had ever
seen before. Small homes far from
the fashionable resort section. Rain
had frightened even the duTIest.
cleaned il and made 1t almost re-
spectacle.
Time 70 turn back. Norman
81 suppose So"
They rctraced their steps but be-
fore they reached the Inn lightning
flashes and a sharp crack on thun-
der sent them running again. II
was raining. not heavily. when
Mark and Norma made their final
dash up the steps OK the hotel.
"Oh. that was fun. Mark. Funl-
Norma leaned weakly against m
heavy porch chair.
II was az that moment a tall man
IN brown approached the pair.
"Traversl" Id exclaimed Il
didn't know that you were here.
When'd you arrive?"
Mark was returning the energetic
hand-shake. -Glad I'd see you,
Stone he said. "Oh. we've been
here almost a week. korma-" hs\
turned toward the girl. heres :
omeon 1 want you I'd know. Hollis
Stone-old friend. Stone. this IN
Mrs. Travers. my wife"
Norma offered her hand. How
she managed X she never knew.
She raised two blue eyes beneath
~iuttering lids. Her face had gone
paper-white-
How 10 you d." she said I'm q
voice that was certainly not her
own. She tried 10 meet the new
comer's eyes again.
In that glance she knew hs had
recognized her.
tTo Be ContinuedD
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been taken away In this summer.

been taken away In this summer.
In a recent review. Prof. Carlson
points out that the thirst appetite
has not vet oeen properly named.
This appetite. ne insists. II n,ver-
theless a real factor in life" as Il
Is apparent that many people i'm
bib1 sO-called soft drinks without
being thirsty or drink one-half or
one per cent beer without either
thirst or hope being present"
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GUILT. II Y q. LIPS lag !. ! :;


or tennis. She gave no thought 10
the fact that a dozen young women.
clad In smart habits and boots and
accompanied by escorts. rode regu.
larry on the bridal trails.
She did dance beautifully and the
ball room az the Inn. opening on a
sky-roofcd terrace. was TO renal
In Norma's memory as a fairyland
Not once did II occur 70 her that
all THIS which was so new and won
derful was 10 Mark an old. old
story. Mark had visited Blue
Springs many times before. Days
OF idleness. tramping and motoring.
we're no novelty 10 him. Norma
shouls have thought or these things
She sent on a hurried postcard
10 Chris. There was no time 10
waste al letter-writing. Mark did
not even bother with postcards.
Four perfect golden days were
followed by dark clouds and a
drenching torrent Norma and
Mark breakfasted late in their
rooms. They dawdled about. gut
of dressing until nearly lunch
time. when they finally arrived
down stairs n log fire was blazing
In the lounge. Bridge games were
In progress.
"A matron with gray hair whom
Norma had chatted with the day
before hustled up 10 the couple as
they stood in the doorway.
"Oh. do join our table. you two"
she trilled. "Mr. Clark's disap.
peared and Madge and I must have
a third and fourth"
shall we" Mark asked hesI-
tating. Il suppose it's contract"
but 7 don't play contract.
Mark"
Really Ny dear child. how
quaint"
Mark grinned. "Afraid you'll
have 10 count us out." he said.
Good thing. | guess. | never have
luck on a stormy day"
The woman left them.
You can play. Mark. II don't
mind. l can amuse myself" said
Norma
ITO shook her arm playfully.
Nonsense. Did I say | wanted 70
play bridge? Well. I don't. Some
OF these days. though. youll have
10 have some lessons. Everybody
plays contract Half the women l
know eat. drink and breathe II.
Young ones as bad as the old"
They wandered through the lobby
into a reading room. Norma could
see that Mark was restless. She
had been 50 ~contented that this dis
turbed her.
A new magazins-one Mark liked
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES tho day. Hc
sighted II on a newsstand. re-
turned a moment later with the
gaudy-covered periodical.
Look. Norma-iook ~ Bard
wells latest,"
BardweIl's latest was a drawing
In highly satirical vein Having
shared this prize Mark sank back
into a huge club chair and forgot
everything else. The girl found a
hn0k che had ~rinnrnd thrnuwh The
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Rurbs

Anyway. the depression has hit
the workingman with everything
but the lunch pail.
Jimmy walker threw a party for
officials in Czechoslovakia. His
Czechs were probably equal 70 it.
Flat Broke Is a mans name out
in Arizona. Might be anybody'S
nowadays.
Fiction IL turning to idealism.
And just when the kids were get
ting a working knowledge Of rack
cheering.
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Happy. kid?"
"Oh--of course,"

14A3N
AT Blue Springs there began
world OF only Norma and Mark
with dimly visionary strangers O..
oasionally drifting In and out OF the
background-waiters who served
their meals. chauffeurs who drove
the motor cars In which they rode,
golf caddies. an orchestra, other
dancers who might have been miles
away for all their presence on the
dance floor meant TO these two.
Blue Springs was completely per.
feet and Il was completely theirs.
IL was nearly noon when they
arrived. True 70 Marks prediction
the sun was shining. Great fieecy
clouds. moving 50 slowly that they
seemed stationary. darkened the
azure sky by their ~whiteness. II
had been crisp October in MARI
boro- Blue Springs was cool
enough for light wraps. warm
enough that seasoned bathers were
still taking their daily dips.
The arrival or Mr.. and Mrs. Mark
Travers had not been unheralded
Clicking cameras we're the first In.
dication Of the welcoming commit,
tee. Newspaper photographers
having secured informal photo
graphs. asked the newly married
couple 10 pose. While Norma hest.
tated Mark gave cheerful assent.
There was a girl reporter on hand
to ask details Of the romance.
Marks replies 10 her questions
we're sketchy. satisfactory because
about them the young woma was
able TO weave a glowing. modern
Cinderella story about the beautiful
stenographer who married a mil
lionaire's son.
"And do your parents approve
the marriaEe?' the reporter asked.
"Oh. yes. Certainly"
The other side OF this story
reached ~telegrarhic press services
shortly after n. M. Travers. In
Marlboro. saw reproductions OF the
Blue Springs photographs in his
morning newspaper. Pungent and
brief were r. MI. Trayers' remarks.
Neither Mark nor Norma read
these comments. They posed for
the photographers again the second
day because the young men had
proved friendly and II seemed a
simple favor 10 grant. And since
Ncrma's blond beauty happened 70
be the sort which photographs ideal
ly. and young love Is a subject uni
versally appealing. the pictures ap-
peared In newspapers from coast 10
coast
In response 10 a telegram 10 his
mother Marks luggage arrived. The
couple went 10 n smart shop and
bought sports clothes for Norma.
They bought ar ivory lace dance
dress which Mark said made her
look like n dainty porcelain fgu-
rine on a Dresden lamp. There
we're pink roses ar~tifuIly caught In
the lace.
THE first night Norma wore this
gown she had 10 refuse dances
70 three youths Mark had intro
duced- She couldn't think or dane
ing with anyone except her hus.
bandit
Mark was tactful. II was due 70
this tactfulness and Norma's blind
ness TO everyone else about them
that she did not feel out OF place in
her new surroundings. II did not
occur TO her that she was almost
the only feminine guest at the Blue
Springs Inn who did not play golf
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WHERE VERSATILITY Is A
VIRTUE

Wanted general manager for
expanding storage and moving busl-
ness: executive type: must estimate
on storage. furniture moving: do
Grating, packing in warehouse,
drive van. hoist and carry pianos.
X 2504 TlmeS."-N. ". Times.
And If you can dig wells, land
scape a lawn, do a little house
painting and play the piano. 50
much the better.
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Ono. S; o,.,

BANDITS PAST AND PRESENT
Said Jesse James TO Billy the Kid,
we robbed q lotta birds. we did;
we stuck up trains. We robbed the
mails
we shot up towns and shot up
jails;
Tough eggs We were and scoffed
at law,
The lives we led were pretty raw.
But this you'll have to grant US.
son,
I'VE never thought shooting babes
good fun"
Said Billy the Kid to Jesse James.
we played quite fast and loose
with danes?
We toted guns and volleyed lead
And shot some well-known per-
sons dead:
bad men they call US. and We
were
we often did our bit in stir:
Mean customers were we. but say.
w never thought Riddles legal
prey"
Said All Baba to the Forty Thieves.
The world the worst Of us believes:
I'VE knew no law: our acts were
vile
we used a knife without much
STYLE
Wed steal your purse. your house
we'd sack;
Wed even stab you In the back.
But. all in all. We had our charms
I'VE never killed nursing babes in
arms
Said the Forty Thieves to Baba,
Chief,
Each one Of US was o dirty thief:
Just vermin vile and unfit 70 know:
Whose foremost thought was get
the dough;
I'VE robbed and pillaged cheerfully
"And were as bad as bad could be,
Scum we were OF the lowest sort
"But we never thought killing babes
clean sport"
Said Dalton tJack) to Two-Gun
Pete.
we gave our share OF guys the
heat:
I'VE shot a lot and shot 10 kill
IF we'd lived we'd be shooting still:
Bandits bold, we were gunner
tough:
Our motto. boy. vas Treat En-
Rough;
we we're not much good, and our
deeds we're dire.
But we laid off babes when We
opened fire.
Said Two-Gun Pete to Dalton
(Jack)
I'VE loved to hear the pistols crack:
"A good hot fight in any street
WAS Just a mild and pleasant
treat:
Two guys were with records bad
But notches In our guns we had.
we were worthless eggs lost 10
shame, perhaps
But we never slew babes In their
mothers lapslr
A BENEFACTOR
Karl Naumestnik. an Austrian,
has walked across the English
channel on water skis. His exact
purpose is not known. but it ought
, II he acrpDtpI aS a great idea for
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-04
THE AGE OF OPPORTrNITY

FLORAL PARK - Six rooms.
breakfast nook, Improvements. tile
bath. kitchen. one-car garage: re-
stricted section: beautifully shrub
bed: asking $3.50: will consider
small family in exchange. Floral
Park 3222."-Brooklyn Eagle.
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BRING ON YOUR RUGS

Saxophone music may be thrown
I'D 10 kill insects. but most people
Will prefer the insects.
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A BENEFACTOR

Karl Naumestnik. al Austrian.
has walked across the English
channel on water skis. His exact
purpose IS not known. but it ought
&c be accepted as a great idea for
girls who are insrlted on private
yachts.
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TT was past mid-afternoon before
the young man reused himself
He discovered the rain had ceased.
Like 20 take a run out and see
what the day - like?" he demand
ed.
Norma threw aside her book.
From some mysterious source
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An artificial sandstone is Great
ed in a Detroit automobile plant
to test the efficiency Of a cars
air filter.