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X *
In II store appeared a sign:
"Beautifying Poodles a Specially
Here" Feeling that my art education
had been neglected, I went inside and
asked just how m went about max
ing a poodle beautiful-if possible.
Well, there's shampooing, massaging,
hair arrangement nose polishing,
powdering ana shaving and a few
other items!
So what? So when it's all over,
you have of those over-shaved
poodles, with lionesque heads and
curly pads at the paws and a bushy
wad at the tail.
"Ah," explained the beautician,
"it's all in the way it's done-that
certain touch to the clipping that
difference!"
Copyright, 1891, NEA Service. 1nc.)
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III
YORK
@Ea Gilbert Swan

New York, Dec. 28.-Having heard
so much about them of late, I thought
it was about time to call on the
Heterandria Formosas and the Ras-
bora Heteromorphas.
And it was high time. For they're
right in the social swim at present
and sooner or later I was certain to
meet them, OF some of their gang.
And then what? I wouldn't know for
sure whether they were a tricky new
dish or a foreign a
AS a matter Of fact, they're fish.
And rare fishlets from romantic
tropic waters are quite the pet vogue
Of the moment. For q couple Of
hundred dollars, or the equivalent OF
a payment on the mortgage. you can
have a fairly stable collection SWIM
ming about.
I learned that the Heterandria is
only about e-quarter of the size OF
his name, in fact the smallest fish III
captivity; the Tom Thumb of the par
lor fish bowl. And the Rasbora Is all
the way from Singapore, cumming his
way around the world as near as I
could gather, and a rather pretty lit
tie mother of pearl fellow. And only
eight bucks per pair.
But when I got to thinking how
many would make a meal, in case the
worst came to the worst, I fell back
on salt mackerel.
X X X
At any rate, this started me on q
round of the pet shops which, in New
York, are a lot of fun around the
holiday season. For the world is
lcombed for the strange and unusual;
collectors come rushing in from the
jungles and the mountains and ship
loads OF the darndest things come
rambling into port.
For instance. there's a parrot which,
according to a sign, can talk like
Marlene Dietrich" All, but where Is
there an imitation of those famous
Dietrich shafts?
And there are Siamese fighting fish
for the sport fans.
These little fellows fight for nc
reason at all, and frequently have to
be kept in separate bowls to prevent
a Knockout! And most innocent
looking! Fluffy tails and fins like
tiny feathers. Pick your own fighting
color: green, blue Or pink!
A trooper that can sound more
military calls than a rookie bugle!
will wake you up in the morning anc
remind you of the dear old army
days for a mere $3.50.
There's that ultra modern fish. thu
Danio Rario, to fit in with the mod
ernistic furniture; q blackheadet
monkey that asnwers to the name O.
Amos; a freak gold fish with a lion'
name and a resemblance Of the liol
family at $50 per each: and a "golt
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Quotations

John D. Rockefeller loves to give
but does not believe in the popular
type Of charity.-Rev. George d
Owen, oil magnate's pastor in Or,
mond Beach, Fla.
X X X
We need not march on Berlin When
we already are sure of the capitula-
ton Of this citadel.-Adolf Hitler
German National Socialist leader.
X X X
It Virgin BIRTH must, however, be
considered distinctly possible, scien-
tifically.-Dr. p. w. Whiting, depart
ment Of zoology, Pittsburgh U.
X X X
Pu-Yi, Manchu ex-emperor, is UNI
accustomed to action and decision
He writes quite mild poetry and Il
anxious to sing in opera.-R. F.
Johnston, English tutor.
X X X
I never mail a letter in which ]
have expressed anger until the next
day-then I destroy it.--Representa-
tive Cyrenus Cole Of Iowa.
X X Y
"Them" for 'those" is q survival
Of an old dative form found in Anglo
Saxon.-M. ]. Herzberg, superintend-
ent Newark IN. j. schools.
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Jailbird Settlers


The board of education at Savan-
nah, Ca, has filed a protest with the
publisher of a current school history,
protesting against the books state
ment that Georgia's original settlers
were largely convicts and criminals.
This, very likely, will awaken the
pundits and we shall have another
learned discussion of what did and did
not happen in colonial days. For the
innocent bystander, however, the thing
is interesting chiefly as a revelation of
the universal human desire to present
ones ancestors In the best light pos
sible.
As a matter of fact, very few CO.
lonial Americans, in any part of the
country, came from the upper classes
in the old country. The lower classes
furnished the bulk of the immigrants.
It was the man who had nothing to
lose at home who was most ready to
try his luck in a new land. If Georgia
received a number Of jailbirds. what
Of that? They became excellent citi-
zens after they had landed. Isn't that
enough?
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No harm in trying 10 pier them
UP Dc Armount thought. He lighted
another cigares and shoaed across
the street.
lessons. the crossword puzzles. Her
defense had been that they killed
time. It was hard for Phil to
understand why q person who had
nothing to do all day but kill time
should SO often complain Of weari.
ness in the evening: and yet. un.
doubtedly. David too was tired after
the encounter with Goliath:
A MESSENGER boy riding along
out there turned his bicycle
sharply and dismounted at the curb.
AIMS breath caught. but only for
tie moment 1t took the boy to dis.
cover the number next door.
Phil sometimes had sent flowers
tc her at the Office. Phil. only last
year, had said that he hadn't nerve
to telephone to her after the way be
had acted. and had sent . long let
ter by messenger. Phil once ].
Ann liked her yesterdays. and
she had fallen into the quaint habi!
Of playing with them in her mind,
Of arranging and rearranging them
a. boys arrange their stamp collec'
tions. Phil's failure to call her to
day was not 90 noticeable put be
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Daily Health Service
TYPHOID FEVER RARE BUT HIGHLY
CONTAGIOUS
Absolute Sanitation Is Only Way to Control Spread of Disease

ings. This is unfortunately so diff
cult that the exact value Of the nnea-
sure is not certainly established. How
ever, enough Is definitely known to
warrant the advice that the patient
with pneumonia should, If possible, be
attended by a nurse who understands
the proper sanitation and hygiene e:
the sickroom in contagious cases, and
who will see to it that the dishes, the
bedding and other materials in con-
tact with the patient are properly
sterilized or disinfected before being
permitted into possible contact with
other people.
Pneumonia, above all Of the other
diseases that attack mankind, de-
mands good medical attention and the
best at nursing care.
The disease tends to run q limited
course. During the time when the
lungs are congested it Is necessary to
support tho action Of the heart by
proper measures. Oxygen admins
tered properly tends to relieve the
strain on the incapacitated tissues Of
tho lungs. The competent nurse sees
to It that the patient is not given UNI
due exertion for even his ordinary
body functions. The complications Of
pneumonia may be serious, and In the
prevention Of such complications the
physician has one Of his most import
ant functions.
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than he will confess to anybody
and don't let him tell you that he
doesn't.
Abolishing Billboards

The Roadside Bulletin is a little
magazine put out by the American
Nature association to aid in the fight
against the notwithstanding bill
board. In a recent issue it contains
two sets of photographs which ought
to help the fight along very mate
rally.
One set shows four pictures Of the
countryside in southern Illinois, along
roads where billboards are missing.
The pictures show a country Of peace
full, drowsy beauty, so attractive that
the beholder automatically murmuls
to himself, It'd like to drive through
there ON day."
The other shot shows four pictures,
taken in the same part of Illinois,
along roads where there is a profu-
sion of billboards. The landscapes
charm is totally destroyed. Seeing
them, one instantly resolves never to
drive along those roads, or any roads
like them, if it can possibly be
avoided.
When public opinion finally wakes
up, all billboards will vanish. How
long is 1t going to take to accomplish
the awakening?
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Sucker Money!

According to a recent statement
from w. O'Neil, president Of the Gen.
eral Tire and Rubber company, one
Of the prime causes of the present de-
preston has been an abundance, in
prosperous times, Of sucker money"
Sucker money" Is the money which
the investing public, prior to 1929, was
ready to throw into industrial securi-
ties without proper investigation. AS
MIR. O'Neil points out, it led to many
unwarranted expansions of industrial
plants. This inflated the business
boom beyond proper proportions, and
when the crash came there was NO
possibility of reemploying the men
who had had jobs in, the over-ex-
banded trades.
Expansion" says Mr.. O'Neil
should be financed by earnings. not
by sales of bonds and stocks, except
In rare instances"
That Is an excellent warning for in.
dustrialists to bear In mind wher
prosperity returns. When we go ur
too fast and too high We are apt tc
come down the same way.
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By DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor, Journal Of the American Med

BY DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN
Editor, Journal Of the American Med.
ical Association.
Pneumonia, called by Osler 1.-THE
captain of the men Of DEATH" called
also 'the friend of the aged" since II
is a means of quick death for those
who have survived to the point at
which their life Is merely . burden
and no longer a pleasure, continues
to be a disease Of great mortality
among all civilized peoples.
The disease is caused primarily BY
the germ called the pneumococcus, but
Inflammation of the lungs similar to
pneumonia may develop following the
invasion Of other germs.
The disease is transmitted from one
person 70 another or by materials con-
tanning the secretions from the nose,
throat and lungs Of those who are In
fected. Our present condition Of
housing, the crowding that takes place
in the street cars, trains, elevators,
motion picture houses. and similar
places, leads to such intimate con-
facts of human beings that transmits
sion of respiratory diseases Is exceed
ingly likely.
Apparently the disease develops two
OF three days after the germs get into
the lungs through inhalation, provid-
ed that the human body 10 not pos
sessed Of enough resistance to throw
off the infection. The disease Is more
common at certain seasons Of the
year, largely because those are the
seasons when resistance Is lowered
due to constant exposure to unfavor-
able weather conditions, to bad venti-
lation, and similar factors.
Attempts have been made to con-
troll the incidence Of pneumonia by
isolating cases Of the disease and pre-
venting contact with other human be-
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BARBS

Prince Nicholas left Rumania when
King Carol threatened to suspend his
income. Evidently he'd rather 60
Hungary than work.
Il
The dowager queen dislikes her
sons escapades. but they'll probably
go on saying, I'VE" "we," Marie.
4
Nevertheless, the superior court an
uulled their marriage. Leaving, OF
course, Carol ~undisputed Rumanian
Romeo.
X X X
Still, Nicholas refused to give up
his bride. Knowing, possibly, the bride
goeth before q fall.
X x X
First it was King Carol and Magda,
and now Prince Nicholas and Jana,
Probably when Magda led her king
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BEGIN HERE TO-DAY

ANNE, CEClLY and HAIRY
FRANCES FENW1CK live with
their grandparents. once wealthy.
low 90 impoverished that Anne's
household. The skaters havs Bees
orphaned since childhood. The
lively m ar OsALIE" anG
"GRAND" and they insist on keep.
Ing np pretenses os their former
Anne. g. and Cecily. =. 10 Sec
retarinl work and Mary-Frances.
IS. II stilD In school. when the
story opens Anne has heen en-.
gagged to PHILIP ECROYD. y0unE
lawyer. for eight years.
home to dinner. She has knows
him only q short time hat Il fail.
ing In love with MIN. Mary-Fran.
res and her friend. ERMINTRUDE,
ARE excited about the arrival OF .
stock company actor known A.
EARL DE ARMOUNT. They 70
meet him.
Meanwhile Anne, NJ work, n
miserable because Phil does oot
telephone.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER x
HER eyes went past tho orchid.
and.black bathtub In tho win.
dow to the wide sunlit street b.
yond. When Mr.. Redfern had con.
ceived the idea Of lowering his rent
by moving from the west side OF
the river to this small place on the
east side be .ad said that It would
be much pleasanter for Miss Fen
wick. they were closer to the
street. here. and she could look out
Of the window and watch the PEG.
pie passing and the trafic all day
long.
He had meant 1t kindly. He
knew, as Ann knew, how light her
duties were: a few letters and bills
to be sent, a few items to be posted
in the books. an occasional telephone
call to answer. pay rolls to be made
out on Saturdays. and nothing more
to be dole except for a %scurrying
day or two around the first Of each
month.
Since MI. Redfern managed Ia
keep his ailing business alive only
BY constant personal ministrations
Ann was alone most Of the time IL
the office. She read library books:
novels Of the lighter, neatly medi
OGRE sort: f1ctionized biography. OF
a newly popular philosophy: poetry
sometimes, IL the bindings were
clean and pretty. though poetry
often made her sad. She wrote let
ters to the few people she knew
who did not live in Portland-let
tiers so long that the recipients fell
they required a real letter" in an
swer (Ann Fenwick writes sucl
dandy letters!) and so. often. never
answered them at all. She sewet
q little. but guiltily-it didn't lool
we'll to be sewing in an Office. Dur
ing the season she went to a near
by market and bought peas IN,
string beans and prepared then
surreptitiously. and with news
papers ready to hand for coverings
to carry home ready to be cooke,
for the evening meal.
Once, for . few happy months
she had attempted short-story writ
ing: but the following food Of "a
envelopes bearing reflections ha,
drowned her courage. or her con
ceit, and dissolved her ambition
for authorship. She had not tol,
Phil about the short stories. Sh'
had been afraid that he would teas
her. az he had leased her about tn
graphology. the French In six eas,
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Man and His Ailments
MINNEAPOLIS Tribune)

1t is a little distressing to learn from
those attending the national confer
ence on Nomenclature of Diseases in
New York that there are more than
10000 scientifically identified and dis
tinct ailments to which man is now
heir. Even the suggestion that the
average person can congratulate him.
self on escaping several thousand dis
eases in the course OF a lifetime is
scarcely calculated to comfort the
layman who has hitherto believed, In
his ignorance, that the misbehaviors
Of the body could be tabulated on a
small fraction of the $50 pages requir-
ed for the conferences revised cata-
log.
If there r more than 10000 dis
eases to be had, there must be several
times that many symptoms, and the
outlook for the chronic worrier who
has a catalog at hand would seem a
dismal n indeed. The layman's fear
should be allayed, however, by an un-
derstanding of the fact that hundreds
OF these diseases are not commonly
encountered, and that hundreds more
which are of %infrequent occurrence
are not regarded in themselves as of
any great seriousness. What should
be OF chief Importance Is the rapidly
accommodating evidence which shows
that many of the diseases On this list
from which man has had most to
fear and which have ravaged the hu-
man race IN q vast and dreadful
scale, are being successfully attacked
by medical science. Such diseases as
tuberculosis, typhoid fever, diphtheria,
scarlet fever and diabetes are among
the more persistent and devastating
enemies Of mankind, and 1t is here
that the medical profession is wagine
some OF Its most spectacular and ef-
fective campaigns Of prevention and
cure.
II man is steadily acquiring new dis
eases. 1t is at least heartening to be
assured that the worst of the old ones
are gradually yielding to science. The
fact that more than 10000 distinct
diseases can be identified today doe.
not mean, necessarily, that gooe
health IS more Of a problem today
than it was several centuries ago
what it does mean is that diseases arr
being accurately and skillfutly dag
nosed today where diagnosis IA once
q simple matter Of guess and blunder
It is something for the layman t.
know, even Il he Is depressed at thu
thought Of having 10000 and more
diseases to dodge. that medical science
is increasingly well prepared to helr
him dodge them.
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Home for the Holidays

College boys and girls are home for
the holidays and demanding more
liberty than they did in their high
school days-much to the consterna-
ton of worried parents.
Fathers pretend to be hard-boiled.
When mothers worry about the chill
dren. they put on a wise and uncon-
cerned mask and say. "Oh. they'll be
all right. Nothing will happen to
those kids. And even II anything
could happen, we can't prevent it by
worrying" Fathers like to make peo-
pie believe they are strong, silent
characters who hold the world in
their hands and shape it to their
wills.
Let others worry, they will not fear
life. Not they.
It's al q bluff. When mothers
worry, they put their approximations
into words. But when fathers worry,
they fake and pretend to be uncon-
cerned. But inside of themselves,
they worry a plenty.
They may not worry about their
sons. They've been boys themselves,
and they like to boast about what
tough little rascals they were. a scam
dial in the neighborhood, a tornado
in the family. But they came
through all right. didn't they. and 50
will their sons. But as for their
daughters-well, that's another mat
ter.
Fathers are afraid of their daugh-
tiers and afraid for them. They don't
know what to say to them, or how
to resist them. They know that a
boy shouldn't be spoiled, but they
think q little spelling can't hurt 9
girl. They know a daughter Is twist
ing her father about her finger, an
they're proud Of her ability to do 1t
They'll not stand for impudence from
a son, but they chuckle when daugh'
ter Is flip. But they worry.
They look ahead and worry ahou'
impossible danger. They wonder
what they'll do, what they'll say. how
they'll handle the situation wher
daughter goes out with boys. Wha
kind Of boys will she like? Will sh'
have sense enough to know good boy
from bad ones? VIII he have an!
influence on her then? And suppos'
abe falls in love with some WORTHLESS
fellow and insists on spelling hel
ife By marrying him? What o.
earth will he be able to do about
II abe does?
Father tries to seem strong an,
serene and confident and he conceal
even from Mother what he Is think
ing about the future. But he wor'
Ees-mors often. more profoundly
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transportation systems Of the country
should be organized and controlled
under a single authority and a SIM
plified method of COORDINATION which
have not proved possible under pri-
vate management and control"
Padua, Italy, was bombarded from
the air and Is persons were killed
and 60 injured.
French troops repulsed a surprise
attack by Germans near Veho on the
western front.
British repulsed Turkish attacks
north and northwest Of Jerusalem,
and advanced two and one-half miles
on q 90-mile front.
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@ TO-DAY So
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START RAILWAY CONTROL

START RAILWAY CONTROL
On Dec. %, 1917, the United States
government assumed control Of all
railroads In the country.
Secretary Of the Treasury William
G.. McAdoo was appointed by Presi-
dent Wilson as director general.
President Wilson declared: This
is a war Of resources no less than
men, perhaps even more than men.
and it is necessary for the complete
mobilization Of our resources that the
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g 1891. BY
Doubleday.
Oorao and Co.

Peggy-Louiss's Beauty Shoppe,
stood the fat little kid who had been
In tho restaurant last night. and
with her was the pretty girl friend.
Earl had no interest In the fat little .
kid. though he had gathered from
her manner in the restaurant that
she would probably stand for .
pickup. The girl friend. q peach,
probably would not stand for .
pickup: but she might come along
with her friend II he managed It
right. No harm In trying. He
lighted another cigaret and strolled
across the street.
Mafy-Frauces glanced slantwiss
from under her long curling lashes.
He Is coming" she breathed. HE
10 coming"
TENNYsON did It more elabo.
rately but. perchance. with no
more genuine emotion. At least,
Mary.Frances's cheeks were hot,
and her hands were cold: her knees
we're rickety: her throat had
cramped. and her stomach was i'm.
poverished and wavering.
you can't" said Ermintrude, In
. sort Of sick squeal. "You Just
positively can't"
It 10 to be feared that the urgent
need Of any ally. rather than any
swift surge Of affection. caused
Mary-Frances to swerve closer to
Ermiutrude and put . tightening
arm about her waist. "Darling,"
she murmured. II got to. Just
got t.. Don't you realize. can't you
understand that i'll were cruel to
him now. and proved to be nothing
but q mere tickle coquette and
everything. two lives would bs
ruined?"
Maybe not" urged Ermintrude,
distractedly optimistic. maybe It
might Just turn 0At to be one OF
these terrible mistakes Afterwards,
anyway. Let's-et's run or some.
thing. Oh, please! It's Just terri.
be. Its-it's not refined"
"Ermirtruds" (he was % close
now that the tap Of his stick on the
walk was the loudest sound In the
worldl. III you don't help mi, II
you don't stay BY me. like you prom.
ised last night. al be my true
friend and neutrality-suspicious.
We Just part forever right now. ana
that's all"
"Hello. g'-ls." said Earl Dear.
mount.
Ermintrude's chin went high in
the air: but Mary-Frances's chin
turned slowly (nonchalance savored
with winsomeness). came to rest
Just above the blue Jersey shoulder
nearest Mr.. DeArrnount. and, 40 she
undoubtedly would have phrased It,
she lifted timid eyes to meet his
manly gaze.
How about some ice cream?"
said Earl DeArmount. He had
seemed to r: speaking to Ermin.
trude. 30 perhaps she wal within
her rights when she answered. mo.
We couldn't possibly"
Il ought to apologize" he be-
guiled. As q matter Of fact. II I'd
stopped to think I'd OF known that
you girls wouldn't. maybe. stand
TOR q fresh guy horning IN like this
--see? But 90 Z matter Of fact I'm
a stranger here myself-see?-and
! Just wanted to be friendly. YoIs
understand how ! mean. don't your.
~" murmured Mary.Francex
understand all"
! Ito Be Contanued)