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St. Croix tribune. [volume] (Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I.) 1922-1937, 1935-09-03
FOX RENT

From the 1st Sept; The Dwelling
House at Estate Shoys. Runninl Water
and Electric Ugh
APP
~OBERT ARMSTRONG
Christiansted
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-05
Pictures by George Scarbo |

/, Goldy cried, Lets find the giant. | Where'd he hide? He said he'd be | beneath a tree, but he is not in sight"
 "All we need do is look around" said Coppy, and he will be found. Some of us scatter to the left, the others to the right. v
 Away they went, 'cept Duncy, who was doing what he'd said he'd do. The little lad crawled meath a bush and soon began to snore.
 It wasn't very long until all of the Tinies got thrill. "Ive found the giant! He's bound up,' they heard brave Scouty roar.
 The monkeys who had done the trick heard Scouty, too. One whispered, Quick! Dash out of sight. Someone is coming. Hide behind a tree!"
 And then they heard wee Windy say, How did the giant get this way? He still is sound asleep. This is a mystery to me- Copyright, 1885, NEA Service, Inc.
 (Thc giant surprises the Tinies in the next story.D
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-04-05
Story by Hal Cochran

The tired old giant slept so sound that, though the mon~ keys rushed around they didn't wake him up. Said one, "I guess he's tired, all right.
 ssThe vines we used are very strong. Let's wait, now, cause it won't be long till he wakes up. Then he will rave. Oh, won't that be sight,"
 Wee Duncy, in the meantime, grew tired out, from swinging, tHey, Pm through he loudly cried. "Please stop the swing Then I'll hop to the ground
 The rest of you can swing some more. Right now. my mus cIes are real sore. I'm going to take Q nap. Soon I'll be sleeping very sound"
 s Then Dotty said, I've also had enough, and I'll be very glad fo get both feet upon the ground, and stretch little bit.
 Lets let the swing die to a stop. Then out of it we all can hop. It surely makes you ache, when all you do, for hours, is sit," :"
 Soon they jumped free, and
Evening star., 1935-03-20

Johnny CHUCK had proved that
he could climb. He had proved
that he could climb high in a
- tree If he had to. OF course,
that made him feel pretty good.
for Peter Rabbit and Happy Jack
Squirrel had been there to see him
do it. But when he had started down
he had wished that Happy Jack had
been somewhere else, for getting down
was harder than getting up and Happy
Jack had made fun Of him. He mad
had enough Of being up in tree,
where he didn't belong, and 1t Ger
tainly would seem good to have the
solid ground under his feet once more.
But before he could get there he
saw Reddy Fox headed that way and
he changed his mind. On the ground
there was no place of safety near He
would just stay up in that tree until
Reddy had passed along to a safe dis
tance. He would keep perfectly still
and perhaps Reddy would not see him,
for certainly Reddy wouldn't be look
ing for him in a tree. And then Happy
Jack Squirrel did an unkind thing.
Yes, sir. he did so. He jumped from
one branch to another just over
Johnny's head so as to attract the at
tention of Reddy Fox.
Reddy looked up. Then he grinned.
II see you have company" said he to
Happy Jack.
Yes" barked Happy Jack. HE
thinks he can climb. The next thing
we know he will be thinking he can
fly. If you ask me, say that every
one should know his place and keep it. u
Nobody has asked you," snapped
Johnny Chuck.
Reddy sat down just under Johnny
and grinned up at him. 'It is long
time since I last saw you, Johnny u
said he. LET me see, 1t must have
Evening star., 1935-03-20
Psychology
BY DIR. JESSE w. sPROWLS.
Mental Handicaps,

COME persons go through life with
- a rather systematized set of false
beliefs. Such systems are known to
the psychological profession as delu-
sions. These are easily acquired.
They have their origin in the simple
commonplace mechanism Of being
suspicious. We all have to learn to be
suspicious in order to adjust ourselves
comfortably in this world of disorder.
From this simple beginning, our
doubts sometimes become SyStematiZed
anG magnified into persistent false
beliefs.
Closely related to delusionS are the
so-called ideas of reference" Some
people get the idea that everything
the preacher says refers to them per-
sonally. Some imagine that every un-
intentional oversight on the part OF
neighbors should be interpreted as a
personal slight. There are those who
feel uneasy when they see the boss
talking privately with one of their fel-
ow-workers. Criminals suffer lot
from ideas of reference. Even though
no one knows of their crime they get
the idea of reference going and some
times actually act in such a way as to
lead to suspicion and even conviction.
Ideas of reference lead to suspicion
In another direction also. The suf-
ferer, in trying to shake them off,
often attempts to transfer his difficult
ties to some other person. Nearly all
the gossipers in any neighborhood are
those who rajnfI1llV feel the weight of
their own shortcomings.
Evening star., 1935-03-20
Foot Balance
BY JAMES w. BARTON, NJ. ID.

WITH feet that are weak or pain
w full or both, you are not only
unable to do many of the common
jobs in life, but the distress causes a
dark outlook on life itself.
Health writer's discuss the feet
often, and try to pass along the lat
est opinions and findings of our
orthopedic physicians and surgeons.
But as DR.. Rex L. Diveley Of Kansas
City, Mo. points out. the amount OF
foot disorders due to foot imbalance
is steadily mounting, and unfortu-
nately physicians are allowing the
management Of these cases to fall
into the hands Of shoe statesmen and
Of arch supports.
There are two basic forms Of foot
imbalance: O The so-called fiat foot.
with the bones on the inner side of
the foot right down instead of being
held up In the form of the arch, and
CD the high arched foot with the
ball" of the foot very prominent in
stead Of being in the form of an arch.
The ordinary fat foot, as you know,
has the toes turned outward from the
middle line, instead Of straight for
ward or even inward. The first
symptoms are a tired feeling and pain
in the calf of the leg. Later, the
pain is felt in the bones Of the foot,
which form the arch.
In the higher arch type, with the
prominent bali of the foot. the big
bone at the beginning Of the big toe
stands out and the big toe Is turned
outward from the middle line There
is often "bunion" on this big bone,
hammer toe (no movement in the
joint of the toe itself, and callous
or hard spots on the ball Of the foot.
| The pain is usually in the ball of the
foot.
The treatment Of foot imbalance
consists of the wearing of proper
shoes which would be: Q) Straight
line on innser side instead OF curving
outward at the toes. and plenty of
room at the ball Of the shoe; 90 the
heel should extend a little farther
forward on the inner side; (3) there
should be built-in support from the
| heel to the bend Of the sole at the
toes.
After the proper shoe Is fitted, sup
ports made of sponge rubber are
shaped to the foot and fitted into the
shoe.
Finally, exercise such as gripping
q marble with the toes. and walking
on the outer sides of the feet should
be taken, to pull up the arches and
hold them up.
It may be a slow process for pa
tient and physician, but the feet are
as necessary as the head in making
| q living.
Copyright, 1850
Evening star., 1935-03-20
Black, White Salamander.

~ ENG extremely timid, the sala-
- manders or nevis are most
anxious to keep out Of your
IL way. III the Spring, most Of
them seek the brooks, streams,
pools and ponds. Here they find their
mates.
After the mother has fastened her
strange little eggs to some leaf or plant,
she hurries back to her old haunts
among the logs or leaves in the woods.
Here she finds tiny insects upon which
to feast, and it is likely you have seen
these small salamanderS rushing over
the leaves when you disturbed their
hiding place.
There are all sorts of legends and
stories told about these little creatures.
Don't believe them, for these small in
sect hunters are perfectly harmless,
and In their way are our friends.
Look for the eggs in shallow water.
Some species lay pea-shaped eggs. You
NAV mistake them for those laid by
the toad or frog. However, repeat your
rule: Toads' eggs are in long black,
beadlike strings, frogs in jelly masses,
salamanders' singly or few together on
o stem or leaf.
II the weather is warm. the eggs
hatch In a few days. They look like
tadpoles, but soon transform into four
legged, long-tailed creatures. During
their infancy they have strange-ioo
ing gills, lying like a soft, velvety
fringe along their necks. These enable
the little taddies to breathe in oxygen
while they are dwelling in the water.
Many changes take place, one after
the other, with the baby Salamander
before it is ready to take up its resi-
dence in the woods. At last. it IS time
to leave the water and make its way
during the night to some place OF
safety. AS you will soon learn. these
creatures have little regard for the
rights of others. Further, they do not
hesitate to feast upon weaker brother.
II you are planning to bring some
Of them back with you from the brook.
you must place them in separate con-
tanners, or you will be greeted with the
Evening star., 1935-03-20

will help. So come on down and save
me the trouble of coming up after
you" g..
GO on off somewhere and chase
Mice or play with your tail. You
can't scare me that way, Reddy Fox.
You can't climb up here and you know
it." growled Johnny Chuck.
"Who says I can't?" snapped Reddy.
He was no longer grinning.
st do" retorted Johnny Chuck.
so do l." snickered Happy Jack
SQUIRREL just to tease Reddy on. He
had nothing to fear, even if Reddy
should manage to climb up where
Johnny was. He resented Johnny's
being up in that tree and wanted to
make matters uncomfortable for him.
People sometimes are like that.
"Is that SOP" retorted Reddy, and
his voice had an ugly sound. Think
YOU are smart because you have
climbed up there. don't you. Johnny
Chuck? Well, III have you know that
I can climb myself, and unless you
come down here to me, Ill go up there
to YOU. I've waited long time to
get YOU, Johnny Chuck, but now I
nave YOU where I want you"
Come on up" taunted Johnny
Chuck.
Now there was one branch of that
tree only q few feet above the ground.
Moreover. the tree leaned a Httle-not
much, but little. Reddy had noticed
these things. He suddenly sprang up
ward and after struggling bit man
aged to get a paw over that lowest
limb and presently pulled himself up
on it. He had made good his threat.
what would Johnny do now?
6Cop1rieht, 1854
Evening star., 1935-03-20
Pointed Paragraphs.

The meaning Of an epigram Is con-
cealed by the brilliant effect 1t pro-
duces.
Never Judge a mans reputation for
truthfulnesS by what he says when in
love.
Strange to say, the coming man Is
the one who has arrived.
Being born great carries no assur-
ance with it that man will be great
at the finish.
As soon as q man Is satisfied with
himself the neighbors begin to feel
sorry for his wife.
The owner Of a barking dog Is al
ways the first to complain of the noise
made by the neighbor's children.
Often bric-a-brac is sold for junk
but more often Junk is sold for bric-
a-brac.
There are still a few old-fashioned
people in the world who really dc
not want divorce.
OF course, it's all right to be born
leader, but the man in the rear
has better opportunity to get away.
Evening star., 1935-03-20
Dorothy Dix Says
"Old Maid" May Be "Our Competent
Miss Smith" in Business Office, but
Just Moron to Her Family.

HHE greatest being an old maid is that IT auto
maticaly makes family goat" spinster
the other day. why this should
just is Logically it would that her parents her
married sisters and brothers,
and homes and children lives
sympathy for her lonely estate and cherish her. but that not the
the
family altar and expected to do all the chores.
Curious as it may this day Of feminine % ema9spaO9
@ S nono once m @ @ own @ nome on @ ana ao e @ own s @ m S e
band affairs involving T Hundreds of thousands Of dollars but because
isn't married her mother regards her who hasn't
mens to be- tod pu her
when to go to bed.
AS LONG parents treat her child.
all there is to tell They still they have right to boss her. to
supervise her conduct pick out her friends TO- read her letters and
such authority their married daughters.
opinions they had emanated from year
to- the Views ny sy VERY 15n she ACQUIRED
husband Apparently they consider there some magic IN the mar
with wisdom the pnser never has,
"IIER family never comedies the
lead her life in her own way and enjoy some
Ether and mother have Mary Ma go with some @ 5Fange @
but Sally who womans natural inborn craving for her own
and she 1 take s1s @ sdss % ht @ an
sisters, fight it tooth and nal
course naturally falls heir to mother and
& father % when @ they get old @ and ar of them WaT e @
daughters The married children have perfect ao Their houses
wives and husbands peculiar
off, Is
old maid sister give up her JOB and go back TO
minister the old people and bear the that the
Of them have ducked.
thing being just to the
listening
sene abmgs and "reminiscences and qeroS complaints any more
than they do.
her job IS giving up her opp
herself that taking from her the
work neverng OF interest TO her ana
children nome
missed old
her last days on no. because sr
have naaural human impulses
martyr complex and gets KICK
suffering.
oR maid get the reward OF appreciation from
Somehow they regard
married Mother Will bras anout e
married daughters children and their houses ana hen she
she doesn't know why was haV poor
good girl but she gees she
will this When KNOWS
that Sally has given up marriage to fine man in order 10 take care
of and father
"And mother will sending her $50
cbk at Christmas than Say supporting her the Woe
talking about how attentive her married c
Will
Of the daughter who mas mace save
herself to her.
ND money right to your own
~ belongs the family The mar
each other for loans or 1or money
that each needs All
himself. But let member OF the lanlE set IN
or any child need Strengthened boy no girl
want to 90 to college the old maid for the price,
$50 It is old maid You the family victim
and YOU might along and marry and nave Wouo
own -'oi'o---1 ~
Evening star., 1935-03-20
Little Benny
BY LEE PAPE.

ME AND pop was taking wawk
A'A before supper and pop said, BY
gollies I bleeve this Is the bilding DR..
Tweed has his Office in. I've been told
he's an exter good dentist and it's
time nv teeth were looked over, !
think I'll look him up, I'm sure this
is the bilding.
Meentng q red bilding with col
ored man outside rolling barrils OF
ashes, and pop said to him, Are you
the ja1aiter here?
I does experimenting around here,
rs the superintendent, the colored
man said.
Being a little round colored man
with shoes looking as If they was
proberly bigger than his feet, and pop
said, Okay, supe, does DR.. Tweed nave
an Office here?
It seem to me there was a DR.
Tweed what done move before I all
come to work here, the colored man
said, and pop said, Suppose ! ask the
elevator boy?
You means the elevator operator?
Sure, he mite know. the colored man
said, and pop SAID, wen II 0aA eaie
titled gentleman. I thawt this DIR.
Tweed was a dentist but now I think
perhaps he's q molar master or per-
haps even an ivory artist.
And we went inside to see the ele-
vator boy and pritty soon the colored
man came running in saying to pop,
You're the man was asking for DR..
Tweed?
No. I'm the homo sapiens who pro-
pounded the said query, pop said. and
the colored man said, Well anyways
If you still wants DR.. Tweed recol-
lect now he done move to the bilding
Just across the street.
Thank you, supre, pop said.
And we went over and found DR.
Tweed's office, being gold letters on
the door saying. DR.. w. Clarents
Tweed. Surgical D. D. and Extrac'
ZIONIST.
Evening star., 1935-03-20

bid. Having bid one spade on the
following:
Sp A-Q-x-K Di Ar
What would be your best bid over
two hearts? The artificial responses
that we're devised TO fit this situation
will be discussed later. but let me just
say this: II your partner bids three
hearts, are you any better of?
I decided that 1t was far better to
run the slight risk Of having the hand
passed out than to take large PEN
atty through not being able to con-
troll the bidding after I had opened
on a hand I wished to forget. More
over. these authorities based most Of
their calculations on high-card tricks.
A total of five to five and q half
promised game. They made very lit
tie allowance for distribution. The
above hand was just as good an OPEN
ing bid as this:
Sp. o-x-x-x-x pt. Al
Such premises were manifestly un-
sound. differentiated between ag-
gressive Qong-suited) hands and de-
fensive (short-suited) hands. The
above hand is definitely aggressive
and warrants an opening bid by vir-
tue of the fact that the six-card spade
suit may be rebid at least once; but
that short-suited ace, ace-queen
should be passed without moments
hesitation in first and second hand
! positions.
| Mr.. Sims will answer all inquiries on
| c0nfFact that are addressed ia This
paper with self-addressed. stamped en-
! VelOpe.
Evening star., 1935-03-20
First Flower
BY d. c. PEATTIE.

WHAT is the first flower of Spring?
The answer, here in the Dis
trict, depends more or less on what
you call flower. Silver naples, with
their pared-doWn floral structures,
haZels with their catkins, are flowers
to botanist; to the man in the street
these are scarcely flowers. But if you
admit them to this category, then
| they are certainly the first, for they
and the jumpers or field cedars begin
to shed their pollen in January, or
February at the latest.
To many, of course, wildf1owers are
not flowers, but weeds. Such folk ad-
| nit only garden flowers to their con-
sciousness, and in that case crocus,
snowdrop and basque flower will Ger
tainly carry off the laurels
But even the wildflower enthusiasts
belong 10 several categories. In my
| experience. the first "WildfloWer"-
that is, flowers growing without cuI-
| tivation, and excluding the early
blooms on trees (Which have neither
sepals nor petals)-are the dandelion,
gill-over- -the-ground, Speedwell, chick
weed and early cresS These are all
tiny lawns weeds, waits from the old
world, either definitely a nuisance
like dandelion, or tiny, low-growing
inconspicuous weddings.
| If you exclude even these. then the
| first honors go to skunk cabbage Like
II or not, that native plant is the
first to break the bonds of Winter.
But the wildfloWer folk may be
counted on to object heartily that
they do not reckon such an ugly,
smelly old thing" as skunk cabbage
They wish to find out which is the
| first pretty wildflower.
Well, prettiness is a matter OF
| taste. How pretty does a flower have
to be before they will associate with
it? But We all know what they mean
in a general way. They are talk
ing about Spring beauties, Douglas
cress, hepaticas and bloodroot and
bluets.
The race between these would be
a close one, and difficult to decide
with precision But any one can see
that they are long way from being
the first flowers, what with half 9
dozen little lawn weeds, as many gar
den flowers, and primitive -f1owerec
trees and shrubs getting into bloom
long before them. Pretty and con.
ventional wildhowers scarcely evel
get start before the Ides of March
What one needs to do is to edu.
cate ones own taste toward an ap.
preciate of that in nature which i!
not necessarily pretty" to see in th'
wild and strange, the raw and un
couth. the beauty that is there. Ther
will Spring begin for you, even in thu
ragged tag-end of Winter.
Evening star., 1935-03-20
Who Are You?'
Romance Of Your Name
Copyright. 1850
By RUBY HAsKNs ELLIS.

arms reproduced Is that borne by
John Contee, a member Of the Coun-
Gil of State of 1907 and Of the Colonial
militia in the province.
John Contee left no children to In
herit his large estate and it was divided
among the children Of his first wife
and his relatives. He gave his lands
to his brother, Peter Contee. Alexan-
der Contee, the son of Peter. married
Jane Brooke, the great-granddaughtel
of Robert Brooke, Lord Of de Ia Brooke
Manor. Their six sons and four daugh-
tiers founded a race, which produced
many eminent men and women in the
State.
Col. Thomas Contee. one Of the sons
Of Alexander, served in the Assembly
and in high military offices; was
commissioned major of troops at the
beginning of the revolution. At its
close he was elected member Of the
State Legislature.
(Copyright. 1889
Evening star., 1935-03-20
Giant Statues.

~ F THE great population Of In
dia, hardly 100000 are
members of the Jain religion.
" It's members, in general, are
people of wealth, and giant
statues Of Jain saints are wonders to
travellers and native alike.
Among the JainS are some who are
expected to lead very holy life, and
who are known as "Yatis." A Yati
must not eat too much or talk too
much. He must carry with him a
brush to sweep off any place he is 60
ing to use to seat himself. The idea
is to make sure that he will not hurt
any ant or other little living creature !
A Yati also wears thin cloth over
his mouth. This, we are told, is to
guard against any insect flying into
his mouth; where 1t might get hurt.
All Jains are asked to be kind, gen.
tie and pious. They try to be careful
not to speak harsh words. They drink
water which has been strained three
times" They must go to a temple Cor
church, every day.
The Jain religion Is very old, dating
back $500 years or more. Worship is
given to scores of gods, but most time
is spent in honoring "a great saints. or
"Jinas." These rank among the higher
| gods.
A golden bull stands for one of the
saints, and the name Of another
Parshva, meanis "a blue snake"
Giant statues Of the Jinas exist ir
India. Some were carved a thousand
years ago, or more.
The largest Of all is the COLOSSUS
Of Mysore, in Southern India. II
stands for the saint Gomata (alsC
spelled Gomatesvara), and rises to the
height of a five-story building. It was
cut from solid granite, one of the
very hard rocks.
The middle finger Of each hand
of the colossus Is little more than
Evening star., 1935-03-20
Bedtime Stories
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.

been some time last Fall. My, my my,
what a difference in your appearance! !!
Then you were so fat that expected
to see your coat burst some day. Now
you are positively thin.
IT don't like to see you so thin,
Johnny. You don't look half SO
tempting as when you are fat. I am
sorry I wasn't around when you first
came out. However, it is quite the
fashion to be thin at this time of year.
I'm thin myself, lot thinner than I
like to be.
Thin as you are. you can help me
overcome that difficulty. To be very
frank, Johnny, I'm hungry and, while
a thin Chuck will not be as tasty as
a fat one would be, any Chuck at all
Evening star., 1935-03-20

feta Is here to stay, and for your day.
time frock nothing is smarter than
the new figured ones, patterned in
tailored designs A new vogue, and
one expected to last. is the taffeta
shirtwaist dress OF this type. The ma
terial stands up we'll without much
attention and is lightweight enough
to wear comfortably in warm weather.
Barbara Bell pattern No. 16l7-B is
designed In sizes IA, l6, 18, 20, 40 and
AZ. Corresponding measures, 80, "a,
36 80. 40 and AZ. Size 16 (34) re-
quires about s5s yards Of 39-inch
material
Every Barbara Bell pattern includes
an illustrated instruction guide which
Is easy to understand.