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Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-16

disease. Jailers, however. cann5t
go out and run up a cell block in
their spare moments.
The Bath Problem
Mr.. and Mrs. Imperial Valley
probably do not know that all of
the prisoners IN the Hotel de Ware
have to be bathed. That sounds
simple, but it constitutes a prob
lem which has to be worked out
with mathematical precision. The
Jail has a 500 gallon water tank
which Is heated by coil running
through the big oil burning kitch-
en- range. Even 500 gallons Of
water viii not battle very many
persons. The present Jail guest
is treated to a shower bath every
four days.
If the jauers' constant battle
against the inVaSions of vermin
Nere not so important, it would
be amusing. Powerful germicides
and disinfectants are used to de-
stroy the insects with the odd
names but no sooner is one ac-
emulation sent to bug heaven than
another moves in on a new con-
signment of prisoners or their
visitors. 1t isn't a case of bug eat
bug either.
Interior Scrubbed
The steel and concrete cells,
halls. kitchen and storeroom are
scrubbed with hot water, soap and
germicideS in a valiant attempt to
keep the place clean. The TRUSTEES
do the work under the direction Of
the jailers. Tn result is amazing
ly effective.
Prisoners sleep in wool blankets
on mattresses. For some reason, the
county provides no facilities and
no means for washing the blan-
kets. Again the jailers resort to
their powerful germicides and dis
infectants. They are forced to use
sufficient quantity to be effec-
tive. At any rate. the result Is
odorous. The prisoners cannot be
said to be sleeping upon a bed OF
roses.
Jailer Cox's battle to obtain
laundry facilities for the jail is
classic All he wants is one bar
rel-type washing machine. he
wants to wash the blankets once
each week and he wants to wash
the clothing worn by the prison.
ers. The saving to the county
would be tremendous, Cox says,
and he can prove it in rows OF
figures which balance. 1t would
be poor policy to attempt 10 as
prove the figures. 1t cannot be
done. His doubled edged attempt
to keep the place clean and at the
same time save money, certainly
is commendable. The ODDS are
that the old woman had a washing
machine in her shoe house.
Grocery Purchases
lust like any housewife, Jallef
Cox and his assistants have to buy
food and prepare and serve meals.
Last year a total of 1921 meals
were served. This total includes
meals to county prisoners, and
prisoners lodged in the county IN
stitution by the immigration SerV-
ice. the United States marshal, ana
by the city of Ell Centre. The coun-
ty pays for county prisoners, the
United States government for the
immigration and United States
marshal prisoners. and the city OF
FL Centre pays for the city prl-
soners.
In May the prisoners of the
United States marshal were trans
ferred to Riverside, cutting down
on the number of meals served.
Prior to that time, the meals serv-
ed to U. S. marshal prisoners every
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-16

Of Scotland we WeIo az
that.
HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 10. U'R) -
Diminutive ray Wray, newly re-
turned from LondCn, is not partl-
cularlv impressed by touted BTU
ish film technique, but she marVelS
at the number of pronunclatlonSs
the English can give the WORD
"okay.'
Its perfectly amazing. l count
ed at least ten she gasped, stlll
GREATNESS from dash frcm dress
ing room tC a Columbia SOUND
stage through a cats and dogs
downpour that made chamber CT
commerce stalWartS blush for
sunny California
81 noticed it at once" said the
auburn haired Wray. First l
heard "owky,' then "ookeh,' then
acwke-eh,' then 'ooky,' 'howke-er,
'aowky,' 'hoky,' 'hokay', 'haoky,
and 'o-kai-ee Heaven only knows
how many other variations they
have"
England seems surprisingly fer
eign to HollyWoodianS, Miss Wray
said. but technical lingo of Brit
jsh studios varies little from that
of Hollywood. There is more diff
ference in largo among American
studios than between American
and English outfits.
Miss Wray is not American but
a Canadian. She has lived in the
United States since she was three.
(Wraysland, Alberta, to Salt Lake
CITY to Hollywood. She made two
pictures abroad, and is now work
ing with Ralph Bellamy in Col
umbias Roaming Lady.
More class distinction is notlce-
able in English studies" she SAID
Here everyone on the set says
what he pleases when he pleases
about what he pleases. English
Difference is shown the director
sets are much quieter, and more
and stars, but possibly that is
only the English manner.
"a bitter argument over the
manufacture Of tea never ceases
on English sets 1t goes by crafts
The electricians look down on the
stage hands and carpenters, be-
cause they consider themselves
by far the superior tea-breWers
Actually, they all seem to make
it the same way.
"In English studios you never
20 to lunch. You break for lunch
but do not break for tea. 1t il
served on the sets between takes.
Lighting bald heads is one Cl
the gravest problems Of Hollywood
cameramen, and the pink dome Of
Edgar Kennedy, film farceur, i:
rated the toughest.
1T CLOVIS like a sunburst," Com
planned Leon Shamroy, cinemato-
grapher shooting Walter Wanger''
"Brazen." II have to use all sort;
of screened overhead lights fCl
it, and if Kennedy moves the least
bit out of position it simmer,
like sunrise on the South Seas
and spoils the take"
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-16

continued to call every .Tsek-the
one thing in her life that is now
just as it was before her illness.
Patricia's mother and sister keep
a scrap book of newspaper clip
pings and diary of family events,
against the day when they firmly
believe Pat viii awaken as easily
as she dropped Off to sleep, follow
ing weeks Of increasing Dire Nsiness,
after asking her mother to kiss her
good night,
Pats own diary would tell her
that she made three trips TO the
hospital endured a severe attack
OF pneumonia and a case Of peptic
ulcer; had several blood transfu-
s;ons and numerous serum and
fever machine treatments and
gained nearly 20 pounds.
Carolina watchman., 1936-02-21
Hawk Brought
Cock To Farm

Roaring River. When a hawk
comes and brings you rooster that
is news-and that is what a huge
light-colored hawk, looking as it
might be three or four feet from
tip to tip if its wings, did at Mrs.
Laura Linney's near here.
In landing with the chicken and
probably preparing to eat him, the
hawk was engaged in struggle
with the rooster and also fright
ened by screams. The rooster, a
large young Barred Rock, weigh
ing between four and six pounds,
escaped entirely unhurt and crow
ed Justify, albeit rather like a
novice, as the monstrous hawk flew
away in another direction.
The chicken was carried nearly
half a mile by the hawk, since
no family lived nearer than that,
and has since remained in the
field keeping up a lively growing
duel with Mrs. Linney's roosters.
Carolina watchman., 1936-02-21
Will Restore
Houston House

Huntsville, Texas-The once
imposing home of General Sam
Houston, father of Texas indie
pendence, has become the home of
the homeless.
Steamboat House," where the
adventurous life of "The Raven
ended in 1868, is known to casual
dwellers as "Squatters' Place
rickety, patched and draughty
abode of families that camp life in
its cavernous rooms without hind
rance. They move in and out.
The hewed oak frame on 1o-by-
II pine sills-still sound in the
main-supported the roof over the
grom soldier who led his raw VOL
unteers to victory against the Mexi-
can dictator, Santa Anna, at San
Jacinto in 1886.
The old structure in its coat of
yellow, with broken window panes
and air of neglect, is to be presented
to the State March 2, the centen-
NAL of Texas independence.
Carolina watchman., 1936-02-21
Nudists Denies
Plan Existed

Tampa, Fla.,-Prospects of a
nudist colony in the Virgin Islands
and the mastero of the good ship
Fleetwood denied they existed at
all-faded and gave way to a tale
of proposed wanderings in the
Caribbean in search of ''Uptopia. -
Upon his return from cruise %
that extended only few miles
outside of Ttmpa Bay in a choppy
Gluf of Mexico, Maurice H. Allard.
nudist organizer, said it was "all
a mistake"
His colony, he said, is to be mot
of nudists, but of those who are
tolerant" !" Along with members of
his family and about IS Others,
he plans to set out again in the
schooner. Fleetwood in search for
the ''best available site' for such a
colony.
Tolerance toward nudism, Allard
added, is Just one of the qualities
his colonies must possess.
Carolina watchman., 1936-02-21
FIoricuIturist Says
Fern-Growing Is Easy

The conditions under which ferns
grow in the natural state can be
initiated easily in the average home.
This is the reason ferns are SO
easy to grow when given the proper
treatment, said Glenn o. Randall
floriculturist at State College.
They should be potted in a we'll
drained, fibrous soil with no strong
fertilizers. There should be plenty
of good light, but the ferns should
not be exposed to the direct rays Of
the sun in summer.
They thrive in moist air, ano
need temperature more even and
somewhat warmer than Required
by most other plants, Randall stat
ed. A temperature of s. degrees
farenheit at night, and 10 to IS de-
,grees warmer by day should b.
maintained.
Protect the ferns from drying
winds, and place them where the
tips of the fronds, or leaves, will MOI
be brushed by passing people, OF
pressed against other objects.
Common mistakes in fern cul-
ture are planting them in toe
heavy soil, permitting the plants te
stand in water in saucers or jardi-
nieres, and allowing the temperature
to vary too widely.
Ferns grow most rapidly If
spring and summer. They shoulc
be repotted when the plants need Z
larger container, Randall said. A
good time to repot is just before
the spring growth starts.
Varieties mcst often grown a:
house plants are: the Boston ferr
and its variations, Brake ferns, holly
ferns, maiden hair ferns in Their
different varieties, and the glory
fern.
Other kinds which can be grown
successfully are: birds nest fern
dwarf tree fern, cliff brake, hare:
foot fern, and mother spleenworth.
Carolina watchman., 1936-02-21
SQUARE MEAL FOR
$3.50 IS DESCRIBED

Boston-Bostonians ate like
men said head waiter S. M.
Hoaxter as he reminisced over
AZ years at a local hotel.
AS stripping waiter, Hox-
ter said he saw Christmas din
ners which included:
Oysters, mock turtle soup,
mixed with tomato soup; bak-
ed chicken halibut with point
shirley sauce; roast turkey
with chestnut dressing and
cranberry sauce or native duck
with shaker apple sauce; whole
potatoes, boiled onions and
marrow squash; picked wal
nuts and relish; mince pie
and pumpkin, vermicelli pud-
ding, rum sauce, apples, or
anges, shellbacks, coffee,
brandy of 1910.
The cost was $3.50.
Carolina watchman., 1936-02-21

Patty was in a striking green suit
"She's lorclei who looks for
rocks to sit on in the sun while she
combs her hair" said Peter.
Was Jenny dreaming, or did she
catch look of understanding, the
sudden raising of a curtain, between
those two? Her heart missed a beat.
No. that was absurd. Day-dreams!
Clare and Peter had scarcely spoken
to each other since they'd come on
the boat, except for their chat in
the lounge at Bombay. They all
moved out to the deck to dry them
selves.
isn't the sea strange today?"
Jenny murmured, after a long sill
ence. "This is the first time since
we left the Mediterranean that I've
seen the water crumpled, or foam
breaking on the waves" )"
No one was paying any atten-
ton to what she said.
"This 81 no place to dry" said
Clare, shivering with cold. "Ir's
too late. The suns gone down."
Jenny was lost in her thoughts,
watching the dying sun in semi
trance. She would not go below
while the sunset lasted. The Others
had already gone; she had not no
ticed them leaving her.
She went down to B deck and
along the corridor. Her glance
swept by chance towards an alley
way, and her hand went to her
mouth to ssop the exclamation
that sprang to her lips.
Continued Next Issue
Carolina watchman., 1936-02-21

Angela sighed and swung he'
parasol. Sometimes l think ONT
would be happier alone, in worle
of ones own. The constant give
and take of social relations wear one
down"
Macduff's face was loosening il
amiable lines, and she thought sht
detected twinkle through his rim.
less spectacles. Or was it just the
sun or the lens?
''I'm thinking that you're not
very happy" he told her, surpris-
ingly.
''Happy enough, Mr.. Macduff
but wandering in my thoughts. tt
tell you the truth, they're in Eng
land with my husband and my
home.''
'Tell me about your home" :"
''I've never been able to conjure
it up for anyone else, although it's
50 vivid in my own mind. It's a
rambling house with gables, fright
fully ancient, with bits that have
been added on from time to time.
The ceilings are low and beamed,
and the dormer windows are tucked
in odd places under the caves. It's
filled with pictures, ancient and
modern, and my dog Jack patters
all over it like presiding Turk"
Angela stopped abruptly, think
ing that she had been lacking in
tact and reserve.
''Do you live in New York, Mr..
Macduff?"
'Yes. Have you ever been
there?"
''Five years ago visited it for a
few weeks. | love it, the excite
ment, the tearing hurry, the air
such air! But to live in it-how
does one manage that?"
'My life is as quiet and slow as
if l lived on the tip end of Corn
WALL"
II don't see how you can dwell
among such glorious skyscrapers
and feel that life is quiet and slow
Life can't be slow in a soaring city.
think I should live on wings if
New York were my home"
''It's all bosh, the things people
think of New York. It's the best
possible city for work, because it's
one of the few places in the world
where you are let alone if you want
to be. 1 can work better there
than anywhere under the sum-
''Perhaps that's why American
women accomplish so much. I ad-
mire them greatly.'
''Do you?"
eyes. Don't you?'' Her voice
surprise.
Carolina watchman., 1936-02-21

OPatronize Watchman Adver-
tisers.
Carolina watchman., 1936-02-21
AFRICAN JUNGLES

The thrilling exploits of Lady
Dorothy Mills, British traveller and
explorer, who recounts experiences
with baboon devil worshippers of
Africa. One of many interesting
features in the current issue of the
American Weekly, the big maya
zine which comes regularly with
the BALTIMORE SUNDAY AM
ERICAN. Ask your newsdealef to
reserve your copy now.
Carolina watchman., 1936-02-21

'No. ':They're scatterbrains-
feckless creatures. They're also
shockingly vain-spending, spend
ing, everything for clothes and ap-
Pearances."
''But how stunning they look!'
'Like so many dolls in window.
The same eyes, the same lift to their
chins, the same way of wearing
their clothes, and the same ankles. -
''But I can't imagine a race of
women with better ankles! Am
erican women always surprise me
afresh with the buoyancy of their
spirit. They have such grace
perhaps because they're free and
have economic independence.
They're the only women who walk
with hope and assurance.
II don't approve of them at all. %
'Oh dear! What pity!If I were
a man and lived in America, l
should admire them very much and
fall in love with any number Of
them. They're intelligent, too.
But I see it's hopeless argument. -
Macduff had lost the thread Of
the conversation, and seemed to be
stumbling towrads an important
conclusion of his own. He was
standing, looking down at her with
an air of gloom. Angela gazed at
him softly and he shifted his
Carolina watchman., 1936-02-21

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Southeast Davidson, Stanly coun-
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men need apply. Can earn $25
or more weekly. No cash re-
quired. Write today. Raw
leigh's, Dept. NCB-l974z,
Richmond, Va. FIJI
Carolina watchman., 1936-02-21
PICTURES IN COLORS

Through the process of natural
color printing, pictures now appear
in all their brilliancy and clear
ness. Follow this new feature
every Sunday in the BALTIMORE
SUNDAY AMERICAN. Your
newsdealer has your copy or by mail
for so cents a month.
Carolina watchman., 1936-02-21
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Carolina watchman., 1936-02-21
SIXTH ENSTALMENT

SIXTH ENSTALMENT
well, I'm doing it. I'm paint
ing little, because l like to pass
the time that way"
Macduff was charmed with An
gela's way of tossing off her
words. Here was a woman who
might be worth her salt. She chat
ted about the Ganges, and gave him
lively picture of her own i'm
pressions that morning. Yes, she
was an artist. He could tell that
from her choice of words.
When Macduff was writing, he
bothered little with externals, going
in for sombre, philosophical stuff
that some people seemed to like. 1t
surprised him to see India through
the sapient eyes of an intelligent
woman. Soon he was talking him.
self, and marvelling at his own
fluency. For half an hour his COM
panion sat back, entranced and
amused, while he unbent. She lit a
cigarette and watched him from
under the brim of her hat. 1t must
be the cocktails. He was off like
an orator. There was nothing to do
but listen, now that the floodgates
were open. But would he ever
come to the end of his solioquy?
Was he talking sense of nonsense?
Angela realized that the man was
simply unused to voicing his!
thoughts, although verbose, no
doubt, on paper. She had heard
vaguely of his books, but had never
read anything that he had written.
After this, she would try to get
hold of them and see what they
were like.
The other people in the room who
knew them were watching their
table with surprise.
''Ye gods!" said Johnny to Clare.
Watch Macduff talking to Mrs.
Wynant."
cts a miracle. I'd like to know
what he's saying. 1t would be Mrs.
Wynant who would get him to
talk"
''Won't you come with me to the
river, Mr.. Macduff?" Angela was
saying, at the first break in their
conversation. II can't keep away.
It's the most animated canvas I've
ever seen in my life and Pm rather
keen about masses of people, -
'That's just where you're differ
ent from me-" said Macduff, weigh
ing his decision on whether to goI
with Angela OF stay for a liqueur.
syNo, I won't. There's nothing
I dislike so much as human beings,
and I find it depressing to look at
such thousands mucking about to-
gether.'' -
They went out to the veranda and
he ordered liqueurs. Angela wat,
ched him, wondering if perfect
frankness were not the cure in
handling Macduff. She leaned to-
wards him. "You're rather a
myth on the boat she laughed, !
the man who must not be spoken
to-"
a deep roll of laughter shot sur
prisingly from his throat. ''It's
not on the boat alone-it's the way
I live. l find that human con-
facts interfere with ones work and
ones life.''
"Then I can't understand why
you travel around the world on a !
cruising boat. To escape from peo-
pie on the Marenia is like trying to
dodge bees in hive % i
II came on a cruising boat be-
cause it takes me to out-of -the-way
ports I'd never have been able to get,
to by any other means. Moreover,
I've found all the isolation that I
would get at home-at the least
possible expense" Macduff finish
ed, cannily.
Carolina watchman., 1936-02-21
|NQ}NEN4RE?DECK;Z (; . E{;t2!] q: Eek,

weight. The sun was in his eyes
the garden was fragrant with
blooms, the Union Jacks were still
pleasantly warm in his stomach
He rubbed the back of his heae
mediatively and couldn't imagine
why his feet were moving towards
! the river. What was the sense o1
going to the Ganges with a chance
travelling acquaintance?
Elbow delightful of you to come
with me to the river, Mr.. Mac
duff" Angela's voice was gay with
pleasure as she saw him falling into
step.
Her companion grunted anc
pulled on his pipe.
''We'll ride to Tiger Hill together
to see the dawn over Mount Ever
est when we reach Darjeeling," he
announced, amazed at his own de-
sire to establish a deeper contact
with the woman at his side.
That will be Splendid" she told
him.
The afternoon sun fell in slanting
rays over the Indian Ocean, she'd
ding flutter of gold on water that
heaved in darkening swell. The
aquatic sports were about to begin
in the swimming pool. Patty,
brimful of energy, was diving re-
peatedly from the highes- SPRING
board.
"She was born to live in SWIM
ming-suit," Jenny said, admiring,,
ly.
"A genuine water-nymph!''
Peter remarked, always appreciative
of the manifestations of physical
perfection.
Jenny saw that Clare and Patty
were both in the race. 1t would be
interesting to watch the two of
them together, for they were evenly
matched, in spite of the difference
in their ages.
Clare was a gifted swimmer, and
her speed and form were equal to
the best that girls half her age could
do. No woman on the boat could
compete with her except Patty.
Joan Foster was good, but sae slept
all day and took most of her swims
late at night.
Clare was in tangerine, brilliant
flash in the clear water of the tank.
1t suited her dusky skin. Patty was
in striking green suit.
The whistle blew and the con-
testants were off, with orange and
green in the lead. Clare tore
through the water like a goldfish,
using the long Australian crawl.
Patty made better time with the
American crawl.
Johnny was perched in corner
close to Angela. His face was set
in anxious furrows, for he felt that
the race had something to do with
him. Patty won the first heat, Clare
the second; they seemed to be mar
velously paired. Angela sat silent,
thinking of Johnny and wondering
whom he wanted to win.
Clare was leading now, but Patty
was creeping; up. Every stroke
brought her nearer to the fleet
orange figure. Patty was breathing
easily and turning in the water with
each long stroke.
Johnny's heart was ,pounding.
Clare was losing. Did he want her
to lose? He did not know. Patty
was magnificent, He liked the
clean sweep of her strokes. He re-
membered his college days, and his
heart went out to Patty. He knew
that she would root for him, but
Clare bewitched him.
But this was Patty's race. She
must win! Johnny's throat was
Carolina watchman., 1936-02-21

All kinds of printing done brombt-
'ly at Tbe Carolina Watcbman.
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Carolina watchman., 1936-02-21
SHORT HONEYMOON

George-She didn't wear mourn
ing very long.
Tubby-What would you ex-
pect? She wasn't married to him
very long.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-11
STORES REMAIN OPEN. TOMORROW Public Buildings, Schools to Close for LincOln's
 Birthday

Public buildings, courts, schools and banks will close tomorrow In Waterbury in observance of Lin- coln's birthday. Stores, however. will remain open. The Bronson Library will also suspend business for the day but the post office will main- tain it's usual schedule.
 Only one court, the criminal ses- sion of the city court, will function tomorrow. The superior, common pleas, probate and compensation courts will remain closed.
 The City Hall will not open to- morrow and only the police, fire and emergency crews of the street and water departments will be on duty. The schools will resume sessions on Thursday, however, as usual.
 Today in the schools various pro- grams commemorating the achieve ments of the great Civil war presi- dent were conducted. Tomorrow the national colors will be flown from public buildings and private resi- dences and also from the curbs of the main streets of the city. This evening various local patriotic so- cieties will hold Lincoln's day parties. Several programs are also planned for tomorrow night.
 The local stores will remain open to accommodate the usual trade and the factories will continue their operations as usual.