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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-23
. Hehliehts From
The Latest Books .
A new treat for armchair Pearys

A neU treat for armchair Pedrys
- Is "Dersu--thc Trdppcr" (E. =.
Dutton: So, translation OF Y.
X. Arscnievs srory OF his three
expeditions into Eastern siberia
early In the century. In this
chronicle Of the trip through the
sWdmps, dense forests and the
mountainous country bordering
ManchukMo and the Sea Of Jap
dn. the principol character Is
not the noted Russian 0e00rd-
pher but a simple Manchu woods
man, Dcrsu. This native, to
Uhort the UiIds Uerc an open
book, tOds of unreasonable help
to Arsenieu, and cUcn sdred his
life on several occasions. Arse
nieV--pipidly describes one such
rescue.
Then realized the full hor-
ror of our position. We had to
face night in the middle Of the
swamps, without Are or warm
clothing, through a raging bliz-
zard. My only hope was in the
resourcefulness of Dersu.
Listen, Captain" he said
1--WE now need much work.
If not much work, then we all
60 die. Need quick cut much
reed"
I cut until I was exhausted.
My shirt was filled with snow,
which began to melt and could
feel the icy water trickle down
my back. The piercing wind
and burning snow cut my face
unendurably. My hands were
numbed, and Il dropped my
knife. Unable to And 1t, I
started breaking of the reeds,
and cut my hands badly, but I
was afraid to stop, and went on
tearing Of reeds until ! collaps-
ed. / saw wheels spinning be-
fore my eyes, my teeth chatter
ed, my drenched clothing be-
gan to shrink and split. brow
siness overwhelmed me, and I
became unconscious.
Suddenly I came TO-. with the
feeling that was being shaken
by The shoulder. Deryu was
leaning over me.
"Stand on knees" he ordered
me.
Obediently I propped myself
on my ram. Dersu covered me
with his piece Of tent canvas
and started piling reeds on top
OF me. I felt warmer at once.
Dersu crspt In under the canvas,
laS down BY my. side. and cover
cd u both with his little jacket.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-23
STRANDED

The liner, she's lady, wrote KipIine.
1t is something Of that same feeling
for q fine ship that makes folk general
ly hope thot the American liner Man.
hotton will be fIooted off the beach.
Naturally nobody likes to see lady
stranded.
Those now working to free the ship
ore optimistic. Barring bad turn in
the weather, they expect to get the
Monhotton's SEQ legs back under her
within q week. Although the robust
pulling power Of two big Coost Guard
cutters have been no match for the
obstinote lady thus far, it is we'll to
reolize thot the soIvoeers have not yet
broken out their bog Of tricks, any or
all Of which probably will win this
beochs;de tue-of-wor in q walk.
Have they Iiehtered off the possen-
gers baggage, yet; pumped out her
freshwoter tanks loaded for fort
nights cruise; her ballast tanks, or the
weighty contents Of her fuel-oI bunk
ers? Have they footed her 2O-or-so
hefty lifeboots clear of the ship? Have
they carried anchors we'll offshore and
made them fost to cables leading to the
ships deck winches, ready to "heove
short" when the flood tide serves just
right? is something to see stranded
ship heove helplessIy in the swell, the
offshore howsers go slack, then sud-
denly grow tout and progressively
shorter, as the ships steam winches
inch the vessel out toward the anchors.
Yes, the soIvoeers are optimistic.
Probably their chief concern as they
prepore for the big heove is not for the
ship but for the little bross oodoet with
the dol ond needle thot seomen refer
to respectfully as THE CLOS" -borome-
ter to Iondlubbers.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-23
! BEHIND THE SCENES
m .WASHING TO IN :

" On WuoyoveS toptG hopponS
to strike MS Interest ~ most.
u often hoppens that q collier
will start him on one chojn Of
thought ond Will switch 70 on.
other wlthout tokino WoIloca
olono with him - and viii
reoIize. sevsrol minutes later.
thot Wallace Just hosn't been.
listening to him.
STILL No GOOD
At SMALL TALK
Such traits will make Il hord
tor him In his new Job, In which
Intimate conversations with a
greet number Of intensely
practical politicians will pIoy
an important port. But VOL
'oee Is no political Innocent
otter oil, he deoit with Con-
9res: pretty successfully dur
ING his eight years os Score,
toy Of AericuItute-ond he.
does like people. Incidentally
one OF his best friends Is Ed.
Flynn, choirman Of the Dem
ocrotic National Committee.
When he first come TO.
Washington he disIiksd Official,
functions. Then he, discovered,
that the endless round Of bon-,
quets, dinner porties and Tot
homes" ore very importont to-
q cabinet minister. leornino
this. his intellectual curiosity
made him want to find out the
how ond why Of thot import
once. Since then he hos been,
about as deep In the social;
round as any member Of the
cohinet. !
This still hosn't developed
his obility to make small talk.
They tell Of one dinner party
at which his hostess saw him.
sitting in silence all through,
the evening, and despoired thor:
onyone present should make
him toIk. Finally. though, she
sow him in oninoted CONVEX
sotion with some young sprio.
Eoaer to know what subject
had at lost stirred his interest,
she sided over-to find VOL
loce and. the young sprie deep
in q chat about Iowa hogs.
Wallace likes monv oones.
but he likes to play them, not
to watch them, and hasn't gone
to q professional game as q
spectator for years. He plays
tennis and bodminton. and en-
joys long walks. He is fond Of
picking up new Comes. but he
doesn't 90 for cords. He reeds
q greet deol, but its mostly
pretty deep stuff-eenetics,.
mathematics, economics, the
history of civilizations, COM
porotive religions, and so on.
His interest in experiments
hos led him to Try out various
kinds Of diets. When in college
he lived for q time on soy
beans, just to see what the re-
suit would be. For q number Of
years he wos q vegetarian, oI-
though he hos since given up.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-23
NEA Service staff Csrrespond'

NEA Service staff Correspondent
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. %. -
Short takes:
Local chamber of commerce
must be shuddering at mention
of various movie troupes seek
ing sunshine and scenery else.
wherever. in Florida! TWEEN.
tieth-Fox is sending the Flight
Surgeon" company to Pensaco-
la, and the Miami" company
to the city Of that name.
The blood and Sand" unit,
with Ty Power, already is at
work in Mexico City. Orson
Welles' next picture probably
will be filmed there. Belle
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-23
By VIM. E. MCKINNEY
Americas Gard Authority

At every tournament you are
sure to see some player of in
q corner, muttering to himself
over q hand, "Well, maybe I am
wrong. Nobody else would bid
q club" You will always see
players running around with
hand written on the back of
score card, asking "What would
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-23
y Bruce CATION
Dolly Meaites Wsshiastea

Dolly MoW1tos Wooooo1eo0
CosrospoMdone
WASHINGTON, Jon. 3D.
Washington never saw Q vlcl
president like Henry A. Wal
loce before. The town hos hoo
eight years to get acquainted
but Il isn't entirely onto him
even yet.
Vice presidents who get IN
terested In obstroct ideos
oren't new, but there never was
one who would put his teeth
into an ideo and shoke II to
pieces the way Wallace does.
A sompIe Is his famous expert
ence with the booneronos.
When he was secretary OF
Agriculture Wallace used to
walk most Of the way TO work.
Ieovinq his suite In the Word
man Park hotel and swinging
down through Rock Creek
Park. Jim lie Cron, his assist
ant, used to walk with him. To
get q little exercise as they
walked the two used to carry
q bog Of golf boIIs. throwing
them oheod and picking them
up as thev reached them.- One
morning lie Cron showed UP
with q couple Of boomerones
to voN the game.
Wallace not only took to
throwing boomerones: he got
interested in the theorv Of
boomerones, studied them
carefully. drew up oir-foiI Sec
tions and calculated Just how
q BOOMERANG could be i'm
proved. FinolIv he had some
plastic - producing. probably.
mode to his own design out OF
the most effective boomerang
ever seen. Having done all Of
this, he lost all interest in
boomeronos. He nod MIXED
the subject Of its lost drop OF
intellectual interest - and
then he wos through with it.
MYSTlFlES
POLITICIANS
His absorption in French
poodIes is another angle Of the
same thing. The Agriculture
Departments experiment sto-
ton at BeItsviIle, Nd, q year
or more oeo set out to improve
the breed Of sheep dogs. Gen.
tering its attention mostlv on
Hungarian strain. Wallace
heard thot the French poodle
is one Of the most intelligent
Of all dogs. He verified the
theory. saw fhot this particular
kind Of poodle is q roney, long
Ieoded oninnol we'll out Of the
ordinary lop-doe Gloss. and
immediately bod q number Of
poodIes entered in the expert
ment stotion's Gloss.
This work is still in progress,
and still holds his interest. His
primary idea Of course wos to
find or develop q dog that
would be O better helper to the
shepherd; but he was oIso in
tenseIy interested in obstruse
thinoo like the inheritance Of
intelligence foctors, ond he
had q whole series Of cross
breeding experiments storted
seeking, among OF her
things, to see what sort Of con-
inc qroy motter would result il
q French poodle were crossed
with one Of the famous Seeing
Eye" shepherd dogs.
Wallace is q queer mixture
Of the obstruse and the in
tensely practical. He is oener-
oily looked on as q mystic, OIL
though his closest friends soy
he is actually q profound
reolist.
Politicians for O long time
have had him peeeed as q hard
man to tolk to. Small folk
doesn't come eosilv to him. He
doesn't drink, doesn't pioy
cords. doesn't 40 hunting and
fishing. and q man who cont
even talk about those things
is likely to strike politicians as
q queer fish. and q bit OF q
hiohbrow besides.
On too Of this, Wallace has
q way Of concentrating sharp
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-23
80 YEARS AGO TO-DAY

Mr.. Harvey. Of the Bowden
Filter Co.. was In town Friday.
and declared that he would
make the city pay for the re-
3ected filters. They now lie IN
the street, near the water works.
Promised IN influx Of new
doctpca Great town for dectorav
bui ~ cun have TOO mahy 3n1k
IL SoSDo.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-23
. FROM
THE MONITOR
FILES .
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY

1891
Harry Diehl and Walter N.
Trombley, who left here last
week for q six weeks vacation
in Florida, arrived in Fort Mey-
ers, yesterday. Henry Ford and
Harvey Firestone arrived yes
terday too.
Fire Quilted the art goods and
novelty store Of Caram Steeh
last night causing damage to
the Macomb street place of bust
ness to the extent of about
SIC, 900.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-23
FROM THE MONITOR FILES

The Mount Clemens Electric
Co. will do the new work in the
Colonial Hotel.
The Jail barn Is being RACED.
A new one will be built.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-23
FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY

DR.. L. F. Rutter will return
tomorrow from q winter vaca-
ton in Florida.
Plans are being made for one
Of the high schools traditional
gymnasium circuses," under
the direction of Theron Tomp-
kins, on Feb. 20 and Fl.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-23

Premier PhiIoff and the Buloorions
need not feor until they receive q prom
20 4: from Bsriin that the leoxi ornY in
tends to protect them. - -
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-23
AsFlRE on THE HEARTH

There come dogs in every winter
when, despite all our intricate devices
tx conquerine cold, nothing is so
0fnteful as q fire on the hearth. And
heot hos very little to do With this.
The furnoce may be working away
rfully to convert the forgotten SUM-
~ Ct past oees back into warmth,
III tI,e click Of the thernostot, reos-
IT, Sno as Il n,oy be, does not convey
j! me same message as does the
ckllng spsech Of birch logs, or the
1 singing OF burning embers on their
ot cocis. To be sure. they almost
nond an accompaniment Of other
9 ~ opd fomiIior sounds-the crunch
1l!ers on snow. the jingle of
yy the stompino Of feet, lively
III clear @onuory dir.
y ~ music Of the hearth is not
M oitnry Of these other instru-
4w plHe knots, a basket Of
s1sponds 10 every mood.
eeuversation in pfeusunt
5poctod ehuckles, .lono-,
M content. II murrrurs
s6s NM, full Of oncient
SIe6p Songs :nsser quite
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-23
1seI--YGAk or
RGAppo ORTIZ NMENT

Government is machinery. Notur-
ss any. the purposes for which the mo-
& chinery is used come first. The direc.
tion n which it is set going, the fuel and
B aanjkeep in the form Of toxes and other
ssSoport-oIl these are Of first import
u once.
& But there is another natter, less
dramatic and interesting, but olso i'm
poFtont- redesien ond replacement
az wornout parts in the machine it.
+ self. Thot is the way you might de-
scribe the congressional reoPPortion-
ment due in lo4l.
The Constitution provides thot each
ia veors. when the census is taken. the
President shall report its results to Con-
ofess, which shall then determine the
4 n0mber Of representatives each stote
\ shall have, "occording to their resPee-
tive numbers" The only restrictions ore
that each stote must have at least one
representative, ond that their toto!
sholi not exceed one for every $4,000
psopIe. ..a
n Obviously, If Congress were to have
one .nember for every 1000. people
todoy, II would have more thon 1900
vnomlbers. To cut down the size OF the
House, the present arrangement is bos-
ed on about one for every 10000.
435 members for something over lOO,-
O0O. 600 people.
Certainly. the House Of Representa-
tives, withs435 members, is Jorge
ef;cuoh-if anything. it is too Jorge.
Many students Of government believe
jtMould work better with fewer MEM
hers. and thot the quoIty Of members
would improve if each had TO convince
. larger block Of district voters OF his
worth.
All this puts Congress in the unhop-
~ position of surgeon about to oper-
ote on himself. It oIwoys does this with
reluctonce. In foct, the reluctance Wos
81 greet in 1927 that it violated the
Constitution by foiline to do it at all.
Despite all the grave major prob
lens that face Congress in lo4l, re-
opportionment must not be neglected.
Congress must demonstrate thot it can
keep the machinery Of government it.
.soIf In repoir; it must have the courage
tosmoke an opportionment Of its men,
bSfship which will not increase the to-
tol but decrease it If possible. Perhaps
| ti,nt IS q good deol to expect. but there
must surely at this time be no repetition
of the failure Of 1927 to carry out q
cleor constitutional mandate.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-23

Italian authorities insist the situation behind
tte6v lines In Albania il satisfactory. It's okay
WITH the Greeks IN front Of their lines, too.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-23
NO KISS FOR JANE

Cowboys working in current
westerns have their own YER
sion of the hot-foot, only this
is the hobble-foot: When one of
them takes a nap in a chair be-
tween scenes, somebody's sure
to tie his spurs together with a
piece of string. When the direc-
tor calls, the victim gets up
and falls. Her studio wanted
Jane Withers to get her first real
kiss in "A Very Young Lady"
But her mother said no, and Is
year-old Jane will receive only
timid salute in the region of
her left ear from Richard Clay
ton.
Wallace Berry was asked
to appear before the conven-
ton Of college presidents here,
but roared at their scared rep
resentative: what in the blank
ety-blink do you want me for?
Il never got out of the blank
ey-ditto third graded" Syl-
via Ashley Fairbanks, widow of
the elder Doug, made a test for
a role in Joan Crawford's new
picture, "A Woman's Face" The
star sat by the camera and
watched her ex-stepmother-i in
law emote.
Now 20th-Fox is planning a
musical, 1.-THE Great American
Broadcast" based on he
ASCAP-BMI war. Costume
Designer Eddie Stephenson was
asked what kept a strapless
evening gown from falling down.
Force of gravity" he said, e
the gravity of what the Hays
Office would do if it did fall"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-23

Report of an ailing movie actor getting bet
ter reminds us that there's always room for bet
ter actors
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-23
10 YEARS AGO TODAY

Congressman Weeks has se-
cured q lot Of shot and shell to
60 with the cannon located at
the court house.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-23
, HARRISON IN HOLLYWOOD

Starr" is to be shot in Arizona
And RKOs Havana" is sched-
uled for production in Cuba.
Universal is tossing a big press
junket to Miami for the premi-
ere of Back Street." Jimmy
Roosevelt and his company are
figuring on a premiere of POT
O. Gold" in Mexico City, with
correspondents being brought
from all over the U. S.
. =
For Ave years, Irving Rapper
has been a dialog director at
Warner Brothers-the guy who
between scenes helped players
with their lines. Finally, now,
they've given him a chance to
direct a picture, and a good one
Winged Victory" with his
choice of players, assistant and
technical crew. Producer Rob-
ert Lord scanned the list and
asked, who you going to have
for dialog director, Irving?"
Said Rapper, casually, "Oh I
don't need one. Nobody needs
a dialog director"
caught IN
THE DRAFT
Jack Chaplin signed a con-
tract for a role in Paramount's
Caught in the Draft" then
went home and found the gov.
eminent was exercising a prior
claim on his services. It was
a notice from the draft board.
That picture, incidentally,
is based on a gag that went the
rounds of Hollywood as soon as
CONSUMPTION was discussed-the
rib being that movie agents,
who collect 10 per cent of eli
ents earnings, probably would
try to grab $2.10 a month from
actors yanked into the army.
Sour slants on the cinema
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-23

FROM THE MONITOR FILES
60 YEARS AGO TODAY
1881 81
The tax levy this year was
$3.50. OF this amount al but
$3.50 has been paid. The time
for collection expires on Tues
day.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-23

scene: There's a sandwich man
in q boulevard drug store who
calls a hamburger a Holly
wood T-bone" And then
there was Frank Fay's advice
to Rene Clair, the newly arriv-
ed French director. Said Fay,
If you are going to stay in this
town am want a friend, 60 out
and buy yourself a dog"
Evening star., 1941-12-11

common courtesy.
What's wrong with this sentence: !:
Can you tell me how I can get
ahold of her some placer" If taken
literally, the sentence makes 4
strange request. indeed. Better
say: How may I get In touch with
her?
Grammar Made Easier. I have
reissued my pamphlet that ex-
plains the PARTS OF SPEECH
in simple, on-technical terms
and makes 1t easy to identify
nouns, verbs, adjectives. etc. At .
glance. Every reader should have
this valuable pamphlet. Ask for
your free copy today. Send 4
stamped t3-cenO self-addressed
envelope to Frank Colby, In care
Of The Evening Star. Ask for
PARTS OF SPEECH Pamphlet
Evening star., 1941-12-11

Sand CLAIMS, also called soft
shelled clans" have thin shells.
Sometimes they are called soft
clans"
Sand CLAIMS are common from
South Carolina up to New England
and Nova Scotia. Greenland has
zone Of them, and San Francisco Bay
has colonies Of them. Those in San
Francisco Bay were planted" there
years ago. Puget Sound has sand
clans which are natives Of the re-
gion.
Sand CLAIMS like mud fats about
the mouths Of rivers. They usually
choose spots which are between the
limits Of high tide and low tide.
Like mussels. the sand clans are
able to dig. They get into the sand
or mud. and may reach points from
8 to IL inches below the surface.
The sand clam has q shell about
equal in size to the palm Of . mans
hand. A tube, or "siphon." can be
made to extend from the shell.
When a person walks along 4 Beach
where these clans are buried, they
may become alarmed and pull their
tubes downward. As this is done,
water shoots out Of the tubes.
More than 800 years ago, the
Pilgrims used to eat sand CLAIMS.
John winthrop, q Pilgrim governor.
made . note about white clans"
saying. their broth u most ex-
eellent.s
Evening star., 1941-12-11
UNCLE RAYS CORNER-WorId Of Huge

length Of 7 inches. Like soft
shelled clans, hen clans dig into
sand. Men use spades and rakes
At low tides to obtain them.
Now I must tell you about the
worlds largest clans. They live In
the Indian Ocean, also In the South
Pacific. Some are found near Aus
tralia, others IL, the East Indies.
Not counting the shell. q giant
clam may weigh from IS to 30
pounds. That, in Itself. is some
thing to think about, but the
weight OF the giant CLAIMS body Is
small compared with the weight Of
its shell!
Counting the shells, some giant
clans have been found to weigh
from 400 to 600 pounds! The shells
Are from 4 TO feet long, and
are nearly as wide as they are long.
On South Pacific islands, shells Of
the giant clam have been used -
bowls for holy water.
por nature section Of your serapseok )
II you want . free copy Of the
illustrated Ieaflet Stamps and
Stamp Collecting" send me .
Scent stamped, sen
envelope In care u The Evening
Star.
1~~A @3
TomorroU-Bind D6ynstjes.
Evening star., 1941-12-11
Take My Word for 1t
BY FRANK COLBY.
Like for As

LING fOJ ~
This weeks Slip o the Tongue:
II feel like he does About It," No.
DO not use like for "as, IS II. As
though" Better say: I feel As he
does about it.
Wrong: You sound like you have
. cold" Right: You sound As II
you have 4 cold.
Wrong; III do like I please"
Right: "Ill do as I please.
Wrong: He acts like he was IN
suited" Right: He acts as though
he were insulted.
Boston: At dinner said, Henry
is like me-" and was Immediately
set upon Ny critics hold that I
should have said, Henry is like
(an).' Please referee.-J. G. K.
Answer: You are correct. When
like is used to mean resemble it
is correctly followed by the pro-
nouns me, her, him, them, US, as:
Henry is like (resembles) me.
He Is like resembles) her.
You are like Tesemble) him.
She is like resembles) them.
They are like (resemble) US.
Note: Never use like for lack" +"
Wrong: He likes several dollars Of
having enough" Right: He lacks
several dollars.
Wrong: He Is liking in common
Evening star., 1941-12-11

courtesy" Right: He is lacking IN
common courtesy.
Evening star., 1941-12-11


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Requests eannot be AlleA unless
K.addressed envelopes bear
correct amount u postage.
tkeleased BY The Bell Syndicate. Ine)
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YHyS ANIMAL SoUyRTS
our WA1ER ERoM fTS
SAIAAAAs A.

When the famous Rhode Island
clam chowder was invented, SAnd
clans we're placed In it. They still
are popular in many fish markets.
There are various other kinds Of
clans along the coasts Of North
America. Among them is the
Washington clam, which is found
along the Pacific Coast from Puget
Sound to the southern end Of Cali
fornia. It often grows to be 8
inches long.
The hen clam" Of the Atlantic
Coast II even Longer, reaching Z