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4 tf% Imagined to Amend for Ugline ss An Kngllsh writer tails bo* being in .? ilieater with a foreigner lui asked .li.iu the inevitable question us to what tie thought of Loudon. "J never suw t<(i many, ugly people In irty life," was die startling reply, On looking about Mm the writer felt thut the reply of 4 he foreigner wns not fur astrny. I rum tlllft lift inquires tin to ^hy ft (lint in a country blessed with pref ix children there should grow up Mich ::n;itin.ietiv?- 'adults, and he conHudes ( |f it i < Mll/.'ttion lb (lO^ig HOIIICt ll I II;' tO the aoWtfttllllg undesirable, tut less we ure lo assume that ugly |>eo pie ore brainier (hurt handsome ones. This evor.v handsome miin and wo iit in among us will hasten to deny I he fuel I#, JJQ doubt, I bo t when it person Is ugl.v something hps to he * aid t<> commend III in to our acquaint so they ar?* hastily assured ihat- this person tlu\* a iv about to meet, while he does not look well, fa really quite un unusvi.il person and highly gifted. One statement like tlmt about a man may keep hlin going for year*, for others repeat It, All in- needs do is refruin from showing ^ liit t he is without gifts of any sort. ' i Declares Music Cure for Mental Trouble A medical journal has recently an nounced the results of some experi ments made to nscertalu the relation ?1/ music unci medicine. One curious piece of newt obtained is that if a lively air Is played on a harp or mandolin, n man's tired mus ics regain their original vigor. The music of a violoncello, on the other hand, has a precisely opposite effect, in temporarily lessening the usnsl strength and vitality s of the hearer. In nervous and impressionable peo ple, sad music lo a minor key, such j's Chopin's "Funeral March," actually weakens the pulse and makes the bent"' >ng of the heart feebler and more fr regular. ? An American doctor stated not long Ago that almost every mental trouble ?ould be enred by suitable selections of classical music regularly adminis tered. Jealousy, grief, overwork fcomlcidxl mania, nervons breakdown, all had their corresponding air. Pleasure in Garden The squirrels and nuthatches are a ' ontluual amusement tow^tch: I love 10 see the nuthatch come to a coco nut which is filled with a mixture of hemp seeds and nuts; he eats his fill ?f lienip seeds, then selects a nut and flies away with It. Oije of the squirrels hung himself In the ropes of the coco nut (head downward) oue day. Betty 'my mother's good Swiss maid) . . . ?jrent fo the rescue, but he bit her at once. The verandah looks like the border of an illuminated manuscript? with all these pretty creatures among ?!ie trellis of monthly roses; the tits foo . . . Certainly, a garden, with its inhabitants of all sorts. Is a never *a 1 1 1 n u happlnesa and Interest *0 a quiet person like myself. ? Janet Cath erine Symonds. The Substitute Little Betty was anxious to own a tat, but her father -bod a great'STer Mton to them- and turned, a, deal ear ^o all her pleadings. He did say, how ever, that sheconld have a dog if she could find a nice/ welMiehaved one that wouldn't bite the baby. One day while walking with her mother, Betty snw a kitten frisking *long beside her. ? She turned a wistful face to her mother and said : "Oh, mummy I See ! U doesn't seem to belong to anyone! Can't I take it home?" * "But, Betty, daddy says you ean have 0 dog. but not a cat." "W-well, mummy, can't we tske It Home and use it for a dog?" Marvelous Precocity The precocious infant was being submitted to the psychological tests in order to determine the degree of his trenius. lie had already picked out numbers, arranged blocks and dlstln rnished colors. Then came the su nreme test, the Identification of vari ous coins. The investigator tossed n nickel on the floor. The precocious nfant bent over It while the proud parenis held their breath. Then the precocious Infant winked *t bin ?U4 and cried exulfnntly. 'Heads !" ? Pathfinder Magazine. First Evening Schools It la Impossible to say exactly when evening grhoola bad their origin In America. In a contract made with th<* Mchoolmnsier of Platbnah, N. V.. In Ui82, thr evening school la mentioned ?ut it is probable that allualon in made <? t lie afternoon session of the school ^ hkii brpin ut 1 p. to. It la certain, ?lowvgf, that lu J773 erenlnK school* *ere conducted aa private ventures In v*lem, Mass.. especially for Instruction <? ihf mariner's art, although some f"?>r hoy* wore tnught to "cypher and <> wrlfe." c View of Friendship I Have never given much encourage >uent to friendship; I have dnn?? little for my friends. nnd they have done 'ttle for me. one of the Idea* which f have <?<> often to ni[H' with 5* tliB' 'ilendsMp. n k It i* getienillj under * i ?khI. !* .no injustice ?md n blunder. ^ hich i?nl> allow* you J o distinguish ' h** aooii <)ii?|lik>9 of a single pe.-s^i i nd hf.rd.* roti, ty those ??f others wle ??'?? j>crli.?j.r? nmiV ?le?ei rhiy ?f yoor 'viiiji.iil y ?? IvrOMM Umnnu > ' ? f r gives us great pleasure to announce NO-NOX our new Motor Fuel. NO-NOX is the product of many months of exhaustive scientific and chemical research by a staff of our own skilled chemists, infinite care being given to all de tails to insure the absolute perfection of NO-NOX Motor Fuel. Strenuous nights and days were spent in our thor oughly equipped laboratories by these scientists before NO NOX Motor Fuel was perfected. Hard grilling road tests followed to develop any weakness overlooked in the labor atory, and we are now ready to offer the most efficient anti knock fuel in the world. Mepjutfacturcd in one refinery under the same skillful super vision and from the same grades of crude/It is continuously uniform which means much in carburetion. When the car buretor is once properly adjusted it requires no further change -care should be taken to see that the mixture Is \ not too rich as NO-NOX works best with a thin mixture;' thus insuring economy. With NO-NOX, perfect combustion takes place at just the right position of the piston head which entirely does away with carbon knocks or motor detonation? promoting greater efficiency of the engine; smoother operation of the car on the road, in traffic, and especially on heavy grades: This wonderfully efficient gas is guaranteed to be TVon Noxious , Non-Poisonous and no more harmful to man or motor than ordinary gasoline. NO-NOX is priced only three cents per gallon higher than That Good Gulf Gasoline. Drive to the nearest Gulf Service Station and try it out. It is readily distinguished by its color. GULF REFINING COMPANY To provide attractive ushers for his theatre, a Berlin manager advertised for "sixty presentable ladies." Near ly one thousand beauties and near beauties besieged his office. When he attempted to reduce the number of applicants by announcing that only bobbed-haired damsels between 10 and 20 were eligible it was necessary to eall the riot squad to protect him from the angry females. The highest weather bureau station in the world is that of the Regina Margherita "cabin" on Monte Rosa, Italy at an altitude of 14,960 feet. The nursery rhyme, "Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water," may have originated in the "Down" country in Southern England, there being many "dew ponds" on the tops of the hills in this section. Ten women are doing "men's work** in the Mount Clare shops of the Bal timore A Ohio Railway. .They began the service during the World War, and proved so efficient that they have been retained ever since. Swimmers in the waters of Haw aiian districts generally wear a sheath .knife as a protection against ?harks. Ankl*" tamps are the late&t fashion for smart Parisian womcA. The light can be flashed on and off at will as an almost invisible wire runs upward, usually terminating in the wearer's handbag. It i* said that a traveler wishing to walk through Spain can greatly improve his status by driving a don key loaded with some peddler's wure*. - A German, Dr. Karl Mueller, claim?, to have discovered a process whereby it is possible to reduce metal foils to transparency. This will gTeatly benefit the telephone, radio and musi cal industries. . The native Hawaiian rat is now ex tinct for one ."mall colony on ? little island off the r >rth shore of Otlra.