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? i r^'.' ifr ? w; i A'.- V *- V ? V v, *lr ?'? \v-')'V^wO. ?r' x&f ?> - Farthest North in Advertising An enterprising tailor of Sydney, Nova Scotia, had this sign put up at the trading post at Pond's Inlet, at the north end of Baffin Island, nhout 500 miles north of the Arctic circle, where live only Eskimos, some of whom are ?hown alongside this most northern specimen of advertising. Find 15 Per Cent of Americans Subnormal r ? Disclosures Made in Sage Foundation Survey. New York. ? Fifteen per cent of the total population of the United States Is Intellectually subnormal or re tarded. More than one-half of the 800,000 hospital beds In America are set osldo for the mentally ill. More than 1,400,000 persons In Amer ica ore feeble-minded. These startling figures on mental health are contained In a report of a survey Just completed by the Rus sell Sage foundntlon covering the work of organized social forces of the country. Feeble-Mlndod a Problem. To help meet the* problem of the feeble-minded, forty-four states main tain state Institutions for their cnre. In 200 cities of tlie country subnor mal children are enrolled in special classcs. The survey shows humanitarian ac tivities of vnrlous charities and the new work added to their burden by the ! depression. Family life is given prominent at tention by social scientists. Marriage guidance bureaus have recently been established in the states of California, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania where persons contemplating marriage may secure advice and \Vhere those Involved In marital difficulties may take their troubles. The last three years have also shown n marked increase in the num ber of centers where birth control In formation is given, in accordance with the laws of the respective states. Over 100 such centers are reported In oper Setting New Record Dunne Purvis of Purdue caught by the camera as ho not a new Western Conference record for the Javelin throw at the Ills? Ten championships In Kvanston, III. Purvis, who also Is a football stnr, hurled the Javelin 208 feet Inches. atlon by Mrs. Margaret Sanger, as against approximately fifty-five re ported by her In 1929. Efforts to preserve the values of home life for the child where the mother has been widowed or the bread-earner otherwise removed are represented by mothers' aid laws which have been enacted In all states except Georgia and South Carolina. Relief Work Head Photo shows Harry L. Hopkins, New York state administrator of relief, who was nominated by President Roosevelt to be federal emergency administrator under the Wagner $500,000,000 relief act. His salary will be $10,000 a year, meaning a loss of $5,000 to him, as he was paid $15,000 by New York. Homes Involving 250,000 children were so aided In 1930. For mothers who must work, more than 800 day nurser ies have been established In cities ell over the United States, charging a nominal five to twenty-five cents a day. There have also been Bet up 4,178 child health centers. Park Movement Grows. In the fields of recreation and self Improvement, the park movement has grown until recent figures Indicate 11, 080 city parks representing property value exceeding $2,000,000,000. In ad dition to the city parks there are state parks in forty-three of the states, cov ering 7,000,000 acres; national parks covering 10,000,000 acres and national forests, most of which are open to recreational use, covering an addition al 150,000,000 acres. Excluding the na tional forests, which are set apart more particularly for economic than recreational purposes, the remaining park acreage Is nevertheless larger than the combined area of Connecti cut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. Long Bus Tour Will Bo Part of College Course Atlanta, Ga. ? Oglethorpe university, Atlanta, will conduct a 10,000 mllo bus tour through the United States, Can ada and Mexico this summer as a reg ular academic course, I)r. Wallace M. Cunningham, dean of the university's school of banking and commerce, an nounced. Recreation, education, and travel combined will be offered by the "sum mer course," which will leave here June 80 for the Chicago World's Fair, then to San Francisco, into Canada, down tho Pacific coast to Mexico, and return hero August 80. PEACE AND DEPRESSION by LEONARD A. BARRETT It will be a long time before all the benefits accruing from the economic depression will be fully appraised. One of these bene fit* already appar ent Is the response of foreign govern ments to the late proposal of the United States gov ernment for Inter national pence. Peace among the nations of the world Is funda mentally a moral problem and can only be settled up on a moral basis. War is wrong and like slavery, It too must be abolished. A universal peace pact to be of per manent value must Interpret fixed and unalterable moral Ideals, and one of those principles Is that war Is ethical ly, economically and socially wrong. A realizing sense of the Importance of these moral norms Is one of the most Important signs of the times, and may prove of great value in determin ing the character of our economic re covery. The sacrifices and suffering Incident to the depression, in which every person has shared, revealed the utter futility of depending for the realization of our fondest hopes upon speculative methods of conducting business. Nothing artificial can en dure. Selfishness always kills. No na tion can possibly exist alone. We are all so dependent upon one another that where one nation suffers, all other nations suffer with It. This sense of interdependence upon one another, substituted for the theory that "might makes right," will clear away many obstacles which hitherto stood In the path of International peace. The ap preciation of the value of moral prin ciples as the basis of settling disputes and misunderstandings is one of the great benefits growing out of the period of depression. Another benefit is the necessity for economy. The governments of the world, as well as the heads of every household, have already begun to economize. Wasteful extravagance can no longer be tolerated. Armaments are very costly. It has been estimated that $5,000,000,000 a year has been spent for destruction. Some nations spent more on weapons of war than It took to run their government. Economy and confidence are the path ways to peace. Every person Is con vinced of the Importance of these fac tors in our struggle for recovery. If these two principles are applied in our personal as well as our national life, the suffering caused by the depress' shall not have been In vain. ?. l?sa. Western Newspaper Union. Latest in Sports Coats The Schlaparelll boxy sports cont has Its rectangular pattern outlined with stitched bands that meet to give shoulder peaks. The string-colored fabric resembles monks-cloth. The Jaunty felt hat Is the latest In sports hats. Philippine Manufacturer* There are many sugar and rice mills In the Philippine Islands. Manufac tures also Include candles, embroi deries, pearl buttons, fiber textiles, cot ton textiles, tailoring, lurl mats. ODD THINGS AND NEW? By Lirnie Bode * V Villi I " - ? 'AMm. t/V v '' '--- ~ ?? - E^\ ^ " UROPEAN FLOODS/ Scarcely a year passes IN trUROPE WITMOUT RAIN AND FLOOD DEVASTATIONS DEMORALIZING OR DESTROY ING MORE PEOPLE THAN WERE IN THE POPULATION OP ANCIENT GREECE.^ CfsNTURY CACTUS T^E GIANT cactus BEGINS TO BEAR FRUfT AT RPYV YEARS, AND IS NOT FULL GROWN UNTIL A HUNDRED years old. Insect tumors Careful stuoy MAS 'SHOWN THAT insect%in SPITE OF THEIR TINY SIZE, CAN 6E AFFLICTED WITH TUMORS. WNU Service The Household By LYDIA LE BARON WALKER There are lighting fixtures which Increase Illumination, making It pos sible to use little electric current with out dimming the light There are ways also of arranging lights so that this same desirable thrlftlness Is stressed. In each Instance decoration Is fos tered. Let us go back In retrospect to the ancient method of increasing the pow and delicately colorful. This type of chandelier, or celling light, takes advantage of light refraction, just as the old method of candle lighting took advantage of the magnifying power? of the glass bottles. All lighting fix tures in which crystals reflect light require less powerful bulbs, or lower gas flnraes than those without them. So fashion is now assisting the home decorator In thrlftlness, If she remem bers to use low watt bulbs or to turn gas down to small Jets. Lights and Bottles. The magnifying power of light through rays penetrating glass can bo used decoratlvely today by those who have clear ornamental glass bottles in their collections of glassware. Use The Clear Crystal Pendant* Increase the Illuminating Power of This Attractive New Lighting Fixture. er of candle light A single candle was surrounded by fonr good sized clear glass bottles. The rays of light passing through the glass were so mag nified that four lace-makers, sitting one in front of each bottle, could each get enough light to do the fine stltchery of lace-maklng. Crystal Fixture*. Todny this same Idea of light refrac tion Is carried out decoratlvely In crystal fixtures, which are In the as cendency of fashion. A bulb of low wattage when encircled with delicate glass pendants will give sufficient Il lumination for a fairly large hall or dining room. Kach prism of the crystals catches light rays and sends them forth so that not a single glow, but hundreds are present In the il lumination of rainbow quality, soft the bottle precisely an the old lace makerp <11(1. Put a lighted candle be hind the bottle and see the effect Be sure to have the whole arrange ment artistic for bo only la decora tion promoted. Lamps before mirrors will have their Illumination Increased. Such an arrangement can be decidedly orna mental, and equally economical. In kitchens, bathrooms, and back halls, old-time reflectors can be used to In crease light without Increasing cost of power. These polished tin reflec tors do tholr work well. Sometimes sconces have glass ornamentally In troduced between two lights or back of a single light, and this carries out the. same Idea of Increasing Illumina tion attractively and thriftily. ?. llll, Ball ftyndlcftt*. ? WNU Snrvte*. SUCH IS LIFE? A Protest! pof, ^ V;- ? , . ? ? By Charles Sughroe f On Approval By ROSA. Z. MARIONONI ?. by McClure Nowspeiper Syndlcat*. WNU 8ervic? MEREDITH was walking home hur riedly, her feet rippling under her, her cheeks flushed, her heart beat ing queerly ; she wondered If the two gowns which were to be delivered on ap proval had preceded her home ; she hoped they had, and wished they had not. As Meredith walked along she felt conscious of two voices In her debat ing the Issue which stood out before her. One thin, care-free voice was saying : "There Is no harm in your wearing the lace gown tonight. Noth ing will happen to It. Elmer will bo proud of you before his friends." And another voice, a worried little voice, was saying : "What If something should happen to the gown while you wear It tonight and Elmer should find out you are wearing a dress which you do not Intend buying? He is so scrupulously honest, he would never forgive such an underhanded action on your part." Tonight was the llrst time since their marriage that Elmer had dared Invite Mr. Sanders to his home. Mr. Sanders was the district manager of the company which employed Elmer. When she had told Elmer about her not having a dress fit to wear at din ner, Elmer had quickly suggested that she buy a new one. "I noticed In the paper tlmt Lan der's are having a sale," Meredith had said. "Dinner dresses priced at nine teen ninety-eight." At this fclmer had smilingly written a check for nineteen ninety-eight. Tho writing of the check hud meant a sac rifice for Elmer, and Meredith had felt all the more grateful for the girt. That very morning she had gone shopping and while trying on some of the dinner dresses priced $19.98, the saleswoman had been called away. As Meredith waited for her, she had no ticed an exquisite gown of blue laco over silver cloth hanging on a wall peg. She had glanced at the size and price tag. The gown was her size, but It was marked fifty-nine dollars. An Insidious thought had entered her mind. "I could have tills lace gown sent home on approval, wear It tonight, then return it." When that evening the clock struck six, Meredith stood before her bed room mlhror gowned In lace and sil ver. As Elmer entered the room to say that Mr. Sanders had arrived, ho remained breathlessly looking at her. And he was afraid to kiss her, fearing to rumple the lace and sliver that made a picture of her. "You look marvelous!" he told her. When they entered the little drawing room, Meredith's heart felt queerly cool as Elmer said with high pride In his voice, "Mr. Sanders, this Is my wife." "How do you do," she smiled ; and thought, "I feel aa If I were a thief." It was about nine o'clock when El mer suddenly said: "I think I hear the baby crying," and Jovially, "Mr. Sanders, you must see our baby ! You must !" Then turning to Meredith, "Go and bring in the little rascal, I want to show him off." Meredith went to the bedroom. The baby had stopped crying, she took him gently in her arms, afraid he'd crush her dress. Mr. Sanders proved Interesting to Bobby, for he had a gold watch chain and sparkling spectacles. Elmer was beaming. Mr. Sanders tried to be gra cious. Suddenly the baby began to bob himself up and down In Mere dith's arms. Mr. Sanders' spectacles had attracted his attention, his chubby hands reached toward Mr. Sanders' face, the gentleman slanted backward. "Better take the baby back to bed," suggested Elmer. As Meredith turned away, the baby gave one high-pitch"'' cry, tho tiny fist closed above the mother's lace bodice, tearing, pulling. Meredith ran Into the bedroom, the child In her arms. Time passed, the baby fell asleep, the young mother kept crying. When Elmer tiptoed Into his wife's bedroom and gently touched her shoulder, sho looked up at him, her eyes brimming with tears, her lips trembling, her face swollen from crying. "What Is the mntter? You've been weeping," exclaimed Elmer. "Oh, Elmer, look, the baby tore my dress !" Elmer sat beside his wife attempt ing to console her but the more ho tried to pacify her, the more she clung to him and wept. Suddenly, she sank her head on his shoulder and told him all, and when she had finished she was only conscious of Elmer kiss ing her and whispering, "My poor little girl." Elmer felt a protective pity toward his wife. He told her ho would fix matters. In the morning he would go to tho agent nnd try to have his Insurance pnyment postponed ? few months? Elmer wns worried, but he did not wish Morodlth to know how much. Meredith rose to her foot, smiling through the tenrs, opened the eloset door. "Look, here Is thh other gown, the ono I should have worn," she snld pointing to the marigold sntln dress. "I'd better put It back In lta box be fore something happens to It, too." "Yes, let's," snld Elmer. "I'll take It back myself In tho morning." As Meredith reached under the bed and pulled out the boxes, the sales ticket fell to the floor. Elmer picked It up nnd glanced at It. For a mo ment his face became tonso, then his lips pnrtod. "Look at this! Head," he cried, pointing to tho snles ticket. "Two dresses on approval. Both 1 at nineteen ninety-eight I"