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SUCH IS LIFE? In Disguise! By Charles Sughroe Life's Dimensions By LEONARD A. BARRETT Length, breadth and height are not only the three dimensions of an object, they are also the dimensions which govern the devel opment of human life. The length of lli'e is the period of years in which we do our work, achieve our suc cess in a chosen field and perhaps a c c u m 11 1 a t e a Mm all competence which we leave as an inheritance to ' our children. In this dimension of life nre found the economic struggles, financial failures, long hours of lahor as well as the re wards for work successfully done. The length of life varies. To some is given many years beyond three score and ten, others are cut off long before they reach that age. The dimension of length, ho\ve\ . Is not so Important as It at first .appears to he. Many persons have accomplished In thirty Latest for Milady A black satin frock with bodice top of pnle blue crepe to mutch the Jacket. The hnt, purse and boutonnlere are of pnper-thin wobd, bird's eye mnple, to be exact. Indians Look Forward to End of Hard Times Once Rich Quapaw Braves Now Work on Roads. Quapaw, Okla. ? Prayers to tho Groat Spirit of the Happy Hunting (! rounds ? ilo they got results when de livered by tribal medicine chieftains? Older Indians will tell you yes. Prayers to tho Great White Father at Washington ? do they bring results when sent by the younger members of the tribe? Most certainly they do. Quapaw Indians, living on their res ervation here, are much divided over the prayer problem. These Indians have been In a mess of financial trou ble, and still are. The o'der Indians prayed to the Great Spirit while the years what others failed to achieve In twice that period of time. "It mat ters not how long we live, but how." The dimension of breadth has a great Influence In the development of life. The breadth of life Is the meas ure of Its culture, education and recre ation. A life with only length and no breadth soon loses Its vitality. Many a business man finds hinn;elf nervous ly tired and exhausted not because of overwork but because he lacked the ability of knowing how to rest and play. The tendency of reducing the nuqi l>er of working hours will give us more leisure; thus calling for serious con sideration not only of the dimension of breadth but also of height, in which dimension will be found a man's as pirations, purposes and Ideals. What will we do with so much leisure on our hands? Leisure may be either a curse or a blessing. If a shorter work ing day affords more time for riotous living, we had better not have the In creased leisure. If on the other hand, wo shall read more books, hear more good music, give more time to al truistic service, the leisure will bring a great blessing to us all. As a cathedral rises above the street level so character rises above the level of material and commercial values. Will our leisure affect for better or worse the character of the vast army of American workers? ?, 1933, Western Newspaper Union. Throws Down Coat, Wren Builds a Nest Garden, Mich. ? Virgil Winter threw his coat down on the ground and left It there while ho was working at some fencing on the Alex Mellon farm Just outside the village limits the other day. When be went to get it again a few hours later he found that the garment had already been appropriated. A wren had started to build Its nest In one of the pockets. Winter did not discover what had been going on until he pulled out a quantity of nesting material In lieu of some articles he had expected to find In the pocket. Most of tho latter were picked up later from the ground nearby. ODD THINGS AND NEW ? By Lame Both; Most fierce/ The piercest op ALL ANIMALS IS THE BLACK LEOPARD. Modern linfr^^-^ A MEw OCEAN LlMEP DOES AWAY WITH BOTHERSOME DECK VENTILATORS BY HAVING A SIN6LE( STACK CARRY AIR TO ALL PARTS 6f THE VESSEL. young ftien took up the matter with Franklin IX Roosevelt. They asked for an Increase in the price of lead and zinc and for a re opening of the mines on their allot ments. Now relief has arrived anil the Indians are rejoicing. Which of the two chiefs actually Is to he given credit for the aforesaid relief Is a dis concerting situation over on the Dev il's promenade, where they are making ready for the annual stomp dance. Hit Them Hard. Here's Just how bad things have t)oen with the Indians: A prominent young Quapaw play hoy has been reduced to riding in very small motor cars and a former wealthy Indian woman lias had to forget a cus tom of giving birthday dinners about three or four times a year to several | hundred relatives and friends. The price of liquor ? due to the Inability ' of the redskins to pay more, has come down $2.50 a gallon. The price of a divorce to a white woman from an In dian man is now next to nothing, whereas a few years ago almost any old Indian was worth $10,000 In the alimony racket. While the Indian spenders used to be the petted ones of richer and Miami society, now they nre being thrown into Jail for law violations. Only a few days ago a Quapaw speed er was placed In the Miami Jail be cause he ran into a dump cart loud of chat and upset It on the highway and went about his fast driving. A few years ago he could have paid off and upset another load of chat. On the Devil's promenade a crew of men Is working on a public highway and about half of them are Indians. Win* Junior Title Mieia Alice Ann Anderson of Keno shn, Wis., who won the woman's west ern Junior polf championship In the tournament that was hold at Evanston, 111. A few years ngo when the mines were nil running nnd the Quapaws were drnwlng royalty checkB every thirty (lays they could not be Induced to la bor. Now they nre compelled to shov el grnvel for flour nnd meat. The Quapaws own nbout 7, (XX) acres In the heart of the Plcher lend nnd zinc fields. They hnve neen pnld over $7,000,000 In mine roynltlos nnd about $'1,000,000 Is held In reserve and doled out In small sums. Some of the In dlnns do not receive nny dole nt nil ns their mining lnnd lins been turned over to them, without supervision by the White Father nt Washington. These are the young redskins who ap penled for relief. Poor at the 8tart. When the Quapnws first came to Oklahoma nnd settled on the reservn tlop they were painfully poor. In 1024 ore N was found and slnco then severnl million dollnrs hnve been thrown nway carelessly. No one can any the In* dlnns hnve not done n good Job of spending. The $25,000 homes In the clenrlnK, pink porcelnln hnthtuhs, wnl nut rndlo fcaseft, thick rugs, plate glnsa mirrors, nnd solid silver table services, to sny nothing of dozens of $r>,00<) mo tor cnrs, tell tales of former hllnrlous prosperity. But good times will come ngnln to the Quapaws, for their lands are not denuded by any menns of lead and zinc. Prices of ore have risen tremendously In the last few weeks, so the Indiana nre not so deeply bowed In grief they cannot see n rainbow In the sky. Most of them give the White Father nt Wnshlngton credit. R*m?mh?r Tli?tr Aneailitrt Oeya, In Bengal, India, Is visited annually by 100,000 Hindu pilgrims, who prny for the soul* of their an cestors. The Household o By LYDIA LE BARON WALKER Persons who have to use tngemiit.x and effort to secure what they need have a pleasure of accompllsnuien which Is denied those who can bu\ what they want when they want It This nspect Is commonly overlooked but It Is too important not to have at tentb drawn to It. There Is satis faction la discovering ways of doltn things which scorn almost Impossible This is til*1 ?>ss?Miri of Invention. The woiuun who works out methods of do ing things, or oi making t h I n u s from available ma terial does not, nor can she. take eredl' for conrelvinK the Idea toward which *he Is spending her flTorts. Her inventive scope Is confined to methods ICven so. ' success lif world wide accomplish ment savors o t these things. Tele M-aphle communi cation with ICnrope vvas a matter of method In laying The Atlantic cable, although the tele uraph was not the objective of the dls covery. It was 1 1 ? use alreudy ut that time. But nation. separated by oceans were brought Into quick coinninnlcntlon rather than that of weeks by the discovery of how to lay the cable. A Household Triumph. The faintly on a ranch who wanted running water In the kitchen and had practically no money for the Job. sue ceeded. nevertheless. A tank was i made outside the kitchen. The sink was contrived from the gas tank of un old automobile and the connecting pipe was also from the old machine. A faucet was bought for a trifle It Is doubtful If any porcelain-lined sink In the best equipped kitchen gives the thrilling pleasure of this home Impro vised modern Improvement Imagine i the Joy of having a kitchen sink with running water all through your own efforts Instead of having to lug the water Indoors, and then have no sink when the water was brought In. This example of Inventive Ingenuity Is not of long years ago. but of the past few months. While there are few families In the United States who have to cope with the circumstances relnted, there art' also few families who do not have to use some Ingenuity In contriving ways and mean, to secure needed things, or longed-for objectives. The <nore the persons revel In success of shch ac complishuient, the more pleasure they yet out of life. The brain Is Improved by exercise such as thinking out so lutlons of problems whether they be of mathematics In school and college, or of home Improvement. In the Re*! Taste. Complete poise requires Indlltorence on one's own part to being thoroughly understood. That you yourself know the truth of r circumstance, and have acted Justly upon It. may not mean that you are given credit for so do Ing. Let the credit part of It go, or wait for more perfect understanding. Forbearance of this sort Is for one's own sake, hut life usunlly adjusts matters In the favor of the one who takes this high-minded attitude Sometimes the process Is slow, but n happier road is traveled by those who do not go in too much for complicated expliinntlons. or meticulous Insistence ' upon having others know their ever> motive. Those who touch life deftly ! In tlile innnner tire iimontt the luipplest people one run Mini ? I93.X Boll Syndicate. ? W N LI Survlco. Ccit Tower Goes Up San Francisco soon will liuve one of the most spectacular observation tow ers In the world, for the Colt memo rial, on Telegraph hill, is neuring com pletion. From Its top balcony sight seers will have a wonderful view over the city and the hay. The tower will cost $1200,000 and is being paid for from the estate of Mrs. I.illle Colt as a tribute to the memories of the fire men of San Francisco's early days. Household Closets Closets are filters of confusion for articles which would otherwise collect In rooms. Through the doors the ar tides filter to their proper places, pro vlded persons take the trouble to put things where they belong. It Is for the homemoker to decide the most con venlent closets for different kinds of things, and also places In the closets for the different articles assigned to them. Where there arp few closets It Is no light task to plan disposal of contents in them. One closet will hnve to do double duty. The hall closet should Oe large enough to accommodate coots, hats, rubbers, raincoats, and umbrellas for the family. A closet under the stairs with a shelf, or possibly two. for hats may be feasible when other space Is scarce. Now that the closet can be lighted with electricity, the darkness, which used to be a barrier to this nr rangement. can he dispelled. In the dining room closet or the but ler's pantry there should be plenty of drawers to provide places for the table napery to filter Into. Without such drawers or Inclosed shelves, the tablecloths, napkins and all textile furnishings for *the table cannot he conveniently kept In neat array. The sideboard drawers help out, but should not be expected to hold all the napery. If one lives In an apartment, the din ing room linens may be combined with the other household linens and be kept on the shelves of the one linen closet. Hut n linen closet of some sort Is one of the household necessities for con venience and order. Th# Gr?*t Man A great man Is great by thinking great thoughts; and If we cannot think his thoughts, we cannot know his greatness. Sailor Paints Mural of the Fleet John Allen of Pana, 111., attached to the U. H. 8. Indianapolis, ban painted a mural of the fleet on the wall Of the recreation building In tho Philadelphia navy yard. Allen, who makea pointing and modeling hi* hobby, roinplotod the mural during his Mpa're time aahore. He Is shown here with part of tho painting. Life's Plan Not Based on Speed Each Forward Step Taken Means an Improvement Achieved. A lesson for those who mav be (lis- < couraged by the seem. tig slowness made In the advance me nt of the world Is contained In the following pertinent observations by a noted American woman writer: "Nine thousand miles a minute 1 "That's the speed the earth Is mak ing. Nine thousand miles a minute, scientists toll us now, around the cen ter of its star system. "Were you overcome when they told you about the air races, where they tried to push past the mark of 300 miles an hour? Compared to 0,000 miles a minute that doesn't look so 111!?. "There are two ways of looking at that. One woman 1 know would say, 'What's the use? Why put ourselves a out ? whatever we can achieve is noth- " lug ? we may as well take it easy. Silly, those humans, scurrying around like hysterical ants to beat each other to something, tearing themselves to pieces, breaking their hearts to achieve something here. Improve something ihere. If you want to know what it all amounts to. Just think of those racers breaking their nerks to top the record by another mile, when the earth saunters around with no trouble a' all at pooo miles to the minute !' ?'Then there is I he woman I know who woujd smile wi?elv and say, 'If all men a?nl women had felt that way about it we should still be wearing skins ami hunting our food with stones and clubs. The difference between life :is it N today and the most primitive existence lies In the countless and almost imperceptible Improvements attained at great cost, one alter another, by brave and dauntless men and women who had their eyes on a goal and did not stop until they got Ihere. It is not the Isolated gain here or there, hut the measure of the whole picture which gives us true perspective in the matter.' ''For mv part. I ant inclined to ngree with the woman who says ?What's the use;* ? as far as those are concerned whose life is one un restrained rush, who are in such n hurry to get somewhere that they^Jl miss everything that is worth while along the way. who are so intent on success that life passes them hv. However, It is not what they are after that Is foolish, but the way they are going after It. "For. as our second friend says, no achievement, no improvement, no for ward step is to he despised. That one mile of Improvement over the last best record may be more important In the scheme of things than the nine thousand a minute which the earth tosses off with no trouble at all. For It signifies progress, a step forward. And when the efforts of man have had as much time as this old world of ours has had for experiment, who knows how contemptuously we may look upon that record of our universe which now points so proudly to nine thousand trips a minute?" ?. 1933, Tiell Syndicate. ? W.N't' Service. History Proves It Men who like to run the country are pretty sure to find a way. Cutk lira Soap Best hr liabi/s Daily Bath. Made of the purc9t ingredients nnd containing soothing and healing projn crties, it protects baby's tender skin nnd keeps it elenr and healthy, freo from rashes and irritations. Price 2!?c Proprietors: Potter Druf( Chemical Corporntlon, Mnlclen, Mnnn. Vnl<lo?tn, (in. 5 mile*, pecan Krove, poultry nfnl plant fftnn, Z4 ncre.4. 20 yenr-oltl trees, excelleut con'lltlon, * room hungnlow. nec essary oUtbulMlnK.s. HnrKKln price. Ow%er, KINDKItl.Ot, I AIIMH, Itlmlrrlou, (irarRln. DOES YOUR BACK LOOK LIKE THIS? I* your back sun* burned to redness and rawness? Does it cause you intense pain? 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