The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, August 30, 1933, Image 6
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.
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