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SUCH IS LIFE? Just Imagine! By Charles Sughroe By Lvjdia Le Baron Walker The saiupie of puper under consideration is hung where its effect in the hall and the adjoining room can be studied. An artistic tonal harmony In decora tlon Is lniportunt. This is closely al lied with color schemes, but Is of wider scope. We speak of the color scheme of a room, and alHO the tonal beauty of a room, but we do not use the term a color scheme of a house, hut the color schemes. We can, however, speak either of a tonal effect In a room or the eptlr? interior of a house." It has more to do with the harmony as ? whole than to Individual rooms. The meaning of tonal Is significant. It Indicates shades of colors rather than strong or pure colors, and this Is especially true at this period of decorative schemes In which color has been a dominant feature. Tones In schemes are far more beautiful thnn pronounced colors. What are known as "off shades" are those sought by experienced decorators of true ar tistic ability. These tones are some times difficult to classify. For example, there Is a tone which Is so centralized between green and blue that one person may call It green and another blue, and each be equally correct. It has a rare fascination. So It is with other tones. They have fas cination as well as beauty. This Is part of the charm of tonal effects. Color Strength. But apart from the baffling tones, there are so many exquisite tones that a decorator has at her command with out resorting to strong colors, that she can work with them easily. A room should be graded In color strength, so that It has refltfulnegp. A room may have for Its scheme blue, green, yellow, etc., but these colors should be mellow, not crude. They should be tones. When the tones of rooms opening off one another, are harmonious then the tonal effect of the house Is ar tlstlc. One room should lead the eye to the other, and not with sudden ness. There can be no clashing, It harmony la the result. The color of wood.w'Oftf" Should ? not be In too de c.lded contrast. The walls should be In ^sympathetic harmony. Paper Effects. When papering a room, hang a sam pie of the paper under consideration by a door opening to the next room or where It can be seen in It. Leave It there for a while, and notice It when passing. See If It plensos when com pared with the wall treatment of ad Joining rooms. If It does, the tonal effect Is good. If It falls to please th< eye It should not be used, even though It would look well In the room foi which It was Intended. A house can not be decorated as If It were com posed of separate rooms without re gard to one another, but as If each were a part of the whole, which, of course, Is the fact Hooked rugs In Chinese doslgn are distinctive. They are unusual and of timely Interest since China has been In the forefront of notice within re^ cent years. !t has always been true i that decorative eras have followed In the course of any nation's prominence. One reason why the period rooms, as such, have given place to the com bination of various harmonious periods in one room Is undoubtedly due, In large measure to the widespread Inter est in International affairs. So true la It that decorative periods in the past have developed following such rota tlon of attention, that It can scarcely Model for McDonald Observatory Here !g a photograph of the model of the McDonald observatory that In to fee constructed for the University of Texas In the south western part of thnt ?tate. It will contain the second largest telescope In tl?e world and the entire project will cost about $525,000 anil will take two and a half years for com plotlon. *The contract for the design and construction of the observatory ban trttn awarded to the Warner A Swasoy company of Cleveland, Ohio. be a mere coincidence that decorative period combinations of today and In ternationai affairs are subtly linked. So, also. It is not surprising that the attention focused recently on the Orient should make itself felt In the decoration of countries even as far distant as America. O llll. OH1 Rvndleate.? WNU Service GOLD AND ITS ALLOY By LEONARD A. BARRETT A great deal of interest Is manifest *d these days^Ln the effort of the gov s ernment to call Id all the outstanding gold. Some per sons who are defy ing the government by still hoarding their gold, claim they cannot be coerced to give up the precious metal. Perhaps the right of the government to demand the re turn of gold may have to be tested In the courts. ? ? ? A gold reserve Is essential to the monetary system of our country, especially so long as we are on the gold standard, but other wise Its stability depends upon Its value In the open markets of the world. Pure gold, however, Is of value only as a security. From a practical point of view It 1* of little value because It Is too soft. The gold tlfeed In the Jewelry trade must be mixed with some alloy, usually silver, before It can be worked up Into orna ments. A wntch case made of pure gold wo,yhi soon be forced out of Morning Coat Dress One of the latest I'nriBlnn fashion creations for fall wear Is the morning ?coat dress In navy woolen, with wax braid cape effect. shape by frequent pressure In dally use. ^pen made of pure gold would not sejf'e as a satisfactory Instrument for writing because It would be, too soft. The gold used for decorative purposes Is usually 14 carat, otherwise It would not stand up tinder the fric tion of dally use. Gold, therefore, to bo of any prac tical vnlue must be mired with some alloy. Such alloy Is not necessary if wp lock the gold up In a deposit box and regard It only as a reserve security; but, If we wnnt to put It to some prac tical use, It must bo mixed with some ?ther metal In order to harden It. Our live* are very much like the gold. A sheltered life which flndu It unnecessnry to strive for a livelihood and therefore withdraws from an ac tive part In the great human strug gle, may need llttlo alloy. Hut th^ life that must struggle nnd fight "the good fight" finds an alloy absolutely necessnry to success. Our best idenls nnd nrnbltlons are tempered by the trials, disappointments and heart pains which enter Into every experience. They make us strong and develop character. The "alloy" In life makes un fit to fight, and enables us to stand strong In our convictions and pur poses. No life can bo happy If lived npart from the human struggle. Iso latlon loads to misery and detpslr. "Oold and Iron? -he that knows how to apply them both, may attain life's highest station." ?, i?!*, w?#t?m N ?w?txip?r Union. IJi* of Magnesium One of the most important us#s of mngnoslum Is In lightweight qjloys. In engineering. SCIENTISTS PLUNGE INTO "PIT OF HELL" Face Many Perils in Survey of Desolate Spot. Durnngo, Colo. ? Away from the last frontier of law In tne United States, Into the "Pit of Hell," Ansell Hall of the National Park service Is leading a party of forty or more archeologlsts and zoologists. This so-called "black spot" of the Southwest Is located principally north of the Colorado river In southeastern Utah and comprises an area of 000 to 700 square miles. The purpose of the expedition, as announced, is to make a survey of the unchartered district and to explore any ruins discovered. The party Is said to be threatened almost hourly, day and night, by ren egade Indians, who resent the white man's Invasion. Another contingent of the explora tion party, made up of engineers and geologists, with headquarters at Ue tatakln Itulns, Piute reservation, Ariz., Is exploring that portion of the "blank spot." It has an airplane equipped with an aerial camera. The Plutes and their neighbors, the Navnjos, are friendly. Peril Dogs Party. Starting from Mexican Hat, perma nent base, part of Hall's party, using folding boats, shot the rapids In the San Juan river and went to I.ee's Fer ry on the Colorado. The remainder of the party Is using a pack train of mules and horses. The expedition promises rich re ward In geological and scientific data, according to reports received here. Already ruins have been discovered, It is state*!, that were old when Christ was born, and bones of the Pliocene era and skulls of men have been found that may add thousands of birthdays to the oldest ancient man. The Invaders are In a land that Is solemn and frightful. The heat Is terrific. A merciless sun beats down upon them. Water is scarce. Cactus. Sparse, rare grass. Deep sun-baked earth makes the going slow. Dust clouds, red-colored and smothering, powder them all, man and beast of burden, and turns them to ghastly, hideous creatures. Dancing, shimmer ing heat rises In palpable waves. The clear, dry heat sucks the moisture from their bodies. Hlvtory Revealed. The .early history of the United States Is written in the ruins snug gling along the cliffs in the hidden canons that traverse the "Pit of Hell," so called because so far It has been Impenetrable, scarcely watered, deso late and remote. Page after poge of history Is being revealed. There are footprints In the sandstone; there are plctographs on the cliffs and boulders ; there are human and animal bones bur led In clays and grnvel, and pottery and stone implements and ruins of cities. The renegade Indians, reported to be opposing the advance of the Ilall exploration party, are believed to be led by progeny of members of the old Polk and Posey bnnd of southern Utes that for many years and as late as 1020 waged a guerilla wnrfare and rustled cattle from stockmen of the district, In retaliation for settlement of land once held by the band, al though the disputed territory was not embraced In the Ute reservation. Home Run Champion Joe Hauser, first baseman for the Minneapolis tenm, is admittedly the home run champion of organized base ball, and has been since 1030. Ills old record was 03 grand circuit drives, but he already has passed that mark this season. Bride 13, Groom 17 Castlllon, France. ? A total of thirty years In age is all that a unique pair of newlyweds here can boast. The groom is seventeen and the bride thir teen. A special presidential decree was necessary In order that the pre cocious sweethearts might be wed. He'll Wed Any Girl for $300 in Cash! Camden, N. J. ? Gerald Haines, a young widower of Philadelphia, offered to marry "any respectable woman" who has $300 and will take care of his three-year-old baby. His advertisement, Inserted In a Camden newspnper, follows: "Young man, twenty-five, widow er, with baby, three, will marry any respectable woman for $300. Needs th^, money for his parents, who are destitute. Would like honest woman who would bo moth er to my baby. Will be good hon est husband to woman who makes offer." ODD THINGS AND NEW? By Lame Bode Age in CavesS T?? AGt OP A STALAGMITE CAN BC TOLD BY IT! "RINGS* SIMILAR TO A THEfc. 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Not until he was down to 3,500 feet did Tranum yank open his 'chute. The violent check to his fall bruised him. He had dropped 17,500 feet, a half-mile farther than the previous record-holder, E. S. ("Spud") Man ning of the United States. He said he was "not confused'' at any time during the fall. ? Time Magazine. THE NEW ARCOLA The American Radiator Company's heating unit for small homes can be bought for as low as $99.50. See their ad In another column of this paper. ? Adv. Racing the Sun It Is reported that General Rocco of the Italian air ministry Is design ing a superplane capable of travel ing through^, J.he stratosphere, the region of extremely low atmospheric density which Professor IMccard and his assistant were the Hrst human beings to enter, at a speed of 1,000 miles an hour. 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