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ICE-BOUND FINLAND MASTERS HANDICAPS \ ? " ' One Debtor Nation That Meets Its Payments. Washington. ? In these days of war debt defaults and "token payments," Finland, the far north "land of forty! thousand .lakes," continues to set a* good example for European debtor na tions. \ , Alone among them, Finland has met each payment In full Her debt Is considerably smaller than most but her population too, is small and her loca tion astride the Ajytlc clrclo Is not conducive to great wealth. "Often referred to as 'little Fin land' by those who have not curefully studied a map, this hardy and thrifty republic stretching from the Baltic sea to the Arctic ocean has an area con siderably larger than the British isles," says a bulletin from the Nntional Geo graphic society. Known by lt? Athletes. "To most Americans, Finland Is known chiefly through the exploits of Its Olympic athletes, headed by J^aavo Nurmi. Beginning with the success of Hannes Kolehmalnen at the Stock holm games In 1912 Finland's tight fisted, strong-bodied young men re peatedly placed their country at the top of the world in the Spartan sport of long distance running. "Believed to have originated in the Volga basin in southern Russia, the Finns were driven gradually north ward to Estonia nnd thence crossecflo the Finnish peninsula during the iron age. "For some six centuries after 1157 Finland was Joined to Sweden while constant wars were waged with the Russians. Finally captured by Russia, Finland in 1800 became a grand duchy of the Russian empire and remained in that status until the red revolution of 1917. "By a declaration of independence, December (5, 1917, the Finns broke the Russian yoke, but a sharp civil war ensued in which red forces with Rus sian Communist backing were defeat ed by the White guards under General Carl Gustnv Mannerheim, called 'the George Washington of Finland.' "Although forced to borrow at the outset, the canny Finns, tasting in dependence for the first time In their centuries of struggle, quickly placed their country on a sound financial foot- ! lng. Educational facilities are good. "Woman suffrage has long been es tablished In Finland. Like this coun: try, Finland tried nntional prohibi tion after the war and later abandoned It. Instead a system of strict govern mental control has been set up. "Lying In the same latitudes as Alaska and the frozen wastes of Si beria, Finland has long, hard winters but the climate Is tempered somewhat by Its many lakes, Its low altitude, the proximity of the Baltlcr and prevail ing southwesterly winds. Hot and Cold Baths Popular. "A natloual custom handed down from remote ages Is the steam bath, followed by a shower, first warm, then Icy. In the country districts, the Finns often dress outdoors In the cold and the youngsters roll In the snow drifts 'for fun.' "Finland's population In recent years has passed the 3,500,000 mark. Between the Finns and the Swedish elements among them some feeling exists. The power of the Swedish speaking group In both politics and education has been somewhat curtailed. The dwarfed, pathetic Lapps, In the extreme north, nujnber ouly about 1,000. "Abo, Nurml'8 home town, was the ancient capital. In 1929 It celebrated Its seveD hundredth anniversary. The Horses and Lambs Admitted to Church Provence, France. ? Because lambs are carried to the altar at the Christmas Eve mass, Provence claims a "distinction shared with Sienna, Italy, the only other city where animals are permitted to en ter Christian churches. Prior to the running of the Pallo In Sienna each year, each horse Is taken to Its owner's church and blessed be fore the altar. seat of government Is now at Helslng fors, a modern though modest capital "Half of Finland is clothed with" valuable timber. Hallway locomotives burn wood Instead of coaL "In the days of wooden ships Fin- | land held an Important place In ship building and on the seas. More and more of the square-rigged Cape Horn [ grain ships have fallen Into Finnish j hands. But tvlth the steel ship dom inating modern marine traffic, lack of Iron ore has crowded the Finns from their once Important place in general shipping on the oceans. "Lumbering, hunting, fishing, farm ing, and dairying have been supple mented by a growth of Industries turn ing out such products as paper, linen, tobacco, and leather." Davidson and His Roosevelt Bust Jo Davidson, world famous and picturesque sculptor of New York, Lon don and Paris, photographed with his bust of President Iloosevelt, which ho has Just completed In Washington. Exhibit "Holy Tunic of Christ" ? /fr Sacred Garment to Be Shown in French Church. Argenteull, France. ? The "Holy Tu rtle of Christ:" will be exhibited to the public In the Church of Argenteull as n fitting close to the Holy Year com memorative of the 1,000th anniversary of the crucifixion, and with the au thority of Pope Plus XI. It will be on view from Good Friday to Easter Sunday (March 30 to April 1, 1934). This Is the garment supposedly worn and colored by the Virgin Mary her self, and Is about 40 Inches long, re sembling a shirt. It Is made of wool, is purple In color, and St. Mark (chap ter 45, verse 17) refers to It as fol lows: "And they clothed him with purple." It Is made without a seam and Is probably the "seamless robe" referred to In the gospels. According to ecclesiastical authori ties, this holy tonic was worn by Jesus on his way to Calvary ; what Is be lieved to be a definite trace of the cross proceeds from the right shoul der downward diagonally across the back. Experts of the Gobelins Tapes try works, who examined the tunic in 1802, estimate that It dates back to the beglnnl/ig of the Christian era and perhaps beyond. There are very few authentic relics of Jesus left, nnd the tunic of Argen SWISS PRESIDENT Marcel Pilet-Golas hat been elected president of the Swiss Confederation for the year 1034. For the pant year he ha* been vice president of the fed eral ton noil atiti lila promotion was virtually automatlo teull is one of three ? the other two being at Treves, Germany, and Turin. Italy. They have been exhibited to the faithful during 1933, but as a cli max to Holy Year the Argenteull relic will be exhibited. This la the first time this has been permitted since 1829. | Canon Louis I'leu-n of the Argen teull church said : "This holy tunic was dlsio/ered by Empress (Saint) Helene In 300 A. D., about the same time she found the true cross. It re mained in Constantinople until the Ninth Century, when Empress Irene, wM needed soldiers to fight'the caliph, presented it to Charlemagne, the great king, who. In turn, made a gift of It to his daughter, Theodrada, benefac tress of the priory of Argenteull. Con sequently, It has been In Argenteull more than a millennium." 1 Spies Swarming Around French Frontier Forts Paris. ? The recent arrest by French secret police of the most famous wom an spy since the war, "La Ilelle Sophie," as she sought to smuggle a new French army rapid-fire rifle across the German border draws pub lic attention to the swarm of spies hovering around the new French frontier fortifications. "Lb Ilelle Sophie" Is the first of these spies arrested with proof of her guilt In her hands. Hundreds of others have been tagged and trailed among the fortifications, but Sophie alone has proved a rich arrest. Spohle had all the tricks of the | Mata-Harl school of women spies. She used her wiles to ensnare Ilene Pies ton, a lovesick French oonscrlpt sol dier, and persuaded him to steal the new rifle and give It to her. , I'leston played sick, hid the rifle and finally delivered It to his en chantress. She was caught with the gun In an automobile when frontlor guards ? evidently warned by counter spies, went through her belongings. Sophie Is In a military prison. The peacetime penalty for a woman spy caught In the act of betraying a mliltary secret Is long Imprlconment. She cannot be shot as was Mata-Harl, famed H-21 of the Germany spy serv ice; Fellcln I'faadt, "lt-17" of the Ger man service, who was caught and ex ecuted at Marseilles during the war, or "La Dulclmetlere" and Marguerite Franclllard. Builds Own Tombstone, Leaves No Death Space Lebanon, Mo.? Every person who comes to I>aclede county makes a pll grltnage to A. A. Wilson's monument. Wilson, a storekeeper and postmas tor st Prospering 12 miles from Le 1 bsnon, has spent many years erecting an elaborate tombstone In the grave I yard near his store. The monument Is made of cobblestones and there Is a low wall enclosing the space for the grave. On the four corners are elec tric light bulbs. A whisky bottle Is thrust In the center of the monument. A piece of farm machinery Is cement ed at the bottom. There' is a metal liz ard on one side and a fringe of sea shells on the wall. In the middle of the monument Is a plate bearing his name and date of birth and that of his wife, Emma. There Is no space left for the date of his death. "Everyone'll know that, anyhow,' Wilson declares. Mexico Cuts RedTape to Tempt U. S. Travelers Nogales, Ariz. ? To encourage Amerl can tourist traffic into western Mexico the Nogales, Sonora, chnmber of com merce succeeded \n removing some of the border restrictions. The most important obstacle that has faced Americans In the past, the posting of a customs bond ranging from $!>0 to $200, has been removed, and Americans now may i ter Mex ico upon payment of 5 pesos. "All red tape of the past has been eliminated," officials announced. An Increase In travel Is expected to result. Ten Cents Worth of Seed Produces Record Crop Cape Girardeau, Mo. ? Christ Free- j mnn, a farmer, planted ten cents 1 worth of turnip seed that grew Into a crop which was considered record breaking. Some of the turnips weighed OVi : pounds with the "scrubs" rnnglng downward to 4 pounds. Freeman said that when lie piled the turnips from his 10-cent Invest ment he could hide a motor truck bo hind the vegetable#. Find Lost Continent on Floor of India Ocean Calcutta. ? Scientists, groping along the floor of the ocean between India and Arabia, havo discovered what they ' believe to be the "lost continent of ! Lemurla." , Members of the Murray Oceano graphic expedition, exploring the deeps of the Gulf of Aden in a three months survey, said they had discovered ten ' ranges of hills on a sub surface in the | sea. Law Passed to Protect Gem-Eating Ostriches ('ape Town, Africa.? So many os triches were being slain In the dia mond fields of the Kalahari desert that a law has been passed protecting the birds against hunters who wantonly killed them for the gems found In their stomach*. Seventy-one diamonds were found In on* ostrich killed prior to the enactment 6f the new legtsla tion. BEAUTY TALKS By MARJORIE DUNCAN COTTON FLUFFS MUCH space has been devoted to sermons on sanitary measures. In better bred families one finds Indi vidual . wash cloths, combs and brushes, But a rather light-hearted attitude persists with respect to the powder puff. Seldom does It get Its due shure of cleansing and scrubbing. And a soiled, greasy-surfaced powder puff can do more damage In a day than facial preparations can remove In a week. Take blackheads, for In stance ? the bane In the complexion and life of thousands of women. Many aro the causes of blackheads. And not the least of these Is the soiled powder puff contlnuedly grind ing powder Into the oily, shiny sur face. Cotton fluffs make excellent powder puffs. They are very Inex ?>enslve. obviate the necessity of wash ing and disinfecting, and are of course more sanitary. The other day I visited the home of an acquaintance and was delight ed to see two small baskets filled with 'Individual powder puffs," as she calls them. She trimmed the baskets herself ?purchased them very Inexpensively ; similar to small sewing baskets they ire. She lined them with blot ting paper saturated with her favor ite perfume. O.er that she used cot ton padding and stitched pale green satin over all. Over the satin she always has a cellophane or tissue pa per lining, which can be changed as frequently as she pleases. Tuls keeps the satin from becoming dusty and soiled and also keeps the puffs free from - dust. The puffs are made from small squares of cotton. The four corners nre gathered together, twirled to make a small handle, tied with a wee bit of gay colored ribbon If you wish ?and there you are. These puffs may be bought ready made In drug and department stores, or you can make them yourself. The lovely lady of my story keeps a few In hor purse at all times. She never uses a puff more than once ? then Im mediately discards. And she always has a supply on hand for emergency purposes and for the proverbial friend who makes a habit of "may I use your powder puff?" Safer and Infinitely more sanitary, these little guest baskets of "Individ uals" can also add a note of gayety and prestige to your dressing table. Try It. If your sldn is very delicate and sensitive, before using any bleaching preparation on your face, take this test. Apply the bleach you Intend us ing to your arm, above the elbow. Do chls at night before retiring. In the morning, if the skin shows no Irrita tion you may feel confident that It can be used on the face ? safely. If the skin does show Irritation a milder bleach will be necessary. ? ? ? BUDGET FOR BEAUTY IT IS not necessarily the woman * who has enough time and money to experiment with every new-fangled novelty that achieves the utmost In personal loveliness. No more than the woman who clutters her home with a great many knlckknacks, or her person with furs and Jewels. We all know at least one wise womnn who, gifted with a discrim inating sense of values, has achieved a charming home nnd an adequate and becoming wardrobe. We all know many women whoso Incomes have been cut In the past few yenrs, but whose sense of proportions has In creased. And essentials have not suf fered thereby. Therein lies the secret of successful budgeting of time or finances. Assemble your cosmetic wardrobe as yon do your wearing appnrel. Be systematic and sensible about It. Ex periments are often costly. Therefore decide first Just what It Is you renlly need, thereby eliminating any un necessary waste. Learn also the best methods for the use of your essen tials, thereby Insuring the best results In the shortest possible period. Now apportion your budget. Yon cannot afford any novelties? Fine. Start with the essentials. (Inn you have JuRt one, two or three Items? Then choose the one* that will work best for you. The most Important htep In any treatment Is proper cleansing, therefore every womnn should have the logical cleansing me dium for her complexion. What next? For the dry skin a nourishing skin food, for the oily skin an astringent, for the blemished skin a healing prep a rat Ion, and so on. The wise womnn will start with, let us Bay, a coat, get a hat to har monize nnd then build around this foundation ? dress, shoes, gloves, bng. Likewise with the cosmetic wnrdrobe. Build on the essentials. Kvery fem inine heart delight* In hnvlng the non essentials, too, hut these can he filled In as her budget permits. It Is very enconrnglng to know that many wom en accomplish a lot on comparatively little. By thnt I do not mean that the finer beauty prepnrntlons can be had for the asking or for the proverbial song. But too mnny women upend too much on foolish fill-ins. Weeding out non essentlnls nnd planning one's cosmetic wnrdrobe systematically and sensibly, one can succeed In getting the best at a snvlng. A Bull Byn<lle<kt?? wmj fkn-vto*. Jl Fe\u Little FIRST REQUISITE Prof. Albert Einstein gave recently whut he considered the best formula for success In life. "If A 1s success In life, I should say the formula Is A equals X plus 1 plus Z, X being work and Y being play." "And what Is ?,?" Inquired the In terviewer. "That." he answered, "Is keeplug your mouth shut." Everything Barber ? Have you tried that new hair toulc I sold you? Customer ? Oh, yes, I gave It a good trial. Barber ? And did you find that It brought out the new hair? Customer ? Yes, it brought out the new hair and brought out the old hair with It. ? Pathfinder Magazine. Could It Be? "D'you know, Mrs. 'Arris, I some times wonder If me husband's grown tired of me." "Whatever makes you say that, Mra./^lggs?" ?*WelI> 'e ain't been 'ome for seven years." ? Ixmdou Advertiser. Precise Two friends met ; one was garbed In widow's weeds. The Other ? My dear friend! How I ifity you ? a widow at twenty-flve l The Widow ? Pardon me, twenty four ! ? Cleveland Record. STICKLER FOR MOTHER "Mother, it's polite always to any 'Thank you' for anything, isn't It?" "Yes, dear." "And it's rude to speak with your mouth full, isn't it?" "Certainly." "Well, then mother, if I say 'Thank you' with my mouth full, am 1 polite or rude?" Historic Aspirations ?'What Is your great aim in life?'* asked the friend. "To live In history," answered Sen ator Sorghum. "Don't you care for political power?" "Certainly I do. Political power la largely what Influences historians as ? > who gets the favorable notices." ? Washington Star. WASTED TIME Mother was rather angry with you last night." "Why? I didn't kiss you." "Just so. And so she waited all the evening at the keyhole for noth ing." ? - A Duplicate "And so," said the magistrate, se verely, "this Is the fifth person you have knocked down this year?" "Pardon me," said the girl motor ist, with dignity, "the fourth. On? of them was the same person twice." ? London Tatler. YEAR AFTER YEAR THE STANDARD DF QUAUTY Hi? Hint Wife ? IIow do I look In this hat, John? Husband? Well, I only wish I'd seen you In that hat before I asked you to marry me. In Time* Gone By Mother ? Sammy, what are you do ing? Sammy ? Nothing, mother. Mother ? You're getting more llk? your father every day. If you want to GET RID of Constipation worries - Science says Today use a LIQUID Laxative 1. Control intestinal action exactly ? no "Purging" 2. Measure to suit your individual needs to the droit 3. Banish Bowel Fatigue and the laxative habit Here's Whyi Any hospital offers cvidcncc of the harm done by harsh laxatives that drain the system, weaken the bowel muscles, and in some cases even affect the liver and kidneys. A doctor will tell you that the unwise choice of laxatives is a com mon cause of chronic constipation. Fortunately, the public is fast returning to the use of laxatives in liquid form. A properly prepared liquid laxa tive brings n perfect movement. There is no discomfort at the timo and no weakness after. You don't have to take "a double dose" a day or two later. In buying any laxative, always read the label. Not the claims, but the contents. If it contains ono doubtful drug, don't take it. Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is a prescriptional preparation in which there are no mineral drugs. Its in gredients arc on the label. Hy using it, you avoid danger of bowel strain. You can keep the bowels regular, and comfortable; yo.i enn make constipated spells as rare as colds. The liquid test! This test has proved to many men and women that their trouble was not "weak bowels", but strong cathartics: First. Select a good liquid laxa tive. 2. Take the dose you find is suited to your system. 3. Gradually reduce tho dose until bowels are moving regularly without any need of stimulation. Syrup pepsin has the highest standing among liquid laxatives, nnd is the one generally used. It contains senna, a natural laxative which is perfectly safe for the youngest cnild. Your druggist has Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. Sit in Your Chair ^ at hnmo ... and Shop ? The things you want to buy . . . at the time you want to buy them . . ? at the price you want to pay. You can find these right in the paper* Your newspaper advertisements make it possible to do your 44 looking around n right at home and then go downtown to do your buying . . ? saving you time and energy. ,