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SUCH IS LIFE ? "Oh, Say, Can You Stand Up?" By Charles Sughroe PAPPX JUST 5WOOVO HEAR. JOMIOR. PtAr -TWE PlAWO ? W now uery Hear xx-rne star SPAN(*U?D n banner" GO^K, I ] Cant pia/J STAMOlM^i % Q Jtf Normal Life Span 140, Says Voronoff Gland Specialist Outlines a Plan for Longevity. Calcutta. ? "The natural span of life Is 140 yeais, and I have every hope that one day we may prolong it to this period," declared Dr. Serge Voronoff, the famous exponent of rejuvenation here. "Everybody who dies between the aces of seventy and ninety is a person who is 'killed'," Doctor Voronoff added. "The problem Is to find out how not to be so 'killed.' "Between sixty and seventy is a crit ical period. Dentil Is awnlting us. Those who wish to survive In the un equal struggle have but one means of gaining their end? to replace their worn-out elands with young and active glands, which will Impart a new Impulse to the cells of all our organs, causing them to create new young cells and thus rejuvenate the whole organism." His Methods Recognized. Doctor Voronoff declared that the most eminent experts now recognized the efllcacy of his raeth ds and thou sands of operations were being per formed in Europe, and also In Japan. Crosley Still Pioneering Powel Crosley, Jr., president of Cin cinnati Reds, during Ills first year nt the head of the club, spent $;i10,.r>00 for the hest yonng prospects available In minor leagues. Pioneer In other fields, he now Is pioneering In baseball through the Initiation of night base ball In the major leagues. Will spend $50, 0(H) In order to give the Reds the finest lighting equipment In the coun try. This pioneering Is In line with his genius. evident at a?e of thirteen, when he built an electric generator In the ? ttlc of his father's home in College Hill, using water power from a water stor age tank. With this electricity he lighted his bedroom. There wns no ?loctriclty service In that subdivision ?t that time, so It was unique. The only difficulty was pn. rurlng nn adequate supply of animals for the purpose. The ordinary monkey was not suitable, the specimens of the genera required being the gorilla, orang outang, chimpanzee or glbbooh. Together with his beautiful young wife. Doctor Voronoff intends to go to Java, where he will spend some time conducting experiments on the blood of the orangoutang. Afterwards he will go to Indo-China t<< conduct simi lar research nn the gibboon. Different Blood Types. Recalling his early work, the doctor said that at first he presumed that the blood of monkeys was of one type In stead of the four types present In the human being. Some of the early ex periments were not very satisfactory, but after long research he found that the monkeys had four types of blood also, corresponding to those typ^s found In humans. He therefore altered his methods to include tests of the blood both of the patient and of the animal to make sure that the types of blood corre sponded. Then he grafted onto the hu man being the thyroid, pituitary and sexual glands of the monkey. The results, he claims, are "highly successful." "The change observed in the aging human being could only be described as "something marvelous." Mantel Piecc3 Just now there Is a tendency to have very narrow mantels or to do away with the shelf altogether. Before changing the style of your chimney rrentment, be very sure the new style will be an improvement over the pres ent one. If you have a very ornate wooden mantelpiece with center mir ror and side shelves with columns, it is not In vogue. It ^an be simplified, however, to bring it up-to-date without too drastic measures. Wind* Steal Australian Soil Hundreds of thousands of acres In central Australia disappear every year, according to researches, hot winds car rying the surface soli high and far over the Pacific. Potatoes Replace Torpedoes on Sub Amsterdam. ? Potatoes and on ions ? not torpedoes ? are stowed In the tubes of the Dutch submarine K-18 now on a 2.'?,000-mlle trip from Holland to Sourahaia, Java. The trip will be the longest ever made by a submarine, and will take eight months. When provisions werp stored aboard the 707-ton craft at Nelu wedlep, Holland, It was fotind that there wasn't enough room. The commander then decided It was better to leave two torpedoes at home, rather than bales of potatoes and onions. AMAZE A M IN UTE SCIENTIFACTS ~ BY AR NfllVl Starlight and moonugmtT IP EVERY one OP THE 7,000 VtSlBiB STARS WEAK SURROUNDED BY 70 STARS AS ?RKSMT AS ITSEU* THI TOTAL LIGHT WOULD JUST FjOUAL THE EUU MOON'S j LIGHT. Plants air food ~ SlXTttN LEAVE t IN THE ?ROWING SEASON WtU WlTM DRAW OHi OAU ON or CAftftO* MOXIM WOM THE AW PCR CAY. Measuring rat* op LIVING - fcM6Rc*TK, NERVOUS PfO Pil MAVfc SUM FOUND TO HAVfc A _ CHFMLftEMT ftOOY ILK" T1WCAL LPOTtMTIAl THAN Slow nopu. WNU ?*rTlo?. OVERCOMING ENVIRONMENT By LEONARD A. BARRETT No two of our national heroes pre sent a greater contrast In personality and environment than Lincoln and Washington. T h e one born poor, the other rich. The one ungainly and awk ward, the o t li e r favored with all the social amenities or his time. Our coun try honors the memory of h o t h not only for what they were hut for what they did. The private as well as the public careers of Lincoln and Washington furnish n striking Illustration of a successful ef fort in overcoming the influence of environment. Lincoln was forced con stantly to tight poverty with nil Its handicaps and disadvantages. In spite of this he developed a mental poise and a convincing personality which was brilliantly demonstrated In his masterful debate with t ho illustrious An Orange Belt Beauty Betty Itunkle, charming twenty-year old miss, of Winter Haven, was chosen queeh of tlie Florida Orange Festival, an annual midwinter event in her na tive city. She was selected from among 24 contenders for the honor representing as many orange belt com mil nl ties, sponsored by chambers of commerce, women's organisations and civic and service clubs. Donglas. A biographer writes "he was born as lowly as the Son of God." True. Hut there was also bequeathed to him certain powers which enabled him to master rather than succumb to his surroundings. The railsplitter truly became "a true-born kin of men." Washington with an environ ment as superior as Lincoln's was In ferior, refused to be mastered either by Its allurement or its proffered life of ease. When the country's call came to him he left his luxurious home on the beautiful Potomac and through service both as general and President, earned the title of "Father of his Country." His environment which offered a life of ease, did not master him any more than did his poverty master the Kmanclpator. The power which enables any per son to overcome the temptations and disadvantages of bis environment is from within and not from without. Poverty and the loss of Influence, never Justifies crime or self destruction. The possession of wealth and cultural ad vantages offers no excuse for Indulgence or n calloused attitude toward human need. The forces of heredity are al ways stronger than those of environ ment. This fact Is splendidly Illustrat ed In the careers of both Lincoln and Washington. tt>. W??t?rn Nowfpnn'r Union Hiologiiit Makes 5 Year Study of Fiih in Texan Houston, Texas. ? Albert Collier, hi ologlst at Rice Institute, has complel ed a flveyear study of salt and fresh water fish In this region. Ills sur vey revealed more than UK) salt water and 2T> fresh water species. The red fish family, with Includes the croaker, drum, sand trout, spotted trout, and the spot flah, Is the largest of the salt water rarlety, while the bass species are the most prevalent of fresh water fish. ^^^JVousefxorS ** Bvj Lvjdia Le Baron Walker TLlEltE is one social error that all of us can avoid, and that Is arriv ing at a house before tlie time set in an invitation. It Is preferable to be <1 few moments late than a few moments early. Few things are uioro distract ing to a hostess than ro he In the j hurry of last moment preparations. | and be caught not quite ready to greet | a guest arriving before time. There are hostesses who have the happy habit o f bt'ini; ready In advance of the hour when visitors should come. Hut for every one of these, there are hundreds of other hostesses who are ready on time but not be fore, and scores of others who have to scramble to be fully ready on the min ute. What Is essential for the one enter taining Is' to be ready to greet her friends at the ap pointed time, know ing that the rooms, the food and the en tertainment are in readiness, also. She should plan to have at least fifteen min utes to spare before arrivals begin. Unless she does there will not be opportunity for the Inst minute extras which are sure to crop up. A hostess who Is flustered when she welcomes her guests cannot be at ease, and this tends to make her friends a trifle embarrassed. Neither of these things gives a good start to the occasion. An Unhappy Start. It is the early guest who so often up sets pluus. The unexpected, and really unwarranted, appearance of the too early guest is bad enough when there are servants to admit the person, and assist in taking off wraps, but when the hostess has to do everything, which so often Is the case, It Is difficult for her to welcome the early arrival with the cordiality she wants to express. She must not give the Impression of realizing her friend has come too soon, nnd this moans she must not nppear to have things wait for her to do. Such a situation Is awkward. It need not happen If we give a little thought to if. For example, if we find It took less time to get to the house than we had expected, we can wnlk around the block, or wait In some store, If there Is one near enough. We must save our hostess from embar rassment by some method, nnd nllow her the opportunity for rendlness. We can arrive on the dot of time Ret, and feel no qualms If the hostess Is not ready to receive us. It Is for her to be ready then, nnd It Is correct for us to arrive then ? but not before. Most hostesses, itowever flurried during the final moments, are ready on time to welcome punctual guests with gra cious hospitality. Good Humor nt Party. Now that the season for entertain ment is In full swing, It Is well to con sider how to keep what the Kuro peans call the humor of the occasion cood. That Is, how to keep everyone In n gay, happy, and contented spirit. , Tins Is essentiul If a party Is to be a ! success. Ad idea which helps de cidedly toward this end is to have conversational subjects either of com mon interest to all, or so surprising thnt interest is created. This is par- ? ticularly true when persons who are gathered together meet for the first time, or so seldom that they are en tirely or partially strangers. Such an assembly occurs at club luncheons, church socials and suppers, grange meetings, etc. Cards with controversial questions or j subjects can bo passed around, and ! different groups be given different j topics. Or partners can be chosen by ' matching numbers, or in any of the ? hundreds of ways that there are, and | each couple be given a conversational j card. If persons are strangers this I forms a basis for getting acquainted. I ?. Bell Syndicate? WNU Sorvlca. Recalling the Regency The Inn-easing vogue for Regency , fashions is apparent in this charming | new spring afternoon gown of crepe printed with huge polka dots. The ! tight, rrossed bodice Is of .natchlng color crepe, and the cute poke bonnet j Is festooned with lon^ streamers, | Fainting Brick Well aged brick, stucco and concrete j require no different paint from other j exterior work. If these surfaces are not well-aged, however, they should be ! given special primers which usually | contain tung oil varnishes. Any high | quality bouse paint may then be used i for the finishing coats. Or, If pre- I ferred, special stucco or brick coatings may be used. Ordinary brick, con- | crete and stucco nn- unusually porous, j This porosity Is an advantage from n painter's point of view because It al- j lows tlie paint to penetrate deeply aud thus secure a firm anchorage. Olympic '24 Teaches Olympic- to-Be '44 Martha Norellus splashed her way to Olympic stardom In IPVJ4 and continued her aquatic career until her marriage to Joseph Wright, Jr., of Toronto. Now she has vested her skill In her daughter, I Mann Wright, who In only four. Ktio In teaching Diane her famous crawl stroke. In IIMI's Olympics Mrs. Wright, Jr., hopes to see the girl (she will he fifteen then) listed among the entrants. They are now sojourning In Palm Ileach, Fit. rHIS FROCK "JUST RIGHT" FO^ PLAY PATTERN 9080 w:::^P-9066 For a tiny girl's play or school frock nothing could Im> very much nicer than tbis adorable little bloom er frock with Its quaint overthe shoulder yoke and prettily puffed sleeves. The frock is simple to slip Into, too, buttoning up the front, with only three buttons to be fastened. And It allows plenty of room for romping ? the skirt Is gathered to the yoke at tlie hack and box pleated lu front. A smart checked or plaid wool or cotton would be pretty for this frock? little girls always seem to love gay colors ? and be sure to make up four or five of those crisp white collars in linen or pique. The bloomers, by the way, are Included In this pattern. Pattern '.xisii may be ordered only In sizes 2. 4. 0, S and 10. Size 0 re quires ?J!Sj yards HO Inch fabric and \i yard contrasting. SEND FIFTEEN I'RNTS In coins or stamps (coins preferred) for this pattern. He sure to write plainly > our NAMK, ADDUKSS, STYLE NTMBEK and S17.E. Complete, diagrammed sew chart Included. Send your order to Sewing Circle Pattern Department, 'j:;-' West Eight eenth Street, New York. CONCENTRATED CARE "Dhl Crimson Culh go T ?? inocra t Ic?" "Of CDIirSC," HttSWel'od ('.ictus J OP. "We was bavin' orn' quarrel after an other, ntid we Jos' < ! ? ? ? ? i < I l to lot po litical leaders take tin1 full respon slblllty for carryin' on the argument/ Not Particular "May I call on yon?" .links asked the girl h'? met at the daneo. "Certainly not! I wouldn't think of It !" tdie snapped. "Oh, I didn't mean tonight," he countered. "I meant 0,0 -vet and miserable night, when I have noth ing hotter to do." No Wondrr "Is somebody siek at your houso Johnny?" asked the neighbor. "I saw the dortor going in there Inst night." "Yep, pop IV replied the kid. "The stork brought mom triplets,"