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f" ; ; V ?] L i w i v. < 'f f ii X . 4 ? ? ** -,**? ?- ? v * 4 ^ | if. 'ij* >. -*J i 2 Etl,? j 1 ! r.'.M'c llpth f,K ti-.:ca i:i $q.W<w y v "A [Mt'l'h'JlW ? U?lhi:?!}i of jj. . c ; .i.'il pnblje ju.,ilii i ? v loiiiuy measures nd.(J 'i- ii ur?; rapidly (1 , .1 S? i Ida na i! reault of lh*4 i ? "n.t ; i uri i??u work do"o there siim the vvii? hy tlu? Serbian Child \1VH ? ?( America." wald Willi'' !: ? I 'Ultfrtyi e.NuoutJve seere ,ltn . oclatlon. - ""'I'll, ? ? . nil xs ??rl< doffo by the" as-" (uniuij. ii in Serbia was one of the iiicM iiiipoHant, it' l?i?t the most Im portant . ' "f activities ? wldc4?. the jjcmi">;i\ nf i lie American people , untie poMble.- The need <tf Serbia, like other Kuropean allies, for aid. whs rtiiiiwst as urgent Immediately fol lowing I he war iiH during the course of (lit eonll.lct Itself. Specters of dls epidemics, exposure and starva tion stalked through the devastated rtjpjoijs of Serbia, Nurses' School Established. "Had Auieriea, with Its resources of nio.n^ ii ml trained personnel, failed to respond to Serbia's appeal the post war losses of life In that country would < i !? i'v#- have equaled those of ^lie period ui court iet? "AinoiiK the outstanding results of ?the health work Instituted by the Ser bian ? .'hi Id Welfiird Association of America were Ybo establishment of the first' training school for nurses In Ser bia; t: <? organization of a health work ers' school for short intensive training of nur and other health workers, the publication- of a textbook on hy giene. Ikmiic and community sanita tion. !'<?r which King Alexander hlra self \vr<>te an introduction and assisted in placing in public schools throughout Serbia. and the foViuatJon of domestic science schools, which offered Serbian .voting women short courses In house keepii.u'. cooking, sewing, home sanl tati"i! and personal hygiene. Three Gifts Made. "Soul, after beginning work in Ser Mn the association enlisted the Inter est of the Serbian ministry of health, the medical association and various Serbian public health and welfare group* in establishing the training school An initial gift of 850,000 dinars (a dinar normally Is equal to 19.3 cent-?) was made for the purpose by tin- iosoeiatlon. Shortly afterward the Serbian lied Cross contributed 500,000 dinars and the association raised Its gift to meet this sum. "Important as was the work of the association in saving the lives and providing for 215,000 orphans and in helping to rebuild more than 300 Rclinoihonsos In Serbia, the health work which the organization did will, In the opinion of AmerJjan experts, make an e\en more lasting impress on the fu: tnre of this little Balkan country, which suffered worse, In proportion to it- >!ze and population, than any other country during the war." Claims Jap Has Found Food to Add to Stature T?.Uy??. ? Victor- Helser, director a/ the Far East Rockefeller foundation, fcjt.il Huit Doctor Salke of the .Tapa ni Institute of Nutrition is about to fiiirt !?? the medical world with a dis covery of a fish powder to Increase luii::ali stuture. "Hi* has proved It In animals, and is m..\v demonstrating it in humans," Mr. Ilt'lser said. "I am convinced It i- ^nuine and practical." The American, who Is consulting the authorities regarding establishing a r? s< arch hospital financed by the foun dation, says the anti-American agita tion does not affect the plun. "National questions do not concern u?." Mr. Heiser declared. "We are i.ow working In 37 countries, showing that we have no preference for races er nations." The rnnln work of the foundation In ?Jjq.jin will he to demonstrate that the imnual death nite Is unnecessary, due uolcly to the unbalanced diet and the l?'k of the use of preventatives. Eleven Year* in Mail ^l'rlngfleld, Mass. ? A Christina* r'r?*.-tinK card mailed on December -'V lit 12, in the neighboring village of l*?'?--lJng JJJile, was received a few jiko by Alias Olive H. Causey, ? l-vt-n and a half years after It was ? >d and more than six years after U-Hth of the sender, George Hud Mlss Causey luis announced. U ! .t*re the card has spent the interval officials do not Know. To Take Baby and Goat on Voyage Anaeurtea, Wash. ? A married "upl?> with their baby ami a ??t and a goRt will Boon bo and northward hound from here to Skagway, Alnska. i In* jfont will Ripply milk for f'><? baby, who Is going along u !th Mr. and Mm. Linden B. 'Vatz, 1(8 parents, on the 1,000 trip In a small catboat. According to their, plans, they VVU1 arrive In ibe* North Juat about time tor the babe to cut lilx teeth on a piece of gr \tt\y I'ear ? hide or monntafl) goat *teak. Bach nlgtatrthe tiny mo tor boat will be benched and th? ?wt permitted to roKi#* white 'h# f?rull> enjoy* in ?? tent, . -?v.. :iii * 1 Owner of ? Pearl" look Loup Chare?, but Won Am important seur fy.ti'iHly ftUigll 111 PuYk, .MM . .1 iU'-U U| Searching, Hit villllili'HM' I'ilU'lv IHMlU a ;|:'!\ot1S tiling Wph J ' . 1 1\ . lul purple i-hl^s in lis dusky . r.f l.iV'lJ/.-.ht it to litis country ;;!)() look it l<? a \\i<tul%\ Vtau>\vn Je-weK r In haw it set. A fi vv ila^s later the head ?? f the :n sent for him. "Mr. v." lu* ? Mid after ttn'v Nver? seated l?i tl;e inviolable little ollice. *l*l.n afraid I've i4?it .vouielhln" very I - II n t .l-ic to t ? ? } you. I 1 ! U'\ f your duck | ? : 1 1 r I Is an iudiutltut." "Why," hm-lu- I MP % "That's 1 1 : i ? ' pnH fur it ut your own Paris house." ^ "Never! licit s*," huUI the Jeweler. "I tfo uot^Jmik it in ; cnuine. And there's )i:.--l one way to hud otil it sc< uis to he such a perfect tiditg. If you are n very. good spoil you will \et us crack It opt n. If It Ih ;he imitation we be lieve it to ho. we uiit iivNiiiim the re sponsibility for (nip. l'arls house and replace It, If Ih Is real? well, you lu?e." ? ???, ? "Crack away," dteltled Mr. Z, after u slight pause. ..... The, pearl was Imitation.- Kathcrine Sproehule and Jane ( i.rart In the Sat urday Kvening Post. Mount Athos* Famous Monastery Destroyed The famous monastery of Chllan thirl, <ai Mount Athos, built iu tlx. Middle -ages, has heen destroyed hy fire. Mount Athos, the "Moly.Moun tain.'' gives Its name to the northern most of those peninsulas which ex lend like a three pronged fork from Greece Into the Aegean sea. Tt con tains several monasteries and hermit ages standing amid magnificent scen ery. Access to some of the monas teries overlooking The sea Is so diffi cult that visitors have heen drawn up In a sack-shaped contrivance oper ated by rope; Ohilandari monastery is famous for a n?o*t valuable MS. of the Gospels In go'd letters on whlft* ve}l\uaj probably given by the Emper or Andronicua Coniihmiun about 11?4, and a treasure chest containing valu able specimens of Serbian ecclesiasti cal art. In 1010 Chilandarl was raid ed by Hulgarlan monks from the neighboring monastery of Zogrnphon? Caught a Monkey Stealing One day In 1,010 a well-dressed man, wearing a heavy overcoat, entered a Jeweler's shop In London And asked to he shown some valuable rings. Those shown him, he said, were not quite good enough, and he naked to be shown another tray. As the attendant went to get it he glanced In the mirror specially set to show the counter when his hack was turned, and, to his amazement, saw a long, hnlry arm 8udtl?nly come out of the customer's pocket, seize a couple of rings, and vanish. Assistance was quickly summoned, and the man and monkey arrested. His rooms were found filled with all sorts of valuable objects which had been stolen by this clever monkey. m Elephant* at Work ~ ? - In Burma there are large lumber in I Us, and elephant4*are used for roll ing the logs Into position for the saws, an exchange says. Pushing with their heads, they run the logs up two In clined skids to the platform; two ele phants do the pushing and a third ele phant nets as hoss. In his trunk tli? boss carries a few links of anchor chain, which he uses as a whip li one elephant falls behind. When the whistle blows they all know that It Is time to stop work and eat. It makes no difference whether they have a log within a fraction ol an Inch of the platform; the boss drops his anchor chain and gets out of the way, and the pushers step tc one -side and let the log crash. Buckakin Buckskin, from which gloves nr? made, for the most part comes from Mexico and Brazil. The skins are usually smaller than those of sheep, and seldom perfect, because of the wounds or thorn scratches. The lat ter do not weaken the gloves, however, and, in fact, a visible scratch Is pretty pood proof that a glove Is genuine _ buckskin. The leather is dressed In oil and the color Is obtained with col ored clay dust. Because of this method <? f coloring, every buckskin glove will dust off or crack the first three or four time* It Is worn. Buck leather is close flbered, soft nfter wear ing and warm. Farewell , Old Scout Itoar'ng Hip ? Kl, whoop! At last I'm golrr boys! Bury me deep ? If yet find mo dead ! PI 7. en Pete ? Whar Is Itoarln' Itlp goln"' Prairie Hat ? WoU. yer see. Hurri cane Cnl has turned down all the hoy* wot proposed marriage, now Itlp if goln' ter rake a chance. Fetch out the picks at}' shovels, boys. Dig the grave deep. Poor oP Hip. T rnffic Little fleorge came to his mother Apparently In great distress of mind. "Why, what is the matter, sonny J boy?" she sympathetica Hy inquired. J "Well, mother, I'm In an awful fix. I can't decide whether to marry Mnrj 0t fctbel wheh I grow op. Too Mary It awful- prrnt. t>"t (her* wsH a kma rnetlmixt twtyf) Kth* mm* m ir f i ' i ; ? " ? ? * 4 ' ? >4 t - * ? I [| ? ' \ i v Ml | ? \ vcen V'4X*iv;u:,n C:\in \ Aii^Uyt r,nd September. N?' \ Vor!;.- < 'liMdrt h beiWcin the fgett of four ami thirteen, both tifly j .'Ud b<tys, jjn-w faster mid' bitter dar- j ?'hg . Alij.i;sl Mint (lit' three It > 1 1 <> W i 11^; ! months than tit iiny other pei'lud of Che year, according to results uf care ful study into i h t' queMlun t?f child nutrition hy the New YorU Association for Improving tlx* ( onditlbn of the (?'??or. 1 toys make .V\.,H per cent and girls per twr of the total yearly growth between August l nn<l Decetn her 1, The period of maximum. gain is In the lute summer and early fall, and the period of minimum advance ment falls in the hue spring and early summer. Khile the same tendency holds for both boys and girls, It Ik most marked anions the girls. ? The following table gives the aver age galn -hr imnntls hy months and the percentage of the annual gain made In each of the months of the year: Ui?ys 'ttiris A v. Pet. of A v. l'ct. of IjHln annual gapi annual Months in lbs, yaln in lbs. gain January 67 9.9 .63 8.3 February M 7.? .43 6.7 March 43 6.4 .36 6.6 April , .43 6 4 .34 5.3 May 25 , If ? .8S X? 8 June .06 .0 .OS 1.3 July SO 3.9 .35 5.4 August .2*9 13:2 . .79 12.3 September <....1.01 16.0 1.06 16 6 October 1.00 14.8 1.00 i&!6 November ..... .Si ii.3 .03.. 16 3 D?cemoer 51 7.0 .63 8.4 Total yearly ..6.74 100.0. 641 100 0 Aver, monthly .50 8.3 .63 8.3 xln May the glrl.s showed an avera?e loss of .06 pound. Thia la equivalent to 0.8 per cent of the total gain. The report says ; "The rate of growth in both height and weight over a given period of time IS quite as Important, In judging a child's state of development as his at tained stature and weight at liny given period. Physicians, .teachers, school nurses and nutrition workers must ro ly on the gains made during short peri ods of from three to six months to determine whether the child Is doing well, for obviously all healthy children must be expected to gain steadily In both height and weight." Winning Glider Built of Scrapped Wire and Tin Koenlgsberg, Germany.? >01(1 broom sticks, biding wire and straps of tin salvaged from milk and bully beef cans were chiefly used In construct ing the glider In which Ferdinand Schulz In an experimental flight re mained In the air eight hours forty two. minutes and eight seconds and thereby established u world's record for heavier than air machines without motors. The plane was constructed by Schulz* during odd moments when he was not busy teaching a school class here In east Prussia, which Is his home. The flight took place at Hossltten. Schulz appeared last year with a glider made of hop poles and scrap ? tin, but his machine was rejected by the technical committee and he wan not allowed to .compete in the meet on the theory that It was unsafe. Schulz says he could have remained In the air much longer had he made proper preparations for an extended flight. He had neglected- to take along gloves, and was In his shirt sleeves; toward afternoon lie felt the cold keenly. Finally, he says, he be came so hungry that he decided to land rind as lie did not have a watch with him, he was most surprised when Informed he had established a record. American Cities' Debts Grow Billion a Year New York. ? The bonded Indebted ness of munlcipnlltips of the United States continues to increase, and new securities are being Issued at the rate of about a billion dollars annually, according to a commentary upon the debt of more than two hundred cities by C. E. Itlghtor, chief accountant, De troit bureau of government research. A tabulation gives the classified debt of tlie various cities, the net bonded debt and the per capita debt on Janu ary 1, 1024. The average per capita debt of all cities of 2,.r>00 or more Is $70.80, but the per capita debt ranges from $258.02 for Norfolk ty $10.00 for Quincy, III., omitting Washington. D. C., which has only a few old bond issues outstanding. The per capita indebtedness In general is below that of thirteen principal Canadian cities, in which It ranges from $368.05 in Ed monton. Alberta, to $112-02 in Hamil ton. OffTrirlo. Efficiency in Use of Fuel Shows Increase Wa?*blngton. ? Efficiency in use of fuel by public utility power plants has increased H3 1-3 per cent In the last four yeurs, according t?> a state ment Issued by the Department of In terior, which shows that h ton of c^al In 1010 produced 025 kilowatt hours of electricity, compared with 835 hour* in 1023. The total amount of elec tricity generated Increased in this pe rlod from 39.000.000,000 kilowatt hour* to 55.7 billion kilowatt hours. To Climb Canadian Peak* Edmonton, Alberta. ? An attempt to scale Mount Bobaon will be made this summer by the ATplne dob or Can ada Ajrra ngeroeata also are bain* " for an expedition to scale Mount k Cahada t Upbeat peak, la lflJ* ? ? t /. TvWxti'a Reason /or iS'oi Asking Loan l r, CJ. ; < iv. i' C, Kico of Now i'<?il;. At.* TWO In to II. II Jii * la i "Ail, w !?i?n fho fortune# ot l.v \>rUit\.lu. l funcd. and thu* jUo .\i.. i . ;;,n humorist hack o.n hi* feet ii t:< !ai.(y. )*:ts told 'of experience? A, Mi Murk t wain . s a patient. say# v ?vrStT' i't the Mentor, * Aco Vd 'i - to Doctor it !??*>? Mark, rvv a!n \> iH never hcrlouKly til till the .finVI illness Doctor lllce writes: 'Mark Twul|i was never ill Ju*t ?olds. I would take hifl tOinperatur? jccio ionnliy, but he generally InslHed ,h; : i.-> Wi^s only a bluff and that the 1. 1 .a.: ?." cr was put. In his mouth o keep I'im i i v.i talking. lie tu.l$ no t.'a t old yarn of the patient win M.a iu'.I a |H? ? . -riptlon from hi* pb.v iit-'ULi til a!, a ft or looking at the paper. ,)sUed l ow nnu'lt tho niedtelue would citft. Wl.cn the doctor told III in thiv* It would cost about $- the patient re? quested the physician to loan ill in tin <"J. (<The ii^l^i.ant doctor tlnally s :!d: 1 1 ?T<? are t he .$2; ?;lve mo the pre scription. I want to ninke an altera tion. Ilia scratching out the" nerve tonic; you won't need that.' Marl; Twain oli.vt>rv<nl : 'j have always ad mired that man. That was a noble piece of graft. I have thought *>f try ing tli*e irame on you. hut I've never seen the time when I thought you had the $2." " Son Took the Wind Out of Dad's Saifo A shrewd old Yankee w ho had h'1 cumulated a f? >rt ?m?' by strict' econ .oniy, ' n<'i i< ed Mis son 1 1 n d ^ipetlt ciljp? fare to go a 'few blocks and deemed the expense a foolish (inc. That evty' nlng after dinner ho called Ids soti Into the library, saying ho wished to ?speak with him. "Hut first." he said, "L will turn down the lights, wo ran talk Just itK wioil In the dark and It will save pas." Ah he went on ex plaining the value of economy he hoard a fumbling and shufUlug from the direction of his son's eluilr. Stop ping his lecture he Inquired : "Sain, what are you dqlng?" "Father," rattie from the darkness. "I can hear Just as well without 'em. so while we are sitting here In the dark I'm taking off my trousers to save 'em." For the rest of the evening econom ics were not discussed. ? Boston Tr;in flCrlpt. Doll* a House for Czar When a young man of twenty-ftmr, .Peter the Groat of Russia went to Holland. IIo was working at differ ent Jobs so as to be better fitted to heroine ruler of Russia. In Utrecht be saw a miniature doll's house, fur nished down to the minutest detail. In the library wtene paintings two inches square. Cabinets were filled > with thumb-high porcelains from Ja pan. Special carpets were manufac tured for this liouse, and t lie linen was woven in Flanders. Peter the Great took a great fancy to this tiny palace and offered any price for one like it. The builder, a retired merchant, would not accept money for his handiwork, but offered to make one as a gift to the young czar. The llllputlftn mansion, com pleted after 2f> years of labor, is now in the royal museum, Amsterdam, says Mentor Magazine. Got Her Clock Back In "My Garden of Memory," Mrs. ICate Douglas Wlggjn, the famous au thoress, tells a<j|t<?ry (if the time when she was the guest of some friends, and was kept from sleeping by the ticking of a clock In her bedroom. Finally, she had to place the clock among some blankets In a drawer. Leaving early next morning, she forgot to tell the maid about the clock, writes Puck in London Tit-Bits. Three months afterward, - In Ger many she remembered If. She would have cabled, but It seemed bizarre tr say, after an Interval of many months: "Clock burled In guest room between blankets In bottom drawer. Impossible to sleep with It! Forgive!" Instead, she wrote, and by reply came word from her former hostess that her new chambermaid had searched for and recovered the clock Moslem Fast of Ramazan In the Moslem world Passion Sun day corresponds with the first day of the month long fast of Ramazan. Par ing Ramadan, western customs, where they have been adopted, are set ashhv and the more primitive native manners revived. The muezzin supplements his usual announcement of the hour of prayer with the exhortation: "Give food, O ye faithful, unto the orphan and the poor, the wayfarer and the bondman." and though the wealthy do ni>t now, as In former days, stand at their doors and invite the needy to ? well-laden table, Haul a /.an remains h time of peace, charity and hospitality. Compound Interest We often hear that Peter Minuet In IfiLU* paid the Indians only ?2-1 fur Manhattan Klind. We are apf tr think of this as a ridiculously small sum for what fs today the must val uable piece of land of its siK.e in thf World ; but we do not stop to ihlnW that If this original $24 hod been In vested by Peter' Minuet at the rate ol 7 per cent per annum and compound ed every six months to dare, it would have earned a sum equivalent to the ????<?? **ft tV.lne of the entire city of New, v??rk. ?*? It Is Including It# *tr. I n mvrrs. raMwavs. subwurs, th HJerm hotels, skyscraper* and \uil Wwv*--Tlrlfi Atoalae. 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Louis Kornahrens, sixteen-year old youth who was bitten by a shark while hathing at Folly Heach ilea r Charleston Thursday afternoon, was at last accounts resting easy at the Koper hospital, where hi- was rushed for treatment after first aid had been ? administered on the beach. The lad was bitten severely on the knee, and it \va$ said that quite a large number of stitches were necessary to close the wound, which is painful, though not of a very serious nature. Young Kornahrens was bathing ' alone in fairly deep water near the Klks' club house when the accident occurred. i j The marriage license bureau of ! Philadelphia on Tuesday issued ; marriage licelise No. 500,000y since the bureau was established .'JG jfears ! a?? 49# more power 1 A wonderful car made better. Fast, powerful. Put it through its paces yourself over the road and up the hills. The biggest advance in years. Phone for car to drive LITTLE-FRANKLIN CO. DISTRIBUTORS T. 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