Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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fQgIHfaCSC ' Babies Play Wfiere Henry VIU Romped i .1. Learn to Talk About Birds Instead of Bombs. MANGOTSFIELD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND. ? Little children from London who have never seen daylight until the roofs over their heads are bombed off and they are "blitzed" out of London into the country, are learning to talk about birds Instead of bombers at Syston court. There they sleep In the same rooms which Henry VIII used 400 years ago. They were built in his father's reign for the entertainment of princes and nobles?now they house babies and toddlers from the worst of the capital's dockslde slums. Another historic home for the children is to be acquired and will be .called the Sir Archibald Wavell nursery, while Duncey park in Wiltshire, where most of Queen Anne's ill-fated children were born is to be ,a maternity homo. In all these houses, which are part -of a scheme that may be kept going after the war, underprivileged people will find health as they are now. Here are some of the children who, ut Syston court, are benefiting .from the frork of the sponsors of the 8cheme7the Anglo?American Re lief Fund for London Children and Mothers: Elsie and Annie, twins Of five months, who never saw sunlight before they came to the mansion. Six-month-old Brian who had spent the whole of his short life in the cellar of a public house. Iris, two, who had remained below ground for six weeks, John aged 19 months had remained rolled up in a corner for weeks. The older children there have seen terrible sights for their young eyes. The children are cared for by nursery school teachers and uniformed < nurses. Smugglers Ply Cosmetic Trade in North Ireland BELFAST.?Girl "beauty" smugglers, operating on frie UlsterEireann border, are smuggling contraband cosmetics into Northern Ireland where the limitations of the supply order has made beauty aids precious products. One thousand powder puffs recently were seized by the antismuggling police after an exciting car .chase across the Ulster boarder at dawn. The powder puffs formed part of the largest haul of contraband beauty accessories seized in Ireland since war began. Among the goods confiscated were hundreds of bottles of perfume, 3,234 hair nets, 900 combs, 63 dozen handkerchiefs, 9,000 pairs of long bootlaces, 4,000 pairs of shoelaces, and 17 pocketknives. The Northern Ireland police are co-operating with the Eire customs police In an effort to track down the organization. They believe the "brains" behind the gang are women?many of them girls who would not consider crime in peacetime, but are now working on the principle that beauty is above .the law. Shell Makers of World War Back on Job Again OGDEN, UTAH.?Fourteen men, who helped assemble shells for the World war and then separated to enter private businesses, have been reunited by the United States defense plans. All of the members of the group were employed at the great shelWassembly plant in Parlin, N. Jr |A11 were friends. / After the 1918 armistice, tlipy scattered to other cities and other states. Recently the federal government began construction of a shell factory at Burlington, Iowa, and officials began looking around for experienced workmen to staff the plant. From New Jersey, Philadelphia, New York and California the World war munitions workers answered the call, and were sent to the Ogden ordnance depot for training in modern techniques. Now the number of ex-Parlin employees totals 14?and most of-them had not seen each other since their separation in 1918. Sunday School Thief Partly Salves Conscience ASHLAND, KY.-Mrs. Clarence Reynolds, who had reported that a thief rilled her purse of $260 while she was teaching a Sunday school class, told patrolmen she received a letter containing $241 and this request: "If you receive this please advertise it." The writer didn't give his name and didn't explain about the missing $19, Mrs. Reynolds added. Airport in Desert Region An Amazing Phenomenor London has its Croydon; Paris its Le Bow-get and New York, its LaGuardia field. On each of these famous airports millions of dollars have been lavished- in equipment Vast armies of men have been em ployed to bring an engineer's dream to fulfillment. But Giant Hock airport in the Mojave desert is unique. Not only is the field in an obscure and sparsely settled territory, but it represents solely the inspiration and achievement of one man. Liking the desert, where he arrived eight years ago, and wanting others to share his enthusiasm for the wide and colorful vistas, the pure air and the freedom of life, Frank Critzer began making plans for the world to come to his door. He had no funds?nothing but strength, courage and a 10-year-old Essex. Soon he accomplished the unbelieveable. Under the largest of the huge boulders that dot the floor of what had once been a lake, he built a three-room home. Protected from winds and sun, Critzer scoffs at the whims of nature. His abode, with its 5,500-ton roof, Is as comfortable in any extreme of temperature as ( the most efficiently air-conditioned urban dwelling. Likewise, he can laugh at man's destructive moods. No bomb could ever put more than a nick in his roof?a bomb shelter that is 100 per cent bomb-proof. This rock, which nature in one of its frolics, has tossed from some peak to the desert floor, is the largest one, standing alone, anywhere in the Southland. Boundary Line Between U. S. and Canada Traced The boundary line between the United States and Canada is as follows: Beginning at the Atlantic ocean at the mouth of the St. Croix river, it follows up that stream to its head; then turns due north to the St. John's river; then up the St. John's river to its branch, the St. Francis to the outlet of Lake Pohenagamook; then in a straight line southwestward to a point on the northwest branch of the St. John's river; the line then travels along the divide between St. John's and St. Lawrence rivers in the head of Halls Stream on the forty-sixth parallel , 1 then the lines west to the St. Lawrence river, and through the middle of that river, of Lake Ontario, Niagara river, Lake Erie, and Lake Superior to the mouth of Pigeon river, leaving the Isle of Hoyale to the United States; the line then turns south to the forty-ninth parallel, and follows that line westward to Puget sound, and through the Strait of Juna de Fuca to the Pacific ocean. At the close of the Revolutionary war, the treaty between the United States and England fixed the northern boundary line from the Atlantic ocean to the point where the fortyninth parallel becomes the dividing line. In 1803, the United States purchased from France the territory known as the Louisiana Purchase. The northern -boundary was not fixed at the time of purchase, and it was not until 1818 that the United States and England settled on the forty-ninth parallel. Giuseppe Garibaldi More than half a century before Mussolini's rise to power, Italy had a dictator. He was Giuseppe Garibaldi, the patriot, who led the fight to free Italy from foreign domination, and to unite the Italian states. Garibaldi was a plotter and a fighter. Under sentence of death for a plot which missed fire, he came to South America, and helped Uruguay win independence. Later he returned to Italy to take part in another revolution, and battled the armies of France, Austria, Spain and Naples. For a time, he lived in exile in New York. Returning again to Italy, he attempted to settle down. But he left his bride immediately after the wedding to- begin a new campaign. It was during this war he was named dictator. But Garibaldi did not want to rule. After Sicily and Naples were conquered, he saw Victor Emmanuel proclaimed king. Modern Italy traces its beginning to the achieve1 merits of this patriot who refused to admit defeat. Left-eyed Readers A fairly large number of people are left-eyed without realizing that fact. Being left-eyed may be just as inconvenient as being lefthanded. We read from left to right. Hence those who are right-eyed see" the letters at the beginning of each line better than left-eyed readers. Most of us have one eye that does much more work than its companion. It is this dominant eye we use in sighting a gun, in looking through a te^scope and even in winking at a ftre'tty girl. Dr. Paul B. Popenoe of Altadena says Uhs is how you can tell whether -the dominant eye is the deft or the right: Double up your fist with the index finger pointing straight out like a pistol barrel. Next, keeping both eyes open, raise the fist above your head and bring it down quickly as though you were firing at a target. Finally, shut one eye and then the other. The eye which is now in 'ine with both your forefinger and he target you po nted at is dormiant. Th-s test works like a charm I Discovery of 'Kaolin' Made Through White Clay The discovery of kaolin which has helped so materially In porcelain making, is one of the romantic stories connected with the Industry. Hair powder at that time was In general use. This story is told that a rich ironmaster while riding noticed that his torse's feet were covered with clay. This clay was found to be a good substitute for the flour used on wigs* Bottger, finding it much heavier than the flour, was Ourious to know the ingredients. On analysis of it, much to his surprise, he found it contained the properties necessary to complete his discovery of porcelain the white clay known as kaolin. Whether or not the manner of its discovery i* according to fact, the credit must' be given to Johann Frederick Bottger for producing hard paste porcelain at the Meissen works, which became one of the most celebrated factories in Europe. Porcelain manufacture was begun 4n Meissen in 1710. The factory continued under Boettger's guidance until his death in 1719. However, the real development of the factory came under the direction of J. G. Herald from 1720-40, when he introduced painting in the decoration. In 1731, he obtained the help of an I excellent sculptor, J. J. Kandler, who made a marked improvement in form. The factory continued under various directors and patrons I until 1813, the date that marks the I end of the collectors interest in the I factory. Many changes have been I made since then and some of the old Ij designs have been reproduced but I they do not compare with the old. Shoes Are Approach to Education in Colombia Strawberries purchased by the yard; business transactions done mostly in coffee shops; teaching people to wear shoes?these are a I few of the oddities in Bogota, Co- I lombia. In Medellin, Colombia, strawber- I ries are grown on small farms in I the valley which pockets the city. I The berries are pierced individually with needle and thread and brought I to the market in strings. The price I you pay depends on the length of the string. . I Cafe society in Bogota is a bit I different than in America. It is for I men only?a business institution j wheTe most of Bogota's business af- m fairs are transacted. And through the fertile and agile mind of Jorge Eliecer Galtan, national education minister, people are being taught to wear shoes as a brand new approach to public edu- I cation. Here shoes represent a higher standard of living to thou- | sands. As part of the educational I system children of families too poor I to buy through the regular channels IJ make the shoe purchases at special, I j stores where the shoes are sold at I cost. , j The shoes guard the children. from tropical diseases, encourage | them to improve personal appear- I j ance, teach them a sense of re-, I sponsibility and the value of money, I since each child must keep notes In a little receipt book of his tiny M payments for his boots. Taste Like Dog Food "Iron rations"?streamlined and brought strictly up to date?but still iron rations that taste like "dog food" is the complaint of a ma- I jority of 40,000 men who recently! went through war maneuvers in I southwestern Washington. The new field rations?officially designated I as Type C?come in four cans. One i contains 15 ounces of meat and ! vegetable hash, one 15 ounces of j meat and beans, one 15 ounces of meat and vegetable stew and the j fourth 4Mi ounces of hard biscuit, half an ounce of sugar and three- I tenths of an ounce of soluble coffee. I As one disillusioned National Guardsman summed it up, "If it's hot, it tastes like hot dog food and j if it is cold, it tastes like cold dog food. That's the only difference." I Scene of Villa Raid History was made at Columbus, N. M., March 9. 1916, when Francisco (Pancho) Villa, called by an American author "The Enchanted I Captain," invaded the United States I at the head of his revolutionary I band of Mexicans, killing 16 Ameri- I cans, soldiers and civilians, and set- I ting fire to the towh. Driven off by I U. S. cavalry, the raiders left 200 of their number dead on the battle- I field. The motive for Villa's attack I has never been definitely ascor- I j tained. The incident caused Presi- I j dent Woodrow Wilson to order the I Punitive Expedition into Mexico un- I der command of Gen. John J. Per- I shing, who later became the com- I mander of the American Expcdi- I tionary Force in Europe during the I World war. Rocking Children to Sleep I A few years ago amateur experts I claimed that the child's emotional I j development would be injured by I such a motherly act as rocking a I child to sleep. We now know from I thousands of clinical cases, howev- I er\ that this cuddling is good fot I I both child and parent. Lack of cud- I dling causes the emotional trouble, j ! The practical difficulty for some I j parents is time and for many others, I a rocking chair. This seems to have I gone out of style. A theoretical dif- I j Acuity is that the child may want I j to be rocked every night. i j \ ' - V ???????????????1 I Corporal Six Hours Late; Alibi Airtight. CAMP BLANDING, FLA.? 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