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V . v 4 I . . m" I".'. . r BARNWELL PB0PLE4KNTINVL. BARNWMX. SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5. Q 1 ¥ CirTt Walk Betrays Her Marital Status Umivrrsity Profeaoor Si» Short, Stiff Step s Are Indication of Spinserhood. RUSS NOT STIRRED BY RICH GOLD FIND 'Washington, Sept. 29.—Dr. William H. Blake, of Columbia university boasted today that he could watch a *»rl walk across the street and know instantly whether she was doomed to be often a bridesmaid but never a bride. The secret lay, he said in watching the knees. If the girls take short, stiff steps with their hips swaying like hinge s on a rusty gate, you can be sure they are going to be old maids. If they have a free swinging gait, thdy either are married or are spending their lunch hours in front of jewelry .store windows trying to decide whether the Minuet or Fair fax flat silver pattern would look bet ter in the dinette. The United Press detached an im partial observer today to do a little knee watching and check up on Doc tor Blake. The doctor came through with flying colors. He will be glad to know that the United States govern ment supports his theory. Case No. 1 a gill named Virginia. She was sitting a't a switchboard when interviewer!, shouting for the eentral operator to give her National €600 and golly-darned quick, too. One ssspected from her tone of voice that abe was married. People attain the foK -horn blare only after years of gbooting at each other that there isn’t a cake of soap in the house. The in- >witigator approached her politely and said, “Virginin, get up and walk.” For Science’s Sake. “Too tired,” she replied. “I cooked last night, and it wore me out. Burn ed my elbow, too.” Carefully, tactfully, it was explain ed that this was for science’s sake. She softened immediately, and c< n - seated to stroll across the room. Stroll? Nay, Doc*or Blake, she laped. Nice long strides; none *f tbij, walking from the knees down bosiness, no -mincing steps. The in- eertigitor leveled an accusing finger at her and said: "Married, aren’t you?" She waved a hand completely clut tered with an engagement ring and a wedding ring, and said: “Sore for four years.” Blake believes another infallible aign of an old maid is that her pos ture is erect; wives and wiven-to-be alouch a bit. The girls must know that it is safer to slouch—or else—because the fab r department has made surveys show- lag that unless young girls are trained, about 90 per cent, have poor postuie. Their slouching gets worse with the years unless they can Ire prevailed upen to use lowing ma chines or take exercise before break fast. Another Test. Doctor Blake’* diagno-is is a seveic blow to the advice-to-the-lovelcrns columns because now all a girl has to do i* prance before a mirror for ten minutes and the future and all its secrets will l>e her*. If she is dis satisfied with the knee action-pi sture test, the investigator is pnpared, with Doctor Blake’s permission, to suggest another way tf dete:mining whether she will be an old maid. Dance twice to soft music with a young man. Convey the impression to him that he is strong and silent, intelligent and a much letter darner than Fred Astaire. Lead him cut to a balcony and maneuver him S' that tte moonlight fa'ls on your face, which should be conveniently close to vonr left shoulder. Grve^htm Time to drink in the beauty of the moon- spattered evening and then murmur: ‘‘Life is beautiful, isn’t it?" If he does not make a pas-, a: you, you are sunk, lady, and you had better- go right home and practice slouching. State F: The State Fair. Columbia.—Paul ,V. M^ore, secre tary of the State Fair, hasbeen great ly pleased with the way South Caro- 1izuan 8 have taken to the ide\t of lim iting the prize-money to exhibitors of South Carolina. From every Section ki every department the mo\V has been heralded as progressive Npnd pleaamg. '"But,’’ Mr. Mocre said, “as fine the 'exhibit* are going, to be, we are\ not overlooking the amusement side and I can say without contradiction that me have never worked harder to give the vititers a better rounded program wff spoils, amusements and educational Ytoatures.” The Carolina-Clemson game will, niff course, top the football program 'Ylnrsday at nocn, and Brookland- Onpce and Sumter will furnish foct- iMri) feature of School Day Friday. ADVERTISF The People-Sentinel Soviet to Reap Benefits of New Discoveries. Moscow.—Gold—and lots of It, If official boasts are worth anything— has been discovered In the Middle Volga region; that is to say. In the heart of a population center, within easy reach by railroad of overcrowded industrial western Russia. But there will be no gold nish % The announcement of the find was read by the Soviet citizenry most placidly. It roused no dreams of easy fortunes. Nobody rushed to stake claims. It was read casually and forgotten. To an outsider, accustomed to ways of thought In the outside capitalist world, the popular disinterest In daz zling gold discoveries Is a sort of sym bol of the change that has been wrought here by fifteen years of prole tarian revolution. In the Rliava district, in the Middle Volga region, the gold trust has com pleted researches begun several years ago. That there are some non-ferrous metals in these parts was vaguely known. Several small mines were op erated here years ago. but now stand abandoned. The gold possibilities were forgotten. The researches have “reminded" the nation of this undeveloped source of wealth. Moreover, the official report estimates that when fully exploited It will be the richest gold mine in all of Russia, not excluding the Siberian mines. The commisslariat of heavy Indus try believes in the discovery sufficient ly to have assigned 2,1300,000 rubles to begi« the necessary construction for developing the mines. The head of the gold trust, Professor Serebrovsk, has been made personally responsible for carrying the work through quickly and effectively. Meanwhile, pending the installation of modern machinery, workers will b# enlisted from surrounding villages to begin mining operations. Gots Into Stats Coffers. Wkors Cocoawt Is Klag To the average American, a coconut Is only a coconut, providing an occa sional delicacy, to be eaten either raw or In a cake, pie or candy, but there are parts of the world where the coco nut tree Is the producer of almost all the necessities of life, says Field Mu seum News. Staple food, drinks, uten sils, clothing and shelter are garnered from this unprepossessing fruit of the South Seas, at regions are perfectly happy with a menu of coconut, coconut and coconut, three times daily. Children of the Ironies eat a strange candy made from part of the sprouted coconut which bulges Into the center of the fruit and absorbs the meat and milk. This Is a tender tidbit. Aside from Its local uses in the tropics, the coconut is of great Importance In the world’s com merce as a source of copra, the dried coconut meat from which coconut oil is obtained for edible fat, and for use In soap making. Vitamin* in Food Recognized vitamins In food Include | the following: Vitamin A, found in milk, butter, fresh cheese, eggs, green vegetables (such as spinach, water cress and turnip greens), yellow veg etables (especially carrots and yellow corn); vitamin B, found in germs of wheat and other cereals, liver, yeast, lettuce and raw peanuts; vitamin C, in lemons, oranges, grapefruit, raw cab bage, sauerkraut, sprouted grain or peas, tomatoes, lettuce, watercress, spinach, turnips and green peppers; vitamin D. In liver and cod-liver oil, egg yolk, snails, sunshine; vitamin E, German oil of wheat or other grains and many vegetable oils, fresh meat and animal fat, fresh lettuce; vitamin F, same as vitamin B; vitamin G (also called B2), In fresh or evaporated milk, liver, gteen vegetables (even If canned), bananas and yeast. In the far eastern gold fields th« j Soviet authorities give the prospectors a percentage of their mined gold In payment, to encourage technically ca pable men to migrate to those inhos pitable regions. Here, on the Volga, such Inducements will not be neces sary. I/ocal peasants will work for a dally wage large enougli to provide them with bread and cabbage, and the whole gold supply will go Into the state coffers. At the same time It was announced that an oil gusher, one of the largest anywhere in the Union, has been opened about 20 kilometers from Baku. It Is pouring forth 15.000 tons of oil a day for the oil syndicate. The aite of the well, Ixx-k Batan, had not previously been tapped, de spite its proximity to the rich Baku fields. Prof. V. A. Selsky, chief geo logist of the syndicate, told the press that Lock-Baton will yield the Soviet union "tens of millions of tons of oil,*' adding that this estimate Is "most modesf." Parisian Canal Reveals Two Murder Mysteries Paris.—The police here have been presented with at least two murder mysteries as a result of the emptying of the Saint Martin canal for repairs to the subway running l»eneath 11 When the canal bed was exposed, police found a fractured skull and two bodies—one was decapitated. One was of a man killed by a bullet. Other discoveries Included a Seven teenth century sword, unexploded bombs and shells from the World war, and the German bombardment in 1871, and a collection of rust incrusted re volvers, knives, aud other weapons. The Saint Martin canal, most of which was constructed between 1802 and 1825, never before has been emp tied. The two bodies and the skull were found in the tunneled stretch of the canal. Police are certain that the two men were murdered. The absence, how- makes their task of identification aud inquiry extremely difficult. Violin Maker Claims Secret of Stradivarius Stockholm.—The secret by which Stradivarius obtained the unexcelled tone of his famous violins is claimed to have been found by Otto Sand, a skillful Swedish violin maker. For twelve years Sand lias tried to solve the problem. As lias been previ ously assumed, the solution lies in the composition of the lacquer used by the old master. Sand does not want to disclose his secret, but states that in analyzing the lacquer he has been guided by the smell, aud that by means of a special kind of rosin obtained from Egypt he has been able to invent a lacquer of the same quality as that found on the ancient instruments. Minister Operates Mine Camp for Coast Youths Wilbur, Wash.—With contributions what-they are. Rev. A. R. M. Kettner. pastor of Lutheran churches at Wilbur and Reardan, Is now operating a plac er mining camp on the Columbia river. His “mining company” consists of many Reardan youths, wh« have pitched tents along the river and are said to he making fair wage» from their labors. British Pottage Stamp* British postage stamps have never borne the name of Great Britain, but only the legend Postage and Revenue and, with very few exceptions, the profile of the reigning monarch. Some stamps are more curious in that there Is no Indication on them of their val ue. An example of this was the news paper stamp Issued by Australia. 1863, which bore neither the name of the country nor the value. The design was a head of the Greek god Hermes, en cased In a fancy border. Trottiag sad Paciag The difference between a trotter and s pacer lies in the movement The trot Is a progressive motion of a quad ruped, In which each diagonal pair of legs Is alternately lifted, thrust for ward, and placed upon the ground with approximate synchrony, the body of the animal being entirely unsupported twice during each stride. The pace is a swaying gait characterized by the throwing of the weight of the body from the legs on one side to those on the other. INSURANCE FIRE WINDSTORM PUBLIC LIABILITY ACCIDENT - HEALTH SURETY BONDS AUTOMOBILE THEFT Calhoun and Co. P. A. PRIC1S, Manager. TO LOSE FAT of Braoklya, N. T. writes: "Bar* aa*4 Kras*baa far tb* past 4 teaath* aa4 hara oat aaly last Sft paaads bat ftal sa asaab batter ia avary way. Etta far paapla wba daa’t aara ta radaaa, Knuabaa U waadarfal ta kaap tba system bsaltby. X I stag a aarsa shaald kaaw far Pva triad sa May thing* bat aaly Krasshaa answarad sU parpases." (May U, IMS). 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