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f k . u ^ \ V V The Barnwell People-Sentinel, Barnwell, S. Thursday, NovffiibCT 7, 1935 m ir- SUCH IS LIFE—To Keep Score —By Charles <Sughroe \ SE5, ear \VM0'P WAHTTO’ we Am j Awm€f /WACHlMg ArsouMP A Verifies Road Map Museum Employee Superim- poses It op Modern One. I^ondon.—The bright idea of an as sistant In the cartographical depart ment of the British museum is respon sible for one of the most Important discoveries in regard to the Roman occupation of Britain ever made. Only about 200 miles of the roads built by the Romans l>ave so far been uncovered. If is now possible to plot their entire system of several thou sand miles. Moreover, it is revealed that many rural roads which were sup posed to have been evolved from cattle paths have in reality a Roman founda tion. This, however, only applies to straight roads. Verifies by Digging.. Tiuf discovery was made in this way: d syt of ordnance survey maps show- among other things, all modern n ds, streets, lanes and paths had Wen received at the cartographical de- parement for filing. There was also on file there a Roman map of Britain showing She 200 miles of the roads Pentathlon Winner Turning In a .‘U>H4-point perform ance, Clyde- Coffman of the Kansas A. (\, won the national A. A. U. pen tathlon title in Palmer stadium at Princeton university. In this photo graph lie is seen leaping 7.04 meters in the broad Jump to win that event in the pentathlon competition. that had been laid bare, besides other Identified Roman remains. The clerk biade a map of this on the same scale as the other and super imposed it. In many cases the Roman roads covered the modern for a cer tain distance but only where the latthr were straight or crossed each other at right angles. , Then the young man went digging. Under the surface of a. few modern roads he found the remains of the Roman; in dugging in fields where a continuation of the Roman road was Indicated, he found it. Thus his super imposed map was gradually filled in with extensions of known Roman roads, and with new ones, where meas urements showed Roman roads should exist and he had proved did exist. Although his work is still incom plete he has announced his discovery, and permitted a “correpsondent” of the Times of London to exploit It in that paper with a map showing his plotting covering the area along Ermine street north and south of Lincoln, In Lincoln shire, northeast of Derby. This map reveals the two clues which he followed: first, that all the modern local roads for miles leave Ermine street at right angles to its la regard to the “rolling English road,” which usually seeks a path of least resist ance; second, that south of Lincoln* the principal roads opposite Harms ton, Coleby, Boojrhby, etc., leave Er mine street and run due east, and after a mile or so of straight running meet a partly uncovered Roman road run ning parallel to it. He continues: For Definite Purpose. “Beyond all doubt these roads were laid out by one authority for some definite purpose. They differ in every way troni our normal English roads, which go with certain tlexuosities from one village to another. But here in Lincoln is a series of roads which run in a deal straight line and mostly from places of no importance to des tinations of no evident usefulness. No one doubts that Lincoln was a Roman city and a Roman gate remains to this day. But no one has yet sug gested that all tills strange chess board area norm and south of the city bears an imprint in roads and parish boundaries which can only be that of the colony of 1,800 years ago. Yet there would seem to be no oilier ex planation.” THE DEFEAT OF FEAR By LEONARD A. BARRETT Bt) Ltjdta Le Baron Walker A little child was afrgi^l .of the dark. In order to dispel this fear the father took^he child fof' a walk into the/iight made darker than usual by an ap proaching st o r m. | 'Walking - hand in hand 'the father in quired, “Are you afraid now?” “No,” replied the child, “I have hold of your hand.” We are all children; grown up; perhaps, but still children. The child wants a hob by horse, we want an automobile; the child wants a play house, we want a real home; the child is afraid.of the dark, we are afraid of life’s uncertainties. We fear the pos sibility of defeat, the peril of failure, the risk of adventure, the.dread of carrying on. The “will to live” some times is overcome by the sense of fear, and the love of life ho longer furnishes sufficient -motive power for us to laugh at storms. We need to return to childhood for many of life’s most valuable lessons. Why was the child no longer afraid of Heads Legion Women Pigeons Prove Value as Weather Prophets Cologne.— If a pigeon Is seen sitting on a roof with Its beak toward the east, rain may be expected: This is line of the things claimed to have been discovered here after a series of experiments on pigeons to test their value as weather prophets. Bad weather will follow, it is added, if the pigeons return home early, but if they fiy far and return late then fine weather may be expected. AMAZE AMIN UTE SCIENTIFACTS ~ BY ARNOLD Salmon spearing/ Indians at Ceulo Palis on the Columbia River, Oregon,a*-] NUALLY SPEAR A YEAR’S SUPPLY OF SALMON BY USING LONG HOOKS. Arctic flowers - Over too varieties OP FLOWERING PLANTS ARE KNOWN TO THE ArcTI* plain, INCLUDING POPPIES, daisies, buttercups and be Lazy cowbird CoWBlRDS, TOO LAZY TO BINLO NESTS, SLYLY DEPOSIT THEIR EGGS IN OTHER NESTS AND HAVE THEIR YOUNG FED BY OTHER BIRDS, SUCH AS SPARROWS. WNU 8«rvlc« Mrs. Melville Mucklestone of ('hi- cago. who was elected president of the American Legion auxiliary at the con clusion of the seventeenth annual con vention In St. Louis, Mo., of the Amer ican I^egion. the dark? Because he had hold of his father’s hand? Yes—hut something more—that contact gave him eonfi dence. .Confidence always conquers fear. During the last four years, fear has taken its toll of tragedies, an ex perience which was not confined alone to the underprivileged class, tin all of life’s levels there was expressed this lack of confidence to ride the storms; a lack of confidence in the in evitable adjustment of the laws of rigid and wrong. The cause of fear is lack of confi dence which is due, in many cases, to ignorance. The savage fears the thun der because he does not understand. We 1 tremble at life^ uncertainties be cause we think we are not aide to cope 'with them. We forgef x that vuctories are always won within the Imagina tion of some general before they are won on battlefields. The men and women who dreamed dreams and had the confidence in them selves to make those dreams come true have been the real heroes of history. We are daily reading of the return of confidence throughout our entire country.' We rejoice in statements of men of large and long experience when they declare their • confidence in the speedy'return of 'prosperity and that “in the future we shall have a return of the “good times” which existed be fore the “crash!’’ Let us remember that a cathedral is built in the mind of an architect long before the corner stone is laid. Our personal as well as our national future will reflect the con fidence we have in the integrity and worth of our own ambitions; plus our spirit of perseverance. Believe in yourself. Have full confidence in the Integrity of your own soul. Confidence dispels fear. We are on our way back to prosperity. - - j © Western New.ipaper Union. Modern Hallway A small modern hallway, displayed in a metropolitan shop, has walls coat ed a- tomato red and a glistening black HTbor. The floor is enameled black with a narrow white border about a foot from the outer edge. In the cen- tel^of the floor, the outline of a circle Is painted in white. r T HE work of dusting when rooms are cleaned is greatly reduced by the labor-saving vacuum cleaner. There are attachments that -are handy to use for this lighter work than cleaning floors and which are easy to manipu late. But even without them, the fact that the vacuum cleaner raises prac tically no dust as it gathers the dirt into Itself, is the main reason for de creasing the task of dusting. A broom whisks the fine par- Jleies about, making them settle on ar ticles that may have had but llttie dust on them before sweeping. Moving all articles out of the room, therefore, dusting them first, is the practice when a vacuum cleaner is not used: Dust ing them after sweeping the room, is a bad idea, as the floor will get some of the dust which drifts from the duster, and so the floor cannot continue to be im maculate. But the worst—feature—is- lum and glass, give the impression of being rivals, Instead of equals, one being chosen because of a preference for a glow of metal, and the other for the shine of glass. There is a trend toward square and flat shapes in bathtubs and basins. The standard of the basin is tubular with the top large. The space al lotted to It may have to determine the size, but when space is ample, the "large top is the style. The bowl is galled square, but the angles are enough rounded for ease in cleaning. A towel rack is now frequently part of the basin and is a welcome acces sory to It. Squareness Is accepted in towel rods. The reason being that this shape pre vents towels from slipping off as read ily as from round rods. Since there is present this note of squarness in all fittings one is inclined to feel that style is as much in evidence as con venience. © Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service. Sports Ensemble LET JUNIOR MAKE OWN SIMPLE FROCC PATTERN MM - /V../- *U w f. t M * Cv.v. • .y v tv**’rj \ ^ \ _\ that the dust per- J " colates into uphol stery, and sinks into crevices in frameworks of furniture, making it almost impossible to get out Whrre Dust Settles. When dusting there are certain things which are often overlooked For example, tops of doors, and door frames are favorite spots for dust to setttle, and unless dusted frequently it is amazing how dirty they get. Base boards, especially those under furni ture and which do not show unless persons are seated where the light re veals the dust, are sometimes neg lected. They are telltale places, as are also door panels with their decora live moldings. Window sills are sel dom left undusted, but sashes are. It is mortifying to find one’s hands black alter raising or lowering a window, especially one whic^i has to be un locked. Dust has a delight, apparently in settling in these fastenings or It would seem so after a few experi ences with undusted fastenings. Open book shelves collect dust, par ticularly along outer edges, titose nar row margins of shelves in front of volumes. The books need dusting on top, and the shelves back of them. Books should be taken out at Inter vals, and entire shelves be dusted. One of the disadvantages of open shelf book cases Is the problem of keeping them and the volumes clean. Glass door book cases are chosen for choice books, so that they will keep clean, and will not require to be dusted or handled except semi-annually at house cleaning times, other than when taken out to read. Bathroom Equipment. Styles in bathroom equipment and furnishings are continfially changing Sometimes because inventive minds have developed new ideas, sometimes because new rneials can. be used ap propriately, sometimes because the vogue of white or colors extends to bathrooms, and sometimes because con veniences are multiplied. Today chromium fittings are in high favor, with glass just a trifle behind, al though it continues to remain the choice of many. These two, chrom- m ft; a Lives there s junior Miss who couldn't "fair for this smart jst simple school frock? We Just know she will want to make her first fall frock from this pattern, because It’s so Tery easy to cut, assemble and stitch, and If Mother la too busy to supervise the operation, take the pat tern and some pretty cotton to sew ing class and work on It there. The youthful, square neck adopts a acarf- -llke collar to slip under Its tab, tht This coat designed of bronze-green cashmere completes a sports qnsemble when worn with a multicolored skirt of rodler wool and a soft wooly scarf knitted of the skirt yarn in light and dark red. puffed sleeves have a hearty slash. Action pleats grace back bodice and skirt, a box pleat, the side front skirt Pattern 960(1 may be ordered only In sizes 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14. Size 12 requires 2% yards 30 Inch fabric and % yard contrasting. Completa diagrammed sew chart Included. Send FIFTEEN CENTS In coins jor stamps (coins preferred) for this pattern.* Be sure to write plainly your NAME! ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER and SIZE. Send your order to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept, 232 Weet Eighteenth St, New York, N. Y. —“—* - if* 'A* Brighter Rooms If a room is not bright and sunn) you can improve it by painting the walls and woodwork a bright shade, advises Helen Koues, director of Good Housekeeping Studio. A nice soft yel low is one of the best Rhodes for bringing cheerfulness Into an other wise , dull room. Off whites are also excellent for making a room seem bright, and Incidentally give an effect of spaciousness. For bedrooms the pink, peach, and apricot shades will help a dark room, and for the room that Is already bright yon nan take advantage of some of the smart new deep tones—bottle greens. Georgian greens, powder blues, dark blues, and even deep rose topes. The pale watery greens, the medium Adam greens, and dusty light blues are of course always good for rooms of this type, and the pastel tones are much In vogue again. Bedsteads Reclaimed Now that painted furniture is s< much in vogue, many an old-fashionec, bed is brought out of the attic, given a coat of paint, and made once more a useful piece of. furniture. Oystert white, wldte with light blue trim, or white with vermilion or gray are ef fective. Semi-glossy enamel is a good finish. Use Everfast Sunnidell Prints . for Daughter's Frock He charming achool frock illastrated above will be the envy of* all who see it if yon use Everfast Sunnidell prints. They come in mapy attractive designs and the very latest colors. Everfast Sub- nidell Prints are fast to sun, and washing, and are also guaranteed against shrink ing. It will be your daughter’s favorite— yourt, too, when yon see whst a stunning dress vou can make of these Everfart Sunnidell Prints. It’s economical, too. Bs sure to ask for Sunnidell Prints at your local dry goods store. Should they not yet have the latest pattern* in stock, drop a card to Dept. EB, 23J W. 18th St., New York City * for FREE SAM PLES and name of nearest dealer.—Adr. eS an Auto relapse ‘‘How’* yonr wife getting mloiif with her driving, Abe?” "She took a turn for the worM last week, Moe.” Pine Start "Dearest, lam not worthy of you. w "That’s what mother says, Jack dear. How lovely to see yon two agreeing.” Just a Beginner Dentist—“I’m afraid I'll have te drill.” Patient—“My goodness, can’t w ou work without a rehearsal?” Wild Ducks live on Commuters’ Bounty -V Scarcely a ferry boat arrives at or leaves Leschl landing, Seattle, that Is not met by a flock of 17 mallard ducks, Insistently quacking for food. Com muters who use the ferry lines to reach communities on the east side of Lake Washington have formed the habit of carrying bits of bread and other morsels for the fowls. The ducks became accustomed to receiving food when small children in the neighborhood began feeding them as ducklings last spring. The photograph shows youngsters on the curb near the ferry dock with * few of the wild mallards ehistered about them, seeking food \ -J