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• I • 'V Place Names Take ^ • V Strange Disguises Spelling Altered to Fit Way They'Are Pronounced. Washington.—“Every godfather can give a name,“according to Shakespeare; but keeping a name, Is often a prob- ‘ lem. Places have a harder time than people in pieserving their names un- corrupted, according to the National Geographic society. “If the spelling of names continues to be altered to fit the way they are pronounced, descendants o’f persons now living In Gloucester and Worces ter, Mass., and Sioux City, Iowa, might eVen come to spell them. ‘G’loster,” •Wooster,’ and ‘Soo City,’ ” continues the bulletin. “English ploners In the United States v Encountering French names frequently pronounced them -In such ’hot potato’ fashion that^the original form Is scarce ly recognizable. Thus Luray, Va., was once I>a Relne; Rlckrenll, Ore., was La Creole; Sallisaw, Okla.. came from Salajson, meaning ‘salt provision.’ Names Are Garbled. “Rivers, streams and creeks fared •▼•n worse than tqwns and cities in lutTlng their names garbl.ed. In Ar- kanaaa, the Chemin Convert stream be- eame the Smackover. “Spanish names, as well as French ones, have proved stumbling blocks. Among the familiar is Key West. Fla., evolved from Cayo Hueso, meaning ‘bone reef.’ “Inrrtan names have proved tongue trippers. The Indian name lawl- Personality “The fellows razz me because my photograph won a prize. Hut It wasn’t any beauty contest and I sure can use the money." emphatically declared Eu gene Novlk of .Woodbridgfe, rL J., awarded the Parents’ Magazine grand national prize of $2.">0 in the Children’s National Photograph contest. This thirteen-year-old boy’s pijotogrrph of all the 30.000 coast to coast entrants was chosen as best reflecting person ality and character. 9 . saqlfik, ‘middle creek,’ for a village and creek in Pennsylvania has become Loyalsock. Connecticut is the way pioneers pronounced the Indian Quonok* tacut, one interpretation of which is ‘the river whose Water is driven In waves by tides or winds.’ “Names are legion that have been spelled according to sound. The pla teau known as the ‘aux arcs’ by early. French settlers, later became Ozark. •Aux Arcs’ has been Interpreted vari ously as referring to a French trading post among the Arkansas Indians, or to bends in the White river, which flows through that region. “Slurring of combined names now and then forms a new name. The swift Rapldan river in Virginia is* said to have been first called the ‘Anne’ for Queen Anne of England. ‘Rapid’ was added, referring to its current. Blame Clerical Errors. “Sometimes a clerical error is re sponsible for an odd name. Glasco, Kan.-, derived its name when a post master mispelled Glasgow. The classic example of a place christened er roneously is Nome, Alaska. Cartog raphers applying* epithets to places on a map of Alaska ran out of ne.w names, and marked a cape tentatively Name? A drau^^ian mistakeniv copied it as Cape^^^B and so it has remained. “While scores of place names be- cotpe peculiar after being buffeted about for centuries, others are odd to start wltih. Among the queer ones Golald, Texas, formed from part of the name of the Mexican hero, Hidal go; and Yreka, Calif., formed by trans posing most of Bakery. Yewed, Okla., is the reverse of Dewey, in whose honor It was named. “Another grortp of names are the hybrid, pieced together put of scraps of several existing names. A well- known patchwork name is Teyark&na. Connecticut has Hatjlyme (from Had- dam and Lyme) and Winsted(from Win chester and Barkliamsted). California claims Oalistoga (from California and Saratoga) and. Calexico. Kansas con- trihutes its share with Grertola (based on Greenfield and Kanola) Kanopoils (parts of Kansas and Centropolis) and Kanofado.. Was the Pacifist Right? LEONARD A. BARRETT The appeal for volunteers In the .late War Was met not Only by a large num- r her of young '^nen who enthusiastical ly .contributed their services, but by a much smaller group who steadfastly re- fused, for con science sake, to bear arms. At the time these men were branded as pacifists and were looked upon as cowards, shirkers, unpatriotic, and un- Worthy of the priv ileges of American citizenship. The sobering and painful experiences through which we have passed since Armistice day may cause us to inquire seriously: Was the pac ifist altogether wrong? The experi ences of the last decade have, led many tp interpret conditions in a far different light than during the crucial years of the war period. We are now inquiring in all seriousness; Was the pacifist right? \ Let the Unknown Soldier spfak. Were his voice audible, we might hear him thus speak—I gave my .life to She Stands Alone Queer Malady Throws Doves Into Tailspin Knoxville. Tenn. — An unusual malady which causes the birds to “go into a spin and fall to the ground’’ has b?en afflicting doves here. Lee McClain, nurseryman who grows seed for doves, said (he cause of the birds’ strange behavior had not been determined and that it is the first of its kind he hr.s seen. “A dove will be flying around nor mally when suddenly it goes into a spin and falls to the ground dead," McClaih said. He said the bird usually had a lump in its throat and Its jaw ap pea red to be locked. f AMAZE A MINUTE 1 8CIENTIFACTS — BY ARNOLD Btj Ltjdta. Le Baron Walker TT. IS well at this season of ^he year * to be careful about draughts bf air in a house! . There are times^when it is desirable to have the wind blow through rooms and fill them in every nook and cranny with the invigorating and restoring pure air. At night win dows should be open, but there are few persons who can, with safety tj health, sleep in draughts. When a person can, there is actual pleasure In feeling the air circulating, and breathing deeply of the health-giv ing ozone. I find ■ this true with my- self,' but also, I realize how vtffy few persons j can endure the^air cur rents without Tletri- ment There Is a crude and homely saying that indicates the average attitude of •persons towards draughts of air. It runs like this; When you feel tHr air blowing on you through a hole Make your will, and take care of your soul. Immediately you realize that, the Idea of illness lurks Jn such a situa tion. The person In the draught may take cold or become so chilled that illness, with suggestions of danger, may ensue. The doggerel stanza is- a warning which it" is wise to heed. It also Indicated that, the person in ifhb draught is in an inclosure and not out-of-doors. Indoors and Oufc In the house there are alt currents caused by open windows or open outer doors, sometimes from open inner doors when one room is .cooler than an other. The tendency then is for the colder air to .waft,into the warmer an 1 ^nore volatile atmosphere. Out-of- doors a person Is seldom in draught, but may be in a gale of«wind. Little children playing on the floor feel air currents that do not rise higher. When a child Is In a play ward, or pen, there should he a blan ket, or thick rug, covering the“4n- closed space. The play yard sjfoiild be positioned in some corner of a room free from draughts or near enough to the heating unit for the warmth from It to offset cooler cur- of dlscordjmt thoughts or exciting times, pleasant or unpleasant, and when ode gels a feeling of dissatisfac tion with life, nothing is more restora tlve than to plunge with s will Into some work which should be done. The fact tblf something is being accom plished is mentally steadying, and the use of the ferment of power which Is created Is relieving and physically steadying. Unless something restora tive Is done, a tension Is created that may ’ make a temper snap, or nerves break down. So it becomes Important to have the steadying elemejif of work to keep tempers and serves nor mal ^ i While nature requires a certain ex penditure of energy in wprk it also demands that It be done with proper moderation, not in speed but In quan tity. Hard work is not necessarily un- beneflclal unless the work Is physically straining,, nervously draining or men tally upsetting. To work with all one s ebergles, without overworking, pro motes physical and mental well-bfeing. Growth in these fields results. This realisation of gain is stimulating. But just as an athlete has to grow grad ually by exercise into power and skill Wrer overworking, so most those in other fields graduate their work to suit their strength. * Work in Itself Is not harmful but beneficial even4hough a person is no; strong. But it must be done In amounts to conform to the energy^ of the person doing It To do nothing Is -to lose power, to do little may be all that la possible when- health Is poor. But In each Instance performance of work Is steadying. . . e Bell Syndicate.—WNU Servlca. Then is no monotony la living ftg him who wilkn even the qnleteal and lamest paths with open sad pe*> rep tlve eyes. The monotony of Is monotonous to yon. Is In yon, nc4 In the world. It may he Ahat yam think all days alike, and grow with their sameness, and get of the stimuluMind solemnity whlcV comes from constantly reaching am expected places and experience^ You cannot think what a different, what a more solemn and dellghtfnl place this world Is to a man who gdes out every morning Into a new world, who starts each day with the certainty that he “has not passed that way heretofore.” — PhllUpe Brooks. D06I0RS KNOW Mother* read thi*: A changing toe Mag; a etnattar home - - from a with bowels wwkinf nks • Miss Mary Thompson, a graduate of the State Teachers’ college at Mem phis. Tenn., is the only , woman coach of a hovs’ football team. She coaches the players,.of the Central elementary school at Greenville, Miss. make the world safe for democracy. It is no more safe.today than when I went overseas. For what purpose did I fight? Whom did I serve? Was it all a hideous mistake that I made the supreme sacrifice? What Is our honest and unprejudiced answer? We might, also, hear him speak like this— Never again. Edith Cavell was right; patriotism Is not enough. The only way to put an end to war is to refuse to fight. Let the forces opposed to war organize to resist militarism You cannot settle the question by merp ar gument, but It can be settled by the creation of a better social order, com posed of right-minded pebpre' wTid r Tn peace organize for the purpose of abol ishing war. Is the pacifist y'ght when he tells us we must take nadfism out of the clouds of sentiment and make it a part of our practical-politics? Is he right when he steadfastly and conscientious ly affirms that'war is wrong; socially, morally wroni, and therefore, has no place In a Cliristinn civilization? Is he right when|hf afiirms his intolerance with the theory of non-resistance to evil, and at the same moment hastens to argue that there are other ways of settling international disputes than by the shedding of blood? The causes of war are primarily economic and social These problems can and must be solved on the basis of an authorized system of Christian ideals. There is no other alternative. We must fight war with principles and not with swords. It it the task of no mere conscripted group, but of all of us who claim the right and privileges of citizenship. C Western Newspaper Cnlon. rents. Work 'as a Curative. Aq aged person or one who is not in good health should be protected from draughts, which may be a necessary accompaniment of airing rooms. Or it may be that these persons are so susceptible to air currents that they feel them when others do not. Screens are a satisfactory aid in protecting them from draughts. By careful man agement of the screens, and by pro viding comfortable seats or sofas for patients where they can rest without being in danger of air currents, their comfort Is increased. Then danger from draughts is eliminated entirely or reduced to a minimum.' ■* When affairs are disquieting because LATE STYLE NOTE #* Why do people honrital with b< well-regulated watch? The answer is simple, aud it’s the answer to all your bowel wogpee if you will only realize it: many doctore andPhospitals nee Ugaid laxatives. \ If yon knew what e doctor know* you would use only the liquid form. A liquid can always be taken ia gradually reduced doses. Reduced dosage is the secret of ang real reUef from constipation. Ask a doctor about this. Ask your druggist how very popular liquid laxatives hove become. They give tha right kind of help, and right amount of help. Tha liquid laxative generally used is Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin. It contains senna and ckscara—both natural laxatives that can form no habit, even jp children. So, try Syrup Pepsin. Yon just take regulate/ doses till Nature restores regularity. Itch and Athlete’s Foot Om MpUcartoa of liquid Kffl.Gona IMraaMc Itofc hi SO uriMteU. II p the pono oTthe akin oad kilto the i Itch, Ringworm, Itch. Fotaon Ivy, reouha or noacri or airecr on receipt oc For Only 10/Now Try this Fnmoug All - Vegetable Laxative for Constipation. It rids the Siyi of Poisons acta mfldfcr nature intended* W Larger gfcpe 26* Dr.Hitchcock s LAXATIVE POWDER X *NATURtfl BUT AttIBTAMT* Prompt Relief be found by anointing with [■^ ! Dull leaf green in a novelty weave crepe Is enchanting with brown collar of stltched-down fan pleating la draped softly at the throat of this smart frqck and a pleated ruffle edges its skirt'and sleeves. “Chief’ Is Listed as a Film Extra Historic Inn Sold for $1 Upper Sandusky, Ohio. — Garret’s tavern, historical landmark here, once visited by the noted English author. Charles Dickens, In bis American trav els, baa been purchased by ther Wyan dot National Museum for $1., ' OST! <A bad case af FmI fit! Fssl Ilka kT^n^^»Niwjo|-u» tomsrrswKAU FRKK SAMPLKI Writ* ft Garfield iea wnu—t 60-88 Watch Your. ■ Kidneys/ B« Sum They Properly Gtanst the Blood youni I ina us kidneyiml r _ ing waste matter from the'blood am. But kidneys sometimes leg hi their work -do not ad as natere In* tended ■ fail to remove impurities did poison the system when rstsinsd. Then you may suffer nagging back ache, dizziness, scanty or too frequent urination, getting up at night, puffiness under the eyes; feel netvorp, miaem' JjWt’Siuy? U.. Dom’i Mb Doan's are especially for poorly funo- ‘Chief,” a four-point buck deer. Is shown above as be arrived at Paramount studios In Hollywood. looking for a job in pictures. Mrs. Cover of Los Angeles, the deer’s owner, informed the man at the Information desk that the deer smoked cigarettes, slept in a bed and rode in a car, besides doing other tricks. “Chief was referred to the studio property man, who hooked him as s possible extra. - * j Doans Pills