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By Charles Sughroe
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Rare Joshua Tree to Be
Saved From Extinction
j National Monument Is Cre
ated for Conservation.
Washington, D. C. — The rare
Joshua tree, a Uly that grows to
a height of sixty feet, will be saved
from extinction by the establishment
of the newly created Joshua Tree
national monument in California.
“In San Bernadino and Riverside
counties, south of the Mojave desert,
825,430 acres of primitive desert has
been set aside for conservation and
named in ho or of these shaggy
green plants,” says the National
Geographic society.
“The barren Little San Bernard
ino mountains and the Colorado riv
er aqueduct just above the popular
resort, Palm Springs, in Coachella
valley, bound the area to the south.
Rocky mesas in the mountains are
favorite stands for the Joshua tree,
which refuses to thrive in the bak
ing Pinto basin below.
Named by Mormons.
“Mormons gave the tree its Bib
lical name because it pointed the
way to their Promised Land. Less
wander-weary travelers of today,
however, have observed that it also
points in every other direction, in
cluding up and down. The pictur
esque folk name has survived, nev
ertheless, since this grotesque
growth almost requires a stranger
label than ‘tree yucca,’ or yucca
brevifolia. 'Praying tree’ is another
nickname for this devout shrub, be
cause its many forked branches
weirdly resemble arms flung heav
enward in prayer.
“The Joshua tree’s trunk, a foot
CHINESE LAWYER
Thomas H. Lee, thirty-two years
old. American-born Chinese, is the
first person of Chinese descent to
be admitted to the New York bar.
Thus the population of New York
City’s Chinatown will have someone
to represent them in court who can
understand and speak their lan
guage. As far as Mr. Lee knows
there are two other Chinese-Ameri-
can lawyers in this country, both of
whom live in California.
or two in diameter, is a single col
umn as far as, or slightly above,
the normal height of a man. Then
it bursts suddenly into clusters of
branches, each branch dividing and
each division subdividing, expand
ing into a globular tangle of forks
from 10 to 40 feet high. The tallest
on record, over 60 feet, was demol
ished by vandals. Unmolested, it
may reach an age of a century or
two.
“Like other species of the yucca,
it is a desert-bloomiag lily, as its
spring flowers betray. No doubt do
ing the best it can under the cir
cumstances, the Joshua tree blos
som still has no lilylike charm. It
is whitish, but not white. Its frag
rance recalls that of the toadstool
rather than that of its elegant East
er sister.
“Dead leaves, like broken bayo
nets, form a protective thatch cling
ing to trunk and branches. The lit
tle wood rat is said to tug these dis
carded weapons to the mouth of
his hole to build a spiked barricade
against intruders.
Has Many Uses.
“The Joshua tree’s formidable ar
senal does not frighten off the sly
little wild things with which the
‘lifeless’ desert teems. Humming
birds, so populous in the southwest
ern desert areas, flutter over its
blossoms. Scott’s oriole accounts for
many a dash of yellow on the gray-
green Joshua, where the cup-shaped
fiber nest is hung among the tree’s
protective spikes.
“Resourceful Indians formerly
turned to the Joshua to serve do
mestic purposes. Its seeds were
pounded to meal for Indian mush.
Fibers from leaves were woven
into baskets, ropes, hats, and even
horse blankets. Pulp from the stem
was converted into a kind of soap.
“Later attempts to use the tree
were less successful. Desert home
steaders who tried to build Joshua
log cabins found themselves pro
vided with all too collapsible homes.
The ptup however, made paper.
Several issues of newspapers in the
United States and England were
even printed on it, but finally the
project was abandoned as unprofit
able.
“The lightweight layers of wood
which can be sawed from the tree
make excellent protective tubes
around the bases of young fruit
trees. Because the wooden sheets
are pliable in one direction and
rigid in the other, they have value
as surgical splints to protect broken
bones. Rarity of the Joshua tree,
however, prevents extensive indus
trial use.
“Groves are known only in half
a hundred spots of southwestern
United States. They are mysterious
ly dependent for perpetuation on the
yucca moth, a special species of
which is the only means of pollina
tion. The moth unwittingly performs
its duty by the Joshua tree when
gathering a ball of pollen to plug
up the hole in which its eggs are
laid.”
THE GOOD
BISHOP
By
LEONARD A. BARRETT
A story is related of a certain
bishop known by the name of “Wel
come.” He was
given a sixty-
room palace in
which to live,
with every room
comfortably fur
nished and well
lighted. From
the front win
dows in his pal
ace the bishop
could see a small
hospital dt only
six rooms, dingy
and poorly light
ed. After assum
ing the duties of
his high office, the bishop made his
first visit, which was a visit to the
hospital. The record of this visit
is as follows. “How many patients
have you here?” the good bishop
inquired. “Twenty-six,” replied the
head physician. “Your beds are
crowded and your rooms are poorly
YALE’S GREAT ACE
Larry Kelley, captain and end of
the Yale football team, by scoring
a touchdown in the Harvard game,
closed his brilliant career with the
record of having scored at least
once in every game against Har
yard and Princeton during his three
years of play.
AMAZE A MINUTE
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ventilated,” said the bishop. “Yes,
your lordship,” replied the doctor,
"but what can we do? We have no
more room!” “There is some mis
take here,” said the bishop. “They
have got these houses mixed. You
should have my house and I should
have yo\irs.” So the palace became
a hospital and the dingy hospital
became the bishop’s palace. A true
story. Not an unusual sacrifice in
a bishop, perhaps, but the influence
of his unselfish service made him
at once the friend of all the inhabi
tants of the town, and his influence
increased daily.
This little story teaches many les
sons. One of the most important
is that the thoughtfulness for the
welfare of others must be actually
lived; must be expressed in kind
and noble deeds if it is to have a
permanent value in life. A person
may be honest and upright and live
an exemplary life, but be indiffer
ent to the physical and spiritual
needs of those about him. Being
good ourselves is only part of our
responsibility. Goodness must be
expressed in something helpful to
others, if it is to live. An isolated
life is soon forgotten, but—
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"When a good man dies
For years beyond his ken
The good he leaves behind him
Lies upon the path of men."
Doubtless the good bishop was
much happier in the hospital than
he would have been in the palace.
Strange as it may seem, we enjoy
most those possessions we have ac
quired through some act of sacri
fice. It is not what we keep but what
we give away that gives os our
keenest satisfaction.
We seem to lose ultimately
what we try to retain with in
creased value what we share with
others. “The gift without the giver
is bare.” True. What we give away
is not measured by its intrinsic
worth but by the spirit of the giver.
No wonder the good bishop was
called “Welcome.” Thrice blessed
is he who wins friends not only by
being friendly but by meeting the
needs of others through sharing the
blessings he has.
• Western Nc«Mcr Uumu
'T'HERE is much dish washing at-
tend ant upon holiday dinners, so
it may not be amiss to suggest
easy ways and protective methods
to use. The glassware, china, and
crockery can be safeguarded, and
this means a good deal when old
family pieces are brought into use,
and choice antique and modem
tableware is used for serving the
feast.
When dishes
are put into a dish
drainer after
washing, see that
a fresh dish towel
or other piece of
linen is laid in
it first. This has
two advantages. It
dulls the sound of
the work some
what, and it pre
vents edges o f
glass and china-
ware from chip
ping. It keeps the
silver from rub
bing the metal,
and saves it from
getting rubbed or
scratched, while
the towel also pre
vents the flatware
from slipping
through the inter
stices. In a t -
tempting to dislodge silver, there
is a good chance it may get twisted,
bent, dented and scratched, unless
precautions are taken.
Avoid Fancet Hazards.
If any of you do not have the
rubber protectors that fit about
faucet spouts, a strip of wool or
cotton flannel wound around a spout
can be made to do as a substitute.
In fact the textile strainers that are
homemade of cloth tied about the
faucet so that the water perco
lates through the material, act as
protectors, too. If, by accident, a
piece of glassware, china, or other
breakable gets hit against a faucet,
as will occasionally occur during
dish washing, it is more than likely
the edge of the ware will get nicked.
By using the rubber protectors, or
the improvised cloth ones, this
danger is reduced to a minimum.
A rubber drain board is excellent
in dulling the sound of dish washing
processes, and it lessens the hazard
of breaking dishes. The board is
fine to put the silver on when it is
rinsed with scalding hot water.
Be sure to have a stack of fresh
dish towels, as the work is speeded
up by discarding damp ones and
having dry ones at hand. Wet towels
can be dried quickly over a radia
tor and be ready for further use.
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Decorations.
Lights and flowers in combination
make a marvelous decorative en
semble. This scheme has been de
veloped so that the flowers do not
suffer from the heat of the illumi
nating agent, which heretofore has
proven the drawback. Tail non-drip
candles are used, and these are
distributed amongst the flowers so
that the glow from their flames is
caught and shimmers on the blos
soms below.
From this it is noted that the
candles are of the taper variety,
high and slender. The matter of
chief importance is that the candle
or tapers actually are of the strictly
non-drip sort. No drip from melted
wax, then, can fall on floors or nap-
ery or reflecting mirror placque on
which the flower holder may rest
Any wire or perforated flower
holder can be used, provided the
holes are large enough for the can
dles to go through, and be upheld.
The necessity for any special flower
and candle combination holder is
eliminated, although these simplify
the work of fitting the tapers
securely in the holes, and also .regu
late the distribution of the tapers in
the most effective manner.
Arrangement.
Place the holder in a shallow bowl
or dish of water after blossoms,
greenery and tapers, have been ar
ranged satisfactorily. Since the flow
er holder is low and the tapers are
tall, there’s quite a distance between
the wicks of the tapers and the
flowers below. Light the tapers just
before the meal is announced when
the arrangement is used as a cen
terpiece for the dining table.
There’s no place where these light
and flower arrangements are more
beautiful than in the center of a
dinner or refreshment table. A silver
or glass container for the holder
adds most to thfe charm, especially
when on a glass reflector large
enough for the glimmer of the taper
to gleam back in twinkling radiance.
G Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service.
Ask Me Another
# A General Quia
1. By what country were doub
loons coined?
3. In politics, what is a retr*
endum?
5. Who was father of Mary
Queen of Scots?
4. What was • corvette?
9. What are the two. chief is>
lands of New Zealand called?
6. What is the atlas bone?
7. What is an Eurasian?
8. Who was Pluto’s wife?
9. What president of the U. 8.
had Rutherford for his first name?
10. What is a collect?
11. What is a foot pound?
12. Who won the Battle of Hie
Pyramids?
Answers
1. Spain.
2. The reference of some ques
tion to a vote of the people.
3. James V of Scotland.
4. A wooden war vessel.
5. North Inland and South Is
land.
6. The top-most bone of the
spine.
7. One of mixed European and
Asiatic blood. *
8. Persephone (or Prosperpine).
9. Hayes.
10. A short prayer.
a pound-weight one foot.
11. The work required to raise
a pound-weight one foot.
12. The French under Napoleon.
CHIC ENSEMBLE
A kepi hat of black cire satin
with a coronet of black felt leaves
by Suzanne Talbot, a smart cape
of silver fox, a simple high necked
gown of black matelasse crepe,
black kid suede gloves, antique
gold jewelry.
Build Church of New Type Steel
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Seen through a maze of steel Ik the original wooden St. Augustin’s
Catholic church in Culver City, Calif., where film stars have been tomt
to worship. Before it rises a new structure embodying latest method of
steel frame construction. Resistant to fire, termites, and earthquake,
the framework is entirely composed of small round rods interwoven to
form a network of steel, welded into a single unit. New method Is
invention of A. M. McLeilan, Los Angeles engineer.
HouseftoM ®
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Add chopped pickles, pimientoes
and olives to regular cabbage
salad and you will concoct a tasty
relish suitable to serve with fish,
fowl or meat.
• • •
Parchment shades, if they are
shellacked and varnished, may be
washed with white soap and water.
A little furniture polish applied
after washing helps to brighten
them.
• • •
Moisten the pastry bag with cold
water before adding cake or frost
ing mixture and the bag will be
more easily cleaned and there will
be less waste of the product.
• • •
A cracked egg can be boiled If
the shell is first rubbed with lemon,
juice. The acid coagulates the al
bumin and prevents it from cook
ing out of the crack.
• • •
When a roast is in the oven,
don’t stick your fork again, and
again, into the meat, and so let
out the juices and flavor. Don’t
flour the roast at all. Sprinkle
with salt only.
• • •
To remove ink from linen, dip
the article in milk and let it soak
for about two hours; then take
out and wash with soap while the
milk still remains on the spot.
• • •
Try cleaning denim chairs with
moist bread one day old. The end
pieces will hold together best. Win
dow shades and rugc can be
cleaned by rubbing with breed.
9 Aaaoctaud NawapapM*.—WNU S>rvl«^
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of the trouble to aid nature to
soothe heal the inflamed mem
branes as the germ-laden phlegm
la loosened and expelled.
Even if other remedies have
failed, don’t be discouraged, your
druggist Is authorised to guarantee
Creomulslon and to refund your
money if you are not saosfled with
results from the very first bottle.
Get Creomulslon right now. (AdvJ
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