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* 4 S' SUCH IS LIFE—Some Fun! By Charles Sughroe V"v' IE WOm* MAVEA l CMAHC£ t 1 Two Blouses From One Smart Pattern All Wasps Are Not Mean; Some Gentle and Loving Study of Insects Is Made by Smithsonian Biologist. Washington.—There are all sorts of wasps—mean wasps, suspicious wasps, v gentle wasps, friendly wasps, lazy wasps, and ambitious wasps. Marked “personality differ ences” among these insects can be detected by close and continuous observation of brothers and sisters, reports Austin H. Clark, Smithsoni an institution biologist. Last fall a peculiarly shaped ma son-wasp nest was brought to Mr. Clark from Virginia. He kept it all winter, waiting for the insects to emerge in the spring so that they could be identified. They turned out to be a hitherto unknown sub-spe cies. « But as the little creatures emerged from their cocoons he made minute and continuous obser vations of their behavior. It is often stressed that insects are almost en tirely creatures of instinct and that each individual of a species is born with a rigid, nearly invariable be havior pattern. Mr. Clark found that they are born with quite marked individual differences. "The Female of the Spec ies.” The first female to emerge was literally “bom fighting,” and look ing for trouble. From the time she came out of the cocoon, says Mr. Clark, “she had a very character istic defense attitude. She was ir ritable and bad tempered. If any of the others approached her when she was resting she would make a lunge at them without moving her feet, and menace them with her jaws. For resting she always chose BASEBALL IMMORTAL Nap Lajoie, former major league star, recently voted a position in baseball’s permanent hall of fame in a poll of baseball writers. He was in the major leagues for twenty years, but never played on a pen nant winning team. For fifteen of those years he batted over .300, and led the American League hitters for four years. a place near the bottom of the jar, on the dark side of one of the corks. Her never-failing bad temper, com bined with her small size and other features, made her always readily identifiable.” Whenever a finger was placed in her field of vision, he reports, she immediately struck a defensive attitude. Quite different was her sister, the next to emerge. She was much big ger and, says Mr. Clark, “of a very placid disposition. At first she was mildly startled at the appearance of a finger close to her, but only to the extent of facing it and watching it closely. She never assumed a defensive attitude and never, except when resting, drew up her fore legs.” Others Good Tempered. The other females varied between the suspiciousness of the first and the placidity of the second, but, Mr. Clark reports, all were good-tem pered and never menaced each oth er, although not particularly socia ble. The one male of the family to survive long enough to be stud ied appeared to be a lazy, lifeless fellow, but became quite active when his sisters began to emerge from their cocoons. Mr. Clark found an almost equally noticeable difference in the “intelligence” of the wasps, insofar »s this would be indicated by their ability to solve problems of their immediate environment. The male soon “learned his way about” in the glass jar in which he was confined and was able to fly around without hitting the sides or falling into the water dish at the bottom. The fe males for the first two days fre quently bumped into the sides and frequently fell into the water dish. One of them could always extricate herself without difficulty, but the others had to be lifted from the wa ter several times before they learned to take care of themselves. Wasps, Mr. Clark found, sleep soundly in the dark and are slug gish on*a cloudy day. My Neighbor Says: AMAZE A MINUTE SCIENTIFACTS BY ARNOLD 'v TROPIC FORESTS £ncircung the equatorial zone op THE earth is a forests* marvelous PROFUSION AND VARIETY FROM 1,000 TO 1,500 MILES WIDE. OY BEANS IN ^ SALAD- Cheaper mayon naise SALAD DRESSING CAN BE MADE USING SOY BEANS INSTEAD OF EGGS AS A STABILIZING AGENT Paying for teeth- Dentists in the , US. TREAT 24,000,000 PATIENTS A YEAR, AT AN AVERAGE OP*.8 EACH J Service. POWER OF VISION By LEONARD A. BARRETT How can we explain a Rembrandt in art, a Kreisler in music, a Roent gen in science? Was inspiration responsible for their achieve ment? Shall we attribute their phenomenal suc cess to genius? Or was it inspira tion plus genius plus something else? Perhaps the most important element in all worthwhile work is this “plus something else.” For want of a better word, let us call it vision, or “ge nius,” the drawing spirit which compels both genius and inspira tion to express itself in fidelity What is it? DINNER DRESS If you like the flavor of cloves try adding a few whole ones to the fat in which doughnuta are fried. • • • When making orange marmalade skins may be easily and quickly removed if oranges are allowed to stand in boiling water for about five minutes. • • • When soil in which house plants are potted becomes more like clay than loam it may be lightened by adding sand to it. Plants grow best in this kind of soil. • • • Small washable rugs may be washed in washing machine, but should not be put through wringer. Hang dripping wet on line to dry. They will then keep their shape. • Associated Newspapers.—WNU Service Q By BETTY WELLS White lace emphasizes the quaint style of this informal dinner dress of bifeck marquisette. The hat of black silk taffeta has a pleated flar ing veil that charmingly frames the face. to the patterns which wholly pos sess the mind of him who will allow nothing to separate him from his work. This is the drawing spirit in action. Without vision, both inspi ration and ability fail of their high est and best achievement. “Where there is no vision, the people per ish.” It was vision of perfection in mu sic that made Fritz Kreisler give of himself sacriflcially in the pursuit of his ideal. He was awarded first prize at the Vienna Conservatory when he was but ten years of age. Who knows the sacrifice of the child’s play life which this great honor entailed? Rembrandt scorned the appeal of the popular mind for paintings which vitiated his vision of pictures he saw within his own soul. He chose hungfer and suffering rather than prostitute his^art to commercial ends. The apostle Paul would have died rather than dis obey his “heavenly vision.” Genius is given to but few. An en tire generation, but only one Shake speare. A century, but only one Lin coln. An entire nation’s history, but only one Florence Nightingale. To a very limited number of persons are given ten talents; to a large number, five; to the great mass, one talent. Although one-talented persons may lack genius and the in spiration which it creates, they are by no means destitute of vision. Just as the smallest cell is necessary to life, so the smallest work is neces sary to the aggregate of life’s achievements. The person with one talent plus fidelity of vision will arrive at a higher degree of success than the genius bereft of vision. A careful choice of Ufa work is essential as a challenge to self-sac rifice. Vision cannot bo mechanical ly created nor momentarily as sumed. It must bo an elemental part of self: a longing for particular per- J EAN is in her first year of high school and feels terribly grown up. Especially since her father and mother recently have done over her bedroom in recognition of her posi tion as the young lady of the family now that Helen’s married. The new furniture is a walnut and very nice. Of course, Jean has been in a breathless state deciding on the wall paper and the chintzes and selecting new lamps. The room finished up not exactly according to her mother’s notions, but Jean thinks it’s absolutely perfect, which is all that really counts. The wall paper is pink with a tiny white flower in it and the curtains are cream net with seven inch ruffles. The draperies are lavender rayon taffeta with more wide ruf fles, but pleated this time like an old-time taffeta petticoat flounce. The bed-spread is a flowered chintz on a cream ground with lovely very Frenchy bouquets for the design. It is finished with pleated taffeta ruffles to match the draperies. There is a chair in this same chintz, and the rug is a tranquil light gray. Naturally, Jean feels her impor tance in a room like this! And her responsibilities too. At first her mother thought that it was much too fussy for a girl Jean’s age, but even she’s getting sold on the idea now that she’s seen how much pride and pains Jean takes with the room. She’s gotten as neat as a pin and more careful of those taf feta ruffles than of her best party dress. If a room can teach those qualities to a fourteen year old, it’s a success, decoTatively speaking. • • • The Living Boom. May Lee is throwing prudence to the winds and doing over her living room just the way she’d like to have it, not the way that might seem safest and sahest. In the end hers will probably be the color scheme that all the ladies in town will be dying to copy. First — Walls of walnut veneer which looks like panelling but does cost so much because it’s very thin. (There are also some wall papers that look so much like real wood panelling that the smartest interior decorators are using them.) Then a sofa in a very scintillating shade of blue-jay blue. Cretonnes for sev eral pf the other chairs in an Eng lish floral design on a warm creamy ground...an odd chair in coral.... Cream celenese curtains tied back with heavy cream cords and made with pinch pleated tops . . . her old cream ground Oriental rug . . . lamps with brass bases and cream shades . . . accessories with brass' . . . picture frames in gold leaf... andirons and firs things in brass . . . some placet of pottery in coral feetton that has travailed and brought forth a precious product of workmanship. Vision gives Joy to work and keeps It safe from the mists of idle dreaming and the market places of dross. Leek of vision is lack of power to use life. “Though the vision tarry, watt for it; for It will surely come.” • Western Newspaper Union. . . a pair of porcelain vases and a tea set in blue-jay blue. It’s a perfectly lovely room which started us to thinking about dark walls. We wouldn’t advise them in some places, in others we would. Naturally they do make a room less bright and sunny looking. But in the average house where there are plenty of other rooms to be bright and sunny, it’s interesting to have one that has the contrasting ef- Everybody In town will be dying to copy May Lae’s new decorating color scheme. feet of tranquility and repose and that aloofness you feel as you step out of a glare into a serene shadowy glen or into e quiet library at duak. That same mood can be achieved in a room with dark walls. But in order to keep it from seeming som bre and depressing, be sure to have other things in the room of lighter tone. • By Betty Walls—WNU Barvtca. CRASHES MOVIES mmmmm ^ 1 ■ ^*,-1 mmk ' California Colt Views World This California colt, only twelve hours old, takes hit first look at the big world. He was the first foal of the year at Rancho San Lula Rey, famed Southern California breeding farm, and is a brother to the well known thoroughbred Alexander Pantsges. It will be two years be fore this young hopeful it given a name and sent to the starting gats. ^ No. U71-B Blouses, like crocuses, always bloom early in the Spring, and here are two versions that can be made from the same pattern that will brighten your wintry wardrobe just like a pot of flowers brightens a room. You can make the dressier version, with charnv ing machine-tucked ruffling, out of an airy organdie. And the sportier blouse with revers and two buttons and a plain-edged peplum, will do nicely in a silk crepe or crisp dimity or percale. There’s bouffant charm in the dropped swing peplum and the big puffed sleeves. Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1271-B is available for sizes 12, 14, Id, 18 and 20. Corresponding bust measurements 30, 32, 34, 38 and 38. The dressy blouse, size 18 (34), requires 2 yards 35-inch fabric, plus 3 yards of machine pleating and the sporty one 2% yards. Send your order to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept., Room 1020, 21-1 W. Wacker Dr., Chicago, HL Pattern 15 cents (in coins). • B*n Syndicate.—WNU Bcrvtea. DO THIS far year co/d TONIGHT Kay Stewart, seventeen-year-old Northwestern university coed cheer leader who was held responsible for the vocal support that helped the Wildcats to a Big Ten champion ship, has been signed to a seven- year motion picture contract. Miss Stewart is the daughter of a Shen andoah, Iowa, theater eperator. ecroatl 113ft to 227*j iodoaAsnasfodl ■CwHy folg cqU PENETRO Variety of Peppers Besides white and black and red (or cayenne) there are long, Ash anti, Jamaica, \nd melegueta pep pers. Melegueta is the most pungent and acts as a drug. African natives call It the grain of paradise. Old Age Is Deliberate Young men soon give and forget affronts; old age is 1 in both.—Addison. FITwpPPT Afow NtqhchJTh* ALL-VEGETABLE CORRECTIVE s talk about •a economical , 25-tablet box— oo/y ZScentaat any drosston. 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