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SUCH IS LIFE—Some Fun!
By Charles Sughroe
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Perfection in Art
The true work of art is but a
shadow of the divine perfection.—
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