The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, June 12, 1918, Image 9
ASY TO WRITE WITH TOES
seertion Made That "Accomplish.
ment" Can Be Acquired in a Com.
paratively Short Time.'
When next you go to lie zoo, watteh
the lonkeys use tlhei r hamids, suggests
the Plopular SWIence Monthly. Notice
Iow% they si'zo things with thlir li.
They do not uisp their finger-etis as
we do. Vhile the higher itoikeys,
Such as gorilias 111and hi anzllpinei's, may
be tagnit to use their fingers, they
never laIrn to Ise thein ats easily as
do iuman beings.
Tie monkey is prinaiIly a tree
dwenler. It lives in forests and wngs
from tree to tree, using its hands as
hooks with whileh it grasps the
branches. The t humb Is iot brought
into play. Some South American t -
keys have lost the thumb through
use ; ill that is left of it Is Ildiea I
by a little lum1p under the skin.
Inl the higher ionkeys the wrist s
built like y(urs. It hits the saile ntnltht
ber of bones. But the monki'y lias
never used his wrist, andI so it has lost
the flexibility. The mnonkey' en ustit '
his fist to better advantage than his
hinds.
Man, on the other hand, has used his
feet so long simply for the purpiose! of
walking, that he wvoild experience con
siderable dificilty in using thbet as
lie uses his hinis. Yet, i.t is aJmzing
how quickly a m1atn entI learn to use
his toes as he doe's his fingers. If you
don't believe this, just try to write
with your toes. ,At first the letters
will be very large and awkward. lt
with a very little prtietice you will
find tIt you (-fill write with your toot
mjaore 'asily than with your left hi:id,
f you are n aturmt ally right-Iain'led. It
is tiln it tractivI exerc iie withil which
to while away an hour1'. We knoiw you
will try the expeIlmbent.
LESSON WAS TOO REALISTIC
Class in First-Aid Work Promptly
Proved That "Nerve" Was a Thing
They Lacked.
A doctor of a small town of central
Missourl was instructing a class of 30
enthusIastle young women in first
ai(d w'ork.
The lesson for the evening was on
nerve, and he was e(ndeavoring to en
lighten themlt as to just whait was
mleaitnt by "Inerve," and how it wIts es
pecially necessary in the ease (of neci
deits.
The inetrucltor. continued by saying
a distinaguii'-Id ihysein i had saild that
"Nerve ieans you must be Cool, you
inlust be very cool, youl mus1t hv
cool."
Just as he fintisled this exiilati lon,
a1 s('reTarn was hiard olltside, followiedi
by several p)st'ol shots. Tile oliter door
into tihe ha senient of the town library,
where the class was be'lig held, was
ilung open. Two men, struggling to
gether, their clothes drenched in ( blood,
rolled down the steps into the roomn.
There were moans from the writhing
,'formns on the floor, but the class did
not hear itnem. Tihey in( flown, not
only to the outer door, but to a friend
ly shelter across the street.
Nor, when the'doctor went across to
them, and explained that the shooting
ifTriy was oily a sham one betwi1en
two college I/oys, which he was using
to illustyate his lecture, would they re
turn.
They hnd completely lost their
"nerve," they e'xplainied, and1( their
tnerves were' so shaken they must go
hiotme at onIc, antd go they did.
Training Little Children.
Childr'en ar'e so opien-hear'ted and(
readly an rlitesponi~. so sweetly and
quickly to fithI and truist that we ofteni
intiss gr'et t hpinesshi'5 by not shariing
our hopies and1( joys tmotre freely wiithi
If w e keep 1the bond v'ery elose', ourt
hiotne ii heenmooiie thle gret mieeltlog
clildren will be like a poiwerful inag
no(t whose ttrac(tloln the clii ldrenC can
not resist.
So, from these 1beglinnin gs the home
tle will hbe so~ stri'ugthenedi~a tintt we
need never fea r tIm inthiie tilluremnent S
of the' world eann drawi our chIildren
froin uts. bult ('lan list 1assu1red( that they
will alIways reot urn' to thle "('(enter of
deep reilose."'
Worms That Thrive on Ice.
I. E. Mlatths (if the UniitedI Stattes
s1taniv-rm 'ItlhIht aboundii~ on the low
erI paris of tihe M3iiunt Ihiniier giluili's.
Theyi3 all' dark ibrilown, sie'ii!er and
abouiit all inich in h'ngthi. On favorale
Sday. In July andi August millions and
lng ont the surf'taie of thie ice, e'videnttly~
brledi'(1ni. t here anrd-fieudin tg iln origaniic
mtatter lolwn upon the' giicer in ihe
I'rini 'If dust. "S(1 essetia tl to' their
exisltnt'." says Mir. rtlth's, '"is the
clill of 'he ice tha t thliey el.tert severail
I'ies, a tul somletime man 111iy feet, ble
low the surface onl days when't thel sun1
is paric ulrl-iy hot, reapperin'lig late
Real Purpose of the State.
ft'ar. to' subjcti item to the Will oIt
emlt hi is f ar :s jo.siile toI live ini 5'
u ity that 6,to presertve for each
to himst'elf or to htis nleiglhb'lr. No, I te
11ent1. li oject oft thIi stateIl is not to)
tils it' lllt(mta~t .its (objeiCt is to en
11ble1 the it t/I'tns to devlop ini security
etmloy tW('ir reasonih. The truti ('1:d of
.the slate, therefore, Is lIberty.
S3plinoza.
EXPLAINS POISONING BY FOOD
-4 ---
Science. Has Discarded Theory, Long
Held, That Ptomaines Are the
Cause of Infection.
Poisoniing by food is no longer ex
pltined as "ptointine poisonilng," but
iI ai adtlress to tlt! Amerlcati Asso
elation for the Adyncernent of Selivhi
f-. 1. . at t I I sioweI that it s due
teithl to true imeter0ial toxincol aa
blI(! to thoe of diphtateria v1ndI tIe t.t.i
btelilli. or. () ififectionl wvilh specific In
vertionl enr1rit-1l by the( food! article. Th'le
best knlown exnlinple of thle toxinl-fon-1
Ing iirobes I.t thet bacillus, bottilinuils,
whiich has produvced in (li- Untieod
8tates 22 recorded cases ofl ioisonking,
of which 17 were lit Californita, while
(;reait Britaina hats reported lit) cast.
Tiis type of liiolsoning is rare, bit in
fetiont with food-bornte disi-nste blic
Iteritt seenis to occir in at greait nutilluber
of tnses. The bcterina are either pres
cnt in the foil l Itsolo , O tite food i
containinted froi human sources.
The chief food-borie Infections hith
erto traced to IuIan conitatlinitilon
are typi oild fever Ittl the vaIrlius
pa'raltyl phoi (I infections; but to Ithese
Intist be ointied certaint infections ralre
ly itranisitnitted Ity finy footi except
Ittilk, sich its diphittheria, searlet fever.
and strepto(coccus sore thrott. The
type of infection fromt food ntt
inntted it its source Is exeiplitlted in
the tiseases of (erCIotnin rood annluttas.
'Ilie chief init'ctios known to be ditl
to foodf infeted atit Its source lre those
-- it itily tinent-horle-catusled by the
gr-oupj of pmratyphold eniteritidis lute
Ierin, inid thost resiltin.-g fron the use
of !infected milk. The bacterial dis
(nses of plants dio) not infect naian.
GREAT WRITERS NEAR DUEL
Tolstoy and Turgenev in Fierce Dis
pute That Might Have Led to
Deadly Encounter.
Tolstoy and Turgenev, famous Rus
sinna novelIsts, w\ere contemporaries
aind friends, but on onie ocenasion they
had a seriaos falling out. As. gathered
from a recent bIography, t his is the
story of their quarrel: The two fit
maouse novelIsts met tat it friend's house.
Turgenev spoke eitliusiastieltly of
hIs young daauglter's tew\ English gov
erness, ntiitloning lutt sht' reqiriied
the child to mend old, ragged clothes
to give to the poor. "Do you contsider
thatt gttod?' demandd Tolstoy. "I Cer
tainly do," reiled Turgenev ; "it iikes
the charily workers realize everydly
netds." "And I 1ini1uk that at well
dressedl girl wlilt filthy, malotorous
rags In her liaids is acting a iusiliere
fiar'ce," co-t:ttented Tolsloy. "I task
you not to say that," excilained Ttil
gtentv, holly. "Why slould I it ta.
what I am: cnvinctd is I rut'e?" retorted
Tolstoy. "If youi. siy that igatii I will
box youlns!" Tlrgenev erled, Vhait
with rage, iand ruslhed from IIt' room.
A dol was nitrrowly averted. After
ward ilhese fmittious men beenme ree
onltilei, ail oi his dlathbed Turgenev
wrote an affecting note to ToIlstoy, ad
dressing him its "the great writer of
our Iussian hutl."-Outlook.
Chinese Queues Not Barred.
Although the trtille in hImaniti hair
hts not been so brisk during the past
few years as formerly oi ntecount of
tit' veeritig of th flishitonts in hatir
dressing twttirdl tht extrImes-t simli
ity, t here arte mnillionis .of pounds1 of
huitunn halir expotrted froma ('hinao. Onec
of thle pieculiart fitets In connectioni
wvith the tratdte Is that often after the
Chinest'e senid thle hitIru toi us we tret
It ad dye It aind ser~d It hock to beo
moade' up for sp'cial use. This is usunti
ly truae in regatrd toc the Invisible hati r
wVomen't ust to keelp thetcir own'i locks
In order ton a windly daiy.
VTe hair -net business lots becomue of
great Imupor tanice to thle plrov'ince of
Shtatun g, whiichi now provides practic
atlly3 the ent Iret supply for Ite miarket.
l'Tus thle lohIait et. wtcrn bty thte veriest
.Stniy-atI-lionm' in Amiteritenhaos doubi~tless
crosse )5the I i'otvenn thitree timaes.-P'opu
Lightning at Sea.
sip~s tat st-t itre In nao dtager of beting
destro'yedt by 1lih tning. Of ial lie dlan
gel's that tbesetft' senmiant, Ilihtnling
itgin st wvithi perfectt thlorouighntess,.
rantge-d, ot'r th' most coinilete pr'o
tent ion from th Ile eletrie'1 tluid.
lltefare t hIs fiati wits we- Illiunde
entuse of damalitge to shiin~lg. Ina 1803~
to 1815 nto ftwet'r thiant sevet-y vessels
of th Ing'a 'slilt avy were enIi rely crip[
led-t by being sltuck. It wats a nto tun
('tmmoln ti ng for' vessels to be set oni
lire 50 comltpltetly by Ilitig as to
de-fy extIlintm, with th le retsutlt thit
tiste ont boa rd wh'lo wveret not kilit-t bty
thle elettiet disca-ltrge ini many ini
sinnates probai~bly lost thitir live-s
thr-ulghi hling mm~tble to itt downul the
What They Asked Him.
fThert' is at- mn ini (iown who is
tit-ed oft herigutheti name ofitt ay sml.
ar ofs popular ankue lise namet isL.at
Ilinedt lti tht Oniid M lnda lorningi
thp un n ht--tts is haet' to It-t, e'ht it ihe
thed tin te' siak andt bSroktle atoe
(tclube dtitt tnt he -strh tinin re ad
vctqlg-~-uainana u o en Naskdlnth
Remedies for the Earache.
For an caralie, dry hent 1- the satf
est reinedy. Never should the tin ot her
drop oil or ainiything else into tie eair
wI Iuitht belig espechilly oriered to (10
so by :a Ioctor. A staill hot-watr bag
with Ia ,liiel COvTr, 1a kid gOve-tllger
ililed wiVtlh salt and then licated ln tile
ovenl, ort, simply, a1 lhtun1el made(h Very
hot and covered by another o(e to hold
in the heat, may be plaiced overP ithe
bahy's (ar to 'eiieve tihie pin. If this
does not seeiml enouigh, then a sinull
rubher ear-syringe tuy be filled with
hot wa ter; 1111d wile the lole of tlie
ear Is gently held downwiNard 1 4 undl back
watrdi tit(- itfither should iuse the
s3lt!(I i It~l3' I -l t41 ' i lie lint
syige carefully, fthe( pl h o
flanunel after drying olit tihe tr. WVhIII
pus Ims formled, or if this simnipl e itrelat
imnit does not relieve the acute pain,11.
a doctor should he asked to xainie
Ilie eaIr. 'ossibly the d rumii mtnvuibrane
maiy need to be opened. Ilot hborie
ield solution or somie other dis.infeet
ant will be needed to syringe the
f1ar if puts is present.-Marianna
Wheeler, in the l'eople's Ilone Jour
nal.
Nicknames of Cities.
Baltimore, Monuiental City; Ros
ton, Hlub, Puritan City and City of No
tiois; Brooklyn, City of Churches:
V
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IS FULLY ]
SUMMER"
SHIRTW)
Attractive v
trimmed, cool
$1
TAFFET.
New plaid ta
collars.
WASH JA
Sheer and s<
embroidered a:
collars.
$2
LADY S
Somethingn
for women. A
garment in a se
container.
'sleo
S W I
Buffalo, Queen City of Ile Lakes; Chi
cago, Carden City; Cciimitti, Queen
Cityt Clevelind, Forest City; Detroit,
City of the Straits; IlmIa nnil. lko.,
Bl f City ; Indinnt.olis, Itallroad City ;
Kceloliz, M.., Gte City; 1,otlsville,
l'vll City; Lowell, Al1s1., City of Sp u
dies; New~ 11aven. City of Elmis; New
Orleans, Crescent (ity ; New York. Em
plir City ; I'hiladelphia. QuakIzer City ;
PI~ttburgh, S'noiy City ;nd Iron City;
Porla d, Al.,Forest ( ity;: ;och"ster,
N. Y., Flour City; St. Lo-i1s, Mound
(*if.y; Sinm rncso Golenl ("nte;
Sinl1gfield, lii., Flower City; Wash
ingitn, city of Mgi iticent. Iiistances.
To Make Your Shoes Last.
Whenl.1 y1ur shoe leat therl gels dry or
1111, you should (oil or greose it, Says,
thle poliar. Scionee(. Alontid1y. To do,
this, first brush off al 1111 1(d anld then
AVsIh thle shoe In warin water, (rying It
with a soft cloth.
While the shoe Is still wet, apply the
oil or grease. rubbing it III wih a h
of wool, or better still, vith the pa hn11"
of te ha ndf. After treatienti t. Ihe
sos slihld he left to dry in a warim
but nlot in it lot place. Castor oiS i
reo vi (ed for shoes h.1t 11rp to be
polished. ioir plnieri( foogear, fish oill
and oleiv. or any ono of ithe less ex
Ipnsive oils 11aiy be substitut(d w% ith
Very goo(i reslts,
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PREPARED T(
MONTHS AT
ISTS $1.00
oile waists; lace
and comfortable.
,.00
A WAISTS
ffeta waists; white
L.50'
LP WAIST~ -
>ft quality >f1
rid lace trimmed
.50
~EALPAX
ew in underwear
thletic style; each
mnitary dust-proof
a Suit
F ZE R
IL A
DRESS YOU FOR THE
A REASONABLE COST
ATTRACTIVE SUMMER
PARASOLS
For Ladies and Children
Children's size 40e to $1.50
Ladies' size $2.00 to $7.50
SATIN SKIRTS
Baronette wash satin skirts in
white only, the most practical
skirt to buy, for
$5.00
SHOES
Ladies' wvhite kid pumps, very
stylish now,
$7.50
White Canvas Pumps
$2.50 and $3.50
LADIES' HOSE
Ladies' lisle thread hose in
white; seam up back; very fine
quality, 7i
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