The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 191, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 9, 1930 Page: 4 of 12
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. Worry a Cause of
1 Ill-Health
Mental Discord Has a Devastating Effect on the System
Warns Dr. Copeland Urging Cultivation of
the Happy Thought Habit.
■I... ... .
B? ROYAL S. COPELAND M. D.
United States Senator from Now York.
Former Comminioner of Health. beta York City.
MENTAL poise is the normal condition of the mind. It follows
that mental discord is an abnormal condition of the mind.
If you would have mental harmony or mental poise you
■ must exclude all wrong thoughts. Each of us must make a determined
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XR COPELAND*.
enort to overcome all bad mental naDits.
There is not a shadow of a doubt that worry is
■ one of the chief causes of ill health. There is
■ no end to the disturbances in the human system
■ that are caused by worrying over this thing and
I that.
Also jealousy fear hatred despondency grief
i and all simflar emotions are due to bad thoughts.
' They have a devastating effect on the system.
Mental discord wastes nerve energy’. It wastes
it as physical overexertion does. It may result in
a real disturbance of the digestion or of the im-
portant glands of secretion. The effects are
bound to be felt in every cell of the body.
The functioning of the body is dependent upon
| the degree of nerve energy we possess. These
■ emotions of ours not only use up nerve energy
but they create conditions which may permit the
development of poisonous substances in the body.
uhc effect or these may be to produce disease.
When you permit yourself to enjoy fully the right food under
the right conditions you enable the stomach and the glands which
supply the digestive fluids to function properly. You have the nerve
pnerirv to coinolete dieestion. If vou are in the wrone frame of mind
at mealtime your body is In a Wrongs
condition to function properly.
Even though the meal is a simple
one. it should be eaten in an atmos-
phere of harmony and peace. There
* tan he no doubt of this.
For the Kike of your happiness and'
good health it la well to have a real
pui jtoise In your everyday life. There
•hould be a definite constructive
puipow for each day. This will pre-
vent aimless thoughts and give you
4 a better outlook on life. Vigorous
t mental habits tending to wholesome
thoughts do much to maintain good
* health.
Wo know the power of tbe mind to
depress the spirit* and slow the
heart. Rad news make* “the heart
Stand still.” The opposite Is true—
good news happiness contentment
and enthusiasm stimulate the heart.
The thought has a remarkable effect
on the body. We are well off only
when the mind is working normally
and happily.
When you establish faith in some-
4 thing or somebody you are setting
up a right train of thought. Faith
remove* fear tt removes worry and
■* tnany other mental discords. Each
of us has to develop habits of men-
tal poise. We must have mental
harmony it wo are to maintain good
health
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| Answers lo Health Queries |
S. J. Q —What causes my Jaw to
crack while talking?
2— What is a murmur of the heart?
3— Is a nervous heart the same as
a heart murmur?
A.—This js probahlv due to lark
of rynovial fluid faultily constructed
bridges crown* or fillings wlilch
cauie the Jaw lo b« thrown forward
too far. Consult your dentist for
correction.
2— Mitral heart murmur Is a con-
dition where the closure of the valve
of the heart is not complete and
there Is a consequent leakage of
blood passing back through it.
3— No.
• • •
M. L. W. Q.—What should a girl
weigh who is 17 years old and it feet
31a inches tall?
2—What is the cause of canker
or cold gores?
A.—For her age and height she
should weigh about 11$ pounds.
2—Canker or cold sores usually In-
dicate an acid in the system. The
diet should l*e corrected and consti-
pation avoided.
cuerrictt. is-o. Nt-ipipw Fattur* ferric* to*.
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! Love’s Reawakening \
-By Adele Garrison...- --
Peace Reigns Instead of the Expected battle and the Lads
Even Decide to Placate Madge’s Irate Mother-in-Lmc.
FROM beneath my eyelashes I*
watched my small son and his j
cousin as I told them tha*
there were but two ways to
settle their quarrel—to shake hands
and be friends or to go out into the
or< hard and fight it out.
Their first reaction was toward the
Idea of physical combat. I could see
that plainly from their suddenly
heightened color and the glint In
their eyes. They glanced furtively
at each other then quickly away
again: and then with quickened
breath. I saw 1>nth pairs of eyes
travel up to my face with an appeal-
ing “I will tx- good’’ look that made
mv throat constrict and my arms
flen with the impulse to hug eaci;
little figure tightly.
Hut I kept perfectly •till for I
know only too well the danger of
disturbing that most delicate of
mechanisms a small boy’s eor-
•cience. and soon had the reward of
feeling Junior's arms flung tightly
around my neck and of hearing him
choke out:
"1 don't want to fight Christmas
Uj iv. I'll shake hands If Rod will."
1 tightened my clasp of him. an
embrace which 1 knew he would in-
terpret as carrying my loving a**
proved hut 1 turned my face to the
amthorless bov on the other side of
me. and smiled at him. as my other
imi tightened upon him.
••Well dear?” 1 queried and with
s smothered little noise which was
not quite a sob hut near It. Roderick
put his arms around ray neck and
capitulated royally.
•1 don't want to fight Christmas
time either." he averred empliali-
cal’v and I'll shake herds eh.
Jun?" he finished with a litt* swag-
*f-Sure thine. Hod." Junior answered
w.tu an answering swagger. and
they wriggled free from mv arms
*ci ambled to the Lour acd. wiU*
heads thrown hack and arms ex-
tended. went through the absurd
little ceremony. Then they looked
at each other at the floor and last
• t mo with a significance that I
could not understand at first. Then
understanding broke upon me. They
WTO having a perfect orgy of con-
science. and meant to clear up all
' their stars.
Squaring with Grandma.
"Do vou suppose Granzie is pretty
mad at us?" Junior asked. "Wo
wouldn't shake hands when she
wanted us to."
• We couldn't then." Roderick ex-
plained "Something Inside ms just
tugged and wouldn't let me."
••Mr* too" Junior assented with a
grave nod. and I had a sudden poign.
ant vision of tho many times to
come when the "something Inside”
would **tug” and keep them from
doing tj»c thing they wished to do.
"Rut do you think she's mad'”
mv small son asked again anxiously.
"Not angry." I said conscious that
I was really speaking tha truth for
Mother Graham could not remain
angry for any length of time with
any one of her grandchildren. "But
I’m afriud she's hurt. She's an old
lady and she loves you both dearly
and you really were very rude to
her."
The boys looked at each other un-
comfortably. Then Roderick spoke
"Can't we square It?" he asked
and I strangled a laugh behind a
cough he was so absurdly delicious
with his big-boy attitude.
"Perhaps." I answered non-com-
mittally. 1 wanted to be able to as-
sure my captious mother-in-law that
I hud had no part in this. She was
perfectly capable of interpreting any
apology from the boys as an attempt
on my part to gloat over my success
in getting the boy* to shake hands
when she had failed.
"What do you think we bad better
do Mums.’" junior put the question
straight to me.
*T think juu’d better decide that
yourselves" I said and his eyes
were round at this apparently base
desertion of him.
"I suppose we'd better go and tell
her we've shaken hands and that
we're eorry we were rude" Roderick
made the suggestion and Junior
struck in with a hearty "That's the
ticket." Ho turned to me anxiously.
“May we go now. Mums?"
Away with the Message.
I considered the request with In-
ward trepidation. 1 did not believe
Mother Graham was sufficiently
over her anger to welcome them
graciously. On the other hand her
rancor might increase with brood-
ing.
••Ye*" t assented after a second
or two. "But 1 want you to rcmctn*
lier something because it is very
important. If your grandmother
asks you if I or anybody else told
you to come you must tell the
truth that you thought of it all
yourselves. And when you first see
her will you say ‘C.ranxie we’ve
been thinking over what you said.
I and we ve made up our minds to
shaJce hands the wav you asked us
to.’ Can you remember that?"
They nodded gravely and Junior
asked: "Is that one of the ’impor-
tant’ things?"
"Yes*" I answered and knew that
I had given him a satisfying an-
! swer. for many times I have been
j compelled to rehearse him in some
! conciliatory message which he was
to carry to his grandmother when
she was in one of her tantrums.
"Then.” Junior turned to Roderick
importantly. "We’d better learn
that by heart. 1’lease say It over
again. Mums.”
I obeyed and rehearsed them until
they were letter perfect. Then I
opened the door and sent them down
the hall with instructions to return
to me when they had finished their
apology.
I closed the door after them for
I wished to have no appearance of
collusion with them and feeling
elated and depres.ved in regular alter-
nate waves of emotion. I waited for
tha return of the embassy.
(Continued Tomorrow.)
OwrrUSt. 1S»30 N««u «p«r Kc.lur* genic*. Inc.
Lonesome!_By Fanny Darrell. |
1 • ltt8 N>**>*^ Tmimr* |mr> lw Gc-t tig*i »»r^4
Three-Minute
Journeys
- Ity Temple Manning
Life in Henna.
BEFORE tho war one of the
most popular capitals in
Europe was Vienna. There
thousands of Europeans and
a goodly number of Americans
journeyed for periodic holidays.
Naturally the war has dimmed
somewhat the effervescent gayety
of this city but stall it retains many
of Us old characteristics.
Vienna always has been and still
remains a vibrant city a city which
must be reminiscent of the Strauss
waltzes the color of tho llapsburg
regime with all lts pomp and cere-
mony. lights dancing rich food and
headv wines. These were tho things
of which Vienna of twenty years ego
was made. So.ne of them remain.
The people are still highly emotional
—and they still love their food and
wines.
Vienna Is said to have been the
home of the coffee house (Kaffee-
ha us. it is called there! and one
needs but to walk the streets to be-
lieve it. There are virtually thou-
sands of these coffee houses or
caf< s. Many of them have tho tables
on the sidewalk—weather and season
permitting—and there one may sit
and sip his tea or coffee or stronger
Vienna's Coney Island.
drinks if he prefers while the kalei-
doscopic parade which is Vienna
passes in endless review.
Another Viennese institution is the
Prater—the People's Park. In 1603
the first amusement path was
opened in the Prater and ever since
that date the "Coney Island** of
Vienna has been an institution.
In the Prater ore to be found many
■of the conventional amusements
such as we have in all our parks
There is h Ferris wheel games of all
sorts concessionaires do-iiensin^
frankfurter sandwiches candy bal-
loons and other accessories essential
to an outing And then there an-
other things dear to the heart of the
Viennese. One of these is the
marionette theatre. Til 1-1 marionette
theatre? There is a whole street full
in the Prater. And beer gardens!
There gather the young swains with
their sweethearts the hausfraus
with their portly spouses. There
they gather under the romantic in-
fluence of the soft music and the
stars which seem to twinkle bo
brilliantly overhead.
These are all characteristic of
Vienna. One should have this pic-
ture before venturing into the more
material commercial phases of
Vienna. Of those I shall tell you
something in my next article.
Helpful Hints
Pour boiling water over onions im-
mediately before peeling them and
your eyes will not smart or water.
• • •
A good preservative for linoleum
can be made by mixing one gill of
methylated spirit and one ounce oi
shellac. Let the latter dissolve thor-
oughly then apply to the linoleum
with a soft flannel.
be lonesome is truly the most awful feeling one can ex-
perience. Particularly when it’s a young and lovely girl
who sits alone and cries her heart out for very lonesome-
* ness. But—I wonder! There’s always a cause for it you know
and there’s always a remedy. True one can be in the midst of
a crowd and still be as lonely as though ono was on a desert
island. But that’s something else again.
But the girl who feels she has no friends—no ono who
cares what happens to her no ooe to take her out and has to
watch the happy couples as they pais her window—there must be
a good reason for her loneliness. Perhaps she herself is the
cause of it all. Maybe her arrogance and sharp tongue have
driven people away from htr. Perhaps it is her love of gossip
and malicious tales about people that make those same people veer
off when they see her.
If this is the reason start right now and turn over a new
leaf. Make yourself so lovable and sweet and charming that
people will seek you. It may be a hard road at first but persever-
ance will overcome all tne obstacles und when people are once
convinced that you are sincere see how quickly they will flock to
you and then—no more lonesomeness!
Love will come to you then.—but not before. And when
once you find Love there are no more lonely days!
Tine Foundation of Beauty
Ao Mailer Hose Artful You May lie in Apply ins: Cosmetics a
Souml Healthy Itody Is the I irsl Requisite invi Expert.
By J<>SmilNlTIII Dl)LKST()N
EV’ERY woman is potentially beautiful. To brin# out that latent
beauty or.ly two things are e sential. The first and most irn-
portant of these is the cultivation of health. The second is the
i mastery of artificial aids used to touch up and improve the natural
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uwuMiUiUi VVHUlbiUll until IV lUtl to ^ mi Lilt: iip-
proval of present day standards of beauty.
The use of cosmetics for achieving beauty is
so common today that comparatively few women
are unfamiliar with the primary preparations used
to enha^e the appearance. Suggestions regard-
ing the use of creams and lotions lor clean mgs
tonics for preserving and stimulating
tinting powder for refining and a myriad 4ii
major and minor points ot dres all have been
broadcast to such an extent that the general ap-
pearance of the average woman has improved 10(1
per cent during the past few years.
However there still are surprisingly large
numbers of women who do not realize how vital
a healthy body is to the success of modern beauty.
Many of these women have relaxed the vigilance
of previous days in regardVo the health of then
bodies under the impression that with the perfec-
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sar>’. It undoubtedly is far easier to run to the dressing table fo:
cosmetics than it is to run around the block for exercise or run down
to the grocer's for green vegetables and fresh fruit.
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ever looked at the matter this way.
I always think of comparing tin
body to a bouse and cosmetics to
paint when I think of the relation-
ship between health and beauty.
Everyone knows that u house
Seen on Fifth Ave.
By LOUISL DU.N’TLEY
If the present lnteroet In jeweled
novelties doesn't mitigate eomcone
may have to write it new version of i
the old song "rings on her fingers
and bella on her toes.” And thero
Is every indication that It is lar from
on tho wane. From windows tip and
down tho Avenue jewels are flashing
out a new style message. There are
lovely buckles for evening slippers
the elaborate design of which is in-
crusted with synthetic emerald*
sapphires or rubies. Hair ornaments
such as fancy combs and barrettes
for those who aspire to long tresses
ere also glittering with a wealth of
stones. Earrings and necklaces are !
other clear indications that this is a
season of Jeweled decoration.
• • •
Capes are taking a fling at two
modes simultaneously. Somehow
they manage to create an appropri-
ate impression in both. For evening
the cape made on extremelv flared
and dipping lines perhaps falling in |
a lengthened silhouette suggests the
desirable luxury' of a formal wrap.
On the other hand no cne can deny
the swagger dash of a sports cape
which may vary from sh->rt hip. to
the two-thltds length. Numberless
gores Insure the smoothly fitted
shoulder line and the flare a pre-
‘ requisite of today’s silhouette.
which is dilapidated can only be re
stored to beauty by rebuilding ul
weak points. Hath one of us hui
s< en or heard of even an ahandoncc
hou.se that has been remade into t
thing of beauty by someone wbr
knew how to go about the necessar>
work of restoration. But such a plat
is successful only when the foundu
tion of such a house Is still sound o:
can be made to. lJow much rea
improvement would b© observed if J
coat of gleaming white paint wen
applied to a house before the saggmt
porch was repaired before th<
broken slops were mended befon
the broken panes of glass were re
placed ?
That is what women do to theii
bodies when they cover up blemishes
sallow skin wrinkles dead dral
appearing hair.
How can we preserve or restore
beauty to a body that has been neg
lected except by cultivating health
until we rebuild and replace all weal
points? How can we hop© that
modern aids to beauty will make ui
attractive if we apply cosmetics ovet
an unsound frame expecting them
to reflect the clear healthful beauty
that is gained only when vibrating
health is present?
Or cour e. it is true that many
heal til y women do not have th<
finished and smart appearance that
other women do. But we see ex-
amples every day of how a healthy
woman can improve her appearance
by the use of cosmetics proper
grooming of tho hair and hands and
Ur© careful selection of clothing.
Therefore considering all these
points carefully isn't it easy to rec-
ognize and face tb© fact that a sound
healthy body is tho first and most
important requisite to beauty?
Helpful Advice
to Girls
tty Annie I-a nriei
Dear aknie laurie:
I am a girl in my teens and
have been keeping company with
fellows for about five years. I never
before have had anything to turn
up like this. I have been going with
a hoy whom I care for very much
but I don't think he cares fer me.
We were on very good terms until
about two weeks ago. He came to
see me one evening and I had other
company* lie has not acted the
same since.
There Is another boy who really
loves me. He has not only told
me so. but has told others. He has
also proved it in many ways. It
seems impossible for mo to care
for him. Please tell me how I can
keep from going with this boy and
not hurt his feelings a^so how I
can mend things with the first
boy so we may be friends again.
WORRIED.
ORRIED: Needless jealousy has
killed many a friendship and
love arfair. If there is no under-
standing between you. he should not
feel hurt if he finds you have in-
vited others to your home. Of
course if you told him that you did
not expect company on the evening
of his call he would naturally feel
i peeved But even then you are not
at fault if a friend drops in to see
you. You might drop him a cordial
little note and Invite him to your
home some evening assuring him
that you are looking forward to a
pleasant chat with him. As to the
. other young man. there is nothing
you can do. Tell him how much his
friendhsip means to you. Explain to
j him that he should appreciate your
sincerity in not simulating an affec-
tion that you really do not feel.
DEAR ANNIE LAURIE:
I am a young girl 18 years
old. and I am going to entertain a
young man at my home. What
form of entertainment would you
•uggest? A. L. H.
L. IT.: If you are musical I
feel sure ho would enjoy hear-
ing you play or sing. And now that
the radio Is in almost every home
it provides entertainment for every'
type and taste. And there are
always good dance orchestras send-
ing their rhythm through the air.
If he ts to come to your home after
dinner It would be nice to serve
I coffee and some sandwiches and
cake before he starts for his house.
. .
The Stars Say—
For Friday January 10.
By GENEVIEVE KEMBLE
ACCORDING to the Sidereal op-
erations this day should sec
promotion preferment and
favors in employment progress in
business and particularly active and
happy personal conditions despite
| the possibility of some slight dis-
appointments or postponements. The
happy trend of affairs however
may he blighted by a disposition to
indulge In v intemperate acts and
words. The mind may be very high-
strung and the judgment fly to
quick action and profitable de-
cisions.
Those whose birthday it is are in
line for many favors honors and ad-
vancements during the year with
probably promotion in employment
or other substanti recognition from
those in authority. There may be
somo delays or obstacles to over-
come. and the prosperous state of
affaire should not be nullified by
quick words and ill temper. The
mind will bo high keyed and saga-
cious In its conclusions. The social
domestic and romantic affiliations
should be very active and gratifying.
A child born on this day should be
well endowed with faculties and
qualities for success and high place
in life with much personal happiness
and contentment.
. - ••••** r-'r
Eating Right
Foods in
Winter
Tlic Momr-Kii. Iicn
By Alice Lynn Berry
SDt'NDS rather chilly—raw celery
cabhage lettuce carrot*. But
eating those vegetable* raw 1*
one way to make sure of getting their
precious vitamin content. We know
that these food* are the less delightful
of the table delicaciea—to put it chari-
tably. But also we know that they con-
tain some very important vitamins—
element* we can’t live comfortably
without although wo don’t know very
well why as yet. Cooking unques-
tionably reduces if it does not destroy
these elements—so much has been
proved in laboratory tests. Certainly
overcooking makes most of the.*e
vegetables almost worthies* a* food.
liow avoid the Job of eating use-
less food/ Too often these homeiv
greens —cabbage and celery and
cauliflower—or carrot* and beet* and
turnips.—to mention only a few. are
cooked for hours by those who be-
lieve that’s the only wav to make
them tender. At the end of which
time they have about as much fla-
vor as shredded paper and if the
Juice in which they were cooked has
been thrown away no food value
whatsoever.
Eating vegetables raw is a safe-
guard. If you go to the trouble of
eating coar.se vegetables you might
Just as weil derive the full benefit
of the effort. And many of them
especially the greens really taste
much better raw than when cooked.
There are none too many In the
Wintertime but there *is a large
number of dressings which can be
served with these vegetables so that
the dish appears different and has
a different flavor.
Greens like watercress cabbage
celery parsley tomatoes can be
eaten row. And raw onions stand
high dietetlcally no matter what
aesthetic criticism may be hurled at
them. Not everyone can manage
onions raw. although some varieties
like the bect-colored onion or the
large Spanish or Bermudas are
sweet and mild enough in flavor to
be tolerable. Served with French or
mayonnaise dressing or garnished
with a little caviar olives or plmiento
and a sprinkling of lemon Juice they
have a peppy flavor.
Here are a few suggestion* for
raw vegetable service that can be
used any time during the Winter—
for cabbage is In the market when
less sturdy vegetables are unobtain-
able:
Cabbage fvaJ.ad French Dressing.
1 small cabbage.
1 small bunch celery.
2 green peppers.
% cupful of stuffed olives.
Shred raw cabbage ml* with
chopped celery sliced olives and pep-
per. Mix with a French dressing.
Cabbage Salad Cooked Dressing.
To the same mixture of cabbage
celery olives and pepper add the
following dressing as soon as It Is
cold. t
2 eggs.
2 tablespoonfuls of butter.
2 tahlespoonfuls of cream.
1 teaspoonful of salt
6 tablespoonfuls of vinegar.
Place the eggs in a double boiler
and beat well gradually adding the
vinegar and the butter. Continue
cooking over hot water until the mix-
ture thickens. Then remove from
the fire and se-t aside to cool. When
cold add the cream mix well and
toss the cahhage in this dressing.
With cabbage as the bulk item this
mixture may be varied by adding
tome watercress tomatoes or a small
quantity of some cooked cold vege-
table like carrots beets etc.
Grated carrots are very good
added to a Wench dressing—one of
the pleasantest ways to eat this vege-
table raw.
I Today’s Fashion
l .I—By Vera Winston——..
Lame and Crepe Combine to
Make an Interesting After*
noon Frock.
□ LOVELY afternoon model of
curran t-colored crepe and
silver lama Is Illustrated to-
day. It la modified princess In line
the bodice and hipline being seamed
in a scalloped movement. The skirt
Is flared.
A soft inset of V-shaped silver net
is mad® Just below the neckline. The
interesting sleeves are snug to the
elbow descending into a full puff
of silver lame which is gathered into
a narrow band at the wrist.
GOOD-NIGHT
STORIES
■■■■■ By Mas Trefl —
I li © Shadow • Children F1 y
South with the Swallows anil
W orry About Getting Home.
WHEN M!1. Flor. Hanld. Tam
and Knarf—the five l.ttla
shadow-children with tha
turned-about names—looked
down they aaw they were over tha
ocean.
Do you know where they were?
They were on a leaf. This leaf vai
attached by means ©f a cobwrb.
harness to a swallow. Tha swallows
who didn't like tha cold northern
Winter had invited them to accom-
pany them down South. Not having
wings they were unable to fly. Then
they hit upon the scheme of being
towed on a leaf. Shadows you
should know w-igh nothing at all.
The swallow didn't feel them as it
flew swiftly along.
They were quite a large flock of
swallows ail from the neighborhood
of the shadow-children’s house. Little
by llttlo other flocks which were also
flying South. Joined them until there
were several hundred birds.
All gazed curiously at tha shadow
children sitting on their leaf like tha
lame prmce on the magic carpet. It
was quite comfortable. Neverthe*
leas. It was somewhat disturbing to
see tha black ocean below. Tha
waves dashed about angrily as
though vexed that no one fall into
ilem. a
"I hope we're not far away from
idnd.” Yam said.
"Hm-m. we re not more than half
a mile." the swallow remarked slyly.
“Only half a mile? Why. we can't
see land at all!”
And she lookpd first to one side 1
then to tha other. She spoke tha Jk
I ' .. — J - - —i W 'i ~ ' 11
**W#'re Crossing the Equator.*1
truth. The shore was too far away
to be seen. It waa a hundred milts
a wav at the very least.
“Ch. I don't mean the shore" tho
swallow said. *‘I mean the land. It's
halt a mile deep at the bottom of tha
ocean."
It thought this e© funny that It
tittered. A bird can't laugh of
course.
Yam's fears that they might fall
into the ocean proved to be without
reason. The cohweb-hamest held
quite securely. By and by. as they
moved farther and farther south-
ward. the color of the water changed
from black to blue then to a rich
warm purple. The angry waves be-
came ripples which sparkled In the
sunshine. It was most pleasant.
Not long after they caught a
gllmrse of land—not under-the-water
land but real shore.
“That's Florida." the swallow
pointed out. “We're not very far
away from our landing place now.”
Then they passed over a large
island.
“Cuba.” said the awallow.
"Now we re over the Caribbean
Sea" said one of the other swallows.
. "Central America is in that direction
; and so .s the Panama Canal."
•'Let’s go through it!" cried Knarf.
“Pooh-pooh we never go through
canals." replied the bird. “They're
only for ships."
Finally they reached land. They
could make out palm trees hanara
trees and long vines with «trange!y
shaped leaves. They were flying
I vorv low row. Parrots and other
j birds with feathers the color of the
i rainbow watched them from the
tops of the trees cr flew screaming
awav.
“We're tn Brazil now." the swallow
said. “Do you see that river we're -4
1 coming to? That's the Amazon. It's J
the end of our Journey." *
Nearer and nearer the river they
flew. All at one® the swallow ®y.
claimed: “Look down quick. We're
crossing the Equator."
They looked but saw nothing for
I the Equator is only an imaginary
' lino you see. Then they came to
j rest gently on the broad leaf of a
! palm tree. It was exceedingly warm
nothing at all like the chilliness of a
Winter day m the North.
’ The swallows quickly ecatt. red.
They were hungry after the long
journov. Only their friend remained.
"Make yourself at home.” It in-
vited. “You'll be here all Winter.”
"Aill Winter!" the shadows gasped.
“Why we must return today. What
will our masters and mistresses do
I without tn?"
The swallow shook its head.
"Your homo Is three thousand
I miles away. There aren't ary trains
or boats and It’s too far to walk.
What are you going to do?"
That's Just what the shadow-chil-
dren wanted to know.
(Tomorrow—What the Shadow-
Children Did.)
CopyrlsM. H3*. Km;ip« Future £*rrt*. la*.
Words of the Wit»e
Discontent is the first step in
the progress of a man or a na-
tion. —Wilde.
Ambition is the spur that makes
man struggle with destiny. It is
heaven's own incentive to make
purpose great and achievement
greater. —MitchelL
The world is what we make it.
—Vincent.
For the maintenance of peace
nations should ai'Oid the pin*
pricks which forerun non non.
shots. — \apoleon.
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