The Lampasas Daily Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 56, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 10, 1934 Page: 2 of 4
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THE LAMPASAS LEADER
SUCH IS LIFE—Foolish Answers
By Charles Sughroe
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ing, Says Author.
New York.—When it comes to undi-
luted thrill in fishing there is, accord-
ing to Zane Grey, nothing that swims
jwhich compares with the great mako
:©f New Zealand waters.
In the eyes of Mr. Grey, who is re-
garded as one of the world’s foremost
anglers, the great mako is so swift and
'ferocious a fighter that it is more like
a torpedo than a fish.
“Never in my life,” writes Mr. Grey
jin the current issue of Natural His-
jtory, journal of the American Museum
jof Natural History, “have I seen such
>a magnificent fish spectacle as his
lieaping. He is a stubburn, strong
'lighter, too, and must be put in a class
l>y himself. While it cannot be proved
against him that, like some sharks, he
will stalk men, I know that when pro-
voked or hurt he will kill, and that, if
:he is angry and tastes, blood, he will
become as ravenous as any shark.
A Leaping Fool.
I “One morning, trolling, we had one
[of the marvelous leaping mako strikes
[which makes this sport exciting. This
'mako, which weighed 486 pounds,
i struck our bait and came out in a mag-
jnificent leap, shining in the sunlight,
[a beautiful blue-and-white shark,
; thrilling to see. He dropped back in
'a huge splash and sounded.
; “We ran as close as we dared, but
Picturesque Gown
Disks of black tulle form a wide
ruching on the skirt and border the
little doube-breasted capelet of August-
abernard’s picturesque gown.
nothing happened. I began to fear
that this particular fish was not going
to perform of his own accord; In
cases like this I usually grow impa-
tient and relax vigilance, when as a
matter of fact, the thing is to be all
the keener. After about a half hour
more, we appeared to be getting the
upper hand and had the mako close.
Its big fin, sharp and triangular, cut
the surface. We ran closer, hoping to
get pictures of what happened at the
gaff; and we were perhaps 200 feet
away when the mako leaped unexpect-
edly.
“He came out slick and fast, with-
out a splash, and as he swept upward,
stiff as a poker, gleaming blue-white,
with wide pectorals spread and huge
tail curved, his great savage head nar-
rowing to a spear point, he was as-
suredly a spectacle to fire any angler.
Then came the second leap—a long, low
greyhound bound over the sea, ending
in a furious white splash as large as
my boat. He shot out so close to our
bow that he could have been touched,
and he went up to half the height of
our mast, 15 feet above the water, and
turned in the air to smack down with
a resounding roar. Then he split the.
water just opposite the cockpit and
frightfully close. We waited, tingling
with suspense, but he did not leap
again.
Wore Himself Out.
“All this happened in a few seconds.
But he did not break out again. He
stayed down and wore himself out in
the succeeding half hour, so that when
we finally hauled him up to the boat
and got the gaff he had only one wag
left.
“Our next notable experience with a
mako occurred some days after that.
We sighted one on the surface and
circled him with a bait. He took it.
That mako flashed' straight for the
boat, coming like a streak on the sur-
face. He seized the rudder in his
powerful jaws and churned the water
into seething foam in his efforts to bite
it off. It was iron, of course, and he
Could not do much damage, except to
his teeth. Neither was he huge
enough to tear the rudder off, as the
sharks do at Suva. But he got away.”
During the months of New Zealand
fishing, Mr. Grey caught about 70
mako. Ten of these weighed about
400 pounds, while one weighed 580
pounds.
180 Mosques to Close
Istanbul.—OWing to the decline In
religious practices in Turkey, the num-
ber of mosques open for devotion will
be reduced. Out of 500 temples, it is
expected that 180 will be closed by
next June. The clergy, muezzin and
servers of the closed mosques will be
split up among the ones remaining
open..
Improvised Tea Wagon
Rubber tired casters may make a
convenient tea wagon of a table too
low or too small to be of much use
otherwise.
ODD THINGS AND NEW—By Lame Bode
Talcum powder
HAS 50 OR MORE IN-
DUSTRIAL USES, AS A
FILLER IN PAPER,
PAINTS, AUTO
TUBES,
China's national weather
BUREAU IS OUST FOUR YEARS OLD.
TAPE
SOAP,
SHOE
ETC
Saying food
FROM LIGHT-
DARK GREEN AND
BROWN WRAPPERS
HAVE BEEN
FOUND MOST
EFFECTIVE
TO WRAP
FOODSTUFFS
IN, PREVENT-
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WNU Service
OUR PROBLEM
By
LEONARD A. BARRETT
Whatever may be our attitude
toward the security of western
civilization, it is
very certain that
np drastic change
will take place in-
stantly. The ver-
dict of history is
that It has always
taken a long time,
centuries in some
cases, for a civili-
zation to become
exterminated. The
disintegration of a
civilization is
caused by certain
forces which like
the “mills of the
gods grind slowly but they grind
exceedingly small.” The very na-
ture of the forces prove that
they cannot easily be destroyed. Good
is always more potent than evil; char-
acter more stable than immorality;
and integrity more enduring than dis-
honesty. Civilization has a tremendous
Stella Sets Record
Stella Walsh, the sensational Polish-
American speed queen, is shown win-
ning the 200-meter event at the wom-
en’s national indoor track champion-
ships in the Brooklyn naval armory.
She covered the distance in the world
record breaking time of 26 seconds
flat.
reserve in the moral order of her citi-
zenship, and while this may be heavily
drawn upon in a crisis, it is not read-
ily exhausted.
The fear of a disintegrating civiliza-
tion Is due largely to the loss of faith
in economic values. Many persons
believe that when securities go to
pieces and the value of money is dis-
counted, the end is perilously near.
The truth is that the stability of a
civilization does not depend upon
economic values. History informs us
that many decadent civilizations were
at their height economically when the
crisis came,
It is not an economic problem but
very definitely a racial and moral
problem. By common consent, western
civilization is attributable to the cul-
ture and character of the white race,
and our real problem Is its enduring
quality. If through intermarriage the
moral and cultural fiber of the white
race is allowed to deteriorate there is
grave danger ahead. If our inherited
belief In monogamy should be sup-
planted by a code of morals which un-
dermines the sanctity of the home and
denies to children the right to be well-
born, we shall face a serious menace.
If the oriental interpretation of cul-
ture should undermine the stability of
America’s educational and religious in-
stitutions, we would be sailing our
ship of destiny dangerously near the
rocks. How long will western civiliza-
tion be able to overcome the subtle
influence of some of these destructive
forces? True, It Is no cause for Imme-
diate alarm but the fact that the per-
manence of our ciyllization is not an
economic but rather a racial and moral
problem, gives us cause for grave con-
cern. Will the Caucasian or some
other race ultimately dominate the
world?
© by Western Newspajyer Union.
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^ Bq Lqdia Le Baron Walker
Ernest Loebell, chief research engineer of the Cleveland Rocket society,
pictured holding the completed model of the rocket ship, and the full-size
motor for the proposed ship of space. The finished rocket will be twenty feet
long and two feet in diameter. Liquid oxygen and rectified gasoline will be
the fuel used to raise the rocket, Ignited by a spark plug located at the top
of the motor. The motor Mr. Loebell is holding will be capable of lifting from
500 to 1,000 pounds, depending upon the pressure with which the oxygen and
propane (rectified gasoline) Is forced into the combustion chamber. The fuel
will be carried in the fins of the completed rocket.
Rocket That May Reach the Moon
TirHEN there is need of Instilling
VV yest into a company of adults at
a party, try the following games. They
are suggested for their novelty, and
because a large or small group can
play them equally well.
It is not easy to costume a woman
when four colors are not permitted to
be mentioned. Each time any one of
them is named it scores five against
the player. The
one whose score is
lowest wins the
game—and a prize
of anything the
hostess happens to
have on hand,such
as a box of fancy
crackers, half a
dozen homemade
cookies, a jar of
preserves, a glass
of jelly, a new
handkerchief, etc.
While no prize is
needed, the sur-
prise of receiving
anything for an Im-
p r o m p t u game
lends zest.
One player is
the salesperson and
she asks three
questions of each
person, the ques-
tions being of her
own choosing. The
following are sug-
gested : Can I help
you get a dress? W’hat kind? What
color? Or it may be a hat, gloves,
shoes, lingerie, stockings, etc. Or the
question may be: W’hat costume do
you wish to buy for your spring ward-
robe? The questions following depend
on what the buyer has chosen, but al-
ways the question of color should
come in. The colors to be excluded
may be white, brown, blue and green,
or gray, blue, red and violet, or any
preferred ones. The third player to
name one of these forbidden colors
changes places with the salesperson,
and proceeds to question those seated,
who represent her customers.
Bouquet of Spring Flowers.
The hostess provides six or seven
different colored sheets of tissue pa-
per, scissors and library paste. Each
guest cuts several circles from the
papers, having them about 1% inches
In diameter. Each represents a flower,
and should be held in the center and
pulled toward the circumference to
give a flower-like formation.
A large sheet of wrapping paper is
thumb tacked to the wall or a door.
On the paper is drawn a large circle,
marked off into one inch squares.
This represents the bouquet. Each
player is given a number, and when
the hostess calls it, the one called puts
a dab of paste on the center of her
flower and goes to the bouquet and
sticks It in any one of the squares, be-
fore the hostess finishes counting ten.
Failure to do this scores minus five.
The object of the game is to avoid
putting a duplicate colored flower In
any adjacent square already having
its colored flower in It. At first this
Is easy, but it becomes more and more
difficult as the squares fill up with
flowers. The one who puts a duplicate
flower in an adjacent square, either
in a straight line with it or diagonal
to it, scores minus ten. When the
bouquet is filled with flowers, the one
whose score is lowest wins the game.
Antiques.
For the persqn who wishes to fur-
nish a house with beautiful old things
at mixlerate cost, good auctions are a
boon. But she is wise if she goes
many times and buys little until she
gets to know the auctions of hand-
some old things and those of what are
known as second-hand pieces. Many
of these are excellent, and low-priced,
but just now we are considering an-
tiques, and their present-day acquir-
ing.
The older they are the more valuable,
provided they are still In good condi-
tion. And good condition in antiques
Is not quite the same as in moderr
pieces.
The Beauty of Ages.
Antiques have had long wear and
usage, and their very appearance indi-
cates this in a mellowing of the wood
or other materials, and in the peculiar
overlay which time puts on certain
substances and which is called patina.
Woods take on a deeper hue, while
textiles fade and grow duller. Both
of these things, according to their kind
lend beauty to the materials. For-
tunately for us articles were sturdily
fashioned in by-gone days, and tex-
tiles were hand woven and made from
choice yarns and silken threads.
Their very endurance proves the!t
fine make.
©, Bell Syndicate.—WNU Service.
John D. Recuperates
John.D. Rockefeller absorbing the
warm rays of the sun on the porch of
his Florida home at Ormond Beach.
His annual trip to the South was much
delayed by an attack of influenza, but
he is now recuperating.
Good Taste Today
BY EMILY POST
Author of
“ETIQUETTE,” “THE BLUE
BOOK OF SOCIAL USAGE,”
ETC.
BRIDES ASK—-
P\EAR Mrs. Rost: I want to send
one wedding invitation to a moth-/'
er and father and their two unmar*
ried daughters living with them.
Since “and family” Is not allowed by
best form, please tell me just how
their names are written on one en-
velope?
Answer: Mr. and Mrs. John Jones
and on the line below, the Misses
Jones.
My dear Mrs. Post: The soloist and
organist who are to sing and play at
my wedding are friends of my young
uncle. They are not asking a fee but
are doing it for me because be asked
them to. I am going to invite them
both to my reception, which is to be a
large one. Outside of this, must I suy
them each a gift?
Answer: I don’t think I would say
“must,” but to give each a remem-
brance would be an appreciative thing
to do, and to give them nothing would
put you too much in their debt.
* * *
Dear Mrs. Post: My nephew was
married several months ago, and since
his return from his wedding trip has
received a bill for the hire of the five
cars used to take the bridal party and
others to the church and then to the
hotel for dinner and the reception. He
Ignored the bill because we were all
under the impression that this item
was part of the bride’s family ex-
penses. Now we learn that her family
are making a lot of disagreeable com-
ment because of his neglect in paying
the bill. You, as arbiter, can help us.
Answer: There are as many local
customs as there are localities, but
this is one I have never heard of. The
only car that he should be expected to
pay for Is the one that took the best
man and himself to the church, and
possibly the one in which he and his
wife drove to the station after the
wedding.
* * *
My dear Mrs. Post: Please list all
the expenses of my wedding that
should be taken care of by my parents.
I am having a simple church wedding,
with a reception at my parents’ club
afterwards.
Answer: All cost of invitations
and announcements, your trousseau,
wedding dress, decoration of church
and house, all music, wedding break-
fast and collation, bridesmaids’ bou-
quets, and all transportation of imme-
diate family and bridal party. in
many communities the bridegroom
gives the bride her bouquet. There*
fore, follow local custom.
* • *
THE ALL-IN-ONE WEDDING
INVITATION
p\ EAR Mrs. Post: The time has
L-' come for mother to order the in-
vitations to my wedding. A friend
told us you wrote sometime last win-
ter that the wedding invitation which
folds in half and whose edges seal to
form in envelope on which the address
is written, is in best possible taste and
used by smartest people. The sta-
tioner has shown us a sample of this
style of invitation on this bond paper,
as well as the heavier kid paper that
fits in two envelopes. The thin all-in-
one piece Invitation is considerably
less expensive, but before choosing it
we would like to be sure of your opin-
ion, please.
Answer: I can’t remember exactly
what 1 answered, but l doubt having
gone so far as to say that the all-in-
one sheet invitation was in “best pos-
sible” taste. I think I said it would
be permissible since it is the type of
invitation much used In England and
one that has been chosen also by a
number of the smart in New York.
Lately, however, several invitations
and announcements have been sent me
by my readers, which have made me
rather sorry that I endorsed this type
of invitation, because it can lend
itself to a very poor quality of paper
and to imitation engraving. About half
of the examples sent me looked rather
shoddy by the time they bad gone
through the mail.
In other words, I really prefer the
conventional wedding invitation en-
graved (not printed) on a kid finish
paper suggestive of an orange blossom
petal in color and texture, which fits
into an inner envelope without mu-
cilage on the flap, and this into an
outer one with a mucilage flap. The
reason for the two envelopes is that
when the outer one is thrown away,
the under one is entirely fresh and
therefore nicer to keep with Its en-
closures uutil the latter are used. In
the single form, no cards can be en-
closed, and a postmarked, and some-
times crumpled invitation must be pre-
sented at the church.
It is true that for those who must
economize, the sheet and envelope in
one Is less expefsive to have made,
and to sta,mp, since it can be sent as
unsealed postage. But If saving of
expense is not a pressing necessity,
the conventional invitation with its
card enclosures Is certainly in best
possible taste.
© by Emily Post.—WNU Service.
The Duck Family
The duck, the goose and the swan all
belong to the duck family Anatidae;
the duck to the duck subfamily Ana-
tlnae; the goose to the goose subfam-
ily Anserinae, and the swan to tin*
swaji subfamily Cygninae,
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