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* " IT • •W- •f ««•- Mk* * ' . • CP*" ' 1 * 'f% t;fr. m HCHBIKT AAlMDKAElJt rvV"*. •„ ifiv^rv> 'p??£ *«; v™*' >**,c -, \. ^£«*< :%v >?p: ^7 *y ,•: Page Serei Drive Oi«Ck<rc Syndicate--WNU a*rvle«.» '%>;S , f^HRIS stumbled as he came in ! and almost fell down. I looked Sp at him from the typewriter and aw that he was pretty swacked. "i Ch'if wobbled over and plunked ; pown in a chair beside my desk, f J "H'lo, boy, ol* boy," he said fur- "Listen, c'mon 'n* go down t' *aliente wi' me." I waved him awayl "Nuts! I've .'•lot work to do." "Shut up!" he bawle<L "Don* •anna hear any arg'menta. Jus' Jfotta pick up m' girl frien'. Cmon goi" „ , I didn't answer him right away. 1 ,#as thinking. Chris could be plenty 4 SPEED DEMON Atthey sat reading in the eventBf cool of the garden the sentimental woman said: "Here's a wonderful thing, dear. It's about a man who reached the age of fifty without learning even to read and write. Then he met a woman, and for her sake made himself into a scholar in two years." "That's nothing," grunted her husband. "I knew a man who was a profound scholar at forty. Then he met a woman, and for her sake he made a complete fool of himself in two days!" Foiled Again "•T^es," said an old man, "I've had some terrible disappointments in my time, but none stands out like the one that came to me when I w@f * boy." "And what was that?" "I crawled under a tent to aee a NODDIN* WKGNG New Pastor--Do. you think the congregation approved o? my sermon? - Friend--I think so. They were.^11 nodding. Faith He's *Wit * "Drink," said the Irish preacher, "i« the greatest curse of our country, It makes you quarrel with your neighbor. It makes you shoot at your landlord, and it makes you miss him." Catttak* the Rng Mr. Smith--How come you're a musician? Mr. Jones--Well, you see when I was about two years old I played on the rug. Bride Giveaway Dora--I'm sure you'll like Charles, Father. He's a wonderful man. Father--Has he any money? Dora--Oh, Father, you men are all alike. He asked me the same thing about you. Mr. Scrap Collection Salvager -- Any old rag*, Smith? Mr. Smith--Sorry, my wife is away in the country. Salvager--Ah! Any empty bottles? cu-cus, only to discover that it was , ftubborn, I knew, and if he started a' revival meeting." , v»ut alone while he was this way-- i;,£#ell, it looked like a suicide party. . > j< "All right," I said, putting the .typewriter's jacket on; "I'll go : ;',1fVait'll I get a coat and tie and hunt ^j»P some dough." ; "Skip that. 'S my party' *n' I'll - '^ay uh bills." I took the wheeL We'd gone a v^ljozen blocks before I remembered! ; Chris' remark about a girl. j "Where's the dame live?" I asked j '. ^im. He produced a little red leath- j ' • -.*r book and started pawing through • i'^Jhe leaves. I watched him a sec- ' , ond, then pulled to the curb and took it away from him. "What's her name?" I demanded. Chris shook his head. "Don' know. Swell blonde, but 1 jus' been out wi' her once. Address's on--le's see--secon' page fm back, I guess." I thumbed over to there, saw only. ©ne entry, and read it aloud: "819 Larrabee Drive." "Sure--'at's it, al ri\" he assented cheerily. "Mus' be; soun's f'miliar." . Along Wilshire Boulevard he began fumbling in hi* pockets. The liext minute he slapped his hand down on my knee and cried: "Hey, stop minute! Gotta get a pipe 'n' t'bacica." I thought it best to humor him and I stopped the car. Chris tottered back to the last intersection and returned with three pipes and a half 'dozen sacks of tobacco. Back in the car, however, he merely sat ad- • tniring his purchases through halfshut eyes. The house numbered 819 on Larrabee Drive was a little gray bungalow set back from the street. I parked in front. "We're here. Get your towhead ... and let's go." v Then I realized he probably Wouldn't make it rihme, so I piled out and took him up the walk. The front door was open, the screen door unhooked. I kept a grip on Chris and pushed the bell button, wondering what I'd say if the girl's mother or sombody came. v When three rings had been unanswered, I said to Chris: "Better think of someone else." He reached for the screen dbor handle. "Cer'nly not! We'll Jus' go in *n' wait. She'll be back'n a minute." 1 didn't like the idea, but when I : tried to hold him bak he began yelling. Explanations later seemed better than a rampus right now, so I let him go in and followed. , The front room was homelike. Chris dropped his pipes and tobacco on a couch and weaved away toward the back of the house. I felt sort of Uneasy and asked: "Say," you sure this is the right place?" "Yeah." He sounded confident. "Well, I wish you'd snap out of it and remember her name. This is trespassing." No answer. I sat down with a magazine and waited Ave minutes t for something more to happen. It didn't, and when I finally called out to Chris there was silence. I went to look for him. Through an open doorway in the hall, I saw him stretched across a single bed, out cold. As I started toward him, the screen door opened and closed and a masculine voice called: "Chris?" I shut the door of the room he was in and walked out into the front one. A small, gentle faced man with dark gray hair bent over the ""couch, gathering up Chris' smokes. He straightened with them in his arms and smiled at me. Seared Stiff? "This article states that in aomswf the old Roman prisons that have been unearthed they found the petrified remains of the prisoners." "Those must be what they call hardened criminals, I expect." TOLL TIME JOB Boss--I wish you wouldn't whistle at your work. Man -- I wasn't working; just whistling. Name One Bettor Jerry--What would you call the most useful animal in the world? Harry--A hen, I guess. We can eat it before it's born or after it's dead. Beat Him to It Wifey--Wake up, dear! There's a burglar going through your pants pockets! Hubby--Let me sleep. You two fight it out between you. Real Problem Betty--What are you so unhappy about? Billy--I bought this shoe polish with my last dime and on the can it says: "To open insert coin." Long Time Ago! Grandpa--You can't name all the Presidents we've had. Why when I was your age, 1 could do it easily. Johnny--Yes, but there were only three or four then. fo ffte AILING HOUSE by Roger B. Whitman SPRING GROVE (By Mrs. Charles Freund) Roy Westman of Woodstock spent several days last week with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Krank Sand- I Mrs. Ed Hoffman, Mrs. Albert Britz f with Mr. and Mrs. Al Schmeltzer. Mjrs. John Doetsch was guest of onor at a shower held at the home of MriS: John Weber in Fox Lake Sunday afternoon. Four tables of cards were in play as the afternoon's diversion &nd prizes were awarded Mrs. Arthur Klein, Mrs. Harry Britz, "How d' do? I suppose you're a friend of Chris'. I was so surprised and happy to see his car out front I thought probably he'd be too busy to remember Father's Day, but 1 should have known better. And al) these fine pipes! Where is he?" I silently thanked God for an inspiration and said out loud: "Why, back in the bedroom sound asleep, Mr. Harkness. He* just got through a location trip in Arizona and drove right up here without a stop. It fagged him out, I think I'd give him four or five hours." "Poor boy! I should say I will And have a nice hot dinner ready when he wakes up. Would you excuse me a minute while I light up?" "Oh, I must run right along," 1 told him, heading for the door; "1 just came out because I--I wanted to borrow Chris' car. Very glad to have met you; good-by." I swung the roadster around and headed back toward Wilshire. There were several vendors about with lovely white roses. I'd suddenly decided a bunch of them would look nice on a certain green mound up in the hills. Love's Sweet Story Wifey--My egg is quite cold. Hubby--Jfine is too. I wonder what made them that way. Wifey -- Maybe the cook boiled them in cold water. Ain't It Tree Then there was the little girl who always wondered where bad little girls went to. When she gar«n* OF she found out. Everywhere. Missing Link Mr. Smith--Have you ever heard my honesty questioned? Mr. Jones--To tell the truth, I've never beard it mentioned. Not Rationed Yet Customer--This isn't chicken soup, is it, waiter? Waiter--Well, it's chicken soup in its infancy. It was made from the water the eggs were boiled in. Clouds Cover Planet The planet Saturn is enveloped in a heavy, impenetrable layer of clouds, approximately 16,000 miles thick. Success Story Lucky--Do you know that I began life as a barefoot boy? Ducky--Well, I wasn't born witb my shoes on either. Drink Mate *' Nearly 12,000,000 people in South America are drinking mate, made from leaves of the yerba mate tree i€Wing there in place of coffee or V R£ad the Want Ads! Dfcyele Tires Over Cfeain Tugr To make chain tugs easy on the sides of horses, put the tugs through old bicycle tires so there is rubber, covering all the way from the hames to the Mending Most garments should be mended before they are laundered to prevent fraying or tearing of the fabric; but extremely soiled or stretched gar* , ments should be carefully lauadefod | before they are repaired. Roger B. Whitman--WNU FtiturM. r.Toi may not ba »Mt to itjltte weri M fer«k«n knithdl eqalpacat. Tkta te war. GoersBinl prlorltiea ctiM Srat. Sa take care af what yaa kavt . . . aa w«U aa »•» paaaiM/ aaa. Tkta calanta by tkt bMMMa- •r'a fiM*4 talla yaa haw. Cracks in Varnish Question: Why should tiny cracks have developed on my furniture? My piano and dining-room furniture have these all over. These canndt be from low temperatures, for in cold weather I keep my heat at about 76 degrees. Also, I have pails of water on all the radiators. How can the furniture be refinished? Answer: Cracks of that kind are very fine and usually only on the surface of the varnish. "Ilie cause is in sudden changes of temperature. Seveilty-six degrees is rather high for ordinary living conditions, and when everything is heated to that temperature, the cracking appears «rhen the temperature drops, as would be the case at night, or on the opening of a window. The damage can be overcome by light rubbing with fine sandpaper, to be followed by wiping with turpentine to rempve the dust, and then applying a thin coat of varnish. Loose Windows Question: Our windows are very lose in their frames. How can they be tightened? Answer: The room side of the groove in which the sash slides'is formed by a strip of molding that is nailed to the window frame. This strip can be taken off and replaced to press more tightly against the sash. When windows are loose, by far the best cure is to put on metal weatherstrips of the kind that fits into groves cut in the edges of the sash. This not only stops all rattling, but keeps out drafts and dust. For good results these strips should be put on by specialist!, who have the necessary tools. Killing Tree Roots * Question: Having cut down a large tree, how can the roots be killed so that we can plant another? ._Answer: Roots can be killed with salt and by other means, but nothing could be planted until enough time had gone by for the chemical to be carried deep into the ground by the rain. Your best move will be to dig out the roots to a depth of two feet or so. The jjoots that remain will rot out anS^Jiiot interfere with the new growth. As an alternative, you may find someone in your neighborhood who has a mechanical stump* puller and can do the Job for you. Galvanised Gutters Question: Will you advise me regarding paint for galvanized gutters and spouts? They have been up for two years, unpainted. We want to put on the proper priming coat before having this metal work painted along with the house. Answer: After cleaning and removing traces of rust, if any, coat the gutters and spouts with a good quality red lead paint. Allow a week to ten days for this paint to dry. Follow with house paint. Insulating a Cottags Question: In building a one-story and attic wood cottage with tour rooms and bath on the first floor, what kind of insulation (rock wool) would you advise? Could I do the Job myself? Answer: Use any one of the standard brands of rock wool, and since the house is in the course of construction, batts should be used. An the work can be done by yourself. Use batts With a vapor proof paper covering. Dry Bet Question: What la the cauae of dry rot? What should be done to check and prevent it? Answer: Wood exposed to continuous dampness stimulates a fungus growth in the wood, which turns it into powder. A thorough circulation of air or coating the lumber with a coal tar creosote or other chemical wood preservative will check the condition. All rotted wood must be scraped off before applying the preservative. Rust Remover '•;'••'••••••". Question: How can I relWrre ftitt from my smoothing iron? How can I take a rust stain from a silk sup? Answer: For your iron, soak the rust with kerosene, and rub with fine emery paper. At an automobile accessory shop you can get rust removing liquids that are very satisfactory. For the slip, you can use iron-rust soap, to be had at a drug store. Cleaning Brickwork (Question: Carpenters burned tar paper in a new fireplace, and the bricks are black with soot. How can it be removed? Answer: Scrub with a thin pasteof a scouring powder with water and ammonia. Rinse well. Interior Wall Colon There is a very marked tendency among interior decorators to employ different shades, or even different colors, for interior walls of a single room, to compensate for the intensity of the natural lighting. Detailed information on this subject has been issued by the National Paint association, 1500 Rhode Island avenue, N. W., Washington. Other subjects are included, as, for instance, the effect of color in changing the proportions of rooms. This information can be Ifed without charge on request to the association. Tarkey Gets Iron, Steel Most of the iron and steel produced by a new plant M Turkey goea to the government. Time Saving By prefabricating with plywood and glue, a San Francisco contractor completed 1,000 war workers' homes in one-third the allotted time. Cut Comics Two Madison, Wis., daily newspar p«rs have abolished their Sunday comic sectiona tft ordcr la am taotr. • ers. ~ The firemen held their regular meeting at Town hall on Monday night of last week. Following the meeting the evening was $pent at cards and refreshments were served by the committee in charge. Little Yvonne Straub of Chicago who is staying with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Britz, is suffering with mumps. Pfc. Lawrence Nimsgem returned and Mrs. Eddie May. Consolation went to Mrs. William Britz. A lovely j lunch was served followir^: cards. The honored guest was the happy recipient of many beautiful gifts. Miss Bernice Nimsgem spent a few days last week with Mr. and Mrs. John Amborn at Sharon! Wis. After spending the weekend at her home here she returned to Sharon, Wis., where she has accepted a position. Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Smith and son. to Trinidad, Colorado, on Tuesday, Davey, enjoyed a picnic on Sunday at having enjoyed a five-day furlough at the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Jos. his home here. Visitors in the Walter Brown home Tuesday night were Mr. and Mrs. John Jung, son, Eugene, and Mrs. Charles Freund and children. A party of friends enjoyed a potluck dinner on the lawn at the home Huff near Richmond. Mr. and Mrs. Mel Kutish of Chicago were also present. Mrs. Watler Brown visited in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mijler- Sn Woodstock Saturday. Mike Wagner of Chicago is spendof Mrs. Nick Freund on Thursday, j ing Sunday and Monday in the Frank Cards furnished the entertainment. Wagner home. Prizes were brought tjy the guests Mr. and (Mrs. Charles Freund and and every one present received one children visited his mother, Mrs; M. of them. | J.' JPreund, in McHenry Sunday night. Mrs. George Sanders and children | • . •: --- and Miss Hazel Sanders spent the ' - ' Winter Spraying past week in Allegan. Michigan* visit- ; Winter spraying makes later jng Mirs. Sanders' mother. spraying more effective, because it Mr. and Mrs. Math Nimsgern. Miss: kills the spores of fungous troubles Bernice Nimsgem, Mrs. Roy Nelson, before they germinate and become son, Bobby, Pfc. Lawrence Nimsgern widespread. visited in Chicago last Tuesday. Mrs. -- ----. Nelson and Bobby stayed in Chicago to spend a few weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Emil Nelson. Walter Brown was host to Father Daleiden and the ushers of Sft. Peter's parish at his home Thursday night. A meeting was called to order at [ which time plans and arangements j were made for the annual summer festival and carnival which will be held Saturday night, July 31, and , all day Sunday, August 1, on the parish grounds. A chicken dinner will be served by the ladies of the parish oncSunday, at noon. After the meeting a social evening at cards was enjoyed and refreshments were served. Friends from here and nearby towns gathered at the Town hall Saturdaynight for a farewell pa'fty on Eddie Lay, who leaves this week to join the U. S. army. Dancing was enjoyed throughout the evening and a lunch was served to complete the party Eddie was presented with a gift from the crowd. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Nelson and children of Rockford spent the week- Space Between Trees. • • Spaces between the trees, ill, ft little grove or the edge of any garden, will enhance their beauty Sunrise or sunset skies will then be aeen through their open branches. Rural Mail Delivery Credit for the idea of rural mail delivery belongs to Postmaster General John Wanamaker. He was the first to officially suggest rural free delivery in his first annual report for 1891. All This, and Still More !• a Liberal Education* A liberal education should be given-- under conditions favorable to health. The body should be developed and trained by systematic and vigorous exercise. The eyes should be trained to see, the ears to hear, with quick and sure discrimination. The sense of beauty should be awakened. The hands should be trained to skillful use. The will should be kindled by ah ideal and hardened by a discipline enjoining self-control. The pupil should learn to express himself accurately and simply in hiS"mother tongue. Through mathematics he should learn the relations of forms and of numbers. Through history and literature he should learn something of the records of the past; what the human race (and not least his fellow-countrymen) have achieved; and how the great poets and sages have interpreted the experience of life. His education should further demand from him some study of nature and should set him in the way of realizing both the amount and the quality of evidence which a valid induction requires. Besides this it should open windows in his mind, so that he may see wide perspectives of ( history and of human thought. It should also, by the enforcement of accuracy and steady work, teach him by what toil and patience men have to make their Sway along the road to truth. Above all, a liberal education should endeavor to give, by such methods and influences as it is free to use, a sure hold upon the principles of right and wrong. It should arouse and enlighten the conscience, the intellectual conscience and the moral. It should give experience in bearing responsibility, in organization, and in working with others for public ends, whether in leadership or m submission to the common will. ' lie d'Orleans, Qnebec, Park A stretch of land has been set aaide on picturesque He d'Orleans in La Province de Quebec for a new government park, it was announced by the deputy minister o< roads for the province. The park on the St. Lawrence river island, above Quebec City, will face the famous shrine of Ste-Anne-de-Beaupre, known in. peacetime as the lodestone of threo quarters of a million touri$t& »v«l7 Wiping Linoleum Daily Kitchen linoleum that has been waxed can be kept clean by wiping it daily with a cloth wrung out in cool soapy water. Dry the floor with a clean scrub cloth or other soft material. Scrubbing should be reserved for the times when it is necessary to apply a fresh coat of wax. Frequency of rewaxing depends upon the amount of traffic that crosses the floor and the betweencare given the linoleum. . Steel Industry's Graphite Use Most graphite is a low-grade powder suitable for paint pigments, stove polish and foundry facings. Aristocrat of graphites is the large flake Madagascar variety. Flake graphite is needed by the steel industry for funfece crucibles and stoppers for the giant ladles that pour molten steel. Although Madagascar has a deep, 400-mile belt of this premium grade, United States stocks were restricted by rationing as early a* 1939. Dead Ends Growl# Like the equivalent belief that the nails grow after death, this is a superstition of "seeming," with no faetual basis. Because the hair (like the nails) does not disintegrate after death with anything like the rapidity of the other bodily tissues, it seems, by contrast with the sunken features and wasted body structure in general, actually to have grown. Moreover, the tightening of the skull covering, due to evaporation of its fluid content after death, makes the hair !, "stand up," further contributing to ita lifelike appearance. • f, He, Has Ideas! , 1 ' . War Production drive headquar- V ters has honored Martin Pearson, author of Western stoiies, who works for the Yellow Truck and Coach Manufacturing company, Pontiac, Mich. He made two sug- £• gestions that saved 76,000 feet of lumber in 60 days. The first, an improved method of boxing army v trucks for shipment, has been adopt- \ ed by three other plants. The other idea was to stencil information labels directly on trucks instead of on boards wired to them. This saved 484 work hours in a two moi period. , *Vlv; ' Milwaukee Industrial Arts Claslitt By constructing models of cities and city plans, industrial arts students of Milwaukee's 7th to 13th grades are learning the principles of city design and its expression of civic consciousness. The city planning program acts as a "core subject" in the industrial arts classes, according to the American Society of Planning Officials, and is designed to give the students some idea of the "pattern for America tomorrow," both at the city level and for the country as a whole. Recently the classes completed a movie of the procedure of building an eight-foot model showing in detail the replanning of a city block; Need Rubber Stamps! Order at lite Plaindealer. Railroads Carry Treope It is estimated that 2,000,000 fa uniform are being transpottef each month on the railroaUa. Producing FOOD FOR VICTORY on tko Farms of Northern Illinois lll£S8^ V * id On their, 80-*cre fum, located northeast of Streator, Mr. and Mn. Snyder, with the help of one man,j raise, dress,and sell 12,000 chickens a yesr. They also maintain a laying flock of 330 bens. A 2-h. p. motor, driven by electric power, grinds oats and corn together. Then a 1-h. p. motor does the job of mixing in the supplement for feed. la answer to Uncle Sam's yrgent call, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Snyder are putting all their effort into boosting food production. They are working longer and harder than ever before to help meet America's wartime needs. And just as in peacetime, the Electric Power we supply is helping the Saydcrs and 33,000 othet hum families of Northern Illinois. It pumps the. water, grinds the feedt runs the portable motor. Performi countless chores to speed production of poultry and livestock, milk and produce. Indeed, in these times of food shortage and manpower shortage, Electric Power distinguishes itself as a fast Jfcend of the farmer Mr. Snyder builds his own outdoor chick runs and houses. Electricity supplies the heat fci the brooders which protect the fasby dndo. Her elecuic water heater, washing machine, ironer and other electric appliances save Mrs. Snyder hours of work in ber home--time she puts to good use helping raise feoffor , ' leev lbs geee f? ww--wwN ~ PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS Service Order --101 Willi ami St, Cry gtal Lake -- Telephone Enterprise 4100. vjcTomr BIT* I'M TOT STATS*