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Jnd as sau tse rdisededgirl day)fo a waek. Ha hIim!self stas a copyimati, and if slica svra after tise sama job tisat hie waîtad it would complicate things. It w ould eut iis chaîsces of suiccesa in isaîf, and it is ould lbe ratiser ansbarrassig becatse- ivoîl,beas lie tisonglut sise ssas au awfully pratty girl and hae likad tise waysha isld lbar ciîu igl sud ( tried te, appear brave. Ou Monday of tlise second w eak, tise rediseaded girl dropped hier hiandbag. Its coutants spillad al os-ar tisa place. Jnd iselpad- pick, tiseus up-lipstiek, a bunci ofý keys, a pawn ticket! Judas lips tigitaued wisen hae sasv tiat. Juat as hae tbougit-sise'd' has totupai so sîîe- tiing in ordar to luva. 0f courïse tise landba)g apisode gave bim !tise bty- vof talking w itis h c. MitIlot isaî yig ehagot bier atory , it was jusitiasi haefig- ud.A sad 1tale derivtin sd lothp.If ouly- sisa ,con1Jldsec stenogrpisar ad siseraally -as AÀ eemîe lgu aeinto lguiorinigts protestationls of tisa swteihoard girl, 'ha burst tiseougîs tise railad-luspce crossed it in twn bonnds and tlsrew open the door- of Mr., jues' offi*ce.. Mr. Joues was sitting at bis dsek, smoking a cigar. Ha iooked upil -%vith a startled expression whau Juil eniterad. Hae hast haavy jowls and a sisockl of greai air aud belliger- eut, busisy eyabrows. TIsa igar faîl fromn bis moutîs. Ha a;tood up.. Bafora Jud could utter a lwrdhabachail; "Your- naine Jui Fssd ? "Y s ir," said Jud, taken abaCký. '111 be damuad!" axelaimeil Mr, Jones, "Did se taelyou-bo se was? "Did >vho tel me wiso who was?" Jud askad, bagîing ýiLto tb;t ieh girlin tsa oter'ofc? It wsjnd's turu o ro igr itie'd ;hast ouac. ordauglistr? as a atanographeo. Mr. Joulescama roundbhis dsk. Ha výas shsort, but roctuuid. Ha glared up at Jud. "Y o'ra ired." ha said. "I loat a bat, so you'ra, hired. But you'd batter make good, or you'ra firad. ,Gar thatl" "Shut up!l Do you svant tisa job, or don't yon?" Mr. Joules stalkad iontl of tlisa of- fice. A mails cm n uote1du and Itold Jud Tcfol him."Rt slwayswius, tisemau s id."era's Yor sek. Rt vansyuito go to lunch itier- Iis 00 Julsat 'wseahea D o yon mean-am I ouaofsevaral wiso bave beu iracd in tisis fash1- Jndpsealad truh bi hiaie. Tisaàmanl eft. IJud sat dwnat Iiasteask. He tried to straigitan thinga ont in is mmnd, audvas baginuing to get pae, buKata eut er est. At lunch Kate saîd: 'Wnd'on lika teo malrry me" '~"Sure," said ugrnig ak l'lhawit ilg Sise was, too. Ha wondcered wbt-as nex, Ha foun u n. She t ookis-jim tfo .è miistar's. Sise proeda., ceuisa. ud tried toge. H Th-ey Tried To Shooct WVitlisaco ica itle fiat set' o Qn tise back of lis heiad, 1wearngloudl- striped truser, woden hoe, l!ue shit ad hgewiite glove:s, a samali boy stepedionto 'the small stage ol a cafe ýiii awo;iî -iassuis- uib of Paris.and beganto sing. _ Staring at the ýceiling and bawl.- Îiiîg at tbe top o f Ibis voice, tisa diiiutiv e igure shouted bis way. tlirougli tsvo verses and cisoruises of a popular dites. Little M\aurice Chevalier, twelve- year-old son of a drunkan bouse painter, had staeted bis stage ca re er. But lis first attempt as a comn1e- dinuuas not wholly satîsfactory, The iii-stecical slîcieks and guffas Ifrom the Satuirday i ight dudience of, wcrkin1g people were 'iuduced not by is skill of the large-haaded and smiall-bodied urchin, but by tihe fact tisat througliourtishe song ise l ast consisteutly shriekad ont the w ctds ini a voice that tbc.ieted tcrack at any momnt-irekeya higiser tisutise piano accompani- nient! Orly one parson who was pre- 1 sent on tlsat niight in 100 eould have foreseen, even idiiiv', that this ehildiwith )no musical train- ig, woud oe dyhave uot onîs' Iaibut London, Nýew York and tlywodat bis feet. Ai-d tîsat onie person was -Maurice. Tried Many Tradea As lie sas', in bis autobiograpby, "'Tise Min ii i the Stravw Hat" hecsvas ncever meant for tise stage. He ivas expeeted, as tise- nintis child of a jpoor failyi, to learu a trade. Tisere s' as no artistie precedent in the, family. ,Andic since oîîly three oc Itels ciildren born to bis mothar had survived 'tiere were few to briiig in moiiey to tise iousehold. Maurice tried% trade after trada. Ha w as appreîîticed, in turn to 2au engrav er, carpaniter, lectrician, IdoIt painter; lie tried bis band as clerk to a paint merchant, and ise worked a mrachine making drawiîig rinis. But bis mmiîd vas on noue ofi tisose jobs. He svanted to be a singer. Tise experience at thse cafa did not daunrt tise ciild, Chevalier. He knawý tise lauglîter of tise audience svas tiot kind laugister, but lie left tise buiilding more tisai ever deterîsined to be a siniger. As he ptîts it ici l,h, book: "At least I had made a anaîd tisa hiardest part was ver.Prom oinîorrow on -I just hiast u iîîgitter." Anidlise did. A \t fouilrten lie1) assole.,sup- porter of isý mother. His father l'ad deseedtise2 fainily sud lus two bro1isers lîadl marrîed. Afte,: varions, auccesses and failures inci pl osiîcial showýS Mauriee ,got bis fist neet ou tise Paris B3oulevardi at tise Petit Casino- aud failed. A sunsmer of pos erty foliowed ais sork eluded bine Tiseusforitune smiled againy witb a six-mIoîîtis' eoîîtract fojr nine francs a day at tIhe "Parîsiana" Music Hall. And so to tise Folie Bergere-and a criticism ftom tisei critic of 'Le Figaro' tisat did, a great deal to change Maurice Che- valiee's sty le. Thse vulgarity that iad 'îicceedad so, wel elsewhere hast to be eut out. Laugiss 's-uld, iin future, bhave to bha born of akill aud suibtlety. Freed Ten Prisoneri; jBetween tîse two svorid svars Chevalier reached woLrld fame. Tisen rame 1940, wi-en Francre was over- riny)Isle 'enemy. Muc i as beau said aoutMaur1iceCisevalie-r's part i0 is yersofoccupa),tioi.n lu bs Look ha th ie stOry of bis re- rstedreua to eiliertain Germias auieniices awd of tise oua slipha nuada tiat necariy cost him bis if a at tise hands, of tise Maquis Maurice agreed to perform oncÉ at Alten Grabow, w-lera ha hast bau a risoner ini World War I. lu returîs taýn prisoners from bis os-1bitiiae Menlmontant, were to b rasoredto tiseir families. Afta1r tLi isepromn e h eturned to, Can;nes, wlisre hae svàs living, A Germais "Prom-is e" Theis tise blow f aIl. Deapite ýa Ch, : Mle-Gadchampion mnilker Frederick Phelp, a gec3 presented a "Kyto eat to WAnda Miatuszczuk. queen of the Dairlahd Fesivl. Pelps also provided the queen, and her attendants witls the milk they are drinking. He milkd 4almost 19) pouns of it. in three Somie tinse after the landing, at Arrainanches a man and woman 1rusieid into the post office where Chevalier was listening to the radio. "Maurice! Maurice! Don't go back, to your home.ý The Muquis are looking for you-to shoot, you!" 1 The London' broadcast! And in Cannes very few>knew the music- hall star intirmately. He was some- thing of a stranger-a refugee fromn Paris. Maurice fled on foot to Cedouin,- frutr or fis e miles axtay, where fricîîds hidhimi for severai weeks. 'lieu the Germans burnied a wvhole village nearby and the Swiss, Lon- d'on and Paris radio amiounced that Maurice Chevalier hast been exe- cuted at the town hall. To add to tise confusion, tise German radio con-firmed bl Iis- deatis, bt stated that lha had Ibeen killed by Frenjch pItr;its'beeruse ie ad sungto Geraaudenesanid to, risone!rs DahWarrant out Ur-' to the: housv us C(edouiný. Maurice was arrested and taken toPei gueux for questioning by a youngý :îîaquis fanatie knownvi as "Captain Double Metre." It was abvious that giveli hi., ssay "Double Metre" would have executed Maurice there and then. "Two molnths ago-," lie raved at Chevalier, 'lwe wouild have hast the pleasure of exposing you our- selves. We liad odr for traitors like you who have been condermned by the court of Algiers. You know, don't 'von, that yotî have been con- demned to deatis? But unfortun- ately xs e are no long-er alowed to executa the 2death warrant wiýthout a superior decisio n froM Paris. Theitriwene ihMatir- ie" signinig, a statemenit cove(rinie is, alleged collaboration xith tise enm.He was free' so far as "Double' Metre" was concerued, un- lcss Paris reconfirrneýýd the death sen-itence. That cofrato eyer came. Grdu llyte clouid lifted. Maur- ice hevaierretunedto 'tise Paris ha ved AtfIfty-seen lhe vent back to wrrk lbarder thani ever- back to thel' footiits and his straw biat. --- ha it i itiý Itin th, * rc tili *teo tfou tlia il 0:11 cea ii bil bhe tiou New Answvers To Old Riddles About The Pl-ane;t Mars Because it is rela'iva21; ly a, 3Mars "Seas" Show Vegetation ias attracteil more -attentioln1 tissul isa first place, tisa "seas," the îsy otisar plaîsat ever sinýea isa tiele- namie Lgiven to certain duskçy mark-' cope usvas first turned upont it. ls ingF, were fouuid at Flagataif to be th aliii tise sensa tisat tise are a mass of iîtricata detail quita out ofý italligeîst beiug ou it? 11) tIse ra- - ecping with vs-atar surfaces. Canais,, ýi1lar appearanceansd disappe2arauca for axample, crossed tlise seas. Vanî- ýf w biteý caps at tIse polas indic 'ata ations lu tise color of tis acsas or- iat sîsow falîs tisera un sinter sud curred syncisronously vitis chaniges ielta ini-tiese pring? Are dark, Ca- intisa Martian sassons sud justified ina vagaatious? Tise questions the iîferenca tlsat tsywüîca Yoga- are discusseil for tiseutisfitise tation. ,y -Dr. Clx d Tombangîs, diacovarer Tise losv oxy gen contenti;ntise, ,f Pluto, at a recaîsu meatiisg of 1 aissospisara of Mars bas bean iis- ie Amerîcan Astronomical Society1. fgauio)usly% accounsted for by Prof. 'Baek Ili1877, Scýiiaparehi, a di- Hauy Nrris R Mesal. HaPas sg- ogniîsai Itlianastonumr, iast isstail tîsat tIsa rocks of M0ars are' e ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ý( fia1cîlaeîa o as ls tdbcause isa ýiron ilu them nhaký c oreof1bissrv bhadiscov- oiiaw ilic 1mans tisat O--,'ygen estcros tag linos (actualîy las bcîî itaken froins tis aÏi,ner es of gvat irees)whiislie eaîîast t ,1ha rncd. Soiniaday- vtishoe anali." Tise sglsîseqivala1nt pasa si1apera ianeaa ut bhaisaIs," btlom,ýoieona asadou eauý (. ic translation "aiI,, ztsaIl - .DrTobtgshodtiatsaa latit n1pIie. 1lis ýî-oo ý cu- cohue of Marsla, ctise naltural color aversy on tisa nature of t1is aia bs, '(Ai ta igneous rocks and not tIse hidi lias, not vet bteaun tte. rcsult of oxidizat;in of iron. To linstis a sss" of Loveal May bc Lowell's Mlars craters left by t)cisaimpact of col- Thsa laie Parcis'al Luxycil, wiso listing asteruida. isle great maut, unudailtIsa obsarvatury at, Flag- clouda iviiclisIsava han ob>lsarvail-ý iff, Arizona, svert isunci fartiser iadicata tisat tisera are ivnd. lnce- ia Schiaparelli. His imapa ,of Mars tisera mst bhaxssind1erGoo, hh iv neyer beau surpýassed for de- would -levaI off t1cIsaihfis walls of il ansd for accnracy. Ha ssi'nut tise craters. iy aIl tisat Schiaparelli saw- but Most astruinmers uow coniceàde ore, lie vas certain tisat isa polar tlîat tise dark color tisat cmsanid Ls w era coverad with iorrs goas saasouailly ou M['ars is eiec .suusv, tîsat intelligent 1beinga hast uf sonse losv formo f vgtto.Lk ig tise caîsals for tisa express pur- otisars bafore hlm, Tom ,01banigh )se of bruiu a watr fronu 1snggeats tisat lichens cnstîiute tii a nsltiug polar caps to îempeyate vageastiosi. id equatorial rgosthiatcoulil But intelligent if e oun arDm', ing forth vege,,ttmionifirgated. '1ombaugli spurujs isle tbougist. -He Tisa piantet ce-rtainsy ues r ilhsvwiing to accepLthetise aIs as a cisaracteristie cuîùe of vegeta- j)loibt iha will niot accept tisemý ), as 'suiiiiier advaices ïsud tisae as atrtificial eniginieering w-,orI-s. Many 1 sili artian soit i; es reauab)ly i-r- ý gatad by canal -vatar, accoridinig to J owell; it a 'oturuls red as vua i approaches and tisac aniaIs dr1Y 1, i ed being tisa color of dyving sea tation. Aloug tise canaýla 'tîjaeara alSO spots wlîicis Loweillcla 'oases" and ,whIich ie hacoceîved to bectisa sites of greatstte îta As a casas, satroîsomars rejýcta il Lowall'a reaasoning. The canaIs wee optical illusions to msny; tisepolar caps migist be solid carbon dioxýide as wall as hosefroat or aos'.B- sidas, thare w-as litla if ans' oxy-gen on Mars, so that aiinmal lhf alika- tisat of -tise cartis aas ïimpossible.- Yet tisera is no donibt thiat Lowell knew more about Mars tisais any sastronomer of bis day and that hae triaste it nacessary to ravisa old not- ion-s. HoN~Y... I IflMI.J r.ae¶. oeflp. a, "SO you got tise ansawem to thut 464 quiestion," k A oî the canials radkie From ass.T I Dr. Tmbaughthe radii aejs t-Cacksin thle surface csd by il imatof ateods r. o, I eue in qabsiseetof glaiss or in the cartb's cru'qt,, are neye,ýr omri c, ýlly straight. Some ý-of these controvrslques- tions 1will possibiy be set't 1(ld with thei aid of the 200 -inchs telescope on F alomar Mounitain, California. Lt lias ýbeen pro:posed that motion pic- tores be made of Mars -ith that powerfuil ilistrumet-noýt odnr riîutiu.iî pictures, but pituestaen ai, intervals frequent eniou.gil to ob- tain a series of several hiidred. Iu such a series there o ould bc a few "frames" in which details would be so clear that there could be no niistake about thein. As it is, tise canaIs have nos er beert ptoto- lý,raphed. A trained observer lias toj ciraw wlhat he thinks lie saw in a clear fleeting second, 1The at- n'ýospliere of the earth is colistanitly bioiling" as heat radiates* îrom th surface, and it is this boilînig th1at miakes it impossible, to obtaina steady view of any detail (o ers -Waldemar kaempiffer iii T j e New York Times. EngLineecrs are developiug a sta bi lizar whichi will talke thie roîl ont 0' roýlflng ceas. It's anl oldieaSi 'HnyBessemnerivetd sc a Ltablizer iii the last centuiry. h preseuit îuveution's purpose is to provide a steady platform for naval weaponis and, aircraft carrier land- ing- It may prove to bie a boon on passecnger- vessels, as a prai entive of seasickueéss. Thletheory of thse stab)ýi-zer vas, developed morethau'a dcaeago by, Dr. Nicholas Minorslky Experi- nients made, witb a model inamled tie U.S.S. Minorsky and built et tise New York Nav al Slipyar-d iii 1938, gave sncb good results that Navy engineers decided to build al device wisich is now bigtse on tise minesweeper Uj.S.S. Perc- grine off the coast ofVrina Two large tanksare installed ton opîposite aidesof the ship. Thetak are pairtia1lly filled with w,ter, auj tise bottoms are coinnecd acrotss tisesip by a dueit. isinstanlt the sliîp 'negins tG igaliich imditlrsat ptîmps th at force viater tbrouglî h i transf-jer utit to thie tanýk on ise sideî wber therolistarted. B sifin v'ter from one :tank t10 tiseoisr Nýavy engýinèers lhope ït, raduce rol.. ing at sea by as mulclis sO8par- cent. In recent experiments it has eaný found tisat the crobssflici:,f tise stabilizer' should bc placed bov a ship's center of gravity, Wlîen l i] is doue, tise inetrtia of the 1 vuî 'wataî in tisa duct aidastaiiain BREAD TESTER Chemnists have devisad xa maChine- -whýich mlea"blsure te fresbnesps oî liread b -y squeezing it, a failiar practice of houtsewiveýs. George F_ Garnatz, director- of ,tie Koge Food Funa Ion centl-y described such àaimachinle before tise AmIlericaaD Chepslical Socîe-ty. A diaC is Con- iîected awitalatform by a ý?ve-rtical sbaft. A alice of breaid ismote tinder -the dise. Inito a flask ou tise ilatformr, ercniry ros at asadr rate, Tise inereas;ing wîgtof mer- cIury progressively coprsss is bre-ad unlltilftise standard îcomipres- sin is reachied. Then an electrically. epeeated si-nal notifiestl'ise operator that the flow of nse2rcury i ýs tu he stoppad. 'The wi ct f -,hefas and mercurry is a maueof tise freshness or staleness clf the ra, .because frash breadco ressu- star a lesser wib hnsaebed NO SALE A lady went to b)uy a drîiujkingl trougis for ber dog, Thse sisopkee)-. er asked ber if she would like onie and tise dog can't read." By Arthur Pointer [ Ils ~ --7l F DY!~,_ 's' 1- 'i-I Lis 's f t- s-. h Now m -Moyi ér r/1