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There is no point in going bee- hunting if one can find «0 bees. Bees: begin to work as soon as spring gets warm and continue until "severe frost. This can be proved by examining any hive on any warm day, but what the bees are working on is another question, They are hard to find except dur- Ing some definite honey flow, such as the white clover season or the milkweed or the goldenrod. Especi- ally the last two are favorable, On the bee box I have used for a'good many years, I have scribbled the dates of the findings of 56 bee trees, Eighty per cent are 'in July or September, Only agcasionally does one 'occur in June or August and practically never in October. July and September mean milk- weed and goldenrod to the bee- hunter. : Let us assume that it is a warm day in mid-July and the milkweed is in bloom. We find a patch and find it teeming with honey bees. Incidentally the first step shoul be to learn what a honey bee 160k like. He ®esembles a refined and streamlined horsefly and is totally unlike the fuzzy bumble bee that so many mistakenly regard 'as honey .bees. One's first task is "to catch a bee. This is dof by bringing the box up sharply under. him with the lid open as he sits on the edge of a bloom and slap- ping the lid home as he tumbles into the box. Having capght the bee in the outer compartment and verifying the fact that he is there by looking in the window, the next step is to close the window, darken the outer- compartment, open the slide to.ad- mit him to the rear and open the rear window. Seeing the light, the bee will promptly go in there seeking escape. Then one can close the rear compartment and open the front so as to catch another bee. One can start a line with one bee, but the chance of success is greater if one has a dozen, and during a good honey flow, if the tree is not too far away, these can be: "caught in ten minutes. Sometimes the attempt to find a tree is unusually baffling. One time my son and I lined and cross-lined a swarm until we narrowed the search to two or three trees. The likeliest was a beech, but though we occasionally got "a glitter of wings in the air, we could not be sure that we had the tree. It was not until we had 'gone home and returned with a powerful pair of field glasses that we were able to distinguish the; bees in the foli- age, forty-five feet in the air, and near enough the hole to make us certain that we had our bee-tree.-- From "The Bee-Hunter," by George Harold Edgell. Giraffe Piano--During a tour of West Germany a group of stud: ents visit the.home of the famed . writer, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. A musical moment is provided by Stella Davis, who plays the "Giraffe Piano," a vertical forerunner of the mod- ern grand piano. BAWLING ouT In the early days of Babe Ruth's stardom with the Yankees, he gave Huggins many a headache with his antics off the field. You could chastise an ordinary player for 'breaking training rules; but what could you do about the greatest star in baseball--the man thou- sands of fans came every day to cheer? One day, relates Robert Smith, © Huggins really lost his temper. He told a reporter, "I'm gding to speak to Ruth this ting! Yoti just wait and seel" At Ahis precise moment the Babe swagger- ed into thé hotel lobby, "There's your man," needled the-reporter. "Are you really going to speak to him?" "I certainly am," insisted Huggins. "Hello, Babel" Z: rr -------- ; Art of Bee-Hunting ¥ Shorthand Isn't Anything New Few realize that the art of speed writing, which is so vital to modern commerce, goes bick two thousand years--that it all began with the Romans, The saga of shorthand illustrates systems since the time when stu- dents .in ancient Rome stabbed a tutor to- death with their metal "pens". because the 13,000 word- signs were too much to learn, The latest chapter has just been added with the publication of the first complete history of British shorthand to be written in. Great Britain since 1881, The author, Edward Harry Butler, a 38-year-old London jour- nalist, has equalled the persever- ance of the shorthand masters of old. He spent 17 years collecting 3,000 rare manuscripts, books and illustrations for the facts. The first is that shorthand was introduced to Great Britain by Julius Caesar in 55 B.C., although it is anybody's guess how: well he wrote it. It had been invented by Marcus Tiro, a slave of Cicero, and was used to record the great speeches in the Roman Senate. The crude symbols were written with large sharp stylos on wax-covered tablets. Torn to Pieces According to Latin poets, those early stenographers could write as fast as speech, But whatever their skill, the fates which awaited them for misreporting and other wrongs were gruesome, and enough to frighten off any newcomers to the profession. One was torn to pieces. Other punishments included cutting off the hands or severing the nerves of the fingers. ' In A.D. 534, Emperor .Justinian proclaimed shorthand "diabolical" and banned its use. The Roman- inspired secince then faded" out. It was in Britain that shorthand, as we know it now, was bdrn. The oldest short-writing signs- in the "English alphabet were devised by a monk, John of Tilbury, in 1180. They looked like childish drawings of railway signals. The second attempt was in 1588. Dr. Timothy Bright, physician at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Lon- don, and later a Yorkshire parson, published "An Swifte and _ Secrete Writing by Characterie." He dedicated it to Queen Elizabeth, who rewarded him generously. Bitter Feuds Since then 418 different systems fave been published in Great Brit- ain, invented by a mixture of en- thusiasts from bishop to .petti-coat maker. > oA -the..perfection..reached-.by. modern. Arte of Shorte, : THE gifts that Mother gets on BY EDNA MILES Mother's Day need not be ex- pensive or showy. But, because it is her day, they should be chosen with her particular wants in mind. They should be what she'd pick for herself if she could indulge some of her small whims, Luxury isn't necessarily ex- pensive. Take, for instance, the luxury of a new toilet water and stick perfume combination in a matching fragrance. It's budget- priced. The eau de toilette is for her dressing table, the stick per= fume goes into her handbag for touch-ups away from home. It is, 8 by the way, a good traveler. Stick perfume, because it con- tains a higher percentage of es- sential oils, is [generally longer lasting than stick cologne, It's non- greasy, toq, vanishing immediately on the skin, leaving a lingering - fragrance. If Mother likes to combine prac- ticality with her luxury, there's a set for her that includes an after- bath lotion and an after-bath fric- tion mitt designed to be used to- fume are packaged together. and a non-porous pad beneath. This means that most of the mitt is kept dry during use. Used with Eau de toilette~and stick per- gether. The white terry-cloth mitt has the lotion, the mitt soothes tired nerves and gives a cool, invigorat- friction material across the palm ing lift, Combination packjge contains lotion and after-bath friction mlit, A British shorthand was first used to preserve church sermons, keep secret diaries, or record the fare- well speeches and prayers of those about to be exccuted. The early authors gained little from their inventions and died paupers. By 1672 shorthand alpha- * bets sold at the unheard-of price of one shilling. The rivalry between authors was extreme. There were bitter feuds and many coffee-house brawls. One system was given away as a free gift with quack pills and teething rings for five years. In 1720, John Byrom, poet, diarist, friend of the Wesleys, took the spotlight. The most famous in the land flocked to learn his sup- erior system for the social prestige. All Byrom's pupils were sworn to secrecy, and in-1742 an Act of Parliament gave him special short- hand teaching rights. He was the greatest shorthand genius. Yet time has obliterated his fame. To-day he is- mostly remem- bered as author of the Christmas hymn "Christians Awake." The peak in shorthand invention came in the 1800s. Never did so many authors achieve so little. Most of their systems were useless. They were published merely to satisfy the authors' vanity and achieve social, rather than com- mercial, success. Good News For Lawn Lovers Hated Crabgrass Meets Match In the nationwide chemical war- fare against crabgrass, known as the worst enemy of the lawn grower, the army of homeowners has been joined by a new and powerful recruit--potassium cyan- ate. This chemical will be available throughout the country this sum- mer for the first time in the his- tory of the long and generally un- successful battle to halt the rav- ages of crabgrass. It comes as a genuine challenge to the maligned lawn grower who has decided to stop growing grass to devote his time to raising crabgrass instead. Potassium cyanate is a dry, white powder that is simply mixed with water and sprayed on the lawns with an ordinary garden sprayer. It is harmless to children and pets, does no damage to basic grasses, and eventually breaks down into fertilizing elements, The chemical has been used by some lawn growers before, in scat- tered sections where it has been available. Now, however, it is be- ing produced in volume for gen- eral usage. Crabgrass is the worst of all lawn pests, a tough, rank grass that sprouts late in the spring. It is hard to mow, and quickly spreads over the lawn. choking out the real grass and lifting its brown-seced heads to make the lawn look unkempt. For years, homeowners have: been <prinkling their lawns in a harried attempt to stamp it out. Theodore Glowa, of the West Point Military Academy, has been trying for yers to lick the crab grass problem on the Point's roll- MERRY MENAGERIE "Now, in the first grade you must {earn to look before you leap--or there'll be no second grade!" . salt, old motor oil, borax, and a | \ variety of poisonous chemicals on ing, spacious lawns and athletic "fields. After experimenting with potassium cyanate, he has this to say, "I can report that our control ran from 95 to 100 per cent and that there was no permanent in- jury or lasting discoloration to the basic grasses." None of the commercial crab- grass chemicals on the market go under the chemical name of potas- sium cyanate. Cyanate is the basic ingredient in 11 different brands, each sold under h different brand name, However, it is the potassium cyanate which ruins the crab- grass. Known as a selective weed killer because it destroys crah- grass without permanently harm- ing basic lawn grasses, potassium cyanate iestroys on contact. Wherever a globule of water and cyanate lands on a leaf of crab- grass, the cells of that leaf are destroyed. And as the cells manu- facture food for the crabgrass roots, the food supply is cut off and the roots perish, Potassium cyanate was put through years of thorough and, varied tests before being placed on the market for crabgrass con- trol. It is not a new chemical. DISCOUNT A grave crisis developed recent- ly at the Twentieth Century-Fox studio. Just before a picture went into production, Parryl Zinuck decreed that tlre script needed bol- stering. = He furthermore decreed that only one man on earth could do the job properly: Ben Hecht. "Get him," ordered Mr. Z., who has never had a single wish de- nied him since the. day he blew into Hollywood from Wahoo, Ne- braska. This time, however, Mr Hecht proved elusive. "He's bound for New York in two days" re- ported Zanuck's emissary, "but if you want, he'll work on your script all the way from Pasadena | to Grand Central Station." Zanuck had had much previous commerce _ with Ben Hecht, so he quickly asked, "And what does he want for this labor of love?" "Mr. Hecht says he has a fondness for full round sums," was the answer, "The price he asks isone hundred thou- sand dollars." Mr, Zanuck staggered, but ral- lied quickly. "Call him again," he ordered, "and ask him how much' he'll take to work on the script as far as Kansas City." Wn IT = ABLE 4 dane Andrews TALKS Roast lamb is traditional spring- time dinner fare in many families, and is such a delightful dish that it's worth a little extra trouble to give it an attractive setting, + + Mint sauce goes with lamb as a matter of course and, when this is. served ina half grapefruit shell that is also a platter garnish, it gives a fresh, colorful note to the dinner table. * * * Sprigs of fresh, aromatic mint also add color to the platter, and one should be served on cach din- ner plate. * * * . 'At the very last minute before putting your leg of lamb on .the table to be carved, if you- pour melted butter over it and follow this with an equal amount of fresh lemon juice, you will find your meat flavor greatly improved, * + + If you would rather serve mint jelly, there are several attractive ways to use it as a garnish. Cut lemons in half lengthwise, making boats when pulp is removed. Fill these with green mint jelly and circle your meat platter with them, serving one on cach plate, * * - If you want to make baskets out of lemon shells, stick in slen- der half circles of green pepper for handles. Or, cut rounds of lemon (thick enough to squeeze some juice from) and circle the platter with them. of mint jelly on top of each. * "a * If you-like to have vegetables on your meat platter--saving both dishes and serving confusion-- make little nests of mashed pota- toes around your roast and fill each with drained, buttered frozen green peas. For another garnish that goes well with lamb, heap slices of pincapple high with little green, seedless grapes. Alternate these fruit slices with a cluster of three small, deep-yellow carrots topped with fresh mint to simulate carrot tops. Serve a fruit slice and several carrots with mint on each plate. - * . The Frenched leg of lamb is probably the best known in the retail store. butcher leave on the paperlike covering known as the fell, sipce it helps to keep the meat juices in and to retain the shape of the leg during cooking. Place the leg, fat side up (fell side down) on a rack in.an open pan. No cover; no water. Roast at 325° I", follow- ing chart which follows. - * Ll] If you allow the roast to: "set" for about 30 minutes after sook- ing it makes carving caster. * * * . A lemon mint sauce offers a variation from the plain butter- mint sauce so often used on lamb, Here is the way to make it: Heap mounds: Always have the LEMON MINT SAUCE 1 cup sugar 14 cup lemon juice Y4 cup finely minced mint leaves Combine all ingredients and al- low to stand 2 hour. * * * If your family is small and you prefer to serve lamb in some other form than the leg, try lamb steaks with minted stuffing for a delec- table dinner dish. Garnish in the same way you would the lamb platter. For four servings you will need four steaks (sirloin chops may be fixed this way, too), and the mint flavor appears in a new guise in the stuffing, * * * LAMB STEAKS WITH MINT DRESSING 4 lamb steaks, 1 inch thick 3 tablespoons fat 8 slices bread, broken in small pieces 1 medium apple, chopped fine 2 tablespoons finely chopped. . celery 1 tablespoon chopped mint leaves 2 tablespoons poultry seasoning 174 cups (about) fruit juice or water Mix bread, apple, celery, mint leaves, and poultry seasoning in large bowl. Moisten with fruit juice or water. Brown one side of steaks in hot fat in skillet. Place two steaks, browned side down on a rack in shallow pan. Pile stufi- ing on top of steaks. Top each with sccond steak, browned side up. Fasten with toothpicks. Bake uncovered at 325° I. for 45 min- utes. Serve hot, * * * You may use this same minted dressing in lamb shanks, if you like, The flavour of this cheaper cut of lamb is good and serving them stuffed adds a surprise note. Have the butcher bone them. Stuff and brown before roasting slowly. Garnish and serve with a spiced cranberry sauce. i * * * If you want a more definite flavoring, try baked breast of lamb with mustard. You'll need several pounds of breast cut in serving pieces. Before baking, spread all sides with prepared mustard and place in open pan so all pieces are flat. Bake at 375° I'. for two hours, turning occasionally until well browned on all sides. Scason with salt and pepper at last turning. TIMETABLE FOR COOKING . LAMB Five-Pound Leg of Lamb Medium done, 2'4 hours, 175°F, Well done, 235 hours, 182° F. ° Eight-Pound Leg of Lamb? "Medium done, 3V4. hours, 175°F. Well done, 4 hours, 182°F. THE FIFTH . A teen-age boy was. telling some of his friends about the wreck he had with his hot rod the night before. "Live things were broken in the wreck," he told his spellbound audience. "I broke my front bum- per, my windshield, my watch and my nose!" ' And the girl sitting next to him observed: "That's only four things. What clse was broke?" she asked "Me," the lad replied sadly. How Eh 10 FLX-1T) A MOUSETRAP, NAILED OR SCREWED TO THE WALL IN YOUR BASEMENT OR GARAGE, MAKES A HANDY PLACE TO KEEP DIRTY WORK GLOVES, -- THANKS, R.J L., ODES MOINES, 1CWA, pirat EV SEA) | i - Best Seller Written In Jail The book with the widest rea ership in the world is the Bib! The one with the second wide readership is "The Pilgrim's Pr. gress," written by John Bunyan, t! inspired "Tinker from = Bedford whose memory is to be further pe petuated by the - erection of granite stone on the site of I birthplace at Elstow, Bedfordshi: The cottage in which Bunyan w: born stood just within the paris of Elstow at the foot of a gent sloping hill between two stream Although the cottage is no long "there the field in' which it stood known as "Bunyan's End," and pe mission has been given by thet farmers for the making of a f path to the new commemoratt stone. John Bunyan lived in the seve teenth century during the Purit: Age when the main preoccupatic of English life and character w religion. To the majority of t population the only.book knov was the Bible, every word of whi was accepted as literally and h torically true. Unlike John Milton, that oth literary giant of the seventeen century, Bunyan had received 1 education worth speaking of. 1 had never entered a college and h. no kind patron among the upp classes. His father was a tink and brazier, and Bunyan work hard at the same trade. He was a wild youth, and duri: his carly years his excitable natu involved him in an excess of riot: and. hooliganism. . He was also a dicted to swearing, and the characteristics--when young Bu yan began to take an absorb: interest in religion--tormented hn with misery, convincing him th he was utterly damned for the si of his youth. In quite unjustified despair joined the Parliamentary Arm and it was while serving that incident occurred which has oft- been described as a miracle. : "Shot in the Head" » 1 "I with others," he says, "w drawn out to go to such a place besiege it, but when 1 was ju ready to go one of the compa desired to go in my room (place to which when I had consented, * took my place, and coming to t' siege, as he stood sentinel, he w shot in the head with a musket b. and died." ) Bunyan took this as a sign fro divine providence that his ow life was to be spared for some 1 portant task. On leaving the Arn he joined a Baptist Society at Be ford and soon proved himself to | an cloquent preacher. He was one: of the first victin of the persecution of the noncor formists or dissenters, who we regarded as disloyal to the Ki and the Established Church. The Dark Abyss He was cast into Bedford ja where," with some brief ientrva of freedom, he wag imprisoned fi over twelve years, Left to h solitary meditations, cut off fro the world in a damp, unwholeson dungeon, Bunyan's powerful in agination soared among the sta and penctrated the dark abyss « woe. It was in these conditions th he wrote the first part of 'TI Pilgrim's Progress," describing t! adventures of Christian and Hop: ful on_their way from the City « Destruction to the Celestial City. One hundred thousand copies « "The Dilgrim's Progress" wer sold within the first few years « its publication -- an astonishit figure in those days. The book ha now been franalated into over hndred languages and dialects, Bunyan was aged sixty when 1 died in 1688 and by that time |! had written a total of sixty book Six children were born to him, for Ly his first wife and two by h cord, OLD STUFF "What a pity times are not wh they used to he! Children no lon; er obey their parents and everyo: wants to write a book," This plaj was voiced neither by a victim "« the Inquiring Photographer nor harassed published at the Ritz, ! is a literal translation, vows Stanley Jones, in The Christ « Every Road, of the message i scribed on the o'dest piece « papyrus preserved by the Stat. Museum in Istanbul, MATERNITY. WA The Cleveland, Ohio, zoo is calling its monkey house RD -- crop of 20 baby monks, the "Stork Club" these days. Piciured ubove is part of the reason--a bumper