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m „•, tit, J&t_! M«EKNRT PLAINDEALER, HeHENRY, 114 <> W* \^WV',""^3W^ e 'V, < ' S . ' - ' [ & •" * '• ' >il t Federal Onion ¥%•: *<•%*./., *. $' r, Grades Revised '%• f . rv; • YWP sVp»w^: <>*$' • % ' V ^- ' ' • • ; •„ /' Principal Change Is That Minimum Size Shall Be One and a Half Inches. <Pr»v«r«d by th« United Stataa D«p&rtm«nt / *t Agriculture.) Reviaoos in tbe United States grades lor northern-grown onions have been announced by the United States Department of Agriculture. The principal change is the separation of site and grade with the provision that unless otherwise specified the minimum size shall be 1% inches. If quotations are made on the basis of U. 8. No. 1 without any understanding as to a minimum size, it should be assumed that the minimum size is 1*6 Inches. U. S. No. 1 grade now includes specifications as to firmness, maturity and shape. A limitation has also been placed upon the amount of decay in connection with the usual tolerance which is allowed to cover mistakes which happen in tlie course of trading and handling. The revised grades an M follows: U. 3. No. f. U. S. No. 1 shall consist of onions of similar varietal characteristics which are firm, mature, well shaped, free from doubles, splits, bottlenecks, scallions, dirt, tops or other foreign matter and from damage caused by sprouting, freezing, disease, insects or mechanical or other means. See size classification. In order to allow for variations incident to proper grading and handling, not more than 5 per cent, by weight, of any lot may be below the requirements of this grade, but not more than a total of two-fifths of this tolerance or 2 per cent, may be allowed for talons which are affected by decay. U. 8. No. 2 shall consist of onions which do not meet the requirements of U. S. No. 1. See size classification. Unless otherwise specified the mini fmum size shall be 1% Inches In diameter.* Onions may be classified for size on the following basis: Boilers, % to IVi inches; small, 1% to 1%* inches; medium, 1*4 to 2% Inches; large, over 2*4 inches. In order to provide a class for very large Spanish type onions grown in some localities, a "Very Large" class is recommended for onions over 3 Inches in diameter. Onions may also be described as "Small to Medium" or "Medium to Large" in accordance with the facts. - ftfr order to allow for variations Incident to proper sizing, not more than 6 per cent, by weight, may be below the specified minimum size and in addition, not more than 10 per cent, by weight, may be larger than the specked maximum size. Definition of Terms. : ~ As used in these grades: "Mature" means firm, dry and well cured. Mid-season onions which are not customarily held in storage shall be considered mature when harvested in accordance with good commercial practice at a stage which will not result in tlfe onions becoming soft or spongy. "Well shaped** means having the shape characteristic of the variety, but slightly off-type or slightly misshapen onions shall be admitted to U. S. No. L "Doubles" and "splits" are onions which have developed more than one distinct bulb. All such onions which are either distinctly misshapen or which show a splitting of the outer scales shall be excluded from U. 8. No. 1. > "Bottlenecks" are onions wtth abnormally thick necks. "Scallions" are onions which have thick necks and relatively small and poorly developed bulbs. "Diameter" means the greatest diameter at right angles to a straight line running from the stem to the root. •Minimum slans other than 1% Inches shall be specified In connection wtth the grade as "U. S. No. I, 1^ In. mta." or **U. 8. No 1. t In. mln." REPORT FINDING OF * MAYAN THRONE ROOM Motion Picture Films Loaned for Exhibition A catalogue of the !&.' motion picture films made by the United States Department of Agriculture on a wide range of agricultural subjects has Just been issued as Miscellaneous Circular 27. The films are lent for exhibition to responsible persons, the only charge being for transportation both ways. The films are designed to aid in the work of the extension and field workers of the department and co-operating state institutions. Their primary use is by or under the supervision of such workers. The number of copies of the films which the department is able to supply is at present Inadequate..^ meet all requests from other sources. However, farmers' organizations, schools, colleges, churches, theaters, and other agencies or persons desiring to borrow films may make application for them through county demonstration agents, other department field workers, directors of extension work of state agriculture colleges, or other officially operating agencies, and the films will be supplied If not In use. Applications should be made to the Office of Motion Pictures, |Sxtension Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Copies of the catalogue, Miscellaneous Circular 27, may be had by writing to the department at Washington, I>. (I Expensive Machines Are Entitled to Best Care It Is time for several of the machines of the farm to be put up for the year. The binder has completed its work for the year and the mower is through with its job: These two pieces of machinery represent a more or less complicated design and are expensive. They should receive good care In order that they may be In good working order for another year. All dirty bearings should be well cleaned and polished and then givfen a heavy coat of oil or grease so that they will not rust. The sickles should be removed and stored in a dry place after having been given a good overhauling and a coat of oil. The machines should be well inspected and any repairs should be ordered now. It is much easier for a man to recall needed repairs after a few days than it is to recall them after several months. If repairs are made now, the machine will be in working order next year. Geese Should Have Range Geese require fresh air In plenty, and will not bear confinement In tight houses. A good place for them is a pen under an open shed from which they can run Into the barnyard or fenced-in pasture during the day, when they cannot be given free range. Geese continue to bring out an annual brood of goslings until quite aged. An instance is known where a pair of geese produced every year for twenty years. Geese seem to be quite free from diseases, death resulting from old age, accident, or the hand of the owner. PERMANENT QUARTERS NEEDED FOR LAYING PULLETS IN FALL Moving Birds About Cuts Down Egg Production. The price of eggs wlir most likely be high again in the winter and we should have our pullets producing these high-priced eggs to best advantage, says D. H. Hall, extension poultry husbandman at Clemson college, in urging growers to put the growing pullets In permanent quarters. If pullets have been handled and cared for properly, they will mature about October 1 and then start laying. After they start laying they should not be disturbed because when they are moved from one house to another It always sets them back In laying. If they have already begun to lay, moving will cut down production and in some cases will cause a molt, which will mean no eggs. < Another important factor In handling poultry Mr. Hall adds. Is that they mus^ not be frightened. Whenever they are frightened by children, dogs, cats, etc., it will surely curtail egg production. Sometimes the poultryman himself will forjjet his usual caution and walk into the poultry house quickly, giving his hens a bad scare. Even this excitement tells In egg production. It is best always to attract the attention of the pullets in some way before entering the house. Machines Must Be Housed Such high-priced articles £s a binder or a mower must be housed. The average life of the binder fs about five or six years, because It Is left out of doors throughout the year. When one considers that the binder Is In actual use only about ten days of the year, the loss may be better appreciated. With proper housing a bidder will last from 15 to 20 years, and a machine shed proves a practical and economical investment. i" • Sweet Clover Silage Is Much Inferior to Corn Sweet clover silage is distinctly Inferior to corn silage for steers, although It does have some succulent merit. Silage can be made of It alone when It is first wilted or partly dried so as to reduce the water content to about 85 or 70 per cent Only a fair grade of silage can be made from freshly cut green sweet clover mixed with dry ont straw at time of ensiling In the proportion of one part stock to six parts clover. Steers have been fed this ration quite favorably for abort periods, but it Is less palatable than corn silage and less of It will be consumed. The* best use of sweet clover Is for pasture. Remarkably good results have been noted In various part8 this season, hut like other plants, it does more service In its proper RBMRcrsft Two bushels of oats and 20 pounds of vetch per acre make a good seeding. . • • • Good crops and fair prices are the foundation of every jut pt trnsinrss prosperity. • • ' The removal of 6tg weeds in the corn will save lots of moisture needed by the corn at maturing time. * * * Apples have a medicinal value, are refreshing and cooling, help to eliminate Waste, stimulate appetite and Hd digestion. Eat apples. • • * The cows should be cleaned before milking. This will eliminate considerable numbers of bacteria which find their way Into the milk pall on hairs and dirt. • • • Record keeping Is the business end of poultry. We need more business in handling our poultry and only when we keep good records will we be able to handle our poultry for bigger anu hsttsr profits. Excavator* Uncover Royal Relic in Buried City. Advices received at Washington from the archeological expedition of* the Carnegie institute to Yucatan say that the excavators at work on the ruins of Chicken Itza have penetrated to the throne of the king, perhaps the most magnificent spot within the columns of the buried chief city of the prehistoric Mayan empire. The throne is a magnificent affair, thirteen feet wide, seven feet deep and three feet high. On the sloping sides are caned elaborately costumed warriors, weaving in and out among which are serpents, sacred to Kukulcan, principal god of the Itza. The throne was painted In deep red, warm yellow, brilliant blue and green. The throne and council chamber were found in the northeast colonnade of the buried city. The excavators were guided in their work by four sculptured columns, the rest of the 48 which compose this colonnade being plain. The walls and plain columns were painted with frescoes in bright colors, now almost entirely destroyed. Tlie floors.were of hard lime plaster, painted a rich red. Around the back and aide walls runs a deep, broad bench with sloping back, where perhaps the Itzan ^dignitaries, priests and councilors sat in solemn deliberation with the king seated on his throne. Another v^riy important discovery has been the outer wall of the colonnade with Its sculptural decorations uninjured, In position at the southwest corner. This shows the original height of the building to have been 19*4 feet. Around the top of the building there had been a sculptured cornice. Below this there were two great, grotesque human heads with square eye sockets, curling noses, filed teeth set In grinning mouths, and square earrings. These are representations of none less than Kukulcan himself. Below Is another cornice. Life hi Chicken Itza, however, was not entirely one of grotesque reverence to Kukulcan. The Carnegie Institute excavators announce the uncovering of a ball court just north of the throne location In which a game similar to the American hasketbnll was played. The game, which was Introduced by the Toltec-Aziec c«>u querors of the city, had for Its object the driving of a solid rubber ball through a ring fastened In the side of the wall. The court just uncovered is the third to be discovered in the "New" Mayan empire. The game was known as "tlachtlL' The hole through the ring .being per pendicular to the wall. It was necessary to stand very close to the wall and throw the ball practically parallel •o the axis of the wall. The ball would not be thrown directly with the hand, but had to be struck with the elbow, wrist or hip. The players wore leather pads on these parts to make the rubber ball bound from them more easily. The winning shot was so difficult and so seldom made, that, according to another rule of the game, the lucky player had forfeited to iilm all the clothing of tfie spectators At the court of Montezuma, where the game first was witnessed by the Spaniards, high stakes were wagered on the game by the Aztec nobles-- quills filled with gold dust, estates, even liberty, the bettors becoming slaves, if they lost. It Is notable that from the balls nsed In this game the Spaniards gained their first conception of ^rubber. The excavating work has been brought to an end for. the year, due to the rainy season, which prevents any operations for the greater part of the time. Example A Methodist minister on Michigan avenue presents a concrete example of the contagion of marriage. He tell# of a couple last week who decided to become married after th'ey had seen a wedding party emerge from his church. They were walking along the street, the minister says, and were watching the members of the party leaving the church. A hasty consultation was held, a marriage license was obtained an hour later, and within three hours of the first wedding, the minister was asked to marry the Detroit News. ' No More InvittUions I had been working for a concern for some time, and was often invited to the executive's home for dinner. After dinner one evening, when we were sitting In the library, he appeared with an enormous album, and brought It to me showing me a picture of his sister, the other one being his Cousin Kate. Finally he said, "And this Is my wife's first husband." "My, what a peculiar looking person !" I exclaimed. "But your wife never mentioned being married before." "No!" he replied, "I happen to be (wr first husband."--Chicago Tribune. Quite Likely - "Ah! What picturesque scenery you have here!" rhapsodized a motorist who hdd stopped for a drink of water. "How sublime are those hills! How-- Great Scott! Look at that little boy playing with a revolver! Is it loaded?" "I reckon so." replied Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge. "My heavens! Don't you know that a child of that age hasn't sense enough to handle a loaded revolver, and--" "Aw, he's got as much sense about handling a weepin as I--yaw-w-wn!-- have."--Kansas City Star. MSleepyH School* The establishment of a school for Sleepy children who seem unable to keep awake in their classrooms is being discussed by the London county council education committee. The school would be given special ventilation and the lessons would be taught in a way to "awaken" interest In the. somnolent children. Slim Silhouette : v.-. No*v in Danger -m \v< Flared Hemline Threatens to Gain Approval of Women of Paris. The indecision of the Paris couture has caused a rift in the hitherto harmonious lute of fashion. Months before the opening in August, says s Paris writer In the New York Herald- Tribune, there came rumblings of discontent from critics, who Insisted that the straight silhouette had outlived Its day and that a definitely different outline was essential for the autumn season. On the other hand, there were the countless devotees of the slim line, amounting to almost a cult, who contended tl at the esthetic appeal and the simple: charm of current styles could not be supplanted by any bouffant or intricate effects. Tour Paris designer is nothing If not a diplomat, and he shrewdly declined the issue by offering milady her choice of several distinct silhouettes. Far from settling the question, this attitude naturally enough drew the lines of battle still closer, until today, with the autumn season Inaugurated, the usual symphonic family of the mode has been disrupted into two opposing camps. It is true that the offering of a wide divertissement of styles by the French couture: has come to he a matter of Henna-Colored Bengaline Frock Trimmed With Skunk Pelt. Is course In recent seasons. The unprecedented growth of fashion and consequent artistic competition have been responsible for more varied efforts on the part of the couturier. Long 8leeves Approved. Compared to these normal tendencies of the mode, the trend this autumn has been a paradox. The Paris creators have( agreed upon the details and have proceeded to diversify the keystone. The long and narrow sleeve Is an accepted fact in autumn fashions--'It Is definitely a part i»f the picture. The high neckline Is another detail up<yi which the couture Ip in harmony, and Its place, too, is secure and safe in the autumn mode. Another general point of accord is the abbreviated skirt, which with some designers falls seventeen inches ~hort of terrestrial paths, and which averages between fourteen and fifteen. To which must be added the ensemble and the tunic, each of which occupies a prominent place in every collection. Consider now tlie silhouette, which has ever been the traditional basis of every new season's fashions. The straight, slim line has dominated the situation for the last half dozen seasous, and while its supremacy has been sporadically challenged, there has never been a strong, determined effort to displace It from Its easy throne--at least, not until the present season, when, in deference to a request which came partly from society and which was partly professional, two other silhouettes were submitted. These were not offered to the exclusion of the perennlat straight line, which still runs Its merry course, but rather as supplementary outlines. The newcomers are the dlrectoire silhouette end the molded bodice land flared hemline combination. Patou, for instance, has once more followed the slim, youthful line which has always been his, but even this designer has harkened to the siren call of the flare, and has introduced it by means of the godet. Lanvin, particularly In her evening gowns, has perceptibly widened the hemline. Callot has built her collection principally around the slender outline of last spring. She adheres to the slender line without exception In tallormades and morning frocks, but has Introdaced an occasional- flare In formal go^yns. Molyneux Is entirely unable to resist the charm of the boylsl mode, and has adopted the straight line to the exclusion of all others. Worth mixes his palette and offers a little of each. Cherult. Premet and Bechoff exploit the dlrectoire outline. Chez Jenny the line is straight and youthful, with here and there a slight circular movement or fullness--just enough to -lend vnrlety to this very Interesting collection. All of which Is sufficient to Indicate that there Is no unanimity of opinion in. Paris on the subject of the silhouette, however much the creators may agree on the incidental details of the mode. The Dlrectoire Outline. We are aided in forecasting the future of these silhouettes by the international polo matches at Westbury, which, because of the attendance of the prince of Wales, attracted an unprecedented gathering of society. Using the clothes worn at this funcv tlon as a criterion. It is evident that the adherents of the straight, slender outline are still in a clear majority Yet there was a very distinct sprinkling of the flared skirt effects, sometimes exploited quite boldly and sometimes offered a little timorously. It was significant, however, that these new tendencies received the most en couragement from those women who are notably smart dressers. Our own opinion Is that It will be another season before a new silhouette takes a definite place In the domains of fashion--that many of the designers who groped timidly toward something different In the August showings will take a firmer stand when the February spring openlnrs arrive. Wo believe that even the mid season exhibitions, which take plac( in November, will display definite tendencies away from straight simplicity. For the present, however, the ubiquitous slender silhouette Is lie current fare of the mode. The new outlines, .distinctly modish, may be categorled as caviar--caviar to the queen. Surgeons Take Glass | From Lungs of Boy • • i t St Louis, Mo.--A cylindrical fragment of s glass bracelet, more than a quarter of an inch thick and a half-Inch long, broken off to a point at one end, was removed at Missouri Baptist soaonuiitianruiuumiu fMroUmIU tIUhCe rI iI gJihll tl A lung of Vernon Schuler, seven, I + son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward 2 • Schuler. 5 + This was the third operation 1 J the boy had undergone in two • • weeks. The shape of the frag- 4 ^ ment and the depth to which it J • was imbedded required the mak- + a ing of a special instrument and J • numerous experiments which • £ sacrificed three dogs. j • The boy will remain at the • + hospital only for treatment to 4 T clear up an abscess which • • formed while the glass remained 2 J In Ills lung. * : VBEES SEIZE FARM AND STOP WORK ROBIN HOOD IS KILLED BY tiEW YORK POUCEM. 'Jft Bullet Ends Life of Pictm esque Gotham Under ' world' Charade»v H1 Grab Load of Hay and Then Assume Charge of Barn. Coatesville, Pa.--A swarm of bees played havoc with harvesting operations at the farm of C. K. Paxson, three miles west of here, near Sadsburyvllle. The other day Paxson and his farmhands started to haul in hay. Two wagons were loaded when a swarm of bees suddenly appeared, about half of the bees alighting on 'he one load and the other half on the Other. Taxson and his helpers gav# say before the onslaught and devote<f their energies to a neighboring wheat field. A few nights later' Paxson decided to take one load of hay to the barn. In the morning, when he opened the barn* he found tlie honey-makers had taken possession of that structure and re* sisted all efforts to make them vacate. Every man and woman on the. plac* has felt the stings of the bees, and at noon operations on tlie farm were at a complete standstill while efforts were being made to hive the swiorah Butchers Treat C&hcer • • Patients With Salve tTnlontown, Pa.--Not satisfied with conducting a lucrative butcher business, S. W. Hill, fifty years old, and his son, George Hill, thirty, turned to the medical trade to see what spare "hange they could pick up that way.. Following the death of three allege*! "paMents" of the butcher-tuedlcos, th« Hills were arrested and held under. $.\000 bail each on charges of manslaughter and practicing medicine without a license. Hill and his son were charged with extracting $5 a treatment, which consisted of a salve, made from a supposed secret refining process from the glands of beeves killed in their slaughter house. This salve they adVertised as highly beneficial In the cure of cancer, police claim. The men are speclficnlly charged with the deaths of Mrs. Ella Miller of Smlthfield, William Dickinson of Fairchance and Mrs. J. Kissinger of Masontown. All were declared to have been using the salve while treating a malady which was said to be cancer. Scores of persons throughout western Pennsylvania. West Virginia and western Maryland came to Unlontown to visit the Hills for treatment. It was claimed, and as a consequence the salve business grew out Of proportion to the butcher trade. Many Double Effects Are Featured Perhaps the most prominent of the adherents of the fuller silhouette is Gabrlelle Chanel. Her skirts are invariably *ut on circular lines and a flare at the hemline, sometimes slight and sometimes clearly marked. Is always apparent The coats of this designer are usually fitted slightly at the waist and employ godets and gathers to achieve the desired full effect. Like every other member of the Paris couture, Chanel has recognized the appeal of the ensemble, which Is a distinctive feature of her collection. A striking ensemble consists of a brown velvet coat that has smocking across the -shoulders at the back and a belt also at the back, that ties in a loose bow at the side. It Is lined with pale green crepe romaln and worn over a dress of the same green crepe that has narrow, flat flounces In three groups from waistline to hem. A new idea in her coats Is a very Interesting double effect which Is achieved by means of contrasting materials. For instance, a coat in a brown anJ beige novelty rodler material Is made to look ss if It wer«t a loose sack over an undercoat of nutria, and is cut In flaps rt the back to show more of the fur, which also appears all around It. Many coats are double fronted, so that the upper part may Hap back, while the under front, in a different material, is held ricross the figure. The same Idea Is noted in capes, of which there are several In the collection, both for day and evening wear These are three-quarter length. One In sealskin has a high turnover collar of royal blue faille, which llncp the cape, and there Is a quilted Inner front which has slashes for the arms to pass through, and -is held across In the manner described above. Elaboration is the dominating note of the evening and formal afternoon coats. Covers for End Table End table {-overs should be of the same general shape as the table tops and. generally, are not larger than the tops themselves. An oval table, however, may have a rectangular cover, with edges(necessarily hanging over. Pointers to Remember When Selecting Blouse In selecting the sort of blouse you probably will want to wear most often with ypur suit--the semi-tailored one. suitable for street, train and business --your primary considerations, should be simplicity of cut and material. You can select a dainty but tailored looking w^h material, or you can choose gome substantial silk fu shades to match the suit IJut there always should be long sleeves and relatively high neck on the tailored blouse, and **gew-gaws" should be absent. The blouse-to-match-the-sult idea Is even more desirable tor semi-dress wear. Such a blouse, usually a silken overblouse, gives the wearer a charming air of being "well put .together," und It gives her costume the effect of the fashionable three-piece suit. Or. the semi-dress blouse may be of lighter shade and washable material; and may show Its contrast to the strictly tailored blouse only by the addition of a feminine frill, or a bit of embroidery. Semi-dress blouses of either type may be somewhat shorter-of sieeve and lower uf neckline than Is the tailored blouse. The true dress blouse, to be Worn, usually. In the evening or for a formal afternoon function, may be quite ornate aricT of a material as fragile as you like, such as crepe chiffon or lace. It may be quite low of neck/ and Is often entirely sleeveless. But do not buy such a Mouse for business. Finally, and In a class all to itself, there is the sports blouse, the rightful acconipan ment o* the sports suit. The sports blouse should, above all, be comfortable and easily laundered. It may have either long or short sleeves, according to which better suits your purpose. and the neck may be cut away or high. See that the material In the sports blouse you buy Is plain and substantial, and that there Is no floating ornamentation to hamper yotb • Novel Garters of Black Safin Garters of black satin ribbon are fln ished with small heads painted to represent Pierrots or cftovrM. Boy Resting on Old Mill Wheel Killed as It Turns Areola, N. J.--Alden Woody, an eighteen-year-old student at Hackensack high school, sat down on a paddle of the century-old grist mill water wheel near here while waiting for a llackensack bus. The boy's weight threw the ancient wheel Into motion, and as It turned the boy was thrown backward and crushed between the paddle and a supporting timber. He was dead when passershy who heard his screams rescued his body. The mill was torn down years ag*. but the wheel, regarded as a historical landmark, was restored several years ago by the late F. D. Eaton of Areola, and had been used recently by several motion picture companies as "color" in historical films. Eagle's Nest on Wires Cause of Short Circuit 'Bike. Nev.--An eagle's nest abridging two transcontinental telephone wires was found recently by "trouble men" of the Bell Telephone company to have been the cause for the lines not working across the desert stretch, 70 miles east of here. The nest contained sagebrush, survey stakes and numerous metallic substances, including automobile parts apparently lost from the machines of tonrists. Tlie pieces of metal caused a short circuit Why He Named Son Alwin Abe Alexander Abalman Hammond, lnd.-- Sam Abafbian christened his first boru son Alwin Atie Alexander Abalman, and in explaining his choice said : "The big reason is thai four "A's" stand for aces, and if that boy holds ,four, no one can beat liiiu. Outside of that, a four-A horse blanket is the best you can buy, and four-A sugar Is what every woman wan!** -* toura 8,000 I Copenhagen.--Almost^iHXt little fish were devoured by a female do I pi 1 In at one meal, according to Dr. J. Schmidt, one tlie best kno^n Ichthyologists, of Denmark. Doctor Schmidt had' this dolphin canght off the Spanish coast in the Mediterranean and then examined its stomach. He found In it 15.191 e^-bones, of which every fish has two. Doctor Schmidt established the fact that these bones belonged to five varieties of fish that made up Uie dolphin's uieal. New York.--Yap, "the cannon <rH|ML' a heart," is dead. ^ Sculptor, thief and humsnitarisn--•- f! many-sided individual, a distinctive^JftL; personality, perhaps a potential Lee-' / 'Zq nardo da Vinci, but withal an undet* •. world character, who died by a police-* man's bullet. That was "Yap." the "racket guy" whom the "mob," as hi®' colleagues refer to themselves, dubbdS^ "the cannon with a heart" Little Italy now mourns Yap's pase> lng. His diversity made him a tr+r quenter of every art shop, every a»- tique shop, every store where church? statuettes and ecclesiastical vestments are sold, as well as every puolrooiat' gaming house and restaurant la U)e.- vlcinity of his home." ' Known as "Good Boy.* . The "mob" will tell yon thereiretsIP1" was a pickpocket ("cannon") who was^ more tenderly disposed toward his fat»? low men than Yap--wlien he wasn't^ pursuing . his racket. The artist*} sculptors and shopkeepers of tbi^ neighborhood will tell yop that Yifpr was a "very good boy," who was aitways carving little things out of woo^- clay or vegetables. * . He'd whittle a broomstick nntU R looked like a candle or a large spiks* then present-It to some kid playing la •'""vS Always Carving Little Things. the street. Or he'd walk over to | vegetable stand, pick up a carrot or a radish and begin whittling it until it lost its vegetable aspect and became a monkey or a bird or something. This he'd present to the standman or Uie standuian's wife, and walk away I* continue his visits to his v&rioas haunts. "Loafed" in 8tudio. His favorite neighborhood tiaflRMat rainy afternoons was the studio of AA» drew Maggi, sculptor, Plensant avenue near One Hundred and Seventeenth street. There was a time when Yap earned an honest dollar In MaggfS studio by assisting the sculptor In tbe modeling of commercial objects of art But Yap wouldn't stay put. He mult needs haunt the crowded spaces--subway stations, public events, etc.. In pUft suit of his light-fingered avocation. Se he'd come to Maggi's studio and paH all afternoon there modeling a day amoretto or something, which would be presented to a friend, or even all acquaintance. :» Those deft fingers of Yap's might have carved a high niche for hio* self. He could have easily earned sa honest living with high pay as a stonecutter or a statuette maker. Bst he preferred to play with the artistls talent that was part of him, and then go out and jeopardize his liberty bQp casting his fingers about promiscuous ly. Bringing them Into soft an4 stealthy contact with the various "prats" (pockets) In which men kept their money. * • * * -*"vi BSi Deep Sea Swimmer Uses Head to Carry Compass Husum, Germany.--Otto Kemmerich. Germany's best-known "deepse*"* swimmer, completed a swim recent^ from Husum to Wik island, forty miles out In the North sea. being in tbe water a little more than twelve hours. Kemmerich made the voyage with* out companions in boats, as Is the cup* torn of most long-distance swimmer* and carried a watch and a compass III a waterproof pocket affair which flttfi)l to the back of his head. the vent to keep water from breakii through a new-found hole in the lr Man Holds Back Flood Dryden. Wash.--The leak in the dike story was re-enacted near heipf when Edward Pitcher, ditch walkejgTheld back what might have been a serious flood by throwirg his body 11 gatlon canal wall. J. Craswell, anothqfr workman, found the man and went for help to divert the irrigation wate«* through other channels. Pitcher sut» * , fered from colds resulting fasia the ' exposure and la recovering, r; • * _• Wolf Hunting Pay* Kennett, Mo.^%?. J. Staats of Rutlqp county so far this season has killed Tei" ;"'v wolves and 40 bob or wildcats. The' , ^ state pays a bounty of $10 for wolve^. 4 and $5 for bobcats, so Statts has made a fair living this summer. Neck Broken, Diver Uvea ; Poplar Bluff. Mo.--Clarence Muret»|fc f ^ v>n. twenty-one years old. Is still atlv%^ after diving Into four fpet of wstsfc J and breaking his neck. He Is al|Md from the neck down. 5 ' %•