‘_.At the moment when thlI note
is written there is not the slightest
men 120 years occurred at about 7
...r.a.dic messages which might be of.
' Martian surface and about the great
ATE)” than a childish dream. Even
‘ granted that there is life on Mars-—
”(would have worked out signal codes
’that would seem to us even like a
“.1 imagine, by obserVations. which
¥ in: mun um Across in: till
evidence of the receipt of any radio
messages—pr. indeed. of messages
ofany kindv-from our sister planet.
Mars. According to' the calcula-
tions of the astronomers the closest
approach offthc two planets for the
o 'clcck on the evening of August 22.
For several days before and after
this event many radio listeners all
‘over the World announced that thev
were making an effort to pick up
Martian origin. None came. The
three or four reports of some mYI-
‘tsrlous signal seem to have provdd.
on investigation, to be false alas-ms
Of course the exact date of
August 22 has little significance.
Allthough this was the time of near-
cttt approach the two planets will
draw apart onlv gradually For
Leonora] months they will be much
nearer than is usual and the astron-
“o'inors will continue their endeavor,
through their telescopes and spec-
atrosoop‘es, to learn more about the
problem of whetlfcr or not/there is
life on it.
Even two years from now. in
1926. Mars will still be close enough
to us tube a brilliant object in the
heavens and to give the astron-
omers a last chance to get a good
look at it.
The possibility of a radio message
from Mars has never seemed to the
professional Scientists anything
and most astronomers do grant that
there lb vegetable life there, if not
unimal‘life—it is foolish to imagine
that the Martian life can have fol-
lowed exactly thevsame path of evo-
lution as life on earth.
The Martian inhabitants could
not be men like us. It is insane to
imagine that they would have in-
vented radio sets like ours and
signal at all.
‘ If the secret of Morals ever
solved by- earthly science it will be,
we learn how to make with tell-
Icopes or other
what is going on on the distant
planet. Perhaps some tiny we Ihsll
be able to see the famous “mall"
clearly enough to determine with
really vegetation and whether or
not they have been traced across
the planet‘s surface by some kind
of living creature who is intelligent
enough to understand the theorem.
of geometry. .
THE RADIO PRIMER ‘
—————-
Onc Dally Foot for .LlItcnoro'
‘ The Volt is the corn on *unit of
voltage. or. as the elec ricisns Isy.
of electric potential. In the Primer
a few (lava ago we described the
analogy of electricity to water flow.
in; through a pipe. The current
of water corresponds to the current
of electricity; that is, to the am-
pores. The resistance in the pipe
corresponds to that in a wirb; that
is. to the ohms.
the flowing water 'in a pipe that
corresponds to the volts. It is the
pressure of the water. The greater
the pressure—what engineen call
the "head"--under which the water
enters a pipe, the more water will
flow through it. ,
Just so with the voltage. .The
greater the voltage you use on a
certain circuit. the more current
will flow through if. Voltage is the
equivalent of electric pressure. The
volt is the unit in which it ‘is
measured.
in a number of different ways. For
mtample. you can define it as a‘ cer-
of metal of a given site and electric
capacity. Or you can define'it in
electric charge Will give to a. single
electron. and so on.
For practical purposes. however.
the volt is defined in terms of the
ampere and the ohm. One volt. we
say. is an- electrlc‘potential (which
means the same on pressure) that
will cause a current of one ampere
to now through a resistance of one
ohm.
‘Z‘ I ‘I I 1 If 1-
‘ L1 #4 1'“th
The young lady screw the in fly.
fly feycr' is told not to be beredit ut it'I
just It well to be on the ulei side and keep
sway from Inybody wbohs
b
‘ A CORNER .IN cooxm
SETTING THE FASHION IN
" ‘ GRAPEFRUIT
OST Americans have become so
M used to grapefruit that we
take it quite as a matter of
course and think no more of having
a‘pha‘lf grapefruit for the first course
of breakfast or the last course of
luncheon than of having an orange
or a banana. We do not .consider
our kitchen equipment complete" .,
without a special grapefruit knifl
and many of us have special grape-
fruit spoons The cook or general
houseworker who doesn't know how
l
knits. and loosen the pulp.
eto iirepare grapefruit for the table
is consldered very green indeed.
In England at the present time
.grapefruit is still something of a
vclty. VVlthin recent months it
fisbocome very much more widely
iii it than formerly. and .people6
stillfi.w.t.-..~.».... g: ing of crane-
fruit as 'a chemo siic of Amer—
loans. The English hostess who en-
tel-(pins A‘msrlcan guests feels thdt
she must ‘gct grapefruit for them
because they depend upon this fruit.
'However, we are told that the so
ofkgrnpefruit that one usually gets
in England are very small compared
to thuwAmerican variety: .
,3 It ismot very often that we Amer-
“icons have the privilege of setting
tlie standards in any sort of table
manners. Quite often in fact the
English notion is that the American
wiy of eating anything is bad man-
hers just because it is American—
and not English. Our American
manner of eating a soft-boiled egg
1 its considered elharlaiflsm. But wkh ‘
grapefruit we had the advantage of
getting it first. We evolved a man;
nor of serving and eating it so densi-
. : bis 'snd generally satisfactory that
‘ ifapfihers seem to be following; cult.
Buying cut the fruit directly in two.
trout the connec nihmsot
ty. and deftly wit a c
onsothatwhenwe _
Attaewosrss ‘
em'tofbovihgmrfilt
“our 839'.
How Donou
say II?”
\Oommorl Errors in English said
How to Avoid Them
é)‘By O. N. LURIE
“lNSlB‘l’ED TO"
“(IT is reported that as soon as
- the president of the corpora-
tion learned that the. directors
insisted or oven wanted to include‘-
his resignation in the terms of set-
‘ilement. he became very indignant."
,In the foregoing extract from a
recent newspaper article there is an
example of the incorrect use of a
proposition. or. rather, of the omlsu
sion of a proposition that should
have been used. The. sentence
should have read: ‘
“It is reported that as soon as
théi'presldent of the corporation
learned that the directors insisted
upon wanting his resignation, or
even wanted to include it IFin the ”
terms of settlement. he became very
indignant."
“The errors made in the use (if
the propositions are very humor:
ous." says Alfred Ayres.
often the proposition is not re-
peated in a sentence when it should
be. We say properly: ‘He comes
from Ohio or from Indiana.’ "
who WROTE THIS?
A SerlIIof Popular Quotations from
Famous Authors, Selected
-—-——— ' l
By a. WiLBON nov .
1—"Behold how brightly breaks the
morning!
Though bleak our
hearts are warm. "
2—4 ‘What should a man do but be
merry?" »
B—"We are all born for love; it is
' the principle of existence. and
its only end."
4—“Music ls the universal language
- of mankind"
5-"-"Nature abbot-s the old "
(iv—“The fifs‘t years of man must
. make provision for the last."
——“Sorrows remembered sweeten
present joy." '
8-4"me a little spark mayburst
\I = a mighty flame."
lot. our
1'
Answers
l—Jsmes Kenney
2—Sha'kespeare
3——B‘enjamin .
Disraeli ’
i—Lohgfs‘llow
A
Emerson
6—Samucl John-
son
8-Dante
1
cocoon) . nusflj atoms
by having attractive dust cloths?
one of the chain has sets of. col-
vored dust cloths .in six‘ colors-—
white and b1 e. si‘égu. Iellovi. lav-
endsr and 1) pk. . f
they are washed flip“ will
prqu uses IttrIctive
d ;eve'nttuaun Mi”.
instruments. of .
certainty whether or‘not they are.
There is one of the conditions of .
It is possible to define the volt'
tain number of electrons in a piece.
terms of the speed. that one volt of -
“very ,.
fi—Ralph Waldo ' '
l—Robert Pollok ,
.\
Did you ever one the dusting:
game more attractive for yourself
» l
g, firm] womb. 9AA!
-¢o FIND Hm Foo H!
l WNW VttLOW-W'
“it: See HM W A
60.0mm samba -
@0
Fl ND “mm”,
W”
mews“ A coon M
\ WAN?
access ‘1
.umn;
lllillll!
A‘ mull Foo DAWN
We pray before we go to bed;
I wish we prayed at morn instead.
Or night and mom. Although we
' need
Confess tonight today's mlsrleed.
When in the morning light we rise
*We need new faith to face new
skies.
do I would write a prey' r for dawn:
0 Father. when the night is gone.
Its sins forgiven, wash away.
Give me the strength to live todm
Now. standing” in the new day's
light.
Give me the strength to live" it~
rilht.
When we arise from gentle sleep
We have a little house to keep.
God guard my tongue. and guard I
my mind.
And help me keep them clean and
kind
This housc‘has children: help me
guide '
The little hearts that here abide
Or in the press of business, then
Keep me as kihd and clean to men.
If larger profit, greater fame.
Would tempt me to some act of
“ shame. .
. Whatever anger bids me hate.
Help me this day to travel “straight.
Lam not (looking down the years:
‘A nearer duty now appears.
' For years are, after all. the sun
0f new today's, todsys to come.
The .1110"! is here. 0 Lord, I pray,
lecm me the strength to livp today.
t
. com-tomes
Ileep swashm
not fear.
For there is someone very ear
To guard your slumber, hush the .
noise.
Love gives your busy moments joys. I
And yet it gives, a greater gift:
When baby souls set out adrift
Upon the sea of slumber. love
Foreyc‘r stands on guard above
Your ttle cradle, love will keep
Its lo ng vigil While you sleep.
It must be something to lie down
And shut your dyes on field or town
And knéw. that there is someone
near—L:
That we who slumber need not fear.»
I wonder. of the my last
When we lie down, life' I lsbor past,
If love. that watched us nisht and
d” .
MIy not beside us stand. and say.
“Sleep swept. oh. soul. and soon.
awake.
For soon another dawn will bruit.”
A3.—
berry- shortcakss. Here are
THEIRII are several good show-
some of then;
A muon- cute. with crushed "
Itrbwberries. well sweetIncd be-
the layers. whole Itrsw- "
berries and Iwestsned whipped
mm on” top. .
Two this. crisp hot layer-I of
biscuit crust. with crushed struw'
berries. sugar Ind butter Ip
thickly between and on top.
1 f biscuit‘cmt w
my babe, you need
The Old
Clothes
Girl
g; By use: canons
HAT Miss Perkins was calling
alain." announced Toml'l‘ltul
at the Omega Chi fraternity
house. addressing some of his col-
leagues who wero gathered round
the large fire place in‘ the main hall
Just before dinner. "You know. she' I
the old girl that wants our old
clothes. Miss Perkins—Jane Perkins
~ouch!"
No one was especially interested.
nor especially concerned The name
suggested to them all a rather drisd~
up spinstsr, of which the college
town had a-plsnty. This particular
one happened to be interested in an
Industrial mission. -Sbe had/tele-
phoned to the fraternity house be-
fore. The mission, she said. needed
oil the old clothes they could get.
They sold the garments at A very
small price to the men who applied
for help and shelter. Sometimes.
she said. all the men needed to got
back on their feet again Was aids-
cent. suit of clothes. It was hard to
get old clothes. And it had occurred
to her that than": at the fraternity
houses would have lots of clothes to
discard before they were really at
all badly worn. ,w . .
No one thought enough more
about it to get together anything for -
the Industrial mission. If they hull
thought they would probably. not
have been able tomake any contri-
bution. For though Omega Chi
counted among its number a ism
proportion ofgthc important men in
college none of them '.was richkand
few of them had even “a comfortable
amount of spending money.
' Then one afternoon at about five.
when Tom Titus was reclining very
comfortably before the open fire.
Miss Perkins drew upiin her fliwer
and with considerable trepidatibn
walked to the front door of the frat-
ernity house and rang the bell. Al
was the custom. Tom Titus, being
nearest the front door. opened it.
and straigbtway he knew that this“
June Perkins was a very pretty
young woman.
She had come for the clothes. she
told him. Of course, ‘slie would not
., sit down. and she knew it won most
ficcnventiona‘l for her to call alone
a fraternity house. but she was
so annougto get the things The
Industrial mission was her pet
charity. She and her grandmother.
she explained had not lived in town
long and they felt that thsyam'e
fortunate to have such an interest ‘
.ing cause to work for.
"I'm mighty sorry? Tom Titus
told her. "that we haven't Inything‘
_ ready now, but I‘m sure we will have
tomorrow. Can you call. or shall I
or one of the other men bring than
cround i"
Jane said she would call. and Tom '
found himself smiling rather canny .
at her.
. After she had gone he explained
Ind likewise- assured the. men. one
and all. that it was their duty to
produce bomethlng or other for the
bundle for the Industrial mission“
Rodney men was responsible for f ‘
I the packm that followed. but he
never would hays thought of it if it
had not been t t Tom insistod that
~Rodney should not. his old rain-
.coat and moment: Pill
give it to Miss Perkins when she
called. He asked if "he could not go
with her to the mission—Io he
could help carry the bundle-wind .
before he badeloft her be bad re:
ceivod her permission to come to"
coil and had also snoted a half
promise from her that she would go
to the senior dance with him. -
That night Tom discovered that
his spring suit—the only suit‘h‘o
owned beside the one he was wear-
ing and his tuxedo—had disappeared
from hiI closet. Rodney Prsod said
that it seemed only fair. He had
sent Rodncy’s suit.
Tom Titus made no comment. but
the next morning early he found his
my to the Industrial mission. A‘
brisk looking whitedisired lady. on» ,
potently rather nearsighted in spite
of thick-tensed glasses, was at the
desk in the reception-room. Ranged
on, books and bangers behind her
and around the room were various
suits. coats. hats. etc.
"Is there something I can do for
you. young man." Ills said. and right
away Tom know she was Jane's
grandmother. "We. have some
rather nice things this morning ”
This was In opportunity. thoughb
Tom. It would be easier getting his
suit back this way than by explain-
ing the punk and making himself
out an Indian giver.
»"I was looking for a. suit. ads I
could go to work." said To with
assumed wistfulness. "The on 'm
wearing is borrowed." Tom ed
to lie to a lady. but the situation
seemed to warrant the falsehood.
With I little maneuvering be
picked out his own suit and retired
to another room to try it on. The
kind old lady insisted that a dollar
was quite Ample pay for it and
threw in 1: dozen rather good
second-hand ties and some shirts. .
into LIP“ bargain.
cit when Jane Perkins knew
Tom much better she told how she
had first begun really to admire him
when he gavc'an IlmOIt new suit to
_ thezilndustriai‘mission. Her grand.
mother had told her that she let I
my poor young men have lt-e.
poor down-and-out fellow who was
trying to gobs job.
' And even after they were -
Tom did not tell Jane Perkins the
truth of this matter. And he is 1701;.
during whether it is one of the con.
MW he ought to make liter they? '
arc'msrtied. "
"AdATEII
sgits is today's tollsmanlo:
gem especially for those who
travel is it I. lucky stone. since
it brings than the promise of In
onionblo.§iournoy Ind I. gate rs-
Today”! nuts! stone. the sou-1.1
.mcrinl. brind- its wunrrnowfi-
friends
, o bridesmaids. and
' bouifant skirt.
Brides ChooIo Blades of Hutton
' . 'l'heh! Attondauts' Frockl.
HERE must be some deeply
rooted annotation between
shades of pink and thoughts
this associa-
tion must be growing ever strong-
er. because a very lam propor-
tion of the distinguished bridal
, of the year have been attended by
bridesmaids lothcd in some one .
of the rosy a des.
Pink taffeta seems to be espe-
cially well liked for frocks of the
moulded contour as well as those
' of bouffant skirts. for. which tof-
.fdts has ever been considered most f
appropriate. Yards and yards of
chiffon and gcorgette in all the
pink and near pink shades are also
being converted by nimble fingers ‘
Into frocks for June bridesmaids.
. The sketch show a model
chosen for one of these. it is of
flesh pink chiffon with a well-dc-
flned waistline and is trimmed
with cream lace. , The large but is
of chiffon and lace. trimmed with .'
a pink rose in deeper shade and 1
pink ribbon which,falls beneath
the brim. forming a scarf. It is
worn with pink and white pearls.
Another set of pink bridesmaids
'tor June shows a straight-line
- model of pink taffeta with an
enormous chou cl!~ matching tulle
st one"side. trailing on the floor.
Very striking is a rose taffeto’
frock showing a long-waisted
closely moulded bodice with full.
It is cleverly com-
bined with cornflcwer chiffon so
that it seems to shade from rose
to blue.
At a smart spring wedding
Where the bridesmaids wore frocks
of peach-colored chiffon they wore
quaint little brown pol-ts bonnets.
At another much- talked-about
wedding the bridesmaids wore
frocks of pink and orchid. In fact
it really is dimcult nowadays to
find any bride who. if she is plan-
ning to have bridesmaids at it’ll.
is not planning to have them wear
pink. "
The French bridesmaid’s frock
like the bride's frock. usually
rs‘tber dignified and csremonious.
. Sleeves are usually long or’lcng
enough to meet long gloves so
that none of the arm is left bare.
And as the fashionable French
wedding is almost always a day
time affair. it is accompanied by a
hat. The bridesmaids’ frock that
resembles an evening dance frock
with sleeveless and decidedly deco-
letto bodice is an American inno-
vstlon.
OTHERWIsa
FISH m VARIIrv
THERE is I. tendency on the part
of city dwellers to eat relatively
more meat and less fish. One
wonders why this is. One explana—
tion offered is that under present.
conditions fewer housewives have
cooks or maids. They must do their
own meal getting and cooking fish is
a nuisance It is easy enough to
order fish from the fish market and
have it sent home for I-Ibnnah or
Bridget or Chloe to prepare. but
quite another thing to have to pre-
pare it"‘for cooking and then cook it
yourself. and even worse still is the
task of cleaning up after the “fish.
We really 'ought to overcome
this prejudice. however. because‘fisb
is a very wholesome substitute for
meat and it is often cheaper. An-
other reason set forth recently to
explain our decreasing interest in
fish is that while we Americans have
‘ improved verymuch in most sorts
of cookery we have made little
progress in cooking fish. Our atten- .
tlon was recently drawn to the fact
that among many Spaniards salted
codfish was a ltapie of diet But
after they have stewed it in a tooth-
somc brown gravy, flavored with
herbs. and done various other inter-
esting things to it. it becomes ds-.
licious. Most American cocks know
how to make creamed codlish on
toast and codfish balls. dishes that
' at best are rather tasteless. ‘
' Smoked hen-tugs are so cheap that
most Americans pass them by. on
WWI frock or blush pink
ohm”. It has a round waistline and
is trimmed with cream lace. There
is o lame but of chino" and Idce.
which is trimmed with pink roses.
White and pink pearls form a neck-
lace.
the assumption held by many‘Amer-
loans regarding various things, that
anything so very inexpensive cannot
possibly be worth *getting. Yet the
smoked herring is wonderfully nour-
ishing. and with a little effort. you
can make it into delectable dishes.
Any standard recipe book gives all
the information in this regard that
you will need. and you can soon
think of interesting variations for
yourself '
WHAT ‘ YOUR FANCY DRESS
‘ SHOWS ‘
ID it ever occur to you that a
D splendid way to read the real
. natures of your friends and
associates is at a fancy dress party
or masquerade? The suggestion was
made recently that the-dress that
one chooses for a party of this sort,
though chosen primarily as a dis-
guise. is very Iften the expression
of some unfulfilled longing or the
manifestation of s'thwarted side of
one's character. Sometimes it is
quite funny when you look at it this
way“ .A meek young bachelor pro—
fessor will go to great pains to get
a really authentic costume for the
role of Henry VIII. and for the time
that he wears this garb he will strut
about as if he reallywerc capable of
having as many wives as old King
Hal. The :locose, middle-aged father
Dominican monk and take an amus-
ing sort of pleasure in assuming a
meditative mien Perhaps there are
times when he too longs for his mo-
ments of soil/nae. Ind maybe be-
neath all his money-getting be has
a mystic streak; within him. ‘
Then. of course, there are the de-
mure women who never miss a
chance of going to fitnoy' dress
parties as Carmen, Cleopatra, or
some such famous vamp. You may
likewise observe that the girl who
is. actually reputed to be a great
vamp appears of: fancy dyess parties
a Quaker scald. or ‘in .some‘b‘hollscr
showing that after all there is n
serious turn to her nature that
wants appreciation. ,
WHAT’S IN A NAME?
Fests about your name; Its blot-2r; Its moshing; whonés It Was de-
rived, Its significance: Iydm- lucky day and lucky jewel. ‘
1~ . FRANCES .
REEDOM is the significance of
fiancee. the name which is
used interchangeably with
only one letter-'- dlt‘fercnce as a
masculine and feminine proper
nsme. It is \dsrived from the Teu-
tonic “fret," but. curiously enough.
made its first appearance in a near
approach to its present form in
Italy. where a. son of In Italian
merchant became. so fluent Is a
French scholar that his baptismal
name of Blovannl Was lo. to sight
no he went by the term 0'! "ll
noesco" ‘ ({he Frenchman). It
was this same youthwho later wk
cInonlzed'and'fonnded the order of
the muncescan Brotherhood. -
The first feminine form of the
name was the title of the unhappy
lady whose doodl' was so exquisitely
told by Dante tnh his routines of
"Paolo and Mucous." which is
1 one of the great .love stories of
~. literature. ‘San mucosa do Roms
was a devout housewife of great
popularity in Italy . .
of tune at
Francgs, I, King of France. and in
memo of her own brief rule in
lit-once. christened her first child
Frances. She was the Lady Frances
Brandon who established the name
in the Tudor court and made it for-
ever popular in England. Francis
and fiancee were bpth used as
faninine names without distinction
in those days. and Frank was the
diminuth bestowed exclusively on
English maids. The wife of the
Duke of Richmond was. so called,
and his story recalls that the Duke 4
would subdue her haughty prids‘ on
occasions by saying: Frank, Frank.
how long is ltainco thou wast mar-
tied to Prannsl?” Thus reminding
her of an early elopetnsnt with a.
vintner. Lady Funny Shirley was
a famous English beauty' whose
baptismal name was undoubtedly
Frances. ‘
.Tlie sapphire is Ft‘anccs' talis-
manio stone.
cessful accomplishment of my un-
dertakinl'. preservation fro evil.
and faithful friends. Friday I bet
'1 The toot-sing glory of contentment
is no cover
of a large family will come, as a,
quite frequently as a. trained nurse.
wifely sort of peasant costume—'
It secures her sud-j.
1‘
, .~ lucky day and '1 her lucky number. C ,'
Norwalk Chronicler