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Leap Year Again
Invites Women to
"Pop the Question"
PrO
Lucy Stone League Member
Thinks Modern Girl Soon
Will 'Discard Con-
vention
The period is well oa he waY—the
leap year, 1928—when women have the
opportunity to provide themselves
with the initial step to the marriage
state; that is, they can propose if
they wish to, while man has the mon-
opolized privilege the other three
years, according to the traditional
custom of "wooing." During the last
summer, says "The Washington Sun-
day .Star," Mrs, Borden Harriman and
Dorothy Dix anticipated the leap year
season when women Way usually hit
the courtship trail, and advised the
girls to "go to it" now and not wait.
In leap year reflections it might be
recalled that woman proposes in other
lands, and even in our own country.
as 'in the case of the Hopi Indian
maiden of Arizona. She "dolls up"
and says she is going a -courting. In
a number of countries women have
the privilege of choosiug their own
husbands, as in bygone days in India,
and there is one. country whesre a girl
may express her preference for a man
by presenting him with a bottle of
spirits. It she is afraid that her pro-
cedure has not the sanction of her
parents she may lower the fluid at
night from her chamber window. It is
thought that the women of the ancient
Egyptians had the privilege of select-
ing their husbands.
Margaret Olmstead, o the Lucy
Stone League, says the time is near
at hand "when it will be entirely
--,-ethical and become the custom for the
fair sex to "pop the question—the last
step intile Modern wonian's eetarilletel
einencipatien.", It is Suggested that
"Woman fills now any position hither-
to held by man alone." She now can
ask , for any job that a men 'can ask
for, It has not been customary in the
past for her to' make applicationfor
one positIon—that of wife.
The additional day in February
which makes what le called the calen-
dar "leap year" recalls Interesting hla-
toeical traditions.
The astronomers of Julius Caesar,
46 years before' Christ, fixedethe solar
year at 365 days and 6 hours, Thorn)
extra hours were ;set aside and at the
end of four years make a day, which,
was added to the fourth year on Fehr -
eery 2, a date which "leaps over" the
day of the week on which it wotild fall
In ordinary years.
Since 1662, when the Anglican lit-
urgy was relaxed February 29 has
been regarded as the intercalated day
in all English-speaking countries. In
the ecclesiastical calendar of conti-
nental Europe, however, the twenty-
fourth day of the month is still reck-
oned as the intercalary day. In the
civil calendar the day Is still the
twenty-ninth of the month, perhaps
adopted from astronomical practice
through the astronomical almanacs,
made in the fourteenth and fifteenth
centuries.
The origin of the custom for women
to woo and not to be wooed during
leap year has never been discovered.
I It is authentic history that in the year
.1288 a law was passed in Scotland for
this year; known ae leap year, provid-
ing that any me.yden ladye of beetle
high and low estate shall have the
liberte to bespeak ye man in mar-
riage," and his refusal to accept
'met a levy of "one pundis," on his es-
tate, and his only release from the
penalty was proof of his betrothal
to some other 'layde." There also was
!was a similar law in France and in
Genoa and Florence in the fifteenth
century.
Latest Method of . Constructing Sky Scrapers
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DOES AWAY WITH THE AWFUL RAT-A-TATTAT
Using the new method of noiselesselectric arc welding which ie to replace
the old ear-splitting steel riveting. The -city dwellers will be truly thankful.
Wild Horses Are
Outgrowth of Few
Lost by De Soto
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Indian Moved Afoot Before
Whites Lost Animals and
They Multiplied Here
Washington—Herds of wild horses
have recently been rounded up and
slaughtered in Oregon and Wlashing-
ton, that their hidea might be pre-
served and their meat sold to fox
farmers.
"It is an ignominious end to horses
'whose lineage could be traced to the
first horse families of America," says
a bulletin from the Washington, D.C.,
hearquarters of the National Georgra-
phic Society. "And, incidentally, it
brings" to mind one of the most re-
markable revolutions in folk cue.
thins that the world has known in the
last 500 years.
"Practically all of the wild horses
of the west came from the few animals
which escaped from the army of Goe-
tz in Maxie°, between 1520 and 1530,
orfrom the still fewer horses that De
Soto's adventurers left on the west of
the Mississippi in 1542. Although
horses had lived in North America in
prehistoric times, as shown by fele!i
bones, none had existed on the conti-
nent for many thousands of years
when EtIropeans first landed,
"The Indian lived without the help
of domestie mantels save the dog.
When he moved, he went on foot. As
a result, both the hunting and agri-
cultural Indiana lived in feemepertett-
tent villages; and the bunters did
not range over a large territory.
• "I3ut when the estaped Spanish
horses had multiplied and began to
appear In herds on the Western
priries, the Indians catight, them, tam-
ed them, and begarl hunting the but.
falo from horseback. Soon they adopt,
cd a roving Wes following the hada
horseback uiutI their winter' up,
ply of Meat was obtained and oured,
This movement over a gtgater
tory brought the tribes into regions
previously recognized as the abode of
other tribes, and war followed. The
Western tribes soon were in a. con-
pnual state of warfare, for which. the
home was largely responsible.
"So rapidly did the herds of homes
increase ('mustang,' they came to e
called) •that they were itt a fair way
to equal the buffalo in numbers,. The
advance of civilization and the fene-
ing of the prairies put an end to
their increase, however, and in late
decades they ;hay run wild in relative-
ly few regions in the least -settled
parts of such states as, Nebraska,
Arizona, Nevada. Oregon and Wash-
ington.
"The American 'wild horse' is not
so classified by biologists. Officially,
he lea 'feral' horse, a strain run -wild
from previously clennesticated stock.
The true wild horse exists now only
in, Asia, chiefly in the Gobi Desert and
the Altai Mountain regions. During
elle early Christian era wild horses
overran the steppes of Russia and the
Carpathian country of Europe, and
smaller herds were kniewn in the Ger-
_man forests, in Switzerland and in Al -
sue. These creatures were hunted
along Vtith stags, and their meat was
eaten. In 1832 A.D. Pope Gregory III
issued an interdict against the eating
of the flesh of wild horses."
British Fihns
,London Morning Post (Cons.) —
("Dawn" has now been passed by the
London County Connell.) All who saw
the film unofficially were persuaded
that it was a work of art worthy ot
its subject, and that its suppression
would be a folly, In matters such a,s
this, WO have already pointed out, the
public, and the public alone, is the fin.
al court of appeal, and any censorship
whiclt makes blundering efforts to pre-
vent the public from forming its own
OPlaiOn only defeats ito own neetic flt
the end common sense prevent!. Mit
not before the British film industry
has been heectleifttly diadouraged.
The 'three RN of matriMonyl Re.
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ONE OF BRITAIN'S BULWARKS HEADING INTO A "BIG ONE"
Huge waves partly covering the decks of H.M.S. Marlborough, passing
through the Bay of Biscay, euroute to the Mediterrian or a tour of duty.
The Value of
Sympathy
We read and hear so much about
the faults and general misconduct of
children, but tow many parents, do
you know who really measure up to,
standard?
A Sunday School worker started out
one morning, trying to get mothers
and their children more interested in
Sunday School It diad been raining
the day beforee-and 14t.tle -puddles-were
standing everywhere.
Her knock at the door of a pretty
little home was • answered by . a
rather tired, nervous -looking woman.
Before she had finished explaining her
miesion, a boy about ten years of age
came in. His clothing, face, hands
and feet showed very painly he had
been enjoying the rain and mud.
In a moment the mother oempletely
lost her self-control; her temper flex-
ed, and Jimmy received a, severe
scolding. Tears came to his eyeseand
he attempted a meek apology, but the
mother stormed, "Husla go at once to
your room. I'll see you later."
In a sullen, rebellious mood, Jimmy
started away, but before he was out
of hearing, his mother turned to he
caller, and in a high-pitched, angry
voice gave vent to her–feeling's.
"He is the most ,careless child I
have. He has no consideration for
me whatever. I slave away from
morning till night and he's forever
making extra work for me, such as
this. I'm sure he will Come to some
bad end, he so reckless and hard to
manage."
As the Sunday School worker lis-
tened to Jimmy's mother, she, too, was
afraid that perhaps some day Jimmy
might come to some bad end. She made
several. appeals to this, mother with
regard to the Sunday School but could
not get her thoughts far enough
away from her home and its im-
mediate troubles to arouse her inter-
est.
As she walked toward the next
home, she pondered over Jimmy, his
playmates and general environment.
When she knocked at this' door, she
heard a general 1118h and scurry of
bare feet about the room, mingled
with little giggles, but in a moment
everything was quiet. Then a rather
large but pleasant -looking woman
opened the door. The merry twinkle
in her eyes and her kindly smile
radiated good cheer and sympathy.
In a matter-of-fact way she said,
"Harry and the little boy next door
have been enjoying themselves. in the
mud this morning," Then she seem-
ed to dismiss the whole affair from
her mind and gave her undivided at-
tention to her caller.
We all love an understanding
mother--cne who can sympathize, and
will kiss away the tears, or laugh. anti
enjoy our pleasures With us! "Harry
will surely come to some good end
with such a mother," thought the
visitor,
Strange, isn't it, that some parents
fail to realize the importance of
sympathy and often alienate their
children's, affections by being cross
and unreasonable. These people seem
toforget they once were children.
Yet the end to which childish be-
havior leade generally depends much
more upon the parent than upon the
child.
Rubber Restriction
London Daily Telegraph' (Cons.):
(The Stevenson scheme will definitely
expire on November 1 this year. Rub-
ber growers are alarmed), The best
hope Is that the Dutch rubber inter-
ests, which bave profited enormously
by standing outside the Stevenson
scheme and taking full advantage of
the improved prices, which that
scheme brought to them, will now be
I persuaded that the time has come for
them to enter into a working uncler-
standieg with the British rubber lee
terests of Ceylon and Malaya for the
stabilization of rubber at a price
which shall leave the growers a rea-
sonable margin of profit.. . The tran-
sition from restriction to freedom of
,export is bound to hurt many. but the
true transition should be from a one -
aided restriction to a joint under-
standing or working alliance, without
which both British. and Dutch rubber
cornpaniee will provide the feathers
for another's nest. Wisdom points
to the reintroduction of reetrictiou in
a new guise, which would give hopes
' of meter permanency than that
which Is to end on November 1.
Scent of the 'Wallflower
Fragrance, you come to me
Like some sweet melody
Waked out of sleeping,
You have restored again
A lost link in Memory's chain
Into my keeping.
Memories, once fraught with tears,
Now, mellowed by the years,
Bring to the heart of me
Joy, freed from transient pain;
There only now remain
Love and tranquility.
—Donald Bain.
All Silk and a Yard Wide.
"Miss Passes has caught a man at
last. She says he is all silk."
"Yea; but nobody else would
him because he's a yard wide."
• In Merry England
At Riaster-tide, at Easter -tide,
Ono Sees the wistful wouid-be•bride
On every promenade and beach.
"Wise bachelors keep out of reach
And pass by an the other aide,
At Eastetr-tide,
At Easter -tide, at Easter -tide,
The spinsterone and all decide,
"With frock and parasol combined
Some man's impressionable mind
I'll stun, and bring him to tnY side
1 At BasterLtide."
At Easter -tide, at Baster-tide,
The shoulder cold, the berth there
wide --
Give these to every pretty maid,
0 bachelors, if You'd evade
The knots for Bertedlok supplied—
At Easter-tidel
The Farmer's Eye
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London Times (Ind.): When Mr.
Amery was ctudying egricuutural con-
ditions during his Dominion tour it
was suggested tre him that the super-
lative excellence iot British, pedigree
stock must be due either to the °Um-
ete of the United Kingdom or to the
eye which its experienced farmers
have for points that are(likely to make
good breeding animate, There can
be no question that the second of
these two reasons is the real secret
of the place which the stock that they
produce has won in the estimation ot
the world. Farmees are born and not
made. It is became their island fore-
fathers have for generations worked
on the land and learnt its l•eseRna itt
the production of flocksand berths—
to say nothing of orope—that they
have the gift of the seeing eye. To-
day, in ever increasing numbers, they
and their sons are being driven by
sheer necessity to leave their farms
for the towns, where the gift must
Inevitably atrophy feam disuse; and
fewer and fewer are beiag, left on the
land to .cai'ry on and hand dawn the
old traditions,
Punjab Promotes
VVeaving Inctusi
Province Builds and Equips
Model Factory, First of Its
Bombay,—In order to rake the stop
WS of the weaving industry in the
Punjab and increase it output, the
Department of Industries in that pro.
vince has built and equipped' a model
weaving factory and institution at
Sisandara,,, tbe brat of its kind in In-
dia.
The Siuthdara model weaving fez.
tory is now nearly ccenplete, The
building has been designed on the best
factory lines, with special attention
to climatic coneitilons in the Punjab.
The looms are in position and the work
of installing the power plant is now
proceeding.
The Punjab Government is deter-
mined that the new factory should be
worked on commercial lines—a fea-
ture which will distinguish it from
many other institutions. The object is
not merely to train workers, but to
show that institutions of this kind can
be made self-supporting.
The factory can- accommodate 115
students, and it will have, a capacity
of 100 leorns. There will also be a
complete mechanical section, so that
every student will gain an insight into
this important part of the modern
weaver's art Space will be left for
a further 100 looms at a later date,
and also a spinning section, where stu-
dents will learn to produce designs
and patterns of all grades of cotton
cloth-
The customer had complained to
the barber of the high charge for
shaving. "Yes, but have you con-
sidered the extra labor involved, sir?"
asked the barber. "What extra la-
bor?" snapped the customer. "Well,
sir," replied the barber, "with trade
depression and bad times generally,
men's faces are considerably longer
than they were,"
WAVE CRUSHES LEVIATHAN'S OkCia
A wall o water that rose 90 feet high struck the world's largest steam-
ship and caused damage estimated at $4,0,-000. A torn and twisted ventilator
funnel. This occurred during her last voyage to New York recently.
Harvesting the Howler Crop Parenthood: A Profession
New York Sun: It is city life which
warrants use of the word profession
in discussing ;parenthood. In s more
leisurely era and in an environment
more natural ohildren may be lett
largely to look after their own de.
velopment. The terra, the field, the
swimming hole, the barn, the bali lot,
the trout stream afford opportunities
for faeaithful recreation and enjoyable
Instruction. The absence of these in
the city makes the problem of the
thinking parent no easy one. lie
sends his child to a school weU equip-
ped to carry out the requirements of
the curriculum but, for the vast ma-
jority of ehildren, sohool lastsbut
five home a day. Time devoted to
play is spent on the streets or itt
whatever concrete paved playgrounde
there may be available. No wonder
one observer, comparing the city child
with his country cousin, has declared
that the urban youngster is fed with
canned education from *etch the
viteeniues have been removed.
From schoolboys' science papers:
The earth makes a resolution every
twenty-four hours,
The difference between air and
water is that air can be made wetter
and water cannot.
We are now the master& of steam
and eccentricity.
Things that are equal to each other
are equal to anything else.
Gravity is chiefly no.ticoable in the
autumn, when the apples are falling
from the trees.
The axis ot the earth is an Imag-
inary line on which the earth takes
its daily routine.
A parallel straight lino is one which
if produced to most itself does not
meet.
—Boston Trans crip t.
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Emplower---"How would you find
the greatest. COMMOn denominator?"
have Applieant for Position—"I should ad-
vertise for it"
A New Sport Soon To Be Popular In Cas
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TAKING, SPECTACULAR, THIRTY-FIVE FOOT LEAP WITH MOTOREOAT
Pop, 18 -Year-old outboard motorboat pilot, making his little craft jump from a platform after a 'minting
start. The stunt was performed during a recent outboard inotorhont regatta at Winter Haven, Placid L The craft,
Is . the tiny Winter Raven 3rd, and is shown in nxidatr‘ Toronto Bay has many of these fast "putters."
Lots of 'Em Get That Way.
Onion—"What's the matter with,
Mr,. Cucumber? Sick?"
Potato—"No, pickled!"
A girl I like is Ethel Sweet,
�h doesn't powder on the street.
rIrl 1 like is Maud Mahagy,
She doesn't lipstick in the cafe.
The "talking book" just invented,
4yJflundoubtedly need no advertising,
ft should speak for itself,
"So your father know e the °met
nieMent he will die, (lees he, the litaai
nor, month and dart" au1 h*
ought to. The judge told law...