The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 22, 1937, Page 15

HIGHLIGHTS of HISTORY 8Y JCARROLL MANSFIELD, Tue- PAGEANT of BEAUTY ~Pagr 1 A Review oF FAIR GTONE STATUETTES (sviDenny PORTRAITS OF TRIBAL QUEENS) FOUND IN THE CAVE-TOMBS OF STONE AGE CHIEFTAINS INVARIABLY SHOW EXCEEDINGLY STOUT WOMEN AND INDICATE THAT SUCH WAS THE PRIMITIVE IDEAL OF FEMININE PULCHRITUDE W P 4 / / a-\\" )10 3T HPOISTHRRRIT ST Y WIFE ADVERTISED THE W, FACT THAT HER HUSBAND % WAS A GOOD PROVIDER,§ A MIGHTY HUNTER., /4 WHILE A SCRAWNY, / UNDER-NOURISHED WIFE AT ONCE SUGGES Vg THAT HER HUSBAND { ' MUST BE A POOR HUNTERQ AND NO CREDIT TO HIS mlee ceene o THE STOUTER THE = WIFE, THE GREATER © ¥ SOCIAL PRESTIGE = OBVIOUSLY THEN, THE CHIEFS WIFE- JuST HAD TO BE THE- FATTEST OF THEM ALL -k N To acrue THIS IDEAL THE TQUBAL QUEEN WAS B SPAQED THE SLIGHTEST EXEQTION AND FED AN ABUNDANCE OF © HANDICAPPED BY HER OWN WEIGHT, THE CHIEFYS WIFE couLD NOT TAKE PART IN THE- VIGOROUS ACTIVITIES OF THE TRIBE OR ENDURE LONG MARCHES, AND WAS CARQIED ABOUT ON A LITTER IN THE PURELY ORNA - MENTAL ROLE OF & TRIBAL. GODDESS oF BEAUTY .. . . UBELIBVE 1T 2 @:; » Brick ONE OF THE WORLDYS OLDEST SLANG EXPRESSIONS . 3 WHEN A DISTINGUISHED ATHENIAN VISITED SPARTA IN THE O™ CENTURY B.C. AND EXPRESSED AMAZEMENT AT FINDING THE HOME OF SUCH A WARLIKE PEOPLE WITHOUT WALLS, LYCURGUS, THE GREAT SPARTAN LAW-GIVER, RETORTED, " SPARTA'S FIGHTING MEN ARE HER \WALLS EVERY MANYS A BRICK -/ “ ORIGINATE WITH THE- MODERN ITALIAN FAsSCISTS % : B \ 2 THE ORIGINAL BLACK SHIRTS, oR CAMISARDS NOIRS, OF JEAN CAVALIER WERE A COMPANY OF 17™ CENTURY FRENCH MERCENARY SOLDIERS,RECRUITED FROM BANDITS ANP RENEGADES WHO FOUGHT MERELY FOR THE OF THE EXCESSES THEY WERE NTILE BELLINI, (1429 -1507) Famous VENETIAN ARTIST, WAS THE FIRST OF THE OLD MASTERS TO USE OIL PAINTING FORMERLY TEMPERA (OPAQUE COLORS MIXED WITH WATER AND WHITES OF EGGS) o WAS GENERALLY USED v eevnnran @, 1937, 7 Carnow. MANSPIELD? — @ ©, 1997 7 Can@ous Mansr i ELL>. @ uRNG THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Davip BUSHNELL OF CONNECTICUT BUIT AN INGENIOUS ONE-MAN SUBMARINE WITH WHICH HE HOPED TO FASTEN MINES TO THE BOTTOMS OF BRITISH BLOCKAPING VESSELS, THIS TINY CRAFT COULD SUBMERGE AND RISE AGBAIN BY THE INTAKING AND EXPULSION OF WATER, AND WAS DRIVEN BY PROPELLERS CRANKED BY . BUSHNELL'S EXPERIMENT WAS IN- EFFECTIVE AS A WEAPON, BUT MANY OF HIS |DEAS ( PROVED FEASIBLE AND POINTED THE WAY FOR FUTURE SUBMARINE DEVELOPMENT ....... S ————————