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Personals Miss Aune Mader of 53 Putnam street has returned after a two SUITS THAT LAST . | —— Made From Ramie and Gost Less| surmar, vaern o amiton Than Linen weeks' vacation spent in East Hampton and Mount Washington. New Orleans, Aug. suit of clothes durable enough to last for several genera tions and look its best all during that period, and to cost no more than the average linen suit of loday. was promised the American business men here recently by John S. Mio- ton, president of the Ramie Corpor- ation of America which h its adquarters in New Orleans ' Mioton told the United Press that some cultivation of the Ramie plant was already underway in the United States and machinery for scparating the fiber from the plant, invented hy a Frenchman, was being imported. The cloth made from the Ramic plant looks like a good grade of linen and a shirt made trom the fber will last at least 10 years. The cloth is also used in making men’s suits and wonic s a silken lustre which 10 its attractiveness ’ Ired Gennette, Patrick McMahon, i Prosper Lacava and Paul Bartis !spent the week-end in Lake Poco- topaug, East Hampton. 13 and (UP)—A strong Mr. and Mrs. Richard W zaret Gorman of turned last night a tion spent at Vermont, Zlm street, re- era two weeks' Lake Bomoseen, Miss Mary Tierney and Miss Helen Ticrney of Plainville have returne after a two weeks vacation spent at Cape Cod. CALIFORNIA FIRE - SITUATION GRAVE Hundreds of People Are Fighting Blazing Forests n's dresses. tle cultivation and resists ¢ | treme hot and cold weather and re- | planting is nec only at inter- | vals of ahout i A small spa planted with Ra s ment here abo years ago. the growth is hardy and thri despite the handicap of neglect lack of cultivation, Mioton said ssary years, of ground was an experi- San Franeisco, Aug. 13 (A ol weather forecast today of low hu- Now ing | midity and high variable winds of- and | fered no encouragement to the hun- 10 o | dreds of fire fighters atruggling with B i forest blazes which seemed dying SouLbATD: gast @ tdown, but which needed only a stift states generally are adapted to the e A zrowth of Ramie and before many " g fanned Tenead years Mioton expec to see the 2y plant take its place as one of the | Y chiet textile industries of the coun- the Mio- is use he 115,000 scres ana were menacing the made from the waste pulp. {would die out unless wind stirrgd The supervisor in charge of the porting men and supplies over steep {trict, greatly increased the problem’s | Four ofther dangerous fires were esters . ey settle to a et e fuey sets dova 19 R ter the embers and start R e il tha G0 ier k In the Sierra National forest, neighbors when the day’s work 18 On the other side are those who Wilfred D. Hambly, assistant cura- in & bulletin telling of African wooden rod through the membrane he said. Proponents of jazz helieve ward the neighbor boy who is sicians in the dark continent for er- tribal musicians give displeasure. Ineans de, are watched over by the tribal worst California fire was in the Stanislaus National forest, where ry In addition to the of | 4 r plant's fiber for cloth-making, jmerced grove of giant red woods. | Fire fighters Jate last night believed jthe embers. If the wind should | larea asked for reinforcemtnts to re- | 00 exhausted men already on mountain trails, which are the enly | difficulty. In some threatened sec- e {burning in the state although all Chicago, Aug. 18 (UP)—Amerl-| oo o 5onoteq under control, Fors et evening at home in certain | HEN ¢ quiet ev a ome cert el i s neighborhoods, the night is turned 'Urther conflagration. These fire another near P cro, ene near splitting rattles, wails and mo S e drums, saxophones and trombones | Chico Butte, and one in the Sequoia ended, the lovers of p and quiet contend, Sufic are told it is the hum, snap their fingers in time with the music, and drift away into the tor of African cthnology at the IMicld Museum of Natural History, made musicians. The scientist told of a new type and played by rubbing the rod with resined hands. Unearthly wails and it offers a valuable addition to their devices. ‘learning the sax to hecome the life of the party.” Humbly's account of rors In harmony and mistakes on the drums, may offer hope. Tars are *The ethnologist pointed ont that the drums in Africa, uded for danc- chief who alone say when they are to be pluved Ithe flames had already swept over ST e R e e e S | be acute. place fire lines. 0 It Goes When False Note I§ | vatneof trancsorsaiion- m the {tions even trails were lacking. cans have been heard to lament |} sk Telse i Bl s Remonium by the g uded one cast of Chow Chilla scatter the serenity of thousands of | National forest new musie, folk lore from Afric dance, revelations of interest to hoth groups of African drum, constructed with & zroans come from the instrument, To those who harbor hatred to- cruel mutilations practiced on mu- cut oft and hands removed when ing and signalling by of a call them 7 may en-civla pponent American jazz. thinking a_little hitterly perl of the neighbor- hoed dance orchestra of SEARCH IS RESUMED London, Aug. 13 (A —An Oslo dis patch to the Daily Mail s that the Ruessi lreal wssin | had arrived ot Stavanger and had resumed the ch tor Roald Amundsen a 1 ors of the dirigible 1 lost in the Arctie, CHEAPEST WAY TO BUY FLY-TOX and up 4735 5 es, througl Many have w | fot The half The | cost to 3 half 400 costs 250 & Dint Coach - - - Sedan (4-Door) 745 (Rumble Seat $30 e ) Roadster - - 850 All prices{. o. b. Detrott the gailon cont demand the Buvers can pay for cars out of income at lowest available ‘charge for interest, han. dling and (nuranes Economi Two Registered Pharmacist Gorman, | ¢ William J. Gorman and Miss Mar- | uper-Jix Asked once to review a parade of homeless Polish boys and girls res. cued from war-torn villag: he took his place upon the reviewing stand in Warsaw. But as the long, irregular line moved by, with pale faces turned toward him and bodies still underfed, he insisted that the | parade be stopped and the children |returned to the schools and orphan- ages. A memory of those waifs of war ¥s no doubt was in his mind, when, on the flower decked stand at Stanford University, Cul,, Aug. 13 |Stanford Saturday he included in |P—There is a side of Herbert |his acceptance of the nomination tor Hoover's nature about which the |the presidency a plea for the wel- | world hears and knows little—his | fare of this nation’s childhood. !innate love of children. | “For many years” he said, “J Those who have traveled with |have been associated with eiforts to him or lived in the same community | save life and health for our chil- {with him say there seems to be a |dren. These experiences with mil- special bond between him and the | lions of children, both at home and newest generation. Certainly there | abroad, have left an indelible im- {has been plenty of evidence of it in | pression that the greatest of any the present campaign, both during |nation, its freedom from poverty | his trip across the continent and | and crime, its aspirations and ideals ince his return home. |ave the direct quotient of the cure | Thousands who have crowded on |of its children.” " EPIGRANS FROM HOOVER'S SPEECH HODVER ADORES LITLE KIDDIES ?Alvnys Enjoys Being Near Youngsters | station platforms to sce and him will remember his buiky leaning far down over the car rail to |reach dozens of uplifted childish | hands. Thousands will remember his | !quiet voice urging: “Give the kids a| | chance.,” & ! Here on the sun bright streets of | Palo Alto when he passed between packed crowds of welcomers one group alone caught and held his at- tention. Close to the curb under a | | dusty Eucalyptus tree three (‘hll—J {dren stood half hidden behind a | | banuer they clutched before them. | | On it the stereotyped phrase, “Wel- come Home, Hoover,” hecame, | through its straggling, badly print- | ed letters a vivid picture of untid i breathless hours of childish labor. But as the threa saw he notice them their handiwork crumpled | woup problems of the past seven shamelessly, ~ forgotten in shuill \ygurg Lave been problems of recon- cheers. He passed, but looking back | giruction, our problems of the fu- | frequently before his car finally | qyre are problems of constituton.” passed out of sight, he exclaimed to | i vor Hoge of Palo Alto, seated by | him: | “It is worth a million in money just to see that, Once when he was waiting for a |train to San Irancisco with a del = |gation crowding around lim he lefl| “The poorhouse is vanishing from | their hands unshaken as he sighted | e 'a group of boys held back across the tracks by the police. Straight lover to them he headed and, caleb- rities forgotten, plunged into the lvital boy talk of swimming, bec stings and fishing tackle. Teld that they were Boy Scouts |and that three of them were pllot | scouts he at once decree: | | “All right then. you three pilot | me to the train and the rest ean act as escort.” Hoover's friends and @eighbors ! maintain that the innumerable such | incidents they recall are not merc. |1y -part of a pose for political pur- | pot but that he always has shown jan instant and irresistible. response |to the appeal of childhood. Back in | postwar days when the feeding of |orphans became a task of endless, | impersonal routine, the sight of | children held the same magic touch | | tor him, form | Fraught With Importance Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto, Calif., Aug. 13 (UP)—Following are some of the epigrams from the ac { ceptance speech of Herbert Hoover, 4 {the republican presidential nominee. every penny will be publiely ac- counted for. It shall be a true eam- paign. We shall use words to con. | vey our meaning, net to hide it.” “At one time we demanded for our workers a full dinner pail. To- I‘ y we demand larger comfort and | ereater participation in life and | leisure.” “The test of business is not its |size—the test fs whether there i | honest competition, whether there | is freedom from domination, wheth- er there is integrity and usefulness of purpose.” weakens integrity the, is “Government ment that its doubted.” mo- even There must be no place for cyn- icism in the creed of America.” progress marches npon f healthy and instructed “Racial Car value is pictured with vivid newness and stirring force in the words of this woman who writes:— ““We considered several much more ex Nor does Essex saving end with the purchase price. margins that account for its_grilliant reputation and record greatest value and largest selling *‘Six.” Here is value that stands at the very pinnacle of the world’s most efficient industry. Here are performance, beauty, comfort and quality As you regard its handsome ensemble or go over it detail by detail, you get the same compelling conviction of completeness and finish, of costly car quality and construction. To see, to examine, to ride in the New Essex Super-Six can conclusion—it is the World’s Greatest Value—altogether or part by part. THE HONEYMAN AUTO SALES CO. 200 East Main St. Republican Nominge's Remarks “I shall be an honest campaign; | Performance and finest car qualily --and you can save emough Yo pay a years tuition-- nsive cars, but imagine my surprise and d-light in finding ev quality matched or bettered by Essex and enoug| saved to pay a year’s tuition for my daughter.’ ; X sav ) X In operation economy, repair free reliability and long-lasting service, it continues to store up extra J “A government that does not onstanly se to live up to the ideals of its young men and women | fally short of what the Ameriean people have a right to expect and | demand from it | "“Our foreign policy has eme pri- |mary object, and that is peace.” ’ “We have no hates; we wish no i further possesstons, we harbor no | military threats. “We have fewer men in army uniform today than we have in pe- ! lice uniforms.” “I want to see our government {Breat both as an instrument and a symhol of the nation's greatness.” “We must direct economic pro- g in support of moral and spiritural progress,” “Our party platform deals mainly | | with economic problems, but our I nation is not an agglomeration of , railroads, of ships, of factories, of dynamos, or statistics. It is a na- tion of homes, a nation of men, of | | women, of children.” | “Every man has the right to ask jof us whether the United States is |a better place for him, his wife and !his children to live in, because the republican party has condueted the government for nearly eight years.” “Every woman has the right to jask whether her life, her home, her {man's job, her hopes, her happi- | ness, will be better assured by the | continuance of the republican party in power.” CC\Ora\ U it | “All Mothers Sbeuld Be Told About Sykes Comfort Powder” Independence, Mo, —* wish I could tell mothers all over the world about Sykes Comfort Powder, I could write all day of the wonderful results I have had in usin; it on children. have proved over P and over again it is the only powder that will heal and prevent chafing, scalding,rashes, skin irritations and soreness, and the little baby whose picture I sm sending you has always been entirely free from such troubles by its use,’ — Laura M. Fry, Independence, Mo, The reason Sykes Comfort Powder [* i3 so successful in such cases is be- cause it contains six healing, antisep- tic ingredients not found in ordinar: talcums. ~Mothers and nurses call it “‘A Healing Wonder."" AY ALL DRUGSIOTS COMFORY POWDER CO., BOSTON, MA | | 2s the world’s workmanship. bring only one Telephone 2542 Smooth as silk— the bands of love- by Southern girls? Do you know bow they keep them so white Your Hands __. AVE you ever noticed the smooth whiteness and charm of a Southern woman's hands? How her delicate skin seems to speak of infinite care! And yet such skin is yours as it is hers, a nawral gift of loveliness that every woman can preserve. “How doesshedoit? What is the magic method by which the lovely aristocratic woman of the South keeps her hands so charming ? " ask wives end daughters of the North. The answet is very simple. Almost all women can have pretty hands if they will but care for them. Household tasks must be done, of course. 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