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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1938
Page
6
Ruth Chiswick faces a ruthless outlaw, Norris, in a tense High Plains hideout. After a murder, she memorably marks a retreat note in the dust directing help toward Wild Horse basin, while Norris pursues a dominating, deadly grip over the group.
Fresh dress patterns promise easy sewing and washing with two designs for slim and large figures. The Day Frock for Slim Figures features a gored skirt, square neckline, short kimono sleeves, and a flowery print in linen or organdie. The Day Frock for Large Figures offers a deep V neck, short pleated sleeves, darts for a slimming fit, trim with ricrac, and a diagram design to be made in several fabrics.
A homemaking note details door pockets for shoes brushes cloth and laundry. Variations include large bottom pockets inside closet doors broom pantry and attic doors and even wall space for stockings. Mrs Spears Sewing for the Home Decorator offers related pamphlet for 25 cents postpaid from 210 South Desplaines Street Chicago Illinois.
A Washington correspondent reports that air travel heightens the entry risk of alien pests and diseases. In fiscal 1937 federal agents inspected 3,321 foreign and Hawaii airplanes, intercepting 1,505 prohibited plant materials and the same number of insects or diseased plants, while 250,000 abroad parcel post packages were checked.
A science note describes the bird’s song organ the syrinx unique to birds. It sits lower in the trachea unlike vertebrate larynges where sound originates. The larynx remains but does not drive vocalization, highlighting the syrinx as the source of birdsong.
A compact reflection on will power and civilization. The piece notes the lack of a monument to the man who rustles the payroll while highlighting reading history as a path to civilization. The tone is sardonic and observational.
A rapid set of trivia questions covers Latin phrases like in toto the naming of the Amazon river the calendar year after 1 B C the earths rotation direction the next numerical division after a trillion whether Il Duce title predated Mussolinis power and the baseball record for circling the bases.
Readable lines reference a tribe of female warriors on river banks, a west to east movement, a figure of a quadrillion, Gabriele d Annunzio seizing Fiume in 1919, and Evar Swanson circling bases in 1345 seconds on September 5, 1929 in Cincinnati.
The phrase Beauty Is Mental derives from a view that true beauty rests in the mind and moral character rather than outward appearance, as expressed by Frederic Saunders. The expression emphasizes inner perception over physical form.
A naturalist reference recalls John Muir saying the robin’s song signals reassurance. The line, “Fear not, fear not. Only love is here,” frames the bird’s tune as a message of calm amid life’s uncertainties.
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