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â-  \ ' : I : â-  rl CAREFUL DOES IT By Dudley Hoys Thli proves you've appreciated that â€" : we have to be careful." I Virrell dabbed his nose with l»li| Unique Air SUtlon handkerchief. "Curse this cold Here's the i«tt»«*«»«»» All sorts of extraordinary people called on Messrs. Prein and Soransea. they brought jewellery to aell, dental plates, and sovereigns. Among them nas Virroll, who came along with a ,, ,._ i massive gold cigarette case, because Remerabermg our .mall difference. I the price of gold was attractive. I *" "">" wondering why you have Virrell, who had never seen Prein aPProached me again-unless you ap- before, was reminded of a stoat. True. cup." He opened an attacbe case andi produced a really superb gold cup, ' about ten inches high. One side of it| had bpen scratched by some sharp la- .â- iirumpiit, plainly to erase the Inscrip- tion. Prein took it, and fondled it. "Vour property, of course? I only ask because we hare to be careful. a stoat does not have sandy hair part- ed in tho middle, and a smooth white face. Neither does it wear a black coat and waistcoat and striped trous- ers. But there was that flat, stilly. ' dangerous look about f:ie man behind the counter. ' I Prein, in turn, had summed up his customer. There was a certain shifii-i ness and false swagger in Virrell'a' manner that suggested a line of ac-' tion. , "A very nice case, sir." | "Pretty good." I Prein Ciomined it, placed It on the scales, and suddenly shot out a ques- tion. "Your property, of course?" "What the devil d'you mean?" ^ , , n-u .u„. „« i ,.-. o T- ..HI dud cheques on me. The other one I "No offence, Im sure. Prein , " ' . j , „ .„., .„ smiled by drawing back his upper lip and showing two teeth. "We have to be careful. Mr. Soransen is so par- ticular. We have to safeguard our- selves." "Oh, do you?" grunted Virrell. "We do." Prein weighed the case, and said: "Seven pounds." "Rot!" There were red patches over Virrell's cheek bones. "There's ten preciate that we have to be careful Virrell said nothing. Prein took a pair of scales out of his own attache 'â- ase and weighed the cup. "Thirty pounds." "You dirty robber; It's worth fifty." "Really?" Prein spoke in the silky. purring voice. "Then why not take it to somebody who will give you fif*y?" ' Virrell's iists clenched. I "Why not?" repeated Prein. "I ! think you know why. Oh, yes, my dear sir. I think you know." j Jreiu sniggered, and wrote out the j cheque. Virrell took it, then deliber- ately tore it to pieces, and threw . them into the empty grate. ] Prein was startled out of his silki- =: aess. "What do you mean by thai?" â-  "I mean, you're cot palming oft any Insects bothered Prof. H. W. Slat- had was signed by your partner as lack of Grinnell College, Iowa. H3 well. â€" aud " I has a broad, comfortable, screened "You're a fool," said Prein. exasper-; porch, with subdued lights, where it ated. "This is a private deal. So I jg y^ry pleasant to sit on warm gave you a cheque on ray own personal â-  summer nights. But insects loak- account, that's all." I ed into it in the inimmerable ways "Nothing doing. I wouldn't trust insects can find, attracted by the What Ozone Can And Can Not Do N=.-.. ....,- novel a.id a rocky glen of Catalina Island, Califorria. the airport of turesque view from the air. ne .Vn'.-ricua '..ues ailorda Lights Lure Bugs Away Give me a cheque on lights you an inch, the firm." j Professor Slatlack gave consider- Prein was venomously irritated, able thought to the matter, and at Here was a chance to make twenty i^st had a flash of inspiration. Like pounds' worth of gold m that case if | pounds ruined by this crook's stupid-, ^^^.^ strokes of genius, his solution there's a I'enn orth. ' , jjj. j^e debated whether to argue v.-as exceedingly simple, says a mail ^even .^jj,j j^j^ ^j^^ decided it might be too j-eport of Science Service (Washing- "We havft to be careful. pounds.' !, risky. You could drive this type to a' t^n) ^yg i-gaj- "Here, pass it 'vack. I'll take it some-'^^j.^^^^ p^i^t, but beyond that it was^ "Under the eaves of his porch, out. a mistake. side the screen, he fitted one bright At any rate, if he bought the cup for jigjjt^ ^^^^^ brighter than any of the the firm, it would mean a profit of ten shaded lamps on the porch itself, pounds (or himsslf. ! immediately all the insects on the "All right. Come along and I'll get po^ch turned their backs on the sub- Mr. Soransen to sign a cheque." jued lights and went straight for the "Cursed if I'll come out with this bright bulb. Thj littlest ones went can't bring the cheque ^^ through the meshes as they had come in, and danced around the light. where else." Prein did not pass 't .-ack. He had taken a long shot, but tr xiow he was convinced he had hit the S-get. He placed his elbows on the â- counter, leaned across, and bpoke in a -^uiet, silky voice. "Wouldn't it be better to accent ^qj^i j( j.j,n seven pounds and save yolirself fur-^^^,^ ^hen ther trouble?" . Preln got up. "Very well. It's a "Damn you! I'll " ; nuisance. My time's worth more than Mr. Piein's hand moved toward the j.^jy^^ But in the circumstances. . . telephone. He smiled again, and those "you've thrown twopence awayâ€" a two teeth of his might have been pre- ,vicijed waste. Y'our cheque from the paring to bite. gj-m ^in be for thirty pounds, but I It was enough. Virrell guanced at gfjaU insist on you giving me two- him murderously and nodded, pence." Prein said' "Thank you, sir." He "Oh, shut up!" said Virrell, dabbing callod out: "Mr. Soransen^ seven at his nose. The cold had put him in pounds." a vile temper. A bald man with a long nose i Prein returned about twelve o'clock drunk with the strong radiation. The larger ones crowded crawling on the screen as near as they could get to it. No more insects invaded the porch, since the strongest attraction was now outside it." Nature's Comforters pLiddin^ pen may What though fail. I know what's in my heart to say, And that illumines all my day; And in the wood the tall pines form An audience steadfast and warm; And as my halting measures rise The breezes answer with their sighs; The birds make answer to my song emerged from the office at the back, virrsll examined the firm's cheque, and And all my lines seem poor, and pale' He passed something across, and nodded his approval. Prein took up a pen and wrote. 1 "That's better. Doesn't seem any "There you are, sir â€" seven pounds." duck-shoving about this." "Here! What's this?" Virrell took, "There wasn't about the other." said one glance at the cheque, signed by Prein. stowing the cup into uis attache I. Soransen and M. J. Prein, and flung case. It on the counter. "I want notes." | Virrell grunted ungraciously. "My dear sir, the cheque is made Back at the shop, Prein displayed Despite my note is far from strong; out to bearer and this branch of the the cup. Soransen slapped him oa the .A.nd in the hills an echo free London and Wessex Bank is not five back. Repeats my measures after me! minutes' walk awav. We never pav: "Good value for thirty pounds, my, â€"John Keudrick Bangs in "The in notes. In these rush times it boy." \ Foothills of Parnassus." would mean too much ready cash on i "Yes," said Prein, with not so much the premises. With the epidemic of enthusiasm. That lost private profit smash-and-grab raids, we have to be was galling. As he was going out to careful." Once more that sneering lunch, the phone tinkled. The voice smile. "Take your cheque, sir, and *'a3 Virrell's. "You again!" "Just once more, Mr. Prein. Many thanks (or your present. The extra thirty will come in useful." "What on earth are you ?" Virrell's chuckle came floating along three quid. One of 'â- ^^ '^irs. "Your bank will tell you. : I'll make you pay B"' >'ou daren't tell your partner. I Rabbit zmd Soy-Beauis Appear on Soviet Menu A shortage In the country's live stock and a similar failing-ofl in the raising, transporting, and storing of fruit and vegetables, it seems, has greatly cut down the national food supply of Soviet Russia. To meet the emergency t!ie Soviet authorities are relying oa the soy- bean and the rabbit. Posters and newspaper head-lines all over the country blazon forth the bright possibilities of rabbit-breeding, a Moscow correspondent of the Lon- don Observer tells us, while the soy- bean, hitherto grown mostly in Man- churia, is being more and more widely cultivated in the Soviet Union. But the soybean made a bad beginning as a dietary reform. We read then: "In Kiev a compound of sausage and soy-bean net with little popular favor, while in Odessa si diet of soy-bean courses, offered morning, noon, and night, soon surfeited the diners in pub- lic restaui-ants. One cook even label- ed an unsavory soy-bean preparation, the dish of the second Flve-Year plan.' which led to an investigation of his political past and a discovery that he was not an enthusiast for the Soviet regime "It the main difficulties with the use of soy-beans are in the field of proper preparation, the relief of the meat shortage by a large injection of stew- ed and boiled rabbit has been delayed by many i:'.stances of neglect and carelessness in breeding and caring for the rabbits. "All in all. the provisioning of the country with such novel articles of diet as rabbits and soy-beans seems to encounter as many difficulties as the supply with such more conventional fooils tuffs as meat, dairy products, fruit, and vegetables." Ignorant talk about Ozone ha« re- sulted in a good deal of skepticism about its alleged virtues. The word is commonly used by many persons to mean .simply "freak air,'' as when they talk of "breath. Ing in the life-giving ofone ' of a cold. bright winter morning. Yet ozone is a well-known, per. fectly definite modification of oxygen, and its value as an antiseptic ap- pears undoubted. Says The British Medical Journal (London), in ao editorial: "Ozone, that variant of oxygen which appears in traces over the sea or in the air of the open coantry, and which has lately been surmised by meteorologists to exist in the high atmosphere in sufficient amount to alTect the temperature of its limit, ing layers, possesses a strong oxid- izing action, in virtue of which it at- tacks metallic silver, and may, given suitable condiitons, inhibit or destroy bacteria. "The facility with which it can be formed from air by means of the sil- ent electric discharge has made it ' available in workable quantities to , industry and hygiene, and its prac- ! tical uses in these fields have recent- j ly been set forth in an interesting â-  articles by Dr. L. Hugounenq. "Ozone, he says, is a potent agent â-  in the vulcanization of rubber, and it is of value for the bleaching of textiles. Since it spares yeast, and at the same time acts vigorously against the germs which impair the qualities of beer, it has been employ- ed with advantage In brewing. It is of service, too. in the maturation of odorous essences and in the prepara- tion of drying oils. In the practise of hygiene ozone has been turned to She Threw Paper rest assured." Virrell folded up tho cheque and put It in his pocket. He would have liked to shoot out his fist and knock out those two protruding teeth. | He said, rather thickly: "You've done me out of these days, b.v for it." "We have to be careful, sir. morning." Virrell went out. banked on your trying to do him when ; Good I staged things. G'bye." | I'rein. pale with a sudden horrible I fear, shouted into the transmitter. But For throwng a newspaper from a moving motor-coach into the road, Lily Phillips of London, England, was fined ?2 by the Ashford, Kent, magis- trates recently. The summons, under a Kent County Council by-law, was for depositing the p3i>er in the public highway, "so as to tend injuriously to affect tho public amenities of the hghway." Uniform Humam Beings By J. B. S. HALOANE, Professor of Biochemistry at Cam- bridge University I do not believe In uniformity. I think the more individuals in the world the better. It there is one lesson man can learn from the ani- mals, it is just this: You have all sorts of dogs â€" shepherd dogs, wolf hounds, Newfoundland dogs, dachs- hunde, terriers and St. Bernards. Would any one think of producing only one species of dog and call it the perfect dog, eUminating ail ttie account for its sermicidal properties others? What makes human life u ig claimed that treatment with amusing is getting all these vareities of dogs into one family. And the one hope for humanity is that that sort of thing should go on, not only among dogs but among human be- ings as well. If we have any lesson to leam from animal and plant genetics, it the food no trace of material foreign 13 that there is not any one best type to the tissues of consumers, differ in the species. On the contrary, we ', jng m this from some other preserTa- ' have various environments and van- tives. ous species to fit into them I should like to see a continual rising of the minimum, a lower limit but no upper limit, but this cannot be achieved by drastic measures. There are beastly recessives which you can't weed out In a moment. I am all for breeding up and weeding out, but I feel we do not at present know enough of the potentialities of a lot of people who, we .say, are failures now and should never have been born. The fact that they are misfits among us does not mean that you could have a society where they wouldn't be happy members. ozonized sea water disinfects oysters and other shell-fish exposed to bac. terial contamination withjout weak- ening their vitality or damaging their taste; and that o.:cae. when applied to perishable foodstuffs, saves their market value intact and leaves in CANDID The ,.}-oung artist was proud of his latest achievement. He invited his friend to view it. "Well," he said, after the other had made a good inspection. "How do you like my portrait of the old judge"'' "How much is he going to give you for it?" asked his friend. "What do you think he ought to give me?" put in the artist. "Six months." the friend said bit- Ingly. Hubby: You'll ruin me with your extravagant tastes. Wifey: How so? You never gratify them. THE END OF THE DAY By GLUYAS WILLIAMS Prein sniggered. amused bv the lie liad been cut off. \ threat. There was as much likelihood I ^^^om the Exchange he managed to | of anvbodv doing him as of himself e'«<^'t ^^'^ fact that the call had come â-  letting anv chance slip. Thus he from a private bos. That was no help. seized on tlie opportunity prompted by In Pa"'*-' he rushed round to the a 'phone call he received one day,' '"•'>n^''» "f the Loudon and Wessex' about a week later. He seemed to re- "a"''- "ot a quarter of a mile from the | cognize the voice that spoke. I ^^^'^ ^'''"- | I "Oh. yes," the manager told him. I "there were two cheques cashed this morning, each for thirty pounds, one on your private account, and one on your firm. They were quite in order. "I want Mr. Prein." "Speaking." "I have a very fine gold cup I wish to sell. I have a bad cold, or I'd call on you. Could you come round to the Red Lion. Colchester Street, and in- spect the cup?" Colchester Street was only half a mile away. Prein said; "Certainly, sir. I'll be with you in twenty minutes. What name shall I ask tor?" "Virrell." It conveyed nothing to Prein. He popped into tho private office, told Sor- ansen, aud set off for the Hod Lion. In his pocket was hi? personal cheque book. It had struck him that he might make a private deal, scoop the Nothing wrong, I hope, Mr. Prein?" Prein groaned. They allowed him to see the cheque on his private ac- count. It was thf> one he h;\d written out in that be<lroom. He raced off to the Red Lion. The landlord informed him that Mr. Virrell had paid his bill and gone. .\ maid was just clearing up the room. "I believe I left something there." said Frien, feverishly, and ran up the stairs. The mail! at that moment was actual- ly brushing some shreds of paper out partner that the client had stuck out for too high a price and there had been no business done. . . , » „ , . of the grate into a dustpan. Prein profit, and then come back and tell his ,„^t^i,ed the dustpan from the as- tonished girl. Those shreds were part of a cheqae, sure onoush â€" a blank cheque on some At the Red Lion he was shown up other bank, which Virrell must have to a bedroom. To his toothy surprise, had up his sleeve, ready to be torn up Mr. Virrell turned out to be the shifty )„ pi^^.j, ^t the London and We.xsex man &f tho cigarette-case deal. â-  oheiiue. 'timid morning." said Prein, and prein Imagined him hurrying along •nlffcd. The room reekeil with euca- ^^ tho branch, collecting the cash, aud fvjCKS Ju^^lOR up for we NI6HT AND aOSES POOR WITH SI6H OF RELIEF TURT AT W5T THE DAY 1$ PONE btARTS POVV'SSfAlRS, JllN- GCE^ ?-fi:X, SivK HIM lOR CAL11K6 HE HftSN'T HIS ELEPHAKT AND 1tU."=. 60T m ELEPHANT IN KIM t> 60 RI6HT V> SLEEP BEP WlTri HiM SMARTS ro\VN AcaiN. HEARS JWIOR 500NC;f<6 W5EP lyptus. i Virrell loked at him moodily. "I've tot a gold cup to sell.." Prein's pale blue eyes twinkled mali- ciously. I "We like to retain our customers. The last time we did business, you .wern a trifle dissatisfied, I believe. returning in time to receive the sec- , ond cheque. He telt ill. â€" London •Tit-Bits " The upward mea:jure of thi> value of , a deed is always reflected In the down- ^ ward measure of its coat. ' GOES bfiCK Tb MAKE 50RE HtSSTil-L COVERED UP, JOKIOR REMINDIN6 HER $Hf PROMISED ID &N6 HJH ONE SONfe SlNfeS HIM PS S0N6 MP CLiSSES DOOR. HMLFviWl' DOWN StMRS JUNIOR CALLS HI5 ELtPHAMT HAS FftlLEN OUT OF BED 60K WCK,RE?.roRP^ ELEPH.-.Nt TJ ei? AND SAt& nr..'.^uc-::'i?-K!e.HT GETS PovVNSTAiRc. ^^ OONIOR BEoJNS :fiLUN6 HE WiftNTS A DRINK Of &jJYAS WHJUAfld "The use of ozone in the purifica- tion of drinking water was first com- mended as a result of experiments carried out in Holland on the water of the Old Rhine. In France, to-day, water supplies are ozonized In many communities, as well as in Monte Cario. and many schools and privats houses. Sir A. C. Mouston in 1931 applied ozone to the metropolitan wa- ter at Barn Elms, obtaining results which he describes as bac'eriologfc cally perfect. "Although the method has hither, to been little used in Britain, we may acquiesce in our author's encomium of water ozonization in France, but when he applauds in the same cordial terms the use of ozone for I the purification of air, we can but I feel that the analogy is forced and i confidence in such a procedure iU j founded. He speaks of rotary oson- izers for supplying ozone-charged air to habitations, and describes an ap- pliance of this kind as of service â- wherever it is necessary to purify a vitiated atmosphere, as in sick-rooms or crowded factories.' "But ozone, however effective la water, has shown itself a reluctant ; germicide under dry conditions. It ! takes some thirteen parts of ozone j per million ot air to affect bacteria: I but one part per million causes re- ' spiratory discomfort to man. lowers I his oxygon intake, produces head- ache and depression, and may even lead to coma. Thus a concentra- tion which would damage bacteria in the air ot a room would be mora than ten times stronger than could be borne by the human occupants. "In any event, there would appear to be no occasion to call in the re- sources of chemical science in order to purify air when the air ot a sick- room can be speedily changed by the simple act ot opening a window, and when the ills of crowded workshops can be remedied by reducing the ag- gregation of people or by driving fresh air in from the outside. Ozone, however, is clearly useful inasmuch as it succeeds in the wet, although, like gaseous disinfectants as a class, it is apt to fail in the dry. ^Vhaa we praise ozone as a stcri'iiing agent, we must at the same time re- cognize the limitations to which. It is uudoubtt.»dly subject." Hard Labor The children had aM promised to earn sixpence for the missionary so- ciety and to bring it to Sanday school. When the day came, the teadier asked each youTig9tcr to teU how he earned his money. "Now, Jack, you begin, and teU OS all about it," she said. "Please, miss. I got it from father." "But, Jack," she expostulated, "that wasn't earning it. you "Know." "Oh. wasn't it?" said Jack. ''Yon don't know father." Widow (buying a parrot^: "Does this one talk?" Dealer: "Unfortao- ately, madam, he Joes not. But whea anybody speaks to him he looks as If he understands perfectly," "I'll taks him. He reminds me at my lat« hus- band."