10
DURING
FIT
the last hundred years the meaning of "keeping "ni" as so many more phrases, has great change. Our
with undergane
anecators had to keep
Whatever may be said, brute force
THE
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MONDAY,
MIND MEANS A FIT
By
Professor A. M.
Please do not think I do not be-
Low
NOVEMBER
BODY
15.
1937.
ly insisting on having unglazed rico beenuse, he said, while rico causeTÍ beri-berit Of course, wint entises bori-tier is not white rice but the deficiency of a vitamin. The people ft to ford
It is so much easier to keep the who get beri-beri are those who themselves. The man who could not remains efficient, I am only too glad appreciated, and the man who sees run fast enough to catch his hare to forget all about it. Moreover, red when he misses a putt is obvi- body fl than to keep the brain ft, never eat anything else but white or deer had to get someone else's or know that, however much I train, I ously not helping himself to be well and the results are so much more rice. This well ilustrates the point
-shall never be able to run a mile as by pinying golf.
immediately obvious, that there in that the ordinary man worries for go without.
It is clear thunt for the fullest beng tome danger of the fact that fitness too much about what he eals, To-day, fortunately, I can secure a quickly as a molor car or even the
If setence teaches nothing olso, it meal without running except per- more humble bus will take me, and nt from exercise of any kind hody Involves the mind being overlooked
y'el 1 wonder should janeh a sense of proportion, haps to catch buses and trains; and, I sim therefore more interested in and mind must be in harmony, and altogether. And if my life is well ordered, I need motoring tracks than runalių tracks, that the "sergeant major" type of whether "iness," as it is understood and nowhere is this more necessary exercising is suited only to those by big chested athiges and much than when applied to food, exerelve, make no physical effort from day- A Proper Balance
with poor brains. Actually, exercise muscled boxers, is tot a dying cult and the other things that go to make break to bedtire.
should be us unconselous as possible, altogether,
up "finess," People who enteulato Fortunately meal of our bodily For one thing, we have begun to each mursel they eat neo usually lice is counting for less in the world, and, although the old phrase "Might in lieve in "tness." I do, but I be- functions are curried on without our talk about a perfectly ordinary thing artists who cannot paint unless they We do such as waiking, by the nick-ume enjoy luxurious surroundings. I try right" may all have many follow- lleve that the aint should be towards havbig consciously to worry,
is dying. hard to get away from these stupid ers, the "might" referred to is now a balanced fitness between body and not have to wit our hearts to beat of biking, it is a ales that
npc-like disabilities and to urge iny remember to keep breathing out like a specialising anmai. Our brains have not yet de- or however mind. army', mechanical.
think that the why we discutas pour brain to create is own world. physically
perfect ila members veloped to the stage where we can Surely the ideally it body is one that might be, would not long survive ntford to disregard the body. They the owner never has to worry about our fond is also an indication that, I despise the atavist who choses his halt-raw slenk or his living fish be- our interest in it is woning. I can fore it is fried. I try to give my against even an army of semi-inva- are not even suffelently powerful to at all?
the
not raise a tremendous enthualism love to things which ant a le complete control lids equipped with modern weapons, huve
for discussions on vilumins, calories, longer than the average stomach. The importance of strength of body body, in spite of the bellels of cer- The Human Machine
We have
dietetic experts is disappearing as the importance of tain religions. But we should realise strength
I have tried to adapt the needs of who decide what is necessary to us, of mind is increasingly that for hundreds of years the ten- realised.
dency has been towards bigger my boty to those of my mind, which and I look upon food, just ast 100K {
I call keeping #L.
upon ale, as something that is neces A thousand inventions, beginning brains and not bigger biceps.
The function of the bleeps is to For instance, I have trained myself sary to keep us going. I do not cat with that of the wheel and the
out the commands of the to sleep anywhere and at any con- too much food for the same reason pulley, have all favoured the man carry with brains as against the man with brains, and men with big biceps and venient times. I do not take alco- that I do not breathe stale ale, be- 1 know brawn, and this has affected every no brains have caused more frouble hol, bermuse I wish to keep my mind cause it befuddles the mind. phose of life. Even the criminal is in the past than men with big brains clear, and it la escutiul for some of too well that a little learning is a my work involving delleate measure- dangerous thing and as I cannot no longer powerful thug; he is and no bleeps,
man and the The object of being fit is obvious- ments often an undersized
But my hand should be become a master of every science. victim of drugs.
ly to give the brain full scope for steady. Some people worry a great I leave that of food stone. My own views on keeping fit are fiction. have a shrewd suspicion deal about keeping their bodies t not those, perhaps, of a large num- that the majority of men who "keep and ruin their eyes because they do Eating Anxiously ber of men who mensure the degree fit" never give a thought about the not understand the elementary prin-
An
I
over
and so on.
of their fitness by the size at their reason for their efforts, and that of my eyes, because I value the Im years lg that doctors are always dla-
as elples of Illumination. I take enre The danger during the last few
from
is only just
There's Work In Accidents
FORTUNE
chests or the time it takes them to many
MORTUNES from misfortunes men die curly from over-
im- pressions received by them more than cussing abnormálitles, and ordinary under-exercise. The
might be the slogan of one runmile. My sole opinion of my b chest, is that it is a breathing ap- portance of mind in physical exer- the impressions of, say, tarte and people apply the knowledge to them- of the strangest occupations
selves, and that.
beginning to be even feeling.
I once found a man solenn-Imaginable--making spare parts paratus,
so long as it else
for the human body.
Copril 1931-re's Joh
RESUME
Pear THE GOOD EARTH Bucks
hty
Wang the penian! marries - the slave. She provca o jeffdot vifo, bearing his two sons and daughter, and working his tiny farm with such diligence that he is noon able to buy more fields. The drought, bringing fam ing forces them to abandon the farm and acek work in the great cities in the Bouth. Them," they all but die of deprivation. During revolutionary uprizing O-lan finda a pouch of jewele, The jowels fake Wang and family back to their farm in the North, O-lan bega Wang for eco of them, Fang sells the rest of the jewels to buy more and more tand, The years past in find hims increasingly rich. Their uns aro more grown to munhood. Elder Son, betrothed to the daughter of Liu the grain-merchant, man- ages his father's estate; Younger Bon is at school studying agri- culture. Wang apenski his days in the city dolny buainean. On one of his trips to the olly he vision a tea-house for the first time and ments Lotus Flower, a singing glil. Do becomes infamated with her. He moves his family off the --farm-to-the Great -Holicom - finally taken from O-lan hertwo pearls and gives them to Lotus Flower whom he brings to their home da kia socond wife.
SERIALIZED FROM THE Meuq-folduyn-Mayer netura 'GERTRUDE GELBIN·
ward the souren of the nound, yearn- ingly, then turned his hord away in shame. Ho bent mora ardently to his tank fut the music became increasingly clear until he knew it must be at his very door. Tremul- Qualy he turned to seo Lotus Flower. standing there.
"Doen may music disturb you?" who asked absyly.
"No, no." He rose from his chair, His heart pounding.
"Shall I alt for you?" she asked and awayed into the room.
"I'm sorry - ho picked up his coat in wild haste - "I must go to the grain merchants ow
:
yo
tained the day she found the jewels. | ways to fight thess ealing things. "There's a thing in my vitals," nhe I've learned them. We'll burn the
Burn then continued. "Waiting. But, if you outlying fields. would wed our son to a good maid, must," he shouted in the face of I'll make it wait until then," She dissent, "lo savo the rent paused. "Or If you need me."
And Wang, aroused at last by Younger Hon's picas, called alt lands to fight the locusts.
And so the days passed, until one arrived when Wang himself, har rased for money, went to its farm Into the fields he ran, heading an to note the fields. He questioned | army of laborers. In the outlying 'Ching na to Elder flon's work; and fields worited Younger Hon and hi
could get no answer. Ho forced army of helpers, battling the locusta Ching at Jant to tell him what every-with fire, Jone now knew that when Waur was in the city, Eider Son took his nine ni Lotus Flower's side.
Wang, neizing a torch, himself ran to fire the fields, and in the light of the flame naw Ching working with Wang struck cut în n'atonn of the others. Tearn caine to his eyen, fury, nonding Ching away forever, With a smile of thanks ha gave He strode thru his fields, his face | Ching hils torch and hurried on. At hack with hatred, le sirimped Into the dam, vilingers were breaking the courtyard of his Great House. down the dilter to save the rich With the swiftness of fear he ran | fields by flooding them. And there to Lojus Floweri room and burst | Wang found Elder Ben, working open the door.
frenziedly with the rest. Wang then took his place at Elder Son's side and helped in silent gratitude.
"Then you'll paus by the cobbler's shop," she smalled and removed her tiny embroidered nlipper, "Would you mind having his regiid this buckle with silver? For me?”
"I'd be enchanted,” he replied and reached timidly for the alipper.
Bhe looked into his eyes. "You
He ben down upon Elder Bon, won't misunderstand?" Illa puzzled his handi nining blows with all the look gave her pause, he touched violence of his jealous rage. Wang the slipper, her hand brusliing is then turned to Lotus Flower who an he held it. "Some people believe crouched to the ground, her fore- such things have a meaning." the head on her outpread hands. Ab- whispered, "When one gives her ject, groveling, as crawled to a slipper to a man — wel! --- 3t monrys feet and lay her face upon them that he's taken her fancy."
"The penris," he cried, his voice choked with contempt. "Give them to mo."
Elder Son gaped at her in amazement. "But but you anked me to have the buckla gilded," ho
tammered.
But the buckle doesn't need gild- ing." nhe similed and laughing soft 15 passed from the room.
Eldor brother stood trembling, her slipper in his hand. Like a man
But at long last the locust sivarm returned from whence they had
come, The battle was won!
Chaptor Thron
THE RETURN OF THE PEARLS
In tbs brocade and inakwood apartment he hind furnished for Lotus Flower, Wang flatened, trans- Fixed and adoring as she sang to hor tuto.
As or nong Yose, bauntingly a shriil volco broke in upon their idyil.
Toro's a bad women in the houso
Lotus Flower, stopped short, Old Fallor stood at the threshold, pearing in at them with indignant, short-sighted eyes.
The woman" be ahtoked and apat in tremulous angor,
Dan hurried up hibind him, #lush, father," she whispored. "It's but becond wife."
no
11la protests rang thru the halls
lan lod him away.
possessed he started in pursuit of her. I mother's volco broke the apoll. Instily hiding the slipper in hin mitove, he wheeled about to face; her.
"A letter from Younger Son," call. ed inn joyfully. "Will you read it
me
to
He tried to rand, but the sound of the lute, rising and falling, Lor tured him.
Only Olan was missing. She lay In her bed, the pain mawing her ride as if to Impress that it was for this the found the Jowels this destruction by locusts of all the good carib had given them.
But at long Tant the wind roso and with it the locust swarm, gath ering in a dark cloud, roared back over the mountain.
with trembling fingers she torn tham. from hor. cars and droppedAnd so the inner- ftelde, cut-off- them into his waiting hand. His flat by fire and water from the flying clenched over them na ho strode penitence, were saved, and stood out the door out the Great House rich and ripe, for the harvest.
out the fine courtyard -- out the carved gates -- out of her life for
want to go away. To the wars
"Mother," he cried suddenly, "I Ho flung his arm over tils eyes and
aver. Lotus Flower's slipper fell out ofj
The day, then came when once his loove,
And O-lan understood the templo gain Wang made his way back to his farm. As he approached the tion of her son, Twildly cheap house he saw Oino, tears on her pronched Wang and sought to toll face; she was greating Younger him of the boy's need to go away. Son who had come home to take "Io wants to be a soldier to Elder Son'a place; she was kisaing to the ware," he finished.
After the harvest the farmhouse of Wang rang with the music and Joy of Elder Son's wedding to the daughter of Liu the grain merchant.
Olan lay in her bed listening to the happy counds reached her thru her latticed door. She had given her blessing to the bride and had welcomed her as a daughter.
Wang entered the room softly and sat by her side. She looked up at him and miled. Buddenly he reached for her hand and emptiest into it the contents of a small, il- ken pouch. She looked Into her hand, Tears welled 'in ber eyes aa her fingers closed over the two pearls. She warmed them at her
|
Fangemptied the contents of
a small, silken pouch.
breast for a moment and then whla-' pered: “Let them be for the bride." "In good tirao,” he nodded cheer- fully. "For you'll be well again.”
Olan smilled thru bir tears, "This thing is waiting," she whispered and pointed to her side.
Ho turned to hor, ha volco chok- Elder Son farewill. Wang turned od with smotiền. "It a man could Tils on a soldier? Wang called from them and walked toward his spent there are things" Elder Bon to him in fury.
fields.
"Boms are Zorgulten, pho mas "But I'm nothing in this house!" the beg cried.
The wheat pippied under the ŝght awered.
"""Dut now I know," he said, "You "If you're lost in this house" wind. Laborers bent over the dark Wang sat in heavy lanen. Tears cams to Lotus flower's eyes na nhe Wang replied, "go back to the land. And molat earth. The crops, high, are the one. The beni a tan could full and sturdy, wore bursting for have. O-isni" he erled. "You must deerled her position in ide house. Help Ching until the harvest. Rub a
little earth on yourself. That's good peace, Wang told himself, and even
the harvest. Hero he would find ¦ not lervo nia. I any yout trust hut. Was nhà nat his wife, tos? You
A sob broke his words, "I command everyonele tarally-lila zory for any tann - "
O-lan, realizing Wang's blindness, as he spoke, he noted a dark cloud you I lng you slay with nats hated har. And Wang loved
forming on the horizon. It spread "I cannot, who inuured, "for for feast of all, alte insisted. ld grow strong in her plea for Elder tan-wise, smogih as mist, up into give me
He bent over and took her in Jain ho not refuse her her own garden on, speaking at taal the truth. "Io the air. with singing birds, a pavilion and would be better dead then here will "It's a dust cloud," ho hoard one arman; and even as he hold her, ho
"It doesn't move - it came three felt life slip from her body."
Gently he lowered her on the pelle {lows. Blowly be made his way to But the cloud did move for the the garden, out to the ponch-trea which O-lan had planted when she
Amarble fountain whiti falı?
thin woman," aha puid slowly.
"You dream," Wang multered
Jaborer any.
a branches, and put his hande
"Tut the money!" gotpod Wang.
Then it's money you love," nho thickly, then raised his voicedays ago," answered another. Bobbed and leaned toward tilm. shoul. "That's enough, Enough!
*No, no!" His protested; but she not flaten. Kitohen sip. That's refused to be placated and diamis where you enne from where you cloud was best warm which, ned hip, Wang rumhed from the wish to live. Live there thon. cat when the wind changed, descended was his bride. Ile looked up into and sleep where you please, but with wudden fury upon the ripe house in despair,
In his room, Elder fon poured between you and me there's nothing. fields. over the necounts.
was ordained, whispered With furrowed Nothing
One turned palefully to the Wang. But Younger Bon passion- brow he noted, dawn now this item. now that. Into his consciousness door. "I ask nothing," she anawored gely decried him. floated the soft rule of the tuto, and clutched her side, fillad always Je suised his head and looked to with the pain of the injury alto sus-1 Gods. Wo can fight
"It
against the trunk, lashing his cheek against the bark.
"O-in," he called. "You are the
earth
"It was not orðrined! It Isn't the
there are
THE END.
More than 4,000 glass eyes are made every year by one London firm in Oxford-street, at prices from 10. to guinens,
three
A hollow bulb is blown from a length of glass tube. Then Alaments of coloured, glass are applied to simulate the irls. Finally a molten black blob is added for the pup.
Differently shaded eyes are inade for day and night wear, for the up- pturance of real eyes varies with the chunging light.
War Veterans' Needs.
E Ministry of T
Pensions
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them, and replacements rizh to more thun 3,000 a year.
Another type of agcident work is done by a bond of experts at- tached to the Home Office Industrial Museum in Wesminder. Their job is to invent safety devises to reduce the accidente caused by dangerous machines!
One machine, used for stamping out sheets of metal, injured 300 workmen in a year.
Now a pair of red mechanical hands have been fitted to it. After the metal has been placed in position. these hands sweep the attendant's arms clear, while the dangerous, rain descends. If the mechanical hands are stopped, the whole ma- chine stops.
Stunt Crashes
MOR
MORE lucrative and odder than the other types of aceldent work is that of the film stuntists. They are paid to have nc- cidents.
They will fall from a high build- ing or crash a car for £50; crush a monoplane for £110; submerge an amphibian for £160; nose-dive for
£240,
There is always room for a new stunt man.
But no insurance firm will cover you. Of the 150 who' formed Hollywood's original Sulelde Club only seven survive to-day.
A MILLION LEARN AT NIGHT
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ACROSS Epithet for the ausle popular with anglers (3)
Shaps may deliver goods on this (8)
This sort of mistake in obvious (from the look of 17) (7)
of Education envisage an expenditure to One reason why the wise avoid
of some twelve million pounds within
law courta (8)
tu (0)
the next few years on new buildings 11 Re this tenure suggests felting and extensions-und that is not the caplial cost, but mostly interest and other churies towards the vast- total ucially involved.
The
Administrative County. London, with one-tenth of the total population, tecounts for a quarter
good climber in the animal world (0)
14 On every alde a game of golf (6) 17 This little fellow with 10 cross
makes a hernidic term (3)
10 Beverage (3)
ut the lotul evening Institute inein-20 He goes to sea; one letter would -bership of the country.
make a sailor of alm (0) 23 Taughty (0)
150
20 Material for the manufacture°*
of paper perhaps (0)
28 Forbidden with a millor in too
(5)
20 Bloodshed (7)
This year there will be over a quarter of a million evening students He this metropolis, entered für by 250 Utiliten and a number of specialised 30 Dring round and u feature of polylechuks and colleges. The roll the round up (8) Jus Incremed ut a rute of 20,000 | 31 Place for rest (0} onrumlly during the past few years.
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