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mind after listening to 1\4r. Moffett in regards to the choice of grades for each particular piece. Then Mr. Moffett explained in detail what the particular grade was and why it was his choice. The winners of the grading contest in Fresno were Bill Reid of the K-Y Lumber Company, and Wally Kennedy of Geo. W. Kennedy and Sons, and Les Doddington of .Bernie Barber & Associates, who tied for second place. (Editor's Note: No comment regarding the number of correctly graded pieces.)

Following the meeting, coffee and donuts were served, courtesy of the Hoo-Hoo club, and informal discussions were held with Mr. Moffett regarding the various aspects of lumber manufacturing and grading. The next in the series of educational meetings sponsored by Hoo-Hoo Club 31 was held Nlarch 10 in Visalia and March 11 in Fresno, put on by the Douglas Fir Plywood Association. Following meetings were hild March- 24 in yisalia and

March 25 in Fresno, conducted by the California Redwood Association.

Son Jooquin Hoo-Hoo Club Stcges DFPA Plywood Nite

San Joaquin Valley Hoo-Hoo Club 31 held one of its reguIarly scheduled educational meetings in Visalia at the Southern California Gas Company office, March 10. Byron Oberg of the Douglas Fir Plywood Association presented the program, which included interesting films, slides and demonstrations of the physical properties and characteristics of plywood, as well as a visual demonstration of its strength characteristics. The meeting was very enthusiastically received by those present.

The following night, March 11, the same meeting was put on for club members in the Fresno area. In addition to club members, there were several architects and building inspectors present as guests at this meeting.

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The Ciry Girl ond the t|lilk

The city girl was spending a vacation on the farm, and was milking a cow, at her own request. She milked a pail full, then put the pail down in front of the cow, and was letting her drink it, when the farmer shouted to know what in world she was doing?

"It looked thin to me," said the city girl, "so I thought I'd just run it through again."

Jenny Kissed Me

Jenny kissed me when we met, Jumping from the chair she sat in, Time, you thief, who love to get Sweets in your list, put that in.

Say I'm weary, say f'm sad, Say that health and wealth have missed me; Say f'm growing old, but addJenny kissed me.

Hunt.

-Leigh

History of Shoking Hqnds

There are few things of more commort occurrence than shaking hands; and yet I do not recollect that much has been speculated on the subject.

I confess, when I consider to what unimportant futile concerns the attention of writers and readers has been directed, I am surprised that no one had been found to handle so important a matter as this, and attempt to give the public a rational view of the doctrine and discipline of shaking hands.

I have been unable to find in the ancient writers any distinct mention of shaking hands. They followed the heartier practice of hugging or embracing, which has not wholly disappeared among grown persons in Europe and children in our country, and has unquestionably the advantage on the score of cordiality.

When the ancients trusted the business of salutation to the hands alone, they joined but did not shake them; and although I find frequently such phrases as "jungere dextras hospitio," f do not recollect to have met with that of "agitare dextras."

I am inclined to think that the practice grew up in the ages of chivalry when the cumbrous iron mail in which the knights were encased, prevented their embracing; and when, with fingers clothed in steel, the simple touch or joining of the hands would have been but cold welcome; so that a prolonged junction was a natural resort to express cordiality; and as it would have been awkward to keep the hands employed in this position, a gentle agitation or shaking might have been naturally introduced.

How long the practice may have remained in this incipient stage it is impossible, in the silence of history, to say; nor is there anything in the Chronicles, in Philip de Comines, or the Byzantine historians, which enables us to trace the progress of the art into the forms in which it now exists among us.-Edward Everett.

Curing Despondency

The R & R Magazine once told the story of a man who came to see a doctor one day, so desperate he was on the verge of suicide. He couldn't sleep. He had lost his grip entirely.,He contemplated suicide. The wise doctor agreed with the man that suicide ivas the only way out, and suggested that he run himself to death. "It's easy," the doctor said. "After supper tonight, tell the family you are going out for a walk. But, don't walk-run. Run as hard as you can. Your heart is probably bad and you wifl drop dead. No one will know. There will be no disgrace."

The man thought the idea was fine, and that night he started to run himself to death. But he didli't drop dead. He just got tired. He went home and for the first time in months, he slept well. The next night he tried it again, and the result was the same. A good night's sleep. By the third night he was feeling so much better he wanted to live forever.

lrish Brogue

An American visiting in Ireland asked the mail man: "How many mails do you have here a day?"

And the Mick said: "Three-breakfast, dinner, and supper."

Where to Stort World UnitY

Years ago the famous industrialist, Charles F. Kettering, visited his home town in Ohio and talked with old friends on many subjects. One of his friends was an ardent advocate of world unity. Kettering asked him how many churches there were in the town they were in. He said fourteen.

"Fine," said Kettering. "Now let's unite them all into one big church, and I'll give half a million dollars to build the united congregations a fine, big home."

The other man shook his head. He said: "That would never work; they would never agree."

And Kettering said: "Well, if the churches in one town can't agree, how do you expect the whole world to do so?"

A Wind Thot Kills

Into my heart a wind that kills, From yon far country blows; What are those blue-remembered hills? What farms, what spires are those? That is the Land of Lost Content, I see it shining plain; The happy highways where I went And cannot go again. _Heu5srnsn.

Lmoginotion

All religion, all art, ali finance, all business, every ship at sea, every bridge that spans the gulf, and every discovery in the great world of science owes its origin, its inception, its first impulse to the exercise of that strange gift, imagination; a power.to make images.-S. P. Cadman.