Indianapolis News, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 August 1919 — Page 6

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•aspect that a certain tippler was taking more liquid food than fete real needs

feat they could not easily

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tfee proper amount of food for felm to take. So interpreted the law would permit • return of tfee happy old days of open selling, of fun barrooms and fan patrotta That Is not exactly wfeat eongresa intended the lav should mean, but then liquor dealers hare always been of laws that

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are wholly commendable. One with the market has been that

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la Its the board of safety has the market for the people the board has other and manifold t that have prevented It from taktfee direct and continuous Interest the market which Its importance The result baa been that and peddlers, with selfish

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ket. acting with and safety dose touch with market that might be found, and would to fast market prices

of the city and at prices baaed on a legitimate Such a body would assure closer public contact with the market than has hitherto existed. It would provide continuously operative machinery for protecting the consumer and maintaining the original function of the market as a means of bringing producer and con together and cheapening the

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Other suggestions directly aimed at same ends include proposals for the establishment of separate proeris sections, both inside and out side ttafr niftrh&t houst &nd a ‘"pro* ducers’ department to be located in the market building, where farmers may sell their produce through ac-

representatives. Preferential

treatment for the producers has been so long urged and Is so Important to a successful market that any feasible proposals for bringing It about should have public support. Separate stands for farmers and a means of distinguishing such stands from others has clearly been shown in the market hearings to be essential to any plan for improvement. Additional recommendations that can generally ba

are the regulation of elimination of speculation In

stand locations, grouping of stands ac

to character of business, spit of a woman deputy mar

ket master and information bureau, and that he th * removal of politics from market

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. should be said. It Is a fact that politics has long been a factor in the

of the market. The report

does not blame the present or preceding administration for this condition since ’‘one has Inherited from the other, and always It has been acquiesced in without effective protest.” That ie hardly an excuse. Any ad-

Ing and «hipi farmers. It

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bnt we ministration, despite what its predeces-

sors have done, that permits politics to hamper the usefulness of the market. Is not keeping faith with the public. Politice must be entirely removed from the market as the first step toward 1m-

that can be kept clean the

city certainly should have, and public opinion will support the erecUon of new structures if It can be shown that the old can not be kept decently sanitary be economically operated. Before new buildings are erected, however, it

would be be we u to consider the matter of

a terminal market. Material improvement of the marketing situation will not be effected without a terminal or wholesale municipal market. Such a market can not be built on the present market house site because of the lack of railroad facilities. There is a serious

of a terminal market, should be combined.

Tbs two markets

world

interpreting liquor laws Prohibition may be Irrevocably on the

books, but It is hard to convince seller that such is the fact, to regard the federal law

about as he regarded municipal closing Sunday laws in the old days — to bserved by closing the front door

snlng tha rear. “Intoxicating

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° ;* c r r of * u<,uid that 1,1 c * pabi * ° f c * uain * to HB.OSO tMgrsss, lntox j catlon Liquor dealers in some

“ y cities are selling wine containing 16 per cent, alcohol on the theory that such a potation Is not intoxicating under the tew. Only concoctions that do not paralyse the drinker In two or three rounds are understood to be intoxicating, and credible rumor baa It that even that variety of liquid wallop can be bought In many cities by all but suspicious-

appearing strangers.

It has remained, however, for a New York stockholder in a liquor manufactory to carry quibbling In respect to the prohibition law to sublime bights. In a

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to liquor drunk at meals or as food. “By and under the uniform course of legal decisions.” he sets out, “judicial, statutory, economic and philological definitions ‘beverage purposes’ means drinking between meals as at bars and In saloons, for tippling purposes, for pleasure. This amendment does not contemplate or prohibit drinking at meals or for food or alimentary purposes.” Here is hope, indeed, for the thirsty! If a cocktail, beer or wine can be drunk

i times 4 day why should

dry«*t of the dry worry? Any liable man could drink enough at the

was

carry him comfortably over hour, intervening between st matter if drink te food, that he shall not become

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WOMEN AND BUYING of profiteering, the 1mof distribution and marketing methods sad the acceleration of production are not all that te needed to bring prices down. Extravagant or careless buying, with its accompanying waste, may overbalance all the good dene by improvement in the factors mentioned. Economical buying and conservation. would perhaps do more toward lowering the cost of living than any other influence that cuuld be brought to bear. That te srfcjr the recent organisation of housewtvaa for the education of buyers and the encouragement of economy, with the understanding of the situation it implies, gives more hope for Improvement than a dosen campaigns against profiteers. Women are the buyers of the nation. Their hands largely control the nation’s purse strings, as far at least as the purchase of foodstuffs, the center of the present agitation, is concerned. By wise buying, by concerted barring of higher priced articles of food, by avoiding waste and doing without, the women of the country could very easily, and unaided, bring about a substantial lowering of prices. Some millions of dollars worth of foodstuffs was saved to the country through the campaign for economy and conservation In buying and eating which was conducted during the war. Prices are higher now than at that time and the necessity for saving is, therefore, the greater. With the restoration of wartime methods for dealing with profiteers there should be a resumption of the government campaign of food conservation. The women need not wait, and are not waiting, for the government. They understand the situation and they understand the remedy. The first condition of lowtr prices is more careful buying and the elimination of waste In the use of things that are bought. The women of the nation and of any community have this powerful lever in their hands to use as they please. That they will use It te Indicated with hopebringing clearness in the organisations for the purpose that are springing up in Indianapolis and over the country.

About the time the consumer makes up his mind that he's going to do something about the high cost of living it’s meal time again.

Reports that the loyal Russians and the Bolshevik troops are still fighting probably indicate that after noting the experience of the reel of the world they feel that It's less trouble to keep on fighting than to try to make peace.

As sport, shooting bass on the nest with a rifle ranks close to setting fire to an orphan's home. ’ Maybe while the Germans are arguing about who started the U-boat war they will come to some agreement as to who stopped it. The dealer wha bases the retail price of old stock on what new stock would cost him evidently feels that when the drop comes he won’t have any choice to the matter.

The government haa put another embargo on the shipment of arms into Mexico, a sure sign,* judging by experience, that the administration is again getting ready to begin to think about doing something.

The question seems to be not whether the coal consumers refuse to buy, but whether they can buy.

The British government might settle the matter by turning Egypt over to Ireland.

question as to whether the city should wSS%^uSaSST Thl^, H ° U " e by

pay $1,200,000 for a new retail market and then perhaps later be obliged to duplicate the expenditure to the creation

If the Washington lobbyists would do something of that kind It would help

quite a bit.

Think of New York, with all its troubles and nothing to drown them in!

Well, anyhow, those people who were caught hoarding sugar during the war ought to know better than to try it again. ' i* If people weren’t so busy wrestling with the high cost of living they might feel the hardships resulting from the actors’ strike more.

Not only will the German republic, under its new constitution, be an empire, but it will have a relchstag, thus making reaction easy if It te regarded as feasible.

Wasn’t it Just liks the perversity of the robin to pick out this profiteering year to eat so much of the fruit crop?

After the senate has acted on the treaty It won’t be hard for even the senators to see how a whole lot of time and trouble could have been saved and the same result achieved.

Perhaps when some fellow is opening his muffler Just to hear It snort If some passing patrolman should take his number and the necessary further action, and such a policy as this were kept up, conditions might improve. Another of the exquisite pleasures of life is to have It rain Just before it’s time to begin sprinkling the lawn. This sportin’ life is sure great. We even get the score of the game between the President and the senate foreign relations committee by innings. The amount of stored food that te being officially seised puts a further crimp to those shortage stories with which the profiteers have been entertaining us.

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BARON KANEKO SETS OUT THREE PHASES OF THOUGHT.

HE EXPLAINS BY RELIGION

HOW TO BE HEALTHY

PRACTICAL TALKS ON DISEASE PREVENTION Prepared by the National Tuberculosis Association.

WASHINGTON. August 1*.—” *What manner of folk are the Japanese? “ "What sort of gods do they worsnip? “ ‘What kind of tews do they have?* “These are a few of the questions the western world te asking in view of the universal interest aroused to Japan's controversy with China about the Shantung concession.” says a bulletin from the National Geographic Society. By way of reply the bulletin quotes from a communication to the society by Baron Ke«caro Kaneko, written before the world war gave rise to these con-

troversial questions.

“The Japanese have a peculiar character,*' he say*. “When they come in contact with a foreign civilisation they always go through three stages of evolution. First, they pass through the stage of imitation. At this period they imitate everything that comm from a foreign source, and I might say that they bitodiy copy. But after some years of imitation they arrive at the stage of adaptation; then at last they reach the stage of origination. These three stages are clearly shown by our history, If we only examine Into the inner workings of the Japanese mind.

Copied Everything Chineae.

“About 1,500 years ago, when we Introduced the Chinese civilixation into our country, we copied everything Chinese fashion. At that time we had no nations' alphabet. There were some sorts of signs to express ideas in writing, and even these signs differed in different parts of the country. The Chinese had a highly developed type of hieroglyphics to express their Ideas; therefore at one time the Chineae hieroglyphics took such a hold on the mind of the Japanese that we adopted them

as our national language.

“Thte period might be called the era of Imitation. Fortunately there came a scholar—the most famous scholar we ever had—by the name of Mable, who returned from China in 736 A. D. He was in China many years for his education at Chinese schools. When he came back he saw what was most needed in his native country, and he invented out of Chinese hieroglyphics the for-ty-seven characters of our alphabet, founded upon the principle of phonetic language. As you know, the Japanese language is.phonetic, whereas the Chi-

nese is hieroglyphic.

“We have passed through three stages in our religion just as much as in our

literature.

Buddhism Came From Koera. “Buddhism was first Introduced Into Japan through Korea In the year 662 A. At first Buddhism was embraced by the higher classes, particularly among scholarly circles, but the lower classes, or common people, still clung to their faith in Shintoism. Those who believed in Buddhism went so far as to copy the ceremonies and ritualisms. The doctrine of Buddhism was written in the Chinese language, and believers offered their prayers in that tongue. “At one time Buddhism made such a stride as to become almost a state religion, but the common people still opposed it, with a determination to up hold their own Shintoism. Consequently a most terrible struggle began between the two religions—Buddhism in the hands of the upper classes and Shintoism In the hearts of the common people. Such a contest as this blocked every step in Japan’s progress, but finally the statesmen and priests began to understand that they no longer could force upon the people a blind imitation of Buddhism, and they changed their policy and tried to find out some means to meet the requirements of the times. Here again we reach the stage of adaptation. Interpreting the Principle. ‘ “They Invented an ingenious theory of explaining and interpreting the re ligiou# principle of Buddhism. They adapted the theory of monotheism as well as polytheism 'by saying that there one supreme power, which Is [fled in the form of various gods desses, according to the different .countries and differnt institutions. Ttyis they reconcile the principle of the one supreme power in Buddhism with the polytheistic theory of Shintoism. “In order to convince the popular mind with this theory Emperor Shomu patronized a movement to erect a arge bronze statue of Daibutsu or Buddha at Nara, and this statue was erected In 752 A. D., after fourteen yeare in casting and construction. “In the beginning of the thirteenth century there was one priest by the name of Shinran, who is considered to our religious history as a Japanese Martin Luther. He revolutionized the fundamental principle of Buddhism by a new doctrine, for up to that time Buddhism strenuously upheld a monastic life, and the priests were compelled to live in celibacy and abstafn from eating any animal food. But this famous priest, seeing the popular mind already turned toward Buddhism, started a new doctrine that a priest, being human, is just as much susceptible as laymen, and abstinence from human wants is against the laws of nature; moreover, a priest must live among the people so as to understand the real nature and feeling of men and women; therefore a monastic life should be given up and priests should eat animal food and get married, if they desire so to do. From this period the progress of Buddhism with this new doctrine was wonderful and took complete hold of the popular mind.”

Cellars and Sickness. For those people who did not extend their spring housecleaning to the depths of the cellar it is well to point out that the germ of tuberculosis has a branched form in birds and that this to turn suggests that it may he closely related to the intermediate forms approaching the mold family. ^ Naturally Mrs. Housekeeper wants to know what the occurrence of a peculiarly formed tuberculosis germ in birds has to do with an accumulation of dirt and debris in her cellar. To make thte dear. It te necessary to emphasize the fact that germs of various kinds thrive in darkness and dampness. Thus piles of old papers left for months in the basement or cellar and the dust which has been allowed to accumulate on discarded “household goods” offer a fertile field for the growth of both molds and germs. Most likely the majority of these germs are harmless in so far as healthy human beings are concerned, but where there are germs there is always the possibility of danger. Thus, the fact

that the form of tuberculosis germs found in birds may be closely related to tho forms approaching the mold f.\m'ly, makes it possible that germs like those of tuberculosis may develop in a neglected cellar under the same conditions which favor the production of molds. It does seem to be true, as the Illinois department of public health points out, that moldy houses are frequently associated with human tuberculosis, while houses which are not favorable for mold formations are the kind most suitable for the residence of tubercular patients. In view ol these scientific suggestions it would seem to be a case of “safety first” when house cleaning to see that special attention is given to the cellar. Haul out all odds and ends of cloth

or

wood and to their pia<

flesh air and sunlight possible. As warm air holds more moisture than when ft is cold, cellars are generally damp during the summer months. Therefore, it te well to take advantage of every cool day to have a little fire In the furnace and thus dry out some

of the moisture.

^carpet, paj>er and^parthUly^ decayed

Something^to Fry

One thing you never see at a circus among its performers te a food juggler. Twenty-one Hun shipe In English ports have been given to Portugal. At the time the dispatch was filed these ships were all afloat.

You can’t judge the size of a man’s

[Cincinnati Enquirer] Finding out about the high cost of living is like thinking up new things that will win the war. There Is a new cause every dav. Now It’s the fault of the women. Interviewing the butchers on the subject of the price of meat, a newspaper man discovers that “the women just want meat to fry, fry. fry. They never want to boil or bake.” What does It mean? It takes time to boil and bake. It means that one has to stay at home while the pot roast simmers. But nothing simmers these days. There Isn't time to simmer. Things siszle, like the ham that they fry In a Jiffy. Women don't stay at home. They go out every day to work or play, and stop on their way home for-a "couple pork chops.” It is easy enough to stop here and enter & black mark on the ledger against the account of women for fumbling the profession of housekeeping. But the tendencies as far-reaching as the trend of women out of the home can not be dtoposed of as easily as all

this.

The women who spend the afternoon shopping or at the movies to the detriment of their homes do seem to be miisIng the point. They live on the surface of things. A merchant would call them shoddy. They deserve the black mark. But the woman who has left the home to enter industry is at least a working member of society. Whether we like her industry or not is not a point to be argued just here. She is there. If society finds that she doesn’t belong there, she may eventually go back to the home, but that will take some time. We can’t put her back there by saytog so. Things move on and evolve, they don’t turn backward, i All of thte seems to be a long way from meat to fry instead of to boil. But it may be all a part of the same problem. It may be that the high cost of living is a result as well as a cause of putting women In industry instead of

in the home-

Even if it is, it te useless to rail at the women for lugging Home the two pork

id of th “ ' ' * '

chops instead

ie nice. Juicy

piece. It is part of the new order things. And one never gets anywhere by merely railing at the order of The problem has many aspects. I day surely we will find ourselves both

of things, gmfkrme

and

meantime two things are needand a dogged kind of faith of each to keep our balance.

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CURE FOR HOUSEKEEPERS’ BLUES

There is a new disease abroad in the tend. It has never yet been diagnosed and named because it is purely mental in Its origin, and people are, as a rule, a trifle sensitive along that line. It is most prevalent among housekeepers and manifests itself in its worst stages after a trip to the vegetable wagon or the corner grocery. It can hardly be described because there te no tangible trouble and it does not disable the patient physically, but it undermines the courage and takes all the rose tints out of the future. It te first cousin to the plain old-fashioned blues, but it has a modern twist that distinguishes it. Its germs lay in the disappearance of the cracked teapot In the corner cupboard. That teapot has come to be the symbol of thrift and few women were really happy unless they had its equivalent tucked away somewhere to catch the extra pennies saved. But now, even the most economical of housewives has been forced to acknowledge the hopelessness of holding on to these pennies. They simply evaporate In the fingers. In exchange for a bill of goodly dimensions one does not get enough fruits and vegetables to ”flll the back tooth” of a respectably-sized family, while the litany of the downtown clerk te, "Better buy now, madam; this will cost you twice as much a little later.” Madam's nerves get raw. She falls to fearing for the future. When the faithful dishpan that has served through the war springs a leak and the water pipes set up a ghostly rat-a-tai-tat, announcing limed coils, she hasn't the courage to price the new dishpans and tries to be resigned to bathing the children after the methods of her forerathers. She may know that boys have “licked” peach seeds frt>m times immemorial or gnawed apple cores, but when her own children hang around the kitchen like starved Cubans, looking for pickings, it seems like a reflection of the meager condition of her pantry. She wouldn’t even mind if some one In the family had a mild attack of that painful evidence of over-feeding, cholera morbus. There is only one remedy for thte super-sensitive condition, that te the time-honored one of hunting for some one more unfortunate. Such a one came to my door the other day. There seemed nothing alive about her stooped and withered body, excepting her eyes. They were aa black as ceals and burned with a corresponding fire. Her white waist and striped skirt, both immaculately clean, were anchored to a wide black belt by a double row of safety pins, while a parrqt feather of irridescent blue and green relieved the somber blackness of her hat. Without maklgg any reference to the basket of trinkefs on her arm, she called me "honey" and begged the privilege of “settin’ on my stair a bit,” as the heat had exhausted her. A rocking chair and a cool drink revived her Wonderfully and soon she was talking like a child who has come a-vlslting. She apologized for going about the streets bare handed. Her mother, who was a teacher to a college, had taught her that a lady should always wear

gloves, but a severe stuck of the taftuenaa had wrought havoc with her finances. She had even been sent to the county Infirmary to recuperate, she whispered but of court* had got out and gone to work as soon as she was able. They were very kind at the infirmary, but the sight nf so many unfortunate people distressed her so. Then she became reminiscent and every event that she remembered was fixed to her mind by some calamity that had happened to her. Such and such a thing had happened when she had slipped on a hardwood floor and broken her hip while minding Mrs. So and Bo’s baby, and wasn’t it a joke, though, that the smallpox quarantine had come along just as she was ready to leave the hospital and kept her there a long time! •-A motorcycle had run into her and broken the other leg shortly after that, but the cyclist was a kind man and had given her $60 and a fine coat. It was too bad about her wrist though, she said holding up that twisted, shapeless member. A street car had started too soon and thrown her to the pavement, breaking the bones of her fore arm and they had been improperly set. But of course she could still use it. As she rambled on, I learned that she was seventy-six years old; that she had outlived three husbands and all but three of fourteen children; that one of her daughters and her family had drowned In the Dayton flood and another had died before the mother could get to her; that one of her three remaining children was in the service and the other two married with enough troubles of their own without being bothered with her; that she was suffering with rheumatism and hardening of the arteries so that It took bottles of linament to keep her going. And yet she was not quite sure that she would take the money she expected to get from an aunt who was ninety-four, and pay her way into an old lady’s home: she did so love to feel free and independent. She w%» selling buttons, pins and a few other things. The talcum in the

Elaine at Astlat And ever she beheld Sir Launcelot wsadaa* fully.—Malory, “My heart had contentment,” ahe aatd, “Till I raw you pane by. Bewitching the bird from tha bough And the etars from the sky. My soul had a sanctuary onoa But your shadpw fell there. And the flame of the candles burnt dim In the chill of the air. My thoughts had their freedom,** she “TUI you took them In thrall. Now they follow like birds where yea g% Hieing up at your cell.” He heeded not. turned not hie heed Tor hi* heart was his own. And he passed with a song on hla tote Where she waited alone. —W. M. Letts.

SCRAPS

purty box” she was selling for a poorJ which caused a shortage of oo&l in sevlame lady_ who wasn't able to get about | *,rai ntatee nnetioninrii. t.**

much, and there was anothef poor soul In the houss where she lived who would appreciate a waist if anv one had one to spare. Would I mind If she tried a little air on the piano that she had heard a man whistling the other day? She once playdd well and even yet a new tune always haunted her until she could get a chance to pick It out. By and by, she decided that she could brave the heat once more, and as I watched her dragging her weak body up steps and down. I lost sight of my own petty problems and put on my rose-colored glasses to contemplate the future, The simple peddler, who was able to keep her grip on life In spite of the severe buffetings of an unfriendly providence, reminded me that all human nature is not chained to sordid details of living. That we may still pin our faith on the ultimate triumph of the unquenchable spirit whose tendency te always upward. Some day our vexatious problems will surly be settled

with equity and Justice.

I shall go down and price the dish pans and interview the plumber.

K. G. D.

PLAYS AND PLAYERS

.AT THE THEATERS TODAY. Murat—"The Fortune Hunter" At 2:30 B. F. Keith’s-Vaudeville..At 2:20, ?:» and * Notes of the Stage. “The Fortune Hunter,” Wlnchell Smith’s play of small-town life, is this week’s bill at the Murat It was presented by the Walker company last year, and provefl one of the most popular attractions of the summer season. The play deals with the valiant efforts of one Nat Duncan to win an easy for-tune-having failed in the more difficult ways—by marrying a small-town heiress. He takes the advice of an old friend, and alters his life to fit the approved small-town ideate. When the time te ripe to catch his heiress, however. he changes his mind, and decides to continue to the only work which has ever proved interesting to him, and furthermore, he marries the girl who hasn’t the money. Gregory Kelly Is the fortune hunter, and George Sommes is sd-vice-glving friend. Ruth Gordo is cast as the girl he takes, and Helen Robbins as the one hs doesn’t. Practically all other members of the company are Included in the large cast required. Eadie and Ramsden, English comedians In an odd comedy skit, have one of the most entertaining acts on the week's bill at B. F. Keith’s. The man of the pair combines acrobatics with the usual comedy skit, and the woman provides an agreeable singing voice. The style of the act is but of the ordinary.

What About Soap?

To the EMttor of The News: Sir: While attention te centered on the question of profiteering In foodstuffs and clothing, why not a little inquiry into the advanced cost of soap? Soaps commonly used tiy the housewife are edged up a cent or so every little while until the total cost to a hard-water city like Indianapolis must be tremendous. When the war was on we were told big quantities of fat were required for conversion into glycerine. Now that this big demand is off, where te the fat going? Only recently common soaps were advanced 1 cent a bar to the consumer, the present price being considerably above that paid in the war Period. , . t . Possibly a sUtement by my butcher may throw light on where some of the fat is going. He says the packer from whom he buys his beef takes the fat back’ at a higher price than the beef carcass sells The packer uses it in compounds, I am told. . The soap situation is Important, e* I see it Soap means health, both physical and mental. It seems to me that It is one of the enemies of Bolshevism. even if the soapbox Is used by tb. agitator a. , DEVASTATED EUROPE IS LIKENED TO ANGRY SEA

M. AND J. IN LONDON.

Mutt and Jeff. Bud Fisher’s queer cutupe, who every day put a little fun into the lives of The News’s readers, have made their debut before the London public. They recently began their dally adventures in the Daily Express and Sunday Express, two London newspapers of big circulation. Herbert C. Rldout, London editor of the Editor and Publisher, an American magazine, said of Mutt and Jeff in England; "A number of letters have been received by the Express welcoming the advent of Fisher's creations. They have achieved a standing which precludes any doubt that they will be well received by all who have a true sense of humor.”

The South Wales Miners’ Federation has & membership of over 150,000. The largest tannery in the world win be built near Binghamton. N. Y. A safe toy gun for children that haa beeen Invented shoots a wire with such a spin that It returns to the shooter. A new electrical call bell for hospital patients’ use gives a continuous signal until a person answering It shuts off the current. ^ All the paraffin wax tor candlemaking in South Africa has to be imported. This amounts annually to I.J60 ton* valued at $1,500,000. The Inventor of a new spexk plug for Internal combustion engines claims U shoots a ribbon of flams instead of a round thread of Are. The Spanish government te supporting private plans to Introduce cotton growing on an extensive scale to the Spanish area of Morocco. It is reported that an airplane eervlce will be established within a few months connecting Buenos Aires with Bahia. Brazil, and Intermediate cities. Water passes diametrically through a double action turbine Invented by a Hungarian engineer, exerting Its force on vanes on opposite sidea before It te

discharged.

Twenty educated fleas, said by Nat Braham, their owner, to have been Insured for $6,000, were burned to death in a fire on the amusement “pike” af

Long Beach, Cal.

Green Springfield, a white-headed nogro, who lives In a two-room shack near Corsicana, Tex., has suddenly become a multimillionaire by the discovery of ell

wells on his 400-acre farm.

The hottest region on the earth te said to be on the southwestern coast of Persia, where Persia borders on the gulf of that name. For forty consecutive daya the thermometer did not fall lower than lt» degrees night or day and often

mounted as high as 128 degrees.

A member of the 102d Pioneer Infantry was about to embark for home. Stepping into a hut he bought a package of cigarettes. Opening it he found a letter expressing thejiope that ths recipient would enjoy the smokes. To hte surprise he found the letter was signed

by hie own mother.

A threatened strike of the coal miners of New South Wales and an actual coastal shipping and wharf labor strike.

Hilton U. Brown Telia of Conditions as He Saw Them—Praiae for Fallen Heroes. Hilton U. Brown addressed the men’s Bible class of the First Presbyterian church, Sunday, telling of his experiences and observations to France and other European countries durtng a trip abroad, from which he recently re-

turned.

He likened the devastated parts of nately, even the subsoil being blown

to the surface.

that it could hardly be plumbed, • and immense shell holes dot tne ground everywhere. Mr. Brown spent Memorial dav at the cemetery of Romayne, where 25,000 American soldiers are burled. The occasion was the dedication of the burial ground. ^ • ‘ "General Pershing and his staff were present,” he said, “and at every wave was a white oak cross. It was difficult to realize that beneath each cross lay an American boy. To speak of individual heroism would be to 'speak of all those buried here, and ae one chaplain eaid, there should be an order of the wooden cross. And what did it all mean? Can it be possible that we Shall peiv mit to go unrealized the promise given us in the great sacrifice made by these

heroes?”

When the Yanks Struck.

Mr. Brown described conditions on the allied front at the moment when the Americans struck. The French, holding here and there in small units, were fighting to stop the enemy, whose guns could be heard In Paris. The Germans, leering with success, advancing along the M«tz road, felt sure that the French capital was within their graep to pillage

and destroy.

“Was It an accident,” said Mr. Brown, “that at thte Trials two regiments of American boys, brought from far across the seas—soldiers who had never been In battle, but who had been trained seemingly, for this supreme test—should halt the onrushing enemy and so disconcert his plans that he was never again to advance, and, finally, was forced into the retreat that ended in his complete overthrow? No. To my mind the hand of providence was back of our timely participation in this awful struggle that rocked the four corners of the earth. We can not always understand His ways, but we shall fail miserably in our duty to Him, to the fallen dead and to a suffering world if we do not make sure for civilization the great truths made plain to us through fright-

feil sacrifice.”

Women and the Victory Parade. Speaking of the Victory parade in London. Mr. Brown described the scene along ths line of march. The curbs were lined with women, many of them mothers with babies In arms, who had held their places all night that they might witness the celebration of the empire’s triumph. Not all of those were London women, as many had come from distant points in England. As he loked into their cheerful, determined faces, he said, he wondered what part the women would play In the salvation of the world, for if their presence on this great occasion meant anything, it meant that they would never permit the

destruction of their homes or t‘ throw of those fine institutions linked with the liberties of

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eral states, particularly Victoria, has revived interest to ths remarkable deposits of so-called “brown coal” In the

Glppsland district, Victoria.

An American has bought the Belle Croix chapel, on ths bights of Vills-neuve-les-Avignon, France, which waa built by the Chartreuse monks In the fourteenth century. The chapel, which contained some fine carving, has been carefully torn down and packed for transit to an unknown destination. Women in England art buying their own farms or their own truck and garden spaces in rather conspicuous numbers. This is an outcome of the tremendous work done by women on the land during the war. The general feeling Is that there will not be much room for the common female farm laborer as time advances, but for the woman who has a little money and who looks upon farming as her profession and her life work there Is excellent opportunity in thte direction. On account of the compact location of the garden spaces and the cities in England, transportation of foodstuffs is easy. Garden truck and flowers grow abundantly and pro-

fusely there.

The first vessel to cross the Atlantic exclusively by steam power, ths Great Western, sailed from Bristol, England, clghty-one years ago. She arrived In New York fifteen days latsr, which waa considered excellent in those daya About the same time the steamer Slrus sailed from London for New York, making the passage of the Atlantic in seventeen days. The Savannah, which croesed In 1819, was fitted with engines, but was partly propelled by Bails. The records have steadily decreased, but It was not until about thirty-seven years ago that any vessel made the passage in lees than seven days. In 1891 the time was reduced to less than.six days. In 1908 the ill-fated Lusitania crossed to less than five days—four days and fifteen hours—and In 1910 the Mauretania established the record of four days ■M

ten hours.

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

Anxious Bistsr—When and where will the »th infantry, 2d division, t»* demobilized T— This division will not be demobilized, but is under orders to proceed to Camp Travis, Tex., its permanent station. An Anxious Mother—When will the 1st M. O. R. S., 1st division, sail?—Tha 1st mobile ordnance repair shop is assigned te the 3d army, -according to the army directory, and released for return, but no date

mentioned.

B. H —When money is borrowed on aa article pledged with a licensed pawnbroker how long has the borrower in which to redeem the srtlcle?—This is determined by the contract and not by law. If the money is borrowed for thirty daya the pledge can not be sold until the expiration of thirty daya The same is true in both cases for ninety

days, etc,

B. W. and A Subecriber-When will the 3d division land in the United States?—The war depsrtment has published no datea but meet of the division is expected thte week. Y2) Will any part of Company E, 6th engineers be kept in Germany?—The entire td division to which the «th engineer regiment belottga Km been ordered home, her.ee It is to be presumed that Company B will return complete A Subscriber—When will the 18th transportation corps company sail from Brest for the United States?—According to the army directory, this organization was returned te the United States a month ago, (9.Where will It be demobilized ?—The name of the camp to which It was sent is not mentioned in otficial reports, but members eligible for discharge are presumably sent through the usual channels—that is, te a discharge camp near thrir home or place of enlletmeat er

induction.

j. W, H.—Plesae tell how to check or eliminate rust on the leaves of strawberry plants and advise as to what caueea this dissasa— Frank N. Wallace, the state entomologist, seys that the best method for combatting this trouble is to spray the plant* thoroughly just before they bloom with Bordeaux mixture. ueing the strength, or use a lime sulphur solution, one gallon to forty gal Ions of water. If ths disease appears agate about picking time mow the patch and bum it over. This should not be done If the ground Is very dry as It would kill too many of the plants This is a fungus disease ceiled mycoepbeereila frageriae. but commonly known aa “strawberry leaf spot.” An Anxious Wtfe-What divisions make up the Jd army?—Before the 3d army waa disbanded it was composed of the Ut, M and 3d divisions. (3) To what division doe# Company H. composite regiment, -b*long?-It belongs to no division, but was made up of detachments from various units and used to represent the American army in peace calei rations. (1) Has H been scheduled for re-turn?-Ye*. »4> When will it landt-Do not know. <&) If a division satis before add rewed to soldiers In the division reach the other side are the th* east until the division

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