Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 46, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 July 1920 — Page 4

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Juirtatra §ails Uivm INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Daily Except Sunday, 25-29 South Meridian Street. Telephones—Main 3500, New 28-351. , . • . - MEMBER OF AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS. IChicago, Detroit, St. Louis, CL Logan Payne & Cos. Advertising Offices ( New York, Boston, Payne, Burns & Smith, Inc. —“THIS IS THE YEAR”— EMMA GOLDMAN is tired of Russia. That makes it just about unanimous. WHY is a flat wheel on a street car? The Cleveland Plain-Dealer has found out. A perfectly round wheel does not advertise Itself. If all the wheels were round people might not be aware of how busy the street car company is and how important it is. “Flat wheels/' says the Plain-Dealer, “make the street car service obvious and prevent us from forgetting how fortunate we are in not having to walk.” The Haags' Lesson The Haags, Julius A. and and Louis E., are going to take their medicine. Having abandoned their intention to appeal to a higher court, thej will on July 30 begin serving the sentence of eighteen months’ imprisonment in the federal prison at Atlanta, imposed on them by Federal Judge A. B. Anderson, in addition to their fines of $10,600 each. v The conviction of the Haags in the United States court for their defiant violations of the liquor laws both of the United States and of Indiana ought to be a lesson not only to those who believe themselves able to violate the law with impunity, but also to those of our officials who are apparently obsessed with the idea that they were elected to office not to enforce the law, but to determine against whom the law' should be enforced. The trial of the Haags in the state courts was a travesty on Justice in which was reflected the weakness of the county administration to a superlative degree. The Haags were first tried on a charge of perjury under the management of Charles Wiltsie, who was retained to do Prosecutor Adams’ work for him at a cost to the taxpayers ot $1,500. Mr. Wiltsie prosecuted the charge vigorously and had he been assisted either In the preparation of the case or its presentation by men of ability he probably would have been successful with It. But the very officials who should have been most energetic in assisting him were, in fact, using the powers of their offices to prevent assistance for Mr. Wiltsie, as was evidenced when Mr. Adams subpoenaed nil the papers in the case, ostensibly for the grand jury and thereby prevented agents of the Indiana Dry federation from having access to them. Two jurors, whose sympathies were known before the case ended, prevented the conviction of the Haags on the charge of perjury. The retrial measured the strength, not only of Prosecutor Adams, but also of William P. Evans, his assistant, w hom the republican county ring has selected to succeed Adams. The Haags were acquitted in less than thirty minutes, although the state, by that time, had months In which to prepare its prosecution. The trial and subsequent conviction of the Haags in the state court on the blind tiger charge was a farce. , With a case so transparent as almost to defy failure, the prosecutor elected to accept the most vulnerable theory possible and was only led to success by the refusal of Judge W T ill A. Sparks to allow any pettifogging with the law. The theory under which Mr. Adams obtained this conviction, more than a year after the offense was committed, was promulgated by the court and practically forced upon the prosecution. When the conspiracy Indictment was obtained in federal court there was a marked contrast to the proceedings in the state court. District Attorney VanNuys compiled the evidence from the mass of papers that had been "interned” in the county prosecutor's office for months and presented it without any consideration of the effect it might have on subsequent elections. He obtained a conviction promptly and without any unuaual effort. It required almost eighteen months to bring the Haags to trial in the state courts and less than three days to convict them in the federal court. The whole record is an explanation of the ever increasing inclination of law-loving citizens to appeal to the federal authorities for protection against the lawless. It is also a splendid example of the fact that where there Is a will to stop law violations there is a way to do it. The saddest commentary on the case of the Haags is on the fact that the criminal proceedings in which they have now twice been convicted were not originated by officials employed to check such law violations as theirs, but were instituted by individuals having no connection with the law enforcement agencies of the state.

Gone —The Little Red Schoolhouse In the days of the past, and it isn't so very long past either, the only country schools In the state were those of the "little old red schoolhouse” type—that kind made famous by many of our old time orators, who loved to dwell on how they learned there to talk that way. Os course the schoolhouses weren't all red —there were no legal requirements as to that; but it just got to be a custom so to term them. Some were faded and worn with just a faint memory of the glory of their pristine redness; some were white with green shutters, and some were crimes in color; but they all served their purpose of being something to which the orators could hang "sob stuff'’ as to how the orators and maybe five or six little sisters and brothers made their way to them in the winter months through deep, deep snow drifts, and of how the sterling old schoolmaster was a gentleman and a scholar, whereas he might have been some old coot with a far deeper knowledge of the use of the ruler and the gad than he had along other lines of pedagogics. But now it is very different. There now are many consolidated rural schools in the state—during the past year their number has been considerably increased, and in combination with a number of them are high schools, that the education of the children in the rural districts may be well attended to. And with these consolidated schools, with four or more teachers, goes the matter of good highways—at least highways that are something more than passable in bad weather for motor trucks and other motor vehicles, that the pupils may be hauled to and from the schools. The value of the consolidated schools, in connection with a high school especially, is unquestioned as to affording better opportunities for education in the rural townships; and, it is explained, good teachers are more readily obtained for such schools than for the old-fashioned school wlfh ono room and one teacher. From the progress that is being made fn the way of establishing the consolidated schools in the rural districts, it would seem that the orator of the next generation who refers to the "little old red schoolhouse” with a catch in his voice will be looked upon as a bit passe. The Original Gamaliel A Bible student writing to the New York Evening Post takes issue with A statement made in that paper that Senator Harding's middle name, Gamaliel, is a mascot and an already proven omen of final victory. It is stated that “Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur, the son of Manasseh, the son of Joseph,” was appointed by Moses as a supervisor of census in the house of Manasseh, when Moses was ordered by the Lord to make a count of all the males of military age, 20 years or over, after having led the sons of Israel safely out of Egypt. Later Moses made Gamaliel a captain in the house of Manasseh for the march to the “Promised Land,” but never gave Gamaliel full command in "Ephraim's camp,” to which he was assigned. The writer goes on to state further that, according to his Bible, Gamaliel was never allowed to cross the Jordan into the land of houey. ‘The truth'of history,” he concludes, "is that if ‘Gamaliel, the son of Harding,’ lives up to the traditions of his original namesake ‘Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur,’ he will not only prove a very weak captain, but cause a division in his following, lead them into the wilderness and become a part of the ‘Lost Tribes of Israel.’ ” But Can They? One of the many things hard to understand in these matter-of-fact days is how can a “gay masked dinner party,” such as was recently given in Paris and Is said to be growing in popularity there, be really gay. The matter of eating soup while wearing a mask —that is, a real, honSst-to-goodness mask, ought to be most disheartening, both as to the party of the first part and the innocent bystanders; and as for eating corn on the cob, copiously garnished with butter and a little sait and maybe Just a dash of pepper, that ought to be made illegal if it isn’t already. * i

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

What is the meaning of “pieces of eight?” This department of The Times tells you. If you have a question to ask, send it with a 2-cent stamp to the Indiana Dally Times Information Bureau, Frederic J. Baskin, Director, Washington, D. C., and the answer will be mailed direct to you. This offer applies to information —to facts rather than to advice. Questions and answers of general interest are published in The Times, with names of questioners omitted. “PIECES OF EIGHT.” Q. What are “pieces of eight"? C. n. K. A. These are gold pieces which were coined early in the seventeenth century at the Amsterdam mint, the Netherlands being under Spanish rule at the time. They were worth eight Spanish reals or about one Spanish Peruvian dollar, and were coined at tho time that Spain was at the height of its power and prosperity. SARGENT’S BIRTHPLACE. Q. Where was John Sargent, the great American painter, born? L. E. A. John Singer Sargent, artist, was born in Florence, Italy, his father, Dr. FitzwiUlam Sargent, being a resident of the state of Massachusetts. GOOSES. Q. What is the plural of goose when it means a tailor’s iron?—A. L. H. A. In thts sense, the plural form is gooses. CALIFORNIA MISSION. Q. Where was the first California mission ? M. N. C. A. Father Juniper Serra and his*fissoclates founded the first mission, a Roman Catholic one, at San Diego, in 1709. In 1835 the pueblo was organized, making San Diego the oldest municipality in the state. ICEBERGS. Q. What part of an Iceberg is above water? Where are most of them found? A. C. A. Icebergs are much more numerous in the south-polar regions than in the northern hemisphere. About one seventh of their entire bulk Is above the surface of the water. BASEBALL RILE. Q. Is it necessary for the captain of a team in a major league to notify the um pire. whene'er one player is substituted for another? P. H. J. Jl. Whenever one player is substituted for another, whether as batsman, ba e runner or fielder, the captain of the side making the change must announce the same to the spectators. A fine -of $25 shall be assessed by the umpire against the captain for each violation of this rule, and the president of the league shall Impose a similar line against the umpire, who, after having been notified of a change falls to make proper announcement. Play shall be suspended while announcement Is being made." “DEFENDER OF CONSTITUTION.” Q. Who was the “Defender of the Constitution?” J. D. T. A. Daniel Webster was given this title for his reply in the senate to a speech of Gov. Hayne advocating nullification. In Webster's speech occurred the undying “Liberty and union, now nd forever, one and Inseparable.” BIBLE QUOTATION. Q. Did Jesus eat food after hla resurrection? B. E. , A. King James’ version of the P,!M states that Christ said: “Have y? bore anything to *at?” The verses that follow say: “And they gave Illm a piece of broiled fish. And He took It, and ate before them.” WERT VIRGINIA DEBT. Q. What was done about the debt that Virginia tried to make West Virginia pay after the states separated? / P. Y. A. In 1907 a suit was brought by the state of Virginia against the state of West Virginia in the United State* supreme court to compel the latter state to assume its proportions of the state debt created prior to 1861, when Beat Virginia separated from the other state. The suit was pending In the auprerqe court until June. 1915. when that body handed down a decision holding that West Virginia should pay Virginia *12,593,929 as its net share of the debt. In

WHEN A CAUL MARRIES A New Serial of Young Married Life By ANN LISLE.

CTIAPTEH LX XXI. Somewhere, once upon a time, I read of a boy who took his swetheart home to his mother, end, standing proudly with his arm thrown across the girl's shoulder, cried excitedly: “Mother, isn't she wonderful?” I remembered that now with a stab of pain. For, as under the compulsion of Virginia Dalton’s mocking eyes. I dropped my arms at my aide and withdrew from young Phoebe's clinging hi nds and lips, Jlin drew closer to his oldest sister and, flinging his arm about Virginia's shoulders, cried happily and proudly : “Isn’t she wonderful, Anne?” The very words with which I longed to have him present me to his sisters! For a moment I was too hurt to re ply, then I steadied myself. At least, I needn't make Jim ashamed of me. "She is wonderfully like you, Jim,” I said, and turning to Virginia added ?i> what I undertook to make sound as If I were chaffing myself: “And. of course, that makes you seem wonderful to Jim's wife.’’ Virginia smiled distantly. "Naturally. . . . May we freshen up a bit now, Anne?” I felt that she was bolding me off. ■Without another word I took Jim's sisters into the bedroom, showed them where things were, and went to get ready the sandwiches and fruit lemonade I had prepared. When I came into the living room with my tray, Poebe had cuddled herself up on the couch like a little child—her feet were tucked under her, and her head was snuggled into a fat cushion. Virginia was picturesquely established in a high-backed Florentine chair, and Jim had flung hitnself on n cushion at her fpet. One of her slim white hands wr.s rumpling his hair. My hand fairly burned to push her aside. So, when Jim Jumped to his feet to

BRINGING UP FATHER.

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INDIANA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, JULY 3,1920.

nddltion Virginia was required to pay $8,178,009 in interest. The court held, however, that West Virginia was entitled to a share of the assets s arislng from the original principal debt, and fixed that amount at $2,906,000. DANCING RULE. Q. In dancing, which foot does the man- start with? A. R. T. A. The man begins dancing with his left foot, a woman with her right. As all dance music Is written in phrases, it Is necessary to await the beginning ot a phrase to start. “UNMARRIED.” Q. Does the term “unmarried'' necessarily mean that a person has never married? J. M. G. A. This word may also be used by a person who has been married, but whose husband or wife Is not living at the time, or by one who has been divorced. FEW WOMEN FROM CHINA. Q. Are there many more Chinese and Japanese men than women In the Unttea .States? D. F. 11. A. The proportion of Chinese women to men In this country is one to fourteeen; among Japanese, one to seven. MOTOR RURAL ROUTES. Q. How many motor rural routes ar® there? G. H. K. A. Os the 43,200 rural routes In the United States, 833 are motor routes. The Right Thing at the Right Time i By MARY MARSHALL S. DUFFER. When a man asks a friend to b* an usher at his wedding it Is an Indication i of a feeling of warm personal attachment and esteem and the request should be taken as such. However. If for any reason when you . receive such a request you find that you can not conveniently comply you should not hesitate to decline, stating of course, your reason for so doing If the bridegroom to-be Is a person whose acquaintance you value highly. Sometimes, of conra**, young ! with more wealth than social position a.id more mere acquaintances than real friends, will ask a young man whom they know but slightly, but who would be a Rocl.nl asset. to act In this capacity. In this case the one requested would far better decline than to perform the i duties of usher while In his heart he Is annoyed at the request. Whatever he decides to do he should decide within threo or four days of the request. 1 In formal society, shortly after thts [he chosen usher makes a more or less i formal call upon the brlde-to bo and her mother, or if he has not met them be asks the brldegrooom to take him to I call. After this hla role la to await further I Instructions from the bride and her mother or from the bridegroom. Matters of dress are nettled by the bridegroom and discussed among the i other ushers. ~ From the bride’s family he receives instructions as to the exact time for bis ! arrival at the church or house the day 1 of the ceremony, and plans for a rei hearsal. Nothing excuse* the usher from sending the bride a wedding present, though If be Is not well able to do to be should not make It a matter of very great cost. Although ushers are chosen by the bridegroom, they take alt Instructions : from the bride or her mother, and they j should bear in mind that they are the guests of the bride's family and In no way of the brldogr-om during the wedding. Sometimes uahers offer their arms to women guests whom they are to sent, but this Is not always done. It Is necessary, therefore, for the usher to learn from the bride's mother or the bride what is her wish In thla matter and then to carry It out. The ushers should make a formal call upon the brides mother following the wedding ' The usher should also learn the time of the return of the hclde and groom after their wedding trip And shotiUk make It his duty to call upon them also.— j Copyright, 1920.

take the tray from me. I had a feeling of actual triumph! As Jim was pouring the first glass of fruited drink, tho door swung open, and Neal strode Into tho room. “Hollo, young fellow! Glad you're here In time to meet the girls,” cried Jim in delight that embraced - everything. “Virginia, this Is Neal Hyland, Anne's brother. Mrs. Dalton, and Phoebe, my little sister, Neal.” Neal waved his hand at wfiat he took to be a child curled up on his couch, and then stopped to say tribute to Jim's “grown up” sister. Virginia looked like a tailormnde goddess as she sat In the high Florentins chair, with her beautifully colffed head flung high on her long whits throat. Ncnl bowed hts redeurla low, and, catching one of Virginia's white hands In his wiry brown paw, the youngster set a courtly kisa on her slim fingers. Actually, Virginia's long lashed remote gray eyes twinkled. I sent a proud and delighted glanee to Jim—bis wonderful slater was going to like mj Neal! And then the boy burst out with warm enthusiasm : “I'm happy to meet Jim's folks, Mr* Dalton. Dee lighted 1 Dalton, Dalton—any kin to n dandy chap I met yesterday? Pat Dalton they call him.” Virginia's face froze Into a mask ol self-control that may have indicated either pain or disgust. “Pat Dalton was my husband,” she said. Neal's face crimsoned. “Forgive tne—l didn't know. I’m sorry.” Virginia bowed her head ever so slightly. In that grave, remote gesture She put Neal miles away from her. But Neal wouldn’t accept his dismissal. “Say you forgive me, please. Pleasp, Virginia, say you forgive me.”—Copyright, 1920. (To be continued.)

Indianapolis Back Yards Are Flower Bowers

Above—Garden of Louie J. Bornateln, 4137 North Meridian street. Below—Gateway at home of Howard Gay, 4325 North Illinois Btreet. Mrs. Harry Mlesso In her garden at 3219 North Meridian street.

By MABEL WHF.F.LKB. Indianapolis flower gardens ar* a riot of color! Golden coreopsis, lavender flox, blae larkspur and scarlet lilies are in the full glory of their vlvlri existence. And the rambler roses i They ar* shaded ffom delicate flesh tint* Into the most passionate crimson running pellmell over everything, transforming the sordid back fences, glaring white lattice* and commonplace picket gates Into visions of delight. Indianapolis Is brim full of gardens, some small, tome large-raised by all kinds of hands. Hut ther* is one back yard plot that 1* planted, cared for and reveled In by the owner and hls wilts. Each season anew plan Is made for the garden, but It always retains the homelike atmosphere that la so often lacking In “gardener" gardens. This season the lattice fence is lost eouipletely under the vagrant Dorothy Perkins rote, WUlcfc trails from the front to the back of the yard. BIRD BATH Ih PRIVATE. Huge hydrangeas hedge the bird bath from the public eye, but they are only shrubbery now, the blossoms not arriving until later In the summer. A white pergola, rose laden, occupies the center of th stage, under which

PUSS IN BOOTS JR. By DAVID CORY.

Yon remember In the last story that Puss had frightened away the little dog that was barking at Mistress Pussy. Well, after that Puss Junior was a hero In her eyes. She thought he was the bravest <-at she had ever met and she gave him a little gold ring. And tlien Puss told her he was searching for hls fortune and that a lovely water sprite had told him to find the pot of gold that bung on the -nd of tho rainbow. “Well. I can tell you where there la more gold than you will ever find In a pot,” said Mistress Pussy, and then she told Puss about a miser who lived in an old stone castle not very far away. “But he won t give me any of hla “W hen the old miser heard this he was very much frightened.” gold. ' said I’uss. “People don't give away money like that, and he's a miser, too.” "I will tell you a secret." said the little pussy cat. “Hls castle Is overrun with rats and mice, am! if you can And a way to get rid of them I’m sure he’ll give you a handsome reward.” “Well, its’ worth trying,* said Puss

benches are arranged and where In the cool of the huge tree* and when the asphalt streets are steaming with heat, the tea table Is set “We feel as If our garden were a member of the family. Mr. Mlesse guards It with teuderest care We love it,” said Mrs. Harry Mlesse, who passes her idle hours wandering among the roses ana showing her small nephews new beautlea as they appear. Browii thrasher* have discovered the qnlet spot and flit through the vines with proletary airs. The flowers themselves fairly daxxel the eye; they are so vivid In the sunlight. Golden shades seem to be In special July favor. Lemon hued marigolds, rich orange galllardlaa sploshed with crimson are relieved by the blue flame of the delphinium (whlrh, by tho way, has been a favorite with the bride last month) and bordering the square of gorgeousness are wee little yellow button blossoms called the legion of honor. And ao the gardens go; out farther where there are great tracts there aro more elaborate aecesaorles. huge silver balls, wherein one sees not the future but the present that la going on ail around one. One particular place is backed on a busy street car line. A spiked Iron gate guards it, but ln-

Junlor. So he said goodby snd started off for the miser's custle, and by and by he came to the big front gate, on which he knocked with the hilt f hls sword. And after a while It was opened Just a little and a thin, cracked voletasked yvbo dared to knock so boldly. “Puss In Boots Junior,” replied our small traveler. “Oh, ho!” said the voice. "A cat, eh? Well, that glvea me an ides,” and then the gate swung slowly open and Puss saw the old miser. And, oh, dear me! Wasn't he a dreadful looking person? Hts clothes were all tattered and torn, and hls hair was long and hls beard unshorn. “If I let you come In," he said, "you must first give me a promise." “And If I come in you must also give mo a promise,” answered Puss Junior, us boldly us a robber. And thla made the miser stop to think, for he was afraid that I’uss might ask him for some money, and that, was the last thing be would part with. Yes, indeed. for he was the worst old miser In all Mother Goose Land. But. he was also very wise, s he dids t reply Junior's remark, but said: "If I let you iu you must promise to rid the castle of nil the rats and the mice that eat my cheese and spices.” "I will do that If you will pay me well," replied Puss, “for I must have money, and you have plenty.” But, oh, dear me When the old miser heurd this he almost shut the gate. But after he had thought a moment he said: “Coine In, aud I will pay you well if you rid me of these pesky rats and mice.” This Is what he 6aid to Puss, but what he*thought to himself was that he would let Puss do all this for him and then throw him out of the castle without paying him a penny. But wlint happens after this you nust wait to hear in the next story, for I have no more room in this one.—Copyright, 1920. (To Be Continued).

side the portais it is like an enchanted garden, stone beaches, rose-covered arches, dark moasey corners, bird baths, enticing arbors and with it all the deliclou* scent es hidden honeysuckle. A fetching spot catches the eye farther out on Illinois street. It's another arch of roses, through which wanders a cool, damp brick walk, leading to a sunken garden massed in shrubbery, half hiding a quaint aun dial. One more pretentious type of garden faces a boulevard of the city. A tiny stone bridges spans a pooi which Is sunk into a hollow between two wide expanses of lawn. A little higher up a wide arbor shad ing a tea table is covered completely with hundreds of deepest red climbing roses, In front of which plays a sparkling fountain. So one finds garden after garden, and they are Just like folks, all possessed of certain general features, but no two alike. “I little plot of velvet sod with roses rampant grown. A splash of golden lilies, a dash of larkspur blue, And a million joyou* blossoms ail aglcam with diamond dew. - ’ TWINS ARE POPULAR. PARIS, July 3.—France is making up for many war losses with a boom in twins. The stock of double perambulators Is said to be exhausted in many districts.

The Young Lady Across the Way

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The young lady across the way say? she saw In the paper that some of ih< new skirts are rather strident and i! certainly will be a relief to be able tc take good long steps again.—Copyrighi 1920.

JXGCrS, YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTE".,

LEPROSY CURE | NOT YET FOUNM Experiments at Hawaii®! Colony Give Little Hope.®! WASHINGTON, D. C.. July 2.—ifl® - the brief announcements of a cure leprosy have been somewhat to the public, 1s announced by the lie health service. The facts of the so-called cure that 150 patients of the Hawaiian colony have been treated for from eighteen months with chaulmoogra and of these forty-eight have paroled from the asylum as suppog^^H . mm All those treated were in early of the disease, ns it Is almost to attempt cures of patients far vanced. Forty-eight probable cures of the most dreaded disease known to humanity is an encouraging achievement, but the public health service points out that over one hundred cases failed to respond, and that, on the whole, leprosy continues to be a mystery. Chaulmoogra oil, the product cf a tropical plum tree, Nhas for nearly a century been regarded as a remedy for leprosy, but the dose is so nauseating that few patients can stand taking it Internally long enough to derive any benefit from it. Not long ago, however, some doctors tried making a hypodermic injection of the oil into the muscles of a patient'* arm, and this was the method used ijL the Hawaiian hospital. Why the oil fails to benefit some cases which have advanced no farther than those cured Is not altogether l understood. * Leprosy Is one of the most baffling maladies known to the medical profession. It is found ail over the world and in people of practically every race. There are about 3,000.000 case* now, most of them in China*where the peoplo are either more susceptible or the germ* are more prevalent. Leprosy's cause has been attributed at different times to climate, to® little salt in food, Insanitary living eoadi- ; tlons, and spojled fish. It was only a few years ago that doctors discovered that there is a haccilu* of leprosy, very similar to that of tuberculosis, tut nobody has yt found out positively how this germ is transmitted. When the bacillus was isolated, it wma supposed that animal* could be Inoculated with it and a serum obtained to cure the disease, but no animal has ever been found that can contract leprosy. Almost the same thing la true of human beings. Os the few men who have allowed themselves to be innocnlated one case rtands out in which the subject really became leproua. This man, a Hawaiian, convicted of murder, was given the choice of hanging or inoculation with leprosy, and he agreed to be used as a subject of experiment. In five years he developed the dlseasM and spent the rest of his life In a Jail at the Hawaiian leper settlement. HUNDREDS OF LEPERS IN TIUS COUNTRY. Doctors agree that all animals and 95 per cent of human beings are Immune to the germ of leprosy. There are at least 500 or 600 lepers in this country, a good many of them al large. Some do not give themselves up ty quarantine so long as the disease cal he concealed, while others escape fron the miserable and lonely quarters lnt< which they are thrust by states whic have not organized leper aaylums. These refugees flee from one place t another, but because leprosy Is far lei contagious than measles, and because s few people are favorable subjects, the e feels of contact with these outcasts a: negligible. Even when lepers with their husbands, wives r atlves who have not contracted\ the di ease there is only about one cp-ince * twenty of the clean person becoming infected. This was long ago believed to be true, and it was definitely demonstrated by a census taken at the Hawaiian leper settlement. As Hawaiian lepers are allowed to have a member of the family live with them on the island there are an unusually large number of untainted persons In their settlement. Os ninety-eight men living there with leprous wives fiva only were found to' have developed the disease, while of eighty-three women married to lepers four had taken it. Because the disease may not darvelou* for several years—occasionally as as fifteen years—after the person becqmes Infected, only persons who had been- exposed at least three years were considered in making up the figures. Statistics have also been compiled to show that leprosy is not hereditary. In Hawaii and the Philippines where children born of lepers are taken from them and kept in homes for a certain length of time scarcely a case aver develops. and these are nearly always shown to have been contracted by contact The Idea of leprosy being hereditary la gained largely from the Bible story where It is mentioned as a curse pronounced upon the servan of Elisha and upon his children because they obtain money by fraud. In the Bible stories the leper is always called unclean, and in three instances the disease Is spoken of as a punishment Thus it has come to be associated with immorality In the minds of many people, though doctors have repeated denied that any connection exists between leprosy and venereal disease. Session Awaits War Memorial Measures The proposed special session of the legislature will be called very soon, according to an official announcement from the statebouse made public today. It was announced that the session will be called as soou as the bills providing for the erection of a war memorial lag. which are now in the process of preparation, are placed in the hands of Gov. Goodrich. It is understood the session will convene July 12. _ WOMEN WEAR PROTEST BOOTS. LONDON, July 2.—Protest against til* high price of boots in Paris, says the Daily Mail, has resulted la women wearing black felt and linen shoes.