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He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.—Psalms 91:1. Send the Fleet AT this critical time in world affairs the United States should have a strong squadron of battleships in-Turkish waters. No action by any other power would so quickly bring the warmakers to reason as instructions to the American Atlantic-fleet to proceed on a cruise to the Near East. Anew world war is in the making. If it comes, America will be drawn in. Even though by a miracle the American people should be* spared any large measure of active service, the new losses Europe would suffer would have a grave reaction upon America’s industrial conditions. Europe is America’s best customer and already owes the United States over thirteen billion dollars in government and private debts. If Europe goes to smash the personal economic peril to himself should be clear to every American citizen. To sit idly by, as the fiddler, Nero, while the conflagration starts, is to deserve whatever fate the furies may send. Great Britain has made the first move, but her preparations to defend the freedom of the Dardanelles and Constantinople may not be sufficient to frighten off the Turks. An American fleet in sight of Constantinople, however, would pronounce Kismet to the Osmanli. The Turks should not be allowed to return to Christian soil. Their conquest of Constantinople and their subsequent invasion of Europe to the gates of Vienna coincided with the period of the discovery and early colonization of America. They were successful because the Christian nations were divided among themselves. America has now reached adulthood, and all of America’s influence should be exerted to prevent a second division of the Christian powers giving the Turks an opportunity to come back. , The Turkish followers of Mahomet are, by race, reactionary Asiatics. They originated north of China and are related to the Mongols and the Manchus. They are a warrior clan, the minority oligarchs of conquered nationalities in Asia Minor. They live by oppression. Their power for centuries has been based on their possession of Constantinople, the mistress city of the Near East. Progress and development can not flourish in the war-breeding areas of the Levant until Constantinople is internationalized and the Turks held in check. It will be far cheaper in the end for America to come to humanity’s help now, in those troubled parts, than to wait until war inflames the world again. Civilization appeals to Washington. Let the fleet be sent. At the Rainbow’s End EVEN those strongly in favor of the principle of cash compensation for the men who served under the colors in the great war must, way down deep in their hearts, approve President Hardings veto of the bogus bonus bill as presented to him for signature. It was not a just compensation which the bill offered the veterans, but, rather, as the President himself intimated, only a governmental “I owe you” worth about half its face value. The country would have been called upon to pay a huge lump sum, but out of which the individual ex-service man would have received a pitiable small amount. The truth is, political expediency lay back of the whole sordid thing. The fall elections are coming on and Congress staged a gallant sham battle, and shed buckets of movie hero blood, hoping to make an impression. It was a plain case of a cowardly Congress playing tag with the soldiers, offering them, in exchange for their votes, the bag of gold at the rainbow’s end. , Terrible Jewels THE Russian crown jewels, offered for sale by the Bolsheviks, are advertised, as having a value of $60,000,000,000. Such is the estimate of Farberger, the French jewel expert. This stupendous sum, in rough figures, is equal to all the money that will be earned this year by all Americans combined. Ar J yet the Russian crown jewels are displayed on a table about twelve feet long and eight feet wide, scattered rather loosely on its surface, not piled up. Imagine that—the work of all Americans for a year, concentrated in a couple of pecks of “glass” and exhibited to international gem brokers on a single table! It is preposterously ridiculous. For practical purposes these jewels are worthless. Their value exists only in the imagination of man, a form of self-hypnotism. Many famous jewels ard in this collection of the late Czar and Czarina. Each one, in uncut form, probably existed many millions of years- ago. And most of them have a romantic record. Many, if they could talk and tell of the times they changed hands, would have an amazing story of crime—murder, overthrow of kingdoms, theft and loss of honor. Most remarkable in the collection is the Orloff diamond, stolen from an Indian temple. You have read that sort of thing in fiction. The soviet keeps these Russian crown jewels in a room whose location is secret. A handful of peasants stand guard. You wonder that they do not conspire to loot the treasure and flee, each incalculably rich for life. The temptation would occur to nine people out of ten. At least three of the ten would turn thief. But the peasant guards are fanatics and fanatics usually are honest—on the wrong side of the question. Germany, stealing these Russian jewels through a gang of spies, could wipe out her indemnity overnight. The value, you say—s6o,ooo,ooo,ooo—is exaggerated! That may be. But there are millions of fools who would pay that much if they had the money. And somewhere on earth at this very minute are unfortunates who, if they had the Russian crown jewels, would trade them for a loaf of bread, a drink of water or an armful of firewood.

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FOR THE WANDERER "Roving East and Roving West,” hv Lucas. “Highways and Byways of the South,” by Johnson. “Track of the Typhoon," by Nutting. “Daring Deeds of Polar Explorers,” by Scott. “Mysterious Japan,” by Street.

LEARN A WORD TODAY Today’s word is—PERTURB. It's pronounced—per-turb, with accent on the second syllable. It means—to disturb, to vex, to trouble, to disquiet, to agitate. It comes from Latin “per,” through, by or for, and “turbare,” to disturb. It's used like this—“ Although the Near East is a long way from this country and American interests there ere not very extensive, yet the commotion in that part of the world has not failed to perturb the Washington Government to some extent."

ALLIED MEETING WILL fit CALLED IF PIU FIELDS Near Eastern Peace Depends on Turkish" Withdrawal From War Zone. GREAT BRITAIN PREPARED Awaits Kemal’s Decision to Acknowledge Neutrality or Defy Threats. By RALPH TURXERR United Xetcs Staff Corn spondent LONDON, Sept. 21.—With Graat Britain ready for any eventuality, the next move in the Near East situation depends on whether: ' 1. KemaJ Pasha 9|' gives , assuranco ' that he intends to respect the neutral zone f around Constantinople, or 2. U n dertakes to advance into the neutral district in defiance of the allied If the assur ances are received that no advance is contemplated, ® fisbk. n movement for a formal Near TURNER ' East peace conference will be started at once. But if the Turks advance. guns from the British fleet anchored in the Dardanelles will provide the answer. So far there is no certainty which path thetXurks will take. Faces I,noal Crisis. Meanwhile the government's war plans threaten to precipitate a crisijj at home. In face of the smashing campaign against the government's Near East policy which the Northcliffo press and the Laborites are conducting, the cabinet is not only standing its ground, but is strengthening its determination to*fight the Turks if persuasion fails to hold Kemal back . This is seen in the. emphatic ration, following the cabinet meeting, to the effect that in no case will the Kemalists be allwed to cross the straits until the terms of peace have been accepted. The government, it was stated, (s satisfied that any attempt to cross the straits can be stopped if necessary by naval action alone. The cabinet, in an official statement issued from the premier’s residence in Downing St., assumed full responsibility for the declaration of policy made last Saturday in which the Dominions were called on to assist in a Near East military campaign should one be necessary. Th.s last stroke was atoned to silence the charge that the government had decided the Saturday statement a blunder and was trying to back down. French Aloof Lord Curxon's trip to Paris is believed to have been decided upon to preserve at least a semblance of allied unity, despite the decision of the French cabinet to remain aloof. The British foreign minister also is expected to discuss peace terms with Poincare and attempt to arrange some basis for eventual negotiations. France and Great Britain are not only divided regarding defensive measures, but are drifting into a split regarding the ultimate settlement. Official notice from France of the withdrawal of French troops from Chanak, on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles, has been received by the foreign offite. Italy has also withdrawn her small force and stationed It temporarily at Constantinople. Great Britain deprecates this reluctance of Franco and Italy to provide a share of the military forces that are guarding the straits against violation by the Turks. There is a feeling in government circles here that France and Italy are overchary about the danger of losing a few soldiers in event Kemal precipitates a clash.

MASTICATION nu hr. r. h. nishop ¥7, y. HEN you chew Ml / your food well, ft fe ajSSSw?*' V. / results in two I*o t / things: / It insures good Tj digestion and at y the same time it prevents dental decay. Hard foods, that require a great deal of chewing, should be given the preference over the softer kinds. The consequences and evils of insufficient mastication are many and may be listed as follows: Insufficient use of the teeth and jaws; hence dental decay. Insufficient saliva mixed with the food; hence imperfect dige&tion of the starchy substances. Insufficient subdivision of food by mastication: hence slow digestion. The failure of the tasto nerves to telegraph ahead, as it were, to the stomach and other digostive organs an intimation of the kind and amount of digestive juices required; hence indigestion. The overieasoning of food to make it “tasty” even when bolted; hence overeating and irritation of the mucous lining. . The excessive use of meat, eggs and like foods which can be swallowed rapidly with relative impunity and the corresponding neglect of other foods w-htch require more mastication, like bread, grains, .vegetables and salads; hence intestinal poisoning. A good habit Is that of attending carefully to the first few mouthfusl of a meal, eating slowly and chewing thoroughly. Then the rest of the meal probably will progress according to the pace set by these first few bites. Try to take the same length of time for every meal. Don’t rush through your meals and then suffer from indigestion later on. Pink and Silver Pink evening frocks are going to be very popular thin season, not only for debutantes, but for matrons as well. Pink combine* beautifully with silver, and silver is the rage now.

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MUTUAL BUILDING PROGRAM REDUCES HOUSING PROBLEM

By E. M. THIERRY NEW YORK, Sept. 21. —An experiment is being conducted in Long Island City which may point the way to a solution of the national housing problem. “Cooperative building is the answer to this economic question," says Walter Stabler, controller of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Stabler is the man who is handling the Metropolitan's $7,000,000 home building program. This radical and unprecedented use of life insurance funds for the public benefit Is the result of a special amendment to the insurance law, obtained as a sequel to Samuel Untermeyer’s spectacular exposure of building and housing evils In the Lockwood committee’s investigation. - Gains Being Made Homes are being built for 1,950 families. They will rent for ?9 a room and are designed chiefly for industrial workers and persons of small incomes. In addition to this building enterprise, the Metropolitan during the last three years has loaned upwards of $100,000,000 for the construction of 9,000 houses and 1,000 apartment houses in various parts of the country. “The Lockwood committee's Investigation pointed to cooperative building as a cure for housing evils,” said Stabler. "Profiteering raised rents out of proportion in many old properties, while a combination of abnormal circumstances increased the cost or new construction. A movement more or less altruistic was necessary to bring relief. "Hence the program we have undertaken. in which we are seeking not more than 6 per cent return on the investment and 3 to 5 per cent to amortize the cost of the building, as compared to the 15 per cent and higher demanded by the speculative builder. "We are out to show that good homes can be built cheaply—first, by

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Afraid Teutons Will Attempt to Evade Reparations Due in 1923. By HI’DSOX HAWLEY. United Xet rs Staff Correspondent PARTS, Sept. 21.—France is wondering if there i<? future grief for her iti the reparations settlement just effected between Germany and Belgium There is a fear in responsible quar- |—- ters here that when Jt ccrr.es time for r > I Germany to re ' sume her repara • t tlons payments to ij France in 1923. y*.. Berlin will plead Inability to pay on the ground that she , ?j| must recompense 1 ’§ Great Britain for k * advances made to cover treasury bonds now being My' tendered iff Bel iS# gium for the reS. dt malning 1922 payactSVl ments. HAWLEY The German Relchsbank has agreed to endorse six monthly reparations payments to Belgium, totaling gold marks. The Bank of England has arranged to supply funds to Relchsbank with which to guarantee these payments, allowing the Relchsbank longer time for repayment than Belgium was willing to .grant. Benefits Revealed However, Paris welcomes the settlement between Belgium and Germany because It will give the allies an opportunity to concentrats on the Near East crisis. The settlement disposes of the reparations problem for the" remainder of the year, since all payments scheduled until January were assigned to Belgium and have been arranged to the satisfaction of that government. No permanent solution has been effected, however, and the whole reparations problem, and the Question of Germany's ability to pay what the allies demand will hob up again after the first of the year.

Chemical Foundation Prevents Monopoly of Important Industry

iff/ SIDNEY E, WHIPPLE Timet Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Sept. 21.—When the United States, during the \var, seized the 4,700 chemical patents once owned by the German cartel, or monopoly, that trust’s strangle hold on a vital part of the world’s industry came to an abrupt end. After the war the question of the disposition of the patents came up. If sold to the highest bidder, the smaller chemical concerns feared, an American monopoly as bad as the German one had been, w r ould undoubtedly result from some rich concern outbidding the smaller ones. So it was agreed to organize th* Chemical Foundation —a purely holding company. Its shares may not, under its charter, pay more than six per cent. Its profits are to be devoted to progress in science and education. Thus far its stockholders have received no dividends. The price paid by the Chemical Foundation was $250,000. The patents were valued at from $10,000,000 to $20,000,000. The man who sold them was Francis P. Garvan, alien property custodian. Garvan had previously held a post In the department of justice and was familiar with the wiles of the German cartel. So he was deliberately chosen as ’ the man to head the foundation. He serves without pay. The Chemical Foundation was conceived as a “philanthropic institution” and along these lines 74,000 volumes of Dr. Edward E. Slosson’s classic. “Creative Creniistry,” a work of uni-

ity buying of materials; sec<jnd^ 3tion. Nine dollars a room for pi lass of dwelling is low in New ** iler believes the success of the the construction of homes in ■ \ American cities by cooperative \ of Individuals grouped together iployers especially may find in j Y\ \ xperiment a solution of their \\ V ms of labor and housing,” he ..yj?.\\\ “Very few have done anything s \\\ kind. Notable instances where 'Y' j&feSfS&AffffliYYfffpP been done are in Akron, Ohio, the Goodyear tire people built ' 1,000 houses and the Firestone \ my about 800: this was between "to*

quantity buying of materials: second, by cooperation of labor; and third, by eliminating profiteering in construction and materials. “Those homes are being built for considerably less than individuals could build them, because of quantity production. Nine dollars a room for this class of dwelling is low in New York. Workers all over the city are being charged as high as S2O a room for apartments that used to go begging before the war at $5 and $6." Stabler believes the success of the Metropolitan’s experiment will bring about the construction of homes in many American cities by cooperative effort of individuals grouped together and by big employers. “Employers especially may find in this experiment a solution of their problems of labor and housing,” he said. “Very few have done anything of the kind. Notable instances wfiiere it has been done are in Akron, Ohio, where the Goodyear tire people built about 1,000 houses and the Firestone company about 800: this was between 1913 and 1917, and the Metropolitan provided $4,250,000 for the work. The Endicott-Johnson Company, has built about 150 houses at Binghamton, N. Y. Will Sell to Workers The Long Island City homes probably will be sold Stabler says, to families and groups of families on the cooperative plan on practically a cost basis. Preference is to be given to workers who contributed to the understanding. The new law which permits home building by life insurance companies

Ohio Prohibitionists Enter Amendment Fray Groomed for Hottest Tilt of Year

, By ROBERT J. BERBER. United .Vet c Staff Correspondent. COLUMBUS. Ohio, Sept. 21.—The decision of tho State Supreme Court that voters this fall will have an opportunity to express themselves on a const itutiona! amendment legalizing light beer and wines means that Ohio prohibitionists will probably stage the biggest fight of the year. v Interest In the elections liere thus far has been very apatheetic. Feeling has been generally that Senator Pomerene's natural Democrat strength, coupled with strong support of Republican business Interests, would carry him over, despite Harding's 400,000 margin over Cox

Yerkes Telescope, in Wisconsin, Embodies Numerous Innovations %

QUESTIONS ANSWERED You can ct an answer to any question of !aet or information by writtnß to tho Inilianapoiia Times' Wa.hineton Bureau, I .’122 New York Ave, Washington, p. f.. enclosing 2 cents in stamps. Medical, local, ant) love anil marriage advice w-tli not be given. Unslcned letters will not be answered, but all letters are confidential, and receive personal replies.—Editor. Q. —What is the largest telescope In existence? What is its size? A. —The Yerkes telescope at Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, Wisconsin, la the largest refracting telescope in existence, used for actual scientific observations. The objective, which Is forty inches In diameter and has a focal length of nearly sixty-two feet, weighs, when mounted in Its cells, about one thousand pounds. The crown glass lens, which is two and one-half Inches thick at the center and three-quarter of an inch thick at the circumference, weighs 200 pounds, and Is separated from the flint-glass concave lens by eight and threeeighths inches. The latter weighs over 300 pounds and is about one and one-half inches thick at the center av,d two inches thick at the edges The telescope itself is mounted on a cast-iron column at four sections bolted together and resting on a cast-iron foot, which in turn rests on a concrete foundation. The observatory is provided with a rising floor for the convenience of tho observer, who is thus able to use tho elescope in comfort Irrespective of its elevation. Q. —Os what race are the Hawailans? A.—They may he traced back to the Malayan Islands. They are rac.ally distinct and although many attempts have been made to trace them to the

versally recognized worth, were circulated at a cost of some hundred thousand dollars. The recipients were scout masters, school teachers, college professors and students throughout the country. The foundation gave SIO,OOO to the National. Research Council to compile a personnel file of all the chemists in the country. It spent SI,OOO on “Critical Tables," the use of chemists and $25,000 more on a formula index which is to the chemical industry what the U. S. Pharmacopoeia is to medicine. THE FOREST Bv lIERTON BRALEY THET Bay that the Forest of Arden Ib peopled with Youth alone! When the arteries start to harden. When grizzled the hair has grown. No more In these haunts of wonder Shall you wander the pathways sweet. No more shall you saunter under The shade where the branches meet. BUT. the Forest was made for lovers. And there is no age to love. And the same enchantment hovers In the heart and spirit of Whoever still knows the glory Which slows in his loved one’s eyes. And the thrall of the old, old story The spell of which never dies. THEY say—and their words are truthful— That the Forest of Arden’s made For those who are blithe and youthful To linger beneath its shade; But you shall And gray-haired sages Its dells and Its glens among, For lovers may be all aces But love is forever young. > ICopyright, 1913. NEA Service.)

ARCHITECT’S DRAWING OF ONE OF THE NEW COOPERAX’IVE APARTMENT 'HOUSE GROUPS, AND (BELOW) A DRAWING SHOWING THE INTERIOR ARRANGEMENTS OF ONE OF THE SUITES.

will expire in April, 1924, and whether the building program will be extended depends on conditions in the future. “The building shortage all over the country is not as serious now as It was,” Stabler said. “But there is a great deal of doubling up, and I think —in spite of record breaking building operations of the past summer—the shortage will become acute again

in 1920 Now. however, the wet and dry issue promises to become tremendous factor In the whole political situation here. Representative Fess. the Republican nominee, is an out and out dry, and has always taken the position that he would act ex acily as the voters of the State dictated when passing on the prohibition issue. Pomerene’s position was that of a jyet when Ohio was wet and dry when Ohio voted dry. Accepts Challenge The Anti-Saloon League of Ohio, ore of the strongest organizations of its kind in tho country, and perhaps more influential here than in any State In the Union, has accepted the

: negro, such a theory has not been esI tabllshed. Q —What does the expression "nora do plume" mean? A. —This is the French for "pen name. Q. —What was Mark Twain’s- real name? A.—Samuel L. Clemens. Q —What is Harry Houdini’s ad,dress? A.—Care the Paramount Film Corporation, 1520 Vine St., Hollywood. Cal. j Q. —Who wns Benjamin Banneker? A.—A negro mathematician <17311506.) ile was a native of Maryland and was a protege of Thomas Jefferson. His grandmother, an English woman, taught him to read and write; and after his 50th year he began to study mathematics with special reference to astronomy. In 1792 he issued an almanac of his own making and continued the series annually I throughout his life. He assisted in | fixing the boundary lines of the District of Columbia and in laying out the city of Washington. Q. —Who was Nathaniel Bowditch? A. —An American astronomer and \ mathematician, born at Salem, Mass., 1773. UNUSUAL FOLK Bp SEA Service ___ BAKERSFIELD, Cal., Sept. 21. j Away up at the uttermost pinnacle ;of Sunday Peak, in the Greenhorn j mountain range, sits Mrs. Jennie E. I Abbott, on the lookout for fire in Bthe vast stretches of timber stretching away as far as the horizon, far below and on every side of her Three years Mrs. Abbott has been in the forest service—on Sherman Peak, in the Whitney range, in 1920 among the Greenhorns during the past summer. "MRS”A BBOTT* "There’s nothing about the work that a woman can’t do,” she says, “if she doesn’t mind the loneliness.” And Mrs. Abbott doesn’t mind It In the least. She has an occasional visitor. She has the company of her pet chipmunk, Sharkey. And to occupy her hands she has her knitting, her crocheting, her needlework and her own little log cabin to keep. Her binoculars lie on her work table, with her telephone beside them, ready to call the nearest ranger at the first faint wisp of smoke in the great forests. Mrs. Baker’s winter home is Bakersfield. “The lady lookout of Sunday Peak," they call her.

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when business gets better and families begin to spread out. “Building costs, in my opinion, will never drop back to the pre-war level. Mj guess is that they will be from 65 to 70 per cent higher, permanently. Americans are building better, working better, and living better —and some such radical departure as cooperative building seems accessory to meet our j needs.’’

( challenge made by the wets to. test out public sentiment on beers and light wines. The last time the State held a referendum on the question it i voted dry. Ohio, therefore this fall will be the foremost, if not the only. State to register the actual rorction of the people during recent years on complete prohibition. Prohibition will enter other contests ; this year, mainly those in Missouri ! and New Jersey. In the former Sena- | tor Reed, Democrat and liberal, will ! contest with Brewster, an out and out dry. for the senatorship. That contest will be determined by the number of wet Republican votes Reed pulls. In New Jersey. Senator Frelinghuysen. a dry, will he pitted against Governor Edwards, a wet, and the wet issue figures predominately. Ruling Misleading , F.ut in Ohio the referendum will not | he on the question of the personal at-. : titude of candidates, hut on the quesi tion of complete prohibition itself. If the people decide that they wish beers and wines, there is no doubt that other States will attempt similar referendums, giving the movement back to lighter intoxicants the momentum long awaited by those of wet persuasion. In ruling to permit the question to go before the people, the State Supreme Court did not pass on the issue raised by the State that If the people voted wet. the State could not permit manufacture and sale of such beveriges because it would violate the Federal law. The State court held merely that the constitutionality course could not be decided before the course was taken. “Prohis Enter Frays J. A. White, superintendent of the Ohio Anti-Saloon League, opened the fight of the drys immediately after the court's decision to put the question on the ballots. "The decision of the Supreme Court," White declared, "In deciding to put the beer proposal on the ballot i will give the outlawed brewers and bootleggers an opportunity to undertake to legalize in Ohio what the Federal law prohibits. It will also have the effect of breaking down law enforcement in Ohio. “We call upon the loyal citizens of the State, men and women, to help i repeal at the polls this attempted nullification of the supreme law of the land.”

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AMERICAN JEWS .ASKED TO ASSIST 300,000 ORPHANS Ukraine Children Threatened With Moral Decline or Death, Says Appeal. NEW YEAR GIFTS WANTED Reports of Bad Conditions in Stricken Country Are Fully Verified. By United Press NEW YORK, Sept. 21. —“More than 200,000 orphans in the Ukraine, threatened by death and moral decadence, look to the Jews of America for help,” declares Louis Marshall, chairman of the American Jewish relief committe, in a New York appeal to the Jews of America. The Jewish New Year begins this evening, “The special committee consisting of Dr. Lee K. Frankel, Dr. Milton Rcsenau, David A. Brown, David M. Bressler and Morris Wolf, sent abroad early this summer by our organization to investigate and verify the condition of the war-stricken eommunit'es in Europe, has reported that our previous estimate of 300,000 Jewish orphans in the Ukraine has been short of the actual fact,” said the appeal. “These innocent victims are hungry, naked and exposed to the dire peril of moral degeneracy unless they are at once properly cared for. “Together with the American relief administration we are now feeding one-half of these children. The re. maining other half are equally our wards. Our duty will not be done until we have saved them all. “I am confident that the Jews of America, who last fall and winter pledged the unprecedented sum of over $14,000,000 for war relief, will not permit this terrible tragedy of the children to persist. “Realizing what they have dor.s and what there is still to do, those* of the household of American Jewry are earnestly admonished to signalize the advent of the New Year by coming once more to the aid of our afflicted brethren who are suffering through no fault of their own.”

THE REFEREE By ALBERT APPLE r-*T==gr— — Sydney, Australia, * claims it is the healthj ID iestiest city in the FySn world. Last year Its \ I WfB death rate was only ~~Q W nineteen out of each .. f 2,000 inhabitants. L.,.1. However, there is no j APPLE occasion to rush across | the Pacific. Only twenty-six out of j each 2,000 Americans die yearly. That | is but seven above the world’s healthj iest city. And our death rate is being cut steadily. JOKES Marvelous discovery something j interesting about the tariff. Leeches are on the free list, after much de- | bate. So is ice. Volcanic lava in the raw state can ibe imported without paying duty, | but a tariff levy is tacked on if the j lava has been converted into sand- | paper or other useful forms. Eggs of fish and of wild birds and | Insects are on the free list. So are dog-bones. Joss-sticks, and horsehair. The tariff-makers evidently considered everything that can come into America except air, rain and i shadows. LOVERS A Pennsylvania lover, arrested by State Trooper Larsen, is fined SSO for the feat of driving his auto fifty miles an hour and kissing his girl every ; time a telephone pole flashed past. ! Old-timers who recall moonlight buggy-rides slow rides and slow kisses, thus see evidence of 1 changing times —the introduction of ‘ efficiency” in “sparkin’.” IF YOU ARE WELL BRED You do not introduce two people to each other unless you are quite certain this wilt be agreeblae to both. You never Interrupt a conversation to introduce a newcomer. You do not make haphazard or carelss introductions, and you always pronounce the names of both persons distinctly. To slur over names Is to create a strained and uncomfortable atmosphere.