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It Seems to Me By Heywood Broun MIAMI, March 10.— Dear Boss You have been very indulgent, and I will be back almost any day now I realize that this holiday column has been concerned too much with horse racing gambling and other forms of frivolity which should be discouraged and rooted out Do not let me near the office safe when I come back I understand thoroughly how fine, clean, American manhod can be betrayed and seduced by the

sport of kings. If there is any society for the abolition of horse racing please send it a check for $1 ,n my name and take i„ out of my salary about the end of July. I promise you out of a full heart that when I get back this column will be devoted wholly to economics, politics, theologv. the revolution and other serious subjects. If by any chance you happen to see "It Seems to Me" during the next twelve months I will lay you five, two and even that there will be no mention whatsoever of any thoroughbred horse. Even if Man o’ War should bite John D. Rockefeller T will make no comment upon

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the episode. Ygj see I am the sort of person who can take a hint. a a a For the Sake of College Dags I GATHER that my good angel is whispering to me to stay away from Hialeah Park. I wouldn't be surprised if she has been whispering this for several day I didn’t quite get it on account of the roar of the crowd Tv: hmv good ange] would learn to speak up and enunciate more clearly or buy herself a megaphone Bur I must admit that she spoke in no uncertain terms today. After beginning rather badly I happened to run into an old college mate of mine who has become a professional handicapper. “Let me give vou a winner in the fifth race.’’ he said, "just for the sake of the old days." "What are the odds?" I asked. “Twenty-five to one." he told me We clapped hands and sang the verse and one chorus of Fair Harvard" "Clarence.” I said. “I appreciate this more than I can tell you. I realize that you find it hard to make both ends meet here in Miami, but if you can ever get enough money together to come to New York I'd love to see you and buy you a drink What is the horse's name?” "Dornoch." he answered ‘‘Doorknob' seems a very interesting name for a horse How shall T play him?" "Mo* Doorknob ' His name is 'Dornoch.' He is by Donnacona-Dearie Play him across the board. He can not fail to he in the money. I would gladly guarantee the bet except that I am without funds," said ■ lie racing oxper The race, for no good reason, was to be run on the turf Dornoch came nut nrancing around and full of snirtt and personality He was a picture horse, and so I rushed down and bet an additional $2 on him to show. a tt tt Favorite fiearla Signs THEY’RE off. and who is in front? Who but Dornoch 0 His first mid charge from the barjde- shoots h'm into a lead of six or seven lengths The orlv tronh’e with Dornoch is that he is ouite a bit too fast for his own good The other horses are nowhere Neither is Dornoch. The racing authorities have neglected to bank the turns, and Dornoch skids ah the wav over to the lns'd" r aff From that position he ran detect through his blinkers that there is a nirr dirt trark onlv a few vards away. "Am T or am T not the silly old tick to be over here on the grass?” savs Dornoch to himself “T think I’m in a horse race and T must have got off at the wrong floor " Bv this time Dornoch, making fiftv-five ni'ies an hour. finds a fence rich* in front of him “Why, of course." he murmurs, “a steeplechase. I wonder what’s coming over me T must have the mental condition " And so Dornoch, to the astonishment of his jockev and the befto- behind him, riss like a swallow and sails over the obstacle. His inrkey. S. Trenehard —a stranger to me—goes with him. T t is one of th prettiest leans I ever saw. Os course, bv this time erooms unemnioved iockeys and assistant starters aro waving their arms at Dornoch and shouting: "The first door on your left!" "Follow th n green line " “Would vou hko mv comnass?" and other bits of useful, hut belated advice Bv the time thev manage to convince him that the sign at which h n shied didn't sav 1 Keen off the grass” the other horses are indulging in a driving finish. If I had pot sworn off race tracks forever T would put mv last nennv on Do-noch pex* t ; —- That is. provided his trainer gives him a road map tt n r> Garlic of Different Mould t*TTT that reminds me that T haven't cot my last llf penrv Th°t n-ept op Garlic in the seventh r eop Da rim's jv**-nnaHtv is nn*hip*T Uke that cf Do~nne , -> Jirn* tVio rpverco H" jc-n't in the least m->nres c ivo TTo „ f-'rh’ufUl" tvs CW" T ke XJ’vssos F Grant Tack Guinn ar>d William De Morgan. Oarl’c is a starter Ts th-oueh anv mishan he t a ns to get ofT last Garlic drons hack until he is trailing all others He wants elbow room Today he let the others cct twentv or thirty lengths ahead. Bv that time evervbodv thought he was hopelessly beaten Bu* two of us had faith—myself and Garlic. Half a mile from home Garlic started to run. Wi'h everv stride he was picking un rival steeds and ♦nssjno' them aside like withered violets He was the Empire State Exnrp.s.s trvipe to save the rebate on the run down from Pochester On came Garlic and on and still on Only two horses remained in front of him. He was moving at twice their speed but there was such a littlp distance left to ro Gathering all four feet beneath him. Gertie made one final leap He'd won' Garlic was first by a nose. "Tt isn't the sma'l fortune I've won " I said to mvse'f "It's the moral lesson There he was h ol f a mile behind the others, hm he never gave up T ran still make someth-ng of mv life in snite of the vears I've frittered a wav All I need is rU-irac-ter and a purpose Tomorrow momipe at 7:39" The words froze on mv lins There seem°d to be a rcnimotion in the nidges’ stand What's that 0 Garlic is riisoualified The men who struck down the great Caesar were shming saints compared to those judges who disoualified Garbo It seems that some Percheron in the race got In his wav a**d Garlic ralm’v ran over him One fence vimnor and one d’souahfication. I mav start In the morning, boss I can't catch the night train because I'm going to the da£ races 1934 bv Tb.p Times*

Your Health r.Y HR MORRIS FISHBEIN

■\TtrHEN v° ur nose to run anci J* ou feel W feverish and ill. that form of the common cold, cal’ed rhinitis, is setting in. Rhinitis begins with a burning and prickling sensation in the nose or throat. And it is then t-hat you are confronted with all sorts of remedies for cutting* the cold short The simplest of these comes under the classification of treatments which produce sweating. After the cold has started, take a hot bath in a warm room and go straight to bed. Take plenty of hot drinks, such as hot lemonade, and. with them, an alkali-like sodium bicarbonate, common baking soda, or sodium citrate. Keep the mucous membrane of the nose protected with an oily spray. Such spravs usually contain menthol, camphor, or eucalyptus, which seem to decrease the irritation and swelling. aaa MANY a person injures his ear from too vigorous and too frequent blowing of the nose, during a cold. It i* important not to blow both sides of the nose at the same time, since this tends to drive the infection to the ear through the Eustacian tube Since the exact cause of the cold is not known, you should do your best to prevent it by avoiding exposure to drafts and dampness, by avoiding sudden changes from hot to cold, and by keeping your body as well nourished as possible. *

"THE LIFE OF OUR LORD"

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CHAPTER THE SIXTH SIX days after the last Miracle of the loaves and fish. Jesus Christ went up into a high mountain, with only three of the DisciplesPeter James and John. And while He W'as speaking to them there, suddenly His face began to shine as if it were the Sun, and the robes He wore, which were white, glistened and shone like sparkling silver, and he stood before them like an angel. A bright cloud overshadowed them at the same time; ana a voice, speaking from the cloud, was heard to say This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear ye Him!" At which the three disciples fell on their knees and covered their faces: being afraid. This is called the Transfiguration of Our Saviour. When they were come down from this mountain and were among the people again, a man knelt at the feet of Jesus Christ, and said. "Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is mad and' cannot help himself and sometimes falls into the fire-, and sometimes into the water, and cover himself with scars and sores. Some of Thy Disciples have tried to cure him but could not." Our Saviour cured the child immediately; and turning to his disciples told them they had not been able to cure him themselves, because they did not believe in Him so truly as He had hoped. The Disciples asked him, "Master, who is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?" Jesus called a little child to him, and took him in His arms, and stood him among them, and answered. "A child like this. I say unto you that none but those who are as humble as little children .shall enter into Heaven. Whosoever shall receive one such little child in my name, receiveth me. But whosoever hurts one of them u were better for him that he had a millstone tied about his neck and were drowned in the depths of the sea. The angels are all children ”

Our Savior loved the child, and loved ail children. Yes, and alf the world. No one ever loved all the peopit, so well and so truly as He did. Peter asked Him, "Lord, how often shall I forgive any one who offends m* 1 ? Seven times?" Our Savior answered, "Seventy times seven times, and more than that. For how can you hope that God will forgive you, when you do wrong, unless you forgive all other people!” tt tt a AND He told His disciples this story. He said there was once a Servant who owed his Master a great dpal of money, and could not pay it. At which the Master, being very angry was going to have this Servant sold for a slave. But the servant kneeling down and begging his Master's pardon with great sorrow, the Master forgave him. Now this same servant had a fellow-servant who owed him a hundred pence, and instead of being kind and forgiving to this poor man, as his master had been to him, he put. him in prison for the debt. His master, hearing of it. went to him, and said, "Oh wicked Servant. I forgave you, why did you not forgive your fellow servant!” And because he had not doe so, his master turned him away with great misery. "So," said Our Savior; "how can you expect God to forgive you, if you do not forgive others!" This is the meaning of that part of the Lord's prayer, where we say "forgive us our trespasses" that word means faults—"as we forgive them that trespass against us." And He told them another story, and said "There was a certain Farmer once, who had a Vineyard and he went out early in the morning, and agreed with some labourers to work there all day. for a Penny. And bye and bye when it was later, he went out

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ON Thursday night. March 29, at English's, Katherine Cornell will bring her repertory to Indianapolis on her first visit since “The Green Hat.” On the opening night, this leading actress of the theater will present her conception of Juliet in "Ronro and Juliet." On Friday night and Saturday i matinee she will be seen in Rudolf Brsier's "The Barretts of Wimpole Street" and on Saturday night she will be seen in George Bernard Shaw's “Candida." This schedule gives to Indianapolis the entire repertory which I she is carrying on tour. The following data on Miss Cornell and her plays has been received. Miss Cornell now acts a Shake- | spearean role for the first time, j She has said that her aim in this production has been to Shakespeare's romance not as a vehicle for a star or as a musty I museum piece, but as a great and sweeping tragedy. To this end. she has restored three scenes not acted in thirty years in the American theater. She has employed new stage technical devices which permit the twenty scenes to be changed rapidly one after the other without breaking the spell or the movement of the drama. There is only one intermission. In no sense has she "modernized" this classic story, though her approach to it is realistic as it is to all plays she produces. Her method, her acting and her production have aroused much discussion wherever she has presented “Romeo and Juliet." “The Barretts of Wimpole Street" has reached its 600th performance in the United States. As Elizabeth Barrett. Miss Cornell is seen in one of the longest roles ever written. She is on the stage from the rise of the first curtain i until within three minutes of the end of the play. The story is the famous romance of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett, set against the i cruelty of Elizabeth's father. Before she became a star. Miss Cornell acted "Candida. - ’ Now she is seen in the comedy for the ! first times outside New York City. Shaw is reported to have said that she is the greatest of all the j many Candidas The play tells of -Morel!, the j suburban London parson, his ■ wife. Candida and the rebellious j young poet. Marchbanks: of how the familiar triangle theme takes life when the participants become human beings acting at cross purposes. Basil Rathbone. well known star of the stage and the screen, is seen in the leading male roles in the three plays. A large company assists these players. Guthrie McClintic staged the ! three productions. a a a THIS is the first public announcement of the presentsi uon of “The Passion According to

again and engaged some more labourers on the same terms; and bye and bye went out again; and so on, several times, until the afternoon. When the day was over, and they all came to be paid, those who had worked since morning complained that those who had not begun to work until late in the day had the same money as themselves, and they said it was not fair. But the master said, “Friend, I agreed with you for a Penny; and is it less money to you, because I give the same money to another man?” Our Saviour meant to teach them by this, that people who have done good all their lives, long, will go to Heaven after they are dead. But that people who have been wicked, because of their being miserable, or not having parents and friends to take care of them when young and who are truly sorry for it, however late in their lives, and pray God to forgive them, will be forgiven and will go to Heaven too. He taught His disciples in these stories, because He knew the people likely to hear them, and would remember what He said better, if He said it in that way. They are called Parables—THE PARABLES OF OUR SAVIOUR; and I wish you to remember that word, as I shall soon have some more of these Parables to tell you about. u a tt THE people listened to all that our Saviour said, but were not agreed among themselves about Him. The Pharisees and Jews had spoken to some of them against Him. and some of. them were inclined to do Him harm and even murder Him. But they were afraid, as yet, to do Him any harm, because of His goodness, and His looking so divine and

St. Matthew’s,” by Johann Sebastian Bach, to be given by the combined choirs of the First Presbyterian church. This Passion will be given three times during the Lenten season. The first presentation will be at the Indiana girls’ school. Two presentations will be given at the First Presbyterian church. One will be March 25, at 7:30, the other April 1, at 4:30 p. m. Two presentations are given at the church to afford every one an opportunity to hear this great work. The St. Iv ' r ?tthew’ Passion” is regarded by critics as the greatest piece of sacred music ever written. These presentations mark the first time the work has been attempted in Indianapolis. The work will be conducted by George Frederick Holler, minister of music at the church, and the organ will be played by Miss Gertrude Free. A number of soloists will be ! used, including the following: Mrs. Grace Mcknight. Mrs Wendell Coler. Mrs. Louise Osborne, Miss Gertrude Nast. Mr. Vernon i Roth. Mr. Gian Shoup, Henry Frazier. Wallace Knapp and Mr. George Osborne. VOLUNTEERS TO HOLD BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Charity Organization to Observe Thirty-ninth Anniversary. Indianapolis Volunteers of America will join tomorrow in a national celebration of the thirty-ninth birthday of the organization. Col. Earle F. Hites, will speak at 7 30 tomorrow night in the chapel. 320 North Illinois street. The celebration w r ill commemorate : the founding of the organization, launched after a meeting of fasting and prayer in the old American | Bible House in New York. Six of the ! original founders still are living, and active in the work. HIT-RUN DRIVER SOUGHT Disappears After Causing Serious Injuries to Negro Woman. Search was being made today by police for a motorist who left Yhe scene of an accident at McLean place and Capitol avenue. Rosie Robertson. Negro. 21. of 2141 Highland place, rear, the victim, suffered internal injuries. She is in the city hospital. According to detectives, the Negro woman slipped and fell and a car driven by Vernon Doyle, 31. Negro. 2909 Boulevard place, struck her as she was lying in the street. Doyle's car stopped without passing over the girl's body. A second car struck Doyle's car, causing the wheels of his car tc pass over the girl. The driver of the car that struck Doyle's machine left the accident scene without giving his name. 1

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grand—although He was very simply dressed; almost like the poor people—that they could hardly bear to meet his eyes. One morning. He was sitting in a place called the Mount of Olives, teaching the people who were all clustered round Him, listening and learning attentively, when a great noise was heard, and a crowd of Pharisees, and some other people like them, called Scribes, came running in, with great cries and shouts, dragging among them a woman who had done wrong, and they all cried out together, “Master! Look at this woman. The law

CITY CAFES TO BE INSPECTED Health Board Maps Fight Against Spread of Dysentery. All public eating houses in Indianapolis will undergo a rigid inspection by the health board. Dr. Herman G. Morgan, city health officer, said today. Determined to clean up all unsanitary conditions ni restaurants and eating places that might bring on an outbreak of amebic dysentery which took a toll of forty lives in Chicago, Dr. Morgan ordered the second general checkup of the year. “Most of the restaurants in Indianapolis are in good shape as far as sanitary conditions are concerned,” the health officer said. “At least 95 per cent of them have a rating from excellent to good.” The purpose of the inspection is aimed at the 5 per cent of restaurants and lunch rooms that have riot maintained their establishments in strict conformity to the city code, Dr. Morgan said.

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Jesus With the Woman Taken in Adultery, by Gustave Dore

says she shall be pelted with stones until she is dead. But what say you? what say you?” Jesus looked upon the noisy crowd attentively, and knew that they had come to make Him say the law was wrong and cruel; and that if He said so, they would make it a charge against Him and would kill Him. They were ashamed and afraid as He looked into their faces, but they still cried out, “Come! what say you Master? what say you?” Jesus stooped down, and wrote with his finger in the sand on the ground, He that is without sin among you. let him throw the first stone at her.” As they read

ELLIS CUNNINGHAM TO RUN FOR CITY CLERK Father of Ten Will File for Democratic Nomination. Ellis Cunningham, an employe in ! the city engineer's office, today announced his candidacy for the office of city clerk. A life-long resident of Indianapolis, Mr. Cunningham has been active for many years in Democratic | politics. Mr. Cunningham is 39, ! married and is the father of ten | children. He lives at 1950 Tallman ! avenue. AIR OFFICIALS MEET Civil Works Topic at Gathering in Severin. Accomplishments and difficulties under civil works were discussed by speakers this morning at the conference of state aviation officials of seven .states in the Severin. Speakers at a dinner last night included Fred Smith, Columbus, 0., national president of the National Association of State Aiation Offic- I ials, and Benjamin King, regional CWA airport adviser. 2,014,000 Cars in England According to recent figures, there are 2,014.000 motor vehicles in England at the present time.

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this, looking over one another’s shoulders, and as He repeated the words to them, they went away, one by one, ashamed, until not a man of all the noisy ci-owd was left there; and Jesus Christ, and the woman, hiding her face in her hands, alone remained. Then said Jesus Christ, “Woman, where are thine accusers? Hath no man condemned Thee?” She answered, trembling, “No, Lord!” Then said our Savious, “Neither do I condemn Thee. Go! and sin no move!” • Copyright for North and South America. 1934, by United Feature Syndicate. Inc., all rights reseryed.t (Continued Monday)

GAS COMPANY COTS DEFICIT Decrease Due to Decline in Operating Expense, Report Shows. Annual deficit of the Citizens GasCompany was decreased $100,788.64 during 1933, it was shown today in the annual report of the company filed with the Indiana public service commission. The deficit for 1933 was $137,211.36, compared with an operating deficit of $238,000 in 1932. The decrease in deficit was made despjte a decline in both operating and nonoperating revenues. It was due to a like decrease in operating expneses. Gross revenues of the company fell from $4,341,634.28 in 1932 to 54.110.288.29 in 1933. The net loss in patrons in 1932 was 3.844. but in 1933 only 519 patrons were lost. The company, according to a trust agreement in 1905, is required to j pay a 10 per cent cumulative annual dividend upon its $2,000,000 common stock. This dividend has not been paid since June 30. 1932, and the company owes its stockholders $325000. Its preferred stock dividend. $50,000 annually on $1,000,000 worth of stock, has been paid regularly.

DERBY CONTENDER HIALEAH Bradley’s Boy Valet Takes Feature Race. P.y Tnitri] Prfgg HIALEAH PARK. MIAMI. Fla.. March 10.—E. R. Bradley's Boy Valet, a candidate for the Florida and Kentucky Derbies, won yesterday’s mile feature rac from flv classy 3-var-olds. Bert Baroni’s Bitty Bit. a products of the Bradley breeding farms, was second a length back and the Brookmeade stable’s Time Clock, also a candidate for both Derbies, was third. Boy Valet, a son of Black Servant, piloted by Don Meade, turned in the fast time of 1:36 3-5. He paid $10.60. “Dewey Benthams Papyrograph surprised form students by capturing today's first race from half a dozen ordinary sprinters and paying 556.30 for a $2 straight ticket. RUSSIA WILL BE TOPIC Recognition of Soviets to Be Discussed by Club. Maurice Sugar, attorney for the Detroit Federation of Labor, will speak on ’'Recognition of Soviet Russia” at a meeting of the John Reed Club. 143 East Ohio street, at 3 Monday night. Mr. Sugar recently visited the Soviet Union, studying Soviet jurisprduence in general • and labor laws in particular.

Fair Enough By Westbrook Pegler RESIDENTS of Washington. D. C.. are beginning to fret about the wear and tear which has been inflicted upon their body in the course of the last year by the Hon. Francis Shoemaker, the problemcongressman from Minnesota. Twice in the course of his brief career as a statesman. Congressman Shoemaker has socked residents of the national capital. He socked his first victim for playing radio with malice aforethought and the other evening he hopped out of his automobile and socked a taxi-

driver for getting in fiont of him in Uaffic. Congressmen are allowed certain special privileges in the city, but the law specifically states that they are not allowed to go around punching citizens, so the problem-states-man from Minnesota begins to assume 'he proportions of a nuisance and the public prosecutor is taking steps. Moreover. Mr. Shoemaker’s fellow-statesmen in the house have taken formal notice of his case and there is a possibility that they will impeach him. This is only a remote possibility, however, as the citizens of his district would be likely to send him right back to congress and the

net results would be no reiiet, but great public expense. As an alternative to impeachment or a term in the local jail-house for socking the taxi driver who had the effrontery to get in front of Mr. Shoemaker's car in traffic, it is proposed that the citizens supply the honorable gent with some sparring partners who can take it and also dish it. There is no appropriation for the hiring of sparring partners for congressmen, but this might, not be necessary in view of the presence here of several other statesmen who might be willing to undertake this riutv for the pleasure of socking Congressman Shoemaker. a a a It's Serious Business A MONG the athletes in the halls of the grand -sV old sacred heritage is a young man from Milwaukee named Ray Cannon. Mr Cannon served as counsel for the so-called Black Sox of Chicago some years ago when they were made national outcasts for the crime of throwing some world series ball games contrary to the business interests of their employer. The citizens of the American nation were horrified by this betrayal and were not appeased until the erring athletes had been dismissed from the baseball profession in disgrace. The citizens similarly were horrified by the conduct of various Governors, mayors and judges, who betrayed their trust in office, but these were trivial offenses by comparison. It is serious business for an athlete employed by a private corporation, organized for profit, to throw a world series ball game. Under these circumstances Mr. Cannon, ns counsel for the Black Sox. would have done well if he had saved them from life imprisonment so it was an even greater feat to keep them out of jail altogether. On the basis of this and other achievements Mr. Cannon has been sent to congress, where he now finds himself on friendly personal terms with Congressman Shoemaker, the socking statesman. Mr. Cannon weighs about 215 pounds and keeps in good condition by boxing and wrestling in the gymnasium of the house of representatives. He has decided that Mr. Shoemaker, despite his tendency to sock citizens, has the interests of the citizens at heart and always votes for legislation which is intended to give them government funds or other advantages. Rather than impeach a statesman so right-minded he could be induced to meet him in the gymnasium and engage in a little free socking any morning that Mr. Shoemaker feels inclined. a a tt There're Some to Fight T'HE Hon. Fred Britten of Chicago used to be a fairly useful sort of man at rtst fighting, but Mr. Britten never boxed above 147 pounds and he is no youth any more, whereas Mr. Shoemaker is not crowded with youthful vigor. But the Hon. Warren Barbour over on the senate side used to be an amateur heavyweight champion and the Hon. Fred Hale, another senator, is said to have done some pleasurefighting in his time. The point is merely that Mr. Shoemaker, when he feels in need of work, need not go around punching the citizens at catch weights, an arrangement which has given him a great advantage in his fights up to this time, but can find plenty of action among his own kind. Mr. Shoemaker's interesting career includes a short term in Leavenworth prison for sending a letter to a banker in an envelope which was scrawled over with impolite remarks on the Mibject of bankers. This was an unlawful act at the time, but the status of bankers has changed considerably in the meanwhile and the president restored Mr. Shoemaker’s citizenship within the last year. He did not give Mr. Shoemaker a medal for writing those remarks about bankers, but that may be only unfinished business. I believe I could put Mr. Shoemaker and Mr. Cannon in the way of a little money if they would care to fight in public. The citizens should respond nobly to the spectacle of two congressmen being socked at once especially if by some arrangement both statesmen could get the worst of it. fCopyrieht, 1934. by Unite cl Feature Syndicate. Inc.)

Today's Science

STARS provide us with invisible as, well as visible starlight. Just as the sun gives off invisible ultra-violet rays and invisible heat or infra-red rays in addition to visible light, so do the stars. Study of these invisible radiations in the case of the sun has gone on for many years. Sir William Herschel made the first observation in 1800 when he found that a blackened thermometer bulb placed beyond the red end of the sun’s visible spectrum was warmed. The following year, J. W. Ritter noted the darkening of silver chloride placed beyond the violet end of the solar spectrum. Dr. Paul W. Merrill of the Mt. Wilson observatory believes that the time now has come when astronomers can with profit pay more attention to the infra-red and ultra-violet radiations of the stars. Stars of low temperature—that is low for stars—give off more energy in the form of infra-red ravs than they do in ’he form of visible light, Dr. Merrill says. Stars in this class are the so-called red giants, such as Antares and Betelgeuse. Stars of intermediate temperature, such as our own sun, having a surface temperature of about 10.000 degrees. Fahrenheit, give off most of their energy in the form of visible light, he says. Stars of very high temperature, such as the brilliant bluewhite stars, give off most energy in the ultra-violet region of the spectrum. aaa THE stars all are very lar away and so the question which at once arises is what happens to their light by the time it reaches the earth. The nearest star is about 25 000.000.000 000 miles avay. The answer, according to Dr. Merrill, is that not much of anything happens until the starlight reaches the earth’s atmosphere. Os course, the actual amount of light from any star which reaches the earth is very little, indeed, but practically nothing happens to the character of the light. But. as Dr. Merrill says, "We are forced to study the stars from the bottom of a great ocean of air many miles deep. What this ocean does to starlight constitutes the next chapter of the stone” To begin with, the atmosphere shuts off all ultraviolet light shorter than certain wavelengths. This, as is now’ known, is due r o the presence of ozone, a form of electrified oxygen in the upper atmosphere. This stoppage of the short wavelengths of ultraviolet from the stars is a great inconvenience to the astronomer. But the stoppage of „hose same wavelengths from the sun is a good thing for astronomers and all the rest of the world. For these short wavelengths of ultra-violet light are deadly and if the sun’s supply of them got through to the surface of the earth, it would kill every plant and animal upon it. aaa AT the other end of the spectrum, the infra-red rays have some trouble but in general they are transmitted in better fashion. They are ’mutilated but not annihilated,” Dr. Merrill tells us.

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