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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, RICHMOND, IND..TUESDAY, DEC. 12, 1922.

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM

AND SUN-TELEGRAM

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Pedestrians Should be Careful The campaign to check reckless driving by motorists, which is in full swing throughout the country, should not excuse the negligent manner in which many pedestrians expose themselves to danger when crossing streets. Indianapolis is not only prosecuting motorists who violate traffic laws but is also bent on teaching pedestrians that automobile drivers have certain rights and privileges.

The pedestrian who crosses a street intersec

tion diagonally, or tries to dodge between moving automobiles is taking a chance with his life. Ordinary prudence suggests that he exercises care in crossing streets and that he observe the rules that have been laid down for this procedure. Parents should instruct their children that it is highly dangerous to rush pell mell across a street without stopping first to see if the thoroughfare is clear of automobiles. Many accidents in which children are injured can be traced

to the impulsive haste of the little boys and girls

to cross a street in front of approaching automobiles. If parents would impress upon the minds of the children the danger that is always present from automobiles, the accident and death toll would be reduced. Just as many reckless drivers are responsible for running down, maiming and killing chDdren, so, on the other hand, many little ones, lacking parental instruction on this point, take their lives in their Own hands in reckless attempts to pass in front of approaching automobiles. Traffic problems will not be solved so long as drivers and pedestrians spurn the rights of the other. If both will thoroughly learn the lessons of "Safety First" the frightful list of automobile fatalities will be reduced quickly.

Christmas Shopping If you have not done your Christmas shopping by this time, it is well to keep in mind that only a few days remain before the holiday is here. Delay until the last two or three days will be an inconvenience to you, and mean added strain to the sales forces which are trying to cope with the demand for merchandise. The early shopping crusade was begun many years ago, but its full lesson has not been learned

by all of us. We still hold off buying until the

last minute, without having an adequate reason for our action.

The stores have their full lines on display now. The sales forces are competent and eager

to please. The advantage of buying early is manifstly in your favor.

CANDOR AND SINCERITY ARE APPRECIATED By George Matthew Adams

If a man is frank, sincere, honest, wide-eyed in candor well, the rest doesn't matter. If he is a writer, people ljke to read his words; if a preacher, folks flock to hear him; if a judge, his decisions are accepted as just; if a teacher, he has followers aplenty. , And so it ia through every activity of life where a part is played. ;. Candor is at once illuminating. ' - The candid salesman, for instance, "delivers the goods." And few ; Questions asked. For a salesman must first sell himself, his own honesty, his faith, his hours and years of study and helief, before he may face another and ask for something. Candor is the shortest distance between two difficulties. And if personified, he is the fellow who opens the gate that separates vast disagreement and says: "You people get together!" Candor la friendship, in love, in business, in personal meditation It's as life-giving as air and water. When you don't know what else to do, be candid. For who is there can adequately give question to such a one? I often wonder why candor is so rare. Probably no man of this generation had this quality of candor to so remarkable an extent as did Theodore Roosevelt. It made people instinctively love him, trust him follow him. That's what it wIU do for you, if you use it!

Answers to Questions Any ' reader can fret ' the answer to liny question by writing The Palladium Information Bureau, Frederick J HasKfn. director. "Washington. P. C. This offer applies strictlv to information. The bureau does not frive advice on legal, medical and financial matters. It does not attempt to settle domestic troubles, tior to undertake exhaustive research

on any subject. w rite y ur tiueoniM. plainly and briefly. Give full name and hddress and enclose two cents in stamps for return postage. All replies are sent fllrct to the Inqutren q, Did anybody beside Washington have the title Father of His Country? M. M. A. This title waa given to Caesar in 45 B. C. Q. When a body is cremated howare the ashes of the person separated from those of the clothing and the casket? L. E. C. A. The heat is so intense that after a few hours only the ashes of the bones remain, all else, including the structure of the casket, having disappeared in light ash or gaseous products. Q. How many railroad cars are there in this county? II. I F. a if ta oatima'.pd that - there are

now in use 3,000,000 cars of all sorts

on the trunk line railways ot tne united States. Q. Ia it possible to make a needle float in water? R. J. McC. A. A fine needle that has been slightly oiled or greased if laid gently on the surface of water will float there. It lies in a concave trough formed in the water surface. The water cannot wet the needle because of Us coating, and so the needle is supunrtPii hv the unlift due to the surface

tension acting in the concave surface in which the needle rests. In a way ' generally similar, the insects which run over the surface of water are supported in little hollows in the water surface. Their feet are not wetted by the water. Q. Are canyons generally deeper than they are wide, or wider than they are deep? E. E. S. A. Most canyons are much wider than they are deep. The Grand Canyon of the Colorado, for example, is as much as 10 miles wide at many places, while it averages only about one mile in depth. Q. Where did Christ perform his first miracle? C. F. H. A. Cana of Galilee, a town in Palestine, not far from Capernaum, is famous as the scene of the first miracle when Christ turned water into wine. Q. la it known how many kings there have been of the House of Capet? N. S. A. The French House of Capet has given 118 sovereigns to Europe, namely: 26 Kings of France, 22 Kings of Portugal, 11 of Naples and Sicily, 5 of Spain, 3 of Hungary, 3 Emperors of Constantinople, 3 Kings of Navarre, 17 Dukes of Burgundy, 12 Dukes of Brittany, 2 Dukes of Lorraine, and 4 Dukes of Parma.

Who's Who in the Day's News

After Dinner Tricks

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BLACK CARDS CONCAVE

CARDS CONVEX

It Happens in the Best Regulated Families

ADMIRAL H. P. JONES, U. S. N. A general order of the navy department has just made Admiral Hilary P.

Jones the supreme commander of the

United States seafightmg forces both

m times of peace and war. Jones will have command of the new "United States Fleet" which combines the fighting units of the navy, including the battle fleet, the scouting fleet, the control fleet and the fleet base force. Hitherto when the individual fleets of the United

States navy have

aojuipai u p .iome? met for maneuvers it has been necessary to designate a commander in chief. Jones has seen 37 years active service in the navy. He was born in Virginia, Nov. 11, 1863, and was graduated frpm the Naval academy in 1884. He commanded the Scorpion, the Birmingham, the Tennessee, the Rhode Island and the Florida before reaching flag rank. During the World war he first commanded Squadron One of the patrol force, Atlantic fleet, then Division Four and the Newport News division of the cruiser and transport force, Atlantic fleet. Since 1919 he has been vice-admiral of the Atlantic fleet, commanding the battleship force. Admiral Jones was awarded Disting

uished Service Medal for meritorious

service during the World war.

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No. S5 Red or Black? The performer takes any " pack of cards, separates the reds from the blacks and shuffles the cards together. Running through the pack, card by card, he picks out reds and blacks correctly, although he looks only at the backs. The trick Is qnlte simple, but Is mt easily detected. After separating the reds from the blacks, the performer secretly bends one packet (the blacks) forward, so that the cards are slightly concave, and the other packet (the reds), backward, so the cards are convex. The bending need not be great and it will not be noticeable to the uninitiated. The performer can, however, immediately tell which cards are red and which black. In shuffling the packets together, do not riffle them, or the beads will be disturbed. Corvrieht, ltit, it PubUo Le&ocr Company

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Bassvvood Gomes Into Its Own Scientists Take Despised -Wood and Find 630 Practical Uses to Which it May be Put.

By FREDERICK J. HASKIN WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 12. At least 80 per cent of the American born grandfathers and grandmothers in the United States are familiar with the slang meaning of the word '"basswood." That is because such a percentage of these venerable persons came from the section of the country in which the basswood tree is indigenous. The reason for the use of such a slang term was that its colloquial meaning reflected the opinion of the value of the tree. When our grandparents wanted to describe an utterly worthless object or even a person deemed to be worthless, such a person or object was said to be basswood. because of all the

sider all the characteristics of a commodity and select the good points. Then they find the uses to which such

good points can be put. Basswood is a wood of peculiarly clean appearance. It is almost as white as holly. Because of its spongy texture, it does not split and therefore can be used in small pieces. Such characteristics, on consideration, were found to be very desirable in. the manufacture of containers for food. People want to have food packed in clean containers which will not readily fall apart. So the humble basswood came into wide use in the manufacture of such containers as lard pails, c-andv pails.

and pails for a variety of other foods.

vast natural wealth which the pioneers his clean, white appearance was apprefound in this country the basswood ciated by housewives and manufac-

Memories of Old Days In This Pcper Ten Yeara Ago Today

That the city would not have enough money to pay all its share of the public improvements passed by the board of public works, was the belief of one of the city officials. The $20,000 bond3 which were to be paid June 1, together with the $10,000 improvement of Eighth street and the $5,000 improvements at Reeveston, precluded the making of all improvements unless money was borrowed.

Lessons in Correct English DON'T SAY: Please CO-OPERATE with me in writing this book. My ASSOCIATE in the senate is Smith. The prisoner was CONSIGNED to jail. Is he ADEQUATE for this job? Parliament is ASSEMBLED. SAY: Please COLLABORATE with me !n writing this book. My COLLEAGUE in the senate Is Smith. The prisoner was COMMITTED to jail. Is he QUALIFIED for this job? Parliament is CONVOKED.

Musings For The Evening Art Extenuating Circumstance Mrs. Spade, who is charged with shooting her husband, has given a

fairly plausible 'excuse for the deed. Phonograph hounds should take notice. "I would rather be in jail than with my husband," she said to Judge d'Aloia. "I dreamed a -rw weeks ago of going to a closet and getting the shotgun and killing my husband. We had had several quarrels, but I had not thought of killing him before that. "He didn't give me much money. He spent most of it for phonograph records. He was playing the phonograph when. I killed him."

After Dinner Stories "My husband," complained the young wife, "is so puritanical. He does not believe in theatres, dancing, bridge or any of the modern forms of amusement." "Indeed!" said her confident. Then soothingly: "But remember, my dear, you took him for better or worse." ' "1 know." was the reply, "and 1 can't help thinking how much better

TROI'BLKD WITH WEAK KITINEYS "nave been troubled with weak kidneys since childhood.'; writes Mrs t. Ifvdc. Benzonia. Michigan. Now past 40" and have had terrible backache and that tired out feelinjr. hardly able to f)o tnv work Bv ut-'nfr Koley Kidney Villa accompanied with Foley Cathartic TaMeta 1 soon felt like a new person I'.ackache. rheumatic pains, dizziness

nn i blurred vision i e "'ky'"-

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it would be if he were worse." Boston Transcript.

A retired colonel had been advised by his doctor that if he did not givo up whisky it would shorten his life. "Think so?" asked the colonel. "I am sure of it, colonel. If you will stop drinking, I am sure it will prolong your days." "Come to think of it, I believe you ar right about that, doctor," said the colonel. "I went 24 hours without a drink six months ago, and I never put in such a long day in my life."

SIMPLE WAY TO TAKE OFF FAT There can be nothing1 simpler than taking a convenient little tablet four times each day until your weight is reduced to normal. That's all just purchase a case of Marmola Prescription Tablets from your druggist for one dollar, the same price the world over. Follow directions no starvation dieting or tiresome exercising. Eat substantial food be as lazy as you like and keep on getting slimmer. And the best part of Marmola Tablets Is they are harmless. That is your absolute safeguard. Purchas.; them from your druggist, or send direct te Marmola Co.. 4612 Woodward Ave., Detroit, Mich.--Adv-ertisement.

The other day a well-dresed-coupie were taking a ride in the country, accompanied by a perfectly respectable looking turkey. The police were looking for a couple of robbers at tne time and stopped the automobile. The turkey immediately attracted the attention of the officers on' account of its plump condition. It was a remarkably fine sp?cimen and weighed heavily when an officer picked it up to admire it. He reached into tne turkey's thorax and extracted two quarts of whisky. No wonder it was a happy looking turkey. No bird could carry a load like that and go about with an air of ennui or dejection. The lady and gentleman and friend turkey were haled before the local magistrate. All of which shows that so long as they make it, American genius will devise a way of earning it. A NewJersey man who had the good fortune to lose a leg some years ago has recently purchased a new wooden leg which holds two quarts. They tried to arrest him for bootlegging, but he was wooden legging and that was all there was to It.

tree was considered of least value

In the early days when the American pioneer went into the wilderness he had to depend on the things he found in that environment to fill his everyday needs. He must build his houses of the native woods, he must make his tools of native iron, he must weave his clothes of native fibres and must raise his own food. Such a civilization caused these people to put definite values upon all the products of nature. Everything had a value. Hickory was good for axe handles and ash for wagon

spokes. Pine and all kinds of oak were excellent firewood, but basswood was discovered to be good for nothing. Its fibres were too spongy and stringy to work into anything useful. It was not strong to withstand pressure. It did not last long and it would not bum well. Almost any other kind of waste wood at least would make a good fire, but basswood when set alight would sputter for a while and go cut and what little burning it would do gave very little heat in comparison with other fuels. So it was not surprising that men and women who must put definite

values on materials and on people ! Used in Fine

surrounding tnem should coin a new Manufactures

word tor tlieir language and agree that basswood should describe a useless ob-

I ject or a worthless drone. In the ! states from the Atlantic coast to the I .1 r .J . .

aiiu iium ueuif;iri ami Missis

sippi to the Canadian line, the basswood tree grows in nearly every county and in this section the slang term

basswod can be heard among old peo

ple to this day. Science Comes

to the Rescue

If this were a nlay. at this point the words "Enter Science in the form of the Department of Agriculture," should be written. To pursue the fantasy. Science would be a Prince Charming come to alter the life of Basswood, the Cinderella of the forest. It took some years of investigation and experimentation and the overcoming of the inherited natural prejudice and belief that Basswood was worthless, but Science persisted and the other day the Department of Agriculture issued from its press a booklet devoted entirely to this useless wood. The booklet lists CC0 practical uses of basswood! The depised Cinderella of the forest, once the scorn of the pioneers, now is prized for many uses and chiefly through the investigative work and experimentation of this scientific workshop of Uncle Sam. The scientists of the department con-

turers are quick to discover what the housewife, one of the best customers in the world, wants. Woodenware was

the next development. Chopping bowls

was put into such fine manufactures as musical instruments. One of its uses puts this material in everyone's hands. Millions of matches which are struck every day all around the world have basswood sticks. Here was where the non-burning qualities of the wood, which once made it de

spised, were capitalized. Fires are set by matches thrown away becouse they hold fire too long. But the poor burning qualities of a basswood stick would minimize the dangerous afterglow and the fire would not last after it was needed. So the progress continued. Kitchen cabinets, tobacco boxes, shoe lasts, Pullman car finishing, handles of all sorts, thread spools, shade and map rollers, pulleys and, finally even caskets and coffins were made in part, at least, of basswood. In all 630 practical

uses, and every year new uses are being found. Even the stringy, ribbony extelsior which comes packed around

dishes and other fragile articles is

made from the once -rejected basswood

The total annual production Is 250.-

000,000 board feet. The existing sup

plies standing in the shape of basswood trees in the United States is esti

mated at 9,000,000,000 board feet.

From the lowly position it occupied

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all sorts of wooden dishes were!jn the estimation of our grandfathers

made from the discarded basswood

which would not burn and was no good for construction. Soon another household use was developed and basswood appeared in the form of children's toys. Here again its clean appearance and its non-splitting qualities were valuable. Also, it is light in weight and a basswood lion can be thrown much further across the nursery than one made of material as heavy as oak. Pursuing the household uses, ironing boards, wringers and other things used in the laundry where clean, white woodwork is at a premium, were made from it. Nearly everyone has seen the clean, white little wooden boxes in which comb honey is sold, and, at least subcon

sciously, thoueht how much more ap-

it has risen to such a value that the

Department of Agriculture now is advising farmers who have unused land to plant basswood as a porfitable forest crop. It grows rapidly and is indigenous over a w-ide area of the country. How industry, aided by investigative Fcience, has developed this commodity is repeated in scores of instances in connection with many other commodities and every such step forward adds millions to the total wealth of the American, people.

CHRISTMAS AND TAXES The calendar informs me that Chris, mas is at hand; the Christmas spirit warms me, emotion fine and bland; IT like to load a wagon with gifts for all my kin, for one a silver flagon, for one a car of tin; :'d like to go kershopping in streets ablaze with light, and, nevermore gestopping, buy everything in sight. It's Christmas! Ani thereafter the tax collector comes, an 1 he, with fiendish laughter, demando outrageous sums. The surtax and th3 normal, yith ah exemption small; on blanks severe and formal I have ti write it all. And how can man buy Grannie a new and flossy wig, or giv to little Annie a waxen thingumjig. how can he give Aunt Hilda a pair o" roller skates, or ofter Aunt Matildi some sculptured paperweights, whe i seeing in the distai.ee the tax collector come, to render his existence a sorry thing and glum? Where once i

spent a dollar at Merry Christma-3 time, I now rear up :-nd holler at le -ting loose a dime; I view tbe tax collector, end speak the thoughts 1 feci, until the parish rector rebukes ni ; for my spiel. The tax collector's driving, he's evermore in view; with his fierce blanks he's killing the joys our lives once knew.

Reduced Waist 6 inches In less than six weeks, her waist

fietizing the delicacv appeared because ! measure has been reduced 6 inches and rf fha or.r.,oo,.o It . i she is losing fat steadily, reports Mrs. of the appearance of the container. H. E. Jenks. who says all fat people

These boxes, as well as many other supplies of apiaries, are made of bass-

wood.

Once the prejudice was removed, it

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favorite material for dowels, the little

cylindrical pieces of wood used to fit pieces of wood together, such as appear in the leaves of the dining room table. Nothing, it was found, would add to the clean appearance pf a traveling trunk any more than basswood and so it was used for the sides of trays and partitions. Picture frames and mouldings, where a non-splitting material was necessary were found to be practical uses and finally, the outcast basswood

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