The Syracuse Journal, Volume 29, Number 1, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 30 April 1936 — Page 3

THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1930.

S; Up en|e ervTge • ScWnc* Strrli*—WXV Sarvic*. Twenty Billion Years Is Age of Scientist Declares -ig Harvard Findings Differ. With British Estimate CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — The universe is not so old after all! Flatly contradicting Sir James Jeans* figure of ten million times a million years for the age of the universe. Dr. Bart J. Bok of the Harvard college observatory has found that number approximately five hundred times too high. Twenty billion years is the upper limit of the age of the universe, as viewed by Doctor Bok. Jeans' long time scale does not fit with the evidence of star dusters, with the known facts of the rotation of the Milky Way system or with the existing theories of the creation of the spiral nebulae. Nor does it explain the existence In the Mme star duster of •‘young*’ red giant stars and of "old" dwarf stars. "The giants with their tremendous energy output can hardly have existed for much longer than 10.000,000 years, unless we wish to make the as yet unfounded hypothesis that the energy radiated, away is being replenished in some unknown fashion from surrounding space," Doctor Bok said. A Stellar Catastrophe. “We found it unlikely," he concluded, “that the observed clusters have existed for more than twenty billion yean as groups of stars. Lemaltre’s theory of rhe expanding universe Indicates that a catastrophe took place a few billion years ago, and it is tempting to. place the origins of the stars and stellar systems at the epoch of this catastrophe." Hundreds of star dusters. Including the well known Pleiades, Hyades, and Taurus, would now be on the verge of disintegrating all at once, torn apart by the gravitating forces of the Milky Way, If they had been in existence as long as Jeans believes, Doctor Bok has found. How Age la Figured. "In the course of their development these clusters must have wandered through widely different parts of our galaxy, but In spite of this, under Jeans* long time scale we would find them ready to disintegrate, cosmically speaking, simultaneously," he Mid. “In other words if we were to take our observations at a future epoch removed from the present by only half a pier cent of the total supposed age of our galaxy, no sign of them would be left . "It seems absurd to assume that several hundred clusters, all of which had presumably considerable mass and density at the time of their birth, would be observed simultaneously on the rente of disintegration in a galaxy for which the conditions that determine the rate of disintegration will be apt to vary from point to point" Astronomer Finds * New Star Dust Rings in the Milky Way CAMBRIDGE, MASS.—Three tremendous rings of star-dust, hitherto unknown planetary nebulae. have been found in the Milky Way by Mrs. Muriel M. Seyfert. young research assistant at the Harvard college observatory. Each of them is believed to be hundreds of times larger than our entire solar system, yet they are so far distant they can be seen .only through moderately powerful telescopes. Even then, the rings are Dot visible to the human eye but can only be detected on sensitive photographic plates where they appear as luminous rings sur- . rounding brilliant nucleus stars. These center stars would, of course, be visible through large telescopes. Actually the tremendous nebulae are not rings but spheres or balls of expanding gas and tiny particles, some of them probably as fine as molecules. From their appearance on plates, bowever, astronomers have named them “ring nebulae." Mrs. Seyfert'* dlacoveries were made through an examination of plates taken at Harvard's station at Bloemfontein. South Africa. Billion Mlle Diameter. While sufficient data have not yet been assembled to permit accurate cab eolation of the »|xe and distance of the rings, Harvard observers believe that like most of the approximately ISO known planetary nebulae, those found by Mrs. Seyfert are several hundred light years sway from the earth and have a diameter that is expressed in billions of miles. At present, astronomers express their six® in terms of the angle formed by Imaginary lines drawn from the observer's eye to the top and bottom of the stellar body. By this calculation two of the nebulae have an angular diameter of about one-fiftieth of a degree. The third nebula Is about onehalf this size. Astronomers also believe that the rings have a density similar to that of other planetary nebulae—a density 1.000.000.0W.000.000 times lighter than air. So rare la the atmosphere of the rings that, although only IXS cubic feet of Mr weigh a pound, it takes approximately 100,000 cubic miles of planetary nebular space to give the same IB ounce*.

Longer Life Is Hope From Study of Age, Scientists Hold Cells of Aged Animals Found to Grow Rapidly MILLIONS are alive today who, if they had been born a generation or two ago, would have fallen victims to smallpox, diphtheria or one of the other great killers of former times. The disease fighters of modern medical science learned to conquer these plagues, only to be confronted with other disease enemies of an entirely different sort—cancer, heart disease, kidney disease and the like. Diseases of the heart and blood vessels which today take first place as cause of death are due not so much to “germs" and,poisons as to the process of growing old. Efforts to stave off death another ten or twenty years—or indefinitely, if you are optimistic about It —must therefore depend on new methods of disease-fighting. At Columbia university the problem is being attacked by a study of the aging process Itself. An important first step was taken when one of the Columbia Investigators, Dr. Henry SSimms, found that the body cells of aging animals will grow outside the body in what are called tissue cultures Just as readily as cells from the bodies of very young animals. Study Aging Procass. While the cells of aged animals will grow as readily, however, another Columbia scientist found that some of these aged cells do not function as well. It seems to depend on which organs of the body the cells came from. This seems to parallel the fact that some organs of the body, the heart, for instance, wear out and are unable to keep going or functioning normally earlier than other organs. The cells from the lymph glands and the liver showed the greatest decrease In functional activity. Long Time Required. “Just how much significance is to be attached to these observations is not known at present.” Dr. James W. Jobling, professor of pathology at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. said In describing the studies of aged tissues. “But we hope to expand and continue this phase of the work, for it is possible that here we may find some clew to the answers we are seeking. Studies are also being conducted on cancer and arteriosclerosis. However, owing to the nature of the problems, it Is obvious that they must be carried out over a long period of time, and It la our hope that we may continue tc obtain the financial assistance neces sary to enable us to carry out the program now planned.” i , Billion Dollar Loss From Rust Faces U. S. Every Year NEW VX)RK.—There is much alarming comment these days on the size of the public debt. It costs about a billion dollars * a year merely to pay the Interest on this loan. Few people, however, feel vitally concerned about the money lost due to the rusting of tbelr property. Dr. R. M. Burns of the Bell Telephone laboratories here points out, however, that this Ims due to rust is approximately as large as the Interest on the public debt , One of the most widely used rust preventives is paint, and 120,000,000 gallons are used annually; one gallon for every man, woman and child in the country. How Metals Corrode. In an article in the Bell System Technical Journal, Doctor Burns describes the various processes which occur when metals corrode. What finally happens is. of course, that the metal goes into chemical combination with , something else and is thereby rendered useless. It may seem a far cry from a rusty nail to the battery In a flashlight But actually the formation of rust on the nail Is, to a large extent, a result of the action of thousands of tiny electric batteries on the surface of the iron. Most school boys know that a battery can be made of an iron rod and a copper rod dipped into a solution of some salt or arid. If be has tried It he knows also that, as the battery is used, the iron destroyed. The same process occurs on the surface of the metaL The metikl itself and some speck of impurity on its surface are "Immersed” so to speak, tn a film of moisture taken from the air. The metal and the pieces of Impurity are, of course. In electric*! contact so that the microscopic batteries run continually and the iron is slowly but surely eaten up. It la largely for this reason that iron rusts slowly, if st all, when the air is very dry. Invisible Fish Line New Threat to Trout WASHINGTON. — Fishermen and amateur anglers stand to benefit from the latest event in the life of tungsten, the metal which replaced carbon filaments in electric light bulb*. Christian Dantsisen, Schenectady. N. T, inventor, has just been awarded a U. S. patent here which describes the use of tungsten wire, as fine as human hair, in fishing tackle. He claims tt wIU be of great value la fishing because it Is apparently invisible to fish, especially trout And that his Is not another "fish" story ta indicated by the fact that General Electric company, whfeb use# miles and miles of tungsten wire in light bulb*. has taken over his patent -

/■■■ ADVENTURERS’ CLUB “The Servant Problem ** By FLOYD GIBBONS Famous Headline Hunter. STEP up and meet Frances Walton—Mrs. F. R. Walton of New York city. Frances has come to tell us an adventure yarn—the story of how she ran into the servant problem. Only don t make any mistake about that problem of hers. It wasn’t how to keep a servant. It was a totally different sort of problem that had more to do with her own safety than it had with getting her housework done for her. It happened in the fall—housecleaning time. Frances was living in a house at 25 East Eleventh street, and the windows needed washing. It was the year 1919, and help was hard to get She didn’t know anybody she to give the job to, so she asked a bellhop in a nearby hotel if he had any friends who wanted to earn a few dollars. The bellhop said he knew Just the man for the job. He promised to send him around early the next morning. And sur* enough, along about half past sight, a man came to the door and said he was th* window washer Frances had asked for. Frances put him to Work on the windows, and that bird sure was a bustier. He did so well that day, that Frances told him to come back the next, to do some other Jobs that needed doing. But the next day, that bird didn’t show up till about half past eleven. And when he did come, he brought Old Lady Adventure with him. Window Washer Turns Out to Be a Thug. The first thing Frances knew of his arrival was when he came to her room on the second floor. The maid had let him In. He told Frances that the water waa running in one of the laundry tubs in the cellar and he couldn’t shut It off. It was a common enough complaint and Frances didn’t suspect anything. She started down toward th* cellar with him, but the minute they reached the foot of the basement stairs, the man grabbed both her arm*. “Keep quiet,” he Mid, "and you won’t be hurt.” A chill shot along Frances' spine. From the back of the cellar another man appeared—a small, rat-faced man with a clothesline in his hands. Another man came from somewhere behind her and put his hands over her eyes so she couldn't see him. The three men tied her hands behind her back and led her down the steps to the cellar. There they tied her feet. , Frances Is Bound While Robber Gang Ransacks House. When they had tied her feet, they started to gag her. One of them wanted to stick a wad of rolled-up newspaper in her mouth, but Frances begged him not to. She was short of breath, and that wad might have killed her. The man — S r fMM The Ruffian* Overpowered and Tied Her Up. went out and got a pillow slip, tore it into strips, and put one of them over her mouth. Another, he tied across her eyes. Then they put her on the floor against the wall and one man—the one who didn’t want to be seen—was left there to watch her. All this time, fear was growing in Frances’ heart. What were those men up tot Did they intend to kill h*r? France* didn’t honestly think so. Still, you never can tell what is liable to happen to you when you fall into the hands of ruthless men such a* these seemed to be. She leaned back against th* wall, her heart pounding violently, ahd waited to see what would happen. Meanwhile, the other two men had gone upstairs and were gathering together all the valuables they could find. The maid asked one of them where Frances was, and be told her she had gone out He also told her that Frances had left word that she was to clean up the top floor—and the maid, suspecting nothing, went upstairs, leaving them free to ransack the lower floors at their leisure. Frances Keeps Her Wits; Makes Guard Uneasy. But now, let’s get back to Frances, down there in the cellar, watched by the third bandit After 15 minute* or so, she found that the bandage over her mouth was loose. By shaking her head from side to side, she managed to work it off, and then she told the man who was watching her that a man who lived in th* bouse was coming back at 12 o’clock. It was almost noon by that time, and the bandit began to get uneasy. After a few minutes, he got up and went out About five minutes passed after that Then Frances beard footsteps uprtairs. The bandits were leaving the house. Frances waited until they had fone and the door was closed behind them. Then she began calling to the maid. Thieves Are Caught, but Valuables Never Recovered. She had to call several times before the maid heard her. Then she beard her footsteps in the kitchen, and on the cellar stairs. But that maid wasn’t much help. She was so frightened that her fingers trembled and she couldn’t untie the knots In the ropes. France* told her to go outside and see if she could find a policeman. Th* maid came back In a few minute* and Mid she couldn’t find a policeman. By that time, the maid was more excited than Frances. Frances sent her next door to get a man to untie the ropes, and so, at last, *h« got out of her predicament. Then she called th* polic*. The three men were all caught and sent to prison. But none of Frances’ valuables —and many of them were heirlooms—were ever recovered. ©—WNU ServJe*.

West Ireland Wealth That Haur Brought Faxhe AU West Ireland is rich in Uterary associations. Just off the coast, across the mouth of Galway, bay, lie the Aran Islands, where John M. Synge went to live after he bad decided to write plays of Irish peasant life. They are among the last homes of. Gaelic In Ireland, and long before travelers came to see the fascinating native life on them, scholars bad come there from all Europe to study that language. according to a writer in the Los Angele* Times. Synge told of the life of the Aran fishermen In his “Rider* to the Sea." and many times acknowledged his debt to Irish peasants such a* these. One of the most conspicuous features of die islands Is the great slabs of limestone on them, which in some places tower up a thousand feet Because the surface of the stone is so slippery, the Islanders all wear a soft rawhide moccasin, held together with thongs, and in place of rowboats they get about In “curraghs,” light canoe* of wickerwork. These are covered with canvas, and ride over the wares Far-Away Tahiti Tahiti, probably the most attractive of the South Sea islands, is 6J500 miles distant from New York via the Panama canal; 3.600 miles from San Francisco,; 3,000 miles from Australia, and 6.000 mites from Asia. It is an isolated jewel Jud Tunkins says all this tax trou- **

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of the Atlantic like chips on Its back. Frail as curraghs appear, the Islander* often transport domestic animals from one island to another in them. North of the islands is Sligo, where William Butler Yeats was born. Sligo Is built on a wide bay with many inlets, and across from It is Knocknarea, where “the host ts riding." On Benbulbin. the chief mountain o( the section, died Dianuuid. with whom Grania fled from Tara, jilting her other suitor, the giant Finn MacCooL Later when Mac Cool came asking hospitality. Grana persuaded Diarmuld to give it He and Finn went hunting together, and on Benbulbin he met his death through Finn’s spells. Mac Cool then went off with Granta, who became bis queen. City’s T***at* Total 1354,295 The total number of rent payers in New York city is reported at 1,354,295 families—or 78 per cent of the population. Os this number 55368 families living in Manhattan paid less than 320 monthly—and in the Greater city, representing all boroughs, a total of 85.020 families come under this classification. Ambidexterity Better The modern trend is to teach a child to use his right hand instead of the left In sets where the left hand is awkward. Such as in shaking hands. Ambidexterity seems to be a better solution than forbidding the child the use of the left hand. PiatijMH* Used Platinum te W*M >; I® wMneret* _tv Im tDrouga wnico imjvu m julvu to uv ate the tiny filaments that are span fM " ""

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THE STORY OF HORATIO 1— Horatio was a slow thinker. 2 — He didn’t retain very well. 3— As a boy he was so dumb his playmate* nicknamed him “The Dummy." 4 — He was very slow mastering simple games and always lost at parches!. 5— On the high school baseball team he stole second with the bases full, and on the scrub football team lost a game by running the wrong way with the ball. 6— He just didn’t seem able to grasp things. 7— As a young man he took up bridge and set a new world’s record the first year for the number of consecutive times be was set after redoubling. 8— He stuck to the game, however, although everybody tried to avoid him as a partner. 9— He never could remember what was bld and was always bidding the wrong suit himself. 10 — When contract came in, he be-_ came especially enthusiastic and was eagerly sought as an opponent by even fifth-rate players. 11— When he won a rubber everybody knew It could only be a case of a phoney deck or a major accident 12— His reputation as a terrible bridge player grew by leaps and bounds. 13— But he made a fortune, and you’ll never guess how. 14— He wrote a book called “Contract Made a Pushover for the Beginner." 15— It sold- a million copies and led to a job writing articles for newspapers all over the country on the fine points of contract bridge. MORAL—A full fountain pen covers a multitude of sins. • • * RHYMES OF SUCCESS Diligent In business be. Always change your socks; Live with great frugality— And don’t buy railroad stocks! • • • CURIOUS FACTS FOR CURIOUS PEOPLE 1— Cigarette burns on a piano case can be removed with a chisel and saw. 2— It has been estimated by careful students of the cinema that 88 out of every 100 laughs in the movie* are dependent on grapefruit 3— The average life of safety rasor blade is 43 cuts. 4— A New England boiled dinner will sustain life in one man for four days, but it will hardly be worth it 5— The Chinese have rejected football as a national game, owing to the long time it would take to give the signals in the native dialect 6 It is against the law to ride a high-wheeled bicycle on the sidewalks of Brooklyn, N. Y. 7— The appetite for chicken soup can be curbed by leaving in the feathers. 8— Eugene O’Neil can go hours at a time without being frivolous. 9— In Jupiter. Fla., there is a man who never broke his watch crystal • * * a Oh. see the man ’ The man is a racketeer. What is a racketeer? A racketeer is a man who enjoys special privileges in America and who gets more space in the newspapers in a month than honest business men get in their lifetimes. How does the racketeer obtain special privileges? It’s all d«me by mirrors, machine guns, armored cars and political affiliation*. Are racketeers ever arrested? Now and then. Do they go to prison? Rarely ever. f Why not? It’s too difficult Some of them try very bard to get into the hoosegow, but It is almost impossible. If rounded up : on serious charge*, such as defying the Constitution, general lawlessness and murder, don’t they go to prison? Not 90 that you could notice it Bnt Isn't there any way a racketeer can get the government to put him in, prison? Oh, ye*, there is one way that will greatly excite Uncle Sam and cause him to deal quickly and severely with a racketeer. DOBERMAN PINSCHER DOG The Doberman pinscher 1* a large, smooth-coated terrier of a breed (recognised in 1900) originating in Apolda, and in Thuringia generally about 1800, and named after the first breeder, one Dobermann. It bas straight forelegs and broad bindquarters, is black, brown, or blue in color, with rust-red markings, and I* from 21 to 25 inches tn both length and height A small variety, the miniature pinscher, la U inches high.

What way is that? By giving the government reason to suspect that he has cheated on his income tax return. Why does the government become so suddenly alert in a case of income tax evasions? It’s one of life's little mysteries. • * • OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS The horse he is a noble beast; He's man’s best friend, no doubt, But hasn't been so useful since The buggy-ride went out He still is seen upon the streets Or grazing in a lot But as a means of travel, well. He isn’t very hot I love the horse, and who does not? He’s faithful, strong and kind. But Just the same I think he’s left His future far behind. •• • ‘ , GRAMMAR Which Is proper: 1— “I think the Giants were playing great baseball,” or, "I think the Giants was playing great baseball”? And why make either statement? 2— “The market enjoyed a strong rally,” or “The market experienced a strong rally”? And why not tell the truth and say that a few stocks went up an eighth? 3— “The radio announcer’s voice were very pleasing,” or “The radio announcer's voice was very pleasing"? And do you believe either statement? 4— ambassador attended court wearing a one-piece bathing suit of pink and green” or, "The ambassador attended court attired in the conventional velvet knee pants”? WHATS WRONG WITH THESE SENTENCES? The candidate for the nomination for the Presidency mounted the rostrum and told the public frankly how he stood on every issue before the American people. The Broadway chorus girl left the city in deep humiliation when she found that her picture had been put on the first page of a newspaper In connection with a scandal Involving a millionaire merchant. The fisherman caught a fish weighing eight pounds, but refused to pose for photographs or discuss the matter. “Please let me walk In the rear of the parade,” begged the drum major. “Tm a little bashful.” The senator, when Interviewed on the foreign situation, gave views which in no way contradicted his previous utterances on the subject The hitch-hikers refused to signal passing cars, saying: “If anybody wants toipick me up they will stop for .me of their own accord.’’ natural history Consider the pobbly-wobbly fish Which Is raised In a water pail: It’s a type of fish that makes a swish— For It hasn’t a fish's tall. You may look at It most intently and You will see how it gets its fame— For both ends, you’ll see. for a certainty. Are beyond all dispute the same. There’s a head on the end where the tail should be And a head where the tail should not; So It looks both ways while It swims and plays And it points to no given spot When it’s quite composed, either way it goes. And it goes there quite calmly, too. But when crises come It acts very dumb — For it cannot think what to do. It can swim to the left it can swim to the right And be facing the way it wishes. And either end ean see where it’s beenr— Which is not true of other fishes. BE KIND TO ANIMALS . Be gentle with the tiger and Treat lions kindly too. Don't twist, my dears, a jaguar’s ears Nor aggravate a gnu. Be nice to little leopard eat* And treat hyenas right; To kick a bear is quite unfair And rather Impolite. PORTRAITS IN BOOKS Before printing, books were written by band, and If the Illuminator happened also to be a natural portrait painter, w® may have th* likeness of some famous personage of the past The portrait of Chaucer, England’s celebrated writer of the Fourteenth century, is thus believed to have com* down to us as authentic, a fellowscribe of his generation who knew him, happening also to be a good hand at portrait painting.

Dainty Collars and Jabots to Crochet Patter* UM High time to be thinking up fresh accessory notes for spring J isn’t It? Then what better than these airy, lacy collars and dainty jabot for giving last year’s frock a “lift" and changing this year’s so it wins recognition I There’s an open front collar in a square mesh design, a triangular collar that close* in back, both easy to do in petite boncle. The soft, flattering Jabot of mesh with “nosegay" of Irish roses is made In cotton. Pattern 1136 comes to yon with detailed directions for making the collars shown; an illustration of them and of all the stitches needed; material requirements. Send 15 cents In coins or stamp* (coins preferred) to The Sewing Circle, Needlecraft Dept, 82 Eighth Ave, New York, N. Y. BOYS! GIRLS! Read the Grape Nuts ad in another column of this paper and learn how to join the Dizzy Dean Winners and win valuable free prizes.—Adv. Advancing Intellectually “We is becoming so intellectual," said Uncle Eben, “dat we Is tryln* to take as much interest tn a Supreme court decision as we doe* in a report of de coroner?* jury.” r I KILLS INSECTS ION ROWERS • FRUITS J I VEGETABLES & SHRUBS S Demand original sealed I bottles, from irodr dealer What Trepidation Is The meaning of trepidation I* alarm, dismay or consternation. GAS, GAS ALL THE TIME, CAN'T EAT OR SLEEP • "The gas on my stomach waa so bad 1 could not •at or •/••p. gran my hoart hurt. A triond »utjostod AdloriJta. Thtfiut „ dose 1 took brought me roM Now loafs k sleep fins and noror Mt M battat.”— Mn. Jas. FiUar. Adierika acts an BOTH upper and lower bowels while ordinary laxatives act on the lower bowel only. Adierika gives your system a thorough cleansing, bringing out old, poisonous matter that you would not believe was in your system and that has been causing gas pains, sour stomach, nervousness and headaches for months. Dr. H. L. Shoub, Hew York, roporta: **ln addition to intestinal cleansing, Adierika traatfy reduces bacteria and colon bacilli.” Give your stomach and bowels a REAL cleansing with Adierika and see how good you feel. Just one spoonful relieves GAS and chronic constipation. Sold by all druggists and drug departments. Alloy in Gold Coins Gold coins contain alloy becauM pure gold is too soft YOUnSKBLOOBRNSOMNGIFYOUDO Razors, caustic liquid* and harsh plasters are dangerous. The safe, quick way to remove corn* is with New Da Luxe Dr. Scholl’s Zinopad*. They instantly relieve pain; stop shoe pressure; yqo&e, tori end yw vent sore toes and blisters. Fledi cdcrtPwaterproof; don’t stick to stocking. Sold at alfdnia. ihoe and department stores. gid wnu—a2ZZZZZZZZZ IB-30 Be Sure They Properly Cleanse the Blood WOUR kidneys ar* constantly filterI ing waste matter from th* blood stream. But kidneys sometimes lag in their work—do not act as nature intended—fail to remove impurities that poison th* system when retained. Then you may suffer nsgging backache, dizziness, scanty or too frequent urination, getting up at night, puffiness under the eyes; fed nervous, misera.ble—*ll upseL _ Don’t delay? Us* Doan s Rih. Doan’s are especially for poorly funcuOiii<>9 Kfcncyi. i ncy mended by grateful users th* country ores. Get them from any druggist. I ■hmmiMbimmilmiWl