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SAME OLO HEN EVERYWHERE WA ÖOSSffi White House Gardeners Heave Sighs of Relief ;HIN(lTON Some of the gardeners connected with the propagating W 1 oear the old bureau of engraving and printing building, have . m . .,.,.. Ik.. iiumlnffllil Mail f Ihn U'Mtt HollBA heaving signs oi rcnei 1 GLAD WHAT THE PRESCHT 3 5 comc TO 00 UM ,,.. , ihm with gardeners when they plan to get ready for next year nil larticularly true of roses. Not knowing whether the president and I abOfl of his family have Intended to remain at the White House for I kit of the summer, and unaware of whether a large quantity of cut flowers .. allda! for the White House throughout the summer, the gardeners i ,t ilared to take up their established plants. White House depends very largely upon the propagating gardens for Bo wart, and when there was once a discussion of taking away from the sal grounds the propagating greenhouses, near the bureau of eu x'A printing. President Roosevelt put a stop to the plan for the time bj demanding to know: Where am 1 going to get my roses?" Etonians who were frequent dinner guests at the White House in I irn vr administrations have always been grateful to Mrs. Roosevelt for ig away with the superfluity of flowers at formal dinners and other dj tlMMrf It was the custom, one woman was recalling the other day, ill the mantels, mural tables, and even the window niches and other M that could be filled In. with masses of cut flowers and tropical plants ;; tosevoH inaugurated a more simple style of table decoration and of baring vases set here and there with graceful clusters In them. Postage Stamps Shown in the National Museum OSK of the finest museum collections of postage stamps In the world Is owned by the United State government. The public Is now, for the first t ' given the privilege of viewing these stamps In tabulated and orderly Their arrangement In brand i mahogany cases of most mod rrn construction haa been completed laph H. Iicavy, the government lallst, and they now form a per BUDCnl exhibit of the division of his of the national museum. This $2oo.ooo collection la In ! in th" southwest corner of the Id building of the museum in the I equipment of its kind In the world. I he ror ign countries are ar led in alphabetical order, and where there are colonies or possessions they are displayed In alphabetical order directly after the mother country in I 'graphical sequence. This collection is by no means complete; even from the United States Hanoi a few of the stamps are missing. But even so. the history of the growth of the I'nfted States post office is practically reviewed as one examines Iba collection The oldest specimens are those of the city issues of 1845 the rtl postmasters provisionals in this country. These ware Issued five years tb btrtb of stamps in Great Britain. The dates bring the fact startling I to mind that postage stamps have only been In use a little more than fifty sfi The first government Issues came out In 1847. )r;e of the gems of the collection is the display of 30-cent stamps of 1869 with Inverted medallions. The 30-cent stamp Is the rarest aquare of , Bt in the entire collection and is worth $1.500. Or. Carroll Fox Is Uncle ryt CARROLL FOX of the United States public health service knows prac V t rally all there is to know about flea. He has a full understanding of is habits and characteristics and is almost able to catch the flea point of view. A flea is not always the romp WICKED isSaB isW-t germs even smaller than Itself. That W M if the wicked caprices of many an Innocent appearing flea It is be j ' "f 'bese sinister traits that Doctor Fox of the h'-ith s- - ice has found it advisable to make fleaa a lifo work. A person who knows Just what line l a given flea carries in stock Is naturally able to tell just how far Id go in shunning the society of that particular flea. The whole proposition is simply a matter of dally routine with Fox He has little If n sard for the average flea, personally, than you or I have. He la a serious-minded acleatlst. Now, being a serious minded scientist. Foa is not given to cracking jokea ularly not about fleas. Yet. a while ago when Fox made the acquaint in entirely new genus of fleas, he gave the genua a name that ia not :iged with a certain auggestion of humor. The flea was discovered in the r of Africa. Fox has named it the Rooaeveltlella! asked him how he happened to pick the name of Rooseveltlella for the new brand of flea. 11.' Fox replied, in substance. "Theodore Roosevelt did a lot of valu work ,n the same locality where the flea was discovered and It seemed r fitting that it should be named after him.'' Moving Picture Machines Bought for the Army TH war 1ei trtment. through the office of Quartermaster Oeneral Aleshlro, aaa let a contract for 66 moving picture machines for the use of the army. ' taa war department has set out on a new plan whereby Uncle II endeavor to furnish imu. uid instruction for his soldiers a moving picture machine will bo sent 'har.Ialn of each post and each ' "Hj when troops are stationed. W only will each garrison have ,f a machine, but machines J ' Provided for troops In the In the large field camps, and at ; ko Texas City and Galveston, irge hodles are assembled for possible use n Mexico. Army officers mm mnri. eal 1'lrturp machine will be well worth the money In that it will provide : ' ' t entertainment, and also Instruction for soldiers. It will tend to wari better satisfied and to reduce desertions. Also It will tend The r" ,n Camp atnht irmf " ron",an,1' Increasing demand on the part of medical officers of " j ''r films which may be used In moving picture machines as an aid urs at army posts and camps In emphasizing the necessity of tho ' ' nt of sanitary measures and of personal habits which shall be W individual health. Sometime ago an effort was made at Fort oavelop a film which would illustrate the protective value of ho h 'mmunlza,lon- but the results were not entirely successful, and those sati.H; arrnnd tor the pictorial development of a demonstration were not "lulled with the rtoulta of their labors. wnicn aas nau iu uu wim me presi dent's plans for the summer, the un-dt-rstandtng being that President Wil son Is likely to remain at the Whit House for moat of the heated term, although the woman members of his family aro expected to go to the sum mer White House at Cornish, N. H. From the propagating gardens are supplied the flowers for the White House tables, corridors and decorations of that character for friend of the family. This is in be- Sam's Expert on Fleas ing, carefree individual be appears to be Many fleas are temperamentally wicked a great deal more wicked than an elephant for example, even though considerably smaller than an elephant in stature. A flea will move into a community that has never given it the slightest motive for re vfhge and begin to plot against it. spreading disease by means of germs that it carries about on Its person WOLVES ON THE BATTLEFIELD Hungry Animals Are Invading the Bloody Scenes of Conflict in Europe. History tells us that on Napoleon a fatal retreat from Moscow the wearied troop were constantly harassed by hungry wolf packs. Today It la said that the wolves have gathered from their fast u -shim in the forests of Po land and Si ii i tli Russia to gorge upou the battletleida of the eastern front, London Tit-Rita remarks. Some time ago an officer gave a graphic description of the long lines of wolves stealing from the coverta at nightfall, passing within a few feet of him as he lay wounded, and he atated that the sight of these gaunt forma, dimly limned against the dark sky, aa they busied themselves with their ghoatly feast, would never bo effaced from his mind Referring to the movements of wild boars, M Cunisset-Carnot states that by the middle of August, when heavy cannonading was proceeding along a vast front In northern France, rumors of strange occurrences began to come In. Foresters and woodmen reported that south of the lines of battle herds of wild boara began to invade coun try to which they were before entire Htrangers So rapidly did their num bers increase that soon they were to be met with everywhere. . PEER WHO SWAM NIAGARA Skeptical American Not Satisfied With Desborough's Statement So Hit Lordship Does It Again. Among the peerage a fine patriotism has been shown during the war, but no member of the nobility lias interested himself more in patriotic causes than Lord Desborougb. He is known as one of the most re markable sportsmen of the day, but ' very few people' are aware that he has swum Niagara Falls on two sepa rate occasions. After accomplishing the feat once he was about to return to England, and before the boat sailed was discuss ing the subject with some friends. An American, who was standing by, skeptically at last broke In with: ' Did I hear you say you had swum Nia gara" "Yes, I have." answered his lord ship ' That's not good enough" laughed the Yankee No man could attempt it and come out alive." Lord I an borough shrugged his shoulders. Then 1 had better go back and swim it again.' he said. So. to the amazement of the American, he calmly went back and swam Niagara for tfge second time Simple Life at St. Andrews. The university of St Andrews, where Pro'essor Herkless is appoint ed principal in succession to Sir James Donaldson, formerly bore closer resemblance to our southern seats of learning than the other Scottish uni versltloo. The practice of residing within the walls prevailed longer here than else where, and ceased mainly because the rooms were allowed to become unin habitable in the interest of the pro- tessors i .inaiemus aiviaenas. Anarev. Lang once met an aged St Andrews man w ho remembered t ho last under graduate resident in college. He cer tainly lived "the simple life," because he coeked for himself and peeled his potatoes with a razor! But the resident undergraduates must have been troublesome tenants, says tho Westminster Gatette They had a playful habit of breaking all the windows when they left, and one of them declared that if he did not get more drink he would burn down the college. Defying the Stomach. While trying to drink a quart of whisky without taking the bottle from bis lips Isaac B Pierson of Ciarks vllle, N. J., recently succumbed to heart trouble. He had won the whisky on the Harvard Yale football game, and was so elated that he insisted that his stomach was as good as his Judgment. He had almost accom plished the task when he dropped to the floor. More fortunate was Willis Hunting of Milwaukee, who took to himself a short time ago the title of champion almond eater of his city. He was very fond of burnt almonds and on a wager agreed to consume a flve-pound box. He performed the feat, ate half a pound more to show that he had not won by a fluke and then -took to his bed. A doctor had to be called, but with the liberal use of the stom ach pump Hunting pulled through. Boy Sticks in Freezer. While playing hide and seek with his companions. Rocco Masta, aged seven, crawled Into a big ico cream freezer standing in front of a fruit store at Altoona. Pa. He became wedged in the can in such a way that he ccjld not extricate himself, and his parents were notified of his plight. The mother fainted. The father has tened to the store, and by the time Rocco was rescued he was almoat froren, for there were Ice and brine In the tub. He will recover. One She's Overlooked. "Mrs. Prebscomb is engaged in all kinds of charitable work." "A busy woman, I dare say." "Tee, indeed She's so busy finding homes for the homeless that Mr Preb scomb, one of the moBt conspicuous examples of the sort I ever saw, spends moat of tho time at his club." - School Whose Pupils Speak Eleven Languages NEW YORK. Uncle Sam conducts in New York a school for little folk, the like of which will be found In no other place in the world. It Is a school of all nations. Do not judge by this that It la big. for it ij not. Sometimes -YOU'RE 00RiC) !3r- " - . I BBS BBBBBB Slav. Roumanian, German. Bulgarian and Yiddish Fach morning the moth ers come with their children and sit at the farther end of the big room sewing and knitting for the soldiers. For it Is all In the same building that they eat, sleep and live. The little pupils can see from their windows the tall buildings of the city across the bay What they do not know is that for some reason their parents have been forbidden to land and as soon as the terrible war is over they all will be sent back to their old homes. The ladies of the International institute learned about these children and knew that It might be many months before they could be deported, so they suggested the school and in December last sent Miss U. L. Puinkalazky I to take charge of It Some of the youngsters have been there since last sum mer When the school was started they were very much happier, and already they understand enough English to write little letters. Their teacher Is a very wonderful ask her no matter what the language. ' to talk "United States," as a little boy from Denmark said. Every morning they copy In letters and figures many times, as they , repeat after the teacher their names Then she writes words on the black board and they learn these, also. They are given prints of animals and flowers and these they color with crayon pencils. Next they have a gym nasium lesson, drilling with swordlike sticks, marching and learning how to breathe properly. After luncheon they play ail manner of games and b?.ve lots of fun. A little girl from far away Russia, for instance, tells how she used to play at home and the rest will all Join her. Before long most of these children will be promoted to a higher class, then they will have another teacher But whether these little friends are allowed to land In this country or are obliged to return to their own, it is safe to say that never will they forget each other, or the things they have learned, or the fun they had through the kindness and patience of their Hungarian teacher. Madison Students Like MADISON. WIS. About 141.200 malted milks are consumed annually by th? students of the University of Wisconsin, at a cost of $14.1-'. enough money to buy a good meal for 56,480 carefully compiled figures submitted by dealers In the university district. The straws used in the malted milks if placed in a direct line would reach 13 miles. The malted milk con sumed would fill a reservoir of 13. 000 gallons. Over three tons of the dry powder is consumed a year. Figures show that 1,040,000 cig arettes are consumed annually by stu dents, at a cost of $7.SO0. The clg- rettes, If placed in a direct line, would reach around Lake Mendota twice. There ia enough paper in the cigarettes consumed to make 1.300 library books of 100 pages each. There are enough cigarettes consumed to supply every one of the 6,000 students with 170 cigarettes a year. Uncle Sam's share of the tax which the student pays amounts to about $1,250. If one man smoked the cigarettes continually for 18 hours a day it would take him six years to smoke all the cigarettes consumed by the students in one year. The total cost of the malted milks and cigarettes amounts to $21.920, enough to put 73 students through one year of the university The total amount spent for these luxuries would buy libraries of the best literature for 300 families, supplying 100 books to each family Atlanta Thief Specializes in Electric Lights a TLANTA The Fulton county. Alabama, courthouse has been invaded re t Matty by a mysterious burglar, recorded in Atlanta in a long while. ' A Ol lOT V 4 w w OF THESE dul.85 ! I 4 Ol? a Reid on the sixth floor, of its lights, taking 12 globes. Judge Reld saw the thief a well-dressed young white man at work In the courtroom, and. when discovered, the latter posed as an electrician Judge Reid asked the stranger to place a light in one of his anterooms, and the "electrician' obligingly promised to do so. A few minutes later Judge Reid found all of his electric lights gone How Chicago Nearly Had the Laugh on St. Louis CHICAGO For a few minutes the other day Chicago had the laugh on St. Louis and then John Muserltls of 2722 Emerald avenue had to come along and spill the beans Tory Bardos started things when he appeared beforo Judge Caverly along with 25 other panhandlers picked up in West Madi son street. That is. Tony appeared disguised behind a blanket of soot and grime He admitted an antipathy to soap and asserted water, even as a beverage, was poor stuff. "I Just blew n from St. Louie. ' he said "Well, you can't mix with our bums without first taking a bath $5," said the court It was only a few minutes later that Mrs. Annie Muserltls faced her husband in the court of domestic rela tions. "1 couldn't stand to live with him any longer, she said. He has not taken a bath In seven months." Go heme and bathe dally, and 'f you miss one day during the nett month the bridewell will be your batl house." was the court s warning. h there are as many as 50 pupils there. but usually the average is 25. The sessions are held in a long, bright and sunny corridor on Ellta Island, where emigrants are landed. Sometimes you will find at study "the whole world in children," aa a deeply impressed visitor recently ob served. A photograph taken at a time when the school was not par tlcularly wll attended, shows kid dies who are Bohemian. Italian, Polish. Russian. Hungarian. Danish. talk to each other and some can even lady and can understand anything they But very soon they will all be able ; Malted Milk and "Cigs" people This is not a mere guess, but fnllK it CREAT STUFF MISS CKACl His operations are the most daring Officials are stirred up, also aorely perplexed. The burglar's specialty la electric lights. While two "eagle eyed" officers mingled with the crowds in the courthouse and with of flcltils in the various offices and court room, watching for the thief, the lat ter made a raid on the seventh floor and stole 21 globes, leaving the pri vate offices and courtrooms of Jude." T. O. Hathcock and L 7. Rosser. Jr. of the municipal court bare of lights A day or two before the thief cleared the courtroom of Judge H M DON'T YOU EVFR TAKf A BATH V7 rFi r mm J-iBV ff - K Rooster Have Often Saved the Trav eler tn Foreign Land From Homesickness. The efforts of the California poul try men to prove tbsvt eggs laid by Chinese bens are not sanitary are amusing. If these California hen own era had ever traveled a bit they would have found out that the hen is the same old hen wherever It acratches and cackles. It la a homesick feeling that comes over th sojourner in a foreign land who does cot understand a word of the language spoken around him. to hear a rooster crow, says the Hart ford Courant it is the aame old crow and is like a votce from home. So of the dog's bark, the horae's neigh, the mosqulto'a hum. the fly's buzz, the plg'a squeal. They are the same thing in every land and In aU climates. The birds tn different lands vary somewhat in what they have to say. but the barnyard and household crea tures speak their aame old language everywhere and at all times. They are the true world inhabitants, and the notion that an egg laid in China la any different from an egg laid by a hen In Connecticut or In California ia the fanciful and Belfish production of those who have never heard the friendly greeting of the hen in atrange lands RADIUM AS CANCER CURE la Especially Useful in Healing Super ficial Cancers of Skin and Other Cases. Of 741 cases of cancer treated la the Radium Institute of London last year there were 69 apparent cures, while 328 were reported Improved Many of the cases came to the atten tion of the institute tn too advanced a stage to be remedied The comparatively new curative known as radium is especially useful in dealing with superficial cancers of the skin and with case-, that are not easily operable Conveniently handled, it gets at growths which cannot be reached by means of the X-rays Be cause the patient can take radium In the mouth, cancer of the mouth, or palate, for instance, can be readily dealt with by radium Those birthmarks commonly known as jort wine stains" seem to be ef fectively treated with radium A por ter suffering from this disfigurement had repeatedly been refused employ ment. He went t the institute and after a time the mark was entirely eradicated "Knitters Neuritis." Too much wartime knitting and sew ing is responsible for the appearance in England of a malady which may be compared with writers' cramp or ten nis elbow The physicians call It knitters' neuritia." The only treat- meat is to give up knitting indefl nltely. "When any untrained set of muscles : is suddenly called upon to repeat In . definitely a complex and unaccus , tomed sequence of movements," aaya ' a London physician, "a spasmodic I paralysis is very likely to develop. ! Knitters' neuritia begins with the : worker feeling that the usual wrist I and finger movements cannot be fol J lowed with the customary ease. Then I the muscles get stiff, and in the later ! stage develop a spasmodic cramp as : soon as the knitting needles are ' taken into the Angers Although the fingers are tnus affected whenever an attempt Is made to knit, there is no Interference with other varieties of finger movement." More Oil Wells In Argentina. Nine new wells are now producing in the Argentina oil fields, making the total number of w ells 23 These wells, it is calculated, should give a total monthly production of 12.000 tons, fo: which the state expects to receive about $955.000 during the year. I'p to December 31 last proceeds of salea had brought In $3 40,000. Even assum ing that the results anticipated above are realized during the current year, the supply will be Inadequate to Justi fy many big Arms in adopting oil fuel instead of coal, unless they can make formal contracts for tbe quantlilea they require. In the meantime, the Anglo-Mexican Petroleum Producta company finds a more than ready mar ket to abaorb Ita large sklpaneuta. amounting to 10.00 to 16.000 ;ona monthly Caricature. Mrs. 0 H P Molmont. the suffragiat leader, was praising in New York the recruiting work of the English suffra gists. "Englishmen now.' she said, have a better understanding of their suffra gist sisters. Tbe average English man's idea of a suffragist In the paat Is w ell Illustrated in an anecdote. " 'Dear me, said one woman to an other, here's a wife Just been arrested for horsewhipping her husband in a public theater! " 'Quite right, the other woman, a suffragist answered firmly. 'Quite right, too, to arrest her. These pain ful duties should never be performed tn public, but only cn the sacred pri vacy of the home.' Finger-Print Love "Why do you think you'll be happy If you marry that young man. daugh ter?" asked the father. "Hecauae. father we've had our fing er-prlnts examined and they almoat natch, ' was tho sweet young thing a repfy.