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was G053H White House Gardeners Heave Sighs of Relief qj i ritNOTOHV Some of the gardener connected with the propagating Yl t'irden near the old bureau of engraving and printing building, hare i, j tiaving aigba of relief over the aenitofflclal news at the White House which baa bad to do with the pre!- GLAD VF KflOrV MAT THE 15 coinc TO 00 friends of the family. This is In be a sons with gardeners, when they plan to get ready for next year particularly true of roses. Not knowing whether the president and ban of his family have intended to remain at the White House for of the summer, and unaware of whether a large quantity of cut flowers I bf needed for the White House throughout the summer, the gardeners A ilared to take up their established plants. White Houe depends very largely upon the propagating gardens for .A. rs, and when there was once a discussion of taking away from the Bat grounds the propagating greenhouses, near the bureau of en Bg and printing. President Roosevelt put a stop to the plan for the time I v, demanding to know: Where am I going to get my roses?" i-hingtonlans who were frequent dinner guests at the White House la Br administrations have always been grateful to Mrs. Roosevelt for Bg away with the superfluity of flowers at formal dinners and other i - M there. It was the custom, one woman was recalling the other day. i:.k all the mantels, mural tables, and even the window niches and other a that could be filled in. with masses of cut flowers and tropical plants Roosevelt inaugurated a more simple style of table decoration and of g vases set here and there with graceful clusters in them Postage Stamps Shown in the National Museum OB of the finest museum collections if postage stamps in the world is wned by the United States government The public Is now. for the first given the privilege of viewing these stamps in tabulated and orderly Their arrangement in brand mahogany cases of most mod i instruction has been completed - ph R. Leavy, the government itell.-t. and they now form a per mit exhibit of the division of his nf the national museum. This $2-0.00O collection Is in I in th" southwest corner of the ! b ruling of the museum In the Dnest equipment of its kind In the world. i ne roreign countries are ar- ged in alphabetical order, and where there are colonies or possessions are displayed in alphabetical order directly after the mother country iu - -aphical sequence. This collection is by no means complete: even from the United States i - MM a few of the stamps are missing But even so. the history of the - iw th of the 1'nited States post office is practically reviewed as one examines collection The oldest specimens are those of the city issues of 184& the !'rst postmasters provisionals in this country. These were issued five years ifbKf the birth of stamps in Great Britain. The dates bring the fact startltng ly to mind that postage stamps have only been In use a little more than fifty year. The first government issues came out in 1S47. One of the gems of the collection Is the display of 30-cent stamps of I Ml with Inverted medallions The 30-cent stamp Is the rarest square of Iff in the entire collection and is worth $1,500. Or. Carroll Fox Is Uncle Sam's Expert on Peas IR CARROLL FOX of the United States public health service knows prac U ti rally all there Is to know about fleas. He has a full understanding of MT habits and characteristics and is almost able to catch the flea point of view. A flea Is not always the romp germs even smaller than Itself That M of fhe wicked caprices of many an innocent appearing flea. It Is be cause of these sinister traits that Doctor Fox of the health service baa found M advisable to make fleas a life work. A person who knows just what line ' germs a given flea carries in stock Is naturally able to tell just how far one should go In shunning the society ot that particular flea. The whole r - position Is simply a matter of daily routine with Fox. He has little If any more regard for the average flea, personally, than you or I have. He is a - Tlous-mlnded scientist. Now. being a serious minded scientist. Fox is not given to cracking jokes particularly not about fleas. Yet. a while ago when Fox made the acquaint- - of an entirely new genus of fleas, he gave the genus a name that Is not untinged with a certain suggestion of humor. The flea was discovered in the dark interior of Africa. Fox has named It the Rooaeveltiella! Somebody asked him how he hapjened to pick the name of Rooaeveltiella 'or the new brand of flea Well," Fox replied. In substance. Theodore Roosevelt did a lot of valu able work in the same locality where the flea was discovered and it seemed rvber fitting that it should be named after him ." Moving Picture Machines Bought for the Army TI,E wa" department, through the office of Quartermaster General Aleshlre. 1 has let a contract for 66 moring picture machines for the use of the army. ' his means the war department has set out on a new plan whereby Uncle ""am will endeavor to furnish amuse- nint and Instruction for his soldiers. A moving picture machine will be sent to tfca chaplain of each post and each v where troops are stationed. Not only will each garrison have the- use of a machine, but machines W'H be provided for troops In the H, In the large field camps, acd at : f.s like Texas City and Galveston. h- large bodies are assembled for Poible use In Mexico. Army officers are convinced th niovlng picture machine will be well worth the money in that it will provide amusement, entertainment, and also Inatructlon for soldiers It will tend to niake the soMirs better satisfied and to reduce desertions Also it will tend to keep soldiers In camp at night th ' conBtntly Increasing demand on the part of medical officers of ne army for films which may be used in moring picture machines as an aid n ures at rmy I0" and camps In emphasizing the necessity of the nrorcemont of sanitary measures and of personal habits which shall be onducive to individual health Sometime ago an effort was made at Fort tten to develop a film which would illustrate the protective value of wh h ' ,mmunllaUon- ut the results were not entirely successful, and those -TT ,af rriKed lor the pictorial development of a demonstration were sot HJH with the raaults of their labors. dent's plans for the summer, the un derstanding being that President Wil son is likely to remain at the White House for most of the heated term, although the woman members of his family sre expected to go to the sum mer White House st Cornish. N H. From the propagating gardens are supplied the flowers for the White. House tables, corridors and decorations of that character for ing, carefree Individual be appears to be Many fleas are temperamentally wicked a great deal more wricked 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 venue and begin to plot against It. spreading disease by means of germs that It carries about on its person -BBtfBBaBfkXU&LWTW WOLVES ON THE BATTLEFIELD Murg-y Animals Are Invading the Blood Scenes of Conflict in Europe. History tells uh that on Napoleon s fatal retreat from Moscow the wearied troop were constantly harassed by hungry wolf packs. Today It Is said that the wolves have gathered from their fastnesses In the forests of Po land and South Russia to gorge upon the battlefields of the eastern front. London Tit Hits remarks. Some time ago an officer gave a graphic description of the long lines of wolves stealing f(om the coverts at nightfall, passing within a few feet of bim as he lay wounded, and he stated that the sight of these gaunt forms, dimly limned against the dark sky. as they busted themselves with their ghostly feaat, would never be 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 boars began to invade coun try to which they were before entire strangers 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 Oesborough's Statement So His Lordship Does It Again. Among the peerage a fine patriotism has been shown during the war, but no member of the nobility has 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 wttb some frie nds An American, who was standing by. skeptically at last broke in with: 1 Did I hear you say you had swum Nia gara F Yes. I have." answered his lord ship That's not good enough'' laughed the Yankee No man could attempt It and come out alive. ' Ixrd rvsborough shrugged his shoulders. Then 1 had better go back and swtm it again." he said. So. to the amazement of the American, he calmly w-nt back and swam Niagara for the second time Simple Life at St. Andrews. The university of St Andrews, where Professor 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 versltles 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 fessors' Candlemas dividends. Andrew Lang once met an aged St. Andrews man who remembered the last under graduate resident in college He cer tainly lived "the simple life." because he coeked for himself and peeled his potatoes with a raxor! But the resident undergraduates must have been troublesome tenants, says the Westminster Gazette. 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 diink a quart of whisky without taking the bottle from his lips Isaac Jt Pierson of Clarks Tllle, 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 nf burnt almonds and on a wager agreed to consume a five-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 Freexer. While playing hide and seek with his companions. Rocco Masta. aged seven, crawled into a big ice cream freezer standing in front of a fruit store at Altoona, Pa. He became wedged in the can in such a way that he could 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 almost froien. for there were Ice and brine In the tub He will recover. One She's Overlooked. "Mrs Prebscomb is engaged In aft kinds of charitable work." "A busy woman. I dare say." "Yes. indeed She's so busy finding homes for the homeless that Mr Preb scomb, one of the most conspicuous examples of the ort I ever saw, spends most of the time at his club. School Whose Pupils NEW YORK. Uncle Sam conducts like of w hich will be found In no of all nations. Do not judge by this 'YOU'RE DOING"") FiNE TZ 'us r i a. Slav. Roumanian. German. Bulgarian and Yiddish Fach morning the moth ers come w ith their children and sit at the farther end of the big room sew Ing 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 th.-ir windows the tall buildings of th? city across the bay What they do not know is that for some reason the:r 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 Polnkalszky 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 talk to each other and some can even write Utile letters Their teacher is a very wonderful lady and can understand anything they ask her. no matter what the language. But very soon they will all be able 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 animaU and flowers and these they color with crayon pencils N xt they have a gym nasium lesson, drilling with swordlike sticks, man !. rid learning how to breathe properly. After luncheon they play all manner of games anJ have 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 das, then they will have another teacher Bui 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 M ADISON. 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 56.40 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 thre- t.r.s of the dry powder is consumed a year. Figures show that tjMMM cig arettes are consumed annually by stu dents, at a cost of fT.SOO. The cig arettes. If placed In a direct line. would reach around Lake Mendota twice. There is enough paper in the cigarettes consumed to make 1.30) library books of 10 pages each. There are enough cigarettes consumed to supply every one of the 6.00 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 i cently by a mysterious burglar, recorded In Atlanta in a long while i i Irl Ct iTIfY i 7Sbl A Pllf?TY uCfecTv' w t tT2lx:ar(000 GOOD COLLECTlOrl OF THESE cleared the courtroom of Judge II. M Reld on the sixth floor, of its lights, taking 12 globes. Judge Reid saw the thief a well-dressed voung white man at work in the courtroom, and. wh' n 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 Inter Judge Reld 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 Museritis of 2722 Emerald avenue had to come along and spill the beans. Tony Hardos started things when he appeared before 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 In 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 Museritis fared her tlons "I couldn't Und to live with him taken a bath In seven months " "Go home and bathe dally, and month the bridewell will be your bat) Speak Eleven Languages In New York a school for little folk, the other place In the world. It Is a school that it Is big. for It i. not. Sometimes there are as many as 50 pupils there, but usually the average is 75. The sessions are held in a long, bright and sunny corridor on Ellis Island, where emigrants are landed Sometimes you w ill find .at study the whole world in children." as a deeply impressed visitor recently ob served. A photograph taken at a time when the school was not par ticularly well attended, shows kid dies who are Hohem ian. Italisn, Polish. Russian. Hungarian, Danish, Malted Milk and "Cigs" people This Is not a mere guess, bul GREAT STUFF MISS CI A CI His operations are the most daring Officials are stirred up. also sorely perplexed The burglar's specialty Is l ctnc llgnts Wüüe two eagle- p'ed" officers mingled with the crowds In the courthouse and with of flcials In the various offices and court room, watching for the thief, the lat ter made I raid on the seventh floor and stole 21 globes, leaving the pri vate offices and courtrooms of Judge T. O. Hathcock and L Z Rosser. Jr. of the municipal court bare of lights A day or two before the thief hubaml In the court of domestic re la- any longer," she said. "Ml bas not M you miss one day during the next house," was the oourt's warning. SAME OLO HEN EVERYWHERE Rooaters Have Often Saved th Trav eler in Foreign Lands From Homesickness The efforts of the California poul trymen to prove that eggs laid by Chinese hens are not sanitary ari amusing. If these C alifornia hen own ers had ever traveled a bit they would have found out that the hen is th same old hen wherever It scratches and cackles. It is a homesick feeling that come over the sojourner in a foreign Ian I who doh not understand a word of the language spoken around him. to hear a rooster crow, says the Hart ford Courant It is the same old crow and is like a voice from home. So of the dog's bark, the horse's neigh, the mosqutto'is hum, the fly's buzz, the pig's squeal They are the same thing In every land and in a'l climates. The birds In different lands vary somewhat in what they have to say. hut the barnyard and household crea tures speak their same old language everywhere and at all times They are the true world inhabitants, and the notion that an egg laid in China is any different from an egg laid by a hen in Connecticut or in California is the fanciful and selfish production of those who have never heard the friendly greeting of the hen in strange lands RADIUM AS CANCER CURE ll Especially Useful in Healing Super f.clal Cancers of Skin and Other Cases. Of 74' cases of cancer treated in the Radium Institute of London last year there were 09 apparent cure, while .''Js were reported improved Many of the cases came to the atten tion of the institute in 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 cases that are not easily operable Conveniently handled, it gets at growths which cannot be reached by means of the X-rays. He cause the patient can take radium in the mouth, canct-r of the mouth, or palate, for instance, can be readily dealt with by radium Thos.- birthmarks commonly known as port wine stains" seem to be ef fectively treated wtth laiium A por ter suffering from this disfigurement had repea'edly been refused employ ment He went to the Institut and after a time the mark was entirely eradicated "Knitters' Neuritia" Too much wartime knitting and sew ing is responsible for the appearance I in England of a malady which may be compared with writers' cramp or ten nis elbow. The physicians call it knitters' neuritis." The only treat- ' in nt is to give up knitting indeti i nltely. When any untrained set of muscles . is suddenly called upon to repeat in definitely a complex and unaccus tomed sequence of movements," says I a Loudon physician, "a spasmodic i paralysis Is very likely to develop Knitters' neuritis begins with the ) worker feeling that the usual wrist and finger movements cannot be fol lowed with the customary ease Then the muscle get stiff and In the later ' stage develop a spasmodic cramp as ' soon as the knitting needles are I taken Into the fingers Although the ' fingers are thus affected whenever an I attempt is made to knit, there is no j 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 wells 23 These wells, It is calculated, should give a total monthly production of 12,000 tons, for which the state expects to receive about IHMM during the year. Up to December .11 last proceeds of sales had brought in $340. 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 tirms In adopting oil fuel Instead of coal, unless they can make formal contracts for the quantities they require. In the meantime, the Anglo-Mexican Petroleum Products company finds a more than ready mar ket to absorb Its larg shipments, amounting to 10.000 to 16.000 tons monthly Caricature. Mrs O H I Helmont. the suffragist leader, was praising in New orK tne recruiting work of the English suffra gists Englishmen now. " she said, have a better understanding of their suffra gist sisters. The average English man's idea of a suffragitt In the past is well 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 In public, but only on 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 Hecause. father we've had our flng ir-printa examined and they almost match, ' was the sweet young thing s