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FRIDAY. JULY 1. 19*1.
British Coal Strike Ea<U.
E'OR nearly three months almost 1,000.000 coal
' miners of Great Britain have been idle. They
' *- return to work on Monday. Their strike has
brought unemployment to a total as great as their
ovn number. The losses in production outside that
of coal have been enormous. British foreign trade
has suffered and the men have had to surrender
their main contention that all coal mines should
pool profits and that wages should be a common
charge against the pool.
The men have made a wonderful fight of stubborn'~Endurance.
They have yielded as a choice between
that and starvation. How they and their
families have lived through the long strike period
is ? mystery. But it shows on how little people
can subsist under the strain of necessity. It is
probable the strike would have been lost in any
event, but this was practically assured from the
start, when the pump men were called out leaving
the mines to flood. The supreme folly of this in
that it would have destroyed the source of their
own employment, and the will to do this, turned
the public at the start, against the men.
They now accept the wage scale which was offered.
and against which they struck. The government
supplies a temporary bonus to assure even
this, during the period of readjustment. In addition
a profit sharing plan is agreed upon which
ivould seem to assure exactly what the first demands
Were intended to prevent. That fs, inequality of
wages in the different fields. Indeed this surely
irill be the result unless the men pool whatever
profits they get and prorate them equally among
themselves regardless of their source.
Under the profit sharing scheme, the first
Charge against each mine is labor and it is agreed
that die wage scale shall not fall below a 20 per
Cent increase over the prewar scale. Next will be
paid all operating charges. Invested capital will
then receive ?17 for each ?100 that has been paid
for labor, or 17 per cent of the labor cost. Right
here woold seem to be an inducement not to cut,
but rather to support wages as the greater wage
^harge' the greater this initial return on investment.
All above this return to capital, if there is any such
Surplus, is to be divided on this same basis of 83
parts to labor and 17 parts to capital.
The mines that are lean and expensive to operate,
probably will have no such surplus. Some certainly
will not The richer and more easily worked
^he mine is, the greater will be the surplus.
Wherever there proves to be this excess in profits,
or where increase in production can bring it, the
natural tendency of the men will be to speed up,
increase the tonnage per man and get their 83 per
cei:t of the result from this extra effort. Also, if
tjpyy^_-excesses are pooled and divided with the
workers in the poorer mines, those who work to
gain, and to add to them, will probably insist that
the benefited fellow workers, labor just as hard as
they do. The result of the combination may be a
djfry material increase in the national production of
eOal
It will at least be a very interesting experiment.
So much of Great Britain's industrial life is based
u^>on coal; it is so important a factor in her whole
economic structure, that anything affecting it is of
vital importance. Whether the same plan or principle
would apply as to other mining industries or
ia other countries may or may not be settled by this
British experiment.
The Dutch cabinet has threatened to strike.
"They have had a disagreement with their em'iployes
on a question of party jurisdiction.
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Have a Heart.
THE policemen of Washington have found a
friend at court in the person of Representative
Olpp, of New Jersey. He would have them
wear summerweight uniforms in summer. Every
njian who finds a Palm Beach entirely too cumbersome
for comfort as little rivulets trickle down his
back and others meander around his ears, has won4/kred
at the power of mind over matter as they
l*^ve seen the police go about their duties in their
heavy uniforms.
It is only custom which clothes the police in
the old-time army blue which attracts and holds
the heat. There is no reason they should not
have a summer uniform of the same kind and color
as the Philippine constabulary which is sufficiently
distinctive from our army color. Also many police
af American cities wear, in summer, a helmet of the
same color with a band that sets it out from the
bead, like that of the British troops in India.
;! Commissioner Oyster who has control of the
police, has a heart and a big one. He appreciates
^hat the morale of his force means. If he owns a j
baggy dog. he has had it clipped before ttfis time of
year. He would not knowingly do an unkindly act
a?d he has great pride in his fine body of police.
It is a safe bet that if it is humanly possible, and
all things humane are possible, that the police of
Washington will blossom out some day soon in
%bt. cool summer outfits and they will show their
appreciation in efficiency.
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Where is the man of today who can reasonably
be charged with hiding behind his wife's
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Sbort ia Words, Long in Merit.
*Y/HAT is probably the shortest bill before this
W Congress is also one of the most meritorious.
^ It simply provides, "that all person* who
fto-jserved as officers of the United States army
Airing the world war and who have incurred phy?teal
disability in line of duty, shall be eligible for
f^tirement under the same conditions as now pro
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provided by liw for officers of the regular army whf
have incurred physical disability in line of duty."
It doe I not teem possible that any one could
seriously object to it and, as a fact, no one has,
yet there has been much trouble in keeping it from
being smothered under the avalanche of other bill*
poured upon Congress in this special session, ll
does not cover any great voting body. It .would
apply to only about 1,800 men, officers o? the American
emergency force, not of the regular army,
who were wounded in France. Those
of the regular array, including the Marines,
are provided for by the law which has been
long "hi operation. This but extends this same law
to these 1,800 who fought alongside the regulars, in
the same battles and were permanently disabled
Many of them had very comfortable incomes from
jtheir earnings. They now, bocatt.se of their disabilities,
have to do what they can. Some were professional
men who lost their business by leaving it
to enlist, and are now physically_handicapped.
It is a little bill but of huge importance to
these men, and of equal importance to the honor
of this country. There is much talk of prepared!
ness. The best preparedness is the spirit of the
people and that the young men shall feel that no
sacrifice is too great for a truly grateful country.
The Philippine Islands are hardly in the
same class with American railroads. The island
government only needs a trifle of $20,000,000
to meet its deficits.
American Exports.
IT IS not unnatural that there is a feeling that
too much importance is attached to the foreign
trade of the United States since it normally represents
but from 7 to 10 per cent of the country's
total production. But an analysis of what constitutes
these exports shows clearly why this foreign
trade so materially affects the prosperity of this
people.
The American delegates to the International
Chamber of Commerce at London, reported to that
body that the United States produces a quarter of
the world's agricultural products and over one-third
| of its minerals. Of these foods and metals there
I are sold to those of other countries and exported,
60 per cent of the cotton, 25 per cent of the grain,
50 per cent of the copper, 20 per cent of the petroleum
and a considerable proportion of coal, meat
and iron. All of these represent new wealth. They
form the bulk of what makes up the country's continued
prosperity. They are what nature adds to
the national bank account.
They are as "raw" as any raw materials can be.
That is they contain the smallest possible labor
increment. It is manifestly not only important but
vital that the country should not alone realize on
this raw wealth, but that it should secure the best
possible price on the best possible exchange value
for other commodities of which there is not here
an exportable surplus. It is the free flow to the
best markets which this class of products needs,
rather than any form of tariff, to prevent their importation.
With a proper system of transportation
and distribution, there is no occasion for fearing
importations of what we produce so large a surplus
and so large a proportion of the world's supply.
That a tariff on these products is now necessary
is due in the larger part to the fact that the
system for their domestic transportation has grown
Nke "Topsy" without other direction than human
nature has provided and it is not human nature to
look out for the other fellow. That is supposed to
be the product of Christian civilization.
This country is now transporting its commodity
products at the highest possible rates; all the
trafficO*iH bear and then some. No adequate advantage
has been taken of our waterways whose improvement
would greatly broaden foreign commodity
exchange. Similarly the system of distribution
is unduly expensive. It is intricate and involved.
Its direction may be that of the shuttlecock, as it
was with sugar only a year ago. It is calculated
to increase not decrease prices, and so to decrease
'not increase domestic consumption. This same system
frequently hampers export as does the excessive
cost of transportation. Low carrying cost and
directness to the ultimate market are two factors
of far more importance to commodities of which
there is a greater surplus production than any other.
With such a great portion of the basic products
subject to export for the foreign trade it is evident
that the United States can no more stand aloof in
these days from foreign entanglements than any
manufacturer can from his domestic market. The
United States is economically entangled with the
rest of the world to the extent of billions of dollars
every year. If this government is of, by and for
the people, certainly it must follow such a volume
of trade as concerns every one of its population.
Does reviving popularity for the old songs
mean "Landlord Fill the Flowing Bowl,"
"Brown October Ale," or "It's Always Fair
Weather When Good Fellows Get Together?"
Back Pedalling.
THE Socialist national party which met with
itself to listen to its own oratory, has adopted
John Spargo's policy that internationalism belongs
at home; that it is based on nationalism, and without
nationalism, internationalism is but a dream.
It repudiates the Third Internationale with its Moscow
attachment. In other words it repudhtes Communism
in which it was entirely inconsistent as
Socialism which does not reach to Communism, is
but a name. ,
Morris Hillquit, who has occasional lucid moments,
denounced the Russian Socialism as "imperialism
in disguise." It is imperialism without the
disguise and yet it is no more so than what he advocates,
if put in operation. The fortunate difference
between Hillquit, Berger and the rest of that
group, and Lenin and Trotsky, is that they have
more of mental and moral integrity, but less of
courage. They
now know they are four-flushing, but enjoy
what has become a harmless prominence. They
have become better Americans as they have witnessed
that their logic would inevitably lead in operation
and application to what they now denounce.
When American labor and American
capitalists both denounce Russian Sovietism and
reject it. Senator France might as weH recall himself
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary to the court of Lenin, Trotsky
and Bill Haywood.
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France is afraid of.the proposed alliance
with Great Britain. She is afraid of offending
the United States. She is in mortal - terror of
Germany. She is afraid of Greek dominance in
the Mediterranean. She is afraid of a revived
Austria-Huagary. She is afraid of Italian control
in the palkans. She is afraid of the Arabs
in Asia Miner. She it afraid of herself. And
that is all that it the matter with France.
?r??noi*? mioBT to
' STOP WAHIH MMUSO.
1 don't know of anything more
preposterous, more absolutely absurd,
more utterly Impossible than
proposed legislation against women
smoking In public," said Miss Alice
Rowell. of Los Angeles, at the Bancroft.
"Not that I approve ef women
smoking in public, or anywhere,
perhaps, but just the same it Is
not a thing for men to legislate
about, nor wilt legislation really
remedy the evil, if you choose to
call it that. It would do Just about
as much good as the blue law restrictions
and would be Just as
senseless. Perhaps the sight is offensive
to tne delicate sensibilities
of some of our Congressional delegation
as well as to many otheial
of us?a new custom is borne with
difficulty. Despite the probable un- j
loveliness of such a specta'cle. what
right has any representative to attempt
to secure such discriminatory
legislation?
RESENTS ATTACK
ON WOMEN'S FREEDOM.
"Now, if woman gets the same
pleasure front- smoking in public
as men. what basis is there for legislation
that will limit her activities
and will leave unhampered
man's privilege in the same field?
Why is it so terribly wrong tor
one and apparently 'the thin%' for
the other? Remember, I don't champion
woman's smoking in public
or anywhere alse. but I ?)o challenge
man's right to regulate her
conduct by legislation, when the
thing he seeks to ke?p her from !
doing he does himself with the utmost
freedom and approval of the
law and society. Why doesn't the
Representative Introduce a bill prohibiting
smoking in public and making
it a legal offense for botii nv.-n
and women? Then he would appear
to have at least some foundation
for his attempted reform legislation.
I have seen in the public
haunts of our law-making i> dies
things that offend, my sensibilities
whicli 1 think are n->* unduly tender
and ?i?*.~eptlble?reoi; tables. f??r
instance, for tobacco extract?but
what would be the r.t'itude i f men
towp.u me if I sh-uill st^inpl to
have legislation introcTuced making
a legal offense the act which makes ,
their use a necessity?"
INSISTS ON E<tL'AL
PRIVILEGES WITH MEN.
"So you believe that our legis- ,
lators should not concern themselves
with the making of laws regulat- 1
ing the morals of women?" Miss
Rowell was asked. I
"I certainly do not believe that'(
they should busy themselves with j
any legislation tiiat denies to worn- ||
en the exercise of a privilege that 1
is permitted to men," replied Miss i
Rowell. * 'Liberty, equality and the (
pursuit of happiness." says our Con- (
stitution. I suppose that those cuspidors
seen so frequently in Con- ?
gressional halls are there as a re- '
suit of the 'pursuit of happiness;' '
so perhaps is the spectacle of both 1
men and women smoking in public 1
or private the result of a similar '
pursuit?hence, another reason for 1
noninterference by law?and surely
a double reason for noninterferece J
that produces discriminatory legislation.
SEES ATTEMPT TO 1
EVADE RESPONSIBILITIES.
The history of woman," contin- ;
ued Miss Rowell. after a brief pe-j1
riod of reflection, "Is what men have j,
made it?her future will be partly ; j
the result of her own direction and <
will. Whether for better or for |
worse, I am not seeress enough ton
attempt to prognosticate. All I feel ; (
confident in saying is that her fu- j,
ture will be different irom her past. 't
Hitherto man has tried to fotet upon j.
woman all of the supposed virtues | j
and has claimed for himself a re- ,
spectable indulgence in the so-called ,
carnal pleasures. A little 'divvying ,
up' might be to the advantage of j
both. ,
"With the urgent need for worth- |
while Congressional action." con-lj
eluded Miss Rowell, "it is beyond j]
my conception how any Congress-i<
man can fiddle away his energy and j(
time in considerig such foolish and i
impossible legislation as the proposed t
law forbidding women to smoke in 1
public. In a way, it appears to bell
an attempt to evade real responsi-;t
j bilities." O.N. B. jl
Wlifltthenars Indicate ,
FRIDAY. JULY 1. It21. ]
Many friendly stars have power <
today, according to astrology. Mars, S
the Sun, Uranus. Mercury and Jupi- i
ter are all in beneflc aspect. Nep- 1
tune, alone, is adverse. I
During this sway all ambitious <
projects should be pushed and im- ?
portant plans should be made. i
The configuration is most fortu- <
nate for all who* are at the head i
of big projects, for the stars fore- t
shadow great development of Inter- (
national interests, commercial, in- j
tellectual and artistic. i
Mercury today gives fair fortunes i
to all who enter Into signed com- j i
tracts. It is a lucky day for leases <
or for any agreements that carry 1
with them financial returns. <
Jupiter gives fair promise to edu- (
cators and members \of the legal i
profession. Again within a few t
months there will be a high judicial i
office to be filled. lawyers are to 1
receive many honors. <
There is a sign presaging promo- t
tion for persons near the President l
and this seems tb indicate that a c
woman will not gain a place In a
the cabinet. ' %
Persons whose birthdate It Is
have the augury of a very success- 1
ful year. They should prosper be- i
yond their greatest hopes. Changes I
that involve travel will be fortu- i
nate. Young women will be much |
courted. 1
Children born on this day are 1
lik>ly to be qaick, highstrung and j
lucky. These subjects of Canoer y
usually advance rapidly in Whatever f
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Answers Justinian.
ro the Editor. Tbe W?>hia?to? Her 114:
Justinian's challenge to his critic*
In his letter to The Herald of recent
date that they deny if they
can his statement that England has
done more for civilisation than all
other nations combined should be
accepted. The burden of proof
should be placed upon those who
make ao broad an assertion. England's
contribution to civilisation
should not be appraised at Its present
apparent value, but by considering
what would probably be the
condition of the world if she had
kept her battleships at home and
bad given to other nations the free
rein which she has denied them.
She has advanced civilisation or re.
tarded it in accordance with what
he considered her material interests.
She has built railroads in
China but she has also forced opium
upon that unwilling people. One of
the causes of the American revolution
was the fact that she prohibited
manufactures in this country. It is
claimed that England has led the
world In music, science and the fine
arts.
Justinian refers to King George
III. who made war on the colonies,
as a full fledged German with
whom the British were not in sympathy,
and mentions his hiring of
Hessians to light us. in an evident
effort to place the real blame for
this war upon Germany, defying his
:rltlcs to deny these allegations.
They should accept this challenge
ilso. George III was a lineal
lescendant of King James I. and he
lid not lead the English people
Utalnst their will but was led by
them. Pitt. Burke, and others siml>ly
voiced the opposition, such as
Is found In every war. Green's
Short History of the English People
in speaking of the Tories of that
lay says, "They were ready again
;o take part in politics; and in tbe
accession of a king who, unlike his?
wo predecessors, was no stranger
Jut an Englishman, who had been
>orn in England and spoke English,
he Tories found in him the opportunity
they desired." ^*age 729.)
Instead then of the king leading his
)eople into war against their will
he Tories found in him "the op>ortunity
they desired." He was in
'act insane too much of the time to
ead anybody very successfully. He
was not even able to sign the stamp
let, which aroused the first great
itorm of protest in America against
.axatlon without representation,
ind which wta passed five to *ne
n the House of Commons, and
inanimously by the lords, the royal
tssent being given by a board of
tommlssioners acting for the king
It is not denied that he {or those
>rosecuting the war) hired Hessians
to tight Americans, and American
ndians to scalp Americans, and
American whites to betray Ameri:ans;
but the suggestion that this
vas a German and not an English
var is negative by the presence In
!ront of the White House of the
itatue of Steuben, a "full fledged
3erman." who assisted America,
ind by the late presence of another
itatue In front of the IPar College
>f Frederick the Great. wU pre ented
a friendly sword to Washingon.
The kins was 75 years old
ind "hopelessly insane" when he Is
illeged to have led his unwilling
mbject8 Into the War of 1812. In
vhich they burned our capitol end
'avaged our coasts. To claim t tat
Jeorge III did all this is to pay a
ilgh tribute to the directing ability |
>f a craay imbecile, and a *ery
loubtful compliment to the pronoters
of civilization. Would Justinian
object to having the kaiser
eferred to as a full fledged EngIshman
because he is a grandson of
}u*en Victoria? Is it not true that j
the War of 1812 was occasioned
argely by England's refusal to
iblde by the treaty of 1783, which
ihe seemed to look upon merely as
"a scrap of paper"?
Justinian says of his erltcs "If
they wish an indepedent Ireland
?hy don't they go to Ireland and
ight for Irish freedom?" The falrtess
of this alternative is not ap>arent.
Does he mean that we may
lot speak for any cause without oblgatlng
ourselves to make the sdiremt
sarcriflce for that cause? May
?e not speak for Armenia without
rolag to Armenia to fight?nor for
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Once when my eldest boy was 9 ti
years old I received an urgent re- a
quest to report to his teacher. These
appeals had not been infrequent if
during his school career. "He re- n
quires too much individual atten- a
tlon." "He Is bright but chafes un- v
der restraint." "He finishes his h
work before the others and then n
won't behave." ii
1 went to school and sat in a ij
corner of the room waiting for the t
teacher. In that half-hour of wait- ti
in*, thoughts burned with a Are of gi
rage. In the fetid atmosphere of n
a room heated to eighty-eight de- t?
grew, for I looked at the ther- 4
mometer. sat fifty children. Ten of cl
the boys and one or two girls looked n
alert and full of life and spirit.
They were giving the teacher trou- f?
ble. My heart sang a Te Deum, for ?
they seemed the only vital element v
in that room?the future kings of a
the earth! The rest were apathetic j p
and heartrending. My sympathies
for the teacher were aroused, bat- j ti
tling as she was against tremendous n
odds, white-faced and determined, j cl
trying to educate young America- j si
That day and hour I pledged my-,
self to fight in a great cause.
Here in Washington we are unl
que in our form of city government, *
and after fifteen year's residence, j
I know that the need of our schools
are a metter of small import to
Congress. The other day 1 sat for
six hours in the District committee *
room of the Senate, daring a report c
of the engineer commissioner. e
More than half of the period was
consumed in "haggling" over small
items of construction. The commls- C"
sioner submitted an emergency re- P'
lief request for building funds. He f<
asked for two-fifths of the sum cl
recommended to Congress my the hi
board of education the superintend- ni
ent of schools, and the citizens of si
Newark Gty
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NEW YORK. June 30.?Thoughts j 1
while strolling around New York: I]
i Pretty housemaids taking their aft- v
emoon off. Transforming brooms c
into social scepters. Adventure rus- g
ties the winds. They may be car- n
ried off to teas by avenue boule- o
vardiers. Hundreds have journeyed a
from slaveydom to the bridle path, a
There's Marc Klaw in front of the t
Plasa. d
A great scholar in a hovel and
across the street a chewing gum 1
king in a mansion. Mary Carolyn s<
Davies. the vers lybrist. She's a p
Purple Pupite. a frequenter of Ro- g
many Maries. A laborer with a *
Rupert Broks profile in crumpled *
corduroys. I'm getting so I can tell ; t<
time by my wrist watch. t<
The old Chelsea district. Life here r
is frankly um*urtained. Junk shops d
and spaghetti factories. Olive skin- t<
ned women making artlgficlal
flowers in dingy windows. A Sicilian 0
woman with a baby squatting on tj
one hip. Rickety stoops and old- fa
fashioned pull bells. Heavyset men tl
sourly meditating on life
That drab building on the river ii
front is the m<?>*ue. Black wagons ji
depositing burdens rovered witk a
blankets. A swarm of undertakers' o
runners at the door. Now and then C
a scream' A dead soul identified, t
Poverty everywhere. Ond once this n
was the stamping ground of the ti
ancien regime. The asphglt rang )<
with highsteppers pulling their u
overfed masters. * p
All the women lean on the win- M
dow sills. Calling querulously to
underfed brats. A dosen "Family ii
Wine Stores" vacant. Dingy candy o
shops with windows piled high with Ii
psperback aove's. A toothless old Ii
woman scanning the gutters snd 1<
talking to herself. Heaps of rubbish t
Odors of stsle cooking. d
Street lamps begin slelUjr to blink, ti
the Beautiful.
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momm* ? jg
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fiHnl fggg-.
Vahhington. At the Bime time h
lade it clear that hie requested ap
ropriation would not cover th
eeds of the District. *ut would al
iviate only flagrant deficiencies.
The Mothers' Congrena and As so
tat ion of Parent-Teachers her
tade a complete survey of achoc
tcilitiea and were shocked by wha
hey found 8o far it has mace
attle with little advance: but. wit!
lie present co-operation of th
ewspapers. who have a splendt
arage of criticism, we hope to at
ick certain "Huns" of the Houa
nd Senate with telling effect.
It is a long story, but the follow
ig strike thinking parents ? para
iount: (1) Smaller claas room
re required to aecure more indi
idual attention. <2> The a<hool
ouse should be in every way i
todel of present day construction
lvolving modern methods of heat
*g. lighting, and ventilating <J
here should be adequate medica
ispection. (4> Children of the first
econd and third grades shoul*
ever be forced through congestioi
y attend school from 1 o'clock t?
SO This is a crime against th
hild's nervous system. as al
tothers and teachers know.
Now in order to carry out thes?
our cardinal requirementa. as w
te it the taxpayer will have to in
est more in the future of his child
nd teachers will have to. be bette
aid and more selectively chosen.
Can there be anything in thii
Ired old world in more urgen
eed of succor than tomorrow'
hild whose appealing arms ar
treched out to us for help?
A MOTHERleport
Says Japs Agree
To Evacuate Siberu
PEKIN. June 30? Japan has en
red into an agreement with th?
hita government in Siberia t<
racuate Siberia within foui
lonths, according to apparently au
tentic reports received here. Th<
hita government, in return, ha
romised Japan additional fishery
>rest and mine concessions and th<
Itoice o all concessions on Sa*
?lin Island, or coastwise and rivet
svigation privileges, the rapor
lid.
Day^Da^
YRBt *' 1 ^
?r?r Broadway ghostly and emp
r. Chairs in front Of the old Broadray
Central the patrons sit at thi
urb in chairs. And the (amoui
rand stairway of the Flak-Stokei
lurder! How the newspapers tol<
f its grandeur. How mediocre ii
ppears today. Upper Broa?l??:
n*me with light. Ginsbergs Wher?
hey have roast goose That's m;
lah. Hot do*!
An English steamer brings a mys
ery princess to New York heavtl]
vathed in veils. She wa> met at th?
ier by armed guards who marches
ilently beside her brougham. Shi
rent to a theatrical hotel?and nex
reek her press agent will no doub
sit us at Just what vaudeville thea
cr she will make her debut. 8h>i
ews reporters are -felasr Thel
idn't'tratl her. It is very old stufl
9 them.
New Tork back yards are belni
onverted Into garden cafes afte
he Paris fashion. Admittance Is bj
ivitaticn onlv and thel do say thai
be flask is popular,,
Tabled'hote meals have slumpei
l price. The ti dinner is n'.w (1 75
.nfl the SI.6* meal Is ?l And evei
* this redaction there are acrei
f empty tafelea in the Katlng Belt
'tchestras are being dismissed hi
he dozens and a hopeful sign li
nany cafes is one reading: "Do ao
Ip the hat check boy." In the bt|
otels. where a cover charge of t
sed to be made during the danrini
eriod. the charge is now cents
lew Tork la dining oat very little
The hardy gurdv men have trick
n their trade, too. One horribl:
ut of tone is followed by a secon<
n perfect tune and rendering th<
iteest tunes of Broadway The firs
i tossed moneu to move on gad li
he eecoad. the apartment Itoua
welters And sa->. relief that the]
?n>*T. ItXT i. mi.
MVCKTM EUMITI
KKW KIKD or Pl'Wm.
Duckplns made of ItnluM ?**
that have hm4 the wear *n<l tear
of hundreds of gamea art among
the wood product! Juat placed on
exhibition la the eectlon of wood
( technology m the National Muaeum
? On* of the laminated tenpins la
, from a aet which waa used In 1.7M
. game* on a Chicago allay. One of
th* duckplna wai uaad Id MT
games on a Washington alley.
These laminated pin* atood up i>d?r
th* ?trmln a* wall, and In iihm
eaae* bett*r than th* aolld type
* Other example* of wood conaervatlon
In th* form of built up or
laminated airplane wine tib* t*nplna.
duckplna and aho* last* ha%*
: been received from the forest producu
laboratory at Madison. Wh
Theee product* have loaf alnce
pa*aed th* experimental atage Th*
! lighter ply wood win* rlbe ham
consistently supported h*avi*r load*
i than the original solid typ* rib*
Owe laminated shoe laat eent to u
has beea uaed by a Wiacoaaln Arm
j In the manufacture of fifty pair*
! of ahoa* and allow* little slga of
. wear.
A aerlea of twenty-three apedmen*
and photograph* representing
the work of an Industry that g*M
j hand In hand with present-4ay r*a' rtttlon
methods has jnit bun
j rte?jv^d by the intlon a gift
I from the Muskegon Machine Cea!
pany. of Muskegon. Mich. These,
the producta of an automatic
| tall rlue Jointer, are small samptss
I Of what is being done la the way
of building up automobile running
board*, door*, etc.. - hair seat*
moldings columns. framea and
countless other thlnrs from sasll
I Pieces, much of which hss hitherto
been clssaed as waste, and ha* baea
conveyed under boiler* to be uaed
a* fuel.
-Tie proceas of making wide lumber
from narrow atock is done at
. | one operation with the aid of only
three men to a machine A feeder
stsnds st either end of the machine
and each feeds a narrow
I piece of wood into the machine at
.the same time Both piece* ar*
: Slowly drawn toward each other,
[and at a tlxed point In the operation
both are taper grooved, the
e j taper of one being oppoalte to that
-jof the other At another point both
e Pieces sre pessed over a brush
. which glue* tfcem uniformly, so that
when they come together the nar
row point of the tongue of one
f Piece *ltp* into the groove of th*
,1 j other piece and by traveling to th*
gJ narrowest end force* th* glue Into <
a the very fibre of th* wood. Thus
h the time-consuming method of
elaeparately jointing, cluing, clamp1
ing. etc.. I* superseded by this on*
. operation method.
S?T.ET-TOR* STALK* MAT Rr
- < <IMMKR< IAI MI.AR HOCRCE.
^e may aoon be sweetening our
coffee and tea with augar made from
* the ssme plant that supplies the side
~ dish of canned sweet corn If . Investigations
planned by the -*-r?
_ ment of agriculture of the UniverI
aity of Minnesota are successful.
j Some preliminary tests last sum|
mer showed that soms varieties of
j tanners corn contain* aa high as 11
? per cent sugar, and that a fairly
? palatable airup could be made from
e It with proper preliminary treat I
ment. This caused the Minnesota
legislature to create a apecial fund
s for further Investigation
e Dr. J J. Willaman. of the dlvl
{sion of agricultural chemistry. UnlI.
versity of Minnesota. Is to be la
r charge of the Investigations and will
j erect an experimental sirup mill ia
s connection with the cannery at
t;Well*. Minn. The best method of res
moving the Juice, the proper elime
Inating of undesirable flavors, the
| stage of maturity of the corn best
j suited for sirup making, the most
| economical way of handling the
j plant at the factory, and the breeding
of special dual purpoae varieties
| which will not only furnish high
I quality ears for canning but which
_ will alao have stalk* with abundaat
( Juice of high sugar content, ar*
some of the problems awaiting imr
mediate solution
_ I "There are three kinda of sugars
In corn. glucose. fructose and
t sucrose." declares I>r Willaman.
'The latter Is the same as caao
j sugar, and constitutes the crystalllaable
portion. It reaches a high percentage
only at maturity of the
plant. Since the sucrnae and fructose
. predominate, the new sirup will be
| much sweeter than the present corn
; sirup which is made from the *t*rch
of the corn grain and contains
mostly glucose
"At the present time there ar*
thousands of acres of rtalk* In our
sweet corn States that go to waste.
If use can be made of thia material
both the canners and the farmer*
will realixe once more the value of
; chemistry to modern Induatry."
I Peter Collier, of the C. S. Bureau
; of Chemistry, once looked to corn
stalks as a possible aource of granulated
sugar He actually made hun?
dreds of pounds of augar from both
, sweet and field corn But the ylelda
j were uncertain: and aa about that
II time beets gained the aacendency
f a* the sugar crop of the country.
. the reaulta with corn ?crt aooa
j forgotten.
- -SEA-TOW" JOIX*
r y.OO ATTKAfTIOKV
' A large "aea cow" or manatee tile
aquatic berbi voroifs mammal that
* is fact becoming extinct in the
* waters along our aouthern coaat. I*
1 the lataat addition to th* Zoo Thta
[ animal was captured for the Zoo'
logical Park by J. E Bennett, of
' West Palm Beach. Fla and la now
Intalled In the center tank of th*
lion bouse
[ The **a cow made the trip from
r Florida In a row boat shipped by
' express, and waa accompanied by
Mr. Bennett. The difficult taak Of
, transporting the animal waa accomplished
without mlahap.
' Each week a ahlpmeat of th*
peculiar aquatic erase that la tk*
food of the animal will be received
* by the Zoo. *o that there will be no
j chance of the animal dying fran a
, change of diet The new attraction
at the park weigh* about L?M
I pounds and Is ten feet long.
, A special perit from the Stat*
L of Florida had to be obtained bofore
the "aea cow" coald be oapI
tured for the Zoo.
[ Theodorlc Borgogoni who died fa
, the year IMS advocated aad praol
ticed modern a**ptlc treatment r4
i wounds nearly M? years before It
* was rediscovered by Lord Lister aad
f applied by modern surgeons ,,
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