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THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN. TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 24, 1921
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TUESDAY MORNING. MAY 24, 1921
Every man has in himself a con
tinent of undiscovered character.
Happy is he who acts the Columbus
to his own soul. Cuyler.
Memorial Day.
A week from today will be Decoration day. This
day we are sorry to state has lost much of its earlier'
significance. THcae has intervened to obscure the
purpose for, which it wa8 set apart. When Memorial
Day was established, the grief of those for friends
or relatives who had fallen in the war wasnot healed.
If then men had survived that conflict they would
havo been In the prime of life and usefulness. Time
has not only healed the sorrow then still poignant
but has brought a realisation that if those victims
of the war had survived they would in all probability
sine havo come to a peaceful death. ,
So, in a sense, the annual demonstration of grief
on Memorial Day was not national but rather per
sonal. Wo did not then meet so much to honor
tho dead as to mourn them.
' There then came othef dead, those of the Spanish
American war and of the world war. but they are
comparatively few. In comparatively few of our
cemeteries'do they lie, while In almost every northern
eeaetery there are those who fell in the civil war.
I We should like to see the purpose for which
Memorial Day was created, carried out, and the
day become not an occasion of mourning, for even
mourning1 is brief and evanescent, but an occasion for
publicly honoring American valor. ' .
If should be a day of solemnity but not of tears
and the observance of it should be general and uni
versal. Like the Fourth -of July, Memorial Day has been
seised upon as a season for sports. They have be
come the overshadowing features, double-header
baseball games, prize fights and other forms of sport
which are not at all significant of the purpose for
which the day was eet apart. -
. Instead there should be programs for th Incul
cation of patriotism whose manifestation on this day
should be veneration for those who died for their
country. :
An Advertisement.
We came across a grocery advertisement the
other day illustrating the extent to which the retail
price of foods had fallen within a year though pre
war prices have not yet been reached and may not
aoon be reached. - .
This illustration was made peculiarly striking. Tht
advertisement was the most telling advertisement
wo have ever seen and must have brought results to
the advertiser.
The advertisement was of the date of May 21.
One one side was a statement "What you could buy
May 21, 1920, for $40.50."
100 lbs. sugar $24.25.
100 lbs. potatoes. $7.25. -
60 lbs. head rice, $9.00.
. On the other side was a list of the things one
could buy on May 21, 1921, beginning with
100 lbs. of sugar, $7.35.
100 lbs. potatoes, $2.50.
iO lbs.' rice, $3.00. . "
Beside that there were 21 other commodities not
in skimpy quality. For instance 12 large cans of
milk. 3 pounds of coffee, 12 cans baked beans; 50
pounds navy beans; 12 cans soup; 50 pounds flour;
10-pound can syrup. There were canned goods,
cereals, chocolate, etc., all in dozen or half dozen cans
or packages. And all of this including the sugar,
potatoes and rice for $40.50. In addition to the sugar,
potatoes and rice, there were other groceries to the
mount of, $27.85. What these groceries would have
cost at the prices of May 21, 1920. we do not know.
The prices quoted were much the same we think as
those charged in Phoenix groceries.
Prices of other commodities than foods have not
made so great regression, but they are coming down
lowly.
Organization for the Bonds.
The Kiwanis and Rotary clubs and the .Chamber
of Commerce have shown a splendid spirit In their
active support 'of the bond proposition in which the
taxpayers will vote nevt Friday. It was expected
that they would do this for they exist for no other
purpose than to forward the interests of the com
munity. And it ! for that that the bond issues have
been proposed.
The work of these civla bodies is not yet com
plete. It will not be complete 'until the polls close
on Friday evening and we do not believe it will be
abandoned until then.
The influence which these bodies have exerted
must have turned many in favor of the bonds who
otherwise would have been against them. Their
work so far has been educative, convincingly so. But
education unless applied, is of little use and correct
ideas regarding the bonds will serve no purpose
unless those who hold them carry them out. The
people who favor the bonds or who have been more
recently led to see that the bonds are desirable must
be at the polls.
To get them there is the business of organization
and such an organization con be more readily reached
by the two clubs and the Chamber than by any group
that may be brought together.
Following the Brewer.
The munitions maker, says William Allen White,
is doomed to follow the brewer into oblivion. Mr.
White was speaking to a club in Cleveland when he
made the prediction and he based his view of ,he
Lure upon what he thinks the woman voter will do.
The idea that swords will be beaten into plowshare,
I Tone any man may chtin. as his own. Ln.ver-
sal peace has been one of the visions of mankind for
some time, but while men have kept it .for a vision
they also have kept their powder dry.
Will votes in the hands of women make any prac
tical difference in that attitude? The people do not
vote for armaments, or pay taxes for arrmies be
cause they wish to go to war. Whatever may be the
truth about statesmen, the mass of human beings arm
for safety and not for aggression. Are women less
regardful of security than men are? Are they more
likely to take a chance on the safety of their country
and their1 firesides? If they are, then the world needs
to revise its opinion of women.
OFF WITH THE OLD, ON WIT' "r
The Yaps and the Yahoos.
Phoenix is said by travelers to be the nois;st
town of its size in the United States. The noises are
not made by factory whistles, by the clangor of loco
motives bells, the hiss of escaping steam, by the
groaning of' the streets under heavy loads. Our
noises are for the, most part useless noises.
They are made mostly by yaps and yahoos who
have somehow come into the possession of automo
biles or motor "cycles and they go roaring about the
streets with cut-outs wide open. Most of these people
have evidently never been in any other town than
Phoenix and do not know any better, but they should
be taught better.
The last time former Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo was here he was hurried away by this infer
nal clatter, swearing he 'would never come again. He
had recently resigned and had come into the west
for a rest. He stopped in Phoenix because he had
property interests in the vicinity. He spent one.
night in a honl. Hi nerves set constantly on edge by
the cut-outs of passing automobiles, he could not .
sleep. The next morning when he was standing on
the sidewalk in front of the hotel telling a citizen of
his sleepless night, a boy roared up to the curb with
a motorcycle which for a time made Intelligible speech
impossible. When the young man was quieted down,
Mr. McAdoo addressed that youth in language which
he had not learned in ft Presbyterian Sunday school.
Yet the boy was not to blame. He didn't know
any better. He was Just ft plain yap with little chance
so long as he remained in Phoenix of ever being any
thing else. Mr. McAdoo, . though addressing him.
was really doing so as a product of the city govern
ment which had made him or allowed him to be a
yap. - But that night Mr. McAdoo went to Castle
Hot Springs where he could sleep.
; The Sisters of St. Mary's Hospital complain of
the infernal noises which add to the racking pains of
the sufferers there. They say that they have com
plained in vain for the noises do not cease'. Motor
cycles and automobiles with cut-outs open rush by
at a speed of 20 to 30 miles an hour.
Hospitals are better guarded elsewhere. Usually
there is a policeman along the street, in the vicinity
of the hospital though drivers elsewhere are usually
better educated than ours are, but when one forgets
himself and becomes needlessly noisy, he is run in
for the improvement of his memory.
Dr. Sun has been Inaugurated at Canton as con- ,
stitutional president of China, but it is doubtful if he
shines all over China.
An Arkansas editor says: "We are not so sure
spring is here." That man Is a genius in dealing with
spring poets.
More hayseed comes from New York than from
any other state. A ot of it goes there, too.
Many ft man cares not whd writes his country's
laws so long as he can torture It with Jazz.
DO YOU EAT POISONS?
At noon in almost any restaurant you see in
door workers, .who don't get much exercise, eating
an order of meat large enough to feed four "blood
hounds in an "Uncle Tom's Cabin" show.
Bad business. This is why, says the Red Cross:
There are two kinds of foods repair foods and
fuel foods.
Repair foods, called "proteins' by doctors, include
meat, eggs, etc. They rebuild body tissues that have
been wasted through exercise and muscular work.
Fuel foods include bread, vegetables, sugar, but
ter, etc. Doctors call " them ."carbohydrates and
fats." They keep the machinery of the body in mo
tion, and store up -energy and heat.
You need both fuel foods and repair foods.
But there's grave danger if you don't balance
them properly. .
Too much protein decays in the bowels and makes
poisons. This works the liver and kidneys too hard
in throwing off the poison. Degenerative diseases
(like cancer and heart, blood and kidney troubles)
start this way.
Eat sparingly of meats and, eggs, particularly if
you sit In an office chair all day.
Eat plentifully, of vegetables and fruit. And now'a
a good time' to start. The fresh vegetable season
is on.
THE INVISIBLE BIDDER
Not long ago the story of the Monroe county
judge who bought a hog at a sale by nodding in his
sleep was published, says the Kansas City Times.
Now comes the Centralia Guard with this:
"J. R. Brown told us of an odd incident which
occurred at a publio sale he cried some time ago.
Mr. Brown is always careful no mistakes are made
in bids and makes sure that he has a bid either by
word of mouth, a nod 'or a tap on the arm where he
cannot see the bidder behind him when the crowd is
dense. - - - '
"At this sale a mule was being -offered and was
about to be sold to a prominent farmer who had run
out all competitors when he bid $150. Then, Colonel
Brown got a couple of taps on the leg and announced
that the increase of $5 had been met. The farmer
raised the bid and the invisible tapper continued to
bid, too, until the price was boosted another $45 and
the farmer gave up.
"Then Colonel Blrown looked around for the suc
cessful bidder, but no one would admit to the bid.
Two taps again on Colonel Brown's leg then revealed
that they came from the tail of a hound dog asleep
at his feet and evidently dreaming of hunting in the
woods.
A SHEPHERD DOG'S FEAT
Many are the stories told of the sagacity of
collies, one of the most remarkable being the record
of one shepherd in Ettrick. What was once the great
forest of Ettrick was this night only a dense sea of
mist and fog. The shepherd in despair exclaimed
to his dog: "Sirrah, my man. they're a' awa'!'" He
gave no command to the dog; in fact, he only spoke
for sympathy. But the sheep dog dashed off into
the mist, and the next morning the five hundred miss
ing sheep were gathered in and the dog was mounting
ruard over them. How the animal got them in the
lark was beyond comprehension of the shepherd and
be adds "If all the shepherds in the forest had been
there, they could not have effected it with greater
propriety." Boston Transcript.
AN ANTI-CLIMAX
Uncle (telling tall yarn to young nephew) We
had more than a mile to go to get out of the forest
when we heard the howls of a pack of wolves behind
us. I strained every nerve, but all in vain. Now I
could hear their panting breath, and at last I felt
their muzzles touching me, when
Nephew You must have felt slad. uncle?
Uncle (amazed) Glad: Why?
Nephew When you found they had the!- muzzles
un. Seattle 1'osl-lnteUiKencer
THE NEXT WAR
BY DR. FRANK CRANE
Copyright. 1921. by Frank Crane
THE STORY OF DUSE
By Frederic J. Haskin
NEW YORK CITY. May 21. Elea-
nora Duse, the famous Italian tra
gedienne, has returned to the stage
ftor an n risen ce of ' nearly 20 years.
At the age of 62. she will tour Italy
under management of the distin
guished actor-manager. Ermeto Zac-
coni, playing Ibsen s xaay irum m
Sea." and other roles in which she
triumphed many years ago.
If the tour is a success. It may be
extended to other parts of the conti
nent, and eventually pernaps. me
younger generations or America. intj
have an opportunity to see an actress
who, all critics agree is one of the
greatest dramatic artists who ever
lived.
According to people who nave seen
her reeentlv. Duse is Just as miracu
lously preserved for her age as her
great rival. Sarah Bernhardt, who is
her senior by some lo years, one re
tains her slender figure, they say. and
dprfuilv melodious
Voice which once held all Europe
enthralled. Her face has remamea
smooth and unwrinkled. Above all.
she still retains the personal magnet
ism which so deeply stirred her
audiences.
Duse is said to be the only woman
of whom Sarah Bernhardt was ever
jealous. Until the Italian actress
suddenly appeared at the Renaissance
Theater in Paris during her continen
tal tour in 1897, Bernhardt had been
idolized as the greatest tragedienne
of all times by the French people.
Then, almost overnight, the Divine
Sarah found her lofty pinnacle of
fame shared by a formidable rivat
"The Duse is equally as great as our
beloved Sarah," wrote the French
critics "even though Italian."
This was not all they said. The
French newspapers contained col
umns upon columns of fervent praise
for the new genius. In reading over
what European dramatic critics have
written concerning Duse, in fact, one
is moved to deep amazement. Al
though by no means a beautiful wom
an, she seems to have had them all
hypnotized. Unlike Sarah Bern
hardt, she scorned the use of make
up even oh the stage, and her clothes
were habitually somber, if not actu
ally dowdy. She wore no Jewelry,
and perfumes of any description,
even the scent of flowers, she found
intolerable. A plain, quiet, little
woman wTho seldom laughed and who
spent most of her leisure hours col
lecting books, photographs and scis
sorsinnumerable pairs of scissors,
which she was always losing and
leaving about. Yet her interviewers
all found her the embodiment of
charm, grace and all that was desir
able in woman. Returning to their
desks, they would write unrestrained
rhapsodies to Duse Duse. the poetess
of tragedy, the actress of the ages.
Even Shaw Approved
Even Bernard Shaw could find no
flaws in her art or personality. In
an essay which he wrote on the act
ress nearly 20 years ago. he was. for
once in his life, almost tediously
complimentary. He contrasted Bern
hardt's superficial appeal with the
deep, powerful sense of tragedy that
Duse evoked. Bernhardt, in his opin
ion was a highly skilled technician;
rinse wan a born tragedienne. ,
Bernhardt appealed to the intellect.
while Duse wrung peoples hearts.
The Divine Sarah martialed her emo
tions as her intellect and will direct
ed, whereas Duse was often overcome
by her own emotion in playing a
twin nnrt and was unable to so on.
In some instances she was known "lo
crv herself ill.
it has been said that to those who
think, life is a comedy, to those who
foci, it is a tragedy. This theory is
nowhere more clearly illustrated than
in the lives of the two great tragedi
ennes. .Duse and Bernhardt. Bern
hardt, always coolly intellectual,
shrewd and philosophical, has greatly
enjoyed life still enjoys it at the
age of 7T. Duse, on the contrary,
emotional high-strung, deeply sym-
nathetie. has been the victim of mis
fortune and sorrow. When a woman
wronged Sarah Bernhardt, she went
almost gailv to her apartment and
horsewhipped her. When a man cru
ellv wronged Duse. she fled to a lone
y retreat in the Italian hills, humili
ated and heart-broken.
And so it was throughout her early
life always sensitive, always sor
rowing. Life did not spare her even
as an infant. The daughter of poor
Italian players, she was made to do
her share in supporting the famiiy
at the age of four, when she played
Cosette. From then on she wa8 ai
ways working, playing first one role
and then another, always traveling
from place to place in dirty, third
class Italian railway carriages, often
hunffrv and cold. There was nothing
to compensate for the drudgery of
this life. She was not heralded as
anv child prodigy in fact, her com
panions looked upon her as a rather
stupid, plain nuie s ri. who was ab
solutely hopeless as an actress.
liuse's greatness did not manifest
itself until she was a mature woman
Kachel was famous at the age of 17.
but -Mrs. Siddons was 7 before she
made her first great impression, and
Iluse was 24 before she showed evi
dence of genius. She had achieved '
few small successes before that, but
it was in her 26th year in Naples,
after her first sad love affair, that
she brought the Italian public to her
feet.
Her First Success
Her first opportunity came in
Zola's play, "Therese " 'iuin." The
leading woman, then .e greatest
actress In Italy, was suudenly taken
ill one night, and Duse went on in
her part without rehearsal, scoring a
remarkable triumph. Soon afterward
she was starred in Dumas' pl:.y,
Femme de Claude. Dumas was her
favorite French dramatist and she
helped to make many- of his plays
famous. The two were very good
friends. corresponding frequently
with one another, but they met but
once. It was characteristic of Duse
to be so moved at this meeting that
she burst into tears. It was in an
swer to Dumas' persuasion that she
went to Paris for a first brief tour,
secretly fearful that she would fail.
But the French people gave her such
an enthusiastic welcome that for
once, she told a friend, she was really
nappy.
Then, Dumas, her devoted friend,
died. Her greatest ovation was re
ceived on what she afterwards de
clared to be one of the saddist days
in hirr life the day she acted to ob
tain a memorial for Dumas' grave.
Just when Gabriele d'Annunzi-J
known, but certainly not -intil her
cme was well established. Their love
affair lasted for several years, during
which time d Annunzio rose to fame
through her assistance. It was Duse
who made d'Annunzio's plays known
to the world. She acted in them .not
only in Italy but in this country and
in all the chief capitals Of Europe.
While she was the leading figure,
every d'Annunzio play was a success.
The Italian public rebelled st "La
Gioconda,-' but rather than have its
playwright discouraged. Duse took it
to London, which gratefully accepted
it.
Then came the break. Suddenly, it
was known that Duse and d'Annun
zio had separated, and later rame bis
sensational novel. "11 Fuoco," which
was brazenly advertised by the pub
lisher as the true history of their love
affair. Needless to say, the royalties
from this novel were greater than
from - any other d'Annunzio ever
wrote.
Later the world learned of Dune's
premature retirement, that she was
living In a tiny villa in the Italian
hills, that she spent most of her days
in her garden reading and sewing.
planning many things for her beloved
daughter, who had been reaned in
Sormany. At last, the gossip ceased.
"11 Fiuoco" was forgotten, Duse. the
great tragedienne, became almost
mythical figure. Only Zacconi and
Marco Prago, the playwright,. Inter
rupted the peace of her life. They
would not let her rest, but were al
ways after her to- come back to the
theater to a public which still sym
pathized with and worshipped her.
came into Puse s life is not definitely And so at last they have succeeded.
THE ONCE 0VE1
II By H. I. PHILLIPS 11 VL
The greatest book of these times. ,
Written, not by an orator, nor a poet, nor a propa
gandist, nor by a crank, but by a war correspondent.
Written not by a swivel-chair theorist, but by a man
who has tramped up and down along the battle, front,
watched soldiers standing knee deep in the mud in
trenches and generals poring over maps, who has seen j
devastated villages, who has smelled powder who has,
in a word, such practical and face-to-face knowledge
of his subject that, if he does not know what he is taikr
ing about, who does?
And he writes in simple, lucid English, and with a
straight-forward moving pen. I read the book through
in an hour.
"The Next War" it is, by Will Irwin.
An unpretentious book, but one that may be the
Uncle Tom's Cabin, long expected, that shall shock the
paralyzed conscience of mankind to activity, that war
shall cease. . '
It is a book of cold scientific facts, succinctly told
observations; plain figures. . :
If I had a million dollars I would see that every
teacher, preacher, and legislator in the United States
owned this volume. ; ,
I would have it taught in every public school, j '
For, like you, I have read much of war, and am cal
lous. But this book staggers my imagination, it sweeps
away the last cowardly subterfuge of my intellect, it
grips my heart in its terrific, amazing revelation.
It makes the American see the horrible ditch of de
struction toward which we are surely striding.
I can hardlv write restrainedly, for I have lust looked :
through these pages 'into the dead face of the world,
twisted with agony. ; .
It was but the other day that bir John bimon, tne
former Attorney General of England, said: "It would
be one of the most melancholy facts of history if, after
this war, in the years that follow there should be more
expenditure for military preparation than before."
If you buy no other book, and read no other this year,
buy and read "The Next War," by Irwin.
Unreservedly i place it as me Desr, dook in me worm
right now for every man and woman in America to
read, including the President and the Senate.
7 1 1 1 A 1 11
Clear, dispassionate, com even, n is as snauering as
any warning of the Hebrew prophets. : . . .
And who knows? It may be the first bell to ring irtV
the utter extinction of civilization. t.
THE EDISON TEST I
(Installment No. 2) . I
1. Who was Josephus Daniels?
Whaddaya mean, "WAS?"
2. Why is the ex-crown prince and
how?
3. Who wrote "The Face on the
Barroom Floor"? and was anything
ever done about him?
4. Who uttered the famous phrase,
Veni, Vidi, Vichy," and what drink
was it an advertisement for?
5. What great cavalryman said:
Dam the torpedoes, I'm going to
fight it out along this line, and If that
be treason make the most of it?
. Who invented the art of custard
pie throwing? What will be the name
of his next picture?
7. Who discovored gin? Where?
Is there any left?
8. What was Eli Whitney's idea in
mixing his gin with cotton?
9. Who waa Billy Patterson? Dor
othy Arnold? Charlie Ross?
10. Where is Bimini? What s the
fare? What do you say if we take a
trip there?
11. Give an excuse for Congress
man Volstead.
12. Was Paul Revere's ride a pro
test against a six-cent fare, and if so
what was the result? Did it get him
anything?
IS. What is the highest mountain
in the world? Is it a so-called walk
un or is there elevator service?
14. Where was William Jennings
Bryan born? Why?
15. Who discovered the nut sun
dae? What for?
1. What are the principal parts of
wagon varnish? Is the sale of it as
ten vear o'd rye legitimate?
17. How are overshoes made?
What difference does it make?
, 18. Who was the first man to wear
faw'n colored spats ?Had he any de
fense?
19. What kind of wood is used to
make slippery elm lozenges? What
makes slippery elm slippery?
20. Why did the world's greatest
cough drop makers never shave?
21. Bound Galli-Curci.
2. Name the capital of Gatti Cas-
sazza ?
23. Is Fahrenheit the name of a
German river or a tire fabric? To
what extent if any?
24. What does "Lots of awkerie"
mean and if so how much?
23. If Rhode Island is the smallest
state in the Union and is about 250
miles from New York as the Old
Crow flies, and assuming that it is
satisfactory to both states, how long
would it take Connecticut to outgrow
them both? Give your reasons.
26. Is the Deleware Water Gap a
form of yawning?
27. What is Douglas Fairbanks'
first name?
28. What is the native habitat of
dried herring? Shad roe? Chicken a
la king?
29. Can oysters see and would it
do them si.y good if they could?
30. What is the business side of
flvpaper lined with?
31. What kind of leather is used in
making Filet of Sole?
32. Who invented salted peanut.' :
lo they put the peanuts in the salt
or the salt in the peanuts? Give an
example.
3:;. Who wrote the Rubicon of Omar
Cheyenne? Who wrote the lyrics?
34. V hat became of Colonel House
and why?
33. Whom does ex-President Wil
son regard as the greatest American.
next to colonel George Harvey?
it. Name the great characters who
uttered the famous slogans: "Don't
give up the ship;" "Ask Dad, He
Knows:" "An Eye for an Eye;'" "Re
lieves that Tired Feeling;" "I'd Walk
a Mile for a Camel."
37. Where does the Hackensack
river find its source and would it per
sist In finding It if it could help it
self? ,
3S. Where was the editor of the
Subway Sun born? Why did he
move?
39. What is the meaning of the
word condor? Commercial condor?
40. Why are home gardens?
NOW
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HOME GARDEN FROCKS
THE RAGE
Father's in the garden
His energy distresses;
He's picking millinery
And growing summer dresses.
Home gardening has taken on new
impetus with the discovery that It Is
now possible to grow dresses and hats
for the wife and daughter. Frocks
and bonnets made of vegetations have
arrived as a feature of the 1921 styles,
and it soon may be possible for a
home gardener to run out and pick a
complete costume for the women
folk, always heing careful not to dam
age the crop with the hoe or rake.
The Seaweed or Swamp Root gown
started it all. Down in Louisiana a
planter, returning from the winter
racing season at New Orleans, bust
ed, yet knowing the good wife would
expect a new gown, waded into one
of the Maralout marshes in that
country and made her an outfit from
dried swamp grass.
It wasn't much of a dress. But the
swamp wasn't much of a swamp.
Enterprlsinst cloak and suit men.
hearing of the idea realized, however,
that the better the swamp the better
the dress. .With the result that al'
the leading fashion shops are now
showing he Ha!f-Kood-and-Half-Garment
Gowns.
An appealing feature of the gown
from an economic standpoint is that
it has edible qualities. Waists of wa
tercress, suits of shredded wheat and
capes of early spring kale are possi
bilities. All our best dressers soon
will be vegetarian.
The grass now wasted as soon as it
is cut may yet be made into a fetch
ing hous-wrap. and there seems to
he no good reason why the coarse but
durable pieplant should not be worked
into a durable sport or knockabout
costume.
It will be a great economic step for
ward when the gown cast aside by the
daughter can be made into a splendid
salad, soup, pudding or pie.
"J Questions And
I Answers
j
(Any reader can get the answer to
any question by writing The Repub
lican Information Bureau. Frederic J.
Haskin. Director, Washington, D. C.
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Q. Who invented the depth bomb?
E. McC. ' .
A. The depth bomb was invented
by W. T. Unge of Swedish nationality.
Q. Has Colonel Georje Harvey
middle name? G. B.
A. Colonel Harvey's full name Is
George Brinton McOlellan Harvey.
Q. What is the difference between
regular cable and a delayed cable?
V F C
a" The 'difference lies in the time
..iiiii, tor transmission and the
rate per word. For instance, be
TChlnrton. D. C. and Paris,
France, the rate for a straight cable
message is 18 cents a word, and the
time is about five hours; while the
rate for a delayed caoie is i cenis
word and the message will be re
ceived in Paris either on the day that
the cable ! given to the cable com
pany or upon the day following.
0 How long has buying coal in
summer for winter use been advo-
ratad? J. L. C. -
A Various cities and coal dis
tributors have preached this doctrine
for many years and there is a record
showing that Stephen Girard, who
died in 1831. left a fund to provide
r,.i fnr the needy in Philadelphia,
and Instructed his executors to buy
during the summer months, when the
price was lowest, and distribute the
fuel In January.
Q. What do the initials N. S. FB
P stand far? J. F. G.
A This organization says that the
Initials stand for National Society for
Broader Education; that it is not De
nominational: that its work Is educa
tional: and that its purpose is the
lessening of unrest and discontent.
Q. Where is the Lake District?-MM
A. This is a picturesque region of
mountain, lake, wood and valley in
Cumberland and Westmoreland coun
tlea Knirland. It has been made fa
n-.nna hv the Lake school of poets.
and is visited annually by thousands
of tourists.
Q. How do crickets make that pe
culiar noise which is heard at night?
W. R.
A. The call of a cricket is pro
duced by the rubbing of the hind
legs together.
Q. How long has cattle plague Deen
known?!. M. G.
" A. Cattle plague has been recog
nized for more than 1. 000 years. It
was nroliahlv this disease which
destroyed the herds of the warlike
tribes which overran the Roman
Empire during the fourth and fifth
centuries.
Q. What state has the most di
vorces and which the least? J. L.
McN.
A. The most divorces are obtained
ir- Nevada, while none may be ob
tained In South Carolina. The Dis
trict of Columbia grants fewer di
vorces In proportion to its population
than any of the states, while North
Carolina stands next.
Q. What makes the ocean change
color? M. H.
A. The sea reflects the color of
the sky, hence on a bright day the
sea will look blue, on a cloudy gray
day it will hKik gray, and at nicht it
looks black. The green color- oc
curs where the water is shallow,
either near the shore or out further
where there la a sand bar or other
shallow place. In such places the
sunlight strikes the water at such
an angle that the rays go to the
bottom and are reflected from the
bottom to our eyes. The light Is
changed through a combination of
color at the bottom of that point
and the color of the sky itself.
. 'Tr
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About The State
Charge False Affidavit
MLV3II Mrs. Anna Ray Pringle
was placed under arrest last night
on a charge of attempting to defraud
an insurance company by an alleged
false affidavit furnished the company
concerning the loss Mrs. Pringle sus
tained in a fire in the Cobb Brother
building some months ago.
The complaint filed by County At '
torney Murphy declares that Mrs.
Pringle swore that valuable wear
ing and other personal effects were
destroyed or damaged In the fire
to the extent of more than 11.000.
She was released on J 1,000 bond. -Silver
Bell.
Speed the day when the finerv of
wives and daughters, once cast oIL oul of one.
, Issues Warning.
TUCSON Warning that a man
working under the name of Butler
In a proposition of advertising for a
special cover for telephone books. '
was alleged to be dishonect in his
dealings in Phoenix and that he
should be carefully watched, in this
city, was contained in a letter re
ceived Thursday by Orville S. Mc
pherson, secretary of the local cham
ber of commerce. The warning was
issued by the Advertising club of
Phoenix over the signature of L A
Weiss, secretary of the club.
According to the letter from Phoe
nix club. Butler worked the capital
city with his advertising scheme and
after collecting $800 left the town
without fulfilling his contracts. But
ler has been fn Tucson and worked
on the same scheme here but he
complied with the terms of his con
tract in alj respects and the covers
are now out and in use. However,
the man is understood to be facing
prosecution by the local telephone
company for infringing advertising
rights of that concern by covering the
ada carried by them on their directo
ries. Just what action is planned in
this case is not known at the present
time. Butler has1 left Tucson and it
is not known where he went after
leaving this city. Citizen.
?
D-
Seth Tanner
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can be eaten by impoverished fathers
who will in this way get something
back from their original investment!
In the case of large frocks "the w hole
family should be able to get h dinner
. r'
it
A big thing t' one may be a trifle
t another. Wenford McOee tekin
boxin' lessons. He expects to teach
country school next winter.
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