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PERTH AMBOY EVENING NEWS
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This i? Y. M. C. A. week for Perth Amboy. The annua'
membership drive is on. teams have been organized anr
everybody connected with tlie big institution on JelTersoi
t street is up and doing.
The campaign started o(T in smashing style last night
All the team workers had supper together and listened tc
inspiring addresses; there was lots of singing and plenty ol
"prf"' everywhere. If there ever was a campaign that
started under the most favorable cireumsances this is the
one.
And why should not every man, and woman, too, gel
behind the Y. M. C. A. with all the enthusiasm that one pos
sesses? What organization has done more for Perth Amboy?
What could be grander and nobler than to train young men
snd boys to be honest and upright in their associations with
their fellows; clean and honorable in their sports? That if
what the Y. M. C. A. is doing for hundreds of Perth Amboy
Doys today. .
Yes, and it is now starling out along the same lines
with the girls. Every Wednesday has been given to the
women and girls when they have the full use of the Y. M. C.
A. building. As a result a new interest has been aroused in
the association.
It. is something that is well worth while and every citi
zon, whether he takes advantage of the privileges of the in
s'itution or not. ought to be glad to help support it for the
. 'iod it does. It is an assent of which we all may feel proud.
Y. M. C. A. week ought to be a big occasion in Perth
Amboy. It can be made so by everybody doing his part to
make the coming year even greater than those that have
preceded.
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LIGHT AND SIDEWALKS NEEDED
A correspondent writes to the Evening News to surges!
•hat κ light be placed on New Brunswick avenue near the city
line as there is a stretch of about a quarter of a mile there
which is very dark and which is made more dangerous be
cause of a bad curve in the road. Attention is called to the
fact that a motorcylist hit a boy in that vicinity during the
past summer breaking the boy's Ie^s.
No doubt the light is badly needed there, as suggested.
But the Evening News beliews that the real remedy lies in
the construction of sidewalks all the way along New Bruns
wick avenue to the city line. There is a great deal of travel
•n foot along tlyit highway and with all the automobile traffic
- - It is extremely dangerous to have only the narrow roadway
paved. The wonder is that there are not more accidents in
that vicinity.
All the highways in this section are heavily traveled
and, being as narrow as they are. there ought to be a sep
arate place for the people to walk. Perth Ambov is becoming
so congested within its present limits that there ought not to
be a spot left where there are not sidewalks. Let there ne
Sufficient light, by all means, but a sidewalk to keep the
ipople out of the road is of even more importance.
PROHIBITION ENFORCEMENT
John Hanson, Jr., has a big job before him in his new
position as prohibition enforcement agent for Middlesex
county, llis statement (o Charles II. Crown, prohibition di
rector of New Jersey, who made the appointment, is at least
Irank. Mr. Hanson admits that he is not altogether in sym
pathy with the prohibition laws. This is going to make it
hard to do the work cut out for him because to be at one's
best there must be a sincerity of purpose. One must believe
tn what one is doing.
But Mr. Hanson, according to his superior, has declared
k that "unless I clean up Middlesex county I will resign.'' That
[\ is fair enough. Time alone will tell and it is evident that if
I Mr. Hanson finds the work too hard or too disagreeable he
will step aside and let someone else p> at if who is more in
Hnoipathy, perhftp-. will) flu' prohibition law-.
We are sure that Mr. Hanson will have the hearty co
i operation of every law-abiding eili/.en in his new task. There
certainly is room for a great deal of improvement over what
has been accomplished in tfie pn-t.
[ NEWARK'S EXAMPLE
In spite of Hip fact that Newark has already annexed
several of the towns and villages Hint once were just outside
her borders, she is again clamoring for more room. And
when Newark takes it into her head to enlarge >lir will do it
£or she has men there who are big enough to tackle such a
j project and put it across. ·
Newark has grown to he one of the greatest industrial
cities in the country because it never believes in standing
still. It is not afraid to tackle big problems. Not so many
years ago it started its present water system and bought up
i- vast tracks of land in Morris. Pa^aic and Su«<ex counties.
I In some cases whole (owns won· wip* I out in order to prc
U vent pollution in the watershed. ΊΊκ· watershed is worth
I millions of dollars today. II look a y real deal of enterprise
and not a little nerve to -oeuro if.
I One of Newark's latest moves is to develop the meadows
ilong Newark bay, spending millions of dollars in creating α
\ port. More recently it has appropriated Sl.OOO.fiOO to diu
x channel in Newark bay instead of waiting for the federal
ι -'overnment to do it.
What an object lesson this is for Perth Amboy. Here
Ε ive are the same size that we have been for nearly a cen
tury. Our waterfront is in about the same primitive stale it
i tvas when the tirst settlers landed, as far as the municipality
; is concerned. The city seems afraid to move. Hundreds ol
I desirable citi/.'-ns are movintr away arid all we do is to wrinp
aur hands and say it is a pity.
L If Perth Amboy will do a little studying of Newark'.·
progress it might help a great deal in making the future ol
this city what it ought to be.
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MENINGITIS
Common Sense Ways to Keep Well
BY T>R. R. H. BISHOP
Meningitis or brain fever is an
irffectious disease which may be
controlled by obedience to simple
rules.
This disease is due to a micro
scopic Kfira called the meningococ
rus. This germ grows practically
only in the body of the human be
ing and dies within a short time af
ter leaving it. Many people are
"carriers"—that is, have the germs
in the mouth and nt»se but do not
develop any symptoms.
The number of people who are
susceptible to the disease is small,
only about one in ten. but the large
number of carriers makes it essential
that everyone should be cautious lest
he convey the disease to others while
he himself shows no signs of illness.
It is not understood why some
people are susceptible and others arc
not, although it is likely that it is
caused by lowered resistance as a
result of lack of proper nourishment,
! exposure to cold, or fatigue. In
other words, the same conditions
ι which render one susceptible to
I pneumonia and tuberculosis predis
pose to meningitis. Like pneumonia,
the disease prevails chiefly in win
ter.
Since there are ten times as many
carriers as cases, it is evident that
to quarantine the cases is not suffi
cient to prevent an epidemic of the
disease. As always, however, when
dealing with a disease caused by a
living organism, study of its habits
gives the clue to its conquest.
The meningococcus dies soon after
leaving the body and only leaves
the body in the secretions of the
mouth and nose. Therefore, in order
to spread the disease, the fresh se
cretions from the mouth or nose of
a case or a carrier must enter the
body of another person. This is
usually accomplished by the common
drinking cup. by putting pencils,
fingers or other things into the
mouth, or by careless coughing or
sneezing towards another person.
In order to control the disease one
must exert the utmost personal care.
Xothing unnecessary must be put
into the mouth and thus possibly
contaminated with germs.
The mouth or nose must be care
fully covered w hen sneezing or
coughing, or the head must be turn
ed well downward so as to prevent
the secretions flying into the air in a
tine spray which may readily reach
another person.
That thesé two rules assist in the
control of disease received strong
evidence last year. Placards illus
trating the rules were distributed
through the schools and the teach
ers were requested to post them and
lecture upon them. Many teachers
were interested in the work and en
forced the rules among their pupils.
Obedience to these two rules will
also prove effective in the control ot
diphtheria, scarlet Pnyer, sore throat,
mumps, bad colds, grippe, tonsilitis,
tuberculosis, measles, whooping
cough and pneumonia.
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LEARN ONE NEW mm
Bulletins By
The National Geographic Society
BAKU'S TRAGIC TORCHES.
The skies above Baku are oncei
more illuminated by the eternal
tires ut the world's most famous oil
legion. Near the spot where the
Zoi o;Lstriau or Pars! priests guarded
I the sacred flames which burned for
• uiuro than a score ι·ί centuries,
ι eighteen modern wells are now
I ablaze, according to press dispatch
! < - What this great natural waste
I means is brought out in the follow
I ing bulletin from the Washington,
I U. C., headquarters of the National
Geographic Society.
"if .Àncrican relief work is Inau
gurated in South Itussia and if ar
rangements can be made with the
new governments of the Caucasus,
the race between charity and starva
tion may be run largely with Baku
oil." sa%s the bulletin. "Already the
white nights of North Russia are
beginning to wane and the ice which
coats the Neva early in the fall will
soon be creeping down the queen of
Russian rivers and stopping trans
portation on the one life line of
commerce upon which lavge scale
relief work <m the Lower Volga can
K"«l May Depend on Fuel.
"The iri.n rail· of Russia have j
disintegrated with neglect and traf
fic. The great Russia waterway will ι
he r.pen for at least two months
more. And the fuel Ions used in
the Volga steamers and tugs is pe
troleum and its by-products, prin
cipally masut, a thick residue from
the refineries. Fuel and food are
intimately connected In any plan
of Russian relief on the I.ower Volga
J and the wastage of petroleum in
Baku is a matter of deep concern.
"Before the time of the Saracens,
Baku was noted for Its natural gas
and sacred tires. At Surakhani,
where, from the days of Zoroaster
to 1879 the colorless flames of
naptha gas were never extinguished
a temple of the flreworshippers.
j built in the time of Marco Polo anil
resorted in the time of Shakespeare,
r an still be seen, although the light
ing of naptha gas Is no longer al
lowed here or on the waters of the
Caspian at Bibi «Kybat. Flrewor
shippers on pilgrimage to Baku in
the days Just preceding the Ameri
can Revolution had the tradition
that the fires of Surakhani had be
gun to burn soon after the flood and
that they would continue to burn
until the end of the world.
From tire Temple* to ΚΙ<Ίκ·ϋ.
"When, in 636, A. D., the Arab
hosts appeared in Persia and flre
worshippers became· Moslems under
the sword of the Prophet, large
numbers of Zoroaatrians fled to In
dia. Their great Tombs of Silence
on the slopes of Malabar hill In
Bombay, where loathsome vultures
await their gruesome opportunity
as consumers of corpses, stand as
present day reminders of political
and religious forces which removed
tiio I'aihia from their ancestral
homes and placed them in control ol
modem tinance at the gateway to
India.
"The modern city of Baku is a
combination of the new and the old,
of the East and the West. Since the
establishment of the Azerbaijan re
public and the selection of Baku as
its capital, some changes have beer
made. But in general Baku is what
it was before the war.
"In the spring of 1918 there wa!
sharp fighting between the Chris
tians and the Tartars for control ol
the region. At this time a largi
part of the Tartar section was de·
stroyed by shell fire from the Cas
pian. The romantic Kis-Kale 01
Virgin Tower, which the Tartari
used as an observation post stil
bears the marks of shell fire whicl
however, failed to do serious dam
age to Byzantine walls. The ancien
walls of the old Tartar citadel bea:
pock-mark lines w;hich join thi
apertures in the )*ittlements am
which show where Russian and Ar
mtinian machine guns sprayed th<
ramparts and drove the Tarta
fighters from their best points ο
vantage. Then came the British
with a small force from Enzeii. Bu
they soon withdrew, leaving a badl;
mixed problem to find its own solu
Hons.
""rue uaKii on neias in i»w, ι
the midst of war and revolution
produced near tifty million barrel
of oil. But during the winter ο
1917-18, labor troubles and til
closing of the S40 mile pipe line t
Batuin on the Black Sea reduced th
output. Political and social unres
have demoralized the oil industr
which in Baku had reached a hig
degree of efficiency.
Klein's of llaku Furnish Pi-nctf Prize
"J>uring the troubles of 1911
there were frequent threats by va
rious factions that the wells of thi
famous region would be fired to kee
them from falling under ioreig
control.
"Baku was the field In which A1
fred B. Nobel, already noted »e th
inventor of dynamite and for hi
success as a nnnufacturer of fx
plosives, gained the fortune whic
on his death was partly devoted t
the establishment of the Peace Prlz
and the almost equally famous prize
for distinction In physical sclcncf
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rOMSIMS
Modem whiskey ages fast.
Trained men don't grow wild.
1'rices need shaving every day.
Counterfeit money is counter fit.
The finest wood in the world is
sawdust.
The corn market is going against
the grain.
Birds of a feather are killed to
make hats.
The end of a perfect day is when
supper burns.
A diving girl act always makes a
eood showing.
Misery doesn't love company that
stays for dinner.
Movie peoplo seem to spend hon
eymoons in divorce courts.
The gas meter will soon be tak
ins up its winter quarters.
Congress hears all bills read three
times. Serves them right.
"Caddy Loses Eye."—Headline.
Probably had it on the ball.
If we persuade nations to disarm
they»wlll owe us another debt.
Other wrestlers have barred the
strangle hold; why don't dancers?
If some people were as bad as you
think, they would be worse than
they are.
Bryan Is backing blue laws in
Florida. But the anti-blues hired·
him.
New York bakers have called off
the strike and gone back to making
dough.
/^sçj)erton Braleys
' $ Ώα Daily Poem
WARNING
Hans up his clothes in closets
And dust his easy chair;
The ashes he deposits
In corners, here and there,
You may with safety glean them
Wherever they are thrown;
His books—yes, you may clean them,
But leave his desk alone!
Pick up his pipes and range them
In order on the shelf.
His pictures—you may change them
About to suit yourself;
Redecorate, refurnish
His roam to give it "tone,"
Dust, scrub and sweep· and burnish.
But leave his desk alone!
He'll bear your zeal for order
With patience calm and sweet,
But do not cross the border
That marks his last retreat;
Touch not that heap and jumble
Of junk he calls his own.
Accept my counsel humble
t And leave his desk alone!
r (Copyright, 1921, Ν. E. A. Service)
, in chemistry, in medical science and
I in literary excellence. Theodore
j Roosevelt, Rlihu ^Iloot and Woodrow
> Wilson have been recipients of the
ι Peace Prize founded on profits from
Baku oil. Other Americans who
- have been honored with Nobel
5 prizes are Albert Abraham Michei
t son, for his researches in the veloc
- ity and qualities of light; Theodore
ι W. Richards for his study of atomic
j theories; and Alexis Carrel, for his
; success in suturing blood vessels
a and in the transplantation of human
. organe,"
BY WILLIAM BOYCK THOMPSON
Prriidcnt of I ho Rooeevrlt Memo
rial Association ,luc.
The Roosevelt Memorial Associa
tion has appealed to friends and
followers of Colonel Koosevelt to
"remember T. R. on his birthday,"
which comes Thursday, Oct. 27,
by contributing to the Roosevelt
memorial collection which the asso
ciation is npjv Katherine. Thtse
contributions are asked, not in the
form of money, but of sortie object
•if record whr η in itsaif recalls the
colonel.
hat wo particularly want are
manuscripts In Mr. Roosevelt's own
handwriting or bearing his correc
tions; original letters by or about
Mi. Roosevelt: book*, pampnlets
η iigazino articles, newspaper clip
ping's, or cartoons relating to Mr.
Roosevelt; tho originals of these
cartoons, wherever possible: books
and pamphlets by Mr. Roosevelt es
pecially first anil limited editions:
literature relating to his political
campaigns, also posters, buttons,
campaign handkerchiefs, etc.; pho
tographs of the colonel, especially
snapshots and negatives; painting,
drawings, etchings and oemmemora
tive medals; and especially personal
mementoes the kind of thing one
person always likes to remember
another by.
This material is beins brought to
gether In one great collection which
will remain for all time as a living
and breathing testimonial to Theo
dore Roosevelt. It will show Theo
dore Roosevelt, the man, as no other
kind of memorial could ever hope to
show him, and will be of the great
est value to future students of his
tory.
Too often, soon after the terml
nation of some great life, the mate
rial relating to it is lost, or dissi
pated, or forgotten. We do not want
this to happen in the case of Theo
dore Koosevelt.
We want Theodore Roosevelt to
be a living spirit to thousands upon
thousands of Americans yet unborn.
We want him to be an inspiration;
we want him to be a model and an
encouragement, to them as he was
to us. *
History will record tho deeds of
Theodore Roosevelt, but only a col
lection such as we are now making
can portray the living being to the
generations that come after us. I
hope and believe that every friend
of the colonel, every American who
liked to call himself his admirer,
will want to be represented in this
important collection.
In a sense we are not asking any
one to part with his gift. Rather
are we asking him to share it with
tho whole people. The name of each
donor will be attached to his gift
Itcady to Kwclie
I heartily hope that every friend
and admirer of Colonel Roosevelt
will make his contribution to the
the collection at the earliest possible
moment. The association will go on;
its museum will always be ready to
receive any record of memento of
the colonel which makes its appear
j ance. But privately held .records
«nd memorabilia are easily lost or
destroyed by fire; some fall into the
hands of dealers; others drift into
private collections.
If this collection Is to be worthy
of the name it bears ,it must be
brought to a liish state of develop
ment now. T. It.'s friends must co
operate to make it worthy of T. R.
The final resting place of the mu
seum will be the permanent head
quarter» of the association.
: JAPAN'S OCCUPATION
! OF SIBERIA IS PERIL
ii
BY HERBERT QUICK
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11—In some
respects Japan is magnificently en
dowed. not only for legitimate, but
for illegitimate development.
She has an industrious, a teacha
ble, an intelligent population, and
she has developed a high civilization
of her own, on which she has en
grafted the civilization of the west
ern world.
She has a productive soil, scanty
in area for her prolitlc people. Her
greatest enemy is her high birthrate.
But her geographical position is
the most wonderful on earth. Look
at the map. Japan lies, a great semi
circle of islands, hemming the Sea
of Japan in like a barbed-\vire fence:
and this sea measured from north to
south is twice as long as the longest
diameter of the Gulf of Mexico.
All the western coast of the Pa
cific from the lands of ice to the lati
tude of Cuba fronts seaward on
Japanese possessions.
I do not know of any nation capa
ble of making better use of these ad
vantages than Japan; better use for
her own benefit and that of the
world. But she must not feel hurt
in her pride if the rest of the world
would like to know how she means
to use it.
For she can use it for good or for
general harm; legitimately or ille
gitimately; for peace or for war; for
the war of commercial and indus
trial aggression; for the wars of
armies or navies.
•lupnn in Sllx-ria
And this brings us to another
great question which I feel sure
must be settled in the Disarmament
Conference—Japan's occupation of
Eastern Siberia.
When the allies decided to enter
Siberia frpm the east during the
late war. the United States sent in
somo 7500 troops.
Japan surprised everyone by send
ing in a large army-—I have heard it
estimated at 50,000 men. I havo
seen' heavy masses of troops under
fr
arms in the one town of Vladivostok
—many more than we sent in all.
It looked to the world like a per
manent occupation. The Japanese
commanders in Siberia acted as if it
were one. They are there yet, though
we took all our men out in the spring
of 1920.
Let us be just to Japan. She has
always denied that such is her in
tention.
Important Move
If she does seek to annex this
northeastern corner of Asia, it is a
momentous thing for the rest of the,
world.
For Siberia is twice as large as the
United States. It is a white man's
country. It has in it several Cana
das, many northern Wisconsins and
Northern Minnesotas. It is wonder
fully rich in coal, iron, zinc, copper,
gems, furs, timber, oil and grazing
and farming land.
The Japanese and Chinese have
lived near it for thousands of years
and have not tried to occupy or de
velop it.
They will not migrate to lands so
cold and inclement; but it is perfect
ly fitted for Russians, Scandinavians,
and all the peoples of Northern Eu
rope and for Americans and Cana
dians. There are several millions of
white people living prosperous lives
there now, so far as they can prosper
in these times.
This coast is blanketed by Japan.
If she also occupies it, she will have
planted herself across the pathway,
from their homes to the sea, of the
millions of whites who will people
Siberia. ,
The Russians will come back. They
will fight Japan eventually if they
must, to reach the sea; and they will
fight with the north wind at their
backs—and so fighting, they will
win. '
But the peace of the world will be
disturbed.
The Disarmament Conference will
give Japan the opportunity, which I
am sure she will welcome, to show
her critics that they have done her
an injustice.
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PEACEMAKERS
By Dr. W. E. Barton
The philosophy of the peace of
Versailles is to weaken the central
powers, and tn separate them from
Russia by a line or group of small
buffer states.
These are Hungary, Rumania,
Czeeho-Slovakia, Poland, Lithuania.
Latvia, Ksthonia, and the rest, whose
names and geographical situation we
so vaguely know and whose political
status is such a puzzle to us.
More and more it becomes clear
how ' much of vindictiveness and
jealous fear went into the making of
that punitive peace. There was loît
an opportunity to establish peace
upon an equitable and durable basis.
In IS 14 the plenipotentiaries of
Great Britain in conference with
those of the United States proposed
to end the war of 1812 on some such
basis. They proposed that a wide
neutral strip be surveyed across the
American continent and populated
with Indian tribes.
The theory was that if either
Great Britain or the United States
should move to attack the other,
each would have enough allies
among the Indians to hold the at
tacking nation back until the other
nation could prepare to defend Itself.
Was not that a beautiful way for
two civilized nations to utilize the
savage tribes, and by intrigue and
trickery among them which would
surely have followed, for eatfh na
tion to secure its own protection?
To their everlasting honor the
American plenipotentiaries refused
to consider this suggestion!
What did they do in lieu of buffer
states ? ,
They dismantled their forts on
both sidea of the Canadian border,
and trusted In each other's good
faith and friendship.
We want no savages to help us
keep peace with Canada. Our un
guarded boundary Is the longest and
least expensive and safest boundary
on the face of the globe, because
there are neither buffer states nor
forts.
They did not do It very well at
Versailles.
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Washington. O. C. Thia offer sp
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medicinal and financial trouble·. It
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Q. What Is the disease called th·
pip?—J. K.
A. Pip 1» a condition of the
tongue caused by some such ailment
as a cold, which compels a bird to
breathe through the mouth. The
continual passing of'alr over the
tongue causes it to oecome dry and
scaly especially about the tip.
Q. What is zirconium?—M. A.
O.
A. The Bureau of Mines says that
zirconium is a metal which is mined
in this country in Henderson coun
ty. N. C., and in the Wichita >loun·
tains in Oklahoma.
y. How did Wambsganss make Λ
triple play unassisted?—A. P.
A. Wambsganes made a triple
play unassisted on October 10, 1820,
during the World's Series as follows:
First and second bases were occu·
pied and no one was out when Mit
chell drove a sharp liner over
Wambsganss' head. The Cleveland
second baseman snatched the liner
from the air, thus automatically re
tiring Mitchell. He then dashed
over to second base, retiring the
runner who by that time was nearly
to third and could not possibly get
back. Then, with never a pause, he
ran up the base line towards first
and tagged the astonished Miller who
had started at the crack of the bat
to avoid a possible double play.
Q. Will an increase in the weight
of mail, increase the salary of the
postmaster of a third class post
office?—J. C. M.
A. The Postoffice Department
says that the salary in a third clasa
postoffice is based on the sale of pos
tal supplies, box rents, etc., rather
than Increase of the weight in the
mall.
Q. How many natents have been
issued on bicycles?—J. A. N.
A. More than 5.000 invention*
have been patented in connection
with the department of the veloci
pede and bicycle.
Q. What are prayers called thai
are used in some churches when spe
cial people are prayei for?—W. A. A
A. A prayer which bida or di
rects what is to I»·: prayed for U
known as bidding prayer. This form
of exhortation, always concluding
with the Lord's Prayer, was enjoined
by the lifty-fifty canon of the Angel
ican church -in 1603, to be used be
fore all sermons and homilies. It
was, and in its abridged form still is,
very Impressive, allowing individuals
to supply from tlieir own knowledge
special cases of necessity under the
different heads.
Q. What is the Franklin Fundi
λ τ> α
A. The Franklin Fund was a be
quest made by lienjamin Franklin
in 1791, for the making of loans ta
young married mechanics. He left
1,000 pounds sterling to be lent out I
at 5 per cent interest in sums of
not more than 60 pounds, and not
less than 16 pounds to "young mar
ried artificers under the age of 2S
who have faithfully served an ap
prentlceehip in Boston." The loans
were to be repaid in annual install
ments of 10 per cent each. The
trustees were the board of aldermen
and the ministers of the oldest Epis
copal. Congressional and Presbyter·
ian churches in that city.
Q. Please tell me whether there
any country in the world named
Helvetia?—H. S. K.
A. Helvetia was the old Roman
np.me for what corresponds to mod
ern Switzerland. The name is still
used poetically in reference to thii
country.
Q. What Is shadow boxing?—G,
A. K.
A. Shadow boxing is boxing with
out cn opponent.
Q. What kind of a gas is laugh·
ins gas? When were anaesthetic*
discovered?—H. T.
A. Laughing gas is nitrous ox«
ide. In 1800, Sir Humphrey Davy
suggested its use as an anaesthetic,
but it was in 1844 that Dr. Horace
Wells demonstrated its use for pain
lees sxtraction of teeth. D··. Craw
ford Long used ether for an opera
tion In 1842, but it cams into general
use in 1846. Chloroform bei'an to
be used about a year later.
Science Service
/
How Bright Is Daylight?
Weal hernia η Will Tell
Tho United States weather bureau
has undertaken the task of deter
mining what normal daylight bright
ness is.
Investigations have been made in
Washington and Chicago, which
have produced more information
about daylight than has ever been
known. These investigations are
expected to be of great importance
to farmers and to artiflcai lighting
companies.
The weather bureau experiments
so far have already brought out the
fact, for instance, that a building as
high as the width of an ordinary
city street shuts oft 55 per cent ot
the daylight available to the offlcea
in that building. White tile buildings
it has been found, improve the nat
ural Illumination in a dark building;
due to the light reflection.
The instrument with which these
light experiments are made consists
of a special photometer mounted in
a box-like house without a cover,
painted black inside and white out·
side, so as to keep all light rays
from penetrating the machine ex- ι
cept those from above. The photo
meter measures the brightness of
daylight and compares it with a
standardized electric lamp.
As a result of these light studies
weather bureau officials believe
they will ultimately be able to pre
dict the actual duration and severity
of storms, so that lighting plans can
store up emergency power and be
ready for the heavy demand on
their services when the storms
break.
For farmers and truck gardfners,
these studies will result in the es
tablishment of light regions and the
zoning of the I'nlted States Into
districts especially adapted to the
production of certain corps. For ex
ample. sugar beets need Intense
sunlight during their growth, while
tobacco requires shade. By th«
zoning system, proper localities
will be found for the growth of such
plants as these.
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