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MARION, ILLINOIS, Is overshadowing its Ohio namesake as a news
center.
THAT PREDICTED 50-cent gasoline should benefit the shoe dealers if
it materializes.
PERHAPS Senator Tom Watson stopped that fistic encounter between
his colleagues because he couldn’t get in on it.
PRESIDENT HARDING once played in a small town band, but he
didn’t have much time for golf until he became a public official.
REPUBLICANS Meet Behind Closed Doors—Headline. Must have
been discussing the recent primaries in Indiana, Pennsylvania and lowa.
MINERS in the Terre Haute district have abandoned mass action
because it is expensive. Especially when their income has been cut off.
THE CITY administration may find it can economize by opening more
playgrounds, if the protest against restricted recreation facilities is an\
criterion.
THE FORCE at the public library is asking three weeks’ vacations.
They probably will not have the sympathy of those school board employes
who were recently given permanent vacations.
Proper Thinking
President Lowell of Harvard University, in his baccalaureate sermon,
told Harvard’s graduating class that mankind is always led, ultimately,
by those whose thinking is "clear, conscientious and generous.” That is
true and never was there greater need for proper thinking than today.
The world is on edge. A changing epoch is before us. Unless thinking is
‘•clear, conscientious and generous,” the world is destined to resist progress
and lose its pace.
Representative Government
In preaching the gospel of the hard-boiled. War Secretary Weeks said:
"In adopting the Constitution we adopted a representative form o( sewn
ment in Jhioh the will of the majority of our citizens expressed and carried
out through representatives elected by the people.
Theoretically, ves. Practically, no. That's what all the rumpus is
about The representatives don’t represent the majority of the people.
They represent the party. And the party is bossed by a mere handful of
political bosses who represent the big contributors to the partv cam
of the majority of the people? It is not. Campaign contributors laid the
e-gs and Congress is hatching ’em for their benefit.
The folks are satisfied with representative government when it repre
sents them. They are dissatisfied now because it doesn’t. Representath e
government doesn’t represent under boss-controlled parties.
Watson s Words Come Rack
Senator James E. Watson, in and thoughtless moment, attacked the
Federal trade commission a few years ago and since has been looked upon
as one of its enemies. Asa consequence he is now finding it difficult to
move the Senate to a speedy consideration and approval of the appoint
ment of Vernon W. Van Fleet of South Bend to a place on the commission.
Senator Watson Is mighty anxious to have Mr. Van Fleet land this
plum and so is President Harding, and for that reason the attempt Is
not expected to fail, although there is every indication that the Senators
who are opposed to handing this job out on a purely political basis have
found ready ammunition for opposition in the past statements of the
Hoosier Senator.
Mr. Van Fleet’s appointment will be his reward for having taken
charge of the Harding primary campaign in Indiana when it didn’t look
as if he had a chance in the world to win. The South Bend jurist not alone
looked after the President’s interests, but he fitted in well with the
strategists behind Senator Watson’s campaign, who just then were busy
keeping Albert J. Beveridge out of the field. Hence the great interest
Senator Watson is taking in the pending reward.
An American Leg Show
The why and wherefore of official etiquet that dolls up an American
ambassador in knee breeches and white silk stockings when presented at
the British court is one of the mysteries most Americans have never solved.
With George Harvey as the American ambassador, however, our sense of
humor saves us from any great humility at the thought of democracy knee
breeching itself to royalty. The imagination gets a good laugh at the
picture of Harvey's exposed spindle shanks.
We could even stand without shock a mental picture of Chief Justice
Taft's elephantine calves in white silk. We might point with pride to the
ponderous understanding of the head of the real government in the
United States.
But just why George Harvey has to wear knickers and long stockings
when Bill Taft can stick to long pants and regular American socks, merely
because he wears the long black shroud of a Supreme Court Judge, is
beyond the understanding of the average American.
Even if tbe distinction drawn between a judge and a diplomat works
out theoretically, in practice, and in the picture presented to the mind's
eye, it’s all wrong. For if court etiquet insists on a he-leg show, Uncle
Sam should be given a chance to show the best he has in the shop. And
that would put Taft in knickers and hide Harvey's shins under the
black gown. *
The only way we can figure it out is that the British court finds more
entertainment in looking at Harvey’s bones than in getting an eyeful of
his face, and that even a limited monarchy gets some sport out of tbe
game of making democracy doll up like a courtier.
A Modern Paul
The story of Paul's conversion after.he saw the light on the memorable
trip to Damascus is a notable illustration of the fact that there is always
hope for the hard-boiled reactionary. And there is charitable optimism
in the oomforting assurance that “so long as the light holds out to burn,
the vilest sinner may return.”
With these few kind words we now turn to Judge Elbert H. Gary,
chairman of the United States Steel Corporation, which vast industrial
organization for years has been trying to make 100 per cent Americans
out of working men by working them twelve hours a day and seven
days a week.
It is a matter of recent history that the great interchurch movement
failed financially because it fearlessly condemned this labor-grinding policy
of the steel trust.
But this cloud, too, appears to have a silver lining. There tg hope
ithat back of it is a great light, about to burst forth and illuminate a somlier
Iworld. For in addressing the alumni of Northwestern University the other
Hay, Judge Gary's mental eyes blinked as if he were gazing into a great
Bight. At any rate, he said:
“A large majority of business me n now conduct their affairs in sceord
■ ance with the avowed belief that r ight is superior to might, that morality
■ is on a par with legality, and that t he observance of both is essential to
I worthy achievement.
i "Business men also recognize that t he rights of customers must always be
K respected; that employes are aseocia ted rather than servants and should be
¥ treated accordingly.”
■ There was much more in the Gary speech that was excellent, but for
Hts time being these quotations will servo the purpose. If Judge Gary
Has seen a light—u he uses tbe enormous power of his influential position
C* the financial and industrial world —then in the many mil! r of the steel
Bust and in all the coal mines of the country we may expect to see right
& ail over might, justice be established in of tyranny and a ready
Hsponse everywhere to this splendid sermon c* x the modern Paul.
Unusual Folk
SYRACUSE, N. Y„ June 23—" Blin
dness? Yes. it's an inconvenience.”
Earl A. McCarty says this casually
when asked If lie does not find himself
■i— ' ~1 handicapped by his
I then goes on with
whatever work he
NB happens to have in
band, as calmly and
confidently os any
p- '' ilsL man with all five
senses at his com
f f * * mand.
, Bereft of sight
g-pT through illness when
when he was 4 years
K tg&'ri old. McCarty has
Ik jf Just been graduated
Seatak from the College of
Liberal Arts at
Syracuse University,
with a bachelor's
m degree. With not a
McCarty. concession and with
no aid that his fellow students did not
rsceive, he completed bis four years’
course among the rest and with markings
higher than me average.
McCarty’s home is in Utica. Between
his freshman and sophomore years at col
lege he had two years’ experience as sales
manager for a concern in Detroit. He
married in 1917, but lost his wife, who,
as he says, was heart, eyes and inspira
tion to him. _
He is a member of the Sigma Delta
Upsilon.
Leaving college, he says, be expects to
enter upon "a life of service.’
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German Firms Collect
Souvenirs for \ anks
BERLIN, June 23.—" Keep souvenirs
ready for the Americans,” is advice
given to hotel keepers and store keepers
Uy the Berliner Tageblatt. “American
tourists are especially fond of them.
"It Is also noteworthy to keep good
placards ready to be handed out to the
hotel guests when they leave the hotel.
Americans are crazy about them and .ike
io have thorn fixed on their trunks and
bags and suitcases as a sort of recom
mendation, betraying their paying ca
pacities.”
Numerous German firms already pre
pare collections with the most beautiful
designs of famous artists to satisfy these
demands. They all speculate on the
American's habit of buying sets of such
placards f-r their collections at home.
Ye TOWNE GOSSIP
Copyright, IWZ. br Star Comp.ny
By K. C. B.-
THEY HAVE Judge Landis.
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TO CLEAN up basebaU.
A>d WILL Hays.
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TO CLEAN up pictures.
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and crank LIN Roosevelt.
TO CLEAN up construction
AND OF course the public.
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IS CAVING for it.
AND THAT’S all right.
. . .
AND IK it
I DIDN'T like it.
I COULD stay away.
F ROM THE baseball games
AND THE picture^shores.
AND I’\E been wondering
HOW IT would be.
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IF THE common mortals.
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WHO HAVE no unions.
OP FARMERS’ blocs.
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OR ILOBBYISTS.
OR THINGS like that.
COl I.D GET together.
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AND HIRE someone
AND SEND him to Washing!.•
AND HAVE him find but.
AND LET us know.
WHAT THEY’RE doing down there.
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WITH ALL the money.
WE RE PAYING thorn
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WHEN WE’RE paying as much.
AS WE used to pay.
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FOR FOUR million soldiers.
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AND A great big war
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AND IT isn’t so much.
THAT I have to pay it.
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AS IS the fact.
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I HAVE no idea.
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WHAT IT'S all about.
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AND IT doesn't matter.
FOR WHOM T vote.
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OH WHO’S elected.
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OK ANYTHING.
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IT GOES right on.
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AND SO far as I know
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THERE IS N'T a thing.
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I CAN do about it.
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AND I'VE got to stand up
WHENEVER THEY sing.
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"IN THE land of the free.
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“AND THE hom* of the brave.''
AND IT makes me mad.
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I THANK you.
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INDIANA DAILY TIMES
CHERRYTREE IN
COME-BACK ON
ROAD TO FAME
Baltimore Lad’s Fall Brings
Him Shower of Good
Fortune.
BALTIMORE, Md., June 23—An orphan
lad's fall may some day result In his rise
to a position of prominence and trust.
A cherry tree gave George Washington
reputation.
Tbe same kind of a tree is responsible
for an orphan boy’s acquiring at least
a score of volunteer godfathers who prom
ise him in the country, an ed
ucation and many other advantages.
Some boys fall out of cherry trees and
get a trip to the hospital or a spanking.
Little "Lefty” Frank, eleven years old,
fell out of a cherry tree and got a trip
to the hospital—and a generous supply
of godfathers.
"Lefty” doesn’t mind two broken arms
—Just look at all the other things he’ll
get because of the fall. Not everybody
tan fall from a cherry tree straight Into
the arms of fortune, "Lefty” will tell
the world.
“Lefty” Is a ward of one of the chil
dren's aid societies and had Just been
placed in a home at Catonsville, a beauti
ful suburb of Baltimore, for the summer.
Suffering an acute attack of “goltitis"
even at his tender years, "Lefty” climbed
a cherry tree to get a better view of
a game which was in progress on the
Bolling Beads gold course. The game
proved too exciting, and “Lefty” fell out.
But "Lefty's” godfathers In disguise
were playing on the golf course. One of
them saw the little fellow walking down
the road. His arms were so broken and
twisted from tbe fail that tbe men hardly
recognized them ns arms at all.
But “Lefty” was a gams youngster and
didn’t shed a tear as some of the golf
players put him in their machine and
took him to St. Agnes' Hospital. There
they w*ere again impressed by his
bravery. By the time “Lefty” returned
to Catonsville, with his arms In splints—
but still smiling—he and the golfers had
become fast friends.
At a meeting of the Baltimore Auto
Trade Association the next day some of
the golf players of the previous day men
tioned “Lefty,” and the members t egan
to talk about his bravery. Notv the se
cret is out. It was the members of the
irade association who were on the Ituks.
From now on they will consider "Lefty”
their special charge.
In less time than It took the little
fellow to fail out of the tree his god
fathers had taken up a collection of
SIOO at the meeting to give “Lefty” a
summer in the real country, with all the
milk he can drink. After that—well,
plans are somewhat indefinite. But they
say "Lefty” isn't going to lack an educa
tion or anything about it.
“Lefty,” looking fondly down at his
bandaged arms and then at his god
fathers, gave a little gasp as he heard
tbe good news.
"Gee whiz!” he exclaimed. “Some fall!”
BRIDAL CAR HELD DP.
HORSHAM, England, June 23. An hour
after they were married and had started
for an automobile honeymoon, Mr. and
Mrs. Lionel Peyton were held up and
robbed of their money and baggage.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY
Trust In the Lord nd do good; so
shnlt thou dwell In the lund. and verily
thou sbult be fed.—Psalm 37:3.*
Providence has a wild, rough, Incal
culable road to its end; and it is no use
to try to whitewash its huge, mixed in
strumentallties. to dress up that terrific
benefactor in a clean shirt and white
necktie of a student in divinity.—Ralph
Waldo Emerson.
RISKS THAT YOU RUN.
Written for the Big Four Railroad
"Careful Crossing Campaign" by Mary
K. Hummel of Crawfordsville.
Os all the things 1n this world of ours
The greatest, is Idfe—Love comes next
And among the good things there are
had ones, of course,
Such as Risk—and again, to be vexed.
There one* was a man, I will say Mr
Ton,
Whose wife and two girls and a boy
Went riding last week In their big
yellow ear—
Just riding for—well—pure Joy;
And the car was quite new, they were
"trying it out.”
“Go faster. Dad,” cried Jimmy You.
And Dad ‘‘stepped on her”—made the
car fairly fly;
Seemed to be quite enjoying it, too.
A dangerous crossing was np Just ahead,
Th warning boll rang loudly, too.
Yonr engine is making too much of a
roar
For YOU to hear that. Mr You.
And then comes the train —a big. fast,
through express;
The wife and the babies cry out:
’•Oh, Dad, stop if. quick I" And you
would hide your eyes
As these words you cau hear Jimmy
shout.
And you slam on the brakes, and the
engineer’s face
Is n puzzle to see—horror—fright:
As—a crash—and the car is swept swiftly
along,
And to you, Mr. Yon, all is night.
'Tis too late. You are sad, for anew
grave is there
Iu the church yard. And others may
Ve.
And I'm sorry for you and the others
who wait
’Till too late such a crossing to see.
And YOU blame tbe railroad! Why,
yes, sure you do;
They have taken a Life and a Love.
But deep In your heart you can tell it’s
your fault —
Just as sure as the stars shine above.
So, let this be a warning that wise folks
will take
And keep in their minds day by day.
Help make a success of the crossing
campaign
Or I’m certain that someone will pay.
SL’Mftuite
CXf** | ay FRED
MYERS.
ODE TO A DOMESTIC ANIMAL.
At evening from his fireside
He never cares to roam;.
Did I say “cares?”
It should be “dares”—
That’s why be stays at home!
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FAMOUS SLIPS.
horn.
Cinderella’s er.
Cow .
knot.
The dough that Charles W. Morse
ed to Mr. Daugherty (?).
There's many a ,
The that Mary gave to Al
lister McC.
Pillow .
s don’t count.
“ me flTe.”
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SPEAKING OF DEEP PERSONAL
LOSSES.
“I feel a deep sense of personal loss,”
General Pershing is quoted as having
said apropos th k death of a distinguished
Briton.
“I don't wish to be flippant,” com
ments the pompadoured gentleman on
our left, “but I wonder if he ever was in
au all night craps game and emerged at
dawn wth a lonely jitney and a Grizzly
Bear's appetlie. Personal loss! Huh!”
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SPOKE BY THE CARD.
He swore she was his Queen and yet
No trace of joy snffused her face;
She simply answered, “I regret
To say I am another's ace.”
—Boston Transcript.
Sometimes she will cult him her King,
But often alio finds good excuse
To make him feel that life Is h 1
By calling him a “dirty deuce.”
—Cincinnati Enquirer.
Her features wore a royal flush,
Her heart It seemed wonld choke 'er.
But now she yearns to poke his mush—
She’s found he was a Joker.
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A MOTORING DRAMA.
. Cast of Characters.
MOTORIST (OUT OF GAS).
FARMER.
Scene.
A DUSTY ROAD, ELEVEN MILES
FROM AN > WHERE.
Time.
8:30 P. M.
MOTORIST—I’m out of gss. Is there
n filling station around here?
FARMER -There’s one about two mile
down the road lint it’* closed up.
Slow Curtain.
NO DOUBT.
Emotions qnrer
A Martian has.
When he doth hear
Our mundane Jaxa.
IN DISTtNT FIELDS THE. CLOVER
BRIMS WITH BLOOM.
In distant fields the clover brims with j
bloom
And daisies wenve-their dances on (he
hills.
Along Its silver bank the river spills
Pale sparkling ripples where the wiliows
loom ;
Yet in the confines of some narrow room
Here in the town w-bere tumult never
stills
Wo walk a weary round of cares and
i'ls.
Hemmed by the city’s w-alls as by a
tomb.
Ob, to exchange these pavements for
the rocks
That ramble down beside some wood
land brook
And for the roar and rushing In the
st rev-1
To hoar the wind amid the great hem
locks
That guard the far flung heights, arid
oh, to look !
Not on man’s works, but God’s, pure
and complete!
N. Y. IT.
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THUMBNAIL ESSAYS I
CLOTHES.
T!i first suit of clothe* presumably
of Fall design— was worn by Papa Adam,
and it was made of fig leaves, if his
torians are reliable.
To be sure, it wasn’t much of a suit.
Little more than an apron, but so long
ns it suited Adnrn. why should we quib
ble about the pattern? He wasn't pes
tered by changing fashions. There was
nobody to criticise his garb, except Eve
-and she had very little on Adam In
this respeot.
Fancy, old subscriber, yon who must
pay $lO for an erstwhile $lO suit, how
would you like to go out in the back
yard and shake the tree when your old
outfit began looking frazzled? One can
imagine Eve addressing her husband in
this wise: “Ad, tn’ love, climb that tree
and hand me down anew skirt.”
Thus, the origin of the term “hand
me-down.” referring to ready-made garb.
It Is not easy to follow the evolution
of clothes from the fig-leaf down to the
present era. The cave man, who fol
lowed Adatn closely in the hatting or
der. dreßsed in skins: the early Greeks
wore a garment which they called the
togn. When not in use as wearing ap
parel it made a nifty tablecloth. When
knighthood was in Its prime, the village
blacksmith also served ns tailor.
Clothes, In some form or other, have
been worn for many years.
(Copyright, 1922, by Fred Myers.)
Monte Blue, Indianapolis Movie Actor,
to Play Leads With Madge Kennedy
Henry Kolker, who directed the George
Arliss production, “Disraeli,” is direct
ing Madge Kennedy in her new series of
six special productions, the first two of
which are to be “Dorothy Vernon of
Haddon Hall” and an adaption by Rufus
Steele of the John Golden stage success,
‘‘Dear Me.”
Mr. Kolker has had wide experience
in directing for the screen. Only re
cently he returned from Italy where he
staged a mammoth film spectaclo
founded on the F. Marion Crawford nov
el, "Sant Alario.” He was for years a
prominent player and director on the
statge.
Miss Kennedy's first production of the
series is now in full swing. The cast
Is as follows: Monte Blue, Vincent Cole
man, Dore Davidson, Emily B’itzroy,
Pedro De Cordoba, William H. Hooker,
Fuller Mellish,' Charles Kent, Winifred
Harris, Charles Eldridge and Charles
FINDS JOY IN CANARY COTTAGE
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“Whenever T fee! blue all I have to do is to go to my aviary and watch my
irds." says Betty Compson, Paramount picture star. “They are the surest
ure for blues 1 know." Miss Compson, wbo has just finished her latest picture.
The Bonded Woman," has an aviary in the patio of her Los Angeles lume
tat houses sixty-five birds of all varietietlea. It is her pet hobby and she never
isses a day in getting acquainted with her feathered friends. In the picture
iove she is shown conversing with one of her choice pets, a Mexican love bird.
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Moore. Every member of this cast is a
well known screen artist. Most of them
have been featured in previous produc
tions, some in character leads. Monte
Blue was the “Danton” of D. W. Grif
fith’s latest moving picture, “Orphans
of the Storm.”
Hundreds of additional players appear
in some of the scenes of the first npw
Madge Kennedy production. Several im
posing scenes were photographed at an
estate near Oyster Bay, Long Island,
earlier this week, and many prominent
members of Long Island's uitra-fashion
able set took part in these scenes.
The guests were groupeds in a mam
moth Italian garden, at one end of
which is an unusual lake, with a lily
pool, a crystal clear gazing pool and
other delightful features. This scene
was photographed from a float anchored
in the middle of the lake. Some un
usual night color was used, and it is
JUNE 23,1922.
believed the result will be something ab
solutely new to tho screen.
Another dazzling "shot” shows a gala
water-fete In full swing, with gliding
gondolas, brilliant carnival costumes
and a great glare of fireworks.
Miss Kennedy la being starred In the
series of super-productions by the new
Kenma Corporation, which has leased two
New York studios for the filming of
special interior scenes.
J’ust as soon as the present picture Is
completed, Miss Kennedy and her sup
porting company will commence “Dorothy
Vernon of Haddon Hall.” The script, of
this has already been completed by Ru
fus Steele, the magazine and scenario
writer, who in making the adaption
worked both from the script of the stage
play and from Charles Major’s celebrated
novel of that title.
Both of these productions will be ready
for the public by early fall. “Dorothy
Vernon of Haddon Hall” has been much
In demand by film producers recently.
ON VIEW TODAY. '
The following attractions are on view
today: “My Lady's Dress” at the Murat;
Rita Gould at B. F. Keith’s; "Thirty
Pink Toes" at the Lyric; musical comedy
and movies at the Rialto; “Grand Lar
ceny” at the Ohio; “The Good Provider"
at the Apollo; “The Barricade” at
Loew's State and “The Call of the Woods”
at Brookslde Park.
COLDEST SPOT
IS 515 BELOW
Scientists, Liquefying Helium,
Reach Record Low
Temperature.
WASHINGTON, Jane 23—The coldest
spot In the world has been found. By
comparison, the North Pole is warmer
than the tropics. A person able to stand
this new frigidity could explore the
Arctie circle In a hula hula skirt.
It Is so much colder than any other
spot In the universe that comparisons
are almost impossible. To be exact, it
is 515 degrees Fahrenheit below ze.o
The known temperature near the North
Pole varies from SO to 60 degrees below
zero. At the highest altitude ever
reached In an airplane the temperature
hovered around 60 degrees below zero.
This was nearly seven miles up.
This record low temperature was pro
duced iu the cryogenic laboratory of the
nureau of miLes, Department of Interior,
where for more than two years scientists
have been working in an effort to liquefy
helium gas, purify it and make it 100
per cent efficient in the lift of giane
dirigibles.
There is no limit to what may be ex
pected, except in the insulation of the
condenser coils. These must be abso
lutely protected from any outside tem
peratures, and constructing a vacuum
about them has been one of the most dif
ficult obstacles to overcome.
COWS SAVE FARMER.
FT. DODGE. lowa, June 22—After
Henry Peters had been twice knocked
ilown by a stray bull, a herd of his cows
surrounded him and protected him from
further attack.
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