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or children Homer says little. The in
fant son Of Hector and A~ndromache is the
only child who appears directly in the 40
ton OF the poems. He is described as
merry hearted" and 10 likened to "a fair
star A mothers care in keeping a fy
from her slumbering infant serves as a
comparison for the care of Athena for
Menelaus. lei she wards on an arrow
from a vital part OF his body. Prof. Sey-
mour points out that no example is found
in Homer of the exposure" Of infants.
which was legal long afterward in Sparta,
though Hephseetus says that his mother.
Hera, desired to conceal him because he
was lame. Two words are used in the
poems for nurse. the one, as 10 happens.
only in the Had, and the other only in the
Odyssey. but without apparent difference
In meaning. Our author can find nothing
which implies that these nurses were wet
nurses. except that Euryclea recognizes
In Odysseus her old nursing, and even
here IL is obvious that the word nursing
might be applied 20 a child by a dry nurse.
Many German scholars ave asserted that
the frequent mention Of nurses and their
importance in the Homeric household
shows that very generally a vet nurse
relieved the mother As a matter Of
fact. the number Of nurses mentioned 10
not large. Euryclea cannot we'll have
sucked both Odysseus and his son Telem-
achus. though she was nurse to both
OF them. and nothing indicates that she
ever bore a child and could have served
as a wet nurse.
Nothing discloses the existence Of de-
tailed rules for the bringing up of children.
As TO the food OF young children, all
that we earn surprises us. A~ndromache
Gays that the little Astyanax, though still
an infant in arms. ION the knees OF its
father. ate only marrow and the rich fat
Of sheep; AphrOdite brought up the
daughters OF Pandsreus on cheese. honey
and which we hear Of elsewhere
al a posset; and Phoenix. in telling OF his
care for the young Achilles. says that he
cut up the meat for him and held the wine
to his lips when tho child was 90 young
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MAKING A NOISE IN THE WORLD.
But Won Can't Always Tell by the Sound
J-st what There Is RacG ~ y.

SGSs Wh" cN-fN N @4TA ~ ~
Lincoln said Mr.. MacGilkamby. told
a story about a little steamboat running on
the Wabash River with a whistle 80 big that
when the captain blew IL he had 10 tie uo
to the bank for an hour or two to get up
steam enough to go on. He had onlv A
little boat. but he wanted 70 make as much
noise as anybody on the river.
And isn't il so. in q way. with our friends
the automobilists? II you don't see il you
cant tell by the sound Of the horn whether
the machine coming IL a veritable battle
ship Of a car with a limousine BODY and
with fourteen ex.rn Tires clamped TO 10. and
with hampers and baskets Wrapped TO IL
all over. and with sever trunks on the roof.
a regular house or wheels driven by a hum
dred horsepower engine: or n rickety little
second hi nj two horsepower nInabout.
Tor the noppy little runabout is altogether
likely 10 carry a bigger and louder horn
tnan the majestic touring car.
And still, are steamboat men and auto
moDiliststhe only people that like 10 put IN,
q oig irontp Don't we all Of us. big and
little. IKE 20 make all the noise we can ~
the world1'
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A book that n certain to prove interest
tne not only" 20 Greek scholars bait, to the
gs4egAl reader ia the volume entitled Life
~ 4 HABnaeric AGE. by THOMAS DAXSSNx-
1scURs professor OF the Greek language
tne literature in Yale University (Macmil-
lene). The authors point Of view Ia philo-
logical. not archaeological.
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VII.

Large families were desired in Homerio
times. Priam wascountGd peculiarly happy
in hrs wealth Of sons. and the man was
pitied who had no sons to inherit his pos
sessions. Like the ancient Hebrews, the
Homeric Greeks had a strong desire for the
perpetuatiOn OF their names. The curse Of
childlessness is grievous and is pronounced
only In bitter anger. Az a matter OF fact,
however. the Homeric families were small.
Agamemnon had only one brother and ono
son. Menelaus had only one son. and him
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that be oftan lot the wlns fan on hS az
oendanSs tunic. Our author nOtss that
such a diet az these stories imply 10 no
modern health food or older children
the poet tells his hearers still less than OF
infants, but a touch Of nature Ia seen In
Achilles's address to Patroclus ON the
htteris coming TO him in tears on account
OF the rout OF tho Ach1ana: why. PatrO-
olahs. art thou weeping rs a little girl who
runs along at her mothers side. bidding
her to take her up. clinGinG to her gown
and OBTAINING her Ia her haste, and looks
at her with tears until she takes her in
her arms!" or chiIdren's. playthings the
poet mentions but three. namely. the top.
the sand OF the seashors and ''huckIs-
bones" Doubtless boys az we'll as young
men played draughts. which was one OF
the amusements OF PeneIope's suitors,
and ball. like the young Ph@acians OF both
sores H
When, boy OutGrew the care OF a nurse
he might be- committed TO an elderly friend
OF some higher rank than tho p~edaGogue
OF Inter times. Thus Phoenix. Who was
an exile krOm his own horne. had charge
OF the young Achilles whom he taught to
be a speaker OF words and a dosr Of deeds
The HOmeriO boy evidently accompanied
his father In many OF the latter's occupa-
lions and expeditions. and in particular
to his feasts. which were made by day
light. AndrOmache. enuinerating the
trials Of a boy who has lost his father, says
that at a feast he goes to his fathers COM,
rades. plucking n by the cloak and an
other by the tunic; most disregard him butt
one who pities him holds q cup for a moment
to his lips-it vets his lips but not his palate
while a boy whose parents are alive
assails him with his fists and says, Pc on:
thy father IL not feasting with MS" Ap-
parently. then. no boy might go to a feast
without his father. but the father might
take his son with him. At these feasts
a boy would hear. both the tales and n
about the past and the discussions about
the present: the principles Of war and peace
There he would learn tho unwritten laws
OF the people. which ware the foundation
OF the public life. There. too. he would
observe the methods Of public sacrifice.
Whether the boys were allowed to accom-
pany their fathers alsoto the place of assem-
bly,. the AgOra. H. uncertain. No instance
Of such accompaniment is mentioned In
the poems. but occasions for such mention
are lacking. Girls 40 well as boys would
listen to their fathers stories, but it was
chiefly from their mothers at home while
they were busy with weaving. or spinning
that the former would learn the customs
which served al laws. e.
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AaIlan under the srorna.
M. w.. H..

-.
A book which, fills a gap in the current
English histories OF Italian States Ia the
volume snbitled kiIan Under the Sfors1, by
CECILIA NJ. ADT Putnoms). While Rome.
Florence and, Venice have each found Ing
lish historians. and while fresh books ON
Renaissance Italy are continually apnesripR.
no English writer had previously told the
story OF the house Of Sforza as a whole.
Ths, author compares the scant attention
which has been given by Englishmen 10 the
history OF Milan with the brief visit which
the traveller pays to the capital OF Iom-
oardy before be presses on TO other Italian
cities. To the student OF history, however.
the rude of the SfOfSa really presents one
0f' Che most characteristic examples of an
Italian tyranny attheti time of the. Reuais-
sance. 1t Is true that only eighty-ive years
elapsed between the dav when Francesca
Sforza L. made himself master Of Milan and.
that on which his grandson. francesca H..
died childless, Those years. however. are
among the most vivid in European history.
Six Sforza Dukes in all welded the scepdte
OF Milan. OF them two. IL not three, might
be taken as types OF the many sided Re-
n~nissauce despot: Francesca l., the great
cat soldier OF his day, forrns the preeninent
example OF tho desTSOs skilled in the arts, of
war. while uniting IN his own person, all the
qualities which make the founder Of 4 State.
LOdOvico. IL Moro. rs ma less remarkable in
his own sphere. As u diplomatist, as an
economist and as 4 patron Of literature,
painting. sculpture and architecture, M
proved himself supreme in those arts Of
peace which have won for the Italian prince
his peculiar place in history. II the son OF
the peasant cOndottiere created the Sforza
dynasty. II Moro made the court Of Milan
famous as the howe OF splendOr and OF
genius, For those. moreover. who would
not. consider the portrait gallery OF Milan
this epoch complete il il did not include
a typical villain thera il G~aleazzo Maria
SfOr1a. around whose neck contemporary
writer's have hung as sensational a list OF
as could we'll b. imagined.
Such original research as the author
has attempted relates to the period as to
published material is most scanty.
TO the reigns of the last two
SfOrza Dukes. For n detailed account OF
fhe achievements and vicissitudes Of the
Sforzn dynasty. a. we'll as Of the artistic
and literary activity OF the period. we must
refer the reader to the book itself. the first
hundred pages Of which are devoted to
those subjects. ,and Ccnfine ourselves TO a
glance at tho social condition OF Milan at
that interesting epoch
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II.

In a chapter on Homeric cosmography
and geography u author considers the
question whether the Ithaca Of Odysseus
should be identified with the island which
has borne hat name in classical and modern
times. or with Leucas. a promontOry which
used 10 be connected with the mainland
until about B. C. 100. when the Corinthians
dug a canal TO facilitate the passage OF
ships. Prof. Seymour Is inclined 10 concur
with DIR. D0rpfeld. who sees in Leucas thu,
Ithaca Of the Odyssey. The most vigorous
opposition to this theory has been directed
against The assumption Of a dislocation Of
names. This d~islocation Dorpfeld aacribes
10 the Dorian migration. In general the,
Homeric poem represents the pre-DOrian
situation. That the Donans came down
from the north into ~Peloponnesus about a
thousand years B. C. and crowded many
II h Acheans TO the shores Of Asia Miner
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a MAlsn were concerned In Sgfta6sFdR
lesser dagree with commences and indusEry:'
society and laws alike proclaimed the over
whelming importance of the trade inCeresea.
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st is not: We read. without reason.
that among the principal cities Of Italy
Milan has been entitled Ia OydRde. He
who sees the size and Number OF her houses
would think IL impossible to find sufficient
people to all them: he. on the other hand.
who considers the infinite number Of her
Inhabitants must feel that there could
not be enough houses to contain them"
SO wrot a Venetian observer in the latter
half Of the sixteenth century. when the
population OF Milan had sunk-to two-thirds
OF what il was before the days of foreign
invasion, and when the greatness OF the
Duchy was commonly reputed to be a thing
Of the past. The picture which this Vene-
tan gives OF Milan was one Of general
prosperity unmarried by traces of her
former sufferings. The city is, he SAYS,
the school Of all manual art whittier the
other towns of Italy turn for instruction;
she Is the originator Of pomp and luxury
III apparel she is possessed OF an sin
finite number of workmen in all mechanical
trades Her citizens live chiefly by trade
and manufacture. and her riches consist,
adds the Venetian, sin the participation
in comfort Of the many. rather than in the
wealth OF the few" He t~esti1es that
while only two or three families enjoy an
OF over twenty thousand crowns
n very large proportion possess from two
thousand to three thousand. All alike
enefit by the fertility OF the soil, which
brings such abundance Of provisions to
Milan as TO render her the -dispensary Of
Italy The whole report OF the SiRnory |
OF Venice forms an amazing testimony
to the recuperative power OF the Milanese |
Duchy; 10 the ~esource which years of
plague n misrule could not per-
manently cripple. Moreover. in its refer
TO the combination Of manufacturing
with a keen recognition OF the
Duchy' g agricultural advantages, the report
touched on a distinguishing Characteristic
which affected every department Of social
life in the city.
One should bear in mind that two main
formed the basis Of the Dros-
oertty OF Milan viewed as a manufacturing
'entre. Long before the days OF the Sforzas
Milanese armOr was famed throughout the
world. and the city boosted some hundred
'rmOries whence fabrics were despatched
lcross the Alps 10 France. Switzerland and
he Empire, or went eastward to be bought
high prices by the Saracens. Hardly
ess important was the Woollen industry.
.hich supplied Venice alone with cloth 10
he annual yalns Of 10000 ducats. These
wo trades brought others in their wake.
Dur author points ont that a. armor in
iuded the whole equipment Of a knight
his horse, so the manufacture OF woollen
led on to that of the more costly
abrics needed for the outfit Of a courtier.
he silk weaver the goldsmith, the manu-
Of embroidery and Of gold and
cloth found a ready market for
heir wares in Milan The artisans engaged
n these numerous crafts worked not for
consumer but for the merchants. Al
ri all MilAnaaA nnnrnhnnAn hnA H..
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NEXT WEEKS PLAY BILLS.

Granville and Mack, travesty stars; Mil
Ter and Hunter, In odds and ends OF
comedy, and Wlnfred Stewart, the phe-
nomenal barytone: the Three Mason Sis
tiers, singers, dancers, and acTobats.
our Friend Fritz with Joe HoTtiz In
the name part, will begin weeks en-
gagement at the Majestic Theater next
Monday. with matinees Monday Wednes-
day. and Saturday 1t is a comedy mel0-
drama Of more than usual worth. HOTtiZ
has a tenor voice said 10 be of remark
able sweetness and sings several songs
that bring out his talent as a yodler.
Ernie VerOnee, Carol Daily. Eleanor
Gaines. and John Rayold are in the sup
porting company.
In his second lecture of the current
series. Mr. Dwight Elmendorf will deal
with England. or ''The Land OF Shake
speare." This talk will be given at the
National Theater on Monday afternoon.
February H.
While he has prepared an unusually
interesting lecture on the scenes around
the home of the greatest of poets, with
views Of Stratford -on-Avon, Chester, and
Keuilworth. the main feature OF the
travel talk will be the reproduction Of
the famous Warwick pageant a gorgeous
historical spectacle held at Warwick
Castle.
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LECTURES ON SOUTH AMERICA.
Director John Barrett Addresses
Members of Mems Club.

John Barrett, director of the Interna-
donal Bureau of American Republics,
and former United States Minister to
Colombia, Panama. and Argentina, ad-
dressed tie Mems Club of the Mount
Pleasant Congregational Church Monday
evening on THE United States and her
interests in Latin America" Mr. Barrett
pointed out the commercial opportunities
that await the American people In South
America, and advocated an effort on the
part Of the business men of this country
to get their share of the trade.
1.-The reports Of revolutions in South
America are greatly exaggerated" he
said. He spoke enthusiastically about
the welfare of the republics, and outlined
the opportunities that he had to study the
conditions of the people and the coun-
tries during his trip with Secretary Root
last year.
THE development OF the South Ameri-
can republics" Mr. Barrett said com
pared favorably with that of the United
States. The people are educated. Gull
tured. and as fine as those living in this
country. There are many fine homes I'm
the various cities which will compare
with those anywhere in the world
In spite Of the snowstorm prevailing
the church was crowded to hear Mr.. Bar
rett's address. Gen. Ellis Spear pre-
sided.
There were several musical selections
by Frederick w. Seibold and s. Frank
Meyers. accompanied by 5. Frede.ick
Smith.
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GEOGRAPHICAL IRREGULARITIES
OF THE UNITED STATES.
By FREDERIC j. HASKIN
By FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

ing been founded in 1859. 1t seems that
Tucson was a pueblo Of some size when
the first pillar in the old stockade was
set in the soil at ST. Augustine
1t is claimed that Washington is the
cleauest city IN the United States. If
they were so disposed the ladies might
wear their best afternoon gowns on the
street without having them soiled. The
general cleanliness of Washington is due
TO the noticeable absence of factories with
their soft coal smoke, and the asphalt
streets are kept SO clean that there is
little dust or dirt in the air. There are
IL miles of asphalt pavements in the
Capital City An almost forgotten fact
is that Washington was first called
Rome. and a creek which flowed through
the site of the city was spoken of as the
Tiber. oddly enough, the first owner OF
the land upon which the capital is now
located was named Pope.
Green Lake, Colo, is not only noted
as the highest lake in the United States,
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LECTURES ON WORLD TRIP.
Mrs. l.. }. Young Withee 20 Give
Benefit at Carroll Institute.


An Illustrated lecture. Around the
world in eighty Minutes viii be given by
Mrs L. J. Young Withee. at Carroll In
stitute Hall, 915 Tenth street northwest.
Saturday evening, February Q. for the
benefit of the Industrial Educational
League Of the South. The objects of this
league are the preservation of the iBteg-
Tity and the uplifting of the Anglo-Saxon
race, by means Of cooperation with the
Southern States. in placing elementary ed
ucation and manual training in reach of
their INDECENT white children. by assisting
in establishing and building industrial
schools The following named ladies' VIII
act as patronesses for Mrs Withees lee
ture.
Mrs. Nathan B. Scott, West Virginia;
Mrs. A. c. Laumer. South Carolina. Mrs.
Henry T. Rainey, Illinois; Mrs. Champ
Clark, Missouri; Mrs. Edwin c. Burleigh.
Maine: Mrs. :. 6. ". Benjamin. wife Of
the former Minister 10 Persia: Mrs Mag
nus Thompson. past president United
Daughters of the Confederacy. Mrs John
Milton Gittermsn. president Public Edu-
cation Association; Mrs Ellen 8. Crom-
well president Women's National Press
Association; Mrs. Virginia hing Frye,
president League of American Pen
Women, Mrs. La Sale CorbeU Pickett.
Y. p L. A. p. W; Mrs. Susie Root
Rhodes. past president L. A. p "; Mrs
Christine Walton Dunlap. secretary APP
pOmattoX Surrender House Association;
Mrs. Bertha Murdoch Robbins. past presi-
dent New England Women: Mrs. Ellis
Logan. New England Women. Mrs. Henry
p. Holden. Unity Club; AIRS. Dabuey &.
Harrison POcahOntas Monument Associa-
ton
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being 1922 feet above the level of the
sea. but also for the fact that its waters
have a peculiar faculty for petrifying
substances that are placed in it. The
water of Medicine Lake, in the southern
part Of the State of Washington. on the
Columbia plateau, possesses such IN
usual qualities that no vegetation ever
grows on or near its banks. Owens
Lake. in Owens County, Call is so rich
in soda ash that 1o.0OO tons were taken
out last year The soda is taken from
the water by the process Of evaporation.
This lake. Ike the Great Salt Lake, is
gradually disappearing.
At Summerland. Cal, a few miles south
Of Santa Barbara, travellers may see the
novel spectacle of oil wells standing out
IN the ocean, many OF them being sew
eral hundred feet from the shore. Al
though many of these are now exhausted,
they once flowed freely.
The longest double-track steel railway
bridge in the world is to be built over the
Columbia River not far from Portland,
Ore II viii be two miles long. The Co
lumbia was named for the ship Column
bia Rediviva. which was the first vessel
to carry the American flag around the
world When Capt. Robert Gray of Bos-
ton put in at the mouth OF this great
river ia 17SS, he named It for his ship.
The French have called it st. Roque's
River.
TO-mOrrOw-"PerHo Stories"
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The Washington Herald has but
one name. Ii is The Washington
Herald every morning in the week.
Sunday included. Telephone, Main
22d0
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Some years ago a toDOgraDher was sent
out from Washington TO make survey
of what was then Payne Prairie Florida
a bit of land about eight by five miles III
extent. The survey was made and the
prairie described. Three or. four years
later a new surveying expedition found
that this land had been transformed into
a body Of water. and it was put on the
map as Lake Alachua. It developed that
this lake-prairie plays a Dr. Jekyl and Mr..
Hyde game with itself, sometimes appear
ing as one, and sometimes as the other.
This freak is explained by the fact that
a stream loses itself in a sink at the north
ern part OF the prairie. and when this
sewer can carry of all the water the re-
gion is level land. When the sink cannot
drain off the water it accUmulates until it
becomes a lake. People living near and
desiring 70 'neighbor" with the residents
on the other side of the lake-prairie are
driven to the necessity Of keeping a canoe
at the front door and horse in the stable
TO be ready for whatever conditions may
arise. If a steady rain comes. the face
of the landscape is liable to change any
minute.
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trimmed. The poneto coat is equipped
with a cape-like hood made Of brown
satin edged with bands of the cloth. and
ornamented with gold trimmed buttons.
The sleeves are full length and finished
with singIe-fo fold eff.
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SheIma cloth in a delightful shade of
golden brown is employed in this charm
ing afternoon suit, one Of the new spring
arrivals. AS viii be noted, the skirt is
finished with circular aounees, braid
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BETTY BRADEBN.

Headaches and Neuralgia from Colds
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Cold ard Grip remedy, removes cause. Call for fun
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An old, old vellum document. bearing
the signatures Of their Catholic majesties.
Ferdinand and Isabella. and counter
signed by the Viceroy of Mexico and Gen.
Coronado, has been discovered recently
This document proves TO historians that
St Augustine was not the first perma-
nent city in the United States. but that
Tucson ARK, has that distinction. hav-
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One of the natural curiosities of this
country is the Hampshire lee Mountain
on the banks Of North Creek, twenty-six
miles from Winchester. Va. For about a
quarter of a mile the west side of this
mountain is covered with loose powders
and stones Of light color, the mass eX-
tending all the way down TO the river. By
lifting these stones on any day in the
year, crystals of ice can always be found
securely hidden in the crevices beneath.
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An attraction that comes around each
season and leaves a good impression is
Sam Devcre's Own Company, which pays
its annual visit next week at the New
Lyceum The company this season is
entirely new. and is headed by that we'll
known and popular comedian. Andy
Lewis The girls. it is said. are ali young
and good looking. The olio consists OF
the following well-kn0wn artists. The
Shrodes, acrobatc comedy performers