Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-29
ELSA ESTER OF MEMPHIS, Tenn, MADE
OVER THIRT Y DOLLARS from THIS SMALL GAR DEN.

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fairs of the nation travels widely, is
bringing the matter to the attention OF
state superintendent of education and
teachers, and he hopes to see hearty
response to his efforts.
1t will go far, ! believe. he said.
toward solving many OF the economic
and social evils from which we suffer.
problem by enabling the child 10 help
himself. This should mean an increase
in wages to the adult workers 1t will
keep children off the streets, and thus
do away with much truancy. vagrancy
and corner loafing. 1t Will make manly
and womanly citizens of the rising gem
Grafton
While DR. Claxton is heartily in favor
of the prevailing form OF school garden
ing. the practical side of his nature leads
him to the opinion, he says. that the
money making system of school gar
dening will be of greater value to the
cause of education than the nature study
system" He believes that the pupils
can attain under his scheme many. Ii not
all. of the benefits which they could de-
rive from using the school garden for
purely educational purposes.
In connection with the Memphis ex-
pertinent 1. c. Burke, principal of the
health of many members of the Garden
Club.
Not to be ignored" he adds. is the
evidence betrayed by the most casual
conversation with members of the class.
of a training, in appreciation of the larger
truths of plant life and plant culture. the
awakening in few and the fostering in
many of d love for nature"
Training in civic beauty in the trans
formation of back yards which once har-
bored rubbish into neatly kept gardens
IS another advantage mentioned. knoWl-
edge of the economic relations ex sung
between plants. insects and bras. training
N1,xy hN- hn
the soil general !. ssons in design and
mathematical training, all of these are
incidentals which the gardening brings
naturally in its wake
The health authorities of the District
recently declared that vacant lots are
prolific source Of disease: and an appeal
was made to persons living near such
lots not to throw rubbish on them
The indiv dual schooichild garden Is
nossible solution of this troublesome
health question. If the children got start
ed. even in city the size Of Washington.
DR.. Claxton is of the opinion that there
would be a systematic war on the waste
flow of any ocean current: drifting into
a temporary current produced by stormy
winds being carried around an euos,
and the length of time they may lay on
an unfrequented shore before being PICK
ed up. The great NUMBER OF pottiea
tirely elm mates these defects. since the
average rate of drift of the majority IS
nearly the same.
When these bottle papers, they are
called, are received at the issuing once
they are listed, giving the name of the
vessel, date at which thrown overheard,
latitude and longitude, date and place OF
af fhp "
age, the total drift and the average drift
per day Usually from twenty five to
thirty will show the same average dr. IT
as listed each month To give a further
idea of the probable course of these bot
ties, based on the water circulation al
ready obtained. Their place of launching
is marked on chart by star. and their
course is followed by curved line. ending
at a small circle marking the po Mt at
which they were picked UP. Each issue OF
such charts shows remarkable SINH
larity in the course followed by these bot
ties.
Prior to 1895 1t was generally supposed
by mariners that the Rennell current.
sometimes noted setting north ana
northwest opposite the mouth of the Eng
lish and St. Georges channels was OF
the permanent class. One of the great
est pieces of work accomplished by these
little voyagers was the undoing OF this
erroneous supposition, and the CONSEQUENT
correcting of errors in navigation, which,
up to that time. had often occurred.
Three bottles recovered in September of
the previous year took course directly
opposite to the supposed set or that cur
rent, while one recovered in the Following
December followed a course favorfng II.
The course of the latter however. was
explained by the existence OF favoring
gales during the intervening months
Subsequently the Prince Of Monaco. In
his yacht rHirondelle. made a special
.&,,I, Sc he ri of
and having failed to discover conclusive
evidence Of the permanent existence OF
the cure mt. confirmed the tale told by the
three bottles.
There are occasions when bottles will
drift to the eastern edge Of the gulf
stream as 1t curves eastward in the high
er ATTITUDES. Once in this position it is
rare that one OF them is recovered They
will slowly enter that great slow-moving
whirl In midocean to drift southwark
again and finally into that region known
as the Sargasso sea. The records show
that only eight bottles which have been
in all probability caught in this whirl
have been recovered since the year 1883.
This course is verified by the reports
received frequently from vessels which
have sighted well known derelicts- On the
chart issued in August, lS90. the three
derelict schooners Unexpected, T.. II.
Cornell ard Alma Cummings all of which
fIoated with decks awash for many months.
are shown course agreeing per-
fectly with this whirl During the time
of the free floating OF these water-logged
vessels they We're reported thirty six
times and their courses duly mapped out
Each finally met its end in that quiet but
gripping sea Of grass.
The greatest drift of any bottle vet
reported to the photographic office was
that of one thrown overheard from the
s. S Fuerst Bismarck on May l. 1885
According to the letter of transmittal
from the United States consul at Ham
burg. il was re overed at Gluckstadt on
the Elbe. August l. 1895. Having been
thrown overheard opposite Cape Race on
the Newfound and coast the distance COW
cred was 2, 400 miles, giving 261 miles as
the lowest possible estimate of the aver
age drift per day, or little over one
knot per hour. This is rapid travelling
for a bottle. and a vessel in the same cur
rent would have its daily rate materially
increased. 1t is supposed that prepon-
deran of westerly gales helped the bot
tie q onG.
A peculiar drift of two bottles occurred