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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-20
British Museum Gloom.
From the London Chronicle

From the London Chronicle.
There is one English museum that
reused the ire of Grant Allen. The Brit
ish Museum, he wrote, lis n place to de-
spair in-or else to saunter through care
lessly with glance right and left at
what happens to catch your eye or take
your fancy. 1 must add that certain
blight of inexplicable shabbiness hangs
somehow over the vast collection; wheth-
er it is the gloom of Bloomsbury, the
want of space in the galleries. the hap
hazard mode of acquisition, or what, |
know not; but certainly, for some mys-
FERROUS reason, the objects here exhibited
far less interesting, relatively to their
intrinsic scientific and artistic worth. than
those of the Louvre, the Vatican, the
Munich galleries. or any other great
European museum Dinginess and stingi-
ness are everywhere conspicuous.
Lingering is precisely what most peo-
pie do in museums they inger. hang
about, but do very little real looking. The
museum headache is worse than the
academy headache'-a thicker, heavier.
dustier headache. The brain absorbs
something of the nature of its surround
ings After a couple of hours In the mu-
scum at Treves. which has one of the fin
est collections of Roman antiquities in
existence / marched out with the notion
that l must at least be a legiOnary of
Diocletian. Even the Jangle of the tram
bells had n military ring about it. But
the Treyes museum is a work of art: ii
is full of air and light, and there are tall
windows looking out on greenery. If its
superb collection were slowed away III the
British Museum 1 wouldn't go near it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-20
BAN PUT ON POTATOES
Quarantine Ordered Against
Vegetables From Sew
eraI Countries.

Quarantine against Irish potatoes has
been officially declared by the United
States. closing out half dozen coun-
tries that are infected with the potato
wart disease, which is greatly feared by
the growers in this country and Canada.
No more potatoes may be brought into
the United States from these countries
while the quarantine lasts.
This is the last of the three plant dis
eases specially provided against in the
federal plant quarantine law passed by
the last Congress. A meeting was held
today by the federal horticultural board
of the Department of Agriculture, at
which the quarantine was promulgated.
The prohibition against imports affects
Newfoundland. the Islands of NIiquelon
and ST. Pierre, Great Britain, including
the United Kingdom; Germany and Aus
tfo-Hungary.
There was present at the meeting +.
II. Grubb of Carbonate. Col, one of the
largest potato growers in the United
States. He said the potato wart had not
yet gotten into this country, but that if
it did it would be one of the severest
plant Affections possible.
The quarantine law will take effect at
once.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-20
What Is Youth +?
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.


When does woman cease to be young.
and when does a man begin to be old?
1t is a question not lightly to be passed
over and when the dctum of some digni-
fled body seems to bear upon 1t one
should give it due attention. In Morocco,
a few weeks ago. the new sultan decreed
that men under thirty might not appear
in his councils, but that men over thirty
might not serve in his bOdyguard. This
appears to establish sort of deadline for
the male sex.
AS for women, let the directors of the
Y. W. c. A in Chicago be allowed to reg
lister their opinion. This body has recent
ly served notice on all women over twen-
ty-fiye wears OF age that they must va
cate their accommodations in the Chi
cago institution and give place to younger
girls There is an ever-increasing demand
for the privileges of this institution. and
the directors feel that the words young
women mean female persons under the
age of twenty-five.
This is a slap in the face. When a
woman passes her twenty-fifth birthday
what is she? An ''old woman? Surely
not "a middle-aged person. Oh, never!
The latter term would be repudiated by
any girl owning to less than twice that
tale of years-and rightly, too. Where
shall she place herself-this feminine hui
man being who is just growing into the
full strength of her womanhood. but who
Is no longer, officially. young woman.
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Classed as "Foolish."

Acting Commissioner Abbott terms as
foolish the assertion that the depart
ment had any idea of destroying the
documents.
Mrs. Gray was arrested about six years
ago by Special Agent Reynolds on the
Crow reservation, it being alleged tina,
she interfered with the affairs of the
Indians and the officials. She then came
To Washington and preferred charges
against Reynolds. An investigating com
mittee from the Senate, however dis.
missed the charges and Reynolds was
released
Mrs. Gray asserts that she has been ar
rested several times at the instigation OF
her superiors, who fear testimony she
may give.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-20
African Drum Signals.

From the London Chronicle.
For centuries before Marconi wireless
teIegraphy has been known. and the mys-
terry of swift communication has puzzled
many civilized explorers of barbarian re-
yions In the heart Of Africa mission
ary discovered the method Of following
a large gourd, which was then dried. and
round il was stretched the skin Of kid.
hard and thin as parchment. Beaten with
n padded drumstick this instrument gives
a sound which can he heard eight miles
away And each village contains the ex-
pert who can tap the message and send
il on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-20
Daniel O'Connell Is Sued.

William Muehleisen Company, a cred
itor of Daniel O'COnnell, saloonkeeper
at 1926 eth street northwest, today
filed suit against Mr.. O'Connell for the
appointment of a receiver for the bust
ness. Through Attorneys Maddox &
Galley the plaintiff asks that the bust
ness be sold and the proceeds dis
tributed among the creditors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-20
MISSIONARIES SELECTED
FOR FOREIGN FIELDS
Seventh-Day Adventists Meet
in Fall Council at Ia
k0ma Park.

Four young missionaries We're chosen
to go to foreign countries. plans for the
completion of a church building in Bal
timore We're described, some phases of
the educational work in the denOmina-
ton were taken up. and the selection of
a superintendent for the work in Haiti
was made at this mornings session of
the fall council Of the General Conference
of Seventtl-tay AdventiSts at the Wash
ington Foreign Mission Seminary at Ia
| korpa Park.
/ Mr.. and Mrs w. r. kerstein of Ia
koma Park. and Mr.. and Mrs. \. H.
| Sherman of tire Foreign Mission
/ Seminary We're chosen to so as mission
aries to Argentina. Mr.. kcrstein will go
as printer I'm the publishing house now
| being conducted by the denomination in
| that country. while Mr.. Sherman will
have charge of the book work Elder III.
| +. Taylor of New York was chosen to go
| to Haiti as the superintendent of that
missionary field. The needs of Haiti
were presented by Elder L. Bender,
superintendent of the West Indian Union.
! Prof III. L. Stevens, an instructor in
Union College at College View. Neb., for
| q number of years, chosen TO so to South
America. recently sailed for Africa.
! Prof. II. r. Salisbury, secretary of the
educational department occupied a por
! ton of the morning session in telling of
his department. 1t was voted that the
! educational depa rtment should hold
meeting each day during the coming
general conference. which will bring to-
gether educators from all parts of the
world.
| Plans were adopted for the distribution
i of UNCONVENTIONAL magazines in every
city and town in the United States and
Canada.
! F. ". Pap of the Baltimore Church
told of the plans in that city to complete
the church building now under way.
| Every union conference president in
North America is now present at the
council. c. W. Flaiz, president of the
North Pacific Union. was in attendance
at this mornings session. having arrived
last night
/ Others who have arrived are two former
presidents of the General Conference-O.
\. Olsen of Chicago and G. A. Irwin of
Iona Linda, Cal: L. Bender, superin
tendent of the West Indian mission field;
G. F. Watson of Keene. Tex, president of
the Southwestern Union Conferences; AL
len Moon of South Bend, Ind, president
of the Lake Union Conference: S. n. Has
kell of Portland, Me. one of the pioneers
in the Adventist movement: F. w. Gilbert
of South Lancaster, F. w. Pap of Bal
timore, A. r. Sandborn of Trenton, presi-
dent of the New Jersey Conference.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-20
GOOD NATURES | HAVE MET.
By DIR. Frank Crane.

tenance from subconscious reservoirs OF
faith courage and love
Those who think they have failed in
life. that they amount to nothing, 10 them
l would recommend that they take up the
business of just being pleasant. Any
, body can do il.
Then, even if they cannot do great
things, they can help along.
Just to be good-natured is to boost the
world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-20
We Tan Leather for Germany.

From tue Shoe Retailer
The superiority OF American tanned
leather is shown by the fact that shoes
worn i'm Germany are made from calf
skins bought in that country and sent to
Detroit, Mich. to he tanned and colored
and then the finished leather exported TO
Germany, where it is cut up into shoes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-20
COURSE is NOT SETTLED
IN THE CASE OF MRS. GRAY
Possibility That the Charge Against
Her Will Be Dropped by the
{; Government.

What action the government will take
in the case of Mrs. Helen Pierce Gray,
formerly an investigator Of Crow Indian
affairs before the Graham committee of
the House, who was arrested yesterday
afternoon, charged with concealing pub
lie records, will depend upon the result Of
the formal hearing of the case Tuesday
morning by Commissioner Taylor. At
torney c. E. Wright of the Indian bureau.
who is handling the case for the Assist
ant Attorney General, said this morning
that Mrs. Gray's testimony would be
taken Tuesday, but he was not in a po-
sition to say what action the Department
Of Justice may deem necessary.
May Abandon Personal Charge.
There is a possibility that since the
finding of the papers the charge against
the defendant may be dropped. while on
the other hang she is alleged to have
charged that some of the Indians of the
Crow reservation have been robbed and
a grand jury investigation may follow
Mrs Gray, after the papers had been To-
Gated in the Department of Justice where
she had used a desk, was released yester-
day on her personal recognizance to ap-
pear at the hearing Tuesday.
Although officials of the Indian bureau
suggested that Mrs. Gray be represented
at her preliminary hearing at Commits
sioner Taylor's Office yesterday afternoon.
she refused aid. Her arrest was re-
quested by the bureau of Indian affairs
after she had refused upon three occa-
sions to return the documents dealing
with the Crow Indian reservation in Mon
tana.
The defendant says that her arrest was
caused by high officials of the Interior
Department. who fear the testimony she
will give before Senate investigating
+ committee on Indian affairs which will
meet when Congress convenes She
charges that Indians in Montana are be-
ing robbed and that ii would be to the
advantage of the department to have the
papers destroyed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-20

One of the most heartening indications
of the progress that is being made in the
spread of the gospel of disease prevention
is to be found in the growing number OF
people who insist on proper ventilation
Thirty years ago the number OF famllles
in the rural districts who slept with
windows down and coal oil lamps turned
low was almost equal to the whole num-
Der of houses 1t was not unusual for
two or three of the smaller children to
sleep in a trundle bed in the room with
their father and mother. Thus there
were often five persons in single room,
with a turned-down lamp aiding them in
vitiating the air. and yet not window
was up to permit the escape of the bad
air and the coming in of the good
No full appraisement of the evil effects
of bad air has yet been made. 1t has
been demonstrated so plainly that he who
runs may read that people who live in
ill ventilated quarters are much more
susceptible to disease than those who
live where pure air is to be had in album
dance But it must be remembered that
good ventilation usually implies better
"a imitation in other directions, and per-
haps all of the added number of cases of
sickness in i'll ventilated places are not
attributable to bad air. But certain 1T is,
from figures that have been brought out,
that impure air is q handmalden of dis
ease, and the crimes to be laid at its
best.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-20

The air breathe is the one thing
that cannot be affected by the high. cost
Of living. Normal
Air Not Affected air contains slight
by High Prices. one-tiftb oxygen
the only part of it essential for breath
ing purposes. The nitrogen acts only as
dilutirg agent. If reduce the
amount of oxygen in a given quantity of
air by one-tifth it thereafter becomes in
capable of supporting life. Passing into
our lungs the air there has extracted
from it one-fourth of its oxygen. Car
bon dioxide is given to it in exchange.
The lungs are never entirely filled with
pure air after the first inspiration follow
ing birth, since they are never wholly
emptied, and what remains is vitiated.
The upper part Of the respiratory tract is
the only part that receives strictly pure
air. 1t has been demonstrated that if
an animal is forced to breathe through
long tube 1t will die of asphyxia. The
amount of oxygen used, Of course, varies
with age An average adult inhales
thirty-four pounds of air day about
seven pounds of which is oxygen. He
uses about two pounds of the oxygen and
eXhdleS the rest
The exhalation Of carbonic acid gas
by animal life is one of the wonders Of
creation. 1t has been estimated that
the amount given off from all sources
which includes the products of all COM
bustion, amounts to 5000. 100000 tons
a year ton Of coal, burning. yields
$1,000 cubic feet. While animals and
fires and decaying matter are releasing
these immense quantities of gas the
vegetable world is drinking it up. An
acre of woodland. it is estimate
breathes four and half tons Of air
in season, extracting from it one
and fifth tons of carbonic acid gas.
and giving off three and quarter tons
of oxygen in return.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-20

The schooner Wawenock of Rockland.
Me-, is loading GOO tons of crushed oyster
shells. used as poultry food. at the plant
of the Talbot Manufacturing Company,
St Michaels, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-20

1t has been calculated that d man does
400 foot tons Of work in a day If his
task is a hard one.
Amount of In other words, a
Exercise Needed work. veaS re nasa aa tns
job of lifting a ton up four hundred feet.
Suppose, for instance. that he were able
to lift ton with set of pulleyS. he
could pull it to the top of Liberty's bon
net on the United States Capitol A fair
days work represents BOD foot tons.
Climbing six flights of steps in az ord1-
nary office building, man weighing 10
pounds would do about eight foot tons
of work The hygienists say that man
ought to do from 100 to 100 foot tons OF
work a day for the sake of exercise.
This would be represented by cimbins
the steps of from twelve to nineteen
seven-story office buildings a day. The
man who walks five miles a day at the
rate of four miles an hour gets about
the approximately right amount OF eXer-
else.
The laboratories of the medical world
are engaged in deep study of the prob
lens of diet and exercise. The most in
genious kinds of instruments have been
devised for the purpose OF measuring the
wear and tear on the human system OF
various forms of labor and exercise.
When considered in connection with the
problems of diet many other remarkable
instruments are used. The naVles OF the
world have made perhaps the most sys-
tematic studies into the problems OF
physical exercise, since the matter of
keeping men on shipboard in fine ply steal
trim is large problem. The United
States Navy sees to it that every sailor
gets his proper exercise. and one of the
prettiest of all the sights on battle
ship cruising at sea is to see the sailors
go through their daily calisthenics One
of the speakers at the international con-
sress of hygiene and demography will
be Dr. ]. 4. Murphy of the United
States Naval Academy, who will talk
about the relation of exercise to the
naval service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-20
Inhale Millions
of Germs in Dust

about seven parts in 10000 of air. The
hygienist, however, declares that the
more carbonic acid gas there is in a
room the more organic matter there is
likely to be found, and therefore the
more danger there is of contagiOn
being gathered from the air. Dust is
another evil that usually accompanies
bad ventilation, and enough of that has
to be inhaled at best. 1t has been esti-
mated that during an hour in New
York and London the average person
inhales some 100000 germs and
spores. That is out of doors. What
must it be indoors in some Of the tene-
ments?
One frequently hears of fatal accidents
through the inhalation of carbon mon
oxide produced by a defective gas stove
This is one of the most deadly of all the
gases, and yet every man who smokes
tobacco generates it in no insignificant
quantities. 1t has been demonstrated in
the laboratory that man smoking a
perfecto cigar releases many cubic inches
of this deadly gas. This was illustrated
once by q scientist exposing a small
amount of blood solution to two puffs OF
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Girls New School Hats, $1.5O
tobacco smoke and demonstrating its alb


sorption by means of a spectroscope.
The hygienic value of wholesale exer-
else has been overlooked by most urban
dwelling people. OF course those who do
manual labor and those who play tennis,
golf and the like get their proper share.
but very few people in sedentary occupa-
tons do So The heart never does its
full work without the stimulation of ex-
ercise. The superabundant girth of many
a sedentary man represents the efforts
of nature to store up the unused fuel of
his body in the form Of fat. 1t very often
happens that a man with a large waist
measure begins to take exercise and finds
that he is reducing his girth without re-
ducing his weight. This simply means
that the system has drawn away some of
the surplus material and carried it else
where to feed the muscles that are hav-
ing new demands put upon them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-20

If you want work read the want COD
umns of The Star.
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death rate in the hospital declined from
n per cent TO Is per cent as a result
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-20

ventilation comes from an experience of
the United States
pension Office government m e
-. years ago. When
case is ClLeO. the pension bureau
was located in a number of scattered ana
poorly ventilated buildings the average
number of days of sick leave per year
taken by the employees of the bureau was
abont 1900. When the bureau came to
be housed in the present building the
average number of days of sick leave fell
TO about 10000, in the face of a consid-
cradle increase of force.
Some years ago a big hat factory was
built in Baltimore in which no adequate
yentilating apparatus was installed. Dur
ing the first two winters the factory was
operated, more than - per cent OF the
time of the employees was lost through
sickness The sick rate was SO great that
the owners of the factory decided to in
stall a ventiating apparatus me 1ol-
lowing winter the sick rate was cut down
to I per cent. In other words, three
fourths of the sickness OF that factory, II
WAS demonstrated. came from bad Venti-
Iation In q neighboring clothing factory
condjtions were remedied by the instaila-
ton of a ventilating equipment and
Thereafter less than half as much time
was lost
Not only do the statistics in hand tend
to show conclusiyely that bad ventilation
promotes sickness. but also that 1t tends
to retard recovery. 1t Is SHOWN tnat IN
the S. r. Smith sanatorium on staten
Island, New York, there were two wards
in which patients of the same class were
treated The one ward was well venti-
lated the other was not Inc average
patient recovered in ten days in the we'll
ventilated ward while the average
patient in the poorly ventilated ward re-
quired sixteen days to recover. Some
years ago the Boston City Hospital I'M
proved its sanitary conditions, mainly by
the installation of good ventilation. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-20

The air we breathe is the one thing
that cannot be affected by the high. cost
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-20

The normal amount of carbonic acid
gas that may be breathed constantly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-20

A notable illustration of the evils of ba'
ventilation comes from an experience o
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1t has been calculated that man does
400 foot tons of work in day If hi:
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1912-11-29
COPING COUGH
aNGEROUS DISEASE
Georgia State Eoard of Health Points
Out Necessity for Extreme Care
on Part of Mothers.

Atlanta, Ga.-(SpeciaD - Mothers
who CONSIDER whooping cough triv-
'al disease make serious and often
fatal mistake, Says the Georgia State
Board OF Health On the other hand,
~ Is very fatal: it causes every year
N the United States nearly or quite
as many deaths as scarlet fever, and
almost one-half as many deaths as
aiphtheria.
approximately 5000 deaths in the
United States are caused annually by
Whooping cough, and OF these about
~ per cent, are of children under
ave years or age If the child reaches
I'VE years of age without having the
TseaSe, the chances are strongly in
-aVor of his escaping it altogether,
-hough it is by no means certain and
Il is well to continue to take precau-
lions against it whenever necessary.
Thus, II is the babies who suffer
most from whooping cough and whose
ives are too often laid down in need.
fess sacrifice to it, Save the babies
Erom 1t and the problem Is solved.
considering the danger in whooping
cough, It's fatality resulting more
largely from complications that fol
low 1t than from the disease itself, it
IS strange that so many mothers look
on 1t lightly, and have even been
known In some Instances to permit
sheIr children to be exposed to it
While young upon the theory that
they are better able to stand it and
ehat 1t is well for them to have it
sarly and be through with it, This
~ mistaken and dangerous view to
, Lane. Inflammation OF the breathing
AuDess which is severe in this dis
ease, Is often followed by pneumonia
81 an exceedingly fatal type Besides
Beng one Of, the most frequent caus-
rs or pneumonia ia lchildren kidney
and heart disease often follow.
Whooping cough is a highly con+
saglous disease In which the breath
ng tubes are severely snaamed, and
winch is accompanied by a peculiar
paroAysmai cough ending III the ia,
AAilar "whoop." The real cause of
the disease is not Known: there have
been many theories inv0lVing numer,
eus germs, but none Of them mas ever
been proven out, That the disease
~ spread almost enIhoiy ny immedi-
ATE contact--a contact WniCn must DE
TalrIy close and intlmate-is the gen
%raily accepted view AZ to the man.