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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-09
FOR THE CARD PLAYER.
PRETTY prize for a card mart

a PRETTY prize for a card party ig
~ an embroidered linen card box,
Select box large enough to hold.
the cards. Line it with soft silk. cover
the outside with linen and embroider a
pretty. Intentional design on the cover.
The use of a miniature card as decora-
ton is pretty. but the conventional fgur.
is not SO often used and will be a wells
come change.
II YOU want inexpensive and handsome
score cards. buy some floral wallpaper.
Roses and carnations are both very eff
fective.. One way is to paste the floral
wallpaper smoothly on water-color paper.
which costs ) cents sheet. When the
paste is thoroughly dry. cut into ode
shapes, so that a flower Is on each card.
Attach pencil. and letter with small
brush. No enc would ever, suspect tina.
they WERE not hend-painted. A daint2
score card is made by cutting rose oiIs
of piece Of wallpaper. pasting writing
paper at the back and folding the wrltins.
paper beneath, which makes leaf o.,
which to write the score. Attach the card
to dress or belt by twisted cord of enl.
broidery silk: These. cards may be made
of any. pretty lowered wallpaper.
Pretty score cards may be made fro1.
little Japanese fans of the opening an
closing sort. with the table and couple
hunters written On oae OF the leaves %
the fan. As games are won. In place %
stars or punches each victor should re-
cefle a little bell to slip on the faii
handle by a cord. making a pretts
souvenir.
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PIANO should never be left open at
\ night, or any other time when not

A PIANO should never be left open at
~ night, or any other time when not
in use. 1t should also be kept in
as even a. temperature as possible. since
1t is much affected by alterations of heat
and cold. dryness and moisture. For this
reason do not place near a fire or against
the outer wall OF the house, where 1t will
be subject to the cold.
An upright piano should be placed with
the back toward the wall, but "a grand
piano may be placed SO that the player
will face the people in the room. Do not
ornament a piano with anything except
a few pieces of, sheet music and, per-
haps. a bnst of. some. famous, musician.
Objects. piled on. top detracte from the
tone of the instrument. Open the lid oc-
casionallys to let in the air and to let out
the sound. A small bag of unslacked
lime hung inside. underneath the cover
of the piano. will catch dampness and
prevent rust of the wires. In. winter
when the fires are going, q piano some
times gets too dry, and for this reason 1t
is a good idea to keep q plant In such a
room. 4 plant kept I'm a room with a
piano will require more water than a
plant in any other part of the house.
Have the piano tuned once every three
months. IL the instrument is an old one,
it may need tuning oftener. Pianos al
lowed to remain out OF tune for long
time lose the power to keep in tune after
tuning The strings lose their elasticity.
Keep scrupulously free from dust. Use
soft dust rag, such as is used to dust
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Roumania. the dark horse of the Bal
kans., may be said to have been waited
into good government on a cloud of to-
baeco smoke. For it was the tobaccO
monopoly established by the Degenerate
ruler Couza~ that brought about his coms
n,,lsorv abdication.. Every Roumaniail
spaokes. and Couza came up against ma :
tionaI habit--with the usual result. 1t
was in 1895 that the present ruler, Prfnos
Charles. of observation-disclosures war
invited. in the teeth OF the concert o..
Europe and the sultan. to become Couxa' d,
successor and nothing finer ever happened
to Roumania-except its queen, Carmen
SYLVIA But the good fortune OF Rolirl
mania is also due to Bismarck. who coun.t
seized the young prince to accept the Of
fered throne. remarking. IT you fail ycu
will at any rate have a pleasant reminis.
cence Tor the rest Of your life."
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stance in nature that contains most
radium.
In the felspar uuarries of North Caro-
lima are to be found pockets containing
pitchblende. These pockets are very rare
and usually very small piece OF pitch-
blende as large as the fist is something OF
a find. Again, but very 1nfrequentiy,
pocket may be found containing fifty
pounds of this material. From these
North Carolina quarries a few hundred
pounds have been obtained. an unlmpor
tant amount from a radium standpoint.
In Connecticut quarTfeS pitchblende is
found in still smaller quantities. In Colo
RADIO there is little more of 1T. But
the real dependence in developing sup
ply of radium is in the carnotite ores OF
Colorado.
The mines from which came the pitch
blende with which Nine. Curie expert
mented when she finally Isolated rad1um
are located in Bohemia. The material has
been thrown away for centuries in some
of the mines of the coast OF Cornwall
and these dumps are now being over
hauled. But the Austrian supply Is re-
ported diminishing and CORNWALL is OF
little Importance. America offers the
most promising field.
X ).
From the combined fields of the world
there were last year produced about five
grams. These five grams would have
amounted to about thimbleful. Mostly
this material was divided up into small
quantities like a milligram. a thousand
to the gram. These milligrams were
padded out by some substance with which
the radium was diluted. Then they were
put into little tubes convenient Tor
handling These tubes contained one mil
ligram of radium, an amount SO small as
not to be perceptible to the unaided eye.
Under certain circumstances in the dark
this radium could be seen to be giving OF
its sparks like showers OF miniature
skyrockets. These are the magic radfum
rays These tubes were sold for $50 each.
On this basis gram would have sold
for $4,000, and the worlds production
of five grams would have brought $780,
900. A pound of radium would be worth
So, c0OO 600.
DR. Parsons has decided that in Colo
RADIO and Utah rests the hope of the Amer
leans to supply the world with radium
Between Naturita in Colorado and the La
Sale mountains in Utah lies Paradox
valley, which is considered the worlds
best chance of developing radium Far
Their over in Utah in tie Green river lis
trict. the prospects are also considered
good. DR.. Parsons corps of subordinates
has consequently opened the, Denver Of
fee. The laboratory work is there going
forward. In the meantime the individual
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Through refinement after refinement first
one element and then another was re-
moved from the pitchblende. These were
all known elements, and processes of TAX
ing them up were well understood. The
refinement required different process
for every element, and this made the task
long, labo-ious and expensive. Finally
every other element was removed and the
radium stood alone, a stranger in an an
Gent world.
Having isolated this new element, there
was yet no knowledge of any practical
use to which 1T might be put. The first
intimation of possibility Of using it for
the cure Of disease was also hit upon ac-
cidentally, and the result came near be-
ing fatal to great scientist, he being
none other than Prof. Becquerel, the man
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this home, where practical fraternal
charity is now dispensed, overtowered the
old tavern.
1t was spared until 1901. then torn
down to further clear and beautify the
Masonic Home grounds. The originally
inscribed letters 20. X remained above
the door about sixty years, or until the
brick upon which they were painted were
removed and scattered by the destroyer.
Attempts have been made to otherwise
account for the origin of 20. K" as SO
generally used. on suppositions and the
cries and probabilities. but only the fore
going has any real foundation.
O. K. is found in the dictionary, where
it is said: 1.-The origin is obscure: usu-
ally said to have been originally used by
Andrew Jackson, seventh President of
the United States, as an Authorization of
all correct: spelled whether through
ignorance or humorously) oil korrect,
but this doubtless is an invention
Another speculation there refers the
use to .'-Old Keokuk,'' an Indian chief,
who is said to have signed treaties with
the initials 20. x.
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tiers were o. k.-ed. until now millions use
the expression without doubt as to its
meaning or question as to the propriety
of its use. or without inquiry or knowl-
edge of it's origin.
Whatever the local differences there
may be as to the details of the farmers
banner inscription or as to the great
characterization convention, there is a
concurrence as to the misspelling of the
words ''all correct" and that they were
on the banner spelled ION Korrect.''
The Sugar Grove house thus described
was used as a wayside tavern, stop
ping place for movers using the national
road as a throat to pass to the great
West-some cheer was dispensed there
to local and other patrons; stories of
gambling have been told as part of the
entertainment furnished-for about forty
years, and only ceased when the mover
and cattle driver. ceased to move or
drive by ordinary road, as in the old
times. The house a few years ago, with
the picturesque land around it, passed
TO the ownership of the Ohio State Ma
sonic Home. The stately buildings of
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plate was developed. Much to his graft
fication, there was left upon it the record
of unknown rays. He had photographed
a light that the human eye could not See
The path of a strange substance had
again been crossed.
The ultimate discovery was made by
woman. Mime. (.drie, a Polish scientist
who had married French professor,
Pierre Curie, a man of very high stand
ing in the scientific world and to whose
guidance his wife probably owes the great
discovery. They sought for the strange
substance that was in uranium by trac-
ing that substance back to the pitch
blende from which it came There they
found the strange rays many times
stronger. 1t was from the pitchblende
that new element was to be refined.
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Use for Souvenir Spoons.

nNE girl who is visiting Washington
at present is collecting spoons, and
cards of the various places of interest in
and about Washington. and when she
arrives home she will give a table talk
at a little luncheon. Beside each plate
she will place. two spoons and cards
bearing pictures or seals OF various
cities. and. during the luncheon the guests
will be asked to tell some Interesting
fact about that particular city or place
of interest, after which she will add what
she has learned about each place of in
terest This is good method of di-
recting conversation and making an
occasion interesting,
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CARE OF THE PLANO

polished furniture. danpened, with very
little boiled. iinseed oil. Outing flannel or
the soft side OF cotton flannel makes a
comes is good time to dust the inside
of the instrument, as the tuner. usually
takes. on the front boards of upright
pianos and the lids of grand pianos.
Dust the inside carefully so as not to in
jure tile delicate construction. Where a
rag; cannot easily be used. a light feather
buster. will do. Wipe the keys daily with
a cloth moistened in alcohol. II small
linen bag filled with camphor is hung
case it will prevent moths from getting
into the felt.
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0F all those who made made gam
bling a Joyous profession in the
salad days of Cripple Creek there
was none SO blithe as Jimmie Nolan.
That wasn't his real name, but it will do
for the purposes. Of this tale. His crayats
were the loudest that screamed, his dia-
monds the largest that flashed ana his
laugh the merriest that echoed through
the canyon of the stream that gave its
name to the booming mining camp. And
as for his gambling place-his parlors,
Jimmie called them-they were the pride
Of the camp as well as of Jimmie him
self. So courteous and affable was the
dapper little Irshman that many a man
was wont to remark that he had rather
lose money going against Jimmie's game
than win from some one else.
Many years in following boom camps
with mis- taro game had vested Jimmie
with much riches. wherefore he never
failed to announce. no matter what oc-
ca sion for bet might arise. that he
played no limit: no matter now big
roll the other Fellow flashed" Jimmie
was always ready to cover it.
But much prosperity begetteth pride,
and Jimmie waxed proud. His fame as
the greatest .high-rollcr" between the
Big Muddy-which is western for Mis-
souri, riyer-and the Pacific coast was
well established, but in time even this
high title began to pail upon the king
If mining camp sports. Like Alexander
~ old. he longed to carry his name east
ward. and, like this same Alexander,
show the dweliers' under the morning
stars that they were not deuce high when
thew came to stacking up against Jimmie
Nolan
After much thought his plan OF cam
paign was determined uponIand an the
house had many IareWen Do.'ie vi
him that night when ne TOOK the eas.-
, I'LL 0verland mail in search OF new
,,fnrlJs of chance and sport to conquer
r. was not money that Jimmie sought
haar in mind 1t was glory and tame as
the king of American sports tnal ne
longed for - -.,.s- =. 49,. -.
~ was a waste of time. he thought
fooIirg with four-fush towns like Dep
80, and Omaha, so ne struck straight for
,ttiat home of big things where. SO ran
tha legend whiteeschipss fetailed at one
h,,ndred dollars apiece--Chicago. For "a
naa< his confident admirers back in
.rinnle Creek eagerly scanned the daily
naners for. two-column-head stories of the
rrraat .killins'' that Jimmie was going to
make in the city on the lake; but the
wires were silent.
..That's all right" said the friends, one
10 another, '.Jimmie's working quiet. just
YOU wait awhile and you'll heart
One evening Jimmie got off the train
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mCLPARsoNs, WHO Is
DIRECTING THE GOVERNMENTS
DADIUn HUNT

who wants to go forth on radium hunt
is given some practical instructions.
II you are looking for pitchblende ex-z
pect to find it incidentally In other stone.
1t is peculiar to igneous rock and is
found only in pockets. 1t is a BLUSH
black substance and comparatively heavy.
It's specific gravity is between that or
silver and lead 1t looks like magnetic
and is sometimes surrounded by yellow
gummite.
X
Jumps of heavy, blackish. unusual ma
terial should be examined. as they may
be pitcfblende. Carnotite is entirely diff
ferent in appearance. 1t is canary yell
low in appearance and is usually found
in sandstone. Prospectors should not ex-
pect to find radium mines as such. Were
a radium mine to be found 1t could not
be worked Every miner who went into
it would be killed by the peculiar rays
that the material gives of. It will be
found I'm very dilute form in other ores
1t is dying chemical element of ages
past, just as the big trees Of California
are survivors Of an age when vegetation
was unthinkabIy rank.
A dozen years ago the scientists did
not know helium, one of the decompos-
lite products of radium. nor the radium
from which it comes. Sir Joseph Lockyer
first got track of 1t when, with his spec
troscOpe, he broke up the rays Of the sun
and found a new color. The nature OF
substances as far away as the sun may
be definitely known by the colors they
give Off while molten. Sir Joseph finally
isolated a purplish-yellow light never be-
fore seen by man. This meant the dis
coyery of a new substance in the sun.
He called it helium.
Sir William Ramsay, years later, came
upon brand-new substance while work
ing in his laboratory. He had no clue
of this substance ever having been known
before until he heated it and passed it's
rays through a. prism. Then he found
the same purplish light that his predeces-
sor had recorded as coming from the sun.
This meant that this substance of the
sun also existed on the earth. Later an
other Englishman proved that helium was
gas. It appeared in hot springs and
the search began which finally ended in
the conclusion that helium came from
an unknown substance. The scientific
world searched long for that substance.
Prof. Henri Becquerel, in his laboratory
in Paris one day, in some experiments
with uranium, a comparatively well
known substance. exposed Photographic
plate to uranium salts in the dark. The
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The Govrsn1rr7 RADun1 Focpz1rs IN E DERIVE

who had first photographed the radium
rays. After Nine. Curie had isolated the
radium Prof. Becquerel was greatly in
terested in 1t and look up It's study.
Finally he went to London to tell its
wonders to some Of the scientists of that
city.
He took with him some very small par
ticles of this substance, which was then
known only in the Curies laboratory.
These particles of radium were in little
bottle. and this bottle he carried In his
vest pocket. The particles of radium in no
way made their presence felt in the scien-
lists pocket. Two weeks later, however,
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thousand dollar bill. and filings it, care
less-like. over on the high card.
~
.Chips?' asks the dealer, reaching for
it, without looking up.
...Naw!' 1 snaps at him, Let her go as
she lays; one bet on the high cahd. Do
you think I'm playing tiddle-de-winks for
beans? : 80
THE dealer didn't make any reply, but
just turns the cards. They come queen
six, which. of course sends that ten
thousand-doilara bill into his pile mighty
sudden In d second sets another ten
thousand-dollar bill over on the high
card. and it don't have time to settle
down hardly before that dealer turns me
out of that one too. .s@~
'.Then L slaps sdown another one right
quick SOS he'll know I'm dead-game
sport and don'trcare nothing about .stIch
little chicken-feed as ten-thonsanq.dollar
biils-but l amt got my fingers. of that
bill hardly before the CARDS come niEn-
low, and the dealer chucks it over in his
till with the Others as cafefessiy as
though it was quarters worth O. pos
age stamps. And he. amt never looked
up once!
: Il was some ratified, boys. but never
let on, but skins off another one of the
big ones and sets 1t over where Il set
the Others The dealer turns the cards
sort o. languid, like 1t bored him dealing
for, such a little penny ANTE play; put ne
turns out a. nine-four. just the same and
hives In that fourth bill o. mine: Ana
say. while he's stuclSing the last OF that
4O,0OO down in .the-till. he says>to the
lookout, in a tired sort o. way, ike ne .
trying to make converse ton. - - ~.
That's a mighty purity girl l. seen
johnnie. Put me next, won, YOU
Just think of a man talking about
purity girls when he'd corralled $4Oooo
of my money In less than forty seconds!
well, I ..yanks out that last tensthou-
sand bill and, slaps 1t down vicious-lfke
on the high card. - -
Turn for that. snaps, at the dealer.
"sSure, Mike he answered in casual
way. He wet his finger with the tip of
his tongue, turned ost a. tenaspot. and
then a seven, lit a. cigarette, whisteled
Sweet violets'-and drops my last Dili
over among the rest inrhis till
And that's all, boys. concluded
I,mmie with a sigh. ! The game was
square enough; as square as any Of EN-,
ANYHOW and don't mind losing that
fifty- Thousand dollars. But what BREAKS
nv heart, boys" he walled, what breaks
my heart ID. that. that dealer never looked
up once to see who was the nigh roller
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NIHE RAp1u1 couNTRY7OF COLORADO

vitality injured in so far as his healthy
flesh is concerned.
There are now hundreds of such cures
to the credit of the small amounts of
radium that have been set to the work of
healing. There are hundreds of thom-
sands of the afflicted OF the world WHO
are calling aloud for the relief that may
be brought by this magic substance TIC
cries Of these thousands are the influence
that is leading crowned heads and re-
publican governments to bend every effort
toward the development of this rare
metal that holds out promise of remoY-
ing from the world the pain and agony
of diseases heretofore incurable-
Such Is the spur that is driving on our
own federal government to seek to de-
velOp new sources of radium. There seems
reason for great hope that this may bs
done for there lis an abundance of radium
in the world il 1T can only be concen-
trated. As a matter of fact. there lis
radium almost everywhere. The very
garden in your backyard contains radusn.
but In such infinitesimal quantities az T.,
be unprOcurable.
The hot springs that bubble up in Diff
ferent parts of the world and are known
to come from deep I'm the bowels of the
earth, nearly all contain radium. 1t has
been a matter of general belief through
the centuries that such hot springs have
peculiar healing qualities. but physicians
have always been unable to say just
why such waters heal. Since radium has
become known the fact has been estab
lished that these waters are radio-actiSs
and this radio activity is responsible fcr
the powers Of such springs to heal. The
quantities Of radium in these waters are
again SO enthusiastically small that their
separation will never be possible.
So the obvious source of any consider
able quantities of radium would appear
to rest in those carnotite ores OF Colo
RADIO, some Of which are rich enough for
refinement even in the face Of the pres
emit development Of such processes. il
ores can be discovered that are richer lit
radium than these or il methods can be
hit upon that are but a little cheaper irl
the handling of such ores, considerable
quantities of radium may be added to
the world supply. II, perchance, ingen1.
Gus American scientists find a way O.
getting this radium directly from tho
great quantities of waste with which 4.
is mixed. without the use of the Ia
b0rious and expensive method of elimi..
nation used abroad, great quantities o..
radium may be almost Immediately add.
ed to the world supply. and then and
there will probably he recorded the
greatest scientific accomplishment in til ,
history of the world.
/, Copyright, 1918. by W. A. Du Puy.)