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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-28

OF team of men who from the begin
ming of the game to the end never opened
their mouths on the field except to con-
graduate their opponents. never muir
INJURED at decision. though some that
We're gwen against them were probably
wrong. and every moment acted like gen.
tlemen and true sportsmen.
Cricket Is that kind of a game. 1t is
played on every spot where Britishers
roresather-in the heart of civilization, in
the jungle. on the plains. in the African
wilderness and literally between the can
non shots OF siege and bombardment. And
the people who play 1t have made from
" phrase which has become part of
their national life when they want to
designate something as wrong not quite
square. rot quite honest-''it isn't
cricket. These three words form the
only eulogy or excuse for existence that
cricket needs
Baseball with all its wonderful power
Tor good, Its growing honesty. its healthy
excitement, stlli lacks one great value
the power to interest as plavers men
VINO nave gone beyond the period of
youth. How many among tho millions
who love base ball play it after tho age
o. twenty-five except for moneyp It is
this defect that cricket, the less ct rarnous
game. supplies. And that is ona raaSon
why. when We learn to take life more
easily, 1t must increase Tremendously, in
popularity. 1t will never take tho ol,ce
OF base ball in this country. hut i will
MI 4 want i'll our methods of nJa, 4h,+
Is every year becoming more and ,nnra
apparent -'' '''o'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-28
Played Out.

From [ he New York World.
II is difficult to think of Buffalo Bills
Wild West Show in bankruptcy as OF
Coney Island converted to religion or de-
voted 10 the fine arts. but 1t was in
evitabie.
Twenty years ago the wild west was
an institution fondiy cherished by hosts
of small boys and innumerable young
men. 1t had it's roots i'll compare lively
brief period of history. but more par
ticularly in voluminous fiction. The
conditions which it showed forth with
more or less accuracy were Of shorter life
than the Buffalo Bill enterprise itself.
In a country which long since voted
the Fourth of July a bore. it is not sur
prising that wild west exhibitions have
finally palled upon the public taste. That
the catastrophe should have happened in
Colorado in the very shadow OF the
Rockies. proves that there is no longer
west that recognizes itself. or is inter-
ested in exaggerated spectacles of pio-
neering.
The prospector now has evening clothes
and belongs to a club. The vaquero lives
In a flat and imports his cigars from
Havana. The Indian wears high hat
and c,iltivates farm. The stage robbers
and other desperadoes are mostly oafers
and wife deserters from nearby towns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-28

thereof had more than million men
under arms.
1t seems inexcusable neglect and blind
ness to duty not to provide, in times Of
peace. the proper method for augment
ing the small standing army as it would
need to be augmented in time Of war.
All of the details necessarily involved in
that procedure should be carefully pro-
vided for in advance. and all regulations
for the guidance and instruction OF those
upon whom the task would fall should
be determined upon in order that the alb
soiutely necessary things to be done
might be done efficiently by those upon
whom the duty would then fall. It is
only thus that We can prudently take
advantage Of the freedom from the
necessity Of maintaining a large stand
ing army-a thing that no one desires to
contemplate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-28
Literary Life Extends Over 81 Years.
rom the London Chronicle

L rom the LONDON 1nronicN.
1t would be hard to parallel the
achievements of NJ. Francois Fertiau.t,
the latest cheyalier of the Legion Of
Honor. who published his first volume
in 1870 when he was seventeen and his
latest ia 1912. There appear to be only
two other instances of centenaiian
writer, and neither of these could show
literary life extending over eighty-two
years. Michel Chevreul. who died IN
1889 ut the age of los. issued his earliest
publication at the age of thirty-seven
and his latest sixty years afterward.
Miss Caroline White. whose death
CURED last September i'm her 1o1st Year.
came nearer than this To the record OF
NJ. Fertiault She began writing foc
the monthly magazines when she was
twenty-five. and continued her literary
death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-28

of a milligram. or mil
iionth part of grain of radium, is quite
easily recognized. With care a particle
weighing only observation-disclosures fifty
millionth part of milligram may be
detected. In weighing radium a scale is
used which must be read through d
microscope. and which will turn under
the weight of a three nillionth part OF
an ounce.
The discovery OF large body of ore
that would produce, say, as much as an
ounce of radium year, would be hailed
by scientists AS the most valuable, pos
sibe find.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-28
AMERICAN RADIUM
INTERESTS.
By Frederic j, Haskin.

Ead!unl. the rarest and most valuable
OF earthly substances. until recently has
been produced only in Europe, although
the United States has larger supplies of
ra diun-producing ores than any other
country. What has been carefully treas
ured and conserved in European mines
has been thrown dump piles as waste
in America.
Radium now is worth 500 900 an
ounce 1t happens that the total known
supply in the world today amounts to
only little less than an ounce and a
half. The most minute particles are
treasured and guarded with more zeal and
care than ever We're the crown jewels Of
a tyrant. And this is the sort of stuff we
have been wasting!
Until last year all Of the radium-pro-
dncing ores mined in this country were
shipped to Europe. An investigation by
the United States bureau of mines devel-
oped this fact. and at the same time. the
more important one that the American
supply of ores was the greatest in the
world. Until the present year no Amer
lean radinm was on the market and only
one firm in this country was actually pro-
ducing it. Within the past six months
three other laboratories have entered the
field. but tine value of their product is as
yet problematical
In the meantime American scientists
are paying fabulous prices in Europe for
radum. which probably has been made
from American ores. All such ores as are
not up to the high standard required by
the European laboratories are thrown
away. although much of the rejected ore
may contain a sufficiently high percent
age of radium to be worth treating II
this country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-28
Personal Purity Courses,

IN Young TO give sex hygiene n,,ca
In It's high school curriculum 49,,
board of education OF Chicago ,,.t,a.
a daring innovation. The cove. -
to pc styled personal purity, ,n.,oaa
Of sexual hygiene" a ,nod;e. t'
that will make the innovation siia t, ~.
psople %Se %an,a to those
the subject mentioned at all Iu.. ~. 2
ton in personal purity is by al a u1-
mltted TO be delicate uues.ian ~
it is vital and essential part ne put ~
training training Of t every boy and girl and mo
should be allowed to oyershaho
universal Importance. Since the c"ur us
is experimental, the board Of ad' uIsc
tion has shown wisdom in MOI i nt
ducing it at the start below the hieh
school. ihsh
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-28
IN PRAISE OF CRICKET.
May Be Played by Men Who Are
No Longer in Their Youth.

From the Providence Journal.
The visit of the all-Austrian cricket
team to Rhode Island and to many other
sections Of the United States IS bound
TO do its share in increasing the already
growing interest of Americans in that
splendid game. which has for many gen
erations been the leading sport among
British people all over the world. The
eleven now here is probably the best
aggregation of cricketers now in exist
ence. and, as President Meiklejohn of
Amherst 50 eloquently put II at the
banquet, We were treated to a'spectacle
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-28
First Hunger Strike?


What was the date of the earliest
hunger strike? a holiday ma king friend
Of mine. who has been, exploring Oh
ford, notes this from a second or third
century Greek Ms. in the Bodleian Lii
brary there: 'Theon to his father
Theon, greeting. 1t was fine thing OF
you not to take me with you to Alex
andria. Send me a Tyre, / inn
plore you. IL you don't, / won't eat; 1
won't drink. There now. Is there an
illustration earlier than this Graeco-
Egyptian boys letter to his father OF
this crude method of getting ones own
way?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-28
Protection of the Seas.

Our country is fortunate in that it has
no powerful neighbor on this continent
which requires the maintenance of q
large army in times Of peace, The
stretches of water that separate us from
other great nations are, however, no
longer the protection that they used to
be. The oceans furnish fine highways
for the transportation of troops and
have made it easily possible to utilize
these highways over long distances The
distances, 1t is true, are still a protec-
ton, but it would be foolish to close our
ewes to the fact that at various points
of the public domain Of the United
states we are still vulnerable to attack
The great benefit accruing to us by
reason of our distance from other ma
tions is that it frees us from the neces-
s;ty OF maintaining an army upon war
Footing We are free to count upon the
. war footing But this time is of little
or no avail If previous preparation for
auch massage has not been provided.
We also are all the more required to MAIN
tain our small army In peace time at
maximum efficiency, With the most per-
foot organization and supplied with Of
ticers of the most advanced training.
only BY doing this can our present
sinai, army effectively act as school Of
,,,iI;ta,v instruction for the nation,
and az a nucleus for the expansion that
viii be necessary in time of war.
In the spanishA me warnwhie ,n
he var upon a large scale-we mobi-
lied force of something more than
.,nn 1oo Mon In a similar war, that of
Great Britain in South Africa. Great
Britain sent about the same anne number lumber. OF OF
no,'a;c.S such numbers were considered
na..asssry il is quite easy to conceive
,ha g1aai numbers that would he iequir-
ad = ~ar upon a larger scale were
threatened or existing. In the civil war
the United states government at the emu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-28
Sign of Wealth.

From the Detroit Free Press
! rs he rich:'
Say, he's so rich that his neiyhbor.
have all begun to tell what tbeysa -
for charity if they had his money w
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-28

Dr. William Wyatt Wiley. che of tho
oldest and most prominent physicians OF
western Maryland, died at Cumberland
Tuesday night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-28

exploits abroad have resulted in bags of
eleven tigers, twelve wild buffaloes and
two rhinOceri
The Marquis OF Ripon and the king
have one characteristic in common be-
sides their love of shooting-they are both
fond of early hours: the marquis, because
he finds that late hours are apt to in
terfere with steadiness of eye on the fol-
lowing day, the king, because he is ad-
dicted to early rising.
Best Shooting in Yorkshire.
The kings partially for Yorkshire in
the shooting season encourages one to as
sert that the best grouse shooting in the
world is not to be found in Scotland at
all, but belongs to Yorkshire. and that
there are some parts Of Lancashire not
much behind Indeed, if you are in search
of records you must go to Yorkshire and
Yorkshire alone. For years his majesty s
plans have been the same. He opens the
grouse shooting season in Yorkshire and
Lancashire. frequently passing out of
one county into the other, in the County
Palatine often being the guest of Earl
Seton at Abbeystead. In 1901. when the
king tthen Prince of Wales) paid his first
visit there. the total bag fo- the four
days was ] .G25 brace. He was there again
the following year. but the weather was
wet. and sport had to be cnrtaiea. Last
year on his majesty's third visit to Alb
beystead in the three days of shooting
the royal party accounted for nearly 3.Un
head of grousc-2914 to be exact And
this if you please, is Lancashire.
When the king has enjoyed the cream
OF the finest grouse shooting in England.
he goes to the north, where moor is
generally reserved for him--often the
| Nov Hall moors OF his friend The Mac
intosh After another fortnights shoot
ing there the gun is put away and the
rod ta.eu up III its place.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-28
Small Supply
Limits Discoveries.

ment No limit save that of imagination
restricted the prophecies concerning it..
1t was to cure all diseases, make the
blind to see and the deaf to hear. It
was to solve the future problem Of the
worlds heat and light, and even to pro-
duce perpetual motion. The scientists.
1t is true, would not substantiate these
wild statements. although they We're
quite willing to admit that the wonder
full powers Of radium as yet are beyond
the grasp of knowledge. The extremely
small available supply, they believe is
the only thing that deters series OF
wonderful discoveries.
Physicians, particularly, hoped for
much. Already cases Of cancer have
been successfully treated with radium,
but the supply is too small to make ex-
periments on sufficiently large scale to
determine definitely the full curative
powers of the substance. The price Of
radium is about $4,000 per gram. Con-
seQuently, only a very few Of the larg-
est hospitals in this country have been
able to make any radium tests. In Lon
don it is possible to rent small supply
of radium from the radium institute, to
be used in the treatment Of n special
case. The establishment of such an in
stitute is being discussed in New York.
Conservative PHYSICIANS are extremely
loath to publish their experiments in the
use of radiunl. although they are being
made continually. At tho meeting OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-28

AsAOAo1AA ~ oaiAAuS. Tic 10TH Ill WHICH l.
is usually sold, contains $50 per cent of
pure radium
Much Ore Needed and this bro
to Get Single Grain. m miue IS se timas
stronger than the mineral ore from
which it is derived. Millions of roses are
required to make single drop of the
priceless altar Of roses. In the same
way thousands of tons OF ore are re-
qrired for single grain OF the radium,
which may impart to a large quantity
OF inactive salts a part of its own pecul-
lar qualities. One of these qualities is
the property of glowing in the dark.
Weak radium preparations shine more
strongly in the dark than does the pure
radium even though they contain but
small particle Of the elements.
An International radium standard was
prepared two years ago by Nine. Curie.
This standard is to form the basis for
the preparation Of secondary standards
now being supplied to testing stations
wherever radiun is used. The Curie
standard consists of a tube containing
twenty-five milligrams Of carefully pre-
pared radium chloride. BY the use of
this standard milligram of radium can
be as accurately determined as a pound
Of sugar. The ability to detect minute
quantities OF radiilm certifies to it's pow
erful qualities. One fifty-millionth part
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-28

the American Medical Association. in
Minneapolis last month, much considera-
ton was given to the treatment of skin
diseases by radium. In Berlin interest
has centered in experiments looking to
the care Of rheumatism and govt by the
use or radium Some tests have been
made in the treatment of tuberculosis
but the supply is too small to give much
aid in overcoming the white plague.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-28
Fitchblende Found
in United States.

anywhere are located in Quartz hill. Gil
pin county, Col. This body of ore was
discovered in 1890 by two F'renchmen
can pitchblende has been found carry
ing as high as so per cent OF uranium,
although the average is not so rich.
In addition to pitchblende. recently
discovered American ore called carnotite
yields radium. Carnotite resembles fine
sandstone, and is bright yellow in hue.
1t occurs in pockets and is easily mined.
1t averages about = per cent in uranium
content, and is marketed in New York
for shipment abroad for about $50 per
ton. A ton of carnotite will yield
speck of radium about the size of a
pin point.
The story of radium is q. romance. It
began with the love. Of a young Polish
girl for French scientist. She loved
also his science and married him that
she might help him in his work. He aid
ed her studies and researches, and they
lived together in a laboratory, seeking
the undiscovered secrets OF nature. In
the opinion OF many scientists it was
only the gallantry of loving husband
that accorded to Nine. Curie the credit
for discovering radium, thus giving her
the title Of the greatest woman scientist
In the world. Those who take this view
insist that it was Prof. Curie who dis
covered the new element, although they
admit that he was aided In the labora-
tory by his wife and by an assistant, a
young scientist named Beaumont
* x
When radium was first discovered it's
wonders were exploited in the press Is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-28
RUSH TO SCOTLAND ON
FOR GROUSE SHOOTING
Good Weather Held Respon-
sible for the Heavy Exodus
From England.
.iaI Correspondence Of The Star.

SpeciaI Correspondence Of The Star.
LONDON, August Is. 1913.
The grouse season, which opened this
week, has been responsible for record
rush from London to the moors. At E,us-
ton station the departures will easily con-
stitute a record. The heaviest traffic
north was experienced last Friday, when
the Scotch trains ran in triplicate. Sun
day the exodus to Scotland also was very
great: Last night the tail of the process
sion north was dealt with. the trains
running in duplicate. Euston gets by far
the largest share of the traffic for grouse
stooting-so much that for years the
archway outside the terminus has been
Known as the Gateway to Scotland
Exodus Due to Weather.
Many people. however, take the alter
native routes VIA Kings Cross and st.
pancras. and the departures there also
have been heavy The increase in the
number OF people going to Scotland this
year is put down to the weather. which
mas been better than previous years. and
certainly great improvement on 1872,
and 10 the increasing popularity of the
SPORT this season, grouse moors having
been in greater demand than the agents
ever remember.
King George, who was the guest of the
MARQUIS OF Ripon al Studley Royal for
the opening of the shooting season. had
excellent sport. the first days bag for
five guns being ~ brace. The marquis.
who NAV still he 5es: known TO the gen
eral public as Earl de Grey. IS possibly
the finest shot iii the United Kingdom 4
y .
more than :astaaj head had fallen To hi
gun during a period of thirty years. He
killed $50 rabbits in one shoot with a
thousand cartridges, while his big game
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-28
Radium Institutes
Fathered by Nations.

pitchblende taken from q mine at St.
Joa chims thai in Bohemia. Immediately
upon the announcement of the discovery
the Austrian government assumed con-
troll of the mine. 1t entered into an
agreement with the Academy of Science
of Vienna, under which the pitchblende
ores We're to be worked up for expert
ment in an Austrian radium institute
Radium institutes have been established
by the governments OF Austria. England,
France and Germany but the United
States government has manifested no
direct interest III the subject. The ex-
periments made III ali Of these Institutes,
especially in that Of Austria. We're COIL
Quoted with the greatest care because the
scantiness of the ore supply was recog-
nized. 1t is said that the ST. Joactins
thai mines already are practically ex-
hausted. Less than six tons of pitch
bIendc was mined in 1911, and none at all
in 49,.
The universal recognition OF the Won
derful properties of radium which fol-
lowed close upon its discovery. caused
the worldwide quest for o-es that would
yield it. Small deposits We're found In
Cornwall. England. ana in Australia. Both
were promptly placed under government
control Little attention was paid to
the matter in the United States. How
ever. few weeks ago, the bureau Of
mines announced that the United States
| led all the countries of the world in its
! resources of radium-producing ores. This
announcement created no little surprise
in the scientific world. and movement
is now on foot to bring about the con-
Gervarion of these resources for the
benefit Of the world at large and of
American scientists, particularly.
X
Pitchbiende has been found in Con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-28

Radlum bromide the form i'll which il
is usually sold, contains $50 per cent of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-28

Radium is an element. 1t is recovered
from pitchblende and other ores. 1t was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-28

PitchbienGe has been found in Con-
necticut and in the feldspar fields of
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New / Hats of 10l 81 d.

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feathers S5oo.S and
butterflies OF lace and bows $3.50
and
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-06-15

F-Mrs. 5. J. Fields, Nellie Fleming.
Mary Francis.
G-BeIIe George, Mrs NJ. L. GIL, Do
than Green, Mrs. Hattie Gubbs.
H-Mrs Frank Harms, Mrs. w. A.
Harrell, Miss #. r. Harris, Mrs. g. J..
Harris, Mrs. John w. Harrison, Maud
Hart, Mrs. Theo. Hayden, Fannie
Hayes, Mrs. Anna Haynes, Mrs. Hat
tie Henderson, Mrs. Thyra Hernandez,
Miss Holmes, Mrs. Mannetter Hubert,
Julia Hudson, Mrs. Rosa Hurst.
I-Mrs. William Irwin.
J--Eiiza Jackson, Mrs Elsie Jen-
ninss, Mrs. Lula Johnson, Kathreen
Jones, Maggie Jones' Mamie Jones.
K-Miss Frater Kaile, Leoy Kimbley,
Mrs. Addie Kimmons.
L~-Mrs. Langley, Mrs. Cora Lenox,
Miss Elivor Lewis, Mrs. Lizzie Lewis.
Mollie Lowman, Evelyn Lovelace.
M-EYelyn McOvey, Mrs. Lille y.
Mckee, Mary MADISON, Mrs louisa.
Mitchell, Mamie Motion, Hazel Nor
rison, Mrs. Annie Motley.
MFRS. II. r. Nelson, Leona Mobiles.
O-Mrs. T. A. Owens.
P-Mrs. Frank Parker, Mary Pou,
Mrs. Bunch Pruett.
R-Ellen Railey Mrs. Reece. 224
Palafox st., Mrs. Minnie Roebuck,
Gert1a Ryer.
s-Robbie Sawyer. Mrs. Ellen Sell
den, Emma Shaw, Mrs. Ada Smith,
Mrs. Matte Smith.
S-Nellie Atlan Snyder, Lillian
Spincer.
T-Mrs Q. A. Taylor, Mrs. Francis
Tenerett, Mrs. MadaIene Thomas, Re
becca Thomas, Rhoda Thomas, Corene
Thornton, Alice Thompkins
U-Mrs. Ella Crilal
V-Ars Sebastian Vickers.
W-Mrs. w. c. Ward, Mrs. Mary
Becker Washington, Mrs Matte Wash
ington, Hilda Waters, Mrs. Addison
williams, Augusta Williams, Mary
Wiliwaw, Miss BoOle Wyatt.
Y-Mrs. VIM. Young, Mrs EstelId
Young.