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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-04

through the air, only to find that he
had disturbed the summing place of some
land crab. Assured that he had no
wounds, the soldier boy kept right on
trying to keep himself hidden from the
! enemy
Tired. but having CAPTURED healthy
appetites, the troops were recalled from
drill shortly after II O'Clock. After the
| guard for the twenty-four hours had been
! changed chose men who had no duties
| to perform we're given liberty to go in
bathing under the eyes of lifeguar1s who
| have been employed to watch over them.
Two full regiments and the Signal
Corps went in bathing Yesterday after
, noon. and it was a sight worth seeing
| For nearly three hours the. camp was
| practically deserted. The boys returned
| from their bath in the surf feeling fine,
and those of them who belonged to the
! I'd Regiment Of Infantry, Col. William e.
Harvey, commanding, prepared for the
! regimental dress parade the first, in
| which the regiment has participated
| alone since the establishment Of the
! present camp.
/ Persons in the Virginia Beach rcso4t
+, and vicinity are being attracted to the
| camp every evening to witness the dress
parades. The District soldier boys
show that they have been well trained
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Shows His Appreciation.

During the interview the general kept
his view over the campground. where tho
boys were housed in their tents. There
was proud look IN his eyes, look
which indicated his appreciation of every,
soldier, from the newest recruit to the
highest commissioned officer under him,
for their presence III the encampment
and an expression indicating thanks for
the mothers who gave their sons-many
of them for three years, others for many
more-to serve the flag. the country and
the District of Columbia, in order 10 be
prepared to protect and defend the Dis
trict and the nation.
1t was not the voice of the braggart
which told of the showing made by the
sons of the District in their military
duties. 1t was not the harsh COM
manding tone as presented on the stage.
1t was the soft low voice, and every
word uttered showed Gen. Harries to be
extremely proud of every man of the
District of Columbia militia.
But tho boys in this Virginia Beach
camp are not the only ones who have
this Year performed or will perform
military duty from the District. Gen.
Harries' figures showed that altogether
2,007 sons of the District would partici-
pate in military operations before the end
of August, 1914.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-04

TIoNAL GUARD OF THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA. VIRGINIA BEACH,
Va, August 4.-Washington is a military
city. It produces more young men. COM
paratively speaking, for military pur-
poses, training as reserv1sts to be the
first called in time of war. than any
other city in the United States. In the
face of all the trouble that Is being ex-
perienced by militia organizations all
over the country. the National Gusrd Of
the District of Columbus is having no
trouble whatever In getting young men
TO enlist in its ranks to train fo- possible
foreign trouble.
Seated in his headquarters tent Brig.
Gen. George II. Harries, commanding the
District of Columbia militia. talked with
Star reporter of the military spirit IN
the District. From his vantage point the
general looked out over the tented city.
Total Residents Of Tented City.
There are" he said, in that city Of
canvas 1875 soldiers, commissioned on
GERS and enlisted men, every one OF them
from the District of Columbia. Some OF
them are veterans of recent wars. others
are receiving their first taste of the SOL
der's life and ready and willing to take
the field on a moments notice to defend
the flag and the country'S honor
In this camp there are more men than
ever attended an encampment or even
participated in maneuvers of the Nation
al Guard of the District of Columbia 1t
speaks well for the boys of the District
1t is not paper showing but a showing
of actual strength. strength the Dis
trict might be expected to WELD should
her sodiery be called upon.
at is record that should not go
unmentioued. All over the country are
heard complaints from the militia of the
inability to recruit up to the required
strength, and where the recruiting Is
done after a hard fight there is the fur
Their complaint of inability to maintain
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Ierv of the National Guard OF tho Dis
trict Of Columbia, making the grand total
OF aou1 fighting sons of the District who
went Or Will 20 into training this year.
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Naval Contingent and Artillery.

In this camp there are 1.135 commits
stoned officers and enlisted men There
went on the battleship Rhode Island. as
a part of the Naval Battalion of the Ma
tional Guard of the District of Columbia
ISL officers and men, and there will go
to Tobyhanna. Pa, eighty eight officers
and men of the 1st Battery, Field Artil-
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strength. But the National Guard of the
District of Columbia has not this trou-
BILE Every man recorded in the camps
field return can be found on the grounds
at drill time
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What the Program Required.

Company exercise in rapid deploy
and picking up indistinct targets, tram
ing in communicating. locating of tar
gets and instruction in use of cover,
WAS what the official program called for
this morning. In carrying it out the boys
received a real taste of what they would
be required to do should they be called
upon TO support the country in time of
international strife.
The targets were indistnct. but the Dis
trict markSmen, keen-eyed and good
lighters, many of them well trained al
ready through having seen regular serv-
ice and previous encampments of the Ma
tionaI Guard of the District Of Columbia,
soon located the enemy, as was evidenced
by the constant pumping of the field
rifle.
Officers of the regular army and Of the
District National Guard declare that the
surrounding country is ideal for the pres
elIt operations. The lay of the land is
such that many troops can work with
out an enemy locating them, while at the
same time 1t gives the soldiers u chance
TO see the difficulties that would confront
them in time of actual warfare The
troops that are sent out to locate the
enemy will have to be constantly on
the alert or they will be picked off,
by some outpost of the enemy, which has
escaped the eye of the opposing scout 1t
is difficult to locate the men in the lands
siiouilo eiic St,iiip, Jul tiic OISIlCI eOlQleTS
In their operations have shown that 1t
can be done.
After they had gone into the field in
company formation. the short time which
1t took the participants to lose them
selves 10 all observers among the sand
/ banks was cause of much comment
They deploycd quickly. spread through
the surrounding country, but not out of
| touch with tac officers commanding the
engagement. and affairs moved smoothly
ne ig.tI hp fret
engagement III which the District boys
have taken part since they reached
camp.
| For a time there was miniature
| European war fought right in the vicin-
| ity Of Virginia Beach, with the soldier
boys Of the District Of Columbia as the
heroes.
| NoI~ era .hcr ~~~ -..~-,,,o- 81 .-o
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-27

M ,., magnying glass Sam Well
Ter might say. But anyone get idea OF
"hat hand can do in revolving baseball
',o part OF ball. as to better and leo
pitches the ball ANYHOW, spins rapidly not
aiWa!s stop on striking the ground and OF its
spinning VIII he seen Then there is the handicap OF
making IL revolvc to the right or left up or DOM and
an Ia auation to the strain of control and speed, with
OUT "nich the best pitcher will be batted all over the
practical question is. is it for pitcher to
additionally strain and distract by that which
is not yet Systematically out and reported? And
helped. e " ~
One of these is that friction of the air on the side
Of me Daii revolving forward is than on the
sde revolving backward and as brake 10 swerve
the ball to the forward revolving side knew the head
OF "a hisn school Who held this theory but taught the
pitchers 10 twist the nose Of the ball the direction
he wanted to curve The Bcrnou theory is that the
s!e Oh me greatest velocity is the side of the
pressure rom without Is not the side OF greatest
velocity The side OF the ball that is revolving forward
SIDE revolving backward the side where air goes by
the bail less rapidly the side Of the greatest pressure
be pushed 10 the side revolving forward side of less
pressure But Professor Franklin me TO draw
the opposite conclusion.
Suppose pitched ball IS revolving nose 10 the left
Pressure and purchase being than be-
mind II would seem that the bali would claw work
l'5e 10 the right Also, the right being the side cf
greatest velocity least PRESSURE the ball would tend TO
the right by the Bernouilli theory forces might
ne true ana yet oHerbalanced by third and
force. which may call the wedge. The surface OF
me revolving ball on the left front quarter by fric
llon sweeping the air out OF the and backward,
while on the right front quarter is sweeping the sur.
face air inward and forward against oncoring air
so ,hat me greater resistance pressure that quarter
wedges the ball tho left As ship moves for
Watd i if mere is little more hoatinE ice on
II VIII teAH 10 wedge the bow over to the other
repeat for emphasis that most of what we beevo
about basebai!s curves is from hearsay that those
VINO only sa! - have it, should consider that for
one to and know the curves in question he womb
nave to know just where the plane OF the paraboa IS
and have his there: that optical illusion is more
common than the unscicntihc imagine and seems TO
n . been ignored in this discussions that test.
ing place, carried on FOR reasonable time would be q
peneht TO playcrs and science
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-27

Increased by lack of proper ventilation quickly dry
ing Hat finish paints used in close. ilvcntilated
rooms. serious poisoning from the fumes of coalar
products and of turpentinc may result
The danger from the of lead paints comes from
paint dust in the air and from paint smeared on the
hands which may be carried into the mouth with food
tobacco
Paint dust is caused chiefly by rubbing old new
paint with dry sandpaper This process is universally
recognized the most dangerous part the paint crs
trade. II could be completely done away with by the
use OF cheap mineral oil the sandpapcr catch
the dust
The protection of the painter against poisoning
through unwashed hands be effected only by provid
ing adequate washing facilities and clean lunchroom
Wherever work with lead paint is carried on
n study OF the painters trade in the United States
SHOWS that there are many elements of danger most
OF them avodable and il shows that protective logis
ation is 10 be passed should be directed toward The
prevention OF poisonous fumes and dust and the pro-
vision OF facilities for bodily cleanliness
Such legislation should forbid the in unvcntilated
rooms OF paints paint containing volatile
polaons forbid dry sandnaperng dry chipping off of
cad paint; insist that The employer provide proper
place for his workmen hang their street clothes and
eau thclr lunch and Mushroom with sufficient mum
per OF basins warm water. soap towels and brushes;
require me labelling OF all paint offered for sale such
Il way mat the painter be apprsod of the danger
hVoiVed In It's use; in tho of done in fac
torres cards c instruction for the workmcn should he
posted, and, II necessary. these should be written in
one foreign lauCuaCps
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-27

THING greatly be desired is a testing place for
~ baseball curves l suppose the best place would
- - he the premises o OF the league grounds
handy for leading pitchers in from all of the
country. we'll for local men. says S c. Thompson
in interesting letter the Scientific American.
should be conducted by few in appointed
by the scientific athletic department, both
some nearby college or association.
The apparatus would be cheap-a few small screens
for right and left curves Up and down deyations if
gone into. would require something
Here could he carried for considerable length
OF time accommodating confirming series tests;
to how often relatively. balls the plane
ball; If ii be done Will; how freQuontly by
what pitchers class OF pitchers; which revolutions,
right or left produce which curves The
lated and reliable data would be practical
TO pitchers and science. Better find Just what
really happens and how much, before trying explain
how Why ii happens.
There be almost universal belief in the
wide of in and out UP and down Shoots, fade
awayS.' floating COrkScreWs The scientific mind
naturally asks why this large belief in this large per
Torrance and what there may be for
tnrc. These are not necessarily the question.
There advantage in the old-fashoned college
curriculum. including g. something both psychol-
ogy and physics.
In all the published discussions that | have seen il
seems TO be taken for settled that this throw
ng OF wide curves is going on all the country
it all Psychology suggests how much what most
people believe is hearsay. How many ont of tens
OF thousands squarely in front pitched balls and
try to see if there lateral curves? In case like
this the opinion of the great majority is utterly worth
less.
Next OF those who have carefully tried to see how
many know the absolute requirements: that You must
get the catcher way and have your eve OK.
bail goes out of the plane And how is anv human be.
ing going to know just where that invisible plane is
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-27

ln@ eats. without scqucnt. excessive
or cmotional manifestations: those
VINO manifest such emotions when n
cat is near, though unseen by them;
those who can smell Il cat without
seeing It, Besides these. cases occur
IN which the consciousness OF a cat
is present through its smell. which
once existed. but does not now. and
yet The ability 10 detect unseen cats
remains"
Just what causes this fear is more
or less OF 1t mystery. The best eX-
liahatlon yet offered is that of the
late Or. S. Weir Mitchell. He be-
lieved hat certain emanations from
IN" cats body, although unrecognizcd
us "doTS, may act on our nasal mem
praheS in such way rs to affect the
nervous system.
l'r. Mitchell made an extensive
study of this strange manifestation
ana collected great many data. His
researches brought To him indisputa-
Bile evidence concerning n large num-
Der OF people in whom the presence
OF cat gives rise To- variety OF
Symptoms-oppresson of brea thing.
fear terror. disgust, chilly sensations.
and goose flesh" weakness
locked jaw, fixed oren jaw, n rigidity
OF arms, pallor, nausea, vomiting,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-27

going to be? So much for those who simply say 81
have seen il"
fine wire about sixty long. it hung baseball
by sliding ring. To the ring attached small fish
line. and arranged weight and pucys that when
leased the line would draw the ball swiftly the other
end Of the wire. If placed my eye at the wire, of
course the bah would straight AL tho
way But ii little away from tho wire the ball
sharp the angle of deviation and then to off
quickly toward the last. This repeat. only
in appearance. The curve Of the falling ball would
compiCate ii
Optical illusion is common than many imagine
Everybody used TO believe the sun rose and set be
cause they saw it, They killed Bruno for denying it,
some insult people for doubling what they Saw"
Animal painters always thought that horses ran in a
certain way till the kaleidoscope proved them entirely
mistaken.
In moving pictures ounded on optical illusion) there
is special illustration OF curves viz is rep
resented something coming distance toward the
spectator say railway train, il will come
TO curve TO the side in a most astonishing
way But we know there could be no such in the
railway track.
Suppose your eye is half foot off the parabola The
ball in coming feet devates only about an inch
from your plane, sharp is the angle. and in half
second 1t whisks by you half foot TO the right left.
the flight.
SO much as to the "they say" and the 81 saw, and
the psychology What Influences more educated and
even skcptiCai minds is writers in leading maya
zines refer TO those curves settled By experiment
From these and from articles that could obtain on
the subject. about all that could learn was that a
long time ago the experiment tried with 1.-TWO
posts that about forty years it done Yale:
thirty years prominent pitcher, the eleventh
attempt, pitched ball that went tho side OF
tWOinch stake east side of Gvcinch fruit troo
and ON the west side of inch rake Shaft: and one
thnk with better apparatus somewhere in Ohio
These experiments should be denied or under
done. But they scientific proof OF all the curve
pnchng that the masses talk about | would say, by
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-27

pronounced hysterical commissions,
cat-iharcS even temporary blind
hess. These symptoms pass away
with the removal Of the cat but may
leave the sufferer nervously dis
turbed for the day
In Ct least one-fourth of DR.
Milcheils cases terror in grave form
was shown to be a family regularity
rive III Il family of seven had ii. In
another family the maternal grand
Iather. two grcataunts. an uncle ana
IL SISTER were all thus troubled. Sex
appears to have no marked influence.
hut extreme symptoms arc more fire.
qucnt in women.
IN my own family wrote DR..
Mitchell, IAN uncle was the subject.
MY father. the late Professor John X.
Mitchell, having placed q small cal
III closet. with saucer az .raa.
asked Mr.. III. to come into the room
ana look at some old books in which
ne would be interested He sat down,
but IN few minutes grew pale.
sh'vercd. and said: There is n cat I'm
the room DR.. NJ. said: Look about
you. There Is no cat in the room.
10 You hear one outside" lie said:
No, hut there is cat lie became
faint, aid. complaining Of nausea.
went out and promptly recovered"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-27

inquiry the Judge finds they hava
families OF children dependent upon
them for care. What Is the Court &c
do! Sentence these women To tho
Pcnitentiary and thus work hardship
upon innocent children? II would
rather says Magistrate Judge. re
move the conditions which cause
these people 10 become criminals in
the eyes of the law"
1t VIII be said tina, II the courts
would deal severely with these people
IL would deter others from commit
ting like oNenscs. AS matter of
tact. the courts are almost daily
sending men 10 prison for burglariz-
ing cars, bu, these crimes increase In
number rather than diminish each
year. proving cunclusivcly that we
have not found the remedy.
II is quite impossible for the father
OF mo large family To furnish his boy
WIN the money 10 purchase the
things that the natural boy Graves.
Inc railroad yards, being so easy to
enter, o'ier the temptation 10 steal:
the doors OF the care are protected by
strip or tin about one inch I'm
width. which can be broken by an
cightyear-od boy.
II matters not what the car con
'1lhs; II the boy can carry 1t he will
take 1t, and Will sometimes sell the
most valuable OF mrrcha ndise for
small sum in order TO &c; spending
money. The collector of junk gen
orally furnishes the boy with a mar
hct. The railroad police do not pay
az much attention 10 these junkmen
as they should apparently being
quit" satisfied that they have accom-
pllshed something when they have
unprecedented two or three small boys
who have burglarizcd the cars.
II the railroads would wall in their
yards and station watchmen ut the
necessary openings the grs3dtest con
tribuiing factor 10 juvenile delin-
quency would be removed and the
number OF criminals in all Of the
railroad centres Of this country
greatly lcsscned
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-27

the way, that less than three posts prove nothing
anu posts trees ana sticks leave for doubt
IN my own experiments used three screens. | may
adu mat did not succeed i'll pitching any How
ever, had to move away soon left the screens on
me grounds. but never heard of succeeding al
though there were wonderful curve pitchers"
about.
With all the talk and print about curve pitching all
over the country by amateurs we'll professionals
tthe wonderful shoots jumps, etc), would think
what skillfu science and practice it he by the
great league pitchers. But what do find? One
writer said the great professional pitchers consulted
ala not pretend TO know the theory of curves. One
thought OF trying 10 if he could pitch pur
nosely he wished. This the great age of science
all this clrving is asserted and denied
As to explanations far: We know that sudden
gust OF wind coming at the eleventh other hour will
devatc ball some But that is frequent enough
TO confuse series of tests, could be guarded
against
Some of the writer's and professors seemed to see
the inadcquacy OF the wrlng theory threshed
out in vain the falling OF various bodies through me-
diu!nS OF various denses. | would suggest the fact
that all bodies falling through medium their own
density are liable TO dcviate feather ping.
ball in the air or billiard ball marble in wal ter
when 1t gets down where the water is nearer the
density OF the ball But the air is nothing like so
dense baseball And know that the Drown
baseball does not slow like those falling balls The
theory OF air compression therefore be discarded
Can We suppose that if projected balls we're given 20
unaccountabe deviation practice would be so re.
able and accurate as it is?
The revolving of ball on its course causes deyia.
ton But how much? rifle ball is revolved on plane
perpendicular 10 the O keep il straight We
will only note here that it requires tremendous OK.
plosive force do il. cricket ball is not pitched rs
fast as baseball, and little twirl strikes the
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Why So Many PAINTERS DIE YOUNG

STUDY OF hospital reports from four cities
~ shows that one-fourh of the hospital cases of
lead poisoning in these cities were painters in
New York City the proportion is greater. Forty
of sixty fatal Of lead poisoning were painters
Among 1909 painters in Chicago who sent answers
to list of questions 1S5 history poison
ing. - of kidney trouble, II OF rheumatism and "A of
stomach trouble
One hundred ahle-hoded painters presented them
selves Tor physical examination by specialist in occ,
pat oHal diseases, who found that 80 them showed
evidence of chronic load poisoning
An analysis was made OF the hospital dispensary
histories of 100 eadpoisoned painters proportion
or complicated and chronic large over half
had had more than one attack 10 had had palsy, ana
had had brain symptoms
The reason why the painters is such n dan.
gerous one is that paint essentially of pigment
ground in liquid vehicle, and either the pigment or
me vehicle may possess poisOnus properties
me most important liquids used as ingredients OF
pant or OF paint removers usecd oil turpcntinc
petroleum. hen2ine or naphtl.a. and bonzolc Wood
alcohol and fuse oil products aEe also sometimes used
These are all volatile poisons eXcep. nseed oil
me dangerous pigments the different salts of
ca the basic carbonate, red lead orange mineral
the chromate and the basic sulphate.
Experiments with the basic carbonate and the basic
suphae show that the former is soluble in
human gastric juice than the latter causes more
RAPID and severe poisoning in animals
ne danger in the Of lcadcss paints and OF
pant Temoyers comes from the liquid vehicle and is