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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-05
Just What Makes
Some Wo1nen'S
BATHING SUITS
IMMODEST
By WILLIAM LEE HOWARD, M. D.

r young and girls to get the full ben
! eft OF ocean bathing they should be permitted TO
Z wear such suits as will give all their unhana
pered play.
Tradition and convention concerning bathing costumes
have much prevent proper appreciation of the
value sea bathing to girls and women There is no
exercise or tonic so great to girls and women
as salt water bathing and swimming. But they must
not wear heavy dragging skirts If they to obtain
these benefits. Also bathing suits should be OF stun
that will quickly dry.
One reason mothers and grandmothers did not
enjoy and derive benefit from sea bathing was the
awful looking and uncomfortable feeling things false
prudery forced them bathing suits. Those
baloonlike suits those baggy impediments of thick
flannel only felt heavy soggy. but real exercise
in them was impossible. Then, they were seldom dry
the day, is nothing uncomfortable or
dangerous health putting on damp, heavy bathlng
suits.
The Ill effects OF bathing often complained Of
by our mothers when asked why they did learn to
swim due TO those ridiculous bathing costumes.
Evil traditions, false training caused by the idea that
there something shameful in limbs of health and
body of vigor caused many suffer from trou-
bes and circulation because they could not
erly enjoy the oceans tonic.
When beautiful woman goes swimming IN skintight
one-piece bathing costume cean-mnded person sees
anything but physical health and beauty Modesty is
prominent in every act and motion She is unhampered
specimen OF work when she is allowed obey
her1
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-05

them from the West Coast Of South America
to New Orleans by way of the canal in
weeks time. Only two or three days more
win be required for fast fruit trains to dis
tribute the cargoes to New York, Chicago
and other market centres.
Best Of all, these fruits from South Amer
lea will be available just at the time OF year
when most of our own fruits are out of sea-
son, for the months which are Winter here
are Summer in the Southern Hemisphere
Peru. Bolivia and Ecuador are as we'll suit
ed 10 the cultivation OF delicious fruits as any
part OF the earth. In these countries apricots
ripen from December TO February, cherries
from November 10 February, peaches from
December to March, plums from February TO
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May and grapes from January to June.
Last year the United States imported more
than s32000,000 worth Of fruits. AS soon as
the canal is in active operation it seems like
ly that al this supply and great deal more
VIII be drawn from South America. Then
even the poorest of us will be able TO enjoy
peaches and other fresh ripe fruit all Winter
long.
Undoubtedly we shall import from Argen-
tina q large quantity Of grapes, the fruit
which attans the greatest commercial i'm
portance there. Argentina has $4,000 acres
OF vineyards and the yield Is so enormous
that some of them show a net profit of $40
to $1,000 an acre. In 1910 the country pro-
duced over 100000 gallons of wine, more
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-05

Modesty in it's origin is independ-
ent of clothing. In fact, clothing was
first worn as means Of attracting
the opposite sex-as it is to-day.
Suggestive concealment was the be-
ginning OF immodesty. The primary
factors of modesty we're developed
long before the discovery of either
ornaments or garments. The nude
figure not being considered immod-
est, not being attractive enough be-
cause there is nothing shameful in
nature, concealment by clothing was
adopted. Then was born immodesty.
Let child see the statue OF Venus
and nothing OF suggestive nature
will be aroused. Put some clothing
on this marble form and at once i'm
modesty is suggested
!. True modesty rests upon physio-
logic and psychologist reasons. We,
the so-called civilized people, are
really the most immodest people on
earth. because we are aiways seeing
In the anatomical structure some
thing to hide yet subtly attract,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-05

De let but the III was always re.
tanned in writing.
In the tenth century, when Eth
elred fed to Normandy and there
married Emma, daughter of Rich
ard, Duke of Normandy, the Nor.
mans and other French-speaking
people began settling in England
and to hold office there.
Among this number were the De
Hayettes. Ii you will turn to Clut-
terbuck's History of Hertfordshire'
you will find that the parish of
'Aiete.' in Herts, was founded before
the Norman Conquest, and l have
quite a list of those who settled
there in the following centuries"
Professor Weekdays reference TO
the origin OF this name in his "Ro-
nance of Names" reads as follows:
Gate, barrier or opening, Anglo
Saxon 'geat,' is distinct from the
Scandinavian gate street, though,
of course, confused with 1t in sur
names. From the northern form we
have Yates, Vets and YeatInan, and
the compounds Byatt (by gate),
Hyatt (high-gate)."
Respecting the tendency of per-
sons with Notwithstanding names
to deny their manifest origin in ia
vor OF some Norman-French name
pnonetically similar. but graced with
the aristocratic particle de-" Pro-
lessor Weekley remarks:
"a particularly idiotic form of
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-05

binding boards together i'll circle. They
claim that attached to these wheels they had
arrangement of wooden cog wheels with
other wheels eccentric or concentric that &C.
tuay recorded the revolutions OF their cart
wheels and so told them the distance trav-
eled by the simple means OF multiplying
this by the circumference OF their wheels.
This arrangement was connected with
little wooden image on the top OF the cart.
Generally it image OF man with "A
drum, and when the cogs had recorded one
H." or the third of an English mile, the
mechanism would make the image strike the
drum. In addition TO this, some carts were
even more complicated and had a second
figure of a man with cymba which was
struck only after the drum had been struck
ten times, or when the cart had travelled ten
Ill"
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than twice the amount produced IN California
In the same year.
Chile is another California, but with cH-
mate possibly even more mild. There are, in
fact, many sinlarihes, and ell Of the fruits
grown In California are produced IN Chile,
probably in equal perfection, but with far less
care. The industry has not developed as in
North America
Here, too. the grape is the most important
fruit. the annual production being about A.
900. 900 gallons OF excellent wine.
The section about Valdivia is also noted for
It's fine apples, those from one we'll known
grower having frequently sold in Buenos
Ayres for $1,000 box OF 14o apples, while
individual fine specimens have retailed even
In Santiago for % cents each.
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How the PANAMA CANAL Will Give Us FRESH FRUITS All the Time

fresh fruits at reasonable prices every
r. month in the year-thts is one of the
benefits which everybody IN the United
States will gain through the opening OF the
Panama Canal.
South America has a range Of climate and
variety of conditions that admit OF the suc-
cessful cultivation OF every known fruit.
Those already grown there include, besides
all those native to this country, the mango,
breadfruit banana, tamarind, sapodilla, avo-
cado, pomegranate, olive, fig. loquat, orange,
lemon, mammee apple and many others.
The canal will bring this vast and varied
supply OF fruits within easy reach of our
tables. Refrigerator steamers will bring
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-05
Telling TIME by a CATS EYES

of the pupils of the cats eyes. At noon.
when the sun is brightest, the pupils OF
cats eyes are but narrow Sits, almost thread
like in their narrowness In the early morn.
ing the pupils are quite open. At dark they
are perfectly round AS the day approaches
noon the light increases. and as the light
increases the pupils of the cats eyes begin
to contract to avoid letting in too much light,
With human beings the pupils are small
dots at noon in the sun and large as a pea
or even larger at dark or dusk. But with
a cat ii is. much easier TO tell time, as the
eyes OF humans vary greatly. So expert are
they in some parts of China that even on
cloudy days they can tell the time in this
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-05
A TAXICAB 1000 YEARS OLD

r T has been claimed that the taxicab is by
4 no means a modern idea of measuring
- the distance a vehicle has travelled and
that the ancient Romans had sort OF device
attached 10 their chariot wheels that slowly
wound up ball Of fine thread so that b.
measuring the wound thread at the end of
trip and allowing, say, every foot of thread
to represent mile. they could estimate
fairly we'll the distance travelled.
But again the Chinese come forward with
their claim Of superiority OF everything in
the inventive line. The world has long ac-
corded them the credi; of making gunpowder
before other people knew about it, and now
they claim they had a sort OF taxcao moro
than Two thousand years ago
In those days their carts were crude affairs
with great heavy. wooden wheels MADE by
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-05

snobbishness has sometimes led peo-
pie to advance strange theories as
to the origin of their names. DR..
Brewer, in his Dictionary of Phrase
and Fable apparently DESTROYS OF
dissociating himself from malt H.
quor, observes that, This name
(Brewer). which exists in France as
Bruhiere and Brugere, is not derived
from the Saxon briwan Ito BREW,
but the French bruyere (heath), and
is about tantamount to the German
plantagenet (broom plant).'
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x o long as there is cat about and it is
an average sunny day, you can tell the
time OF day by looking at the cats eyes.
providing you have made a study of it for
while.
In China there are many localities where
the natives will look at a cats eyes and
promptly tell the time. or course they may
not do this in minutes and seconds. but they
can say, 1T is about two and half hours
after noon BY means OF repeated tests
upon their accuracy made by Professor NJ.
Hue. he found they we're always within ten
or fifteen minutes OF the correct time and
frequently were even more nearly exact.
1t Is all done by studying the contraction
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-05

velop to maturity The female lays
her eggs in horny capsule like a
spectacle case, which she carries
about with her until she is ready to
deposit it in some suitable place
Later she returns to help her baby
cockroaches out of their shells.
The song of the cicada is the nois-
lest in the insect world. The seven
teen-year cicada has been called the
Rip Van Wrinkle OF the insect world.
From it's tiny eggs there issues n
creature with soft white body and
mole-like front legs. It hurries to
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-05

Another may appear upon the beach in the
conventional bathing dress. with baggy Knockers and
dragging skrtlet, yet to the ordinary observer
immodest and perhaps wanton.
The Japanese rckshaw wears merely breech.
cloth, but of immodesty shocks the Amer
lean girl who has been properly trained in the truths
and morals of life The Oriental bathes naked while
the opposite joins watches upon the bank. Mod
esy in demeanor and cleanliness of the mind is their
attitude
The Australian natives of both go practically
nude. modesty being supreme Yet in eating they must
hide their faces To permit of the opposite
the introduction OF food into the mouth Is
considered very immodest. The statement, differ
ing only in Details be made of many other primitive
a Chinese may be photographed In the nude
and lose her reputation for chastity and modesty
let her feet be exposed in photograph and
at she is wanton, an immodest thing. The women
the harem. the wives of the desert only consid
cred immodest when they unvel themselves before the
opposite sex.
Every tribe every civilized nation, has its peculiar
ideas and forms of modesty.
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None
STRICKEN

AT jacksonville in 1893 when typhoid vaccine
used Al per cent of army corps had the disease.
At San Antonio, in 1911, 128o soldiers given the
vaccine. and there not single case of typhoid"
eating variety of restaurants hotels or 10 drink
ing OF water of unknown source come this head
What is commonly known vacation typhoid" is
chiefly the typhoid picked up by contact with infection
during travel In word. the larger the number of
places 10 which resorts for food and drink the
is the chance OF crossing trail OF typhoid
carrier.
Vaccination gives high degree OF protection for
three years-perhaps for longer period. For those
who not directly exposed known typhoid infec
ton but who realize the possibilities OF infection
through their life in large cites, typhoid vaccination
which has been clearly shown be both safe and eff
Gent offers attractive and cheap form of insurance
against typhoid fever.
In the early stages OF vaccination against typhoid
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-05

1.-The fact is" comments Protes-
sor Weekley, that there Is no get
ting away from a surname OF this
class. and the bearer must try to
look on the brighter side OF the
tragedy
According to the correspondent
above quoted. Dickens immortal
Sam Weller would have been justi-
fed in claiming kinship with the De
Fontes (of the fountain, or welD,
who are represented on the medieval
rolls Of London jurymen.
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Odd New Discoveries About INSECTS

the ground and disappears beneath
its surface, sometimes TO depth OF
twenty feet For seventeen years 1t
digs its way around in absolute dark
ness, and then comes 10 the surface
to join in a marriage revelry of
few brief weeks. 1t Is full-aedged
creature OF the air. though encased
still in grave clothes of parchment;
but 1t soon splits these up the back.
pulls itself out dries It's powerful
wings and flies away with the whirr
Of an aerodrome % live but a few
WeekS
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Get In there and pitch. you big
busheri" yelled.

season in the league in which they had been working
One OF these players secured by the Yankees was
shortstop by the name OF Boone, whom the New York
PLAYERS Immediately dubbed Daniel Boone He was
full of fight and pepper, and if remember correctly he
came from the Texas league. happened TO be working
a series Of games in New Yorl; when Chance was trying
out lot OF these Youngsters. observed the work OF
the various players rather closely because was curious
to know if Chance had been lucky enough to PICK up
any men who might be OF some aid TO him IN 1914
Late in one OF these games Boone came bat with
co,pe Of men on bases OF course he hoped TO make
hit and win the favor OF the fans. He swung al the
first one curve and iouled it. The next pitch was
fast one right across the heart Of the plate about SIX
inches above the knee and very properly called
strike bv lack Egan. Then noticed thai Boone was
engaging Egan in conversation and wondered what they
were talking about for did not suppose tor minute
,ha, he was Directing to Egan having called The strike
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e able 10 hit Planks offerings Before the game began
he told several members OF the club what he expected
10 DO and where he had got his dope. 1t is easy to
imagine what a kidding Devore received that evening
The Giants made the Joke even better by making De
,ore believe that Cobb had double-crosSed him.
An interesting story is told about passage between
Umpire Connolly and Devore in this same game. Nat
ura layer who is helpless al bat will try to SHIFT
lie blame and attempt TO give the impression that the
umpire MIS- allied most OF those which he made no effort
10 hit Fortunately for Tommy, the Giants outhelder
vas swinging al most Of the offerings but the third
strike was called Devore's last appearance at the
pla,e l. was a bcauty.-rght across the heart OF the
plate and waist high. Turning TO Connolly, DevoTe
remarked:
Il can see how you hold your job in the American
League
Il can't see how YOU hold yours in the National, re-
pied Connolly qucl; flash.
Deo-e had been struck out for the fifth time; but
did no, set into the box score.
TIE next spring the Giants came to St. Louis Just as
the Athletes were leaving, and players on the two clubs
renewed acquaintance. When lack Murray was talk
ing Eddie Collins, Jack Barry and some OF the others
Devo-e came up and shook hands with all except Collins
Mur-ag noticed that he overlooked Collins, and sad:
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me clout one, ii that wild man out there dong The
pitching gets it within range OF my bat
Byron Houck was pitching for the Athletics, and
soon had the count two balls and two strikes The
next Offering was exactly to the liking OF the tall pitcher,
and he took healthy clout. The ball sailed far away
over the head Of the fielder. 1t struck Just IN
front OF the lcachcr. and almost went into that stc-
ture which would have been good for home run The
three men on bases scored with but Pich was so
busy watching the night OF that ball that he succeeded
in reac hing second only after a hard sprint
Such hit as that unexpected. and set the payeT'
on the New York bench wild. Realizing what he had
accomplished Pich assumed pose al second that no
artist could have painted Even the Athletics to whom
the game meant nothing. were forced to JON IN the
laugh His success Immediately caused change in al
titudc on the part OF Mr.. Pieh.
like to see new llarcrs g, along. | can always
Caaaea c1 Page II
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,nning Pcnnock, who pitching for the Athletics
before Plank wen, in caught Cevelander mapping OIL
first
apennock is baking, yelled Levelt from the bench
@iou 10 YOU know" asked Connolly From the
way xou acted AT the plate doubt il YOU can see that
lar
lesycl, subsidized for the remainder OF the afternoon
EDDIE PLANK will always live in the memory OF
Il baseball fans as OF the really wonderful pitchers
Howcyc j, is probable tina, no fan has such high re-
gard o HIM as has Josh Devorc former outielder OF
he New York Giants Ii is seldom tina, PLAYER strikes
o., .oar times in game; but that is just what Plank
made Dcvoge do in the second game OF the Worlds
SerieS D. l9l very weak foul was the extent OF the
ba,iins Devore did during the afternoon.
Detoe had special reasons for believing that he would
h, Plank without much difficulty. 1t seems that he
rode o,er on the train from New York with ly Cobb.
Amen an League fans know very we'll that Cobb hits
solnawS Just about successfully he hits right
hands Baseball was naturally the topic OF CONVEX
Sa,ior aud Pank'S brought up. Believing
thar was TO pitch that afternoon Devore asked Cobb
a n,anler OF questions about Eddie Cobb explained
how h la,ed against Plank He had good reasons for
even ng he did; but his ideas applied only when he
was iing the batting. Devore listened with interest,
a, D. cured that by using Cobb's methods he would
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of OF some pitcher he would he to the rescue and
would be invncibe for the remainder OF the game. and
still have little show for his good work. because his
teammates could not overcome the early lead OF their
rivals
| happened to he umprng at the plate in several
games in which Hall ba,ted of the box almost
before he had got warmed up his work, and he began
to regard me a ink. As Jack Egan and came out
to start the game one day, Hall in kidding way ex-
pressed pleasure that Egan to work at the plate
suggesting thar possibly he might win game if not
handicapped by his ink When it comes to distributing
what is known dry Irish wit few people have ANYTHING
on lack Egan and as Hall finished his remarks Egan
stopped adjusting his protector and broke in with:
"You will need more than the umpire to win this af-
ternoon, Charley"
Early in the game Hall was in trouble. He seemed TO
have world OF stuff; but the opposition managed to
get their bats in the proper spot was glad was not
working behind the plate because | knew Hall would
have blamed the alleged ink, and ball players are really
superstitouS. With two balls and two strikes on the
batter Hall slipped that he would have liked
call strike Egan ruled otherwise and the ruling
caused Hall to sarcastic.
III I'm foong YOU, III case up. lack Then there
won't be so much chance OF your missing any.
Don't do it, or someone in the nicd will get killed.
You shouldn't worry about what am missing, but what
the batters are not missing, replied the ever-ready
Egan
Before Hall had chance to reply he the distress
signal the bench, which meant that he could adjourn
to the clubhouse and enjoy shower bath.
MO class OF PLAYERS furnishes more food for discussion
than the recruits. During the latter part OF the
1913 season Manager Chance Of the New York Ameri-
cans did a lot of experimenting The clubs scouts
cured early delivery OF all players secured. and
Chance tried all OF them out. most OF the players
reporting Immediately after the close OF the regular
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Upon our reaching the dressing room | asked Egan
what Boone talking about when he was at bat in
the eighth
Egan began TO laugh. and remarked. "If freshness
counts for anything that fellow going to he star in
a year" And he repeated the dialogue that took place
at the plate. 1t started when that second strike was
called.
sect 'em up. Too low" said Boone.
"You can't hit them with your bat your shoulder
replied Egan.
"Thcy don't call such balls strikes in the bushes.
was Boonc's comeback.
"Tou needn't worry. responded Egan. THAT Is
where YOU will he next year
"If am, you ought to be keeping company. said
Boone as he took healthy swing at the third one and
missed.
"Somc hiter!' laughngly called Egan.
There surely is no question but Daniel Boone
should succeed il nerve amounts to anything, and he
seems to have chance at that.
CHANCE had another recruit who furnished an even
- more amusing situation, with yours truly playing
the part OF the villain. The athlete pitcher who
answered to the name OF Cy Pieh. very euphonious
handle Pich had been secured at Dayton, Ohio. and
came to the big show with the firm intention OF making
the natives of Gotham sit up and take notice. He did
not get much OF 4 chance TO Startlc the Broadway
patrons: but he certainly did end the in blaze
OF glory in Philadelphia
To him must 20 the honor OF keeping the Chance men
out OF last place Had il not been for the Dayton
cruit New York instead OF st. Louis would have held
the cellar position when the curtain rung down for
the season Of 1918 have not the slightest doubt that
Pieh repeated the story many time last winter OF how
he hit for two bases. with the bases filed and the
game that enabled New York to finish in seventh place
was the last game OF the in the East and was
PLAYED by New York and Philadelphia Until the eighth
inning the New York club did not appear to have a
chance In the sixth inning, with the score Il to >
against the New Workers. Chance took out the regular
pitcher and put in Cy Peh whom you must see in ac
ton 10 appreciate. He is a great big, husky fellow
over six feet in height, and puts lot OF stuff on the
ball despite the fact that his pitching movements some
what resemble the tango For two innings he held the
Athletics scoreless In the eighth inning couple OF
recruits who doing the pitching for Philadelphia