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tacles as fingers-kept in pure water
all Of the elasticity of youth and be-
comes one-one hundredth of its orig
iiI mal middle age size. Even its limb;
srsaG,es aes SSsdsrsS smped
Ihese may even disappear, and the
whole animal change to it's embryo
!, myself, have kept microbes and
bacteria until they seemed to have dis
appeared from the surfaces upon which
they were kept. Months afterward
these seemingly empty TASKS become.
tricky, youthful germs. This In part
may explain how, some diseases re-
1uvenate themselves
Working Issues Over.
The fiat worm called "planaria," which
resembles a lighted cigar pressed fiat,
with the two eyes in the undetacned
ashes, has an unusually tough consti-
tuition. Disease, decay and even death
are resisted by these worms in a won-
derful fashion. Starved for months
and months, the worms grow smaller
and smaller. ] have thus reduced them
to. nearly thousandth part of their
original size.
Its small size is due to a reduction OF
the number of its tissues, because the
size of the different internal structures
remains the same. Its digestive tube,
muscles. nerves and other textures are
still present, but all chopped off short.
as ii were.
If fiat worm is cut into small pieces.
less even than one-twcntieth of its size,
each piece will regenerate itself into a
whole new worm. Thus more than
twenty worms will be where only one
was before. Prof. S. j. Holmes has
succeeded in thus making a vast num-
Der of whole worms, each one one
fifteen hundredth the size of the origi-
nal aged" worm.
The essence of these experiments Is to
be found in the fact that not only are
new and youthful structures produced,
but the animal actually works over old
textiles into new ones. In this manner
the whole of the living body is trans
formed into a much younger, healthier,
more vigorous animal. Here you see
old age, like Faust, reversed into youth
with vengeance.
DR.. Hirshberg tciH dnSWer questions
for readers Of this paper on medical,
hygienic and sanitation subjects that are
OF general interest He tCiI not ttader-
take TO prescribe OF offer advice for in
dfUtdudl cases. Where the subject is not
Of general interest letters 1CiN be an
stcered personally, II a stamped and dd-
dressed envelope Is Enclosed. Address all
inquiries to Dr.. L. X. Htrshbcr0, care
Of The Washington Times.
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By MARGARET MASON.
There are clocks upon her stockings.
Her skirt is ticking too.

There are clocks upon her stockings,
Her skirt is ticking, too.
Indeed, a much more timely maid
Twere hard to find for you.
NEW YORK, July 1s.--stop, look, and
listen! Have you heard the new skirt
It's ticking! It's also quite loud. 1t's
fast, too-fast colors. Mostly colored
In blue and white stripes like the Oster-
moors. There are other color COM
binations in oil the new shades COM
bined with white that prove even more
than in covering the husks and break
fast food Of a summer mattress.
Worn with the sheer white ofgandie
blouses or with those blouses trimmed
with pastel tinted batiste or linen. these
ticking skirts are particularly &C cd.
They are usually made with the quaint
and yet practical applied side pockets
OF the present mode and are ideal tor
the country, the shore. or any sport, as
we'll as being equally appropriate and
smart for morning town and street
wear. With cretonne and ticking both
being 30 extensively worn, the old
adage. Make your bed and lie in it,
must needs now be changed to I'm
gist of the matter in a few words is:
If you would be chic. wear tick. SO
hasten and get tick on you even II you
have to first get 1t on tick.
Dame Fashion Is Kidding.
1t seems as II Dame Fashion were
kidding US. In our weakest spot, too
the head. If you have noticed the very
newest of the new tiny turbans you
already know it's a kid without my tell
ing you. Dainty little all-white-kid af-
fairs are the very smartest kind with
close second in a magpie black-and-
white kid combination. Others there
are developed in kid OF any delicate
pastel shade. but It Is the all-white kid
hat that has the sanction of most fas-
tidious approval.
Before we pass the hat entirely it Is
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low cars name; all-round victory Is
its accomplishment.
Education.


Here is a typical case of the dis
satisfied student A member of the
graduating class of one of the lead
irg won1an's colleges In the country
criticises the institution In which she
spent four years because the course
Of instruction was not such as to
prepare the students for any def
initc work in life
Possibly this young woman feels
that she has hit Upon a new and
strictly original idea. But In fact
hear it every year, And yet edu-
cational institutions go right on
spending millions of dollars teaching
Young people things which do not
ht them for any calling in life" Can
II be that these educators do not
know what they are doing? Have
they never thought of these things
before?
OF course they know what they
are doing. They have deliberately
chosen tc teach the sort OF things
be said in their defense, If any de-
fense is needed.
The truth Is there are two differ
ent nottonC of what education Is,
and both have a right to exist
The world needs technically trained
pei to do something useful and do 1t
EFFICIENTLY does not need to apologize
for his existence. He is able to make
good and Justify his training by its
results.
But is that all? Is an educated
person simply 10 be a high class
trained animal who has learned to do
the stunts" OF his profession like
the trick dog in a circus? Are we
10 make cverything-even peoples 8
thouShts-conform to a strictly util-
tartan test? Is everything to exist
only for the sake of some other
thing? Then where is that which
exists for its own sake? If we should
cut out everything but what may be
turned to practical use this would
be sorry world. a world without
color, a dead. drab sort of existence
devoid OF play, music, dancing.
poetry, laughter. OF love. The real
things in this world can never quite
be reducAd 20 a vAlAAANEiAn saaA.-
New York aissS
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WY HO would not wear the rose
" Of youth upon him? In the
May morn of life man ia
most ripe for exploits and
mighty enterprises. As youth fades from
his set tissue he becomes sleek, fat, and
content. Youth is full Of deeds and of
collie; middle age, of self-praise, malice.
envy and selishness. Youth rides proud
ly upon the azure realm; in gallant trim
MS gilded plane glides on, with energy
at the motor and pleasure at the helm,
The perpetuation Of life is, therefore,
not nearly SO desirable as the eradica-
ton OF senility. Death is not GO much
feared as old age. II you live a few
hundred years and then have the choice
OF burial In a youthful state rather
than as senile fossil, you would select
! the former.
Prof. Herbert Spencer Jennings and
froi .. y. Mast have shown that in
vance from youth to old age can be
reversed. In short, that It Is possible
IN certain animalcules not only to check
me ravages OF time, but to turn old
iempus Fugit topsy-turvy.
To prevent senility, to stop onward
deVeiopment OF living structures is
startling. to turn time backward and
make the vital processes reversible is
even more extraordinary. Yet this
very thing can be done with the fiat
worms called "planaria," the little
glove,like animalcules called hydra"
q fresh water creature and other ami
mate atoms. Who can say what may
) ct be done with higher organisms?
Amazing Experiments.
Prof Driesch, one of the worlds
foremost experimental biologists, dis
covered a short while back that a
little creature called a "clavellina"
could be made to undergo reversible
changes in old age and show once
again the tissues and structures of
its babyhood days.
Prof. Eugene Schultz and DR.. S. j.
Holmes, OF California, find that many
of the lower animals when kept with
out food again become small and ac-
tyie. The little fresh water hydra
| 1t looks like a glove with the ten
The Washington times., 1915-07-16
The Wrong Answer.

Tommy came home from school
very remorseful. We'll, my son."
observed his father cheer:ully, how
did you get on in school today?"
Tommy said he had been whipped
and kept in. 1t was because yCu
told me the wrong answer" he
added. Last night ] asked you how
much was a million dollars and you
said it was. a hell of a lot That
isn't the right answer. School
Board journal
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Hot Days Meatless Menus
Some Suggestions For Dinners That Keep One
Cool and Give Abundance of Nourishment
By ISOBEL BRANDS.

Copyright 1915, by Newspaper Feature Service Inc
The Washington times., 1915-07-16

Cream Of celery SOUP
Macaroni and tomatoes. Green peas.
SLICED pineapple.
Gingerbread.
Rice and corn, curried.
Creamed asparagus.
Tomato and endive salad.
Baked apple. Cheese crackers.
Tomato puree.
Maccaroni au gratin.
Spinach. Creamed olives.
Fruit salad.
Chocolate layer cake.
Curried cauliflower and rice.
Stuffed tomatoes.
Almcud and cheese salad.
Brown betty.
Vegetable soup.
Baked bananas. Creamed onions.
Lemon meringue pie.
Lima bean soup.
Boiled rice with tomato and mush-
room sauce.
Lettuce salad.
Apple sauce with preserved ginger.
Cream OF corn soup.
Baked stuffed tomatoes.
Creamed potatoes. Radishes.
Endive and orange salad
Chocolate pudding.
(Copyt. 1915, by Newspaper Feature service.)
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Meatless Sandwiches.
Cheese and walnut .sandwiches--let-
tuce-white bread.
Peanut butter-brown bread.
Cheese and prunes - lettuce - white
bread.
Cottage cheese. mixed with chopped
olives. salt. pepner. paprika,-. ....
Sliced egg-sliced tomato.
Mix grated cheese with tomato puree
TO form paste-spread on thin bread and
butter slices.
Spread thin bread and butter with
grated cheese. sprinkle with pepper
lightly, thin slices Of cucumber, press
tightly togethet'
Meatless Dinner Menus.
Cream of pea soup.
Fried egg plant. Buttered beets.
Apple and walnut salad.
Rice pudding.
Potato chowder.
Stuffed peppers. Brussels sprouts.
Cheese and nut salad.
Greengage plums. Pound cake.
Scalloped tomatoes. Potato puffs.
Lettuce and cucumber salad.
Chocolate bread pudding.
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Miss laurie tctH 1eicone letters OF In
quirv on subjects Of Jeminins inteyes
from young Oomen readers Of tht,
paper, aud Uill reply to them IN thes,
eoluTns. They should b addressed {,
ksy eaSs. tkts oIfsos.
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july Night.
Red fire that bit into the hevean's blue
l saw last night. and heard the little


Red fire that bit into the hevean blue
/ saw last night. and heard the little
roar
or baby guns that simulated war.
And grateful fiags dipped and waved. so,
though ! knew
That Peace smiled through 1t all. 1
And saw a nightmare vision. limned in
red.
The fire that stained the sky that gutted
towns.
Had licked to smolderins ruin joyous
Had blackened tall cathedrals' spires
and domes,
Had turned sane men to moving. jib-
bering clowns
And ever burst to, loathsome bloom
anew.
The voices Of bad children seemed to
In angdished pain or sudden chilling
fear.
The little guns grew loud. I seemed
to hear
dier5 fell.
And nags waved only where new armies
rushed
To hll the gaping lines that death had
crushed.
Head raised-and it is gone. The heav-
ems blue
Is cloudless. Children laugh; the little
roar
or baby guns that simulated war
Brings naught of fear. And so last
night I knew
Deep gratitude (pray God it need not
cease)
That guns and fire and flags meant only
peace.
Miriam Teichner. in New York Globe.
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T H E TIMES DAILY MA GAZINE PAGE
Eradication Of Senility
More Desirable to Man
Than Life Perpetudtion
BY DIR. LEONARD X EENE HIRsHBERG.

Sopyrisht, 1slb, by New
WY HO would not wear the rose
M Of youth upon him? In the
w May morn OF life man is
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Advice To
Girls

Dear Annie Laurie: am a
young girl nineteen years old. /
am worried about an incident
that occurred some time ago
when l was out driving with my
Nance. During a short embrNce
two people passed us and l fear
saw us. AS live in a small town
and the people talk quite freely
fear that the wrong construc-
ton might be put upon 1t ana
come public. We had hoped to
keep II a secret between our fam
lilies. Do you think / have cause
for worry? ANXIOUS BELLA.
w ELL. BELLA. l notice
AH/ that yous said the Incl
w dent happened some
time ago" II you. have
not had any inkling since that the
story was repeated. 1t is possible
that you were mistaken In sup
posing that you were observed and
only thought so because you were
so afraid of being seen.
Then. too. it may be that the
people who saw you are discreet
enough not to repeat what they
saw. At any rate don't worry.
Bella. dear for I'm sure you would
have heard. something about it by
now II anything were to come or
the matter.
Dear Annie Laurie-There is a
boy that l have been going with
for five months and / am very
fond of him. l think he likes
me. The other night he asked me
to take a walk but my parents
objected. SC. asked him II he
was going to church and he said
NO" rather coolly. Please tell
me what to do to win him back.
Will l write Or telephone him?
SWEETHEART.
To tell you the truth, Sweetheart,
I shouldn't think the man would be
worth winning back II he became
your fault. Besides, the mere fact
that he seemed angry at the same
time does not necessarily show that
he will never come to see you again.
Do not either write or telephone to
him. II he Is the right sort he will
respect your parents for their
Dear Miss Laurie: When I was
a domestic nurse T used to be out
in the street a great deal. There
was a nice man l used to see
ped his hat. and after that he
spoke. I left that place and went
to another. Soon he wrote, MAX
ing a date. ! wrote back and gave
him my phone number. When he
called he said he had another girl
down In the country, but that
there was a cousin of his who
had no girl and asked II l wish
ed to meet him Do you think l
I'D right to say yes?
Afterward he said that he would
tell him to write to me, and
was so mad when l found that
he wasn't coming to see me. Do
you think I should try to make
friends again with the first young
man? 8. B. G.
Whatever possessed you, S. 3 c.,
TO scrape up an acquaintance with a
man you had never met formally?
Even though the man seemed nice.
you cannot always tell by appear
ances.
am really glad that you dis
agreed with the man so early in your
friendship with him. for IL. gives you
an opportunity to drop him entirely.
sIou should not use the telephone
at the house where you are employed
unless you have asked the permits
Sion of your employer first. Many
employers are kind about this. but
II is at least an act of courtesy to
ask permission
Miss laurie ptl t1eicome letters OF In
quiry on subjects OF feminine tnteye,
from young t0onen readers Of thi
paper, aud Uill reply to them IN thes
eoluPns. They should b addressed &
hW eeSs. the offsos.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-08
EXPLANATORY STATEMENTS
BY JAPANESE PREMIER.
To AIiay Suspicion in United States
About Chinese Negotiations.

New York, April 1.-THE Independ-
ent" has received from Count Okuma,
the japanese premier, the following
message to the American people:
Toxic, April 3.-The uneasiness and
suspicion in the United States in con-
nection with Japan's negotiations at
Peking are based on misunderstanding
and misinformation scattered broad
cast by interested mischief-makers.
when the negotiations are disclosed
it will be found:
That Japan has not infringed the
rights of other nations.
THAT Japan has adhered strictly to
the principle of equal opportunity.
THAT Japan is not attempting to
secure a. monopoly over China.
That Japan is mot attempting to
create a protectorate over China.
That Japan is not seeking to se-
cure any advantage which does not
accord with the Anglo-Japanese alli-
ance or with any treaties or undertak-
ings with the United States.
I'VE have fully informed the United
States and other interested powers as
to JapaE's purposes.
I'VE believe that they are satisfied
"The negotiations between Japan
and China are nearing a satisfactory
conclusion.
I am now willing to state publicity
through The Independent that Japan
is quite confident Of the rectitude an0
good faith of her position.
Japan is merely seeking to set
tie outstanding troublesome questions
in way looking toward permanent
peace and good understanding"
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-08
N. Y. EAST CONFERENCE
OF M. e. CHURCH
Passed Resolution Against More Lib
eraI Observance of the Sabbath.

New York, April 7.-Delegates at
tending the sixty y-seventh annual ses-
sion of the New York East conference,
Methodist Episcopal church, which be-
gan in Brooklyn today. were chiefly
occupied with reports of the various
district superintendent and listening
to addresses by visiting ministers.
Bishop William F. Anderson presided
Early in the session the conference
passed a resolution protesting against
the action of the Connecticut legisla-
ture in passing law designed to per-
NIT a more liberal observance of the
Sabbath.
Transfers of ministers announced
include the following:
Rev. w. w. Winans from Hartford,
Conn.,, to Hampstead, L. l.; w. H.
Kidd from Meriden, Conn. to Brook
lyn; F. D. Water from Jamaica, L. 1.
to Meriden; w. F Cook from Brook
lyn to New Britain, Conn; George A.
Bronson from Waterbury, Conn, to
Brooklyn.
DR.. w. A. Layton, superintendent
Of the Brooklyn South district lin the
course Of his report said:
Our people as a whole are liberal
but we still have a few churches that
seek pastor as some people do a
horse-the best possible for the small
est outlay-and, securing him, heckle
over their bargain and proceed to get
every possible service out Of him un-
til they think they can trade him to
advantage
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-08
FURTHER INDICTMENTS
PROBABLE IN TANZER CASE.
Charging Witnesses With Conspiracy
to Obstruct Justice.

New York, April Indictments
charging conspiracy to obstruct JUS
tice may soon be handed down by the
federal grand jury which is Investigate
ing the case of Miss Rae Tanner, who
accused of using the mails to defraud
James w. Osborne in her $4,000
breach of promise suit. This was
strongly limited at today after the
jury had, completed the examination
of a number of witnesses, the most
important of whom was Franklin D.
Mr.. Osborne as the man who visited
Tanzer.
Stafford, who is under arrest accused
of perjary, was examined by District
Attorney Marshall for nearly an hour
and a half. He waived immunity be-
fore testifying and it was intimated
that the story which he told today was
that the story he told today was
helpful to the governments case.
Rose Helen Kaiser, who is said to
have received letters from the mys-
terious Mr.. Osborne, the man Miss
Tanner says she mfstook James w.
Osborne for; Mrs. Maise Mason Nye,
who claims to be oliver Osborne's S
wife; Mrs. Stewart Denham, keeper of
a boarding house where oliver Os-
borne formerly lodged and a man from
Providence, R. l., described as having
been formerly friendly with Miss Tan
zer, comprised the other witnesses ex =
amined today.
The case will probably be submitted
to the jury late tomorrow for final de-
cision. If indictments are voted they
will be filed in court Friday, it was
said.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-08
WHEAT is
IN EXCELLENT SHAPE
But Dry Fall BIighted Prospects for
a Record Crop.

Washington, April Winter wheat
came through the freezing months in
excellent shape, growing on the great
est acreage ever planted in the his
tory of the country. Prospects for a
record crop probably were blighted by
the unusually dry fall and scattering
evidences of the Hessian fly which
caused the condition to be only SS.3
per cent. of normal in December.
During the winter the general con-
dition improved one-half of one per
cent, as shown by the department of
agriculture's canvass made April / and
announced today. The crop reporting
board. basing its estimate on the April
condition and the area planted last
fall, placed the prospective crop pro-
duction at 619,0GO,00 bushels. That
is 100000 bushels more than was
indicated by the condition at that
time in December. The production will
be increased or decreased, the board
pointed out, by conditions from April
l to time of harvest. A steady i'm
provement in the condition might bring
forth a crop closely approaching last
years production of 684, $50, 900 bushels,
which was a record.
In Kansas, Nebraska Oklahoma, IL
hnofs and Missouri. the five leading
winter wheat producing states and
which last year produced more than
So per cent. of the crop, the condition
greatly improved since December, the
average condition being 3.8 per cent.
better on April.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-08

achieve their purpose" the sultan
says.
The optimism Of the sultan seems t.
be shared by Field Marshal Won Der
G1..x. TIE German commander of the
Turkish forceS- Turkey, according t.
the field marshal, is now better pre-
pared than ever for the war, having
1.25U,01o trained troops and several
thousand res erves.
Ths tragedy of the German subma-
rine G-29, whose commander was be-
level to be the famous Captain Otto
Weddigen, is told in an official state
ment from Berlin, which says that
this sumbarine, has not returned from
its last cruise and must be regarded as
lost" The British admiralty on
March rs reported that the U-29 with
her crew had been sent to the bot
tim.
A bill is in preparation for presen-
taticn to the French chamber Of depu-
ties, authorizing the government to
purchase cargoes of neutrals captur-
ed by the French while in transit to
beIligerents. The American cotton
of the steamer Dacia would come un-
der the opeation Of the proposed meas
ure,
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-08
Trolley Strike in
New York State
IN THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN
SECTION
ORDERED LAST NIGHT
Because lnterboro System Refused
to Recognize Union-May Include
Large Cities.

Syracuse, n. Y, April IA strike
on the Empire United Railway lines
was ordered tonight by the Anal
gamated Association of Street and
Electric employees. The strike affects
practically the entire interurban sys-
tenn of central and western New York,
with the exception of the Oneida rail-
way, the Syracuse division.
The strike order was issued follow
ing the refusal of the company to rec
ognize the Amalgamated as the rep
resentative union body of their en-
ployes. The company has contracts
with the Brotherhoods of Engineers
and Conductors on some Of its lines.
Amalgamated officials stated that
strikes may be called in Rochester and
Buffalo if the cars of the company are
permitted to use tracks within the city
limits OF those cities.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-04-08
$4,000 FACTORY FIRE
AT HARTFORD.
Girl 6ookkeeper Saved Orders Amoun-
ing to $4,000.

= Hartford, April Fire OF uncertain
origin tonight did damage estimated
at 100000 and upwards to the fac
tory of Myers and Gross, garment
makers in Windsor street. Two near
by tenement houses. occupied by Pol
ish families, caught fire, but the fire.
men succeeded in putting out these
fires. A double alarm brought out
nearly all the fire fighting apparatus
in the city.
Tho nrm employed 100 hands who
were working when the fire was dis
covered. The fire drill was sounded
and all made their escape In an orderly
manner. A few moments later, the en-
tier building, q two story structure,
was g. mass OF flame.
The bookkeeper, Miss Bessie Levine,
after she had gotten out of the build
ing rushed back into the office and
saved orders amounting to nearly
$75,0o0. It is said. She was partly ov-
ercome by smoke, and hremen brought
her, half-fatnting. from the blazing
building.
The loss is partly covered by in
surance. The company has other
alants in. taaA IStatA