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Playthings for Lions.

From the Boston Post.
Superintendent Anthony McNeally of
tho zoo tells me he decided to give Jim
and Babe. the two big lions in the
roundhouse. something to amuse them
selves with, SO the other day two wood
en- spheres about the size Of the. old
fashioned bowling balls were received.
These were very gingerly placed in the
cages. From the moment the big ma
tives Of the jungle got their first
glimpse Of them no three-ring circus
ever held any livelier program. AS a
cat plays with mouse, SO did they
knock about the balls Of wood. The
latter are indestructible, however, and
try as hard as they may the lions can.
not tear them to pieces,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-17
A Cold Deal.

From the Bos'cr Transcript.
Mrs. Yolnsb ride-1'm getting our Ice
from new ma ow, dear.
Youngbride-W h..s wrong with the
other man?
Mrs. Youngbride-The new dealer
says he'll give US colder ice for the
same money. ...A iAnH
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-17
ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES
Of THE STAR READERS
Information Bureau Gives Pertinent
Facts About Subjects Of Interest
Oh Various Topics.

Among the inquiries to which The
Star replied last week was one asking
for , descrintion of the nets" used by
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the BRUSH oiochauerS ioi Ing
submarines.
Such nets consist of rings about
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twenty-lour ieet III oia'he'e'' 'iiaoo
from light piping. The rings are sus-
nended bv chains from floats. which
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rloe 10" enough 10 oe ihsisioie hiohi
the periscope of submarine. Attached
20 ea'h iiNe ~. Ill,
easily break away from the ring and
wrap themselves around the shaft and
the propellor blades of any submarine
which encounters the net. The nets
are generally set overheard from a
small cruiser and left TO drift with the
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currents. Inc CRUISER heepS tfaeh vi
them by means of the floats, and hovers
near to attack any submarine which
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the eh'ahsiihe RUPEES may io''e ~ 'ne
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kOLINSkI.

What would we think today of vast
schools filled with children who wore
straws stuck through their ears? Arc
yet. it did not create a smile or a tee
then. These straws were a matter
pride. and when little girl was
enough to have her ears pierced
these bits Of yellow sticks put thu
she entered the schoolroom with
feeling that age was beginning to
on her. and that she was at last talti;l.,
her place in the social system.
There are thousands of us now who
bear those scars. We cover them up
with tabs of hair or, better still, with
ornaments that clamp over the ear, just
to hide the ravages of an earlier epoch.
We have not given UP the barbara
baubies: the world is too young to
ination of colored stones. cheap and
precious. may come as civic life presses
itself more insistently into the social
scale and women will do as men have
tai and resisting the lure of the bar
barrie.
Long. long ago, it was the men who
wore the gay plumage of life while
their women sat and spun and toiled
at home. even in the greatest circles
of Europe. Nearly every brilliant fash
ion taken up by women in the last
dozen years has been borrowed from
the costumery of the male in the days
when he considered it becoming to his
position in life to deck himself out in
purple and fine linen, gems and real
lace. peltry and sweeping feathers and
rare, colored velvets and glistening
satins. He was gorgeous sight then.
and yet he fought and died and served
his country with as much courage as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-17

struction. Irrespective of beauty and

struction. Irrespective of beauty and
size.
Mrs. Heidemann has made a large
number of models for the government,
the first of her work being done in as
sem bling an exhibit at the world fair
at st. Louis. Previous to that time all
models required by the government
were made abroad at enormous expense.
Her first model passed the critical
scrutiny OF the scientists SO f1attertngly
that her ability to make models was
established at once. and as she was able
to construct them at a lower figure
than had been required by the Euro
pean model builders, she has been
given contracts from time to time ever
since. as the need for them arose.
X 4
In addition to making exhibits for
all of the great expositions, she has
also made groups and collections Of
insects for colleges, museums, agricul-
tural and medical institutions all over
the world The most recent of all
these collections is that made for the
safety FIRST campaign, which included
practically all of the disease carrying
parasites and insects. as well as many
of the common household pests. In the
lot were mosquitoes, fully a score of
them-the malicious yellow fever and
malarial mosquitoes in al stages OF de-
velopment
These live specimens came to her well
bundled and tagged, but the risky
Rocky mountain spotted fever tick
came Imprisoned in five separate box
ings to insure its non-escape. Some of
the number. such as the heas, lice, etc,
were SO repulsive in appearance and
reputation as to be real trial to work
upon.
Mrs Heidemann has never given a
thought to personal menace from these
insects, though she has modelled most
OF the disease carriers, Of which the
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light of the twentieth century which
dawns in peculiar and especial way
for them and it may be that when we
fashion chroniclers are very old and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-17
Belonged to Imperial Libraries.

Many of the ancient and rare books
in the Library of Congress show by
the seal imprints that they belonged
to imperial Libraries, some showing
imperial seals as far back as the Ming
dynasty.
The Library of Congress collection
covers all fields Of Chinese literature.
but special attention has been given in
the past few years to securing works
on subjects that seem especially i'm
portant at this time. For instance,
particular attention has been given to
the purchase of Chinese geographical
works. a branch of literature OF great
Importance. since it not only gives
accurate physical descriptions of the
various parts of China, but interesting
accounts of the history and natural
productions of the 1900 or more adj
ministrative districts of China. The
Library of Congress now contains more
than. $50 works of this character. and
there are, in addition, some go in the
John Crerar Library which are not
duplicated in Washington. The two
collections together, amounting to more
than 700 geographical works, make this
country richer than any other western
country in works of this character,
France being next with few more
than 600 of such works in the libraries
of Paris.
The Chinese works in the Library of
Congress are in constant use by the
Investigators of the Department of
Agriculture in connection with explora-
ton work being carried on in China
looking toward the discovery and intro-
duction into this country of valuable
new crop plants. 1t is probable that as
the Chinese collection Of the Library
of Congress becomes better known it
will be largely used by all investigators
OF east Asiatic subjects.
Letter From DIR. Putnam.
A letter from DIR. Herbert Putnam,
librarian Of Congress. addressed to the
president OF the Library Association,
William A. Slade, was read in part as
follows:
Apart from the interesting particu-
lars, there will. I know. remain from
1t in the minds of the audience three
main impressions. The f1rst-as to the
voluminousness of the literature pro-
duced by China, and the antiquity of
the printed records-is not unfamiliar.
But the other two may be. They are:
That this literature covers SO wide a !
range OF subject matter. and that in
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full of "reminiscences rather than new
facts we will remember with joy and
pride the days of this renaissance.
After all, we are elemental and
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his successors today who have never
known gorgeousness of apparel.
The revolution in life forced men
"on finery to simplicity, and it may
that it will force women to change
il plumage. One of the most drama
things in the worlds history is the
IN behind the change in women's
ct apparel. A great number of the
st vitality interesting epochs in his
Try have been reflected in womens
costumery.
1t is not as modern as we think. this
swirling about from fashion to fashion
that is, after all. the turning of the
wheel of time. | ran across a piece of
writing recently that was strangely
significant of the relation of clothes to
history. 1t happened in the fifteenth
century:
The old order was dying; medieval
ism, which made a last spluttering
flame in the next reign, was now burnt
low and was saving for that last eff
fort. When Richard married Anne
Neville. in the same year was Raphael
born in Italy; literature was beginning
thought was beginning; many of the
great spirits of the renaissance were
alive and working in Italy; the very
trend of clothes showed something
vaguely different. something which
shows however, that the foundations
of the world We're being shaken-so
shaken that men and women. coming
out of the gloom of the fourteenth cen
fury through the haif-lght of the If
teenth. saw the first signs of new
day the first show of spring. and, with
a perversity or an eagerness to meet
the coming day, they began to change
their clothes"
Women are coming into the half
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-17

SNERsONALITY and achievement
w unite to make of Mrs. Mica Zesta
)( Heidemann one of the most in
teresting figures in the galaxy
of gifted women of the Capital city.
OF Danish birth. she studied sculpture
under the ablest masters of Europe,
and has created some remarkably skill
full portraits in bronze and marble
Particularly noteworthy are those of
Gen. Custer. the hero of the Little Big
Horn. and Clara Barton
But II is not for her art statues and
portrait busts that Mrs. Heidemann has
achieved distinction in governmental
circles. but for her wonderful models
Of bugs. of which she has made SO
many that she has forgotten the names
OF half OF them
Though big jump from are bronzes
to bugs. under her talented fingers the
bugs also are marvels of art They
are made on gigantic scale. Some
are wondrously beautiful while others,
In their magnihed ugliness. are hideous
beyond compare
Modest 10 the extreme. Mrs. Heidemann
refused to see anything extraordinary
IN the unusual and clever samples OF
her art that are everywhere in evil
dence in her charming home at Forest
Glen.
1T is just my work." she protested
az she EXHIBITED photographs of many
OF the models in the various stages Of
the natural development Of the par
ticuisr insect of which it was the re-
production.
Usually I make only the bad bues-
Mrs Heidemann explained in her quaint
gracious way, the ones that are iniuri-
Gus to health and TO the crops of the
farmer and the fruit grower. Never are
any made for just their beauty or their
good qualities. only those that are
pernicious. And they are of necessity
made so scientifically as to be of value
educationally. These models are used
very largely in the agricultural COL
character of the insects and bugs Of
various kinds that prey upon the
grains. fruits and vegetables and cause
destruction of crops. Sometimes there
are insects that combat such pests. and
j make them. too.
The models of the bugs must be
large enough SO that the tiniest insect
as IL II were being observed in life
under strong glass.
Most OF this work, like that which
] have done for the Department Of
Agriculture, is done by contract When
/ am to make a model on order the live
insect is sent to me for observation. 1
must see the thing alive before 1 can
do anything. ! study 1t, taking notes
of color, mar kings, hairs, scales, shapes,
etc. under high-power magnifying
glass. Then under the glass / dissect
It. studying and measuring each por-
ton. Then I make a working drawing
showing the entire bug magnined to
the degree required by the order Then
the rest 10 just patience and care"
By a clever plan Of her own devising
Mrs. Heidemann insures absolutely
true proportions as well as every
anatomical detail in all of her models.
though the magnihcation be nifty or
several hundred times the original
0iSe.
Asked of what material she made
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-17

her bugs, Mrs. Heidemann replied
Anything and everything. OF course
1 have a composition which is my real
secret. but the rule that guides me in
choosing materials is to make them
lifelike: SO all sorts of materials are
used. 1 study the bug, and anything
that will make the big model look just
as he looks in life l use After the
drawing is made to suit me, then
skeleton must be made Tor perman-
ency to build upon.
Into the construction of this go
also many things. according to the ma
ture of the insect-wire, metals. etc,
then wax. hairs. thread, silk, celluloid,
glass, rubber, plaster of paris leather,
several special kinds of gauZes. silvery
powder and the composition: and the
first thing you know the bug is done.
Yes. it is tedious work; always weeks.
sometimes months. are required In
making some of the more difficult
ones"
When making the alfalfa weevil,
modelled ugliness is nearly as large as
q squirrel, Mrs. Heidemann wanted a
substance for the outer surface of the
enlarged stalk of alfalfa upon which
his weevilship was to be mounted
Luck is always with her, she insists.
SO. in the midst of her perplexity, along
came a letter from friend living
nearly the other side of the world,
written on wood fiber paper. This pa
per proved to be exactly what she was
looking for, so that problem was cas-
lily solved.
Her training and genius as sculp-
tress are of benefit to her in this work,
as she does not need to make altera-
at vH0 aIro
Eauzy wings have to be made before
they are exactly correct, for it must
be remembered that all of these mod
els must be technically correct in con-
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/ PERSONALITY and achievement
unite to make of Mrs. Mica Zesta
Heidemann one of the most in
teresting figures in the galaxy
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-07-11
SALEM WILL HAVE
FINE BATHING BEACH
Located On Polk County Side,
Plenty Of Bath Houses
Will Be Provided

Within week or 10 days, Salem will
have a municipal bathing beach in ev
cry respect superior to the one sponsor
ed last year by the Commercial clul
at Mimic island. Not only are tn,
grounds for the beach better adapted
for bathing, but this year there will be
ample provision for the care of cloth
ing and bathing houses with responsible
parties in charge.
This information is given by the com
mittee from the civic department of the
Commercial club, consisting of DR.. w
II. Byrd, chairman; l.. II. McMahon
Fred +. Mangis, H. o. White, F. B.
Southwick, director of the civic depart
ment, and Ivan G. Mcdaniel, manager
of the Commercial club.
Between the two bridges on the Polk
county side is u 20 acre tract with a
sandy beach that will be cleaned up and
made into ideal picnic grounds. All
dead branches and shrubbery will be re-
moved, sand will be brought for the
children's Fairgrounds, and everything
done to make it an ideal park and bath
ing beach for the city.
Mayor White was appointed com
mittee of one TO secure from Polk coun-
ty the right to erect steps from the west
end of the bridge and to confer with
the railroad to secure the right to con.
struet u road over part of its property
to the beach. Pinkey Bros. have already
given the committee the privilege OF
crossing their land.
Arrange for Autos.
h, Il 6 nl, IL
provisions will be made and the road
leading to the beach will be graded and
put in shape for travel.
Dressing rooms will be constructed
for men and for women and also fol-
boys and girls, with n regular check
ing system for the safety of clothing
and valuables. For the children, besides
sand piles, swings will be placed in tn,
park and other playground apparatus
Refreshments will be sold on tn,
grounds and a place arranged for bon
fires and camping privileges for peo
pie of Salem.
Joseph Albert, who has given tn,
grounds for the municipal beach, will
send dredges to level high places alon.
the beach and place sand on tn,
shore.
Work on clearing the park will begii
next Friday afternoon and the commit
tee in charge, Ivan &. Mcdaniel an,
Fred Mangis, would like to hear from
the young men and others who will as
sist Friday afternoon in clearing tn
grounds.
For children, there will he no charg
whatever For the grown-ups, in orde
to secure u revenue to pay those il
charge of the park, there will be
charge of five cents. Arrangements viii
also be made for launch to carry pas
sengers across the river at five cent
per carry.
The committee hopes to have every
thing in shape within week or so an,
present to the people of Salem a bathing
beach and picnic park superior in ey
cry respect to the beach of last year.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-07-11
Market Was Sluggish
and Prices Slumped

New York, July 1.-THE New York
Evening Sun financial review today
said:
The stock market in its general
characteristics today showed little
change from the conditions prevailing
yesterday. Dealings were largely pro-
fessional, but the steady slipping away
of values influenced some liquidation
and there was a considerable degree
of nervousness at the outset over the
sharp upturn in money and the violent
break in Industrial Alcoho i which
marked the preceding days close. Bear
pressure was directly primarily against
automobile issue and Studebaker
Corporation, Maxwell Motors, WHY'S
Overland and others of the group de-
clined two to six points or more in
the forenoon trading.
Special pressure was directed against
Mexican Petroleum in connection with
the reports of further activity on the
part of General Villa and the Mexican
bandits.
Prices moved erratic in the later
trading and while some issues rallied,
others slowed off to Il lower level than
before and among the latter Mercantile
Marine preferred developed special
weakness. Bonds We're quiet and gem
orally easier.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-07-11
BEL-L-ANS s
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. One package
provesit. 25cat all druggists.
MASS MEETING WAS
NOT WELL ATTENDED
Autos and Good Weather
with Belief Congress Would
Provide the Cause

Salem patriotism has been shown in
many practical ways, but last evening
the good citizens of the city were not
in mood for mass meeting and as
a result what should have been a crowd
taxing the seating capacity of the arm
ory, resulted in the attendance of pos,
siply $50.
In his opening address, Justice Bur
nett as chairman of the meeting, said
that the boys at the front were expert.
encing hard work and that it was the
duty of those at home to back them up
and to also see that those depending on
the soldier boys should not suffer.
Lieutenant Niemeyer in an interesting
talk related that from his experience
as soldier in the British army, the
boys not only needed a change from the
regulation army rations, but that while
sending clothing and comforts, it might
be good plan to just send along some
vermicide as insects of all kinds were
sure to be troublesome.
The Rev. Harry E. Marshall was rath.
er disappointed that the wave of pa
triotism was no stronger, Judging by
the size of the audience. He put the
proposition strongly claiming that this
nation within the next 10 years would
be called on to do what it had never
done before and that within few
years, there would of necessity be @
change for the good in greater pa
triotism and willingness that this
country should bear its burden as one
of the progressive nations of the earth
Woodburn Raised $1,000.
Rev. James Elvin was of the opinion
there was need of great patriotism, es
pecially as many families dependent
on those at the front, were in actual
distress. He also referred to Wood
burn s generosity in raising fund OF
$1,000 for her soldiers.
While the mass meeting was a disap
pointment to some extent, the statement
that individuals had come to the front
offering to help during the absence OF
Company VI brought out the fact that
the patriotic feeling was not entirely
dead.
Cards were passed through the audi.
ence by which the opportunity was Civ
en- to pledge certain amounts each
month.
The small attendance and lack of in.
terest in the mass meeting was due to
several causes. The weather was per-
feet for automobile riding, the impres.
sion that congress would give $50 a
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-07-11

month to dependents of the soldiers, and
the thought that within a few months
the boys would be home all served TO
prevent a genuine demonstration.
The program of the evening includ-
ed singing by Mrs. Halle Parish
Hinges whom Justice Burnett intro
duced as woman we all love and who
has boy at the front; selection by
Tom Ordeman, orchestra pieces and the
singing of a patriotic song by George
Wilson of Medford.
The Salem rifle club marched into the
hall in ranks of four, adding touch OF
the military spirit. The meeting last
evening was just the beginning of the
efforts of the Patriotic league to make
life pleasant for the boys on the border
and in the effort to relieve those in
need in the city.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-07-11
Y
By ALINE THOMPSON

~ ERHAPS the smartest affair Oh
the calendar this week is the mus
q icale for which Mrs. William II
Burghardt, Jr., will be hostess Thurs.
day morning at 10:45 o'clock. About
80 of tine smart set have been asked
for the. affair, and the programme
which is to include several exquisite
gems will be sung by charming Miss
lsobel Young of Albany.
Miss Young is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Percy Young who frequent
ly visit here and have many friends
in Salem society.
Mr. and Mrs. George G.. Brown are
home after delightful and interest
ing trip to California. They returned
yesterday, and were accompanied by
Mrs. Ralph Mathews blanche Brown
who is the guest of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. A. l.. Brown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton l.. Meyers and
Miss Barbara Steiner who went south
with the Browns will linger for few
days longer, as the guests of the
Charles Crockers at their beautiful
summer place in Belvedere. They of
course are having wonderful time
as there are always a round of gayeties
on tnis exclusive little island or hill
side.
Most everyone has yacht and much
time is spent cruising on San Pablo
bay or playing golf at the Belvedere
Country club.
Mr.. and Mrs. John-D. Sutherland
left this morning for Newport where
they have taken the Judge Ryan cot
tage for the month or July.
Miss Tillie Cornelius and Miss Ma
bel Cole, who have been visiting Mrs.
Zadoc Riggs, returned to Portland
Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs. Riggs took
their guests home in their car, and
spent Monday motoring on the High
way. They returned late last nignt.