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Evening star., 1916-08-27

NIFTY thousand people drop out of
sight in the United States every
year. What becomes of them?
- Why do they leave their homes?
What compelling instinct sends them out
to be wanderers on the face of the
earth?
Glance through the "lost relative col
umns in some Of the city dailies, and you
will run across scores of advertisements
like these:
Wanted-Informatio concerning William
Brown, age "a: left home nine years ago;
worked on IA cattle ranch in Wyoming; later
shipped to Alaska; last heard from in Texas.
Wanted-To learn the whereabouts of
Thomas (Kid Dorsey; last heard from 1905.
was shipping on freighter between Seattle
and San Francisco; may have joined navy;
These sons and hundreds more have
run away from home, while your boy,
like many Others, is content to hang up
his hat in your Office at nine o'clock every
morning. Wherein lies the difference?
Your neighbours daughter gives her fam
lily no end Of worry by running away
periodically, while your own Mary is
satisfied and happy at home. Why is
this?
All matter of environment and proper
training, you say. Undoubtedly that has
its influence. But it by no means solves
the problem. The parents of many run
away Mary and John have surrounded
their children with the best influences
possible.
Take, for instance, the following case:
John, who is now thirteen years old,
began his wandering career when he was
three. At that tender age he left home
one day without adieus, walked to the
railroad, pushed open the turnstile,
boarded train, and rode twelve miles
before he was discovered. In the ten
years since this episode he has run away
many times, despite the best of home in
fluences, and often stayed away from
home nights.
His mother used to make Saturday q
treat day for him. First he would take
violin lesson, which he much enjoyed.
Then they would go to the library to read,
Evening star., 1916-08-27
Why Are Rolling Stones?
By LEILA FAYE SECOR
By LEILA FAYE SECOR

which also appealed to him. But in spite
of his mothers watchful care, he would
slip away and be gone until midnight.
His father took him on a trip to Europe;
but the desire to run away seemed uncon-
trollable, and he was placed in an institu-
ton. From this place he ran away thir-
teen times.
Why is this boy such an ncorrgible
nomad? The whole question, according
to experts of the Carnegie Institute, is
largely matter of inheritance. These
experts recently made careful study of
one hundred eases, and concluded that
the nomadic impulse is not constitu-
tional or acquired trait but racial or
inherited instinct
While the roaming tendency is not con-
fined to men,-as witness the women
gypsy wanderers, it is much more
pronounced in the male sex. This fact
has led scientists to believe that nomad-
ism is a sex-linked trait. They tell us,
too, that the instinct is carried by the
maternal germ cells, because the sons of
nomadic mothers are almost certain to be
wanderers, even though the father is de-
cidedly home-loving man. And if the
mother of wandering son does not DEM
onstrate these traits herself, they will
be found in her male relatives.
What the Family History Showed
THUS an investigation into the family
history of the runaway lad already men,
toned reveals the fact that his father
was an intelligent physician and man Of
home-loving disposition. His mother,
while woman of refined and musical
tastes, was subject to frequent headaches
and nervous trouble. She suffered from
st. Vitus dance when child. Her father
was a Western desperate, who drank
heavily and drfted from one adventure
to another. He was at one time involved
in murder So the boy who started run
ming away at three years old was merely
responding to an uncomfortable impulse
inherited from his grandfather through his
mother.
Evening star., 1916-08-27
All Children Are Nomads

NEARLY all children show natural in
clination to run away. Often, how
ever, local conditions may account for
this. But if child inherits strong
nomadic instincts from both parents it
is very difficult to govern or overcome
them.
You may not realize that you are a
nomad, although you undoubtedly are, in
greater or less degree. But if the sudden
shrek of a locomotive or the below of
steamboat whistle on a fine spring morn
ing fires you with wild impulse to run
away,--to go anywhere but to the place
for which you started, then you may be
sure the wanderlust is in your veins, even
though you never yield to the impulse.
And if you should look into your family
history you would undoubtedly find an
assortment of wanderers, of one type or
another, for generations back-especially
on your mothers side.
Evening star., 1916-08-27

in whom the wanderlust is so compelling
and overpowering that, though they may
subdue the craving for time, it conquers
them at last.
In this class are the ne'er-do-wells of
the world-men who simply wander from
place to place and live out their lives on
the open road as itinerant tinkerers or
peddlers, because they can not settle
down to do anything else.
But not all wanderers are ne'er-do-
wells. Scott, Amundsen, Quackenbush,
and most of the great explorers are proto-
types of this class. Such a one, too, is
s. s. Mcclure, who recently made his
hundred and fifth trip to Europe. In
his autobiography Mr.. Mcclure often
speaks of his tremendous desire for travel.
He says that new scenes and new faces
have always been essential for him in
order to stimulate his mind to its keenest
activity.
The Carnegie investigators cite the
cases of several foreign missionaries and
educators, who confess they were infu-
enced not only by desire to preach and
teach the heather, but by longing to
travel and see the world.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-15
RILEY EASY TO UNDERSTAND
For That Reason There Is Class
That Refuses to Recognize Him
as a Great Poet.

Widely enjoyed and beloved, the
poetry of James Whitcomb Riley will
probably always in our lifetime en-
counter a species of objections in the
minds of many Americans. His poetry
sings. Its force is emotional. Its
sincere charm is absolute, and de-
ponds not at all on being something
like something else-on the audiences
recollection of Greek verse, or IA
miliarity with Japanese art or inn
pressionistic landscape. To the kind
of reader for whom a recognizable,
musical idea limits, instead of greatly
liberating the communicative faculty
of poetry, to the kind Of reader who
thinks of poetry as a species of mere
tight-mouthed and cryptic prose, to
the kind of reader who is worried by
poets who will not give him, so to
speak, any reliable library references
for their inspiration-to such Ameri-
can readers as these James Whit
comb Riley's poetry must always
seem all wrong and misguided. Any
one can understand his songs. Peo-
pie have always been cutting them
out of the newspapers and reciting
them at ice-cream Sociables and
church benefits. They are part OF
the national consciousness.-New Re-
public.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-15
DOG RECOGNIZED A FRIEND
Interesting Story of How Acquaint-
ance Between Blind Man and
Animal Began.

In the Womans Home Companion
there recently was story about dog
who made friends with a stranger.
The writer describes the incident in
this fashion:
"Then, his native curiosity getting
the better of him, he stood up and
cautiously approached. The man did
nothing except emit noises. Bowker
came closer and shifted tentatively at
his trouser legs. He detected some
thing of absorbing interest there. A
man who smells Of dog is to be neither
feared nor hated.
"Bowker lifted his nose and shifted
higher. Then, very gently, he raised
himself on his hind legs and placed
his forepaws on Antony's knee, look
ing up inquiringly into the blind eyes.
'The rumbling died out in Antony's
throat. Slowly he raised a cropping
hand and rested it for a moment on
the dogs paws. A little moist tongue
came out and touched it. Antony's
hand sought the hard little head and
then travelled slowly, hesitatingly down
the shaggy neck.
'Bowker gave a quick spring and
landed on Antony's knees, shifting ca
gerly at his vest. Then, with discon-
certing suddenness, he lifted his pert
little head and caught Antony under
the fat chin with his cold, bewhiskered
nose. Antony drew back his head with
a grunt that was almost chuckle, and
Bowker boldly stood up with his paws
on Antony's shoulder and shifted at
his ear"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-15
Tips Cost More Than the Hat.

1t is probable that few men in New
York of the great number who con-
stantly patronize hotels, restaurants
and theaters have any idea Of the sum
of money they spend annually in tips.
The statement Of the manager of a
large New York hotel that man of
his acquaintance found that in five
months he paid SIS in tips for hat
that had cost him 81 gives some idea
of this drain upon the average mans
income.
So lucrative is the checking privi-
lege in popular restaurants and SINH
lar places that the work is frequently
let out by competitive bidding, without
expense to the proprietor. But the
public pays, as in everything else.
No man objects to tipping a waiter
for good service while at table, but
that boy or a girl should get a
quarter-and in many places a less
sum stamps one a 'piker'-for the
mere service Of hanging up hat and
then handing it back when the check
is presented seems a bit too much.
Maybe some day a wise manager will
abolish this abuse and see that the
persons who come to his place get
proper service without the additional
tariff.-New York Telegram.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-15
Why They Had No Pickles.

Rations in the southern navy were
mighty scarce in 1864. Coffee and
bareback were the mainstays of otfi-
GERS and crews. The officers of a
small gunboat discovered some I'M
guarded federal stores and started to
appropriate them. They succeeded
only in getting large bottle of pickles,
when they were attacked by Union
troops. They ran to their small boat,
and made the gunboat in safety. All
that afternoon the officers thought of
these pickles, and how good they
would taste at evening mess. The
mess steward was a black field hand,
who knew little about anything but
"cohn pone." When the mess was an
nounced that night all hands trooped
below in eager anticipation. The mess
table held only coffee and bareback;
no pickles in sight. The lieutenant
in command said to the steward:
Look here, Culpeper, what did you
do with those pickles? Why are they
not on the tablet" "Pickrs? Picks?
All dom know muffin bout no pickl's,
sub" ayes, you do. Don't you know
those small cucumbers in the glass jar
that we got from the YanksY "Oh,
cewcumbehs? Yessir. All knows bout
dem, but All done frowed UNI ovah-
bod; dey done turned sowah."
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-15
WHO PRODUCES THE METALS?
Some Figures That Are Interesting in
View of the Present Great World
Conflagration.

The national advantage of holding
premier rank among the worlds metal
producing countries has been accentu-
ated by the war. To both belliser-
ent and neutral nations the control of
the output of any metal has become
an important asset, either through sup
plying domestic needs or by increasing
revenue through sales to neighbors less
fortunately situated. The international
scramble for metals has directed at
tention most forcibly to the sources
of the worlds metal supply and has
brought into prominence some of those
that hitherto have been obscure or
relatively unimportant.
Among precious metals 60 per cent
of the worlds production of gold is
controlled by Great Britain. The
United States holds second rank with
80 per cent. In pig iron and steel the
United States easily holds first rank
with an average production of about
40 per cent of the total. Germany
follows with about % per cent. Great
Britain is third and France and Rus
STA divide fourth place. The United
States stands pre-eminently in the pro-
duction of copper, lead and zinc Of
late years we have produced about So
per cent of the worlds output of cop
per. We produce about one-third of
the total lead and about so per cent
of the zinc in normal times.-Metal-
lurgical and Chemical Engineering.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-15
Austria Seizes Church Bells.

Austria is rapidly losing its church
BELLS, as the military authorities are
everywhere carrying them off to be
melted down for munitions. 1t is es-
timated that at least two-thirds Of the
whole number will be taken, including
many famous and historical bells, al
though it was said at irst that all
these would be left. Of the eight bells
in the well-known convent church at
Admont five have been taken, and in
the parish church there only the small
est of three has been left. From Mar
ling in the Tyrol the famous Wetter-
glocke has been carried away. At
Woergl, also in the Tyrol, peasants
determined to save their church bells,
if it were possible and so they collect
ed all their COW bells and handed them
over to the military to be melted down.
The church bells will remain.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-15
DRILL HOLES THROUGH ICE
Seals Necessity of Obtaining Air in
Winter Calls for Tedious and
Constant Labor.

1t is probable that not one person in
q thousand knows how the seal of the
far North gets air when-the Arctic
ocean is entirely covered with many
feet of ice.
The small, spotted seal, which is a
hair seal, and not a fur-bearer, is the
hardy dweller of the northern waters.
Under his tough, thick skin he has an
inch or more of blubber. When the
ice closes up the open water in the
Arctic, the seal selects spot and be-
gins to drill a hole to the surface by
pressing his warm nose against the
ice. Nobody knows how many hours
it takes him to accomplish his task,
but he manages it; and although he is
obliged to work most Of the time, be-
cause the surface of the hole is con-
tinually freezing, he keeps it open all
winter, and obtains air.
Seals have been known to drill in
this manner through so feet of solid
ice. Whether or not they take turns
in the slow drilling is not positively
known.
1t Is at these "seal holes" that the
polar bear seeks food in the winter,
and there the Eskimo waits, spear in
hand, for his weekly supply of meat.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-15
TYPEWRITER IN FIRST PLACE
Was Actually Invented Before Anyone
Had Thought About the Mod
ern Steel PEN.

Long ago, when Romans and Greeks
wished to write, they used wax tablets
instead of paper, which they knew
nothing about, and their pen was
called stylus. The stylus is a pen
Gil made of iron or other metal, sharp
ut one end and blunt at the other. The
sharp end was used to scratch the
surface of the wax and the blunt end
was used as an eraser.
If you had lived in olden times in
Egypt, probably you would have used
skins on which to write your letters.
AT later time, papyrus, or a certain
kind of leaf, was used. The ink was
simply black paint, thinned out, and
the pen was brush. By and by some
forgotten genius tried a reed, which
was used instead.
Our great-grandfathers used quilts
for pens. Goose quilts were mostly
used, and quilts Of crows feathers
were for fine writing.
We have to go back only to 1920 to
see the manufacture Of the first steel
pens. They were made in London,
and in the form of a tube, but now
they are rolled out of fine steel.
1t is curious fact that the type
writer, which has so largely taken the
place of the pen, actually was invent
ed before the steel pen. AS early as
the year 1717 a typewriter was pat
ented in England, but it was not until
1929 that a practical machine was
made.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-15
Y. M. c. A. Service,

Chicago commerce reports that the
7. NJ. c. A. is discharging an impor-
tant civic service this summer in the
giving of so free illustrated lectures
on civic, patriotic and sanitary sub
jects in six of the parks under the
control of south park commissioners,
in the stockyards territory, these
parks being Cornell, Davis, Hardin,
Mark White, Fuller and Sherman. This
service ended September 8.
Many thousands of citizens are be-
ing both entertained and instructed by
this work. Such subjects are Illus
trated as the fly pest, milk supply,
safety first, Americanization, tubercu-
losis, infant welfare, dentistry, ty-
phoid, life in the army, Panama canal,
family budget and savings and Chi
rdgo beautiful.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-15
,at1st Be tInwound IN dealing with their

Gtlst be tinWound In dealing with their
own government, have sold their in
ventions to European nations, where
they are now being used in actual
warfare, and where they would be
turned against the United States in
the event of conflict. Hammond's
patriotism, however, made him reject
European offers and wait for his own
government to act, Thomas F. Logan
writes in Leslie's. Congress finally
made an appropriation of $750,0OO for
the purchase of the device, which is
useful mainly for coast defense pur-
poses. Army officers witnessed the
working of the invention and during
experiments a small motor boat was
driven in any direction several miles
from shore, responding instantly to
the will of the wireless operator on
land. A board headed by Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood is to pass final judg'
ment upon the invention.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-15
India's Great RELIGIOUS Fair.

The Marcel Purnema, religious fair,
was lately celebrated in India on a
grand scale. Its ceremonials are con-
nected with the sea and from early
morning multitudes Of men and women
could be seen vending their way ocean
ward to perform their sacred ablu-
lions. The arrivals had reached such
numbers by noon that the streets and
country roads were packed. There
were numerous booths and stalls to
accommodate the vast crowds, and
about 6 p. m. the procession reached
the cotton market headed by ele.
plants richly caparisoned, and fol-
lowed by numerous native and military
bands, by infantry, Arab chowkidars,
and mounted police, while string of
carriages occupied by state officials
brought up the rear. The Maharaja
Sahib was driven in carriage and
four down to the seashore to worship
the deity who presides over the waves
The procession was one mile long and
the ceremonies did not break up till
midnight.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-15
His Ignorance Was Profitable.

A writer says in Farm and Fireside
"Claude Mclaughlin of Montrose coun'
ty, Colo, made 1921 from alfalfa seed
from exactly two acres last year, en-.
tirely by accident. This two acres OF
alfalfa was in it's second years growth
but was on new and unfertile land anG
had been so starved for water that he
thought it not worth cutting for hay
He therefore let it stand and contin
ued without water, preferring to use
his irrigation water On what he
thought were more valuable crops. In
the early fall he noticed the alfalfa
had gone to seed, and there was sur
prisingly large amount of seed. So it
was cut and stacked and in March,
1916, threshed. He sold the seed and
got 1921 from the two acres. His Gull
ture was the proper thing to grow al
falfa seed. Have thin stand and irri-
gate just enough to keep it fresh, but
not to force the growth of rank stalks.
Then it will make good bloom and
much seed"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-15
Stopped Creased Pig Chase.

The humane officer prevented mem
bers of the Associated Bible classes
of McKeesport, Pa, from chasing a
creased pig at their annual outing in
Olympia Park.
.It's a shame that a crowd of Chris
tan men would plan such a contest"
said the wives of number of the mem
bers of the Bible class when they pro-
tested to the humane officer. The chase
of the pig was to be the big event OF
the sporting program.
The constable promised action and
when the porker was led out at the pic
mic the arrest of all who participated
In the chase was Observation-Disclosures.
phia Public Ledger.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-15
She Would Not Call Names.

The county superintendent Of
schools, Miss Whitehead (whose hair
was almost white), was paying visit
to country school. At the close Of
the school, when the children went
trooping out, each one said, "Goodby,
Miss Whitehead" But one little girl,
with red hair, said nothing, and hung
her head. AS she was about to pass,
Miss Whitehead put out her hand and
said:
Nellie, are you not going to say
goodby to me, as the others have?"
"No, I'm not" answered Nellie. 81
know what it Is to be called Miss Red
head and I'm just ashamed Of the
others. youths Companion.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-15
Marqarine.

Margarine may be said to have
saved the nation in one year more than
S1OC, 100000 on it's butter bill," said the
Economist recently. Moreover, this
large sum has been saved entirely at
the expense of the oversee farmer
(since it is from him that the butter
would have had to be procureO, and
may be said to be the working mans
handsome contribution towards the re-
duction of imports, and the consequent
correction of that adverse trade bal
ance which has caused our government
SO much anxious thought. "-Montreal
Star.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-15
Of DuubIffl. Sir Rfci1arti Steele, NE love

Of Dublin, Sir Richard Steele, we1ove
him almost more for his faults than
for his virtues, a writer in London
Everyman recently said. The vices we
would frown on in an Englishman we
often overlook in an Irishman. We
Great Britons rarely know when to
take the Irish seriously. We can and
Go laugh loud and long with Sheridan
and we are usually wrong in so do
Ing, because clipping, dueling, borrow
ing, drinking, gaming and fast living
generally are no laughing matters.
Charles Surface is an entertaining and
engaging rogue, and paragon, no
doubt, compared with brother Joseph,
but Charles is no seemly model for
the twentieth century, whatever the
cynical eighteenth may have consid-
cred him.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-15
RED TAPE CHECKS GENIUS
John Hays Hammond, Jr., However,
Was Proof Against Circum-
Iocution.

1t is several years since John Hays
Hammond, Jr., perfected his radio-con-
trolled torpedo. He submitted his de-
vice to the United States government
for investigation and approval. Army
experts were sent to inspect the inven-
ton and put it to the test, and one
after another they gave their unquali-
fed Endorsement to it. European ma
tons heard of Hammond's invention
and offered him fabulous sums for it.
Many other inventors, after slight
experience with the red tape which
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-15
uDick" Sheridan's Centenary.

The centenary of the death Of that
brilliant Irish genius, Richard Brins-
ley Sheridan, who died July Z, 1915,
has been chronicled. He was the
greatest play producer of his time.
1.-THE Rivals" was staged in 1775,
when he was twenty-four years old;
1.-THE School of Scandal in 1777, and
"The Critic" in 1779. After that he
was Sheridan, the statesman and ora
tor. Poor Dick Sheridan died a desti-
tute bankrupt topper, and then came the
mockery of a magnificent funeral and
Of his burial in the abbey at the side
Of Garrick.
Like that other dear, dramatic Dick
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-12-15
Said Something Pleasant.

Mother-I'm glad you had a nice
time at the party, dear. hope you
remembered to say something pleas
ant to Elsie's mother just before leav-
ing.
Marjory-Oh, yes, did, mamma. I
smiled and said: II enjoyed myself
very much, Mrs. Apologize. I had lots
more to eat than l 'spected.' -Boston
Evening Transcript.