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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-23
Buys Banking Building.

p. A. Drury. president OF the Mer-
chants Bank. announces the purchase
of 1913 G. street. in addition to 1415 G
street. The two buildings are prac-
tically one above the second story. No.
1913 will be renodeled as home for
the Merchants Bank
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-23

James L. French. cashier of the
Northwest Savings Bank. has rendered
his resignation. effective on the APP
pointment of his successor. MI french
has been fortunate in securing very
fine position with the Overland people
at New York city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-23
Official Confirmation.

Some papers have recently referred to
a. cancellation of national bank char
ter that had just been granted. In a
western state. because the incorporat-
ors had shown lack of America nism
in relation to liberty loans and other
distinctly American enterprises In the
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-24
GAYS ARE GROWING LONGER
Scientists Say It Takes World Three
, Seconds Longer to Turn Over Than
I It Did 100 Years Ago.

Our earth appears to be slowing
down its spin. Two British astrono-
mers who have just finished. II long
study of the matter report that it
now takes almost exactly three sec
onds longer for the world to turn
over once than 1t took 100 years ago,
and, century hence, still another
three seconds will have been added to
the day.
At this rate, Shakespeare had near
ly ten seconds less in his ~ hours
than has modern dramatlst, says
Saint Nicholas. William the Conqueror
WAS handicapped a half minute in
keeping up with his descendants. Ju-
lius Caesar was n whole minute to the
bad; while even If he had lived to old
age, his life would still have been
some twenty of our days short of what
his biographers would have claimed for
him.
Abraham and the early Pharaohs
would have been still more pressed
for time. The earliest men, say in the
year O,O0O b. c., would have had no
use for How long to live on "a hours
II day for they had only "a hours to
do their living in and We're really only
Scvcnty-siX years old when they
thought they had reached fourscore.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-24
NAV Be Oldest Book Extant.

In an ancient Samaritan synagogue
ut Shpchpm n double roll of parchment
Is guarded jealousy and is zealously
preserved. Ii was to Shcchcm that
Abraham came in his first visit TO
Canaan. Near Shrchcm Jacob sank
his famous well, and the returning
Israelites heard here for the last time
the voice Of Joshua. Shcchem was the
first residence of the kings of Israel
and was city of the kings of Israel
and was q city of refuge. Here at
Jacobs we'll Jesus met the woman of
Samnrla. Here the great Justin
martyr was born. After the division
of Israel into two kingdoms Shechem
became the religious center of the
northern kingdom, and Jeroboams
self-appointcd faith degenerated into
the Samaritan worship Of our Lords
day, which is perpctuated In the old
synagogue M.ich holds this scroll. THIS
double roll Of parchment, possibly the
oldest i'm the world. contains the first
five books of the Old Testament and
may be as old as the days of jeremiah.
Christian Herald.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-24
LIST RUINED EY SUCCESS
ldoIized Piano Virtvoso Grew to Live
! Only for the Admiration and
Adulation Of Women.

1t Is only when we remember LISTS
he presents, writes Paul RoSenfeld in
the Seven Arts. From childhood up,
he was the idolizcd piano vrtuoSO. He
was petted and adored all his life. He
was successful from the beginning. He
was smOthered all his life under the
aduation showercd upon him In every
capital of Europe, showercd upon him
I'm very tangible form by women of the
highest society. His was not char
acter profound or fine enough to right
itself. He never managed to develop
out of that stage. to contact with truly
nourishing things. On the contrary,
he became completely uprooted. came
to exist entirely in this modern Capua,
came to love it and to crave the rose
leaves and the clouds of'perfume. His
music is largely an aspiration toward
1t, an attempt to perpetuate about him
the admiration and adulatiOn, the
glowing eyes and half-parted lips, the
hcavng bosomS. 1t is mechanism
power he desired. Indeed, beside
List, Chopin seems a verltable an
chorite.
True, Liszt interested himself In
music for another reason. If it served
to procure him the particular "place
in the sun" that he craved it furnished
him also with most engaging pas
time. He interested himself in music
as one might interest oneself In a
snort that becomes more engaging as
one becomes more proficient in it. He
studied its rules, it's technique, its
tricks. With what keenncss he mas
tered them, his compositions show. But
that interest Was only minor. The 9th
er was the major.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-24
HOUSES HEATED WITH SMOKE
Inhabitants Of Korea Have Ingenious
Way Of Making the Floor
Serve as a Huge Stove.

The rigorous winter of Korea, which
deters many Japanese from settling
there, Is made endurable, says the
Herald Of Asia, by means of heating
contrivances called ondol. This is
very ingenious way of heating a whole
room by making smoke and heated
air pass under the floor. In fact, the
floor serves as huge stove.
A floor is first made Of mud and is
intersected by three or four flues
which spring from the fireplace at one
side of the house and converge into
the chimney at the other. Large slabs
Of stone are laid over this mud floor
with its parallel flues. The joints are
made alright with clay, and layer
Of clay is added on the top. Finally
the whole is GOV cred with thick oiled
paper, The fireplace is outside of the
wall at one side and the smoke passes
through those flues in the floor on its
way to the chimney at the other end
of the house. In this way the whole
room Is effectively warmed. Neither
stove nor hihachi Is needed in such
room, even during an exceedingly cold
day, and it Is real comfort to sleep
in 1t, feeling, as one does the soft
warmth enveloping the whole body
from beneath.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-24
Paintings and Tapestries.

The relative value of paintings and
tapestries at the very time that tapes
tries were being produced in large
numbcrs-the fifteenth century, when
weavers of Arras, Lille, Journal, Brus.
sells, Bruges and Paris, to say nothing
of those of Italy and Spain, were turn
ing them out in profusion-may sur
prise some unacquainted with the his
tory of weaving. Pope Leo X paid to
Raphael the equivalent of $4,000 for
the ten panels of the Apostles, and
Peter Van Aelst, the Brussels weaver
who converted the design into cloth,
received $15O,OOO. This suite, as now
preserved in the Vatican, is valued at
a million and half, although much of
its color has faded. But while Raphael
probably executed his paintings In six
months, 1t took Van Aelst and his as
sistants four years to finish them on
the looms, while, Of course, the intrin-
sic value of the gold thread and other
loom materials was considerable,
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-24
WHEN A coLD is NOT A cob
II It Lasts Longer Than Three Days
It Is a "Nasai sinusitis," De-
! clares Physician.

"A cold in the head which lasts
longer than three days is no longer
such, but nasal sinusitis," said DIR.
John j. Hurley of Boston in an address
reported In the Medical Record.
Doctor Hurley was arguing that
"grippe" and influenza were nothing
but an inflammation of the sinuses of
the face, that labyrinth of the passages
In the bones Of the nose cheeks and
forehead which empty into the nose or
phnrynX. After comparing all the
classic symptoms of influenza as de-
scribed In the textbooks with those of
sinusitls and pointing out their SINH
lurity If not identity, he called "intlu-
,enza" and grippe" the "alibis of ig-
nOrunce."
The familiar Influenza bacillus dis
covered by Pfeffer is found in many
but by no means all cases of sO-called
grippe. 1t has a special affinity for the
.sinuses of the nose. But there are
many other bacilli-all of the pus-
forming klnds-that produce the same
effects.
Sinusis is nothing but the formation
of an abscess in the sinuscs. The pa
tient needs no drugs; what he needs is
to have the sinuscs emptied. This is
easy in nearly all cases; a specialist
Icun open the swollen passages with II
cotton pledget on the tip of Il bougie
and generally nothing more is needed
than the touching of the passages with
nitrate of silver. Once they begin to
'discharg" their pus freely the cure is
rapid. Cases In which an operation Is
necessary are the rare exception.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-24
ANOTHER NAVAL SECRET.

! Farmer Wurzel and his wife, Mar
tina, were paying Il visit to their
nephew, gallant member Of the navy.
1t was their first visit TO the great sea-
port, where the ship of which their
nephew formed one Of the crew hap
pened Opp0rtunely to lie in dock. They
We're both vastly impressed with the
novel sights they saw round and
about the docks, and when their
nephew, with pardona5le pride, led
them round to where the great auXil-
iary cruiser lay they gazed with awe
upon the gigantic vessel.
The old man took few steps nearer
to the quay side, and, perceiving an
open porthO!e on level with his eyes,
peered into the interior of the hull.
Martha Martha !" he whispered, ex-
citedly, to the old lady, "look here,
lass, what doSt think? The blamed
things holler"
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-24
HAVING A PURPOSE IN LIFE
Unless One Aims at Certain Goal, He
Is Likely to Drift With Current
and Be Swept Out to Sea.

To have a purpose in life and stick
to 1t has long been cardinal prin-
ciple of right living, and it does not
seem that any man or woman could
ever lack real object for which 80
strive. 1t is hard work which tells
in this world, not merely the perfume
tory efforts with which so many per-
sons hope to win success. Unless we
are animated by the desire to achieve
certain goal, we shall most probably
only drift w tn the current and in tho
end be swept out to sea along with
other wreckage, says the Charleston
News. The longer we live the more
this fact is impressed upon our minds,
but it Frequently takes some great
emergency TO bring it home to us in
an unmstakable way. OF course.
there are m.n and women everywhere
in all walks of life who are actuated
by noble impulses and lofty ambitions,
and who, because they persist In work
ing for the attainment of high ideal,
are doing much for the uplift of the
world. On the other hand, observa-
ton clearly shows that not all men
and women recognize their full duty in
life. Such persons are, as a rule, far
removed through fortunate circum-
stances from the necessity Of hhvin"
to work for their living; their wealth
and high worldly position have placed
them beyond the threat of privation,
and they are content to stand by idly
and let their neighbors do the neces-
salS work of the world.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-24
BRANDED AS MYTH
Mother Never Really Carried
Market Basket, It Is Declared.
Even Before Days Of Telephone
Housewife Seldom Went to the
Grocery or the Butcher Shop.

A voice Of protest rises In the East.
There, as elsewhere, sundry lecturers
have been talking to women's clubs
about the high cost Of living. Said
one Of them:
Housewives could reduce the cost
Of food If they would market In per-
son. Too many market by telephone"
This Is a typical remark.
"Our mothers and our grandmOth-
ers," continued the lecturer, 'went
personally to the grocer and the
butcher. They saw what they bought.
And they used to carry 1t home with
them"
The conclusion Is obvious, says the
Indianapolis News. Our mothers and
our grandmothers, paying these daily
visits to the grocer and butcher, We're
able to buy seasonable products--and
the best Of the products-at lowest
prices. They made their own selec-
tions; they picked out what they
wanted.
A woman took issue with this state.
ment. Others followed. This argu-
ment, they said, has gone undisputed
long enough. As a matter Of fact, our
mothers and grandmothers did very
little marketing In person. The tele-
phone In their day was not used, to
be sure. There were few telephones
to be used. But 80 years ago-and
even in more recent times-the gro
GERS boy called daily, recited some
new items Of stock, logged the pa
tron's memory with a few questions
regarding the quantity Of potatoes,
sugar, -four and salt on hand, took the
customers order and departed. Moth
or saw the goods for the first time
when the grocer's boy. later In the
day, delivered them.
And In grandmother's day, the won.
en- protesters declared, four-hfths Of
the marketing was done by sending
Johnny or Mary to the grocer or the
butcher. And many Of us who are
something over thirty and not yet
turned sixty, regardless of sex. can
find without effort, In the depths Of
memory, personal evidence TO substan'
tiate this claim. How many times
were we brought complainingly In
from play to "gO to the grocer's"
And at the tender age of seven or
eight or nine, did we do much select
Ing when we thus filled the household
order7 Very little, as we recall 1t.
On the contrary, We took what the
grocer gave US and hurried home with
the purchase. making sure both COM
Ing and going that we kept safely in
hands or pockets the little brown book
In which the purchase was duly and
carefully recorded by the grocer or
the grocer's clerk.
Times have changed. Johnny and
Mary 60 seldom nowadays to the gro
Ger or to the butcher or to the baker.
Mother rings them up and delivers her
order by telephone. Butts the diff
ference very great2 Is 1t sufficiently
great to account for the vast increase
In the cost of groceries and meats
and bread and role? Substituting the
telephone for the grocer boys daily
visit or for marketing with the chill
dren as proxy will hardly seem to
some of us, now that memory IL
aroused. to account for the higher
cost OF living.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-24
"Lilht of the Moon"

The phrase "the light of the moon"
is an indpfinite one, not used by sci
Cntsts and Used by others in miStak-
en- and misleading sense. The moon
has no light Uf its own, and the only
lisht that comics from it is the reflected
light of the sun, without any warmth
or life-giving quality or any effect on
vegetation. AS loosely used by many
persons, the expression Eight of the
moon" means a few nights in each
month preceding an1 n few nights fol.
lowing full moon. Many persons think
this eight of the moon" period has an
important bearing on seed termination
and plant growth, but that is a mis-
take
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-24
conaerxatlon Of Labor Supply.

II we are wise and far-sighted we
shall enforce child labor laws and
school laws more rigidly than ever
Just now. We shall scrutinize and
regulate, every single use of children
in industry, for there must be moth
Ing needless In the emergency about
our use of human resources. More
than that we shall stimulate educa-
tional activity, especially In Industrial
training. and support as never before
public and private child welfare agen-
cies, II we are going to make the
most of the material we have In hand.
In short, we must protect, train and
develop children now for the simple
reason that for the future, both re-
mote and immediate, we need a more
intelligent and able-bodied set of pco-
pie than ever. "The nation Is under
special obligation to secure that the
rising generation grows up strong and
hardy both In body and character" Is
the solemn warning Of England, which
has been at war for three years, to
America, on the threshold Of war;
The New Republic.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-24
KNOW HOW TO RAISE A BOY?
II You Did You Would Solve All the
Problems of Mankind and
Conquer the World.

"HOw to Raise Boy? Why, II any.
body knew how to raise boy he
would conquer the world, He would
take his place at the head Of all
PHI 'sophers-and stand as the most
ex. ID of men! If there could be
written rules of rearing children, all
problems would be solved. There
would be no distress in the world, no
crime, no blots upon the whole face
of the earth," says the Dayton News.
"Boys are born and proceed to
grow. They have heaped upon them
from their earliest understanding all
manner Of admonitions. They have
showered upon them more human love
than any other creatures that are born.
They have more care and attention.
and pay less attention to it-than any
other things that come into the world.
Now and then one develops into a
criminal; now and then one breaks
the hearts of all who have had any
thing to do with him. But none of
them follow precepts or advice. None
of them develop along lines they are
taught. None Of them turn out exactly
as those who have them in charge ex-
pect them to turn out.
1T is this way: A mother has two
sons: They receive the same care and
attention. Their environment is identi-
cal. They eat the same food. They
have equal opportunities or advantages
as regards education. They study un.
der the same teachers-or refuse to
study under them, Theoretically, they
ought to make the same kind OF men,
for they have been brought up to-
gether. But they don't. They are
nothing alike when they are grown.
One is good, the other bad. One is
studious, the other refuses to study.
One is reliable, the other unreliable.
No, there is no way Of telling how
boy ought to be raised
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-24
Iloht In SUGAR CRYSTALS.

A soft blush light has occasionally
been seen when q scoop was scrapcd
across solidly caked sugar In the bin.
Loose sugar does not show this glow
nor does granulated. A scientist says
that the cause of the peculiar light
is in the fracturing Of the sugar clys-
tails, Luminescence Of this type &c.
companies the breaking Of crystals Of
a number Of different substances, but
In none is it more pronounced than in
rock candy. To get the best effect
place Jumps Of rock candy between
the jaws Of nut crackers or fOrceps
and suddenly crush the crystal to frag-
ments. If the room has previously
been darkened the flash Of light may
be seen at distance Of 20 yards or
more.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-24
Bees Intelligence overrated.

The intelligence Of the honey bee
has been greatly overrated, according
to Everett F. Phillips, who is the
government expert on bee culture.
He says that this insect really has no
adaptabiiity at all, but wonderfully
perfected instinct. Success in bee
keeping, therefore. depends upon study.
ing the bee and giving 1t exactly what
its imperious instincts require. For
example, the space between the wall Of
q hive and the comb In which the
honey is to be placed must be exactly
a quarter Of an inch. If it is more
the bees will store honey in the space,
and If 1t is less they will seal it closed.
IN either case the hive must be broken
open to get the honey.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-24
--.-l-
New Idea of Primitive Man,

A new idea Of primitive man was
put forward by an Irish professor re-
Gently. He states that the direct an
cestors of primitive man never went
pp all-fours, had lived in trees. and,
by climbing UP and down the trunks,
cultivated the upright habit of the hu:
man race. He points out that the fore
limb was never used only as sup
port for the body. 1t seems quite
credible, however that they may have
gone on three legs, using one as a
hand when required. and this might
account for the general use Of the
right hand In man.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-24
All Plants Once Wild,

It would be interesting if we could
know the history of the various fruits
and vegetables that we eat. OF course.
all of thcm--Or, at least, their unculti-
waited anceStOrs-were once wild just
as we, or, at least, our savage fore.
bears, were once wild. And, of course,
the cultivated garden vegetables, many
of them. bear no more resemblance to
their uncultiva;ed prototypes, some of
them, than We do to the missing link
or his immediate descendants.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-24
Ancient Superstition.

The superstition about spilling salt
at the table is ancient. In Leonardo da
Vinci's picture of the Last Supper .Ju-
das has upset the salt cellar by an a%k-
ward movement of his elbow. The su-
perstition was current then--in 1893
when the picture was painted. The
probability is that it dated back to the
earliest century of the Christian era.
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-24
Msrping Glories.

Wild morning giories, like the lilies
Of the field, "tOil not, neither do they
epin." But though arrnyed like Solo
mon, they are not sought after for
landscape decoration. In the plant
kingdom they are military oppressors,
ousting every other aspirant for vege-
table honOrs from every acre where
they obtain footing. Hence has
sprung a strange lawsuit between two
wealthy ranchers in Santa Barbara
county, the one accusing the other VI
having seeded his land to these radiant
but hostile aowers.-LOs ApgeteH
Catoctin clarion., 1918-01-24
Why Sinners Break Down,

Singing is an abnormal exercise of
the lungs to say nothing of the other
organs involved. 1t over exercises the
upper portion of the body. forcing alb
normal pressure in an upward drec-
ton and tending to Overhcat the up
per portion of the body. Up to GER
the blood circulation is the happy re-
suit; but beyond that point, the in
creasing motion impaired tends to
fever. and reaction the next day
shows that a cooling down period has
been forced upon the singers atten-
tion.-Physical Culture.