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The Tomahawk., 1919-07-24
Locusts as Food Date
. Back to the Days of John
the Baptist, and Others

It was not necessary for learned
entomologist in the Johns Hopkins fac
ulty to prove the edibility Of 1ocusts by
eating a few of them and surviving the
experiment. For unnumbered centu-
ries these insects have been an occa-
slonal, but considerable, part Of the
diet of millions of people in several
parts Of the world, and II ever those
people hear Of the Johns Hopkins mans
exp pleit they will smile superiorly and
wonder at the belatedness Of his au'
dacity. The history Of John the Bap-
tist is not the only recorded instance
in which empirical persons have anti
cipated the scientist! '';...s,. h., =, ii.z.::s
OF course, locusts are edible; 80 are
hundreds Of other insects-thousands
Of them, probably-and it might not
be at all injudicious at this time, when
so much of the worlds population -is
going hungry, IL more attention were
bestowed on what is, after all, the
largest Of new food sources. Still, the
locusts in this country are not In mucn
danger as, a, result OF the professors
revelation, even though he: does say
that they taste like shrimp. - . $500
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-24
: ,rNt.atIEGiL u ~ EJT. ;I:i7-EA
Dancing, Saturday I'd! @ Nightt t. y
j. 10: :Program,f for Haiti;aElns in i:
80 -. Their Little Villages

Dancing to the music of a drum, sax
ophone and flute is the chief source OF
for Haitians in their little
villages on Saturday night, according
to an article by William Almon Wolh
In Golfers weekly Beginning at sun .
down every Saturday night, he writes
one will come to wine. shop, II one
follows the sound Of the drum, The
drummer sits outside. His unceasing
drumming marks. the rhythm OF the
music; what melody there is Is borne
by a flute, and almost always there
iis q saxophone. The music Is the same
at every dance. It is in common time;
q single cadence Is repeated, over and
over again.
z Dancing in Haiti resembles the satur-
MALTA among the Australian aboriednes,
Mr.. Wolff writes. The dancers are
frank and unashamed, and one gets
little or no feeling Of personal note
between the two one sees dancing;
rather they are staging a spectacle.
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-24
!. :. !. MOSQUITOES N K !
~ ;&:H ri iy*-t>l...-. I :. :5-,:. :t..j
Pest Which Causes Suffering and
<'>2 Annoyance :''*.'.' :

MOSQUITOES are mans inveterate tor
mentors and foes. AT the seaside, on
the undrained prairies of the west ana
Northwest, in the faf North, by wood
land pool and mountain meadow these
.bloodthirsty brigands; in countless
myriads waylay the individual on > busi-
ness or pleasure bent.
Is swanps, ponds and Marshes how
tever,, are not 1.-The only places which
breed mosquitoes. A little rain water
in an old tin can or undrained roof
gutter, if neglected, win supply mos
ouitoes for town or city nefghbor-.
hood, spreading discomfort, causing:
insomnia and tempting to profanity.
If mosquitoes were merely a bother.
some plague, there would be ample
justification for :unrelenting warfare
against them, but when it is cons1ld- ' 81
cred that several species scattered
over the. United States disseminate ma
laria, rendering many. regions Of great
fertility. almost uninhabitable, ana %
that one kind Of mosquito found In the
South, will convey yellow fever, no ar
gument, for fighting them is necessary.
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-24
lndian Talk Was Too Much
I For Fritz When He Tried
u I to Tap the Yankee wires

There was one code Fritz never goI
81 to in France. That was the SIOUX.
Assoldier just back from France tells
of:it:
~ good many German spies got
over into the allied lines," said the
Yank, who was in charge Of a COM
Inunicating battery. "And there was
some tapping of lines and listening
Il, by German agents who understood
English perfectly. we get around that
III q clever way. We put Sioux Indians,
on The telephones to send and receive
orders. *EES ~ s&,F ;
#" lump, glum, hoosha, moo, chunk
IN indian would repeat over the fele-
phone, meaning bring up a battery OF
75sg
"sOg, cog, pom, hegan, cachoo, !rak-
ok would come the answer, which
might mean, they're starting, Will be
there In five minutes
Il don't know hd mucl Of q tech
hical war vocabulary those Sioux had
hut Fritzie never got wise to the lin-
4o.g
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-24
The Amy Worm and Its Control
"fso tsS' szsss'e*@ Crops IN :

nd
damage cor
country is the i ~
conservation commission N oueun a e1s
family history the pest anu
4nQst approved methods Of fighting it. ~. .oho1f
said Mr. Wade the moth IS ABOUT one
color The
about and onehalt inches ong R eo @ ~ hak
stripe OF dark gray OF
stripe OF
broad usually has fine light broken sle
hbrovn,
they sometimes become ea
actually have cleaned up on tne
field they masse 70 an ao1oilns o ~
familiar Of worm .,ns n,na ,or
INTO inc
state after from three to four weeks OF eans @ S he nupae
rule for about two Week & & s
something moth emerging from tne pa! - h
mate The eggs are tnen lau % us
they eish' ~ 'en
caterpiars more
to detect the ns ~
oi
caterphars Anon
control IL to spray the Gone pouna
with lead arsenate (tuo pounas 70 %
should of
Posoned bait will bran mash VII" w
pounds of paris green or Two ~
bait broadcast
INFESTED area number of may be
feedng
should royd the infested area % nd
vertical slde
for the worms ran o anu %
h nt m dusty as through to pulVere te
sbod move az
should get IN the trench
et weather the tnen
oovv road oil laid smooth hard surface snou
plank heavily loAoeu WIZ 49, -
Ae a,. ou worm appears about but IN small
,,hnt doing noticeable because OF
understood the worm becomes
that is Probably Of its natural enemies
1000 as winter hand in their usual NUMBERS TO pos
sning If properly
thev hid the localities where y appear
than ssehteenyear LOCUST {; .7 g -, - ." ,l:.
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-24
Low!y Angle Worm an Aid +. -.
..>' in FertiIizing the. Soil, -.
II. .-..: u. ....> =. an Authority Declares

That the despised angle worm, which
for ages has been the choice food Of
the robin, the terror Of Little Miss
MuRets' and the joy of fishermen, has
all: this time been working for the
benefit of mankind without any par
ticular credit is an interesting fact
brought to light. III E::.:ii>s 1875
According to Prof. Frank Smith Of
the University Of Illinois, who is an
authority in this country on angle
WORMS, most Of the real grounds for
complaint against the angle worm is
due to an introduced species which Is
common in the northern tier Of states.
There are few infected areas, some OF
which have their origin traced back
to accidental. importation by the trans
plantation of trees from northern Illi-g
nois. These" worms are Of large size;
and have the habit Of pulling leaves
and small twigs into the mouths Of:
their burrows, and together with the:
earth brought up by them, they form
the little mounds which make the sur.
face of a lawn quite rough, and hence
they make moving more difficult. i
e Professor Smith states that apart
from the roughness of the surface Of a
lawn, the results of their work is
doubtless beneficial. An earth worm
makes its burrow from one to three
feet in depth, these burrows providing
means for conveying surface e. water to
deeper layers, and also for aerating
these layers In this work they have
been important: agents in making the
soil fertile through the years. ..~.,.. ri
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-24
How Light Changes Shape '7-
, ! of Pupil Of Eye Of Both
.s Animal and the Human

Nothing iEsm ofs heSeraivs than he
appearance aof fsassass eye. TIE pupil
erdinarily appears as long, narrow
oval or a vertical black line, yet its
/ natural shape is circular. I'll matter
IL Che effect Of light. In bright light
our pupils become very small circles
while those of cat turn into ovals or
narrow Sits. The general effect is the
1anae in either case--namely, TO- d.
smidish the quantity OF light passing
INTO the eye. Curiously enough, In the
slarfer animals Of the cat tribe, such
. tigers, the pupil sometimes behaves
lxSctly like q human pupil, and when
sKrifhtly Illuminated contracts into a
s5s1ihute circle instead Of becoming
3lnlar. In the case of domestic cats,
{AS older the animal the more ire
snuSntly does the pupil Of the eye as
s.6ndne circular foEms 1..t So
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-24
Reader Finds Comfort in
:: Old Books Written Without ''.:5
:r.,": War in the Authors Mind

! If during the war it almost seemed
to some people that nothing written pc
fore 1914 had kept its old value, they
may, on the contrary, soon find them
selves blinking suspiciously at books
written since then. Mathematic1ans
DISTINGUISHED carefully between "sys-
5tematic' error which is cumulative
and the casual errors which are as
likely to lie in one direction as the
other and In the long run tend to on
set each other. To the reader VINO Is
beginning to recover a deranged critl.
cal faculty the trouble with most or
which has been written since 1914 IS
that it contains, systematic error que
to the perturbations set, up py the.
great war. The comfort of old BOOKS,
on the contrary, lies in the TACT tnat
they were not written with the great
war lurking in some corners or the au-
thor's mind. Whatever their errors
and prejudices, they are not bent All
one way by 4 single force ana even
their prejudices neutralize eacn sotner'
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-24
Children's Minds Should Be
Stored With Pictures They
Can Describe in Own Words

Memorizing is a worthy mental exer-
else !, but one can hardly help protest;
;ing;agatnst theipractice, now happily:
less common than:3in years within s
memory of. compelling yaung children
to commit to memory tasks actually
painful either from their! impossible
length or from their uninteresting and
unintelligible matter. The good prac-
ticeAoe pleasurabie habit Of learning
by heart suitable quantity Of suitable
matter has suffered from d natural re-
action; but we are now returning to
better things, and we are convinced
that there are few efforts more pleas
ant to children than the; consciousness e
Of having committed to memory
suitable task, thatis, Of having formed
a clear and. complete picture OF some
interesting subject, .:t.E H. ...;..;.sTz
Do not let the. time pass FOR storing
YOUR scholars minds with an abun-
dance Of distinct pictures, which they
can represent to. their own minds and
describe in their own Words'-As
Teacher.
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-24
Swallows Feed Almost T. =.
~ IL Entirely Upon Insects

= Q - = =
If you want to free the neighborhood
Of mosquitoes, encourage swallows to
make themselves at home, says a re.
port Of the American Forestry asso-.
ciation. These birds feed almost en-
tirely upoa obnoxious insects and they
will do much toward protecting or
chards and other trees from insect
pests. No better Investment can be
made, therefore. than some houses set
out for martins or other swallows. OF
the blue swallows the purple martin is
the largest, the male being entirely
blue above and below, while the female
fs blue above with gray breast Swal-
lows are highly migratory, most OF
them spending the winter In South
America - :
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-24
y
LOVE iNAcoTTAGE +.
-OO-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-

They may talk Of love in q cottage, -.
And lowers of trellised vine
or nature bewitchingly simple ~ t.,.1
And milk maids half divine;
They may talk of the pleasure Of sleeping
:, In the shade Of a spreading tree, -,
And walk in the fields Of morning.
BY the side of q footstep freeI = :
But give me a sly Irritation -,
BY the light Of a CHANDELIER
with music to play in the pauses, s'r''-,
And nobody very near; !
Or a seat on a silken sofa e.
With glass Of pure old wine,
And mamma too blind to discover '''@
The: small white hand in mine. zig
Your love in a cottage IL hungry, 80; :.
Your vine is q nest of flies
Your n1ilkmaid shocks the graces, = - -
And simplicity talks Of ptesl .s, y.+...t
You lie. down to your shady slumber :
And wake with bug in your ear, r: ..' ::
And your damsel that walks In tho morn
D. ing a:5 -. :.s.' -: ---'& :;.Ail.''
Is shod like q mountaineer. ~. -.
True love is at home on a carpet,
And nightly fixes his ease +
And true love has an eye for e dinner
And starves beneath shady trees.
His wing is the fan Of q lady, r
His foot's an invisible thing, .-.--
And his arrow Is tipped with q Jewel
X And shot from q silver string. =
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-24
.sKEEPING CHICKENS
In TOWN .

In many towns and cities there are
ordinances restricting the keeping OF
fowls under certain conditions, namely
that the nelghbors shall not be an
noyed by the Growing of the male BIRDS
and that the poultry house must be To-
Gated d specified distance from any
dwelifne.. %:Undet such; conditi Ions: says
the United states- department of-aell7
culture, a permit should be easy to oD-
tain and the conditions set forth COM
piled with.
The male bird in the flock Is not
necessary for the production OF eggs
ana usually the house can be so To-
,cated and kept clean that 1t Will not
.annok the neighbOrs.
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-24
Loganberry Juice May Soon
Become Popular Among the
"Soft" Drinks in Demand

s.SSeft drinks''---asefftt's fftt's In slang mean
ing" ."easy. to get,,',--may. attain new I'M
'portance. SOFT drinks made from
fruit, Juices doubtless will attract many
new .devotees, who will find that bev-
:erages made from pure fruit Juices are
decidedly healthful, cooling, refresh
ing and invigorating, says the United
States department Of agriculture.
= Because Of It's pleasant flavor, the
juice Of the Logan blackberry, COM
monty known as the loganberry, IS
very popular as beverage. The berry
lis also used in making jams, jell1es
and soda -fountain slruns. Methods OF
extracting and treating the juice are
constantly being bettered.. This N
dustry, already d large one, IS growing
rapidly. 1885,, .,..;.'!
! Loganberry juice is naturally so sour
that it. IS necessary both to dilute and
to sweeten it to obtain d drinkab1e'
article. The berry has characteristic
flavor. 1T somewhat resembles; that OF
the raspberry, both red and black, but
is more acid than either. ... r: 2. s: :s:.,::
Adding enough sugar to reduce sutff-
GENTLY the tartness Of the juice makes
q product too sirupy to drink, unless It
is diluted at the same time. The sirup
prepared for soda-fountain use is not
diluted until sold over the counter.
Some of the sweetened but undiluted
juices have been labeled by manufae-
turers as tsconcentrated." This de-
scription is unwarranted, as the juices
have not been concentrated or evapo:
rated, but simply sweetened. they
should be properly labeled as logan
berry: :slrups.;I ;ItI'::5IIss;;=$$ III:
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-24

backbone OF the Sox, the mainspring
by which the play Of the club afield Is
directed EfsET S@?- 80 ': EEfzsE =
! Collins certainly is as fast as he has
been through the last few seasons, and
although he has not invaded the 3OO
circle in batting he is sure to arrive up
there in the early future. Furthermore,
Collins has more to do with infusing
q spirit of cooperative combativeness
into the Sox than any other Individual
in the outfit, with the exception Of KID
Gleason, the manager, whesis fighter
down to tfle ground and one OF the best
al around good Fellows in the passlmseA,
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-24
pl1H AND POINT /

: TO find work, go to work and
: look for It. 81 y t2Te.s - II II
fs44 Before taking certain steps
consult dancing master.
A wise barber asks the young
man il he wishes a haircut. "a
=, A small boys idea Of a board
Of health is six meals a day.
However, the early boom
: doesn't always catch the nominal
: ton. Z: .s:;:.z,l, - z.5f .tS eE.
4 Never place your clock at the
head Of the stairs; it might run
down. "a
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-24
Bird Census.

According to the conclusions reached
by the government Investigators who
took the federal bird census several
years ago, breeding birds prefer to set
up housekeeping and raise their fami.
lies in the thickly Inhabited centers Of
population. Another instance Of focA
inz to the citiest '
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-24
Tobacco Far North.

!. Tobacco growing at % degrees
north latitude would seem an impossi-
bility in America, but In the Odense
district Of Denmark, which Hes Pc
tween 55 and Sc degrees, the culdva-
don Of tobacco has been taken up by
many farmers Since the war.
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-24
TheDinerence.

',.',.-" :: x The Difference. r.. &~.s'-':.,E
WHATS the difference between base
bali and trigonometry" ..si, 81
"Give It up.r ...7s 7s..,.,.:...
-" "a woman will pretend to be inter-
ested when you're trying to explain
baseball to her." a.. ...!.:a~.--s II. =,
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-24
Famous White Sox Second :o.. =.
:Baseman in His Old Form, ii.
!. ..,1::,.y Both, at Bat and Afield

Age is no handicap to Eddie Collins,
famous second baseman Of the Chicago
White Sox., At least the Tarrytown
lad has betrayed no sign Of. decay thus
far in the seasons campaign, and in
the series, at the Polo grounds, has
flashed all his old form at the bat and
afield, Collins and Schalk are the
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-24
Good Thlnus for the Family.

AS the new apples are now In sea-
son: serve them in other ways than
az apple pie and sauce. Sliced green
apples with one-third as many SLICED
onions cooked in q little sweet Tat
with water added as the moisture Is
eyaporated- makes a most appedzing
dish to serve as a vegetable. Add
sugar to. soften the acid Of the apple
and salt and pepper If desired. u
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-24
Had Only to Act Natural. d..

) Youth don't
want, to take that
:charac ter. Eli
make a. fool Of
myself. -:
Lady st age
Manager - Well.
you: !. said you
wanted an easy
= y ' ~ = -."'.:
part.
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-24
JUST TO SMILE:

...... 4.,... oh, Fudge. 49,. 49,.
'swhaats all that noise all that hub
bub in the shops?" 3 -. >::,r,'::..sz IL
: , t.We Manufacture tennis: goods:
T.. "Well r ,:...:.s..t ..!,. -. =. s.;s.,
sand that fellow Is making a rack.
et..'* ':'@ - @''si:3s1 2i7''s sasf..s' ~!
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-24
Mothers Cook. Book

The life, that is sharing in the Interest,"
the welfare and the happiness OF otn-
ers, IS one that Is continually expan@ns
In beauty end in power and, therefore,
in happiness -" -.'''
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-24
The Popular Fad

The Popular FAD.
" Everybody seems to be affected
with It." 2 :'F!A-1";E {; - -. ~.
"What2'' - 80: 80. <....f1,s.. 49,. ..
'The strike fever" ss - -,. + F.
"What's happened nowT "-
'The wife and children have struck
for more spending money"
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-24
A Desirable Entertainment

1"A" successful
man must study
the faults Of 9TH
ers." 20, :
"Well, I don't
know that 1t will
make q man sue
cessful, but it
ought to be a de-
lightful study" .
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-24
Sensitive.

Mrs Newgilt-What is your objec
ton to buying that lovely French bull
dog? :=9@ts.:s. 80. =. zses-s -. -.
Her Husband-I won't stand for Z
dog that turns up his nose at me.
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-24
Chopped Apple Frittere.

Take one cupful Of flour, half aacup-E
full Of sugar, three apples, one $egs'h
one teaspoonful of baking powder, one;
cupful of milk and a pinch OF sait.E
Mix as usual, stirring in the cnopped
apples at the last. Drop by spoonfuls
in hot fat and serve rolled in srgar or
with a hot sauce as DESSERT Green
apples are much better favored II
they are used unpeeled. ~
Pineapple Jelly with Cream Cheese;
4 Prepafe the Jelly :as usual and mold
ia small cups. aUnmold on lettuce ano
serve with the cream cheese riced
over the top. Garnish with saiao
dressing and serve cold. %% !;
g. "a = g 80 ~
-: s. - 80 Parsley Potatoes. :
Cook small-sized uniform, new po--
tatoes until we'll done, turn INTO q
vegetable dish with enough butter to
cover, sprinkle with minced parsley
and servesat once. =. |
~: fr&-+ T. 5, s -.
Oatmeal Cookies.
Take one cupful Of shortening, one
|;cupful Of sugar, two cupfuls Of hour
and two cupfuls Of rolled oats wen
Drowned and put through the meat
grinder: one cupful Of ! chopped
raisins, half cupful of broken nut
meats, two eggs, half teaspoonfui
of soda dissolved in half cupful OF
sweet milk, one teaspoonful eacn OF
cinnamon and salt and a halt tea
spoonful Of grated nutmeg. MIX Well
and drop by small teaspoonfuls on q
baking sheet. &
Raisin Mullins. s.
- Add to one-half cupful OF ra1slns,
one-half cupful Of oatmeal one
fourth cupful Of lard, one teaspoon
full Of salt and half cuptul Of oou-
Ling water. When cool add hall 20 cup
Emil Of cold water and two teaspoon
fuls of baking powder sifted with
lfour to makesa drop batter; do not
heat. Drop into hot, creased mulnn
| mans and bake In q hot oven. te
Sponge Cake Trifie. z,
Cut a slice Of sponge cake ana
moisten with cherry Juice and few
halves Of cherries. put another sllee
| on top and add more Juice and cnes.
ries. Serve sprlnkled with shredded
| almonds. a=.
Grape juice with spoonful or TWO
of lemon juice added to tnin cream slol
| and sweetened to taste. then iro1en'
makes a beautiful frozen dish ana one
which tastes as good as it looks.
| Ns.4 het1,<le'
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-24
PoPuLARSctENeE

The normal number Of teeth Is
80. -.- s.;
The number Of bones in the:
body is 240. IS. :
The weight of your blood is u
pounds. ..
A skeleton weighs about IL
pounds.
The human brain is twice as
large as that of any animal.
Tobacco leaves treated with
the X-ray are thereby cleared OF
the destructive beetle. .
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-24
ParsieyEFotatoes.

Cook small-sized uniform, new po--
tatoes until we'll done, turn INTO q
vegetable dish with enough butter to
cover, sprinkle with minced parsley
and servesat once. 7 81 I
The Tomahawk., 1919-07-24

Pineapple Jelly with Cream Cheese;
Il Prepare the jelly $as usual and mold
ia small cups. 5lUnmold on lettuce and
serve with the cream cheese riced
over the top. Garnish with SALAD
dressing and serve cold. ~ !;
The Washington times., 1919-10-11
WASHINGTON MEN OPEN
GENERAL MACHINE SHOP

Two Washington men we'll known
to the automobile trade have opened
a general machine shop at 1927 NJ
street northwest, specializing on
cylinder regrinding, piston ring and
wrist pin work. The firm is known
as Barber e. Reed. Both are practi-
cal machinists Of from fifteen to
twenty years experience devoted TO
automobile work, building and re-
building of automobiles and motor
work in general
Irving c. Barber's race track ex-
perience gives him excellent knowl-
edge Of metal seasoning. expansion,
etc, which is OF great value in the
amount of clearance in piston fitting.
His "Eye-See-Bee' racing car, which
he designed and established new track
records with in the OEast, is we'll re-
membered. knowledge Of this char
acter and the desire for silence or
speed can be provided for enabling
a more satisfactory job for the car
owner Oscar A. Reed has devoted
a greater part Of his time to automo-
bile machinery and its improvements.
Both Barber and Reed have recent
~ returned to civilian life having
held rank OF captains In the motor
transport corps.
The Washington times., 1919-10-11
FIRESTONE TIRES
HAVE new HOME

The Firestone Tire and Rubber Com
pany's Washington branch Is settled
at its new home, 14O5 II street north
west. just around the corner from its
old home. It's new quarters are q
little more than twice as large as
the old ones.
For several months. W. II. Mac
Nichol, the local manager, has been
securing the city for a location that
would be both central and large
enough. It was not until the Harper
Overland COmpany's salesroom on n
street became available that he was
able to fnd anything OF sufficient
size. Here there are two large floors
In addition to q basement running
the full length Of the building.
The offices for the present win
occupy the lower floor, and the stock
department the second floor and base
ment.