Evening journal., 1920-08-30
NEWS ODDITIES

The highest federal position ever
held by a woman is that Of civil
service commissioner. Mrs. Helen II.
Gardener.
Until Congress enacts new laws,
the old Danish laws will remain in
effect in the Virgin islands.
A million trees have already been
planted by the Jews in Palestine. in
their efforts TO reforest that land.
II has been found hat the age Of
fish can be told from its scales.
An American physician says Amer
lean voices are better adapted 10 use
OF the telephone than British voices.
The consumption Of sugar in France
has slumped to about one-eighth the
pre-War mark.
Twenty-Five per cent OF the men
applying for licenses to operate motor
cars in New York are rejected.
The main street Of Zion City, ILL.,,
is covered with deep sand 20 preven.
automobile speeders from annoying
the town.
The state Of Illinois has one motor
vehicle for every % yards Of its rail
| lines.
Farmers in the provinces Of Al
berta Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
Canada, own 25,000 tractors.
In India, chaplains are maintained
| TO minister TO British subjects as in
/ The army and navy.
chickens do not wash. as many
/ other birds do. but oleanses them
selves Of insects by wallowinr in-soil
/ Victorian era brought into being Gov
ers for chairbacks sofas, etc. still
| known AS anti-macassars.
\ twO-penny "a cents) air pOst has
been established between London and
Brussels.
New York City has more than 6OOOO
food distributors. or middlemen. and
25,OOO retail food shops exclusive of
restaurants.
The currency circulation Of the 30
leading nations of the world has in
creased from s7.0OOOO0OOO before
| The war TO S5i,0OO,OOO,0OO the first of
this year.
Perhaps the most famous weather
Vane in America is the golden grass
hopper mat mas whirled since f7i2
above Faneuil Hall in Boston.
! 1t requires more than 100000 OOO feet
Of lumber each year 10 make the
paper shipping cases used throughout
the country.
II Is said that chivalry is an out
growth Of feudalism.
The ancient tragic actors Of Greece
and Rome wore buskinS OFFER with
thick solos. TO add to their stature
The only coinage mnted by the
Confederate States during the Civil
; War consisted Of four half dollars
A wooden inkstand, that was prob.
ably in use in Egypt 5000 years oI
more ago, has been acquired by IA,
British Museum
Next TO the pyramids. the highest
J TnnnrImDmf lha FaHnuII a.
: Leipzig commemorating the victor,
, Of Blucher over Napoleon.
The national memorial 10 Victor
Emmanuel III, erected on the CapitO
line Hill in Rome, cost S20OOOOOO
, Once a woman becomes married IN
Korea she losses her name absolutely
A feature Of japanese weddings 4
the building Of a bonfire made OF tn
- toys OF the bride.
The Japanese Red Cross now ha
. nearly 2,OO0,OO0 members.
10 IS estimated there are J6i5i9,OO
| Christians in the world.
Although, within forty miles 4
} Portland, waterfalls on the wester
e slope OF the Cascades in Oregon hav
I only recently been discovered by
, white man.
Begging in-the streets is compu
sorry custom among the Siamese fC
p every person.
D Former King Monkut. Of Siam. use
l. 10 hold court once a week in the pull
r lice market place Of the capital.
King Rama VI Of Siam. has
\ motor cars. and when be goes ridin
p he drives his own machine.
= More than $50 species Of land birC
s. have been found in Costa Rica.
In Andean Colombia, scientists haN
/ found more than twice as many di
ferent species Of land birds as eXi.
Greenland
Two women have been elected ;
judges in Switzerland.