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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-07-23
Quicksilver Produced
in the United States

Between January l and March 81,
1920, inclusive, 1899 TASKS of quick
silver, each of IS pounds net, was pro-
duced in the United States, according
to F. L. Ransome of the United States
Geological Survey, Department of the
Interior, who obtained the figures from
the producers. This is S52 TASKS less
than the output in the fourth quarter
of 1919 and 1926 TASKS less than in the
first quarter of 1919.
California produced 1894 TASKS, and
Texas, Oregon and Nevada together
produced sos TASKS. There were 10
productive mines in California and one
in each of the three other producing
States Less than 100 TASKS were pro-
duced by mines outside of California
and Texas.
The quicksilver on hand at the
mines or in transit to market at the
end of the quarter amounted to AGO
TASKS.
The average monthly prices of
quicksilver per flask in San Francisco
in the first three months of 1920, as
quoted in the Mining and Scientific
Press, were $50 in January, sS1 in
February, and 81 in March.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-07-23

Lexington will carry 16 six-inch guns
as a secondary armament.
Taking a page from the naval les
son of the war, the designers of the
Lexington have equipped the ship with
four anti-aircraft guns, eight torpedo
tubes. four of which are submerged
and four on deck and with means of
defense against aerial bombs and
aerial torpedoes. Defense against
submarine torpedoes will be OBJ
tanned through fore and aft torpedo
defense bulkheads. by which the sta
bility OF the vessel will be preserved
no matter where she is pierced. Under
any condition but an explosion, it is
claimed, the Lexington class of war
ship should prove unsuitable.
An indication of the Lexington's
greatness is afforded by comparison
with the British warship Hood, which,
when it is foated, will be the biggest
ship in the British navy and afioat.
Lexington - Displacement, 1920
tons: speed, 35 knots; length, S74 feet /;
horsepower, $50, 000 big guns, It.
inch; main armor. 5-inch.
ood-Displaeement, 41,200 tons:
speed, 81 knots; length, $50 feet;
horsepower, $4,000: big guns, Is
inch; main armor, Pinch.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-07-23
Color in Illumination :.
A New System for the Home

Possibly one does not fully realize
how much glare there is in the light
ing world until one has recovered
or recuperated from it under Miss r.
wins system of illumination. 1t is in
deed restful, reposeful, serene, charm
ing in its promise.
Quite apart from the ethical i'm.
portance of the color sense" says Miss
Irwin, its development has very
practical bearing on our work, our
homes, public buildings, gardens, ar
parel, on everything that makes life
dignifed, lovable and interesting ard
one can hardly afford to remain in
ignorance Of its practical benefits,
especially in the art of interior deco
ration and illumination.
Halls and entrances, instead of be.
ing sombre, should radiate recuper-
alive or stimulant colors. Sedative or
recuperative tints are most suitable
for dining rooms, stimulant colors fol-
reception rooms, recuperative and Sc
datiye schemes for bedrooms. The
most important point to observe, how
ever, is that every surrounding should
meet the individual requirements OF
the person who owns it"
In THE Ligting Art" Mr.. Luck.
iesh, the famous physicist and illu
minating engineer, thinks:
1T is not too theatrical to set a
large decorative panel OF opal glass in
the ceiling of a dining room and 10
install red, green and blue lamps
above it in space which has been
painted with permanent white coat
ing. If these lamps are controlled by
means of three sliding rheostats con
cealed IN the wall any desired tint and
intensity Of light may be obtained.
How such control of light may be
utilized in adapting the lighting to the
spirit of the occasion is left to the
imagination of the reader.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-07-23
Old Jazz is Dead
We Meier Shall Hear Him More Say Authorities

an equabIe and imperial critic we
should like to quote him at some
length:
"If we recall that the persons i'm
mediately interested in the survival
of jazz unmusic are the sellers of it.
we are spared deal of conjecture as
to the reason of its continued exist
ence, even so far as this. But Jazz,
like cheese and Fords, has to be
pushed, else would there be no gor-
geous dividend to split up.
So the musical commissions of few
harmonic freaks have been thrust
upon the long-suffering public until
they accepted jazz for the identical
reason they accept any nationally
advertised productivity were forced
to feel that they wanted jazz-and
they got it.
The blatant appeal of the stuff, the
exaggerated minor effects, the unmiti-
gated noise, the purple patches of dis
|harmony-all these elements contribu-
ted hugely to the selling of jazz scores
The music stores sold copies by the
carload-and if there is special mu-
steal ghenna reserved for such folk,
may they roast therein forever, The
records carried the jazz legend, like
wise the player-piano roll, till Mr. Man
in-the-Street admitted jazz in all its
obviousness and crudity, to the bosom
of his Utmost family. One is inclined
TO think he did it because jazz is so
horribly obvious"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-07-23
A New System for the Home

With anticipation let US step into
the studio of that clever Miss Irwin,
the feminine representative Of the
Illuminating Engineer Society of New
York. whose new science of color, or
applied psycho-chromatology, is at
tracing so much attention, says Grace
T. Hadley of the Society for Electrical
Development In the hallway one en-
counters an agreeable surprise in 1.-THE
Drum" a huge columnar color filter
filling the entrance with colored light
while in the studio with it's light apple
green walls, light ceilings and creamy
woodwork, still other Illuminating sur
prises await the visitor.
Every color possesses three effec-
tive values and these are sedative, re
Operative and stimulant," says Miss
Irwin. "a color is sedative when it
has power to induce contemplation.
reflection, Indifference, resignation, re-
Operative, when it can create con
ditions of change, expansion, content
ment, cohesion, while stimulant colo-s
are those which excite hope, ecstacy
desire, ambition, aspiration, action,
joy, peace, ambition, spiritual renewal
and fresh growth.
Here indeed is a recreated system of
lighting or reconstructed illumina-
ton for home, hospital, store and
studio. The principal purposes OF
color in illumination are utility, beauty
and hygiene The liberation of color
from conventional design is an essen
tial element of this new system.
Pools Of Color
why illuminate your home with
spots of light scattered here and
there?" demands Miss Irwin. why
not utilize the special vibratory values
Of color? Why not have pools of color
instead of spots of white light much
of which is glare?"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-07-23

Keeping house on the ships stores
plan is one way of holding old H. c
of L. at bay. The first requisite is a
good, dry storeroom with lock and
key. If you haven't storeroom Gre
ate one-In the attic, in dry cellar,
in a laundry or by partitioning off one
end of an upstairs hall.
Add the center light to the room if
it isn't already equipped. Then build
wide, deep and strong shelves, leaving
a space below one section to accommo-
date barrels, boxes, tall baskets and
high cans.
At one end build in a wire-covered
safe with shelves to hold dry package
goods and to protect them from ro-
dents Along the center of the ceiling
swing a rod with hooks on which to
hang hams, sides of bacon, tongues
and so on.
In one preferably the one
nearest the door-place square stoT-
age refrigerator. the top being RAISED
and lowered with the aid of ceiling
pulley and counter-balanced weight,
and the waste pipe properly connected,
A small, white, iron sink with run.
ming water is a convenient addition,
though not a necessity. Next add re
liable scales, dry and liquid measures,
and two sets of buckets, boxes, bot
ties, baskets and earthen crooks, fam
lily sizes, marking one set pantry
and one set "storeroom."
A small desk holds a day book.
ledger, other pads, labels, string, scis-
sors, pencils and other similar neces-
stiles.
A small butchers block should be
equipped with meat saws. clever and
sharp knives.
The initial outlay in stocking the
storeroom is the largest cost. After
that it will be a steady filling in Of
the needs; that, is keeping up the
stock. A study of the likes and dis
likes of the family, the number of
help to be fed, the average numhrr
of extra guests during a season will
give a basis of purchasing.
Perhaps you have gathered the i'm
preston from what has been said that
such a storeroom~is suited only to the
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-07-23
Cotton Seed Meal Found to Rank
Among the Highest Grades
Agricultural Experts Say it Often Contains High
as AZ Per cent Protein

The Bureau of Chemistry, Pennsyl-
yania Department of Agriculture, has
recently completed the analysis of a
large. number of samples of feeding
stuffs, including those of cotton seed
feed and cotton seed meal, which have
recently been sold in the State. A few
samples analysed were found 10 be
of high grade, containing in one case
as high as At per cent of protein. This
product came from Texas and was sold
in Erie County for s85 ton. In the
same county another shipment was
sample which was found upon analysis
to contain only 35 per cent of pro
TEN and to be loaded up with an ex-
cessive amount of cotton seed hulls,
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-07-23
The Prospective Hero

like TO dance with Rosemarie,
l like to walk with Alice fair,
And now and then like to "tea"
With Grace and Gladys, debonair.
Maud's motor gives me boundless joy
As high as sixty" she can go
But most my ennui | destroy
With Polly at movie show
For when the handsome hero fights
Bout seven huskies at a spell
And with his awful lefts and rights
Cleans out Red Clancy's gamblin'
hell,
She glories in the man of might
And cheers him on in his attack,
And when the pictures finished quite,
She smiles and says, Hes like you,
Jack"
Some think I'm but an addlepate,
Who cares for naught but revelry
And cabarets an hour late;
But Polly knows the man I'd be
If some bad bunch my path beset
In DEVILS Gulch or Cherokee,
Or faltered in their etiquette,
When she was in my company.
From Film Fun.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-07-23
Hints to the
Care OF Bees

Thorough House Cleaning: The
value of thorough house cleaning for
each stand can be better and more
forcibly demonstrated than told. On
{. warm day carefully go into one of
the hives and after carefully scrapins
and cutting away all surplus wax,
drone comb and bee glue from the
comb, set them and the bees over into
a clean hive placed on the old stand
and in a few hours observe the results.
The bee has a sense of pride and seems
10 appreciate the interest and care
shown by the keeper. Besides invig-
Grating the colonies it simplifies later
manipulation. However, guard against
robbing for the bees are unusually bad
about it this summer. Where stand
is being robbed construct the entrance
and put up obstruction in front of it
or else move it to new place and
then protect the entrance.
Watch for Queenless Colonies: The
past winter and spring were trying
on bees and especially those which
went into the winter with old or i'll
ferior queens. The percentage Of
cueenless colonies this season seems
to be unusually high. 1t may be called
spring dwindling or any other nana
but faulty queen or lack of one OF
any sort, is probably responsible.
Queenless or weak colonies invite rob-
bling. Requiem such colonies, build
them up or unite them with strong
colonies, later dividing if necessary.
The colony headed with a number one
queen at this time is the colony which
makes surplus.
Guard Against Chilled Brood: the
unusual drop in temperature in April
after strong colonies had from six 70
eight combs with brood and the cool
weather following did much injury to
bees and gave them a severe setback.
However, they are devoping rapidly
now, but there is still danger of chill
ing brood if one gets too anxious about
spreading the brood nest. Be careful
not to go too fast.
Swarm Control Careful spring
housekeeping and requeening will do
much to make bees satisfied and pre-
vent swarming. Make sure the queen
has abundant room for egg laying,
see to it that necessary shade is pre-
vided, keep weeds and other obstruc-
tions away, and as the honey flow
opens provide plenty of storage space
most colonies of bees prefer to work
rather than swarm if they are onlv
made comfortable. A sitting hen an2
swarming bees are in the same boat
when it comes to egg or honey pro-
duction.
Treat your bees right and be pre-
pared and the result should be certain
if nature will only smile for the mex.
three months.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-07-23
Be Sure Pork
Is Well Done

Fork is a tremendously important
food in the United States, the amount
eaten being equal to all other meats,
including poultry, and it is important
that housewives should realize that
danger may Turk in piece of PORK
not properly cooked. Fortunately few
persons prefer pork rare, but many
cooks serve pork chops which has nor
been cooked to the point of absolute
safety, and occasionally pork roasts
are encountered which are underdone.
Beef is wholesome enough when rare.
if fresh, but pork should be well
cooked, even if perfectly fresh, and
il the least bit "gamy" especial care
is necessary.
Hogs are subject to a parasite
known as trichinae, microscopic
worms which bore in the flesh, and
these parasites are found in one hog
out of every II on an average. These
worms cause in human beings the
disease known as trichinosis. Unlike
many other infectious diseases, the
severity of the attack of trichinesis
depends upon the number of parasites
swallowed. Large quantities of slight
ly infected pork must be eaten in order
to produce bad effects, but small
quantities of pork that is heavily in
fected may cause severe illness or
death. Thorough cooking of pork even
heavily infected kills the trichinae
and the meat is rendered entirely
wholesome.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-07-23
Solving the Old H. c. L.

needs Of an elaborate household This
isn't the case. The scheme is appli-
cable and will prove an economy, in
every household because of it's adap-
liability.
Among the advantages of having
such a storeroom in the house are
freedom from weather conditions, the
extravaganza Of daily buying in small
quantities, freedom from embarrass-
ment when unexpected guests arrive,
and the big advantage of being able
to buy in bulk when prices are favor
able, as well as the lower price OF
bulk buying which always obtains.
Contrary to the popular saying,
THE more you have the more you
use,' keeping house on the ships
stores plan-the housekeeper giving
out supplies for day or WEEKS by
far the most economical plan. The
women of Holland-and no finer house
keepers are known-keep house after
this fashion. Supplies are issued from
the storeroom in the duplicate recep-
tacles after being weighed and entered
On the daily ledgers, so that an exact
cost accounting system is in operation.
From time to time each woman will
add to her storeroom efficiency con-
veniences to fill each seasons needs.
Supply day" once a week or once a
month, as the case may be, sends empty
receptacles to return for full ones, and
business transactions that are worthy
of the household engineers best eff
forts, which make her realize she has
a real job instead of hit or miss oc.
cupation.
Copyright, 1920, by Newspaper Fea-
ture Service.)
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-07-23
S. c. Fosters Lies
History Written

OF late years a lot of wild chatter
has been going the rounds about
Stephen Collins Foster. Now Schir-
mer has Just bought out an official
biography Of the famous composer.
written by musician, Harold Vincent
Milligan.
Although Fosters birth dates back
to only 1926, a body of myth has
grown up about him almost as if he
were of medieval times. And, in
coed, when one looks into the facts Of
this mans life, this is not strange.
The Unromantic Bohemian
1t was curious, unattached, sordid
existence. He seems never to have
got himself established, in his less
than IS years of life. He consorted
with odd, fotsam-and-jetsam sort of
people. He tried college, but after
three weeks OF that gave it up. He
cared only for music.
Yet even his published music
brought him little certain fame. 1t
was said not to be original, that be
used actual old negro melodies for his
songs, that he took from this source
or that. When his most popular song
appeared in print ("The Old Folks at
Home" afterwards called "Swanee
River') the name of Dan Christy, the
minstrel man, appeared on the cover
as author and composer. This was
done at Fosters own request, for he
was afraid that the composition of
negro songs really hurt his reputation
as a sentimental balladist.
The record of his death is depressing
in the extreme. He had long ago
taken to drink, and his wife and daugh-
ter had left him. At this time he was
living in a Bowery lodging house IN
New York City. In the dark, some
how, he is supposed to have fallen
on broken pitcher and cut himself
badly about the throat. He was taken
from the lodging house to the poor
ward of the Bellevue Hospital where
he died in few days.
Speaking of the wild reports that
have lately been current about Foster,
his biographer declares:
There is pathos enough in reality.
without painting the picture in any
darker colors than need be. Stephens
last days in New York were miserable
enough in all truth, and his death was
one of the saddest of all those re
corded in the old, old story Of un,
happy genius. Stephens downfall
was probably the result of a gradual
disintegration that had been going on
for years. If we shall never know the
cause of exact circumstances, We
know enough to awaken sense of
pity. Let us endeavor to avoid the
highly colored pallet of the special
writer on the one hand and the oblit-
Grating whitewash brush of the special
pleader on the other"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-07-23
Worlds Biggest
Battle Cruiser

The keel of the worlds biggest war
ship will be laid down within six
months The battle cruiser Lexington,
combining in a degree unequaled by
any qualities of powerful armament
and high speed has taken form IN
drawings and awaits the arrival of
materials to be advanced from the
hands of the architect TO those of the
builder. By fall, it is estimated, the
prospective queen of the United States
Navy will become a ship under con-
struction instead Of an ambitious plan.
The Lexington is the name-ship of
a class of battle cruisers which will
give Uncle Sam, within four years, I
feet of six big-gun fighting ships I'M
matched by anything then afloat. Her
sister ships, the Constellation, Sara
toga, Constitution, Ranger and United
States, are also under contract. They
bring names out Of the old navy with
which to develop for the first new
capital vessels of the postwar fleet "a
traditional background for fresh eX-
ploits.
Length Will Be 874 Feet
With the others of its class, the
Lexington will be a whale of ship.
1t will displace 43,200 tons and will
have the power of 10000 horses, as
measured in mechanical terms Its
length of STA feet is within as feet of
the length of the Leviathan, monster
passenger liner The 101.4 feet of
width of the Lexington will make tina.
floating gun platform broader than
any passenger ship.
The Lexington, which is to be
equipped with electric drive, will at
tain a speed of So knots. This cruis
er's speed, higher than that of many
destroyers, is the object of much OF
the designing that entered into the
creation of the Lexington class Armor
" III NC ociII litCu ~ AldhE DOSSlDIE INC
35-knot specific main belt being
only five inches thick at its maximum
as compared with the Pinch steel belt
of most battlestips. but armament vii:
be of tremendous power. The Lexing.
ton, thus, will have not only the stra-
tegic advantage of high speed, but will
be able to fire heavier charge over
a greater distance than any other bat
tleship for which the plans are known.
Eight 16-inch Guns
The Lexington in action will speak
with voice of 16-inch guns. of which
she will have eight. The navies of
Great Britain, France and Italy con
tain no gun greater than Is inches
and that of Japan includes 16-inch
guns only on battleships of 24-knot
speed, which are now under construc-
ton. Unlike the dreadnaught class's
reliance on big guns exclusively, the
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-07-23

Who was the philosopher that found
ed his system on the axiom-"This
also will pass?"
We don't remember. But it GER.
tainly does begin to look as if that
well-known "art" manifestation long
honorably esteemed under the bar
barous name OF jazz, is at last on the
toboggan. The Philadelphia Municipal
Band has been forbidden to play it at
the city concerts. Speakers at large
conventions of club women damn it.,
not by faint praise, but in good set
terms.
Now, in Musical America, we are
further suffused with satisfaction by
the official announcement, as it were,
of the death march. Listen:
For there is little doubt Jazz is
dying. His funeral will be attended
by those who have made most money
on him. Reputable musicians never
recognized him But those respon-
sible for his birth and his feverish
career will shortly be looking for his
successor in the selling field, if they
haven't already done so. Will the
next be worse than Jazz?
I'm the meantime we bid a cheerful
au revoir to our friend, Mr. jazz. Play
the March Funebre, please-and don't
jazz it"
There's a Reason
In an earlier stage of his pleasant
little Essay, Marcourt Farmer ex
plains why the phenomenon has lasted
as long as it has. Mr.. Farmer is sucn
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-07-23

which sold for $82 a ton. For the
difference. therefore, of SO a cotton
seed meal, containing IL per cent more
protein could have been purchased
This situation illustrates the well.
known fact that it does not pay to buy
cheap feeds as it costs less money ia
the long run to purchase high analysis
materials which, as rule, do not cost
but little more ton. There is no
excuse for paying high prices for low
grade cotton seed meals which coll
tain from 20 to 40 per cent of cotton
seed hulls, thereby paying freight rate
on long hauls for the hulls when high
grade meals can be purchased for a
little more money.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-07-23
Many Words in Small Space

A wonderful example of micro
scopic writing is the work of Can
adian, who succeeded in transcribing
Francois Copee's novel of Henriette,"
containing over $4,000 words, on the
back of an ordinary photograph.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-07-23

The worlds principal jade mine is
in Burma, where the privilege of
mining the stone has been in the
possession of one tribe for many gen
erations.