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Evening star., 1921-04-17
The ''Old Home Trees"

THERE is a tree which because of
the affectionate regard which
old-fashioned folk have for 1t. is
called "the old home tree" It is the
black locust. which is also called, be-
cause Of the color of its wood. the
yellow locust. Nearly as far back as
colonial records go in this part of
the country it would seem that a
man could not set up his home with
out surrounding it with these trees.
The practice continued at least as
late as the civil war, but since then
other trees have become the fashion.
All around the old home in the Po-
mac begion grow these venerable,
trees, generally rough, gnarled and
m-broken and they also mark
the site of many house that long
ago passed from earth.
A few years ago in building a rail.
road NIL across a Virginia creek
near washington the pressure Of the
rock and dirt dumped in to make the
NIL forced up nearby portions Of the
ped OF the creek. exposing the hull
- S--NF NA1&1 AAoSS nave Oeen sunk
there in the early days OF the
American colonies. Her timbers were
not sound, yet they were not wholly
rotted. nor had they fallen apart
Her sides and decking were or locust
plank and the planking was fastened
to her ribs not by nails and bolts but
by pins" of locust wood. or "dowel-
pins" as they are called That was
one of the many uses to which the
Americans Of other times put the TO-
Gust tree.
You must know well the locust.
which is variously called black TO-
Gust, yellow locust and false acacia.
with its thorny branches. its delicate
pinnate leaves and its dense clusters
Of fragrant white blossoms, The
wood is very hard and strong and
has long been used as fence posts.
well lining and in many forms of
turnery.
One of the reasons SO many of our
ancestors chose this tree as their
home tree" Is that bees revel in the
nectar Of its flowers and love it
nearly as dearly as they do the lin
den, or "the bee tree" Another rea-
son was that they believed the To-
Gust tree had the power of protect
ing house from lightning, and an
other reason was that they believed
that its shade was cooler than that
Of any other tree.
Evening star., 1921-04-17
BY JOHN l.. MARTIN.

BI JOEN L. MARTIN.
THE Roosevelt punch is with us
still.
Col. Theodore Roosevelt. as
sistant secretary of the Navy.
has brought it with him into the gov
ernment service and it is running
true to big stick form.
Opportunity has smiled upon the
colonel. In Office just two weeks, the
chance came for him to demonstrate
his ability for running the entire
Navy when Secretary DENLY left for
a. cruise to Cuban waters. He sat in
the head chair, met admirals and
gave orders.
And the impression he has created
is that he is true Roosevelt and
can be depended upon to uphold the
best traditions. of his illustrious fam
lily.
Every American probably has Won
dered if the colonel is "chip of the
old block" He threw considerable
light on the matter when. at the Navy
the night following the Inaugural
tion, he made a patriotic plea for a
big Navy. in which he fitted gestures
to ideas in peppery fashion.
He had not been in Office a week
when he told me enthusiastically of
his plan to get the country in love
with the Navy. This is his hobby.
Come in to see me in a couple of
weeks and l will tell you more about
it," he. said. l called at the time sug-
gested and he was as good as his
word.
The details of this plan I am not
at liberty to divulge. although it may
be stated they are based upon a de-
cision to get the country better ac-
quainted with the Navy.
The only way to get the people to
support the Navy properly is to make
it possible for them to understand
it," he told me. First, they should
know the necessities of the Navy for
purposes of defense. and that it is
either as to materials or supplies. 1t
is easier to acquaint the public with
the material side of the problem. The
personnel side presents difficulties.
The average citizen does not seem
to realize that John Jones can't be
made a good sailor overnight. The
modern ship is one of the most COM
plicated pieces of invention the world
has ever seen. You can't take an un-
trained man, put him on a ship and
expect him to function efficiently"
At this point a messenger inter-
rupted with the statement that Con-
gressman So-and-so wished to speak
with the secretary over the telephone.
The colonel took up the instrument
and put tons of energy into CHEEKY
Hello. Mr.: Congressman Evidently
the connection had not been made.
Then he tried again with a ''Go-od morn
ing. Congressman" Just as his father
might have said "Dee-lighted." The
conversation was crisp and to the point,
and the colonel came back to the inter-
view without having to ask me where
he had left of.
Congress" he said. has been seri-
ously considering reducing the personnel
of the Navy from 10000 to 100000
men. The average citizen might think
this would leave 100000 men in active
service. AS matter Of fact. about 60
Evening star., 1921-04-17

Mr.. Christian was holding down the
job. 1t was necessary to camouf1age a
bit. Some friends of the writer were
going to be received by the President
and he was to meet them in Chris
tian's office. Purposely. he arrived an
hour ahead Of time. nonchalantly stat
ing that he had nothing else to do and
was going to sit down and chat with
my old time friend, Rudolph Forster.
who for many years has been execu-
tive clerk at the White House. Chris
.tian was as kind and cordial as in the
old days, and when the writer had
again assured him that he was seek
Evening star., 1921-04-17

4 CHARACTER Sketch of George Busby
Christian, Jr Secretary to the President.
His Work During the Campaign and His Early
Predictions Callers at the White House.
Other Secretaries to Chief Executives Who
MADE Good prominence of the Position
Evening star., 1921-04-17
/ F I'd only known it. this wasn't
the right day to pull the comedy
stuff on Sadie at the breakfast

stuff on Sadie at the breakfast
table. No. Absolutely not. I'm
derstand. though, she wasn't messy
about it. Not bit. Her before
coffee disposition is one I'd back
against the field And when l begins
maxim sarcastic remarks about the
fancy new dolly set she just shrugs
her shoulders and smiles.
II found it at the church sale yes
terday. says she, "and simply
couldn't resist buying it. Don't YOU
like it. Shortly"
sure" says /. I'm crazy about
1t. Only / don't quite get the idea of
the decorations. Why the blue coal
hod full of speckled apples? Supposed
to be somebody's coat of arms. eh?
How absurd. Shorty" says she.
that's the old-fashioned design.
basket of fruit and flowers. You see,
that little piece of blue linen is ap-
pliqued on for the basket. and the
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latter a democrat. He was also at
one time a member of the school
board at Marion.
When he was nineteen years of
age he Joined the Presbyterian
Church. He is a member of the
blue lodge. council. chapter and
knights Templar Of the Masonic
order. He holds membership cards
in the Marion Club and the Athletic
Club of Columbus. Ohio. In 1897 he
married Miss Stella Farrar of Shelby:
Ohio. They have two sons. one OF
them, Lieut.. Warren w. Christian
Of the United States Army. is now
John F. Christian. is clerk. of the
United states Shipping Board.
1t was the writer's privilege,
cago convention. to sit down and
discuss the probable republican can. an.
not a story for publication. but
sort Of informal discussion as to who
would probably lead the republican
party in the campaign. The quali-
f1cations Of this man and that man
were discussed pro and con-, his
availability and desirability placed
on the scales analysis of his record
Of general fitness and his ability as a
vote getter were discussed at length.
The writer found that George. as
his friends call him, had a compre-
hensive mental index of all the men
who might be candidates, and he
paraded each one with a clearness
that showed that he had given much
study to each prospective candidate.
At the end Of an hour he paused
present a few Of the qualities pos
sessed by the senator" and I am
confident that had George Christian
been permitted to make the state
ment before the republican national
convention that he did to me in the
ballots would have been necessary to
choose the republican standard bear
er. With a forceful and direct man.
ner of speech. he set forth many rea-
sons why the senator from Ohio was
the man to lead the republican party
to success.
While favorite sons were being
groomed. while professional delegate
deliverers were making hay, while
old-time politicians were making
states, while the names Of many were
being sent humming over the press
wires ais probable candidates for the
The labor world., 1921-09-03
Can EDISON TELL WHO
4 WROTE "OLD BLACK JOE"
BY MUNROE REID.

Along the Bowery I walked, Won
dering whether the great Thomas A.
Edison himself could answer three
questions without refreshing his mind
beforehand. Suppose T asked him,
''Who whote ole Black Joe?' Where
was it written? Under what circum-
stances did the old darkey Joe begin
his enviable career?'
The Bowery is inseparable2 from
New York City; we all know odds and
ends of one sort or another about the
Bowery. But how many people,
either passing along the Bowery or
walking up Fifth avenue or Riverside
drive, are acquainted with the fact
that "Ole Black Joe," the wonderful
old darkey song with the pathetic re-
frian, I'm comm, I'm comin'." was
thought out, created and set to music
at No. Is Bowery - lonely, hungry,
poverty-stricken genius named Ste-
phen Collins Foster?
I listened to the laundering ele-
waited overhead; I smiled at the elec-
trio trolleys, the big motor trucks, the
automobiles, and tried to think back
to the Civil war days when homeless.
comfortless Steve Foster roamed the
Bowery and peddled songs for a few
The labor world., 1921-09-03

tude to a tone-g1Ver to other nations.
England is the most Industrial country
concert of nations. Russia, being the
+ industrial products, is compelled to
0the tin and therby depositing the lead
in the food. The modern canning
industries seal the cans without lead.
Industrial lead poisoning is very
prevalent.
Lead is used in some form or other
in more than q hundred different in
dustries, beginning with lead mining
and smelling Of lead ore and ending
with the finished products such as
different paints. wall paper, linotype
metal, cosmetics, calico, etc. etc.
How it Starts.
will mention just few Of the
many sources of Industrial lead poison
ing.
Lead mining is not so dangerous
as the smelling Of it. When the lea
is still in the ore it is in the form Of
sulphide, which is very insoluble. Dur
ing the smelling, fumes are given off
which are rich in lead. When the
flues are not drawn in the hearths the
laborers are bound to inhale some of
the lead. The greatest danger the
smelter runs is the cleaning of the
flues, hence the great danger Of alb
sorption Of some Of it.
Lead, before it is refined, contains
silver, and quite often gold. A high
temperature is required for this pro-
cess Of refining, and workmen at such
furnaces run a great danger Of plumb
ism.
During the period Of five years,
1907-1912, II smelters in South Wales
became victims Of lead poisoning.
OF all different form of lead, white
lead is the most dangerous.
Many In England.
The total number of cases of lead
poisoning in England during the per-
! iod Of 1900-1912 was 1923. OF these
394 died Of the disease. In other
| words, 4.5 Of the cases are fatal.
Plumbism among painters of motor
cars is very marked.
House painters suffer from plumb
ism mostly through inhaling the dust
given off during sand papering or
during the burning off Of the old paint
preparatory to repairing.
During the years 1900-1909 in Eng
land 1878 painters took sick with lead
poisoning. OF that number. $50 died.
Paralysis Of the hands and fingers is
rather common among house painters.
In France 8 per cent of all painters
show paralysis; in Austria, 14.5 per
| cent; in England, 22.7 per cent.
In the limited States n1,,n,hisr, i,
one form or another is found in 16.6
per cent of all painters. One to every
six painters is victim of lead poison
ing.
Diagnosis, prevention and treat
ment of lead poisoning will be pre-
sented in the coming articles.
The labor world., 1921-09-03
dollars. And here was No. Is, whsrs
he spent his last few days before he
died, forlorn. unknown, ct Bellevue
hospital. ~# l..-S =.
A REASON.

Little Ikey. on the sidewalk in front
Of his home, with one foot extende ed,
was strenuously. endeavoring to dc.
fend himself from the. blows Of sew.
eral little ruffians who were rheating
him up" His lusty cries and: :syells
brought his fathers head ito>the win
dow. p, *tsf, CT,
"Come >qussk. 1key, into de house.
Run away from de bad boys queek."
IT can't fader. can't!" >.
"Queek. I, say, into de house." -
II can't; fader. I can't, I,say. ~ got
my foot on q 'nigle!" T.. ~~.*% &
The labor world., 1921-09-03

rich in wealth, rich in culture and II
power and gradually assumes the att
At the present moment imperialistic
and politically plays first fiddle at the
least industrial and greatly In need
dance to England's tune.
Russia Leads.
To the casual observer it would seem
that the sum total Of happiness and
material wellbeing should be greater
in England than in any other country,
England being the most industrial.
This opinion is correct when judged
from a national standpoint. from a
standpoint of national power and
Wealth-but from an individual stand
point the English laborer and miner
is not much happier or healthier than
even the Russian-in fact, in great
number Of instances he is more mis-
cradle.
With the blessings of wealth, which
is the result of industrial development,
comes the curse of labor slavery, bod
lily injuries through industrial acci-
dents, and disease caused by danger
Gus occupations. Society becomes d.
vided into two distinct classes-the
possessing and happy one and the
needy, ,laboring and miserable one.
At the hight of industrial develop
ment the acuteness of Occupational
disease, becomes more pronounced.
With such new industry develop new
diseases, characteristic of that in
dustry.
Not New Disease.
OF all industrial diseases lead pois-
Oning stands out prominently as tho
most typical Of the entire group. also
being the oldest. Lead poisoning is
not new disease. It has existed from
time immemorial. During the per-
iod Of the greatness Of the Roman En-
pire it almost assumed the propor-
tions Of national disease. The famous
Roman architect, Vitruvius, the build
er Of the large aqueducts of Rome,
used lead pipes for the distribution
Of water. He also was the first one
to discover that water going through
lead pipes will invariably cause lead
poisoning, when used for drinking pur-
poses.
1t is interesting to mention that lead
poisoning in England had its origin
with the invasion by the Roman Le-
gions. England's lead mines Gate
thousands Of years back. When
Caesars hordes invaded the island of
the north, which is now know as Eng
land, they utilized it's lead to make
pipes for the conveyance of water.
Even today one may find relics Of
hand-beaten lead pipes in these an
cient Roman camps near Newcastle
upon-Tyne.
Known as Plumbism.
Lead poisoning is sometimes called
plum bism, or lead, collie. The sources
of lead poisoning. are usually indus
trial, but very often they are also acci-
dental. The greatest source of acei-
dental lead poisoning is the lead water
pipe. In places where water is de-
rived from peaty soil it's lead solvent
properties are marked hence the dan
gers of lead poisoning. It is not so
much the amount of lead consumed
at one time that is dangerous as it's
daily absorption Of small quantities,
which is the case with drinking lead
solvent water.
Water standing overnight in lead
pipes has tendency to dissolve some
of the lead; therefore, it is advisable
to turn on the tap for few minutes
every morning before the water is used
for drinking. /,
Food in tin cans is very often a
source of lead poisoning. Pinapple
and salmon have tendency to at
tack the lead present in the solder of
The labor world., 1921-09-03
WHO'S YOUR FRIEND?

A short time ago a London news
paper offered q prize for the best de-
finition OF "A Friend" Among the
many thousand answers which, were
received. the one that was awarded
the first prize was:
'The first person who comes in
when the world goes out"
The second prize was given to the
definition sent in by small boy, who
wrote:
" "A friend Is feller who knows all
about you and likes you just the
same.'
:. The "open shop" is closed to MEM
bers Of labor unions and is an attempt
to crush organized labor.
The labor world., 1921-09-03

STILL GETTING RESULTS.
"You used to trade horses"
I'm tradin' flivvers now," said the
rural wizard.
do you get the same excitement
out Of it?"
"Sure. I swapped flivvers with a
feller only yesterday. When he tried
to run the car traded him you could
a-heard him hellerin' from here to
Squirrel Creek, an that's twenty miles
away"
The labor world., 1921-09-03

Mr.. Lockhart. the labor member
Of the legislature from Duluth, made
a good record at the last session and
will be urged to make the run again
at the next election. He is treasurer
Of the local Lodge Of the Brotherhood
Of Railroad Trainmen, which organ
ization is giving grand ball at the
Shrine Auditorium the evening of
Labor Day,
The labor world., 1921-09-03
LEAD POISON MOS ST@PRE|tA AEEN1
= OF ALL INDUSTRIAL DISEASES
Exists From Beginning Of Use Of Lead Russia Leads In Combat
ting the Effects Of the Dkeas e; Painters Most Subject to It,
Causes Form Of Paralysis " HE Lead May Produce EvQ

Industrial industries
political
attitude other nations
politically the nations Russia being the
dance Englands .
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Bray Productions.

hre seemed to have burned down consider
ably, but there was great column of smoke
arising from the north slope of one of the
hills, down toward where we knew Lake
Labyrinth was
Then one of the guides spied movement in
a bay far down the lake ahead Of US. and all
interest IN the fires ceased abruptly swept
the bay with my glasses, but saw nothing
Though puzzling, this was not surprising. fer
the Indians and halfbreeds of the North have
habit of seeing and naming game at l1n-
bellevable distances. Still searching the shore
line OF the bay, was amazed to hear Ernest
say, Its a red deer" The deer was on the
marsh, not in the bay, and the probability Of
our getting near it was SLIM Nevertheless. we
started, all Of US bent upon getting some foot
age of that deer.
There were many ducks on the lakes and
rivers, and we constantly encountered hens
and their broods. They were mostly black
ducks golden-eyes or whistlers and mergansers.
The one mallard | saw chose this time IN inn
press herself upon our memories, and for nv
part am sure she succeeded The guides took
advantage Of point to screen us, and as we
moved out from behind this, with a good
quarter of a mile of water still separating Ms
from our deer, which was brousng on the
mash close to the shore, that peskv mother
nlallard projected herself into the proceedings.
Getting in front of u.s. she swan in advance
of US and squawked and turned her head and
squawked all the way across that stretch OF
water, like a motorcycle policeman clearing the
way for parade. She doubt believed she
doing great job of leading us awav from
her brood
| don't know what the others tbourht hu4
it was hot, with the suns reflection in the
water redder than tangerine, and it was
still church. 1t was amazingly like an
other Sunday in midsummer many years be-
fore, when a forest fire had filled NV YOUTH
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ONE were asked to name the most gen
eral weakness among bridge players of all
ranks the answer would probably be that
1t was in their defensive game. There are any
number Of players who can go game with
hand that should be good for little SIAM and
there are countless bidders who can run the
contract up to it's full value when they have the
cards.
1t is when the pinch comes to bid just enough
to push the others out of their depth. without
risk of being set mere than two or three hun
dred on your own bid, so as to keep the game
IN, that the average player falls into one of
two errors: either he gets rash and overdoes it.
or he does not go far enough
In the play against the contract there are
very few who can get the last drop Of blood out
IT the hand when it is fighting for its life to
save the game, to save slam or to set
the contract. In playing the defense there are
two weapons at the disposal of the partners.
one IS the conventional method of signaling un
blocking, encouraging discards and SO forth.
The other is the ability to read situations and
10 take advantage of openings that arise dur
ing the play.
IN these articles we have already had a NM
Der OF the better known conventions. such as
~ne ooWn-and-out echo, to show the partner that
Is may safely go on with the suit he is lead
lnR' the plain suit echo at no-trumps to midi;
cale the exact holding. The chief difficulty
with the defense arises when neither nartner
\ has made bid.
Under such circumstances the opening lead
tries 70 snow what can be done with the suit
ana the partner tries to indicate what helm
ne can o1fer. With trump the play Of the
higher OF only two cards, neither as good as the
Jack, when The third hand makes no attem,t
to win the trick. is very useful convention.
as it indicates ability to win the third round.
AT no-trump the play Of the second best, re-
gardless of number or value when the third
hand does not try to win his partner's trick,
ss-%"o HsFtN' Pm e~sa1ica
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the best is the ace of clubs. This forces Y to
lead the king of clubs and then the ten or
seven. Quitting in with the jack, while dis
cards two diamonds. Now makes his two
aces.
If discards diamond, instead of the ace
of clubs, will lead his smallest club and A
Will have to lead the diamonds up to z, who
Will make two tricks in that suit and the ace
Of spades From the way the hand is managed
it locks as if it might just as well have been
a no-trumpef; bat trump suit is often put
in to mislead the sovers
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burning forests

graphs of them. Schaefer was given the sign
to "shoot." He stood up and started to crank
The canoes moved forward without sound
save the soft buzz of the camera, a new Won
der-box from France which, among it's many
other advantages was almost noseless
The soft whirring Of the camera stopped
The canoes kept stealthly on. Then they
rocked violently.
"Hey! Wait a bt Stop!" calculated
Shaefer, in stifed voice.
That was enough for the moose Up went
his head and he turned for the shore looked
at Schaefer His face was purple and he was
yanking the camera open. The film had
jumped the sprocket and TANNED
We tore after the moose, but the camera