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Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1921-06-11

Because we are such complex
creatures and our senses are so closely
connected, the surroundings in which
pe take our food have almost as much
Importance as the food itself and
greatly affect the benefit VIC receive
from IT, This then is the first reason
WY the dining room needs careful
thought in its furnishing.
II is Q one-purpose room, and the
ige long association Of ceremony and
dining, influences its fittings and ar
raugement to a great extent. Almost
rithOut exception, the table takes its
place in the center Of the room, with
other furniture grouped around it.
This simplifies tho lighting arrange
ments, which play very important
part in making the room pleasant,
more so than a great many people
seem to realize, else. they would not
think of sitting down to eat meal
With glare of light before their eyes.
Actual physical discomfort from poor
lighting has serious effect on nerves
ard digestion.
The table as the center of attraction
should have the light directed to it,
the rest Of the room softly lighted and
this can be very we'll accomplished
nth center hxture hung 20 loo that
the bare light sources are not visible
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1921-06-11

to the diners. There is a very simple
application of practical psychology in
this arrangement. for it Stimulates the
cheer and comfort of the campfire
around which primitive folks gathered,
with the e1e,, OF drawing the family
and guests closer together.
Candles have always had a place on
the dinner table. and are very appro.
priately used in bracket fixtures on the
walls Whom electric lights replace
the wax tapers. they need shades to
relieve the often unconscious irritation
from unshielded lamps.
CONVENIENT COOKING
Lighting, important as it is. does not
by any means mark the limit of good
offices of electricity in making the
dining room all it should be. Food
prepared on the table has a zest and
favor all its own. and in the electric
chatting dish, grill, toaster. waffle iron
and coffee percolator, the hostess finds
most convenient means for adding 10
the attractiyeness of the meal. These
appliances arc no longer screwed into
lamp sockets, spelling the effect of the
room with their dangling cords, but
are much more conveniently connected
to receptacles on the side Of the table,
and if a serving wagon IL used to save
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1921-06-11
Plan OF Dining Room
Showing Where Outlets
Should be Placed

steps between kitchen and dining
room, its hardness is very much in.
creased by having it arranged witt
connections for the use of these clever
cooking devices.
FRESH AIR ESSENTIAL
It almost goes without saying that
fresh air and perfect cleanliness are
essential in the dining room, and these
conditions are ideally attained by the
electric fan and vacuum cleaner Win
ter and summer, the fan does its part
in making the temperature of the room
even and comfortable 1t may be &
new idea to some to use a fan in the
winter time, but it contributes lust as
much to keeping the room warm if
placed to circulate the warm air from
electric radiator or heater as it cools
the room in summer by circulating the
cool air No raising cloud of dust
and dirt to settle over everything,
when the vacuum cleaner IS used. The
Dashboard receptaclos for these will
be found indispensable.
Into cheer, hospitality comfort and
convenience, electricity transforms It's
magical service, in its devotion TO the
housemother to aid her in satisfying
the hunger Of her family for material
food and aesthetic beauty.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1921-06-11

The regular services will be held at
the Methodist church tomorrow at the
usual hours. If the union church serv-
ice is held in the city park the CON
gregation will join in this service il
the afternoon. If not the usual serv-
ice will be held at the church
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1921-06-11

the piece, Jean Novak, Ben Deeley,
William Ryno, Ben Haggerty, Edwin
Wallock and many others have sp'en-
did parts. Miss Novak of course is
one of the famous stars of Tie film
world, but she gladly divides tie hon
ors i'll this showing with the wonder
full animal who picturizes "kals,n."
The mirror., 1921-02-24
describe the features of these particular

describe the features of these particular
kinds.
The two systems of coagulation referred
to are, of course, by no means the only
ones in use. On the contrary, there are
numerous other coagulating methods in
vogue. Probably the most remarkable of
these is that employed by certain negroes
in Central Africa, who coagulate the latex
by spreading it on their arms, where it is
allowed to remain until dry enough to be
stripped off.
With rubber coming from so many diff
ferent districts and different classes of
trees, and the great variety of ways of
treating the latex in order to secure the
coagulated raw rubber, it is not surpris-
ing that there should be a large number
of different types of rubber, varying
greatly in quality and appearance. So
many are the uses for which rubber is
required, however, that every kind pro-
duced can be turned to some account.-Ex.
The mirror., 1921-02-24
CALCULATING RUBBER

The latex or milky juice obtained from
tapping the rubber tree is not entirely rub
Der, but is largely composed of water,
from which the rubber contained in it has
to be separated
In the case of Wild Para Rubber, which
is collected from the stately Hevea trees
that grow on the banks of the great River
Amazon, the coagulation is carried out by
the very simple method of smoking the
latex.
The native rubber collector kindles
fire made of twigs, branches and palm nut
in hole dug in the ground. Over the
fire he places an earthenware bowl with
an opening at the top through which the
smoke rising is sufficient in volume, the
native dips wooden paddle or mould
into a bucket filled with the latex, and
being in liquid state, it adheres to the
paddle, which is all the time turned round
in the smoke. The effect of this operation
is to leave on the paddle thin film of
smoked raw rubber capable of preserving
its original strength and properties for
many year. This process of drying film
of the latex is repeated again and again
until a large solid ball of wild Para Rub
Der is built up film by film. The rubber
is then cut off the paddle and is in the
condition in which it is sold to the manu-
facturer.
The coagulation of Plantation Para
Rubber is effected by an entirely different
method. After having strained the latex
through sieve to remove the fragments
of bark and dirt, a small quantity of an
acid chemical, such as acetic acid, is mixed
with the latex. The result of this treat
ment is that the rubber particles floating
in the latex becomes massed together,
forming jelly-like substance firm enough
to be handled. The rubber thus obtained
is then passed through several sets of steel
rollers until very fine thin sheets are made.
Those sheets contain a certain amount of
moisture, and they are therefore hung up
to dry in room in which hot air is cir
culating. AS the sheets dry they shrink
and become crinkled. Finally they take
an appearance not unlike piece of white
crepe cloth, from which fact rubber mer-
chants have given to this type of Planta-
tion rubber the name of Fine Pale Crepe.
By slight changes in the method of pre-
paration, Plantation rubber is also pro-
duced for the market in other forms, such
as Unsmoked Sheet, Smoked Sheet, and
Block Rubber, which names, more or less,
The mirror., 1921-02-24
QUEER BLUNDERS MADE BY
FAMOUS AUTHORS

Few writers, even those of the greatest
genius, have been free from lapses at
times and some of their blunders are both
remarkable and ludicrous.
Take Shakespeare, for instance, who in
Julius Cesar" refers to clocks some four
teen centuries before they were invented,
and who makes cannon thunder in "King
John" and introduces pistol in "Henry
""
Shakespeare, who was not a scholar in
the strictest sense, made many mistakes of
this character, which, however, are chief
ly mere anachronisms of the introduction
of persons or events out of their proper
time.
He, for example, speaks of turkeys in
plays the times of which long antedate the
importation of the first turkeys form
America. In "Henry Nv" the carrier COM
plains that "the turkeys in my pannier are
quite starved" although Henry w reigned
hundred years before the discovery of
America. In "Henry v" Cover says to
Fluellen of Pistol, "Here he comes, SWELL
ing like turkey cock"
Worse than these is the anachronism in
Julius Cesar" in which Brutus says to
Cassius, 'count the clock" To which Sas-
sius replies, "The clock hath stricken
three" Striking clocks were unknown in
Caesars time, and for many centuries
afterwards.
An eminent ornithologist has pointed
out that many writers have blundered in
both Shakespeare and Milton made the
mistake of causing the female bird to
sing. Shakespeare in this relation said:
Nightly she sings on you pomegranate
tree" and "The nightingale, if she shall
sing by day, -. while Milton speaks of
the wakeful nightgale, "who all night
long her amorous descant- sung"
Milton in paradise Lost" wrote:
"Thick as leaves in vallombrosa."
GAS matter of fact" comments Palmer,
an authority in such things, "the trees of
Valombrosa, being pines, do not strew the
brooks in autumn with their leaves"
An odd slip was that of Browning in
his use of the word "slughorn," which the
author of "Pippa Passes" evidently took
to be musical instrument. "Dauntless
the slughorn," however, is merely cor
ruption of the Scottish Slogan" battle
cry! But Browning errs in good COM
pany, for Byron, in "Childe Harold's Pill
grimage," committed bad blunder when
he wrote:
"I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of
Sighs,
A palace and prison on each hand"
1t is scarcely necessary to point out that,
as we read the couplet, the implication is
that there were two palaces and two pris-
sons; but Byron meant, of course, that
there was palace on one hand and a
prison on the other.
The mirror., 1921-02-24

Millions of native women in India are
born, live, suffer and die with no medical
care whatever, for the reason that their
caste and customs forbid their being at
tended by a male physician.
The mirror., 1921-02-24

"Twice as much newspaper and maga-
zine material is read at night in the United
States as in the morning." says leading
Madrid journalist, Louis Araquistain,
(which is the exact contrary to what is the
case in Europe"
The mirror., 1921-02-24
RELATA REFERO
INTERESTING READING AND INFORMATION
GATHERED FROM MANY SOURCES

By Scissors
London has 5,716 taxicabs and 1916
omnibuses.
Spain is said to have nearly quarter of
million beggars.
The Hindoos have no word for "friend,"
but use the word "brother" instead.
Diamonds in their natural state are
usually of dull lead color
Absinthe was at first used by the French
only as flavor for other beverages.
"Babe" Ruth, for the actutal time he is
on the baseball field, earns $12s minute.
Delaware has only seven women ply
sicians, six in Wilmington and one in
Seaford.
There is only one telephone for every
800 population in Central and South
America.
In Egypt yellow-brown, the hue of the
dead leaf, is worn as the emblem of
mourning.
In Hungary the women do not vote un-
til they are "a, and then only if they can
read and write.
Of European invention-are coffins made
of waterproof cardboard, the lids being
attached with glue.
A French economist makes the statement
that the war added ten million to the list
of smokers in France.
A Wisconsin man is the inventor of
detachable propelers, operated by cranks,
to replace oars in rowboats.
Thirty million salmon eggs are taken
annually from the Frazer River and tribu-'
taries for hatchery purposes.
A New York cotton exchange member
ship has been sold for $22,sO0, an in
crease of $500 over the last sale.
By Danish process for hardening
wood the ageing effects of years are said
to be accomplished in "a hours.
Nearly $4,000 was paid for single
stamp at a recent Paris sale. The stamp
was two-penny indigo Mauritius, dated
1S47.
Although wild bison is supposed to be
practically extinct, herds of 1000 or more
have been discovered in Far Northern
Canada.
The wedding ring takes its origin from
the bracelet which was regarded among
the ancient Egyptians as the symbol of
marriage:
The estate of former Empress Eugenie
who died recently, is valued at more than
$10,000,000. She had many Jewels of cur
ious design, considered almost priceless.
Geese lay the best egss from the point
of view of nourishment. Then come
ducks and guinea fowl. Hens are fourth
on the list, with turkeys and plovers fol-
lowing.
Cocoanuts are the common form of ex-
change among the natives of Nicobars.
The mirror., 1921-02-24

1.-TWO legs for short distances and four
legs for long ones," is the common method
of transportation in China. Although rail-
roads and steamships are coming into SER
vice, camels and donkey trains are still
frequently used.
The mirror., 1921-02-24

"A newspaper service has established a
new air record. One of its men has flown
from London to Paris and has written
story of the trip while in the air, flying
hundred miles an hour at the time. The
story was 5000 words in length.
The mirror., 1921-02-24

Identification by fnger-prints is gen.
orally supposed to be a modern detective
device, but it appears that it was employed
in Korea 1900 years ago, having been
commonly used in the deeds for the sale
of slaves.
The mirror., 1921-02-24

Cocoanuts are the common form of ex-
change among the natives of Nicobars.
For instance a box of matches is worth
20 cocoanuts, while for needles the price
is one cOcoanut each.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-09

MADISON AV., near SD st-Exception-
ally furnished Groom apartment all
light. to rent for Is months; freproof
building; elevator, telephone; reaso nable
rent. Henry d. Winant. 546 Madison av. ;
Plaza 2492
New-York tribune., 1921-02-09

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW
ork, BY the Grace Of God, Free and
lndependent-Tc Edith Waterman Rich
mond[ William Bullock Waterman and
Harold Pearce Waterman. the heirs ard
next of kin of Paul Waterman late Of the
county OF New York, deceased and John
Hale Mason and Howard Irving Gardner
named as trustees and executors in an ~
strument purporting TO be the Last win
ana testament OF said Paul Waterman
deceased. dGe,ee SEND GREETING:
WHEREAS, stephen Waterman. who re-
SIDES at No. 273 Gano Street, Providence
Surrogates' Court of our County of Neu
York 10 haTe certain Instruments in writ
4tS, respectively dated the ifth day Of
August, 1914, and the 9th day OF Decefn
SonaI property duly proved as the fssr
NiH and Testament of Paul Water,nan
VINO was at the time of his death a resi-
dent OF the County of New York dseeaaaS
THEREFORE,. You ana each OF voI, -
cited 10 snow cause before the Surrogates'
Court OF our County of New York al the
daIl OF Records, in the County of New
York. on the 18th day OF March teof 81
haifpast ten O'Clock In the forenoon ~
that day. why the said will and ,esfkrney3t
ana eodtcit thereto should not be adn,itred
10 probate al a VIII of real and personal
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF We hsv.
caused the seal OF the Surrogatesf C,ourf
Of the said County OF New
New York York to be hereuato affixed
sure WITNESS. Honorable John
sAtes L. Cohalan. Surrogate OF
SeaD our said County of Nepg YORK
AZ said County, the 18th day
OF January, In the year Of our TNora ona
Thousand nine hundred and twenty-ona-
DANIEL j. IoOwDNEY
Clerk of the Surrcgates' Court
DORMAN q DANA, Attorneys for PsYt-
SioneF, 80 Liberty Street. Borough OF
Manhattan. New Yerk City.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-09
Real Estate News
Awo Attractive Residences mt
Rye Pass TO New Owners

y.h rlsh 4 Marvin sold for the estate of
games Sa D. Foot his house ON Hilltop
lace, rye, which is off Highland Road,
oetween the new Westchester- B iltmor
SStonnerg ,St''g Club and the Apawamis Golf
s,I9p. The property comprises brick
sna stueee dwelling of eighteen rooms
and hVe baths, stucco two-car garage.
stable and two acres. 1t was original
~ purchased from Hobart Park by the
iate Mr.. Foot, and this purchase con-
sisted OF twenty-one-acre tract, which
az a. tnat time was farm land Mr.. Foot
divided the. farm into plots of several
acres which resulted in this develop
ment, known as Hilltop Place, which
is one of the residences. The prop
erty was held at $4,000.
- Ihe same brokers sold for Mrs. IT.
7. Davis her property on Post Road at
rye, comprising two acres, frame
house of twelve rooms and three baths,
garage and stable, to Walter w. Law
lr', former State Senator, who is MAX
Ing extensive alterations, and will oc-
eSupy the place as an sll-year- round
hS home The property was held at
New-York tribune., 1921-02-09
SURRoGATEs' NOTICES

TILFoRD: HENRY M-THE PEOPLE OF
THE STATE or NEW YORK, BY THE
PENDENT-To Hunt 7. Dickinson, Frank
V Tilford. Elizabeth T Keferstein. tlid
Dominion Trust Company. as Executor of ths
Chastaln, deceased; w. H. Slaughter as
Executor of the Last VIII and Testament OF
James Bruce Chastain, deceased; William
Cabelt Bruce. as Executor of the Last VIII
and Testament of James Bruce Chastain. de-
ceased George r. Hunt. Executor of the
Last WIN and Testament of James Bruce
Chastain. deceased; Lula II. Edmondson. as
EXecutrix of the Last Win and Testament OF
James Bruce Chastain, deceased; James p.
Taylor. as substituted trustee OF the trust
created for the benefit of Hunt T. Dickinson
under the Fourteenth clause of the Last VIII
and Testament of Catharine Hunt Tiltord.
GREETING:
WHEREAS. Isabelle w. Tuford. who re-
sides al Tuxedo Park, Orange County, New
York, and The Farmers Loan and Trust
Company, domestic corporation having its
principal place of business at No. 20 William
street, in the Borough Of Manhattan City,
County and State OF New York as Executors
Of the Last VIII and Testament of Henry NJ.
Ill1ord, deceased, have presented an account
of the proceedings OF said Henry NJ Tilford,
as trustee for Hunt T. Dickinson under the
last VIII and Testament of Catbarine Rum
Tilford. late Of the County of New YorS de-
ceased, and have also presented and Aiaa a
petition praying that the said socoIms ne
Judcial}y settled aud allowed NOW
THEREFORE,. you and each OF you srA here
by cited TO show cause before our Surrogate
OF Jhe county OF New 1ork at a Surrogate
Court of said County Of New York. to be
held at the Hall of Records. in the Borough
of Manhattan. City, County and State Of
New York. on the 18th day Of February, 1921,
at 1890 O'Clock IN the forenoon OF that day
why said account should not be judicaliy
settled and allowed
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF. we have
caused the seal of the Surrogates'
Court OF the said County of New
York to be hereunto affixed
WITNESS, Hon. John p Cohalan
tSEAL1 one OF the Surrogates OF our
said County of New York at sald
County, the 14th day of Janua ry
in the year of our LORD One
Thousand nine hundred twenty
one.
DANIEL J. DOwDNEY.
49,, Clerk OF the Surrogates' Court
FORSYTH WICKES
Wall Street. New York, ". Y, and
GELLER, ROLSToN g. BLANC,
p Exchange Place, New York. N. Y
Attorneys for Accountants
New-York tribune., 1921-02-09
MANY Business Firms Get
Midtown Section Space

Cross & Brown report leases ag-
gregating $4,000 in the Printing
GRATIS Building, Eighth Avenue, Thir-
tv.third to Thirty-fourth Street, to
Louis ]. Levine, the United Multigraph-
ing Company. J. E. Sitterley, D. Des-
sau. the Wildman Magazine and News
Service, F. n. Ferry, the Kanouse Noun
tain Water Company, the National
pyraform Package Company, George R.
Swart, the Wizard Lightfoot Appliance
Corporation, Higgins & Low, the Mod
s.n Engraving Company, George c. An
drews, John T. McNeely, the Marbleloid
Corapany, A L. Eadie & Co., Bressler
3 Son, H. c. Barnhart, the Technical
Service, Inc; Feeding
|tuffs, Inc; Camille H. Boulin and
|Redler Inc.
Bauer, Milbank & Molloy, Inc leased
space at 1876 Madison Avenue to the
Louis Mayors Company, manufacturer
of petticoats, and the J. Hensel Com
pany, manufacturer of dresses, with
Frederick Fox.
The Erie Railroad, through the
Charles F. Noyes Company, leased ad
ditional space in the Masonic Building
and the nineteenth floor in the Masonic
Hall Building, adjoining, at IS West
Twenty Street.
Spear & Co. leased the tenth floor al
l02 and 104 Fifth Avenue to the May
ers-Hofman Company, Inc; the sixth
foor at / East Twenty Street
70 Ephraim Lift; the store and base
ment at 8 East Twenty-second Street
TO Samuel KronoYet; the eleventh
foor at 33 and 35 West Seventeenth
Street to the Lillian Manufacturing
Company, Inc; the top floor at "a
Fourth Avenue to the Royalty Novelty
House; the sixth floor at 30 West Third
Street to Spirn Brothers; the third
floor at 4l2 Lafayette Street to the Ma
tonal Window Trimming Company;
the fifth floor at 26 to 80 Bleecker
Street to Morris Lapidus; the third
llooF at 81 Bleecker Street to Parness
Eros. & Silyerman, and the fifth floor
4 lo7 and 109 Greene Street to Lillian
Brothers. In the St Denis Office build
Eg, Offices to the lawn Glove Com
pahy, to Samuel Kirsner and to the
american Antique Brass Company.
Frederick Fox & Co., Inc, leased for
shee and showroom purposes the store,
easement and sub-basement at 1913 and
sW Greene Street to Lustig Brothers,
nat manufacturers.
William A. White & Sons leased to
EDWARD Garfield & Bro. and r. A.
Sclch & Co. Offices at 16 and 18 Ex-
caange Place.
Louis Schrag leased the first loft of
,ae building at the southwest corner of
Sentieth Street and Seventh Avenue
2 Magma & Marium; g loft at III
vest Twenty-third Street to Isaac
SSoskowitz, and the third loft at 149
Sest Twenty-third Street to Gustave
aherutzer.
William S. Sussman, Inc, leased
lsors at Wall Street to Francis &
V, William J. Dunn & Co., the Stand
% Coal and Coke Company and M. B.
y. B. English leased to Victor Hansen
Il ae store and basement 587 Third Ave
New-York tribune., 1921-02-09
Mar,del Makes
Offer for Car
Barn Realty
,,,nerasor and Builder Bids
for Park Ave. Block and
Madison Ave. Property of
n. Y. Railways Company

g.rrv Msndel has made an offer to
- the car barn block, bounded by
,s.snrton and Park avenues, Thirty
Lss.5 ana Thirty-third streets, and the
81 hsrns on the west side of Madison
- s,.ssre. me- between Eighty-ffth and
sSh,y-sixth streets, assessed by the
~ ss sS,a72,0o0 for taxation pur-
s,s .es and comprising the two most
frsfsshle realty holdings of the New
Sars Railways Company, now in the
sssds Of receiver.
s' M Nandel few months ago bought
,As farmer site of the Grand Union
as,aj an the east side of Park Avenue
ss.wsen Forty-frst and Forty second
s.-ssts at private sale for $2,900,00o,
ss.sr an unsuccessful attempt to sell
Is nroperty at auction. Since then
i has sold the easterly end of the
Eyand Union Hotel site to the Bow
~ Savings Bank for an uptown branch
far about ST, 400 goo.
The car barn properties were put up
- srction on November last, Joseph
. nay, the 9uctioneer, under the di-
rs.tion of former Judge Francis NJ,
ssoss. who was appointed special master
sr Judge julius NJ. Mayer. The prop
.stiss will be offered again on March 2,
uheu. il no bids are received, the court
viii be asked to affirm the best offer
;or the property.
: M. Msndel admitted yesterday that
10 hsd made an offer for the proper
les. but beyond this would not discuss
lie subject.
The Lexington-Fourt Avenue plot
nnstitutes one of the most valuable
Ttes in the easterly midtown section,
and during the building campaign
slOng Fourth Avenue several years
$50 was eagerly sought by building
sTndicstes. It fronts 1875 feet on each
syenne and 42.5 feet on each street,
containing approximately thirty-four
Iots The city assessed it at S2,075,0 900
Of which s175,000 represented the value
If the cid brick structure. On the
Llock to the north is the list Regiment
Armory. while across Park Avenue are
the Park Avenue and Vanderbilt hotels,
The Eighty-sixth Street car barns, as
the Madison Avenue property is known.
font 2o44 feet on the avenue and 22O
feet ON each street. This the city as
essed at s997 900. which includes $42,-
900 representing the value of the old
building on the site.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-09

WEST END AVE. s24 1o5TH sT.-Beau-
tifully furnished, eight. rooms, corner
apartment; living room, 2ox3o; bedroom,
17x20; lease to September 1st. See su-
perintendent.