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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-08-11
THE ROMANCE OF WORDS
"siNcER RE-"
20. iSal. Western Newspaper UnIon.l

A II FIRST glance the English
"A word sincere" would ap-
pear TO have little connection
with "wax'-but, by reason Of
a custom prevalent among
Roman builders, that is precise
ly where 1t came from.
In ancient Rome workmen fire.
quently took short cuts and
sklmped their labors, II being
common practice for marble
workers to apply a piece of wax
to a Clipped part Of the stone
In order to conceal the defect
made by a too husty or too care
less stroke. When the sun
melted the wax. tho defect in
the statue or column or pedestal
would be at once apparent.
Meanwhile, however, the laborer
had been paid and the purchaser
would find himself with dam
aged article on his hands.
In time. the words "sIne
cera" (without wax) began to
appear In building agreements,
thus stipulating that the work
would be carried out by skilled
workmen and completed without
the use of camouflnge. Gradu-
ally the term book on broader
meaning and was applied to per-
sons who were believed to be
free from defects. who were
genuine and who might be
safely trusted. In English,
therefore, all that is expressed
In the one word sincere"
(Copyright)
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-08-11
Know Little Of Their CITY.

Many Of the lifelong residents of
New York city know little Of the city's
rapidly expanding transportation sys-
TEN, says the New York Sun. They
are acquainted with those minor sec
tons they use daily, but II they have
occasion to travel to unaccustomed
quarters they are as puzzled as the
stranger. II is usually the new conner.
the resident of few months or years,
who even pretends to know the SUBJ
ways or the streets Of any consider
able section of the town.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-08-11
THE GIRL ON THE JOB
How to Succeed-How to Get
Ahead-How to Make Good
By JESSIE ROBERTS
IN THE OFFICE.

rT>HERE is no better way to waste
l. your time than to work In an
Office where there Is friction between
the employees.
The root OF the evil is generally
poor Organization. II you are given
orders by someone whom you do not
recognize as your superior, you are
likely to get huiry You don't carry
out the orders as you should. The
work Of the office suffers.
Every Office should have an under
standing as to the rating OF each en-
ployee. If you give orders there must
be no mistake In your right. IL you
take orders you should understand
that the person giving them has the
authority.
II the office Is small II is easy for
the head to give instructions on this
point. If II Is large II is better to
have chart showing the exact posi-
tlOn of each member of the force.
But there are other sources OF fric-
tion. A habit of fault finding and crlti-
cism Is an excellent medium for frlc-
critlclsiDg your superiors. 1t is a
schoolgirl trick. The entire atmos-
phere OF an office can be poisoned by
Il.
II you are working In an office that
is a hotbed OF this sort OF thing, get
out OF II. You will do better to take
a chance. even to accept u lower sal
AIRY. where the spirit Of the employees
is friendly, and the whole office force
works together. You will do better
work, stand more chance of promotion.
and your character will not suifer.
tCopyright)
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-08-11
FOOD FOR THE FAMILY.

~ I'VE the children carrots; the
" young tender carrot is rich In iron
and other minerals needed In the blood.
Serve them once or twice week In diff
ferent ways so that the family will
not tire of them. Cooked In as little
water as possible and served with
butter In their own sauce. with per
haps dash OF lemon juice and a
grating OF nutmeg, no vegetable is
more wholesome or appetlzing.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-08-11
American Progress.

American progress is absolutely de-
pendent upon electricity, according to
Henry d. Shute, vice president Of the
Westinghouse Electric company, who
declares that at is no .exaggeration to
say that America has now become aS-
solutely dependent upon electricity for
her further progress, and in the future
hardly wheel will turn without cleo
tricity behind It."
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-08-11
strIna eeans and Tomatoes.

TaNe freshly cooked string beans
and put into baking DISH with some
olive oil, chopped onion, parsley, salt
and pepper. Cook slowly. AS the
beans dry out add the strained juice
OF tomatoes.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-08-11
Oranoeade.

Take two cupfuls Of orange juice,
add one and one-half cupfuls OF su-
gar, one cupful of strained cranberry
juice and two quarts OF water. Boil
the sugar and water together five min
utes, then cool and add the strained
juices. Garnlsh each glass with a
slice OF orange hung on the edge OF
the glass.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-08-11
Simple Dessert.

Break crustless bread into a bowl
and pour over II enough canned fruit
juice TO thoroughly soak the bread.
Set away to chill and serve with cream
and sugar. Such dessert is especial
ly good for the little folks.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-08-11
Cheese With Tomatoes.

Take one cupfui of stewed tomatoes,
one-half slice of onion chopped. and
one cupful OF cheese cut in bits cook
until soft and then add teaspoonful
of salt and the same amount of pap
rika. Serve on toast or hot crackers.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-08-11
Pa Gets Funny.

"Pa, what does the expression to 90
up in smoke meanr
1T refers to an aviator making an
ascent In Pittsburgh. my son"
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-08-11
Cookbook

or all the earthly music that reaches
Sarthest into heaven, ts tho beating of, a
truly loving heart-H w. Reecher.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-08-11
Orange Saerbet.

Use a pint of orange juice. a quar-
ter Of cup of lemon Juice, sugar to
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1921-08-11

sweeten and add one pint OF cream.
Freeze and serve with a garnlsh OF
candied peel or orange marmalade.
Lemon Ralsin Pie.
Take n cupful Of large ralsins, add
cupful OF sugar, one large lemon,
part OF the grated rind, tablespoon.
full of -four and cupful of water.
Bake with two crusts.
For a Friday meal serve boiled fish.
lemon sauce. baked potatoes and a
steamed pudding with an egg sauce.
NuG hlA4~s.Q
The New York herald., 1921-09-25

in the degree in which they have utilized
the fine arts There is a conspicuous ex-
ception-the Harvard Glee Club.
"That is a magnificent institution. We
have had il at Vassar, and we have had a
less accomplished organization-one that
sang ragtime and Jazz. When a vote was
taken to determine what sort of con
cert the vassar undergraduate body liked
best II was overwhelmingly in favor OF
the Harvard sort OF entertainment. That
was merely an expression in favor of the
Harvard type.
But excepting perhaps in an apprecia-
tion Of poetry, where men and women meet
on easier ground II is not surprising that
the graduate of a woman's college shows q
keener and truer appraisal Of the good, the
pure the sublime in art, music and the
drama. SO. then, It Is not surprising it
outdoes Yale in the matter of the college
play.
I'VE see the dramatic organization of
the women's college write the play. We see
the same organization act the roles,
coached, instructed, prompted and what
not within itself. Its members create the
costumes, even to dyeing them the prope,
colors they paint the posters for the show
and they handle the business management
for the whole affair
what do we find in the average mans
college? We find q dramatic club pre-.
sided over by Baid coach, who rents cos.
The New York herald., 1921-09-25
Continued from Preceding Page

assistance of every sort. She expects and
receives IL. But that is only because the
relationship between the students and the
faculty was sincere and sound In her un.
dergraduate days. She never forgets.
"That leads me TO this thought touching
upon athletics. IL has been said that the
Harvard spirit flames brightest in the mid
die OF the stadium. The Vassar spirit
burns with an equal intensity anywhere
within the college.
Some of the mems colleges are scarcely
more tha- physical training camps, but
lest you think that Vassar has no athletics
Of strenuous sort--well, there Is Miss
Eleanor Goss. But to return to the point.
We have no grand stand on the athletic
field. We have eliminated the professional
coach. We have eliminated professional
ism all along the line. And, speaking per-
haps In parenthesis, Yale has a paid Y. NJ.
G. a. agent; Vassar conducts her own
Christian Association.
"vassar provides cup every year to the
class that gets out the greatest number of
students in competitive exercises We
don't care whether they win or lose. It's
the number out that counts-and we have
eliminated the professional coach.
"That leads to consideration OF a minor
hut yet very important point wherein the
womens colleges excel the mems That 10
The New York herald., 1921-09-25

to do with our food supply. That is how
close research comes to you in work often
begun in the imagination. BY causing the
gas hydrogen to add itself to the oil
molecules hard fat suitable for food uses
is produced. BY the same method low
grade oils are so improved that they move
up in the scale to take the place in indus
try of those oils which have been made
into fats. In this process we have great
insurance against fat starvation.
The other use of hydrogen in a large way
involves its union with nitrogen Of the air
to form ammonia. From ammonia can be
made those compounds of nitrogen es-
sential in peace to fertilize the soil and in
war to make explosives for defence. In
this highly technical process lies a large
share of national safety and one of the
three essentials in preventing the exhaus
tion of our soils.
In both these nitrogen using reactions
catalyst is employed. A catalyst is
compound usually of a metal, which pro-
notes a reaction without being included
in the final product. II is kind of parson
which performs the marriage ceremony
but is not member of the new family. We
are just beginning to use catalysts, and nc
doubt there are many places where they
could be employed with such lasting bene-
fits as increased production, lower costs,
better product and shorter hours.
Food is another form of energy made
available to the body through chemical
and biological reactions. We used to
value food upon its chemical composition
fat, carbohydrate and protein. We now
know from experimental evidence that
there are other very important factors
such as the vitamines, about which we are
just acquiring knowledge. They have not
been isolated as yet. We. know little of
what happens to them in our processes Of
The New York herald., 1921-09-25
Girls Colleges Compared to Mems

tunes and an orchestra, IL necessary, hires
a theatre, and puts on a piece that some
one else wrote and still persists in call
ing 1t college enterprise"
Concluding, DR.. MacCracken besought
THE New YoRK HERALD to give para
graphs space to an expression OF apprecia-
tion of the support of the woman graduate
for her Alma Mater.
From whence" he asks, would come
our chief support were 1t not for these
noble women? How often does one hear of
a bequest to a womens college? Our money
must come in great measure from our
splendid, loyal alumn@. II is regrettable,
but true that vassar and some other
American women's colleges are better
known In France than they are in New
York city.
This fact Is one that the governing
bodies Of the mems colleges would do well
to ponder over. Six Vassar girls last
commencement declined deanships In other
colleges They were offered because Vas
sar has solved the social problem in Ameri
can college life.
"The mems colleges have not. They have
not controlled the student body. They
have not solved the central problem Of
what they are for. 1t is a bigger problem
than ours, because they are dealing with
q factor less responsive TO environment
and influence We have shown the way.
but that problem still is theirs."
The New York herald., 1921-09-25

1t begins to look as if way had been
found in calcium arsenate dust for con-
trolling him, and in some areas he is
being driven out by starvation, but that
does not increase our cotton crop and at
every period in the worlds history there
have been more bare backs than shirts to
cover them.
The wonderful soya bean and peanut are
being used in place of cotton, and now
comes the Mexican bean beetle to destroy
the legumes. This pest lives on the un-
derside of the leaf, has females for two
thirds it's members, and each female lays
about seventy thousand eggs a season
The problem confronting the scientist is
very real.
The chemist has shown us why the soya
bean is so desirable. 1t is because it's pro-
tein breaks down into the amino acid nee.
essary to promote growth and body repair.
Some day our information will be such
that we can grow only the kinds of food
which will give us exactly what we need
and we will know what we need. We will
also know the areas where such foods
should be grown and how to prevent all
waste in handling or transporting food.
Real dehydration will be a large factor
in this, and with attractive fresh but dry
vegetables and fruit available we will over
come our prejudice against them. Some
foods-cabbage, tomatoes &c.--have as
much as % per cent. water when fresh.
Think what it would mean to transport,
store and merchandise five or ten carloads
where we now handle one hundred!
The future will see greater use of some
of the lower forms of life to do work for
men. Chemists have learned how to utilize
The New York herald., 1921-09-25
Miners Hot Tennis Fans

on a visit to one Of these Fairgrounds re-
Gently arrived in the very midst of a field
meet, of which the tennis match was the
last event. Being practically the only
stranger among the grownups and. there
fore, presumably unprejudiced, I was
pressed into service as a Judge.
Nearly five hundred children had gathered
to try their skill or to applaud the efforts
of the others. Not few mothers with babies
In their arms were gathered in the summer
house of the playground to watch jealousy
the prowess of their boys and girls.
Among the children there a variety
of dress which bespoke the independence Of
each and the democracy of all Ruffied
white prgandie and frizzled hair ran side by
side with drab little percales and stringy.
unkempt heads. Smart black boomers
MILDLY blouses and socks competed with long
skirted ginghams and bare feet. Thus the
girls.
With the boys II was case OF degrees OF
informality. Their costumes included over
alls, much played-in school clothes. bathing
suits and track suits which seemed TO have
been made over at horSa from underclothes
And for the winner in each event a prize
was waiting-tennis balls. caps. silk purses
and hair ribbons.
Visiting other Fairgrounds on other after
Moons when there were no big events IN
progress. ! often found almost as many
children as there had been at the field meet
Swings and trapezes and all the modern
apparatus for making children happy are In
constant use during the summer by the chill
dren In the mining districts.
In Kingston. across the Susouehanna
River from Wilkesbarre. there are play
grounds wedged into a dinghy built up dis
trict. Near Coliiery No Of the Kingston
Coal Company the playground Is almost at
the back door of the childrens honasn.
The New York herald., 1921-09-25

cooking drying, preserving, &c. To be
able to obtain them in concentrated form
at not too great a prices would be a great
boon.
For example, if we knew how to prepare
a concentrated solution of fat soluble vita
mine the chemist could prepare each
morning right in New York milk and
cream for the day from natural products
which have the property of keeping in
storage almost indefinitely. The problem
of transportation. supply and distribution
would be made simple. Questions of sani-
tation, uniformity in quality and exactly
meeting the demand of the day could be
satisfied.
The raw materials would be dried skim
milk which could be produced in any dairy
centre in the world; neutral cocoanut
butter or fat water, the concentrated vita
mines and a trace OF a sugar compound,
tion of the mixture
We have not yet learned the true place
of many important foods in our diet. The
biological chemist has this in hand, and
from his researches will come facts upon
which the economic consumption of food
will be based without Objectionable stand
ardization.
Concurrently, the chemist and biologist
will determine the factors which will guide
us in using the farm animal as converter
for foods the human organism cannot use
into those 1t can. This involves knowing
what foodstuffs can be so used to best adj
vantage what animals are the most eff.
cient converters, and at just what point
in their growth such animals should be
used
Joining with the plant pathologist, the
entomologist and other lists, the chemist
is busy in the continuous campaign against
the lower forms OF life which seek to de
stroy us and the things upon which our
life depends. An alarming proportion Of
many annual crops fail TO reach the con-
sumer because of diseases little understood
and insects extremely difficult to control.
Sweet potatoes apples and tomatoes
show large annual losses, and every time
you buy six cotton shirts you pay for a
seventh which no one gets just because the
boil weevil destroys so large percentage
OF the cotton crop.
The New York herald., 1921-09-25
By HANNAH MITCHELL.

UO ONE on, Tilden!" yelled small
boy opposite the line OF the net
~ The exhortation became popular
and was taken up ny the other small persons.
both boys and girls. The scene was not
Forest Hills or any other place famous for
tennis The spectators for the most part
ranged from the ages of five to fifteen years
The match was to decide the championship
OF the courts OF Collery No. OF the Lehigh
and Wiikesbarre Coal Company. Players and
spectators alike were the children Of miners.
sport writer's might have found many weak
nesscs in the game. no doubt But what they
lacked in skill the players made up i'm sport
manship and effort. And so far as the gal
lery was concerned the set left nothing TO
be desired.
In the anthracite field of Pennsylvania
nearly every mine has its tennis court This
feature OF coal mining appears strangely
incongruous to the visitor. Dirt and coal
dust and smoke smudge the preconceivcd
picture OF coal mining districts to such an
extent that clean, white tennis courts are
1never even dreamed into IT,
7 OF all the games I'm the world, tennis the
white flannel game, the game of sunlight
and green grass, would seem farthest
moved from coal mining But I found that
in the mining country near each collery in
the anthracite region tennis, next to base
ball was the commonest and most popular
game
Why the miners and their children take to
this game, which usually Is associated with
country clubs and city parks was unable TO
find out; II is Just fact.
The tennis courts usually are part Of the
Fairgrounds established by many Of the coal
companies for tie children Of the workmon.
The New York herald., 1921-09-25

TT E. HOWE, now chairman of the
Ii. Division of Research Extension,
National Research Council, Washing
ten, D. c., has been active in applied
science for the last twenty years both
here and in Canada. He has been and
is identified with several scientific
bodies, being member of the COM
mittee on national policy of the Amer
lean Chemical Society, which recently
met in New York. He also represents
the American Institute of Chemical
Engineers on the executive board of
the Federated American Engineering
Societies.
The New York herald., 1921-09-25
Made SIo 900 900 900 Taxable
Through His Researches

Now any politician can appreciate things
which are taxable, and since Faraday's
work established the principles upon which
our electrical development depends, we find
to-day upward of ten billion dollars of
property in the world taxable because
Faraday's researches begat it.
But suppose an order had been issued TO
Faraday to invent method for increasing
the taxable property of the world. 1t is
highly unlikely that under such a condi,
tion the race would have been given the
benefits Of electricity. Or suppose that
after the civil war an order had gone out
for better method for locating bullets
in the human body than probing 1t is
pretty safe to say that to-day we would
have some improved probe rather than
the X-ray, which has been given us as the
fruit of pure science with application in
medicine and surgery as it's most valuable
present use.
What are some of the problems which
our scientists attack to-day, and what bear
ing will the solutions have upon the life Of
the human race?
What are the big problems which are
being broken into such parts as will I'M
crease the likelihood of early success?
In mans attempt to master the forces
of nature and to so change what he finds
in nature as to make it suit his purposes
better he has had to make use OF what we
know as energy.
The one big problem Of to-day is energy
how to make IL available in ever larger
quantity. how to use 1t to best advantage
and where to find new sources of energy.
From the first most energy has been
The New York herald., 1921-09-25
BY II. E. HOWE,

Author of "The New Stone Age" etc.
II HE present widespread public in
terest in science. especially chem
istry and physics, can hardly be
maintained unless Mr.. Average Man can
be brought to think OF fundamental and
applied science in terms of what it means
to him. He wants an easier, more COM
Portable life safeguarded as to health and
property and at what he calls reasonable
cost. He. therefore becomes interested in
science when it seems to afford him things
to eat and wear colors and perfumes, i'm
proved transportation, widely extended,
easy communication! curative drugs, things
to hear and see and feel.
To appreciate what underlies such
achievements is quite another matter, and
so to see in the fundamental research of
to-day the practical application of to-mor-
row is difficult not only for the man not
technically, but for the research worker as
search upon which the progress of our day
rests was for the most part undertaken
without thought as to it's practical utility.
The same is true of much work to-day.
Something more than a hundred years
ago Faraday was experimenting in Eng
land with crude coils of wire and home
made magnets, trying to establish the re-
lation between electricity and magnetism.
One day an English statesman was shown
the phenomenon and asked "Of what use
is it?" Faraday answered: "My Lord,
some day YOU may tax it."
The New York herald., 1921-09-25

Research Workers Improving Everything
From Carbureters to Food and Studying
Problems of the Source of Energy That
May Transform the World-Even
the Source of Life Itself Is Under
Scrutiny That Is Promising
The New York herald., 1921-09-25

!" ONE on, Tilden!" yelled a small
boy opposite the line OF the net.
The exhortation became popular