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Evening journal., 1921-05-06

born in 1915. learned to drive a mo-
tor car when he was iO4 years old.
The deaths OF a number OF Indians
who lived to an advanced age are re-
corded. Chief -Hah- Gun Ia
was said TO have been 131 years old
another. a Mexican Indian. 1872 years
old. Another Indian lived III years
and Shawnee chief 100 years.
Many and varied are the causes
given by centenarians for their
length OF days Frugal habits and
fresh air" said James Livermore.
who died In 1913 at the age OF 1O1.
Mrs. Hannah S. Dial. who at 100
was still hale and hearty. thought It
was keeping abreast with the
times" Isaac Mather. aged 1O1.
gave early rising frequent exercises
and strict religious life"
Mrs Hester Cordrey. who lived TO
be l13 years old. said II the girls
would do more housework and think
less OF the parlor they would be more
healthy and live longer. Mrs Eliz-
abeth Gorden. who died in 1908 al
the age OF 1O4. gave as. her opinion
early rising and work in the open
air."
Samuel Kiefer's advice was "shur
doctors. He sawed a cord Of wood
on his one hundred and fourth birth
| day.
Mrs. Thomas Harvey never SLEPT
more than four hours Went &c
bed at 10 o'clock. rose at 2. and Mrs
Elizabeth Wonderle rose al and
was asleep by s. Her advice wai
drink plenty Of coffee. some mlll
every meal"
Mrs. Charlotte Riddick, 112. saiC
she prolonged her life by "eatinr
everything she wanted and sleeping
/ plenty" She began TO use snun
and tobacco when she was co.
Mrs. Rcbecca Burns. who lived I,
be 115 years old. attributed her Ions
life to the fact that she ate "onioni
twice "A day" She ate them until
day or two Of her death
Mrs. Reddington. who died at tn,
Evening journal., 1921-05-06
CENTENARIANS
WERENUMEROUS
Divergent Rules Given by
Centenarians For
Longevity
INDIANS THE
LONGEST LIVERS

Although the Biblical three score
years and ten has been generally ac-
cepted as at least a reasonable age
for men TO live. yet there are numer-
Gus we'll authenticated cases Of men
and women having so far outlived
that age that they are enjoying life
even after having passed the century
mark.
The great age that some OF these
old people reach seems almost in
credible. Perhaps the oldest claim
ant to age honors was a Chinese. Dr.
Cho Choy. who asserted that he was
born in 1854. He had practiced
medicine many years in Cuba, and
died in New York in 1913. in what
was computed TO be his ono hundred
and fftieth year.
Here in Philadelphia. in a home"
where she was tenderly cared for
lived Mahala Ayres, a colored woman
born i'm 1893. who attained the age OF
115 years.
In many instances age does not
seem TO have decreased very materi-
ally the vitality or activity Of those
reaching their centennial and they
almost invariably feel keen interest
in the events Of the day. Examples
are numerous thus. The Rev.
Joseph Garrison. who had been a cir
cult rider for many years. only re-
tired from the ministry in 1912
when he was 100 years old.
Carsanius Paigo. OF Joliet Ill
born in 1908. sold newspapers on the
street until within a few weeks Of his
death in 1913.
Daniel McClane. OF California
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sen. WOLCOTT To
" MAKE ADDRESS
Will be Speaker at Com
mencement Exercises at
Georgetown
BIBLE CLASS
. ELECTS OFFICERS
Special to The Evening Journal.

Special to The Evening Journal
GEoRGETowN, May Com
inencement exercises OF the George
town High School will be held in
the Sussex county court room on
Monday night June. 6. United
States Senator Josiah o. Wolcott
will likely deliver the address to the
graduates.
Following is list OF the gradu-
ates and the title Of the essays to be
delivered by them; Charles T.. Gill
The Good Roads Movement in
Delaware; Mary Helen wilkins.
Early Settlements on the Della
ware; Herman NAPLES johnson.
Athletics; Myer Ableman, Glass
History; Gladys r. Hudson.
Birds OF Delaware; Louise Hud-
son, History Of the Delaware Rail-
roads,; Anna Almena johnson.
Delaware Indians"; Bessie NJ.
Warren, Delaware Statesmen"
Nettie Downes. History OF Della
ware Churches; Katherine T. Davis
town." Music will be furnished by
the Georgetown orchestra.
The motto OF the class is: Give
TO the World the Best You Have and
the Best VIII Come Back to You"
The class colors are blue and gold
and the class flower the American
Beauty Rose.
o. Officers OF tho Admit Pfhfo Ci,es
OF First NJ. p Church Sunday school
have been chosen as follows: Pres
dent, Noah King; first vce-presi-
dent. Frank Lekites; second vice.
president, Obey Parker: secretary
and treasurer. Joseph G.. Green.
teacher, Rev. John r. Bailey.
odd Fellows from all parts OF
Delaware will go to Milford tomor.
row night TO witness the initiation
~ a large class Of candidates BY tho
crack team OF Delaware Lodge OF
Wilmington.
Evening journal., 1921-05-06
FREE TO
ASTHMA SUFFERERS
Free Trial Of Method That Anyone
Can Use Without Discomfort
OF Loss of Time

We have a mcthoC for the control Of Asthma.
and we want you Co try IL at our expense. No
matter whether your cnsc a. Of long standing or
recent development, whether 10 a. present as
occasional OF chronic Asthma, you should send
To- free trial Of our method. No matter In what
climate YOU live. no matter what your age on
occupation, n you are troubled with asthma.
our method should relieve you promptly.
We especially want 90 send Il TO those appars
emily hopeless cases. where all forms Of in-
haicrs. douchcs, opium preparations fumes.
patent smokes" etc, have failed. We want
60 show everyone AZ our expense, that our
method Is designed 10 end all difficult
breathing. all wheeling. and all those terrible
parurysms.
This free offer Is too important 20 neglect a
single day. Write now and begin the method
at once. Send no money. Simply mail coupon be
low. DO % Today-you do not even pay postage.
Evening journal., 1921-05-06
DECORATION.

A shallow bowl or clear glass with
artificial water lilies floating on the
surface OF the water. will be a table
decoration which the guests at your
party will admire. You might add
a bit OF greenery around 1t II you
wish.
Evening journal., 1921-05-06
SATIN IN

The use OF satin for blouses by the
best designers denotes that this ma
terial IS again 70 have its inning.
Some OF the newest things IN satin
are high-necked.
Evening journal., 1921-05-06
LONDON HAS PILOTS

Pilots who know London and its
traffic conditions have been retained
by the Automobile Association. to
guide its members from the country
through the city. The service is
free TO members.
Evening journal., 1921-05-06
SCARCE IN GERMANY.

Rubber tires are still so scarce IN
Germany that most motorists have
to bump over the highways on iron
rims. The few who can afford IL
use a thin coating OF rubber on the
rim.
Evening journal., 1921-05-06
DELIVERS COLD MILK.

A glass-lined steel tank Of 900 gal
Ions capacity, or an auto chassis. is
used TO deliver milk at Lockwood. o.
It is giant thermos bottle which
keeps the milk cool in hot weather.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-06-21
DECLARE QUOITS OLD GAME
Many There Are Who Say It is
Descended From the Ancient
Sport of Discus Throwing.

There have been international
matches between quoiters and in the
COS wide publicity was given in the
newspapers TO quot match between
Billy Hodson. the champion of all
England. and Jimmy McLaren, who was
the champion of the United States.
McI.aren was resident Of Newark.
y. j.. and was a Scotchman by birth.
But he represented the Stars and
Stripes. The gentlemen played them
selves to tie and concluded that
neither was the better player.
There are writer's on the game OF
quoits, and advocates of the game who
are not writer's, who insist that this
game is descended from ancient dis
Gus throwing. and the enthusiastic
quoiters who believe that their game
had this classic origin will tell you
that the statue of 1.-The Discus Throw
err" by Myron, copies and pictures of
which you have seen, really repre-
sents a Greek youth playing at quoits
when that game was young and when
It represented strength in hurting
rather than skill in pntting.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-06-21
KNEW USE OF MOSQUITO NETS
Abundant Proof That the Ancients
Used Them to Foil the Attacks
Of the Pests.

According to Col. Sir Patrick Hehir,
a physician, who has travelled about
India, lecturing to the people about
malaria, mosquito nets are by no
means modern invention. He quotes
Herodotus, who, writing of the Egypt
ians who dwelt on the banks of lakes,
rivers and marshes, says:
Every man has net with which
in the day he takes fish and ut night
uses in the following manner: In what
ever bed he sleeps he throws the net
around it, and then, getting in, sleeps
under it. If he should wrap himself
up in his clothes or in linen the
mosquitoes would bite through them,
but they never bite through the net"
The Romans called the mosquito net
a conopeum. 1t is spoken Of by Varro.
Horace, Juvenal, Propertius and Paul
us Silentarius. Horace and Propertlus
referred to ii in a way that implies
they thought it unmanly for hardy
Roman soldier to indulge in such pro-
lection.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-06-21
POISON IN RHUBARB LEAVES
Their Use as "Greens," Which Is Some
times Recommended, Is Fraught
With Grave Danger.

DO not eat the leaves of the rhubarb
plant! From time to time one reads
or hears advice to economic and also
to freshen and purify the blood by eat
ing green vegetables. That Is all right
with certain important limitations. and
one of these limitations concerns the
leaves of the rhubarb plant. Green
vegetables have very valuable place
in the food schedule, and boiled
greens" such as cabbage, kale, turnip
tops and beet tops are wholesome. The
eating of turnip tops and beet tops has
led to the assumption that rhubarb
tops are good.
That is not the fact. There is dam
ger sign on them. Men have been poi
soned by eating them. They contain
.oxalic acid and death turks in that
acid.
A fatal case of poisoning by ruhbarb
leaves was reported some time ago in
the New York Medical Journal.
The red and rosy stalk of the rhu-
barb has been proTed by generations
of cooks and generations of men and
women at table to be a wholesome and
palatable food. 1t is good as sauce and
as filing for pie. But the green foli-
age of the plant should not be used as
greens"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-06-21
Bird and Boat Collide.

flying albatross collided with n
vessel in Australian waters with such
force that the trigger locking the
forward rudder was lifted, and the
rudder released. The vessel was travel
ing ut speed of ten knots an hour at
the time, and as result of the sudden
release of the locking gear, the rudder
took charge and caused the steamer 10
sheer off her course. The engines were
quickly stopped and the whistle blown
for assistance. After a delay of about
five minutes, however, the rudder was
secured again. On subsequent trip
the rudder was found to be damaged
and the steamer was withdrawn and
sent for repairs. The albatross, a
line specimen, was measured by one of
The deck hands and found TO cover
ten feet from tip to tip of the wings
The skipper ut first mistook the bird
for sheet of newspaper swept off the
deco by siaall. The bird only missed
the glass-inclosed wheelhouse by
compile OF feet.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-06-21
DIR. BIRD. OF ANNE ARUNDEL

The Baltimore Methodist SAYS
of the late Rev. DR.. William f.
Bird. n native of Anne Arundel
county, who spent nearly 81
years in the Baltimore. Confer
ence:
DIR. Bird was one of the most
lovable men. witty. bubbling
over with enthusiasm. brotherlv.
IN earnest student and a faithful
preacher of the Word. All enter
tanned the highest respect FOR his
Christian character Deeply Spir-
itual. his pastoral work among the
members and friends of his
charges. particularly among the
afflicted, was greatly appreciated.
During the last several years of
his life he was a constant sufferer
from a grievous malady but was
always cheerful and exhibited a
remarkable degree OF patience.
Lovely friend of US all, he sleeps
we'll"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-06-21
ST. EIn,o,s Fire. a sign at Sea.

ST limos fire is the popular name
Of IN appearance sometimes seen,
especially in southern climates, during
,ha9Gsr storms. of brush or star of
light at the tops OF masts, spires OF
e.l..'r pointed objects. 1t is sometimes
accompanied by a kissing noise and is
81 tie same nature as the light caused
hy electricity streaming off from points
co..necfed with an electrical machine
TIE phenomenon, as seen at sea, was
woYtD by the Greeks into the myth of
Castor and Pollux. Even yet such
lights at the masthead are considered
by sailors sign that they have moth
ing tn fear from the storm. The name
comes from st. Elmo, ST. Peter
Gonzales, 1190-1246, a Spanish Do
minicaa. who is envoked by sailors on
the Mediterranean during storms.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-06-21
E. O. LEAGUE
ROOFING
shouting, Sheet Metal and Slate Work
STOVES AND FURNACES INSTALLED
AND REPAIRED
i.
PRONE S3I-w
AN ORDINANCE

To amend the Revised Code OF the City
of Annapolis by adding thereto two addi-
tional sections to Article NLiit. title Wa
ter and Gas Companies. 20 follow Section
J. and To be known and numbered Sec
ton Ia and Section IL.
Section l, BE it established and ordained
by the Mayor Counselor and Aldermen OF
the City of Annapolis that the Revised
Code OF the City of Annapolis be and the
same is hereby amended by adding two
additional sections to Article NLlIi, title
Water and Gas Companies. TO follow See
ton /. and 10 be known aud numbered as
Section IA and Section LIB, .and To read
as follows:
Section IA. All applications for water
supply service or renewals of service shall
he made AT the Office OF the Annapolis Wa
ter Company in the City of Annapolis on
blank provided by the company for that
purpose The owner or owners OF the
premises proposed 10 be connected for wa
ter supply service. or his. her or their
agents duly authorized In writing. must
sign the application.
The applicant shall state fully and
truly all purposes for which the water Is
required Upon the signing Of the appli-
cation the company VIII extend without
expense To the applicant. IL sseryiee 10
the curb for water. provided that the ap'
plicant at hrs. her or their expense pays
for the digging OF the trench satisfactory
10 the Superintendent of the Annapolis
Water Company and also pay for re-iilling
Of said trench, and IL the property be
locator on paAcn StFe't tht "bliii'hi ~
shall pay the cost Of re paving the trench
All work ana material TO comply with the
rules ana regulations of the city The
material furnished by the Annapolis Wa
ter Company in extending its service to
the curb to always remain the property Of
said company.
Section liz. Any person or persons Of
Tending the provisions Of Section IA shall
forfeit and pay for every such onense the
sum of twenty dollars. to he recovered as
other fines and penalties now are.
Section >. And be it further established
and ordained by the authority aforesaid
that this ordinance shall take effect from
the 1st day of July. 1921.
Approved June 18th, 1921.
JOHN j. LEVY.
Attest: Mayor.
EMMA ABBOTT GAGE.
City Clerk.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-06-21
NO RELIEF EVEN IN DEATH
Profiteering Claimed to Have Spread to
the Undertaken and the Gene
terry Manager.

Exploitation even at the side OF the
grave. Birth has long been regarded
as costly occasion. sometimes the oc-
casion of profiteerTfg. Diseases during
infancy afford further opportunities for
taking advantage of peoples igno-
rance. Child labor and other ills seize
upon the youth almost before he enters
adolescence, and fraudulent schemes
of education may carry him into ma
turity. Adult life, OF course, is long
stretch of abuses. Our food. our shell
ter, our clothes. our leisuge--some-
where we are almost certain to pay the
penalty of living; many Of us even re-
gard ourselves as underpaid. II we
attempt to fly from these demands of
exorbitancy the loan shark grins out
side the door. Old age creeps upon us
with leering malevolence. From the
cradle onward we are harried. And
now comes death TO add its finishing
touch OF trickery, writes Winthrop ID.
Lane in the Literary Review of Quincy
L. Dowd's .Funeral Management and
Costs" st. Paul's question has been
answered. The sting of death lies in
it's cost; the victory of the grave be-
longs to the undertaken and the Gene
terry manager. "we bargain for the
graves we lie in.'
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-06-21
ALONE FOR EIGHTEEN YEARS
Indian Woman, Abandoned en- Desert
Island, Finally Found BY Party
of Otter Hunters.

On San Nicholas island, which Is un-
inhabited. party of sea-otter hunters.
landing 10 chance their luck. found.
to their amazeInent, the imprint Of
human feet on the sandy shore--im-
prints freshly made. They. scattered
In search But. the wind shifting aud
commencing TO blow hard, they had to
regain their vessel before the maker
of the marks could he found. 1t was
undeniable. however. a human being
lived on this bleak. wlDd-blown island
OF sand and tall brushwood.f
On returning To the mainland they
reported the strange discovery, but
nothing was done until Roman Cath
Ollie priest was so moved by the news
that lie persuaded the captain OF a
small schooner to sail with him for
San Nicolas. After two days search
ing he discovered this lonely Crusoe
the first of a new kind. For he
found inside low hut of driftwo0d a
woman more like a beast than per-
son.
She was clad I'm otter skins. and the
feathered skins of the sea-f0wl, ana
her companion was an otter. which
she had caught very young and
tanned.
: The priest with difficulty got her
story, for she had almost forgotten
how TO speak. Many years previous
ly the small tribe of Indians to which
she belonged - inhabitants of San
Nicolas from time past-had been
shifted by the government to the
mainland. As they were Being taken
on board. her baby had fallen into the
sea, aud she had leaped after him, and
in the dusk had been given up as
drowned. She reached the shore.
however, TO find the child was dead.
In utter loneliness she had lived there
for is years.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-06-21
UNCLAIMED INTEREST

According To a government cir
cular there is now in the vaults
OF the United States Treasury a
total Of $50, 1855 interest," money
due TO holders of Liberty Bonds
that has not vet been claimed.
Bondholders are requested to
cut their coupons and collect their
money 1t does no good TO any
body while it lies in the treasury.
The government cannot lawfully
use it and the individuals Tor
whom it is waiting are getting no
interest on it. II they do rot wish
to spend it, they can re-invest it
in thrift stamps. war-sauings
stamps or treasury certificates,
which are issued in denominations
all the way from % cents to
81 900. These bear per cent. in
terest and can be bought at any
postoffice or bank. Their exten-
sive purchase will help the gov
ernment.
1t is probable that most of
those who have neglected to cash
their coupons are small investors
who perhaps do not understand
how to get their interest or think
the amount too small TO claim.
Most of these investors would do
well either To leave their bonds in
custody of some bank which will
attend to casling and crediting
them with the coupons or to have
the bonds registered. when the
government viii send them a
check for the interest as it Walls
due.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-06-21
Old AarIeulsuraI implement.

The hoe is probably one of the old
est Of agricultural implements. When
primitive man found a well-formed
limb of n tree with sharp crook he
had a hoe for the cutting. and il was
with such hoes as these that the In
dams planted. their large fields of
corn. and prepared the soil for the
planting. There probably was not
much "hilling-up" done and less weed
cutting. There was little. for effort
was made to keep the weeds down
until the corn was high enough TO
shade the ground Hoeing was soon
finished. and the crop was left TO it.
self until the ears were filling. when
the children were sent out TO the fields
To scare the birds away. Farmers to-
day know what damage flock of
hlackhirds will do in n cornfield. and
what must have been the strength of
She tlocks when nearly the whole con-
iinent was a wilderness?
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-06-21

An investigation of millionaires by
a New York newspaper correspondent
includes the following as among the
richest Americans: John d. Rookie
Teller, George F. Baker. Henry Ford.
Mrs. Z. H. Hartman. the Wideners,
George Eastman, J. b. Duke. Pierre
s. Dupont, Julius Rosenwald. Vincent
Aston, Edward H. II. Green. J. Ogden
Armour, the Vanderbilts. Thomas For
tune Ryan, Daniel Guggenheim. the
HARNESSES. Louis F. Swift, Charles NJ.
Schwab, Cyrus III. Mccormick. J. r.
Morgan. the Bradys. L. L. Stotesbury.
the Pratts. the Dodge estate, Andrew
W. Mellon.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-06-21
Americans Killed With Escadrille.

There were twelve young Americans
who gave up their lives for France
while flying with the Lafayette esca-
drille or squadron. TO perpetuate
their names and memory a memorial
tablet was modelled by French artist
ut Sevres, France, in 1919, and exc
cuted under the direction of Sidney
i. Veit. secretary of the foreign SER
vice committee OF the Aero Club of
America. The Lafayette squadron
won imperishable fame by its success
in aerial comhats with enemy planes,
of which no fewer than 100 were
brought down by this organization
alone. The names on the tablet:
Norman Barclay. Julian Biddle. An
drew Courtney Campbell, Jr., Oliver
Chadwick. Victor Chapman, Edmond
Genet Ronald Hoskier Douglas Nc
Monigal, James Mcconnell, Norman
Prince, Kiffin Rockwell.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-06-21
EACH MONTH HAS ITS JEWEL
Almost Universal Belief In Marvellous
Properties Attached 70 the Va
rious Precious Stones.

The ancients attributed marvellous
properties to many OF the precious
stones. There Is a significance attached
10 the various stones In making BIRTH
day, engagement and wedding pres
enfs. The different months and the
stones sacred TO them. with their re
spectiye meanings. follow:
January, garnet: constancy and
fidelity In every engagement.
February. amethyst; preventive
against violent passions.
March, bloodstone courage. wisdom
and firmness in affection.
April, sapphire; free from enchant-
ment. denotes repentance.
May. emerald; discovers false
friends and insures true love.
June. agate; insures long life, health
and prosperity.
July, ruby; discovers poison, cor
reefs evils resulting from mistaken
friendship.
August, sardonyx; insnes conjugal
felicity.
September, chrysolite; free from
evil passions and sadness of the mind.
October. opal; denotes hope, sharp
ems the sight and faith of the posses
sor.
November. topaz; fidelity and friend
ship. prevents bad dreams.
December. turquoise; prosperity in
love.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-06-21
Down In Mississin,.

Irwin S. Cobb, the humorous lectur-
er. on a recent southern tour stopped
for dinner at a tiny railway restaurant
In Mississippi village.
We'll, uncle, what's the bill-of-
fareiv he asked the aged colored man
who came from the kitchen to look
after him.
DE bill-o'fare." said the old man,
"am ham, eggs. cohn bread and cof-
fee"
Then I'll have ham, eggs, corn
bread and coffee, uncle" said Mr..
Cobb.
The old waiter bowed and shuffled
out. But moment later, he put his
head through the doorway again.
Boss he said, 'how We gwine
have dem eggs-blind or lookin' at
ye!"-Detroit Free Press.