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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-07-26
MUST PROPOSE AMID NOISE
Curious Marriage Custom That Still
Prevails In Some Of the Nor
weaian Districts.

Along the fjords OF Norway the old
customs are fast dying out, just as
they seem swiftly to be passing In
every other country of modern Europe.
But In some OF the ford sections one
may still witness a. few Of the old
customs In all their ancient Charm. and
sometimes their oldtime whimsicality
and love Of rough play--f6r instance.
In what happens when young man
proposes and dgring tlie wedding eere-
mony. ~ FsEfa SAs -
In the district known as Sogn 1t has
been the custom for generations for
the boys of the countryside TO keep
such close watch on their brothers
that they know just when onetis going
to ask his sweetheart's parents for
her hand. Hardly has the young man
entered the house than from every side
comes the roar of small cannon and
the rattle. OF RIDES fired in fhen mir.
and the ringiAessSf sheiIs aid blowing
Of horns.
The day OF the wedding, however,
the backgrounds. old friends flock. TO
his side and pfayfuliy Ihdeavor to
keep his courage high 'rfiat feftfier'
he nor the bride escapes without due
share of teasing is clear In the fact
that sometimes as many-as 200 guests
are nj the wedding, and that the fes-
tivities may last an entire week.
The day when the nuptials are to he
n n n. a
their parents and other relatives end
the guests form I'm line. Headed by
the fiddler they march TO the doors OF
the church. II has happened that two
or even three wedding parties meet
either on the way or at the church.
Then there is )notable competition
between the fiddlers. Each tries to
outdo the other.-Temple Manning
In the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-07-26
NO CHANGE IN GULF STREAM
Government Experts Correct an I'M
preston Which Has Become More
or Less General.

It Is hard to be steady, consistent
and answering in spite of contrary
forces, and still TO gain the reputation
OF an erratic wanderer. Yet this Is
just what has happened to the gulf
stream. Indeed, its character was
getting so maligned that the United
States government itself found II nee
essary to vindlcate this current OF
the ocean. Much has been said OF
late years I'm regard to the changing
route of the stream. The government
experts declare there Is no change In
the course, nor has there been for
many years No other physical feature
of the ocean is subject to more per-
sIstent mislnterpretation than Is the
Gulf stream. 1t Is a pet theory OF
many that the tenlRerature of Europe
lis greatly affected ny IL. but this effect
is not as extensive as is commonly
thought. Practically starting at the
Florida straits, where its volume Is
made up by the union of currents. It
ceases to be a true current by the
time not long after it reaches the
Grand banks, where it becomes sur
face drift. governed by the winds
Christian Science Monitor.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-07-26
Romans Disspproved Of Dancing.

OF all the anusements that we In
dulge in nowadays. perhaps dancing
is the Oldest. Dancing seems to be one
of mans primitive instincts. The
Greeks were, perhaps, the greatest
dancers there have ever been. Some
of them held that the destiny of ma
lions depended on the rigorous atten-
ton given TO dancing. The Spartans
made dancing necessary as a gym
nastic exercise but the Romans dis
approved of 1t. mo one dances sober
unless he chances to be mad" said one
OF them. And they all considered it
was disgraceful for a free citizen TO
Dance unless it were at religious
festival. The early Christians prac-
ticed choral dances, although st. Au-
gustine is said to have objected. He
certainly said ut is better to dig
than dance"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-07-26
VICTOR HUGO IN OLD AGE
In His "Reminiscences Saint-Saens
Tells Of Colossal intellect Affected
by the Years.

Saint-Saens, the great composer,
in his Musical Memories" has some
interesting "reminiscences of Victor
Hugo, who was an old man when ne
knew him, but who seemed rather
ike an ageless and immortal being
whom time could never touch"
"rime, alas goes on, and that hne
intellect which had ever been uncloud-
ed began to give signs of alteration.
One day he s:sld TO an Italian delega-
ton. The French are Italians; the ltai-
ians are French. Fnench and Italians
ought to go to Africa together and
found the United States of Europe
"victor Hugo's. credulity was as
tonishing in a man Of such colossal
genius. Hearing that the remains OF
Voltaire and Rousseau had been ex-
huned and .deseerated, lie wrote a
wonderful account of It. When the
collins were opened, thelgtwo gDeat
men were peacefully sleeping their
last sleep. = LII - 81 1877 3
HE believed in the most incredible
things, as the Man in the Iron Mask,
the twin brother of Louis XIV; in the
octopus that has no mouth and feeds
itself through its arms, and in the
reality of the Japanese sirens which
the Japanese were said 10 make out
of an ape and fish. He had some
excuse for the sirens, as the Acade-
ME des Sciences believed in them for
short time. Chicago American.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-07-26
WYcLIFFE's WORK ON BIBLE
Historians Uncertain as 70 What
Part He Actually Took In Trans
Iatiou into English.

John Wyellffe (l335-13S4), who has
been called the Morning Star OF the
Reformation" translated--0r caused
to be translated--the Bible from the
vulgate est. Jerome's Latin yersion)
into English, with tie assistance Of
Nicholas of Hereford and John Pur-
vey. Wycllffe and his disciples la
bored at the translation for some ten
or fifteen years. Scholars are rot
agreed as 10 exactly what part Wy
cliffe himself took in the literary
work.
1T IL a known fact" says the En-
cyclopaedia Britannica, that wycliffe
proclaimed the Bible as mans SUI
preme spiritual authority. and that he
sought In consequence by every means
In his power TO spread tile knowledge
OF 1t among the people. II is, there
fore. in all likelihood due TO the zeal OF
Wycliffe aud his followers that we
owe the two noble Fourteenth century
translations OF the Bible which tradi-
~tion has always associated with his
name, and which are the earliest com-
pIete renderings that we possess OF
the Holy Scriptures into English. The
first of these, the sO-calied early YER
sion, was probably completed about
1882. yat all events before 1884. the
year of Wycliffe's death. The second,
or later version, being thorough re-
vision Of the first, is ascribed 10 the
year 1888 by Sir Frederic Madden
and Rev. Joshua Forshall In their
edition of these two versions.-Detroit
News.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-07-26
Children Hold. Future Of Music:

The future of music as an instru-
ment of culture lies with the children
OF the, people. :, Nowhere but in the
elementary schools can, they be
reached. Colleges of music are neces-
sary to train the professional, but the
education committees of the great
towns have the largely neglected op-
portunity of making the rising gener-
alton music-loving public. The in
nate faculty of appreciation is there,
and is commonly diffused among
scholars of the most essentially indus
trial areas. 1t only needs direction
and cultivation, for one of the great
est pleasures To be added 10 the amen
tiles of town life, pleasures at present
so lamentably few. The main idea is
to teach the children how to ap-
preeiate and enjoy good music, how to
become intelligent listeners, rather
than TO become performers them
selves.-Exchange
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-07-26
Arabia.

Arabia is peninsula in the south
west of the Asiatic continent, forming
the connecting link between Asia and
Africa. lying between the Persian gulf
and the Gulf of Oman on the east and
the Red sea on the west, the two con-
tinents being united at the Isth1Dus of
Suez- Arabia Is divided into many
kingdoms and principalitieS, each Of
which has its own capital, as follows !:
The kingdom Of Hejaz, with Mecca
as its capital: the emirate of Nejh
and Hasa, with Riyadh as capital !;
the principality of Koweit. with .Ko-
welt as capital; the sultanate of
Oman. with Museat as capital; the
emirate of label Shammer, with Hail
as capital; the emirate of Asir. With
Eborah .as capital. and the imarnafe
of Yemen, with Saria as capital.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-07-26
Ant Families.

One of the most peculiar examples
of nature protection found in the
world is that afforded by the sugar
Sant OF Australia. The sugar ant is
one of the smaller of the field ants of
that country. The meat ant. on the
either hand, is a very pugnacious crea-
ture, so that there are few enemies
OF Its Size which dare approach Its
nest. The sugar ant realizes this, SO
it seeks protection for its own home
by building II at the base of the mound
of the meat ant Then it covers the
nest entrance with leaves, so that they
are hidden from sight. The meat ant
works only during the day; as soon as
the sun sets, ii goes into its nest and
Is not easily disturbed, while darkness
prevails. On the bther hand. the sugar
ant comes out at night and feeds upon
the honey of flowers or the sap or
small plants. In this way tile two
species of ant do not come in contact
with each other, and the meat ant pro-
vides plenty of protection for the sugar
ant, while the latter is haying its day
time sleep. All of which reminds one
of the popular old farce of BOX ana
Christian Science Monitor.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-07-26

Congress has before it a COM
promise to meet the requirements
of change in membership OF the
House following the last census.
Instead of providing body of
1888 members. as was suggested
TO avoid reducing the delegation
of any state. a committee has rec
commended House OF 400 instead
of the present 435.
This smaller number is still
much larger than the 800 adve-
Gated by those who realize that
the size of the present body is UNI
wieldly and ought to be reduced
in the interest of prompt handling
of the public business. Its easy
10 syInpathize with those favor
ing a smaller assembly. ANY per
son familiar with the time wasted
in large deliberative bodies can
appreciate that congress needs
reduction rather than expansion
in size.
So long as the units OF repre-
sentation are uniform, it makes
little difference what the unit Is.
All that the lower house at Wash
,ington needs to be is representa-
tive and responsive. Once that
it could be reduced in size with all
the advantage in favor of expedi-
tious transaction of the public
business. 8
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-07-26
CAKE SUFFICIENT FOR ARMY
Monster confection That William OF
Prussia Set Before Thirty Thousand
Fighting Men.

When William Tofsprussia gave his
army a regale in 1890 he let them feast
on vegetables and roast beef, and then
wash it down with lots of beer and ale,
according to William 5. Walsh, who
has taste for compiling curious in
formation. When the thirty thousand
guests had almost finished their meat
they saw their dessert coming on a
dray drawn by eight horses. The dray
bore gigantic cake--saId TO have been
the largest cake ever baked. Ii was
twenty-four feet square and foot and
a half thick.
Mixed in the cake were products
which would have fed a small village.
More than thirty-slx bushels Of -four
were mixed in IL; 20u gallons of mix
had been used; one ton of butter pad
made ii rich, aud one ton of yeast had
made 1t rise; 5000 eggs had been pa
tiently broken and beaten into the bat
ter. The result, baked under extreme
difficulties, was the big cake, contain
ing over $50 cubic feet of the goody.
But the thirty thousand guests had
filed themselves on roast beer anu
vegetables and it was impossible Tor
them to eat all the cake, although IL
would have been possible for them to
do so had they all been hungry. obvi-
ously. so much cake could not be al
lowed to 90 to waste. So the remain-
der Of it was cut up and distributed In
nearby villages to the various needy
families, who made short work OF II.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-07-26

The following statements as to the
relative value of the Bible and the
Sunday paper. were made By Kan
sas city clergyman: The great APP
peal in all good newspapers is In
their style of makeup. Their stories
are brief and well told. But no liter
allure can be compared with the Bible
There are no stories so well or brief
~ told as those In the Bible. The
Bible tells the true facts. 1t is Inn
partial. And il will be used as an
example OF true literature as long as
we have. a civilization. while some
newspapers are inclined 70 color
their news and try TO mold public
sentiment into their way Of think
Ing.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-07-26

Prof. William Lyon Phelps, of Yale.
wefl-known critic, considers "The
Kentons" one of the finest of the
novels written by w. d. Howells.
This is a gratifying verdict. for it is
true. as he says. that this book was
never so widely read as it should be.
1t is one of the most vivid portrayals
of American family life ever given by
an American writer. and a small
town story at that. Written with in
sight and showing a kindly philos-
ophy and a mellow humor, it is pic
ture so realistic. so representative, so
thoroughly American, that it leaves
an unforgettable impress. II is COM
mcnded to readers who cherish the
delusion that the small town was first
introduced into fiction in Main
Street. indianapolis Star
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-07-26
A. w. PHILLII
Contractor and Build
JOB WORK
PHONE 0lS.M
101 CHARLES ST.
AN ORDINANCE

To amend the Revised Code O
Of Annapolis by adding thereto q
tional sections 20 Article XLlll, q
ter and Gas Companies. 70 fQIlas
|, and 10 be known aud nlm@f
tion Ia and Section l-B.
Section ]. BE il established ahf !
by the Mayor. Counselor aud Allsi
the City Of Annapolis that il'
Code of the City 81 Annapolis p
same is hereby amended bt M4'
additional sections 10 Article NJ
Water and Gas Companies 20 isi'
ton /. and 10 be known ana lls'.
Section Ia and Section l.B, ala
as follows: a..
Section IA. All applications =
supply service or renewals ~ sd'I
be made at the office Of the AMI i
ter Company In the 'ity 81 Aa..s
blank provided by the eolnla4l /
purpose. The owner or oHAfl .
premises proposed % be come ~
ter supply service, or MS l5
agents duly authorized 10 VIE
sign the application. -
The applicant shall sia'e ~
truly all purposes for wllfh lt :
required. Upon the signing o.
cation the company VIII eileal
expense 10 the applicant, y
the curb for water. proyldea ~
pIicant al his, her or Their 49,
for the digging Of the trench ~ n
IN tbe SUPERINTENDENT 81 ~
Water Company 9nd also pa5 y.
of said trench. and II me VI
located on a paved street ils =, 9.
shaIl nav tile cost of re-panbE !.
All work and material 10 COMP! n
rules and regulations 81 lhs
material furnished by me Jun -
ter Company IN extending ~ IL,
the curb to always remain lbs ~
said company. a, ~
Section I-B. Any person y ..,, 4 +
Tending the provisions o. 49, 80 M
forfeit aud pay for every ~. -
ann of twenty dollars, 70 p \,
other fines and penalties neH . -. ~
Section ?. And be- It fu .,l's,. q
and ordained by the aglnyt.s s N
that this ordinance sbal ''A'
the 1st day Of July. ls-L
Approved June 18th. 1921 "A
Attest: c.cr
City Clerk.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-07-26

Observation more than books, ex-
perience rather than persons, are the
prime educators. Books aid as one
has wit to use them to advantage,
persons most when seeming not TO
serve us. Experience converts us to
ourselves when books fail us, and this
oftenest against our knowledge and
consent. And it remains question
able how far our attachments further
or hinder natures intentions, the art
of education being still so COM
plicated and incaicaiable matter
that not a few Of the most striking
characters have been formed, unfram-
meled by cur schools. under the more
direct and potent influence of life
and things, operating under the
pressure of necessity and seeming ac-
cident-A. Bronson Alcott.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-07-26
ASKS LEGISLATION
FOR R. r. FUNDING

II also would increase the Corpora
lions revolving credit fund from
$500 0O0. 900 to $1,000 100000 The
kellogg bill was offered as substi-
uute for the pending Norris bill TO
create a new Finance Corporation
with 500, 900, 100000 capital.
Provisions dealing with the rail-
road funding were striker from the
Hoover-Meyers measure
Railway claims based on the in
efficiency OF labor during the war"
the President said. in his special mes
sage. were to be waived for the pres
ent to hasten settlement without sur
render OF any rights in court.
Each Owes Other Money
although the railways owe the
government large sums" the Fresi-
dent said, "the government also owes
the roads large amounts. for various
services"
mo added expense" said the Presi-
dent. explaining his request. mo add
ed investment on the part of the gov
eminent. is involved. there is no added
liability. no added tax burden.
at is merely the grant of authority
necessary to enable a most useful
and efScient government agency to
use its available funds TO purchase
securities. for which Congress al
ready has authorized the issue, and
turn them to channels OF finance
ready to float them
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-07-26
TUESDAY. JULY 20. 1921.
THE NEW ERA or COMMERCIAL
SUPREMACY

II history has any uses at all.
its chief function is TO teach us
the lessons OF human experience.
The history of prosperity is the
story, Of commerce. and the story
OF commerce is the romance of
the seas.
Every empire the world has
known has had one foot firmly
planted in the ocean; every en-
pire has reached its apex only
when it sent its merchants and
its merchandise into the markets
of the globe. and thus by its in
dustry created fortune. The his
tory of the sea is the history OF
empire.
When all is said and done, this
country OF ours is only a STRIPPING
in years. But in potential strength
a giant and in ambitions genius,
for true genius is the flower which
springs from the seed of ambition.
In its scant years it has swept
nightly forward, resting neither
by day nor by night. striving with
rich enthusiasm to keep level
with the magic advance OF its for
tunes. So many hundreds of
thousands OF broad acres were to
be explored, so many silver rivers
10 be traced, SO many millions of
trees to be measured, and always
the catalog of our resources grew
longer to challenge our persever-
ance and stimulate our effort.
But at last the nation stands on
its widely-separated shores. ready
TO seek the world. An empire on
land. it must become an empire
on sea. We must become ma
.tion of seafarers. IL isuas illogi-
cal to scorn the traffic of the seas
as il would be to turn over the
entire inland transportation sys-
TENS of the country TO foreign
agents and investors. Where
flies the flag over a good ship
there goes American industry at
its maximum value: it carries
with it the guarantee OF national
integrity; it enriches its people by
a legitimate activity, and it estab-
fishes sturdy bridges between the
man who makes and the man who
uses.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-07-26

To enable bicyclists to carry babies
with them when riding an English
man has invented a sheet-iron drum,
open at the back. to be clamped be-
side the rear wheel of bicycle.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-07-26

There is no more heart-rending
story in all history than that of the
siege of Harlem. Holland. by the
Spaniards in the Sixteenth Century.
from whose successful Dutch rivals
came the first settlers at "Oude Dorp.
on Staten Eylandt"
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-07-26

The most rDmarkable sun engine
built up 10 date is operated at Mead,
near Cairo. in Egypt 1t consists OF
FIVE 2O5-foot boilers placed on edge
and in the focus of five channel
shaped mirrors. It's best run for an
hour yielded 1912 pounds of steam at
a pressure of nearly sixteen pounds
to the square inch-equiyalent to
sixty-three horsepower an acre of
land occupied by the plant.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-07-26
Heat For State BuIldIngs

And preparatory to the converting
of the 1922 session of the Legislature
in January, the State authorities are
now having the heating system reno
waited so that senators and members
of the House of Delegates and others
having business witt the General AS
sembly will be given comfort in that
particular. A survey disclosed that
much of the piping was in bad. shape
so that new piping is now being laid
from the State heating plant through
the parked areaway of the Short Line
terminus of the Washington. BaIti-
more and Annapolis Electric Line, to
the Capitol proper, the Court of APP
peals Building. which contains the
library and other departments. in ad-
dition to tho quarters of the States
highest tribunal and to the old Treas
ury Building on 1.-THE hill'' now used
as the quarters of the Anne Arundel
County Board OF Education.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-07-26

Lloyd George may be foxy and dis
trusted and everything that North
cliffe accuses him of. but we've got to
hand it 10 George anyway
For getting those guns to France.
Perhaps Northcliffe didn't think of
that = Don Marquis. in Baltimore
American.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-07-26
BUILDING BOOM
HITS ANNAPOLIS IN
HEAT OF SUMMER


napolis Restaurant. and in its stead a
fine new brick structure will be
erected. Plans and specifications.
however. have not as yet been pre-
pared. but the new structure will be
a decided improvement TO the main
thoroughfare of the city
The foundation of the building now
being torn down began to settle con-
siderably about two weeks ago while
workmen were excaTating for Gel
lar. The structure seemed to crack
and settled several inches out OF plum
and has since been menace and a
danger. For time the proposition OF
lacking" il into position was held
under serious consideration. but an at
tempt at this was deemed inadvisable,
SO Mr.. Redmond DECIDED to tear down
the old and have a new building
erected.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-07-26

whats that grass widows last
name?"
Nobody knows. She hasn't come
TO it yet.-Philadelphia Bulletin.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-07-26
Many New Dwellings

With several dwelling houses
erected and occupied within the last
year or moreatwo other. houses are
now in course of construction on the
property of the late DIR. George Wells
on Charles street, which was pur-
chased by Walter III. Hart, of East
port.
In addition to the improvements
noted, number OF dwelling houses
are being erected in suburban Anna
polls, places like Eastport, German
town and West Annapolis.
Municipal. improvements under way
include tho surfacing of West street
with bituminous concrete. and work
on Compromise and other streets Will
be undertaken later on ,e ea
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-07-26

Just as matter OF curiosity. how
many times does Germany think tine
Allies should win the war before they
can be considered to have won it,
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-07-26
100 PER CENT. AMERICANIsM

Nothing recommends the Am
erican Legion more highly TO the
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-07-26

DON Marquis says: Every column
mist ought to have at least four
months in Europe every year.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-07-26
LEAVE WASHINGTON

500. 6.45. 500, 800, 1000, HOO A. NJ, 1900.
100, ZOO 300. $50, $500, 40, 500,
800. 100, 9.0O 11.00 p. NJ. 1910 A. NJ.
x-Daily except Sunday.