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, 1922-09-20
To a FneHd

We are growing old. dear friend o
mine.
And our heads are turning grns-
But remember. my dear
In every yrar
December comes after May.
And our May has some. dear FRIEND o
mine.
And June roses iorE ago
But always. my dear.
Year after year
It's the rain makes roses blow
The flowers may so. dear friend o
mine.
just as our heads turn gray;
But we know. my dear,
They win be here
When h winter rolls away
LILLIAN L VAN BURGH-
Casper. Wye
, 1922-09-20
Keep an Eye on Him

THE COUNTRY will watch with interest the
L progress of the experiment being conducted by
Henry t. Dawson, the twenty-six year old son of
the late Henry p. Dawson the New York banker.
The young man was bequeathed a fortune of six
and a half millions in order that he could pursue
a political career, without worrying over a matter
of finances.
No particular start has as yet been made, for
things are as yet in the Formative period; but if
the ambitious young man shows inclination to cut
loose in the right way and in the right amounts
his popularity will grow very rapidly.
Poor boys have risen to the top of American
public life without any money, it ought not to be
very difficult for Mr.. Dawson, with his fortune
to do so quickly.
, 1922-09-20
Constant Anastasia

"A curious minded statistician RS
drawn an interesting contlslon froaa
examination OF divorce recorG,." ,ones
the Omaha Pee. 1T Is tina the
name of 'AnAstasia' appears the few
est number Of times Is hat Of the
woman in divorce proceedings. there
fore he recommends hat In search
Ing for n wife one bearing that name
be chosen. This would be important
II some other facts were known.
what proportionate relation Toe the
name Of Anastasia bear to those worn
by married women? A~nAstasia is the
name Of three saints. one Greek and
two Roman. The first was the pupil
of st. Peter. during his sojourn at
Rome. n won her Ratification
about A D. 81. The second Roman.
or Anastasla the Younger. secured
her martyrdom some three centuries
later. when her husband. y Roman
'aristocrat. denounced her as n Chris
tian. and she was dealt with In the
manner Roman law then applied to
followers OF the Faith OF Gaiilee. The
Greek saint two centuries further on
attracted the attention OF Justinian
by her beauty. and TO escape his at
tentions she fed TO Alexandria. where
she lived twenty eight yd1rs rs a
monk. Thus the rame has honored
origin, Indicating that the w.men who
bore it possessed both fortitude and
courage as well as womanly attrl-
butes sufficient to draw notice be
yond the ordinary. Whether 1t ac-
tuaIly is a taiisman against marital
unhappiness is not firmly established
by the fact that II does not often fig.
ure in the divorce courts. although
that is a presumption In favor Of the
statement"
, 1922-09-20
Extending Sociability

THE DINNER and entertainment rendered by the
l. Chamber of Commerce to the officials of the
Texas Oil company was rather a graceful affair
Not that there is anything new in this act of the
chamber for its does this sort of thing often and
with equal success; but it is the manner in which
it is done that calls for approval. The chamber
manages to impart a genuine spirit of friendliness
to its parties, and it is. genuine, which visitors at
once recognize with welcome relief.
Formally is not one of the things the Casper
Chamber insists upon and keeps to the front
rather is it cordiality and neighborly intimacy.
This makes for better understanding and greater
progress in whatever may be the object of the get
ting together.
1t is certain that relations between the Texas
company and the business men and people of Cas-
per have been improved by the informal dinner, re-
CARELESS of the cordial relations that existed pre-
viouslv.
, 1922-09-20
Purity

II I stain my hands with toll
Nothing doth 1t me demeau:
I should fear no earthly soil
II so be my soul is clean.
7 wander earth's far ways,
And whatever be the scene
Look on life with level gaze
If so be my soul is clean.
Clinton Scollard.
, 1922-09-20
New Process Concrete

A New Jersey manufacturer has
recently developed an interesting build
ing material in sheet form. which is
made Of cement and sand, and rem
forced with galvanized-wire netting.
The slab resulting from his process
is nothing but a skeleton OF cement
concrete. n the setting process.
though interrupted during the extrac-
ton Of the chemical-a wax similar to
other concrete products. The melting
paraffin-goes on afterward as in any
OF the waxlike material makes posi-
BILE the formation OF a very porous and
light slab, but one OF great strength.
1t is claimed that the crushing
strength OF the slabs is 900 pounds to
the square inch. but this is not suffi-
Client for many purposes. In such
cases the slabs are covered. with a
cement finish. varying from lis to
|I-2 inch in thickness. The reinforcing
|metal then takes the tensile stresses.
and the top finish takes h compress
sion stresses as in reinforced con-
crete-Allen P. Child.
, 1922-09-20
THE INDEPENDENT WOMAN

Is n OF the brightest Jewels which
adorns U modern. economic system.
But o often this Independence is
gained at the cost OF health. and the
-w1ge-earning woman struggles
through her duties. n prey to nervous
ness. backache' and dependency Does
not her Independence the become
more Of a burden than a JOY? Lydia
f. Finkham's Vegetable Compound
has helped many such women to re
gain their zest in life. and will help
many more.-Adv.
, 1922-09-20
There With Bells

Editor Tribune. Casper c~sr-Alniy
took II the honors on h closing day
Of the state fair Al DougiSs a. well
a. winning the game-
In the g~rAndstand where ] sat with
Mr.. and Mr.. 7. W. Mcdonald. ] rec
ogniznd fully two hundred Casperitcs.
The boys were on deck with the good
'oid Casper pep. all the while. II was
IA big day for Casper.
". A cHATERroN.
Denver. Colo.
, 1922-09-20
Where Are You2

L American industries for their own prosperity
are not overlooking the significance of the activ-
iy of importers in fighting the Republican tariff.
The importers are interested in building up pros
perity abroad-not in America. When you vote on
the tariff in the November election, you take your
place beside American producers or foreign i'm
porters. The choice is yours.
, 1922-09-20
Rangers Used to
Break Strike Is
Miners Charge

FORT WORTH. Texas. Sept. 2O.-
Charging that the state range force
is being used in effect as a strike
breaking agency in the soft coal fields
of Thurber. District President John
Wilkinson of the United Mine Work
ers OF America, is seeking to have
the alleged practice investigated ny a
special agent of the government. 1t
was announced.
, 1922-09-20

Jeweiry ana w.fcn repairing by en-
pert workmen- All work guaranteed
Casper Jewelry Mfg. Co.. O.-S Bldg.
s51u
, 1922-09-20

Classified ads In the Tribune are
winners and possibly the lsoys we
give with every soc paid at Office will
win you a big prize. s-12-ti
, 1922-09-20

Classified ads IN the Tribune are
winners and possibly the keys WI
give with every SOC paid at office will
win you n big prize. S-1e-tf
The New York herald., 1922-12-30
Psychology of the Bull.

These scientists have no mercy
upon the traditions. Here we have
Professor STRATroN of the University
of California telling the psycholo-
gists' convention at Cambridge that
red means nothing to bull. In fact,
in the professors experiments. the
bull paid more attention to white OBJ
jects than to red ones and green en-
ragged him as quickly as carmine. 1t
Is the strangeness Of the person or
the suddenness of movements. really,
that arouses the bulls interest.
According to this revelation the
matador may as well carry white
flag into the arena to draw the bulls
charge. And what becomes of that
favorite scene in fiction where the
heroine starts across the field carry
ing a red parasol and is saved by
the hero from the charge Of a fero-
cious bull? Like a red rag to a
bull" is simile which science now
puts in the discard. Next we shall
hear that bulls in china shops are
particularly docile.
The New York herald., 1922-12-30

quired to apply in his other courses
II may be that he specializes in eco
Monies or history and later becomes
a teacher in one of those subjects.
He will not trouble himself any more
about the English used by students
in his classes than his own profess
sors troubled themselves about his
English, and the books he writes will
not be put together any better than
their books were.
Some educators in the United
States have recognized the advan-
tages of the Oxford University sys-
tenn, which requires the tutor to go
over with his students the form in
which their papers are written. not
merely when they are exercises in
English literature but when they
deal with any subject in their course
of study.
There would be many more articu-
late professors in the United States,
men who would be more capable of
stimulating popular interest in their
studies. If they had enjoyed the ad-
vantages of this system.
The New York herald., 1922-12-30
Traps for Song Writers.

The Music Teachers National AS
sociation, which is now holding in
this city its forty-fourth annual con-
vention, listened at it's first session
to a delegate from Boston who dis
cussed "Song Sharks and Their Vic
tins" The swindle he described was
long ago laid bare, but 1t seems to
have such vitality that no exposure
Is able to destroy the credulity of its
victims.
The song shark gets his victims by
advertising for the words of songs,
which he agrees to set to music. He
guarantees as we'll the publication of
the finished product for which he has
supplied the music. Just what kind
of music this may be and how easily
1t is turned out by any hack of suffi-
cient experiencesfs shown by the copy
righting at Washington during one
year by single such composer Of
1.94S songs. A Chicago composer in
the same period wrote the music for
1876 sets of words which had been
sent in by his victims. Both men
were associated with organizations
that agreed to supply music to any
verses and guaranteed the publica-
tion OF the result.
Reports OF the fortunes earned by
the composers Of popular songs,
praise of the verses submitted by the
victim and the agreement to put
them into the form necessary for
sale on the market persuade the
song writer to send in his money.
Then comes the printing Of few
copies by some agency Of the origi-
nal swindlers, which are Of course
never sold and which in no way
constitute a publication of the song
in the business meaning Of that term.
1t is always possible to say that the
work did not please the public, and
the victim has no redress for the
loss Of his money.
Once the use of the mails in a
The New York herald., 1922-12-30
MRS. FRASER GUEST
AT POETS AFTERNOON.
Mrs. Lewis B. Woodruff En-
ferfoins Writers at Her Home.

A group Of men and women took the
time yesterday to consider things less
agitating than dancing. At a Poets
Afternoon in the fading light of the
day at o'clock. in the home Of Mrs.
Lewis B. Woodruff at IA East Sixty
eighth street. several poets and poet
esses paid their compliments to the chile
guest, Mrs. Scottie Mckenzie Frasler.
who Is known as "the Star Poet OF the
South" and is, it was learned at the re-
ception, bringing out new book OF
verse. She also reads poetry for the
radio.
MIR. Robert Underwood Johnson. Mrs.
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson. Miss Jes-
sic Rittenhouse. Mr.. Edwin Markham
Miss Sara Teasdale and Miss Margaret
Widdemer. as we'll as officers and mem
bers OF the Poetry Society of America.
were there to compliment the hostess,
greet the chief guest and read from
manuscript bits of their new writings.
The most youthful poetess there was
Anne Dale, 10 years old, who has writ
ten some verse quite remarkable for
one of her years. and who had the lead
ing role I'm q play the hostess produced
last winter. Her contribution to the
poets afternoon program was the
potion scene from Romeo and Juliet.
Quite in keeping also with the spirit
Of tho. matinee were songs with words
by Mrs Frasier and sung by Miss
Frances Butler.
The New York herald., 1922-12-30

cane, corn, rice and other crops are
cultivated, tho most important agricul-
tural product is coffee, and coffee fincas
highest volcanoes. involving an almost
complete destruction of the natural
vegetation.
Salvador is the most densely popu-
lated country of tho Western Hemi-
sphere. excepting perhaps Haiti, and
there is little unimproved land in the
central and western portions.
The collections obtained in Salvador
consist OF 1900 numbers. represented
by about $1,000 specimens. practically
all being ferns and phanerogams. To
these must be added collection al
ready including 1900 numbers, and still
being continued, prepared by DIR. Calde-
ron as basis for a herbarium of the
Direction de Agricultural. Previously
almost nothing was known OF the flora
of Salvador. but when the present col
lections have been studied we shall
have probably quite as comprehensive
a knowledge OF the flora of that coun :
try as we already have of those of
Costa Rica and Guatemala.
The north coast OF Guatemala has
heen neglected by botanical collectors
probably because of belief that all the
plants found at such low altitude must
be common and widely distributed spe-
cies. This is far from being the case, fer
many localized plants, some OF them un-
described grow there. One of tho most
interesting of the trees Is Dracena
Americana. which In general appearance
Is strilSingly like some of the yuccas and
bears the same common name, iZote.
1t was described some years ago by Cap
tain John Donneu Smith, and is the only
American representative of well known
Old World genus.
Although never collected at a greater
distance than two miles from the hos
pital I'm Quirigua. over one thousand
numbers were obtained there, nearly all
representing distinct species, and II Is
likely that almost as many more occur
In the area. for the last day that I went
out collecting I found nearly as many
new plants as on the first day. l have
never seen n region equally varied In It's
plant life and the number of shrubby
plants Is especially remarkable.
The last place at which collected be-
fore leaving Central America was Puerto
Barrios. on the Guatemalan coast. where
about ten days were spent. The fora
there is similar to that of Quirigua. but
many additional species were obtained.
some OF them being Of more than usual
interest over 500 numbers were Sc
cured here.
The New York herald., 1922-12-30
Professors as Authors.

College professors have just been
informed of their shortcomings as
authors by several publishing men
at the convention of the Modern Lam
guage Association Of America In
Philadelphia. They have been told
they cannot spell. that they write in
effective sentences and loose jointed
paragraphs, that they do not present
their manuscripts in acceptable form,
and that on the whole very few OF
them can write in a manner accept
able to the publishers.
These offenses appear particularly
heinous in the case OF college pro-
fessors, but the reason Is not far
10 seek. In nearly all schools and
colleges of this country the art
OF composition is taught by itself,
not in association with other sub
jects in the curriculum. The eco
nomics professor, the history profess
sor, the professor Of philosophy does
not concern himself about the man
ner in which paper in his course
is written, provided IL is ineligible
and records the students grasp of
the subject. Correct, fluent English
is the special concern of the English
professor.
Because of this the student does not
acquire the habit of good writing.
He is put through an exercise in his
English course which he is not re-
The New York herald., 1922-12-30
Extend the Holidays.
A Week Instead OF Day Proposed
for Christmas Festivities.

To THE New YORK HERALD: Re
solved. That the days before and after
vacations be holidays"
The above was a topic of debate in
the good old college days. And yet
there are meddlesome, not to say i'll
natured people who are trying to dc
away with our holidays, including
Christmas.
In the Middle Ages the Christmas va7
cation and roilicking festivities extended
over a period OF a couple of weeks.
Who would not wish to live in times like
those? Our holidays were instituted
to prevent Jack from becoming dull
boy. And nowadays when Jack knows
scarcely anything but hard work no
wonder he becomes morose and hard
and in his pitiful blindness strikes out
against all powers. not knowing how to
distinguish the good from the evil.
Hence arise revolutions.
Let US have more holidays. i propose
that the whole week between Christmas
and New Years, Easter week and other
religious holidays like All Saints and
All Souls. now preserved only in Hal
lowe'en. be adopted by the State. And
for mercy's sake let people cease clam
oring for doing away with Christmas,
which would be to no ones real in
terest that I can see.
LENA NJ. CHAPMAN.
New York, December 20.
The New York herald., 1922-12-30
EVENTS TO-DAY.

Chester G. Platt, secretary Of the Wiscon-
sin Nonpartisan League. will address the
Single Tax Forum on TAX Reform Move
ments In Wisconsin," 20l West Thirteenth
street. 80 y. NJ.
Omicion Alpha Tau Fraternity convention.
Demonco's. o 80 p. NJ.
''The Toy Shop at the Nefghborhood Play
house In Grand street for children under
49, o'clock.
Supper dance OF the Beta Sigma Rho Fra
ternity. Commodore, 70 p. NJ.
Dinner to Judge Robert S. Johnstone, Hotel
Commodore, T.. NJ.
Meeting OF the women's Press Club. WAL
dorf, T.. NJ.
Meeting OF the knights Of Columbus His
torical Commission. Waldorf. 10 A. NJ.
Annual distribution OF presents TO the poor
children of lower Manhattan by Lunham
Moore. New York Produce Exchange, l p. NJ.
Metropolitan Museum OF Art. lectures.
Industrial Arts OF the Middle Ages" gall
iery talk. Elise l.. Carey y. M. "Ths
Medieval Period" James j. Walsh. up. M.
New York Camaraderie. Irish Republic
versus Free State" Hanna Sheehy Skeffing-
ton, Civic Club. IA West Twelfth street.
4:30 II. NJ.
Brooklyn Rotary Club. New Years eve
celebration. Hotel Bossert. evening.
Rand School Ball. Madison Square Garden.
evening
Henry street Settlement. residents New
Years eve dance for senior clubs. sol Henry
street. o +. NJ.
New Years Costume Ball dvs- Club, IL
West Twelfth street, u. NJ.
Marquette Club, Yulctde dance. Hotel
Plaza, 30 =. NJ.
The New York herald., 1922-12-30
Long Life in the South.
Mexico Reported TO Excel Other
Countries In Centenarlans.

To THE New YORK HERALD: To at
tain serene cid age Is one OF the chief
expectancies OF life. But that more
than 100 persons die every year in the
principal cities of the United States
after passing the century mark is little
known.
The Government records show that In
1920 in forty-six cities of more than
100, 900 population there we're 12S deaths
OF persons who had attained an age ex-
ceeding 100 years. What the total was
when including the larger portion of
the population represented In the smaller
communities is not stated.
New York city had fifteen cente-
narians die that year, Philadelphia ten,
Memphis nine. Houston eight, Detroit
seven. st. Louis six, Chicago five. San
Antonio. New Orleans. Louisville, Wash
ington, Indianapolis and Los Angeles
each four. and Birmingham and Balti-
more each three.
Considering the totals OF population
In the cities enumerated, the South APP
pears greatly the most favored section
for longevity Such cities as Boston
Bu1IdlO, flttSDuItn' SyIdNuS'f 4N'Wai N
Milwaukee, Providence and even classic
Cambridge and New Haven could show
but one citizen who had passed the GEN.
tury mark.
At the Southern ratio OF centenarians
dying In one year in Memphis, which
has only $4,000 people, New York city
should have made showing Of 31C
centenarians instead of fifteen. The in
ference seems to be that the chances
OF living more than 100 years are i'm
proved about twentyfold by dwelling in
mild climate and with less general
excitement and hahjtual worry than pre-
vail In New York. Boston. Chicago
Pittsburgh. Buffalo and other cold win
ter cities where life is at high tension,
with the very air pulslng TO commercial
hurry and economic anxieties.
In Mexico, which now has 1900. 900
people. there are more than 1000 liv-
ing centenarians, and that amazingly
large ratio Of one In every 1900. per-
haps not exceeded by any other country
on the globe. probably is due TO the
mild highland climate and the easygoing
habits OF the great generality of the
people. with their custom of an after
lunch nap or siesta. ARCHIE RICE.
BAYsIpE, December 20.
The New York herald., 1922-12-30
In the Worcester Hills.

Above the torrential rain OF morning
Celatinous rack Is flung across
the sky like amorphous fringed
sea creatures.
In the swirl of the northward storm
current.
The hill slopes, flecked with surviving
relics OF snow on the deluged
fields. merge their crests into the
brooding mists,
And the forest tops sway like plant
reeds In the hyetal tempest.
But at noon revolution In melted.
And after repeated assaults the gray
dynasty Is dethroned.
Leaving a cold and golden splendor OF
sun TO rule the emancipated do
main.
After sunset the strong sIncwcd wind
still ranges the slopes, but with
lcssening vchemence.
And the western highlands are incisively
outlined against the upwelline
light,
Clearest sienna. that leindles above "a
warmer tones of grape purple
and flushing violet.
ELIOT WHITE.
The New York herald., 1922-12-30
For an American Party.
Call for Organization to Oppose th'
Teachings of the Reds.

To THE New YORK HERALD: was
amazed and shocked TO read in your
paper Of the formation of political
party with a platform so un-Amerlcan
and so subversive of the traditions OF
our forefathers and our Constitution as
to SAVIOR OF criminalty
The snake which bit Russia is at
work here. Are we satisfied to let this
challenge go unanswered? Shall we toll
crate this bold attempt to set aside our
well established government and TO scat
ter seeds of discomfort and anarchy
I suggest to counteract this bold at
tempt to destroy our Government that
a party be formed in opposition to the
teachings and objects of the Workers
party. to be called the American party,
with the Stars and Stripes as It's en-
blem and the Constitution Of the United
States as its platform.
EDWARD X. CowINo.
NEW YORK, December. 30.