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The New York herald., 1922-10-29
November Weather.
Prediction Of Month of Rain and
Fluctuating Warmth.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Novem-
ber will warm up with rains until a
dip comes in the temperature about the
10th. After the second week there will
be moro rains and fluctuating warmth,
cooling Off by the Goth.
AfterHthe 25th it will be warmer. with
rains before and after the 25th. The
month will be succession Of storms
and fair periods. both short, but making
a rainy month on the whole.
Allow two days of fair weather between
the storms. except when the cool turns
lengthen the dry periods a couple Of
days, and remember that the tempera-
ture is going down a degree every three
days, so the cold changes are growing
and lengthening, while the warm spells
are shortening. The heaviest rain should
come In tho first and last weeks, and
the second or moderate intensities the
third week. This would leave only the
second week as fair one. Shows will
occur In the north around the two prin-
cipal cold times. A. d. ELMER
BOSTON, October 2s.
The New York herald., 1922-10-29

Gnostics Used Il as a Charm and .
Cure for Disease.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD; Tho
abracadabra was used as charm by a
sect of Gnostics of the early Christian
period. The Gnostics of this period ware
somewhat given to the lure of msUs
and the abracadabra In the form OF q
triangle was frequently engraved on
abraxas stones.
A Gnostic physician advised his pa.
tients to write the abracadabra on q
bit OF parchment cut In the form Of q
cross This was suspended by q strand
SO that 1t rested over the stomach. After
nine. days 1t was to be cast into 3
stream OF clear water flowing eastward.
This sequeD II acts insured the cure
a. all distempers that might vex the
human body. II never failed II all the
directions were followed. but there was
no clear stream flowing eastward In the
country of the Gnostics.
According to my recollection a theo.
logical lecturer named Cook. hailing
from Boston. applied the term to the
evolution theory some forty years ago.
Mr. Cook had unique personality and
bumptious style Of address that At
traeted his audiences and gave him not
little prestige among the class OF pso.
pie who desire to have others do their
thinking. He ran the gamut backward
and forward with his abracadabra stunt
to the delight of his audiences. The
term quickly became a byword and a.
quickly was forgotten. OBSERVER.
MOUNT VERNON. October 2S.
The New York herald., 1922-10-29
Pedestrian, Records.
George Littlewood Credited With
Going 623 Miles in Six DAYS IA.

To THE New YORK HERALD: Regard.
ing the letter from Mr.. Heston relative
to the pedestrian record of James Albert
Cathcart Of 621 miles 1890 yards in six
days. which Is described as q worlds
record. let me say that In T. s. An.
drew's worlds Sporting Record Book
for 1922 Mr.. Cathcart Is credited With
running 400 miles In 81 hours 81 min.
utes IS seconds. February 0, lssa
George Lttiewood Of shefield. England,
ran 500 miles In 1876 hours In six days
in New York city. November 2s-Decem-
ber l. 1888.
In the so as you please races of 1l3
hours George Littlewood Is credited with
the record OF 623 miles, James Albert
Cathoart 621 miles. p. Fitzgerald SO
and Charley Rowell 602 miles.
The professional walking record is 6St
miles 1876 yards by George Littlewood
in 1873 hours 4S minutes 80 seconds,
In March. 1882. The amateur walk.
Ing record for 600 miles Is credited to
James II. Hooking. born in Cardin.
Wales, in 1856. New York to Cleveland.
Ohio. 1873 hours. May 80 to June 10.
1910. JAMES BUCHANAN.
NEW YORK, October 28,
The New York herald., 1922-10-29
Pearls in Illinois.
CLANS Plentiful but Clammers Few
In the Rock River District.

To THE NEW YORK HERAIb: An arti-
Gle In your paper regarding pearl clam
ming In Arkansas recalls visit made
by me recently to the pearl clammers
Of the Rock River section in Illinois.
There we're clans aplenty. with but
few willing clammers l met a young
fellow who In 1890. during the five
months season. from May to October
/. earned $4,000; then he sold his clam
ming effects and quit, saying it was too
hard work.
Tho pearls and slugs. which are near
pearls, find ready sale. Several years
ago a woman raked up out of Rock
River black pearl for which she re-
fused $500. The shells are a valuable
asset. bringing $40 a ton. Button fac
tories buy them.
Several years back the clammers used
to boil the clans in order to open them.
which rendered the shell unit for but
tons Nowadays they heat the water,
but not hot enough TO scald the hands.
when the clans open readily.
Carp are plentiful and a nuisance to
the clammcrs. They are soft and fiabby.
seemingly not an article of food. They
are fed 10 chickens. which eat them
under protest. l saw two thrown into
a hen yard that weighed fourteen and
slxtsen poundA
JosEPH NJ. DRErNwoIz.
BRIp0BPoRT, Conn.,, October 2s.
The New York herald., 1922-10-29
Football Strategy.

Followers OF football who like to
point out the close relation between
the strategy OF their game and the
science of warfare were in their glory
at the Polo Grounds yesterday when
Penn State had it out with Syracuse.
The distinctive style Of the Pennsyl-
vanians approximates the laws which
govern military movements more
closely than that Of any other eleven
In the East.
1t is interesting to note that this
highly efficient type Of football, which
lays stress on deception and the ele-
ment of surprise as well as shock
action, was developed by HUGO
BEzDEK, an American OF Bohemian
Polish extraction, who learned his
game at the University Of Chicago,
put his theories into practice as coach
at the University Of Oregon, and
then swept back all the way across
the continent to perfect HIS science
at Penn State. BEzDEK seems to have
combined the best points Of all types
OF play into one style Of football
which has kept his team unbeaten
over a stretch OF three years.
The barrage. the gas screen, the
feint, the parry. the sharp thrust. all
find their counterparts in this fine
game of football which has grown
undervthe teaching Of BEzpEK. A
leading virtue of the Penn State
game is ability to keep the ball hid
den. PERCY HAUGHToN brought that
incident of play to high stage of de-
velopment at Harvard. but BEzDEK
has gone HAuGHToN one better
Penn States game is the kind of
football that interests the vision as
well as the mind and makes an ad-
miring student even of the calm tyro.
The New York herald., 1922-10-29
Prayer for the Little Ghosts.

God. Tor the little ghosts We pray
II II be true. as old folk say.
That on the Night Of Souls the dead
Forsake their cold and cheerless bed.
And quest It'll morning breaks. an then.
The little ghosts will come again.
Oh. not the merry, laughing folk
Who died In loving arms and woks
To greater Joy and sweeter play.
For these we do not need to pray.
But, God. there Is a ruined shore
Where little children play no more.
And, maybe. on the Night OF Souls
They'll como where the Egean rolls.
These little ghosts so newly dead.
Dear God. they must be comfortedi
They are so frightened. God, and small.
They will not understand at all.
But only stare with wondering eyes
Where now the cruel Crescent flica
We ask You. God. that You will find
Each little whimpering ghost. and bind
His bleeding feet. We pray that You
VIII comfort them the long night
through.
Then bear them to that Country far
where all the anxious mothers are.
So bring them peace and love again
This is our earnest prayer. Amen,
VIDA SAUvAoE OWENS.
The New York herald., 1922-10-29

Wnen NATHAN :. MILLER became
Governor and took charge of the busi-
ness Of the State he found that sup
were being purchased by department
heads, bureau chiefs and managing
clerks, for the most part at retail
prices. There was no cooperation
in buying, no central purchasing
system that meant buying at whole
sale prices.
Governor MILLER, clear headed bus
iness man that he is, said "This
colossal waste has got to STOP" and
he stopped it. He brought about CO.
ordination in State purchases and put
in effect purchasing system that
has already saved the State vast sums
OF money on this matter alone.
Governor SMITH appreciated the fact
that the taxpayers money was being
wasted by this hand to mouth way
of buying and sought to correct it
with constitutional amendment which
would have taken years to get
through and get into operation.
Meanwhile the waste OF the taxpay-
ers' money would have gone on.
Governor MILLER cut out more
waste in State printing. He put it
on business basis also. He cut out
the printing that was not needed and
insisted upon competitive bids for
the work that was needed. He elm
, mated enough waste to save the State
a half million dollars year in this
matter alone.
And out of these savings and out of
the savings from the central pur-
chasing system of the States sup
plies Governor MILLER built roads
and did other useful and necessary
things for the State.
Previous administrations had been
building roads with bond issues
permanent debt charges fixed on the
taxpayers. Governor MILLER doubled
the road construction over that of his
predecessor and paid cash for the
work, cash that he saved by good
management over the expenditure Of
other administrations.
For this clean cut business work
as manager of the States business;
for doing the obvious thing, the
common sense thing in respect of
the States purchases Of supplies and
In cutting out waste in State print
ing. Governor MILLER will have to
pay the price on election day. No
man, Governor or otherwise, can take
easy money out of the pockets Of
the men who have been getting it, or
out of the pockets of grafters, with
out having to pay the price.
But isn't the man who gives this
kind of service to the people of the
State a man Of vision. man OF rare
ability, man of rare courage-isn't
he the man the people Of the State of
New York should insist on keeping on
the job, keeping at the head Of their
business, keeping as their Governor?
The New York herald., 1922-10-29
Spectacle Everywhere.

When old fashioned theatergoefs
wipe their glasses renectively and
wonder why there are no more spec
tacular plays of the kind they used
to love the fault is more in them
than in their stars. They will admit
that an occasional "Chu Chin Chow"
comes along. but they will refer visit
fully to "The Black Crook" "The
Naiad Queen" and maybe "The
Twelve Temptations" Those are the
plays that fix for them the signifi-
canoe of the term spectacular.
AS a matter OF fact, there was
never so much spectacle to be OBJ
served in the theater as there is to-
day. Every review is mounted with
an expense and lavishness that would
have taken the breath Of the spec
tators who formerly wondered at the
glories of Niblo's Garden. Painters
and decorators OF distinction. archi-
tects OF fame are called In to aid
every prodigal manager who knows
how to gain the interest OF the
public.
Old fashioned comic opera has
been converted by the extravaganza
of managers and the taste of the
public into the same kind of a spec
tacle Imagine, for instance. two such
masterpieces as "The Mikado" or
"ba File de Nine. Angot" put before
the public to-day with their original
simplicity of investiture. Would the
innate merits that made them mas
terpieces of their school serve to
capture a public accustomed to the
costly mountings Of the present?
The gorgeous decorations Of our
day would be missed. Moreover,
The New York herald., 1922-10-29

:"
where the eel spawns. Now we know
that the cells of Europe leave the
lakes and ponds and rivers when
they reach maturity and head across
the Atlantic to small area of the
ocean about $500 miles southwest
from the English Channel There
they spawn. and from there the young
cells begin journey to the inland
waters of Europe which takes them
three years to accomplish. To the
same breeding ground comes a va
riety of American eel whose young
make their way to the inland waters
of the United States and Canada.
The adult eels. having spawned, never
leave the sea.
DR.. SCHMIDT found that the further
he sailed southwest from England
the smaller the young eels became
They were also increasingly numer-
GUS. He found the spawning beds
about 1000 feet below the surface.
The eggs are laid in spring and early
summer: the Larvae, as they grow
during the first summer. slowly move
up toward the surface. A year later
they are in mid-Atlantic, and the
summer after that they are off the
coasts of Europe.
For ten months following this
third summer the Larvae, now grown
to be elvers, take no food at all. They
live on their fat and persistently
make their way up the rivers. All
this time they are undergoing a phys
ical change which adapts them for
fresh water life.
This whole process in itself Is
wonderful instance of life forces
which impel the eel, fish we regard
as sluggard, to an extraordinary
expenditure of energy for the repro
duction of its kind. But perhaps the
most remarkable feature of the cells
life history is the certain instinct
which starts the European eel toward
the continent Of his Inheritance and
which impels the American eel no
less unerringly in the direction of
his. Dr.. SCHMIDT has sometimes
scooped up larvae OF the two species
in the same net.
Should that impulse be disobeyed
the young eel would perish. IT the
European larva turned toward this
coast, with more than three years of
organic development still before 1t, it
would reach the river mouths before
that development was complete. II
the American larva turned toward
Europe, with its organism gauged for
a much shorter journey, it would die
in midocean.
biologists have been Of the opinion
for some years that the common eel
breeds in the ocean, but 1t was left
for DR.. SCHMIDT to discover where,
and to unfold this astonishing life
cycle in all Its phases.
The New York herald., 1922-10-29

there is little probability that there
win be a return to the older manner.
Silk, canvas. paint and furbelows
can be bought when managers are
sufficiently generous and possess the
necessary capital. Wit. melody and
in short the genius that created the
great works of every kind are not to
be controlled by any human means.
1t is because spectacle seems such an
impressive substitute that IT abonnds
in the theater OF the day as it never
did before.
The New York herald., 1922-10-29

weeks. About one cubic centimeter OF
the stain IL injected into Q vein ct the
bend Of the elbow. A delay In the ap-
pearance Of the stain in the other arm
is an early sign Of inciplent insuficiency
Of the circulation.
This stain test Is simple and harm
less. he says. and can be repeated at
win His tables show the andinss In
fivs diabetes. five pneumonia patients.
tA,irteen convalescents. six with poly
cythemia. leuknmia or pernicious ana
mia. nine with the high blood pressure
Of kidney disease, and other groups. to
Q total Of 400 applications OF the test
The New York herald., 1922-10-29

From Blind Bay up to Shongaloo.
From Pitcherspoint to Calcasieu--
Louisiana! Don't You hear that call
oh. Tallulah. Ponchatoula. zwolle
Many--all!
Down in the cane brake,
Along the bayou,
Gator on a log
And a moccasin too.
Peacegrove. Verger. Dido, Lacasine,
vernado. Talisheek. Placquemine.
Violin. Manifest. Timbalier.
Chappeau Pea, Houma. Grand Chenier
Gallon. Jeanerette. Raccour, Breaux.
Camindayille. Mean. Naff. Thibodaux.
Moss drapes the liveoak.
Curtain for the dell
Briers patch the tangle,
And the wild grapes smell.
Chandelier. St. Bernard. Delcour. Fen.
Water Proof. cutofr. Gheens. Mermen.
ton.
Elephant Pass, Rigolets. Ouachita,
Neptune, Pilottown. Buras. Bonita,
Serpent. Carrenco, Sinope. Toro.
Poydras. Reggio. Banks, Moore. Moro.
De Ridder. Dubberly. King. Cinclare,
Iatt. Aimwell, Eggbend. Natchetoches
Bear.
Bear>in the hollow.
Turtle In the mud,
Marsh rice ripples.
And the sugar canes good.
Baton Rouge. Olive Branch. Tickfaw
Rayne,
Opelousas, Manchac, Ponchartrain,
Bouger, Oakle. Nickel Plate. Bistineau
Tangipahoa. Conshatta. Sturns. Soileau
Lecompte, Welchton, Kelly, Arcola,
Chondrant. Pelican. Mound, Eoia.
Whistle at the levee.
Hear the steamboat hail.
Roll that hogshead,
Swing that bale.
Creole, Chataignier. Tena. Lena. Lille,
Plain Dealing. La Fourche, st. Rose.
Gentilly.
Broussard. Terribonne, Bayou Goula.
Buressa, Gross Tete. Chacahoula.
Magnolia blossoms
In the silver scenes;
Mississippi ripples
Down to New Orleans.
MAURICE NORRIS
The New York herald., 1922-10-29

To THE New YORK HERALD: Who is
this guy d. A, n. Grover who frequently
makes astrological and astronomical
cracks In your paper7 He has a SNUG
way Of telling the world all about how
the planets and, stars affect our earth
ana human affairs--just rs though he
were an agent of the universe.
JOHN G. Moons.
WHITE PLAINS, October 2s.
The New York herald., 1922-10-29
A Damascens.

- D0bAa o0GCAAOs
One must a lie despisc.
And yet, and yet.
His soft sweet maze Of lies
Who can forget?
Twas In q dim bazaar
The vivid scene:
He. with each eye . star.
A Damascene!
'Howadji. this" he said. ~
A scarf In hand.
"Once decked . princess head
In Samarcand.
"And this" q blade Of price
''was once q Shah's;
This OPAL hued like ice,
Zenobia'si
'This---" and q coin he tossed
Gold as the sun
"was blazoned and embossed
BY Solomonv' .
Magic la genie's spell
In voice and eye!
Beneath them both. pray tell,
Who could but buy?
One must n lie despise.--
It's Turing net
But his sweet maze of lies
Beguiles me yet
CLINTON ecclLARn.
The New York herald., 1922-10-29

The sun behind = cloud
May be
Enough for you
But not for me.
! think ] cannot laugh
With you
Unless the sunlight
Flickers through.
You may be greater
Than the rain,
But I have heard II
On the pane
Like bitter tears
And I have wept--
While you were
Smiling as you slept
ABIGAIL CRSssoN.
The New York herald., 1922-10-29

Even the most determined oppo-
nents of the native habit Of whistling
will admit that II had good effects in
the case of the cripple who was i'm
prisoned in a refrigerator car with no
chance Of rescue until he began to
whistle to keep up his courage and
attracted by the familiar sound the
attention Of those who had ignored
his calls for help. 81
The New York herald., 1922-10-29
How Fast the Blood Flows.
II Takes 20.7 Seconds to Pass From
Arm to Arm In Healthy Men.

From the Journal Of the American Medicoi
Association.
Koch estimates the speed ofS tho
flow OF the blood by injecting q
stain into one arm while the blood 10
dripping from the corresponding vein In
the other arm Every Ave seconds the
escaping blood is examined for the first
appearance of the stain. In sixty-cight
healthy women and ffty-one healthy
men the interval was eos seconds ip the
former and 20.7 In the latter. In nine
teen patients with clrculatory disturb
ances the interval was nearly three times
as long. the rargc being from 30 to so
seconds OF the seven patients with an
interval over -, SIX died within . few
The New York herald., 1922-10-29

1t is effective football. pretty foot
ball. It's the kind Of football that
develops a man more than a good
many Of the courses he takes In his
classrooms.
The New York herald., 1922-10-29
Political Posters on Trees.

To THE NEW YORK HEnALp; It is a
misdemeanor to attach a sign to a tree
In public highway Diana Adams
should have q warrant served on the
politician who has been thus displaying
his pictures. II. q. 3.
RxRIIN, October 2s.
The New York herald., 1922-10-29

The American contractor who came
away from London In disgust because
he could not persuade the natives to
let him build dwellings without open
fireplaces may be right. but when he
criticizes Londeners for their loyalty
to old fashioned Ideas in architecture
there will be fewer persons to agree
with him.
The New York herald., 1922-10-29
Headquarters Of Near East Relief As.
ISOLATION Is Mt I Madison Ayenue.

To Tue New York HERALD What Is
the address Of the Near East Relief AS
ISOLATION? (Mrs.) u. y. JOHNS.
STAMFORD, Conn. october 2s.
The New York herald., 1922-10-29

Tho Associated Press is exclusively entitled
TO the use for republication OF all news dis
patches credited TO II or not otherwise
credited r. this paper. and also the local
All rights OF republication Of special a..
patches herein are also reserved.
The New York herald., 1922-10-29
Good Roads Statistics.
The Records of Governor Miller and
Governor Smith Compared.

To The NEW York HERALD: AS the
good roads work is of vital Importance
to the rural and urban population alike,
and as misleading statements have been
used this fall for campaign purposes
against the present State Highway De-
partment. the following figures, compiled
from your editorial article of October
20. will, think, be of interest to and
easily understood by all lovers of good
roads and fair play:
NEW ROADS,
The New York herald., 1922-10-29

From the Urich tMoy Herald
rhs man with plenty OF sand, q wide
horizon and cool head 10 a summer resort
all to himself.
The New York herald., 1922-10-29

A horse that can box and also play
the cornet Is about to visit America
1t Is to be hoped that It will not be
put to shame by an automobile excel
ling It in unusual gifts.
The New York herald., 1922-10-29

From the Hardy Herald. -
One Of Wallace Hlghtower's milk cows
got fast In tree top and broke one Of her
logs . few days ago. ..t~ ss4t.es. !. ,
The New York herald., 1922-10-29
A Kansas Explanation.

Fran the JeweH Republican.
The world never builds any monuments TO
living men--they are liable to act the fool
any minute.
The New York herald., 1922-10-29
Building Roads Out of Savings.

SUNDAY. ocroBER %. 1s2e.
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SCHENECTADY, October IS.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-05-13
Arrangements
NOW COMPLETED
FOR X. 7. MEET
Annual Conclave Of Kentucky Knights
Templar to be Held in Maysville
Next Week VIII Be One Of
Clty's Greatest Meetings.

Nothing has been left undone by the
various committees of Maysville Com
mandery No. 10 Knights Templar to
make the annual conclave of Kentucky
Templars to be held in this city next
Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday.
go down in history as the greatest
conclave Of the order in this state ever
held.
Every committee has been on its
tip toes for the past several weeks and
as the time for the big meeting arrives
they find themselves in splendid shape
for the great rush.
The Decoration Committe, headed
by DR.. George P. Lambert, has been
very busy since the arrival of the Of
ficial decorators and yet they find that
they must double their pace to be
ready for the opening Tuesday eve
ming. 1t will be necessary for the off,
cial decorators to work on Sunday
morning to decorate the streets as
they will be able to obtain a tower
wagon for this work only on Sunday
and early Sunday morning the streets
will be cleared Of traffic. The most Of
the streets will be decorated when the
citizenship Of Maysville awakens Sun
day morning for work will be started
in the early hours of the morning.
Work OF decorating business houses
and residences will be completed Mon
day and Tuesday morning.
Visitors will begin arriving Tuesday
afternoon. The first special train will
arrive at about $50 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon over the L. G n. bringing
Knights and ladies from Louisville
DeMolay Communicates. Two special
chartered boats with Knights and la
dies from Covington and Newport will
arrive Tuesday evening between and
7 o'clock. Other special trains on both
the L. G. N. and c. & o. will arrive
early Wednesday morning. Escorts
from Maysville Commandery will meet
all arrivals.
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WOULDN'T CHANGE PLACES
WITH THE RICHEST KID.

The following is one Of many letters
received by Maysville Mothers from
their sons who always remembr moth
ar on Mothers Day"
Dear Mother: Wish you many
happy returns Of Mothers Day. Hope
II will be very beautiful day, and one
OF much pleasure and gladness for
YOU. I know all your children love
YOU very much. and We will all re-
member on Mothers Day all the sac
rifices you have made for us and all
the many years you worked 30 hard
that We might all be raised with good
health and good characters. I look
back with much pleasure on my many
happy years at home, and II was to
,row up all over again. I would not
change places with the richest kid
that came into the world at the same
time"