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The Washington times., 1922-04-16
Difficult But Possible.

II say without hesitation that
though the development of such
instruments will be difficult It 10
possible.
Suppose there should be ar
ranged along the skin of a man or
woman an insulated wire parallel.
ing one Of the major nerves, OF
the body. say. for instance, the
sciatic nerve and its principal
branches along the leg from toe
to hip.
Suppose this were connected
with a very powerful but very dell.
cate, perfectly adjusted amplify.
ing instrument, able 20 multiply
wireless impulses by ten millions
or perhaps one hundred millions.
Then suppose pin should be
stuck into the toe Of the person
used for the experiment.
Certainly a strong sensation OF
pain would be transmitted up that
persons nerves to his spinal cord
and brain, a motor.impulse TO Jerk
the toe backward instantly would
be sent by his brain down the
ssme motornerves.
Both the pain-impuise and the
order for the backward jerk would
he electrical, each creating Its
feeble wireless wave. The nerve
would be the sending station for
the wave"
The Washington times., 1922-04-16

reasonable to suppose that nerve
energy must do the same when
eKerted in pain, affection, passion
of any sort, an impulse toward
muscle-movement or-note this
even thought itself.
THE vicinity OF an angry man
or of a couple in love surely is
vibrant with electrical discharges.
Romantic writer's have been more
accurate than they knew when
speaking of pulsating air surround
ing great or passionate events.
This conclusion cannot be avoided.
When instruments delicate
enough have been devised life may
become rather startlingly compli-
Gated. Imagine! Your love, hate,
anger, Joy, sorrow, worry of any
kind, revealed-proved or disa-
proved by scientific instruments!
We may be able to learn at
will what sometimes will seem to
be too much.
The creation of newly delicate
receiving apparatus is the one
great step remaining to be taken.
Can we devise instruments suf-
ficiently sensitive to catch radia-
tons from active nerves and think
ing brains7
The Washington times., 1922-04-16

These are men looking forward.
instead of backward; they are try
trying to bring prosperity to their
country. Their faces are set to
the future. and their minds are
NOT dwelling on the wrongs and
misruie of $50 years. But win
their opponents take down the
hurdles and tighten the weights
and give the Free State chance7
Until we have an answer to that
question nobody can say what the
future holds in store for Ireland.
Progressive Irishmen have left
Ireland for many years back and
have gone out into the world and
taken commanding positions. fill
ing important governmental posts
in countries all over the world.
They have done so chiefly because
they had no opportunity in their
own country to better their condi-
ton. Now the opportunity has
come they should not let IL escape.
Men like Michael Collins and
Arthur Griffith would rise to the
highest positions In the govern
ment II they were American-born
and had done one-half OF what
they have done for Ireland. In
fifteen years from today. IL the
wreckers of the treaty do not sue
The Washington times., 1922-04-16
ACHIEVE
LONG LIFE
THIS WAY
Don't Attend Funer-
ais II You Want to
Dodge Your Own.
Eat Less.

+ .oNDoN. April 1s.--who wants
to be . centenArian7 The OBJ
jsctivs II opened TO those who
seek by Or. A. LApthorn Smith,
a Harley street consuItsnf.
He has written . book on Flow
to Be Useful and Happy From
Sixty to Ninety" ana In his
preface adds the wish that his
advice may enable his readers TO
reach a hundred.
Here are some OF his precepts:
IL you want to keep young
keep In with young people.
Cut down the amount OF food;
three meals are better than four
and two much better than three.
Increase the amount of water.
Neither a city nor a citixsn can
run a drainage system without q
waterworks.
Never exceed the ounce Of to-
bacco a week. Never drink alco-
hol except at meals or before
y. M. and always well diluted
with water.
IL. when you reach sixty, you
have a beard three feet long, cut
it off gradually.
Do not speculate at sixty. You
may lose your sleep as well as
your money.
IL you have a big business,
get some young horses to pull the
wagon, but don't get off the
wagon.
Cancer. pneumonia and influ-
enza are the principal causes of
death between sixty and ninety.
They are all three contagious. Do
not give them to your friends,
and DO not let your friends give
them to you.
People from sixty to ninety
should be excused from going to
funerals. The funeral of your
friends is sometimes followed by
your own.
Microbes are everywhere, and
are looking for people with q
poor circulation. A fatty heart
is a weak heart. Keep thin.
They are looking for pale people.
Keep rosy.
DIR. Lapthorn Smith gives q
picture Of his ideal death. II In
this: "I know of no happier
death than that of a doctor, stin
in harness at ninety, dying in his
chair just after saying good-by
10 his last patient"
The Washington times., 1922-04-16

But II has not been the instru-
ment OF a yet smaller minority.
being left In Ireland TO under
stand itself and the world, and
to calm down in that island geo
graphically and historically one
and indivisible. Any single pass
ing from principles possible Of
application makes this cry OF
peace where there Is no peace,
and no right settling.
The late Pope Benedict had
principles for a peace-makins.
Ex-President Wilson embodied
such in his abandoned claims.
And the rising of heart, the will
to act. on the part of millions
in their response to such higher
practically was proof of some
possible doing. Indeed. never
was there a better chance of
peace between England and Ire
land than could have been applied
between them this golden rule
OF do as done by.
There never was a surer oppor-
tunity of getting rid of irritation
by minding ones own business
not to say of mutual goodwill, or
even as far as propriety and
The Washington times., 1922-04-16

but refuse reality. keep up suspi-
cions and make the future unsure7
In victims the hostile mind con-
tinues.
Therefore, out Of world unreality
and out OF unreality toward Ire
land there win come no lasting
peace.
Further, the circumstances OF
the signing of this so-called treaty
are circumstances shameful In un-
reality. As to Washington and
Franklin and Adams. so to the
Irish envoys-devastation Of the
resisting was Observation-Disclosures
dsite and terrible war. A treaty.
And q treaty freely made! And
between equal nstionsl Can wilder
falsehood further goH Does any
man respecting common sense
think that on such pretense will
be based a rock-built refuge for a
nation, for two nations7
Lastly the unreality-by this
treaty's own terms--of pretending
that ireland is a Free Statel Equal
with England! England would then
be free" when France has cut off
Yorkshire and lincoln. garrisoned
them, and paid those English
counties to serve France; when
France is guaranteed rights to
cover whole England with all ma
The Washington times., 1922-04-16
Science Agrees.

''Physiolosists now agree that
nervous energy Ia electrical In ma
ture. Burn your finger or move
your toe and all authorities admit
that the sensation OF pain or the
directive signal passes over or
through your nerves in the form
of some very feeble kind Of electric
impulse.
80 much for the nature of
nervo-onergy.
Now note the relation Of this
10 wireless,
"rn practical wireless telephony
and tsleSrsphy. rather powerful
The Washington times., 1922-04-16

phone, suddenly of such intense
interest to the whole United States,
are manifestations.
THAT which we call 'teiepathy'
has been studied by many scientists
of worldwide distinction and GER
tainly OF unquestionable honesty.
Some have announced their firm
belief that underneath the surface
mass OF crude thought and mis-
understanding are statements sp.
parenly fully worthy OF credence
that is, of scientific value.
The Washington times., 1922-04-16
IREL LAND'S FUTURE UNDER THE TREATY
Discussed By Irish Leaders For and Against Dominion Rule
By HAYDEN TALBOT.

tcopyrxht isaa by Hayden -
DUBLIN April 15.
yo endavor before readers of the Hearst
the considered opinions of Irish and womentreaty
proponents and treaty opponents equayas relands
chance Of freedom under existing circumstances have pro-
leaders the following question:
Under treaty what does
the future hold in store for IrelandF
Answers this question have written the sigma
lures of the following Irish and women:
FOR THE TREATY AGAINST THE TREATY
Michael Collins Eamon de Valera
Arthur Griffith Erskine Chders
Duffy Sean Buckingham
Liam T. Cosgrsys Harry Boiand
Ernest Blythe J. j. OKelIy
Prof. Eoin MacNeiI Countess de Markevicx
j. j. Walsh Sean MeEntee
Richard Croker Mary MacSwiney
Dan Mccarthy Liam Meowes
Mrs. Wyse-Power Joseph McDonagh
Sean Milroy Prof. W. +. G.. Stoekiey
Richard Mulcahy Cathsl Brugha
These signed articles will be published In these
emphasize the contrasting views Of the
groups.
artcleswtten by the Countess de Msrne
yicz and Sean Milroy-appear herewith
The Washington times., 1922-04-16
FINE ART
OF TTNTTNG
AGES OLD
Ancient and Modern
Methods of Dyeing
Described --- Snails
Gave Rich Purple.

"A G. PERKIN. lecturins at the
Royal Institution in London
on 'Dyeing: Ancient and Modern"
said there was reasons to sup
pose that the art of dyeins orig
mated In the East, and that the
first dye-stuff 10 be discovered
was indigo. There were few dyes
OF real value provided by ma
ture which were substantive" or
possessed real attraction for
fibres. but fine though fugitive
red was obtained from safflower
at least $500 B. c.. and this was
largely used by the Egyptians for
colorfng their mummy cloths.
A real advance In dyeins wrs the
discovery of the art of ''mor-
danting- which provided method
for the employment of numerous
natural products which would
mot dye without its aid. In gen
srsi a much faster color was thus
produced than by the direct dye
sns method
BY merdsnttns numerous sd-
1ectivs dyes with which nature
abounded became available for
use- Kcrmes, mentioned in
EXODUS under the Hebrsw name of
( "-roia." or ''Tolaschami." was q
dye of thi1 class. II was an
insect found on the cay kormes.
and was of no service without the
use of a mordant. with aluminium
mordanted material IL gave q
certain crimson color.
4 The dye which wo knew AZ
'-rhs Purple OF the Ancients"
was said TO have been discovered
about 1900 b. G. Being largely
used at Tyre, the Manchester OF
the Ancients, Il was also known
as Tyrian purple. It was OBJ
tained from certain sea snails
which possessed near their head
a cyst or vein containing small
amount of pus-liks liquid. Fab
rics impregnsted with . solution
of this liquid developed . fast
purple red color.
The Washington times., 1922-04-16

coed In preventing II, Michael Col.
Inns win prove himself to be one
OF the great figures OF the world.
At least this 10 my opinion.
PROSPERITY is AHEAD.
IL the Free State leaders are
sustained the prosperity that will
come to Ireland In the wake of
returning sons and daughters and
the consequent opening up of in
dustries will provide work for
every man that now is idle and
will bring comfort and plenty to
all the people. And yet nothing
in the existing situation justifies
anybody's predicting that they
viii be sustained.
And this is none the less true
for all that, as between the op-
posing factions the only impor-
tant difference is over a name.
As to the patriotism and love of
country and sincerity OF all the
men and women on both sides
there is no question whatever.
But ] can not believe that the
treaty opponents will plunge the
country into misery. II they do
then do not know the Irish
people.
The Washington times., 1922-04-16

decency. demanded of forgive and
forget.
''The right and the wise thing
for England to do is TO consent
freely to the establishment OF
an Irish republic Internationally.
I make that proposal be-
cause I want to see a true and
final settlement of the differ
ences between my country and
England. ."-Prof. Eoin MacNeill:
English Review. September. 1919
WISE THING TO DO.
But England. powerful by arms.
not less powerful by ruling when
not pretending to rule-as over
rajahs, maharaJahs and khedivss
would not change. The whole
world was filled with portraits
Of her as willing to let Ireland
manage things Irish II only the
Irish people would agree among
themselves. (Such was the por-
trait published in washington's
day also, of fond Mother England
clasping to her breast her frac-
tious colonial child to whom no
soothing thing good for 1t was
refused.
What today has England done
The Washington times., 1922-04-16
Not Supernatural.

AS for myself, while without
better proof than any yet at hand.
would hesitate positively to so-
cept statements Of actual communi-
cations between individuals except
through the senses, II seems to me
that no fsir-mindcd scientist now
can dare 20 assert that all records
of suoh phenomena are false and
call the many men of eninanaa
The Washington times., 1922-04-16

The succession of events is al
most equally interesting.
That same morning. Just after
the occurrence I have detailed. a
friend. John w. Harding, the Lon
don Daily Chronicles very able
correspondent in New York, DR..
Frees close friend. telephoned
me. saying that the distinguished
scieptist had an interesting new
theory which ought to be given
to the people OF this country of
which he Is a native.
The Washington times., 1922-04-16
CHI HUMAN BEING is REALLY WIRELESS STATION WITH BRA

literature, rather than religion
lists.
Sir William Crookes, Sir oliver
Lodge and Lord Clifford of Chud-
leigh In England have proclaimed
that truth in some proportion eI-
lists. in certain startling theories,
but have been unwilling TO lend
their sanction to declaration OF its
measure and exact identity. OF
great thinkers outside the realms
of exact science in England Sir
Conan Doyle and Sir Rider Hag-
gard. among many others, have
become careful SPECTATORS, as
have been Mark Twain. Prof.
James II. Hyslop and many others
in this country.
Senator Marconi, discoverer of
the wireless telegraphy, has
seemed TO be q link between the
theoreticians and the laboratory
scientists. and between both and
the great goal, not Intentionally.
but because his cold. technical ex-
periments have swept him, willy
nilly into the mysterious field.
"One is compelled to wonder II
material science is not, indeed. to
admit a fact.basis for most of the
honestly claimed phenomena OF
the supernatural which hitherto 1t
has denied.
IF II does so II win be only 'be-
cause II realizes that they are nat
ural manifestations OF laws not
revealed by the crude formulate of
past science, although sensed in
stinctively by certain men and
women of peculiar sensitiveness.
Now, perhaps, or at least soon,
these are to be fully recognized
and wonderfully explained by that
same science which hitherto has
been so skeptical.
Surely the possibility. for In
stance, of the actual solution Of
some of the problems contained In
the relations of one human mind
with another and the universe.
which previously has seemed to. be
immeasureably remote, has become
Immediate"
That would mean telepathy.
thought.transferenoe, "mind.rean-
ing" in the colloouial term. Note
the connection between this scien-
lists deep thought and the episode
of the little girl whose injury n
hundred miles way was instantly
known 10 the mind of a woman
who loved her in New York.
Thousands of cases of such ap.
parent signaling from one human
being to another, across distance
and without the possibility Of
words. roughly resembling that
which passed between the little
girl and the woman who loved
her, are of record and cannot be
doubted.
Plainly. there are hints OF pos
possible relationship between what
the world knows as 'telepathy' and
the physical phenomena grouped
under the heading of wireless or
RADIO and of which the wireless
telegraph and the wireless tale
The Washington times., 1922-04-16
Authoritative Analyses of Effect Of New Gov
ernment Given by TWenty-Four Irish Men
and Women Who Have Taken a Lead
ing Part I'm Irish Affairs.
BY RICHARD CROKER,

Former Leader of Tamnany Hail. NoU Residing IN Ireland.
IN my opinion there are four countries in the world
today which can be properly called progressive.
They America, Japan, Germany and the Argentine
Republic In my opinion the Irish Free State will rank
among the best of these if it is given chance But
The way the leaders of this Irish Free State are
handicapped reminds Of last years Grand Ma
tional. Out of twenty seven starters two finished
and the second of these had fallen at the water jump
all due to the impossibly heavy weights imposed
them. Just this applies to the men who try
ing to establish the Free State.
The Washington times., 1922-04-16

viction that science is on the edge
OF wonders beyond our present
imagining. has made all advanced
investigators more or less uneasy.
Long established rules and social
ed facts are vanishing by degree.
The Washington times., 1922-04-16

COON lDe may be hooking UP our nerUous
- systems to radio receiDers and registering
our thoughts and feelings scientifically. DR..
E. E. Free, noted scientist, believes the day of
mechanical mind reading is coming. This dia-
gran, indicates one method of recording
thought signals Uhich, he asserts, are merely
electrical manifestations of nervous energy.
The Washington times., 1922-04-16
Busy Camera Man.

RUENOS AIRES, April 15-When
the Argentine government
decided to inaugprate the 'Cedula"
system for the Identification of
citizens, a photographer was sp-
pointed to do the snaps" and
he's had a slack when he takes
less than 500.
The Washington times., 1922-04-16
BY EDWARD MARSHALL.

GTtoMMUNICATTON between brain and brain with
" out speech probably can be developed and pos
hbly can be proved at by careful expermentors
"Unquestionably are on the border line between
the old knowledge and beliefs and revelations of great
truthsv ........
The Washington times., 1922-04-16
Richard Croker for the Agreement, and W. {.
p. St0ckley, Who is Against Id, Write
Their Views and Opinions for the
Hearst Newspapers This Week.
BY w. F. P. STOCKLEY, M. A.,

Professor of English, University College, Cork.
seNJOTHING is settled until it is settled right The
~ right settlement of this world is not possible
But some right settling is.
"The English Daily Mail published whole-sheet
pictures of the Kaiser 'Our Aly'' to be- in the
Boer war, declared that that holy "a war to
end war and make the world safe for decent men"
later war was camouflaged by like aspirations Coun
tries small and great to live their own lives
resolve their own difficulties
The resulting peace without principle has pentifuly
praised doubt past domestic resovngs of majority
minority strifes, as in the infant United States.
The Washington times., 1922-04-16

Scientist Finds Hard, Practical Basis for
Thought Transference Between Sympathetic
Mfnds-Lays Down Plan for Experiment to
Prove or DiSprove Theories Advanced by
: Foremost Thinkers.
The Washington times., 1922-04-16
M4hana Mszk.a

Nerve Force is Electrical, and Impulses Travel
Outward From Us Into Space Hitherto
UngueSSed RadiO-Telegraphic Quality of
Brain Explains Battling TeIepathy, Long
Puzzle to investigators.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-11-04
COAL OF VEGETABLE ORIGIN
In Former Epochs Of the Earth,
Became Petrified.

Although in most instances there
are comparatively few traces Of its
vegetable origin left, coal owes its ex-
istence to the vast masses of vegeta-
BILE matter deposited through the lux
uriant growth Of plants in former
epOchs of the earthS history, and
since slowly converted into a petrified
state.
Coal fields today present abundant
indications Of the existence of huge
ancient forests, usually in the form
of coal formed from the roots Of trees.
Several such forests have been uncOv-
cred, one of which in Nova Scotia Is
good example. Remains of trees
have been found there, six to eight
feet in height and four feet in diam
eter. In a cOlliery in England, in a
space Of about one-quarter of an acre,
there have been found the fOssilized
stumps of 70 trees, with roots at
tached, and broken-off trunks lying
about, one of them 80 feet long, and
all of them turned into coal.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-11-04
Fate Takes a Hand,

Life has many embarrassing mo
ments, but this was truly dreadful
one. l was senior in large uni
versity, and had had romance with
q prominent classmate. After our en-
gagement was broken we were not on
speaking terms and this was general
~ known.
One evening l had been studying at
a table in the library reading room
when the lights went out. 1 stood up
and cOllided with some one. l in
stinctively threw out my arms, and he
did likewise.
OF course, the lights went on sud-
denly, and 1 found myself embraced
and embracing my ex-fiance. Every
one saw us, and we made quite a
scene trying to get Out.-Chicago Trib-
une.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-11-04
BIRD IS FAST ON ITS FEET
Custom of Sprinting in Front OF
Trotting Horses.

A bird known as the California road
runner has earned his common name
from his delight in sprinting along
roadways. especially when pursued by
horsemen or moderately slow-gOing
vehicles. In the picturesque old days
Of California it was no uncommon
sight to see this bird running a half
mile or SO in front of fast-trotting
horses.
Another common name, chaparral-
cock, is given in allusiOn to his living
in the chaparral of the semi-deserts.
The bird belongs wholly to the
West. Formerly he ranged from the
plains of Kansas to the chapparal-
covered hills of the Pacific coast and
from central California to Mexico, but
he is rapidly becoming rare. He Is
built like a heron, except for his short
legs, but. unlike that water-loving
bird, chooses deserts for his home. He
has wings, but scarcely has the power
to fly, though he is one of the feetest
Of runners.
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-11-04
BOYS AND GIRLS VIE
IN HUGE EXPOSITION
Twelve States Represented by
Teams at Sioux City.
More Than 10000 Club Members Made
northumberland Instruc-
ton in Better Farming and
Homo Making.

prepared by the United States Department
Of Agriculture.)
Farm boys and girls rolled as
club members by exterior agents CO.
Operatively employed by the United
States Department of Agriculture and
the state agricultural colleges were
represented by champion demonstra-
ton and Judging teams for the II
central states at the interstate boys
and girls clubs exhibit and encamp-
ment at Sioux City. Iowa. Over $500
Of these teams competed in 1921 for
representation at Sioux City. putting
on nearly 10000 public demonstrations
Of club activities. The total enroll
ment In the II states last year was
more than 10000 club members.
whose production was valued at 81
$4,000.
The United States Department OF
Agriculture co-operated this year with
The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-11-04

those that are little shorter than the
model pictured, and straight-hanging.
to long coats with widened skirt por-
lions. There are occasional models,
also, with short jackets, but the great
majority Of suits have coats of me-
dunn length. Perhaps it is the charac-
ter Of the fabrics used, or the almost
universal fur collars and trimmings,
that have taken from the tailored suit
its masculine quality and softened it's
lines. Velvet, velOurs, duvetine and
the new crinkly surfaces in suit fab
RIGS do not lend themselves to severely
tailored lines, and even serge suits are
designed so as to keep in mind this
new mood in tailored clothes.
Brown velours with brown caracul
fur and a fringe of cord with tasseled
ends are used in the suit pictured 1t
is an exponent Of the straight-line
silhouette and the coat achieves