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Evening star., 1922-03-19

or he would have employed lawyer
to get him off with flying colors-and
perhaps some welcome cash. But
and owed a whopping hotel bill. He
wept and agreed to sell the last thing
he had-he agreed to sell his friend.
Samuel was cooling his heels in
Italy The important thing was to
lay hands on him-and the 100000
francs worth of jewels, more or less,
which he still held. less what he
might be selling for daily bread.
Willy Cats agreed to send a decoy
telegram. which brought Samuel
swiftly to Nice. And then began
complications which do not concern
gambling.
For who could be prosecuted? No
body! Not Samuel, for in continental
law a father cannot prosecute his son
for theft. Not Willy, who had re-
ceived clean jewels from Samuel
Jewels which could not have been
stolen.
So they called it a day and sent the
young folks home. I'm glad they
were business boys enough" said the
uncle, "to have sold every object at
fair prices, sacrificing nothing"
= x X *
MRS. WANDA BARNETT, Riviera
A'h correspondent of Chicago
newspaper, has a modest protege. a
teacher of the piano, guitar. etc.
wkom everybody knows and respects
as Mime. Louise" Nine. Louise lives
at Monte Carlo, the cheapest place as
well as the dearest place in Europe,
IL you want to live cheap.
Mime. Louise wandered in the
splendid gambling halls of Monte
Carlo. Everybody does it. Folks go
there to chat and sec celebrities. On
this occasion madame had just
francs 80 in her pocket. If she had
sous more 1t would make a 5-franc
bill-the lowest sum that you can
risk. And who knows what fabulous
sum q 5-franc bill, with luck, may
win? She borrowed a copper cent
and bought a 5-franc chip.
Every one is talking about it.
Luck was with the poor piano teach
er. From table to table she aston
ished all by her incredible runs of
luck. Her old black handbag was
packed with Monte Carlo chips. as
good as gold.
She retired to a ladies' parlor to
count UP. She had 172.oo0 francs and
found it handsome. 1T will aid my
declining years." she whispered to
herself, "and I can make trip
around the world"
But she entered the gambling halls
, again. Here comes the part they
talk about. Don't risk another
! cent" her friends advised. Now Is
the time to rum"
She did not listen. Something
urged the gentle maiden lady to sit
+. in an empty chair at roulette NO. =
j The chips were in her handbag still.
She played 1000 francs on red ~
And won!
She played 1000 francs on the first
dozen and pulled down 1000 francs
mora winnings. In two hours more
| sba had won $4,000 francs in addi-
tion to her first 172.o0D--and only
| stonned because 1t was getting past
| the dinner hour at her boarding
| house.
"My goodness" she said, my din
| nav is Maid for and I'll lose it ii ]
don't cash in and hurry"
**,E
| CAPTAIN of the Britich army
| n was impressed by this play or
| - . re u onA chSncA In fhref
Evening star., 1922-03-19

With an intimate knowledge of the1
lumber industry on the. Pacific coast
from the redwoods Of California ~
the spruce of Alaska. Miss Grace n
Crow Of Portland. Ore, has the dis-
tinction Of being one Of the few|
woman lunabsa experts in America.
Evening star., 1922-03-19

CAPTAIN of the Britich army
n was impressed by this play on
the dozens. It Is one chance in three
and pays two for one.
! ITS just as easy to win two for
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about what it had cost him."
TN choosing career" the inter-
viewer asked, "how would you sug-
xest going about it?'
II think 1t is generally the career
that does the choosing" Mary Rine-
hart replied. eff one has a talent or
big ambition, there is no difficulty in
finding the proper outlet and oppor-
funity. What we want to do most.
we always find a way to do. And
next to knowing what that is, the
most important requisite is self-con-
fidence-the flxed and unshakable be-
,ief that what another has done, with
odds even or against us. We can do"
"You are not a very strong advocate
Of careers for women, are you?" was
asked.
mo. Generally speaking, am not.
This does not mean that do not be-
lieye in useful occupation. But a
career is a selfish and ambitious
thing. Placed as a goal. it is apt to
discard everything that does not fur
ther 1t. to subordinate all OF life to
the end Of success.
.And that osort Of success Is not
worth while. 1t is lonely. Fortu-
natsly, I had my home and children
first Homes are not easily built on
careers, but . career may sometimes
he built on a home. AS a matter OF
fact, making q home is career IN
itself, and difficult one. Personally,
I would much rather write a mover
than struggle with the cook"
1T suspect the question most often
asked you in the matter OF career
making is how to write, is it not?'
Mary Rinehart laughingly admit
ssd that each mail contained At least
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the public, DecauSe-ODseTVe-
Willy Cats last cent was gone he still
managed to borrow from a croupier
(employe who rakes in and pays oh)
some 1900 francs, giving two rings
which he had remaining as security
In reality the rings were worth only
about 500 francs-Willy Cats had
misrepresented silver settings as
platinum.
And just here (and here only
Willy Cats fell under the law.
In truth, Willy Cats was held at
Nice under a trumped-up charge
which would horrify q higher French
magistrate by its technical injustice.
Concerning all the jewels which he
had sold. he had received them from
his friend Samuel without becoming
a "receiyer"-because a SON cannot
stea, from his father under European
law. Nothing being stolen. Willy
Cats could not be a receiver OF stolen
goods. could he? 1t is plain. But
nr,vate pawning Ito the croupier) Is
..i1,sgar- and, If 1t isn't. why mis-
renre.entine silver for platinum
.ur.Iv ia. They used 1t. anyhow, to
hold Willy.
Racause the despairing uncle was
~ tha spot. While waiting In Paris
=. h.d heen notified by a Paris jew
sIa-. ~ have some Of your lost jew
ola which have been bought at Nice
tror a certain Willy Cats" At Nice
,ha ieweler said. II bought three
aooti.ces from Willy Cats, and IL you
w.nt TO see him you had better. wait
for be is coming back at o'clock for
sma1l balance which I owe him or
them"
sure enough, Willy appeared, wal
taken up and confessed everything
The poor lad did not know his right,
Evening star., 1922-03-19
BY STERLING HEILIG.
NICE AND MONTE CARLO,
Mich 4 1QoG

4 T the Casino of Nice an Amer
~ lean millionaire approached
~ the tables and at once called
4 \ bancot He won. gathered up
The New York herald., 1922-01-08

TT E. HOWE, chairman of the
II research extension division
of the National Research
Council, Washington, is an active
figure in applied science. He has
written much about chemistry as
used in everyday life and his book,
The New Stone Age is both
popular and authoritative. The
article by him to-day is net only
informative, but most intere ting
as we'll
The New York herald., 1922-01-08

In some structures permanence depends to
a large degree upon the ability of cement
and concrete to protect the steel reinforce
ment. Underground concrete finds many
such uses, while the advent of machine or
"gun" placed cement has given an entirely
new protective coating.
Such cement is very dense, hard and
strong, fairly uniform in it's thin, light
weight layer, and when used with light
weight woven wire reinforcement can be
built like membrane, independent of vol
ume changes of the iron surface, due to ex-
pansion and contraction. Such cement pro-
tects many a railway tunnel and electric
tube from premature rust and failure.
Quite another way is to remove corrosive
fumes before they come into contact with
other materials. A favorite way is by the
well known Crottrell precipitation, wherein
the tiny particles are charged with one
kind of electricity to be attracted by a
charge of opposite nature causing mists,
dusts, ETC., to be deposited. This is espec-
tally applicable to certain chemical and
metallurgical industries. Values are gen.
orally recovered simultaneously with the
prevention of corrosion or other nuisance.
Deedy is quite dHotHer story, lor IL 10
most generally caused by plant life. Its
prevention is biological and chemical
problem which, since il affects mans favor
ite building ial-wood-deserves sep
arate narration. So long as metals rust
and corrode the chemist, the metallurgist
and the engineer have work to do.
Just now there Is new effort being di-
rected at answering "Why?" is corrosion.
When we know why" we shall have pro-
gressed still further along the road toward
its reasonably complete prevention.
The New York herald., 1922-01-08

points, scanty at others and generally re
quiring adjustment"
The survey shows that the national In
come in 1910 exceeded $31, 900 600 900, thd
variance between two methods of estimatl
ing being less than $1,000, ,0O0, 900. By 1915
the figures had grown until the grand tota
was $4,000, 100000 Thus in 1910 the ne,
capita income was only 1897 to s344 but in
191 8 was $629.
One of the very interesting angles of ma
tional income, but not considered in making
the grand total, came from DR.. A. NJ Ed
wards, an authority on occupation statistics /,
He estimated that in 1910 there were
1S000,0 900 American women over sixteen
years old engaged in housework in their
own homes without monetary consideration
This number had increased in 1919 to.
20,7O0.000.
'How much was their contribution
worth?" ask the authors of the summary
"As much as the average pay of domestic,
servants? Somewhat more? Perhaps $500.
per annum before the war and more than
that after servants wages rose? We dol
not know"
To indicate the magnitude of this item a
table is printed in the book showing
1000. 600, 900 from this source in 1910 and
SIS 450 .000,0 900 in 1919
"These figures are of the sort" says the
survey, that any one can alter to suit him
such magnitudes to the estimates of ma
tional income.'
Study of the charts printed herewith tell
the high lights of the condensed book better
than words. Especially illuminating is the
graph that compares national incomes Con-
cerning Japans small showing the authors
say:
"Over 60 per cent. of their population are
engaged in agriculture and live on an
amount per head that would be impossible
in Europe-indeed, comparison brings out
the fundamental difficulty Of comparing the
incomes of peoples whose scales are radi-
cally unlike"
To the man in the street the chart show
ing the percentages Of personal income above
and below $4,000 will be interesting The
steady gain in numbers of the more for
tunate from 1914 to 1918 doubtless repre-
sents the war prcfiteers and the high wage
scales. but the turn has come and the line
curves upward again.
OF course in making up this chart the
official income tax figures played large
part and full credit is given by the authors.
The conclusions Of the survey state that
both the national and per capita incomes of
the United States are much larger than any
other country's; that the huge increase
during the war was merely due to the rise
in prices; that the share of labor" In in
dustry varies from one-eighth in agriculture =
to about ree-quarters of the total in min
ing, manufacturing, water transportation
and Government work. A second volume
gives the facts which the survey Is
based
The New York herald., 1922-01-08
Hard Baked Enamel
Insures Against CoTrosion

Enamels, varnishes and lacquers are IA
miliar coatings used for the same purposes
as electroplating. Indeed, some plated
coats must have a lacquer to render them
really efficient. Baked enames are un
usually impervious to rusting agents. They
are compounded from fossil gums, resins
and similar bodies, which are insoluble I'm
water, most acids and even in many grades
OF alcohol. The baking process gives a
continuous surface film. Synthetic resins.
another chemical triumph, make excellent
rust resisting lacquers, being insoluble
save in uncommon solvents and alkalis.
Another important development has
given us slushes used to coat metal sur
faces, particularly when finished parts are
stored or shipped. These slushes are easily
removed. when no longer needed, and afford
protection not only by keeping air, mois-
ture. gases and fumes away, but, in the
better ones. have chemical compounds
which inhibit rust. At least one such slush
has been known TO remove incipient rust
which has begun to be formed on the pol
ished metal surfaces.
Portland cement is not commonly known
as metal protector, yet such 1t often is.
The New York herald., 1922-01-08
Reporter Was First to Use Telephone

wires from the telegraph table. Mr.. Bell
then lived in Brantford, Ontario, Try as he
would, he was unable to get permission to
use a telegraph line in that place for long
enough a period to test his telephone. He
went to Tisonburg, a few miles away, i'm the
same province. where after long delay he
finally told the authorities that what ne
bad was no dream but a reality and was
of practical use. They regarded it as a hoax.
but reluctantly allowed him the use of the
wires from the village office to the railroad
station, about a mile and quarter away.
"Mr. Bell urged the representative news
paper publisher in Tilsonburg to go with
him TO investigate The publisher declined.
as he didn't want to bother with It, thought
1t OF little consequence, so designated me-
| was a reporter on his stan. / won't. This
was in April. 1876.
mfr. Bell was slightly deaf but each in
,urn spoke into the tube and then turned
ear to receive reply. MY conversation was
with his assistant at the other end of town
the railroad station. did not learn the
assistants name. but in all probability he
was Thomas A. Watson. who as records
show. was Mr. Bells right hand.
while we could hear the voice from the
station, II failed TO carry with 1t the in
dividuality that voices carry over the per-
fected telephone to-day. There was a rum
bics ~ Hnils ApuOWtu ny a. ChShcty -cldCk, lnpn
parts of words sometimes a full word, then
again In syllables only; then we could hear
clearly for time The tube as was after
ward explained. was not properly adjusted
and would shoot the words back at the
speaker instead Of from him. This was cor
rected by speaking at varying distances from
the tube until the voice could be heard
without break.
II spent an hour with it and thought It
most remarkable and wonderful In many
The New York herald., 1922-01-08
T ANY interesting accounts regarding
the hardshlps and difficulties DR..
Alexander Graham Bell had ex-

EANY interesting accounts regarding
MI the hardships and difficulties Or.
- Alexander Graham Bell had ex-
perlenced and combated In his efforts to bring
the telephone. to the attention of the people
of his country and of the United states have
been written. Accounts of his struggles
when he was at work upon the instrument
In garrett his only laboratory, and where
he worked In secret with his trusted assist
ant to conceal 1t from curious eyes until
ready to introduce. have all, but one, been
told.
That part Of the story. the connecting
link. has been overlooked. When, where and
by whom other than the inventor and his
assistant did the first telephone tubes" have
their initial test? The various books giving
the birth and history of the telephone also
l1ck the information regarding this impor-
tnrt phase OF the invention which has be-
como of worldwide use.
The following is an authentic account
from one of the few persons who was in
terested enough to be on the ground and
who has the distinction of having spoken
over the first tube" put up for public test
in April. 1876. by Mr.. Bell. then 20 years
old, at Tilsonburg. ontario.
The person mentioned in the foregoing as
the first to speak Is none other than the
famous ballot man" of the late sos. in
the person of John w. Rhines, now 81,
American. author, traveller. lecturer and
the original inventor OF the voting machine
or recorder. He Is now living in Bingham
ton, ". Y.
After the first click OF the telegraph
instrument announcing readiness" Mr..
Rhines states. IT opened conversation over
the first telephone that Alexander Graham
Bell put up for public test It was a crude
affair consisting of two tubes resting in a
box, which could be fastened to telegraph
The New York herald., 1922-01-08
Americas Vast Wealth
Accurately Surveyed

~ OMPRESSED in one small volume
just off the press are startling facts
and figures concerning the wealth
and /, ome of the United States-the richest
nauol in the world. The book is called
THE ncome In the United States and the
autho are Wesley G. Mitchell, Frederick
r. AIacaulay Wilford I. King and Oswald
W. Inauth Their work is the summary of
a survey covering the years 1910-1919 made
by the National Bureau of Economic Re-
search. Facts sought by the survey were:
What Is the aggregate income Of the
American people?
How much does that income vary from
year to year?
What part Of the changes Is due TO
fluctuations In prices and what part to
fluctuations in the production of goods?
How Is the aggregate income divided
among individuals?
What proportion of the whole income
goes to wage earners and salaried
ployees?
How does the per capita income in the
United States compare with that in other
countries?
This broad field of investigation was
traversed In the broadest possible way,
cording to the summary just published.
Say the authors:
only one country.in the world-Australia
The New York herald., 1922-01-08

ways, but very weird. When l returned to
the Office and explained 1t to Mr.. Law. the
publisher, he told me to write it up, but not
to devote much space to my item of crit
cism. OF course. 1 could do nothing else
but foriow his instructions. Much against
my will he had me finish the item by say
ing: Although the contrivance is n marvel
it Is not possible for IL to come into general
use.' Therefore, really condemned without
a hearing.
II was disappointed. for Mr.. Bell was
genial. kind and earnest man. and in jus
tice to the inventor / wanted to give him
the most favorable criticism possible In
praise OF his telephone after so thorough
test.
Following its exhibition at the Centennial
Exposition at Philadelphia in 1876. where II
was subsequently taken, the importance, Of
this contraption was made manifest as to
its commercial possibilities. Now the telc-
phone has had forty-fve years Of develop
ment, and we can hardly conjecture what o
like period in the future may bring. Wha'
would the world do without II to-day"
The New York herald., 1922-01-08
Cost of Non-RuSting Metals
Limits Use in Industry

The higher cost of non-rusting metals has
been mentioned as limiting their applica-
tion in industry. An effort to lessen this
cost is found in electroplating, for which
we are indebted to the chemist. The process
is often used to beautify product or to
make an object seem more valuable than
it is, but when employed to afford re-
sistance to rusting influences it reaches its
greatest utility.
Protection and beauty are often com.
bined. An under or foundation coat of zinc,
upon which another plating is made for
color or finish, is employed in many cases.
Very heavy coatings are sometimes built
up and parts have been brought up to size
by electroplating.
An unusual example of protection
through plating is to be found in the
manufacture OF fine mirrors. The day has
passed when quicksilver or mercury Is used
for the best mirrors. Silver has replaced
II, but silver Is easily scratched and sub
ject to attack by the sulphur Of the air,
causing black spots which rapidly increase
in size. Silver is deposited on the glass by
chemical methods. Then its electrical con-
ductivity Is used TO direct the invisible par
ticles OF copper in copper plating solution
and there Is formed fine hard film of cop
per over the silver. When this is followed
by suitable paint baked on an exceedingly
durable mirror results
The New York herald., 1922-01-08

TISH when they swim make a noise aud
r. this can be detected by the telephone.
according to the following:
Most of us have watched with interest
the movement of shoals of fish beneath the
surface of the sea or of lake, but few
will have associated with those movements
the idea OF noise. Nevertheless. such move
ments do make a noise. and Norwegian fish
ermen, II is sad have taken advantage Of
that fact to devise an arrangement to assist
them In detecting and locating Ash at con
siderable depths. They lower a microphono
by means OF wire from their boat into the
water, the other end Of the wire being con
nected with telephone receiver ON the boat.
The New York herald., 1922-01-08
H. E. HOWE,
Noted chemical research worker, who
tells of the fight on rust and its i'm
portance.

valuable property and indirectly human
lives
Information concerning the trouble
must be countered by scientific knowledge
of causes and means for avoidance or re-
sistance. Manifestly it is undesirable to
have iron in pipes or structures become
soft enough to be whitfield with jack
knife and in extreme cases as soft as
putty"
Some corrosion problems are more SIM
pie. City water to-day is aerated and at
tacks iron pipes more rapidly than the
water formerly used Consequently a cer-
tain hoted found its plumbing becoming
rusted and faced unheard of figures for re-
placement. Then it was remembered that
the old pipes were in the walls.
New plumbing meant a new building!
Have you been building lately? Well, they
thought so too.
Then some one remembered the chemist,
not at first but at last as so often happens.
The chemist reasoned that il the oxygen
in the water could be satisfied with iron
before 1t entered the pipes there would be
no further rusting. IL was a simple mat
ter to provide a tank with removable
plates put there to rust. That problem
was solved; and now some power plants
remove by mechanical and chemical means
all the oxygen in the water entering the
system.
The need for non-rusting and non.cor
robbie metals gives rise to numerous spe-
cial alloys for work under particular condi-
tions. One such was used in the roofing
OF the Pennsylvania Station In New York
with marked success. City conditions are
very hard on metals and other building
materials. The sulphur In coal burns to a
gas, which forms highly corrosive acids
when washed out of the air by dew and
rain. The SCOT itself is corrosive.
This bad influence OF coal burning ia
well illustrated in the older European cities,
where structures which have withstood the
centuries under wood burning conditions
bear severe marks Of corroslon dating from
an increase in bltuminous coal burning.
The New York herald., 1922-01-08

purposes, and really large pipes, &C., are 10
be had. Pumps for chemicals are made
from 1t, and it lends itsefNto accura te fit
tings. In chemical manufacture fused
quartz has been gradually coming to the
fore, and creditable research has been re,
quired to learn how to form pipes, tubes
and containers from molten quartz. An
equal order of skill has provided ceramic
wares which are dense, resist corrosion and
are made surprisingly true to specified di-
mensions. 1t is one thing to shape clay
into intricate forms. 1t is quite another to
preserve these forms in the hard burning.
Another line of attack has been carried
on with the aid of vitreous enamels or coat
ings. Here we are met with differences in
expansion between metal and enamel. Pin
holes soon lead to trouble, uneven surfaces
and joints present problem. There are
many more, but scientific research has given
us the upper hand, with the result that
glass lined vessels of to-day withstand a
severity of treatment thought impossible a
little while ago. This includes chemical
reactions with acids at elevated tempera-
lures, and tanks with such lining have
proved invaluable for storage purposes
where the contents are not contaminated
by the rusting of the metal.
A favorite method for protecting metal
surfaces Is to give them coating of oxide
produced under controlled conditions. The
metallic compounds so formed are often
complex and give us the well known gun
metal finish. There are numbers of special
coatings. usually known by the inventors
name, designed to give at the start rust
resisting surface. and in these the physical
condition as well as the chemical compost
tion is important. Indeed in rusting the
oxide, which forms In scales. affords no pro-
lection to the metal underneath, whereas a
fine powdered rust may do much as an
insulator against the penetration Of cor
rosive or rusting agents to new surfaces.