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The Washington times., 1923-11-26

paying for ammunition. They
could do little more than shooting
small game. A Few duck hunters
made money.
1t was rare that a man made
more than actual expenses even
at duck hunting, and this only
during the shooting season. The
abundance Of game everywhere
and the invention Of the breech-
loader led to the spread Of hunt
ing. A generation OF Americans
was coming on that gloried in
Strengthening game. Any youth
who bagged an enormous number
Of birds was an object of envy.
Now, while the red-blooded Amer.
lean was having his inning, events
were moving and Justice that
Travelled with leaden heel was
soon to- strike with an iron hand"
Nature was already taxing a
hand In the game.
What happened in the South
with game and non-game birds
was likewise happening over most
of the United States. The field
plover, known in Louisiana as the
''papebotte,' was almost shot out
of existence. The markets of
New Orleans were congested with
'.papebottes."
A sportsman In the Attakas re-
gion OF Louisiana killed neary So
600 snipe in twenty years.
Robins were slaughtered by mil
lions at their roosting places.
Prairie chicken were killed out
over vast tracts Of country, from
the middle West to the far South
west. They have vanished from
States where they formerly
abounded.
The great Spanish curlews, sur
rounded at night on sandpits
where they flocked to roost. were
fired into and shot down bv thou
sands. I have not seen one on
the Atlantic coast in thirty-five
years.
The Washington times., 1923-11-26

IN writing recently OF the re-
markable experiences of the
u Warsaw engineer, Stephen
Ossowiech, who, It Is testified,
can see things that are absolutely
concealed from his eyes, and be-
yond the range OF regular vision,
referred to vegetable sub.
stance believed to have some
control over the "subconsciOus
center of abnormal VISION as
sumed to exist in the brain OF
the clairvoyant, and through
which he Sees things beyond
the reach Of eyesight. This
plant, DIR. Stephen Chauvet saws.
is found in the mountains of
Mexico, and is called 'peyroIt,''
a word signifying s'the plant that
makes the eyes wonderful" 1T
is small, with thick leaves.
According to Dr.. Chauvet, it
is associated by the natives of
the regions where it grows, with
the worship of the sun. Each
year, at the same seasons the
aborigines, led by their priests.
and droning incantations, go up
into the mountains to gather
peyrolt On their return the
religious ceremonies relating to
the sun are held, during which
the people lie on the ground
munching peyrolt.
Soon after swallowing the
chewed plant they are seized
with q singular phenomenon OF
vision. They are not inebriated,
and there is no mental, or SEN
serial disturbance, so long as
they keep their eyes open; but
as soon as they close their eyes
they begin to perceive the in
cessant linrolling of a series Of
tableaux, having no suggestion
of delirium about them, but
which plunge the participants
into an ecstasy by the sumptuos-
ity of their col0rs.
Some of these coIors are such
as no eye has ever seen: others,
though recognizable by their
tone, possess an unexampled and
indescribable magnificence. On
opening the eyes the mirage
vanishes, but reappears when
the eyelids are dropped, and this
continues during several hours.
''Some months ago, writes DR..
Chauvet, IN lie Mercure de
France" II was invited to assist
at an experiment performed upon
several very intelligent and cul-
tivated persons by distin-
guished chemist who had sue
ceeded in isolating the aIka;oids
and active principles Of peyrolt.
He wished me both to observe
The Washington times., 1923-11-26

A DEMOCRACY renews and
perpetuates itself through
IA it's schools. Every man.
woman and child worthy of the
name American should give,
therefore, willing and substantial
support to the schools of their
native or adopted land; confident
in the belief that the privileges
they enjoy are due largely to
the teachers Of this land; to
whom no sacrifice has been, nor
is, too great that men and women
shall be taught to carry on the
ideals of the founders Of this ma
ton and the social practices that
have progressively developed in
harmony with these ideals.
There is no greater blessing to
democracy than an educated peo-
pie: no greater menace than an
unsound scheme Of education or
failure Of the latter to offer free
and unlimited opportunity for
the training ana education OF
the masses into the possession
and enjoyment OF the privileges
which an enlightened democracy
assures it's people. Outstanding
among these privileges is adequate
nreparation for the business of
living. That means the posses
sion of strong body and
clean mind, of technical skill and
method, of information needful
for the conduct OF ones job or
oneself in association with his
fellows, of judgment and directive
intelligence.
Surely no less than this is the
right of our people, nor should
be the effort Of the nation to
The Washington times., 1923-11-26
LUCY LOWELL ON HOW TO SIDE
STEP THE WORLD
But, This Once Done, It Is Impossible to Regain t,
She Proves.

and they grew grayer and more
wrinkled and more q part Cf the
summer cottage.
And that became older, too.
Leaky places appeared in the
roof. 90 they were Obliged to set
tins in the attic to catch the rain
that came through Doors grew
warped and creaked as jf with
rheumatism.
But they didn't mind or even
notice. For eventually they were
quite like a pair of old ghosts
haunting the memory Of 4 home.
Then the house was sold.
They were to be turned out
with their old furnishings carved
walnut pieces and marble-topped
tables and what-nots crowded
with shells and pewter table
ware. Their ancient rustIing silks,
left-overs from almost the cri11O-
line days, were to be packed and
moved-where?
They were beWildered. Tho
world outside was not their warld,
for they had repudiated it. All
unknowingly, or perhaps defiantly,
they had ignored the law which
DEGREES that no person may live
unto himself or herself alone.
They had broken their contact
with humanity and now humanity
offered them no help.
They had given an affection
which should exist only between
heart and heart to an old house
and garden. And now the house
and garden had passed away.
So, since they found nothing I'm
life to cling to, they let go life
itself.
1t was said that gas flowing
from three open jets killed them.
But l think they died OF alone
ness.
(Copyright, 1923, King Features
Syndicate, Incl
The Washington times., 1923-11-26

the effects produced upon him.
self and the others, and to exam
Inc all of them medically before.
during, and after, the experiment.
Thus was able to determine
that the peyroit caused no Wis.
ceral trouble, and that, EXCEPT Tor
the very curious visual hallucinar
ton, no disturbance occurred.
One of the experimenters, q
painter of great talent, who has
travelled and seen much, was
plunged into veritable raptures
for half an hour by seeing un-
rolled before her q Garnet OF
nameless red color, so splendid
that she told me she had no pow
er either to paint, to describe, or
even TO compare 1t with anything
whatever The most precious
gems could give not the feeblest
idea Of It.
For a long time after the ex-
perience all those who had taken
part in 1t continued TO speak en-
Enthusiastically Of the unknown col
ors that they had beheId, OF
which they retained an innpeTish-
able recollection My friend the
chemist told me, some weeks
later that very elegant young
woman, whose only thoughts had
been of SumptuOus raiment and
rare jewels, had, after a similar
experience, lost interest In all
those things, because now they
all appeared to her dull and with
out beauty or attractiveness be-
side the visual marve1s OF
tllousand-and-one nights that had
intoxicated her.
DR.. Chauvet's conclusion, that
these marvellous effects indicate
the existence of cerebral visual
center, inderk ndent Of and sepa-
rate from the regular mechanism
0f vision, may be subject to much
doubt. especially when he at
ternpts to explain BY 1t the alb
normal powers OF vision possessed
by OssoWiecIi.
In truth, the two sets or p11e-
nomena seem To have nothing In
common except that both are con-
cerned with impressions made on
the visual nerves In the brain.
In the visions OF the subjects OF
the experiments with peyrOlt
there is nothing really CORE
spending with the c1airvoyance OF
the Pole. On the other hand, as
everyone who read Dumas
Monte Cristo'' in his youth must
notice, the effects Of the Mexican
plant are strikingly similar 20
those produced by hashish. IN
either case the phenomena still
awaits satisfactory explanation.
The Washington times., 1923-11-26

"HEY lived together in sedate
harmony and stately lsola-
tion-the two gray-haired
sisters.
In the early days Of spring they
left despised winter quarters in
hotel and jollrneyed to the sum-
They threw wide boarded windows
and opened closed rooms.
They busted and secured and
painted and preened the little
rooms till they shone from attic
to cellar and then they turned
their efforts to the bit of garden
round the door, and the handker-
chief of lawn the other side Of
the garden.
Oh, it was a really honey home
when they finished with 1t every
springtime. And throughout the
summer they enjoyed it as proudly
as pair of birds enjoy the nest
they are at great pains to build.
For it was but modest house.
after all, and without their care
would have been only shack lost
in beach shrubbery.
So, throughout the summer they
arose each morning with the
earliest bird and watched the sun
rise across the ocean. And they
said "Good might above the
pleasant cracking of waves along
the beach.
It was all so very satisfactory,
their life in the cottage, that they
felt No need of ANYTHING else.
No curiosity nor Interest nor
liking nor dislilxing concerning the
folk who lived nearby came to
them. They were satisfied to
stand aside while the world rolled
along and lived only for them.
selves.
The Washington times., 1923-11-26
WORDS FROM
THE LIPS OF
WISE MEN

IF there is q virtue in the
world at which we should
Il aim, it is cheerfulness.
What I don't see
Doesn't trouble me,
And what / see
Might trouble me
Did / not know
That it must be so.
Goethe.
To be womanly is the greatest
charm of woman.
It is never so difficult to speak
as when we are ashamed OF our
silence.
It is as easy to deceive one
self without perceiving 1t as 1t Is
difficult to deceive others with
out their perceiving IL.
Loves sweetest meanings are
unspoken; the full heart knows
no rhetoric Of words.
Life, like the waters Of the
seas, freshens only when it as
cends toward heaven.
Moderation in all things is the
best of rules.
He most enjoys riches who
least needs riches.
The line of life is a ragged
diagonal between duty and de-
sire.
Words show the wit Of
man, but actions his meaning.
He submits to be seen through
a microscope who suffers himself
to be caught In q passion.
This it is to be wise when
YOU can bend your mind to what
ever direction circumstances may
require.
Let every mans hope be In
himself.
downright, 1928, by Newspaper
Feature Service, IncO
The Washington times., 1923-11-26
Bells and Life

~ UDLEY, England.-Three of
Dudley's bell ringers have
~ demonstrated the soundness
of the theory that regular exercise
at the end of a bell rope is con-
duciVe to longevity.
Reuben Hall, for instance, who
is seventy.one, recently grabbed
hold of a rope and tolled q bell that
weighs more than ton for three
hours. William Rock Small, a
youngster of eighty-four, takes
his turn regularly in tolling the
bells Of Dudley, and William
Faulks, another regular at the
bell-ringing job, has just celebrated
his golden wedding.
The Washington times., 1923-11-26
Dear Mr.. SHINES, of Germany
First Study the Graveyard.

Hugo SHINES of Germany has shipping REAL
into the United States millions proposes to
lze worldwide war Standard OIL He isn't defendinr
the dear peepul" against Standard Oil He s;-cr1gs
wants to get away from the Standard some of
Oils money - A~"'"
Mr. SHINES is in this country now visiting strrra
and it the duty of the United States to tell him SI
that the less ne fights the Standard Oil longer he viii
probably hve-fi financially speaking. " va"
All the money that Mr. SHINES has D. RocLefeler -
not miss it. ~ '"A "no
eided to fight Standard OIL SA 'A"' o0
Study that graveyard Mr.. Shines It will interest Won
The Washington times., 1923-11-26
BLESSINGS OF EDUCATION

give through its schools. II this
is true, then education now and
in the future must command
more solid and dependable sup
port than it has in the past
For such a program of educa-
ton will be costly. 1t will
mean more and better-built
Hchoolhouses, ample and useful
couioment in snop, laboratory
and library; for Fairgrounds, as
semblies and recreation rooms;
and above all it will mean a
teaching staff with a better
understanding OF the motives
that move men and women in the
conduct Of modern affairs.
The Washington times., 1923-11-26
Garden Tip

CHEROKEE, Iowa-The appli-
~ cability of overhead irrigation
to beat the Old Man Of the North
is being sponsored at the State
Hospital farm here, where Gar
dener Kohlenberg Is still growing
an open field crop of lettuce, al
though the temperature has been
as low at Is above zero.
BY letting the water flow all
night Kohlenberg has been sue.
cessful In drowning Jack Forst.
The Washington times., 1923-11-26
SAP AND SALT
Nv Bert Moses

The only people who get any
good out of luxuries are those
who draw wages for making
them.
Old people seldom change their
opinions unless they can get {
commission on the transaction.
Most of us are overstocked
with Judgment of very low
quality, there being so little in
our heads for it to feed on.
Hez Heck says: "A fool IL one
who has jist brains enough to
keep his ignorance in q state o.
activity"
Copyright. 1929. Premier syndicats. Incl
The Washington times., 1923-11-26
Druggists Hit

r ONDON-That one prescription
IL in every five made up by drug
stores in England is inaccurate is
the charge made by the Ministry
of Health analysis experts In their
annual report just issued.
"Of 429 prescriptions analysed.
90, or about one in five were found
to be inaccurate, as compared with
20 out Of 17S in 1921" says the
report.
The Washington times., 1923-11-26
Nature Talk

NOVEMBER sees the chipmunks
IN preparing for the winters
sleep in their snug underground
retreat, where no cold nor enemy
reaches them, says Nature Mag
azine. They awake occasionally
to draw from their well-stocked
storehouse sufficient food.
The Washington times., 1923-11-26
Harvest Home

DUCYRUs, ohio-A harvest
I'D home" sermon was delivered
by Rev. o. F.. Laughbaum, Of
the rural Mt. Zion United Broth.
rem Church, upon his return from
a months vacation. His parish
toner's then presented him with a
wagonload Of vegetables and farm
DTodMCt0 treuA th0ae Gg0A
The Washington times., 1923-11-26
GARRETT P. SERVISS
ON PEYROLT PLANT
Found IN Mountains of Mexico, When Eaten i
Produces Marvellous Mirages and
Color Combinations
By Garrett r. SerYiss.

: and Writer on Scientific Topics I
The Washington times., 1923-08-30
SHIPPING BOARD
SUMMONED BY
PRESIDENT
Coolidge Seeks to Settle Con-
troversy Between Members
Over Operation.

In an effort to settle the contro-
versy existing between members OF
the Shipping Board over the So
called Harding-L4asker plan Tor oper-
alton Of the. American Merchant Ma
rine through subsidiary corporations.
President Coolidge today summoned
q conference OF. the entire board at
the White House for $3.50 o'clock to-
night.
The call for the meeting was IS
sued after q conference between the
President and Edward p. Farley,
chairman Of the board, who present.
ed to Mr.. Coolidge full details Of the
plan.
|. The boards plan has been attacked
by ship owners and operators on the
ground that 1t constituted virtual
Governmental operation. and the le-
gality has been questioned by three
members Of the board. Four mem
bers, however, voted to adopt the
plan as the best means to develop
the merchant marine In the absencxs
Of a Governmental subsidy.
. President Coolidge Is anxious to
hear every side Of the controversy
that has split the board, Farley said,
and for that reason desires full in
formation SO that a definite policy
for operation Of the fleet may be
adopted.
Particularly the President wants TO
determine whether the plan would be
legal and whether the question Of le-
gality should be submitted to the
Attorney General for a ruling.
The Washington times., 1923-08-30
Three WOMEN IN FIGHT
WIND UP IN HOSPITAL

In a royal free.for-alI in front Of
ass Neal place northwest, three col
ored women received injuries that
necessitated hospital treatment. Nu-
merous others had private bruises
and cuts that they treated at their
homes.
Those treated at the hospitals were
Mary Allen, twenty-five, 81 Neal
place: Marie Johnson, twenty-eight,
OF 422k Hollidge court northwest,
and Rebecca Coleman, twenty-six, Of
Hollidge court also. The trio suf-
fered cuts and bruises and arrest at
the Eighth precinct on charges Of
disorderly conduct.
Police have been unable to learn
what caused the origin of the fracas
But they do know that at one time
the imbroglio mad most of the resi-.
dents Of Neal place actively engaged
in an earnest attempt to cut off some
ones nose or ears. Reserves from
the Eighth precinct were callo6 ont.
The Washington times., 1923-08-30
THINKS GLANDS
PROLONGL LIFE
Of MAN
DR.. J. r. BrinkIey Declares OPP
GRAFTON Will Become Com
mon in Five Years.

give years more and transplant
ing Of glands will be a common op-
Grafton; one which will increase the
span Of mans life unbelievably. It
may be doubled; 1t may be tripled."
So declared DIR. J. r. Brinkley,
of Milford, Kans., today at the New
Willard, where he is stopping in the
suite vacated by President and Mrs.
Calvin Coolidge.
viii Leave Late Today.
Later in the day DIR. Brinkley,
by Mrs. Brinkley, will
leave for Uniontown, Pa, by auto.
mobile, and then proceed to his
home in Milford.
DR.. Brinkley further AYERS that
transplanting of glands to preserve
youth and life rapidly is being rid
OF the stigma attached to 1t in the
first days of it's discovery. It was
DIR. Brinkley who introduced the use
of goat glands in the human body.
Senators Take Operation.
Commenting on the increasing
practice Of gland transportation
among prominent men in America,
DIR. Brinkley declared that in the
last year he had performed opera.
tons on several Senators and Con-
gressmen, as well as State legisla-
tors.
The physician first startled the
world about four years ago, when
he performed a goat-gland trans
planting operation in New York.
The Washington times., 1923-08-30
POSTAL CLERKS
MEET HERE
MONDAY
Convention Will Bring 1000
From Al! Parts Of U. s.
to National Museum.

Between 1900 and 1000 postal
clerks from all parts OF the United
States and its dependencies win
gather in Washington Monday for
the annual convention Of the United
National Association Of Postofficc
Clerks.
The convention, which viii open
at 10 o'clock Monday morning in
the auditorium Of the New National
Museum, win be the largest in the
history Of the association. It viii
remain in session through Friday.
September Z.
The opening session will be de-
voted to addresses by postal Of
ficials and representatives Of the
District government and Washing
ton business and civic organizations,
with addresses OF welcome by a
member OF the Board Of District
Commissioners and by Postmaster
William ~. Mooney, Of Washington.
Monday afternoon the delegates
will go to Mount Vernon, where q
wreath win be placed on the tomb
Of Washington. Tuesday the dele
gates will be the guests OF the
Baltimore branch Of the organiza.
ton in that city, returning to Wash
ington Tuesday night.
Arrangements for the convention
are in the hands OF q local com
mittee headed by e. L. Vessey, of
the Washington postoffice. j "A.
Griffith, of the Washington office,
Is president of the local branch of
the association and is acting as host
to the delegates.
C. p. Franciscus, OF Washington,
is the national president Of the as
ISOLATION.
Business to come before the as.
ISOLATION in the sessions of Wed
nesday. Thursday and Friday is al.
most entirely national In character,
affecting the clerks Of the service
as a whole. There Is no matter Of
purely local interest, It was stated
today by President Griffith, Of the
local branch.
Nomination Of officers will take
place Monday morning and the
elections win be held toward The
close of the session.
The Washington times., 1923-08-30
U.s.WORKERSTO
GET HEALTH
TESTS
Civil Service Commission Insti-
tutes System Authorized
by White House.

Government workers from this
time forth will be subjected to
physical examinations under a
system instituted by the Civil Serv-
Ice Commission, it was announced
today by William C. Deming, chair
man.
These tests, 1t is held owill be OF
triple value: First to the Federal
service itself as q measure which
ultimately will prevent the employ
ment Of persons incapacitated; Sec
ond, to fellow-workers, in some in
stances subjected to contagion at
the present time, and, third, to
workers themselves, whose physical
limitations can be accurately
gagged and. who will no longer run
the risk of assignments to jobs be-
yond their strength.
The examinations probably will
be instituted under authority of an
executive order promulgated by the
late President Harding June Is,
1923, as follows:
WIN Tic VIC" 70 pIOIIlOIALAS
health and efficiency and of min
imizing accidents among Federai
the surgeoH general OF
the Public Health Service Is auth
orized and directed to make sue.
physical examinations of applicaI
and employees DIS may be requested
by the Civil Service Commission.
and shall keep the commission adj
Vised Of the localities where medi-
cal officers are available for duty"
Examinations already are given
In some groups, but never has such
a general policy been instituted
Hitherto, 1t has been the practice
for applicants for employment to
submit a sworn statement Ss to
his good health or q medical Ger.
tificate. An important contribut.
ing cause to inauguration of the
new method is the Government
increasing liability under the com
pensation act. 1t now being held
that persons contracting occupa
tional diseases are compensate, as
well as those injured in the line
Of duty.
The adaptation Of the order will
be gradual, because of the limited
force Of the Public Health Service
but will ultimately be made uni
Yersal, 1t IL said.
Physical examinations already
are being conducted by the War
and Navy Departments, under su
pervision of the medical corps oil
the two services.
The Washington times., 1923-08-30
BUILDING
URGED FOR
SAVING
Contractors Official Thinks
Prices of Material Are
Soon Due to Recede.
BY GEN. r.. C. MARSHALL, DR.,
General Manager, Associated General

BY GEN. r.. C. MARSHALL, DR.,
General Manager. Associated General
Contractors Of America.
Written expressly for Cosmopolitan News
Service.
The wise man, who is contemplate
ing building a home this year, will
make his building contract in Oc-
tober or November, for present prices
probably will recede during those
months and probably will rise again
next spring.
The common belief, that it is more
expensive to do construction work
in winter than it is in the spring
and summer is entirely fallacious.
It is just as cheap to build in winter.
The building cost index Is now
100 to 1876, which is entirely too high.
It should be about 100 to 165, and !
expect it to fall to the lower figures
during the fall and winter. This, Of
course, Is based upon the 1913 index
of 100.
The campaign begun early this
year for reduction in costs of build
ing materials succeeded in withhold
ing nearly three-quarters Of a bill
ion dollars of building construction
from contamination, and If this gil
gantic amount had been spent in
actual construction, added to the tre-
mendous volume of building, we
would have had runaway materials
market, which would have resulted
in a buyers strike, and chaos would
have resulted.
AS it is, prices Of materials are
still too high, but should decline
with the approach of the winter
season, and then will be the time
to build
No one need worry that there are
enough wise ones" who will build
in October and November to cause
an unusual demand for materials;
consequently the prospective home
builder il perfectly safe In making
hin 1lana now.