Evening star., 1923-04-13

SuSI as congress has Ccdocu " iiA0AAo
free distribution Of rare and useful gar
den seeds here comes consignment OF
decidedly rare seeds from the ancient
tomb of King Tutankhamen. They are
going to one scientific man at Yonkers,
N. Y, who will plant them and wait for
a crop. -
Such experiments have frequently
been made with seeds from ancient
tombs, but never has such seed germi-
mated. 1t would be decidedly interest
ing, If any did germdnate, to compare 1t
with similar plants or grains Of today
and note the changes Of $500 years.
For illustration, the wild potato stin
grows in its original habitat in South
America, but It is no larger than q
grape. 1t has developed under cultiva-
ton, through evolution Of only four or
five centuries. into a mealy vegetable,
sometimes ten or twelve inches long,
and becomes one of the chief articles Of
diet Of men.
How interesting it would be to dis
built by Joseph. in which he stored the
surplus of the seven 'tfat' years. and
from which he sold to famine stricken
rem, down from Canaan.
In the meanwhile, If YonkerS should
harvest Tutankhamen grain, dt may In
troduce a harder wheat than we now
possess.
There is one phase Of a Supreme
Court decision which is sometimes over
looked. The decision which proves un-
pleasant to champions Of some reform
may not be an expression of the court
upon the benef1cence Of the proposed
object Of the particular law.
The subject is many-sided, and it
calls for patience and breadth Of judg
decision Of the constitutionality of the
law has no bearing upon the personal
sympathies of the Justices.
1t us claimed that the decision upset
ting the minimum wage law will not
cause any serious change dn the present
for every woman capable Of doing the
work. Some employers predict that 1t
may result in encouraging firms to
branch out with more help, unframed,
in lines which they would not have
yentured to undertake il all women
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wages due to experienced labor. In
that way it will increase demand for
women and result, eventually, in en-
hancing the wages Of the competent.
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There is a menace to the nation in
the development Of classes and blocs,"
said President Harding in a recent
speech. There is danger in envy and
jealousy
Has there not always been envy and
jealousy? The "bloc" is recognized by
the President as the new menace, for 1t
is founded on class interest, and in just
the degree that il adheres to its one
class interest it must subordinate full
patriotism.
1t takes a great man to be a hero to
his valet How great must he be to be
commended by hotel waitress, espe-
cially one who has lived all her life in
the atmosphere Of the opposition? A
waitress at a southern hotel says Pres
.dent Harding has beautiful table man
ners, but he does not eat enough for
Iightness of his noon lunch-just milk
and bread-'Thalf and half"-and never
any dessert or any finger bowls.
Are finger bowls to follow the little
saucers into which our grandparents set
their coffee cups while they drank from
their saucers? Or at least, let them go
the way Of the mustache cups and the
napkin rings? Many a man from way
back has gotten into more trouble over
finger bowls and what to do with them
than anything else at a fashionable Ia
BILE It is hard to convince such diners,
sometimes, that it is fashionable to
wash hands and face at the table, in
those little glass or silver basins. And
never any soap handy! Out with them.
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In order to read the daily papers
nowadays. it is necessary to become
a general scientist. OF course, nobody