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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-07-14


Like an Indian Unconscious Of
Thought.
creased in frequence; slowly the light
shaded as smoky clouds rolled up; the
air grew sultrfer, and the exasperating
breeze pulled q few times and then
failed.
An hour later the party had climbed
high and was rounding the side Of a
great bare ridge that long had hidden
the crags. The last burro Of the pack
train plodded over the ridge out of
Madeline's sight. She looked back.
ward down the slope, amused to see
her guests change YEARLY from side to
side in their saddles. Far below lay
the cedar fiat and the foothills. Far
to the west the sky was still clear,
with shafts Of sunlight shooting down
from behind the encroaching clouds.
Stewart reached the summit Of the
ridge and, though only a few rods
Ito be continued next weekly
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-07-14
Health Talks
By E. S. WEBER, D. D. S.

Any questions regarding SUBJ
jects in these articles or other
dental work should be addressed
20 the Health Editor of the APP
peal. DR.. Weber will publish the
answers each week in this column.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-07-14

allu VIC CiluISu IL uO CACCpLlOll. OLC
of the main facts about the discussion
of subjects of this nature, the majority
of the people are little afraid to give
their honest opinions. The average
Individual is afraid that to express his
honest opinion will cause him to be-
come unpopular. Honesty, even at the
expense of becoming unpopular, is the
best after all.
Do not destroy one of the greatest
of all blessings, liberty of the soul. A
man was being tried charged with a
very grave crime. After the prose-
cution had delivered the final argu-
ment the jury filed out into the jury
room and began to discuss the evil
dence in the case, when one of the
members on this jury walked over and
laid down on lounge making the
following remark: alright gentle
men, whatever you agree on am with
you" Should principle be sacrificed
for the sake of popularity? Should
every person in the world with the ex-
ception of one man believe that a
pound of cotton would weigh as much
as two pounds of lead it would none
the less be false. Numbers establish
neither the truth or falsity of an as
sertion. The world is round in spite
of the fact that noblemen, learned men
and crown heads of Europe in 1892
believed to the contrary, and believed
Columbus insane. The earth moves,
although Bruno was tortured for pro-
claiming that fact. Reasonableness
or unreasonableness should be the
grounds for accepting an assertion as
true or rejecting it as false. Where
is heaven? do not know; some min
Evening star., 1923-09-02
,g@x@A HAZARD OF HOSPTTALTTYaEs&aa<zsz2

seize the attention of most other men,
young or old. The baron thus con-
firmed Mrs. Swellbeigh's notion of his
super-aristocracy. The baron danced
divinely, and among his other ac-
compIishments-and of this he seemed
proud-was his ability to drive car.
No racing chauffeur could take a
motor through dangerous mazes of
traffic with greater skill. and none
could drive at speed more safely. He
often drove Mrs. Swellbeigh, as much
to her pride as her exhilaration.
One morning, after a late function.
Mrs. Swellbeigh woke within an hour
of the time she was to take a spin
with the baron. She called Felice,
but the maid did not respond. She
called Mimi. second maid, who could
give no account of the favorite. Mrs.
Swellbeigh had performed her toilet
in days gone by without assistance,
and she did it this morning, frequent
ly giving word that Felice should be
sent in the moment she appeared.
Mrs. Swellbeigh, at that stage OF
dressing that called for ornamental
ton. could not find her jewels. A ter
rible thought came to her. Had Felice
disappeared with them? Hysterical
she sent word to the baron's apart
ment for counsel.
The baron had also disappeared.
(Cpyright tsoAl
Evening star., 1923-09-02
By J. A. Waldron

gossip of this sort. 1t always came.
back to her. Why shouldn't she
laugh? Baron Dumdum was her guest
and had promised to continue as her
guest, though bids for him had been
made even by persons in circle Mrs.
Swellbeigh could not penetrate, espe-
cially by mothers with daughters who
smiled upon him. For the baron was
handsome withal.
The riches of the Swellbeighs car
ried them triumphantly in the newer
Newport set. Even the exclusive few
gasped at the display Mrs. Swellbeigh
made of jewels. And her collection
of gems was as famous in London and
Paris as it was in Newport. Even
Baron Dumdum gasped at them. And
yet no one outside of the family ever
saw all of Mrs. Swellbeigh's gems
together-that is, no one but Felice,
the paragon of a maid, whose attrac-
tiveness and worth even Mrs. Arbour
and Mrs. Delevere had admitted. To
Felice, in fact, the jewels were in
trusted when not in safety vault
and when Mrs. Swel1beigh had them
at hand for personal adornment on
great social occasions. And Felice
was even trusted to take them to and
from their seclusion.
X y X X
DARoN DUMDUM, 1t was noted,
ID took no note Of Felice whatever.
though she was engaging enough to
Evening star., 1923-09-02
Government Now Has
Fine Coin Collection

the whole range of ancient Greece
The casts show the coins of Lydia. IL
Asia Minor, and embrace Roman coin.
age as recent as that of the year
100 AID.
There is special interest to Ameri
cans in the collection of Spanish CONT
linked with the early history of thii
country. Actual specimens which
were in circulation in the Americai
colonies during the colonial periot
afford interesting sidelights on his
tory.
Another notable feature is the cob
lection of the coins of Poland, pre-
sented to the Smithsonian by the Pol
ish National Alliance as a token q
the warm friendship between Polant
and the United States. Poland's his'
tory is exceedingly rich. and the pres
ent struggle of the nation to estab
lish republican government modelet
after that of the United States givei
particular value to this showing q
the national coinage.
Evening star., 1923-09-02

the humidity and heat Of summer
Washington weather are maximum.
4
4 S you explored the wonders of the
"A White House during one of your
trips to the Executive Mansion did
you ever chance to ask the guide
where the fire escapes We're? There
are two such contrivances, the like
of which are to be seen nowhere else
in the city of federal legislation.
Hunt. if you like, for metal stairs,
rope ladders or exit poles like those
in the ordinary fire engine house.
You will never find any such around
President Coo1idge's new home. The
two fire escape contrivances look
more like miniature howitzers or
motor-transport guns than they re-
semble modern avenues of safety
which provide egress from burning
building.
Each Of these contraptions con-
sists of a concealed, endless chain, so
operated by means of special gov
ernors and cogwheels when the
weight of your body is applied to 1t
that it will carry you safely from the
roof of the structure to terra firma
below. In case of fire in the White
House the inmates have been in
structed to rush to the roof If other
roadways Of escape are blocked. The
first one to reach the automatic fire
escape pulls a short chain, which re-
leases the cannister-like bottom and
allows the strong chain to fall so that
it hangs a few feet above the ground.
Then the fleeing man straps smaller
chain around his waist, fastens it to
the large endless chain and drops
from the edge of the roof.
AS soon as the weight of his body
is brought upon the large chain the
latter begins to roll over the cog
wheels automatically and lowers its
human burden to the ground.
Although a fire has never broken
out since this novel apparatus was
mounted in place on the White House
roof, several experimental tests have
been made where as many as hVe
large men were lowered >simultane-
ously from the roof to the ground by
means of this extraordinary life belt
Each of the fire escape outfits weighs
about 200 pounds. They were install
ed on the White House roof eighteeT
years ago.
All Washington doubleless knows
about the Presidents f1agpole, a per
manent metal flagstaff thirty-five fee
Evening star., 1923-09-02

dress, had started this conversation
between Mrs. Arbour and Mrs. Dele
we're. both. of whom threw up their
that carried over Mrs. Swellbeigh's
head, while the unobstyucted eye of
each took in the sartorial variety of
an overdressed woman.
But their servants are marvels,
dear. Mrs. Swellbeigh's newest maid
is Just the most chic creature I've
ever seen!
shes pretty, and no doubt clever.
But don't you observe that their do
mestic staff serves only to make their
own shortcomings the more pro-
nounced? The contrast, my dear, is
something dreadful"
"Do you believe-I d0n't-that this
II Baron Dumdum they parade
with such effrontery is a real person
of title? They say there is no such
name in the Almanach de Gotha."
But surely you've heard how Mrs
SwelIbeigh accounts for that! She
insists he's even more than a baron
Hints that he's a minor royalty over
here incog. on a political mission re-
lated to the war, and thus must hide
his real identity. How perfectly alb
surd.
Mrs. swellbei9h simply laughed at
Evening star., 1923-09-02

of sky-fire protect ion as been effective
as. despite the many electrical storms
which have visited Washington dur
ing the last score Of years. the white
House has never been struck by tho
tongued flames.
i the world like a little village OF
its own with it's many guard-railed
walks. runways. gates and stairs. The
roof itself is made OF copper an ever
lasting material for such purpose.
The oddities of the White House
which the average visitor never sees
are not all on the roof and outside.
In the basement sections, now used
as an engine room and for coal
storage. are several old relics which
carry US back even to the days when
the wives of the earliest Presidents
used to complain bitterly about the
inconvenience of the historic man
sion. Congress for many years was
most penurious and refused to appro-
pirate adequate funds to finish and
furnish the Executive Mansion.
In the engine room of the White
House is an fashioned extendable
metal arm. which scores of years ago
was swung in place over the open
fireplace to hold the pots and skillets
used in the preparation of the Presis
Dental dinners. Underneath the
northeastern portico of the White
House, in the present coal cellars.
are couple of marble troughs. which,
about a century ago, were used as
milk watts. This room was then used
as the Presidents dairy, and II is
likely that kindly kline may have
browsed on the White House lawn
during that era. Milk was cooled and
kept in these marble containers. where
conditions were favorable for the
cream to rise on it.
Today a beautiful rose garden,
where twenty-five different varieties
of this popular flower are annually
grown in gorgeous splendor, orna-
ments the west side of the White
House lawn. On the east exposure
stands the old-fashioned garden re-
vived by Mrs Wilson and perpetuated
by Mrs. Harding. 1t is quite likely
that Mrs. Coolidge will also MAIN
tain and delight in this remarkable
display of venerable varieties of
| flowers, including phlox, peonies,
| chrysanthemums. delphiniums, for
get-me-nots, hollyhocks, black-eyed
susans, snapdragons and others.
/ Encircling the White House foun-
| tains are ornamental paintings OF
German and Japanese iris, while
large bed of white phlox on the Penn
! sylvania avenue lawn yearly delights
| hundreds of thousands of passers-by.
| Pansies, as well as all the different
varieties of bulbs, such as hyacinths,
narcissus and tulips, are set out DUR
| ing the fall in special beds so that
they will beautify the White House
grounds in orderly sequence the fol-
lowing spring.
Kindly provision is made for the
well being and comfort of every en-
iploye who works about the White
House. Even the policemen. who have
to stand long viglls at the gates, are
not neglected. During cold and
stormy weather portable cubby boxes
heated by electric stoves, wherein the
guardsman can stand or sit in COM
fort during his spell on duty, are pro-
| vided for their protection against
| wind and untoward weather.
Evening star., 1923-09-02

gets rich so quickly help being vul-
gar?"
"of course. Manners never come
all at once"
"And they seldom come at all to
persons not born to them"
How true!
Thus gossiped Mrs. Arbour and Mrs.
Delevere over their afternoon tea.
They belonged to old families at New
port, a few of whom had not died out
or sold out. Newport. the wiseacres
said, was "going back" This didn't
mean that the town was reverting to
the time when a select few who could
bark back two or three generations
to their family beginnings in shirt
sleeves were arbiters of everything
about them.
The tide of new wealth and attend
ant gaucheries had driven many of
these first families away. 1t was only
six months before that the Lestors
had sold their elaborate place and all
its belongings to the newcoming
sweilbeighs.-
The entrance of Mrs. Swellbeigh
into the Casino at the moment. expos
inS every detail of the latest mode in
Evening star., 1923-09-02
terminate After Years.

cTORIES concerning the length d
- vitality of seeds are commonl3
fabulous-as in the case of the alb
legged mummy" wheat. A case 10
however, reported in England il
which the seed of gorse (Ulex euro
poeus) unquestionably germinatet
after lying dormant for twenty-five
years.
A forty-acre tract of gorse AMI
heather covered land in Cumberland
was drained. cleaned esd plowed ou
in 1896. After having been kept il
arabic rotation for several years
was converted into pasture. where
upon numerous gorse seedlings ap
peared These were carefully stubbea
out
The pasture remained free from
gorse until slast year, when 1t wal
plowed up and sown with oats. Ths
crop was reaped and gorse Seeding
were found all over the field.
Evidently the last plowing brough
to the surface and called to life th
seeds that had lain buried for quar-
ter of a century.
Evening star., 1923-09-02

A COIN collection of the first
~ magnitude is the latest addt-
~ tion to the national treasure
4 a in Washington. Until now
the United States has been able to
make no particular boast as col
lector of rare coins and medals. The
government has owned an abundance
of material, but it has not been avail
able in the form of a comprehensive
collection. The treasure has been di-
vided, with inevitable loss of value.
With the removal of the Philadelphia
mint collection to Washington and its
consolidat ton with the material owned
by the Smithsonian Institution, the
American people have ready access to
one of the great collections of the
world.
This concentration of the Philadel-
phia and Washington collections is
taken as the initial step in giving the
United States a place in the ranks of
nations which have taken numis-
matics with the seriousness the science
deserves.
Numismatics may be described as
covering coins, medals and decora-
tions. In these three branches it af-
fords a wide field for historical study
and a wealth of human interest, deal
ing with the progress of nations. the
development of civilization and the
individual achievements of the human
race.
Recent visitors to the Smithsonian
have found Curator Belote busily en-
gagged in the installation of the ma
terial, old and new. To Mr.. Belote
the move is of great Importance from
the historical standpoint. American
history is his special study and prob
lem, and as curator of the division of
history he recognizes the value of the
combined collection.
The newly organized display aggre-
gates approximately $4,000 pieces
With one exception it is the largest
assemblage of specimens in the United
States AS far as public exhibit is
concerned 1t is the largest. The one
collection of greater size is that of the
American Numismatic Society. in New
York, but the New York material is
intended primarily for research and
not for exhibition purposes, while the
Smithsonian collection is the property
of the public and will command the
interested attention Of students and
sightseers alike.
One of the notable features is the
series of casts of ancient coins. pre-
senting exact reproductions of some
of the most interesting coinage OF
centuries long past. Included in these
are the classical types prepared BY
| the British Museum, selected with Z
view to showing the development o1
| the art of coinage. This carries the
| study back to the seventh century
| before the birth of Christ. the earlies
| period recognized by numismati'
| scientists in their classification ant
| research. In this collection may b'
| found reproductions Of coins covering
Evening star., 1923-09-02

are used to raise or lower these
emergency fagpoles whenever they
are needed.
The White House is protected
against damage or destruction by
lightning by one of the most eff
cacious and extensive systems of rod
ding and wiring ever devised. Several
Thousand feet of stiff metal rope about
three-quarters of an inch in diameter
are permentaly installed over the
chimneys and roof in such a fashion
as to decoy all the darting flames of
heavenly fire which fall that way into
four distribution pits that are sunk
dozen feet in the ground
At four different points of the
White House are lightning distribu-
tion pits of this type. In each pit is
heavy sheet of copper twelve feet
long and eighteen inches wide buried
under a big load of coke. From these
four bases. the lightning wires extend
to every chimney and other exposed
places on the White House roof which
are particularly hazardous from a
lightning standpoint. This system
Evening star., 1923-09-02
Town With Many Lakes.

WINTER HAVEN,rH E-s<'Sse. Suffer
w from an embarrassment of riche
in the form of lakes. The towf
which has about two thousand peo
Pile, is entirely surrounded by fres
water bodies, large and small, and tn
avenues of escape into the countr
are few. If Winter Haven shoul
ever get its army of lakes hooked u
with canals, the mariners" who al
tempt navigation therein can spen
as much time on continuous voyag
as large ships require in crossing a
ocean. An elaborate system of naH
eating charts would be required
avoid confusion and the annoyin
mistake Of getting Into the wron
psW."
Evening star., 1923-09-02

trict of Columbia but in the entire
country. 1t was installed twenty
one years ago at the time when
Theodore Roosevelt remodeled the
White House, and is six feet high and
two and one-half feet in diameter. 1t
is large enough so that a big man
can stand erect inside of it as he
cleans the glass globe. The lamp con-
Evening star., 1923-09-02
Nature and Inventive Genius Contribute to White House Nove

buckeyes. yews, pelonias, Japanese
Towering cherry trees, pines, cedar
of Lebanon, basswoods. Japanese var
nish tree and boxwoods. Whenever a
large tree in commanding position
dies it is replaced by another Of the
same variety. During the Wilson ad-
ministration a large elm was blown
down. Mr.. Wilson in person planted
another elm to replace the fallen giant.
A mammoth elm tree, which is al
most a half century old now, was
Evening star., 1923-09-02

of 'four-inch, three-inch and two-and-
one-half-inch pipe, which towers from
the White House roof and flies "Old
Glory.S There are two other hinged
and portable bagpoles of metal, which
were built during the world war to
support the flags of the allies. These
metal poles are facsimilies of the per-
manent Presidential staff except that
they are hinged at the bottom to large
metal slabs. Special block and tackle
Evening star., 1923-09-02

AS you have walk or ridden by
the White House. time and again, you,
perchance. have noticed the huge
lamp. which like a faithful beacon
adorns the front entrance. From the
avenue this source of nocturnal illu-
mination does not appear so immense
as II really is. 1t Is one of the
largest lamps not only in the Dis
Evening star., 1923-09-02

tains eighteen 25-watt electric bulbs.
Previous to its installation, gas lamps
were used to illuminate the front door
of the presidential dwelling.
From the neighboring streets, the
average pedestrian is unable to see
the screened sleeping porch which is
a prominent feature of the White
House roof. Yet there it stands
Evening star., 1923-09-02

White House stables during the ad-
ministration of President Taft. At
that time the Jersey breed was ac-
corded plenty of unusual publicity
the like of which the Airedale breed
Of dogs has latterly benefited from
during the residence of Laddie Boy
as the official canine mascot at the
finest home on Pennsylvania avenue.
Evening star., 1923-09-02

where the summer breezes can fan
and comfort its inmates. No, neither
the President of the United States
nor any of his family uses the skyline
bedchamber. 1t was constructed dur
ing the Taft administration for the
use of some of the White House help,
and ever since has been used by these
attendants during the nights when
Evening star., 1923-09-02

tected the intruders and Immediately
evicted them.
Yes, there has been a modern White
House bossy, but during her industry
In providing the table of the Chief
Executive with milk and cream. she
was not maintained on the White
House lawn. The sleek and beautiful
Jersey COW was maintained in the
Evening star., 1923-09-02

ONT you think the Swell
beighs are a bit vulgar,
dear?"
UHow can anv one who
Evening star., 1923-09-02
BY GEORGE H. DACY.

~ VEN the White House. our fore
- most American mansion, oc-
casionally hears the hoot of
~ the owl. the patient pecking
Evening star., 1923-09-02

DURING the domination of John
- Barleycorn it may have been
that snakes in the making passed
down the Avenue in front Of the
Executive Mansion in the persons of
'inebriates who had remained too long
among their cups. However. the real
article-garden and grass snakes and
others of the reptile family native in
the District of Columbia-has never
appeared within the White House
grounds. The present corps OF at
tendants can not recollect coming
across single specimen of the snake
realm.
There are several hundred stately
and massive and expansive and
spreading trees within these notable
grounds, most of them being CEN
tralized on the Pennsylvania avenue
side. The White House forest-if
such it may be called-is as prolific
in variety and species as it is in shade.
Among the outstanding tree types are
elms. naples. beech. oaks, acacia,
magnolias. tulip-popular, ash. cypress,
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-03
M'ADO0 IS NOT
KEEN OVER U. S.
R. R. OWNERSHIP

SAN FRANCISCO, Dee. 3.-Wil.
liam G. McAdoo, probable candidate
for the democratic presidential
nomination, met political leaders in
San Francisco today after having
outlined in a speech here last night
his views of the railroad question
Government ownership of rail
roads, McAdoo declared, lis not
the wisest solution of the transpor
tation question.
He urged "an earnest effort to
secure railroad reform, preserving
the principle of privaGe operation
but under more effective federal
regulation.
His address was before the fif
tieth anniversary celebration of the
brotherhood OF locomotive firemen
and engineers.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-12-03

Evidence Of what cooperative
marketing will do for the grower is
seen in the figures on California s
citrus crop for the year ending Oc-
tober 81, 1923, which have Just
been released by f. G. Dezell, gen
eraI manager of the California Fruit
Growers Exchange, Los Angeles.
This exchange is known through
out the country as the most success
full cooperative marketing agency
in the United States:
Shipments of citrus fruits through
the exchange were 36,999 cars of
oranges and grapefruit and $3.50
cars of lemons, making a total of
45,25S ears, or 75.S per cent of the
entire citrus fruit shipments of the
state, as compared with 6s.7 per
cent for the previous season.
These shipments brought an .es-
timated value of $50, ,223 ,450 f. O. b.
ears California, with a delivered
value of $s1, ,25S,169, according to