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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-02

IB SOUTrOUnQGO
on three sides
by the munich
pal abbatoir,
garbage a n d
refuse incinera-
tor and city
dog pound.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-02

Every local passenger and
freight train on six trunk lines
halts at Malaria-Sur- Mer for re-
pairs, water, coal and a fresh
crew.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-02
FEB RUARY . 1923.

These are wintry days, but baseball
Is beginning to come to life, and in these
pages you will find the best stories Of
the national pastime. They are filled
with human interest. They will keep
you Informed of every last move.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-02
FEBRUARY 1923.

Are yOu keeping up with the IImeGy
The best way is to read these banner
sports pages. They are always bright
and snappy, excellentIy illustrated and
authoritative in every branch Of sports
as experts can make them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-31

Quayle's essay, also recently pub
lished in the Journal Of the Frank
lin Institute. AS noted above, it is
primarily devoted to the study of
bullets in fight, but an important
feature of the method is the use of
high-speed photography with the
materials now available.
1t will be seen by the photographs
here reproduced that the bubble is
not broken by the passage through it
Of the bullet, but that the film at the
point of entrance and exit closes aft
er ,perforation.
1t becomes a question then'whether
our shooting galleries or the more
aristocratic gun clubs might not in
troduced the sport Of shooting bub-
bles. 1t would not be difficult to de-
wise an apparatus that will blow a
fair-sizeds bubble containing just
sufficient illuminating gas to cause
it to rise at moderate speed, and
then if the marksmen are provided
with what is termed a tracer bullet,
which carries a small amount Of
burning material, the bubble would
infame when hit, and in this way
an interesting nights sport would be
available.
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of Soap Bubbles Of Long Duration. ;"
Both these papers appeared in the
journal of the Franklin Institute.
Boys, agBritish scientist, has given
a good deal of attention to the
methods of making soap bubbles, and
has devised special form of pipe and
a new solution by which very large
and enduring bubbles may be blown.
Delicate as the bubble seems, it has
strength and resistance in some
ways, and very interesting phenom-
ena may be shown by it. The ordi-
nary bubble blown by the breath is
heavier than air, but if Illuminating
gas is used or, still better, hydrogen,
floating globe can be obtained. A
striking experiment can be made by
lighting the gas-flled bubble as it
rises, but a still more impressive
method is to fill the bubble with a
mixture Of hydrogen and oxygen,
which, when lighted, bursts with a
very loud noise, but the explosion is
entirely harmless.
Modern scientific investigation in
wolves coincident application of sew
eraI s1ines Of experiment and results,
and this is well illustrated in
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-31

er who scans the report to find that
Conditions In the Greenwich Village
section surpass the widest happen
ings in the Montmartre district of
Paris. The majority of studios in
this district are occupied by pseudo
artists and loose-living persons"
Cocktail Artists.
The tired business man" of fact
and fiction is in the majority among
the shocked individuals whose only
art is with cocktail shaker rather
than painters brush, according to
Mr.. BoWes, who states that the "stu-
dio idea" is the only solution for. the
man who formerly gave parties" in
the private rooms of gay reStau-
rants, a proceeding which has be-
come increasingly dangerous with
the growing enforcement Of
prohibition laws. The studio, on the
other hand, offers everything to be
desired in the way of secrecy. Models
may come and go freely. Large
numbers of visitors are no novelty.
The person accustomed to the free
and-easy but not necessarily immor-
al Bohemian life is not inquisitive.
But moving into the artistic col
onies the tired business man" may
have his play hours as he desires
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-31

~ PORTSMEN will hear with in
terest of a possible new field
for trials Of craftsmanship.
Philip P. Quayle, assistant physicist
of United States Bureau of Stand
ards, investigating the phenomena
of bullets in, flight, has been sending
them through soap bubbles, so says
DR.. Henry Lehman, who adds:
To many the soap bubble, though
curious and beautiful, is merely
child's toy, yet it has long been
known to scientists that important
and interesting data in regard to
light and the properties Of liquids
and gases can be drawn from the
study of it. Many years ago a long
article on the subject, by Plateau,
was republished in the report of the
Smithsonian Institution, and in re-
cent years several distinguished
scientists have given a great deal of
attention to the subject. In these
Investigations the pIebian title of
soap bubble" may not be used; it is
more scientific to dignity the work
as STUDY of Liquid Films" Under
such title Dewar wrote an article
lately, but he did not disdain in an
earlier paper to present an account
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them without too great fear of de-
lection and with the added alibi Of
art. Among his prosaic business &C
quaintances he gains prestige for
his artistic" qualities as well as for
his requirements as an excellent
post-Volstead host and all-around
good fellow. In the face of such
prestige the fact that he is spending
monthly for his studio and his little
parties" an amount sufficient to sup
port bona-fde artist for a year is
of little matter. In Bohemia one
does as the stock brokers do!
Quiet Investigations which have
been under way for some time in
other cities show that similar condi-
tons are to be found throughout the
United States, and the seemingly log
ical conclusion is drawn that the de-
sire to evade the prohibition enforce
ment laws is largely responsible. A
studio rented under a fictitious name
is difficult proposition for police
and enforcement agents. Any per-
son paying rent for studio has a
right to live there, and any raid sue
cessfully carried out can be made
only following evidence showing that
the 'artists" and their friends have
disturbed the peace or that the place
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-31
The Movie Artist.

One painter blames the present
"jazz studio" craze solely on the
movies and the false idea of artists
life which has been created in the
mind of the public through its rep
resentation on the screen.
81 don't know what to make of
it." this artist said recently. Every
non-artist seems to believe that a
painters or a sculptor's studio is a
cross between a kings throne room
and medical museum, and the life
therein one continuous 'tea-fght.'
"The movies have given the idea
that the average artist who has at
tanned any success surrounds him
self with rare tapestries and works
in an atmosphere Of exotic perfumes.
He paints or models with a cup of
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ards heretofore unknown in Amer
ica's world of art. *
Coupled with their denunciation
of the pseudo-artists the artists also
have something to say about greedy
landlords who rent apartments and
studios at exorbitant rates, knowing
full well the purposes Of their new
clientele, and deliberately catering
to those who seek to cloak loose liv-
ing under the guise of art.
A Defensive Movement.
The first step in the movement to
"clean up" the art centers of Amer
lea and to preserve the regulations
of those bona-fide artists who have
made their homes in certain quarters
now menaced by the sudden appear
ance of distasteful "all-night parties"
was taken some time ago by Julian
Bowes, head Of the rent committee
of the League of American Artists,
Inc, in New York City. Mr.. Bowes
asked the District Attorneys office
to raid some of the wilder establish
ments that used to be the workshops
of painters and sculptors.
The invasion of the undesirable
element into New York's colonies,
especially in the Greenwich Village
district, Mr.. Bowes attributed solely
to the greed of landlords and real
estate men who double prices over
night and boast that their motto is
mo questions asked" In one in
stance, Mr.. Bowes says, studio
which formerly rented for $35 a
month was rented to pseudo-artist
for $3.50 month, and it's occupants,
struggling young artists, were I'M
able to find similarly suitable ac-
commodations in the same neighbor-
hood at anything like the rent they
previously paid.
To such an extent are real estate
men and landlords boosting the "stu-
dio idea" and stressing the "free
life" Of artists, that the bona-fde
artists are being refused renewals of
their leases and are forced to move
from their old haunts. There is lit
tie doubt left in the mind of the read
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-31

in for art as a bread-and-bu
proposition I was delighted to /
a studio with a dilapidated rus
worse dilapidated couch, a chat
coal stove and a table. In the
years have added two plain woo
chairs of the common or kite
variety, a small bookcase and a I
phone. That studio is my works
1t Is not a sociological laboratory
a perfumed ~barroom. When 1 "
amusement go to some public
tertainment or go home.
$50 just blame the movies and
uneducated public for present cor
tions. Landlords are landlords
world over, and the law of sup
and demand is still in exceIIt
working order. If we get togeth
I suppose we could do somethi
about local conditions. I have hea
of parties going on here in Il
building. But inasmuch as they ha
pen between midnight and dawn,
those periods include my best slet
ing hours at home, I refuse to
worried about them, at least for
present You see, 1 have fve-ye
lease and the studio fad will pro
ably have passed out or will ha
been legislated out of existence
the time it expires.
Effect on Beginners.
"But I'm glad they're going aft
them so strongly in New York. T
associations of the first few yea
are important to the young artii
and if the present trend of fake
and hypocrites breaks up the re
art colonies and scatters tht
cliQues to the four winds its eff
may be felt seriously in the art
later years!"
And there is thought in tn:
too!
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tea, a cream pitcher and a sugar
bowl in one hand and winds up the
monograph and welcomes visitors
with the other.
Especially is this true Of the
younger and more impressionable
persons; the fapper, for example
During Art Week last year I was ap-
preached by a young lady of the
fiapper type I had met not long be-
fore and she asked me if my studio
was open to the public for the week.
When I replied in the affirmative she
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-31
Light Operates Burglar
Alarm

The latest thing in burglar alarI
consists of an apparatus which
sensitive to any sort of light. If
intruder should carry an elect.
torch or lantern, or, should switch
the light in the room where the a
paratus is placed, an alarm "
ring at once.
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Americas Active Volcano.

The only active volcano in t
United States is Lassen Peak, in t
Lassen Volcanic National Pa,
Calf. Although its last eruption {
Cured on May %, 1915, steami
mud pots may be observed in
crater.
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said: But it must be awfully tire
some, pouring tea for SO many peo-
ple.' When informed that I didn't
pour tea for anybody, and that
would probably be a poor hand at
making cup of tea for myself, she
showed plainly that I was to her no
longer an artist. All the artists she
had ever seen in the silent drama
staged periodical tea-fghts..
In Real Life.
Eyes; the movies are responsible
for the whole business. When 1 went
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-31

Ps HE janitor of the studio-apart-
ment building, putting after
his long climb up the marble
stairway, pauses before the door of
an apartment from which comes
sounds of revelry by night. To the
5azZy accompaniment of tin-pan
piano and a vigorous trap-drum, the
moan Of a saxophone mingles with
gales Of merriment of a pronounced
post-Volstead exuberance. In a mo-
ment Of comparative quiet is heard
the clinking Of glasses and the rat
tie Of ice in closed metal container.
Blue smoke clouds float lazily into
the hallway from the open transom.
YEARLY the janitor pounds on the
door. The momentary silence that
follows is punctuated with curt
who's there?"
tits me, the janitor. The boss
says if you don't quiet down in there
he'll have you thrown out of that
studio"
Another voice, this time rich con-
tralto, takes UP the burden of the
conversation from within.
I'VE should worry" it says trife
thickly. 1--WE should worry, Mr..
Janitor. We've been thrown out Of
lots better studios than this. Here
comes Maize, strike up a little mu-
sic in the band!"
Such is the gay life in the pseudo
studio!
And such is the gay life in the
pseudo-studio that American artists
are arising in self-defense to de-
nounce the pseudo-artists, recruited
from the ranks of formerly staid
business men, who have invaded
Americas artistic colonies. Not
only do the interlopers bring with
them a period of abnormally high
rents, artists say, put they also in
troduce ethical and aesthetic stand
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-31
Draftsman's Fountain PEG

The working Of this device L
shown in the drawing. The uppes
diagram shows the method of ar
rangement Of the ink well with the
spring which keeps the point closed
when not pressed against the paper
The handle may be clamped, as
shown, at any angle.
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is being conducted as a disorderly
establishment.
In New York City alone it is esti-
mated that there are between 5000
and 1000 bona-fide studios and TO-
900 studios occupied by pseudo-art-
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-31
Movies Blamed for Growth of False Ideas
of Studio Life Which Have Resulted
in Hardships for Real Artists.

But the devil whoops as he whooped
of old;
It's clever, but is it art?
-Kipling.
Evening star., 1923-10-20
EARNINGS IMMENSE
ROADS STILL POOR
Many Railroad Shareholders
Are Not Getting Penny on
Their Investments.
Rr the Assoc;nted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 20.-The stream
of dollars pouring into the gross earn
ings Golfers of American railroads since
the beginning of 1923 will total Sc, ,000,-
600. 900 by December 81, George H. In
gals, vice president of the New York
Central lines, told the Brooklyn Cham
Der of Commerce Traffic Club last
night.
Although this represents record for
gross receipts, said Mr. ingalls,, ex-
penses of operation have been so high
thai the average net return on railroad
stocks will not exceed 3.97 per cent,
land some of the million holders of rail-
road shares will not receive a penny
for their investments.
"Those billions, rolling into railroad
tills in never ending streams do not
linger long enough for the treasurer to
tinued. Nearly half will go to pay
coal and steel and other products that
would take a half day to enumerate.
The New York Central will pay out
$1.54 in taxes for every dollar paid in
dividends"
After some years in which the rail-
roads have been in a bad state, they
have so far recovered that in 1923 1.-The
greatest volume of traffic ever trans
ported since Adam and Eve hitched up
to move out of the Garden of Eden has
been hauled from the place where it
was to the place where it was wanted"
he said.
Evening star., 1923-10-20
WHEAT SELLSOFF
ON RUSS|A'S MOVE
Re-Entrance Into Export
Trade Weakens Prices
Here.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, October 20.-Re- entrance
of Russia into wheat export trade on
a large scale has had a depressing
effect this week on the wheat market
here, as has talk of probable in
creased imports of Canadian wheat.
Compared with a week ago, wheat
this morning showed II to 4 q drop,
corn was at a range varying from
2's decline to q gain, oats, Is to
IA down, and provisions, % lower to
an advance of 2.
Except for a transient rally brought
about by news that President Cool
idge had suggested a reduction of
railroad freight charges on export
wheat, the course of wheat values
throughout the week was almost uni
formly down grade. Bearish sentf-
ment was given impetus by word that
the Canadian government had con-
firmed previous estimates of yield
this season 70,0G0,000 bushels in eN-
cess Of Canada's 1922 crop. In addt-
tion. weakening of corn tended iur-
ther to disturb the confidence of the
wheat bulls.
indications that low prices on hogs
and high prices on corn Were dimin-
ishing the feeding demand Tor corn
had much TO do with SetbaCks in the
price of that cereal. oats reflected
the action of other grain.
Provisions were in good request,
and for the most part held steady.
Evening star., 1923-10-20

ST. LOUIS, October 20.-Calhoun
county cider apples are going beg
ging at Is cents a hundred pounds.
Large quantities are being left to rot.
Evening star., 1923-10-20
WEEK SEES STOCKS
AT new 1923 LOWS
Rubbers and Leathers Extra Weak.
Railroad Shares Also
Go Lower.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 2o.-Specu-
lative uncertainty over the business
outlook was reflected in the Irregular
and confusing movements of stock
prices this week. Spectators for the
decline succeeded in uncoYering
number of weak spots, particularly
among the rubbers. feathers and
speciaIties, but they failed to break
the usual leaders.
Most of the rubber STOCKS fell to
new low records for thel year and
feathers lost ground because OF un-
favorable trade conditions.
Steel shares held relatively STEADY.
reports of lessened production being
offset by the larger inquiries from
railroad equipment manufacturers
and shipping shares strengthened on
the belief that the proposed reduc-
ton in export rates on grain would
result in Increased business.
The statement OF President Cool
idge that he favored lower freight
rates on grain for export brought
about rather heavy liquidation OF the
carriers, several OF
which touched new 1928 lows.
Considerable interest was aroused
by the public Offering or an addl-
tional issue of preferred stock or the
nickel Plate railroad, the first OF
it's kind in many months.
Evening star., 1923-10-20
Saner Vie,v Taken of Business
During Week in Wall Street
Caution Still Prevails in Buying-Lo,Uer
Prices Due to Competition---Weak
Stocks Drop to LoaUer Levels.

ira charge, still remains In doubt.
Coal is one of these cases and steel
is another. In the steel trade two in
teresting disclosures which bear upon
this question were made during the
week
One was the Republic Iron and Steel
report, SHOWING that despite the in
crease in wages and the change from
the twelve to the eight hour work
ing day, net earnings were larger in
the third quarter than in the first.
The other is that the largest GUS
toners of the steel mills-the rail-
roads-have broken the deadlock.
They have ceased to hold off for low
er prices and have entered the mar
ket to do business for 1924.
Predictions About Germany.
With the unfolding of the German
crisis, predictions and theories which
were popular six months ago are be-
ing upset. The currency system has
gone completely to pieces and yet has
not brought about the industrial col
lapse" which has been the favorite
theme of statesmen and economists.
Political and economic affairs have
reached the danger state, the stage
of incipient revolution, and there are
no signs of the "repercussion" proph-
eSicd for the rest of the world. 1t
took LOO marks year ago to make
up dollar
This last week II has taken as
high as ten billion marks Yet de-
spite this appalling shrinkage the
latest monthly figures show IL de-
crease of only S3,000.O00 in a total of
S26, 100000 German purchases from
the United States.
Germany Still Has Buying Power.
The essential point is that Ger
many has kept on working. and so
long as a country does this there can
be no question of breakdown. Ger
man industries have suffered enor-
mously by the seizure of the Ruhr
Still they have been able to produce
an ample surplus for export. Ger
man shipments to the United States.
according to the last monthly state
ment, were 100000 larger than in
the corresponding month a year ago,
and s6,000.000 or not far from 100
per cent larger than two years ago.
This explains why Germany, despite
all its handicaps, is able to preserve
Il buying power in the foreign mar
kets.
fCopyrieht 1929
Evening star., 1923-10-20
BUTTER PRICES FIRM
DURING PAST WEEK
Foreign Arrivals Were From
Argentina, Norway and
From Canada.
Rr the Associate ted Press

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, October 20.-An almost
steady price level was maintained by
the butter market during the week. a
characteristic condition of this time
of the year. Operators seeking in
formation on the next few months
are considering reports of decreases
in the make for the past few weeks
and the possibility OF imports late
this year from Denmark and from
New Zealand early in 1924.
Foreign arrivals during the week
at New York included $500 boxes of
Argentine, 174 seventy-pound casks
of Norwegian dairy and some cars of
Canadian.
Range and closing price, wholesale
ninety-two-s butter, at the four
principal markets were: Chicago, "
higher at At; New York, n higher at
As; Boston, ~ higher at 4S; Phila-
delphia, " higher at 4s.
Evening star., 1923-10-20
NEW YORK CURB MARKET
Received by Private Wire Direct to The Star Oalce

last year, but for the nine months the
total sales were over $13,000,000, as
against S9,70O.000 in 1929.
Park e. Tilford was bid up to
31h again. Swift International at
17A compared with 1SA the previous
day. There was not much change in
Standard Oil Of Indiana, although
there was a fairly large turnover.
Humble Oil ran up across "a. gain
of over a point and half as COM
pared with Fridays low. Prairie oil
and Gas was fairly active in small
lots between 167 and 16s. The little
campaign in Gulf States Oil and Re-
filming appeared 10 be. over. \ lot of
stock had been taken early in the
week around s. The price was then
bid up to z. Since there has been
heavy realizing, the stock getting
down to Ga.
Evening star., 1923-10-20
CREDIT PLAN PROPOSED
TO AID WEEVlL FIGHT
Special Dispatch TO The Star,

ATLANTA, October 20.-The most
drastic step yet taken in the war on
the boil weevil is the proposal or the
Southern Fertilizer Association TO
withhold credits from planters who
do not use enough boil weevil poison
to assure making crop next year.
Bankers and supply men have been
urged to adopt a similar policy. The
Fertilizer men agreed that supplies of
insect destroyers should be supplied
farmers at reasonable cost