Evening star., 1923-05-24

the mathematician who starts
breeding farm, whether 1t 10 to breed
guinea pigs-for pigs Is pigs"-
skunks, foxes or reindeer.
Uncle Sam is that kind of an op-
timist. for he began raising steeds
for Santa Claus just before the auto
mobile came to life. He imported
sixteen reindeer from Siberia into
Alaska in 1891. and l74 the next year.
These have Increased and multiplied
and rsplenishsd" Alaska, 90 that now
they exceed In number 100000, and
are still going strong. -.
No longer does the Alaskan depend
on whale biubber, since he can eat
the Juicy. venison Of the reindeer:
The day may como when the full
pasturage of Alaska, said to be
capable of feeding 100000 reindeer.
will be taken up. and the marketing
Of venison even to supply the United
States will become an important in
dustry.
Greater revolutions than that in
the meat and field supplies of the
world have taken place within the
life OF this generation. Mankind has
not begun to understand the re-
nounces that she will develop the
Sahara. so that it shall no longer be
a desert. There is nothing incredible
In that announcement. for IT ls SAID
that most of the desert lies lower
than sea level, and could easily be
Sr nr fnrpAd fnfa vast inland
sea. In either. case, the change of so
vast. an area would change the cli-
mate not only, Of northern Africa, but
also. propably, TO a noticeable degree,
all OF southern Europe.
II Is a subject of constant research
in the Department of Agriculture to
seek out plants and animals not now
growing in our country. which might
be adapted to our soil and climate.
Also, to fipd how the animals and
plants now confined to certain sec
tfons may be used to fill UP "the
chinks'' of other sections. For ex-
ample. 1t has been announced that
many head of camels which are COM
ing TO the Shrine, from far-on Texas.
will remain in Virginia, so that In
few years we mary see humpy iocks
parading the highways and soaring
automobiles into runways.
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Hon! william j. Bryan thinks that
nobody has ascended from monkeys,
but he seems quite willing that all,
from the President to congressman,
should make monkeys of them
selves" by signing a pledge TO main
not that exactly what they swore to
do when they took their oaths of
office? What more do pledge?
Why should Washingtonians fear
starvation during Shrine week. when
2,0nO wholesale grocers meet in con-
vention in the capital the week be-
fore? Does any one suppose that
these 1000 men will leave business
behind when they ehter the hungry
city, as Dante was warned to leave
hope behind when he entered Inferno?
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Miss Jane Lothrop, one of the
twelve most famous women in the
United States" according to the iisr
announced by the National Wdmen's
Party. prophesies that within twenty
five years poverty will have been
abolished in the United States.
Perhaps her dream may come true.
But will that be the climax of felic-
ity? The Good Book says the poor
ye have with you always"
Poverty is comparative word.
Does it's abolishment mean that we
shall have no more sickness which
stops the breadwinner from his
labor? Does IL mean that We shall
have no more vice which robs, or
which cheats. or which plays slug
gard?
What is poverty. that it should be
expected TO slip away? 1t is not
the disease, but merely symptom.