Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-21

The Conservation Association, OF
which Gov. Clifford Pinchot has
been president since 1909, has merged
with the American Forestry Associa-
| ton, Col. Henry 8. Graves, president.
Maybe there is nothing else worth
saving now but the forests, yet there
is certainly increasing need of con-
serving trees. A tree lover of Wash
| ington, seeking home, published a
| wise appeal recently to all builders
| to desist from their proneness to clear
away the trees from their plots before
erecting homes to sell. He alleged
that 1t is q mania OF our builders
| to make deserts Of home lots. Wash
| inston Is today noted for it's foliage,
| which, perhaps, constitutes its chief
pride. Long life to the Forestry AS
| sociation in it's determination to keep
! 1t so.
If the Forestry Association takes
| over the honors of the Conservation
| Association, will it also take over it's
| responsibilities to conserve the water
| falls and government-owned coal and
oil lands?
| Nearly all the great inventions. and
many of less Importance, have come
about through accident. The inventor
was bent on some quite different
aim, when he stumbled upon a sur
| idea
For example. the story is often told
/ that in the early days of steam power
| there was no machine that ran auto
matically. 1t was necessary to have
a boy attend the engine, so that when
| the steam entered the cylinder and
| pushed the piston to the limit. the
! boy would open a cock which would
let the steam out behind the piston
| and fill against it's head, driving II
! back. The boy was interested in
reading story, and he discovered
that he could tie a string to part
\ of the machine in such a way that when
! the piston reached a certain point it
would pull the string, which would
| open the cock, and so reverse the
piston, as well as If he did 1t himself
| The plan worked well, until his
! employer made the discovery that the
lazy" boy was 'oafing' on the job
yet the engine continued to run. The
| employer got a patent 'on the boys
| marvellous invention. The boy got
a scolding. So runs the story Of the
invention of automatic power.
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| Here is a similar case of very
bad boy" He is an Italian who en-
tered the service of the Post ONCE De.
partment few months ago. and was
set TO the work of roaming keyholes
| in locks on mailbaes Not a THRILLING
task After he had been at the work
| only few weeks he excited the jeal-
| ousy Of the other employees because
| his records showed that he reamed
twice as many keyholes in a day as
did anybody else. He was accused OF
lying about his records and was
brought up for discipline. Every.
body said he could not possibly ream
so many in a day.
Then he showed a little invention
he had made for the work, and he
| easily demonstrated that it was his
| machine which did the work twice
| Is fast as hand work. He had been
hiding his Jig, but now the Zig Is
up. and Antonio J. lombard is ar
! inventor. Uncle Sam rewards him
with prize of s25. What will com.
mereial firms give him?
The man who dug a cellar and re-
tailed the hole for postholes might
set fine example to the boyShe
might ream a bank vault in Which
to store his prize.
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Dr.. Lorenz, the Wisconsin psychi.
artist who startled the national con
lvention of welfare workers last
| week by declaring that there are to.
day over 10000 veterans Of the world
war imprisoned on various criminal
charges, largely due to their mental
| breakup, of service origin, has GER
tainly started something Of grave I'm
portance. Already his statements RI
said 10 have been confirmed by the
records of the Veterans Bureau. The
| situation aroused the 5000 dele.
gates to the conference as nothine
else in the convention had done,
movement is under way, through the
Joint action OF the Veterans Bureau
the American Legion and severa
other organizations of veterans t.
make a survey of all penal institu
tons of the country. and when such
| wrongs are discovered. efforts will
be made to secure the pardons of the
victims.
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There is a school of psychfatrists
who make much over the name given
to certain cases generally classified az
shell shock" They even say that
there is no such thing as "shell