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Evening star., 1923-02-20
4 Hartford, Conn, are visiting Mrs.
John r Mcclure at Clifton terrace.

Hartford. Conn. are visiting Mrs.
John r. Mcclure at Clifton terrace.
Mrs. George; Gardiner will enter
today at the Hamilton.
Tho marriage of Mrs. katherine
Boyer. formerly Miss Katherine Ma.
Pkiladslphia. took place ct the home
Decatur street, Thursday evening. the
Rev. DR.. John J. Queally omciating.
The bride wore q gown Of gray
lace and carried lilies Of the valley
the bride. Killarney roses and palms
were used for decorating the homo.
After spending three weeks at
Palm Beach. Mr.. and Mrs. Mullhul-
and will make their home In Phila-
delphia, where the former is In busi-
ness.
Col. and Mrs L. c. Scherer enter
tAined at dinner last evening al
wardman Park for the members OF
the class OF 81 at West Point, who
were invited to meet the new deputy
The other guests were Col. and Mrs
H. o. Williams, Col. and Mrs. John j.
Bradley Of New York, Col. and Mrs
Edward d. Anderson, Col. and Mrs
John B. Bennett, Col. and Mrs. Arthur
L Fuller. Col. and Mrs. Francis H.
Schoeffel OF Scranton. Pa; Col. and
Mrs. Odus c. Horney of Philadelphia,
Mrs. r. L. Hamilton, Capt. and Mrs
H. C. Clark and Col Echols.
Mr.. and Mrs. William ]. Black en-
tertained at dinner last evening al
CONTINUED on Ninth Page)
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colin McConihe. Mr.. and Mrs. Barry
Mohun, Mr.. and Mrs. George Oakley
Totten. jr.: Mrs. Victor Kaufman,
Mrs. Robert F. Mackenzie. Mrs. Clar-
ence Richmond Day, Mrs. Elonzo Ty-
ner. Mrs. Joseph II. Hampson. Mrs.
Horace Macfarand. DR.. Lessinoff, DR..
Marinovitch. Mr.. Goutesha, Col.
Beecham, Col. Pope and Col. Foster.
Mrs. Eugene LIE Merle and her
daughter. Miss Eugenia LIE Merle,
have gone to West Point for visit
to remain until February 26.
Mr.. N. A. Hofer entertained a din
ner company last evening at lie
Paradis.
Mrs. Justin Morrill, Chamberlin en- :
tertained a company of sixteen at
luncheon today at the Chevy Chase
Club. the company remaining to play
bridge.
Lieut.. Com. and Ms. Emmet
Attend New York Wedding.
Lieut.. Commander and Mrs. Robert
r. NJ. Emmet have gone to New York
for the marriage today of the latter
sister, Miss Cordelia Barton Hepburn.
Evening star., 1923-02-20

onswss Church, :by the Rev. VIII.
liam b. Lusk. and VIII be followed
by q reception IN the home OF the
os.r g sSr ri Il. s srd" sss
her nisce. Misc Jane Hepburn, daugh-
ter Of Mr.. c. Fisher Hepburn Of Cleve-
land. and Mrs. L Wilmington Cor
ham. sister % %,r.dn Of the !S. SriSsSr0"m; sst Mr
man for his brother. and the ushers
include Commander Emmet, DR.. L.
Whittington Gorham of Albany, MI.
Alexander Iselin Henders;E,n': ,;,' M. 3
phillips and MI. II. Sellers Mckee.
Mrs. George F. .Authier has issued
invitations for q luncheon on Wash
ingtons birthday in honor Of Mrs. A.
]. Gronna, who is spending the win,
ter with her daughter, Mrs. Kemper
Cowing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Hon Of Detroit.
years. are spending a short time at
the Shoreham. Mrs. Hon came to
Washington to present bronze bust
Of Joan dare from the women Of
France to the Smithsonian Institu-
tion. Mrs. Hoff. who was formerly
Miss Grace Whitney Of Detroit. will
make the presentation Friday morn
ing.
Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe will receive
informally Thursday afternoon and
will have assisting her Mr.. and Mrs.
Hon.
Mr.. J. w. Mcqueen was host to a
small company at dinner last even
ing at the Powhatan.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. l. Cummings Of
Glasgow, Scotland. are staying at
Wardman Park Hotel while on a
visit in Washington.
Maj. Dillingham; was a luncheon
host at the Shoreham yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Sanford and Mrs.
e, w. Ogden of Knoxville. Tenn, are
staying at the Shoreham. having
come to Washington to be present
at the swearing lin OF Justice Sanford
in the Supreme Court yesterday. Mr..
Sanford is q brother of the new JUS
tice.
Mr.. and Mrs. James G. Johnston Of
Cniontown, Pa are at the Burlington
Hotel for the winter.
Mrs. Loren G. Du Bois of Boston,
Mass, will spend the lenten season
in Washington and has taken an
apartment at the Grafton on Connec-
ticut avenue.
Mrs. Nelson Goodwin. 1r., and her
daughter Miss Helen Goodwin OF
Evening star., 1923-02-20

Mrs. George Oakley Totten, jr., en-
eertained at luncheon today IN her
home on 10th street. when her guests
were Nine. WalIenberg, Sonora de
-alafro, Mme. kwapiszewska, Mrs
Chauncey Hackett Mrs. Daniel B. De-
Nore. Mrs. Patterson, Mrs. George
Ehle and Nine. Godoy.
Evening star., 1923-02-20

to Mr.. Paul Cushman, which is taking
place this afternoon. Mrs. Emmet is
matron of honor for her sister and
Commander Emmet is serving as one
or the ushers. The bride Is a daugh-
ter or Mrs. A. Barton Hepburn and the
late Mr.. Hepburn, who was control
Ter of the currency in the administra-
ton of the late President Benjamin
Harrison. The ceremony is being
performed in the chapel Of st. Barthol-
Evening star., 1923-02-20
Established 1875
For Lent

Cooking Figs. pound. d.............25c
Smyrna Layer Figs. pound. .Nc
Symrna Pulled Figs, pound. -. .45c
ll-oz. Jars Smyrna Figs. ...... .4Oc
1902. Jars Smyrna Figs. .55c
LIB. Tins Smyrna Figs. SOC
LIB. Tins Arabian Dates. Soc
Golden Turkish Dates, pound. Zoe
Fard Arabian Dates, pound. .....3 SOC
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Figs Soc
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-04-19
NOON is Mt DEAD WORLD
Prove Astronomers Have Long
Held Wrong Idea.

Astronomers cling to the old idea
that the moon Is a dead world, destl-
tute alike Of air and water. But recent
observations OF w. III. Pickering, made
al Vaudeville, Jamaica, go to show that
many changes occur with the alterna-
ton of lunar day and night. Great
snow fields form in the mountain val
legs, and then melt away fog banks
are seen and, very rarely. drifting
clouds. The loftiest peaks are snow
capped. The moons surface Is pitted
with volcanic craters; some Of these
measure 100 miles across. Each crater
is surrounded by a mountain ring 1000
10 10000 feet in height.
According TO Pickering there are
few, II any, such large and continuous
ly active volcanic regions upon the
surface Of the earth. But the activity
Of the lunar volcanoes Is now confined
to the quiet emission of steam Jets.
like those found in Yellowstone Ma
tional park. Certain variable dark
areas on the moor may be due to vege-
tation.
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Practical innovation

Recent discussions concerning the
decimal system Of weights and meas
ures render more interesting = curious
paragraph reprinted In the journal tes
Debats from its issue of August %,
1906, when Napoleon | was at the
height of his power. II states that
there were two dials on the principal
building OF the Tuileries. one counting
the hours by twelve and the other by
ten. Taking advantage of the need for
repairs, the dial divided into ten hours
was destroyed, since, as tie report
goes on to say, "it had served for no
purpose, except TO show TO what point
the mania for innovation was capable
of mounting in opposition to the set
tied habits of all times and all peo-
p~les."-Washington Star. !
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-04-19
REMAIN ALWAYS THE SAME
Overwhelming Proof That Finger.
Prints Undergo No Change Dur
ing Lifetime Of Individual.

The finger print is a scientific method
OF Identification. A movemen is afuot
In Michigan for a statewide reglstra-
tion system under which every one
would be tnger-prini eel. II is also
planned by the government to establish
u central bureau of Identification with
a national registration. II Is deduced
that prints are more permanent than
the body itself, as psychologists tell us
that the tissues of the entire body
change once in about seven years. but
whorls, curves and lines of the
papilla always are renewed in con-
formity with the lines of childhood.
After an attack of scarlet fever the
GU! Gle peeled of of a chilG's fingers
As an experiment prints were made.
They were found to be just the same
as those made before the sickness. A
man Glanced to burn his fingers. They
were badly blistered. After the blisters
broke and the outer layer of the skin
came off he made finger-prints each
day until the fingers were completely
healed. The ridges grew gradually
until they made the same sharp prints
that they had made before the acct
dent.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-04-19
TERM FOR POLITICAL CUNNING
italian Genius Gave Name to What
Might Be Called interruptions
Craftsmanship

"Machlavellian" Is a term for 20.
iitical cunning, duplicity or bad faith,
because Niccolo Machiavelli, IN Itai-
ian statesman and historian. held as
one of his principles tina; any means,
however lawless or INSCRIPTIONS.
might be justifiably employed by a
ruler in order to maintain o strong
central government. He produced
among other works a treatise on gov
eminent called The Prince" the prln-
ciples of which have gained for him a
notoriety as wide as the civilized
world.
Briefly. Machiavelli's political doc
trines maintained a justification Of the
means by the end. The ruler or prince
was to retain and augment his power /;
and to do so he might be an adept at
misleading his opponents and getting
rid of them. The interests Of the state,
represented by the ruler, were held to
be above all laws or virtues, and the
despotism of the prince was to be
maintained by cunning and unre-
strained by morality.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-04-19
ONE-TIME MAGNIFICENT CITY
Palmyra Began to Sink into Decay
In Fifteenth Century, Under
Rule of Turks.

In ancient times, from about the
year 100 A.. ID. to the Fourteenth cen.
fury, more especially in the second
and third centuries, Palmyra was q
wealthy and magnificent city OF
northern Syria, standing ir an oasis
on the northern edge Of the Arabian
desert, about $50 miles northeast OF
Damascus. Its Semitic name was
Tadmor, and Palmyra Getty of palms,,
is the Greek equivalent. According to
the old tradition. II was founded by
King Solomon. II became the com
mercigl center of northern Arabia.
During the ione-protracted wars be-
tween Rome and Parthia, Palmyra
acknowledged the supremacy Of Rome,
and secured great commercial advan-
tages. From the Emperor's Haarian
and Septimus Severns Ii received spe-
cial favors and privileges.
One Of Palmyra's rulers, Odaenathus,
extended his power over most OF the
adjoining countries from Egypt 10
Asia Minor. Then came the fatal war
with Rome. Adaenathus was muir.
dered and his famous queen, Zenokia,
took up the reins of power. In the
year 272 she was crushed by the
Romans and carried captive to Rome.
The Emperor Aurelian presented her
with large possessions near Tivon
where she passed the rest of her life
in comfort and even splendor.
After the Roman empire became
Christian, Palmyra was made a
b~ishopric. When the Mosiems con
quered Syria, Palmyra also submit.
ted to them. From the Fifteenth GEN.
fury II began to sink into decay with
the rest of the East that had fallen
into the hands OF the Moslems, or,
in this case, Turks.
Magnificent remains OF the ancient
city still exist, chief among them be
ing the great temple Of the Sun or
Baal. An old and high authority on
this one famous city bears the title.
Ruins Of Palmyra" by Wood and
Dawkins. published In London in 1853.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-04-19

larged field for Initiative and at the
wastes of oyer-reckless competition in
production and distribution. Those
who either congratulate themselves OF
those who fear that cooperation is an
advance toward socialism need neithei
rejoice or worry. Cooperation in IL
current economic sense represents tn
initiative of self-interest blended will
a sense Of service, for nobody belongs
to a cooperative who is not striving
to sell his products or services fol
more or striving to buy from others
for less or striving to make his income
more secure. Their members are fur
nisling the capital for extension of
their activities just as effectively as II
they did il in corporate form and they
are simply transferring the profit prin
ciple from joint return to individual
return. Their only success lies where
they eliminate waste either In produc.
ton or distributiOn-and they can do
neither If they destroy individual init
alive. Indeed this phase of develop
ment of our individualism promises To
become the dominant note OF Its TWEEN
tieth century expansion. But IL will
thrive only In 50 far as II can con
Srruct leadership and n sense of serv-
ice, and so long as 1t preserves the In.
itlative and safeguards the individual
ity Of It's members.
The nronun,ia SyStam which iS fhQ
result of our i~ndividualiSm is not a
frozen organism. II moves rapidly In
its form of organization under the I'm.
pulse Of initiative Of II citizens, OF
grow ing science. of larger production.
and of constantly cheapening distribu-
ton.
A great test of the soundness of q
social system must he its ability to
evolve within itself those orderly shifts
In its administration that enable 1t to
apply the e tools of social. economic,
and intellectual progress. and to eIiini
nate the malign forces that may grow
in the application of these tools. When
we were almost wholly an agricultural
people our form Of organization and
administration, both In the govern
mental and economic fields. could he
simple. With the enormous shift In
growth to industry and we
have erected organisms that each gene.
ration has denounced as Franken.
SteiiS. vet the succeeding generation
proves them 10 he ControIlahle and
useful. The growth of corporate or
CARNATIONS, of II banking systems, Of
our railways. Of our electrical power,
of our farm c0-operatives. Of our trade
unions. Of our trade associations. and
of n hundred Others indeed develops
both henefcent and mali"n forces. The
timid become frightened, Rmt our
basic social ideas march through the
new things in the end. Our dema.
gcgnes. of both radical and standpat
breed. thrive on demands for the de
struction of one or another Of these
organizations as the only solution fot
their defects. yet progress requires
only a guardianship Of the vital princi.
pies of our i~ndividualism With its safe
guard of true equality OF opportunity
in them.
CTo BE CONTINUEDD
Copyright, 1923. by Doubleday. Page &
Co. Published by arrangement with
Western Newspaper Union.)
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-04-19
Nicotine and Plant Lice.

Nicotine dust destroys plant lice
by gassing them, Drs. Thomas j.
Headlee and William Rudoifs of the
New York agricultural experiment
stations have found. Other things be-
ing equal, they aid. the value of nico-
tine dust is measured by the amount
of nicotine evolved from IL within 4S
hours following Its application, be-
cause the agent destroying the lice Is
nicotine gas. Dew reduces and heavy
rains destroy the effectiveness of the
dust.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-04-19
Tarsus.

In apostolic times. the part of what
Is now Asia Minor, on the northern
shore OF the Mediterranean sea, where
the coast begins to run to the west,
and opposite the Island OF Cyprus,
formed the province OF C%iiicia--one II
the many provinces into which Asia
Minor was divided. and nil forming
parts OF the Roman empire. To tire
west was Pamphyiia, 10 the north Cap
padocia. and to the east Syria. Cilicia
was, therefore, the highway between
Syria and the central and western parts
OF the empire. Jews formed a consld
cradle part Of thu population.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-04-19
Righto, PERCY!

"And so, children, al! these modern
c~onveniences came into being by In
yention," said the teacher. "And
now. Percy, tell me who invented the
alarm clock"
Il dunno'm," said Percy. 'but If my
daddy ever meets him Tiers going t
be Observation-Disclosures Tines-Dis-
patch.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-04-19
American Indiu;dualism
A Timely Message to the
American People
By HERBERT HOOVER
Secretary of Commerce.
4--ECONOMlC PHASES

TShAI nigh and increasing standards of living and comfort should
d the hrst OF considerations in public mind and in government
= needs no apology. We have long since realized that the basis of an
advancing civilization must be a high and growing standard of living for
all the people, not for a single class; that education, food, clothing
housing, and the spreading use Of what W so often term nonessentIals
IRE ue ra fertilizers OF the soil from which spring the finer flowers
OF life. The economic development of the past fifty years has lifted the
general standard of comfort far beyond the dreams of our forefathers
The only ROAD to further advance in the standard of living is by greater
invention, greater production and better distribution of commodities and
services, for by increasing their ratio to our numbers and dividing them
Justly we each will have more of them.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-04-19
WOMEN OF MIDDLE AGE
Much Interest Being Shown in the Large Num-
Ter of Women Safely Carried Through the
Change of Life by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound


Owing to modern methods of living,
few woman approach this perfectly
natural change without experiencing
very annoying and oftenpainful symp-
toms. Those dreadful hot flashes,
nervousness, headaches, melancholia
and irritability are only a few Of the
symptoms incident to this trying
period Of a woman's life, and the
following letters prove the value of
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound to overcome these abnormal
conditions.
Baskerville, Ky.--"For several
months | was under the Doctors care
rs he said my nervousness, chills, hot
flashes and weakness was caused by
the Change of Life, but l did not seem
to get any better. | was not able to
work and spent most of my time in
bed. A friend called to see me and
asked me TO try Lydia K. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and ! cannot
tell you how much good the medicine
did me, as | had such a hard time be-
fore taking it. | can only advise
every woman passing through the
Change Of Life TO take Lydia Z.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, as
itdid so much for me."-Mrs. COWARD
h. NEAL, Star Route, Baskerville, KY.
lydia E- lha ma privf
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-04-19
Off the Track.

On n recent stormy morning an East
Michigan street stree car was careen-
ing along that rough stretch east Of the
Bell railroad tracks. The course was
bumpy, to say the least.
Then the car hit the smooth stretch
Of track west OF the railroad tracks
with a burst Of speed and the course
from then on was smooth.
Say, Mr.. Conductor" expostulated
n voice from the dark, I'VE must be or
the track. We're going along here
mighty smoothly indianapolis News.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-04-19
Smart Small Girl.

Small Girl Gas sisters fiance slips
on banana skin)-Lonk. mamma. he's
worshiping the ground she treads on
London Answers.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-04-19
Couidn't.

Dick-"What did she say when you
kissed her?' Ted-"She didn't say a
thing until afterward."
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-04-19
Masterpiece Oddly Written.

Songs to David" the lyrical poem
OF SO stanzas. was written by Christie
pher Smart during lucid intervals OF
his wild madness.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-04-19

It's mighty hard to make any hat
look foolish or a pretty girl.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-04-19
A Michigan Woman Helped

Ionia, Michigan" was passing
through the Change of Life and had
been under the doctors care without
any relief. A friend in Lansing,
Mich, asked me to try Lydia E
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
| feel fifty per cent better already.
If any one In this condition doubts
the ability Of Lydia K. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound to help them /
will gladly answer their letters."-
Mrs. MAX w. HAHN, SGT N. Jefferson
Street, Ionia, Mich.
A New York Woman Helped
Syracuse, N. Y.-"T was used up
with nervousness, weakness and hot
flashes so / could hardly keep around,
and could not get out much on ac-
count of those awful prickly feelings.
! read about Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound helping another
woman with symptoms like mine. My
husband got some for me, and after
taking ii five months | can get around
and even do my homework, washing
and ironing included, and my friends
a see what a change il has made In
me. Mrs. SIDNEY HUMPHREY. 826H
Burnet Avenue, Syracuse, N. Y.
g Textbook upon AILMENTS
! you free upon request. Write
cine Co., Lynn Massachusetts,.
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A New York Woman Helped

Lydia X. Pinkham's Private Textbook upon AILMENTS
Peculiar to Women " will be sent You free upon request. Write
tn the Lydia Il. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Massachusetts,.
This book contains valuable infOrmatior.
, 1923-09-05
LEAGUE ACTION
|SPROTESTED

Continued From rage One.
turbed at Mussolini's threat to with
draw should tho league insist upon
intervening in the Greco'Italian con-
fict.
THE league Is challenged ut its
foundation, It must take up the
challenge or ~ahdicate," says tho
Daily Chronicle. The Morning Post
asserts that tho league is o at
the very crisis Of its career and that
1t almost looks as II this important
situation would be Its death warrant.
Other newspapers urge the league
to stand fast and not allow itself TO
be intimidated by the Italian pre-
mier. which would mean suicide. On
the other hand. both the Daily Mail
and tho Daily Express indulge in
TRADES against Lord Robert Cecil.
The latter newspaper visualizes the
dire consequences that would result
from the application of a moral and
economic boycott to Italy, which It
says would spell war wherein Great
Britain and France would have to
do most of the fighting.
, 1923-09-05
Youth Tired of
Hobo Life; Would
Return H O m e,

Tired of side door Pullmans and
back doors and possessed of all the
Inconsistencies of tender youth, James
Carson languished in the city jail
last night and today wondering what
would be the verdict OF an inexor-
able Judge and whether he would be
permitted to take tho long trail to
home sweet home or receive n CON
tinuation OF his confinement.
Too great assurance that he could
succeed wherever ne put his foot
down. and a spell Of sickness are
given by Carson as the reason for
what he considers the deplorable
condition Of being locked in a bas-
tie.
According to the prisoner he
comes of an excellent Denver family
who would have given Inn the op'
portunities OF education. After three
years in high school however he felt
the need OF n broadening culture and
world experience so he set out for
other points than the Colorado capt
tol, Utah and Montana furnished a
variety OF experience which was fur.
Their increased by a trip into wyo-
ming.
Yes" says Carson. I'm tired of
cumming and am going back to the
folks-if I am lot out OF here"
, 1923-09-05
MILLION NEED
HELPFOOD IS
SCARCE, CLAIM

Continued from Page one)
II to the japanese embassy at Wash.
ington. Thence. It same to New
York.
All telegraph wires to TOXIC and
Yokohama are destroyed and there
is no means of communication with
the foreign office" said the message
relayed by Consul oyama- mo of
ficial telegram has yet been received.
Fire. earthquake and flood destroyed
much of tho city. Some OF the fif-
teen wards escaped damage almost
entirely. They are Koishikawa.
Ushigome. Yotsuya and the northern
half OF Aoyama-
"It Is estimated that n million
persons are homeless and the cas-
ualties are given as 10000" con.
tinued the Oyama message. Great
damage was done TO Yokohama and
Hakone. The two cities OF Toxic
and Yokohama are under MARITAL
law and an earthquake relief bu.
reau has been established in Toxic
for relief purposes.
mo word has been received as
to the safety Of the families of the
consulate staffs or as TO any private
individuals. No telegraphio mes.
sages are being received beyond Shi.
quoka."